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So beautiful love the colours..a fabulous birthday gift for Zepp. 5♥s
Love the color combination and backround on this! Simply stunning! 5h and favs and happy birthday to Graphite Zepp!
so beautiful... love that blue
These are beautiful! Let's hope that Graph sees them and decides to return. It would be great to have him back :) 5h and collection
very beautiful floral arrangement for a wonderful artist! Happy Birthday! 5/5
a very gorgeous birthday gift, well detailed
This is such a gorgeous birthday drawing for Graphite Zepp! Happy b-day to 'em. I absolutely adore the combination of colors here and how they contrast each other. I adore the sapphire/crimson and the mesmerizing colors in the bg. 5/5h and favorites.
Beautiful drawing, very colorful.Happy Birthday Graphite5/5
Lovely!!! Wonderful colors too! 5/5!


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Yes, you read that correctly. The softcover edition of Rifts® Lemuria arrived early, and as promised we shipped out pre-orders pronto. The book looks awesome, and those who have seen it love it. AVAILABLE NOW. Have you placed your order?
The two Megaverse® Insider hardcovers ship April 20 (same day as The Rifter® #58). Sorry, available only to Megaverse Insiders.
The PDF of Rifts® Lemuria also becomes available for Megaverse Insiders on April 20, 2012.
See the full description of Rifts® Lemuria elsewhere in this Weekly Update. Like I said last week, bring your copy of Rifts® Lemuria to the Palladium Open House to be signed by most of the contributors. And don't stop with Rifts® Lemuria, bring a bunch of books for us to sign. That's one of the cool things about the Open House, it's one of the biggest gatherings of Palladium creators anywhere, ever. Not just the Palladium staff, but 30+ other Palladium creators and personalities.
The Rifter® #58 is done and at the printer. It is another great issue and includes 20 pages of additional "official" material for Rifts® Lemuria, material for Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane® and some stuff for Rifts®. See the complete description elsewhere in this Weekly Update.
The Endless Dead™ sourcebook is coming along well though a bit slower than I had hoped. I secretly wanted it to the printer by tomorrow, but it's looking more like the end of next week. It should go to the printer next week and ships April 26.
VIP Thursday has been SOLD OUT for weeks, but there have been some cancellations, which means new slots have become available. Call the Palladium Office to place your VIP order (734-721-2903). If the cancellations have already been filled, add your name and telephone number to the VIP Waiting List, so if there are more cancellations we can contact you. Available on a first-come, first-served basis, so put your name on the Waiting List right away.
Join the fun for the weekend, one day, or even an evening. It is worth the price of admission just to meet and chat with the many Palladium artists and writers, get your books autographed, pick up original art, prints, game books, and all kinds of good stuff, as well as possibly getting into a game or two or even running a pick-up game yourself!
This year, Palladium is offering a special $10 evening admission after 6:00 PM on Friday and Saturday – at the door only. I thought offering a reduced evening rate was a nice thing to do for gamers who want to attend, but have to work during the day. Events run till midnight or 1:00 AM at Palladium, but you can continue to game at the official Palladium Hotel into the wee hours of the night. We have two conference rooms, the largest of which can accommodate as many as 10 different "pick-up games." If you live within a hundred miles of Palladium, you have no excuse for not coming. Join the fun!
I just spoke to the hotel manager and she said the hotel is filling up fast and not just with Palladium guests. Please make sure you place your reservation no later than next Thursday, April 12, 2012! Our block of rooms for the Palladium Open House (May 3-6, 2012) is only reserved till April 12. To guarantee you GET A ROOM and at the superior price of $69 a night (with two double beds or one king-size), you MUST reserve your room no later than April 12 and tell them you wan the Palladium Books rate. But PLEASE do so soon. a) We don't want anyone to miss out. b) Your reserving your room NOW helps Palladium Books. c) Your card will not be charged till the day of the event.
As soon as I'm done with Endless Dead™, I dive into the completion of this book. I'm still hoping to have advance copies of it in time for the Palladium Open House (May 4-6), but no promises.
Sales were weird, but picked up nicely this week. They were weird in that traditional slow days were high and normally strong days were soft, but all-in-all, sales were fairly good. They could be better, but they were a definite improvement over the last two weeks. With Rifts® Lemuria shipping out, and The Rifter® #58 at the printer, I think this weekend and next week's sales should be very good. And with Endless Dead™ going to the printer next week and shipping the end of April, I think we are looking at a strong April overall.
I need to assign the artwork, soon. The cover is finished and the book is written by Matthew Clements and Taylor White and should be a quick edit.
Chuck Walton will be coming by Friday to show us more concept drawings and finished pieces for Rifts® Northern Gun™. From what we've seen already, "good stuff" is an understatement. The Northern Gun™ books are going to be two more that will knock your socks off.
Wayne's file of submissions he feels suitable for publication has dwindled down to almost nothing. If we don't receive new written material soon, we'll have nothing to put into the pages of The Rifter®!
We're not quite sure why more fans are not submitting written material for publication. After all, The Rifter® is a "fanzine" created for YOU – fans of Palladium, players, Game Masters and budding writers (and artists). We WANT and NEED your source material submitted for possible publication.
Much of the material we see submitted to the digital Rifter #0.1 and #0.2 as well as stuff posted on many fan web sites is exactly what were we are looking to print in The Rifter®. Yet, in recent months, people are not submitting them to us. Web sites are cool, but please submit them to Palladium Books for consideration for actual publication too.
Palladium has found many of its writers and artists via Rifter® submissions. Something like half of the freelance writers and artists working for Palladium got their start in The Rifter®. It is a great way for us to try out new talent and for you to get discovered. If you'd like to see a book manuscript published by Palladium, your odds improve if we get to know you first through several articles submitted for The Rifter®.
PLEASE SEND SUBMISSIONS FOR The Rifter® AND SOON!
We want source material, adventures, gaming advice and tips, character sheets, etc., that are 8-25 pages long. We will consider larger submissions that can be split between two issues, but 8-25 pages are perfect. Just send raw text with bolds and underlines. Do not try to format your submission like a printed book.
We always need material for After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth™, Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane®, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®,and Splicers®. Don't be afraid to submit. We are seeking new talent and new ideas. And even if Wayne doesn't find it good enough for publication, it's worth giving it a shot, right? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Who knows? You might be one of our next great writers.
Please consider this your personal invitation from me, Kevin Siembieda, to submit work for publication in The Rifter®. Help!
Note: No, this is not the last issue of The Rifter®, but we are in desperate need for new, fun source material to publish. Game Masters, players and fledgling writers, please submit your game material. And soon! Thanks.
The top two tiers of the Megaverse® Insider offer for Rifts® Lemuria include a brief telephone call from me. I started calling people earlier this week and will continue to do so through the weekend and over the next two weeks. Please feel free to talk about anything from gaming and writing to films and comic books. I'll talk to some of you soon.
We will be doing more Megaverse® Insider crowdsource funding for major releases and special projects.
The next Insider offer will be the Rifts® Northern Gun Megaverse® Insider in Mid-May. It will very much follow the same pattern and types of items as the Rifts® Lemuria offer.
Watch for it popping up on the Palladium website sometime after May 9th. The offer only lasts for about TWO WEEKS. That means "Insider" items like hardcover editions and PDFs are only available for that tiny, two week window. Join the fun, buy cool stuff and help Palladium at the same time.
Palladium's first crowdsource funding offer was in February to raise the funds to produce and print Rifts® Lemuria. I wanted to make the whole thing even more fun and special, so I called it the Megaverse® Insider offer and made all kinds of fun categories and products available for "Insiders" to purchase. Every "Insider" got their name listed in the book. Some purchased super-limited hardcover editions (under 200 copies of each HC), or a PDF version of the book, and other good stuff or combinations of Megaverse® Insider products.
