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Wouldn't you like to win the lottery?
I got your attention, didn't I?
But if you are very honest, wouldn't you just like to have an extra dose of faith to overcome whatever situation you are facing? Some say they wish they had the faith of a great healer or evangelist.
But Jesus says that everyone has been given an adequate measure of faith (Romans 12:3), and all that you need is faith the size of a mustard seed (Matthew 17: 20). Why, then, is it so hard to get your prayers answered while others seem to have little or no problem?
First of all, being a person of faith and loving God, you know that, "He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6). Diligently means earnestly, full-heartedly and conscientiously.
Therefore, an overcoming kind of faith will develop gradually as you give Him your whole-hearted attention.
Overcoming faith is made up of some elements that are crucial to a good outcome. Those components of overcoming faith require that you be specific during your prayer time (Mark 10:51). You need to know exactly what you are asking for. Even though God already knows and understands what you need, He wants you to ask Him specifically.
When Bartimaeus cried out loudly to be heard by Jesus in the crowd, Jesus asked what he wanted. It was obvious that he was blind. Jesus, however, wanted to know whether, like Bartimaeus, you have the faith to be whole, to be healed, to be released from a bad situation — or maybe just enough for part of your problems to be solved.
You need to be courageous (Joshua 1:9). Remember when Joshua entered the Promised Land? He got there; now what? He had no idea what to do next or what enemies he would encounter.
God said, "Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with you wherever you go."
Fear is the exact opposite of faith. The closer your walk with the Lord, the more your trust in Him will grow and will eventually produce bravery to the point that you'll want to take on any enemy, knowing the Lord is with you. Be persistent (Ephesians 6:13). Keep on keeping on! Stand firm on the promises of God. He said He will never leave you nor forsake you. Take Him at His word.
Be watchful (1 Peter 5:9). Be vigilant, because your enemy, the devil, would like nothing more than to get you to doubt. Recognize his tactics and resist him, and God will strengthen you.
Be thankful (Philemon 4: 6). Thankfulness may be the most important component of overcoming faith. It lets God know that in faith you already have what you asked for, because you know that He is faithful.
Be patient (James 1:3). This is where I struggle, however, "The trying of your faith worketh patience." The longer it takes for the answer to come in your life, the more patience is necessary — but it will pay off.
Lastly, have confidence (Philemon 1: 6). "Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."
Keep on watering and nurturing your mustard seed faith and watch it grow into faith that moves mountains. Stay connected with God through Jesus Christ, pray unceasingly, spend time in His word and find a church that honors it.

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Below are the links to sites who offer summer research opportunities. It is possible that some of these opportunities will not be offered during the summer of 2016. For additional help, please talk with your advisor.
At Wooster
Over 75 research assistant positions from a variety of disciplines are available each summer to Wooster students. These are the on-campus options.
In Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Chester Summer Scholars Program
- University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemistry, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
- University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- University of Akron, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineer (NSF-REU)
- Kent State University, Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and the Liquid Crystal Institute (NSF-REU)
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- California State University, Fullerton, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Dartmouth College, ASURE Program
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- Georgia Tech, Chemistry REU Program
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- Kent State University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Liquid Crystal Institute, Summer Research Program
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Amgen-UROP Scholars Program (summer research program in science and biotechnology)
- Mayo Graduate School Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Undergraduate Student Opportunities (2016)
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Molecular-Cellular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Bioinformatics
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- Syracuse University, Department of Chemistry
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- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Summer Research Program
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- University of Pennsylvania, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
- University of South Alabama, Structure and Function of Proteins
- University of South Carolina, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Energy in Chemical Engineering
- University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry NSF REU Program
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry, Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Scholarships and Summer Internships
- U.S. Department of Energy Scholars Program Summer Internships
- West Virginia University Center for Neuroscience, Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI)
Other Sources for Opportunities
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- Amgen Scholars Summer Research Programs
- American Chemical Society: Undergraduate Research, major research and internship opportunities for chemistry students
- Internships in Scientific Research or Medicine (.pdf)
Research Activities of Chemistry Department Majors
Summer research gives students an opportunity to gain additional experience in a laboratory setting. Many students have worked in academic labs while others have found their way into industry. Most students work in US labs but a growing number are working abroad.
Summer of 2014
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Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has launched its second annual 'How do you Topcon?' video contest, which will run through December 15.
The contest features four categories: most innovative or creative use of Topcon equipment; funniest video or infomercial; best testimonial or on-the-job story; and the wow factor.
To enter, participants upload a video of no more than three minutes showing how they use Topcon products and services, including use in construction, survey, emerging business and agriculture.
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The Tribune reports that a proposed ordinance going to the Cook County Board for consideration would require all dog, cat and ferret owners to have ID microchips implanted in their pets. The idea behind the law is to make it easier to identify lost pets, but detractors point out that pet licensing rates in Chicago are fairly low (25-30%), which would indicate that a majority of pet owners perhaps have other priorities than getting chips implanted in their ferrets.
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The big thing that NOBODY is talking about is the problem that plagues all of us parents out there who game with their kids --- having to buy the SAME GAME four times! That is my problem with Download Only. Want to buy that new eShop only game? Kids want to play too? Either buy multiple times or share your 3DS. Animal Crossing cost me $105 for three copies. Thank goodness my son can't read yet.
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I'm no stranger to digital and the whole shuttering-down-services scare. I love buying games from Steam thanks to a number of sales that could fill over five hundred copies of Samus Aran's power suit during Steam's high and mighty semi-annual sales. The reason I bring Steam up so because Steam has the least annoying DRM I've ever seen - it's only real restrictions being that you can only be logged in and playing a game on one computer at a time (no different from having one console in the house) and that you can only play offline if you hit "remember me" last time you logged in and didn't log out of Steam (which is different than shutting down the computer) - yet people seem to still want DRM free PC games (heck, GOG.com's (which sells DRM free download games) hashtag for their summer sale going on right now is #noDRM), and I think the biggest reason why is because a DRM free game can be backed up to a disc or a harddrive or whatever in case the site that sold one the game goes offline.
