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Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Stand Alone or Series: 0.4 novella in the Throne of Glass series
Source: Bought for Kindle
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
This is the fourth novella that takes place before the first Thorne of Glass novel. I really enjoyed it alot. It gives excellent insight as to how Celaena finally found her way to the Salt pits.
Celaena and Sam are finally free and living on their own. They want to escape the city they grew up in once and for all and set up their trade as assassins in a different city. In order to finance this they decided to take on one last Assassination job. This is the job to finally get them their freedom and of course it goes all wrong.
Celaena has developed from a very vain character to one that actually cares for others. Here we see both aspects of her personality, the one that loves fine things and the one that cares about her friends. It was interesting to compare who she was at the start of these novells to who she is now, and then compare that to who she becomes in the Throne of Glass. She is a strong and yet flawed character, that is easy to engage with and love.
We see a lot more of Sam in this book as well. His devotion to Celaena is solid and wonderful, yet he has his own flaws. He is also stubborn and proud.
This novella follows Sam and Celaena as they plot their final job together. So there is lots of strategy and some action. There are a couple excellent fight scenes too.
As you can imagine from where things start in the Throne of Glass series, thing go horribly wrong and Celaena ends up in the salt mines.
This was an excellent continuation of these novellas that tell us about Celaena's life before when went to the salt mines. It was well written, engaging, and easy to read.
Overall I enjoyed this novella a lot. I love these characters, especially Celaena who is courageous and loyal, yet flawed. I love the setting and the writing as well; these books/novellas are so wonderfully written and easy to read. This whole series is strongly recommended to those who love fantasy novels, they are really well done.

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Please remove the old-style language bar. The system will soon no longer work. A new translation system is in operation and that will add its own language bar.
Please also add {{Community-app}} next to the name, and also next to the name when you link from Applications/Multimedia, and {{Community-app-footnote}} at the bottom of both pages.
Which article(s) are you referring to and what's a See footnote ?
http://userbase.kde.org/Audex - I could have removed the language bar myself, but then you would not have known why I did it. It's better that you do it yourself.
{{Community-app}} directs you to read the footnote, while {{Community-app-footnote}} says that it is not part of the SC, and support is normally available through the project's home pages. You will see the result when you preview the page, prior to saving.
Ah, now I also see the headline of your message. The problem with Audex is that it currently has no user documentation at all. I modified the .desktop file to like to the Audex entry here. I have yet to write documentation for it but once I have, it might be a community app, but support will be available here.
There's no problem with having the documentation here. It should still be marked as a community app, but if necessary I'll write a different footer template that says that support will be given via the Audex/Talk pages.
When you have got far enough into writing the documentation we will need to make markup suitable for the translators to handle. Talk to me when you get to that stage and I'll help.


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It was amazing seeing everyone's films all done, too. We actually did it! Every single one was so unique and showed off all of our strengths. I can't wait to see where everyone ends up! The animation industry better brace itself!
OK, so even though I just said it seemed that all that work disappeared once I saw the movie all done. Well, as much as I want to forget it, I have to admit there was still quite a bit of work every step of the way. One of the most challenging sequences in the film was the Oil Painting. I was dreading it the whole time because it's such an important moment in the story. The look was essential to sell the concept. Seshet was stepping into an oil painting, and it needed to LOOK like an oil painting! But I still wanted to retain my more cartoony style throughout the film. I think I found a happy medium. Here's how I finally figured out how to do it:
First I roughed out the animation in Toon Boom with the beloved Cintiq (which was a piece of hardware ESSENTIAL in this process. I'm so glad Lauren and I decided to split it!).
Then I did Clean-Up, again with the Cintiq and Toon Boom. My rough animation is always ROUGH, so this was a pretty tedious part.
"Gallery Girl" - Clean-Up from Andrew Marshel on Vimeo.
Then it's time for color, which is far easier with Toon Boom. I created Sehet's color palette, and then "paint bucketed" like crazy.
"Gallery Girl" - Color from Andrew Marshel on Vimeo.
Now for the key to the oil painted look. Emily showed me how to overlay textures over my animation in After FX. This technique works perfectly, because the texture remains still while the character moves over it. So Seshet moves over the still canvas. I took down the opacity of this image of a painting canvas texture:
Then I imported it into After FX and linear-burned it onto my TIFF sequences of animation.
Then I composited the textured Seshet animation over backgrounds like this:
I painted these in Photoshop, slapped the "dry brush" filter on it, then overlaid the same canvas texture.
After all that, and with some sound FX, the shot is ready to go, and hopefully it looks like Seshet has found her way into an oil painting.
So there you have it. How I animated an oil painting...sort of.
Though the movie is done, "Gallery Girl" is far from over. I still wanted to submit it to film festivals and such. Hopefully it makes it into some. I'll definitely update this blog if it does. So keep checking back to see where Seshet ends up next!


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Daniel Kalu from Nigeria tells a true story about his family
My father was a king and leader of the traditional religion in our village. My mother is a follower of Jesus. They have four children, all boys.
The woman kept shouting
One day my mother went to the farm to collect cassava for us to eat. She was four months pregnant, so could not carry much food. That same day, a woman came to our house and shouted, "Patience, you are a thief. I didn't know you were like this."
She kept shouting. People heard her and came running. They asked her what the problem was. "She is a thief. She crossed the line between her farm and mine. She stole some of my cassava," the woman replied.
They called my mother and asked her if it was true. My mother said, "I don't know anything about her cassava."
"She is a liar," the woman said. "She will have to promise in front of the whole village that she is telling the truth."
I never tell lies
"I am a follower of Jesus," my mother said, "I never tell lies."
But because my father is a powerful man in our village, she had to follow the traditions of the village and promise in front of all the people that she did not steal or lie. When the day came for her to make the promise, all the people came together to see what would happen. My father told my mother, "Patience, you may say something before you make the promise."
A brave thing to ask
My mother knelt down and said, "God, show the people you are real today. Let them know that I am not a thief and a liar. Also God, you know that I always give birth to boys, this time I want you to give me a girl. Then everyone will know that I am not guilty."
As my mother was still talking to God, people started shouting at her. They told her to stop or trouble would come to her. My mother said, "I know that the God that I serve will show I am not a thief or a liar." When my mother gave birth, she had a beautiful healthy baby girl. God showed the people in our village that my mother was not guilty.
My father went to see his daughter. He came into the room, knelt down and said, "God, as you heard my wife's prayer and gave me a baby girl, I will give my life to you and serve you for ever." From then on my father was a follower of Jesus. It was a wonderful day for our whole family.
