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I really don't think LFR's that hard, even on my 517 Pally. Answer UNACCEPTABLE! :P
I do think that it's a combination of factors. The tanks playing catchup on gear, such as yourself Agg, are only going to do specific wings to fill out item upgrades for weapons/shields, the rest of the gear you're better off farming Burdens of Eternity or Heroic Throne of Thunder, or running Flex, maybe with guild or openraid if not.
Most of the Normal mode tanks who aren't playing catch up, probably do have fully upgraded Tot Normal gear, 530 ilevel. LFR only drops 528, which if you have the valor spare to upgrade is fine, if you don't because you're clearing a few normal modes or getting burdens or getting Flex gear, and lets face it if you where clearing normal ToT you'r probably quite capable of clearing SoO Flex, so you won't have the valour to spare (because you're much more likely to spend it on drops from elsewhere), a 528 piece isn't an upgrade. over your 530 ToT gear.
I do think that's a big reason, obtaining gear is probably the biggest motivation for going into LFR as a normal mode raider. People can claim that obtaining gear isn't important to them, and that's fine they may say they raid for the challenge or to have fun with friends and I can sometime believe that, but those aren't factors in LFR. you're not doing it to hang out with friends, and the only challenge LFR provides is overcoming other people's stupidity, and quite frankly I am not up to that challenge. I can see a lot of the guys who just want to hang out with their friends and raid will do flex instead of LFR, its them hanging with their buds , they aren't going to have to deal with some random gits, just their own gits.
SO with those types of tanks out whose left? the tanks that couldn't do normal last tier and haven't geared up from Flex yet, the alts, the casuals, the guys who don't have a lot of time for wow and the guys who don't have any in game friends; the guys where LFR is their Endgame. For them i can accept that maybe LFR is a challenge for them, but I really don't think sort of guys really role tanks that often, being an unreliable tank casual tank just doesn't get you invited anywhere, in my own experience, if we have a healer or DPS have to drop a night its generally fine, if we have a tank drop the RL is more likely to call the night than pug. And these guys are the tanks that get called out in LFR for screwing up, especially when partnered with an equally inexperienced co tanks, helaer and DPS, and i can't really see why they'd stick at it, why tank when you endgame consists of people yelling at you, why pay 8 quid a month to log on for a 45-120 minutes of abuse 4 times a week, screw that I'll just go DPS instead.
aslo Taunt swaps. NOT HARD. and really overused now. last 2 tiers have really lent on them as a mechanic, imade a list of the bosse sover the last 6 tiers (post-wotlk) over half of them have taunt swaps. its so fucking boring.


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Comments about Personalized Leather Weighted Bookmark:
Friends loved these. Many read out on patios and this gadget will control the wind.--Many read while eating - hands are free to do that.--Works well for cookbooks too.
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Even though I have a Kindle, I love the feel of books. These book markers prevent having to turn down pages or losing ones place altogether. The weight is perfect for holding previously read pages out of your reading zone.
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All the items I have purchased are Christmas gifts, so I won't know how well liked until after that.
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This is my third book weight, the first that appears to have been made overseas using inferior materials, processes. I added flannel backing so it does not slip off my book, but am disappointed in the down-graded quality of of one of my all-time favorite reading tools.
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This is the 2nd time I've ordered these bookmarks. The quality with the 2nd set is well below the first set. These are extremely flimsy and I will not order these again.
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In the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy ,32 the court found a violation of the dormant Commerce Clause in the state regulatory scheme. The combination of tax on interstate articles and subsidized projects together violated the Commerce Clause. RGGI states will use the proceeds of their carbon auction for in-state purposes or relief. In Healy, the environmental purpose of the Massachusetts state regulation did not save the regulation from being struck by the Supreme Court. The state argued that any incidental burden on interstate commerce resulting from the pricing order in Healy is outweighed by local benefits, including "protecting unique open space and related benefits." 33 The Court states that "even if environmental preservation were the central purpose of the pricing order, that would not be sufficient to uphold a discriminatory regulation." 34
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Being a part of the GLSEN family is a great privilege that I have. I work as the Student Engagement Associate in the Community Initiatives Department. I hear lots of feedback from students about what their GSA is doing, what an awesome day they had on the Day of Silence, and what their school climate is like. All of this feedback is so helpful since a big part of my job is planning for GLSEN's Days of Action! The first action of the new school year is Ally Week, which takes place from October 15-19th. Ally Week is a week for students to identify, support and celebrate Allies against anti-LGBT language, bullying and harassment in America's schools. There are plenty of ways you can be an ally to LGBT youth or talk to your school about why allies are important to you!
