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North American PS Store Update for February 7 – A steaming bowl of new games
This is the kind of week that makes you glad to have access to the PlayStation Store. A total of 10 games are making their debut on our beloved store, making up for past weeks which were quite , shall we say light on new games.
The Simpsons Arcade Game, featured in every respectable pizza establishment in the 90's, as well as Shank 2 share the spotlight this week. Also there's good news for gamers who would like to spend more money on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning as a host of DLC is now available.
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Hungry Giraffe (minis) (free)
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Qore Episode 45 – February
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Gotham City Impostors
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Swarm (Price Change) (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $14.99)
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie ($9.99)
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UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception Add ons (x23) ($0.49 – $5.99 each)
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 – Weapon Expert Pack ($3.99)
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning
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Friday, January 17, 2014
43% of 2009-2011 college graduates in the sciences work in fields where a degree is not required
22 comments:
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 1:52 PM
While this is no consolation to anyone, I'm inclined to think that a large part of that group is pre-health science majors of one sort or another who didn't make it into professional school.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 2:13 PM
and when do the majority of folks leave the field? Could be a helpful little fact.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 3:11 PM
Something I often wonder ... of the number of jobs that require a degree, how many of the people who do these jobs _really_ need a degree to do the job?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 3:32 PM
Depends on how much training you want to do? All, none or in between?ReplyDelete
- Unstable IsotopeJanuary 17, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Yet more proof that we need more chemistry studentsReplyDelete
" [...] we're not doing all that much better than the social sciences (48%) or liberal arts graduates (52%)."ReplyDelete
At least five years ago, and in the absence of the data above, I already came to the conclusion that the professional environment and career outlook for chemists had changed to more resemble an artist's lifestyles. This in contrast to that of a highly educated, specialized, and valued practitioner of a physical/life science who often has invested a decade of training in pursuit of a terminal degree.
As it stands, I would caution anyone to pursue academic studies in chemistry. Heck, I would caution anyone to pursue any academic studies with the exception of an MD. (Their professional organizations somehow have a knack for controlling supply and demand.)Replies
I agree that MDs have a better gig than industrial scientists.Delete
I disagree that it's mostly due to their professional societies, even though they do play a significant role. I believe that the capital requirements to start a new medical school are far higher than the capital requirements to mint new PhDs in the sciences. To mint new PhDs in organic chemistry, you need grant money and an NMR. To make new doctors, you need to build a hospital.
Also, the AMA is quite good at keeping medical procedures under the purview of physicians, as opposed to nurses, PAs and the like. I think that's probably where their professional societies are most impactful.
(I have a sneaking feeling in my head that I've failed to absorb some reading that I've done about physician supply in the last year or two.)
Chemjobber: Doctor compensation (per procedure) is largely determined by an advisory board in the Medicare system, which determines how much the government pays. Private insurers tend to base their payouts off this. Guess who sits on the board - a bunch of doctors representing each speciality. While I've heard the board meetings described as "26 sharks in a tank with nothing to eat but each other", as each specialty tries to claim a larger share of the pie than the others, there is really no one there with any reason to say "Wait, you all are grossly overpaid". There was a nice article about this in the NYT a few days back if you are interested.Delete
And btw, anyone thinking about specialist pay should be required to understand a mortgage calculator before discussing the topic. How much pre-tax income do you need to finance a $200,000 loan? Something like $40,000 per year. So why do specialists have pay-premiums many multiples of that?
Also, you are missing another key factor - the principle-agent problem. Doctors have huge financial interests in the medical decisions they make. To be to what is no ones surprise, this causes them to prescribe more and more and more of whatever lines their pockets more. If it is arguably marginally better and three times the price, great for them!
I agree that MDs act like any other interest group, especially when unchecked.Delete
I disagree that their prescriptive practices are based on what will make them more money (with the possible exception of surgeons.) But perhaps I am naive.
I think you are a little naive here. There are layers upon layers of kickbacks and feedbacks in how our medical system works. For examples, on top of their outrageous salaries, a lot of doctors are "invested" in the clinics they send you to. So not only do they make a quick buck telling you to run off to see their buddy, but they probably have a 25% share in his or her new-fangled overpriced equipment. Even if doctors were angels, they couldn't help but to be biased with such naked conflicts of interest floating all around them. And of course, some doctors are not angels.Delete
Contrast this to my corporate chemistry job, where it would be a firable offense for me to fail to declare that my wife is a co-owner of the shop where I ordered the company T-shirt swag. There is literally no tolerance for any form of conflict of interest in any corporation I have worked for, and we repeatedly have this pounded into our head during our annual training videos.
"There is literally no tolerance for any form of conflict of interest in any corporation I have worked for"Delete
I wish this were my experience. In small organizations, I've only seen a web of friendships and associations, mostly undeclared.
I agree that MDs have a lot of interesting conflicts of interest and special ways that only they can make a little extra dough. I have personally railed against the $700 shrugs that I've paid for out-of-pocket.
I have yet to see the really wild conflicts-of-interest that you're suggesting (i.e. that physicians' prescribing behavior is primarily self-serving), but perhaps my experience has been limited.
Chad, what are your policy prescriptions? If I had one-and-only-one, it would be clear price transparency for services, in the French manner. That's pretty much it for me.
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 10:11 PM
Wrong. To mint PhDs in organic chemistry you need 3 to 5 chemists to sign a sheet of paper.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2014 at 12:50 AM
There's a supply, demand, and cheap(er) foreign labor issue when even the most employed major has 5% unemployment and 20% employment that doesn't require a bachelor's, plus the one's that are employed that require a BS/A just not the one they have.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 3:17 PM
I'm a recent graduate in chemistry and I have friends who are in biology, biochemistry, and chemistry. Most are employed with only a B.S. and the ones who aren't working in their field of study are waiting to get into some sort of post-grad training/school. All of the PhDs I know who have recently graduated had jobs waiting for them. I'm not buying this data at all!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Please consider the possibility that anecdotes from 2013/2014 may not reflect Census Bureau statistics from 2009 through 2011.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 4:48 PM
Why would you then publish something outdated? Wouldn't current statistics be more applicable to students who are getting ready to graduate in May? You also may consider that if this data was taken in 2009 it would be a reflection of the Recession and again not entirely accurate because that was an isolated time and not a true indication of how scientist with degrees are truly employed.Or will be employed in the future.Delete
Because the data was just published by the New York Federal Reserve, and was their most recent analysis and considered newsworthy by most outlets that are concerned about these problems?Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 5:54 PM
I would then suggest you find something peer reviewed by statitions and recently published in a reputable journal with an impact factor greater then say a 2. Nothing fancy but ACS Publications might be a place to start.ReplyDeleteReplies
Excellent choice, I think that data was published here: http://bit.ly/MwlxynDelete
I'm unclear as to what "statitions" are, though.
