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The Sniper Guide by Soapychicken
Firstly, let me take the time to thank you for looking at my Sniper Guide. I have taken the time to write this for the simple fact that people just get fascinated with the aspect of sniping, however only few can really take what it demands. Being a sniper is in fact one of the toughest jobs you can have in real life and in gaming. Why? Because not only do you have to focus on your actions, but anticipate what someone else's actions will be. Almost as if predicting the future. Let me tell you, if you make a mistake it can cost you your life. (Unless your in a video game, then just re-spawn and shut up.)
Let us begin.
What is a Sniper?
Well the dictionary defines it as follows:
Snip-er (sni-par) n.
1. A skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off an enemy soldier from a concealed place.
2. One who shoots at other people from a concealed place.
"So that is easy, to be considered a sniper all I have to do is spot and shoot people from somewhere that people can't see me."
Not exactly.
I understand this is a video game, however it has been modeled after real life scenarios and real life statistics. Such as MOA measuring and DROP resistance.
Weapon DescriptionsPerk Combinations
Allow me to give you a little background history on the rifles Call of Duty 4 has graced you with.
M40A3 Sniper Rifle - Remington 700 action, 24-inch 5 groove, 1:12" barrel in a McMillan A4 stock. (I, and obviously the Marine Corps, are convinced of the worth of that particular product.) It utilizes a "bombproof" D.D. Ross trigger guard, rings and rails. (The rail is the MilStd1913 now required on all new weapons.) Caliber for the A3 is still 7.62X51mm. Rifle without the can is 45-inches long and weighs 19.2 pounds. (A sniper rifle is heavy. It is supposed to be bomb proof, and more importantly, Marine proof.) The ammo used is M118LR, or in sniper parlance, AA11 (that is the DODIC). This is a recently upgraded round, utilizing the Sierra 175MK at a MV of 2670 fps. The AA11 ammo is giving sub-MOA out to 1000 yards.
Weight M40A1: 6.57 kg (14.48 lb)
M40A3: 7.5 kg (16.5 lb)
Length M40A1: 1,117 mm (43.97 in)
M40A3: 1,124 mm (44.25 in)
Barrel length 610 mm (24 in) (1:12 right hand twist)
M40A1: Hart (5 lands and grooves)
M40A3: Schneider Match Grade SS #73 (6 lands and grooves)
Cartridge 7.62 × 51 mm NATO
Caliber 7.62 mm (.308 win)
Action Bolt-action
Muzzle velocity 2550 fps (feet per second)
Effective range 1000 m (1100 yd)
Feed system 5-round detachable box magazine
Sights Unertl 10x telescopic sight with Mil-Dots and BDC (specially designed for USMC)
Springfield M21 Sniper Rifle - The M21 sniper rifle is based on the M14 semi-automatic system, which itself is based on the World War 2-era M1 Garand with a few minor refinements to internal components and a 20-shot detachable box magazine. The M21 saw combat in the Vietnam War and proved itself a most reliable and accurate weapon system. The M21 is constructed with the utmost care and attention to individual components and fielded with a Leatherwood Redfield telescopic sight system with a built-in range finder.
Caliber: 7.62x51 NATO (.308 Winchester)
Mechanism: Rotating bolt, gas operated semi-automatic rifle.
Length: 1118 mm
Barrel: 559 mm
Weight: without scope 5.27kg
Capacity: 20 round box magazine
(Remington 700) r700 Sniper Rifle - Remington manufactured its famous model 700 since 1962. This rifle is perhaps one most widely used across the USA as a bolt-action tactical rifle. This rifle traces its ancestry back to the British P14/US model 1917 Enfield. Starting with model 700BDL action, Remington adds a stainless-steel barrel and a carbon-fiber stock, then tunes the rifle for one-minute-of-angle accuracy using match grade ammo. This rifle design was (and is) a basis for many custom build tactical sniper rifles. The USMC (Marine Corps) was among the first to make model 700 action the basis for a precision sniper rifle. The original USMC M40 bolt-action sniper rifle used in Vietnam and into the late 1970s was built on a Remington Model 700BDL action. In fact, today's M40A1s are still being rebuilt on these same actions. Lather, when the US Army decided to switch from a semi-automatic to a bolt-action rifle, the Remington Model 700 action was chosen for the M24.
Caliber: .223 Rem (5.56x45mm) and .308 Win (7.62x51mm, 7.62mm NATO)
Operation: Bolt Action, rotating bolt with 2 lugs
Weight: 4.08kg empty without telescope
Length: 1662mm
Barrel: 660mm. (other lenghts available)
Feed: 4-Round internal magazine (detachable magazine in model 700 Police DM in .308 Win)
Stock: HS Precision
Sights: variable telescopic
Max Effective Range: 800 meters
Expected Accuracy: Less than 1 MOA with M118 (Ammo is limiting factor)
Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle - Dragunov SVD was designed not as a "standard" sniper rifle in its Western meaning of the term. In fact, main role of the SVD in Soviet / Russian Army is to extend effective range of fire of every infantry squad up to about 600 meters and to provide special fire support. SVD is a lightweight and quite accurate (for it's class) rifle, cabable of semi-auto fire. First request for new sniper rifle was issued in 1958. In 1963 SVD (Snaiperskaya Vintovka Dragunova, or Dragunov Sniper Rifle) was accepted by Soviet Military. SVD can use any kind of standard 7.62x54R ammo, but primary round is specially developed for SVD sniper-grade cartridge with steel-core bullet. Every infantry squad in the Russian (Soviet) army had one man with SVD.SVD rifle is extremely reliable in all conditions, and designed for heavy use. It has backup adjustable iron sights as a standard option, as well as a bayonet mount (standard AK-47 bayonet type).
Caliber: 7.62x54R
Operation: gas operated, short stroke, rotating bolt; semi-automatic
Weight: 4.31kg empty with telescope
Length: 1225 mm
Barrel Length: 620 mm
Capacity: 10 round detachable box magazine
Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle - The Barrett Firearms company was founded by the Ronnie Barrett for a single purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for powerful .50BMG ammunition, originally developed for and used in Browning M2HB heavy machine guns. Barrett began his work in early 1980s and first working rifles were available in 1982, hence the designation M82. Barrett continued to develop his rifle through 1980s, and developed improved M82A1 rifle by 1986. The first real success was the purchase of about 100 M82A1 rifles by the Sweden Army in 1989. Major success followed in 1990 - 1991, when US Military purchased numbers of the M82A1 during the operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Kuwait and Iraq. About 125 rifles were initially bought by US Marine Corps, orders from US Army and Air Force followed soon. The M82A1 is known for US Military as the SASR - "Special Applications Scoped Rifle", and it was and still is used as an anti-materiel weapon and EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) tool. The long effective range along with high energy and availability of highly effective ammunition such as API and Raufoss M213 allows for effective operations against targets like radar cabins, trucks, parked aircrafts and so on. M82 also can be used to defeat enemy snipers or criminals from standoff range or when targets are behind the cover, but the anti-personnel work is not a major application for Barrett M82 (or any other .50BMG rifle, for that matter).
Caliber: .50 BMG (12.7 x 99mm)
Operation: Short Recoil, Semi-Automatic
Overall Length: 1448 mm
Barrel Length: 737 mm
Feed Device: 10 Round Detachable Box Magazine
Sights: 10X Telescopic
Weight: 12.9 kg empty
Muzzle Velocity: 854 m/s (M33 Ball)
Max Effective Range: 1800 meters
Expected accuracy: 1.5 - 2.0 MOA or better
Excellent, well now that we know our guns we can get to know our friends "The Perks." The Perks are what allow us to gain special advantage while using combinations that best suit a distance killer.
