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#1 Thu 25 Jan 07 2:44pm
- Member Occupation Finance manager - wannabe chef
- From Telford England
- Member since Thu 28 Dec 06
Can anyone advise me of a decent chef's knife - im getting a little confused on the makes, types and sizes? Any help?
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#2 Thu 25 Jan 07 8:55pm
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Re: HELP - KNIVES
hi mikeesimmons
after 25 five years in the trade the only thing i can say with all honesty is that knives are a very personnal thing .i have had very expensive knives that i could not get on with and cheap colour coded mass produced work ones that have been brilliant. so perservere but the size that is a must have a 20cm cooks with a sturdy blade.
#3 Fri 26 Jan 07 8:04am
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Re: HELP - KNIVES
victorinox is a good brand
#4 Fri 26 Jan 07 3:46pm
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I agree! That's the make that I use, can't go wrong with them!
#5 Sun 28 Jan 07 7:36pm
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Re: HELP - KNIVES
Thank you to all that replied. I had a look today and it seems my town doesnt have a place that sells any decent knives to try out. I guess its jump in the car time and go a searching.! Anyone know about the Globals - I have heard a lot about them?
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#6 Mon 29 Jan 07 5:54am
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Re: HELP - KNIVES
global is the only way. GS-5 (?) chopping knife travels the world with me. Nothing else. Cheap as chips (as long as you keep it sharp though)
#7 Mon 29 Jan 07 3:14pm
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Re: HELP - KNIVES
I have an assortmant of Global, Wusthof, Henkel, Shun, Lamsonsharp and Furi (ah the joys of working for a kitchen store company!). I have to say I love the Global and Wusthof Culinar line. I'm a gal so I prefer the slightly lighter weight. I also like the smooth lines of the all stainless steel and the thinner blade.
I plan on getting some more Global knives in fact. Let us know what you end up with and how you like them.
#8 Mon 29 Jan 07 4:03pm
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I was lucky enough to get a set of knives for Christmas recently, and I can tell you it's made a huge difference to my cooking!
Seems that most manufactures offer a set of knives in a block with an assortment of knives and often a pair of scissors. I've found the paring knife (~8 cm blade, fairly narrow) and cook's knife (~20 cm blade) are the most useful for me, so if you don't want to get a whole set these two I'd recommend.
There are a lot of brands out there, and many seem to be high quality so might be best to try a few if you can and see what you like. My brother has had a set of Wusthof knives for years which he swears by.
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#9 Mon 29 Jan 07 7:31pm
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Victorinox is nice... but wusthof is best... I'm not a professional cook/chef but i am good friends with several and they consistently say wusthof's a great brand. saving up for a set myself.
#10 Tue 30 Jan 07 5:53am
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Re: HELP - KNIVES
german is going to be your best for the long hual........... but a hastle to sharpen,
jap. knifes are very sharp but metal is also to light, so it is all on you
french and german work pretty well.......... but i use Wusthof
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This weekeend is going to be cooler than I expected. How about grafting at 50 degrees? It was probably 55 last time I grafted.
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Ooh, yum, always looking for new ways to serve polenta, though I can't convince hubby to love it. Maybe this will do it – he loves black beans and baby spinach is one of our go-to veggies. I assume reconsituted dried tomatoes would work?
Polenta with Black Beans and Spinach
Prepared polenta provides an easy way to add variety to the dinner repertoire. I often use it sliced and sautéed as a side dish, but occasionally, it will become an intrinsic part of a recipe, as it is here, topped with a simple combination of black beans and spinach. Look for this kind of polenta in natural foods stores, as well as in supermarket Italian or gluten-free foods sections. This is also nice as a change-of-pace hot appetizer. Adapted from Vegan Express by Nava Atlas. Photos by Rachael Braun.
Serves: 4 to 6 as an entrée; more as an appetizer.
