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Leon Wieseltier, the longtime literary editor of the New Republic, is a noted writer on politics, religion, and culture. Although frequently characterized as a liberal intellectual, Wieseltier's views on foreign policy—especially with respect to Israel and the Middle East—often veer toward the hawkish right. Wieseltier does not consider himself a neoconservative, but he has supported the work of various neoconservative-led advocacy groups, including the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq.
Wieseltier, who once described the New Republic as "the cops" policing beltway discourse on Israel,[1] is well known for using his media perch to issue controversial diatribes against critics of Israel and excoriate the purported weakness of liberals. One notorious early attack was Wieseltier's review of Edward Said's book Orientalism, a highly regarded opus on Western study of the East, which appeared in the New Republic in 1979. Wieseltier called Said's analysis "little more than the abject canards of Arab propaganda."[2] On other occasions, he has disparaged critics of Israel like conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan as "Jew baiters."
On the other hand, Wieseltier favors the establishment of a Palestinian state in order to preserve Israel as a Jewish democracy. To this end, he has become increasingly outspoken in his own criticism of the Israeli government for its apparent hostility to Palestinian statehood. After accepting a prestigious literary prize in Tel Aviv in June 2013, Wieseltier told an interviewer, "Unless there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there will not be a Jewish state for very long. … One of the most shameful aspects of the Netanyahu government has been to succeed in taking the Palestinian question off the table."[3]
Wieseltier elaborated on these views in a December 2012 essay for The New Republic, despairing that "I no longer believe that peace between Israelis and Palestinians will occur in my lifetime." Although he placed some blame on "the Palestinians and their inability to recognize the historical grandeur of compromise," Wieseltier also excoriated Netanyahu for allying himself with "anti-democratic maniacs" like former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, dampening prospects for a negotiated peace. "People assure me that all this can change if there is the political will to change it," he concluded, "but I do not detect the political will. So what if the two-state solution is the only solution, when nobody is desperate to solve the problem?"[4]
Obama Administration
An avowed interventionist, Wieseltier has written that he "regard[s] America's influence as generally a blessing for the world" and criticized the Obama administration for what he considers its "light-footprint" approach toward foreign conflicts.[5]
Wieseltier particularly lamented Obama's appointment of Chuck Hagel—a former Republican senator and Vietnam veteran whose skeptical approach to U.S. overseas intervention has been praised by many realist foreign affairs analysts—to head the Department of Defense. "The most egregious aspect of the celebration of Hagel is the belief that his Purple Hearts validate his withdrawalist inclinations," Wieseltier complained, citing "Hagel's optimism about diplomacy with Iran and Hamas, his opposition to sanctions, [and] his recoil from humanitarian interventions" as key grievances. "We have elected to wane," he concluded. "One day history will surprise us, and shame on us for being surprised."[6]
Wieseltier has also been a vocal critic of the Barack Obama administration's response to the uprisings of the "Arab Spring." During a New Republic symposium in February 2012, Wieseltier argued that the administration had adopted a double standard in its various responses to the social turmoil in the region. "How can the president dine out on Libya if he is not prepared to do the same for Syria? Assad is perpetrating in Homs, Hama, Dara'a, and elsewhere what Qaddafi only threatened to perpetrate in Benghazi." Arguing that an important "strategic prize" that could result from Assad's downfall was the weakening of Iran's regional position, Wieseltier said that Washington "should aid and arm the Free Syrian Army."[7]
In opposition to observers who warned that U.S. intervention could worsen the conflict, Wieseltier retorted in May 2013 that "we often engage with what we cannot master. No outcomes are assured, except perhaps when we do nothing. We do not need to control the realm in which we need to take action; we need only to have strong and defensible reasons and strong and defensible means, and to keep our wits, our analytical abilities, about us."[8]
Earlier, in January 2011, Wieseltier attacked the Obama administration's approach to the revolution in Egypt. Ignoring decades of U.S. policymaking in the region as well as the unhappy legacy of neoconservative-inspired "democracy" projects, Wieseltier wrote that "the bizarre irony of Obama's global multiculturalism is that it has had the effect of aligning America with regimes and against peoples." He also excoriated "liberals" for their "wholesale repudiation of Bush's foreign policy includ[ing] the rejection of anything resembling his 'freedom agenda,'" and claimed that President Obama's multiculturalism amounted to little more than an "acceptance agenda." He added, "[W]hatever one's views of the Iraq war, it really does not seem too much to ask of American liberals that they think a little less crudely about democratization—not only about its moral significance but also about its strategic significance."[9]
Bush Administration
Though often a critic of the George W. Bush administration, Wieseltier endorsed many of the Bush administration's goals in the Middle East. He was a signatory to a Project for the New American Century letter to Bush that laid out an aggressive series of proposed interventions as part of the "war on terror" just nine days after the 9/11 attacks. The letter named three key targets: Osama bin Laden, Hezbollah, and Iraq, stating that even if Baghdad was found not to be involved in the attacks, the war "must include a determined effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq." In 2002, Wieseltier signed on as a member of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, an organization set up to push for the invasion.
