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|Boudoir Noir photo by Split Sugar
MCB: Who is in the band?
Maria Rose: I am the singer, and play guitar, synth, Graham Rockwood lays down that bass and Ben Schlatter is the drummer. If the stage at the venue has enough room we also, at times bring along some hula-hoop dancers or pole dancers. We aim for our live shows to have an electro/cabaret feel to it.
MCB: When did you form and why?
Maria Rose: We started as Maria Rose & The Swiss Kicks and performed as that for a few years. We changed our name to Boudoir Noir this fall. We also developed our sound more. We wanted to create more chilled out, beat driven, sexy and smooth music with a theatrical live show. Boudoir Noir felt like a better name for what we wanted to do.
MCB: Describe your sound in ten words or less and what band would not offend you to be compared to?
Maria Rose: Sensual, dreamy pop. Music for making love. We would definitely not be offended to be compared to Oh Land or Banks.
MCB: What's your latest release and how can people get it?
Maria Rose: We released two singles in January - Summer Skin and Change it up
They are available on
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/boudoir-noir/id934184537
Band camp - https://boudoirnoir.bandcamp.com/releases
and streaming on Spotify
We will be releasing a new EP in August called Endless Dawn!
MCB: Favorite local venue and why?
Maria Rose: The Crofoot ballroom is really nice! The big stage gave us lots of room for our hula-hoop dancers.
We also really loved playing at the Magic stick, especially because of the pizza downstairs :)
MCB: What do you like most and least about Detroit?
Maria Rose: Love the DIY energy here; all of the creativity and ingenuity floating around. We love that it feels like the wild west, in that there's a lot room to explore your ideas and passions.
Least favorite is lack of a good mass transit system.
MCB: What's the furthest you have traveled for a gig?
Maria Rose: New York City! We had a tour out east a couple of summers ago.
MCB: Most embarrassing moment so far…
Maria Rose:This isn't really embarrassing, just a little funny. We showed up to a gig a couple of hours away, only to find out the sound guy had just quit. He offered us money to help move his speakers. Apparently, he and the owner had gotten into an unresolvable argument right before we got there!
MCB: What makes being in a band worth it for you?
Maria Rose: We love the connections you make with music. Seeing people move and sway, and connect with a deeper part of themselves and those around them at shows is magical. It's amazing to see how music can bring people together on so many different levels. Connecting with each other on stage is also really gratifying. A group of people can almost always accomplish more than an individual, so it's pretty cool to throw ideas at each other, feed off each other, and see what comes of it.
MCB: You will know the band is successful when…..
Maria Rose: We can live from spending most of the year on tour!
MCB: Where's the best place for people to go hear more from you? (FB, Youtube, Bandcamp, your own URL – whatever you think your best site is)
Maria Rose: We're on all of the social media sites, so whichever is your favorite!
Our website is www.BoudoirMusic.com
Facebook- facebook.com/BoudoirNoirBand
Twitter- @BoudoirMusic
Instagram- @BoudoirMusic
YouTube- youtube.com/BoudoirMusic


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Nicholas Gruen
CEO, Lateral Economics
Productivity the long road ahead
Dr Gruen has worked in a diverse range of public policy and other roles since 1981:
- He was economic policy adviser to two Federal Government Ministers – Treasurer John Dawkins (1991-1994) and Industry Minister John Button (1981-1985).
- He was appointed to the Productivity Commission (1993-1997) where he was Presiding Commissioner of one inquiry and an industry study commissioned by the ACCC and Associate Commissioner on five inquiries.
- He was Director of the Business Council of Australia's New Directions economic reform project (1997-2000).
- In 2008 he was a member of the Cutler Review into the Australian Innovation System.
- In 2009 he was Chairman of the Federal Government's Government 2.0 Taskforce.
- From 2010 to 2011 he was founding Chairman of Kaggle.
- From 2000 he has been CEO of Lateral Economics and Peach Financial Group.
- He is also Chairman of Online Opinion and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation.
Dr Gruen holds a PhD and BA Hons (First Class) from the ANU and a LLB Hons from Melbourne University. He has published in national and international academic journals on a range of issues from tariff reform to competition policy, intellectual property, innovation in government and macro-economic policy. He has been a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review and the Courier Mail, has been published in anthologies of Australia's Best Essays and Australia's Best Political Writing and is a substantial contributor to Australia's thriving policy blog scene at Club Troppo.

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Although launching a new business brings with it potential opportunities for growth, there are also plenty of pitfalls to look out for. What often separates business failures from success stories is the ability to handle details, anticipate problems, and make sure business agreements are clearly written and understood.
When small business owners rely on verbal agreements, boilerplate contracts and do-it-yourself approaches to contract management, they may be unknowingly setting themselves up for costly legal problems. As attorney John C. Woodman advises, it's better to err on the side of caution than leave yourself exposed to possible lawsuits and contractual disputes.
He recommends anticipating and addressing all issues that could arise, regardless of whether a potential misunderstanding or disagreement seems likely to happen. For example, some business owners balk at the idea of signing formal contracts with people they consider good friends or with whom they have a long-standing relationship. However, "it is always best to have a written agreement negotiated between the pertinent parties," Woodman said.
Since damage control is much more expensive, stressful and time-consuming than preventive action, Woodman urges business owners to get legal advice before a potential issue turns into a crisis.
"A reliable attorney can ensure you're buttoned up from a legal perspective, so you can focus on running a successful business instead of facing a 'do-over' or putting out a legal fire down the road," said Woodman, a business litigation and creditor/debtor rights attorney at North Carolina-based Sodoma Law P.C. "Too many times, I've seen business owners seek legal counsel when matters are 'hot,' rather than preparing for all eventualities."
Covering your bases with business contracts
To steer clear of misunderstandings, false assumptions and ambiguity, Woodman recommends that contract terms be clear and concise. One method of assuring that all parties fully understand the intent and meaning of contract provisions is to include definitions of important terms in the document. He also said that "the subject matter and the material terms should be ironed out beforehand" to reduce costs and keep the process moving forward efficiently. A letter of intent is typically used to lay the groundwork for many business agreements, he explains.
Woodman believes one of the primary mistakes small business owners make is to use generic contract templates. He points out that state-specific clauses often need to be incorporated into business contracts and that every agreement should be customized and fine-tuned to fit the situation.
"Each vendor, financing or employment agreement should be carefully crafted to ensure all eventualities are covered," he said.
Corporate legalities to consider
Setting up a corporation improperly can create a ripple effect of problems when it comes to contracts, especially regarding the way your company is taxed, pays its employees and limits liability. Woodman noted that documents like shareholder agreements, partnerships and operating agreements are the constitution of a company and need to be accurate.
"If, for example, your agreement states that your business is a corporation when in fact it should be a limited liability company, that's going to be a problem [in the future]," he said.
One important detail executives and business owners sometimes overlook is whether a contract should be executed by an individual or a business entity, such as a corporation. Woodman says that's a potential error that can and should be avoided.
"If the party to sign is the corporation, execute the contract in the name of the corporation. If the party to sign is the individual of a corporation, sign only in the individual's name and not the capacity of the corporation," he added.
An ever-present legal threat Woodman strives to protect clients from is financial liability. He noted that if your company isn't set up correctly and you're unaware of that fact when contracting in your company's name, any disputes could fall back on you as an individual.
"If you follow the correct corporate formalities from the outset, anyone with whom you engage who turns [a business situation] into a dispute is less likely to be able to reach your personal assets," Woodman said.


