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Message Boards » General Diet and Weight Loss Help
TOPIC: Devil's advocate: 1200 calories for petite/short women?
Joined Oct 2011
Posts: 434
April 5, 2012 8:11 AM
It's interesting to hear this on countless "1200 calories" vs. "eat more to lose weight" discussions... people often say, "unless you're a dwarf" or "unless you're 4'8" " you really need at least 1200 calories a day. Well guess what? I happen to know that there are quite a few "dwarfs" :-) and petite women posting on MFP, me being one of them! (No offense taken to the "dwarf" comment, we're all just fun sized!) :-)
This isn't really a question for calorie advice for me personally, but for all smaller ladies out there. Do smaller women really need more than 1200 calories? Surely if you're less than 5' and pretty sedentary, you won't need as much as a 5'7" woman, right?
******FYI, I'm 4'10" 105 lbs. and my mantra is that women in general should eat more and be more active. I personally can not live off of 1200 calories a day. I am waaaay too active (am a long distance runner) and love food and exercise way too much, but I realize not all women are training for marathons like I am.
Thus, I welcome the different opinions, what do y'all think??
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April 5, 2012 8:18 AM
Hi all!
I am also short at 5ft and I find it very hard sticking to 1200 calories a day. I try to do some exercise each day and I then eat more. I have already lost 25lb in 6 months and still need to lose 10lb. I have joined mfp so that I can see how many calories I am eating and burning each day. I also think that each persons body is slightly diffrent and some people may burn more than others.
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April 5, 2012 8:23 AM
You make a valid point. The calorie needs for petite women can be on the low side.
However, when you're getting down around 1200, adequate daily micronutrition starts to become an issue, IMO. Women that need to eat that little to lose weight would be better served to increase their activity and eat a little more.
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April 5, 2012 8:24 AM
I'm 5'4", neither petite nor tall. LOL. Too tall for petites, too short for average.
I've survived off of lower than 1200 calories for a time. Longer than I might wish to admit to. My doctor has me on an ultra low calorie diet plan (like 700-800 calories a day), but I was finding I couldn't exercise doing that. She says I must exercise, even on that few calories. I don't think her idea of exercise and my idea of exercise are the same thing! Me, exercise is 30-60 minutes of giving every thing I've got at least twice a day. I don't think that's what she meant! I have upped my calories to 1300, and am finding that I can really see the improvements now. My weight isn't dropping as quickly, but I'm also not ravenous all the time. I am even considering going up to 1500 calories in the near future, because I want to seriously start lifting but still keep running as well. Gonna need more fuel for that! I stalled for a long time because of trying to stick with the doctor's food plan and getting all that exercise. Just couldn't do both!
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April 5, 2012 8:27 AM
OMGosh! I'm am 5'1" and there is no way on God's green earth I could go down to 1200... I would be so cranky and tired... that's it's just not worth it to me to cut my calories that low... even if I should eat to lose 2 pounds a week...
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April 5, 2012 8:29 AM
I'm 5'4" which is the top consideration for petite.
I eat 1550 calories and I can't imagine eating 1200 since it leaves me hungry all day. I've lost more weight by eating at 1550 cals
Also, I mostly do strength training (heavy lifting) so I know I'd be a cranky person if I stuck to 1200
Edited by kperk91 On April 5, 2012 8:31 AM
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April 5, 2012 8:32 AM
i'm 5'4", weight 130, hoping to lose 15lbs. The only way i can do this is eating 1200 calories net...so i eat around 1600 and burn off 400. I have a desk job and work from home, so i class that as pretty sedentary for a lot of the day.
I order to lose weight i have to stick to 1200 cals, which makes sense because i maintain at between 1550-1700 calories.
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April 5, 2012 8:35 AM
I am 5'2', age 47 (so lower metabolisium then a 20 year) Medium built) Desk job
I have done 1200 calories, and also lower at times. With and without exercise.
At 1200, I am somewhat hungry, but not starved. And I do lose weight - for a time.
But I always plateau, and stall. And then nothing seems to budge the weight,
So for me, I need more calories, about 1500 roughly seems a good range for me now, I do workout heavily, now. But have not always done so.
Have played with calories, macros, exercise ranges a lot over the past 4-5 years. Finally at my goal size now.
Also for me protein seems key. if my protein is to low, I also stall out.
So I need cal, and protein.
Edited by tangal88 On April 5, 2012 8:37 AM
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April 5, 2012 8:35 AM
I'm 5'4" and 57. Plus I am not a huge fan of working out. So keeping to 1200 - 1350 calories is optimal for me. That said, it requires that I make mostly good food choices--making each calorie count. I sometimes wish MFP would allow you to track more micronutrients to see how I stand on some of those. I track calcium and iron, and know I far exceed recommended allowances for vitamins A and C. But the rest is a mystery.
Joined Mar 2012
Posts: 78
April 5, 2012 8:35 AM
I'm finding it hard to use up my 1200 calories. I'm following the Couch to 5k exercise program and exercise everyday. I've also added a 30 minute brisk walk at work at lunchtime.
I've lost 8.5lbs since I started about 5 weeks ago. I think my problem is that I'm trying to limit my caloric intake to Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner only. I guess I need to add a snack or two in. I just don't want to get into a snacking habit.
I use up my protein allotment but my sodium, cholesterol and calories are always left with pretty hefty numbers. Maybe I'm eating too healthy??? lol NOT.
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April 5, 2012 8:37 AM
I am 5' tall and 149lbs. I have used the calculators that those on the "eat more to lose" and "1200 calories is not enough for a squirrel" threads always talk about and my BMR is roughly between 1214 and 1416, depending on the method used. When I factor in my sedentary lifestyle that gives me a few hundred more for TDEE. I am also breastfeeding so I add 500 calories, which seems to be a good place for me. I don't usually eat back exercise calories (my workouts are not that strenuous as of yet) but will eat extra if I am super hungry. Most days I am satisfied but some days I am ravenous. I hope that once I am not breastfeeding anymore I will be at goal and will continue to be able to eat about the same as I am now without gaining. I think I would feel very deprived at 1200 calories--not just in hunger but in feeling like I can't ever eat what "other" people eat because it has too many calories (birthday cake, going out to eat once in awhile, or even having a snack more than 50 calories).
I have entered in my goal weight and goal body fat% and my BMR is still about the same, so I will always need to watch what I eat. :( Increasing exercise is important, as is making good food choices to make sure that I am getting the most nutrition for my caloric "buck". I need to continue to make improvements in that area.
