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Sup. I'm Goregasm, and this is my guide for Leona.
The builds above are mainly the same. They only differ in skill sequence.
Team 1 for a duo lane, Team 2 for a solo lane.
The aim of this guide is to build Leona as a tank with heavy emphasis on CDR but without sacrificing her durability in teamfights. This allows her to initiate and soak up damage, but also to continuously disrupt teamfights with two CC abilities on a very low cooldown.
Some may find it strange to opt for CDR on Leona. My reasoning for this is best described by comparing her to Amumu (with whom she is often compared anyway). While the CDR on her Shield of Daybreak is identical to Amumu's Bandage Toss, Leona doesn't have much to do in between cooldowns to damage targets, peel enemy champions off your carries or disrupt teamfights. Amumu, however, has his Despair up constantly doing significant %hp damage, and a low CD Tantrum to spam.
Furthermore, Leona's passive, Sunlight, means that your allies will be dealing more bonus damage to targets based on how often you can output your skills.
People seem to think that because she deals very little damage, she doesn't present herself as a threat and that they need to add some damage to her. Firstly, it's wrong: she has ****loads of CC and this makes her enough of a disruptive force in teamfights that people will feel she needs to be removed. And if they don't, you stop them from attacking someone else. Secondly, her AP ratios are terrible (for those building AP), she has no AD ratios on her abilities (for those building Atmog's), and if you want to build her as a Trinity Force tanky DPS... then why the hell aren't you playing Jarvan IV or Irelia?
Pros / Cons
- 3 forms of CC, 2 on 8-9 second cooldown at max rank (and even less with 35% CDR)
- Powerful and mobile initiator
- Able to disrupt targets multiple times during teamfights
- Her passive encourages teams to focus down important targets
- Powerful laning phase (more so than many others tanks)
- Shield grants increased durability
- Her Valkyrie skin
- Low damage
- Low AP scaling
- Not viable to jungle (very, very slow)
- If placed in a solo lane, her low damage forces her to play passively
- Her masculine voice can make masturbating and playing at the same time difficult
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: Mainly just because your choice of marks is fairly limited, and your damage output is mostly magic damage.
Greater Seal of Armor: For some early game resilience (hur hur) vs. AD champions, minions and towers in your lane. I prefer armour over dodge just because dodge does nothing to mitigate physical damage abilities, just autoattacks.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: For some early game durability vs. magic damage harass in your lane.
Greater Quintessence of Health: This build skips Doran's Shield as an opening item, and so you still need some source of HP for your laning phase. This provides as much as you can get.
Greater Seal of Evasion: If you're a fan of dodge instead of armour seals, grab these instead. You'll just have a little more trouble in both the lane and in teamfights vs. champions with physical damage abilities.
Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction: With the items in this build and these runes, you'll hit just over 40% CDR. However, you will lose early game mitigation versus magic damage.
Summoner Spells
I run Exhaust with most of my non-jungling tanks because of the amazing utility it gives you. Exhaust has both offensive utility in locking someone down and reducing their resistances so that your team can destroy them and defensive utility in case your abilities are on cooldown and you need to nullify someone's damage output to protect your carries.
Once again, I like Flash because it has both offensive and defensive uses. Flash works great defensively as a Get Out of Jail Free card if you're caught in a bad position. However, Flash + Zenith Blade also work brilliantly in conjunction to secure retreating targets.
Another potential choice over either Exhaust or Flash. However, I prefer Flash over the two because it tends to either save my arse more or secure kills better than Ghost can, and if you swap this out for Exhaust then you're swapping even more CC for increased movement speed.
An entirely viable option, particularly as such a CC heavy champion that can decide teamfights. Just not one of my favourites.
I run 1/21/8 for a number of reasons.
21 in Defense: As a tank, it's important to maximise your damage mitigation. Strength of Spirit is very important, not just for the laning phase, but because of the insane HP5 granted from the large amount of mana from Frozen Heart and Banshee's Veil.
8 in Utility: I opt to go 8 in the Utility tree for 3 points in Good Hands, 1 point in Perseverance and 4 points in Awareness to keep up in XP or gain an advantage. For why Good Hands is generally better than Perseverance on any non-healing, non-regen based champion: do NOT get Perseverance! @ leagueoflegends.com
1 in Offense: Finally, because we're taking Exhaust, we may as well improve it and give it extra offensive utility.
Skill Sequence
Skill Sequence depends on whether you're in a solo lane or duo lane, and also if you think a level 1 teamfight will break out.
If you're in a duo lane, pick either Shield of Daybreak or Zenith Blade first to shut down an enemy champion. Your Shield of Daybreak + Exhaust + whoever you're laning with can grant a first blood if your teammate is heavy in level 1 damage. Max Shield of Daybreak for a lower CD on your stun, then Eclipse for more durability and finally Zenith Blade to lower its CD.
If you're in a solo lane, you won't have the damage to follow up your CC to kill anyone in the lane. Also, you attack slowly and do no damage, so if your lane opponent is push heavy you may find yourself struggling to keep the minions off your tower. Pick Eclipse first for durability and harass, then the rest of your abilities by level 3 to maximise the chances of success if your jungler / roamer tries to gank your lane. Max Eclipse first for farming, durability and harass, then Shield of Daybreak to lower the cooldown on your stun, and finally Zenith Blade for the lower cooldown.
IMPORTANT: If you're participating in a level 1 teamfight over jungle buffs, take either Zenith Blade or Shield of Daybreak first. Different situations may call for different skills to be picked first: generally, Shield of Daybreak for defensive situations, and Zenith Blade for offensive situations.
IMPORTANT: Tanks need to be versatile in how they build, more than any other type of champion in the game. Ranged AD carries can follow specific builds to maximise the output of their damage; the only choice they usually have to make is whether to build Last Whisper or The Black Cleaver.
As a tank, you need to be looking at the biggest damage dealers on their team and build accordingly. You need to know the damage types of the champions you're dealing with and the items they've bought. And then, you need to build to mitigate that damage accordingly. If you go up against an all AP team, don't buy Frozen Heart for the CDR. As the team's main tank, your durability comes first and your utility comes second. Suck it up and build accordingly.
