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Q: Does Linq to SQL call of submitchanges() with no changes to submit - do anything? I have several updates to database tables that may or may not happen.  Rather than calling submitchanges() multiple times I would rather call once.
Potentially there will be no change to submit to the database.
My question is whether Linq actually does anything in this scenario? or whether it is smart enough to know that no update is required and nothing happens - hence no overhead.
Thanks for your advice.
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            {
                tr = new tempResult();
                db.tempResults.InsertOnSubmit(tr);
                tr.userId = tl.us.userId;
                tr.result = serializer.Serialize(tl.responseList);
                tr.resultTime = DateTime.Now;
            }

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A: After looking at the code for Linq-to-SQL on .NET 4.5, it appears that it depends on whether your code is in a transaction or not. The pseudo-code is:
public void SubmitChanges()
{
    if (inTransaction)
    {
        try
        {
            // Verify the connection is open, if it is the "clear" it
            // Begin a transaction
            // Send changes, if any
            // Commit transaction
        }
        catch
        {
            // Rollback transaction
        }
        finally
        {
            // Close the connection, if it was opened above
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Send changes, if any
    }
}

As you can see, there is going to be the overhead of opening/closing/clearing the connection and beginning/committing a transaction, if it's not already wrapped in an explicit transaction.

A: Depending on your backend, it should be able to detect whether changes have been made. For instance Entity Framework uses so called Object States in its DbContext and the attached Entities.
You can read about this here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386982(v=vs.110).aspx


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This board has three PCIe slots and all I needed for this rig was two slots. Since I am installing two GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards which use 250 Watts each, I am not going to be putting any more cards on this rig anyway.
I was talking about installing my old GT 770 graphics card on this rig as well but decided that it would burn too much power combined with the two 1080s.
I used the dogfish 30 GB SSD hard drive I recently received in the mail along with some used RAM I had laying around. An 850 Watt Thermaltake power supply was to power the rig.
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During the entire process I used the original onboard graphics card for the installation.
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Business Planning for Measures 66 & 67
With voter approval of Measures 66 and 67, Oregonians increased personal income taxes and instituted a permanent increase in the minimum income tax for C corporations.
Measure 66 increases the marginal tax rate on individual income over $125,000 but less than $250,000 from 9% to 10.8% until 2011, and also increases the marginal tax rate for individuals with income over $250,000 from 9% to 11% until 2011.
Measure 67 permanently increases the minimum income tax rate on C corporations from 6.6% to 7.9% for taxable income in excess of $250,000, and also increases the minimum corporate income tax based on the gross income of a C corporation as follows:
Minimum Tax
Less than $500,000 $150
$500,000 – $1 million $500
$1 million – $2 million $1,000
$7 million – $10 million $7,500
$10 million – $25 million $15,000
$75 million – $100 million $75,000
$100 million or more $100,000
REDUCING THE TAX IMPACT
Both Measures 66 and 67 are retroactive to January 1, 2009. This means that your business and tax planning should begin now, rather than at the end of your tax year. The following is some planning information that you should consider in light of the passage of Measures 66 and 67.
FILING AN S ELECTION
Filing an election to be taxed as an S corporation reduces the Oregon minimum income tax to $150 per year. Calendar year taxpayers can file an S election prior to March 15, 2010 and receive S corporation status retroactive to January 1, 2010.
CAUTION: Filing an S election can result in an additional tax to the corporation on appreciated assets as the assets are sold and an additional tax on accounts receivable as the accounts are collected. A carefully planned S election can save substantial tax dollars, but coordination with your CPA and attorney is necessary. Some planning considerations include salary and bonus payments and accounts receivable management.
C CORPORATION TAX STRUCTURES
Some corporations prefer to use, or are required to use, a C corporation tax structure. For instance, S corporation shareholders generally are not permitted to participate in certain employer-sponsored health plans. However, a review of your current structure can limit your tax burden. Some options include:
Consolidation of multiple C corporations or in some cases division of a single C corporation into separate corporations to reduce taxation; and
Managing increased personal income tax rates through business planning with your C corporation.
Businesses should begin their business planning early this year, as an S election for calendar year businesses must occur before March 15th, and other business planning should be in place as soon as possible.
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Bocinsky selected for research and director position at Crow Canyon
By The Journal
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 7:32 PM
Dr. Kyle Bocinsky, Ph.D., has been appointed the first William D. Lipe Chair in Research and Director of the Research Institute at Crow Canyon.
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has announced that Dr. Kyle Bocinsky, Ph.D., has been appointed the first William D. Lipe Chair in Research and Director of the Research Institute at Crow Canyon.
Bocinsky, who in 2008 received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and both his master's and doctoral degrees from Washington State University, will begin his role with Crow Canyon starting in August, according to a press release from Crow Canyon.
He will work with the center's staff to develop new research projects at Crow Canyon.
The William D. Lipe Chair in Research is supported by donors and is named for Crow Canyon trustee William Lipe, acclaimed for his contributions to archaeology and the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.
Bocinsky is a member of the research faculties of the University of Montana and Washington State University as well as the Desert Research Institute, the press release said. He has served as the director of sponsored projects and as a research associate for the Research Institute at Crow Canyon, where he is a researcher with Crow Canyon's Village Ecodynamics Project, a collaboration among researchers at several different institutions to study the interaction between ancestral Pueblo people and their environment over more than 1,000 years.
Bocinsky is also a co-principal investigator on a project funded by the National Science Foundation called Synthesizing Knowledge of Past Environments, or SKOPE, which is developing large-scale, high-resolution paleoclimate reconstructions for the southwestern United States. In addition, Bocinsky is working on the CC-DATA project, which seeks to update the Crow Canyon research database to ensure the data is available to researchers and educators.
His Crow Canyon projects continue to mine the computational legacy of the VEP with his work on the Community Center Reassessment Project, which is a partnership between Crow Canyon and the University of Notre Dame. He also continues to maintain the VEPs "Village" computer simulation so that other researchers are able to learn from it.
Bocinsky's scholarly interests include computational archaeology, complexity, GIS science, human behavioral ecology, foraging theory, and plant and animal domestication. He is the author of several software packages, including software that allows for easy access to federated datasets, and another software package designed for high-resolution paleoclimate reconstruction.
Bocinsky lives in Missoula, Montana, with his husband, John, and their golden retriever. He will split his time between Missoula and Crow Canyon's campus in Cortez.