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April 5, 2012 8:38 AM
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April 5, 2012 8:40 AM
I'm 5.2 and currently 115lbs, halleluia! I lost 10lbs by going down to 1000 calories, and then I lost another 5 slowly as I went up to 1200 calories. I eat a lot- check out my food diary b/c I I'm not eating junk. I went from a tight 6p to a loose 4p. I'm trying to eat more primal- less carbs and more healthy fat/protein.
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April 5, 2012 8:40 AM
I'm 4'9 and 97 lbs, I eat roughly 1000-1200 calories a day if I'm hungry. When I'm not that hungry, I eat a lot less. I have literally gone a day or two without eating, because I just didn't think about it. To be honest, I wouldn't be on here if I didn't have kids, I almost done losing my baby weight.
Edited by bluberrygoo On April 5, 2012 8:42 AM
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April 5, 2012 8:42 AM
I am 5'1 and have about 30 lbs to lose...it is hard for me to stay at 1200...I recently upped it to 1300 and feels so much better. I have energy and i'm not as cranky anymore. I haven't seen any significant weight loss (bouncing 3 lbs up and down) but hoping this higher intake will boost my metabolism like so many people on here say it will.
Joined Dec 2011
Posts: 145
April 5, 2012 8:42 AM
I am 5'2, 130 lbs, 30 years old. It also has calculated 1200 calories a day for me. I can eat 1200 calories on most days, but if I work out then I do increase my calories to 1400. I don't stress too much about it. I am capable, without starving, of eating 1200 a day, but don't stress if it's 1300-1400. I am a HUGE believer it's what you put into your mouth that is more important than counting calories to the "T".
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April 5, 2012 8:43 AM
I'm 4'11 and sedentary or not I wouldn't eat 1200 calories. that's only slightly more than i ate with an eating disorder. not okay.
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April 5, 2012 8:43 AM
I am 5'1 and have about 30 lbs to lose...it is hard for me to stay at 1200...I recently upped it to 1300 and feels so much better. I have energy and i'm not as cranky anymore. I haven't seen any significant weight loss (bouncing 3 lbs up and down) but hoping this higher intake will boost my metabolism like so many people on here say it will.
100 calories is NOT going to boost your metabolism. it's rather negligible.
Joined Jan 2012
Posts: 44
April 5, 2012 8:43 AM
so here is what I have found out over the last 2 or so months.
1. started with 1200 calories. I didn't look at NET calories, just ate. worked out. Lost 20 pounds
2. started reading the posts. Upped my calories to 1400 (slightly above my BMR) - gained 6 pounds. Went to the doctor - based on thyroid, and everything else...1400 was above where I needed to be.
3. started on a high protein no carb 1000 calories...losing weight.
Upping my calories did not help me at all.
Joined Mar 2011
Posts: 17,355
April 5, 2012 8:44 AM
I'm 5'5" but often think along those same lines when I hear the generic "1200 is way too little!!" posts. 1200 net calories is enough for many average sized women and probably plenty for most of the fun-sized ladies. We humans are not 'one size fits all'.
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April 5, 2012 8:44 AM
I'm 4 11 and on 1200 calories. I have no problems "surviving" on 1200. In most cases I'm right at or a little below unless I work out that day, then obviously I eat back my calories. I'm not starving at the end of the day and I've been dropping pounds. It works for me.
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April 5, 2012 8:45 AM
I'm 5'1 and a lot more weight to loose.. according to my MFP my goal should be about 1700 a day . I have my goal set at 1900 so that I can focus on healthy eating. what I find very interesting is when I count calories or set my goal to low. say 1400. I stay hungry all the time and can never stay under my goal.. when I don't think about it and just eat when i'm hungry and stop when I'm satisfied I naturally come in somewhere between 1200-1400 some days I'm under 1000 and not hungry at all....
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April 5, 2012 8:45 AM
I'm 4'9 and 97 lbs, I eat roughly 1000-1200 calories a day if I'm hungry. When I'm not that hungry, I eat a lot less. I have literally gone a day or two without eating, because I just didn't think about it. To be honest, I wouldn't be on here if I didn't have kids, I almost done losing my baby weight.
wow--not sure how you survive but i would surely recommend eating more!
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April 5, 2012 8:46 AM
I am 4'11" - I find it diffcult - when I am eating healthy to even eat 1200 calories per day. I exercise every day except for the past few as I have been sick. The only time I have trouble sticking to 1200 calories is when we eat out or eat processed foods. I havent lost weight yet however it is because of a recently discovered thyroid issue. Per my doctor once the meds kick in - I should start losing 1 to 2 punds per week given my current eating and exercise plan.
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April 5, 2012 8:47 AM
I'm 4'9 and 97 lbs, I eat roughly 1000-1200 calories a day if I'm hungry. When I'm not that hungry, I eat a lot less. I have literally gone a day or two without eating, because I just didn't think about it. To be honest, I wouldn't be on here if I didn't have kids, I almost done losing my baby weight.
Not sure how you had energy to function or take care of the kiddos. Curious how you could "forget" to eat, especially while feeding the kiddos. I would really increase your calories. Set a reminder on your phone if you have to!
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SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook's success in mobile advertising, which is making it a stronger rival to Google, is also providing a model for other social-networking sites such as Twitter, Pinterest and Snapchat.
Facebook's mobile ads generated 41 percent of revenue last quarter, up from 14 percent a year earlier, helping the company top second-quarter profit and sales estimates last week.
The results contrasted with earnings from Google and Yahoo, which both reported lower-than-predicted revenue.
As companies cope with a shift to wireless devices, Facebook is benefiting from a user base that checks in several times a day and is willing to accept marketing messages in news feeds. Twitter is already seeing ads surge with a similar approach, and others such as Snapchat may not be far behind, said Laura O'Shaughnessy, chief executive officer of SocialCode.
You will see mobile ad dollars booming as usage heads in that direction, said O'Shaughnessy, whose company helps advertisers buy on social and mobile networks. Facebook made huge changes to its news feed ads that made them much more effective, and that's why there's more spend there.
While Google accounts for more than 50 percent of the world's mobile-ad market, it's now growing more slowly than Facebook. Internet-search ads – Google's biggest strength – are less effective on mobile screens than on desktop computers, said Scott Kessler, an analyst at S&P Capital IQ in New York.