This build and the build order assumes that you're going against a balanced team. If their Annie is getting ludicrously fed but the rest of their team isn't, try building your Banshee's earlier, even if it means sacrificing some of your CDR until later.
Also, never, EVER build Sunfire Cape. It is the worst tanking item in the game. Comparing it to the other HP + armour item, its stats are worse than Randuin's Omen, and you're trading CDR, HP5, the on-hit slow and the amazing AoE slow and AS debuff active for... 35 magic damage per second. Which will actually end up being less because you have a glorious 8.55 magic pen. If you want to get a Sunfire because you don't remember to use item actives, then LEARN to use actives. They win teamfights.
Starting Items
Regrowth Pendant + Health Potion: Because I like to go for an early Philosopher's Stone for lane sustainability and GP10, I like the Regrowth Pendant and Health Potion. Plus, it allows you to hang around as a threat while taking some harass and then just regenerating it all back by retreating momentarily.
Cloth Armor + 5 Health Potions: This is probably more for when you're going to be stuck in solo top against an AD champion with heavy harass. It will stall your Philosopher's Stone, but later it will build into your Aegis of the Legion.
Boots of Speed + 3 Health Potions: If you think you'll be in a duo lane against soft, easily gankable targets with poor early game harass and you and your laning partner are confident in killing them, pick this for increased manoeuvrability with 3 health pots for increased sustainability.
You should look to complete these basic items as soon as possible.
Philosopher's Stone: The high HP5 and MP5 gives you great staying power in the lane, and the GP10 helps your lackluster farming and allows you to give more CS to your laning partner.
Mercury's Treads: Simply the best all-purpose boots for a tank, for the largest CC reduction of any item in the game, and especially because AP carries tend to have the greatest damage mid-game.
Aegis of the Legion: I'm not sure why tank players don't buy this item. It builds out of simple, cheap components, it is cost-effective for its stats (remember, you get the aura too) even when ignoring the fact the aura affects other people, and you're mitigating the damage of your team just by standing around.
At this point, your build's pretty standard for a laning-tank build. You probably have more MR than you do armour, and we haven't got any CDR. We solve this by building your core items in the following order:
Glacial Shroud: Your armour is lagging behind your MR at this point, so not only does this rebalance your resistances, it adds 15% CDR to your target of 35%.
Kindlegem: This not only gives you a little extra bulk, but it's a cheap source of CDR. This item brings you up to 25% CDR.
Frozen Heart: This item is amazing. AD champions should now have trouble damaging you and your CDR is at 30%. The aura from Aegis of the Legion and Frozen Heart means that just by existing in a teamfight, you're swinging the fight in your favour.
Banshee's Veil: Once again, you're a tank, and your durability comes before your utility. Make sure you build this as your scaling armour and recent investments in Frozen Heart have meant that your MR is now beginning to fall behind. Even though Banshee's Veil gives you less MR than Force of Nature, the HP that comes with it grants you more effective health vs. magical damage AND it gives you a spell shield. Sweet.
Shurelya's Reverie: Even though it lacks damage mitigation, I consider Shurelya's Reverie an overlooked item for any tank that benefits from CDR. The active is great when initiating teamfights or helping others to escape ganks (remember that as a tank, you exist for your team). Complete this for a little more HP, HP5, MP5, 5% CDR (bringing you to 35%) and that cool active. It's only costing you 550gp.
The Sixth
Force of Nature: Against a team where the kills are balanced, or where their AP carries are more fed than the rest, build this. By this point your armour exceeds your MR by 58, so against a balanced team, this is what you should build next. It should equal out your armour and MR values and mitigate a great deal of the damage any of the AP carries are dealing.
Randuin's Omen: Get this if their AD champions are dealing most of the damage. It's the best AD tank item in the game, and the only reason we didn't take it earlier is because we wanted more CDR. The active on it also synergises well with Leona's kit ( Zenith Blade + Randuin's Omen + Solar Flare + Shield of Daybreak = enemy team is never ****ing moving).
Thornmail: If it's a late-game squishy autoattacking AD carry who's the problem ( Tryndamere, Master Yi, Ashe, Tristana, Vayne, etc.), consider getting a Thornmail instead. They'll kill themselves before they kill you, and you should have enough CC to lock them down for your team.
Generally speaking, you should be last hitting with your autoattack to farm whether in a solo or duo lane. If your lane gets pushed too far back to your own turret for your liking, use your shield to weaken the minion wave.
If you open up with the shield in the duo lane, your laning partner is likely to look at all the shiny low HP minions, liken their luminescence to the gold that will spew forth from their rotting corpses, and take it before you can because of the bonus damage from your passive. While this is fine if you're pushing or if they're pushing hard, remember that you're not a support champion and that you still need CS to be useful in teamfights. Just try and share it with your laning partner.
In a solo lane, unless you're facing against a pusher champion like, you'll still want to reserve your shield for when the minions are on your side of the river. Push too hard and you leave yourself vulnerable for ganks while also preventing ganks that may have occurred if you weren't pushed so far.
Team Work
Laning Phase
In a 2v1 lane, your focus should be on denying the enemy champion XP and GP with the monstrous threat of your CC. Make sure you and your laning partner only last hit. Push the lane and you'll lose your advantage. Hang in between their melee and caster minions, and make sure to punish the enemy champion with a Zenith Blade+ Shield of Daybreak combo if they go in for last hits.
In a 1v1 lane, it's unlikely that you'll be able to kill your enemy, so just focus on punishing their mistakes with harass and most importantly gaining CS. If they're pushing hard, try to use Eclipse to farm and equal out the push. Otherwise, play fairly passively and try to last hit.
In a 1v2 lane, you will only kill idiotic or cocky players. Do your best to gain whatever CS you can, though this is best achieved at your own tower, so let them push so that you aren't at risk of being killed out in the lane. If you push too far back, you risk getting denied.
Initiate by using Zenith Blade to dash to your target, and then either Shield of Daybreak if on a single target, or Solar Flare if they're grouped up. At 35% CDR, you become an incredibly disruptive force in teamfights. You should have a 1.25 stun available every 5.2 seconds, your line nuke immobilise every 5.85 seconds, and your ultimate every 48.75 seconds. Using all your abilities to apply your passive to high priority targets in order to repeatedly add bonus damage for your allies.


