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If you're into categories, compartments, and labels, this '49 Cadillac Sedanette is going to make your head hurt. If you take a close look at these photos and keep reading this article, it's going to become obvious right away that this spectacular car challenges quick and easy descriptions and defies all of the standard custom classifications.
Let's go down the list. Traditional custom: not so much. Mild custom: The high-tech engine compartment eliminates that pretty fast. High-tech: The virtually unmodified body and nostalgia-influenced interior don't fit in that category.
If you have to call it something, call it a concept. The car was built by Rob Ida Concepts in organville, New Jersey.Shop owner Rob Ida has been building magazine-quality cars since before he was old enough to drive-not surprising if you know that his father, Bob Ida, has been building cars for 50 years and has been involved in practically every corner of the high-performance hobby.
Fred digiovanni is the owner of the Cadillac. He started the hunt for a '49 Sedanette two years ago. This car turned up in Florida as a welldone restoration with only 25,000 original miles on it.
Fred is a longtime Cadillac aficionado who did not want radical modifications made to the body. When he delivered the car to Morganville, he and Rob agreed that Harley earl's classic styling should be respected, right down to every piece of the intact factory chrome trim. and, since the original body lines were also being left intact, they chose a paint scheme that would show them off. The two-tone finish is not only elegant in its own right, it also follows the car's natural lines and makes the whole thing look even lower, longer, and sleeker. of course, the effect wouldn't have worked without the dropped stance provided by an upgraded independent front suspension and four-corner airbags.
The concept doesn't stop on the outside. Instead of disguising the interior as a brand-new luxury car, Fred wanted to honor the car's heritage by following the style of a 60-year-old luxury car. Original items, such as the power windows and speedometer, were kept wherever possible but upgraded with modern technology. It looks old and works new. Where aftermarket items were necessary, they were chosen for the right retro styling.
Just when you think you've got the Caddy categorized, Rob surprises you with an engine compartment full of extensive sheetmetal fabrication and a high-performance Cadillac CTS-V engine (basically Cadillac's version of the Corvette LS6). Rob said he and Fred considered something more traditional to match the style of the car but chose something more contemporary to match Fred's plans for driving the car.
Driving the car?! There goes another snap judgment out the window. We expected to hear the Cadillac was destined for a pampered life of car-show celebrity. uh-uh, says Rob. Fred has a lot of miles to put on his low-mileage custom and intends to keep it on the street as much as he can. How's that for a concept?
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The original chassis' ride quality and height were improved with a Mustang II-style IFS from Fatman Fabrications, along with an airbag suspension from air Ride Technologies. Flaming River provided the steering components, including the rack-andpinion cradle kit, universal joints and shafts, and the tilt steering column. Rob Ida Concepts installed a Wilwood brakes system, with single caliper discs and 11-inch rotors in the front. The brake lines were upgraded to stainless steel, and the fuel tank is a stainless steel unit from Rock Valley.
Builder Rob and owner Fred talked about powering the retro-influenced Cadillac with a similarly flavored engine; in the end, they concluded that what they really wanted was the 400hp V-8 that powers Cadillac's muscular CTS-V sedan. The choice is cool in its own way, and even though Cadillac borrowed the engine from the Corvette, it's a Cadillac in a Cadillac-so it matches the marque if not the period. The custombuilt air intake was painted to match the roof and hood. The rest of the drivetrain is Chevy stuff. The Rod 4L60e electronic automatic is designed to mate with the engine. The rearend is a 10-bolt from a '90s-era Chevy Caprice. The custom stainless exhaust was built at Rod Ida Concepts, and RIC dressed up the engine compartment with a smoothed firewall and custom fabricated inner fender panels, plus a shell for the Custom auto Radiator radiator.
Wheels & Tires
The wheel and tire combination pretty much picked itself. The p235/75R15 radials with 3-inch whitewalls from Coker are matched up with 15-inch '56 Cadillac wire wheels.
Body & Paint
Rob told us the only body mod made to the Cadillac was filling in the antenna hole, and he's not exaggerating much. The raw material for the project was a restoration project requiring only minor repairs. Rather than removing the chrome trim, in traditional custom style, Rob and Fred felt the brightwork added so much to the design of the car and was in such good shape that it had to stay; Rob also told us '49 Cadillac trim was designed to reflect at eye level-instead of the pavement or the sky-which influenced their decision. all the original chrome was straightened, polished, rechromed, and refitted to the Sedanette. Custom styling is acknowledged in the '50s-era spotlight mirror (originally a dealer-installed option), the visor, and the Stainless Specialties rectangular exhaust tips in the rear. The two-tone paint scheme, designed to visually extend the body lines, is a custom combination of Birch Beer and Champagne, split by a stripe of engine-turned gold leaf.
The dash cluster looks factory, but the gauges were sent to united Speedometer for electronic internals. The mechanical speedometer was set up to run off the electronic transmission through the use of a pulse motor that drives the speedo cable. The original power window controls were retained, but converted from hydraulics to electronics (similarly, the windshield wipers were converted from a vacuum-operated system to electronics). The dashboard speaker grille functions as vents for the Hot Rod air climate-control system. The original radio was retained for appearance purposes, but a Custom autosound Secretaudio head unit and remote six-disc Cd changer, with an arc audio amp and ultra Tech speakers and subwoofers, provides the music. Rp Custom Interiors covered the original front and rear seats in ultraleather and ultrasuede, and laid the german square weave carpet. More roof-colored paint was used on the dash and door panels (complemented by hand-painted woodgrain), and on the LeCarra Mark 10 steering wheel.


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Despite what you might have heard, it's not impossible to be a vegan in Chicago.
"It's much easier than most people think it is," said Annie Fosnacht, a 35-year-old Edgewater resident vying to be PETA's Sexiest Vegan Next Door.
Fosnacht and fellow Sexiest Vegan contestant LaQuesha McClain say the city has any number of vegan-friendly restaurants including Lakeview's Chicago Diner, Lincoln Park's Urban Vegan and Native Foods Café in the Loop.
"There are plenty of places here in Chicago where you can go that offer vegan food," McClain said.
