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Blessed Marie de la Dive veuve du Verdier de la Sorinière
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Married lay woman of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.
- 18 January 1794 in Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire, France
- 9 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
- 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
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Soldier Front
Soldier Front is a 3D MMO tactical shooter. The game has a large player base a varied selection of weapons and equipment in the item store. Soldier Front is one of the first few tactical shooters MMOs and its success has helped spawn similar games from other big MMO publishers.
Publisher: Aeria Games
Playerbase: High
Graphics: Low Quality
Type: MMO
EXP Rate: Low
PvP: N/A
Filesize: 321MB
Pros: +Varied weapons, +Large player base, +Large selection of maps (20), +Good ranking system. +Game records Kills / Deaths
Cons: -Imbalanced weapons, -Uninspiring music, -Repetitive gameplay, -Poor map design
Soldier Front Overview
Soldier Front is one of the first few tactical MMO shooters and is published by IJJI. The game's success helped accelerate the growth of tactical shooting games that almost every MMO publisher now has. Unfortunately, since Soldier Front is one of the oldest shooters, its not nearly as polished as newer games like Nexon's Combat Arms or Netgame's Operation 7. Fortunately the game isn't all bad, it does have a good selection of weapons and equipment in the item store and a large selection of playable maps. Soldier Front also doesn't demand a high end graphics card or CPU, so the game should be able to run smoothly on lower end machines.
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Soldier Front Review
By, Omer Altay
Soldier Front is IJJI's take on the tactical shooter genre that was first popularized by Counter-strike. The genre itself has grown to become a huge part of the MMO industry because nearly every big MMO publisher including Nexon, Outspark and Netgame have similar tactical shooting games. The incredible growth in this genre is partly due to Soldier Front's success, as it was one of the first few games MMO Shooters. Unfortunately, Soldier Front hasn't been able to adapt to its competition, as games like Combat Arms and Operation 7 leave it in the dust.
The Core Gameplay
When you put Soldier Front next to similar games like Combat Arms and Operation 7, Soldier front has absolutely nothing to stand on. The graphics in Soldier Front are quite dated, the gameplay feels choppy and the servers are laggy. The game's map designs are also frustrating at times, because so many of them are incredibly 'sniper-friendly', meaning that there are way too many open spaces for you to get sniped from. This wouldn't be a big complaint if one of the game's most popular maps, Shanghai, had better thought out spawn points. Since the spawn points in the map are so close to each other, you can literally get sniped the moment you leave you take three steps forward, It's ridiculous. Even with all of its flaws, I have to give credit where credit is due. Soldier-Front is still a genuinely fun game, If it wasn't, then it wouldn't have the large player base that it has. My single biggest complaint with the game is the weapon imbalances.
Poor weapon design…
In every single match of Soldier Front that I played in at least 50% of the players used the same PSG-1 sniper rifle. After a few hours of playing I've concluded that it was horribly imbalanced. It kills in one shot almost every time and it has perfect accuracy. The sniper rifle wouldn't be at all overpowered if every other gun in the game didn't have horrible accuracy. If you're using an assault rifle or any other non sniper weapon the fact is that it's impossible to kill someone who is using a sniper rifle unless you're standing in point blank range of them. Since most maps have wide open space it's absurdly difficult to kill an opponent who has a sniper unless you have one yourself. The fact that well over half the players use a single gun when there are over 20 primary weapons to choose from proves my point.
What? Over 20 weapons?!
Soldier Front has a whopping 25 different primary weapons; they are 6 Snipers, 3 Sub machine guns, 14 Rifles, 2 machine guns. If there's one thing Soldier Front did right, it's the game's large selection of weapons. A large selection of weapons adds a great deal of variety to a game, especially if you plan on playing the game regularly. I also like the fact that IJJI consistently updates Soldier Front with new maps and weapons.
Let's face it, not all of us have amazing PCs and killer graphics cards. Soldier Front is an extremely compatible game that can run smoothly on a lot of older PCs and is one of the only shooting games that can. So if you're a gamer running on an older PC, Soldier Front may your only choice in the tactical MMO shooter genre. The only real reason to play Soldier Front over the newer and better tactical shooters is if your computer can't handle the newer games.
