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Local Jewish Federation Hires Former FBI Agent As Its First Director Of Community SecurityThe desecration of any cemetery is horrific, but the most recent attack on a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia comes when some say anti-Semitic threats are on the rise.
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Thousands Line Canonsburg Streets To Pay Final Respects To Fallen OfficerA large crowd gathered in Canonsburg for Officer Scott Bashioum's funeral procession.
Fallen Canonsburg Officer Laid To Rest Following Emotional ServiceThousands gathered for the funeral for Officer Scott Bashioum, who was killed in the line of duty last week.
2nd Viewing Held For Fallen Canonsburg Police OfficerA second viewing will be held today to honor the Canonsburg police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
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When he was recruited from British Airways the shares of what has for long been regarded as the Cinderella retailer were bumping along at a depressing 100p; they are now 83p.
Andrew Teare, enticed from English China Clays, must be uncomfortably aware of the long, so far unrewarding battle Mr Strong has waged.
True, he has been chief executive of the Rank Group - one of his first moves was to shed the long-standing Organisation part of the title - for less than a year.
But during that time Rank shares seem to have caught the Sears complaint - stubbornly refusing to join the fun experienced by a record-breaking stock market. They were nudging 550p when Mr Teare followed Michael Gifford in April. The price finished last week at 411.5p.
Figures, due this week, are not expected to offer much encouragement. Towards the end of last year Rank produced a trading statementseen in some quarters as little more than a profit warning. So around pounds 300m seems the most likely outcome against pounds 272m in the previous year.
A surprising slowdown at the Hard Rock Cafe chain, regarded as Rank's profits kitchen, created trading indigestion. There were signs the problems were short-term. So in an era when any half-decent catering concept gets the cash tills ringing, the upmarket beefburger business should be back on the up road.
Mr Teare, of course, has time on his side. His policy is still being implemented; the benefits should emerge later.
But the market is anxious. As NatWest Securities says, "What is absolutely critical is that Rank gets itself back on a growth tack."
The Teare revolution has not, of course, been confined to a name change. The Shearings coach holidays operation has been sold for pounds 83m. And another pounds 300m of assets are due to go.
One could be Rank Film Distributors, with a library of hundreds of classic British films and one of the best-known symbols in the country - the man with the gong. Even after the sale Rank will remain an important film company, with Pinewood Studios and the 300-plus screen Odeon chain.
Mr Teare wants to concentrate on four core areas, the Hard Rock Cafes, holidays, leisure and film services. It is not all one-way traffic - Rank is a buyer as well as a seller. It splashed out pounds 96m for the Tom Cobleigh pubs chain and has signalled that it nurses casino hopes in the United States.
In a sense Mr Teare adopted one of the ambitions of John Davis, who ruled Rank with an iron hand when it was largely a showbiz enterprise. He displayed a taste for drink and wanted to bid for the old Watney's brewing and pubs group; an aspiration he had to shelve because of opposition from trusts related to the group's Methodist founder, the legendary J Arthur Rank.
One quick fix Mr Teare could offer is the sale of Rank's remaining 20 per cent interest in Rank Xerox, the photocopier group. Such a deal could produce around pounds 1bn, increasing the chance of improving shareholder value through a share buy-back or special dividend. But he seems in no hurry. At one time the sale was planned for the early part of this year. Now it seems to have been put back to late next year.
Developing such a hotch-potch of interests will be a time-consuming exercise and the market will have to display patience. But as any hard-bitten professional knows it is reluctant to take prisoners and Mr Teare cannot allow Rank shares to continue to underperform.
It could be argued that the market last week highlighted the Rank weakness by finding yet new peaks.
International investment houses appear to be rather less relaxed about share prospects than many of the home-grown variety.
For example US group Goldman Sachs would be underweight in UK shares, suggesting Footsie will be little changed at 4,240 points in a year's time. And Daiwa, the Japanese group, says it would be "sharply underweight", although it is looking for Footsie at 4,400 at the end of this year.
There is little doubt the remarkable strength of New York has helped the market face the looming election in a calm frame of mind. There is a deep suspicion that without the soaraway performance of the Dow Jones Average the Footsie display would have been much more subdued.
Indeed the gap between the two indices is yawning wider and wider, illustrating that Footsie glee is restrained by the political uncertainty.
Sterling's strength has been another inhibiting influence; so has the will-he, won't he interest rate conundrum.
NatWest, one of the optimistic UK houses, says: "While we are happy to be bullish on a 12-month view Footsie has probably run too far, too quickly. There will be better opportunities to buy the market between now and the first Labour Budget." The securities house is on a 4,600 Footsie by the year-end.
Other blue chips reporting this week are Barclays and SmithKline Beecham. Lloyds TSB got the banking profits season off to a fine start and Barclays, figures tomorrow. should keep up the pace with a 17 per cent gain to pounds 2.45bn. There could also be developments such as splitting the banking and investment sides.
SmithKline, also tomorrow, should also impress. The drugs group, with a pounds 24.3bn capitalisation, is the latest to find that sheer size is no protection from takeover speculation. But tomorrow it should be able to dismiss barmy thoughts of a bid from Roche, the Swiss group, as it produces profits up some 15 per cent to pounds 1.56bn.


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He is known for clothing the likes of Sienna Miller in his fluttery, feminine dresses and for having Prince play an impromptu set at one of his catwalk shows.
British-born Matthew Williamson's designs may be at home on the red carpet but the question was how would they fare on the UK high street?
And the answer was extremely well, when his collection launched at H&M yesterday. We've seen orgiastic shopping scenes like this before – when the Stella McCartney collection arrived in 2005, and in 2007 when a capsule by Roberto Cavalli went in-store.
Williamson, below, is the latest designer to team up with the high street chain, in a collaboration which began with Karl Lagerfeld and has also included Madonna, the avant garde Dutch duo Viktor and Rolf and the conceptual fashion renegade Rei Kawakubo from Comme des Garçons.
