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Change of heart, Sahu back
Changing equations in the state BJP have come to the fore with party leadership revoking the suspension of senior leader and former vice-president Ashok Sahu along with 10 others.
- Published 6.05.16
Bhubaneswar, May 5: Changing equations in the state BJP have come to the fore with party leadership revoking the suspension of senior leader and former vice-president Ashok Sahu along with 10 others.
Sahu, who was suspended in October 2014 for publicly airing his views on party's poor performance in the elections, shared strained relations with the then state unit president and Patnagarh MLA K.V. Singh Deo.
Sources said though Union minister Jual Oram, the political mentor of Sahu, who is a former IPS officer, had tried hard to get the suspension revoked in the past. However, he did not succeed because of resistance from Singh Deo and his supporters.
However, things have looked up for the likes of Sahu in the BJP with Nuapada MLA Basant Kumar Panda taking over from Singh Deo and constituting his own team.
Panda, said sources, was keen to ensure that factionalism in the state unit was contained and the party put up a united face in the panchayat elections, which would be a litmus test for the BJP. The party had failed to put up a creditable performance in the last Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
While the party secured just 10 Assembly seats, it won the lone Lok Sabha seat of Sundargarh in a tough triangular contest. The central BJP leadership, however, treats Odisha as a priority state as far as 2019 elections are concerned and has asked the state unit bosses to ensure that infighting did not blight the party's prospects in the next elections.
Though party spokesperson Sajjan Sharma refused to attach any political meaning to the revocation of Sahu's suspension saying it followed a routine decision by the disciplinary committee, a senior leader on the conditions of anonymity said the development marked a distinct shift in party's priorities and change in the leadership's style of functioning.
"The new leadership wants to carry the entire party with it. It has adopted a more flexible approach to ensure unity," said the leader.
Sahu, a firebrand leader, had been placed under suspension soon after the Kandhamal Lok Sabha by-election results were announced, publicly airing his views about party's performance on social media. Among other things, he had sought to know why Modi magic, which earned BJP great political dividends in other parts of the country, had failed to work in Odisha.
However, a section of BJP leaders thought Sahu's views reflected his personal frustration because he had been denied the party ticket for the Kandhamal by-poll for which BJD defector Rudra Madhab Ray was the BJP candidate.


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Square Enix held its first ever Final Fantasy-style press/retailer meeting for the Dragon Quest series this past week, gathering members of the press and retail community at a concert hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward (right next to the Square Enix home office, coincidentally enough). On hand at the event were big name Dragon Quest staff members like Koichi Sugiyama and Yuji Horii, exactly three members of the foreign press and even an 11 year old reporter from Dorimaga.
For the full report on the event, see this IGNPS2 story. As for the 11 year old reporter from Dorimaga, IGN Japan investigates below.
In this week's Gaming Life in Japan, on top of all the charts, release dates and ads, we've got looks at Kanji Quiz, Curry House CoCo and Panic Maker. Plus, the babes of Custom Robo get the spotlight.
This week, we've got a look at two different magazines: Weekly Famitsu and the all-hardware-compatible Dori Maga. Both magazines tailor to a different audience, with the former being more mainstream and the latter grabbing more of a hardcore Sega-centric group.
Inside the issue is a seven page feature on Biohazard 4 featuring a full look at the game along with a "long" interview with director Shinji Mikami. Elsewhere on the pages of the magazine are continuing guides for Onimusha 3, SD Gundam G Generation Seed, Kaido Battle 2 and Sengoku Musou, as well as start up guides for Soccer Life and Custom Robo Battle Revolution.
Famitsu also features a neat little survey regarding game creators and how people view them. The inspiration for this piece was, apparently, a survey done by the Venice Future Learning Center back in 2001 in which 1307 male junior high students were asked what they'd like to be in the future. The number one response was salary man (just a standard business man) while number two went to pro baseball player and number three went to school teacher. Number four was game creator/game designer, beating out police man (5), soccer player (9) and store owner (10).
The magazine did a little survey of its own, asking readers of its Famitsu.com website a couple of questions regarding game creation. The site asked readers to share the image they have of the game creator profession, to which 234 people responded, with multiple response allowed. Coming in at number one was the idea that work is tough, with 182 responses. The idea that becoming a game creator seems to be difficult was number two with 145 responses. Other responses included "cool" at 68 votes, "work is boring" at 4, "work is fun" at 127 and "game creators are strong" at 42.
Fifty-one of those surveyed have the absurd notion that game creators get paid well. Most of IGN's Japanese game developer buddies insist that this is not the case. However, Famitsu learned, from an employment company, that game programmers make, on average, around $80,000 a year in Japan. Hmm... that number seems a bit too high....
The site also asked readers if they'd ever thought of becoming a game creator, to which 366 responses were received. 82.2% said yes while 17.8% said no..
Apparently, while the yes response was popular, many had no idea of how one actually goes about becoming a game creator. Famitsu tapped into the current game creator talent pool to get some real life information on how one becomes a game creator. The responses fell into three categories:
1. Yuji Naka (Sonic, Nights)/Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario, Zelda) kind: enter a game company straight out of college focusing on one field like programming or design, eventually moving on to direction and then production.
2. Sakuma Akira (Momotarou series), Gouichi Suda (Fire Pro Wrestling) kind: start off in a completely different field separate of videogames. Akira began as a freelance writer. Gouichi Suda, who's currently working on Killer 7 and two undisclosed PS2 projects, began by working at a housing company.
3. Shibusau Kou (Nobunaga's Ambition, Sangokushi)/Koichi Nakamura (Mysterious Dungeon) kind: kickstart your game career by making your own game. Nakamura, from Chun Soft, actually got second place in a game development contest, and ended up starting up his own company as a result.
