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Hoping to sneak in unnoticed at the last minute, I'm submitting this short photoessay as my contribution to the 17th Edition of the Smile For The Camera carnival, "School Days" hosted by the footnoteMaven at Shades of the Departed.
Hendrika Louisa Schipper (1894-1981)
Unidentified print taken c. 1913
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
The photographs from my own family collection which I've featured on this blog in the past have mostly tended to come from the English side, to the detriment of my mother's Dutch heritage. Today I thought it would be nice to include a series of group portraits featuring my Oma - in other words, my maternal grandmother - first as a young scholar, then as a student at teacher training college, and finally as a teacher in charge of her own class of young boys and girls.
Class Photograph (Hendrika Louisa Schipper fourth from left in middle row),
Unidentified school, Den Haag, Netherlands, c.1902-1904
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
My Oma Hendrika Louisa Schipper was born at 's Gravenhage on 14 May 1894, the youngest of four children of Jan Schipper (1857-1921) and Hendrika Antonia Annetta Helena de Graaff (1854-1934). They lived in Den Haag (The Hague) where her father was secretary to the Director of the Cabinet of Queen Wilhelmina. The first two class photos were obviously taken at the same school - the windows of the building which forms the backdrop appear to be identical - but probably a couple of years apart. In the first I estimate that she is aged about nine, so it must have been taken around 1902 to 1904. Apart from my grandmother, there are two adults, presumably both teachers, and forty four other children.
Class Photograph (Hendrika Louisa Schipper third from right in middle row of six girls),
Unidentified school, Den Haag, Netherlands, c.1905-1908
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
The second group shows her three or four years older, so was probably taken between 1905 and 1908. One of the two adults is the same man who was there two years earlier, so he is perhaps a headmaster rather than a class teacher. Several of the boys and girls from the first portrait are clearly identifiable in the second. I only spent a few minutes comparing them, and was able to comfortably correlate three or four, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are far more.
I don't have records of where she went to primary and secondary school but I know that after completing her ordinary schooling she trained as a teacher. I have photocopies of several documents relating to this part of her education as follows:
1912 - Needlework Examination Results
11 Mar 1912 - Primary School Teacher's Certificate
18 Nov 1912 - Primary School Teacher's Certificate
1913 - French Language Exam Results
23 Apr 1913 - Pre-School Teacher's Certificate
23 Apr 1913 - Examination Results
27 Aug 1913 - Primary School Teacher's Certificate
16 & 17 Aug 1915 - Examination Results
17 Aug 1915 - Headmistress Certificate
Group Photograph (Hendrika Louisa Schipper third from left in back row),
Foto Americaine, Wagenstraat 10, Den Haag, Netherlands, c.1915
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
The next two photographs are from this period that she was training to be a teacher. I know that because one of them (that shown above) was given to me a few years ago by Martje Knoester, whose mother-in-law trained as a teacher with my grandmother. The postcard style group portrait was taken in the Foto Americaine studio at Wagenstraat 10, Den Haag.
Group Photograph (Hendrika Louisa Schipper third from left in back row),
Unidentified teacher training school, Den Haag, Netherlands, c.1913
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
The next is a larger group, and judging by the fact that my grandmother looks slightly younger, was possibly taken slightly earlier than the previous one. It has been taken indoors, but it is not clear whether in a studio, at the school where they were studying or another location altogether.
Hendrika Louisa Schipper with her class
Unidentified school, Den Haag, Netherlands, c.1916-1918
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
The final two group photographs show my grandmother as a teacher surrounded by her pupils. The first - I only refer to it as the first because she appears to me slightly younger in this one - is a larger group of twenty four children (ten boys and fourteen girls) aged perhaps 12 or 13 years old. They are arranged standing and sitting on the steps in frontog large wooden double doors in a brick wall, with my grandmother seated on a chair.
Hendrika Louisa Schipper with her class
Unidentified school, Den Haag, Netherlands, c.1917-1920
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
The second appears to be at the same location (although the doors are open) and is probably a year or two later. The class is a slightly smaller one - 22 instead of 24 - composed of slightly younger children, aged about nine or ten. This time there are more boys than girls.
On the 23rd December 1920 Hendrika married my Opa Dirk Smit (1895-1985) in Amsterdam. Their first child (my uncle) only arrived in 1926, so she may have carried on working as a teacher for a few more years - I'm not sure about that. However, there don't appear to be any more class photos for the period of her life after she was married.


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What does market volatility mean for investing in global property securities?
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KISSIMMEE, FL - On the final match day in Group One at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3W-0L-0D) defeated Major League Soccer rivals Sporting Kansas City (0W-1L-2D) 3-0 in Florida, on Wednesday evening.
Following a goalless first half, Whitecaps FC completed the group stage with a 100 per cent record following three second-half goals versus last year's Eastern Conference regular season champions. Sebastien Le Toux scored Vancouver's winner shortly after halftime before substitute Russell Teibert and centre back Carlyle Mitchell confirmed another three-goal victory for the Blue and White at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
Martin Rennie's squad will now await Thursday's final Group Two match between MLS clubs FC Dallas and Toronto FC to see who they will face in Saturday's tournament final.
"It's always nice to win, but I thought we played well," said Rennie. "We showed a lot of discipline and hard work against a really good team in Kansas City, so it's a game we take a lot of positives from. Getting clean sheets is also something you're very pleased with as a coach, as that has a lot to do with professionalism and just doing the right things. It was nice to get that tonight."
With two matches still to play this weekend, Rennie played a younger line-up against Kansas City, with Le Toux serving as captain for Wednesday's match. Sporting KC head Peter Vermes, meanwhile, played a more experienced starting XI, as they looked to secure second place in Group One and a spot in Saturday's third-place match.
A pleasant Florida evening greeted both sets of players, with the first half proving rather uneventful. Whitecaps FC's best opportunity before the break came from a Davide Chiumiento free kick on 16 minutes. The Swiss playmaker found Mitchell in the Kansas City box, but the Trinidad & Tobago international's header struck the underside of the crossbar before bouncing away to safety.
