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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39573738016857895382020-02-29T04:48:17.265-05:00Fairy TalesLesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-60813716730993384242012-08-20T15:30:00.001-04:002012-08-20T15:31:15.056-04:00Blueberry MuffinsI have recently been pining for the crisp air of fall, for red and golden leaves to slowly drift to the ground, for cozy sweaters and my breath in the air. I've been wishing on all the stars for fall and wishing on all of the candles of everyone's birthdays that I could go back to Alaska.

I told my mom this and she was very surprised. Some of you make know that I take care of my mom, she has some medical issues and she has always been there for me, so I will always be there for her. But for the next 5 years she still has to stay here in DC for her work.

I am searching for a job on the Alaska Slope, the Pipeline. I would of course be cooking or baking or whatnot and it would most likely be a two week on, two week off deal. I could also pay off my loans and save money for...well what I wish for is to open a Bed and Breakfast. My mom wishes for me to open a Bakery. At this point I'm not sure which I would go for, I know what I want...but that almost never works out.

Long story short, while I am looking for said job, I am at home and am working my way through recipes. A few weeks ago I made an AMAZING apple pie. I mean...the BEST apple pie. I stole it from Alton Brown and I tweaked it. This week I decided that I needed to make something with blueberries. I needed muffins. Again I looked to Alton Brown, since to me he is a God, and again I tweaked it.

Let me backtrack and tell you my story about blueberries. Since I grew up in Alaska , and with a family that enjoyed being out of doors I was dragged along on all sorts of trips. Fishing and blueberry picking with the two biggest ones every year though.

I would be packed up along with my mom, my Grandparents and my Uncle and we would go blueberry picking. Apparently I was VERY good at this, my Grandmother would tell my mom that I was fast and gentle at picking. Let me just tell you straight up, I was not always fond of Alaska like I am now. And I HATED blueberry picking, I probably wouldn't really like it now either because I'm not a huge fan of camping. But I would go for two days and one night. More then that I would just say no.

When we picked the blueberries my Uncle would always make some famous blueberry pie...ick. I only say ick because for whatever reason he wasn't very good at picking off the twiggy stems. And it involved SO MUCH gelatin it was as if you were eating a blueberry aspic. Blah.

But, as I am now a certified Baker I can make my own choices on how things are made. And I am working on a cookbook. What better way to start out a book then to start with fall. And perhaps this blueberry recipe will be the first one in it. I'll need to start reaching out and looking for pictures of me blueberry picking.

So here is my recipe. You should try it. Its AMAZING.

12 1/2 oz Cake Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
Salt
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup butter *melted*
1 egg
1 Cup Vanilla Yogurt *you could use any kind though*
1 TBSP Lemon or Orange Zest
Sugar in the Raw
1 1/2 cup Blueberries

Heat oven to 380 Degrees

In a large bowl add all dry ingredients and mix well or sift all together.

In another large bowl mix butter and yogurt together, this way your egg wont curdle. Then add your egg, and zest. Add the dry ingredients, minus 2 TBSP's and mix. Please do not overmix, it perfectly okay to have a few lumps here and there.

Add berries to 2 TBSP's of flour mixture and toss, then add berries into the other bowl. Mix gently.

In paper lined cups heap batter past the top of the cups. Sprinkle with sugar in the raw.

Put batter into oven and crank heat up to 400 degrees, bake 10 min then rotate pan, bake another 10-15 min until slightly brown ontop. Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-16902079141757296682012-08-17T09:41:00.001-04:002012-08-17T09:42:04.639-04:00Jackson and His Water BowlsI have two cats. A boy and a girl, I believe I have written about both of them from time to time. Today I will be talking about my boy cat Jackson and his water bowls. One might think this wouldn't be very interesting, but my cats are strange...

Jackson will only drink from one type of bowl, little glass cups that I normally make flan in. He always wants TWO bowls as well, though he normally only drinks from one of them while the other just kinda sits there.

When he's thirsty he will begin by staring into the water, I always wonder what he's trying to learn by doing this. Does he talk to the water? Is he looking for something? I'm never sure. But he will sit there and stare at them for awhile before choosing which one he wishes to drink from.

He will also sit there and guard the water. If his sister *who doesn't like to drink water* wishes to drink from the cups he will come running over and stare at her while she drinks from his cups. Its very cute, but also very weird.

Thats about it. Not so funny, just weird. I have a weird cat.

The picture is of him deciding if he's thirsty or not. That small weird stain beside the cup isn't in fact a stain its water. He drinks very quickly and tends to slosh it out of the bowls. He's my dorkus!Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-91931393232720899232012-06-29T00:57:00.002-04:002012-06-29T00:57:28.247-04:00Scary Cops are Scary Part TWOWhen I wrote that out I wrote: Scary Cops are Scary Party Two! by accident. I think now I need to have a party with cops and see how it goes.

So my 2nd run in with cops here on the East Coast goes as such:

I have an elderly kitty. She adorable and sweet, to me at least, but hates anything and everything to do with vets. No idea why. But they dont like her as much either so I wont take her in for a cold or whatnot. But she devloped a UTI. Which she had never had before and she was all sorts of crazy about it. I wont get into the details, but she IS a lady so she would find plastic bags to go to the bathroom on. Thats CLASSY y'all!

So I took her to the ER vet and the doctor didn't want to give her a shot. He "Didn't believe in them" so he sent her home with liquid meds I had to force down her throat. Let me just say that this did NOT go well. She was choking and I was crying and it just didn't work. So then I took her to her normal vet and he gave her a shot and we went home. The next day she went BAT SHIT CRAZY.

I mean she was running around EVERYWHERE as if she wanted to be The Flash. She was a blur, and she would hide under my bed and pant and act all crazy. So of course I freaked out. It was about 11pm and I had made myself a cocktail right before this happened. And drank it. I called the ER vets and they were all: BRING HER IN NOW! And to me I was thinking. OMG. My cat is on the verge of dying!!!! So of course I scooped her up and drove on right over to the ER vets, which is just like 15 min away. To me, they ER vets were saying: RUN EVERY LIGHT OR YOUR CAT WILL DIE!

But I didn't run the lights. I just listened to my poor cat pant and I freaked out.

Now, lets go back to me watching the news around 9pm. They talked about how in MY area there had been TWO incidents of theft involving cars. One car would be driving, ho hum along, minding its own business and then another EVIL car would come up and follow it as if the personal space bubble no longer exsisted. And then it would HIT the first car.

The first car person would pull over and the second car person would get out and ROB THEM OF ALL OF THEIR SHIT! True story y'all. This totally happened. It happened twice, and then never happened again.

So, took my cat in, they saw her and she had calmed down. She was doing better, and they sent us home. Here I am driving home around 1am, minding my OWN business when suddenly a car comes ZOOMING up behind me. Its dark and my cat is crying because she wants out of her little cage. I'm petting her and talking to her and before that person no one had been there. So I was probably swerving a bit, as I petted my cat.

Like anyone you look at the top of the car behind you to make sure its not a cop. Well apparently he had those TINY LITTLE flashy lights on his car because I had no idea he was a cop. I slowed down a bit so he could pass me, I thought he was just a crazy-ass driver being a dick. Well he continued to follow me as close as he could get without hitting me.

I FREAKED out, thinking it was those ppl and they would hit me and steal my cat or my bottles of water or emergency kit. Who KNOWS what crazies want. But I was freaking out. We came to a light, which was red and I needed to turn left and of course they pull up so close to me I could have patted them on the head, behind me...

THEN I realize its a FREAKIN COP CAR! And then I remembered my cocktail I had about 2-3 hours ago. and I was all. OH SHIT! I'm going to get a DUI because I was driving weird since I was trying to calm my cat down. If that had happened I would have cried and told the cop that my cat had been almost dying and now she's saved and please, you were the only crazy person on the road.

But the light finally turned and he honked at me to turn faster, which is all: Dude, I can only turn as fast as my car can turn. You may have a fancy car but mine is from 83. And then he ZOOMED past me. And I went home and had two more cocktails... Also my cat is fine. The girl one at least. The boy one may have a disease that if I stress him out to much he could get crystals in his penis and die. So there's that for you.

And I actually have a THIRD cop story as of a week ago. But its not nearly as fun. The cop was stupid. Do you want to hear it?Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-65377038003638513482012-06-26T23:54:00.001-04:002012-06-26T23:54:29.280-04:00Scary Cops are Scary!So I have to random cop stories to tell you. Let me just say I never had ANY problems with cops in Alaska. But here in MD I've had two run ins.