"It's hard in the middle of nowhere or maybe if you're on a road trip, but we're absolutely lucky here in Chicago," Fosnacht added.
McClain, a personal trainer who became a vegan herself about a year and a half ago, said anyone thinking about following suit should ease into it gradually.
"I would say take a weekend, try it for yourself and see how your body feels," said the 32-year-old Woodlawn resident. "All you have to do is try some food, be willing to try some food and have an open mind."
But she acknowledges that at the end of the day, it's not for everyone.
"Honestly it's a challenge if you think about it but it's not so bad," she said. "The reasons why I'm a vegan might be different for other people but if you just try it, you might like it."
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By William I. Lengeman III
Say what you want about tea bags, but don't say that there aren't plenty of offbeat novelty ones to be found in the files of the US Patent Office (and probably other patent offices, but that's another article). Our first look at this topic was an article that ran earlier this year. But since that didn't exhaust the many possibilities, it's time for another round.
To start with one of the more peculiar of the bunch, here's a look at a Tab for a Tea Bag, which was patented in 1993 and which is just a graphic of a swami-type guy...
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A joint statement issued by the Group of 20 leaders including President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao tried to recreate the unity that was evident when the group of rich and developing nations held its first leaders' summit two years ago during the global financial meltdown.
But deep divisions, especially over the U.S.-China currency dispute, left officials negotiating all night to draft the watered-down statement for the leaders to endorse.
After an acrimonious start, the developed and emerging nations agreed at a summit in Seoul to set vague "indicative guidelines" for measuring imbalances between their multi-speed economies but, calling a timeout to let tempers cool, left the details to be discussed in the first half of next year.Story: U.S. and S. Korea fail to resolve free-trade pact
Obama made a case that he had a stronger hand on the world stage, despite his failure to push through a tougher stance on China's currency.
"It wasn't any easier to talk about currency when I was first elected and my poll numbers were at 65 percent," Obama argued at the close of the G-20 summit, after bluntly accusing Beijing of undervaluing its currency.
He contended he has now developed genuine friendships with leaders including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak — and even China's Hu.
"That doesn't mean there aren't going to be differences," the president added.
European leaders broke away for their own mini-gathering in the middle of the summit to discuss a deepening credit crisis in Ireland, a stark reminder that the consequences of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression still posed a serious threat to global stability.
Vexing problems
Friday's statement is unlikely to immediately resolve the most vexing problem facing the G-20 members: How to fix a global economy that's long been nourished by huge U.S. trade deficits with China, Germany and Japan.
Exports to the United States powered those countries' economies for years. But they've also produced enormous trade gaps for the U.S. because Americans consume far more in foreign goods and services than they sell abroad.
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The biggest disappointment for the United States was the pledge by the leaders to refrain from "competitive devaluation" of currencies. Such a statement is of little consequence since countries usually only devalue their currencies — making it less worth against the dollar — in extreme situations like a severe financial crisis.
Using a slightly different wording favored by the U.S. — "competitive undervaluation" — would have shown the G-20 taking a stronger stance on China's currency policy.
The crux of the dispute is Washington's allegations that Beijing is artificially keeping its currency, the yuan, weak to gain a trade advantage. But the U.S. position has been undermined by its own recent policy of printing money to boost a sluggish economy, which is weakening the dollar.
The G-20's failure to adopt the U.S. stand has also underlined Washington's reduced influence on the international stage, especially on economic matters. Obama also failed to conclude a free trade agreement this week with South Korea.
"Instead of hitting home runs sometimes we're gonna hit singles. But they're really important singles," Obama told a news conference where leaders tried to portray the summit as a success, pointing to pledges to fight protectionism and develop guidelines next year that will measure the imbalances between trade surplus and trade deficit countries.
Obama said China's currency is an "irritant" not just for the United States but for many of its other trading partners. The G-20 countries — ranging from industrialized countries such as U.S. and Germany to developing countries like China, Brazil and India — account for 85 percent of the world's economic activity.
"China spends enormous amounts of money intervening in the market to keep it undervalued so what we have said is it is important for China" to follow a market-based system, Obama said. "We have to understand that this is not solved overnight. But it needs to be dealt with and I am confident it can be."
The leaders' inability to reach a consensus on how to identify when global imbalances pose a threat to economic stability and merely committing themselves to a discussion of a range of indicators in the first half of 2011 fell short of the progress hoped for going into the summit.
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"They decided just to put down a lot of laudable objectives as the conclusion of the meeting and hope that they can do better, that more can be accomplished in future meetings," Tim Condon, head of research at ING Financial Markets in Singapore told Reuters.
Destructive protectionist policies
The dispute over whether China and the United States are manipulating their currencies is threatening to resurrect destructive protectionist policies like those that worsened the Great Depression in the 1930s. The biggest fear is that trade barriers will send the global economy back into recession. A law the United States passed in 1930 that raised tariffs on imports is widely thought to have deepened the Great Depression by stifling trade.
The possibility of a currency war "absolutely" remains but the nations now have the tools to reduce the intensity of the standoff, said Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
The G-20 leaders also pledged to move toward more market-determined exchange rate systems. Although directed against China, the statement leaves significant room for interpretation since the language is vague and does not impose any timeframe for the adoption of exchange rates determined by supply and demand.
The U.S. says a higher-valued yuan would make Chinese exports costlier abroad and make U.S. imports cheaper for the Chinese to buy. It would shrink the U.S. trade deficit with China, which is on track this year to match its 2008 record of $268 billion, and encourage Chinese companies to sell more to their own consumers rather than rely so much on the U.S. and others to buy low-priced Chinese goods.
U.S. business lobbies say that a cheaper yuan costs American jobs because production moves to China to take advantage of low labor costs and undervalued currency.
Other countries are irate over the Federal Reserve's plans to pump $600 billion into the sluggish American economy. They see that move as a reckless and selfish scheme to flood markets with dollars, driving down the value of the U.S. currency and giving American exporters an advantage.
Some critics warn that U.S. interest rates kept too low for too long could inflate new bubbles in the prices of commodities, stocks and other assets.
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'Persistently large imbalances'
The G-20 leaders said they will pursue policies to reduce the gaps between nations running large trade surpluses and those running deficits.
