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Food allergies or food intolerances affect nearly everyone at some point in their life, either directly or by having a family member or friend with a food allergy or intolerance. One out of three people is forced to adjust their diet because of this. An allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the immune system. While an intolerance may have similar symptoms to an allergy, it is not caused by the immune system. For example being allergic to dairy is different from not being able to digest it properly due to a lactose intolerance. It's extremely important for individuals with food allergies and intolerances to be hyper aware of everything that is in their food or may have come in contact with their food, as allergies can be not just frustrating but fatal.
Because living with food allergies and intolerances can be a tricky thing to manage, here at Cuisine Soleil all of our products are allergen free, gluten free, and organic. Our products are completely safe for those with peanuts, nuts, soy, and lactose allergies as well as those living with celiac disease or a gluten intolerance. By using allergen and gluten free products for your whole family, you can make one meal that suits the various needs of every individual, making your life less complicated and helping to reduce your long term grocery bill. Not to mention you'll be fueling your family with healthy organic food!


text: Just purchased a home last week with a nice 30' X 15' kidney shaped pool. I have never owned a pool before and know absolutely nothing about maintenance. I have read up some on here and talking to people that at the pool shop nearby. Pool was in really good condition. Luckily, I just had to add some calcium and some hardness control and the pool was ready to go. I live in texas so using the pool at night is great. Still hot enough outside for it to not feel cold. It has a light on the pool. My problem is I have absolutely no idea how to turn it on. It is an underwater light. I don't know if they bulb is out? Is it supposed to turn on when I turn on the pump? Any advice where to look is greatly appreciated. I will continue to educate myself with the help of TFP. I plan on getting the test kit soon so I don't have to make the trip to pool shop with my little water bottle of pool water. haha

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Movies starring Eddie Redmayne, Kristen Stewart and Idris Elba are set to compete for the coveted Golden Lion prize at the 2015 Venice Film Festival in Italy.
Oscar-winning actor Redmayne plays Einar Wegener, one of the first people to undergo a sex change operation, in The Danish Girl, which will compete for the festival's top trophy against the futuristic love story Equals, starring Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult and Guy Pearce.
Other films in the competition include Idris Elba's war drama Beasts of No Nation, and A Bigger Splash, a thriller starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson.
Johnny Depp's turn as infamous criminal Whitey Bulger in Black Mass will be screened out of competition, along with disaster movie Everest and Michael Keaton's Spotlight, during the festival, which runs from 2 to 12 September (15).
The Danish Girl, Beasts of No Nation and Black Mass will also be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada in September (15).


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'Shadow Brokers' hacker group to offer monthly subscription service
The Shadow Brokers – a prominent group of hackers who have stolen National Security Agency (NSA) tools – have announced plans to sell further stolen code with a monthly "dump service".
In April this year, the group released a collection of hacking tools claimed to be stolen from the NSA. One of these tools, EternalBlue – which exploited a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system – was used as the basis of the worldwide "WannaCry" ransomware attack earlier this month.
The attack affected 300,000 computers, including those belonging to major organisations such as the National Health Service, FedEx and Telefónica. Users were presented with a message explaining that their files had been encrypted, and would be deleted if a ransom was not paid for their return.
It is uncertain who belongs to the Shadow Brokers, although some – including former CIA employee Edward Snowden – speculate that the group could have links to the Russian government, and largely aim to discredit the US government. Cyber security experts believe that despite causing some chaos and embarrassment, the group has so far failed to profit from their work.
In an announcement published online, the Shadow Brokers said that they will release a new batch of stolen code in July. Subscription to their "dump service" will cost 100ZEC (Zcash), approximately $24,000 per month.
Zcash is a cryptocurrency which promises complete privacy for sender and recipient. Previously, the group operated in Bitcoin, but recently emptied their Bitcoin wallet to prepare for the switchover to Zcash. They have said that they may use a different currency for the following month's dump.
Under this scheme, the buyer will be asked to provide an email address, to which a confirmation email, and link and password to the first dump will be sent.
The dump service will provide the buyer with a "zero-day feed". Zero-day vulnerabilities are unreported computer vulnerabilities which leave no time for engineers to create patches to defend against attacks exploiting the weakness. The group have said that they have not yet finalised the selection of files that will be available in the first dump.
Following the WannaCry attack, the Shadow Brokers boasted that they had access to tools for breaking into mobile handsets, and Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, web browsers and network routers. It has not yet been confirmed that the group is in possession of these tools.
Microsoft has said that it is aware of these claims and is actively monitoring emerging cyber threats.


