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By Kevin Siembieda
I approved the digital proof of The Rifter® #58 Wednesday morning and the printer has confirmed it will ship on April 20. It is another great issue and includes 20 pages of additional "official" material for Rifts® Lemuria, plus cool source material for Palladium Fantasy® and Nightbane®, the City-State of Lazlo for Rifts® and some other good stuff. See the complete description elsewhere in this Weekly Update.
● The two Megaverse® Insider hardcovers of Rifts® Lemuria ship April 20. Available only to Megaverse Insiders.
● The PDF of Rifts® Lemuria will start becoming available to Megaverse® Insiders on April 20, 2012.
Excitement for the softcover edition of Rifts® Lemuria remains high as the book starts to arrive to people who pre-ordered their copy online. Rifts® Lemuria should start hitting store shelves next week. Shipped last Friday. AVAILABLE NOW. See the full description of Rifts® Lemuria elsewhere in this Weekly Update. Reminder: Bring your copy of Rifts® Lemuria to the Palladium Open House to be signed by most of the contributors. And don't stop with Rifts® Lemuria, bring a bunch of books for us to sign. That's one of the cool things about the Open House, it's one of the biggest gatherings of Palladium creators anywhere, ever. Not just the Palladium staff, but 30+ other Palladium creators and personalities.
The Endless Dead™ sourcebook is coming along very well. At this point, it is all I'm focused on and it will be available in time for the Palladium Open House. It should go to the printer by Tuesday, next week and ships end of April.
It's not too late to decide to come to the Palladium Open House (May 4, 5 & 6, 2012). We have made it a point to keep the cost of attendance low by offering an evening rate of only $10 at the door after 6:00 PM on Friday and Saturday. It is worth the price of admission just to meet and chat with the many Palladium artists and writers from around the country. There is no other event where you can meet 30+ Palladium creators, get your books autographed, pick up original art, get prints, game books, and all kinds of good stuff, as well as the possibility of getting into a game or two or even running a pick-up game yourself! All events are covered by the price of admission. If you live in the area you should come on over.
The Palladium Open House is truly unlike any convention you may have attended. A big reason for that is we don't put on airs, and everyone from me and the staff, to our freelance artists and writers, are just a bunch of goofy, nerdy gamers just like you. That means we are happy to chat with you about games, art, writing, movies, comic books and lots of other things. Hey, the bottom line is the Open House makes for a fun evening, day or weekend. I hope a lot of you stop by to share the fun.
This year, Palladium is offering a special $10 evening admission after 6:00 PM on Friday and Saturday – at the door only. I thought offering a reduced evening rate was a nice thing to do for gamers who want to attend, but have to work during the day.
NOTE: The Open House is not an annual event and there are currently no plans to host one in 2013. We've found hosting every two or three years seems to work for everyone.
● Three days of non-stop Palladium gaming (May 4, 5 & 6 – plus May 3 for those coming to VIP Thursday). Many games are run by Palladium creators! ALL EVENTS are covered by the price of admission.
● Events run till midnight or 1:00 AM at Palladium, but you can continue to game at the official Palladium Hotel into the wee hours of the night. We have two conference rooms, the largest of which can accommodate as many as 10 different "pick-up games." If you live within a hundred miles of Palladium, you have no excuse for not joining the fun!
● Open Gaming. This year, we have expanded the area for open gaming.
● More panel talks.
● New product. You'll be the first to have the opportunity to acquire three new T-shirt designs, a Palladium Fantasy coffee mug, miniatures, art prints and other cool stuff. Plus get glimpses of upcoming new book releases.
● Saturday evening Costume Contest and Auction (starts around 6 PM). The Costume Contest (I hope we have a lot of entries this year) is always a blast and starts around 6:00 PM. At 7:00 PM is the live auction with lots of deals and rare items. Around 8:00 PM gaming resumes.
● Meet 30+ Palladium creators (artists, writers and staff) – This year that includes staffers Alex Marciniszyn, Julius Rosenstein, Kevin Siembieda, Kathy Simmons, Wayne Smith, and creators Amy L. Ashbaugh (artist), Nick Bradshaw (artist), Brandon Aten (writer), Carmen Bellaire (writer), Matthew Clements (writer), Karli Cooper (artist), Steve Dawes (writer), Greg Diaczyk (writer), Mark Dudley (artist), Carl Gleba (writer; tentative), Irvin Jackson (artist & writer), "Madman" Mike Leonard (artist & writer), Allen Manning (artist), Brian Manning (artist), Mike Mumah (artist), Mark Oberle (writer), Noah Page (artist; tentative), Ben Rodriguez (artist), Chuck Walton (artist), Taylor White (writer), and others.
● Palladium creators and staff are available to you all day long. Including me, Kevin Siembieda. I'm there from 8:00 AM till 10:00 PM (sometimes later). Most of the staff and Palladium creators are available from 9:00 AM till at least 8:00 PM; some are there till we close up for the night. You will not find that kind of "access" to creators at any other gaming event or convention anywhere on the planet.
● Meet fans from around the world. This year that includes people from coast to coast, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany and England. We are anticipating 220-300 gamers to attend this year's event.
● Game till you drop! Three days of non-stop Palladium gaming (May 4, 5 & 6 – plus May 3 for those coming to VIP Thursday). Many games are run by Palladium creators! ALL EVENTS are covered by the price of admission.
● Chat with Palladium creators at their table, attend panel talks, ask questions, and get the inside scoop on upcoming product and new releases.
● Pick up new and old game books, art prints, original artwork, T-shirts, and much, much more. We always debut product and have specialty items for this event. And get your books autographed. Note: Those attending the Palladium Open House will be the first to have the chance to acquire three new T-shirt designs, a Palladium Fantasy coffee mug, Rifts® miniatures, art prints and other cool stuff. Plus get glimpses of upcoming new book releases.
● See the full description of the Palladium Open House at the end of this Weekly Update.
LAST MINUTE WARNING! Today – April 12 – is the cut-off date to get your Hotel Room at the lowest rate for the Palladium Open House!
● $69.95 plus tax per Double or King room, till April 12, 2012.
● Call 734-455-8100 and you MUST tell them you want a room in the Block Reserved for Palladium Books ($69.95 plus tax). Comfort Inn Plymouth Clock Tower Hotel; five minutes from Palladium Books and right off I-275 (Ann Arbor Road exit).
● $69.95 plus tax per Double or King room at the Plymouth Comfort Inn Clock Tower.
● Rooms will not be held after this date. Reserve your room today.
● The hotel is five minutes from the Palladium office and there are many places to eat.
I will be done with Endless Dead™ next week, at which point I dive into the completion of this book and assign artwork to several of the upcoming titles in the pipeline. I'm still hoping to have advance copies of it in time for the Palladium Open House (May 4-6), but no promises.
Sales were decent but not great, and took a drop overnight. Still they are decent, and I'm happy to report that distributor orders have been strong. I've seen growing excitement since the release of Rifts® Lemuria and The Rifter® #58 going to the printer. And with Endless Dead™ going to the printer next week and shipping the end of April, I think April is going to be a strong month. Then comes along May and two more releases that should really get people excited, followed by Northern Gun™ and Robotech® The Genesis Pits™ sourcebook . . . oh yeah, we're just starting to rock.
I still need to assign the artwork for this book. Mike Mumah and others are champing at the bit to get started. The cover is finished, and the book is written by Matthew Clements and Taylor White and should be a quick edit.
I met with Chuck Walton (artist and mech designer) and Matthew Clements (author) on Monday to discuss the book and to approve art designs. Chuck's artwork blew us all away. I'm tempted to say, "If you liked his art in Rifts® Lemuria, you ain't seen nothin' yet," but I'm afraid I'll raise expectations too high. Suffice it to say that Chuck's tech designs are easily as good as his work in Lemuria. There seems to be nothing this talented creator cannot illustrate. I think this pair of Rifts® books are going to wow and please Rifts® players even more than the Triax™ 2 World Book. And that's saying something. Hey, I challenged us all to push the envelope and that's exactly what everyone is doing. These will be the next two books we do a Megaverse Insider offer for, sometime in May.