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text: I recently learned a really useful trick for removing rusted nuts and bolts from an old gunsmith that I thought was worth sharing. I have already used it three or four times with great successs. First, heat the nut with a portable torch. Get it to almost the point of starting to turn orange. Pour cold water on it. The shock causes the bolt and nut to release. Of course you can't use this in every instance. Below is the story behind the gunsmith's learning of this trick. The gunsmith said he learned it the first day he was hired to become a machinist apprentice. He said the boss told him and three others to go out to the yard and to disassemble some rusted dozer tracks. At lunch they still hadn't removed any bolts. Two of the boys left for lunch and never returned. The other at his sack lunch and then wen't back to work. At about 2:00 the foreman came out and asked how he was doing. He said he hadn't made any progress. He told the young man to go get the torch and a bucket of water. He said to heat the bolts to cherry red and then pour water on it. He tried it and had instant success. He asked the foreman why he didn't tell him earlier. He said I accopmplihshed two things. First, I got rid of those other two boys who didn't have the right work eithic to stay and I taught you a lesson you won't ever forget.


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Friday Morning Tailgate: Dec. 20
Dec 20, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
Welcome to the FCS Semifinals edition of our Friday Morning Tailgate series, where we invite you to dig into the week's clips from in and around the league ahead of this weekend's two semifinal matchups featuring both New Hampshire and Towson.
- The Sports Network provides FCS Quarterfinal previews of New Hampshire/North Dakota State and Towson/Eastern Washington.
- Craig Larson of the Boston Globe previews the semifinal matchup between the Wildcats and top-seeded Bison.
- Allen Lessels of the New Hampshire Union Leader looks at how late heroics led UNH to its first-ever semifinal berth.
- The Union Leader's Lessels says that the Wildcats will be forced to contend with the Fargodome noise on Friday.
- John Habib of the Union Leader describes New Hampshire natives Seamus O'Neill and Alexander Morrill as the "Granite Wall."
- Al Pike of the Foster's Daily Democrat explains how sophomore QB Sean Goldrich has led the Wildcats to the semifinals.
- The Daily Democrat's Pike describes North Dakota State as a formidable foe and notes that communication will be key for the Wildcats in a hostile environment.
- Dave Kolpack of the Foster's Daily Democrat discusses the similarities in style between the Wildcats and Bison.
- The Daily Democrat's Mike Zhe shares UNH alums' excitement about their team's current run.
- The Concord Monitor's Tim O'Sullivan calls the Wildcats' matchup with two-time defending national champion NDSU as the "ultimate test."
- The Monitor's O'Sullivan also writes about the emotion and playmaking ability that senior safety Manny Asam brings to the Wildcats.
- Edward Lee of the Baltimore Sun explains how a national title is much more important to Towson RB Terrance West than any individual awards.
- The Sun's Lee also looks at how Tigers backup QB Connor Frasier's versatility has allowed him to contribute in other ways this season.
- Matt Hamilton of The Towerlight previews Towson's semifinal showdown with Eastern Washington on Saturday.
- The league's This Week in CAA Football studio show looks back at New Hampshire and Towson's quarterfinal wins of the FCS Playoffs and previews the two teams' nationally-televised semifinals contests this weekend.
- CAA Football's Bobby Broyles joined Greg Burton of Richmond's ESPN 950 to talk about Saturday's semifinal matchups.
- The conference's weekly notes package featuring postseason notes, gameday storylines, standings, stats and more can be found on CAAFootball.com.
- League student-athletes were honored on the FCS ADA, Associated Press, The Sports Network and Walter Camp All-America teams this week.
- CAA Football visited all 11 of our member schools' campuses this fall. Find all of our On Campus coverage, including Going Deep features, campus tours, interviews and more on our official Every Day Is Saturday blog.
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"Bias" Blasts The News Mongers
December 26, 2001
"Bias," by 28-year veteran CBS News correspondent Bernard Goldberg exposes the pervasive liberal bent of television news, according to reviewers. Bias is so pervasive, in fact, that network anchors like Dan Rather and Peter Jennings are oblivious to it.
Among the examples in Goldberg's best seller:
- In a chapter entitled "How Bill Clinton Cured Homelessness," Goldberg notes that "In 1990, when George Bush was president, there were 71 homeless stories on the ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN evening newscasts. But in 1995, when Bill Clinton was in the White House, the number had gone down to just nine!"
- A typical 1996 CBS news broadcast strongly implied that average teen-agers were contracting AIDS by having "unprotected" heterosexual sex, whereas "almost all of these teen-age AIDS cases involve homosexual sex or IV drugs or tainted blood."
- Also typically, Peter Jennings, when calling the roll of U.S. Senators during President Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial, identified several Republican senators as "conservative" but didn't identify a single Democratic senator as "liberal" (in Jennings' world, leftist Democrats are "moderates").
Goldberg started having problems when in a 1996 Wall Street Journal op-ed he took CBS correspondent Eric Engberg to task over a report on the CBS Evening News. Engberg spoke of Steve Forbes's "Number One Wackiest Flat-Tax Promise" and interviewed three liberal economists -- none identified as such -- and zero conservatives.
Sources: Mona Charen, "What Bias?" Townhall.com, December 21, 2001; Rich Tucker, "Media Heresy," Townhall.com, December 21, 2001.
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God, Sex, and Politics examines both sides of the church controversy over homosexuality to consider the ways in which people develop, in everyday thought and interaction, their beliefs about God and justice. Dawne Moon explores how members of Protestant congregations determine what is just and what is not, what is right and what is wrong, what is loving and what is sinful.
Through this compelling work we learn that the considerable turmoil surrounding homosexuality in churches has less to do with homosexuality than with the fear of weakening the church's spiritual, communal solidarity. We learn too how the church mirrors the secular world—the fear of division and politics leads members to avoid conflict in the congregations Moon examines. And so, the Protestants who are the subject of her study avoid debating the key issue of whether homosexuality is sinful because of its potentially polarizing effects. The religious culture Moon uncovers is ultimately critical of politics and of the intense moral and social discord that members believe it entails.
God, Sex, and Politics will be of enormous value to sociologists of religion and anyone interested in religious controversies over sexuality.