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Solid Camera Case Study
The Challenge
Carlos Acosta founded Solid Camera, Inc. in 2006 to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the film industry. Creators of everything from big budget movies to major sporting events are demanding more from their cameras with each new project. Solid Camera meets those needs with innovative camera accessories to help cinematographers get the shots they need.
"In this business, we're called upon to deliver specialized, highly technical solutions almost overnight," said Acosta. A pioneer in digital cinematography, Acosta was among the first to transition away from traditional film. He originally conceived Solid Camera as the industry destination for creative mounting systems and handle apparatuses for digital cameras.
"The on-camera power management presented a challenge for us, because we had to do as much as possible without substantially changing the profile of the camera." - Carlos Acosta
Leading the Digital Revolution
Use of digital cameras was commonplace in high-end cinema by 2009, and power management became an increasingly critical issue for cinematographers.
This meant Solid Camera would have to expand its sphere of expertise to thrive in a new environment. "The on- camera power management presented a challenge for us, because we had to do as much as possible without substantially changing the profile of the camera," said Acosta.
That created the need for small-footprint, high-functioning printed circuit boards (PCBs). "I've always considered myself pretty good at learning new things and adapting to stay relevant in this industry," said Acosta. "But designing printed circuit boards was going to be a stretch."
PCB123 to the Rescue
Acosta is not a PCB designer, but he had to become one in hurry. When Solid Camera needed to quickly deliver a battery plate capable of powering and controlling a 3-D camera and withstanding 9 Gs, Acosta chose Sunstone's design tool, PCB123, to create his first PCB design.
"We only had a couple of weeks and were starting from scratch," said Acosta. "PCB123 helped me design a complex, six-layer board that was manufacturable and functioned the way we wanted it to. We assembled the rig and everything turned out great."
PCB123 provides even novice PCB designers like Acosta with the confidence that their boards can be built, and built right. Explore PCB123 today.
Customer-Driven Partnership
Acosta and his team at Solid Camera must constantly innovate to keep pace with their competitors. "Everyone uses digital now," said Acosta. "More people need what we offer, but they can't afford the one-off custom solutions the big boys use."
Rather than rely on receiving high-dollar, custom orders, Solid Camera would have to standardize and make its products accessible to a broader customer base. "Production volumes had to increase, so we started looking more closely at production efficiency," said Acosta.
Acosta reached to Sunstone for help. Order volumes were increasing, but the deadlines remained as tight as ever. "We needed every possible time saver," said Acosta. "Sunstone helps us save time and money. For us, that means having someone on the phone to help us solve a design problem any hour of the day or logging in to a web order platform flexible enough to meet my needs."
Right-Sizing Production Runs
Acosta needed to produce more boards at once, but not too many more. Order fulfillment was critical, but continuous improvement was pretty important too. "We constantly find ways to improve our products, and that often requires little tweaks to our PCBs," said Acosta. "Sunstone accommodates our needs with fifty to a hundred unit productions runs, so I don't have to worry about getting stuck with a thousand boards I'll never be able to use."
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"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."
― Thích Nhất Hạnh
"I am what I am, an' I'm not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,' my ol' dad used ter say, 'there's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth botherin' with."
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Below are some Quotes About Moving On, hopefully it can be your inspiration.
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Central Mexico Key for Nissan's Growth in Americas
Commentary by John Paul McDaris
Nissan recently inaugurated its $2 billion plant in Aguascalientes, and the Japanese manufacturer will build 1 million cars in Mexico by 2016, according to a recent report from Reuters. Most of the cars produced in the new plant will be destined for North and South America.
The facility will be key for Nissan's platform strategy, which is the industry's prevailing development model for different regions of the world. The plant can produce 4 different cars on 4 different platforms, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said at the opening.
He continued, in an interview at the plant: "We like Mexico because it allows us to be competitive. It's not only about cost, it's also about quality and it's about responsiveness – capacity to respond to variation of the market very quickly."
He sums up the new Mexican paradigm quite nicely – here it's no longer about just cost savings and lowering operational overhead to the bare minimum. It's the fact that the big automakers need to be in Mexico because it really is the ideal place to produce for both the North and South American market. And though the Mexican domestic market certainly isn't the main draw, Nissan plans to sell 300,000 to 1 million of the units it makes domestically.
Aguascalientes is a small-ish city of a bit over 1 million people. So it will be interesting to see the extent to which Nissan will have challenges finding enough skilled workers regionally. Further, Aguascalientes is not as big a draw as larger, more attractive and cosmopolitan cities like Querétaro or Puebla. Nissan, as well as the suppliers servicing them in the area, will have to make extra effort to find and retain skilled labor. We've seen training programs successfully used for that purpose, as a carrot to reward promising employees.
On the other hand, smaller tier suppliers whose manufacturing is based on more labor-intensive processes probably won't find themselves able to afford Aguascalientes. Lower-cost alternatives like Zacatecas, where Entrada's facility is located, are apt to be more attractive to companies of that type.
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Enter the Warzone, a sports cornucopia that's always overflowing.
• Only a Bactrian camel (two humps) could've predicted Fresno State's fortunes this season.
Down. Up. Down. Up. Bulldogs football, brought to you by Otis Elevator Company.
• Wonder how many college football teams have crammed two three-game win streaks and two three-game skids into the same season.
Sounds like a job for Kuwada.
• Senior nose tackle Tyeler Davison has it right. The recent strong play by the defense has a lot to do with the fact that it's not on the field as much.
Which has a lot to do with the offense sustaining drives.
• If we've learned anything so far it's that any and all assumptions about the 2014 Bulldogs quite often end up making the assumer look stupid.
Remember that before booking any pre-Christmas trips to San Diego.
• Unsung reason for the turnaround: an offensive line that has started the same five guys in all 11 games.
• The Bulldogs basketball team has now lost to all three legitimate opponents it has faced.
The less legitimate, the more lopsided the score.
• Oregon fan Steve emailed to say he wanted to become Jim Bartko's "first Fresno donor" because "people give money to people, not organizations."
That's a very good sign for Fresno State's new athletic director.
• Pablo Sandoval is such a unique baseball player there's no way the Giants can replace him.
So they bring in a legitimate left fielder and No. 2 starter and find a cheap, serviceable option at third base.
• Part of Sandoval's motivation supposedly came from a desire to DH in the final years of the contract once David Ortiz retired.
In other words, Pablo wanted a License to Eat.
• The reason college football needs an eight-team playoff is so all five power conference champions (and three wild cards) can be represented.
The reason is should stay at four is because the season-long argument over who's No. 5 is much more compelling than who's No. 9.
• Florida State will lose one of its remaining games. So it doesn't matter where the stumbling Seminoles are in tonight's unveiling.
• "Act like you've been there before" is a handy, catch-all retort to the silly antics of professional athletes.
But when it comes to the Raiders and premature victory celebrations ...
• After tasting his first NFL win, reports had Derek Carr, still in jersey and shoulder pads, going around the locker room and personally congratulating his teammates.
Sounds like the guy we know.
• The 49ers won't have to lean on their defense as much because an improving Colin Kaepernick finally has some weapons.
Nope, nope and nope. But at least they scored a fourth-quarter touchdown.
• Nothing against Odell Beckham, but the Greatest Catch of All Time will always be Lynn Swann in Super Bowl X.
Why? Because it was the first one that blew our cranial synapses.
• Assumed there was no more physical back in the Central Section than Clovis North High's Bolu Olorunfunmi (aka The Wrecking Bolu).
Until we saw 220-pound Clovis battering ram Adam Prentice. No matter where you tackle that guy, it's gonna hurt.
• For no particular reason: Lonyae Miller
• Keep your eye on Hawaii punter Scott Harding, a 28-year-old Australian who kicks while running in both directions and with either foot.
In 10 years rugby punting will abound.
• What are the Giants supposed to do with all those leftover Panda hats?
Simple. Repurpose them for Joe "Possum" Panik.


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Buy a new car from the dealer around the corner? Only on the right terms.
There is often limited scope for negotiation when buying a new car, particularly when changing manufacturers. It's understandable. Why should the seller offer a big discount to an as yet unknown buyer? As a ProtectMe© cardholder, you can enjoy a discount of between 8 and 38 per cent with no less than 28 different marques.


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Simon Cowell wants One Direction to bow out in style before their split next year (16) by performing on The X Factor final in the U.K.
The band will go their separate ways after the release of their fifth album in March (15), and music mogul Cowell insists the temporary year-long split was always on the cards, but he hopes their last performance as a group will be on the TV talent show that spawned them.
He tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "I would like their last performance before their break to be the X Factor final, 100 per cent. I think they will come on the final of X Factor this year."
Cowell also referenced Zayn Malik, who has come under fire recently for controversial posts on Twitter.com, seemingly aimed at his former bandmates and his ex-fiancee, Little Mix's Perrie Edwards.
He says, "I don't like this Twitter stuff, it's kind of like 'you are always going to regret what you send out on Twitter'. With Zayn, I think he has got to put a sense of perspective back in his life. You had a really great opportunity, you decided for whatever reason that you didn't want to do it anymore."
Cowell's comments about Malik come as Rixton's Jake Roche slammed the former One Direction member for dumping Edwards last month (Jul15).
Roche tells The Sun newspaper, "I think he's a f**king idiot. The way he's treated her is horrible. He's not a very nice man. Professionally he's talented but - and I'm speaking from what I've seen - he should be ashamed. It's disrespectful. And the whole re-tweeting thing. He finished with her! Why antagonize it? It's done! It's a shame. He's talented but he's spoiled it."


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Military Medical Malpractice Outside of the United States
When military personnel or their family members suffer an injury due to a military base hospital error occurring in a foreign country, their right to sue is somewhat limited. However, there is still the possibility of getting compensation for your injuries. At the Law Office of Jeffrey C. Anderson, our attorney handles claims for military medical malpractice outside of the United States. With over 35 years of experience, we can successfully navigate this complex area of the law.
If you or a family member has suffered an injury due to military medical malpractice abroad, we can help. Contact our medical negligence lawyer online or call 210-819-5785 for a free initial consultation.
Dedicated Representation for All Medical Malpractice Claims
You expect medical professionals to help you or your family members get better, not cause further harm. Unfortunately, mistakes do occur. Our dedicated personal injury attorney can represent you in all claims for military medical malpractice that have occurred overseas, including claims arising from:
- Surgical errors
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- Failure to diagnose cancer
- Failure to diagnose heart disease
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- Bariatric surgery errors
- Birth injuries
- Medical battery
You can rely on us to fight for the compensation you deserve so you can move forward with your life.
The Military Claims Act
If you or your family members are injured by military medical malpractice abroad, your only recourse is to file a claim under the Military Claims Act (MCA). The MCA is similar to the Federal Tort Claims Act with one important distinction: if the military denies your claim you have no right to file a lawsuit. This is why it is important to hire a lawyer with the experience and skill to make sure your claim is handled appropriately in order to help you get the compensation you deserve.
At the Law Office of Jeffrey C. Anderson, our principal attorney has over 35 years of experience handling malpractice claims for service members in Texas and beyond. Our lawyer was the commanding officer of a medic training company at Fort Sam Houston. This experience and the knowledge of the way military medicine works is invaluable to our military clients, particularly those who wish to file an MCA.
Call for a Free Consultation With an Overseas Medical Negligence Attorney
If you are a service member, the spouse, or dependent of active-duty military personnel and have been injured in a military clinic or other government facility overseas, our firm can help. Contact our Military Claims Act lawyer online or call 210-819-5785 for a free consultation. We take all cases on a contingency basis and you owe us nothing unless we recover compensation for you.
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Nashelle Blog
Springtime is Upon Us!
"In spring time, love is carried on the breeze. Watch out for flying passion or kisses whizzing by your head."-Emma Racine deFleur ♥♥
At Nashelle, we feel the love in the spring breeze! To celebrate the new season, we've created a gorgeous line that embodies what the new spring means to us, and here's your sneak peek! Ethereal, whimsical, bold, and fresh are just a few of the words that come to mind when we envision the feel of the coming months. It's time to put on your rain boots and your favorite dress and go splash in some puddles. Dig through the dirt and find those crocuses making their way up to the sun. ♥Enjoy all the newness surrounding us in this inspiring season!! ♥
P.S. Check back soon on www.nashelle.com for the launch of the spring line!
Nashelle wants to know how YOU 'Pay It Forward'? xoxo
Surprise!! Today at Nashelle is 'Pay It Forward' Thursday!!! ♥ ♥ Everyday is a day to be aware, to care, to reach out and try to make someones day a little brighter, a little easier. We are all in this journey of life together and together, we will make a difference. Here at Nashelle, we want to know: How do YOU 'Pay It Forward'? How do YOU reach out to do your part in helping our world, your community, everyday strangers? The first 135 people to answer this question in detail with love and truth will receive our one time exclusive 'Pay It Forward' bracelet. A simple heart on a cognac suede wrap. Share away and spread the love! ♥ ♥
This beautiful journey of life.... Build your own story. xoxo
Gavin River 2.5 years old with older brother Logan Scott 4.5 years old. xo
Little G showing off his new haircut and I must admit, very impressive scar.
His older brother Logan, requested to have 'lightening bolts' added to his haircut in honor of his little wingman, Gavin. So precious!! xo


