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Squire is proud to announce a sponsorship deal with Nick Sanders, the world's greatest motorcycle adventurer.
One of the iconic figures in the adventure motorcycling world, Nick will become the global brand ambassador for Squire's premium ranges of motorcycle and bicycle security products.
Nick is testament to Squire's 'toughness guaranteed' spirit - he's the fastest man to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle, having ridden around the world seven times in two world records, and biked the length of the Americas eight times.
He has held Guinness World Records for cycling around the world, and after 20 years he still holds the Record for cycling around the coast of Britain in 22 days.
As Squire's new ambassador, Nick will support Squire's global ambitions in the two-wheel security market with major announcements to be revealed this year.
Nick said: "I've ridden around the world nine times, nearly a million kilometres by motorbike and bicycle, and that feels authentic. So being supported by one of the oldest lock makers in the world feels right."
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And Squire's Bikelok division offers cable locks, D-locks, and padlock and chain sets, to specialist combination locks for urban city use, weekend leisure to high end sport club racers.
For motorcycles, Squire's Stronghold SS80 padlock leads the way as the world's strongest production padlock.
This outstanding heavy-duty padlock is capable of a tensile pull of over 16 tonnes, and many Squire lock and chain sets achieving Sold Secure Motorcycle Gold ratings demonstrating the highest level of security.
Squire joins Nick as his latest sponsor, alongside global brand leaders Yamaha, Continental and Touratech.

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Filmmaker Aaron Yamasato's "Blood of the Samurai" won last year's Hawaii Film & Videomaker Award and a Telly Award.
An award-winning samurai movie that
once got boos gets rave reviews
By Gary C.W. Chun
First, I must admit, this amounts to a public apology to filmmaker Aaron Yamasato. His samurai/martial arts/action flick "Blood of the Samurai" was torn into by yours truly in a review last November when the movie debuted at last year's Hawai'i International Film Festival. And even though I was trying to sound as over-the-top as Yamasato was with his movie, in retrospect, it was tough to find the sense of humor intended in the comments I made back then.
Playing at Wallace Art House at Restaurant Row today through Thursday
'Blood of the Samurai'
The movie went on to win the festival's Hawaii Film & Videomaker Award, so what the heck do I know?? The darn thing has also gone on to win a Telly Award, was nominated for a best action sequences award and won an achievement award at The B-Movie Theater Film Festival in New York, just screened at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, and will play an Argentinian festival next month.
And now, "Blood of the Samurai" makes its triumphant return to Oahu for a week's engagement at the Sony Video Theater at the Wallace Art House in Restaurant Row, starting today.
In trying to find that one blurb of a word that would aptly describe this ambitious, low-budget spectacle, Filmmaker magazine described it best, so much so that Yamasato uses it on his movie poster: "BOMBASTIC!"
In telling the story of two friends possessed by the spirits of a couple of ancient samurai swords and pursued by a mysterious vigilante known as the Hunter, the melodrama meter goes off the scale, the expertly choreographed fights are frenetic, and the fake blood and body parts fly hither and yon. It's all very much in the spirit of the late-night chop-socky flick genre -- and all done on a mini-DV camera, a $1,000 budget and a lot of sweat and commitment from Yamasato, his cast and crew. Most of it was shot on his uncle's property in Waipio and Mapunapuna.
And with all the local screenings "Blood" has gone through, Yamasato has constantly fine-tuned the movie from its original cut, "finding out what works and what doesn't, with the audiences that have seen it," he said.
"It feels really good, because I've been able to tweak it and add more depth in the story in terms of dialogue and subtitling the Japanese portion of the movie, plus adding more what you could call 'gratuitous violence.'
"I got lucky making this movie," he admits. "I usually got what I wanted on the first or second takes." That small number, however, would grow when choreographed fight sequences were shot. Yamasato seemed to have gotten every angle conceivable with his digital camera, to the point where he often asked his battle-weary actors if they wanted to take a break.
YAMASATO originally thought he would have to go strictly through the underground film festival circuit to market his movie. "I never expected to get into HIFF," he said, "and, actually, I have to thank my sister for that. She works in an office building in Bishop Square downtown that HIFF has an office in, and she pitched executive director Chuck Boller when they just happened to be sharing an elevator."
And while several of his cast members -- Bryan Yamasaki, Shawn Forsythe, Colleen Fujioka and Stephanie Sanchez -- had already made names for themselves in Lisa Matsumoto's popular pidgin fairy-tale theatrical productions, with "Blood" on their resumés, people like Sanchez and Michael Ng have found local TV commercial work. (Ng has even starred as a featured extra in the John Woo wartime film "Windtalkers.")
Before the freelancing Yamasato delved into live-action filmmaking, he worked in stop-action animation, something he used to teach at the Children's Discovery Museum on Kauai. While most of his animated shorts were along the lines of one boldly titled "Godzilla vs. S---zilla," he did one specifically for his "Titanic"-loving wife called "Iceberg," which tells of a budding love between a penguin and a seal. That short will precede the screening of "Blood of the Samurai."
Yamasato also said he's in pre-production on a new project, but it's still hush-hush.
(I can't wait to tear into that one!)
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Nowadays every business has a website. This is because it's not possible to sell products or services on the internet without a website. You can actually make a website on your own even when you have never gone for web development classes. Alternatively, you can hire a web design company to create the platform for you. But at the end of the day, you have to ask yourself whether your website contains essential elements of design. If the elements are missing, you might have to go back to the drawing board. This is due to the fact that it will not earn you any leads or encourage visitors to stay for long duration. Here is a list of elements that you should consider when creating a website that will be used by your customers.
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Here's what Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan had to say after the 24-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
On Mercedes Benz Stadium:
"I thought the stadium was great. Obviously, it was the first time in with the fans and everything. It was a cool night and very special for this organization. It was fun to be in it. I wish we could've played a little bit better but hopefully, we will take care of that during the regular season."
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On the defense playing well:
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It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. Then one more time, a moment later, from the opposite direction, the same plane.
At first, he had been only fascinated. He had never seen aircraft so close, for it was against the rules for Pilots to fly over the community. Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community.
But the aircraft a year ago had been different. It was not a squat, fat-bellied cargo plane but a needle-nosed single-pilot jet. Jonas, looking around anxiously, had seen others--adults as well as children--stop what they were doing and wait, confused, for an explanation of the frightening event.