Such projects, which allow shoppers to pay £30 for a piece by a designer whose clothes might normally cost £2,000 or more, point to a shift in what fashion followers are looking for. The high street has thrived on "fast fashion" and intuitive "re-imaginings" of catwalk trends, but the H&M ranges are slightly different: they're the real thing. Instead of copying an Aztec print from Williamson's latest collection and reproducing it in a cheaper fabric and in a slightly worse cut, H&M has asked Williamson himself to re-interpret his work for a different, rather less-moneyed audience. So the customer gets a much better deal.
His collection includes a pink silk dress for £69.99, a blue silk blazer (£69.99) with matching cropped trousers (£49.99) and a £149.99 leather bomber jacket. The industry secret that everyone wants to know is how much H&M pays its collaborators. Nobody has managed to find out, but it would need to be a significant amount to entice the likes of Lagerfeld and Kawakubo. They certainly don't need the cash, they must just want to do this – and it pays off, when they produce such decent, cohesive and fluent ranges for the store, which really encapsulate the kernels of their brands.
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I don't know if I have a favorite genre. I tend to prefer things that are small. Like little treasures. I think there is something wonderful about being able to stick it in your bag or pocket. Good job on the soldering, it's not easy (and quite painful to learn!). I also love the tiles you've made. I've worked lots with glass but fear for my hands whenever the idea of a saw is suggested (i'm really accident prone, haha). But they are divine! May I suggest a post with your most favorite jewelry pieces? I'd love to see what you'd pick out!
ReplyDeleteHI Jill ~ me too ~ I have baskets of broken china that I started to make these with, but never got it right. Its a wet tile saw...hhmmm - maybe I'll try again. I do want to purchase one from you though. I need to look again. If you need some really nice broken pieces. Let me know and I will pack up a box and send some right over to you. Gorgeous as usual ~ have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh my good gracious. Those are beautiful. I love all of them. You are incredible and what a tremendously wonderful idea. I love to solder, but I must say I am not very good at it. I try to get better each time, but still a work in progress. They are simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I cannot wait until you make some more. I am going to try and buy one, but it looks like the ones that I wanted have sold. Heading over there right now though to look at all of them again.
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Veteran production designer J. Michael Riva, who died Thursday after suffering a severe stroke while filming "Django Unchained" last week, is being remembered by many who knew him, including "Django" director Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Weinstein, "The Amazing Spider-Man" director Marc Webb and many others.
"Michael became a dear friend on this picture, as well as a magnificent, talented colleague," Tarantino said. "Every member of our 'Django' crew family is devastated by this tragic loss as we persevere on his wonderful sets."
The eldest grandson of screen legend Marlene Dietrich, Riva (pictured, far left) suffered a severe stroke Friday, June 1, in New Orleans, while preparing to head to the studio during filming of "Django Unchained." He died Thursday afternoon while surrounded by his family. He was 63.
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Marc Webb, who worked with Riva on the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man," remembers Riva as "a wonderful collaborator, brilliant designer, an emphatic perfectionist -- but most of all he was a great friend. He was a gift from the universe and I will miss him like crazy."
Harvey Weinstein, whose company is releasing the western "Django Unchained" domestically, said that Riva's "creativity enhanced every frame of the film. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."
Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal, who worked with Riva on "The Amazing Spider-Man," and many other projects, called Riva "a great friend and a tremendous talent, able to tailor the look and mood of a story to the emotion in the script. We are stunned and saddened by his passing."
Riva's many credits over his decades-long career include "The Goonies," "The Color Purple" (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), "A Few Good Men," and the "Iron Man" and "Lethal Weapon" films. On the television front, Riva worked on the Emmy-winning film "Tuesdays With Morrie" and the "74th Academy Awards." Riva won an Emmy for his work on the "79th Academy Awards," which aired in 2007.
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He also received a Writers Guild of America nomination for his original screenplay "Lily in Winter," which was produced for Showtime.
Riva is survived by his wife Wendy and four sons, Jean-Paul, Mikey, Daniel and Adam, as well as his mother Maria Sieber Riva and brothers Peter, David and Paul Riva.
A service to remember Riva's life is pending. In lieu of flowers, his family is asking for donations to H.O.P.E. Haiti or A Place Called Home.
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I'm certain I mentioned this a bit when I was first offered the opportunity to participate in my first real art project, but since the project has a long timeline I had yet to actually get to work on it. Yesterday I finally got some time to sit down and really get to designing so I thought I'd share a little bit of the process. For this commission I've been given all the particulars of the art installation and a scale image of the shape I need to fill. The artist has been very communicative and I've been given free reign to design within those parameters.
The first step for me is to use what I have already made to approximate the shape. So I dig through my finished pieces and begin by laying out several different ones trying to see which designs comes closet to the right degree of curve. I's hard to see in the pictures, but at this point I have three different pieces representing different techniques I wanted to try. I don't plan on using any of these exactly as they are now. Everything will be modified and adjusted so I know I need to work up prototypes first.
These are something I rarely do, prototypes. I like to know where I'm going when I start tatting and I like the finished piece to just be there at the end of my first try, but this is something extremely different and it's worth the extra design steps to make sure the final pieces are gallery or museum ready, I'm not really sure where the final piece is going to be yet. I'll let you know when I do. Since this is a pretty large piece, I don't expect to have the prototype ready for at least a few days which is frustrating as well. I have little patience waiting to see if the design will work.
As expected I have already mucked up several times and have had to adjust my ideas repeatedly. I no longer regret going the prototype route at all. The exhibition isn't until next summer, but I thought getting a jump on it while the shop is a virtual ghost town was a good idea. Normally I would have complained about that this week, but with the cold, it was actually well timed. I'll keep working on this until the shop tears me away which will be soon...hopefully. Then I'll have plenty of time at the start of the year to work on it. It's always back to ghost town in January and February which is still ages from my deadline. I'm kind of ridiculously pleased about the idea of being named in an art exhibit so I'm crossing my fingers that nothing goes awry since there is so much time for it to do so. I'll just put my head down, get the work done as perfectly as I can and knock on wood periodically. That should work right? right?
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You'll be rockin' that art exhibit! Very happy for you. Congratulations.