"Game Creator," by the way, is the Japanese term for someone who makes games. Anyone who works on games is called a "game creator." The Japanese term is actually just the English words sounded out using Japanese "katakana" characters. If you one day become a game creator at the level of a Yuji Naka or, dare we suggest it, a Shigeru Miyamoto, and you're in Japan hitting on chicks, you can let them know your profession by saying "Geemu Kurieetaa."
Inside the issue are guides for Onimusha 3, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Final Fantasy X-2, Sengoku Musou, SD Gundam G Generation Seed, Shadow Hearts 2 and Kaido Battle.
Dori Maga doesn't do the Famitsu survey thing, but there is one area of the magazine that we wanted to mention. So, we're at the Dragon Quest 2004 Spring Meeting on Tuesday night. Prior to the start of the show, after having taken our seats, we decide to make fun of ...
... by sending him a picture of the proceedings via our mega-pixel-camera-equipped cell phones. We snap the shutter button, and our camera says, as it always does prior to taking a picture, "Hai, Cheese!" All of a sudden, this little girl seated in the row in front of us starts cracking up. So, we're like, "What the!?" Why is there a little girl in attendance of a press conference, and why does she have a better seat than us?
Later that day, after discussing the issue with...
...we learned that the girl is none other than Yuki. That's right, thee Yuki!
What's that? You don't know who Yuki is? Well aren't you ignorant. Yuki is Dorimaga's 11 year old reporter who's "just about to enter junior high," according to the magazine. In this week's issue (the issue from which the picture to the right was pulled), Yuki gained entrance to Sega's development studios to try out Hitmaker's Quiz Show and interview the game's producer. She was accompanied by her mom and her manager.
Anyhow, Yuki was apparently covering the Dragon Quest event for Dorimaga on Tuesday night, which is why she was there, laughing at our cell phone shutter tone. Two people, presumably her mother and her manager, were at her side the whole night at the event.
Can she even write kanji!?
Moving on to more adult areas of gaming, here are the latest review scores as featured in this week's Famitsu.
Kid, PS2: 6,5,5,5
This port of a PC RPG/adventure game features quite a bit of reading, which the Famitsu reviewers didn't appreciate. The basic flow of the game involves reading lots of text and taking to one dungeon per chapter. The graphics and fantasy setting got praise, but the RPG sections brought about complaints due to a hard to see map and difficult controls.
Well Made, PS2: 6,6,6,4
When you call your company "Well Made," it had better make a fine game. That doesn't seem to be the case here. In this PC to PS2 port, you become "Chris" and attempt to make one of three girls fall in love with you. One reviewer complained about the movement system, stating that it's hard to tell where you should go at a given time and actual movement on the map is a chore.
One review said that, to an extent, the game has the feel of providing a separate world in a box that Grand Theft Auto provides. The reviewers liked the amount of fun provided by the game in all areas, from driving vehicles to just enjoying the story, and the large volume contained in the game.
Capcom, PS2: 8,8,8,8
One reviewer commented that the game is easy to get into thanks to tutorials masked as quests. The game apparently allows for even lighthearted play. However, there's no split into levels, which may make one feel like they have to play for a long time. One reviewer praised the feeling of freedom offered by the game. The game can be played Offline and Online, with both offering similar experiences -- one reviewer even said that Offline offers up enough fun on its own.
Tecmo, Xbox: 9,8,8,8
One reviewer was surprised that with such a simple control scheme the game offers up so many moves. The game is also very polished in terms of a lack of pauses when climbing ladders, saving and going to the pause menu. One reviewer had a small complaint that enemies will attack you from off screen.
Microsoft, Xbox: 8,7,8,8
One reviewer praised the large number of missions and stages, also revealing that he loves the voice chat of Xbox Live. Another reviewer was happy to see the game explain controls and strategy clearly.
Bandai, GBA: 6,5,5,6
When viewed as a baseball game, this game apparently has bad balance and pacing, according to one reviewer. However, when looking at the animation series off which the title is based, the game has charms as an action title.
Strangely, Famitsu didn't review Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. We presume a review of this remake will come next week.
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There are signs here that the prospect for peace in Afghanistan may be brightening. According to high-ranking United Nation officials, the Soviet Union is exploring ways to extricate itself from Afghanistan.
"One cannot expect public theatrics on a matter that involves face-saving and maintaining the vital interests of a major power," says a diplomat whose foreign minister recently discussed the Afghan situation with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
"But there are definite indications that the Soviets have begun to study seriously the nuts and bolts of a comprehensive solution that would enable them to end their military presence in Afghanistan," he added.
One possible solution, still to be refined, which these officials and diplomats say might be considered by the Kremlin, would include:
* The withdrawal of Soviet troops.
* An international agreement of noninterference in Afghan internal matters and on Afghanistan's strict nonalignment.
* A semblance of self-determination for the Afghan peopel, which would lead eventually to a pro-Soviet government, possibly without Afghan President Babrak Karmal.
"Yes, even without Karmal," a leading Soviet diplomat is reported to have said in reply to a senior Western official's question.
UN and Western officials who have recently discussed the Afghan problem in great depth with Soviet diplomats feel Moscow's display of relative mellowness flows from its frustration over a war that it does not seem able to win.They also see the Soviets as concerned by the political and economic consequences of the Afghan occupation.
"The Soviets are not going to simply concede defeat and forsake an ally," says one Western diplomat. "If they are to withdraw from Afghanistan, they must make sure that their prestige as a superpower won't be diminished and that their vital interests will be protected.
"But they are now in the process of seriously thinking about the way to disentangle themselves from Afghanistan while preserving a somewhat friendly regime in Kabul and making sure that the country not fall into outright hostile hands," the diplomat adds.
