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text: hobbes40 2 Posted July 2, 2013 So, I downloaded the "dtedit" app generously written and shared by a member here to a PC. hooked PC to DT25 head with an M-Audio UNO and all was well. I went through all eight voicing positions and adjusted the amps/cabs and other parameters and had them sounding really good. I then put the DT25 in standby and disconnected the UNO interface. Then flipped the DT25 back to ON and started playing. The sounds were softer and in most cases just didn't sound as good as when the computer/dtedit was connected. question: did I do something wrong in the final sequence? should I have cut the amp to standby then to off first, then disconnected the UNO? Is there a better way to make sure that what I spend my time programming in actually stays put in the DT25? I just want to be able to customize the 8 voicings and have them stay the same, so I don't have to fiddle with knobs each time I switch voicings. I had them all pretty volume leveled too and then when I started playing without the UNO hooked up, I went from terribly quiet Blackface Twin to face melting Soldano...not the same as I set them up! ARGH!!! Any help appreciated. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Martyr Eleazar the Teacher of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs - Troparion & Kontakion
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Let us praise the seven Maccabees, / with their mother Salome and their teacher Eleazar; / they were splendid in lawful contest / as guardians of the teachings of the Law. / Now as Christ's holy martyrs they ceaselessly intercede for the world.
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Seven pillars of the Wisdom of God / and seven lampstands of the divine Light, / all-wise Maccabees, greatest of the martyrs before the time of the martyrs, / with them ask the God of all to save those who honor you.


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An independent United Nations expert has urged governments worldwide to stand up for the right to education, especially for girls, and to take the necessary steps to ensure that all children can go to school without fear.
The Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, also stressed the importance of safeguarding the fundamental right to education of women and girls who have been victims of social injustice and educational deprivation.
Addressing the high-level event on girls' education, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to mark Human Rights Day, Mr. Singh said the "tragic but hopeful" story of 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai, shows how far there is still to go before all girls can go to school without fear.
"Malala, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in an attempt to prevent her from attending school, has become a rallying cry for the world to fight for girls' education rights," he stated at the event, which was held in Paris on Monday.
"I would like to join with UNESCO, the Government of Pakistan and others to denounce those who threaten violence against girls seeking an education, and I call upon all governments to take the necessary steps to ensure that all children in their countries – boys and girls alike – have a right under law to receive an education."
At the event, UNESCO and Pakistan launched the Malala Fund for Girls' Education, with the latter announcing that it would donate the first $10 million. In addition, participants adopted a Statement of Commitment to Girls' Rights to Education, promising "to actively strive to make every effort to end all forms of violence against girls and to eliminate the obstacles that prevent them from attending school."
Mr. Singh noted that while all 193 UN Member States have signed up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include achieving universal primary education and gender equality by 2015, many of them need to modernize legislation that empowers parents and children to demand that right when it is being denied.
"We must move beyond slogans and ensure that the fundamental human right to education is enshrined in law, and fully implemented," he stated.
He also called on States to ensure that their citizens are made well aware of their right to education. "Governments must ensure their national legislation provides a binding recourse to courts or national human rights institutions to allow all those who are entitled to receive an education to fight for their rights when they are being denied."
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CANAPÉ VERTE, Haiti -- Robert Naylor walks the perimeter of an electricity substation high above the earthquake-battered capital of Port-au-Prince, pointing out new batteries, switches and transformers that his construction company, Perini Management Corp., installed here as part of a $12.7 million U.S. Agency for International Development project to strengthen Haiti's energy infrastructure.
This substation and others were damaged in the 2010 quake, and the United States is investing in repairs to the transmission and distribution systems as well as the installation of new equipment and worker training. But below the substation's chain-link fence, a jumble of cut and spliced wires snake from the overhead power line toward a cluster of makeshift shacks. Naylor points to the creative electricity connection undermining his company's hard work and shakes his head.
A few winding streets below, 26-year-old Forestal Chamblin walks past the patchwork of corrugated metal and fraying tarp structures at the "ENAF2" camp city, which he and about 300 families who were displaced in the 2010 earthquake still call home.
"Yes, we take. We take it secretly," Chamblin says, shrugging, as he glances up at dangling wires. Tall and wiry himself in jeans and a white T-shirt, Chamblin leans against one of three 1,000-gallon water tanks that were filled regularly in the months after the earthquake but that, residents say, have been empty now for a year. Getting a legal electricity connection is out of the question for residents of ENAF2, he says. "There are no jobs for us, so we cannot pay."
More than three years after Haiti suffered the worst natural disaster in its history, its recovery has been excruciatingly slow. Still, people here say, there is more progress than first meets the eye: new roads, schools and even a state-of-the-art teaching hospital about a half-hour away from Port-au-Prince.
In energy, there are a few signs of light as well: a new USAID-funded industrial park on the country's north coast aimed at electrifying 1,800 households, as well as steady improvements to substations like the one at Canapé Verte; solar-powered street lights in the capital; and the presidential appointment of a widely acclaimed Cornell University-educated electrical engineer as the country's new minister delegate for energy security.
Slower going, experts say, is breaking the vicious cycle of antiquated transmission networks, theft, corruption and poor maintenance crippling Haiti's power sector.
A snarl of good and bad intentions
Exhibit A: circuit breakers. Speaking inside a mobile trailer atop the substation, Naylor says one of the things he found when he started the project was a jumble of unmatching equipment from various governments that had provided aid in the past. With nearly no regulation from the Haitian government, he notes, there was little to stop each donor nation from insisting that its own companies provide parts. The result was outdated and almost unfixable switch gears and circuit breakers from Canada, France and several other countries.
"Unfortunately, when you take donated items, you take what you can get. But when one thing breaks and there's no specs and there never has been any ... well, now these poor people need 10 circuit breakers because every one is different. So instead of things being solved, they just put a Band-Aid on it," he says.
His job, Naylor says, includes a redesign that has redundancy built into the system -- basically, duplicated spare parts -- so that Haitian workers can maintain and repair it. The costs are comparable, he says, and the system is sustainable long-term.
But then there's the theft. "Most people don't have a job and can't pay for power, so a lot of power in Haiti is stolen," he explains.
Analysts say it's almost impossible to tease out where the problems begin, but a big one is that the average business in Port-au-Prince can't and won't depend on the state for power.
Take Patrick Attie, co-founder and dean of an information technology institute, the Ecole Supérieure d'Infotronique d'Haïti. Attie says he needs stable electricity to run his school's 10 computer labs serving about 850 students.
But if he relied on the state Electricity of Haiti company (EDH), Attie says, "we would be dead. We would be closed already."
Diesel and charcoal trump renewable energy
"It's very irregular, and we have no plan about when the electricity is going to be turned on and turned off. You never know when you're going to have it or not have it. You have to have your own infrastructure," Attie says. So he says he budgets an extra $40,000 to $50,000 each year to fuel a 200-kilowatt diesel generator, and paid for $20,000 worth of solar panels, inverters and batteries that keep one of his servers running.
"The ideal solution would be solar panels or wind energy, but it's still very expensive," Attie says. For now, while burning diesel is dirty and expensive, "we can't live without it. There is no question about that."
With businesses and manufacturing -- the very operations that use the most power and are best equipped to pay for it -- relying on private generators, EDH winds up asking homeowners to carry the bag, energy officials say. Consumers in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a per-capita income of $400, pay as much as 34 cents per kilowatt-hour.
To put that in perspective, the average homeowner in Washington, D.C. -- where the average per-capita income is $70,000 -- pays about 12 cents per kWH, according to the Department of Labor.
The result: People don't pay. Like Chamblin and others throughout the city, they devise illegal connections to fit their meager cooking and lighting needs. Haitian officials say EDH suffers $150 million annually in unpaid bills. Mired in more losses, EDH doesn't perform upgrades or invest in new capacity -- lowering even further the chances that private investors will take an interest in putting money toward Haiti's energy systems.
But Port-au-Prince's power chaos means steady business for people like Yves Brezeau, who lives by the side of the road near the southwest city of Les Cayes. He goes up into the hillside regularly to cut down trees and char the wood. He earns 250 Haitian gourdes (about $5) for every overflowing burlap sack of charcoal he fills to be trucked to energy-starved city dwellers.
"My cousin takes it all to Port-au-Prince," Brezeau says, showing off the charred sticks. He, like many of his neighbors in rural areas with no electricity access at all, prefers to use cheaper wood, coal and kerosene for his own cooking and lighting.
'This was all forest'
Gene-Rene Vaceus, a driver for the United Nations who returned to his native Haiti from New York a few years ago to retire, drives past the barren hills and says the verdant country of his youth is long gone.
"In the '60s and '70s, this was all forest. When I was a kid, it was complete forest," he says. Jutting his chin out the window at more burlap sacks of charcoal leaning against trees like tired men waiting at a bus stop, he says, "See that bag? If I were to go to Port-au-Prince with that bag, I could get 400 gourdes" (about $9).
The bare mountains terrify Marie-Louise Augustin Russo, executive director of the Disaster Management Alliance and Business Continuity Committee in Port-au-Prince. She works with companies in Haiti to prepare for floods, earthquakes and hurricanes.
She's particularly worried about the denuded hills surrounding the northern port city of Cap-Haitien, where the combination of deforested hillsides, inadequate drainage and substandard housing literally condemns the area to furious flooding. More than 10 people died in November after stormwaters crashed through the impoverished area. Were an earthquake to rock Cap Haitien followed by a tsunami, Russo says, she doubts the city will survive.
"The houses are poorly made, and the streets are narrow. If the houses ever collapse, people will not be able to run for their lives. They will be stuck. And it's all exacerbated by the fact that there are no trees," she says. Sometimes, she says, when driving past bare mountains, "I say to myself, 'Oh, my God, all these trees, they went to Port-au-Prince for charcoal.'"
The Haitian government is slowly trying to untangle the threads of the country's interwoven climate change and energy problems. EDH has announced work on new transformers and is installing about 40,000 meters that can be read remotely in an effort to curb theft. But critics say change isn't happening fast enough. Energy Minister Rene Jean-Jumeau says his country badly needs a clear energy policy to drive private investment but acknowledges that bureaucratic inertia and uninterest seem to be winning the day.
Slow walking to a distant solution
"We've been working on it for 10, 15 years, and it's never been published," he says. "Not understanding the importance of it is one of the reasons that what may seem obvious for other countries is, for some reason, not obvious here."
And to the frustration of many who work in Haiti's energy sector, an anti-electricity theft bill that has been in the works for two years was recently resubmitted, ensuring even greater delays.
"Things move incredibly slowly here," says Mark Konold, a project manager for the Worldwatch Institute's climate change and energy program. Fresh off meetings in Haiti to discuss potential renewable energy plans with the government, state electricity company and other players in the country's energy market, Konold calls the lack of political will in the Haitian government to tackle the hardest problems like theft disheartening.
"Generation is a problem, but it's not the only problem. I personally think the larger problems are things like collection and theft, and the grid not being extensive enough or strong enough," he says. "There really needs to be a very firm signal from the president."
But Naylor, who worked in Port-au-Prince before the earthquake, saw the pride of Haitians in the aftermath helping one another because the government could not. He says he remains hopeful that Port-au-Prince at least will see full energy access in the near future. Taking apart the problem piece by piece, he says, is the key.
"Commercial customers don't buy power from EDH because it's not reliable. If Haiti's grid could become stable, customers like the manufacturers would be willing to tie in, and you'd have a revenue stream that will reduce costs." But, he says, "To build a sustainable grid you need to generate revenue, but you can't bring people out of poverty overnight. Nobody is ever going to come into Haiti and solve all the problems, but you take a piece."
Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net, 202-628-6500