Then all of the citizens had been ordered to go into the nearest building and stay there. IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice through the speakers had said. LEAVE YOUR BICYCLES WHERE THEY ARE.
Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family's dwelling. He had run indoors and stayed there, alone. His parents were both at work, and his little sister, Lily, was at the Childcare Center where she spent her after-school hours.
Looking through the front window, he had seen no people: none of the busy afternoon crew of Street Cleaners, Landscape Workers, and Food Delivery people who usually populated the community at that time of day. He saw only the abandoned bikes here and there on their sides; an upturned wheel on one was still revolving slowly.
He had been frightened then. The sense of his own community silent, waiting, had made his stomach churn. He had trembled.
But it had been nothing. Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn. Desperately the Pilot had been trying to make his way back before his error was noticed.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WILL BE RELEASED, the voice had said, followed by silence. There was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the Speaker found it amusing; and Jonas had smiled a little, though he knew what a grim statement it had been. For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.
Even the children were scolded if they used the term lightly at play, jeering at a teammate who missed a catch or stumbled in a race. Jonas had done it once, had shouted at his best friend, "That's it, Asher! You're released!" when Asher's clumsy error had lost a match for his team. He had been taken aside for a brief and serious talk by the coach, had hung his head with guilt and embarrassment, and apologized to Asher after the game.
Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above. It was not what he was feeling now with December approaching. He searched for the right word to describe his own feeling.
Jonas was careful about language. Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny.
Jonas grinned, remembering the morning that Asher had dashed into the classroom, late as usual, arriving breathlessly in the middle of the chanting of the morning anthem. When the class took their seats at the conclusion of the patriotic hymn, Asher remained standing to make his public apology as was required.
"I apologize for inconveniencing my learning community." Asher ran through the standard apology phrase rapidly, still catching his breath. The Instructor and class waited patiently for his explanation. The students had all been grinning, because they had listened to Asher's explanations so many times before.
"I left home at the correct time but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating some salmon. I guess I just got distraught, watching them.
"I apologize to my classmates," Asher concluded. He smoothed his rumpled tunic and sat down.
"We accept your apology, Asher." The class recited the standard response in unison. Many of the students were biting their lips to keep from laughing.
"I accept your apology, Asher," the Instructor said. He was smiling. "And I thank you, because once again you have provided an opportunity for a lesson in language. 'Distraught' is too strong an adjective to describe salmon-viewing." He turned and wrote "distraught" on the instructional board. Beside it he wrote "distracted."
Jonas, nearing his home now, smiled at the recollection. Thinking, still, as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here. It was too strong an adjective.
He had waited a long time for this special December. Now that it was almost upon him, he wasn't frightened, but he was . . . eager, he decided. He was eager for it to come. And he was excited, certainly. All of the Elevens were excited about the event that would be coming so soon.
But there was a little shudder of nervousness when he thought about it, about what might happen.
Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That's what I am.
"Who wants to be the first tonight, for feelings?" Jonas's father asked, at the conclusion of their evening meal.
It was one of the rituals, the evening telling of feelings. Sometimes Jonas and his sister, Lily, argued over turns, over who would get to go first. Their parents, of course, were part of the ritual; they, too, told their feelings each evening. But like all parents--all adults--they didn't fight and wheedle for their turn.
Nor did Jonas, tonight. His feelings were too complicated this evening. He wanted to share them, but he wasn't eager to begin the process of sifting through his own complicated emotions, even with the help that he knew his parents could give.
"You go, Lily," he said, seeing his sister, who was much younger--only a Seven--wiggling with impatience in her chair.
"I felt very angry this afternoon," Lily announced. "My Childcare group was at the play area, and we had a visiting group of Sevens, and they didn't obey the rules at all. One of them--a male; I don't know his name--kept going right to the front of the line for the slide, even though the rest of us were all waiting. I felt so angry at him. I made my hand into a fist, like this." She held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture.
"Why do you think the visitors didn't obey the rules?" Mother asked.
Lily considered, and shook her head. "I don't know. They acted like . . . like . . ."
"Animals?" Jonas suggested. He laughed.
"That's right," Lily said, laughing too. "Like animals." Neither child knew what the word meant, exactly, but it was often used to describe someone uneducated or clumsy, someone who didn't fit in.
"Where were the visitors from?" Father asked.
Lily frowned, trying to remember. "Our leader told us, when he made the welcome speech, but I can't remember. I guess I wasn't paying attention. It was from another community. They had to leave very early, and they had their midday meal on the bus."
Mother nodded. "Do you think it's possible that their rules may be different? And so they simply didn't know what your play area rules were?"
Lily shrugged, and nodded. "I suppose."
"You've visited other communities, haven't you?" Jonas asked. "My group has, often."
Lily nodded again. "When we were Sixes, we went and shared a whole school day with a group of Sixes in their community."
"How did you feel when you were there?"
Lily frowned. "I felt strange. Because their methods were different. They were learning usages that my group hadn't learned yet, so we felt stupid."
Father was listening with interest. "I'm thinking, Lily," he said, "about the boy who didn't obey the rules today. Do you think it's possible that he felt strange and stupid, being in a new place with rules that he didn't know about?"
Lily pondered that. "Yes," she said, finally.
"I feel a little sorry for him," Jonas said, "even though I don't even know him. I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid."
"How do you feel now, Lily?" Father asked. "Still angry?"
"I guess not," Lily decided. "I guess I feel a little sorry for him. And sorry I made a fist." She grinned.
Jonas smiled back at his sister. Lily's feelings were always straightforward, fairly simple, usually easy to resolve. He guessed that his own had been, too, when he was a Seven.
He listened politely, though not very attentively, while his father took his turn, describing a feeling of worry that he'd had that day at work: a concern about one of the newchildren who wasn't doing well. Jonas's father's title was Nurturer. He and the other Nurturers were responsible for all the physical and emotional needs of every newchild during its earliest life. It was a very important job, Jonas knew, but it wasn't one that interested him much.
"What gender is it?" Lily asked.
"Male," Father said. "He's a sweet little male with a lovely disposition. But he isn't growing as fast as he should, and he doesn't sleep soundly. We have him in the extra care section for supplementary nurturing, but the committee's beginning to talk about releasing him."
"Oh, no," Mother murmured sympathetically. "I know how sad that must make you feel."
Jonas and Lily both nodded sympathetically as well. Release of newchildren was always sad, because they hadn't had a chance to enjoy life within the community yet. And they hadn't done anything wrong.