Rosemarie - November 2, 2012 at 6:59 AM
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About Morgan Highway Ridge:
One of the best spots near the Scranton area to go bouldering. This area does not offer much and this cliff will definetly get the job done. The Rock is mostly sandstone and quartzite conglomerate. The northeastern end of the cliff rises up about 30-40 feet and some sections contain HUGE roofs. Bring a crashpad or two, lots of talus to cover up in spots. ACCESS ISSUE!: This crag is unfortunately on private property and there are several "No Trespassing" signs posted at the entrance. I spoke with the guys who work at Nate's though, and they assured me that they have spoken with the owner and he tolerates climbers. This conversation took place long ago however, and Nate's Outdoor Sports has since closed. New information has been provided stating that the owner actually is not OK with people climbing on his land and it only occurs because he lives 150 miles away and is never there to police the area. Unfortunately,none of this information can be confirmed at this time. Deciding to climb here will be up to you. If you do decide on venturing here, be smart about it. |
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Tibetan activists vowed to keep up their protests during the Olympic torch relay, calling on British athletes participating in the event to speak out against human rights abuses by the Chinese government when the political and sporting jamboree visits London next month.
Their call came as the Foreign Office condemned Beijing for its continuing "violation" of human rights, noting that China executed more people than any other country last year. Speaking at yesterday's launch of the annual human rights report, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said that global concern about China's crackdown in Tibet was "justified and proper".
The latest round of anti-China protests began in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, on 10 March – the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. They turned violent four days later and sparked demonstrations among Tibetans in three neighbouring provinces of China.
Two more people died in clashes between Chinese police and Tibetans yesterday. Human rights groups say 140 people have been killed but the Chinese government puts the number of dead at 22.
Yesterday, the French President Nicholas Sarkozy, who arrives in Britain today for a state visit, became the first world leader to threaten Beijing with an Olympic walkout in protest at the crackdown. Asked whether he supported a boycott of the opening ceremony in August, M. Sarkozy said he could "not close the door to any possibility". His comment is certain to embarrass Chinese officials who are desperately trying to prevent unrest in Tibet from detracting from the Games. They are billing the 130-day, 137,000km Olympic torch relay as a "journey of harmony" that will enhance mutual understanding and friendship between nations, but the route has taken on increasingly political overtones.
On Monday, pro-Tibet demonstrators disrupted the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Greece ahead of the Beijing Games. The torch will be carried through 20 countries, including Britain, before returning to Beijing on 8 August. Activists along the route have threatened to demonstrate against China's action in Tibet and its support for the oppressive regimes in Burma and Sudan.
A Thai athlete, Narisa Chakrabongse, has already pulled out of the relay in Bangkok and campaigners have urged other Olympic athletes to do likewise or use their roles as torch-bearers to highlight human rights abuses by China.
"It would be an incredible show of support to the Tibetan people if torch-bearers and athletes spoke out," said Lhadon Tethong, of the Students for a Free Tibet group. "Most will stay quiet but there will always be a few people brave enough to say what they really believe."
The torch arrives in the UK on 6 April and will be carried through London by 80 people, including the Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes and the newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald.
Anne Holmes, of Free Tibet UK, said participants in the relay had a "moral obligation" to speak out against human rights abuses. "Nothing would please me more than to see someone like Sir Trevor McDonald running the torch relay while wearing a Free Tibet T-shirt," she added.
Last night, China condemned the protest in Olympia and urged foreign governments to ensure that future demonstrations did not halt the torch relay. "Any act to disrupt the Olympic relay is shameful and unpopular," said Qin Gang, a spokesman for the government. "We also believe competent authorities in countries which the torch relay will pass have the obligation to ensure a smooth relay."
Yesterday, Tibetan exiles carried a symbolic "Olympic" flame through the northern Indian city of Dharmsala to begin their own torch procession which will end in Tibet on the day the Summer Games opens in Beijing.
Meanwhile, the European Union, the US, Australia and Canada all called on China to stop using force against the Tibetan people. However, the White House said President George Bush still planned to attend the opening of the Games, while the British Government said Prime Minister Gordon Brown would still be going to the closing ceremony.
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Rez HD XBLA Review
During the Playstation 2's lifecycle a certain interesting and quirky game was released on the system that didn't get the audience it deserved, despite
getting critical acclaim. It came from SEGA and not only was it one of the most enjoyable PS2 games made, it showed that games do not need 'guns and girls'
to be enjoyable. This game was Rez, and it's now back in the spotlight on the Xbox Live Arcade. Improved graphics headline the changes for the 360 version,
and while this is about all that has changed, we wouldn't have it any other way.
[img]rezhd_xb360_1[/img]Rez' storyline is really hard to put into
words without having it seem lax and boring. There isn't much to it - you are a computer program trying to hack into a system to gain control and to do this
you have to destroy some enemies ("programs") to gain access to the mainframe and take it down. To be honest Rez probably could have lived without a
storyline as it's clearly not the most impressive aspect of the game.
The impressive aspects come from the gameplay which at the core looks like a very repetitive third person shooter. It's once you realize that as you shoot
you are affecting the game's trance soundtrack that Rez becomes less of a third person shooter and more a music rhythm game. This gives the game a high level
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and you know that because?
But it just can't do this, I causes to many problems, here's another example of why.
Bearing in mind we have agreed that cast time spells and instant spells are classified as the same.
Player X casts chaos bolt on player Y, cast time 4s. Server registers start of cast, rolls for miss, as you [email protected] into the cast as player X has 100ms, server registers hit and waits for cast success. Player Y @3.5s into the cast puts up ams, before the cast has finished and we know from game mechanics it will be absorbed, so therefore ANOTHER roll for miss must occur AFTER success.
My question to you is what's the point in this scenario of rolling before the spell registers success as the hit data is wrong when success occurs and how does the server know that the hit data is incorrect without rolling again?
No, no, no, I am not saying that the server checks whether chaos bolt will land at the moment it starts casting. That spell has a cast time, the server knows it, so, of course, it will do the checks for that spell at the cast END, not start. That's what the semantics of a spell with the cast time are, too.
But in the case of an instant-cast spell, the server knows that there is no cast time, and it can do the checks for that spell the instant it gets the "I cast a spell" packet.