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When I was a kid back in the 1970s, my postal manager father told me about the post office in Baltimore where the mail didn't get delivered. It was a laid-back sort of place, where dozens of postal employees with the work ethic of Seinfeld's notorious Newman whiled away the hours "RIP" (retired in place) until officially retiring from public service. Yet in some ways that post office was the most important one in town. Without that one postal station, mail delivery all over Baltimore would have suffered.
Here's why. Over the years, reasonable regulations to keep managers from firing workers for non-work-related reasons like their political affiliation metastasized into thoroughly unreasonable rules keeping managers like my father from firing anyone at all. The bureaucracy reacted sensibly, by concentrating workplace turkeys in "turkey farms," like post offices where the mail never got delivered. In some agencies, the turkey farm is called "the office of special projects."
Managers like my dad learned that quarantining low performers in turkey farms kept the turkeys and their attitudes toward work from infecting entire bureaus. The very existence of turkey farms kept the rest of the bureaucracy healthy. Moreover, as I found years later during my own stint in government, when political leaders periodically force agencies to cut budgets for political reasons, turkey farms offer convenient targets. Slashing a turkey farm can help appease a new agency chief or assistant secretary eager to make their mark by making government more efficient. "Such a shame," career managers will say, tongue in cheek, "but times are tough, so we just have to do our part by slimming down the office of special projects."
I thought of that recently during the Obama administration's warnings about the depth of suffering sure to come from sequestration. Rather than carving and roasting turkeys, the administration seems to be deliberately targeting the public servants that matter most: meat inspectors, homeland security, and the most visible possible defense employees.
In doing so, the president is employing the "Firemen First" gambit first described in 1976 by the iconoclastic Charles Peters in his Washington Monthly piece of that name. In Firemen First, when a mayor is pushed to cut the budget, she suddenly announces plans to lay off firefighters, teachers and cops. Somehow, filing clerks and other office drones, especially those related to City Council members, are too essential to let go. One of Mr. Peters' real-life examples occurred when the National Park Service responded to modest cutbacks by ending elevator service in the Washington Monument, as if there was nothing else in the entire park system to prune.
Of course, Firemen First only works if the public doesn't know it's a scam. If voters see through it, the Obama administration may get blamed for politically sabotaging rather than sensibly implementing government cutbacks.
In terms of where the money is, it clearly makes more sense to reduce our enormous Social Security and Medicare spending rather than trimming the bureaucracy. Even so, the American people have been cutting back for years, so it's not the end of the world if we public servants contribute our fair share to deficit reduction — starting with the turkeys.
Robert Maranto (email@example.com), a former Baltimore resident, is the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. He worked in the federal government in the 1990s.