Anon4:48/5:54, I don't think this is productive, so let's try to move this in a more productive direction.Delete
1. Would you be happier if I were to edit the post to add dates? If so, I'm happy to do that, I think it would be an improvement.
2. I think you should understand that the US government's statistics agencies are always a year or two behind.
3. If you would like, I'd be happy to make a small financial bet (say $10) on the direction of the employment and underemployment of scientists, as reflected by Census Bureau statistics, specifically the American Community Survey.
Feel free to contact me at chemjobber -at- gmail/dot/com if so.
Never mind. Anon is an ACS troll attempting to obfuscate the real issue: Ph.Ds not getting jobs. Our problem in the US is the steady erosion of employment due to exponentially increased demand for immediate profitability by shareholders of companies. Look what happened to Bell Labs or any of the other research power houses. R and D costs money and investors would rather grab cash now than invest in the future.ReplyDelete


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A couple of miscellaneous notes this morning and some samples from a featured back issue of Lilliput Review. First, a call for poems from one of my long-time favorite small press publications, Chiron Review:
The editors of CHIRON REVIEW are reading submissions for
an "All Punk Poetry" issue to be published Dec. 2009. Poetry,
fiction, b/w line art, comics/cartoons, photos, nonfiction,
whatever should be sent via snailmail with self-addressed,
stamped envelope for reply/return to: Chiron Review, Attn:
PUNK, 522 E. South Ave., St. John, KS 67576. Name and
complete mailing address should appear on every poem,
story, etc. Deadline: Sept. 1, 2009. Material is copyrighted in
author's/artist's name. Payment: one contributor's copy with
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Chiron Review is open for submissions year-round. Postal
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send up to 5 poems, 1 long poem, or 1 short-story. We're also
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Next, two more entire back issues are up online for free. Here's #159
And here is #157:
The purpose for putting up entire issues for free is to give poets a better idea of what the magazine is about and what types of poems are published there. Also, entire issues simply better represent the magazine as it is. Finally, it also helps those who'd prefer not going through the process of sending for (& possibly may not be able to afford) a sample copy. Issues #'s 160 and 161 may be found in this previous post.
Oh, and then there is the enjoyment for of reading poetry in its natural habitat for those who do that sort of thing. Failing that, there is usually some nifty art, by the likes of Wayne Hogan and Guy Beining, for the visually inclined.
I don't expect to be doing this as an ongoing project or archiving the entire run online (but it is an interesting thought, no) but I will now and again put up an issue when time and inclination allow. I'm also hedging against the eventual conversion of the back issue archive in the transition from google pages to google sites to something possibly untoward.
More about untoward in a bit.
This week's featured back issue is #28, from February 1992, and it seems to have a thing for butterflies.
Ars Poetica
Forging a poem is
Like nothing so much as
Building a butterfly
Of bronze.Patricia Higginbotham
MotherSurgical teams
Pinned her
Monarch glands
To a mythical cure
And she steeped out
Of her body
With scissors and rose.Patrick Sweeney
prayer flags
battle flags
no difference
to the wind
Charlie Mehrhoff
Finally, the happy coincidence of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Harlan Ellison all being born on the same day is just too good to pass without noting. Here's a trailer from one of the films Lee and Price starred in together, a tad less garish than the Scream and Scream Again trailer, another of their joint efforts (and we arrive conveniently back at untoward - faint-hearted viewers beware).
on the flower pot
does the butterfly, too
hear Buddha's promise?Issa
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Some of the United States of America's Worst Presidents
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson came from a poor family and was not educated until later years. He was born on December 29, 1808 and died July 31, 1875/ He was the seventh president.
Andrew Johnson finished out Abraham Lincoln's term when he was assassinated. He was a very prejudice person who believed the United States was for white men and should only be governed by white men. Many people think he was the worst president the United States has ever had until Barack Obama come along.
Andrew Johnson tried to stop the 14th Amendment from being passed by Congress. This amendment granted the blacks citizenship. Andrew Johnson tried to convince the Southern states not to ratify the amendment but they did anyway. He is blamed for the South remaining in poverty for over a century.
Andrew Johnson was the only Southern Senator that remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. In 1868 he was impeached for his views on restoring the South to the Union. He was never removed from office because the Senate was one vote short.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856 in Virginia and died February 3, 1924 in Washington, D.C. He married Ellen Louise Azson. She passed away and later he married Edith Galt. He had 3 children. He was the 28th President.
His father was a preacher in Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina. He Had a hard time in school because he was dyslexic. Through hard work he became a good scholar and got a degree in history. He attended several universities. He went to the University of Virginia and studied law. In 1882 he passed the bar exam. After a short time of practicing law , he decided he did not like it.
Woodrow Wilson returned to Princeton University in Virginia and he became a political science professor. He taught at Princeton for 15 years and was president of the university for 8 years.
He was very interested in government and had many ideas as how it should work. He went into politics and he became governor of New Jersey in 1911. He was well liked and popular when he was governor of New Jersey.
In 1913 Woodrow Wilson was elected president of the United States. He immediately implemented some of his ideas he thought would work. He started the Federal Reserve System and we still use it. He started the Federal Trade Commission, which keeps business practices fair for everyone. He started a graduated tax system that we still use.