Category 1 Perks:
- Bomb Squad - Ability to see nearby enemy explosives
(Not one that I would use, however if you are a full-out scout/sniper I could see you using it to disable and or call out bombs.)
- C4 x 2 - Remote detonation explosive
(All though fun in certain games like Ground War or Domination, not many peoples first choice for being a sniper.)
- Claymore x 2 - Trip activated explosive mine
(A heavy favorite for snipers, considering it gives you cover from areas you can't cover yourself such as doorways or staircases behind you. Sneaky little sniper killers hate these, since they alarm snipers that someone is behind them if the sniper recognizes that one has just been tripped.)
- RPG-7 x 2 - Rocket Launcher with 2 rockets
(The helicopters nightmare. These little sticks of heaven can aide you if your heavy infantry. As a sniper they aren't so great considering you have to leave cover most times, as well as leaving a smoke trail from where it was shot. Almost like an exploding flare of death.)
- Special Grenades x 3 - 3 special grenades; no smoke
(Giving you three extra specials is nice, however I find that one is sufficient considering you won't be having to many large groups of enemies rushing you, or rushing into many enemy filled rooms.)
- Bandolier - Extra ammunition magazines
(I have to tell you, this is my personal favorite for being a sniper. I don't die often, so running out of ammo is just a headache. If you are doing your job right, this should give you enough ammo for the whole match hands down.)
- Frag x 3 - Carry 3 fragmentation grenades
(Heh, always a heavy favorite with the run-n-gunners, throwing three bombs at a time can cause damage. However for a sniper I don't see this perk being something that is needed to our lifestyle. Unless I suppose you are a run-n-gun sniper!)
Category 2 Perks:
- Juggernaut - Increased health
(Always a plus to give you that little extra health to get you away to freedom. I find this perk almost useless for the fact of if you are getting shot where you are no longer concealed. That little extra health does close to nothing.)
- Sleight of Hand - Faster reloading
(Now this has always been a huge debate for me, but I find this perk almost 50/50. I can see where it comes in handy as a bolt-action shooter. Me on the other hand I think I have used it maybe in two games?)
- Sonic Boom - Higher explosive weapon damage
(Never use it.)
- Stopping Power - Increased bullet damage
(I think this is the top perk I use for being a sniper. It will award you almost a one shot one kill with the .50 cal every time. This little baby is my favy!)
- Double Tap - Increased rate of fire
(LMG's love it, snipers really don't need it. I have seen it on a few snipers however if you need to increase your rate of fire on a weapon that you only need one shot to kill someone. You may be doing something wrong.)
- UAV Jammer - Undetectable on enemy radar
(UAV Jammer I use a lot as well on team hardcore maps, as well as search and destory maps. Nothing make people more mad then not knowing where you are hiding.)
- Overkill - Carry two primary weapons—no pistol
(Now here is another one I have come to enjoy for certain occasions. The ability to work with a second weapon. Many people love to double up a rifle with a shotgun, or an assault rifle for the close encounters.)
Category 3 Perks:
- Deep Impact - Deeper bullet penetration
(Here is one that many people love as a sniper, however I really don't use it that often considering I am worried about people in the open, in windows, hiding behind things. Many time I can see just enough of someone to make them regret taking cover and not just running.)
- Extreme Conditioning - Sprint for longer distances
(I have to say that come can argue that this is a good one to have, I think that the only reason I would see this as a benefit is out-running everyone, setting up camp, and working people in the open. I used it on downpour a few times for great success.)
- Last Stand - Pull out your pistol and fire back before dying; suicide is optional
(This one I don't use as a sniper, because I find the other perks better than using this one. Although it is funny to take a few people with ya!)
- Martyrdom - Drop a live grenade when killed
(I am anti-Martyrdom, so I don't use it, don't care, won't argue.)
- Steady Aim - Increased hip-fire accuracy
(If you can deal with not having a few perks and using this combined with overkill, this one isn't that uncommon for snipers. I suggest not shooting from the hip with an r700, but to each his own.)
- Dead Silence - Movements make less noise
(I can see where this would make a lot of sense to some people, however there aren't many maps I find myself using this on as a sniper. If you are close enough to the enemy to be heard you are doing you job wrong.)
- Iron Lungs - Hold your breath longer for steadier sniper shots
(This is an easy one, this was made for the sniper class. Yet I don't find myself using it often unless I know I am up against a team who loves to zig-zag and run. I usually find the holding the breathe thing works fine without using iron lungs. Maybe i'm just quick enough. However it is a great perk for snipers.)
- Eavesdrop - Hear enemy voice chat
(I don't know anyone who uses this like it was going out of style. However I believe it only works if you are close enough to the enemy. So once again, if you are that close, you are probably too close to be doing your job correctly.
My Choices
Perks Class 1 - Claymore / Bandolier
I find these as the best two choices for myself.
Perks Class 2 - Sleight of Hand / Stopping Power / UAV Jammer / Overkill
Each of these offer what I need on certain maps.
Perks Class 3 - Deep Impact / Steady Aim / Iron Lungs
Again, Each of these offer what I look for on every map.
My Personal Set-Up
Barrett .50 Cal
Stopping Power
Iron Lungs
Barrett .50 Cal
UAV Jammer
Deep Impact
Barrett .50 Cal (ACOGED)
Steady Aim
Figure Out Your Style: So many times do I see snipers hiding in positions and trying to kill people, then I see them again down the road and they changed their style. I firmly believe in focusing on your technique, and learning from what you did wrong. Unless you are sitting in the middle of the road trying to shoot people with a sniper rifle, you are already doing something right. Don't become discouraged if what starting off you die a lot. Stick with it, and soon you will be that "pain in the ***" the other team hates.
P3S: No not PS3 spelled wrong, P3S is a term I like to use for "Pick Three Spots." Each map try to find three spots that allows you to dispatch the enemy without giving notice to your location.
Know Your Maps: Each map offers many different areas to snipe from, just because you aren't in the IMMEDIATE action, doesn't mean the action won't start coming your way. You will have to learn to get a feel from the other team. I notice a lot of times snipers in positions that are generic "sniper positions" trust me when I tell you this, people know where you are in these spots. Try to find original spots, and be sure not to "camp" if you are playing a game that allows kill cam. Try to rotate. Remember to use P3S.
Clans Help: I think finding a clan was the best thing I have ever done. When you are a rogue sniper, you find yourself on the respawn screen a lot. Why? Because no one communicates that you are coming to get whacked, or tells you which way they are pushing the enemy. I enjoy my clan because they communicate so well that I know almost every time where the enemy is going to come from and I am able to anticipate when to shoot.
Keep Tucked: When you find a position, try to focus the task at hand and keep yourself in cover as much as possible. I know this seems like a dumb tip, however when I am able to see 1/18th of your helmet in my sites I consider you dead. So be sure to find positions that can cover you more than you cover them.
Don't Over-lead: A lot of people that I watch play are trying to lead an opponent that is running. Fortunately for everyone on this game you don't need to lead the bullets so they will meet your enemy. You can lead them a little bit, but I find that once you get them in the cross-hair don't hesitate and pull the trigger.
Don't Focus on Headshots: Headshots as a sniper will come, I promise, but if you focus on trying to get them throughout the whole game you are done for. 1. Unless you are REALLY good and hit the headshots, you will run out of ammo quickly. 2. If you miss you have to fire again, if you miss again you have to fire again, if you miss again you are dead.
Learn to Adapt: As a sniper you get to see the world from a distance, which thus allows you to adapt faster than your infantry run-n-gun friends. If you see on the HUD enemy stragglers are trying to flank your team, then move into a position that lets you intercept them, or lets you cover your mates.