The first batch of re-released Rifts® miniatures – the Glitter Boy™, CS Soldiers™, Rifts® Cyborgs, Kydian Overlord™, etc. – as individual figures at new prices, will be added to the Palladium online store as soon as we can catch our breath. As I had suspected, we've been consumed with finishing new books and preparations for the Open House. The delay has been unavoidable as there are only five of us, and there has been sooooo much to do.
Haven't had time to explore this any further yet, but we will.
Thanks to four new volunteers, Palladium will be able to begin doing more, orchestrating events, and recruiting Game Masters via the Megaversal Ambassadors program. As I talked about several weeks ago, the Megaversal Ambassadors are gamers just like you who desire to run events at conventions, stores and other gaming events. The idea is to spread the word about Palladium Books and our RPG Megaverse® by having gamers run Palladium games at stores, cons and other events and venues. Thanks to the efforts of our new Megaversal Ambassador coordinators, Victor Peterson, Gary Miller, Jeff Ruiz, and Nathan Bingham, we hope to expand and do more with our Megaversal Ambassadors (as well as do more in other areas).
Folks are loving the Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kit – now available on DriveThruRPG.com for only $5. Gamers who loved the Rifts® G.M. Kit will love this one too. Like its predecessor, the Fantasy G.M. Kit is written by Carl Gleba and comes with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein (and used by Julius and me for years and years in games at conventions). And it is available at the same low price of $5 for a wealth of material and helpful Game Master resources. Don't forget, DriveThruRPG.com also offers the FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Lemuria, Vampire Kingdoms™, Thundercloud Galaxy™, and soon, Endless Dead™, as well as 90+ back stock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things, of which the Rifts® Game Master Kit is just one. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
Alex and I have been adding all kinds of new toys and action figures to my online store. More Palladium collectibles will be added every few days. The Rifts® Lemuria proofreader copy remains available and we'll be adding the Rifter #58 along with other good stuff. We try to add at least a few things a couple times a week, every week. We'll keep them coming if you keep buying them.
Palladium freelance writers, that includes you. I mentioned it last week, but Wayne's file of Rifter® submissions has dwindled down to almost nothing. The Rifter® is a "fanzine" created for YOU – fans of Palladium, players, Game Masters and budding writers (and artists). We WANT and NEED your source material submitted for possible publication.
Palladium has found many of its writers and artists via Rifter® submissions. Something like half of the freelance writers and artists working for Palladium got their start in The Rifter®. It is a great way for us to try out new talent and for you to get discovered. If you'd like to see a book manuscript published by Palladium, your odds improve if we get to know you first through several articles submitted for The Rifter®.
PLEASE SEND SUBMISSIONS FOR The Rifter® AND SOON!
We want source material, adventures, gaming advice and tips, character sheets, etc., that are 8-25 pages long. We will consider larger submissions that can be split between two issues, but 8-25 pages are perfect. Just send raw text with bolds and underlines. Do not try to format your submission like a printed book.
We always need material for After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth™, Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane®, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, and Splicers®. Don't be afraid to submit. We are seeking new talent and new ideas. And even if Wayne doesn't find it good enough for publication, it's worth giving it a shot, right? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Who knows? You might be one of our next great writers.
Please consider this your personal invitation from me, Kevin Siembieda, to submit work for publication in The Rifter®. Help!
Note: No, this is not the last issue of The Rifter®, but we are in desperate need for new, fun source material to publish. Game Masters, players and fledgling writers, please submit your game material. And soon! Thanks.
The top two tiers of the Megaverse® Insider offer for Rifts® Lemuria include a brief telephone call from me. I started calling people last week and will continue to do so over the next couple of weeks. The problem has been keeping the calls brief (under 30 minutes), because everyone (including me) has been enjoying these chats so much. At the moment I'm working fast and furious on Endless Dead and new non-book product designs for the Open House, limiting the time I have to call. I will try to call some folks over the weekend, but I can't call in large numbers until Endless Dead is finished. Still, I'll talk to some of you soon. And you can ask me anything.
Last Friday, we celebrated Julius's and my birthdays. As fate would have it, the work day was long and hectic, so it was 8:00 PM before we all got together. Still, within 45 minutes we had started to unwind and have fun. Julius loved his gifts, and my framed original art of the Knights of the Dinner Table drawn by Jolly Blackburn was a BIG hit. I loved my gifts too and everyone was too generous. But then, we're one big, happy family. Easter was quiet and nice. I actually took the day off, and Kathy and I went to see Hunger Games at the movies. Great flick.
There's probably more to talk about, but it will have to wait till the next Update. I must get back to finishing up Endless Dead™.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
Rifts® Lemuria is packed with new magic, weapons, living power armor, monstrous war steeds, weapons, and gear suitable for landlubbers and aquatic adventurers alike.
The Lemurians are an amphibious people with floating cities and magic-based technology that allows for land and underwater adventures alike. Discover the secrets and people of this lost and forgotten civilization of magic and wonder. Add amphibious capabilities to your Rifts® campaigns and discover new menaces under the sea. Amphibious in nature, Lemurians wage war against the demonic on dry land and under the waves. Their exotic riding animals, weapons, armor and magic are suitable for use on land and underwater.
Rifts® Lemuria "Sneak Preview" on DriveThruRPG.com – is available right now! You can see the cover, contents pages and enticing snippets from several different sections of the book as a FREE PDF download, including one of the Bio-Armors, one War Steed, a few new Biomancy spells, and other good stuff. Don't forget, there are 90+ back stock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things, of which the Rifts® Game Master Kit, is just one. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE coming. The Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kit, The Rifter #0.1 and #0.2, maybe some PDF only sourcebooks, an Endless Dead™ Sneak Preview and other sneak previews and fun stuff are all coming your way.
Rifts® Lemuria "First Look" Video Review. Carmen Bellaire and William Johnson were given the unfinished manuscript page files and a small selection of artwork – in advance – so they could do a First Look Video Review of Rifts® Lemuria. There is so much good stuff to talk about that the guys had to split their review of Rifts® Lemuria into two episodes to cover it all. They have reviews of other Palladium products, too. It is all on YouTube for your viewing enjoyment right now. The views expressed are those of Carmen and William, not Palladium Books.
Click these links to see Part One and Part Two.
The Rifter® is an idea factory that helps players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and keep their games fresh. It provides useful, ready to go, source material gamers can just drop into their ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider. Every issue has material for Rifts® and at least two or three other Palladium game lines.
The Rifter® Number 58 examines people, places and power. There are new, "official" O.C.C.s for Rifts® Lemuria that include the Lemurian Academic, Citizen, Experimenter and Healer, plus more aquatic animals of note. The Free State of Lazlo provides another unique setting on Rifts Earth, and a Nightbane® short story offers a sense of life after Dark Day. The material for Palladium Fantasy® introduces an array of dangerous beings, and the section on the Kezel and their abilities provides a new kind of superhuman that can be used in Heroes Unlimited™, Phase World® or anywhere in the Megaverse®.
The Rifter #58 includes:
The name Endless Dead™ says it all. The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military? What's next for the survivors of the zombie apocalypse?
This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivor Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is epic.
2012 Releases Available Now
April 2012 Releases
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All of Palladium's Core Game Lines to be Supported in 2012
The following are in development.
They look great. A set of four, 2 x 6 inch bookmarks, printed on both sides, each depicting a different Palladium game line: Chaos Earth™, Phase World®, Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural™. They are attractive, useful and make a fun collectible. The first set has been so popular, we had to do a second.
"I love the Palladium bookmarks and use three of the first set all the time." – Kevin Siembieda
A set of four, 2 x 6 inch bookmarks, each depicting a different Palladium game line: Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™ and Dead Reign™. They are attractive, useful and make a fun collectible.
This popular, fan-favorite Phase World® sourcebook presents a dynamic overview of the Anvil Galaxy™ and its many alien races, technologies, conflicts and secrets. A great resource for any Phase World® fan and valuable addition for campaigns involving the Minion War™.