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Let's Do Lavender offers a full line of unique lavender products…all made with our premium Sequim grown lavender. The business began when Susan Zuspan, founder of Let's Do Lavender, moved to beautiful Sequim and fell in love with lavender. That was in the year 2000 and inspired by her love of lavender, she has been creating lavender products ever since. She found her niche in Sequim, lavender capital of North America, since she always enjoyed creating interesting and unique craft projects.
Let's Do Lavender is a home based business with about two hundred lovely lavender plants surrounding Susan's home. It is from these homegrown and pampered plants that the lavender buds used in her products are produced. Many of the Let's Do Lavender products are hand-sewn, or hand-embroidered and all are made with attention paid to detail, quality and uniqueness. The array of products include lavender eye pillows and body wraps, many unique products, a wonderful and soothing selection of bath and body products, and much, much more.
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What can you do to make the most of the filmmaking on a small budget?
Take notes from low-budget indie films recently that hit the ground. Making movies don't have to be so costly. A director is free to choose the way he/she wants to make the movie. Hate to break it to you, but placing all your good looking actors and purchasing the latest recorder probably won't make you the next Francis Ford Coppola. From my personal story as an image-maker now, your biggest learning experience comes from learning through your own team and yourself. So, here I am sharing some tips I've learned along my years of trials and tribulations on how-to have better cinematography on a budget.
Here are some tips that can get you started:
1. Plan A Scouting Trip
Whether it's studio or on location, it's essential to prepare everything beforehand in order to create a warm and inviting space for creativity. On a studio shoot, the physical space has to be a positive working environment. It's not that hard to find one as there's a lot of spaces out there available for rent. Location shoots are more tricky, I would say. Always double-check if you need to book access and permission to shoot there. This can be arranged by paying a visit in advance to discuss the location permit. The last thing you want to happen is when a security guard ruined your shoot and told you to get out. Eeek!
Do this pre-production step as early as you can, so you will know what works and what's not. Before choosing a set, it's ideal to see some options. Especially if you shoot on location, it's really important to get a feel of the last two or three locations to choose from. Go there by yourself, take pictures, and once you decide it, go back to do a technical scout with the production designer and director. You want to save time and money by planning ahead, to figure out how to make the most of the storytelling part of it.
2. Lighting is Everything
One of the most important things is to figure out how you're going to set the lighting on location. For an affordable option, nothing beats natural light. That's why it's best to get out of the house, be on the road, and shoot in the sunshine. If you're shooting outdoors, try to do it only in the morning and afternoon. Because it's better to shoot when the lighting is soft and there is no direct sunlight.
If you shoot during the day, it's important to have a Plan A and Plan B with the sun. What if it does rain? Not a problem. We can learn to use natural lights with interiors too. When you have a low budget, a large window can be your biggest friend.
High ceilings and light walls can also reflect light to get a nice soft look.
3. Bring Your Wide-Angle Lens
When you shoot on location, you can't move the wall around like in a studio set. You have to be incredibly prepared about all the camera positions and focal lens. Are you going to be able to go back far to get the wide shot? To make this possible, the walls of the side of the room have to allow you to go back to get that kind of wide shot. For example, if you shoot CinemaScope anamorphic with 2.35W1, in terms of height you have to go much further back to get that wide- angle option. Otherwise, you'll find yourself shooting tight, close-up and medium most times, which can be quite bad.
4. Focus on A Strong Idea
You don't need an expensive camera to be the best cinematographer. You just need a good pair of eye and a story to tell. Like Chuck Palahniuk said, "Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known." Nowadays, if somebody said to you that there's no such thing as originality anymore, I'm afraid that might be true. But fear not, the first idea might not be 'authentic', and it's okay. Develop that idea of yours with great references and mood boards. Get inspirations from music, movies, books, traveling….it could be anything. Because to create beautiful images, it involves a lot of groundwork before a shoot takes place. These references will establish the mood and creative direction. From there, it's so much easier to plan and arrange the location and props for the shoot.
5. Grab Aspiring Teammembers
Good teamwork really shows through in filmmaking. I personally think it is important to get everyone on the same vision and mood. Also, don't be afraid to voice your opinions if something needs to be altered… such as the hair is too big, we need more mascara, the buttons are falling off. Don't be afraid to speak up, it's teamwork after all. And they don't have to be expensive. There are a lot of talents you can find online, from Instagram to Starnow. Emerging artists need to support each other.
After that, find one strong concept that pushes you artistically. If you have too many, multiple ideas, I don't think it's great because you always get clogged when you have to translate the story visually. For example, when you watch "Une Femme set Une Femme", by Jean Luc Godard, it was the saturation of the colors and the French flair of the 60's that make it thematically brilliant. Especially when you have Anna Karina as the main actress.
If you find yourself struggling with finances for your movie career, I hope this article will be useful for you. The first years are the most difficult ones, but I promise it's going to be worth it, especially if you have love and passion for the things that you do. Good luck!


