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Khazanah's Asset Portfolio Surges to Record With KLCI Rally
Khazanah Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's state investment company, said the value of its holdings climbed to a record last year as local share prices surged.
The net asset value of Khazanah's investments climbed 19.1 percent to 103.5 billion ringgit ($31 billion) at the end of 2013 from 86.9 billion ringgit a year earlier, the Kuala Lumpur-based fund said in a statement yesterday. It outperformed an 11 percent gain in the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index, which closed at a record on Dec. 30.
"We are starting this year from a position of relative strength and hopefully our portfolio can handle any storms," Khazanah Managing Director Azman Mokhtar told reporters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Last year "was eventful with highlights including better operating performance across practically all investee companies and deepening of the regional presence of various companies."
Khazanah owns stakes in some of Malaysia's biggest listed companies, including electricity producer Tenaga Nasional Bhd. (TNB), which rose 64 percent last year, the biggest gainer on the country's stocks benchmark. It also controls Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd., which jumped 73 percent in 2013, and developer UEM Sunrise Bhd., which climbed 12 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The fund's 2013 returns compare with a 24 percent increase in the MSCI World Index, the biggest gain since 2009, and a 5 percent decline in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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Khazanah has cut non-core Malaysian interests, while making more acquisitions abroad after Prime Minister Najib Razak called for state funds not to crowd out local entrepreneurs. The fund trimmed stakes in companies including Tenaga Nasional Bhd. last year and divested its entire 45 percent stake in technology company Time Engineering Bhd.
"They had a good year," said Victoria Barbary, director at the London-based Institutional Investor's Sovereign Wealth Center. "The investments show that they still have a solid base at home."
About 90 percent of Khazanah's gross assets belong to companies which are domiciled in Malaysia, according to a presentation on its website.
The fund said pretax profit increased to 3.1 billion ringgit in 2013 from 2.1 billion ringgit a year earlier. It paid a 650 million-ringgit dividend to the government, according to the statement.
In 2012, Khazanah booked one-time gains from divesting national carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd. and initial share sales for IHH Healthcare Bhd. (IHH) and pay-TV operator Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd. (ASTRO)
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Khazanah is seeking more Asian insurance investments, Azman said, adding it may list its insurance assets in the future. It teamed up with Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) in January 2013 to buy 98 percent of Aviva Plc and CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. (CIMB)'s Malaysian insurance joint venture for 1.8 billion Malaysian ringgit. It also bought a 90 percent interest in Turkish insurer Acıbadem Sağlık ve Hayat Sigorta AS for $252 million.
The fund also plans an initial public offering of its theme park business called Themed Attractions and Resorts Bhd., though it is no hurry, Azman said. This unit operates theme parks for brands including KidZania, Legoland and Hello Kitty.
Ganen Sarvananthan will leave as Khazanah's head of investments on April 30 to join the Fort Worth, Texas-based private-equity firm TPG Capital as partner and managing director of its Asia business, the state fund said. He will be replaced by Dominic Silva, currently executive director investments, who will assume his new role from Feb. 1.
Ahmad Zulqarmain Onn will join Khazanah on May 1 as executive director of investments, from government bonds-guarantee agency Danajamin Nasional Bhd. where he is currently chief executive officer. Zaida Khalida Shaari will be promoted to also become an executive director of investments from Feb. 1, it said.
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On 5/1/07, Jeremy Katz <katzj redhat com> wrote:
vfat has both a label and a uuid; ntfs at least has a uuid and I would guess a label as well although libblkid doesn't seem to know about it. There's no reason not to use them for mounting those filesystem types either.
Good to know. If this is to be the One True Way (TM), we should probably document in the release notes how to find and set labels for different filesystems. n0dalus.


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Britain must demonstrate better low-carbon leadership and be pioneers in new technology to stand any chance of tapping into the environmental business opportunities emerging in China, a group of MPs said today.
The Energy and Climate Change Committee said the UK could lead the world in developing carbon, capture and storage (CCS) equipment - but risks being seen as only a talking shop.
The committee, chaired by Tory MP Tim Yeo, said the market for low carbon technology in China was already worth £430 billion - with Chinese spending set to grow during the Communist regime's 12th five year plan.
Mr Yeo said: "The UK's image is unfortunately in danger of becoming tarnished by a reputation of being more talk than action when it comes to climate change.
"If we want to convince the Chinese that they should be doing business with us in this area, then we will need to strengthen our brand.
"The Government must not allow the UK to fall behind in the high-tech low carbon race by faltering on its commitments to create a low-carbon economy here at home."
The Government has pledged to make £1 billion available to CCS projects in the UK. A bid to spend the money on a project in Longannet, Fife was abandoned.
And the committee warned the Government it must come up with a focused strategy to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of technology as the government in China develops its strategy.
Mr Yeo added: "China must succeed in building a low-carbon economy if the world is to avoid dangerous and disruptive temperature rises in the coming decades.
"We applaud the steps China is now taking to do this and the emphasis placed in the 12th Five Year Plan on promoting low-carbon technology and infrastructure.
"By demonstrating low-carbon leadership at home, the UK could punch well above its weight in encouraging major emitters like China towards low-carbon development, but only if ministers can come up with a more focused strategy.
"British firms could benefit enormously as China invests in carbon, capture and storage and wind, wave and tidal power, but the Government needs to do more to help them gain access to these huge potential markets."
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The Jimmy Dore Show 2-9-12
The Jimmy Dore Show feb 9th, 2011
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Ron Paul is one the chosen few overly-religious-morons who thinks life begins at conception. He sat down with Piers Morgan and gets exposed for the contradictory, hypocritical, ignoramus he is being. Yes, he got taken down by PIERS MORGAN. Good thing for Ron Paul he didn't have to battle it out with Ryan Seacrest.
Mitt Romney has a problem: The more people get to know him, the less they like him. And if Mitt Romney were capable of human emotion, that would really hurt his feelings. He calls in to explain why people don't like him.
Clint Eastwood Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler has been criticized as being a Pro-Obama commercial. Eastwood is pissed and calls in to sling a few racial insults.
OH MY GOD: East Haven Conneticut Mayor Joseph Maturo is a true Moron who doesn't know that when you are in a hole, you should stop digging. But he doesn't . It may be the most priceless OMG segment to date.
Originating from KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, The Jimmy Dore Show is an irreverent and humorous take on today's headlines and hypocrites. The program skewers politicians as well as the corporate mouthpieces which make up today's mainstream "news media." Each and every week, The Jimmy Dore Show provides the unvarnished truth with a twist of funny.
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Love the show! Huge fan!! I hope you are not done with the cpac coverage. Please talk about how horrible this comic was.
Its a great example of how a bully is not funny. He picked on a 17 year old kid his entire act. I can give a little slack and say maybe there was no 17 year old and he was just talking to an empty chair. However, he did not come across as "imagine if I was this much of an asshole". I think what is suppose to be funny was how pitiful the 17 year old is. Very interested in what you think.