#1:

I live with my mom because she's sick and I take care of her. Help her with things etc. So one day I drove her to work. It was a nice day, I didn't have anything else to do after I dropped her off so I wore no makeup and was wearing my PJ's. I dropped her off and then went on my merry way!

I had JUST dropped her off and sat at the light RIGHT NEXT TO HER building with a cop behind me. This is how it went:

Me: Ho hum, Mr. Cop I am so lawful its crazy!

Light turns green!

Me: Lets go! Cop can go away now! YAY!

Cop: Not so fast young lady. *turns on his lights and attacks me!*

Me: *pulls off and FREAKS THE FRAK OUT* OMG OMG OMG! Am I going to jail?

Cop: *Gets out and swaggers his way to me.* Miss, do you realize you have a light out?

Me: *SILL FREAKING OUT!* NO!!! I didn't know!!!

Cop: Miss, is this your car?

Me: *FREAKING OUT EVEN MORE* NO!!!! Its my moms!

Suddenly another cop car pulls behind the first cop car. I freak out even more

Cop: *Looks alarmed* Who's car is it? *Probably thinking that a 5'2 little girl looking person stole a Rav 4 from someone*

Me: My MOMS! *Still freaking out*

Cop: Please give me the shit you need to give me so I can make sure you're not secretly a felon!

Me: OKAY! *hands stuff to cop*

Cop goes away and does whatever cops do. Comes back and hands it all to me. As well as a little sheet of yellow paper.

Cop: Miss, this a warning, make sure to get your light fixed.

Me: OKAY! *then we all leave and I head straight to a someone to fix that stupid stinking light*

If you want the second story you should comment and I'll give it to you! It involves cats and crazy ppl who hit you and steal your shit.Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-65320208636378575062012-06-18T16:56:00.001-04:002012-06-18T16:56:11.218-04:00Fairy Tales: If I Had A ChildFairy Tales: If I Had A Child: Lets get this straight, in no way, shape or form do I want children. Other people's kids are fine, I don't mind hanging out with them in sma...Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-50031705497331154062012-06-18T16:55:00.000-04:002012-06-18T16:55:20.429-04:00If I Had A ChildLets get this straight, in no way, shape or form do I want children. Other people's kids are fine, I don't mind hanging out with them in small doses. But I have anxiety issues and the screaming, running around of children makes me want to run and hide in a dark room, curl up an cry. I don't know why. Thats just how it is. Which is one of the reasons I don't want children. I don't want to be a mother who runs and hides when their child needs something and can't communicate it to me in words, but in screams instead. I think I might be a mean mother because I would get so stressed out with the screaming.

But sometimes I just like to think of what I COULD be like if I was a mother. I grew up with only my mother and I thank her every day for encouraging my imagination. Honestly I think today's parents want their children to always be doing something so they give them tasks and projects to do. Why not let them figure out what they want to do on their own? But I digress.

I was watching Arthur, you know...the kids show on PBS. I love it. And Arthur's grandfather is sick. Long story short he learns that its a natural process of getting older, etc. And then between the cartoons they always go visit real kids. And in this episode the real kids were visiting an old folks home.

It makes me think of my Grandparents and what their lives were like growing up, and what even my own mothers life was like growing up. So very different from when I was growing up and I'm sure to my own Grandparents it would be like Science Fiction to see how my Niece and Nephew grow up now. With iPads and talking to people miles away but still being able to see them face to face *skype* etc.

This one older woman talked about how she would gather around the radio and listen to programs rather then watch them on television *since there was no such thing when she was small* and how you had to have an imagination to really paint the pictures that the actors were talking about over the radio.

What an interesting thing. If I were a mother I might do that. Pre-record a show like Arthur and have my child sit and listen to it rather then watch it. I would ask them to draw pictures about what they are seeing in their mind while they listen to the story. The same could go with a parent reading to them. It would be so interesting to see what a child could come up with...

I randomly think of things like this. What if? But for now it will remain in my imagination.Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-25299338679159284392012-05-11T13:03:00.001-04:002012-05-11T13:03:02.466-04:00Fairy Tales: And Then The Spider Almost KILLED Me. True Story.Fairy Tales: And Then The Spider Almost KILLED Me. True Story.: Disclaimer: I do swear like a Sailor in this one. Sorry. But I hate spiders. They freak me THE FUCK OUT! This Picture is from the AWES...Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-74991309479370236172012-05-11T13:01:00.004-04:002012-05-11T13:02:36.913-04:00And Then The Spider Almost KILLED Me. True Story.Disclaimer: I do swear like a Sailor in this one. Sorry. But I hate spiders. They freak me THE FUCK OUT!

This Picture is from the AWESOME Allie Brosh

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/spiders-are-scary-its-okay-to-be-afraid.html

Today I had a follow up apt for my scratched eye. But I had some time to spare before I had to be there so I stopped at Starbucks to get a coffee and something to eat. I got this kinda awful tasting raspberry swirl pound cake. Don't try it. :-p And then I went over to Michaels so I could get a few things for my Portfolio project.

I came out of Michaels and sat down in the drivers seat. To my horror a large black spider with what appeared to be grayish dots on it was sitting on the dashboard. I HATE spiders. They freak me the fuck out. I grabbed a CD and tried to squash it, but it ran into the car and I lost it. At this point I needed to make my way to my apt. So I started driving *it was about a mile from where I had been* and was freaking out the entire time.

It would have been my WORST NIGHTMARE if it popped up somewhere near me. I was picturing the carniage on the road if that happened. Because believe me I would have either hit someone because I was freaking out or I would have been hit because I slammed on my breaks. I decided to lay it out for that damn spider:

Me: Spider, if you stay hidden I wont kill you.

Spider *plotting*: We'll see about that!

I got to Lenscrafters and was 15 min early and they were opening in about 4 min. So I sat there drinking my coffee and watching for the damn spider. Finally I couldn't wait anymore so I got out of the car and walked around to the passenger side where my purse was. I decided to hit the dashboard a few times to see if it scared it out.

It did. About 30 seconds after my last smack it came running out.

Spider: HAH! You're leaving! Now I'll hide somewhere and I crawl on your face and scare the shit out of you while you're driving. Possibly giving you a heart attack.

Me: NOT SO FAST you little fucker!

I grabbed my horrible pastry still in its bag and smashed it. Then screamed and dropped the bag and jumped quickly away from the car. I totally knew I looked ridicules! But I didn't care. Its an EPIC BATTLE between this spider and me. I grabbed my Maryland map and smacked it again on the floor of the passenger side.

It was dead. I was shaking and laughing because I was in shock or something. Shut the door and walked into LensCrafters for my apt. The two ladies at the desk were looking at me oddly.

1st Lady: Are you okay?

Me: *Laughing*: Yeah...there was a spider in my car.

2nd Lady: OH! We thought you were having car problems.

Me: *laughing harder and still shaking*: No! I wish! It was huge! *show them the size using my fingers.

We all laughed. It was actually quite funny because I know I looked like a spaz. But they understood. The 2nd lady even offered me windex to kill it. I told her it was already dead.

And that is the story of my epic spider battle. I'm sure I'll have bad dreams tonight about it. And I'm sure its siblings or spouse is plotting its revenge...

Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-45921745705495228622012-05-01T14:45:00.000-04:002012-05-01T14:45:43.240-04:00I Always Thought I Was An Alien...Last Friday I woke up and wasn't able to see clearly out of my left eye. And by not clearly I mean it was SUPER fuzzy and it stung and was awful. I couldn't get an apt with my eye doctor until Today *Tuesday* so I have had to deal with my crazy ass eye all weekend.

Now let me give you a bit of a back story of the life of my eyes. When I was 7 I finally got glasses, but my eye doctor then told my mom that I should have had glasses when I was 5. That would explain why I struggled with school and reading. My mom said I wanted to read so badly when I was younger and I couldn't for whatever reason that I would just cry and cry and cry. PS. Reading is my LIFE.

Fast forward through some years and we found out I have crazy retinas and they could detach at any moment. And if I didn't go straight to an eye surgen I could be blind forever. So I need to watch for a black vail coming across my vision.

