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|This article is about the PAYDAY 2 remake. For the original mission in PAYDAY: The Heist, see Counterfeit.
|Heist Info
|Contract Days
|Loud / Stealth
|✔ / ✘
|Counterfeit Money
| 3,000 (completion)
+2,000 (reaching the cellar)
+2,000 (defusing C4)
+5,000 (drill finished)
+6,000 (safe opening)
+2,500 (per timelock done)
+4,000 (per printed bundle of money)
+1,000 (per secured bag in the heli cage)
|Internal name
Gang, we're headed for the Sunshine State! An individual by the name of Mr. Mitchell has his whole community fooled that he's this respectable golf coach at some fancy club. But under the surface, he is a professional money launderer and counterfeiter - and a damn good one at that. Together with his partner, Wilson, these guys are literally making millions. Now, wouldn't it be fair if we got our hands on some of that?
Counterfeit is a heist from PAYDAY: The Heist introduced to PAYDAY 2, released with the PAYDAY 2 Wolf Pack. It is available for free to all players that own the PAYDAY: The Heist Wolf Pack.
Two businessmen, named Mitchell and Wilson, have a money counterfeiting setup beneath their suburban homes, which generates millions of dollars for the two and their families. The goal of the heist is to rob the two of the money plates they use to create their counterfeit money.
Setup phaseEdit
- Talk to the owner
Action phaseEdit
- Hack the code locks (2 locks)
- Get inside the shelter
- (Optional) Disarm C4
- Investigate the safe
- Connect the hose to the safe
- Get the water running
- Make sure the water is flowing
- Attach C4 to the safe
- Take the plates
- Print money OR escape
- (Optional) Add paper and ink
- Start the printer
- Keep the printer going
- Take the money
- Escape
|Ammo Bag
| $4,000 (Normal)
$6,000 (Hard)
$8,000 (Very Hard)
$12,000 (Overkill)
$20,000 (Mayhem)
$28,000 (Death Wish)
$36,000 (Death Sentence)
|Doctor Bag
| $6,000 (Normal)
$9,000 (Hard)
$12,000 (Very Hard)
$18,000 (Overkill)
$30,000 (Mayhem)
$42,000 (Death Wish)
$54,000 (Death Sentence)
|Grenade Case
| $3,000 (Normal)
$4,500 (Hard)
$6,000 (Very Hard)
$9,000 (Overkill)
$15,000 (Mayhem)
$21,000 (Death Wish)
$27,000 (Death Sentence)
|Requires the Gage Weapon Pack #01 DLC to unlock
|Risk Level
|Gage Courier Packages
Just like the original version, heisters will begin in casing mode and must approach Mr. Mitchell in his luxurious backyard. He is always found in a distinctive pink shirt, attending a BBQ with friends and family. Be sure to not mask up too early otherwise Mitchell will not lead a heister to his basement and thusly it will have to be opened with a crowbar.
Mitchell then guides the crew to his basement and from there, briefs heisters on what his issue is. He can be taken as a hostage from that point or be allowed to head back up with the party.
One player must mask up and begin the code lock hack and ensure it is not interrupted. The code lock in Wilson's basement must also be hacked, thus either be sure to not get seen by the civilians or tie them down if they spot a masked up heister. If there are others who are still in casing mode, they can easily access the other code lock without any problem.
Crowbars may be needed if players want to remain stealthy. They are located randomly around the map. The pool area, the garages, and tool sheds tend to have a crowbar. Bain warns that masked up crew members should not be seen outside the premises. One of these locations, for example, is Wilson's tool shed. As such, players who are in casing mode and have Chameleon aced are advised to find and pick up the crowbars to ensure the heist can stay in stealth longer.
Even if no one was spotted while the hacking devices have been set up, Bain reports cops have been sent to check up at the houses. Two police officers will check up the area and at least one of which will enter through the front entrance of Wilson's house and walk down the basement. The other one will typically patrol around the properties. Sometimes, both police officers will head down in the homes and will get alerted when they see the hacking devices. Silently eliminate him/them when desired and bag the body/bodies. A phone call then rings which signal more cops will arrive shortly. Even if they were killed silently, the police force will have detected a dead body or realize the first patrol is missing and the assault wave commences promptly. When the heist goes loud, try to lead the hostages inside the basement or/and place a sentry to ensure the law enforcement will not free them.