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Subhash K Jha speaks about Finding Fanny
Subhash K. Jha
Created: Sep 13, 2014 - 10:20 am IST
Now here's the thing. Finding Fanny has a dead cat in a traveling car that the cat's owner knows to be dead and towards the end, a dead painter-artiste whom nobody cares whether he's dead or not.
Between these two points of mortality shared by the script, lies a huge unshared joke about life and show it screws you up when you aren't watching.Watching this weirdly wonderful ode to a long-forgotten anthem of love I felt like a person who receives a really costly gift which is of no use to him.
"Really? This is for me? Wow! But what do I do with it???"…..
You know that feeling of holding a precious parcel which you can't tell the right-side-up from the wrong-side-down? That's Finding Fanny. Homi Adajania's world of insulated eccentricities invites you into its languorous folds with a yawning casualness. These characters, so fastidiously crafted to appear utterly adrift, couldn't care less whether we like them or not.
That's what makes them so deliciously appealing. They are a gallery of weirdos content to be perceived as such, as long as they are allowed to lead their lives the way they want. There's the very engaging Dimple Kapadia playing a prosthetic-ridden bum-happy mother-in-law to the widowed Angie(Deepika Padukone). The two beautiful actresses, one unnecessarily fattened in the wrong places for satirical emphasis,had earlier been seen together in Adajania's Cocktail. The frisson between them remains delectably unidentifiable even when their on-screen definition is specifically re-defined towards the end of the film when the placid Goan village's resident postman Ferdie(Naseeruddin Shah) is close to finding his lost love.
Does Ferdie finally find Fanny Fernandes? Nobody really cares by the time the long 93-minute film draws to a close.
There is a helluva lot of self-indulgent self-pleasuring in the narration. Director Adajania loves his characters as long as they remain true to their soporific state of existence. The search for 'Fanny' is a metaphor for the pursuit of that element of unconditional surrender to self-indulgence where you tell yourself nothing matters except your personal happiness.
Every character in Finding Fanny is supremely selfish, although some like the incandescent Angie(Deepika) and the surly Savio(Arjun Kapoor) pretend to care for what happens to others. Angie and Savio will make up and make out before the film is through. "It will get better, right?"
Angie asks Savio hopefully about the sex.For us, to sink into the narrative's discomforting folds we have to wait for the guffaws to settle down. And who can tell when Adajania's characters will actually stop laughing at fate and start laughing at themselves? You really can't trust these unhinged emotional marauders who take off in a jalopy.
The car has seen better days, just like the time-ravaged characters.Naseeruddin Shah's wizened features suggest more wisdom than his character of the awkward over-the-hill love-struck lover-boy is capable of feeling. Pankaj Kapoor, on the other hand, is bang-on as the smug self-serving painter who loves the ravaged Rosie(Dimple) with or without her ample derriere and finally insults her so hard, you want to knock his bloody teeth out of their roots.
Among them Naseer, Pankaj and Dimple manage to keep the narrative's fire aglow.These are the people whose lives can splutter to a halt any moment, just like the car they are traveling by. A lot of the film's perverse brilliance hinges on the way cinematographer Anil Mehta shoots the relation between the characters and their Goan home-life. Mehta shoots the travelling trio of love veterans with an endearing edginess.
Goa seldom seemed so windswept and soporific in our films. At its vortex, is the tragic Angie.Deepika Padukone's Angie is a sexy half-widow who seems to have abandoned her widow's weeds in pursuit of a more sensual life.She plays the characters as a haunted beauty looking for a place to hide her uncontrollable beauty. Her coupling in the fields with the open-mouthed Arjun Kapoor might have worked better if the director didn't seem so keen on appearing normal in his storytelling while dealing with characters whose lives are over. And are in pursuit of a life beyond inertia.
This is Zindagi Milegi Na Dobaara of the Goan world where aspirations are so low you would have felt embarrassed for the characters if they hadn't decided to preserve a core of dignity during times of tumult and stress.
Does Naseer's character finally find Fanny? Frankly, it doesn't really matter at the end. And I am not sure if that's good or bad.
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V2R race recap from Kevin Sacalas.
While we told our story from Vegas to Reno thru our photo album, nothing beats a recap from the drivers themselves. Yesterday afternoon, we received the follow press release from Kevin Sacalas and his team, Big Ugly Racing. With permission, here's that press release.
Sacalas was forced to rebuild his car mid-season after crashing and rolling at speeds of nearly 100 MPH during the 2012 Mint 400. Vegas to Reno was Sacalas' first endurance-based desert race since the crash and his goal was to successfully finish the grueling race. A top 10 Ultra4 class finish would earn him a coveted spot in the 2013 King of The Hammers.
Not only did Sacalas successfully finish the race, he once again found himself on the podium at Vegas to Reno with a 3rd place finish. He started in 17th position and slowly worked his through the competitors throughout the 12+ hours of racing. At approximately 180 miles into the race, he GPS antenna signal to both of the car's GPS systems causing him and his co-driver, Tim Carlson, to drive using only course markings as guidance. The drivers also lost all radio communication with their pit crew, forcing their team to be ready for whatever surprises Sacalas had in store for them in the pits.
Sacalas' next race will be defending his 2011 championship title at the 2012 Ultra4 American Rocksports Challenge in Tooele, UT. For more information on Kevin Sacalas and his Ultra4 car, affectionately named "Big Ugly" by fans, please visit the team at www.facebook.com/BigUglyRacing.


For a fact, I get really inspired by this song every time it plays on my playlist. It touches my heart just the way the death of someone we love reminds us how short yet important life is.
It doesn't matter however or which ever way we visualize a world with peace, love, and people who are colour blind because every little bit of our actions count to creating that bigger picture that we dream of. Peace, love and colour blindness. But VISUALIZING is not an ACTION.


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Fri., March 22, 2019
Vinton pushes forward with fiber-to-home
But some providers question the decision
in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Bill Menner Bill Menner Group
Mitchell Schmidt
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VINTON — Frustrated with current options for high-speed internet, Vinton and its roughly 5,100 residents decided to do it themselves.
Tom Richtsmeier, general manager of Vinton Municipal Electric Utility, said the Benton County community hopes to break ground this year on a municipal communications utility — which proposes fiber-to-the-home service.
The effort began years ago, he said, as concerns mounted over unacceptable service from the private sector.
"That's where a municipal comes ... they're there to provide the service that someone else won't do," Richtsmeier said. "We've already had businesses tell us they won't come to Vinton without fiber, so we know we need to do it for our future."
However, officials with New York-based Mediacom — the largest internet service company in the state and one of Vinton's incumbent providers — not only question the potential success of the community's proposed service, but officials also say they've been investing in high-speed internet in the area for years.
Bill Menner, with the consulting firm Bill Menner Group, which focuses on community development and rural partnerships, said the situation in Vinton is far from unique.
"Vinton is absolutely not alone in their decision to do it themselves. A growing number of smaller communities are frustrated with their primary providers," Menner said.
Creating municipal internet
Richtsmeier said a city-operated internet service has been in the works for years and, in 2015, residents voted to create a communication utility.
The project has been estimated at $8.9 million, and finances still are being discussed. But Richtsmeier said it's possible the city's electric utility would put up a bond for the project.
While the city would install and own the fiber, Cedar Rapids-based ImOn Communications has been in talks to operate the system for a period of time, said David Fyffe, ImOn's director for network systems and construction.
"I think there is pent-up demand, at this point, in what Vinton is looking to do, kind of a new model," Fyffe said.
In 2017, FARR Technologies, a consulting company focused on the infrastructure, regulations and finances of communications networks, completed a fiber-to-the-premise feasibility study for Vinton Municipal Electric Utility.
According to the report, a Vinton high-speed data service is projected to have a take rate of 40 percent in the first year, which would grow to 62 percent in the fifth year. A take rate is the percentage of potential customers — used to measure success.
The report notes that the project could have a positive net income in the fifth year.
"We're shooting for trying to get 60 percent of the town involved," he said.
Mediacom officials, however, argue that such an expectation is unrealistic — especially with existing providers in the community, including Mediacom.
Tom Larsen, Mediacom's senior vice president for government and public relations, said Mediacom, the largest provider in Iowa, has an internet take rate in the mid- to high-40s.
"The consultant has way oversold what's achievable," Larsen said. "A 62 percent take rate, that's like the consultant saying let's go run a two-minute-mile marathon. It cannot happen."
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What's more, Larsen said Mediacom has been investing in its Iowa network — including in Vinton — where he said speeds up to 1 gigabit have been available since early 2017.
"They're building this $8.9 million project on the basis that we can't keep up with them. It's just completely untrue," he said.
"In order for this thing to even break even, a bunch of private businesses need to fail."
Larsen added that Mediacom aims to begin testing next year on a 10 gigabit service.
He also noted that Mediacom's service offers more redundancy than most systems, which creates more reliability.
A new kind of internet
Outside of Vinton, some industry officials expect to see other communities begin to weigh their options when it comes to municipal internet.
Curtis Dean, co-founder of Community Broadband Action Network, based in Indianola, Iowa, and which aims to help communities through that transition, said most Iowans have access to a high-speed internet provider, but they may only have one or two options.
"You have a very diverse situation in Iowa, where some people are very well taken care of ... and other Iowans are stuck with two large companies, neither of which can offer the kind of reliability that people need in this day and age," Dean said.
"In the case of Vinton, they're in the latter stage."
In addition to Vinton, ImOn last year announced plans to expand residential broadband into Iowa City and Coralville later this year.
Fyffe said discussions are underway on possibly expanding the service outward into more communities.
Folience, The Gazette's parent company, is an investor in ImOn.
Menner, a former state director of USDA Rural Development, said cities that create municipal internet manage it as they would another utility.
"If you just treat fiber like you treat streets or water — as a necessary public utility or an element of infrastructure, which is how it should be seen — these cities, what they're doing makes absolute sense," Menner said.
High-speed internet access ultimately provides many benefits to a community, Menner said.
"Whether it's education, it's health care, it's an entrepreneurial community or it's attracting new residents who have expectations, those are all elements that come into play, and rural communities especially have to be cognizant of that because they're already operating from a position of a disadvantage because they have fewer people and a smaller tax base," Menner said.
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Buried Fire | Was liest du?
Two brothers, Michael and Stephen MacIntyre, together with their sister Sarah and the local vicar Tom Aubrey, uncover a deadly secret buried near their village. But time is short: can they prevent the awakening of an ancient evil before its powers corrupt them for ever?


