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Aww! Tobey Maguire's son, Otis, is such a cutie-pie. The 1-year-old and his superhero dad spent Sunday afternoon (Oct. 10) at Mr. Bones pumpkin patch in West Hollywood. Tobey, 35, and his tyke were clearly searching for the best pumpkin to carve into a jack-o'-lantern. We wonder if Otis will dress up as Spider-Man this Halloween?
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Earlier in the day, the boys had brunch with Otis' mom, jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, and 3-year-old sister Ruby. Did you know that Tobey and Jennifer, who tied the knot in Hawaii in 1997, didn't name their son until he was a few weeks old? "We didn't name either of our children before their births. We like to meet them. We talk about it and we have ideas, but we want to kind of react to them," says Tobey about their unique name game.
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Hallmark Closing Plant Thanks to Social Media, Mailing Greeting Cards Soon to be a Thing of The Past? [POLL]
There is nothing like going to your mailbox and receiving a greeting card from a loved one. Unfortunately, Hallmark is feeling the competition of social media. People just aren't buying cards like they use too.
Hallmark Cards Inc. announced last week that they will be closing a plant in Kansas and cutting about 300 jobs.
They have tried to keep up with the times with online greeting cards and phone apps, but it's not enough.
Over the past decade, the number of greeting cards sold in the U.S. has dropped from 6 billion to 5 billion annually, by Hallmark's estimates. The Greeting Card Association, an industry trade group based in White Plains, N.Y., puts the overall-sold figure at 7 billion.
How sad. A card says so much more than a message on Facebook or online. It means someone really took the time to pick out a card for you and mail it. I've been amazed at the people that will send "wedding invitations" or a "thank you" for a wedding gift or a birthday present for their child in a message on Facebook! Yeah, that's special.
via As social media booms, greeting cards decline | The Daily Journal | thedailyjournal.com.

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Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject: Chances are nobody on this forum has worked there, seeing as aviation English is a very specialized field (I'm not sure I've ever even met anybody who's taught it). But the rest of us can help you if you tell us more about your qualifications, the job description, and the pay/benefits package. Regards, ~Q Back to top WeroJoined: 16 Jun 2012Posts: 4Location: Poland Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: I am Polish, have BA in English (Teacher Training College), MA in American studies and Mass Media (International Relations), CELTA, 7 years of experience teaching groups and individuals. I usually get offers like 20-25 TL per hour but I can already see it is 1. not that easy to find a job in Turkey online (I'm in Poland now) and 2. difficult to negotiate wok permit from the employers. Do you think it will be still easy to find a job in Istanbul if I just go there at the end of August? Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: Since you don't hold a passport from a native English speaking country, the unfortunate fact is that you're likely to make less than say a Briton with the same level of experience, in part because some companies will pay you less, and in part because some places just won't consider you at all. Of course Turkey doesn't generally pay all that well anyways, and someone with an English-speaking country's passport who has your quals and is on the ground is likely to make in the 25-30 lira range. (People with Turkish skills and connections may make a bit more, and I've heard of people tutoring privates for 50 lira/hour+, but that takes years of networking to reach that level.) I'm also not sure if you'll be able to get a work permit. Most schools in Istanbul don't bother with work permits anyways, but I'm told that officially YÖK requires copies of three docs: 1. degree, 2. cert and 3. passport from native English-speaking country. That said, bureaucracy in Turkey is incredibly opaque and I can't speak to this for certainty. But again, I can say that in Istanbul, most places won't do work permits. If you come to Istanbul between now and the end of September, you'll have no trouble finding work, though all the wages are likely to be about what you're getting offered, it's possible that you'll find a company that recognizes the value of experienced near-native speakers who will offer you as high as 30 lira/hour. Like I said, I don't imagine you'll get higher offers than that until you have connections, even if you had an Anglosphere passport. Regards, ~Q Back to top WeroJoined: 16 Jun 2012Posts: 4Location: Poland Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject: Thank you very much for your reply. It is very helpful Who are people with Turkish skills? Back to top WeroJoined: 16 Jun 2012Posts: 4Location: Poland Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:17 pm Post subject: and one more question. Do you know anything about health insurance? do employers get their teachers any kind of insurance or is it a better idea to deal with it on my own? Or maybe people just get by without it..? Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:53 am Post subject: Wero, non-Turks with Turkish skills have usually lived here for years and/or married a Turk. Of course it's possible to take lessons in many cities (including Izmir, a fact I didn't learn until I left the city), but as someone who didn't take any lessons I'd say that after a year here I'm at best at FSS level 1, more likely 0+. It's easy to pick up "survival Turkish," and you probably will with in a couple months, but getting to speak Turkish well enough to haggle and network will take longer and require deliberate effort, particularly since Turkish is so different from English or Polish. As for health insurance, Turkey has a national insurance plan, but you need to have a work permit to be covered. So a lot of FTs get private insurance (based in Turkey or their home countries) or don't bother. 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As the GOP convenes to hold its convention, now is a good time to assess the state of the race between Obama and Romney. Sophisticated psephologists — say that quickly three times — have recently done precisely this. Both Jay Cost and Sean Trende have looked at the polls and provided their assessments. To round out the picture, add a dash of Karl Rove on the undecided vote.
Taken together, these pieces should help guard against the perils of wishful thinking. They apply the reality principle to the political horizon.
So what is the state of the race? Jay Cost puts it this way: "Barack Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the presidency. The lead is shallow, however, and a careful look at the landscape reveals significant weaknesses for the president. The key question remains whether Romney can capitalize on them." I just want to add a footnote to the observations of the sophisticated psephologists. (I'm working my way up to saying it three times.)
Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports is my favorite sophisticated psephologist. (There, I said it three times.) Rasmussen conducts daily polling via robocalls. His polls screen for likely voters and, in my view, provides a more reliable snapshot of the state of the race than his competitors' polls of registered voters (or other polls that use a less accurate likely voter screen than he does). Rasmussen posts a three-day rolling average of his daily presidential tracking poll every morning and depicts the results graphically over time.
In 2008 Rasmussen nailed the result, though Nate Silver subsequently provided a detailed critique of Rasmussen's record as of 2010. Early that year Rasmussen favorably assessed his own record. In August 2010 John Fund profiled Rasmussen for the Wall Street Journal, dubbing him "today's leading insurgent pollster." Silver to the contrary notwithstanding, I think Rasmussen's daily presidential tracking poll is a particularly useful tool.
As of yesterday Rasmussen's daily presidential tracking poll showed Obama leading the race by two points, at 47-45. Rasmussen has also added a swing state tracking poll that similarly shows Obama with a similarly narrow advantage, 46-45. Rasmussen depicts his daily presidential tracking poll results from January through yesterday in the following graph.
Over the past several months or so, Obama's support has fluctuated within a narrow band. Forty-three percent is at the lower end of the narrow band; 47 percent is at the upper end. If Obama breaks out of this band on the upside it is probably time to worry.
I take it that Romney has his work cut out for him, but the task is eminently doable. Given the holdouts among likely voters who know Obama but aren't sold on him, Romney's prospects should be good. Indeed, this may have something to do with the calculated hysteria that is the most notable element of the Obama campaign so far.
JOHN adds: Along with the fact that he samples likely voters from the beginning, I think Rasmussen's polls are especially valuable because he uses a consistent methodology. He constantly tests party affiliation and weights his results accordingly. Therefore, his results don't swing back and forth depending on whether there happened to be more Republicans or Democrats in a given sample. Whether his final poll proves correct as a prediction depends on how accurate his turnout model is, but in the meantime, his consistent methodology makes his polls more valuable than most for spotting trends.
Unfortunately, the trend Rasmussen identifies is negative. Today's survey has Obama leading 47%-44%, Obama's best showing since May. Worse, in the swing states, Rasmussen currently has Obama leading by four points, 48%-44%. I interpret this to mean that Obama's relentless onslaught of the last couple of months, aided and abetted by a compliant media, has taken a significant toll. I still think Romney will win–I don't see how a president whose record is so bad that he can't discuss it can possibly be re-elected–but by the time the Republican convention is over and Romney can begin spending in earnest, he will be digging himself out of a hole. It may be that Romney kept his powder dry for too long before beginning his counter-attack.


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Are Americans giving up on the idea of a home in the suburbs for good? That's the question economists are asking after April data showing a boom in multi-unit housing starts.
The chart above shows that the share of housing starts consisting of five-or-more unit buildings was 39% — the highest since February 1974. That's important for a number of reasons, notably that on a per-unit basis, the economy gets more of a boost from a single-family home being created than an apartment. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that the average single-family home creates three jobs vs. one for the average apartment.
Part of the gain in April was (groan) due to the weather — multi-unit starts jumped in the Northeast and Midwest. But many economists see something more fundamental going on beyond a catch-up in demand.
"The march to live on top of each other rather than next door with sufficiently sized side yards continues. There are any number of factors behind this move to closer quarters, baby boomers tired of paying for lawn care, the demand for shorter commutes, and young people with credit good enough to pay high rent but not quite so good to afford a down payment and qualify for a mortgage," said Steve Blitz, chief economist of ITG Investment Research.
Here's Ted Wieseman of Morgan Stanley:
This is a trend over time that we expect to continue, however, with tight mortgage credit availability likely to drive a historically disproportionate share of new household formations into rentals and support multi-family starts continuing to be a well above historically average share of starts.
And, in data through March, it's clear these units are being built to support rental demand.
This is Jed Kolko, the chief economist at Trulia.
One economist thinks the trend won't last.
"The recession has hit the young generation the hardest and they're putting off big life steps such as getting married, buying a home and having kids," said Danielle Hale, director of housing statistics at the National Association of Realtors at the association's convention in Washington D.C. "Ultimately I think it's a temporary phenomenon."
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It's fair to say the Quilliam Foundation (later rebranded to "Quilliam") has not been without its problems since launching in 2008. Since its launch, Quilliam expanded much too quickly, taking on too many staff, and has never stopped to define its remit clearly enough.
The organisation is now facing closure after being told by the Home Office in December that it would no longer be eligible for core funding and would need to bid for specific projects instead. That is entirely understandable and reasonable, but Paul Goggins MP hit the nail on the head this morning when he said:
MPs are not opposed to the withdrawal of core funding from Quilliam — indeed greater use of independent funding will further strengthen their credibility. But the switch is happening too fast and risks the organisation going out of business altogether.
At a time when the security service continues to warn of ongoing threats to our security it is vital that ministers find the money to enable Quilliam's work to continue.
David Cameron's recent Munich speech — which I welcome and endorse —outlined the need for secular Muslim groups to help redefine the contours of debate in the British Muslim community. That Quilliam should be facing the prospect of closure just weeks after that speech is a disaster for all concerned.
After all, Quilliam's more enduring contribution has been its ability to stretch the debate in new ways. It has already upset the Islamist applecart by ensuring that groups like the Muslim Council of Britain can no longer act as gatekeeper to the British Muslim community. They are now just one voice among many, with their monopoly effectively shattered.
There is also a wider point to consider; one which is sometimes lost on those who have not been involved in Islamist groups.
