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"Without the participation of Microsoft, these criminal cases against human rights defenders and journalists would simply not be able to occur"
Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent - Adding to its long-running series on corruption and abuse in post-Communist Russia, the New York Times has reported on Russian authorities using the pretext of software piracy to seize computers from journalists and political dissidents critical of current policies. In a surprising twist, lawyers representing Microsoft have been found working with Russian police, despite reporters and NGOs providing evidence of legitimate software purchases. An official response to the NYT piece suggests impostors claim to represent Microsoft in Russia, and notes the company's offer of free software licenses to these and similar groups.
It takes two to speak truth: One to speak and another to hear
Remember the Alamo, but don't forget Poleland
Texan judge rules $5 "pole tax" violates First Amendment rights. Further, Judge Scott Jenkins found no evidence to justify the purpose of HB 1751 (PDF), finding the anecdotal link of the patronage of strip clubs with a lack of health insurance and increased sexual assault rates for dancers insufficient, and ordered the state to pay the plaintiffs' legal fees. Activists are already looking to appeal Jenkins' ruling and reenact the tax. (Previously on Metafilter.)
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Take your gaming group to Middle-earth™ with this thematic and atmospheric, OGL-compatible setting guide.
Smaug has been defeated, the Battle of Five Armies has been won, and Bilbo has returned to the Shire. But much danger still remains, and from the Orc-holds of the mountains to the dark and corrupt depths of Mirkwood a darkness waits, recovering its strength, laying its plans, and slowly extending its shadow…
In Dale, King Bard sends out a call for brave adventurers to journey to Laketown and assist him in restoring the glory of the North.
Adventurers come from all the Free Peoples of Wilderland and beyond, all heeding the call to adventure. Spurred on by diverse callings – whether it be the lure of the road, the hunger for ancient lore, or the simple urge to defend hearth and kin, adventurers from across Wilderland are preparing to explore Middle-earth and to battle the rising threat of The Shadow wherever it may be found.
The Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide
The first release for Adventures in Middle-earth™ is the Player's Guide, which gives you the Middle-earth setting-specific rules and guidance to create your characters and adventure in the world of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings using the OGL 5e ruleset.
Character creation features Cultures and Classes designed for Middle-earth to help you get deep into the setting from the very start of your adventures. New rules add excitement to your journeys and encounters, and chart the corruption of the Shadow in the unwary or unwise.
The quest begins with this lavishly illustrated, hardcover Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide, followed by the equally beautiful and useful Adventures in Middle-earth Loremaster's Guide. You can start playing right away with this Player's Guide, and the 5th Edition rules.
Adventures in Middle-earth: Players Guide contains:
• 11 Middle-earth specific playable Cultures
• 6 New and unique Classes
• 13 New Backgrounds custom-made for Middle-earth
• Middle-earth appropriate arms and armour
• Unique Journey rules
• New rules for Corruption
• New Audience rules
• Rules for The Fellowship Phase
• Middle-earth maps (as the end papers) for Players and Loremasters
You can now Pre-order the Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide here, with a free PDF - the PDF is anticipated to be delivered in August, the print edition in the Autumn.
For convenience, if you simply know you want both, you can also pre-order both the Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide and Adventures in Middle-earth Loremaster's Guide, with free PDFs here - the Player's Guide PDF is anticipated to be delivered in August, the print edition in the Autumn, the Loremaster PDF and print edition are both anticipated Autumn 2016.
You'll note we're not supplying PDF editions right away. We're trying something a little different with the pre-order for Adventures in Middle-earth, for a couple of reasons.
Number one, we need to gauge print numbers. So we're going to run the pre-order slightly sooner than we normally would. Our more regular policy is to open pre-orders when we release the PDF, and send the game to print. We're not doing that this time.
Number two, we're a small company, and with increasing sales numbers generally we're finding it tough to handle the demand for instant delivery of free PDFs with pre-orders. We expect Adventures in Middle-earth pre-sales will be beyond anything we've experienced before. So we want to be ready, organised, and to be able to handle things in a measured way, so that everyone gets the PDF at the same time, and no one is left clicking refresh on their inbox awaiting the PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to play?
You'll need Adventures in Middle-earth™ Player's Guide and the 5th Edition rulebooks. That's enough to get started. Games will massively benefit from the forthcoming Loremaster's Guide, but it isn't necessary to begin play.
How does Adventures in Middle-earth relate to 5th Edition?
It uses the OGL.
How does Adventures in Middle-earth relate to The One Ring Roleplaying Game?
Our design goal for AME has been to develop a game that plays like OGL 5e with a setting that feels like Middle-earth. Some TOR concepts like Corruption and Journeys have been reinterpreted for the game, but wherever possible we have used existing OGL mechanics. The two lines will share illustration and setting content. The initial supplements for AME will be conversions of existing TOR material.
What approach to the setting does Adventures in Middle-earth take?
We are presenting Middle-earth as described in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. All the rules and options we present have been sourced from the texts and are designed to recreate the feel of the books in your games. Saying that, our goal is to give you the tools to play in your vision of Middle-earth, and you can use content from across the range of OGL materials to build in any features that you want.
When is it coming out?
The PDF will be out this Summer, the print version will be available in the Autumn. We'd love to be more precise, but many production factors are outside of our control.
Where and when is the setting based?
The core setting begins five years after the death of Smaug, in Wilderland. Players can chose from cultures based in the region, as well as some fan-favourite additions (Hobbits, Dunedain, Rohirrim, Men of Minas Tirith, Men of Bree).
Why such a tight focus?
We've found great success in Middle-earth gaming with this approach. It means the party have a reason to be together, and there's a reason for adventurers to be roaming Middle-earth. It gives a core platform to start your Middle-earth gaming journey, and lets us give loads of information on one (albeit huge) region. Wilderland is a brilliant place in which to adventure, and five years after the events of The Hobbit™, but before the events of The Lord of the Rings is a hugely atmospheric time. Players know plenty about it, there's plenty of really exciting locations, but that's balanced by plenty of blank space on the map too.
This focus lets us concentrate both our and your efforts, and do things to a depth we demand. Supplementary material will expand the arena of play.
What else is coming out?
In addition to the Player's Guide we have the Loremaster's Guide in the works, along with a conversion of the epic Tales from Wilderland – a collection of seven linked adventures showcasing the Wilderland region. We'll update with news on further releases as we go.
If I preorder do I get the PDF right away?
In this instance no. We're trying something a little different with Adventures in Middle-earth for a couple of reasons.
Number one, we need to gauge print numbers. So we're going to run the pre-order slightly sooner than we normally would. Our more regular policy is to open pre-orders when we release the PDF, and send the game to print.
