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Dr. Lesley L. Smith is a physicist in the University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. Dr. Smith's research interests include climate diagnostics and variability on seasonal to centennial time scales, ENSO impacts, attribution of weather and climate-related extremes, chemistry climate interactions and climate modeling.
Dr. Smith is committed to increasing diversity in the scientific community and is a longtime mentor in NSF's Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program. She has also participated in programs of organizations such as PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education & SuccesS (PROGRESS), Blacks in Government (BIG), and The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).
- M.S., Computer Information Systems, Denver University, 2001
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Kansas, 1994
- M.S., Physics, University of Kansas, 1990
- B.A., Physics, University of Colorado, 1987
Research Interests
- ENSO's effect on U.S. weather
- California Snow
- El Nino Rapid Response Response Research
- ENRRR Analysis including preliminary Rossby Wave Source tests
- El Nino Rapid Response tests
- Information Flow
- Winter El Nino CAM Dynamics
- Winter El Nino and precipitation (OBS & AMIP)
- Winter El Nino Teleconnections via CESM1
- Extreme Weather:
- Impact of the Stratosphere
- The Arctic
- relationship between stratospheric polar vortex and Arctic sea-ice loss (including polar cap height stuff)
- Possible Changes in the Arctic (temperature plots,including trends)
- Model Evaluation, Analysis
- Long-term Model Runs
How do SSTs and other factors affect precipitation?
ECHAM5 zonal gradient experiments
- Preliminary Community Atmosphere Model (CAM5) Runs
- Preliminary Climate of the 20th Century Project
- Preliminary verification of new ECHAM5 AMIP Climatology runs
- Weather @ Home western U.S. regional runs
- Long-term Model Runs
Professional Memberships
- American Physical Society
- American Geophysical Union
Selected Publications
- Tegtmeier, S., et al., 2016: The SPARC Data Initiative: comparisons of CFC-11, FCF-12, HF and SF6 climatologies from international satellite limb sounders. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 8, 1-18. doi: 10.5194/essd-8-1-2016.
- Smith, L.L., J.C. Gille, 2014: Validation of the Aura High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder geopotential heights. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 8, 2775-2785. doi: 10.5194/amt-7-2775-2014.
- Tegtmeier, S., et al, 2013: SPARC Data Initiative: A comparison of ozone climatologies from international satellite limb sounders. J. Geo. Res. Atmos., 118, 21, 12229-12247. doi:10.1002/2013JD019877.
- Toohey, M., et al., 2013: Characterizing sampling biases in the trace gas climatologies of the SPARC Data Initiative, J. Geo. Res. Atmos., 118, 20, 11847-11862. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50874.
- Gille, J., et al., 2012: Final correction algorithms for HIRDLS version 7 data, Proceedings of SPIE, 8511, 85110K. doi: 10.1117/12.930175.
- Trenberth, K. E., and L. Smith, 2009: Variations in the three dimensional structure of the atmospheric circulation with different flavors of El Niño. J. Clim., 12, No. 11, 2978-2991. doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2691.1.
- Trenberth, K. E., and L. Smith, 2009: The three dimensional structure of the atmospheric energy budget: methodology and evaluation. Clim. Dyn., 32, 1065-1079. doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0389-3.
- Trenberth, K. E., and L. Smith, 2008: Atmospheric energy budgets in the Japanese Reanalysis: Evaluation and variability. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86, 579-592.
- Trenberth, K.E., L. Smith, T. Qian, A. Dai, J. Fasullo, 2007: Estimates of the global water budget and its annual cycle using observational and model data. J. Hydrometeor., 8, 758-769.
- Trenberth, K.E., and L. Smith, 2006: The vertical structure of temperature in the tropics: Different flavors of El Nino. J. Clim., 19 4956-4973.
- Trenberth, K.E., J. Fasullo, L. Smith, 2005: Trends and variability in column-integrated atmospheric water vapor, Clim. Dyn., 24, 741-758.
- Trenberth, K.E., D.P. Stepaniak, L. Smith, 2005: Interannual Variability of the Mass of the Atmosphere, J. Clim., 18, 2812-2825.
- Trenberth, K.E., and L.Smith, 2005: The Mass of the Atmosphere: a Constraint on Global Analyses, J. Clim., 18, 864-875.
- Klonecki, A., P. Hess, L. Emmons, L. Smith, J. Orlando, D. Blake, 2003: Seasonal Changes in the Transport of Pollutants into the Arctic Troposphere - A Model Study, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D4), 8367. doi:10.1029/2002JD002199.


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Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) is on the brink of ruining his marriage and journalism career with his alcoholism and womanizing when he's assigned to write a human-interest story about a death-row inmate (Isaiah Washington) -- and learns the conviction was built on shaky evidence. Now, with 12 hours left until the execution, Everett embarks on a quest to save a man he's convinced is innocent. James Woods and Denis Leary co-star.