As for Sporting KC, they had two efforts late in the first half from Kei Kamara and Bobby Convey that failed to test Whitecaps FC goalkeeper Brad Knighton. It resulted in a 0-0 scoreline at halftime.
Where the opening 45 minutes lacked many notable highlights, Whitecaps FC quickly changed that by scoring three unanswered goals after the break.
On 50 minutes, Le Toux made it three goals in as many tournament matches. Some fine work by Michael Nanchoff allowed the former University of Akron star to pick out Chiumiento with a looping ball on the left. The skillful playmaker then played a lobbed cross over to the streaking Le Toux, who stretched with his right foot to score at close range for a 1-0 Vancouver lead.
Rennie's squad then doubled their advantage with a fine finish on 62 minutes. Substitute Teibert was only on the pitch for three minutes when he took a Long Tan pass from the left flank. The Canadian youth international teed up a 20-yard shot that beat Sporting KC goalkeeper Jon Kempin and flew into the far right-hand corner of the goal for a 2-0 scoreline.
Then around the midway point of the second half, Whitecaps FC sealed the win with a third goal. Chiumiento lobbed another pass but this time to a streaking Jordan Harvey. Harvey quickly sent a fine ball that was neatly dummied into the path of Mitchell by Le Toux before the Caribbean centre back struck home from inside Kansas City's six-yard box for a 3-0 lead on 67 minutes.
With full command of the contest, the 'Caps remained determined to earn another tournament clean sheet. Nguyen assured that Sporting KC would not find the scoresheet on Wednesday after making a fine goal line clearance on Kamara's near-post deflection following a Kansas City corner on 85 minutes.
Whitecaps FC will now prepare for Saturday's championship final in the Disney Pro Soccer Classic that will take place at 5 p.m. PT.
The 'Caps will follow the final with a trip to Cary, North Carolina, to face Rennie's former club in North American Soccer League side Carolina RailHawks at WakeMed Soccer Park on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT.
Scoring Summary:
50' - VAN - Sebastien Le Toux (Davide Chiumiento, Michael Nanchoff)
62' - VAN - Russell Teibert (Long Tan)
67' - VAN - Carlyle Mitchell (Jordan Harvey, Davide Chiumiento)
6' - SKC - Julio Cesar
16' - SKC - Aurelien Collin
40' - VAN - Gershon Koffie
47' - VAN - Jordan Harvey
59' - SKC - Kei Kamara
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18.Brad Knighton; 32.Greg Klazura, 2.Michael Boxall, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 3.Jordan Harvey; 13.Michael Nanchoff (31.Russell Teibert 59'), 28.Gershon Koffie (36.Bryce Alderson 45'), 16.Matt Watson, 20.Davide Chiumiento (14.Lee Nguyen 78'); 7.Sebastien Le Toux, 23.Long Tan (30.Bilal Duckett 80')
Sporting Kansas City
Jon Kempin; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Cyprian Hedrick 78'), Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 63'), Paulo Nagamura (Mozzi Gyorio 73'), Bobby Convey (Soony Saad 63'); Jacob Peterson (Michael Harrington 83'), C.J. Sapong (Dom Dwyer 69'), Kei Kamara
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KISSIMMEE, FL - On the final match day in Group One at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3W-0L-0D) defeated Major League Soccer rivals Sporting Kansas City (0W-1L-2D) 3-0 in Florida, on Wednesday evening.


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Brand name(s)
Capsagel , Salonpas-Hot , Zostrix
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If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose. Use your next dose at the regular time. Do not double the dose to catch up.
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Over the past month, you've indulged in pie and fruitcake, yams and turkey, and let's face it - you probably didn't spend too much time at the gym.
Well, the excuses are over. The New Year is almost here, and it's time to jump back into shape.
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Progress quickly from exercise to exercise to keep your heart rate elevated and maximize calorie burn. Complete this cardio circuit 3-4 times for a non-stop aerobic workout.
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3. Jump rope 25 times at your own pace.
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Well, it finally happened….a free-ranging North American genotype cougar originating from an unknown combination of released, escaped, native, or dispersed animal, has been shot and killed by Ontario.
This is the description of 'cougar' taken from a recent edition of the Canadian Field Naturalist journal – referring to evidence found throughout the province regarding the existence of cougars in Ontario – and not the actual description of the cougar killed on the weekend.
So, what was this animal killed then?
A bona fide cougar has been found and put down in Ontario, following reports of a family dog being attacked by a very large cat – the cougar was tracked down and killed near the Muskoka town of Utterson(Not far from Bracebridge in Central ON)
This cougar is hard evidence of the animal's existence and the first to surface in the province since 1884, which is hard to fathom given the number of cougar sightings in central and eastern Ontario over the last 20 years.
But was this animal an actual eastern cougar once believed to be extinct, or at least extirpated, in this part of the country? The jury is still out on that one.
Anyone else notice the irony in the fact that we had been discussing cougars heavily on the Outdoors Guy Blog, in the two weeks leading up to this event in Muskoka? It's almost like we had some sort of premonition… spooky!!
Map of Ontario Cougar sightings (Courtesy of the Ontario Puma Foundation)


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I ran across an article on this author whose name is Angela Duckworth. Some of you might have heard about her. Her TED Talks have been watched by more than 14 million people and translated into 49 languages. There are …
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Which NBA Team Feels the Most Pressure Going Into Next Season? – Sports Survey of the Day
Obviously, every athlete wants to win a championship ring. It's the ultimate goal in every professional sport. It took LeBron James almost a decade to finally win his first championship. But championships don't come easy.
The Miami Heat won their second NBA championship in franchise history last week and they are already feeling the pressure to repeat. Especially after boasting at the start of the 2010-2011 season that they will win seven championships while James, Bosh and Wade are together.
Other teams will also feel the pressure to win it all, including Miami's NBA Finals opponent the Oklahoma City Thunder. Other teams feeling the heat (no pun intended) include the star-studded New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls. The Knicks need to win now to quiet fans and the media, and the Bulls must make up for limping out of the playoffs after dominating the NBA for a majority of the season.