Number two, we're a small company, and with increasing sales numbers generally we're finding it tough to handle the demand for instant delivery of free PDFs with pre-orders. We expect Adventures in Middle-earth pre-sales will be beyond anything we've experienced before. So we want to be ready, organised, and to be able to handle things in a measured way, so that everyone gets the PDF at the same time, and no one is left clicking refresh on their inbox awaiting the PDF.
If I pre-order the Player's Guide and Loremaster's Guide will they be sent together, making me wait for the Player's Book?
No - they'll be sent to you separately as soon as we have them.
Does Adventures in Middle-earth use the alignment system?
No – Adventures in Middle-earth assumes players are fighting for good. Alignment is replaced with the Corruption system to track characters' descent into Shadow.
Does combat change?
No – the OGL combat system is untouched. We want OGL players to be able to play quickly and easily. Familiarity with the system is a key design goal.
What Classes are there?
Adventures in Middle-earth uses its own bespoke, Middle-earth themed classes and backgrounds. These are unique to AME. We'll be making individual updates about Classes, and will update this FAQ with links as they go live. We also have loads of brand new backgrounds.
Are any new rules added?
Yes! We're introducing rules for Journeys, for Corruption and for the Fellowship Phase. We'll have updates on all of these, which will be linked here once they're live.
Are there spell casters with spells like fireball and chain lightning?
Magic in Middle-earth is embedded in the world and reflected in a range of ways both mundane and exceptional. The ability of Hobbits to conceal themselves, the healing songs of the Woodmen and the Dwarven Spells of Secrecy are all examples of the magic inherent in the setting. There's much debate as to whether or not the more flamboyant magic users should be played in Middle-earth. The beauty of using the OGL for AME is that you can decide that for yourself. All the rules and classes for spell-slingers are out there, and you can bring those into your game to meet your vision of the setting.
Will there be stats for Gandalf, and can I kill him?
No. Gandalf is a patron-level NPC. He doesn't need stats. Though we're sure a fan will give him stats if you really, really can't live without them.
Is there plate armour in Adventures in Middle-earth?
Not as written. We provide an equipment section that closely references The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. We feel part of evoking the Middle-earth feel is to cleave close to the source material. The beauty of the OGL is if you feel that plate armour belongs in Middle-earth than you can bring it in.
The One Ring Roleplaying Game
Is The One Ring going away?
No. The One Ring will continue as a separate, fully supported line. We will be converting TOR supplements to Adventures in Middle-earth. So even if AME sells a million copies we will still want and need TOR releases. We didn't put all that effort into TOR to abandon it now!
The Adventurer's Companion and Oaths of the Riddermark are both coming along very nicely. Along with some TOR releases we've not even mentioned yet.
TOR and AME have different aims, and we believe there is plenty of space for both game lines to flourish.
Pre-order the Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide here, with a free PDF - the PDF is anticipated to be delivered in August, the print edition in the Autumn.
Pre-order both the Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide and Adventures in Middle-earth Loremaster's Guide, with free PDFs here - the Player's Guide PDF is anticipated to be delivered in August, the print edition in the Autumn, the Loremaster PDF and print edition are both anticipated Autumn 2016.
Adventures in Middle-earth™ is our brand new range of setting supplements for Middle-earth gaming using the OGL.
Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games achieved huge success and numerous awards with our The One Ring™ Middle-earth Roleplaying Game. Renowned for evocative rules and high production values, it is one of our most popular games.
Dominic McDowall, Cubicle 7 CEO:
"When the OGL was announced for 5th Edition, we knew we had to embark on a new quest. We have so much incredible material for The One Ring, and have answered so many of the questions posed by how to make a superlative, highly playable game set in Middle-earth, that we want to share with an even wider audience.
So it was that Adventures in Middle-earth™ was born: 5th Edition OGL rules, Middle-earth setting. For the first time in roleplaying history these two greats are coming together, and we're immensely proud to be the ones to do it.
The first release will be Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide, which will be available in print in the Autumn. As usual, the PDF will be available much sooner, and we'll have some preview copies of the game to peruse at GenCon."
Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide offers new races, classes, backgrounds and virtues, allowing you to create Middle-earth themed characters. It supplies new rules for Journeys, so much at the heart of Middle-earth stories. We add a system for tracking Corruption in the face of The Shadow, and introduce The Fellowship Phase, which gives players a chance to proactively describe what their characters are doing between adventures and build their story. There are also rules for Audiences, facilitating encounters between the great and the good of Middle-earth and your characters.
What's in the Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide?
• 11 Middle-earth specific playable Cultures
• 6 New and unique Classes
• 13 New Backgrounds custom-made for Middle-earth
• Middle-earth appropriate arms and armour
• Unique Journey rules
• New rules for Corruption
• New Audience rules
• The Fellowship Phase
• Middle-earth maps (as the end papers) for Players and Loremasters
Doubtless everyone will have lots of questions: We'll be giving you more detail on each of these sections in upcoming updates.
Adventures in Middle-earth is an exceptional release for us, and we're changing the way we do things slightly for this initial pre-order. Normally we release the PDF when we put the pre-order live, and shortly after that the game goes off to print. For Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide we need to get a handle on just how many we should print. We suspect this will be a huge release for us, and we don't want to under print.
We also want to be able to supply the PDFs in a measured, effective way. Some of our recent releases have been so popular, we've been rushed off our feet supplying PDFs by hand.
The pre-order for Adventures in Middle-earth will open, run for a month or so, and then the PDF will be released to everyone who has pre-ordered. The print version will follow quickly after.
Pre-orders for Adventures in Middle-earth opens this week.
A Note on The One Ring Roleplaying Game
The One Ring Roleplaying Game is one of our most successful and popular game lines. We will be continuing fully support The One Ring in the coming years, with plenty of new supplements in the works. The One Ring Roleplaying Game is not going away, and releases will not be slowed down by Adventures in Middle-earth.
Pre-order now: Section 46 Operations Manual for World War Cthulhu: Cold War.
"Three days in that hallway hardly moving. He came up the stairs to the apartment like he knew I'd be waiting. And then he was dead. I cleaned up fast and cleared out. Not a bad job even if I say so myself. Gepetto was right. I have the ZATO documentation and the artefact specs. I'll drop them in the usual place."
The line between spy and criminal is often so thin as to be invisible. A good spy needs to lie convincingly, break into places he or she doesn't belong, forge documents, steal secrets, blackmail potential informants and, when all else fails, kill with ruthless efficiency. Above all, they need to evade capture while doing all these things.
Section 46 operates even further in the shadows than most intelligence organisations. Their activities are unsanctioned, their methods brutal and their enemies sometimes inhuman.
The Section 46 Operations Manual is a handbook for World War Cthulhu: Cold War players, designed to teach them how best to succeed and survive in this murky world of 1970s espionage, or at least how to delay the inevitable for as long as possible.
