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Cloud Automation Engineer - LimerickMy Client is seeking an experienced Cloud Automation Engineer to join their team in Limerick to support the successful delivery of projects to their clients. Successful candidates will help provide their internal users with tools to facilitate operational excellence in managing their SaaS vision, which primarily focuses on robustness, scaling, visibility and streamlining validation.Responsibilities of the Cloud Automation Engineer Role: • Engineer and automate their SaaS solution for security, reliability and scale. • Create and/or improve the tools that enable observability on availability and performance of cloud services. • Apply DevOps principles and practices to speed-up the delivery of change to the SaaS environment. • Collaborate with application engineering teams in solving business needs with provided cloud services.
Required Experience for the Cloud Automation Engineer Role: • Minimum of 3+ years of experience as a Cloud Automation Engineer, DevOps Engineer or Systems Administrator (with strong focus on scripting and automation). • Experience of deploying and supporting applications in cloud environments (preferably AWS, but Azure and GCP also considered). • Extensive experience of working with "Infrastructure-As-Code" tools, in particular - Ansible, Terraform and Packer. Experience with other IaC tools will also be considered. • Strong scripting knowledge in Powershell or Python. • Experience with Cloud networking, such as AWS VPC, Security Groups, Load Balancer, ASG, as well as cloud security, such as IAM and WebACL. • Familiarity with ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, or other log-aggregation / monitoring solutions. • Experience with Continuous Integration tools such as Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps, GitLab or Jenkins. • Solid Windows, IIS and SQL administration knowledge. • Understanding of Docker / containerization technologies. • Degree or equivalent in a computing or engineering discipline. • Strong team player with a results-oriented track record. • Experience of Agile / Scrum methodology essential. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills – a part of the role will involve increasing the overall knowledge of Cloud / DevOps methodologies across the organisation. • Self-motivated and enthusiastic with a continuous learning mindset.
Desired Skills for the Cloud Automation Engineer Role: • Exposure to JavaScript and ASP.net a bonus. • Knowledge of Kubernetes, and experience transitioning applications to a container-based, Microservice, model. • Previous experience of delivering change in a regulated environment. • Ability to have a positive impact on team members and communicate openly and directly to individuals or groups at all levels. • Previous software development or quality assurance experience would be a significant advantage.If you are happy to be represented by Solas and be put forward for this role (or would like more information) please email me with your CV via the link, indicating if wish to be represented by Solas. Alternatively please call me (T: 00 353 1 5367381)
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Holy Heck! When did Fall sneak up on me!? I could use a deep breath… how about you?
Here we are at the end of September and I'm more than ready to go shopping for winter tights and oversized sweaters… not to mention jumping in the kitchen to bake up my favorite pumpkin cookies. Seriously. Have you made these pumpkin cookies yet? They're my reason for living from October through January.
Now is not the time to talk cookies. Can I show you a few things!? I want to show you what my summer looked like…. up close… personal… on the fly. All captured by my trusted camera phone. Remember when we played the camera phone picture game a few months back? I'm at it again. Come take a peek and then tell me what you were up too all summer long!
Q: How many Fried Chicken Sandwiches from Bakesale Betty's did I eat this summer?
A: One. That's not nearly enough. I've let myself down. I'm working on it.
My friend Zak makes his own sausage. He's badass like that. He also likes compliments on his tattoo…. aaaaaand go!
No… my friends and I aren't chef groupies. That would be weird. Right? Weird.
Have you ever seen a fresh garbanzo bean? Well.. you have now! Rad.
There were many…. many bottles of wine consumed between the months of May and August this year. Wine tastings at Silver Lake Wine are ultra lovely, super approachable, and my preferred way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Now you know.
My friends and I also hold our own tastings where we sip and sit, chat and talk about wine in a way that makes us feel warm and snobby.
The making of Thomas Keller inspired Espresso Sandwich Cookies. Can I tell you a secret? I shared a grand total of two of these cookies with my friends. The rest were for my belly only. True story.
Flipping hot pans, taking a little trash, listening to R. Kelly and workin' the line. Meet Zak and Duke.
I bought all this…
And set up all this…
So I could have a bumpin' party like this!!
And then I drank wine. Don't judge me.
I love when my little sister helps me bake. Frosting cupcakes takes some intense and deliberate dedication…
The same sort of dedication that goes into picking just the right mushrooms at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
Blue Bottle. I love you. You know it's true. Let's take a closer look at this picture. Skinny boy. Skinny jeans. Cute hat. Making the best coffee in the world. He even has a tattoo that said 'let no man fall'…. Come on ladies. Swoooooon!
Q: How much bread is on this table at Zuni Cafe?
A: Lots. So much and not enough. Um… Waiter!? More bread please!
Simon made a pumpkin pie and took pictures of it with his phone. I watched Simon make a pie and took picture of him taking pictures of his pie with my phone. We're just strange enough for each other.
Yes. This is happening. This is a picture of my thighs in spandex. These are the very thighs and fancy clippy bike shoes that are going to peddle my butt up to the top of a treacherous hill in Oakland.
Yes. This is happening. This is a picture of my big head in a helmet. Safety first friends. Seriously. Here I am halfway up the treacherous hill in Oakland. It hurts and it sucks and I'm tired….. and I'm making it to the top of the hill so help me God!
Here is the face of success. Oooh yes. Top of the hill success.
And now I start boasting about how easy that was. That hill wasn't really all that hard. The part where I was swearing and crying at the same time…? Yea… I didn't really mean that.
Can I be honest? I am not an easy person to ride through the Oakland hills with. I'm slow. I freak out sometimes. I've been known to get locked in my clip shoes and topple over. And well…. Simon must be some sort of angel because he's still smiling. I'm lucky.
Pasta. I'm going to humbly say that I knocked it out of the park with that one. Daaang.
Leave it to me to find the man with the most wine at Blogher San Francisco this past weekend. Leave it to me…
Leave it to me to find NotMartha and make her be my new best friend.