Like Quilliam's director, Maajid Nawaz, I am also an erstwhile member of Hizb ut Tahrir. Indeed, I was the first senior defector from the group (in 2005) and started attacking its divisive message back then. The real difficulty in leaving the Hizb at that stage was not ideological — I knew the party was wrong — but finding the confidence to believe I could live an ordinary and productive life away from the organisation was very difficult. That fear is not untypical. Hizb ut Tahrir is a cult in many respects, an enveloping community of spiritual, emotional, intellectual and social support. When you leave, that support immediately turns into pressure. Friends become enemies overnight. For that reason, many who secretly despise the group have sometimes lacked the moral courage to leave.
When Maajid defected in 2007 and Ed Husain published The Islamist we all discussed the idea of a group like Quilliam. At the time I pointed out that their most important function would be to give others still in radical networks the confidence to leave. The momentum we subsequently created made an indisputable impact.
Consider this: in 2002 and 2003 when I was still a member of Hizb ut Tahrir we held conferences in London's Wembley Arena and Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. Both of these events attracted 10,000 delegates each. Beyond that we organised numerous rallies and demonstrations around the country mobilising similar numbers. Today the Hizb is lucky if it can attract 1000 people to its annual conference. In anyone's book, that is a dramatic reduction.
There are other signs of the Hizb's decline too. From 2002-2005 the party expanded rapidly and lots of new leaders were being promoted — the so-called "rising stars". Today, most of those rising stars are nowhere to be seen. I was a regional director for the movement, overseeing all its activities and cells in northern England. In recent years I have taken great delight from learning about the number of people up there who have defected and left the organisation. They were among some of the best and most committed members in the north, and now they have eschewed radical Islam.
Instead, the party is led by the same old tired and hackneyed hands who have propped it up for so many years before: Taji Mustafa, Imran Waheed, Abdul Wahid, Sajjad Khan, and Jamal Harwood among others. They are the old guard who have invested everything into the movement for nearly two decades now. They will never leave. But what groups like Quilliam can ensure is that new recruits don't join.
The work done by former members has dented much of the clandestine glamour associated with groups like Hizb ut Tahrir. It is no longer seen as an acceptable group for young Muslims to legitimately explore.
Retarding Hizb ut Tahrir's growth in such a dramatic way would not have been possible without the outspokenness of former members. We have not all needed Quilliam to do so — I have supported it but never worked for it. Nonetheless, its existence is crucial to providing others with the confidence and cover needed to leave the organisation. This does not just apply to people in Hizb ut Tahrir. Over the years I have seen all kinds of other repentant extremists pass through its doors too. They come for any number of reasons —but it is foolish to ignore the psychological comfort a group like Quilliam can provide them.
I am not an uncritical friend of Quilliam. I have had my concerns and have raised these with Maajid in a spirit of camaraderie in the past. This is not the place to revisit those issues, but clearly Quilliam is not perfect. Yet, its imperfections must not be an excuse for its implosion. There is too much at stake for that, and to do so would be to overlook the meaningful impact it has made on aspects of British Muslim life.
Their work is not done yet, and Quilliam's continued presence in the debate will remain necessary particularly at a time when the contours of British Islam are being so dramatically redefined.
In return Quilliam will need to adapt. It will need to redefine its aims much more sharply and work within clearer parameters. It will need to run a more streamlined operation and work with others in the field more effectively than it has in the past. Much more transparency is also needed.
There is much to suggest this reform can be achieved under Maajid Nawaz's stewardship. In 2008 Quilliam embarked on a most necessary mission, what it needs now is a chance to see it through.
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The Wabash College Art Department is pleased to announce its next exhibit, Under Construction: Works by Brian McCutcheon. The show, in the Eric Dean Gallery, will take place from October 28 through December 14 with a public reception 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, October 28
An Indianapolis-based conceptual artist, Brian McCutcheon uses video, photography, and sculpture to explore the relationships between play and masculinity, often working with ideas derived from commonplace things such as: charcoal grills, sleds, and vehicles that surround our daily lives. Finding a poetic resonance in these common objects is a central pursuit in his art practice. Over the past decade, his work has been featured in a wide range of exhibitions on a national and international scale. McCutcheon is a co-founder and partner of Indianapolis Fabrications (iFab), a custom fabrication studio.
The Eric Dean Gallery is located on the south end of the Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public and is handicap accessible.
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Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum's Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour's monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Artists in America
A survey of 300 years of great American paintings. Artists from every era of American art are featured among the exhibit's he exhibit's 79 works, including John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Robert Motherwell and Sol LeWitt. The works are selected from the permanent collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. Through Feb. 24. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.
The "Iranian Schindler"
An exhibit of photograhs and artifacts honoring Abdol-Hossein Sardari, the Iranian envoy stationed in Paris who rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis. Through December. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Political Slant: Editorial Cartoons
Original sketches and digital prints of contemporary cartoons by five editorial cartoonists: Walt Handelsman of Newsday, Mike Keefe, Steve Kelley, Jimmy Margulies of The Record (North New Jersey) and Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News. Through Dec. 21. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Toward Greater Awareness: Darfur and American Activism
This exhibit, featuring large-scale sculptures by American artist Mitch Lewis, focuses on the genocide that occurred in Darfur and Sudan from 2003 to 2006, as well as the American response to the crisis. It is presented in conjunction with October's Presidential Debate. Through Dec. 16. Hofstra University's Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Afternoon Movie
See "Miracle on 34th Street," the holiday classic, Friday, Nov, 23, 2:30 p.m.; also "Dark Shadows," the spirited comic horror film, based on the 1970s television series, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Movie Showing
Watch "A Separation," the Iranian drama that focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caregiver for his elderly father, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
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Kevin Durant scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook added 21 points and nine assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Memphis 106-89 Thursday night in the Grizzlies' first game since trading away leading-scorer Rudy Gay.