The concept is simple. A business makes a public proposal online to the very people who know and love their products, and gives them the opportunity to fund a new one. What makes this fun and exciting for the fans is they get special product and opportunities/services for their money. This way, rather than get one or a few investors contributing large sums, a company raises much smaller amounts from hundreds of people. Those people get a quick, tangible reward for their participation by way of special product or opportunities. If you get a couple hundred to several hundred people making a crowdsource funding purchase (we had 359 gamers do so!), you can meet or exceed your goal. Crowdsource funding is becoming all the rage for financing product releases and business opportunities. Everyone was excited by the Rifts® Lemuria Megaverse Insider Offer and the end result is gamers get cool, exclusive items and Palladium gets the funds to produce major new releases. A win-win situation for everyone.
Folks are loving the Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kit – now available on DriveThruRPG.com for only $5. Gamers who loved the Rifts® G.M. Kit, will love this one too. Like its predecessor, the Fantasy G.M. Kit is written by Carl Gleba and comes with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein (and used by Julius and me for years and years in games at conventions). And it is available at the same low price of $5 for a wealth of material and helpful Game Master resources. Don't forget, DriveThruRPG.com also offers the FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Lemuria, Thundercloud Galaxy™, and soon, Endless Dead™, as well as 90+ back stock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things, of which the Rifts® Game Master Kit is just one. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
It has been a fun experience. There has been talk about resuming gaming in June, but the library's funding is being cut and our contact person is being laid-off, so we don't know if we'll be back or not. What a shame. Westland Library: (734) 326-6123 or online at http://www.westlandlibrary.org/node/3089.
Alex and I have been adding all kinds of new toys and action figures to my online store. More Palladium collectibles will be added every few days. The corrected manuscript pages for Rifts® Lemuria flew out of the store, but the proofreader copy remains available. We'll be adding more. We try to add at least a few things a couple times a week, every week. We'll keep them coming if you keep buying them.
I continue to post on a regular basis at both locations, though not as much this week, as we were busy getting The Rifter® #58 sent to the printer, working on Endless Dead™, and packing and shipping Rifts® Lemuria.
The first batch of re-released Rifts® miniatures – the Glitter Boy™, CS Soldiers™, Rifts® Cyborgs, Kydian Overlord™, etc. – as individual figures at new prices will be added to the Palladium online store next week. As I had suspected, we've been consumed with finishing new books. The delay has been unavoidable as there are only five of us, and there has been sooooo much to do.
I've spoken to a couple of people about it and continue to research the marketing and cost feasibility of this operation. We are definitely interested in the possibility. Probably cannot make a serious analysis of this opportunity until sometime after the Palladium Open House.
Long-time Palladium fan Joseph Black Bear and his wife, Amy, recently welcomed their first child (and sure to be Palladium gamer!) into their lives. Robert Clyde Black Bear was born on February 11, 2012, at 9:46 PM at 19½ inches, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Congratulations.
I want to thank everyone who called, texted, emailed, PMed, Facebooked me on my birthday. I was feeling a bit worn out and all of your birthday wishes, good humor and kind words made me feel special and boosted my spirits. It made the entire day feel special. Thank you. Julius Rosenstein's birthday is on Saturday, so we're celebrating his and my birthdays with the guys on Friday evening at Kathy's house. I got something for Julius that I think will truly be a surprise that he will love. Happy Birthday, Julius! Wayne's birthday is next, just before the Open House, and Kathy, Alex, and Thom's are all in June.
For those of you who celebrate Easter, may you all have a sunny, warm and Happy Easter with your loved ones. For the rest of you, enjoy a game filled Spring weekend.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
Rifts® Lemuria is packed with new magic, weapons, living power armor, monstrous war steeds, weapons, and gear suitable for landlubbers and aquatic adventurers alike.
The Lemurians are an amphibious people with floating cities and magic-based technology that allows for land and underwater adventures alike. Discover the secrets and people of this lost and forgotten civilization of magic and wonder. Add amphibious capabilities to your Rifts® campaigns and discover new menaces under the sea. Amphibious in nature, Lemurians wage war against the demonic on dry land and under the waves. Their exotic riding animals, weapons, armor and magic are suitable for use on land and underwater.
Rifts® Lemuria "Sneak Preview" on DriveThruRPG.com – is available right now! You can see the cover, contents pages and enticing snippets from several different sections of the book as a FREE PDF download, including one of the Bio-Armors, one War Steed, a few new Biomancy spells, and other good stuff. Don't forget, there are 90+ back stock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things, of which the Rifts® Game Master Kit, is just one. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE coming. The Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kit, The Rifter #0.1 and #0.2, maybe some PDF only sourcebooks, an Endless Dead™ Sneak Preview and other sneak previews and fun stuff are all coming your way.
Rifts® Lemuria "First Look" Video Review. Carmen Bellaire and William Johnson were given the unfinished manuscript page files and a small selection of artwork – in advance – so they could do a First Look Video Review of Rifts® Lemuria. There is so much good stuff to talk about that the guys had to split their review of Rifts® Lemuria into two episodes to cover it all. They have reviews of other Palladium products, too. It is all on YouTube for your viewing enjoyment right now. The views expressed are those of Carmen and William, not Palladium Books.
Click these links to see Part One and Part Two.
The Rifter® is an idea factory that helps players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and keep their games fresh. It provides useful, ready to go, source material gamers can just drop into their ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider. Every issue has material for Rifts® and at least two or three other Palladium game lines.
The Rifter® Number 58 examines people, places and power. There are new, "official" O.C.C.s for Rifts® Lemuria that include the Lemurian Academic, Citizen, Experimenter and Healer, plus more aquatic animals of note. The Free State of Lazlo provides another unique setting on Rifts Earth, and a Nightbane® short story offers a sense of life after Dark Day. The material for Palladium Fantasy® introduces an array of dangerous beings, and the section on the Kezel and their abilities provides a new kind of superhuman that can be used in Heroes Unlimited™, Phase World® or anywhere in the Megaverse®.
The Rifter #58 includes:
The name Endless Dead™ says it all. The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military? What's next for the survivors of the zombie apocalypse?
This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivor Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is epic.
2012 Releases Available Now
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All of Palladium's Core Game Lines to be Supported in 2012
The following are in development.
They look great. A set of four, 2 x 6 inch bookmarks, printed on both sides, each depicting a different Palladium game line: Chaos Earth™, Phase World®, Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural™. They are attractive, useful and make a fun collectible. The first set has been so popular, we had to do a second.
"I love the Palladium bookmarks and use three of the first set all the time." – Kevin Siembieda
A set of four, 2 x 6 inch bookmarks, each depicting a different Palladium game line: Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™ and Dead Reign™. They are attractive, useful and make a fun collectible.
This popular, fan-favorite Phase World® sourcebook presents a dynamic overview of the Anvil Galaxy™ and its many alien races, technologies, conflicts and secrets. A great resource for any Phase World® fan and valuable addition for campaigns involving the Minion War™.
Rifts® Mindwerks™ is a companion to Triax & The NGR™ and Triax™ 2. It details the techno-horrors of the Mindwerks Corporation and its insane mastermind, the Angel of Death, as well as providing more information on the NGR, the Gargoyle and Brodkil Empires, robots and equipment, plus the Gene-Splicers, a dozen D-Bee races, an evil Millennium Tree, mind-altering cybernetic implants and a few notable kingdoms.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
On Rifts® Earth, the Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, contraband and magic items outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and nefarious products. Encounter the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
The largest independent manufacturer of weapons, robots and adventure gear in North America is Northern Gun™. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they have been the premier outfitter of mercenaries and adventurers for decades, and are a major hub for hiring military contractors. With a whole new product line to offer their customers, the future looks bright for Northern Gun™.