Leave it to me to befriend crazy/lovely/hilarious Tracy of ShutterBean. Um…. Tracy. You and I both know that that's not your wheelchair…. and oh how my love for you grows!!
So! That's how I've been livin' this summer! What about you? What were your highlights of the summer season? Do they involve new friends in wheelchairs that don't belong to them? Probably…. that makes sense.
You know what you should do? Show off your summer. Leave a comment with a link to a photo of your favorite summer memory. Come on! This'll be fun!

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Dylan Travis is doing some different things now. He brought consistently peppy, rough-edged guitar pop for years as the leader of Oakland's Man/Miracle, but recently he fell out with his guitar, and became enamored with MPCs, synthesizers, and even software instruments, god forbid. He's also fallen in with some of the East Bay's more prominent electro-heads: Yalls, Elephant & Castle, and James and Evander, to name a few. If you're reluctant to hear that, it's understandable, but with electronic equipment and know-how so readily accessible, it's become a logical and even necessary step for rockers to dabble in other, often more solitary pursuits.
Some Ember is Travis' current solo project. It isn't electro-house, hyper-pop, or stoner-tronica — in fact, it doesn't resemble anything you've heard since maybe 1992. The influences here are like the creepy antiques in your aunt's house. They have that weird Eighties vintage feel that's pleasing to behold during the daytime but will probably scare the hell out of you at night. Travis bounces back and forth between sounding like Enya, The Cure, and a ghost pirate drunkenly fording the River Styx.
It's tempting to use water analogies to describe Some Ember, partially because of the track names ("Deep Ocean," "Riverbed Weeps," "Marine Layer"), but really because Travis' new EP is just about as swampy and frothy as the intro track "River Filth" suggests. The elemental themes (there are also tracks called "Era of Wind" and "Face of Sand") are a nice juxtaposition with the new synth backdrop to Travis' always-impressive pipes. Be warned: It's moody, and a serious grower of an album. But if you can handle that, it also yields exponential rewards. (Crash Symbols)


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Verna's Story
Use Your Gifts For God's Glory
Verna spent much of her youth pursuing accolades for her beautiful voice. When her voice no longer worked, she felt lost with no identity. That's when she found her value and identity in Christ.
Now, Verna uses Tap Root Ministries to disciple young people with an interest in music. She teaches them to use their gifts to spread The Gospel and give God glory.
If you would like more information about Tap Root Ministries or any of our other mission partners, please contact our missions team or visit the mission page.


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At the beginning of the year we pointed out that some hold the view that China is on a "collision course" with radical Islamic militants in both the Middle-East and across North Africa. This analysis emerged in the aftermath of the attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in November last year where around 170 hostages were taken by the militants and 19 were killed in a mass shooting – among them prominent Chinese officials. Jihadist group Al-Mourabitoun has since claimed responsibility for the assault which it carried out in co-operation with al-Qaeda. Unsure how China would deal with what could be interpreted as a targeted attack on their ambitious plans in Africa, the world speculated on how they would respond. It appears that a slow, shaky collision has begun. China has steadily built up its UN peacekeeping contingent in Mali since the attack and in December passed its first piece of 'counter-terrorism' legislation allowing that allows its military to venture overseas on counter-terrorism operations. With violence in Mali spreading, the conflict in the north of the country has now taken the life of its first Chinese peacekeeper and injured five others, two of them seriously. Ansar Dine has claimed responsibility for this particular attack.
So why is China getting involved in the first place? Former Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara has spoken publicly about his view that China is both a positive force for peace and development in his home country. It is generally assumed you cannot have one without the other and therefore the argument usually follows that, even when looked at cynically, China has simply positioned its troops in Mali to better secure its investments there. Now, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a very good way to kick-start economic recovery and development so there is every chance that this arrangement can be just as beneficial for Mali as it is for resource-thirsty China. However there are no guarantees that the benefits of any infrastructural, commercial or industrial investments will trickle down to the local population. When social, political and environmental consequences are factored in this kind of arrangement can easily become highly detrimental to the host population.
Surely all foreign investors – not just the Chinese – have any interest in bringing peace to Mali? Well its appears that the powers that be have found a way to make the risk profitable. Not wanting to get into lengthy detail about the ins and outs of investing in Mali, one could assume that the presence of the war in the country would be enough to most people off. Despite this and the proliferation of the conflict throughout Mali over the past year or so a $67 million investment in a gold mine was made this week giving the project in Yanfolia near the Guinea border the green light. Arguably, the conflict is still overwhelmingly centred in the north of the country with the north/south divide more prevalent than ever. It is therefore difficult to ascertain whether the conflict has actually diminished, with the associated investment risks going with it, or that stability and reconstruction are now unnecessary and costly precursors to resource extraction. If the financial benefit for the international community is no longer inhibited by war what interest do they have in pursuing peace?
Of course, the war must stop and Vieux Farka Touré made this statement the focus of his song "Kele Magni" which translates roughly as "the war must stop" or "the war is no good". Back in The Financial Times documented Vieux's Queen Elizabeth Hall performance back in September 2013. Then the mood was triumphant; Vieux like many Malians was celebrating the success and assuming the finality of the French military intervention. As David Honigmann reported at the time:
""War's not good," [Vieux Farka Toure] noted, introducing "Kele Magni"; "now they've stopped the war." And appropriately the song, on record contemplative, here bounced with bass and drums in a joyous celebration."
It has become apparent that the French did indeed stop the nation from collapsing. However despite a UN deployment and free-and-fair elections, three years on from Vieux's declaration that the war was over violence is recurring and resurgent. Listening to it now the song becomes more a depressive plea; its been long, much too long. The war must end. In an interview in October 2013 Vieux descibes his hometown of Niafunke during the war and how he wrote songs like "Kele Magni" to fulfil his responsibility to "let people know" about what wass happening to their country. The radio interviewer describes the French defeat of the militant forces as a 'rout'. Unknowingly at the time this has become an apt portrayal. We now know that al-Qaeda and its patchworker of associate organisations was not a defeated after all, only withdrawn in disorder after sustaining heavy losses. It has been an opportunity for a change of tactics to a more wide-spread guerilla campaign – the one we see today.