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Model: OSRPL131MCABrand: Opticstar
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The PL-131M CoolAir fan-cooled camera offers exceptional performance and versatility easily outperforming cameras costing considerably more. The camera excels as a planetary (Solar and Lunar) camera with frame rates of up to 220fps. It is also ideal as a guider or for industrial inspection and microscopy applications. Gain, Region of Interest (ROI) and binning are all features implemented in the hardware to deliver exceptional performance.The PL-131M camera has been designed to deliver high image quality at unusually high frame rates. The camera is capable of capturing an image even at a minimum 1ms exposure (10secs max in single shot mode) at all supported resolutions and with frame rates of up to 220fps.
The PL-131M camera requires a fully featured, full speed USB2.0 port to take advantage of all the camera's advanced features. Please refer to Hardware Requirements lower in the page for more information and advice.
Region of Interest – ROIROI has been implemented in hardware and offers fast frame rates at the expense of field of view. Frame rates of up to 220 frames per second are possible. In addition the position of the ROI window can be set by the user via the supplied software and repositioned as required.
Binning ModesBinning is implemented in the camera hardware for improved performance and is useful when you need to increase the camera's light sensitivity. Binning increases light sensitivity at the expense of resolution, the field of view remains the same in all binning modes. The camera uses the whole of the sensor surface to collect photons and outputs the image at different resolutions depending on the binning mode selected. The diagram below is for illustration purposes and shows the effect of binning as light sensitivity increases and resolution/image size decreases, exposure time remains the same.
Planetary, Lunar and Solar ImagingWhen imaging the Sun, Moon and planets atmospheric turbulence will have an adverse effect on the quality of the image. As such the best way to capture a high quality image of say a planet is by capturing hundreds or thousands of frames in succession and in the minimum amount of time possible. The resultant AVI video file can then be imported in say AstroArt or the freely available Registax where the image frames can be stacked by the software in a single final image of superior quality.
At a maximum frame rate of 220fps the PL-131M CoolAir is the ideal planetary and Lunar camera offering high quality video streams while dramatically reducing hard disk space requirements and the size of captured video AVI files.
For planetary imaging we recommend running the camera at 1280x1024 with the ROI set at 320x240. This ensures the highest image quality at the highest speeds possible, i.e. 220fps. When long focal lengths are used (i.e. over 6 meters for the larger planets) the camera ROI can be set to 640x480 (80fps) to comfortably fit the planetary disk inside the ROI window.
The 1/2" format sensor will accommodate focal lengths of around 12 meters for the largest planets so that the projected planetary disk remains smaller than the size of sensor. If the focal length used is around 12 meters you would use the camera at full resolution (22fps, ROI set to OFF).
For Lunar imaging setting the camera at 1280x1024 and the ROI at 320x240 will suit smaller Lunar features and/or when you want to draw out that extra detail. Otherwise for medium sized Lunar features running the camera at 1280x1024 with the ROI set at 640x480 will offer the best option. If you are interested in capturing as much of the area of the Moon as possible in a single shot you will need to run the camera at its full 1280x1024 resolution at 22fps (ROI set to OFF). What applies to the Moon also applies to the Sun (full aperture Solar filter required).
Finally the camera's high speed makes it ideal for imaging (and viewing) in real time 'fast moving' targets like the International Space Station.
Auto-guidingThe PL-131M CoolAir camera can be used as a guide camera and offers a number of features useful in auto-guiding sometimes not found in dedicated guiding cameras.
Hardware binning allows your guide camera to reveal and guide on fainter stars. Its ability to bin makes it ideal for guide scopes with shorter and longer focal lengths as you can better match the guider scope's focal length to the size of the pixels. An on-board camera frame store ensures the highest image quality and S/N ratios.
The camera needs an auto-guide controller like the Shoestring GPUSB unit to be able to auto-guide with any ST-4 compatible mount. The Opticstar AG-131M CoolAir is the auto-guiding version of the PL-131M CoolAir and includes the PL-131M CoolAir camera as well as the Shoestring GPUSB unit.
Other ApplicationsThe PL-131M CoolAir is very well suited to microscopy and machine inspection in particular due to its high frame rates combined with high image quality. The camera will perform well even under not ideal lighting conditions.
Hardware RequirementsThe PL-131M CoolAir camera requires a fully featured, full speed USB2.0 port to take advantage of all the camera's advanced features. Fully featured USB2.0 ports are rare in older laptops and not always present in entry level laptops. PCMCIA/CardBus USB2.0 cards typically do not deliver full USB2.0 speeds and will not work with USB2.0 high resolution video cameras including the PL-131M CoolAir.
To resolve such issues an ExpressCard (with a USB2.0 port) could be used instead of a PCMCIA/CardBus card due to the ExpressCard's superior speed of 2.5Gbit/s (480 Mbit/s through USB 2.0) per slot.
Express type cards use a 34mm slot where PCMCIA/CardBus cards use 54mm slots. An ExpressCard should be connected directly to the computer and not via a PCMCIA/CardBus card.
Please note the ExpressCards will resolve USB related issues assuming that the laptop data bus can support full ExpressCard speeds and is fully implemented.
Computers with slower USB2.0 ports may still be able to capture at full resolution but may be able to only transfer a user selectable area (ROI 640x480 or 320x240) to the computer while sustaining image resolution and high frame rates. This does not have a real effect when imaging planets where video capture should ideally take place at the smallest ROI size possible, typically 320x240 @ 220fps for focal lengths to around 6 meters for planets like Jupiter or Saturn.
Always download and install the latest Windows and Direct X service packs.
This does not have a real affect when imaging planets where video capture should ideally take place at the smallest ROI size possible, typically 320x240 @ 220fps for focal lengths to around 6 meters for planets like Jupiter or Saturn.
OptionsOptionally, the PL-131M COOLAIR incorporates a removable x0.5 focal reducer nosepiece that can double the field of view if required. An extension 5 metre USB lead with a USB repeater (amplifier) is also available in cases where the camera will be used further away from the computer.
The camera comes with a C/CS ring and a 1.25" telescope adaptor threaded for filters. A C/CS to T-thread adaptor is available as an optional extra. The camera will accept standard C and CS mount lenses as well as T-thread lenses (with the optional adapter). The PL-131M COOLAIR can also be mounted on standard photographic tripods as it incorporates a 1/4" photographic female thread.
Bundled SoftwareIn addition to EMAMCAP, the camera is bundled with a number of software applications including Opticstar View, Nebulosity Lite and PHD Guiding. Also there are software plug-ins for third party applications such as AstroArt and MaxIm DL. The most appropriate software to use depends on the particular application.
If maximum frame rates are required then the camera should be configured as a Windows DirectShow/WDM device. Alternatively, if maximum light sensitivity is desired then it should be used in native mode.
The PL-131C COOLAIR is supported natively in Nebulosity, PHD Guiding, AstroArt and MaxIm DL. The camera can also be used as DirectShow/WDM video camera in EMAMCAP.
Opticstar View - Camera Control SoftwareThe camera is recommended for lunar and solar (with a solar filter) imaging. It includes Opticstar View software for image capture and camera control with a point and click interface. It can capture single frames, a series of single frames in BMP format or in AVI video format. The captured video data can optionally be compressed if required in MPEG-4 format.
A brief outline of View's image processing functions is listed below:Basic operations including Crop, Mirror, Flip, Invert, Rotate, Bright, etc.Copy and paste user defined regions.Distances can be measured between user defined points, circles, etc.Angles can be calculated by defining three points on the image.Operations can be performed on any user defined region.Colour operations can be performed on individual R, G, B channels.Data combine of two images.Data calibration.Image-zoom as a per cent of the original image.Linear filters to soften, sharpen, emboss, blur and Gaussian.Non-linear filters for median, erode, dilate, contour, edge and jitter.Transform filters for pinch, punch, twirl and cylinder.Fluorescence filters for gamma, colorize, mix and combine.
EtAMCAP - Camera Control Software
EtAMCAP is also bundled with the camera. It can be used to control the camera and capture video in AVI format. This program does not include any image processing functionality but the captured video files can be processed in other software such as Deep Sky Stacker, Registax, Paintshop, Photoshop, etc.
Image QualityThe ability of the camera to capture and store high quality video to disk in real-time provides the data required for stacking any number of frames to create a single greatly enhanced quality image using image stacking software, these include Nebulosity (bundled with the camera), the excellent AstroArt, the freely available Registax and others.
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Progressive Discovery: Not even a progressive-friendly pope is shielded from angry traditionalists - and there's a lot of them
I remember when John McCain was running for president, and it came out that Palin's daughter had gone and gotten pregnant. The expectation from liberals (were they even 'progressives' back then?) was that this would absolutely sink Palin among the religious right. Why, they despise sex with a passion, particularly underage sex! How could they ever be expected to tolerate this mother of a harlot?
The result was their being perplexed when the response from the right was largely 'That's unfortunate, it's a mistake, we wish her well. Palin is great!'
I think something similar went on here, maybe even with the Pope himself. There was this idea that the Pope - certainly the Pope and a synod - could change everything. Gay marriage for all! Abortion is no longer a sin, nay, it's a sacrament! Divorced lesbians getting married after their mutual abortions, blessed by the new female priest! There was that energy in the air for a great moment of triumph.
Besides, what can traditionalists do? Revolt? Against the Pope, who as we all know, can do no wrong according to Church teaching because that's actually the doctrine of infallibility and not some weird mockery of it? Pshaw.
Well, it turns out the traditionalists can say that changing Church teaching on the progressive hot button issues is heresy, and nothing says 'schism' like heresy. Even if cardinals or even a pope have a hand in declaring it.
The conservatives came to near open revolt over this sort of thing, once they started to suspect - not without reason - that they were walking into a rigged synod. The Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways (and I do believe the Holy Spirit's at work here), but much to the chagrin of modern sensibilities, sometimes it works through threats.
Vague wishy-washiness is a progressive Hail Mary, and it's been heavily muted by the synod itself
Let's be blunt: progressives only rely on vague, open-to-interpretation documents when they absolutely can't get anything else. They'd sanctify anal sex and condemn "homophobia" / "any criticism of sexual proclivities whatsoever" in canon law if they thought they could get away with it. So when they're forced to talk about respecting Church teaching while attempting to meet the diversity and cultural sensibilities of the areas they're ministering to, while that's still a case of progressive subterfuge - it's also a desperate one.
It's a situation they're forced into, not a place they want to be.
Do not get me wrong. Subterfuge and intentionally wonky interpretations of Church teaching is bad. They're threats, and Inquisitor Crude says these things should be suppressed. But it's also nothing new. Oh, liberal clergy are going to skirt around doing the good and moral thing and look for any technicality that lets them do everything from hang an idiotic rainbow flag in their church to give communion to the local feminist abortionist?
There's a name for that: 'The current state of affairs.' The fact that they added some convoluted flaky pastoral-talk doesn't change that.
And keep in mind, there was a price paid for maintaining that status quo: formal synodal rejection of the that idea marriage can be dissolved, that gay marriage or even same-sex sexual relationships are moral or on par with actual marriages, and more. I know some people think that progressives are happy to pay lip service to those kinds of things even while not believing them, but if you think that, you're a decade out of date. To say 'Gay marriage is immoral and the Church cannot accept it' is not something you can wink and nudge while saying, and have the modern progressive tolerate you. It's a great way to be considered an enemy who, given the opportunity, they will destroy so as to make an example out of. (Unless you're a suitably brown muslim, in which case even your gang rapes will get downplayed.)
It's a bit like the Jubilee forgiveness of abortions. Some traditionalists are aghast, thinking it's a kind of Papal move to make pro-abortionists happy. Even if that were right, it's pointless. Forgive a feminist for having an abortion and she'll be outraged that you dare claimed that what she did was at all a sin to begin with. These maniacs are not the fringe; they are the forefront now. And vague wishy-washiness can't pacify maniacs.
Now, what it can do is confuse otherwise well-meaning and sincere people. Big problem, that. But again - that's not new.
It's made progressive cardinals look ineffective, and traditionalist cardinals into heroes
Progressives looked at the synod as a potential watershed moment that could see, if not total victory, then at least major and explicit advancement on their issues of choice. They walked away with vague pastoral talk and the very teachings they despise being formally reinforced, even if that reinforcement is insincere for some.
Traditionalists, meanwhile, not only managed to emerge apparently triumphant, but now knowing which cardinals are progressive, which are wishy-washy, and which are nigh heroic. Burke, the African cardinals, and more come to mind in the latter case.
Now, more than ever, traditionalists have a better idea of which cardinals they can count on, and which they have to watch closely. Whether this will translate into action is another question, but juxtaposing this with the weakening of the taboo traditionalists sometimes have regarding criticizing high rank clergy, and hey - the potential for interesting things to happen is there.
And that's my summary for the moment.