I'm pretty okay.
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Seems that everything these days has a double edged sword. If I buy a game in physical form I sate my need to collect, and if need be down the road I can sell/trade them in. Also the abilty is there for me to play them at a later date, but I find I extremely rarely replay games from bygone systems. With the exception of Skies of Arcadia GC and Final Fantasy III SNES, most of my old collection just stays on the shelves collecting dust, which has to be cleaned periodically. Also I seem unable to part with these games, so they they will sit until I run out of room on my shelf and eventually join one of my storages I rent to house them and my comics/toys/books.
Gotta catch them... eh, nevermind.
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I have no reason to worry if online stores start to vanish because illegal methods will always be available.
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Perhaps a community solution is in order, at least in the realm of online multiplayer games. Think, for example, about the original Phantasy Star Online. The official servers for that game were shut down years ago, but you can still play the game online to this day thanks to a number of unofficial, community-run server groups. Thanks to a bit of patching and hacking, you can even play the Dreamcast and Gamecube versions of the game online, and Sega doesn't have to pay a dime in server maintenance bills as a result. Some server groups have even gone the next step and included new items, quests, and the like, keeping this aging game fresh.
In PSO's case, this is certainly not an officially backed program, but it has nonetheless kept PSO in the gamers' mindset. Heck, I would have never heard about PSO2 if it weren't for this. This is why I believe it would be in Nintendo's and other companies' interests to make the server back-ends available to the fans to run after a game goes offline. In my opinion, this is the absolute best way to preserve an online game forever.
On the other hand, this could be a different issue entirely for digital distribution services like the Wii Shop Channel. Most publishers wouldn't feel comfortable with a community run solution here, but many smaller companies would probably be fine with hosting the WiiWare catalogue. That's not entirely unheard of. For a while EMI was handling MP3 downloads of iTunes' entire catalogue.
In closing, there are many entities that would love to handle aging online services. Nintendo just needs to swallow its pride for a bit and make it so.
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uhh, not on the Wii Shop Channel server? I think RR529 meant a global account ala PSN or XBL. If Nintendo just merged Club Nintendo and Nintendo Network and allowed you to tie your Virtual Console games to the account, then this wouldn't be a worry.
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@cheesesteak7: It would be a worry for all the Nintendo gamers who don't have access to a Club Nintendo service.
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I would be fine with digital only, but some things do need to change before that's a completely OK with everyone.
I think there are some ways people have more control over their media as-is, but you will always need internet to access your digital content IN SOME CASES. That's why I think accounts being tied to the hardware is not such a bad idea when you see more options being opened up. When the accounts are tied to a system, that literally means that the server for your content is right in front of you. The difference is allowing account access in a local area, but still having the server as a last resort.
As long as one of my devices has my account data stored on it, I don't need to connect to a server to get my games back onto the said device. This goes along with data back-up.
I think digital back-up copies would be a safe way to ensure you don't need a server to download your games if something were to happen, as long as your account is able to be handled locally.
This is what I think we're moving to. Many see accounts as being part of an internet network, mostly due to Apple and Sony's account sharing systems, but there are other ways to do virtually the same thing without requiring a network.
I think I may have repeated myself a few times, but I want to make it clear that we don't necessarily need a network to access and manage our accounts.
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If the industry comes up with a way that I can re-download purchased titles for free 15 years later, I'd be less resistant, even though I like physical artwork.
EDIT — Actually, I'd be willing to pay a reasonably small fee.
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This is why physical will always be the better option. Any game purchased digitally, even if it can be transferred to newer systems as time goes on, is subject to the fact that if someone else wanted to play it, they can't, because it is tied to you. Eventually, either the game or the service will shut down, and those who were "late to the party" so to speak will miss out and not be able to obtain the game, unless they were willing to buy the system itself that the game is stored on. Meanwhile, I can go on eBay and Amazon right now and buy any physical game I want from any system. Virtual Console services also do not have the entire library available, so physical is the only way to go to play these games. Digital is only viable as long as the system allows it, but your physical games will last much longer, and they are obtainable long after the e-shop's servers shut down. As manufacturers cut costs by making games digital only, it is coming back to hurt the consumer. Most people who buy the game digitally are younger and clearly do not see what the big fuss is to have it physically, and as a result accept the ever limiting conditions that are placed on them for owning it digitally. Physical gamers, on the other hand, recognize the disadvantage that comes with not being able to hold and distribute it freely, and are, rightly so, weary of the changes that are beginning to overtake the hobby. It may not be apparent now, but far off in the future, people will wake up one day in a digital game only world and ask: How can I play (specific title)? And odds are that unless they bought it at the time the servers were running for that specific console's e-shop, there will be no way to get it. Physical will greatly outlast any digital service in terms of access to content and obtainability, but that will only continue to last as long as physical remains as an option.
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Download-only is a double edge sword for most customers especially if they don't know how to use the Internet, eshop, and/or have Internet for the system; but it a good thing for publishers/ developers since it lowers the cost and risk of localizing. This increase the chances of not just the game release in different regions but also being created in general. Plus it's more Eco friendly.
A dying animal struggles, thrashes and howls in protest as its life torn from it. To see this in action, watch Animal Planet. The same thing happens when a video game is or isn't released. To see this in action, stay here.
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I agree with everything you have said. This is a an accurate observation.
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As long as there are computer savvy people, games will never simply disappear. You can find the entire SNES library on the Internet. I don't endorse emulation but its existence proves that that, as long as technology expands, the possibilitiy of every single game ever made making its way into the Internet in the future, one way or another, is huge. Games will be preserve by those who care.