Although Wieseltier eventually expressed regret over his initial support for the war, he continued to support it. In a signed editorial for the New Republic, Wieseltier wrote that "an absence of regrets and recrimination on the part of a supporter of this war now amounts to an absence of intellectual honesty" because there were no weapons of mass destruction. Like many of the war's initial boosters, Wieseltier also took exception to the way the war was conducted, writing in the same editorial that he had "come to despise some of the people who are directing it."[10]
In a March 2013 New Republic feature on the Iraq War's 10th anniversary, Wieseltier conceded that Iraq war boosters who believed that Saddam Hussein "possessed weapons of mass destruction must forever ponder the fact that he did not possess them." However, he added, "I hope that we do not blind ourselves to the extraordinary changes that have taken place there, and to the possibility of a decent outcome. It is an outcome upon which we might have had an influence." Accusing the Obama administration of saying "goodbye and good luck" to Iraq, Wieseltier pleaded for prolonged U.S. engagement in the country, asserting that "the compromised origins of the Iraq war are not all, or even most, of what we need to know about Iraq now. Cursing George W. Bush is not a strategy. The region is convulsing, and we are pivoting."[11]
A longtime friend of Wieseltier is I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted on charges of lying, perjury, and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame affair. Before Libby was sentenced, the judge reviewed letters from nearly 200 writers, including one from Wieseltier, who wrote, "I am in no sense a neoconservative, as many of my neoconservative adversaries will attest. I am, to the contrary, the kind of liberal who many neoconservatives like to despise, and that's fine with me." Wieseltier explained his stance later, writing, "Generally, I detest this White House for many reasons and I think Scooter is a kind of state-of-the-art fall guy in this particular plot."[12]
On Criticizing Israel and "Anti-Semitism"
In February 2010, Wieseltier attacked popular conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan, hinting that Sullivan's writings were anti-Semitic—despite categorically rejecting that Sullivan was anti-Semitic during an earlier dispute with his former New Republic colleague.[13] Wieseltier's 2010 accusation centered on the claim that Sullivan reveals anti-Semitic tendencies in his criticism of Israeli policies toward Palestinians (in particular, the 2009 attack on Gaza), as well as in his disparaging assessments of certain American Jews (in particular, those associated with neoconservatism, or "the [Michael] Goldfarb-[Charles] Krauthammer wing" of the U.S. Jewish community).
Wrote Wieseltier: "The explanation that Sullivan adopts for almost everything that he does not like about America's foreign policy, and America's wars, and America's role in the world—that it is all the result of the clandestine and cunningly organized power of a single and small ethnic group—has a provenance that should disgust all thinking people. And this is not all that is disgusting about Sullivan's approach. His assumption, in his outburst about 'the Goldfarb-Krauthammer wing,' that every thought that a Jew thinks is a Jewish thought is an anti-Semitic assumption, and a rather classical one."[14]
Journalist Glenn Greenwald described Wieseltier's diatribe as "an amazingly ugly, reckless, and at-times-deranged screed." He added, "So shabby and incoherent are Wieseltier's accusations that they merit little real refutation, and I hope Andrew will resist the (understandable) temptation to elevate and dignify them by lavishing them with lengthy self-defenses."[15]
Another writer, Daniel Luban, argued that Wieseltier's invective did merit assessment in that it reveals how far the discourse in Washington has shifted with respect to U.S. policy on Israel, in part due to the tendency of "pro-Israel" hardliners to make "frivolous" accusations about anti-Semitism whenever anyone criticizes Israeli policies.