It's harder to read, Kessler said. People are less likely to click on it, and there's lower pricing in a mobile environment.
Rob Shilkin, a spokesman for Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, declined to comment.
Twitter, which lets users share 140-character status updates, also sells ads that appear inside mobile news feeds. Those ads account for more than half of the company's revenue on some days, CEO Dick Costolo has said.
Pinterest, a site for collecting and sharing images, and Snapchat, a mobile messaging service, haven't yet introduced mobile ads. Still, they're now better poised to do so in the wake of Facebook's success, O'Shaughnessy said.
Banner advertising, meanwhile, can be less relevant because it doesn't typically target users based on their interests or habits, Kessler said. Google's AdMob unit and Apple's iAd service both focus on those kinds of promotions, which often appear at the top or bottom of a device's screen.
Facebook's mobile application has gained support from advertisers because it more closely ties ads to the activities of its 819 million users, said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc. in Los Angeles. Facebook, the world's largest social-networking site, has 1.15 billion members in total – including people who just use it on desktop computers.
The existence of a Facebook app on your phone makes you more likely to check on it day in and day out, Pachter said. Google is great in satisfying bar bets. I'm not sure if it's as good in Internet ad revenue as Facebook.


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It's been three years today. Can you believe that we've come this far? And when I stop to ponder, I find that this three year mark is a beauty on its own. After what has happened (and that will be our little secret) I guess it's safe to say, that I feel a little closer to you than I ever did. I don't know how that's even possible, but that is how I feel. The beauty of having our ultimate faith and leaving the heart in His care. This will be the story of our lives and it's still happening. Things will change and people will too, just like they should. Because what kind of story would that be if nothing changed at all?
I like that we balance each other out. And through these years, you taught me how to be less judgmental and very judgmental at the same time. To be selfless but also a little bit shrewd. To still be me, but have a little you too. ;)
I know it's never gonna be simple or easy. We'll have our ups and downs and I'll always brace myself for the inevitable. But as for now, I know we'll always go back to each other because between us, we share that beautiful moment together when sparks flew and love fills our heart. The day that we sat in a room full of loved ones and you said, "aku terima nikahnya…". I remember it all too well. :')
And for the rest of my life, I'll never tire and will always feel that little thrill each time you tell me that every time you look at me it feels like the first time and that I'm the best thing that's ever been yours. The water's going to be rough, but this love is brave and true, and it's ours.
Happy third anniversary, sayang. Let's pray it'll last till jannah. ♥


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Brad Fittler fronts the media in Townsville. Photo: Getty Images
Sydney Roosters CEO Steve Noyce is adamant the NRL club is sending the right message about alcohol consumption to its players despite police being called to help remove drunken coach Brad Fittler from the door of a frightened guest at a Townsville hotel.
Fittler fined himself $10,000 after the heavily intoxicated former Test captain was discovered by police trying to gain access to the wrong room at the Townsville Holiday Inn at about 3am yesterday.
Fittler had been on a long drinking session following a team dinner on Thursday night - with his Roosters due to play North Queensland at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night - when he got out on the wrong floor of his hotel and attempted to get into what he thought was his room.
After finding him still waiting at the door with his shirt off, police ushered Fittler to his room with no charges laid.
Noyce claimed the fine and embarrassment the incident had caused were punishment enough, despite the one game suspensions imposed on representative duo Willie Mason and Nate Myles when they broke a club policy by drinking on a non-sanctioned day in March.
"We are sending the same message, obviously the coach has fined himself a substantial amount of money and apologised," Noyce said at a hastily arranged press conference in Townsville.
"I think that sends the message out that this club is serious about this and that is the action that we need to take.
"Anything that brings the game or club into the media focus for the wrong reasons is not what we are trying to do, but let's look at the set of circumstances - someone got out on the wrong level and thought they were going into their room - have you ever made that same mistake?
"You can try and link them into all sorts of situations but there is a specific set of circumstances here ... the decision we have made we believe is the appropriate one.
"In the circumstances, yes the fine is enough."
Fittler had run into alcohol-related problems during his playing days, most notably when he was reportedly described by a police source as "the drunkest human being ever" after being dropped onto the front lawn of a Sydney police station in 1999 by a cab driver.
He had dramatically toned down his drinking, as evidenced by his ban on Roosters players drinking alcohol on any day other than the one after games earlier this year.
That ban was relaxed in the wake of the Myles and Mason incident.
Fittler apologised to the occupants of the hotel room and for the embarrassment he had brought to the club, himself and his family, but said there was no way he would be handing over his clipboard.
"No, I won't take a break from coaching, we need a win and hopefully we can find one tonight," Fittler said.
"I don't drink that much these days, last night I let my guard down and it is very embarrassing.
"On my future, I am heading out to the Cowboys to play them in a couple of hours so I will worry about that."
Speculation over Fittler's future has been rife with the club in last spot on the NRL ladder with just three wins from 13 matches and teh coach off-contract after this season.
Noyce denied that Fittler's drunken escapade would impact on his future at the club.
"There is speculation (over his future) in the media ... the reality is we are running last in the competition," Noyce said.
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Slot machine revenues, the main barometer of the local casinos' financial health, told a sorry tale in July.
At Foxwoods Resorts Casino, the slots "win" — the amount of wagers the casino kept after paying out prizes — totaled $51 million, down 15.8 percent when compared to the same month in 2011, the steepest decline since December 2008, when Foxwoods' win tumbled 19 percent.
Mohegan Sun's July win of $60 million was down 10.4 percent.
"We thought it was going to be a tough month," Scott Butera, Foxwoods' president and chief executive officer, said.
But maybe not this tough.
While the calendar didn't help — this July had four Saturdays and four Sundays compared to July 2011's five of each, and an Independence Day that fell on a Wednesday as opposed to a Monday in 2011 — casino executives readily acknowledged that economic conditions and competition also shared the blame.
"It's a continuation of what we saw in May and June," Butera said. "The economy is still experiencing some difficulties, and some new competitors have gotten really aggressive. … It's a somewhat disappointing result."
Mitchell Etess, CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, which operates Mohegan Sun, said the Uncasville casino also felt the effect of a July entertainment lineup that was weaker than that of the same month in 2011. Big-name acts at Mohegan Sun Arena are key drivers of the casino's business.
And then there's the impact of Resorts World, the casino at the Aqueduct thoroughbred track in New York City. Resorts World, which opened in October, has emerged as a major player in the Northeast gaming market.
