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The College Football Playoff picture became much cloudier after Week 6. Four days later, the Heisman Trophy race is suddenly wide-open. Nothing had stopped Todd Gurley this season. The Georgia running back either ran past or through anyone in his ...Blog | October 10, 2014
B1G RBs deserve place in Heisman chaseAdam Rittenberg
If your Heisman Trophy research routine consists of dissecting ESPN's QBR table or relentlessly refreshing TMZ Sports, you are not alone. You have been conditioned to expect a player with a strong QB rating and a stronger Q rating, to hoist the st...Blog | September 23, 2014
Preseason position preview: RBsAdam Rittenberg
Running back typically is among the Big Ten's strongest position groups, and it should be once again in 2014. The league returns two preseason Heisman Trophy candidates in Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon and Nebraska's Ameer Abdullah, as well as several ot...Blog | July 14, 2014
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller began the season as a top Heisman Trophy candidate. He could end it the same way. Miller likely can't win the Heisman on Saturday night against Michigan State in the Big Ten championship -- Flo...Blog | December 07, 2013
Podcast: Dari & Mel's B1G previewAdam Rittenberg
I joined ESPN colleagues Dari Nowkah and Mel Kiper Jr. during the weekend as they previewed the Big Ten in 2013. Dari and Mel made their picks for team flying under the radar, team that will underachieve, breakout player, Big Ten Heisman candidates a...Blog | August 19, 2013
Miller, Shazier lead B1G underclassmenAdam Rittenberg
The 2012 college football season saw a redshirt freshman (Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel) win the Heisman Trophy for the first time. The number of young starting quarterbacks for major conference programs likely has never been higher. And while the r...Blog | December 13, 2012
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Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller isn't going to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony, and he didn't claim any national awards Thursday, but his strong sophomore season is being celebrated in the Big Ten. Miller already has been named Big ...Blog | December 07, 2012
Meyer endorses Miller, but not for HeismanAdam Rittenberg
Election season is upon us, and the campaigns are awash with hyperbole, as well as some seemingly conflicting statements. Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is doing his part, too. Meyer doesn't shy away from hyperbole, which makes him more quotable and...Blog | October 09, 2012
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Most folks believe running back is the Big Ten's strongest position entering the 2012 season. It's reflected on the preseason watch list for the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation's top running back. Led by 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist Montee ...Blog | July 19, 2012
Michigan to unretire Gerald Ford's No. 48Adam Rittenberg
News flash: Jersey numbers are a big deal at Michigan. There's the No. 1 jersey, worn by just 12 players in team history, the past six of whom played wide receiver. The No. 21 jersey also has special significance, as it was worn by Heisman Trophy ...Blog | June 12, 2012
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Montee Ball of Wisconsin Badgers returning for senior seasonAdam Rittenberg
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball has decided to remain in school for his senior season rather than bolting for the NFL draft.Story | Conversation | January 05, 2012
1Q update: Both offenses clicking early onAdam Rittenberg
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DON WEAVER'S CLAIM that Richland County Council Chairman Norman Jackson "was ultimately responsible for fixing the 2012 Election Day fiasco" and "did nothing" might be pretty damaging. If it was true. It's not.
But I'm sure Mr. Weaver, who is running to unseat Mr. Jackson in Council District 11 on Nov. 4, is hoping that voters still fuming over having to wait in line for up to seven hours to cast their ballots — as well as those who had to leave before they could vote — won't focus on whether what he's saying in recent campaign literature is true or not. If they vote in anger, they might just vote against Mr. Jackson.
But Mr. Weaver must know that the story he's peddling in a recent mailing, which my colleague Cindi Scoppe shared with me, isn't true. And if he knows his claim is bogus, what does that say about how he handles the truth? If he doesn't know any better, you might wonder how good a grasp he has on the way the county government he wants to help run works.
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WHEN HOUSE Speaker Pro Tem Jay Lucas rolled out his latest ad hoc study committee last week, panel chairman Murrell Smith praised him for "proactively appointing this diverse Committee to make sure such a major undertaking is done right," noting that "building momentum is just as important as identifying and instituting the right reforms."
Richland County, SC lawmakers ignore their own institutional knowledge
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The members of the Richland County legislative delegation who reappointed Adell Adams to the county elections commission, saying they value "institutional knowledge" must be struggling with recollection themselves.
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Anyone who failed to vote in the June primaries practically missed out on all the county-level races in Lexington and Richland counties. Most of the county council and countywide races that were contested — and a good bit weren't — were contended for during the primary. With no challenger from an opposing party on Nov. 4, the June winners will assume those offices.
The truth about cupcakes
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I like George Will. Don't always agree with him, and find a couple of his positions maddening, but I think he's very logical and very smart and presents his arguments very effectively and, here's the really important thing, presents his arguments honestly.
Your November ballot, simplified (at least the questions)
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On Tuesday, we ran an editorial calling on the state's Constitutional Ballot Commission to write easy-to-understand explanations to add to the November ballots for the two constitutional amendments we'll be voting on.
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A reasonable person could ask how Education Superintendent Mick Zais' plan to strip all vestiges of Common Core from our state's curriculum standards could drive me to apologize for endorsing him four years ago but leave me with no second thoughts about my June endorsement of a candidate who supported what he was doing.


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Article about me |Meet bandung, Indonesian professional Lomographer.
Oki Adityo Nugroho (lomohome : ngoki) was my classmate of master degree of communication back in 2007-2008. He was the first people who introduced me to the world of lomography, the world that change my boring life into the colorfull life. Speaking of colorfull life, his exhibition titled was : Oki Adityo Nugroho X Exsport : Live Colorfully.
On June 23rd, 2012, Oki with Exsport, one of Bandung and Indonesian's oldest bag production, held the exhibition of his lomography photo for Exsport product at Exsport Exhibition store in Bandung Indah Plaza, the oldest shopping center which is still operated in Bandung, Indonesia.
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Meanwhile the model do their job on red carpet, Oki, together with his brother Teguh (lomohome : teguharyo) and Lukman (lomohome : mikejugalukman) dj-ing & visualizing with lomography photo (if I'm not mistaken it called LVA : Lomo Visual Audio)
When the breaktime coming, I really curious with Oki's photo. So I enter the exhibition store and very amazed with his photo which was fulfill the store, but the one that attracted me most was his giant wall photo cause it's the first time I saw giant photo from tiny 135mm cliche (redneck me T-T =)
Oh, I forgot to focus with my title. Yes, for his work, Oki were paid by Exsport which in my opinion he could called as professional lomographer. Actually after digital era and there are so many newbie digital photographer who raised money from their digital camera in my country, the word "professional" become an ambigue and debatable word at expert discourse. But what the heaven with digital expert, for me Oki is the real pro and my idol also inspiration.
