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Annual to shrubs, generally glandular, some green root-parasites
Stem generally round
Leaves generally alternate, simple, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0
Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 12 in axils
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed); stamens generally 4 in 2 pairs, generally included, a 5th (generally uppermost) sometimes present as a staminode; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal
Seed: coat sculpture often characteristic
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 3000 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Antirrhinum, Mimulus, Penstemon ) or medicinal (Digitalis )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include only Buddleja, Scrophularia, and Verbascum in CA; other genera moved to Orobanchaceae (Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus), and Plantaginaceae (= Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al.)
Key to genera by Elizabeth Chase Neese & Margriet Wetherwax.
Subshrub or shrub
Stem wand-like to much-branched
Leaves drought-deciduous, ± opposite or in 3's, generally short-petioled
Inflorescence: panicle or spike-like; bracts small
Flower: calyx lobes 5, ± equal; corolla not purplish (whitish to red), short-glandular outside, upper lip hooded, lobes short, rounded, external in bud, lower lip rounded, lobes often reflexed; filaments densely nonglandular-hairy at base, anthers small, glabrous, anther sacs generally spreading flat at dehiscence; staminode well developed, glabrous to densely bearded; nectary a disk; stigma head-like
Fruit ovoid, septicidal and sometimes also loculicidal at tip
Seeds many, irregularly angled or ± winged
Species in genus: 7 species: especially CA
Etymology: (David D. Keck, CA botanist, 19031995)
Reference: [Straw 1966 Brittonia 18:8095]
Segregated from Penstemon.
Stem often spreading, < 30 dm; young stems glabrous to short-hairy
Leaves ± opposite; blade 2065 mm, ovate, base rounded, truncate, or cordate, margin generally shortly 311-toothed
Inflorescence glandular and stiffly hairy, generally more densely hairy than herbage
Flower: calyx 713 mm, lobes ± lanceolate; corolla 3143 mm, red to reddish orange, tube 1825 mm, throat indistinct, upper lip 1121 mm; anther sacs 1.11.5 mm; staminode densely yellow-hairy, included
Chromosomes: 2n=16
Ecology: Chaparral, forest
Elevation: < 1200 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Outer South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California
Distribution outside California: n Baja California
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 17, 24 or part SHD: 7, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 &IRR: 8, 9. IRR in all zones reduces summer dormancy. A yellow-flower. variant is also grown.

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What is consciousness? How can we use language to define it? Is there a way to measure it scientifically? Is it something only humans have, or do animals and plants have consciousness too? Does it require awareness of the self? What does it mean to have consciousness?
These questions inspired "The Mystery of Consciousness," a recent discussion between neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, M.D., Ph.D., and philosopher David Chalmers, Ph.D., at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. The conversation was the first public event hosted by the newly formed Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement (ICE) at Dartmouth University, an organization that seeks to create dialogue between the sciences and humanities.
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Both participants agreed on Damasio's definition of consciousness as "experience that is felt and has a point of view in relation to the owner." Chalmers, professor of philosophy at New York University and author of The Conscious Mind, expanded on this definition, saying that monitoring brain function is the easy way to look at the question of consciousness. For example, there is a defined way to examine neural circuits in order understand more about learning and memory. Damasio, a Dana Alliance member, warned about this type of reductive thinking, saying the "mind is never going to be the result of the brain alone." For this reason, although we may be getting closer to mapping the brain or creating artificial intelligence, we cannot answer the question of consciousness with data alone.
The "hard question" is finding out where subjective experience comes from, and we may not even have the proper tools to fully investigate this problem, Chalmers said. Moderator and ICE director Marcelon Gleiser, Ph.D., began the program with a quote from 19th century physicist John Tyndall, which highlighted this problematic issue:
Let the consciousness of love, for example, be associated with a right-handed spiral motion of the molecules of the brain, and the consciousness of hate with a left-handed spiral motion. We should then know, when we love, that the motion is in one direction, and, when we hate, that the motion is in the other; but the "Why?" would remain as unanswerable as before.
While we still certainly cannot answer the "Why?" of consciousness, both Damasio and Chalmers believe it is an essential question to ask. As Damasio remarked, nothing in life would matter without the subjective experiences that make up our consciousness.
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JJ Abrams is Star Wars's New HopePosted: January 25, 2013 Filed under: News, Star Wars | Tags: a new hope, Abrams, arndt, Film, J. J. Abrams, JJ Abrams, Michael Arndt, star trek, star wars, thrawn, toy story, Walt Disney Company, zahn 3 Comments
Odds are you've heard that JJ Abrams of Star Trek fame has been selected to direct the new Star Wars movies under the Disney brand. What do I think?
It's great news. Say what you will about Star Trek, but it was a great movie and a very accessible film. Sure, it messed with the canon, but it messed mostly with the canon from the original series — who cares? Star Trek was languishing with so many bad movies being made from it. Add in the failure of Enterprise to be watched and it was pretty clear someone needed to come in and make it good again. Abrams was the man for that job.
JJ was, allegedly, already approached for the Star Wars movies. He declined originally because, again, allegedly, he didn't want to touch something so sacred. That's right — JJ Abrams, a man painted as a money-hungry control freak with a penchant for lens flares was scared of messing up Star Wars. That's a good sign. And they have a skilled writer in Michael Arndt, so unless Abrams insists on messing with the script too badly, we have nothing to worry about.
A final point, of course, is Disney's past insistence on the new films not following the canon. Obviously we all want a Thrawn trilogy of films but it's not going to happen — Zahn's magnum opus is going to be left sitting in a parallel universe. That's something we kind of have to live with. What this means is that even if the new movie(s) are horrible, we can still take solace in the fact that the books haven't been desecrated.
I would be shocked if Abrams and Arndt could screw this up. They are both big names, they're both riding off big successes, they're both nerds, and they both know what's at stake. They could single-handedly revive a dying franchise that's only hanging on by the occasional new novel and/or tabletop RPG. Besides — the New trilogy was god awful. How could they do worse?