Download-only biggest issue is our digital collections going "Poof" in the future and is indeed a serious one. Many gamers here have expend a lot of money on theirs. The only idea that I can think could work is the ever mentioned account locked collection that should, more than anything, remind the company of what you have paid for and it should be permanent somehow, either by severs transfer or by keeping a copy on your consoles. Nintendo is in a severe need of this, and with the introduction of its own Network, I see it coming soon. This kind of account should assure even if a new console can't (either because of incompatibility or legality) play a game, Nintendo would still acknowledge that that game is yours and you may be able to play it in the future after the problem is solved, or get some small compensation for the lost.
I'm really curious at what Sony would do about PSN collections of games far in the future when they pull the plug on PS3 services, what with the PS4 not playing PS3 games. If enough users keep logging in, would Sony keep it going indefinitely? Would they simply give some free PS4 games away, and act as if those PS3 collections never existed? Maybe recode all the games using the cloud so you can play them again?... Yeah sure. Recode some and ask you to pay for the update?
I have very little digital collections on both Wii and PS3, and I'm not planning on going digital just yet, for me paying $60 to $75 with no refunds, for some code floating on the Internet that you can only download to one device is risky in many levels, with buying Nintendo retail games digital versions completely out of the question. Also, there are not that many "only digital" console exclusives for me and, honestly, you can tell how all companies are still only experimenting with digital distribution, with Microsoft trying to implement it in a very bad way and retracting after consumer backlash, and only PC gaming giving firm steps forward. At least Nintendo thinks things through before even trying them. They may always seem to be one step behind in technology, but as they say in my country: You don't have to get there first, you have to get there right.
I am very curious about the next moves of the big companies towards this kind of service. I specially will be watching Steam's movements very closely.
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|Intra-arterial Doppler flowmetry in the superficial femoral artery following angioplasty.
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|The aim of the study was to assess the diagnostic value of an intravascular Doppler guidewire in patients with peripheral percutaneous angioplasty (PTA). The prognostic value was also evaluated. Measurements were done prior and following angioplasty in 22 patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. As additional therapy, stent insertion and peripheral (Aa. poplitea Tll/tibial) angioplasty was performed (4 patients per group). For stress testing, adenosinetriphosphate (ATP) was given intra-arterially. Follow-up was performed by angiography, colour-coded duplex ultrasound or judged by unequivocal clinical stage at follow-up to 13 months. Average (APV) and maximal peak velocity (MPV) increased following PTA, after additional treatment (peripheral PTA or stent), and after intra-arterial application of a vasodilator. Patients with peripheral lesions had markedly lower velocities prior treatment and following PTA after vasodilatation. Following peripheral PTA, the values were similar to the patients with PTA alone. Velocities after stenting were markedly increased in the stress condition. Of the 22 patients, 7 had a recurrent disease. The latter patients had higher velocities at rest prior to and following PTA. In stented lesions higher velocities seem to be linked with a worse outcome. The ratio between velocity prior to and after the application of the vasodilator seems to be of diagnostic importance. A ratio of 1.9 or more was of positive prognostic value. The Doppler guidewire is a practical and valuable tool in assessing technical success after angioplasty of peripheral lesions, critical or morphologically worse lesions. In our study the decision for stent application was made on the morphological image; however, increased velocity and changes in phasicity substantiated our decisions. Increased ratios prior to and after vasodilation (flow reserve) are of prognostic value and therefore suitable as indication for stent placement or tibial angioplasty.
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|Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
The European box art.
|Sledgehammer Games (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC)
High Moon Studios (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)[1]
|In-house engine
|Native resolution
|1080p (720p for Xbox 360 and PS3)
|November 3rd, 2014 (Day Zero Edition)
November 4th, 2014[2]
|First-person shooter
Exo Survival
Exo Zombies (Havoc DLC)
|ESRB: Mature
|Xbox One[3]
|System requirements
Operating System
Windows 7 64-Bit
Windows 8 64-Bit
Windows 8.1 64-Bit
Intel® Core™ i3530 @ 2.93 GHz
AMD Phenom™ II X4 810
@ 2.60 GHz
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 @ 1GB
ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 @ 1GB
Version 11
Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive
55 GB available space
Sound Card
DirectX Compatible
Intel® Core™ i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 @ 4GB
Sound Card
100% DirectX 9.0c Compatible 16-bit
- "The next Call of Duty represents a new era for this amazing franchise, and we look forward to sharing what we have been working on."
- — Sledgehammer Games[5]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the eleventh major release in the Call of Duty series. It was developed by Sledgehammer Games for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, and by High Moon Studios for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on November 4, 2014 for Xbox One,[3] PlayStation 4,[3] PlayStation 3,[4] Xbox 360,[4] and PC. It is the first game in the series to benefit from the three year development cycle afforded by adding Sledgehammer Games as a third studio.
Harnessing the power of next-gen platforms, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brings players into the battlegrounds of the future by boasting a new hi-tech, advanced arsenal and ability set, arming players with all-new equipment, technology, perks, and vehicles like hoverbikes and highly specialized drones. Players can also choose between standard ammunition and an all-new class of directed-energy weaponry that enables totally new gameplay dynamics. Additionally, with exoskeletons delivering a massive force multiplier and unprecedented tactical freedom, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare evolves every firefight.
Powerful exoskeletons evolve every aspect of a soldier's battle readiness, enabling combatants to deploy with an advanced lethality and eliminating the need for specialization. The introduction of this gameplay mechanic delivers enhanced player movement and verticality through boost jumps and grappling, covert cloaking abilities, and biomechanics that provide unparalleled strength, awareness, endurance, and speed. With the advent of the exoskeleton and newly advanced armor and weaponry, every soldier commands tactical freedom in any terrain unlike ever before, fundamentally changing the way gamers play Call of Duty across all modes.
In singleplayer, players will earn points during missions that can be used to upgrade the exoskeleton suit with new features.