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I'm writing this on August 29th, exactly one month since Camp GLSEN ended. It's the middle of the first week back to school and even though I'm a college student, I somehow find myself looking forward to hearing school bells and slamming lockers. Last Friday, I tabled at an event for youth hosted by the Special Teens At Risk Together Reaching Access, Care and Knowledge (STAR TRACK) program in Baltimore. As I decorated my table with all of the wonderful materials Juliann (our National office liaison) sent me, I began to reflect on the absolutely fabulous time I had at Camp GLSEN, and how I will implement what I learned in New York here in Baltimore. Baltimore is a unique place. Situated almost central to Maryland, it is the largest city in the state by area and population, as well as the 20th largest in the United States. Baltimore has collected the urban spunk and pizazz of the state, and despite the many hardships and caveats associated with it, Baltimore is still comfortably considered "Charm City". Baltimore, however, is no exception the commonalities of urban communities. We, too, struggle with violence, drug use, prevalence of sexually transmitted disease, and under-resourced public schools. The people we serve are just as colorful and unique as the city, which makes our work especially exciting and interesting, but also extremely important. Everything that I experienced at Camp GLSEN will be revelant to our work this upcoming year. My co-chair, Kay Halle, and I have devised a program we call "Safe Space for All - Baltimore" which enables us to enter local inner city middle and elementary schools to promote the creation of a safe environment for teachers, students, parents, and community members. We conduct in-classroom workshops and lessons for students with the use of interactive activities, videos, projects, and school-wide initiatives such as No Name Calling Week to encourage students to change their behaviors and create a safe environment for themselves. We also provide training for educators so that they too can be champions of change in the absence of our GLSEN team. The workshops were extremely helpful. The grant writing workshop taught me everything that I've ever wanted to know about the process of writing grants. Before Camp GLSEN, Kay performed all of the grant writing duties. Now, I can help her! The tactical tweets workshop was awesome as well. Personally, I had never used Twitter. But Ikaika and Brian showed me the importance of social media in today's communication arena and how social media websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, etc. can help our work. The educational resources workshop taught me how to be a "directory" of GLSEN resources, how to use them, where to find them, and for who to use them with. Being able to meet with chapter leaders around the country and to discuss the amazing things they are doing in their hometowns only inspires and fuels the work we do in Baltimore. Having the ability to sit with the GLSEN national team and talk about how they can help us more with our work gives me the reassurance that we are all supported. The transparency that I experienced at Camp GLSEN proved that we are all devoted to the same goal. I now know how easy it is to request resources, materials, and support from GLSEN National. I now know how GLSEN is on the forefront of the safe schools movement and how each department works together towards the main goal. I now have a face to every name printed on every resource, as well as how to use and where to find them. Camp GLSEN was truly a remarkable event, and no GLSEN career can be complete without attending at least once. Hint hint, I'm definitely interested in attending again next year! I wish everyone a successful school year. Jabari Lyles Co-Chair GLSEN Baltimore Check out some GLSEN Resources and create safer schools in your community:
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I am proud to say that I am doing my part to help make my school become a safer and more comfortable place. I fought alongside 4 others to get a GSA in my school. It was a tough battle but we got it! Just the other day was a real eye opener for me. It's Rush Week at school so all of the clubs are out shaking their tail feathers, including our glittery GSA table. When I witnessed a group of fellow students standing close by laughing and making jokes about "the gay club," I walked over to them and handed them all lollipops, which we were passing out to everyone, and let them know it's people like them that give us reasons to start clubs like ours. As I walked away I was hugged by a stranger. While still in this embrace he told me the story of how his older brother attempted suicide twice because of the bullying he faced being gay in our school. My eyes got misty. He then began taking pictures of our booth to show his brother and signed up for the club. He then hugged me again and thanked me for standing up for the cause. I will never forget that moment. Ever. Resources to help get you back to school: 2011 National School Climate Survey Executive Summary - learn stats, facts, and recommendations for our current school climate from our latest research report Jump Start Guide for GSAs - everything you need to start and run a successful gay-straight alliance Top 10 Things To Do With Your GSA - A video + resource list so that your GSA never runs out of ideas Ally Week - celebrate being an ally for LGBT youth & learn how you can become an ally
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In the rural town of Portland, TN, 1,200 teens go to the high school each day. While their parents are driving to work, and younger brothers/sisters learning the alphabet, our school club, Born This Way (BTW) is fighting for their self-image, equality, and a safer school climate. Nearly the entire school feels a need to change. There is a particular need to make Portland High School (PHS) a better school, but some never take the initiative to do so. Once I felt this need, I jumped at the thought of changing the school and making it a better place. My best friend and I started Born This Way. We wanted to make it a very well-rounded club, therefore we included into our meetings components of individualism, anti-bullying, and equality. Once I heard about GLSEN Middle Tennessee's Student Action & Empowerment Forum (SAEF 2012) my ears perked up because I knew there would be a vast amount of knowledge for me to gain from this event! Just in the first few hours of being there I learned so much! My knowledge grew about the LGTBQ community, social justice, conflict resolution, and so much more! When I left this event and returned to my BTW club sponsor, I was overwhelmed with the things to inform her about! Not only did I learn things from the GLSEN chapter leaders, I also learned things from the other exceptional students that attended. We discussed things like Ally Week and the Day Of Silence; since these are GLSEN-sponsored events, we have planned a shared calendar for all GSAs* in Middle Tennessee, so that we all will be focusing on these same events and get support from our GLSEN chapter! This, alone, is priceless to me because now I have a vast amount of people standing behind me to organize around these events! Taking everything that I have learned at SAEF 2012 and trying to summarize it would be exceptionally hard. The open environment, friendly people, and terrific GLSEN swag made this more than worthwhile to me. It was like a whole new world has been opened up that has been lying hidden for so long. I feel sort of like an adventurer that has just found the long lost treasure! Just two days with these people makes me want to do so much more; the priceless knowledge and some breathtaking new friends also made this a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I cannot wait to commence this work in my school! I believe PHS is just a few steps from acceptance, and with SAEF 2012 it's now on the right track! If you would like to learn more about GLSEN Middle Tennessee and to apply to be a part of their Jump-Start student organizing team, please visit their website here. Resources to help get you back to school: Ally Week - Celebrate amazing allies in creating safer schools for all students! Day of Silence - a day where we recognize the silence many LGBT youth across the country face on a daily basis Jump-Start Guide - Find out ways in which you can create and support a GSA in your school GLSEN Chapters - Find a chapter in your area that can provide on-the-ground support to your GSA, or find out how you can start one!