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Nick Jonas Cried During The Shoot Of 'The Sky Is Pink', Reveals Priyanka Chopra
Actor Priyanka Chopra, during an interview at the EW and People's studio at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), said that during the shooting of the final scene of her upcoming movie, 'The Sky Is Pink', her singer-husband Nick Jonas could not


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Sham Elections Expose Obama's Iran Policy
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:04 AM :: 8212 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
On the eve of Friday's election in Iran, President Barack Obama told reporters: "We are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran. Whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact there has been a robust debate hopefully will advance our ability to engage them in new ways." But almost immediately after the polls closed, election authorities miraculously claimed to have counted millions of paper ballots and named the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner.
Iran's Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, then went on state television Saturday to declare the result a "divine assessment." Responding to reports that Iranian security forces were keeping main rival Mir Hossain Mousavi in his home, Mr. Ahmadinejad dryly responded: "He ran a red light, and he got a traffic ticket."
The only real surprise from the weekend's results was how blatant Iranian authorities acted to preserve the current administration. It was naive to ever pretend that Iran, a theocratic dictatorship, was ever a true democracy. In reality the ayatollahs hand-picked the four contending candidates from a pool of 475 who initially sought to run for the presidency. The senior clerics on the Guardian Council, which vets the candidates, severely narrowed the choices to less than 1 percent of the original field of challengers. The four who were permitted to run for the presidency share a deep commitment to the extremist Islamist ideology that sparked Iran's 1979 revolution.
The election results demonstrate again that it is the decisions of Iran's Supreme Leader, not Iranian voters, which count in determining Tehran's foreign policy … a foreign policy bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. Instead of blindly engaging the Iranian regime, the Obama administration must drive home the point that an Iranian nuclear weapon is unacceptable. Obama should:
Denounce the elections and indicate U.S. support for the demonstrators.
Call on other nations to support demonstrators and lead an international coalition to impose the strongest possible targeted economic sanctions against Iran.
Strengthen U.S. security in the region and at home by rescinding his budget cuts and fully funding missile defense.
President Obama has shown little interest in continuing President George Bush's push for democracy in the Middle East. Now we will find out if President Obama will side with demonstrators who are putting their lives on the line for real change in the region, or if he will continue to denigrate the democracy agenda.
Wharton School professor of health-care management Scott Harrington explains that "equal competition" between a public plan and private health plans would be impossible, because a public plan would inexorably crowd out private plans, leading to a single-payer system.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Didden v. Village of Port Chester property rights decision will be a focus of her confirmation hearings.
Public officials across the country are voicing concerns about the merit of some stimulus projects.
Canadian and American business leaders joined forces Thursday to warn of the growing threat to prosperity in both countries due to the so-called Buy American provisions in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.
The Obama administration's defense spending focus is unprepared for future security threats.
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Q: Adding live population to my Html website from worldometers.info I have a website that shows the user the population for the country in an attractive way.
My problem is that I will need to get the data to be updated automatically.
My question is how do I get the source code of the population from this website.
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/afghanistan-population/

A: You can use the following free API to get the current population of the country. Then you can use JavaScript to fetch the value and output it on your website. To always display the latest value, you could wrap the fetch method in an interval, which repeats after a given time.

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If you were given a million dollars to invest, how would you go about it? No doubt, you will do your research and settle on a plan of action that may involve stocks, Forex, municipal bonds, peer-to-peer lending, high-interest savings, annuities, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and money market funds.
However, there is one source of income, you may have overlooked–the blockchain. This is probably because it's a new form of wealth-building that only a few people are tapping into right now. Blockchain technology is the foundation or platform that supports all cryptocurrencies. Until recently, it was limited to the online world and primarily used for eCommerce transactions. Now, however, with the advent of companies like XYO Network, it has entered the real world of physical, location-based trade markets.
The blockchain is built on a peer-to-peer network of computers spread out across the world. It ensures that all transactions are transparent and secure.
The blockchain is incorruptible for a simple reason: middlemen, like governments and central banks, are not necessary for the process of verification. Since the blockchain is not owned by anyone, no third party can dip into a transaction and grab a slice of the financial pie under the pretext that it's a transactional or regulatory fee.
The blockchain was invented as a way to validate a Bitcoin transaction. The network of nodes (computers) would verify the user's status based on a known algorithm.
The next evolutionary leap occurred when Ethereum, a blockchain-reliant distributed computing platform, evolved Smart Contracts, DApps, and the ERC-20 Standard. The Smart Contract automated payment upon fulfillment of the terms of a contract. DApps are decentralized apps that work with smart contracts, making Smart Contracts suitable for use in resource planning and asset management. And the ERC-20 Standard provide Smart Contracts with Ethereum token standards for payments.
All this has been impressive enough, but now, more than a million beacons around the world offer a Proof of Location network. Bluetooth and GPS devices will be used to track all sorts of assets in transition. One use case, for example, is that it will help track an airline passenger's luggage, saving airlines billions in lost luggage claims.
So, how does this overview of blockchain technology, help you invest some of your million dollars.
While there are many possible ways that you could use the blockchain technology to plan your investments, here are two ideas: invest in the XYO networks Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and invest in cryptocurrencies for your portfolio.
Invest in the XYO network:From March 20th to May 20, XYO will be offering XYO tokens. You can purchase tokens using Ethereum. 1 XYO is worth 0.00003 ETH, and this fraction of an Ethereum is about 0.0214 USD.
Invest in cryptocurrency: You can choose to invest in Bitcoin or an altcoin, which is an alternative to the Bitcoin. The Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and remains the de facto standard. It was launched after Satoshi Nakamoto wrote a white paper about it on October 31, 2008. As for altcoins, there are now more than 700, with cryptocurrency analysts predicting that VEN, NANO, EOS, NEO, and XMR promise to return the highest ROI this year.
Second, take an experimental approach. Invest only a small percentage of your money, say 5%. Even if you have a good grasp of how something works, your timing could be off. By starting slow, you don't risk making expensive mistakes.
Third, diversify your assets. Not only should you diversify between cryptocurrencies, but also diversify between traditional investments and cryptocurrencies.