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From today's editions, but unavailable on the PAC page (as is a significant percentage of the stories I write for the Oregonian, due to coding and/or organizational issues far beyond my comprehension). But In case you missed it, here's how it feels to be the soft material in the pop culture machine:
Beset by the devil, Tualatin actor is sparking hot
The Monday Profile: Bret Harrison
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- On the set, they know exactly where he is, exactly all of the time.
The director, the producers, the first assistant director, the set manager. Voices crackling over their radios, all of them talking about Bret Harrison.
Bret's in his trailer. He's with the costumer. He's headed to the set, but he's hungry. He needs to eat. He needs to see his lines.
Mostly, he needs to get on camera right this second, because he is the star of the CW television series "Reaper" and is featured prominently in literally every scene of every episode.
The pressure on Harrison would be enormous even if "Reaper," which premieres at 9 p.m. Tuesday on the CW network (KRCW 32), weren't being called one of the best new shows of the fall season.
Already tagged as a potential smash, "Reaper" has become the object of a huge publicity blitz by the hit-hungry CW network. These days, Harrison's face seems to be everywhere: on billboards, in magazines, on ads playing constantly on TV, before movies, in newspapers and all over the Internet.
All of this, and more, focused on a 25-year-old kid from Tualatin who is smart enough to know that he has no idea what all of this is going to do to his life.
In a related story, he didn't sleep very well last night.
"I'm sort of having this quarter-life crisis," Harrison says in a quiet moment. He laughs a little when he says it, but he isn't kidding.
If a TV network could build its stars from scratch, the male actor they'd create would look and act almost exactly like Bret Harrison.
He's handsome, but not off-puttingly so, capable of projecting the sensitivity women like and the boyish, let's-have-a-beer quality of a guy's guy. He has clear blue eyes, a wide smile and a scratchy, post-adolescent voice that can whisper or scream with equal persuasiveness.
All of these assets are crucial to his work on "Reaper." The actor plays Sam, a sweet-natured young hardware store clerk who learns on his 21st birthday that his parents long ago sold his soul to the devil. As a result, Sam has no choice but to labor as a kind of satanic bounty hunter, capturing escaped wicked souls and sending them back to perdition.
Yet Sam remains entirely earthbound, still contending with everyday work, friends, family and romantic complications.
"He's an action hero, a love-struck kid and the savior of the world," "Reaper" supervising producer Jeff Vlaming says of Harrison's character. "It's really the next logical step in Bret's career -- he can draw on his comic timing and his dramatic abilities at the same time."
"He has terrific comic timing and is a delight on the screen," says Deborah Spera, a "Reaper" executive producer.
"We're really hoping it's going to be a breakout hit. We all have our body parts crossed."
In Vancouver, B.C., Harrison feels a bit removed from it all. But when his cell phone rings these days, it's often friends calling to tell him that they're driving under his billboard on Ventura Boulevard or watching him being interviewed on TV or reading another rave review.
"There's such a feeling this time," he says. "The show is everywhere. And the network is totally freaking out."
This is exactly where Harrison spent the past 10 years of his life working to get. Or maybe he had it mind when he was 5 years old, singing into a candlestick while pretending to be Poison lead singer Bret Michaels in the band's video for "Unskinny Bop." Harrison's parents -- a pharmacist and a special education teacher -- encouraged his interests, buying their son an electric guitar for his 10th birthday.
"I knew I wanted to perform," Harrison says. "I kept trying to form bands with my friends. But we were all 10, and no one but me had an electric guitar."
Eager to expand his abilities, Harrison took jazz dance classes (a fact he kept extremely secret from his fourth-grade friends), then moved into acting. A small role as an elf in "The Singing Christmas Tree" took Harrison to the Civic Auditorium stage, and when the one line he had to deliver scored a laugh, he knew what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.
At 15, Harrison started studying with local acting teacher Sandra Peabody, who was so impressed with the high schooler's swift mastery of the Sanford Meisner technique of projecting emotions that she invited him to join more advanced classes, free of charge. When he was 17, just starting his senior year at Tualatin High School in 1999, she told him he was ready to give Los Angeles a try.
Harrison's parents let him go (once he promised to earn the credits he'd need to get his high school diploma that spring), so he loaded his possessions into his car and headed south.
Success was almost immediate. First came a role on an MTV soap opera, "Undressed." That led to a guest shot on the sitcom "Grounded for Life," which went so well that Harrison was elevated to recurring, then co-starring status for the show's five-year run. He worked a few movies into the cracks of his schedule, then once "Grounded" was finished in 2005, scored the lead in "The Loop," a moderately well-reviewed sitcom that Fox's execs never quite figured out what to do with, then canceled even before airing the second batch of episodes this June.
Harrison came within a whisker of landing the lead in NBC's action-comedy "Chuck" (which is remarkably similar to "Reaper") then had exactly 12 hours to feel bad about losing it before learning he'd been offered "Reaper." The buzz about the show began at the CW's presentation of its new fall schedule in May and built through the summer.
All of this is very exciting for Harrison. But also almost entirely overwhelming.
"When you think about me being Sam for 15 hours a day, I'm more my character than I am Bret," he says. "And Sam's this reluctant guy who's always up against the wall. I'm constantly: 'Aah! Aah! It's the devil! How am I supposed to deal with this!?'
"It's funny how these emotions bleed into your real life."
YouTube has a 12-second video of Harrison walking with a young woman in midtown Manhattan. He notices the cell phone camera, gives a kind of distant smile, and keeps moving.
In another clip, you can see Harrison, along with actor Adam Brody (one of his best friends) and a few other pals walking into a Los Angeles nightclub. Cameras flash, and Harrison seems dismayed. But Brody urges him to "chillax."
It's hard to do when people are watching you -- filming you, even -- when you least expect it. Such are the spoils of celebrity.
No wonder Harrison has shadows lurking beneath his eyes.
Along with being a talented actor, Harrison is an intelligent, sensitive guy. He reads constantly -- serious modern fiction, mostly -- and is working to build a second career as a writer. He and his writing partner are close to sealing a deal to write an original comic book series. Harrison can imagine a future behind the camera, somewhere out of the spotlight where he can be creative without wreaking such havoc on his internal life.
These are the things he thinks about during his solitary hours in Vancouver, or when he finds himself wide awake in his bed at 3 a.m., staring up at the ceiling and wondering whether his life as a TV actor creates the anxiety in his life, or it's the other way around.
"In school, I always had to get laughs," he says. "There's always not-good stuff in that. Why is every comedian nuts and unhappy and depressed? I have bad days now, when my head's starting to trip out. But then I get into a scene and I'm much more relaxed. The feeling gets focused; it has somewhere to go."
Now Harrison is thinking of "Reaper" again, and of Sam, his stressed-out alter ego, who is so deeply and permanently in league with the devil. This is a guy, he says, who needs to come to terms with himself.
"I'd like Sam to get to a place where he's embracing what he's been given. Right now he's freaked out with his powers; he's not so sure if it's a good idea. Someday he'll realize it's a really cool thing. Sam hasn't gotten there yet. But eventually he will."