The experience to form a GLSEN chapter in Hawaii is a unique one. When I originally moved to Hawaii over seven years ago, I had wanted to work towards helping LGBT youth in our schools. One recent example of when I realized something needed to be done is when an email was forwarded to me of a high school faculty member seeking out assistance for an LGBT student. Unable to go to the school's administration, because of the contentious climate in the school community, they sought support in assisting a gay student. This was one of the first instances I realized I needed to do something. This is just one personal example and over the years I have heard more personal stories, from others, about students who weren't able to use the bathroom at their school safely because of their gender identity, or elementary school students having homophobic remarks said to them without appropriate intervention by the school personnel. Moments like these and the realization that there was a gap in services & outreach to assist LGBT students in schools that I decided it was my kuleana (responsibility) to take action.
Beginning this journey was a bit unnerving; however, the GLSEN national office has been there to assist in guiding us along this process. When I initially contacted GLSEN at start this journey, I was immediately connected with a chapter buddy. Through emails and phone calls, they were able to make sure we were fully informed of the necessary steps needed to become an accredited chapter. At our initial steering committee meeting, we were fortunate enough to have a representative from the GLSEN national office present to sit in and answer any question we had; having someone who was originally from Hawaii also helped put some of our cultural concerns at ease. Hawaii is different from any other state. We are spread across various islands, yet we are one state. In forming our steering committee, the idea was to be as cohesive as possible. As such, liaison positions to provide fair representation from each major island, was absolutely essential. Moreover, each island and community has different needs given their respective populations, and they would be supported by their respective island liaison. Along with these individuals, we felt it was pertinent to have a "Native Hawaiian Liaison." In Hawaii, the native population is something that is not only respected but infused in all aspects of our community. Having someone who brings this experience to the table was vital to our vision. This person would ensure that as a local organization, we are bringing a greater awareness to the community at large about needs of Native Hawaiian LGBT youth. The subtle nuances that exist across Hawaii have earned our state the reputation of being the "melting pot" of the pacific. It has served to make our state more vibrant and diverse over the years and is something as a chapter we strive to embrace and reflect. Overall, this experience has been fulfilling. I am humbled in witnessing so many people being connected to our chapter and by our chapter forming in the interest of supporting LGBT youth. From the many people who were willing to sign up with us at the 2012 Honolulu AIDS Walk for Life, to the many organizations that have already voiced their support and willingness to work together in the future. We look forward to a continued effort to build upon our existing network of community leaders and organizations. Our efforts to create a better Hawaii for LGBT youth has only been galvanized with the outpouring of aloha (love) from individuals in the Hawaii Department of Health, Hawaii Department of Education, various heads from other state departments, and faculty in the School of Social Work at both the University of Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University. We know this is just the start. We will continue to add more people onto our email list as the movement builds here across the islands. The growing interest and support, especially in the outer islands, only shows the similar dilemmas being faced by LGBT youth in every community and the need for training, policies and practices to be put in place. We are thrilled to be spearheading the movement in Hawaii and hope our efforts make an impact on our schools in making them safe and inclusive for ALL our keiki (youth). Nick Aiello Co-Chair GLSEN Hawaii - Steering Committee If you'd like to get involved with the Hawai'i chapter steering committee, email firstname.lastname@example.com
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As a newly-appointed trustee to a small independent middle school, one of the first things I did was to request a copy of the official school handbooks--this included the Employee Handbook as well as the Student & Parent Handbook. To prepare for the new year, I read these documents cover to cover, highlighting all language pertaining to sexuality and or coupling and noting the places where wording was not LGBT-inclusive. This meant looking at everything from non-discrimination and sexual harassment policies to the discussion of school dances to the explanation of spousal benefits. I am now working with the Head of School to update these important documents that serve as the legal foundation to the school's policy, but also set a very important tone around LGBT issues as they are distributed to every member of the organization. Just as in our classrooms and hallways, the words we as schools use in our websites, publications, memoranda, and just every day emails can send an important signal to all constituents--parents, students, employees, and anyone else involved--that we respect the contributions of all people to the school community, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Resources to help you get back to school
Safe Space Kit - learn how to create safe spaces in your school for everyone! Model Policies & Laws - sample policies and laws for use at the state, district, and school level to make sure LGBT students are safe and respected What have YOU done to transform you school? What ideas or tips can you provide to other LGBT students overcoming challenges? Share your story with us so that we can share it with world. Together, we'll be inspired to make this school year even better than the last – for everyone.