There is a chance that Bain detects the basement has been rigged with live C4 and shouts at the crew to be careful. At any point if one of the metal doors is opened, the time will tick down. There are 4 explosives that need to be defused. If this is not done, the basement will explode and expose the room.
When the heist goes loud, expect swarms of enemies. Also, be wary that some of them are now scripted to spawn/camp crucial points of the heist. For example, a SWAT Van Turret and a sniper may hamper the crew in turning back on the water valve.
If heisters want to produce counterfeit money, they must hook up the plates to the machine in the middle of the basement and ensure the process is not interrupted by the law enforcement. On occasion, Bain will radio in and state the crew must restock the ink or/and paper. These resources are located in crates that are randomly located around the properties and require a crowbar to open. The crates can be found in the tool sheds or/and the garages. During the process, heisters have to wait for the counterfeit machine to be completed in order to escape. Upon producing at least one money bag, Bile will come in with a metal cage at a random spot. Unlike GO Bank in particular, the bags are secured in the cage thus there is no need to guard the cage until Bile hauls it away. He will leave and return until the crew decides to escape.
The spot where Bile will deploy the metal cage will vary. He may choose the center of the map (the pool area) or outside the properties, sometimes even near a SWAT Van Turret.
Like in the original, the police will attempt to stop the water flow or turn off the electricity power, forcing heisters to expose themselves and turn them back on. This can be problematic, especially if Captain Winters appears and stays near any of these locations to harass the crew.
Remember that removing the plates at any time will permanently trigger the escape and heisters may have to manually haul the money bags to the escape if Bile is no longer present.
If the escape is initiated, heisters will have to access a manhole to reach the sewers. It is not timed but 3 shields will appear to block this entrance. Enforcers/technicians can bypass the doors much faster than using the crowbar. Be warned Cloakers and Bulldozers may appear from pipes or the ceiling and ambush rushing players.
Differences from PAYDAY: The HeistEdit
- Heisters can now participate in the Counterfeit process with the printing machine. Paper and ink are located randomly in separate crates.
- The money bags can be secured in a metal cage by Bile who will arrive and leave frequently at random spots.
- The hacking devices for the code locks no longer crashes on a frequent basis, even if Bains claims they still can.
- Escape is no longer timed.
- Players can open the doors in the basement and in the sewers with saw/C4 for faster access.
- If heisters must defuse the booby-trapped bombs, max 4 C4 rigged explosives must be defused. However, they explode much faster than the original.
- The money pallets near the machine that could have been taken as a reward have been removed.
- The entrance to the sewers has a ladder.
- Any officer can now halt the drilling, printing, and the water flow procedures. In the original, only a Bulldozer would perform said acts.
- The drill does not need to be hooked up to an electrical outlet.
- Instead of turning off the power, enemies will attempt to jam the drill themselves. They will try to cut the power during the printing segment however.
- A few more circuit breakers are added for the police to turn off, one of which is located near the entrance to Mitchell's basement.
- Snipers have more spawn points. They can appear on the roofs of the surrounding houses.
- The plates are now bundled in one "bag". In the original, heisters would have to interact with each separated one upon opening the vault. The diamonds are still scattered around the basement, however.
- 3 Shields are scripted to guard the entrance to the sewers. They will not pursue the heisters unlike the other law enforcement.
- The SWAT Van Turret also appears and may guard some key points, like the water valve. Notably, the SWAT car that rams itself into Wilson's house can deploy said weapon.
- The radios that originally played music before the heist goes loud are now placed randomly at more potential locations.
- The radios now play "Flames of Love" from The Butcher's BBQ Pack Trailer.
- Unlike the first game, the heisters are not disguised as plumbers. They will still wear their respective two-piece suits, or amusingly, body armor. Mr. Mitchell will comment on this.
- Mitchell's grill will eventually catch on fire after the heist has started.
Mayhem+ ChangesEdit
- 3 SWAT Van Turrets can spawn, the SWAT Van crashing into Wilsons house will always contain a turret.