In 2054, six months after enlisting for the United States Marine Corps, Privates Jack Mitchell and his best friend Will Irons are stationed in Seoul, South Korea, in an effort to repel a massive North Korean invasion force. The mission is successful, but at a massive cost: 6000 Marines are killed, including Will. Mitchell loses his left arm due to a piece of shrapnel severing it when he and Will were tasked to take down an aerial launcher, but is saved by his squad leader, Sergeant Cormack.
Whilst attending Will's funeral, Mitchell is approached by Will's father, Jonathan Irons. Irons offers Mitchell a place in his private military company, Atlas. Mitchell accepts and is given a "second chance" in the form of a high-tech prosthetic arm, as well as elite training and state-of-the-art gear. He befriends three fellow Atlas operatives: Ilona, Gideon and Joker.
Mitchell's first assignment with Atlas is to rescue the Nigerian Prime Minister, Samuel Abidoyo, from the KVA, a large anti-western, anti-technology terrorist organization. The president and a few other technologists are held hostage at a technology summit in Lagos but is quickly rescued by Atlas forces, who soon discover that the KVA are not targeting the president, but a technologist who was attending the conference. They pursue the escaping KVA vehicles and recover the technologist, who is taken back to Atlas HQ on Irons' orders.
Soon afterwards, the KVA launches a massive surprise attack on nuclear power stations all over the world. Mitchell, along with a massive Atlas quick-reaction force, is sent to retake a power plant in Seattle, Washington, and although the Atlas forces manage to defeat the KVA, they are too late to stop the KVA from initiating a meltdown and blowing up the reactors. 50,000 people around the world die as a result of the KVA attacks.
Four years later, the world has recovered from the attacks with the help of Atlas, which has provided aid and shelter to everyone affected. Atlas has now become the largest corporation in the world and effectively controls much of the world's resources. Mitchell, Gideon and Joker are stationed in Detroit to track down an affiliate of the KVA, Dr. Pierre Danois, who has information on the whereabouts of the KVA's leader, codenamed Hades. They track down Danois successfully and he is interrogated by Ilona, who manages to get answers out of him.
Danois' intel points to Hades being in Greece, and Irons sends Atlas forces to track him down and kill him, despite opposition from U.S. officials. Mitchell and Ilona locate Hades and Mitchell shoots him using a WASP drone, but it is revealed to be a double. The double is rigged with explosives that go off after his death and almost wipes out the squad if not for a sacrifice made by an Atlas operative. The compound is soon swarmed by other KVA operatives and the remaining Atlas forces must fight their way out. The real Hades makes an attempt to escape, but Mitchell and Ilona stop him and, after a brief struggle, Mitchell cuts Hades' throat. As he is dying, Hades utters the words "Irons knows" and gives Mitchell and Ilona a storage device containing a recording.
With Atlas now at the height of their popularity due to killing Hades and effectively destroying the whole of the KVA, Mitchell and Gideon are accompanying Irons at the Atlas headquarters in the thriving New Baghdad. Ilona shows Mitchell and Gideon the recording that Hades gave them, and it reveals that the technologist from Nigeria warned Irons of the KVA attacks on the nuclear reactors, but Irons killed the technologist and deliberately kept quiet about the attacks in order to make a profit from the aftermath. Gideon believes the recording is a fake, but Mitchell and Ilona attempt to flee the headquarters, only to be held captive by Atlas troops on Irons' orders. They are contacted by an unknown person who assists them in escaping captivity, and they escape New Baghdad. Their unknown assistant turns out to be Mitchell's old sergeant Cormack, who is now part of an elite U.S.-led multinational team known as the Sentinel Task Force, whose priority was previously to investigate the KVA attacks and prevent anything like it from happening again, but once Atlas and Jonathan Irons grew in power, it became clear he and his company were the bigger threat, and the Sentinels are now investigating Irons and Atlas.
Mitchell and Ilona defect to Sentinel and, along with Cormack and Knox, infiltrate Irons' home in Bangkok to find intel on a mysterious Atlas operation called "Manticore". They find out that "Manticore" is a biological agent that only targets specific genotypes (those that are not registered on the Atlas database) and will not affect any Atlas personnel, meaning Irons can deploy it in the midst of a battle without risking harm to his own troops, while the opposing force is annihilated . They tag a cargo plane that is about to transport a large shipment of Manticore before pulling out.
Later, the Sentinel forces move in on the Atlas cargo plane and bring it down over Antarctica. As they are attempting to secure the Manticore, a large Atlas force ambushes from drop pods and recovers the Manticore. Cormack, Ilona and Mitchell manage to take out most of the Atlas soldiers, but are captured by Gideon and his squad. Gideon calls for evac before suddenly shooting his squadmates and helping the remaining Sentinel forces dispose of the Manticore.
With Gideon now on the side of Sentinel, he is reunited with his old teammates once more. Gideon reveals where Manticore is being made - in an Atlas bio lab in Bulgaria. He and Mitchell infiltrate the lab and destroy it before escaping in an experimental Atlas hover-tank.
A month later, Jonathan Irons is inaugurated into the United Nations. He issues a speech effectively declaring war on the governments of the world, now obsessed with total domination and believing the world would be better off under Atlas. His first move is an attack on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, which Sentinel forces attempt to repel. They fail, and the Golden Gate Bridge is demolished over a U.S. Navy carrier, which is promptly boarded by Atlas forces. Mitchell and Gideon are among only a handful of Sentinel operatives to survive the attack, and are soon joined by Cormack and Knox, who help them in retaking the carrier and destroying the advancing Atlas ships.
With Atlas now officially at war with the world, U.S. forces close in on the Atlas headquarters in New Baghdad. Mitchell, Ilona, Cormack, Gideon, and Knox are among the personnel involved in the attack, and they manage to defeat most of the Atlas forces in the area. With New Baghdad under siege and Atlas losing, Irons deploys Manticore, which wipes out all the U.S. forces in the area, including Knox. Mitchell, Ilona and Gideon survive since they were once Atlas personnel and are thus unaffected by Manticore.