Questions to think about:
- The lady who said Patience was a thief was wrong. What should we do before we say out loud that someone is a thief or a liar?
- Patience believed God would help her. Have you asked God to help you when you have been in trouble?
- Daniel's father gave his life to God because God answered Patience's prayer. Has God done good things in your life? How have you shown him you are thankful?


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Special Jeep Renegade was dedicated to Harley-Davidson motorcycle
Italian tuning studio named Garage Italia Customs and the European branch of the Jeep Company have introduced a special version of the compact Renegade SUV. It should be noted that the crossover is made in one piece and dedicated to Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The carmakers called the special version as Hell's Revenge.
The SUV's front body has got an interesting design reminding the flames. Also GIC specialists have added to the front desk extra lighting lamps, and a protective cover under the front bumper with «Jeep inscription. H-D. Icons» signature. In addition, a special Renegade received a modified suspension with an increased ground clearance, new rims and BF Goodrich tires.The Hell theme is noticeable in the car's interior. There have been used fire ornamental elements and leather material combined with denim and orange stitching. Unfortunately, the tuners didn't give any information as for the Hell's Revenge motor. The basic Jeep Renegade is equipped with petrol and diesel engines generating from 110 to 182 horsepower.
Hell's Revenge Public special edition debuted at the 25th European festival of Harley-Davidson motorcycles held on June 18 in Portoroz, Slovenia.


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Richard Marles on Tim Fischer:
He was not just an example of the electorate of Farrer, he was the very best that that community, indeed the nation, had to offer.
So, as a result, his community loved him.
As did his country. In a way which completely transcended partisan politics. But he also understood that to be a representative is not just about reflecting the attitudes of your community at any moment in time, because he understood the role of leadership.
Leading your community, leading your country to a better place, even if that is a place which at the beginning your community can't quite see. It was in that spirit that his advocacy for gun law reform in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre was truly inspirational.
It places right at the centre of one of the most important legacies of the Howard government. And, in our own age of a pre-eminent, loud, self-reinforcing social media, which sometimes seems to encourage populism, his making of an argument, that example is a beacon to all of us here about how to do our job at the highest level, and in the best possible way.
Michael McCormack on Tim Fischer:
Behind the gentle man was an absolute determination to listen, to act and deliver. Most importantly to turn up, to turn up.
Much has been said and written in recent weeks about Tim's role with then prime minister John Howard in tightening semiautomatic and firearm controls after the horrific 1996 Port Arthur massacre.
This was all about restricting the misuse of weapons, especially across urban areas. To be effective, the actions had to stretch nationwide. We need to understand he was the leader of a party representing regional Australians, not long in government after 13 long years in opposition.
This was a time of intensive work to establish a new agenda. To establish credentials of the new government, to bring the people with them. This was not a time to rock the vote and it was particularly difficult for the National party. But the point is this: Tim Fischer and Mr Howard as well, John Anderson and others saw what needed to be done, and they didn't flinch. They didn't shirk. They did it.
A lesser leader might have balked, but not Tim Fischer. He was convinced that action was needed, what was right took precedence over what might have seemed less risky, less challenging.
It was a move of conviction. It was a difficult time, yes, but we had the right man in Tim Fischer. There are Australians today who are alive thanks to those reforms. There are Australians today who owe their lives to those reforms and to Tim Fischer. As we look back two decades, we see that gun control reforms have enjoyed rightly, appropriately, justly.
Parliament pays respects to Tim Fischer
Scott Morrison on Tim Fischer:
Mr Speaker, Timothy Andrew Fisher was Australia all over. He was an Australian original, the boy from Boree Creek. He was loved, he was admired, he was respected, he was revered.
He became from humble beginnings in Boree Creek and at the recent memorial service which the leader of the opposition and I and many in this place had the opportunity to attend, we learned of his humble family beginning, in a very loving and hard-working family, and coming from such a modest start, to become the titan of regional Australia, was his greatest achievement.
Like Bob Hawke, who we remembered in this chamber just a few short months ago, Tim transcended the political divide probably more than any I could nominate in this place.
That's why I think so many of us in this chamber, and those who have been in this chamber, we all have a Tim Fischer story.
If you ever wanted to know what it's like to tour with Elvis, go on the Indian Pacific with Tim Fischer for three days. I did.
And as you walked up and down the carriages, among so many other railway enthusiasts, there was none greater than Tim Fischer.
He would stop, sit, listen to their stories, those big hands would shake the hands of his fellow Australians. And people would just light up as they engaged with him because Tim had an amazing ability just to focus all of himself on whoever was opposite him. And he made them the centre of the universe.
There was no trick to it. No performance in it. It was 100% pure Tim Fischer. They got 100% of him when he was in that moment. This is why he was so loved.
Question time is about to begin – but there are those condolence motions up first, understandably.
Mike Bowers went and saw the Spinifex Gum and the Marliya Choir perform in parliament a little bit earlier today. He said it was spine tinglingly beautiful.
Along with the condolence motion for former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Tim Fischer, the House will also be informed of the death of former Labor Lilley MP Elaine Darling.
Just on that review, for anyone who is interested, there is a bit of to and fro-ing going on behind the scenes over how to handle what is being called "the Queensland problem".
The Queensland Labor government goes to an election in October 2020 – one of the first cabs off the ranks – and it is not having too great a time at the moment (largely self-inflicted). But Labor has a much better chance of winning Queensland at a state level than federal at the moment (and probably for some time).
That's because there are enough seats in the south-east to help it hold power. But those voters tend to worry about things like climate change. Which is different from voters in central and north Queensland, who need the jobs provided by the mining industry.
So the review can't go too hard on Queensland, either way. And that is proving a little problematic, because obviously Queensland was a big part of the election story.
It's a balance between state and federal goals. And that is not a job I envy anyone.
Mark Butler had a bit to say about the review Labor is currently undertaking into what happened at the last election. As Katharine Murphy reports:
The shadow climate change minister, Mark Butler, has declared that after a federal election where Labor had its "backside handed to [it] by Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog – it's time for some serious reflection".
Butler, a senior Labor leftwinger and former federal party president, said on Monday the ALP should not attempt to sugarcoat the defeat in May, but instead ask itself hard questions.
"We just lost our third election in a row and the only majority we've won in the past 25 years was the majority of eight seats in 2007," he said. "We got our lowest primary vote in a century, against a government the prime minister himself described as the Muppet Show."
