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SBI Chief Marketing Officer Recruitment 2015-16
State Bank of India which is the largest bank of the country has announced one more recruitment this year. This year SBI is regularly announcing recruitment notification from time to time for various posts. This time SBI has released notification for the post of Chief Marketing Officer Posts.
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Central Recruitment & Promotion Department, State Bank of India (SBI) has released a notification for the recruitment of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) vacancies. These jobs are on Contract Basis.
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Around the Farm: May 2
Jordan Henry-CF, Akron: 5-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB, E (1):
Henry is one of my favorite prospects in this organization. The 23-year-old has a lifetime OBP of .408, to go along with his lifetime .301 average. At Mahoning Valley in 2009, and Kinston in 2010, he walked more than he struck out, and overall, he's walked 135 times in his 2+ seasons, while striking out only 134 times. This guy is high impact, and a tremendous lead-off man. While he has no power to speak of, he's stolen 58 bases in his career, while only being caught 7 times. He's broken out of a mini-slump by going 8-for-10 in his past two games. Of course, with the way Columbus and Cleveland are playing, where does he go?
Ezequiel Carrera-CF, Columbus: 4-for-6, 2 R, 4 RBI, SB;
There has to come a point when someone asks the question, "Is Zeke Carrera creating himself into a top Tribe prospect?" For those that don't remember, Carrera was once again mined from a Seattle minor league system that has produced Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo. Carrera came over in the Russell Branyan deal, and has really made a splash this season. He's currently on a four-game hit streak in which he's gone a paltry 9-for-21, with three runs, a double, six RBI and a stolen base. Overall, Carrera is hitting .314, and has silently become a major blip on the Tribe radar. This system has some incredible depth, and there could be a serious logjam in Columbus for this massive amount of talent.
Jared Head-RF, Columbus: 3-for-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 K, SB:
Remember when I mentioned a logjam in the outfield? Head is currently hitting .379. He's currently on a five-game hit streak, going 10-22. In his past two games alone, he's gone 6-for-10. Head is another guy that isn't a household name for to many not paying attention, but is certainly prepared to play in the bigs if there's an injury. At 28, it's not likely that Head is going to be an impact player, but if he can ride this current streak, he could be valuable as a role-players should the Indians call.
- Jason Donald-SS, Columbus: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, K: Donald is smoking the ball at Columbus, going 5-for-9, with three runs and five RBI in his two games since being assigned.
- Lonnie Chisenhall-3B, Columbus: 3-for-5, 3 R, 3B, 2 RBI, 2K: "Chiz" continues to regain momentum as the Tribe's top position player prospect. He's back up to .275, with five multi-hit games in his last 10 games.
- Chad Huffman-1B, Columbus: 2-for-6, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 K: Huffman stays hot, hitting in six of his last seven ball games. He's currently leading a potent Clippers attack with five homers, 18 RBI, 20 R and 6 2B.
- Jason Kipnis-2B, Columbus: 1-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K: This can be typical for Kipnis. Even without hits, Kipnis gets on base three times, scores all three times, and drives in two with his one hit.
- Luis Valbuena-DH, Columbus: 2-for-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K: Valbuena continues to make a bid to return to the show. You have to hope he's more than a quad-A player.
- Luke Carlin-C, Columbus: 2-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 K: Yeah, Carlin is hitting .346. Here's another guy pining for the show, and making it count in Columbus.
- Josh Rodriguez-SS, Columbus: 1-for-6, 3K: Rodriguez made his first start after the Pirates returned him when he didn't stick with the big league club after being selected in the Rule V. It wasn't his night, but c'mon, every other offensive player was listed. I couldn't NOT throw him up here, could I?
- Scott Barnes-SP, Columbus: 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R/ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 4 HR: Wow did Barnes get lit up tonight. You can't give up four homers in a month, let alone a game.
- Jensen Lewis-RP, Columbus: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R/ER, 1 K, HR, W (3-0): JLew got the win tonight, but it wasn't his best. He gave up his first runs of the season., bumping UP his ERA to 1.69.
- Zach Putnam-RP, Columbus: 1 IP, 2 K: Putnam continues to shine, as the ONLY pitcher in this offensive massacre to not give up a run. He should be beatified.
- Josh Judy-Closer, Columbus: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 K: Judy got beat down tonight in garbage work.
- Clayton Cook-SP, Kinston: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 K: Cook has been outstanding this season, despite his 5.09 ERA. That will happen when you have one start in which you give up nine earned runs in one inning of work. His other games have seen him give up 2,1,1 and 0 ER. He's a top prospect, and showed why again tonight.
- Juan Diaz-SS, Akron: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K: Back-to-back 2-for-5 games, and hits in 8 of his last 9 games gives hope that he's finally starting to put it all together.
- Chun-Hsiu Chen-C, Akron: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K: Out of nowhere, Chen is hitting .295. He's currently riding a five-game hit streak, going 9-for-20, with five runs, 3 2B, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB and 3 K's. Yeah, I'd say he's back.
- Marty Popham-SP, Akron: 3 IP, 10 H, 7 R/ER, BB: Popham made his first start since his promotion, and well...it fell flat. He got shelled. Let's hope it was jitters.
- Kyle Landis-RP, Akron: 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, BB: Landis continues his comeback with a fair outing.
- Cory Burns-Closer, Akron: 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, BS (1), L (1): Well, Burns is human after all. His 54 ERA from tonight notwithstanding, he's still potentially the best closer in the system not named Perez, and actually closing (c'mon, Hagadone is earmared, isn't he?).
- Carlos Moncrief-CF, Lake County: 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K: Moncrief has a three-game hit streak, and hit in six-of-seven.
- Jesus Aguilar-1B, Lake County: 2-for-5, 1 RBI: Aguilar broke out of a three-game hitless streak.
- Alex Lavisky-DH, Lake County: 0-for-5: The 20-year-old is really scuffling right now offensively, hitting .197. Let's hope it's first year jitters.
- Jason Smit, RF, Lake County: 0-for-4, 1 R, 1 K: Smit is currently hitting .353, but has struggled of late. He's only hitting .219 in his last ten games, which should let you know how good he was playing prior.
- Anthony Gallas, LF, Lake County: 2-for-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K: Gallas is hitting .312, and has a four-game hit streak.
- Clayton Ehlert, Closer, Lake County: 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, L (0-1): This was not a night to close games for the Tribe organization. Ehlert struggled with hits deflected off gloves, and a passed ball.
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In the rapidly multiplying androgynous culture spreading throughout the fashion world, I like to be reminded of the girly things in life. From Richard Nicoll to Raf Simons, clean architectural lines have dominated; thus came the vast sales of ladies brogues and button up shirts, supplying early forms of the Spring Summer trend luxe sportswear.
Shapes crafted with industrial, functional design in mind put women in clothes perfect for the beanpole, and less so for the hourglass. Although hardly a revelation, the simple shifts from Richard Nicoll's Autumn Winter collection only served to highlight the clean lines of the fashion industry ideals. There is no doubt that bountiful success has been achieved as a result of the androgynous trend, but there is still room for the lady. Nicoll's immaculate collection, while it includes one beautiful cobalt blue leather piece, nipping in at the waist, doesn't cater for the 'girly girl'. This isn't his market, but spreading the net wider, we might discover more girlish shapes hidden amongst the androgyny.
A world away from Richard Nicoll's East-end digs is the New York studio of Victoria Beckham. The huge success of Victoria Beckham's fashion venture may have surprised members of the fash-pack but her impact has been tremendous. Triumphs in her main line led to an explosion of Victoria by Victoria Beckham, with the collection making celebrity appearances all over the world, and appearing on many a fashion editor's wish list. With girlish cat prints, feminine shapes and bright pink scallops, no girly girl can resist the diffusion line. Even the Autumn Winter 2012 collection, though it contains a good spread of black, is cute and feminine. Waists are highlighted in hourglass shapes, and where there are straighter lines, deep v-necks compenste for any hint of androgyny. Her Autumn Winter 2012 main line boasts a full collection for the strong, empowered woman, with long, lean lines and diving necklaces, showing off the female figure to perfection. With few rigid seams, straight edges of waistless pieces, her frocks showcase the female form, with all its curves intact.
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Like most concepts, this is not a debut for femininity in fashion. For Autumn Winter 2011, Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton hauled us back to the 60s with his all-woman silhouettes, fighting the androgynous revolution that had gone viral through the fashion world for seasons before. This season, the beautiful insets of folklore at Valentino reminded us that femininity was still allowed on the catwalk. Another world away from Victoria Beckham's main line of power dressing came the showing of a folklore tradition, with light, ladylike leather that totally turned last season's fetish trend on its head. As ever, Valentino remained the go-to fashion house for the delicate collection.
We can have the best of both worlds, for sure. The fashion climate is peppered with exciting and varied design; ultra girly Valentino-inspired needlework and politely nipped in waists, draped necklines of pussy bow collars, peter pan collars and teardrop shapes contrasts with the straight athletic lines of the Celine Autumn 2012 collection. While prettiness might be considered non-directional, it's perfect for the Princess fever that the Duchess of Cambridge has spread throughout the country. Even in a season of a Topshop filled with sports luxe, structurally sound neons and the tiniest hot pants I've ever seen, I will still defend prettiness. Naturally, the high street has presented pastels pieces from Oasis where lashings of lacy fabrics are dying to be worn on picnics with lashings of ginger beer. If only the sun would come out, we might get the opportunity to wear such frocks. Call that a fantasy, but delicate feminine collections call for matching girlish dreams, and that's mine.