Final Verdict: Fair
Soldier Front has a large variety of weapons and maps to spice up the gameplay, but the weapon imbalances and the dated graphics really hurt the enjoyment of the game. If your PC can handle the newer MMO tactical shooters like Combat Arms, Blackshot or operation7 there's no reason to play Soldier Front.
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Soldier Front System Requirements
Minimum Requirements
OS: Windows XP / Vista
CPU: 833 MHz Pentium 3 or equivalent
Free Space: 500MB
Graphic Card: GeForce3 64MB or equivalent VGA card
Direct X: Direct X 9.0b
Recommended Requirements
OS: Windows XP / Vista
CPU: 1.2 GHz Pentium 3 or better
RAM: 1024 mb (1GB) Or greater
Free Space: 500MB
Graphics GeForce4 128MB or equivalent VGA card
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Impressing the most important woman in your man's life should be at the top of your priority list not only during Christmas but throughout the course of your relationship. One of the best ways to do so is knowing how to get a gift for your boyfriend's mother this Christmas. It's the time of the year when you get to spend some quality time with each other's families.
Here are some useful tips on how to wow her mom by giving her the best gift she deserves this Christmas:
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Don't know what to get your boyfriend's mom for Christmas? You can play it safe by giving her a present that moms like her will surely love. For instance, you can get her a nice silk scarf she can wear around her neck or a bottle of her favorite perfume. Though this is the easiest way to choose a gift for her, she'll be disappointed you never exerted enough effort.
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It's tricky finding an appropriate gift for someone you barely know. How could you possibly find gifts if you have zero idea on the kind of person you're getting the gift for? This is where your boyfriend can help a lot. Ask him to join you in your search for the best present for his mom. He can provide suggestions and in the end it is always your decision on the gift you want to give her.
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Aside from asking your man for help you can also ask their members of the family or her friends on the kind of presents she wants to receive this year. This technique shows not only your desire to give her something special but also your resourcefulness and initiative. These qualities are enough to impress her than any gift out there.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is the complete ERP solution for enterprises that provides a purpose-built foundation across five industries, along with comprehensive, core ERP functionality for financial, human resources, and operations management. It empowers your people to anticipate and embrace change so that your business can thrive. All of this is packaged in a single global solution, giving you rapid time to value. The content on this website provides an overview of your key licensing options.
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Microsoft is committed to continually delivering powerful, agile, easy-to-use solutions that add value across your organization, today and tomorrow. The release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is a delivery on this commitment. With more than 1,000 new features and enhancements across core enterprise resource planning (ERP) and industry capabilities, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 can help provide more business value faster, enable agility and insight in your organization, and help drive faster adoption, broader usage, and easier maintenance and upgrade through a continued emphasis on simplicity.
Couple this with a constant focus on pervasive interoperability—the natural interaction of ERP systems with Microsoft business productivity applications and IT infrastructure technology—and the release will help sharpen your competitive edge and empower your people to anticipate and embrace change.
For more information, please refer to the What's New in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 fact sheet.
For qualifying customers, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is available to license under the familiar Server/Client Access License (CAL) model through the Enterprise Agreement or Enrollment for Education Solutions volume licensing programs. Under this model, the server(s) running the solution require a Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Server license, and users or devices accessing the server(s) require a CAL.
Before you run any instance of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Server software under a Server license, you must assign that license to one of your servers. That server is the licensed server for that particular license. You may assign other Server licenses to the same server, but you may not assign the same license to more than one server. A hardware partition or blade is considered a separate server.
For each Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Server license that you assign, you may run, at any one time, one instance of the server software in one physical or virtual operating system environment (OSE) on the licensed server. The Server license includes one application object server. If you want additional application object servers or additional server instances, you may purchase additional Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Server licenses.
Access to the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 solution's functionality is licensed through CALs. Any time a user directly or indirectly accesses the solution functionality, that user must be licensed by a User CAL (which licenses a specific user for access via multiple devices) or the device the user is using must be licensed by a Device CAL (which licenses access through the licensed device by any user).
There are four available CAL levels for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, each of which grants an increasingly wider spectrum of use rights, inclusive of the rights granted for any lower-level CAL. This gives customers the flexibility to license the solution based on how their users will use and derive value from the solution.
As you progress from the lowest level CAL (Self Serve) to the highest level (Enterprise), the user is licensed to use the solution in ways that will provide more value. Customers therefore have the flexibility to decide the level of investment to make based upon the functions that a certain group of users is performing on behalf of the organization.