Woodrow Wilson was president for 1 year when World War I started in Europe. He hated wars because of his growing up in the South when the Civil War was going on. He did not want the United States to get into World War I. He kept the country out of the war through his first term.
When Woodrow Wilson was elected for his second term Germany started sinking U.S. Ships that were headed for Britain. He had no choice but to go to war with Germany. Woodrow Wilson said World War I, was the "war to end all wars."
World War I ended on November 16, 1918. He had a lot of influence on drawing up the treaty. Th League of Nations was his idea. A group of countries made up the League of Nations and their duty was to try to keep everything peaceful around the world.
In 1919 Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize because of his involvement in the League of Nations.
Andrew Jackson
The largest slave owner in the southwestern United States was Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson believed the white people had the right to conquer all of North America from the east to the west.
There were treaties with the Cherokee Indians, but when gold was found in Georgia the treaties meant nothing to Andrew Jackson. The Treaty of New Echota was negotiated by John Ridge, an agent of Andrew Jackson, and forced the Cherokee from their land. This was known as "The Trail of Tears."
Andrew Jackson is believed to be the only president in history to defy a Supreme Court ruling.
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore became president in 1850. At this time the slave-owners had a big problem with their slaves escaping and going to the states that did not have slavery. The lawmen in the free states would not return the escaped slaves to their owners. In 1853 the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. The Fugitive Slave Act stated the lawmen had to return the slaves to their owners. The Fugitive Slave Act also said it was a federal crime to help the slaves.
Millard Fillmore did not limit his prejudice to the slaves. He was also against the Irish Catholics. This gave him many friends in certain circles.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was for slavery. He said he was going to get the issue of slavery solved. His good friend Chief Justice Roger Tandy, who said African Americans were subhuman and non-citizens helped him.
John Adams
He is the only president that ever supported legislation that made his opponent's political campaign a criminal act.
Many people that supported Thomas Jefferson made many terrible remarks about John Adams. It was made law that no one could talk about government officials. Because of this law many of Jefferson's supporters were arrested.
No matter how hard he tried to discredit Jefferson he was still elected president in 1800.
Richard M Nixon
Richard M Nixon was not considered a good president. He was against activist groups and he used the FBI illegally to keep track of them.
Nixon did not want to improve civil rights. During his presidency the power of the president was expanded. He is probably best known for "Watergate."
George W Bush
George W Bush is thought to be the worst president this country has had by many. Reality is he might go down in history as the second worst.
When George W Bush was Governor of Texas there were more prisoners executed than ever before.
It is said his political friends were rewarded by him. Some say he used the Justice Department for the purpose of causing problems for his political enemies.
Many believe he used 011 to increase his power.
PresidentBarack Obama
Many people believe Barack Obama is the worst president this country has ever had. Many believe he has caused great harm to the country and the people. There are others that think he is one of the best presidents this country has ever had.
Many believe he has caused problems that affect the American people here at home and around the world.
His actions have damaged the economy. He called George W Bush unpatriotic because he ran up a debt of $5. trillion in eight years. President ran up $6.5 trillion in five years.
Under his leadership there are more American people receiving government aid than ever before. There are more people on government aid than there are people holding down full time jobs.
He has put the country so far in debt and he has no way of paying it off except to print more money and making things worse.
His Affordable Care Act is a disaster. People have lost the insurance they had. People have had their hours cut because of the medical insurance costs.
He has made racial tensions worse. He has condemned the wealthy. He has downgraded the military to where the country is now weak. We no longer have some of our long time allies because they no longer trust us.
He did promise to change the country and that he has done even though it is for the worse.
- The American Civil War and the Underground Railroad
The American Civil War was a terrible war. Brothers fought brothers and many lives were lost. The underground railroad was harsh but the slaves used it to escape to freedom.
Yes, the lists I've seen seem to give a limited scope. They look at one area, say the economy, and judge on that ignoring other areas.
Interesting list, though I would say it may be too early to tell for the last 2. The article doesn't seem to have anything that would justify Woodrow Wilson being on the worst list. I'm not claiming he doesn't belong there jsut the Hub only seems to tell good things about him.


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1. Simple Present
- Use it to talk about regular events or permanent situations. (Routine, habits, free time activities)
Formula - verb (verb+s) - do/does subject verb - don't/doesn't verb
aff.: I work as a teacher. / He works as a teacher. / I live in NYC. / She studies English twice a week. / She finishes work at about 6pm.
int.: Do you work as a teacher? / Does he work as a teacher?
neg.: You don't work as a teacher. / She doesn't work as a teacher.
to be
aff.: You are a teacher. / She's happy.
int.: Are you a teacher? / Is she tired?
neg.: You aren't a teacher. / She isn't hungry now.
Note: "have/has got" looks like Present Perfect but it's used to talk about the present.
I have a car. = I've got a car.
I don't have a cat. = I haven't got a cat.
Do you have a dog? = Have you got a dog?
I have to study hard. = I've got to study hard.
Do you have to work in the morning? = Have you got to work in the morning?
I don't have to work on weekends. = I haven't got to work on weekends.
2. Present Continuous
- Use it to talk about events that are in progress or temporary situations.
Formula - to be verb+ing
aff.: I'm working at the moment. / I'm living in NYC. / She's thinking about her job.
int.: Are you working at the moment? / Is he having dinner now?
neg.: I'm not working at the moment. / He's not working here anymore.
3. Simple Past
- Use it to talk about regular events in the past, events that happened at a specific time in the past, permanent situations in the past.
Formula: verb (in the past) - did subject verb - didn't verb
aff.: I did my homework last night.
neg.: I didn't do my homework last week.
int.: Did you do your homework last night?
5. Present Perfect
- Use it to talk about an event that happened in the past with an important consequence in the present. The event and the consequence are important. When the event happened exactly is not relevant.
- Formula: have/has verb (3rd column) - have/has subject verb (3rd column) - haven't/hasn't verb (3rd column)
aff.: I've brushed my teeth, now I can go to bed.
int.: Have you started the book?
neg.: I haven't taken a shower so I can't go to bed.
5.1. Present Perfect - Just
- Use it to talk about an event that has just happened, an event that has happened a very short time ago.
