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Hiltons / Richards Carry on As Kim reportedly Falls off Wagon at Daughter's Wedding
It is a busy time for the Hilton / Richards clan. Kim Richard's daughter Brook had her big public wedding this weekend in Cabo, with everyone (including aunt Kyle) except aunt Kathy Hilton and father Monty (too ill to travel) in attendance. Her mom, Kim Richards, was out of rehab with a sober coach attending the event. While pictures showed happy, smiling faces, behind the scenes Kathy Hilton tweeted a curious 911, and TMZ reported that Kim Richards fell off the wagon and was mean to the bride and belligerent to guests. Her sober coach allegedly left Cabo without her, and no word on whether she has found her way back to rehab. Also no word on Kathy's curious 911 or why she couldn't fly down to attend the wedding.
Some of the group were back in LA for Nicky Hilton's bridal shower – including aunt Kyle Richards. This is the first photo of Kathy and Kyle we've seen in a LONG time.
As for anyone commenting on the "Kim" story, the closest I could find was Kathy retweeted a curious "rehab" tweet, and Brandi replying to it saying she hoped Kim was okay. It doesn't look like Brandi was invited to any of the events.
@dawngpsalm63 me too
— Brandi Glanville (@BrandiGlanville) May 26, 2015
Real Housewives of New York City
"The Cavi-Art of War" – S7E8
by Stars99
Remember Last Week…
Ramona continued her birthday celebration by hosting a luncheon. Some of the invitees had so much plastic surgery and work done that Bethenny told us they looked like they belonged at the Star Wars Cantina. I think she just wants another excuse to serve Skinny Girl margaritas, no? Bethenny met with her therapist and realized that some of her trust issues are really about herself because she's been so wrong about people… Kristin whines about Bethenny choosing to stay home with Bryn instead of going to a boxing match with the others…. Carole, in her talking head (TH) says that LuAnn lecturing her on dating younger men is like the Saudi government lecturing the world on feminism. Bethenny had a heart-to-heart conversation with her estranged step-father who she hadn't seen in over 20 years. LuAnn's daughter, Victoria, had one of her art pieces displayed at Art Basel which is a modern and contemporary art show. After viewing Victoria's completely naked self-portrait, LuAnn and Bethenny feed a clown… for $3.00. So the clown got fed AND got paid. I think we're all in the wrong line of work…
This Week…
I was thinking today about how easy it is to lay on a couch armed with a remote and a keyboard and pronounce judgments on TV personalities. While I do love to snark – and they do some very snarkworthy things – I felt I would be remiss if I didn't also remember some of the challenges they've had/or are having in life:
RAMONA – By her own admission, she was brought up in an abusive home. She was adamant about teaching self-reliance to her daughter so she would never feel like she had to rely on a man as her source of income. She said she considers making her own money to be an aphrodisiac. Now, since she's contemplating how divorce will impact her life – She may very well turn into that independent, self-reliant woman that she's talked about all these years. Mario repeatedly cheated on her and wants to come back. Ramona is confused. I'm guessing it's hard for her to go places by herself. And share custody of a dog. The loud silence of an empty nest is deafening.
SONJA – She weathered a divorce from a very wealthy man who had a prenup. Their daughter is 14-years-old… That means Sonja has a teenager in the house which is no small challenge. Sonja Productions, LLC was sued for breach of contract and was awarded a multi-million dollar settlement. She was forced to declare bankruptcy. Sonja has been holding onto her home with both hands for dear life throughout it all. She repeatedly trusts people who only look at the dollar sign they think they see over her head. Her ex-husband is 33 years older than she… She is now cougarifically opting to date men approximately 33 years younger than she. That's a 66 year spread… Surely, Mr. Right is somewhere in there, no?
CAROLE – Before being on RHONYC, Carole had a highly successful career. As we know, her husband and one of her very close friends horrifically died within 4 weeks of each other. Grief upon grief is excruciatingly traumatic. When you see the fleeting nature of life – It certainly compels you to want to play more and work less. Carole could not care less about what anyone has to say about her life. Except for maybe a young chef… She might care about what he has to say.
HEATHER – One of Heather's challenges has been that she's a strong, female entrepreneur in a very competitive male world. She has had to fight and claw her way to make her company successful. She also deals day in and day out with a child who is very ill. Her son had to have a liver transplant as a baby. He has had to live with hearing and respiratory issues ever since. It's tough to have a child who is chronically sick when you can't do much to make it better except for being his advocate. Many of us have had to deal with healthcare and resultant paperwork – and that alone can put you over the edge. Both of these challenges could cause someone to have a tough exterior – And evidently, they also cause you to pretend to be a rapper. Holla…
BETHENNY – Last week we learned more about the nature of Bethenny's childhood. Her Dad abandoned her and her Mom who was cheating on him. There were drugs, alcohol, sex and danger all around her. As a reality star, she met, married and is now divorcing her Prince Charming – While we all watch. While she has had HUGE success with her Skinny Girl brand and products – Her ex seems to want to take a nice, large chunk of that away. Meanwhile, her talk show got cancelled and she looks at it as a failure. This season, her big re-entry into this franchise hasn't translated into a big increase in viewership. I hope she doesn't blame herself for it…
LUANN – Her husband cheated on her and she went through her divorce while on this show. She set herself up on a royal pedestal from which she has fallen. However, she is getting back up. She is being verbal. She downsized her Hampton home to a house we all would probably love to visit. Money can't buy you class (or a voice) but it sure can buy you a house on a lake, my friend.
DORINDA – While we don't know much about the "new girl" – We do know that she was divorced from her 1st husband who is her daughter's Father. We also know that her wonderful 2nd husband tragically died and that loss devastated Dorinda and her daughter. She has lived through two dramatic losses of relationship. When you lose the love of your life, I guess it's probably hard to find someone who can comparably come close to their caliber. I personally wish that Dorinda would aim differently than at her current boyfriend "What's His Name" (John). I believe she deserves someone who loves and adores her. I don't think "What's His Name" does. But that's just my opinion… And what do I know?
KRISTEN – She's had to deal with the insurmountable challenge of being Brandi Glanville's friend (Sorry, I just had to… Brandi is from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – And well… I'm just going to stop there…). Previously, Kristen had to deal with her daughter being a bit behind developmentally. However everything seems to be better now… Well, except that she's still married to Josh. Last season, he did not come off as being very likeable but both Kristen and he seem to have done what most never do… They actually watched themselves and made positive changes in their relationship. Kristen's challenge this season is that she has blended into the sea of housewives in the background.
I'm not sure why it was hard for me to settle down to write this week's blog – but it was. I first had to look at several videos of dogs playing with babies… And then dogs playing with their puppies (http://onemorepost.com/husky-playing/)… Then a Walk Off the Earth video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHF0gsRsNBw)… Of course I also had to take time to take the quiz, "Which Real Housewife of Melbourne are You? (http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephanieanderson/which-real-housewife-of-melbourne-are-you#.tolVwK3N8n) – I got Chyka for which I breathed a huge sigh of relief for some unknown reason… And then I finally rearranged all the stuff on the table next to me. Cuz you know… Who can write with an unorganized table staring right at her? Sigh.
This episode seemed to be all over the place – Just like my thoughts are at this point. Don't get me wrong, it was an okay episode – but it was like a puzzle with too many pieces that didn't match together quite right. I think it's because there are way too many housewives on the show. It is not easy to seamlessly weave the lives of 8 different women together…
Stuff that Happened During this Episode…
~~ Dorinda and Ramona meet for drinks…This scene made me cranky cuz Ramona is obviously sick but still decides to spread her germs to the world. Stay home if you're sick, dagnabit! She then talks about how she has to go to a couple of upcoming parties even though she's sick – Because after all – You never know who you're going to meet! Yes, cuz mucus is oh so attractive.
