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August 1, 2011 by staff
Asian Stock Markets, Asian stocks rose as the White House and congressional leaders announced they had finally reached a bipartisan agreement to increase the country's debt limit, avoiding the possibility of a U.S. default two days before a deadline for a deal.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index, which includes major Japanese companies, rebounded 1.83 percent in early trading in Tokyo on Monday after opening 0.75 percent. Standard & Poors 500/ASX 200 index, a measure of blue-chip stocks in Australia, rose 1.95 percent after opening 0.36 percent before the announcement.
Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index began trading up 0.77 percent, while the benchmark KOSPI of South Korea climbed 1.69 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index moved 1.49 per percent.
"The price reaction today is very strong," said Koji Ochiai, chief market economist at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo.
The demonstrations came on the heels of an announcement by President Obama said Sunday that congressional leaders had reached a bipartisan agreement to increase the country's debt limit and reduce spending, following the directions above for the majority of the Senate, Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) that an agreement was in place.
Not all markets were in the news. Shanghai Stock Exchange composite index started the day up 0.33 percent.
Butanlysts said the discovery was a great blessing for Asian markets, which had been driven by the growing uncertainty about whether an agreement would be reached in time.
"There was nothing really moves the market weakness," said Savanth Sebastian, an equities economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney. He said the talks of U.S. debt have been the "dominant factor" for the stock market in Australia, which ended in July for a month in a row.
Global markets have been closely following the debate on the U.S. debt limit the crucial role that U.S. Treasury bonds play in all types of financial transactions. If an agreement was not reached on Tuesday, the United States have faced a possible bankruptcy, which would have been riskier to hold Treasury bonds and caused turmoil in global financial markets that depend on them as a safe value.
The uncertainty about a deal struck last week's markets, the reduction of major stock markets in Asia and eventually flowing through the United States, where the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor s 500 $ The country's two main stock index, stock market recorded its worst week in more than one year.
But next week could reverse those losses. The news of an agreement on debt negotiations sent futures contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor 500 and the Nasdaq more than 1 percent of Sunday night, indicating that traders more optimistic about market prospects.
Investors also pulled out of the safe bets they had made last week after talks broke down debt and an agreement seems less likely. Gold, long considered a safe value in turbulent times, down 1 percent, to 1613.15 and the troy ounce, leaving behind the highest rated of all time that hit on Friday.
Another positive sign was the strengthening of the dollar against major currencies several, including a 0.96 percent against the Swiss franc and 1.15 percent against the Japanese yen, which many investors consider safety work in turbulent times.
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NRA questions
Should I join and what do I get out of it? I know it supports our second but do they do anything else?
Wyoming is what America was
They have always done an excellent job.
If you join, you get to choose between a hunting magazine or a shooting magazine. The hunting magazine is one of the best.
If you like your gun, you should consider joining, yes.
They also have a self-defense magazine. America's 1st Freedom.
I like the shooting magazine better though.
(by joining, you help to keep the 2nd amendment in place.)
I am a member, but have mixed emotions.
NRA endorses Harry Reid, that is making me think long and hard about re-newing next time.
Wyoming is what America was
Harry Reid is not a good guy. Nor are his three lobbiest sons who funnel him money. The reason the NRA endoreses him is because he has not voted poorly on gun issues. NRA is a single issue organization.
The NRA is coming to St.Louis in April ...So I hear as of now.....I think I'll check-it out....
I'm a member, but I'm not crazy about their constant begging for money, especially if you ever donate to any of their side funds like PAC. They hound you constantly. I know it gakes money to do what they do, but I think they get a bit carried away and it can get annoying.
Their politics have come under fire in recent days. The Harry Reid thing is an example.
Their yearly conference was here last year and it was a "must attend". The vendors area is a gun owners wet dream. I'm hoping it comes back here in the forseeable future. With the attendance figures they boasted here, They'd be crazy not to.
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Sidearm is a secondary weapon, used as a backup or to complement a specialized primary weapon choice. Most sidearms are classified as pistols, and there are all kinds of them: automatic pistols to spray down targets at close range, high powered revolvers to blow people's heads off and plain semi-automatic pistols.
Unlike shotguns, sidearms have some faction flavor to them: Terran Republic sidearms come with lots of bullets, New Conglomerate pistols focus on damage and doing it properly, Vanu Sovereignty aims for versatility and adaptability and Nanite Systems offers classic design of revolvers and other low-tech weapons.
Ultimately, the sidearm choice comes down to what you intend to do with it, your class, gameplay style and other loadout pieces. Due to large variety in sidearm field, there are many ways they can be used:
- As a fallback weapon, when you were caught while reloading your primary weapon, and you can't escape to reload. Usually this happens at close range, so burst pistols are the best for this.
- As a finisher, when you've emptied your primary weapon at the enemy, and he needs just a bit of help dying.
- These two points are especially important when using a weapon with low damage per magazine, like an SMG.
- As a primary weapon for situations where you have completely run out of ammo for primary weapon, and for some reason you don't want to redeploy or retreat to look for ammo. The main trait required from the sidearm in this case is damage per magazine – it has to be high enough to reliably kill a full health enemy. Second important trait is power, either in DPS, or damage per shot.
- Stalker Infiltrators also use sidearms this way, as they are restricted from using primary weapons.
- A suppressed sidearm, used in a loadout with unsuppressed primary, can serve as a silent way of killing unaware enemies at close range without giving away your position and without risking to get close to use a knife.
- A sidearm with Darklight Flashlight can be used to search for infiltrators in deep cloak, while still using rail attachment slot on your primary weapon for something more versatile.
- To complement primary weapon choice. E.g., a burst pistol can give a bit of close range power to a sniper. Or the Blackhand – a pocket semi-auto sniper rifle – can give a shotgun or SMG loadout a bit of a kick at range.
- For utility – certain sidearms can open new abilities to your class. For example, Hunter Crossbow's detect bolts give the motion spotting ability to any class, but at the cost of losing sidearm slot.
As you can see, a lot of these uses are very specific, and often can be avoided, so it's perfectly normal for a player to rarely if ever use his sidearm. If that's the case for you, then you may as well stick with your faction specific starting sidearm and don't think too much about it. The rest, I welcome to my sidearm guide.
Sidearm Mechanics
Sidearms obey the same Weapon Mechanics as other weapons, but they share these main features:
Short Equip Time of 0.25 seconds
(with the exception of NS Crossbow and its variants)
This means that most of the time it will take 0.5 seconds to equip a sidearm, since Unequip Time of most weapons is also 0.25 seconds.
Equipping and firing a sidearm is:
- 2-3 times faster than equipping a primary weapon
- tenths of times faster than reloading a primary weapon
- if the enemy survived a quick knife swing, equipping and firing a sidearm is at least 36% faster than doing another swing or firing a primary weapon
So in any situation when you need a weapon and your primary weapon is not readily available, equipping a sidearm is the fastest way.