Aff.: I've just arrived from the gym. I need a shower. / Jane's just called. She wanted to know if we're going to meet her at the pub. / He's just travelled abroad. You won't be able to contact him soon.
5.2 - Present Perfect - Already
- Use it to talk about an event that has happened before you expected.
Aff.: Renan's already taken classes with Lu. / The students have already learned the present perfect. / The fireman has already saved the cat so you don't need to worry about it.
Int.: Have you already seen the new Spider Man movie? / Has the kid already finished his homework? / Has Duda already cooked dinner?
5.3 - Present Perfect - Yet
- Use it to talk about events that haven't happened until now, but you expected them to.
Int.: Has Duda cooked dinner yet? I'm really hungry! / Have you learned the simple present yet?
Neg.: We haven't arrived at the party yet so you can't talk to the birthday boy. / They haven't presented the results yet, but when they do, you'll be very pleased.
5.4 - Present Perfect - Ever
- Use it to talk about an event that has happened in your life (life experience).
Int.: Have you ever been to Paris? / Have you ever tried Russian food? / Have you ever gone skydiving?
- It's very common to answer these questions using already, yet, and never. And you can talk about one particular experience using simple past.
Yes, I've already been to Paris. I loved it. / I've never tried Russian food. / I haven't gone skydiving yet. I'm thinking about doing it next year.
- Present Perfect talk about events that have happened inside a certain period of time. This period of time could be a short one or a long one. It's usually not over or it has just finished.
"I've taken a shower." (Depending on your culture, the period is the day or the week.)
"I've had a flu shot." (This year)
"I've already been to Paris." (In my life)
5.5 - Present Perfect - How long...?
- Use it to talk about how long an event has happened. For this particular instance, you can also use (and it's probably better) Present Perfect Continuous when you have dynamic verbs (not stative verbs).
Aff.: I've lived here for 5 years. / She's had her car for a couple of months. / They've played football for only one week, but the coach is already very pleased by their performance.
Int.: How long have you worked for this company?


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France/ANR Support for Participation from Developing Countries:
In this programme, some research expenses (as capacity and community building, co-supervision of doctoral or post-doctoral researchers…) for partners from Least Developed Countries (http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/cdp/ldc/ldc_list.pdf; also see below) may be presented in the form of service delivery to a French partner of the project.
It should be explicit in the proposal:
• Foreign partner should outline precisely what part is supported by national support and what is asked for ANR support;
• The administrative information of the foreign partner should be completed;
• The financial support request of the foreign partner should be associated to a sub-contract with a French partner (in practice, the subcontract sum should be declared within the financial request of the associated French partner, and not within the foreign partner - just put "0" in the on-line system);
• The request for total foreign support could not exceed 50% of the total project support.
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1 To my humble supplication,
Lord, give ear and acceptation;
save thy servant that hath none
help nor hope but thee alone.
Send, O send relieving gladness
to my soul opprest with sadness,
which from clog of earth set free,
winged with zeal, flies up to thee;
2 to thee, rich in mercies' treasure
and in goodness without measure,
never failing help to those
who on thy sure help repose.
Heav'nly Tutor, of thy kindness,
teach my dullness, guide my blindness,
that my steps thy paths may tread
which to endless bliss do lead.
Source: Rejoice in the Lord #111


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Stephanie Danler on Why Book Publishing Is Like Waitressing
What is Stephanie Danler's secret ingredient? Is it sheer luck, as was implied in a 2014 New York Times article announcing a comely waitress's discovery by a patron who happened to be a publishing bigwig? "At the time I felt this resentment," says Danler, the author of Sweetbitter, as intoxicating a debut novel as they come. "I had $400 in my bank account and I had a shift that ended at 4:00 a.m. and I was bombarded at work by people holding the newspaper coming to see if I was real."
The fairy-tale narrative of the West Village waitress's improbable high-six-figure two-book deal was charming, if incomplete. It left out the part about how Danler had been working on the novel for several years, and how 11 publishing houses were dazzled enough by her voice to call her in for a meeting.
Danler is 32 and lovely outside and within—her graciousness has been honed by years of charming strangers and uncorking bottles at New York establishments such as Buvette, Tía Pol, and Union Square Cafe, where she landed her first job after college. "When I started out, there was this stigma that if you were waiting tables, then you'd failed at something else. But I was swallowed up by that life," she says. "There was so much to learn."
Sweetbitter is the story of Tess, who is young and new to New York and finds a family in the front-of-house workers at a restaurant very much like Union Square Cafe. It is an ode to pleasure, complete with oysters and mind-bending sex and a pitch-perfect evocation of the nostalgia that can set in for a moment before it has even passed. As one of the novel's characters says, "We walk in a cloud of mourning for a New York that disappeared."
Union Square Cafe is moving to a new location, and Danler is in the process of leaving New York. After a decade in the city, she is now spending most of her time in her native Los Angeles. Sweetbitter comes out on May 24. Below, an interview with the author.
You always knew you were a writer, but you make a point of saying that Tess isn't a server-slash–anything else.
I didn't want to write about restaurants in the way they had been written about before as a job, a place to pass time and make money and leave off the résumé. I don't think that everybody who moves to New York at 22 has a complete vision of what they're trying to accomplish. There's an unfocused ambition. You can pursue whatever you want outside of the restaurant industry, but you have this challenging and satisfying work experience. It can feel like a very full life.
What similarities have you found between the book world and the restaurant world?
I think that being a debut novelist is very similar to waitressing and starting out at a restaurant. You need the ability to walk into a room of people who are controlling your future. When you walk into a room of very powerful people in publishing, you need to be able to read them and anticipate their needs and maintain your own boundaries. When I was meeting with publishing houses, I would think: This is what you were trained for. I can walk into this room and I can be gracious and I can maintain my composure no matter what they throw at me.
The book is set in 2006, which is a funny year to get so nostalgic about.