The three are captured and taken to an Atlas prison camp, where they meet up with Cormack. Irons meet the four in person and shoots Cormack in the leg before destroying Mitchell's prosthetic arm as payback for him defecting from Atlas. Ilona and Gideon overpower their captors and rescue Mitchell and Cormack. Whilst escaping, they learn that Irons plans to unleash Manticore strikes on military bases all over the world. They escape the camp after Mitchell commandeers an AST, but Cormack succumbs to his wounds and dies.
With little hope of taking New Baghdad and stopping Atlas, Mitchell and Gideon attempt one final, all out frontal attack in a pair of AST suits, while Ilona guides them. They manage to infiltrate the Atlas launch center and destroy the Manticore rockets before they are launched. However, because they had to access the rocket from the launch vents and they were caught in the blast, Mitchell is in critical health, so Gideon has to carry him. Irons shows up and locks down their exoskeletons, rendering them unable to move, but refuses to kill them in an attempt to show that he still has some humanity left in him, still claiming that he was "saving the world from itself." and Gideon arguing "Twisted fucks throughout history have used the same argument...". As he flees, Mitchell manages to escape his exoskeleton and catch up with Irons in his office at the top of the Atlas headquarters. After a brief struggle, Irons nearly falls off the edge of the roof, but grabs onto Mitchell's lifeless prosthetic arm and tries to convince him to pull him up to safety. Mitchell, unable to shake Irons off, severs his own prosthetic arm with a knife and watches as Irons falls to his death. As Gideon arrives to help Mitchell, he comments that Atlas is still at large and the war has only just begun.
In the mid-21st century, terrorists simultaneously attack nuclear reactors in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa, throwing governments across the world into turmoil and crippling defenses. As a result, the United States enlists the help of the Atlas Corporation, a private military company led by Jonathan Irons, to fight on their behalf, as well as to assist in reconstruction.[6]
- Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Atlas Training Camp, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
- Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
- Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
- San Francisco, California U.S.A.
- Santorini, Greece
- Strandja, Bulgaria
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Seoul, South Korea
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Darwin Glacier, Antarctica
- Sentinel HQ
- New Baghdad, Iraq
- Atlas Prison Camp, New Baghdad Outskirts, Iraq
- Atlas Command Center, New Baghdad, Iraq
Advance Warfare multiplayer also marks the returns of several old mechanics, with one being the Black Ops II Pick-10 Create-A-Class system, however in Advanced Warfare it's a Pick-13 system due to the fact that Scorestreaks are a part of the Create-A-Class. Ghosts' combat slide has also returned and contextual lean is not available.
Some new features to the gameplay are that Scorestreaks can now also be customized, giving them new features but increasing the amount of points required to earn said reward. There is a new reward system that grants supply drops upon achieving tasks. When used they grant the player 3 items of different rarity: Enlisted (common), Professional (uncommon), and Elite (rare). The items range from custom weapons and player customization items to special care packages called Reinforcements, which can give the player a scorestreak, or 2 free random perks till the end of the match.
A few gamemodes have also returned from Black Ops II, including Hardpoint and Capture the Flag. There is a new mode which is called "Uplink". "Momentum" is a renamed but returning game mode based on "War" from Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty 3.
Customization has had an overhaul in Advanced Warfare, with the new Operator option. Players are able to customize invidual pieces of clothing on characters. The player is able to choose which gender they are in multiplayer, similar to Call of Duty: Ghosts. Other things can be done in here as well, such as checking the Combat Record, customizing Calling Cards, making Emblems, etc.
Exo Survival
Exo Survival is a round-based survival mode similar to Survival Mode from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Safeguard from Call of Duty: Ghosts. One to four players are needed to survive waves of enemies, which get tougher with every round that pass. The mode lets the players use the exoskeleton from multiplayer, as well as various weapons, to battle against the enemy soldiers.[7]
After completing tiers 1, 2 and 3 of Exo Survival, players unlock the only tier 4 map called Riot, which starts out as a normal match until the end of round 10 when a Manticore strike occurs, knocking all players to the floor, triggering a small event lasting about 10 seconds. All players will then be able to move again on round 11.
On round 11, the player begins with an Atlas 45 with Extended Mags and no ability to use the Exoskeleton. Zombies will start spawning around the map and attempt to kill the player. Weapons can be found on the ground and used against the zombies. There are different variants of zombies, including some in exoskeletons. They can attack only with melee attacks. Players have to survive for a few minutes until an option to extract appears. If the player escapes, a special pre-rendered cutscene appears.
Exo Zombies
- Main article: Exo Zombies
Exo Zombies is a new mode added to Advanced Warfare in the Havoc DLC. Similar to Treyarch's popular Zombies mode, four Atlas employees: Lilith Swann, Oz, Jim Decker and Kahn battle against the onslaught of undead. A total of four maps, one from each map pack, are available for this mode, being Outbreak, Infection, Carrier, and Descent.
Perks, Wildcards, and Scorestreaks
Multiplayer Maps
Sledgehammer confirmed that they were hiring for an unannounced Call of Duty project[8] and a Sledgehammer employee stated that he's responsible for "developing photo real visual effects for the next Call of Duty – Modern Warfare release."[9] in the summer of 2013.
In January 2014, a job listing for a Weapons & Vehicle Artist stated that the "candidate must have experience using Adobe Photoshop to create hyper realistic textures for next gen materials."[3] and that Sledgehammer are "looking for a top notch hard surfaces modeler to join [their] AAA family working on the next Call of Duty game."[10] On February 6, 2014, Sledgehammer Games and Activision confirmed that they would be developing the 2014 release of Call of Duty series.[11]
On May 1, 2014 Activision released a series of teasers and minor details about Call of Duty 2014, calling it a New Era for Call of Duty, and setting Sunday, May 4 as the world premiere. Later that night, Destructoid.com leaked a low quality version of the reveal trailer along with several .gifs of said trailer. As a result, Activision decided to release the trailer to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare early on the official Call of Duty Youtube channel.