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The title of my column today strikes me as oxymoronic. Miracles, after all, are defined as acts of God, amazing and marvelous events, and "seals of a divine mission" (Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary). Generally speaking, there's nothing small about them.
What I'm talking about then, are instances of heavenly intervention in the lives of believers that impact what we would consider "minor" areas of our existence, the things that cause us to make statements like: "It showed me that God cares about even the small things in our lives," always as if that's a profoundly shocking proclamation. Nobody ever responds by saying, "Well, duh…"
I think that's because it never stops being a mind-blowing concept – the Creator of the universe, who hears the prayers and praises of billions simultaneously and loves each one the same, provided, perhaps, just the right amount of money for a struggling single mom to buy her child a pair of shoes. It's not the parting of the
This Sunday in our Adult Bible Fellowship class, my friend Karen stepped in to teach our continuing series in Mark's gospel. We were in Chapter Six, focusing primarily on the Feeding of the 5,000. As she began her lesson, Karen admitted that she'd never quite been able to visualize this scene, or understand exactly what the miracle was meant to show. I mean, there is the lesson of provision, but the human body can go without food for quite some time. Jesus Himself fasted in the wilderness for 40 days (Matthew 4:1-4). So it's not like life and death were hanging in the balance if the people who had followed Him to this "desolate place" went without dinner that night.
It could be, Karen suggested, Jesus just didn't want the people to go away – He had just suffered the death of His cousin John the Baptist, and recently endured the "amazing unbelief" (Mark 6:6) of those from His hometown of
Maybe, Karen said, that's why she always tended to overlook this miracle a little bit. "You know how sometimes when God does something that you know was 'just for you,' and you tell someone else about it, and they're like, 'That's cool and all,' but it just doesn't carry the same meaning for them?"
I knew exactly what that was like, and I liked where she was going. I could see an even greater personalization in mini-miracles, in God drawing delight from blessing our socks off in ways that speak to our individual hearts. The idea also gave me greater permission to attribute to the Lord all sorts of transpirings that I had chalked up to my own efforts, happenstance, or even worse, gone without noticing.
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Heavy rail "least appropriate for people moving"? Please elaborate, providing citations or examples, as appropriate. Also, please define precisely what you mean by heavy rail? Which of these are heavy rail (why or why not?):
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There once was a fox, as wise as can be,
He lived in the hollow of an old oak tree.
Not so very far from an ol' Farmer's Farm;
A farmer he knew would do him great harm.
Also, on that farm lived a lively young goose,
And he caused the fox's dry mouth to juice.
Without a care, the goose gandered about,
Causing the fox great apprehension, no doubt.
One day they met at the edge of the farm:
The goose knew, for sure, the fox meant him harm.
Mr. Fox, I know you can eat me, he said,
But, I know a better way you can be fed.
The farmer has many an egg you can eat,
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I'll tell you just how to gain your supply;
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The farmer is rich and he doesn't have need
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We poor of the earth, he cares not about:
We should take eggs from the lecherous lout.
Sure, he feeds us, and quite well in fact,
But he profits from the sweat of our back.
We animals are brothers, and should take heed
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You can sneak around by the ol' mill gate,
while I distract the hound, down by the lake.
His threat to you I shall circumvent,
and you can then eat to your hearts content.
The sly ol' fox, he surmised this odd tale:
Hen's eggs were delicious, he knew quite well.
Oh, this we will do, he quickly agreed:
Eggs, he knew, were quite delicious indeed.
So, the goose set off, the hound to distract,
And also the fox, to the mill gate out back.
But, the goose had another plan in his mind;
A problem solution of a far different kind.
He enlisted the hound in his subversive trick,
To solve the fox dilemma finally and quick.
He sent the hound round to the ol' mill gate,
Leaving himself to just piddle and wait.
Then suddenly upon him with claw and tooth
Pounced the fox, 'fore he could honk or hoot.
In this moral lesson we all can deduce,
Why no-one says: "he's as sly as a goose".
The SLY fox knew: "If the goose would betray
the farmer that feeds him, he will betray me too."
A foggy Cuervo morning
I crawl out of my bed
Stagger to the bathroom
With a pounding in my head
It's just another Sunday
Things can't get much worse
I think i'll write a poem
Yes, another drunken verse
Tiny glass of 80 proof
What courage you gave me
To dance upon a table
While crooning karaoke
I truly thought that I could sing
I could hear the people cheer
Then I lost my footing
And fell right on my rear
Now falling off of tables
Isn't really all that dumb
Cause I got such a chuckle
Telling everyone to kiss my bum
I kissed a man I didn't know
You think that's absurd
Well his wife was rather angry
When I flipped her the big ol bird
When Jose takes control of me
I have no pride or shame
Doesnt really matter much
Cause no one knows my name
I drank until the wee hours
Things were going great
Until that final shot of gold
That sealed my eveings fate
I spent some time talking
On a ice cold porceline phone
If I survive this night
Tomorrow I will atone
Well today is tomorrow
So forgive me for my sin
Never again will I drink tequila
Instead I'm drinking gin
From my window lofty high
I sit and watch the passersby
Safely from within the womb
Of this quiet and private room
That's my asylum in the sky
And, I imagine...
From the safety of my perch
Above the elm, the oak, and birch
Alone, I slowly drift through life
Exempt from conflict, chance, or strife
Away from any harmful search
And, I imagine...
From my pinnacle of peace
Much like the eagle, lark, and geese
I wrap myself in solitude
Safely from the multitudes
And their evils that never cease
And, I imagine...
I imagine a world of peace and good
With people living as people should
A world glowing with brotherly love
That's flowing down from God above
With all faiths tolerantly understood
But then...
From my window lofty high
I'm left alone to wonder why
Why the world became so cold
And, why compassion can't unfold
Out there perhaps a soul could try
But here alone,
...I can only imagine.
Timothy I. Brumley
I do not like your mobile phone.
I do not like its ringing tone.
I do not like it here nor there;
I do not like it any where.
I do not like it on a plane,
nor when I'm on a crowded train;
not in a bus, not in a car,
not even in a crowded bar.