Fast reload
Most sidearms reload in ~1.5-2.0 seconds. NS Revolvers and Crossbow are notable exceptions.
Revolvers' reload time / animation inconsistency
Revolvers have two different reload animations, short and long. They use short reload animation if you fire 50% of rounds or less, and long animation if you fire more.
However, same as all other weapons, revolvers use Long Reload time only if you fire the whole cylinder. If there is at least one round remaining, revolver will use Shot Reload time.
Excellent hip fire accuracy and 75% ADS speed
These traits make sidearms good weapons for close quarters combat.
Hip fire accuracy also makes sidearms good for panic situations when you don't have time to ADS.
Already good starting hip fire cones of fire can be further improved by laser sights, which is the default attachment choice in most situations.
Huge bloom per shot
For comparison:
|Damage per bullet
|Bloom per shot (hip)
|Bloom per point of damage done
|TRAC 5 TR default carbine
|0.1 / 143 = 7 * 10-4
|TX-1 Repeater TR default sidearm
|0.2 / 112 = 18 * 10-4
This means that compared to most primary weapons, sidearms become inaccurate during sustained fire very quickly. This is less noticeable on semi-auto pistols with high rate of fire.
Super high Rate of Fire: good or bad?
Some semi-auto sidearms have very high maximum Rate of Fire. It would take the user to click 6-7 times per second to reach it, and it's very hard to do, especially if you want your shots to hit the target.
Many players treat this quality as a disadvantage, but it's not necessarily true. You don't have to reach maximum rate of fire in order to kill the enemy effectively.
Firing below maximum rate of fire also gives Cone of Fire the opportunity to reset between shots, increasing your accuracy. There is also less risk of oversampling the weapon, which would lead to actually firing even slower.
Suppressed sidearm remains effective, but only at very close range
Almost all sidearms have access to Suppressor. It provides all the usual benefits of the Suppressor at the cost of these penalties:
- reduces projectile velocity by 40%
- reduces maximum damage range by 5m
- reduces minimum damage range by 20 to 25m (depending on particular sidearm)
These are rather harsh penalties, and they will have a severe effect on sidearm's ability to engage enemies 15-30m away. That said, sidearms are mostly used within 10-15m, and within that range Suppressor will just increase the number of bullets-to-kill by one.
Iron Sight Mechanics
- Most iron sights are bulky and can interfere with aiming.
- Center of the cone of fire is always in the exact middle of the screen, but iron sights wobble all around. In other words, your gun is not shooting where your iron sights are pointing. This is especially hurtful for slow-firing sidearms that have to rely on accuracy.
It's recommend to upgrade to custom Reflex Sights as soon as possible, if you intend to ADS with your sidearm at all.
Terran Republic
Terran Republic sidearms are very spammy; they have high potential rate of fire and large magazines. They fall a bit short when it comes to effective range and damage per shot, but NS sidearms can take care of that.
TX-1 Repeater
Repeater is the default sidearm for Terran Republic. It's a burst pistol with super high potential DPS of 1577, which exceeds some of the low DPS primary weapons. Moreover, this potential DPS is easy to reach simply by spamming left mouse button at the rate of ~5 clicks per second. It's basically a pocket SMG, almost strong enough to go against primary weapons.
High rate of fire and damage per second give Repeater incredible stopping power at close range. There are two downsides to keep in mind: short effective range due to bullet spread from bursting. You will have trouble killing targets by 15m, and by 20m a full 21 round magazine often won't land enough shots to kill.
The other downside is that the 21 rounds can evaporate quickly – so make each burst count. Sloppy use of the TX1 will leave you with an empty magazine and a half dead and angry target.
The upsides of the TX1 make it very powerful in the right hands. Sneaking up behind a target will allow you to fire two bursts for the knife kill, even through nanoweave. Depending on how many shots in each burst lands, you can kill most targets in 4 bursts, sometimes 3 if you are very close and get a few hits to the head. I recommend aiming for the center mass, as bursting to the head will result in just as many misses as headshots.
You can switch to single shot fire mode, but the only reason to do so is to destroy enemy mines and other deployables, as burst fire can make it tricky to hit a small target.
TX-2 Emperor
TR's idea of an accurate ranged sidearm. Emperor has much better damage degradation stats than most pistols, so it has comparatively long effective range. However, it deals very little damage and requires A LOT of hits to down a full health opponent.
For maximum DPS you need to click ~7 times per second.
TX2 Emperor does more damage per shot than other TR sidearms. High rate of fire allows for rapid, but controllable fire, and gives the user effectiveness at both close and mid range engagements.
I found the magazine size forgiving enough to be used liberally in hectic encounters, avoiding the problem I had with the TX1 needing to reload while the target is still alive.
It has less stopping power at close range than the TX1, and thus the TX2 is best for finishing wounded targets, preparing for a knife kill (3-4 shots) or engaging beyond 10-15m.
TX2 is the most well-rounded TR sidearm. There are few situations where I am left wishing for something else.
TS-2 Inquisitor
Inquisitor features highest damage per magazine among all sidearms by a large margin, comparable to a primary weapon.
Inquisitor has very little recoil, and with its 2x burst mode, can be spammed accurately up to medium ranges. It's basically a hybrid between Repeater and Emperor with a huge magazine.
Large ammo pool can come in handy for Stalker Infiltrators, who have to rely on their sidearms to kill enemies, and they frequently run out of ammo. In general, the ease of use and accuracy of this gun make it a good substitute primary, but it's somewhat lacking in raw damage.
Fully-automatic pistol with short effective range and lots of firepower within that range. AMP has the highest rate of fire among all small arms, and does almost the same DPS the Repeater can, but without the requirement of clicking for each burst, so more convenient to use.
T4 AMP vs TX1 Repeater
These two pistols are very similar to each other. T4 AMP was released later, and it's clearly balanced to not be any stronger or weaker than the Repeater. They are nearly identical in all categories, and for most intents and purposes are interchangeable.
TX1 Repeater has slightly more Vertical Recoil per Second, and slightly less horizontal shake, so it takes a bit more effort to compensate for its recoil, but it can be potentially more accurate. It also has less Cone of Fire Bloom in ADS mode, which further increases potential effective range.
In return, T4 AMP is easier to use to its full potential due to it being fully automatic, as with Repeater you still have to click fire properly. T4 AMP also has slightly less Cone of Fire Bloom when hip firing. T4 AMP also has more spare ammo.
All that said, both pistols are primarily close range spam weapons, and whatever differences between them shouldn't be taken too seriously.
New Conglomerate
New Conglomerate sidearms, as everything in their faction, pack a punch, but require a bit of care to handle properly.
NC-4 Mag-Shot
Mag-Shot is the default sidearm for the New Conglomerate. It's a versatile and well-rounded semi-auto sidearm, with good damage per shot, rate of fire and magazine size.