As I type this next part I suddenly realize that one of the reasons tonight's episode has me feeling all wonky is because they start talking about Mario. He wants to come back into Ramona's life. Dorinda asks a series of questions, "What do you want to do?" "When you see him how do you feel?" Ramona says she doesn't know. This is where I just want to shake some sense into her. Ramona's happy that Mario and her daughter have made amends because he finally owned that what he did was wrong… Yeah, let THAT sink in for a moment…It took him THAT long to figure it out… She's still contemplating taking him back… In fact, in another part of the episode, Ramona let it slip out that she took some of the food from her Sports Bar to Mario… Really??? Ughghghghghghgh… That pounding you hear is me banging my head against the wall.
Later, in this VERY SAME EPISODE, Ramona tells Carole that she's met someone that she's seen a few times. He shows up with her to Dorinda's birthday dinner. Of course, this is "transition guy" who generally doesn't have a chance for making it as a long-term relationship prospect… But I do love that she's dating, though… There are plenty of fish out there, my friend… Plenty of fish. Kiss that cheating BASS of a turd, Mario, goodbye – Once and for all.
~~ Carole wanted to be elected to the Board that governs her apartment building so she launched a campaign. She ran her campaign on the platform of "transparency." During her election night party, she became "transparent" when she broke the news that her appetizers were likely well over 2 years old. Everyone gasped and I just laughed. No one goes to Carole's house for the food. She won, by the way – As if there was any question she wouldn't.
~~ In pretty much Sonja's only appearance this episode, she hosted a press thingie because she was on the magazine cover of Delirious Weekly wearing a fire engine red dress from her collection. I kid, I kid – Actually, she was on the cover of Latino Show magazine. The photo spread impressed Kristen but not Heather. Heather criticized, "One dress does not a collection make…"
Sonja, wearing said fire engine red dress, proudly introduced Heather and Kristen to her "fashion team." This is Sonja's brain trust of a team who I fear are trying to milk Sonja out of every dollar she's got… Heather asks them, "Where are you selling?" Their noncommittal response was that they're talking to "several stores and chains." Sure you are… Gosh, it's like I've heard that somewhere before, no?
In tonight's edition of "I Kid You Not" – Heather, managed to alienate 75% of the country by dissing Sonja's efforts I KID YOU NOT by asking if Sonja's collection was going to be sold at "a K-Mart kind of chain." Sonja recoiled and prattled on about the quality of the Italian fabric – And how her team has "invested years and all this money into it."
Of course, this was also an extremely short-sighted response. Perhaps you should both talk to Jaclyn Smith or Martha Stewart. In her TH, Heather backpedals and says that Sonja's just being sensitive and that K-mart is a huge retailer and not something to look down your nose at…" Right… Because you know you totally meant that comment as a compliment. Wow. You would think someone within the industry would know better than to say something like that…
Things I couldn't Agree with More…
~~ Ramona said there were people who didn't want to be sitting next to "What's His Name" (John – Dorinda's creepy boyfriend) at a dinner party. I don't want to be within 50 feet of him much less sitting next to him. The way he always leers at women gives me a major case of the creepies.
~~ Heather had a conversation with Bethenny about how Heather wants to get the Angelina Jolie "Maleficent" head tattooed on her hip. Heather says to Bethenny, "Isn't that kind of cool?" Bethenny compliantly nods and agrees at the time. However in her TH, Bethenny emphatically says, "No." It was hilarious. I think Heather is just desperately trying to be "hip." Get it? Hahahahahaaaa…
Things that Made Me Laugh but Probably Shouldn't Have…
~~ Kristen decided to apologize to Sonja for being negative about her business enterprises. Kristen was talking to some guy who was remarking about how mean Sonja's friends have been towards her and her endeavors. Kristen realized she was one of "those" friends. Oops!
~~ When Carole was talking on the phone with the VP of her apartment board, she had her mouth full. I dunno why… but it just cracked me up.
~~ Bethenny and Carole went shopping at CB2. For some reason, that alone makes me die laffin'. It just feels like an unlikely pair of shopping buddies. Bethenny ends up crying to an awkwardly non-nurturing Carole who offers to go get her a tissue. She returns with what looks like a cloth napkin that they're selling at the store. They both laugh over who is going to buy the $2 item and the two non-huggers make plans to hug sometime in the future.
~~ Bethenny met with Dr. Amador, her therapist. I laughed and gasped when she got really pissy and sarcastic with him when he pressed her to tell him more about what her step-father had said he was sorry about from last week's episode. He wanted to know about what he had acknowledged and what it felt like to Bethenny. I'm frustrated because evidently they really can't talk about the real Jason Hoppy elephant in the room which Bethenny said was so much worse of an experience than what she went through as a child.
I find that I'm really uncomfortable listening in on these therapy sessions now because she is so raw and vulnerable. This whole reunion with her step-father, while important somehow feels like a distraction from the real issues swirling around in her head. She could have waited another year until things were more settled in other areas of her life before reconnecting with him – Especially on-camera. I know she initiated contact with her step-father 2 years ago… but still. Ugh. Bethenny was exhausted after the session. So was I… I grow tired…
~~ The most hilarious part of tonight's episode, was when Ramona and her partner were conducting interviews for new staff at their AOA Bar and Grill. A verbal question was asked of one of the applicants, "What are you doing right now?" With a very straight face, the applicant responded, "I'm here." Everyone burst out laughing and the applicant completely looked like she had no idea why. … lolol…
When the question was clarified to mean they were asking about her current employment situation, the applicant responded that she was "currently between employment." When asked what happened, she responded that things just disappeared and that there was a misunderstanding.
This very same applicant was asked about a response on her written application to the question about listing other office machines she knows how to use. She… I KID YOU NOT… actually wrote down, "stapler." Ramona and her partner could not keep from laughing – But she quickly explained she thought it would be important for her to know how to use a stapler so she could staple the receipts together. I weep for our future.
Another question on the written application was, "What types of computer software do you have proficiency in?" This same applicant responded by writing, "Micros, Instagram, Tinder, Word, and Twitter." Again, I weep.
The Final Scene…
LuAnn decided to host a dinner at Petrossian's for Dorinda's 50th birthday. I'm confused at why Ramona didn't host it… But okay… Next week they're all going to the Berkshires to further celebrate it so maybe Ramona's hosting something there.
Ramona shows up with "her friend" Michael. Wow… He's already on the show? They find out they met because Ramona walked up to him one night and said that she liked his shirt. I have to laugh… Do those opening lines still work? Fortunately, LuAnn doesn't bring one of her youngsters with her. I'm surprised that Bethenny, Carole, Kristen, and Sonja aren't there… Oh well – They probably had trouble finding childcare. Oh wait, Carole didn't have to arrange childcare because her date is overseas at the moment…lol (Oh, snap!).
Dorinda and "What's His Name" (John) show up. Sigh. John immediately leers at the "Caviar Girl." When she leaves, he conveniently excuses himself to go to the bathroom. He's gone for quite a while. I mean seriously… Quite a while.
LuAnn tries to toast the evening by saying they all are lovers – They all love good men… good food… and good champagne. She talks about how her friendship with Ramona has experienced some bumps and potholes.