"They're here to stay," said Etess, who conceded that Mohegan Sun may have underestimated the lure of Resorts World's combination of slots-like video display terminals and electronic table games.
Resorts World tooted its own horn when its May win eclipsed Mohegan Sun's for the first and so far only time, though it came close to repeating the feat last month. The casino's July win, its highest to date, totaled $59.8 million.
"No doubt the electronic games are gaining acceptance, and they're marketing very hard," Etess said. "Ultimately, we believe some people will return here if they want to play live table games. We also think new gamers are being created that we can capture a few times a year."
Resorts World's electronic table games include versions of roulette, craps and baccarat.
Connecticut's casinos may not be the only ones feeling Resorts World's heat. In Yonkers, N.Y., just north of Manhattan, the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway reported a July slots win of $45.3 million, 21.6 percent less than its July 2011 win of $57.8 million.
East of Connecticut, Twin River, the slots parlor in Lincoln, R.I., reported its July win of $40.5 million was down 2.4 percent.
Butera said the competitive pressures emanating from casinos in New York, Pennsylvania and eventually Massachusetts, where as many as three resort casinos and a slots parlor could materialize in three to four years, are causing Foxwoods to reinvent itself.
"We'll have a very different product," he said. "With our financial restructuring under way, it gives us a platform to improve this property."
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which owns Foxwoods, announced this month that it had reached a debt-restructuring agreement with steering committees for a number of the tribe's lenders. In the months ahead, the tribe, which is seeking to reduce a debt load of $2.2 billion, will work to secure agreements with independent bondholders.
Butera said that while gaming will always be Foxwoods' dominant revenue source, the casino will continue to refine its retail, food-and-beverage and hotel options. He said the casino, which includes MGM Grand at Foxwoods, is emphasizing the business and convention services it offers and will explore ways to make use of the ample real estate the tribe has at its disposal.
Developers are expected to break ground this fall on a 312,000-square-foot shopping mall on land between Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand.
"Everyone's looking to increase nongaming revenues," Etess said. "You've got to create different (business) drivers."
Total win (in millions): $51.0
Yearly change: -15.8%
State contribution (in millions): $12.8
* Hold: 8.65%
Operating units: 6,249
Total win (in millions): $60.0
Yearly change: -10.4%
State contribution (in millions): $15.0
* Hold: 8.13%
Operating units: 5,917
*Hold is the average percent of total wagers kept by the casino.
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Fabio Lione
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|Fabio Lione
|Background information
|Birth name
|Fabio Tordiglione
9 October 1973
Pisa, Italy
|Symphonic power metal, power metal
|Vocals, keyboard
|Years active
|Associated acts
|Rhapsody of Fire, Vision Divine, Hollow Haze, Labyrinth, Kamelot, Ayreon, Angra, Darkest Sins
Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973) is an Italian singer and lyricist who has sung with many music bands including Rhapsody of Fire, Labyrinth, Ayreon, Vision Divine, Hollow Haze and Athena. Lione started making eurobeat songs in 2000, but has decided to continue his solo career and work with Rhapsody of Fire.
Lione also worked as a touring lead singer with bands Kamelot and Angra, while they were searching for an official replacement to their previous lead vocalists. After Luca Turilli's departure from Rhapsody of Fire in 2011, he became the band's lyricist.
He presently fronts four bands: Rhapsody of Fire, Vision Divine, Hollow Haze and Angra.
Musical career[edit]
Lione was born in Pisa. His career started in 1990 at the age of 17 when he began to sing with a small rock and roll underground group who played classics of 1950s and 1960s similar to Elvis Presley's songs[citation needed]. He had a passion for groups such as Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, and Crimson Glory, which inspired him to form his own heavy metal band.
His musical activities continued with a young group from Pisa, named Athena. They were a progressive metal band with their own unique style and challenged various expressions. Lione recorded a demotape with Athena and it was his first experience in a metal band. Lione did twenty shows with the band, but after two years, he left the band in 1994. Athena made their first album in 1995 (Inside the moon).
At first his stage name was Joe Terry which was the combination of his favourite heroes' names in Japanese games (Joe Higashi and Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury). His first piece of musical equipment was a Shure SM 58 microphone.
Lione met the band Labyrinth, then going under the name of "Vision". Shortly after, in 1993 the band started to work on a demotape called Midnight Resistance. Before the album No Limits was released, Lione recorded a mini CD with Labyrinth.
Lione created the album No Limits together with Olaf, a band member of Labyrinth. His lyrics were mainly based on his personal experiences and his emotions. All the lyrics in the album were connected; Lione did this as an experiment. Labyrinth's style was different from other bands because it was mixed with different music genres including thrash metal and progressive rock. Lione was the singer of Labyrinth for just more than three years.
He joined Athena in 1991 and in 1992 they recorded their first demotape. After several concerts he left the band in 1993 for a new collaboration, the one with Labyrinth.Athena called Lione again in '97 ..so they could start work on their second album A New Religion which was released in 1998. Lione wrote the lyrics and the vocal lines for ten songs; the lyrics used religious and philosophical words and had the tendency to reflect deep meanings on their music. Lione and the other members of Athena attended Axel Rudi Pell Tour 1998 with Dreamscape, another progressive metal band from Germany in December. Shortly after the tour the band decided to break up.
Vision Divine[edit]
In 2002 Lione released a new album with Vision Divine. In January. The second album of Vision Divine recorded at Rodgers Studio from Send me an angel was released. Lione composed eight vocal lines for this album, their expressions became more serious and deeper, close to the reality of divinity and humanity with progressive and heavy sounds and the album Beto Vazquez Infinity was released in February, including the song "The battle of the Past" in which Lione was singing as a guest vocalist for Beto Vazquez project.
In 2003 Lione attended shows with Vision Divine at Gods of Metal 2003 (Milan) and at Heineken Jammin' Festival (Imola) in June. He then recorded four demo songs with Vision Divine in November and performed on Italian Tour in December. Shortly after it was announced Lione had to leave the band, he gave the band six new vocal lines and they started a new album with a different singer (Michele Luppi)
In 2008 Lione took part at some shows with Vision Divine to celebrate the ten years of the band. On 28 May, Vision Divine announced that Fabio Lione has rejoined the band as new singer.