The "persistently large imbalances" in current accounts — a broad measure of a nation's trade and investment with the rest of the world — would be measured by what they called "indicative guidelines" to be determined later.
The leaders called for the guidelines to be developed by the G-20, along with help from the International Monetary Fund and other global organizations, and for finance ministers and central bank governors to meet in the first half of next year to discuss progress.
Analysts were not convinced.
"Leaders are putting the best face on matters by suggesting that it is the process that matters rather than results," said Stephen Lewis, chief economist for London-based Monument Securities.
"The only concrete agreement seems to be that they should go on measuring the size of the problem rather than doing something about it."
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More than 50 Lutheran and Orthodox Christian clergy and laity from the Eastern and Midwestern United States, some from as far away as Iowa, Missouri and New York, attended Faith of Our Fathers: A Colloquium on Orthodoxy for Lutherans Sept. 10-11, 2007 sponsored by St. Andrew House Center for Orthodox Christian Studies. Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon from All Saints Orthodox Church in Chicago was the Master of Ceremonies.
The colloquium was designed to explain Orthodox Christianity to Lutheran clergy and laity, according to the Most Rev. Nathaniel, Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), and founder and president of St. Andrew House. Ancient Faith Radio recorded the sessons and is happy to make them available for download. Please do not make copies or sell the material without the consent of the St. Andrews House Center for Orthodox Christian Studies.
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- Speaker: Patrick Huber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- Abstract: It is not quite Halloween yet... In this talk we will discuss how
Project Poltergeist shaped neutrino physics for decades to come and made nuclear reactors the workhorse of early oscillation searches. A renaissance of reactor neutrino experiments around 2010 lead to the very precise measurement of one of the mixing parameters, theta13 -- in the run-up to this measurement flux calculations from the 1980's were scrutinized and surprisingly the flux was found to be higher than previously expected leading to the so-called reactor anomaly. The reactor anomaly points a type of neutrino even more elusive than regular neutrinos, the ghostly sterile neutrino. We will review the calculations performed so far and highlight some of the open questions. In the final part of the talk we will point out how current attempts to settle the question of the sterile neutrino will impact our future ability to use neutrinos to peer into the cores of nuclear reactors to safeguards against the diversion of plutonium, which may play an important role in banishing the specter of nuclear terrorism.
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Oakland Wins Contract To Provide Post-implementation Support For Its ERP Program
Oakland Wins Contract To Provide Post-implementation Support For Its ERP Program
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Prince George's County Government's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has awarded Oakland Consulting Group a contract to provide post-implementation support for its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program. The County's ERP Program replaced several of its legacy systems with SAP-based solutions. Oakland will be working closely with the County to provide SAP Tier 2 and Tier 3 support services starting in September 2019.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the success of this important effort for Prince George's County," said CEO Cedric Nash. "We will draw on our 21 years of SAP implementation and support experience, to assist our home county in realizing world-class SAP support."
Oakland Wins Add-on Work for DoD Client Cloud Migration
Oakland Wins Add-on Work for DoD Client Cloud Migration
Lanham, MD, 5/13/2019
Oakland is pleased to announce that our ongoing contract with USTRANSCOM and the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) to provide technical and functional support for the Transportation Financial Management System (TFMS) has been modified to migrate TFMS to a cloud environment.
USTRANSCOM and SDDC have directed Programs of Record (PoRs) to modernize and transition applications to a USTRANSCOM Commercial Cloud Environment leveraging cloud managed services and automated pipeline technologies. Similar to other "on-prem" applications, TFMS will move to the cloud utilizing a "lift and shift" strategy. The desired end-state at the completion of this task is for the TFMS to be fully functioning in the USTRANSCOM Commercial Cloud Environment.
Our team has developed and is executing a detailed migration plan that identifies cloud computing benefit, recommended migration plan, schedule, and associated costs to assist the Government. The plan includes the target environment, migration method, resource plans from both the Government and Contractor, scope, strategy, schedule/timeline, dependencies, risks/issues, estimated costs, and test strategies.
Cedric Nash, Oakland's CEO and President, noted that "Oakland's efforts are a key part of the USTRANSCOM and SDDC cloud migration strategy and we are excited to be a part of the process".
Oakland Wins Contract with WSSC for Project Cornerstone
Oakland Wins Contract with WSSC for Project Cornerstone
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The Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission (WSSC) has awarded Oakland Consulting Group a contract to provide post-implementation support for its Project Cornerstone Program. Project Cornerstone is the Commission's effort to implement Oracle Utilities Software product in support of their move to an advanced metering infrastructure. WSSC is implementing Customer to Meter (C2M), Mobile Work Force Management (MWM) and Work and Asset Management (WAM) solutions to help achieve their vision. Oakland will be working closely with WSSC to provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support services starting July 1, the anticipated go-live date for the first wave of implementation.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the success of this important project for WSSC," said CEO Cedric Nash. "We will draw on our 21 years of implementation and support experience, to assist WSSC in realizing world-class support."
Oakland Wins USTRANSCOM Contract to support Transportation Financial Management System (TFMS)
Oakland Wins USTRANSCOM Contract to support Transportation Financial Management System (TFMS)
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Oakland was awarded a contract with USTRANSCOM and the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) to provide technical and functional support for the Transportation Financial Management System (TFMS). Oakland and our partner Deloitte will provide technical and functional engineering services to update and maintain software and enhance automation capabilities, maintain/sustain TFMS system operations, analyze system changes, and build capabilities within the TFMS applications.
TFMS serves as the critical financial management system solution in use by SDDC as its overall Transportation Working Capital Fund (TWCF) financial system. TFMS uses a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS). All major lines of business utilize TFMS to conduct their operations including the Ocean Liner, Port Operations, Traffic Management, and the Global Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Storage contract. TFMS is also used to support numerous "back office" functions including payroll timekeeping, travel, accounts payable, fixed asset accounting, and accounts receivable. TFMS serves a diverse customer base that includes all DoD components, various Defense agencies, other federal agencies, foreign Governments and private sector entities. TFMS also supports the execution of contracts with suppliers who facilitate the execution of the SDDC mission including ocean carriers, commercial air carriers, railroads, commercial trucking companies, stevedore contractors, and the Global POV Storage contractor.