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I love it when a routine genealogy search suddenly takes me into new territory.
A little under two weeks ago, Shauna Hicks tweeted about the launch of Northern Irish wills online. The information was free, and the will copy books were digitised. Although I have done little with the Irish portions of my family tree, I had to have a look.
I tried my Irish family names in the surname field, with some success. I then turned my attention to the other search options. I typed the surname "Stannus" into the "Full Abstract" field and was rewarded with twenty records. Most were cases of people who lived in "Stannus place", but a few had a Stannus family member appointed as executor.
As I scanned the surnames, and hovered over the descriptions for more detail, one entry on the front page jumped out at me. The name was Margaretta Mercer Mack, and she had appointed Catharine Stannus of Belfast, widow, as her executrix. Catharine Stannus, nee Mack, was my GGG grandmother and I know little about her. An index entry for Irish marriages on the FamilySearch beta site gives her father's name as Robert (having a look at that film is on my ever growing to-do list) but that's the limit of my knowledge.
Genealogy happy dance! Margaretta was Catharine's unmarried sister, previously unknown to me! Not only that, the will named several other siblings as beneficiaries. Well, sort of beneficiaries, but I think I will save that for another post.
Now I am left with more leads to follow up, pages and pages of wills to transcribe, and a useful tip to share: Don't limit yourself to entering surnames only in the surname field. You never know what new territory you may get to explore.


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He is the father of the modern Horde. His name became the name of the great city built by the orcs. He found in the son of his oldest friend a protegé who would lead his people, and he passed his family's greatest treasure down to ensure that prophecy was satisfied. To his people, he was one who never forsook them. No attempts to run away from the consequences of their actions, no dissembling -- simply forthright, pragmatic action. Alone of the Blackrock Clan, he refused the taint of the demon blood, yet found himself marked by it as it spread through his people. Called the Backstabber because he killed his direct superior, Blackhand the Destroyer, he ruled the Horde until its final defeat at Blackrock Mountain.
To his enemies, he was death. He beheaded his own chieftain and seized power in one brutal moment, crushing any opposition by the swift assassination of his enemies.He destroyed Stormwind and nearly brought down Lordaeron. He killed the majority of the warlocks of the Shadow Council and removed the position of Warchief from the role of a puppet ruler, leading the Horde in truth. He asked for no quarter and gave none. He countenanced the capture and forced breeding of the dragon queen Alexstrasza and her consort Tyranastrasz, using the juvenile dragons as mounts. He allowed Gul'dan to live, even though he suspected treachery, because the old warlock promised him a weapon that could counter the magics of the humans. He was never one to put his conscience ahead of what he saw as his duty; even as he suspected the orcs were being lied to and manipulated, he took part in the slaughter of the draenei. In the end, his own pragmatism cost him the victory in the Second War, as the treacherous Gul'dan proved that placing victory above all sometimes means giving someone too much rope -- Gul'dan's betrayal of the Horde in its moment of victory effectively destroyed all of the hard work of its Warchief.
Orgrim Doomhammer, last of the Doomhammer line, Warchief of the Horde, chief of the Blackrock, was an orc, give him all in all. You shall not look upon his like again.


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Program Technical Standards
PCC Nursing Program provides the following technical standards with examples of learning activities to inform prospective and enrolled students of the skills required in completing their chosen profession's curriculum and in the provision of health care services. These technical standards reflect the performance abilities and characteristics that are necessary to successfully complete the requirements of clinical based health care programs.
The PCC Nursing Program and Disability Services will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified students with disabilities, which may include auxiliary aids and or program modifications. Contact the Nursing Department 971-722-4466 regarding any concerns about these requirements.
- Recall, collect, analyze, synthesize, and integrate information from a variety of sources.
- Measure, calculate, reason, analyze and synthesize data.
- Problem-solve and think critically in order to apply knowledge and skill.
- Communicate verbally, and through reading and writing, with individuals from a variety of social, emotional, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds.
- Relay information in oral and written form effectively, accurately, reliably, and intelligibly to individuals and group,s using the English language. This includes thorough and accurate use of computers and other tools.
Cognitive examples of learning activities found in the nursing curriculum and related to industry standards:
- Process information thoroughly and quickly to prioritize and implement nursing care.
- Sequence or cluster data to determine client needs.
- Develop and implement a nursing plan of care for clients in acute, long term and community settings.
- Discriminate fine/subtle differences in medical word endings.
- Report verbally and in writing client data to members of the healthcare team.
- Read and comprehend medical orders and client information found in the medical record.
- Perform math computations for medication dosage calculations both with and without a calculator.
- • Apply knowledge/skills gained through completion of program prerequisites, including requirement for computer proficiency.
- Coordinate fine and gross motor movements.
- Coordinate hand/eye movements.
- Maintain balance from any position.
- Negotiate level surfaces, ramps and stairs.
- Function with both hands free for performing psychomotor tasks.
- Maneuver in small areas.
- Attend to cognitive and psychomotor tasks for up to 7-12 hours.
Physical examples of learning activities found in the nursing curriculum and related to industry standards:
- Transfer patients/clients in and out of bed from stretchers and wheelchairs.
- Control a fall by slowly lowering client to the floor.
- Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
- Lift or move (turn, position) clients or objects, pull or push objects, weighing up to 35 pounds and maintain a "medium activity level" as defined by the State of Oregon Department of Insurance Index of occupational characteristics.
- Reach to shoulder or higher level to place or access equipment such as intravenous fluid bags, bend or squat to access equipment below bed level.
- Carry equipment and supplies to the client bedside.
- Manipulate small equipment and containers, such as syringes, vials, ampules, and medication packages, to administer medications.
- Dispose of needles in sharps container.
- Complete assigned periods of clinical practice (7-12 hour shifts, days, evenings, or nights, holidays, weekdays and weekends).
- Complete skills tests within assigned time limit.
- Acquire information from demonstrations and experiences, including but not limited to information conveyed through online coursework, lecture, small group activities, demonstrations, and application experiences.