While there have been plenty of books written about religion and gays, there is little ethnographic accounting of how particular religious communities grapple with the issues. Moon (sociology, Univ. of California) takes us to two Methodist congregations: one situated in a large urban environment, the other in a small town about 70 miles away. The congregations and the individuals in them are portrayed pseudonymously, but Moon imbues the debates and conflicts with vivid realism. The urban congregation was in the midst of self-examination about whether or not to join the "Reconciling Congregations Program," a movement with American Methodism to welcome sexual minorities explicitly. A substantial group of members of the other congregation were involved in another organization called "Transforming Congregations," which is more conservative in approach. Some of the core issues of Christianity are raised and contested: the nature of sin, the role of politics, and the relationship of Scripture and experience. The book shows how people put into effect their beliefs on a specific issue (in this case, homosexuality) when faced with the broader questions. Moon has an unusual ability to explain social science theory clearly and give a three-dimensional report on real people grappling with issues that are very important to them. Both general and academic readers will find much in this book to commend.-David Azzolina, Univ. of Pennsylvania Lib., Philadelphia Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.


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The Chiefs will have a tough decision to make with the fifth pick in the first round. Will they take a left tackle or standout Tennessee safety Eric Berry?
The intrigue of the draft next week may start when Kansas City picks at No. 5.
It looks as if St. Louis will take quarterback Sam Bradford, Detroit and Tampa Bay will take defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy and Washington will likely take left tackle Russell Okung.
Then, it could get complicated. The Chiefs will have a tough decision because there is no clear-cut pick. If Okung somehow slips past Washington, he will be in the mix. If not, Berry could be the choice.
Left tackles Trent Williams of Oklahoma, Bryan Bulaga of Iowa and Anthony Davis of Rutgers are considered top-level tackles. Yet, taking them at No. 5 may be a bit of a reach.
So, the Chiefs may have to decide whether to take a left tackle (Branden Albert would then move to right tackle) or Berry, who is considered the best defensive back available in the draft.
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August 6th, 2002, 10:38 PM #1
Does anybody buy opt in e-mail addresses.
I've always been leary of doing this since I have grown my mailing list through trade shows and promotions.
Our monthly Newsletter gives us a such a shot of traffic and sales are strong at that time.
It's tempting to entice shoppers from places other than our local market.
Any comments?
August 6th, 2002, 10:43 PM #2
Clearly there must be some money to be made in spam or else people wouldn't do it. However, I've always tried to conduct my business in such a way as I think the internet ought to be, not necessarily the way it is. Perhaps that's somewhat naive, but if something bothers me when I get it, I certainly don't want to send it to someone else. And let's face it, most people who are on the opt-in lists are not anxious to be getting your email, they probably didn't realize the number of people their email would be sold to when they signed up for whatever they signed up for. It's spam, just by another name.
Another thing to keep in mind is that if you're putting affiliate links in your spam email, you're probably violating the affiliate agreements of some of your merchants. If you've built up a genuine email list of people who want your newsletters, I'd stick to those. Dave
August 6th, 2002, 10:49 PM #3
I have in the past and was ripped off. I would never do email marketing again unless it was with one of the big companies who have been around awhile such as Postmaster Direct. I lost money because I bought the service and they told me they sent me email out. According to them I got about 1500 click thru's, but according to my web stats, I got 0. On top of that it was an html ad and there was 0 hits for the images that were in the ad for that day. Luckily my credit card company was nice enough to give me my money back. Anyways, me very very careful of the service you use.
August 6th, 2002, 10:56 PM #4
You would do well to review some of the threads in the Getting Traffic - Effective advertising sections of ABW. A good place to start would be this thread:http://www.abestweb.com/cgi-b in/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=50&t=000002
I think you'll find the advice from most here will be to keep growing your own list, and that buying a list from someone else, is extremely dangerous, usually getting many potential and present customers angry with you. All lists purchased from "someone else" are dirty to some extent, it really depends on how much you spend. Do yourself and everyone else a favor, and keep your own list, it's a great tool, and you know who is on it (presumably).
Organic is 100 percent correct about the links. In fact, if you SPAM someone without links, they come to your site and see affiliate links, they may still complain, and you may still have problems.
My two-cents worth, sorry to be so negative. BTW, glad you joined ABW!
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Thanks Organic, drumminlogan, and buy_online,
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Don't buy those email lists. Waste of money, the addresses probably didn't opt in to be in those lists, poor quality traffic, not targeted at all.
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Leaders from various political parties and NGOs are united in their call for moderation and tolerance.
PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng today conveyed his party's belief that it is for the good of Sabah and Sarawak that they should remain as partners with Malaysia, but he urged the Federal Government to bring about policy changes that would benefit "ordinary" East Malaysians.
In his Malaysia Day message, he likened Sabah's and Sarawak's union with the Federation of Malaya to the 307-year-old Scottish union with the United Kingdom and said the East Malaysian states should benefit more from the partnership.
"Sabah and Sarawak must be treated as equal partners with Peninsular Malaysia," he said."New policies must therefore be designed to benefit ordinary Sabahans and Sarawakians and replace old policies that favour cronies of BN from Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak."
DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang said that the overwhelming majority of Malaysians were believers in moderation and Malaysia's future would be assured as long as the "Malaysian Dream" transcended self interests.
"The voices of extremism and intolerance, however, come from a raucous minority and we must keep faith with the overwhelming majority of Malaysians from all races, religions and regions, who believe in moderation and the middle path of unity, harmony, tolerance, justice and fair play for all Malaysians," he said.
MCA publicity chief Lau Chin Kok also called for moderation and tolerance, saying he was speaking amid challenges to a harmonised Malaysia posed by extremist factions.
Lau said, "As Malaysians, we need to solve the unity issue the Malaysian way, just like our forefathers did."
He added that differences amongst Malaysians should not be a hindrance to progress towards a moderate and tolerant society.
Gerakan President Mah Siew Keong urged Malaysians on both sides of the South China Sea to continue to live up to the original intent of the founding fathers, who emphasised common well-being.
A similar sentiment was expressed by K K Eswaran, president of the Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He said, "We certainly cannot deny that the Malaysia of today is the result of a tireless journey of hope, inspiration, aspiration, determination, co-operation and resilience.