A few more years and I started getting sparkles if the pressure in my eyes change. They don't know why my eyes do that and they don't know what to do about it. Lets just hope it doesnt mean I'm about to die or whatnot.

Then fastforward to last year and I went in complaining about eye pain and dryness and found out I have severe dry eye. And I had scratched eyes because of blinking. The eye doctor ended up putting these plug things into my tear ducts to help me create more tears. I also was given special drops to heal the eyes.

And then finally fast forward to today. I went in and he took more pictures. He showed me my eye and you can see these tiny green dots...RIGHT in my line of sight. Hence...the vision problems. He believes that I sleep with my left eye open. And gave me more drops to heal it. I go back next week to check everything out again. I may end up having to wear special goggles every night that are filled with moisture or something and keeps my left eye moist while I sleep.

So what does this all mean? I think I'm an alien and never knew it. And I come from a moist planet and therefore Earth is to dry for me. Also I can start wearing steampunk costumes and my new "eye gear" and be all awesome and steampunk.

AND I can tell The Bloggess thebloggess.com that her cat probably just has dry eye syndrome and she needs a special pair of goggles to wear while sleeping.

Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-52852033709215603722012-04-25T23:42:00.001-04:002012-04-25T23:42:37.455-04:00Fairy Tales: Congrats! Its a BOY!Fairy Tales: Congrats! Its a BOY!: Ummm...WTF Blogger...why are you all weird and freaky? I don't know if I like you yet. On another note I went to class on Tuesday and foun...Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-88334379174890746602012-04-25T23:40:00.000-04:002012-04-25T23:40:22.136-04:00Congrats! Its a BOY!Ummm...WTF Blogger...why are you all weird and freaky? I don't know if I like you yet.

On another note I went to class on Tuesday and found out that apparently my restaurant that I'm working on...is a boy restaurant. Yeah...not sure how I feel about that. My Chef-teacher-person thinks that like boats, restaurants have personality's too. And apparently mine is a boy.

Mine is "in" San Diego. And is totally based around Comic Con and is super awesome and named Orion and is all sci-fi space themed and so cool. And I'm a girl y'all. Girls can like that shit too you know!!!! So I think my restaurant is an awesome spiffy Geeky Girl. So there world...there you go.

On another note I am awaiting on baited breath for Avengers to come out. Why do you ask? Iron Man? Yeah he's cool, and kick ass and I love him. Thor. HOT! Of course. But not him. Cap.America. I think I'll like him better in this movie then his own. The Hulk...not sure. Its a new Hulk. We'll see. Hawkeye. I don't know enough about him. Black Widow. HELL NO! I HATE whats her name who plays her. If the rest of the cast was not SO AWESOME I would so NOT be seeing this movie because of her. Umm...yeah. I'm ALL FOR LOKI!

Yes. Thats right. I'm a Rebel Jedi and yet I turn to the Dark Side as far as Avengers goes. Because I freakin LOVE Loki. He's awesome and kick-ass and the man who plays him has truly made me a believer in the bad. I mean I have never REALLY gone to the dark side before. But now I would give my left hand for him to win the movie. But not really because I burnt my left hand and it was really hard to live with that...but I would be SO happy if he won. But I'm sure he wont.

Sorry for this rambly post!Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-7083097956227017982012-04-20T00:39:00.000-04:002012-04-20T00:39:35.646-04:00I Burnt Myself and Then Epic Things Happened...Hunger Games EpicYup. I burnt the shit out of my finger. My finger that two years ago I sliced open. So now I will have a scar from a slice *I was cutting a potato* and now I was making a cake and will have a scar from a cake. ON THE SAME FINGER Y'ALL!!! Its my left pointer finger. Whatever the hell that finger is called.

How did it happen? The burn I mean. I was making cake...because who DOESN'T want cake? And I'm a baker! So I can make EPIC CAKES without trying. Unless I go to check the cake to see if its done, and then forget I have no oven mitt and PUSH the pan back in with my fingers. And then I died. And ran around swearing like a sailor and scaring my cats.

So then like any normal person I told Facebook. And my awesome pinterest friends responded in an even more awesome Hunger Games way. THIS is why I love the internet and Pinterest and Facebook. And this is why we are all POP, Princesses and Princes of Pinterest...I.E. The MAFIA of Pinterest.

And my friends are awesome because we did this:

http://pinterest.com/pin/170151692141791430/
http://pinterest.com/pin/170151692141791436/
http://pinterest.com/pin/170151692141791438/

This is why we are awesome. And we WIN THE INTERNET!Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-24390359809355532572012-04-02T11:02:00.000-04:002012-04-02T11:02:50.391-04:00One Last QuarterMan, I'm a bad blogger. I just didn't blog for the last 3 months. Its been crazy, not to say that it wont be crazy for the next three months, because believe me. IT WILL! But I'll need something to do when I should be doing homework or doing the dishes *since my dishwasher broke*.

But yes, today is the start of the last quarter of my culinary school career. Am I freaking out? Yes. Because I have to do Capstone which from what I've seen from my friends who've taken it before me I will probably have a mental breakdown. And math, which I suck at. So there you go.

I AM excited about the last bit of Capstone where I get to showcase my pretty restaurant at an event and make tasty food for people who maybe could give me a job. But really its going to be more fun to make my booth all SORTS of awesome. I have already asked a friend of mine to paint the sign for me, and I've been buying small plates for my small bites and making all of my dishes to see what will be the best to make. Still haven't decided yet.

In other news my dishwasher broke, my christmas tree is still up, I'm probably drinking more then I should because of the freaking out and I may be going on a cruise in October! Hazaa for the last one. Also I have horrible allergies and I need to start working out if I AM going to be on a cruise in October. Because I want to look cute.

Also, I'm allergic to raw onions and garlic and maybe citrus, but I love all of those things and wont give them up so my face looks like I'm a teenager again with really bad acne. It kinda sucks.

So yeah, there you go. Wish me luck for the coming three months. I'll keep you posted. And here is a pretty picture of what the cover of my menu will look like! Hope you like it!Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-13218926734503710332012-02-20T17:53:00.000-05:002012-02-20T17:53:43.673-05:00I have a Secret...I LOVE Mrs.Butterworth. You know. The syrup. I once was married to a man from Maine...*sounds like a song huh?* and he NEVER wanted to eat it on pancakes or waffles. We always had to have maple syrup. Maple syrup is TOTALLY fine...but give me the cheap stuff and I'm a damn happy girl!

Why am I telling you this? Because I plan on making breakfast for dinner tonight. Pancakes and bacon. Yum! I may make extra pancakes and make them tiny and make a sandwich in the morning with bacon and eggs. That sounds pretty damn good.

But in other news life has been CRUISING in the fast lane by. I have been crazy busy and crazy hectic. I had my 29th birthday. Sadly my friends and I are to busy for me to do anything about it. But yesterday I did go see two movies and in between went and got a large margarita. THAT was kick ass. And hey, I may be going to New Orleans in a few months so I figure I can live it up then...even though I'll be with my mom. She's cool though.

But otherwise life has been crazy. But I'm also loving it. I wish there would be some snow though. I'm kinda getting afraid of the summer. Its going to be horrible. Ack.

So thats it for now. I'm off to make breakfast for dinner soon! Love you all!

Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-53229625744529555832012-02-09T14:51:00.000-05:002012-02-09T14:51:52.899-05:00The Twelve Dancing Princesses...My VersionSo its not secret that I love books and stories and I have a passion for writing. I like to think that I may be slightly good at it, but who knows. But, I am attempting to write a book, I have been now for at least a year. Its an updated version of The 12 Dancing Princesses. That, along side the Seven Swans and their sister are my two favorite stories in the whole world. But I don't want to re-write the Swan story because one of my favorite writers has already written an AWESOME series about it and I think its perfect.

Why am I writing about this? I need a little bit of help. I'm not going to tell you the whole plot, but I'll gave you some details so you can help me figure out which path I want to choose. Its ultimately a story about a girl who realizes she has the strength to fight for her freedom. The main character is supposed to be from our "world" our reality. And she and 11 other girls are transported to another world. Now, I've been thinking that "our world/reality" should maybe be in the future...or should it be in our time period?

I just don't know. You should go look at my 12 Dancing Princesses PinBoard here:

12 Dancing Princesses Inspiration Pictures

So yeah, those pictures help inspire me as I try to figure all this shit out. If you have any ideas on if it should be in the future or present of our world let me know...Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-3771929292175993402012-02-08T13:03:00.000-05:002012-02-08T13:03:50.719-05:00To the Stars Bowen, to the Stars...