Heather and LuAnn try to tell Ramona that she's been through a metamorphosis. Ramona disagrees and says that she's always been this way. Ramona explains that her walls come down with people like Dorinda because she is naturally welcoming and she feels like she can be herself around her.
Ramona explains that she feels there is a wall of insincerity towards her when it comes to Heather and LuAnn. Heather tells her that is her wall. Ramona tells Heather she's being aggressive – That she was just expressing her feelings and Heather negated them.
Heather tells Ramona to chill out a little bit… lol.
Heather tries to explain that they didn't get off on the right foot in the beginning – But that she's seen a lot of change and growth in Ramona. Ramona disagrees and goes over to hug her friend Dorinda. Heather and LuAnn accuse Ramona of wanting to deflect and sweet things under the carpet.
LuAnn is confused at where all this kissy kissy is coming from since Dorinda recently called LuAnn when she was very upset and said that Ramona wasn't being very nice to her. Dorinda explained to a surprised Ramona that she told LuAnn that Ramona wasn't being nice about John. They go into a back and forth about who said what to whom…
LuAnn explains that she and Ramona had a conversation about John in which they both were critical of him. Evidently, Ramona told Dorinda about that conversation but conveniently left out the part that she was a full participant in the conversation and said some equally disparaging stuff about him.
In her TH, Dorinda tells us that she just doesn't understand all of this over-observing of John… She thinks he must be like a creature in the wild that they've seen for the first time… She tells us that she's not even that focused on him. Well, at least Dorinda got the "creature" part right, no?
John finally returns to the table after chatting up all the girls in the bar… At least I think that's what he was doing… (Shivers)…
In her TH, Heather says that everyone is shaking their heads at John and Dorinda's relationship behind their backs – but that it doesn't mean you have to throw it in her face.
Dorinda recognizes something she may not have fully understood before, when she says, "At the end of the day, Ramona was just using LuAnn as the scape goat." Ramona gets John's attention and tells him that she doesn't know what LuAnn is pulling but that she's happy that John makes Dorinda happy. Ramona toasts, "If Dorinda is happy – I'm happy." LuAnn announces she's going to stick Ramona's face into the caviar right now. Well, I suppose she could have if Heather hadn't eaten it all…
The following chart depicts this season's viewership by episode (Thanks to Randy at http://bravowhore.com/):
As you can see, viewership for last week's episode decreased to the lowest point of the season thus far… Rut roh…
Next Week…
The group goes to Dorinda's house in the Berkshires to celebrate her 50th birthday. Dorinda calls out a very surprised Kristen for shimmying with her boyfriend… Kristen is aghast… LuAnn tells Ramona that she pulled a "Ramona."… LuAnn and Carole find an article online about how there's some sort of love triangle with Ramona's new man because he allegedly has also locked lips with Mario's mistress… Bethenny surprises everyone by showing up and she and Heather get into some drama at dinner. Happy Birthday, Dorinda!
Well, that's it for this week – Thanks for reading… Hope to see you next week… Happy Trails!


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Godrevy Light
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Nomiku is the first immersion circulator for restaurant-quality cooking at home.
The Nomiku team just completed their second successful Kickstarter campaign, which is for a smaller, simpler, and more powerful version of their product. It also features wi-fi for increased connectivity, and a mobile app to create and share recipes. In this video, top chefs explain why sous vide is the way of the future, and the team shows what's new in version two:
We recently sat down with Nomiku co-founder and CEO Lisa Fetterman at their headquarters in San Francisco. Here, Lisa shares the maker story behind this amazing invention.
What makes Nomiku so unique?
Nomiku is the most state of the art thing that you can own in your kitchen. It's the smallest immersion circulator ever, with a unique heating element that never burns out. My husband, our CTO, and I made it together. He comes from a physics background, with a doctorate in plasma physics. So if you can imagine Tony Stark making a kitchen appliance, this would be it. My background is that I worked for my heroes, the top chefs in the world: Jean-Georges, Mario Batali, Joshua Skenes of Saison. I also have a background in journalism, as an editor at Hearst.
Nomiku founders Lisa and Abe. Photo via Wall Street Journal.
What problem did you set out to solve?
In 2010, my husband and I were dead broke in the lower east side of New York. I was lamenting about how food never tastes the same when I cook it at home; I just couldn't get that restaurant quality. There was one thing that made a big difference: the immersion circulator. Back then it was this huge, hulking thing for thousands of dollars. Totally inaccessible. And he said: "you know, we could just make one ourselves." With hardware finds, we created our first prototype and cooked an egg at 64 degrees Celsius. When you do that, the yolk actually coagulates before the whites. You open it and its cooked inside-out. It tastes like liquid sunshine.
What were your next steps in turning your idea into a marketable product?
The next step was to make some for our friends and family. We created a bunch of these machines, and I watched in awe as one of our friends who usually burned water, could make a restaurant-quality meal with our machine. We saw this and knew it was a game changer for home cooks. We quit our jobs, made a polished model, and put it on Kickstarter. It became the number one most-funded project in the food category, and since then we've raised over $1.3 million through two Kickstarter projects.
You're making the new Nomiku in the US. Can you tell us about manufacturing locally?
Our new version is all manufactured in the Bay Area. However, it's folly to start a sophisticated tech product in the US. You will not get the sourcing; it won't be lean. We were very lucky to have first learned in China. We spent a year side-by-side with our factory, engineering our own line. If we didn't have that experience, we wouldn't have the confidence to start something in America, because when you start in America you start from zero. You have to make your own "Frankenfactory", with tools from here and parts from there. It's not a very elegant process in the US, and it's something that you can control better through experience.
Nomiku Manufacturing
Nomiku's first Kickstarter campaign funded the team's numerous visits to China, which allowed them a hands-on approach to the entire manufacturing process. The team sent updates to their supporters throughout the entire process, from China.
Wipop Bam Suppipat, Co-Founder and industrial designer for the team.
Bam demonstrates to some of the factory engineers.
Lisa with the toolmakers.
Bam working side-by-side with Nomiku builders.
Preproduction units, to test that all parts fit together and every worker is familiar with the process.
Bam with the first finished Nomiku.
Getting the Word Out
The Nomiku team drew a lot of inspiration from Pebble, who at the time was the top funded project on Kickstarter. "So many people make amazing products that could change the world, but they never go anywhere because they don't get the word out," says Lisa. "Pebble did a great job at this. It all comes down to how you make people feel, and how you communicate with them."
The Makers
The team outsources a bit of engineering, and working with external manufacturing partners, but does everything else in-house. Meet the makers:
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New system combines one of the largest semi-mobile crushing plants and an overland conveyor equipped with the largest gearless conveyor drives built to date – Significant reduction in operating costs and energy consumption – Service network in South America to be expanded.
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, the engineering and construction specialist within the ThyssenKrupp Group, has won a contract from the Southern Peru Copper Corporation to supply a primary crushing and overland conveying system. The new system will be installed at the Cuajone copper mine in Peru, which has been in operation since 1976, to transport ore from the open pit mine to the concentrator. It will replace the existing long railway haulage system and is expected to start operating in 2016. The contract awarded to ThyssenKrupp includes engineering, procurement and construction supervision as well as commissioning support of the complete in pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) system to process run of mine copper ore.
Christof Brewka, Head of Operating Unit Mining, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions: "The new crushing and conveying system will significantly reduce operating costs and energy consumption as well as emissions. This makes it a good example for our leading customized solutions for the mining industry which provide added value for our customers while at the same time helping to conserve natural resources."