Mag-Shot's only disadvantage is that in close quarters it gets hard countered by nanoweave, as it increases bullets-to-kill from 5 to 7 (40% increase from 20% damage reduction). Though this is noticeable only when going against full health targets, and can be somewhat mitigated by going for headshots.
For maximum DPS, you need to click ~6 times per second.
LA-8 Rebel
NC's idea of an accurate ranged sidearm. Features slightly higher damage per bullet than Mag-Shot, and damage degradation starts at 15m instead of 10m, but only 10 rounds per magazine and lower rate of fire.
Rebel has a weird combination of damage per bullet and rate of fire:
- Damage is not high enough to down a target with just a few hits – you will need 4-5 hits on a full health target.
- But the rate of fire is low enough to make misses very punishing. If you try spam click, you risk losing A LOT of your damage output due to missing. Rebel just doesn't have a large volume of fire. And if you spend time on carefully aiming each shot, you will not do a lot of damage either. Rebel's damage per shot is not that high.
Between revolvers and burst pistols, Rebel seems to have worst of both worlds, and best of none.
That said, there is one thing that Rebel does well – kills with headshots. Rebel kills a target within 15 meters with just two headshots, regardless of nanoweave, since headshots ignore it. Or one headshot and one knife swing. Or one headshot after hitting the enemy with an EMP grenade.
And, unlike with revolvers, you can put a Suppressor on Rebel, which then becomes very quiet.
For maximum DPS, you need to click ~4 times per second.
LA-3 Desperado
NC burst pistol. Remains very stable during sustained fire. Within 8m, Desperado has a scary 3-headshot kill, if you can pull it off. Desperado is a strong, reliable and easy to use sidearm, even when suppressed, but it has somewhat limited magazine capacity.
For maximum DPS, you need to click ~4 times per second.
NC08 Mag-Scatter
Outdated picture, Mag Scatter has 5 rounds per mag now.
Shotgun pistol. Can't use suppressors, but has access to Smart Choke barrel attachment, which increases pellet spread while hip firing, and reduces it while aiming down sights – presumably by 0.5 degrees in both cases.
Mag Scatter also has access to Extended Mags attachment, which increases magazine size by 1. In case of Mag Scatter, extended mags > laser sights.
Here are some posts by CuteBeaver with tips on how to use Mag Scatter as stalker infiltrator: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (keep in mind MagScatter received some buffs to fire rate and magazine size since that time)
Hegeteus has 17.4k Mag-Scatter kills and counting, and he had this to say:
- I personally use it as Stalker Infiltrator, without smart choke and – mostly – without aiming down sights.
- Mag-Scatter has short range and low firerate, but high damage. This gives you opportunities to quick-knife between your shots while making almost no hindrance to your firerate. So I set up my key bindings so I can shoot and quick-knife in quick and precise succession.
- I advise players to play more calmly with mag-scatter. It is a punishing gun if you miss your shots.
- When you are a stalker and someone runs towards you, it can be safer to engage them head on instead of waiting them to run past you (because you get to use quick-knife).
- EMP-Grenades are a good and obvious choice with mag-scatter, though it's hard to throw one without hitting yourself or your enemies being too far for mag-scatter.
Mag-Scatter is not something you use for an easy time as a stalker, but with that and knife you can execute some crazy group kills with it. It doesn't always go that way, but it's the possibility that makes mag-scatter so incredibly appealing to me. it's just a fun gun.
Mag-Scatter doesn't do enough damage per shot to reliably perform one body shot + one knife strike kills against enemies with full nanoweave armor. You can sidestep this issue by going for headshot opener, or just shooting the enemy again if he survived the knife strike after the first shot.
Vanu Sovereignty
Vanu Sovereignty sidearms are all over the place. Some of them may seem unoriginal, while others are perhaps too original for their own good. It's worth noting that VS sidearms do not have bullet drop, which is the reason for their below average projectile velocity.
Beamer VS3
Beamer is the default pistol for Vanu Sovereignty. It's an inside-community joke to call Beamer "the worst weapon in the game", however the joke is overused to the point that some people start taking it seriously.
In reality, Beamer is very similar to TR's TX-2 Emperor, which has earned the reputation of a versatile and reliable sidearm. Beamer isn't as effective at range as Emperor due to stronger damage drop-off and lower velocity, but it's more spammy.
For maximum DPS you need to click ~7.5 times per second. Such high click rate is another reason why some people may consider Beamer weak and hard to use properly, but the simple truth is you don't have to reach maximum RoF to kill effectively.
Manticore SX40
Manticore is almost a direct copy of NC's Mag-Shot. The only difference is that Manticore sacrifices some projectily velocity to gain VS' no bullet drop trait.
A sidegrade to NC's LA-8 Rebel. Cerberus has a bit higher rate of fire, but reduced maximum damage range: 8m compared to 15m of Rebel.
Basically, it means that Cerberus is better in 0m – 8m and 15m+ ranges, while Rebel is better in 8m – 15m range.
For maximum DPS you need to click ~5 times per second.
Spiker is the most unique pistol, both in terms of looks/animations and functionality.
By default, it uses a burst mode, and then it's comparable to Desperado with some minor differences: a bit less consistent recoil, lower CoF bloom per shot and lower damage at range.
In alternative fire mode, you can hold down the fire button for 1 second to charge a single powerful shot that does 350 direct damage and up to 150 splash damage within 1.5m. Charged shots consume 4 rounds.
While charging, Spiker emits an audible sound, and you can't charge burst while sprinting or cloaked, but you can charge it while flying on the Jet Pack.
Overall, Spiker is overwhelmingly used simply as a burst pistol for close quarters combat, and its charge-up mode rarely sees any action.
A video review by belthazor3457
Nanite Systems
Nanite Systems' sidearms can be used by all factions.
NS-44 Commissioner
Commissioner is just what you would expect from a magnum revolver: damaging and accurate, but slow to fire and reload, so if you miss you're pretty much screwed. It has low rate of fire by itself, and you need to shoot even slower to carefully aim all of your shots.
Despite requiring a lot of skill to use properly, Commissioner has had booming success over the years, and earned love and adoration of the community.
Commissioner is known for its consistency and overwhelming headshot damage.
- 1 headshot within 8m will instantly kill an Infiltrator without Nano Armor Cloaking
- 2 headshots will kill a Heavy Assault through any kind of overshield, creating an unprecedented time-to-kill of just 0.35 seconds.
- 1 headshot and 1 bodyshot will kill infantry in full nanoweave within 22m.
- 3 body shots will kill infantry in full nanoweave within 13m
- 1 headshot and 1 quick knife swing nearly instantly kill most infantry targets
While Commissioner certainly takes skill to use effectively, its devastating damage per shot cannot be overstated. Huge alpha damage is what makes Commissioner so deadly and so popular. Considering excellent hip fire accuracy of sidearms, it is not that hard to land a shot or a headshot, taking 45-90% of enemy's health in an instant. The potential destructive power of the Commissioner is simply disgusting for a mere sidearm.
