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For over four years now, World of Warcraft has unquestionably reigned king of the MMORPG scene, with now eleven million players playing world wide, and one add-on which further expanded the already massive world and brought us Outland. Now with the release of WoW's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard have not only further polished their hugely successful MMO, but have added enough new content to the game that it could easily last at least another 2 years.
But to be fair, Wrath is not a game that will draw new players into the scene, as ultimately, it is targeted at the players that have already reached the previous level cap of 70, and are ready to progress further into the new end game content. It is a game built with the fans in mind, not the newcomers, and so this review is targeted at experienced WoW players and outlines why Wrath is a must-buy to the veterans of the vastly popular MMO.
Probably the most talked about and anticipated addition to the MMO is the new hero class, the Death Knight. Only available to those who have reached level 55 and over, the Death Knight begins in the Eastern Plaguelands at level 55 under the control of the Lich King, and is primarily a melee class able to take on tanking and damage roles in PvE, and have the potential to be a devastating ally in PvP. The feel perceived from a Death Knight is that of a mixture between a Warlock and Paladin, with disease debuffs doing damage over time, like a Warlock's curse, and also aiding in buffing certain other abilities the Death Knight has, much like that of a Paladin's Judgements. The Death Knight's runic power system also feels much like a Warriors rage system, where one must learn to manage it properly by using abilities and dealing damage to sustain it, then unleashing its power through abilities that require runic power. But in another twist, Death Knights also have runes they use to activate certain abilities, the runes being Frost, Unholy and Blood. The Death Knight has 2 of each specialisation to use, and as an example if they were to use their Area of Effect spell Death and Decay, they would require two of their Unholy runes, and the only time they can cast it again is when those Runes go off cool down. Though sounding fairly complex, the system once learned is highly effective, and mastering the system can lead to devastating damage outputs or huge threat gains from the Death Knight. And with the talent trees that Death Knight's have, the new class is very versatile and it is an unlikely encounter to spot two Death Knights with the same play styles.
The biggest addition to WoW though is the new continent Northrend, where level 70 players go to level up to the new level cap of 80. One of the most striking things about Northrend is its design, which is vastly different from the warped and twisted landscapes of Outland. Northrend is much more gothic in design, and holds a much darker tone to previous areas in WoW, which fits in the context of what WoW players face, which is the Lich King himself, the former Paladin, Arthas Menethil.
Questing in Northrend is also vastly improved to the quests from Outland and the older Azeroth continents, with more involvement in each quest, especially through a new system called Phasing. Phasing happens when you've completed a certain chain of quests, which then lead to an event that changes the actual world around you. It may, for example, open a new flight path that previously wasn't there, and it's unique to every player, so if someone has not done that chain of quests, they will not be able to see what you see. Of course it can be a bit of a nuisance when there is a group quest you receive from the phase, and none of your friends are up to that point and are unable to help, but nonetheless it gives a strong reason why quests should be completed, even after you've reached level 80, and even then the questing is now quite fun. Fetch quests are now quite uncommon, with new quests such as taking control of a tank and wiping hundreds of Scourge being more prevalent, which makes levelling up far more enjoyable than previous efforts. Blizzard have clearly put more thought into the grinding part of Wrath, and it's turned out to be quite fun and very rewarding.
And if you're not a big fan of the questing either way, you can grind your way to 80 through the new instances of Northrend, and pick up gear on the way. Ranging from foreboding keeps littered with Vikings known as the Vrykul, or dark caverns littered with the Lich Kings spider minions, there's a huge variety in dungeons to play through and all are not only challenging, but very enjoyable. One instance in particular known as Azjol'Nerub has you running through a dark cavern filled with undead spiders, and for the WarCraft lore fans, has you facing off against Anub'arak as a boss at the end. The instance is extremely fast paced and never lets up, and will have your blood pumping by the end of the run. It's only one example of an instance run in Northrend, but most are extremely well designed and very smooth, and many players will be happy to play them over and over again, if not for the enjoyment of it or for farming gear they want.
And for the players that have hit 80, they have the end game content to look forward to, such as Heroic 5 mans (instances attuned and tweaked for level 80 players), and Naxxramas, an older 40 man raid in the original WoW, re-released in both a 10 man and 25 man version. Many guilds will most likely seek to conquer the newly redesigned raid, whether it be in the lighter 10 man version or the more hardcore 25 man. After Naxxramas, there are even more raids to do, such as Malygos and Sartharion, so raiders have much to look forward to come end game.