Zlatan Azinovic, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Peru): "As part of our global growth strategy, we are further strengthening our footprint in South America. Our service center in Peru enables us to provide better and faster services to our customers in the local mining, minerals and cement industries. Only recently we have also invested into new service centers in Brazil and Chile."
As part of the new order, ThyssenKrupp is supplying a semi-mobile crushing plant with discharge, transfer and two overland conveyors with a capacity of 120,000 tons of crushed ore per day transported to the existing coarse ore stockpile. The copper ore will be fed directly into a semi-mobile crushing plant located in the mine. Truck ramps made of sectional steel modules provide access for mine trucks with payload up to 360 metric tons. The crushing plant's main service and operating areas, including electrical infrastructure, will be physically separated and independent from the truck dumping level, which will significantly reduce vibration, dust and noise levels. The semi-mobile design is especially suitable for mine sites affected by frequent seismic activities.
The 63" – 114" heavy duty ThyssenKrupp gyratory crusher with its 1,200 kW direct drive takes the feed material from the feed hopper and reduces the run-of-mine copper ore to the required product size. The crushed ore is extracted from the surge bin underneath the crusher by means of a heavy duty low speed belt feeder. The 2,800 mm wide ST 1800 conveyor will run at a nominal speed of 1.5 m/sand is powered by one 800 kW conventional drive and a variable-frequency drive (VFD). A 400 m long sacrificial conveyor carries the crushed ore from the semi-mobile crushing plant and crusher discharge conveyor to two overland conveyors spanning the 7.5 km distance to the coarse ore stockpile.
The first of the two overland conveyors will be 1830 mm wide with ST 6800 belting and will run at 6.2 m/s. It is powered by two 6,000 kW Siemens gearless drives. The largest of their kind in the world, these conveyor drives utilize Siemens Integrated Drive System technology to provide a high level of availability (exceeding 99%) by eliminating many of the traditional conveyor drive components such as reducers, couplings, and motor bearings and their associated maintenance times and costs. The applied technology not only significantly increases the capability of overland conveyors for ever-higher capacity requirements and higher speed applications, but it also leads to reduced overall energy consumption and higher efficiency of these conveying systems.
The Gearless Drive System has been developed in cooperation by ThyssenKrupp and Siemens and was first installed in the Prosper-Haniel coal mine in Germany in 1985. This technology has been proven by a long list of successfully completed projects, with ongoing research and development.
More recent gearless drive conveying projects provided by ThyssenKrupp include the dual 3,800 kW gearless driven conveyor for Glencore's Antapaccay mine in Peru, five 5,000 kW gearless drives for an overland conveyor system in Chile, and the overland conveyors powered by four 4,400 kW gearless drives for the MMG Las Bambas mine in Peru.
(Source: ThyssenKrupp.com Newsroom Press-Releases, September, 2015)


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Burda raises stake and bids for rest of Xing, 'LinkedIn of Germany'
- 26 October, 2012 15:22
German publisher Burda Digital has increased its stake in professional social network Xing to 38.89 percent, triggering a disclosure requirement and a mandatory offer to minority stakeholders. Burda is offering ¬44 per share, almost ¬7 more per share than Thursday's closing price.
"Xing is the LinkedIn of Germany," said Silke Trösch, director of corporate communications at parent company Hubert Burda Media. Xing is the biggest professional social network in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, she added.
Traditionally, Burda produced magazines and offered printing services, but since the nineties it has invested heavily in digital business, said Trösch. Last week, the company announced that 50 percent of its revenue is coming from digital offerings.
Burda also holds a stake in ElitePartner.de, a dating site for highly educated people, said Trösch. "Social communities like Xing are a very sustainable business," she said.
In the digital business, Burda has been linking e-commerce services to its magazines and websites to make money. "We have a chip publication that offers software and hardware," said Trösch. A similar e-commerce strategy could be applied to social media.
Xing had more than 12 million members worldwide in June this year and is used by professionals to find new jobs, connect with colleagues and generate business ideas. The social network was founded in Germany in 2003, has more than 50,000 specialist groups and currently employs around 520 people.
In the German speaking part of Europe, Xing has over 5.7 million members, and added 436,000 new ones in the first half of 2012.
Xing is pleased that Burda does not plan fundamental changes to its business or its bodies, said Marc-Sven Kopka, Xing's vice president of corporate communications in an email. "At this time we can say that Burda has always been a good strategic investor and will continue to uphold this stance in the future."
It remains possible that other companies may make competitive bids to Xing's minority stakeholders.
Loek is Amsterdam Correspondent and covers online privacy, intellectual property, open-source and online payment issues for the IDG News Service. Follow him on Twitter at @loekessers or email tips and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Not only do I love Turtle Bay...I also love Christmas (stick with me here...)
So imagine my absolute JOY when I was invited to try the Turtle Bay Christmas menu.
I've always had a fascination with the Caribbean and Caribbean food (having travelled there often as a child) and there's nothing I love more than a bit of Reggae or a nice little tune on a steeldrum (especially if it's a Christmas song on a steeldrum!)
If you're anything like me, you'll want to decide what you're having before you arrive...
The one thing that surprised me was the price. 4 COURSES FOR £24?! Amazing.
While we deliberated the menu, we went for a Caribbean Pimms and an Elderflower Cooler.
Both delicious!
We went for two starters, the garlic & herb flatbread and the duck rolls (as always!)
We both love anything garlic bread-esque and you literally cannot go wrong with the duck rolls. Seriously, we have them every time we eat at Turtle Bay and I don't think I could ever get bored of them.
For main, I went for the half jerk chicken with the classic glaze, rice & peas and Caribbean slaw. H went for the Guyanese duck curry.
The one thing I will say about Turtle Bay, no matter what day you go on or how busy it is, there's always a great atmosphere. We go with friends usually on a Friday or Saturday night but we ended up having this meal on a Sunday night after a busy weekend in London.
It was actually so nice to go out for food on a Sunday night and, even though quieter than a Friday or Saturday, we got a nice seat near the window and the music was top notch, as always.
The food arrived and smelt SO GOOD.
I'm not embarrassed to say, I wolfed my jerk chicken down. The glaze was absolutely beautiful and, I'm usually a bit wary of coleslaw but this Caribbean one was so so tasty!
H said his duck curry was probably one of the nicest curries he's ever had - I tried it, I can 100% verify this!
Thinking we were too full..we umm'd and ahh'd about about the likelihood of us fitting a desert each in...but our lovely waitress had told us that the black treacle sticky toffee pudding was new to the menu and not to be missed out on.
I love sticky toffee pudding. It always reminds me of my Grandad. It's always been a desert that, when we would go to the pub for a family meal, we'd both have it (or share if we were too full!)
So, we decided on a sticky toffee pud to share.
And the waitress was so right.
Best sticky toffee pudding I've EVER eaten. I'm not sure I could have managed a full one but luckily H was there to help me out.
With full bellies, ears filled with reggae music and smiles on our faces we headed for home.
Genuinely, I can't recommend this menu enough, or a visit to Turtle Bay in general.
Even though they are a Caribbean-inspired restaurant, I'm always impressed with the campaigns and menu introductions - not only food but cocktails too - that they have throughout the year.
Make sure you don't miss this cracking deal - Christmas is coming around VERY quickly!
Check out their website to pick you're meal for your next visit - www.turtlebay.co.uk/food-drink/
**We were invited to try the Christmas Menu by Turtle Bay PR but all views are my own. I just blummin' love it!**


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Tooth or Dental Extractions
A tooth extraction is the removal of a tooth from its socket in the bone.