Rifts® Mindwerks™ is a companion to Triax & The NGR™ and Triax™ 2. It details the techno-horrors of the Mindwerks Corporation and its insane mastermind, the Angel of Death, as well as providing more information on the NGR, the Gargoyle and Brodkil Empires, robots and equipment, plus the Gene-Splicers, a dozen D-Bee races, an evil Millennium Tree, mind-altering cybernetic implants and a few notable kingdoms.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
On Rifts® Earth, the Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, contraband and magic items outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and nefarious products. Encounter the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
The largest independent manufacturer of weapons, robots and adventure gear in North America is Northern Gun™. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they have been the premier outfitter of mercenaries and adventurers for decades, and are a major hub for hiring military contractors. With a whole new product line to offer their customers, the future looks bright for Northern Gun™.
We haven't yet decided exactly how the source material and background information will be divided between the two books. Both will contain world information, one will probably have power armor, weapons, and gear, the other will probably have giant robots and vehicles. Both will be epic.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
Admission covers all events. This year, we've added "evening rates" for those of you who work during the day on weekends or have to spend several hours driving in. The evening rate starts at 6:00 PM and is $10 at the door.
The Open House is three days of Palladium role-playing games (four days for those also attending VIP Thursday; starting around 3:00 PM). Plus you have access to Kevin Siembieda, the Palladium staff and dozens of artists, writers and creators. Heck, it's worth coming just to meet Palladium creators, get books signed and get artwork, prints and other product. Including rare and one-of-a-kind items.
● Everyone who purchases a weekend admission gets a FREE gift.
● The price of admission includes ALL events – games, panel talks, the whole nine yards. The hotel is inexpensive ($69.00 for a double-bed till April 12, 2012, reserve your room today!) and is a short drive away.
● 90+ Palladium role-playing game events: Rifts®, Robotech®,, Splicers®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Dead Reign™, Chaos Earth™, Beyond the Supernatural™ and others!
● Plus open gaming, panel talks, and more. Like seeing previews of artwork for upcoming books, experimental game rules, getting the inside scoop on upcoming products from the people who are doing them, and more.
● Many gaming events are run by the creators who make them. Yep, many of the writers, artists and game designers who make the games and sourcebooks you love, run games. Plus, you're gaming at the very location where the games are created! It's a unique opportunity.
● Events run till midnight or 1:00 AM at Palladium, but you can continue to game at the official Palladium Hotel into the wee hours of the night. We have two conference rooms, the largest of which can accommodate as many as 10 different "pick-up games." If you live within a hundred miles of Palladium, you have no excuse for not joining the fun!
● Open Gaming. We have expanded the area for open gaming.
● More panel talks.
● New product. You'll be the first to have the opportunity to acquire three new T-shirt designs, a Palladium Fantasy coffee mug, miniatures, art prints and other cool stuff. Plus get glimpses of upcoming new book releases.
● Meet 30+ Palladium creators. There is no other event where you will meet 30+ Palladium creators. None. And they are there for you.
● Access to Palladium creators. Kevin Siembieda, the Palladium staff, artists, writers and other Palladium creators are there for YOU. Kevin Siembieda is on site from 8:00 AM till 10:00 PM! Most guests are available from 9:00 AM till 8:00 PM (often later). That means you can get 30+ autographs, chat with 30+ creators and get all kinds of inside information. Not to mention have the time of your life.
● The event is hosted at the Palladium warehouse and office at 39074 Webb Court, Westland, MI 48185, so you get to play at the very building where the games are made and see what the place looks like. You might even get a tour of the Palladium offices. You don't fight big crowds or have to wait in line for hours to get in. There are only 200-300 gamers, but they come from around the world.
● Game with Kevin Siembieda & other Palladium creators. Many of the games are hosted by the very people who make them! Kevin Siembieda, Julius Rosenstein, Carmen Bellaire, Greg Diaczyk, Carl Gleba, Irvin Jackson, Brandon Aten, Mark Oberle, and many other Palladium creators run the games YOU play in. Other games are run by excellent Megaversal Ambassadors and seasoned Game Masters.
● Palladium Creators scheduled to be at the 2012 Open House: Amy Ashbaugh, Thom Bartold, Carmen Bellaire, Nick Bradshaw, Jeff Burke, Braden Campbell, Matthew Clements, Steve Dawes, Greg Diaczyk, Mark Dudley, Carl Gleba, Jeffry Scott Hansen, Irvin Jackson, Michael Leonard, Allen Manning, Brian Manning, Alex Marciniszyn, Mike Majestic, Mike Mumah, Mark Oberle, Apollo Okamura, Noah Page, Ben Rodriguez, Julius Rosenstein, Kevin Siembieda, Kathy Simmons, Josh Sinsapaugh, Wayne Smith, Taylor White, Charles Walton, and others! Past Palladium Open Houses have had as many as 40+ creators and gaming personalities under one roof.
● Enter the Open House Costume Contest and win "Palladium Bucks" and an attractive award. Palladium Bucks and awards are given out for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place in each of the three categories: Rifts®/Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror/Modern (Nightbane®, BTS, Heroes Unlimited, etc.), plus Best of Show. Costume Contest is Saturday evening. We love to see people in costume as Palladium characters.
● Live Auction – Saturday evening – is your chance to acquire the rarest of the rare, collectibles, bargains and unique oddities.
● Enjoy panel discussions with Kevin Siembieda and other creators.
● Artists will be offering original art and limited edition prints for sale, and some even do character sketches (for a price).
● Get the newest books, back stock, miniatures, and specialty items.
● Get original art and out of print items.
● Get your books signed by dozens of Palladium creators.
● Get your photograph taken with Kevin Siembieda, your favorite artists and writers, zombies (really), and a Star Wars Stormtrooper.
● YOU are one of the elite few hundred at this intimate event.
● Meet Palladium fans from around the world. This year we know fans are coming from Australia, England, Germany, Japan and Canada, as well as from across the United States.
● Game till you drop! When we close our doors at the Palladium offices sometime after midnight, there are two gaming rooms at the hotel. And they are available for open gaming ALL night.
● It's an experience you will never forget and this may be your last chance. For a variety of reasons, this may be our last Open House.
● The Open House is more like a big family reunion or a 3-day party than a convention. YOU are welcomed into our "home" – the Palladium warehouse and offices. YOU are treated like a welcomed guest at Palladium, not one of thousands of faceless, nameless attendees. And you get to hang with Kevin Siembieda and many of the Palladium creators. WARNING: You'll discover we're all gaming geeks just like you.
Note: Admission covers ALL events. There is NO extra charge to play in a game, participate in panel talks, to meet dozens of Palladium creators, or to get autographs. Note: Please place your orders in advance so we can schedule enough games, panel talks and accommodations.
$40 for the Three Day Weekend – Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Walk-ins are welcomed, but the price is $50 for the weekend at the door and after April 15, 2012.
$20 for ALL-Day Friday (May 4), 9:00 AM till Closing (about midnight). Same price at the door, if space is available. Open gaming continues at the hotel.
$20 for ALL-Day Saturday (May 5), 9:00 AM till Closing (about midnight). Same price at the door, if space is available. Open gaming continues at the hotel.
NEW! $10 Friday & Saturday Evenings ONLY: Available at the door after 6:00 PM. Visit till closing, join pick-up games and maybe get into games that still have open slots for players. Meet creators, get autographs, enjoy panel talks, pick up new releases and back stock items, original art, prints, miniatures, T-Shirts and other good stuff. Saturday Evening after 6:00 PM: Enjoy the Costume Contest (starts around 6:00 PM), live auction (7:00 PM). 8:00 PM, gaming, panel talks and chats resume.
$10 for Sunday (May 6), 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Same price at the door. Worth it just to meet people, get autographs and pick up game books, art, etc.
VIP Night Open House "Waiting List." VIP Thursday has been SOLD OUT for weeks, but inevitably we get a handful of cancellations. Put your name on the VIP Waiting List, and we'll call you if a cancellation opens up. Call the Palladium office order line (734-721-2903) to get on the VIP Waiting List. Available on a first-come, first served, basis.
Placing Your Order: Please include your FULL address and apartment number. Include the NAME of EACH person you are ordering a ticket for, as well as your telephone number in case there is a problem and we need to contact you.