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The secrets of successful negotiation
Whether wanting to maximize sales, obtain top commission rates, handle staff appraisals, or drive down costs, negotiation is an essential part of running an overseas property business.
Here, in our second advice column from author, workshop presenter and public speaker, Jeremy Thorn, reveals 10 tops tips surrounding the secret of successful negotiation.
- Be prepared! Plan meticulously. Knowledge is power, especially in a negotiation. More deals go wrong because of the lack of preparation than for any other reason. Before you start, be sure to separate out your 'must haves' from your 'would likes' – and don't confuse them! Try to find out what theirs will be, too. How important is this deal for each party, and how can you build your power base? Who will they field – and who should you? What is their probable opening position – and what should yours be?
- Is a deal possible? Negotiate only when both parties are willing in principle to do a deal and have the authority to do so. This means that both parties must have the power to vary the terms of the agreement. If one side does not have this authority, the other side should insist on talking to whoever does. And if a deal is not likely to be possible, consider investing your time better elsewhere.
- Be brave in seeking concessions from the other side. If you don't ask, you won't get! One of the key skills in negotiation is to ask for as much as you can. And more? So be ambitious – aim high. If you don't ask, you won't get. And remember? You only get one chance to do this and retain goodwill – at the beginning!
- Get their whole picture before you discuss the detail, so insist on establishing all their demands at the start. That way, you can prevent them raising new issues later. So, ask: "Is there anything else you want to cover?", before moving on. This does not mean you must agree with all their demands, but it will help you to build a better relationship with the other side and help you to avoid personalized and unfruitful argument. (Remember, most people would rather be understood than win petty gains)
- Clarify the real issues Go on – ask them! Most negotiators will boost their case as much as they can, but not all the points they make will be equally important to them. Find out which are their real issues (and their 'must haves'), and which are secondary and less important, or even manufactured to strengthen their case?
- Be ready to decline their first demands, and their first offers. Their first bid has to be their best bid (for them!), just as yours was for your side. Even if you don't think you have a good case to refuse their first offer, you may well be pleasantly surprised at the other side's willingness to settle for something less than they hoped for to win agreement.
- Keep the whole package of proposals in mind. That way, where you have to concede on one issue, you can reasonably ask for the other side to concede on others. So, deal across a broad front rather than point-by-point and don't let your side be 'salami-sliced'. The more you give away for nothing back in exchange, the more they will want!
- So never give something for nothing. Always seek something back in return, whenever you are asked to concede an issue. Negotiation is the resolution of conflict by the exchange of concessions, not gracious collapse! So, keep on looking for new variables to trade – they are every negotiator's best friend!
- Note the 4 'Ps' of great negotiating behaviours. Stay positive, patient, placid and planned. While you need to truly believe in your proposition (be positive), many deals will take longer than you have thought (so be patient), and the other side may well try to destabilise you (so stay placid). And back to Tip One – keep in mind your 'must haves' and your 'would likes' when doing your planning.
- Check that both sides are agreed on what you think you have eventually agreed. If you don't do this, the deal may easily fall apart if there have been any misunderstandings, with a consequent loss of goodwill. And leave them feeling they have won a good deal. If they don't think they have, it may not stick!
Jeremy Thorn has run a number of businesses in the UK and abroad over the last 30 years. An experienced Non-Executive Director, executive Coach and key-note speaker on business matters, he is also author of several prize-winning books on How to Negotiate Better Deals, Sales Management and Management Development. Look out for further advice from Mr Thorn on the art of persuasion and how to manage complaints.
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The lowest prices for Rimso from online pharmacies and prescription discount cards! Before you buy Rimso, compare the best prices on Rimso from licensed, top-rated pharmacies in the U.S., Canada, and internationally. Find the lowest cost Rimso from the best pharmacy.


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We're pleased you're investigating career opportunities within HMG. As the largest physician-owned and directed, patient-focused, multi-specialty provider group between Knoxville, Tennessee, and Roanoke, Virginia, HMG holds enormous career opportunities for those committed to excellence—and the belief that it is a privilege to care for patients.
HMG at a Glance
To fully understand HMG and all of its patient offerings, we invite you to explore the extensive information provided throughout this website, especially our HMG Timeline.
Physician-Owned & Physician-Directed
HMG is proud to be physician-owned and physician-directed. Our board of directors and shareholder are all physicians with a passion for providing excellent customer service and the highest quality care. We believe a strong physician-patient relationship is crucial in achieving optimum clinical outcomes. With a patient-centered focus, we strive to provide quality care which is compassionate, convenient and meets our patients' needs.
A Focus on Value
At HMG, we are focused on creating high value for our patients. What does that mean? It means we create innovative ways to ensure our patients have access to high quality services when they need them at the lowest cost possible. HMG has been a leader in providing value-based care to over 30,000 patients for over 8 years. Our goal is to provide preventative care which keeps our patients well and avoids costly hospital admissions and emergency room visits. At HMG, we welcome staff and provider feedback on how we can improve these efforts, implement new innovations and continue to deliver value to our patients. It truly is a collaborative team effort.
Regional Medical Excellence
Holston Medical Group is situated in the midst of a sophisticated medical community. Our MSA includes 14 hospitals and 1,400 physicians.
Benefits & Competitive Pay
HMG is proud to offer competitive benefits and pay to the region's best and brightest! Benefits include:
- 401(k) with match program
- Paid Time off and designated holidays
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
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- Employee Wellness Program
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- Much more!
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If you are interested in being a part of the HMG Family of Care, please review our current career openings and apply today!


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JCDC now offers gift certificates!
These are perfect gifts to congratulate someone on their engagement or as wedding gifts, baby showers and birthdays! These may be used towards any type of session.
Once you buy your certificate, note your name and email, the recipient's name and email and what you want the certificate to be for (ex: type of session, bundle or product), I will send your certificate to the recipient and the receipt to you.
Gift certificates are valid for 1(one) year. Gift certificates are non-refundable.
~If you have a Wedding or Baby Registry, add JCDC Photography to your list!~
Wedding package, Birth package or Maternity/Birth/Newborn bundle. Contact me at email@example.com and I will set up your very own JCDC Gift Registry, just for you! Share the link with family and friends and they can add directly to your session account!