In 1997 started the most important experience for Fabio's career, Rhapsody of Fire. That year was released their first album "Legendary Tales", the first of the many achievements of the band.Rhapsody first began negotiations with Lione at Gate Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg (Germany) after hearing him in the "Piece of Time" album from Labyrinth.His first album with Rhapsody was Legendary Tales in 1997. Lione recorded "Symphony of Enchanted Lands" with them In 2000 Rhapsody released their third album "Dawn of Victory" In 2001 the band had many concerts. He also recorded a new EP album Rain of a Thousand Flames with Rhapsody in Germany between April and August, the album was released in December. Lione performed on stages with Rhapsody at Gods of Metal 2001 (Milan) in June, during South American Tour (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile) and at Rock Machina Festival (Spain) in July.After that Lione recorded the 4th album "Power of the Dragonflame". Rhapsody travelled with Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica on a successful European tour in April and May 2000 when they also had a chance to join the Wacken Festival 2000 in Germany. Lione attended Rock Machina Festival in Spain in July. Rhapsody released "Power of the Dragonflame" in March. Lione set out on Rhapsody's first headlining tour (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan and Korea) and joined the summer festivals in Europe including the Bang Your Head Festival (Germany). In February 2004 he finished vocals for Rhapsody's new album Symphony of Enchanted Lands part 2. He went to be on Rhapsody promo tour for their new album(Canada, US, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Greece, UK). On the release day, September 27th, they had a signing session with Christopher Lee in London. Lione appeared with Christopher Lee on a TV music program in Germany. In 2005 because of copyright issues the band changed its name to Rhapsody of Fire. Under the label Nuclear Blast they released two great albums and one EP and did a worldwide tour and many festivals. After that the band split with guitarist Luca Turilli.
On 16 December 2010, the American power-metal band Kamelot announced that Lione would take over lead vocal duties for Roy Khan for the Kamelot's tour supporting their "Poetry for the Poisoned" release due to Khan's eventual departure from Kamelot. 70000 Tons of Metal was the last of 49 shows with them, in January 2012.[1]
Fabio is again on the stage at the 70000 Tons Of Metal but this time with the Brazilian band Angra. The two shows had a great success and Fabio was again with them at the Live n' Louder Festival in São Paulo with Twisted Sister, Metal Church and Loudness. After that the band decide to do a special tour, a commemorative one celebrating 20 years from the release of the first record "Angels Cry". They celebrate 20 years of career with 11 shows in Latin-America and the release of a new DVD,recorded in the last show in São Paulo. After that Angra played in Japan as co/headliner at the Loud Park festival 13 with Stone Temple Pilots and Europe and they had a very good response.
Lione's first eurobeat song Eye of the Tiger was released in Japan in 2000. His name for eurobeat project was "J. Storm", deriving from Joey Tempest. He published thirteen eurobeat songs (list bellow) under this name between 2000 and 2005 and has declared that he wouldn't be making anymore eurobeat in the future. However, by the end of 2013 a new song was released called "Dancing into fire".
- J. Storm - Ave Maria
- J. Storm - Born To Make Music
- J. Storm - Dancing In My Dreams
- J. Storm - Demolition
- J. Storm - Eye Of The Tiger
- J. Storm - Gettin' You Gettin' Me
- J. Storm - I Wanna Be Your Rainbow
- J. Storm - Music
- J. Storm - Rock The Universe
- J. Storm - Shout
- J. Storm - The Power Of The Dance
- J. Storm - Vision Of Paradise
- J. Storm - We Are The Children Of Rock
Not to be confused with Lione, fellow Labyrinth band member Roberto Tiranti also published several eurobeat songs, under the name "Powerful T".
- Rhapsody of Fire releases
- Legendary Tales (1997)
- Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)
- Emerald Sword (single) (1998)
- Dawn of Victory (2000)
- Holy Thunderforce (single) (2000)
- Rain of a Thousand Flames (2001)
- Power of the Dragonflame (2002)
- The Dark Secret (EP) (2004)
- Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret (2004)
- The Magic of the Wizard's Dream (single) (2005)
- Live in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret (2006)
- Triumph or Agony (2006)
- The Frozen Tears of Angels (2010)
- The Cold Embrace of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony (EP) (2010)
- From Chaos to Eternity (2011)
- Live – From Chaos to Eternity (2013)
- Dark Wings of Steel (2013)
- Labyrinth releases
- Piece of Time (1995)
- No Limits (1996)
- Athena releases
- A New Religion? (1998)
- Vision Divine releases
- Vision Divine (1999)
- Send Me an Angel (2002)
- 9 Degrees West of the Moon (2009)
- Destination Set to Nowhere (2012)
- Ayreon releases
- Angra releases
- Angels Cry 20th Anniversary Tour (DVD) (2013)
- Avalon releases
- Angels of the Apocalypse (2014)
- Miscellaneous releases
- Beto Vázquez Infinity / Battle of Valmourt (2001)
- Beto Vázquez Infinity / Beto Vázquez Infinity (2001)
- The Keepers of Jericho/ Various Artists (2000)
- Thy Majestie releases
- ShiHuangDi (2012)
- Sebastien releases
- Tears of White Roses (2010)
- J.Storm Eurobeat Songs
- Darkest Sins releases
- No title on album yet (2014)
- ^ "US Shows Announced! Singer Update…". Official Kamelot Website. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
External links[edit]
- Fabio Lione Official website
- Fabio Lione Official Forum
- Fabio Lione Japanese Official Site(Japanese, English)
- Rhapsody Swedish site, Fabio Lione Information
- Full Discography with album covers
- Fabio Lione discography at MusicBrainz


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Cucicacalli Dance Company performing Cicatrices (Scars) at Baile en la Calle: The Mural Dances 2014.
Cucicacalli Dance Company performing Cicatrices (Scars) at Baile en la Calle: The Mural Dances 2014.
More rehearsal photos from Cuicacalli rehearsing Cicatrices (Scars) for it's first showing at Baile en la Calle: The Mural Dances, this Sunday.
Rehearsing Cicatrices (Scars) for it's first showing at Baile en la Calle: The Mural Dances, this Sunday.
One of the Balmy Alley murals we're working with:
Photo Credit: Cuicacalli Dance Company
Above is a photo of the site where we'll hold the first showing of our work in progress, later this May. The piece will be performed at Baile en la Calle: The Mural Dance, and take place in Balmy Alley.
Very excited! :)
Cuicacalli In The Studio: Working On The Desert Section
We're in the process of creating a piece about migration and immigration and today we created solos set in the desert.