I do not want to hear it ping
or, even worse, Madonna sing.
I do not like the sound of pop;
that wretched noise has got to stop.
So let me make this mighty clear,
your phone, I do not want to hear.
And, should it ever start to ring,
I'll come and smash the wretched thing.
'On the Loose' Contest for G.Rix
(Submitted to Heather's Famous Couples/Duos contest. I hope you all like!) :)
"Save me, Mario & Luigi!"
As they both read the Princess' distress call,
Written in dark cherry lipstick on his walls
"Mama-Mia, I just painted this damn thing", Luigi whined.
They ride off into smiling clouds' horizon
Knocking out hopeless Goombas & misunderstood Turtle shells
Rapidly exhaled hustles over flagpoles and grassy valleys
To see who will capture her 1st kiss...and NOTHING MORE
Towards that immense castle in the sky,
They climbed against its walls like two dogs in heat for the 1st time
Into un-screened window archways, they dive in
Their eyes stare threateningly against the Dinosaur-Lizard cross-breed reject
Mario & Luigi begin dropping mushrooms to see stars and taste invincibility.
But, like this battle, it only lasted 10 seconds!
For out from the Onyx darkness, a new hero emerged
Green, not with envy, but of Greek god magnificence
And a strut that would make a pole dancer jealous
He struck down with such brute force, tearing down the gates of Heaven & Hell
Jesus & Lucifer were pissed
It was Yoshi the dinosaur!
With one fell swoop & a high pitched Braveheart-style cry,
He starts dropping eggs like he's been ovulating for days
Tossing them with such focus & epic awesomeness against his enemies
Knocking them down one by one
He gracefully sweeps up the Princess, staring down towards his enemies
In a condescendingly lifted face, places an old-school Boombox on the ground
With loud decibels of MJ's "Don't stop 'til you get enough!",
Yoshi pulls out & drops the mic, embracing gravity's last word
The Princess devilishly smiles at her new green hero and rides him into the sunset.
Game over.
©Drake J. Eszes
Kirk: 'Lt. Uhura, come to my quarters at 1800 hours'
Uhura: 'Yes captain, might I ask what's up?'
Kirk: 'Nothing now but something WILL be at 1800 hours'
Bones: 'Jim, is this a medical issue?'
Kirk: 'You bet your boner it is, Bones'
Sulu: 'Captain, a Klingon ship is approaching'
Kirk: 'Blast that sucker to smithereens, I got a date'
Chekov: 'Captain, you'll need protection on this mission'
Kirk: No problem Ensign, got a few here in my wallet'
Obi-Wan Kenobi: 'May the force be with you'
Kirk:' Thanks Obi, but you're in the wrong contest'
Obi-Wan Kenobi: 'This isn't PD's contest?'
Kirk: 'HELL no, now SKAT will probably disqualify us'
Obi-Wan Kenobi: 'Well, may the force be with you anyway'
Kirk: 'Look Kenobi, nobody's forcing ANYBODY here'
Spock: 'Captain, I'm receiving a message from SKATfleet Command'
Kirk: 'What Mr. Spock? And why do you always talk like that?'
Spock: 'To qualify for the contest, the writer has to command the ship'
Kirk: 'Damn it all! What the…FRONT AND CENTER WRITER!'
Writer: 'Um…All hands on deck?...Anchors away?'
Uhura: 'Ohh Captain KIRRK, it's 1800 hours'…
Kirk: 'Not now Uhura, I'm not in the mood!'
Uhura: Ohh Captain WRITERRR, it's 1800 hours'…
Writer: 'Kirk, you have the helm. I'll be in my quarters'
Spock: 'Fascinating'
Kirk: 'Shut-up Spock'…
Tim Ryerson
Theme: Sexual harassment in the workplace
For SKAT's contest
are like my thoughts
falling down into my mind
sending goose bumps down
my spine
Their cool aftermath
cleanses me of my thoughts
of fear and uncertainty
about what tomorrows
pain may bring
They make me feel,
wet with creativity
drenched in my optimistic
illumination. glistening
raindrops, my thoughts
leave paths of pleasurable
distress, and hope of success
which road, less traveled
may be the best
Forget an umbrella
when these raindrops
arrive, I walk outside
arms open wide
Ready to Receive
the mind storm may bring
because raindrops are
as my thoughts, falling
down into my mind
sending shivers down
my spine
My brain, yearns
for the rain, to wash away
the pain, tomorrows worry
does bring
One special drop
could speed up life's clock
to the time
I can handle my own
and not dwell inside my controllers
For raindrops are,
like my thoughts
falling down into my mind
sending goose bumps
down my spine
Driving down the street,
sweet suburbia exhales,
scents of butter pecans
and apple blossoms penetrate the wind,
but secrets hide behind this serene atmosphere.
Momma's passed out on the couch,
Jack's become her best friend.
She has numbed out the pain around her,
rejects the truth.
Bobby loves his gun,
he knows how to make it all come to an end.
One day he'll have the courage,
and take everyone else with him.
Suzy hides in her closet,
she doesn't want daddy to find her,
have his ways like he does.
She just wants to fade away and die.
Papa's working late,
thinking of his sweet desert,
no one knows the world he creates,
while he pushes reality away.
Mittens sits in the windowsill,
watches the strangers pass by,
his tail twitching back and forth,
the only thing that knows the truth behind the doors.
While the house silently cries,
the world will still drive by.
Smell the sweetness in the wind,
be hypnotized,
by a sweet suburban lie.
Parody of the Xmas Song: White Christmas
I'm dreaming of a new body
with every chocolate I unwrap.
But I can't stop eating, I can't stop cheating.
There's just too many Christmas snacks.
My nightmare is a pot belly -with every Christmas treat I take.
But I can't stop feasting, my size increasing;
when I stand on the scales they'll break.
Yes, I'm dreaming of a trim waistline,
so take that chex mix from my face.
May my buns be smaller and flat,
and may all my body lose its fat!
(I no longer make my traditional chex mix and
many candies I used to cook for the holidays!~)
As I ponder my weak bladder, you see.
I travel around the corner from thee.
Be careful if around the corner you go.
Please for your sake, watch for yellow snow.


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RPG's have really come a long way...
Starting with text adventures to isometric Diablo hack-n-slash, then FPS Medieval fantasies to third person sci-fi role playing and now simple facebook games where you build farms, level up and help your friends to tower defense in a massive arena where heroes battle amongst minions.