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Weather and other natural disasters can dictate that the opportunity is right for a spot buy even when you already have a contract in place?
Believe it or not I recently visited a store of a major retailer whose shelves looked just like this (not this picture) but unfortunately looked much the same. To me that equals a broken procurement department, a broken supply chain and maybe even a broken company as well as a huge opportunity for a huge spot buy with local suppliers if they want to resolve the issue quickly. The actual name and location are being omitted here to protect the guilty.


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Be careful one visit will not be enough Turkey can be addictive.
Turkey for many is a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes offering the chance to holiday from April to October.
Turkey has a magnificent history, and is a land full of historic treasures from 13 successive civilizations spanning some 10,000 years. Is classed as a middle ranking country which is rising fast on the GDP scale ranking currently at 16 and figures intensively in the international community.
Turkey has a magnificent history, and is a land full of historic treasures from 13 successive civilizations spanning some 10,000 years. Is classed as a middle ranking country which is rising fast on the GDP scale ranking currently at 16 and figures intensively in the international community.
From the first time I set foot on Turkish soil I fell in love.... the old Turkish lira made me an instant millionaire and I was able to indulge my passion for shoes and handbags The fakes were second to none ...I have moved on from the shopping now but have many happy memories of bartering.
As I said I fell utterly in love not with the brown skinned handsome bar boys that so typify a tourists experience bussed in from far flung villages and with little experience of European ways these boys have been tought that passports and money are easily obtained throught the love of a gullibable woman.... no I learnt quickly that this was not the real Turkey and to avoid at all costs the cry of seni cok seviryorum, although on occasion I could have let myself be seduced by the moment..... That Turkey was not for me. I remember clearly on an early trip to Turkey, I went to the beach to book a boat trip and the man turned his mega watt charm on me to ask for 'giggy giggy' and I said Akardas I just want a boat trip nothing more and he laughed said no problem there are many, many, more women to choose from this attitude is so common in the tourist areas, so cheeky yet so equally laid back; it was I thought, something I could adopt but it is not an easy way to be it takes a lot of effort not to be so reserved. He was actually an ok guy; but for many Turks they play a role for the tourist like a performing monkey and equally the tourist plays out their own role abandoning sense and sensibility to the heady delights of sun, sand, sea and yarak (pardon my Turkish) sometimes behaving in ways they would not dream of doing in their homelands and a down side of this is the predatory males who feel that young girls are easy targets with increasing reports of rape this is an unattractive side of Turkey. The tourist is seen as cash cash cash instead of a friend of the country this is a dangerous path to take countries have lost tourism with such an attitude. Greece, Spain to name but two.... Turkey should take care to keep its tourists close to its heart. Equally tourists need to take account of different cultural expectations.
It is not this Turkey that I love..... I love the turkey of warm smiles wonderful tea and moments that warm my soul. The first time I laid eyes on Pamukkale, I felt a bond that would never move from me. So many hidden treasures and so much more than 5 star hotels and all inclusive deals. You have to get out and walk, explore, if you sit on your ass you will only see the bottom of a cocktail glass...well it would be like going to Egypt and not seeing the pyramids.
For example visiting Ephesus, I looked beyond the clichéd tourist traps and sat in the middle of history soaking up the utter beauty of the place. Each time it is like unwrapping the best gift ....the burial tombs and mud baths, the old man selling cashews, a boiling thermal stream with village women cleaning clothes, the belly dancers, the music, the air, the bustle of the markets. For those who love food, the variety of dishes, would keep you discovering for a life time. Making a friend that brings you many years of joy and an enduring friendship.
Each little area has its own little jewel to tempt you with ...caves to explore, animals to coo over and the oddity of olive oil wrestling so diverse so contradictory so beautiful.
I don't even have to tread on Turkish soil to experience Turkey it is everywhere in popular culture. It is said that it was the Ottomans who introduced coffee to Europe when their retreating army left bags full of the black gold in Vienna.
Whatever your interest is diving, golfing, caving, it is all there in abundance
Top ten for turkey.
- Be safe
- Be open
- Don't make assumptions - learn some little things about the place you are visiting
- Learn some Turkish - please and thank you go a long way
- Explore
- Make a friend (a Turk is for life not just for Christmas)
- Expect the unexpected
- Don't measure Turkey against what you currently expect
- Eat something Turkish
- Assuming you like Turkey Save a new place to return back too there is more to Turkey than the med side