Respect: The last free tip I am going to give is respect. Respect everything you do. Snipers are the ones who channel themselves into a single moment and relieves the world of another un-expecting victim. Your job is to kill at a distance, not get into a lobby and start gloating because you had 0 deaths and XX amount of kills. Also respect that you aren't the best sniper in the game, you will always be second to someone because that is just how life works. Respect yourself, don't become discouraged or frustrated because you are struggling, this is only a game, and I promise if you practice you will become good.


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Onto Thirfty Thursday....
Thrifting isn't always about what you buy. If I kept all that I bought and didn't ever purge, I would be a horder. No, thrifting is also about reinvention, rethinking a piece other than it's intended purpose, expanding your creativity and thinking outside the box. Like with the burlap sacks that Swampgirl sent to me. (Thank you all for the wonderful ideas, BTW, I will be sharing with you all at some point the ways in which I am using them).
Although today, this Thrifty Thursday, I am giving back to my local thrift store. I love decor magazines, almost to much. I went through so many magazines last weekend and am ready to donate them back to my Thrift. Before I did though, I combed through the magazines and got final ideas for my decorating notebook. I started mine back in 1993. Of course my taste have changed since then and I have kept some ideas, while I have tossed others. I used prepunched pages with plastic pockets to store my photos.
Today I also have a folder on my computer of inspiration photos taken from many of you. I like to refer back to those pictures and "expand creativity" in my own home. My photo inpiration has come from magazines, homes of friends, open houses, showhouses. Today it includes bloggers beautiful home ideas.
Below are some of my saved ideas from different places that I wanted to share with you. It's ways to repurpose those thrifty things:
Country Living
Sort old postcards and photographs by using a weathered old window frame. Crisscross twine and tuck in family photos, recipes, postcards and memoribilia.
Frame covers of old tattered books. You can color copy and enlarge pages from the books to use as the mats. Mount on foamboard. Hot glue the book covers to the mat, then frame them using old floor grates as the frames!
Southern Living
I loved this idea that I saw in a recent Southern Living magazine and stole it myself.
I have really seperated myself from fake flowers, but this is an idea that I can appreciate. My friend Pat used sticks and faux fall leaves placed in an urn to decorate for fall. Might I recommend, use real sticks from the yard. Purchase the fall leaves at Dollar Tree. Cut leaves from the strand it comes on and hot glue to the sticks for a more realistic look.
What is a tablescape without the food? I invite you to stop by my food blog, PLATES & PLACES, tomorrow for Foodie Friday!
Thanks to all of you for stopping by and participating in today's Thrifty Thursday. Please use Mr. Linky below to link up your blog.I encourage you all to spread the love and visit the other thrifty Thursday participants, for that's what half the fun is. Aside from seeing a cool treasure it's making friends!
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God damn wiggles, that's one of the best deaths I've had.
@Missing Person the game is over now right?Can I concede even if Jan doesn't want to?
I really don't see what choice I have, either wait to DQ him when he doesn't vote this phase, or modkill him now?
Fucking hell... Plan failed. Mission fail@Jan go ahead and kill Bious, as long as he dies before me I can be happy
Don't worry pancakes. A lynch vote is no big deal. Falling for a trap or having a bunch of evidence used against you is. DP is just stating "I dont like the way you are playing, so lemme vote you." If anything it's just bait to make you panic.
Definitely not descuffphoenix. He's not a threat to us. I'll need to look at doof.I have absolutely no idea who is DeeDee, therefore I'm not trusting them.
I don't want Cobalt dead now. He's my buddy!
Dafuq mang? Vote is piling on my ass like cray cray! I can't be dyin' and shit w/o using dem powers!!As much as I love staring at Cobalt's AV and dreaming dem 3somes, nigga has to go!
Ok, here's what I've got since it looks like I'm not getting saved:Cobalt - Asshole
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So yet another month has passed! It feels as if I just wrote my May Favorites last week! Like I been saying these past months, life has literally been so hectic. Both in my personal life and work life.
Thank God that June came with 2 long weekends to relax and unwind! Which makes it a great way to reconnect with family and friends in the sun. Its definitely good balance after a super packed week of gym sessions, meetings, deadlines and of course, blog writing!
I also booked a trip with some of my friends to a destination that I have been dying to visit! Which I will reveal it in the coming months!
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Re^3: Webservices and browsersby jhourcle (Prior)
|on Mar 02, 2009 at 17:31 UTC ( #747508=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
The text/plain thing sounds like a problem -- make sure that the CGI is actually executing, and not just the file being returned.
I've run into a few problems when people tried consuming a SOAP::Lite service using a strictly typed language, and I had to do some work in making sure it serialized correctly -- I had a few items that were strings of numbers, and SOAP::Lite kept marking it as numbers -- I was using RPC/encoded SOAP, and not using SOAP::Data to declare what the values were, as I was getting them from another SOAP call. In the end, I replaced SOAP::Serializer to make sure it sent what I wanted.
I believe that issues of compatibility have come up in the past on the soaplite mailing list -- you might check their archives, but it's also possible that it's no longer an issue as they've moved away from the overhead of RPC/encoded messages.
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The wife and I were in Belfast recently – for some reason, we had decided to do the city's marathon. I'm still paying for that decision.
While we were there, we had a mooch round the city and – as you do – partook in a few touristy things.
The most interesting was something called the Black Cab Taxi Tour, which is essentially a history of the political troubles which haunted the city from the 1960s to the late 90s – when the IRA were most active – and being driven to key areas in the conflict like Shankhill Road.
It was fascinating stuff, though quite startling to learn that, despite the fact there has been peace since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, there are still gates dividing Catholic and Protestant areas that are shut each evening.
A so-called Peace Wall, 45ft high in parts, runs for three miles through the city. I asked our driver if he thought it would ever be taken down. He grimaced: "Doubt it – it's too risky," he said. "These people, the Catholics who want an independent Ireland, and the Protestants who want to remain part of Britain, work together in the same places but they live in their own communities, and it's still tense."
A scarcely believable 3,500 people, mostly civilians, died throughout 30 years of the troubles in Northern Ireland, both in the region and across Europe.
It might be a peaceful place now, and the people of Belfast are incredibly friendly and warm, but it seems it's going to be a long while yet, if ever, before all problems are resolved.
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Of the package and, in particular, the size of the deal, Michael Liptak, president of the ALL Family of Companies, says, "It's a huge deal, but a regular part of our annual fleet expansion. Doing such a large package here in the first quarter reflects more on the surging appetite for cranes."
The ALL Family has 34 branches spread strategically across its North American footprint, and the new cranes will be delivered and distributed among the branches starting immediately and continuing through 2013. Adds Liptak, "The 66 machines are a big buy. Spread out to our branches, the cranes will immediately start answering local needs, from daily rentals to major projects begging for longer-term rentals."
Crane rental demand is high in all sectors as the economy gradually returns to health. That said, ALL boasts one of the industry's largest and most technologically advanced fleets, but "we need to be able to meet surging demand. I'm appreciative of Link-Belt. They are important partners and really worked hard to get this package done," concludes Liptak.
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TROY >> J.P. Honsinger, the Troy Police Department's newly-installed honorary captain, is the first person worthy of the title, said Police Chief John Tedesco as the 11-year-old was sworn in Friday.
Honsinger began his career in law enforcement as a 10-year-old, when he was first sworn into the department as an officer. Tedesco said he did a great job in that role, and promoted him to his new rank during a special ceremony on Friday afternoon before riding along on patrol with his friend, Officer Kyle Jones.
In September 2013, Honsinger was diagnosed with Niemann-Pick disease, a rare neurodegenerative disease which affects memory, balance, the lungs and liver, and causes delayed motor development and seizures. There is currently no cure for it.
"It's one more moment that will make him very happy," said Jay Honsinger, J.P.'s father.