I'm reading this book, well its two books actually. And there will be a third. They're very good. I hope I've figured out some of the twists and turns. I like to think that I'm good at figuring out where a person is going with the story that they are telling. I like to think of it as a gift. But these books, the first one called Across the Universe is set in space.

There are the frozen elite from our Earth who...are frozen. And the people who have been engineered in a sense to keep the ship running, to keep the elite people on their way towards a new and better Earth. That sounds great. In a sense. I like the Earth I'm on and I know for a fact I would have no value to be "frozen" and sent to another Earth to make a new life. I'm to selfish, crazy...whatnot. I can only cook...and Dream. Buts that not the point.

The point is...and if you've never read the books and want to read them I'm giving you a spoiler. So, sorry about that. One of the frozens from Earth is un-frozen early and is stuck on the ship. I always think that if I could I would take the chance of going into space. Of flying amongst the stars that I look at and dream about every night.

But...I don't think I actually could. It freaks me out. Space. Well, I guess space doesn't scare me, the stars dont scare me. Rather the idea of being caught in a tiny ship *no matter how big* scares the crap out of me. To be lost and alone forever in a place where no one could find you, where no one could hear you screams for help.

Its weird that I look up at the stars and wish upon them for something better, for something more. I think what I wish for is my freedom.

Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-45217700842041337672012-02-04T20:44:00.000-05:002012-02-04T20:44:17.534-05:00Oil Spill, Flood and Cocktail Fiasco of 2012A week ago I was tasked with the challenge to make some food that could be frozen and eaten at later dates for a women who broke her coller bone. I of course was up to the challenge, but two days before I had made fish and chips and the oil from the fried fish was still sitting on my stove top, ready and waiting to be thrown away.

So, before I could start on the food for the lady I decided to clean up a little. Try as I might, I could not get the oil to go into its plastic bin as it should have. So it went all over the floor. And when I mean ALL OVER. I mean ALL OVER. I had to clean that up. Pissed off and red faced I screamed out profanities and continued along with my task at hand. It all worked out, I made the food, she's happy. Etc.

Then today I filled the dishwasher as any normal person might. I went and sat down to my computer and started looking at facebook and Pintrest. To my surprise I started hearing weird trickling noises. I decided to get up and check it out. What did I find? A FLOOD. OMG! I ran all around gathering towls to stem the flow of water. And stem it I did. *ps, to make matters worse, two weeks ago my faucet broke off. Yes you read that right* And I have NO time to get either of them fixed.

So what would any normal person do? Make a cocktail. And I did. It was fantastic. I decided to make another. My cat decided he wanted food, so I tried to rest my drink on the toaster...and what happens? It fell EVERYWHERE! Wasting vodka and making the floor super sticky.

So that has been my life so far. Crazy. Sorry to complain. I just hope it gets better from here.Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-32199431932565947092012-01-26T03:05:00.000-05:002012-01-26T03:05:03.535-05:00I Don't Care What You SayI grew up watching Star Wars...truth be told...until I was a teenager I hated it. Except for the Ewoks and their own special little movies with that cute little girl with curly blond hair. I loved those little movies. But I hated Star Wars. I don't know why. Maybe I was scared of it as a child, maybe it was boring. Who knows. I don't understand a lot of my childhood. I just figure it was all for a reason.

Then George Lucas *whom I love, always a forever* re-released his movies. I decided to give it a try. It was the "IN" thing to do and who was I not to be "in"? So my mom and I went. But we were late because of my mothers job. Her boss wouldn't let her leave for some reason or another and we were late.

I remember we went to Fireweed Theater in Anchorage. We stood in line even though we were late for a large popcorn and a cup of cheese *yes, I was a popcorn cheese dipper*. I carried the popcorn in one hand, my mom was behind me and we made our way to the door of the theater. We were late and had missed the previews.

I opened the door...and the words STAR WARS popped up on the large screen...along with the sweet music of John Williams. I was hooked. I mean, I can't even describe the moment for you. It was like I was in a dream. An amazingly wonderful dream. And I was hooked. Forever.

After that I remember the new movies. Of course they were not as wonderful as the original. But they were still amazing. George Lucas had always had a dream. In his mind he KNEW what the movies would be...for himself and for others. Along the way people have forgotten what these movies mean to him. They are HIS children. Not ours. We just share a part of his life...a moment. A memory. I always have a hard time with those who "hate on Lucas". Perhaps they are right in some ways. But if they were in his shoes...what would THEY do with their babies?

Lucas KNEW what he wanted out of Star Wars. But at the time he couldn't complete his vision...because he lacked the resources that were needed. So he CREATED those resources. HE brought us into the new age of movies. He is a Jedi in his own sense. And if he so chooses to change his creations to his will...then I will ALWAYS respect his decisions. They are HIS dreams. Yes, they helped me along with my own dreams. But I would not step on the toes of a dreamer. I would not change his mind. For they are his, and HIS alone. We have no right to be so cruel, to try to shape his dreams into our own.

I remember when I saw The Phantom Menace for the first time. I was here in DC with my mother, she was here for a conference or whatnot. We went to the Cleveland Park movie theater. We bought 4 tickets. One for the first show and then another for the second. We smuggled in coffee in a water bottle and I admit during the second showing I may have dozed off. Not because I didn't want to watch it, but we had JUST come into DC from Alaska *a 4 hour time difference* and could only stay awake for one.

Star Wars has been a part of my life. I don't remember everything about my childhood. But I do remember sitting in front of the television and watching the VHS of the Ewoks movies. And the moment the words STAR WARS popped up in my life for the first REAL time in the theater.

My second tattoo was Star Wars and even now I plan another. No matter what I will ALWAYS believe in George Lucas. Maybe one day he will hire me to work on Skywalker Ranch as a Chef. One can always dream like Luke did. That the world you live on now...is just a stepping stone into the future of your existence. You shape you destiny.Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-67218384734037824042012-01-20T22:30:00.000-05:002012-01-20T22:30:55.602-05:00My Dream JobsI'm a big dreamer. I mean I buy a lottery ticket and I "KNOW" I'm going to win. Then I plan what I would do with all of that money. Or I try winning the Dream House on HGTV and "KNOW" I'm going to win it. So what would I do with that house? Etc. Etc. I dream big, I used to fall big when my dreams were never achieved. But I realized its more fun to dream big even if you don't win or get what you want then to not dream at all. So I will always dream big.

Recently I've been thinking about my perfect dream jobs. I have a couple of them.

1. Work for Disney World or the Disney Cruise Line, I would work for Disney Land too, but I love Florida better. I would give almost anything to work as a Chef for Disney. Recently I was out with my friends and I found out one of my friends who said she was going to Disney was also going on the NEW Disney Cruise Line and I started spouting facts and information about the new Cruise Ship and all of the things she could do. I think I scared everyone.

2. Work as a Test Chef for Americas Test Kitchen and write about how I created such and such dish. Yes, I would be okay with living in Vermont.

3. Owning my own Bakery. Its a very special Bakery.

4. Being a fiction writer and living in the Florida Keys.

5. Traveling and writing about my travels and the food.

So those are my top five. I don't know why I felt like I needed to write about it. But like I said, I've been trying to get a free house with HGTV and a few Cruise with Disney Cruise Line.Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-66577968296997339622012-01-17T22:16:00.000-05:002012-01-17T22:16:14.117-05:00The Flight of the Cell Phone...or R2D2's DeathAbout a year ago...maybe a little less I bought this adorable R2D2 phone. Since I am totally obsessed with Star Wars. I mean...why WOULDN'T you want a Droid phone that was all about R2D2. I loved him. He was a great friend of mine. We had our ups, we had our downs. But thats R2 for you...he's a tricky little fellow. But I loved him all the same.

This past weekend I tried to plug him in to charge his little battery and low and behold...nothing. It wouldn't work. He died, and I kept trying to charge his little battery hoping for the best. Trying to tap into the force. None of it worked. Heartbroken I tried turning him on one more time and to my utter horror this msg was displayed:

"Error. Cannot be fixed."

OMG! SAD FACE! R2 is no longer with us. And with that I went into Verizon today to get an iphone. Yes, I'm caving into the thrill and money that an Iphone brings. But I have to admit that I've had my ipod touch for the past four years and I haven't had any issues with it. While R2 was overloaded with issues. So fingers crossed this new phone will be a breeze.