- Tying down/killing Mitchell before he finishes walking into the basement, and then hacking the alarm boxes and entering the printing room, will make the safe undrillable until the alarm goes off. Additionally, after the alarm goes off, Mitchell's already-hacked alarm box will have an interaction icon hovering over it for the remainder of the heist.
The FBI FilesEdit
After arresting Mr. Summers and Mr. Jones, it was discovered they had been running a money printing operation for years in Pensacola, Florida. Embarrassingly enough, the Police Department down there had no idea this was going on and some of them even said they would never have been caught if it wasn't for the PAYDAY gang. Thankfully, that shit-fest is out of our jurisdiction, so we can't get any blame for what went down.
My Notes: Mitchell Summers and Wilson Jones. These cunning assholes had been running a rather impressive counterfeit operation from a basement in the Pensacola suburbs, for god knows how long. It's not the PAYDAY gang's usual MO to work outside of Washington, which tells me they knew the trip South would be worth it. Not much I can do with this information, except assume that there isn't really any kind of crime they wouldn't do.
| Under Pressure
Complete the Counterfeit job on the Death Wish difficulty or above.
| Dr. Evil
Print and secure $1,000,000 worth of counterfeit money* in the Helicopter on the Counterfeit job. Unlocks the "Viking" mask, "Houndstooth" material and "Fenris" pattern.
*37 bags on Normal, 19 on Hard, 14 on Very Hard, 9 on Overkill, 6 on Mayhem, 5 on Death Wish, 4 on One Down.
| Cutting the Red Wire
Disarm the C4 on the Counterfeit job on the OVERKILL difficulty or above. Unlocks the "Dragon Head" mask, "Days" material and "Kurbits" pattern.
| Basement Dwellers
Don't let the cops enter the printing room on the Counterfeit job until the safe is opened on OVERKILL difficulty or above.
| Crowd Control
On the Counterfeit job, have all civilians as hostages until the safe is opened.
| Pool Party
Complete the Counterfeit job on the Mayhem difficulty or above.
| Bodhi's Pool Repair Crew
Complete the Counterfeit job on the One Down difficulty.
- Under Pressure and Crowd Control are both (slightly modified) achievements from PAYDAY: The Heist.
- Cutting the Red Wire is based on the achievement Quick hands.
- Dr. Evil is a reference to the antagonist from the Austin Powers film series.
- Mitchell's grill will catch on fire due to the heist taking place and the lack of attendance, whereas in the original, the grill would stay static. This takes place at about the 20 minute mark. Mitchell will occasionally comment on this.
- Unlike the other heists, the scripted camping spot Captain Winters and his men can take is dynamic. They will either stay near Mitchell's or Wilson's house.
- Bain may state the heist is taking place in Florida as stated in a random radio quote and may even explicitly state "Pensacola PD". A sign near the beach indicates that the exact location is Fort Lauderdale, while the heist's FBI File says it takes place in Pensacola. In Update #130 the squad cars got updated with Pensacola variations (together with Hotline Miami).
- The SWAT van ramming itself into Wilson's house is an unusual decision, as this results in excessive property damage, though it may have been done to expose the PAYDAY crew. As such, the same van may even deploy a turret.
- It is never explained why the crew prints money using the counterfeiters' resources in live combat, replacing the printer ink and paper rolls when needed and throwing the counterfeit money into a helicopter cage. It would be, comparatively, much easier to take the money plates, disassemble the machine, bag the printer ink and paper rolls, and secure all of the printer parts. It would be even easier to just take the plates and use them in a counterfeit machine of their own.
- Contrary to what the printing components claim, real U.S. Federal Reserve bills are not in fact made of regular paper but rather a combination of 25% linen and 75% cotton fabric, with specialized red and blue fibers threaded throughout the sheets. The materials could have been labeled as such for ease of development and/or to not provide too much detailed information on the subject, as was the case of the meth cooking in a handful of other heists.
- Although Mitchell can be killed by players, the FBI Files suggest he either fled the scene or was kept alive as a hostage and then subsequently arrested after the crew stole the printing plates and eventually left the scene.
- As a nod to the fact that the heisters no longer appear at the site in costumes like they did in the original, Mitchell will comment on them being very sharply dressed for a group of pool repairmen, and that the work uniforms are probably in the duffel bags that the characters are inexplicably not shown to be carrying.
