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Ruff Says The Right Words
by Paul on 12/10/08 at 02:52 PM ET
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from Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News,
Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said today he was surprised when Ryan Miller told him that referee Tim Peel swore at the Buffalo goaltender during Monday night's game in Pittsburgh.
"That would be unusual," Ruff said following today's morning skate. "The referees 99 percent of the time show a lot of class and they're under a lot of duress. They take a lot of abuse, even to a point where they give players a lot of room.
"If this is just that rare occasion, it's a rare occasion that happened. For the most part, they keep a great handle on it because they take the majority of abuse in the games."
Calls for comment to Stephen Walkom, the NHL's officiating supervisor, have not been returned.
"There is no Ryan Miller situation," Frank Brown, the NHL's vice president of communications, said in an e-mail to The Buffalo News today.
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Hey Ref, Watch The Language
by Paul on 12/09/08 at 06:05 PM ET
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from Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News,
At the end of a 5-1/2-minute session with reporters today in the Amherst Pepsi Center, Miller was asked about an end-of-practice chat with coach Lindy Ruff. The Buffalo goaltender revealed he was telling his coach that one of the officials swore at him during a stoppage in play a couple of minutes before the Sabres received a bench minor for arguing an interference call on Thomas Vanek.
"It was just about the referee last night, a brief conversation I had with the ref that was a little surprising to me," Miller said. "He told me to "go [bleep] myself' because I was just asking a question. I was just kind of joking around [to Ruff], saying, "Maybe that kind of started what got the bench minor going.'
"To be honest, I was respectful. I asked him a question and he told me maybe I should "go [bleep] myself."
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Stop The Fighting
by Paul on 11/30/08 at 10:00 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
Two seasons ago, in the aftermath of the fight in which Orr broke Todd Fedoruk's face with a devastating punch, NHL VP Colin Campbell suggested the time had come for the league to at least investigate the possibility of eliminating fighting from the game.
Campbell was ahead of his time. For the time has come today for the NHL not only to investigate the possibility, the time has come for the NHL to abolish fighting. It's simply too dangerous.
Watching heavyweight fights such as the one in Tampa on Wednesday between the Rangers' Orr and Lightning's David Koci has become the equivalent to viewing the aftermath of automobile accidents on the Interstate. They're impossible to look at without becoming queasy.
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Huddle Up Refs
by Paul on 11/27/08 at 01:40 PM ET
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from Edward Fraser of the Hockey News,
Even with two referees, penalties are often witnessed by only one or go unnoticed altogether. Equally as often, a penalty is called by one referee, but not by the other, even if he had a better view of the play.
Why then, if the ultimate goal is to get the call right, does the NHL not allow a post-penalty discussion, with the two referees coming together to talk about marginal or questionable calls?
They should. And if after the consultation it's decided the wrong call was made, refs should be allowed to "pick up the flag," so to speak.
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Is Icing Needed
by Paul on 11/25/08 at 08:31 PM ET
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from Razor With An Edge,
...I think the game could do without an icing rule all together and here's why:
1. The modern NHL goaltender can handle the puck every bit as deftly as a defenseman so pucks sent down the ice to relieve pressure should merely be played and transitioned by the goalies. Take a look at how strong puckhandling goalies like Marty Turco trap teams who "ice" the puck during penalty killing situations, which is allowed. Same thing could be employed throughout the game if teams mindlessly fired the puck the length of the ice in an attempt to change players.
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Those 'Ticky-Tack' Calls
by Paul on 11/20/08 at 11:46 AM ET
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from Darren Dreger of TSN,
It's the touch penalties - hooking when a player's stick taps an opposing player's glove or hip, or holding when a player's free hand touches his competitor - that drive coaches, managers and players crazy.
NHL traditionalists believe a hook or hold means a player has been restrained. Yet, the standard established three seasons ago is clearly less than that, and it has GMs talking.
As one general manager summarized, "There has been more complaining about officiating among GMs this year than in recent years."
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Talking Head Hits & Hits From Behind
by Paul on 11/19/08 at 09:21 AM ET
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from Darren Dreger of TSN,
Removing the trapezoid, the area behind the goal line where NHL goaltenders are allowed to play the puck, is another idea that will get discussed by the competition committee.
Some believe, the combination of forwards barreling in on the forecheck, protected from obstruction, and goaltenders not being allowed to freely move the puck have contributed to injury.
Paul Kelly wonders if Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn would have been in the same vulnerable position if Vesa Toskala had been allowed to get to the puck before Montreal's Tom Kostopoulos raced in to complete his check…
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Teams Get Memo Regarding Head Hits
by Paul on 11/17/08 at 12:20 PM ET
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from TSN,
The NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, had the following memo, obtained by TSN, posted in every NHL dressing room on Friday….
"We cannot and will not tolerate blows to the head that are deliberate, avoidable and illegal. Furthermore, both the history and status of the offender (first time versus repeat) and the nature of the injury caused (if any) will be taken into consideration as they have been in the past. The length of suspensions for illegal blows to the head will be increased if these incidents persist across the League. Taking steps to maintain the safest on-ice environment possible for the Players remains our most important priority."
