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Every year, at this time, I become somewhat pensive.
I think it's just part of my nature to look back on the year that was, in order to learn from both the good and the bad, so that I can be better and more prepared for the year ahead.
Perhaps, this is something that was nurtured in me at a very young age.
When I was a young girl, my father gave me my first diary (complete with lock and key) to record my thoughts. He inscribed each of my diaries that he gifted me with every year, sharing that I could look back on what I wrote, so that I could learn from my own thoughts and feelings. This simple act of journaling provided me with the opportunity to be introspective and self-aware. It required me to be mindful of my thoughts even as a young girl.
I carried this basic principle with me into my adulthood.
Even here, on the website, I know that sometimes what I write, can serve as an online journal of my thoughts. Reading back through my very first blog entries, provides for a tremendous amount of self analysis and growth. That most certainly is a GIFT, no matter what way I slice it.
This is us. For better of for worse.
I have shared before (in passing) how 2016 was a very difficult year for our family. Without going too much into the sordid details, of the events which shaped that pivotal year for me, it is suffice to say, that given all the challenges that were presented to me, there were many lessons learned.
This is us now. We are happier and so much better off.
CONFESSION: Nino and I began 2017 with both high hopes and a heavy heart at the same time.
Does that even make sense?
As a couple, we realized that not every familial connection we had, was in our best interest. This involved the conscious decision to remove people from our lives who were not "friends to our marriage." Unfortunately, 2017 has been littered with extremely painful and vicious events both big and small regarding these people. They have taken steps not just to hurt us as a couple, but to also hurt our children.
It reminds me of a verse from the book of Matthew, that my friend Mira asked me to read.
So what's the lesson in this tragic set of circumstances?
Even if it means that I need to forgive seventy-seven times.
I touched on this ability to forgive in a post in April of 2016 when I wrote 5 Things your Kids should See in Your Marriage.
That still holds true:
If Jesus can forgive, then so can I, with His help.
Believe you me, there is no love loss between me and these people. Knowing that there are people out there who are supposed to love and support you in important decisions that you make in your life, often provides comfort.
Knowing that these SAME people, who are supposed to love you, continually betray you and disappoint you, is another story that ends in an entirely different way.
Removing these people from our lives has allowed us the time and the space necessary to heal as a family. To rebuild. To strengthen our faith in each other, and God up above. Their absence has also gifted us time and energy to reinforce the belief that there is a reason for every challenge that God presents us with.
Every situation.
Every hurtful word spoken.
Every disappointment provides another perspective.
In fact, after this first lesson in suffering and forgiveness, (that I'm still working on) I have also learned that God sends us angels when we need them most.
If we are paying close attention, we can see these people for who they are, and the wisdom that they can impart through the gift of Jesus and His Word.
DISCLAIMER: All of this faith and strength that I find in Christ is SO NEW to me. This level of understanding is so rudimentary that I sometimes find myself slipping into old ways of thinking, that don't serve me, or SERVE HIM.
BUT, this is why I write this post for all of you, now.
I share it with you, and even while I'm typing, I am learning new things about myself. (What a gift, no?)
These earthly angels I speak of, have shared insight with both Nino and me that opened our eyes to a different kind of all encompassing faith.
They have shared God's word with us in a way that was even more pivotal than the events that preceded us seeking these each of these people out…
Perhaps, I can even refer to it as a spiritual awakening.
Earlier this year, my friend Betty Sy (who is also an angel on earth who was sent to me) invited us to a dinner/talk in Shangri-La The Fort. We attended this talk, not knowing really what was in store for us, but I know I can speak for both of us in saying that it was nothing short of mind blowing.
At some point during the talk, Nino got annoyed with me.
He thought I was texting someone on my phone. When he looked at me again, he realized that I was feverishly typing notes, so we could look back on what he was saying at a later date.
Now, I won't bombard you with all of those notes. Instead, I will take a handful of principles that fit within the context of my 5 pivotal moments here for all intensive purposes.
Here are some thoughts that Nino and I pondered after listening to Michael speak:
Trust is a matter of faith.
How you respond when your trust is broken is entirely up to you.
What is your purpose in life?
If you do not understand what drives you then that force can also be the very thing that destroys you.
Great beauty and evil coexist within the heart.
Did I not see the war that was going on before I was presented with evil in a real and concrete way?
And lastly:
We often mistake JUSTICE for retribution and revenge.
This one hits me in the gut right at this very moment.
What I know now is, the truth will always come to light.
I am confident in my truth, and the truths of others being exposed.
This is the ONLY kind of justice I seek right now.
I am sad that my nephew is not here anymore.
He joined Our Creator and left this Earth far too soon.
I can write a hundred different cliches of why someone like him would die so early in life, to try and create an understanding, or make sense of his loss, but the fact of the matter is, I know that he's not in pain anymore, simply because he is with Our Father.
We all miss PJ dearly. Knowing he is in heaven is our only comfort.
We have also had to bid good by to our dear friend, Jun.
Jun is an angel that was sent from heaven for us as a couple.
When the going got tough, Jun stepped in and guided Nino on some very basic principles in marriage, that somehow got lost along the way, when he sought the advice of others.
Jun was a stand up guy who walked the walk and was like a big brother to Nino.
Dare I say, Nino looked at Jun as a father figure who "practiced what he preached."
Now, the task at hand is finding other friends just like him.
I think we may have found some friends who support us in our growth as a couple, as parents, and as stewards of God's word, in Betty and Wisdom Sy.
Betty invited us to the annual Couple's Retreat of CCF, 2Be1, that took place in September of this year, at Baguio Country Club.
I was so happy that Nino agreed to attend this retreat, because I had wanted to attend the year before when we hit a bump in the road. With some time and distance from the year that was, it seemed like a great opportunity to steal the weekend away for just the two of us.
I could probably write a whole other post on this weekend alone.
In fact, I had the intention to do just that based on Pastor Peter's last workshop regarding The Responsibilities of Grandparents. But for the purpose of this already VERY long post, I will limit it to two very important lessons we learned from the very first workshop of our long weekend together.
Nino and I have many responsibilities. But within our first workshop with Pastor Peter, we already learned something that will provide the base for all that we will do in this lifetime…not just as husband and wife, but also as children of God.
Our responsibilities?
There is an order.
And God comes first.
We may have thought we were putting God first before, but now?
Now, we understand things so much differently.
Then our partners.
Then our children.
Then our careers and our extended families.
And if we get lost along the way, there is a manual we can refer to at any time.
It's called The Bible.


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Dialogue entre, an experimental trio.
Misha Penton, soprano with the poetry of Baudelaire & Mallarmé (trans. M. Penton). Brent Fariss, double bass. Music devised by Misha Penton and Brent Fariss. Meg Brooker, dancer and choreographer. Premiered at Dancedstry...VIVID, Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas. January 15 & 16, 2016.
Capricious moon [peeks] through a window, descends a staircase of clouds, fills the room like phosphorescence, like radiant poison, saying: "You will love what I love and what loves me: water, clouds, silence, and the night; the sea immense and green; the formless and multiform waters; the place where you are not; the lover you do not know; the monstrous flowers; the delirious scents…And you will be loved by my lovers…men who have green eyes, whose throats know my nocturnal caresses; who love the sea, the immense sea, tumultuous and green, waters formless and multiform, the place where they are not, the sinister flowers that resemble censers of an unknown religion, the scents that trouble the will, and the savage and voluptuous animals who are emblems of madness." — Baudelaire (from "Blessings of the Moon")
[and] "Now, as we gaze upon...the fragments of an age withered and accursed, some are indifferent (for they have not the strength to understand), but others, broken and resigned with tears, look at each another— while the poets of our times, [our] eyes alight again, make our way toward our lamps, momentarily drunk with confused glory, and haunted by a Rhythm and a forgetting that we exist in an age that has survived Beauty."– S. Mallarmé (from "A Phenomenon Of The Future") La lune… l'eau, les nuages, le silence, et la nuit; la mer immense et verte; l'eau informe et multiforme… …haunté du Rhythme et dans l'oubli d'exister a une époque qui survit a la beauté… (trans. M. Penton)

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Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc has been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
In a statement released Wednesday, LeBlanc said he will continue to serve as a member of Parliament and in federal cabinet as he begins treatment next week.
"Like tens of thousands of Canadians living with chronic illness, I will continue to work," he said in the release, adding that the treatments could not have come at a better time given the upcoming holiday break.
"The parliamentary calendar gives me the flexibility to start right away," he said.
LeBlanc said he was referred to a specialist last spring after his family doctor noticed an anomaly in his white blood cell count. He learned his diagnosis in April.
The release also quotes specialist Dr. Nicholas Finn saying LeBlanc's cancer is one of the most common types of leukemia in adults.
"CLL is a chronic disease in the sense that it must be closely monitored and sometimes treated, but can be controlled," Finn said in the release.
LeBlanc said in his release that while "many Canadians face health challenges much more difficult than this," he is confident it will not impact his work.
LeBlanc, 49, has represented the New Brunswick riding of Beauséjour since 2000. He was named government House leader in 2015 and became the full-time minister of fisheries and oceans in 2016 after serving in that post for an interim period after Hunter Tootoo's resignation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that LeBlanc will "continue to excel" as a minister and MP.
LeBlanc was in question period Wednesday to field questions on behalf of Trudeau, who is in China. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sparked applause at one point by acknowledging LeBlanc's announcement.
"Mr. Speaker, it is tricky to do this but I cannot ask my question until I express what I think is in all of our hearts. Best wishes to the minister of fisheries as he faces his new health challenges," she said.
Earlier: LeBlanc discusses "sunny ways" in Parliament