There were only two occasions of release which were not punishment. Release of the elderly, which was a time of celebration for a life well and fully lived; and release of a newchild, which always brought a sense of what-could-we-have-done. This was especially troubling for the Nurturers, like Father, who felt they had failed somehow. But it happened very rarely.
"Well," Father said, "I'm going to keep trying. I may ask the committee for permission to bring him here at night, if you don't mind. You know what the night-crew Nurturers are like. I think this little guy needs something extra."
"Of course," Mother said, and Jonas and Lily nodded. They had heard Father complain about the night crew before. It was a lesser job, night-crew nurturing, assigned to those who lacked the interest or skills or insight for the more vital jobs of the daytime hours. Most of the people on the night crew had not even been given spouses because they lacked, somehow, the essential capacity to connect to others, which was required for the creation of a family unit.
"Maybe we could even keep him," Lily suggested sweetly, trying to look innocent. The look was fake, Jonas knew; they all knew.
"Lily," Mother reminded her, smiling, "you know the rules."
Two children--one male, one female--to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules.
Lily giggled. "Well," she said, "I thought maybe just this once."
Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings. Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before. Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his place: to his job, his home, his family unit. To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger. And even guilt, that she hadn't made a difference in his life.
"I feel frightened, too, for him," she confessed. "You know that there's no third chance. The rules say that if there's a third transgression, he simply has to be released." Jonas shivered. He knew it happened. There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before. No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable. It was hard to imagine.
Lily stood up and went to her mother. She stroked her mother's arm.
From his place at the table, Father reached over and took her hand. Jonas reached for the other.
One by one, they comforted her. Soon she smiled, thanked them, and murmured that she felt soothed.
The ritual continued. "Jonas?" Father asked. "You're last, tonight."
Jonas sighed. This evening he almost would have preferred to keep his feelings hidden. But it was, of course, against the rules.
"I'm feeling apprehensive," he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him.
"Why is that, son?" His father looked concerned.
"I know there's really nothing to worry about," Jonas explained, "and that every adult has been through it. I know you have, Father, and you too, Mother. But it's the Ceremony that I'm apprehensive about. It's almost December."
Lily looked up, her eyes wide. "The Ceremony of Twelve," she whispered in an awed voice. Even the smallest children--Lily's age and younger--knew that it lay in the future for each of them.
"I'm glad you told us of your feelings," Father said.
"Lily," Mother said, beckoning to the little girl, "go on now and get into your nightclothes. Father and I are going to stay here and talk to Jonas for a while."
Lily sighed, but obediently she got down from her chair. "Privately?" she asked.
Mother nodded. "Yes," she said, "this talk will be a private one with Jonas."
Jonas watched as his father poured a fresh cup of coffee. He waited.
"You know," his father finally said, "every December was exciting to me when I was young. And it has been for you and Lily, too, I'm sure. Each December brings such changes."
Jonas nodded. He could remember the Decembers back to when he had become, well, probably a Four. The earlier ones were lost to him. But he observed them each year, and he remembered Lily's earliest Decembers. He remembered when his family received Lily, the day she was named, the day that she had become a One.
The Ceremony for the Ones was always noisy and fun. Each December, all the newchildren born in the previous year turned One. One at a time--there were always fifty in each year's group, if none had been released--they had been brought to the stage by the Nurturers who had cared for them since birth. Some were already walking, wobbly on their unsteady legs; others were no more than a few days old, wrapped in blankets, held by their Nurturers.
"I enjoy the Naming," Jonas said.
His mother agreed, smiling. "The year we got Lily, we knew, of course, that we'd receive our female, because we'd made our application and been approved. But I'd been wondering and wondering what her name would be."
"I could have sneaked a look at the list prior to the ceremony," Father confided. "The committee always makes the list in advance, and it's right there in the office at the Nurturing Center.
"As a matter of fact," he went on, "I feel a little guilty about this. But I did go in this afternoon and looked to see if this year's Naming list had been made yet. It was right there in the office, and I looked up number Thirty-six--that's the little guy I've been concerned about--because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name. Just privately, of course, when no one else is around."
"Did you find it?" Jonas asked. He was fascinated. It didn't seem a terribly important rule, but the fact that his father had broken a rule at all awed him. He glanced at his mother, the one responsible for adherence to the rules, and was relieved that she was smiling.
His father nodded. "His name--if he makes it to the Naming without being released, of course--is to be Gabriel. So I whisper that to him when I feed him every four hours, and during exercise and playtime. If no one can hear me.
"I call him Gabe, actually," he said, and grinned.
"Gabe." Jonas tried it out. A good name, he decided.
Though Jonas had only become a Five the year that they acquired Lily and learned her name, he remembered the excitement, the conversations at home, wondering about her: how she would look, who she would be, how she would fit into their established family unit. He remembered climbing the steps to the stage with his parents, his father by his side that year instead of with the Nurturers, since it was the year that he would be given a newchild of his own.
He remembered his mother taking the newchild, his sister, into her arms, while the document was read to the assembled family units. "Newchild Twenty-three," the Namer had read. "Lily."
He remembered his father's look of delight, and that his father had whispered, "She's one of my favorites. I was hoping for her to be the one." The crowd had clapped, and Jonas had grinned. He liked his sister's name. Lily, barely awake, had waved her small fist. Then they had stepped down to make room for the next family unit.
"When I was an Eleven," his father said now, "as you are, Jonas, I was very impatient, waiting for the Ceremony of Twelve. It's a long two days. I remember that I enjoyed the Ones, as I always do, but that I didn't pay much attention to the other ceremonies, except for my sister's. She became a Nine that year, and got her bicycle. I'd been teaching her to ride mine, even though technically I wasn't supposed to."
Jonas laughed. It was one of the few rules that was not taken very seriously and was almost always broken. The children all received their bicycles at Nine; they were not allowed to ride bicycles before then. But almost always, the older brothers and sisters had secretly taught the younger ones. Jonas had been thinking already about teaching Lily.
There was talk about changing the rule and giving the bicycles at an earlier age. A committee was studying the idea. When something went to a committee for study, the people always joked about it. They said that the committee members would become Elders by the time the rule change was made.
Rules were very hard to change. Sometimes, if it was a very important rule--unlike the one governing the age for bicycles--it would have to go, eventually, to The Receiver for a decision. The Receiver was the most important Elder. Jonas had never even seen him, that he knew of; someone in a position of such importance lived and worked alone. But the committee would never bother The Receiver with a question about bicycles; they would simply fret and argue about it themselves for years, until the citizens forgot that it had ever gone to them for study.