BravePosted: July 2, 2012 Filed under: Movies, Review | Tags: archery, billy connoly, brave, cars, craig ferguson, dreamworks, elinor, emma thompson, fergus, kelly macdonald, kids movies, maternal love, merida, mother-daughter relationships, pixar, rift, toy story, toy story 3, up Leave a comment
After I proclaimed that Brave didn't look that good back in January, it was a given that I'd have to watch it when it came out. I had hoped that as time went on, the ad campaign would become more clear and that Pixar would deign to grant us an idea of what their movie was actually about. That of course never happened.
Brave Doesn't Look That GoodPosted: January 7, 2012 Filed under: Opinion | Tags: brave, cars 2, disney, feminism, first impression, gender reversal, gender roles, ladylike, manliness, pixar, previews, princesses, review, sexism, sexist, thoughts, toy story, walt disney, warriors 7 Comments
There, I said it.
Some months back, watching the previews for Brave, I thought to myself, "Christ, another Dreamworks moneygrab." I was shocked to learn that this is Pixar's doing.
I'm a big Pixar fan: I was a boy when Toy Story came out and was hooked. I've watched most of their offerings and been blown away by most (Wall-E being one of my favourites). A lot of times when (bad looking) movies come out, they're advertised as being "fun for the whole family", and typically that's code for "jokes crude enough to make adults laugh but subtle enough kids won't get them". Pixar had managed to make genuinely good "family" films. I'm not going to lie, I teared up like a little baby watching Toy Story 3, and I swear to God, was seconds away from genuinely crying. That's how good I felt Toy Story 3 was.
But there is something I don't like about what I'm seeing in Brave. I mean, it's got the crude humour you've come to expect from a kid's movie (but not a Pixar film, I think), and that's already a turn-off for me. What really bugs me is the "girl empowerment" theme coming from it.
Before moving on, I should clarify: I think women are just as capable as men in almost all areas of life, and vice versa. While I don't play with Barbies or wear nail polish, it is odd that society deems those two activities as being "lady-like", and that playing football or video games is a manly activity. I don't think that there are activities that are, one way or the other, girly or manly. I would argue that men and women certainly think differently and are, due to physiology, better inclined to certain activities (and I would argue that different ways of thinking, for example, are not entirely due to societal constraints), because anyone who tells you men and women are equal are oversimplifying a very complex point. All that said, I don't need a movie to tell me that girls can do anything boys can do.
And that seems to be the central storyline of Brave. Sure, there's a witch's curse (or witches's? I don't know how many witches are involved) involved, probably very Macbeth and everything. But the crux of the story seems to be that there's this girl, destined to be princess, who is fighting societal constraints. She wants to be a warrior, an archer, and not a princess. And maybe marketing is to blame, but it seems like becoming a warrior means giving up her princessiness.
So it feels like we can expect the typical, "oh archery? You're a girl, girls can't fire arrows" banter that has come to typify movies about women "breaking out" of their societal constraints. And sure, Brave is a fairy-tale story, so we can assume that where she's from, they're not quite as modern in their ways of thinking about women. I get that. But it's old, overused, and at its core, sexist.
I was discussing this with Tea Leaves and Dog Ears and she pointed out that, at it's core, saying that there are, activites that are boyish or girly or that one is "breaking" out of these societal norms is in fact, reinforcing them. She's absolutely right, of course. When a man does something manly, it isn't exceptional (unless it's super badass). Only when that act can be classified as girly or wimpy or whatever, is it worth mentioning. The same applies to women. Male actors can have "strong performances", but never classified as being "strong male leads". When a woman is a "strong female lead", it typically means she is not an agent being acted upon but is an actor in the truest sense of the word. She gets shit done, in essence.
But again, this classification implies there is something exceptional about that. And that implies that by being a strong female lead, that actor/character is not being an ordinary female lead, which would be a woman who does womanly things. As long as that classification exists, as long as a woman can "break out" of societal constraints, those societal constraints will continue to exist and if we try to pretend to be enlightened by saying, "oh, there's nothing wrong with a woman doing manly things" (ie, by continuing to have the term tomboy), we're just reinforcing the notion that there are womanly things and that there are manly things, when, in truth, there are and should just be, things that people do. As long as Princess Meridia of Brave defies her royal upbringing by doing something that no princess should do (and, let's face it, in typical storytelling fashion a princess is the epitome of young lady-hood), the story won't be exceptional or liberating or anything like that. It will just be a story about a woman doing guy things, with the notion that women can do guy things and it's ok, when the idea should be that anyone can do anything and that tagging a gender stereotype onto an action or lifestyle or whatever is doing as much harm as socially restricting individuals into roles based on their gender.
I will write myself an out, though: Pixar has been able to surprise me just about every time around. Maybe Walt-Disney, best known for reinforcing the princess stereotype (until recently, maybe? I don't know, to be honest), marketed the movie in an attempt to appear non-sexist and modern. Maybe that's their target demographic. Or maybe Brave truly is a kid's movie. I don't know. The trailers imply what I've written and any write-ups I've read (and I'll be honest, I haven't seen a negative write-up; Brave has made many a "most anticipated movie of 2012" list) seem to follow that too. Maybe, hopefully, Pixar will prove me wrong. Time will tell, I guess.


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The regional general assembly got consensus to officially stand in solidarity with the student protests in Quebec. In addition, the regional general assembly got consensus to put out a national call to action to "Shut Down Bain Capital" on the day that Mitt Romney accepts the RNC's nomination to protest the corporation's bad business practices and violating workers' right.
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TitleLLNL Computer Museum -- MST 21
Catalog Number102675031
TypeStill image
PublisherLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Place of PublicationLivermore, CA, US
Dimensionsoverall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in
DescriptionColor image from LLNL Computer Museum IBM Photo Digital Storage System Exhibit. In the foreground is a display stand. On the is a blue manual .
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There was a massive splash of colour this weekend when hundreds of people took to the streets of Southampton for the Run or Dye event. Included in the throng was the group called Bridezilla's.
Amy Dawe comments: "Bridezilla's formed as we all work for the NHS Cardiovascular and Thoracic team but in different clinical and non clinical roles.
We are a close circle of friends both inside and outside work, all with a keen interest in running. It consists of myself, Rachel Atkinson (and her daughter Abigail), Katie King, Jackie Davis, Sue Walker and Ali George.
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Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.
Submitted by Bruce Krasting.