Developed by Sledgehammer Games (co-developers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3), harnesses the first three-year, all next-gen development cycle in franchise history. Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare envisions the powerful battlegrounds of the future, where both technology and tactic have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise. Delivering a stunning performance, Academy Award® winning actor Kevin Spacey stars as Jonathan Irons – one of the most powerful men in the world – shaping this chilling vision of the future of war.
On August 2014, Sledgehammer Games confirmed on Twitter that the game was not in development for the Nintendo Wii U after many speculation and evidence regarding a Wii U version being developed alongside the Xbox 360 and PS3 version, claiming that it was a decision from Activision itself, this decision was not further explained but is speculated that its reasons were the low sales of both Black Ops II and Ghosts on the platform.
Atlas Pro Edition
The Atlas Pro Edition[12] includes:
- Collectible SteelBook
- Atlas Gorge Multiplayer Bonus Map
- Atlas Digital Content Pack, which includes:
- The Bal-27 AE Assault Rifle and the Atlas 45 AE Pistol
- Atlas Exoskeleton and helmet
- Atlas Player Card
- Five Bonus Supply Drops
- Single Player Exoskeleton Upgrade Token
- Advanced Arsenal, which includes:
- Bullet Brass Exoskeleton
- EM1 Quantum directed energy weapon
- AK-12G Assault Rifle and the Crossbow-B2
- Welcome to Atlas: Advanced Soldier Manual
- Official Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Soundtrack
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Season Pass
Atlas Limited Edition
The Atlas Limited Edition includes:
- Collectible SteelBook
- Atlas Gorge Multiplayer Bonus Map
- Atlas Digital Content Pack, which includes:
- The Bal-27 AE Assault Rifle and the Atlas 45 AE Pistol
- Atlas Exoskeleton and helmet
- Atlas Player Card
- Five Bonus Supply Drops
- Single Player Exoskeleton Upgrade Token
- Advanced Arsenal, which includes:
- Bullet Brass Exoskeleton
- EM1 Quantum directed energy weapon
- AK-12G Assault Rifle and the Crossbow-B2
- Welcome to Atlas: Advanced Soldier Manual
- Official Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Soundtrack
Digital Pro Edition
The Digital Pro Edition includes:
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Season Pass
- Atlas Gorge Bonus Multiplayer Map
- Atlas Digital Content Pack
- Day Zero Early Access
Day Zero Edition
The Day Zero Edition includes:
- Early access for 24 hours.
- Double XP throughout the day.
- Advanced Arsenal Pack.
- Three bonus weapon variants: the AK-12 G, the Crossbow B2, and the EM1 Quantum.
Gold Edition
The Gold Edition includes:
- Four new Multiplayer maps
- Havoc DLC pack
- Two bonus weapon variants: the AE4 directed energy assault rifle and AE4 Widowmaker custom.
Promotional Material
Player Customization
Special Edition Content
- ↑ http://www.charlieintel.com/2014/06/05/high-moon-studios-is-working-on-the-xbox-360-and-ps3-versions-of-advanced-warfare/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFu5qXMuaJU
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/10397255?trk=feed-cmpy-fol-jobt&goback=.bzo_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_2038074
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/02/10/914602
- ↑ http://sledgehammergames.com/blog/view/301
- ↑ http://youtu.be/pUysNWHffWg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWvBlu_aWw
- ↑ http://sledgehammergames.com/blog/view/160
- ↑ http://pixelenemy.com/rumor-sledgehammer-games-developing-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4/
- ↑ http://www.charlieintel.com/2014/01/12/new-job-listing-suggests-shgamess-working-on-the-next-call-of-duty-game/
- ↑ http://www.charlieintel.com/2014/02/06/activision-confirms-3-dev-cycle-for-the-call-of-duty-franchise-shgames-game-coming-in-2014/
- ↑ http://www.charlieintel.com/2014/07/29/rumor-advanced-warfare-collectors-editions-leaked-atlas-limited-edition-atlas-pro-edition-coming/#/
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The Celebration of Lights has become a tradition for the Melver family of El Paso.
The family of four and their 15 additional relatives gathered along a sidewalk on Oregon Street, near San Jacinto Plaza, to see dozens of floats covered with colored lights pass by Saturday night.
Ivonne and Carlton Melver have attended the lights parade Downtown with their family for the past five years and have seen how it has evolved.
"It's getting bigger. The crowd is getting bigger," Ivonne Melver said.
Parks and Recreation Department officials estimated that more than 80,000 people attended the 75th annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony and 13th annual Holiday Lights Parade in Downtown.
Seventy-five floats, cheerleaders, lowriders, motorcycles, concrete trucks and firetrucks were featured in the parade, which lasted almost two hours.
Carlton Melver said every year his family is able to see a greater number of floats and more-elaborate floats. "This has been one of the best years," he said.
Magie Valadez, from the American Youth Soccer Organization 368 in Northeast, said every year participants spend more time and effort building floats. Parents, players and volunteers helped build a float that featured a soccer ball in a park field.
"The idea was to promote sports and clean parks," Valadez said.
She said more than 30 children and their parents participated in the parade.
Many other children got to enjoy the parade with their families from the sidelines.
Matthew Mata, 5, could not hide his excitement.
His face glowed when he saw Santa Claus riding a motorcycle on top of a lighted pickup. "It's like my toy in my room," he said.
Saturday's outing was his first time at the annual parade. He said he liked it as much as the parade on Thanksgiving.
This year, the lighted festivity ended with fireworks and a laser light show at the San Jacinto Plaza.
Ken Walters, president-CEO of El Paso Employees Federal Credit Union and main sponsor of the event, attributed the success to the laser show and the fireworks and the nice weather.