But for the people who aren't big fans of raiding and PvE, there's plenty of PvP to go around too, particularly with the new Battleground, Strand of the Ancients, and a PvP focused area in Northrend named Wintergrasp.
Strand of the Ancients is a new Battleground which works much like Unreal Tournament's assault mode, where each faction plays offence and defence per round. The offensive side come by boat and must break down the doors of the fort the defenders are protecting, and capture the city. They're given siege tanks to aid in breaking down the doors, and defenders are given turrets placed around the fort. It's a fairly intense and very enjoyable Battleground that is very different to the older Battlegrounds and is sure to be popular among PvP fans.
Wintergrasp works similarly to Strand of the Ancients, where whoever has control of the area at the time is to defend the fortress from being taken over, while the opposing faction must break it down and capture it with various vehicles made by siege workshops around the map. The only difference though is that once the Wintergrasp battle is over, the winning faction opens up a new raid and several other things such as quests for their faction to use for the next few hours, giving more incentive to hold Wintergrasp for your faction. It's an interesting new addition into the game that will certainly please PvP fans.
On a visual note, Wrath has received a fair few upgrades, notably in shadows, where everything casts its own real time shadow now. Though technically nowhere near the quality of many MMO's that have been released, the art design of Wrath is second to none, with absolutely outstanding attention to detail in almost every area. Areas are incredibly well designed, and encourage exploration as there's so much to see and learn about the area. It's all very diverse too, from dense jungles to icy landscapes, and will never bore you. The monsters are just as well designed as the areas as well, with each monster having distinct features from others, and you'll never get mixed between them. It's all so fresh and full of imagination, and will suck any player into the world for hours on end and won't let go.
The sound is also well done, particularly the soundtrack, which is Blizzard's best yet. From the epic and heart pounding beats of Icecrown to the soft and soulful melodies of Scholazar Basin, Wrath will have your hairs sticking up from the beauty of its music. Sound effects also play a big part in immersion, with the clashes of swords echoing through battlegrounds and battle cries of enemies as you face the final boss of a raid. It's all very coherent and wholly appropriate, and will please the ears of any player.
Wrath of the Lich King is, on one hand, an absolutely outstanding game. The journey to level 80 is an experience many gamers will not forget, with much of the history of Northrend to discover and many places to explore. On the other hand, Wrath is a game only for the players dedicated enough to reach level 70, and level 55 if you want to play a Death Knight. So for newcomers, they are somewhat alienated, as they need to put in the time to get to level 70 first, then head onto Northrend.
That being said though, for those willing to get past the first two games and head on into Northrend, they are in for a big treat, as Wrath of the Lich King is not only a solid expansion, but Blizzard's finest achievement and one which no gamer should miss out on.
Denny Markovic
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So I suposse that the new next year (or two years) future graphic software will be much better, faster, optimized and amazing than is now. BUT regretably we will continue having the SAME Filter Forge with the same old engine from 6 years ago and Vladimir has said that they can´t rewrite it agian and so FF 4.0 will be like FF 3.0, and in two years more when FF 5.0 could be released it will probably continue being having the same slow, slugish and snail perfomance while others will have lightning fast optimized halide code and so they will look like an young 20 years old and Filter forge will be like a 75 years old person in perfomance and speed. |
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The interesting thing, of course, is that with something like Haptic, it's easy to imagine a UI to drive the creation of scripts -- it doesn't have to happen in a text editor.