Credit Card Payment: Palladium accepts Visa, MasterCard and most credit cards. All Credit Card orders must include: Credit Card No. – Name on the card – Address of the Credit Cardholder – Expiration Date – Telephone Number of the cardholder.
Order By Telephone: Call (734) 721-2903 – have your credit card information ready.
Online: Click here.
NOTE: All admission tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis. Due to space and parking limitations and safety concerns, attendance will be strictly limited to a maximum of 350 admission tickets.
The special Palladium hotel rate is $69.95 plus tax per Double or King room, till April 12, 2012.
Open House Hotel information – Comfort Inn Plymouth Clock Tower Hotel:
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I understand the "hold the CL" method, but in strong winds I've seen kites do crazy things and I'm not sure I'd want to have the kite free while I hold the CL and fly a separate kite, especially if you've got rocky, sharp launches like we have in the gorge. I've used this method http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater many many times, and though you should understand what you're doing and the risks involved (plus be very very comfortable flying a kite), it's always worked out well for me, in any wind conditions.
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We study the quoting activity of market makers in relation with trading, liquidity, and expected returns. Empirically, we find larger quote-to-trade (QT) ratios in small, illiquid or neglected firms, yet large QT ratios are associated with low expected returns. The last result is driven by quotes, not by trades. We propose a model of quoting activity consistent with these facts. In equilibrium, market makers monitor the market faster (and thus increase the QT ratio) in neglected, difficult-to-understand stocks. They also monitor faster when their clients are less risk averse, which reduces mispricing and lowers expected returns.
Keywords: Liquidity, price discovery, volatility, trading volume, monitoring, neglected stocks, risk aversion, inventory, high frequency trading
Departments: Tax & Law, GREGHEC (CNRS)
The EU's political system has never caught up with the impact European integration has had on citizens' daily lives. EU citizens still vote in the European Parliament elections on different dates, according to different electoral laws, and in support of candidates selected by national parties and on the basis of domestic agendas. Yet this is set to change. With less than a year to go before the European Parliament elections, the EU political landscape is about to undergo a deep and historical shake-up. While populists are poised to disrupt the Parliament, a new wave of little-noticed transnational parties is emerging from the bottom-up. They both threaten established, mainstream political parties that have historically hold a monopoly of the European 'project'. This paper traces their genesis, evolution and raison d'être before identifying their major features and political prospect.
Keywords: Elections, Parties, Europe, trasnational parties, European Parliament, Spitzenkandidated, Trasnational list
Departments: Finance, GREGHEC (CNRS)
We propose a new model of interdealer trading. Dealers trade together to reduce their inventory holding costs. Core dealers share these costs efficiently and provide liquidity to peripheral dealers, who have heterogeneous access to core dealers. We derive predictions about the effects of peripheral dealers' connectedness to core dealers and the allocation of aggregate inventories between core and peripheral dealers on the distribution of interdealer prices, the efficiency of interdealer trades, and trading costs for the dealers' clients. For instance, the dispersion of interdealer prices is higher when fewer peripheral dealers are connected to core dealers or when their aggregate inventory is higher.
Keywords: OTC markets, Interdealer trading, Inventory management.
Departments: Finance, GREGHEC (CNRS)
We show that banker bonuses cannot be understood exclusively as incentive contracts, but also incorporate a significant risk sharing dimension between bank shareholders and bank employees. This contrasts with the conventional view whereby diversified shareholders fully insure risk averse employees. However, financial frictions imply that shareholder value is concave in a bank's cash reserves---making shareholders effectively risk averse. The optimal contract between shareholders and employees then involves some degree of risk sharing. Using extensive payroll data on 1.26 million bank employee years in the Austrian, German, and Swiss banking sectors, we show that the structure of bonus pay within and across banks is compatible with an economically significant risk sharing motive, but difficult to rationalize based on incentive theories of bonus pay only.
Keywords: Bank compensation, risk sharing, bank risk, operating leverage
Departments: Marketing, GREGHEC (CNRS)
An important challenge for many firms is to identify the life transitions of its customers, such as job searching, being pregnant, or purchasing a home. Inferring such transitions, which are generally unobserved to the firm, can offer the firm opportunities to be more relevant to its customers. In this paper, we demonstrate how a social network platform can leverage its longitudinal user data to identify which of its users are likely job seekers. Identifying job seekers is at the heart of the business model of professional social network platforms. Our proposed approach builds on the hidden Markov model (HMM) framework to recover the latent state of job search from noisy signals obtained from social network activity data. Specifically, our modeling approach combines cross-sectional survey responses to a job seeking status question with longitudinal user activity data. Thus, in some time periods, and for some users, we observe the "true" job seeking status. We fuse the observed state information into the HMM likelihood, resulting in a partially HMM. We demonstrate that the proposed model can not only predict which users are likely to be job seeking at any point in time, but also what activities on the platform are associated with job search, and how long the users have been job seeking. Furthermore, we find that targeting job seekers based on our proposed approach can lead to a 42% increase in profits of a targeting campaign relative to the approach that was used at the time of the data collection.
Keywords: Hidden Markov Models, Data Fusion, Targeting, Customer Analytics
Departments: Strategy & Business Policy, GREGHEC (CNRS)
To investigate time compression dis-economies (TCD), this study estimated time-cost elasticities using 459 oil and gas global investment projects (1997-2010). Results show that the average cost of accelerating investments is negative: a firm could cut $6.3 million in costs of a single project by accumulating asset stocks one month faster. About 88 percent of the projects exhibit negative time-cost elasticities with over 39 percent of unrealized economies of time compression. Only 12 percent of the projects are subject to TCD. These time inefficiencies or frictions do not negate the existence of TCD, but suggest they are less prevalent than assumed in the literature. Management experience, R&D investment, firm size, economic development and political stability are shown to be associated with greater time compression efficiency.
Keywords: Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Temporal Frictions, Time Compression Diseconomies, Time Inefficiencies, Time-Cost Tradeoff
Departments: Strategy & Business Policy, GREGHEC (CNRS)
We consider the formation of alliances that potentially create complementarities, that is, when the value function is super-modular in firm resources. We show that, in a frictionless world where information is perfect and managers optimize, firm alliances disproportionately increase the value of high-resource-level firms, resulting in higher variance and higher skewness of the distribution of firm value; moreover, higher-value alliances are subject to regression to the mean at a faster rate. These effects are magnified if the degree of complementarities is endogenously determined by each firm's investment. We also consider alliances where matching and/or information about firm resources are imperfect, and show that complementarities are a necessary but not sufficient condition for alliances to cause an increase in firm value; and that complementarities are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for alliances to be correlated with higher firm value.
Keywords: Firm Alliances, Matching, Competitive Advantage
Departments: Tax & Law, GREGHEC (CNRS)
This article examines the concept of "significant imbalance" (SI) under French law and its impact on international business transactions. "Significant imbalance" is a legal standard meant to assess whether a contractual clause is unfair (abusive). Although initially restricted to consumer law, it has been extended to general contract law with the implementation of a reform entered into force on 1st October 2016. Previously, the Commercial Court of Paris in the ruling Ministry of Economy et al. v. Expedia, Inc. et al. (2015) had qualified SI as an "overriding mandatory provision" (loi de police) under EU Regulation No. 593/2008 on the applicable law to contractual obligations (Rome I). As a consequence, SI became operative in respect of international contracts despite an express choice of a foreign governing law made by the parties to the transaction. This article argues that, as a result of Expedia and the 2016 reform, French courts can interfere with international business transactions by striking down contractual terms that they deem unfair according to the SI standard. The analysis focuses on two key issues. On the one hand, notwithstanding recent judicial precedents, SI still fails to provide a reliable test for predicting which clauses or contracts are at risk of being deemed unfair. On the other hand, the legal arsenal supporting French legislator's disapproval of SI allocates great power to French courts and the French government to pursue tort lawsuits against foreign companies allegedly oppressing their commercial partners with SI clauses. Empirical evidence shows that these actions are highly successful compared to those commenced by private actors. The article concludes that all these aspects, together with SI's turbulent case-law throughout the years, will sprout uncertainty in international business transactions and may eventually disparage France in the global competition in such a field.