Before recommending an extraction, a dentist will attempt to find alternative treatments to try and save the tooth.
Extractions are performed for a variety of reasons:
- Severe tooth decay or infection– the most common reason for extraction.
- Extra teeth that block other teeth from coming in.
- Periodontitis – a severe form of gum diseasethat affects the supporting tissues and bone structures of teeth. This is the most frequent reoccurring cause of tooth extractions for people over 40 years of age.
- Abscessed tooth – a painful infection at the root of a tooth or between the gum and a tooth.
- Orthodontic – Making room in the mouth for braces.
- Fractured teeth – vertical, diagonal or horizontal fractures of the tooth roots leaving them exposed.
- Impacted teeth / Wisdom teeth. Impacted teeth are those that do not erupt properly to their normal position or do not erupt above the gums. Preventive wisdom teeth extraction is often performed before they can cause any problems.
Extractions are categorized as "simple" or "surgical."
Simple extractions are performed on teeth that are visible in the mouth and when the shape of the root lends itself to easy removal. This type of tooth extraction is usually carried out with local anesthesia where the teeth to be removed together and the surrounding bone and gum tissues are numbed. Nitrous oxide may be offered for relaxation.
Surgical extractions involve the removal of teeth that cannot be easily accessed either because they have broken under the gum line or because they have not erupted fully. Surgical extractions require an incision and are usually performed under a general anesthetic with nitrous oxide for added comfort.
To minimize problems after a tooth is removed, post operative instructions are given by the dentist explaining how to control post-extraction bleeding, relieve pain and minimize swelling, prevent dry socket and what to eat and not eat.


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Press Releases
House Affirms Commitment to Troops
Legislation will fund U.S. military operations and prohibits the transfer of Guantanamo detainees
Jun 20 2014
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Tom Rice (SC-07) released the following statement applauding the passage of H.R.4870, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015, with a bipartisan vote of 340-73:
"Our men and women in uniform risk their lives to protect our country and freedom, and we must ensure they have the tools they need to be successful," said Congressman Rice. "This bill funds the military operations and national security efforts our troops use readily to keep us safe . Furthermore, it addresses the President's decision to release five dangerous terrorists by prohibiting the transfer of Guantanamo detainees."
In total, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015 provides $491 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $4.1 billion above the fiscal year 2014 enacted level and $200 million above the President's request. In addition, the bill includes $79.4 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) for the ongoing war efforts abroad, the same level assumed in the President's budget request and in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act.


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When looking at Carey Mulligan, you wouldn't automatically think that the girl needs any kind of cosmetic work. Her porcelain-like facial features are stunning and she's only 25 for chrissakes! Well, some Hollywood nutjob doctor actually told the Never Let Me Go star that she needed Botox.
In an interview for the January issue of British Elle, Mulligan said she inquired about a few pesky lines underneath her eyes. Much to her surprise, a doctor suggested, "We'll just drop some Botox in here and here…" Mulligan was aghast!
"So I can't move my face? Isn't that the antithesis of what I'm trying to do as an actress? Only in LA would someone try and give you Botox when you're 25 years old," Mulligan recalled.
When it comes to revealing, uh, more skin on film or on the red carpet, Mulligan is quite modest. Being "sexy" isn't quite her thing. "'I've never felt like a sexy person… I've always felt like a sensible person. I've always felt absurd wearing anything revealing."
She added: "I'm not trying to sell myself as a visual. I'm selling my willingness to play a part really well. If your body doesn't look normal, how can you convey normal people, how can you be relatable?"
Keepin' it real, Carey! That's why we adore you!
As previously reported, Mulligan will star as Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet) upcoming adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's prized novel, The Great Gatsby.Read More


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This Poncho is one of our original designs hand knitted by us on our old farm in Northern NSW.
Knitted from our naturally dyed merino Harvest Wool, 2 x strands have been knitted in garter stitch with wool tops knitted in, on 10mm handcrafted timber needles to give a thick, soft, ever so cozy texture.
The merino wool – Mocha and Barley, Golden and a little Winter Wine have been dyed from pomegranate rinds, madder and alkanet root.
The fringing adds depth and texture along with a couple of beads.


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March 11 is the 70th day of the year.
- 1890, Tuesday: Vannevar Bush, director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which oversaw the Manhattan Project, is born.
Behind the scenes
- 1952, Tuesday: This was planned as the date that Marty McFly would travel back to in the first Back to the Future film rather than November 5, 1955.
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.


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Take a look around. We will inform you here about our service, our team, news, open and close times and so on.
You do not need an appointment. You can come to our officetimes, whenever you need a doctor. Please check, if we are there. Sometimes we are on further eductaion.
Do you have questions or need a home visit, because you cannot come to us, then call this phone number:
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This number is also accessible outside of our office hours with our emergency center.
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How to gain new business, win new accounts, generate significant cash flow and, in essence, make it rain.
Stop Being Just Another Salesperson
No one likes a slick salesman. Salespeople themselves don't even like the term "salesman". It's tainted. In fact, most salespeople prefer to call themselves something else, anything else.
[sws_pullquote_left]The art of rainmaking is not the same as the art of simply selling more. — Amy Grimmer [/sws_pullquote_left] Retail and showroom floor peddlers love to use the term "associate". Insurance salesmen call themselves "financial planners". Every college graduate with a Facebook account, and a resume that needs padding, lists themselves as experienced "social media consultants". Corporate types prefer "business developer".
So where does it end? The truth is, it doesn't. They all mean the same darn thing to consumers. Whether in the boardroom or in the showroom, a salesman is a salesman no matter what they are hawking.
Yet on the flipside of the semantic coin, rainmakers, especially in the HR Outsourcing Sales industry are highly regarded and viewed as esteemed paragons of daring, problem solving, and financial success.
What's the difference? Rainmakers are, quite simply, successful salespeople who do it right – although very few salesmen become rainmakers. In fact, a significant proportion of HR Outsourcing sales professionals are doing it wrong – and giving the necessary profession a bad name in the process. After all, people don't hate salesmen per say, they just hate bad salesmanship.
They hate the obvious mind games, gimmicks, and below-the-belt scheming. They hate being run around in circles. They hate wasting their time. Most of all, they hate being manipulated – having their agency taken from them through lies, pressure, or a combination of both.
From a rainmaker's perspective, this selfish approach is doing it wrong. In fact, the difference between a rainmaker, and the multitude of snake-oil salesmen that populate the imaginations of the people, is a difference in perspective leading to a difference in approach.
In the purest sense, a rainmaker is simply someone that makes a positive difference.
Making Rain in HR Outsourcing Sales
The art of rainmaking is not the same as the art of simply selling more. It is the art of just being a friendly, helpful, and sincere human being – something all of us are capable of.
But for some reason, the pursuit of money, or at least closing a sale, can sometimes turn perfectly good people into manipulative sociopaths. If the only end goal is to make a sale, well, there's not much guiding the approach is there?
But rainmakers in HR Outsourcing Sales see it differently. The goal is to identify dormant or hidden problems, and develop a vision of what it would be like if that problem is solved. Then they simply go about solving it. More sales are the result, not the driving impetus. As it turns out, goals matter.
A Sale Is Not Given, It Is Won
Rainmakers are not simply handed a sale. They win it through determination, planning, and the ability to inject value and trust into the lives of their clients. However, this should not be taken to mean that to be successful one must be pushy or conniving.