I couldn't be more delighted than to see the DAX get tagged for 2.5% today. This is a consequence of the "Successful" vote yesterday in the German Parliament to throw more good money after bad. The hit (so far) to German investors comes to $40b. That should make them happy this weekend.
It's not just investors that a giving the raspberry. According to this WSJ article yesterday, 75% of the folks in German are fed up with more bailouts.
How can this happen? Politicians are doing what the voters don't want. It can only mean that new politicians are coming and the bailouts will be curtailed.
Keep in mind that the expanded EFSF is still woefully inadequate to address the debt problem in the EU. There has to be a much bigger effort. In my view, anything less than Euro $2 Trillion is not going to work. A big bazooka is required, a popgun is being offered.
This brings us to the speculation this week about a Euro SPV. There was the "Leisman Plan" (I wanna puke) and the EURECA Plan. These are confusing to most people. Let me make it easy. What is being proposed are Euro Bonds in disguise. This is just financial engineering to cosmetically create a joint and several EU debt obligation.
This won't work. The ratings agencies and investors will see through this. If something silly like this is going to come I would anticipate that Moody's and S&P will downgrade both France and Germany within weeks. Everything that is being offered is just a half-assed effort to deal with a very big problem.
The conclusion for me is that the Euro has to continue to suffer on the crosses as a result.
I see the dollar as the backbone for the markets in general. In a "perfect" world an orderly depreciation of the dollar (5% a year) is a "good thing". It supports US inflation (that makes debt look smaller). A weak dollar is beneficial for tourism, and encourages foreigners to buy real assets like real estate. It gives US manufacturers of big-ticket items (planes/construction equipment) a pricing advantage. It also provides a big boost to translated earnings for the S&P multinationals.
The very worst thing that could happen to the US economy in the 4th quarter is that the dollar gains 10% against the Euro. That looks like what is coming to me. Don't buy the dips, sell the rallies.
On the subject of the EU and the banks, an interesting speech by Hans Hoogervorst, Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). He spoke at an investors conference in Boston (PDF) yesterday. I wasn't there. He was quoted as saying:
Mr. Hoogervorst's comments were consistent with his letter (PDF) to the European Securities and Markets Authority. Some tidbits from that letter:
The bottom line from the chair of the International Standards Board is that the European banks are fudging their books. This is not the Blogs making this assertion. It's coming from the highest authority that exists.
This conflict can't be ignored much longer. It's possible that the EU banks will try to wash this over one more time in their third quarter statements. I think it will be damn near impossible for them to issue annual reports for 2011 without full disclose. In other words, don't load up on the EU banks just yet…


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On Sunday, January 7, 2018, sisters, associates, and supporters gathered at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse to join in a prayer vigil to commemorate National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The vigil was coordinated by the Anti-Trafficking Coalition of the Boston Unit of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (ATC). The Coalition was founded in 2006 by the Boston Unit of LCWR, and held the first symposium in 2008. In the early years, the focus of the symposiums was held to educate religious women. Gradually, others who became interested in combatting human trafficking began to attend.
The Anti-Trafficking Coalition of the Boston Unit of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is committed to raising awareness and inspiring action that will stop the demand for human trafficking in our neighborhoods and our world.
The prayer vigil gave reference to survivors of human trafficking who have lived with sisters at Bakhita House. The mission of the Bakhita Community is to respond to the needs of survivors of human trafficking, both labor and commercial sexual exploitation.
St. John's – St Paul's Parish Collaborative highlighted the work of Bakhita House as part of their Lenten outreach program. Members of the Peace and Justice Committee spoke at Masses and provided information on trafficking in the weekly bulletin. As a result of their efforts, Bakhita House received a donation of $19,687.60 from parishioners of the St. John's – St. Paul's Collaborative. Bakhita Staff members are most grateful for their generosity.
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Boston Area Catholic Sisters Host Ninth Annual Prayer Vigil for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
In 2007, the U.S. Senate designated January 11th as a National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness in an effort to raise consciousness about this global, national and local issue. For the ninth consecutive year, local Catholic Sisters representing congregations in the Greater Boston Area gathered with over 100 sisters, associates, and friends on January 8, the Sunday closest to January 11, to mark this national day and pray for an end to human trafficking, also known as modern-day slavery.
A powerful part of the prayer vigil included the witness of two survivors of human trafficking who have lived with sisters at Bakhita House. Located in the Boston area, the mission of the Bakhita Community is to respond to the needs of survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. The prayer vigil offered these young women, whose voices had long been silenced, the opportunity to give voice to their experience. Their witness deeply moved all who listened.
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The young woman was brought to Bakhita House by FBI /Homeland Security for safety. They continued to work on her behalf to assist her in getting safe passage to her home in the Philippines and to assure that she received her back wages. Her story is very similar to women who have been labor trafficked. These women are called upon to cook and clean for the family, care for their children, which develops into an 18 hour work day, seven days a week. It is usual that their passports are taken ; they are allowed limited contact via cell phone with their families; their wages are not paid. Although the women have signed a contract with the family through a reputable agency, they have no recourse. The young women usually choose not to press charges against the family, because they care deeply for the children.
On November 18, 2015, the Peace and Social Justice Committees from St Mary of the Assumption, Dedham, St Susanna's Church of Dedham, St Joseph's Church of Needham and the Dedham, Walpole, and Waltham League of Women Voters presented a screening of the film. A Path Appears — A Documentary on Human Trafficking at Dedham Community Theater. The benefits from the film went to the Bakhita House. Sisters Mary Jane Cavallo, SNDdN, Sally McLaughlin, SC and Peggy Cummins, SNDdN gratefully accepted the check from some of the members of the planning group.
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I did try out a competitor board, the linkit smart 7688, which is a 2.54 mm, bread board friendly board..... After playing with both, I like the Omega2 better.
With that said, they are a nice start, but not what I'm looking for at this point. I do like the 2ndary serial port on these compared to the Pi!
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Bad Hare Chocolate Stout.
Oh this one didn't bode well from the beginning.
In my defense, I was sort of against it. $3.99 for a 650 mL bottle? That's low for these parts. There's a chance that it's because it's a new acquisition the shop just can't wait to share with the world, but more likely it's because they want to get rid of something.