Keywords: Contract, International Business Transactions, French Law, Conflict of Laws
Departments: Tax & Law, GREGHEC (CNRS)
It is almost a truism to argue that data holds a great promise of transformative resources for social good, by helping to address a complex range of societal issues, ranging from saving lives in the aftermath of a natural disaster to predicting teen suicides. Yet it is not public authorities who hold this real-time data, but private entities, such as mobile network operators and business card companies, and - with even greater detail - tech firms such as Google through its globally-dominant search engine, and, in particular, social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Besides a few isolated and self-proclaimed 'data philanthropy' initiatives and other corporate data-sharing collaborations, data-rich companies have historically shown resistance to not only share this data for the public good, but also to identify its inherent social, non-commercial benefit. How to explain to citizens across the world that their own data – which has been aggressively harvested over time – can't be used, and not even in emergency situations? Responding to this unsettling question entails a fascinating research journey for anyone interested in how the promises of big data could deliver for society as a whole. In the absence of a plausible solution, the number of societal problems that won't be solved unless firms like Facebook, Google and Apple start coughing up more data-based evidence will increase exponentially, as well as societal rejection of their underlying business models.This article identifies the major challenges of unlocking private-held data to the benefit of society and sketches a research agenda for scholars interested in collaborative and regulatory solutions aimed at unlocking privately-held data for good.
Keywords: Big data, data, data governance, data sharing, data risk, data invisible, risk governance, philanthropy
Departments: Information Systems and Operations Management, GREGHEC (CNRS)
We examine empirically how different information types and information channels affect both the intention and the decision to adopt photovoltaic (PV) technology as affected by adoption stage. Analyzing data on a large European utility's current and potential clients reveals how the effects of various drivers of adoption can change across phases of the adoption process. Our results challenge the common wisdom that information necessarily and homogeneously supports innovation adoption; instead, they strongly support the hypothesis that information types and channels have distinct effects on adoption rates. These results also highlight that, throughout the adoption process, the value of information changes. In addition, we clarify the effects of economic incentives on both the intention to adopt PV technology and actual adoption behavior. Our findings have critical implications for policy makers and for any technology manufacturing company that must optimize its marketing strategy and distribution channels to promote renewable energy systems.
Keywords: innovation adoption; renewable energy; information characteristics; empirical studies
Departments: Accounting & Management Control, GREGHEC (CNRS)
Evidence suggests society still does not view whistleblowers as wholly legitimate – despite legal protections now offered in some jurisdictions, such as the United States. Drawing on a discourse analysis, (i.e., an examination of statements), we investigate the well-publicized stories of seven whistleblowers from 69 sources, including books, first- and second-hand interviews, websites and videos. Our focus is to examine how whistleblower discourses can build legitimacy by more tightly defining the whistleblower role and demonstrating its alignment with social norms. Using whistleblower self-narratives, we identify four narrative patterns: (1) Trigger(s): the event(s) leading to whistleblowing; (2) Personality traits: whistleblower's morality, resourcefulness, and determination; (3) Constraints: barriers requiring regulatory and organizational change; and (4) Consequences: the longer-term positive impact of the whistleblowing act. These patterns rely on symbolic, analogical, and metaphorical framing to allow others to better understand the role of whistleblowers and enlist their support. Exploring a data-set of 1,621 press articles, we find indications that these narrative patterns resonate in the media – which provide a form of support and may be instrumental in legitimizing the whistleblower role. Grounded on these results, we develop a legitimacy construction model of the whistleblower role, i.e., a representation of how role legitimacy is produced and sustained. From this model, we identify a number of important areas for future research.
Keywords: Whistleblowing, Fraud Detection, Role Definition, Discourse Analysis, Legitimacy, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
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SYDNEY, Australia — Baseball is on the lips of the people of Sydney. It's on the banners hanging from the lamps above the city streets, right alongside a Disney production of "The Lion King: The Musical."
Like the story of Simba, the two weekend games between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks are a family-oriented affair.
There have only been 28 Australian-born players in major-league history, but Australian participation in Little League baseball currently trails only that of the United States in sheer numbers. The consensus here is that if baseball is to enter the mainstream of Australian sports, it will begin with the younger generation.
The target audience of the two games is as large as it is young. Local reports Saturday placed the number of tickets sold for the two games between 70,000 and 80,000, with a few more still available the morning of Opening Day.
Don't be surprised if sons turn to their fathers to explain baseball's nuances in the stands of the Sydney Cricket Ground. An article published on Page 11 of the Sydney Morning Herald titled "Baseball for Dummies," labeled with crude cartoons of baseball players, attempted to explain the rules of the game to a foreign audience.
"A run is scored when a batter completes an anti-clockwise circuit around the diamond from home base, through first, second and third, back to home," it reads. "He can do this by hitting the ball out of the ground (a home run) or by getting to one of the bases (a base hit, a double or a triple) and then running home off another batter's hit."
The level of baseball savvy might vary quite a bit among spectators, but the local media certainly honored the occasion throughout the week.
A one-and-a-half-page spread in Saturday's Morning Herald chronicled Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis' day, from 8:30 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. in Los Angeles) to 11:45 p.m. at night.
Opposite the Ellis spread, a column reassured readers that, in spite of the popularity of the games, "the once-feared American hegemony is no closer now than it was when the White Sox and the Giants played on the SCG 100 years ago."
The Australian Financial Review caught up with Jason Moore, the local promoter responsible for bringing the games to Sydney. According to the report, it was Moore who insisted to MLB that the two games had to be regular-season games and not exhibitions, while MLB chose the teams.
Gabrielle Upton, New South Wales' Sports Minister, penned an editorial in the Australia Business Insider on Friday. "While I'm not yet convinced that I'll graze on some of the quintessentially American deep fried culinary delights on offer," Upton wrote, probably referring to a $40, one-meter-long hot dog, "I'll be there too with my baseball cap firmly on."


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Drake Gives Love to the Bay Area in 'The Motto' Video
Drake shows his support of Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area in the new video for 'The Motto' — the 'Take Care' bonus track featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga.
As noted by The Boombox, the video opens with a message from Wanda Salvatto, mother of Mac Dre, a Bay area rapper who was shot and killed in 2004 and who gets name-checked in the song. She looks into the camera and addresses her son directly, saying, "If you could see me now, sitting here in front of this camera, and the people that are in the room, you would be proud … I'm still here, and as long as I'm here, you'll be here."
As the song progresses, the clip includes plenty of wide shots of Oakland and San Francisco. Drake is shot mostly by a camera in the passenger seat of his ride and he cruises around the Bay and raps the motto "You only live once." And yes, that is a leopard print winter jacket he's rocking.
Weezy performs his verse at night with a bridge lit up behind him. He makes a fashion statement of his own, with neon green boots that match his wristwatch. Clips of Tyga in front of the night skyline are mixed with footage of him onstage at a club.
Despite being a bonus track, 'The Motto' has become one of the most successful songs on 'Take Care,' reaching the Top 20.
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The subway has this new ad for the radio station Kiss 92.5, with the word "listen" in various languages. Except that, as usual, the scripts are messed up.
Here the letters are not connected; this should be عمتسا, which is apparently Arabic for "listen".
For this word, not only are the letters disconnected, this is printed in the wrong direction. It should be گوش دادن goš dādan Persian for "to listen" - literally "to give ear".
The Hindi is disconnected too. tsk tsk…
And a lot of these words are infinitives, not imperatives. It's almost as if someone used Google Translate.


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S.C. FEMA Trailers Going for $2,000-$6,000
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Dozens of trailers, previously owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are scheduled for auction this week in North Augusta, S.C. Local RV dealers say the market is now "flooded" with the trailers, and they want consumers to do their research.
Earl Allen, of CSRA Camperland, says the trailers are simply not designed for recreational travel, even though they are often sold that way. Most of the FEMA units, he adds, do not have onboard water and waste storage tanks. Without those tanks, many state parks will not allow the campers to be used.