Quite the opposite. Rainmakers in HR Outsourcing Sales don't try to manipulate; they try their best to help. Rainmakers don't tell the customer what to do; they offer useful knowledge and insight that will help a customer come to their own conclusions. Rainmakers develop demand, as opposed to simply reacting to it. They cultivate relationships and strive to make human connections with their prospects. Most importantly, rainmakers can suspend self-interest when necessary and win sales in the process.
Sure, it is possible, even easier sometimes to make a sale through clever manipulation and some timely pressure. But if the end result is a fuming customer, don't expect to make much rain. Remember, it's the connection, bonded on trust, that matters, not necessarily the sale.
The Secret
As it turns out, the secret to how rainmakers in HR Outsourcing Sales approach sales is not such a secret after all. It is a combination of hard work, diligence, and yes, love. The reason we hate sales is because it is, more often than not, approached in a way that is patently and unmistakably selfish.
But true sales professionals, the rainmakers know that it's the process that matters. It's the whole dance itself. By developing trust-based pipelines of friends, acquaintances, professionals and ultimately, industry insiders, the rainmaker creates an apparatus focused on people, not results.
Through it, they create their own demand. How? By selling a vision and winning fans.
Need help making the right connections? Need assistance formulating the right approach? Centripetal can help!


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After the roaring success of the PDC Wolrd Series over the last three years, the PDC darting juggernaut looks set to return to American. The last time we saw the PDC on American soil was in 2009 when the last Las Vegas Desert Classic took place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. PDC chairman Barry Hearn is keen to reinvent Darts in America, but Hearn will need all his marketing knowledge and resources if the PDC are to tap into the lucrative sporting industry in the US. During the 80s and 90s, darts was one of America's biggest indoor sports, when the BDO tour would spend up to three weeks at a time in America. Since the split in darts in 1993, the number of American's playing, and travelling to play the tour is at an all time low. There are no American players that currently hold a PDC Tour Card, which is a far cry from the first PDC World Championship in 1994. The first year at the Circus Tavern seven players took part in the PDC World Championship. Now we only see as US Team once a year in the PDC World Cup Of Darts, this year Darren Youngs and Larry Butler were beaten in the first round by the Philippines.
Hearn has revealed "The next big push we're going to do is we're going back to America,"There's slightly different promotional techniques you have to use in America. You have to give them some American winners." "We'll do a massive qualifier on site, so every player in North America gets a chance, and that will find the guys to compete in the event." "The top eight are earning great money obviously, but they have a responsibility to spread the game, which they are embracing, and I'm thankful to them for that,"
Although nothing has been finalised, it's widely thought that Hearn would like to go back to Las Vegas if America is to be added to the World Series. An American leg would be exciting and would complete the circle, as the PDC already goes to New Zealand, Austrailia, Dubai, China and Japan.


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What HASN'T been done?
Zombie fiction is diverse. Now, that being said, most Z-poc follows a fairly predictable pattern. Guy goes to work, school, cross country trip, etc. and ends up being away from home when the shit hits the fan. Guy goes through hell trying to get home and ends up making it/not making it only after finding himself and what he is all about on a treacherous, life-altering journey.
Sound familiar?
Now, that isn't a bad thing. Every Z-poc story has something that makes it stand out from the rest. My series – Six Feet From Hell – is different because it follows a group of EMTs as they make said journey. DJ Molles' The Remaining series is one man representing a military and a government that he may not agree with while trying to save innocent lives. John O'Brien takes on the Night Runners in A New World. Shawn Chesser's Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse starts with his characters on complete opposite ends of the country, and getting there is half the fun. Then there is Rick Grimes battling the undead from Georgia to Washington D.C. in the critically-acclaimed comic and TV show The Walking Dead. There are limitless ways to get from Point A to Point B and keep the reader interested. Most authors do this quite well, but it begs the question nowadays…
What HASN'T been done?
Good question! Does it really matter? Yes, it does. Although the fountain of zombie goodness seems to be neverending, eventually ideas will start crowding with others and people will start asking if there are any original ideas left. Just like Brian Keene's The Rising invented zombie fiction, there is yet to be something that has reinvented it. IPs like The Walking Dead, Z-Nation, World War Z and others have put zombies in the mainstream, but again, people will start to get tired of it and they will want something shiny and new.
I'm all for someone taking the zombie genre and turning it on its head, and I may not be the person to do it (I'm a traditional Z-guy – slow and plodding) but someone out there is going to rework the zombie apocalypse into something spectacular and I personally cannot wait for it to happen. If you have an off-the-wall, crazy-assed zombie idea and you're waiting to unleash it upon the masses, then I just have one question…
What are you waiting for?
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The stench of frozen flesh is in the air! Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour 2015, with 40+ of the best zombie authors spreading the disease in the month of November.
Stop by the event page on Facebook so you don't miss an interview, guest post or teaser…and pick up some great swag as well!
Giveaways galore from most of the authors as well as interaction with them!
#WinterofZombie is the hashtag for Twitter, too!


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The IELTS Scholarship is provided for eight successful Indian students by the British Council, India. These students who obtain a good IELTS score on their IELTS test and wish to pursue a post-graduate course from any university abroad will be eligible for this scholarship. This incentive was started by the British council to promote global sharing of ideas and knowledge. The students selected for this program will receive Rs.3,00,000 to cover for their tuition fees. This will help the students who are interested in studying abroad and will encourage many others too. The scholarship is available only for the academic IELTS test and not for the general one or the one taken for the sake of immigration purpose.
This scholarship is however only available for those keen on pursuing post graduation studies with courses intended for a full-time curriculum. Also, the university the student is applying to must accept IELTS as a part of its admission requirements and to test the English proficiency of the students. This exam, which was introduced about twenty years ago, is now becoming widely popular. Every year, around 1.5 million students from 125 different countries write this test and the numbers are increasing every year. More than 6,000 universities all over the world accept IELTS academic test scores as a criterion for admission into their academic programs. Of these, more than 2,500 are U.S. universities. All universities in Canada, Australia and most of them in U.K. also accept the IELTS score for admission purposes.
The scholarship aims at providing opportunities for Indian students as well as improves higher education ties with India and other countries. The IELTS test is managed by the British Council, IELTS Australia and the ESOL Examinations.
To Avail the Scholarship, one has to:
1) Take the IELTS test and obtain the good IELTS scores.
2) Download the application form for the scholarship from the British Council website, fill it and submit it before the deadline.
3) Out of all the applications received, 40 will be short-listed. They have to prepare for an interview in which they have to prepare for a ten-minute presentation on the topic that will be chosen by the examiners.
4) After the presentation, eight out of the forty will be selected; they must submit their letters of acceptance from the universities they plan to attend.
5) Failure to submit the acceptance letters will result in elimination of one's name from the list of short-listed students.
6) One should meet the conditions of the organization, be a citizen of India, should have a valid IELTS score above the band of 6.5.
7) The candidate must be applying for any post-graduate course outside India for that academic year.
8) One must have taken the IELTS test only with the British Council and provide the acceptance letter without fail.
9) If one is awarded a full scholarship by the university, then one must inform the British Council so they can withdraw the scholarship and confer it on another deserving student.


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A few comments about Fats! The words fat free should truly be eliminated from our vocabulary because all but a very conditions would ever benefit from such a way of eating and even then only for a short fast!
A certain amount (and it's more than you think) of saturated fat in the diet is actually essential, and some saturated fats are extremely health promoting. Plus, experience proves that with a high meat/high fat/low carb diet such as the Adkins diet has shown that natural saturated fat does not necessarily clog arteries. For example, coconut oil is the highest source of saturated fats (92 percent), yet included in that number are the medium-chain triglycerides, which are extremely beneficial to the body.