Below is some media from our work in the studio over the past few weeks, as we create a piece about migration and immigration. We're trying to address as many aspects of immigration as possible and sometimes pretty heavy and dark themes surface. This past week we've been working with tables.
Below is some media from Cuicacalli's rehearsal this past weekend. We worked on a trio, a phrase that Jesus created, and some solos, all centered around migration and immigration: two themes our piece this season will touch on.
I feel lucky to get to work on choreography in the studio without a performance looming: it gives us the chance to experiment, to play, and to create a space for movement to emerge — instead of forcing or muscling it into being.
Thanks all, for a lovely rehearsal!
Jesus' Phrase:
Working On A Solo:
Our Mission: No Eviction!
Today Cuicacalli took a break from rehearsals at Brava to participate in the Our Mission: No Eviction! rally on the corner 24th & York. As rents continue to rise and the Mission becomes more and more gentrified, many of it's residents are being evicted. This is having an impact on the families of Cesar Chavez Elementary students as well as local artists that call the Brava Theatre home.


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No acceptable clear-cut line exists between religious delusion (paranoia) and religious revelation. Clinical psychology has long struggled with this dilemma, as has the Roman Catholic Church. C.G. Jung's distinction between "God" and "the image of God" (a psychic phenomenon) has helped, but it is unacceptable to religionists, such as Martin Buber. Profound psychological disturbances brought on by the word "God" are now fermenting throughout the American secular, reason-based state, which founds itself upon "God."
If we are to find a way through current dangers, we need to understand more about the nature of both delusions and revelations. The very destruction of the planet hinges on our understanding of paranoia. This seminar will examine the paranoid behavior style in individual cases, in order to gain insight into the undetected structures of delusional madness in society.
Pacifica Graduate Institute is honored to be the respository of the James Hillman Collection, a rich archive of his work that is made available to scholars worldwide.
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For any papers here that are not available for download, please ask me for a copy at firstname.lastname@example.com. If any of the papers that are listed as being available for download fail to do so, please let me know.For chapters of mine in The World Atlas of Language Structures dealing with word order, click here.
Dryer, Matthew S. To appear. Order of negative morpheme and verb. To appear on WALS online.
Dryer, Matthew S. To appear. Position of negative morpheme with respect to subject, object, and verb. To appear on WALS online.
Dryer, Matthew S. To appear. Against the six-way order typology, again.
Dryer, Matthew S. 2009. Problems testing typological correlations with the online WALS. Linguistic Typology 13: 121 - 135.
Dryer, Matthew S. 2009. Verb-Object-Negative Order in Central Africa. In Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond, edited by Norbert Cyffer, Erwin Ebermann, and Georg Ziegelmeyer. DOWNLOAD [This is not the final draft of this paper.]
Dryer, Matthew S. 2008. The branching direction theory revisited. In Sergio Scalise, Elisabetta Magni, Antonietta Bisetto (eds.), Universals of Language Today, Berlin: Springer. DOWNLOAD [This is not the final draft of this paper.]
Dryer, Matthew S. 2008. Word order in Tibeto-Burman languages" Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 31: 1 - 88. DOWNLOAD [This is not the final draft of this paper.]
Dryer, Matthew S. 2007. "Word order". In Clause Structure, Language Typology and Syntactic Description, Vol. 1, edited by Timothy Shopen. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.DOWNLOAD: 236K [This is not the final draft of this paper.]
Dryer, Matthew S. 2003. "Word order in Sino-Tibetan languages from a typological and geographical perspective". In Sino-Tibetan Languages edited by Graham Thurgood and Randy LaPolla. Richmond: Curzon Press
Dryer, Matthew S. 2002. "Case Distinctions, Rich Verb Agreement, and Word Order Type". Theoretical Linguistics 28: 151-157. DOWNLOAD [This is not the final draft of this paper.]
Dryer, Matthew S. 2001. "Mon-Khmer Word Order from a Crosslinguistic Perspective" In Papers from the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 1996, edited by Karen L. Adams and Thomas John Hudak, pp. 83-99. Tempe: Arizona State University Program for Southeast Asian Studies.DOWNLOAD: 62K
Dryer, Matthew S. 1998. Aspects of Word Order in the Languages of Europe. In Constituent Order in the Languages of Europe, edited by Anna Siewierska, pp. 283 - 319. European Science Foundation Language Typology series. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1997 "On the 6-way Word Order Typology". Studies in Language 21: 69-103. DOWNLOAD [The version downloadable here is different in pagination and possibly other minor details from the published version]
Dryer, Matthew S. 1996 "Word Order Typology." In Handbook on Syntax, Vol. 2, edited by J. Jacobs. Walter de Gruyter Publishing, pp. 1050 - 1065. DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1995 "Frequency and Pragmatically Unmarked Word Order". In Word Order in Discourse, edited by Mickey Noonan and Pamela Downing, pp. 105-135. John Benjamins.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1992 "The Greenbergian Word Order Correlations." Language 68: 81-138.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1992 "Adverbial Subordinators and Word Order Asymmetries." In Performance Principles of Word Order, edited by John A. Hawkins and Anna Siewierska, pp.50-67. EUROTYP Working Papers, European Science Foundation. DOWNLOAD
Jacennik, Barbara, and Dryer, Matthew S. 1992 "Verb-Subject Order in Polish". In Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility, ed. by Doris Payne, pp. 209-241. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1991 "SVO Languages and the OV/VO Typology." Journal of Linguistics 27: 443-482. DOWNLOAD (The downloadable version is not the final version)
Dryer, Matthew S. 1989 "Article-Noun Order". In Papers from the 25th Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society , pp. 83-97.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1989 "Discourse-Governed Word Order and Word Order Typology". Belgian Journal of Linguistics 4: 69-90.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1989 "Salinan Word Order". In Papers from the 1988 Hokan-Penutian Languages Workshop, edited by Scott Delancey. University of Oregon Papers in Linguistics, Publications of the Center for Amerindian Linguistics and Ethnography 1, pp. 40-49.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1988 "Object-Verb Order and Adjective-Noun Order: Dispelling a Myth." Lingua 74: 185-217.DOWNLOAD
Dryer, Matthew S. 1988 "Universals of Negative Position." In Studies in Syntactic Typology, edited by M. Hammond, E. Moravcsik, & J. Wirth. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 93-124.