- The method recommended by Bain is very similar to the method used by Robert De Niro in Edward Norton's movie, The Score.
- The act of "water cracking" was recreated on MythBusters, and it was found to be both convoluted (as most vaults aren't water-or-air-tight and would require significant effort in sealing beforehand for the theoretical plan to even work) and inaccurate (as the pressure still damages the contents).
- The safecracking method is featured once again in the Forest scenario of The Bomb heist, with the ordnance carrier standing in for the safe and the use of thermite instead of a drill.
- Action figures of special infected from Left 4 Dead can be seen on the floor of the child bedroom in Mitchell's house.
- In the same room there is a toy heavy loader holding a toy armored car. This is a reference to the Slaughterhouse heist.
- The player can find Alex's helicopter and George's airplane hanging on the ceiling.
- The unlock panels both are labeled White Mesa. This is a reference to the Black Mesa Research Corporation of Valve's Half-Life game series.
- The piano found inside Wilson's house has an actual piano sheet of Beethoven's famous song called "Für Elise" on its sheet stand despite the fact that the civilian found playing said piano tends to play a completely different song.


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Cold Cave
'Death Comes Close'
Side A:
Love Comes Close
Double Lives In Single Beds
Side B:
Theme From Tomorrowland
Now That I'm In The Future
Limited pressing of 2000
October 20
In leading up to Matador's re-release of the highly sought-after debut LP, 'Love Comes Close'; Cold Cave are set to release a limited 12″ entitled 'Death Comes Close'.
Limited to a pressing of 2000, 'Death Comes Close' features the LP's title track, as well as three brand new, and hitherto unreleased tracks.
Watch this space for forthcoming information on a very special (and of course, extra-limited) collectors edition.
You can catch Cold Cave on the road in the coming months at the following locales:
Tuesday 21st – Stereogum CMJ Showcase @ Studio at Webster Hall, New York NY
Thursday 29th – Louisiana, Bristol
Friday 30th – Club Evol @ Korova, Liverpool
Saturday 31st – Playdate @ Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh
Sunday 1st – Optimo, Glasgow
Monday 2nd – Liars Club @ Bodega, Nottingham
Tuesday 3rd – White Heat @ Madame Jo Jo's, London
Wednesday 4th – Barfly, London
Thursday 5th – Now Wave @ Roadhouse, Manchester
Friday 6th – Moles, Bath
Saturday 7th – Be @ Proud, London
Wednesday 21st – Terminal 5 New York, NY w/ Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.
Friday 23rd – Wilbur Theater Boston, MA w/ Sonic Youth

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God, Facebook is the Devil sometimes.
I hate it.
Hate, hate, hate it.
I was having a really good day. I was ready to come on here tonight and tell you guys how date #3 went really well. In fact, at the end of the night, I didn't even want to leave. I was perfectly content all wrapped up in his arms.
Then tonight, I went on Facebook and decided to torture myself by looking at The Ex's page (I have him hidden from my newsfeed which really does nothing except cause me to actually go to his profile in order to stalk him out, which I do practically every day, sad I know). It had been a couple days though but lately there's been this girl. This girl leaving comments on every status update… inside jokes and comments that led me to believe they were dating.
Tonight, I have decided it's definite. And I hate that I care. We've been over for a long time… well, we did have another fling in May which maybe is why I still care. But either way, I KNOW deep down he is NOT the guy for me. I gave so much to someone who gave so little. He does not deserve me, even he would try to convince me of this.
But back to the moment I had, after I saw the comments, I felt sucker punched. I got nauseous and shaky. I closed the window and tried to compose myself by thinking of all his flaws and the mean things he's said and done to me. Somehow my attention shifted to the New Boy. And all of the sudden I was all Negative Nancy about it. All FORGET IT! I'm better off alone, without ANYONE!! Fuck guys!! Being all super dramatic in my head. Cursing all guys ever born.
I've calmed down now… I'm feeling slightly better. I know that he can't make me happy but it doesn't stop it from hurting. Knowing maybe he could be the guy I imagined he was for some other girl. But the truth is, he will probably treat her the same shitty way. Only thinking of himself, only doing the things that benefit him, calling all the shots. I don't want that. I don't and I know it.