We haven't yet decided exactly how the source material and background information will be divided between the two books. Both will contain world information, one will probably have power armor, weapons, and gear, the other will probably have giant robots and vehicles. Both will be epic.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
Admission covers all events. This year, we've added "evening rates" for those of you who work during the day on weekends or have to spend several hours driving in. The evening rate starts at 6:00 PM and is $10 at the door.
The Open House is three days of Palladium role-playing games (four days for those also attending VIP Thursday; starting around 3:00 PM). Plus you have access to Kevin Siembieda, the Palladium staff and dozens of artists, writers and creators. Heck, it's worth coming just to meet Palladium creators, get books signed and get artwork, prints and other product. Including rare and one-of-a-kind items.
● Everyone who purchases a weekend admission gets a FREE gift.
● The price of admission includes ALL events – games, panel talks, the whole nine-yards. The hotel is inexpensive ($69.00 for a double-bed till April 12, 2012, reserve your room today!) and is a short drive away.
● 90+ Palladium role-playing game events: Rifts®, Robotech®,, Splicers®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Dead Reign™, Chaos Earth™, Beyond the Supernatural™ and others!
● Plus open gaming, panel talks, and more. Like seeing previews of artwork for upcoming books, experimental game rules, getting the inside scoop on upcoming products from the people who are doing them, and more.
● Many gaming events are run by the creators who make them. Yep, many of the writers, artists and game designers who make the games and sourcebooks you love, run games. Plus, you're gaming at the very location where the games are created! It's a unique opportunity.
● Expanded open gaming area.
● Meet 30+ Palladium creators. There is no other event where you will meet 30+ Palladium creators. None. And they are there for you.
● Access to Palladium creators. Kevin Siembieda, the Palladium staff, artists, writers and other Palladium creators are there for YOU. Kevin Siembieda is on site from 8:00 AM till 10:00 PM! Most guests are available from 9:00 AM till 8:00 PM (often later). That means you can get 30+ autographs, chat with 30+ creators and get all kinds of inside information. Not to mention have the time of your life.
● The event is hosted at the Palladium warehouse and office at 39074 Webb Court, Westland, MI 48185, so you get to play at the very building where the games are made and see what the place looks like. You might even get a tour of the Palladium offices. You don't fight big crowds or have to wait in line for hours to get in. There are only 200-300 gamers, but they come from around the world.
● Game with Kevin Siembieda & other Palladium creators. Many of the games are hosted by the very people who make them! Kevin Siembieda, Julius Rosenstein, Carmen Bellaire, Greg Diaczyk, Carl Gleba, Irvin Jackson, Brandon Aten, Mark Oberle, and many other Palladium creators run the games YOU play in. Other games are run by excellent Megaversal Ambassadors and seasoned Game Masters.
● Palladium Creators scheduled to be at the 2012 Open House: Amy Ashbaugh, Thom Bartold, Carmen Bellaire, Nick Bradshaw, Jeff Burke, Kent Burles, Braden Campbell, Matthew Clements, Steve Dawes, Greg Diaczyk, Mark Dudley, Carl Gleba, Jeffry Scott Hansen, Irvin Jackson, Michael Leonard, Allen Manning, Brian Manning, Alex Marciniszyn, Mike Majestic, Mike Mumah, Mark Oberle, Apollo Okamura, Noah Page, Ben Rodriguez, Julius Rosenstein, Kevin Siembieda, Kathy Simmons, Josh Sinsapaugh, Wayne Smith, Taylor White, Charles Walton, and others! Past Palladium Open Houses have had as many as 40+ creators and gaming personalities under one roof.
● Enter the Open House Costume Contest and win "Palladium Bucks" and an attractive award. Palladium Bucks and awards are given out for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place in each of the three categories: Rifts®/Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror/Modern (Nightbane®, BTS, Heroes Unlimited, etc.), plus Best of Show. Costume Contest is Saturday evening. We love to see people in costume as Palladium characters.
● Live Auction – Saturday evening – is your chance to acquire the rarest of the rare, collectibles, bargains and unique oddities.
● Enjoy panel discussion with Kevin Siembieda and other creators.
● Artists will be offering original art and limited edition prints for sale, and some even do character sketches (for a price).
● Get the newest books, back stock, miniatures, and specialty items.
● Get original art and out of print items.
● Get your books signed by dozens of Palladium creators.
● Get your photograph taken with Kevin Siembieda, your favorite artists and writers, zombies (really), and a Star Wars Stormtrooper.
● YOU are one of the elite few hundred at this intimate event.
● Meet Palladium fans from around the world. This year we know fans are coming from Australia, England, Germany, Japan and Canada, as well as from across the United States.
● Game till you drop! When we close our doors at the Palladium offices sometime after midnight, there are two gaming rooms at the hotel. And they are available for open gaming ALL night.
● It's an experience you will never forget and this may be your last chance. For a variety of reasons, this may be our last Open House.
● The Open House is more like a big family reunion or a 3-day party than a convention. YOU are welcomed into our "home" – the Palladium warehouse and offices. YOU are treated like a welcomed guest at Palladium, not one of thousands of faceless, nameless attendees. And you get to hang with Kevin Siembieda and many of the Palladium creators. WARNING: You'll discover we're all gaming geeks just like you.
Note: Admission covers ALL events. There is NO extra charge to play in a game, participate in panel talks, to meet dozens of Palladium creators, or to get autographs. Note: Please place your orders in advance so we can schedule enough games, panel talks and accommodations.
$40 for the Three Day Weekend – Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Walk-ins are welcomed, but the price is $50 for the weekend at the door and after April 15, 2012.
$20 for ALL-Day Friday (May 4), 9:00 AM till Closing (about midnight). Same price at the door, if space is available. Open gaming continues at the hotel.
$20 for ALL-Day Saturday (May 5), 9:00 AM till Closing (about midnight). Same price at the door, if space is available. Open gaming continues at the hotel.
NEW! $10 Friday & Saturday Evenings ONLY: Available at the door after 6:00 PM. Visit till closing, join pick up games and maybe get into games that still have open slots for players. Meet creators, get autographs, enjoy panel talks, pick-up new releases and back stock items, original art, prints, miniatures, T-Shirts and other good stuff. Saturday Evening after 6:00 PM: Enjoy the Costume Contest (starts around 6:00 PM), live auction (7:00 PM). 8:00 PM gaming, panel talks and chats resume.
$10 for Sunday (May 6), 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Same price at the door. Worth it just to meet people, get autographs and pick up game books, art, etc.
VIP Night Open House "Waiting List." VIP Thursday has been SOLD OUT for weeks, but inevitably we get a handful of cancellations. Put your name on the VIP Waiting List, and we'll call you if a cancellation opens up. Call the Palladium office order line (734-721-2903) to get on the VIP Waiting List. Available on a first-come, first served, basis.
Placing Your Order: Please include your FULL address and apartment number. Include the NAME of EACH person you are ordering a ticket for, as well as your telephone number in case there is a problem and we need to contact you.
Credit Card Payment: Palladium accepts Visa, MasterCard and most credit cards. All Credit Card orders must include: Credit Card No. – Name on the card – Address of the Credit Cardholder – Expiration Date – Telephone Number of the cardholder.
Order By Telephone: Call (734) 721-2903 – have your credit card information ready.
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NOTE: All admission tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis. Due to space and parking limitations and safety concerns, attendance will be strictly limited to a maximum of 350 admission tickets.
The special Palladium hotel rate is $69.95 plus tax per Double or King room, till April 12, 2012.