Path of Exile is another online hack-n-slash that introduces some new elements while utilizing popular skills/loot/leveling to bring you a fresh epic RPG experience.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Path of Exile in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the online version of Path of Exile . Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual:
PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
Wine: 1.6-rc4
Installing Wine Versions
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.6-rc4
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Extracting Wine...
Downloading Gecko
Wine 1.6-rc4 is installed
close Wine Manager
Downloading the Client
Go To: pathofexile.com
Click "Play Free Now!"
Register and then login
Click "Download Now!"
Save the PathOfExileInstaller.msi to your desktop
Setup PlayOnLinux
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: pathofexile
No spaces
Click Next
Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine: 1.6-rc4
Click Next
Note: PlayOnLinux should ask if you want to use a 32-bit or 64-bit virtual drive.
Always use 32-bit!
Configuring Wine
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok
Installing Libraries
Check all of the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_d3dcompiler_43
- POL_Install_Registeredfonts
- POL_Install_riched20
- POL_Install_Tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2005
Note: PlayOnLinux will automatically download each library and install them.
Click Next
Installing Client
Click Browse
Navigate to your desktop
Select PathOfExileInstaller.msi
Click Open
Click Next
Path of Exile Setup Wizard
Click Next
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Install Path
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select: Client.exe
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Path of Exile
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Configure PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video memory size: the amount of memory on your video card
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo
Wine Tab
Click "Windows reboot"
Close Configure
Launching Path of Exile
Select "Path of Exile"
Click Run
The client should launch and start updating the full game 6.8 Gig
Allocating Resources...
Will probably take 10-15 minutes depending on your internet speed
Then the game files will start to download
When the game is downloaded, it will begin loading
You will finally get to a login screen
Click Graphical Options
Open the Options
Click the Graphics tab
Select Fullscreen
Select resolution
Depending on your video card, you may have to use lower resolutions and turn off some of the texture filtering and post processing so Path of Exile will run smoothly. Experiment with the settings until you get a tolerable frame rate.
Click "Apply display settings"
Click Save
Note: When in a group the game may still slow down because of the other members internet speed.
Select Character Class
Select your class and create a name
Path of Exile ran very smoothly, specially when playing by myself. The graphics are amazing and rival modern-day engines with all the eye-candy your heart desires. Even up close the details are amazing. They had better be after downloading 7 Gigs of files!
I was most impressed with the leveling-up web. There are so many non-linear option to what path you want to take for increasing your characters abilities.
Everything else is pretty standard... right click for magical abilities or even middle-mouse-click.
Buy, Sell and swap out armor, weapons and gem upgrades.
Play cooperatively with some friends or join a group of players from across the world.
Video Gameplay:
Path of Exile Guide
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VFX Solidarity: Is the Future of the Visual Effects Industry at Stake?
Wonder why all your production friends on Facebook have changed their profile pictures to a familiar shade of green? News of Rhythm & Hues Studios going bankrupt, the studio behind the recent Oscar-winning Life of Pi, has acted as a catalyst for awareness. A recent letter written by Phillip Broste has been making the rounds via outlets like VFX Solidarity International, stirring up the visual effects community in a call-to-action. More info and an interview with independent VFX artist Jeff Foster after the jump.
Instigated by this tweet from Scott Ross, Digital Domain founder and ILM's General Manager, hundreds of VFX artists showed up to the Sunday Oscars with picket signs to protest:
I had a dream, 500 VFX artists near the Dolby (Kodak) theater on Oscar day waving signs that say " I WANT A PIECE OF THE PI TOO".— Scott Ross (@DrScottRoss) February 21, 2013
Why? Here's how it works:
When a large studio makes a film, the VFX houses bid for jobs, constantly undercutting the competition (other VFX houses). Budgets are locked and when it comes time to make the deadlines, the VFX workers are the ones who suffer, often working unpaid overtime with unsecured jobs, without healthcare, or waiting months to receive pay. There is no union in place to protect VFX workers from poor conditions, and state worker's laws being broken seems to be the norm. On paper, the effects budgets for these films seem massive, so we assume they must be getting paid well -- but in reality it's a lot of overhead, not profit.
In turn, VFX companies can't make profit and are going out of business, and artists essentially have to become migrant workers who have to follow the work, largely because of various government subsidies that are set up to attract work to different countries. The VFX community are largely against these subsidies, but finding a way to fight against them and survive at the same time is a struggle. VES, the Visual Effect Society, who has supported and called for expansion on the subsidies in the past, has released an open letter describing its role in this movement. The letter asks for an open congress of VFX artists from all around the world, and tax incentives for California. From fxguide:
The congress is the next major move from the VES, and the Society states "it is hoped that this effort will lead to a number of direct follow up actions that will gain consensus from visual effects artists everywhere." The congress will be an online meetup of visual effects artists from around the world in various cities (the details are still to be worked out) during which ideas can be put forward and discussed openly and honestly.
Why solidarity? Rhythm & Hues filed for bankruptcy on February 11th, firing 250+ workers, yet are reported to be opening a new facility in Taiwan this month. The community is upset, and received salt in their wound when Bill Westenhofer (visual effects supervisor on Life of Pi) tried to bring up these issues at the Oscars and his speech was cut short -- by the theme song from Jaws:
Some are pushing for solidarity to go on strike, others like Scott Ross are vying for a trade association or a guild. The discussion is ongoing, and there's also a petition to the Obama administration to end the export of American VFX jobs.
I think part of the issue is that we generally see VFX artists as just a ton of names on a list at the end of a film, and not as individuals. Even the main decision-makers on a film crew (like the Director) don't often have personal interactions with the VFX people, making it easier to marginalize their efforts and working conditions.
On the outskirts of the studio world, I recently spoke with Jeff Foster, an independent VFX Artist / Compositor, writer of the internationally published Greenscreen Handbook, and a regular writer at ProVideo Coalition.
Is a VFX Union something you would be interested in if it was successfully formed?
Unions aren't necessarily the answer as that won't stop studios from just sending everything overseas even more. It's a mess but I think it's too late - the toothpaste is already out of the tube. People are finding a new industry to work in because this one is totally drying up in the U.S. I've been seeing what's been going on the last few years, I have friends who are directly affected because they are getting laid off. They win an Oscar and then they are getting the doors shut on them.