But still, if I need to actually see this in the near future at a party, well, I'm just not ready for that yet.
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The general form of the basic quartic equation f(x) = . Adjust the sliders a, b, c, d, and e to create the quartic equation that you wish to explore. The check boxes are for three points that are selected on the graph. These points will allow the exploration of points on the graph by selecting box A, B, or C. Select the check box with the move arrow to see the coordinate values. Selecting the point will allow your to move the point with the mouse or the keyboard cursor keys. Continued steps will allow the user to also find the inverse curve of this function...the equation of the function may be obtained for some functions.
Can you find the equation for the inverse on your own? What are the effects of moving sliders a-e? This applet can be used by teachers in a demonstration mode in the classroom or teachers can have students load it on their own computers with a worksheet to be complete for a grade.


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Photography Tips | From Shoot To Post: Dealing With Odd Hues
It's a colorful world we live in, and that's a beautiful thing. But sometimes as photographers, we find our images have gone a little sideways when we've captured the kaleidoscope of color the world has set in front of us. Colors can reflect where we don't want them and bounce around to overpower a scene. There are things we can do to counteract this effect in the field and in post processing, though. Let's go over a few.
Sometimes, colored lighting is the look you want. Just have a peek around the internet, flip through some magazines, and look at advertising imagery and you'll see intentionally tinted lighting. Gels are huge right now. But when your environment contains a lot of colored lighting, for instance, like what you may find at a wedding reception, you can end up with purple people when that really isn't what you want. One way to combat this in-camera is to pop in a little bit more light from a source that you've brought with you in order to overpower that colorful lighting. This is preferable if eliminating excess color is the goal, as the results are going to look better than if you attempt to fix it in post.
In a very colorful scene, white balance can be thrown off in-camera, and sometimes if things look weird, a simple color tweak using white balance and tint sliders can make a big difference. Be careful if you try the white balance dropper when there's a lot going on color-wise, especially if there are many colors of light in the scene. You may find that achieving neutrality this way in one part of the scene throws another part way, way off.
Lightroom's HSL sliders are your best friend when you've got a sticky color situation. HSL stands for Hue/Saturation/Luminosity and the sliders allow you to independently tweak eight color channels individually in three different ways. Hue, saturation, and luminosity each have their own tab in Lightroom's HSL panel. For example, if you've got a blue tint in your image from a mixed lighting scenario, you can navigate to the 'saturation' tab and pull back the saturation of blues in the image without affecting the other colors. The 'luminosity' tab in the HSL panel is used to adjust the brightness of the colors individually, and the 'hue' tab shifts the hue within a given range.
In your color correction frenzy, don't forget that you don't actually want to negate every bit of intentionally colored light in a scene. In a wedding venue, for example, if the lighting was colored very intentionally, your client won't want to flip through a photo album that looks nothing like their big day. Pay attention to things like skin tones and neutrals that *should* look neutral, but don't destroy intentionally created ambiance.
Sometimes when it's not working out to color-correct for skin tones or neutrals in colorful ambient lighting, you'll have to strike a balance where neither is perfect but both are acceptable.
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The Phantom of the Opera is one of the most successful musicals ever staged, and Broadway Across Canada is bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning blockbuster to major cities across the country throughout 2017.
Based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera is a gothic thriller and a twisted love story, but it also has a sweeping, romantic score and epic songs ("The Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You") that highlight the grandeur and mystery at the heart of the narrative.
The new touring production is one of the largest in North America, with a cast and orchestra of 52. Vancouver's own Eva Tavares plays the lead role of Christine, the ingenue who goes from chorus girl to soloist when she becomes the deadly obsession and inspiration for the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who resides in the maze of tunnels deep beneath the Paris Opera House.
Given its record-breaking Broadway run, and countless other touring productions, what could there possibly be to rediscover about Phantom in 2017? Well, turns out, there's a lot.
Here are 10 things you probably didn't know about Webber's gothic musical extravaganza, as well as a couple of bonus bits of information about the Broadway classic that's coming to a city near you.