So I pour this thing and the first thing I note is that there is NO head. I mean, not even a pretension to one. That photo? Taken about three seconds after pouring. I'm by no means a stickler for that sort of thing (I drink from the BOTTLE because beer comes in a BOTTLE and that's where it SHOULD be rather than up your NOSE in the form of FOAM.) but it could be construed as a warning sign.
I digress.
My mother didn't like it, but she doesn't like any beer so I don't usually let her gagging sounds colour my opinion.
As for me?
Honestly? I don't hate it. I mean, I've had worse. Where I take issue is in blatant false advertising.
"A dark and silky rich stout loaded with chocolate flavours. Is there chocolate in my beer of beer in my chocolate?"
I have had chocolate stout before and you, sir, do not live up in either department. There's very little by way of smell or initial taste, but that is immediately followed by a distinctly burnt flavour and acrid aftertaste. It's weird and unpleasant, but I can't bring myself to rage at it.
On the shelf, your first instinct would likely be to avoid it. Don't think twice.
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For most people the holidays are a time for family and Christmas cheer, but for me they always end up being about enduring soul-sucking depression. It's Awards season, and that means Hollywood's major and independent studios are backing Fed Ex trucks up to my door with big boxes full of Awards baiting screeners. Sounds great doesn't it? It would be, if critics and awards givers ever voted for anything other than miserable, downbeat dramas. Taken one at a time maybe they're enjoyable, but watched by the box full, it's a heaping helping of unhappy. By the time 2008 rolls around, I'll be ready for a good comedy, or a mindless popcorn flick. Right now though it's December, and I'm stuck wading through box after box filled with depressing, dire, tear-jerker Oscar screeners. There's not a smile to be found anywhere among them.
With so many movies to catch up on before the year's over, I'll never get through them if I stop to review them all individually. So here's my solution. A quick hit run-down of some of the Oscar bait I've been popping into my DVD player over the past few weeks. Here's your first helping of Awards contenders that have recently raced across my radar. If I get time before January 1st, maybe I'll do another.
I'll start with one of the less miserable films in my stack, Juno, the much touted Diablo Cody scripted, Jason Reitman directed dramedy about a pregnant teen. Teen pregnancy isn't very funny, and it's not particularly funny in Juno either, though it does turn out to be sort of endearing and quirky (though credit where credit is due… J.K. Simmons is an absolute riot as pregnant teen Juno's dad). Ellen Paige stars as Juno, a sixteen-year-old girl impregnated by her best friend Bleeker (Michael Cera) who, everyone agrees, must have only had sex with her if it was her idea. Most of the buzz over the film has been about Diablo Cody's script, which is well constructed. I liked it, and wanted to love it, but the screenplay suffers from the same problem Cody's book "Candy Girl" does. She's just too desperate to be hip. Juno tries way too hard to be hipster friendly instead of simply being what it is, and sometimes that overshadows the better, more real stuff in it. I imagine a late-night re-writing session in which Diablo sat around with her finished product and asked herself such ridiculous questions as "how can I fit uber-cool, obscure bands into this" and Reitman answered "don't worry because I'm going to costume everyone like they stole their outfits out of the lost and found box in a campus commissary". I love the way Cody writes her characters and I love the performances Jason Reitman gets from his actors, I just wish the whole thing didn't feel like it was so carefully crafted to appeal to counter culture conformist, skinny jeans wearing college kids who haven't realized that mopeds aren't awesome and they should probably buy an affordable used car instead.
The Kite Runner
2007 has been littered with middle-east films, but The Kite Runner is the first I've had a chance to catch this year which ignores most of the political implications of what's going on over there and focuses primarily on a single, personal story. It follows the life of a boy named Amir growing up in Afghanistan and tries desperately to sell the notion that the Afghans would have been a bunch of peace-loving, modernized scholars, merchants, and farmers if not for those damn Americans and Communists who gave rise to the Taliban. Except of course the Afghanis can't even seem to fly a kite without turning it violent. When their kids fly them, they do so only to knock the kites of other kids out of the sky. It seems to be some sort of national sport. But there is a certain beauty to the film, and it's hard not to sympathize with Amir, especially after he and his father escape the country, he grows up, and goes back to save the son of his childhood friend. It's at times poetic, but kids die, people suffer, and ultimately the film is yet another draining examination of just how much the whole Afghanistan situation really sucks.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
I love Philip Seymour Hoffman and he's already blown me away once this year with an amazing, mustachioed performance in the mediocre Tom Hanks movie Charlie Wilson's War. But this and The Savages (which I'll get to in a minute) are the movies he's really getting a lot of Oscar buzz for. I guess I get it. He's pretty good here as half of a brother duo (Ethan Hawk plays the other brother) which decides to rob their parents jewelry store. Things go awry, and the movie turns into a bit of emotional torture for the audience. Hoffman and Hawk are good, but I just can't think of any other reason to watch Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. It's such a miserable, dejected little flick. That's a problem I find myself having with a lot of the heavily Oscar favored movies this year. There's just no damn good reason to watch them. I'm all for downbeat movies, in fact I love them, if they serve some sort of purpose. The Mist left me an absolute wreck, but in doing so it made me reflect on my own little place in this world. The Devil Knows You're Dead does none of that, and it certainly doesn't exist for entertainment purposes. So why the heck would anyone want to watch it? Maybe for Marissa Tomei's excessive nudity? I guess that's the best justification I can make for the existence of this movie. For at least the first 30 minutes of the film I was convinced that Tomei's character didn't own a single shirt, and she looks all the better for it. Unfortunately, Hoffman's character also seems to be missing some articles of clothing… in particular his pants.
The Savages
The second film in my Philip Seymour Hoffman-athon wasn't much better than the first. Hoffman and Laura Linney star as adult siblings dealing with caring for a father with dementia. It's a dire, depressing little tale about two people forced to care for a man who's never done anything but treat them like garbage, but who they now feel obligated to keep off the streets simply because they're blood related. Hoffman gives another great performance here, and I guess the movie does do a good job of detailing how absolute horrible it must be to care for an invalid elderly parent. I get that. But it's another one of those movies about writers, and it exists in that weird, Hollywood world where no one changes tires for a living and everyone has free time to sit at home writing novels or working on thesis papers. I liked the dynamic between Hoffman and Linney as adult siblings, it's rare you see that on screen, but the script is kind of a bore and when it's not a bore it's dead set on simply being miserable for the sake of being miserable.