So if the war must stop, who will stop it? We must have faith that there are people in Mali that are willing to fight for it. Its musicians always will. But who within all these foreign interventions? Amongst the Chinese MINUSMA peacekeepers was a soldier named Si Chongchang wounded whilst carring out his mission to bring stabilisation to the people and politics of Mali. Speaking from his hospital bed in Dakhar, it is perhaps right that he should have the last say: "When I recover, I hope to go back to join my comrades and finish what we started." We must hope that in that mission, he is successful.
Vieux Farka Touré – Kele Magni
Sam Garbett is Public Affairs Coordinator for the Mali Development Group – www.malidg.org.uk.
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christmas is total magic, but tonight i'm looking ahead and behind and thinking about the blessings of the last year and next.
let's drink blood orange gins and pick at platters of braesola and olives and fine sheep cheese.
we'll push the tables together and hunt for a fourteenth chair so we can all sit and drink east van red wine from thin glass tumblers while we eat bowls of ragu with a twisted and unpronounceable noodle.
etta james and ethiopiques will segue into jamaica funk, and we can all go to sleep with smiles on our faces.
all our days are gifts.
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The Possible Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Live Tour 2013
The Possible Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Live Tour 2013 (The ポッシボー 東名阪ライブツアー勝負) was released on DVD on October 23.
The concert was held on August 11 at Yokohama Blitz. It includes bonus footage of the live performance which took place on August 18 in Osaka.
Nice Girl Trainees have also participated in the concert.
This DVD is a limited edition only available on TNX Online Shop and at the live performances of The Possible.


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As much as I like the badass connotations (Think Megan Fox's tat of another sex
symbol), I don't have a tattoo. I think it's because:
a) I haven't thought of any word or symbol that's important enough for me to
fork over cash, undergo pain, and stare at for the rest of my life.
b) I'm too much of a commitment-phobe (getting ink is permanent...I'm
already over the outfit I'm wearing right now).
But temporary tattoos — totally different story. And with Chanel's new,
limited edition temporary tattoo designs (they're called Les Trompe L'Oeil de
Chanel Temporary Tattoo Skin Art, $75 for 55 designs, chanel.com) I can rock
some seriously cool body art today, and then shower it off tomorrow.
Jessica and Leah helped apply 5 of the decals across my chest (if you've ever
found one of those free cartoon tattoos in the bottom of the Cracker Jack box,
you know just how easy it is to do this — place the design against your skin, wet it,
hold down for 30 seconds, and voila!), then I headed out to an art gallery
opening. The girls I met loved it; the guys didn't really know what to think. ("So, that's not
actually real? Oh, that's cool. Wait, what does the "C" stand for?")
But either
way, my bird-and-pearl tat was the conversation of the night.
By the way, Jessica's gotten in on the tat action too. Here's her wrist with
some subtle double C's:
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First Timer's Guide To Myoko
So, you've skied Niseko and Hakuba, maybe even Furano or Nozawa Onsen. But have you been to Myoko Kogen yet? This is the powder mecca of Honshu – it gets dumped with more than 13 metres of snow every season and plays host to a slew of empty ski slopes, with a buzzing Japanese village to boot. Check it out for your first time with this definitive guide.
If you like the sound of Myoko and want to visit it yourself then click through to make an enquiry for a quote. 7 nights accommodation starts from as low as $507.
There are a few Japanese ski resorts that have become part of Australian ski vernacular in recent years. By now you should be well-acquainted with names like Niseko and Hakuba. But it still surprises most people to know that the are more than 500 other resorts in Japan.
These spread from the northern island of Hokkaido to the southern island of Kyushu, and range in size from large resorts with kilometres of runs to deserted backcountry areas serviced by one lift.
But Myoko Kogen is one of those rare gems that enjoys the best of both large and small resorts: it's home to established ski areas with solid lift infrastructure and a cute little Japanese village – yet it remains remarkably empty. This lucky writer recently rode the lifts at Ikenotaira in waist-deep powder and saw less than 10 other Westerners all day. No exaggeration.
Myoko Kogen is also known as the powder mecca of Honshu because it is inundated with more than 13 metres of total snowfall in an average year (in the 2014-15 season, Myoko notched up almost 16 metres). It's closer to Japan's west coast than Hakuba, so the slopes are placed to score the biggest snowfalls when storm systems gather moisture over the Sea of Japan, and then unload on the Japanese Alps. It's why most locals have become used to adding an extra 20-50cm onto any predicted snow forecast. Don't be surprised if a predicted "10cm dusting" turns into a waist-deep dump overnight.
Myoko is deep, steep, convenient and cheap. But the secret is already starting to get out – locals say skier numbers are increasing every year. We advise heading over there ASAP with this guide for first-timers.
When To Go
Compared to areas like Niseko and Hakuba, Myoko never really gets crowded, but if you want fresh powder you should book your trip for high season in January or early February. Past years have seen the most snow fall in January – with a whopping 6.4 metres falling in the most recent January of 2019. That said, the snow depth reaches its peak in late February and you might find the slopes are even emptier later in the season. Accommodation can also be cheaper outside of school holidays.
How to Get There
Qantas and Jetstar fly to Tokyo daily and flights can be as cheap as $400 one-way on sale prices. If you book with Jetstar, beware the luggage limits and read the fine print in your ticket carefully – in most cases you will need to purchase extra oversized baggage to bring a ski bag.
Unlike Niseko, Myoko doesn't require a second flight in Japan. You can fly to Tokyo and hit the slopes in Myoko on the same day you land. The simplest way to do so is to book the Nagano Snow Shuttle, which can take you from either Narita or Haneda airport directly to your accommodation in Myoko in about five hours, for 11,600 yen.