Luban wrote: "The obvious absurdity of these charges has caused many observers to go back and reevaluate the entire way that the charge has been used in the past—and has only confirmed the impression that it is all-too-frequently used to stifle all dissent from Israeli policies. The result is that the tacit framework governing 'responsible' criticism of Israel is breaking down. … Wieseltier's attack on Sullivan appears motivated not by any actual belief that the latter is an anti-Semite, but by rage that he has violated these tacit rules—that a gentile dares offer unapologetic criticism of Israeli policies. More than that, we can detect in Wieseltier's piece a deep sense of panic that this framework of 'responsible' criticism is breaking down. The attack is quite obviously an attempt to intimidate Sullivan into ceasing all criticism; I join many others in hoping that Sullivan sticks to his guns."[16]
Wieseltier has a long history of haranguing people who point to the influence of the "Israel Lobby" on U.S. foreign policy. He has written particularly venomous critiques against well-known scholars—including Tony Judt, Steve Walt, and John Mearsheimer—who have taken on this subject. When a scheduled talk by Judt in October 2006 at the Polish Consulate in New York was cancelled after the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee complained, Wieseltier wrote in the Washington Diarist in October 2006:
"The more significant point is that what Judt was prevented from delivering at the Polish consulate was a conspiracy theory about the pernicious role of the Jews in the world. That is what the idea of 'the Lobby' is. It is Mel Gibson's analysis of the Iraq war. It is not just an analysis of the impact of AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] on particular resolutions and policies: such an analysis requires a detailed knowledge of American government, specifically of Congress, that I suspect Judt does not possess and that his fellow heroes Mearsheimer and Walt have been shown to lack. It is a larger claim, a historical claim, a claim about a sinister causality, about the power of a small group to control the destiny of a large group. And it is a claim with a sordid history."[17]
As a child, Wieseltier attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush, an ultra-Orthodox school in Brooklyn, where he was a classmate of fellow "pro-Israel" hawk Dennis Prager. He later attended Columbia and Oxford Universities before pursuing a doctorate in Jewish studies at Harvard. On the strength of work for the New York Review of Books written concurrently with his studies, he was lured away from academia by an offer from Martin Peretz, the publisher of the New Republic.[18]
Wieseltier's books include Kaddish (1998), Against Identity (1996), and Nuclear War, Nuclear Peace (1983).
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Leon Wieseltier Résumé
- New Republic: Literary Editor
- Project for the New American Century: Signatory, Letter on Terrorism
- Committee for the Liberation of Iraq: Former Member
- Columbia University, B.A.
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[1] Quoted in Scott McConnel, "Normalizing Relations," American Conservative, May 1, 2010, http://www.amconmag.com/article/2010/may/01/00006/.
[2] Leon Wieseltier, "Review of Edward W. Said, Orientalism," New Republic, April 7, 1979.
[3] AP, "U.S. Jewish author Leon Wieseltier: Jewish state won't last unless Israeli-Palestinian conflict solved," Haaretz, June 10, 2013, http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/u-s-jewish-author-leon-wieseltier-jewish-state-won-t-last-unless-israeli-palestinian-conflict-solved-1.528984?localLinksEnabled=false.
[4] Leon Wieseltier, " Losing Hope on Israeli-Palestinian Peace," The New Republic, December 6, 2012, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/magazine/110888/losing-hope-on-Israeli-Palestinian-peace.
[5] Leon Wieseltier, "Welcome to the Era of the Light Footprint: Obama finally finds his doctrine," New Republic, January 29, 2013, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112205/obama-doctrine-light-footprint-lightweight-thinking.
[6] Leon Wieseltier, "Welcome to the Era of the Light Footprint: Obama finally finds his doctrine," New Republic, January 29, 2013, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112205/obama-doctrine-light-footprint-lightweight-thinking.
[7] Jim Lobe, "Renewed Push in U.S. to Arm Syrian Rebels," Inter Press Service, February 4, 2012, http://rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/renewed_push_in_us_to_arm_syrian_rebels.
[8] Leon Wieseltier, "Obama's Timidity on Syria: Lessons from a Fiasco," New Republic, May 8, 2013, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113150/obamas-syria-strategy-timid.
[9] Leon Wieseltier, " American Liberals and the Streets of Cairo," New Republic, January 29, 2011, http://www.tnr.com/article/world/82435/egypt-riots-american-liberals-cairo.
[10] Leon Wieseltier, "Delusion and its Limits: What Remains," ," New Republic, June 28, 2004.
[11] New Republic, "Arguing Iraq—Ten Years Later: A symposium," March 20, 2013, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112701/iraq-war-10th-anniversary-symposium.
[12] Philip Weiss, "Scooter Libby and the Neocons' Social Universe," Mondoweiss, June 5, 2007, http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/lfow.html.
[13] Andrew Sullivan, "Wieseltier Responds," Daily Dish, http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/wieseltier-resp.html.
[14] Leon Wieseltier, "Something Much Darker," New Republic, February 8, 2010, http://www.tnr.com/article/something-much-darker.
[15] Glenn Greenwald, "TNR's ugly and reckless anti-semitism games," Salon.com, February 10, 2010, http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/02/10/tnr.