- Two 18-ounce tubes polenta
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Two 15- to 16-ounce cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 roasted red bell pepper (from a jar), drained and cut into strips
- 1 to 2 teaspoon ground cumin, to taste
- 5 to 6 ounces fresh baby spinach
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Cut the puckered ends off each tube of polenta, then cut into 12 slices, each about 1/2 inch thick. Heat a wide nonstick griddle that has been generously sprayed with olive oil cooking spray. Arrange the polenta slices on the griddle. Cook both sides over medium-high heat until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes per side.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a wide skillet or steep-sided stir-fry pan. Add the garlic and sauté over low heat for a minute or so, until turning golden.
Add the beans, roasted pepper, and cumin. Stir together and cook over medium heat until well heated through.
Add the spinach, cover, and cook just until it wilts, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir the mixture together, season with pepper, and remove from the heat.
To serve, arrange 3 or 4 polenta slices on each plate and spoon the bean mixture evenly over each serving.
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Per Serving: 312.7 calories; 2.6g fat; 743.3mg sodium; 209.5mg potassium; 47.9 carbs; 24.4g fiber; 0.6g sugar; 24.8g protein
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So I give this one 5 stars. Hubby loved it, the vegetarians and their spouses loved it, it was easy and flavorful. Served it as an appetizer and it was so pretty!
Love this recipe! I will encourage folks to soak your own beans they are tastier and healthier. Canned beans are lacking in flavor and nutrition. Pass on the non-stick cookware, too. Cast iron is affordable and "non-stick" enough for this recipe. No Cooking Spray required.
Thanks again for this.
Thanks for posting my comments and for all that you do. 🙂 I am making this recipe tonight, been thinking about it all day.
Turned out great. Thanks again for sharing, Nava!
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Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam had vibrant blogospheres--until the crackdowns. By Shawn W. Crispin
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Dear President Obama: We are pleased that you will begin your second term as U.S. president with a trip to Southeast Asia. As you visit Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand from November 17 through 20 while attending the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings in Phnom Penh, we hope that your commitment to human rights and the fundamental right to free expression remains an important aspect of your agenda.
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Bangkok, May 30, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's conviction of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, webmaster and director of the Prachatai news and commentary website, for violating Thailand's 2007 Computer Crimes Act.
San Francisco, May 30, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's conviction of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, webmaster of the Prachatai discussion board, under Thailand's Computer Crimes Act. The court's decision, which affirms that website operators can be criminally liable for the content of user comments, chills online press freedom in the country, and leaves Thai news sites vulnerable to unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions.
Earlier today, press and human rights groups from around the world heard that the decision in the case of Chiranuch "Jiew" Premchaiporn, the manager of Thai online news site Prachatai, was being delayed yet another month. Chiranuch is charged under Thailand's Computer Crime Act for 10 counts of not deleting apparently anti-monarchy comments on Prachatai's online discussion boards.
Earlier this month, I spoke as an expert witness in the ongoing trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the editor of Thailand's Prachatai.com website, who is being criminally prosecuted under that country's Computer Crime Act and Lesé Majesté laws. The crime involves online posts allegedly disrespectful to Thailand's monarchy, but Chiranuch herself is not accused of originating or posting the commentary.
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Three Southeast Asian journalists--Cambodia's Hang Chakra, Malaysia's Zulkiflee Anwar Ul Haque, or Zunar, and Thailand's Chiranuch Premchaiporn--were among the 48 awardees of the Hellman/Hammett grant, given to writers targeted with political persecution, who were recognized today by Human Rights Watch for their commitment to press freedom.
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UPDATE, OCTOBER 22, 2010: CPJ's board of directors sets policy for the organization. At the October 18 meeting of the board, directors discussed the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, known as COICA.
The September 30 blog post below incorrectly stated that CPJ had "joined with other press freedom and civil liberty organizations and the Internet's pioneering engineers to urge the U.S. Senate to reject COICA in its current form." After discussion, the board determined that CPJ should take no position on the proposed legislation at this time. The matter was referred to the CPJ policy committee for further review.
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
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Almost Half of O'Malley's Proposed Budget Goes to Education
ANNAPOLIS, MD - Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley unveiled his $37.3 billion fiscal year 2014 proposed state budget Wednesday afternoon.
O'Malley says the most important issue for Western Maryland is creating jobs. He believes renewable energy and investing in education are also important.