Some people prefer taking the more scenic and slightly faster bullet train (shinkansenin Japanese) from Tokyo to Nagano, then a local train to Myoko Kogen. Riding the 300km/h bullet train is slightly faster and exciting for first-timers, but it ends up costing more (about 13,000 yen when you add up the bullet train, local trains, and taxi to your accommodation). Changing platforms with all your ski bags can also be tiresome and difficult for families.
Where To Stay
Many people assume "Myoko Kogen" is one resort, but the name actually describes an area with nine resorts within a short bus ride of each other. The resort where most people choose to stay is Akakura Onsen. Pick a hotel or lodge in this awesome Japanese village and you can't really go wrong. There are loads of great restaurants, the lifts are within walking distance from the main street and free shuttle buses to the other resorts depart regularly from the central Post Office.
Yuki Dake lodge takes first prize for location in Akakura. This is a friendly Australian-run lodge perfect for party animals and powder hounds alike. It's on the main street, just 300m from the lifts and about 200m to the Post Office bus stop – ideal for scoring first tracks on a powder day. It's also home to one of the most popular bars in town – Jack's Bar – and a great place to meet people if you're travelling one-out. In traditional Japanese style, the bathrooms are shared facilities on each floor (no ensuite rooms) and the showers are downstairs. But who wants to shower in a lodge when there are so many great onsen down the street?
Other good value options include Kogakuro, Akakura Central Hotel and Akakura Hotel. If you're looking for somewhere nicer Oyado Furuya is a top pick.
But if you really want to splash out, check out the ridiculous Lotte Hotel in Lotte Arai Resort. This is the only accommodation in the exclusive luxury ski area of Lotte Arai, a 35-minute bus ride from Akakura. You won't get the restaurants, nightlife and culture of a traditional Japanese town, but you will have access to an indoor 50m swimming pool, fitness centre, shopping mall, ziplining, and more than 10 restaurants and cafes onsite.
Where To Ski
Myoko Kogen has nine different resorts in close proximity: Akakura Onsen, Ikenotaira Onsen, Suginohara, Seki Onsen, Akakura Kanko (also called Akakan), Myoko Ski Park, Madarao Kogen and Tangram. While not technically listed on the Myoko Kogen website, the smaller resorts of Lotte Arai, Kurohime Kogen Snow Park, Togakushi Snow World and Iizuna Kogen Ski Resort are also accessible from the Akakura area. You can access most of these resorts by catching inter-resort shuttles(500 yen for most trips) that leave regularly from the Akakura Post Office starting around 8am each day.
Akakura Onsen tends to be the busiest resort because it is closest to town where most people stay. But remember "busiest" is a relative term in Myoko. I never waited in a line for lifts while checking out the long pistes and fun tree-skiing areas. If you buy a ticket for both Akakura and Kanko resorts, you can ski across both in the same day. End the day by skiing into the luxurious Kanko Hotel (on the Kanko side) for a jaw-dropping view from its on-mountain onsen.
Madarao Kogen has epic variety, with steep bowls and powder, and is accessible by the inter-resort bus for 1000 yen. This is one of the few resorts in Japan with "gladed" tree skiing areas (where resort owners have selectively cut down trees, creating space for deep turns in the forests). Make the most of your time by catching the bus to Tangram – shaving 20 minutes off your journey – and buying the connected lift pass (just 500 yen extra) that allows access to both resorts.
Suginohara is popular for its long, steep runs and a huge terrain park but can be crowded on powder days. The other resorts including Seki Onsen, Lotte Arai and Ikenotaira are smaller and potentially more limited – but unbelievably empty. I won't give too much away here, but any one of them can be magical after a big dump of snow. Potentially your best bet for people-free powder.
Where To Eat
There are so many great hole-in-the-wall Japanese restaurants in Myoko Kogen that you can't really go wrong. Just stroll down the main street of Akakura and duck your head inside any doorway draped with noren curtains – this is a traditional Japanese décor for restaurants and usually signals the food inside will be top-notch.
One of the best hidden gems is Lodge Hunter. Here, you can chow down on a variety of izakaya (Japanese pub-style) dishes like yakiniku (barbecued skewers), don (anything on rice) and sukiyaki (a noodle hotpot with vegetables and meat). If you book a seat downstairs in the shabu shabu restaurant, you can treat yourself and a friend to delicious wagyu beef and vegetable hot pot for just 5,000 yen between two.
Samurai Sushi Bar and Grill claims the best salmon sashimi in town. Be sure to order multiple plates of this melt-in-mouth delicacy. Koyama has excellent gyoza. The bartenders at Panorama Restaurant mix funky cocktails, serving them alongside a variety of western share plates. Drop in here for a long, boozy lunch and grab a seat near the windows for the best view over Myoko Kogen valley. Just don't expect to ski again that day.
If you like the sound of Myoko and want to visit it yourself then click through to make an enquiry for a quote. 7 nights accommodation starts from as low as $507.
This guide was originally published on Mountainwatch.com. Mountainwatch is the leading Australian snow forecasting site with forecasts, snow cams, snow reports, the latest news and more. Check up on Mountainwatch year round for coverage of both the Southern and Northern winter.


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This easy and pretty pompon hat, called the "Alexa Beanie" is coming this week. Be sure to check back so you can be one of the first to make it! Read More
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Winter has arrived and as the snow falls and the wind blows we all start looking for warm, snuggly and stylish scarves to keep us warm! Well, look no further! In this roundup of bulky scarves you're sure to find one that you will want to make for yourself, a friend or family member! (This Read More
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Why do we celebrate the birth of Christ in December? There's no solid date on the actual birth date of Jesus, but you have to pick a day. Why that one?