Jay Honsinger said that his son had been on two experimental drugs, which have stabilized his health and helped him gain and maintain weight.
Those drugs aren't available to everyone though: one is approved in 44 countries but not the U.S., while the other is only used by six people in the country. The family is working to try to change laws around the Food and Drug Administration's policies around some experimental drugs used to treat rare diseases, to speed up the process and make them available sooner. These drugs could not only help those suffering from a number of rare diseases such as Niemann-Pick, but cancer patients as well.
The family collects donations to help with unforeseeable medical costs, and Jay Honsinger said they spent the summer traveling to different hospitals. But some things can't be bought.
"I couldn't pay for what we're doing here today," said Honsinger.
J.P. also loves sports and is an honorary member of the University at Albany lacrosse and basketball teams. He also loves dogs, and K-9 Aaron was at his promotion ceremony, barking along with the applause.
The family is holding a fundraiser on November 17, the second annual Wide World of Sports, at The Century House in Latham. The benefit, which will take place from 5 to 8 p.m., will include food, craft beer tastings, a cash bar, silent auction with signed sports memorabilia, raffles, photo booth and musical entertainment for a donation of $30.
"He's just a happy kid who loves everybody," said Jay Honsinger.
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Our judging capacities are not up to the task. We also have to keep in mind whether it would be entertaining to readers. The Debate Forum does fairly well in terms of readership because the debates are not too long. Thats why they were shortened down to 3 posts each.
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I'd be willing to tackle the con side of that topic, but I have been pretty selfish with the debates lately. So anyone else is welcome to snag it first.
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"Whisper's Song†begins Martino's "A Storyâ€. This track is integral in understanding the range of approaches and styles which Martino is capable: in the space of a few minutes, Martino has really done more than many musicians have done in the course of a disc. The track's five-plus minute runtime places it at the longer end of "A Storyâ€â€™s tracks, but the calming, serene nature of the track will get listeners of all stripes interested and involved in what Martino will whip up for the disc's next thirteen cuts. At the other end of the spectrum, "Passion†is a song that has a higher energy and a more challenging set of musical arrangements.
The string and piano-like components to the track begin as opponents, coming together as the track progresses into something that is greater than its constituent parts. "Mystery-oso†adds a little bit of a Latin flair to Martino's repertoire, while continuing the linear progression that has been the one common component to all of "A Storyâ€â€™s tracks up to that point. Opening up the second half of "A Story†is "Eldritch Fireâ€. Where "Mystery-oso†brought in Latin influences, "Eldritch Fire†links together medieval stylings with Arabic and Middle Eastern influences. The resulting track comes forth as incredibly exotic and represents a stand-out track from an album that is chock full of solid songs. "Tamar's Eyes†showcases the fact that Martino is not limited to any genre or ethnic or cultural approach to music. This is due to the fact that the style first heard during a "Whisper's Song†is married to a very Native American styling.
This track stands out in a way similar to "Eldritch Fireâ€, as it speaks not only to fans of New Age music, but rather to anyone that has an appreciation of thoughtful, spiritually-oriented music. Marc Martino has really brought this style of music into the current period, imbuing the timeless nature of these compositions with qualities that make the track equally attractive for fans of contemporary music. There may not be words or more commonplace instruments (guitars, drums) on the compositions of "A Storyâ€, but the unqiue path taken by Martino here ids thee reason why this album is so special. I know that I will be looking for subsequent releases by Martino in the weeks, months, and years to come: if you like good music, you should do that as well.
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Orange Coast Review is an eclectic convergence of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews and art. Think of it as a portable salon, a place where boundaries are broken and styles morph, a celebration of creative diversity. We encourage emerging and established writers and artists to submit work for the next issue.
We want to publish poems, short stories, creative non-fiction and art that cause a thunk in the pulse and a spark in the brain, works that combine intellect and emotion without pandering to either. In short, we're looking for something memorable.
We accept work in the fall via Submittable. Click here anytime from September 15th – January 15th to submit your work.
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The 2015 issue includes a wide array of work from established and emerging writers based in Southern California, Canada, and the U.K., including a compelling interview of Raymond Obstfeld, author of over 50 books and a dozen screenplays. Andrew Tonkovich, editor of the Santa Monica Review, contributes a scathing satire of Twitter-driven values, and Kathleen MacKay entertains readers with a tall tale about an eccentric child. Michael Bourne's engrossing exploration of racial isolation and fear will undoubtedly provoke discussion. We are particularly pleased to be the first to publish a story by Julian Guise, a remarkable new talent.
Here is a sampling of prose from the 2015 issue. (Scroll down for the Poets' section.)
SPOOKS: A PERSONAL HISTORY by Michael Bourne
THE RIVER OTTER by Erik Rangno
Poetry: Virginia Shank, Erik Rangno, Jill Sharp, Susan Cameron, Loretta Obstfeld, Lisa Dowling, Nick Soderberg, Carrie Etter, Wendy Klein, Nicholas Reiner, Marc Malanddra, Morgan K, Matt Bryden, Patty Seyburn, and featured poet J.G. McClure.
Fiction/Nonfiction: Erik Rangno, Kathleen MacKay, Jenna Allie, Lisa Richter, Norm Johnson, Andrew Tonkovich, Michael Bourne, and Julian Guise.
INTERVIEW: Raymond Obstfeld
Bradford J. Salamon, Michael Harnish, Tom Dowling, Peter Gelker, Julia Klemek, A.M. Rousseau, James F. Lorigan, Sheryl Seltzer, Suzanne Walsh, Lisa Bloomfield, Becca Shewmake, Claudia Morales McCain, Suzanne Petry, Hsin-Han Hsu, Carleen Carrasco, Carl R. Zaptiff, Hannah Melde, and Kitty Nguyen.
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by J.G. McClure
is what my phone thinks
I'm saying when I say
¿que haces si hablo
en español? It doesn't
understand Spanish—
or anything, really: only
knows to chart and check
my voice against a constellation
of blinking algorithms and
preprogrammed phrases that,
thirty years ago, would've
been science fiction,
and still are, to me—
even though I know
the phone doesn't know it,
it's not exactly wrong
about chaos, about the whirling
incomprehensible city
of veins and thought and cells
that makes a spaniel,
that make me,
that make the people
who made the phone able
to stitch my scattered
sounds together and
give me an answer
to a question I didn't
know I asked
and if I asked
no doubt it would find
a picture of a spaniel
in Seattle for me,
though I'm not sure why
I'd want one, or what
I'd do after that, other
than say gracias.
by Virginia Shank
After the boxes are all unpacked
hangers untangled and clothes shoulder
to shoulder in the closet, nothing remains
to unfold or to set up but the realization
that you live now among strangers. Until
you meet people, no one will touch you.
All greetings in the cellophane of service
sound false, but still you linger in the line
hoping to find some crumb of conversation.
Years later you're blind to the smells
that unseated you, the way trees stood
apart, trimmed so no limbs ever touch.
You cannot see, thank God,
your own loneliness stamped on the world.
by Susan Cameron
Inside my head I know what I must say
But language trips and falls and stumbles blind.
My words emerge and blink and lose their way.
To take this pen and slash the fog away.
To put on paper what is in my mind —
Inside my head I know what I must say.
A phrase can dance and spin, a child at play,
Or crash about, malformed and misaligned.
My words emerge and blink and lose their way.
My thoughts can soar like hawks at dawn's first ray,
They seek the sun and leave dull earth behind.
Inside my head I know what I must say.
I want to write these thoughts without delay,
But, God! The perfect words are hard to find.
My words emerge and blink and lose their way.
Some words can shine and shimmer bright as day,
Illuminate the dark for humankind.
Inside my head I know what I must say;
My words emerge and blink and lose their way.