Butler used the opportunity of a book launch in Canberra to argue the current campaign review being spearheaded by Jay Weatherill and Craig Emerson "must be ruthless and unsparing" and include all policies, including in his portfolio area of climate change and energy.


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Mitch Parsons ruled eligible to play for Colorado State by NCAA
Big news arrived Monday from the NCAA for Colorado State football, first-year coach Mike Bobo and especially for tight end Mitch Parsons.
Parsons, a transfer from Vanderbilt and former four-star prospect, was ruled eligible to play this season and will not have to sit out the usual transfer year.
Parsons, 6-foot-4 and 245 pounds, earned all-state honors at Chaparral High School in Parker as a senior in 2013 after catching 45 passes for 754 yards and seven touchdowns. He chose Vanderbilt after also considering offers from Arizona State, California and Mississippi.


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Green Bean Casserole with Comte Cheese
- Yield: 4 to 6 servings
- 1cup canola oil
- 1/2pound shallots (about 6 whole), peeled and very thinly sliced
- 1 3/4teaspoons Kosher salt, divided
- 1pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 2tablespoons butter
- 10ounces cremini mushrooms
- 3/4teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 1large garlic clove, minced
- 2tablespoons flour
- 1cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1cup whole milk
- 4ounces Comté, shredded (2 scant cups shredded)
- Line a large plate with paper towels. In a small saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat until it begins to shimmer and lightly smoke. Add the shallots and cook, stirring often, until light golden brown, 7 to 9 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the shallots to the paper towel-lined plate. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Butter a 2- to 3-quart casserole dish.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and cook until crisp-tender, 4-5 minutes. While the beans cook, fill a large bowl with ice water. Drain the beans and immediately plunge them into the ice water to stop cooking. Transfer to a clean kitchen towel to dry.
- In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and toss. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and the minced garlic; cook 1 minute. Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Whisk in the broth and milk and bring to a simmer. Cook 5 to 6 minutes, or until thickened. Turn off the heat and add half of the shredded Comté, along with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; stir until the cheese is melted. Add the green beans and stir to coat.
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining Comté over the top. Bake 10 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the fried shallots over the gratin. Serve warm.


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My prolificacy has waned somewhat. I haven't blogged for almost seven weeks, and even then my last offering was a rather inane, woeful rant about the state of the music industry and the sham that is The Voice. Rest assured I've not been entirely inactive. I've been writing three 5,000 word essays for my MA (on immortality, political interpretation of Revelation, and subordination in the Trinity), and preparing a six week series of talks on the book of Revelation. Sadly I've published no books, submitted no film scripts, and written no hit TV shows, but I need to keep some projects for the summer!
I often find that good music helps me through times when I need to write profusely. (In fact I have some rather bizarre predilections when it comes to music for writing, which maybe one day I'll share if I manage to summon the strength of character to be comfortable with admitting to my quirkiness!) And I just thought I'd take a moment or two to distract me from writing things that matter, in order to share a couple of thoughts on the five albums that have helped me through the past few months of writing:
Flying Colors by Flying Colors
I decided to forgive the bastardised spelling because of the sheer quality of the music on this album. This self-titled album is the first offering from an American supergroup of some of my favourite musicians. Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard, Transatlantic) is one of my absolute favourite songwriters, Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater, Transatlantic) is a powerhouse of a drummer who can do everything from blistering metal to complex prog and now, it would appear, pop! Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple) is an astonishing guitarist who I saw a few years ago with Deep Purple and whose solo albums and side-projects span a whole range of styles: folk, jazz, rock – School of the Arts is one of my favourite modern jazz instrumental albums. Dave LaRue is a monster on the bass. I'm not sure I'd been conscious of his work before, but have come to discover that he's been 'the guy' who I've heard on a dozen tracks and thought 'I've no idea who that is, but he's brilliant.' And Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev)… well I'd never heard of him before, but I shall have more to say on him later.
This album is a brilliant fusion of styles. The progressive rock influences are kept to a minimum and the more poppy, straight-forward rocky elements come to the fore, making this a great album for those who like world-class musicianship but find progressive music just a little too cheesy, overblown or self indulgent.
Highlights include The Storm, a powerful, perfectly crafted 4:44 pop-rock song, Love is What I'm Waiting For, which sounds very Beatles-esque and will undoubtedly bring a smile to your face, and my personal favourite Forever in a Daze, which has one of the most amazing bass solos you're ever likely to hear. The entire album is a tour de force, full of brilliant song-writing, virtuoso soloing, and infectious melodies. The only thing I would change about it to be honest is that I would make Casey the only lead vocalist. Perhaps it's just because I'm over-familiar with Neal's voice (which I generally love), but I found some of the moments where the vocals switched from Casey to Neal to be a little disappointing. It just felt like a slightly jarring switch, and I think Casey's voice was so strong that it wasn't necessary.
Each of the musicians on this album has an insanely packed schedule, so I'm amazed they've found time to squeeze in a brief European tour in August and September. I cannot wait. Rarely will you hear such a talented collection of musicians putting together such a well-rounded sound that draws out elements of each of their individual styles but still manages to remain cogent.
And Casey McPherson… well…
New Morning by Alpha Rev
…Casey is the lead singer of a group from Texas called Alpha Rev. I'd never heard of them to be honest, but as soon as I heard about Flying Colors I decided to check them out. And I think I started in the wrong place. First of all I listened to their album The Greatest Thing I've Ever Learned, which was ok but had a bit of a moody indie vibe that didn't particularly grip me. So it was only a few months later that I bothered to check out any of their other music. I'm glad I did.
New Morning is a fantastic album. The songs are perfectly crafted and beautifully textured. This is not progressive at all – it's just powerful, well written, pop-rock with beautiful melodies that stick in your head, great instrumentation and a real feel good vibe. Casey's song-writing is some of the best I've heard in a long time, and his voice suits the music perfectly. It's got that soaring Chris Martin kind of feeling, and in places their music does sound like how Coldplay might be if they were… well… you know… interesting!
The music is not complex in the sense of being overblown, but it is deep and many layered. The guitar tone of the solo in New Morning rips at your ears beautifully if you crank it up (2:30-2:53). Get Out really reminds me of Elbow, with soaring strings. Alone With You is a brilliant song, with a slightly lingering off beat vocal line over a driving rhythm that keeps you longing for the next line. Colder Months and Goodbye from the Start are brilliant slower numbers that bring the album to a mellow close.