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Bruins-Flyers Preview
The Boston Bruins are hoping a red-hot Brad Marchand can help them avoid another loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Bruins winger will try to add to his goal-scoring binge Saturday by scoring for the first time in seven matchups against the Flyers.
Marchand has six goals in his last four games after scoring twice in a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles on Monday, including the tiebreaking goal with 11:07 to go.
"When bounces are going your way, you get more confidence," said Marchand, who also had two goals in Sunday's 3-2 shootout loss in Chicago. "I think that's all that it is. I think early on I didn't feel confident in anything I was doing. Hopefully it'll continue."
Boston (31-15-3) is 2-0-1 in its last three and will try to add to that momentum by avoiding a third consecutive defeat to the Flyers (25-21-6) in the first matchup between the clubs this season.
"It's going to be nice to renew that rivalry," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "There's usually some pretty interesting games against those guys. I'm looking forward to it."
Philadelphia is on the verge of matching its longest skid of the season after going 0-2-1 in its last three. The Flyers gave up four unanswered goals in a 5-2 defeat at Columbus on Thursday.
Philadelphia, which hasn't lost four in a row since Oct. 11-17, has allowed 31 goals during a 2-4-2 stretch. The Flyers gave up 33 goals while going 10-2-1 in their previous 13 games.
Philadelphia has also yielded 16 goals while dropping three of four at home after allowing 17 during a 10-game win streak there.
Steve Mason is 1-2-1 with a 4.21 goals-against average in his last five games after going 18-10-4 with a 2.35 GAA in his first 33.
"It starts in our own end breaking the puck out," coach Craig Berube said. "We are not doing a very good job of it, and we end up spending too much time in our own end."
Philadelphia has outscored Boston 8-3 in the last two matchups, both at home. Marchand didn't record a point in either game and has three assists in his last six meetings.
He has three goals and four assists in 13 all-time regular-season matchups, but had four goals and two assists in the Bruins' sweep of the Flyers in the 2011 Eastern Conference semifinals.
Philadelphia right wing Matt Read has three goals and one assist in his last four games against the Bruins.
Mason is 3-0-1 with a 1.47 GAA in four career matchups versus Boston. Bruins top goaltender Tuukka Rask is 1-5-0 with a 2.92 GAA in his last seven meetings with the Flyers, including the postseason.
Boston defenseman Dougie Hamilton (concussion) and center Chris Kelly (broken right fibula) are expected to travel with the team during a two-game trip that ends Monday against the New York Islanders, but defenseman Adam McQuaid (leg) is not expected to travel to Philadelphia.


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EXCLUSIVE: Want to know what happens at the end of the Boots Christmas ad Three feelgood endings revealed…
13:27 GMT, 16 November 2012
There is no better feeling than
seeking out the perfect gift for your loved ones at Christmas. As one of
the biggest UK High Street stores, Boots is the go-to place during the
festive season for Christmas essentials – and the new Boots Christmas
advert reflected this in all its festive glory.
new advert, which has clocked up nearly over 400,000 hits on YouTube, features multiple stories
showing real-life women, their friends and their families giving and receiving
gifts and inspiring their loved ones to do things that make them feel
good– from
getting back onto the dating scene to having their first shave.
And now, the endings to the tantalising stories have been revealed for the first time and are set to capture the hearts of viewers.
The first video shows a man giving his girlfriend a hairdryer for Christmas to encourage her to stay over at his more often, his housemate soon gets irritated by this
But his worries become redundant when she brings her stunning blonde friend round for him to meet
The three follow-up videos, which will air on TV this Saturday, track some of the characters in the 60 second montage of stories to
show how their Christmas gifts keep on giving into the coming days,
weeks and months ahead
The first follow-up video, entitled 'Housemate finds love' begins with a boyfriend presenting his girlfriend with a hairdryer identical to the one she owns.
Although she seems disappointed at first, she brightens up when the confusion is cleared and he says: 'Stay at mine more often'.
The sequential storyline shows his male housemate becoming annoyed by her presence when the noise of her new hairdryer keeps him awake and he finds her eyelash curlers in his bathroom cupboard.
But the tale concludes with her bringing round a 'surprise present' for his housemate – her hot friend.
Another storyline is 'Four Seasons' which shows two girls travelling in Thailand and one recieves a bag full of pampering goods from her mother.
They then decide to glam up and blag their way into a posh hotel for a fun night out to remember, only to find they prefer the party out on the beach after all.
And finally 'Dating Mum' shows the mother who is encouraged by her two daughters to get back on the dating scene after they buy her a box of make-up.
She is shown trying on a series of outfits as her daughters advise her on which one looks best whilst touching up her make-up for her.
After returning from a series of unsuccessful dates, she returns from one with a new love interest proving that her daughter's gifts have worked their magic and helped her find happiness.
Elizabeth Fagan, Marketing
Director of Boots UK said: 'Our customers tell us that they want to give gifts that keep on giving "feel good moments" well into the next year.
'We're confident the buzz created by the advert, particularly via social media channels, will inspire the UK public to choose gifts that have a really positive impact on their loved one's health and wellbeing – in a way only Christmas gifts from Boots UK can.'
The full 60-second advert aired to
the public for the first time last weekend during X Factor on Saturday
night-which draws in an average audience of 7.8 million- with the shorter
spin-off adverts following during the run up to Christmas.
Behind the scenes footage will be available on the Boots UK Facebook page from later today.
Visit Boots.com to see the Christmas collection in full.


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Looks like Tim Cook doesn't think much of Microsoft's Surface tablet. The Apple chief executive said the iPad competitor might be biting off more than it can chew.
"I haven't personally played with the Surface yet, but what we're reading about it is that it's a fairly compromised, confusing product," said Cook during the company's earnings call today.
The Microsoft Surface has had very mixed reviews — people really like the way it looks and feels, but are otherwise, they're left wanting for a better app ecosystem and operating system. But Cook in particular thinks the Surface is taking on too much at once. It has a unique body, but it also comes with a keyboard. It runs tablet-specific operating system Windows RT, but it's lacking a number of major apps such as native apps for the social networks Facebook and Twitter.
"I suppose you could design a car that flies and floats, but I don't think it would do all of those things very well," he said. "I think people when the look at the offerings will really want an iPad."
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v5.15.4 in Production! (May-24-17)
We've made improvements to existing features:
You can now remove all members (except Administrators and Moderators) from a space by clicking Reset Membership in Space Settings
Admins/Moderators can now see if a user is in an invite pending state when viewing Membership using one of the admin tools such as Space Settings, Organization Settings or Member Management
Administrators can now change the Invite Users and Edit Rooms space policies from the Space Policies section of Space Settings
Desktop notifications are significantly improved when using the Desktop App! (yay!)
We added two new maps with private offices: Denim Office 41 and Denim Office 100
Bug Fixes:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes


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Peter Thomsen Galleri 5000, Odense, Denmark
From the mid 1960's untill the mid 1980's Walter Karl Glückd (1929-1986) lived on this ship. He was a self-taught artist, who in his own way gave colour to the city. As the Mayor and Aldermen wrote in 1986 after he died: "In Amsterdam "it" happens: the playful, the surprising. Walter Glück was pre-eminently the man to colour this in his own, special way"
Life and works
Born in New York City, Walter Karl Glück as a young man followed some courses, with the idea to become a freelance photographer and journalist. He had all kinds of jobs, working in an ice-cream factory and as a lifeguard (he was a good swimmer).
In 1961 he made a European trip, travelling in an old van through France, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, England, Belgium, Danemark, Sweden and Russia, until he arrived in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were he decided to settle. He rather quickly got a permit to stay, what nowadays would not so easy be done.
He named these creations "Ikons" and he called himself Viktor IV, both namings without any religious connotation.
His work attracted attention of professionals in the Amsterdam art world. In January 1966 Viktor IV had an exposition in the Lefebre Gallery in New York. His work was introduced by Willem Sandberg, until 1962 director of the Amsterdam Stedelijk (Municipal) Museum.
The expo was so profitable that Glück could buy another, better ship, the Berendina Fennegina.
Viktor IV in his own way made a contribution to this scene, by surrounding his houseboat with all kinds of flottable constructions which included climbable towers and masts. People in tourist boats would applaud when he dived from these vertical constructions and swam around in the river.
The harbour authorities took a mild eye on these constructions and were able to convince Glück that expanding horizontally rather than vertically was to be preferred, probably with the provision that he would not try to reach the opposite border of the river.
Viktor IV's outsider environment has been extant in the 1970's and 80's.
Then, in 1972, together with his partner Ina, he had met in 1968 in Denmark, he founded the Second Quality Construction Company. That marked the beginning of the construction of the rafts around the ship, made from all kinds of thrown away materials. In this periode Glück called himself Jack Sun (but most people would refer to him as Viktor IV).
Another artistic period began around 1975 when Glück got the fantasy to be of Bulgarian descent and began to call himself Bulgar.
He became very interested in clocks and created all kinds of clockworks, freely interpreting the position of the figures on the dial or letting the hands turn backwards. Bulgar Time (1980)......
In june 1986, while repairing the underwater connections of the floating structures, Glück got entangled in the ropes and sadly drowned. He was buried in the Zorgvlied graveyard, along the Amstel river, some kilometers up stream. His body was transported by ship, in a procession of numerous other ships.
Floating structures have disappeared
Following Carl Glück's death, the floating structures gradually disappeared. One part has been moved to another Amsterdam channel, the Geldersekade, in the heart of the old town.
The Berendina Fennegina currently still lies at the same place. It is exploited by the Danish Asssociation of Architects as a hostel for their members.
Amsterdam Hermitage Museum
Some documentation
* Since 2006 a dutch foundation aims to promote and make an inventory of Glück's artistic work. Their website has many pictures (texts in dutch and english).
* Examples of Viktor IV's work can be seen on the site of Galleri 5000.
Viktor IV (Walter Karl Glück)
Floating structures (around houseboat)
Amstel River, near Blauwbrug
the structures are not extant anymore