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More Schools Canceled Thursday Due To ThreatsA school in northern Minnesota and another just over the Minnesota-Iowa border have closed due to threats Thursday.
School Canceled For Mahtomedi Middle, High School Due To Power OutageA power outage has caused classes to be canceled at Mahtomedi Middle School and High School Wednesday, according to the school district.
Dayton: Districts Decide If Schools Close TuesdayGovernor Mark Dayton closed every Minnesota school Monday because of the weather, but he's allowing school districts to make their own decisions on Tuesday. State officials say the governor called off schools because the dangerous cold came while districts were not completely prepared after coming off of a two-week holiday. Many local districts are opting to close for a second day, including Anoka-Hennepin, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Talking Points: No School Monday, What About Tuesday?Anyone with kids is well aware that there is no school for all public K-12 schools across the state on Monday. Most Twin Cities private and religious schools we checked will also be closed.
Classes Canceled At Waite Park School Friday After Gun ThreatAfter a former student threatened on Thursday to bring a gun to McKinley School and hurt people, classes were canceled on Friday, but criminal charges are unlikely, authorities said. Waite Park Police Department said classes at other district schools had a normal schedule.


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|11.07.2013 - Latin America suffering from high commodity prices
|It is well known that in an economy what goes up eventually comes down someday. And the possibility that the rise in commodity prices (raw materials) generated by a strong demand from China is coming to an end has Latin American economies on tenterhooks. Commodities account for three quarters of exports in Latin American economies, according to the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the central banks of Latin America. And the last decade saw a great rise in China's enormous appetite for these materials...............................................Full Article: Source