Just think of FF. The .ffxml is just some text which describes an exact sequence of image manipulations which are to take place. Of course it would be great if the development of FF keeps pace with technology. We're not seeing that right now, but who knows? That's up to them if they want to do it or not. The point is more that we (users) will have options which may not be FF, but will be just as exciting to explore. |
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SURE IT WILL! And regarding FilterForge, you're wrong! You're using a modular, node-based, procedural, user-defined, complex, piece of software that the output quality cannot compare with some of the other tools out there. Actually you probably jokingly wrote that but I'll be honest with you, you're spoiled head to tow. If you think FilterForge is slow, you really don't know your graphics software. I don't know how long you've been dipping your toes in the luke-warm saftey of FilterForge's super-high quality render engine, but this program is NOT normal when it comes to output quality. And in terms of saving production time? Oh boy. It can render diffuse, bump, normal, specular, AO, rAO. And it all comes out of that ridiculously high quality render engine. (Gasp!) You don't even have to tinker FilterForge's renderer. You just have to let it sit and it just calculates all the pixels for you, no need to tinker the number of samples. No need to tinker with specific lighting settings, no need to deeply think about terms like anti-alias, oversample, adaptive sampling.... You're basically in the saftest place ever where you can focus more on producing an effect rather than licking the floor of some other render engines wh ere they let you enjoy tinkering annoying, non-adaptive settings that can only be dealt manually. Yeah you know what the optimal Final Gathering setting is on animation? I don't know until I look and measure at the scene! Yeah ok, I kinda wish FilterForge opens up some more parts of the render engine for tinkering, but given the nature of the program, it's almost unnecessary. But yeah, you're spoiled REALLY really spoiled to say FilterForge is slow. And most people don't know and don't care about how much effort I put into to making that one shot of a movie render faster. Nobody understands nor cares about the actual people working with the technology. Nobody would BOTHER with such a thing because they'd rather see pretty pictures than a bunch of sliders. Consider that before you say "its slow." (Although... yes I kinda do admit it's partially slow. lol Of course I'm partially on your side with that.) ... oops I derailed the original topic. -------- Just on Halide, I sent this to my scientist / biologist buddies and they're already chewing away at the processing power. Haha I'm impressed at Halide. It's not necessary the biggest-bound breaker but it serves its purpose and right in image processing. It's pretty hardcore seeing snake image segmentation run in 55ms. Last I used stuff like that was with MATLAB. Oh boy image processing. |
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Leadership. We all know we need it, and we think we know it when we see it. Yet time and again many wonder why we're so bad at picking good people to be our leaders. Certainly it's true that the majority of those chosen to lead in our public and private world do so successfully. Sadly, those success stories are rarely reported. Instead, it's the failure of our leaders that grab our attention, sometimes leaving us shocked and disappointed.
Ronald Reagan may have said it best during his first inaugural address as Governor of California when he said: "If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?"
We live in a time of great skepticism -- even cynicism -- about leaders and leadership. Perhaps it's because when judging those who aspire to be our leaders we are more focused on their charm, resume and academic credentials. Is this really all it takes or is it that these objective standards can be so compelling that it blinds us to the real qualities someone should have to be a successful leader? Is there a way in the selection process to assess those subjective elements of character such as integrity, courage, authenticity, empathy and humility that have proven over time to be the real assets of a good leader?
Those looking to select leaders often develop thorough vetting processes; they hire professional headhunters, and they put aspiring leaders through multiple tests, interviews and reference checks. Do these give us the full character profile and potential weaknesses that could come back to embarrass and anger those who thought they had found the right one?
How often, after a leader is chosen, do we discover that he or she has poor judgment with social behavior, a dysfunctional family or personal life, or has psychological issues of depression, narcissism, self-aggrandizement or an overly aggressive personality? These and other underlying character traits seem to be all it takes for our confidence in our chosen leader to collapse.
Most can agree on what we want from our leaders. If there is one quality of leaders that is a "must have," it's integrity -- a word derived from the Latin for "whole" or "complete".
As Stephen Covey explains in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: "Integrity includes but goes beyond honesty. Honesty is telling the truth -- in other words, conforming our words to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words -- in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. This requires an integrated character, a oneness, primarily with self but also with life."
Along with integrity, leaders must have courage and authenticity. Courage is not "sticking ones finger in the air to see which way the political winds blow" or "I'll talk to as many people as I can but I end up doing what the last person I talk to suggests."
According to Winston Churchill, courage is "the rightly esteemed first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others." It's what Napoleon called moral courage, which is necessary on unexpected occasions, in spite of the most unforeseen events.
When one takes into account the development of the strong traits of character, it becomes clear that every leader, regardless of background, is -- in a sense -- self-made. At the same time, those who are the most effective are also the most authentic. This authenticity makes others comfortable investing a high degree of trust in the leader. It is the source of believability. In this age of "spin doctors," "message specialists," "handlers," "public relations specialists" and "image makers," you're never quite sure if what you see is what you'll get. Even a bad steak has a lot of sizzle.
Along with integrity, courage and authenticity, leaders must have empathy and humility. To effectively lead you have to have developed a knack of putting yourself in someone else's shoes. It helps you relate better to others and perhaps understand why they think as they do and why they do what they do.
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Given the immense self-confidence and self-discipline which is often associated with leadership at high levels, some might not immediately recognize humility as an important personal trait for leaders.
Dwight Eisenhower in the immediate aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe said, "Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends." A self-assured, humble leader gives thanks and recognition to those whose sacrifices and hard work have made him a success. His self-confidence allows him to recognize those who should get the credit, to reward those who are serving with loyalty and to remember it's not always about just the leader.
Leaders who solely take credit for others good deeds exhibit a self-centeredness born of insecurity that will not serve the leader well nor insure continued loyal service or contribution.