Gone Baby Gone
I missed Ben Affleck's directorial debut when it blew through theaters earlier this year, but now it's starting to get serious awards buzz which means Miramax is pimping it by sending out DVD screeners to shlubs like me. Am I glad they did. Ironically enough, Gone Baby Gone, the story of a private detective trying to find an abducted child, is the most purely entertaining and least depressing movie in my mad, end of the year movie cram. Instead of being preachy or soul-sucking, Affleck's film is genuinely entertaining. While the script is ultimately incredibly predictable, Casey Affleck's performance is anything but. Meanwhile, surprise surprise, Ben Affleck may actually be a much better director than he is an actor. He has something, and the film is put together with the kind of confidence you'd usually expect from someone who's spent a lot more time than Ben behind the camera. That said, I'm not sure where all the Oscar buzz comes from. Casey Affleck is good, but he's even better in the Assassination of Jesse James, and if he gets nominated for anything it should be for that. The movie is good enough to get me really interested in whatever Affleck directs next, but it's not the sort of film that really deserves any statues. Just an enjoyable, solid, thriller.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum
Tucked away in the suburbs of Philadelphia rests an amazing piece of lost American history.It lies hidden away on the grounds of the Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster, Pennsylvania, at one time one of the most technological places in the World. During the time of the cold war this may have been one of the most difficult places to access. The surrounding property housed numerous laboratories focusing on the development of aircraft equipment, advanced navigation systems, aerospace equipment, and submarine detection. But perhaps it's most important work was training future pilots, and eventually astronauts.
In order to train for the strenuous conditions involved with operating a fighter jet, one must be accustomed to numerous changes in gravity forces being applied to the body. The best way to do this is to build a machine capable of producing these anomalies. In 1947 construction began on the largest human centrifuge ever built, and in 1950 operations began. Originally the centrifuge was meant to only train pilots, but by the middle of the 1950's things were quickly and quietly changing.
By the late 1950's America was engulfed in a cold war with Russia. Besides battling in an arms race, the two countries were neck and neck in a space race. At this time the legacy of the centrifuge would change forever.
During a time in the late 1959 a who's who of American citizens could be found at the massive machine. Allen Shepard, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and numerous others all took rides in the famous Mercury 7 gondola. Every astronaut who took part in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs trained right here.
"Sadistic", "dreaded"," diabolical", "torture chamber", "a gruesome merry-go-round", these are just a few ways John Glenn and others have described the centrifuge. Packing 4,000 horsepower and the capabilities of maneuvering your body in disorienting positions, the centrifuge certainly wasn't meant to be played with. While being used to train the astronauts, a few decided they wanted to truly test the magnitude of this vicious machine. In 1958 a Naval reserve officer rode in the gondola for nearly a minute at over 20 Gs. Another rode inside at an astounding 32 Gs for nearly half a minute. As the need for speed geared everyone's adrenaline it wasn't a feasible way into space. In the late 1950's two daring scientists loaded a La-z boy recliner into the gondola and proved that man could survive for more than 24 hours if kept at a steady 2 Gs. Their theory helped to be extremely helpful in being able to accomplish space exploration.
The centrifuge ceased using the Mercury 7 gondola in 1964, and had it placed in the Smithsonian museum. But the facility remained opened, and was a training grounds for many future pilots. In 1996 the base fell victim to closure, and operations were relocated to Maryland. All operations of the centrifuge ended shortly thereafter and the gondola was left to collect dust.
Today the behemoth spinning gondola is still resting in it's home in Warminster. Fortunately the doors are still open. Tours take place regularly at the Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum. The place is loaded with past artifacts from the early days of aerospace training. Most of the place looks similar to how it did when in operations. The control panels are nicely intact, and look strangely antiquated compared to today's technology. Of course the spinning gondola is still in place and you can even take a step inside, but don't worry they won't turn it on...even if you try to bribe them! But donations are greatly accepted.
Video look at the Johnsville Centrifuge
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Raven Rock Mountain Complex
If you find yourself traveling the back roads of southern Adams county in Pennsylvania, you may be surprised to learn you are in possibly one of the safest places in the country. But before you find yourself immersed in the tranquility of the area, be sure you keep your eyes peeled or you may end up on the wrong side of an interrogation table.
Stowed away in the mountains of Liberty township, resting six stories underground is a United States Government complex knows as Raven Rock. The facility provides communication services for the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Communications Center. The area is often referred to as Site R, the underground Pentagon or the backup Pentagon, which is exactly what this complex was designed to be.
In 1948 as the cold war with Russia was heating up, plans were developed to build a hidden underground infrastructure. Things began to boil over in 1949 when the Soviets detonated a nuclear explosive, by 1951 construction began. A 1/2 million cubic yards of granite were hauled away from the mountains in as little as 10 months. In 1953 buildings A, B, and C opened, followed 10 years later by buildings D, and E. The entire complex consists of 66 buildings and 716 acres. Beneath the mountains, and hidden behind massive steel doors, the compound houses their own power plant and water reservoir. Within the grounds is a subterranean living quarters, fitness center, medical facility, chapel, and even a convenience store. Its believed to hold enough supplies to last 3,000 people approximately 30 days. This massive underground headquarters is meant to act as the defense headquarters in times of war. It's believed former Vice President Cheney frequented the base quite often in the days following 9/11.
Most of the activities that take place in this massive underground complex are highly classified. In May of 2007 the Federal Register published a Department of Defense policy declaring it unlawful for any person "entering in or on the property...to make any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map or geographical representation of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex without first obtaining the necessary permission." Guess I better get going! A couple of guys in black suits are knocking at the door...probably just the Mormons again.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
U.S. Government Bunker in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Passing through the parking lot of the Stephen T. Maher training facility in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, nothing seems unusual or out of the ordinary. But hidden in a small hillside near the entrance of the parking lot is a nuclear fallout bunker. This bunker is alleged to hold several months of food, medical supplies, weapons, and communication devices. The bunker is said to be there to protect the Secretary of the Interior and his closest staff members in the event of a nuclear attack. Seeing that the Stephen P. Maher facility is a training grounds for the National Park service, this seems quite plausible. If you find yourself nearby stop by and give the door a rap, don't be surprised if no one answers. If someone does, I'm not sure if you should run or ask if they got room for one more!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Nike Missile Base in Granite, Maryland
Many out there may not be aware how much destruction is looming right around them. Littered throughout this nation are hundreds of missile bases. Fortunately for us most of these have been decommissioned since the demise of the cold war, leaving numerous abandoned fields scattered throughout. Most were sold to municipalities, or given back to the government. Some went to private individuals, a few stayed active, and a couple were just forgotten. One is sitting deserted in the municipality of Granite, Maryland. An area once known for? You guessed it...granite! In fact the granite was used to help build the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. By 1920 the quarries were emptying and so was the town. When the threat of nuclear attack came approaching from the Soviet Union, the sleepy town was re-awakened with threats of an apocalypse.
