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I haven't really had the time to look at Dust 2 yet.

I've only watched like a stream or someone posting pictures on Twitter or on Reddit showing

bugs and stuff, that's in the beta version of course.

But apart from that no I haven't really had the time to experience myself.

But from what I can see it's pretty much the same layout as the old version it's just like

a new texture update I guess.

And obviously maybe there's a small trick in there you can learn but overall I'm looking

forward to playing Dust 2 again.

The map I would probably like to see out is Cobblestone and first of all the reason for

that is that we don't play as a team and I guess everyone knows that by now so if we

could actually get rid of that map and maybe play Dust 2 and get good at it that will definitely

strengthen our map pool.

But I really like that.

It's hard to say because I also don't enjoy watching Cobble.

a lot of people wants to get Nuke out of the way.

I think Nuke is the most, like the least played map there is, but I actually like Nuke.

I think you maybe need a little tweak here and there to be more competitive and more

balanced in some way.

But overall I just I would prefer to say cobblestone or Cache going out.

I don't follow Dota 2 that much, so I don't really know any details on they work and their

system in DotA 2, but overall I've heard from the from the teams that I know is going to

play in a minor, especially also Heroic which I talk a lot to, they are very stressed about

it.

They actually had to leave whenever they lost because they had to go home to prepare and

actually go home and play some kind of qualifier.

So I think... and I was I've also heard that some teams were forced to play like maybe

three days after the announcement and they had to get themselves together and all that

stuff.

I think it's a little bit rushed.

And I think they maybe announced a little bit too late but also for like private stuff

wise.

I mean since the major is going to be in I suppose it's late January.

Oh I think so.

You want to be able to, let's say I'm going to book a vacation throughout Christmas and

let's say that I didn't know when that the tournament was maybe if I would have known

like six months prior then there would be a lot easier to plan my schedule.

Now I have to go home early from my vacation which I already planned because it was announced

too late which is a little annoying so I think there's more things that can be updated both

for team but also for people maybe going for a private version of it.

I think there's a lot of new things coming up and what I really like is a 24/7 practice

area whether you want to practice as a team or you just want to go play deathmatch.

And if you can have that on the venue that's you that's close to or even better at the

hotel.

We've experienced a couple of times now that the organizers have the event at the actual

hotel you stay at which is really great for you.

You can just take the elevator and then you will be able to go practice.

And I think that's really great.

Obviously they've stepped up the game in terms of catering which I think is really important.

But also in general just I mean everyone is different.

I like the fact that you can customize, I know ESL is running with tables you can customize

the height and so on.

And that's really important as a player because everyone sits differently someone wants to

sit high some Wants to the low.

So overall organize are stepping up but Eleague is by far the tournament I have right now

the thing is the best one.

Oh I mean I think I have a handwriting that allows me to do all kinds of sketching stuff.

I'm not really good drawing but I'm really good like both of my signatures.

I try to make it a little bit more cool-ish.

I just have a nice handwriting on judging myself.

I've done some legal stuff before with some friends.

We were allowed to paint on a wall and that's what I basically have done and I've just been

sketching on paper.

But overall I just you know I just like to write random stuff and put weird letters together

and make them look cool so yeah.

I think the reason why I keep losing hotel key cards is because I put too much faith

in my teammate always having a key.

I think that's where it came down to and I don't know it's just whenever I leave the

room I'm just like well my roommate probably has one.

And then whenever I stay on my own I have my own hotel room I literally have to go ask

for your room card like seven times.

It's kind of awkward but maybe I should...

I think it's also because I don't really bring my wallet outside of the hotel because I usually

just you know I only bring if I know I'm have to buying something so I never bring to events

or anything.

So maybe that's also why I don't keep it there I don't keep it in my pocket.

I don't I wouldn't say we tilted at any point.

We got frustrated at some point but there was more like individually people got frustrated

cause they either didn't hit their shots so they made bad decisions or whatever.

I think this game was a really really great example of how much confidence means in CS.

We knew we were going to start of Mirage against Cloud 9 which they've been playing very well.