"The investments we make in the skills and talents through public education in Western Maryland, through the community colleges in Western Maryland, all of this goes to creating jobs," says O'Malley (D).
However, not all Western Maryland lawmakers like the governor's budget proposal.
"The governor's presentation of the budget is basically him patting himself on the back. A lot of things in there I'm certain are good, but we're going to have to dissect it at this point and time," says Sen. David Brinkley, (R) - Frederick County.
Brinkley will dissect the budget as a member of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.
"We're going to look at what's going on in Western Maryland," Brinkley says. "We're going to look at whatever job creation opportunities might be there because from my perspective at this point in time, that's the biggest thing we have to see."
47 percent of the proposed budget goes to education. Western Maryland is slated to get $310 million in state funding, with more than half of that going to Frederick County.
Frederick, Washington, and Allegany Counties would receive more school funding in the budget compared to last year. Garrett County would get 3.5 percent less money.
Spending increases by about $1.6 billion in this year's proposed budget. That doesn't sit well with many local legislators.
"This is my third session, and every session they've increased spending by billions of dollars each year. Now what's going to happen is during session they're going to introduce the tax increases because if you're increasing spending by billions, they're going to want to increase taxes to pay for it. I think it's unfortunate. I think hard-working Marylanders have already been hit hard enough by tax increases, and I think we have got to control spending in Maryland," said Del. Michael Hough, (R) - Washington and Frederick Counties.
O'Malley released his budget proposal significantly earlier this year. Budget negotiations stalled at the last moment in 2012 and caused a special session.
To read the fiscal year 2014 proposed budget, click here. To read highlights of the budget, click here.


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Harassment of students -- Feds Slam PAUSD for Bullying/Hostile Environment/Retaliation
Original post made by Interesting, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2013
Not only that, once the parents got the Federal government involved, in retaliation, the PAUSD district staff started bullying the students and the parents.
Also, apparently, the superintendent never informed the school board that the Federal government was involved in this issue and attempted to hide it from the school board. The superintendent also failed to disclose to the school board that they were sanctioned for Civil Rights violations and had to sign a binding settlement agreement.
I wonder if similar situations have happened in PUSD? Have their been any Office of Civil Rights investigations involving PUSD?
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 15, 2013 at 10:53 pm
"I wonder if similar situations have happened in PUSD? Have their been any Office of Civil Rights investigations involving PUSD?"
Why are you asking these questions? Is there any basis for concern over such issues at PUSD? I suspect not, and you are just interested in stirring up nonsense. If you have a specific point to make, then make it. Otherwise, this post is nothing short of inciting speculation about something that never happened. Shame on you.
a resident of another community
on Jun 18, 2013 at 7:16 am
You guys sent us Charles Young. He's our Compliance Officer and our Associate Superintendent and never has there been such an underperformer in Palo Alto Unified School Disrict. He is in charge of dealing with complaints and the OCR mess. Please take him back. He might have done some good things for PUSD, but he has been a disaster for PAUSD. Kathleen Ruegsegger, can you make this happen?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 18, 2013 at 9:04 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
I never worked with Dr. Young. For that reason, I don't have reason to know parent opinion, but I am aware of his good reputation among those he has worked with on both sides of the Bay. I also know the story of the OCR "mess" has more depth to it than the perceived actions, or lack their of, of one person.
a resident of another community
on Jun 19, 2013 at 7:42 am
But did Kathleen Ruegsegger work with Kevin Skelly, who hired Charles Young? There may be a good reputation among those who he works with on both sides of the bay, but now he also has a terrible reputwtion with a growing number of those who he worked with in Palo Alto. The honesty of Skelly and Young are in question and many are trying to figure out how Young was hired. The OCR mess dominates the headlines in Palo Alto and it has been an unmitigated failure for Young. We can only assume that he had less responsibility in PUSD, thus less of an impact. The lessons here for PUSD are to ensure that your most basic complaint and other procedures are in order, and that your hiring procedures are rigorous.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 19, 2013 at 8:05 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
@Thanks, Do you mind explaining how you have access to PAUSD coworkers' opinions of Dr. Young's reputation? Please define "unmitigated failure for Young." From what I see, a few are after Dr. Skelly, and apparently now Dr. Young, with an ax and a noose and a gun and maybe some dynamite (all metaphorical, of course), just in case. And, in the case of Dr. Skelly, for quite some time. It's the famous "Palo Alto way." Perhaps you will consider using your real name so the accused can know their accuser.