If joining a union would mean a promise of steady work on big productions, it might be something to consider. I've been invited to work on big productions, to work at Weta, Pixar, and I chose not to, mostly for family considerations, but also because you have to think about what you want in life, and I don't want to be a number. And unless something steps in and saves the day for those working on big budget productions for big studios, I don't see much of a future there. Smaller boutiques with little overhead will be the ones who survive.
What's wrong with the current studio model, and what suffers because of it?
The people who are making money are all at the top. The studios can assign 80% of the budget of a film to post-production and visual effects. So when they go in to shoot the film, they will basically slop through it because everything can be added and fixed in post. If you're the studio producing a film and you're relying on a few hundred people with computers in a building to basically create the movie for you, you're not going to take the same amount of time and care that say an independent filmmaker may take to really get the shots you want. People are getting tired of the mega studio VFX films, there's a hunger for watching a great story unfold. They are tired of fast food, and they finally want some good organic food.
How does / will this affect independent filmmakers or VFX artists who are just starting out?
I suggest that people become more of a generalist, if you're so niche oriented, then you're going to be really limited down the line, especially since people are bypassing certain things now. For example, the Adobe Creative Suite offers so many tools that an independent now has access to, and if they apply them, then they aren't going to be going out to post facilities for color grading, compositing, etc. The delivery system is changing too -- not every film is going to theaters.
How do you support solidarity for visual effects artists?
It's an awareness issue, just like any other cause. It certainly has momentum, and it's good to start hearing people who are outside of my industry starting to take notice and say "Hey, I saw your profile picture and I had no idea about any of this!"
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I've worked in the VFX industries for over ten years now and part of the reason I started my own company for film is precisely because of how I've been seeing the industry shift over the past decade. Everything you state in the article is correct and I would find it crazy scary to still be working in the industry right now.
It says a lot when people like me, former vfx artists, prefer to change careers and start businesses and other things, than to stay working in what they brought them to the film industry in the first place.
I love VFX and post-production, but fortunately, I also always did cinematography so at least I could shift gears and eventually establish my own business. I still hope I get to work in some visual effects projects every now and then, and animation too, so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping everything turns out OK in the end. I would gladly help establish a union or some other form of protection for the hundreds of artists who are always end up losing this game.
March 3, 2013
This interviewee seems very rational. So many people the bright green profile pictures don't seem to have a clue what they're trying to say. If the VFX industry can't survive in the US because of subsidies in foreign countries than who is there to complain to? Not Hollywood, California or the US. It seems foolish for a citizen of the US to complain to Canada or India that their government's choices is stealing work from another country, they want that. I'm not happy that companies are going out of business but I hardly think blaming Ang Lee or trying to police his Oscar speech is of any use. They should be thanking him for creating jobs when he did.
March 3, 2013
Well the one good thing to come of all of this, we may get less cgi driven films. The industry may have to go back to a good script and character driven performances. no more jack the giant slayer....etc....
did anyone think the life of pi "lion" looked real? once the vfx industry gets beyond video game looking effects we can demand more money. the old claymation effects industry is demanding more money as well
March 3, 2013
My friend, I have three tigers in my house and I must say that I see a real tiger in that movie, at least the greatest cgi feline I've ever watched
March 8, 2013
Yes, I thought the tiger looked incredibly real. Don't think I've ever seen more a convincing CG character. I hope for better stories as well. Life of Pi was one of the better ones, and the artistry of the visual effects in that film played an essential role in its success as a story.
The Avengers, on the other hand, was saccharine and brittle. A cavalcade of vfx porn with little weight, presence or texture. Generally speaking I like ILM and Joss Whedon but the amount of praise I hear The Avengers getting pisses me off a bit.
I mentioned this in another post but no one replied so hopefully I can provoke someone this time : P
March 3, 2013
Hey! I actually thought Avengers had a pretty good story. I mean, it was well written in that it had few, maybe no, plot holes. And I think most movies do have plot holes! But character development... Not a whole lot, but a little bit. And thankfully, it does seem like iron man III & man of steel are going to be a lot more emotional and have more character development. I do think the hobbit had less of a story than The Lord of the rings. The Lord of the rings (in my opinion) is the epitome of vfx, epicness, emotion, and story. Hopefully the hobbit picks some of the emotion and story up the next two films. But then, the story isn't as much of a "story" than it is the tale of an adventure. Lol but it is sad that vfx workers a loosing jobs, because so much of what they do is central to movies even with good stories. I really like Unstoppable because of the aspect of it that was tense, you never knew what would happen, and the effects in that are pretty crucial too! But I think the hobbit's orks would have been better like they were (for the most part) in lotr - prosthetics. Lol
March 3, 2013
Yeah, I thought The Avengers was pretty weak. It was so un-Whedonesque that I kept forgetting I was actually watching a Whedon helmed film. And the big finale...haven't they learned yet that when your finale involves fighting off nameless CGI monsters, that anyone but comic book fanboys tune out? Where is the character? I care absolutely zero about anything going of from that point out because they aren't even characters. This isn't a slight on digital effects, but a slight on how they are used.
March 10, 2013
Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems like any other 'tech' industry. Like when a lot of programming jobs started getting outsourced in the early 2000s. Supply and demand. If there's too many VFX artists for the work that exists, then wages and prices go down. No amount of unions or awareness is going to cause big companies to give contractors extra money as charity! If you don't want to go out of business, quote reasonable prices that will make you a profit! If you can't do that, change your business model or tailor your skills to a particular niche that can't easily be found elsewhere.
March 3, 2013
Capitalism 101 - When two parties trade they must both agree to the terms. No party can possibly be screwed this way (unless by lack of foresight).
March 3, 2013
Well, I was looking into VFX as a career. I am still in high school and I have tried my hand at everything from matte painting and 3d modeling to rotoscoping and camera tracking, I love doing it all. I might need to rethink.
Like many others Freddie Wong got me into making videos and I love the idea of doing everything from sound to color correction with a tight knit group and at this point that does not look like such a crazy/bad idea any more.
March 3, 2013
You will not "love it all" when all you do day in day out is just pure roto work, heck, even animating hero characters of a big budget movie will turn from very frustrating to very unhealthy and dangerous when the deadline comes closer and you start doing 18 hour days...I have heard some horror stories from colleagues who started to get hallucinations or almost walked into traffic, not speaking of my own issues with physical and other problems...
March 4, 2013
I'm in a similar boat, I actually left public school at the start of junior year to go after VFX while homeschooling. Which by the way, rotoscoping is hell, I don't like it, and it takes forever, but I love to see what I can get out of it. VFX is hard, really really hard, and I hate a bit of it, but I love computers, and I love film, and it's the perfect way to start my career in film. Remember, Fwong did freelance VFX work before he made it with youtube.