[16] Daniel Luban, "Leon Wieseltier, Anti-Semitism, And Israel," Inter Press Service, Lobelog.com, February 10, 2010, http://www.lobelog.com/leon-wieseltier-anti-semitism-and-israel/ .
[17] Leon Wieseltier, "The Shahid," Washington Diarist, October 16, 2006, http://www.tnr.com/article/washington-diarist-17.
[18] Sam Tanenhaus, "Wayward Intellectual Finds God," New York Times, January 24, 1999, http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/24/magazine/wayward-intellectual-finds-god.html.


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I am so frustrated right now. I won like 1 out of 20 games and it's ridiculous because once you start losing it's nearly impossible to win, the deeper you fall the harder it is to come back.
I tried playing full support, it never works, no one can take advantage of it well enough to carry and if anything they don't even appreciate it. Playing carry heroes for my self is out the question, there is always at least 3 players who pick carries on my team.
I'm soooooooooo tired of losing, I really don't think I deserve such harsh games. It's demoralizing me and I question myself all the time if I truly belong in this hellhole of feeders and griefers.
Sorry that I post two threads about my failure in hon, I registered for epoch on the website but I'm lost on what to do.
If anyone can mentor me or help me review over my replays I would appreciate it a lot.
I can't really mentor you considering that I don't know wtf I'm doing most of the time myself.
As for the picking phase (where half of the game is decided), I would suggest that you pick to supplement your team. If you feel incredibly confident with a mid hero, ask others if they wish to go mid before picking the hero. That way you shouldn't have those idiots that try to argue with you whether or not if you should take mid, nor those idiots that pick mid heroes that go mid even though they didn't say anything.
Unless you are playing with friends and are attempting to make a power lane, I suggest that you just pick what your team needs. If your team already has 3 carries, go pick a support. If theres already a glacius and a Witchslayer on your team, go play Magebane. Being a good teammate isn't defining yourself into any specific role. instead you need to fit the role that your team needs the most. So to that end, I suggest that you should tell people to ghostpick before you make your picking decision.
Most of the time, taking the loss is the responsibility of the entire team. There are instances where it is definitely safe to blame others, but most of the time losing is held accountable by the entire team.
You think you will change the way your team mate play the game? Make them play better? Make them listen more? Not going to happen. You need to improve your self to be able to get into higher brackets where people know what they are doing.
I'm not flaming I'm just tired of all these threads where people always tend to blame the team and never realized maybe there's something to improve personally instead.
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Two things that have helped me get my win% higher;
- farming; I'm floating in the 1400-1500 bracket and auto-attacking is soooo rampant here...i myself confess to have done shitload of it in the past and sometimes I still do it...trying to break that bad habit...i read somewhere on these forums that has helped my farming alot and that is hit the creeps when their health bar turns red. I harass (if i'm ranged) or simply move about the lane till I notice a creep getting to that sweet spot and then strike it...still working on it but i usually never ever hav my complete boots and powersupply by 15 mins...but now i do so yeah...this is one thing i would recommend
- heroes; while it is generally commendable to pick a hero that suits ur line-up...one thing i've seen my bracket lack is initiators...or the lack of good initiators...people stick around running in and out of lanes in mid with nothing happening...it drives me nuts..so i've started playing initiators...the sad part about this is that sometimes your team doesn't follow even if they are standing there and i've pinged them already..or they are abit slow...so you MAY die...but after the 2nd or 3rd time they somehow magically follow you and do come to fight wen u intiate..HOWEVER u gotta farm that pkey real quick...hence the above mentioned tip helps..also if u pull off a few ganks in ur lane and manage to scare them off and get that tower...woohoo...good for you. Pkey is an amazing item as much of a pain it is to farm but the wonders it can do it amazing...for the lulz try getting a pkey on Dsham and Pesti together...port in and u just need to ulti
other than this..i would recommend the usual;
- warding; it's a miserable job but someone has to do it...and u do it a couple of times and then ask ur team nicely...they do it..i've actually gotten a brown who insta-picked Flint and spammed 'Mid' to ward mid to late game. If no one complies...just do it urself..it may lead u to a successful gank or save from one..i actually won a 3 vs 5 just by spamming wards that lead us to some great ganks and beat the opposition with just Ra, PR(Me) and the 3rd hero i can't remember
- stacking; i'm rough on this but i did it in a no-stats a few days ago and created a safe farming lane for GB(Me) and Myrmidon
Lastly don't play the game if it frustrates you to the point that you wanna break ur keyboard...if ur loosing in matchmaking, take a break and play public no-stats..troll if u want to and let off some steam or actually be a 'try-hard' and test ur skill level...that's what i do..and you can PM me if ur interested...mind you, not a pro myself but I try to be as much of a team player i can be
P.S. How long does the acceptance from E takes, Katieeee?