His father continued. "So I watched and cheered when my sister, Katya, became a Nine and removed her hair ribbons and got her bicycle," Father went on. "Then I didn't pay much attention to the Tens and Elevens. And finally, at the end of the second day, which seemed to go on forever, it was my turn. It was the Ceremony of Twelve."
Jonas shivered. He pictured his father, who must have been a shy and quiet boy, for he was a shy and quiet man, seated with his group, waiting to be called to the stage. The Ceremony of Twelve was the last of the Ceremonies. The most important.
"I remember how proud my parents looked--and my sister, too; even though she wanted to be out riding the bicycle publicly, she stopped fidgeting and was very still and attentive when my turn came.
"But to be honest, Jonas," his father said, "for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your Ceremony. Because I was already fairly certain of what my Assignment was to be."
Jonas was surprised. There was no way, really, to know in advance. It was a secret selection, made by the leaders of the community, the Committee of Elders, who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about Assignments.
His mother seemed surprised, too. "How could you have known?" she asked.
His father smiled his gentle smile. "Well, it was clear to me--and my parents later confessed that it had been obvious to them, too--what my aptitude was. I had always loved the newchildren more than anything. When my friends in my age group were holding bicycle races, or building toy vehicles or bridges with their construction sets, or--"
"All the things I do with my friends," Jonas pointed out, and his mother nodded in agreement.
"I always participated, of course, because as children we must experience all of those things. And I studied hard in school, as you do, Jonas. But again and again, during free time, I found myself drawn to the newchildren. I spent almost all of my volunteer hours helping in the Nurturing Center. Of course the Elders knew that, from their observation."
Jonas nodded. During the past year he had been aware of the increasing level of observation. In school, at recreation time, and during volunteer hours, he had noticed the Elders watching him and the other Elevens. He had seen them taking notes. He knew, too, that the Elders were meeting for long hours with all of the instructors that he and the other Elevens had had during their years of school.
"So I expected it, and I was pleased, but not at all surprised, when my Assignment was announced as Nurturer," Father explained.
"Did everyone applaud, even though they weren't surprised?" Jonas asked.
"Oh, of course. They were happy for me, that my Assignment was what I wanted most. I felt very fortunate." His father smiled.
"Were any of the Elevens disappointed, your year?" Jonas asked. Unlike his father, he had no idea what his Assignment would be. But he knew that some would disappoint him. Though he respected his father's work, Nurturer would not be his wish. And he didn't envy Laborers at all.
His father thought. "No, I don't think so. Of course the Elders are so careful in their observations and selections."
"I think it's probably the most important job in our community," his mother commented.
"My friend Yoshiko was surprised by her selection as Doctor," Father said, "but she was thrilled. And let's see, there was Andrei--I remember that when we were boys he never wanted to do physical things. He spent all the recreation time he could with his construction set, and his volunteer hours were always on building sites. The Elders knew that, of course. Andrei was given the Assignment of Engineer and he was delighted."
"Andrei later designed the bridge that crosses the river to the west of town," Jonas's mother said. "It wasn't there when we were children."
"There are very rarely disappointments, Jonas. I don't think you need to worry about that," his father reassured him. "And if there are, you know there's an appeal process." But they all laughed at that--an appeal went to a committee for study.
"I worry a little about Asher's Assignment," Jonas confessed. "Asher's such fun. But he doesn't really have any serious interests. He makes a game out of everything."
His father chuckled. "You know," he said, "I remember when Asher was a newchild at the Nurturing Center, before he was named. He never cried. He giggled and laughed at everything. All of us on the staff enjoyed nurturing Asher."
"The Elders know Asher," his mother said. "They'll find exactly the right Assignment for him. I don't think you need to worry about him. But, Jonas, let me warn you about something that may not have occurred to you. I know I didn't think about it until after my Ceremony of Twelve."
"What's that?"
"Well, it's the last of the Ceremonies, as you know. After Twelve, age isn't important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes, though the information is in the Hall of Open Records, and we could go and look it up if we wanted to. What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment."
"I know that," Jonas said. "Everyone knows that."
"But it means," his mother went on, "that you'll move into a new group. And each of your friends will. You'll no longer be spending your time with your group of Elevens. After the Ceremony of Twelve, you'll be with your Assignment group, with those in training. No more volunteer hours. No more recreation hours. So your friends will no longer be as close."
Jonas shook his head. "Asher and I will always be friends," he said firmly. "And there will still be school."
"That's true," his father agreed. "But what your mother said is true as well. There will be changes."
"Good changes, though," his mother pointed out. "After my Ceremony of Twelve, I missed my childhood recreation. But when I entered my training for Law and Justice, I found myself with people who shared my interests. I made friends on a new level, friends of all ages."
"Did you still play at all, after Twelve?" Jonas asked.
"Occasionally," his mother replied. "But it didn't seem as important to me."
"I did," his father said, laughing. "I still do. Every day, at the Nurturing Center, I play bounce-on-the-knee, and peek-a-boo, and hug-the-teddy." He reached over and stroked Jonas's neatly trimmed hair. "Fun doesn't end when you become Twelve."
Lily appeared, wearing her nightclothes, in the doorway. She gave an impatient sigh. "This is certainly a very long private conversation," she said. "And there are certain people waiting for their comfort object."
"Lily," her mother said fondly, "you're very close to being an Eight, and when you're an Eight, your comfort object will be taken away. It will be recycled to the younger children. You should be starting to go off to sleep without it."
But her father had already gone to the shelf and taken down the stuffed elephant which was kept there. Many of the comfort objects, like Lily's, were soft, stuffed, imaginary creatures. Jonas's had been called a bear.
"Here you are, Lily-billy," he said. "I'll come help you remove your hair ribbons."
Jonas and his mother rolled their eyes, yet they watched affectionately as Lily and her father headed to her sleeping room with the stuffed elephant that had been given to her as her comfort object when she was born. His mother moved to her big desk and opened her briefcase; her work never seemed to end, even when she was at home in the evening. Jonas went to his own desk and began to sort through his school papers for the evening's assignment. But his mind was still on December and the coming Ceremony.
Though he had been reassured by the talk with his parents, he hadn't the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.
Excerpted from The Giver by Lois Lowry
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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.