Featuring sections on:
• Communications and Deceptions
Lies, damned lies and amended truths
• Networks and Assets
Reliability and leverage
• Field Operations
Urban and rural, infiltration, exfiltration
• Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering
Mobile surveillance, on-site analysis
• Personal Violence
Silent killing, poison and other chemicals
• Covert Operations
Insurgents, dissidents, revolutionaries, cleaning up
• Special Weapons
Handguns, nuclear warfare
128 pages, softcover, black and white interior
Written by: Scott Dorward, Martin Dougherty, Ken Spencer
Art by Jon Hodgson, Scott Purdy, Sam Manley
All pre-orders come with a free PDF.
PDF Available now. Print anticipated Autumn 2016
Take Action
Preorder now and get the PDF: http://shop.cubicle7store.com/World-War-Cthulhu-Cold-War-Section-46-Operations-Manual-PDF
Get just the PDF: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/189121/World-War-Cthulhu-Cold-War?affiliate_id=169435
Or pre-order at a participating Bits and Mortar store and get the PDF for free.
Pre-order now: Six amazingly detailed 6-sided dice for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game. With faces featuring Daleks, Cybermen, K9, UNIT and the TARDIS these deluxe dice make the perfect companion to your adventures through time and space.
Manufactured by Q Workshop, these dice will be available in October.
A small batch will be available at Gen Con - if you're coming to the show please don't pre-order, as you'll be able to grab some there, while stocks last.
Pre-order now: http://shop.cubicle7store.com/Doctor-Who-Deluxe-Dice-Set
And just in case you missed it: All the Strange Strange Creatures Volume One for Doctor Who Roleplaying Game is also available for pre-order now too!
'There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!'
Available for pre-order now, with free PDF: All the Strange, Strange Creatures Volume I for The Doctor Who Roleplaying Game. Alternatively, grab just the PDF here. Or materialise at your local store, and if they participate in the Bits and Mortar program (and why wouldn't they?), you can get the PDF today with a pre-order.
All the Strange, Strange Creatures Volume I is a gorgeous 160 page, full colour hardback, packed full of images from the show, monster stats and info, as well as countless hints and tips on how to make the most of the Doctor's adversaries in your games.
For much of our history humans have gazed up at the stars and asked the question: are we alone in the universe? The answer, of course, is no! The galaxy is teeming with life. Aliens populate every corner of the universe, and many have visited our humble little planet.
All the Strange, Strange Creatures is aliens. Aliens the Doctor has encountered on his adventures. Aliens he has not yet met. Aliens he hopes to never meet again. This supplement provides the Gamemaster with the details of just some of the alien races that the Doctor has encountered, from Daleks and Cybermen to the Vashta Nerada and the Skovox Blitzer.
As well as providing rules and background for each of the aliens included, this supplement also gets beneath the skin of each of them. What makes them tick? What do they do? How do you use them in your adventures? What sort of stories do they appear in? What else might you do with them? And how do you go about making up your own aliens?
Start running!
Pre-order at the C7 store, with a free PDF: http://shop.cubicle7store.com/All-the-Strange-Strange-Creatures-Part-1-PDF
Grab just the PDF: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/187181/Doctor-Who--All-the-Strange-Strange-Creatures-Volume-I?affiliate_id=169435
Or get to your local store, show them some love and pre-order. If they're part of Bits and Mortar you'll get a free PDF.
The ENnie Award Nominations for 2016 have been revealed, and we're honoured to have been nominated for five awards this year!
Here's how they stack up:
Best Cartography
Cthulhu Britannica London (Cubicle 7)
Best Family Game
Lone Wolf (Cubicle 7)
Best Production Values
Cthulhu Britannica London (Cubicle 7)
Lone Wolf (Cubicle 7)
Best Rules
Lone Wolf (Cubicle 7)
Thanks as ever to the judges for all their hard work bringing the nominations list together. We'll let you know when voting goes live!
With Smaug the Dragon defeated and the Dwarves of Erebor returning to their ancient mansion, the land east of Mirkwood resounds once more with the din of hammer on anvil. King Bard has completed the rebuilding of Dale, City of Bells. The furnaces of the Lonely Mountain are relit, and the toy-market is reopened. Travellers, merchants and adventurers turn North once again to seek their fortunes, as hope returns to Wilderland.
Available for pre-order, and in PDF now: Erebor - The Lonely Mountain!
Packed with new information on some of the best-known locales and characters described in The Hobbit, this invaluable guide, aimed to players and Loremasters alike, describes the Dwarf-hold of Erebor, the city of Dale, the surrounding regions, and the many different activities to undertake there.
Also included are new rules for Dragons, Dwarven artefacts and the art of their making, as well as two brand-new playable cultures – The mail-clad Dwarves of the Iron Hills and the wandering Dwarves of the Grey Mountains.
Behold the majesty of The Great Chamber of Thrór, marvel at ancient tales of the War of Orcs and Dwarves, experience the hustle and bustle of the River Road in Dale, commission a smith of Anvil Way, visit the ravens and venture into The Waste. Erebor and Dale await!
Erebor - The Lonely Mountain features:
• A comprehensive guide to iconic Middle-earth location The Lonely Mountain, it's places, characters and things to do.
• A detailed guide to the city of Dale, it's notable locations and characters and things to do.
• A detailed guide to the surround area around Erebor and Dale
• Rules for creating Dragons as adversaries for One Ring Games
• Rules for Dwarven artefacts and forging
• Amazing cover art by John Howe
• Two new playable cultures – The iron-clad Dwarves of the Iron Hills and the wandering Dwarves of the Grey Mountains.
112 pages, hard cover, full cover.
Written by: Gabriel Garcia, Andrew Kenrick, Mark A. Latham, T.S. Luikart, Francesco Nepitello, James M. Spahn and Kenneth Spencer.
Cover by John Howe
Art by Jon Hodgson, Sam Manley, and Jan Pospíšil.
All pre-orders come with a free PDF.
Also available for pre-order:
Q Workshop Deluxe One Ring Dice Sets
Seven precious and beautifully detailed dice for your The One Ring Roleplaying Game adventures by the dice masters at Q Workshop.
These sets contains six 6-sided success dice and one 12-sided feat die.
Be the envy of all other adventurers at the table — become the Dicebearer!
Available for pre-order now: http://shop.cubicle7store.com/Deluxe-One-Ring-Dice-Set-by-Q-Workshop
Take Action!
Pre-order at the C7 store: http://shop.cubicle7store.com/Erebor-The-Lonely-Mountain
Get the PDF: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186813/The-One-Ring--Erebor--The-Lonely-Mountain?affiliate_id=169435
Or preorder at your local game store, and if they participate in the Bits and Mortar program, you'll get the PDF free.
Pre-Order your Q Workshop Dice Set: http://shop.cubicle7store.com/Deluxe-One-Ring-Dice-Set-by-Q-Workshop
Cubicle 7 still has a few event slots open and needing Game Masters for Gen Con 2016! Can you help? Would you like to earn rewards for running Cubicle 7 games at Gen Con 2016? Time is short, so don't delay in responding if you'd like to get involved!