a resident of another community
on Jun 19, 2013 at 4:15 pm
I'm also in Palo Alto and have been for some time. I dont want to bore those in the East Bay with our problems, but many of us parents not only want Skelly out of PAUSD, but we especially want Charles Young out. Young is the compliance officer who is in charge of handiling issues in a prompt, professional manner so that these issues are solved at the lowest level. If I remember, you worked for the last two superintendents but I am not sure. You can follow the issues at palotoonline.com, and if you do, know that I am a private parent, not affiliated with any group, but I am friends of current and former teachers and principals. Palo Alto has always had that small town communication network, for better or worse. I only wish things in Palo Alto were as trivial as you described in your post.
a resident of Charter Oaks
on Jun 19, 2013 at 5:19 pm
Too much smoke for there not to be a fire. Probably has been going on for years, and the institutional culture that permitted/encouraged it no doubt affected all the institutional players. Very sad. Now let's all hear the denials.
a resident of another community
on Jun 19, 2013 at 7:25 pm
Tom, your comments sum up the Palo Alto situation pretty well. I wish that we in Palo Alto had the ability to be brief, myself included.
Kathleen, you don't. I'll do my best to answer your questions because I respect your participation in these forums. I wish you'd participate in the Palo Alto ones. I do indeed get my money from PAUSD. Many of us figure Young is on the hot seat, surmising that Skelly would engineer his departure to divert pressure off himself. Young hasn't brought anything to PAUSD. He's just doesn't have the skillset to handle the parents or teachers, and innovative solutions has not been his strength.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 19, 2013 at 8:17 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Thanks, I doubt my participation would be accepted in Palo Alto. I've been gone two years, and I couldn't have commented when I worked there.
If true, and again I really haven't heard anything negative until now, I'm sorry to hear Dr. Young is a disappointment (to some or many). I do know the OCR situation is complicated (OCR has noted one claim had insufficient evidence to continue), some of it is just because of the number of people involved, from the student(s), parents, teachers, administration, lawyers, and the unbelievable volume of documentation being requested by several organizations including OCR. This is unfortunate on many levels, most importantly for the students.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 19, 2013 at 10:33 pm
The bullied student was a special education student with a speech and language impairment that affected the student's social skills and ability to interpret social cues.
I have read the full set of articles in the Palo Alto Weekly and I must say it is an impressive set of articles. Thanks to the press for requesting the volume of documentation from PAUSD because otherwise this would have never come to light.
PAUSD attempted to retaliate against the student from being absent from school because the student was bullied so much. Rather than attempt to stop the bullying, the PAUSD, similar to victims of rape being blamed because they 'brought it on themselves,' attempted to place the root cause of the harassment on the student's speech and language impairment.
The Palo Alto Weekly states:
• Despite repeated, detailed and persistent appeals by the student and the family, the school district "did not conduct any organized inquiry into the reports of harassment."
• The district "did not conduct a thorough and impartial investigation of the incidents. It did not take any disciplinary action towards students who engaged in the harassment."
• "None of the teaching staff at the school could definitively recall having been asked by the district or school administrators if they knew anything about the student being bullied or told about the bullying reports they had received from the family or from the Superintendent's Office."
• The district "failed to respond promptly and effectively to notice that the student was being subjected to peer harassment based on disability. The response was not reasonably calculated to end the harassment, prevent it from recurring or eliminate the effects of the hostile environment on the student."
• The district's special-education office told the school principal that it would not furnish an aide for the student during lunch (when bullying occurred), stating that this was the school's responsibility and outside the scope of the student's individual-education plan.
• School officials showed "a lack of understanding that harassment of a student based on behaviors that are the product of a disability is a matter of discrimination, and a lack of understanding of what constitutes a hostile environment."
a resident of another community
on Jun 20, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Kathleen, the city could use your commentary. It's only some parents and staff that are complaining about superintendent Kevin Skelly, Charles Young, the board, and a few other administrators, but the case or cases they make against them are compelling. Just make sure PUSD does not get infected by what Palo Alto is suffering from, though I doubt it ever could.