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Evening Line
by Paul on 11/14/08 at 10:29 PM ET
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"Well, it's like I said, it's the "New NHL," they want scoring, they're supervising these referees…And, I mean, just compare it to basketball; how many times do you see a team get in foul trouble, you know, once they get up a bit? It's almost like it's controlled to a certain extent by the referees, the officiating, and the supervisors, so…I mean, it's not like they're keeping it a secret—they're telling the referees to call penalties…"
-Chris Chelios. More at SnapShots…
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The Bar Has Been Set
by Paul on 11/12/08 at 11:14 PM ET
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from Sean McCormick of Sportsnet,
Effective Wednesday, the NHL has increased the penalty for elbowing from two minutes in the penalty box to two games in the press box.
That is the reality of the situation following the two-game suspension that the league handed Jarkko Ruutu for his "elbow" on Maxim Lapierre last night in Montreal. For the record, Lapierre was not injured and Ruutu was penalized two minutes on the play…
By entertaining the whimpering Habs, the league has set a dangerous precedent. Bryan Murray said as much today, inferring that a precedent has now been set.
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When longtime Portland act Dirty Martini plays the Riverbend Live! series this weekend in Winston, listeners could be hearing the giddy momentum of a quasi-reunion.
The Portland indie darlings were their busiest from 2002 to 2007, when Dirty Martini regularly toured the West Coast. But since band member McKinley, aka Christine McKinley, moved to Los Angeles several years ago, the group has played only infrequent and often surprise shows.
It's been hard for the band's loyal fans to make it to their shows, said Lara Michell, one of the group's three vocalist-guitarists.
"We never broke up," Michell said. "Never intentionally, anyway."
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"We can each think of three ways to play a chorus, and suddenly we have nine great options. It makes us almost giddy when we're writing," she said. "Of course, the cocktails help as well. That part hasn't changed."
It won't be Michell's first performance in Douglas County, not by a long shot. The Roseburg High School grad played the Half Shell last year with her swing vocal group Stolen Sweets, and Dirty Martini played Roseburg 10 years ago at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center, among multiple other performances.
Michell's pathway to music wasn't a direct one. She started playing piano at 7 years old and took up guitar in college. After RHS, the onetime Junior Miss attended Willamette University, followed by a Peace Corps term in Gambia from 1993-94.
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Dirty Martini came together in the late 1990s, when "songwriter-in-the-round" formats were popular with Portland venues. When one randomly matched Schneiderman, Michell and McKinley, they took the initiative and prepared for it, working out a set list and some harmonies to go with each of their songs.
It was a Valentine's Day show and all three were single and dateless. But they liked the way their voices sounded together. In addition, the crowd responded and the bar asked them back.
The group's name comes from the cocktails they (over)consumed that night, Michell said. Remarking on the night's lucrative take, the bar owner told the trio the bar would have to have another "dirty martini songwriter night," and the name was born.
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Faithful elephants: a true story of animals, people, and war /
|Tsuchiya, Yukio,
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988
Annotation:Recounts how three elephants in a Tokyo zoo were put to death because of the war, focusing on the pain shared by the elephants and the keepers who must starve them.
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A zookeeper narrates the story of how there came to be graves at the zoo: when Tokyo was showered with bombs during the bleak days of World War II, the authorities feared that if the zoo were destroyed, the animals might accidentally be freed and wreak havoc on the city. So they decided that all the zoo animals would be killed. But the elephants wouldn't eat the poisonous food they were offered, and the needles in the syringes containing poison broke before they could penetrate the elephants' rough skin. So the elephants were starved to death, a slow and painful process watched by the zookeepers who loved them. An upsetting story for children or adults, this powerfully conveys the deadly side effects of war. Lewin's watercolors show the massive gray bodies in their state of decline; it is impossible not to appreciate the heartbreak of the animals' plight. But this is a book that provokes questions about the nature of death and dying (children may read into this that some may be killed for the greater good of all), and so should be chosen with care. All ages. (August)
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In the last stage of World War II, Tokyo zoo staff decided to allow large zoo animals to die to prevent the chance of additional danger to people if the city were bombed. This melancholy account of an actual tragic happening has seen 70 printings in Japan since 1951. It is broadcast annually every August on Japanese radio and TV. CCBC Category: History, People And Places. 1988, Houghton Mifflin, 32 pages., $13.95. Age 12-adult.
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Index by name of estate or ward to Probate Minutes, entry 1034, showing
reference to volume and page. Arr. al-oh, by first letter of surname,. of
estate or ward, chron. thereunder by recording date. 1Hdw. rr. ld. 360
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186. GUARDIANS DCCKET, 1847-53, 10377-78. 2 vols. Title varies:
Guardian's R-ecord, 1847-55, 1 vol.