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Copenhagen, Denmark – In the former home of the world-renowned restaurant noma, acclaimed chef and restaurateur Thorsten Schmidt in partnership with chef René Redzepi and Snøhetta have conceived a fresh approach to the iconic space. Snøhetta designed the interiors and new graphic identity for Barr, which opened its doors on July 5 on Copenhagen's waterfront.
Located in North Atlantic House (Nordatlantens Brygge), Barr is a casual restaurant focused not only on the Nordics, but also on the broader food and drink traditions found in the region along the North Sea; an area that spans Scandinavia, Germany, Benelux and British Isles. The restaurant's name (Barr: meaning "barley" in old Norse), reflects Schmidt's fascination with the region's food and drink history and culture. Classic dishes such as frikadeller (Danish meatballs), schnitzel and hot-smoked salmon will be offered alongside a large selection of craft beers and aquavits.


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Lr.No.1/SSA/A3/2014 (SPD,SSA,AP), Dated: 26-10-2014 :: Summative II & III Questiom papers must be prepared at SCHOOL level
All the District Educational Officers and Project Officers (SSA) are informed that Government of Andhra Pradesh has introduced CCE from class I to VIII. As per this norms of CCE the question paper has to be set only by respective schools. There should not be any centralized question paper either at district or state level. However since the question paper setting under CCE is a new one, SSA office has been guiding the teachers for the last two years with the support of SCERT in setting Model Question papers and also sometimes supplying printed question papers. This year during the beginning of the academic year though it is made ample clear that question papers are to be set only at the school level, however some teachers have expressed concern that they are very disturbed with the division of the state and hence requested that Summative-I paper has to be set from SSA office. Hence teachers are instructed to spend Rs. 2.50 for every student. In many districts on one side it is complained that this amount is inadequate and on other side it is observed that many printing press people were involved in supply of question papers which is highly objectionable and against CCE guidelines. Under these circumstances it is decided that no Sumrmative- II or III will not be set from SSA office, it should be set only by respective school level. If the number of students is very less and if they want to have expertise from other teachers the question papers can be set at the cluster resource centers (Cluster Schools)/school complexes. Under no circumstances the entire district will adopt the same paper and if the paper is found in any printing press it will be viewed very seriously against all MEOs and DEOs. From 9 and 10 classes DCEB, were setting papers till last year. It is very clearly observed that district board was collecting money from private schools and delivering papers which private schools were never using. It also lead to collection of heavy amount from the private schools. To avoid this kind of malpractice the DCEB was cancelled by the Commissioner & Director of school education. All DEOs are immediately requested to return the amount collected from various private schools and also return the amount to the Government high schools pertaining to the amount collected from the Government Schools. Hereafter respective private schools and Government Schools will set question papers by themselves. Every school will sets its own question papers as per CCE methodology. The Government High Schools will continue to collect Rs.15.00 per student in respect of 9th and 10th classes as it is the practice of earlier. In respect 1st to 8th as no amount can be collected from students as per RTE. Hence the required amount should be spent out of the school grant available and the grants are inadequate, the respective schools/school complexes will issue only question papers and advise the students to bring their own answer papers/white papers. All the DEOs are hereby instructed that Summative -II & III should be conducted as per academic calendar apart from conducting formative assessment. The instructions should be forwarded to all MEOs, Private schools, Government Schools in the state.
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For the roasted carrots:
1.Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Put the carrots on a baking sheet and drizzle with the honey and olive oil. Sprinkle with the coriander, salt and pepper. Roast until fork-tender, 15 minutes.
For the harissa paste:
1. Mix the poblano chilli, paprika, caraway, cayenne, coriander and cumin together in a small bowl. Add the olive oil, tomato paste, honey, salt, garlic and lemon juice. Mix well until it forms a paste.
2. Put the yogurt in a medium bowl, add 1 tablespoon of the harissa paste and swirl it into the yogurt. Do not mix it in all the way; keep the harissa swirled in the yogurt. (Transfer the remaining harissa paste to an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.)
3. Dollop about 1/2 cup of the harissa yogurt onto the center of a plate. Arrange the carrots over and around the yogurt. Sprinkle with the feta and pomegranate seeds. Serve with additional harissa yogurt.


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Even though analysts estimate that $2 trillion will be spent annually on infrastructure globally between now and 2015, 77% of C-level executives surveyed for KPMG's Bridging the Global Infrastructure Gap believe that is not enough.
The survey also found that senior executives believe infrastructure will be rising in importance over the next five years and that the availability and quality of infrastructure will directly affect where they locate and expand their business operations.
The top concerns of executives worldwide were roads and power supply, with 61% of U.S. respondents and 40% of Western European respondents identifying roads as an urgent need.
The majority of executives surveyed (80%) said that federal and local governments will need to work more with the private sector to finance infrastructure improvements.
Source: KPMG, Bridging the Global Infrastructure Gap, www.kpmg.com.


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The two rebooted films are the top-rated by IMDB users out of the all 12 entries of Star Trek film canon — with 2009's "Star Trek" earning an 8.1 and "Into Darkness" garnering a 7.9. The top-rated film featuring the original cast was "The Wrath of Khan" with a 7.8, while the Picard-helmed Next Generation crew's top film was "First Contact." Apparently, watching the android Data experience the thrill of physical sensation wasn't enough to beat the special effects powerhouse of a J. J. Abrams production.
The first rebooted Star Trek film also tops Rotten Tomatoes' freshness scale, with a 95 percent critic approval rate and a 91 percent audience rating. "First Contact" has the next-highest combined Rotten Tomatoes rating with a 92 percent critic rating and an 89 audience rating, while "The Wrath of Khan" has an even 90 percent on both. "Into Darkness," the second of the films in the rebooted universe, earned an 87 percent freshness rating from critics and a 90 percent from the audience.
Assuming IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes follow the same trends as general Internet users, their audience and user ratings may skew towards the preferences of younger fans — so the findings from this data are likely not a perfect representative of the opinions of the entirety of Trek fandom.
But the reboot films average out to an even 8 in IMDB ratings, while averages of both of the earlier franchise grouping of films average out to a 6.7. (Note: For the purpose of calculating this average, "Star Trek: Generations," which features the full cast of "The Next Generation" and three cast members from the original series, was counted for both.)
All of the films featuring the original cast seem to follow the Star Trek movie curse — with odd movies rating poorly in comparison to their even-numbered counterparts. In fact, the "curse" appears to extend almost through the Next Generation cast as well ... until "Nemesis," an even-numbered film, which merited the same rather low 6.4 rating as its odd-numbered predecessor and the lowest inflation-adjusted worldwide box office haul of all films in the entire franchise.
But the lowest-rated film on IMDB was 1989's "The Final Frontier," with a 5.3. It did even worse on Rotten Tomatoes, with only 21 percent of critics and 24 percent of audience members rating it favorably.
William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk, directed that film — which has long been unfavorably compared to films directed by Leonard Nimoy (aka Spock.) Indeed, the two movies Nimoy directed fare considerably better, with a 6.6 for "The Search for Spock" and a 7.3 for "The Voyage Home" (aka Save the Whales.)
But in perhaps The Switch's favorite takeaway from this data, on average, the most highly-rated director who also acted in films from the Star Trek film franchise was Jonathan Frakes, who portrayed William Riker in The Next Generation films and television series. As the director of "First Contact" and "Insurrection," with 7.6 and 6.4 ratings respectively, Frakes ever so narrowly beats Nimoy with an average of IMDB rating of 7 versus 6.95.
In a way, that's almost cosmic justice: Riker was at the center of the least popular Star Trek television episode of all time.


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About Burning Fight
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Released in 1991 by SNK, BURNING FIGHT is a side-scrolling hand-to-hand-combat action game. In pursuit of Casterora, leader of a huge syndicate that has escaped from New York to Osaka, the protagonists are three detectives: Duke, Ryu and Billy. Each character fights using a combination of punches, kicks and jumps, plus his own particular special move, activated by simultaneously pressing the jump and attack buttons. These lethal techniques have enormous destructive force, but they also consume a great deal of energy. For this reason, players must use their special moves with skillful timing. Luckily for the detectives, new weapons and additional health can be found by breaking things like phone booths and street signs along the way. A boss, who must be defeated in order to continue the mission, awaits players at the end of each stage. You can also take on the gang with a friend, but beware-attacks by one player can damage the other, so keep an eye on where your partner is in the heat of the battle. End Casterora's reign of terror once and for all.