The iPhone came out in 2007, right after my book finishes. I think that's the reason the book feels like it may have happened in an older New York. Before iPhones, people could still get lost. There's no Uber. We still had these small struggles before we had a device that could read our minds. The book is set in this moment right before the New York we know now—with the condos and this new Williamsburg and when Union Square Cafe can't afford to be in Union Square anymore.
What did you eat when you were writing?
My desk dinner is cheese and cornichons and crackers. A trick I learned from the menu at Prune is Triscuits with sardines and mustard. I'm also a firm believer in beverages. It would go from coffee to green tea all day, and then I'd transition into wine—which can be tricky, but it triggers a different part of your brain. It's playtime, not work time anymore. I thought it was beneficial.
There's been some noise on Twitter about your attractiveness and how that figured into your book advance. What do you make of it?
I find it so disappointing. There are so many ways in which people trivialize or discount women writers, and one of the ways is talking about the way that they look. I wish I could say that it shocked me more.
Has working behind the scenes ruined restaurants for you?
No, not at all. I get lost in them all the time. The only thing is I'm always so protective of servers, especially when I'm with a group of people. I will want the servers to know I'm on their side.
What were you like as a waitress?
I was very tired, but I was always highly professional and really interested in having a conversation with my guests. Not every table loved me. Someone once left a note that said: "Food was great. Service was great but condescending." I remember reading it and thinking, At least they still said the service was great.
What do you tip?
Baseline is 22 percent, and then if you go places again and again, a little more. Not every time, but now and then. It's only a couple of dollars and it changes your server's night.
What is bad service to you?
A server that is too busy to make actual contact. I mean eye contact, recognizing the tastes and feelings of the people that he's waiting on. Sometimes it can be so mechanical. I think great servers are able to make it personal.
You post the most incredible poetry by other writers on Instagram and Facebook. And your prose is so poetic. Do you write poetry?
No! But it's my personal mission in life to get people to read more poetry. I never studied poetry and I have too much respect for it to ever try to write it myself. Most people think they can't read poetry, but chances are they will like the poets I like. I will spend the rest of my life turning people on to drinking sherry and reading poetry.
What do you know about your next novel?
I have not started it. I know it's going to be very different. I think that any novelist who has any modicum of success with a slightly autobiographical novel wants to prove how versatile they are. But it will be like Sweetbitter in that I'm endlessly interested in food and sex, and how we don't say what we mean.
How difficult was it to write your Vogue essay about your father's drug addiction?
I had planned on never writing about either one of my parents for a long time. I didn't feel ready and I didn't feel like I knew the end of the story, but when I ended up writing, I realized I didn't need the end of the story. I was writing about myself. When I realized that the piece was about me and my ongoing struggle making boundaries with men who hurt me, I could take responsibility and it didn't feel quite as treacherous and quite as sad. The story about my father is objectively sad, but my own story is still a work in progress.
Did your father get in touch with you about it after it came out?
I didn't hear from him. I was very scared before the story came out and I went back and forth many times over whether I was ready. Some of the closest people in my life don't know about my parents. So many people reached out to say it was their story, too. We think our experiences are so specific and our pain is so unique, but we are all sharing this struggle, which is the struggle of how to love and how not to get hurt.
Where is Tess today?
I think she is a seeker at heart, which is what drove her to leave what was comfortable and what she knew. I think people like Tess have moments of feeling settled and then the feeling that it's not enough comes back on them. I always imagined that she would move abroad. She's just beginning to see the world outside by the end of the book. I couldn't tell you that she's happy or not, but I know that she's had moments of happiness.


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Learn more about employment vacancies
Taupo District Council contact details, location and office hours
A range of grants and awards are available to the Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino communities
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Kete Taupo is your online place for storing and sharing cultural and heritage resources and knowledge. It is your online knowledge basket of topics, images, audio, video, web links, documents and discussion which are collected and described by you, the Taupo District community.
While Kete Taupo will grow to encompass many aspects of our history and culture, our initial focus is on the Centenary of World War I. As part of the centenary, Taupo District Libraries, Taupo Museum and Lake Taupo Genealogy have three projects that we want you, the Taupo District community, to be involved in.
Share your family's World War I photos, memorabilia and memories.
Tell the stories of World War I Soldiers with links to the Taupo District.
A glimpse of the Taupo District during the Great War. Stories, photos and memorabilia from all three projects will be shared online at Kete Taupo and will also be part of an exhibition at the Taupo Museum from 24 October to 18 November 2014.


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Hey Everyone!
Before I delve into my land of inspiration, I want to take a moment to introduce you to the little fuzzy creature that I spend more time with than anyone these days!
Meet Aslan, the Lion Kitty! I know I made a post referencing him a few weeks ago, but he has never been properly introduced here on the blog!
We adopted Aslan back in October, along with a female cat who we named Esperanza. Unfortunately, Esper suffered from renal kidney failure only weeks after bringing her into our homes and is now in kitty heaven. So now we are left with this big fluffy blessing of a cat who is excessively well behaved! His one downfall - He doesn't like cuddling in excess of 1 minute, and has a fierce love of play biting (it doesn't feel like play biting to me!). I feel like I completely and totally get this cat one minute...and the next he is sprinting past me up the stairs in a tizzy. Gotta love cats!
Aslan loves to sleep at his lookout perch at the top of the steps and in our bed when we aren't in it. He is going to have his own column here on the blog every week now!
Now, back to our feature presentation!
I don't know about you, but I am assuming that there are a few blogs that you follow. Maybe some of them you just are interested in the content and that is enough to keep you going from day to day or week to week. But sometimes, you run across that special blog. The one where you feel this instant connection to the blogger - like a one way bosom friend connection shared by Anne Shirley and Diana Barry in "Anne of Green Gables." Well friends, I've found my Diana. Except for the fact that she doesn't know I exist ;)
I stumbled upon The Handmade Home while I was going to school last semester. I spent so many hours on pinterest while I worked in my lab...food pins were my arch nemesis during my early first trimester! One day though, I found "The Font Snob's Favorite Free Fonts" on pinterest, and decided that the tagline was compelling enough for me to check out what this self-proclaimed font critic had to say. Well...one post lead to another...and another...and another. Ashley ("The Font Snob") made me feel like she was telling me everything that I needed to hear at that point in my life. She had just started a blog series called "The Lazy Gal's Survival Guide" and everything she wrote was music to my ears. Things are just things. HA! So easily said. It's another thing to commit to putting the purse that you bought yourself when you were 12 just because it was so pretty into the goodwill box. What if your sister would think it's just as cool? Or what if it comes back into style in a few years when....yeah. You get the picture.