So overall losing Mirage would be fine since we knew that they were not that great on Overpass

but we had a great Overpass.

And I don't know like you know throughout the game like most of the game Cloud 9 was

just really confident in every duel they took or every decision they made.

Where as we lacked a lot of confidence but that definitely show on Inferno.

On Inferno we just played on another level like as a team but also individually.

And whenever people just do like triple kills and double kills and all that stuff, whenever

they execute you just win CS.

That's how it is.

You know if you trade evenly then that's where a team play comes in.

But individually if you just hit your shots and also it can be so easy to win CS.

And that's also why I think FaZe is such a great team right now because whenever you

execute against FaZe they usually get like two or three kills and then that gets basically

up to three three or four guys just to eliminate the last 2 guys.

So overall I just think that Cloud9 came in a little over confident and we did lack some

confidence at the beginning because they started winning.

We lost some really stupid rounds on Mirage as well.

So it just took some time to grind that confidence back but after the Overpass come back I'd

say that we know we just decided 'let's play without fear.'

Let's just go in and get every duel.

Who cares if we get shot.

Just, you know, take a duel.

Be confident and that's what we did.

For more infomation >> Astralis Dupreeh "this game was a really great example of how much confidence means in CS" - Duration: 5:48.

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Ainsley, Environmental Specialist Part 1 - What I do and how much I make - Duration: 8:30.

My name is Ainsley Smith.

I'm 30, I'm an environmental specialist

and I make about $59,000 a year.

As an environmental specialist, I'm a government contractor,

so I'm not a government employee.

I work through my contractor with NOAA which is

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

in the Protected Resources division.

Within NOAA, Protected Resources oversees any animal

that's on the endangered species list or protected

under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

So we work with sea turtles, whales, salmon,

sturgeon, and basically want to ensure the health

and survival of these species and different regulations

that protect them from diseases, from incidental take

in marine debris or fisheries or from projects

that are going on in the ocean.

So right now, I work with two different teams

within Protected Resources.

The section seven team primarily deals with consultations

with other federal agencies.

So working with them, I would correspond with

federal agencies about their project plans.

I also work on some smaller projects like

updating our website so we are conveying

the best available science to the public

and to those agencies we work with.

I do some projects on efficiency

and administrative procedures and I also review

our endangered species observers which are people

that are out on federal projects working say

with the army or on a fishery research project.

And they are the ones who are reviewing

what's going on on the water.

More recently, I become part of of the marine mammal

and sea turtle team which handles stranding

and disentanglement from Maine to Virginia.

My role on that team is right now a supportive role

so I will answer the on-call phone if someone

needs to report a stranded animal in our area.

I help with database entry and administration,

filing pictures and reports as they come in,

dispatching calls.

If we receive a call, we need to make sure the appropriate

network responders are working on that,

so we'll relay back and forth.

We share information with the Coast Guard,

with local harbormasters, marine patrol.

I'm still new to the team but I'm being trained

in our stranding and disentanglement protocols.

So eventually if there was a situation in our response area

which is about the north shore of Massachusetts,

I would be able to assist our team and our other

trained responders and be able to assist with

a stranded marine mammal like a dolphin or a seal

or eventually the disentanglement of an animal

like a sea turtle or a whale who's been

caught up in marine debris or fishing gear

and able to safely work with our other teams

to free that animal and hopefully get it

back out into the ocean.

An additional part of my job on

the marine mammal and sea turtle team

is transporting animals.

In the fall and the winter, we see a lot of stranded

sea turtles on Cape Cod and we have volunteers

who have been trained to take those animals

to New England Aquarium for rehabilitation.

But once they're there, they need to be

transferred sometimes down south or to other facilities

for long-term care before they are

released back to the ocean.

So we coordinate with facilities like aquariums

or animal rehab centers and then we help

to transport the animals either in our van or taking them

to the airport and working with a private pilot

to donate their time and bringing those animals

to other facilities where they can be cared for

and then released back into the ocean.

The animals we see are very seasonally dependent up here.