Record of administration of estates of minors by guardians appointed by
the court, showing name of minor, name of guardian, date appointed, date
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from estate, invoice and value of -rooerty of estate, final report, and
order for discharge of guardianship. Arr. chron. by date of appointment.
Indexed alph. by first letter of surname of minor, chron. thereunder.
Hdw. 330 pp. 14 x 10 x 2.
For general proceeding in probate casc, ,1846--, see eiitry 104.
187. PROBATE LUTACY DOCIET (Minutes), 1913-17. 1 vol. (7).
Clerk's record of proceedings in lunacy cases, showing filing date, name
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of findings. Arr. chron. by court terms. Indexed al)h. by first
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Original papers in civil cases in county court, including plaintiff D'
petitions, citations, defendants' answers, bonds for cost, motions,
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189. CRIMINAL CASES DISPOSED OF (Papers), 1867-69, 1876--. 42 f.b.
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Original papers in criminal cases filed in county court, including complaints,
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My husband takes 40 km rides on his bike. He says that this bar actually helps him to gain anargy. Excelent bar.


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Pineapple-Apple Chicken Salad Recipe
This just might be the fastest chicken salad recipe ever! The fruit gives a sweet touch, the almonds a nice crunch, and the curry adds depth and color. —Priscilla Cote, New Hartford, New York
- 1 cup cubed cooked chicken breast
- 1/2 medium apple, chopped
- 1 snack-size cup (4 ounces) pineapple tidbits, drained
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 cups torn mixed salad greens
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Serve with greens. Yield: 2 servings.
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1 cup chicken salad with 1 cup salad greens equals 301 calories, 16 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 64 mg cholesterol, 302 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 23 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2-1/2 fat, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fruit.
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The Fujifilm XP10 is available in five fantastic colours, which make the camera immediately attractive. The rounded end does nothing to help you keep hold of the camera, but this is more than made up for by the rubber grips on the front. For a high-resistance model with a metal body casing, the XP10 has a bit of a plastic feel to it. The camera gets on fine in water and none of the shocks it was subject to in our test managed to cause any damage.
On the back, the various controls are protected by a single plastic shell. It's an interesting concept and it definitely makes the camera look reassuringly waterproof, even if the actual result is a little disappointing. The keys all kind of blend together, making it difficult to find the function you want (particularly the zoom) without looking at the camera. Another disappointment is that the four-way controller is too small to be used with the end of your finger and you'll have to use your nails to work the button and navigate through the menus.
The 2.7-inch LCD screen has a resolution of 230,000 dots and, to be honest, it's not the XP10's strong point. For starters, it tends to go black when you look at it from below. It's also covered by a very shiny protective top-screen which causes all kinds of problems in bright sunlight.
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The XP10 doesn't do too bad in this field. Start-up takes 1.4 seconds and the autofocus is responsive in both wide-angle and telephoto modes. In low light the AF is naturally a little slower, but it's nothing major—to be honest, I was expecting worse, as the lens' low aperture in wide-angle mode (f/4) doesn't do it any favours. The good news is that in telephoto mode the lens aperture increases to f/4.8, which is really not bad at all. The burst mode maxes out at 3 frames in 2.25 seconds and the photo-to-photo turnaround time is 2.5 seconds.
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The XP10's optical zoom doesn't offer a genuinely wide-angle view. In fact, unlike most competitors' models, you'll have to make do with a pretty tight 36-180 mm. The zoom makes things a little dull (f/4) in wide-angle mode which pushes the camera to increase sensitivity, especially underwater where there's not much light.
In wide-angle mode, lens distortion is marked and remains uncorrected. In telephoto mode, the picture is much more consistent. The lens isn't great, and typically, the edges of the photos are less well defined. The centre of the image is fine, but nothing more.
Although some Fujifilm cameras handle digital noise very well, there's certainly room for improvement in the XP10. The picture already looks a bit grainy at 100 ISO, and with the image displayed as a full-screen view smoothing is noticeable at 200 ISO. Granularity increases gradually with ISO sensitivity but colour noise isn't really a problem. Smoothing and granularity are prominent at 800 ISO and you'd be best off not going any higher than that.
The XP10 displays photos well but the colours are highly saturated, which, although in most cases looks pleasant, doesn't make for accurate colour reproduction. Purple fringes appear on contrasted areas but they're not unbearable. Finally, the optical zoom isn't stabilised and the XP10 suffers as a result.
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I realised that there were no stamps (or at least very few) stamps with R on so I decided to make one. Sorry for the bad quality, I was kinda in a hurry ^^' Anyways, hope you like it :3
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R is the cutest thing ;v;
hi i love that movie xo
R is SOOOOO gorgeous! does that sound weird?
Nope, not at all
thank God. my mom thought i was CRAZY for loving a Zombie. and when i listed the qualities/features i LOVED about R, she started LAUGHING! i mean, WHO does that??? i was pretty upset, but tried not to show it. watching the movie now, JUST to see R.