Chances are you've never heard of Alpha Rev, which is a real shame. That should change. And if you need another reason to check them out…
New Morning B-Sides by Alpha Rev
…normally I expect a B-Sides album to be a collection of half-baked, distinctly average songs, thrown together with little attention to detail. Off cuts that should not only have been cut off, but cut up and thrown away never to see the light of day. A treat for collectors who value rarity over quality. Not so with this. There are tracks of the New Morning B-Sides album that really should have been on the main disc. The majority of tracks here are better than the hit songs most bands put out! Not one of the offerings feels half-finished, or like it's had less time or attention than any of those on the actual album. I downloaded it for about £3 and it's the best £3 I've spent in ages!
The funny breathed vocals of the opening track are a bit odd, but the song itself is great. Don't Seem Right displays some beautifully controlled falsetto over an otherwise powerful song. Fade opens with haunting strings that give way to an anthemic chorus, with the odd bit of stripped down bass and drum work and growly bursts of guitar here and there. Upside Down has some fun programming, and builds to an infectious, funky outro. I love the aggressive passion in Give it Up, especially with the guitar riff at the end of the song and the fun, feel-good track Labor Day along with disco beats and female gospel vocals. Stand Around is a hazard to listen to, because it sticks in my head for ages.
The only disappointment on the entire disc is one tiny editing error in Shelf Life, where a small electronic beep is left in by accident. It's one of those things that, once you've spotted it you can't stop seeing it, and it slightly takes the edge off an otherwise brilliant track.
If you're after something new but don't want to splash out too much money, this is a great place to start. Download it from iTunes or http://alpharev.spinshop.com/ and I will be very surprised if you don't end up moving on to listen to the main album, or Flying Colors.
LoveBlood by King Charles
This is an eclectic, fun, feel-good album from the eccentric-looking, flamboyant King Charles. It's not really my usual style, but I'm enjoying this album. The lyrics are whimsical and the melodies are simple and catchy. Hearing someone singing over and over about riding around on bicycles in the rain could very easily grow dull, but there's a kind of childish playfulness that keeps it entertaining.
The genius of the songs is the combination of simple melodies with incredibly varied, multi-layered instrumentation. All the usual instruments, plus steel drums, bagpipes and the odd banjo. Mississippi Isabel is a simple infectious track that will stick in your mind. Polar Bear alternates a kind of Boublil and Schonberg French feel and trancier synths, which makes for an eclectic mix that weirdly works, though I can't fathom why. Lady Percy is amusing and enjoyable with its use of steel drums, and the addition of Mumford and Sons makes The Brightest Lights a decent modern-folk anthem. Despite starting out as a fairly unremarkable track, Coco Chitty has one of my favourite moments of the album, with the strings building to a powerful and catchy guitar hook.
I have mixed feelings about the lyrics. I can't decide whether I think the constant juxtaposition of love, lust and blood in almost every song is an endearing continuity trait or an irritating repetition that belies a lack of creative breadth. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Neither do I know how I would feel about seeing him live… reviews seem to be positive, but I wonder if the live show, presumably with vastly stripped down arrangements, will be able to keep the interest that comes from the diversity of instrumentation on the album? All in all though, a fun, upbeat, quirky, feel-good album.
Blunderbuss – Jack White
I never got on with The White Stripes, primarily because of the drumming, which made me feel somewhat like I was on an aeroplane with a bored child kicking repeatedly and aimlessly into the back of my chair…
But this solo album is great! There's no doubt that Jack White is a great songwriter, and I love that he has surrounded himself with some great musicians for this album including, yes, decent drummers. As a result, the music is rich and well crafted, with jazzy elements here and there. Yet it still hasn't given up its rawness. This is no highly polished album – the drums echo like they were recorded in a tunnel, the cymbal work seems a bit haphazard, and the vocals aren't autotuned to hell. So it's still got a kind of raw, in your face feel to it, which I appreciate.
I was surprised at how much the piano comes to the fore above the guitar work, and how varied the instrumentation was; some songs being incredibly stripped down, and others packed with layers: double bass, pedal steel, mandolin and clarinets all make an appearance.
That said, there are some strong guitar driven tracks and some of the solos have a gut-wrenching crunchiness to them, which is enjoyable. Sixteen Saltines oozes angst – the music video is thoroughly depressing, but fascinating, I love the solo in Take Me With Me When You Go, I Guess I Should Go To Sleep could have come straight off a Beatles album, and Weep Themselves to Sleep is, for me, the standout track of the album, with the catchy piano motif, the sung-spoken vocals and the brilliant tone of the guitar solo.
All in all, a great album that's a bit more rocky and raw than the other offerings, and better when I'm in need of something a bit more miserable… Which I occasionally do.


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On Oct. 7 audiences will get one of the most unusual boxing movies ever brought to the big screen: Real Steel, a sci-fi sports drama set in a world where the popularity of robot boxing has eclipsed that of human boxing. Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo, the DreamWorks Pictures film has a lot going for it, from big-name stars to elaborate special effects. But the film's biggest selling point, insist producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford and screenwriter John Gatins, is simply that it's cool.
"What if in the future robots boxed instead of humans? That was a cool background," Murphy said as the three sat down with Spinoff Online and other members of the press.
Real Steel is based on the 1956 Richard Matheson short story "Steel," which was adapted seven years later as an episode of The Twilight Zone. Murphy said they stumbled across the source material while researching a project about Charles Beaumont, a prolific science fiction author who wrote several episodes of the television series, and was one of Matheson's good friends. Montford and Murphy enjoyed the story so much they optioned "Steel" and embarked on a seven-year process of finding a studio to back it, with DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg eventually taking it on as a pet project.
While the original story was about an out-of-work human boxer struggling to make ends meet as the owner of a robot fighter, Montford said the story felt relevant to the current economic situation.
"We thought it was a fairly prescient story because a lot of people are finding that their jobs are now no longer there, and they have to find a new way of making a living, and their skills are redundant and therefore it came to us it was a good time to do it," she said.
Dropping some of the sci-fi aspects of the original story -- it's set in a cold futuristic dystopia -- Spielberg, Montford and Murphy infused the piece with a strong sense of Americana, following main character Charlie Kenton as he trucks back and forth across the country to fairs, rodeos and boxing arenas.
Filming scenes around Detroit, the production team even spent time shooting in an abandoned Ford plant, "to give it what we felt was a very grounded, plausible future realism," Montford said.