"We must also be reminded that Malaysia Day has enlarged our embrace of our brothers and sisters from Sabah and Sarawak."
The Coalition on Plan of Action for Malaysia (GBU) and Persatuan Kesedaran Komunity Selangor (Empower), however, criticised the recent use of the Sedition Act to silence government critics as a stain on the Malaysia project. They questioned the act's effectiveness in suppressing extremism.
"These repressive laws and electoral irregularities reinforce existing barriers for marginalised people who are already finding it difficult to make their voices count: women, the Orang Asal, Sabahans, Sarawakians, the urban poor, and people of diverse sexualities and genders," said Yasmin Masidi of Empower.


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Hafez Nazeri Brings the Rumi Symphony Project to Los Angeles' Pantages Theatre on October 3rd
WHAT: The Nazeri Music Foundation will debut the world premiere of the "Rumi Symphony Project: Cycle One" in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 3. The performance will be entitled "Rite of Fall: Mehregan" and presented by Nederlander Concerts and Rum & Humble at the Pantages Theatre.
The works to be performed are composed by 30-year-old Hafez Nazeri, Iran's most influential young composer and winner of UCLA's Distinguished Creative Award. They will mark a new chapter in integrating Middle Eastern and Western traditions through the music of both cultures. Nazeri describes the concept and philosophy behind this opus as "a musical discourse to promote world peace."
"At a time when all that we hear about Iran is filtered through headlines of intolerance, chaos and violence, it is important to portray a 7,000 year cultural history with its deeply poetic and artistic mystical traditions," explains Nazeri.
The concert will showcase Nazeri on setar and vocals, and his legendary father Shahram Nazeri (vocals), as well as artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Paul Neubauer on the viola, Ida Kavafian, viola and Fred Sherry, cello; in addition to Matt Haimovitz, cello; Tim Cobb, double bass, Hussein Zahawy, percussion and Shane Shanahan, percussion.
WHERE: THE PANTAGES THEATRE / 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood / Los Angeles, CA 90028
COST: Tickets for Pantages Theatre at $30, $45, $75, $90, $150, $200 and $300 are on sale at ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, at the Pantages Theatre box office, and at all Ticketmaster outlets including select Macy's, The Beverly Center, La Curacao and Ritmo Latino stores.
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Lahore, Jan 28 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that the Taliban's act of summoning politicians and citizens to their so-called Sharia Courts in Swat is a testimony to the absence of the state's writ in the area.
"Repeated official vows of regaining control of the situation in the Swat Valley have been exposed by the extremists' call to politicians to appear before their courts," HRCP said on Tuesday.
"The situation was worsened to this extent largely because of the government's denial of the worsened situation and its inability to jam even a radio station broadcasting propaganda by the Taliban," The News quoted the statement, as saying.
The statement said the government's claims of having control over the area were impossible to believe when citizens were being killed and the illegal Taliban radio station even announces the names of the people who would be killed later.
The commission said the lawmakers had conceded that the government had no control in the area, adding that the government must immediately share a frank assessment of the security situation with the people instead of making false claims.
It urged the government to revise its strategy, which had not worked to restore law and order in Swat.
The HRCP said all the segments of the society, including the religious communities, must not remain spectators of the breakdown of the state apparatus and they should assist the government handle the situation in a more comprehensible manner. (ANI)


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A wide-open way of working HSBC's office format moves employees out of cubicles, into close quarters
Kevin Quinn is HSBC Bank's top Buffalo-based executive, but these days, he works like other employees in the bank's downtown Atrium building: sitting on a bench, at a table split by a low-rise divider.
The format, which HSBC began rolling out locally about a year ago, was a big change for anyone accustomed to working in clusters of cubicles, with offices along the outside walls claiming the best views. Now everyone works in a more wide-open setting, and employees are minding their habits.
"The first couple of weeks you had a little bit of that, people who liked to whistle they work, or hum, or speak loudly," said Quinn, senior vice president and managing director for HSBC Bank USA's upstate commercial banking business. "That tends to have a bit of a self-policing mechanism, because you will quickly see heads turn, people will notice."
HSBC chose Buffalo as one of six locations to introduce the format, which the bank calls "open work." Bank officials say the layout encourages collaboration and gives HSBC more flexibility to manage its office space, especially with the influx of workers from the nearby tower that used to bear the company's name.
Employees had to get accustomed to other differences from a typical office setting. In some parts of the building, employees do not have assigned seats. Instead, they take an available space and get to work. Employees have their own file cabinets and lockers for their belongings, but the storage units are located away from the work stations.
"Theoretically we will evolve as a company to where you can take any desk," said John Beckinghausen, HSBC senior vice president of corporate real estate for the U.S.
HSBC's new format is not the norm among private employers. The most recent survey by the International Facilities Management Association says only 8 percent of private offices were using no partitions or low partitions as of 2010, up slightly from a 2007 survey. Sixty percent still used the cubicles and movable partitions familiar to fans of "Dilbert" and "Office Space."
The switch at HSBC's Buffalo operations began last year as the bank vacated the tower then known as One HSBC Center. Workers moved into two other existing HSBC locations: the Atrium, which is next to First Niagara Center, and a leased facility in Depew that uses the same new format.
The Buffalo area joined HSBC offices in Mexico City; London; Dubai; Sydney, Australia; and Mumbai, India, in making the change. Beckinghausen said the bank will apply lessons from those six locations as it expands "open work" to its operations worldwide.
Office upgrades
HSBC pledged to pour $35 million into upgrading the Atrium and the Depew facility, and plans to complete that investment by early next year.
Though HSBC no longer has retail branches in Western New York, the bank still employs about 3,000 people in the region in areas including commercial, private and corporate banking, and back-office roles for national and global operations.
Depending on the nature of their jobs, not all of the employees need an assigned seat in an office each day, Beckinghausen said. And since HSBC employees sometimes drop into Buffalo from other places, the bank provides a "touchdown" room of unassigned work stations for them.
"We do support several global businesses from this building, so we do have a regular flow of visitors coming to and fro," said Neil Brazil, an HSBC spokesman.
Technology improvements have helped make the workplace changes possible. HSBC added wireless Internet throughout both the Atrium and Depew site, giving employees the freedom to pick up their laptops and work from a variety of spots.