Cedric E. Nash, Oakland's President & CEO, noted that "Oakland's efforts will improve the ability of USTRANSCOM and SDDC to sustain the current TFMS solution while introducing new technology and tools to provide rapid and meaningful reports to decision makers. This improved responsiveness to data queries, enhanced data analytics, and reporting will dramatically enhance USTRANSCOM's and SDDC's mission effectiveness. Oakland is excited to be a key part of this process."
Oakland CEO Cedric E. Nash Recognized as a Top 100 MBE
Oakland CEO Cedric E. Nash Recognized as a Top 100 MBE®
Capital Region MSDC honors Oakland as one of the best in the region!
Lanham, MD – The Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC) announced that Cedric E. Nash, President and CEO, Oakland Consulting Group, Inc., was named a 2018 Top 100 MBE® winner. This prestigious award recognizes owners of minority business enterprises in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia who have demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurial accomplishments, a high level of professionalism, and have made substantial contributions to their community.
Established in 2007, the Top 100 MBE Awards® ceremony celebrates the creativity and innovation of regional MBEs who are role models and inspire the entire community.
Sharon R. Pinder, CRMSDC's president and CEO, says, "Our board of directors and our corporate members congratulate the 2018 Top 100 MBEs® on their stellar accomplishments. We are proud to add this year's class of winners to our circle of leadership."
The Top 100 MBE Awards® will be presented at the CRMSDC's 37th Annual Leaders and Legends Awards Ceremony, on Tuesday, September 25 at the MGM National Harbor.
"I am honored to be recognized and to be among such an outstanding group of awardees, " says Nash. "This award reflects the commitment of our staff, clients, and partners to Oakland's success."
About Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC)
CRMSDC is celebrating its 46th anniversary as a not-for-profit economic development organization supporting growth in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia through programs and services that help corporations enhance the diversity and innovation of their supply chains. CRMSDC connects corporate and government members to well established, certified minority-owned business enterprises.
CRMSDC accomplishes this through a rigorous process of certifying that MBE suppliers are at least 51% owned, controlled and operated by ethnic minorities; providing education and advice to certified businesses; and finally, creating strategic opportunities for corporate members and certified MBEs to connect for the purpose of doing business.
Established in 1972, CRMSDC is one of 23 regional affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, the only nationally recognized MBE certifying authority. CRMSDC is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.
About Oakland Consulting Group, Inc.
Oakland Consulting Group is veteran owned certified, GSA schedule 70 (GS35F0539L), small disadvantaged business enterprise that provides information technology services to federal, state and local government, and commercial organizations. OCG services include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Service; IT Consulting Services; Business Intelligence and Analytics Services; Software Value Added Reselling and Staffing Services.
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Ok. We have all been guilty of this at some point. So you dont like the character name. Make some suggestions. Â If it is an elven character…and you dont like how a certain name fits…suggest to the person that a more elven name may improve the character. But remember…it's not your character and names can be changed.
2. Not enough Detail
Ok, this one is understandable. But what kind of details would you like to see? Ask for specifics. Alot of items and such posted are budding ideas. Maybe PM that person and see about creating a dialogue of creativity. Help them expand on an idea. They may be suffering some creative blockage.
Sometimes when an idea is being posted, the poster may not be aware of the fact that the idea going through their mind isnt completely coming out on the screen. Suggest that they come back in a few days and reread their posts. With a clear mind, we often see things we might have missed before.
4. Like Paint drying
Ok, nothing is more boring than paint drying..except for maybe watching the grass grow. As a critic you are trying to help the person evolve and be more creative. But comparing their work to paint drying…well that is just the wrong thing to say. It is negative and discouraging.
5. WTF? Â :shock: Â
Ok, we have all seen them. The character descriptions..or plots that barely make up a complete paragraph. The rushed ideas.The post that makes your jaw drop. Â Some times simplicity is good…and some times is a big ugly eye sore.
Instead of belittling this small effort, at least give them a slight pat on the head for doing something. Ask them to expand on it more. Flesh it out. Â You could offer to help with the idea. Some people work better when they have someone else to share an idea with.
6. That's Mean!
Ok Posters and Players..this one if for you too. Critics are not here to hurt your feelings. Or to make your idea look stupid. Comments are meant to help you expand your imagination and creativity. I know some may come across as harsh and mean. But dont let that get to you. Accept what the critics have to say. Work with it. Not every idea is going to be gold. If your stuck on an idea…dont be afraid to ask for help. Check out the items and such that get high marks. PM the person that created it, talk with them. Ask them if they would help you with an idea.
Afterall…we are here to grow and learn, to better ourselves and our games.
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Foxl's tiny portable speaker is a solid piece of equipment, so it should follow that you might want to take it everywhere. So, SoundMatters went ahead and provided a Bike Bundle Kit to strap it to your bike. I'm just not sure you'd want to.
Don't get me wrong. The idea sounds nice on paper. The speaker has and continues to draw comparisons to larger, heavier duty speakers. And mounting it to your bike would invite all sorts of tandem bicycle romance fantasies. Right? No? Well, that's the thing. Do you really wanna be that guy blaring Tears for Fears on his bike in the middle of traffic? [SoundMatters via Wired]


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Writer, director and producer Carl Reiner and TV star Alec Baldwin are to present the Life Achievement Award to Dick Van Dyke at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles.
The telecast's executive producer and director Jeff Margolis announced Tuesday the involvement of Reiner and Baldwin in the upcoming ceremony.
Van Dyke, 87, is being recognized for his long and storied career, as well as his humanitarian accomplishments.
His film credits include "Mary Poppins," "Bye, Bye Birdie," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "The Comic," "The Runner Stumbles," "Dick Tracy" and "Night at the Museum." On the small screen, he starred in "Diagnosis: Murder" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
For nearly 20 years, Van Dyke has been committed to volunteering at Los Angeles' century-old shelter, The Midnight Mission. He helped raise millions for their new building program and is there every Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and times in between offering comfort and cheer, SAG said in a news release.