Memphis struggled mightily in the first half and trailed by 26 in the third quarter before a mini-implosion by the Thunder that featured Westbrook getting benched after a dust-up with his teammates.
It still didn't provide a big enough opening for the Grizzlies, who were playing short-handed while waiting for trade acquisitions Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye and Ed Davis to arrive and pass physicals.
Jerryd Bayless led Memphis with 23 points. Zach Randolph missed his first 10 shots and wound up with nine points and 19 rebounds.
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Eldacar's Guide to PVP Power & Resilience
This guide is written by Eldacar and was posted in the General Section of this forum. I think however that it's worth to put it on the frontpage again as many players did not see the updated version, yet. Thanks to Eldacar for an amazing guide.
Hello everyone, I have written this guide to provide the player base with an in-depth understanding of how the PVP Power and Resilience stats work for level 90 players in Mists Patch 5.2.
- This guide is written for level 90 players, the numbers are different at lower levels.
- Resilience scaling was changed in Mists patch 5.2 from increasing returns to linear. For a comparison of the old vs new scaling see Appendix C.
- The guide just underwent a major update and revision, if you notice a typo or error please let me know!
-Resilience has linear returns, +100 Resilience rating increases your effective health by 1.42% relative to displayed health. (+70.425~ increases EH by 1%)
-PVP Power has linear returns, +265 PVP Power gives you +1% damage/healing in PVP)
-PVP Power does not "cancel out" a target's Resilience but it will still help you hit them harder.
-You can get a significant increase in Resilience through gemming.
-Resilience is better than Stamina for increasing survivability.
-Resilience is stronger than PVP Power point for point by a fair margin.
-I cannot tell you definitively if you should gem PVP Power, Resilience, or something else, it depends on your class, spec, and playstyle. Look at guides written by pros of your class for gemming advice.
Table of Contents:
Section 1 - Resilience
1A - The Exponential Returns of Damage Reduction
1B - The Diminishing Returns of Resilience Rating
1C - Baseline Damage Reduction
1D - Effective Health
1E - Resilience Graphs and Independent Scaling
Section 2 - PVP Power, Stat Interaction, and Combined Scaling
2A - The Absolute vs Relative Returns of PVP Power
2B - PVP Power's Interaction with Resilience
2C - PVP Power Vs Baseline Damage Reduction
2D - Combined Stat Scaling of PVP Power and Resilience
Section 3 - Gemming for PVP
Section 4 - Closing Thoughts and Remarks
Section 5 - Appendix
Appendix A - Valuation and Frame of Reference
Appendix B - Formulas
Appendix C - Resilience Change in 5.2
Section 1 - Resilience
Everyone reading this likely already has at least a general understanding of how Resilience works, it's fundamental purpose is to provide percentage based damage reduction against all damage done by players, the more Resilience you have the less damage you take. That is fairly straightforward and easy to understand, however understanding how the stat scales and all the factors at work is more complicated.
There are four main factors that go into how Resilience scales, first is the exponential returns of percentage based damage reduction, second is the diminishing returns of Resilience rating, third is the baseline 40% reduction that all players have in PVP, and fourth is it's interaction with PVP Power. Only the first three factors will be examined in this section, the fourth; interaction with PVP Power is looked at in Section 2.
Section 1A - The Exponential Returns of Damage Reduction
The effects of percentage based damage reduction scale exponentially, the more you have the more valuable additional damage reduction becomes. For example, let's say someone is hitting you for 100 damage, if you have 0% damage reduction and you add 1% that 100 damage is reduced to 99 damage, a 1% effective reduction. However if you already have 90% damage reduction and you add another 1% that 100 base damage which was already reduced to 10 is now further reduced to 9. That change in incoming damage from 10 to 9 is a 10% reduction in actual damage taken by adding just 1% of damage reduction.
Here is a graph that shows how the value of damage reduction increases as you gain more:
As you can see at 50% damage reduction additional reduction is worth twice as much as normal, at 90% its worth ten times as much as normal. This kind of scaling isn't unique to Resilience, armor and any other percentage based damage reduction (even in other games) function the same way, games control the overall scaling of these mechanics by manipulating how fast you are awarded the damage reduction.
One additional note on this, in World of Warcraft different damage reduction mechanics have multiplicative relationships NOT additive, what that means is that the value scaling for any one of these mechanics is only accurate within that one mechanic. At 50% damage reduction from Resilience an extra 1% from Resilience is effectively worth 2%, however none of this has any bearing on the value of additional damage reduction from say armor, that scales totally independently but in a similar fashion. Because these defensive stats scale independently from each other and have a multiplicative relationship they can each be examined and valued independently.
Section 1B - The Diminishing Returns of Resilience Rating
For Resilience the main factor that counters the exponential scaling of percentage based damage reduction is the diminishing returns on Resilience rating. The more Resilience rating you have, the less damage reduction is awarded by each additional point of rating. This is how Blizzard controls the overall scaling of Resilience as a whole, and it is what they change when they want to alter the way Resilience scales.
Currently at lvl 90 the rate at which the returns from Resilience rating diminish exactly cancels out the rate at which the relative value of damage reduction increases, as a result the net effect of Resilience has linear returns. Adding 100 Resilience rating will always increase your effective health by 1.42% relative to your displayed health.
Section 1C - Baseline PVP Damage Reduction
Mists of Pandaria added two new factors to the way Resilience scales, one of them is the baseline 40% PVP damage reduction that all players have. What this has effectively done is significantly shrink the damage reduction gap between under geared players and fully geared players compared to Cataclysm. In Cataclysm the damage reduction range on gear before gems was roughly 0-45.5%. In Mists that range shrank to 40-59%, so while the gear is still providing a solid increase in survivability it provides fully geared players much less of an advantage compared to Cataclysm.