Gatins, who wrote and directed Dreamer for DreamWorks, came aboard Real Steel at Spielberg's suggestion. Talking about the relationship between the main characters, 11-year-old Max, played by Dakota Goyo, and his father Charlie, played by Hugh Jackman, Gatins said the father/son dynamic was the real hook for him.
"It was a rough relationship, it was Paper Moon. It was really a tough deal between this father and son," Gatins said, adding that the original script was even darker.
"When we started we were trying to make it like Requiem for a Heavyweight," Murphy said. "Hugh Jackman's an alcoholic, he's going to throw the fight." Laughing, he added, "Steven's all happiness and joy, so he was like, 'No, it's The Champ! The Champ!' … So we ended up, naturally, with Rocky."
Gatins, who's more accustomed to writing sports movies and dramas about broken families, admitted he was at first daunted by the task of tackling science fiction. However, he decided to play to his strengths and concentrated on exploring those sports and family drama aspects of Real Steel.
"If I can make the relationships work, [I'll] focus on that, because that will carry the movie," Gatins said. "Because I'm not the sci-fi guy, I had to treat myself as the audience and say, 'Look, you're going to lose me -- if you give me too much sci-fi stuff I'm going to be like, enough!'"
When asked whether there were any big scenes or character moments that didn't make it into the film, Gatins grinned and turned to Montford and Murphy. "Can I talk about the butterfly?" Gatins pleaded with the two, who laughed and nodded. The butterfly?
"We built this whole hustle at the beginning of the movie that Dakota Goyo does with this butterfly pin where he's like 'It's the only thing I have from my mom, blah, blah, blah.' Later on Charlie finds a whole bag of them and you realize the kid is a real hustler," Gatins explained. However, as the story goes on it's revealed he actually does have a butterfly pin given to him by his mother. "He loses it because their [trailer] gets robbed at one point, which we don't see in the movie, after they get beaten up, and he thinks he lost the butterfly pin. Charlie had actually taken it and kept it, and when he gives it to him Max is like, 'My mom gave this to me!' and Charlie goes, 'Yeah, but I gave it to her. You're the butterfly, Max. You've always been the butterfly.'" He said the scene was cut for time but will most likely make it onto the DVD extras.
Turning to the robotic stars of the movie, all three praised the work of their special effects team and production designer Tom Meyer. "Tom Meyer totally nails it," Gatins said as Murphy and Montford nodded. While in the original short story the robots are actually androids, robots that look like humans, "We decided that they shouldn't be as big as Transformers, they should be humanoid but not humans," Murphy said.
Both digital and practical robots were built for the film, with most of the boxing sequences done with computer graphics while the close-up shots and human interactions were done with robot puppets. Gatins said that the digital robot fights were a godsend for him as a writer, allowing him to create big fight scenes without having to worry about feasibility or cost.
"Directors always say to me, 'You see this line you wrote? Do you know how much money that costs? That one line just cost us $14 million, you want to rethink that?'" Gatins laughed. Already at work on the script for the Real Steel sequel, he told reporters the follow-up will look at how the sport changes after the first movie, and hinted at a new female character coming into the ring.
"When people are asking, 'Where are the girls in the movie?' it's like, 'Hold on!'" Gatins said. "Dakota is going to be a little older, so hold on!"
The producers and the screenwriter also said it was a challenge to create a satisfying boxing movie when the main character, Charlie, couldn't actually get into the ring to box. "It was like, are we going to care about the robots and our hero robot specifically?" Gatins said. This was also a problem as in the original short story the human protagonist Steel actually does get in the ring, pretending to be an android.
"In the original short story the robot doesn't get into the ring … but [Steel] has to have the fight, so he puts the robot's suit on and pretended to get in the ring. We always felt like we were missing that 'da-dada-da-dada-da' moment," said Murphy, humming "Going the Distance" from the Rocky soundtrack. This led to Gatins and director Shawn Levy creating Atom's "shadow boxing" technique, a sophisticated mimicry that allows the robot to copy any movement Jackman's character makes.
"John and Shawn did one draft and Susan and I met and said, 'Oh, my God, he's sparring with the robot!'" Murphy said. "We never had that in any previous drafts, we never had that 'Fuck, yeah!' moment.'"
Murphy also revealed that Gatins played Kingpin in the film, the mohawk-sporting underground boxer who gives Max his first real robot match. "The sequel is called Kingpin's Revenge," Murphy joked.
"And he's married Evangeline Lilly!" Gatins laughed.
Continuing on their casting vein, Gatins said Jackman was the key to making Charlie, a supremely unlikable character on paper, sympathetic and likeable to the audience. "Hugh Jackman is such a likeable guy, he's able to get away with being a rogue that is charming," Gatins said. "This underlying charm to him." The screenwriter also said he and Levy spent a lot of time figuring out how boxing would logically go from human fighting to robot fighting.
"There's this company in London that helped created our bible, which is the visual history, so I had these crazy conference calls with these people who are so imaginative and they took things from the script and ran with it … so they created this chronology of fights and different 'bots," Gatins said, adding that the idea was that human fighting got so violent robot fighting became the natural outgrowth. However, the screenwriter revealed that the most difficult thing for him wasn't creating the fictional history of the sport but coming up with the names for the robots.
"I'm not a sci-fi guy but I'm also not a comic book guy, so I kept coming up with great names and they'd go, 'Yeah, John, they actually have that,'" Gatins laughed.
"Zeus was originally Colossus," Murphy laughed as Gatins tried to defend his ignorance of the X-Men.
"It's the name of a roller coaster on Coney Island!"
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A search continued Sunday evening, after police released an inadvertent selfie taken with a stolen cellphone in an effort to track down the thief who took it from a man who fell asleep on the subway.
Around 3 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, a 23-year-old man boarded a southbound No. 4 train at the 101st Street stop in East Harlem, and fell asleep.
When he woke up at the Borough Hall stop in Brooklyn, the man found his pockets had been sliced open, and his wallet and cellphone had been stolen, police said.
The victim's phone was equipped with an app that took a photo of a person trying to unlock the phone, police said.
Police released the photo, but did not indicate whether the person in the photo was believed to be the thief. Police did not say how they obtained the photo.
Anyone with information was asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.