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Ifill: I never told the Commission about the book
posted at 8:55 pm on October 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
The AP has a hidden nugget at the end of its report on the Gwen Ifill controversy. While some have blamed the McCain campaign for agreeing to Ifill as a moderator for tomorrow night's VP debate while writing a book about "The Age of Barack Obama", it turns out that Ifill didn't bother to inform the Commission or the McCain campaign about the book:
The host of PBS' "Washington Week" and senior correspondent on "The NewsHour" said she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about the book. The commission had no immediate comment when contacted by The Associated Press. A spokeswoman for John McCain's campaign did not immediately return phone and e-mail messages.
I guess it would be difficult to make a determination on Ifill's impartiality when she withholds that kind of information. Why didn't she tell the CPD that she had a book in the works about politics and Barack Obama? Three guesses. After all, authors don't write books in a day, and it takes up a large amount of time. It's hardly the kind of information that would have slipped Ifill's mind.
Ifill tells the AP that the book hardly involves Obama. She also said that the book will discuss a number of other black politicans, including Colin Powell — as if that proves her impartiality. Of course, the book title, "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," assumes that there will be an "Age of Obama" — which seems a little presumptuous for a politician who hasn't even completed his first term in the US Senate. Put it this way: when did the Age of Edwards end?
And if there isn't an "Age of Obama", then doesn't Ifill's book title look rather … lame?
This isn't the most egregious foul committed in this campaign, but it's an embarrassment for the CPD. With a financial stake in the election's outcome, Ifill shouldn't even be conducting interviews of the candidates, let alone moderating a debate.
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I hope Sarah's team has checked and knows whether the subject of John Edward's experience was brought up by Ms. Ifill when she moderated the 2004 VP debate.
I think if it was not, Sarah can make a very strong case that it represents a double standard, driven by gender and political bias.
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The patch will likely be this coming week. I need to hurry and get my druid's archaelogy to 450 so i can burn my troll fragments in the hopes of getting the stupid sword. At 255 at the moment with about 650 troll fragments stored, with one dwarf rare almost done so about 36 solves to go.
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|2011-02-04, 18:28
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Lots of luck required. I've gotten 8 rares so far and am working on a 9th (some dwarven mug I think that you can see people dancing.) I have the one orc level 70 rare, a draenei rare that teleports you to a random location, a night elf mirror and a level 60 dress. I got a level 80 axe that my hunter used. I have the fossil pet and mount, plus the clockwork gnome. I also have been saving the trash this last week or two because I know some of it will go for a lot of gold including the Word of Empress Zoe. Might be sitting on a total of 1,000g in trash that's worth about 30-50g now.
|2011-02-04, 19:14
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Also did some HCs on my druid today and got a few nice upgrades, plus chaos obs for belt soon, and during vortex HC I was surprised how much DPS I was pulling on my feral with my current gear, I was able to reach and maintain 12~14k DPS on the first two bosses, and third about 9k due to the movement of the fight, which is good deal higher than I've managed on retr. despite it being almost all i346 gear + two rep epics .
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|2011-02-05, 04:10
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Ran a few level 80 guild raids with mostly 83-85s (only one actual level 80 in the group) We did OS3D with 8 people....and wiped...a lot. This partial because at level 83 you are not optimal for raiding anything it seems. None of the 85s were raid geared yet...we haven't even done Cata heroics yet. The level 80 has some T9 I think (doesn't have Cata yet). We did finally do it and I think it was some of use learning our characters (at least two were fresh level 85s) with what buffs and spells work and what just doesn't. We then when to Naxx for the weekly...then just went for Kel for the achievement. We nearly wiped with only the tank, one healer and myself standing I think at the end...and I was about out of both health and mana when he fell. We then did EoE....eww. We managed to 8 man Malygos with only the drakes being hard since those of us that had done it before hadn't done it enough or in a while to get it right. I thought I would miss more than I actually did considering I'm not hit capped in any way...with 10% chance to miss on bosses. It is enough for heroics, but not raids. (average ilvl seems to be 338 which on WoW Heroes is almost 4000...not that that matters much). I managed to get 10k dps on Malygos thanks to raid buffs and the power sparks. I was doing 8k in the other raids, which is about what I was doing in ICC10 at level 80 with T10 gear with the 30% buff. I was generally on top of the damage chart and eventually dps chart...but part of that might be due to not dying as for now I seem to be the one that needs the least amount of healing. That will change when Fel Armor is changed I think since I won't have the passive heal all the time, but a more active heal based on my damage, which from what I understand won't generate nearly as much healing as it does now during combat.