Commissioner is relatively accurate and more effective at range than most sidearms, thanks to high damage per shot. Commissioner still loses a lot of damage over range – at 39m, it requires 5 (!) body shots to kill an enemy without (!!) nanoweave armor. If you do want to engage an enemy at range, you should start with a headshot, and then follow-up with body shots. This technique is demonstrated in my Red Baron shotgun video at 1:30 and 3:11.
To find out if Commissioner is right for you:
Find yourself a good fight, then trial the Commissioner, and just use it as if it was your primary weapon. if you get a decent number of kills, then you've found yourself a pistol.
If it's a little too slow and kicks a little too hard, then try the Underboss the same way. If those don't work out, then you're probably gonna be best off with another pistol.
NS-357 Underboss
A snub-nosed, lower caliber variant of the Commissioner. Underboss is noticeably more spammy than the Commissioner, but lower damage per bullet reduces kill consistency:
- kills in 3 body shots within 16m, if the enemy has no nanoweave
- kills in 4 body shots within 20m, if the enemy has full nanoweave – out of already small 6 round cylinder.
This increase is substantial, and makes nanoweave a hard counter to Underboss.
However, there is a way to make Underboss consistent and deadly: headshots.
- kills in 2 headshots within 39m, regardless of nanoweave
- kill in 1 headshot + 1 body shot within 11m, assuming full nanoweave
Due to the speed of that double tap, Underboss is very lethal if you can manage to get those headshots.
Compared to Commissioner, Underboss has 30% higher rate of fire, 20% higher recoil decrease and 20% lower recoil.
All of this combined substantially increases recentering speed of the Underboss. You can make follow-up shots almost without a pause, because Underboss returns aim to you faster. In essence, Underboss rewards faster and better aiming than what Commissioner allows. But since Underboss packs less damage before reloading, misses are punished more, especially against targets with nanoweave.
Commissioner vs Underboss ADS Recoil Animation
Both Underboss and Commissioner have heavy recoil animation when aimed down sights. The gun kicks upwards and obstructs your field of vision for a moment. This is notably different from faction-specific sidearms, and makes it challenging to take rapid follow-up shots.
Timeline after you fire the first shot:
- Your aim will be kicked up by recoil, but the gun itself will not move on your screen.
- Then, the gun model will kick upwards, obstruction your field of vision.
- Then, the gun will return and you will be able to see your target once again, and take a more or less accurate follow-up shot.
- If you don't take another shot, your aim will return to its original position on target.
Here are the time values, according to my rough testing:
|117 ms
|83 ms
|First recoil
|233 ms
|167 ms
|View obstruction
|200 ms
|167 ms
|Recoil recovery
|352 ms
|271 ms
|Weapon refire time
The point to take away from this, is that not only Underboss fires faster, it also allows the user to take accurate follow up shots faster, because its recoil animation is ~40% less obstructive.
NS-44L Blackhand
A long-barreled "sniper" variant of the Commissioner. Uses only 4x scopes. Has unusually high bullet velocity for a sidearm and increased accuracy, but holds only 4 rounds.
Due to strong damage degradation, Blackhand has weak body shots and gets hardcountered by nanoweave.
- needs 3 body shots against no nanoweave target within 85m, and 4 shots at 86m+.
- needs 3 body shots against full nanoweave within 27m, 4 from 26m to 99m, and 5 at 100m+.
To consistently kill enemies at range you will have to go for headshots:
- kills in 1 headshot and 1 body shot within 68m, assuming full nanoweave. You can start with a headshot, and then perform a quick follow up body shot.
- kills in 2 headshots at any range.
Tip: you get a boost of accuracy for crouching, and for staying still, so remember to do both when fighting at super long ranges.
Tip: by default, Blackhand comes with a terrible crosshair scope, that suffers from same issues Iron Sights do. Get a reflex scope as soon as you can.
Blackhand serves well as a perching long range weapon at virtually any distance you can land a headshot. It truly shines on Light Assaults, who can easily snipe people behind cover from an elevated position. Blackhand also helps in a situation where an enemy is out of reach of your primary weapon, like SMG or a Shotgun.
Blackhand can be used as a backup sidearm in a pinch, but punishingly small magazine makes it a bad substitute primary, when going against full health targets at close range. 4x scope makes aiming in close quarters harder, and even with laser sights Blackhand has bad hip fire accuracy, so it will be weak in the crucial 2-10m segment, where sidearms are usually used as backup weapons.
Wrel's review: (outdated, Blackhand now does 275 minimum damage)
Hunter QCX Crossbow
Hunter QCX Crossbow is a unique weapon, more of a weak primary than a sidearm. It fires slow, but silent and powerful bolts, and needs to be cycled after each shot. The crossbow is the premiere weapon choice for Stalker Infiltrators.
- Crossbow deals high and consistent damage, with the damage model 650 @ 35m – 525 @ 60m and 1.5x headshot multiplier
- this means that crossbow can drop most targets with two hits, and can OHK infiltrators on a headshot within 45m.
- consistent two body hit kill against full nanoweave targets within 40 meters
- almost always can finish a target in just one body shot after it has been hit by an EMP grenade, which completely drains shields
- can destroy all deployables in one shot at any distance
- consistent 1 body shot + 1 knife swing kill against targets without overshields, regardless of nanoweave. This "crossbow combo" can kill a target almost instantly.
- access to scope attachments of 1x through 6x, including HS/NV
- sort of "suppressed", i.e. has no muzzle flash and when you shoot you show up on enemies' minimap only within 10m
- available to all factions, so when enemies hear the shots they can't be sure if it's an ally or enemy shooting
- has no visible tracer
- needs to be "cycled" after each shot, much like a pump shotgun or bolt action rifle. Cycling takes 1.02 seconds, which puts a high penalty on misses.
- takes 0.8 seconds to equip, which is 0.3 seconds longer than for most other sidearms. This means that Crossbow is hard to use as a quick-draw weapon in panic situations when you need a backup weapon.
- low projectile velocity and strong projectile drop make it hard to use in a direct firefight, and hard to hit moving enemies at range.
Hunter QCX has exclusive access to two ammo types in addition to default bolts, that transform the crossbow to a different purpose.
Detect Bolt. These barely do any damage, and function similarly to Infiltrator's Recon Detection Device darts, but last only about 10 seconds. Then again, Crossbow does have a lot more bolts than Recon Detection Device. Detect Bolts are destroyed by Infiltrator's EMP Grenades. Overall considered weak and rarely used.