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Rebecca Shepherd
Growing up in a creative household in Britain, Rebecca was never short of supplies or inspiration to explore her own natural creativity. However, rather than follow a traditional art education she decided to be practical instead and went to university and acquired a degree in Geology and Biology, with which she has done nothing practical since. On emigrating to Canada, Rebecca started to paint seriously earning a living painting portraits and teaching art privately. For the last few years she has become increasingly more enamored with clay sculpture. Currently animals are her main subjects. Rather than a strict anatomically correct representation of her subject she emphasizes certain parts of their bodies and takes artistic license to their postures. The intention being to attribute human like qualities to the animal, not so much that they become cartoon like, just enough to identify with. Rebecca's paintings are currently mostly of animals, she uses a style that requires a lot of paint to create texture and rich luscious color sweeps. The subjects are rendered loosely often with detailed eyes, she does this to produce a focal point that draws the viewer into the painting. Rebecca has both paintings and sculptures in private collection around the world.
Bobby Vandenhoorn
Bobby Vandenhoorn, an artist by passion, was born on Vancouver Island BC in 1982, and has lived in the Lake Country area for the last 16 years. By the time he was 17 he was painting his first outdoor wall mural, and since then, he has commissioned over 60 different murals not only for homeowners and business' in the area. Aside from murals keeping him busy, Bobby's real artistic passion is with oil on canvas. He uses a very traditional method, with a very untraditional, bold, bright and unique style. He has recently focused on painting what he enjoys most, which are portraits of the great musicians who have influenced him. bobbyvandenhoorn.ca
Natasha Harvey
I am an artist and art educator. I graduated from UBC Okanagan with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and from UBC Vancouver with a Bachelor's Degree in Education. Pushing paint with a brush, knife or hand is an experience that has always filled my life and always will. When I was 5, my very English Grandmother handed me a paint brush. It was the best way to start a long love of painting. We would have tea and painting sessions in her garden where we explored realistic landscapes in oil and watercolour paint. Currently I'm working with acrylic paint and collage. My paintings are purely abstract, while my collage pieces use an existing image as a starting point. As I study the visceral world of paint and surface in my education and life, I have discovered that the process of painting is as important as the completed work of art. The paint is given a voice. The energy of the medium, expressed in drips and puddles, springs to life without the intervention of a brush or knife. As a result, my work is neither controlled or contrived. In my mixed media works, collage is a key element. I feel that the use of an existing image allows me to build upon and change it's meaning or context completely. The image can dictate the feel or theme of the painting; however, I also search for images that will complete the visual and contextual puzzle. My love of "retro irony" is evident through out my work. By this, I mean my innate love of the 1960's combined with a contemporary aesthetic and context. Inspiration flows from daily life, from nature, popular culture, fantasy, billboards and a variety of current interests and experiences.
Lois Campbell
Lois was born and raised in the Okanagan. She received her B. of Education at UBC and taught for 37 years at the elementary level, mostly in Vernon. She especially enjoyed teaching art and tried to choose projects where each child could succeed, as well as, learn the principals of art. Lois began painting in Grade 11 with oils, inspired by her art teachers and classmates. Although she keeps coming back to oils, she has definitely been inspired by the Australian aboriginal dot art in acrylic. "I watched two Aboriginal artists for hours by the Tweedshead beach on the Gold Coast. Doing dot art is so very relaxing and therapeutic. It is a great way to warm up to the visual and perceptual thinking of the right brain. She feels very lucky to have this time in her life, where she can put much of her energies into experimenting with the different mediums. Pen and ink is precise. Oils are forgiving, yet creamy-rich and vibrant. Acrylics have endless possibilities, especially with texture, and anything goes. Mostly, Lois is influenced by the amazing artists in this area. The two groups she belongs to - Okanagan Artists of Canada and North Okanagan Federation of Canadian Artists - are extremely talented and gifted. Sometimes, you don't have to look at the Masters when the Masters are in your own back yard!
Debbee Werner
My first memory of creating jewellery is of when I was about six years old. I remember sitting in our back garden in London, England, where short daisies grow in the grass, making a slit in a stem and threading it threw with another stem, creating chains of daisies. It was almost 30 years later before I made another piece of jewellery.
In 1995, after eight years in the music industry, and four years in the publishing industry, I quit my job in Australia, sold all my possessions and travelled to Prince Rupert, BC. During this time of travelling and hanging out, I started making beaded jewellery and collecting glass beads. I eventually ended up in Cherryville in the North Okanagan, and never left. I continued beading and came up with my first original design of an anklet with bells. In 2004, I took a silversmithing course which I thoroughly enjoyed. I found the most joy in simple soldering – giving me the ability to make clasps and findings for my beaded jewellery, as well as the skills needed for my silver designs. I find inspiration in my natural surroundings, the garden and the wilderness. In 2007, after 10 years of running local arts festivals and founding & managing an outlet for local artisans, I resigned to be a stay-at-home mum for our daughter, while continuing to createjewellery as a home-based business and personal artistic endeavour. I am also a director of the Okanagan Artisans Guild. Everything I make I truly do with love, as a way of showing my gratitude, and sharing all the love I have found in my life.
Lana Schuster
Vernon artist Lana Schuster was born in Regina and obtained her degree in Education with a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria. Typically working with acrylics, her paintings are often developed through a process of adding and subtracting, painting over some areas, hosing off others, allowing some to remain unchanged, until a layered image emerges. Large is her preferred size to work on whether the subject matter be landscape, abstract, portrait, or something from her garden. Drawing inspiration from artists Abbott, Carr, Degas, Kahlo, and Rothko, along with biking and hiking with friends, gardening with her husband, exploring the great wide open and interior of BC and self, Schuster strives to convey her sensibilities.
Holly Smith
Retiring from a life long career in teaching in 2008 left me with a huge hole to try and fill and I will be forever grateful that I gave painting a try. I had tried painting once when I was a teenager but quickly decided I had no gift, and I should look for my passion somewhere else. Who knew it would take nearly 45 years before I would give myself permission to try it again. Now at the ripe old age of 67, I think I am much less critical of my efforts and I have found a real outlet for my creativity in painting. I began with water colors but quickly added acrylics to the mix and I love both mediums. I love color and texture and my work is often quite bold and bright. Lately I have been playing a lot with mixed media, adding pastel, netting, ink, and collaged materials to paintings. Sometime I have to pinch myself because I have such a good life. Pay attention to what gives you pleasure and don't be afraid to try something new. It could open a whole universe that you never knew existed.
Brazen Edwards
Brazen Edwards grew up on the prairies of Alberta but always felt a particular pull towards the mountains, ocean and warmer weather so after raising a set of identical twin boys and pursuing a career in Criminology, she relocated to the Okanagan in 2009. After leaving such a stressful career, she felt it was necessary to re-evaluate what she focused on, what she attracted into her life and if her creativity can inspire and bring happiness to others then she feel s her life has meaning. In 2015 she opened Ellis Art Studios, a 6000sq ft art facility located downtown Kelowna where she hopes that she can help other artists become successful entrepreneurs. As a result of being heavily inspired by nature, wildlife and her surroundings, Brazen also gives back by using her talent to raise money for animal welfare. A portion of her sales goes towards helping the very subjects she's inspired by. Brazen may not be able to change the world with her art, but she wants to know in her heart that she's tried to make a difference.
Hannah Grimson
Hannah Grimson is the face behind the Vernon based company, Black Spruce Leather. She specializes in "tooling", the traditional process of carving designs and hammering them into leather. Her products range from belts and wallets to purses, leather wrapped flasks,earrings and more. Hannah spent the past six years working in northern Canada as an Exploration Geologist, and her work is largely inspired and influenced by the Canadian nature that surrounded her. She has always loved doing field work—especially in the Yukon; northern lights, grizzly bears, caribou and hiking (not on paths) but through thick forests of Black Spruce. However, after her first few years of living in camps, she found that she was lacking a creative outlet. She would cover the camp walls with doodles, and eventually began packing her leatherworking supplies into camp with her. It didn't take long before people were placing orders and her hobby escalated into a business. She is entirely self-taught (thanks to endless hours reading internet forums, YouTube and a lot of practice!). All of her products are hand cut, hand tooled, hand stained, hand punched and hand sewn. Hannah loves making one of a kind, functional and unique products that can last people a lifetime (or more!).
Colleen Faulkner
Colleen lives and works as an artist in Vernon British Columbia. Predominantly self-taught, her first introduction to the arts began with textiles, pottery and drawing. This lead to her real passion, painting. Staring with watercolors, Colleen has grown to use more mediums, pastels, oils and acrylics enabling her to add more vibrancy and texture to her work. Colleen paints a variety of subject matter, inspired by landscapes, rock formations, color and texture, and has shown in several galleries across the Okanagan. She is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists in the Vernon BC chapter. Her work has been published in Art Avenue Magazine. colleenfaulknerart.com
Gale Woodhouse
Formally educated at Nene University College and Leicester University in England, Gale spent many years teaching Art and Design before entering Herefordshire School of Art to study Studio Ceramics. Following apprenticeships with two of England's leading potters Gale opened her own studio and has been immersed in her craft ever since. After years of experimentation and exploration, teaching and learning, many exhibitions and shows, Gale is accomplished in the applied art of working clay. She works her chosen media with ease and dexterity and still finds joy and passion in making and teaching. Abstract mixed media painting have recently been added to the Woodhouse Arts portfolio. woodhousearts.com
Lowell Friesen
Although relatively new to the world of ceramic art, Lowell Friesen is no stranger to mud, born in the dusty prairies and raised on the farm, from day one he has been grounded in the dirt. The passion for pottery however, first proclaimed itself after taking a class at Vernon Community Arts Centre somewhat on a whim. After centring a piece of clay for the first time on a wheel and finding a sense of calm and grounding he knew this was something he needed to be doing. Using the meditative quality of working with one's hands, he uses pottery as the counterpoint to his main artistic endeavour as a touring and recording folk artist. Pottery is the balancing piece to making music; where music is extroverted, ceramics are introverted, where music is highly ener-gizing and exciting, pottery is grounding and calming, where one demands engagement from others, the other is an engagement with oneself. Together they work to keep the peace between the two halves of Lowell's personality, one which seeks roots and the other wings. Lowell cites his first teachers, Jenny Diller and Gale Woodhouse and the supportive community at the VCAC as his inspirations. You can find him working in the studio at the VCAC here in Vernon BC when he is not on the road singing songs, on the family farm in Coldstream pruning trees or wander-ing the forest wondering where all of this is going. lowellfriesenmusic.net
Patricia Doyle
Patricia Doyle is a visual artist residing on the Bella Vista Hillside in Vernon, BC. While her primary medium is glass she also works in sterling silver, copper, acrylics, alcohol inks, clay, videography and photography.
Doyle's works are usually centered on both her love and awe of nature and her quirky sense of humour. She uses art to convey her vision of the world being a more harmonious and beautiful place.
Doyle teaches fused glass and glass bead-making classes at the Vernon Community Art Centre. She has also been fortunate enough to have been invited to teach at Red Deer College's Summer Series of the Arts many times and enjoys it immensely.
Her work is available for sale in a number of stores and gallery shops in Western Canada.
Tatianna O'Donnell
Tatianna's passion for art began at a young age with art classes at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, when Arthur Lismer was the director of the school. Later, she had the opportunity to spend six months in Paris, studying art, and then back in Canada, Tatianna studied art at university as well as taking workshops with many prominent artists. Tatianna is an award winning artist, active in many Art Associations, including the Federation of Canadian Artists, the Society of Canadian Artists, The Alberta Society of Artists as well as being president of the Enderby Artists' Initiative which runs The Courtyard Gallery in Enderby, B.C. Her work has been included in juried and solo exhibitions nationally and can be found in Canadian collections, i.e. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the University of Alberta Children's Hospital as well as numerous private collections internationally.
Shauna Oddleifson
Shauna Oddleifson graduated from UBC Okanagan (previously OUC) in 1998 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, graduating with distinction. Since graduating, Shauna has been involved with the arts community in Kelowna working in galleries as well as volunteering with various organizations and special events. Shauna has a studio practice, both art and craft-based, and has exhibited work throughout the Okanagan as well as in various artist run centres and galleries across Canada. Her work can be viewed on her web site, www.shauna-o-designs.com
Joshua Wallace
Joshua Wallace is a young self taught artist based in Vernon, BC. He was a part of the inaugural Youth Artist in Residence at the Vernon Community Art Centre. His work has been shown at the Armstrong Art Gallery, Erickson Gallery, Leap Gallery and the Rotary Centre for the Arts. His work is in the collection of the Vernon Art Gallery and private collections in the Okanagan, Nova Scotia and Australia.
Carney Oudendag
Carney Oudendag is a Kelowna based mixed media artist and teacher. She is particularly fond of seeking, gathering and sometimes organizing her hoards of found papers, materials and objects! A large part of her process involves collage, along with use of conventional art materials and techniques. Her semi-representational work varies in subject matter, but she is always seeking a naturalistic and organic effect. She loves doing workshops at Leap, has taught sessions at The Kelowna Art Gallery, Gallery 97, and for the school district. Carney enjoys guiding others to find their own artistic voice and outlet. She has exhibited in Leap, Lake Country ArtWalk, Lake Country, Penticton and Peachland Art Galleries. She strives for her work to evoke strong emotional connections with the viewer..
Judith Jurica
Judith Jurica is a visual artist sharing time between Canada and Slovakia. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Okanagan University College, the artist served as Creative Director and Administrator of Gallery Vertigo for 11 years. She has actively exhibited her work throughout Canada and abroad for the last 20 years and enjoys sharing her creative skills through workshops for children and adults.
Cynthia Langford
It has been in the last few years that Cynthia has really pursued her passion as an artist. Inspired by her Mother, an artist and sister who introduced her to acrylic painting 5 years ago. Her real turning point and growth in her artistic career began with a trip to Italy for a 10 day art course in 2011, it was there that she first experienced plein air painting and gained the confidence to paint from her heart and life experiences. Her art has been described as "painting life" as she paints from photos captured on her travels and adventures, reliving and enjoying those memories as she puts them on canvas and brings them to life. Cynthia is a local artist and paints out of her home studio in Salmon Arm, BC. She is an active member of the FCA and associate member with the SCA. Her work can be found at The Courtyard Gallery and Leap Gallery as well as many local business locations and on her website.
Neil Collins
As a trauma survivor art is my gateway to healing my inner spirit, it allows me to connect to my inner child. My work is an exploration inside my internal self. Music is the opening to my feelings, and a way of exhuming my emotions to be brought to life on a canvas. Without any pre meditative ideas or thoughts of how the creation will unfold, this is what excites me the most about my art.
Self taught I mostly use pastels and acrylics. I have this new found love for mixed media artwork and I enjoy exploring different medias. I Hope you enjoy my art, and I am honoured to be a part of the leap community.
Svetlana Shkuratova
Svetlana is a Vernon-based, USSR-born artist at heart, a linguist and teacher by training and a multipotentiolite by calling. No matter what she does in life, be it teaching at a Montessori school, illustrating a story, working on a film set or translating a book, she always has her friendly camera with her. Her love for photography started when she developed her first print in her father's home-set darkroom at the age of five and learned to tell the difference between shutter speed and aperture a bit later. Svetlana enjoys the experimental and educational process of merging different visual art forms with photography. She gets inspired by the beauty of the imperfect in nature and in people. She cherishes each moment of her daughter's childhood who is her muse and constant source of inspiration. She believes that learning is a life-long process.