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Janmashtami Special Episode! JNDSD Jaana Na Dil Se Door 28th August 2016 Written Updates :- On the last episode of the TV series "Jaana Na Dil Se Door,seek" it has been shown that Sujata seeks an apology from Ramakant as Atharva performs was being rude at him but he consider Atharva as angry but not rude and Atharva's dad also praised Atharva. Due to Kailash humiliated Sujata Atharva did the Krishna Puja in the temple of Kashyap's house and he left then.
Jaana Na Dil Se Door Written Updates
Vividha tries to speak with Atharva but Atharva did not speak with her, so Vividha just follow him by calling him Atharva, Kailash in the mean time anger to see that Vividha is going to Atharva. He also asked her to stop but Vividha did not hear anything which makes so angry on her.
Vividha follows Atharva and Kailash cursed Vividha by calling her rustic. Sujata arrives in the house where Atharva locks him. Vividha tries to speak with Atharva but Atharva did not reply anything. He asked about Vividha to Sujata when Sujata insists by saying that Vividha wanted you to go close to your dad.
But Atharva asked to Sujata about Vividha that in the process of sending me to my so call dad, Vividha makes me far away from her ever. Vividha is shocked and upset to hear so. Now Sujata wanted to calm down Atharva but all goes in vain as still he is angry with Vividha.
Now Sujata meets with Ramakant and asked to him that Atharva is angry on Vividha in one hand and on the other hand, Kailash doesn't want Vividha to get married with Atharva.
This is making me anxious, Ramakant asked that I am just giving you promise that I will be making Vividha and Atharva to get engaged anyhow and this is my promised. Very soon I'm sure that Atharva and Vividha will be patch up, Ramakant added further.
Ramakant call Kailash and give him greed of money as he promised to Kailash that he will be buying land from him, which makes Kailash too happy and excited. But Ramakant confess that on doing this he is having a motive to united Vividha and Atharva.
Precap: Atharva asked to Vividha that he will not forgive Vividha ever as she dares to bring his dad in front of him. Vividha catches Atharva to take him to somewhere. Sujata and Uma smile on seeing them.


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Welcome to another installment of Through the Palantir! In this episode we have special music, special topics, a special main topic, special announcements about special accomplishments made in-game by a special host, and a bunch of mundane game news. This is an episode that is sure to have you humming for weeks because of multiple (yes MULTIPLE) earworms that WILL get in your head, but it's all worth it so come on in and catch the tune, the news, and our distinct viewpoint from Through the Palantir!
You can download Episode 34 here.
Episode 33: Don't Panic
It's a light episode for Through the Palantir this time, with a blisteringly fast turnaround for our standards! In this Episode most of the discussion centers on the main topic: getting started with Groups and Instances as well as a discussion of proper behavior in PvP communities. But as always there's plenty more than just that but you'll have to listen for yourself to find out what it is. Welcome, to another episode of Through the Palantir!
You can download Episode 33 here.
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Episode 32: When Raids Go Wrong
Welcome to another journey Through the Palantir. On this Episode Ivaneus talks about Ivan, to such lengths that it puts Drilorin's podcast about talking about himself to shame! Also there is discussion of how to handle things as a raid leader when the raid is having trouble, discussion of game news, and more that you'll just have to find out about for yourself. Welcome to Episode 32.
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Look at what we found in Dada's toolbox! I explained what these were for – kept things together. Then, we went all around the house inspecting furniture, fixtures, and appliances looking for where these were being used.
Of course, I couldn't keep Caleb away from the nuts and bolts for long! He started to put them together. This was a great way to practice those little fingers 🙂
Concentrating 🙂
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Company Overview
Hagen Human Capital began trading in 2010, from the rather modest surroundings of a small office in Prague 3. The founding Partners, Paul Cooper and Joao Duarte shared a dream of building the leading independent recruitment consultancy firm in the Czech Republic; offering both employers and candidates a level of service sorely missing on the local market. With this goal in mind Paul and Joao set out to hire the very best talent they could find – and trained them using the leading US and UK recruitment coaching systems.
Hagen Human Capital is now headquartered in a far more inviting office space on Wenceslas Square 9 and is proud to work with a broad portfolio of clients from local start-ups to the largest of multi-national corporations.
Management team
We are Hagen Human Capital, a full service recruitment firm headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. We offer
recruitment support across all major commercial sectors and at all levels, from graduate entry to 'C' level management
Paul Cooper
Managing Director
(MA (Hons), Economics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen)
Paul began his career in recruitment in 2000 and has worked in both the UK and Czech Republic. He has recruited for clients in all major commercial sectors and has placed candidates in various roles on 4 continents. Paul has held management positions in both international recruitment firms and niche independent consultancies. In addition to his general management duties, Paul is actively involved in recruitment for clients within the Marketing and Financial sectors. In his spare time Paul enjoys spending time with family, expanding his "knowledge" of Real Ale and Alpine Mountaineering – although not typically in that order.
Joao Duarte
Managing Director
(Lic., University of Lisbon, PhD. Computer Science, University of Western Bohemia)
Joao is from Portugal, and has been living in the Czech Republic since 2004. He has 6 years of experience in recruitment, in the IT and financial sectors. Before moving into recruitment, Joao worked as a software developer for a global stock exchange. He is a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and is currently an MBA student at UNYP. At Hagen, Joao is responsible for general management, and is actively involved in day to day recruitment activities. He is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Czech. Outside of work, Joao enjoys climbing, photography and trying exotic food.
Andrew Elliott
Operations Director
(VT SSAK College of Applied Cybernetics, Hradec
Despite the Anglicized name Andrew is a Czech national (fluent in his mother tongue) – who spent much of his earlier life abroad. Andrew has worked in the recruitment industry since 2006 and has swiftly established himself as one of the top IT recruitment professionals in the Czech Republic. As one of our consistently high performers, Andrew leads by example and is responsible for overseeing the IT recruitment activities. Out of work, Andrew is a qualified Scuba diver, and can often be found swimming around the bottom of cold murky lakes or warm coral reefs.


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Laurel Fixation is one of Perth's most captivating, brazenly honest and – paradoxically – enigmatic songwriters; sounding at once warm and icy, intimate and distant, uniquely personal and frequently relatable. Anyone who's seen her perform in a backyard, loungeroom, bar or – more recently – on Community tv, won't soon have forgotten the experience. It's partly the mystery and contradictions that make "Small Discomforts" so compelling, but moreover it's the genius melody-weaving and insightful, elegant wordsmithy that make this debut EP on local DIY label Workplace Safety CDRs such a crucial listen.
'Slug' opens with a momentary inhalation quickly swallowed by cavernous electric guitar twang – gently bending minor chords billowing like slow-motion Morricone over a half-lit Northbridge porch. The riff proves not only to be the song's opening statement, but in fact its sole backdrop motif, a hypnotic pedal as unhurried as the titular gastropod. Vocals slink in, husky, hushed but not whispered, the opening contemplation striking a fundamental chord: "would it were that I could be / somewhere outside of me." The tune unfolds haunting, bemoaning the limitations of the body, the inevitable need to "stop and slow" – though ultimately packs the punch of that other kind of slug. It bleeds serenely into 'The Martyred Bro,' which also boasts a quiet ember-like potency, but is fuzzier, snarlier, more brutal. Lyrics like "sign yourself up for a war / drive your car into a wall" simmer over subtly distorted 6/8 guitar wanderings, forging a bitter lament for the anonymous but immediately dislikable "bro" at hand.
"Moebius Stripper" (early frontrunner for song title of the year) opens with single-note quavers that sound more indebted to the punk canon than its folkier predecessors, but contrary to cliché, no rhythm section joins in, leaving Laurel's trademark Hannah Montana guitar sounding viscerally lonely. The lyrics here deal headlong with a subject that often feels too close to home/cringe-inducing to broach – social media confessions, contrivances, interactions and anxieties – and does it without sounding self-consciously topical or of its time. It's both direct and poetic, striking a balance that few can muster; this is probably the best song about Facebook I've ever heard, delivered with a bracing honesty that's so often lacking in the digital realm.
'O, Chubby Boys' ups the pace and the cheer, even if the minimal vocal-guitar combo abides with its floating, isolated sensibility. The track is a fitting counterpoint to the first three, rolling along with a streamlined momentum, relaying a house party and the allure of the rosy-cheeked boys who "fill out their t-shirts." It's rich with winking wit and forward flirting, and if there's been a better subversion of the standard pop-love-song chorus in Perth lately, I haven't heard it.
The momentum and carefree conversational mood continues to grow with 'Entry Level,' which opens with a jocular song-sketch admitting to maybe being a "snobby bitch" but, infinitely worse, the 2nd-person protagonist is "boring" (x3). The tune vanishes quickly, and we're left with a couple of minutes of silence.
Sound returns with a lo-fi "secret track" that seems nostalgic in format alone, harking back to a generally outmoded '90s album trope (I seem to recall a "secret track" on most of my cherished pop punk CDs during adolescence). But the tune – in which lyrics are, for the first time, hard to distinguish – sounds oblique enough to add an ambiguous, complexified spin to the record as it reaches its close. It's almost as if the direct yet pseudonymous Laurel Fixation is tripping you up on the way out: hold up with your conclusions, and no, these songs aren't simple resolutions to anything.
"Small Discomforts" touches on a lot – the frustrations of the physical, distate for aspects of mainstream culture, celebration of the routinely sidelined and ambivalence about internet culture – without seeming to overreach or feel distractible. On the contrary, LF's sound and affect is singular and consistent, and ultimately restrained. As much as has been put on the table, this EP still clocks up a shorter running time than your average set at a local gig, and you can't help but want more.
Luckily, there's no intimation that these songs are borne of anything less than a deeply considered, sustainable, timeless process. You get the sense that there's plenty more to come.