- Collect information through observation, listening, touching, and smelling.
- Use and interpret information from diagnostic maneuvers.
Sensory examples of learning activities found in the nursing curriculum and related to industry standards:
- Detect changes in skin color or condition. (pale, ashen, grey, or bluish).
- Detect a fire in the client care environment.
- Draw up a prescribed quantity of medication into a syringe.
- Observe clients in a room from a distance of 20 feet away.
- Detect sounds related to bodily functions using a stethoscope.
- Detect audible alarms generated by mechanical systems such as those that monitor bodily functions, fire alarms, call bells.
- Observe and collect data from recording equipment and measurement devices used in client care.
- Communicate with client and members of the healthcare team in person and over the phone in a variety of settings, including isolation and the operating room where health team members are wearing masks and there is background noise.
- Detect foul odors of bodily fluids or spoiled foods.
- Detect smoke from burning materials.
- Detect changes in skin temperature.
- Detect unsafe temperature levels in heat-producing devices used in client care.
- Detect anatomical abnormalities, such as subcutaneous crepitus, edema, or infiltrated intravenous fluids.
- Feel vibrations such as an arterial pulse.
- Demonstrate emotional stability to function effectively under stress and adapt to changing environments.
- Maintain effective, mature, and sensitive relationships with others.
- Examine and modify one's own behavior when it interferes with others or the learning environment.
- Possess attributes that include compassion, empathy, altruism, integrity, honesty, responsibility and tolerance.
- Accept responsibility for own actions and communicate in a courteous, assertive, non-aggressive, non-defensive manner with instructors, peers, staff and healthcare team members.
- Integrate feedback into own performance.
Behavioral examples of learning activities found in the nursing curriculum and related to industry standards:
- Exercise judgment, meet acceptable timeframes for client care delivery (acceptable timeframes are reflected by ability to carry out the usual client care assignment for a particular point in the program within the allotted clinical time), work effectively under stress, and adapt to rapidly changing client care environments.
- Accept accountability for actions that resulted in client care errors.
- Deal effectively with interpersonal conflict if it arises; maintain effective and harmonious relationships with members of the healthcare team.
Compilation and adaptation by Oregon Council of Associate Degree and Practical Nursing Programs (OCAP) and PCC Nursing Faculty, April 24, 2015.


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Osama bin Laden's death: Clarifying the Obama administration's cnofsuoin and missteaks
It's taken a couple of days to sort out the confusions and conflicting versions of Osama bin Laden's welcome demise early Monday at the hands of a gutsy president crouching on the floor and a couple dozen unidentified helpers with rapid-fire weapons, night-vision goggles and nerves of steel a half-world away; you know how it is in the chaos of battle and Chicago campaign politics.
Back in 2005, when rookie Sen. Barack Obama was just beginning to plan his $745-million 2007-08 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence became aware of a $1-million housing compound under construction in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a city of 1 million about 60 miles outside the capital.
Using certain interrogation techniques on involuntary wartime guests, the CIA acquired the name of a high-level al Qaeda courier, who was eventually tracked toing and froing from said elaborate compound, which his invisible income would seem to put beyond his financial reach.
Last August, as Obama vainly campaigned to preserve his Democratic Party's....
The CIA developed a plan to obliterate the compound with a salutory March flyover by a pair of B2s from Diego Garcia safely delivering smart bombs from high above.
The good news is such attacks reduce everything to dust and goo. The bad news is such attacks reduce everything to dust and goo.
Without a body, how could President Obama prove that he was The One who brought Osama sudden justice without the burden of time-consuming civil trials involving Eric Holder's former law partners as high-paid public defenders?
So, although it meant only nine holes of weekend golf instead of 18, Obama OKd a May commando raid, as long as he could still attend the White House Correspondents Assn. dinner to mock that jerk Donald Trump. So on Sunday Washington time, Obama and aides entered the basement Situation Room to watch the Osama execution reality show live from Pakistan on SEALcam.
A dramatic presidential address was scheduled for late that evening. And because the president wanted to get all of his detailed ducks in a row, his major announcement actually came an hour late.
Still, it triggered seemingly spontaneous celebrations over the mass murderer's murder in the streets of Washington and, of course, New York, as well as a satisfying sense of closure for millions of Americans who remember that awful 9/11 day and the bombings of the USS Cole and embassies in East Africa.
Here, gleaned since Sunday from a variety of sources, including Obama press secretary Jay Carney, is what we now know certainly might have maybe happened over in Pakistan:
Over the years Pakistan officials have been so helpful and trusted about the hunt for Osama that not one of them knew in advance of the U.S. raid on the compound, which is close to a military academy. The U.S. assault team flew from Afghanistan into Pakistan using holes in that country's radar system.
Acting at President Obama's very own direction, a "small team" of Americans consisting of 24, no 40, SEALs in four helicopters surprised the compound.
Still, a "significant firefight" erupted that was so significant not one American was injured. One helicopter crashed, no, made a hard landing; it was a mechanical failure.
One compound resident pointed out Osama. Three compound residents died in the firefight. One man used a woman as a human shield. She was an Osama wife. They both died. She was only shot in the leg running toward a SEAL. She didn't die. Another woman did on another floor. There was no human shield. The Osama son initially identified as shot and killed may have been the other one.
The goal was to capture Osama or kill him if necessary. The plan was to kill Osama all along. He was encountered in a bedroom. He was given a brief opportunity to surrender. He didn't. Blam! He died instantly from gunshots to the chest and head, including a large one in the forehead over the eye. He was unarmed. But he resisted. You don't need a gun to resist.
Osama's body was removed. The disabled chopper was detonated. Large fire ensued, attracting the attention of Pakistani authorities. Osama's DNA was collected by intelligence officials. They may or may not have actual Osama DNA from before to compare.
If not, they can at least prove whether the dead compound body was related to Osama's 53 siblings produced by his father's 22 wives. (What a peaceful, nurturing childhood that must have been.)