Well, a lot of it has to do with the festival of Saturnalia, which begins today. Saturnalia was one of the most widespread holidays in the Roman empire, and was dedicated to the Zeus' (Jupiter) dad Cronos (Saturn). Cronos was a harvest god who ate his kids before they could try and topple him, but was also responsible for a Golden Age of social equality and easy living that was totally not made up or anything.
Anyway, Saturnalia was supposed to be about remembering this period of goodness, and also featured a lot of the things we do for Christmas now that have little to do with the savior, like lights and widespread gift-giving. When Rome went Christian, many of the Saturnalian festivities were tacked onto their new holiday dedicated to Christ in order to sort of sneak-convert the remaining pagan worshippers. These pagan trappings are actually why a lot of Christians resisted the holiday for a long time.
My point is that Jesus isn't the reason for the season, just a reason. A good one, surely, but just one of many. Let's all take a minute to remember the old gods. This playlist is dedicated to you!
The Gutter Twins, "God's Children" Two of underground rock's best front men, Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan, got together to form Gutter Twins. Their album Saturnalia appropriately began recording on Christmas Day 2003, but the album wouldn't see the final light of day until five years later. It's a dark little record, but then again Saturn was kind of a dark guy. "God's Children" seemed like the perfect selection to mix old worship with new.
Meat Loaf, "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King" Although I've portrayed the festival of Saturnalia in a very bright light, this was a Roman festival and you know what that means. At the Temple of Saturn, a priest would offer a sacrifice of a suckling pig to the god in order to gain his favor. It was a pretty standard thing back then, but it still seems somewhat barbarous to modern ears. Meat Loaf's "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King" from Bat Out of Hell III sums up my feelings on the matter.
Sopor Aeternus, "Do You Know About the Water of Life" I listen to a lot of disturbing music, but man Sopor Aeternus is something else. They're the kind of act that would make Edward Ka-Spel want to tone it down some. It's goth music for people who want to make other goths feel the way normal people feel around us.
In "Do You Know About the Water of Life," Anna-Varney Cantodea sings the line, "Like Cronos I rigidly serve an illusion.. I attempted to unman Uranus last night/ Swallowing handfuls of my prophetic children, in terror I'm fearing the passing of time." Uranus was Cronos' father and grandfather, and Cronos castrated him for imprisoning him and his siblings in Tartarus. This stuff happens a lot in Roman mythology.
My Little Pony Cast, "Topsy Turvy" Let's lighten the mood a bit. One of the more amusing traditions of Saturnalia was the crowning of the King of Saturnalia. The King was supposed to issue ridiculous decrees such as dance naked that had to be obeyed. It's likely that this was a mockery of autocratic rule after Rome went Republic, and you can see similar practices in things like the Feast of Fools in the medieval period. The celebration was also featured in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but I thought having the cast of My Little Pony sing "Topsy Turvy" instead would help clear the air after all the darkness.
NuBeat Children's Choir, "Christmas Candle" I know I may have angered some Christians in this article, but if you've read to the end, here let me say something conciliatory.
One of the things that Saturnalia, Christmas, and a host of other winter celebrations around the world have in common is the idea of lighting the world (figuratively and literally) as it darkens into winter. That's the idea. It's one big laugh in the face of increasingly long and dangerous nights. That's why the Romans lit their candles, why the secularists hang lights, why the Germanic peoples burned a yule log, and so on and so on.
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I have just been reading an amazing article by Suki Falconberg in Women's Space – "Non-Prostituted Women and the Loneliness of the Long-Distance Whore". It is partly about how the media and academia misrepresents prostituted women and girls.
The power of her writing reach into a part I thought was lost, I found I was sobbing as I read her words.
I sobbed as I know again how hard I had to make myself to survive the mundane brutal violence that is prostitution To quote Suki Falconberg –
"There is no 'sensuality' in being raped all day, and in taking in penises of men you don't know in your mouth in a dirty alley, as you kneel, subservient."
But the media does and will continue to portray being a prostitute as having "joy, dignity, sensuality and power".
For millions of women and girls that are or have been prostituted that is just a sick joke.
My experiences of violence and degradation were less than a great many prostituted women.
I was not locked away from the world. But through self-hate and the brainwashing of the sex trade, I believed all I was worth was to be a fuck-object for cash.
I was not raped every day. But I was raped so much, that I lost count at round 300. I stopped counting coz my mind had a meltdown. I was raped so much, that I became a robot and was surprised when I saw my severe injuries.
I was only gang-raped a few times. Not locked in a system where gang-rape was used to punish and control the women and girls who show any spirit.
I did not have a pimp. But I had managers/friends who stole any money I earned.
I was not trafficked to another country. But I was moved from clubs to the streets, into private parties. I was exchanged through "word of mouth".
I got raped anally and orally, but it was not known as torture. That is just how it felt.
I was not murdered, so I suppose I was lucky.
I can say some of my truth , but as Suki Falconberg said –
"No one interviews me. I interview myself…. I am not a fuck-rape specimen for cool academic observation….
To let you into the place where I have suffered inside would be impossible. You have to keep what happened private, to protect at least one tiny spot inside."


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In my 4 or so years doing serious and semi-serious web development, I have learned countless lessons. I have learned how to modify existing web spaces, how to create from scratch, how to write html, xhtml, css, and javascript, how to create and edit images, and how to utilize an amalgam of free resources available to us nowadays in order to produce functional web spaces at low cost. All of these things are straightforward and externally locuted skills I've picked up along the way. However, they pale in comparison to the countless internal and emotional lessons I've learned (and continue to learn) in the course of this mini-adventure I've been on.
From the very first seriously creative project I undertook, to create a collaborative online space for Student for Environmental Action, until now I have consistently run into the same internal emotional battle. At various points I've dealt with it better or worse, but I am still baffled by its ability to put me on my ass. In most of my online projects I am expressing a vast array of both my external skills and my internal creativity. When a project grabs my attention, it usually takes hold of me, only to let go when I either see it to fruition or give up on it (to be pushed under in my subconscious). I end up putting so much of myself into these projects, physically and emotionally, that by the time I am ready to show it to someone, I have built up massive expectations for their response. I think I am looking for this person to match the level and intensity that I've put into whatever web space it is with her/his excitement for what I've done. To date, this has never happened, and so I'm perpetually dissappointed. Sometimes I can just brush off the disappointment. Sometimes it refuels me. But other times, the disappointment devastates me and I manage to let it invade all nooks and crannies of my life.