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At my old school, it didn't seem possible for any student to be openly LGBT without having to face relentless bullying. I knew of a small but prominent GSA there, but never thought to join, especially in the midst of a harsh school climate and the scrutiny of my peers. I certainly never expected myself to be organizing such a club at my new school. A year later, I moved here to Troy. Things were definitely different. I noticed the environment in the school was a lot more tolerant; this was a school that chose to embrace diversity rather than criticize. I contacted my school administrators during my junior year in hopes of starting a gay-straight alliance. With the help of the Federal Equal Access Act, and an enthusiastic volunteer teacher adviser, we were granted permission to organize our club—and all it took was an e-mail to the principal. Our GSA kicked off to a great start. Over the course of one year, we put up posters, marched in the homecoming parade, organized the Day of Silence and Spirit Day, challenged anti-LGBT language from one of our elected officials, and contributed to fostering a positive safe space for all kinds of people in our school. GLSEN's resources were a huge help. For larger events like Ally Week and Day of Silence, we ordered materials from GLSEN's website, like wristbands, posters, and stickers. We also ordered a Safe Space Kit; our adviser put Safe Space posters in his room and we distributed Safe Space stickers to those who were willing to take them. Additionally, we took advantage of the incredible tools from the GLSEN Jump-Start Guide for GSAs, including icebreakers and tips on how to be a more trans-inclusive space. Unsurprisingly, our school's office received phone calls from angry parents trying to shut down our club. Some students even tore down our posters. Yeah, we've had challenges, but what's progress without a few bumps along the way? These instances are just reminders to us that it's always possible to make a positive difference. I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to get involved with starting a GSA. When I look back on my days as a freshman at my old school, I would change only one thing: I wish I would have gotten involved with their GSA, small and unpopular as it may have been. It's amazing to me that people had the courage to initiate a GSA in such an unfriendly environment and it's even more amazing the way they overcome challenges in order to provide the kind of safe haven that every school needs for LGBT students and their allies. If you're considering starting a GSA at your school, my advice to you is to do it.
Resources to help you get back to school
Day of Silence – a day where we recognize the silence many LGBT youth across the country face on a daily basis Ally Week – celebrate what it means to be an Ally Jump-Start Guide – if you want ideas of how to create a GSA and activities for meetings, here's a great resource for you What have YOU done to transform you school? What ideas or tips can you provide to other LGBT students overcoming challenges? Share your story with us so that we can share it with world. Together, we'll be inspired to make this school year even better than the last – for everyone.
With September in full swing, I cannot help but remember many moons ago when I was preparing for my first day of a new grade. Bags packed and the supplies, I most likely just bought with my mom the weekend before, ready to be used as I vigorously attempted to capture everything I thought would be useful on the next exam. Yet, with all of these materials, it sometimes was the invisible school supplies that were the most important. I always made sure I brought with me the courage to raise my hand in class even though I would have gazing eyes look at me, the strength to walk down the hall and hope that no one would choose me to pick on that particular day, and perhaps most importantly, the mask that I would wear to "never let them see me sweat." Now, years later, I work at GLSEN, where I can make a difference for the youth of this generation. Though I'm sure students all over the country still pack these invisible school supplies, I know my work on a daily basis helps to create safer classrooms, safer locker rooms and safer hallways for them. In the spirit of sharing stories and making it better, we in the national office have launched GLSEN's Back to School Voices campaign. We are looking for students and adults from across this great country to share stories of how they have made their school safer for LGBT students. Perhaps you are a student and used GLSEN's Jump-Start guide to create your school's first GSA. Maybe you are a school staff member and used GLSEN's Model District Policy for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth to ensure that transgender and gender nonconforming youth are provided the environment to learn, just like everyone else. We want to hear from you! Please click here to learn more about our campaign and submit your own story of how you made Back to School a positive experience for all students. Check back often, we'll be posting Back to School Voices stories here and on our Tumblr.
As I stepped off the plate at the world-famous JFK airport in New York City, I began contemplating what my first Camp GLSEN experience would be like. Would this be another one of those camps where instead of learning how to be a leader, I'm instead learning the art of appearing to pay attention while I'm secretly goofing off? Would this be one of those camps where the veil of boredom quickly consumes the participants and everyone looks about 5 seconds away from a mid-afternoon nap? These doubts were quickly proved wrong. Upon arrival, I started meeting some awesome people. Other students and adults from across the country, doing the work I have come to love. These people have become individuals I yearned to talk to; individuals whose stories constantly inspired me to keep working toward safe schools for all. The next day began our workshops. They were really good! I approached each workshop with only the experience of running our school's GSA. Yet, with each workshop, I developed more confidence in my skills to do more, to be more, and to create something lasting in the community I call home. Camp GLSEN not only helped me with my organizing skills, but has also encouraged me to conquer a goal that I've had for my Jump-Start team for a while now: networking. I was able to make amazing connections with not only other participants from Ohio, but from people across the country. I can't wait to work on the Jump-Start program in Cincinnati with everything I have learned at Camp GLSEN. I'll take this experience with me throughout this year and years to come. Jason Jump-Start Youth Coordinator GLSEN Greater Cincinnati If you are an elementary, middle, or high school student and would like to get involved with GLSEN Greater Cincinnati's Jump Start program, applications are now open!