In order to protect the cities of Baltimore and Washington D.C. a hub of missile bases were positioned around the metropolitan areas. The rural area of Granite, nestled only 20 miles outside of Baltimore was a prime location for such a base.
The facility was equipped primarily with Nike Hercules nuclear warhead missiles. Citizens at that time were quite aware of the doom and gloom that was lurking in their backyard, what they weren't aware of was the amount of impact these nuclear weapons would have had, if they had to be used. Each of these missiles packed as much as 45 kilotons of mass destruction. Luckily for the citizens of Granite and the rest of the country, none of these behemoth monsters were ever unleashed. The impact felt could have left the neighboring city of Baltimore in dust and crumble.
Lost behind the rusted fence and the dilapidated barbed wire on Herndon road, lies what's left of the Nike missile base of Granite.The No trespassing signs that line the fence, blow hazardously in the wind. Crumbling block buildings dot the landscape, while massive radar towers once imposed the horizon. Underground bunkers have since been welded shut and now the area is used as a training grounds for the Maryland State police.
The former base in Granite is one of the few that's still mainly intact. While most would like to forget this dark past in American history, I feel there's many others who would love a chance to visit a lost missile silo. After all it was our tax money that helped to build all these weapons of devastation.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Tri-State Monument Port Jervis, New York
Hidden away in the humble town of Port Jervis, New York is a rare place most just pass right over. Tucked away in the rear of the Laurel Grove cemetery, lies the Tri-State monument. A place where you can literally be in 3 states at once. The monument sits under Interstate 84 and is a converging point for the states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
The area once served as battle grounds between the states of New Jersey and New York. The two states once battled for the sought after land, where the Delaware river and Neversink river merge together. Maybe they both knew the small borough would someday be named one of the 10 coolest small towns in America.
The current monument that stands is a replacement for an original which decorated the spot as early as 1774. Also nearby is a monument for the merging of Pennsylvania and New York, which technically occurs in the center of the Delaware river. But if you don't wish to slip into your waders and would rather stand in 3 states at once, I'd opt for the photo opportunity on land.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Staal Bachelor Party Incident Will Come to a Quick End
Sadly for stripper-lovin' bloggers like the FHF, it looks like the Staal brothers bachelor party incident will end quickly and painlessly. They have been offered a plea agreement and they would be idiots to refuse it, given the "punishment" is a $587 fine. Shit, that was my budget for strippers just last night. For an NHL player, even in the salary cap era, it's a couple of lap dances.
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If worldwide headlines about the record-setting first-day and first-week sales of Grand Theft Auto IV weren't enough, the game's publisher and its developer, Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games, now have a Guinness world record to boot.
On Tuesday morning, Guinness issued a press release certifying the game's insanely profitable launch as the entertainment industry's best ever for one day ($310 million) and one week ($500 million).
Interestingly, in stories I've written about this previously, I wrote that GTA IV had broken the single-day record of $170 million previously held by Bungie Studio's Xbox 360 game, Halo 3. In many stories, by both me and others, it has been exhaustively pointed out that the best video game launches had far outdone those by the best films.
According to the Guinness release, however, the previous record was actually not a video game at all. Rather, it was J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, the final book in that cash-cow series, which when it launched last July, earned $220 million in its first 24 hours.
If this is true, then Microsoft--which owned Bungie at the time--was wrong when it touted the first-day sales of Halo 3 as the then-best entertainment-industry launch.
Funny that despite the incredible sales of the last Harry Potter, no one, myself included, had thought to include books on the list of best launches.
Well, no matter. Now, even that record has fallen to the might of the GTA IV machine.
Humorously, as part of its release, Guinness is hawking its new Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008, obviously trying to tie the GTA IV record to the new book. It's a natural link to make, of course, although the book was published before the new record.
I have the book, and it's kind of fun. There's a lot of interesting video game trivia, obscure records, and much more.
But, alas, no mention of the GTA IV record.
On June 10, Geek Gestalt hits the highways for Road Trip 2008. I'll start in Orlando, Fla., and visit many of the South's most interesting destinations. Stay tuned, and be sure to keep up, both now and during the trip, with what I'm doing on Twitter.


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RERA has undoubtedly made India's real estate market advance towards enhanced transparency. After the act was declared, Maharashtra was the first off the block to adopt it by launching a full-fledged 'MahaRERA' portal. One of the most comprehensive and detailed among the RERA websites deployed to date, it has become a valuable tool for end-users and investors during their decision-making process. This efficient adoption of RERA has benefitted Maximum City- Mumbai the most.
Apartment Sales Vs Vacancy
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) is divided into three areas- Mumbai City, its suburbs, and Thane. An analysis of the residential market as of 4th October 2017 reflects that of the 3,465 residential projects registered under RERA, maximum sales were recorded in Mumbai City (24,681 apartments sold out of the 50,329 units available), followed by Thane (86,479 apartments sold out of 1,80,071 units available) and Mumbai Suburbs (87,126 apartments sold out of 1,81,155 available). A distinct observation is that supply is double and clearly outstripping demand.
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Mumbai prefers living small, as the numbers reflect 2 BHKs to be the configuration of choice. Thane sold the maximum 2 BHKs (61,145 units) as compared to Mumbai Suburbs which sold marginally lower (60,728 units) with Mumbai city selling the least (11,142 units).
1 BHKs were the second preference amongst Mumbaikars, with Thane selling most 1BHKs at a count of 29,551 units, while Mumbai City sold 5,295 units and Suburbs sold 19,803 units. However, supply far exceeded demand in Thane with 62,000 1 BHK units available for sale and only 47% recording sales.