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Annals of Surgery volume 259, pages 605-612 , April 2014.
This is a randomized trial comparing outcomes of patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy(PD) with and without intraperitoneal drain placement. Surgeons from 9 academic hospitals (all considered "high-volume pancreatic centers" because they perform around 50 PD/year) agreed to offer participation into the trial to all their patients undergoing PD or distal pancreatectomy. 282 patients were randomized over a 15-month period, of which 226 were resected. 137 of these underwent PD and are the cohort described in the study. 68 patients were randomized to the "drain arm", and had one or two closed-suction drains left intraperitoneally at the conclusion of surgery (the number, size and brand were at the discretion of the surgeon), and 69 patients had no drains left. In the group with drains, they were removed once the output was 20 ml/day for 2 consecutive days and/or the amylase concentration was < 3 x the upper limit of normal serum amylase, which turned out to be sometime between postop day 5 and 13 (median of 7). All complications within 60 days were recorded, and patients were followed up to postop day 90 to assess mortality. The study originally intended to enroll 752 patients in order to detect a 10% difference (that would be statistically significant) in the rate of grade II or more complications between groups. However, the study was stopped early by the Data Safety Monitoring Board because of excess mortality in the patients undergoing PD without drains.
As expected in a study with good randomization, the two groups were comparable regarding gender, age (mean 63 y), comorbidities, BMI, pathology (50% had ductal adenocarcinoma), laparoscopic approach (8%), need for vascular resection (18%), and type of pancreatic anastomosis (the most frequent was an end-to-side, duct-to-mucosa). Operative time (416 min) and need for blood transfusion (7%) were also similar in both groups.
The overall number of complications and the complication severity were significantly higher in patients undergoing PD without drainage. Specifically, delayed gastric emptying (42% vs 24%), intra-abdominal abscess (25% vs 12%), other intra-abdominal fluid collections (12% vs 2%) and severe diarrhea (17% vs 2%) were significantly higher in the no drain group.
Although the 90-day mortality was 4 times higher in the no-drain group (12% vs 3%), this was not statistically significant (P = 0.097). The lack of significance was also true with the reoperation rate, which was 9% in the no-drain group and 3% in the drain arm (P = 0.274).
The authors concluded that elimination of intraperitoneal drains after PD increases severity and frequency of complications, and may directly increase mortality, and therefore cautioned against their abandonment.
1) The "magical" P number for statistical significance is <0.05, yet, the Data Safety Monitoring Board made the decision to stop the trial even though the difference in mortality had a P value of only 0.097. Why do you think they did do? It is a lot of work to organize a multi-institutional surgical trial, and one could argue it would have been better to continue the trial until a significant difference in mortality and/or reoperation were found. Can you define what a P value of <0.05 means? Are all statistically significant differences "clinically" significant and vice versa? What is a Data Safety Monitoring Board? Do all clinical trials have to have one? The mortality in the drain-group was 3%, and in the no-drain 12%. Assume that the mortality in the no-drain group (which is an acceptable mortality for PD) remained the same, how many consecutive patients without mortality would have to be enrolled in the no-drain arm to level off the mortality?
2) Discuss what is unique in pancreatic surgery, and in particular after PD, that most surgeons around the world continue to leave intraperitoneal drains, whereas routine drainage has been abandoned in practically all other intra-abdominal operations. To what were the majority of deaths attributed? One patient in the no-drain group had a laparoscopic PD, was discharged on POD 10, and returned on POD 24 in shock. He was found to have hemorrhage from the hepatic artery and died. Can you give potential explanations for this event?
3) A previous single-institution randomized trial comparing drains vs no drains in PD had in fact shown worse outcomes when drains were used. Some surgeons in that institution (about half, according to a recent paper published by them) and others in different parts of the world don't use drains after a PD. Do you think it is likely they will change their practice? Those surgeons seem to have good outcomes without using drains; can you come up with potential reasons to explain why the no-drain group in the current study did not do as well? Is there anything you would have done differently if you were designing this trial? Name strengths and pitfalls of a multi-institutional vs a single institution trial.
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Boston, Home of E-Commerce
For your afternoon viewing pleasure, may I commend to you the following video from Alex Randall, co-founder of the Boston Computer Exchange.
To commemorate what he says is the 25th anniversary of the very first e-commerce transaction, Randall sat down in front of a video camera to tell the tale of how he and his wife, Cameron Hall, set up an online marketplace for computers in their living room and, on March 5, 1983, sold the first one to a customer in Chile. It's a fun story filled with nostalgia gear (remember the days of the Apple I, the Osborne, and 300 BPS modems?), and a great reminder of the Boston area's key role in computer and internet history. Happy birthday, e-commerce!
And now, for those of you who want to dispute Randall's claim to having facilitated the first online transaction—and I know you're out there—fire away.
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Expire, Collect and Purge Exported Resources
Up until this point, the job of our Nagios server simply has been to collect exported resources. In the real world, the nodes it monitors are retired for one reason or another quite routinely. When a node is retired, I want to be sure the relevant Nagios objects are removed and the corresponding database records are deleted. According to Puppet's documentation, these resources can be purged from the collector only when default target locations are leveraged (http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#nagioshost). Even so, I wasn't happy to see orphaned database records left behind and decided to address this issue with a few Puppet functions and some basic class ordering. Before we dive in, some work flow and terminology must be understood:
Expire: a Nagios resource is "expired" by setting the value of its "ensure" parameter to "absent".
Collect: the resource is removed from the collector due to the value of its "ensure" parameter.
Purge: all database records associated with the expired host are deleted.
Ordering is obviously a big deal here. In order to ensure proper execution of each task, we will break out each unit of work into its own class and use a mix of "include" and "require" functions. Using Puppet terminology, we now can express this "expire, collect, then purge" work flow as follows:
The nagios class requires the nagios::expire_resources class.
The nagios class includes the nagios::purge_resources class.
The nagios::purge_resources class requires the nagios::collect_resources class.
Now, let's look at a few custom functions, expire_exported and purge_exported. These functions (written for PostgreSQL) perform the database operations that are required in order to expire hosts and their resources. They both operate on a node-scoped variable named $my_nagios_purge_hosts, which should contain an array of hostnames. If used, this variable should be placed somewhere in your Nagios server's node definition. For example:
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With this node-scoped variable defined, your (affectionately named) Nagios server will reconfigure itself after dropping all resources for the three hosts mentioned above (Listings 9 and 10).
Listing 9. nagios/lib/puppet/parser/functions/expire_exported.rb
:doc => "Sets a host's resources to ensure =>
↪absent as part of a purge work-flow.") do |args|
require 'rubygems'
require 'pg'
require 'puppet'
raise Puppet::ParseError, "Missing hostname." if args.empty?
hosts = args.flatten
conn = PGconn.open(:dbname => 'puppet', :user => 'postgres')
hosts.each do |host|
Puppet.notice("Expiring resources for host: #{host}")
conn.exec("SELECT id FROM hosts WHERE name =
↪\'#{host}\'") do |host_id|
raise "Too many hosts" if host_id.ntuples > 1
conn.exec("SELECT id FROM param_names WHERE name =
↪'ensure'") do |param_id|
conn.exec("SELECT id FROM resources WHERE host_id =
↪#{host_id.values.flatten[0].to_i}") do |results|
resource_ids = []
results.each do |row|
resource_ids << Hash[*row.to_a.flatten]
resource_ids.each do |resource|
conn.exec("UPDATE param_values SET VALUE =
↪'absent' WHERE resource_id = #{resource['id']} AND
↪param_name_id = #{param_id.values}")
rescue => e
