The Iowa Engineering Society presents the following awards.
Members and Chapters are encouraged to submit nominations to the IES state office at 515-284-7055 or [email protected] by April 15th of each year.
Please identify each individual along with their e-mail address & phone, and why you are nominating them for the award you specify.
ANSON MARSTON AWARD is awarded in recognition of outstanding service to the Iowa Engineering Society.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD is awarded in recognition of outstanding service to the engineering profession.
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD is awarded in recognition of high professional attainment and exceptional service to IES.
VOICE OF THE ENGINEER AWARD is awarded in recognition of significant contributions to the enhancement of the image of the engineering profession, through involvement with the general public or targeted publics. These efforts should bring a broader recognition or understanding to the contributions or accomplishments of engineers.
YOUNG ENGINEER AWARD (previously the John Dunlap-Sherman Woodward Award) is awarded in recognition of outstanding technical or professional achievement reached before the age of 35.


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Stony Tracks with Vanessa Horton
Venue: York House Centre, London Road, Stony Stratford MK11 1JQYork House Centre, London Road, Stony Stratford MK11 1JQ
Stony Tracks 19 - August 14th - Vanessa Horton
Vanessa was born in Germany where her Royal Air Force father was stationed. The family moved every few years with the Air Force, including to Germany again and to Turkey. Vanessa's own job with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office took her from London to the Philippines and then to exotic Milton Keynes. She loved the area so much, especially Stony Stratford, that she settled here and has now lived in the area longer than anywhere else, immersing herself in the local culture, especially the Spoken Word scene. Bard of Stony Stratford in 2016, she has also been Poet in Residence for Buckingham Literary Festival, and is often to be seen hogging a mic in local hostelries…
Stony Tracks is like Desert Island Discs, but with photos of the guests life on the big screen, and the guest chooses 10 pieces of music rather than the 8 on the radio. The shows are on the second Wednesday of each month in the Beechey Room at York House (but this year there will be no shows in July or September). All profits from ticket and bar sales go to help fund projects at York House to help improve the facilities.
How to get tickets
Tickets are available from York House & Odell's www.wegottickets.com, (50p booking fee), and at the preceding show.
N.B. Only 6 tickets are allocated to wegottickets, (more will be added if necessary) the rest are on sale from York House & Odell's - cash only please.

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How to Stay Curious and Get Creative With Latin Music Producer Motiff
Meet Motiff
When it comes to music, Motiff (whose real name is Arbise Gonzalez) can do just about anything. He's an artist, producer, DJ, and songwriter. He's worked alongside musicians like Pitbull, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, and Jennifer Lopez. But his rise to success wasn't easy.
Why Motiff Is Mentally Strong
Motiff came to America from Venezuela as a child. Adjusting to school in the U.S. was tough because he didn't speak any English. His home life was complicated too. Because his mother had to go to work, Motiff and his brother took on a lot of responsibility helping care for their dad.
Motiff decided not to go to college—a decision his parents weren't pleased with. But he promised that since he wouldn't be delivering his parents a college diploma, he'd earn a GRAMMY instead.
Thirteen years later he made good on his promise when he earned his first GRAMMY.
Why you should incorporate more fun into your daily life (and the simple strategies that will help you do it)
What types of things can kill your creativity
The link between emotions and creativity
Why fear is the biggest obstacle to success
How to stay curious in life
How to turn your biggest struggles into your best assets
How to get excited about getting older (rather than dread it)
What You'll Learn About Staying Curious and Mental Strength
Doing fun things doesn't mean you aren't serious about reaching your goals. In fact, incorporating a little fun and laughter into your day might help you feel better and it might even motivate you to work harder.
Even when you're sitting in a boring meeting or having dinner with someone you've known for a decade, you can have fun and learn new things about yourself, other people, and the world around you when you have the right attitude.
Life gets more exciting when you're open to learning more (and when you can admit you don't have all the answers). So, when you walk into a room looking for things to learn, you'll realize that there are always things you don't know.
Quotes From Motiff
Motiff
Why not try it? You have been given the gift of waking up in the morning, so why not go and try it?
— Motiff
"Always be a student. Keep your ears open. You learn something from everything."
"Coming through on the other end taught me a lot of different things. And those things are always with me."
"I watch the same cartoons I watched when I was a little kid to stay in that wavelength. I have toys, like Power Ranger helmets and I watch wrestling. I think that's what keeps that curiosity alive."
Follow Motiff on Instagram
Check out Motiff's Twitter
Find Motiff on Facebook
Online Therapy: Is It Right For You? A Verywell Mind Webinar
Find Inner Peace With Latin GRAMMY Award-Winning Music Producer Maffio
How to Get Help for an Addiction With Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ricky Byrd
Why Even Happy People Get Depressed With Multi-Platinum Singer/Songwriter Andy Grammer
Authoritative Parenting Characteristics and Effects
Industry vs. Inferiority in Psychosocial Development
How to Date Without Using Apps
The Sleep Fix With ABC News Anchor and Former Insomniac Diane Macedo
Conversations to Have With Yourself With Detroit Pistons Team Therapist Dr. Corey Yeager