The 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show is to be simulcast live on TNT and TBS Jan. 27 from the Shrine Exposition Center.


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How much do we love Anna Kendrick? Let us count the ways. There's her wonderfully-irreverent Twitter, her resume of films that never seem to get old (Pitch Perfect, Drinking Buddies, The Twilight Saga), and now she's teamed up with Burt's Bees and Lipstick Angels to help hospitalized women feel more beautiful.
"I can't imagine how challenging it is to be in the hospital," Kendrick told us. "I don't even feel like a human being until I've had a cup of coffee and put on some eyeliner in the morning." To help remedy that challenge, Burt's Bees and the emerging non-profit Lipstick Angels are partenering with the actress to give free personalized beauty services and makeup to recovering women. "I had a smile on my face the entire day," the actress says about a recent day of makeovers at City of Hope outside Los Angeles. "It's such a sweet charity."
To kick off their Hive with a Heart Campaign, Burt's Bees will donate two lip products to hospitalized women when you buy two anytime before June 30. To help spread the word, we chatted with Kendrick about all things beauty.
Click through our slideshow for Kendrick's must-have hair products, favorite red carpet looks, and the makeup she can't leave home without!
When asked about her skincare routine, Kendrick is quick to reply. "I've been trying to get into big girl products lately," says the 28 year old. The first addition to her new grown-up routine? AKMD Balancing Foaming Cleanser ($36). "Not many people have heard of this brand; you have to order it online," she says. "It's great."
"Up until recently, I was using an oil-free moisturizer, and that's pretty much it," Kendrick told us. "I just bought some serum from La Mer, because I thought that's what a grown-up should have. Then there's this Sisley detoxing night cream I've been using—it keeps my face really clear."
Sisley's Botanical D-Tox Detoxifying Night Treatment ($240) and La Mer The Lifting Intensifier ($165), above.
"Caudalie has this oil that smells so amazing," Kendrick says about the brand's Divine Oil ($49). "I put it in my hair, and then whatever's left I rub on my shoulders for a nice, dewy look that I always get compliments on."
"I love wearing winged-out eyeliner on the red carpet because it's something I can't really do on myself," Kendrick says. "In general, I put all my faith in my artists to do what they think is best. There's a lot of trust there."
In Kendrick's suitcase you'll find Shu Uemura's Art of Hair Cleansing Oil Shampoo ($55) and the Full Shimmer Illuminating Conditioner ($58). "I never leave home without it," she says. "I can't do hotel shampoo and conditioner."
The secret to Kendrick's healthy hair? "I just started using Oribe's Masque for Beautiful Color ($59)," she says. "Even though I don't have color on my hair right now, it's super moisturizing."
What does Kendrick stock up on the drugstore? "Intuition razors," she told us. "They're a total game changer."
Try Schick Intuition Plus Renewing Moisture Pomegranate Razor ($13).
"I have been trying to get more into lip color lately," Kendrick says. "I've been experimenting with bold colors."
Kendrick's involvement with Burt's Bees was a natural one. "I stockpile every single color of the Tinted Lip Balm ($7)," she told us. "Even the discontinued ones, like Tigerlily Hibiscus." Her current favorite? "I can't leave home without Sweet Violet; it looks like a deep shade but it's light and really beautiful."
Other essentials she keeps on hand include Suqqu's Eyebrow Liquid Pen ($34). "It's a Japanese liquid pencil that I can only find at Selfridge's in London," she says. "I stock up."
Can't find the perfect foundation? You're not alone. "Man, I have been on the hunt for the perfect foundation for a while now," Kendrick told us. "I am still looking!" Her favorite blush is a little easier: Tarte's Cheek Stain ($30). "I wear it every day."
Kendrick always looks amazing on the red carpet, but which recent look is her favorite? "The makeup I wore to this Miu Miu party was so perfect," she says. "It just felt like me."
In Kendrick's makeup bag you'll find a wardrobe of mascara. "CoverGirl's Clump Crusher in the green tube? That stuff is perfection," she says. "And I've also been using this mascara from Clinique with a really skinny brush, it's amazing because it doesn't get clumpy at all." Try CoverGirl's LashBlast Clump Crusher Mascara ($7) and Clinique's Lash Power Mascara ($16).
Along with lipstick, Kendrick has been experimenting with eyeliners as of late. "I have so many kinds, it's insane," she says. "I have been having fun playing with colors lately; M.A.C. makes really great vibrant shades."
Try the brand's Pro Longwear Eye Liner ($20).
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Your favorite musicals now have brand-new iconic artwork, bringing the professional look of Broadway straight to your theater. For the first time ever, Rodgers & Hammerstein offers you show posters, print ads, Facebook graphics, and marketing materials - all available in customizable formats.
This new official artwork gives a modern look to the classic R&H shows, drawing from the notability of historic images and provides an affordable alternative to hiring your own designer.
At clear, high resolutions, these graphics give you broad flexibility for edits, and come in even larger formats by specific request.
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If your theater uses Adobe Photoshop, layered graphic files will give you full editing capability, as well as guiding notes. The graphic elements separate, letting you rearrange design components while cropping or resizing the image. Each show's iconic title treatment can be used by itself, or paired with other parts of the poster. Add the title treatment to your production photos, for an even more personalized look.
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-_- i did this instead of sudying for my theo exam.. and i don't remember placing that blobish thing on her nose
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In signing the mattress recycling measure Brown said he's pleased with the program's goals of using less landfill space and reducing blight in rural and inner city California neighborhoods. But he says he wants a bill passed next year that addresses ambiguous language and regulatory concerns contained in the original measure.
Brown also signed a bill aimed at modernizing the California Environmental Quality Act. It contains a provision that would speed up the construction of a new basketball arena in Sacramento.
And Brown approved a measure that allows for industrial hemp farming in California. Hemp farmers will have to have their crops tested to prove the intoxicating compounds in the plants are within the state's legal limit.