Section 1D - Effective Health
Before you can understand most of the graphs in this guide you need to understand what effective health is. Effective health is essentially how much pre-mitigated damage it takes to kill you. If you have 100k health and 0% damage reduction your effective health is just that same 100k. However if you have 100k health and 50% damage reduction your effective health is 200k, because someone would need to do the equivalent of 200k pre-mitigaged damage to kill you.
It is also important to note that more than just increasing the size of your effective health pool, that damage reduction also increases the relative effectiveness of heals on you. With 50% damage reduction a 1k heal actually restores 2k of effective health, this is one of the reasons why having a larger effective health through damage reduction is better than having a larger displayed health through stamina.
Because effective health is such a great indicator of survivability it is also a great metric to use for evaluating the overall effectiveness of Resilience, which is why I used it in these graphs. It is really the stat that best indicates the value you are getting from Resilience and the stat you need to be paying attention to in the graphs. Effective health is displayed on the graphs as a percentage relative to displayed health, an effective health (EH) value of 150% for a player with a 100k displayed health pool would mean that player has an effective health from just Resilience of 150k. (When you factor in other effects like armor and damage reduction from talents your EH is higher but we are just looking at Resilience by itself here)
Section 1E - Resilience Graphs and Independent Scaling
Now that we have gone through all of the critical factors at work it is time to get into the graphs. This first graph displays the scaling of damage reduction and effective health based on Resilience rating at level 90 in patch 5.2. Keep in mind these graphs show the scaling of Resilience before the effects of PVP Power are factored in, so it is effectively your damage reduction and effective health vs a player in full PVE gear.
As you can see in this graph, as you gain more Resilience you get less and less damage reduction per Resilience rating, however your effective health continues in a linear fashion anyway. Make note of the fact that there is NO Resilience cap, you are only limited by the amount of Resilience you can actually manage to get on your gear.
Section 2 - PVP Power, Stat Interaction, and Combined Scaling
PVP Power is a new stat introduced to the game in Mists of Pandaria which acts as the offensive compliment to Resilience. The idea behind this new stat is to encourage players to use PVP gear in PVP by putting major PVP-only offensive gains onto PVP gear (or in the case of healers, healing gains). PVP Power increases all damage done to players (under all circumstances), and healing done (while outside PVE-instances), by a percentage that increases based on how much PVP Power rating you have. There has been a lot of confusion on the forums as to how PVP Power works and particularly how it interacts with Resilience, hopefully I can clear some of that up here.
Before we dive in thought I would like to note that this guide focuses primarily on the +damage aspect of PVP Power because the +healing aspect does not have an easily quantifiable relationship with the other aspects of the PVP stats. However I want to point out that you will only get a fraction of the damage bonus as a healing bonus depending on your class and spec.
Section 2A - The Absolute vs Relative Returns of PVP Power
Unlike Resilience, PVP Power's scaling is very straight forward. It has linear returns when looking at it in an absolute sense, adding 265 PVP Power will always give you another +1% damage/healing in PVP. So every additional point of PVP Power will increase your damage/healing by the same amount. However I have seen some players around the forums describing PVP Power as having diminishing returns, and they are correct to an extent.
If you evaluate the returns of PVP Power in a relative sense it does have diminishing returns, going from 0%-1% will give you the same absolute damage increase as going from 30-31%, but in the latter case that damage increase is smaller relative to the damage you are already doing. This is a valid way of evaluating the data mathematically, but it is not very useful in practice.
Virtually everything in the game operates the same way, think about primary stats for example; +300 strength would give a warrior a pretty nice bump in damage right now, but if Blizzard said "Hey we like you random warrior!" and bumped their strength up to 100,000 that +300 strength would suddenly be worth a lot less to them even though it would still increase their damage by the same amount.
The reality is that in order for a stat to offer you consistent relative gains as you gear up the stat would need to have increasing absolute returns, in other words it would need to give you more and more damage the more of it you got.
(For more info on absolute vs relative valuation see Appendix A)
PVP Power's returns are perfectly linear, you gain 1% damage/healing for every 265 PVP Power.
Section 2B - PVP Power's Interaction with Resilience
The most common misconception that most players seem to have about PVP Power is that it acts as a kind of "Resilience Penetration" which counteracts the target's Resilience 1 for 1, that is simply not true. PVP Power increases your damage by the percentage shown in your stat pane, it always increases it by that same amount regardless of how much Resilience the target has. The target's Resilience then mitigates that incoming damage based on how much damage reduction that target has.
Take for example a warrior who's swing always does 100 damage per swing in PVE. This warrior gets a +50% damage increase from PVP Power in PVP, so that 100 damage get's increased to 150 damage in PVP. This warrior has now decided to attack a paladin that looked at him the wrong way. The paladin has +50% damage reduction from his Resilience, so when the warrior's 150 damage hits him it is reduced to down to 75. That is how PVP Power and Resilience interact, the outgoing damage is boosted up by PVP Power, then the total incoming damage is mitigated down by Resilience.
Section 2C - PVP Power Vs Baseline Damage Reduction
This next graph shows the effective damage of various PVP Power amounts against a target that has nothing but the baseline PVP damage reduction of 40%.
What is immediately apparent here is that you need an enormous amount of PVP Power (pretty much the max possible) in order to cancel out just the BASELINE damage reduction all players have.
Section 2D - Combined Stat Scaling of PVP Power and Resilience
This final graph is a bit more complicated than the previous graphs, it shows the combined scaling of PVP Power and Resilience. The metrics represent the effective damage and effective health of two players with roughly equivalent gear fighting each other across the entire gear scale. At the left end it shows a player with no PVP Power vs a player with baseline Resilience. At the right end it shows a player with the typical max PVP Power vs a player with max Resilience.