Walters said the Parks and Recreation Department wanted to do something special to celebrate the 75th anniversary. He said El Paso Employees Federal Credit Union was able to sponsor the idea of featuring fireworks and the laser light show.
El Pasoans will continue to enjoy the multicolored lights of the 54-foot Afghan pine at the plaza for the rest of the holiday season.
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Lool just spotted this...chicken shack lights>
and how fucking difficult was such a simple change. i hate this place.
even going to the movies during the day feels awkward, especially when you step outside the theater and it's still bright as fuck. it definitely...
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That's cold blooooded.
He's obviously not trolling. You just don't have a response.
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fat, stupid, boring, repetitive, duhble.
no one even blinks.
speaking of oblivion. i should probably beat it already, doubt i will. think i only shut one of those hell gates. how many of those are there?
yay to the bubble butt hoes bp posted. as well as flower tucci and her colleagues.
did you start school late? i think i remember you being something like 23-24, right?
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urameshi, word.
you could have waited till now and bought it for 10.
a good game is a good game no matter when you play it, but personally, i'm done with this...
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Cooper Molera Adobe
Fully restored in the 1980s, this adobe displays the elegance and wealth of the John Rogers Cooper family. Cooper was from New England, immigrated to California, and married into a Mexican family. Cooper traveled extensively as a ship captain, trading in hides, tallow, general merchandise and sea otter pelts.
Garden at Cooper Molera Adobe
The grounds are unique in that almost two acres are available for exploration. Behind adobe walls, one can find barns, vegetable and fruit gardens, and a visitor center.
Also located here is the Cooper Store giftshop where one can sense the ambiance of a 19th Century general store that, today, supports Monterey State Historic Park. The store offers books, games from the past, greeting cards, and an extensive inventory of locally created gift items.
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It's Monday night and I'm on my way to work. I've been off for
the weekend, so I am of course thrilled--indeed, nearly
salivating!--at the prospect of returning to the workplace. The
easy freedom of two days off is just too much. Laying about,
reading books, watching movies, smoking leisurely cigars,
sleeping, it's been just terrible. I long for activity, duty,
responsibility, and…oh please, every flavor of horseshit. This
isn't even passable sarcasm.
Let's get to it. I step off the bus at my usual strip-mall stop, light my last cigarette of freedom for the next eight hours, and start walking. I pass the Little Caesar's pizza place that just opened last week, taking notice of the two bored, dark-haired young men leaning against the countertop and staring past me into a dead infinity. I walk past the Tropical Sun tanning salon, glancing wistfully at the plump little asses of the young coeds wandering around within. I pass the newly opened Bloom Zum Dance Studio and, being a sane human being, I find myself pondering the question: What in hell is a Bloom Zum?
And then I see him, directly ahead. Cowboy Black. Cowboy Black is a middle-aged homeless black guy who hangs around the bus station a lot. (If you prefer to tongue-wrestle with more syllables, call him a middle-aged homeless African-American guy. Don't get me started on how sillyass it is to obsess over politically correct niche-labeling.) To my knowledge, no one else actually calls the guy "Cowboy Black." I've just come to think of him this way, because he wears a denim coat, denim pants, and brown cowboy boots. And because he has a tendency to call other men "cowboy." His story, as best I can tell? He seems to enjoy punishing unsuspecting souls with stories of how he used to own a ranch in Texas, how he used to break and train Arabian stallions, herd thousands of cattle, and live the Large American Dream. And maybe he did, I dunno. But whatever he used to be, he's now in the little hamlet of Bloomington, Indiana, panhandling for spare change and cigarettes. He's loud, obnoxious, overbearing, phony, and I don't believe a word he says. He's not getting anything silver or green out of me. I works for my monies, and you gots to be trippin' if'n you think I be gettin' off any o' this here. Feel me?
As I walk toward him, Cowboy Black is harassing some poor Chinese girl who's standing outside of, ayuh, a Chinese restaurant. I think this might be my opening. If I move fast, walk along the edge of the sidewalk, maybe I can sprint past him before the Chinese girl finally has enough and tells him to fuck off? Is that too much to hope for?
Of course it is. As I get maybe twenty feet away, the Chinese girl ducks back into the restaurant, and Cowboy Black, disgruntled and emptyhanded, readjusts his backpack and starts walking toward me.
Seeing me, he slaps on a bullshit smile. "How ya doin', cowboy?"
A fool I may be, but not for this guy. I don't say anything, just give him a smirk and a quick nod. And I walk right past him without missing a step. I don't want to hear a word from this guy.
But I hear some anyway. From behind me, his enraged voice rises up: "Fine! Don't talk to a muthafucka, muthafucka! Yeah, just ignore the old nigga! He ain't nothin'! Just a no-good homeless goddamn--"
He keeps going on, but I can't make out much of it. I'm definitely accused of being a bitch at least once. But I'm not interested. I only pay attention to the sound of his voice to make sure it's getting farther away behind me. And his voice is still carrying into the night, senselessly, pointlessly, when I turn the corner at the end of the strip mall and disappear from his sight.
I don't have a lot of luck getting along with homeless black men. Last summer I was sitting on a bench at the downtown bus station, reading a book, not bothering a soul on this entire misbegotten planet. I was into the book, concentrating with all of the very limited IQ at my disposal, when a loud voice suddenly broke into my world: "How ya doin' this evenin', sir?"
Standing to my right was a middle-aged black man with a large travel bag slung over his shoulder. He was of average height, mostly bald, moustached. His face was lean and sharp, with deep creases around the mouth and eyes. Clearly, he'd endured some hard miles.
"I'm all right, I guess." I said this in the most uninterested tone I'm capable of. Which is pretty damned uninterested.
He nodded mechanically at my answer. "Yeah? That's good, that's real good." He sighed and scratched his cheek. "Y'know, I sure could use somethin' to eat. Don't suppose you've got a dollar or two you could spare, huh?"
Remember the good old days when bums just asked for spare change from your pocket? Now they expect you to dip into your wallet.