I was born in Middletown, CT. African American, Islander, Gender Variant Male. I come from a place of many identities; some easier to express than others. My childhood was rough for me. I had to deal with many challenges including a learning disorder and health issues. Needless to say, school was not my favorite place to be. Classes were rough; I didn't feel a part of anything as I walked through the halls, sat through lectures and socialized in common areas. That was, until I found the dance studio and theater. It was here that I was able to let all my other worries fade away quietly as I took the stage or floor. I felt free. I felt as if I found my home at school. In my sophomore year I came out to my friends and teachers; later that summer I came out to my parents. It was liberating to share this part of myself with those closest to me. It also left me with an undying thirst to get involved with this community. This led me to the Rochester local gay alliance. It was here that I learned about GLSEN, specifically GLSEN's Jump-Start program. Almost instantly I fell in love and joined the team. A year later, I found myself the student coordinator of this remarkable group of individuals. I was driven more than ever to make schools safe for all LGBT students and allies. We did this through leading trainings, facilitating workshops and student organizing. We increased the presence of safe school issues to the forefront of many student bodies in our community and began to witness a pivotal shift in the way those in Rochester talk about bullying. My time as the GLSEN Rochester Jump-Start Student Coordinator has served as a cocoon for me. It was provided me with the space to evolve as a person to who I am today. I became more comfortable with myself, began to love myself more, and to find my voice. I was able to attend Camp GLSEN and the SOCO Summit. I met friends, supported many people through their personal journey, and helped other students, like me, find their own voice. My metamorphosis has provided me with skills and willpower to know that no goal is unreachable. In my senior year I found myself soaring in the sky to Scotland for a theater competition, humbled as I met President Obama and gleaming when I made the principles list. Now graduated, this 19 years old and former Student Coordinator is not going anywhere. My evolution continues as I take the helm as GLSEN Rochester's Jump-Start Adult Coordinator. I cannot begin to express how excited I am to provide a space for others to experience such a journey. I have learned a few things. At the end of the day, live for you. The race in life isn't about how long you go, but rather how meaningful each day becomes. It's about knowing what you have done to make the world a better place. No matter what you go through, your struggle, your trials, remember, you can get through it. Don't let anyone bring you down. Find a space that you can call yours, use it as a way to grow and soar to new heights. You only live once. Y.O.L.O! Dontaee Williamson Jump-Start Adult Coordinator GLSEN Rochester


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Hi Jamie, seeing as you're offering; when I bake bread the second rising is always an epic fail. Why is this happening?
Is there anything you'd like to ask us? I can field questions on art, music and fixing things!
#12 Wed 23 May 12 7:41pm
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Oh I almost forgot, do you have a favourite recipe for fresh pasta sheets? If so I'd love to have it as I've struggled with those too!
#13 Wed 23 May 12 7:45pm
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Greetings from Portugal, Jamie!
I decided to take your suggestion on Facebook and come ask my cooking question.
Last year, i decided to make a big change in my life. So on January 1st i stopped smoking and have also been trying to learn how to eat properly again. Even started taking walks a couple times a week! I believe i have lost 6 or 7kg in a couple of months so i am happy.
But now i almost dread meal time because i am extremely picky. My question is what kind of stuff do you recomend i cook considering i absolutely hate herbs? Stuff that is healthy, pratical and as tasty as possible.
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Jamie, I would love to make a quick and simple homemade pasta. Something that wouldn't intimidate me. I don't have a pasta machine. A more healthy pasta perhaps as well. Pasta is the only food that scares me to make homemade, but it looks so easy when you do it
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Hi, Jamie,
As a former school and public health nurse and now nurse educator, I am thrilled with your efforts to improve the health of our nation's children through great food. I was watching your show 30 minute meals today and saw the recipe for limoncello tiramasu. Is there anything else one could use to get the same flavors without the alcohol? My husband and I don't drink.
Thanks again for all you do!
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What a yummie idea!
Something I've always wanted to ask a chef - at which stage of cooking do you add dry herbs? I usually add them at the end of frying an onion and before I add other veg. But I could be wrong. So
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Summer is here, and I adore your recipe for a Crackin' Burger.
However, I always end up with a Boom-Shakka-Lakkin' Burger.
Not being a Brit, is there any hope for me?
-Jamie R.
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Hi Jamie,
I am such a huge fan of yours! It sounds kind of corny, but your book "Food Revolution" completely changed my life. I was a terrible cook and very intimidated by cooking. Two years after buying that book, I absolutely adore cooking and am amazed at how confident I am in my skills.
I wanted to ask you a question about radishes. Do you have any ideas for how to cook them in a tasty, but healthy, way?
Thanks Jamie!
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welcome to the forum katie_beitz
Thats really the best news, hearing that a cookery book has changerd your life and got you interested in cooking .
I hope you stay around the forum for a long time join in the fun and chat to us all about how you are getting on and ask us any questions you would like as there is usually someone around who will be able to help , you can give us a few cooking tips as well
Also welcome to all other new forum members who have joined the forum today or recently , do stay around and join in the fun and some of the other threads
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No matter what I try, to me, my pizza crust tastes like cardboard. I've tried heating the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit, for an hour, with my pizza stone in, changed my dough recipes, tried the flour to the one that you recommend - nothing helps. I wonder if my taste buds are jaded by the fact that I really crave the wood-fire cooked pizzas from town?? But town is an hour away. I really need to learn to cook in my electric oven...maybe you call it a cooker??
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If you're an Ottawa, Montreal or Kingston-based UX professional, or are involved in any related disciplines, you probably know that in a little less than a couple of months, on October 13-14, 2012, the third annual edition of UXcamp Ottawa (Twitter: @uxcampottawa) is coming to the Ottawa Little Theatre and Ottawa U's Lamoureux Hall.
Unlike last year when the event was a multiple track, single day of pre-planned conference sessions and unconference-style participant-driven conversations, we've moved to a single track, two days format, to allow everyone to see every speaker. UXcamp Ottawa III features a spectacular lineup of world-class speakers on Saturday, and a full-day Design Jam on Sunday. If you're interested to see the full schedule, read about the speakers, get in touch with the organizers (disclosure: I am co-chairing the event) head on over to our new home at http://uxcampottawa.org. Registration is now open, and for the third year in a row, we hope it's sellout once again. And if you're still not conviced, and you need hard-hitting (:O), totally subjective reasons why I believe UXcamp Ottawa III is a must-see event for Canadian UX professionals, you're in luck: the following is my roundup of the top 10.