Explosive Bolt. As the name suggests, changes ammunition to explosive bolts that do minor splash damage to infantry and minor damage to vehicles:
450 direct damage and 200 splash damage. Splash damage is also applied on direct hits against infantry, so Explosive bolts still kill infantry in 2 direct hits within 30-40m (source: Wrel)
Explosive Bolts change Max Damage range to 30m and Min Damage range to 50m, which makes Explosive Bolts a consistent 8 shot kill against stock MAXes within 40m (source: changelog).
Explosive Bolts can be used in conjuction with C4 to quickly destroy an enemy sunderer. More on that here.
CuteBeaver has a great post, sharing her experiences and tips for using Explosive Bolts. Keep in mind it's slightly outdated, Explosive bolts no longer inflict any penalties on the Crossbow.
Smoke Bolts. These deal less damage, and reduce Crossbow's ammo capacity to 2 / 8. On impact, they will produce a cloud of black smoke. Smoke takes 1-2 seconds to fully grow, and lasts for about ~10 seconds.
Originally posted on reddit by /u/CloaknDagger505.
Smoke Bolts have noticeable advantages over Smoke Grenades and Smoke Launcher. Bolts deliver the smoke from long range, quickly and with good accuracy. Since the Bolt will "detonate" upon colliding with any solid object, you can deploy smoke where it would be impossible to do with a Smoke Grenade. For example, you can blind a tank on an elevated position on a hilltop.
Smoke Bolts can help to move through large open spaces. Simply smoke out the two most likely spots to be firing down upon you, and you can reload-redeploy smoke while closing distance. You can chain-blind 2 specific vantage points for close to a minute with your default amount of ammo.
Ninja Vanish! You can do this two ways: smoke the target that you want to escape from, or smoke yourself by shooting under your feet. If you've been spotted they can still see your direction of movement but that doesn't negate the value of blinding your enemies to terrain or to your allies. It has an above 0% chance of helping your escape.
Smoking a MAX before charging in with C4 can be a good idea.
Sometimes it's correct to smoke the halfway mark between you and your target. If a target engages you from a distance, smoking his position will force him to run to the side and continue the assault. If you're looking to close distance, creating a canopy of smoke where you intend to navigate is best. Then the dude gets to guess over a general area rather than repositioning. This takes knowledge of terrain and knowing the navigational limitations of your assaulter, so it's a more advanced trick and might not work for everyone.
Smoke does some powerful things to large groups: It influences their movement. People don't want to be blinded. If you smoke in the direction a vehicle is headed and you inconvenience them enough, they'll plow right through it if there's no obvious threat on the other end like a zerg (valuable for mine placement).
If you put out smoke enough in the path of enemies' advance, they will go around it (valuable for macro positioning of forces). If your faction has an advantage in a fight, but your allies are lacking the courage to finish up, smoking the enemy gives a sense of "blood in the water" and acts as a rallying cry for your allies.
If things are scary and your dudes aren't falling back, you can put the fear in them with smoke lol. If your faction gets stuck in a stalemate, and you just want something to happen, smoking your side sometimes annoys your guys enough that they'll push. There are exceptions of course, these are just general observations that seem to have value.
Another common example I'm seeing quite often is when there's a stalemate on the pad of a bio lab, smoking just inside the door blinds defenders and gives your braver breachers the cover they're desiring to go in and slay things. Sometimes providing a few bolts is all it takes to breach.
The ubiquity of this tool is fun and addicting and adds angles to play I haven't had before. On top of that it costs no resources.
NS-61 Emissary
Emissary is a fully automatic pistol with very little recoil and large magazine, but low damage per bullet and comparatively low rate of fire and low damage per second.
Emissary is intended as easy to use sidearm that can substitute a primary weapon for classes that sacrifice primary weapon slot, like Stalker Infiltrators and Archer Engineers, and to give an accessible ranged option to shotgun users.
Emissary puts emphasis on accuracy and effectiveness at range, combined with ease of use. "Baby NS-7 PDW" (c) Wrel.
To effectively engage with Emissary, you have to continuously hold aim on target, which is different from other sidearms, which either require a few precise shots, or capable of being spammed in the general direction of the enemy.
Unusual Headshot Damage multiplier of 1.8x
Most weapons have 2x. This means that Emissary requires 5 headshots to kill within maximum damage range.
Notable attachments:
- Extended Mags, increase magazine size by 5 rounds.
- Supressor: reduces maximum damage range by 5m, minimum damage range by 20m and velocity by 12% (unusually small velocity penalty)
Auraxium Pistols
The President
The Executive
The Immortal
Auraxium Pistols are prestige copies of default sidearms: Repeater, Mag-Shot and Beamer. They can't be purchased with certs or station cash, and can only be acquired through Directives. To get one of these, you have to complete the auraxium tier of sidearm directive.
Auraxium pistols have a unique "alive" camouflage shader for showing off, as well as a unique attachment: Special Suppressor. It has no penalty of any kind, and additionally reduces the CoF Bloom while Aiming Down Sights by 50%, which considerably increases the accuracy of sustained fire.
As a downside, these sidearms have reduced magazine size: by 3 rounds for President, and 2 rounds for Executive and Immortal. They also cannot equip Laser Sights.
It's clear they are built around stealth and sustained fire while aiming down sights, which is a rather niche application for a sidearm.
Holiday Sidearms
All of these are considered Exceptional Directive weapons. Normally they cannot be purchased, but become available each year for a few days.
NS-Deep FreezeSnow-ball gun. Sold during winter holidays.
NS Candy Cannon 3000
Cracker gun. Sold during Halloween holidays.
Patriot Flare Gun
Fireworks gun. There are NS and faction-specific versions, each fires flares of different color. Sold during 4th of July holidays.
Cosmetic variants of Hunter Crossbow. Sold for DBC during St. Valentine's holidays.
While technically Flare Gun, Deep Freeze and Candy Cannon are classified as weapons and they do damage, they are extremely hard to kill with, so it is not a wise idea to try to auraxium them to complete the Exceptional Weapon directive. It is possible and it has been done, but it requires immense dedication and time investment.
Promotional Sidearms
- Platinum versions of NS-44 Commissioner, Underboss and Hunter Crossbow.
- FB versions of default sidearms (gold trimmed). Facebook promotion.
- AE versions of NS-44 Commissioner (faction colors and logos). Sold as part of 3rd Anniversary Bundle.
All of these are considered Exceptional Directive weapons. Normally they cannot be purchased. Maybe they will eventually become available for a short time. If you want to know when that happens, be sure to follow PlanetSide 2 on all social media – links are at "Community" section of the main site menu.
Developers are also known to give away a few of these weapons during Twitch streams.


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One thing I look forward to each year . . . as much as I hate to bid goodbye to the heartier Winter time fare . . . is salad season! Right now we are teetering on the doorstep . . . ready to abandon ourselves and fall full faced into it! I do so love salads!