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Ammunition, PA Firearms Enthusiast Syndication Network	— January 24, 2018 at 8:20 pm
The Rise of Specialty Ammo: DoubleTap Ammunition
by G&A Staff
The rise of specialty ammunition has rocked the firearms industry, and DoubleTap Ammunition has been a leader in specialty ammunition production. Mike McNett started making ammo in 2002, when there weren't many new ammunition companies. McNett began making specialty 10mm rounds that were full power, a first of its kind in 2002. McNett was making these rounds in his basement, and soon, he was making more than he could produce. This forced him to quit his day job and begin focusing on making ammo, specifically 10mm. McNett found success offering specialty 10mm rounds to thousands of different guns that were hungry for 10mm bullets.
Eventually, after making different types of specialty 10mm rounds, McNett branched out into different calibers. Now, DoubleTap offers unique loads in a variety of calibers. Their unique loads can give higher velocity or a cooler bullet, and they can only be found at DoubleTap.
The 10mm cartridge fell off the map over the past few decades, but in the last 12 months it has found its way back into the spotlight. The 10mm has always been one of the most versatile auto pistol cartridges available. It has always been a good cartridge for hunting and self-defense. The 10mm also has more power than the .45 cartridge.
Many gun manufacturers were looking for a better way for people to buy new products. As a result, these manufacturers turned toward a cartridge, the 10mm, that already exists and fills more than one need. Manufacturers, such as SIG Sauer, changed some of their .45 frames to fit 10mm. With the manufacturers doing this, the ammo just needed to catch up, which is where DoubleTap comes in. As a result, DoubleTap has sold more 10mm ammo over the last four years than any other company on the planet.
McNett is carrying a 10mm most of the time, proving that it can be used for self-defense. Others have used the 10mm to hunt game as well, showing how versatile the 10mm cartridge truly is.
DoubleTap is the only company that makes 10mm Magnum, which has become a hot commodity in the shooting community recently. They make four different loads in the 10mm Magnum, including a 200 grain and a 230 grain hardcast. This lineup allows them to take the 10mm Magnum and give it .44 mag power and penetration, which is the most important aspect. This specialty 10mm Magnum is really a .44 mag length auto cartridge that they lengthened out three tenths of an inch. DoubleTap's 10mm Magnum can outperform other companies' .41 magnums. DoubleTap's specialty 10mm ammo varieties are one of the hottest commodities at SHOT Show 2018.
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In the Internet appeared the video of brutal clashes of opponents of LGBT people and police in Kharkov – aggressive thugs injured two police officers
Kharkiv Department "Gromadske. Harkiv" has published a video of today's incident, which occurred on the Sumskaya street near the Palace Hotel.
The footage captured the struggle in Kharkiv LGBT activists and their opponents, who came to stop to hold a performance of protest, dedicated to the Day against homophobia in the world. Disagree with the ideas of LGBT people were extremely aggressive, with their mouths screamed. They had a gas canister that used and threw stones at the activists.
Hassle opponents of same-sex love with Kharkiv, the protesters turned into a mass brawl with the police.
According to police in Kharkov, after the events near the wedding Palace and 2 cops were injured, 4 people were detained.
And here is the video of the collision.
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Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - Shark Inn This is a very good dive site, one of many found in and around Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea. The main entrance from the open sea to Port Moresby Harbour is called Basilisk Passage. Harry Potter fans will have heard of this name but it is not, of course, named for the creature in the books. Instead, it is named after HMS Basilisk which was skippered by Captain (later Admiral) John Moresby. On 21 February 1873 he entered the passage and name the harbour Fairfax Harbour and the area Port Moresby (after his father, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB). The western side of the passage as it passes through the reef has many great dive locations. The reef here is called Sinavi Reef and this spot is on the eastern end of the reef.
As you leave the harbour and enter Basilisk Passage you will see a light on the right. This is the main port channel marker for the passage. To the south of the light is a dive site called Shark Inn. The reef here rises from perhaps 600 metres in the centre of the passage to about six metres on the top. Once you have anchored you drop to the bottom and head to the east. The reef drops gradually to 25 metres and then a wall drops to over 40 metres.
The wall has some nice medium sized gorgonias on it and there is all the normal smaller tropical fish. You can also see flutemouth and some cuttlefish, You can gradually rise up the wall as you go to the north or south (depending on current if there is any). You can sometimes see sharks here. On my dive we saw a lot of huge mackeral as well as many firefish along the wall. Once you get to the top of the wall, look across the sandy patch (if you have headed north) and you will see, if you look carefully, thousands of garden eels, their heads and bodies swaying in tune with the current and surge. Move forward and they disappear, pulling themselves back into their holes. Garden eels are quite tiny, more like large worms in appearance.
As you cross the sand, look for anemones towards the reef and you will find some with clownfish, both the pink anemonefish and three-spot dascyllus. Follow the shallower part of the reef back towards the anchor and you will soon find yourself back at the boat.
This was a nice dive, visibility over 20 metres and water temperature 25.5°.


Medicine is an all-encompassing profession. It involves science, business, communications, and so much more. It�s also a continually evolving field, with a constant barrage of clinical discoveries, technological developments, and business challenges that affect day-to-day practice. With so much going on, it�s easy to lose sight of the big picture. Sometimes it pays for physicians to take a step back and make sure their professional and personal lives are on the right track. This issue of Doctor's Digest gives physicians a framework for evaluating career directions and customizing practices to fit professional and personal goals.
It pays to step back a bit and consider your direction. Is your career turning out the way you expected? Are you happy with the choice of medicine as a career? Are you able to find a balance between work and the rest of your life? Knowing what you know now, would you do things differently? Should you do things differently in the future? This issue of Doctor's Digest is designed to start—and chart—this kind of exploration. We�ll look at projections for the future of the profession and medicine in general, so that you can see where you might fit in. We�ll look at various practice possibilities that have helped other physicians build fulfilling careers. And we�ll explore the link between lifelong learning and quality care.
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Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear. Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.

As with all Sears products, Craftsman tools were not manufactured by Sears during that company's ownership, but made under contract by various other companies. They were first sold in 1927 through the Sears catalog and in Sears retail stores. After the Sears–Kmart merger, the tools were also for sale in Kmart stores and through several other retailers.

In March 2017, Stanley Black & Decker acquired the Craftsman brand from Sears Holdings, which retained a limited license for Craftsman products.

History

The Craftsman trademark was registered by Sears on May 20, 1927. Arthur Barrows, head of the company's hardware department, liked the name Craftsman and reportedly bought the rights to use it from the Marion-Craftsman Tool Company for $500. The brand's early customers were mostly farmers. Barrows' successor, Tom Dunlap, upgraded the quality of the tools and added chrome plating to them as America moved into the automobile age.

Sears's tool line, like many of its other product lines, used a "good, better, best" pricing structure, with the Craftsman brand as the middle tier and Craftsman Professional or Craftsman Industrial as the highest tier. Craftsman Professional and Craftsman Industrial are marketed as being comparable to brands like Cornwell Quality Tools, SK, Snap on, Proto, Mac, and Matco. The standard Craftsman line is marketed as being comparable in quality to other mid-price brands including UltraPro (NAPA), Westward, Husky, and Kobalt.

The lowest tier was originally branded "Sears". The company also used the "Dunlap" name for its lesser quality tools from the late 1930s until the late 1950s. The Sears tool line was discontinued in the late 1980s and replaced by the "Companion" tool line. The Companion tool line was itself discontinued and replaced by the "Evolv" tool line in 2008, with a focus on homeowners and DIYers. Evolv tools also have a lifetime warranty but require that the customer have the original dated receipt to make a claim.

From 1991 until its demise, Sears ran the Craftsman Club customer loyalty program, one of the oldest such programs by a retailer.

Craftsman tools are sold in Sears and sister store Kmart, as well as US military Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores, Navy Exchange stores, Summit Racing Equipment, Blain's Farm & Fleet, Menards, W. W. Grainger, Ace Hardware, Montgomery Ward, and Lowe's.

On January 5, 2017, Stanley Black & Decker announced its intent to acquire the Craftsman brand in a deal with a total value of $900 million (with an up-front payment of $525 million, and a payment of $250 million after three years). Sears will hold a royalty-free license to the Craftsman brand for a 15-year period after the completion of the sale, and will receive a royalty on all new Craftsman sales over this period. Afterwards, Sears will pay Stanley Black & Decker a 3% licensing fee. The deal was closed on March 9, 2017. Sears maintains the right to manufacture and sell tools using existing supply channels under the Craftsman name for 15 years.

Lowe's announced in October 2017 that it would start carrying Craftsman tools beginning in the late half of 2018.

Sourcing

Sears has never manufactured Craftsman products itself, instead relying on other manufacturers to make the products for them following Sears designs and specifications, and then applying the Craftsman brand name. Sometimes, the Craftsman branded items include exclusive features or functions that separate them from the manufacturer's own brand or other brands that the manufacturer produces. At other times, Craftsman products are identical to models of other brands with a different name on them.