For those who bear the responsibilities of selecting leaders, perhaps these are the qualities that should be searched for, going beyond the charm, resume and credentials to find real life examples of integrity, courage, empathy and humility from those we select as leaders.
No process is fail proof. Leaders do and will fail us. But it's what's on the inside and what comprises a person's character history that can be a much better predictor of what type of future leader they will be and we will get.
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I currently have several customers backing up to one backup computer 'A'. The data is stored on a dedicated hard drive 'd'. I would like to introduce a second backup computer 'B' to increase the Backup Safety to 2. I need to avoid having customers backup their entire data again, over the internet, to 'B'. I also need to avoid having to revisit each customer to run a manual export to a USB drive and import to B. A and B will remain on the same LAN whist I carryout this process (ports set as required). 1. After setting up a new Account/Backup Location on B and modifying the customer's settings as required, is it possible to just manually copy the customer's folders from A to B? 2. Do I need to make use of the Export / Import facility to do this properly? I tried with a test account but only a third of the data would export. 3. Does this mean that once all data is on both machines the amount of data the customers uploads henceforth is doubled? 4. Does the customer backup to A first then B or to both simultaneously? 5. Is it possible to channel the flow of data is anyway. I.E. Customer to A, then A to B? Regards Paul |
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Hmm good question. There is no way to do this easily.
Just one question: are A and B ultimately going to be located at the same place? If they're not then I can see why you want to do this (as you get extra offsite redundancy). If they ARE at the same place, then I'm not sure what the point is. If you were really just after redundancy that wasn't offsite, then it's much better to just use RAID or mirroring or folder syncing or something. (Software RAID is actually easy on Windows 7 - I do this on my home server). I'm going to assume that what you're talking about is having two servers at different locations. So, your specific questions: 1. Maybe... possibly. You'd have to certainly copy the "OtherPeoplesFiles" folder and definitely some parts of the database (buddybackup.db) (but leaving everything else unchanged). I have never tried this and it might work. Might be worth experimenting. Be careful though, as if you get it wrong you could make your buddies think their backups don't exist any more. 2. Uhhh good question. I'm honestly not sure if you can do this (i.e. export C's data from A to B). This wasn't the intent, but again it might just work... 3. Yes - no way around this 4. It round robins between them. It should prioritise less well backed up files first. 5. No this isn't possible unfortunately. John |
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Yes ultimately A & B will be in two separate locations for extra offsite redundancy. Eventually I need to have a procedure in place so if in worst case A or B gets stolen, it can be replaced quickly without the need for customers to re-upload all their data. If BB could develop such a facility, this would be a great benefit. Currently the amount of data stored by my customers is small, so I could add a second safety PC without too much trouble, but if 100Gb turns into 1000Gb this is a bigger problem, especially with bandwidth. I will need to obtain a better understanding of how BB works so I can implement an appropriate backup strategy. What is the relationship between the BB database and the "OtherPeoplesFiles' folder? I.e. if I need to replace a hard drive that contained the BB database and I restore it from a pervious days backup (made using Acronis for example) do I need to restore the "OtherPeoplesFiles' folder to the previous day as well and vice versa? I will put together a test setup so hopefully with your help I can experiment, but this will take a while as I need to get B up and running first. Regards Paul |
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Lou Colombo put in a request for all the summer weekends not associated with the National Cherry Festival and the Film Festival. He wants to rent the grounds for the "Quiet Festival 2014." In the permit request, he stated nobody would be attending.
Colombo said he hoped his request would be taken seriously by the city. He thinks the Open Space should be reserved for families, not overrun with festival-goers.
Many people said Colombo has a really good point.
"To keep it as it is now, after all that hard work and getting the chemical plant out of here, I think it's nice to appreciate everything," said James Castillo, a Traverse City resident. "Sometimes you have to stop and appreciate what's there. The open space is just open. It's self-explanatory. That's why we enjoy it."
With new festivals staking their claim each summer, the Open Space isn't so open.