While what happening to the industry sucks, I'm still going for it, you just need to be smart. I hope I can get the cheap work out of the way while I'm still living with the parents.
March 6, 2013
"I suggest that people become more of a generalist". I feel like this is the exact thing people should avoid. are we looking to be the "jack of all trades and master of none"? Maybe people will start doing this, but I don't think its a good practice.
March 3, 2013
I worked for a year as an unpaid intern at a production house, and at 26, that was too tough, considering I was newly married. The idea was that I was done with school, and wanted to get a foot up in industry by working as an intern. You would think that after a year you would get hired, or that by having that experience would help you get hire, but it didn't. The production house I worked in had a small group of great guys, but the amount of work in our city was so small, that they couldn't afford to hire, even if they wanted to.
The problem is that most advertising agencies, or businesses in general don't like paying for video work. They understand that they need it, and that it really helps their sells, but they continually push prices further down. A video that cost $20,000 in 2007 now is pushed down to $10,000. Th video takes the same amount of work to shoot, edit, ad do vfx, but businesses just don't want to spend the money. They now see everybody having the ability as it is super easy to do.
Hell, I've been told that this one client's son has a dslr, and he thought he would just have his son shoot the commercial, which really surprised me, because that's not all that we did. The editing, and motion graphic work we did on top of shooting is what made the commercial work, but this mindset that anybody can do it is preposterous. Those of us that went to school for this kind of work really resent it when people think of this work as easy.
I don't know, things are getting to where this type of work is extremely important, but not valued.
March 3, 2013
Oh yeah, meant to say that, one of the reasons I wasn't hired is because I wasn't a jack of all trades. My specialties lied in shooting, lighting, and editing. I wasn't extremely great at vfx, but was learning, and keeping up the best I could. But, because I couldn't do all three, I wasn't valuable enough to be hired.
March 3, 2013
Not preposterous at all, Mason.
The son with the DSLR will be able to produce a video. Will it be cheap? Yes.
Will it look professional? No, probably far from it. However, if you don't mind if your business comes off as amateurish, you'll probably go for supercheap. Luckily, few businesses will want to look amateurish, so a professional product will always be in demand. However, because a DSLR with some great lenses, a home built editing workstation and a CS subscription can now be had for a few grand, your skills really need to shine. And you need to be fast!
March 3, 2013
Why not simply go into talks with the camera unions and bring visual effects in under that umbrella seeing that they are already established.
March 3, 2013
I don't think that unions are the answer. They can bring their own set of problems. For example... Do you want to get into current Hollywood union? Well, you better have family or close friends currently in it... they don't like strangers or new competition. They're basically invite only. Is that really what the film industry needs more of? What really needs to happen is the birth of another (or multiple) film industries in the US. Hollywood is a corrupt monopoly that has resulted from absolutely no competition whatsoever. They can do whatever the hell they want with virtually no consequences. Producers and executives are so blind to the world of VFX because they simply don't know anything about the process. The careers of producers, and the like, are drenched in nepotism/networking and they rarely have to understand or "prove" anything. They never had to work their way up on a film set and don't really know the crafts of film-making themselves. They get their jobs given to them by knowing the right people and then they basically told to repeat the same behavior that's currently in practice. They just don't know any other way, and there no room for innovation or trying new things because their jobs are at risk. We need people in these shot-calling positions that have actually done something besides sucking-up and schmoozing... it's pretty simple. Making it happen however, is going to take a complete collapse of the current industry/model, or a collective shift of mind-set (which has about a 0% chance of happening).
March 3, 2013
I have a question: How are other American companies doing? Imageworks might be backed by Sony to an extent, but if their profit would vanish, so would Sony's support. Digital Domain, ILM? Are they having troubles as well or are they just passing the bucket down to their 'blue collars' doing roto and other minor but time consuming work? Britain's two biggest studios, The Mill and DNeg, have seen a rise in (award) attention, so have Germany-based Scanline and Pixomondo, probably also due to their international business model. But as far as I know, the big American companies have their subsidiaries in Asia as well. Is there a chance that Rhythm & Hues' bancruptcy might at least partly hav happened because of a failure in their business model (I heard they were sort of the family enterprise amongst VFX vendors) or was their business model just about trying to do fair pay and that didn't work out in the fierce competition they are facing?
March 3, 2013
sony (SPI) themselves acknowledged that they always work at a loss because they (to my knowledge) are working only on sony pictures. digital domain went through chapter 11 and was sold to an indian-chinese venture just recently, just after they burned some million US tax dollars. ilm didn`t generate profit until the 90ies, no idea how they`re doing now, having been sucked into the disney tentacle. pixomondo is a nightmare to work at, according to a colleague who left them after a frustrating project, having waited months for his money.
March 4, 2013
As a vfx artist myself, I worked on some big movies at some of the major vfx studios in 4 different countries. I can say few things;
- In all the places I've worked on VFX artist are well paid, so it doesn't make sense they are asking for more money.
- You can make big leaps in your rate year after year. I used to hire juniors off school making 35k/year, 2 years later these guys were asking for 45- 50k. thats in US and Canada.
- VFX artists start calling themselves "seniors"after 4 years working in the field :)
- US vfx workers blame the industry for not having health care, they should blame the government for making it so expense, in Canada you have it for free, no matter the industry.
- They are wrongly assuming subsidies are the big reason, the same subsidies are helping other places like Vancouver and Montreal among others which were pretty much dead 7 years ago.
- YEs, I think vfx artists deserve more recognition.
- In my POV this is a fairly new career and is been changing quite a lot in the last 10 years, it will settle at one point, but it wont get "better", if you think about any position in the film industry, people tend to be always searching for the new contract, nobody is staff. Hence if you want to be a vfx artist you should know the perks you are getting before jumping in. A truck driver or a plane pilot know they wont be sleeping at home every night, a doctor knows he will be working long hours and sleeping at hospitals during few occasions, some will make good money some won't.
March 3, 2013
You assume that getting hired means you'll be working at that facility for more than a year. But this industry has been moving away from salary workers and towards freelance. Most VFX artists work job to job because they're hired by a company for a project and then fired 6 months later when the project is over. Job security is a huge thing to worry about, not just the amount you make.