That instant-cast spells and spells with non-zero cast time are stored in the same tables, generate similar events and produce similar entries in the combat log mean nothing. All these things are client-only. The server view of what's going on is different.
Last edited by rda; 2014-05-17 at 07:53 AM.
Good, Glad you said that, they can't be client only, as no bot program would ever work in pvp.
When you cast a spell a human player reacts by reflecting/cloaking/amsing as they visually see that cast time/animation.
A bot uses code, it's not sat in front of your monitor watching tidy plates! Therefore that information must hit the server the instant you begin to cast ANY spell otherwise the bot would never react to any spells.
This is also how the addon GladiatorLOS works by interrogating the server, when a opponent mages casts poly on me I instantly get "poly" (lag dependant) in my ear, so they can't happen client side only.
This is the crux of the argument, because it happens at the server the data is there to allow a bot program to reflect.
If your going to comeback with, "we don't know for sure how the log behaves" then lets agree to disagree, however I've given FOUR very strong examples of why the log should behave as I suggest, and you've given because I think it's possibly another way but no good examples to back it up, we've reached an empass.
That's a total non-sequitur. Bots that work off the combat log observe the behavior of the client. Nothing else needed.
How do you think the client for player Y gets to know that it has to draw a certain animation for player X? Player X sends the server some data (I cast a spell). The server processes that and notifies player Y. The client for player Y draws the required animation for player X and puts something into the combat log. No interrogation of the server takes place, the clients don't ask the server anything, they just listen to what the server tells them. (Yes, there are ways to ask the server for some data, but that's irrelevant to combat, during combat the clients *listen* and *tell*, they don't generally *ask*.)
See above. You are looking at client-side things and are taking them too literally. No offense, but that's like spending your whole life in a building with no windows and suggesting that it's no different outside, the sun, the cars, the cities, etc, don't exist.
All of this is based on your hypothesis that instant cast spells and regular spells are treated differently by the server where there is no evidence supporting this.
No offence but it's like you think that cars run on peanut butter and everyone who tells you they don't and gives you compelling evidence are wrong.
[QUOTE=rda;27111449]That's a total non-sequitur. Bots that work off the combat log observe the behavior of the client. Nothing else needed.
And those are the bots that are free to download, the ones you pay for are much more sophisticated and as you stated below there are ways of asking the server for data, remember we're talking about cheating software it's the bot that's doing it not the client.
How do you think the client for player Y gets to know that it has to draw a certain animation for player X? Player X sends the server some data (I cast a spell). The server processes that and notifies player Y. The client for player Y draws the required animation for player X and puts something into the combat log. No interrogation of the server takes place, the clients don't ask the server anything, they just listen to what the server tells them. (Yes, there are ways to ask the server for some data, but that's irrelevant to combat, during combat the clients *listen* and *tell*, they don't generally *ask*.)
We're not talking generally, were talking third party illegal software, the spell from x has to register on the server for it to calculate its effect y if a bot can get hold of that data before the server tells the client of y the effect it can react, no?
See above. You are looking at client-side things and are taking them too literally. No offense, but that's like spending your whole life in a building with no windows and suggesting that it's no different outside, the sun, the cars, the cities, etc, don't exist.
I know the calculations happen on the server so yes once the server has made those the client listens for the data and then produces the effect, this would mean that yes under normal client behaviour it would be impossible to react to instant cast, what I'm saying is the bot has the time to slip the reflect command into the calculation due to the way it is designed by interrogating the server, hence why some bots are expensive and some are free./QUOTE
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Ok guys there seems like only one way to put this to bed. I have three wow accounts, one with a warrior, I'm going to risk a ban on one account by downloading a bot program and making a video of how to set it up to reflect certain spells.
I don't really play the account much as it only has two chars so willing to take the risk, if anything it will inform people of how too recognise cheating behaviour from other players and open people's eyes, which should result in more people being banned or better tempted from cheating.
It's such an emotive subject, I feel very strongly about since I take pvp seriously and have fought long and hard to get to the level I am at without some dickhead 1500 player taking rating off me without having to push a bind!!
Got next week off work so I'll start then!
So many clueless people in this thread.
Of course it is possible to reflect instant spells using a bot, I've done it with Honorbuddy myself (you can find a cracked version easily) just to know what the fuss was about. you can reflect or ground any important spell. More and more people are using this in arena nowadays.
You can also instant interrupt and by that I mean your opponent has 0% chance to fake you, not 0.1%, but 0%. Even if he doesn't see own his bar because of how fast he stops his cast, he will still get locked out.
The data that you can ask the server for won't help you bot that way. Go ahead and look what's in the API.
No. The in-game communications are between each individual client and the server. The clients don't talk between themselves (torrent-like downloads of game data in bnet client excluded).
It is possible to build software that would run on client X and try to eavesdrop on communications between client Y and the server, but that's only feasible if you control some kind of a middleman (eg, you are playing against a guy who is in the same city as you, you share the same provider, and you control the gateway you two share - if you work for that provider, for example), and even then it's still super-difficult. Due to encryption (did I mention that all sent and received packets are encrypted and different clients use different keys, and, no, you can't obtain the key of a client different than yours easily by eavesdropping on their exchange with the server?), due to the necessity of the communication between different parts of the bot (yep, you are going to have part of the bot running on the gateway, and another part running on the machine you are playing on) happening super-fast for this even to make sense, etc.
Nobody does that.
Bots don't interrogate the server. They try to make something out of the information that the server freely provides through the client. /shrug
Finally, once again, I am not saying that HoJ can't be reflected with a bot. I don't have the data for this. But if it can, it's likely because of a flaw in the server-side logic, something like a special case in the code misbehaving with unforeseen consequences, not due to the whole design of instant spells being this faulty. Why is that important? Because the scope of the flaw, even if it is exists - and I haven't seen evidence that it exists yet, all I heard is that there are bots that supposedly reflect HoJs, and maybe there are such bots, but maybe that's just big or uninformed words - the scope is likely small, limited to HoJ and maybe a couple of other spells. That's all.