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ALICE LOWE ON 'PREVENGE' INSPIRATIONS
GIALLO, ARGENTO, DE PALMA, KUBRICK, BRIGHT COLORS
Alice Lowe discusses her directorial debut, the horror comedy Prevenge, with iNews' Alex Watson, mentioning several of her horror influences:
The perpetually hard-working Lowe is no stranger to either the small or silver screens (you may remember her from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Hot Fuzz) and has many writing credits in both TV comedy and film, but Prevenge is her directorial debut.
Part of Lowe's accomplished start in this field comes from her strong grasp of what inspires her, both visually and atmospherically.
"I think there's a mixture of lots of different influences in Prevenge. There's a lot of Giallo horror, which is like Dario Argento's work, and even Brian De Palma was quite inspired by that sort of Italian horror as well, with all the bright colours. Also, Kubrick.
"I wanted to use really bright colours, I didn't want it to be pastel."
Last October, Lowe talked to Entertainment Weekly's Clark Collis about De Palma's Carrie, mentioning color again:
Lowe is a huge horror movie fan, who is drawn to family-oriented terror tales with female protagonists, like Rosemary's Baby or Brian De Palma's 1976 Stephen King adaptation, Carrie, which stars Sissy Spacek as an unpopular high school student who develops telekinetic powers.
"I think everyone identifies with her character," says the actress. "I really like the idea of an underdog character going through this transformation where they take power. I also think the reason it's so rewatchable is, every time you watch it, you are hoping there's a different ending, you're really hoping that she just kisses the boy, and is the pageant queen, or whatever. It just doesn't work that way. I think it's unique. She is the killer but she has our sympathy. She is also a victim to her mother's insanity. It's like a female Psycho in some ways. I love Brian De Palma, I love color in film. That was one of the things that I really wanted to do with Prevenge, was make sure it was an assault of the sense, that it's about color and vividness — rather than the passion at the moment for sort of grey-blue-black horror. That was, for me, the experience of pregnancy, that it's kind of a vivid experience. It's not at all about pastel pinks. It's all about bright, intense experiences, and revulsions, and strange shifts in your emotions."


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Olga Marlin is the author of To Africa with a Dream and a founding member of Kianda School, Nairobi, Kenya, which started as Kianda Secretarial College. It was the first multi-racial girls' school in East Africa.

She is a member of the Strathmore University University Council.

She was born in New York City on November 12, 1934 and studied modern languages at Trinity College Dublin, from which she received her MA degree in 1956. She also holds a H.Dip.Ed. from University College Dublin (1957).

The second edition of her book To Africa with a Dream, which describes her 50 years of work in Kenya and other African countries, was published in 2011 by Boissevain Books.

In June 2011 she received a Litt.D. degree, honoris causa, from Strathmore University, the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the University.

Works

External links
Kianda School
Kianda Foundation
Strathmore University
Boissevain Books

Kenyan women writers
Living people
1934 births

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