"In any event they will not leave Afghanistan before the situation in Iran is stabilized. From the perspective of the security of their southern borders, the situation in the two countries is definitely linked."
Other sources remain unconvinced. They suspect the Russians' apparent softening is more a matter of propaganda aimed at the nonaligned as well as at the Islamic nations, which are embarrassed by the Soviet role Afghanistan.
Either way, the atmosphere here seems markedly different from the mood only a few months ago when attempts to resolve the Afghan situation met with little success.
A European Community plan, for example, presented to the Soviet authorites by British Foreign Minister Lord Carrington, was rejected recently by Moscow. It proposed that the five permanent members of the Security Council, as well as India, Iran, and Pakistan, meet to work out safeguards for Afghanistan's security, independence, and nonalignment. They would have been joined at a later stage by Afghan representatives. In the Soviet view, this was a way of denying legitimacy to the Kabul regime.
Separate talks among UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, his special representative Javier Perez de Cuellar, and the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan also failed to break the stalemate. But, according to a source close to the negotiating process, the Soviet Union has gradually softened its position.
Originally, Moscow had demanded direct negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Later, the Soviets agreed such talks could take place in the presence of Mr. Waldheim.
Iran, whose stance on Afghanistan is crucial to any regionally based agreement, has recently taken a small step toward accommodation as well. At a nonaligned meeting in Havana last month, its representative did not insist on putting the question of Afghanistan on the agenda, as had been the case previously.
Pakistan continues to insist on the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan as a precondition to any political solution. For the moment, however, Afghanistan wants a pledge of noninterference from Pakistan before it considers the departure of Soviet forces. But, behind these public statements, both sides are seeking greater flexibility, sending out feelers, and developing new channels of communication.
Some diplomats here believe that by pretending to be accommodating toward the Soviet Union, Pakistan is simply sending a message to the US congress asking for more economic and military aid.


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Draft Needs Assessment and Local Action Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey
The City of Houston will receive $1,175,954,338 in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for assisting in long-term housing recovery from Hurricane Harvey. To receive this funding, the City must submit a local action plan to the Texas General Land Office (GLO), which will be incorporated into the State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey – Round 1 as a substantial amendment. This local action plan is prescribed by the GLO and includes a local needs assessment, budget, program descriptions, and expenditure timelines for the City's expected allocation of CDBG-DR funds.
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Homeowner Reimbursement Program: Hurricane Harvey
In fall of 2018, the City of Houston will launch a Homeowner Reimbursement Program to reimburse homeowners for eligible Harvey-related repair expenses. The Homeowner Reimbursement Program is one of five programs the City of Houston will launch to assist homeowners with home repair. Program guidelines outlining the specifics of the program are being developed now. The tip sheet (below) advises residents about how to prepare to apply to the Reimbursement Program as they make repairs.
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Montage has one mode (called Performance mode) and each active Performance Part can act as a Zone Master.
In [UTILITY] mode, select "Settings" > "Advanced" > set the ZONE MASTER switch ON. This makes the Master function available globally.
Now when you create a Performance you can determine how it affects the external connected devices by allowing you transmit OUT via MIDI to those modules.
Each active internal Part can be setup to transmit OUT via MIDI on any channel. The Note Limits, volume. Etc. can be set as required. These Zone Settings are independent from those you setup for the internal tone engine.
Recall the Montage Performance setup as you describe. You only need setup Part 1 as a Zone Master to transmit OUT on MIDI channel 3. Here's how:
Press [EDIT]
Press [PART SELECT 1/1]
Because you've activated the global Zone Master, parameters that will allow you setup external control will now appear within Performances.
In the lower left corner of the screen make sure "Common" is selected (blue)
Touch "Part Settings" > "Zone Settings" > turn the Zone Switch = ON
Touch "Zone Transmit" to activate/deactivate individual physical controllers
Set your external zone parameters as you require.
[STORE] your newly edited Performance.
If you want to control the internal and external devices together (layered) they can share the Part settings of your internal. But when you require a Zone to be independent, you can work differently
If the INT SW = ON, then the internal Part will play layered with the external Zone. If you want to NOT trigger the external sound, you should create a "dummy" internal Part (assigning a Part exclusively for external control). It seems in order to activate a Zone some thing must be assigned to the Montage Part, (even if you plan to not use it) you can then turn the INT SW = OFF for this Part and use its setup just to control the external device. Making sure KBD CTRL is OFF if you use one of the first 8 Parts, or simply use Parts 9-16 to setup your external Zones.
Then recalling this Performance will send the MSB/LSB and Program Change but do nothing else.
The KBD CTRL icon appears on Parts 1-8 and allows the Montage keyboard to address multiple Parts from its own keyboard. It is called Keyboard Control because it literally places the Part under control of the Keyboard. If this icon is not active then a Part can be played and controlled only when you manually select it.
The Montage is 16 Part multi-timbral. Without the KBD CTRL icon active, you can play one Part at a time, by directly selecting that Part [1]-[16]. This is how a multi-timbral layout works.
The KBD CTRL, available for Parts 1-8, enables you to simultaneously address multiple Parts using the massive Controller Matrix of the Motion Control engine. When the icon is green, it means this Part is available for duty (internally and/or externally).
Necessarily, the Montage when addressing multiple Parts has to also deal with transmitting what you play OUT via MIDI. And this is where most folks glaze over or become some what confused, understandably. There are times when you need to keep the multiple Parts separated by channel, and there are times when you don't want to keep them separated. There are times when you are controlling arpeggiators (there are 8) that separation is required. There are times when no Arps are used, you might opt to have it travel out on a single channel. Are you using the arp to play something externally? Conversely, there are going to be times when you want the Montage to receive as a single entity and others when you need it to play multiple roles via MIDI. It's all just basic MIDI, no more simple or complex than thinking through what you require.