Doesn't cpac remind you of a Hitler rally. So so much hate. My god the world is doomed. A least one party (most likely both) of the world military super power would kill off the rest of the world without even blinking. There's a challenge, lets see if you can make cpac coverage funny.
Thanks for including the hybrid interview. These fights against Goliath are very interesting. Hope things go well. Reminds me of the fight against PG&E and the installation of "smart meters" youtube eon3 has full coverage. This is a fight in California, I don't remember if this is where you live or not.
I don't agree with the comments on "reading newspapers". Isn't someone saying "I don't read news papers" somewhat equivalent to saying "I don't watch fox"? Most papers, including local ones, are owned by large corporations with an agenda. What papers are you reading that are actual news? So much of it is just propaganda. For example, I use to read the economist. You know what they had to say about the economic collapse in 2008, nothing. Now that the banks stole the worlds wealth all they do is push the benefits of austerity to pay for the bank bailouts.
I'm not saying that they are all propaganda, if Democracy Now! has a paper out that would probably be useful, but most are garbage, of no value, and get there stories of the same corrupted source AP. Plus the internet has such a wide variety of opinions and sources why bother with a paper.
BTW, I heard Todd Glass was gay. Has that guy seen a vag? 'cause those things are awesome!! To each is own I guess. I just hope he's making an informed choice.
Technically life does start at conception. Rape cannot be used as an excuse to commit murder, even if that life is not very complex or developed. It is still life even if it sucks for the victim involved. I think Ron Paul was trying to say that it could still be preventable if addressed immediately(up to 72 hours), which would constitute as contraception and not abortion. This may not be a big difference and may very well be the same if the conditions are right, but it addresses the gray area involved in this issue. The poor victim that waits 7 months due to being embarrassed about her situation is only fooling herself if she feels that does not make her responsible for that life even if it was not by her choice. Women even when put in the worst of situations should not be allowed to kill a baby. Many may not agree with this because it is not convenient and seems to limit the rights of women. This is kinda a misnomer considering we are talking about taking another humans life. I love your show and am a long time listener, but I though that maybe was a bit unfair considering that out of all the candidates(including the constitution destroying tyrant we currently have) involved in this next election he may be the only hope for this country in the long run.
Mitt Romney doesn't care about Poor people – The Jimmy Dore Show 02/09/12
anyone know the name of the song that plays at 16:25 in the background? It's like a punk rock song. I've been trying to find out the name of it and who plays it. It's an awesome show guys keep it up. Love Jimmy Dore. Hopefully I can get to see him live soon. If you know the name of the song, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know, email me @ email@example.com thanks.


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Noodle Fest 2010
Chinatown Community Development Center and North Beach Merchants Association
Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
We look forward to seeing you at the first ever Chinatown and North Beach Noodle Fest! You must bring your confirmation printout to receive your passport at the will call tables, which entitles you to three noodle samples from Chinatown and three pasta samples from North Beach.You can also buy T-shirts for $15 and raffle tickets for $5.
Chinatown Community Development Center and North Beach Merchants Association are putting on Noodle Fest 2010: Chinatown and North Beach, A Cultural and Culinary Celebration for you to come out and sample delicious noodle and pasta dishes from over thirty restaurants from Chinatown and North Beach! So come ready to mingle, enjoy live entertainment, watch noodle making demonstrations by renowned chefs, vote for your favorite restaurant from both neighborhoods, and enter in an exciting raffle contest!
Date and Time: Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 3pm to 7pm
Raffle Drawing: 6:30pm (grand prize: two roundtrip tickets from San Francisco to New York City)
Event Location: Grant Avenue (btw Pacific and Vallejo) & Vallejo Street (btw Columbus and Grant)
Event Organizers: Chinatown Community Development Center and North Beach Merchants Association
Host: Supervisor David Chiu
Sponsors: Central Subway Design Team (Parsons Brinckerhoff, Kwan Henmi Architects, Michael Willis Architects, Telamon Engineering Consultants), SF Arts Commission, PG&E, Wells Fargo, Recology
How to Get There:
MUNI Lines 1, 8X, 10, 12, 30, 45, Cable Car
Chinatown Park & Ride ($3 all day parking with validation stamp at Welcome Tables)
Golden Gateway Garage at 250 Clay Street| Free Shuttle Service to Chinatown Every 15 Minutes
*This is a green event, which means all your bowls and utensils are compostable!
Chinatown Community Development Center
The mission of the Chinatown Community Development Center is to build community and enhance the quality of life for San Francisco residents. Based in the Chinatown neighborhood, Chinatown CDC also serves other San Francisco neighborhoods, including North Beach and the Tenderloin. We are a community development organization with many roles, serving as neighborhood advocates, organizers, planners, as developers and managers of affordable housing.
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North Beach Merchants Association is a non-profit mutual benefit association, committed to enhancing and promoting business throughout North Beach, beautifying and preserving our business district and neighborhood, striving to make North Beach a more inviting, enjoyable, safer place to work, live, and visit, and working with North Beach neighborhood groups to create a more healthy and attractive community of which we can all continue to be proud.
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Glasgow: A Victorious Loss
By Katie Anderson
In A Scots Hairst: Essays and Short Stories, Scottish author Lewis Grassic Gibbon writes of Glasgow, "The monster of Loch Ness is probably the lost soul of Glasgow, in scales and horns, disporting itself in the Highlands after evacuating finally and completely its mother-corpse." He continues in his essay entitled Glasgow, "It may be a corpse, but the maggot-swarm upon it is very fiercely alive…what excellent grounds the old-fashioned anthropologist appeared to have for believing that man was by nature a brutish savage, a herd-beast delighting in vocal discordance and orgiastic aural abandon."
This was my home for four months; take what you will from that, but don't let it be said that Glasgow is the next Detroit—I've lived there too, the lost soul of a 225 slant six, a dream left in an old garage long long ago. No, Glasgow may be a hollow shell of itself, a city undone several hundred times, but it has been knit back together with scraps of new and old culture to create a city un-matched in its multitude of layers. Glasgow is anything but flat. Topographically it resembles something of a bowl shape and bustles with energy like an anthill uncovered by some child wielding a magnifying glass. It is a city cratered in the Scottish countryside but re-built on top of itself over and over again. There is still physical evidence of this in the parks, where you can walk beneath canals that are covered by bridges that are covered by canals. Glasgow is not a natural phenomenon; it is purely the product of human minds, a city molded by human hands.
As is the country and spirit of Scotland, Glasgow is not made of streets and lanes, buildings and shops, of the smell of bakeries, vinegar and rancid inner-city clubs; Glasgow is made of its people. Timeless Glaswegians and mosh-posh internationals—shipbuilders and craftsmen and students and Catholics and artisans and drunks—people who can't leave it and people who want to challenge it.