Listing 10. nagios/lib/puppet/parser/functions/purge_exported.rb
# This function will be used by the exported
# resources collector (the nagios box)
↪:doc => "delete expired resources.") do |args|
require 'rubygems'
require 'pg'
require 'puppet'
raise Puppet::ParseError, "Missing hostname." if args.empty?
hosts = args.flatten
conn = PGconn.open(:dbname => 'puppet', :user => 'postgres')
hosts.each do |host|
Puppet.notice("Purging expired resources for host: #{host}")
conn.exec("SELECT id FROM hosts WHERE name =
↪\'#{host}\'") do |host_id|
raise "Too many hosts" if host_id.ntuples > 1
conn.exec("SELECT id FROM resources WHERE host_id =
↪#{host_id.values.flatten[0].to_i}") do |results|
resource_ids = []
results.each do |row|
resource_ids << Hash[*row.to_a.flatten]
resource_ids.each do |resource|
conn.exec("DELETE FROM param_values WHERE
↪resource_id = #{resource['id']}")
conn.exec("DELETE FROM resources WHERE id =
conn.exec("DELETE FROM hosts WHERE id =
rescue => e
And, now for the refactored nagios class and related code (Listings 11–14).
Listing 11. modules/nagios/manifests/init.pp
# This class will be used by the nagios server
class nagios {
include nagios::params
require nagios::expire_resources
include nagios::purge_resources
service { $nagios::params::service:
ensure => running,
enable => true,
# nagios.cfg needs this specified via the cfg_dir directive
file { $nagios::params::resource_dir:
ensure => directory,
owner => $nagios::params::user,
# Local Nagios resources
nagios::resource { [ 'Nagios Servers', 'Puppet Servers', 'Other' ]:
type => hostgroup,
export => false;
Listing 12. modules/nagios/manifests/expire_resources.pp
class nagios::expire_resources {
if $my_nagios_purge_hosts {
Listing 13. modules/nagios/manifests/purge_resources.pp
class nagios::purge_resources {
require nagios::collect_resources
if $my_nagios_purge_hosts {
Listing 14. modules/nagios/manifests/collect_resources.pp
class nagios::collect_resources {
include nagios::params
Nagios_host <<||>> {
require => $nagios::params::resource_dir,
notify => Service[$nagios::params::service],
File <<| tag == nagios_host |>> {
notify => Service[$nagios::params::service],
The basic building blocks are now in place. Extend nagios::resources, plug the classes in to your nagios module and kick back. If a node goes MIA and needs to be purged, toss it into your $my_nagios_purge_hosts array and be done with it. Until next time, may your Nagios dashboards be green and your alerts be few.
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file ownership is not a problem
"Before we begin, let's make sure we understand the most important problem—the issue of file ownership and permissions for the newly generated .cfg files. Because these files are created via the target parameter of each associated Nagios type, they'll be written to disk by the user Puppet runs as. This means they will be owned by the root user/group, and Nagios will not have permission to read them (because I know you are not running Nagios as root, correct?)."
I don't get this.
On a default Ubuntu 12.04 machine, Nagios3 runs as user nagios. All .cfg files are are owned by root. Nagios is just fine with that. Doesn't even complain in the logs about it.
Even if it weren't, couldn't I just chown nagios:nagios /etc/nagios3/conf.d and chmod g+s /etc/nagios3/conf.d? This would ensure all newly created files in /etc/nagios3/conf.d/ were owned by the nagios group, of which user nagios is a member.
I don't understand how the filepermissions are the 'most important problem' in this.
Turns out it's not so much
Turns out it's not so much the ownership that is the problem, but permissions. Puppet creates the files with a 0600 mode, making it unreadable for Nagios.
purge logic is cumbersome...
purge logic is cumbersome... set recurse, purge, force on resource dir, and expire your nodes in puppet properly (puppet node clean/deactivate foo) and you'll achieve the same.
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Tracy Watson, mezzo-soprano
Tracy Watson, mezzo-soprano, is a prolific performer known for the depth and beauty of her voice, as well as her superb interpretive skills. Reviewers regularly use the words lush, rich, velvety and creamy to describe her singing. Audiences have enjoyed her performances in the United States and Europe, from German opera houses to the stage at Carnegie Hall.
Last season, she performed the role of Juno in Handel's Semele with Handel Week 2012; was the alto soloist in Beethoven's Missa Somemnis with the Oak Park/River Forest Symphony and the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with Peninsula Music Festival, in addition so several recitals.
Ms. Watson began her career as a member of Chicago's Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. At her first audition in Germany, she was immediately engaged to sing Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte at the Staedtische Buehnen Dortmund. Shortly thereafter, she was asked by the intendand to sing her first Nicklausse in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. At Theater Oberhausen, Ms. Watson's leading rolls included Cherubino, Stefano, and Mrs. Cratchit in the German premiere of Thea Musgrave's A Christmas Carol, which was later featured at the opening night of the Nordrhein-Westfalen Festival of New German Theater-Stadttheater Aachen. Ms. Watson was the featured alto soloist in Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Theater Oberhausen Orchestra. While living in Europe, she also sang concerts with the Europera Festival in Cahor, France.
After returning to the United States, Ms. Watson sang leading roles with the Portland, Hawaii, Madison and Whitewater Opera companies, Chicago Opera Theater, Light Opera Works and Chamber Opera Chicago. A much sought-after Hänsel, she also is well known for her portrayals of Rosina, Musetta and Carmen, and she received rave reviews for her performances of the Secretary in Menotti's The Consul with Portland Opera.
Ms. Watson is well known for her many concert appearances, having sung a vast array of repertoire from Bach to Bernstein. She made her Ravinia Festival début as vocal soloist with the prestigious Joffrey Ballet singing the music of Erik Satie in their Postcards ballet. She was enthusiastically praised for her interpretation of lieder by Richard Wagner in the Joffrey's Dance for Life Benefit Gala at Chicago's Harris Theater. A favorite with the Grant Park Music Festival, she performed as soloist under the direction of Carlos Kalmar in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Hadyn's Mass in Time of War, and excerpts from Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, with Hugh Wolff in Janáček's Glagolitic Mass, Christof Perick for Beethoven's Mass in C, Zdenek Macal in Borodin's Prince Igor, and with Jesus Lopez-Cobos in Bruckner's Te Deum.
As a soloist with Music of the Baroque, she sang Mozart's Waisenhausmesse with Nicholas Kraemer, and Hadyn's Theresienmesse with Jane Glover. Maestra Glover has also conducted Ms. Watson in performances of the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Verdi's Requiem with Samuel Ramey. Ms. Watson was soloist in the Verdi Requiem in her Barcelona début with the European Symphony Orchestra at the Palau de la Musica. Her Prague début was Mozart Requiem at the Rudolfinum with I Virtuosi Pragenses. In her Carnegie Hall début, Ms. Watson sang Mozart's Mass in c minor and returned as soloist in Beethoven's Mass in C and Choral Fantasy, Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass, Britten's World of the Spirit and Karl Jenkin's Requiem and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. She made her début with Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall singing the alto solos in Händel's Messiah.
She is highly regarded for her performances of major works by J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, St. Mark Passion, St. John Passion, The Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio and the B minor Mass, and other Baroque composers. She has performed with the Bach Society of St. Louis, Princeton Pro Musica, Chicago's Händel Week, The Virginia Consort, Richmond Symphony, Apollo Chorus, St. Charles Singers, Florida, Flagstaff, San Antonio, Duluth, Sheboygan, Northwest Indiana, South Bend, Lake Forest, Eastern Connecticut, DuPage and Classical Symphony Orchestras.
Tracy Watson's singing career continues to embrace a wide variety of works. She recently performed Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, Mahler's Second, Third and Fourth Symphonies as well as Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Cantaloube's Chants d'Auvergne, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Elgar's Sea Pictures, De Falla's El amor brujo, and the popular Bernstein on Broadway. She regularly performs in solo recitals and with her husband tenor William Watson. Their husband-and-wife performances of of Britten's Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac have garnered universal plaudits.
The Watsons, along with opera director Michael Ehrman, are the co-founders of the Opera Training Institute of Chicago.
Tracy Watson will begin as Assistant Professor of Voice at Central Michigan University in August 2013.