Bramble Lee Pryde
Bramble Lee Pryde is a multidisciplinary artist, currently working under the moniker LE LOU ULA (formerly WOLF + SADIE). Founded in 2013 Pryde has since created an atelier collection of surroundings and wares that includes jewelry & adornments, art & illustration and ceramics and home accoutrements. Pryde explores these concepts while adhering to a slow design ethos. Pryde was recently listed as one of the 10 "designers who are refining the notions of dark fashion" by Paper Magazine and her work has been featured in several seasons of the television show Pretty Little Liars. Pryde found her way to metal-smithing while traveling abroad after completing her post-secondary education; starting with her foundation year of Fine Arts at OUC, and finishing up in Vancouver with her diploma in Design + Formation from Langara College, a program that merges the design disciplines of spatial formation and communication design by bridging architecture, industrial and graphic design. While traveling through South Asia, she discovered the vital role of adornment in the stories people tell about their culture. This led to returning to Australia, where Pryde specialized further by earning her diploma in Metalsmithing from TAFE, in Perth.
Leap has an amazing group of talented local Okanagan Valley artist displaying their work!
We have paintings, pottery, jewelry and much more. It's the perfect place to purchase that special gift or treat!
Michelle Loughery
Michelle Loughery has worked in the field of community public art for over 25 years and has created over 300 large-scale murals, over 20 Community Mural Projects, including Route 66 Mural City, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Mural Project, Downtown Vernon BC Mural Project, to name but a few. These projects and her art have been the catalyst for over 70 million dollars and unmeasurable social value. The human connections and social good that these innovative mural projects have created is legendary in the connections and successes of all those that touched these art walls. Loughery draws on her rich experiences in rural Canada to portray a wide variety of figurative and contemporary art scenes in her murals and studio art pieces. Currently working on a series of portrait pieces about her mural journeys, that will accompany an autobiography book that Loughery is writing in partnership with author Michael Moore. Loughery spends much time exploring the encaustic wax medium, using beeswax and colors to explore her journeys in a more contemporary collection. She is incorporating figurative and environmental work within the free flowing beeswax experience in her upcoming pieces. Her rare talent in creating large scale -free hand art is an enduring public reminder of Canada's diverse peoples, heroes and rich cultural heritage
Susan Richards
I like to believe my art is an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary styles. My jewellery has been described as an "interesting mix of rustic and really eye catching gorgeous" and "the perfect, imperfect piece". I love the shaping of the actual metal and incorporating found objects into my work, be it old silver spoons, beach stones or vintage beads, all of which makes for many one of a kind pieces. Most of my work is oxidized to bring out the beauty of the metal and give it that vintage look, reflecting the inspiration from which it came. susanrichards.ca
Val Bosk
Val Bosk works with clay and loves every stage of the process. She is amazed that a "block of mud" can evolve into a limitless number of forms. She combines clay, thrown on the wheel, with intricate hand building to create detailed and whimsical pieces. Her pottery is intended to evoke fond memories and emotions for herself and others to enjoy.
Shannon Boyd
Shannon studied ceramics for 5 years earning a Diploma of Craft & Design and a BFA. She has been potting full time for 5 yrs, exhibiting, selling her work and teaching pottery in the Okanagan for the past 3 years. She specialises in functional tableware & homewares. Handmade objects, both functional and decorative, enhance our daily experience and spaces by creating relationships between maker & user and between user and object. It's these relationships that help us connect to our spaces, daily routines, and create memories.
Kayleigh Mace
Kayleigh Mace (BFA, BEd) produces and exhibits work throughout the Okanagan. Her abstract paintings show the fusion of dynamic mark-making with the careful application of a variety of acrylic washes, always looking to achieve a balance between precision and play. Her more recent work has shown a reemergence of hand-drawn images and using pure colour as negative space. She graduated from UBC Okanagan's Fine Arts Program in 2008 with Melanie Newell; the two artists formed the partnership "DUO" with a focus on exploring collaborative performance and painting practices. Mace is an art / drama educator with School District #22. Her work has been shown at the Vernon Art Gallery, 557 Artist Block in Penticton, Leap Art Supply and Gallery in Vernon, Sopa Fine Arts in Kelowna, Gallery Vertigo in Vernon, the Rotary Centre for Fine Arts, at the annual Lake Country Art Gallery's Under 100 show, at Ecotone 2013, and at Lake Country's ArtWalk from 2008 – 2016. DUO artwork has also been featured in various restaurants, wineries, festivals, and businesses.
Diana Gritten
Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists & North Okanagan Chapter. Born in Half-Way-Tree near Kingston, Jamaica I immigrated with my parents to North Vancouver, B.C. at a young age. After growing up in the region, we moved to the Okanagan Valley in 1973. Since my late teens, I've been keen for the arts, and after attending Okanagan University College as a mature student my journey as an Artist began. Travels abroad with my family, and to this day, awarded me the opportunities to explore various galleries and their Masters including: the Louvre; Van Gogh; Rijks; Rembrandt; and Rodin museums. Obtaining many compiled photographs and sketches from journeys to South Africa, Mexico, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Hungry, France, California, England, and Spain there is no lack of subject matter. You will notice in some of my paintings a theme of African and Jamaican people. As my heritage is part of these countries I'm draw to the richness of their clothing, style, jewelry, texture, and skin color. Recent abstract works on larger canvas award me the opportunity to continue further into exploring mixed media with much more freedom of movement, color and line.
Donna Styles
Textiles have long been an integral element in my adult leisure pursuits. From knitting and crochet in my early years, to macrame, and dressmaking, to spinning, dyeing and weaving fleece into a myriad of projects from wall hangings to home decor. Eventually, quilting became my passion, as I was intrigued and challenged by not only the endless possibilities of pattern, but also its mathematical nature. A few years ago, a quilting friend introduced me to coiled baskets, and I became enthralled with the process. Over time, experimenting with many types of fabric and methods, I refined and honed my technique, and created my own signature designs. The rich, vibrant colors of Southeast Asia inspired the choice of batik fabrics as my favorite texture to work with. I just love the subtle, yet intricate, hues and prints, as well as the high quality of the 100% cotton.. Whenever anyone sees one of my baskets in use in my home, they never fail to appreciate the colorful accent they provide, as well as their practicality. I'm fascinated and excited about every project I begin, from choosing the fabrics for each basket, to creating the shape each product will take. Such fun to create, and I love the fact that they are washable.
Melissa Voth McHugh
Melissa Voth McHugh is an artist, photographer and an entrepreneur. She is currently working as a professional commercial photographer and a photographic artist in the Okanagan BC, where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at the University of British Columbia, focusing on photography and printmaking . She quickly learned that photography and its processes were her true passion. In 2001 she moved to Vancouver to enhance her skills, while obtaining a professional photographers diploma. In 2009, she moved back to her home in the Okanagan to continue her photography career. Melissa's photographic art is based on capturing the moments in between the moments. She captures and displays images that are about quiet simplicity, little things and pieces that get easily ignored but are stunningly beautiful, weeds growing out of cement, rust running down a concrete wall and flowers in front of brick. One could say that these images speak of the continued battle and ongoing synchronicity between mother nature and the man made world. Melissa experiments with photographic collaged images both on canvas and digitally. She is most recently working these concepts with a mix of natural products and man-made printing.
Karen Palmer
Karen Palmer has been a ceramic artist since 2001 and a pottery instructor since 2003. She creates functional and non-functional pottery from several different types of clays and fires them in either an electric kiln or an outdoor atmospheric kiln depending on the finish she is trying to achieve. In 2005, she enrolled in the Australian National University's 4 year Distance Ceramic Diploma Program out of Red Deer College. She completed a extra credits with this program that took her to China in 2007 and Australia in 2008. She has also taken several workshops over the years with Ceramic Artists such as; Judy Weeden, Cory McCory, Vince Pitelka, Elaine Brewer White, Vincent Massey, etc. In 2012 Karen entered the Art Exposed Juried Art Show in Kamloops and won third place overall for one of her large slip carved vase. This piece was then purchased by the "Time Raiders" a charity group that auctions off pieces of art to community residences in exchange for their charitable time. Karen is an active member of the Thompson Valley Potters Guild where she has been on the board of directors off and on over the past 10 years. She has been apart of several exhibitions with the Kamloops Arts Council including in May of 2017 titled " Feast for the Eyes". Karen is also a member of the Okanagan Potters Guild. Karen lives in Lumby BC where she works and teaches out of her home studio and the Vernon Arts Community Center.
Kate Fagervik
Kate Fagervik is an artist and entrepreneur, a yoga/meditation instructor and a creative counsellor. She lives in Enderby, BC with her husband, Eric, and teaches people how to live with moxy. She believes that humans are art, and that the choices, thoughts and feelings of everyday are mediums, capable of creating all sorts of realities, including masterpieces. Kate's favourite mediums are fabric, thread, paper and words. You can find her at www.livewithmoxy.com and locally at Curriebird Studios in Armstrong, BC.
Buffy Baumbrough
Buffy's love for photography really took off when she was 20 years old and backpacking in Southeast Asia. Her travelling companion handed her his K-1000 Pentax camera - the perfect learning camera - and told her to "start taking photos". At the end of the six-month trip, she was hooked.
After decades of wandering about with camera in hand, Buffy now combines her advanced photography skills with her in-depth knowledge of biology, gained through her PhD studies, to produce uniquely artistic images of a natural world that is often overlooked.
Buffy's images are produced through contemporary digital technologies and a uniquely informed perspective of art in Nature.
Marla Giles
Marla Giles (Hanson) was born, raised and lives in Vernon BC and attended Okanagan College Fine Arts Program. She has worked as a designer in the Sign Industry for over 15 years and has been recognized with many International design awards. Stone sculpture has also been of great interest. After searching for a motorcycle jacket and personalizing it, to make a one of a kind garment of wearable art, she was hooked! Marla has re-purposed gently used leather jackets to make wall art. Painting on leather and adding found jewelry or hand stitching ads another dimension. In a throw away world... repurposing, reclaiming & recycling seems appropriate. Marla's most recent creations are in the form of jewelry. Upcycling used bullet casings into beautiful jewelry. Marla is a hunter and has a love of the outdoors and adventure. Many of the casings are from her own rifle or from her husband and fathers collection. Special attention to design goes into each piece of jewelry. Crystals and stones are carefully chosen to fit different caliber casings.
Crystals and bullets coming together to bring balance <3
Annabel Stanley
Annabel Stanley was born and brought up in England, she left school in the early 80's and went on to study Horticulture at Merrist Wood Horticultural College near Guildford, Surrey. She worked her practicum at Pepiniere Meunier in The Loire Valley, France. Moving to London she trained to be a Florist at Veevers Carter Flower in Chelsea. She met and married her Canadian born husband, Grant, and they moved to New Zealand in '92 where they were introduced to the world of wine. Annabel, Grant and their son Francis relocated to the Okanagan in 2003 and Grant became the winemaker for Quails Gate Estate Winery for the next decade. They are now partners in a new winery called 50th Parallel. They purchased their own vineyard in 2005, which is a source for her weaving materials. Annabel has continued with her art, holding several exhibitions and sharing her passion and knowledge with local schools and local groups of artists, including Cool Arts. Annabel has always had her feet planted firmly in the soil as her hands reach up into the branches of the trees and she loves to share this passion with young minds, getting them outdoors and appreciating and creating with nature.
Laura Ashton
Originally from Victoria B.C. Laura now lives in the North Okanagan of British Columbia. Laura has a diploma with distinction from the London Art College in Botanical Painting, as well as a diploma from the U.K. Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) in Botanical Painting. In 2015 Laura was accepted into the Botanical Artists of Canada. Laura's love for animals and wildlife inspired her to start creating wildlife portraits after receiving her training as a botanical artist. All of Laura's illustrations are created in watercolor. "I express my passion and love for the natural world through my paintings. Nature is ever evolving and changing, much like our own lives. Life itself would not survive without the intricate cycles of nature, which today are often taken for granted. My calling as an artist is to capture the beauty and diversity of nature in watercolor and connect people with the fascinating and often fragile world of plants and animals. My paintings highlight the details that make each different species so unique. Nature has always been my inspiration, and from a young age, I have had a keen interest in botany and animals. I have had the opportunity to go on rare plants surveys with some of the top botanists in the country. I really enjoy learning and identifying native plants as well as more popular garden varieties. One of the highlights of my youth was being able to assist with wildlife rescues in Victoria B.C and raising many successful rescue animals myself. Having such close contact with a variety of animals inspired me to use my botanical painting training to also create wildlife watercolour portraits."
Kara Barkved
My paintings are intuitive and abstract and reflect both my inner process and connection to the organic world beyond my studio walls. In the summer my studio goes out to the garden under the willow tree where all kinds of magic happens in flower beds, vegetable patches and painting. I specialize in contemporary and abstract painting. I work as freelance artist out of my home studio, aka Blue Skies Studio. I love working with passionate people and sharing what I've learned with them. kara-barkved.strikingly.com
Angelika Jaeger (aj)
Angelika Jaeger graduated in April 2013 from the University of British Columbia Okanagan with her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She is a Member of 'Ars Longa' a longtime Kelowna Artist Collective in its 11th year. Jaeger is a Mixed Media/Collage instructor, and has served for several years as the President of the Vernon Public Art Gallery and as Chairperson for the North Okanagan Chapter of Federation of Canadian Artists. More recently she joined the Board of Directors, as Chairperson for the Caetani Cultural Centre, an 'Artist in Residency' initiative in Vernon, BC. She is the Co-Founder of their annual fundraiser 'A Splash of Red'. Currently she is working on a large installation for the Kelowna International Airport, which shall be displayed in the Departure Lounge. Jaeger's work can be found in private collections in Europe, The Bahamas and Canada. She is represented by 'Headbones Gallery', Vernon, BC, and shows her work at 'LEAP', Vernon, BC. Her work is made available in the Vernon Public Art Gallery through their Art rental program.
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put on hold any further development of the Joseph Naper Homestead Park. Echoing the Watchman's wisdom, Councilman Paul Hinterlong said,
"We don't need to do anything right now given our situation with the economy. The property has looked that way for years and years and years, and there's no reason not to wait a couple (more) years."Bravo Mr. Hinterlong! My thoughts exactly. And in the face of the city's looming $14 million budget deficit, those should be the foremost thoughts of the council as they weigh every single expenditure going forward.
very same meeting the council approved $1.3 million to upgrade a portion of Naperville's famed Riverwalk. Never mind that the Riverwalk was just improved last year to the tune of $1.44 million. This is Naperville, by golly! Nothing but the best no matter how much we have to soak the tax payers!!
And soak the taxpayers, the city is. Just a week ago the city council approved a 2.8% increase in residents' property taxes. If that proves insufficient to fund their drunken sailing ways, the council has a new citywide sales tax just waiting in their back pocket.
Adding audacity to injury, Councilwoman Judi Brodhead said the property tax increase is, "a very minor one on people's tax bill." So be sure and send your tax bill to Ms Brodhead -- just before you vote her off the council.
In fact, the only council members worthy of your vote next time around are the ones who opposed this tax-and-spend orgy: Wehrli, Furstenau, Fieseler, and Hinterlong. Oh wait, all of these jokers voted for the Riverwalk boondoggle with the exception of Furstenau. So maybe we should return Furstenau to office and run the rest of them out of town on a rail.
And let's put US Rep Judy Biggert in the caboose for her breathtaking hypocrisy on the Porculus bill. Despite her longstanding opposition to the Obama stimulus plan, Biggert applauded the fact that the City of Naperville will be receiving $10.9 million to upgrade the city's public utility with so-called 'green' electric meters. Judy, you can't have it both ways. You can't criticize the spending only to praise the bucks that land in your district.
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Voters, repeat after me: My politician is not my sugar daddy. The less he brings home, the better I like him (or her).


