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Merja Metsänen
secretary, informer, producer, executive manager, visual artist, illustrator, cartoonist
The other of the Haihatus founders, but does not like to be called a mother of Haihatus.
Lives and works at Haihatus.
merja (at) haihatus.fi
Raimo Auvinen
Chairman of the Haihatus board, visual artist
The main founder of Haihatus; began in 1999 to collect the artworks made by the back yard artists and here we are now.
Lives and works at Haihatus.
raimo (at) haihatus.fi
Virpi Lehto
visual artist
lives and works in Joutsa
Haihatus artist since 2008, in board 2010-2015
Nina Kuikka
Member of the Haihatus board since 2007, vice chairman 2017
Manager of the Joutsa library
Lives in Joutsa, in the neighborhood of Haihatus
Johanna Juvonen and Biagio Rosa
Italian-finnish visual artist couple, workshop instructors, voluntary workers
Board members since 2014
live Jyväskylä with their dog Aarre and miss Italy, Biagio´s home country
Ben Phillips
The australian residence artist May 2017 who returned in October 2017 to stay as a house artist.
Anni and Renttu the dog
live in Haihatus community since February 2018.
Vesa Väänänen
Sculptor, volunteer, Haihatus artist since 2001
Lives and works at Heinola railway station, where is his own permanent sculpture park exhibition - as well as in Haihatus sculpute park
Curator Team
Summer Exhibition Curator Team since 2015
Pauliina Turakka Purhonen, Tiia Matikainen, Pasi Mälkiä, Kalle Turakka Purhonen
contemporary visual artist


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This page will list blog posts of interviews with people who turned their life around using mindfulness and are now offering a product or service related to mindfulness.
The format for the interviews includes five basic questions and contact information.
If you would like to be interviewed, please contact me using the contact form on this blog.
January 2017: Lou Redmond

subset: commoncrawl


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He said 'hi'.
I said 'hi'.
He introduced himself as John Puterhead.
I asked him if he knew about the Linkyshire Militia since it was on my mind.
He looked at me a little puzzled and then quickly asked me,
You mean 'The Militia? The video game?
A video game?
Yeah, it was popular a few years ago. It's old hat now.
Oh, I said. Can you find out if Mayor Armapple plays that game?
Sure, he said. He looked at his phone and pressed it a few times.
He's a member of the Linky Militia, ranked 10th.
Thanks, I said. (I didn't care about the ranking).


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My passion for photography comes from being given the opportunity to document some of the most important moments in the lives of my clients. I repeat over and over again to people who ask why I do it that I know what my parent's wedding photos look like and I know what my grandparent's do, too. I have glimpses of their childhoods through photos and I have record of mine. It's powerful, powerful stuff.
While snapshots are important, I know that through my camera I can capture stunning artistic images that both capture the essence of the people I'm shooting and that will stand the test of time. Images that my clients proudly hang on their walls and display in their albums.
And, on that note, more often than not I am able to capture images and moments that otherwise would have never been captured.
A few weeks ago I posted the maternity pictures of Stacy who was due with her first baby last week. And, last Thursday, I had the honour of attending and documenting the home birth of her very beautiful baby girl.
These are images that would have never been captured if not for my presence. They are also images that will be cherished for the entire lives of this new family. They are true photojournalism at its finest, and I still cry everytime I see them.
With the blessing of the family I am sharing the slideshow for those of you who would like to see it. It's been edited for modesty, but it's still a birth and there are some very graphic frames so some may choose not to view it.
Click here to view the slideshow