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Startforce Extends Life and Manageability of Outdated Computers for Education & SMB Markets with Cost-Effective Web-based Virtual Desktop Solution
Startforce Demonstrates "Anywhere -- Any Device" Startforce Server 2010 Private Cloud Edition Web-based Desktop Virtualization Solution at CEPTA Conference, Oct. 21
Oct 18, 2010, 09:17 ET
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Startforce, Inc., a leading global provider of Web Desktop services used by businesses of all sizes, today announced the release of Startforce Server 2010 Private Cloud Edition to address the requirements of the small business and education markets that serve approximately 1,000 users. Startforce Web Desktop will be demonstrated at the CEPTA (California Educational Technology Professionals Association) conference in Monterey, CA (booth #1106).
Today's schools and small-to-medium businesses have a common dilemma about what to do with the increasing number of slow, outdated, virus-plagued computers that outfit their facilities. The combination of disparate brands and operating systems that cannot perform effectively with streaming media or other Internet applications, plus shrinking budgets, has forced schools and organizations to spend countless frustrating hours repairing and troubleshooting software problems in these old computers.
Increased Manageability and Security, Lower TCO with Startforce:
The Startforce Web Desktop, a robust desktop environment that users can easily, securely and instantly access from any computer with any web browser, combines a familiar user interface with a full desktop experience within a web browser. Outdated or virus infected computers could be quickly revitalized by booting Linux OS directly from a local CD-ROM or network server to seamlessly launch Startforce Web-based Desktop. Using Linux on the server, as well as on outdated computers, creates a more secure environment from virus infection attacks. This procedure automatically bypasses any software or virus problems, removing the prior need to totally discard old computers.
The Startforce Server 2010 Private Cloud Edition Web-based Desktop Virtualization solution can be installed within a school or organization in less than one hour, requires less server, storage and bandwidth resources, and lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 7x compared to traditional VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solutions. Startforce Web Desktop also supports features such as USB and local printers for a seamless user experience.
Centralized management of applications streamlines the manageability of 1,000 or more computers, saving IT administration time and resources. Startforce provides comprehensive administrative dashboard control including numerous points for easy, secure management of applications and user privileges, desktop template customization, and Windows Server Active Directory support for update provisioning.
"Disposable Classroom Desktop":
Startforce Server 2010 Private Cloud Edition provides the industry's first, patent-pending "disposable" virtual desktop for the education market. A disposable virtual desktop enables the temporary use of desktop content that is presented to groups of students or other participants for learning, collaboration or information sharing. After a specified period of time, such as after the end of a class or presentation, the virtual desktop content expires and is securely archived in local data storage.
"Traditional on-site VDI is very expensive to deploy due to significant increases in server, storage and bandwidth requirements," said Young Song, Executive Chairman of Startforce, Inc. "Each user requires a separate virtual desktop software image with an underlying guest operating system. With the Startforce Web-based virtual desktop approach, we extend the existing PC infrastructure by using only a light server footprint. Startforce provides a viable path to rapid deployment of virtual desktops for the SMB and educational markets in today's economic environment."
Startforce Implementation at Santa Clara Unified School District:
According to Mary Phillips, Director of the Information Technology Group, Santa Clara Unified School District: "We explored virtualization to see if we could decrease PC costs and maintenance issues. However, when we added up all licensing and infrastructure costs associated with traditional VDI, the investment was excessive. We selected Startforce because their cost-effective solution is versatile and innovative enough to meet our needs, and includes unique qualities such as a customized disposable virtual desktop and network boot features from local devices."
The Startforce architecture combines a powerful platform of Windows Apps, Web Apps and Startforce Apps, making the Startforce Web Desktop the most comprehensive and fully functional virtual desktop on the market. From any Web browser, Startforce delivers a fully integrated Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection for running legacy Windows applications along with Web applications. IT managers can deploy, manage and secure a large number of virtual desktops with confidence.
Startforce Web Desktops use standard HTML/AJAX technologies to render desktop interfaces that are delivered to Web browsers via standard HTTP protocol. Unlike traditional VDI, which is typically based on RDP/ICA protocols with persistent connection, Startforce uses HTML/AJAX technologies to provide asynchronous connection which significantly reduces the connection bandwidth requirements. Unlike traditional VDI, which requires 10GB of storage per user, due to hypervisor and Windows architecture at the backend, Startforce Web Desktops only require 1MB per user which results in saving storage costs. The maximum concurrent users supported by a server blade also dramatically increases from the traditional VDI of 100-150 users to 1000+ users with Startforce's solution.
About Startforce, Inc.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Startforce (http://www.startforce.com) is a leading global provider of a Web Desktop solution providing a customizable virtual desktop environment that enables easy, secure, instant access from any computer (PC, MAC, thin clients) with any web browser.
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Cloud.bg – A Cloud Hosting Service Automated for cPanel/WHM
Everyone talks about "Cloud" and Cloud computing. Both terms represent a significant change in the way we use computers as well as in the way companies produce computing services. The Wikipedia's definition for Cloud computing is "… Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like the electricity grid".
I will disagree with the phrasing "… provided to computers and other devices on-demand". It is not a must. An Internet based service, such as web hosting, can be delivered on a subscription base, not on-demand and still qualify as a "Cloud". I have a different understanding of Cloud computing. It is an Internet based model of provisioning computing resources and technology services, produced from fully redundant and dynamically scalable computer infrastructures.
We can make it even simpler. A computer technology is a "Cloud" if it consist of many items. Those items could be applications (programs); if we use the term "Cloud" to describe a software platform, they could be hardware or virtual instance if we use "Cloud" to describe an infrastructure. Those items (software applications or devices/instances) must work as a group and be part of a system architecture.
Cloud Computing in Hosting Industry
In the IT Hosting industry "Cloud" refers to the distribution of computing resources across a network of servers (system of servers). In this article I'll present you an approach to Cloud computing (Cloud hosting) adopted by a company called Cloud.bg ( http://www.cloud.bg/en/ ).
Dot-BG is the national domain name of Bulgaria, a small nation in Southeastern Europe. As of 2010 it is the poorest country in the European Union. However for various reasons it has a relatively strong IT sector. Popular web hosting providers like Hostway, Aplus, IDCSoft, Sitegorund, Host Color and many others operate local offices and outsource a significant part of their operations in this country. But let's get back on the topic.
Cloud.bg is an unique cloud hosting service, not because of its domain name. The founders of the company tell ServerSchool.com that they have chosen the Bulgarian national TLD, not because they wouldn't pick up any com, net or org domain name. The company was named Cloud.bg because because all "cloudy" web addresses that its founders came across were already registered. So they decided to take a risk and to launch a cloud hosting service for the international market, using their own national TLD.
"It sounds strange to sign up with a company that operates under .BG web address, we know that! But when people come to our website and see what kind of cloud hosting we do, the .BG domain turns from disadvantage to a big advantage", says the company founder Dimitar Avramov. "Why it is like that?"
The First cPanel Cloud Hosting Service
Cloud.bg provides High Availability hosting services powered by a load-balanced cluster of servers. It runs cPanel/WHM on top of the whole cluster and it is a Shared Cloud Hosting. All cloud account holders host their websites in a Storage Area Network (SAN) replicated for redundancy. They share the resources of many processing nodes part of the Cloud.bg HA cluster. The infrastructure model is based on the Red Hat Cluster Suite (RHCS) standards and runs CentOS.
Cloud.bg is a L.A.M.P. cloud. A very interesting feature is that it enables IP load-balancing of cPanel/WHM based web sites. Company's load-balancer automatically detects new IP addresses added in cPanel. The service (Load-balancing is a service in Cloud.bg's infrastructure, not a physical device) configures the load-balancing for all services running on the customers' websites (IP addresses). In case of failure of any server part of Cloud.bg infrastructure, the load-balancer excludes the failed server from the operational group of processing nodes.
The premier hosting services of the company is named sCloud (abbreviation from Shared Cloud). It features 100 GB premium replicated SAN storage, 1,000 GB monthly bandwidth, allows customers to host up to 100 websites and to use the familiar cPanel/WHM interface.
Each additional 1 GB of SAN space costs €0.20 ($0.24) and each additional 1 GB of data transfer is priced at €0.03 ($0.036). Cloud.bg also offers Reseller Cloud Hosting. It allows resellers to host up to 200 websites on their cloud account.
"We are smaller than all major clouds you have ever heard about, however our cloud hosting service is based on the best Linux standards such as Red Hat Cluster Suite, cPanel/WHM and Fuscan Linux Cloud", says the company on its corporate website and explains that "moving to the clouds" is risk-free for site owners who sign up with Cloud.bg.
The cPanel Cloud has some disadvantages as well. Shared Cloud accounts save a lot of money for everyone, but do not work for users who need to work in an isolated environment. Cloud.bg promises to launch a new cloud service, based on virtual instances. This should happen at the end of the year. It is also about to add PostGreSQL to the cloud at the beginning of Q4 of 2010.
The European based cloud is well connected. It operates a redundant network. The company has published a map of its internet connectivity ( http://www.cloud.bg/en/connectivity-of-cloud-europe ). It maintains 4 independent up-links through Interoute, Cogent, Spnet and BIX (Bulgarian Internet Exchange). A pictures of Cloud.bg's data center can be seen here – http://www.cloud.bg/en/data-center-sofia-bulgaria.
For those who wonder if the shopping with .BG based cloud host is secure, the company says that its customers financial data is processed through Chase Paymentech Solutions, a credit card processing company owned by JPMorgan Chase. The web host uses security products of Comodo, one of the most trusted names in the market of SSL certificates and Internet security solutions.
I'll finish here with the message that Cloud.bg sends to site owners.
"You don't need to learn Cloud computing. Just start using it".