I spent most of the four months in Glasgow sulking in my room. When I left that room it was for good reasons though: to go to class, to get groceries, to hang out with my friend Chelsea at Lebowskis and Curlers and drink cheap pints with football hooligans, to go see the Royal Scottish National Orchestra downtown at the corner of Sauchiehall and Hell. Sometimes we went to the University student unions and partied with freshmen, sometimes I would get whisky drunk and cry all night and miss the United States. Home, I thought, was a place that never seemed to disgust and disappoint me, at least not in the same way. For me, Glasgow was unpredictable and misunderstood, a city that celebrated Halloween every weekend. It's female inhabitants never put pants on, even in the winter, and you could tell who the real Scottish women were by the fact that they never shivered when they strut from club to club in their tight couture, much like the occasional man clad in his kilt.
The city is a wild jungle of liquor and hard junk and yet you would never suspect it, at least not the way that Irvine Welsh once described as it was in Edinburgh. Unlike that place, Glasgow never pretends to be something it's not; the vibe of the city is just naturally dark and dirty, and takes the form of whatever monster happens to be skulking through Scotland at the time—the fact that this century the monster is Scotch whisky is no coincidence.
Glasgow obliterates every one of its inhabitants in its own unique way. I felt like I was assaulted by the city and no matter how hard I fought back my dignity was never returned. A night in the inner city, for example, might lead you to decide to hit the bar scene for a pint and a few shots and as a result you may instead decide to punch a Scot in the face for stealing your green beret. After that night I think I stopped taking liquor as an excuse from people, least of all myself. I mean, the hat didn't have a few shots with these guys and decide to go party back at their place. And the men didn't want to taunt the felt hat into seduction; they wanted women and sorely enough women seem to come at a low price in Glasgow. As a result of this discovery I became violently conscious of my surroundings, chewed up and spit into the pile of detritus that is Glasgow and forced to survive the constant attack of predators feasting off of all the little dead things. For that reason I never let my guard down for a second, I never let anyone see the emptiness I may have had or hint in any way that I was vulnerable in longing for the emotional comforts of home, and in that sense I was never lonely, never for a second was I out of reach of the bar and it's gracious tender.
Maybe as a whole we Glaswegians were very much alive, but clubs only stayed open until three a.m., and the chip shops eventually dried up on vinegar, and nothing good lasts forever, and it all ends abruptly. And so I never let Chelsea out of my sight and she never let me out of hers.
I learned from my travels in Scotland that there are very few types of people who can express their carnal instincts the way that Scottish folk can. There is something socially welcomed in Scottish society that is ignored by their English neighbors, something that is pure and angry and abrasive, but not shamed. Where the English would scold said behavior the Scottish show support; they collect dignity like gold. And in that way, the Scottish reflect their country's history just as every country does: Americans are those who resent each other, but would never change their fellow citizens because together, as a whole, Americans are a winning team. But the Scottish are different; they are quick to win the small battles that they can, the ones that are damn near impossible and insensible, but only with the ultimate knowledge that the war is lost. Scots, with so much ambition, are luckless sacks fronting a "fuck it" attitude with a wide smile. But Scots sport a strange happiness, it isn't the kind of happiness that comes from satisfaction or Christmas morning, but the feeling you get from punching a man in the face. And for that I can call myself a Glaswegian—for the happiness I get from knowing that there is such a thing as justice, and it sometimes comes in the form of a fist to the mouth. I take that with me now, the pride I have from knowing that for a moment I am victorious and the world can be put to balance once again, if only for one endearing moment.
So less than four months later, as I sit still and let my world spin around me like a top, I can almost recall what the streets of Sauchiehall felt like on a Saturday night. The way we would meander down the sidewalk avoiding the ugly faces of drink and the greedy, spastic eyes of junk, hoping to God that we wouldn't look for fear of nausea, for fear we would spin uncontrollably in the carnival of the dead monster's flesh. I walked away from that experience with a lesson well learned; never trust a well-lit street and never walk with strangers in the night.
Katie Anderson has spent time living in Detroit, MI, Auburn, ME, Asheville, NC, and Glasgow, Scotland. She continues to take her experience from living in a variety of different environments and puts them into pieces of creative non-fiction. However, for the amount of time spent traveling abroad she wishes to let her readers know that no matter where life continues to take you, home is always where the heart is.


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The book is set in the southwest. The protagonist is bilingual. The narrator cannot pronounce simple spanish words. This one is headed back . . .
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Date of birth:December 03, 1989
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Given an array and an integer k, find the maximum for each and every contiguous subarray of size k.
Input :
arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6}
k = 3
Output :
3 3 4 5 5 5 6
Input :
arr[] = {8, 5, 10, 7, 9, 4, 15, 12, 90, 13}
k = 4
Output :
10 10 10 15 15 90 90
Method 1 (Simple)
Run two loops. In the outer loop, take all subarrays of size k. In the inner loop, get the maximum of the current subarray.
#include<stdio.h> void printKMax(int arr[], int n, int k) { int j, max; for (int i = 0; i <= n-k; i++) { max = arr[i]; for (j = 1; j < k; j++) { if (arr[i+j] > max) max = arr[i+j]; } printf("%d ", max); } } int main() { int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]); int k = 3; printKMax(arr, n, k); return 0; }
Time Complexity: The outer loop runs n-k+1 times and the inner loop runs k times for every iteration of outer loop. So time complexity is O((n-k+1)*k) which can also be written as O(nk).
Method 2 (Use Self-Balancing BST)
1) Pick first k elements and create a Self-Balancing Binary Search Tree (BST) of size k.
2) Run a loop for i = 0 to n – k
…..a) Get the maximum element from the BST, and print it.
…..b) Search for arr[i] in the BST and delete it from the BST.
…..c) Insert arr[i+k] into the BST.
Time Complexity: Time Complexity of step 1 is O(kLogk). Time Complexity of steps 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) is O(Logk). Since steps 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) are in a loop that runs n-k+1 times, time complexity of the complete algorithm is O(kLogk + (n-k+1)*Logk) which can also be written as O(nLogk).
Method 3 (A O(n) method: use Dequeue)
We create a Dequeue, Qi of capacity k, that stores only useful elements of current window of k elements. An element is useful if it is in current window and is greater than all other elements on left side of it in current window. We process all array elements one by one and maintain Qi to contain useful elements of current window and these useful elements are maintained in sorted order. The element at front of the Qi is the largest and element at rear of Qi is the smallest of current window. Thanks to Aashish for suggesting this method.
Following is C++ implementation of this method.