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The luxury housing market performed better in Mumbai's Suburbs as compared to the City. While almost 49% of the supply of 4 BHKs and 4 BHK+ sold in the suburbs, the city saw sales at 42% of the total supply in this category for the region.
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Post RERA, apartment details are provided only on the basis of carpet area, making it easier to compare one against the other. This ensures that home buyers don't get tangled up in the confusing and misleading jargon of 'built-up ' and 'super built-up' area and have a standard area comparison that is also physically measurable. Also, RERA not only regulates the capital flow of developers by means of an escrow account but also penalizes delay in delivery timelines, thus ensuring project completion and timely delivery.
The confusion of selecting an appropriate real estate agent has also been resolved to a certain extent. Only agents who are registered on the MahaRERA site against a specific project are allowed to sell units of the respective projects. Buyers also have access to the names of the contractors, architects and structural engineers associated with their chosen project, and are therefore able to take more informed decisions.
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As the new year begins, global companies face the coming year's most prominent IT and business challenge: Big Data.
The focus for IT will be to provide high performance analytics capabilities at the lowest cost, as business users need to tap into volumes of multi-structured data about their customers and markets to gain competitive advantage.
RainStor, a provider of Big Data management software, has released five predictions focused on how enterprise Big Data will affect organizations in 2012. Based on client and partner experience, market research and conversations with industry experts, here are RainStor's five predictions for Big Data in 2012:
Prediction #1: Big Data will Transition from Technology "Buzz" to a Real Business Challenge Affecting Many Large Global Enterprises
Big Data is largely centered on leveraging the open source Apache Hadoop analytics platform and the growing ecosystem of other vendor solutions surrounding this innovative data management technology. According to 451 Research, between 2008 and the end of 2010, $95.8m had been invested in the various Apache Hadoop- and NoSQL-related vendors. That figure now stands at more than $350.8m, up 266 percent(1).
Organizations that focus on solving the enterprise Big Data problem will advance further during 2012. Leading Hadoop distributors like Cloudera have succeeded because of their enterprise-ready management features, skilled professional services, training and support. As companies in banking, financial services and communications sectors roll out Hadoop projects to meet new business demands and implementations reach multi-terabyte scale, IT executives will have to address the operational costs of running Hadoop and how it ultimately impacts the budget and the top line. Hadoop, while open source, still requires skilled resources, other supporting proprietary technologies and a multitude of servers.
Prediction #2: In Key Industries, Machine-Generated Data Growth Will Outpace Social Media and other Human-Generated Data Sources
In 2012, Big Data will become a real business issue debated at the executive and board room level and will move beyond the focus of social media data sources and customer sentiment data. For specific industries, machine-generated data will exceed that created by social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
The industries impacted most by Big Data growth will be communications, financial services and utilities/smart grids -- sectors governed by external regulators. These industries must not only keep detailed data online for specific timeframes, but also provide data scientists ongoing access to months and years of detailed data to develop better algorithms and conduct predictive analytics.
Prediction #3: Hadoop Big Data Analytics Capabilities will Converge with Traditional Data Warehouses
As the Hadoop ecosystem expands and adoption takes off, end users will realize business value from analysis that was previously executed in a traditional data warehouse. The combination of a warehouse's structured data analysis and Hadoop's multi-structured data analysis will give enterprises greater flexibility and higher productivity at a lower cost. We have already witnessed data warehouse providers investing in Hadoop related technologies such as Teradata's acquisition of Aster Data. Over time we will see more standardization within the Hadoop ecosystem to better meet enterprise expectations for resilience, security and high performance analytics.
Prediction #4: IT Developers will Require a Wider Range of Skills and New Tools to Manage Big Data Environments
As Big Data projects are rolled out using a mix of new Hadoop capabilities in combination with existing data management environments, IT will inevitably need more dedicated training on MapReduce skills. Additionally, IT resources will have an increased desire to use standard SQL in conjunction with MapReduce to improve productivity levels and maintain operational costs, which will be the ultimate goal of most IT organizations in 2012.
Prediction #5: As Big Data Becomes the Enterprise Focus, In-Memory Database Capabilities will Rise in Popularity
As compute and processing power becomes more sophisticated, in-memory will experience resurgence in popularity directly related to Big Data. This trend is already supported by SAP, with the introduction of HANA, an in-memory data analytics platform handling massive amounts of data up to 3,600 times faster for instant business insights. Innovation from both large vendors and technology start-ups will help to revitalize in-memory databases and data warehouses in the coming year.
(1) The 451 Group, November 14, 2011. 'Big Money for Big Data' by Matt Aslett
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which one from 1~4 do you guys like the most?
for me, it's straight up #2!!! omg, just thinking about it feels nice...
imagine your crush confessing to you like that and then gives you a kiss on the cheek!!! AGGHHHH!!
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- isn't it straight up #2??? but with that position, he can see everything that's on my face, even my pores. so I would be too worried..ㅎㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ if I think about it.. it doesn't make it romantic at allㅎ
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Closely resembles the Picture-winged Fly (Tritoxa sp.) posted by Marvin(click here) a while back.
The Delphina is recognized by the 2 white triangles on the leading edge of the mostly black wing as opposed to the white stripes for Tritoxa.
This is an interesting 5 petal flower. The upper 3 petals are red-spotted at the base. the lower 2 petals are cupped. The flowers are borne on a short cluster, but only one opens at the time. Notice yesterday's flower above is closed. The leaves are divided into 8-15 opposite pair leaflets. The foliage is partially sensitive and partially closes when stroked.
Notice the small orange gland at the base of the leaf. This produces nectar which the ants use as a food source. Notice the small ant on the way up to collect dinner (or a snack).
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Suppression of von Hippel-Lindau Protein in Fibroblasts Protects against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. Zhou Q; Chen T; Zhang W; Bozkanat M; Li Y; Xiao L; van Breemen RB; Christman JW; Sznajder JI; Zhou G (American Thoracic Society, 2016-05)We have reported that von Hippel-Lindau protein (pVHL) expression is elevated in human and mouse fibrotic lungs and that overexpression of pVHL stimulates fibroblast proliferation. We sought to determine whether loss of ...