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Moses Coulee is a bat-lovers paradise. Washington is home to 15 species of these flying mammals and you can find 14 of them in this deep ravine about 45 minutes north of Ephrata.
And one of those species is the most rare type of bat in the state: the spotted bat.
There's one thing especially cool about this bat: people can hear its echolocation. (Audio courtesy of Neal Hedges.)
"Listen real carefully and above the crickets you should hear another very insect-like call. Let's see if you can hear this," said Chuck Warner, arid lands program director with The Nature Conservancy in Washington.
Did you catch that clicking sound? That's a spotted bat.
Warner has been organizing volunteers to listen for spotted bats for 14 years. The volunteers provide a census of the large area all at once.
"We're hoping that we can use this information as a surrogate for how the bat species are doing in general in this area," Warner said.
Bats are a keystone species. They eat insects. They help pollinate. They can even help reforestation after a wildfire. That's why The Nature Conservancy wants to know how they are doing.
Neal Hedges started studying the bat population in this area in 1992. He helped the researchers who first discovered spotted bats in the Northwest.
"This [part of Moses Coulee] has the most spotted bats of any place in Washington that we found," Hedges said.
Hedges was the first person in Washington to trap a spotted bat. Biologists here have only caught them twice.
"It's a striking bat. It's black and white, and it's got really long ears that are kind of pinkish. It's got one of the longest ears of any of the bats in Washington. It's a beautiful bat," Hedges said.
Spotted bats are also found roosting on high cliffs in Eastern Oregon and Idaho.
Hedges led two volunteers out to a spot close to where he caught the spotted bat.
"You know, once you guys learn this call, it's going to drive you crazy at camp," Hedges said.
Volunteer Stephanie Burgart laughed. "Didn't think about that. The one time I forgot my earplugs," she said.
Burgart said she can't wait to hear the spotted bats flying around the coulee – even if the sound might make it harder to sleep.
The group decides on a good listening spot, and soon after, a large bat swoops down.
"There's another one," she points a bat as it flies over her head.
That make most people jump. Not Burgart.
"They're one of the uncharismatic creatures that people just don't give a lot of attention to. And so they're a little less known, and I just think they're super cute," she said.
The spotted bats haven't come out yet, but the sun is quickly setting, and the moon is rising. The spotted bats will soon leave their roosts on the high cliffs.
That's when Burgart and her husband, Dennis, will start counting the bat's echolocation clicks. They listen for clicking noises, which is how they know a bat is flying overhead. The sound is pretty distinctive once you know what you're listening for.
"I counted 30," Stephanie Burgart said, as a bat flies near.
"I heard 34 down coulee," Dennis Burgart said.
All in all, Stephanie Burgart and her husband heard 15 bats flying overhead.
The Nature Conservancy's Chuck Warner said this year's bat counts were slightly lower than normal. Most of the counters heard about 22 bats over one hour.
"By and large, I'm surprised that the count isn't higher because it's so still tonight – at least where we were. But the bugs were so loud you couldn't hear anything else," Warner said.
The Nature Conservancy is using tactics like weed management and controlled grazing to restore habitat in this part of Moses Coulee.
The conservation group is hoping that will attract more moths and insects. With more food, they hope, will come more bats.


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Fax transmission is indispensable in the modern business world. You can find fax machines everywhere from "mom and pop" groceries to sky-scraping corporate towers. However, conventional faxing eats up paper and time. For example, if you want to fax the memo you just wrote on your word processor, you must first print it. Then, you have to wait for the fax machine to become available before you can dial the number. You may have to wait to ensure that your fax goes through correctly. And, finally, you may wait for hours before someone tells you there's an answer waiting for you.
One fix to your faxing woes would be to hire a full-time fax attendant. A better solution would be to automate sending and receiving faxes on the desktop. Transmitting a memo automatically will increase productivity. And just think of all the time you'll save not waiting.
Fax Serving
It's not technically difficult to bring fax technology to the desktop. Most modern modems support it, and various software products are available to drive workstation-based fax/modems, even in the Windows NT environment. Direct desktop faxing is an excellent solution for small offices where administrators can funnel the workload through a single system or run direct-dial phone lines to each desktop.
In larger organizations, however, equipping each desktop with a direct-dial phone line and a fax/modem can be a logistical nightmare. For example, most Public Branch eXchange (PBX) systems aren't powerful enough to route inbound fax calls directly to each desktop. Even if your PBX has enough power, you must still face PBX cabling issues and a spectrum of administrative concerns. In short, it can be done, but no one really wants to do it.
A better approach is to deploy a network-based fax server. In this case, the fax server controls all fax send and receive functions, it handles communications with the PBX or public phone system, and it communicates with desktop systems over the LAN. A fax server expected to fulfill this scope of functions must be adaptable to a wide variety of network environments and, more importantly, be completely reliable. That's where NT comes in.
Fax Servers and NT
Fax servers for the NT environment come in all sizes and shapes. On the low end are products that provide shared access to a single fax/modem; on the high end are products that use specialized fax adapters and can handle the needs of 50,000+ desktop clients. This review focuses on native NT software products that provide send and receive fax services and interface with high-end fax adapters, such as those from Brooktrout Technology and GammaLink (a subsidiary of Dialogic).
Under this architecture, the fax server provides the central interface between the clients and the fax adapter. The fax adapter handles the interface between the phone system and the fax server software. When a client generates a fax, it is transmitted to the server where it's placed in a queue until a fax line is available. When the server receives a fax, it either automatically routes the fax to the appropriate client based on the phone number or other information, or the server keeps it until an administrator or fax attendant reads the cover page and routes it.
The fax server products I looked at shared a number of features. For example, they all support:
- User-managed phone books: Phone books allow you to conveniently organize information about the companies and individuals you fax. You simply select the appropriate entry in your phone book to send a fax, instead of keying in the fax number.
- Cover sheets: All the products support adding a cover sheet to your documents or sending only a cover sheet, if you just want to send a short note. Some products provide an on-screen designer to change or create cover sheets, while others support cover-sheet files from word processors (e.g., Word).
- Viewing and printing received faxes: You can print and view documents at both the server and client levels. Your fax server can act like a conventional fax machine if you set it up to print everything it receives.
- Sending fax images, cover sheets, or output directly from a Windows application to a fax printer: This is the minimal set of capabilities. Some products provide support for additional fax-generation techniques.
- Customization via a separate API kit: See the sidebar "Have It Your Way."
In spite of their similarities, the fax servers I looked at were different in several significant areas, including:
- Server environment supported: Some of them can run on either a Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server system while others function only on an NT Server system.
- Client environment supported: Most of the fax servers I reviewed support the full range of Microsoft client environments--DOS, Windows, Windows for Workgroups (WFW), Windows 95, and NT. Support for Macintosh and OS/2 clients was sporadic.
- Support for embedded fax-command codes: An application can embed fax command codes in a file or print stream. The fax server uses those codes to determine where to send the fax and how to format it. Support for embedded fax-command codes enables you to generate faxes with the information contained in a database or other external data structure.
- Email support: Several of the products let you send faxes via email using embedded codes to control the fax process. You can even receive faxes via email, in which case the fax image is mailed as an attachment file.
- Broadcast support: This capability lets you broadcast a single fax or automate the transmission of a series of faxes to multiple recipients.
- Fax On Demand (FOD): You can set up an information server so users can call from fax machines and request the transmission of canned documents.
- Direct support for scanners: This feature lets you scan a document into your server and transmit it as a fax.
- Optical Character Recognition: OCR enables you to translate the bit-mapped image of a received fax into a text-file or word-processor format.
Fax Adapters
Fax adapters support many types of attachments to the phone system. The simplest attachment is a series of direct-dial analog voice lines, called loop-start lines in Telephony terms. The most complicated attachment is a series of digital lines where each line carries the traffic for a range of phone numbers. A single fax adapter can handle many lines, although four is the norm.