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Rositsa Bogalinska-Petrova
Country Director
Rositsa holds a degree in English Philology from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". She has worked in the field of children's rights since 1999. She has gained experience working in international non-governmental organizations – "For Our Children" Foundation and LUMOS, municipal structures – Complex for Social Services for Children and Families in Plovdiv, government administration – Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria. She holds Master's degrees in "Management of Social Work for Children and Youth" and "Management and Development of Human Resources" from New Bulgarian University. She has managed teams, organizations, and community-based social services, participated in the creation of strategic documents defining the national policies for children and families. Her professional interests and accomplishments are related to the building and management of teams, managing community-based services replacing the institutional care for children, and creating working partnerships at the local and the national level.
She is part of the Bulgarian Human Resources Management and Development Association and Coalition "Childhood 2025" as an expert. Trainer in Management of Community-based Services for Children and Families.
Diana Ruseva
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Diana has years of experience in the field of children's welfare including Early Childhood Development. She has worked as an Early Childhood Development Manager in Lumos Bulgaria supporting national and local authorities in the process of de-institutionalization of child care. As a project consultant to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and NGOs she has gained skills for developing community-based social service models in support of at-risk children and their families. Diana has experience developing training programs and supervisions of professionals working in the social services. Her professional interests are in the field of resilience-based approaches toward working with families. She holds a degree in Psychology from Sofia University.
Milena Marinova
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Milena Marinova holds a Bachelor's Degree in School Psychology and an Master's Degree in Social Psychology from the University of Veliko Tarnovo. She is a member of the Bulgarian Psychological Society. She has worked in the child protection field with at-risk groups and families since 2003. Her professional interests are in the field of psychological trauma and its effects on the quality of life, relationships and realization. Milena joined WWO Bulgaria's team in 2017.
"My daily encounters with the children open a field of exploration, learning and development for me. Playing with the children gives me a new perspective because they understand and explore the world around them in a unique way. While I was playing with a child once and we were taking turns I said that I don't have a certain color. The child looked around and gave me one of her own pieces saying to me 'Now you have one'. Every day at work I am convinced in the importance of play for child development. I am happy to be part of WWO Bulgaria's team and to contribute to the advancement of the professional community in the field of early childhood development."
Ticiana Maloney
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Ticiana Maloney comes to WWO from the United Nations, where she has worked over the last 10 years in program management and communications, both in the US and overseas. Her experience includes supporting the local integration of refugees with UNHCR in Brazil, promoting the rights of marginalized and vulnerable children with UNICEF, and mainstreaming the human-rights based approach in UNFPA's gender, health, population and development programs. Ticiana speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and some French. She has a background in international law and human rights and an M.S. in Political Science from the University of Sao Paulo. She currently lives in South Orange, NJ, with her husband and two young daughters.


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The card above was made with some new stamps I picked up over the weekend.Since I am in a phase right now where I can't decide if a fireball has hit the earth or if it is just me, I thought this was pretty appropriate. My "hot lady" was colored with Copics, cut out, and popped over a Splatter background that was decorated with the Heavenly Holes Technique. Both techniques are from the June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.
Here's where things get long!
On Saturday I spent the day at the Heirloom rubber stamp convention in West Springfield MA. I had so much fun on Saturday...I came home inspired and invigorated, truly more than I ever have from any stamp show ever. I took tons of pictures and have alot of new ideas to share over the next few months. It was a good thing! I talked so much on the way home that I swear my friends Valerie and Jinny were ready to stuff a stamp into my mouth.
- I stamp alot. I play alot. I stumble on interesting ways of doing things. ALOT.
- Not everything is "brand-new". Stampers have been around for a long time...and there have been art techniques for a long time. I use old and new techniques. I spin off old techniques.
- My design team develops and films new techniques all the time. Thirteen brains are better than one!
- You, my readers, send me techniques constantly. Usually the best ones, too. And I try to be generous in compensation -- with at least a free year subscription and sometimes other things, too.
- I am a big scrapbooker. I use scrapbooking techniques and modify them for stamping.
- Things around me inspire me. I was in the hardware store with DH last month and was hit with a sharp pang of inspiration. After he watered me, my DH deposited me in my stamp room so that I could ease the pang by turning it into a technique!
- I subscribe to blogs. If someone posts something cool, I ask their permission to use their technique and I compensate them. I would never knowingly take someones technique, re-film it, and NOT credit them. I think that is unethical! Although this is not a big source of stuff for me -- if I have seen it, you probably have, too!
- I cruise art galleries of mixed media artists on the Internet for inspiration. Non-stamping, mixed media artists have some great ideas that I can modify -- or sometimes just ideas that set my mind going.
- Finally, I go to stamp conventions, watch the demos, look at as many samples as I can, find new products, see what they are doing with old products -- I always come away inspired. Really, I can look at a sample and my mind starts to turn the background into a technique. It is a fun challenge for me!
Well, thanks for reading this if you made it all the way down : ) I hope that you find some inspiration today, too!


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"Sakanaw" is more of a family or friends get together activity. This is basically a cruise that will take you around the lake while having a delicious lunch or a drinking session. For 1 hour you can experience a memorable scenic view of the lake as it goes around its coast. The visitors can also visit the tiny islet and spend their remaining time taking pictures or simply savor the wonders of nature. For Php 500 you can rent "sakanaw" for 1 hour. This floating cottage is powered by an outrigger boat and can accommodate 15 persons with built in tables and chairs.
- Book a ticket from Manila to Cebu.
- Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines and Air Asia Have direct flights daily to Mactan International airport. Check rates and book here.
- From Mactan International Airport, ride a taxi going to Cebu Port.
- Buy your tickets going to Camotes Island or book online in advance.
- Ocean Jet is the fastest option going to Camotes. It will take 2 hours from Cebu to Camotes. Fare is PHP 500. Terminal Fee is PHP 25.
- From Poro, Camotes pier hired a motorcycle around PHP 500 to PHP 1000 going to Lake Danao Park.
- If you are traveling in a big group it is much better to rent a multicab at around PHP 1000 to PHP 1500.
- You can opt to visit Santiago White Beach and Mangodlong Rock Resort since it is just 30 minutes to 1 hour away from Lake Danao Park.
Big Z pension House
Poro,Camotes Cebu
- Walking distance from Poro, Camotes pier
- For bookings and reervations look for: Irene- 09233383826
Aladdin Beach Resort
San Francisco, Pajican Island, Camotes Island
Contact number: 0999 997 0701
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- Free Wi-fi
- 1 hour away from Lake Danao Park
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"Leave no Trace"
- Plan ahead and prepare.