Haha, well it is a bit weird to love a zombie, but when it's one with so much personality as R, I guess it's all right XD
yep, yep! oh! have you checked out the Warm Bodies story called Warm Bodies: A New Start? it's EXTREMELY good. i have the WHOLE story in my Favorites, if u wanna read it. but there ARE dark parts in it, and mature scenes.
No, I haven't read it (I usually don't read fanfics). But I might check it out. Does it follow the book or the movie?
neither. it starts off where the movie ended, then the author makes it her own story. but it IS kinda graphic. especially in the later chapters, where it gets REALLY dark.
R!!! I thought he died when he and Julie fell in the pool, cause he like hit his head. So I cried. Then when I realized he was alive I was like oh.
Was that in the movie? 'Cause I have only read the book ^^'
yeah it was in the movie. theres a book?
How do I make it so the picture comes up in the text?
Or when I want to show it when I'm posting, say, a journal
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i love r soo much ^^
Me to, he's so cute!
R. is better thann Edward and Jacob
i love him too!!!
R for the win!
R is the best character ever! ^.^ He's so cute and sweet because he has 1000000 thoughts running in his mind but his speech isn't good D'':
I could watch warm bodies 1000 times and never get tired of it R meh fav charocter!!!
Yeah, I've only read the book, though I agrre. I could re-read it over and over, again and again :3
I'm soo obsessed about the movie
Have you read the book? It's really epic, especially the fact that R is older and was a business man (or some person wearing a tie) ^^
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Shortly after I started my first game of Far Cry 2, I was treated to an on-rails taxi ride where my driver pointed out some of the unique sites of Africa. There are groups of civilians wandering in hope of escape from their country, varied wildlife, the spreading of a flash fire spreading from a patch of dry grass to a nearby tree, and more than a few angry-looking mercenaries. Functionally, this segment did nothing for me that Half-Life's tram ride didn't do back in 1998. Though, the tour did allow me time to take in the harrowing beauty intrinsic to Far Cry 2. The game's microcosm of Africa is beautifully realized and serves the game as an entity unto itself; a living, breathing pseudo-ecosystem. More than that, Far Cry 2 provides the player with a robust toolset of destruction that makes each of the game's bountiful combat encounters play out different every time.
When the segment ends, my character blacks out as a result of what I soon discover to be a latent case of malaria finally manifesting itself at the worst imaginable time. Upon waking, I see that I'm recumbent in a shanty hotel room and there is an unfamiliar figure standing at the foot of my bed, reading my confidential mission documents aloud. He quickly makes himself known as The Jackal, the infamous arms dealer that I have been sent to assassinate. This first scene represents the sole objective of Far Cry 2's premise in its entirety: it introduces the player to The Jackal, gives some basic background on who he is, and what his relation to the player is. The scene ends when my character's malaria flares up again and he blacks out.
Next time I wake up it's to the sound of explosions and fire all around me as my hotel (and likely the rest of the village it's in) is being ravaged from a battle outside. I grab a nearby pistol and then learn the basic game maneuvers as I crawl through debris and jump over broken walls until I eventually make it outside the village and, once again, black out.
Far Cry 2 actually begins after another hour or so of pedestrian tutorial quests. My primary enemy in the country knows who I am and that my only mission is to kill him, I'm stuck in the middle of a violent civil conflict between two warring factions (each of which are filled with higher-ups willing to do whatever it takes to beat the other), and the weapons I grabbed early on in the tutorial are jamming up in the middle of a battle. My pistol basically disintegrated at one point near the end of the tutorial segment. What's worse is that my character is suffering the full extent of his malaria — short of death, I suppose — I get violent attacks that can only be held back by medicine given to me by members of an African Underground movement and I can only run about fifteen yards before I almost pass out.
It's not uncommon for a game to start a player off in an altered state; a number of games have a player start off exceptionally strong and then strip away all of the upgrades after an introductory segment. Some games start a player off weak and the player will slowly become more and more powerful. Far Cry 2 starts a player off with weak weapons that are prone to rapid degradation and a deadly incurable illness. The only way to move forward is to work closely with one of the two factions who are at war with one another and tearing about the African culture and people in the process.
What I have going for me are my friends. I rescued a woman named Michelle, a fellow freelance killer, who was being held captive by a group of mercenaries in a slaughterhouse and since then she has become a sidekick who will intervene in the heat of battle. She introduced me to another mercenary when I went to meet up with her in a nearby bar. Together, these two people will end up forming their own unique narratives with and for the player. One of them will serve as a means of subverting a number of the missions given to the player by one of the two factions by offering optional "sub-quests" that will both hurt one of the factions while making the eventual completion of the base mission easier. The other buddy is a player's parachute: when he/she is "rescue-ready" then he will come to the aid of a player who was killed in battle by offering a resuscitation and brief fire support. The game's buddy system forms part of Far Cry 2's story; the optional sub-quests flesh out the details between a given buddy and the player and form a narrative that is, in part, unique to a given player.