The Zone Master control function is there to help you when you wish to connect the Montage to external devices. Because the Montage does not have a workstation style sequencer, it is a bit different, necessarily, than its predecessor, the XF. In the XF you transmitted via a Track to the tone generator. If you selected Track 1, you transmitted to Part 1 only because Track 1 was set by default to Midi channel 1 and by default Part 1 was set receive that channel. But it was totally possible to set Track 1 to transmit on Midi channel 12, in which case any Part, or Parts, set to receive on channel 12 would respond.
The Montage does not work like this, at all. So remembering XF, may only confuse you. There is no MIDI Track to determine the MIDI Channel you are transmitting on. What was a separate mode (Master) has been rolled up and included in each of the 640 User Performances. When you activate Montage Part 1 it automatically is set to transmit OUT on MIDI channel 1. However, if you are connected to external devices, with Montage you will want to activate and customize the ZONE MASTER function... Doing so will give you control over what is transmitted both internally and OUT via MIDI. Important to note, if you are not triggering other devices in your keyboard setup, the Zone Master can be turned completely Off (reducing the size of your resulting backup file). Once the Zone Master is activated in Utility mode, however, you can customize every program as you require within your particular rig.
The good news it is programmable, if there is any bad news, this means you'll have to program it.
You can set up a different MIDI OUT configuration for each PART in a Performance. That's right, all 16 Parts can. But as you know, you can only address 8 of them at one time. How do you know this? Because in order for a Zone to be active it must traverse an active KBD CTRL internal Part. And a maximum of 8 Parts can be active at once on Montage.
But say you assign a MultiPart Performance that uses Parts 1-8, you could play these eight Parts simultaneously. Say you assign eight more to Parts 9-16, you can play these individually when you select them directly, each could carry an external Zone device. This is where the Part Setting > Zone Setting > INT SW is useful.
If your MultiPart Performance uses Parts 1-4, (KBD CTRL = On for Parts 1-4)... In order to use this while connected to external devices, you will need to decide how best to link your internal workings with what you need to accomplish externally. If you need to setup the external device totally independently, you can. If you wish to create a layer situation with one of your four internal Parts, you can.
To setup an independent external zone, place a "dummy" sound in Part 5, KBD CTRL active but set the INT SW = Off.
It takes a minute to "get this"... a Part, if selected directly, will sound. KBD CTRL active or not. When the cursor is highlighting the PERFORMANCE name, (what Montage considers "Home") only those Parts with KBD CTRL active will sound.
This is why the INT SW is important and different from the KBD CTRL switch.
The default condition sets the internal switch On when you activate the Zone Switch. However, I wouldn't necessarily take this as a hint to use this way. (if I remember the XF correctly, both the INT SW and EXT SW were initially set to On in Zone 1, although I rarely, if ever, used it like that. Mostly I would setup separate zones for external use, exclusively. I never or hardly ever used the switch active for both INT and EXT within a single zone.
Although Montage's configuration of the Master function is different, I would still opt to use separate Zones that address the Internal from those that would be for an external device.
When using the Master keyboard features it seems optimum to analyze each configuration as necessary to accomplish your goal. Separate internal and external zones still seems to be the most logical and flexible way to work.
There are two transmit options when in a Performance and controlling external devices. One is defined by selecting the "Common" level, like when you are 'Home', the other takes place when you select a specific Part. The first allows you to build combination internal/external Performances. The second allows you to select individual controller setups. When creating splits and/or layers that combine internal zones and external zones, the ability to control them separately in a necessity. There's a maximum of eight Zones, any combination of internal + external that equals eight. When you look at it this way, it starts to make more sense.
I wind up using the Parts 9-16 to setup individual zones be they exclusively internal or exclusively external. Using the [PART CONTROL] buttons to smoothly switch between sounds.
All sixteen Parts have the ability to be a preset Zone Master, so if in a particular stage event, you need to play different external modules from the Montage keys, these can be used by selecting them directly, via the Part Control buttons.
Necessarily, the Montage when addressing multiple Parts has to also deal with transmitting what you play OUT via MIDI. The Zone Master control function is there to help you when you wish to connect the Montage to external devices via MIDI.
It is completely normal for any keyboard to send what you play on its keys OUT via MIDI and it also sends messages when you move its controllers. Nothing need be activated or turned on to do this, all MIDI devices normally do this, quite naturally. The Montage is no different. So when you play on the keys you are generating MIDI messages. If you want to control where they go and the nature of those messages you must use the ZONE MASTER function.
A Switch does not have to be enabled for the Montage (or any keyboard we make) to send MIDI message OUT. This is completely normal for it to do so all of the time. The Montage does have two MIDI INPUT/OUTPUT modes - one that lets it transmit on as many as 8 Channels simultaneously (according to the number of active KBD CONTROL Parts you are using) and one that lets it transmit on a single MIDI Channel 1-16 of your choosing.
So if you are set to MIDI I/O mode = Multi and you are connected to an external device, you are sending messages on each Channel you are using. If you are playing CFX Concert (4 PARTs) you are transmitting on MIDI channels 1-4, if you are playing Seattle Sections (7 Parts) you are transmitting on MIDI channels 1-7.
If you are set to MIDI I/O mode = Single and you've selected channel 1, then if you are playing CFX Concert (4 PARTs) you are transmitting on MIDI channel 1, and likewise, if you are playing Seattle Sections (7 Parts) you are transmitting on MIDI channel 1.
When you connect to an external MIDI device via a 5-pin MIDI cable, you would then be in a situation where you want to manage what you are transmitting OUT, by activating the ZONE MASTER function. Now you can take control over which messages are internally dealt with and which messages are routed OUT via MIDI.