In the summer, whales and sea turtles will be

up in this area feeding and making their way up to Canada.

And in the fall, we see them going back down south.

So our busiest time is actually fall into winter

when sea turtles are coming from the Gulf of Maine

and they're trying to get back down south,

they tend to get stuck in the hook of Cape Code

and they don't know how to go around it

so they tend to wash up on the beaches on Cape Cod.

So our busiest season is working with our trained volunteers

to pick those animals up and bring them up

to the aquarium for care and coordinating the care

and transport sometimes hundreds of sea turtles in

between Thanksgiving and Christmas which is

everybody's favorite time to take off and do family events,

but also when we've got the most sea turtles.

Another part of my job is to do some education outreach.

So we have education specialists who do that full-time

but we also take other staff and we do events like

Endangered Species Day at the zoo where we take

some big blowup sea turtles and a blowup whale with us

and we educate the general public about

what NOAA does up here.

A lot of people think that NOAA is just the weather

or just fisheries management, but a lot of people

don't know they're so much more.

Starting kids young is just a great opportunity to get them

aware of different issues like marine debris that affect

our marine animals and also what to do so they are safe

and helpful if they see an animal that needs help.

So probably the biggest challenge coming from

field work positions was readjusting to sitting at a desk

and being in an office again.

It's not always the most glamorous, we do a lot of

paperwork and a lot of database management,

and keeping files organized on our computers.

And it's hard to compare that to oh it's a beautiful day

and I'd rather be out on a boat

or out doing field work and observations.

But it's a trade off and we do have great days

and you have to remember that it's a little

balance of everything at this point.

So I make about $59,000 a year right now.

And going into marine biology and coastal management,

I wasn't particularly focused on

what the salary would be like.

I just knew that it was in my heart,

it was what I had to do and I just had to do it

and I would figure out a way to make things work.

And if they didn't work, I'd keep figuring it out. (laughs)

In marine biology and biology in general,

there's a pretty wide range depending on

who or what you work for.

So working for a nonprofit,

you could make significantly less.

I've worked in nonprofits where I've made

10 or $12 an hour doing field work which is a lot of fun

but it doesn't always pay the bills.

Biologists that work for consulting companies

might make significantly more than I do,

but my salary is pretty comparable to

the government employees who are about on my range.

When I was offered the position to be a contractor for NOAA,

they originally offered me about $47,000 a year

and I had a great grad school advisor who always said,

"Always ask for more, always try to negotiate."

And so I did and it got me up to about 57 or so

and since then, I did receive one more raise last year.

Being a contractor, you're salary is pretty much set

for one to two years at a time so there isn't

an opportunity really to do performance-based races

throughout the year.

So you have to renegotiate when your contract

is resigned each year, so it's something to keep in mind

and be sure you ask on time.

Having a basic background in biology is a great start,

but I learned so much more about different species

that I hadn't worked with before when I got here.

So I didn't know anything about salmon or sturgeon

and those are two very important species in our area,

but I was able to learn on the job once I was here.

Writing and communication are big keys both in

section seven and communicating with federal agencies,

and on the marine mammal and sea turtle team,

communicating with the public, the Coast Guard,

people who might be very frantic or panicked

about what they're seeing, and knowing how to ask

the right questions to get the right information out of them

so we can make the appropriate response in a timely manner.

Being calm under pressure when you're working on boat

with people in close proximate, you need to be safe

with what you're doing with the people around you.

And also when you're working with an animal,

your safety is utmost importance too.

A lot of what we do is driven by our compassion for

marine animals, we tend to see them

not always in their best.

It can be very emotional when you see an animal that is hurt

or entangled or has died and a lot of times

it can be human cause.

So from our marine debris for our fishing gear

that has caused an injury to an animal,

it's very emotional and it's something that really

tugs at your heart and makes you wanna work harder

and make sure that we are doing what we can to prevent

or to mitigate these measures in the future.

For more infomation >> Ainsley, Environmental Specialist Part 1 - What I do and how much I make - Duration: 8:30.

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