More importantly that the subversive sub-quests are the rescue buddies that will end up forming a sort of emergent narrative that will enhance a player's view of a combat encounter — these are the stories that gamers will take away from Far Cry 2 and talk about with their friends. Stories about how their friend Michelle, Nasreen, Marty, Hakim, or some other character game in just when a player got an unexpected shotgun blast to the chest and died. And then that rescue buddy came in and brought the player out of his near-death state by coming to the scene with his AK-47 or Desert Eagle blazing and then dragging the player to safety and then announcing "Heal up and let's go; there are about three guys left out there."
Much like a Grand Theft Auto game, Far Cry 2 takes place in an open world while holding the player to a fairly strict progression system through the single-player campaign. The premise delivered through these narratives is best handled in somewhat linear manner, though, because these are the least interesting stories that are told within the game. Most of the missions (and all of the various side-quests) that a player can engage in are just an excuse to go to a specific location to battle a bunch of people.
Combat is where Far Cry 2 is at its very best. The game provides a toolkit of back-of-the-box seeming features that, surprisingly, actually add a lot to the way that a combat scenario plays out in-game. There's the naturally-spreading fire, weapon degradation, partially destructible environments composed of materials with realistic properties, non-scripted artificial intelligence, day, night, and weather cycles, and countless other systems all working simultaneously. The material properties allow for players to employ somewhat realistic strategies mid-battle; if an enemy is standing behind a wooden fence, then a player can just shoot through it and, hopefully, kill the enemy. If a pair of guards are standing next to a series of ammo canisters the player can throw a Molotov cocktail at the area and the ammo containers will explode and violently shoot a huge number of ammo rounds in its vicinity (killing whoever is near it). And if another pair of enemies are standing right atop a large patch of dry gas? Use a flamethrower to ignite the whole area in flames and watch the fire spread to a nearby gas canister which sets off a chain reaction of explosions through a town. The number of crazy situations that I've had spring from these gameplay systems in my time with the game are just too limitless to recount here.
As I was playing through a series of missions one day, I noticed something strange about the enemies that I was fighting. At this point I was about sixty or seventy percent through the game and my character had built up a bit of a reputation for himself in the game world and I had invested money in a Stealth Suit that would give my character an increased ability to hide when crouched around grass. Since I took a liking to conducting all of my dealings in chaos at night, this mission was occurring at around 3-4:00am in the game world, so the sun had yet to rise. I was able to clear most of this enemy encampment stealthily thanks to the sound suppressor on my MP5 submachine gun and was in the process of hunting down two or three more targets. I had no idea where they were but I was able to hear a few distinct voices so I was just tracking the sound of the spoken dialogue. And then I stopped to listen to what the enemies were actually saying; instead of the usual taunts and proud machismo the enemies were now scared. These few remaining souls were aware who I was and that they had no chance to make it out of the situation alive and they just wanted to hide and be left alone. As it turns out, reputation is an actual value that has corresponding effects in the game world. As a player goes through missions and eliminates various faction members and higher-up faction figures his reputation will increase. As the reputation increases, the entities that inhabit the game world will start reacting differently to the player's presence.
The most commonly-listed flaw with Far Cry 2 is the amount of time gamers have to spend traveling to-and-fro and how that travel is constantly interrupted by enemy checkpoints filled with guards that seem to respawn all-too-quickly (whenever a player leaves a "sector"). It's a valid enough concern as vehicular travel (and vehicular combat, to a lesser extent) is such a prominent focus of the game. The enemies do, ultimately, respawn far too quickly but this fact made checkpoints something I wanted to avoid. And, as such, it opened up an aspect of the game that I would never have discovered otherwise: the joy of intelligent navigation. Far Cry 2 does not have an automatic route navigator; if a player wants to find his place in the game world then he will need to use his in-world GPS device combined with the in-world map. It's a cumbersome endeavor but it functions as such for good reason: it's not something that someone should be doing in the heat of combat.
Looking at the map and plotting out a trip was a sort of mini-game unto itself. It's a process that should be done at the beginning of any mission and retained in the player's mind for as long as possible. Whenever I was given a mission to complete I wanted to avoid as many checkpoints as possible, so as soon as my mission briefing was done I would find a vehicle and then get out my map and plot my best course. Often, a "best course" would involve a brief trip to a bus station, pick up a car near the bus station, and then drive to the objective on a main road for as long as possible and then take a detour through a rough forest or valley path to avoid checkpoints. Sometimes just avoiding land entirely would be a good idea as the waterways in Far Cry 2 function a lot like highways. This wasn't even a process I was fond of early in the game but, really, playing Far Cry 2 is never about rushing into action and combat from the very beginning.
I'm not even touching on the game's subtle user interface or its clever narrative techniques for this piece. Far Cry 2 is an enormous game that is so much more than any of its individual components or features. It's an open-world first-person shooter that truly and successfully embodies the concept of emergent gameplay. The game's vision of Africa is never a mere backdrop for tried-and-true gunplay, it's an actual character in itself; the represented beauty and danger serve as gameplay mechanics for the player's exploitation at any point in the game.
To date, Far Cry 2 is the finest example of what video games can be.