The type of phone line you use is important to the fax server's automatic-routing capability. For example, if you use digital lines, you can use a public telephone feature called Direct Inward Dialing (DID) to funnel a range of phone numbers over a single line. The fax adapter can identify the number you've dialed, and the fax server can use it to route the fax to the appropriate client.
However, if you use a direct-dial line, your server can't handle automatic-routing based on the phone number. Instead, the routing information comes from sender identification or information that you enter on the phone keypad after dialing the fax number. This "after-the-fact" information is called Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) information. Although there are several formats and methods to input DTMF information, such as T.30 subaddressing, voice-prompted entry, and blind input, I will treat DTMF as a generic subject.
No matter what the routing format, fax adapters support more lines, offer better performance, and provide greater reliability than most modern fax/modems. High-end fax adapters have been on the market for more than 10 years and can be considered a mature and stable technology. Both Brooktrout and GammaLink make a variety of adapters with prices ranging from less than $1000 to more than $6000.
Despite their power and flexibility, high-end fax adapters can create two problems for NT-based fax servers: First, the majority of fax adapters are designed for the ISA bus operating in an Intel environment. Although there is some movement toward delivering broad support for fax adapters in the Alpha and PowerPC environments, today's market is firmly rooted in Intel technology, and all the products I reviewed ran on Intel.
The second problem a high-end fax adapter can create comes from how tightly the fax-server software is tied to the configuration and operation of the unit. Some products provided a level of integration so tight that you couldn't tell where the fax-server software ended and the fax-adapter services began. Other products, however, had terrible integration capabilities and provided crude tools for configuration and operation.
The Lab Environment
The hardware platform for my test server was a 60-MHz Pentium NT Server system equipped with 24MB of RAM and a Brooktrout TR114-I4L fax adapter. This adapter can handle four loop-start lines. My test client was a 60-MHz Pentium NT Workstation system connected to the server via a 10-megabit-per-second (Mbps) Ethernet network. I conducted my client testing using an Intel-based NT Workstation system. I also checked on whether client software for other environments was available (e.g., Windows, DOS).
I sent transmissions including cover sheets and existing fax images with the vendor-supplied client software from the fax server to a conventional Canon Faxphone B60 fax machine. I also used the client-side print interface to send faxes from native Windows applications. Inbound faxes were sent to the fax server from the fax machine and manually routed to the client. The specific products I reviewed and their overall capabilities are shown in Table 1 on page 72. (My choices of products for review are explained in the sidebar "Why & Why Not?" on page 65; my method for choosing Editor's Choice is described in the sidebar "The Selection Criteria.")
Copia International's FaxFacts is a powerful FOD product that can also be used for shared send and receive fax services (see Screen 1). Unfortunately, the send and receive services are second-class. FaxFacts just doesn't include many of the usability features that are in the other products. However, none of the others included extensive FOD capabilities and optional Interactive Voice Response (IVR) features of FaxFacts.
Installing and configuring FaxFacts was awkward at best. The version I had came on five disks, and I had to install each one separately with a command-line initiated installation tool. There's no GUI-based setup program to walk you through the steps. Configuring the Brooktrout adapter was another brutal, interactive, command-line process.
Once it was installed and configured, however, the FaxFacts FOD capabilities were available immediately. The product includes a demonstration FOD setup so you can get a feel for it. (You can alter the FOD capabilities to meet your own needs.) The server side of FaxFacts runs as a native 32-bit application under NT Workstation or Server. The version I tested had only a simple, character-mode screen to show the server-operation status. A new version now includes a GUI-based status screen.
The client side of FaxFacts uses a shared-directory area to communicate with the server. Copia provides some simple 16-bit Windows tools and a Windows print driver to integrate the 16-bit Windows client with the server. You can invoke the FaxFacts client operations from a command-line environment. This allows DOS, WFW, Windows 95, and NT clients to use the product but you don't get a GUI-based client this way, and you can't generate faxes from the applications by printing.
Copia markets FaxFacts to both Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and end users. If you're an experienced reseller, you should be able to easily overcome FaxFacts installation and configuration barriers and create sophisticated solutions. If you're an end user with a strong need for FOD, this product is worth the time. However, if you're looking for a simple out-of-the-box fax-sharing solution, you should look at the alternatives.
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FaxWorks Pro LAN
FaxWorks Pro LAN Windows NT from Global Village Communication allows a designated NT Workstation or Server system to provide send and receive fax services for DOS, WFW, Windows 95, and NT clients (see Screen 2). Clients must have shared-file access to the server. This means that DOS and Windows clients must have installed networking software, such as NT Server's client software.
The FaxWorks server system can be different from the file server. Although this provides flexibility, your installation must meet these four requirements:
- The software must be installed on the designated file server.
- The administrative-client software must be installed from the file server.
- The fax-server software must be installed on the designated fax-server system.
- The software for individual workstations must be installed from the file server.
Fortunately, GUI setup programs and printed documentation guide you through the installation process. FaxWorks even properly configures the Brooktrout adapter--a task that confounds other products. Once FaxWorks is installed and the services that drive the fax adapter are started, the FaxWorks server is started as an application and appears as a minimized icon.
The client software that Global Village provides with FaxWorks is particularly well done. The user interfaces to all the various client operations--including OCR and scanning--are simple and easy to understand. The company provides client software for DOS, 16-bit Windows, and 32-bit Windows. Print drivers for all the client environments provide a simple means of generating faxes from applications. The fax administrator can manually route faxes, or inbound faxes can be routed to the client based either on the DID used to place the call or on a DTMF entry that you enter.
FaxWorks Pro LAN is a powerful, first-class fax server that's easy to administer and easy to use--no doubt due to Global Village's experience in developing software for the Mac and Windows. An optional email module extends the product's capabilities to include sending and receiving faxes via email. FaxWorks Pro LAN is a "must see" product.
RightFAX calls this product the "2399 server for the BackOffice." It should be no surprise, then, that RightFAX-NT operates only in the NT Server environment (see Screen 3). However, it supports a wide range of client envi-
ronments, including DOS, OS/2, WFW, Windows 95, and NT Workstation. RightFAX-NT is a shared fax server with several advanced features, such as a broadcast capability and support for embedded fax commands.
A GUI setup program guides you through a relatively straightforward installation. I encountered one problem with the Brooktrout configuration process, because the default value provided for the first fax channel wasn't appropriate for the adapter. However, this was just a minor annoyance.
The RightFAX-NT installation process loads several applications, a series of services, and three Control Panel applets to configure fax adapter, server, and workstation operations. In addition, there are printed instructions that show you how to manually create a printer definition for a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet 4 or LaserJet III driver and outputs to a specific pipe port (\\.\pipe\rightfax). After you've configured the server, you can install the client software from the NT Server.
One of the unique characteristics of RightFAX-NT is how it receives fax input from clients. Instead of installing special print drivers on a client, you simply attach to the printer and send output to it as if it were a network printer. If routing information, such as the fax number, is not embedded in the print stream, RightFAX-NT will hold your fax in a queue until you add the missing information to the queue entry. If your clients are Windows-based, you can use a print driver that prompts for the information before adding the fax to the queue.
A person, DID, or DTMF routes inbound faxes to the clients. If you use DTMF, you can create and configure a voice file (.WAV) that tells the caller which keys to press. If you purchase an optional server-based OCR module, RightFAX-NT can scan the cover page of a received fax to determine where to route it. An optional gateway is also available to allow you to send and receive faxes via email. Even without the add-on modules, however, this product is a solid, no-nonsense fax server.