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The first major update of Microsoft Office for Mac since the 2011 edition was released today and is available as a download for consumer and business customers of Office 365 with the proper subscription level. Home users of Office 365 can get the software from office.com/myaccount, while business users should navigate to the Web interface, click the settings gear, then click "Office 365 settings" and "Install and manage software."
While the look and feel of Office 2016 for Mac is a great departure from the years-old version, it will be familiar to anyone who has been running the beta the past few months. We examined the beta when it was released on March 5; aside from the visual upgrades, we ran into numerous bugs almost immediately. "I've barely started using the new Excel and already it has forced me to close the application three times because it wouldn't let me use the mouse to click on different cells," I wrote at the time.
Bugs like that mostly disappeared within weeks, though I always kept the Windows versions handy so I wouldn't have to rely totally on the beta.
I did keep running into a OneNote for Mac bug that prevented me from selecting text until I switched out of the notebook I was typing in. I'll have to use the new, "final" version for a day or so before I can say whether that bug is gone since it appeared only intermittently. (UPDATE: The bug has not been fixed.) OneNote for Mac still lacks the kind of offline support offered in the Windows version, which can create new notebooks without an Internet connection and back notebooks up locally. The core Office for Mac applications of Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, can do just about everything their Windows counterparts can.
In the screenshots above, you'll notice a smiley face in the top right corner. Clicking it reveals the options, "Tell Us What You Like" and "Tell Us What Can Be Better." This is unchanged from the beta; Microsoft may still be expecting users to run into some problems.
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The National Round, held in Brecon this week, saw hundreds of pupils from primary schools throughout Wales competing for the National Championship. Their task was to impress the judges in two rounds, namely a 10 minute discussion and an 8 minute dramatic presentation based on their chosen books.
At the end of an exciting day Johnstown School, Carmarthenshire was crowned BookSlam Champions, having impressed the discussion judge with their knowledge of Teabag the Magnificent and the Road to Wembley by Neil Morgan. In the presentation round they wowed the judge with their colourful interpretation of Paul Manship's novel Charlie Underwood Fights Back.
During the day's activities, children and teachers also enjoyed an excellent session with award-winning guest author and artist Shoo Rayner, the author of several books for children, including Dragon Gold published by Firefly Press.
Medi Jones-Jackson, Children's Books and Reading Promotion Officer at the Books Council, said: "The aim of BookSlam is simple: to get children from all over Wales reading. By analysing and performing what they have read, they are able to use their imagination and breathe life into some of the wonderful children's books we have here in Wales. It was a great pleasure to see the children brimming with enthusiasm during the national round of BookSlam, and our thanks go to the dedicated and hard-working county organisers, teachers and other supporters that make these events possible."
The 2015 runners-up were Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, and Sully Primary School, Cardiff won third place. Thanks to the support of publishers Pont, Y Lolfa, Firefly and Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, every child who took part in the competition was invited to choose a free book to take home as a memento of the day.
Hundreds of children from 29 schools across Wales took took over the Arts Centre in Aberystwyth for two days of eager competing on 16 and 17 June. It was the national round of Darllen Dros Gymru, the Welsh Books Council's Welsh-language books competition for primary schools in Wales. All pupils were competing for a number of prestigious awards by discussing books and performing short dramatic presentations based on titles they had read.
The national round is the culmination of reading activities across all the regions, with the regional winners making it through to the final in Aberystwyth.
The competition for Years 3 and 4 took place on Tuesday, 16 June, and Ysgol Cefn Coch, Gwynedd, were named as national champions, taking home the Dr Dewi Davies Award. Ysgol Pen Barras, Denbighshire, came second place and Ysgol Llannon, Carmarthenshire, came third.
Ysgol Bronllwyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf, won the Anwen Tydu Memorial Trophy for the best presentation with their interpretation of Na, Nel! by Meleri Wyn James (Y Lolfa), judged by Heulwen Davies. Gareth William Jones judged that Ysgol Pen Barras gave the best group discussion, and their chosen book was Ti a Dy Rygbi by Sioned Lleinau (Gomer).
On Wednesday, 17 June, it was the turn of Years 5 and 6 to compete and Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna, Cardiff, emerged victorious as overall winners, taking home the Dr Dewi Davies Award. Ysgol Pentreuchaf were in second place and Ysgol Gymraeg Santes Tudful, Merthyr Tudful, in third position.
Ysgol Pentreuchaf also won the Anwen Tydu Memorial Trophy after impressing the judge, Dr Kate Woodward, with their dramatic interpretation of Darn Bach o Bapur by Angharad Tomos (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch). Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna won the award for the best group discussion, based on Ci Rhyfel, adapted by Gareth F. Williams (Gwasg Gomer), judged by Menna Lloyd Williams.
As part of the activities, children and teachers also enjoyed entertaining sessions with children's author, Meleri Wyn James, author of numerous books for young readers, and the older pupils enjoyed poetry and rapping sessions with the Welsh Children's Poet Laureate 2013–15, Aneirin Karadog, the following day. For many children, this interaction with an author can inspire them to further develop and explore their own reading journeys.
Medi Jones-Jackson, Children's Books and Reading Promotions Officer at the Welsh Books Council, said: "These competitions aim to get children from across Wales reading. By analysing and performing what they have read, they are able to make use of their imagination and breathe life into some of the wonderful books we have in Wales. It was a great pleasure to see the children brimming with such enthusiasm during the national round of Darllen Dros Gymru at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, and our thanks go to the dedicated and hard-working county organisers, teachers and other supporters that make these events possible."
Thanks to the support of Dalen, Dref Wen, Gomer Press, Carreg Gwalch, Y Lolfa and Rily Publications, every child who took part was invited to choose a free book.
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What if your office chair were empty tomorrow and forever? How valuable are you to your organization? How important are your skills, your leadership, your vision and passion to the success and future of your business, institution, organization or even your family?
These are not hypothetical questions. They are as real as your heartbeat. Who is counting on you? Make no mistake; there are many who will hurt, some businesses may fold, some schools, colleges, churches and institutions may suffer, some dear ones may not recover emotionally or financially if your chair is empty.
On the other hand, it is possible that, even in the direst circumstances, those you care about, the places and people that are counting on you can be protected even if the unexpected happens today. A conversation now about life insurance may mean accumulated debts can be gone and funding for growth to secure and expand your business or place of service will be there when you are not. College educations can continue without interruption, mortgages can be paid and your income can be partially replaced for your family.
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Age matters. The younger you are, the less the expense. Temporary or term insurance can be very reasonable. Mike Elliott was still in high school when his dad, an entrepreneur who had an undiagnosed heart ailment, died at age 42. But Mike had 4 years of college and 6 years of medical school paid for because his dad had life insurance that provided for Mike's future education.
Health matters. The time to buy insurance is before you need it. Chris Monteforte planned to buy a temporary or term policy. Just before his appointment with an agent, his doctor prescribed medication to lower cholesterol and his high blood pressure, which resulted from his recent weight gain. These conditions disqualified him for the policy he wanted to own.
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Capital and continuity matters. Own your own business? Have a business partner? Are you a key leader in a charitable or service organization? Your insurance can provide security and stability when you are not there to lead. All the accumulated debt of Liberty University was paid completely and a large endowment was created when Dr. Jerry Falwell, president and founder of the university, died unexpectedly leaving a reported $34 million to secure the future of his beloved institution.
Today matters. Insurance has never been more accessible. Research online at insure.com or selectquote.com or call an agent. Your current agent who handles your car or home insurance may be very competitive in price.
Common excuses for not purchasing life insurance ignore the benefits.
The idea that younger families do not need life insurance is incorrect. Losing a breadwinner dramatically alters the future for both the spouse and children. In addition, it is much cheaper for a younger person to be covered.
Some argue that it is too expensive. This is a huge misconception as there are many low cost options, competitive pricing and types of policies available that provide great value for families. Here is just one example:
A 35-year-old male in good health can buy a 20-year, $1,000,000 term policy for less than $39 per month (quotes will vary by age, health and company).
Can you afford not to own some form of life insurance, permanent (called whole life) or temporary (coverage for a defined period of time) to ensure a long-term future for your business, those people and institutions you deeply care about?
Why not talk it over today and make plans now so no one will ever have to say, "It is too bad; if had he/she had only known what was ahead, it would have made such a difference for everyone." The time is now; do not put this off. People are counting on you to make right decisions. Life insurance may be more expensive tomorrow and, perhaps, too late.
Your empty chair will be costly. Life insurance in its various forms has the power to transform a tragedy to an expression of caring that can live for decades to come. It is time to re-examine your needs and plan for the future. It all begins with a simple conversation. You may be surprised at the peace of mind and sense of security you will know and share with those who matter most.
Stan Craig, the founder of the ForeTalk Seminar, is an accomplished financial planner, executive coach and keynote speaker. He is also author of "ForeTalk: The 7 Critical Conversations for Living in the Season of Now." As a finance professional, Stan enjoyed a 27-year career at Merrill Lynch, which included positions as National Sales Manager, Director of Global Sales for Defined Asset Funds and the First Vice President and Senior Director of the Office of Investment Performance.