In the latest episode, I recently worked very hard and very solidly for nearly three months on a single project. I had developed a new book display virtual interface for the library that I work for throughout the fall '07 semester. It was a relatively simple web page/app, using javascript to parse and display everything entirely on the client side. Very few people in the library knew about it, but those who did were pretty complimentary. Around mid-May I began hearing from some of my colleagues that they were very impressed with the new books page and some even expressed interest in extending the idea to their own collections of books. Not only this, but a blog post on the central library blog was created drawing attention to the page I had created. This relatively unsolicited support for the work I had done floored me. I was so excited that someone was interested in what I was doing and even wanted me to implement the idea in a different context. So, I set to work further developing it to add a suite of key features I thought it needed.
Nearly three months down the road I was ready to emerge with a new version (it still needs work mind you). The excitement of feeling like people, my colleagues among them, were paying attention and interested in what I was doing propelled me onward. In this excitement I began working on the project at home and off the clock (something I promised myself I'd never do). The more I worked the more excited I got about the interesting and new features I was able to throw together (dedicated search, user-generated tags, enhanced labels, sorting, light box popups, breadcrumbs). About two weeks ago I decided it was time to stop developing new features and cleanup what I had, getting it ready for release.
Last Wednesday I had it ready and sent it off to be put to the live servers. After checking to see that it was working properly, I sent out an email on Thursday to some of my colleagues, those who had been supportive in the past. In it, I included details about the new version and details about he amount of work I had put into it. With my excitement about the new features and my relief to be done with it for a while, I honestly expected to hear back rave reviews. I expected that many of them would reply to me with praise and even suggest that another blog post be created noting the changes. Since most of us work at computers all day and check email constantly, I figured it wouldn't take long. To my surprise, it did. Only one person responded noting the changes and congratulating me. I was devestated. I am devestated. I put a smile on my face and went on with my days (checking my email and getting excited at the appearance of every new message for the chance that it could be something about my work), either ignoring my disappointment or rationalizing it, only to let it creep into my mood and relationships in shadow form.
I write all this not to invoke response from whoever might read it, and not so much to get my emotions out in cathartic fashion. I write this because it viscerally and intensely brings up a core life experience. I want to get mad about this. I want to be mad at my colleagues and mad at the world. But how can that be? That would imply that someone external to me is at fault for my own inner state. How can I honestly be upset about this when my expectations for how my work will be received are both so massive and so prescripted that no one could possibly live up to them? In this vein, how pompous and arrogant am I to have such expectations; as if what I have done is some feat worthy of worldly recognition?! And so, I think I need to own up to my disappointment and anger and be accountable for/to it. To clearly understand that I am the owner of my emotions and the creator of my emotions. To clearly evaluate the motivations behind what I set out to do in the first place, and who I set out to do it for. On a conceptual level, I get this. I understand that I'm creating my own emotional rat race. But in the real world, in my real life, I don't know how to deal with it or stop it.
I honestly don't think I can or should blame myself entirely because it is more complicated than that. I see a proportionally equivalent relationship in the amount of effort and creativity I put into something and the level of expectation I have. I am constantly pushing myself to the next level of creative expression because I feel like it is an expression not limited to my finite self and corporeal body. I feel like in fully expressing creativity, I am just a vehicle through which flows the lifeforce of the all. I also feel that connection to this lifeforce requires a humility that goes beyond the definition and scope of the word humble. It requires a certain opening and surrendering. What I want to be able to do is be that vehicle for creativity and remain ultimately humble. What I am finding through this life experience, is that those two things are at odds with each other. It seems the more creativity I surrender to, the more sacrifice I make, the more creative and effective the end product of my creation, AND the more I have expectations for how it will be received. I feel this contradiction intimately and don't know what to do about it.
Worldly success tells me to push on. Emotional and spiritual well-being tells me to stop. But I don't believe in these two being at odds with each other. I don't "buy it" that I have to choose. I don't want to settle for "either/or". Where's my "yes/and"? What am I missing?
How to fully manifest... how to be fully creative... how to have right intention, and thus humility...
Another Lesson in Expectation and Humility
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In my 4 or so years doing serious and semi-serious web development, I have learned countless lessons. I have learned how to modify existing web spaces, how to create from scratch, how to write html, xhtml, css, and javascript, how to create and edit images, and how to utilize an amalgam of free resources available to us nowadays in order to produce functional web spaces at low cost. All of these things are straightforward and externally locuted skills I've picked up along the way. However, they pale in comparison to the countless internal and emotional lessons I've learned (and continue to learn) in the course of this mini-adventure I've been on.


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Why I became an arts educator
The literary arts has been in my blood since as long as I can remember, even pre-Bar Mitzvah. I've always been a voracious writer and a non-stop writer. I wrote novels in junior high, short story collections in high school. But as much as I clamoured to writing and reading, I felt abandoned in high school...Where were the units on modern poetry, on edgy prose, on stuff I could relate to?
That's why I have pivoted in my career to include arts education. For 7 years or so, I've been dabbling in teaching spoken word to students in schools across the GTA, but now I'm going all-in. Spoken word has never been so popular as it is now, and I have see how youth across Canada have been diving deep into poetry slams and spoken word artistry. And wow, they are amazingly talented, so much so I feel pressured to get writing new pieces just to keep up!
When I come into a classroom to teach spoken word to teens, I always tell them what they're about to hear (from myself, from poets on YouTube) is not poetry by dead white people like Shakespeare. I explain how schools have to be forward-thinking to invite spoken word to their classrooms in order to offer students the full range of poetic brilliance available to us today.