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Their appeal came a day before Thursday's hearings by the Senate and House armed services panels, which were reviewing the two latest reports ordered by the Defense Department.
"We cannot ignore that there are now dozens of well-documented allegations of torture, abuse and otherwise questionable detention practices" eight former generals and admirals said Wednesday of prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In-house Pentagon probes don't require sworn testimony, don't have subpoena power and are examples of the military trying to police itself, the officers said in a letter to Bush.
Most of the officers had backgrounds in military law. In the presidential campaign, two of them have publicly called for President Bush's defeat in November.
The Pentagon says a probe headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger was independent, but its members were appointed by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who has been criticized in the scandal.
An Army investigation headed by Maj. Gen. George Fay concentrated on which military intelligence officers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq could be charged with crimes under military law. But Fay's group also said the Army's top commanders in Iraq shared some blame for management failures.
The Schlesinger report looked at Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay as well as Iraq and at military police, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Rumsfeld as well as intelligence officers in Iraq. It concluded that while lower ranking soldiers might be charged, some blame could go to the highest levels of the Pentagon for inadequate supervision and failure to adapt to developments.
"We found fundamental failures throughout all levels of command, from the soldiers on the ground to (U.S.) Central Command and to the Pentagon," said Tillie Fowler, a former Republican congresswoman who served on the panel.
"These failures of leadership helped to set the conditions which allowed the abusive practices to take place," Fowler said.
The Schlesinger report assigned significant blame to Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, saying he should have ensured that his staff dealt with the command and resource problems at Abu Ghraib when they first came to light in November 2003. Still, it acknowledges that Sanchez was focused on combating a mounting Iraqi insurgency at the time.
A Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday that months of piecemeal military investigations have left officials and the public without a full idea of exactly what happened and who is responsible.
"It's about time we had an investigation that is complete and answers all the questions," Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said in telephone conference with several reporters.
The scandal created international revulsion four months ago with disclosure of photographs showing troops threatening prisoners at Abu Ghraib with dogs, posing them in sexual positions and keeping detainees naked and hooded.
Though defense officials said the photos portrayed the actions of a few bad apples, the controversy has grown to include probes of some 300 allegations of detainee deaths, torture or other mistreatment, some during interrogations to gather intelligence.
Abuses occurred as long as nearly two years ago — among prisoners taken in the campaign to rout al Qaeda from Afghanistan.
Critics say fault may ultimately rest with White House and Pentagon leaders for creating confusion when they decided in early 2002 that terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay did not fall under Geneva Conventions and then sought to redefine longtime rules of detention, interrogation and trials to suit the counterterrorism war.
In a February 2002 memo, Mr. Bush ordered that all prisoners in the war on terrorism be treated humanely and, "to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity," in line with the "principles" of the Geneva Conventions. But at the same time he reserved the right to suspend the conventions "in this or future conflicts."
In a memo written in August 2002, the Justice Department appeared to justify the use of torture in the war on terror and argued that the president's wartime powers superseded anti-torture laws and treaties. The Justice Department has disavowed that memo.
Other documents have emerged showing that Rumsfeld authorized guards to strip detainees and threaten them with dogs. Some techniques Rumsfeld approved in December 2002 triggered objections from interrogators and military lawyers, causing the secretary to suspend some of the practices.
Five months later Rumsfeld issued a scaled back list of procedures — still in effect this year — which includes isolation, sleep adjustment and "false flag," in which interrogators pretend to be from a country other than the United States.
It has also emerged that, at the request of then-CIA Director George Tenet, Rumsfeld directed Sanchez to imprison an admitted terrorist without reporting him to the International Red Cross. Both assigning a prisoner number and notifying the Red Cross are required under the Geneva Conventions and other humanitarian laws.
The retired military leaders who wrote to Mr. Bush were Rear Adm. John D. Hutson, Navy Judge Advocate General from 1997 to 2000; Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms, Marine Corps senior legal adviser from 1983 to 1988; Brig. Gen. James Cullen, former chief judge of the Army Court of Criminal Appeals; Maj. Gen. John L. Fugh, former Judge Advocate General of the Army; Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, currently a consultant in international security; Vice Adm. Lee F. Gunn, Inspector General of the Department of the Navy until his retirement in August 2000; Gen. Joseph Hoar, a former commander of U.S. Central Command; Brig. Gen. Richard Omeara, who served in the Army's Judge Advocate General Corps.
Hoar is part of a group of retired diplomats and military officers that has said Mr. Bush should be voted out of office because his policies damaged U.S. national security interests and America's standing in the world. Gunn is among 12 retired generals and admirals who have endorsed Mr. Bush's Democratic rival John Kerry.