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Understanding EU Commission Tenders
The procurement of goods and services by EU governments and other national entities offering public services is regulated by rules which are laid down in a series of EU Directives and interpretative guidelines. The procurement of similar goods and services by the Commission and other Community institutions is subject to a different set of rules. This book examines those different rules. The procurement of goods and services by Community institutions and agencies is subject to the general principles of EU law including transparency, non-discrimination, proportionality, and equal treatment. There are, in addition, two basic Regulations which cover the Community's financial order: the Financial Regulation and the Implementing Regulation, both of which have specific provisions on public contracts. The procurement rules set down for Community institutions are often more detailed than those set out in the public procurement Directives. This is because the Directives set out objectives to be achieved by Member State governments. The Directives implicitly rely, for their implementation, to a large degree, on pre-established Member State rules. With Community procurement, on the other hand, it has been necessary to regulate, for all the detailed rules and procedures as the Community institutions, when acting on their own behalf, cannot rely on pre-existing national rules. For ease of reference, this book is divided into chapters which look at different aspects of the EU institution procurement procedures, as well as the remedies and penalties which might be applicable when breaches occur. Each of these chapters is designed to be read as a stand alone examination. Each chapter sets out the basic rules set out in the Financial Regulation and refer to the relevant articles in the Implementing Regulation. The text of the Implementing Regulation is set out in an annex. In addition, reference is made to the rules set out in the Practical Guide to Contract Procedures for EC External Actions in case of external procurement. These basic rules are then subject to comments including reference to the general principles of law applicable and any relevant cases before the European Courts in Luxembourg. That being said, this book is intended for the layman.
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Hollywood Foreign Press, 'The Artist,' 'The Descendants,' Clooney & Streep Win Golden Globes: Hollywood Foreign Press AssociationRicky Gervais got himself bleeped Sunday night at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards — but then again, so did Meryl Streep.
Gervais, returning as host of the show for the third time, largely avoided the personal insults that caused so much controversy at last year's show, but he still got off quite a few good jabs here and there, including at the Hollywood Foreign Press, which puts on the Globes, and NBC, which airs them. "The Globes are just like the Oscars, except without all that 'esteem,'" he joked. He added that the Globes were to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton: "a bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker and more easily bought — allegedly."
Biting hard on the hand that fed him, Gervais later said, talking about Boardwalk Empire, "It's about a load of immigrants who came to America about a hundred years ago, and they got involved in bribery and corruption and worked their way up into high society. But enough about the Hollywood Foreign Press." As for NBC, he called it "America's third-biggest network," and then corrected himself: "It's fourth." And when he said the Hollywood Foreign Press was non-profit, he added, "like NBC." And in a jab against the glitz and glamour of the event and the assembled stars, his parting words were, "I hope you enjoyed the goodie bags, the champagne and the gold — I hope it took your minds off the recession for a little while."
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Oppo U705T Specifications : Oppo has launched its new smartphone U705T on December 2012. The smartphone is now available to purchase at the price of Rs. 18,000 from leading shopping portals and retail outlet. The smartphone comes in one color option which is White. The smartphone gives competition to Nokia X Plus and LG L60i Dual.
Lets take a look at the Oppo U705T Specifications and Features.
Oppo U705T Specifications
Display: 4.5 Inch TFT Capactive Touchscreen with 16M Colors
Resolution: 540 x 960 pixels
Dimensions: 127 x 64 x 9 mm
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Primary Camera: 8.0 MP with Autofocus, LED Flash and Digital Zoom
Secondary Camera: 5.0 MP
Video Recording: Yes
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Internal Memory: 16 GB
Expandable Memory: No
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Battery Capacity: 2020 mAh Li-Ion
Total Charging Time: upto 3 Hours
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Total Standby Time (3G): Up to 310 hrs
Total Talk Time (2G): Up to 12 hrs
Total Talk Time (3G): Up to 10 hrs
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Network (3G): HSDPA 850 / 2100 MHz
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The smartphone comes with 4.5 inch TFT touchscreen with 16M Colors and has resolution of 540 x 960 pixels.
The smartphone has inbuilt memory of 16 GB Which is not expandable via SD Card.
The smartphone has 8.0 MP of rear camera that records HD videos at the framerate of 720p@30FPS and it does have 5.0 MP of Front Facing camera for video calling.
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Oppo U705T runs on Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and it does not support dual sim functionality.
The smartphone has good processing speed of 1.0 GHz Single Core and has 1 GB of ram which is sufficient to run every apps on this device.
The smartphone gives battery life of 2020 mAh which gives standby time of upto 330 hrs and talktime of upto 12 hrs.
The connectivity options include in this smartphone are Bluetooth v3.1, GPS, Micro-USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 and GPRS/EDGE.
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- Intel Single Core Processor
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Price in UK: £ 200 Approx
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The smartphone is now launched and available to purchased in leading online stores and retailers.
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Houston-based data center operator Alpheus Communications said today that it has lined up behind NRG Energy to promote electric vehicles. According to the firm, it is transitioning its fleet of service vehicles to plug-in electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, as they require replacement, and also consider providing incentives for employees to acquire electric vehicles for commuting purposes. Alpheus said the move is part of NRG's eVgo program, which looks to install a network of electric vehicle rapid charge stations in Houston. Alpheus is a provider of bandwidth and data center services, and operates data centers in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley.


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It is very hard to create and foster a competitive environment nowadays. Success in this field requires a healthy player base, constant balancing updates/patches, a high level of polish, and most importantly, an addictively fun game. A new contender is in town gathering up a strong online community with its unique MOBA-adjacent style of play; its name, Battlerite. For a very long time, my go-to indie game for addictive competitive action was Rocket League, but now, this skill-heavy arena brawler has taken control of all of my remaining free-time.