I've been on the same wave and dropped to same hole as you're at now. Personally, I only pick support when we have a strong lineup already as normally people that agree on decent lineups will probably benefit the most out of it. Also, you always ward. Period. It's the main reason I've quit playing with heros that are unable to ward. Well, none of this is probably news for you anyway, but the fastest way to climb ranks is to be the least dependent on other heros as possible - this means take mid stomp heros. Early ganks/towers/kills make people concede or lose their focus really fast at your bracket. What I usually do is queue with a friend and alternate between 2 roles. One takes a semi carry/mid hero while the other takes a ward ***** support/disabler to make sure other lanes don't feed and that you aren't caught by pubtrains as well.
Other than that you also need to improve. Doesen't matter if you think you're better than the usual trash, if you're not 'good' enough to solo the game for your team you're not going anywhere sadly.
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just wanted to share...
match making rating sytem works, i created my current acc and learned to play in this.....
i went down as far as 1100 at the begining....yeah ....1100 is HELL....and as i played, but trying learn how to play, reading guides....seen videos....practicing, etc.....i started coming up, now im 1464 and going still up,...i know 1464 is BAD, but im pretty proud that i got there myself from 1100, and according my knowledge about the game was better my rating was gettin better too....
so i dont blame my team and other causes of my mmr....wich is what a deserve....
I feel for you bro. I had the same experience as well of losing 20 streaks and winning only 1 game. From 1650 down to 1450.
Now climbing back again slowly but surely.
I will suggest to pick the MMR but with Verified games only. There's less whiner and afker and noobers and shtters on the verified games.
Then pick PEBB, GAUNT and ARTESIA.
I hate when people say pick mid heroes. You can do a lot to influence a game from sidelane also. Learn to harass/last hit better and you can get a big advantage for 2 heroes sidelane and also shut down 2 enemies in a sidelane.
In fact, I'm best when it's 1v2 sidelane b/c if you're good enough, you can learn to control the lane positioning perfectly as you want, not die and sometimes get kills, get the level advantage compounded with denies and totally win since jungle also gets freefarm + level advantage.
In pubs? I play wildsoul....
Wildsoul is ridiculous ganking hero, coupled with strong lategame and powerful pushing he is a pubstomp hero. Not to mention that he is a jungler, who is often forgotten about by the enemy
But he is hard to play...
I would suggest either picking a ganking hero or a pushing hero - or both (Wildsoul, Torturer come to mind)
I also sometimes play with Lego (another jungler) or pharoh (he can decimate enemy teams if that aren't smart)
And a special mention goes to warbeast - He is completely out of the meta, but with a semi-decent team and with good map control. You control the meta and the pace of the game. But why I am mentioning him is that he can absolutely faceroll towers, just like wildsoul
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we will go through standard disable combo lanes and support techniques.
This is crucial.
sometimes picking an astrolabe or a mana ring when you get good early farm can become a game changer, even on someone like swift. I know it sounds uncommon. But when you know your team is likely to overcommit, the astrolabe or mana ring come in handy for those turn arounds.
Half truth...
There're heroes you can use to lead your team to victory, like monkey king, devo, swiftblade, bloodhunter, pebbles, panda.. etc...
But there're other heroes that can't win if their team suck. Some junglers (if your team feeds hard in the lanning fase), supporters like empath, heroes without pushing habilities, etc...
Well maybe they can if they're played by some 24/7 pro, but not all of us can spend all that time playing.
I don't even like any of the heroes i said...
HoN is a great game to play with friends on a team mm. But when you play solo, it's a bit unbalanced. It seems the game is balanced only by mmr and not by kd and total of games played
Add me in game and get skype if you don't have it. I'll help you out.If anyone can mentor me or help me review over my replays I would appreciate it a lot.
The thing about leading in the sub-1500s is not just the hero you play, but how you lead. If you can get lots of kills and such, yeah, that can help convince your team to follow, but if you play a different hero, it's not that tough to lead unless the team is intentionally throwing.
The second time I marched from 1300 back up to 1500+, I did it mostly as a solo Q'ing . Yes, Empaaaaath! I'm not a "24/7 pro," but you don't need to be that good to lead. Here's my three simple steps to leading as a solo Q'ing support down in the sub-1500's:
1. Learn and apply your basics consistently. No offense to any sub-1500 players, but they're down there because they're VERY inconsistent on basics. If you apply the basics consistently, you have the edge. Show off to your team. Boast. Show them and the opponents who deserves to have higher MMR. As a support, this is easily achieved by boxing out opponents, ganking other lanes, and such.