Because it was so important to have photos of a dead Osama to head off evergreen Elvis-lives conspiracies, the gruesome big-hole-in-the-forehead photo has not been released -- and might never be.
This is because a ghastly dead OBL photo could offend the "sensitivities" of Osama's insane supporters who have been trying to kill Americans for 15 years anyway, still are, will be but didn't seem to mind photos of thousands of people dying 10 years ago inside burning, crumbling skyscrapers or leaping from them.
(UPDATE: On Wednesday, President Obama said he had decided to seal the Bin Laden death photos. Story and commentary here.)
Trust the administration, however, the death photos do exist. Someone is discussing their release. No timeline. Meanwhile, deather conspiracies thrive online suggesting, you guessed it, that wasn't really Osama with the damaged forehead. What if he left a pile of videos to come out, one by one, in the event of his death? He could be spotted on every grassy knoll from here to Yemen.
Because it was important enough to have a dead al Qaeda founder's body to show to the world that dozens of American lives were put at risk to make him dead and retrieve the infamous corpse, Osama's shrouded, weighted body was quickly dumped into the North Arabian Sea from a U.S. aircraft carrier after only a very few hours and Muslim religious rites. The Navy had til sundown by Muslim custom; why the morning rush?
Don't worry. They might show us the video of a shrouded body-shaped object being buried at sea someday. Somebody is discussing that too somewhere. Trust them for now.
So, finally, after a 10-year manhunt and thanks to Obama's "gutsiness" and crack communications team, Americans have many of the conflicting details now and should just accept, praise and move on.
Yes, the SEALs were in the raid, but aides hail Obama's office bravery
Rush Limbaugh on Osama Bin Laden's death: "Thank God for President Obama"
Donald Trump praises Obama on Osama bin Laden's death
The death of Osama bin Laden: Statements by 2 presidents who hunted him
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I Want One of Those: Grand Slam Stringing Technologies
If you're a typical amateur tennis player, restringing your racket takes you 30 to 60 minutes. Grand Slam Stringing Technologies halves the time with an easy one-use weaving template made of biodegradable cellulose acetate.
Inventors Siddharth Agrawal '14, Ramesh Govindan '13, Elliot Kastner '13, Albert Kim '14, and Jonathan Pedde '14 won the Phillip R. Jackson Prize for outstanding performance in ENGS 21: "Introduction to Engineering." Their teaching assistant was Noam Rosenthal '13.
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Summer Day Camp Counselor at KE Camps
Great Falls, MT
About the Job
KE Camps is the leading provider of summer camps for country clubs nationwide. We partner with over 100 private clubs all over the country to implement traditional-style day camps for elementary-aged children. Each of our camp locations will have a KE Camps staff team consisting of one Camp Director and several Camp Counselors. Our Staff are the backbone of our programs and therefore, we pride ourselves in giving them an incredible amount of support. As a Camp Director or Counselor, we guarantee you will feel a part of the KE Camps Team!
As a Camp Counselor, you will be an active participant in all camp activities and will assist your Camp Director with a variety of daily tasks, all with the goal of creating a memorable and meaningful camp experience for your campers. Our Counselors interact with our campers throughout the entire day, helping them make friends, try new things, and generally caring for their well-being. The role of a Counselor is to participate, build relationships and have fun while ensuring the physical and emotional safety of every child.
Camp Counselor Qualities
- Ability to work with children to grow in character, experiences and insights
- Ability to guard the health and well-being of campers at all times
- Prior experience working with children
- Enthusiastic, Responsible, Dependable, Level-Headed, Flexible, and Calm in all situations
- Completed at least one year of college or equivalent
- CPR/First Aid Certified OR willing to become certified before the summer begins
Camp Counselor Responsibilities
- Work with group of campers and provide a fun, safe and exciting camp experience
- Cooperate with fellow Counselors and Camp Director
- Greet families and campers upon arrival
- Support Camp Director in establishing rules and emergency procedures with campers
- Participate in all camp activities
- Help out where needed and lead activities when asked to by the Camp Director
Our camp is located at Meadow Lark Country Club in Great Falls, MT. Check the Camp Meadow Lark page of our website for exact camp dates - staff members must be available to work the full camp season.
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Penguins Draft Defensemen In First 2 Rounds
Joe Morrow, Josh Harrington Drafted By Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Penguins selected defenseman Joseph Morrow in the first round of the NHL Draft on Friday night, followed by defenseman Josh Harrington in the second round on Saturday afternoon.
Morrow, an 18-year-old native of Edmonton, Alberta, has spent the last three years playing for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League. The Penguins chose him with the 23rd overall pick in the draft.
Morrow (6 feet, 197 pounds) led Portland defensemen in points last year with nine goals and 40 assists in 60 games. He added another 20 points in the playoffs, while helping the Winterhawks to the WHL finals.
Morrow's father, Dave, was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1977 NHL Draft and played for the Indianapolis Racers of the old World Hockey Association. His brother, Josh, was drafted 203rd overall by the Nashville Predators in 2002.
The 18-year-old Harrington (6 feet, 200 pounds) was the 53rd overall pick. He scored seven goals with a plus-minus rating of 11 in two years with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League.
Pittsburgh did not have any draft picks in the third and fourth rounds.
The Pens took three forwards -- including Dominik Uher from the Western Hockey League's Spokane Chiefs -- in the final three rounds of the draft.


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I know you perverts have been lost without me these past few months…God only knows what kind of indignities your eyes and genitals have suffered without FF around!
I can only imagine what you poor degenerates have been masturbating to…and for some reason I imagine a German paysite featuring internal POV videos of Gräfenberg's ring insertions…or whatever.
Well, your agony has ended starting today!
Welcome back FETISH FRIDAYS!!!!
I know I'm a bit rusty here since I've been away from the cesspool of cum and shit that is internet porn, but I'm gonna' give it my best shot! Today we're covering some familiar territory..but with a twist!