I just got another mission from the unnaturally quick-speaking warlord of the African UFL — one of two warring factions in Far Cry 2 — when one of my buddies gave me a call on my cell phone telling me to meet them if I wanted to make my mission take twice as long as it would if I simply followed orders at no real additional benefit to me. I guess I could just do it, though. I mean, my buddy Nasreen is, apparently, one of the only two women in all of Africa. It wouldn't hurt to endear my playing character to her a bit more. It's an awfully big safe house, after all.
Wait, why is my screen pulsing and turning yellow? Oh, it's my Malaria. It's flaring up. There's an on-screen pill bottle that's telling me I should press my left shoulder button. But, I'm also in the middle of driving through the jungle since that checkpoint I just cleared out before getting my new mission already is restocked with new people. Maybe they're just meandering civilians? Probably not. They have guns. Do civilians in Africa have guns? All right, I'll just slow down my truck and take my pills. Done. No more yellow screen. I'm also out of pills, but I just got them refilled after I delivered some transit papers to an African family hiding in a broom closet in a veterinary office (under control by the African Underground). Am I really out of pills or do I just need to deliver more transit papers? Africa has a strange exchange rate.
Malaria is probably contagious. I guess that rules out my chances with Nasreen. Maybe she'll give me more conflict diamonds when I help her out in lieu of, well, anything else. I think I just hit a zebra while I was looking at my map; oh, and I just entered into range of the checkpoint. That's okay, I'll just drive away fast — my engine is smoking. They shot up my engine. I could run faster than my truck's new top speed. Normally I'd be able to get out and repair the engine back into it's racing shape, but considering that I have an assault truck with two angry African soldiers speeding towards me is probably out of the question. Normally, since I have a vehicle of my own and don't really want to steal theirs, I'd just whip out of my high-grade rocket launcher — since I just payed thirty-five blood diamonds to get access to it since my old RPG was far too inaccurate — but that has a bit of a blow-back that would probably cause my smoking Jeep to burst into flames (killing me in the process). The assault truck is getting closer; I don't have much in the way of cover around me and if I get ran over it's game over. I got it: I'll bring out my AR15 and try and pick off the driver, leaving the gunner out of range to do any serious damage. Got him. Now the gunner that is moving into the driver's seat. Done and done.
Now my screen is pulsing red and the quickly-diminishing last notch of my life bar tells me I'm in the process of bleeding out. Unfortunately, I took far too much damage to just hit the left-shoulder button and inject myself (with what I assume/hope are mere painkillers) so now, instead, I see my player character look down at his leg — there's an enormous bullet entry wound. That looks pretty rough, but it can be bandaged up. Wait. What. What is my character doing? Why does he have pliers? Is he — oh, okay. He just pulled the bullet out of his own wound. And I have my gun back, which means I guess I'm going to live. Why is there someone in front of me with a shotgun — oh, that wasn't friendly. Ouch. Neither was that.
I guess I'm dead now. The screen is fading to black, so I'll just load my last saved game; wait, the game faded back in and now I see my other friend Michelle (the only other woman in all of Africa). "Hold on, I'll get you out of here" she says as she whips out her AK-47 and fires at some off-screen enemies (I assume she avenged my near-death by killing my almost-murderer). The screen is fading back to black. Was she too late? Oh, it's fading back in. Michelle is dragging me somewhere. She is saving me, right? Fading back to black. And back to Michelle; "all right, patch yourself up" she tells me as she places a shiny, new Desert Eagle in my hands. I get up, inject myself with the last of my mysteriously-filled syrettes I carry around, and now I'm out for blood. Not mine this time. Why did I forget to stock up on syrettes when I was in town? Why?
I should have been paying more attention while I was taking the drive to my destination, as this isn't any old checkpoint; this one seems to have about ten or eleven mercenaries spread across a small plot of land. And they already know I'm here, so that makes any stealth kills nigh-impossible. But, I do see a way to take out about six guys with a single action. Three of the mercenaries are standing near a large ammunition dump; if I hit that with a rocket then the immediate explosion should kill at least one guy, but that will also cause the ammunition canisters do explode and every single round of ammo contained within to go crazy and start firing in a every direction which, hopefully, will take out the other two guys. The other thing the explosion should do is set fire to the nearby trees and grassy areas which, ideally, will engulf another two mercenaries (and hopefully, that will spread far enough to kill one more mercenary).
That plan ended up working for all but the fire-spreading. Which I "aided" by throwing a molotov cocktail at the desired patch of grass and trees. At this point, I still have full health, but I also have to deal with another four mercenaries. From my well-covered spot (a big rock), I was able to pick off one enemy but, by this point, the other three were well within range to kill me swiftly. As I started frantically firing at one of the trio my assault rifle jams up — in the heat of taking a new mission and figuring out if I could somehow woo Nasreen or Michelle I forgot to make a trip to the armory to replace my rifle and pistol. My rifle is rusted to hell at this point; I'm actually pretty lucky that it just jammed and didn't, essentially, disintegrate. At this point I'm madly mashing the X button (reload/fix jam), fix the jam, and then fire another few shots at my assailants. Then the gun disintegrates. At least I have my shiny silver Desert Eagle that Michelle gave me, though. A few seconds later and I'm free and clear. I only have two of my six health bars, but I'm not bleeding out.