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The first time I was pregnant, it felt like forever before I saw any sign of a baby bump. Then, around four months along, my belly popped out and grew rapidly bigger until the morning Kaspar was born. Although I ate like a pig from pretty much day one -- which is pretty much normal for me, anyway -- I was one of those "all belly" pregnant mamas; I basically looked like I had a basketball – or, later, a watermelon – tucked tightly underneath my shirt. I only gained eighteen pounds from start to finish, but I definitely experienced bodily changes that, while subtler than my giant bump, certainly caught my attention. My thighs thickened a bit, my joints were extra bendy, and I got a varicose vein in my right leg. I felt energetic and agile through most of my pregnancy, but there did come a point where I just felt enormous. If you've been pregnant, you've been there, and you know what I mean. But I hadn't been there before, and although I really, truly loved being pregnant (and loved that belly – who doesn't?) I also remember feeling somewhat disoriented by the rapid, and massive, physical changes involved in the process.
I was twenty-five at the time, and although I wouldn't say I was vain exactly, I was a typical twenty-something woman in that I was used to having a certain body: my body. (I was bangin' and I knew it.) Whether a product of our culture or just of that stage of life, I identified to a certain extent – though I hardly defined myself by it -- with my physical self. Experiencing pregnancy was transformative in lots of ways, but one of the ways that stands out most in my mind was the letting go of that physical identity. I simultaneously got more in touch with my body than I previously had – heeding cravings, slowing down, and, well, growing a person – but I also had to simply allow the dramatic physical processes that were taking place to do their thing. For the most part, I didn't have many hesitations around those processes, but I occasionally wondered about the aftermath. Would my (kind of super-fun) big pregnancy boobs turn into saggy post-pregnancy boobs? What in the world was my belly bump going to look like after the baby was born? And assuming I would have a vaginal delivery (I did), what exactly was that going to do to my, you know, vagina? (Would sex ever be the same??) I wasn't stressed out over these questions, but when they did occur to me, I realized I hadn't come across any of the answers in the standard library of pregnancy and new-mama literature most of us accumulate when we're expecting.
Here I am the day before Kaspar was born, in February 2010.
As it turned out, my boobs are just fine, my belly has a few stretch marks on it (I really don't mind that at all, and neither -- for what it's worth -- does my husband), the varicose vein never went away (I do mind that, but it was a small price to pay for a beautiful baby) and – who knew – lady parts recover remarkably well after delivering babies the size of watermelons! I actually hesitantly asked the nurse at my six-week postpartum appointment if everything would return to normal in that respect. She laughed and said she couldn't believe it, but I was the first person who'd ever come out and asked… and that yes, vaginas do bounce back, so to speak. My hair fell out for a while, which was a bummer, but it grew back, too. And while sleep deprivation and new-baby life prevented me from, say, hitting the gym five days a week right after Kaspar was born, the gym also wasn't a big priority in the midst of new-motherhood. My life was suddenly about so much more. Taking care of myself is of course crucial to taking care of the people I love, and it took a little while to find the ever-shifting balance between me-time (suddenly minimal) and... everything else (suddenly a whole helluva lot). But by the time I became pregnant this time around -- just shy of three years later -- I was rocking sweaty yoga classes on the regular, right alongside the best of 'em, looking and feeling fit, healthy and happy. I'd long since returned to a state of physical 'normalcy.'
I'm twenty-eight now, and, at ten weeks pregnant, my belly's pulled a fast one on me and is totally pooching out. (I've also been eating a ton of breakfast tacos… but I'm sure this isn't just a food-baby bump anymore!) That's been the only physical surprise so far, though. What's surprised me more is that I'm not worried at all about bodily changes, or body image stuff, with regard to now or later. I know I'm going to feel huge at some point. I know my belly will be weird and floppy in the post-partum period. I know having a baby comes with temporary and permanent changes, and I'm okay with all of them. I think I identify less with my body as a big part of my identity now, and instead appreciate it so much more for all it can do. Having a baby the first time around made me let go – without, mind you, 'letting myself go' -- of some of the body-related neuroses that so many women are afflicted with. And I think I was actually among the lesser-afflicted, as these things go. Post-baby, those neuroses just never set in again. Thoroughly enjoying this pregnancy so far, I know the answers to some of the mysteries I wondered about the first time around, and I don't care in quite the same way about most of the questions in the first place.
I know we're all surrounded by tabloid headlines applauding celebrity moms for "losing the baby weight" quickly (or condemning them for not doing so fast enough). Our culture is hard on women, and our bodies. Pregnancy is, too. I know some moms who've loved the freedom to eat whatever they want – finally! – during pregnancy, but I see lots of articles about others who've dieted all the way through, and hired personal trainers immediately after, for fear of the physical changes making babies brings about. But I wonder if others have found that having a baby has put their body image issues to rest, and helped them to accept themselves and grow in new ways.
This stuff is complicated, no doubt, and different for everyone. So what about you? Did you love the changes you experienced during pregnancy? Did you worry about what your body might be like later? Have you felt differently about your body post-baby, either for better or worse? Have subsequent pregnancies felt different to you in this respect? Are you any more or less plagued by body image issues now that you are, or have been, pregnant, or now that you're a mom?
(On another note – I'm curious! – when did you start showing with baby #2?)


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Moving to a brand new property is often a very exciting time in anybody's life. However, there are several things that can make you rather nervous, particularly if you are new to the experience of moving. A good example of this can be seen when it comes time to choose the new homeowners insurance plan which you will have on your home. While the majority of people will simply choose to go with whatever insurer they are now using, there are various reasons why you might decide to do a bit of looking before making your final decision.
The first thing that you need to think about when selecting the insurance company which you are going to use is the kind of cover which you are going to get. There are for example different forms of coverage available with homeowners insurance policies such as cover for fire, flood, lightning strikes or similar issues. In areas of the country buying insurance for several of these eventualities may be a little bit difficult, like attempting to purchase lightning protection if you are living in Florida. Similar problems might also be found if you are buying a house which has been built on a flood plain.
Another thing which needs to be examined when you are arranging homeowners insurance is the cost. Although price ought not to not necessarily govern your ultimate decision it is certainly something which deserves at least a bit of attention on your part. Doing a bit of comparison shopping in order to discover a better price is always advisable, especially in the current economic environment. There may also be occasions when you find yourself effectively locked into your insurance firm so you need to ensure that you select wisely from the beginning. It is important to ensure that you not only purchase an insurance plan for today but also choose an insurer that is going to be around for the long term. Lastly, you have to talk to your mortgage company in order to ensure that the homeowners plan you choose will satisfy the terms of any mortgage that you have on the property.
As long as you bear these things in mind you will be able to choose a suitable new homeowners insurance policy for both now and for the long term.


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You may be surprised to find out that this question that comes up for many people.
It isn't to say that you are not happy with your appearance as in genetic makeup or that you think you're no Mona Lisa; this is simply a question of how to be better looking than you already are.
Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way, no two people are ever the same and that includes identical twins. It is certainly true when they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder which is why; regardless of any flaws you or I may have we are seen to be beautiful by others but first of all by ourselves.
The trick to being better looking is firstly to look after yourself and secondly to make the most of yourself.
One of the big sellers of magazines these days is celebrities without make-up because we all want to see these people looking more like us. Well there are things you can do to make you look more like them and I am not talking about going under the knife!
When you think of your average A-list Hollywood celebrity the one thing they all have in common is that they eat a pretty healthy diet, train on a regular basis and take care of their skin.
Here's the other thing they do (mainly because it's their job), they make the most of themselves before they step a foot onto that red carpet. If they showed up to a red carpet event wearing no makeup, a pair of baggies and a pair of sneakers they probably wouldn't be allowed in regardless of who they were.