- Travel and camp on durable surfaces.
- Dispose of waste properly.
- Minimize campfire impacts (be careful with fire).
- Respect wildlife.
- Be considerate of other visitors.
About the Author:
Edss Tolentino is an aspiring travel writer. He loves adventure, isolated beaches and islands and a bottle of beer under the tropical sun. He wants to explore the 7,641 islands of the Philippines and share its beauty to the world.


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Star of the Sea College is an independent Catholic school for girls located in Brighton, Melbourne. The school has a history of excellence over its many years, stretching back to 1883. With modern facilities, experienced staff, and progressive teaching practices, the school delivers diverse education outcomes to its many students. This is evidenced in part by the schools strong VCE results each year.
Star of the Sea College enlisted the team at DIB Australia to install a new school theatre projector system in their Patricia Caroll Auditorium. The upgraded projector along with HDMI ports were to be integrated into the theatre's existing audio visual where possible. The DIB team consulted with the school and a site visit occurred in order to best assess the space and meet the school's needs. A modern projector system was designed and installed. It featured an Epson EB-Z9750UNL, a highly capable projector which is designed especially for auditoriums and other large venues. It features stunning widescreen picture quality and an ultra bright image (7,500 lumens of brightness). As with all the newer Epson projectors, the EB-Z9750UNL distinguishes itself with its advanced colour brightness technology, resulting in vibrant colours that are three times brighter than leading competitive products. It's also highly reliable, coming with a 4 year warranty.
The new school theatre projector was integrated into the space and made use of the existing VGA ports. In addition to this, two HDMI inputs were installed in the auditorium's Bio Room so that staff could make use of the modern format. The auditorium's existing audio visual control panel was reprogrammed by the DIB team to interface with the new projector and added HDMI ports. This clearly labelled panel will make it easy for staff to operate the projector system and choose between the many available video sources.
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Disney: A Legendary Day with Fred MacMurray
I only met Fred MacMurray once. I won't say once was enough, but I'll take it.
The brief visit was all I'd hoped…I'll always remember his self-effacing humor. He was also, it turned out, a much better conversationalist than the Shaggy Dog.
But maybe I should explain.
October 13, 1987 was the inauguration of the Disney Legends Promenade at The Walt Disney Studios, and MacMurray was the very first Legend to be honored. Although his late-career portrayal of Professor Ned Brainard in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and Son of Flubber (1963) may have endeared him to Disney fans, it was his first Disney feature role that led to his "Legendary" selection.
In 1959, MacMurray was cast as Tommy Kirk's befuddled father in The Shaggy Dog, a canine comedy caper (and surprise hit) that also showcased young Disney veterans Tim Considine, Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran, and Annette Funicello. Because The Disney Channel had scheduled the film (and a 1976 sequel, The Shaggy D.A.) on their fall 1987 line-up, a "Disney Legends" award was conceived as an additional promotional push for "Shaggy Dog Month." So, MacMurray and his wife, actress/dancer June Haver, were invited out to Burbank for the ceremony.
When told about the award idea, then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner – to his credit – felt the concept, if given the right attention, could be much more lasting and impactful, something it has clearly become over the past 20+ years.
But back to 1987, MacMurray, and the dog.
I was on studio property that mid-October day in a dual capacity, representing the Disneyland Resort's weekly newsletter, The Disneyland Line, and their short-lived Cast Communications Network ("CCN: Coming to a Break Area Near You!"). With me were Jimmy McGraw, the graphic artist for the Line, and Tom Meslovich, one of Disneyland's hardworking "AV Guys."
In addition to writing a short Line feature on MacMurray and the Legends Award program (click on the Line page to the left to read the whole article), I'd been assigned to shoot a CCN video report as well. So, bursting with credentials, I joined the local media to the right of the Studio Theater entrance, and MacMurray arrived at the ceremony site a few minutes later. Riding in an open-top Model T roadster alongside Haver and a "next generation" pooch, he waved happily to the crowd. Both Michael and COO Frank Wells spoke before MacMurray stepped to the podium.
"I just thought we'd come out here today," he shared good-naturedly, clearly a little surprised by the large studio crowd, "get a few pictures taken, maybe say 'hello' to the dog. This is much more than I imagined."
After sharing a few memories of Walt and the studio, and accepting a commemorative plaque from Michael (the current Disney Legends award featuring Mickey's hand holding his Fantasia wand had yet to be designed), the guest of honor stepped over to a square of wet cement and knelt, leaving his hand prints and signature behind (Sid Grauman-style) as the first-ever "official" Disney Legend. Camera bulbs flashed. Questions were shouted by us media types.
A few minutes later, as he finished wiping the wet cement off his hands, I stepped back over to him and asked if he still played the saxophone (his musical skill was what originally brought him to Hollywood). He laughed and put his hand on my shoulder. I checked my blazer to make sure he hadn't left any cement residue.
"Imagine a young man like you remembering that," he said, a little surprised again.
[Authors note: This was more than 20 years ago. I WAS young]
Holding up his right hand, he indicated the ring finger with his thumb. It bent in at an unusual angle, and had made a much deeper indentation in the wet cement than the rest of his fingers.
"No, I can't really play anymore," he answered, smiling a little wistfully, "this [finger]'s just gotten too arthritic to work the thing the way I want to."
We chatted for a couple more minutes, and I thanked him for his work in the Disney films and on a childhood television favorite, the long-running My Three Sons, where he appeared as widower (and erstwhile father figure) "Steve Douglas" alongside Considine (who played "Mike Douglas" from 1960-65) and former Mousekateer Don Grady (who played "Robbie Douglas").
Soon, it was time for him to join Haver (whom I also met briefly) and the dog in the Model T for a ceremonious exit. But before he left, he was kind enough to sign his name across the top of the Disney Legends press release I had with me (detail below).
A few minutes later, the Model T driver returned with the dog so we could shoot some bookends (an open and close) for the video piece. For those shots, I sat behind the wheel of the car with the dog at my side, saying something like, "This is Craig Hodgkins, and the Shaggy Dog, at the Disney Legends Awards at The Walt Disney Studios."
Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what I said, because I no longer have a copy of the video footage or the finished piece. No, the only visual evidence I have that I was actually there (other than the article I wrote) is this photo (below) which surfaced a few years later. I never found out who took it, but I'm thankful they did.