I haven't read anywhere that VFX artists make too little money. $45-50k a year sounds about right for the average worker. The problem is that they're not working 8 hour days 5 days a week. Lots of people are working 14 hour days 6-7 days a week with no overtime. It's not against the law because when they sign on for a job, they sign a contract saying they willing participate in this action. But what choice do they have, they need the money considering how hard it is to find a job nowadays?
Yes, Vancouver and Montreal are profiting from film subsidies. But almost everywhere else is hurting from it. New Zealand offers a 40% subsidy for a film, the film packs up and moves there, and after they're done New Zealand sees how much it cost them for the subsidy and promptly remove it. Now that they aren't subsidizing, the film studio looks for the next best subsidy. Oh look, India is offering a 35% one! Lets pack up and move up there, rinse and repeat.
Although Vancouver and Montreal are doing good, it's because they have a constant subsidy going for VFX work. The problem outside of there is that other places have a temporary VFX subsidy and remove it right after the film is over. That causes the studio and the people to have to spend money to move around every 6 months chasing film subsidies.
March 3, 2013
I'd like to point out that Health Care in Canada isn't free. It varies from province to province. In B.C. a big draw card for a job is whether or not they pay for your BC care card, if they don't its aproximately $60 each month.
Also while subsidies may or may not be the reason there is a lot of VFX work in Vancouver at the moment it is also the reason that Production is undergoing a crisis.
March 3, 2013
This is not capitalism. You need to research economics a little more and stop using buzz-words like "capitalism" when you don't understand the actual definitions of these words. The problems the VFX industry are facing are resulting from a LACK of competition and monopoly (on the studios end) and the RESTRICTION of markets for there services. This is NOT capitalism. It's closer to Collectivism, or Corporate-Statism in reality. These are actually the mechanics of Socialism, not Capitalism. They need free-er markets, not more unions and regulation. The lack of competition (and free-market capitalism) is maybe the biggest problem facing the industry as a whole!
March 4, 2013
Well the industry is leaning towards contracts, so it's not that you'll be "fired" , your contract expires, its a bit different. Like I said, this is a long time reality for many professionals in the entertainment industry, actors and writers for example, with or without unions. You may think: well actors are well paid, well not really, probably 90% of them have to worry about bills and pick as many little contracts as they can.
I've seen many artists rejecting long contracts or staff positions since they were getting lowballed, but thats the industry now, you can go safer and make less money or go contract and make more money, nothing new.
Almost all the big studios pay overtime, at least all that I worked on. And yes, sometimes you work a LOT of hours, but some places you can do 40 hours a week for 1 year.
Subsides is only hurting one place in this planet, California. It must be tough if you have a well established life there and now you have to travel to feed your family, but the only one that can try to make this better is their own government, it's unfair to be blaming Canada or NZ for offering incentives to stir up their industry and therefore collect more taxes as a result.
Again, there are a lot to finesse in the process in order to make it more profitable for your employers and therefore a bit more stable for the employee, think about that subsidies in Canada and NZ must be the only thing holding all the studios from moving to Asia already.
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I think a Union for VFX would help, but as the article states, studios would move overseas. If every VFX house insisted on a cut of the gross it would solve a lot of their problems, but again, the studio will spend elsewhere. In reality the VFX industry has all the power, but don't know how to wield it, and are too busy chasing the next paycheck to learn. When the 2013 Oscar winner for cinematography is a most CG film... Come on. What really needs to happen is VFX groups need to come together and start their own studios. There is HUGE potential there.
I remember a story about the Matrix films. Keanu Reaves gave his entire 15 million dollar paycheck for one of the films to the VFX crew. Why? He said "They're the guys actually making the movie."
March 4, 2013
"What really needs to happen is VFX groups need to come together and start their own studios. There is HUGE potential there."
+1 This is the best solution. It's essentially firing your clients and coming up with your own projects. This model has actually worked well in the design realm as some studios have completely stopped taking in client work to focus on their own start up projects-and have actually done better.
The one thing that still sticks out in my mind is distribution. Who is distributing their movies? Will they get the cold shoulder? Could they even hold weight at the box office and actually gross? If they can, this idea will completely revolutionize the entire Hollywood model.
March 4, 2013
I blame the US artist, themselves they had everything but chose to do northing, an exampe is the average windows machine is far power than a mac for like God knows wen. But they neva chose to use windows, the mac has not been updated for lik 2 yrs ppl are still playing apple fanboy. The truth is all hollywood jobs would still go overseas, dats a fact. Do u knw dat with $100, 000 u can set up a badass postproduction studio, U could probably act a $100 million dollar film witrh $2million using freelancers artists and not so popular actors as long as they have good acting skills. Hollywood need to xpand not grow and its not xpanding. D indians are taking over well I still feel sorry for dem ppl with so much resources but have no idea how to use it.
March 4, 2013
I understand this is a filmmaking site but my view on this has nothing to do with this industry in particular. The whole system is evil, the way corporations work is wrong. What happen is just a snapshot on this particular industry, but it's no different than any other industry. nNthing is going to change from one day to another and corporations are far too much more powerful than they should be. This is the system we support (by don't creating oopposition to it) so I don't think there's much to complain.
March 4, 2013
Working overseas works! Because of exchange rates its a smart move to go overseas. My main business is outsourcing and staffing now because its huge profit margins. It only cost $300 to get the same if not better production overseas than in the US which would cost me $1200. I'll take the 300.
I use to be in the VFX biz and have a few nice production under my belt but I'm mainly a business guy so I cut special deals to make it work in my favor but the average person worked like a prostitute and was treated as such. I've seen both worlds and it basically the same with most creative. Their ego wants the recognition so bad it opens them up for exploitation.
From a business perspective you have to do whats most profitable, not what people consider honest, right, or ethical because thats all relative. The money is a fixed.
I think the VFX community needs to re-evaluate how it operates because it takes incredible amounts of engineering and science to create even a simple drop of water but its almost impossible to explain how it was done to an average person so most VFX people have no way to communicate their value to the rest of the world.
The Anime industry in Japan isn't much different. The actual artists work like slaves for small pay and are forced to forgo quality for quantity. Same artist story around the world. And you can't blame the businesses. Like I said, I outsource all the time because I like having money. If someone is willing to do a website for $100 when I use to do them for $300, now I keep $200 without doing any work and give the other guy in Asia $100 which translates to $400 in his currency so everyone is happy except the western web designer.