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Our 4th installment of #wikichat will happen Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 from 3-4:30pm EST.
The theme this time out will be "not-for-profits, CSR, charities and causes and their embrace of new media, connected technology, engagement marketing, online community and participative culture with their fan and donor communities".
Here are all the details below:
What?: a 90 minute Twitter chat focused on the key 10 questions that people want to talk about in the digitally engaged, not-for-profit world.
Where?: Twitter – simply use the hashtag #wikichat and track the frenetic conversation – Hub accounts will be @wikibrands @snotforprofit @artezonline @seanmoffitt and other special guests to be announced next week.
Who?: Executives, directors, managers, staff, students, agencies, consultants, and thoughtleaders in the not-for-profit, CSR, charity and cause-driven worlds. Joining us will be a few all-stars of the industry to stoke the conversation. Curious onlookers welcome as well.
Why?: Build insight, make personal connections, provide for future blog post content, make causes more effective, create platform for future connections, break bread with like minds, inspire adjunct content to our book Wikibrands, leave egos at door and have genuine conversation, drink from the firehouse of smart and passionate cause-driven people
How?: Simply track hashtag #wikichat and post your tweets using it – we use Tweetchat to track #wikichat http://tweetchat.com/ to filter the noise from the good stuff
How many?: The more, the merrier – invite your social circle and gang online
When?: 3:00-4:30pm EST June 28th, 2011 (to accommodate multiple continents)
We'll start with a teaser question at 2:45pm and then formally start at 3pm and post 9 more numbered official questions each 10 minutes followed up by a few next steps, a curated blog post of the best and link to other resources.
What else?: We'd love your help to build even greater insight, here's how:
– If you lead a digitally-engaged cause, we'd love to blog about it. Contact me and we'll Skype, email or phone
– If you are part of the executive leadership, planning or day-to-day managing a cause, participate in our 1st annual Wikigood survey
– If you have a great handle on this space, join our collaboration of Wikicauses All-Stars and be part of our follow up white papers, events and presentations
– Also track our posts at Wikibrands for our top 300 Wikicauses and some indepth profiles of the best.
Let's get wiki!


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Mike and Trina, a St. Petersburg couple, have at least 100 coffee enemas a month, reports ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.
Their brew butt ritual, which uses a Vaseline-coated hose, takes five hours of planning and executing each day, according to the report.
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Yes, Donald Trump should be required to sell his companies before assuming the presidency. The full extent of his financial entanglements is not at all clear, and in the interest of transparency, he should sell his companies and focus fully on the job of being president of the United States.
Trump is proving resistant to the idea of selling his companies or putting them into a blind trust where he would not be able to control them. This is a serious problem as it could mean that the President of the United States could be unduly influenced by his business dealings with foreign parties and therefore incapable of acting in the national interest.
Trump should sell his companies, or at least transfer all of his ownership to someone else. Having his hands so tangled in international business could be a huge conflict of interest when it comes to his presidency. It may be difficult for him to make decisions that would be good for the nation, yet bad for his businesses. Not owning his companies would be the best way to keep him free and clear to make whatever decisions are best overall, not just decisions that will benefit him directly.
I have no problem with him relinquishing control of his company to his kids. I think not putting them in trust but doing it outright is the way to go. He is 70 and after 4-8 years of office I just don't see him going back to the business world. Conflict of interest may arise if he is doing his company a favor. I hope he does away with these false charities as well that only have to donate 10% to claim charity status. They should have to donate 75% and out of that very little should be allowed to go private companies that are "friends" with the head of the charity.
From what I understand, Trump plans to temporarily leave his companies in the hand of his daughter via a trust. Presidents of the past have done this or similar methods. He will probably want to do this anyway as being president will fill so much of his time and already cause him much stress. Look at past presidents. How fast they aged. This is all due to the load of stress put on them. Trying to run the country and his own businesses would be way too much for anyone to handle. Sure, he may have his companies in the back of his mind when making policy but that would be true for any president.
Yes, he has interests in overseas companies but what better motive to keep the peace.
It was widely known and often a criticism during the campaign that Mr. Trump had numerous holdings worldwide. That is a consideration that the voting public took into consideration and voted for him anyway. Therefore, unless it can be shown that he is actively enriching himself or his companies through the office of the Presidency, he should not be expected to sell them. If and when that happens he should be impeached.