That's me in the blue blazer, leaning against the car, intently discussing a shot with Tom (with the video camera on his shoulder), who is mostly obscured by Jimmy (who stands with his back to the photographer). The dog, patient as ever, awaits his cue. He was thoroughly professional, but didn't say a word to me the entire time we were together.
In the Spring of 1988, I left Disneyland to begin a new job at the Disney Studios. One of my favorite things to do during my years there was walk around the property after eating a quick lunch in the commissary, frequently stopping by the Legends Promenade, where MacMurray's prints were soon joined by other Disney greats.
Eventually, the Legends Awards outgrew the area in front of the Studio Theater, and were relocated to the newly-named Legends Plaza facing the Team Disney building, where hand prints and signatures are now reproduced as bronze plaques.
Fred MacMurray passed away on November 5, 1991.
A few days later, I returned to the the Studio Theater to pay my respects. It must have rained the night before, for some water remained in the deep imprint left by his right ring finger.
I smiled, remembering our brief conversation, and for a moment imagined that I heard a lone saxophone off in the distance, softly playing the My Three Sons theme song.
PS: I you need or want a little fatherly Fred MacMurray in your life, My Three Sons: Season One (In two volumes) has just been released on DVD for the first time ever. Enjoy every episode from the 1960-61 season in glorious black & white!
PPS: If you want to see a more dramatic (or sinister) Mr. MacMurray, check out his work in Double Indemnity (1944), The Caine Mutiny (1954), and The Apartment (1960). For his flair for comedy in early, non-Disney roles, try Murder, He Said (1945), The Egg and I (1947), and Father Was a Fullback (1949).
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A new web-based survey is designed to help Kenton County residents report road maintenance issues.
The Kenton County Fiscal Court announced Monday that it is partnering with Planning & Development Services of Kenton County (PDS)'s LIN-GIS to launch Road Reporter.
Using GIS technology, the system is able to properly route the identified issue to the appropriate agency.
It is designed to assist residents in identifying the appropriate government responsible for a particular road in a county that has county, city and state roads within its jurisdiction.
"There are 23 different government agencies responsible for maintaining roadways in Kenton County," said Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann. "This can result in significant frustration for residents simply trying to direct complaints to the appropriate person. The Road Reporter platform takes out all of the guess work and makes it easy for residents to report problems."
Residents can click here to report a road issue either on their mobile device or desktop computer. The form prompts residents to describe the issue, identify the location, provide a photo (or other pertinent information) if available, and then submit the form. The information submitted is then routed to whichever agency is responsible for maintaining that road.
"It's not reasonable to expect residents to know who is responsible for maintaining every road in Kenton County, and it's inefficient for every city to offer an automated system for citizen reporting," said Knochelmann. "This is a great example of one way in which county government can make things easier for all involved."
"Road Reporter demonstrates the power of collaboration between government agencies to streamline services for our residents," said Dennis Gordon, Planning & Development Services executive director. "PDS has a long history of using GIS technology to develop solutions to regional problems. Partnering with Kenton County Fiscal Court to address road safety is a natural extension of our mission."
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Moon Drops
These little crusty spots of lunar spray
spill across the earthen stone a greenish-gray.
Creating a lunar landscape of ancient form,
painted like moon drops from a celestial storm.
A fungal garden of ancient bloom,
attracting no lovers of polliniferous swoon.
No floral enticements of colorful hues,
nor succulent nectar of the morning's dew.
Just unpretentious wanton desire;
a rounded rock, a sky of fire.
A symbiosis of perfect love,
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Roast Beef Tenderloin with Wine Sauce
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It takes an hour for the beef to reach room temperature before roasting. I usually start by taking the tenderloin out of the refrigerator and setting in on the counter.
By the time the sauce is made, the beef is ready to put in the oven. See the notes at the bottom for using leftovers—if you have any! Barb L.
Servings: 4-6
For the Sauce:
4 Tbsp Flying Olive Butter, Rosemary, or Garlic Extra Virgin Olive Oil or a Combination, divided
3/4 cup finely chopped shallots, from 2-3 large shallots
1-1/4 cups red wine
3 cups beef broth
6 fresh thyme sprigs
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp sugar or sugar substitute
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
For the Beef:
1 (2 - 3 lb) center cut beef tenderloin roast
Kosher salt (1/2 tsp per pound of beef)
Freshly ground black pepper (1/4 tsp per pound of beef)
1 Tbsp Flying Olive Butter, Rosemary, or Garlic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, or a Combination
1/4 cup beef broth
For the Sauce:
Place 2 Tbsp of the Flying Olive EVOO or Combination in a saucepan on medium-low heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the shallots and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent, about 7 to 8 minutes. Add the wine, beef broth, thyme sprigs, salt, pepper, and sugar, and bring to a boil. Cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes or until the liquid is reduced by about half.
While the liquid is reducing, place the remaining 2 Tbsp of Flying Olive EVOO in a small bowl. Add the flour and, using a small whisk or spoon, mix until smooth.
Once the wine mixture is reduced, turn the heat to low and remove the thyme sprigs. Whisk the flour-Flying Olive EVOO mix, a teaspoonful at a time, into the simmering liquid, and simmer for a few minutes, until the sauce is thickened. Set aside. (The sauce can be made up to this point and refrigerated up to 3 days ahead of time.)
For the Tenderloin:
Let the beef roast stand at room temperature for 1 hour before roasting. Set an oven rack in the middle position and preheat the oven to 400°F.
Season the beef all over with kosher salt and pepper. Heat 1 Tbsp of Flying Olive EVOO in an oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat until almost smoking. Place the roast in the skillet and cook, turning with tongs, until well browned on all but one side, about 10 minutes total. Turn the tenderloin so that the un-seared side is down, and transfer the skillet directly to the preheated oven. (If your pan isn't oven-proof, transfer the beef to a lightly oiled roasting pan).
Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat registers 120°F-125° for medium rare, about 15-20 minutes, or until done to your liking (115°F-120°F for rare, 130°F-135°F for medium). Keep in mind that these temperatures account for the fact that the temperature will continue to rise about 5 degrees while the meat rests.
Transfer the roast to a carving board (preferably with a well for collecting juices) and let it rest, covered loosely with aluminum foil, for 10 to 15 minutes. Place a dishtowel or oven mitt over the handle of the roasting pan to remind yourself that it's hot.