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The Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court has ordered that Yadno Varka, a young Ethiopian Israeli, will receive $19,000 compensation for racial abuse and for being refused to be allowed to board a bus by the driver because of the color of her skin. Varka was represented by NIF grantee Tebeka, Center for Legal Aid & Advocacy for Ethiopian Jews in Israel. The court heard how in 2009 Varka was waiting at a stop when a bus driven by Nissim Ben Yakar pulled up. In front of astonished passengers, Ben Yakar screamed racist abuse at Varka and said, "Don't you know that I don't let Blacks on board. In Ethiopia you didn't have buses, so why can't you walk? These Blacks. Who brought them here? We should send them back you're just stupid people that damage the country." Ben Yakar was ordered to pay Varka $16,000 compensation and a $1,500 fine while the Egged bus company must pay Varka $3,000 compensation. Varka said that the compensation does not make up for the humiliation. She said, "Every time I board a bus I'm scared that the driver will scream at me because of the color of my skin." |


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Get a sexy, sleek and healthy stomach with the best gut-strengtheners of all time. The first three work all your ab muscles at once; the fourth slims and strengthens your sides. Add one or more of these moves to your ab routine every time and say hello to a new bikini.
Standard Crunch
Lie with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor, fingertips lightly touching behind your head, elbows out to the sides. Contract your abs and let your head, upper back and shoulders come off the floor. Keep your chin one fist's width from your chest. Hold and squeeze for a moment at the top, then slowly return to the starting position.
Tip: Don't pull your head with your hands! Imagine a rope pulling your body up from your sternum.
Lie on the floor with your fingertips behind your head. Bend your knees and raise your legs above your hips, calves parallel to the floor. Bring one elbow to the opposite knee while pressing the other leg away from your body at a 45-degree angle. Alternate sides.
Beginner tip: Start with both feet on the floor. As you bring one elbow across, bring the opposite knee up to meet it, then put it back down and repeat on the other side.
Marine Crunch
Lie on your back with your legs raised straight above your hips and your arms reaching to the ceiling. Simultaneously reach your fingertips toward your toes and press your feet toward the ceiling to lift your tailbone off the floor.
Beginner tip: Instead of lifting your feet and hands together, alternate between lifting the upper body and the hips.
Side Plank
Lie on one side with your knees bent and your forearm on the floor. Keep your elbow in line with your shoulder. Press your weight into your elbow and lift your hips and upper body off the floor so you make a straight line from knee to head. Hold for as long as you can - try 10 to 20 seconds at first; build up to a minute. Switch sides. As you get stronger, try straightening the arm, straightening the legs and then straightening both.
1. Lie: To get rock-hard, you have to work your abs every day.
Why: Abs need rest and recovery: It's only during rest that your muscles build. "Three to five days a week of consistent, dedicated abdominal training should get you strong, sleek abs," says Kathy Kaehler, trainer and author of Kathy Kaehler's Celebrity Workouts.
2. Lie: A good ab workout takes half an hour.
Why: "If it takes you that long to feel them working, you're doing something wrong," says Kaehler. "I trained Jennifer Aniston about three days a week, and we did no more than five minutes of abs each time." Check your form, don't use momentum and focus on quality rather than quantity.
3. Lie: Super-slow crunches make you stronger.
Why: Taking as much as a minute per crunch doesn't make you stronger than regular crunches do. In fact, ultra-slow ab work is less effective. Ideally, your workout should help you do everything better, from kickboxing to picking up a suitcase - neither of which you do in slo-mo.
4. Lie: The best time to train your abs is at the end of your workout.
Why: "It makes no physiological difference when you train abs, it only matters that you do it consistently," says abs researcher and physical therapist Gilbert Willett, M.S., associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. So the best time to work them is simply whenever you're most likely to do it. "But if you do abs at the beginning of your workout, make sure you warm up first. Getting blood moving prevents many types of injuries during a workout."
5. Lie: You can't get a six-pack by doing Pilates.
Why: "Pilates exercises your core, so if you practice it regularly and combine it with diet and cardio, it can give you a six-pack," says Kimberly Lyons, a personal trainer in L.A. But Pilates isn't a six-pack guarantee. "How your abs look has a lot to do with your genes, how lean you are, how long your torso is and how tall you are."
6. Lie: You won't get firm without a weight machine.
Why: You don't need weights to build sleek and sexy abs, although some competitive athletes do use them to build extra strength. "Many weighted ab machines aren't designed for women," says Lyons. "If you don't fit into the machine properly, you might stress your body in the wrong spot." Her advice: Stick to the floor - it's cheap, effective and available everywhere.
Loi Jordon, instructor and trainer at Equinox Fitness Centers in New York City, spills the secrets:
Slow down a little: Take four counts to come up and four counts to come back down. At the hardest part of each crunch, do five to 10 small pulses.
Keep your movements small: This isolates your abs and prevents other muscles from doing the work.
Streamline Your Stomach
Working your back with this exercise helps your posture, making your abs look slimmer. Lie facedown on the floor, arms extended over your head. Use your back to lift your arms and legs a few inches off the floor. Release, then repeat.