External (third-party) users do not require licenses. Third-party users are users who are not either (i) your or your affiliates' employees, or (ii) your or your affiliates' contractors or agents. In this sense, the definition of third-party users does not extend to onsite contractors, vendors, and users performing business processes on your behalf.
Multiplexing is the use of hardware or software to reduce the number of devices or individuals that access or use the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 solution by pooling connections. Multiplexing does not reduce the number of licenses required to access the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 solution. Any user that accesses the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012—whether directly or indirectly—must be properly licensed.
Note: Any user or device that accesses the server, files, or data or content provided by the server that is made available through an automated process requires a CAL.
Licenses for additional software that may be required for the solution, such as Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft SharePoint Server and their corresponding CALs, are not included with the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 licenses. They must be acquired separately in accordance with licensing models for those products. These licenses may be purchased through traditional volume licensing channels.
Refer to the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Licensing Guide for details.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is licensed through the Server/CAL licensing model. The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 functionality is licensed with the Server license, while access to that functionality by users or devices is licensed through Client Access Licenses (CALs).
You need one Server license for each instance of the server software that you run.
No. For each license that you assign to a server, you may run one instance of the software in either the physical operating system environment (OSE) or a virtual OSE. If you want to run additional instances, you must acquire additional Server licenses.
You can choose to license CALs on a per user or per device basis. With user CALs, an individual user is licensed to access Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 from any number of devices. With device CALs, the licensed device can be used to access Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 by any number of users.
No. CALs are licensed on a named user basis or named device basis, meaning the CAL is assigned to a specific individual or device. Sharing CALs (also known as "concurrent use") is not permitted.
There are four available CAL levels for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, and eight CALs offered (also known as SKUs), because there are two CALs per CAL level (four per User and four per Device). Each grants an increasingly wider spectrum of use rights, inclusive of the rights granted for any lower-level CAL. This gives you the flexibility to license the solution based on how your users will use and derive value from the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 solution. The four CAL levels are:
Enterprise CAL
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The four CALs differ in the level of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 functionality to which the licensed user or device has access. For example, a user with an Enterprise CAL can access any Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 functionality, while a user with a Task CAL can access only a subset of functionality. Higher level CALs encompass all of the rights of lower level CALs.
No, external (third-party) users do not require CALs. Third-party users are users who are not either (i) the customer's or the customer's affiliates' employees, or (ii) the customer's or the customer's affiliates' contractors or agents.
It depends. On-site contractors, vendors, and users performing business processes on the customer's behalf are considered internal users. Off-site vendors are considered external users when their time is shared among multiple customer organizations (for example, IT support service vendors serving multiple customer organizations) and they are not in an employee-like relationship.
The required CAL depends on what Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 functionality the user will access. Each CAL level provides a set of use rights that range from very limited (Self Serve) to unlimited/full (Enterprise). You can find the CAL levels use rights in the Product Use Rights.
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Dr. Herbert Ballantine Carter is a professor of urology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate disease, both cancerous and non-cancerous. Dr. Carter also serves as the director of adult urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Dr. Carter earned his M.D. from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. He completed his residency in urology and surgery at The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and performed a fellowship in urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Carter is the only surgeon at Johns Hopkins to have collected four years of quality of life information on consecutive patients undergoing radical prostatectomy using validated questionnaires. As a surgeon, this data allows him to know how he is doing and also allows patients to know what to expect. After performing more than 3,500 radical prostatectomies, he can help men and their partners navigate through a difficult time in their lives, and, in most cases, return to a life that was present before the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Dr. Carter led a panel of experts that wrote the American Urological Association guidelines in 2013 for prostate cancer detection. His book–The Whole Life Prostate Book–is the only comprehensive prostate book for laypeople that offers patients not only up to date information on management options for prostate disease (including cancer), but also approaches to prevention of male health disorders including prostate disease.
Dr. Carter, in collaboration with investigators at the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, introduced the concept of PSA rate of change (PSA velocity) as a marker of prostate cancer presence and aggressiveness. He also first described the use of free PSA to predict the behavior of prostate cancer. Dr. Carter was first to publish data demonstrating that an individual's personal prostate cancer screening program should be tailored to baseline PSA levels instead of using a "one size fits all" approach.
Dr. Carter was nominated in 2012 to be a Trustee of the American Board of Urology by the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons. His election as a Trustee to the American Board of Urology is a recognition of his exemplary patient care and innovative research in the field of prostate cancer.