Finding The Handmade Home and becoming a regular reader has really inspired me to also work harder on my method of communication. Anyone can write a blog post...but Ashley made me realize that when you can connect to the writer on their own level and find yourself smiling and laughing along with the writer, that blogging is so much more enjoyable on many different levels! I feel like Ashley could be my best friend, that I know her little pet peeves and secrets and it makes me want to chit chat back to her...I love it!
The point of this blog post is - I, Chelsea Wales, am going to strive to become a better writer to make you, my reader, LOVE reading this blog every day! My only condition to you, my dear reader, is that you tell me if you enjoy reading it or not, and maybe some constructive criticism :)
Do you follow any blogs that make you feel like you are walking parallel lives with the blogger? I'd love to hear about them! I'm always looking for some new inspiration. And I hope that you take a minute to stop by The Handmade Home!
Happy Crocheting!


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Saturday, 13 July 2013
Together Forever
16 comments:
- tilly said...
what a gorgeous card, you have done very well with all those elements on your first vintage card... more to come lol???
Tilly x
- 13 July 2013 at 20:45
- coops said...
wow love this jules.fabulous details and design and your vintage image is stunning ;D
xx coops xx
- 13 July 2013 at 21:40
- Sue - bearhouse said...
WOW!! This is stunning Jules. I love the vintage image, gorgeous papers and such beautiful detailing too.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
hugs Sue xx
- 13 July 2013 at 22:19
- Doreen said...
This is gorgeous,love the design,fab colours.xxx
- 13 July 2013 at 22:42
- McCrafty's Cards said...
Beautiful card Jule's I like the vintage image the flowers and embellishments.
Kevin xx
- 13 July 2013 at 22:53
- Janet - aka stacky said...
Your card is beautiful Jules I love the image and all your gorgeous embellishments xx
- 13 July 2013 at 22:58
- Jackie said...
What a beautiful vintage card. Sorry to say I am not enjoying the heat at all!!!!! :o)
Jackie xx
- 14 July 2013 at 06:48
just beautiful, thank you for joining us at the Hobby House for our 2nd challenge
Hugs Kate xx
- 14 July 2013 at 08:35
- kay said...
It's totally gorgeous x
- 14 July 2013 at 16:34
- Janine said...
Wow Jules, this is fabulous, you would never guess this was your first attempt at vintage. Lovely image and beautiful pin.
Thanks for sharing it with us at The Hobby House.
Hugs, Janine xx
- 15 July 2013 at 18:46
- Jules said...
Hi Jules
This is so lovely .. .. you have used some gorgeous embellishments.
Lovely vintage feel.
Hope all is good with you and that the sun marks are settling down.
Love Jules xx
- 15 July 2013 at 22:16
- Cazza said...
WOW Jules, this is absolutely stunning! :o)
- 16 July 2013 at 20:25
- Desire Fourie said...
This is a gorgeous vintage creation. Love the monochromatic colours.
Hugs Desíre {Doing Life}
- 17 July 2013 at 18:53
- julie said...
I love your vintage design. so beautiful I love the embellishments you have used. Julie x
- 20 July 2013 at 19:29
- Crafty Lark said...
Hello Jules, Great vintage card, love the way you have aged it. xx Flora
- 25 July 2013 at 21:12
- Donna said...
Wow Jules, this is so stylish and such an elegant design. Stunning added detail and the image is lush :) Donna ♥ x
- 28 July 2013 at 12:47


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The FBI's Buffalo Office on Friday announced the capture of 25-year-old Esteban Ramos-Cruz, a federally indicted member of the 10th Street Gang, in Springfield, Mass. Ramos-Cruz has been an FBI fugitive since May 2011. He was recently profiled on an episode of America's Most Wanted that aired on Friday, January 6, 2012, on the Lifetime Network. On May 5, 2011, FBI Buffalo's Safe Streets Task Force arrested multiple members of the 10th Street and 7th Street Gangs. Soon after, 7th Street Gang member Ramos-Cruz fled and remained an armed and dangerous fugitive until his capture Friday morning. Ramos-Cruz was indicted on the following federal charges: murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the murder of a 10th Street member/associate Eric Morrow; use, carry and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and narcotics conspiracy. Following the profile of Ramos-Cruz on America's Most Wanted on January 6th, FBI Buffalo received a tip from an AMW viewer who relayed information that placed Ramos-Cruz in the Springfield area. Further investigation by FBI Buffalo revealed a specific location for Ramos-Cruz, and this morning members of the FBI's Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force, which is composed of the Massachusetts State Police, DEA, Hampden County Sheriff, and police from Springfield, Lee, Chicopee, and Pittsfield, along with the U.S. Marshals, arrested Ramos-Cruz.
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- Restaurant specialising in Western food, baked goods, and pork-centric meals.
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Through The Rain (2000) - Poem by Lillian B. Rose
Withered by squalls of emotional charge
a guarded wall I keep
The masked bandit of personality
Loving heart hidden behind deceit
Character born of unnoticed hills
Her acceptance forever in question
Feeling unlovable while many don't see
The growing sadness inside of she
Insanity came 'a call you see
Lost to her was the key
Removed suddenly from the world she knew
Protected from what she felt was true
A credit-less act sex is to love
In search of something far better above
The caring trust of old she knew
would start a guideline that continually grew
Problems and Promises, she knew her fair share
The passing time ringing of disrepair
slowly balance she worked hard to find
Logic justifying tired heart, soul, and mind
Turn To God as you've done before
A voice softly reminded
Though people come and go, honey
Has not he always been near?