#include <iostream> #include <deque> using namespace std; // A Dequeue (Double ended queue) based method for printing maixmum element of // all subarrays of size k void printKMax(int arr[], int n, int k) { // Create a Double Ended Queue, Qi that will store indexes of array elements // The queue will store indexes of useful elements in every window and it will // maintain decreasing order of values from front to rear in Qi, i.e., // arr[Qi.front[]] to arr[Qi.rear()] are sorted in decreasing order std::deque<int> Qi(k); /* Process first k (or first window) elements of array */ int i; for (i = 0; i < k; ++i) { // For very element, the previous smaller elements are useless so // remove them from Qi while ( (!Qi.empty()) && arr[i] >= arr[Qi.back()]) Qi.pop_back(); // Remove from rear // Add new element at rear of queue Qi.push_back(i); } // Process rest of the elements, i.e., from arr[k] to arr[n-1] for ( ; i < n; ++i) { // The element at the front of the queue is the largest element of // previous window, so print it cout << arr[Qi.front()] << " "; // Remove the elements which are out of this window while ( (!Qi.empty()) && Qi.front() <= i - k) Qi.pop_front(); // Remove from front of queue // Remove all elements smaller than the currently // being added element (remove useless elements) while ( (!Qi.empty()) && arr[i] >= arr[Qi.back()]) Qi.pop_back(); // Add current element at the rear of Qi Qi.push_back(i); } // Print the maximum element of last window cout << arr[Qi.front()]; } // Driver program to test above functions int main() { int arr[] = {12, 1, 78, 90, 57, 89, 56}; int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]); int k = 3; printKMax(arr, n, k); return 0; }
78 90 90 90 89
Time Complexity: O(n). It seems more than O(n) at first look. If we take a closer look, we can observe that every element of array is added and removed at most once. So there are total 2n operations.
Auxiliary Space: O(k)
Below is an extension of this problem.
Sum of minimum and maximum elements of all subarrays of size k.
Please write comments if you find the above codes/algorithms incorrect, or find other ways to solve the same problem.


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Watermelon is one of the best parts of summer. If you're like me you may get a little overzealous at times. If something is priced per piece, or perhaps per watermelon, I am going to find the biggest one in the store – even if I can barely lift it into my cart by myself. I'm just
thrifty cheap that way.
Well, it's only saving money if you use the whole thing. I may have over bought on watermelon a couple time (or dozens). You know those big ones that can't possibly fit in the fridge? Even if you cut it up you would need a whole fridge for the giant tupperware containers full of that juicy watermelon… what do you do then? Read on, rejoice with me and never throw out any watermelon again!
This recipe was also submitted to the Virtual Vegan Linky Potluck which is now happening every week!
At Eat Write Retreat the Watermelon Board taught us that the easiest and most portable way to use up the watermelon you have is to make watermelon juice. Now that makes a lot of sense! Be sure to follow them on Facebook.
It sounds much harder than it is, but you can use that to your advantage and be impressive at a moment's notice. You do not need a fancy juicer or even a high-speed blender to juice your watermelon.
It's so simple and easy – just add cut up watermelon into your blender and blend as smooth as you can, then strain it through a fine mesh strainer. This removes the fibrous pieces and leaves you with watermelon juice. Ta-da!
Now that you have a pitcher of deliciously refreshing watermelon juice that you can even drink as is, if you can't bear to wait any longer…but I say let's fancy it up a little more.
Mix in the juice of 2 limes and lightly sweeten with liquid stevia, stevia simple syrup or sweetener of your choice. I would definitely sweeten to taste since one watermelon could be sweeter than another.
You could also toss in some fresh herbs like mint or lemon balm to the blender with the watermelon chunks. I wanted the botanicals in the gin to shine through – if you are using a really good gin you might want to leave out the herbs too. However if you're drinking it plain or with vodka, the herbs would be fantastic!
I just purchased a new-to-me bottle of gin – Uncle Val's. It may be the best gin I've ever had. It has the traditional juniper, adds in some cucumber flavor like Hendrick's does, and goes even further with lemon, sage and lavender. Describing it does not do it justice. My just keep sipping it straight because the combination is so beautiful. Trust me on this one and try it – if you like gin at all.
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- 6 cups seedless and peeled watermelon chunks
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- 8 drops liquid stevia or 2 small packets (or sweetener of your choice, to taste)
- 1 ounce of gin per serving, optional
- Add the water melon to a blender and blend well. If you have a high speed blender it will take about 1 minute, but if you have a less powerful one it could take 3 to 4 minutes.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a bowel with a pour spout. Pour into a serving pitcher.
- Add in lime juice and stevia, stir and serve. You can garnish with a lime or watermelon slice.


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Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Twice Weekly As Effective As A Daily Regime
Furthermore, twice weekly supplementation is linked to improved adherence rates in pregnant women and may also be linked to improved cognitive development in infants aged six months.
These findings are important as anemia - a condition in which the blood does not supply the body with enough oxygen because of low levels of haemoglobin, the iron-containing pigment that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen - is a widespread global health problem, with over 2 billion people thought to be affected, yet the side effects and costs of daily iron supplementation are challenges to treatment.
The researchers, led by Beverley Biggs from the University of Melbourne in Australia, reached these conclusions by conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial, in which pregnant women in a semi-rural region of Viet Nam were randomized to receive daily iron-folic acid supplementation (426 women), twice weekly iron-folic acid supplementation (425 women), or twice weekly iron-folic acid supplementation plus micronutrients (407 women).
The researchers (also the authors of this paper) found that birth weight was similar in all supplement groups, and there were also no differences in rates of prematurity, stillbirth, or early neonatal death. At six months, there were also no differences in the levels of infant hemoglobin, prevalence of anemia, or growth rates.
However, the authors found that infants born to mothers in the twice weekly iron-folic acid supplement group had improved cognitive development compared to infants born to mothers in the daily supplement group. Finally, the authors found that adherence rates were significantly higher in the twice weekly iron-folic acid supplement group compared to the once daily regime.
The authors say: "We have shown that twice weekly antenatal [iron-folic acid supplementation] or [multiple micronutrient supplementation] in an area of Southeast Asia with low anemia prevalence did not produce a clinically important difference in birth weight or infant growth outcomes, compared to daily antenatal [iron-folic acid supplementation]."
They continue: "Our finding of a significant improvement in infant cognitive outcome at 6 months of age following twice weekly antenatal [iron-folic acid supplementation] requires further exploration, and provides additional support for the use of intermittent over daily antenatal [iron-folic acid supplementation] regimes in populations with low rates of iron deficiency."
Funding: This study was funded through a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Coucil of Australia (Grant number 628751). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Citation: Hanieh S, Ha TT, Simpson JA, Casey GJ, Khuong NC, et al. (2013) The Effect of Intermittent Antenatal Iron Supplementation on Maternal and Infant Outcomes in Rural Viet Nam: A Cluster Randomised Trial. PLoS Med 10(6): e1001470. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001470
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The Future if GM Buys Chrysler
We make some fearless predictions about the Frankenstein cars that would result from this massive merger.
So who has money? Renault, Nissan, and Carlos Ghosn (the boss of both) is a resourceful combination, but a profoundly careful one, too. Tata, the Indian company that absorbed Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford, is having problems of its own, not the least of which is the plummeting sales of those two brands in the U.S. If there was a Chinese car company with enough money, it would make some sense to purchase a ready-made entry into the U.S. market, but those who have done business with the Chinese have found it… challenging. Is that the right word? Challenging? And unless China itself financed the deal, it wouldn't happen.