But!!! My story does not end. The store didn't have it in stock but the woman was so nice. She was very helpful and didn't push any extra sales. She did try to get me to buy a case for it...but I have had one made...more on that later and said no. She informed me that it would arrive Friday!

SO excited I left and hung out with my friends, unaware that I was getting an email *since R2 had died* that my new iphone would be here TOMORROW. Thats right folks. Tomorrow. When I got home I read said email and though quite excited I was also very sad. Because tomorrow I have school. And a paper due.

Long story short I'm skipping class tomorrow and skipping lunch with my wifey *thats another long story. I'm married to two women and a wonderfully gay man* so that I can wait for my phone. I hope its worth it.

Now, I have not given up on Star Wars as I had THIS case made:

Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-32119117268644198772012-01-15T00:53:00.000-05:002012-01-15T00:53:13.263-05:00Dinner PartyEveryone at some point in their lives are asked who they would invite to their ultimate dinner party. Young, old, dead...etc. I've been thinking about this for awhile, don't ask me why. But this is my list:

Ginnfer Goodwin - Because I think we would be AWESOME friends. I would love to meet her in person.

Juliet Marillier - By far one of my favorite writers ever. She "re-told" my favorite fairy tale of the sister and her 7 brothers who are turned into swans. Among others.

Jim Parsons - Because I love him. He is SO funny and so amazing.

Albert Einstein - Because who WOULDN'T to have him as part of your perfect dinner party?

My Grandmother - Because she was one of the most amazing women I've ever met.

Walt Disney - Because he was ahead of his time...in most things. I need him to come to dinner so I can show him that there is NOTHING wrong with tattoos and his company should hire people with tattoos.

Hillary Clinton - Because she is awesome. You know it.

Al Gore - To tell him NOT to give up on helping the Earth. He is so influential and I don't think he knows it.

Tamora Pierce - Who I actually had lunch with oh so long ago. But she is an amazing woman, and I would love to have dinner with her as well!

The Cast of Glee - But JUST the cast, not Ryan. He's not invited. But they are awesome, and I know they've changed SO many peoples lives.

Johnny Depp - Yeah...this should be easy to figure out why...

The Cast of The Night Circus book - Because they are AWESOME. And I love them.

Okay, there are more. But I can't think of them right now.

Who would you invite?Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-36988874896993896112012-01-12T16:55:00.001-05:002012-01-12T16:58:45.288-05:00Letters on a PlaneSorry its been so long, school just started and life has swept me up in its saving grace. Not everything is perfect, life never is. But I have fantastic friends, and school is going really well so I count my blessings and just look forward.

I was trying to decide what would make a good post to come back to. Then I remembered when I was on the plane going to Italy I was inspired by a guy...and a letter.

It was dark on the plane and quiet, hush whispers swirled around me as I watched whatever movie it was I had chosen to watch. It was one of those moments when you can just listen to your inner voice and let your thoughts drift away into the shadowy darkness.

One row ahead and to the right of me was a young man, probably around my age, dark hair, cute. He was traveling alone, and like me seemed to not be able to sleep. I watched as he pulled an envlope out of his bag, opening just one of the sides and pulling out a college lined letter. It was about 2-3 pages, and I watched him as he read it. He didn't seem to have that many facial expressions as he read it, but you could tell he enjoyed it.

Then, to my dismay and wonder he pulled apart another three very empty pages. Whomever had written him this letter had offered him pages in return. He took out a pen and began writing. Who knows what he wrote to whomever this person was. But he wrote back.Lesleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-86687685170574786932012-01-01T13:30:00.001-05:002012-01-01T13:30:10.768-05:00New Years New YouResolution - 1 - To Actually WRITE my book. Because it will be an EPIC book and I plan on writing a cookbook to go along with it.

But really, thats my only resolution, other then to stay happy, love as much as I can, try to give back this year and continue to work towards my Disney Dream Job. Whoot. I'm actually not a big fan of resolutions, just because it seems people make them *me included* and you never actually DO them. Thats why I really only have the one. Its a pretty big one so its kinda like I have a billion. But no matter.

On another note I am back from Italy, I'll write about that later. I needed to take a break and just try to regroup, because though it was a very good trip...I don't think I'll really ever be going back to Italy any time soon. But thats another story.

Recently I've been obsessed with The Hunger Games again, re-reading it for the third time...the series that is. And I bought the unauthorized cookbook which is what made me want to write my OWN cookbook to go along with my book. Apparently its a pretty big thing now, to cook from the books you love. But since I'm on my way to being a Chef I think I have a leg up on the whole idea of a companion cookbook. I'll keep you updated and I may start cooking some of the things. Now I just have to figure out how to work the food in so its sounds like you really need to buy the cookbook along with the book. Fingers crossed.

I wish everyone a happy new year Stay safe, stay happy and don't forget to tell your loved ones every day how much they mean to you.Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-60467717965698994762011-12-18T07:09:00.000-05:002011-12-18T07:09:44.954-05:00Avrei preferito fare il cioccolato su Salsiccia Lunedi poi la DomenicaThat says: I would rather make chocolate on Monday then sausage on Sunday. I am in Italy and in bed. Because I have a foot issue. And today we were supposed to make sausage...I opted out of the sausage because as a Pastry Chef I would rather be ready to go for the chocolate class on Monday where we get to make Nativities then make sausage.

By the way, I'm in Italy. HAZAA! My wives *story to come later* are working hard...or perhaps hardly working right now because I bet its lunch time or close to it. But thats okay, I did stray out with my crappy foot to find some food and of course a bottle of wine. The food...not so great. It was anisey potatoes and crappy pizza. I wish I had gone somewhere else. But the wine is fantastic!!!

So far the trip has been amazing. The cooking has been interesting. The wine has flowed, the food never seems to stop and I will never again eat a pastry in my life after this trip. That is the only thing they eat for breakfast over here and they have a HORRIBLE obsession with fennel. I say this because I HATE fennel with an undying passion.

There would be pics with this short post, but I have no way to post them and my phone doesnt want to charge itself over here so you're stuck with nothing...or I'll find something on the Internet. BRB. Okay, never mind. My pictures are better. So you'll have to wait.

ALSO!!!! I will be making a cats of Italy calender. Thats right. I'll post a link right here and you can buy one. It will be EPIC! As there are many awesome cats here and I love them all.

So yes, as I sit in bed doing nothing but drinking wine and wishing I had something else to eat...I hope you all are in good spirits and I wish I could watch Glee and Once Upon a Time over here...but it wont let me. sad sad day.Lesleyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957373801685789538.post-79701773346574122652011-12-06T23:30:00.000-05:002011-12-06T23:30:32.655-05:00Fairy Tales: Project Sugar Cookie...Also the Pastry Puffs+Chris...Fairy Tales: Project Sugar Cookie...Also the Pastry Puffs+Chris...: Dear America, you are KEEPING ME AWAKE because of my secret mission that has been assigned to me! *Yes...I DID accept it* and now I cant sl...Lesleyhttp://email@example.com