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so recently my hd broke and be bye goes flash. ill try and get it restored but meeeeeeeehhhh
anyway, i haven't really been doing a lot except sitting on my ass and playing guitar so tbh, theres not a lot to report on since my last very informative news post about how im actually a feline mammal.
ive been doing skecthes here and there but norhing major. im hoping my next submission will be to the audio rather than the flash portal, ive been making some crazy tunes recently
so yeah heres a skecth i did in about 3 minutes for those who cared to read this almost empty news post. enjoy.


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It's the final book in the steamy, incestuous Seducing My Brothers series!!!
It's all about to explode!
Big brother Joey is back, but he no longer wants to have anything to do with Marie. And the twins have turned their back on her as well. She's gone from sex several times a day for weeks, to nothing at all, and she's frustrated. Things get so bad that she tries to reconcile with the boyfriend who cheated on her while they were both away at college!
Enough is enough! Marie decides to take action and stuffs herself into a bikini that is way too small to conceal her ample goods, and teases her three older brothers until they can't take any more.
But Joey has a surprise up his sleeve. He thinks that Marie needs to be punished, for revealing their affair to the twins. Will she submit???
(Of course. And it's hot as hell!)
WARNING: This book explores adult themes between consenting adults including rough sex, corporal punishment and female edging. All characters are over 18 years of age.
MALAW HULE: I really wanted to take the story to the next level with this one. Marie seduced her big brother in the first, and tricked the twins in the second. So it only seemed right that they should turn the tables on her in this one. I toy with themes of denial, frustration, punishment and some interesting 3 on 1 combinations. In the end, everyone should have a real good down and dirty time!


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A few days ago, I posted:
In a recent paper in Phlebology, Prof Zamboni discusses the CCSVI syndrome. This may sound like trivial detail to some but for me it is an important step in defining acceptable therapies to be used on the syndrome.
Phlebology. 2010;25(6):269-79.
The chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency syndrome.
Zamboni P, Galeotti R.
I was amazed that the CCSVI naysayers believe that the causes of a syndrome must be defined before the syndrome may be treated. The pharmaceutical and medical industries treat symptoms to the tune of billions of dollars/euro/pounds each year. The easiest example for non healthcare professionals to consider is pain. Pain killlers are used and abused for diseases in which the cause is not defined. A symptom is treated.
It is important for pwMS considering de-stenosis to understand they are simply removing a symptom of restricted veins, not treating their MS or being liberated. On the other side, it is completely misleading for MS neuros to demand extensive trials for CCSVI therapy before pwMS are allowed therapy for CCSVI syndrome. They are breaching medical custom and practice in place for many years.
History on: www.thisisms.com/ftopict-14852.html
Moderators please note that if my threads are attacked by naysayers this is not a reason for locking them. A major role of this forum is to educate pwMS, not to shield them from naysayers.