2. Once that dominance role is starting to show, solidify it by gaining the total trust of your team. I personally found teaching my allies basics, like a Lego how to stack camps, other supports new warding spots, and good hiding spots for ganks, wins their loyalty very quickly. Compliments always work too. But avoid getting mad or becoming negative no matter the circumstance. The second you make it clear you're mad or you make a totally negative comment about a teammate's flaws, you start losing credibility fast. That's the point where your team starts pinging all over the map and trying to take that leader spot away from you. ;x
3. Lead with a balanced approach. Do not be overly conservative or overly risky. To keep your team loyal, you need to keep giving them results. In the early and mid game, this is using basic map awareness and vision to go for those team ganks. Sub-1500 is Overextended Land, take advantage. If your team gets antsy and starts pinging risky opportunities, do not take the risk. Use your flying courier to scout. If the area is clear, compliment your team for good awareness. If it spots a 4-man patrol spotted, just tell them an opportunity will come.
Won't work for everyone, but if it worked for me, I hope it can be useful to someone lol.
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Making Paneer
A native of India shares her country's classic homemade cheese
As a child growing up in northern India, I seldom ventured into the kitchen. Meals in our home were something I ate, not something I took part in creating. Even later, in my young adult life as I worked toward a career in science and IT consulting, cooking somehow escaped me. But cheesemaking did not. One of the food lessons I learned early on was that homemade paneer was fresher and therefore better than any you could buy in the market. A simple, firm, mild cheese made with just cow's milk and vinegar, paneer was a staple ingredient in many of our dishes. Northern Indians swear by their versatile paneer and use it in a multitude of recipes, from snacks to curries and even desserts.
Because it doesn't melt and its texture is chewy, paneer is also a perfect substitute for meat in a lot of Indian dishes. (Vegan or vegetarian dishes abound in India for both economic and religious reasons.) Paneer's mild flavor blends well with all kinds of vegetable-based sauces. Palak Paneer—the classic creamy Indian spinach dish studded with cubes of the cheese—is just one example of how paneer can transform a dish into a meal, instantly.
Now that I've become a professional disciple of food and cooking—since moving to the States and attending Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago—I've discovered how much I like paneer infused with various herb mixtures, like thyme, rosemary, and cilantro, or with saffron or nuts. It's also satisfying eaten plain with a little salt and pepper or a drizzle of honey. As I continue to marry my Western culinary training with my Indian upbringing, I expect I'll find more ways to savor this homemade cheese. You can, too.
Heat the milk in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally. When the milk comes to a boil, add the vinegar gradually and stir gently. When curds begin to form, separating from the whey, turn off the heat and stir gently until all curds are formed and the vinegar smell begins to dissipate.
Drain the whey from the curds (you can reserve it for other uses; see tips at right) by passing the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth. Gently fold herbs or seasonings into the curd, if desired, while it is still warm.
To remove more moisture from the cheese and create firm paneer, press the cheesecloth-wrapped curd under a heavy pan or other clean, weighted object for about 2 hours. (I place the wrapped curd in my sink, beneath a cutting board topped with a kettle full of water.) Once it's drained, remove the cheesecloth, wrap the paneer in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until using.
Ipshita's Tips:
• Softness in paneer depends largely on the milk's fat content; whole milk results in a softer cheese.
• Fresh lemon juice may be substituted for the vinegar in making paneer. If using lemon juice, rinse the wrapped curds under cold water and drain well, to remove any sourness from the lemon.
• Before you cut paneer, refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes. The cheese will be firmer and easier to handle.
• When making paneer with vinegar, you can save the leftover whey for use in bread dough for roti (unleavened flatbread) or in cooking vegetables.
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From recent information, I've gathered a list of insight on the LS's death. I've noticed that many people here don't seem to understand exactly what happens or why.
-LSs don't die in gunfire because that would affect gameplay choices, it would break the game, because one simple mistake would stop you from making the Harvest/Rescue decision.
-It's been pointed out in an interview by IGN that they want to make the LS Harvest/Rescue sequence as suggestive as possible, they wanted to express as much that was needed to get the point across (thus, no cartoony cutscene of breaking a little girl's neck).
-When you rescue the LS, she will be turned to a normal girl again and trot off to the nearest vent.
-When you harvest the LS, she will disappear from the screen afterwards so as to not show the cartoony gore, as it would just be unrealistic and plastic, no emotion.
-Doctor Tenenbaum will most likely remark against your actions of harvesting the LS, attempting to make you feel guilty for your actions.