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If you live in Ottawa and you're on Twitter you probably know that in a couple of weeks from now, on November 5th to be precise, the second edition of UXcamp Ottawa will take place at Ottawa U's Lamoureux Auditorium.(Twitter: @uxcampottawa)
Similar to last year, the conference will contain pre-planned sessions (ranging from 10 minute Ignite-style talks to hour long presentations) as well as unconference-style participant-driven conversations in the afternoon. If you're interested to see the full schedule, read about the speakers, look at photos or watch video highlights of last year's sessions head out to ottawa.uxcamp.ca and get all details there. Registration is also now open, and for the second year in a row, we're heading towards a sellout. But if you're still not conviced, and you need hard-hitting (:O) reasons why I think UXcamp Ottawa 2011 is a must-see event for UX professionals and designers, you're in luck: here's the roundup of my top 10:
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Much has been written about the right (or wrong) ways of choosing and changing Twitter handles. The fact of the matter is, if you live on the web and you consider Twitter one of your main lifestreams, changing what amounts to your virtual footprint is significantly more complex than it may appear. In my case, I did not entirely switch my twitter ID, I simply added a second one to differentiate between my corporate and individual personas.
My only previous twitter handle, @ampli2de, reflects the name of my boutique UX consultancy. And while it still serves its purpose very well (ex. it was recently listed in the PeerIndex UX 500 list of most influential UX professionals active in social media), I have always struggled to separate UX/business tweets than those of a more of a personal opinion (following up with individual conversations, random UX thoughts, engaging UX big brains etc).
The truth of the matter is, I've been thinking about creating a somewhat more intimate personal brand for a little bit over a year now, but I didn't want to settle for second rate domain name or a non-matching Twitter ID. And after stalking Twitter for over a year, and hoping that they would do as they say on their fine print and release unused handles, a couple of weeks ago, it finally happened. My attempt to register it actually went through cleanly.
My personal (and most likely still very UX oriented tweets) will now be originally broadcasted using the Twitter handle @corneliux. In many cases @ampli2de will pick up those that are of general interest and vice-versa, but I am hoping @corneliux will be a more intimate avenue to engage with me on the web.
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Over the past couple of years, the concept of triangulation related to end-user research has gained a lot of traction on the interwebs (here's Patrick Kennedy's excellent Johnny Holland article on this exact theme). As it turns out, most of the end-user research I've done on enterprise scale projects over the past 7+ years does fall quite elegantly under this definition, even though I never thought of labeling it that way until recently. My goal for approaching user research in this manner has always been to eliminate bias as much as possible, and use different datasets to justify research findings.
While this post covers my own approach, I won't waste any virtual ink on the theory of user research triangulation, Patrick Kennedy's article referenced above does it more justice than I ever would. Also, my approach is in no way prescriptive, it is simply a three-step research methodology that I personally find particularly useful when it comes to working with samples of large user populations, more often than not scattered across multiple geographical locations. I've settled on this pattern based on a number of trial-and-error attempts to combine various user research methods, in some of the larger projects I've been involved with. In most cases, I was either working in tandem with another UX professional or I was leading an entire UX team.
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As some of you may be aware (my obsessive tweeting on this very subject during the two weeks leading to the event attests to this) the Ottawa UX community at-large is about to have an official gathering on Nov 27, 2010. Titled UXcamp Ottawa, the event is a one-day professional conference organized by a few volunteers that will combine both planned and unplanned (unconference-type) sessions.
In the spirit of the ever-popular barcamp model, the goal of the event is to bring people who are interested in creating better user experiences together, in an environment conducive to learning, sharing, open conversation and community building. The topics of discussion will include the usual suspects: user experience, user research, usability, information architecture, interaction design, service design, etc. But what you may not know is that UXcamp Ottawa follows in the footsteps of a few similar events worldwide (Washington, Berlin, London, Florence, Prague, Kiev, Seoul) and is also preceeded by three other Canadian dates.
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I found a good balance is with 1 stam trinket + 1 avoidance trinket and then gemming for mastery. Yellow/prismatic:40 mastery, red:20parry/20mastery, blue:20mastery/30stam. You don't need any more stam unless you go for some hardmodes.
I suck at writing short questions, but I'll try. With my hunter and mage being pretty much maxed out as far as possible without having the time to raid atm, I figured I'd get to work on getting my pally back in shape.
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I've only tanked a couple cata dungeons so far, with decent success - mostly to test the water. Given that my gear is, well crappy (mostly quest gear, this toon has no luck in dungeons), getting threat isn't an issue, keeping it up however is. With barely over 1% hit I seem to miss way too much to keep damage up and gain enough holy power to make the shield effective.
But before I start reforging and gemming for serious tanking (turn dodge/expertise/crit to mastery where mastery is missing) and swapping out gems, I have a question about what should I prioritize for my prismatic sockets??
I haven't added my BS sockets yet, cuz I weren't sure what to stick in them. Some people tell me just throw mastery in everything, others say it depends on what stats are on the pieces already. I weren't sure if I should drop some mastery/hit gems in there to get up to 4% hit which seemed to be a comfortable level in LK, or if I'd be better off using a hit trinket over the stam trinket (though the strength proc isn't remotely as useful as the mastery for tanking). Same with the relic (which is awful yet still better than the one I had from LK), not sure what's the best choice for gem.
Obviously my waist is from ICC and the gems haven't been touched since Cata launched. Mostly because the new gems won't go in a 264 item anyway. I need to rework the enchants too (most are just whatever my enchanter could do at the time), but I wanted to get my head around the gems first.
I found a good balance is with 1 stam trinket + 1 avoidance trinket and then gemming for mastery. Yellow/prismatic:40 mastery, red:20parry/20mastery, blue:20mastery/30stam. You don't need any more stam unless you go for some hardmodes.