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She has a reputation for being a different kind of Conservative—but just how far can Davidson go?by Dani Garavelli / August 21, 2018 / Leave a comment
Before Ruth Davidson went for her new job, she had her hair cut very short. Looking back at 2011 and her audacious bid to lead the Scottish Conservatives after just a few months as a member of the Holyrood Parliament, she now sees the gesture as over the top. After all, no one in the party had made her sexuality an issue. But at the time, she felt she was making an important point: elect me, and you'll know what you're getting. I will not change to suit your purposes.
That directness is the core of Davidson's appeal. There are other ingredients: her effervescence, her bawdy humour and the counterbalance she provides to the stuffy ranks of Tory men. But it's her unshakeable sense of her own identity, an insistence on being "out and proud"—whether it's in relation to being a Church of Scotland-going lesbian, or a Tory in post-Thatcher Scotland—that is her unique selling point.
That same authenticity is the reason why Davidson, the newbie, beat her more experienced rival, Murdo Fraser, to become leader of the Scottish Conservatives. And seven years on, it is also why, even without a Westminster seat, moderate Tories are latching on to her as a potential future prime minister, an ambition she denies perhaps a little too forcefully. So, after successfully resuscitating the Tories north of the border, could Davidson really offer her party, and Britain, a brighter tomorrow, beyond the Brexit storm?
Davidson's determination to do things on her own terms was in evidence again earlier this year when she revealed her IVF pregnancy. She was, party sources say, determined it should not be presented as some big "gay moment." But Davidson has an instinct for publicity, and the announcement received a good deal of respectful attention.
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It was impossible to choose a best photo from this event but Ms Dogwood dunking the ex-mayor was typical. [more]
In case you ever needed another reason to go Moose's Restaurant (and there were already plenty), they just did a super-cool fundraiser for the Shelter for Help in Emergency.
The fun unfolded in three parts. They kicked off on Friday (the 13th) with a doughnut eating contest. Saturday morning (the 14th) they had a block party that included music, dancing, a craft fair, a race car you could touch (and pose with) and—best of all—a dunk tank that was extremely busy. Saturday night was a concert at the Jefferson School. The fundraiser netted $3050 and lots of fun and community fellowship.
When I first visited Moose's (then called Moore's Creek) I was afraid to go inside 1) because they share a building with a gun shop and 2) because there were a million police cars parked outside. That seemed like a bad combination, but come to find out that the cruisers were there because it's the best short-order restaurant in Charlottesville. They all stop there on their way into town or between shifts.


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Wargaming officially classifies it as a Scout (as noted by the very same wiki in the MM discussion) and gives it Scout MM. The blurb at the bottom of each tank description is one person's take on the vehicle, not an official statement on the tank. In the case of the Auf Panther, the advice given is mixed at best, full of contradiction, and oblivious to some of the tank;s best assets.
ok read all of the wiki on the awfulpanther and it says,,,, quote,,, (the auf pz panther is not a scout tank!,it has the scout mm which means you will see occasional tier ten games) so get your facts right ive already checked,,
For example, after stating the tank is not a Scout and is too big to passive scout, the author then recommends you carry a camo net because "As a fast moving sniper, being hidden is useful. Rapidly deploying to a key position and hiding behind a bush and detecting the enemy for your allies is what being a fast tank is about." Well, if you just told us it can't passive Scout then why are you telling us to take a camo net so we can passive scout?
A second contradiction comes in recommending Deadeye. The entire gist of the write up is that the Auf P is more effective as a Sniper than a Scout so it makes no sense to recommend Deadeye over Designated Target, especially for a fast Sniper such as the Auf P which will tend to locate many of its own targets.
It also says, "It has the scout MM, which means you'll see Tier X games occasionally." This is flat out bad info. As a Tier VII Light, you get Battle Tiers 8-11. You will see Tier X tanks A LOT.
It never mentions Ramming at all. Yet Ramming ability is one of the Auf P's best features.
It never mentions Anti-Scouting, a function at which the Auf P excels.
Even the example using the AMX 12t is wrong. Unless the 12t gets above average damage or is using HE (which it can't afford to carry much of due to its low ammo carrying capacity) it can't kill an Auf Panther in 1 clip. 6*135= 810 but an Auf P has 950 Hit Points. It takes the 12t 10.10 seconds to unload a full clip and then it faces a long reload (depending on equip and skills, up to 19 or so seconds). In the meantime, the Auf P is firing away averaging 165 damage per shot once every 4.13 seconds (not 4.2 as the author implies). The 12t dies in 4 shots, 12.3 seconds into the fight. (4*165= 660 damage and the 12t has 600 hit points)
The Auf Panther is a Scout and can be played as one, although it is limited in which Scout roles it can assume. That fact does not make it any less a Scout. The VK 28.01 Cougar can not adequately Active Scout yet no one would argue it is not a Scout because of such a limitation. The Auf P has fewer bushes in which it can safely hide, but it is quite a capable passive scout if played within its ability.
Taking this back to the OP's question: Mark, if you want to Active Scout, the Auf P is not for you. If you are willing to change your Scouting style to accommodate the needs of the tank, the Auf P can be great fun and a force on the battlefield.
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Lawsuit Accuses ExxonMobil of DiscriminationPosted by Steven on May 24, 2013 in Employment Law | 1 comment
Freedom to Work, a national civil rights group, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against ExxonMobil for what it believes to be a breach of the Illinois Human Rights Act, the state's ban on anti-LGBT workplace discrimination.
The group conducted an experiment to support its suit. In this exercise, the civil rights organization applied to an Exxon job posting using two fictitious resumes, one belonging to a straight woman of modest qualifications and the other belonging to a lesbian with excellent qualifications, better job skills, and more work experience. The lesbian's resume listed membership in a LGBT group while the straight woman's resume had membership in a feminist organization in its stead.
The company contacted the straight women repeatedly to offer her the position despite not receiving any reply. They did not contact the lesbian applicant.
Exxon claims it has a strong corporate anti-discrimination policy, but what the company has on its books is not specific. It has been resistant of instating a concrete anti-LGBT discrimination policy and the company is urging shareholders to vote against such a policy being put into effect at an upcoming meeting.