Amid the push for "open work" and collaboration, HSBC made accommodations for privacy, recognizing that not everything need be shared. Employees can duck into small, unassigned offices to work on confidential information displayed on their laptops, use a headset to carry on a sensitive conversation, or huddle privately with a co-worker. Employees are supposed to use these private spaces when necessary, rather than turning them into their own offices.
Using office voices
Still, it's not as simple as rolling out a new format and expecting employees to embrace it. And an open-style format presents its own challenges.
HSBC prepped employees on etiquette, encouraging them to use "office tones," Beckinghausen said.
Mark Zeis, senior vice president and area director, has noticed a gradual change at the Atrium. "Probably the first 30 or 60 days, you had to get used to the fact there were people on either side of you and in front of you," along with the accompanying background noise. Now, he said, "you almost tune it out, because you're so involved in what you're doing."
Employers that adopt an open-space format sometimes use features like soundproof "focus rooms" and white noise to cut down on ambient distractions, said Jed Link, a spokesman for the International Facilities Management Association. But human behavior ultimately has a lot of influence on the format's success or failure, such as wiping down a shared work station to help prevent the spread of illness, or talking more quietly on the phone, he said.
Bryant G. Rice, a business consultant with San Francisco-based Equal C, said open-space work formats are catching on in the United States, but there is still a "territoriality of space" mindset in many workplaces, as in, "my space vs. our space." The open format is more prevalent in Europe, where there is more of a "sharing culture" and the go-to approach is a shared room or office for workers, he said.
As for the effect on productivity, Rice said an open-space format benefits teams of employees working on a group project. "An open environment really fuels collaboration because you can see people you need to talk to. When you need something, you get an answer much faster."
At the Atrium, Zeis sees similar results with his HSBC colleagues.
"Before, when we were in the (tower), we were in cubes," Zeis said. "You didn't really know who was there, who was not there in the office, and if you look in there now, you know who's in the office, who's not in the office."
Shaun Mallen, vice president of corporate banking, said he now senses "an energy, a hum, when everyone is working."
"You'd be surprised how that kind of wide open space actually impacts your work day to day," Mallen said. "It's a lot easier to get things done and to get immediate answers for your customers."
Not all excited
If employers adopt an open-work format, they have to pay attention to the details, said Paul Tesluk, chair of the department of organization and human resources at the University at Buffalo's School of Management. "I think you often see where things like this succeed and where they underachieve is around how they're nuanced."
Walls and partitions may create separation among employees, but those same barriers give employees some private space, Tesluk said. "What might be stimulating and engaging for one person in terms of a physical work environment can be utterly frustrating and distracting and just difficult for someone else."
Susan Cain has expressed skepticism of open office plans. The author of "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking," wrote an article for Bloomberg BusinessWeek questioning the format's impact on productivity. She urged workers to escape to private places when possible, among other strategies for coping. "You have to find ways to draw physical boundaries," Cain wrote.
But some HSBC employees say information now flows more freely between them without cubicles in the way. And they are getting to know their co-workers better.
"It definitely fosters a sense of team for sure," said Laura Bickert, vice president of corporate banking. "It's more pleasant to come to work when you are more familiar with your colleagues."
Fewer calls home
Another effect: people are more aware of their conversations.
"It certainly cuts down on a lot of the idle banter that individuals might have been carrying on with their spouses, or with their friends, on the telephone or whatnot, because you're in the open, you're sharing with everyone," Quinn said. "So I think there's a certain amount of efficiency that's driven into the workspace, as well."
Quinn often needs to have private conversations with colleagues, and he steps into an office when necessary. But he said employees are getting accustomed to the new format, and they appreciate the Atrium's refreshed appearance and tech upgrades.
HSBC employees are not the only ones noticing the changes. A number of HSBC clients, from different industries, have toured the facility, as they make plans to build or renovate their own work spaces. "They want to see what the layout's all about and whether it is for them," Quinn said. "And it's different for every organization because of their own culture or history, as to whether they think they can pull it off."
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The number 34 banner of Cavs legend Austin Carr is no longer hanging at Quicken Loans Arena. Why? It was stolen sometime between Sunday and Tuesday, most likely during the WWE Raw event on Monday. For those unfamiliar with Carr, here's some grainy footage of him pouring in 61 points during a 1970 Notre Dame-Ohio University NCAA tournament game.
Former cornerback Fred Smoot, who was at the center of the Vikings' infamous 2005 Love Boat Cruise, is trying to raise money for a second (less controversial) Love Boat Cruise to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
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- 01Responding to and Preventing Family Violencemore info >
- 02The role of the Committee of Management Chairpersonmore info >
- 03Successful Transitions - OSHC and Transition Statementsmore info >
- 04The changing role of the educational leadermore info >
- 05An Ongoing Cycle: The Importance Of Planning For Children's Learning And Developmentmore info >
- 06Assessment And Rating Visits - One Centre's Experiencemore info >
- 07Assessment And Rating Visit The Experiences Of 3 Family Day Care Servicesmore info >
- 08Case Studies On The Assessment And Rating Visitsmore info >
- 09Codes Of Professional Conduct And The Early Childhood Australia Code Of Ethics 2006more info >
- 10Conducting research with children in OSHCmore info >
- 11Educational Leader In Family Day Caremore info >
- 12Getting Practical about Reflectionmore info >
- 13Getting Practical about Reflection Part 2more info >
- 14High Expectations For Childrenmore info >
- 15Important Changes To Laws Regulating Incorporated Associationsmore info >
- 16It's All About Meaning: How Much Documentation Do I Need And What Is It Meant To Look Like?more info >
- 17It's All About Meaning - Recording Effectively In School Age Caremore info >
- 18Learning At Home - Designing And Creating Environments For Family Day Caremore info >
- 19Opening the Doors: Showcasing A Family Day Care Service In Actionmore info >
- 20Philosophy Developmentmore info >
- 21Recruitment basicsmore info >
- 22School Age Care Pedagogymore info >
- 23The Role of Educational Leadermore info >
- 24Silverton Primary School OSHCare – Planning For Our Childrenmore info >
- 25Working equitably with older children in OSHCmore info >
- 26'You've Got A Friend' - Supporting Friendships in School Age Care Servicesmore info >
- 27Lead up to the State Election 2014more info >
01 Responding to and Preventing Family Violence
The following article is adapted from a speech given by Emily Maguire, CEO Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, at the Community Child Care Association AGM 29 October 2015.