Coming from LoL and HotS, I felt that Battlerite would have some sort of semblance regarding traditional MOBA-style play; however, it is truly an entirely different beast. There are no minions, jungle creeps, lanes, towers, structures, etc. Just a small battlefield with walls, champions, and a fog of war. Each match is a best-of-5-rounds 2v2 or 3v3 brawl to the death. With a 2-minute timer for each round, matches end fairly quickly. This attractive trait not only encourages short bursts of carnage-induced mayhem, it also creates an addictive sense of replayability. The kind where you can start up a game while waiting for your dinner to heat up and put it down when the food's ready. To be honest, it is pretty hard to end with just one match, but that's beside the point. The matches are short, and you can put it down at any time if you really wanted to…
To help enforce the time-limit while providing a little bit of leeway for players to discover a winner, a Sudden Death mechanic in the form of an encroaching ring is implemented into the game. Being outside of the ring will inflict a decent amount of DPS forcing players to crowd around the center and get on with it. I found the chaotic nature of the Sudden Deaths really exciting, and nothing is more satisfying than prevailing against the difficulties.
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The learning curve is fairly steep due to Battlerite's complex move set and nuanced synergies, allowing utilization of 9 different abilities/attacks for each of its 17+ champions (LMB/RMB, Q, E, R, F, Space, and 2 Shift+X abilities – movement is with WASD). Each champion will have some sort of escape/gap closer, self-sustain skill (stealth/invincibility/counter), and crowd control move depending on the playstyle. Furthermore, skill shots are much more prevalent than direct target and AOE skills. This leads to some extremely chaotic and Hellish battlefields. Champions can, and will, stealth, jump, dash, flip, juke, stun, snare, silence, or become immaterial at a moment's notice. Sometimes even multiple times before cooldown. These deadly battles are beautiful to watch, but even more fun to survive.
With so many arguably balanced kits, it seems very plausible to succeed using any champion or team composition. I've seen support characters easily 1v1 melee bruisers just as often as the complete opposite, crumpling like a tin can under a tiny bit of pressure. The skill ceiling is so high for any particular champion that I wouldn't even dare say that one is better or worse than another. Maybe much harder to utilize to their full potential than others, but still competent nonetheless. Fortunately, the developers listen to the EA community, constantly tweaking skills, cooldowns, damage/healing numbers, or even reworking skills or passives entirely to help ensure a balanced environment.
To supplement the large move set, the game also incorporates advanced mechanics to enhance competitive play, as if it wasn't already hard enough to master. Pressing C, for instance, will cancel-cast your ability, putting it on a 1 second cooldown instead of casting it. Baiting out defensive maneuvers or herding enemies to a confined area can be accomplished with proper cancel-casting. In addition, one of three Battlerites can be chosen at the beginning of each round to tailor your needs against the situation at hand. These Battlerites add a small boost to one of your skills, sort of like leveling them up. One Battlerite may add Stealth to a particular skill, while another Battlerite may increase the Stun duration for something else, and as the rounds increase, these Battlerites become more and more OP. It is imperative to understand which Battlerites to pick in order to create powerful and synergistic combinations of moves and CC effects.
Matchmaking can be rather slow and wonky at times putting me in one sided matches more often than balanced ones. I'll chalk it up to EA testing, the deep learning curve, and a relatively small player base light on newcomers, but the overwhelming unbalance of early career matchmaking and the length of time it takes to climb that learning curve can be a major turn off. Of course all MOBAs will take a while to understand, but until fresh batches of players come in, expect to have a rough time until you can get a grasp of every character. Casual players be warned. I can assure you, however, that although it took a very long time for me to start winning on a consistent basis, familiarity with every skill and Battlerite combo was the cause of it. Knowing who to target/avoid, what CC skill to keep an eye out for, when to engage/disengage, and how to manage energy helped too.
Daily Quests provide a sense of direction and motivation to play on a daily basis. These quests are simple to complete (finish X matches with a ranged champion, etc.) and provide vanity unlockables in the form of loot chests as rewards. There are two basic types of chests, Silver and Gold, which provide Common, Rare, Epic, or Legendary items. Some of these items include: avatars, outfit skins, weapon skins, victory poses, and mount skins. Holiday and limited time chests are also available, and it is definitely possible to receive duplicates in the chests too.
Video Gameplay
This is one of my first games in Battlerite. Watching really experienced, pro-like gameplays do not provide a sufficient sense of difficulty. Hopefully my floundering around in the below video will.
Before you go running off clicking that purchase button, it might be in your best interest to understand that Battlerite is still undergoing a lot of balancing changes in nearly every aspect of the game, and champions are slowly getting added to see what problems pop up. Furthermore, when Battlerite leaves EA it will become Free-to-Play; however, it is also important to understand that purchasing Battlerite during its EA phase will provide you with instant access to the game, all current and future champions, and a unique Founder's title and avatar. According to the EA notes, "This bundle will not be available at launch. It's likely that the same amount of content will cost more once the game is released."
Knowing this, I still feel that Battlerite is a worthy addition to your daily vices assuming that you are extremely patient and willing to learn. There isn't really any other game quite like Battlerite, other than Stunlock Studios' previous project Bloodline Champions. For those that always wanted to get a taste of MOBA games but hated the idea of 40-60 minute matches, Battlerite is your answer. Whether getting it during EA or until it becomes F2P is entirely dependent upon you, but know this, grinding for champions is a massive chore. Although it is possible to do well with any champion, there will be a time when you wish you had access to everyone. This EA package will provide that and more at a cost most MOBAs would present for a handful (or less) of champions.