The trailer auction is completely legal, and actually facilitated by government wholesalers. However, many of the units have been stored in the Gulf Coast since 2005, and may contain chemical and mold dangers, government reports suggest, WRDW-TV, August, reported.
WRDW was invited to view the trailers during a previous auction, and did notice several areas of mold and rot within the walls of the trailers. Not all units, however, showed outward signs of damage.
"I'd say 90% of these units have some sort of damage on the roof, that is already causing rot, if not, they soon will," says Allen. "We had a customer come in requesting that we install an awning on his (FEMA) trailer, and we discovered that the roof was rotted in places. We had to tell him,"
The trailers auction and resale for about $2,000 to $6,000 each, lot owners say. At least one used car dealer, who bought two of the units, admits they have been difficult to resell.
Allen says the professional association that represents most of the RV dealers in the area protested the sales before government leaders. Meanwhile, this latest auction is scheduled for this week, with similar auctions happening in several other regional cities.


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When it comes to Super Bowl XLVII, it seems everyone is willing to put some skin in the game. Or at least a little ego. (Yes, we're talking about you, Mayor Hancock.)
The bets for - and against - the Baltimore Ravens are piling up. And it's not just in Vegas parlors.
The Maryland Zoo is placing a bet with the San Francisco Zoological Society that would rename the exhibit of the team's official raven mascots. If the 49ers win, the birds Rise and Conquer- often seen during home games - will suddenly find themselves living in the "San Francisco 49ers exhibit." Minus the jet lag, of course.
And if such a thing comes to pass, Don Hutchinson, president of The...


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The overall partnership between Dayton Freight and Omnitracs, from development to rollout, made this project a win-win for both companies. We firmly believe that we now have the best-in-class on-board system in the LTL industry.Anthony Rocco
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Parkinson in 'dreamland'
An ecstatic Phil Parkinson was beaming with pride after he saw his Bradford City side beat Aston Villa on 4-3 on aggregate to reach the Capital One Cup final.
Despite losing 2-1 on the night to Andreas Weimann's late strike, James Hanson's powerful header in the 55th minute proved to be the goal which sent the League Two side to Wembley.
"Coming here two goals up we had a great chance,'' Parkinson said. "In the first half Villa were excellent but in the second I thought we were excellent and deserved it.
"We felt in the first half we didn't pass the ball and in the second we got hold of the ball and had a period of possession. We knew Villa are an attacking team that would leave space for us. It's dreamland. We said we had a chance to make history and it's absolutely tremendous.''
Despite knocking out Wigan, Arsenal and now Villa, Parkinson was cautious when asked about the chances of his side lifting the trophy against Swansea or European champions Chelsea at Wembley.
"I think that's going a bit far, but to get to Wembley is great for us,'' he added on Sky Sports 1.
Bradford striker James Hanson was understandably jubilant after the victory although he thought Villa would pose a stronger challenge.
"I can't believe it, it really hasn't sunk in yet,'' Hanson said. "The lads dug in in the first half and I thought we were going to have our backs to the wall tonight. But we were actually pretty comfortable in the second half and we held on well.''
Bradford goalkeeper Matt Duke said: "I'm speechless. The lads had a fantastic game tonight and the fans as well, it'll be a great day at Wembley for them. Everyone had a great game. At 3-1 up, if we scored we fancied out chances and we fancied ourselves from set-pieces.
"As a kid playing football, you dream of Wembley and we're going to do it. We're going to take a League Two club to Wembley, we're going to take a massive following, it's going to be an amazing day and I'm looking forward to it.''
Duke was still struggling to comprehend Bradford's efforts as they became the first club from the lowest tier of English football to reach the League Cup final since Rochdale in 1962.
"I've still got to believe it. When we scored we had a chance,'' he added. "You could smell it in the dressing room before, could smell the chance. Full credit to the manager, the staff and everybody at the club. The fans came out in numbers to support us - it's fantastic.''
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Dolphin Music Ranked 11th Fastest Growing UK company in The Sunday Times
We must be doing something right!
Dolphin Music is 11th fastest growing UK company. Dolphin Music are proud to announce that in the published Sunday Times Fast Track 100 annual league table, published this weekend, we were ranked No 11 nationally.
Fast Track 100 ranks Britain's hundred private companies with the fastest growing sales over the last three years. Fast Track check over 1.5m companies and from this find the fastest growing 100 companies. Now in its tenth year, the prestigious national league table ranks Britain's one hundred private companies with the fastest-growing sales over the latest three years. Out of all companies in the North West Dolphin Music was top and have made a substantial contribution to the local economy. Together all North West companies employ 8,628 staff and have combined sales of £508m.
About the league table
Now in its tenth year, The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 annual league table is compiled by Oxford-based research and events company Fast Track. It will be published with The Sunday Times business section on 3 December and on www.fasttrack.co.uk.
League table criteria
Companies are ranked according to their annual growth rate in sales over the three financial years from 2002 to 2005, or 2003 to 2006. Unless denoted by "†", the annual growth sales rate is based on the companies latest filed accounts. The table excludes technology companies which are featured in a separate league table, the Tech Track 100.
Companies had to be registered in the UK, unquoted and ultimate holding companies, not subsidiaries. Companies also had to show year-on-year sales growth in their latest year from 2004 to 2005, or 2005 or 2006, plus forecast (or actual) sales growth. The research was carried out by Fast Track between 1 August and 1 November 2006. All companies were interviewed by telephone, and the vast majority (85) were visited by the research team.
The Future
Both Robert Williams and Jason Tavaria (Directors) are very proud of the result and put the sucess of Dolphin down to our amazing staff who work incredibly hard to provide our customers with the greatest customer service this industry have to offer. We hope to continue this growth with increased choice of products and improved customer service. We would also like to thank you (our customers) for your continued support over the past 7 years and hope you stick with us into the future.


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Performance management involves much more than just assigning ratings. It is a continuous cycle that involves:
"Planning" means setting performance expectations and goals for groups and individuals to channel their efforts toward achieving organizational objectives. It also includes the measures that will be used to determine whether expectations and goals are being met. Involving employees in the planning process helps them understand the goals of the organization, what needs to be done, why it needs to be done, and how well it should be done.
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"Monitoring" means consistently measuring performance and providing ongoing feedback to employees and work groups on their progress toward reaching their goals. Ongoing monitoring provides the opportunity to check how employees are doing and to identify and resolve any problems early.
"Developing" means increasing the capacity to perform through training, giving assignments that introduce new skills or higher level of responsibility, improving work processes, or other methods. Development efforts can encourage and strengthen good performance and help employees keep up with changes in the workplace.
"Rating" means evaluating employee or group performance against the elements and standards in an employee's performance plan, summarizing that performance, and assigning a rating of record.
"Rewarding" means providing incentives to and recognition of employees, individually and as members of groups, for their performance and acknowledging their contributions to the agency's mission. There are many ways to acknowledge good performance, from a sincere "Thank You!" for a specific job well done to granting the highest level, agency-specific honors and establishing formal cash incentive and recognition award programs.


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Lake Monticello
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Located off Ark. 35 about five miles northwest of Monticello, Lake Monticello is a 1,520-acre impoundment that opened for fishing in 1997. It is owned by the city of Monticello and its fishery is overseen by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, which is managing the lake to produce trophy largemouth bass. A recent catch was documented as the fourth-biggest largemouth ever caught in the state. Fishing: The daily bass limit is four, only one of which may exceed 21 inches. Bass between 16 inches and 21 inches must be released. Other sportfish found in the lake include crappie, bream and catfish. Available facilities include two picnic areas with concrete boat ramps and courtesy docks.