Sure, sure, everyone and their mother has a fucking shoe fetish…but how about a shoe fucking fetish?! (See what I did there? I said, "fucking shoe" and then I said, "shoe…" oh never mind…)
I have to admit I've never had sex with a shoe. Hell, I wouldn't even know where to start….I know, I know, you're disappointed…
But seriously, do I fuck one of my own shoes? And if I do, is it like masturbating? Is it gay to fuck a dude's shoe? Is it cheating on my wife if I fuck another woman's shoe? Is it cheating on my wife if I fuck her shoe and not her? Do I fuck a shoe with or without someone's foot still in the shoe?So many questions!!!! Calgon, take me away!
Okay, get it together, Canacorn….you're here to provide a service.
I'll probably never get the answers to all my questions, but let's see what some "experts" are saying about shoe fucking.
With just a few keystrokes I stumbled upon a helpful site called, Hot Shoe Shots.
I decided to troll their forums to see just what these shoe fuckers were talking about…(I've included their avatars just so you guys know that we're dealing with the real deal.)
On the topic of "New Ways Of Fucking Womens Shoes"
HighHeelShoeJacker (I'm pretty sure that is not his real name) says, "I have been fucking shoes for a while now,besides using an open toe as an orafice,or sticking the heels up my ass i havent heard anything new,well except one guy i met on here that attaches his Borrowed open toe heels to an orbital power sander which is Very hot for hands free shoe fun!"
drex2 chimed in with,"try putting on a vibrating cock ring with the vibrator under your balls and lube up a shoe and go to town on it, its agreat feeling, you can get those cock rings also in a trojan condom pack….. "
Then things started getting all technical when The Original Peeptoe shared some serious techniques:
"Why not have the shoe fuck you? Especially good with long, thin metal heels, is getting urethrally fucked under the shoe. Clean the heel with alcohol first and grease it with a sterile water base lube. The heel, if it has a lift, should be free of burrs or flares. New heels that are all metal and kept for the purpose are best.
Slide it gently into your peehole and guide it slowly down, feeling it on the bottom side of your cock with one hand while controlling the shoe's descent with the other. I routinely bury a six inch stilletto all the way down until the head of my cock is spreading to try to accomodate the flaring heel top. For a real thrill, get your ladyfriend to slip her foot into the shoe once it's been installed. Just seeing her standing there impaling you as you lie under her ought to make you come.
A word about coming. With the heel in, it may hurt a little! "
Uh…wha? "Urethrally fucked"? "Peehole"? "Impaling"? Fuck a bunch of that, The Original Peeptoe (if that is your real name?)! Obviously, some people are a little more extreme in the shoe sex department.
Oh, another thing I learned about shoe fuckers: They kidnap shoes to take back to their lairs and fuck them.
You heard me.
They steal shoes…and then fuck them.
And they get REAL excited about Summertime…'cause that's when people like you are kicking off your flip flops in public and leaving them unattended.
Peep this post by our pal, HighHeelShoeJacker, "Ok its almost warm enough for flip flop season,they are the most readily available footwear that girls seem to leave lying around unattended,anyone have any good technique for using them?"
You've been warned, so don't come crying to me if one or both of your flip flops goes missing…but know some creep is raping the shit out of that shoe and it's your fault.
Just sayin'.
Oh, in case you're wondering….yes there are female shoe fuckers out there! But it seems to me that they usually make sweet sweet love to their own shoes…and only because creepy dudes like seeing chicks shove weird shit in their vagoos…
So there you go! Not too shabby of a return of FF this week if I do say so myself! Hope you boners enjoyed it….
Canacorn out!


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Stolen Pixels #152: A Very Combine Christmas, Part 1
Stolen Pixels #152: A Very Combine Christmas, Part 1
Shamus Young and the Combine ruin eggnog for you forever.
No metro, you can only have 40 millilitres. 45 if you're good for the rest of the day.
Inject me with some too, I'm hungry.
Wrong you've made eggnog way better, now I can associate it with Half Life
I also wish to ingest 60 milliliters now, please.
Eggnog is AWESOME.
I love making my own =o
What? Shamus doesn't like eggnog?
Combine Eggnog? Gimme that. It seems volatile enough to make an Eggnog Molotov.
ive never tried eggnog now i probably wont... EVER.
Eggnog...bleh x.x
lol, And she does seem a little Martha-ish. I am glad im not only one who notices!
I can't stand Eggnog.
My family will generally try to hide the eggnog from me because they know I'll drink it all if I realize we have any. So delicious!
Work a little more on the posing, I know that it doesnt mather much but in this comic it is really bad to the point of becoming distracting
wow i actually like eggnog too!
..mmm eggnog..
That's not metro.
I've never had Eggnog, what's it taste like anyway?
Imagine something with the liquidity of milk that's partially been churned into cream. It tastes like syrup in a way, but cream flavored. It tastes sugary, but not in a sugar-cube or sugar pack way. It's not sugar water, but instead liquidized sugar.
You know, I used to think the Shamus Young and his Stolen Pixels were quite funny. Then I read this comic, and his disparaging of Eggnog. Now I think Shamus Young needs to be strapped to a Christmas tree and force fed eggnog 'til is pours out of every orifice.
Such is the punishment for insulting the divine beverage that is Eggnog!
I was going to say, "hey, I like eggnog." but sadly that's pretty pointless at this point as everyone logs in to say wiether or not they like it.
I think, though, that store bought eggnog doesnt count, so if that's what your basing your evaluation on you're just not trying the right eggnog.
I must remember to use that 'can I ingest..' line this Christmas..
Imagine if you were to take Heaven and convert it into a liquid state.
Lol, metro is awesome.
Oh yeah! I hate eggnog, I think it needs to go to hell for how bad it tastes.
I hate normal eggnog, but I would definitely ingest some Combine eggnog.
What is wrong with Judith's pants in that last shot?
I am now going to be intensely disappointed if this doesn't appear in the next game.
It's like milk, cream, sugar and raw egg. The eggs are beaten, but not cooked, so you can understand where the squick part comes in. Heh, it's kind of like the Christmas beverage of Rocky Balboa.
Okay then, just let me get the 2x4's. Now where did I put those railroad spikes?
That sounds like something I'd never want to meet.