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Fast-moving New Mexico blaze causes evacuations
PECOS, N.M. (AP) — A fast-moving fire in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest prompted evacuations of homes and campgrounds, threatened cabins, and closed a state highway Friday.
Officials asked residents in 140 homes — mostly used for the summer — to leave as crews battled the 3.1-square-mile blaze near the communities of Pecos and Tres Lagunas, about 25 miles east of Santa Fe.
They also evacuated campgrounds and closed trailheads around Pecos, Las Vegas and Santa Fe as they worked on containment lines in hopes of preventing the fire from moving toward the capital city's watershed and the Tres Lagunas community.
Officials said the fire doubled in size by Friday afternoon and was still totally uncontained. That prompted New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez to declare a state of emergency in San Miguel County to free up state funds to fight the fire.
New Mexico State Forestry spokesman Dan Ware said the evacuations came after the fire jumped state Route 63.
"Fire activity is picking up this morning, and because of expected high winds, low humidity and increasing temperatures, the spread potential is high," Ware said.
Officials said a downed power line ignited the blaze Thursday. It's the first major wildfire this year in New Mexico, which is in its driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record keeping.
"It has been a slow start to the season, until this point," said State Forester Tony Delfin. "Now we expect the conditions to go on until the monsoons come or the weather changes the pattern."
Martinez said about 40 people, mostly hikers and campers, have been evacuated from the area.
Meanwhile, firefighters gained ground on a wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles. Crews took advantage of cool morning weather to make progress Friday, but scattered flames continued to climb hillsides.
The 2.2-square-mile wildfire was 15 percent contained, and as many as 500 firefighters hoped to make further progress before the day turned hot and dry, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Nathan Judy said.
A flare-up prompted authorities to briefly evacuate about 25 homes along a canyon road in the Angeles National Forest in the morning, but residents were later allowed to return.
"Right now the fire's not doing a whole lot. It's just making small runs here and there," Judy said. "There's no large fire front."
He said the blaze was burning near power lines, although utilities reported no damage.
In New Mexico, a helicopter helped with efforts to secure the western perimeter of the fire Friday morning, but it was grounded by late morning due to high winds.
Nearly 300 firefighters were working on the blaze, which was being fueled by winds from the north and northwest.
Duane Archuleta, forest fire management officer for the Santa Fe and Carson national forests, said if winds pushed the blaze toward an area that burned in the 2000 Viveash fire, it might help efforts to contain it.
"The fire could run and hit that ridge and kind of die out on that ridge," he said.
No structures had burned and no injuries were reported, but the fire was burning near Tres Lagunas, an upscale community of cabins and vacation homes.
"They're really working that hard and holding onto that," Archuleta said.
Among those evacuated were a group of seventh-graders staying at the Panchuela Campground.
Some homeowners in the Pecos Canyon area couldn't reach their houses Thursday because emergency crews had closed state Highway 63.
Tracy Bennett, manager of Hidden Valley Ranch guest ranch north of Pecos, said he evacuated his four guests as soon he saw smoke Thursday.
"The power's out and with all this going on, it's just unnerving," he said Friday as he watched the blaze from the roadblock.


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Spy shots and leaked info on the 2014 Chevrolet Impala have begun to appear, according to Automotive News. Among the pearls is an admission: The 2014 Chevy Impala may have numerous things in common with the 2013 Cadillac XTS sedan. The public will know for sure when the new Impala hits showrooms in early 2013. Read on! →


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Documentary Premieres Thursday, March 21st at 8:00 PM (ET/PT)
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 20, 2013) - To commemorate Woman's History Month, SHOWTIME will premiere WHY WE LAUGH: FUNNY WOMEN, an insightful documentary featuring personal in-depth interviews and live performance footage from some of the most prominent female voices in comedy and entertainment, on Thursday, March 21st at 8:00 PM (ET/PT). Narrated by legendary comic Joan Rivers, FUNNY WOMEN sheds light on the legacy of the female comedian and the dedication, courage and passion required to be successful in the male-dominated stand-up comedy business.
Rivers states, "FUNNY WOMEN is about the legacy that comediennes are carving out in this industry and I am happy to be part of a project that explores the huge dedication and passion that my fellow comediennes and I share for the craft."
Nearly 30 of the industry's top funny women participated in the project, sharing personal perspectives and experiences including Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin, Lily Tomlin, Janeane Garofalo, Sandra Bernhard, Brett Butler, Rita Rudner, Kym Whitley, Holland Taylor, Merrill Markoe, Jane Leeves, Kim Wayans, Kathleen Madigan, Robin Schiff, Tig Notaro, Kathy Najimy, Amy Hill, Aisha Tyler, Sheryl Underwood and many more. These audacious women have broken the mold and have created a new and more inclusive landscape that expands beyond the comedy club stage.
WHY WE LAUGH: FUNNY WOMEN follows in the path of the critically acclaimed 2009 Sundance Film Festival documentary, WHY WE LAUGH: BLACK COMEDIANS ON BLACK COMEDY, which was co-written and produced by Codeblack Films' Quincy Newell. Newell produced FUNNY WOMEN along with entertainment veteran Sheila Ducksworth. Jeff Clanagan of Lionsgate's Codeblack Films and Joan Rivers serve as Executive Producers.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME(R), THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) and FLIX(R), as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2(TM), SHOWTIME(R) SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME(R), SHOWTIME BEYOND(R), SHOWTIME NEXT(R), SHOWTIME WOMEN(R), SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE(R) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD(TM), THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND(R), FLIX ON DEMAND(R) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) ON DEMAND, and the network's authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME(R). SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks(TM), a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel(TM). All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV(R).