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- The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center / Urology (New York NY ) (1987)
- The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center / Surgery (New York NY ) (1983)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Urology (Baltimore MD ) (1989)
- Urology, American Board of Urology (2010)
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Dr. Carter runs the Expectant Management Program for prostate cancer at Johns Hopkins. This program is designed to select men who are thought to have small volume cancers for whom no immediate treatment is a rational management option. In this program, Dr. Carter, together with colleagues at the Brady Urological Institute, is seeking to define the biomarker changes, nuclear structural parameters, genetic profile, and diet/lifestyle factors that may help identify which men with prostate cancer can safely forgo treatment for prostate cancer.
In 1995, Dr. Carter began a large prospective study to evaluate what is now referred to as "active surveillance" for prostate cancer—a program designed to select men who are thought to have small volume cancers that may never need treatment. These men have the option to be carefully monitored as an alternative to immediate surgery. In counseling patients regarding the decision to treat or not, Dr. Carter emphasizes the importance of a man's unique needs and preferences when deciding on treatment.
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- Loeb S, Bjurlin MA, Nicholson J, Tammela TL, Penson DF, Carter HB, Carroll P, Etzioni R. "Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer." Eur Urol. 2014 Jan 9. pii: S0302-2838(13)01490-5. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.12.062.
- Wang CC, Carter HB, Epstein JI. "Value of Transition Zone Biopsy in Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer." J Urol. 2013 Dec 5. pii: S0022-5347(13)06016-3. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.11.058.
- Bonekamp D, Bonekamp S, Mullins JK, Epstein JI, Carter HB, Macura KJ. "Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging characterization of prostate lesions in the active surveillance population: incremental value of magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of disease reclassification." J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2013 Nov-Dec;37(6):948-56. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31829ae20a.
- Inoue LY, Trock BJ, Partin AW, Carter HB, Etzioni R. "Modeling grade progression in an active surveillance study." Stat Med. 2014 Mar 15;33(6):930-9. doi: 10.1002/sim.6003. Epub 2013 Oct 9.
- Patel HD, Feng Z, Landis P, Trock BJ, Epstein JI, Carter HB. "Prostate specific antigen velocity risk count predicts biopsy reclassification for men with very low risk prostate cancer." J Urol. 2014 Mar;191(3):629-37. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.09.029. Epub 2013 Sep 20.
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Distinguished Alumni Award, Furman University, Greenville, S.C., 2005
Alumni Hall of Fame, Florence County School District, South Carolina, 2001
First prize, Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Residents Essay Contest, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Section of the American Urological Association, 1985 and 1986
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Plumas County Superior Court has thrown out Plumas County's lawsuit against former District Attorney Jeff Cunan.
Cunan had filed a demurrer with the court. A demurrer challenges the legal adequacy of a suit. A judge can deny the demurrer, in which instance the case proceeds. The demurrer can be granted with a leave to amend; in other words, the party making the claim gets a do-over. Or, the judge can grant the demurrer without leave to amend.
In a ruling dated Jan. 28, visiting Judge of the Superior Court Ersel Edwards granted Cunan's demurrer. The county did not request the right to amend its complaint in the event the demurrer was sustained. Even if it had, Edwards wrote, "The Court does not see any reasonable possibility that County could amend its complaint … to cure the identified defects."
The ruling followed oral arguments Jan. 10.
Edwards ruled, among other things, that the county did not provide sufficient facts to establish personal liability on Cunan's part.
According to the ruling, the court must liberally construe a complaint, and if it "appears that the plaintiff is entitled to any relief at the hands of the court against the defendants, the complaint will be held good." In other words, the burden of proof is on the party asking for the demurrer.
Cunan responded to the ruling, "This frivolous lawsuit was a textbook lesson in government waste." He blamed "disgruntled and incompetent" county officials, including the county administrative officer, the county auditor and the new district attorney, and said the suit was prompted by "personal vindictiveness for the professional criticisms I've made over the years."
The lawsuit prompted a defamation claim by Cunan against County Administrative Officer Jack Ingstad for comments he made to Feather Publishing. The comments appeared in Feather Publishing's story about the lawsuit (Nov. 10, 2010).