I just had a bad memory about a syrup-chugging contest me and my coworkers had...
blasphemy? THIS IS EGGNOG!
thats not metro
Actually the Combine have their digestive systems removed too so there's not much point in injecting it either.
...Maybe they could just sort of waft it...


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Black Arts
Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism
The Reader of Gentlemen's Mail: Herbert O. Yardley and the Birth of American Codebreaking
"Chatter" seems too casual a word for what is arguably the most important single product of the mammoth American cyber-industrial establishment which gathers "communications intelligence," commonly abbreviated as Comint. Intelligence professionals use "chatter" to describe the miscellany they acquire of the personal and operational communications of "persons of interest," another term of art meaning people who may know or be planning something the United States wants or needs to know about. For the last three years the people at the top of the American list of persons of interest have included Osama bin Laden, his lieutenants, associates, and supporters in al-Qaeda, and the widening circles of Islamic fundamentalists who share or know or have heard rumors about Osama's goals and plans. In the absence of agents reporting from al-Qaeda's innermost sanctum, American intelligence professionals must depend on chatter to keep track of whatever devastating attacks al-Qaeda's terrorist cells may be planning next.
Over the spring and summer of 2001 intercepts of terrorist chatter rose to dramatic levels but were shrugged off by the White House and the President's then national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. The destruction of the World Trade Center ended that; now the nation's electronic ears strain for every terrorist whisper. Periodic official warnings of new attacks on tunnels and bridges, on major sports events, on commercial airliners arriving from France, and on the New York City subway system have all been identified as prompted by chatter, often described as reaching levels not seen since just before September 11—shorthand for "listen up, this is serious." In the case of New York's subways some 16,000 law enforcement per-sonnel in and out of uniform were mobilized after Comint analysts lifted a single worrying word from the chatter—"underground." What did it mean? No one knew, but responsible officials were not about to wait and see.
But what is chatter exactly? As an American graduate student in Britain in the late 1990s Patrick Keefe came to the subject through news stories about "Echelon"—the code name, first published in 1988, for a coordinated, decades-long global effort by English-speaking countries to intercept communications of intelligence interest. The reluctance of governments to explain what they were doing and why encouraged periodic waves of popular fear that around the corner loomed the omnipresent Big Brother of George Orwell's novel 1984. These alarms were given semi-official voice in 1998 after a committee of the European Parliament, concerned that Echelon was aimed at them, commissioned a social scientist to write "An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control." The report's author stated flatly that the eavesdroppers did not just have the technology to listen in; they used it:
Within Europe, all email, telephone and fax communications are routinely intercepted by the United States National Security Agency, transferring all target information from the European mainland via the Strategic hub of London then by Satellite to Fort Meade in Maryland via the crucial hub at Menwith Hill in the North York Moors of the UK.
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Marlins ship ex-Met Reyes to Toronto
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MIAMI (AP) -- The attendance-challenged Miami Marlins have antagonized fans yet again by deciding a low-budget team is good enough for their new ballpark.
A blockbuster trade sending three stars to Toronto could save Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria $150 million, which prompted a backlash from South Floridians angered by the team's latest payroll purge.
"Everybody in the world wants to talk about the Marlins and the fact they're now a Triple-A team," said city commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who was an opponent of the ballpark project. "The Marlins have lost pretty much all credibility with fans. Even if this trade is a positive move from a baseball standpoint, it won't be viewed by the general public as a positive move."
Miami traded All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, left-hander Mark Buehrle and right-hander Josh Johnson as part of the deal, which awaited final approval Wednesday pending physicals for the players.
Loria declined to discuss the trade with reporters as he passed through the hotel lobby at the owners meetings in Chicago.
"Not today, boys," Loria said. "If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm not going to figure it out for you."
The trade sent several of the Blue Jays' best young players to Miami, but that wasn't enough to mollify many Marlins fans. Radio talk show host Jeff DeForrest fielded calls from irate listeners shortly after news of the trade broke Tuesday.
"The next move obviously is to have Fidel Castro throw out the first pitch next year," DeForrest said. "That's the only way they could alienate the fans more than they have."
Castro became a source of acrimony last April, when Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's praise of the former Cuban leader infuriated team supporters. That was shortly after the new ballpark opened in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, and attendance never recovered from the tempest.
Management had projected the rebranded team would contend for a playoff berth and draw nearly 3 million fans, but instead the Marlins staggered to a last-place finish in the NL East and attendance barely topped 2.2 million.
With revenue falling short of projections, Loria decided to end the franchise's brief era of big spending. The players traded by the Marlins have combined guaranteed salaries of $163.75 million through 2018, including $96 million due Reyes. The deals he and Buehrle signed when they joined Miami a year ago were heavily backloaded.
Salaries for 2013 include $13.75 million for Johnson in the final year of his contract, $11 million for Buehrle and $10 million for Reyes. The net in guaranteed salaries coming off Marlins' books is expected to be $154 million, which does not account for any cash that may be involved in trade.
Three years ago, the Marlins reached an agreement with the players' union to increase spending in the wake of complaints team payroll had been so small as to violate baseball's revenue sharing provisions. But the trade with Toronto leaves the Marlins with an estimated opening day payroll of $34 million, which would be their lowest since 2008. Oakland had the lowest payroll in the majors last year at $53 million.
Of the lineup that took the field for the festive first game in the new ballpark less than eight months ago, only two players remain -- Giancarlo Stanton and Logan Morrison.
Stanton tweeted that he was angry about the trade and changed his Twitter photo in an apparent protest, swapping out his Marlins uniform for a black shirt.
"I'm not saying fans can't be upset," Morrison tweeted to his 123,000 followers. "I'm saying I'm not going to get upset. I can't control it. So don't expect me to be upset."
Fan ire was targeted primarily at Loria and team president David Samson.
"People are steamed," DeForrest said. "To dump the whole team is mind-boggling, but nothing is surprising with these two guys."
Many fan complaints involved the ballpark project, which was financed mostly with taxpayer money as Loria and Samson promised a new era with higher payrolls and more competitive teams.