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Filed under: Dig Deep Races, Eight Point Two News | Tags: trail races peak district, trail races suffolk, ultra running peak district, ultra running suffolk, ultra running uk
We would like to introduce another elite ultra runner who will be speaking at both the Dig Deep Peak District and the Dig Deep Suffolk event. James Adams is a popular figure in the ultra running world and you may have come across him in one of the many ultra running forums or heard about his epic run across America. He has just released his first book to brilliant reviews, which, incidentally you can find on amazon here 😉 So without further ado I will let James introduce himself…
Hi. My name is James and I am a fairly normal person with a regular body and regular mind. I have however completed some endurance challenges that some might find extraordinary. I have run 150 miles in one go several times, run 200 marathons and ultra marathons and a couple of years ago ran across the USA, from Los Angeles to new York. 3200 miles in 70 days, that's 45 miles a day in what was the worst heatwave in living memory. People say "you must be mentally tough to get through that kind of thing" and I agree, you must be. However I certainly don't believe I am any more mentally resilient that the next guy. I get upset and angry and paranoid and jealous just like we all do. However I do believe I have some valuable insight into what goes on in the human mind when trying to complete endurance challenges. I have been running ultra marathons for seven years and studying psychology for three and I have made it my mission to try and join the two together. I will be presenting a story of what I have learned about the human brain while running. When I started ultra running I didn't appreciate that I will be participating in an intense and long term psychological study of on. I think anyone studying psychology should spend a summer running across the States as I reckon you learn more about the human brain while puking your guts up on the side of a road in New Mexico than you would in a lecture theatre. The talk is going to be a combination of the stuff I have run and what I learned about my brain in the process, including;
- What motivates it in general and throughout a race
- How to deal with stress and paranoia that will attack you in a race
- What to do when the task feels overwhelming, or boring, or pointless?
- How to use your mental training to deal with novel event that might pop up in races
- Some general tricks on making yourself feel awesome
Ultimately I hope to answer the question "Why I bother?"
I have also written a book about my adventures over the last few years. Running and Stuff is available on amazon.
My blog is here www.runningandstuff.com
Filed under: Dig Deep Races, Eight Point Two News | Tags: suffolk trail ultra marathon, trail running peak district, trail running suffolk, trail ultra marathons peak district, ultra running peak district, ultra running suffolk
Keep things interesting.
Sticking to a structured ultra marathon training plan, running the same routes at the same times of day can get really monotonous and hard to keep up. You see the same views, jump over the same puddles and if you're not careful it can become more like a chore and less like fun. With a long lead up to a race, like the Ultra Tour of the Peak District (90Days) or The Ultra Tour of Suffolk (5 months) that original training plan can seem like a curse.. or worse still… boring.
Before you tear up that carefully crafted training plan and slam dunk it into the nearest bin just take a moment to think. Try taking your runs to different places, somewhere you've not been before. This new experience will boost your enthusiasm, your confidence and it's always great to continue the search for "the perfect trail". You never know what you might find, perhaps a view you never knew about or a hill that's much better for hill reps than the 'bump' that you were believing was a hill. Trail running is meant to be fun, it's meant to test you and let you forget the everyday stuff.
Root hopping on Parkin Clough
It's not just excitement that new routes can bring you, venturing into the unknown will help hone your navigation skills, forcing you to use that map & compass instead of taking it as a token on your regular trail run. Perhaps it will bring into perspective where your nav skills are, allowing you to top them up where needed. Don't forget, you can save minutes on race day easily by sharpening that nav – it's not just fitness that will affect your time!
If you're limited to where you can train and going somewhere new is more tricky, there are other ways to freshen things up. Why not run your route in the other direction, try it in the dark and at other times of day. Find a running partner, run with your dog, your neighbours dog (ask them first) – listen to an audio book, learn a language … you get the picture.
So next time you're feeling the boredom monster knocking at your door, think of something new for your next run, it'll put a smile on your face and a spring in your step!
Check out our latest addition to the Dig Deep Race Series: Dig Deep Suffolk, 6th&7th September 2014.
Featuring 4 fantastic trail races through Suffolk:
5.5 mile Rendlesham Dash Suffolk Trail Race starts at 10:30am on Sunday 7th September £13.00
20KM Rendlesham Suffolk Trail race starts at 10:15am on Sunday 7th September £17.00
28 mile Suffolk Trail 'Intro Ultra' starts at 10am on Saturday 6th September £40.00
50 mile: ULTRA Tour of Suffolk (Suffolk trail ultra marathon) starts at 8am on Saturday 6th September £55.00


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Moments to Live For
Its the small things really that matter. As a dad a lot of "those" moments come when I'm playing with my kids. Sometimes I can recognize them as they happen and for a second its as if the world stops and everything seems right. Today was an anomaly this Spring which is to say we could play outside without coats and the fear of runny noses. After sessions of catch and keep-away soccer I found myself giving both the older kids surprise underdogs on the swings. I say surprise because I wouldn't let them look back and when they would least expect it I rushed forward and accelerated them high in the sunny sky. To them it was a rush of terror and excitement to which they both screamed in delight.
As I came around to face them I closed in on my four year old son and allowed him to swing his legs right into me. I immediately flew backward and feigned tripping over the slide. The laughter that exploded from both kids was so joyful I had to repeat my Academy Award winning performance each time coming up with some new "three-stooge" way of getting hurt.
I'm not exactly sure what's so hilarious about a kid swinging into someone but I remember doing the same with my brother who is six years younger. The grass at our house growing up was a bit thicker so it didn't hurt to go down in a heap but he loved every minute of it and would beg me not to quit.
These are the moments I need to tuck away and remember. Each time they come and ask to play and I answer with, "in a bit daddy's working," I need to hear their laughter and joy.
It's these moments I need to live for, not the next perfect pixel.


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A Truly Modern Painter
A new show at Paris's Grand Palais reunites some of Georges Braque's most intriguing works
AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS of cubism, Georges Braque is hailed as having helped to invent modern painting. But what also marks him out as thoroughly modern is his material success and the pleasure he took in it, paving the way for today's "celebrity artists." Braque once remarked to his friend Picasso: "Do you realize, we each have a car, and a chauffeur!"
Trained to follow his father as a house painter and decorator, Braque's progress to becoming a pivotal artist of the 20th century is meticulously mapped...


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In 2016, the top 100 cities accounted for 558 million international arrivals. With 1.2 billion trips taken worldwide, visits to the top 100 cities accounted for almost half at 46%. The importance of cities for tourism has been growing steadily over the years, with top 100 city arrivals outperforming global arrivals almost every year, and this trend is expected to continue. With urbanisation continuing at a fast pace, cities are becoming larger pull factors, with more people visiting cities for business purposes and to visit friends and families. The dispersal of travellers will become an increasingly important focus for cities, as limited square footage is occupied by increasing numbers of residents and tourists. Rather than cities competing with surrounding areas for travellers, it is expected that a more joined-up approach to marketing destinations will become the norm.
Source: Euromonitor International
This article is culled from daily press coverage from around the world. It is posted on the Urban Gateway by way of keeping all users informed about matters of interest. The opinion expressed in this article is that of the author and in no way reflects the opinion of UN-Habitat.


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Let's toxify the Tory conference by trashing their social media coverage
If you can't make to Brum to take part in the West Midlamds DPAC protest or the People's Assembly March, you can join us to protest online.
Here are the things that we've prepared to liven up the Tory Conference, you can use these at any time during the week, but best times for online protest are shown Below:
- Play Tory Party Conference Bullshit Bingo
- Trash the coverage of the conference on social media by tweeting to the conference hashtag, #CPC16. If you want you can use our prepared tweetlist and if you really want to annoy them, you can add the hashtag #ToryScum
Key days and times for online protests.
Sunday 2nd October from 2pm to 4.30pn : Theresa May will be giving her conference speech sometime during this session
Tuesday 4th October from 2.30pm 4.30om: The Work and Pensions Minister Damien Green will be giving a speech sometime during this session
Wednesday 5th October Noon Onwards: Theresa May's Leadership Keynote Speech
Some music to help get you through Tory Conference week
Snoopergrass – Far Right
UB4Cameron – "Dead Dead Swine"
Theresa May Hard House Rap Message To The Nation (Darth Vader Remix Song)
The following songs will get sweary – if that bothers you – don't go past here
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT – "Sick of This Shit"
Citzen Smart – Bedroom Tax Song: You Cannae Have A Spare Room in a Pokey Cooncil Flat
Oi Polloi – Fuck Everybody Who Voted Tory
F The Tories Freestyle – NxtGen
Rockin Paddy – Which Side Are You On?
Grace Petrie – Farewell to Welfare
Sean Taylor – Stand up


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Business Development Manager, Software, SaaS, HCM
- Recruiter
- BMS Performance Ltd
- Location
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + £80k OTE + benefits
- Posted
- 21 May 2018
- Closes
- 18 Jun 2018
- Ref
- Contact
- Sector
- Technology
- Function
- Sales
- Job Type
- Experienced (non-manager)
- Hours
- Permanent
- multi $bn, global leader
- Targeted, and fully supported new business sales role
- Realistic career progression and talent pathway (backed by numerous Sales Managers starting in this position)
Business Development Manager
The Role for the Business Development Manager
- Imagine being THE name in your field for a customer's Human Resource (HR) management software needs, making even a cold call, warm.
- Imagine having the support of a multi-billion $ organisation to help you focus on nurturing that client relationship and consistently delivering on their requirements.
- Imagine leaving the low-value deals behind, getting your teeth stuck into the complex solution selling that you love. And imagine the earnings that brings . . . . .
- No imagining needed, our client offers all of this. You'll be generating new business from a target base of accounts, prospecting contacts who will already know of your business.
- Looking past the fantastic culture and package on offer immediately, the fact that we placed some of the (now) Sales Managers in these exact positions a couple of years ago, tells you everything you need to know about what this organisation can do for your career.
- Selling: Human Resources (HR) software
- Human Capital Management (HCM) software
Requirements to be considered for the Business Development Manager role you must have
- 3+ years field sales experience.
- Either IT/Technology sales experience OR experience within a service-led sales role, selling recruitment or consultancy services.
- New business focused.
- Passionate about technology, and how it can help people improve their business.
- Career driven.
The Package for a Business Development Manager
- Basic: £35-40k
- Bonus / OTE: £80k+ (uncapped).
- Car Allowance: Circa £6k per annum.
The Company Leading HR and HCM SaaS provider, multi $bn powerhouse globally.
Location: Yorkshire - Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, York.