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Have you ever wondered about attachment parenting? Sarah from Yes and Yes asked me to write about my experience with attachment parenting for her True Stories interviews, and I was thrilled to answer her questions. I don't get to write about attachment parenting, (extended) breastfeeding, or bed sharing much anymore
5 Misconceptions About Attachment Parenting
I'm a big advocate for attachment parenting after my positive experience with it. Many people are still confused about what AP entails, so I've compiled a list of what AP is and is not. Do you want to know if attachment parenting is for you? This post will help you
Controversial Time Magazine Cover of Breastfeeding Mom
Time magazine got everyone talking — and that's the whole point of the cover photo they chose for their most recent edition. The cover is a photograph of blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, with her breast exposed and nursing her son, who is almost four years old and standing on


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At The Drive-In have released the new video for "Hostage Stamps" from their upcoming album In•ter a•li•a.
The new album comes as huge news to longtime fans of the iconic post-hardcore band, since their last record was Relationship of Command, released in 2000.
Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals), Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitar), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar) make up the current iteration of the band.
In•ter a•li•a will be out May 5 and you can pre-order it here.
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You may or may not have seen one of our three Sales Associates at an Open Season event talking to you about the different insurance solutions Compass Rose Benefits Group (CRBG) provides Federal employees. As Open Season begins to wind down, what better time to put a face to a name! In addition to our Health Plan Administration team – highlighted in this article – our Sales Team also prides itself on providing excellent service to both members and interested prospects. Our small, but very diligent, team of three sales representatives is highly trained and offers a wide variety of experiences and skills.
So, as we wrap up Open Season, we want to give current and possibly new members an insider's look at the CRBG Sales Team.
Markie Simmons | Senior Sales Representative
As a Senior Sales Representative, I help inform federal employees about the various insurance solutions provided by Compass Rose Benefits Group, which help safeguard members and their families. I like being out at events where I get to share valuable information with federal employees that allows them to make better decisions about health care and insurance options that best fits their needs. While the weather isn't always great when traveling to events, my love for sales comes from my interest in getting out and meeting new people, as well as sharing information—I could not sit at the same desk all day, every day!
Five random facts about Markie include:
- I am happily married.
- I have a 110-pound Great White Pyrenees that loves car rides.
- I love my job.
- I have an organic vegetable garden.
- I enjoy listening to all types of music.
When it comes to my 'Sales Specialty', my focus is the Compass Rose Health Plan; however, I am enjoying more opportunities to promote our New York Life, Group Term Life Insurance product.
Marcus Rhodes | Senior Sales Representative
As a Senior Sales Representative, like Markie, I also inform federal employees about different CRBG insurance solutions that protect members and their families. After graduating from Howard University and serving in the United States Army, I fell into the sales industry by accident; I realized that not only was I good at sales, but I also enjoyed it, so I never stopped selling. I enjoy researching new opportunities and markets for CRBG that help expand our reach throughout the country. I also like the challenge of working with new people and the ability to meet our members and prospects at events.
Five random facts about Marcus include:
- I'm ex-military – I served in the United States Army.
- I play the drums, keyboard, and triangle.
- Both my parents grew up in the same neighborhood.
- I am a 3rd generation Washingtonian.
- I've driven across the country twice.
When it comes to my 'Sales Specialty', my focus is Life Insurance and generating new business!
Amanda Cody | Sales Associate
As the newest addition to the Sales Team, I'm helping my fellow team members inform federal employees about CRBG insurance products that work best for their needs. I joined the Compass Rose Sales Team for many reasons—good camaraderie, cohesiveness, and enthusiasm—but mainly because I wanted to be involved on the front lines with selling our great products. I enjoy being out at events, because it gives me the chance to educate prospective members about our Health and Life Insurance plans, as well as service our current members who may have questions of their own. As a personal health 'guru', I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others to help them make informed decisions about their health care!
Five random facts about Amanda include:
- My favorite meal is a medium rare bacon cheeseburger with pepper jack cheese, topped with fried egg, and a side of French Fries.
- My dad was a math teacher before he retired and my mom worked for the Credit Union; however, I can hardly add without a calculator!
- In my spare time, one of my favorite things to do is go to art museums.
- My favorite dessert is PIE.
- I'm an avid runner and I love to travel. I like to combine the two – I refer to this as "race-cation".
When it comes to my 'Sales Specialty', I know the Compass Rose Health Plan inside and out, but I also focus on events that educate Federal Retirees (or soon to be) on how our health plan works in conjunction with Medicare. In 2015, I became licensed in both health and life insurance.
Compass Rose Benefits Group wants to help members and interested prospects solve the complexities of insurance, so next time you're at an event, feel free to stop by our table and speak with one of our knowledgeable Sales Representatives!