March 6, 2013


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We have an amazing variety of products here at Lake Champlain Chocolates, from our truffles – the first product we ever created – to our bars, selection boxes, and Chocolates of Vermont, and a lot of it is popular. But we recently saw a listing of the Top Ten Chocolate Trends of 2012, and that made us think. What products do we have that have seen a lot of success in 2012? Here's what we came up with:
One item that can always get a reaction from our customers is a novelty. Whether it's a chocolate turkey, a spooky chocolate cat, or a more conventional chocolate Easter bunny or chocolate santa, the variety of novelty items we make and the specialized way in which we hand decorate every item shows in the oohs and aahs these get when customers pick them up in our stores.
We sell our chocolate through three channels: in our retail stores, online, and by distributing to various stores around the country. Our most popular product for these stores to stock is our bar, and our natural ingredients and high-class Belgian chocolate leave little wonder as to why. With delicious flavors such as Raspberry and Hazelnut Praline, there is a lot to choose from, but our top sellers are our 54% dark chocolate and our milk caramel.
Using a variety of different nuts, from almonds to pecans to macadamia nuts, we have created the perfect combination of caramel, chocolate and nut. In fact, since nuts are healthy, and chocolate isn't bad for you either, our retail staff have been known to eat these clusters for breakfast. They consistently draw the eye of our customers in our retail stores, and demand is strong online as well!
We made our name with a truffle, and our truffles are still one of our hottest items. The ganache (the inside of our truffles), is handmade with – believe it or not – an egg beater, and there is literally one guy in our factory who makes all of our ganache, blending the Vermont butter and cream into our chocolate, and adding the appropriate flavorings. Our top selling flavors are Legendary Dark and Raspberry.
We may have started with truffles, but we broke new ground with our Five Star Bars. From mentions in books, to exclamations of pure joy when we give them out as samples on our factory tours, we know and love all five of our flavors. Our hazelnut and caramel bars, however, rule this category.
Our hot chocolate goes beyond the "just add water" variety. We create a creamy, smooth and delicious blend that has earned us a place on the Wall Street Journal's Serious Hot Chocolate article. With a number of varieties, from Spicy Aztec to Mountain Mint, we have more than just liquidized our chocolate – we have created a new genre. Top sellers here include our traditional and our organic blends.
These were the second set of products we ever made, almost thirty years ago. There are four flavors, each representing a different Vermont season. With close ties to Vermont's seasons and ingredients, these are big hits for gifts for out-of-state-ers or for anyone who just loves maple toffee, honey caramel, peppermint, and fruit and nuts in delicious chocolate. We sell them in a variety of forms, from gift bags to beautiful gift boxes.
In our stores, we will frequently have people come in and purchase a whole pound of this, probably because it is very difficult to stop eating after just one piece. The buttery-ness of the toffee topped with almonds that we grind ourselves and a little bit of saltiness all combine to make this an irresistible treat. That's why we offer it as one of our items in our chocolate of the month clubs and it is why it retains the Bronze position on our top-ten list.
An all-American treat, it's no wonder this has the Silver position on our list. We create the inside of our peanut butter cups by mixing peanuts with white chocolate into peanuty, sweet deliciousness, layered on the bottom and on top with our milk chocolate. Once you've have one of ours, you'll never want to go back to any other kind!
We make all of our caramel in house, and it is truly delicious, and deserving of the Gold spot on our list. The salt on top of these chocolate-coated caramels cuts through the sweetness of the candy, and also helps you to explore all of the flavors within the caramel (that's why we use salt in baking – it opens up other flavors.) It's a winning combination, and, as anybody in our retail store can tell you, it means that we constantly have to restock the shelves with more!
That's what we see as our top-ten, but that's not all we do. Did we miss something you love? If so, let us know in the comments!
Apparently cacao trees don't like snow.
They do like hot, humid equatorial regions such as Central and South America, Africa, Indonesia and even Hawaii. You probably knew this.
What you may not know is that where the cacao tree grows is going to influence the flavor of the chocolate that is produced from it.
It's called terroir, a term that refers to a region lending unique characteristics and influencing the flavor of a food. Climate, nearby vegetation, and the type of soil are among the factors in determining a food's terroir, and because of this, we have so much variety when go shopping for things like wine, coffee, and most importantly, chocolate.
Here at Lake Champlain Chocolates we have a variety of Select Origin chocolates, each with unique flavor profiles that represent the region where the beans were harvested.
Lets start with our Sao Thome 70% chocolate. Sao Thome is part of an island group off the coast of New Guinea. Cacao trees grow nearby vanilla fields, and when the cocoa beans are harvested, they are already infused with natural vanilla scents, which translate into a delicate flavor when you bite into our robust Sao Thome bar.
Like fruit? I encourage you to give our Tanzania bar a taste, and see if you can pick up on the naturally-occurring flavor in this one. This 75% cocoa content is also very smooth and creamy, which is perhaps why it brings customers to our cafés year-round to experience the house-made Select Origin hot chocolate made with this intense chocolate and rich Vermont milk. A small cup is just enough to take care of a chocolate fix – but don't forget to have some of our own fresh whipped cream on top.
Lastly, we have our 80% African Blend. This is our darkest chocolate, complex and uber-chocolatey, made from a variety of African beans, with a subtle mild nutty flavor that is sure to leave your sweet tooth satisfied.
This is the go-to bar for any die-hard dark chocolate fan, its also a boost in antioxidants (yay! chocolate is good for us!), or for anyone looking to keep their sugar intake low, as the African blend bar has just eight grams of sugar per serving.
Keep your ears open for Chocolate Tastings we hold at our Factory Store to learn more about how to enjoy exceptional chocolate!
So we've discovered a trick here at the chocolate factory. In our break room, there is a window that looks out at one of our enrobers. It's about 10 feet away. If you come in early, you see the folks in production in full swing and often they're enrobing one of our Five Star Bars. Usually we all watch for a minute or two while we make a cup of tea.
Here is what we've discovered. If you stare for a while and you're expression is one of enough longing and pity, there's a good chance they'll bring some fresh seconds out on a plate to the break room for snacking on. Mind you, there's rarely a time when there isn't chocolate around to snack on but the opportunity to gobble down a freshly made Five Star Bar is one I can't resist.
And this morning, they were making Caramel Five Star Bars. And on a day when you're not quite sure if it's going to be a good one or a bad one, a fresh bite of Caramel Five Star Bar is enough to tip the scales in favor of good. (But maybe I should find a better word to use than "scale"…)
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