The Board of Supervisors voted in December to deny Cunan's claim. He has six months to take further action. Cunan said last week he is keeping all of his legal options open and called upon voters "to do the rest."
County supervisors were set to discuss the court's decision in closed session yesterday, Feb. 15.
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The whole brouhaha began last fall when the county filed suit alleging Cunan did not follow proper procedure with funds from the bad check diversion program and was personally liable to the tune of around $15,000.
According to court papers, the bad check diversion program had at least $12,160.47 that Cunan assumed from his predecessor when he took office Dec. 31, 2002.
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The county alleged checks drawn on or withdrawals from the account occurred outside the county appropriations process and, thus, did not have the blessing of the Board of Supervisors.
Cunan argued in his demurrer that there has never before been a single published case in which a county went after its district attorney for such acts while in office.
Edwards disagreed — but he had to go back to 1901 to find such a precedent. In that case, Kern County's district attorney was accused of retaining fees for his personal use.
Plumas County never alleged that Cunan retained any of the funds for personal use. Cunan said at the time, "I used district attorney monies solely for district attorney services in a way that saved Plumas County taxpayers thousands of dollars. There was no mishandling of money whatsoever."
In his demurrer, Cunan outlined four arguments. One, the relevant government codes were inapplicable to the facts of the case.
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Edwards devoted the bulk of his decision to analyzing the pertinent penal and government codes in answer to Cunan's first argument.
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Because such a program existed when Cunan took office, "it must be inferred that County adopted a resolution declaring that it had sufficient funds available to fund the program," wrote Edwards.
Thus, the county could not meet its burden of proof that Cunan's expenditures from the check diversion program were in excess of sufficient available funds, nor that they were unauthorized under the applicable penal code or any other applicable law.
Edwards found against Cunan on issues two and three. "The allegations … are sufficiently clear to apprise the defendant of the issues that must be met," he wrote.
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August 27th, 2005, 12:23 PM #1
Speaking of word count...
There has been a traditional method of calculating word count (as described here by Pam McCutcheon), and there is of course your word processor's word count.
Now I have heard quite a few people say that you must not use the word processor count but the traditional method of calculating it whenever communicating your word count to a publisher. For those of you currently dealing with editors or publishers, have you found this to be the case? Or is it a matter of someone saying so, and thus it keeps getting repeated ad infinitum? Has the technology become prevalent enough that, in reality, publishers are just working with word processor word counts when evaluating manuscripts, or are do they really all stick with the traditional method?
August 30th, 2005, 08:59 PM #2
You may have noticed in your book contract a clause that specifically states that you are not allowed to have any control over or even involvement in the production, formatting and printing of your book. (That you got to provide your own cover is purely the luck of working with a small press that's willing to experiment.) Production people do not have any interest in authors, their word counts or what they think of white space. In fact, they find authors highly annoying and want nothing to do with you.
The 250 words per page method is a way to do a quick, rough estimate of word count. If you've got 400 ms. pages, you know it's probably around 100,000 words. But authors may have considerably more or less than 250 words per ms. page because they don't use standardized margins, spacing, white space, typeface, etc. and even if they did, the ms. will be overrun with penciled corrections and little yellow sticky post-its in the editing process. And since publishers don't use the same formatting, margins, typeface size, spacing or white spacing in each printed book, the formatting of the ms. and its white space is largely irrelevant to production.
The word count functions on word processor programs may miscount some words but is generally pretty accurate. You can round up to the nearest even number and it's sufficient for early price and cost estimates and for the length range to be put in the book contract. If you didn't provide this information, though, an editor can use the 250 words per page method or other, somewhat more accurate estimate methods, and come up with a rough word count in a few minutes. So you providing any word count is really just for convenience.
The production and printing folk may use rough estimates as a rough guide in planning layout, but they have other, much more accurate ways of determining the work's exact length, and they don't need your help to do it. Or for that matter, the editor's help either. If you really want to cover your bases, you can use the word processor count, the 250 words per page count and average the difference. It's still only a rough estimate, but twill serve. And no, you cannot work the printing press.
August 30th, 2005, 10:33 PM #3
I had a feeling, from the rather pedantic tones in which most people repeated the "manual method" advice, that the "requirement" to use it was an assumption not necessarily based on any current fact. The rationale that may have existed for it, in pre-computer days, may have had some validity; but it seems rather pointless today. There are so many other variables (type face, point size, margins, trim size, etc.) that are going to influence final page count that word count by itself is not going to give you much more than a rough idea of the actual book size (beyond, say, "large" versus "small.")