We currently have needs in most afternoon (4-8) and evening (8-12) slots for Doctor Who and The One Ring. We also have one Sunday slot (12-4) available for The One Ring.
We're offering the following rewards to everyone who helps:
1 event = A pdf of the rulebook and any supplementary material needed to run the adventure.
3 events = GM badge
4 events = $30 Cubicle 7 store credit
5 events = Free Cubicle 7 PDF of your choice
6 events = $30 Cubicle 7 store credit
These rewards are cumulative, so if you run 6 events you get PDF(s) you need to run the adventure (or multiple ones, if you're running more than one game), the GM badge, a free Cubicle 7 PDF of your choice, and $60 in Cubicle 7 store credit! Store credit may be cashed in at the convention or at a later time.
We plan on supporting all of our major lines, but please note that we cannot guarantee that you'll get to run a particular system, although please let us know your preferences. Each event is fully supported and designed with the beginner in mind, so even if you are unfamiliar with a particular system, rest assured that we'll provide you with the tools you'll need to run a fantastic game!
If you are interested in joining us, please let us know by emailing our event coordinator, Walt Ciechanowski at waltscie AT yahoo DOT com (please put 'Gen Con GM 2016' as the subject so we don't miss your email).

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SearchPane.SuggestionsRequested | suggestionsrequested event
Fires when the user's query text changes and the app needs to provide new suggestions to display in the search pane.
function onSuggestionsRequested(eventArgs) { /* Your code */ } // addEventListener syntax searchPane.addEventListener("suggestionsrequested", onSuggestionsRequested); searchPane.removeEventListener("suggestionsrequested", onSuggestionsRequested); - or - searchPane.onsuggestionsrequested = onSuggestionsRequested;
Event information
|TypedEventHandler<SearchPane, SearchPaneSuggestionsRequestedEventArgs>
Suggestions can come from three sources: search history, local files, or from a source specified by the app. Suggestions are grouped by their source and display in the following order in the search pane: search history, local files, and then app-specified sources.
If your app participates in the Search contract and you want your app to display suggestions from sources that you specify, you must register a handler to respond when this event fires. In your SuggestionsRequested event handler, respond by obtaining suggestions and populating the SearchSuggestionCollection based on the user's SearchPaneSuggestionsRequestedEventArgs.QueryText.
Suggestions can't be provided for an empty search box, so this event isn't fired when the user updates the search box to be empty.
Types of search suggestions
There are two types of suggestions your app can display: suggestions that help users refine a query (query suggestions), and suggestions that are actual results of a query (result suggestions). You may choose to display either or both types of suggestions.
If you provide query suggestions and the user selects one, your app should respond by displaying results for the selected, refined query in your app's search results page.
If you provide result suggestions, you must also register a ResultSuggestionChosen event handler so that you can respond when the user selects one of your result suggestions and you can display the result to the user.
Obtaining suggestions
Here are a few examples of sources your app can use to obtain suggestions:
- From an app-defined, static, local list
- From a URL that supports suggestions in OpenSearch format
- From a URL that supports suggestions in XML search suggestions format
Displaying app-provided suggestions in the search pane
After you obtain suggestions, you display them in the search pane by adding them to the Request.SearchSuggestionCollection.
At most, the search pane can display 5 suggestions. If you choose to display both query suggestions and result suggestions, you should group the suggestions by suggestion type (query or result) and separate the groups using AppendSearchSeparator. Each separator takes the place of a suggestion and must be followed by at least one suggestion, decreasing the number of suggestions that you can display.
To learn more about using suggestions to create a good search experience for your users in Guidelines and checklist for search.
The Search contract sample demonstrates how to access the searchPane to respond to a suggestionsrequested event.
For Javascript: To ensure that your app can respond to user queries at any time, make sure your searchPane event handlers are registered in your app's global scope.
// Register the onsuggestionsrequested event in your apps global scope, for example default.js, so that it is registered as soon as your app is launched. Windows.ApplicationModel.Search.SearchPane.getForCurrentView().onsuggestionsrequested = function (eventObject) { var queryText = eventObject.queryText, suggestionRequest = eventObject.request, linguisticDetails = eventObject.linguisticDetails; var queryAlternatives = linguisticDetails.queryTextAlternatives; var maxNumberOfSuggestions = 5; for (var i = 0, len = queryAlternatives.length, done = false; i < len && !done; i++) { // toLowerCase not necessary for East Asian languages. Preserves compatibility when non East Asian suggestions are mixed in with East Asian suggestions. var alternative = queryAlternatives[i].toLowerCase(); for (var j = 0, suggestionLength = suggestionList.length; j < suggestionLength; j++) { if (suggestionList[j].substr(0, alternative.length).toLowerCase() === alternative) { suggestionRequest.searchSuggestionCollection.appendQuerySuggestion(suggestionList[j]); if (suggestionRequest.searchSuggestionCollection.size === maxNumberOfSuggestions) { done = true; break; } } } } // Construct list of alternatives so we can output them. var alternatives = ""; for (var k = 0, alternativeCount = queryAlternatives.length; k < alternativeCount; k++) { alternatives += queryAlternatives[k]; } if (suggestionRequest.searchSuggestionCollection.size > 0) { WinJS.log && WinJS.log("Suggestions provided for query: " + queryText + "\nUsing alternatives: " + alternatives, "sample", "status"); } else { WinJS.log && WinJS.log("No suggestions provided for query: " + queryText + "\nUsing alternatives: " + alternatives, "sample", "status"); } };
Additionally, for C#/C++/VB: This example demonstrates how to register handlers for SearchPane events (like SuggestionsRequested) so that your app can respond to user queries at any time. Override OnWindowCreated in App.xaml.cs/App.xaml.cpp/App.xaml.vb to access the SearchPane object and register your SearchPane event handlers.
protected override void OnWindowCreated(WindowCreatedEventArgs args) { // At window creation time, access the SearchPane object and register SearchPane events // (like QuerySubmitted, SuggestionsRequested, and ResultSuggestionChosen) so that the app // can respond to the user's search queries at any time. // Get search pane Windows.ApplicationModel.Search.SearchPane searchPane = SearchSearchPane.GetForCurrentView(); // Register event handlers for SearchPane events // Register QuerySubmitted event handler searchPane.QuerySubmitted += new TypedEventHandler<SearchPane, SearchPaneQuerySubmittedEventArgs>(OnQuerySubmitted); // Register a SuggestionsRequested if your app displays its own suggestions in the search pane (like from a web service) searchPane.SuggestionsRequested += new TypedEventHandler<SearchPane, SearchPaneSuggestionsRequestedEventArgs>(OnSuggestionsRequested); // Register a ResultSuggestionChosen if your app displays result suggestions in the search pane }
Requirements (Windows 10 device family)
API contract
Requirements (Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x)
Minimum supported client
Windows 8
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2012
Minimum supported phone
None supported
See also
- Guidelines and checklist for search
- Search contract sample
- Reference
- SearchPane class
- SearchPane.ResultSuggestionChosen event
- SearchSuggestionCollection class
- SearchPaneSuggestionsRequestedEventArgs class
- SearchPaneSuggestionsRequest.SearchSuggestionCollection property


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So the mystery is over!