Somewhere he watches your stumbles
The fearful, fiery tongues of dragons
Terrors filling up a night, and catcalls by day
You shall not be harmed
An angel he sends to guide
To light the candle of your heart
Oh child, believe! as you must
Smile she does, even through the rain
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Home Decorating in Charlotte NC for the holidays.
During autumn, temperatures fall, days shorten and holidays are approaching, bringing the need to get our homes decorated for the holidays and get organized. Maybe this is why we associate the coming of the season with more family time and wool clothing, rugs, and upholstery keep us warm, as do sweater-knit throws. It's such a busy time of year for us all, we gather our menus, our guest list, Christmas list, mailing out Christmas cards, decorating our homes, shopping and make travel arrangements to celebrate the holidays with our family and friends.
We all know that fireplaces in a room is considered to be a focal point and is a wonderful place to decorate the mantels for the holiday season. A few decorative additions like the magnolia branches on the mantle and the subtle use of branch motifs help change this space from a well appointed room, to a favorably seasonal one. I mentioned in another post mother nature is great source to get decorating materials and is budget friendly because it is free (most of the time). Look at the picture above by adding pine branches, running cedar, green apples and pine-cones you transform this mantel to a beautiful and natural mantel for theholiday season without spending tons of money to decorate. Fire screens protect our homes from any stray embers that spark, and should complement the fireplace, both in style and in scale. A good quality leather chair is a bonus, but any chair that is snug and welcoming can be used, changing the current color to a seasonal hue is easy to do with slip-covers. Add a fluffy pillow and a soft throw into the mix, set it in front of a warm fireplace, and snooze your Sunday away. A cozy fire and soft textiles are essential to autumn nap taking especially after having your holiday feast.
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WASHINGTON — The election is still two days away, but in the always-strange state of Florida, early voting is already leading to confusion and chaos.
In Miami-Dade County, elections officials reopened a voting office on Sunday only to shut the operation down in the early afternoon because too many people were waiting in line. After angry voters started chanting "Let us vote," the election workers decided to reopen, calling in extra staff and another printer for the absentee ballots. Everyone in line at 5 p.m., the original deadline, would be allowed to vote, an official told the Miami Herald.
A bomb scare shut down one polling place in Orlando on Saturday; there too, voters were lining up for an extra day of early voting that was ordered by a state judge.
Saturday was scheduled to be the final day of early voting in the nation's biggest swing state, where most polls have shown the presidential race extraordinarily close. In many places, particularly in South Florida, where Democrats typically get their largest majorities, lines at polling places stretched for hours, with voters in some places waiting past midnight.
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In Miami-Dade, the ballots are 12 pages long, thick with constitutional amendments and local questions; the lines there were as long as six hours on Saturday.
Worried that significant numbers of their voters might have been deterred by the wait, the Florida Democratic Party went to court in the wee hours of Sunday morning seeking an emergency order for polling places to remain open Sunday. The suit cited "extraordinarily long lines" that it blamed on "inadequate polling facilities" in South Florida's three big urban counties, Miami-Dade, Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) and Palm Beach.
The state Legislature, which has a Republican majority, passed a law last year that reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to eight and eliminated early voting on the Sunday before the election. In 2008, Democrats voted heavily on that day. Many African American churches organized congregants to go directly from services to the polls. On Thursday, Republican Gov. Rick Scott refused a request from Democratic officials to extend voting hours this year.
But the law includes a loophole that election officials in several counties are taking advantage of: Election offices are allowed to be open for voters to drop off absentee ballots. On Sunday morning, officials in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties announced that in addition to accepting absentee ballots, their main election offices would be open all day to print out absentee ballots for voters who had not already requested them. Voters would be given ballots as long as they were in line by 5 p.m., the two counties said.


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Korean beauty products are well known for their unique ideas and ingredients as well as excellent quality. At the InterCHARM Beauty Expo Korea, a global cosmetics and beauty trade show that was held last month, many Korean cosmetic firms showed off their distinctive competitive edge. One of the companies is Celim Biotech, a manufacturer that incorporates fermentation technology into cosmetics products. Let's meet with company president Kim Jun-wan.
My company produces cosmetics for sensitive skin. Our products focus on treating atopic dermatitis, pimples and sensitive skin. Those who are interested in those skin problems visit our booth. They wonder how natural products can treat skin troubles. They want to test them, saying that products like these are rare and they have found what they were looking for. We're in the initial stage of exploring markets, so we are discussing with any companies overseas as long as they are interested in our products.
Celim Biotech drew a lot of visitors throughout the three-day expo, which started on November 23. The company was set up in 2015, but it has been dedicated to research on natural fermentation for more than 10 years.
It's been less than three years since my company was created, but we started research and development ten years ago. Many children suffering from atopic dermatitis tend to scratch a lot and often hurt their skin. Pimples are an irritating skin condition that affects many teenagers, while those in their 30s and 40s worry about freckles and other skin problems. Our cosmetics products use herbs and natural ingredients that are shown in traditional medical books. Unlike cosmetics that contain chemical ingredients, microbes in our products ferment naturally, if aged at appropriate temperatures, to have a positive influence on the skin. We have figured it out gradually through countless tests. That's our naturally fermented products.
People with atopic skin or acne often have difficulty in choosing cosmetics. They wonder what ingredients were used in the products, how they were manufactured and how many chemical ingredients they contain. Kim was well aware of the seriousness of skin problems and floated the idea of developing naturally fermented products. He wanted to produce cosmetics that would recover the power of the skin by using natural substances. In fermentation, substances become smaller in the decomposition process to produce a greater absorption effect, while organic acids increase nutritious elements for the skin and promote self-preservation. Due to these benefits, naturally fermented cosmetics can use as few synthetic fragrances, artificial colors and preservatives as possible. The substances created in the fermentation process deliver the full vitality of nature to help enhance self-regenerating power. But it takes a great amount of effort and time for natural fermentation and aging.
Our technology is called ERBA, which stands for extract, refining, blending and aging. We developed this technology using our own recipe, ratios and temperatures. In general, cosmetics are made only a few days after blending necessary ingredients. But we blend them for one or two months and age them as long as possible. Even the complete products, especially skin essence, are kept under refrigeration so they can age slowly.