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Staying above the next best offer or raising it on his own, we can't know either way. How would we? There's the point about not _knowing_ the next best offer too
(I doubt Lowe is sharing with Burke).
So it's not like he can bid accurately.
I don't even think Burke knows what his top limit is. He has assets that he won't move, under any circumstances, but I'm not sure he has reasoned down to the bone what he absolutely cannot give up in a package. Or what the point is he won't go beyond overall. We will not know either, not until the pressure of the season is at hand.
It's not a bad strategy to simply keep one's offer above the next best deal, in theory. But in practice, when he knows that Gillis balked all offseason to acquiesce to such a standard, and that Gillis + Luongo have motivations for FLA, is it really the best course of action for _this_ deal? Remains to be seen. If he goes to TOR and not FLA, then he made the right call. If he doesn't...? FTR, I don't doubt that this is exactly what Burke is doing.
So do i, but i have no doubt that Gillis is. It would be in his best interest to let Burke know....would it not?
Also, if he ends up in FLA it doesn't mean Burke dropped the ball. If the cost is to high....it's just to high.
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The Hague: Dutch great Johan Cruyff said the world of football had displayed its good side with the support shown to him since he revealed last week that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.
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"I am enormously proud of the appreciation shown in all the responses," Cruyff wrote in his column for the leading Dutch daily De Telegraaf.
The former Ajax and Barcelona star added that the affection that had been shown to him was "moving and heartwarming".
On Sunday, Barcelona players wore T-shirts bearing a message of support for Cruyff before their 3-1 win against Eibar at the Camp Nou.
The T-shirts were orange, the colour of the Dutch shirt that Cruyff wore with distinction in his playing days, including when he captained the Netherlands to the 1974 World Cup final.
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The Feldstein-Horioka puzzle and law
In this paper, we introduce a proxy for the legal protection of investors, a dummy variable that indicates legal origins, into the Feldstein and Horioka (1980, Economic Journal 90) saving-investment regression. The estimations show that in the French-civil-law countries, which have the weakest investor protection, the domestic investment rates are generally less strongly correlated with the domestic saving rates. This implies that in countries with less investor protection, the capital resulting from an increase of domestic saving tends to flow to foreign countries with stronger investor protection, rather than into domestic investment.
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Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim
More than a year into his presidency, 18% of Americans say that Barack Obama is a Muslim. A plurality say they do not know what religion he follows. The view that president is a Muslim is highest among his political opponents. Yet the public also generally says Obama handles his religious beliefs appropriately.
Public Opinion in Pakistan: Concern About Extremist Threat Slips
Pakistanis have grown markedly less concerned about extremist groups, and are far more worried about the external threat from India. America's image remains negative and support for U.S. involvement in the fight against extremists has waned. Many Pakistanis endorse extreme views about law, religion and society.
Obama's Policies Seen as Better than Bush's for Improving the Economy
As Congress gears up for debate over the tax cuts passed when Bush was president, the public is divided, with roughly equal numbers in favor of keeping all of Bush's tax cuts, repealing only those for wealthy Americans, or scrapping them entirely.
Media, Race and Obama's First Year
A year-long study finds that, as a group, African Americans attracted relatively little attention in the U.S. mainstream news media during the first year of Barack Obama's presidency — and what coverage there was tended to focus more on specific episodes than on broader issues and trends affecting the lives of blacks generally.
Obama's Rating Steady Despite Tough Environment
While facing a controversial health care bill, a high jobless rate and the largest environmental disaster in the nation's history, the president's approval rating (48%) hasn't moved this year. A majority now opposes increased offshore drilling, but a large partisan split remains. Americans back Arizona's tough immigration law, but also support a "path to citizenship."
Obama More Popular Abroad than at Home, Global Image of U.S. Continues to Benefit
The president gets an enthusiastic thumbs up from the world (with the notable exception of the U.S.) for the way he has handled the world economic crisis. Obama's personal popularity remains high, as do favorable views of the U.S. In a striking difference from the Bush years, while many around the world disagree with Obama's foreign policies, the U.S. image has not been significantly dented as a result. Muslim countries, however, continue to hold a negative view of America and most also give Obama unfavorable ratings.
Doubts About Obama's Economic Policies Rose Over the Last Year
For the first time, slightly more say the impact of Obama's economic policies has been negative rather than positive; many see recovery as distant; views on financial reforms are mixed.
Pessimistic Public Doubts Effectiveness of Stimulus, TARP
As has been the case for most of the past two years, about nine-in-ten rate national economic conditions as only fair or poor. As a political consequence, the Democratic Party has lost ground to the Republican Party on a wide range of issues, including the job situation.
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After my OB appointment, Momma B and I hung out for her annual pap. It was fun to watch the roles reverse for the first time and see her get poked and prodded - well, that was how she put it. I'm just glad she's healthy and we got to meet another doc in the group. He was quite jovial and we liked him a lot. Momma B even suggested I change my primary OB over to him.