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Outfit: B21, B24, B26
Hair: YR20, YR21, YR23
Anchor: N1, N4
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Swimming By to Say Hi
Mermaid Anya
Hair: Y11, Y15, Y26
Top: RV21, R83
Fins: YG21, YG23
Hair: Y11, Y15, Y26
Top: RV21, R83
Fins: YG21, YG23
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Celebrating A Springy Birthday With Blog Candy
Popping in this evening with a birthday card using some fresh springtime colors. This trio of green, honey yellow, and pink are combined with a tag embellishment for the Just-A-Scrappin challenge #4.
Card Base - Art Philosophy
5.75" Tall
Rosette - Ribbons & Rosettes
1.4" Tall (8 segments total)
Tag for Sentiment - Art Philosophy
Beige - 1.55" Tall
Green - 1.35" Tall
The decorative border at the bottom was cut with a die from the STUNNING new Spellbinders Persian Accents. I then added some "life" with Viva Pearl Pens.
To be entered into the drawing for the Cricut cartridge, please become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post. I will use random.org to choose a winner on Sunday, April 15th.
Good luck everyone!
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Series: Book Club Belles Society #1
Also in this series: How to Rescue a Rake
Genres: Historical, Regency, Romance
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Source: Library
In the sleepy village of Hawcombe Prior, five young ladies of the local book society are reading a salacious romance called Pride and Prejudice. Upon finishing the book, the ladies race to find their own Mr. Darcy, and the handsome, mysterious Darius Wainwright is the perfect mark.
Justina Penny can't understand why her fellow Belles are starry-eyed in the newcomer's arrogant presence. But if the town's only eligible bachelor marries anyone, it should be her sweet, beautiful sister. And it's up to Justina to make it happen. How could this plan possibly go wrong?
Fresina makes me laugh out loud.
Thoughts on Once Upon a Kiss
I've been hit or miss with historical romances lately — a natural side effect of randomly selecting books off the library shelves — and I really wanted a hit after the last miss, so I chose Once Upon a Kiss. This isn't my first Jayne Fresina, and I felt reasonably certain she'd deliver.
And she did. Oh, how she did! And better yet, I knew it by the first paragraph of the second chapter.
You see, characters and tension drive the plot of any book, and Jayne Fresina does such a good job of introducing Darius and Justina that I knew, even before they met, sparks would fly. I wasn't disappointed. Darius is quiet, regimented, and likes structure. Justina is, quite naturally, the exact opposite.
Once Upon a Kiss has more than a few laugh out loud moments, for Justina attracts trouble without even trying, and you can't help liking her. Darius is, well, he's Mr. Darcy, but still very much his own character.
Justina and her friends from their book club (which I'm glad, by the way, that this is the beginning of a series that will feature them) are reading Pride and Prejudice. Once Upon a Kiss is a cheeky Pride and Prejudice retelling (at least, that's how I'd consider it; I've not seen anything anywhere that says it actually is), using the book itself to highlight what's going on with the characters.
This book pokes fun at romance novels and characters in them in a way that's quite hilarious and meta. And yet, Once Upon a Kiss is a sweet and lighthearted romance that was fun and adorable and I already want to read the rest of the series, even though the next book isn't even out yet.


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A few years ago, while casually looking through some painting groups on Facebook, I discovered the work by Oliver Kohls. Kohls' powerful, brightly lit, and richly coloured pastels just leaped off the screen and I found myself immediately transported to the Northern shores of Germany - I could feel the cool damp sand under my feet, feel the sunshine and sea-spray on my face, and could hear the foaming waves tumbling onto the shore - I was hooked and wanted to know more. Kohls is also a fellow blogspot blogger. He participates in pastel competitions and his work has been quickly gaining international
And now without any further adieu here is Oliver Kohls' interview along with selected works.
Artist on Artist Interview with Oliver Kohls
Pastel Painter
Pastel Painter
Oliver Kohls.Polly: Hello Oliver, and welcome to my studio blog, it's a great pleasure to have you here! Would mind telling us where your from and how you chose pastel as your medium?
Oliver: Hi Polly, thank you so much for having me here. I am from Germany and I live pretty close to the North Sea. I came to pastels by coincident. A couple of years ago I did not have my own studio and I was looking for some sort of medium that I could safely work with inside my house with four children around. So oil was not an option but once I tried pastels I was hooked. I love to work with both hands and my fingers. And as I am not very patient there are no drying times. Perhaps the only disadvantage is that you have to put the finished work behind glass.
Evening Light Baltic Sea. 40 x 70cm. Pastel. 2013.Polly: Would you please describe your earliest memories as to when you realized you were an artist?
Oliver: I just found out, honestly. I never considered myself as being an artist until lately. I am interested in art since childhood and I painted without being asked to do so. Five years ago I was really exhausted by my job as a naval officer and my demanding family life. I needed some time purely for myself and I started painting again. It brought me back to nature as I learned to see. I could think about my next paintings anywhere, e.g. driving to work or sitting in a boring meeting (not that there are many in the German Navy). Painting became more and more important to me and beside the creation of works of art I started to study the theory of painting. People started buying my work and others were asking me to teach them the way I do it. This was probably about the time when I realized I am an artist.
Buoy in the Sun. 65 x 30cm. Pastel. 2013.
Polly: Could you tell us about your education and training?
Oliver: There is not much to say about it from an artistic point of view. I got an university degree in politics and international studies and was trained in the German Navy and the Royal Navy. This had little to do with art. But I think it helped me in planning my own way as an artist and I saw a lot of places. So I have to confess that I never received any formal art training. I read lots of art books and some of them really helped me. Another way of training yourself is to look at artwork by other artist. Sometimes when I see a painting which really touches me I start analyzing it. Why is it that the painting impresses me? Where is the center of interest? What about the values? Is it predominantly warm or cold? Is there an underlying color scheme etc. etc.? Answering these questions helps me a lot with my own paintings. The big advantage of educating yourself is that you can do it at your own pace and that you can determine what to study. On the other hand a helping hand may prevent you from going the wrong way. But anyhow as I went this way relatively late in life I will stick to my own method.
Oliver Kohls' vast array of beautiful pastel colours ....
Polly: Tell us about your influences and inspirations.
Oliver: The impressionist painters influenced me a lot. When an artist captures the light I am usually touched. My favourite artist are Joaquin Sorrolla, Anders Zorn and of course Claude Monet. Having spent many years at sea I am still inspired by the endless impressions the sea has to offer. And water and landscapes with water in it are my main source of inspiration.
Buoy at Dusk. 65 x 30cm. Pastel. 2013.
Polly: In your own words, how would you describe your style?
Oliver: My style is pretty realistic. I wanted to go the hard way from being able to handle a realistic painting towards a more loose style. And I am not even half way through it. I try to capture the sea, the sky, reflections the way I see it and the way it touches me.
Red Poppy. 40 x 60cm. Pastel. 2013.
Polly: Most of your work depicts water; tell us about your connection with the water and how does it effect your artistic spirit?
Oliver: I spent almost all of my life close to the sea or at sea. I was sailing and windsurfing from early childhood and consequently joined the Navy. So I looked at the sea endlessly and was always taken by the amount of scenes the sea has to offer. This has influenced my art strongly. I think I can see if something looks right and if a mood has been captured well. A senior captain who spent all his life at sea commissioned a painting of his first ship two years ago. When he picked it up his eyes became watery. This was a huge compliment to me.
Oliver Kohls at work in his studio.
Polly: What is your studio routine like; do you give yourself a schedule to work by or do you work when you 'feel' it like, what is your overall process - do you work from life or from photographs you take or a little bit of both, etc?
Oliver: To me every painting is a project. It goes from viewing archived photographs, doing some sketches to the painting process itself. As I am not yet a full-time artist this seems to me a good way of doing it. Once the project has started I do not need to "feel" like it. I can continue to work whenever I have time to do so. Beside this I take my time to experiment with other mediums (oil, watercolor) and to study art books. I do the occasional plein-air but this is something I want to intensify. This mixture of producing (to sell), playing (to grow) and studying (to know) works well to me.
Marsh. 32 x 60cm. Pastel. 2012.
Polly: Tell us about the art community in Germany: What's it like? Are there strong art communities with art associations where artists can show? Are there preferred art forms as such painting, landscape, figurative? How difficult is it to acquire recognition and gallery representation?
Oliver: Hmmm, what I am supposed to answer? The art market in Germany seems very strange to me. Access to the market is rather restricted. There are some artist communities but they are not so much organized in art forms or in mediums. It is quite difficult to get gallery representation especially if you haven't got an art degree. Realism is not very popular or let me say there are not many artist who paint realistically. I try to establish a regional footprint by exhibiting at some places. On the other hand I try to gain some international recognition by publishing articles or via the Pastel Society of America for example. Once people see my paintings I usually sell well. So this gives me hope for the future when I want to increase my production and need to increase my income.
Am Ems-Jade-Kanal. 40 x 40cm. Pastel. 2014.
Polly: Often many artists create a recognizable 'signature' for themselves which they maintain and rarely indulge in some artistic ideas they'd like to pursue; do you have any ideas outside of your known 'signature' that you'd like to explore with your art?
Oliver: Yep. I am fully aware of the problem you mentioned. And that is exactly the reason why I try different mediums and play around without the need to produce. Once you created a recognizable 'signature' there is a temptation to stick to it. I see myself on a long path of artistic development so I want to grow as an artist. Sometimes I would like to speed up the process but, I guess one needs to be patient.
Polly: If you could try your hand at another medium or genre what would it be and why?
Oliver: I do try oil and watercolor and I love to work with wood. I did some portraits, painted ships and I even painted dogs and cats (commissions). I do not want to be restricted to seascapes and landscapes but this is what challenges me artistically at the moment. After all I believe that it does not matter what you paint. There are everywhere similar challenges to overcome. But I think portaits could be something for me in the future.
Himmel uber dem Ijsselmeer. 50 x 70cm. Pastel. 2014.
Seagull at the Beach. 50 x 70cm. Pastel. 2012.
Polly: I'm curious to know, in your professional opinion; what constitutes as a good piece of art?
Oliver: A good piece of art to me is a painting, a sculptor or whatever that touches me. Do I feel something by looking at it? This sounds profane but I think it is not. I try not to jugde other peoples artwork but I can say what I like and what not.
Anse de Sainte-Croix. 50 x 70cm. Pastel. 2014.
Anse de Sainte-Croix. 50 x 70cm. Pastel. 2014.
Polly: If you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Oliver: Vincent van Gogh. I just read a scientific biography by Christoph Arnold about him of more than 1000 pages. It is obvious that his family bended the truth after his death. Many letters he wrote or which he received are lost allegedly. It was understandable that his family and friends tried to put themselves into a positive light shortly after his death. But I think nowadays the truth would be helpful in understanding his art. And although this biography was well researched the conclusions were not always convincing to me as an artist. So although Vincent van Gogh would probably have eaten little with his sensitive stomach the conversation would have been very interesting to me.
Polly: Who has been the greatest support to you as an artist and how?
Oliver: My father-in-law who was a real friend to me. Unfortunately he died two years ago. He talked to me a lot about my art and life in general. He was a pastor at the Lutheran Church in Reading, PA. He rode a Harley-Davidson, played many instruments and was a piece of art by himself considering the tatoos he had. He taught me to be self-confident about my art and this was perhaps the most important lesson I learned. Self-criticism is to me the most important skill an artist should have during the painting process. But once your painting is done this has to stop which was not easy for me to learn.
Polly: Tell us what your thoughts are on being an artist and what has been the most challenging thing?
Oliver: The most challenging thing was to realize what I want to do in life. Which is being an artist. Especially as my biography is not the one of an ordinary artist. My income was reliable and secure. And now I am on my way into uncertainty. Even people who do like my art do not comprehend the step I am taking at the moment. And this although my sales figures are rising constantly. It is something one has to come to terms with oneself. But I am looking forward to it. Painting gives my great pleasure. I love the whole process and I am very satisfied once a painting is finished. Two years ago I started to conduct workshops to see whether I do like to teach painting and from September onwards I will be teaching some evening classes. And yes I do like it and people are appreciating my intuitions. But nevertheless teaching needs to be on top or next to painting.
Oliver Kohls with his pastels.
Polly: What words of wisdom would you offer to young and aspiring artists?
Oliver: Does this question mean I am no longer young and aspiring? No kidding: Trust yourself artistically, go and create! And don't be frustrated by denial. If you want to be successful economically it all comes down to non-artistic skills like marketing, planning and communication. If you get the right balance and if you really enjoy to create it will work out.
A Simple Wave, 17.5 x 85cm. Pastel. 2014.
Polly: Thank you so much for your time Oliver! And lastly, is there anything else you would like to share with us about you and or your art?
Oliver: I want to thank you for interviewing me. I hope the people who are reading this interview enjoy my answers. If by coincidence someone from the art community out there thinks my art is okay and could imagine some sort of cooperation I am up for it. Have a look at my website www.oliverkohls.com (it is in German and English) to see my paintings and contact me per email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you!
Polly: Again, thank you, so much Oliver for your insightful interview and for sharing your work with us. I wish you the very best with your artistic life and endeavors in the future!!
And thank you to my followers for reading Oliver Kohls wonderful interview. Please feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers, ~ Polly ~
To learn more about Oliver Kohls and to see his work please visit his web-site, blog and Facebook page.
Website: www.oliverkohls.com
Blog: http://kuestenbilder.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kuestenbilder