The ballpark is state of the art, but the team has started looking like the same old Marlins.
"This," Sarnoff said, "has taught many who voted for the stadium a lesson: When you go into a public-private partnership, know your partner."


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The Tech 2 Artillery Installations are long range bombardment structures. At an average cost of 2500 mass, they are quite expensive, and should be built sparingly.
Use Edit
Tech 2 artillery installations fire powerful, low-arc shells over large distances. This allows them to bombard an opponent's fortified base or engage enemy surface units (land or sea) at very long range. All T2 artillery fire at a medium to slow rate (once every 20 seconds normally and every 18 seconds with power generators on all sides), deals high damage over a moderate area (average of 2,250 damage per shot), and can only be stopped by shields. They can be used offensively or defensively, but due to low rates of fire, their static nature, and their inability to attack targets within a minimum range, they can be quite vulnerable independently.
Compared to Point DefenseEdit
Although these structures can be used as base defenses, tech 2 point defenses are usually better suited for the job: At a much lower cost, they have equivalent DPS, better fire rates, and much less overkill.
They can also be used as an effective means of defending coasts and channels from enemy shipping, a very effective method since it can outrange most enemy ships and those it can't, T2 tactical missles can match or exceed.
However, T2 artillery units have superior range to any point defense weapons, in addition to a very short minimum range. They also outrange T3 mobile artillery. As such, they can act as effective counter-artillery units that can also weaken an approaching group of enemy ground units. However, the DPS of T2 artillery versus naval units can be effectively zero, because they turn so slowly that your average destroyer can zip past them before the T2 artillery can even aim at them. A way to partially compensate for this weakness is to order your T2 artillery to attack ground in the rough direction of the enemy's approach well before they come into range so that they are better oriented during actual combat.
At a cost of around 2,500 mass, these units should only be built when they are absolutely needed. Not only are they expensive, they also take a very long time (2 minutes, 40 seconds by a T2 engineer) to build. One could build about 20 tech 2 direct fire land units for the same price. But they are also very useful for building T2 artillery batteries (3x3 artillery battery)
Compared to Tactical Missile LaunchersEdit
Both Tech 2 Artillery installations and Tech 2 Tactical Missile Launchers may be used to bombard an enemy base from afar.
TMLs are generally favored because they have twice the range, cost about 1/3 the price (before missiles), have much higher accuracy vs. stationary targets, and they have a much higher alpha-strike (i.e., higher initial-shot damage). In fact, a single tactical missile hit (possibly from outside artillery range) is enough to destroy an artillery installation. Of course, the reverse is also true, but the TML can be built outside the range of the artillery, and is more accurate. These differences make the TML more useful for surprise attacks on critical enemy structures, or even an enemy ACU.
However, artillery shells cost no mass and less energy (average of 1,225 energy/shot), and they are not affected by TMD, which can completely nullify a TML attack. Moreover, T2 artillery installations will - like most units in the game - automatically 'lead' their shots to hit moving targets. This gives them a distinct advantage over TMLs, which must be manually aimed and fired. This makes Artillery overall more effective if you need constant shots or shore defense, but not as good against single, stationary targets
Adjacency Edit
Artillery installations get bonuses from adjacent power generators. This lowers their power consumptions, and increases their fire rate. However, their energy consumptions are already low enough not to require this, and the fire rate increase is so little it makes little, if any, noticible difference. Building generators around a tech 2 artillery installation for the adjacency bonuses is a waste of resources.
Note: A T1 power generator costs ~3.5% of a T2 artillery. A T2 artillery fires 2.5% faster for each T1 power generator it is adjacent to for a maximum total of 10%. If one T1 power generator can provide a bonus to two T2 artillery installations, it improves overall firepower by 5% of a T2 artillery but only costs ~3.5% of a T2 artillery (it also provides 20 power). Therefore, if you plan on building at least two artillery pieces, maximum firepower/cost is achieved by mixing them with T1 power generators. Templates can be of great help here.
If you have to build power generators, you might even be better off having no bonus than surrounding the artillery piece. Keep in mind that artillery are units of very high importance from the opponent's point of view. This will draw fire to your generators. Further more, if any generator is destroyed, the ensuing explosion could damage your expensive artillery.
Factional differences Edit
The four tech 2 artillery installations are the UEF Klink Hammer, the Cybran Gunther, the Aeon Miasma and the Seraphim Zthuthaam. They have slightly different costs and damages, but overall, have an equivalent cost/effectiveness ratio. They all have the same fire radius.
The UEF Klink Hammer has average accuracy, damage radius and damage, and the Cybran Gunther and Aeon Miasma represent their faction's weapon's philosophy:
- The Cybran Gunther has awful accuracy, but makes up for it with a massive damage radius. Its damage is low, but it can damage multiple targets simultaneously. It excels at firing at approaching armies, or just wreaking indiscriminate havoc in an opponent's base. It is absolutely incapable of destroying a specific target effectively. The Gunther is also considerably cheaper than the other T2 artillery pieces.
- Considering the traits of the Cybran's T2 Point Defense, the Cerberus, the Gunther pairs very well with them. It is capable of heavily damaging high-health incoming enemies that the Cerberus can then finish off. This is balanced by the fact that its inherent inaccuracy makes the Gunther the worst for shore defense against any Naval unit faster than a Battleship.
- The Aeon Miasma has almost perfect accuracy, but almost no damage radius. It features damage over time, making it effective against shields and buildings, but less so against mobile units. The Miasma is perfect at destroying selected targets of high importance, like other artillery pieces. It is also the most expensive of the T2 artillery pieces, although not by a large amount.
All things considered, the Seraphim Zthuthaam might be the best T2 artillery out of the four. It is as accurate as the Aeon Miasma, has a high damage radius, and packs quite a punch in terms of damage. It is, however, more expensive to build and maintain than the UEF and Cybran artillery installations, and does not have the advantage in terms of HP.
Notes Edit
It is possible for an artillery installation to hit a moving aircraft. The Aeon Miasma is the only T2 artillery installation that can destroy itself in one shot.