This graph indicates that as players gear up Resilience is boosting up player effective health faster than PVP Power is boosting up player damage. Which also means that Resilience is still a stronger stat than PVP Power by a fair margin, even when comparing just 10K Resilience to 18K PVP Power Resilience is still stronger, meaning point for point it isn't even a competition.
Section 3 - Gemming for PVP
One of the most popular questions I get is "What should I gem for?" Unfortunately I cannot provide a clear cut answer to that question. The answer is dependent your gear level, class, spec, playstyle and more. My recommendation is to check how the pros of your class/spec are gemming, and then experiment to see what works best for your personal playstyle. The only thing that I can definitively state is that Resilience is SIGNIFICANTLY better for increasing your survivability than Stamina. So if boosting your survivability is the goal, gem Resilience.
Section 4 - Closing Thoughts and Remarks
I hope that this guide has been illuminating for everyone that has taken the time to read it, I have tried to provide as much accurate and detailed information as possible about the way these stats work. If you have questions about these stats or about anything written here feel free to ask and I will do my best to get you an answer.
I error checked this guide many times however I am still human, so if you believe you see an error please let know and I will look into it. I also want to make it clear that although I am a member of Blizzard's Forum MVP program I am NOT a Blizzard employee and nothing in this guide is based on any kind of inside information. All the data in this guide was all generated based on direct in-game observation and calculations based on that observed data.
Section 5 - Appendices
This is some additional information about some of the ideas, concepts, and data discussed in this guide. Additional appendices may be added over time as needed.
Appendix A - Valuation and Frame of Reference
Absolute valuation compares numbers based on addition and subtraction, IE going from 30% damage reduction to 60% damage reduction is an absolute gain of 30%. Relative valuation compares numbers using ratios, IE going from 30% damage reduction to 60% damage reduction is a relative gain of 100%. Why is this important? Because taking the example a step further, going from 60% to 90% is an absolute gain of 30%, exactly the same as before, but it is a relative gain of 50%, half as much as before. So if this trend were to continue, it would signify linear absolute returns but diminishing relative returns. This guide primarily uses absolute valuation because it is much easier to understand and work with when comparing a large number of data points to a common baseline.
Frame of reference is another critical concept for evaluating data, particularly when most of the data is in percentages. There are two basic methods that can be used to evaluate a string of data points; constant frame of reference, or progressive frame of reference. Constant frame of reference uses one common baseline value as a reference point, every data point is compared to that baseline. In contrast a progressive frame of reference compares each data point to the data point before it. Take for example this set of data points: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. On a graph using a constant frame of reference they would be displayed as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (all data points were compared to a baseline of 0). However on a graph using a progressive frame of reference they would be displayed as 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 (each data point was 1 larger than the number before it).
Using a constant frame of reference makes it much easier to evaluate the actual changes in the progression of a data set, where as using a relative frame of reference allows you to better evaluate changes in the rate of change over the progression of a data set. Since we are more interested in the actual changes than the rate of change when viewing the scaling of stats I chose to use a constant frame of reference for the graphs in this guide.
Appendix B - Formulas
The formula to calculate damage reduction from resilience in patch 5.2 is:
Reduction % = ((11724*0.4)+x)/(11727+x)
x represents resilience rating, credit for this formula goes to Erdluf (Echo Isles US)
The formula to calculate damage increase from PVP is:
Damage increase % = x/265
x represents PVP Power rating
Appendix C - Resilience Change in 5.2
The formula for Resilience was changed in patch 5.2, changing its net scaling from increasing to linear.
Effective health returns from Resilience in 5.2 are now perfectly linear. Anyone with less than 10k Resilience should have seen a slight bump in effective health from the patch, anyone with more should see a slight loss. Going forward Resilience will still be a great, lucrative stat, it will just scale more evenly instead of getting more and more valuable at the high end.
Here is an interactive graph illustrating the difference in resilience scaling between 5.1 and 5.2:
Here is another focusing in on just the changes in damage reduction:


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Situated on Haad Rin Beach, the huts here have a contemporary feel and great stone designer bathrooms. Not bad for around £38 a night. Grab some hot fresh popcorn and wash it down with a Chang beer while swinging in your hammock. Rooms from £38 (www.palitalodge.com).
The Sarann, Chaweng Noi
This swish boutique resort comprises around 40 Japanese-style villas and an infinity pool overlooking the crescent-shaped beach below. The seafront pool villas are the best choice since they have the finest views. The resort is quite shaded, but there's plenty of sunshine by the main pool and down on the beach. A tour of the island can be arranged for less than it would cost to hire a taxi. If you're looking for five-star luxury with views to match, The Sarann suffices in all respects. Rooms from £117 (www.thesarann.com).
Tapan Noi, Kho Phangan
This basic but charming retreat has beachfront bungalows built on the rocks at the far end of Thong Nai Pan Noi beach. Some would say they're falling into disrepair, but at just £6 a night, who's complaining? The adjoining restaurant has seating on the beach and serves up brilliant barbecues, including crocodile meat. Rooms from £6 (www.thongnaipan.info/tapannoi.html).
Fast facts
The situation in Thailand has calmed down greatly since the protests in May. The Thai government recommends tourists stay away from Red Shirt and protest areas. If you think you spot trouble, stay in your hotel and wait for the situation to calm down. If you aren't convinced about staying in Bangkok, just go straight on to the beach.
Getting there
Direct flights: Thai Airways flies twice daily to Bangkok; EVA Airways flies daily, and has a code share with Bangkok Airways to sell through fares to Chiang Mai, Phuket and Samui; BA and Qantas both fly daily. Indirect flights: many, through the Gulf, Hong Kong, Europe and Singapore. Compare prices before booking – returns to Bangkok via the Gulf start at around £340. Budget travellers can opt for low-cost airline Air Asia, which flies from Stansted to Bangkok via Kuala Lumpur.