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The summer survey was "designed to give students intimate contact with their fellows" and "provided an opportunity for a mixture of work and play". The survey groups were divided into sections of five or six students with one student appointed as the captain. The students typically scoped out the town for girls, bars and entertainment. "These merry crews called themselves 'Surveyors'. The incongruity of such a title is quite apparent when we find that their sole aim was to have a good time and to overwhelm local society with their unequalled gallantry. They descended in force on the one tavern available and took it for their own." When rural villages did not offer any taverns or entertainments, the students found ways to amuse themselves. Song fests, baseball and late night poker games were among the activities that filled their free time. Mischief and late night activities sometimes acquainted the visitors with the local sheriff, but no serious consequences were recorded. "The Police Force, after being assured that we were not going to wipe Cooperstown off the map, but simply trying to place it on the map, became very amicable, accompanied us back and let us in to our hotel." [1914 Transit]
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We have decided to change the prize structure for the daily tournament. Currently, only the first 3 players receive significative amount of Clintz, and eveyone elese only gets a small bonus. We will give less to the first and more to the 25 first players. The Clintz jackpot will still starts at 1000 Clintz and grow after each battle (we multiply the Clintz earn at each battle by 2 and we add them to the Jackpot). The winner of the tournament will receive 10% of the Jackpot, then, 5% for the 2nd, 3% for the 3rd, 2% for everyon from 4th to 10th and 1% for everyone from 11th to 25th. This way, the tournaments should be much more fun for everyone and not just the very best one. Of course, everyone who ends up in the first half will still reveive one credit.


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A West Virginia judge has slapped online mortgage giant Quicken Loans Inc. with more than $2.7 million in punitive damages and legal costs after finding the lender had defrauded a borrower by misleading her about her loan and using an inflated property appraisal.
Ohio County (W.Va.) Circuit Judge Arthur Recht awarded the borrower just under $2.17 million in punitive damages. He also ordered that Quicken pay her attorneys nearly $600,000 in legal fees and costs. In a ruling last year, Recht had called Quicken's conduct "unconscionable."
James Bordas, one of the attorneys who represented the borrower, said he hoped the award would send a message to struggling homeowners that "big companies can't just come in and cheat them."
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Berkshire Hathaway bought back $1.21 billion in Class A shares from the estate of a longtime shareholder at a slight premium to Tuesday's close. David Benoit reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.
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He is a con artist of a dentist. If you think you could go there and just get an implant as he says in the advance , then you are in for a big surprise. Half way through the procedure he will find many ways to make you pay for other things , which didn't mentioned before. He even gave me a root canal to an adjacent tooth half way through an implant. He is not professional at all, and not trust worthy. I'm warning anyone who is thinking of getting his services. Before going to him, please check his credentials and reviews.
I must warn anyone seeking his professional care to seek second opinions in regards his recommendations and treatment plan, because he will extract your teeth, then give you another fee on top because now he has to do x, or y. He does not read his own notes and give you multiple contradictory answers and then make you feel like you are at fault for not understanding him. he expects you to go to work without front teeth, he told me to ask for two weeks off work, because I will be toothless then refused to fill-in my paperwork. His allegations are that I can go back to work without front teeth. When I explained to him that not only cosmetically speaking is wrong to request such option, but my speech is impaired due to the fact that upper anterior teeth are missing. He's remarks were, "I know, but I don't have time to fill-in your paperwork". Needless to say, he will hear from me again.
I went to few other offices for consultation before I decided to get my implant done by Dr. Borna. He and his staff are very professional. He cares for his patients. He called me next day after surgery to see how I am doing. How many doctors call you after your surgery to see how follow up with you? His work was painless. Overall I am very satisfied. Great job!!!!
Don't trust this office. They over charge. They tell you some price and after you start the keep asking for more money.
Dr. Farshid Borna is well spoken, he's got a great sense of humor, he is calm, patient, fully confident in his knowledge and best of all, he is honest. After being taken for a ride and shuffled around by pathetic unskilled dentists where I have had extensive damage done to my teeth, Dr. Borna looks you straight in the eye, goes through all the x-rays with you, tells you all upfront in an itemized list what you need done and how much each procedure will cost, then gives you plenty of time for all your questions. No tricks or surprises. Oh, he is Phenomenal. The Implant was over quickly and 100% painlessly! Anyhoo, Dr. Borna has been a trusted resource for me since I became a patient (5 years ago). I'm actually in the process of getting my implant Crown with him.Definitely recommend him!
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Do not get your implants done by this guy! the maxillofacial surgeon who saw my implant (done by Borna) actually advised me to sue him. an implant is a permanent move. the implant Borna put in for my back molar was not only the wrong angle but the wrong size. it was designed and manufactured for a front incisor not a rear molar which is supposed to be allot bigger. now i can hardly use my back molar unless i have the implant removed which is a very painful and expensive proposition.
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Partition your second harddrive (Linux)
Note: This guide only applies to Linux dedicated servers with Hosting Control Center. This guide does not apply to any VPS, Cloud server, or any Dedicated server using the My Servers control panel. If you have a Windows dedicated server with Hosting Control Center, see Partition your second harddrive (Windows).
If your Linux server is configured with two hard disks, and you want to partition your second drive, you must:
- Partition the secondary hard disk.
- Create a file system for the new partition.
- Mount the partition to make it accessible.
These instructions are specific to servers setup after July 15, 2005, for servers prior to this, the path in the following steps will need to be modified slightly. The 'df' command will show you how the current filesystem is mounted, normally /dev/hdc was used for the new partition. For more advanced partitioning and mounting options, please see the vendor provided documentation for your Operating System.
Note: This article assumes you are working with a new, un-formatted disk. If this procedure is followed on a disk that contains data, the data will be destroyed.
To Create a Hard Disk Partition
- Via SSH, log in to your dedicated server as 'root.' See Switching to the Root User on Your Linux Server for information.
- Type the following, and then press Enter./sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb
- Type
nto create a new partition.
- For extended or Primary (1-4), type
- Accept the defaults for the partition size.
- Accept the default for the first cylinder.
- Accept the default for last cylinder.
- Type
wand press Enter to write partition information.
To Create a File System
- Type the following, and then press Enter./sbin/mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1It takes a few minutes to create the new file system on your secondary hard drive.