I shook my head, trying to look regretful. "Sorry, man. I'm not exactly prosperous myself. I just kinda scrape by, you know?"
His eyes turned hard and he scoffed at me. "Oh, yeah, yeah, I hear ya." He wrinkled his mouth into a contemptuous shape and jabbed his finger, pointing at me. "Y'know somethin'? You muthafuckas made this world the way it is. You muthafuckas is responsible for everythin' that's wrong!"
I frowned curiously at the guy. Muthafuckas like me? Hmm. I guess he was talking about third-shift convenience store clerks who read Samuel Beckett while waiting for the bus?
Saying nothing, I met the man's stare and waited to see what came next. He worked his lips some more and then spit this out: "I did two years," he informed me, holding up two fingers to make sure I understood the concept of 2. "Two muthafuckin' years, and it wasn't nothin' but bullshit! Shit, I didn't do it! They didn't have no proof! Bullshit! I wasn't nothin' but a fall guy, y'unnerstand? Now I'm out and they ain't nothin' for me out here. Shit, I'm owed somethin' for that!"
I felt like telling him that that was a lot of shits and bullshits in one short statement. But all I said was, "I don't owe you anything, man."
The son of a bitch glared at me, obviously wanting to kill me, as my bus pulled up to the curb. I closed my book and stood up from the bench, still holding his eyes. These situations make me sick to my stomach. All I've ever wanted was to be left in peace, ignored and unmolested. But I will make a stand if I have to.
"Anything else?" I asked him.
He wrinkled his face one more time, and I've rarely seen a more vivid picture of hatred. "It's your fault, muthafucka," he said with calm rage.
I wasn't going to respond to such crap. White people have made a lot of bad management decisions throughout history, I'll admit that. But I can't remember the last time the U.S. president phoned and asked for my input. If I missed a couple of paychecks, I'd be out on the street myself. So for this old black asshole to assume I'm a member of the White Ruling Class? Irritating. And stupid, besides. Big Shot white boys don't sit around waiting for the fucking city bus.
We stared each other down for another few seconds, and then he broke it off and started walking away. I let out a weary breath and stepped over to my bus, probably mumbling something to myself about how much I hate people. I can't recall for certain, but it's a solid bet.
But before I could climb aboard, Old Black Asshole spun around and hit me with this one: "And you know what else!" he shouted. "Fuck IU!"
Umm, I thought, okay. IU, for those who don't know, is Indiana University. It's located here in Bloomington, where I currently live. And I think I've actually set foot on its campus twice in my thirty-six years.
"That's right!" he yelled. "Fuck IU! All you muthafuckas!"
Just like that, my anger was gone, and I let out a good laugh. "Buddy," I said, "you can fuck IU as much as you want to. I'm not married to it."
Not the most clever of comebacks, I know. Cut me some slack. Every off-the-cuff retort can't be a gem.
He whirled back around and stomped away. I could practically see heat waves of hatred rising off his body as he disappeared into the crowd.
I sighed, feeling both amused and annoyed as I climbed onto the bus. I fed a wrinkled dollar into the machine, plopped down onto one of the hard seats, and stared out the window. The rent was due that week. I needed to buy cigarettes. And there wasn't much to eat in the fridge.
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1. You want to BYOD ? Are you sure?
"Device" is anything that connects to the company servers or network. What is the presumption of privacy in these situations? Congratulations, you have a new job and the company allows you to use your own device. In today's tight job market many people are thrilled to have a position and are further pleased when told that they can use their own device at work. In many cases ..
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There is an upsurge in momentum in BYOD because of the popularity of the iPAD; there are safe ways for employers to develop a program…Bring Your Own Device is getting increasing focus as the variety of platforms and devices consumers choose for their personal computing tasks explodes, and they expect to be able to use those same devices and platforms in the workplace.
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BB writes in to tell us about issue five of Hungary's official Friendship is Magic Magazine. It apparently comes with some small items of interest, including a 'find the difference' picture and a set of stickers, which you can find linked after the break.
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|Role of the lower esophageal sphincter on esophageal acid exposure - a review of over 2000 patients.
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|PMID: 23025056 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process
|BACKGROUND AND AIM: Three lower esophageal sphincter (LES) characteristics associated with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) are, LES pressure = 6 mmHg, abdominal length (AL) <1 cm and overall length (OL) <2 cm. The objective of this study was to validate this relationship and evaluate the extent of impact various LES characteristics have on the degree of distal esophageal acid exposure.
METHODS: A retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database identified patients who underwent esophageal manometry and pH studies at Creighton University Medical Center between 1984 and 2008. Patients with esophageal body dysmotility, prior foregut surgery, missing data, no documented symptoms or no pH study, were excluded. Study subjects were categorized as follows: (1) normal LES (N-LES): patients with LES pressure of 6-26 mmHg, AL = 1.0 cm and OL = 2 cm; (2) incompetent LES (Inc-LES): patients with LES pressure <6.0 mmHg orAL <1 cm or OL <2 cm; and (3) hypertensive LES (HTN-LES): patients with LES pressure >26.0 mmHg with AL = 1 cm and OL = 2 cm. The DeMeester score was used to compare differences in acid exposure between different groups.
RESULTS: Two thousand and twenty patients satisfied study criteria. Distal esophageal acid exposure as reflected by the DeMeester score in patients with Inc-LES (median=20.05) was significantly higher than in patients with an N-LES (median=9.5), which in turn was significantly higher than in patients with an HTN-LES. Increasing LES pressure and AL provided protection against acid exposure in a graded fashion. Increasing number of inadequate LES characteristics were associated with an increase both in the percentage of patients with abnormal DeMeester score and the degree of acid exposure.
CONCLUSION: LES pressure (=6 mmHg) and AL (<1 cm) are associated with increased lower esophageal acid exposure, and need to be addressed for definitive management of GERD.
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