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216×280 mmInk on paper and digital
Illustration for a gift.
This drawing is based on a photograph taken by Steph & Noelis in Ponce in 2012. Fifty years later, Steph continues taking photographs but has changed the skateboard for a modern rocket backpack. Noelis on the other hand is now equipped with a Portable Medical Laboratory Unit. I am the ball floating around. You don't want to know what happened to me.


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Patrick McGrath Muñiz
Alba's Dream
(24 x 30 inches, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 2017)
The Flood
(30 x 30 inches, oil and metal leaf on canvas, 2017)
"After experiencing Harvey in Houston and witnessing Hurricane Maria passing over Puerto Rico and Irma in Florida, where most of my family and friends live, the issue of Climate Change became even more personal. As an artist, I feel a responsibility to re-tell the story of climate change the way I know best, in drawings, paintings and altarpieces.
By appropriating figures and icons present in Art History, Pop Culture, Christian Iconography and Mythology, I create nautical scenes that mirror my own experience living in a world of stronger storms, hurricanes and floods. This re-contextualization of history allows me to start a conversation about what it means to be living in the Anthropocene while shedding new light on how our capitalist and consumerist doctrines have modified our appreciation towards history, nature and ourselves."
Patrick McGrath Muñiz is an an artist from Puerto Rico now living in Houston, Texas. His work consists primarily of oil painting on canvas and retablo panels inspired by spanish colonial iconography, history, religion, mythology and pop culture. Visit him at www.patrickmcgrath-art.com.