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|2011-02-06, 05:37
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Managed to get the Night Elf Archeology trinket ans well as the remaining ilvl 333 gear out of Grim Batol. Now my biggest problem is the lack of bag space I have with all the grey archeology items in my bags waitng for 4.0.6 to sell them. I think I have three slots left open right now. Also got a nice cluster of Tol'vir sites after having farmed Night Elf to death to get that trinket. Getting close to having 100 unique common items discovered. Probably should farm Northrend again for Nerbian so I can get the last septer done.
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Also how is your alt coming hooves?
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Speaking of professions I am nearly done with the awful bullshit grind that is leatherworking; my druid is at 501 LW and I have about 4 stack of heavy salvage leather atm, but looking thru some guides for it to try to figure the best route for the remaining levels on it before I start using my mats.
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Downed the first boss of Bastion of Twilight on our first today with my guild was a bit intense healing it, the mana changes for holy paladin are rather noticeable . We tried the second boss a few times but decided to stop and try again monday, we also cleared Iron Council and Magmaw again at least, so we're making so some progress, a bit slow .
Also btw for any PVPers at 85 blizzard ninja added the 85 PVP shoulder/head enchantments to tol barad QMs.
P.S. Still waiting for new meta gems to down in price, or to find someone to cut them for a reasonable price, I am not paying dam 900 g for something that's mats cost 150 g for my alt and Offspec .
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Ran first heroic today...Grim Batol. We went through about three tanks and four or five healers (healer was the only non-guild position at the start). Basic problem was that the tank wasn't told we were doing heroic, and had never been in Grim Batol before (tank and I are average ilvl 340). We managed to kill the first two bosses (after going though three healers on or before the first boss), then just could not get the third boss. We slipped past and went for the last boss, wiped once or twice and our tanks left in fustration and exhaustion (it has been an hour by then I think). We got a new tank who insisted on doing the third boss even though we said we couldn't do it yet...wiped a few times then we kicked him for being a dick about it. Got out third tank would went along with us to the last boss. We wiped a few times but downed him. Went back with the last tank and tried the thirf boss about three more times before we decided were were just too damn tired for this (it been about two hours I think)
Group was not ideal for it I think. Paladin tank, two warlocks, one warrior, and a rotation of shaman, priest, and druids as healer. We got another paladin tank second try, followed by a Death Knight. We did not quite have ideal CC or slows with fear. It worked, but was more intensive and mana draining to use than say polymorph or something that lasts longer than 12 seconds. Banish worked fine when we needed it.
Honestly though, out pally tank was doing fine. It was mostly us dps that were having trouble. I was able to pull 8-9k dps most of the time and the warrior was pulling about 7.5k dps. The second warlock wasn't as geared at the rest of us (geared enough for heroics) but was doing about 5k dps. He usually plays a warrior that outgears us all and is already raiding. He's still getting use to warlocking since I'm not that good on teaching it since I'm still figuring out what works best with what I got. The pally tank was pulling about 7k or more dps, almost keeping up with the warrior dps.
Also, does anyone have an update on the Valentines holiday achievements? Seems the Rose dropping one changed again and I don't knoow who they drop from now. I'm missing that one to complete the achievement and be only a step or two away from getting 310% flying skill without having to pay 4k to get it (need to complete Children's Week as well).
It isn't that I don't have the gold. I just want to finish what I started, and if it saves some gold...good deal.