Dryer, Matthew S. 1985 "Tlingit: An Object-Initial Language?" Canadian Journal of Linguistics 30: 1-14.
Dryer, Matthew S. 1980. The
Positional Tendencies of Sentential Noun Phrases in Universal Grammar.
Canadian Journal of Linguistics 25: 123-195.DOWNLOAD


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Recipe: Brown Butter Apple Loaf
Breakfast Recipes from The Kitchn
Somewhere deep in my imagination, visions of a dreamy spiced apple cake have long swirled in my head. This yet-to-be loaf would be perfectly at home on a crisp Sunday morning, enjoyed with a hot cup of tea and a good book in hand. And yet it would be made for giving, the ultimate thank you for a kind gesture shown by a dear friend. It would be a recipe worth saving, and a recipe worth sharing. And after much testing and tasting, I can confirm: yes, this loaf is all that and more.
When I headed to the kitchen to test apple cake recipes, I used my mother-in-law's banana bread recipe as my navigation guide. Hers is a one-bowl wonder that makes a fabulous loaf every single time. Its beauty is as much in its ease as its flexibility — you can make it anytime, anywhere, with almost anything. So I subbed in some apples, added a splash of dark rum, and hoped for the best. As I tasted the first slice still warm from the oven, my heart sunk with the twinge of defeat. It was flat, not tasting of apples at all.
But it's amazing what a little brain-storming and kitchen alchemy can do. I went back to the drawing board and started dreaming up new possibilities. The first step was browning the butter, an instant way to make something already good even better. I used a mix of brown sugar and white sugar, and made an addition of all-purpose flour along with whole wheat. Apple brandy replaced the dark rum, and crème fraîche added flavor and fat. I finished it off with a dash of cinnamon for the slightest hint of spice.
And the results? A whole new cake that proved to be magical.
As I sliced into the cake I could tell that my dreams had become a reality. The texture was dense and rich, with specks of sweet apples flooding each and every bite. I had to go sit down to enjoy a piece, and then I had to get up for more. Every now and then I had to close my eyes, just to completely relish the moment. And then it seemed a shame to be enjoying such a wonderful treat alone. So I called my neighbor over and wrapped up another half for the oven repair man.
And then I headed back into the kitchen to bake up another batch, because one just wasn't going to be enough.
Brown Butter Apple Loaf
4 ounces (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
4 1/2 ounces (1 cup) all-purpose flour (See Recipe Notes)
2 1/4 ounces (1/2 cup) whole wheat flour (See Recipe Notes)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 ounces (1/2 cup) crème fraîche
3 tablespoons apple brandy, such as Apple Jack or Calvados
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract
3 apples, peeled, cored and diced (See Recipe Notes)
1/2 cup chopped, toasted pecans
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a loaf pan with butter or cooking spray.
Place the butter in a medium skillet and melt over medium heat. Continue cooking, swirling occasionally to prevent burning, until the butter is bubbling and golden brown with a nutty aroma. Combine the butter in a large mixing bowl with the sugar, brown sugar, and eggs. Whisk to combine.
Add the flours, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. Follow with the crème fraîche, apple brandy, vanilla, apples, and pecans; the batter will be very thick.
Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake loaf for 1 hour. Allow to cool for 20 to 30 minutes before removing from loaf pan.
Recipe Notes
- If you do not have a scale to weigh the flour, use the spoon and sweep method.
- I prefer crème fraîche for this recipe, but you can substitute sour cream, buttermilk, or plain yogurt.
- Use a mix of tart and sweet apples, such as Granny Smith, Braeburn, Gala, Golden Delicious, Honey Gold, Jonathan, McIntosh, and/or Honeycrisp. I used one Granny Smith (tart) and 2 Pacific Rose (sweet) apples for testing.
Per serving, based on 6 servings. (% daily value)
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14 Comments
Yum! Would that be an 8x4 or 9x5 loaf pan?
With brown butter, YUM. And I have half a container of leftover creme fraiche, which I almost never have, and didn't know what else to do with. If I skip the brandy, do I need to sub something else? Will the 3 Tbsp of liquid make much of a difference? (I might have some really really old, probably already fermented apple cider in the fridge...)
do you think mascapone could be a substitute? only because i have some on hand to use : )
Did you try it with all whole-grain flour? I'm tempted to use all whole spelt flour.
@Jenny_P - I tested this recipe using a 1.5 qt./ 4.5 in x 8.5 in. Pyrex loaf dish.
@Brooklynnina - You can substitute dark rum (I prefer Meyer's) without affecting the quality, the results just won be as "apple-y."
@rochelle.may - I think mascarpone could might work splendidly! Let us know the results in the comment sections if you go for it...
@Joan A. - I used all whole-wheat flour for my first round of testing and felt the texture was a bit dense and the flavor lacking. The mix of white and wheat really did improve the overall results in my opinion.
Would the texture suffer terribly if I were to use only AP flour? I'd like to make it tonight but don't want to go to the store just for whole wheat flour!
It looks fantastic, and the writing made me feel like I could almost taste it!
I just made this, and it turned out great! I didn't have the Apply Brandy, so I used Boiled Cider, which I buy from KAF's website...it's a great substitute!
This looks so good and with a much needed rainy weekend ahead, sounds like the perfect thing on the weekend's cooking agenda.
It tastes fabulous but it took almost 1.5 hours to bake so not sure what I did wrong. Also a thin bottom layer stuck to my pyrex loaf pan, despite it cooling for at least 20 minutes, but I was able to remove that in one piece with a spatula so just reattached to the loaf. Because of that it doesnt look all that pretty but it tastes great! Not sure why it took so long though...
ending up trying the mascarpone subbed in for the sour cream (and bourbon instead of brandy) and it turned out great. really moist and rich texture.
I made this with sour cream, an 8 x 4" loaf pan, used one large and two small apples (about a pound), used all APF, regular brandy, and baked it for an hour and 15 minutes. I wrote up all of my recipe notes here: http://forrked.com/brown-butter-apple-loaf-from-the-kitchn
I felt a bit Pinterest Fail on this one. I had it in for under an hour and it was just shy of being burnt. Just used a regular loaf pan rather than a pyrex one- I'll try that next time. Also had the same problem with it falling apart - mine was due to too many apples. I had large apples (what I consider an eating apple as opposed to a pit apple) and used only two and a half and it was definitely too much. I'd use three if they were medium or medium towards small. Next time I'm using a bit less than two of the size I used. I also think it'd benefit from a ¼ inch think slices apple unless you want a decent amount of crunch left to your apples. I like mine mostly non-crunchy and my ½ diced pieces didn't make that happen.