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Have you lost your loved one and now wants to get them back in your life then use Kamdev vashikaran mantra to attract Ex-love back in your life for once again. As being of human it's our tendency that when we start loving someone then living without that person is not possible for us. And somewhere cause of some problem if you have to live without that person. Then it become really very-very harder for you so now the question is that if you had lost your loved one then how to make them back in your life for once again? And the answer is Kamdev vashikaran mantra. Kamdev vashikaran mantra is a part of vashikaran mantra which is really very-very effective mantra when you talk about love life attraction. Making ex love attract once again towards you is not a piece of cake, if you wants to do so then you have to work hard for it. If you are the one who have tried everything but still some problems running in your mind and nothing is going right then you can take help of Kamdev mantra which will goanna to make help you to grab the mind your ex one towards you.
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The Mark 3 ANSI is a horizontal, end suction, single stage, centrifugal, centerline discharge, "back pull-out" construction pump designed to handle demanding chemical processing and fluid handling services.
APIPosted on January 6, 2017
The ERPN is the pump of choice for severe chemical, petrochemical, refining and heavy-duty industrial service where deviations to API 610 are accepted. This pump provides users with the important mechanical, hydraulic, emissions control and safety components required by the latest ISO 13709/API 610 standards.
Barrier SystemsPosted on January 6, 2017
Liquid lubricated, dual mechanical seals require an external source of fluid. A properly selected supply tank system eliminates the need to connect to a distant and sometimes unreliable barrier fluid source. Flowserve offers a complete line of standard reservoirs for a wide range of sealing applications and custom designed supply tank systems based on your specifications.
Compressor SealsPosted on January 6, 2017
The Flowserve Ampliflow helps ensure that an adequate supply of clean, filtered gas is provided to the seals during periods of low differential across the compressor.
Gas PanelsPosted on January 6, 2017
Buffer/Barrier gas panels combine flow monitoring and control elements in a self-contained, easy to use unit.
GearPosted on January 6, 2017
Capable of higher flows and pressures than GA Series pumps, GR Series pumps provide high efficiency, pulse-free pumping, even under the most challenging conditions. They are designed to handle viscous fluids across a broad spectrum of flows and pressures. The GR Series' simple external design has only two moving parts and only one shaft seal to ensure long life and ease of maintenance.
Heat TransferPosted on January 17, 2017
SIHI SuperNova series are part of the overall program of heat transfer and circulation pumps. They are primarily used for circulation of hot water in closed pipe and vessel systems.
Horizontal, single-stage volute pumps with dimensions and nominal ratings to DIN 24256 EN 22858 in back pull out construction, with un-cooled mechanical seal. The SIHI SuperNova series has especially been designed for the trouble free handling of hot water up to 446 °F.
Horizontal MultistagePosted on January 17, 2017
The type DMX is a horizontal split case, dual volute, heavy duty, high pressure multistage unit with opposed impellers in accordance with API 610 latest edition. It is available in various sizes and material combinations making it suitable for service on a wide range of process and industrial applications.
Magnetic DrivenPosted on February 6, 2017
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Magnetic DrivenPosted on January 6, 2017
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Magnetic DrivenPosted on January 17, 2017
A large number of pumping processes, especially in the chemical industry, require pump sealing systems adapted to the particular application. In most applications these requirements are satisfied by pumps with magnetic couplings that by means of a motor, are able to statically seal the pump shaft from the atmosphere. This solution can replace various conventional sealing methods thereby reducing costs and increasing reliability. Process pumps are used for many different applications including the handling of corrosive, abrasive, toxic and foul smelling liquids.
Metal Bellows SealsPosted on January 6, 2017
BRC Series edge-welded metal bellows seals are exceptionally robust and designed to seal high-temperature hydrocarbons, heat transfer fluids and severe services in refineries and hydrocarbon processing plants.
Mixer SealsPosted on January 6, 2017
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MultistagePosted on January 17, 2017
Series HEG multistage centrifugal pumps are an economical solution used in applications where the requirement is for trouble-free pumping of clear or slightly dirty liquids. The difference between the Multi line and the HEGA is that the HEGA suction is on the drive end and the pump is "hung" between two sets of bearings and seals.
OEM & SpecialtyPosted on January 6, 2017
Circpac MD Circpac MD seals are a segmented circumferential seal designed for fans, blowers, dryers, turbines, centrifuges and other rotating equipment. Circpac MD seals come packaged in a convenient split housing for easy installation. Standard designs consistently outperform packing, bushings, labyrinths, and felt seals with lower gas consumption over a wider range of operating conditions. […]
ReciprocatingPosted on January 6, 2017
The HS is a horizontal triplex and quintuplex positive displacement reciprocating pump with very high efficiency and is offered in a wide range of hydraulic, mechanical, and material options.
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As Americans hit the road this summer for road trips and other vacations, many may be accessing public wireless networks along the way to stay in touch with friends and family back home, check their emails, or do some research on their destination. Next month, college students will start heading back to campus, too, and begin using public computers in school libraries. However, consumers should be careful when logging into public networks to ensure their personal online information is safe.
While public Wi-Fi spots, such as those in coffee shops and airports, are convenient, they can also be a hot spot for cyber criminals. These Wi-Fi networks are ripe for hacker exploitation because they function much like old-fashioned telephone party lines, according to the University of Virginia's Information Technology website. Taking some extra steps for precaution can protect against the possibility of identity theft.
Wi-Fi Safety
If using a personal computer to access public Wi-Fi networks while on the go, there are a number of things you can do to protect the device from hackers. Before taking off on a trip, enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections on your most-used websites. SSL connections encrypt the information exchanged on a website, making it difficult for hackers to access it. Gmail, Twitter and Facebook, for instance, have such SSL connection options. Clicking on the "Always Use HTTPS" option in Gmail and Twitter, for instance, will enable this security feature.
Turning off the Wi-Fi connection option on your computer before heading out to the airport or other destination where public networks are available is also a smart way to keep hackers out. This will ensure your computer does not hook up to a public network on its own, possibly putting your online information at risk. Once you have arrived at a destination and want to access the Internet, this Wi-Fi option can be turned back on.
For business travelers, using a virtual private network also ensures online safety while on the road. Many companies offer network access to employees while they are traveling, allowing them to hook up to the company's VPN outside the office. A VPN will act as a shield to outside attacks, the LA Times said.
Public Computer Safety
Public computers don't need to have anti-spyware programs installed on them – there are no regulations requiring such protection. So taking extra precaution becomes a necessity to ensure your personal information is kept secure.
Remembering to log out of a website is an absolute must when using a public computer. Closing the browser window will not necessarily log a person out of a website, which could leave that information accessible to the next person who uses the computer. Make sure websites, such as social networks, do not automatically save login information on the computer, as well.