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Looking for some advice... I have German shorthaired pointer pup, female, about 4 1/2 months. My female friend has two Border Collies, male and female, around a year and year and half. Take them running/walking with each other a fair bit, The female border collie and my dog get along fine, no issues what so ever. The male Border Collie on the other hand doesn't happen on every meeting, But randomly attacks my German shorthaired pointer, and when I mean attack first time it happen she went for the neck with her teeth had her pinned down, if I hadn't have broken it up, don't think it would have ended well for my German shorthaired pointer, they were both unleashed at the time, The GSP wasn't pestering or anything the BC. Just went her. So put them both on the leash to try and difuse the incident, again after run, BC pinned the GSP down by the river and again violently attack her, again had to break them up, wouldn't have ended. Next meeting pretty sure they were fine, think we started with both of them on leads. Don't think anything happened. We run/walk regularly, just monitor the two dogs, probably happened close to a dozen times now, happen again today, Happened straight up when my friend arrived at my house, hadn't had really anytime to say Hi, again GSP wasn't pestering the Bc or anything just went her, broke it up quickly. Started the walk again BC went the GSP, my friend tried to break it up, the BC had a firm grip of my GSP and wouldn't let go of her head until I broke it up, again think it wouldn't have ended well, for my GSP. The GSP pup doesn't know what is going on, just show any anger at all. Apparently just happens with my dog, hasn't had any issues with any other dogs, just mine. Want to fix problem....before it ends badly. any ideas??? thanks
I have a 1.5 year old desexed male bordercollie and we have a daily dog group who meet after work and let our dogs play off leash at the local oval. My dog has been going since we was 14 weeks old so knows a lot of the local dogs. Recently we have had a huge increase of dogs including a lot of puppies ranging from 16 weeks to 11 months. Recently, my dog has shown aggressive behaviour towards the puppies who constantly lick his face and jump on him. He will tolerate the first few times but then all of a sudden he will snap and lunge and bite them. He hasn't injured any but I am worried it might get worse. He doesn't seem to have any patience with younger dogs of any breed and I want to correct it. Is my dog ok with telling the puppies to back off or should I be doing something to fix it? Any advice would help.
My BC pup wanted to attack a woman
Marley Girl posted a topic in General Border Collie DiscussionI've had Marley since she was six weeks old. She's now 17 weeks. She's a great pup around those she has met, but extremely wary of strangers. The other night I took her to my son's guitar lesson and we were sitting outside when this woman came toward her to pet her. Marley backed up and growled, nearly fell off the porch trying to keep her distance from this woman. About ten minutes later, the woman attempted to pet her again. This time Marley barked and growled and, when the woman walked past, went to nip at her leg! I pulled her away so she couldn't reach the woman. Well, since not all people are bright crayons, some come back for a third try five minutes later. Big mistake. Marley was so upset with this woman I had to hold her back in a bear hug so she wouldn't lunge at her. Marley was so aggressive after this third time, I had to take her away from the situation and other people and she was all happy to just be alone with me in the car. Obviously I cannot condone my puppy's aggressive behavior even though I understand it. What can I do about this behavior to make her less aggressive to people who don't know better than to invade what she seems to feel is her personal space?

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
More on Bonds, with Insights from Bill Gross
Specifically because all classes of paper "wealth" appear overvalued, it continues to make sense to yours truly to run with the hypothesis that a Japanese solution could be in our future: very low inflation for long enough to allow Treasury rates to drop further or at least to stay where they are, thus allowing banks to make money on their "carry trade" and allow the Fed to dispose of all its Treasuries and mortgage-backed at no worse than breakeven. The Fed is notoriously stingy and does not like to lose.
In the prior post, we discussed some rationale for Treasuries: if the underlying principal is no good, then we have bigger troubles, and one could at least own gold (and canned goods?).
For retirement accounts, owning a no-current income Treasury can make a lot of sense. This "zero coupon" or "stripped" par bond is purchased at a discount to the ultimate payback price of 100. The rate is computed by a simple compound interest program. A price of 50 for the zero coupon bond will give a higher rate of return the sooner it is paid off at 100. There are three benefits of the zero coupon bond. Here are the advantages:
1. No reinvestment decision with small amounts of interest (at today's rates). If you spend $10,000 to purchase a 4.5% 30-year standard bond at par, every six months you will receive $225 dollars. Try reinvesting that!
2. If rates drop, the mathematics of the bond mean that the price moves up faster than a standard bond that provides current income. So, a "zero" can be bought with the possibility of speculation in mind.
3. Stated yields are about 10% or more higher for zero coupon Treasuries than for par bonds; i.e., a 3.5% standard Treasury bond rate (which is what the media report) is often correlated with a 3.85-4.0% rate for a zero. Why is that? One reason is that it just is that way; the other is the following disadvantage of zeros:
The built-in appreciation is taxable even though one receives no current income. So more people only buy them in tax-deferred accounts.
This can be avoided by finding zero coupon municipal bonds. Another way to avoid this is to find a mutual fund that owns zeros on behalf of fund owners; but yield to maturity is notably lower with these vehicles than with bonds you directly own. American Century is the fund I use; one security of theirs to look at has the symbol BTTRX.
Strangely, the standard bonds that pay interest every 6 months are much safer should interest rates soar than are zeros. Let us say that you buy a 10-year Treasury and rates soar from 3.5% to 20% in one year. Yes, the market price of both bonds will plummet. If you invested $10,000 in a standard bond, you will receive $350 per year. If interest rates go to 20%, you at least can earn $70 per year off of that $350 (excluding taxes). It's not a lot, but that extra $70 can compound at very high interest rates for the life of the bond. With a zero, the value can go near zero.
Zeros are also less liquid than standard par bonds.
Overall, the less well-known zero coupon bonds are the simpler, higher-yielding bonds that also offer better profit potential should rates drop a lot. The path less taken in this case is the better one for people who do not need current income and are confident that they can afford to hold the bond till maturity.
Zeros are one way that yours truly is dealing with the highly abnormal financial environment.
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HEYWOOD'S book of pre-season action has bitten the dust. Following Middleton's decision to call off entertaining Heywood at Towncroft on Saturday, two friendlies arranged for Crimble this weekend have also had to be abandoned. Heywood's second team were due to host Bamford Fieldhouse on Saturday, with the first team planning action against Norden on Sunday. Click here for more ….
What a fabulous game of cricket this was at Towncroft! First, Heywood's top order made hay on a perfect pitch against a laboured Middleton attack to rack up an imposing total of 292-7 off their 50 overs. Ross Zelem made a marvellous 96 and Travis Townsend pulled out his full array of strokes in an Click here for more ….
Heywood are prepared for a massive test by Middleton in tomorrow (Monday's) Burton Cup final at Crimble (1pm start). Roger Smethurst's team have beaten the Towncroft side home and away this season, but the second of these two emphasised how close the sides really are. Heywood won at Towncroft by just seven runs just as Click here for more ….
BY STEVE McHUGH: HEYWOOD were challenged to make an impact on the Central Lancashire Cricket League title race before the current season began. And the Crimble boys have responded in style with a 100 per cent record from their first three games unaffected by the weather. Their latest victories over Royton and Middleton, two sides Click here for more ….
BY STEVE MCHUGH: Heywood Cricket Club will be praying that the rain relents for an important early season double header this weekend (1.30). The whole of the Central Lancashire League programme was washed out for a second successive week last Sunday, when Heywood's proposed home clash with Unsworth became an inevitable victim despite enthusiastic work Click here for more ….


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Ahh, Saturday. There you are.
Last night, we went to the Colt Cookout, an event our church has put on for the last five years at one Arlington High School football game a year. It's basically a giant tailgating party where we give our food out to hungry teachers, kids, parents, university employees, and anyone else who stops by. One of our friends dressed up like a hot dog, and we all served people for several hours. Unfortunately, we were asked to cut it short by a not-so-happy AHS booster club member, but that's okay. We'd given the majority of the food away already, and fed lots of very happy people!
The postcard flyers and lawn sign I ordered from vistaprint.com for the Winter Wonderland Festival came this week, and I'm really happy with the way they turned out. I also made a website for the event, so that people can invite everyone they know with an email and a link to the site. I used wix.com, which is free, and you can make as many websites, buttons, widgets, whatever as you want! It's a great business tool for online sellers, you can make online invitations, or personal sites, and it's not hard to use at all. Check out the event site I made and let me know what you think: www.wix.com/parkrow/Winter-Wonderland
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Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | July 18, 2017
Michelle (Galloway) Monte, age 50, of Forward Twp., passed away on Monday, July 17, 2017 at UPMC Shadyside. She was a nurse manager for 28 years for Same Day Surgery and Recovery at Monongahela Valley Hospital. A member of Elrama United Methodist Church, she enjoyed her job as a nurse and most especially spending time with her family and daughter, Gia.
Born March 7, 1967 in New Eagle, she was a daughter of Jim Galloway (Patty O'Barto) of Elizabeth Twp. and the late Nancy (Vibostak) Galloway. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth J. Monte; daughter, Gia Monte at home; sisters, Lisa (Nick Nickolich) Galloway of Clairton and Denise (Tony DiMatteo) Kohut of Monongahela; brothers, Keith (Nicole) Galloway, Kirk (Paula Pappas) Galloway, and Wade (Jennifer) Galloway, all of Elizabeth Twp.; father- and mother-in-law, John and Joan Monte of Mt. Lebanon; nieces and nephews, Kara, Ashley, TJ, Jeramy, Griffin, Landon, Josh, Jordan, Brianna, Riley, and Hunter; also, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Friends will be received in the Paul E. Bekavac Funeral Home, 221 North Second Avenue, Elizabeth on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM and Thursday, July 20, 2017 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. A Funeral Service will take place on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 10 AM in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Hal Dangel officiating. Burial will follow in Round Hill Cemetery, Elizabeth Twp. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Michelle Monte Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Elizabeth Forward Swim Club, P.O. Box 45, McKeesport, PA 15135. Offer condolences at www.bekavacfuneralhome.com.
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Caterina Caselli has been one of the earliest and best known female Beat singers in Italy's mid-Sixties. As most of the Italian Beat artists, she was often involved in British and American songs' covers, as Paint It, Black (Tutto nero), I Put A Spell On You (Puoi farmi piangere)and the two songs posted below.
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In SAS, there are 4 approaches to concatenate two datasets together:
1. SET statement,
2. APPEND procedure (or APPEND statement in DATASETS procedure)
3. UNION ALL in SQL procedure,
4. INSERT INTO in SQL procedure.
Below is an efficiency comparison among these 4 approaches, showing that APPEND procedure, followed by SET statement, is the most efficient in terms of CPU time.
data one two; do i = 1 to 2000000; x = put(i, best12.); if i le 1000 then output one; else output two; end; run; data test1; set one two; run; data test2; set one; run; proc append base = test2 data = two; run; proc sql; create table test3 as select * from one union all select * from two; quit; data test4; set one; run; proc sql; insert into test4 select * from two; quit;