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Rovi's Siegel: Search And DiscoverEmail This Post
January 19, 2012 – 7:53 am
The notion of connected TVs as an advertising platform for direct audience buying – as opposed to the traditional method of buying 30-second spots in between networks programming – was one of the themes sounded by ad agencies at last week's annual Consumer Electronics Show.
One of the companies that's attempting to capitalize on that is Rovi, the home entertainment tech firm that's one large part program guide (it acquired TV Guide when it was known as Macrovision and has since unveiled several interactive listings tools after selling that brand to Lionsgate). Thanks to its "discovery" offerings, Rovi is also a major provider of viewer data, and that in turn, powers its ad network. Both Rovi and video ad network Yume have deals that embed their systems in smart TVs made by Samsung and LG.
It's just a start, but for media buyers who have been waiting for true interactive advertising to come to TV, marketers are taking connected TVs as an ad platform pretty seriously these days, as opposed to thinking of it as something coming sometime in the not-too-near future.
"I think this show has become a much advertising-based venue than in past years," Jeff Siegel, SVP, Global Media Sales, said at Rovi's booth at Caeser's Palace, which had nearly two dozen sets displaying the company's various features. "The top planners, buyers and marketers are all here. As it relates to us, there seems to be a nice groundswell about connected devices and multi-platform, second-screen usage."
TV Guidance: Search and discovery seems like the same thing, but there are nuances between the two, Siegel noted. "Search is about 'I know what I want to watch, just help me find it in an intuitive way,'" he said. "We do that through the guides and through the devices. That's been our bread and butter and we've done that for a long time. Discovery is about, 'You liked this, so you might also want to watch this show and that show.' On that end, we do have a lot of data in terms of what people want to watch and how they're interacting with their set-top box, how they're interacting with their connected TV. The next bucket of data is how they're interacting with the ads."
Targeting: There are also a lot of nuances around the ability to target. Siegel hastens to say that Rovi doesn't do any one-to-one targeting through its TV apps and interactive ads. But every time a consumer presses a button on a set with a Rovi embed, the company knows how they're interacting with content.
"From an advertising standpoint, we don't do one-to-one targeting – there's a lot of sensitivity around that," Siegel said. "But we do find people opting-in, but we aggregate that data and can start to target consumers in general. That's the first question we get: can you help me target my advertising? Marketers especially want to target consumers who already buy their products in a different way then the consumers who don't. The nice thing about the connected TVs is that we have an internet connection in the back of the set, meaning we have an IP address, and we can bundle those IP addresses together and serve those ads to people who fall into a certain cluster based on zip code, state or country."
Standardization is needed: The streamlining of the number of premium online ad units recognized by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Online Publishers Association over the past year the was meant to address was that there were too many ad units. Online advertisers tended not to spend to much on a campaign, because they would often have to create a separate ad for different sites – something that is likely to be deemed wasteful and inefficient by the marketer.
At this point, the smart TV ad space is too small, too new for standards. So, to encourage spending across the various sets and formats, Rovi promises to do the heavy lifting for advertisers and agencies by offering 23 different ad units that it creates in-house for clients.
"When we sell an ad campaign, we have to build out an ad 23 different times," Siegel said. "It really reminds me of the early days of the internet. In those days, the agencies didn't really know, from a creative standpoint, how to build those campaigns. They didn't have the assets, they didn't have the expertise. Over time, that creative ability was pushed on to the agency – and they wanted to take it on and they ultimately felt ready. That's going to happen in the interactive TV space as well. But for now, we handle that for them with our in-house creative development team in Tulsa."
Leaning backwards, forwards: One thing all the changes occurring around TV is whether the medium a lean-forward mode like the web or if it will retain its traditional lean-back and watch character. Siegel believes TV will still remain a lean-back experience – especially if models like LG's voice-responsive sets take off. The point is, viewers don't want to work that hard to watch something that will hold their interest.
"The lean-back attitude will remain, but to a lesser degree than it used to be," Siegel said. "What we find is that people are leaning forward, asking themselves what they want to watch. Or we find that people are watching something and they want to know more. For example, if they're watching a cooking show or see a commercial, they likely would like to see a recipe. Or if someone is watching a business news channel, they probably want greater information about their stocks. And as a result of those kinds of demands from viewers, you can be more effective than simply showing them a traditional 30-second spot, by offering something more contextually targeted."
By David Kaplan
January 19, 2012 – 7:53 am