I know you are quite correct regarding the usual situation with authors, vis-a-vis their involvement in much of anything once the final edits are turned in, beyond proofing what's handed to them. Aside from the cover, my case was even more unique, even for Windstorm: I did all the interior layout and production myself, including the widow and orphan handling; I chose all of the display fonts (they chose the text font, Baskerton, which is their corporate font, but I picked out the more Asian style ones and the section seperator dingbat font); and I compiled the whole thing into PDF files for them to give to their printer. They told me how they wanted the end papers arranged, but that's about it. On the cover, they dropped in the bar code, but I put together all the rest, including the cover blurb. I don't think they've done this with any other authors of theirs, but I had some experience in doing this stuff so they let me run with it. It certainly lets me feel like the book's really "mine"! I know this isn't ever going to occur again, but it was kinda fun to do it this way at least once. As you say, only with a small press!
August 31st, 2005, 03:24 AM #4
Nothing like deep involvement - it's usually poets who do things like that!
None of the publishers I've had anything to do with seem much bothered with word count. I know Patrick, the UK designer for the Pellinor series, just runs it through his machine when he wants to know how long it will be. He uses the same typeface as the Oz edition, but he stretched out the leading to make it look nicer and so the books are 50 pages longer.
August 31st, 2005, 10:43 PM #5
Well, apparently, you can work the printing press. Very cool. If I had the knowledge, I'd like to do that. I'll be paying close attention to the printing when I get the first book. But most of the time, the author just supplies content, maybe a map.
November 30th, 2005, 11:28 AM #6
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Does anyone use the word count method described in here? It seems very complicated for something as simple as a word count. I just use that on word count because it's the simplest way - but I haven't sent in anything to a publisher. I think writer's probably worry too much about the manuscript preparation side of things and not enough about the writing itself. If the writing is good enough, it won't matter if you got the word count slightly wrong, the publisher will still take it on.


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One thing you'll notice right away is the leveling speed. In War of the Immortals, you level FAST; and you won't be staying in the same area for too long. Each level has you assign points to stats, and sometimes gain a skill. Unfortunately, there are not many skills to talk about here, and by the time you reach the max level, you've got about a dozen or so of them. There is very little room for customization, be it through character skills or appearance, but more on that later. This is your usual stuff – grab quests in town, which is usually one or two at a time, then venture out to beat bad guys in the face. On this subject, War of the Immortals is linear and straightforward. Quests are rarely ever complex, and the difficulty is not very high, so don't expect crazy stuff here. Each class fights differently, and part of the fun is trying them out to see the flashy effects. Some abilities such as "XP Abilities", which rely on a slowly regenerating bar of Rage, are extra-fun and powerful, often capable of wiping out an entire screen's worth of enemies in one go. This is also a game that takes its storyline seriously; the player has access to a fancy looking journal that resumes each chapter of your progress through the game's storyline. The PvP is not unlocked till later during the game, and consists of area-based action, with future plans for guild territorial wars.
Bag o' Goodies
War of the Immortals excels on the little goodies aspect, things perhaps less important, but that nonetheless add to the charm of the game. For one, War of the Immortals has a simple to use, built-in video recorder. Crucial for gameplay? No, but certainly an interesting feature. The mounts are interesting, and unusual to say the least. As a Magus, I found myself riding a strange lion unicorn thing, as an example. Add to this a mountain of titles and outfits, and you've got the basic MMORPG shebang. One thing that definitely has War of the Immortals exceed in the goodies department though, is the pet system. How it works is simple, most creatures you destroy have a small chance of dropping a capture-able version of themselves. You may then summon them, use them in combat, and customize them with abilities. Hell, they even have their own sex (which is a sort of odd flashback to Pokémon games). Last but not least, you've got the in-game store, with its collection of consumables and outfits different to each class. There's not an immense selection, but it's well furnished, and not too costy. Also, Perfect World ZEN cards can be purchased in any good gaming store at slices of 10 bucks or so a piece, so if you're the type that prefers avoiding putting your credit card number into suspicious Chinese sites, here's your chance.