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New technology uses computational techniques to more clearly see individual rods and cones, the cells that detect light in the back of the eye
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The technique applies adaptive optics – the method astronomers use to correct telescope images so they can more clearly see stars beyond the twinkling – to the instruments that scan the retina at the back of the eye. However, the Illinois team does the correction computationally, instead of using complex hardware. Led by electrical and computer engineering professor Stephen Boppart, the research team published its work in the journal Nature Photonics.
"The eye has always been a bit of a challenge to image. It's a very complicated organ," said Dr. Boppart, who also is a medical doctor. "There are many microscopic structures that are hard to see. Many diseases that affect vision also start at the microscopic level, so being able to see those early changes is going to lead to better, earlier treatment."
The prevailing imaging technique in ophthalmology, known as optical coherence tomography or OCT, is useful for general imaging of the eye but cannot focus down to the scale of individual rods and cones, the light-sensitive cells lining the retina that make sight possible. In addition, OCT images are often blurred by the eye's imperfections and constant motion.
Computational adaptive optics applies complex algorithms to OCT data correcting for eye aberrations and motion, yielding high-resolution, real-time images that show individual cells and nerves.
Hardware-based adaptive optics systems have been developed to enhance OCT imaging with elaborate setups of lenses, mirrors and lasers, but such systems are so costly and unwieldy that they are impractical for clinical use, Boppart said. However, the new computational approach could be applied to existing OCT systems, with minor hardware updates to older systems for compatibility.
Computational adaptive optics also hold an advantage over hardware setups in that they can tailor themselves to a patient's unique eye structures and shape, and doctors can take one quick scan and afterward focus in on different parts of the eye.
"I think computational adaptive optics can be really helpful to the clinical community," said Fredrick South, a graduate student and a co-author of the paper. "It could give ophthalmologists information that, currently, they have to infer from other measurements. They can't directly look at the photoreceptors and watch them die off during macular degeneration, for example. They just have to guess what's going on. It could be possible to use computational adaptive optics in these real-world applications both for diagnosis of disease and tracking of treatments."
The researchers are initially focusing on using computational adaptive optics to track age-related macular degeneration, a progressive eye disease, and multiple sclerosis, a progressive neurological disease. Since nerve fibers make up the top layer of the retina, the eye could be a unique window into nerve health for multiple sclerosis patients, Boppart said. The researchers hope that the detailed pictures gleaned from applying computational adaptive optics can illuminate how changes in the retina correspond to disease severity and track how cells and nerves respond to treatments.
"The eye is so important, because we rely on sight more than any of our other senses," Boppart said. "Here's a technology that was developed basically to remove the twinkle from stars, and now we want to use it to correct imperfections left by Mother Nature, allowing us to see patients' eyes better and to help them more."
The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation supported this work. Boppart also is affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the departments of bioengineering and internal medicine at the U. of I.
Editor's note: To reach Stephen Boppart, call 217-244-7479; email: [email protected].
The paper, ""Computational high-resolution optical imaging of the living human retina," is available online.
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Due to John Cusack's filming schedule, the engagement originally scheduled for Friday, August 2nd has been moved to November 3rd. Purchasers should hold on to their original tickets, which will be honored for the new date.
Hollywood icon John Cusack makes his way to The Taft Theatre for a live conversation and audience Q&A!
With four decades' worth of roles in over 70 films, John Cusack will share stories from his career, answer audience questions, and give a behind-the-scenes look into his breakout role as Lloyd Dobler, following a screening of the iconic 1989 film Say Anything.
Ranked by Entertainment Weekly as one of the greatest modern movie romances (and #11 on the list of 50 best high-school movies), Say Anything made a star out of John Cusack who went on to success in multiple films including High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, and Being John Malkovich among others.
Related: Post-punk rocker, Adam Ant, to perform 1982 solo album at the Taft Theatre this summer
Fans will now have the unique opportunity to experience a moderated conversation with John answering audience questions.
A limited number of VIP seats will be available, which include a post-show photo op with John.
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Fresh reports reaching E47mag.com have it that the Managing Director and of Keystone Bank Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Bank Obeahon Ohiwere has resigned his appointment.
In a statement by the Bank on Saturday, Ohiwerei left for personal reasons in a bid to pursue other interests.
Meanwhile, Abubakar Danlami Sule has been appointed to take his place in acting capacity.
READ ALSO: GTBank Reacts To Purported Takeover By Innoson Group
The bank thanked Ohiwerei for his contributions to the bank over the past 18 months.
The bank is currently owned by Sigma Golf River Bank Consortium after being acquired from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in March 2017.
Meanwhile, Guaranty Trust Bank has reacted to trending news that its operations have been taken over by vehicle manufacturing company Innoson Group.
Reports on Friday had it that a ruling by the Supreme Court ordered the vehicle manufacturing company to take over the bank over N8.7billion debt.
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Having raced in the GP3 Series since its inaugural season back in 2010, Arden International have confirmed who will compete for them in 2017.
Finnish driver Niko Kari is set to graduate from FIA European Formula 3 in which saw him take one victory and five further podiums in 2016. The 17-year-old took part in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi in which he was highly impressive and topped the morning session on the second day.
Kari is also set to enter his second year as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
EuroFormula Open champion Leonardo Pulcini, is also set to make the step up into GP3. Having dominated his title winning season, the Italian is eager to make the step up.
"I'm very delighted to race with Arden in GP3 this year, last year's Abu Dhabi test was very good with them," commented Pulcini "So I know that I have all the potential to fight for the win! I will give everything for this opportunity. The season is about to start, can't wait for it! "
Completing the trio will be Steijn Schothorst who is set to compete in the Formula One feeder series for the second year after finishing 13th in his debut season.
"I'm very happy to be able to join Arden for the 2017 GP3 campaign. They have shown that they are one the strongest teams out there," said Schothorst II believe that together with the experience that I have gained last year, we have a lot of potential for a very strong season, so I can't wait to get the season started"
GP3 Team Manager, Richard Dent, commented: "We tested all three drivers at the end of 2016 and we were very impressed with how each of them quickly integrated themselves into the team.
"It's great to secure Niko [Kari], Leo[nardo Pulcini] and Steijn [Schothorst] for 2017, it's a good combination of series rookies and series experience and I have no doubt that each will be a front runner and be challenging for race wins.
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Casey Fields facilities currently available:
VFL Football Oval & Pavilion
- Home of the Casey Demons VFL Football Club
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- South East Juniors - Youth Girls Football Club
- Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club
- Cranbourne Cricket Club.
Regional Athletics Centre
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- The Casey Fields netball courts are home to the Cranbourne Netball Club.
2 Rugby Fields
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- The Casey Fields Tennis Centre is home to the Cranbourne Tennis Club.
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The Short Report
Last week we pushed out the "In-Between" update. For those reading these weekly dev logs, you'll know that this update was a slight detour from our intended roadmap destination. Instead, we went back and polished up some existing features before pressing onward into new update territory. This resulted in a sort of 'in-between' update, though we still managed to pack in quite a few new bits whilst polishing old bobs. So head on over and read the update announcement for all the details.
Since pushing out the update, the team spent the remaining time last week focused mainly on two things: addressing feedback/bugs for the update and planning out details for the relationship update. For the latter, something we've been considering is releasing smaller incremental updates as we work towards the bigger 'named' updates (aka, the ones specifically listed on the roadmap). So rather than waiting for only the big updates, there'd instead be a more consistent flow of smaller updates that will lead up to the big updates. We're still working out the exact timing we want to commit to, but think something along the lines of monthly updates, with our development branches being more frequent than that even. Alongside each update we'd share a changelog like usual, plus a brief progress report on how the next bigger update is coming along and how development is going in general.
No doubt one of the benefits of being a small team is the freedom to be agile and make small course adjustments like this as we go. The first few days of this next week we'll pin down specifics on the above as well as put together our final plans for the relationship update. By Wednesday we'll be kicking off work on the relationship update proper, and we look forward to letting you know how it all goes when we talk again next week!
Rather than fill in another 'I worked on the same stuff as last week' post, I thought I would share out some lore, facts, and such from in the game. So here are 6 Goddesses that watch over Quill. These are:
Druida - Goddess of Orchards
Naida - Goddess of Fertility
Freyl - Goddess of Fields
Morwenna - Goddess of Beasts
Hyalis - Goddess of Death and Rebirth
Aurore - Goddess of Seasons
There are also 2 other deities that are revered: Solnir (God of the Sun), and Luminos (God of the Moon). Additionally, the days of the week in Quill are:
Each of these days will eventually affect certain actions done on those days. (Crops have a better chance of having an extra star when harvested on Freylsday, for example). There are also 4 Fae realms accessible from Quill, which are:
Tir Na Nog - Home of Gnomes and Fairies
E'ergreen - Home of Dryads, Mossmen, Pucks, and Green Children
Briar - Home of Fel (hare and fox tricksters/shape-changers)
Voide - Home of the Shimmerkyn
That's it for now! More next week, unless the ransom is paid.
A continued theme of odd weeks following last week's eventual completion of the recent "In-Between" update! Releasing an update tends to be a rather busy time with game development (or at least it is with our style of development which is to be working on it until the last hour or so before release). Trying to finish any last minute improvements while fixing bugs and in some ways hoping and praying that any changes will not create new issues that slip past testing due to a much tighter window 'til the release. We are, I hope, getting better at this with practice and trying to adjust based on learnings from update release to release!
With the update released, there's then the nervous anticipation of what reactions will be. Will it all be good or will something not work? Will there be a blocking crash? Will players be happy with changes or prefer the old version? It's a scary and exciting situation to be in because the possibilities are endless and you can never be quite sure what will pop up. Nor when it will pop up, because sometimes you might catch players at the right time to try an update but other times (like perhaps now) there's so many new games appearing that trying an update for our game might be lower down the priority list of some players.
Then once the aftermath of the release is done and any immediate issues get fixed, then attention starts turning to the next update and starting the cycle all over again. I've been trying to use these moments as a point for a bit of more reflection lately. Moving back from the details and figuring out what went right or could go better next time is a very valuable piece of information that oftentimes gets a bit lost in the flow of whatever that next urgent pressing task is. I think what we're coming round to is looking at ways to have more consistency in our process, to find ways that control this cycle a bit better when previously we've let it be dictated by the size of the roadmap update. By focusing more on delivering updates at a consistent pace in time, then we have more opportunities to release fixes to issues as we go and more times where we can reflect and adjust our aim as necessary.
I dunno if the above makes that much sense or not from an outsider perspective and, in a way, I'm writing it to try and understand more myself! I guess I'm just trying to share how releasing an update feels and how the feeling comes up of wanting to continuously improve based on it. With this game there is lots more to learn right now because there is lots more of it to make! So with that in mind, I'll leave it here for now to get back to that work and wish you all a good week!
The relationship update is coming next! I have tracks waiting in secret aching to become part of the public build. Tracks I've been wanting to show you all that can now finally be implemented! I see goals listed on our Trello board (aka, our task manager) referring to the regions I've written for already and I get all excited!
It doesn't happen often for me that I have to keep work secret for a long time. It's quite a grueling experience to be honest! Once I've finished a track, or often even long before that, I want to share it with everyone! I want to get feedback on it and to know what people think of it! But often now I have tracks sitting on my hard drive for quite some time before most people ever hear them.
So if in the future you're running through a place called Mellowbrook, or the Whispering Path, or Outlane, and many more, you'll know that the music there has been waiting patiently to be heard. And right then and there it finally gets to do what it was made to do: to reach you, and possibly affect you. Which I hope it does!
I spent the majority of last week getting caught up on all manner of things that had been piling up. One was getting these issues of The Post current, as we'd developed a backlog of issues that needed posting due to changes around the Steam site (which I share more info on in the last issue). The short version is that the new Steam site has a different way of formatting news text and images, so I had to reformat the text I'd been using for these issues as well as all the theming images I use. Thankfully by Tuesday I had gotten all caught up on that.
The next thing I had to prepare was the announcement for the "In-Between" update to get pushed out on Wednesday. These are generally quick to write up, but they still require a handful of images and GIF's to give them some flavour - all of which take a bit of time to make, of course. Plus, I have to format the announcement three different ways as I post it on three different platforms (our forums, our Steam news page, and Kickstarter). That doesn't include all the supplementary places I post as well, such as our Twitter or our Discord.
Remainder of the week (Thursday and Friday) was spent taking in feedback on the update and forming next plans with the team (the latter of which is mentioned more in The Short Report above). All said, it feels good to have gotten caught up on those and other tasks that had been piling up. This'll give me a slightly clearer schedule for this upcoming week when we kick things off with a more frequent incremental update release schedule as well as beginining exlusive work on the relationship update, which I imagine I'm probably looking forward to just as much as the rest of you! Drop by again next week and I'm sure we'll be happy to ramble all about how it goes.
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Wishing Tree
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|Wishing Tree
|Currency Converter
|Commonwealth of Belvast
If you make a wish on a slip of paper, this is where it will end up.
The Wishing Tree is a tree that converts Gold into Ducats. Players can pay once per real-life day in quantities of 1, 1,000, or 10,000, and will have a chance to receive the equivalent amount of Ducats by the next day.
The amount of gold given to the tree also determines its response:
- 1 Gold: "Huh... How about you use this time to go through a dungeon instead? This is like...expecting a White Spider in Alby Dungeon to drop a Falcata."
- 1,000 Gold: "Hmm, I feel that you didn't give enough, but... I'll pray that your wish comes true someday."
- 10,000 Gold: "What luck you have! With this, peace will arrive in Belvast Island and your wish will come true as well,
{Player Name}. I'll make sure to pray for your wish first,
{Player Name}!"