The hardline mechanic's tools (such as socket wrenches) that make up the core of the brand have been made by a variety of manufacturers over the years, including New Britain,  Moore Drop Forging, Stanley, Easco Hand Tools, Danaher Corporation, and most recently Apex Tool Group. Screwdrivers have been manufactured by Pratt-Read and Western Forge, but until around 2017-2018 were supplied mostly by the latter company, which also had supplied pliers and adjustable wrenches. , Western Forge no longer supplies Craftsman tools.

Beginning in 2010, hand tools manufactured for Craftsman by Apex Tool Group (formerly known as Danaher) such as ratchets, sockets, and wrenches began to be sourced overseas (mainly in China, although some are produced in Taiwan), while tools produced for Craftsman by Western Forge such as adjustable wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers and larger mechanic tool sets were still made in the United States, although , most if not all of the production for these products has moved to Asia. Sears still has an "Industrial" line which is sold through various authorized distributors. These tools are US-made, appearing identical to their previous non-industrial US-made counterparts, save for the "Industrial" name stamped on them. They are manufactured by Apex on the US production lines that previously produced the US-made standard Craftsman product before production switched overseas to Asia.

Shortly after Stanley acquired the Craftsman brand, Stanley announced the construction of a factory in northern Fort Worth, Texas to bring Craftsman tool manufacturing back to the US.

Many Craftsman portable power tools have been manufactured by Techtronic Industries who acquired the prior supplier - Diehl Motor Company (a one time division of Singer) and Ryobi.  Sears hand power tools have also been produced by DeWalt under the "900" model prefix. Some, such as the corded and cordless drills, were indistinguishable, other than the color and decal labels. Many Craftsman bench and stationary power tools were manufactured by Emerson Electric Company under the "113" model prefix (previously under the "103" model prefix which was King-Seeley, but Emerson bought them out in the 1960s) and DeWalt. Air compressors were manufactured by DeVilbiss Air Power (formerly part of Dewalt. DeVilbiss is now owned by MAT Holdings who made compressors for Sears under the "921" model prefix), and formerly by Campbell Hausfeld under the "106" model prefix.

Tool storage has typically been manufactured by Waterloo Industries ("706" model prefix), however, , Waterloo no longer manufactures tool storage for the Sears line of Craftsman. It is now supplied under the "714" model prefix by Montezuma Tool Storage, but the Craftsman tool storage sold in Lowes is still Waterloo made. The Craftsman-branded garage door openers are manufactured by The Chamberlain Group ("139" model prefix). Hammers have been produced by Vaughan-Bushnell (coded "M" on the tool). Many of the automotive specialty tools such as feeler gauges and gap gauges have been made by A&E Tool Company of Racine, Wisconsin (these tools will have an "S" logo in a circle). Ullman Devices of Ridgefield, Connecticut makes many of the magnetic pick up tools, picks, and inspection mirrors for Sears.

Some tools have codes on them that correspond to the manufacturer that produced the product for Sears (see Alloy Artifacts website reference below). For example, on hand tools, codes on them will indicate who made them for Sears. For example, Western Forge sourced tools will have a "WF" stamped on the tool. Tools produced by Moore Drop Forge/Easco (1968 and after) will have a "V" on them, later tools by Easco will have "VV" or "G", tools from Pratt-Reed will have "PR" on them, Stanley/National Hand Tool will have an "E" or "EE", and later Danaher made tools (US-made) will have a "VV" (carried over from Easco in 1990) or a "VɅ" (inverted second "V"), upside down "G", GK, G1, G2, and G2D . Pliers have been sourced by a few vendors including the aforementioned Western Forge "WF" tools and Wilde Industries which have a "P" on the tool. Some sockets (notably the 3/4-inch drive US-made units) were made by S-K (coded "X" on the tool). Many major Sears Craftsman items as noted above also have a vendor prefix, which is typically the first three digits before the period or dash in the model number. These first three digits correspond to the vendor code, or the actual manufacturer contracted to make the product for Sears.

Consumers may find different versions of Craftsman products at the different outlets that sell them, because after the sale of the Craftsman brand to SBD, the entities are free to source Craftsman from the suppliers of their own choosing. For example, a Craftsman screwdriver sold at Sears is currently typically sourced from a vendor in China, an equivalent model at Lowe's is sourced from a supplier in Taiwan, and one sold at Ace may still be the original Western Forge US-made product that was sold by Sears for many years prior to the sale of Craftsman to SBD.

Sears has sold outdoor equipment under the Craftsman name for many years. Sears had several suppliers of this equipment such as Roper, David Bradley, Lawn-Boy, American Yard Products, and Electrolux.

Quality and reputation
In 2007, a Harris Interactive poll gave Craftsman the highest score for both "Brand Expectations" and "Trust". In 2009, the readers of Popular Mechanics named Craftsman their favorite brand of hand tools in their Reader's Choice Awards.

Sponsorships
Under Sears ownership, Craftsman was the first title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series from 1996 to 2008, which was branded as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. In 2022, Stanley Black & Decker acquired the sponsorship rights beginning in the 2023 season, replacing Camping World. Owing to its present ownership of the brand, it was announced that Craftsman would return as the title sponsor of the series.

Warranty
Most Craftsman hand tools are advertised as having an unlimited lifetime warranty. This lifetime warranty program was instituted by Sears when they began selling the Craftsman line in 1927. This warranty program requires no receipt or dated proof of purchase. If the owner takes the item into a local retail store, it may be replaced or repaired free of charge.

The full text of the warranty is as follows:

Sears has reduced the warranty in effect on many Craftsman non-powered lawn and garden products including rakes, shovels, clippers, brooms, trowels, pruners, hoses, sprinklers, hose nozzles, and other small gardening hand tools. Previously it was a lifetime warranty which on August 2, 2012, was reduced to 25 years with receipt required. The lifetime warranty does not include precision hand tools, such as calipers and torque wrenches.

Many consumers have also been reporting problems when attempting to obtain warranty repair or replacement on tools that are covered by the full lifetime warranty. Sears' official position is that the warranty should be honored, and much of the problem may lie with individual sales associates. In some cases Sears no longer sells particular Craftsman tools (tape measures, and wood clamps are two examples), making it impossible to replace a tool sold with a lifetime warranty with a similar Craftsman tool that will continue the warranty.

Some Sears stores limit the number of hand tools that can be exchanged per day, in an effort to reduce the abuse of the lifetime warranty. Stanley Black & Decker has stated that all previous warranties on Craftsman products will be honored after the purchase of Craftsman in 2017. Some of the newer packaging ( onward) on some Craftsman products does indicate that there may be a limit on returning warranty tools. , the "non-Sears" Craftsman does not have "open stock" in the stores as Sears does to replace individual items from a set that may require warranty. Stanley Black and Decker has indicated that they are working on introducing more individual tools to stores.

Power tools have a one-year warranty.

Customers are able to exchange any version of the Sears Craftsman product at the stores that sell Sears Craftsman products such as Sears, Kmart, Ace, etc. Stores such as Lowes that sell Stanley Black & Decker Craftsman products will exchange replacement items at Stanley Craftsman supplied stores if they have the item.  Lowes Corp stated, "We will honor all lifetime warranties no matter where the Craftsman hand tool was purchased.".

Legal disputes
In 1963, Sears employee Peter M. Roberts developed a quick release feature for socket wrenches. The feature allowed a person using such a ratchet to remove the socket from the wrench with one hand, freeing the second hand from grabbing the socket while the other hand held the ratchet.

Roberts developed a prototype and applied for a patent in 1964. While the patent was pending he approached Sears and introduced the idea to them. Sears, which sold millions of sockets every year, saw the potential in the invention and asked for the prototype so it could be tested. After testing revealed the quick release would not weaken the ratchet, Sears began market testing the new ratchet and received favorable feedback. Sears then incorporated the quick release into a new line of ratchets, projecting sales of up to 750,000 units in the first year alone.