If you do not want to send messages OUT, you can use the ZONE MASTER function to OPT OUT for each active ZONE. You do so by activating the ZONE and setting the MIDI Transmit Channel to OFF.
If you are playing a Multi_Part Performance and you are generating multiple Note Ons on different MIDI channels, most likely, you are set to MIDI I/O mode = multiple. This is up to you which way you wish to operate, but either way you will want to use the ZONE MASTER to eliminate transmitting where you don't want things to go.
If you want to send a Bank Select and Program Change to a specific device but do not want to trigger the module you want to activate a ZONE specifically for that external device. There are several ways to proceed... Here's one:
Method 1: Create a ZONE for this external device. You don't mention what or if you need this PERFORMANCE to play internally simultaneously - so we will just assume that you do.
From the PERFORMANCE HOME screen, select PART 9. (We select 9 because we do not know how many of the internal Parts you will be playing simultaneously). You do so by lighting the [PART CONTROL] button on the right front panel and pressing [PART SELECT 9]
Touch the "+" icon to ADD a single "dummy" Part - it does not matter what it is as long as it is a single (Green) PART. It doesn't matter because we will not be playing it or hearing it just transmitting via its slot.
Press [EDIT]
Touch "COMMON" in the lower left of the screen (blue)
Touch "Part Settings" > "Zone Settings"
Turn the ZONE = ON
Set the INT SW = OFF
Set your Transmit Channel = 3
Set the MSB/LSB and Program Change as you desire to recall the sound on your external device. You do not have to set the KEY RANGE to C-2 through C-2 because this ZONE will not be activated by the KBD CTRL - and will only be active if you manually select PART 9. We have assumed you are playing other sounds under KBD CONTROL (in Parts 1-8), and therefore you will never select PART 9 directly. The Bank Select and Program Change message will be sent when you recall this PERFORMANCE. But if you are nervous that you might forget, you can set the Range as you desire to prevent accidents but... totally not necessary, here.
Press [STORE] to store your new PERFORMANCE
When you recall this PERFORMANCE, the Bank Select and Program Change will be sent to your external device, the PERFORMANCE will be in the "HOME" status, where you are set to play the sounds under KBD CTRL.
How can you send "program change" messages from the MONTAGE to another keyboard?
The link to the answer on the Zone Master feature shows you how MONTAGE acts as a master keyboard controller. It sends both MSB and LSB values for Bank Select, and then a Program Change number.
MSB is Control Change 0 (values range from 000-127)
LSB is Control Change 32 (values range from 000-127)
Yamaha uses both numbers to define the Bank, followed by a Program Change Number (000-127) to select a program within the Bank as defined by both MSB and LSB.
Lets say I want the MONTAGE Performance to change an external synth module/keybd with a BANK SELECT and PROGRAM CHANGE.
Call up the Performance you wish to configure
Press [UTILITY], go to "Settings" > "Advanced"
Set the ZONE MASTER = ON
Press [EXIT] to return to your Performance
Press [EDIT]
Next you want to select a PART, if you are going to be using this setup to control both INTERNAL and EXTERNAL, you may want to have separate Part slots for each. (Recommended). If necessary, touch the "+" to ADD a new Part slot which you will setup for the EXTERNAL Part.
You must select a placeholder Internal Part... which we will deactivate in the Zone Settings...
Select that Part for editing
Touch "Part Settings" > "Zone Settings"
Turn the ZONE = On
Turn the INT SW = Off
You can set a MIDI Channel to transmit Out on
You have the ability to activate Bank Select, Program Change, Volume, Pan ... if you need to send any or all of these.
You'll need the MSB number and the LSB number (place under Bank Select), Insert the MIDI program number ...
In the screen shot above the GM bank is MSB/LSB = 000/000, and the first MIDI Program Number is Concert Grand (piano).
(Credit: Phil Clendeninn)
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CSU, Chico Offers Summer Programs for Various Student Groups That Face Barriers to Higher Education
Date: 07-19-2007
Joe Wills
Public Affairs
California State University, Chico has been host this summer to several groups of students looking to overcome obstacles to receive a college education. The following programs are some of the larger outreach programs hosted by the University during the summer.
One hundred ninety-five high school students from Butte and five other North State counties are currently participating in Upward Bound's annual summer program. The students attend classes and take part in planned activities Monday through Friday on campus, staying in residence halls, then go home over the weekend. Students arrived on campus June 16 and will complete the program July 26. Among the highlights is a community service project, which again this year was a clean-up of Bidwell Park.
Students qualify to be in the program based on income and/or whether they are the first generation in their family to graduate from college. CSU, Chico's 41-year-old Upward Bound program has three projects assisting students with academic and personal development and career exploration as they progress in school and prepare for a college education.
"The Upward Bound summer program is a great 'kick start' for college with students learning how to manage classes, job responsibilities, community service and residential life," said David Ferguson, Upward Bound Program director.
CSU, Chico's American Language and Culture Institute (ALCI) has welcomed 38 students from NIC International College in Tokyo, Japan, who are participating in the annual Summer Bridge Program on campus from June 20 to Aug. 3. The students have an intensive, six-week schedule of English language, culture and academic courses and activities. Many will study to meet the language requirement for admissions at CSU, Chico, Butte College or another institution. This is the 17th year CSU, Chico has hosted the Japanese students.
"We are happy to host our NIC friends, again," said ALCI Director William Dantona. "The students love Chico; they enjoy experiencing student life, participating in an American university classroom, and learning from our excellent faculty."
Ayano Masuda, coordinator for Student Placement Services, NIC International College, said, "Every year we look forward to the time when we get an opportunity to bring our students to Chico State. The faculty and staff provide an excellent learning experience and a cultural bridge to the American university. Since 1994, hundreds of our students have successfully participated in the program and continue to talk about their positive Chico experience."