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Letter to Shareholders - Western Wind Thanks Stakeholders and Friends
Feb 28, 2013, 00:02 ET
Toronto Stock Exchange (Venture) Symbol: "WND"
OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF"
Issued and Outstanding: 71,127,175
VANCOUVER, Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Western Wind Energy Corp. (the "Company" or "Western Wind") remembers that 14 years ago, we had a shared dream of building a company that would develop, own and operate wind and solar projects. The key to our success would be to engage the best individuals and move decisely for the right reasons. The road would not be smooth but we never wavered from our vision. We succeded in creating, buying, building, owning and operating 165 megawatts of green energy generation with many more megawatts in development.
With the humble beginings of just a few hundred thousand dollars, we expanded to providing clean energy to over 48,000 homes. This was the work of intellectual capital. Assessing areas and regions with abundant sunshine and wind, we provided to society, energy, jobs, taxes and benefits, to something that previously had no value.
There were many people who helped us navigate the challenging business environment of carving out a niche, as a well respected player in the energy generation business. This was the domain of giants and as a small upstart, and with an unyielding desire and vision, we did what was right for both the environment and our shareholders. We are humbled by the outcome of having our shareholders exit with, in most cases, a sizable return on their investment. We grew our share price on average, 20% each and every year since 2000 and our assets, by 60%, each and every year, over the same period.
Jeff Ciachurski, CEO of Western Wind Energy Corp. states "Western Wind has been sold and I can now concentrate our efforts on building the next flagship company, Greenbriar Capital Corp. (stock symbol "GRB", on the Toronto Venture Exchange.) I have fourteen years of excellent banking, energy, business and engineering relationships that will be mobilized for Greenbriar."
About Western Wind Energy Corp.
Western Wind Energy Corp. (OTCQX: WNDEF; TSX.V: WND) trades in the United States on the OTCQX under the symbol "WNDEF" and on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WND". Western Wind is a vertically integrated renewable energy production company that directly owns over 165 MW of rated solar and wind capacity in production in the States of California and Arizona. Western Wind further owns substantial additional development assets for both solar and wind energy in California, Arizona, Ontario, Canada; and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Western Wind is in the business of owning and operating wind and solar energy generating facilities. Management of Western Wind includes individuals involved in the operations and ownership of utility scale wind energy facilities in California since 1981.
Jeffrey J. Ciachurski
President & Chief Executive Officer
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" under applicable securities laws, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "projects", "plans", "will", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", "should", "may", "could", and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and actual events or results may differ materially. There are many factors that could cause such actual events or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the state of the Company's business activities and various factors discussed in the Company's annual report and annual information contained in the Company's 20F Annual Report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and securities regulators in Canada. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and the Company assumes no obligation to update such information to reflect later events or developments, except as required by law.
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The NX200 could almost be a DSLR camera, with its giant image sensor and fat lenses. And it's priced like one $US900. It's not, since it doesn't have a mirror in its heart — but it doesn't fit in your pocket like most other mirrorless cameras. HMM!
What Is It?
A mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera with a big 20.3MP, APS-C-sized sensor. Oh, and the camera has a hefty $US900 price tag, although it's cheaper than the 24-megapixel Sony NEX-7.
Who's it For?
This camera is designed for experienced amateurs who want to step up their game to a compact, road-ready camera with great image quality and well-designed manual functions.
The NX200 has a tough magnesium alloy body with a bulge on the right side where the battery goes. It fits perfectly in the grip of your hand. That said, remember: big sensor, big lenses. The zoom lenses for this camera aren't collapsible, so the NX200 is not a pocketable camera, even if you have giant pockets.
Using It
People who know their way around cameras will love the design of the NX200, and newbies will find it confusing. The camera has snappy shutter performance and superfast drive, but the autofocus is slow.
The Best Part
Samsung's customisable iFn button is perfectly placed on the lens we tested, which makes it easy to toggle between key camera settings very quickly so you can concentrate on what's important: taking photos. Some of the other NX system lenses have an iFn button as well.
Tragic Flaw
Even though the camera's sensor is capable of great things, sometimes you don't know what you're getting with this camera. The camera often makes improper exposure calculations in automatic and partially automatic modes. The metering and the autofocus can both be finicky.
This Is Weird...
There's a programmable custom button on the bottom right of the camera's body. That's great. Unfortunately, you can only map a few functions to it.
Test Notes
The camera's sensor performs well across the board, even in low-light conditions despite packing 20.1 megapixels onto an APS-C sensor. All of those tiny pixels could have killed the camera in darker conditions, but the photos remained relatively noise-free at ISO 800 and even sometimes at ISO 1600. Check out our samples gallery here.
• It's a good thing the camera's settings are so easy to access because you really need to tinker with them to get the kind of shot you want. This is not a beginner camera, and you better have some patience for metering, metering again, and switching between exposure modes to get the shot you want.
• The camera's shutter release is sensitive and has quick action. Very satisfying. It's nice that the camera will peel off up to 7 frames per second, but when you're shooting RAW, the camera chokes up in continuous mode very quickly.
• The NX200 records massive photos in Samsung's proprietary RAW format (SRW). Inexplicably massive. They're 50MB, which seems a little excessive considering we get 20MB CR2 files from our Canon 60D.
• The HD video quality is good, if you are shooting a relatively static scene. But as when you're shooting stills, there is a lag in the autofocus, so if your scene changes or your move the camera, you've got to wait for the camera to adjust.
• As long as you don't turn on the GPS (don't turn on the GPS) the camera gets great battery life. It never died in the field -- including during a week of near constant use at CES.
• The AMOLED LCD is absolutely gorgeous.
Should You Buy It?
No -- or I should say -- not yet. The camera has a spectacular sensor, its button design is almost perfect, and the menus are logical and displayed on a beautiful screen. Unfortunately, the camera has a serious learning curve. I really like to tinker and take my time when shooting photos so I've actually grown to love this camera, but it's not for everyone.
If Samsung irons out these performance issues and gets the file size on the photos down, the next NX system camera could be one of the best shooters in its class. Until then, the Sony NEX-5 and Panasonic GX1 are the best pro compacts under $US1000. Pick the NEX-5 if you care about low-light image quality. Pick the GX1 if you want a compact build and a brilliantly usable design.
Samsung NX200
Price: $900 RRP w/ 18-55mm zoom lens
Sensor: 20.3MP, 23.5 x 15.7mm APS CMOS Sensor
Image: Up to 5472 x 3648
Video: Up to 1920 x 1080/30p
Screen: 614,000 dot, 3-inch AMOLED LCD


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Super-size woman credits her husband for restoring her self-esteem after years of bullying
Gayla learnt to love her body – and herself – with the help of a super-size stomach!
Gayla learnt to love her body – and herself – with the help of a super-size stomach!
'A perfect build' is how Gayla Neufeld describes her figure – 8ft belly and all. And it's certainly perfect as far as her husband Lance and her legion of online fans are concerned.
Being large was something that ran in Gayla's family, and from a young age she had to contend with bullying because of her weight. Despite this, she has now turned her curves to her advantage, launching a modelling career as an SSBBW (super-size big beautiful woman).
Gayla's online fans from around the world include doctors, lawyers, even bodybuilders – and it's their love for her voluptuous figure which has given her back the self-esteem robbed by her bullies.
Ain't no stopping me now!
Poles apart from the woman she was
Her biggest fan, however, is hubby Lance – a truck driver she met online in 1999. When they first met in the flesh, 'she knocked me over with all her beauty,' enthuses Lance. The feeling was mutual.
Gayla's 96in waist may be the stuff of dreams for Lance, but there are still some nightmare moments for Gayla – including difficulties finding clothes that fit, being able to get behind the steering wheel of a car and, she laughs, 'My knees haven't met in years. They're complete strangers!' Joking aside, her health does suffer because of her bountiful belly, with arthritis and falls among her problems.
One problem-free place, however, is the bedroom, where the couple's sex life is as 'good as ever', with the exception that Gayla can no longer go on top of Lance.
Gayla has no regrets though, and feels empowered by her body-positive image and by loving her body – 8ft belly included.