One of my all time favourites has to be Caesar Salad. I just adore them . . . crisp slightly bitter romaine lettuce, crisp and buttery croutons, Parmesan cheese, bacon bits . . . that tangy and garlicky dressing! It's just a beautiful melange of flavours, which lends itself to all sorts of adaptations!
I just adore a Grilled Chicken Caesar . . . but it is so often poorly done when you are eating out . . . and the prices they charge for it are absolutely ridiculous! It's positively criminal! I was looking at the menu of a certain restaurant the other day and they were charging £8.95 for a simple Caesar salad, and if you wanted some chicken with it, they wanted another £3.50 on top of that! LUDICROUS! I could see paying £8.95 for the whole salad with chicken, but for some lettuce and dressing? Nah! And chances are it wouldn't even be very well done either . . . rant over.
I had some cheese tortellini in the refrigerator that I had bought for something and couldn't remember what it was . . . do you ever do that??? Maybe I am losing my mind. In any case I decided to incorporate them into a Caesar type of salad. I also added some lightly blanched fresh broccoli florets . . .
I added a few chopped cherry tomatoes, which I know are not strictly Caesarian . . . (Can I use that term??? I guess I just did.) and I made my own garlic croutons from a stale French loaf I had hanging about. Homemade croutons are so easy to make. Just trim the crusts from your bread, cut it into cubes and then toss it with some garlic olive oil, salt, pepper and parsley and then spread them on a baking sheet and toast them in a hot oven until they are crisp and golden brown. So good, so good . . .
Some chopped red onion, a few large flakes of fresh Parmesan cheese for texture . . . and some grated for flavour . . . crisp smokey bacon bits, a hefty grind of black pepper and Bob's your uncle!! You have a salad fit for a king, or a queen! Really, it was quite quite good. Oh yeh, there was plenty of lettuce as well . . . crisp and slightly bitter . . . Baby Gems. Perfect!
*Caesar Tortellini Salad*
Serves 4
A delightfully quick and deliciously different Caesar Salad!
1 package of refrigerated cheese filled tortellini (about half a pound in weight)
2 baby gem lettuces
a handful of cherry tomatoes, quartered
1/4 of a small red onion, peeled and chopped finely
1/2 a small bunch of broccoli, separated into florets
to finish:
crisp garlic croutons
bacon bits
grated and shaved Parmesan cheese
your favourite Caesar Salad Dressing (I like Newman's own)
coarsely ground black pepper
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to the boil. Drop in the tortellin and broccoli florets. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until done, as directed on the package. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process. Drain again. (I spread it out on a large baking sheet which I have lined with a clean tea towel.
Separate your baby gems into individual leaves, cutting any larger ones in half if necessary. Wash and dry. Place them into a large salad bowl. Top with the red onion, cherry tomatoes and broccoli. Sprinkle on the garlic croutons, bacon bits and cheese. Toss with your favourite Caesar Salad dressing and then grind some pepper over top. Serve immediately. You may pass extra croutons and cheese if you wish. It makes a lovely light lunch! For a heartier meal add strips of grilled chicken or beef.


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I got this not long after it came out and there wasn't much content but I still had (and have) high hopes for it.
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Growth with Equity in East Asia?
Rapid growth and structural change have reduced poverty in East Asian economies. Income inequality has been low in Korea and Taiwan, but has risen in recent years with economic liberalization. In the Southeast Asian economies of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, poverty has declined, while income inequality trends have varied, rising most clearly in Thailand. With its strengthened (private) property rights, market liberalization and sustained rapid growth, China has also experienced increased inequality despite considerable poverty reduction. Hence, the common claim of egalitarian growth in East Asia may have been exaggerated, especially since the 1990s.
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Waddling Through The Alphabet
Jackie Foldesy's Class Book
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Did you know there are many different kinds of PENGUINS? Join Dar Hosta and friends for a waddling wonderful time exploring the different kinds of penguins and all the silly things they do!
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Dar Hosta is a children's book author, illustrator and owner of independent publishing company, Brown Dog Books. The books here on Blurb represent her work as a certified educator and visiting author and illustrator. During Hosta's artist-in-residence programs, children work with her to write and illustrate collaborative picture books in the style of Dar Hosta's books. They use alliteration and rhyme for the writing and the technique of collage for the illustrations. Information on Dar Hosta and her educational programs can be found at www.darhosta.com.
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Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo in lightning-quick fashion to win the UFC featherweight title on Saturday night.
The pair squared off at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but it didn't last long. McGregor landed a quick counterpunch and felled Aldo, proceeding to knock him out and end the fight in 13 seconds.
Aldo had not lost a fight in 10 years, had held the featherweight belt since 2009 and had successfully defended his title nine times.
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Chat with Devs: Something I noticed during our recent shows at Games Convention in Leipzig and PAX in Seattle is that many new players trying out the game who played Zerg built several creep tumors, thinking they were either defenses or going to morph into defenses. This eventually lead into a conversation with Dustin about why Creep Tumors no longer morph into base defenses. For those who dont know, a Creep Tumor is a building which expands creep around it significantly. Building this building is an excellent way to cover additional ground with creep, allowing for many new strategies, including aggressive Spine Crawler pushes (the mobile Sunken Colony).
Dustin brought up two scenarios to why Creep Tumors no longer morph into other Zerg defenses:
1) You would be able to creep across the map by moving your creep-spawning base defenses.
2) It would be easier to accidentally end up with buildings off of creep because the creep-generator moved away.
Thus, since the development team definitely wanted to give Zerg mobile defenses, they decided to split the roles of the Creep Tumor and the other Zerg defenses. This also allows for the team to make these Creep Tumors burrowed and very cheap in the latest build.
As always, feel free to give the Devs and I a w00t if your enjoying these Q&As!
---StarCraft II Q&A Batch 44---
1) Is it possible for replays to contain more in depth player statistics such as average clicks per minute, number of hotkeys used, etc.. ? (starcraft2.com.au)
Replays will have much more info available in them that will include more detailed stat tracking, as well as other useful eSports related features.
2) Terrans currently appear to be at a disadvantage in terms of troop mobility, (as compared to 'Warp-in' and 'Nydus Worm') are there any plans to bring back the, 'drop-pod' or other new transport mechanic? (sclegacy.com)
Actually, the Terrans have many units and mechanics that empower them with more mobility than the original StarCraft. The Reaper and Viking is a good example of new units that extend the Terrans raiding capabilities. Furthermore, Medivac Dropships offer more incentive to build lots of Dropships, which translate to more mobility for their entire army. Salvage is also another mechanic that helps in terms of rebuilding and moving a Terran base to new locations. Lastly, the Terrans are still the only side that can pick up and move their whole entire base, as well as being able to load SCVs in their Command Center now, allowing for quicker fast expanding strategies.