And those students' faces light up when they learn how poetry can speak to their joys and struggles, their stories and communities. It's truly a wondrous sight. Having kids perform stunning pieces of poetry after a workshop is undoubtedly one of the greatest joys I experience in my career, thanks to creative kids who want to share their voice with their peers. That's one of the reasons why Toronto Poetry Project's BAM Youth Slam has become so popular for youth in Toronto.
I'm not sure if these students would be exposed to spoken word if I didn't get invited to their schools by open-minded teachers. I like what Andrew Simmons wrote about the value of teaching poetry to students for The Atlantic: "Poetry can become a gateway to other forms of writing. It can help teach skills that come in handy with other kinds of writing—like precise, economical diction, for example."
So if you're interested in what poetry can do for a room full of kids who hate capital-P "Poetry", I'm available to answer any questions you might have. Give me a shout via the Contact form here.
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This drone footage shows what remains of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp which was liberated 70 years ago today.
Auschwitz was the Nazi regime's main center for its policy to try and destroy the Jewish people and others that it had listed for annihilation.
An estimated 1.6 million people were killed in the camp.
"At least 960,000 Jews were killed in Auschwitz. Other victims included approximately 74,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma (Gypsies), and 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war; and 10,000–15,000 members of other nationalities (Soviet civilians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, French, Germans, and Austrians)," states the Holocaust Encyclopedia.
Healthy prisoners were worked like slaves. Those deemed unfit for work – i.e. the young, the elderly and ill – were murdered.
It was the largest of the Nazi death camps and it's now a World Heritage Site.
Thousands of tourists and survivors visit what remains of the camp which is located in Poland, near the city of Krakow.
See the below video of a Holocaust survivor recalling his life after being liberated from Auschwitz.


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We've been taught to put forth our most confident, capable and polished selves during job interviews.
But recruiters note that business-school students seeking jobs regularly slip from grounded confidence into arrogance and an inflated sense of entitlement. As a result, they often knock themselves out of contention for attractive jobs.
"We have top-talent indicators that we look for, and we also have several derailers in the back of our minds," says Chris Aisenbrey, director of university relations for Whirlpool Corp. in Benton Harbor, Mich. "Arrogance can raise a red flag, because it affects your ability to work in teams and with lower-level employees, and [affects] your ability to be customer-service focused."
There are things interviewees can do to leave the right impression, recruiters say. Here are five tips to help ensure that your air of self-confidence won't cross the line into arrogance.
1. Talk teamwork.
Avoid overstating your role in team projects. For some students, "everything is 'I did this, I did that.' It's off-putting," says Ken Bayne, assistant treasurer at Guidant Corp., a medical-device maker in Indianapolis, who's been recruiting M.B.A.s for seven years. During on-campus interviews, recruiters can meet several students who worked on the same project, he says, "and I'll get completely different points of views about who did what."
He prefers to see an interviewee "be clear about what the team accomplished and about what their role was," he says. "To be an effective person on a successful team is the best of both worlds."
2. Engage everyone.
Recruiters often worry that high-achieving M.B.A.s won't be able to engage and manage a diverse group of people, including those in the ranks below them.
Mr. Bayne says he likes to ask interviewees about when they had to motivate someone who wasn't a direct report. "It indicates they can get things done in an organization," he says.
And Mr. Aisenbrey keeps an eye on candidates' social interaction through the interview process. For example, the candidate's chit-chat when Mr. Aisenbrey is escorting them from an interview tells him about their social skills and whether they're enthusiastic about his company. During those few seconds of informal conversation, "I want to know what they know about Whirlpool and why they're excited about it," he says.
How candidates interact with other employees also is telling. "The administrative assistants will tell a recruiter if a person was rude or standoffish or high maintenance," Mr. Aisenbrey adds. Chatting with the receptionist when you arrive for your interview helps. So does returning calls promptly.
3. Convey interest with questions.
Knowing little about a company suggests to recruiters you thought you didn't need to bother preparing -- a signal that you think too highly of yourself or too little of their company. Asking detailed, pointed questions about the company is a good way to show that you've done your homework, recruiters say. "The questions will show when you know nothing about a company, too," Mr. Bayne says. For example, some M.B.A.s ask questions that are easily answered by looking at the company's Web site.
Asking questions about the company's culture indicates that you're looking for the job that will fit you best, rather than one that will provide the most prestige or biggest paycheck. Mr. Aisenbrey says that one of the best questions he's been asked was: What would a person see when standing in your parking lot at the end of the workday? The interviewee wanted to know if workers would come out looking stressed or talking with co-workers, or whether no cars would leave the parking lot until late at night.
"It was a creative way to get at the issue of culture," he says.
4. Don't fixate on your job title.
Some M.B.A.s get too hung up on titles. For example, Mr. Bayne says, he typically hires M.B.A.s into senior-analyst roles rather than manager positions. "But that senior analyst might be doing more managing than they expect," he says. He prefers candidates who are curious mostly about the work they'll be doing and about their likely career progress at his company, he says.
Mr. Aisenbrey shares the same view. "Chances are that your job is going to change soon after you get to the company," he says. "Your supervisor will move on, the job will grow or shrink, or you'll be promoted quickly because you're a great talent." As a result, he says, he likes interviewees to be most concerned with how they fit with the firm in general rather than what their initial title or exact role will be.
5. Have realistic expectations.
Employers who recruit M.B.A.s "want people who see themselves at the beginning of their career," says Andy Chan, director of the career-management center at Stanford Graduate School of Business. "The job isn't necessarily going to be at the bottom, but it will be somewhere in the middle."