Here are some tips on how to be better looking;
Eat the right foods – go for a healthy balance of protein, fruit, vegetables, grains and keep them natural, in season and organic
Drink about 2 litres of water a day – to stay well hydrated
Exercise – at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes each time
Cut out any junk – keep your caffeine and alcohol intake low
Don't pile on the makeup every day – if you're going out to an event sure wear a little extra but on your average day you don't need much on (if any) at all
Use only natural skin care products – stick to a skin care routine every day
Keep your body clean and clear – exfoliate regularly, body brush, moisturize and condition
Ensure your hair is kept looking fresh and healthy – use a good hair care routine and get regular trims
Do good deeds – paying it forward naturally makes you feel good which in turn makes you look good
Think positively – negative thoughts and feeling have an impact on the way you feel and look, negative thoughts often lead to frowning and poor posture
Dress to impress – you don't need a closet full of designer clothes, you just need to ensure you're smart, clean, tidy and wear clothes that suit your body shape and boost your confidence
Smile – one thing most celebrities do a lot of is smiling; a smile can instantly help you to feel better looking and is very attractive to other people
If you've ever wondered how to look better then use the simple lifestyle tips above and you'll easily make improvements on the beautiful person you already are.


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Horace Pippin (American, 1888 - 1946 West Chester, Pennsylvania)
Harmonizing, 1944
Signed and dated lower right: H. Pippin 1944
Oil on canvas
24 1/2 x 30 3/8 in. (62.2 x 77.2 cm)
Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, 1964
Pippin, a self-taught artist, possessed an instinctive sense for color, composition, and form. In Harmonizing, a street corner serves as an impromptu stage for an a cappella quartet gathered before a weathered board fence. With bold simplicity, Pippin astutely evokes the visual and audible pleasures of an everyday encounter, at once both unremarkable and unexpected.
There is a strong regional focus to the street corner vignette depicted in Harmonizing, as there is in many of the artist's works. According to one of Pippin's neighbors during the early 1940s, the painting is set on the corner of West Gay and Hannum Streets in West Chester, Pennsylvania;1 Pippin and his family lived nearby in a house at 327 West Gay Street and, according to local legend, the artist enjoyed painting on street corners in the neighborhood.2 Other paintings from these years depict similar local scenes: a row of brick houses, shaded by a spreading tree, is the unpretentious subject of West Chester, Pennsylvania (1942; Wichita Art Museum, inv. M51.44); My Backyard (1941; private collection) depicts the artist's garden, bounded by fences and the backs of houses.3
Located about twenty miles north of the Maryland border, the town of West Chester had a relatively large black population in the early twentieth century, although individual neighborhoods were mostly segregated. Throughout Pippin's images of the everyday activities and concerns of African-American residents, there is a strong undercurrent expressing a personal desire for an environment both racially integrated and free of racial tension; After Supper: West Chester (1936; collection Leon Hecht and Robert Pincus-Witten), for example, depicts blacks and whites companionably sharing an evening outdoors.4
Harmonizing belongs to a varied group of outdoor genre scenes executed by the artist throughout the 1930s and '40s, counterparts to the his better-known domestic interiors. Many of Pippin's genre scenes are based on recollections of his childhood during the 1890s, offering "rare glimpses of a little-known group, African-American residents of small northeastern cities prior to the great migrations of the early twentieth century."5 The subject of Harmonizing, on the other hand, is distinctly contemporary. But, like all of the artist's works, it is an affirmation of the quotidian lives of everyday people, "events and scenes that hold the attentive eye and ear of man, arousing his interest and affording him enjoyment as he looks and listens."6
M. E. Wieseman
Horace Pippin was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on 22 February 1888. Three years later his family moved to the resort town of Goshen, New York. Pippin left school at age fourteen (in 1902) to help support his family, and by 1912 had moved to Paterson, New Jersey, where, over the next five years, he held various jobs as a laborer. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Pippin enlisted in the U.S. Army's 369th Colored Infantry Regiment. He fought along the front lines under French command, and was wounded in October 1918. After his discharge from the Army, he received the French Croix de Guerre in 1919; a Purple Heart was awarded him retroactively in 1945.
In 1920, Pippin married and settled in West Chester. As therapy for his injured right arm, he began drawing and, in 1925, burning images onto wood panels with a hot poker. He expanded to oil paints in 1928 and completed his first painting in 1930. His paintings were first exhibited locally in 1937; a solo exhibition immediately followed, and in 1938, four of his paintings were shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Over the next few years, Pippin's national reputation grew, riding the crest of enthusiasm for self-taught folk artists. His works were sought after by such renowned collectors as Albert C. Barnes (of the Barnes Foundation), and he became a significant figure in the mainstream New York art world. Pippin died of a stroke on 6 July 1946.
Hailed as exemplar and chronicler of African-American life, Pippin possessed an instinctive genius for color, composition, and form. His bold and forthright paintings--genre scenes, biblical and religious scenes, interpretations of historical events, landscapes, portraits, and still lifes--are both emotionally complex and thematically sophisticated.
General References
Stein, Judith E., et al. I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin. Exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,1994.
With Downtown Gallery, New York; sold to Enid Bissett, New York, 16 June 1944
Collection Joseph and Enid Bissett, New York, by whom given in 1964
New York, Downtown Gallery, 1944. New Important Painting and Sculpture by Leading Americans. 11 April - 6 May.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1944-45. Seven American Painters. No cat.
Washington, D.C., Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1946-47. Three Negro Artists: Pippin, Lawrence, Barthe. 14 December - 6 January. Cat. no. 10.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The Carnegie Museum of Art, 1966. Three Self-Taught Pennsylvania Artists: Hicks, Kane, Pippin. 21 October - 4 December (also shown at Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art). No number.
Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, 1969. Afro-American Artists, 1800-1969. 5 - 28 December. Cat. no. 156.
Dorchester, Mass., Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, National Center of Afro-American Artists, 1970. Five Famous Black Artists. 9 February - 10 March.
New York, ACA Galleries, 1972. Four American Primitives: Hicks, Kane, Moses, Pippin. 22 February - 11 March. Cat. no. 48.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, 1974-75. Art of the Naives: Themes and Affinities. 1 November - 12 January (also shown at Zurich, Kunsthaus). Cat. no. 323.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, 1977. Paintings by Horace Pippin. 5 April - 1 May (also shown at New York, Terry Dintenfass Gallery; and Chadds Ford, Penn., Brandywine River Museum). Cat. no. 36.
Bellevue, Wash., Bellevue Art Museum, and Art Museum Association of America, 1985-88. Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950. Traveled from 14 September 1985 to 10 January 1988. Cat. no. 36. (Oberlin work traveled January 1986 - February 1987 only.)
West Chester, Penn., Chester County Historical Society, 1988. Horace Pippin: A Chester County Artist. 30 January - 12 June. Cat. no. 5.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1994. I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin. 21 January - 17 April (also shown at The Art Institute of Chicago; Cincinnati Art Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art). No number.
Crane, Aimée. Gallery of Great Paintings. New York, 1944, p. 93, ill.
De Voto, Bernard, and Aimée Crane. Portrait of America. New York, 1945, p. 49, ill.
Rodman, Selden. Horace Pippin: A Negro Painter in America. New York, 1947, pp. 57, 85, cat. no. 73, pl. 29.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, p. 122, fig. 205.
Spencer, John. "The Bissett Collection." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 26, no. 1 (Fall 1968), p. 5.
Igoe, Lynn Moody. 250 Years of Afro-American Art: An Annotated Bibliography. New York and London, 1981, pp. 1025-26.
Driskell, David C. Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950. San Francisco, 1985, pp. 47; 55, fig. 32; 93, cat. no. 36.
Wilson, Sarah J. In Horace Pippin: A Chester County Artist. Exh. cat., Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Penn., 1988, n.p., cat. no. 5.
Lyons, Mary E. Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippin. New York, 1993, pp. 26-27 ill.
Stein, Judith E., et al. I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin. Exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1994, pp. 45, 87, 139, 141 ill., 201.