3) With the new high ground mechanic in place, an army can't fight units that are on higher ground anymore until they get a spotter up the ledge. Both Zerg and Terran have the possibility to spot units on high ground with Overlords and floating buildings right from the start of the game, but the first Protoss unit to fly up there would be the Phase Prism. Could it be that Protoss players have a significant disadvantage on some maps because of this?(GameReplays.org)
In the latest builds of StarCraft II, the Protoss no longer need an Observatory to build Observers. Observers will be able to be built straight from the Robotics Facility, allowing earlier eyes on the battlefield.
We definitely saw that especially on certain maps, Terrans were able to block their choke point early, taking away much of the scouting portion of the game from Protoss, and are trying out this new solution for it. Additionally, we felt that Observers were too a crucial to the Protoss army to have them that far up the tech tree.
4) Will the Unit Portraits in SC2 be pre-rendered high quality video clips like in SC1 ? willygundersen (Battle.net)
The unit portraits will be shown in much higher quality than the actual units on the screen, similar to the original StarCraft and Warcraft III. They will not be video clips, but will be animations rendered in game. There will be several examples of their unit portraits in the next BlizzCast, where we have Dustin and Sammy discussing the process of creating a unit.
5) We all know how important it is that tier 1 units be effective at later tiers, which has prompted different unit abilities like the Zealots Charge. But it seems that the Protoss have a leg up in that they have Charge while the Zerglings have only their traditional speed boost without any AI enhancements. Is anything being planned for the Zergling? (starcraft2forum.org)
Due to the new game engine, Zerglings have much better pathing in StarCraft II, meaning they move much more efficiently. Zerglings are able to both surround enemy units easier and are more easily selectable as well, being able to control more than 12 at a time. Furthermore, Zerglings are also slightly smaller than their original StarCraft counterparts, and able to be morphed into Banelings, which are extremely effective against Zealots. Lastly, Zealots have also had their shield hit points reduced by 10, as compared to the original StarCraft Zealots.
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Blazur: Yaye for earlier observers! I'm assuming the observatory was removed altogether, and all applicable researches have been relegated to the robotics?
Karune: Yup, the Observatory has been removed altogether for now. All Observer related research techs have been moved to the Null Circuit, the prerequisite building for Colossi.[1]
Compared to BW, the speeds to scout are about the same, but the new supply depot mechanic is what makes it much trickier, which allows Terran players to completely block off a choke point. For 1vs1 games on 2 player maps, it may not always be possible to get your first scout in a Terran base, without losing a bit on the economy side.
Blink cannot be used without LOS in the area to where you are blinking to, thus many maps especially with hills, you cannot Blink up there without a spotter.[2]
- ↑ Karune. 2008-09-05. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 44. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-09-05.
- ↑ Karune. 2008-09-05. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 44 (page 2). Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-09-05.


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An appearance by White House Chief of Staff John Sununu at Beneficial Management's Hamilton Farms in Bedminster Township raised about $70,000 toward Republican efforts to regain control of the state Legislature on Wednesday, June 12, 19 91. Nearly 120 GOP faithful attended the $500-per-person cocktail reception, while two dozen business and community leaders paid $2,000 each for a private "roundtable" meeting with Sununu before the reception. Sununu, who was rebuked by President George Bush in May for using military aircraft for personal trips, traveled from New York in a limousine that dropped him off and continued on to Washington, D.C. He later flew back aboard a private jet that was paid for by the state GOP.
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Somerset Hills Cablevision promised the Bernardsville Borough Council on Wednesday, May 27, 1981, that if it received the borough's franchise, it would provide a 52-channel system within a year.
Glen Smith, the firm's assistant manager, said the system would allow borough organizations and schools to provide local programs. "There's a special thrill when a cable TV truck rolls up to a high school sports game," he said.
The firm, a subsidiary of Comvideo Systems of Belle Mead, would win the franchise and become RCN Cable.
Although the Peapack-Gladstone Board of Education planned to give its vacant school to the borough as a new Borough Hall, the Bedminster school board claimed it still owned part of the property, The News said on Thursday, June 4.
The school was built by Bedminster in 1907, five years before Peapack-Gladstone seceded, and one of five deeds was apparently not transferred. "The property is ours," said Bedminster Board President Peter Soriano.
Twin-borough officials ignored the claim, saying such omissions were covered by state statutes enacted in 1902 and revised in 1939 and 1950.
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Plans by Somerset Hills National Bank to build a bank, post office and supermarket at South Finley Avenue and Henry Street in Bernards Township suffered a setback when a variance to extend a parking lot to Rankin Avenue was denied by the Township Committee in a 2-1 vote on Tuesday, June 5, 1951.
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Somerset Hills went on to build a bank with a post office two years later. Parking toward Rankin Avenue was approved for The Store Restaurant in 1985.
Buster Crabb, movie and TV star, rented the Edward R. Nichols home on Lamington Road in Bedminster, The News said on Thursday, June 7. "Mrs. Crabb and their children are planning to come on from Hollywood to summer in Somerset Hills."
Paul F. Bartlett, a 26-year-old Bernards Township truck driver, was sentenced in Somerville to two to three years in State Prison on Monday, June 25, after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shotgun death of his wife.
Bartlett, who had been indicted for murder, said an accidental discharge killed the 22-year-old former Georgia Ehrholm in their Sunset Lane home on Dec. 9, 1950.
Angered over the Borough Council's refusal to prohibit dogs from running at large, the Bernardsville Board of Health said on Monday, June 25, that all complaints about wayward dogs would be shifted to the mayor and councilmen.
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"Referring to the width of the new sidewalk at some points in Mt. Airy Road (in Bernardsville), those of generous proportions are warned not to try squeezing through between the walls and telephone poles," The News said on Thursday, June 24, 1926. "Better take the other side of the street."
The new Pennbrook Golf Club's 18-hole course near the Passaic River in Basking Ridge was scheduled to open for play on Thursday, July 1, 1926, after 11 months of extensive work and "reclaiming swampland through the construction of an intricate system of drainage."
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Betting on Arianna
Posted on Feb 22, 2011
In defense of Arianna Huffington. Not that the lady needs one, having been a leader in undermining the right-wing dominance of Internet reporting. Defenders of a free press should be thrilled that it is Huffington who is now merging with AOL rather than Matt Drudge, the unrivaled leader of Internet news whom I first met at Arianna's home when she was cozier with the right.
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First off, and in defense of the use of unpaid bloggers, of which I happen to be one among the many who appear on a regular basis on the website The Huffington Post, we are not exploited. Blogging has opened up the traditional channels of reporting to include informed people with scholarly and experiential credibility who formerly were begging for the rare opportunity to appear on the carefully preserved Op-Ed plantation of leading newspapers. For most contributors, the Op-Ed page was never a serious source of income.