Final Verdict: Fair
This is very much a casual experience; fast leveling, flashy skills, interesting spells make for a fun, though linear experience. It's doubtful that War of the Immortals will cause much ripple in the gaming world, and it'll inevitably sit in the shadow of better Perfect World titles. That's not to say that it can't entertain you, and if you're looking for a simple, fun game that doesn't take much commitment at all, give War of the Immortals a try. Just don't expect Game of the Year material.
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War of The Immortals Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows (R) Vista/ XP/2000 (95/98/ME/NT/Server are not supported)
Graphics Card: GEFORCE 4600GT 256MB
DirectX: 9.0c
Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows (R) Vista/ XP/2000 (95/98/ME/NT/Server are not supported)
Graphics Card: GEFORCE 9800GT 512MB
DirectX: 9.0c or better
War of The Immortals Articles
- Perfect World Entertainment Hosts Black Friday Deals - Posted on November 25, 2014
Announced today, Perfect World is also offering great deals for players from Black Friday to Cyber Monday! Starting November 26 through November 30, receive an extra 15 percent Charge Bonus on Arc !
- War of the Immortals launches New Expansion - Posted on April 25, 2014
Perfect World Entertainment has announced that The next installment to War of the Immortals: Cult of the Wyrm is now live.
- New War of the Immortals Update Hits - Posted on September 12, 2013
Perfect World Entertainment has announced the launch of its latest update to War of the Immortals.
- War of the Immortals launches Titan's Fury - Posted on November 8, 2012
War has become more massive than ever with the upcoming release of Titan's Fury, the latest expansion for Perfect World Entertainment's free-to-play MMORPG War of the Immortals. Starting today, fans of the popular MMORPG can expect a wealth of new content, including new Titan PvE instances, customizable Keystone environments, unique PvE game-types, and more.


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Chinese Chicken Stew with Black Fungus
When the temperature dips and the sky gets dark at 4 pm, claypot becomes my favorite friend. I love all sorts of claypot cooking, it produces very hearty, easy, and delicious meals for my family, and it's one of the least expensive utensils to invest in any kitchen.
One of the dishes that I would make over and over again during colder months is chicken stew with black fungus, a classic Chinese/Cantonese dish that anyone can whip up at home. It's so easy to make and with claypot, cooking is so effortless because you practically just dump all your ingredients in there, do a few quick stirs, add some liquid, cover the lid and let the claypot does its magic.
Black fungus is a popular ingredient in Chinese/Cantonese cooking. The word fungus does turn a lot of people off, but it's basically like shiitake mushrooms, except that the texture is thinner but every bite is a snappy crunch. It goes so well with stewed chicken. All you need are some ginger, oyster sauce, a dash of cooking wine and sesame oil, and you will have a scrumptious dish that goes well with steamed rice.
I have so many claypot recipes, you might also want to try my sesame oil chicken, Cantonese beef stew, Korean spicy chicken stew, claypot yong tow foo, Singaporean crab beehoon or noodles, braised pork belly with soy sauce, Bak Kut Teh, braised pork ribs with daikon, and more. There are endless possibilities when it comes to claypot. Enjoy!
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psst! Black Fungus is also referred to as "Chinese (or Asian) Wood Ear Mushroom."
I worked in a Chinese restaurant when I was young and was very uncomfortable telling people it was "fungus" when they asked what the ingredient was. They thought I was being a brat.
I am very curious about this clay pot cooking technique. Are you using it on the burner on the top of the stove? I have only ever used clay pots in the oven.
I am very excited to try this recipe! I took a cooking class on traditional spring rolls and have a huge bag of the black fungus, bought to be used in the filling. Don't be turned off by the name. I was skeptical. They are quite good.
Looks delicious! Thanks!
Hi, I'm wondering if using an iron pot will have the same effect as using a claypot for this dish? In the country I'm living in it's hard to find claypots in the shops.
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Is black fungus the same as cloud ear?
excellent base recipe. did it with personal twists, I cannot believe how tasty it is! thank you!
This recipe is soooooooo easy!
Tried it last night and the family loved it!
Will do it again with just mid-joints.


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HEAT Online
UPDATE: This game has been shutdown and is no longer available
HEAT Online Overview
Heat Online, which used to be called Project Torque from Aeria Games, is a realistic 3D racing MMO by the folks at Aeria Games. Race against up to 20 different players at a time in 9 different game modes. You start your racing career with the worst car and have to earn money by fishing. Money can be spent on upgrading your cars interior or purchasing a brand new car outright. Heat Online's biggest selling point is its top notch graphics coupled with its fine tuned gameplay. If you're a fan of the racing genre, this is a must download.