Molly is our contender - and Twitter seems to think this is a great thing.
What do you reckon? Tweet us @3am or comment below to let us know.
And don't forget to join us back here for the live event in May.
It's not the same when you're not around.
In the mean time, we leave you with this lovely playlist of Molly's songs.
Until next time...
Already got @mollysd and 'Children of the Universe' stuck in my head - gotta be a good sign!! #Eurovision @bbceurovision @esccph— Damien Rickwood (@damienrickwood) March 3, 2014
#Eurovision @mollysd I don't know you but I'm already incredibly proud! Great song! Amazing voice! Do us proud! #ChildrenOfTheUniverse— James Kehoe (@MrJamesKehoe) March 3, 2014
We found Molly on Instagram.
Look at this picture of her henna hands - we told you she was cool!
Wow the UK have a singer who can actually sing! Phew! #Eurovision— Dr Eurovision (@dreurovision) March 3, 2014
What did you guys make of the song?
"I think the British nation are going to fall in love with her," said one fan.
"It's fantastic, her voice is amazing!" said another.
Oh it's on again. It feels a bit aggressive, no?
Oh BIG SURPRISE.... Not its Molly! Yay yay yay yay yay. So pleased she's amaze balls. #eurovision— Jon W. Chambers (@jonwillchambers) March 3, 2014
She got changed fast!
She's quite trendy-cool isn't she?
Could imagine her on The Voice. Jessie J would have loved her.
Henna on her hands? It all feels a bit revolutionary...
Awh, isn't she sweet?
Loving the red lip and orange blouse combo.
Apparently her family doesn't know she's the UK entry.
Molly reckons they'll swear when they find out.
And the contestant is....
Little-known singer Molly Smitten-Downes!
The young songstress is to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Molly, 26, who was chosen through the BBC's Introducing strand, which champions new acts, will perform her own song, Children Of The Universe.
Ooohhh it's on!
Scot says we're in for an absolute treat.
Totes excited...
Here we go announcement coming up now on BBC red button #eurovisionuk— Scott Mills (@scott_mills) March 3, 2014
Our BBC Red Button is turned up.
We're waiting nervously in our seats.
Who do you reckon the Beeb will have chosen?
15 minutes to go! We've got a really powerful, brilliant Eurovision song and we can't wait to share it with you. 7.30pm Red Button!— BBC Eurovision (@bbceurovision) March 3, 2014
How's the excitement about the UK artist- and song presentation? We can't wait! @bbceurovision #eurovision #EurovisioninConcert— EurovisionInConcert (@ESCinConcert) March 3, 2014
There's not long to go before the UK entrant's revealed now.
Writing on the BBC blog, Guy Freeman, Executive Producer of Eurovision for the BBC revealed this year's act was chosen with the help of BBC Introducing.
He writes: "This [BBC Introducing] is the gateway for undiscovered and unsigned music makers to upload their best tracks and get them heard and featured by the BBC.
"Some of the artists who've received BBC Introducing support at the start of their careers include Florence and The Machine, Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks and Jake Bugg.
"We carefully approached a few artists who stood out to us and once they understood what we were trying to achieve, they embraced the idea of writing a song for the competition from scratch.
"Knowing that they'd be the one who'd have to go out there and sell it, they could write specifically to exploit their talents.
"The end result is that we now have a powerful and impressive song that we hope will do us proud in Copenhagen."
Only two and a half hours to go and a sneak peek of tonight's stage featuring our host with the most @scott_mills ! pic.twitter.com/QfHV8DtbnR— BBC Eurovision (@bbceurovision) March 3, 2014
Some FAQs:
When will Eurovision 2014 be held?
The competition will begin with the Jury final on Monday 5 May 2014, with shows continuing up until the Grand Final which will take place on Saturday May 10 at 8pm British Standard Time.
- Monday May 5 First Jury Final
- Tuesday May 6 First Semi-final
- Wednesday May 7 Second Jury Final
- Thursday May 8 Second Semi-final
- Friday May 9 Third Jury Final
- Saturday May 10 Grand Final
When can you buy Eurovision 2014 tickets?
Tickets for the competition are already on sale.
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One third of all the tickets were released back in November with the next third made available on 31 January 2014. The remaining tickets go on sale in April.
Tickets will cost €14-€242 (£12-£202) excluding any booking fees.
Where will it be held?
Denmark are the reigning champions after Emmelie de Forest romped to victory with her song Only Teardrops received 281 points, so will host the 2014 contest. Copenhagen has been announced as the host city - just 25 miles away from where the competition was held last year in the Swedish city of Malmö.
The event will be held in a former shipyard at the B&W Hallerne at the Refshaleøen which is being extensively renovated to host the 59th annual competition.
Copenhagen last hosted the contest in 2001 so everything should go smoothly next May.
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The Dallas-based phone and Internet company has a new unlimited-data deal, unveiled this month. The plan requires wireless customers to sign up for the company's TV service, too. AT&T acquired satellite TV provider DirecTV last year.
AT&T on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter net income came to $4.01 billion, compared with a $4 billion loss last year when it booked $10 billion in accounting charges.
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Music is the engine of new lab-on-a-chip device
Researchers at the University of Michigan have succeeded in developing a chip used to conduct experiments on fluids which is driven by sound rather than electromechanical valves. This approach could be a big step forward in reducing costs and complexity in areas ranging from chemical analysis to environmental monitoring.
Labs-on-a-chip and their current limitations
A lab-on-a-chip (LOC) is a device that integrates several laboratory functions on a single chip, including analysis and manipulation of tiny drops of liquid each less than a thousand billionth of a liter in volume.
The main advantage in using this approach resides mainly in the greatly reduced amounts of the sample needed, which in turn brings to lower costs in terms of production and a lower overall power consumption. The other main advantage is the faster analysis and response time, mainly due to the shorter distances as well as a higher surface-to-volume ratio in the droplets.
However, today's LOCs suffer a big limitation in that they need to rely on a number of external and relatively big air hoses and valves in order to move, mix and split the tiny drops directing them into the many microscopic channels: as a consequence, this technology is unable to scale down in size to meet the requirements for some potentially very interesting applications.
"You'd really like to see something the size of an iPhone that you could sneeze onto and it would tell you if you have the flu. What hasn't been developed for such a small system is the pneumatics—the mechanisms for moving chemicals and samples around on the device," Prof. Mark Burns, who is part of the research group, explained.