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The Jedi are characters in the fictional Star Wars universe and the series' main protagonists. They use a quasi-telekinetic power, known as the Force, weapons known as lightsabers, which emit a controlled energy flow in the shape of a sword, to serve and protect their Republic and the whole ... Current Grand Master - Arcones
Chills down my spine
I'm man enough to admit, this... almost made me shed a tear ;)
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REYNOLDS-FRENCH & COMPANY began in the early 1940's as one of several small companies that repaired cracks in castings with a method of metal stitching that included small locks and overlapping threaded dowels, called "lacing". This proved to be successful on relatively low-stress areas on some castings. In the first five to ten years the Company operated as a two to four man business.
During the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, REYNOLDS-FRENCH explored new methods of repairing damaged castings which could not be held by the conventional method of locking and lacing. In fact, a very small percentage of the many companies who were limited to locking and lacing were able to survive.
The new methods used in high-stress areas or on very badly damaged castings included combinations and variations of several repair techniques which REYNOLDS-FRENCH pioneered, including the following:
Much larger locking devices made in our shop to be custom-made in size, shape and type of materials for the particular job, according to the level of strength needed, temperature, and amount of parent material available. These larger locks required a completely different method of installation from the conventional method used for the smaller locks.
Installing high-strength steel bolting in such a way that the bolt shank (between the bolt head and the threads) spans the crack. The crack is pulled together as the bolt is heated and installed, further increasing the effect of the tightening. This method transfers the load from the cracked area to the bolt threads and the areas below the bolt.
Replacing sections where holes have been knocked out or there are so many cracks to make locking impractical. Steel is cut and hand-fitted to an area of the casting which has been cut out and removed. It is then secured in place without welding.
Reinforcing the walls of the casting with steel plate. This is secured by bolting. The steel is hand-fitted for a maximum contact. Steel pieces, often very many, are cut, fitted, and installed in such a way that the damaged area, which was previously overloaded with stress now is relieved because the steel is transferring the load to a different area.
In several extreme cases, it has been necessary to totally remove a part of a casting. We will then bring in a pattern maker, cast a section, stress- relieve it, and install it with one or a combination of several methods.
Because of the high costs of equipment downtime and assembly/disassembly for our customers, the repair philosophy of REYNOLDS-FRENCH & COMPANY has always been to do everything feasible to reclaim strength of the casting, usually resulting in some combination of the above listed repairs. For instance, most every job includes a certain amount of locking and lacing. We feel that it is largely due to this philosophy that our success rate on repairs, our growth, and reputation have become what they
Beginning in the late 1960's, we started a Field Machine Division that can travel with portable boring bars and portable milling machines to reclaim precision surfaces and alignment. Our Field Machine Group can work on strictly machining-type (in-place machine work, engine alignment, etc.) jobs or work hand-in-hand with our Repairmen when necessary. On these combination jobs, having one company do both portions has tremendous advantages over separate companies. First, the coordination due
to optimum communication greatly improves overall job efficiency and lowers downtime. Second, if any problems relating to the overall job were to arise, the customer would not have to ferret out the responsibility.
The Field Machine Group has grown in size and reputation to a point that it rivals our Casting Repair Group. The Company has grown from a company known as good "crack patchers" to a full-service Casting Repair company. REYNOLDS-FRENCH now numbers approximately 40 employees, and we always use our own trained personnel to do our work. Most of our field personnel have at least five years experience.
In the 1980's, Reynolds French added onsite Crankshaft Services to its growing capabilities. We could now turn crankshaft journals, straighten crankshafts, and polish rod pins without crankshaft removal. This has been a mainstay of R-F services, and in fact, in the 1990's, Reynolds French pioneered the equipment and technique to successfully machine and polish main bearing journals in place.
Perhaps the greatest feathers in our cap are the strong recommendations given to our customers by insurance carriers, who must be assured of regaining the full operability of the insured equipment. The same can be said of the confidence displayed through recommendation of REYNOLDS-FRENCH by the Original Equipment Manufacturers under Warranty situations. In both cases, the confidence level must be at the highest; otherwise, they face the prospect of complete replacement of the equipment. Indeed,
in many cases, we can honestly say that we are putting back in more strength than the equipment originally had.
REYNOLDS-FRENCH has served almost every industry but worked more for the energy industry than any other. We have successfully repaired thousands of pieces of equipment (in our Tulsa, OK facility and on location) from coast to coast, in Canada, and occasionally, overseas.
Since June 1980, we have been distributors of an epoxy grouting product line that we had always felt was the very best. This is ITW/Philadelphia Resins Chockfast which has many advantages for both deep pour foundation grouting and excellent pour-in-place chocking. As this part of our business grew, many other foundation products came into the growing list of products readily available to meet the needs of our customers.
During the 1990s, we added adjustable chocking system products, complete anchor bolt systems, cementitious grouting products, a complete line of Epoxy Coatings and Repair Compounds. Since the early 2000s, Reynolds French has now acquired both CWC Epoxy Grout and Escoweld Epoxy Grout, through ITW/Philadelphia Resins, to its stocking products list.
In the late 1990s, Reynolds French began manufacturing its own line of cast epoxy pipe supports. Unique in design, this engineered product line allows for pipe to be supported without corrosion, without fretting, and without the vibration of the traditional metal supports. Often referred to as TPS, they are easily removed for pipe inspection, easily adjustable, are made from high strength epoxy material and corrosion-free zinc plated hardware, with no painting required. Pipe sizes fitted for this product goes from 2 to 54 inclusive.
It was not long after this product proved to be what many customers needed (early 2000s) that R-F began manufacturing the TPS Pipe Clamps to meet customer demands. Standard design sketch with a corresponding standard dimension schedule were developed, along with the stocking of Fabreeka liner material to be used to protect the pipe from fretting, vibration, and corrosion.
In 2006, due to specific requests from customers, Reynolds French worked on an engineered Flywheel Lock that could be more reliable than other designs being used, could be set to any desired position of the flywheel or crankshaft in the complete 360° turn radius. In short, they needed an Infinite Position Flywheel Lock, which is the Patent Pending name we gave this invention. And Safety had to be our top priority, as men and equipment inside engines would completely depend on it.
Reynolds French now has several of these installed for customers, with over a hundred more orders pending. We design, build, test, and install the Infinite Position Flywheel Lock to custom fit the flywheel of the customers engine. The Infinite Position Flywheel Lock is easily positioned using the R-F supplied turn handle.
Reynolds French has always had its same capabilities in the Tulsa shop facilities that it had in the field. Generally, the cost will be 20-50% less when done in the shop, although that requires equipment removal and shipment from the customer.
In-Shop demands from R-F customers have necessitated, from those early days in the 1940's, moving to a new, much larger shop in 1970, doubling the shop space with a building addition in 1975, building and moving again to a much larger shop facility with much greater crane capacity in 1980, and making several additions and improvements since then, in floor space capacity, in equipment upgrades, and in job capabilities.
One major equipment addition worth noting is the large capacity Horizontal Boring Mills. We have a G&L and a Sellers, with 6" Spindles, 6' effective vertical travel, 10'-31' horizontal travel, and 3'-4' stroke. Complete engine machining can be done on these machines, as well as many other special machining jobs other than engines.
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It may sound odd that I think of my kindergartner as an adult, but I'm told I'm not the only one who pictured his college graduation when we were snapping the obligatory "first day of school" pictures.
There are so many grown-up things he does now. He checks books out of a library and has to memorize a five-digit number to order lunch. He wakes up and dresses himself every morning, including putting on a belt and (sort of) combing his hair.
I drop him off in the mornings, and he opens his own car door, steps out, pulls on his book bag, blows me a kiss and marches through the doors. He knows exactly where to go and walks through the hallways with other "big kids."
It wasn't so long ago that I had to hold his hand everywhere. I had to dress him, I had to check books out of the library for him. So many moments over the past few weeks, I have had tears in my eyes, wondering where the time has gone and wishing for my child to stop growing so quickly.
One day recently, he came home from school to tell me that his class had to practice tornado and fire drills.
"Mom, we had to leave the building for the fire drill and cover our heads for the tornado drill," he said. I grinned as I pictured my little man doing as he was told like a responsible little adult.
"And then, Mom, we did the stranger drill. The girls went into the bathroom and the boys went into the office, and we turned off all the lights, and then we had to be as quiet as can be and hide until the principal said the stranger was gone."
I couldn't speak for a few moments. It hadn't occurred to me that my grown-up child could come face-to-face with such a grown-up problem.
I know the drill is a necessity, and I'm glad the school does it. I'm also glad that for the kindergartners' sakes, they don't call it what the rest of us would – an "active shooter" drill or a "take-your-mother's-breath-away" drill.
My son talked about the drill in the way that a 5-year-old would. He talked about it the way he talks about filling out a worksheet or what he had at snack time that day. To him, it's just another thing he does and it is no big deal.
To me, it's a punch in the gut.
My son doesn't know the stories. He hasn't watched these scenes unfold on TV. His heart hasn't broken for all those families. In that way, he is very much still a child.
But, in so many other ways, he is becoming an adult.
For so long, I was sad that my son was growing up because it meant he would no longer be my little baby. But this drill reminds me that in addition to my sadness, there's also fear. A terrifying, gripping fear that he is there and I'm here and he will have to deal with grown-up situations on his own, without me, without my hand to hold or my voice to soothe.
For so long, I thought it was my job to just keep my kids alive, more or less. Make sure they are fed, make sure they sleep on their backs, make sure they don't fall, make sure they are buckled into the car seat correctly, make sure there are no fire hazards. But this drill reminds me that my job is so much more. I have to give my son the skills to survive on his own, to face fears, to do what's right, to be brave, to be strong.
In short, I don't have the luxury of wishing my child would stay my baby forever. I have to let him grow into an adult. I have to prepare him for the real world.
"Well, now you'll know what to do," I say when he finishes talking about the drill. I remind him to listen to his teachers and do what they say. I tell him I'm proud of him.
Then I tell myself that my 5-year-old is capable, he is trustworthy and he is resilient. He is growing up, and I'm going to help him do it.