Technical Data
The original canvas, a moderately heavy linen of relatively poor quality, was lined onto linen fabric and mounted on an ICA-type spring stretcher in 1969. The canvas is covered with a thin white ground. There is a 0.6 cm (1/4 in.) unpainted border on all sides of the canvas; this is common among the artist's paintings of the 1940s.7 The rich, creamy paint is applied in layers, sometimes involving different colors; for example, the light blue of the sky now visible has been applied over a darker blue paint. Other parts of the composition, such as the fence, are painted quite thinly, exposing the ground. The layered application--possibly involving different media--has produced traction crackle in the trees, the black of the street lamp, the yellow-green shirt of one of the figures, and the red roof at far right.8 A pentimento reveals that the arm of the street lamp was originally lower.
1. Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, "Landscapes, Portraits, and Still Lifes," in Judith E. Stein et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1994), p. 87, n. 10.
2. Sarah J. Wilson, in Horace Pippin: A Chester County Artist (exh. cat., Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Penn., 1988), n. p.
3. Reproduced in Judith E. Stein et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1994), figs. 74 and 103, respectively.
4. Judith Wilson, "At Work and at Play," in Judith E. Stein et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1994), pp. 138-40, ill. fig. 135.
5. Judith Wilson, "At Work and at Play," in Judith E. Stein et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1994), pp. 139, 142.
6. John Dewey, Art as Experience (1934), pp. 10-11; cited in Cornel West, "Horace Pippin's Challenge to Art Criticism," in Judith E. Stein, et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1994), p. 45.
7. Noted by Mark F. Bockrath and Barbara A. Buckley, "Materials and Techniques," in Judith E. Stein, et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1994), p. 168.
8. On Pippin's possible use of incompatible media in his paintings, see Mark F. Bockrath and Barbara A. Buckley, "Materials and Techniques," in Judith E. Stein, et al., I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1994), esp. pp. 174-75.


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Currently lots of people participate in the Fedora Project. Some of them devote an incredible amount of their personal time to it. But although they are known amongst people related to their area of interest, some of them might feel lack of urge to push forward and improve over time. We would like to motivate them continuously, increase their satisfaction from their work and reward them. We believe that one of the pieces of this puzzle could be a Hall of Fame, that is further described by this proposal.
Hall of Fame proposal
Hall of Fame should be a collection of ladders that display top Fedora contributors in certain areas over a certain period of time and give them credit. The suggested areas of tracked participation may include (just ideas, not everything must be implememted):
- Fedora Wiki - # of edits, # of new pages created
- Fedora Mailing Lists - # of replies, # of new threads created
- Fedora Forum - # of replies, # of new threads, new ranks achieved
- Red Hat Bugzilla - # of comments, # of new bugs reported, # of bugs triaged, # of bugs fixed
- Fedora Package Maintenance - # of packages owned/maintained, # of new builds, overall activity, # of new updates
- Fedora Source Code - # of commits, activity in Fedora applications
- Fedora Translations - # of translations
- Fedora Package Review - # of reviews done
- Fedora Testing - # of new updates tested, # of installation testing done, # of Test Days test cases done
- Fedora Planet - # of blogposts
These statistics should be probably displayed in the form of ladders and graphs on a separate web page, that would encompass the whole Hall of Fame. This page could be part of Fedora Community website and the UI could be similar to reports present there. Basically it could look similar to the graphs currently available on Fedora Community website, but we would like to have many many more of them and prettier :-)
The statistics should be updated regularly. It doesn't have to be real-time, but at least once a day would serve the purpose well.
We foresee that the "top contributors list" and a link to Hall of Fame would be included in the Fedora Weekly News or other magazines and that could be a big motivator and a reward for some people to be listed there.
Available ways for data gathering
|Fedora Wiki
|Fedora Mailing Lists
|Fedora Forum
|possibly Today's Posts
|Red Hat Bugzilla
|xml-rpc, python-bugzilla, search
|may require authorization (account)
|Fedora Package Maintenance
|Fedora Source Code
|may be exhaustive for resources
|Fedora Translations
|Fedora Package Review
|Fedora Testing
|Fedora planet
Possible future enhancements
- A nice feature would be support for certain time snapshots (e.g. "wiki edits for the end of May") that could be linked from other sources. That way hyperlinks in newsletters/blogpost would link to the same content even after several months.
- Although the first task is to have this working for general metrics (e.g. all wiki edits regardless of user memberships or wiki sections), an optional feature in some later stage of this project could be tailoring the statistics for different teams/audiences. For example QA team would love to restrict the graph of wiki edits only to people with qa group membership, or just to wiki pages with QA: and Test_Results: namespaces.
Implementation details
- Implementation team:
- Kamil Páral
- Jan Hutař
- Jan Tluka
- Marián Ganisin
- Time scope: start of June 2010 - end of August 2010
Implementation status
Project Management
- plans - folder with project management plans, etc
Development tools
GIT branch
We have 'fhof' branch in fedoracommunity git. We have write access to the whole repository, so be really careful to modify only our branch. You must be in 'gitfedoracommunity' group in FAS.
Setup git:
$ git clone 'ssh://git.fedorahosted.org/git/fedoracommunity.git' $ cd fedoracommunity $ git checkout -b fhof origin/fhof $ git status # check that you're on 'fhof' branch
Work process:
$ git pull # pull and merge new changes from the repository $ ... # do your own changes $ git status # see your changes $ git diff # see diff of your changes $ git commit -a # commit your changes $ git push origin fhof # push only your branch(!) to the repository
Development server
Fedora Community instance should be setup at publictest2.fedoraproject.org. We can use it for development purposes, for deploying and testing our code. Beware of doing destructive changes on the server, we are probably not alone there. You must be in 'sysadmin-test' group in FAS.
$ ssh publictest2.fedoraproject.org
Since we are working with AGPL application, all changes must be first committed into git and only then deployed to the server. No hotfixing or direct development on the server allowed.
TODO list
- [kparal] contact individual teams and ask for their needs
- [tluka] modify EKG for our needs - download monthly/weekly reports, etc
- [jhutar, kparal] try to extract data from any source and fill it into FC database
- [kparal] Create collector for Fedora Planet
Interesting things that could help
- EKG - project for monitoring mailing lists, in Perl
- Repositioning myself within the Fedora Project - blogpost about Fedora statistics
- Statistics 2.0 - very similar project to ours, blogpost about it
- FAS scraper - simple tool for inspiration, ticket for inclusion into python-fedora
- Starting development of Fedora Statistics 2.0 with Moksha
- Ubuntu Hall of Fame


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A brand built around a band
Already steeped in pop culture, Livestrong concept branches out
Austin Business Journal - by Tripp Mickle Contributing Writer
Lance Armstrong and his agent, Bill Stapleton, laughed when Nike executive Scott MacEachern approached them five years ago with a proposal to sell 5 million rubber bracelets ahead of the 2004 Tour de France. Great, they joked, we'll sell 100,000 to friends and family and have 4.9 million left to shoot at each other across the room.
"I thought it was a stupid idea," Stapleton said. "I've learned over the years Nike has a lot of crazy ideas, but most work."
This idea worked better than anyone could have imagined.
The Livestrong wristband gave birth to a brand that has spread like ivy during the last five years, planting itself on laptops, sunglasses, cycling helmets and Nike apparel. This month, the brand's strength will be on display at Dick's Sporting Goods across the country when a Livestrong line of fitness equipment built by Horizon Fitness makes its debut and promises to yield even more revenue to the Austin-based nonprofit.
Livestrong's growth has been unprecedented and illustrative of what can happen when a dominating sports figure is combined with a simple product concept and an inspirational message. The blend led to the emergence of sport's first commercial philanthropic brand, a name that sells and gives simultaneously the way that no other has.
"It's not an apparel and footwear brand," said Jeff Hennion, chief marketing officer at Dick's Sporting Goods. "It's a movement and a cause around which people have great passion."
The emergence of Livestrong as a brand also has transformed the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The nonprofit, which was founded in 1997, spent its early years raising an average of $7 million annually, but it now expects to raise more than $40 million this year, even with a weak economy. Of that, some $17 million is expected to come from licensing the Livestrong name.