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"When the students come here, they come not really knowing what to expect," said Miguel Sahagun, EOP admissions director. "By the end of the week, they've connected, they belong, and they have a place to go if they have concerns. They come back in the fall with confidence."
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Chaimas Frenkelis villa and park (Vilniaus str. 74)
19.00-24.00 Interactive exhibition of one exhibit: Dusburg Chronicles (1679)
19.30-21.30 Improvisations of electric organ
19.00-21.00 Manor games in the park
20.00-23.00 Live music evening in villa park.
During the event Chaimas Frenkelis villa park cafe will be open.
Photography museum (Vilniaus str. 140)
18.00-1.00 Educational activity in the exhibition "Colour in Lithuanian Photography"
19.00-1.00 Live music concerts on museum terrace.
During the event, the cafe will be open on the terrace.
Žaliūkiai village miller's farmstead (Architektų str. 73)
19.00-21.00 Little shepherds' games and joys: tasting of home made bread, potatoes baked on camp-fire, herbal tea, games
21.00-23.00 Outing with a folk group "Šiauliai United"
23.00-1.00 Observation of stars together with astrophysicists from Young Technicians Centre.
24.00 Midnight excursion in the windmill.
Bicycle museum (Vilniaus str. 139)
19.00-20.00 BMX sports club show with the members of group "Ritmas kitaip"
22.00-24.00 Action "A Shining Bicycle".
Radio and television museum (Vilniaus str. 174)
19.00-22.00 The broadcast of "Voice of America" and rare music records in the boulevard
22.00-24.00 The tests of a restored radio set "Banga" (1925).
J. Krivickas history museum at Julius Janonis gymnasium in Šiauliai (Tilžės str. 137)
19.00-22.00 A journey through time in old Šavelskaja Mužskaja gymnasium, museum, and old cellars, educational program "Traces of History Signs: Visible, Invisible".
V. Kavaliauskienė cats museum (Žuvininkų str. 18)
19.00-24.00 Acquaintance with "museum director" - the cat Perlas and four thousand cats from all over the world, Šiauliai University students' concert.
Sports museum (J. Jablonskio str. 16)
18.00-24.00 The exposition of Šiauliai city sports history, the meeting with famous Šiauliai athletes, open discussion "The Story of my Success"
24.00 Night exercise.
Court history museum of Šiauliai District Court (Dvaro str. 83)
19.00-23.00 Excursions in the museum and in the courtroom of Peliksas Bugailiškis' name "The History of Lithuanian Courts". Beginning of the excursions 19.00, 20.00, 21.00, 22.00 and 23.00.
Šiauliai cinema museum (Aušros al. 15)
19.00-23.00 Šiauliai city film history and demonstration of old films.
Šiauliai University education centre for defence and military science (P. Višinskio str. 38)
19.00-22.00 The acquaintance with the development of military science and defense of Lithuania, partisan wars of the 20th century, military uniforms. The excursions will be held at 19.00, 19.30, 20.00, 20.30, 21.00, 21.30. A limited number of visitors will be let in at the same time.
Šiauliai railroad museum (Dubijos str. 26)
19.00-24.00 The history of railroads, documentary film and exhibition "The History of Lyduvėnai Bridge", the exhibition "Šiauliai City Inhabitants in Exile" in a carriage of narrow railroad, games and entertainment for children.
Museum of water facilities (Vytauto str. 103)
19.00-24.00 UAB "Šiaulių vandenys" history, the stages of development of city water supply and sewage system, its development and modernization, staff's traditions.
Visiting of the museums and events are free of charge.
Special "Busturas" buses will run on routes joining all museums from 19.00 to 1.00. (you have to pay bus fare)
City buses will run according to Saturday timetable, and buses No. 1, 12, 18, 21, 24 – till 1.00.
Organizer – Šiauliai "Aušros" museum
UAB "Busturas"
Šiauliai City Municipality
Chaimas Frenkelis villa restaurant
VšĮ "Šiauliai Tourism Information Centre"
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TUCSON - A federal judge ordered Jared Loughner to undergo four more months of mental-health treatment, saying it was possible for Loughner, the defendant in the Jan. 8 shooting rampage that left six dead, to be restored to mental competency and stand trial.
Loughner, 23, sat silently through a 7 1/2-hour hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court, staring blankly ahead as his attorneys and experts discussed his ongoing treatment for schizophrenia. Loughner's expressionless look was a side effect of the drugs he has received for the past 60 days, according to testimony by experts.
Loughner's behavior stood in marked contrast to his last appearance in a Tucson courtroom, earlier this year, when outbursts prompted his removal.
Loughner is accused of killing six and wounding 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a mass shooting near Tucson. He has been in a U.S. Bureau of Prisons hospital in Springfield, Mo., since May as lawyers argue over whether he should be forcibly medicated. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also is considering the matter.
Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stemming from the shooting.
Wednesday's hearing considered a prison psychologist's request to extend the amount of time available to try to restore Loughner's mental competency. Defense attorneys opposed the move, questioning whether his competency is ever likely to be restored to the extent that he can aid in his own defense and stand trial.
But federal prosecutors and mental-health experts said at Wednesday's hearing that while Loughner is being forcibly medicated and still shows signs of psychosis, they believed his changed demeanor was a sign of improving mental health.
U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns agreed, saying his own courtroom observations of Loughner on Wednesday corroborated witness accounts: his behavior was distinctly different, his smirk was gone and he was paying attention to the proceedings.
Burns cited that behavior in his ruling late Wednesday committing Loughner back to the federal facility for another four months of treatment.
"The court finds that reasonable progress toward restoration has been made," Burns said, adding that prosecutors had proven the likelihood of restoration in a reasonable amount of time.
"I see that manifest here in his demeanor today."