Trinkets: 1 stamina (one drops in stonecore), 1 mastery (porcelain crab (throne of the tides) is awesome, or the tol'barad exalted with the magic resist use)
Blue - Mastery + Stamina
Yellow - Mastery + Stamina
Red - Parry + Stamina
Prismatic - Mastery + Stamina
Meta - either the 2% armor or 1% BV (the BV one will gain in value faster than the armor one will as your gear gets better.)
While you can probably use pure mastery in yellow and parry+mastery in red in the first lot of 5 man heroics, there is a lot of burst damage in the zul heroics where a slightly larger healthpool works wonders.
Drop Hallowed Ground, put two points in Pursuit of Justice. Then get the 50 mastery enchant for your boots instead of 30 stam + movement speed. Take the points out of Rule of Law and Eye for an Eye, and put two into Improved Judgement and two into Guardian's Favor (or leave two in Rule of Law, I just love having the ten seconds of HoF and a 3 minute CD on Hand of Protection). Being able to use judgement with a 30 yard range is pretty awesome, especially as it places a stack of Censure (from seal of truth) on the target.
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Thanks for the responses. Always afraid someone will go "omg wtf are you doing?!" whenever I post links to any of my characters lol.
Atm I'm mostly concerned with the "old" heroics, since that's where most my friends are at, but I have to actually get geared for them first. Zul can wait till I get the gear for it.
@Pyrea: I get what you're saying with the talents, I haven't actually looked at them after I hit 85, other than just sticking pts in as I leveled, so thanks for taking a look at them even though it wasn't the point of my question. Pursuit of Justice is one I had in the pre-Cata build, I just hadn't decided yet which prot talent to skip in order to get the pts for it. Rule of Law I chose to help with threat. Though crit chance isn't the most reliable way to do it, atleast it helps a smidget. Hand of Protection - I've extremely rarely used it, except for the few times when I get lose mobs eating the healer, Hand of Freedom I do love though.
Block value as a stat doesn't exist anymore to modify the 30% value. But that doesn't mean there aren't some things added that can modify the value.
An introduction into WarTanking (no longer updated as I've retired from WoW - the concepts will still be mostly accurate but the numbers no longer will be.) - http://www.tankspot.com/showthread.p...101-The-Primer
Things that can change the amount you block:
The meta gem +1% to 31%
Holy Shield (paladin) +10% to 40%, 41% with the block meta (changing in 4.2)
Critical block (warrior) +30% to 60%, 62% with the block meta
The block value meta gem becomes better than the armor one for paladins about when your parry, dodge, block and miss (which is 5%) chances add up to around 75-80%


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Movement 01: Theme and Variation 1: Vivace; alla marcia maestoso
Movement 02: Variation 2: poco allegro
Movement 03: Variation 3: L'istesso tempo
Movement 04: Variation 4: un poco piu vivace
Movement 05: Variation 5: Allegro vivace
Movement 06: Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo
Movement 07: Variation 7: Un poco piu allegro
Movement 08: Variation 8: Poco vivace
Movement 09: Variation 9: Allegro pesante e risoluto
Movement 10: Variation 10: Presto
Movement 11: Variation 11: Allegretto
Movement 12: Variation 12: Un poco piu moto
Movement 13: Variation 13: Vivace
Movement 14: Variation 14: Grave e maestoso
Movement 15: Variation 15: Presto scherzando
Movement 16: Variation 16: Allegro
Movement 17: Variation 17: Allegro
Movement 18: Variation 18: Poco moderato
Movement 19: Variation 19: Presto
Movement 20: Variation 20: Andante
Movement 21: Variation 21: Allegro con brio Meno allegro Tempo primo
Movement 22: Variation 22: Allegro molto, alla 'Notte e giorno faticar' di Mozart
Movement 23: Variation 23: Allegro assai
Movement 24: Variation 24: Fughetta (andante)
Movement 25: Variation 25: Allegro
Movement 26: Variation 26: (Piacevole)
Movement 27: Variation 27: Vivace
Movement 28: Variation 28: Allegro
Movement 29: Variation 29: Adagio ma non troppo
Movement 30: Variation 30: Andante, sempre cantabile
Movement 31: Variation 31: Largo, molto espressivo
Movement 32: Variation 32: Fuga; Allegro
Movement 33: Variation 33: Tempo di Menuetto moderato
During the process of composition, Beethoven often de-emphasized or obliterated the most obvious similarities between the variations in his sketches, while imparting to each finished variation a sharply defined individuality of character. The waltz is treated as a reservoir of unrealized possibilities out of which the variations generate an almost encyclopaedic range of contexts. The psychological complexity of the 'Diabelli' Variations arises above all from this tension between the commonplace theme as point of departure and the seemingly unlimited horizon of the variations. The range of pulse, movement, texture and sonority explored here is so prodigious as to fully justify von Bülow's description of Op 120 as 'a microcosm of Beethoven's art'.