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Posts Tagged 'stress'
Sanity Break
Lately been struggling. Super fatigued. Long hours trying to keep all the balls in the air.
For Thanksgiving I got to sit in the local VA ER while they tried to figure out why I have been having consistent chest pains.
I say consistent because I want to make it clear I am not having heart attacks. Not unless you know of one that can last 6 weeks.
Anyway, I have been working 16 to 17 hour days for almost 4 months…toss in my school work on top of that…and I'm …tired. Last week is a good example. Washington DC on Monday, Cincinnati, OH by Wednesday, Charlotte NC by Thursday, Atlanta by Friday before getting home. The trip was originally supposed to be just DC and home by Wednesday. Turned in to a whirlwind of long hours and jet lag.
I have taken almost all of the end of the year off in vacation time. So I am trying to spend it away from work….and failing miserably.
I have managed to get it down to just one project that I am still working on, located over seas, so that helps. But woke up this morning looking for my work phone an feeling like someone was trying to crush my chest with a battering ram. Yeah not good.
Therefore this morning is homemade buttermilk waffles as kiddo and I embark upon our #12DaysofWaffles …though this year due to my travel schedule it's been barely 7.
Trying to check out mentally for a few. Wish me luck.
Return of the Road Warrior
Think I'm growing feathers.
Was in Washington DC at the beginning of this week. I fly international Sunday. The following week I am back in Atlanta. Then I will either be back in DC or back International. It's anyone's guess. Either way keep an eye peeled on the Twitter and Tumblr accounts linked here on the main page as you may get a chance to see some cool places, cocktails and things in the coming days.
I'm trying to find time to wrap up my prospectus but it seems like everytime I sit down to work on it I either fall asleep or the phone rings. My intent right now is to spend some time finishing it on the plane this Sunday since I will be in the air about 13 hours.
Surely I can can get it and my references in to APA in that amount of time.
Otherwise the grind has been in full affect. I had my knee surgery last week, and of course in typical me form had to set off for DC at the start of this week. So I am limping along without any grace whatsoever, completeing the look of an overweight, broken American brought down by his size (although I actually injured the knee on the job). Oh, well.
Got to sit down and shoot the bull with my chair again this week which was good. Is also why I intend to spend Sunday running this thing down.
I start the first of my last 9000 series classes on Monday. I only have 5 of them in theory, but in practice I will be taking the 9000 series until my dissertation is done no matter if its 5 or 25. Granted I want it done in 5, the school wants it done in 5, so that means my already very busy year is about to get a whole lot busier.
Feast or famine around these parts.
What a Weasel!: How Delta damn near destroyed a dream vacation
It's been a while since we had one, but Delta is officially our Weasel for 2016.
So we just got back from our vacation. Barely.
I've recently been on a screed about Delta. As a long term, medallion member, I used to have a lot of loyalty towards the company. That loyalty has greatly waned, to a point of near despisal. If I did not already have several trips bought and paid for through them I would not be using the company anymore. But for at least two more months I am stuck with them. We booked this one via Delta Vacations, way back in March.
Madness…or why I hate Statistics
Compose an experiment design for the hypothesis you selected for your chosen data set. In your response, address all the factors that potentially jeopardize the validity of your design. Describe the methods, variables, and measures of control as well as the corresponding research statistics that will be employed. Address each design component in 1–2 separate paragraphs
What the actual hell.
I often question my decision to continue my education past my masters degree. I often wonder if I am just a glutton for punishment, am secretly a masochist, or just feel like I need to experience some cerebral variety of self flagellation. Eric never gets this type of thing in his classes.
Today is especially one of those days. I literally look at this assignment and I am asking myself
"What the flying tee total hell does this even mean?!"
Oh and I have to figure it out by Wednesday. No pressure.
To Do list a mile long
Today is another busy day. I actually have to go to my office that I haven't seen in the last month. I have to take care of my expenses there before my corporate card becomes personal debt.
Also I have to conduct two interviews today, both are for school and are part of a small scale project that is to mimic my dissertation.
I'm doing whats called a phenomenological study, or rather a study of the lived experiences of individuals in this information technology project managers. So I have a very small battery of questions to ask them and get their opinions, thoughts and verbal discourse of their experiences.
I have to record these interviews with the aforementioned digital recorder. Then I get to go home and transcribe all of it in to MS Word. Good times.
Thank god I have my own bar at home.
80 hour week 40 hours pay
Between work and school I'm questioning my sanity. My vacation a few days ago helped unplug and recharge a bit but now that I am back in the trench I'm asking myself how the hell I have swung both schedules for so long.
It doesn't help that I'm not doing very well in one of my classes at all. To the point that I'm sweating over it frankly.
Meanwhile my frequent flyer miles with Delta are getting a work out. Go figure. I'm letting pretty much everything fall to the way side, as I didn't know this would be so challenging: my stormchasing, my friends, this website, everything is going to pot while I struggle through my classes.
I keep telling myself I have just one more year. If I can pull this class out of the fire I have one more year and I will be golden. It's challenging because my classmates are all full time students so it seems, I don't think there is a career driven one in the bunch, and this is a Masters program!
I just have to keep it together for one more year. The goal line is in site and as long as I don't fornicate the canine I will be done this time next year.
Who needs sleep, right?
Think You're Stressed?
/mental break
I needed a mental break today. I feel like if there is just one more iota of pressure asserted on me, I will just flip out. Well, maybe not as much as this guy:
Here's to the Mental Break
Thank you, that is all.
The Stress of the Day
Recently, my wife and I have been blessed with a wonderful baby boy. Also, in the past few weeks I have been promoted at work, adding a lot more workload and responsibilities. Couple all that with the fact that my wife and I are moving into a house from our apartment at the end of May, and what you get is what I like to call the Stress Cocktail.
Now this drink is very potent, and lends a hand in me becoming a complete a**hole at a moments notice.
This morning, my wife's parents (who have been kind enough to watch our little man while we are at work) said that they cannot watch the baby tomorrow, and wanted me to ask my parents if they were available instead. Seems harmless, right? Wrong. Instead of just letting it go, I decided to start a verbal war with my wife while driving her to work, which ended when she got out, and slammed the car door, and I sped away in great haste. This is not normal for either of us, and also caused the car to get stressed out. I love my wife very much, and I called her when I got to work, to say I was sorry, and things are back to normal. (well, as normal as they can get with a new baby) So I decided to write this formal apology and tell my wife:
Lori, you are the love of my life, and I don't know what I would do without you. I am so sorry that I blew a simple situation out of proportion. I am very stressed out with everything right now, and I should not have taken it out on you. I apologize. You are too good of a person to have to deal with my behavior this morning. I love you.
With all that said, I hope all my readers have a great day, and don't drink any of my cocktails today. Life is too short and way too precious to waste getting mad, and fighting with loved ones.