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But glad to hear you downed him on your first today, what was the combination of dragons that were up? Also good luck on downing Maloriak, Atramades, or Chimeron in Blackwing Descent, they are all pretty tough (well if you can deal with Maloriak's experiments in an orderly fashion, then you are fine) Atramades was sorta easy himself just dealing with the Sound Meter and using the gongs wisely. Chimeron is the real hassle for healers, so I would recommend him after you defeat Maloriak and Atramades first.
|2011-02-10, 19:02
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And not sure which one of them we're going to attempt next, I think it's Chimeron though, though personally I'd like us to try to finish Throne of Four Winds sometime since the random enchantment SP sword off last boss can make holy paladin's BiS weapon[or at least very good depending on stats]. And he seems a good deal easier than Cho'gall, or Nefarian as the only two other epic weapons for holy paladin come from them , and are both potentially worse than the sword .
|2011-02-11, 06:00
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On another note, guild killed Maloriak HC yesterday (Figures i would be busy with RL on the kill day, sigh), putting us at 3/12 heroics down. This guy took two weeks to go down, a real hassle indeed ... quite stressful for the guy interrupting Arcane Storms, as you basically can't allow it to tick even once. Next up ...no idea, might be conclave of wind heroic
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My circuit uses a custom coil: outer radius 12.13mm, inner radius 11.13mm, height 1.00mm. I tried to make this shape in UB by drawing a 11.63mm radius circle with a 1mm thickness. Then in the 3D settings I made the height 1mm and the offset 0mm. This gave me a solid round object with the correct height and outer diameter. I figured out that if I select create hole, it will create a depth in the center of the circle diameter.
So, I made one circle on the 3D layer with the same radius as the inner radius of the coil. I set that to create hole. The I made another circle on the 3D layer with a radius of the outer radius of the coil and set that to solid. Then I selected both circles and looked at the 3D tab of the properties dialog. I got a solid object again. How can I make the smaller radius object with the hole in it override the larger radius object without a hole in it, so combined it makes a ring shape?
Or, perhaps there's a better way to make this ring shape? Of course, this coil surrounds a bunch of components on a PCB, so when finished, the coil 3D view has to "reveal" all of the details on the PCB in the center of the coil (components, silkscreen, etc.)
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Hi Who,
I am not sure if this is what you want to do but have a look at the attached file. I placed two circles on the 3D top layer, one is 12.13 mm and the other for 11.13 mm. The inner circle, I set the height equal to the outer circle and I checked the "hole" radio button, also under the "Material" tab, I made the inner circle color different than the outer circle. When you look at the 3D preview, this component looks like a ring.
When you open my file, click on the componnet and then select Edit>>In Place Edit to view what I did.
I think that's just what I wanted. Thanks!
OK, I applied the same settings to my "ring" coil, but it doesn't seem to work. I've got my inner circle on the 3d top layer and it's set to hole. I've got my outer circle on the 3d top layer and it's set to solid. But all I see is a solid. Does it matter which circle you place first? For example if I drew the inner "hole" circle first, then drew the outer solid circle, does the outer solid circle "cover" the inner hole circle? Anyway, thanks for any extra help.
On one of the top layer 3D circles, I had the offset checkbox checked. This apparently makes a difference, even though the offset is set to zero. I think I've got it now.


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Decided to spend Thanksgiving morning doing something I love.
Building an AK.
Now I'm gonna go eat some turkey.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Looks great and more fun than I had this morning frying up a bunch of turkeys!
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Ran flawless.
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Keep hoping we fix guard/center & RB in free agency.
Then adding Gilbert opposite Prince at #12 would really give us a great looking secondary with Gilbert/Prince/Hosley & Rolle/Hill/Brown.
In Gilbert/Prince/Hill we could have 3 young dynamic/impact secondary players.
Then maybe at #44 -- you could grab a TE who fits the new system and provides Eli with someone to work the middle of the field & red-zone with size. Hopefully either the Texas Tech (Amaro) or the U-Washington (Sepherin-Jenkins) kids fall and are available at #44. Not sure how highly folks think of the N-Dame TE.
Then in 3rd and 4th you address RB (again) and LB/OL depth.
Can someone breakdown their love affair with Gilbert? I don't understand the hype.
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