However, Judy Clarke, Loughner's attorney, pressed Dr. Christina Pietz, his prison psychologist, about whether Loughner had in fact made notable progress. During a two-hour cross examination, Clarke challenged the accuracy of the psychologist's observations, pointing out that Pietz had not taken detailed notes on every interaction she'd had with Loughner.
Clarke also noted several incidents that seemed to belie prosecutors' assertions that his condition was improving. For example, she cited a suicide note found this month. She also cited a report dated Sept. 21 saying Loughner spoke of not dreaming and having imaginary friends with whom he spoke. These examples suggest that his medication was not working, she said.
Clarke also argued that Pietz was inconsistent in her statements about how much she had told Loughner about Wednesday's hearing.
"You don't think he would get it, really, is that right? Is that the bottom line?" Clarke said. She went on to assert that Pietz accepted Loughner's statements about the hearing at face value, and did not probe further because she did not believe he was competent.
Pietz concurred that she did not think Loughner was yet mentally competent. She also agreed with Clarke's research indicating restoration is difficult with psychotic patients.
But Pietz said it was her professional opinion that Loughner's competency could be restored, and she noted that even psychotic patients can stand trial under certain circumstances. Loughner is undergoing a five-drug regimen to treat psychosis and depression and to treat certain drug-related side effects.
"He's not where he should be, but there is certainly improvement," Pietz said.
Since being medicated, Loughner has more organized thinking, improved concentration and memory, increased communication and interaction with other people, and is showing fewer outward signs of hearing voices and speaking back to them, Pietz said. And unlike in the past, she said, Loughner now understands that Giffords survived the shooting. He previously believed she was dead, despite assurances to the contrary.
Pietz also told Clarke she believed Loughner's depression to be rooted in the events of Jan. 8.
"He feels guilty and remorseful, and I'm not sure anti-depression medication is going to help him with those particular issues," Pietz said. It was her opinion, she said, that Loughner would need to be medicated for the rest of his life.
"If we take him off medication, he will deteriorate and potentially die," Pietz said.
One expert testifying at Wednesday's hearing said it would be inhumane to withhold medication from a psychotic patient, a theme to which Burns returned in his ruling.
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"I'm sad to see him go," said Y&R CEO Mike Dolan. "But by the same token, it's a fabulous opportunity for him to grow."
The opportunity is a post as senior VP-chief marketing officer for PwC Consulting, the consulting unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers which is being spun off in an initial public offering. Mr. Machtiger joined the company in mid-June to head a marketing function that will develop PwC's new brand.
"I think he's one of the best young marketing guys, not only in our industry, but in the country," Mr. Dolan said. "He's a superb brand strategist."
Mr. Machtiger, 44, joined Y&R in 1981, fresh from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He had his heart set on a job at Y&R, but was turned down. But the new MBA persisted. He appealed to the agency's head of account management and won a second interview. This time, he was hired.
Y&R interviewers during his first attempt told him he'd be a better fit for the client side. "Years later, it turned out they were right," he said.
He spent three and a half years at Y&R Advertising, then became VP- marketing at First Boston Corp., before returning to start strategic consulting firm Y&R Ventures. He later moved to Y&R's Marsteller Advertising to work on the Andersen Consulting account, where he helped lay the groundwork for the split of Andersen Consulting from Arthur Andersen. He rose to chief operating officer of Marsteller before he became managing partner at Y&R Advertising in 1996, running the AT&T Corp. account.
"I've had the opportunity to reinvent myself every three or four years," Mr. Machtiger said. He said the Andersen Consulting work-which became Accenture-will be valuable experience to draw on in his new post, as will his work on AT&T.
"So much of my career has been spent on complicated businesses," said Mr. Machtiger. "I love complex, challenging categories."
He is in the right place for that. PwC is only the latest offshoot of the Big Five accounting firms to separate from its auditing parent, even as the industry reels from the fallout of Enron Corp.'s accounting scandal.
Mr. Machtiger could not comment about future marketing plans on his watch because PwC is still in the "quiet period" before the IPO, expected in early August. The IPO will separate PwC-which will then be renamed Monday-from the accounting and auditing functions of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
However, he said he expects to retain Interpublic Group of Cos.' Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopoulos and McCann Erickson Worldwide as PwC's agencies.
Moving to the client side after such a long time won't be hard, Mr. Machtiger said. "I don't think it's an enormous adjustment," Mr. Machtiger said. "I've always had a comfort with both sides."
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L-com Global Connectivity, a preferred manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that it has released a new series of dual-band, dual-polarized 2x2 MIMO antennas for use in MIMO/802.11ac devices.
L-com's DPU2-series antennas are dual-band, outdoor, Omni-directional antennas with dual-polarization that permits them to operate in both vertical and horizontal polarizations. One of these antennas can do the same work as two antennas by simultaneously transmitting data on one polarization while receiving data on the other polarization. These antennas also increase Wi-Fi data speed by allowing the attenuation of unwanted signals from adjacent channels and/or co-located equipment, which improves RF performance and increases data speed.
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Liverpool could be without Sadio Mane for part of the Premier League run-in, with fears an injury picked up by the forward during the Merseyside derby may have long-term repercussions.
Mane scored the opening goal in Saturday's 3-1 win over Everton at Anfield, but he was forced off before the hour after his left leg was badly tangled in a challenge with Leighton Baines.
The Senegal attacker is the Reds' top scorer this season with 13 goals and an enforced absence would compound the recent loss of Adam Lallana to a thigh injury.
Coutinho the master of Merseyside
Mane is almost certain to miss Wednesday's Anfield meeting with Bournemouth, while the Reds' dip in form when the forward was away on Africa Cup of Nations duty earlier this season gives an ominous warning for the games ahead.
"Today we played a really good game," Klopp told a news conference. "Nearly everything was perfect.