And this is what Far Cry 2 is about. There are complaints about the amount of driving, the incredibly quick enemy respawns for checkpoints (never when you're in the area, at least), and the lack of civilians that populate the country (strange given the story is about them), but Far Cry 2 goes beyond such petty issues. It's one of the first games I've ever played that really embodies the concept of emergent game design (or progressive game design). It's an open-world game that, although only partially "open" in terms of its narrative progression, does everything it can to keep players confined to the game world. There is only one time where the game camera doesn't function as the player character's eyes and that is when a player "sleeps" in a safe house and the player is treated to a time-lapse view of the outside world as the amount of daylight changes.
The primary result of placing the player so firmly in the game world is that every player action has a sense of gravitas attached to it. It's a feeling that pervades the single-player portion of the game so strongly that the first I jumped into multi-player I felt oddly confused. Missions near the end make players wonder if what they're doing has any semblance of "right" to it whatsoever; the mission may get the player closer to his/her objective, but what's the cost attached to the player's action? It's a shame that the player is locked into a limited number of actions when given a mission; there has never been a game I wanted to have more narrative choices in than this one.
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This may be your opinion. I however disagree and I think that there is an over whelming amount of evidence of wrongdoing. The official investigation into 9/11 itself is proof of wrongdoing.
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For the first time leading cider fruit growers will gather for a day-long event to hear the latest developments from cider industry leaders and researchers at the inaugural Growers Conference.
HOXTON CIDERSMITHS GOES NATIONAL WITH PUNCH TAVERNS LISTINGJanuary 28 2015
A national listing with Punch Taverns in January 2015 is expected to raise the on-trade profile of cider newcomer Hoxton Cidersmiths, following the brand's recent launch.
WASSAILING AT MYRTLE FARM FOR A GREAT HARVESTJanuary 19 2015
The traditional Wassail ceremony was celebrated at Myrtle Farm on Friday evening. Thatchers Cider gathered friends and associates together from all over the country to join in the ancient Somerset ritual of blessing the apple trees ready for a good harvest.
Ancient celebrations take over a modern orchardJanuary 16 2015
Yesterday, Stewley Orchard near Ilminster was transformed by the ancient pagan celebration of Wassailing. The Shepton Mallet Cider Mill, which produces much-loved ciders like Blackthorn, Olde English and Addlestones, organised the festivities.
Brewing and cider awards gear up for final entriesDecember 05 2014
With just weeks to go until the next International Brewing Awards and International Cider Awards close on 31 December, the competition's organisers, Brewing Technology Services (BTS) are gearing up for the last wave of entries from brewers and cider makers around the world.
The Folio Society launches The Herefordshire PomonaSeptember 18 2014
As the apple harvest approaches, London publishers, The Folio Society, are launching a beautiful limited-edition facsimile of The Herefordshire Pomona on 19th September 2014.
New project brings orchards back to lifeOctober 22 2014
Yesterday saw the launch of an exciting new community orchard programme "Helping Britain Blossom" which will create and restore over a hundred orchards across the country.
THATCHERS GOLD SWEEPS THE BOARD IN AUSTRALIAOctober 16 2014
Still only in its first year of being available in Australia, Thatchers Gold has swept the board in the Australian Cider Awards. Thatchers Gold was not only awarded Best Cider, and Best International Cider, but went on to receive the top accolade, Best in Show.
Bristol Cider Shop announces opening of new Cider Tasting RoomOctober 09 2014
Bristol Cider Shop has received licensing approval to open a cider tasting room to the rear of their shop on Christmas Steps in central Bristol.
Harvestime - an apple journeyOctober 07 2014
The Herefordshire parishes of the Marcle Ridge are once again celebrating harvestime in the orchards, with a collection of events, walks and talks with many opportunities to taste and purchase apples, juice and cider.
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ABSTRACT: We evaluated the impact of nursing education and stewardship interventions on Clostridium difficile testing and treatment appropriateness. Diarrhea documentation increased for those with positive tests (45% to 70%); pretreatment laxative use decreased (50% to 19%). Appropriate treatment increased for severe infection (57% to 93%), but all asymptomatically colonized patients were treated. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;00(0): 1-5.