There was a time when a big dealer network would hold enormous appeal for a manufacturer looking to expand into the U.S., but taking on Chrysler would be like buying a bunch of Great Danes when one Chihuahua would do. When some of the country's largest dealers are going bankrupt, it's a nightmare for those who used to think owning a dealership—any dealership—was a solid, golden commodity that would increase in value every year.
Consider this: Compared to the Honda and Toyota models, Chevrolet alone arguably has enough dealers in the U.S. to service all of General Motors and Chrysler. There are dealers for the same brand that share the same ZIP code. In tight times, nobody can make money like that. But closing brands or dealers would be prohibitively expensive—the dealers are privately owned and each owner has a franchise agreement guaranteeing the right to sell cars.
That said, combining General Motors and Chrysler is intriguing. Of course, we were also intrigued when we thought about the products that we'd see after Chrysler and the parent of Mercedes-Benz combined, and while the Chrysler Crossfire wasn't the breakthrough we'd hoped, the Chrysler 300 was a segment-leading vehicle for a time.
Still, without taking the step of judiciously listing every platform, every factory, every market, and predicting what products must live and what products must die, we're willing to offer some suggestions as to how a properly combined product portfolio would look.
Like this:
The Grand Caraventure: Chrysler continues to own the domestic minivan market, and, as suggested by loaning out the platform to the Volkswagen Routan, they'd like to build even more. It's a good bet Chevrolet dealers wouldn't mind a re-entry into the minivan market.
The Malibring: Even the people at Chrysler believe that they missed the mark with the current Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger, and most all of us agree that the Chevrolet Malibu is a startlingly good car. Chrysler-ize the Malibu, and Dodge and Chrysler dealers would finally have the Camry- and Accord-fighter they've always wanted.
The CadiCherokee: Cadillac's current and future SRX is refined to a level the Jeep Cherokee has never approached, but no one knows more about making a vehicle perform properly both on- and off-road than Jeep. That brand should take GM's upcoming front-wheel-drive crossover platform that underpins the next SRX and the upcoming Saab 9-4X and see what happens.


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Pitt Head Coach Dave Wannstedt
"This was a different week preparing for the game because of the misfortune a week ago to their player, Eric LeGrand. It was a topic of conversation around our locker room. A lot of our guys know players from New Jersey and we have players from there."
"We started off—and we were not flat—but we were not executing. We had penalties. We had a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown. We were going to find out what type of team we have, in the second half."
"Rutgers had won three of their last four games in the fourth quarter. We know what type of character this football team had that we were playing."
"I was very, very proud of our guys and how we stepped up in the second half and made plays."
"Tino Sunseri continued to make progress. He made decisions in the second half that he didn't make in the first half and he hadn't made in the last couple of weeks."
"If Jonathan Baldwin is in one-on-one coverage, we've got to get him the ball."
"They were literally triple teaming Jabaal Sheard, so Brandon Lindsey stepped up and had three sacks. We were playing in coverage today and we were generating pressure out of our defensive front. I thought that made a huge difference today."
"I thought our coaches did a good job today. That's two straight weeks of putting up 40 or more points."
"It was a good team win and a good conference win. We're still a team in progress. We've got to work hard this week and get better, and that's what these kids have done. We'll continue doing that and taking them one game at a time."
Pitt Quarterback Tino Sunseri
"We always believe that any given player on this team can have a big day or make plays. In the past weeks, guys like Dion (Lewis) and JB haven't had to make plays because other guys where stepping up to make things happen."
"We just wanted to take advantage of any opportunity we could when we got a one-on-one. Coach Schiano is a great defensive-minded coach. We knew he was going to have his team bring pressure and Dion was able to split some runs and our offensive line did a great job of hanging up the pass protection."
"We always want to be a complete offense. We have a lot of guys on this team who can make adjustments and make plays."
"It was special to throw for 300-yards. I knew we were kind of close to that mark going into the last couple of drives. Coach Cignetti called a couple of pass plays there at the end and I was able to get to that mark. It was pretty cool."
Pitt Wide Receiver Jon Baldwin
"It's great to get the second win in the Big East. We have to keep building off of today."
"I think early on in the season, a lot of people started counting us out. We always believed in ourselves as a team and now we stand in first place in the Big East."
"I simply try and make plays when my number is called. Whether I get two balls or eight balls, my job is to make the most of my opportunities."
"We can still step things up. Our linemen are doing a great job and so is Tino. We need to keep building off the success."
Pitt Safety Dom DeCicco
"We're feeling better every week. If we can keep this up, we will be a difficult team to beat. We're confident right now but at the same time, we realize that one slip-up can cost us a shot at the Big East."
"In the past few years, Rutgers has really been a team that has given us some problems. The coaches have really helped us prepare and they've done a great job in scouting our opponents."
"I know that everyone on this team believes that there is room for improvement. We'll be looking at film tomorrow and preparing for Louisville. We just have to take things one step at a time."
Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano
"We just got whooped today in all three phases. We struggled protecting the passer, we gave Pitt a short field to work with and besides our blocked punt for a touchdown we really didn't do much on special teams. On defense we didn't play the way that we are capable of. When that happens, it's on me. We obviously didn't get our football team ready to play today. I don't think it was anything other than we didn't execute and Pitt did. They're a good football team and they are hitting their stride and we were unable to sustain that in the second half."
On the emotion of the team:
"I didn't sense anything. I thought they were ready to play when it came time for kickoff."
On what about the Pitt team troubled Rutgers:
"Their two running backs really played well. We had multiple opportunities behind the line of scrimmage for loss plays and we didn't tackle very well, but I think those running backs had a lot to do with it. Then we had a lot of mistakes in critical situations. We would have it just right and then we would make a mistake and a guy wouldn't be covered. You could look at a lot of different things, but it's my job to make sure that we do the right things and we didn't do it."
On Pitt WR Jon Baldwin:
"We didn't match anyone up with him in particular. He played a heck of a game and he made some great plays. I don't know if he's too much for any one guy, I just think he played very well today."
On the injuries on defense being a factor:
"Of course they are factors, but you play with the 11 guys that are out there. We just didn't get it done. Pitt did play very well. Without seeing the tape I couldn't tell you what it was, but I know those running backs were hit several times in the backfield and they were able to twist and turn and get out of there. We didn't tackle the way we normally do, but I do think that those running backs had a lot to do with those."
On Pitt's Blitz:
"They always have a blitz package, but they don't rely on it a great deal. We just had some one-on-one match-ups that we tried to provide help in different areas. I thought Pitt covered well. We had some time back there and we didn't have any open people. Your commit resource is to help on the protection and sometimes it closes some windows on the pass game. That's a choice you have to make."
On Pitt's contribution to Eric LeGrand:
"It's classy. This league has been great and this whole nation has been great reaching out and I can't thank you enough. Another week has gone by and another game has been played and Eric is still in the same situation. Nothing has changed. I appreciate everyone's prayers and outreach. We're going to keep moving on. This team hit a very bad spot today, but this team will be back. In this league, anybody could beat anybody. It's just going out and playing. We'll be back."