To Mount the File System
- Type the following, and then press Enter.cd /sbin
- Type the following, and then press Enter.mkdir /mnt/disk2
- Type the following, and then press Enter.chmod 777 /mnt/disk2
- Type the following, and then press Enter./bin/mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk2
- To ensure that your dedicated server mounts the new file system after each reboot, you need to add the command to mount the new file system to /etc/fstab.
- We recommend a backup of /etc/fstab before the update:
• Type the following where mm_dd_yyyy represents the date of the backup, and then press Enter.cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_mm_dd_yyyy• Type the following, and then press Enter.echo "/dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk2 ext3 defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
- Type the following, and then press Enter./dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk2 ext3 defaults 0 0


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– Aubrey*
It's normal to think about sex — often or only once in a while. As people mature physically and emotionally, they become increasingly curious about their sexuality and their own bodies.
As your body goes through many changes and your hormones fluctuate, you probably will start finding some people attractive. It's normal to feel a sexual attraction and even to find yourself daydreaming, often about no one in particular.
Sometimes thinking about sex is unavoidable, like in dreams. And sometimes, you might even start to think about it when you're around a lot of people — like school. Just know that it's natural to be curious and have thoughts about sex.
*Names have been changed to protect user privacy.
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Dear MySQL users, MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2.5, a new version of the ODBC driver for the MySQL database management system, has been released. The available downloads include both a Unicode driver and an ANSI driver based on the same modern codebase. Please select driver type you need based on the type of your application - Unicode or ANSI. Server-side prepared statements are enabled by default. It is suitable for use with any MySQL version since 4.1 (It will not work with 4.0 or earlier releases.) The release is now available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download pages at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/5.2.html For information on installing, please see the documentation at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/connector-odbc-installation.html Enjoy! The MySQL build team at Oracle ============================================================================== Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2.5 (Not released) Bugs Fixed * The query_print() function could cause a serious error on 32-bit systems due to a 32-bit / 64-bit mismatch in its return value. This error could occur when logging was enabled, for example when using configuration settings such as: [Driver] option=524292 (Bug #16367440, Bug #68201) * Microsoft Access could experience a severe error when updating a BIT column in view representing a MySQL table, for example through the datasheet interface. (Bug #16287859, Bug #68243) * Datetime and timestamp second fractions need removing the trailing zeros (Bug# 16294197/65418) * Binding string to decimal parameter always uses system locale setting (Bug# 11766369/59469) * Added CLEARTEXT authentication connection option ENABLE_CLEARTEXT_PLUGIN. (Bug#16445091) * Crash in SQLSetConnectAttr(SQL_ATTR_CURRENT_CATALOG) (Bug# 16526604/63844) Built against the MySQL server 5.6.11 client library. -- Kent Boortz, Release Staff engineer Oracle, The MySQL Team Mobile: +46 76 77 69 049
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- July 12‐14, 2016 at different national parks; 9:30 a.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
- Maryland teachers may earn 1 MSDE credits upon completion
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Birmingham is a multi-faceted modern metropolis, where centuries-old churches stand alongside architecturally adventurous mosques, and where a diverse population fuels a famously eclectic dining scene. Art aficionados can spend hours marveling at masterpieces in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, while shopaholics can sate their urges in the sleek surroundings of the Bullring center.
Birmingham is the birthplace of the Balti, so a fiery Indian feast should definitely be on your to-do list while you're in town. And the city heats up after dark, with an array of cozy real ale pubs, chic cocktail bars and pulsing nightclubs to crawl between.


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Seven weeks after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated"Hello, Dolly!" opened on Broadway and gave America something to sing and cheer about.
The historic musical comedy triumph is something Broadway old-timers still rhapsodize about. The production, dazzlingly directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, won Tony Awards, including one for its star, Carol Channing. The show ran from January 1964 through December, 1970,— a record at the time — for 2,844 performances. Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey (leading a celebrated all-black cast), Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman followed in Dolly role.
Though it has been an Internet chat-room sport to speculate about who would star in a Broadway revival — the third one in 1996 starred a 75-year-old Channing in the role — there are no plans yet for a New York production.
Goodspeed Opera House is bringing back everyone's favorite matchmaker, Dolly Gallagher Levi and her efforts to marry half-a-millionaire Horace Vandergelder at turn-of-last-century Yonkers. (The musical was "suggested" by Thornton Wilder's 1955 comedy "The Matchmaker" that starred Ruth Gordon, later made into the 1958 film starring Shirley Booth.)
For the Goodspeed production, which is now in previews and opens Wednesday at the East Haddam theater, Klea Blackhurst plays "Dolly, a damn exasperating woman," which was one of the titles considered — and wisely dropped — for the musical.
Blackhurst is a stage and concert performer with many credits, but she is best known for her tribute show to Ethel Merman, "Everything The Traffic Will Allow."
It's fitting casting because Merman had a special connection to the original production.
Inspired Dolly
Composer Jerry Herman says his "absolute favorite" Dolly was Merman, whom he originally envisioned when he wrote the music for the show. Merman turned the initial offer down from producer David Merrick saying she was tired of living in dressing rooms after a long career on stage. But the legendary Broadway star, after repeated offers, finally said yes — especially when she knew she would be the final Dolly of the original Broadway run. She was said to have replied when asked to do the show years into the run: "Now that you got your previews out of the way, I'll come do it."
"There were so many wonderful ladies who brought their own personality and power to the role," said Herman, 82, in a phone interview from his Miami Beach home. Though he wasn't involved in the casting, he said that surprisingly Phyllis Diller "did a bang-up job — but not overly comedic — as Dolly. She was very real, very lovable and really quite something."
Herman knows Blackhurst from a number of Herman tributes over the years. "She's a lovely lady, with an innate sense of humor who has a powerhouse voice."
Many stars played Dolly over the years, including a touring Mary Martin (who was also turned down the Broadway role after Merman), Dorothy Lamour, Eve Arden, Ann Sothern, Alice Faye and Yvonne De Carlo. A 1969 film version of the musical starred Barbra Streisand.
What is needed to make a great Dolly?
"Someone who knows how to takes over a stage," says Herman, "and I think we have that with Klea."