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Yes, that's a hypothesis in that I haven't seen the actual code that Blizzard use. That said, it just makes sense to do this as I describe. Precisely to avoid exploits. It's... I don't know, it's trivial, anyone who has written code with an insecure communication channel / clients that can potentially be tampered with, will instantly identify the possibility of the exploit that Blizzard's code supposedly have (according to you) and structure the code differently. It's not hard. /shrug
I will add one more thing.
If HB / LR and their offspring, can, indeed, reflect an arbitrary instant cast spell (you specify a spell ID in the config, bam, reflecting that), then, yes, the flaw is in the design of all such spells, and Blizzard devs are nuts (or sloppy). That's a big *if*, I think, but then again, who knows...
Also, in this case, for the bot to work reliably, you are going to have a better average latency than the guy whose spells you are reflecting (a little DDOS might help those thirsty for wins).
And one last thing: I don't know, guys, I don't see even talks of bots reflecting instant casts from bot users / devs. All they are advertising / discussing are reflects of spells with cast time. The only ones talking about reflects of instant casts are players who supposedly had a bot do that to them. Maybe I am not trying hard enough, but if you could share some links, that would be helpful. Say, where the devs even advertise that their bot can do that.
Last edited by rda; 2014-05-17 at 11:54 AM.
A guy actually has to go and make a video to prove there are functional bots out there?
Holy christ are there not one qualified coder out there that could write something that would recognize these bots? They are eavesdropping so why can't you do the same to immediately tell if someone is cheating? You can even base the addon on the bots out there to easily determine patterns and so on. It would be the best addon ever. Having your target repeat the same action within the same time is simply impossible. How hard can it be to create a addon that would recognize a rotation bot?
Make it insta report cheaters. Sending out that information to a name and shame website would also help. Trying to impress people with your 2.2k rating while having your character reported over 2000 times would be... quite funny to see actually.
and I haven't seen evidence that it exists yet, all I heard is that there are bots that supposedly reflect HoJs, and maybe there are such bots, but maybe that's just big or uninformed words - the scope is likely small, limited to HoJ and maybe a couple of other spells. That's all.
Maybe you should take your head out of your ...
It's fucking everywhere, and it works about everytime, I have no idea how it actually works but it grounds spells that HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT, because it uses it at the same milisecond or close to. I'd guess there is a small error margin (a small delay) for grounding and reflect spells, allowing the bots to ground before it's actually sent.
Just fucking try it before you come to stupid baseless conclusions ?If HB / LR and their offspring, can, indeed, reflect an arbitrary instant cast spell (you specify a spell ID in the config, bam, reflecting that), then, yes, the flaw is in the design of all such spells, and Blizzard devs are nuts (or sloppy). That's a big *if*, I think, but then again, who knows...
Last edited by Nicola; 2014-05-18 at 01:22 PM.
Nobody is jumping to conclusions.
I understood you the first time. Your "I USED IT" (and it supposedly worked) is not specific enough. What instant cast spells did you reflect, why you think the bot reflected not because the spell came off CD and was available to your opponent / because you or the enemy were at a particular health level, and could you test if it works with an arbitrary spell?
While I am waiting for the registration email on the link you provided, could you also copy / paste the advertisement for the bot, please?
Add words "stupid" and "baseless" as you please.
Last edited by Nicola; 2014-05-18 at 01:23 PM.
Hey this argument has progressed far beyond you flameing me or him on a subject that's way more deeper than you realise!!!!!!
Rda understands code, just like I do, and we are trying to smash out a completely different subject, so bugger off if you are not going to contribute!!!
Edit: got A little emotive there, been out on the beer so please elaborate, sorry the cat atm won't let me type!!!!!! Lol
If your claiming it works, please make a video, blank out all names and post the log and that would be a great contribution plus would also end this arguement
Last edited by villie; 2014-05-18 at 09:16 AM.
8 pages now and still there is nobody that has posted any proof, proof or gtfo, and no, posting a video of CloS, Divine Shield or any other immunity spell or of Spell Reflect botting spells with casting time does not count.
Celestalon explained why this was possible:
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
I'd like to chip in and say that there are two types of instant cast spells.
Missiles (like say pyroblast for example) and non-missiles (like say combustion).
Missile spells have a noticable travel time. This means that the inforamtion "instant missile spell cast" comes out long before before "instant missile spell hits". The game even has to factor in the distance between the caster and the target in its calculation.
It is obvious to see that there could easily be addons that would reflect instant cast missile spells with 100% accuracy simply because their reaction time would be faster than the travel time.
(The fire mage PvE opener is an extremely good example of this in action because even though fire mages trigger their PoM pyro before their combustion the combustion will hit first unless you lag or the target is very close to you.)
Now the question is:
Are non-missile spells coded completely different than missile spells or did blizzard code them the same way and simply set the "travel time" to ignore distance and as low as possible ("one lowest time intervall" aka 400ms).
To most players this would seem instant but to a computer this would still look like "spell gets cast" ... travel time ... "spell hits".
In closing I personally think that missile spells and other spells work exactly the same. One just has their travel time set extremely low (so players don't notice it). I find it unreasonable to assume that they made two different interactions for missile and non-missile spells.
TL;DR: Yes I do think there are addons out there that can do this. But 99.9% of the time luck or skill are probably why your "insert important spell" got reflected.
Last edited by gend; 2014-06-19 at 01:18 PM.
I assume there is something similar for druids shifting out of roots? While I'm sure some are total pros at shifing, it never ceases to amaze me when one shifts out of something so fast the graphic for the root doesn't show up.
You did the right thing, both the BGs and Arenas are flooded with classes that can do instant interrupt, spellreflect etc. Tho, i don't think so it matters at all, Blizz are pretty aware of the issue yet cannot do anything with it probably, otherwise they would have banned thousands of people.
You can actually get the cheat if you just google for it
I always smile when my 4/5 MW'd Elemental Blast with 0.2 cast time gets interrupted
Time is on our side
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"People love it because they can do whatever they want, just bash away and it never slows down," Ryan told us. "Our analysts are much more productive and we can get customer fixes for problem data much more quickly. This freed our analysts to improve analysis routines to leverage ioDrive cards to crunch through data nearly five times faster."