"We win it, the performance was good [but] then we lose Sadio Mane. When I saw him in the dressing room, it didn't look like he'll be ready for Wednesday.
"We will see, hopefully it's not that serious, but of course it's not nothing and that makes our life not easier, I would say.
"Obviously he has pain and it didn't look like it's only a knock or a muscle or something, but we have to wait.
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Marc Canellas is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Cognitive Engineering Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. His PhD is in aerospace engineering but his training is in cognitive engineering: the analysis, design, and evaluation of complex, safety-critical systems that are dependent on human-technology interaction to be successful. His research focuses on how to design decision support systems for warfighters through computational and human-subject studies of decision making with incomplete information.
With an interest in law and policy, he has published work showing how cognitive engineering can provide the foundation for regulating autonomous weapons systems such that humans retain the ability to make necessary legal judgments. He also recently completed his year-long term as the President of the Graduate Student Body at Georgia Tech – representing over 9,500 graduate students and administering a budget of $5.1M.
He has been awarded several honors for his research (e.g. Sam Nunn Security Fellowship and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship) and for his contributions to his universities (e.g. Georgia Tech Campus Life Scholarship and the University of Missouri Unsung Hero Award).
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia institute of Technology, 2017
- M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, 2012
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- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dr. Karen Feigh, Georgia Institute of Technology, AE 3521: Flight Dynamics, Winter Semester, 2013
- Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dr. Sergei Kopeikin, University of Missouri, 2010 to 2012
- Founder, spokesman, and conference coordinator, Engineering Connections between Politics and Science for the 21st Century, University of Missouri, 2011-2012
- Space Policy Analyst Intern, SAE International supported by Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) Program, Washington D.C., 2011
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- 2016 - Mitch Keller Lifetime Achievement Award, Georgia Tech
- 2016 - Campus Life and Community at Tech Scholarship, Georgia Tech
- 2015 - Colonel Leslie Callahan Memorial Fellow, Georgia Tech
- 2014-2015 - Sam Nunn Security Fellow, Georgia Tech
- 2013-2016 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2013-2016 - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (Deferred)
- 2012-2016 - Goizueta Foundation Fellowship, Georgia Tech
- 2012 - Presenter of the Most Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Professor at the College of Engineering Commencement, University of Missouri
- 2012 - Unsung Hero Award, University of Missouri
- 2011-2012 - McNair Scholar, University of Missouri
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- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
- Society of Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Korean Beauty brand 'Lalavesi' which is famous for its 'Akma Cushion' is
getting worldwide attention including America.
Lalavesi is the first brand launched by Korean cosmetics company KB
Pacific Co., Ltd (CEO: Won Jin, www.lalavesi.com)
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Its popularity continues in overseas by receiving many offers from
global agencies. According to Lalavesi, they received hundreds of offers
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Online brand Lalavesi focused on 'branding' without having a single
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"Other Korean cosmetics brands have grown by focusing on market and
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CEO Won Jin said "We have received offers from global markets since 2012
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Designing an apartment for the Trump Plaza Residences in Jersey City? Sounds like a designer's dream come true. According to Donald Trump Jr., the Trump look is "always luxury." There's a catch this week, though. Each designer must also incorporate a New York City souvenir package into their design. Tricky stuff, Design Star. Which designer has what it takes to turn tacky into classy?
Spoiler Alert: We're telling all. Check it out.
What a crazy challenge! Design a model apartment in Trump Plaza Residency with souvenirs? Say what? This challenge had me biting my nails from the beginning. How in the world are they going to take those tacky souvenirs and turn them into something elegant and beautiful?
And the designers were just making crazy decisions across the board last night.
Stacey's taxi fabric being used as drapery ties and embellishments? Looks like she was designing a room for a 4-year-old and not someone who would be living in Trump Plaza. Early prediction? She's going home.
But wait! Casey cut the crown molding wrong and then installed it upside down. Love the girl, but she might be the one packing her bags. Remember Donald Jr. said it's all about the details!
Or will it be Tom be singing the blues after painting every single surface in the bathroom blueberry?
Actually, with so many bad concepts going around, I have no idea who is going home, so let's just talk about the tacky souvenir projects.
Bravo to Alex and Michael for creating a simple pillow and lamp from their souvenirs. Creative and useful to boot.
Stacey's taxi curtains and taxi under glass were just awful. I cringed every time the cameras showed her projects. It was obvious that she was just plain out of ideas.
Courtland's coffee cup with lipstick and a note signed XOXO? For the Trump Plaza? You're joking, right?
Blue Team takes top honors for the second week in a row. Loved the metallic color palette they used. Chic and elegant. Kudos went to Alex and his adorable, pleated Big Apple pillow.
Red Team takes another well-deserved hit. I agree with the judges (and Courtland) that the bathroom was horrible, and don't get me started on their souvenirs. There were far too many design elements that were unsuited for a luxury apartment. I do think Tom and Stacey are the weakest links, though Courtland didn't really impress me this week, either.
Harsh words for all three designers this week, and the judges had such good points. Painting a bathroom without natural light a dark blue? No artwork or details on the walls? A bed without a box spring? Heavy, opaque curtains? In a shocker of an ending, Vern eliminated Stacey without even looking at host videos. He's had it!
But the evening still had another surprise in store for the designers. Can you say double elimination? Both Tom and Courtland impressed the judges with their hosting videos, but the judges sent Tom home because of his decision to paint the entire bathroom blue.
Did you notice that it was the first time that all of the judges said goodbye to a contestant? They seemed sad to let him go. Tom left with class and grace. I applaud him for giving the hosting video his best shot, unlike Courtland who just mocked his own team's design.
What did you think of the double elimination? Did you think it should have been Courtland going home instead of Tom?
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