On a more unfortunate note, I have a two-hour glucose screening test scheduled already. I kind of knew it would be a possibility because of my weight, but I had hoped it wouldn't happen. I know my weight puts me at higher risk, but thankfully I have no family history of diabetes. Ah well. It's better to be safe than sorry, right?! Of course, the really fun part is if this test comes back normal I still have to return for the one-hour glucose screening at 24-28 weeks. Awesome.
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Far Cry 2
Review by JW ACE
"Great Game thats held back by some issues."
Far Cry 2 is an open-world First Person Shooter set in Africa. The game holds no relation to the original Far Cry except the name and a few basic game play elements. This isn't really a surprise as the game has new developers at the helm. The game has its ups and downs, but a majority of the downs are technical issues. Some of the original content that was promised is not present in the final version, like predatory animals, but this game is still HUGE despite all this.
The graphics are pretty damn good. There is a glitch here or there but generally very good and realistic looking. Tree's and grass blows in the wind realistically, the lighting is good, and rain is also well done. Make sure you have the latest drivers though, as I had some color glitches at first until I updated. The fire is also worth mentioning, like when you throw a Molotov; the fire slowly spreads out along the dry grass, and bends in the wind. Another nice touch is when a grenade explodes, the trees nearby will move or bend in a very realistic looking reaction to the explosion. In fact the only detail I can think off hand that was left out is water in your eyes while its raining.
The graphics in general are very top notch. Sure, Crysis still holds the crown, but this game comes close. Not to mention you don't need a server class GPU to run the game. I have an ATI 2900HD, which is going on 2 years old, and I played at high resolution with most things on High, with exception to anti-aliasing which was turned off. I got an average of 35-40 frames per second, not ideal, but it was fine since it never dropped below 30. Good job in general on graphics.
Sound is pretty solid. The guns and explosions all sound top notch, each car/truck sounds slightly different, and there are plenty of voices. A good effect is the scratchiness of the voices that are coming to you on your cell phone that don't have a good signal. Weather sounds a pretty good, especially the wind. The people who speak to you in English have a fairly believable accent, at least in most cases, there are a few that sound a little phony.
The controls are your basic FPS WSAD controls with a few extras. While driving, if your vehicle has a mounted gun, you how to hit the action key to switch between driving and the gun. Driving a boat and a car is the same control wise, but as you would expect, the larger ones are slower and take longer to turn.
Game Play
Far Cry 2 is penned as an open-world FPS. This is true, at least as much as it can be. The game is more like Grand Theft Auto than its predecessor buy the same name. While Far Cry you had one general goal, and it did not matter how you got there; Far Cry 2 on the other hand, its more like you choose the missions you want, in the order you want, and you advance on the main missions as you see fit. There isn't really a sense of urgency in anything you do to advance the story. That can be either good or bad, depending on how you like to play. Personally, I loved it and hated it at the same time. I liked the freedom of choice, but at the same time, at the end of some missions, it was basically ok what am I suppose to do now might as well just continue with the main missions.
The main missions as I call them are when you help out the Factions, which I will explain later, and this advances the story. There are also underground missions, which involve you taking items to a specific place in the world to get more medicine for yourself. There are assassination missions, which are self explanatory except they are assassinations outside of the main missions. Next, there are the weapon vendor missions, which will unlock new weapons for you to buy. Finally, there are buddy missions. These come in two flavors; there are missions that enhance your buddy status and ones that give you an alternate way of completing the main missions. There is also a small amount of secret missions as well, but more on those later. Basically, the buddy missions up your status and reputation, the underground missions keep you healthy, the weapon missions give you more options, and the others get you money.
Speaking of money, the currency in this great country is diamonds. You will get diamonds for doing various missions and for finding diamonds in the world. You have a hand held map that will show you where you are and where you need to go to complete your mission. It will also start to blink when you get near a diamond case that is hidden in the world. As you get closer it will flash more, and you will hear a beeping noise as you get really close. This is actually a great pastime thing to do while you are driving alone on your way to a mission that is not time sensitive. If you see the map flashing, stop and look around. Of course there are some that are damn near impossible to get to, at least on your own. The players who strive for completion can spend hours trying to find each one in the game, which is quite an amazing achievement. In any case, money is used to buy weapons, upgrades, and some other useful items.
One thing this game has plenty of is guns. There are 3 categories: sidearm, main, and special. You can carry your melee weapon and one of each category; you can also carry 2 types of grenades. Most of the sidearm weapons are pistols, but some small machine guns, like the Uzi are included, as well as IED explosives which are VERY useful. Almost all types of Sub-machine guns, shotguns, and sniper rifles fall under the main category. It seems odd that you can't have both a shotgun and a longer range weapon, but that is part of the game, you will need to get creative, picking a shotgun and one of the small machine guns for example. The special category contains all the interesting guns. Most of these are the larger types of guns, like heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, and there even is a mortar! How you load up will have the biggest impact on how you play the game. Will you go in guns blazing? Take a Heavy Machine gun and a shotgun. Likewise, if you want stealth, better take the stealth MP5 and a silenced pistol.
Probably the best aspect of the game is that you can just hop on any vehicle or boat and drive it to wherever you want to go. The world you are in is huge, so you will be doing quite a bit of traveling. You can go on foot too, but this will take a long time. There are quite a few types of cars and trucks. There are regular cars, buggies, large trucks, at least 3 kinds of Jeeps, and a patrol truck. The later has a mounted gun, which will use quite often. As for boats, there are only 2 kinds you can use. First, there is the swamp boat, which is small and fast. Second, there is the fishing boat, which is much larger and slower. You will also encounter an even larger barge on one of the main missions, and that one is even larger and slower than the fishing boat. Finally, there is also an option to take a bus, which will transport you to another bus station without incident.