Enhancing the Datacenter
In addition to achieving Cloudmark's primary goal of improving data replication and analysis performance while curbing future outlay on disks, it also improved the reliability and availability of the system, reduced its server footprint, and lowered its operational costs.
Improving Availability and Reliability
Cloudmark implemented full system redundancy, improving both data reliability and availability.
"We RAID0 striped the ioDrive cards to get the capacity we needed, which meant that if we lost the data on one card, we would lose it on both." Ryan told us, "However, we saved so much money on disks that we were able to purchase additional SanDisk powered servers to give us system-level clustering and redundancy."
Lowering Operational Costs
As if these benefits weren't enough, Cloudmark lowered future operating costs on several fronts.
System Before |
Master at Headquarters (9U)
1 Slave at Replication Site 1 (22U)
System After |
Replication Sites
Supermicro Whitebox, 1x Quad Core Xeon E5345, 4GB RAM (3U), 3Ware 9650SE RAID Controller with battery-backed write cache
HP DL380 G5, 1x Quad Core Xeon E5430, 14GB RAM (2U)
SanDisk helped Cloudmark stop the continual outlay on disks previously necessary to provide its customers with industry leading performance. This investment improved its data center as follows:
Ryan has the following to say about SanDisk: "After about a year and a half of using Fusion ioMemory products, when anyone asks me for a disk array, my first question is 'Why?' There is no reason for a disk array here. It's just a box that I have to support with 25 individual failure points."
While the previous statement is a testament to SanDisk solutions' superiority to disk, the following is the most ringing endorsement: "We spend a lot less time now worrying about disk I/O and our databases keeping up, and we can focus on other things in the business."
About the Customer
Cloudmark provides comprehensive messaging security solutions that protect subscribers and messaging infrastructure from spam, phishing, viruses and other harmful content. Founded by pioneers in messaging anti-abuse, Cloudmark's solutions were architected from the ground up to stop current and emerging threat vectors with high efficiency and scalability.
As a result of its unrivaled accuracy and performance, Cloudmark has emerged as the most widely deployed messaging security solution in the world today. Cloudmark's customers include over 100 of the world's largest service providers, including the majority of tier-1 operators in North America, Japan and Europe.
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text: Jason Green weighs in with his Portland Trailblazers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday NBA basketball Preview and a free nba prediction to boot. NBA odds favor the Thunder by 5. Jason points out the Blazers have covered the spread in 4 of their last 5 games facing the Thunder in Oklahoma City. Gerald Wallace, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook lock horns.


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Chester PA: As the Push for the MLS playoffs continues, the Philadelphia Union were looking to move up in the east standing as they took on Toronto FC from Talen Energy Stadium in Chester PA on Saturday night. The Union enter this game off an impressive 4-0 win over New England on August 13 while Toronto comes into road battle with Philadelphia off a Tie against Houston on August 14. This game also marked the Philadelphia Union home debut of Alejandro Bedoya.
Toronto started the game with the ball and both teams would have some good scoring chances early, The scoring would open up in the 18th Minute when Toronto Sebastian Giovinco shot would hit the post and then go into the net for the early 1-0 lead. The Union would answer back in the 24th minute on goal by Ken Tribbett to tie the game at 1. Toronto would take over by scoring the next 2 goals in the 30th minute by Drew Moor which was setup by a nice pass from USA National team player Michael Bradley and the 3rd goal came in the 44th minute also from USA National team player Jozy Altidore as Toronto would take a 3-1 lead into halftime.
Philadelphia would put pressure on in the 2nd half to get back into the game but Toronto would make the plays to stop them and the referees made some questionable calls. a crowd of 18,271 saw a very sloppy game as Toronto would hold on for a 3-1 lead and steal 3 big points from the Union as the standing getting tight for the playoffs. The union have to rebound fast as they hit the road against Columbus on August 24 while Toronto also hits the road on August 24 at Orlando City.
Philadelphia Union Manager Jim Curtin:
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Lloyds Banking Group is set to launch the search for a successor to Sir Victor Blank after he announced his decision to step down as chairman yesterday.
The bank, which is 43 per cent-owned by the taxpayer, confirmed that Sir Victor would not stand for re-election as chairman when his term ends next year. This comes eight months after he oversaw Lloyds's disastrous merger with HBOS.
Sir Victor said: "I believe it is the right time for the group to appoint a new chairman. I will continue working until my successor is appointed to ensure the successful integration of the two banks."
Lloyds's board met yesterday morning after Sir Victor told them his plans to retire from the role by the annual general meeting in 2010. It issued a statement in the afternoon, saying: "The board was unanimous in wanting Sir Victor Blank to seek re-election as chairman for another three years. We are very sad about Sir Victor's personal decision to retire, although we respect and understand his reasons for it."
Lloyds announced the appointment of Lord Leitch as deputy chairman with immediate effect to help the process of appointing a successor. He was to become the group's senior non-executive director at the annual general meeting next month.
Insiders said the search for a new chairman would begin immediately. One said it was too soon to identify potential candidates, adding that the move to install Lord Leitch as deputy was "not an indicator" that he was the front runner. Lord Leitch yesterday backed Sir Victor as a "first-class chairman".
Sir Victor's decision to step down avoids the potentially tricky issue of facing a re-election vote next month. He has come under pressure from some large institutional shareholders in the wake of the merger he orchestrated, along with Lloyds' chief executive, Eric Daniels, between the group and HBOS. This has forced the group to seek help from the Government, and sent its share price tumbling.
This month, Lloyds warned that losses from bad corporate loans would soar by half to about £14bn this year, primarily from HBOS's portfolio, sending it to a full-year loss.
The Government's stake in Lloyds is managed by UK Financial Investments (UKFI), which was set up last year to manage the state investments in failing banks.
UKFI has consulted with other major shareholders over potential leadership changes . It said in a statement yesterday that it "confirms its support for Sir Victor Blank's re-election at the forthcoming annual general meeting, in the context of its wider support for the Lloyds board, strategy, and executive team lead by Eric Daniels".