The brand's success has allowed the Lance Armstrong Foundation to create its own endowment and raise more than $300 million to fight cancer. Last year alone it contributed more than $27 million to cancer patient support, programs and research. It also has spawned the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit, Livestrong Day and the Livestrong Global Cancer Campaign.
Ultimately, Livestrong has become more than Armstrong, Stapleton or anyone at Nike ever imagined.
"Anybody who tells you it would be like this years from now is full of ," Stapleton said. "The genie got out of the bottle, and everyone was like, 'Oh, my God, what do we do with this?'"
Going yellow
To understand the brand's history, one must go back to 2003. MacEachern, who signed Armstrong with Nike in 1996, was searching for a way the company could recognize the cyclist ahead of his bid to win an unprecedented sixth Tour de France. That year, Nike had begun selling Baller Bands, silicon rubber bands with messages on them that NBA players wore for inspiration.
MacEachern thought: Why not make a wristband for Armstrong?
The concept was kicked around by a Nike brand marketing team. MacEachern believed the bracelet should be yellow because of Armstrong's association with the Tour de France's yellow jersey. He also wanted it to feature the words "carpe diem" and retail for $1, so that proceeds could benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
That plan changed when one of Nike's marketers researching Armstrong's foundation came across the word "Livestrong," which was being used for an educational program for people diagnosed with cancer. Livestrong replaced carpe diem.
Livestrong "was what was needed in order to get [the idea] over the top," MacEachern said.
The wristbands debuted May 17, 2004, and made their first major public appearance on the "Today" show when Armstrong's then-girlfriend, singer Sheryl Crow, wore one. But it wasn't until Nike athletes like American Justin Gatlin and Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj wore them during victories at the Athens Olympics in late August 2004 that they became a cultural phenomenon.
During the September after the Athens Games, the wristbands exploded in popularity. Nike and the foundation went on to sell more than 46 million bracelets for $1 in the first year. Some weeks the sales were so high that the wristbands outsold all other commercial merchandise in the U.S., said Doug Ulman, president of the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
The brand's appeal extended from athletes to politics — Sen. John Kerry wore one throughout the 2004 presidential campaign — and pop culture. Oprah even hosted a show about the bracelets and the foundation in February 2005.
"Clearly, the [athlete and celebrity exposure] were things we never could have paid for or imagined," Ulman said. "The bottom line was that none of the advertising or promotion was, 'You should go wear this.' It just happened organically, and that's why it succeeded."
The bracelets were sold to people in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Livestrong, once just the name of a cancer education program, gained the same familiarity and traction many sports brands have in their infancy. It also became the first brand Nike had launched that the sports behemoth didn't own. Instead, the foundation controlled the name and brand, and today its 75 employees run the brand and numerous cancer programs out of the foundation's local offices.
A study commissioned by the foundation in 2005 showed that 53 percent of adults were familiar with the name Livestrong and 96 percent of those were aware of its connection to Lance Armstrong. Of the people familiar with the brand, 80 percent associated it with inspiration, 70 percent with cancer and 41 percent with living each day to the fullest.
A brand with a single purpose — raising money and awareness in the battle against cancer — had morphed into something far richer and deeper because of its association with Armstrong.
"The core is the people who buy these things because their uncle has cancer," Stapleton said, "but there was this broader group that wanted to quit smoking, wanted to exercise, wanted to be a better parent — and the band reminded them of that."
Beyond the bands
It appeared Livestrong had life as a brand beyond the wristbands, but its power wasn't clear until Armstrong sponsor and computer chip maker AMD licensed the brand in 2005 for a special line of Hewlett-Packard computers. The laptop, which featured the Livestrong logo and Armstrong's signature, sold out, and Hewlett-Packard contributed $50 for every laptop sold, generating approximately $2 million for the foundation.
Its success coincided with other Livestrong product launches by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, including dog collars and vitamins, that raised a red flag for Stapleton.
"There were some things produced that weren't well thought out," Stapleton said. "Our view was that if you do a product, it needs to be a high-quality product with scalability, not every knickknack that comes to you."
Stapleton became the chief marketer for Livestrong, giving him responsibility for pitching and weighing licensing opportunities on behalf of the foundation. Most deals would have an Armstrong component and a foundation component that would give the foundation a minimum licensing fee at the outset and royalties in future years.
The first deal to be signed based on that philosophy was with American Century Investments. Chief Marketing Officer Mark Killen saw strong similarities between Armstrong's battle with cancer and American Century founder Jim Stowers' fight against the disease. American Century ultimately struck a three-year deal with Armstrong and a 10-year deal with the foundation. The partnership with Armstrong gave the company image rights, while the partnership with the foundation allowed it to license the Livestrong name for a portfolio of mutual funds. The investment company agreed to pay a minimum royalty and licensing fees at the outset to the foundation and make future contributions based on the profitability of the portfolios.
The funds now have $1 billion in assets under management and have contributed $6.5 million to the foundation since 2006.
Oakley, already a sponsor of Armstrong, was the next to jump on board. It took existing sunglasses lines, added yellow accents and charged $10 extra for them. Today, it contributes $20 to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for every pair of Livestrong sunglasses purchased. The program has donated more than $3 million off of proceeds of more than 150,000 sunglasses to the foundation since its inception in June 2007.
Nike, which trademarked the Livestrong brand for the foundation, was the last to license the name. The company launched a line of signature apparel in 2005 called 10/2 in recognition of the date that Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer — Oct. 2, 1996. But it waited until 2007 to switch the product line name to Livestrong and committed to donate 100 percent of all profits from the line to the foundation. Nike executives declined to disclose the total profits the company has donated from the line to the foundation.
Despite five years of surprising growth, Livestrong licensees say the brand is still nowhere close to its potential. They expect Armstrong's return to cycling to fuel further growth. The only question for them is how broad and how fast its growth will be.
Stapleton has his own answer for that, and it's far different today than it was when Nike approached him about the wristbands.
"If you'd asked me that in 2005, I might have said, 'I don't know. He might just take the money and go to the beach,'" Stapleton said. "But Lance is a man of extremes. It's either the beach or full gas. I think this is a lifetime journey for him, and so long as he chooses to be that iconic guy — fit, healthy, inspirational — the Livestrong brand will thrive."
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This is the full text of Legion Post Commander Gary Steele's 2013 Memorial Day address, words that say something about both U.S. holidays that honor those who served the United States in the military. Steele will speak again Monday in the 11 a.m. service at Anderson Tribute Center:
Thank you for joining us today to honor our veterans for their selfless service to America.
I call your attention to this POW/MIA empty chair.
A POW/MIA empty chair is placed at all official meetings of the American Legion, as a physical symbol of the thousands of American POW/MIAs still unaccounted for from all wars and conflicts involving the United States of America. This is a reminder for all of us to spare no effort to secure the release of any American prisoners from captivity, the repatriation of the remains of those who died bravely in defense of liberty, and a full accounting of those missing. Let us rededicate ourselves for this endeavor.
Let us remain silent for 15 seconds to honor all POWs, MIAs and the veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, in defense of freedom.
Freedom is not free; it comes with great loss and sacrifice.
All of America's veterans have placed our nation's security before their own lives, creating a debt we can never fully repay. Our veterans represent the best of America. They deserve the best America can give them.
We owe them more than just a thank you on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. We need to serve them in their time of need.
Our veterans return home from foreign shores to find a nation deep in debt, and still in a recession. It is difficult for them to find jobs to support themselves and their family. Many are wounded physically and psychologically. They often find it difficult to receive the promised disability benefits, and give up trying.
How can we help our veterans?
Encourage them to never give up. Suggest they call Veteran Service Coordinator Les Logsdon and make an appointment. If they need a ride, take them to meet with Les.