Now, you might be wondering what it means to get from one place to another without incident. Well, as you travel throughout this game, pretty much everyone you see is an enemy. Unless they are one of your known buddies, be prepared for a fight. This is where the game starts to loose some of its luster. First, no matter which faction you are working for, both will want to kill you. The official explanation for this is that you are a loose kite that can be cut if things go wrong. In other words, you are expendable, and no one can know of your involvement with the factions. Second, there are various boarder posts and security checkpoints that will also attack you on site. This is all well and good, except that once you leave the area and come back, they magically re-spawn. It would be better if the only res-pawn after a given period of time, as well as more realistic. Third, there is a time aspect, the sun rises and then the sun sets. This is generally handled really well, enemies react differently at night, its easier not to be detected, ect. However, you can literally go the whole game without sleeping. In the PC version, you can save anywhere, in the console version you can only save in safe houses. It is in the Safe Houses that you can rest for any give amount of time. Since you can save anywhere in the PC version, the safe houses are not as necessary. In other words, you don't NEED to sleep, but if you want to speed up time so its dark to give you a better chance at a stealth mission, then you can sleep.
Of course, that's not the only reason for the safe houses. They are usually where you meet up with your buddies, and you can usually find ammo, health, or transportation at them. The majority of the safe houses will need to be claimed the first time. As you approach one, there will be two to three guys there that you have to dispose of. On the bright side, you only have to do this once, and then the house is yours for the rest of the game. Probably the best feature of the safe house, which you will appreciate more as the game progresses, is the ability to put a weapon in a safe place. You have to purchase this feature, and it can only be used for one weapon at a time, but it is very useful. This way you don't have to go looking for a weapon shop, or pray that an enemy you encounter will be using the gun.
Finally, let's talk about the AI. Enemy AI is pretty damn good. Enemies don't charge you, they flank you, and they will come at you in groups if possible. At night, they seem to react more violently once they discover something is wrong. There is always one enemy that will run to the mounted gun, or a vehicle. While that seems like the logical choice, there are times where I found it too obvious. I killed the guy running to the Jeep, and then I see another guy heading toward the same Jeep for another easy kill. So, for the most part, the enemy AI is very well done, but it does have some issues. The buddy AI is also a little here and there. They will generally use whatever cover they can use, but sometimes they also do stupid things. As an example, one of my buddy's was pinned down with about 4 guys shooting at him with AK47's and he was under cover. Instead of staying under cover and either waiting for me, or waiting for them to reload, he stands up and tries to shoot one of the guys. Not sure if he succeeded or not, but he was then wounded. So again, good but has its issues.
The story is simple, yet complex at the same time. You take on the role of a mercenary that is out to kill and collect on a man called the Jackal. This guy has been supplying arms to both sides of the civil war of this small African country, which does nothing but continue to fuel the war. It is not made clear if your ultimate goals are to help the people or to just get paid. Either way, you meet with other Mercs that have similar goals in mind; you can either help them out or not. This is what adds to the replay ability, is who you end up being friends with.
Whenever you do a main mission, your best buddy will almost always call you and ask you to do something different that accomplishes the main goal plus something personal they have in mind. Some of these missions seem rather stupid, but some make perfect sense and flow really well. The best case is where you have a mission to destroy a truck, but the buddy suggests that instead, you drive the truck to a garage of mechanics that double-crossed him and blow the whole damn place up. This takes care of your obligation to destroy the truck, plus you help your buddy get some revenge.
As mentioned before, you do get to pick which side of the factions you work for, but in order to continue the story; you will need to work for both of them. The idea being that you are playing both sides just like the Jackal. I feel that this throws the whole, choose your missions concept out the window. Later in the game you can choose who to kill and let live, but that's really the extent of the game responding to what happens in a mission. The ending, while not bad, certainly could have been better. Quite a few questions are left unanswered. You end up learning quite a bit about the factions and the Jackal himself, but you will still have questions once the game ends.
Far Cry 2 could have been a hands down Game of the Year competitor, if not winner, but there are just too many inconsistencies. The potential is high, and it will be interesting to see what the mod community will do. However, just because it is not the game of the year is not to say that it's not a kick ass game. It took me about 30 hours or so to complete, and I did not do ALL of the missions. It is a fun, solid shooter, its just not the next BioShock or Crysis.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 05/14/09
Game Release: Far Cry 2 (US, 10/21/08)
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Spirituality is a central part of my life. I have been a practicing zen buddhist for 7 years. I lived for 2 years in a monastery and have done around 35 week long silent retreats.
I LOVE what I do. I truly enjoy helping my clients, it gives me a sense of meaning and purpose. And, it is really interesting work, I am always encountering new situations and learning new skills.
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Bury Market remains the undisputed champion of the North so booking is essential for this first trip of this year.
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The Heptonstall Villlage Teams's first fundraiser is to invite you all to re-visit the election and buy 3 water bombs for a pound, Emma Hartley and the Calder High Students are manning this stand for the princely sum of now't.