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Piaget's Second Shot with Sienna Miller
Swiss jeweler and watchmaker Piaget continues its Summer 2010 dalliance with well-know actress Sienna Miller to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Possession collection.
The star is bedecked in full Piaget Possession regalia once more – two Possession rings; Possession watch (with Roman numerals); Possession bracelet (ID style); and Possession earrings. Each piece is in 18 carat white gold, with clear brilliant-cut diamonds, as is normal for the collection.
About the jewelry and watch, each one is distinctive in styling and in the use of materials and diamonds, especially compared with the items showcased in the last shot with Miller.
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Labels: 20th anniversary, bracelet, Diamonds, earrings, jewelry, PIAGET, Possession collection, Possession watch, Sienna Miller
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Remember Van Nguyen who was hanged by the Singapore government for drug trafficking in 2005? Remember the piss weak efforts of the Australian government? Alexander Downer, Chris Ellison and John Howard have a lot to answer for and one only hopes their guilty conscious will burn a hole in their tiny, nasty, cold-hard shit encased brains. The whole sickening affair had self righteous MPs walking out rather than having a minute of silence in parliament, pro-government brain dead shock jocks seeking approval for the execution from their vile audience and attempts to use Van's state sponsored murder to further political careers.
"I believe a lot more could been done both legally and otherwise, by that I mean politically," he[Robert Richter QC] told the Today show.
"We know that the Singapore government is susceptible to pressure, it has not been pressured at all."
Mr Richter said the US and French governments had both successfully intervened when their own citizens were about to be subjected to capital punishment in Singapore, but the Australian government had failed to apply pressure.
He also said that the federal government should have sought Nguyen's extradition from Singapore to Australia weeks ago.
And he described Justice Minister Chris Ellison's remarks that Australia was unable to intervene for extradition as "absurd".
Move forward 10 years and we have the Bali 9, Schapelle Corby etc. who receive similar treatment from the government and public. Does the government do enough for Australian citizens who are subject to inhumane treatment for drug offences from corrupt or barbaric countries? There seems to be a lot of talk from politicians but not much action.
I recently stumbled onto an article(below) and it sparked off an inner rage, built up from years of reading about a mean spirited public and nasty, greasy politicians. The usual suspects were mentioned … Downer, Howard, Rudd etc. Bureaucratic bullshit was mentioned. Breaches of human rights were mentioned. It was another stuff up, in a long list of failures by the Australian government to put the interests of it's citizens first.
"I thought I was going home," he said.
However, the Rudd government refused -- telling him it could not reissue the passport because he did not have the required points of identification with him to prove his identity.
"I said, `Hang on a minute, you know who I am, you were the ones who ripped up my passport'," he said.
Why hadn't I heard of Peter Gray? Where was the public outrage and the marauding media? Five years of his life was taken from him for trumped up heroin charges yet there was hardly a mention of him anywhere. Luckily we have some brave journalists like Nicola Berkovic and Nicolas Perpitch who were prepared to write these revealing articles otherwise we may have never got to read about it.
Is this one the worst cases of government neglect you have encountered?
Aussie To Return From Mauritius After Heroin Charges Dropped
By Nicolas Perpitch
May 2010
AUSTRALIAN man Peter Gray, who has been held in Mauritius on heroin trafficking charges since 2005, is set to come home after authorities dropped the case against him.
"The euphoria is still there - it hasn't waned yet," Mr Gray, 49, told The Australian from Mauritius, where he has been living on bail after initially spending 16 months in prison.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Mr Gray had agreed to testify in another case as part of a deal to drop the charges. "All charges against Mr Gray have been dropped in the Mauritian Intermediate Court," a DFAT spokesman said.
"Mr Gray will remain in Mauritius to testify as a witness in another court case. He has agreed to this as a condition of his release.
"His lawyers advise the other case may take six weeks or more to be heard."
DFAT said it was not known why the charges were dropped.
Mr Gray has always denied importing heroin. He was arrested in August 2005 on suspicion of heroin trafficking after flying into Mauritius from Bangkok. He had given his telephone number to a woman sitting next to him on the plane, who was later convicted for carrying heroin in the false bottom of a suitcase.
Mauritian police initially put him in solitary confinement for 86 days, with a light burning 24 hours a day, until he was transferred to a maximum security jail, which he has described as "totally disgusting". In December 2006, he was released on bail, but was not allowed to work and depended on money sent by his Perth-based family to survive.
Eighteen months later, he was charged with importing heroin, although that was downgraded to conspiracy to import heroin after the female trafficker admitted in court that police had told her to implicate him.
Mr Gray's family lobbied the federal government to expedite the court hearings, but DFAT said it could not interfere in another country's judicial processes.
Mr Gray's brother, Tony Gray, yesterday cautioned that Peter was not home yet.
"Five years of his life have been taken off him, but he's still over there - anything could happen," he said.
Drug-Accused Aussie Peter Gray Marooned After Being Cut Adrift
By Nicola Berkovic
March 2010
AUSTRALIAN Peter Gray has spent 86 days in solitary confinement, 16 months in jail and almost five years trapped in Mauritius on what he says are trumped-up drug charges.
In a case that has drawn comparisons to those of former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks and the Bali Nine, the Australian government has been accused of putting the wars on terror and drugs above the rights of its citizens.
Lawyers have condemned a decision by the Howard government to cancel Mr Gray's passport without first giving him a chance to respond and after he had been held without charge for almost four months.
And Mr Gray's family has blamed the Rudd government's refusal to reissue the passport for blocking a tiny window of opportunity for him to leave the country.
Mr Gray was arrested by Mauritian police in August 2005 after flying into the country from Bangkok. At the time, he had been living in Johannesburg, South Africa, operating a business creating artificial environments for zoos and other projects around the world. He said the trip had been part of these business dealings. During the flight, he gave a woman he had been sitting next to his telephone number.
Mr Gray, 48, said he later discovered she had been carrying heroin in the false bottom of a suitcase and was eventually convicted and jailed for 12 years.
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer cancelled Mr Gray's passport under the Australian Passports Act 2005, which gives the minister powers to cancel or refuse to reissue a passport where an Australian overseas is accused of a serious offence attracting a penalty of imprisonment for more than 12 months.
In its place, the government gave Mr Gray, who is facing up to 10 years in jail, an A4 piece of paper to use as identification. At the time, he had been moved from solitary confinement to a jail cell about 900mm wide, infested with blood-sucking insects.
"It was a real kick in the teeth," Mr Gray told The Australian in Mauritius. "It's as alone as I've ever felt."
Barrister Stephen Keim SC, who represented Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, said he could see no justification for cancelling the passport of an Australian citizen.
But given such a power existed, it was one that should be exercised "very, very cautiously".
Mr Keim said there were analogies to the cases of former Guantanamo inmates Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, and the Bali Nine, who were caught by Indonesian police for drug offences with the help of the Australian government.
"There have been a number of incidents in which the duty of us as a country to our citizens who are in some kind of trouble has not been given the priority that it should be," he said. "Rightly or wrongly, international security or the war on drugs has been given priority.
"Mamdouh Habib, David Hicks, the Bali Nine -- in all of these cases the rights of Australian citizens were placed at the bottom of the priority list."
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law deputy director Adam McBeth said Mr Gray could challenge the decision to cancel his passport under administrative law because he appeared to have been denied procedural fairness.
Dr McBeth said Australia could also have violated its international law obligations.
He said the Mauritian government appeared to have breached his human rights by holding Mr Gray without trial for so long and by exposing him to double jeopardy.
Australia could have, in turn, breached its human rights obligations by being complicit in those acts.
"There's certainly an argument to say that it has," he said. "But it's a grey area."
Dr McBeth said before taking such a dramatic step as cancelling a passport, the government should have taken into account the impact on human rights -- and if Australian had a human rights act this would be one way of forcing it to do so in future.
"It doesn't mean they should never cancel a passport to co-operate with international investigations," he said.
"But they need to take into account the human rights consequences of doing so and negotiate a better outcome like, in this case, an expedited trial or insisting that he be charged first."
Mr Gray was finally charged three years after arriving with preparing outside Mauritius to traffic heroin into the country.
However, in February last year the case collapsed after the woman refused to testify against Mr Gray, telling the court she had been urged by police to implicate him but he was not involved.
Mr Gray said his lawyer had advised Australian authorities it was best if they did not intervene in his case.
But at this point, he had begged for help and urged officials to reissue his passport.
"I thought I was going home," he said.
However, the Rudd government refused -- telling him it could not reissue the passport because he did not have the required points of identification with him to prove his identity.
"I said, `Hang on a minute, you know who I am, you were the ones who ripped up my passport'," he said.
But Australian officials in Mauritius said they could not help him.
"I was hung out to dry," he said.
Mauritian police then brought fresh charges against him, in what appears to be a clear breach of the rule against double jeopardy. The rule, which is seen as a key human right, protects individuals from being tried or punished twice for the same crime.
Mr Gray now faces charges of conspiring to import heroin with a man he is convinced does not exist. He will face trial on April 7.
However, he said even if he is acquitted, police will have an opportunity to bring fresh charges against him.
Mr Gray's cousin, Carolyn Gray, has been negotiating with the office of Attorney-General Robert McClelland for a loan to pay for better legal representation.
"It's only in the last two weeks that DFAT actually advised us this was available," she said. "I don't know why it's never been suggested."
Mr Gray has been released on bail, but is not allowed to work to support himself. His family in Perth has been sending money to pay for food, rent and other costs, but are now almost broke.
Ms Gray said she blamed the Rudd government for the fact her cousin was still trapped in Mauritius.
"There was this small window where the charges had been dropped and we thought if he had his passport we could've got him out of the country," she said.
"But it vanished. The next charge came in and it felt like we were back at square one. It was devastating."
Mr Gray said he was less confident there had been an opportunity for him to leave. But regardless, he said it was time for the government to do what it could to expedite the case and he was angry it had not done so already. Issuing a personal plea to the Prime Minister to take up the case with his Mauritian counterpart, he said: "Kevin Rudd, please help me get out of here. I'm shocked that I'm still here after four and a half years. I'm an Australian citizen and I'm innocent. I'm here on trumped-up charges. Please, please help me."


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I don't think I've gone into details on my love of cheese, but it's pretty well known amongst my friends. I pack lightly when visiting Europe to make sure there's enough room to fill it with deliciously stinky Vorarlberger Bergkäse; essential for making may family's Austrian Kasspätzele recipe at home. Yes, I'm pretty serious about my cheese.
I always knew Caputos markets carried their own line of cheese, but little did I know they had an entire store dedicated to cheese. Their Melrose Park location is easily accessible off North Avenue. I stopped in after work one day and found another Grocery Gal recommendation.
There's definitely three parts to the store. A nondescript warehouse area where you can buy dried goods on the cheap, a bakery where you can order sandwiches and pizza, and of course, the cheese shop. The Caputo family must be associated with the Roland brand; there were tons of products from them. I bought a jar of Roland brand balsamic jam, perfect on crackers and, of course, cheese. Y U M! On my most recent visit they had a good display of gluten-free items.
You take a little ramp through the warehouse and past the bakery to get to the cheese area. It's filled with the essentials – cheese and wine. There's a fresh deli and a meat counter for Italian sausages. I always stock up on some fresh mozzarella and look to see what looks interesting if I don't come for a specific cheese need.
They have some white and sparkling wine available in a cooler, making this a great stop if you're on your way to a party. Grab some cheese, some vino, salami and fresh bread from the bakery, all doable for under $25.
If you're looking for a more substantial dinner item, they have a frozen section with pasta and homemade pasta sauces. Having friends that eat gluten free, I captured some ravioli options for them to try.
While they don't carry any Austrian cheeses, they did carry some Swiss Raclette which I tried. When I brought it home and shredded it, husband complained that the kitchen smelled like feet. In cheese code that means it's a perfect choice for spätzele. Don't worry, it doesn't taste like feet.
The cheese selections seem to mostly be from Europe. There's a small amount of domestic cheeses, but not much outside the Caputo's brand. This is a store to go to with friends. The cheeses are in large chunks, so it can add up quickly if you want to try a bunch of different things. The prices are good; but the chunks of cheese are huge. If you can split some choices with friends you definitely will get more variety.
What brought me into Caputo's this most recent time was for some fondue cheese. Yes, I could shred different swiss cheeses and add some wine to it, but I've got limited time. I wanted the package of Swiss fondue with the cheese and brandy all in one convenient package. I had stopped at Mariano's the day before and hesitantly picked up a package for $14.99. I checked at Caputo's – same size package, also from Switzerland with the same ingredients, was only $8.99!
My only regret is that I only bought one package of Fondue cheese at Caputo's. Next time I'm driving by, I'll pick up two, because the recipe below was just too good not to have again in the near future. And adding the tomatoes to it really lightened up the entire recipe. I didn't feel as if I had to go immediately to bed, like fondue usually makes me feel.
This recipe was adapted from Vegetarian Times.
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely diced
- 1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes (chop the tomatoes even further)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp. mixed dried herbs (I used Thyme, Oregano and Basil)
- 1 package packaged Cheese Fondue from Switzerland
- 1/2 cup shredded Gruyère cheese (bonus, but not necessary)
Suggested Dippers
- Fresh baguette cubes
- Fresh broccoli, cauliflower and red pepper cut into bite size pieces.
Heat oil in fondue pot or saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion. Cover, and cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until softened. Add tomatoes, garlic, dried herbs; bring to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Add the package of cheese fondue and mix well together. If using extra fresh cheese, add it in. Cook until it bubbles. Serve!
So if it's a party for one or for a huge group, stop at Caputo's Cheese Market for all your snacky-treat needs. The prices are great, but the cheese portions are large, so divide and conquer with friends for the biggest variety.
Caputos Cheese Market. 1931 N. 15th Ave. Melrose Park. 708-450-0469. Monday – Friday 8am-6pm, Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 8am-4pm. www.CaputosCheeseMarket.com