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Freeing us, and releasing us, from our imperfections and limitations. Creating exactly who we want to be, and what we want to do.
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Early childhood and primary programs: You will be able to list up to five schools of interest on your electronic Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) form in Sonia Online. You will be e-mailed once you have enrolled in your SPE course to inform you that this form is available for you to complete. Listing a school of interest does not guarantee that you will be placed at ANY of these schools. It is a guide for the Education Partnerships and Professional Learning Office only. You will always be placed as per Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) requirements for your Education Program and up to 50km from your place of residence listed on USC Student Central. You will not be placed at sites where you have conflicts of interest.
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You would be required to declare any conflicts of interest at sites on your SPE form (placement request form) and in your Sonia Online profile. Any site you declare would be off-limits for your supervised professional learning practicum, but would be a wonderful opportunity to develop for your Wider Field Experience (WFE) portfolio. WFE is not coordinated through this office but is also a requirement for teacher registration. As WFE is not assessed, there is no conflict of interest which applies to these sites.
We welcome as much information from the student to be recorded on their SPE form so that we are fully informed to enable us to source an appropriate placement site. The form will be online from 2015, and both the form and instructions to complete it will be emailed to all enrolled students early in the new semester.
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originally posted by: lemonyfr3sh
Which leads me to another thought... it's seemed strange to me that certain people who are so loud and famous are allowed to live....while other people are silenced immediately.
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: LiberateEarth
There are some in the mainstream with ties to the Alphabets too , disinformation has been spread for years by certain agencies through the mainstream Ufologists, either with or without their knowledge.
The rabbit hole is deep and strange creatures dwell at the bottom but sadly nobody's found an Alien there yet.
originally posted by: lemonyfr3sh
a reply to: Blaine91555
Do you have any favorite threads to read through? Honestly, most of them that I see start off thoughtful and end up a pissing match. Kind of fruitless.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: lemonyfr3sh
Any UFO Researcher that sells books or any other merchandise needs to be ignored.
That would probably be all the " well known " ones.
A " True " researcher in my opinion is doing it to find the truth, and not to make money.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: Jay-morris
I have no problem with UFO Researchers being paid their expenses.
If Medical Professionals can do there work for NOTHING they why can't UFO Researchers ?
Doctors,nurses admin etc all working for Medecins Sans Frontiers for example ( and there are other organizations) get paid their expenses only.
These better known UFO Researchers are in it for gain. Greer anyone ? Or maybe Redfern, Friedman, and the list goes on.