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text: John Cassavetes' harrowing masterpiece charts the emotional meltdown of a suburban housewife and its effects on her blue-collar Italian family. Gena Rowlands stars as Mabel Longhetti, a mother of three whose husband Nick (Peter Falk) works as a construction worker; a mismatched couple like so many others in Cassavetes films, the Longhettis seem to be complete opposites: she's impetuous, extroverted, and fragile, while he's controlling, distant, and hard-bitten. Their differences underscore a series of domestic dramas, culminating in a nervous breakdown that sends Mabel to a psychiatric hospital for six months, only to return to a home environment on even thinner ice than before. The improvisational style central to Cassavetes' vision is at its most acute throughout A Woman Under the Influence. Like its title heroine, the film threatens to veer out of control at any time, its shape and scope defined not by narrative but by the emotional upheaval at its center. Embracing the full spectrum of the Longhettis' relationship, from seismic bursts of high drama to small, even trivial moments of domestic tedium, its long scenes relentlessly probe every nook and cranny of the family's life, drawing out each moment for maximum emotional impact; the film is by turns beautiful and ugly, illuminating and frustrating, and it features a performance by Rowlands as heartwrenching and unforgettable as any ever committed to celluloid.~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide


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The end of the line for "Masterchef" contender Abimael "Bime" Cruz marked the start of his career in the food world working at the Stoneforge Tavern in Raynham.
The end of the line for "Masterchef" contender Abimael "Bime" Cruz marked the start of his career in the food world working at the Stoneforge Tavern in Raynham.
The Taunton resident was eliminated from the reality television show that pits home cooks against each other in a pressure test round in which the a group of the home chefs were tasked with making a lemon meringue pie. Cruz accidentally mixed up the cream of tartar to make the merengue with the corn starch to thicken the lemon curd. His pie was so watery, judge/celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey poured the pie into two stemmed glasses for them to test.
Though it was fairly obvious from that point that the mistake would send him home, Cruz said in an interview last week that he would have been even more upset if the judges had sent someone else home. "It was heartbreaking to leave the show... but I made an epic mistake," he said. "I knew I'd made the worst lemon meringue pie."
Lemon meringue pie aside, the panel of judges — chefs Ramsey and Graham Elliot, and restaurateur Joe Bastianich — had high praise for most of the meals Cruz made during the competition.
Now that he's back from his stint on the show, Cruz said he is "trying to keep his passion for cooking alive." Working at the Stoneforge Tavern and Publick House for the past couple months has been almost as eye-opening an experience as the grueling competitions on the show, he said.
"Every day it's like a pressure test, but you don't get Ramsey yelling at you. This is insane too," said Cruz.
Working on the kitchen line at the restaurant has also opened his eyes to all of the prep work that goes on behind the scenes in a restaurant kitchen long before the order slips start piling up.
"When you're looking at the show you're seeing me experience things for the first time. I've never had to make 101 steaks or so much chicken," he said in reference to the competition on his last day on the show in which two teams were tasked with making fried chicken and a couple other dishes for the cast and crew of the television show "Glee."
Now that he's working in the real world of restaurants, Cruz said he sees the difference between the reality show and the realities of the culinary world. "When you see the process on the show we have 60 minutes of prep time. Here, we're constantly prepping for the tavern and for functions at the Publick House," he said.
Of his time on the show, which is still airing on Fox stations Wednesday nights, Cruz said he tried to focus on "what he was doing," and not "playing the game" like some of the contestants.
It was a maneuver by his team captain, Krissi Biasiello, that landed him in the final round pressure test that sent him home to Taunton and his daughters, Adiana, 10, Amaya, 8, and Ariel, 6.
"I feel good, and confident going forward. Two of the world's best chefs and one of the best restaurateurs told me I had the potential to be great and they thought they'd (see) me being in the top five," he said. "They expressed to me to not give up on my dreams and that made my passion to cook even stronger."
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|Mindless Behavior: All Around the World – Trailer
Teen R&B/hip-hop boy band Mindless Behavior has been stirring up a frenzy wherever they go, singing and dancing their way into the hearts of millions as they travel across the US on their first major headlining tour. Coming from humble roots and rising to super stardom, Roc Royal, Ray Ray, Princeton and Prodigy hit the road for the biggest tour of their lives. From their early aspirations of becoming stars to fulfilling their wildest dreams, this concert documentary captures the movement that is Mindless Behavior, which reminds us all that with hard work, confidence and the ability to embrace and celebrate your own individuality, we can all be "Mindless" 24/7.
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10 Amazing IKEA Desk Lamp and Task Light Hacks
The task lamp. You know the one. With the bent arm and metal bowl shade. Classic? Yes. Uninspired? Well, it can be that, too. Except for these 10 creative tech and lighting DIY projects that elevate the bent-arm desk lamp into a thing of beauty and unrivaled function.
Each of these DIY projects uses one of three inexpensive lamps from IKEA's stock:
• Tertial Work Lamp, $8.99
• Forsa Work Lamp, $29.99
• Antiphoni Work Lamp, $29.99
...so there's no reason you couldn't try one of these at home. If you need a little extra functionality on your desktop, or just an eye-catching and unique light fixture, try one of these projects on for size. Click the links below to see more of each project and get some DIY help.
• Red Tertial Chandellier from Ikea Hackers
• Tertial Lamp Chandellier from Ikea Hackers
• Forsa Work Lamp Desktop Microphone Boom from Ikea Hackers
• Tertial Work Lamp Webcam Jig from The New Hobbyist
• Dear-Ingo Inspired Tertial Chandellier from Ikea Hackers
• Flexible Computer Speaker Tertial Mounts from Ikea Hackers
• Three-Armed Tertial Chandellier from Apartment Therapy
• Suction Cup Tertial iPhone Camera Mount from Make Projects
• Flexible Arm Desktop iPhone Dock from Ikea Hackers
• Antiphoni Lamp Microphone Stand from Ikea Hackers
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text: I'm Brenda Sue Lansdowne, owner of B'sue Boutiques--on the Web since 1997. We offer QUALITY jewelry making products, most made in the USA or Europe. Our nickel free artisan finishes are the BEST for the lowest market prices. We're unique because you will LEARN here. I'll show you how our products work via videos linked from our YouTube channel. You'll have access to creative community through my online groups and Design Team. ANYONE can learn to make jewelry and have the satisfaction of saying, I MADE IT MYSELF!


text: Every Wednesday Nick Williams, the Co-op's Wine & Beer Guru, puts on a free tasting at the store. He picks three of his favorite wines, usually according to a theme, and he offers tastings to anyone who wants one. Nick is an expert story teller and a true wine expert. So expect to be both educated and entertained. And, if you want a whole glass of one of the offerings, it will be just $3.


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Zurich, Switzerland (PRWEB) January 17, 2013
In the wake of it's successful development over the past 12 months, Squirro, the world's first digital personal assistant, announces that it received a considerable infusion of capital from the international consortium of investors who participated in the initial seed funding.
The group of investors consists of highly influential individuals and companies who have been catalysts in the ERP, CRM and BI industries over the past two decades, and include former executives of QlikTech, Siebel Systems and SAP AG, as well as Hoepfner, Zürcher Kantonalbank and the Hasler Foundation.
Alex Ott, founder of CrossContinentalVentures, said of his continuous support in Squirro:
"The ever increasing deluge of data and unstructured information that corporations and individuals are consistently bombarded with remains a real problem. It is very gratifying to see that Squirro, with its groundbreaking, but "simple-to-turn-on" and fun to use application, is getting phenomenal response from users. We are ecstatic to be part of this continuing journey."
Squirro is considered the most intuitive Sales Intelligence solution available today. It provides actionable intelligence to sales representatives, key account managers and marketing professionals. Its approach is based on contextual keywords and smart signal interpretations from multiple sources.
Early adopter, Stephen Rietzke, Business Development Manager at Itelligence, the world's largest SAP implementation partner, said about Squirro:
"I use Squirro on a daily basis for customer and market intelligence. Squirro – compared to specialized sources – consistently delivers more and better results."
Up and running literally in minutes, Squirro helps users solve the problem of information overload and clutter: it's like a noise-cancelling headset. It is designed to work according to the way people seek and consume content – based on topics of interest not predefined categories. The result is a continuously updated living collection, which can be analyzed for actionable intelligence.
While this non-numeric business intelligence is highly appreciated by sales and marketing professionals, Squirro adds value instantaneously to anyone who wants actionable real-time feeds, both from internal and external sources.