In January 1965, Roberts received a phone call from a Sears attorney asking for the name of Roberts' patent lawyer. Without Roberts's knowledge, Sears hired the patent lawyer, Charles Fay, and Fay ended up representing both Roberts and Sears regarding the patent. Around this time, Roberts's patent was approved, but Fay did not reveal this to Roberts. Negotiations for use of the quick release commenced, with Roberts being told that the quick release wasn't new and that any patent issued would be limited. Sears's lawyers also said that because of the cost (44 cents per wrench) of adding the quick release to the wrenches, a license was worth only $10,000. What Sears didn't tell Roberts was that it planned to make 50,000 of the new wrenches per week. Roberts sued Sears in 1969 after seeing his quick release on a wrench prominently displayed in a Sears catalog, but it wasn't until 1989 that the case was finally settled. Neither side revealed the amount of the settlement.

In August 2002, Sears sued Emerson for using Sears-owned manufacturing equipment to create power tools for Home Depot. Upon the expiration of Emerson's 30-year contract to make Craftsman tools, Emerson was required to return the Sears-owned equipment. Instead, Emerson kept the equipment, claiming it to be obsolete and of little value. Emerson denied the allegations when the suit was filed, but paid Sears $10.8 million and returned all the equipment, while admitting no wrongdoing.

In 2004 a class action by customers accused Sears of false advertising and consumer fraud for questionable use of the slogan "Made in the USA" for Craftsman tools. Sears lost, but the court awarded no damages, finding that the mislabeling did not damage customers.

In 2012 Sears was sued by LoggerHead Tools, makers of the Bionic Wrench, after Sears released a competing product, the MaxAccess. Sears had sold the Bionic Wrench in its stores, but decided to not talk to LoggerHead about licensing the patent. Instead, Sears had its tool manufacturer, Apex Tools, create the MaxAccess wrench under the Craftsman name, claiming that the MaxAccess was designed not to infringe the Bionic Wrench patent. Other than coloring, the only substantial difference between the two wrenches was that the Bionic Wrench had the head at a 45-degree angle while the MaxAccess head was straight. LoggerHead was subsequently awarded $6 million in damages, but the verdict to be set aside because the judge misinterpreted the LoggerHead patent.

In April 2017, Sears sued Western Forge, its former supplier of hand tools, for abruptly ending the contract to supply the tools. Western Forge violated the contract by demanding more money because of Sears's financial problems.

On March 6, 2019, Sears was sued by Stanley Black & Decker, which accused it of breach of contract and trademark infringement over its new line of professional-grade mechanics tools under the Craftsman Ultimate Collection brand.  According to the complaint, Sears breached the license agreement by launching its new tool line and touting its stores as "the real home of the broadest assortment of Craftsman".

Sponsorships
From 1995 to 2008, Craftsman sponsored the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a deal which began with the inception of the Truck Series. After the 2008 season, Craftsman withdrew from sponsoring the series and was replaced by Camping World. In 2016, Craftsman returned to motorsports sponsorship, serving as the title name for the World of Outlaws, renaming the Sprint Car Series and Late Model Series to the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series, respectively. In 2023, Craftsman once again became the title sponsor of NASCAR's Truck Series.

Licensee
The main licensees for Craftsman in the UK were Focus DIY (beginning in 2001) and B&Q (beginning in 1993). The main licensees for Craftsman in the rest of Europe were Bosch, and selling product at retailers and Amazon.

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References

External links

 Alloy Artifacts: "Early Craftsman Tools and Their Makers"
 Alloy Artifacts: "Craftsman Tools: Maker 'V' and the Modern Era"
 Old Work-Working Machines: "Craftsman OEM List"
 Rose Antique Tools: Craftsman tool catalogs

2017 mergers and acquisitions
American brands
Tool brands
Products introduced in 1927
Sears Holdings brands
Stanley Black & Decker brands

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92nd Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Series: "Here's to The Girls!: Hollywood's Leading Ladies"
Charles Busch hosted this very enjoyable concert showcasing Hollywood movie musical numbers presented by female stars that were performed by five accomplished women.
Posted on February 9, 2015 by archive in Concerts, Music
Andréa Burns, Nancy Anderson and Zakiya Young as they appeared in "Here's to The Girls! Hollywood's Leading Ladies" (Photo credit: Richard Termine)
"Rumble, Rumble, Rumble," is a song from the movie The Perils of Pauline that was sung by its star, Betty Hutton. Tony award-winning Broadway veteran Cady Huffman turned it into a raucous show-stopping highlight of the fine concert, "Here's to The Girls!: Hollywood's Leading Ladies." She also did a marvelous "Good Mornin'," that was sung by Debbie Reynolds in Singin' in The Rain.
Performed at the 92nd Street Y, as part of its Lyrics & Lyricists series, this event's other accomplished vocalists, all with extensive theatrical credits were Nancy Anderson, Andréa Burns, Erin Maguire and Zakiya Young. They each had several solos in which they shone, and appeared together in several energetic ensemble numbers including "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
This very entertaining show was created and co-written by its director Carl Andress and its host and artistic director Charles Busch. The presentation's focus was on songs from movie musicals that were performed by female stars during Hollywood's "Golden Age," 1930 to 1960.
Mr. Busch, known as a playwright of campy homages to old movies in which he often plays female roles, was an appropriate and authoritative host. For most of the proceedings, he sat off to the side wearing male attire wryly reading the often affectionate commentary. He chronicled the history of the Hollywood musical, its stars, its songwriters and its studios.
This background material described the distinctive cinematic styles of the major studios, and the idiosyncratic moguls who ruled them. The musical movie histories of Warner Brothers, MGM, Universal, Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Columbia were detailed. Well-selected illustrative slides and film clips were projected above the orchestra.
There were also personal reminiscences by Busch, about meeting some of these stars. Maxene Andrews appeared with him in Swingtime Canteen, a USO-themed nightclub show, and as Busch remarked, "She didn't get it." Attending a Las Vegas TCM home video release event in the 1980's, "They were all exactly what you would want them to be." June Allyson "was "dithery", Ann Miller, "was like a Texas waitress," Debbie Reynolds was loquacious, and cranky Esther Williams who griped, "I'm not getting a nickel out of this."
For the most part, sequences of songs were grouped according to a particular studio. Within those were medleys from the careers of the Andrews Sisters and Shirley Temple.
Busch also did a terrific Marlene Dietrich impression during his solo number, "The Boys in the Backroom," which she sang in Destry Rides Again.
Al Dubin, Harry Warren, Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman, Arthur Schwartz, E.Y. Harburg, Jerome Kern, Mack Gordon, Leo Robin, Irving Berlin, Jule Styne, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Fain, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Arthur Freed, Herb Nacio Brown, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane and Harold Arlen were among the notable songwriting figures represented.
For the first act, the cast wore different colored shimmeringly bright gowns, and for the second act they wore variations of black and some white. This visually evoked the glamorous texture of Technicolor and black and white films.
Close to 40 songs were represented during director Carl Andress' briskly paced and deftly staged presentation.
Erin Maguire, Cady Huffman, Andréa Burns, Zakiya Young, Nancy Anderson and Charles Busch as they appeared in the finale of "Here's to The Girls! Hollywood's Leading Ladies" (Photo credit: Richard Termine)
Outstanding numbers by the other vocalists included:
Nancy Anderson: Ruby Keeler's "Forty Second Street," from 42nd Street, Marilyn Monroe's "Heat Wave," from There's No Business Like Show Business, and Dorothy Lamour's "The Moon of Manakoora," from The Hurricane.
Andréa Burns: Rita Hayworth's "Put the Blame on Mame," from Gilda, and Jeanette MacDonald's "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life," from The Naughty Marietta.
Erin Maguire: Ginger Rogers' "We're in The Money," from Gold Diggers of 1933, and Shirley Temple's "On The Good Ship Lollypop," Bright Eyes.
Zakiya Young: Carmen Miranda's "The Lady in The Tutti-Frutti Hat," from The Gang's All Here, performed while wearing a fruit hat, and Lena Horne's "Love" from The Ziegfeld Follies.
The considerable musical achievements were the work of sunny music director, arranger and orchestrator, John McDaniel, who was on piano and also occasionally bantered with Busch.
The excellent orchestra was composed of Jack Bashkow on woodwinds, Sean Harkness on guitars, Tom Hubbard on bass, and Ray Marchica on percussion.
Due to illness, the previously announced special guest, Turner Classic Movies' host, Robert Osborne was unable to attend.
An emotional introduction by Busch preceded the final sequence. That was a wonderful medley of songs by "The greatest star, Judy Garland." The cast thrillingly sang through "You Made Me Love, You," from Broadway Melody of 1938, "The Boy Next Door," from Meet Me in St. Louis, "The Trolley Song," from Meet Me in St. Louis, and "Over the Rainbow," from The Wizard of Oz. Busch also did a lively "On The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe," from The Harvey Girls.
The opening and closing numbers were a revised "Here's To The Girls," from 1945's Ziegfeld Follies. The original lyrics by Arthur Freed and music of Roger Edens were artfully supplemented by Carl Andress' special lyrics and John McDaniel's additional music.
Here's to The Girls!: Hollywood's Leading Ladies was an inspired and delightfully performed historical survey that cleverly recreated the appealing nostalgia of its subject matter.
92nd Y's Lyrics and Lyricists Series: "Here's to The Girls! Hollywood's Leading Ladies" (February 7- 9, 2015)
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, in Manhattan
For tickets, call (212) 415.5500 or visit http://www.92y.org
Running time: two hours and ten minutes with one intermission
Andréa Burns
Ann Miller
Arthur Freed
Cady Huffman
Carl Andress
Charles Busch
Erin Maguire
Esther Williams
Here's to the Girls! Hollywood's Leading Ladies
Jack Bashkow
John McDaniel
June Allyson
Lyrics & Lyricists
Maxene Andrews
Nancy Anderson
Ray Marchica
Richard Termine
Roger Edens
Sean Harkness
Zakiya Young
92Y Lyrics & Lyricists Series: E.Y. "Yip" Harburg: Follow the Fellow Who Follows a Dream
A beautifully staged tribute to one of America's greatest lyricists as part of the famed Lyrics & Lyricist Series.
Ship of Fools
Renaissance woman and puppet artist Jessica Scott tackles misogyny in a multimedia tour de force where past issues are not so different from ones today.
Career Transition for Dancers: 30th Anniversary Pearl Jubilee
That rare event—a beautifully paced fundraiser with genuine glamour and excitement.
The Tribute Artist
Busch plays Jimmy Nichols, a gay female impersonator
A flawed attempt at a period cabaret musical.