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Once again Emma Hartley has arranged for some Calder High School Students to help us out, and all profits from this café will go directly to The Heptonstall Village Team, and the costs of putting the day on.


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Article Summary: "Cloning is successful technique today, but some public sectors oppose it, They consider it harmful for humans as well as animals..."
Cloning is a very interesting technique of biotechnology, because this technique is able to create organism just like its parents. It means that genetic traits of the off spring match with its parents. Cloning has now made it possible to create human clones today and it is unbelievable that these clones are moving in this world with good health and characteristics. First ever experiment of cloning was performed on a sheep and the sheep which was produced named Dolly sheep. This sheep has the characteristics and genetic makeup just like its parent. It was the greatest success of the field of biotechnology. Though dolly sheep did not live long and died at the age of six because of suffering from various diseases like arthritis and lung cancer.
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Cloning like other fields of biotechnology has some ethical issues also. But when the endangered species of some animals were cloned, it was considered as the positive thing and was also liked ethically. Still there are issues concerning cloning. Some people oppose this technique because they think that it affects the privacy and rights of the person and they do not feel the need of making another organism just like the existing one. Some people do not consider cloning safe for the birth of the baby. They say that baby should be produced by natural ways and should have diversity of genes not like his parents. It is also considered unsafe because sometimes, for cloning purpose, egg is taken from another woman; sperm is taken from another man not the father of the child and is fertilized in the laboratory. Then this fertilized embryo is inserted into the second mother not the one from whom egg was taken. This way when the child is born, it will be uncertain that who are the real father and mother of the child. The identity of the child will remain unknown.
Some people also oppose therapeutic cloning, because in this technique stem cells are taken and their nucleus is removed. This nucleus is inserted in the egg which is also without nucleus. When the embryo develops, some cells are taken from it and are cultured. In this way embryonic stem cells are cultured which are very much identical to the individual whose nucleus of the somatic cells was used. It is also considered unsafe because it is possible that may be the cells do not match the required person or the immune system of the person does not accept that particular changes in the cells. Rights of early stage embryo can also be despoiled through this technique.
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Getting rid of abdominal wrinkles
Do I need a full or a mini tummy tuck?
It looks like you have enough skin and (likely) muscle laxity to be a candidate for a full tummy tuck.
With a full tummy tuck, most or all of the skin between the belly button and the top of the pubic area is removed, the muscles are tightened all the way up to the ribs, and the remaining skin is stretched down to close the open area. The belly button is then brought up through the new skin and sewn into place. With a mini tummy tuck, in contrast, a much smaller area of skin is removed, and only the muscle in the lower abdomen is tightened. The belly button is not relocated. Good candidates for a mini tummy tuck are rare, as most patients with abdominal laxity are much better candidates for a full tummy tuck. Occasionally, a patient will present with isolated lower abdominal laxity and a firm upper abdomen. For these select few, a mini tummy tuck can be a good option.
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Thank you for your question. Based on your photo and history I would agree that a Full Tummy Tuck may be the best option to give you the results you desire. Your Plastic Surgeon will assess your skin/laxity as well as possible separation of abdominal muscles which can also be treated with a full tummy tuck.
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There are additional risks to a full TT (versus the mini) and you should speak with your own PS about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the procedures, but I think you'll need the full TT to get a result you'll be happy.
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What's best to get rid of wrinkles in my belly?
In my opinion, the mini tummy tuck is an operation that produces very limited results and is very rarely indicated. It involves a shorter incision but does not address the majority of the abdominal wall issues present for most patients who present consultation. For example, the area of skin excised is quite small. The abdominal wall musculature is addressed below the umbilicus leaving the upper number wall potentially lax. The appearance of the umbilicus is not necessarily addressed sufficiently.
For the vast majority of patients who have had pregnancies and/or weight loss a full abdominoplasty is necessary to achieve the desired results. When the time is right, seek consultation with board-certified plastic surgeons who can demonstrate significant experience helping patients achieve the types of outcomes you would be pleased with. You may find the attached link, dedicated to tummy tuck surgery concerns, helpful to you as you learn more. Best wishes
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Post pregnancy redundant belly skin and tissues
Three pregnancies can definitely take a toll one's belly tissues with all the stretching that is needed. The good news is that you can be significantly helped with a full tummy tuck in which most of the excess abdominal skin is removed and the musculofascial wall is tightened like a corset. You are not a candidate for a "mini" tummy tuck.
Best of luck.
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"My new character has, like, chains, dude! He is, like, fucking cool, dude!"
"My new character has, like, chains, dude! He is, like, fucking cool, dude! And I, like, totally keep the money, dude!"
Spawn is a comic-book character created by Todd McFarlane in order to prove he was a real writer. The initial concept for the character was "black motherfucker", but after copyright dispute with Samuel L. Jackson, the character was changed to a "black ugly motherfucker". This concept also led to copyright dispute, this time with Michael Jackson. Finally, the concept was changed one more time to "dead black ugly motherfucker".
edit Character Biography
Spawn is the name given to the current Hell's Pawn, the leader of the Army of the Italian demonic motherfucker Malebolgia.