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We're thrilled to see Shanna Compton spreading the good word about Joyce Mansour, surrealist poet, feminist icon, and apartment neighbor to Edmond Jabès. In case you haven't come across Mansour's work, Compton succinctly lays out who she was over at The Best American Poetry blog:
Joyce Mansour was born in England, Joyce Patricia Adès, to Jewish-Egyptian parents who raised her in Cairo. She married at 19, but her husband died of cancer only six months later. Two years later, in 1929, she married Samir Mansour, an Egyptian Jew, with whom she had two sons, Phillipe (1952) and Cyrille (1955). Fluent in both English and French, she switched from writing in English at some point, perhaps influenced by her husband and her attraction to work coming out of France at the time. Her first two books, Cris (Screams) and Déchirures (Torn Apart), were both released in Paris before she and her family moved there in September 1956, into the same apartment building as Edmond Jabès. Mansour had already met Andre Breton on a prior visit to France, and the two were close friends. ("Your gift is that of a genius," he told her.) Everybody agreed and her work was welcomed with as much enthusiasm as Mansour herself was. Once on the scene, she became a well known Surrealist, author of sixteen books of poetry, prose, and plays. Pierre Molinier drew her portrait for a 1958 issue of Breton's Le surréalisme, même, and several other artists dedicated works to her or illustrated her poems… Serge Gavronsky's introduction to Essential Poems & Writings vividly describes her relationships in the group, of which she seemed a prominent figure. (Joris & Rothenberg note, however, that she "exceeds the strictures of that movement, especially in relation to the latter's phallocentric eroticism.") Gavronsky places her in historical context, discusses her stylistic tics, themes, politics, eschewing of the typographic experimentation of her contemporaries, and more. (I'm still exploring it all.) Mansour died of cancer in Paris in 1986.
If you're intrigued and want to find out more, read the post in its entirety here (including sample poems, photos, anecdotes, and too much goodness to summarize). Then, if you're in Brooklyn this weekend, be sure to check out this reading celebrating Mansour's poetry and life. This is how it'll go down:
Each poet will read from Mansour's work as well as their from something of their own that speaks to her influence in some way. Some will read in French. We may show a short film of Mansour's "Pandemonium" by French lectrice Frédérique Bruyas. Black Widow is sending us a limited number of copies to sell on their behalf, because for some reason you didn't order it instantly when I gave you the link above.
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Toilet water supply valve compression ring corroded - how to unscrew the nut now?
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Heya - I'm trying to replace my toilet water supply valve which is connected to a copper pipe via a compression ring and nut. But its stuck - I can't unscrew it and there is some blue/green copper corrosion in the threads of the valve that lead into the nut (the nut rotates on the copper pipe but I can't unscrew the valve from the nut). I think the corroded copper is making the threads stick and impossible to turn the nut to remove the valve.
I've tried WD40 and no luck. Now I've sprayed a solution of vinegar and salt onto the threads to try and eliminate the copper corrosion but it doesn't seem to be doing anything - I'm not sure it will seep deep enough into all the threads to have an effect anyways (will leave it overnight and see).
I'm afraid to try and hack-saw the nut as I'm not very adept with a saw and it will probably take until doomsday to cut the nut. Is it okay to just cut the copper pipe at the edge of the nut? I think it will be easier for me to cut copper. There is a good 1.5 inches of copper pipe sticking out of the wall up to the edge of the nut. The new water supply valve comes with a new nut which has a copper ring inside. If I cut the copper pipe do I just slide the new nut over top of the pipe then screw the new water supply valve into it?
I've attached a photo. If anyone can give me advice on the best way to get this old valve removed I'd appreciate it (I'm trying to connect a Bidet attachment which requires a different kind of valve).
I've never had one not come off and I've removed hundreds.
Are you using one wrench to hold the valve and turning the nut clock wise as your facing it?
Get a bigger wrench.
Are you turning it the wright way?
Joe asked, and I will---are you using two wrenches? one on the valve and one on the nut?
Like Joe--I've removed hundreds of those and never had one fight me----are you turning the correct direction?
Those valve are super cheap and flimsy too much force on the nut accually ovals the nut and it will never come off you have the room cut the copper and go back with a new good quality quarter turn stop. make sure the mating copper is clean and smooth, be done with it..
Yes, I'm using two wrenches, one on the valve and one on the nut, and I'm turning them the right way: just like in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h49cqdX3Htw
The blue/green corrosion has not come off the threads despite leaving salt & vinegar solution on it all night. Its possible someone stronger could do it but I'm not a total wimp. I think I'm going to go ahead and cut the copper pipe and install a new nut unless someone else comes up with another suggestion.
Thanks for your help!
That does not appear to be a compression nut to me, that appears to be part of a 1/2 female threaded supply valve. Put a hold back pipe wrench on the stub out facing down to the right, and turn the nut (Valve) CCW with a pipe wrench, after you drain the tank, and take off the supply tube.
[QUOTE=Jenju;1111177] (the nut rotates on the copper pipe but I can't unscrew the valve from the nut). I think the corroded copper is making the threads stick and impossible to turn the nut to remove the valve.
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You've certainly lost me on the above statements. How the nut can rotate on the pipe but not rotate on the valve threads is beyond my comprehension.
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shut the main water Off turn sink valve to drain water out of bathroom pipes. Now just take a copper pipe cutter and cut the pipe. You have plenty of room. Go buy one.
While your there grab a sharkbite fitting. Something like this.
I think your rite if it is. Put a adjust wrench on the copper pipe. Now pull foward toward the fitting. It might pop it loose. They actually make a tool for this I think a adjust wrench mike work instead.
Well, its confusing me too!
I've just tried pulling the valve/nut part off the copper pipe with wrenches but its not budging. I don't really want to buy any more tools so I'm going to cut the pipe and start fresh!
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The Sniper Class is a soldier class in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
The primary role of the Sniper Class is providing long range standoff, force multiplier and supporting Overwatch against enemy units.
XCOM DatabaseEdit
|Specialized in dealing large amounts of damage from extreme range, the Sniper is an invaluable resource for both scouting and surgical elimination of enemy units. Please note: Snipers are not suited for close-quarters combat without supplemental training.
–XCOM Database, XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Tactical DescriptionEdit
The primary role of the Sniper Class is to devote special attention to the military coup d'œil, to quickly kill high-valued targets, and to dispose of retreating or flanking hostile elements. Every "kill confirmed" alien directly translates into one less -dead- XCOM soldier. The unique characteristic of the class is the focus on long range combat: unlike other weapons, sniper rifles have greater accuracy at long distance, and suffer reduced accuracy (up to 25%) at close and mid range.
Available abilities allow snipers to develop into two general types — Recon and Overwatch.
Recon is optimized for "high-variance missions" involving rapid movement and close-quarters combat (such as UFO and Target Extraction). Overwatch excels at "low-variance missions" involving open terrain, choke points and "sniper nests" (such as Alien Abductions and the Alien Base).