Boat hire
The best way to enjoy the Andaman Sea region is by chartered boat. The beauty of having your own boat is that you get to sample some of the most popular settings when all the tour boats have gone. You can choose where you want to go and when, and enjoy the freedom of anchoring up for the night in some heavenly cove with no one else around you. Siam Sailing – which we've used on three occasions – provides large, stable, eight-berth catamarans with skipper (or without if you're an experienced sailor) from its base at Chalong, Phuket. Minimum hire is three days.
Ultimate boat trip
Most longtail boats will take you to any of the nearby islands but if you want to visit further afield you'll need to book a tour. We took a gamble on Simba Sea Trips and hit the jackpot. Simba offers trips to Phi Phi, Phang Nga and Krabi. The savvy Simba crew get you to the main spots before all the other crammed-to-the-gills tour boats arrive. It may cost more than other tours (around £60) but it's worth it.
The islands enjoy a humid, tropical climate influenced by three seasons: hot, dry and rainy. The best time to visit is the dry (and peak) season between mid-November and March when there's hardly any rain, it's less humid, not quite as stiflingly hot (around 28C) and the sea is calm and clear. Other times of year are worth considering; bear in mind that May is usually the wettest. During the monsoon periods the sea can be silty (not great for snorkelling) and boat trips may be cancelled due to swells.
Many holidaymakers come to the Phuket region for the snorkelling. And small wonder – it's like swimming in an aquarium. Little sergeant majors are in abundance from the moment you wade in. For the full Cousteau effect, head out to one of the coral reefs, some of which are easily accessed via a short 20-metre swim from the beach. Take along a banana and before long you'll be engulfed in shoals of vibrantly coloured fish. There are rarely any sea nasties to worry about. Most diving centres hire out masks and snorkels, though we'd advise taking along your own.
The Andaman Sea is a world-class diving site, and the cheapest area in the world to gain a PADI licence. There are numerous dive centres from which to arrange a local trip and they all supply equipment. The best deep-water diving areas are around Phi Phi, the Similan Islands (84km north-west of Phuket) and the Surin Islands on the borders of Burma. Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand is also popular.


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Friday, 18 October 2013
Ben Daniels on "Longlist" for the Twelfth Doctor
Moffat lies! Or at least leaves out significant details. Ben Daniels (who the Radio Times thought had a very good chance of getting the nod, for reasons that are all now pretty well confirmed) gave an interview to Digital Spy talking about how he was considered for the part. Full version at the link, as usual.
"I was approached and asked if it was something I'd be interested in doing...I was one of the names on one of their many lists they had as a possible replacement. So I was asked, and when I eventually managed to peel myself off the ceiling, I said, 'Yeah, of course it'd be something I'd be interested in doing,' and I was hugely excited by it."
He talks about how much he liked Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, and the show. "But I also knew from the outset that there was a name ahead of my own on that list that they were very interested in. So after that initial conversation that I had with them, it was just a waiting game. I was consumed by the idea, even though I was heavily involved filming The Paradise at the time - often I'd call my agent and make them call Doctor Who and ask if it'd gone away as a possibility."
"It was just so I could stop thinking about it, but then my agent would call me back and say, 'No, you're still on the list'. This went on for a couple of months. Then - I think it was about two weeks before that live reveal event - I was told that their shortlist had got much shorter! But it didn't mean I wouldn't come back into the frame."
"So I took that to mean the deal was being done with whoever was the frontrunner and if it all fell through, then those of us who were trailing behind would be in with a chance."
Of course, we know that was Capaldi and what happened after that. And of course it makes more sense this way - if something had gone horribly wrong with Capaldi's audition, somehow, the BBC hierarchy would have taken a dim view of having to put off announcing the new Doctor even longer to conduct more auditions. That whole "one-name shortlist" Moffat's talked about now sounds like it was only a thing in that last fortnight or so.
As we don't know who else was on the "longlist", we can't specifically query its makeup...but Ben Daniels is in the same "older man" demographic as Capaldi, and that suggests that Moffat really was looking for an actor of that type this time. So much for everybody who was hoping for a woman then, eh?
By Dorothy Ail at 20:00
Labels: 2013 , Peter Capaldi , Steven Moffat , twelfth doctor
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Rule 1: Moffatt lies.
- 19 October 2013 at 04:08
Moffat clearly stated that they checked through some other actors to make sure they hadn't missed anything another actor could offer, but Capaldi was always the main one they wanted.
- 19 October 2013 at 23:58
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Monthly Cookbook Giveaway
I thought it would be fun to have a monthly cookbook giveaway, being that Dan and I own a used and rare bookstore where the books seem to multiply on the shelves each night. The plan is to offer a free book shipped free of charge to one of our Wheat-Free, Meat-Free readers anywhere in the world. I plan to pick a new cookbook each month and will randomly draw names out of a hat, or maybe a cooking pot, to determine the winner. All you need to do is leave a comment after this post by May 31st. I will wait until the next day to announce the winner.
The cookbooks will not be gluten-free (those get siphoned off into our home library) or necessarily vegetarian, and will all be in Good used condition. For the first cookbook giveaway I am offering one of my old standbys, Tassajara Cooking, by Edward Espe Brown (Boston: Shambhala, 1985). This is a classic vegetarian cookbook, originally published in 1973 by the San Francisco Zen Center and has a wealth of tasty, simple and beautiful vegetable recipes. I would never have thought that dipping lightly steamed asparagus in guacamole would be such a handsome and delicious duo, but thanks to Brown's great book, this is a favorite combo when the asparagus patch gets rockin' and rollin'--maybe next week?