The current director of hell's armies is a dead, rotting, infertile, shit-faced, cuckolded, CIA, loser named Al Simmons. After his death at the hand of CIA boss George H. W. Bush, Simmons made a deal with the devil: he signed a void contract to fill the corner office in Malebolgia's infernal circle, in order to see his wife once again. Malebolgia accepted and Simmons woke up outside his house just in time to see his wife fucking his best friend. At that moment, Simmons realized he'd been screwed and that no amount of deodorant or air freshener was going to cover up that dead body smell.
After realizing this sad fact, Simmons decided to drown his sorrow in beer. Completly drunk, he ended up in a alley, sleeping between two beggars. When he woke up, some Mafia drug addict, thought it would be funny to go bum burning every drunken beggar he could find with gasoline and roast marshmallows over their charred corpses. A tad annoyed, Spawn turned his cape into a thousand hypodermic needles that injected itself into the thugs veins, and stripped off his skin from the inside out to make a tent and keep the homeless warm at night. The beggars agreed to make Spawn their king, as they were too drunk to realize how ugly he was, his reeking stench covered up by their own.
edit Abilities and Powers
Being an ex-agent of the CIA, Spawn has intimate knowledge of every gun existing on Earth and elsewhere. However, he seems to have a fondness for big, over sized ones]]. This was perhaps due to the fact that his dick had probably either crumbled to dust or was eaten by worms.
Spawn also wears "symbiotic" armour that he stole from Venom's locker at the YMCA. As such, his appearance is almost the same as Venom's with the following legally distinguishing differences[1]:
- Chains. It may not be not as cool as tentacles, but it still kicks ass. However, Spawn also has the unfortunate tendency to trip over them while walking on rooftops.
- A huge, flowing shape shifting red cape that Spawn seems reluctant to ever use to it's full potential outside of the comics, due to it looking like an amorphous, gravity defying CGI blob on film, and making the mechanics of his video games more broken and boring than Superman 64.
- One huge red boot and one small red boot. Apparently, due to the 1991 economic crisis, Malebolgia could not afford a new pair of boots and had to give Spawn some hand me downs from his sex dungeon.
- No huge tongue. Spawn wanted to have one at first too, but Gene Simmons of KISS (no relation) threatened to sue him, so he dropped the idea.
In addition, it is to be noted that Spawn also has the power to do anything he wants, but for only a limited number of times. When he has used up his power, he will automatically return to Hell and become Malebolgia's gimp. This particular aspect of Spawn's power seems to have been forgotten over time tough, as only fat thirty-something geeks remember it.
edit Villains
Spawn's rogue gallery is vast and diversified, including thugs, demons, angels, FBI agents, zombies, dogs, C.H.U.Ds, nuns, and hygiene products. Among this huge pile of cannon-fodder, only a few stands out as worthy of being named. Here are those few:
edit Violator
While he may look like an ugly, disgusting, fat clown, he is in fact an ugly, disgusting, skeleton-like demon.
Violator's main power is to creep people out, in either form. He also has the power, according to Violator himself, to kill Spawn with a single finger. Strangely, he never did anything to prove that claim.
Violator is also the oldest of the seven Phlebiac brothers and the grand-grand-nephew of Malebolgia. The other Dalton brothers are, from the oldest to the youngest: Velociraptor, Vasectominator, Vibrator, Visitor, Virginator,and Voltron. The Phlebiac brothers also have a teenage sister called Vaginator.
edit Cogliostro
Cogliostro, or Cog for short, was first thought to be a clone of Obi-Wan Kenobi and an ally of Spawn. Cog first met Spawn playing amazing grace on bagpipes for a dead prostitute thrown into a back-alley dumpster. Finding Spawn to be a good companion, Cog taught him how to use the Force and how to pop a beer can open with his teeth.
In the sixth panel of the eleventh page of Issue 54, however, he betrayed Spawn and stabbed him in the back. He then revealed that he was in fact a clone a Cain, the dim-wit that killed his own brother, the real Obi-Wan Kenobi. His plan was too raise Spawn's powers than steal them to become more powerful than Satan himself. Spawn, not pleased at all by the betrayal, used his infinite power to banish Cogliostro somewhere.
edit CEO of Heaven and Hell
In order to prove once and for all that he was stronger and edgier than anyone at DC or Marvel, Spawn got a slick new business suit with angel wings from Judas and began to buyout God and the Devil, in a hostile takeover resulting in the merger of the Heaven and Hell companies. Spawn had now officially jumped the shark, sharks coincidentally being the only creature with more rows of teeth than Venom.
Not wanting to throw in the shape shifting towel, and with seemingly nowhere to go from there but down, Spawn went toe to toe with deities from other religions, in order to establish more factories overseas. Unfortunately for his company, Spawn soon lost a prolonged legal battle against another comic book deity, allowing Asgard to poach Spawn's best staff out from under him: Angela, the Victoria's Secret angel bounty hunter.
Under Spawn's management, Heaven and Hell suffered record lows the next four fiscal quarters. His company tattered, Spawn recouped his loses and sold his controlling shares in Heaven and Hell to investors in China. Al Simmons now spends his endless retirement years quietly carving figurines from volcanic pumice and the plastic garbage that wash ashore his private beach in the Mediterranean.
edit See also
- Faust: Grandfather
- Ghost Rider: Father
edit Footnotes
- ↑ It has been noted that there are probably some "serious" differences we may have missed and we are sure Todd McFarlane will whine and bitch until someone puts them in, but who gives a rats ass?


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Tana Umaga started his coaching career there after a successful stint as a player.
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