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Dear WCAG Techs folks, Wrt to the following WCAG editorial note: "Editorial Note: Note the HTTP headers is not an HTML technique. But we should have some way of speaking to the effects of HTTP headers and the preference with respect to the lang attribute." [http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-HTML-TECHS/#lang-att_primary] Please see the recent publication from the I18N GEO group on this subject at http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-http-and-lang We make the case that one should use language attributes to indicate the language of content for processing purposes, eg. recognition by screen readers, and that http headers and/or Content-Language meta statements should be used to give more general meta-data about the document and its intended audience. In other words, they should be used for different purposes, and language attribute(s) on the html tag are best recommended at this point in your document. Note, also, that xml:lang needs a mention here. See our draft at http://www.w3.org/International/geo/html-tech/tech-lang.html#ri20040429.0929 28424 RI ============ Richard Ishida W3CReceived on Wednesday, 21 July 2004 11:34:25 UTC
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Everything looks better in black and white. Everything? Well I should say, most things. Some things must be seen in color. Like a rainbow, or a field of blooming flowers. When I was little the best part about the wizard of oz was when it turned to color but in most instances I prefer black and white and especially in portraits.
Today my back aches cause of the stress I give it. I get all rattled sometimes at my job. My main position is MONEY. I'm just going to say it, "makes the world go round." I have to generate the money…keep it coming. And you know there are a lot of people who don't like to pay their bills, even when the work has been complete. It can be stressful. I let it get to me, so my neck hurts my back aches and yep…you guessed it, I'm scratching my legs like a mad woman cause somehow I think this gives me some sort of relief. Next….how to break a bad habit? Anyone know?
Back to today. So today I came home and decided to take a picture of this person who feels stressed, who has redness around her nose because she has a dry patch/rash that will not go away, the girl who went to bed with wet hair and just got up and put a clip in it without even combing it. The girl who doesn't feel very pretty today. But I happen to know a few tricks that even when one is feeling all these things, one might still be able to "trick" others into thinking she is radiant, confident and ready for the world. It's called....... find the light. My bedroom window. Second use the super cool app called TinType, next just smile a little bit…but mean it. Think of something nice. And there you have it. A Self Portrait that isn't all that bad. I'm not saying I'm all that but I'm saying…you simply do not know the history of my day by looking at a mere photograph. Just remember that. Looks are deceiving. They really are.
This is day four of my five day challenge. Just an image with words.
I have been invited by basildonkitchens aka Connie my cosmic twin to the Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge: "Post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a short paragraph and each day nominate another blogger for the challenge". I discovered Connie's beautiful blog when I was on wordpress and noticed right off the bat we had some things in common. I admire her talent for making gorgeous quilts, her love of the sea and of course Mr. Sock Monkey, he gets me every time. When I want to get away and look at beautiful things, I come visit Connie. She keeps herself busy with a photo a day challenge she faithfully participates in with fat mum slim.
Today I would like to challenge my friend Kate. She is busy, this I know because she is a kick butt mom to Mr. T and together these two have super powers, I've seen it. The duo can do some stuff. Mostly they are busy making others feel real important, they are good at that, they beam with light. Kate do you have the time to take on the challenge?


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small mechanisms for drowning
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday April 29, 2011, 6 – 9 pm
small mechanisms for drowning is a series of drawings that explores the distillation of an otherwise redesigned intimacy arising from within contemporary media and technology-rich cultures. While these technologies are, on the one hand, literally at our fingertips, offering a sense that everything is close and that we are able as never before to configure our own individual experiences, they are, on the other hand, highly mediated, homogeneous, and sterilized of richness.
This series is an attempt to remedy the unreason inherent within the direct multi-sensorial experience of the human condition by remapping our maladies onto mechanical systems ─ diagrams of the dialysis machine for example. In these diagrams, each technological step is reassigned with an emotional equivalent. The attempt, however futile, is to purify the psyche through the same external mechanical processes used to purify contaminated blood.
Nina Leo is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture, installation, drawing and performance. She holds an Honors B.A. in Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario and an MFA in Emerging Practices from the University at Buffalo. She has exhibited her work in galleries and public institutions in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Currently, she teaches in the Sculpture and Installation department at OCAD University.


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(Cleveland, Ohio) -- A "Dream Team" of area chefs helped raise $50,000 for the sold-out 24th Anniversary of Cleveland's Finest Hors D'Oeuvre Contest, presented by The Zito Insurance Agency, all to benefit Our Lady of the Wayside (www.thewayside.org).
A crowd estimated at 750 people were able to sample and vote for their favorite hors d'oeuvre from Cleveland's Dream Team of chefs and restaurants including: The Berea Depot (Chef Scott Ita), Carrie Cerino's (Chef James Bartko), The Clifton & Tree House Gallery (Chef Genevieve Larson), Corleone's Ristorante & Bar (Chef Marlon Mayorga), Garden Grille and Lounge at the Hilton Inn (Chef Joseph Novak), Melt Bar & Grilled (Chef Matt Fish), Momocho (Chef Christopher Monjot), Progressive Field/Delaware North Companies (Chef Todd Brazel), Tartine Bistro (Chef Michael Grieve), Taste of Excellence Catering (Chef Adam Quick), The Woods Restaurant (Chef John Juratovic), Zack Bruell Events (Chef Al Ives).
First place Winner: Corleone's Ristorante and Wine Bar's Caribbean seasoned scallops, with cauliflower grits, jalapeno bacon and green apple tequila pearls.
Second Place Winner: The Hilton Garden Inn, Cleveland East featured Shrimp scampi, parmesan risotto topped off with a carrot and French bean.
Third Place Winner: The Berea Depot's Barbecue pulled pork taco with a pepper and apple slaw.
The $80.00 admission included two floors of fine wine selections from Moletto Prosecco - Dolce Amore, Amicone, Sobon Estates Old Vine Zinfandel, beer samplings provided by Saucy Brew Works, bakery selections from Pastry Cupcake Cravings Gourmet Cupcakes (Pastry Chef Brenda Bals), Simply Elegant Catering (Pastry Chef Stacey Stoudemire) and a Silent Auction. Entertainment provided by singer-songwriters Nate Jones and Jessica Shetler, and Browning Avenue Jazz. Hosting this year's event were Cleveland's Star 102's Desiray Cross, Jen Toohey, and Tim Richards.
"Once again, tonight's true winners were all the children and adults with developmental disabilities who receive services from Our Lady of the Wayside", said CEO Terry Davis. Proceeds benefit Our Lady of the Wayside which provides residential, transportation and Pathways Day Program services for over 900 children and adults with developmental disabilities. 850 Employees strong, the agency manages nearly 90 homes in 40 plus communities throughout Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit and Trumbull counties.
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A dog from Erith, Kent, has triumphed at Crufts by winning the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Special Pre-Beginner Obedience Stakes Competition.
Swift, a two and a half year old Working Sheepdog, and his owner Joanna Mayston beat twenty other talented dogs to be crowned the winner of the 2013 Stakes Competition at the world's greatest dog show.
The competition was created in 2005, to encourage prospective exhibitors who have passed their GCDS Bronze Award to take part in obedience competition. The exercises included in the test are a combination of the current GCDS exercises and the Pre-Beginner Obedience test. Building on the basic training skills learnt through the Good Citizen Dog Scheme, these new stakes help to bridge the gap between basic training and entering a competition.
Dogs entered in the final have to qualify at a heat held in 2012 and then be placed in the top five at one of the 4 semi-finals. Heats were held at 28 locations throughout the UK and competition was fierce.
Swift's owner Joanna said: "I am absolutely thrilled to win the final at Crufts and still cannot believe it. I started training my dog through the Good Citizen Dog Scheme programme and it has all culminated in this great day"
Maurice Cooke, Good Citizen Dog Scheme Working Party Chairman, added: "This is the eighth time the final has been held at Crufts and it is always a tight competition. Joanna and Swift are not only 'good citizens' but have now taken that initial step into competition obedience, and we wish them luck".
10th March 2013
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1st Joanna Mayston & Mists of Tawny (WSD)
2nd Nina Gooding & Tragility Shelby (BC)
3rd Victoria Prince & Temelora Passing Fancy JW (Papillon)
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011 09:31 PM
LOS ANGELES — The executors of Michael Jackson's estate say they will distribute $30 million to the Jackson Family Trust for the benefit of the singer's mother, his three children and charities, under the terms of Jackson's will.
The executors said in documents filed Tuesday that since Jackson's death in June 2009, the estate has generated more than $310 million, enabling them to pay off dozens of debtor claims and refinance loans at lower interest rates.
They also disclosed that Katherine Jackson wants to sell the family's famous compound in Encino, Calif., and find a new residence for her and the children.
The family has been living in a temporary home in Calabasas while the Encino property was being refurbished. A hearing for a judge's approval of the plan is set for Sept. 28.
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Ignacio Sanz- Martin
DDS MSc
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Facultad de Odontologia
Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n
28040 Madrid
Present Position:
- PhD Candidate. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Under the direction
of Prof. Mariano Sanz. September 2012-Present.
- Assistant Professor . Department of Periodontology.Universidad
Complutense de Madrid. January 2012-Present.
- ITI Scholar in the Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and
Dental Material Science at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
Oct 2010-Oct 2011.
- Diplomate of the American Academy of Periodontology. June 2011.
- Certificate in Periodontology and Dental Implants. Department of
Periodontology. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. 2007-2010.
- Masters in Science. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. 2008-
Research Interest:
- Dental Implants macro design.
- Micro Ct analysis.
- Soft tissue substitutes.
- Volumetric assessment.