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The dbx AFS-224 Stereo/Dual Mono Feedback Suppression Processor provides all the feedback elimination processing and control necessary for both installation and live use. The dedicated processor offers up to 24 filters per channel with filter Qs up to 1/80th of an octave. The AFS-224 also has selectable modes, live filter lift, and types of filtration, all readily available via the intuitive user interface.
Advanced Feedback Suppression technology
24 progammable filters per channel
Stereo or dual independent channel processing
Live and fixed filter modes
Selectable filter lift times
Application-specific filter types, including Speech and Music Low, Medium and High
Input channel metering
24 LED per channel filter metering
XLR and TRS inputs/outputs
An absolute must-have for any live sound application! Call or click to order today!
THD+N: .002% typical at +4dBu, 1kHz, 0dB input gain
Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz, +/-0.5dB
Interchannel crosstalk: >80dB typical
Crosstalk input to output: >80dB
Reviewed by 4 customers
Comments about dbx AFS-224 Stereo/Dual Mono Feedback Suppression Processor:
Although this is the one and only one of the automatic feedback suppression units which I have actually used, none could perform any better than this DBX 224. It has allowed superior performance beyond what I have been able to achieve in some locations which are not very "acoustically friendly". The setup sounds to be complicated using the vendor supplied documentation, but once you get into it, it is relatively simple. The factory support staff was also very helpful in setting it up for the first time. At least there were actual people to talk to on the other end of the line.
For the first time in some venues, I have been able to get my stage monitors up to a useful level without a hint of feedback, and still hear all the stage performers in the mix. I am using a Behringer PMH 5000 powered mixer in the mono mode with one channel for the mains and the other for the monitors. With the AFS 224 connected into the insert jacks at the output end of the mix, I was able to push my monitor levels beyond the normal feedback level during the monitor ringout setup using half of the available 24 notch filters. I could hear it begin to go into feedback, and immediately see the notch filters latch up and cancel it out. In the live mode, I could visibly see the "live filter" LED's light up while pushing the system significantly above normally achievable power output levels. There was also no noticeable reduction in the sound quality because of the very narrow frequency of the notch filters. It was also very helpful to be able to see the active filters reset when they were no longer needed. I set the active filter reset time to 10 minutes, which is variable during setup. The filters can be setup for vocals, low music, medium music or loud music, which varies the filter notch width.
The quality seems to be exceptional, although time will tell more about this.
Although there are cheaper units on the market, value is much more important than price when you are performing on stage.
Comments about dbx AFS-224 Stereo/Dual Mono Feedback Suppression Processor:
This device is perfect for running sound in small venues, clubs, and bars when there is minimal setup time. With this device I can ring out the monitors in less than a minute and be ready to go. This device is well built and catches feedback frequencies surprisingly fast. It allows me to run my monitors more than 25% louder (judged by volume knob positioning) with no feedback. I would recommend this for anyone that doesn't have the time or experience to ring out their monitors with a 31 band EQ. I only recommend this device on monitors as it does add some coloration of sound that is not suitable for FOH.
Comments about dbx AFS-224 Stereo/Dual Mono Feedback Suppression Processor:
This is a very effective unit. I run sound in a blues club. The stage is in the corner and has a brick wall on one side and a window on the other. Even after using an RTA, feed back could still be a problem. "Ringing the monitors" with this unit helps rid 90% of feedback. I like it.
Comments about dbx AFS-224 Stereo/Dual Mono Feedback Suppression Processor:
I've had and tried a few different feedback units but this is the one to get! I used it in my live monitor rig this weekend and it worked great and couldn't even hear the difference thanks to the 1/80 octave notch filters! Others I've tried were too sensitive and sucked the life out of the sound. Then I went with 31 band EQ's with feedback detection which also worked well because you could see what frequency was causing the problem and then notch. However, even with this type of notching the 1/3 octave frequency cuts can also punch holes in your sound pretty badly if you're not carful. This unit is the best I've used so far and I'm buying another for my FOH. Very easy to use and it does the job! Great piece of equipment!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5999188400543482479..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: A Hargravian OddityJames Maliszewskihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-28597714737952721972011-10-17T15:26:26.687-04:002011-10-17T15:26:26.687-04:00Interesting to see that there are more than one Pa...Interesting to see that there are more than one Panzer Leader player in this gang. Some of us have seen massive amount of infantry crawl up on our fortified position while the mortar fire uselessly bounced off them...