The Peking Acrobats will perform at the Wheeler Opera House on Feb. 8.
The Wheeler Opera House announced more than 20 winter events Thursday night at its season kickoff party at the Cooking School of Aspen.
The winter lineup announced Thursday comes in addition to the previously announced schedule for December and for the Aspen Laugh Festival in February.
Diverse offerings range from pop and classical music to film, kid-friendly shows, dance and magic.
Live music acts include the Nashville band Birdtalker on Jan. 13, the Irving Berlin tribute "I Love a Piano" on Feb. 3, tenor trio Gentri on Feb. 15, The Commodores on March 3, Classic Albums Live's performance of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on March 13 and return performances by Bruce Cockburn on Feb. 17, "One Night of Queen" on March 1, Los Lobos on March 2 and Under the Streetlamp on March 10.
The theater will host a series of documentary presentations by Mountainfilm, including an evening of Americana-themed short films Jan. 16 and a Nepal-themed evening Feb. 16, along with the feature "Bill Nye: Science Guy" on March 11.
For kids, shows will include "Shopkins Live!" based on the popular line of toys, Jan. 30 and "Mr. Popper's Penguins" on March 21.
The theater also will host a dance performance by Argentina's Che Malambo on Feb. 11, which Buhler — who was a dance major at the University of Michigan — said was the event she most looked forward to this winter. The Peking Acrobats will headline the theater Feb. 8 and magician Bill Blagg will perform Feb. 18.
Also on the docket: The immersive multimedia theater experience "PostSecret: The Show" on Feb. 10 and the "Game of Thrones" spoof "Musical Thrones: A Parody of Ice and Fire" on March 23.
The Wheeler also announced two comedy shows: a Winterskol weekend stand-up set by "American Ninja Warrior" host Matt Iseman on Jan. 12 and another by "Last Comic Standing" winner Iliza Shlesinger on March 16. The venue also last month announced an Aspen Laugh Festival lineup that boasts some of the biggest names in the festival's history: The Second City (Feb. 21), Paula Poundstone (Feb. 22), Colin Jost and Jeff Ross (Feb. 23), Mike Birbiglia and Tiffany Haddish (Feb. 24).
The Wheeler's previously announced lineup of December events includes a New Year's Eve performance by the Infamous Stringdusters and a Christmas night performance of "Neil Berg's Broadway Holiday" along with comedian Heather McDonald (Dec. 17), Starship featuring Mickey Thomas (Dec. 28) and magician Jason Latimer (Dec. 30).
The season also will include eight science talks in the long-running Aspen Center for Physics lecture series at the theater, broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera's "The Met: Live in HD" series and the Aspen Historical Society's "Aspen History 101." Aspen Films' Academy Screenings will take over the Wheeler Dec. 19 to 21 and Dec. 26 to 29.
"There truly is something for everyone on this winter series," said Buhler, now in her third season at the helm of the Wheeler.
Tickets for the newly announced events go on sale Nov. 27 at the Wheeler box office and aspenshowtix.com. The full season calendar is online at http://www.wheeleroperahouse.com.


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Building Muscles And Confidence
Duane Shimogawa
on July 7, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Drug-free bodybuilder and personal trainer Kevin Jones of Lihu'e won the men's masters title at the Hawaiian Islands Bodybuilding Championships June 18. Photo courtesy Kevin Jones
Sometimes you're just in the right place at the right time. For Lihue's Kevin Jones, he was in the right gym at the right time.
The 48-year-old bodybuilder met his inspiration while training at a gym in his hometown of Boston. He was just 20 years old when he bumped into former Mr. Massachusetts Steve Pignato.
"I was amazed that he got paid for bodybuilding," Jones says. "I wanted to get paid for that too, so after meeting him, I just got into fitness full time."
And now, his bodybuilding career is reaching new heights. On June 18, Jones flexed his way to the title in the men's masters division at the Hawaiian Islands Bodybuilding Championships on Oahu.
The win qualified him to compete in the Natural Mr. Olympia contest in November in Reno. This competition includes 50 countries and more than 2,000 athletes and is widely known in the fitness world as the pinnacle of natural bodybuilding.
"It's my life, my passion and I never want to quit doing this," Jones says.
And doing it the right way is very important to him, which means no drugs whatsoever. He even joked that he doesn't even take aspirin.
Jones only competes in the International Natural Bodybuilding Association and the Professional Natural Bodybuilding Association. Both organizations promote natural bodybuilding worldwide, testing by International Olympic Committee standards using World AntiDoping Agency labs.
Jones even attributes his longevity in the sport to remaining steroidand drug-free.
As a personal trainer, Jones also wants to teach others, especially youths, about the dangers of drugs and steroids.
"I want to share my knowledge with the local kids," he says. "Steroids and drugs are the easy way out and it just destroys your body, so there's absolutely nothing good that comes out of it."
Thanks much in part to Jones, Kaua'i will host its first bodybuilding competition in December.
"We're going to bring in some fitness models, and it's people ranging in age from 7 to 80 years old," Jones says.
By bringing the sport to the Garden Isle, Jones hopes more people will get involved.
"It builds confidence," he says. "People who look good usually feel good about themselves."
Jones' confidence has led him to the top of his sport in the state and now he's ready to make his mark at the national level.
His five months of training to get ready for the competition includes a very strict diet that should take him down to just 4 percent body fat. He competed at 174 pounds at the state level, but wants to get up to 208 pounds at the national contest.
"It may sound conceited, but I never compete to lose, so I'm not going up to Reno to just compete, I'm going there to win," he says.
With his confidence and tremendous work ethic, there's little doubt Jones will succeed.
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Reporters make images of a huge chocolate bar produced by the Grand Candy factory in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. The chocolate bar that Guinness World Records has certified as the world's biggest, weighs 4,410 kilograms (9,702 pounds).
Anyone looking for huge amounts of free chocolate should book a flight to Armenia's capital next month. That's when the world's largest chocolate bar will be up for grabs in Yerevan's main square. The Guinness Book of World Records certified the 9,702-pound (4,410-kilogram) chocolate bar at a ceremony Saturday.
The factory owner, Karen Vardanyan, said that the chocolate bar was produced to mark the 10th anniversary of the company. He said it will be divided up and handed out Oct. 16.