Artificial trans fats are major contributors to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes and have no place in in our diets. But naturally occurring trans fats can be healthy. Conjugated linoleic acid is both a trans-fatty acid and a cis-fatty acid that has major health benefits. Studies have indicated it is a potent cancer fighter across a wide variety of tumors, can lower LDL cholesterol levels, prevent bone loss and atherosclerosis, and is actually brain protective.
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Our website has been totally redesigned from the ground up to meet the changing real estate marketplace. It's totally responsive design allows it to be viewed not only from desktop computers, but from mobile devices as well. Plus, it is now very search friendly including large pictures, drop down search menus, easy to find selling and buying guides, and great tools such as a home value estimator and mortgage calculator.
Single Property Websites
We give each of our listings it's own personal property website that is dedicated to the online marketing of your property. Featuring large pictures, property description, location map, community info, and even a neighborhood Walk Score®, these property websites are distributed through our online network of real estate websites including Realtor.com®, Zillow, Trulia, HomeFinder, Homes.com, RealtyTrac, The Real Estate Book, and hundreds more!
Smartphone APP
Our company recently released our own Real Estate Search APP. Our branded APP uses the latest in GPS/geolocation technology, which means users can find homes for sale around them from wherever they are in Central Oregon right on their mobile device.
As an invited member of Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate, our Premier Collection of Fine Homes listings are also listed in LuxuryRealEstate.com, the #1 website portal for luxury real estate listings in the world with over 300,000 monthly visits. LuxuryRealEstate.com was named "Best on the Web" by Forbes Magazine for 8 consecutive years.
Listing Syndication
Our company has joined with ListHub, the industry's most extensive online marketing program. Through ListHub, all of our MLS listings get distributed to a network of up to 900 real estate websites and their subsidiaries nationally.
We "Showcase" all of our listings on Realtor.com®. As the NAR official property website, Realtor.com®is one of the most visited real estate search sites on the internet, attracting more than 700 million views from over 30 million unique visitors each month.
Craigslist is still one of the most searched sites for real estate. Professional ads with large pictures are updated weekly and have proven to be a great source of leads for individual properties.
Social Networking
More and more buyers are looking to social media sites to get information on homes for sale in Bend. We leverage social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, and Pinterest to make your property more visible and attractive to the modern buyer.
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Our company understands the importance of being on the first page of Google to attract buyers, and a major part of our marketing plan is on our website search engine optimization (SEO) and spending on AdWords campaigns. You will often find Bend Premier Real Estate in the top spot for such popular searches as "Bend Oregon Real Estate" and "Homes for sale in Bend".
Open Houses
To maximize exposure, many of our agents hold houses open on a regular basis. These open houses are advertised on the MLS, Realtor.com, Craigslist, and in the Open House section of our website. To create additional interest in the real estate community, most of our listings are put on the multi-home broker tour where it is toured along with other new listings in the area by real estate agents from numerous brokerages.
Traditional Marketing Methods
Although many traditional marketing methods have little impact in selling homes in today's high tech world, our agents still use some of these methods in marketing your home. Thanks to our busy downtown location, we produce professional flyers for all our listings that can be found in our flyer rack and window displays that are visible to buyers 24/7. And, of course, when a Bend Premier Real Estate "for sale" sign goes up in the yard, it not only lets the public know your property is for sale, but that it is being listed by an extraordinary agent.
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It was the New York Times in 1956 that stated "The three most important things about real estate were location, location, location" and we couldn't agree more. We cannot think of a better location in Bend for a real estate office than the busy corner of Franklin & Bond. Thanks to our location in the corner office of the beautiful 5-story brick Franklin Crossing building, our offices get a lot of attention and "walk-in traffic". We simply love our location and the exposure!
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Dreamwave Comics "Micromasters" #1
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Title: Destined for Nothing
Cover Price: $2.95
Publisher: Dreamwave Productions
Written by: James "Brad Mick" McDonough & Adam Patyk
Pencils by: Rob Ruffolo
Inks by: Erik Sander
Colors by: David Cheung
Letters by: Ben Lee
On the battlefields of Cybertron, a warrior has fallen and his comrades desperately try to get him off the scene of chaos. The warrior is Roadbuster, and his comrades, the Micromaster Hot Rod and Monster Truck Patrols! Suddenly, in the middle of the battle, one of the Autobot Micromasters is destroyed, and everyone is shocked. This buys the Autobot teams time to get Roadbuster out of the area.
Elsewhere, in the Iacaon Autobase, a shuttle lands. From inside, two figures emerge: Micromasters Countdown and Groundshaker! It has been a long time since the pair has set foot on Cybertron, and they are both worried that no one is at the spaceport to greet them. Suddenly, the Jumpstarters appear and try to stop the two until they realize who they are. They let the two pass, a bit confused.
Inside the base, Ultra Magnus and Fortress Maximus discuss options regarding the war that is draining far too many lives and resources on Cybertron. Suddenly, Countdown appears and everyone catches up. Coundown explains that he was never able to find Optimus Prime, and instead he chased down the Decepticon Skystalker and his followers until he defeated them temporarily. However, the realizes that the Decepticons are beginning to spread like a plague across the galaxy, and that they must be stopped! Magnus cannot find any way to spare reinforcements however, and Coundown leaves, convinced he's made a mistake approaching the two commanders.
As they leave, the Hot Rod patrol comes in, and Big Daddy is not happy. He tells Magnus that Crunch perished on the battlefield today, but Magnus is more concerned with protocol than anything else. He tells the Micromasters to go check in their weapons. They're not happy, but they do as they are told.
Decepticon HQ:
The Race Track Patrol roars towards Decepticon HQ. There, they find Blitzwing and Octane drinking Energon, but abusing Greasepit. Barricade is not thrilled, and he leads the Race Track Patrol to complain to Shockwave, who shows very little concern for the Micromasters. Barricade decides he has had enough, and the Race Track Patrol follows him.
The Autobot Micromasters are not exactly getting along. The Battle Patrol is berating the Hot Rod Patrol as the Race Car Patrol and Rescue Patrol watches. Big Daddy tries to convince them that they are just pawns being used in a war they never asked to be a part of. The others stay behind, but Big Daddy and his team decide to go it alone.
The Wastelands:
The Hot Rod Patrol drives away from their now former home. Suddenly, they run into the Race Track Patrol! The two sides are about to fight, but they all suddenly realize that they are all lost sheep. Before they can do anything else, a group of Decepticons appear to make them disappear forever!
I fully admit that when I began to read Micromasters, I was biased in favor of the book. While the general collecting public turned a blind eye to Transformers in the late 80's and early 90's, I was really, really enjoying the likes of Action Masters and Micromasters as concepts. The classic G1 comic book series from Marvel did a good job of introducing the two, but they were used very sparingly. Micromasters received a bit more attention than Action Masters, but they were never made central characters such as Optimus Prime or Grimlock. A comic series that would do that had nothing but my biggest admiration and enthusiasm.
Now I'm just confused.
I've re-read Micromasters #1 about five times before writing this review, and a few things just don't jive right. First off, in my opinion, this should have been an origin issue. Even if the Micromasters were already active at the beginning of the issue and then did a flashback, it would have been better than a text summary in the back. I really sort of feel a bit cheated that we didn't get to see the birth of these tiny warriors.