-You won't hear the LSs in either process, which I'm taking an estimated guess that because of this tragic and emotional act (as the girl screams, "NO!" at you), you become nauseous and dizzy, your (character in game) in shock.
-PCGamer UK reviewer Tom Francis has cited that there's a later sequence in the game that forces guilt upon you for killing the LSs, "BioShock's main plot isn't about the Little Sisters, but it does have a sequence that gave me a Schindler's List pang of guilt for killing them all (what? I needed the Adam). And Schindler's List isn't a cultural touchstone that comes up a lot when talking about games. There's a richness to BioShock's fiction, a conflicted complexity to its characters, and a humanity in its themes that we're wholly unaccustomed to in gaming." So killing the LSs will end up to be a very emotional and thematic experience.
-There is a difference between the rewards you attain... Harvesting the LSs will give you all the Adam possible. Rescuing them will give you some Adam, but not as much, later on in the game you will get another reward just as worthwhile as all the Adam.
They're going for an emotional game, showing ludicrously fake and plastic gore scenes of a dead little girl wouldn't provide anything but detachment from the game how unrealistic it would be. There is a scene later in the game that'll force guilt for what you've done, confirmed the PCG UK reviewer Tom Francis. If the previous death scene was still in the game, it would be so outrageous and phony, it would just confirm the fact that you're playing a videogame, immersion would be lost. Not only that, but it would get extremely repetitive, harvesting the LS (with the scream and snap) would have lost its touch by the end of the game, the same sequence and sounds over and over again, also reinforcing the fact that you're only playing a videogame. Sure, hearing her scream and the snap of the neck the first time can be very emotional, but by the 5th time, you know exactly what happens, it's just a matter of getting past it. So to get away of standard videogame repetition, there will be one lone sequence that'll stick with you for a long while, something I highly doubt you'll forget.


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Easy Meringue
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Recently I went to the doctor because of terrible pains in my back, chest and neck, pains which I have no excuse for having because I'm only 23 years old. I just could not figure out why my body felt so bad all of the time, like a cement block was being tossed against my chest over and over each night as I slept. Ok, that may be a little extreme but the point in there, it hurt.
It was my first visit to a doctor since moving to Northern Michigan in January and it wasn't something I was really looking forward to. See, to me the doctor's office is a place that I would prefer not to spend a lot of time in. Usually, I wait until the last minute possible to go to the doctor. But last Thursday the time had come and I had to bite the bullet and lay down on one of those giant sheets of doctor's office paper, the ones that keep the last guys disease off of you.
It came down to the nitty gritty and the diagnoses came out as expected, I wasn't getting enough sleep...and the treatment, more sleep. Many people my age go on thinking that they can survive on little or no sleep, and the truth is, you can. It's what you are sacrificing that matters, and that sacrifice is quality of life. But if you have to go to bed at 4 p.m you don't get to hang out with all of your friends and family and you miss out on all of the fun things that go on at night, right? It's that reasoning that led me to more than a month of restless nights and too many cups of coffee.
I've come to a conclusion based on my multiple weeks of personal sleep research and my outlook on life is changing. There is plenty of time left for me, god willing, and I would rather spend it feeling healthy than constantly indulging in the prime time social arena.
If you are not feeling well I say to you, GET SOME SLEEP it will do you wonders, plus my doctor said not enough sleep is the number one reason for muscle aches and pains.


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-- AGT is the clique they are involved with --
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Still comfortable and confident in my quit, really think I've done it this time, don't even need to use inhalator or nicotine gum anymore. I've come back to work and I'm pleased to see that 2 other smokers have quit, we've only got one left now! I know what you mean peter d regarding my last entry, on arriving back in the UK, I was met by the stench of fags and multiple smokers outside the doors of the airport! Much worse and more widespread here in the UK I think, maybe cos we are such a smaller country, but the smoking and drinking problems here seem to be massive in comparison with the US. Also the British 'culture' of drinking to get drunk, whereas Americans seem to generally be fine with having a couple of light beers with a meal and don't feel the need to get smashed out of their face at every opportunity like British people do. It was so nice to be in a warm climate, and in a place where food and petrol is actually affordable! You guys are so lucky! I miss the US already, back to cold miserable grey skies of england. However, I did miss the pretty countryside of Cornwall and the sea, it's nice to be back to that :)
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Our future back up might already be on the roster.
Our future back up might already be on the roster.
2014 NFL Draft
1) Cyrus Kouandjio-OT Alabama
2) Kyle Fuller-DB Virginia Tech
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This is a crock!! Batch cannot get the ball out without it wobbling. He has no arm strength what so-ever and no mobility. Jerrod Johnson would have had the Browns at least respecting his ability to take off and run. That kid had a strong, accurate arm. Batch is horrible. You can sugar coat it any way you want Batch is horrible.