1. Webber actually wrote The Phantom of the Opera, in part, as a vehicle for his then-wife, Sarah Brightman
In a 2016 interview with the Washington Post, theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh, who helmed this new, revamped touring production of The Phantom of the Opera described Brightman, the original Christine in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988, as a "phenomenal muse."
2. The Phantom's make-up and mask were an incredible ordeal — but very effective
Acclaimed musical theatre actor Michael Crawford originated the role of the Phantom in the West End and on Broadway. In order to play the character for the standard eight shows a week, he endured two hours in the make-up chair every day for application. At the end of the day, it was back to the chair, where it took two make-up artists another 20 minutes to loosen the three layers of foam latex from his face.
The make-up was created by Christopher Tucker, who had also created the make-up for the Elephant Man.
On days when Crawford had performed a matinee and an evening show, he opted to just eat liquid meals because of the mask.
To get an idea of just how huge Phantom was in London and in New York, consider this: according to a People magazine interview, Crawford had to shred the mask personally every night or it would be stolen from the garbage by rabid fans. The scarred flesh make-up he wore for the role was a pain to apply, but it was, apparently, gruesomely real.
From People magazine, 1988:
"Put your mask back on," shuddered Britain's Queen Mother when she viewed actor Michael Crawford backstage in his ghoulish guise in The Phantom of the Opera during the show's London run. "It's horrid," gasped Princess Diana, who nevertheless has seen the show three times.
3. Theatre critics praised the show and lost their minds over that famous prop
New York theatre critic Patricia Morrisroe wrote, "The chandelier is dazzling and so is Phantom of the Opera."
The new chandelier for the touring production comes with its own fact sheet: it weighs 1,500 pounds and features more than 6,000 crystals and 50 pyro elements. Spoiler alert: it drops at 10 feet per second. It's based on the actual Paris Opera House chandelier, but it's not an exact replica.
4. Phantom was such a huge hit at the box office when it debuted, it caused 1 theatre to change its curtain time
With record-breaking advance ticket sales for the Broadway opening, the person behind 42nd Street pushed his opening curtain to 8:15 p.m. rather than 8 p.m., so if people got shut out of Phantom, which they would, they could buy last-minute seats to his show.
5. Early Phantom rehearsals in London included animatronics
According to Broadway.com, Phantom originally featured animatronic rats, a white horse and real doves flying through the theatre, but "these ideas were scrapped before previews began."
6. Even Beyoncé is 1 degree of separation from Phantom
Webber composed an extra 15 minutes of music for the 2004 film adaptation, which included the new song, "Learn to be Lonely," sung by one of the film's stars, Minnie Driver. The song was nominated for an Academy Award, and Beyoncé filled in for Driver at the 2005 Oscars, with Webber himself on piano.
7. Phantom has acquired a lot of stamps in its passport over the years
Worldwide, there have been more than 65,000 performances in 35 countries and 160 cities in 15 languages.
8. One uber fan changed her name in honour of The Phantom of the Opera
From the Independent,1996: "Take for example Miss Christine Daae herself. Not the fictional diva who inflames the Phantom to murder for her love in the swirling Gothic romance, but the 22-year-old PA from Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire who changed her name from Victoria Bohm by deed poll. Miss Daae of Bishop's Stortford has seen the show 41 times, once travelling to Canada to do so, and has spent around pounds 6,000 [sic] on tickets and merchandise. The show, she said yesterday, 'totally took my breath away. I felt completely carried away to another world, caught up in the hypnotic power he has over Christine.'"
9. Webber's Phantom of the Opera wasn't actually the first stage musical version of Phantom
Ken Hill wrote the first stage musical version of The Phantom of the Opera in 1976. Webber saw it when Hill revived the show in 1984, and was so inspired, he asked Hill to collaborate with him on a lavish, grand-scale version in London's West End. The two had worked together previously on a revival of Webber's own Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Ultimately, Webber went ahead and did his own version of Phantom with lyricist Charles Hart and it became one of the biggest blockbuster musicals of all time.
Both ended up running in London at the same time in 1991, prompting lots of media attention, like the archival clip below, about duelling Phantoms.
10. Phantom of the Opera is a blockbuster and record-breaker
It made the Guinness World Records book in 2012.
And it's made some major bucks. In the summer of 2014, Phantom became the first stage production to reach worldwide grosses of $6 billion.