Equisys, a UK company, developed Zetafax, but Zetafax markets the product in the US. The Zetafax product runs on an NT Workstation or Server system and supports WFW, Windows 95, and NT clients (see Screen 4). Communications between the server and clients is primarily handled through a shared-file interface. Therefore, if Windows clients are required, they must be configured for network support.
Installing the server software was simple. A series of GUI-based installation and setup procedures lead you through the entire process. You can elect to load Zetafax either as an application or as a service. If you install it as a service, a Control Panel option is added to maintain the configuration information. You can change it later, if you wish, and reconfigure it to run as an application--or vice versa.
A separate disk handles the configuration of the Brooktrout adapter. This is an awkward involved task. First, you configure the services using a character-
based installation tool executed from the command line. Then, you have to manually update one of the Zetafax .INI files using a text editor. However, after I did this, Zetafax's GUI-based device-configuration module became inoperable. Since the default routing for inbound faxes is configured at the device level, I had to look through the .INI file with a text editor until I found the user-routing entry--a nasty problem.
After configuring the server software and adapter, you install the workstation software from the shared-file area created during the server-software installation. Printer definitions that spool print jobs formatted for an Epson LQ-1000 printer to file are set up on each workstation. The client software detects that file and prompts for the fax number and other routing information before forwarding it to the server. The client software is easy to use and supports advanced functions, such as direct scanner support and hooks to third-party OCR modules.
Zetafax supports manually routing faxes to their recipients, either directly or as email attachments. It can also route automatically to clients based on DID information, a DTMF entry, or the sender's identification of the caller. The basic Zetafax design and implementation is clean. Most of the problems I encountered came in configuring the Brooktrout adapter. Zetafax doesn't have all the features some of its competitors do, but its feature set will address the needs of most organizations.
Fax Sr.
Omtool's Fax Sr. server and client provide an impressive array of features. These include a graphical cover-page designer, fax-broadcast capability, support for fax transmission via email and embedded fax codes in the print stream, and least-cost routing when multiple fax servers are available (see Screen 5). The main server module runs as a service in the NT Workstation or Server environment. The supported clients include DOS, WFW, Windows 95, NT, and the Mac.
The Fax Sr. installation process is GUI-driven and includes an automatic Setup Wizard to walk you through the installation, configuration, and testing of both server and client software. In theory, this should greatly simplify the installation process. In reality, however, I was unable to run the Setup Wizard successfully, because I didn't use the default settings for the Brooktrout adapter. I ended up spending more than a few minutes on the phone with Omtool's technical support to finish the installation. Like many of the other products I reviewed, the Brooktrout adapter is Fax Sr.'s Achilles' heel.
Omtool provides client software and installation instructions for all its supported clients. The client software was simple and straightforward to install and operate. Fax Sr. supports two types of communication between the server and its clients: file sharing and task-to-task. Client-side print-to-fax operations are handled by print drivers. The NT print driver runs as a minimized application and prompts for routing information when it receives a new print stream. This approach worked well--except when I forgot to run it before printing.
Fax Sr. supports server-to-client routing via DID and DTMF and includes a separate program for manual routing. If you use multiple fax servers in a WAN environment, Fax Sr. can determine which server offers the least-cost call and route the fax there.
In one area, Fax Sr. stands head and shoulders above the others: It includes extensive monitoring and debugging tools so you can see the status of each aspect of the server operation. Fax Sr. is strong enough when it comes to least-cost routing and operational monitoring for it to be an industrial-strength, enterprise-wide fax solution for medium-to-large networks.
The server portion of Optus Software's FACSys software installs and runs as a series of services on an NT Server system (see Screen 6). Administration and client software are available for WFW, Windows 95, and NT environments. This is a clever product that supports sending faxes via Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). For example, you can drag-and-drop a file on the recipient's DDE monitor to send a fax. FACSys is also the only product I reviewed that includes extensive send and receive email capabilities in the base product.
Like several of the other fax servers, the server and administrative functions for FACSys can run on different systems. The server software must be installed on an NT Server system, but the administration/configuration function can be on any supported client. Installation instructions and procedures to load the FACSys server, administration, and client software are clear and accurate--even for configuring the Brooktrout fax adapter.
Separate client installation disks are provided for Windows 95/NT and WFW. It installs a logical print port. Then, you create a printer definition that uses a LaserJet 4 print driver and print to the logical print port. This port automatically shows up in the list of available ports, so it's simple. To use the fax-print interface, drag-and-drop, or DDE, you run a monitor utility that appears as a minimized icon.
Once the client software is installed and the monitor activated, you can print from any Windows application to the fax server, send information from the main client screen, drag-and-drop files on the monitor icon, use email to generate faxes, and even create your own DDE client to send faxes. Received faxes can be routed via client software or email (as an attachment file).
FACSys supports both DID and DTMF to determine the route for inbound faxes, or you can manually route them. It doesn't include OCR capabilities or support for direct scanner input. Despite these two missing features, FACSys is a powerful product that's easy to install, easy to use, and adaptable to a number of environments and applications. FACSys offers more options for sending and receiving faxes than any of the others. You should take a look at it!


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Pulitzers Snub Pop Music, Complains Critic Ann Powers
NPR's pop critic Ann Powers applauds Jennifer Egan's punk music generation novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer on Monday and is being developed as an HBO series, but she trashes the Pulitzer Prize for criticism because, she writes, "a Pulitzer has never gone to a pop critic.
Seven classical critics have won since the birth of the criticism category in 1970. In those 42 years, only three pop music critics have even been finalists: Ken Tucker, Jory Farr and Leonard Pitts, Jr.
"This snub is par for the course for those of us lucky to do a job that's long been derided as extraneous AND self-indulgent," fumes Powers, "a substitute for the real mojo musicians possess. Marginalized within most newspapers as neither money-making (film critics bring in ads) or enriching (get thee to the symphony, philistines!), and scorned by many living the 'rock and roll lifestyle' as overly pointy-headed, pop critics are caught in a hallway between the high and the low."
Powers praises Egan for "hooking you with highly engaging characters, working the groove of an engrossing narrative, layering riffs and samples from contemporary literature …. I'd nominate her for a Grammy if I could." In fact, Powers argues that pop powers many of the great subjects of Pulitzer's favorite criticism category: books. Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody and Nick Hornby are steeped in pop, and Hornsby and Lethem have been pop critics for Rolling Stone and The New Yorker. Egan's Pulitzer indicates music's power: "It's sneaking into the history of arts and letters through fiction's back door."
So why can't pop get noticed by the Pulitzers? "There is no intention to snub any area of criticism," Pulitzer administrator Sig Gissler tells THR. "In recent years the Criticism award has been pretty wide ranging. For example, the award went to an auto critic, a fashion critic and a restaurant critic, awards that upset some observers who have a narrower definition of the category." Here's how each field ranks in Pulitzer Prize for Criticism history (a few winners crossed categories):
Books: 8
Non-pop music: 7
Architecture: 6
Art: 5 (including 2011 winner Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe)
Film: 4
Dance: 2
Theater: 1
Media: 1
Food: 1
Fashion: 1
Cars: 1
Arts: 1
Popular music: 0
"Suffice to say the Pulitzers are open to anyone who does compelling work as a critic," says Gissler. "You might also note that the Board in recent years has given special citations in music to Bob Dylan and Hank Williams, an indication of a broader view of excellent music."
Another problem with taking the Pulitzers as the chief measure of American cultural criticism: they're limited to newspaper writers, who are going the way of the town crier. "Material published in magazines is not eligible for the Pulitzer competition," notes Gissler. "So that probably cuts into potential pop music-criticism entries." Ex-newspaper star Tucker migrated to Entertainment Weekly, and is heard on NPR -- like Powers, who was also often touted as a potential Pulitzer winner.