UKFI called Sir Victor a "distinguished chairman" who had led the group through an "exceptionally challenging period and who has been unstinting in his personal determination to make a success of the HBOS merger".
Sir Victor made partner at Clifford-Turner, now Clifford Chance, at 26 years old before running the banking boutique Charterhouse, where he specialised in mergers and acquisitions.
He was a director at Royal Bank of Scotland from 1985 to 1993, and has served as chairman of the newspaper group Trinity Mirror and the retailer GUS.
Sir Victor is a long-standing friend of Gordon Brown, who is believed to have encouraged the HBOS deal. Yet by the time Sir Victor leaves, Mr Brown could also be on his way out, which leaves Lloyds' future unclear.
The shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, said last month that a Conservative government could break up the banks in which taxpayers have a significant stake.
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Somebody threw a rock and smashed front window of Alex Southern Style Bar-B-Q in Tampa in the wee hours of Sunday -- just to swipe a plastic donation jar containing about $500, according to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
The owne rof the restaurant has been collecting money at his business to buy bicycles for kids whose parents can't afford them at Christmas -- and has donated more than 13,000 bikessince 1999, according to Tampa Bay Online.
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James Starks, Scott Tolzien & Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Brad Jones, Jordan McCray & Punt & Kick Returners
The Weather
Was the NFL trying out a new compound of glove or ball??? I can't recall ever seeing that many fumbles in a game.
Didn't see the game, but just saw BC tweet that Brad Jones graded out highest by PFF?
I didn't think he played badly either but I didn't think he was great either. It looked like he got lost on the TD.
I will say that I was impressed with Barrington. I thought he was physical and seemed to be in the right spot most of the time.
Yeah Daniels lost gap control but at the same time Jones just couldn't find the Greene. He just looked lost on that play. Also I still don't understand why shields shifted to the S spot and Ha Ha shifted over to the WR.
I saw Barrington in one a number of plays. I liked what I saw overall. Sometimes the players that aren't noticed play the best.
Example I didn't notice Sherrod and he played pretty well.
I missed parts of the game, making food and such. I commented on another site last night that I thought B. Jones played okay, and that Daniels had not proved to me that he can be counted on against the run. I am sure that Daniels can be the disruptive pass rusher, but am waiting for him to show that he can be a complete rather than a situational player.
#62 Jordan McCray: really awful. On one pass play he took a stutter step forward and the DT blew past his outside left shoulder. Gerhart tried to slide but our QB was trashed. I thought, "What is this guy doing?" I looked him up. Soon thereafter he was knocked 3 yds into the backfield. Poor guy is out of his league. He has the lateral movement of an ice cream truck.
Good call Aaron!!!
Also I thought Brad Jones completely blew the TD run: prematurely committed inside on a very bad read.
@Aaron Nagler
Why did you put Brad Jones on the Bad list when there were much more deserving players?
Time to be that guy again!!
UGLY: Either or both Mashed Potato Mike, Chase Rettig for 4th and 1 play call of a ONE ROUTE OPTION!! No play action, no roll out, just a snap and fade toss to Dorsey (not RANDY MOSS). I'm fine with them lining up man on man and getting stuffed on a 4th and 1 run or play action fake of a run with multiple route options, but for Mashed Potato Mike and or Rettig to LIMIT all options on the possible game winning play to one prayer of a quick fade without the likes of a Moss type receiver as the target was not smart! The percentages for that play to work have to be terrible! Line it up and run it down their throats! STOP with the constant out coaching yourself and impose some will!!
yeah because running it worked so well the first two times....
Im fine getting stuffed if that was the case after a run. And the previous runs netted more than 3/4 year whcih what was needed. At least fake a run and roll out... or run more than one route for options.. They really limited themselves to a low percentage play for the win. Only needed a 1st down, not 6 at that point... Overall I liked what I saw from the team as a whole. Its encouraging that the two things I am bitching and knit picking about is a guy who never practices punt returns all cap goes out to field punts and Mashed Potato Mike over thinks on the last play. Can't wait until Saturday! In the meantime F*%# the Cubs!!
The best way to evaluate talent is to set up plays in one on one situations like that last pass to Dorsey. Unfortunately he was double covered and Rettig isn't ready to go through other reads, especially when the coaches are telling him to throw it to Dorsey. I'm sure they were trying to see if Doresy would be clutch in a situation like that.
Expect vanilla play calling out there for all of the preseason. They are evaluating matchups. Scheme doesn't give you matchups. Schemes are trying to find the mismatch. We wont be doing that until the regular season......and that will be mostly Rodgers at the line of scrimmage. Just enjoy preseason for what it is: a good look at dudes trying to make the roster.
Agreed 100%. Just knit picking as the arm chair coach I aspire to be. Stroh, couldn't the same be said for the offensive line in the clutch pushing open a hole on a 4th and one as it is for Dorsey to come up with a tough catch on that crappy play call?? You can't tell me that everyone in the organization didn't want to end that game with a game winning drive. It would have been a nice cherry on top of a pretty good performance by a lot of young guys. The depth on this team looks much better after one preseason game than what I remember last year which consisted of the Packer 2s and 3s getting pushed around all 4 exhibitions. I'm pretty excited!
I know all the plays aren't run in preseason, but I sure would like to see some screens and swing passes.
Secondly, I don't understand when watching some of the other games this weekend there are some teams that play smash mouth football and make aggressive tackles. We in turn drag the player down or are lucky to trip the runner up! Is it how we practice tackling or what??
LMAO. Its a scrimmage, or practice. PRACTICE? DID U SAY PRACTICE? ITS PRACTICE MAN, PRACTICE. People getting worked up over PRACTICE. Wait for the real thing, then vent your asses off.
I had high hopes for Raijon Neal going into TC, and after seeing him play, I think he has a legit shot at making the team over Harris. He should have been mentioned in the "Good" along with Sherrod
Yeah, I have been a big supporter of Neal since they signed him. But I don't see anyway he makes it over the used car salesman.
I do think there is a chance that they keep 4 RB' s. Probably not a great chance but a chance.