The Sniper class can be equipped with sniper rifles and pistols. They tend to rely on their pistols as backup weapons more often than any other class, so they should be the first to receive upgraded pistols.
Sniper RiflesEdit
|Base Damage
|Crit Damage
|Crit Chance
|Sniper Rifle
|3 - 5
|6 - 8
|Laser Sniper Rifle
|5 - 7
|9 - 11
|Plasma Sniper Rifle
|8 - 10
|14 - 16
- Ammo Conservation: Increase ammo capacity by 100%.
|Base Damage
|Crit Damage
|Crit Chance
|1 - 2
|2 - 4
|Laser Pistol
|1 - 3
|3 - 5
|Plasma Pistol
|2 - 4
|5 - 7
When a soldier is promoted, certain ranks allow the player to choose one of two abilities for the soldier.
|Fire a shot with +30% critical chance and extra damage on critical hits, based on the tech level of the sniper rifle. 2 turn cool down.
|Snap Shot
|Removes the sniper rifle's restriction on firing and Overwatch after moving. Any shots taken suffer a -20 Aim (-10 Aim in XCOM: Enemy Within) penalty.
|Allows firing at targets in an ally's sight radius. (In XCOM: Enemy Within, these targets cannot be critically hit unless using Headshot.)
|Confers 2 bonus damage with pistols.
|Damn Good Ground
|Confers +10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation, in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.
|Disabling Shot
|Allows the Sniper to fire a shot that causes the target's main weapon to malfunction. The target may use Reload to fix the weapon. The shot cannot inflict a critical hit. 2 turn cooldown.
|Battle Scanner
|Scanning device that, when thrown, creates a new source of vision for 2 turns. Can only be used 2 times per battle.
|Confers +10 Aim against targets with less than 50% health.
|Eliminates the Aim penalty on reaction shots, and allows reaction shots to cause critical hits.
|Low Profile
|Makes partial cover count as full.
|In The Zone
|Killing a flanked or uncovered target with the sniper rifle does not cost an action.
|Double Tap
|Allows both actions to be used for Standard Shot, Headshot, or Disabling Shot, provided no moves were made. The second shot must be taken immediately after the first. 1 turn cooldown.
Skill ComparisonsEdit
Some players who have completed Ironman on Classic and Impossible difficulties recommend choosing Squadsight, Opportunist and Double Tap.
Snap Shot vs. SquadsightEdit
- Snap Shot removes the sniper rifle's restriction on firing and Overwatch after moving. Any shots taken suffer a -20 Aim penalty.
- Snap Shot is considerably more flexible in usage compared to Squadsight. Being able to move with the squad and not require "nests", allows full use of certain Sniper abilities which are otherwise of limited use to their Squadsight counterparts.
- Squadsight allows sniping at targets in an ally's sight radius.
- Squadsight requires unobstructed line-of-sight (LoS): this means frequently hunting for "Snipers' Nests" with unobstructed view of most of the battlefield in order to make the most of this ability.
- On the plus side however, utilizing squadsight effectively will result in every sniper shot being fired with maximum aim and critical strike chance, in addition to leaving more actions to utilize double-tap in conjunction with reload or just simply fire two times, instead of relocating.
- However a lone sniper way behind other soldiers is an easy target for Seekers.
Gunslinger vs. Damn Good GroundEdit
- Gunslinger confers 2 bonus damage with pistols.
- Good for Covert Operatives because they are limited to just pistols and this allows them to do more damage.
- Damn Good Ground confers +10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation, when on elevated ground or flying with Archangel Armor, in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.
- Works well with Squad Sight as it will often allow the sniper to stay in one location for extended sessions and provide cover for the squad
Disabling Shot vs. Battle ScannerEdit
- Disabling Shot allows a shot that causes the target's main weapon to malfunction, forcing it to waste a turn "fixing it".
- Useful for disrupting enemies who either are or is about to go for a flanking shot.
- Can be utilized to disable the attack ability of powerful enemies like the Sectopod or the Cyberdisc.
- Battle Scanner is a grenade-like scanning device that, when thrown, creates a new source of vision.
- Battle Scanner reveals all cloaked enemies within its scan range, making scanners useful for uncovering Seekers who have gone into Stealth mode; this stealth-revealing capability is valuable in the early game prior to researching Bioelectric Skin.
- Battle Scanner's scouting utility is diminished by the presence of Mimetic Skin Gene Modded squad members, which allows for safe, effective and unlimited scouting. These soldiers can move far up-field and provide targeting data to Squadsight snipers indefinitely without danger so long as they do not move.
Executioner vs. OpportunistEdit
The choice here is a conditional ability that's active 50% of the time vs. an unconditional ability that can always be activated on your own terms.
- Executioner helps to finish off wounded enemies
- Opportunist allows for the setup Reaction Fire ambushes.
- If coupled with Damn Good Ground alongside Squadsight, this will effectively allow the sniper to fire against enemies when first engaged and before they move to cover.
Double Tap vs. In The ZoneEdit
The true "force multiplier" potential of the Sniper Class unlocks at the Colonel rank. Both abilities presented at this stage allow multiple shots per turn, but in different ways: high-variance reactive sniping, and low-variance proactive sniping. Your Squad Tactics and abilities need to be taken into consideration.
- Double Tap allows the use of the first action for shooting instead of moving. If the soldier has an excellent enough position, they can potentially shoot twice per turn, either at the same target or two separate targets.
- Double Tap synergies with Squadsight and Disabling Shot, and excels at dealing double damage quickly to high valued targets or allow for the neutralizing of two weaker targets in the same turn. (Compared to In The Zone, it doesn't require any specific "Squad Tactics" to setup or to pull off.)
- Double Tap is limited by the cooldown, which only allows the ability to be used every other turn. (It is activated automatically when taking the first shot; cooldown can be tracked by opening the Sniper's status window: when Double Tap is available, it will be shown in beneficial status effects.)
- Double Tap is not Bullet Swarm for snipers - the second action MUST be a shot, Disabling Shot, or Headshot; this may result in the player having to use the "End Turn" button if a target isn't available for the sniper.
- Double Tap does not synergize with Snap Shot - the ability's benefit is negated if the soldier is moving in that turn.
- In The Zone allows for sustained fire - for as long as the soldier continues to kill visible targets that are flanked or exposed - before needing to reload.
- In The Zone is effectively an "AoE attack" with the potential to pick off the two Drone escorts of a Sectopod, or the Sectoid escorts of a Mechtoid or Sectoid Commander, or the damaged survivors of a pack of Mutons, or every member of a pack of Floaters.
- In The Zone is highly dependent on Squad Tactics - requiring the destruction of alien cover by allied action - and thus synergies with:
- Frag Grenades and Alien Grenades
- Assault's Flush ability
- Heavy's Suppression, Danger Zone, Mayhem, and Shredder Rocket abilities
- M.E.C.'s Collateral Damage, Kinetic Strike Module, Flamethrower, and Grenade Launcher abilities
- In The Zone synergies with Snap Shot and Opportunist while in Overwatch against flanked foes. Certain enemy types (i.e. Chryssalids, Zombie, Berserkers and especially Drones) frequently ignore cover, making them extremely easy targets for the Sniper.