Steelers 2014 Draft
1--Jake Matthews OT Texas A & M
2--Donte Moncrief WR Ole Miss
3-- -- Traded --
4--Ed Reynolds FS Stanford
5--C.J. Fiedorowicz TE Iowa
6--Jordan Tripp ILB Montana
7--Marcus Williams CB North Dakota State
i'd ask the redskins what would it take for the kid they drafted after RG3 last year
you know he's not going to see significant time
It's not a crock and I wasn't attempting to sugar coat anything. Fans can know the facts and continue to ignore facts. Batch made some nice throws and not so nice throws. Sounds like what many would say about just about all 3rd string QB's around the league. It's the same thing that I would say about Jerrod Johnson based on his play in the preseason. Running QB's have a hard time winning games without the ability to consistently hurt defenses passing the football. Like Dennis Dixon had the ability to run when he was with the Steelers but couldn't make defense pay consistently enough in the passing game. Fact, most 2nd and 3rd string QB's in the league are horrible. Some teams value 3rd string QB's so much that they don't even carry one. Oh and the great Jerrod Johnson isn't even on an NFL roster. The situation is what it is. The best hope is that the team can limit mistakes and pull out close games until Ben can return.
Troy Smith anyone?
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See, you just proved my point. You really aren't paying attention to what really happens on the field. Jerrod Johnson is more known for his being a pocket passer than he is for being a running QB. But never mind..........
Jerrod Johnson was pretty solid this year for the Steelers in preseason. 14-21 for 236 66.7% 2 TD's and 0 INT's
Steelers 2014 Draft
1--Jake Matthews OT Texas A & M
2--Donte Moncrief WR Ole Miss
3-- -- Traded --
4--Ed Reynolds FS Stanford
5--C.J. Fiedorowicz TE Iowa
6--Jordan Tripp ILB Montana
7--Marcus Williams CB North Dakota State
Newsflash.....Batch and Byron suck. Anybody trying to come to their defense you might as well dip that turd in some chocolate and take a big bite. They both have the admirable back up QB qualities of immobility, fragility and advance old age. Next year we need to draft the heir apparent to Ben so the learning curve can begin.
I didn't prove your point. Jerrod Johnson isn't even in the NFL right now. But never mind.
The problem with fans is they always believe the next man up/cut was the answer. The reality is that 98% of the time the guy cut would be the same or worse then the guy the team decided to keep.


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A draft class can never be fully evaluated until a few years down the road, and it's difficult to know just how players will eventually pan out. But, what we can evaluate soon after the final pick is made is how aggressive teams were in making their picks and who gave themselves the best shot at landing future big league players with high upside.
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Toronto Blue Jays
Very quickly the Toronto Blue Jays have become a team we have to routinely associate with powerhouse draft classes. This year, they once again failed to disappoint. They were able to land a premium college arm in
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D.J. Davis
Matt Smoral
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Houston Astros
You can debate all day long whether Houston did the right thing by taking
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The Dodgers have taken some criticism for their draft classes in recent years. It's going to be difficult for people to knock this year's class, at least initially.
Corey Seager
, their top selection, has one of the highest upsides of any player in the nation and could one day give them a Gold Glove caliber third baseman and a 25 home run bat. Their third selection,
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Dane Phillips
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Playing It Safe
St. Louis Cardinals
You can judge the Cardinals' draft class in a number of different ways, but if you're a fan of high upside type selections, you won't like their early round picks. They did take a high upside bat in
Carson Kelly
86th overall, as well as some other toolsy players in the later rounds, but for the most part they played it safe. Their two first rounders,
Michael Wacha
James Ramsey
, are likely big leaguers but do not profile as impact type talents.
The Gamblers
Texas Rangers
This is going to be a boom or bust draft class for the Rangers. They took some tremendous athletes, but molding them into polished players is going to be a significant task for their strong player development department. Texas selected five straight high school players to begin their draft, including
Lewis Brinson
Jamie Jarmon
, and Nick Williams. All of these players are considered at least somewhat raw by most scouts.
Joey Gallo
, the lefty slugger they took 39th overall pick, while probably the best power hitter in the class, also comes with a degree risk.
Philadelphia Phillies
The strategy doesn't change much for Philadelphia. They like drafting high school talent, particularly athletic position position players. They did just that this week, taking
Dylan Cozens
77th overall and Zach Green 125th overall. They also rolled the dice on three powerful right-handed arms from the high school ranks in
Shane Watson
, Mitch Gueller and
Alec Rash
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