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Posted on January 12, 2015, in Blest Sunday and tagged Dezi, Lexi, Nip Nana, Photo, Playing, Treats. Bookmark the permalink. 55 Comments.
Those are nice pictures. We really like seeing the one of Lexi eating. It's great that she is feeling better. Hopefully whatever was making her feel bad went away for good. Andy loved the picture of you laying down. He thinks you are the most beautiful cat he has ever seen. Love, Cali Andy, and Shelly (C.A.T.S.)
That's such a beautiful picture of you Dezi. We are so happy that Lexi is feeling better and having some bonito flakes, we've never tried them but we see lots of kitties love them.
Our mom doesn't really get that thing either but we do sure get those weekend photos! Good for you, Lexi!


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Nemours' Surgical Wound Infection Rates Far Better Than National Average
When your child needs any kind of operation performed by Nemours surgeons, you can rest assured that you're getting top-notch surgical care from some of the best pediatric surgical specialists in the field. In fact, we're a national leader in surgical results and overall quality of surgical care.
One of the major ways we're able to keep tabs on how we're doing is by tracking the number of surgical wound complications for both inpatient and outpatient procedures (operations done on children staying in the hospital, as well as those who are able to go right home after surgery).
Of course, when your child needs a surgical procedure you probably don't think twice about infections of surgical wounds. Why would you? You're likely just focusing on the operation itself and hoping it helps fix whatever's going on in your child's body.
But when your child gets an everyday cut or scrape it's important to clean the area, put antibacterial ointment on it, and cover it with a bandage to prevent an infection. When it comes to an operation, preventing wound infections is essential because it means a faster recovery and a shorter hospital stay.


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Lady Monarchs Row To Varsity 8 Win Over Kansas
By ODU Athletics
April 12, 2010
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team's spring schedule continued last weekend against Kansas and host Bucknell. The Lady Monarchs notched a victory over Kansas in the Varsity 8.
"We were racing in the fourth different combination of our lineup due to injuries this week," said head coach Dan Garbutt. "ODU's 6 seat sustained a leg injury during the race and the Varsity 8 had to rotate its lineup again to compete in the afternoon against Bucknell."
Old Dominion's Varsity 8 finished three seconds ahead of the Kansas boat with the Lady Monarchs winning the event in a time of 7:05.07, while the Jayhawks placed second with a finishing time of 7:08.29.
The ODU 2V boat finished well against difficult competition. but were outpaced by the Jayhawks. The Novice 4 boat, who has been competing in the Varsity 4 events all year continued to demonstrate improvement although losing to Kansas as well.
All three ODU boats, racing in augmented lineups from the morning races fell to Bucknell in the afternoon.
"Overall, this week demonstrated the resiliency of the young Lady Monarchs, as well as their willingness to compete," noted Garbutt. "I couldn't be prouder of their efforts this weekend and season."
The Old Dominion women's rowing team hits the water again at the Kerr Cup (April 17th), followed by the Colonial Athletic Association Championships (April 25th), and the Dad Vail Regatta (May 7-8).
Varsity 8:
1. Old Dominion - 7:05.07
2. Kansas - 7:08.29
2V Varsity 8:
1. Kansas - 7:19.14
2. Old Dominion - 7:31.60
Varsity 8:
1. Bucknell (V8) - 7:10.46
2. Bucknell (2V8) - 7:20.78
3. Old Dominion (V8) - 7:37.19
Varsity 4:
1. Bucknell - 8:18.75
2. Old Dominion - 8:34.94


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As you likely noticed, I had trouble publishing yesterday's post... something with an internet upgrade. ARGGGGHHH!!!!
Anyway, I mentioned that the girls went with me to the airport yesterday to see Holly and Ben off. It was upsetting and hard to say good bye and the girls were feeling understandably down.
But didn't Heidi's friends save her day! Three of her marching band friends, Whitnee, Nate, and Monica, had been planning for this occasion, knowing not only that it was Canadian Thanksgiving, but that Heidi would likely have a hard day of it, having to say good bye to Holly and Ben.
When Heidi got to school, she was given a t-shirt to wear that matched the other three; on the front it has a Canadian flag drawn on with dimensional paint, and on the back it says: It's all ABOOT Thanksgiving, EH!!! Some of the paint is glow-in-the-dark apparently. lol All four kids wore the shirts yesterday, and again after they competed last night in the qualifiers (for State semis and finals).
Not only did they do the t-shirts, but Whitnee baked Heidi a cake and they took Heidi out for ice cream after school to celebrate- and to cheer her up. Heidi was so thrilled with it all.
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This from the Associated Press:
The White House on Monday expressed "concern" and "sadness" over the state of the ailing US newspaper industry, but made clear that a government bailout was not in the cards.
"I don't know what, in all honesty, government can do about it," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. "That might be a bit of a tricky area to get into given the differing roles."
Gibbs was responding to a reporter who asked what the White House thought about the recent closure of several US newspapers and a threat to shut down the venerable Boston Globe.
"Obviously (President Barack Obama) believes there has to be a strong free press," the spokesman said. "I think there's a certain concern and a certain sadness when you see cities losing their newspapers or regions of the country losing their newspapers."


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October 28, 2010
When Jon Stewart was on Larry King's show talking about his Rally to Restore Sanity, he likened himself to Alice in Wonderland. Is Jon Stewart really Alice, trying to find sanity in an upside-down world? Or is he the March Hare, the ultimate slacktivist who thinks it's always teatime--time to sit back and jibberjabber? Well, we are firm believers that these upside-down times call for fearlessness and action.
According to the rallying call for restoring sanity, people who were so horrified when the U.S. invaded Iraq that they joined millions of others to protest are not sane. And we should definitely not shout and be outrageous when the Supreme Court rules that corporations are people and can pour unlimited funds into our elections. Ok, what?! Now, *that's* just crazy.
On Friday, 10/29, we will be out front of the US Chamber of Commerce in DC protesting the undisclosed funds being poured into Republican campaigns by the Chamber and groups like Karl Rove's American Crossroads. Our electoral system is FAR from perfect; however, allowing undisclosed funds to buy elections is sucking the life blood out of democracy.
On Saturday, 10/30, we'll be at the Rally to Restore Sanity in DC with our War is Insane message and Mad Hatter Tea Party along with our friends at US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and others! Sign up now!
It's the sane people who protest crazy wars, who (wiki)leak the truth about occupation and insist that war should be an election issue, who cry out against the dangers of global warming, who rail against big money in politics, who implore our politicians to spend our resources rebuilding America, not bombing people overseas.
Thanks for bringing sanity to a crazy world, Dana, Farida, Gayle, Janet, Jean, Joan, Jodie, Lisa, Medea, Nancy, Rae, Tighe and Valerie
P.S. Medea will be on the Daily Show this Thursday night -- read her article about the whole insane (yet entertaining) experience.
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Investigators search for man wanted on identity theft charges
Suspect purchased $5,000 watch, police say
Your name is valuable and it can be valuable to someone who isn't you as well.
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes.
Police are looking for a man who they said used someone else's ID to get credit and purchase a $5,500 watch from a jewelry store in the Florence Mall.
"The name, the birth date, everything on the ID was real. His photo, though, was not the person listed on the ID," said Detective Jeff Debellevue of the Florence Police Department.
Debellevue said they aren't sure how the suspect got the stolen identity, but consider this: mail left in your mailbox, especially overnight, can be easily targeted by identity thieves.
That's why Mary Riley doesn't do it.
"We're afraid someone will come to get it...we've heard about identity theft and we don't do it. We always take ours to the post office," said Riley -- good advice according to police.
"This time of year is tax time.. You drop your taxes in the mail to send it out and it's easy pickings," said Debellevue.
Also, beware of phishing scams on the Internet . Candice Deamron listed her ring on Craigslist after a divorce and thought a buyer was using PayPal.
"Somebody had trademarked a PayPal account, sent me a confirmation number making me think it was 100 percent real. I sent it to them to find out in the long run, five days later, it was fake," said Deamron.
And if you're ripped off, it's now usually a high-dollar crime.
"They're going to take you for everything you're worth," said Debellevue.
Detectives asked anyone with information on the suspect to call Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040.