Speaking of Harris, I thought he looked really good in the game. He will provide a really nice change of pace to Lacy and Starks. He brings a lot of quickness and shiftiness that Lacy and Starks don't provide.
Odds that Rolle makes the roster over Goodson?
Increasing by the day?
Right now I think his odds are better then Goodsons. Goods on looks raw but has really good athleticism, as was shown on his pass break up. He looks like a player to me that would benefit from a year on the practice squad.
I was impressed with Rolle for the most part. Wouldn't it be great if he became the next Truman Williams.
Packers have had some good success with undrafted corners (Williams, Shields). Hopefully it will continue.
I've never been a Brad Jones fan. The definition of a "no impact" player. Was really hoping that he would be relegated back to where he belongs, as a back-up, this season. Of course, that's not going to happen. So we get to watch another year of him getting the crap kicked out of him at the LOS. And then watching "speedsters" like Shonn Greene fly past him. Great..
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The Chevrolet Cruze has been able to keep its sales momentum from last month. In doing so, it has beaten rivals Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic in the compact car segment for the month of September. Meanwhile, the Volkswagen Jetta and Mazda3 are in a tight race. A total of 25,787 Chevrolet Cruze units were sold last month, earning it the top position.
Coming in second was the Toyota Corolla with 23,026 units sold. Even when Civic sales are higher by 57% in year-over-year sales, the compact Honda still fell from second place in August to reach third in September. But when it comes to year-to-date sales, the Civic continues to have the No. 1 spot. Meanwhile, the Corolla/Matrix is behind by about 11,000 units.
The Ford Focus has remained in fourth place while the Hyundai Elantra is back in fifth place with 18,305 units sold. The Volkswagen Jetta is ahead with a lead of only 719 units against the Mazda3. The Nissan Sentra took the No. 8 spot with 9345 units.
However, it could go up further with the upcoming release of its new and improved model. Even when the Dodge Dart started to be available at the end of June, it's fast gaining ground and is approaching the sales figures of the Kia Forte and Subaru Impreza.


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Sightseeing spots
Saitama Children Zoo
Saitama Children's Zoo, which is located on a vast green hill, is a place constructed on the theme of communing with animals, where children and adults can enjoy themselves.
The zoo keeps about 230 species of animals including giraffes, lesser pandas, and koalas as well as rabbits and goats. Visitors can enjoy horse riding, milking cows, and petting rabbits and guinea pigs. As well as this, visitors can walk through kangaroo, capybara, wallaby, and hornbill houses, where they can see the animals up-close. In addition, the zoo offers a variety of animal-related activities and events throughout the year, such as keeper talk shows, where animal keepers provide visitors of information on the animals.
Furthermore, the zoo keeps Humboldt penguins in the zoo's penguin hills, among the largest in the world, where a natural environment close to the penguins' habitat in Chile is reproduced. The zoo keeps a variety of animals in environments close to their habitats. It is also a big attraction of the zoo that visitors can experience the real condition and ability of each animal and come to feel an affinity for them.
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So gorgeous one of my friends just had to find one after seeing mine. It does great with our cold snowy winters and last year was over 5' tall and covered in fabulous magenta blooms.
'Miss Ruby' Butterfly bush Buddleia x
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- 5 - 9
- Exposure
- Sun
- Season
- Summer
- Mature Size
- 48 - 60 Inches
Brilliant rich pink summer blooms unlike any other variety. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Fragrant. Deer resistant. Like all of the "Miss" series, 'Miss Ruby' butterfly bush is non-invasive.
Plant Needs
Excellent for use in perennial beds, wildlife gardens and mixed borders.
Prefers well-drained, moist, fertile soils but can tolerate drought once established. Prefers medium moisture. Prune in late winter or early spring. In Northern states, this plant will die back to the ground though the roots are hardy. In the South, cut back as needed. To encourage reblooming, remove old spent blooms. Fertilize in early spring by applying a slow release fertilizer specialized for trees and shrubs. Follow the label for recommended rate of application.
This new butterfly bush is noted for its compact habit and remarkably vivid, rich pink blooms. The distinctive magenta flowers are more vibrant than that of any other buddleia variety.
Cold, wet winters can be really hard on buddleia, so here are a few tips to help your buddleia thrive in your garden:
1. Make sure the soil is well-drained. That place where the plow truck dumps snow in the winter? Not a good idea.
2. Full sun. That's at least 6 hours. No cheating.
3. Plant early in the season. This gives the plants all summer and fall to establish. Fall planting can be chancy in northern regions.
4. Wait until it leafs out in spring before pruning. In some years you may have to prune it back to the ground. After milder winters, maybe not so much. Avoid fall pruning.
Developed by Dr. Dennis Werner of the JC Raulston Arboretum.
This non-invasive variety is approved for sale in Oregon and Washington, though it will be called a "summer lilac" instead of a "butterfly bush."
- MonaBendOregonUnited States1 year ago
This plant is absolutely beautiful. I have a butterfly - pollinators garden, two other varieties of butterfly bushes, and quite a number of butterfly host plants (milk weed, rue, parsley, butterfly weed, etc.). The garden attracts many bees and smaller butterflies, but it wasn't until I planted Miss Ruby that Monarchs and Swallowtails came.
KatannyaBrightonColoradoUnited States2 years agoButterfly bushes are awesome!! so so pretty for the eye to gaze upon and they attract so many butterflies and many hummingbirds as well!! I totally recommend them!
lisa woodsLeithOntarioCanada3 years agoBeautiful color. Vibrant and Unique.
Sarah ElsaesserNorth CarolinaUnited States5 years agoIn zone 4b (Canada) survive well first winter.
Mona LarochelleQuebecCanada5 years ago- Russell StudebakerMassachusettsUnited States5 years ago
Red Butterfly Bush? You bet! An awsome plant.
WaynePennsylvaniaUnited States5 years agoEven in high shade, this Buddleia blooms prolifically and seems to be resistant to many of the insects troubling my other varieties. After two years in my garden, it's still only around 4' tall.
Jean StarrIndianaUnited States5 years ago- Russell StudebakerFloridaUnited States5 years ago
great color
Russell StudebakerIndianaUnited States5 years ago