I occupied a privileged, if modestly paid, weekly place at the Los Angeles Times plantation for 13 years until a publisher upset with my views on the Iraq War and media concentration summarily ended it. The greed that telecommunication deregulation unleashed within the Times' parent corporation, Tribune, eventually landed the newspaper in bankruptcy, but that is another story. Arianna picked up my column the instant it appeared with the launch of Truthdig and has prominently displayed it on The Huffington Post for more than five years, even when she told me she disagreed with what I wrote.
That exact approach was used in the deal we at Truthdig made with Hedges when he was pushed out of The New York Times after a most distinguished career (including winning a team Pulitzer Prize) because, in his case too, he spoke the truth about the Iraq War; in both instances the freedom of the writer, more important than a paycheck, was held sacred.
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As I understand it, The Huffington Post has upward of 70 paid staffers, which is quite formidable for an Internet venture. It is no secret that with most of the Internet advertising money going to Google and other massive marketing entities that do not generate news reporting, there is little left over to pay for content, and that aggregation from threatened traditional news sources is the norm. At Truthdig we started with and continue the practice of paying for all original and syndicated content and supporting writers, photographers and artists. Obviously, with their limited resources, sites like ours are hardly a full-throated substitute for the failing print and broadcast journalism of yore. My hope is that with the more substantial funding that Huffington acquires from AOL she will vastly expand her pool of paid writers and editors and begin to fill the void.
That is also my expectation given my 15-year association with Huffington on "Left, Right & Center," the show produced by public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif. Huffington started out as the right-wing host on the program and I was and am still the left. We had our disagreements about the virtues of unfettered capitalism, but at no time did I ever find Arianna to be insensitive to the consequences that major decisions in the private or public sector had for the average person. While still on the right, she teamed up with Colin Powell to push the private sector to fill the gaps in the safety net and took the uncompromising position that when the business community failed to deliver, government must step in to protect the economically vulnerable. She always championed an absolutist defense of First Amendment freedoms and was vigilant in opposing all forms of discrimination based on gender, race or sexual orientation. Even while on the right, Arianna was a progressive committed to breathing life into our democratic forms.
This is not intended as a blanket endorsement. With power come the responsibility and the obligation of an editor or publisher to provide a living wage for journalists as well as to support the costs of covering news throughout the world. My difference with Huffington's critics is that her success reassures rather than disheartens me as to the state of Internet journalism.
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By sk, February 26, 2011 at 11:49 am Link to this comment
Mr. Scheer,
Before the web was commercialized, with the advent of Windows navigation etc., when it was still "DOS-land" it was a provocative and rich forum of intelligent and uncensored discussion and free-flowing information. (Drudge was still non-existent there and he was not the Internet before HP, as you suggest.)
Apparently, you are unaware of the Web as it was before the business-model was imposed on it. You also seem unaware of journalism outside the confines of the corporatized media: e.g. Indy Media etc. on the Web, and in public radio—as seen in the many new community-owned and run radio stations (see the Prometheus group's work) in existence and still being built in the US by the people not the corporations.
Before you and Chris Hedges were pushed out of your journalistic perches there were many writers and thinkers who worked for free on the Web because, due to their politics and world-views, they would have never been hired by the MSM to begin with.
On another note—HP is notorious on the Web for its censorship of public commentary.
By doublestandards/glasshouses, February 25, 2011 at 7:44 pm Link to this comment
I love Tracey Ullman's Arianna. Her Christiane Amanpour is awesome, and her Laura Bush is just brilliant. Google Tracy Ullman as Arianna, Amanpour, Laura Bush, etc.
By Mrsanfran, February 25, 2011 at 1:09 am Link to this comment
My fond memories of living in the Los Angeles area most of my life, are of picking up a newspaper in the morning and going to the editorial section, and first
By EH, February 24, 2011 at 7:09 pm Link to this comment
Chris Hedges FTW!!
By rend, February 24, 2011 at 5:57 pm Link to this comment
Her arguments are never very sound and generally lay on top of Matt's desperate
Tony is at least completely unhinged and therefor amazing to listen too - for the pure and
She seems like a nice lady, i dont think she is doing this out of greed, I just think AOL is a
By JollyD, February 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm Link to this comment
She's a rock star!
"Lovely plumage!"—Monty Python
By chelseasbeach, February 24, 2011 at 1:35 pm Link to this comment
I'm with Dr. Norman Livergood on this one.
By David, February 24, 2011 at 4:47 am Link to this comment
Robert my goodness how you have mellowed. I remember you at Ramparts and other places where your writing continually was dripping with unrelenting sarcasm and hatred for whoever you went after. Week after week month after month you wrote with the same tone. Has age and life taught you to show a little tenderness once in awhile ? Write as Dr King spoke and you'll be on the righteous path and you seem to evolving in that direction.
By sopchop, February 23, 2011 at 6:43 pm Link to this comment
I have listened to Arianna on Left Right and Center. I like her style. She is a witty, well informed and forceful voice for issues affecting working & middle class Americans. I remember her telling Amy Goodman that purpose of of what some consider tabloid type stories is to reach out to apolitical readers in hope they may read some of serious blogs posted by wide range of progressive writers. I see nothing wrong with trying to reach people where they are raather than just preaching to choir. I wish her good luck and God speed.
By Stan, February 23, 2011 at 6:24 pm Link to this comment
As a long admirer of Robert Scheer, I'd like to ask
Of course not. That's where AOL saw the value in it.
And as a result of having low labor costs (for such
As such her company became valued much higher than it
You can spin it around—as a loyal friend would—
By the way, I wrote an article on this topic myself
By Peter Franklin, February 23, 2011 at 5:27 pm Link to this comment
It is gallant of Mrs. Scheer's husband to defend Ms. Huffington, but rather cavalier of him to mention his apouse only as "my wife". C'mon dude, she does have a name doesn't she?
By Dr. Norman D. Livergood, February 23, 2011 at 4:50 pm Link to this comment
This biased "apology" for Arianna Huffington proves you to be a totally counterfeit progressive.
See: http://www.hermes-press.com/counterfeit_progressives.htm
By chelseasbeach, February 23, 2011 at 4:05 pm Link to this comment
I'm betting on Arianna too.
Bravo, Arianna!
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I read about oiling your belly with cocoa butter, shea butter and other types of oils. Then, I stumbled upon Mother's Special Blend while at Whole Foods Market. The potion boasts a mix of several oils; (almond, pecan and coconut) blended with cocoa butter and vitamin E, and it really does the trick. I put it on morning and night after a shower while I was pregnant and after giving birth. One bottle lasted the whole pregnancy and beyond. I am proud to report that I'm stretch mark free!
So now that I am pregnant with baby number two… you have to know my first purchase was another bottle of Mother's Special Blend! Here's hoping the first time wasn't just luck! Did you or do you have any potions you use to get through pregnancy? I'm all ears… and belly!
*I wasn't paid to review Mother's Special Blend. I just really loved it and wanted to share!


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