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The team found a clever solution to the problem, choosing to use sound waves instead of electromechanical valves to control the droplets. In the system, air hoses, valves and electrical connections are replaced with so-called resonance cavities, tubes of specific lengths that, like an organ, amplify particular musical notes. The cavities are connected on one end to channels in the microfluidic device, and to a speaker on the other end.
Each resonance cavity on the device is designed to amplify a specific tone and turn it into a useful pressure, and so movement of a droplet can be achieved simply by playing a certain note. More than one droplet can be moved at the same time by playing chords instead of a single note and, since the cavities are not interconnected, playing one note louder will make the connected droplet move further away independently of the others.
The new system is still external to the chip, but has the advantage of using a single off-chip connection, compared to the several hundreds previously needed on standard labs-on-a-chip. The researchers are working on miniaturizing the system in order to implement their solution on an actual LOC.
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Kuwait: gig records 23% fall in 1H profits
Oman: Premiums rise 9% in 1H
Qatar: QIC Group to set up new holding company
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UAE: Dubai residents' health cover triples to 2.7 mln
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- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 3⁄4 cup white sugar
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- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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- Cook, stirring frequently, until smooth.
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More registered nurses working non-overtime hours in a hospital unit results in fewer patient readmissions after discharge, according to a study published in the current issue of Health Services Research.
For the study, titled "Quality and Cost Analysis of Nurse Staffing, Discharge Preparation, and Postdischarge Utilization," researchers examined patient questionnaires, electronic medical records and administrative data for 1,892 patients in 16 nursing units in four acute care hospitals in one Midwestern healthcare system.
According to the study, when RN non-overtime staffing was higher, discharged patients were less likely to be readmitted; when RN overtime staffing was higher, patients were more likely to be readmitted to the emergency room following discharge.
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More nursing staff hours allowed nurses to have more time to do core functions, including instructing patients more thoroughly on self-management care after discharge. When patients have a better understanding of post-discharge care, they are less likely to be readmitted. More overtime hours may lead to suboptimal performance because of extended work situations.
"Any time you're talking about readmission and ED visits you're talking about cost issues," said Marianne Weiss, RN, an associate professor at the College of Nursing at Marquette University and one of the study's lead investigators. "Any time you talk about staffing, you're talking about cost issues."
The study's cost-benefit analysis found that increasing non-overtime nursing staff hours would result in an estimated net savings of $409.59 per hospitalized patient. By reducing non-overtime nursing staff hours .75 hours per patient per day, hospitals would lose $197.92 per patient (a sum of RN staffing costs of $145.74 and $52.18 in lost revenue from reduced readmissions) but payers would save $607.51 per patient due to reduced post-discharge use.
The cost-benefit analysis also found that decreasing overtime nursing hours would result in an estimated net savings of $19.16 per hospitalized patient. By reducing RN overtime staffing by .07 hours per patient per day, hospitals would save $8.18 per patient, derived by offsetting reduced revenue from emergency department visits with reduced overtime salary costs. Payers would save $10.98 per patient due to reduced ED visits.
"If somebody isn't readmitted to the hospital, the benefit right now is to the payer and the patient," said Weiss. "But can you get to that benefit if you don't incur some additional costs on the front end? Because if you're going to increase some staffing to achieve an end point, then how do you pay for that, and so that's sort of the notion of can you take some of those savings and reinvest them?"
"You're not necessarily using up all the savings to invest in the front end," she continued. "The net is very much positive, but we don't have structures in place to deal with that now."
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Two books take pulse of once-great Detroit
Performing in November at the Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit, Madonna - a Michigan native who was raised in the Detroit suburbs - told the crowd how good it was "to be back home." "Detroit is having a comeback," she enthused. "I can feel it in my bones!"
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According to Danno, the Challenger's lower front bumper has no less than three air intakes; on the outer edges, where the fog lights were, are intakes for the supercharger coolers. The supercharged Hemi makes a huge amount of noise, and as one would expect, gulps in a large amount of air; twin charge air coolers are set up to reduce the temperature of the incoming air. Charger's larger grille seems more amenable to the setup than Challenger's, allowing Charger to keep its fog lights.
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In his first public speech since being named interim replacement for David Brailer, M.D., who resigned in May, Kolodner said that IT is "one of the enablers" to help rein in soaring healthcare costs and raise the level of care delivered. However, he broke little new ground, mostly promising to stay the course that Brailer charted towards the Bush administration's goal of delivering interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) to most Americans by 2014.
"I am now the interim national coordinator and will be so for a few months," Kolodner said, indicating that his term likely will be a short one. He noted that he officially is on detail from his job as chief health informatics officer at the VA, and that the search for a permanent coordinator continues.
The administration's vision, as articulated by Brailer, includes EHRs that promote quality care, seamlessly integrated with public health and biosurveillance systems. "What we have right now is not a system at all. It's a series of isolated stovepipes, and not a system that works well together." Kolodner said.
What Kolodner did add to the discourse is that he expects to convert naysayers and build momentum by holding the VA up as an example of how investment in IT can transform healthcare with the help of performance measures and accountability. "If it can happen to a crusty bureaucracy like that [at the VA] with all of the oversight and all the barriers that go on there, just imagine if we bring that energy and that intention to the community," he said.
Kolodner mostly summarized the well-known plans of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, but did, however, give a hint at work that has been completed since Brailer vacated the office four months ago, and what to expect in the near future.
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It's hard to imagine that it's already been 20 years since professional hockey has returned to the San Francisco Bay Area. While pro hockey is no stranger to the citizens of Northern California, success and longevity has eluded the wonderful sport until the Sharks came along.
On May 9, 1990 the NHL granted approval for the Gund brothers to sell the Minnesota North stars in return for the rights of the expansion franchise we now know as the San Jose Sharks.
From the modest (and smelly) beginnings of the Cow Palace in Daly City to renovating and transforming the South Bay, the San Jose Sharks signify success from NHL expansion team standpoint.
In compiling this list, I've tried to answer the most difficult questions in regards to the Sharks players and their contributions to the franchise.
Before you begin our top 50 countdown, please keep in mind that statistics are not the only measure by which these players have been selected.
Having said that however, there is no way to definitively answer or rank all of these players without stepping on some toes.
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'Leave me alone!' Aisha stopped running away and pointed her guns at the two boys, one at Jaden and the other one at Khaos. It didn't take long for Eve, Zeke, Zane, Gloria and Jamie to arrive too.