Selecting the option to "browse privately" will also erase your tracks on a public computer. Erasing the history and temporary Internet files once you are done using the computer is another smart step.
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My daughter Elizabeth is six years old and just finishing Kindergarten in our local public school. She has a great teacher, and her first year has been filled with many new learning experiences. She has developed a love for reading (much like her mother and father) and surprises us every day with what she is able to read. She even likes math (which is very much not like her mother!) If you can't tell, I'm really proud of her.
About a year ago Elizabeth told me that she wanted to learn the 7 C's. I bought her a mini poster from the museum bookstore and she very quickly learned them. The concepts behind the 7 C's were further reinforced to her when I taught them in children's church using our Amazon Expedition VBS curriculum.
Several weeks ago it was Elizabeth's turn to do Show and Tell in her class at school. She told me that she wanted to talk about the Creation Museum. We decided together that she should also talk about the 7 C's. I asked her what she was going to say and she said things like "my mommy works there" and her favorite things about the museum, such as the petting zoo and swinging bridge. I then asked her to tell me the 7 C's and briefly explain what each one meant. I thought she would need some help with the explanations, but as usual, she surprised me. She gave a one or two sentence explanation for each and really only struggled with Consummation (which I assured her, most adults do too!) I think as parents we sometimes really wonder if what we are saying is making a difference in our children's lives, and for me in that one moment, the answer was yes.
When I asked her why she wanted to talk about the museum and the 7 C's to the children she said, "I want to tell people about Jesus just like you do, Mommy." In that one sentence she summarized the whole message of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum—to help people know that God's Word can be trusted and lead them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Her Show and Tell time went well, and we may not know until we reach heaven the impact her sharing made. Pray for Elizabeth and other children in our public schools that are making a difference through their witness.


text: CULTURE Philip Glass Talks 'Visitors' Score for Director Godfrey Reggio (Q&A) 8:13 AM PST 2/18/2014 by Jordan Riefe FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Courtesy of Cinedigm "Visitors" The black-and-white and wordless "Visitors," now in theaters, marks the composer's first collaboration with the director since 2002's "Naqoyqatsi." One of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Philip Glass teams up with director Godfrey Reggio for the fourth time for the new movie Visitors, now playing in L.A. STORY: How 'Nebraska's' Composer Wrote Americana Music Without 'Banjo Plucking' Their first collaboration, the landmark Koyaanisqatsi, became a favorite of the midnight stoner set when it came out in 1983, but has lived on to become a landmark in abstract filmmaking with its high-speed visions of city life and the chaos of a mechanized world. Sequels Powaqqatis and Naqoyqatsi employed similar visual techniques, but the pair's latest collaboration, Visitors stands apart. Shot in black and white, it consists mainly of close-ups of people looking directly into the camera. Glass' score reflects his recent foray into symphonic composition, calm and quiet, in stark contrast to the frenetic synthesizer of Koyaanisqatsi. Recently, he sat down to talk with The Hollywood Reporter about the right -- and wrong -- way to compose for film, and the music demands of The Hours after the feature had already fired two composers. You haven't worked with Godfrey since Naqoyqatsi in 2002 -- was there was a bit of a stutter start? Within a week I had it. I had a few tryouts and almost the third time, I hit my stride. Those first experiments, they weren't bad music; they just didn't work. As soon as I got the beginning, I knew I had it. How often do you have that level of certainty about a piece? I was working with a producer in Hollywood on this film -- it was called The Hours. I knew they had fired two composers. I did the whole first reel. I sat with the producers -- and all my guys were in the other room -- and they looked at the first reel, and Scott Rudin turned to the other guys and said, "Well at least there's music that makes me want to see the movie." I said, "Just a minute, I'll be right back." Went outside and said, "We got the job." PHOTOS: Roundtable: Hans Zimmer and 5 Top Composers Swap War Stories Your earlier work is primarily composed for synthesizer, but in recent years, you've turned to symphonic compositions, as with Visitors. I did Symphony No. 10 last year. It's interesting: While others are going to synthesizers, I'm going to the orchestra, and I'm finding that people love the orchestra. In my 70 years, we've never been able to replace the orchestra. We've never been able to really replace the piano. This film, it needed the suppleness and the depth and nuance of an orchestra. I'm not going to get that in a synthesizer. They say movie scores should complement the action but never overwhelm it. But when we think of people like Ennio Morricone or yourself, the opposite is true. That's not my idea at all. I'm going to talk about traditional narrative movies: Most of these movies take place at different times in different places. What the music should do and can do is to articulate the structure of the film. We're not talking about window dressing; music is an actual and structural part of the experience. This is not generally understood in the film world, but it's understood in the world we live in. VIDEO: 'Philomena' Composer Alexandre Desplat on Judi Dench's Theme Are you a fan of movie music? There are very gifted people working in Hollywood -- there's no question about it -- whether they're designers, actors, writing. And if the so-called producers get out of the way, we can make really good movies. Who are some directors you think really understand music's role? Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen -- really experienced filmmakers, they know how to do that. They know how to take advantage of what the music can do. If they don't know how to use that it's like throwing pearls before the swine. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Jordan Riefe email@example.com @thr


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After a decade of sitting idle and falling into disrepair, Olnes Pond and the Whitefish Campground in central Alaska could be on their way to becoming a safe and family friendly area for camping, fishing and boating.
That's because, for the first time in 10 years, the Department of Natural Resources could have the money to hire a year-round ranger to monitor and police the 400 acres of land known as the Lower Chatanika River Recreation Area on the Elliott Highway, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
Responding to strong public support, Fairbanks Democratic Sen. Joe Thomas, who chairs the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Natural Resources, reinstated $159,000 in funding to the state's operating budget on Thursday (March 22). The money would restore active management of the park.
A little more than half would go to the salary of a ranger and the rest would pay for annual maintenance and operations.
It's good news to Marv Hassebroek, who collected 782 signatures on a petition to legislators earlier this year asking for attention for the campground. The park facilities have become a hotspot for vandals and illicit activities since the state pulled out, making it impossible for people to enjoy the recreational area, he said.
"It's terrible the way it is now. It's been abandoned for 10 years," he said.
The park had received part of the funding when the operating budget went through the House, but the Department of Natural Resources was worried it wouldn't be enough to hire the ranger.
The ranger's responsibilities would include the Lower Chatanika River Recreation Area and the campground and park on University Avenue.
The funding for the park ranger is still not set in stone. The changes to the budget will have to be approved by the House before it heads to the governor, who holds line-item veto power.