But that aside, the very story of their birth seriously disturbs me. In it, even the writer admits that the Autobots probably made a mistake when they decided to create the Micromasters. Never mind the huge leap of logic that they didn't have the Matrix but still created Transformer life (perhaps Vector Sigma tied them into the Matrix energy), why the heck would Autobots ever agree to a plan that Shockwave proposes? What if all the new warriors decided to go to the Decepticon side? The Autobots would be seriously screwed. It just doesn't make sense. But here's the thing, I could sit here all day and speculate on just how the plan made sense, but without us witnessing the events, we just don't know. This is a glaring hole that I hope is patched
in future issues.
I'm also not very happy with Ultra Magnus or Fortress Maximus' portrayal in this story. Magnus comes off as a non-compassionate bureaucrat, and Maximus is just a yes man. When Big Daddy tells Magnus that a Micromaster has fallen, the fact that Magnus basically had a hand in the creation and recruitment of this warrior into a war should have warranted some level of emotional reaction in Magnus. Even a thought balloon would have been nice. Instead, he gets all cold and tells the guys to check their weapons. What?! Now, Maximus' portrayal is slightly better. He does care about the Micromasters, but he doesn't seem to have a tough enough hide to stand up to Magnus or even offer an alternate suggestion. He just basically stands there and lets things happen. I did like the one hint of his "known" personality from Marvel's G1 series when he proposes an alliance to end hositilities, something the pacifist Maximus we know would have done back in the 80's. That was a nice touch and good to see.
Okay, okay, so story-wise, is there any good? Sure, there's plenty. First off, I like the concept of the Micromasters being treated like dirt by their superiors. It's a good idea, and a believable one. Basically they're a glorified military project of the
Autobots and Decepticons, and they are treated as such (though I still say the Autobots should act differently). I like the independent streak of the Micromasters on both sides and how they are willing to strike out on their own.
Regarding the Micromasters, it's nice to see Big Daddy be the "front and center" Micromaster. He has been a fan favorite for years, based almost solely on his rather unusual name. It was also a treat seeing the Monster Truck Patrol dragging a Transformer out of the combat zone, something their tech specs mentioned back in the day. One surprise this book did hold was the way the Micromasters interacted. Unlike their larger counterparts, they don't seem to fully have their
hearts (or fuel pumps) dedicated to destroying each other. It's almost like they're doing it because they're told to, not because they want to. Their interaction will be a major selling point for me in issues to come.
- Ultra Magnus and Fortress Maximus
- The Micromasters talk
- The Hot Rod Patrol
- Countdown versus Skystalker
I hate giving bad art reviews. I really, really do. This is especially true when I think the artist is good, and can do better than the final product. You will find this true when I review Manny Galan's artwork in the Generation 2 comics. Now I find myself doing it again for Micromasters #1.
It took me a lot of thinking and staring at the art before I realized what was happening. To me, it looks a lot like Ruffolo is attempting to emulate Pat Lee's style, to perhaps give the Dreamwave books a more cohesive style. Unfortunately, the results generate artwork that goes from really nicely done to absolutely horrid all in one issue.
I'm going to be fair here and point out what I liked first. Ruffolo manages to convey the huge size difference between the larger "guzzler" Autobots and the Micromasters very well. The two page spread where the Micromasters are fighting over Roadbuster's body is fantastic. Everything looks spectacular there.
Ruffolo also does an awesome job of detail work. One of my favorites is a small vent on the pink portion of his upper body near the shoulders. He manages to keep this detail consistant from panel to panel (among others). I really appreciate this level of detail, and he keeps it flowing throughout the entire issue, not just in one or two splash panels.
Now, the not so good. While the artwork in the issue starts off very nicely, it suddenly goes haywire a few pages in.
One of the biggest problems in this issue is proportion. I'm not a big fan of the whole WE HAVE HUGE LEGS AND TINY HEADS look. It's distracting, visually unappealing and overall, it just doesn't make ense. Almost every character suffers from this at some point in the issue. The most notable example is during one of the conversations between Ultra Magnus and Fortress Maximus. While Maximus' body is large and bulky, his head is suddenly super tiny, when a few pages previous, it was the right size.
Personally, I'm also not really into what I call the "puffy" look. Why does everyone have to have limbs and parts that seem to be ready to burst at the seams? And why can't any joints have simple right angles instead of the beveled angles used on everything from arms to thighs to portions of robot heads? Sometimes this just looks really, really bad, like the Transformer is swollen or something. This is found throughout the issue, and it too is quite distracting.
I do suspect that some of this issue was rushed for a deadline. While some panels/pages show a painstaking attention to detail, others just blow consistancy out of the water. The most glaring example of this are the loss of Groundshaker's wings towards the end of the issue. At first they're there, then all of a sudden they disappear for no reason. Also, when Octane and Blitzwing are shown, I was surprised to see them in their "Earth form" robot modes already.
This brings to mind the question: When is this story taking place? Is this right before the second G1 mini series? Magnus is still in his "War Within" form, so why wouldn't they also bein those forms? It's a bit perplexing to say the least.
Micromasters #1 has a lot of problems. I really wish I could say I loved this book, go buy it now etc. etc., but it may be worth waiting to see if a trade paperback or something comes out so you can get all four issues at once. By itself, this book is pretty weak.


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So November marks my sixth month at Vox Media.
That's pretty cool.
I'm beyond fortunate that they hired me on to work part time from beautiful Muncie, Ind. while I finish up my degree.
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Hey there, Adam. Thanks for reaching out. Definitely looking forward to meeting you on Friday.
Sure thing, Adam. Also thanks for your comments on my work. I'll check out your stuff soon when I have more time!
Hey, Adam. Was about to ask how things are going with school and the paper, but I just read your recent blog post. What are you looking at getting into this summer?
Thanks! Yeah, the standing headers in arts were last minute, and that was mostly due to a lack of preparation on how to organize the section. I spent the majority of my free time branding and not necessarily thinking about subsections... by mistake. haha. Each page is whatever subject is listed in that standing head for arts. Music, movies, games, etc.
I'll be uploading pages from the next issue tomorrow, so you won't need to wait long. Also, The Clarion's issuu account is on my profile here if you wanted to see the last full issue (only a few pages are uploaded on NPD, sadly, as you probably saw).
That sounds awesome. Making templates and the style guide should be fun. Production is the best. You assign graphics assignments, then? That must be a great relief!
It's awesome to hear you're expanding in design. Having skills in video and other applications for graphic design will help immensely. Something I've wanted to do but just don't have time for (small staff at the paper and out of the way of my degree).
That's very nice of you to make that offer. There's only a few contacts I have, though they are all Madison-centered. How can I refuse? :)
Thanks! Yeah I wanted to go for something different, and so far it seems well received.
Having copy editing at the same time as design sounds like a miracle. Never heard of such a thing. haha By "not so much about design," do you mean that it doesn't give you the design features as much? I can see why that would be a downer. Importing sounds like a nice solution to that problem, too.
Good luck with your redesign of DN. Will you be part of the design team for it?
CCI? Never heard of it. haha What's it like compared to InDesign or Quark?
That's great you had a nice experience. But at least you have those portfolio pieces. I'm looking through them a bit again right now, liking what you turned up!
I plan on taking an internship next summer/spring at a local paper (not too many, Madison is small). Hopefully copy editing since design goes along with it.
Also on a side note, I redesigned my school paper this summer. I don't get much feedback apart from my adviser, since I'm a lone designer 95% of the time, but what do you think? Constructive criticism is welcome. :)
Thanks Adam! I look forward to your work as well. I see some samples from Indianapolis Star-- did you have an internship this summer? :)
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