Bonus fact: Phantom is getting the Muppets treatment, in book form, later this year!
Broadway Across Canada's The Phantom of the Opera 2017 tour information:
Edmonton: July 26-Aug. 6
Calgary: Aug. 9-20
Winnipeg: Aug. 23-Sept. 3
Montreal: Oct. 4-15
Ottawa: Oct. 18-29
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I am not going to write here about this very obvious oversight on the part of a haughty engineer I know. This post is about more complicated things.
With half the family of the above mentioned engineer in la-la land, it was high time a web cam was bought and monkey faces sent over the high seas, like Hanuman's lanka trips. So are web cams sold by any Spider branded companies? Wish they were. .I digress.
After what seemed like Vanavasa, a web cam was bought for a little less than a grand, and positioned as delicately as stacking eggs in the fridge, over the monitor of the desktop computer.
Before this, it was debated, for a good half hour, how good is a soundless movie to one's kith and kin, especially with a face that does not hold the interest of even the neighbourhood dog.The microphone had completely slipped the engineer's mind and it was not bought. You ought to overlook that, for the engineer is not a sound engineer but an electrical sciences engineer.
Then, it was noticed a tail hung from near the USB connector of the web cam, and it fitted well into the microphone socket of the computer. Whoa..this definitely ought to be capable of carrying a few decibels of sound atleast. (see see..the engineer knows all about decibels and is not a fake one)
Having got this far, the rest was easy or so the engineer thought. Plug the cable into the USB port, and wait for the lights to flicker on, and surprisingly not, the engineer sees a hazy but the famous silhouette of self. (Yeah yeah..the engineer knows all about putting in the disc, and installing drivers for the computer to recognize the new hardware as a web cam) With a pat on the back, the lens focus is adjusted to reveal a more interesting portrait of self. Grinnn.
Skype was then inaugurated in the house with as much fanfare, as the superstar's Friday release. Mustard spluttering et al. (Cooking in the kitchen simultaneously pa) to remove evil eye.
Then came the test…ENGINEER..ARE YOU TRUE BLOODED?
The microphone carried the voice through perfectly over the web messanger. Alas, if only it was a more melodious voice, the world on the other side would have been content.
Show us your face, they demanded.
The haughty engineer shyed away at first..no, its ok, it is late in the night..it is dark here…were the pleas.
Out you come, they cried hoarse.
But how????
The camera was showing off the perfect face to self, but refused to transmit over the web as though it did not want to inflict the same on others.
Off and on the web cam, camera test, works fine.
No transmission on the web.
Plug it out and plug it in, camera test, works fine.
No transmission on the web.
Plug out the microphone, camera test, works fine.
No transmission on the web.
After several hours of the Indian standard time, and Greenwich mean time having elapsed, the bulb flickered. In the mind of the engineer, silly. (FYI, the camera lights were flickering alright)
One mighty pull and push of the USB wire into the slot again, skype on, no camera test.
EUREKA…it went through.
The famous face was splashed across the globe, making it more famous. (Loud applause like in Oscar's)
The problem was that the web cam did not know how to function in two places, 1) over the local machine and 2) the internet. Was this the engineer's fault?
Everyone else thinks so.
You tell me.
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Dakota Digital has announced the release of the latest product in its VHX Series of instrumentation. The company now offers instrumentation for 19631965, 19661967 and 19691976 Chevy Novas. Features include lighted needles, backlit faces and a full character message center for all displays.
The VHX Series utilizes solid-state sensors and precision stepper motors for improved accuracy. Systems are available with a blue or red display color and either a satin silver or carbon fiber-style face.
The instrumentation uses either a stock or aftermarket wiring harness, and either a stock, modified or late-model drivetrain.
Dakota Digital will have the new Nova instrumentation, in addition to its other new VHX Series products, on display in Booth No. 424 at the 2012 HRR Trade Show, March 2224 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
For more information on Dakota Digital, visit www.dakotadigital.com.


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I bought my ticket before the lineup even came out, because every year that I have gone no matter who is playing, I always have an amazing time and I always find something to enjoy. The camping, the music, the food, the campground parties -- all great. And this year it is FOUR DAYS LONG!