David Pidsley, Managing Director, Cause Analytics Ltd., further added about the usability of Squirro:
"Squirro, in a nutshell, introduces a scalable, affordable mechanism to enhance our platform. Many standalone analytics programs that offer this functionality were too complicated. Squirro simplifies gathering the information – just ask it a question and it delivers the information you want."
The funding will be used to develop Squirro further, to leverage the application across additional CRM platforms (Squirro is available on Saleforce AppExchange, on SAP Business by Design and as a standalone version), and to expand its international reach.
About Squirro
Squirro is the personal digital research app. Broader than feeds and more specific than search, Squirro scans multiple sources from Internet channels and social media, private databases and internal systems to find the most relevant information on your topic of interest, then updates it continuously and automatically. The result is a living collection of curated content you can save, synthesize and share with friends and colleagues in your own private workspace. Squirro is available for desktops, browsers, smartphones and tablets with no need to synchronize.
Squirro is developed by a team of passionate Internet geeks and entrepreneurs with high ambitions: To simplify the everyday need to find, remember, organize and share important information.


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** Chula Vista Firefighters Foundation Scholarship - deadline June 15.
Description: "Provides training in the theory and practice of fire technology, the fire service, and the fire protection field. It is designed to enhance qualifications for entry into the fire service, for preparation for entry-level hiring examinations, and for current firefighters wishing to complete a degree in fire tech.
"Study of FS includes the philosophy, history, chemistry, physics, laws, terminology, technology and detection and prevention of fires.
Career options include county, state and federal fire agencies; private industry; public fire service, fire protection and engineering; fire prevention and inspection."
Associate degree and/or certificate of completion are available.
Fire Science Work Experience program: Students are placed in a fire station to gain experience and work with an engine company. They are supervised and evaluated by a fire captain.
Basic Wildland Firefighter Academy: FS 144, offered in Spring only. The Basic Wildland Academy course content includes requirements from the following National Wildfire Coordinating Group certifications: S-130 Wildland Firefighter Training; S-190 Intro to Wildland Fire Behavior; L-180 Human Factors on the Fire Line; and ICS 100 Intro to Incident Command System. (See Wildland Academy page)
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text: Magna revises global ad spending forecast to 6.5% growth next year Published on December 09, 2013. New York—Global ad spending will rise 6.5% in 2014 over this year, according to a new forecast by Magna Global. The forecast is up slightly from a June projection of 6.1% growth for next year. The increase will be driven largely by the rise in social and mobile ad spending. Social ad spending will reach an estimated $9.1 billion this year, up 58.0% over last year, according to Magna. Of this, $2.9 billion will be from mobile social ad spending. Digital ad spending will reach an estimated $118.0 billion this year, up 16.0% over last year. That is up from Magna's June projection of 13.4% growth in digital ad spending this year. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Students seeking to transfer from another theological seminary are required to present a statement of good standing from all seminaries attended prior to applying to McCormick along with the documentation outlined above. These statements must be submitted on official forms provided in the application form and must be mailed by the seminary official directly to McCormick Theological Seminary.
If an applicant wishes to have credit considered for transfer from more than one school, the statement of good standing must be submitted from each school.
A student transferring from an accredited seminary may request transfer credit for courses equivalent to courses at McCormick; the amount of credit to be granted will be determined by the Associate Dean of Student Academics according to Seminary rules and will take into account McCormick's distribution requirements.
After the successful completion of one semester (four full courses) of work in residence the Associate Dean of Advising and Formation can assess courses for transfer. All transfer students will participate in the advisory system and in such review and assessment processes as are deemed appropriate.
Courses that are more than 10 years old will not be accepted for transfer.
No more than one-half of the courses counted toward a previous graduate degree may be transferred toward a McCormick degree, and no more than one-half of the courses required for a McCormick degree may be granted by transfer of credit.
All transfer students will participate in the advisory system and in such review and assessment processes as are deemed appropriate In order to earn a McCormick degree, a minimum of nine courses must be taken on McCormick's campus in Chicago prior to graduation.


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Regardless if you are for or against adopting the cloud as part of your organization's computing infrastructure and/or as a replacement for that tired, multitenant software architecture of yours, as an IT professional or executive, you need a cloud strategy!
Do you think I sound like a snake oil salesman? Already coming up with the same old excuses as to why the cloud isn't a viable alternative to your on-premise data center? Well, you need to start to get over that bias of yours as you can't argue with a multi-billion dollar industry that is progressively occupying a bigger portion of the technology provider-type market share. (Need evidence of this? Just take a look at Salesforce.com's/NYSE: CRM's last income statement.) Additionally, if your competitors haven't already considered an adoption strategy, they're most likely currently in the process of migrating toward at least a hybrid approach toward cloud computing. It's time to do your diligence and draw up a new SWOT analysis matrix, because your organization will inevitably pay more when it's forced into the cloud years down the road, or lose business to competitors when they're able to capitalize on your indifference.
As alluded to before, there is still quite a bit of distrust and cynicism when it comes to the cloud, especially from IT professionals who've gone complacent and nested themselves between power hungry server racks. I don't mean to sound cynical myself, but the truth of the matter is that on-premise environments actually hinder an organization's ability to scale their technology according to operational business values, or with product or service development. Furthermore, the more an organization concerns itself with the details of running IT services in house, instead of on-demand, the more stretched an already bloated IT budget will become. Not to say that formulating a cloud adoption/migration strategy can't become problematic and expensive (especially for organization's with legacy systems), but those who have the power to make these types of decisions need to start asking themselves how much of their IT budget is dedicated towards application development, and how much is spent on supporting the hardware and software needed to run them.
The same platitudes regarding the dependability, cost and security of cloud-based services just won't cut it these days. If you're an IT professional who reports to an executive and you're throwing a barrier between cloud adoption and your firewall, or you're an executive who usually delegates these types of decisions to "the professionals", stop! The cloud offers a profitable way, in monetary terms, as well as in terms of the unexpected benefits an organization can achieve by adopting what is actually a more reliable and, plausibly, just as secure approach to computing.
In the coming weeks, I plan to make a concerted case for the cloud, and prove how the benefits can vastly outweigh any presumed risks. I'll do this by discussing topics like how IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) on-demand software/platforms can bring about change in both your IT and non-IT related staff alike. Hopefully, in the end, you'll get the sense that by formulating a well-intentioned cloud strategy, your organization will become more productive, cost-effective and capable of allocating your IT resources to scale with organizational goals.
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Posted on July 10, 2013 in Pro Tennis Talk
Leading up to the first day of qualifying in Ilkley I had put in some hard work and had a few days of good practice. I felt as though I was hitting the ball well but still felt a bit tight and stiff in the knees and hips. I took the court feeling pretty confident, although definitely not totally at ease.
Unfortunately, what transpired was an absolute shocker. The first set I really struggled with my movement. I felt I was out of position for every ball. I wasn't reading my left-handed opponent's shots, and as a result I was just guessing on returns and short balls. I was serving and volleying fairly well but struggling to get any kind of speed behind my serve. My timing and rhythm was way off. I got broken early and never really came back. I fought as hard as I could, but to no avail. I lost the first set 6-4. Things didn't improve much in the second set, and I went down 6-2.


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An open air garden affair complete with gourmet donuts? Yeah, we're all in on this one. It's an alfresco celebration of love found via dating app with planning by Sarah Park Events, florals by Poppy Design Co., really good food courtesy of Contemporary Catering, lots of beautiful imagery at the hands of Kurt Boomer, and a so-sweet film by Etcetera Productions.
From Sarah Park...Gloria and Tommy met in the most modern of ways on a dating app called Hinge. At the time, Gloria was a medical student and Tommy was traveling on business in Los Angeles. After exchanging messages for a very long week, they met in person for the first time on a red-eye flight to New York City. From their first date in New York City, their love grew from their shared love of good food and traveling through much of the gorgeous backdrop of California and even an eventual move to the Midwest. Two years later, it was only fitting that Tommy proposed in the beautiful Joshua Tree National Park. They married on September 2, 2017, in the stunning Malibu mountains and celebrated with their closest family and friends. When planning their wedding, they kept the many cities that highlighted the milestones of their relationship in mind and made sure there was plenty of delicious food for their guests.