No other piece by Beethoven is so rich in allusion, humour and parody. Trivial or repetitious features of the waltz, such as the C major chords repeated tenfold with a crescendo in the right hand in the opening bars, can be mercilessly exaggerated as in Variation 21, or dissolved into silence as in Variation 13. Inconspicuous elements of the theme, such as the ornamental turn heard at the outset, can assume astonishing importance, as in Variations 9, 11 and 12 which are based throughout on this turn. Several variations allude to Mozart, Bach and other composers. The most obvious of these is the reference, in the unison octaves of Variation 22, to 'Notte e giorno faticar' from the beginning of Mozart's Don Giovanni. This allusion is brilliant not only through the musical affinity of the themes – which share, for example, the same descending fourth and fifth – but through the reference to Mozart's Leporello. Beethoven's relationship to his theme, like Leporello's to his master, is critical but faithful, inasmuch as he thoroughly exploits its motivic components. And like Leporello, the variations after this point gain the capacity for disguise. Variation 23 is an étude-like parody of pianistic virtuosity alluding to the Pianoforte-Method by J B Cramer, whereas Variation 24, the Fughetta, shows an affinity in its intensely sublimated atmosphere to some organ pieces from the third part of the Clavierübung by Bach.
The work as a whole consists of one large form with three distinct regions. The opening variations generally remain close to the basic attributes of the theme (such as its metre) but show gradually increasing freedom, which at last turns into dissociation with Beethoven's juxtaposition of two contrasting canonic variations (Nos 19 and 20), whereas in No 21 the structural parts of each variation half are themselves placed into opposition. In the opening bars of Variation 21, a grotesque exaggeration of the turns and repeated chords from the waltz annihilates the inward stillness of Variation 20; this most shocking contrast is placed at the temporal mid-point of the entire cycle. The Janus face of No 21 marks the extreme limit of the progression toward dissociation that had begun about ten variations before.
A sense of larger formal coherence is created in part through unusually direct reference to the melodic shape of the original waltz in its original register in three of the variations inserted in 1823 – Nos 1, 15 and 25. Variation 1 is an impressive but somewhat stilted march in which the bass initially spells out the descending fourth from the waltz, creating accented clashes with the treble; Variation 15 is a miniature (the shortest of all thirty-three variations) with a static and peculiar harmonic plan, and its capricious two-octave skip in the bass in the second half has provoked 'correction' from puzzled editors. By parodying the theme directly in these variations, with its melodic contours intact, Beethoven made the waltz itself into an indispensable foundation for the overall musical progression. And if the elusive caricature embodied in Variation 15 calls forth the theme again as a kind of hallucination at the very moment when drastic, bewildering contrasts have gained the upper hand, this allusion to the outset of the work is broadened in the following pair of march variations, Nos 16 and 17, which are counterpoised to Variation 1 (the march more stilted in character).
In Variation 25 the waltz is reincarnated as a humorous German dance, but this image is gradually obliterated in the interconnected series of fast variations culminating in No 28, in which harsh dissonances dominate every strong beat throughout. This series of variations also marks the beginning of a consolidation in the form of the whole.
The process of rhythmic intensification from No 25 to No 28 offers special challenges to performers. Beethoven spreads the sixteenth-note motion drawn from the bass of the waltz parody (No 25) over all the pitch registers in the ensuing variation (No 26). The legato phrasing embraces paired groups of three sixteenths each, suggesting a metre of 6/16, but Beethoven retains the 3/8 metre (as well as the basic tempo) of No 25. The rhythmic impulses of the triple metre thus fall on the second and fourth sixteenths of each group of six notes, with the phrasing extended over the bar-lines throughout. This shifting pattern of metrical impulses imparts dynamic tension to the figuration, enhancing the upbeat character of the first half of each phrase. Then, in No 27, Diabelli's 'cobbler's patch' sequences of a rising semitone and a third become the basis for the figuration in rhythmic diminution, expressed in rapid triplet sixteenth-notes. Diabelli's motif is written in steady quarter-notes, but Beethoven compresses his motivic variant so radically that it appears no fewer than twenty-four times in the opening eight bars of the variation! The dissonant semitone relation derived from the theme infuses the music with an intense energy, generating a frenzied chain of imitative motivic entries driving into the highest register in the second half of the variation. This climactic passage is Beethoven's ultimate parody of the 'cobbler's patch' sequences from the waltz.
Variation 28 then carries Beethoven's rhythmic development to yet another stage, as the process of foreshortening motivates a compression of the metre to shorter bars of 2/4 time, while reducing the basic content of the music to the dissonant semitone – now expressed in the multiple contrapuntal voices embodied in the accented diminished-seventh and augmented-sixth chords.
After Variation 28 we enter a transfigured realm in which Diabelli's waltz and the world it represents seem to be left behind. A group of three slow variations in the minor culminates in Variation 31, an elaborate aria reminiscent of the decorated minor variation of Bach's 'Goldberg' set, but also foreshadowing the style of Chopin. The energetic fugue in E flat that follows is initially Handelian in character; its second part builds to a tremendous climax with three subjects combined simultaneously before the fugue dissipates into a powerful dissonant chord. An impressive transition leads to C major and to the final and most subtle variation of all: a Mozartian minuet whose elaboration through rhythmic means leads, in the coda, to an ethereal texture unmistakably reminiscent of the fourth variation of the Arietta movement from Beethoven's own last sonata, Op 111, composed in 1822. The many parallels between Op 111 and the final Diabelli variation are structural in nature and extend to thematic proportions and the use of an analogous series of rhythmic diminutions leading, in each case, to the suspended, ethereal texture; but the most obvious similarity surfaces in the concluding passages outlining the descending fourth C–G, so crucial in both works.
Herein lies the final surprise: the Arietta movement, itself influenced by the Diabelli project, became in turn Beethoven's model for the last of the 'Diabelli' Variations. The end of the series of allusions thus became a self-reference, a final point of orientation within a work of art whose vast scope ranges from ironic caricature to sublime transformation of the commonplace waltz.
from notes by William Kinderman © 1994


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