02 The role of the Committee of Management Chairperson
Providing support to coordinators and directors and providing leadership to the committee of management (COM) are the primary responsibilities of the COM chairperson.
03 Successful Transitions - OSHC and Transition Statements
Successful transitions rely on children, families and early childhood professionals developing positive, supportive relationships.
This article includes some tips for educators on how to encourage the sharing of Transition Statements.
04 The changing role of the educational leader
"The educational leader needs to motivate the team in a number of different ways to think about the pedagogical decisions they are making around children and their learning"
05 An Ongoing Cycle: The Importance Of Planning For Children's Learning And Development
Assessment for children's learning refers to the process of gathering and analysing information as evidence about what children know, can do and understand. It is part of an ongoing cycle that includes planning, documenting and evaluating children's learning.
06 Assessment And Rating Visits - One Centre's Experience
Assessment And Rating Visits –Nara Community Early Learning Centre's Experience
07 Assessment And Rating Visit The Experiences Of 3 Family Day Care Services
Community Child Care Association recently spoke with three family day care services that have been part of the first services to go through an assessment and rating visit. We share their answers to our questions and thank each service for sharing their experience with us.
08 Case Studies On The Assessment And Rating Visits
Community Child Care Association spoke with three OSHC services that have recently participated in
the assessment and rating visits and have shared their experience with us.
09 Codes Of Professional Conduct And The Early Childhood Australia Code Of Ethics 2006
Every now and then, education and care services for children face dilemmas that do not have laws, policies or procedures to guide their resolution. When this occurs, ethical analysis and debate begins to inform what happens next.
10 Conducting research with children in OSHC
If somebody asked you to think about doing research with children, what would be the first thing that popped into your mind? Children are almost always the subjects of research and almost never the researcher. This article invites you to question whether research is 'adult's business' or 'children's business' too.
11 Educational Leader In Family Day Care
Each service in FDC must appoint an educational leader to lead the development and implementation of the educational program. An educational leader can be an educator or a staff member from the coordination unit
12 Getting Practical about Reflection
Reflecting on our work with children, their families and each other is one of the most important aspects of our commitment to improving the quality of our services.
13 Getting Practical about Reflection Part 2
Effective critical reflection requires several key elements to be in place.Add your content here!
14 High Expectations For Children
Described as a belief 'in all children's capacities to succeed, regardless of diverse circumstances and abilities' (DEEWR 2009, p. 12), high expectations link closely to educators' understanding that all children have rights to be successful learners and to be included in services and the broader community.
15 Important Changes To Laws Regulating Incorporated Associations
In April 2012, a new Act for incorporated associations was passed, changing the laws that apply to Victorian incorporated associations.
16 It's All About Meaning: How Much Documentation Do I Need And What Is It Meant To Look Like?
Rumours abound about what should or should not be in place – these are mostly untrue and we must become better at knowing what is actually required, rather than what someone reported to be the case.
17 It's All About Meaning - Recording Effectively In School Age Care
It is with a clear purpose and with the words of the framework in mind that we consider the question many educators have been asking … 'How much documentation do I need and what is it meant to look like?'
18 Learning At Home - Designing And Creating Environments For Family Day Care
The family day care (FDC) home environment is the most visible aspect of the work of a family day care educator. It conveys a message: that this is a place where educators have carefully thought about the quality and the learning potential of the spaces within the home.
19 Opening the Doors: Showcasing A Family Day Care Service In Action
We hope this article provides you with a snapshot of another service in action and some inspiration and ideas of different ways to approach program planning, documentation and assessment, and implementing the learning outcomes into everyday practices.
20 Philosophy Development
A written statement of philosophy outlines the principles under which a service operates. It underpins the decisions, policies and daily practices of the approved provider, nominated supervisor, educators and staff members, and it assists in planning, implementing and evaluating quality experiences for children.
21 Recruitment basics
For many organisations, recruiting staff can seem overwhelming, complex and fraught with danger. This article will provide some simple information, steps and strategies to assist you in the process of recruiting the right person.
22 School Age Care Pedagogy
When the thought processes that inform an educator's practice are based on ethical and professional standards, actions and reactions towards professional conduct, relationships, influence and position within communities and society, inform the pedagogical decisions they make about interactions, routines and experiences for school age children to intentionally affect their ongoing, learning and
23 The Role of Educational Leader
An interview with Karen Schneider Educational Leader at Monash Children's Centre Co-operative.
This centre is a 100-place community managed long day care centre on the grounds of a university in Clayton.
24 Silverton Primary School OSHCare – Planning For Our Children
During a recent Western Regional Outside School Hours Group (WROSHG) network meeting, services were asked to bring along their reflection journals and discuss how they were incorporating the frameworks and the National Quality Standard (NQS) into their programs. CCC was invited to this network meeting and has asked Silverton Primary School OSHCare to share how they plan for their service.
25 Working equitably with older children in OSHC
"This article provides a summary of my recent research into the experiences of older children in OSHC"
- Bruce Hurst, University of Melbourne
26 'You've Got A Friend' - Supporting Friendships in School Age Care Services
Some people would assert that friendships are a very specific kind of relationship with particular characteristics. However, 'friendship' is a term that is used in a variety of ways, sometimes very loosely. Educators make comments to children such as 'We're all friends here'. It's interesting to explore what the term means.
27 Lead up to the State Election 2014
With a Victorian State Election on the horizon, CCC has asked key members of the major parties for their perspective on education and care issues.


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The latest report from the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea contains some damning allegations backed with plenty of evidence.
The full report – all 417 pages of it – is available here as are all the previous reports which are packed with fascinating detail about the inner workings of Somali piracy, the origins of illegal arms flows and the structure of al-Shabaab, Somalia's Islamist insurgency.
It is a lot to get through so here are some of the main talking points:
1. Al-Shabaab earns up to $100-million a year from taxation and extortion, and is becoming a fully-fledged business operation.