Meanwhile, carefully discard the fat from the roasting pan (remember that the handle is hot!). Set the pan on the stovetop and add the beef broth. Bring the broth to a boil, using a wooden spoon to scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the collected juices, and the reduced red wine sauce, and then bring the sauce to a simmer, stirring to combine.
Carve the tenderloin into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Serve the beef, passing the red wine sauce at the table.
Note: If doubling the recipe, use two center cuts rather than a whole beef tenderloin. A whole beef tenderloin tapers, so it won't cook evenly.
Leftovers: The remaining beef, sliced thinly, makes a fantastic French dip sandwich when served with the remaining sauce. I've also made beef barley soup with the leftover sauce, thinned with more broth, and the leftover beef roast, veggies, and quick cooking barley.
Inspired by a recipe by Jennifer Segal
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Hey guys! Time to fill you in on what's been going on. First off, we finally put out a new podcast episode! In it, we talk about PBK, the new Mythic maps coming with ODST, plus our reviews for "Up", "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", and "Public Enemies". Right after we finished recording the podcast, we acted out some stuff for the next episode of Project Blackknight (which, by the way, should be coming out before the summer ends).
Next up, we had our first Community Game Event on Bungie Day (7/7). It went off spectacularly! We will defiantly have another one of these before summer ends. If you were one of the unfortunate few who were unable to attend for whatever reason, don't worry. I made a little video of it so you can see what went down. One more, longer video of the event will be coming...very soon.
Something that also took place on Bungie Day was the release of The Essential Marlin: Volume 1 CD! If you've been keeping up on the blog, you'll know that it is a CD of original music (and an exclusive outtake) created by me for Marlin the Elite. The CD will set you back $12.99. Most of that goes to Cafepress for the supplies, but the rest (all 3 or 4 bucks a pop) goes to TP so we can make cooler videos for you guys! There are 20 tracks that last around 40 minutes, so it's kind of a win-win situation. So head on over to the store (cafepress.com/marlintheelite) and pick up your copy. If you want to hear some samples of the CD first, we have a few songs up on our YouTube page for you to check out.
Also, we've been releasing episodes of "Random Sauce". The latest one (which was just uploaded 30 minutes ago) happens to be my personal favorite. This leaves us with only one more episode that we haven't aired yet.
To conclude, I will be going away on a trip for about 4 or 5 days, so there won't be any new videos during that time. However, I will try and post one more video tomorrow before I leave.
So now, I leave you with some awesome Marlin fan art by Morgan :)
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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Daniel Radcliffe acted in the play, Equus, and showed everything he's got, with full frontal scenes. And when the photos were leaked online it stirred up a firestorm...as usual.
The naked pictures of Daniel Radcliffe, taken during his current stint in Broadway play "Equus", have been leaked and Broadway officials are outraged of the leak. The pics, which have been all over the net, show the young actor standing totally naked in front of co-star Anna Camp, who also bares all for the play.
You know, if you're going to take off all your clothes in public shouldn't you be prepared for anything? And if you're known best for playing a character that's familiar with children and you still take off all your clothes in public and show your proverbial magic wand...and being up on stage is about as public as it gets...you're either making a bold statement or you're living in a dream world.
You can check out the full frontal photo here. I think there are more if you do a simple search. It's actually very artistic and Radcliffe has nothing about which to be ashamed. I never saw any of the Harry Potter films or read the books. But if I had known that good old Harry Potter was carrying THAT magic wand around underneath his robe I would have had a front row seat for the midnight opening.
In any event, Radcliffe is now branching out into films with gay love scenes. I think he's straight, but don't quote me on that. It's hard to tell anymore...a good thing.
It's interesting that it's deemed shocking. For me, there's something very strange about that because we see straight sex scenes all the time. We've seen gay sex scenes before. I don't know why a gay sex scene should be any more shocking than a straight sex scene.
Radcliffe plays Allen Ginsberg (beat generation poet) in Kill Your Darlings. I haven't seen it, but this one sounds interesting. You can read more about it here, where there are more links.
Brent Corrigan Going Mainstream
When I posted about porn star,Brent Corrigan, last week and how he's working on a more mainstream film, Truth, a friend commented to me that porn stars rarely ever go mainstream successfully. Being I don't know much about that, I decided to check it out with a few simple searches to see what I could find. There are a few female porn stars who have managed to crossover into the mainstream, like this list of nine shows. And this article talks about porn star James Deen going mainstream in a film with Lindsay Lohan, The Canyons. But other than that I couldn't find much else with a simple search, and to be truthful if I hadn't read the short piece about James Deen and The Canyons I never would have heard of it in the first place...or heard of James Deen.
I found this rather light article interesting because of the tone:
Hollywood is all about dreaming of upward mobility. Slip a script under a stall door, hand out a few business cards at a funeral and you could be writing Transformers IV! And despite what you might think, there's no rule saying porn stars can't work their way up the mainstream-movie ladder. In 2009, they popped up all over the box office — from Sasha Grey's high-brow turn in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience to a whole plethora of adult entertainers filling out the cast of Crank: High Voltage. Who's done it best over the years?
The article then goes on to list a lot of the same names that are listed in the links above I just provided. But I do find it interesting that even though these ten or so people who come from the adult entertainment industry barely made it to C-list status. And again, most are women, not men...or gay men. And I can't help but wonder how Brent Corrigan's venture with Truth is going to turn out. It's one thing to come from Harry Potter and do nude scenes and gay love scenes like Daniel Radcliffe. Actors get a free pass for that. But you're not going to hear about a gay porn star doing anything even remotely related to the kids genre.
The other thing I don't understand completely is that there's been a huge increase in demand for gay fiction that's more romance oriented...or lighter and more mainstream in a heteronormative way. But Truth is being described as an indie psychological thriller, which is something I see a lot lately with gay indie films. In fact, I've seen this dark brand of gay film all my life, as if anything indie has to be labeled as dark and mysterious and deeply psychological to be indie. I haven't seen Truth, and I'm not sure I will (depends on how it's released), so I can't comment on it. It's just that I find it interesting that with so many people discovering romantic stories with gay men that have HEA endings and give people the chance to escape it's hard to justify the old tropes that never seem to go away. And I'm not talking about personal taste. I'm talking about giving people what they want, and giving them a balance.
You can read more here, and check out a clip of Truth. From what I gather, a good deal of the film was funded with Indiegogo.com, which is a lot like kickstarter.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Daniel Radcliffe Full Frontal Nudity; Brent Corrigan Going Mainstream
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