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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Pop history magazine subscribers read articles, wargamers buy books
Board wargaming is still alive and well, though even more of a niche relegated largely to the Internet, conventions, small clubs, and few and far between tiny corners in general hobby shops. Young boardgamers today would be very surprised to know that during the 70s and 80s, department stores and drug stores all over the country stocked serious wargames on their shelves, with games like Empires in Arms selling 200,000 copies. Those days are long, long gone.
The point of all this is my long held belief that wargames in general are a vastly underappreciated (by book publishers*) gateway drug to serious subject reading. The best designed strategic-level games inspire players to actively seek out more information about military, political, diplomatic, social, and economic history. Recently, I purchased a WW1 game and playing it led me to pick up copies of at least 50 books that I would not otherwise have bothered to read. Yet, as far as I can tell from hobby magazines and websites (I've never been to a gaming conference or convention, so I could be wrong about those venues), book publishers have made little or no effort to market their products to the hobby, both the PC and boardgame varieties. To the lament of their suffering spouses, wargamers spend money, lots of it, to further their interest and knowledge, and I can't help but think neglected opportunity exists for book publishers to exploit.
* - reader Chris makes a good point in the comments section about European publishing. Admittedly, my thoughts did not stray outside the U.S. when writing this post.
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- AnonymousJuly 24, 2012 at 8:45 PM
Drew, I had Avalon Hill's Gettysburg as a kid. I think European publishers are much more attuned to the wargame market. Some of the best texts I found on War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' battles were written for wargamers.ReplyDelete
- Stephen GrahamJuly 24, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Drew, the basic conundrum is that the presses with the money to spend on marketing are much less likely to publish serious military history. Those who do publish serious military history don't have marketing budgets to send people out to small events such as gaming conventions.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Stephen,Delete
Yes, I was thinking of something more in the way of creative use of Internet-age marketing communications (whatever that may entail!) rather than old school stuff like setting up a booth at Gen Con.
Interesting article, Drew. We at Savas Beatie are very conscious of this community and have scores of wargamers who subscribe to our monthly e-letter and purchase titles directly from us--especially titles in the Savas Beatie Military Atlas series, and our "Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution." Our map-heavy, order-of-battle-driven titles translate well into gaming. We also dedicate a very healthy budget to marketing, as I think those who know us will attest.Delete
Even so, we can do an even better job than we are now doing, and your post sparked a couple ideas I will pass by marketing next week. And if anyone has ideas about reaching this market, don't be shy in letting me know.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
-- tps
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The nation is in crisis, and government is inadequate to do much about it, the governor of Texas warns.
"That's why I'm calling on Americans to pray and fast like Jesus did and as God called the Israelites to do in the Book of Joel."
Drought and locusts were plaguing the Israelites during the time of Joel, an Old Testament prophet; America's litany of woe, as Gov. Rick Perry sees it, includes economic pain, communities in crisis and "people adrift in a sea of moral relativism."
The man who seems to be moving inexorably toward a run for the White House maintains that "only God can help."
Perry plans to elicit that divine assistance during a day of prayer, fasting and pleas for forgiveness in the company of several thousand like-minded souls at Reliant Stadium next Saturday.
Dubbed "The Response," the all-day event is attracting an inordinate amount of attention, not only because of the governor's presidential ambitions, but also because of his embrace of Christian groups and leaders known for their theocratic tendencies, fringe beliefs and intolerance toward nonbelievers.
Prelude to pilgrimage
Critics of The Response — among them a group of Houston's most prominent ministers – are quick to point out that the names associated with the event are the same groups and individuals who consider Perry the presidential candidate most likely to receive their blessing, and God's. Noting that Perry himself has expressed the conviction that he is, perhaps, "called" to the presidency, they contend that the prayer event is prelude to his White House pilgrimage.
Others say the alarm is overstated, exacerbated by a hyperbolic language of metaphor often favored by fundamentalist Christians and that politicians always have sought the blessings of God and the support of the godly. Nevertheless, the prayer extravaganza, coming on the heels of Perry exhorting Texans to pray for rain, has attracted a level of nationwide scrutiny in keeping with his presidential potential.
The most prominent sponsor is the American Family Association, a Tupelo, Miss.-based group founded in 1971 by the Rev. Donald Wildmon as a crusade against salacious TV. The AFA since has branched out in opposition to gay rights, feminism, evolution and other issues of concern to the Religious Right.
Also providing organizational and financial support for the event are the International House of Prayer and its affiliate, The Call, both based in Kansas City, Mo.
IHOP – and, yes, the pancake chain has sued – was founded in 1999 by a self-trained evangelist named Mike Bickle and draws tens of thousands of worshippers to its revivals and sponsors perpetual prayer to help usher in the Final Days.
Bickle preaches an apocalyptic Christianity that warns of the rise of a Satan-inspired religion he labels Harlot Babylon.
"I believe that one of the main pastors of the Harlot movement – it's not the Harlot movement yet – is Oprah," Bickle has proclaimed. "She is winsome, she is kind, she is reasonable. She is utterly deceived."
An army of God
The Call's founder, Lou Engle, is an outspoken opponent of gay rights who journeyed to Uganda last year to support religious activists backing a law that would have imposed the death penalty on homosexuals.
Organizers of The Response also have enlisted the help of a loose association of ministers and activists calling themselves the New Apostolic Reformation. With roots in Pentecostalism, the movement emphasizes ecstatic worship, prophecy and political activism. According to their writings, followers of the movement believe they are leading an army of God that will take over society and civilian government.
Those who have known Perry over the years do not question his religious commitment – one acquaintance notes that he regularly says grace over meals and attends church regularly – but they also observe that faith has not been a prominent part of his public persona until fairly recently.
Perry grew up in the tiny rural community of Paint Creek in Haskell County, where his family were members of the local Methodist church, since disbanded. Only recently has he mentioned that "God was dealing with me."
In a speech in Longview last month, Perry revealed that at 27, "I knew that I'd been called to the ministry. I've just always been stunned by how big a pulpit I was gonna have. … I truly believe with all my heart that God has put me in this place at this time to do His will."
Since being elected land commissioner in 1990, he and wife, Anita, have been members of Tarrytown United Methodist Church, a mainstream congregation in an affluent West Austin neighborhood.
After the Governor's Mansion burned in 2008 and the Perrys moved to a rented home in a newer, even more affluent area of West Austin, they regularly have attended the nearby Lake Hills Church. A nondenominational, evangelical church with some 3,000 members, Lake Hills features a stadium-style auditorium and a rock band.
Perry has said he likes the congregation's exuberant, nonstaid approach. "They dunk; Methodists sprinkle," he told the Austin American-Statesman last year.
He also has said more recently that he does not necessarily agree with the groups and individuals affiliated with The Response.
Barry Hankins, a historian of religion at Baylor University, said the views of Perry's evangelical allies are little cause for concern. It is apocalyptic language in the spirit of the Book of Revelation, he said, and much of it should not be taken literally.
"These conservative religious groups have two languages," he said. "One language is used to fire up the troops. Pat Robertson is a good example.
Then, when they get into the actual political arena, they tend to speak the same language of any other advocacy group. Perry knows how to use the populist religious language that touches a nerve with these folks."
Politics or prayer?
Perry's own political alliance with fundamentalist pastors has its antecedents in ties forged some years ago. He has met with ministers since at least 2005, when he spoke at six "Pastor's Policy Briefings" organized by the Texas Restoration Project, co-founded by the Rev. Laurence White, of Houston's Our Savior Lutheran Church.
Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, maintained that Perry's motives back then were purely political, that he was facing a potential GOP primary battle with U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2006 and needed far-right foot soldiers. She also contended the Houston gathering is a political event.
As he considers a run for the White House, religious groups with a conservative political agenda could be useful in primaries dominated by tea party activists and Christian social conservatives.
The danger, of course, is that voters who do not share their politico-religious perspective would be offended by Perry's enthusiastic embrace.
"I have no doubt that Governor Perry is a man of faith," Miller said, "but I think it's divisive to use religion and faith as a campaign prop or to advance political ambitions."
Not so, said Eric Bearse, a former Perry aide and speech writer who is helping organize The Response.
"Anytime someone in public office steps forward and talks about their faith there will be critics. This event is not about any one individual. It's a movement of people gathered in a humble spirit of prayer," Bearse said.