Her Own Dolly
"I'm a terrible Merman impersonator," says Blackhurst during a break from rehearsals last month. Her Merman shows are tributes to the star and the songs she introduced on Broadway. "But I am a natural belter and she was whom I wanted to be when I grew up, that style of performer.
Though Blackhurst is well aware of Merman's inspiration connection to the show, she says "it's just going to be me on stage. Merman is just something like a layer of who I am and how I see theater. Dolly is a great character and all I can really do is bring to the role the culmination of who I am."
Blackhurst says that she will not be singing "Love, Look in My Window" and "World Take Me Back," the two songs Herman wrote for Merman.
"Unless you were Ethel Merman at that moment in history, they really don't belong [in the show] and they don't add anything. The show doesn't need improving."
The production, directed by Daniel Goldstein, has several high-profile actors in featured roles. Tony Sheldon, who received a Tony Award nomination for his starring role in the 2011 Broadway musical "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," (after it played Australia, London and Toronto) plays Vandergelder. Ashley Brown, who starred in the title role in the musical "Mary Poppins" on Broadway, plays the widow, Irene Molloy.
Sheldon, who two years ago relocated to New York from his native Australia where he had a long career on stage and in film, comes from a well-known show business family. His mother is musical star Toni Lamond; his aunt is Helen Reddy; his father is Frank Sheldon, who was the first Fosse dancer in Australia, performing "Steam Heat" in "The Pajama Game." His grandparents were vaudevillian and radio stars. "I began as a child performer," he says. "So it was the family business for me."
A theater historian as well, Sheldon remembers seeing Carole Cook starring in "Hello, Dolly!
in Australia, "She was the second Dolly in the world because the production was done before even the U.S. tour began. And my mother played Ernestina and understudied Dolly in a production of the show in California that starred Yvonne De Carlo — so the show was in the family already. My mother is thrilled now that I'm doing it."
After playing transsexual drag performer Bernadette in Priscilla, is there a part of him that is tempted to try on Dolly's famed red dress?
"No,no,no, not at all," he laughs. "I already did my diva role and I never look back." Sheldon says he might slip on the wig one more time for a production of "Priscilla" in three years at Paris' Folies Bergère where he would perform the role in French.
But Ashley Brown jokes that she is working her way up to the title role. She appeared as a dancer in a high school production of the show in Gulf Breeze, Fla, and later played Ermengarde in a production in Cincinnati. With the Goodspeed show as Mrs. Molloy she gets to sing one of Herman's loveliest numbers, "Ribbons Down My Back."
"I love this musical and to be a part of this production is amazing," she says. "The numbers keep topping each other. It starts with 'Put on Your Sunday Clothes,' then there's 'Dancing', 'Before the Parade Passes By' and the title number — and the audience is going to go insane with the 'Waiters' Gallop.' Most other shows would build to 'Sunday Clothes'."
Adds Sheldon: "The show is so solidly constructed and when you add fantastic performances it just lifts it to the stratosphere."
Jerry Herman still vividly remembers opening night on Jan. 16, 1964.
"It was one of those magic times. The opening night party was at Delmonico's where [producer] David Merrick was having the party. The New York Times review came in and my sweet, wonderful and talented collaborator [book writer] Michael Stewart ran across the ballroom floor saying, 'Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, we're rich!' I'll never forget it."
As for a Broadway revival — and the first without either the original star Carol Channing or Pearl Bailey, Herman says he lives in hope. "I would toss my hat in the air if Bette Midler ever decided to do it," he says.
HELLO, DOLLY!, now in previews, opens Wednesday, July 17 and continues through Sept. 14 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. Performances are Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (and matinees at 2 p.m. starting Aug. 1); Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. (and on Sept,. 14 at 2 and 6:30 p.m.) and Sundays at 2 p.m. (and evenings at 6:30 p.m. through July 28). Tickets are $29 to $77 at the box office and $32.50 to $81.50 on line (including fees). Information: 860-873-8668 and www.goodspeed.org.
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Simply better pictures with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
Precise photo editing, creative drawing and professional graphic design – everything is possible!
We will tell you how here.
Note: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer is the subsequent version of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer. Some videos may display the program interface from the previous version. The features that are shown have not been changed.
Getting started
This introductory video will give you an overview of the most important basic features. We will load photos, as well as optimize and position them on a page, add headlines and print everything out.
Templates: part 1: Customizing and printing templates yourself
Templates help you get the results you want quicker. We'll show you where you can find them and how to use them.
Templates part 2: Printing templates professionally
In this video, we show you how to format your designs, to that you can easily send them to any copy shop and receive perfectly tailored prints! Export your document as a PDF/X file and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer will automatically add the bleed and cut markers.
Magic Resize
With the new Magic Resize Tool, you can change formats for social media posts in just a few clicks. The image sections are automatically adjusted and text or graphic elements are scaled perfectly.
Photo editing
Optimizing photos
Everything you need to know about brightness, contrast, shadows and light, saturation, color temperature, etc. We'll show you how to optimize individual photos, as well as entire photo series sequentially.
Retouching photos
How do you remove tiny problems from photos in an unobtrusive way? In this video, we'll show you two options for doing this: The retouching tool and Magic Erase.
Editing image areas
It is often the case that you want to change specific areas of an image. Other areas of the image need to be protected when doing this. In this video, we'll show you different ways of effectively masking photos.
Creative effects
In the Live Effects tool you'll find lots of features for applying artistic effects to your photos. We'll show you three examples: Orton, Lomo and the artistic filter.
Vignettes create dynamic effect transitions. This allows the borders to contain a different effects setting than the center of the image. We'll show you how to create these types of vignettes.
Graphic design
Page Design
We'll show you how to use simple graphics for page columns, assign colors and design text.
Colors & color systems
Effects for graphics
Both graphics and letters can be assigned effects. We'll show you the fillings, shadows and edges of a text.
Lines & shapes
Lines and forms are the basis of every graphic in Xara Photo & Graphic Designer. This video will give you an introduction to this idea.
Smart Shapes
Create diagrams, timelines and shapes using SmartShapes: Simply select and modify the way you want.
Exchange information with other forum users or ask questions. The tutorial section includes helpful guides as well and tips & tricks for the program.
Share ideas about illustration, graphics design and image editing with other users of the software.