In its unique fermentation process, the company does not boil natural ingredients, including royal jelly, but still extracts flavonoid. The ingredients then go through the refining, blending and aging process, which takes between three months and two years, depending on ingredients. Even after that, they undergo the blending and aging process every day for two to three months to become essence products. The company's product obtained a patent last year.
Our essence product got a patent after a number of tests on active ingredients. The natural extracts are believed to help prevent and treat the symptoms of atopic dermatitis. In brief, our unique technology gained due recognition from the government.
In addition to essence, the company released lotion, cream and skin products as well last year, drawing a positive response from the market. The products with natural healing elements have spread by word of mouth and appealed greatly to health-and skin-conscious consumers. Foreign buyers are showing keen interest in the fact that natural ingredients are effective in treating sensitive skin.
We're targeting the Chinese market. It takes about two years to get approval from the China Food and Drug Administration. Four of our six products have already got the green light, thanks to generous support from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups as well as the Small & Medium Business Corporation. We were able to export the goods to Russia this month through a consortium business supported by the Korea Federation of SMEs. I have met a number of Russian buyers recently, and they reacted very favorably to our goods. Buyers from Britain, Germany and Switzerland also watched our products carefully, saying that there were few alternatives other than medicines and those were the very products they had been looking for. They purchased samples and said that they would make contact with us again later.
Previously, fermentation was used mostly for preserving food, such as kimchi, soybean paste and yogurt. But these days, fermentation technology is used for a healthy life, amid growing interest in environmentally-friendly ingredients and manufacturing methods that would prove to be good for the body. Interest in natural fermentation goes beyond food, spreading to cosmetics. With its naturally fermented cosmetics that went through the long fermentation and aging process, Celim Biotech is taking a step closer to a fundamental improvement of skin health.


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Okay - so i admit, i'm a little lax when it comes to updating recipes on here, but a lot of the time, i need to make something twice before i think 'ooh, that'd be a good one to put online for everyone' and get around to taking a picture of the end result. Anyway - we have here the easiest, no frills lasagne recipe. If you hadn't already guessed, i *love* Italian food, and i hate seeing things like this for sale in the frozen sections of supermarkets, or microwave ready meals - it's no way to treat food, especially not something like Lasagne!
You will need the following ingredients:
Large white onion
1 clove of garlic (crushed)
Tablespoon of Olive Oil
700g / 1.5lb Minced Beef (you can substitute with Lamb, Pork or Turkey Mince if you prefer)
2 OXO Cubes
1 can of chopped tomato's
1 tablespoon of tomato puree
1 teaspoon of dried oregano (heaped)
Pasta sheets for lasagne (preferably the ones you don't have to cook first)
Pinch of salt
2 ounces of salted butter
1 tablespoon of flour (heaped)
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons of parmesan cheese
Block of cheddar cheese
1/2 pint of milk
Utensils needed:
Large Pyrex Dish
Large Saucepan w/Lid
Small Saucepan
Cheese Grater
Chopping Board
First - pre-heat the oven, set it to gas mark 4. Chop up the onion and crush the garlic with a garlic press. Take your large saucepan, put it on a medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Wait for the oil to get hot, and add the onions and garlic. Add a small pinch of salt as well. Keep stirring them until they go semi-translucent, you want them nice and sweated. Take the minced beef (or whatever you've used as a substitute), and add to the pan. Brown the meat off by stirring it through periodically. Once the meat is browned off, you want to add the OXO cubes by sprinkling them over the top, and straight away stirring them in. Add your can of chopped tomato's, and your tablespoon of tomato puree. Mix through well, and add the oregano, and turn the heat down low, and put the lid on the saucepan.
In your small saucepan, add your butter, and melt over a low heat. When the butter is starting to bubble, add your tablespoon of flour, and mix thoroughly until you have a paste. At this point, slowly add the milk, about a tablespoon worth at a time, in order to thin the paste out into the base for a sauce. This is known as a roux. Keep adding the milk until you have a sauce thats a little thinner than the desired consistency. You don't have to use all the milk either, if you like the sauce thick, that's fine, you just don't want it to thin out too much. Add a good tablespoon of parmesan cheese, and stir it in. Keep the sauce moving constantly, else it'll go lumpy, and potentially split. Add your ground nutmeg, don't put too much more than 1/2 a level teaspoon worth in as its very potent, taste wise - a little goes a long way! Keep stirring until its smooth, and take off the heat. If the sauce is a little too thick, add some more milk and stir in.
Turn off the heat on the saucepan with your meat & tomato sauce in, it should have thickened a little. Stir it through just to make sure nothing has settled to the bottom. Pour half the mix into the bottom of your dish, and layer pasta sheets over the top to cover. Then take the Bechamel and pour half of that over the pasta sheets. Put another layer of pasta sheets on top, and repeat the layer of tomato sauce, then more pasta sheets, then the last layer of bechamel. Grate a decent amount of cheddar cheese over the top, try not to leave any 'blank' patches. Take the rest of the parmesan cheese, and sprinkle liberally over the top. Place in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes - until the top goes golden brown.
Once its out - slice with a knife into however many portions, and use a serving spoon to decant it. If you find the pasta is a little al-dente for you, my advice is to get a bowl of boiling water, and drop each pasta sheet in there for a few seconds before layering. Use tongs to remove the sheets and put in place.
In either case - you should be left with something as gorgeous to look at, as this:
See? Simpler than it looks! :)


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In the 2016 car accident report of the state of Arizona, they have listed more than 120,000 incidents. The staggering number tells a story of the damages incurred during the incidents. Car accidents can cause a hundred dollars to even costing an entire life. That said, there is a need to hire the best
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Filing a claim can be very stressful, especially if you are working with an insurance business that is hesitant to pay any claims. With the help of an Arizona car accident lawyer, you have someone who understands the details that have to be included on the claim you filing. By ensuring that you have the right paperwork for the claim, your case can easily be approved by the insurance company. Presenting the details is also necessary so you can get the full benefit that is due to you.
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