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Givat Shmuel, Israel – November 3, 2011 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT), has announced a partnership with leading cutting tool producer Iscar in offering the Iscar Tool Advisor (ITA) application within the CimatronE CAD/CAM solution.
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The ITA recommends optimal tools and cutting conditions based on manufacturing information provided by the programmer. This information includes machine power, adaptation, and depth and width of material to be machined. CimatronE customers receive connectivity to the ITA online portal where they can define the relevant manufacturing information and then load into CimatronE the ITA's recommended cutters, holders and cutting conditions. The customer utilizes ITA's recommendations to create optimal NC procedures, resulting in shorter machining time and longer tool life.
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The CimatronE-ITA innovation was first introduced at the EMO show in Hannover last month and received significant praise from visitors.
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Get to know these scarlet-spotted fliers.
1. Females often lay three or four pale blue-green eggs, accented with black, brown and purple markings.
2. The species, one of the most abundant in all of North America, has experienced a decrease in population over the past 40 years.
3. Male red-winged blackbirds can't commit. They juggle as many as 15 female mates.
4. There are two reasons males flash their scarlet field marks, hunch their shoulders forward, and spread their tails: to mark their territory or to impress a mate.
5. Red-winged blackbirds leave the nest 11 to 14 days after birth.
6. True snowbirds, red-winged blackbirds travel as many as 800 miles south for the winter.
7. Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-wing its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The name comes from the Greek words for flocking and red.


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Bensel Connecticut Open champion
Stamford resident and expectant father handles pressure
WEST HARTFORD -- Frank Bensel didn't have a pager in his bag as Phil Mickelson did in the 1999 U.S. Open. But the Stamford resident was ready to leave the 75th Connecticut Open with the lead if his very pregnant wife Alynn went into labor during Wednesday's final round.
Alynn Bensel, who is due to deliver the couple's first child on Tuesday, was in attendance at the Hartford Golf Club, so it's likely word would have gotten to Frank rather quickly if there was any important news.
Fortunately for the Bensels, all the bulletins came from the golf course Wednesday. Frank, twice a runner-up in this event, shot an even-par 71 and finished 9-under par to win by a single stroke.
Bobby Gage of Candlewood Valley Country Club in Brookfield, a veteran Nationwide Tour pro, shot a 68 and finished second at 8 under.
"I figured I had to shoot 66 to win," Gage admitted.
Bensel said he wasn't too worried about his wife's condition while playing, though he did expect to keep closer tabs on her during the round.
"I didn't see her out there so I was wondering if she had left," said Bensel, who two-putted from 40 feet on the 18th hole to secure victory and the $10,000 top prize. "But she just can't really walk too much. She was inside the whole time. I figured I'd see her at the turn and I did."
Bensel held a four-stroke lead entering the last round, due mostly to a course record-tying 63 in round one. But after bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9, his advantage was down to just one when he did hit the turn.
"When you have a lead like that, you can't help but play a little bit conservatively. It's just a mindset," Bensel said.
Once challenged, however, Bensel responded with two birdies and seven pars in windy conditions on the back nine to hold off a strong field.
Three-time champion Kyle Gallo made a charge but bogeyed two of his last four holes to shoot 69. He finished tied for fourth with fellow Timberlin Golf Club product Brent Paladino at 6 under.
Steve Sokol, the 2003 champ who now plays out of Orange Hills, shot 70 on Wednesday and finished alone in sixth.
Bensel, an assistant pro at Century Country Club in Purchase, N.Y., finished second in this event to James St. Pierre in 2002 at New Haven and second to Gallo at Fairfield in 2000.
A standout performer in the Metropolitan PGA Section, Bensel also has some experience in major golf events. He played in the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont and the 2004 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
After making birdies at the par-5 10th and the short par-4 12th, Bensel kept his round together with an up-and-down at the difficult par-4 14th. On the 440-yard hole that played into a strong wind, Bensel escaped a greenside bunker with a blast to some 15 feet and a key par-saving putt.
"That was huge," Bensel said.
His putt on No. 14 was one of the few outside of 6 feet that Bensel made on Wednesday. So standing over a 4-footer on 18 that he needed to make in order to avoid a playoff, it's possible Bensel wasn't feeling overly confident.
But it didn't show in his final stroke, as the putt easily found the bottom of the cup.
"I didn't feel like I made anything except that putt on 14 and I made one on 1. It just wasn't going in," Bensel said. "I hit the ball well -- it could have been a low round if I had putted well. But that last putt went right in the middle. That's all that mattered."


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Xavier hires Bowling Green's Greg Christopher as AD
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Xavier has hired Bowling Green's Greg Christopher as its next director of athletics, responsible for guiding the Jesuit school into the reconfigured Big East next season.
Christopher replaces Mike Bobinski, who is moving on to Georgia Tech next month.
Christopher has been director of athletics at Bowling Green for the past 6 1/2 years. Previously, he was an associate director of athletics at Purdue. He'll become Xavier's 11th director of athletics.
Xavier and Butler are leaving the Atlantic 10 to join seven current Big East schools, plus Creighton, in a reconfigured league next school year. Georgetown, St. John's, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Marquette and DePaul reached an agreement to leave the current Big East and taking the name with them.


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