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ABSTRACT: Background: The surgical site infection (SSI) rate following Cesarean section (C-S) at The Johns Hopkins Hospital was above the national benchmark of 2.99 infections/100 procedures. We sought to improve the SSI rate via a multi-disciplinary intervention. Methods: A collaborative team of obstetrical (OB) physicians and nurses, the perinatal/perioperative clinical operations manager, anesthesia physicians, quality improvement specialists, infection preventionists, infectious disease physicians and hospital administrators initiated prevention efforts in late 2010. Intra-operative observations and monthly meetings were employed to generate infection prevention strategies. Interventions included reinforcement of adherence to evidence based practices for SSI prevention, aseptic technique, proper OR attire, surgical hand scrub, patient skin antisepsis, and maintenance of body temperature; direct feedback to individual surgeons regarding surgical technique and skin preparation for stat C-S; modification of prophylactic antibiotic dosing for patients weighing greater than 300 lbs., and standardization of skin antisepsis. Preoperative skin antisepsis was standardized and only performed by trained personnel. Reconfiguration of the OR suite eliminated unnecessary furniture and equipment, reduced crowding and improved protection of the sterile instrument table. OB physicians were educated about appropriate assessment and documentation of endometritis using a standardized definition. Surgeon-specific SSI rates were calculated and shared with the Chairman of OB and Gynecology. Results: There were 26 SSI following C-S procedures in CY2010 with a rate of 4.27 infections/100 procedures. After formation of the collaborative and implementation of SSI-prevention interventions, 12 SSI occurred in CY2011; the SSI rate decreased 52% to 2.06 (P=0.01). Conclusion: Implementation of comprehensive infection prevention assessments, education, and interventions through a collaborative, multidisciplinary team led to a significant reduction in the SSI rate following C-S procedures.
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ABSTRACT: Background: Misdiagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) can lead to inappropriate antibiotic use, which can occur as the result of unnecessary as well as prolonged therapy. We sought to quantify and characterize appropriate and inappropriate antimicrobial use for VAP and identify risk factors for inappropriate use. Methods: Ventilated patients suspected of having VAP were prospectively identified in 6 adult ICUs between 12/15/09 and 12/15/10. All cases were assessed by an adjudication committee (AC) that included critical care, pulmonology, and infectious diseases specialists. The AC determined the appropriateness of the ICU team's VAP diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy using clinical, microbiologic and radiographic data including the Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) on the day of diagnosis, and day 3 and 8. Risk factors for inappropriate continuation of VAP therapy after day 3 were assessed using logistic regression. Results: 232 cases identified as possible VAP by the ICU teams occurred in 203 patients. On day 1, 94 (40.5%) cases were VAP by the AC and by day 3 only 73 cases were VAP by the AC. 82 (51.9%) cases without VAP on day 3 were continued on ABX despite no evidence of other infection, contributing 1193 excess antibiotic days (EADs), including 307 pip/tazo days, 296 vancomycin days, 213 cephalosporin days and 117 carbapenem days. ABX were continued for >8 days in 36 (49.3%) VAP cases, contributing 374 EADs. To assess targets for stewardship interventions, we compared ALL cases with (n = 120) and without (n = 35) inappropriate continuation of VAP therapy after day 3. Pressors on day 1 (OR 2.26, 95% CI 1.27, 9.77) and sputum culture obtained on day 3 (OR 3.53, 95% CI 1.27, 9.77) were associated with inappropriate continued VAP treatment. Positive sputum cultures, higher APACHE score, WBC, purulent secretions, infiltrate on x-ray, or high frequency suctioning were not. Conclusion: Inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of VAP resulted in 1567 days of EAD in one year in 6 ICUs. Clinical differences between patients without VAP who had antibiotics continued or discontinued were minimal, suggesting that clinician behaviors contribute to unnecessary prescribing. Strategies to improve the diagnosis of and antibiotic use for VAP are needed.
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ABSTRACT: To evaluate the impact of postprescription review of broad-spectrum antimicrobial (study-ABX) agents on rates of antimicrobial use. Quasi-experimental before-after study. Five academic medical centers. Adults receiving at least 48 hours of study-ABX. The baseline, intervention, and follow-up periods were 6 months each in 2 units at each of 5 sites. Adults receiving at least 48 hours of study-ABX entered the cohort as case-patients. During the intervention, infectious-diseases physicians reviewed the cases after 48 hours of study-ABX. The provider was contacted with alternative recommendations if antimicrobial use was considered to be unjustified on the basis of predetermined criteria. Acceptance rates were assessed 48 hours later. The primary outcome measure was days of study-ABX per 1,000 study-patient-days in the baseline and intervention periods. There were 1,265 patients in the baseline period and 1,163 patients in the intervention period. Study-ABX use decreased significantly during the intervention period at 2 sites: from 574.4 to 533.8 study-ABX days/1,000 patient-days (incidence rate ratio [IRR], 0.93; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.88-0.97; P = .002) at hospital B and from 615.6 to 514.4 study-ABX days/1,000 patient-days (IRR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.79-0.88; P < .001) at hospital D. Both had established antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP). Study-ABX use increased at 2 sites and stayed the same at 1 site. At all institutions combined, 390 of 1,429 (27.3%) study-ABX courses were assessed as unjustified; recommendations to modify or stop therapy were accepted for 260 (66.7%) of these courses. Postprescription review of study-ABX decreased antimicrobial utilization in some of the study hospitals and may be more effective when performed as part of an established ASP.
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