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Trinidad Express:-A Chinese national known as Lee was gunned down during a robbery in San Fernando on Saturday night.
According to police, Lee was operating roulette machines at RhythMasters Recreational Club on Murcurapo Street at around 11:55 p.m. when three armed men entered the building and announced a hold-up.
The men took an undisclosed amount of cash from the business place.
Witnesses saw one of the criminals shoot Lee in the chest before fleeing the scene.
The man died at the scene.


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Be welcomed by the local Jewish Community and venture on a private visit to Sinagoga Kadoorie Mekor Haim, the largest Jewish Temple of the Iberian Peninsula. Besides knowing the symbolic and architectonic significance of this Synagogue, be invited to participate on the religious service!
Follows a leisured walk at Ribeira Square, and an optional visit to the 19th century neoclassical style Stock Exchange Palace.
For lunch, we suggest a pleasurable, welcoming and relaxed place combined with quality Portuguese inspired cuisine.
During the afternoon, indulge in a private guided tour to Porto earliest known Jewish quarter, built inside the old city wall, in what is now Rua de Santa Ana, close to Rua Escura and Largo do Colegio. It is still possible today to appreciate the mediaeval layout of these streets, not very far from the Cathedral, a masterpiece of Romanesque-Gothic architecture.
Theme: Cultural, History, Jewish
Duration: 6-8H
Pricing Info: Upon request
Pricing and Package Expiration Date: Subject to changes according to partners availability
Region: Porto