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HEAT Online Review
By, Omer Altay
Yes, I know. Before you even started reading this you probably asked yourself, "What makes Heat Online different than every other racing MMO?" Well, you'll be pleased to learn that this MMO is actually quite unique in the sense that there are no fireballs or magic missiles that can quickly turn the tide of a race. In fact, there are no items at all.
Wait.. No Items?!
Yep. You heard me. A racing game without any items. In most racing games items can really break the game, especially if you're the one that's in first place for the majority of the race and all of a sudden on the last lap a timely missile fired by that one sucky player 2 laps behind you homes in on you from a mile away and bam, you're so far behind you end up not finishing the race. It's incredibly frustrating, and if you've played any other item based racing game out there you'll understand as well. Racing MMOs like Upshift Strike Racer and Drift City are fine examples of titles where the last lap in the only one that really matters because of insane game breaking items. I'm not condemning items in racing games, as they can spice up a game, but I'm glad to see at least one racing MMO do away with them completely.
It's all about Skill.
Gameplay in Heat Online is pretty intense, as the game is based entirely on player skill. Newbies shouldn't be too worried, as even though the game has no items, beginners can still do well in races. When I first fired up the game and took the driver's seat I ended up finishing in third place out of eight players online. Not bad for a first go. The beauty of the game design is that even if you fall behind or screw up, the game isn't over. You can still catch up and win because the terrain is so crazy that the odds are someone ahead of you is going to screw up or you'll make up for your previous failure by playing more aggressively and trying to get through the difficult shortcuts. But unfortunately, if you screw up real hard, you'll never be able to make up for it, so drive carefully!
Dangit! #@$*($
My only real complaint with Heat Online is that making sharp turns is ridiculously hard. I found that the best way to make a sharp turn is to just slow and make the turn without hitting the brakes. If you try drifting or using the breaks your car will just slow down to a crawl and you'll be turning in an awkward way. Drifting properly is extremely difficult to the point that it isn't even worth trying. Every time I tried to smoothly make a sharp turn by drifting I would be overtaken by someone that just tries turning at full speed and hits the wall a couple of times. That's right, smacking the wall and going onwards is faster than trying to execute a drift. The worst part is that the game will tell you "nice drift" even if your "nice drift" lands you in last place. Turning and drifting just feel incredibly clumsy in the game. Another small issue with Heat Online is that the game is a tad cruel to newbies. As you race, you may see a ramp every now and then, and you'll immediately think, "Woah! A ramp! I bet if I floor it and go over it I'll surely gain some ground on the guy ahead of me!" Don't do it! Using one of the ramps is almost guaranteed to slowing you down. For some reason the game feels the need to trick newbies by placing a ramps in plain sight. You'd imagine that they would serve a meaningful purpose, but they don't. Their only purpose seems to bait newbies.
Woah! Shiny…
Heat Online has absolutely gorgeous graphics. This game is hands down Aeria's most graphically intense game and is one of the best looking free MMOs out there. Everything from the detailed environments to the car models is pleasant to look at. The developers definitely spent a lot of time on polishing the game and it really shows. There are plenty of options to play with inside the graphics menu, so make sure to turn up your settings if your PC can handle it. Heat Online also has a handful of camera angles so you can play the game in any way that you like.
Heat Online has some interesting customization components that all racing games should have. Every race you complete earns you money and experience which can be used to purchase and equip new parts for your car. When you first start out though, you won't really be able to afford anything, so you'll need to play through countless races before you can even think about 'pimping' out your car, but the fact that game lets you purchase custom components gives the game a lot of room to expand. You can customize just about everything about your car from spray paints to engines. Even though a lot of the cosmetic customizations have no impact on gameplay they're still a lot of fun to play around with. My only complaint about the in game shop is that there simply aren't enough auto parts to buy, but I'm sure Aeria games will keep releasing new items as the game gets updated.
Final Verdict: Good
Heat Online is a really polished and fun racing MMO. If racing and cars is your thing, then there's no reason you shouldn't try this game. The game's beautiful graphics and solid gameplay more than make up for its few faults.
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An accusation of assault and property damage was made against Lynch for an incident that occurred early Sunday morning.
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