That rule I hated, and quickly houseruled away. Having artillery be useless against "powerstacks" was just too wonky for me. I have totally forgotten my rule for it, though.Andreas Davourhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66965352445232724372011-10-16T16:45:43.293-04:002011-10-16T16:45:43.293-04:00I'll just drop in a reminder that Gygax also h...I'll just drop in a reminder that Gygax also had a similar-ish "cap and trade" for fireballs and other area-effect damage in Swords & Spells -- take average damage times 5, and divide that among all targets [S&S p. 12]Deltahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63112597702332068222011-10-16T14:57:57.652-04:002011-10-16T14:57:57.652-04:00"That sort of rule works well conceptually fo..."That sort of rule works well conceptually for magic missiles, acid arrows, power orbs, and other discrete seeking constructs. I don't buy it for are effect."

Well, there is a argument that the fireball in CHAINMAIL was 2" in man to man scale, the same as the boulder thrown by a single giant (2 foot diameter), gygax attempted to put the fireball into mass scale with 0d&d with the introduction of a second type of catapult shot whic was 2" (20 yards or 20 feet) this catapult is described as throwing many small rocks over a wider area--therefore the d&d fireball should be thought of as a "cluster bomb" like effect.

Honestly, fireball was poorly translated ffom CM to d&d and should have remainded a literal flaming catapult shot against a single target or object--it's original purpose was never to kill a host of orcs, but to knock down walls or chase a dragon from the sky.

Returning the fireball to it's original size put it (and lightning bolt) in it's proper place with ice storm, cone of cold and other higher level spells.UWS guyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86646552559323572442011-10-15T19:04:21.182-04:002011-10-15T19:04:21.182-04:00Also Hargrave GM'ed two Arduin campaigns that ...Also Hargrave GM'ed two Arduin campaigns that were quite different then one another and that one to was more high fantasy/power gaming and the second was more balanced and low powered.

That's very useful to know! Thanks for sharing it.James Maliszewskihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56375225269313576592011-10-15T18:06:52.019-04:002011-10-15T18:06:52.019-04:00@gridlore: "If the first answer is used, the ...@gridlore: "If the first answer is used, the Hargrave's method is correct..."

Actually, if that was the total damage, it should be divided by the number of squares/hexes effected, not by the number of targets. Hargrave assumes that all damage magically makes it to a valid target (making it suddenly and oddly a Very Bad Thing to be the only target in a fireball, rather than one of many).

That sort of rule works well conceptually for magic missiles, acid arrows, power orbs, and other discrete seeking constructs. I don't buy it for are effect.Sir Yobgod Ababua the Handlesshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-669702345512924872011-10-15T17:10:24.549-04:002011-10-15T17:10:24.549-04:00Hargrave's rule system was a constant work in ...Hargrave's rule system was a constant work in progress. The best example is probably the hp system which from AG I through II is based on OD&D, but by AG III he introduced a new one nm based on the PC's con, race and class and was later used in it's entirely in the Arduin Adventure. Also Hargrave GM'ed two Arduin campaigns that were quite different then one another and that one to was more high fantasy/power gaming and the second was more balanced and low powered.ironhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74395709231559993192011-10-15T16:52:09.354-04:002011-10-15T16:52:09.354-04:00I'm thinking that the main repurcussion of thi...I'm thinking that the main repurcussion of this would be that low hit point PC's can survive more fireballs. MU's gotta have a love/hate relationship with this (can survive fireballs, but own fireballs kill less enemies).Brunomachttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72839404837216838412011-10-15T16:49:25.981-04:002011-10-15T16:49:25.981-04:00Hargravian, what great word. "The Hargravia...Hargravian, what great word.

"The Hargravian militia swept through the capital of....."The Degenerate Elitehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90878326225908338632011-10-15T14:54:00.373-04:002011-10-15T14:54:00.373-04:00Hmm...sounds like artillery in Panzer Leader. You ...Hmm...sounds like artillery in Panzer Leader. You added up all the defense points of the units in the target hex, and then figured odds. So lone units were vulnerable to arty but groups were basically invulnerable.
 "Damn, the Germans have an 81mm mortar squad. Let's bunch up for safety!"

Funny to think that the best way to use an area effect attack with that rule in place was on lone figures, and the best way to defend yourself was to bunch up so the damage got divided down too far to hurt anyone.Peterhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36398930015302622452011-10-15T14:53:29.835-04:002011-10-15T14:53:29.835-04:00This is really a matter of how you define the dama...This is really a matter of how you define the damage mechanism. Is 6d6 the *total* damage produced, or the *average* damage produced. If the first answer is used, the Hargrave's method is correct, if the second, then all four people in the blast area take the full 20 points of damage.

I prefer the first method. Because other wise you get into odd arguments about the effects of a fireball cast to destroy objects. The line of logic is "when I cast fireball at those orcs, and caught eight of them in the blast, each took 6 dice, so the explosive effect needs to be at least 48d6 against the door!" If you use the total method, the fireball does the same damage effect every time.

I go a step farther and use explosion rules for things like fireballs. The target hex and the six hexes around get the full effect. Each hex further out the power drops by one die. It's a bit more accurate model of how explosions really work.gridlorehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29948074258025146552011-10-15T13:51:49.189-04:002011-10-15T13:51:49.189-04:00Actually, thinking back, I'm pretty sure that&...Actually, thinking back, I'm pretty sure that's how we played it (at least for a while) back in the late '70s. But we were little kids then and didn't think through the logic of these situations. Can't see that 'ruling' making a comeback ;)Sir Timothy Of Kenthttps://email@example.com