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Individual Giving
In 2015 the Iowa Newspaper Foundation unveiled a new individual giving program structure that better reflects our members' expectations and needs, and places more emphasis on recognition and results.
The INF could not provide the myriad programs, professional resources, and special events to its members without the financial support of generous, passionate individuals. We are dedicated to serving this evolving industry—whether it is helping prepare current journalists for the challenges ahead, or providing the next generation of newspaper professionals with opportunities to enter the field—and your investment in our work is absolutely crucial.
Not only are we striving to put forth the best programming possible, we are also building our efforts to ensure the future of our industry by offering programs that are multifaceted and guided by industry leaders.
If you have any questions about our Individual Giving program, or would like to speak with us regarding your estate plan or a legacy gift, please contact INF Development Director Geof Fischer at firstname.lastname@example.com or (515) 422-9070.
Individual Giving Program
The INF Membership program has evolved into the annual Individual Giving program, which introduces three new levels of giving (below), and an expanded portfolio of recognition perks.
Builder level – annual donation of $25 or more
Sustainer level – annual donation of $100 or more
Guardian level – annual donation of $500 or more
Best of all, these contributions add up year after year to accumulate into our new Lifetime Giving program.
LIfetime Giving
While the Heritage Club was previously the only level of lifetime giving, the INF will now offer an expanded suite of giving levels that accrue with your donations over a lifetime.
Friends of the Free Press ($2,500 +)
Friends of the Free Press members are recognized at the INA convention awards banquet and receive a commemorative, engraved pen with display case.
The Heritage Club ($5,000 +)
In addition to the Friends of Free Press recognition, Heritage Club members will receive a plaque to proudly display at their home or office. A duplicate plaque is displayed in the INF Heritage Conference Room.
The First Amendment Council ($7,500 +)
In additional to the Heritage Club recognition, Council members are commemorated with a large brick to be displayed in front of the INA offices in the heart of Des Moines' East village.
The Diamond Club ($10,000 +)
In addition to the First Amendment Council recognition, Diamond Club members receive a commemorative gold Iowa-shaped lapel pin with diamond indicating the geographic location of your newspaper.
Heritage Club
Individual Heritage Club was created in 1985 and honors individuals who contribute $5,000 or more to the Foundation. To date, there are 80 members of the Heritage Club, representing a total of $395,000 in contributions to the Iowa Newspaper Foundation.
Heritage Club members include:
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Charlie Edwards
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Hot Chocolate with Moroccan Spices
Add exotic Moroccan flair to a mug of hot chocolate with cinnamon, cardamom and orange rind.
Prep Time12 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time17 mins
Servings: 6
- 3 cups chocolate milk, divided
- 2 ounces bittersweet Belgian chocolate, plus 1/2 ounce for garnish
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 orange rind
- 3 pieces cardamom pods plus 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- Bring 2 cups low-fat chocolate milk to a boil. Add cinnamon sticks, orange rind and cardamom pods in the milk mixture. Remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, finely grate chocolate and place in a bowl. Set aside.
- Using a metal strainer, carefully strain out spices from milk mixture. Pour hot milk mixture over chocolate. Stir mixture until well blended. In a saucepan, froth remaining cup low-fat chocolate milk. Pour into individual mugs and top with foam. Sprinkle with grated chocolate, if desired.
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Association of Latin American Surfing Professionals, known as ALAS, is having their second contest date of 2017 this weekend, the 27th and 28th of January, in Playa Cocles. This will be the first time ALAS visits the waves of the well known beach break on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Cocles hosts many contests throughout the year due to its impressive waves. Surfers seeking good tube riding and getting barrelled can appreciate this break. Both lefts and rights break close to the pretty white-sand beach. $10,000 total in cash prizes is on the table for this professional event. ALAS is considered to be the ultimate professional surfing tour in Latin America and, consequently, many elite surfers are expected. The first contest was held at Playa Viña del Mar in Chile two weeks ago.
Epic Conditions Expected in Playa Cocles
Called the Latin Pro Puerto Viejo, presented by Atlántida Lodge, the event is already stirring excitement. Organizers and surfers are stoked for a big swell this weekend. Alberto Torres, the local organizer, expects "epic conditions" due to both the weather and surf reports. This time of year is the high season for waves in this part of the country. Surfers will travel from all parts of Costa Rica to attend. In addition, visiting surfers from other Latin American countries are already arriving.
Things to Do Near Playa Cocles
Puerto Viejo caters to tourists of all budgets, interests, and ages. You'll find a variety of bars that cater to just about all styles of music, but reggae will be the most popular. One of the local favorites is a place called Lazy Mon, which hosts fire dancing shows and other live musical acts.Tasty Waves Cantina is another popular little surf bar while Johnny's Place is the area's long standing dance club/bar. Known for it roots, rock, and reggae vibe on the dance floor, you can get a groove on. Rent a beach cruiser to feel the energy of this little beach town. Lock up bikes, however, as there is bike theft in Puerto Viejo much as most other beach towns. You may want to just cruise around on a beach cruiser when you're waiting for the tide.
Puerto Viejo is one of the most unique parts about Costa Rica. It draws people there for it's Caribbean vibes, African influence, good waves and beautiful beaches. it's neighbor, Playa Cocles, shares thoses characteristics. The town is a very small village with just two stores, a school and a soccer field. The locals are very friendly and welcoming. You can find them sitting outside together laughing and enjoying life. In order to keep the beach a safe place to swim and enjoy, the community has come together and contributed to pay for lifeguard services. You can feel safer paddling out or going for a swim knowing that help is at hand. The current can get pretty strong in this area.
Where to Stay
If you are planning to visit Playa Cocles during a surf contest, book a hotel or hostel ahead of time. The area gets packed on contest weekends and you don't want to be stuck looking for a room at the last minute. There are several hotels in Cocles and dozens more in nearby Puerto Viejo. Check with Tripadvisor for recommendations and reviews; there are options for all budgets. You will find peaceful, pleasing accomodations in Playa Cocles if there is availability. If you are going to surf, this is the best choice in my opinion. The town is charming and has a sweet vibration that will lure you to want to stay longer.
More About ALAS
To find out more about ALAS Tour and The Latin American Surfing Association, click here. The website is in Spanish however you can find the tour dates under the Calendar dates. If you are interested in inscribing for an event you are sure to have an incredible experience. With tour dates at some of the best beaches in Latin America, how could you not? The Latin Pro Puerto Viejo in Playa Cocles promises to be an exceptional show.