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In the early appearances of the Phantom Stranger the character was not so much mystical as a private detective. The Phantom Stranger investigated crimes that appeared to have a supernatural origin but were actually perpetrated by con artists. He was a free-lance ghost-buster with plots and stories that were much like those much later seen in the Scooby-Doo cartoons. The Stranger and the Scooby Gang shared similar themes in which someone would dress as a monster or ghost to frighten away people from a circus or resort so an unscrupulous business man could buy it cheaply or to swindle people out of money.
At the end of each adventure after the Phantom Stranger had solved the crime the players would suddenly notice that the Stranger had mysteriously vanished. While the impression was that the Stranger had magically dismissed himself there was always an "out" in the scene to allow the comic book company to claim in the event of complaints or Comics Code censorship that it was not accomplished by magic.
It is in the last issue of the 6-issue run of the Phantom Stranger's original series where the mundane explanations behind the adventures starts to break down a bit. In the story Horror In Miniature, Phantom Stranger #6 (v1, June-July 1953), a mining town is plagued by elves that vandalize equipment and attack the workers. The Phantom Stranger becomes involved and with the aid of one of the workers defeats the elves and drives them away. What is different about this story is that the culprits were not revealed to be using trickery or by being midgets in fanciful costumes. At the end of the tale the "elves" confessed to being mutated humans from the far future who had come back in time to take over the earth.
The art and story has many references to the mythological and it is my impression that the climax of the story may have been tweaked. It may be that the story was about legendary elves but in order to avoid Comics Code problems the creators had the invaders claim to being time travelers and not mystical creatures. The mining town was their entrance point into 1953 and the advance scout "elves" sought to destroy the iron works because it was deadly to them, as iron was to the faerie of legend. It is an explanation that is closer to science fiction than magic, but the overall impression is that it was intended that the Stranger was fighting legendary elves, particularly by the reference to iron being deadly to the touch. In all the other stories the Phantom Stranger revealed the villains in the end to be clever thieves and petty crooks.
More proof that the creators were weary of the rational resolution to the stories is seen at the end of this tale. As usual the Phantom Stranger does his mysterious exit thing from the scene, but with a difference. The difference being that is this instance the Stranger (wearing full medieval armor by the way), disappears from a wide opened area when the other protagonist of the story glances away for a moment. The creators did not leave a convenient way for the Phantom Stranger to have vanished from the field unless it was by some manner other than natural.
The next time the Stranger would appear in his own series he was acting as a fully empowered mystic who easily hopped dimensions, fought demons and monsters, conversed with gods and fired spells that burst like fireworks. In a change of tone from the 1950 series, any other-worldly creatures that were exposed to have been con men usually met a grisly, ironic death by supernatural means or the Stranger narrated a tale where 'fate' inevitably caused a suitable revenge to befall an evil-doer.
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Teachers, administrators, parents, and students can all agree: we want school to be a place that is free of violence and threatening behavior. Navigating situations where students become confrontational or even violent can be extremely challenging, and teachers shouldn't be left to make split-second decisions without guidance. That's why this week's FREE tool is a table listing the codes of ethics and positions on physical restraint and seclusion of various professional organizations to help guide administrators and teachers as they plan safe and appropriate responses to challenging situations. The table comes from "Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools," a book aimed at equipping teachers to address aggressive or violent behaviors before they happen. CEC's Tool of the Week is a free resource designed to support you in your special education practice. Subscribe and it'll be automatically delivered to your inbox! Get your Tool of the Week.
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One Direction have been voted the Best UK/Ireland Act and will now compete for the title of favourite Worldwide Act at the MTV EMAs in November
One Direction have been named the Best UK/Ireland Act for the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs).
The 'Live While We're Young' hitmakers have been voted the public's favourite British act for the forthcoming awards and will now compete against other European artists for a chance to feature in the Worldwide Act category.
Band member Louis Tomlinson said: "We're so happy and incredibly honoured to have won this. Once again our amazing fans have done us proud - thanks so much as always to you all!"
The representative for Europe will be announced on October 30 along with the winners from Latin America, North America, Asia Pacific and Africa/India/Middle East.
The winner of the best Worldwide Act will be announced at the 19th annual awards show, hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum.
Rihanna and Taylor Swift topped the list of nominees at the annual ceremony with six and five nods respectively, while Katy Perry and Justin Bieber have four each.
Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Nicki Minaj, Carly Rae Jepsen, fun., Jay Z and Kanye West have three nominations, whereas Green Day, Gotye, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Rita Ora, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Jack White and One Direction are up for two gongs.
The awards show will be broadcast live from Frankfurt's Festhalle on Sunday November 11 on worldwide MTV channels.
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About the Hotel
Why We Love This Hotel
- The hotel is on the hill of Santiago do Cacém in the Portuguese Alentejo region
- Alentejo is famous for the quality of its wines, its pristine beaches and historic sights
- The hotel offers a wide variety of gastronomic experiences
- There is an outdoor pool, open all year round (not heated)
Good wine and better cuisine, wild beaches and exceptional architecture are just some of the reasons to visit Portugal's Alentejo region.
The Castelo de Santiago do Cacém is an old Moorish castle and is approximately 15 minutes' walk away. The city of Sines, birthplace of Vasco de Gama and famous for its coastline, its medieval fortress and its excellent wines, is 20 minutes' drive away. The Roman ruins of Miróbriga are 15 minutes' walk from the hotel and Badoca Safari Park is less than 15 minutes' drive away.
The À Terra restaurant serves Portuguese and Mediterranean dishes cooked using a wood or charcoal oven. The restaurant uses local ingredients, including produce from the chef's vegetable garden, and serves meals on the terrace, which has panoramic views. The hotel also offers a variety of cookery classes.
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What did you frame and why is it special? I framed a series of original pink nude watercolors by Inslee. This was her first collection of nudes and I immediately knew I had to have them. I was given a custom watercolor that Inslee painted of my husband and me by my maids of honor. These are a constant reminder of that special gift even though it is proudly displayed in another room.
Why did you choose your specific frame style? It was difficult choosing a style because I liked so many. In the end, I'm always a sucker for gold. I loved the Lafayette style because it was just as whimsical as the prints themselves.
Where are your final framed pieces hanging? I have such a crazy love for this series so I knew I wanted to see and enjoy them every day. Since I work from home, my office was the obvious choice to display them. As soon as I get the room painted the perfect shade of navy, they'll be up for good!
What are you excited to frame next? My husband gave me a really gorgeous piece of art by one of my favorite artists for our first anniversary that I would love to get on our walls immediately. On that note, it would be great to finally get some of our wedding photos framed too!


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The Great Recession took put millions of Americans out of work and left many struggling to make ends meet. While the U.S. economy has recovered and is fairly healthly today, it never hurts to be prepared for the next downturn.
Although no job is completely recession-proof, there are some occupations that give employees a better chance to withstand an economic downturn's negative consequences. According to Glassdoor, the online jobs and recruiting marketplace, employees working in health care, government, education and accounting tend to have a better chance of keeping their jobs during periods of economic hardship.
Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, said jobs in those industries have been less correlated to business-cycle fluctuations, like recessions.
"If you are looking to reduce the risk of losing your job during times of a recession, we know that in the past, jobs in health care, education and utilities have not suffered as many job losses as in other fields during a down cycle," Chamberlain said in a statement. "Also, if you have a union job and/or work in government, we know these positions can be cushioned from the slings and arrows of economic variation." [See Related Story: The 25 Best Jobs in America for 2016]
To help those looking for jobs that could survive the effects of a recession, Glassdoor highlighted 11 positions that offer the best chances at stability:
- Teacher: Public school teachers are often members of labor unions, which can make their positions difficult to eliminate. In addition, a down economy doesn't affect the number of children attending school.
- Funeral director: Recessions don't have any bearing on people dying. Families are always going to need services that help lay their loved ones to rest.
- Physician assistant: Medical care is always in need, regardless of economic conditions. Physician's assistants also have flexibility of being able to switch practices if necessary.
- Professor: While attaining tenure can be a long and difficult process, those who do achieve such positions enjoy job security that most people only dream of. That type of job security is one of the most enviable achievements in the education industry.
- Accountant: Having to pay taxes is one of the few certainties in life. Individuals and businesses will always need accountants to help fill out returns come tax season.
- Auditor: Federal law mandates that certain types of companies perform audits annually. These audits must be conducted in both good and bad economic conditions.
- Nurse: The need for health care doesn't fluctuate with a rising or falling economy. People always need medical services, and the demand will likely rise with the aging baby boomer population.
- Utility worker: These workers are responsible for keeping the country running. They are in charge of keeping roads in good condition, the electricity working and taking the trash away, among other things. Those services will always be needed, even if the economy isn't flourishing.
- Actuary: The job of an actuary is actually more in demand during economic hardships. These professionals help organizations minimize risk. Because of the value actuaries bring, it's hard to eliminate these positions during recessions.
- Teacher's aide: Even if the economy is performing poorly, educators will still be needed. Since teacher's aides fall under the umbrella of education and teaching, their jobs often remain safe during recessions.
- Nurse's aide: Nurse's aides have a variety of employment options. They can work in hospitals and nursing homes, and provide home care. Even if the economy takes a turn for the worse, people will still need these types of health care services.
Chamberlain said he chose all of the jobs on this list because they are connected to industries that are less affected by business-cycle fluctuations