Les is successful in helping veterans receive their disability benefits and other benefits.
There are other ways we can assist our veterans.
They need a full-time job with a good employer.
Some may need a ride to pick up prescriptions or buy groceries.
Others may need to have their lawn mowed or firewood cut, split and delivered.
Veterans living at the Veterans Home in The Dalles may enjoy a visit.
Veterans and widows of veterans on Hospice care may also enjoy a visit.
I would like to share a story about a homeless Navy veteran who called the American Legion Post 22 in Hood River for help. Rodger Schock picked him up at the hospital and brought him to the Post. Chef Albert Sansour prepared a delicious hot meal for him.
This veteran said he had not taken a shower for four days and needed some clean clothes. I had the privilege to take him to the Good Karma thrift shop. Owners Brent and Cherie gave him free shirts, pants and boots. At his request I took him to The Dalles and paid for a motel room from funds donated from the Legionnaires. He was grateful that we cared enough to help him.
How often do we have an opportunity to help others?
Let's show our veterans that we really care.
The American Legion was established in 1916 to serve the veterans of World War I. The Legion helped create the Veterans Administration, and was the originator of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
We are veterans still serving America. Our number-one priority is to serve the veterans, their families and their community.
Who is willing to help with this great service?
God bless America, land of the free and home of the brave.
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Overcome Mother's Day Gift Anxiety
Trae Bodge, senior editor of RetailMeNot.com, joins Lunch Break with a look at Mother's Day spending and her picks for the best affordable last-minute gifts.
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Eli Browning's sister played an unwitting role in naming the Auxiliary Dog Theatre. Actually, her English bulldog did.
"When I was growing up I had a black cocker spaniel," Browning says. "Teasing my younger sister, I insisted my dog was the primary dog and hers was merely a backup, secondary, auxiliary dog."
When it came time for Browning and a few of his college buddies to name their nonprofit performing arts space, the code phrase for his sister's English bulldog was mentioned. "I don't know whose idea it was to make it the name of the theater," he says. However it came up, the moniker stuck. The bulldog's face along with the name, Aux Dog, were painted on a wooden sign and hung outside the Nob Hill building, marking the theater's opening.
Nearly a year later, the sign and the theater space it clings to still hang tight, despite some foundation shaking. Browning, the artistic director of Aux Dog, has worked to pull together the first show of Aux Dog's second season: The Curious Savage by John Patrick, which opens on Valentine's Day. Browning directed the show. And produced it. And managed the box office. And played handyman around the set. Short of getting on stage himself (at least for this show), Browning is essentially running Aux Dog alone, a reality not in tune with the original business plan.
After securing a theater degree from a small school in Texas, Browning, a graduate of La Cueva High School, moved back to Albuquerque to gear up for his next career move. It wasn't long before he and four college friends had the idea to start a theater of their own. The plan, Browning says, was to get together, open a performance venue and produce a few shows within two years—the deadline set by two of Browning's colleagues before they'd move on to other endeavors.
A few years later, they had established Aux Dog as a nonprofit organization and secured a rented venue space in Nob Hill, an accomplishment requiring much more time than Browning and the others had anticipated. But deadlines are deadlines, and the original five were down to three before lights ever illuminated the stage.
The Aux Dog crew pressed on, working to open its first production: an evening at the theater including the one-act This is a Play, live music, artwork in the lobby and a comedic-improv after-show. Halfway into planning the second show, Browning's remaining partners moved back to Texas for personal reasons, leaving Browning in charge of the foundling venue.
Browning says he wanted to open a theater for the love of the art, not to become a businessman. But things are as they are and Browning isn't looking for pity—just people who enjoy performance art and want to get involved. With the help of community volunteers, Aux Dog has successfully produced four shows. John Patrick's dark comedy will be the fifth.
"People have been really, really generous and nice," Browning says. Donations of theater seats, couches, tools and costumes—plus the occasional thrift store run or dumpster dive—have all aided Aux Dog in getting to performance No. 5. "It's a lot of fun to have just a shoestring and a prayer and see what happens," he says.
Browning's already planning a busy summer schedule. The goal, he says, is to pack Aux Dog with shows to keep the stage lit as many nights as possible, and that means talent and lots of it. The Aux Dog is a great place for people interested in any aspect of the performing arts—from lighting design to acting—to get their feet wet, he says, as long as they know it's as much work as it is fun. "There is so much good theater going on all over Albuquerque," he says. "We just want to be a part of that. The more theater there is, the better it is for the whole community."
While the dynamics of the people running Aux Dog have changed over the past year, the wooden sign with the puppy dog face has met only minor modifications. "We added 'Theatre' to the sign," Browning says, as some passerbys mistook Aux Dog for a groomer. Now they know it's a performance space, he says, and the more people who know, the more live theater they'll come to see.


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LOS ANGELES The body of Paul Walker was released by the coroners office to the actors family and transferred to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, a coroners official said today.
Walkers body had been at the coroners office since the actors Nov. 30 death in the fiery crash of a Porsche Carrera GT driven by his 38-year-old friend, Roger Rodas, in Valencia. The actors remains were transferred Monday, according to Ed Winter of the coroners office.
Walker, 40, was a passenger in the car when it slammed into a pole and a tree on Hercules Street at Kelly Johnson Parkway. The coroners office determined that Rodas died from injuries suffered in the crash, while the Fast and Furious actor died from a combination of traumatic injuries and burns in the resulting fire.
Results of toxicology tests were still pending. Sheriffs officials were still investigating the crash, but said speed played a factor in the wreck.
The duo took the 600-horsepower car out for a ride after attending a charity event organized by Walkers Reach Out WorldWide organization, which helps provide relief from natural disasters around the world.
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Highlights from Toy Fair 2011
The annual Toy Fair at the Javits Center in New York has all the heavy hitters in the industry like Hasbro, Mattel and LEGO, but Ohdeedoh is a friend to the little guy (and gal). We're not toy snobs (okay, maybe a little) but we'd rather use this space to share finds with parents that are unique, special or harder to locate. Here are a few items that caught my eye as I staved off hunger and blisters walking the aisles of Toy Fair yesterday.
Photos 1 & 2: It's about time someone came up with a folding play kitchen for small homes and that someone was Guidecraft. Had I only seen the Hideaway Kitchen online I would have been intrigued but skeptical that the folding would truly be quick and easy. I timed the demonstrator who folded it up and it was about 15 seconds, less time than it takes me to fold my stroller. The Hideaway Kitchen by Guidecraft also comes in a blue/pink/yellow version, will sell for $240 and is available for preorder.
Photos 3-5: You may not be familiar with French company Djeco but I know them best for the colorful toys and puzzles I come across on Euro-focused online shops like Moolka and Oompa. They're branching out a bit into kids' decor with paper mobiles, 3-D wall hangings and decals. Look for these products in the next few months online or at specialty toy shops.
Photos 6-7: What child of the 70s or 80s didn't have a potholder maker? When I touched the potholders (sold as a kit for kids) by family-owned business Harrisville Designs I knew theirs were different - made of a really soft cotton in an array of beautiful colors. The potholder kits are a bestseller for them but they had so many lovely products for kids from small needlepoint kits to actual wooden looms. Harrisville Designs is based in New Hampshire where all their products are made.
Photos 8 & 9: EverEarth is a line of eco-friendly toys from Maxim Enterprises. The whole range was beautiful and I especially liked these dino pull toys and wood treehouse - a great alternative to a dollhouse.
Photo 10: Robots have reached new heights of popularity in the last few years, but what sets Kauzbots apart is the charitable component. Each Kauzbot supports a different cause, or "kauz" if you will, from homelessness to hunger to autism. Ten precent of the retail price supports a non-profit dedicated to this cause.
Stay tuned for more good finds from Toy Fair 2011!