2. The UN-backed Transitional Federal Government is ineffective, divided, corrupt and its leadership lacks vision so is incapable of providing leadership or bringing stability.
3. Eritrea planned a series of bomb attacks targeting an African Union summit in January the capital of Ethiopia, its old enemy, that would "make Addis Ababa like Baghdad".
4. Weapons and ammunition supplied to the African Union troops and government forces in Mogadishu are for sale in the al-Shabaab controlled Bakara Market, with perhaps as much of half the ammunition sold on by government-allied militias.
5. A private security company called Saracen International committed "egregious violations of the arms embargo" by setting up a military training camp and deploying foreign security personnel in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The company is said to have links to Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater.


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Gascoigne on trial for drink-driving
TROUBLED football star Paul Gascoigne represented himself in his drink-driving trial yesterday after his lawyer quit.
The case was adjourned following hours of legal wrangling.
Gascoigne (43) is accused of driving a Ford Transit van while more than four times the limit on February 7 at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, England.
Northallerton Magistrates Court was told he was found to have 467 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine. The legal limit is 107 milligrams.
He denies the charge. He has also pleaded not guilty to driving without insurance.
The former footballer was due to be represented by lawyer Stephen Andrews, but he withdrew from the case after lengthy legal discussions yesterday morning.
Mr Andrews told magistrates he had only recently been instructed and he needed more time to prepare his case and call witnesses. He said some of the legal documents relating to the case had been sent to Gascoigne's old address in Jesmond.
The court was told Gascoigne now lives at his father's house in Gateshead. But Mr Andrews application to adjourn was dismissed. The bench accused Gascoigne of creating a delay.
The magistrates said they intended to hear the case along with that of co-accused Michael Harvey. Mr Harvey (41) of Wood Street, Gateshead, is accused of similar offences.
He has denied driving a Ford Transit van over the legal limit on February 7 at Leeming Bar.
The court was told he had 259 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine. He has also denied driving without insurance and driving while disqualified.
Charles Weidner, representing Mr Harvey, also applied for the case to be adjourned. He argued his client's case would be prejudiced as Gascoigne was no longer legally represented. The application was rejected.
The court was due to hear evidence in the afternoon but it was finally adjourned after magistrates heard there was not enough time left in the day to hear the case.
Mr Andrews came back into court and told the bench he would be representing Gascoigne at the new trial. The court has yet to fix a date for the new trial.
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Jonah Wardill 1784-1854 & Mary Breckon 1788-1874
Jonah Wardill was born on the 26th December 1784 in Goathland, North Yorkshire, to Jonathon & Elizabeth
He was a carpenter and lived and died in Goathland.
On the 1841 census the house name is a little unclear but it looks like "Fenarick House" where he lived.
He married Mary Breckon born 1788 in Goathland on the 29th June 1807,in Pickering,North Yorkshire, 4 months before their first child was born.
They had 15 children who were all born in Goathland:
John Born 25th October 1807
Jonathan Born 10th December 1809
Jonah Born 23rd February 1812
James Born 24th July 1814
Jane Born 28th July 1816
Job Born 29th November 1818
Richard Born 25th January 1821
Jonah Born 9th August 1822
Allan Born 30th October 1823
Mary Born 19th March 1826
Joseph Born 29th December 1829 and died 6th April 1830
Elizabeth Born 9th October 1831 and died 10th March 1832
Elizabeth Born 17th November 1833
Hannah Born 23rd June 1836 and died 22nd April 1840
William Born 23rd February 1812
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Do you ever get a certain food stuck in your head? Like if someone's talking about it or you see a picture of it?
I know I do.
Case in point, we were at some friend's for dinner a couple weekends ago, and peanut sauce came up. Most of us talked about how we looooooove it (excluding the hubs), then from that point on all I wanted was peanut sauce.
Maybe I can blame this craving on being pregnant… hmmm probably not.
A few days later I threw together a peanut sauce to go with our tofu, brown rice and veggie stir fry. It was heaven in a bowl.
The hubs even ate leftovers the next day WITH my amazing peanut sauce. Since I had throw it together so quickly I just had to recreate it again, ya know for you guys. 😉
This time, in thai peanut chicken wrap form. With leftover slow cooker chicken (this recipe, just no italian seasonings), and sautéd red bell pepper and sugar snap peas lunch was a… snap! And there's lots of leftover sauce to drizzle on whatever you like. Or eat by the spoonful. What… I'm pregnant so it makes it totally acceptable, right?
Thai Peanut Chicken Wrap
serves 1
- 3/4 cup shredded roasted or slow cooked chicken (or tofu to make it vegetarian)
- 3/4 cup sautéd veggies (red bell peppers an sugar snap peas here!)
- 1 whole wheat tortilla
- 1 tsp lime zest
- 2-3 tbsp thai peanut sauce {recipe below}
- Place the chicken and veggies in the middle of your wrap. Sprinkle on the lime zest, then drizzle peanut sauce on top.
- Fold your favorite way and serve with extra sauce!
The sauce is where it's at, and this one couldn't be any simpler! No pot or pan required.
Thai Peanut Sauce
makes a little less than 1 cup
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup creamy natural peanut butter (mine had a little sea salt in it)
- 1 tbsp soy sauce, low sodium
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- In a microwave safe bowl combine the water, peanut butter and soy sauce. Heat on high for 1 minute, then whisk to combine.
- Whisk in the remaining ingredients. The sauce will thicken up naturally after a couple minutes, so make sure to let it sit for a few before serving.
Are you a peanut sauce fan? I'm always surprised when people aren't… it's really one of my very favorite things!
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How to divide a surface?
:(Hello to everyone!
Does anybody of you know how to split/divide a surface?
To better say: I have a body with a hole inside; the surface of the body that is in contact with the hole, i want to divide it in two part...because then...when I will set the boundaries condition, i want to give to these two different part of the same surface, 2 different setting.
Is it possible?
thank you very much...I really need your help!!!!
which mesher?
For WB mesher --> draw the circle whereever you want to have it and extrude it by imprinting surfaces; you have to unfreeze the "imprintable" body before.
For ICEM --> draw the circel.... and then just cut the face by curve and add a new part for the "circlesurface"
Thank you very much for your help!
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