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Florentino, the Gentle Blade: Abilities & Story Preview
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Welcome to AOV PRO Preview series! Today we introduce Florentino, the Gentle Blade. He has released in Arena of Valor Vietnam server and coming to Tencent servers.
Shuffle (Passive): When Florentino exits combat, his next normal attack becomes Lunge, dealing an additional physical damage and reducing enemy's movement speed by 70% for 0.5 seconds. Florentino's next attack within a short period of time also deals additional 20% damage. If Lunge hits an enemy hero, he heals himself. After Lunge, Shuffle enables Florentino to move for a short distance while being immune to control effects, and his movement speed is increased by 50% for 0.5 seconds afterwards.
Blossom (1st Ability): Florentino tosses a dart that deals physical damage to the first target it hits and stuns the target for 0.75 seconds. 3 flowers blossom next to the target for 5 seconds. If Florentino touches any of the flowers, his energy is restored by 100 and his next normal attack becomes Lunge. Cooldown for Triple Threat is also reset.
Triple Threat (2nd Ability): Florentino attacks the target 3 times, each strike dealing true damage equal to target's max HP . Shuffle is triggered at the end of the attacks. If Triple Threat hits an enemy hero, the cooldown of Blossom is reduced by 1 second.
1st Attack: Deals 300 physical damage.
2nd Attack: Deals 300 physical damage and knocks the enemy into the air for 0.75 seconds.
3rd Attack: A two-strike attack that deals 250 physical damage each.
Gentlemen's Duel (Ultimate): Florentino charges for a brief period before dashing forward, starting a duel with the first enemy he encounters for 5 seconds, during which the target's armor is reduced and his damage dealt is increased by 20%. He is immune from control effects from the targets that are not in a duel, and takes 50% less damage from those targets.
If the target dies during the duel, Florentino gains attack damage for the rest of the match. This buff stacks up to 10 times.
Tips: Do not keep attacking when Blossom or Gentlemen's Duel misses. Try using damage from Lunge to enhance Triple Threat and maximize damage dealt.
"Flowers, women – I desire all that is beautiful."
As the sole heir to the House of Perfume, Florentino's romantic adventures were as well-known as his lavish balls.
The people of Casanova spoke of extravagant scenes of great halls and illustrious guests and their retinues of servants numbering in the hundreds if not thousands, endless lines of carts bringing fine food to the estate along paths paved with fresh flowers, and eager noble ladies in their best dresses and jewels.
Even the common folk benefited from the affair. The flowers that decorated the road were given out after the party started, filling peasant homes with fresh fragrance for days, while leftover food was given to the poor and needy, a rare opportunity for them to put meat on the table.
Considering the illustrious martial history of the House of Perfume, Florentino's lavish lifestyle was generally frowned upon. "My stable boy could beat Lord Florentino with one hand tied behind his back" was a running joke among high society. And while Florentino garnered praise from those who benefited from his generosity (or indifference), to many of the common folk he was but a spoiled brat blessed with more gold than he knows what to do with.
Florentino himself was thoroughly unconcerned about such views. From a very young age he knew he was different from other people. His blood has given him wealth, title and talent, giving him the freedom to live as he pleased, and he chose the easiest way of life by far.
"The House of Perfume's wealth and prestige was built upon the genius and hard work of eleven generations. What better way to honor their wisdom than to show the world the result of this hard work?"
As war raged on the frontlines, Florentino continued to sit comfortably in the rear, enjoying all that life has to offer. Yet the Duke of Rose did nothing to curb his lavish lifestyle. Florentino had broken no law or decree. Far from it, his lavish spending drove trade and taxation in the land, providing the common folk with opportunity for work and luring many to move to Casanova.
This has allowed the Knights of Rose to enjoy a steady supply line, not just in arms and food, but in soldiers as well.
And so the Duke of Rose turned an eye from Florentino's lifestyle – until it came a time when Florentino built a grand and majestic ship, inviting honored guests to join him to sail upstream into the mysterious Elborne Woods and see the beauty of the elves with their own eyes. The ambitious plan drew the attention of the realm, and every noble considered it an honor to receive an invitation to board the ship.
Even Astrid, the Duke of Rose's only granddaughter, joined the trip with her retinue of knights. She thought little of the famously spoiled young noble, but the war depended on Casanova's stability, and Casanova's stability depended on Florentino coming back from this trip in one piece.
"Do as I tell you, and I will make sure your head stays on your shoulders." Those were the only words Astrid said to Florentino before she turned and walked away. Florentino just smiled and shrugged – he is always kind and patient with the ladies, especially the beautiful ones.
The ship returned after just one month, hardly enough to even reach the edge of the Elborne Woods. Curious questions followed, of course, but they received only one response from the noble guests on the trip determined, absolute silence. All people knew was that Astrid returned calmer, steadier, looking more mature than she ever had been and she asked to study with Florentino, in the most solemn and dignified ceremony possible. "The Madness of Astrid" soon become the talk of the kingdom.
No explanation was forthcoming until several years later, when the Okka Kingdom in the north entered into alliance with the Normans in the south. It turmed out that Florentino's ship had barely entered Okka territory, when they were attacked by Okka Knights corrupted by the Abyss. When Astrid was injured by an assassin in the chaos, it was Florentino who drew his sword and stepped forward, defeating the assassin and the attacking knights with moves beyond the comprehension of normal men, saving Astrid's life.
The guests on the ship looked on in shock at this side of Florentino that they have never seen or even imagined. To avoid any possible political implications, all those involved were bound to an oath of absolute silence. Even so, Astrid's determination to study with him was the source of much commotion, something that Florentino would much rather have done without. But there was no denying the request of a lady so beautiful in appearance, yet so fiery and determined in soul.
"Well, I never could turn down a beautiful girl!"
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2. dully - without luster or shine; "the light shone dully through the haze"; "unpolished buttons glinted dully"
No, he never said a word about it," replied Janet dully.
For some time, now, the boys had been dully con- scious of a peculiar sound in the distance, just as one sometimes is of the ticking of a clock which he takes no distinct note of.
The sol- dier went mechanically, dully, with his animal- like eyes upon the officer.
She stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard.
The room was large, and sombre with dark woods and hangings like the hall; but through the west window the sun threw a long shaft of gold across the floor, gleamed dully on the tarnished brass andirons in the fireplace, and touched the nickel of the telephone on the great desk in the middle of the room.
The semblance of an inn is attempted to be given to this wretched place by fragments of conventional red curtaining in the windows, which rags are made muddily transparent in the night-season by feeble lights of rush or cotton dip burning dully in the close air of the inside.
It seemed fair--the property for which he had lusted so mercilessly left for the woman with whom he had lived so dully, left as the ransom to be paid for his liberty.
Having nothing more to fear, having scarce anything to hope, for that he would relent there seemed no promise whatever, she lay down dully.
The corners of the mouth were suddenly depressed, the eyes sunk dully in their orbits; he seemed to become strangely bowed and old.
Look," said the girl dully, indicating the horizon with an apathetic gesture.
He gloated over his victim, and his eyes flamed dully, as he swung the whip or club and listened to White Fang's cries of pain and to his helpless bellows and snarls.
They all, it seems, have confidence in me," thought Razumov dully.


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