Builds and TacticsEdit
- Main article: Squad Tactics (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)
Sniper Class builds suitable for all difficulties and DLCs:
Covert Ops SoldierEdit
Early-game "Gunslinger" build (1-2 months):
- Skills
- Squadsight, Gunslinger, Battle Scanner, Opportunist, Double Tap
- Equipment
- S.C.O.P.E., Reaper Rounds, Laser Pistol, Archangel Armor
- Upgrades
- Tactical Rigging, Ammo Conservation, Improved Pistol (I / II / III), Mimetic Skin, Hyper Reactive Pupils
- Tactics
All-round great "general purpose" sniper build for all difficulties -- perfect for Covert Operations -- yet still remains the cheapest, most effective, and most reliable damage dealer at any stage in the game. Low Profile and Mimetic Skin allows for "camping" Intel objectives at no risk. Remains fairly flexible and effective in late game with all three Improved Pistol upgrades researched. Very high Aim combined with a Plasma Pistol allows a minimum 5 damage every shot (which is comparable in both firepower and accuracy to Light Plasma Rifle) but with half the manufacturing cost and zero reloading; and that's before Hyper Reactive Pupils, Gunslinger and Double Tap are factored in.
Marksman Soldier Edit
Mid-game "Hunter" build (3-4 months):
- Equipment
- S.C.O.P.E., Chitin Plating, Laser Sniper Rifle, Ghost Armor
- Tactics
A fireteam-oriented designated marksman -- designed to exploit "In The Zone" -- by moving with the squad and support them via proactively terminating low valued targets. The key point is to combined hit-and-run tactics, flanking and crossfire maneuvers with bounding Overwatch, without putting your soldier at risk.
Excels in Terror Site and Council Missions where enemies (usually Thin Men) will drop in and flanked from the side, often outside of cover. Generally good at indoor missions or close quarters engagements that requires frequently repositioning. Battle Scanner helps to plan moves in advance; this build only allows engagement of only targets in their own view zone, and the scanner can be used to scout the area without alerting the enemy.
Psi-Assassin SoldierEdit
Late-game "Dominance" build (5+ months)
- Upgrades
- Tactical Rigging, Ammo Conservation, S.C.O.P.E. Upgrade, Neural Feedback, Adrenal Neurosympathy, Mimetic Skin, Muscle Fiber Density, Depth Perception, Mindfray, Psi Panic, Mind Control
- Tactics
Extremely powerful dominance sniper, perfectly designed to terminate all weaklings, before disabling or mind-controlling high-valued targets. The key point in this tactic is making excellent use of fireteam discipline and finding the best spot to overwatch "nest", which is often the highest vantage point on the current map with the fewest LOS obstructions, and changing locations at the correct times.
This build is recommended to have archangel armor when possible; at the mission start, immediately move your recon units forward and simply "fly" with your sniper. This is also incredibly effective against Sectopods end game, since you can hit them with a disabling shot, followed up by a near 100% critical headshot.
Equipment and UpgradesEdit
Access to a cloaking ability (i.e. Ghost Grenade, Ghost Armor, or Mimetic Skin) is critical for a Sniper end-game build. Attacks while cloaked provides bonus critical chance, which increases single-target damage potential that stacks with Headshot, to confer the highest critical chance.
- Skeleton Suit and Archangel Armor allow snipers to get to higher ground instantly. Depending on the map in question, this is extremely useful on Terror Missions and abductions; however,it is only marginally useful if there are no buildings or elevated ground.
- Ghost Armor, when combined with Depth Perception, Mimetic Skin, and Muscle Fiber Density, is highly adaptive to any terrain and tactical situation, having both the pre-requisite mobility and stealth attributes of previously mutually exclusive armor builds. Ghost armor allows snipers to take advantage of higher ground and remain there with impunity thanks to the ability to cloak.
- S.C.O.P.E. is mandatory and extremely useful for Snipers of all ranks and builds as they maintain the furthest distance from foes than any other class.
- Tactical Rigging EW allows for Reaper Rounds, Grenades, Chitin Plating, Medikit to allow for patching up wounded squadmates when regrouping.
- Respirator Implant EW provide immunity to Seeker strangulation, as a lone sniper far from the team tends to be under the most threat from these units.
- Chitin Plating can be helpful for adding extra protection, since Ghost/Skeleton/Archangel armor all have less defense.
- Ghost Grenades EW allow easy escape for a sniper ambushed by a Floater or enemy reinforcements.
Gene ModsEdit
- Main article: Gene Mods
Requires XCOM: Enemy Within expansion:
- Depth Perception confers +5 Aim and Critical for height advantage; Squadsight snipers build "nests" on high ground.
- Muscle Fiber Density helps snipers reach their "nests"; normally requiring a ladder, drain pipe or grapple. More importantly, this mod substitutes the uses of the Skeleton Suit and Archangel Armors.
- Mimetic Skin greatly increases the viability of the Snap Shot and Low Profile; since these requires access to full cover. Mimetic Skin becomes infinitely more valuable on fully indoor maps with numerous obstacles: snipers often wastes a turn repositioning upon entering the next room; invisibility, allows them to remain undetected during that turn, and can potentially set up an easy Double Tap or In The Zone spree.
Multiplayer Sniper ClassesEdit
The following is a detailed break-down of the Sniper class stats and abilities in multiplayer mode.
Headshot - Snap Shot - Gunslinger - Battle Scanner - Executioner
|Dead Eye
|Headshot - Squadsight - Gunslinger- Battle Scanner - Executioner - Opportunist
Headshot - Snap Shot - Gunslinger - Disabling Shot - Executioner - Low Profile - Double Tap
|Psi Assassin
Headshot - Squadsight - Damn Good Ground - Executioner - Low Profile
Note: Each soldier class has a base cost of 800 points, which would need to be added to the values above to determine the point value of a particular build. The above point and stat values reflect the default (i.e. 0 point) equipment load-out.
- Snap Shot and Double Tap - If a Sniper acquires both of these abilities, then the second shot from Double Tap will be affected by Snap Shot which reduces the accuracy by 20% (10% penalty on XCOM: Enemy Within).
- Overwatch - After moving, a Sniper can only Overwatch with a pistol (except with Snap Shot). After selecting Overwatch, the Sniper may switch back to a sniper rifle and reaction fire animation will be performed with the rifle, despite the fact that Overwatch with a rifle is not possible. This requires at least one of your other soldiers to have an unused action. (Tested on XCOM: Enemy Within and XCOM: Enemy Unknown single player)
- It is likely that this is a specific case of a more general graphics bug in XCOM: Enemy Within, as it has been observed to occur without switching back to the sniper rifle, as well as in both the Support and Assault class.