But it was a REALLY good recipe. I'm just eating around the dark brown outside and enjoying it lots. I went with the crème fraîche I felt it was worth the extra trip to the store for it. I didn't use the apple brandy and only used all purpose flour. Both probably would have improved it, but I didn't feel like buying them just for this recipe.


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If your idea of a great holiday dinner is having someone else do the cooking (and cleaning up!), there are plenty of options for finding a fabulous feast in Downtown Boca this Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, with the rare convergence of the two holidays this year.
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- The Addison, 2 E. Camino Real, will be open for a five-star Thanksgiving buffet from 2 to 6 p.m. $79.95 a person; children under 12 half-price. There will also be live music and children's activities. Visit The Addison online to see the menu. Call 561-372-0568 for a reservation.
- Tanzy, located next to the iPic Theater at Mizner Park, is offering a three-course Thanksgiving feast. $34 for adults; $20 for kids 12 and younger. Call 561-922-6699 or visit TanzyRestaurant.com.
- Rack's Downtown Eatery & Tavern at Mizner Park is serving Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 10 p.m. $34.95 for adults; $14.95 for kids 12 and under. Call 561-395-1662 for a reservation or visit RacksBoca.com.
- Set the Table, 48 NE First Ave., is offering holiday meal catering from appetizers to desserts, with several Hanukkah menu items. See the full menu on Set the Table's Facebook page or call 561-392-9660 to place an order.
Whatever your plans for the big holiday meal, leave time the night before to come out for Boca Raton's annual Holiday Tree Lighting. The popular family event is happening a couple of days earlier this year: 5:30 p.m. Nov. 27.
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'True Thrush' is from Dan Deacon's forthcoming album, America, out Aug 27 (Rest of the world)/August 28th (North America).
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While Combat Sword specs slightly vary from one Rogue to another, this is a very good spec. I'm a combat spec'd Rogue and I love using AR/BF on bosses. With Druid tank (LotP) I can unleash all hell.
Personally, I use a 16/45/0 ( http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=f0eboxZMeV00VzEMGot ) Fist/Sword build and do very well. My Rogue is my alt and I decided to get him into Karazhan. Despite being in 90% blues, he still topped the damage meters against those with Kara/TK/ZA gear.
I've recently swapped into the 16/45/0 from 19/42 as well. 19/42 as swords would still top it by a small amount, but I use a Dragonstrike mace in my main hand and a S2 sword in my offhand. Noticed a decent jump in damage on WWS parses, well worth the loss of 3 in vile poisons.


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This week Grambling State University will be asking you to support the annual United Way Campaign. United Way is a non-profit organization striving for excellence in helping to better our communities. We know that times are hard but we ask the faculty, staff, student body and tiger community to come together and give a donation to show that the tiger family cares and supports United Way. All cash donations should be taken to the cashier's window in Long-Jones Hall. Payroll deductions are available and encouraged. If you have any questions contact the Office of Human Resources at 274-2237. Please Give, Advocate, Volunteer, and Live United.
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The Master Plan, something many of you have been waiting for, will go up on Georgia State's website later today.
I'll be speaking with James Greenwell at 11:30 a.m. about the plan.
I thought I'd give you the floor, in light of yesterday's blog about donations, to let me know what you want to know about the plan. I'll do my best to answer.
Please submit your questions below and don't forget to follow me on twitter @ajcgsu
– Doug Roberson, AJC
May 31st, 2012
9:34 am
What happens if the Falcons get a new stadium? Has GSU been included with the GWCC plan for the new stadium?
May 31st, 2012
9:35 am
How far along are we in locating 15 acres? Have potential sites been identified?
May 31st, 2012
9:41 am
What are the goals related to choosing the locations of the new downtown facilities? Walking distance for students, etc.?
May 31st, 2012
9:42 am
Has the Sun Belt put any type of time line on any upgrades? We have seen athletic facility upgrades listed in master plans before and nothing has transpired.
May 31st, 2012
9:43 am
Another vote for asking about the Georgia Dome/new Falcons stadium issue. Are we thinking about options if the Dome goes away? Apparently more likely, what if the Dome remains and the Falcons get a new stadium. Is it safe to assume we continue to play in the Dome???
What's top priority for facilities?
May 31st, 2012
9:44 am
What new approaches will be taken to raise the money needed for these improvements? Sure now there is a public "plan," but how does Georgia State plan to up there efforts to make sure people know what the plan is and truly increase funds compared to the past?
May 31st, 2012
9:55 am
Is there a concern about the lack of staff in Development at a time when the Master Plan is released, which should be a great tool for fundraising?
May 31st, 2012
10:01 am
Is there a specific fundraising plan to accompany the release of the master plan?
May 31st, 2012
10:15 am
Are they seeking land to match the facilities plans, or are they open to modifying the facilities plans to match available land?
May 31st, 2012
11:20 am
How long after the new sports facilities are built downtown will GSU move to Conference USA?
How long before GSU buys the Georgia Dome?
How long before GSU buys Underground Atlanta?
May 31st, 2012
11:49 am
Why is the marketing budget so small relative to the entire budget and when compared with other programs' marketing budget.
May 31st, 2012
12:04 pm
Why are so many people involved with our athletics programs leaving?
May 31st, 2012
12:33 pm
WOW GaState really needs to get some better posters. They are NOT READY for Primetime. GaState Fans you are really going to have to step up the Insults. If you think you are ready for FBS you better get more game.
MC when are you going to cover GaState Recruits?
Time to initiate the GaState fans on Blog abuse about their lil school.
May 31st, 2012
12:38 pm
If the DOME goes away can GaState play at Morris Brown or Clark Atlanta?
May 31st, 2012
12:42 pm
What is the meaning of life?
May 31st, 2012
1:01 pm
Where would it be for Commencement? Will it be held outdoor at Woodruff park?
May 31st, 2012
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About to graduate……it will be held on the MARTA train.
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Most of the teachers are great but some are just terrible. The principle seems to be disinterested in problems with her staff. An incorrect grade on my son's record took all summer and the superintendent to fix. The principle was not helpful with this and I've heard many others have had similar problems.
My son loves it. It teaches responsibility and independence.
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I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love - and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.
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