Sounds like the committee could use some critical input. THR readers, cast your vote: who should win the first Pulitzer Prize for pop music criticism? And what would they spend the $10,000 prize money on?
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What Are The Purposes Of Event-Marketing?
Event-marketing is quite a popular form of marketing that can bring huge sales. In this case, promotional events are being organized from time to time so that huge crowds can be easily attracted without any hindrances. If huge crowds get accumulated in one place, then you can surely expect increased responses without any doubt.
Why events are being organized?
- Company events are mostly organized for different kinds of promotional purposes, especially for product launches and others.
- These events are also organized for bringing the maximum number of targeted audiences under one roof.
- Company publicity and branding can also be boosted-up by means of organizing promotional events.
- Thoughts and comments of the audiences are being collected and this is quite a helpful strategy for improving market image.
- Promotional events can now enhance the strength of your company to a great extent.
Targeted audiences should receive emails, texts or pamphlets where detailed information about upcoming promotional events is being shared. This how people come to know about the events and join them for extracting more information about their favorite brands. Immense knowledge about brands can be easily acquired from these events.…
How To Make Arrangements For Promotional Events?
Event-marketing works well, especially for young entrepreneurs who have launched their business very recently. These events are basically the best shortcuts of having immense popularity in the concerned field.
There are many people who think that arranging events is quite an expensive marketing strategy, but it is not the fact. These events can help you to save huge bucks on promotion and marketing in the future.
How to organize promotional events?
Different special arrangements need to be made for organizing promotional events and you have to know the basic steps that are involved in the process. Some of the most important steps in this regard are as follows:-
- You have to plan the events first and for that you should take the assistance of any event-manager. Without planning, these kinds of events cannot be executed well.
- You should prepare the checklist of the necessary things that need to be included for making the events successful.
- As per the list you should collect all the necessary items that are required for the events. On the other hand, budgeting also needs to be conducted for controlling the event costs in a much effective manner.
- The targeted audiences must have invitations so that they can come and attend the events.
You should also make some arrangements for entertainment, so that audiences can enjoy the events thoroughly and sincerely. The arrangements should be absolutely perfect otherwise your expectations might not get fulfilled. Arrange everything in accordance of the audiences' preferences.…


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Reviews | Written by Hayden Mears 09/05/2014
TV Review: GAME OF THRONES Season 4, Episode 5 'First of His Name'
Spoilers from the fourth season of HBO's Game of Thrones can be found in the paragraphs below. If you'd prefer to remain in the dark or are not yet caught up on the show, stop reading now.
With this week's episode, "First of His Name," we have officially reached the halfway point in Season 4 of Game of Thrones. The previous episode of the season, "Oathkeeper" brought some shocking new developments in the not-so-wonderful world of Westeros, and this week addresses many of the story lines that last week set in motion. Payoffs abound as we finally get to see Hodor (Kristian Nairn) be a bad-ass (with Bran's help), a handful of vile baddies meet their well-deserved ends, and we witness an unusually civil conversation between Cersei (Lena Headey) and Margaery (Natalie Dormer). It's about time you eased up on the incessant cat fighting, ladies. While a sizable chunk of this episode contains material that is not found in George R. R. Martin's books, showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss manage to keep things fresh and interesting while at the same time adhering to the themes that made the books so marvelous.
Unlike the preceding four episodes in this season, "First of His Name" focuses heavily on action and suspense rather than the political intrigue we've come to love. While this isn't exactly a problem, it feels like a departure from the tone and structure of the rest of the series. Game of Thrones has given us some great fight scenes (with many more to follow), but it shouldn't be considered an action/adventure show. It's more of a drama or a medieval political thriller, with war, betrayal, and fatal nuptials added for good measure.
With that being said, the fight at Craster's Keep is handled extremely well, and may very well be remembered as one of the show's best action sequences. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (the leader of the Night's Watch who was murdered early last season) can rest easy now that his killers lay in a charred heap amid the smoking ruins of Craster's home. Chances are that most viewers will be extremely pleased with how things come to pass, considering that the show's more noble characters have been on the losing end of things for a while now. We hesitate to say "good guys" when referring to Game of Thrones characters, because something the show (and the books) have stressed since the beginning is that the black and white idea of good vs. evil doesn't really exist the way we think it does. Good people can commit heinous crimes, and bad people can show glimpses of kindness or compassion in the most unexpected ways. That's why the show and its source material are so brilliant. That's what keeps millions of people watching and what sets this show apart from almost everything else on television.
All in all, "First of His Name" is an exciting, action-packed episode that marks a major comeback for the "good" characters and raises even more questions about what's to come. Next week's episode, "The Laws of Gods and Men" shifts the focus back to Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) and whether or not he'll lose his head for killing the vicious King Joffrey. Until then, check back in with Starburst for all your Game of Thrones and other pop culture needs.
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Emma Wiggs saw her hopes of ending the London 2012 Paralympics on a high dashed by Japan – but she's already turned her attentions to Rio 2016.
West Sussex-based Wiggs and her GB sitting volleyball team-mates were desperate to win on their final outing at the ExCeL, having lost their previous matches. But after an encouraging start against Japan, they lost in 25-23, 25-29, 25-13.
It ensured 32-year-old Wiggs and the first British women's sitting volleyball team to compete at the Paralympics ended their campaign eighth.
But she is taking solace in the fact Japan were given a far harder test compared to when the two sides met in the group stages.
With GB having been playing together less than three years, former Regis School PE teacher Wiggs says the only way is up, claiming they will be medal contenders by the time Rio 2016 comes around.
"We were always going to be the underdogs. Most of us didn't start playing volleyball until 2009 so it was always going to a tough competition," said Wiggs.
"It's about gaining experience in this kind of arena and we've had great backing to get to this stage.
"We've been looking ahead to Rio already because there's a lot of planning that goes into it.
"It will be very tough to qualify but that's why it was so important to come here.
"We've a lot of positives from this but we've a lot of hard work to do as well."
GB went down 3-0 in each of their five matches against Japan (twice), Ukraine, the Netherlands and Brazil.
But Wiggs says that does not tell the whole story, citing improvements as the competition went on.
"It's a massive building block. We take a lot of heart from how we've played and proud to have competed. Bring on Rio."
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Foreclosures continue to decline in metro Atlanta, yet the region remains one of the nation's leaders in the category. During the 12 months ending in May, there were 14,340 completed foreclosures in metro Atlanta, the second-highest number among big U.S. metro areas behind only Tampa-St. Petersburg at 17,044, according to CoreLogic, a California-based real estate research firm. Metro Atlanta's total was down from more than 20,000 completed foreclosures in the prior 12-month period, according to CoreLogic.
The region's progress tracks the trend in the national housing market, where completed foreclosures fell 19.2 percent from a year earlier. Among states, Georgia had the sixth -highest number at 26,523 completed foreclosures. The top five were Florida (104,000), Michigan (46,000), Texas (33,000), California (28,000) and Ohio (27,000).
Foreclosures became an epidemic after the burst of the housing bubble in 2006-2007, a collapse followed by plunging prices and a financial crisis that led to a devastating recession – which in further undermined housing.
A flood of foreclosures followed, virtually destroying the market for housing in many areas. Home values in many parts of metro Atlanta have yet to return to pre-recession levels. But as foreclosures recede, the market can build momentum. "With three million jobs created during the past year, the improving labor market has helped more borrowers stay current on their mortgage loan," said Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic. "Because fewer loans are becoming seriously delinquent, the foreclosure inventory has come down to its lowest level in more than seven years, with only 1.3 percent of loans in foreclosure proceedings." In metro Atlanta, 3.4 percent of mortgages are in serious delinquency, vs. 4.4 percent a year ago, according to CoreLogic.
Down but not OUT!