'Aisha! Stop it!' Gloria shouted terrified, afraid she would shout at the two boys. 'We are not mad! Please stop this crap!' Jamie added, both tried to stop her but Aisha didn't listen. 'Aisha, darling, i'm not bad anymore, put that gun away?' Khaos sweated as he made a few steps. 'Stop talking like a ****head, Khaos.' Aisha warned him. 'Ha, i bet you don't even dare to shout at us.' Jaden putted his hands in his waists and showed her he wasn't afraid. Aisha loaded her gun and glared at both of them. 'Wanna bet, demon boy?' Aisha cracked her neck and faced Jaden, Jaden made a step.
"BANG!!!" Aisha's gun made a loud sound. Aisha had shouted forward Jaden's foot, he was just on time to take his foot back. 'Oohhh she does, Jaden...' Khaos took a few steps back. 'Are you scared for a girl, Khaos?' Zane snickered. 'There are three kind of girls, Zane.' Khaos begun. 'You have the nice girls, they are way too nice to even hurt anybody, you have the scary girls, they hurt you with pleasure, and then you have Aisha.' Khaos answered him.
'You guys ruined my life, thanks to you guys i can't even become my real selve again! I'm stuck in this fake body! And now you're trying to ruin my life here, on the ground, too?!' Aisha had both fingers on the triggers of her gun. 'Nooo! Don't shout!' Gloria screamed in fear. 'Wow, and i though Zane and Jamie were hot-heads.' Eve laughed.
'Sorry guys, it's over.' Aisha wanted to pull the triggers but got stopped by Gloria who had ran over to her super fast and smashed the guns out of her hand. 'Thanks to Khaos a demon didn't take us over! And thanks to Jaden we are still all alive!' Gloria told her. 'Please... Stop this...' Gloria's eyes were shining because of the tears as she holded Aisha's hands together. Aisha looked back at her, and then at Jamie. 'Sorry...' Aisha turned away and pulled her hands back.
'Sorry that you had to find out what i really am, like this...' Aisha turned her back to her and walked away. 'Where are you going...?' Jamie asked her softly. 'I've got to resume my mission, alone...' Aisha started running again but got stopped when she bumped into Jaden's chest. 'Your friends risked their lives to find you, they overcame their biggest fear just so they could see you again, and you're leaving them like this?' Jaden spoke to her, Aisha immediately jumped away from him but she did felt guilty. 'Don't leavveeeee!!!' Gloria glomped her and cried, Jamie joining too. 'Aw whatever, make place for me!' Eve joined the group hug too.
'No way that i'm going to hug that *****.' Zane crossed his arms and looked disgusted at her, like he was looking at something he totally despised. Zeke sighed and smiled at the group, ignoring the rude words his little brother had said.
Aisha sighed as she placed both her hands on the heads of her two best friends. 'You guys... Really aren't mad...?' Aisha asked them. 'Ofcourse we aren't! I mean... We can understand you didn't tell, if i would have a mission like that i would keep it secret at first too.' Jamie told her.
'Then i'll stay i guess...' Aisha rubbed the back of her head feeling a little embaressed. 'Aww man! Can't you just run away again?!' Zane spitted out, making everyone look at him.
When everyone let go of each other Aisha walked over to Zane and Zeke. 'I believe we made a bad start back there, i am Aisha, nice to meet you.' Aisha tried to be nice. 'Not nice to meet you, get out of my sight little pest...' Zane snarled at her. 'Please don't mind my little brother, hehe.' Zeke quickly apologized. 'I'm Zeke, and this hot-head here is my little brother Zane.' He pointed at the boy with the hat. 'And i'm Eve!' Eve shouted cheerfully.
'Happy ending~' Khaos wanted to hug everyone but Aisha dead glared him again. 'That you helped out my friends doesn't mean i trust you...' Aisha cleared up. 'Same goes for you, demon boy.' Aisha faced Jaden who was only grinning. 'I had expected that, i mean... I don't trust you at all either.' Jaden said to her. 'Hmm?' Aisha coldly stared at him.
'C'mon, Khaos might like you, in a friend-way ofcourse, but that doesn't mean i have to, right? I'm sorry to say this but i don't like you for one bit, better said.' Jaden faced the blonde girl with his coldest glare.
'I despise people like you.'
'Guys~ how about we go home and get some rest?' Khaos quickly suggested before there would break a fight between Aisha and Jaden, even though this was getting interesting. 'Good idea! Let's go Aisha!' Jamie started sweating only looking at the two and pulled Aisha away. 'Jaden, you're coming?' Khaos asked him. 'Yeah, yeah...' Jaden sighed and slowly followed them.
Aisha ignored the words Jaden had said, but somehow, she didn't fell comfortable with these words too. They walked back to Eve's hideout in the forest. 'It's pretty big here, for a tree...' Aisha commented as she looked around. From the outside the tree looked big, but from the inside the tree looked even bigger. Everyone walked to the sleeping place and made ready to get some rest, even though it was not known what their destination would be from now.
'Good night everyone.' Aisha said quietly as she layed down on the matrass and pulled a blanket over her. 'Good night~' Jamie and Gloria happily answered. 'Night.' Khaos took his laptop and sat down in a corner and used the headphone Zeke had given him.
Aisha took a look around, only to find out that Zeke and Zane had fallen asleep already. Aisha closed her eyes and tried to sleep too.
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Region 5 News Release: 05-2240-chi
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $121,000 in fines against Lancaster Glass Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, for 36 alleged serious violations of federal workplace safety and health standards.
OSHA opened an inspection in June at the glass component manufacturer as part of its site specific targeting initiative. The inspection revealed violations, classified as serious, of regulations dealing with guard rails for open-sided floors, platforms and runways; proper construction of fixed ladders; appropriate personal protective equipment; adequate machine guarding; electrical and welding hazards; grinding wheel safety, and storage of welding cylinders.
"Any one of these violations has the potential to cause serious harm, perhaps even death, to workers," said OSHA Area Director Deborah Zubaty. "Finding hazards and insisting they be corrected are among the best services we can perform for working men and women."
Lancaster Glass Corporation has been inspected 14 times since 1986, resulting in 62 serious and six other-than-serious violations prior to 2005. In January of this year, the company was cited for overexposures to lead and other potential dangers to employees' health.
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For a guy who doesn't particularly like to shop, Peter Dixon spends a lot of time hanging around the mall. As manager of the $536 million Fidelity Select Retailing fund (ticker: FSRPX), prowling around stores and flipping through fashion magazines is all part of the job.
"It's important to get out there to see if the companies are actually doing what they say they're doing and see how consumers are behaving," says Dixon, whose fund boasts annual gains of 11.6% over the past five years, better than 99% of its consumer cyclical peers. "I look at where they're shopping first, what bags are they carrying."
Dixon isn't new to consumer behavior—or to enviable (relatively speaking) research assignments. Prior to taking over the retail fund in 2010, he ran Fidelity's Select Leisure fund (FDLSX), where research included visiting Midwest casinos and checking out resorts in Macau. Before that, he spent lots of time in grocery stores covering packaged goods as an analyst on Fidelity's consumer staples team.