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From the Setting to the Rising Sun
The land of the Rising Sun indeed.
How do you arrange a perfect morning? There are plenty of recipes, but this one worked well for me.
First, head to bed early, due to a rolling sea that tires you out and kills your appetite. This allows you to wake up at 3.30am, unable to sleep. As a result, you go out on deck and lie on a bench, looking up at the stars, enjoying the balmy and breezy night more or less on your own.
After that, you can return to bed and snooze for a while, only to reemerge at about 5.30am, just as the eastern sky is starting to lighten. Then spend about an hour just sitting there, watching as the sun comes up over the land of the Rising Sun, listening to the soundtrack to Halo, redolent of an encounter with things ancient, technologically advanced and wondrous.
After breakfast, you can watch Japan's rugged and lush coastline pass by as the ferry pulls into Sakaiminato harbour, one side of which is industrial, the other the aforementioned lushness. You can listen to Ludovico Einaudi's soaring Divenire too. Tears? Nah, just the wind in my eyes.
At this stage, customs will hold no fear for you, even if they are a bit put out at your lack of accommodation planning.
A very fine way to start a birthday, I tell you.
P.S. I wrote the above while going through customs in Sakaiminato. Right now, several hours and three train journeys (the last on the "Nozomi" Super Express Shinkansen, which officially travels at Ludicrous Speed), I'm in Kyoto's shopping district, having gone wandering from my ryokan and finally found a usable wifi network. Still, all the above still holds. And Japan is delightful thus far.
September 23, 2011 at 10:51 am
Congratulations on making it to Japan and 36 on the same day! Really enjoying these posts, keep them coming!
September 23, 2011 at 11:35 am
Happy birthday, Ciaran-sama.
September 23, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Gorgeous. Thanks for this, like a breath of fresh air in the morning. Happy birthday… indeed, a very fine start to a new year.