Good luck to all.......
Also, if you want to win a free copy of Sheridan Hay's novel "The Secret of Lost Things", you can boogie over to my bookstore blog, The Book Trout and leave a comment on the appropriate post.
9 comments:
- ikkinlala said...
I've seen the Tassajara Bread book before, but never that book. Asparagus dipped in guacamole sounds wonderful!
- Saturday, 10 May, 2008
- terri said...
how exciting i love cookbooks
- Sunday, 11 May, 2008
Great idea! Count me in! I live in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Sunday, 11 May, 2008
What a great idea - especially if i win!
- Sunday, 11 May, 2008
I love the cover on that cookbook. How fun! Count me in.
- Monday, 12 May, 2008
- Tenille said...
Ooh! Count me in!
Tenille from Gluten Free Frugal
- Monday, 12 May, 2008
- Carrie said...
Oh I'm such a bookbook addict! I want it!! That is cool looking cookbook! I hope I win!!
- Tuesday, 13 May, 2008
- Katy said...
What a fun idea! Love the blog. I have found many many recipes I'm dying to try.
- Sunday, 25 May, 2008
- Lisa said...
Hello. Please throw my name in the hat for this lovely vintage cookbook!
I'm new to your blog. I've been vegetarian (lacto-ovo...occasionally pesco) for about 10 years and gluten free for 3 months. What a transition!!!
I'm so grateful for wonderful blogs like yours to help me with this confusing journey.
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Gastrophryninae Fitzinger, 1843
Gastrophrynae Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 33. Type genus: Gastrophryne Fitzinger, 1843. Synonymy by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 71.
Engystomatidarum Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 50-53. Type genus: Engystoma Fitzinger, 1826. Synonymy by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 71. See comment under Engystoma Fitzinger, 1826.
Gastrophrynidae — Metcalf, 1923, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 120: 25; Bossuyt and Roelants, 2009, in Hedges and Kumar (eds.), Timetree of Life: 358.
Gastrophryninae — Metcalf, 1923, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 120: 274; Laurent, 1986, in Grassé and Delsol (eds.), Traite de Zool., 14: 744.
Gastrophrynini — Dubois, 2005, Alytes, 23: 15.
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See comment under Microhylinae; several genera of New World microhylids were not assigned to subfamily by Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 225 (Adelastes, Altigius, Arcovomer, Chiasmocleis, Hyophryne, Hypopachus, Otophryne, Relictovomer, Stereocyclops, Synapturanus, and Syncope), of which all have now (March 2014) been assigned with the exception of Adelastes. Regardless, considerable literature addresses the New World microhylids. Carvalho, 1954, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 555: 1-19, reviewed the New World genera. Walker, 1973, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 20: 1-7, compared a number of features of the New World genera. Dunn, 1949, Am. Mus. Novit., 1419: 1-21, reviewed South American species. Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 206: 361-372, reviewed the southeastern Brazilian species. On the basis of karyology, Bogart, Pyburn, and Nelson, 1976, Herpetologica, 32: 210, suggested that Otophryne robusta is not closely allied to other New World microhylids, a suggestion possibly supported by the toothed larva described by Pyburn, 1980, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 33: 231-238. Wild, 1995, Copeia, 1995: 837-849, presented a phylogenetic analysis of New World genera and synonymized Otophryninae on the basis that its recognition would render New World Microhylinae (= ca. Gastrophryninae) paraphyletic; see comment under Otophryninae. Dubois, 2005, Alytes, 23: 16; without discussion, regarded the New World component of Microhylinae as the tribe Gastrophrynini, and the Old World component as Microhylini, without producing any evidence of either's monophyly. Bossuyt and Roelants, 2009, in Hedges and Kumar (eds.), Timetree of Life: 357-364, considered this taxon a distinct family, Gastrophrynidae. Greenbaum, Smith, and de Sá, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 265-277, suggested that Gastrophryninae is paraphyletic with respect to Phrynomerinae, but this conclusion was based on sparse taxon sampling and less evidence than previous publications. Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, suggested that Gastrophryninae is the sister taxon of Hoplophryninae + Cophylinae. Tu, Yang, Liang, and Zhang, 2018, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 126: 85–91, suggested on the basis of more evidence that Gastrophryninae is the sister taxon of Otophryninae, and provided a tree of all of the genera, all of which were found to be monophyletic.
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Zune HD's gaming future outlined
Microsoft has confirmed its plans to release downloadable apps and games for its new Zune HD device, but only a few titles have been announced, and they won't be available until November.
The Zune HD went on sale in the US yesterday, alongside new Zune software. The relevant section of the press release runs thus:
"Later this year, Zune plans to release free applications such as Twitter for Zune and Facebook for Zune, in addition to fun 3-D games such as Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition, Vans Sk8: Pool Service and Audiosurf Tilt. Games can be added to Zune HD via Zune Marketplace over the Wi-Fi connection or when connected to the Zune PC software."
The announcement of Audiosurf is intriguing: the original PC game lets people play along with their own library of songs, so the Zune version will surely include a similar feature.
Microsoft's push for Zune gaming is confirmed by news that it's updating its XNA Game Studio 3.1 Platform to support the Zune HD, allowing independent developers to create games for the device that make use of its touchscreen and accelerometer.
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'X-Men: Apocalypse': 8 Brand New Movie Stills
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Here are 8 new movie photographs from 'X-Men: Apocalypse'. Odd is that Oscar Isaac's character – Apocalypse – has no official picture. He is in the trailer though and he looks seismic! We'll bring you more photos from the film as they become available. 'X-Men: Apocalypse' will be in theaters May 27, 2016. Read More