This is a big week for Peter Dixon, manager of Fidelity's Select Retailing fund. He'll be watching how others shop. Jason Grow for Barron's
As one might imagine, Black Friday is a busy day for Dixon, 36. Last year, he got up early and made his way from Boston to Connecticut, visiting different stores and chatting with their employees along the way, before ending the day with a 9:45 p.m. stop at Target. He plans to follow a similar script this year, paying attention to where people go first, how many bags they're toting, and the size of sale displays.
As for this coming Friday, "It would be a bad sign if people didn't go out shopping," he says. Still, Dixon is quick to point out that what he sees over the weekend, or the rest of the year, for that matter, only compliments his research. "It's highly unlikely that I would walk out and sell a stock because of something I saw, but it would get me to dig in and take a second look," he adds.
Dixon is generally optimistic about retail's prospects for the coming year. That said, he thinks retail investors can make money in any environment. "There are always going to be winners and losers," he says. Consider $29 billion TJX Companies TJX -1.1297182349813928% TJX Cos. U.S.: NYSE USD74.39 -0.85 -1.1297182349813928% /Date(1475096471823-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2638463 AFTER HOURS USD74.69 0.3 0.4032800107541336% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 38635 P/E Ratio 21.56231884057971 Market Cap 49405969866.7862 Dividend Yield 1.3980373706143299% Rev. per Employee 148796 More quote details and news » (TJX), which the fund has owned since late 2004. "They managed to grow same-store sales even in calendar 2008," says Dixon. After accounting for a two-for-one split, the stock has quadrupled since the end of 2008 and is up nearly 45% this year alone.
Dixon thinks consumers will continue to be value-focused, even as the economy improves. The stocks, meanwhile, are still suffering from compressed valuations. For example, Nordstrom JWN 0.13537033455811254% Nordstrom Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD51.78 0.07 0.13537033455811254% /Date(1475096522316-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1451318 AFTER HOURS USD51.78 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9022 P/E Ratio 22.03404255319149 Market Cap 8968582367.45605 Dividend Yield 2.858246427191966% Rev. per Employee 198924 More quote details and news » (JWN), which just reported an 11% jump in third-quarter same-store sales, trades at a discount to J.C. Penney (JCP), which reported a 26% decline in same-store sales. (Dixon doesn't own either stock.)
While Dixon can't help but pay attention to big-picture trends, he's a bottoms-up manager. He keeps a fairly concentrated portfolio of about 40 names; his top 10 holdings currently account for 64% of the fund. He looks for dominant brands and strong earnings growth. "I don't have any hard-and-fast rules on financial metrics, but I generally try to think of all stocks within a risk-adjusted-return framework," he says. If two stocks have similar growth potential but one has greater downside risk, he'll go for the less risky of the two.
Price is obviously a concern, which is why Dixon keeps a shopping list of his own. When the stocks go on sale—usually because the consensus is overly bearish—he pounces. "Retail is volatile, but with patience you can buy stocks at compelling prices," he says.
For example, he scooped up French luxury goods company PPR (PP.France) this past summer when the stock stumbled over concerns that a weaker Chinese economy would dampen growth. (Dixon invests overseas, but limits foreign stocks to 20% of the fund.) The $21.6 billion PPR owns some of the top names in luxury and sports apparel, including Gucci and a majority stake in Puma. "Luxury goods have significant pricing power and a high barrier to entry," he says. The key is buying when investor sentiment is low. No matter what happens in China, he says, "there's tremendous growth potential in Asia, where demand for luxury goods has been very strong and the population of wealthy consumers is growing." Meanwhile, PPR is taking steps to improve its portfolio and unlock value by unloading its less-profitable divisions.
ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS of investing in the consumer space, he says, is you can really see what's happening and how trends unfold. That said, some of Dixon's favorite stocks aren't household names. One such company is $699 million G-III Apparel Group GIII -1.4437951185974562% G-III Apparel Group Ltd. U.S.: Nasdaq USD28.67 -0.42 -1.4437951185974562% /Date(1475096400255-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 602118 AFTER HOURS USD28.88 0.21 0.7324729682595047% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2872 P/E Ratio 13.85024154589372 Market Cap 1331071136.09421 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 303778 More quote details and news » (GIII). Its core business is in designing, manufacturing, and distributing licensed apparel for brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as its own labels. Because more than half of sales come from outerwear—and primarily in the second half of the year—investors gave it the cold shoulder after last year's warm winter. Dixon bumped up his G-III holdings last March, when the stock, now trading at $34, was less than $25. "Stocks that have seasonal risk can suffer, but they're taking steps to decrease the seasonality," he says. In August, the company acquired Vilebrequin, a global luxury brand that sells men's swimwear and is expanding into women's lines.
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**As of 9/28.
Sources: Morningstar; company reports
Not everything in Dixon's portfolio can be found at the mall. In addition to owning the likes of Amazon.com AMZN 1.5451348470181716% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD828.72 12.61 1.5451348470181716% /Date(1475096400356-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4378739 AFTER HOURS USD829.19 0.47 0.05671396852978087% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 43339 P/E Ratio 206.44196995740228 Market Cap 386896529379.714 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 522691 More quote details and news » (AMZN), Home Depot HD 1.1433527834726385% Home Depot Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD128.27 1.45 1.1433527834726385% /Date(1475096520212-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5511491 AFTER HOURS USD128.3 0.03 0.023388165588212363% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 239575 P/E Ratio 22.54305799648506 Market Cap 156695491082.894 Dividend Yield 2.1517112341155373% Rev. per Employee 239047 More quote details and news » (HD), and Priceline.com PCLN 0.3123516501661518% Priceline Group Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD1458.03 4.54 0.3123516501661518% /Date(1475096400390-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 389239 AFTER HOURS USD1458.03 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5425 P/E Ratio 27.782583841463413 Market Cap 71841647041.5378 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 632704 More quote details and news » (PCLN), Dixon also counts $14 billion auto-parts and accessory store AutoZone AZO -1.598235014943369% AutoZone Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD767.15 -12.46 -1.598235014943369% /Date(1475096477735-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 428357 AFTER HOURS USD767.15 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8072 P/E Ratio 18.80730571218436 Market Cap 22700683577.2586 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 131305 More quote details and news » (AZO) as a top holding. "They sell what people need," he says. The company, which the fund has owned since 2007, has been a dominant player on the do-it-yourself side. Recently, however, it has been gaining market share on the professional side. Because there are so many parts from so many manufacturers, he says, garages don't hold a lot of inventory and are willing to spend more to get parts quickly. That also gives Autozone a wide economic moat. "It's an incredibly complex business to know what inventory you need to hold," says Dixon, adding that AutoZone has been growing earnings faster than the market overall and using its free cash for stock buybacks. Plus, it has been opening stories in Mexico and just announced it will be cruising into Brazil.
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