M.B.A.s who believe they'll immediately get to use the management skills they learned in class to run a big-business division need to adjust their expectations. This is particularly important when changing careers, and especially if you're also changing industries, Mr. Aisenbrey says. "Just because you were a manager in engineering doesn't mean you're ready to be put in charge of one of our brands immediately," he notes.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, Jacqueline Wilbur, the director of career development, encourages students to spend much of their first semester talking to alumni about their career paths, so they have a realistic idea of what their first job after graduation might be and where they might go from there. She says she particularly likes students to hear from alumni who have been out of school for about five years and have a longer-term perspective on their school experience.
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The Tiny Range of Motion
Seth Godin – Linchpin
"I watched author and conductor Roger Nierenberg teach a session using a symphony orchestra as an example. First, he asked the group to play the piece as well synchronized as possible. Then he had them do it again, asking each person to go to their own personal edge, engaging the music the way they wanted instead of the way the group wanted.
To the untrained ears in the room, the two versions were difficult to tell apart.
That's because we teach people to stick within a tiny range. We don't want the lows to be too low, so we limit the highs as well. The people in this orchestra couldn't even visualize themselves racing outside the box that had been established for them. Creativity is not choosing to wear a pink shirt to an office where only blue and white are standard. That's merely window dressing.
We see this in organizations of all types. We ask someone to do something wacky or original and they change the tiniest surface element instead of finding the root of a creative solution. That's no accident. That's what we taught them to do. The opportunity is in changing the game, changing the interaction, or even changing the question."
Oh my. So much revelation is hidden within these words. There is so much to say about this. I see so many Christians and Christianity in general stuck in the middle of the mundane. Thank God that His grace is the oil on the road that is calling us forth to forsake the mundane middle and to walk into a broad place of freedom and creativity in Christ. Thank God for that.
Limitations press us on all side. Don't go too high or too low. Stay in the safety zone. But did Jesus do that? Of course not. I love his words above. There is a great Kingdom message whether he knows it or not. Each of us in Christ must venture to our own personal edge of life where Jesus calls us to risk, jump, be, walk, stay, be still…….it is a personal way in Christ – creative for all of us and when we walk it there is perfect unity in the Spirit.
We settle for so much less than living the life of Christ that is within us. Jesus was radical, revolutionary and creative in all ways. His life is our life. We walk in a broad place of revelation, creativity, adventure and journey.
Creativity does not just tweak the norm or enhance the mundane. Creativity – radical thoughts and revelation of upheaval and then penetrating the mundane middle, walking it out in faith in the Son of God
Have I always been this way? No, it's been a bit suppressed by an internal gauge within me of trying to be everything to everybody. It feels good to be out and to call others into this broad place of freedom in Christ.
My wisdom for today – don't stick within that tiny range of motion because of fear. Move out to discover who you are in Christ. I thought I knew but each day I am asking the Lord, "Who is Debra, Lord?" And, He is walking and talking with me as we sync it out together.
I would love to speak at your conference, gathering, church or home group. Contact me here, on Facebook or on Twitter. Enjoy reading about Rivers of Eden and the Timeline of our Life!


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OK so as most of you beautiful people who inhabit this great earth
should know that xbox LIVE has stormed Gods country "America".
And yes some of you have already spent sleepless nights staring
into the radiance of your television while talking mad smack to
many as you destroy them, or (like me) getting destroyed! I had
the privilege of purchasing one of very few xbox starter kits that
were left in the store before some booger-eating fourth grade spoiled
brat begged his dear 'ol Mommy to buy it for him. And yes since
I am the only one outside the magnificent three (Pickle, Soda, and
Snowcone) that has played on LIVE, then I am entitled to say absolutely
anything about this damn thing. I really couldn't buy all the games
that were supported for LIVE…I think its pretty communist that
they only released a very small variety of games, and on top of
that they didn't freaking make Halo supported on LIVE. Let me tell
you that setting up the LIVE system could be a breeze, or can be
like a Mexican trying to learn Japanese geometry.
Once you're on, its pretty easy going to through the setup. You
can be real creative by coming up with a gamer handle, I've seen
handles ranging from PimpCock to FreginLazer. I myself like to stay
conservative and use the same one I've been using forever. Moving
on, you obviously want the full effect of LIVE so make sure you
purchase a game that is LIVE supported. I had to settle with Unreal
Championship. It was the only game that was close to satisfying
my Halo craving to playing online. The headset is ok…it has a
volume control and also a mute button. You also have the option
of disguising your voice in several different masks, some are annoying
and some are just ok. I suggest NOT using them. You would expect
every person playing would talk mad trash, but you are sorely mistaken.
KICK YOUR ASS SO TALK AS MUCH CRAP AS YOU WANT!!! Ok moving on!!!
Let me tell you that this game just gets way out of hand when your
on LIVE. Its just freaking insane, its like playing "Quake"
while consuming insane quantities of speed, coke, and any other
drug you freaking insane kids do. I mean it's insane, I mean really,
its just way to fast and you have no clue what the hell is going
on. Of course there are those players who will dominate the channel
that you are in for hours for some ungodly reason.
Other than that if you want a quick taste of the xbox LIVE, I suggest
you get into it now. Rent a few games that are supported before
buying some. That way you know which poison to pick. Next on my
list; Ghost Recon, and Mech Assault. I am here to tell all to not
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Master Barcsay and His Pupils
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Otvor galériu: https://www.rovart.com/sk/gallery.php?id=772
Master Barcsay and His Pupils
Selection of Seriographies: Jenő Barcsay, László Balogh, Pál Deim and Tamás Konok
Nowadays presentation of masters and pupils is a fashion and it makes me happy. Sometimes young artists – graduated at art college - do not consider as an important information who was their master.
We need to clarify an important question. The word ′Master′ had a significant meaning during the studium of painting in previous decades. It can determine the start or the whole carrier of the young artist. During the university studies always there is one or more professional tutor, but students every time must study artistic anatomy. Hundreds of artists see Jenő Barcsay as a Master even if he was not their tutor, but their anatomy professor. It refers to his great effect, suggestivity and attitude forming power. Some of them came closer to Barcsay′s idea of constructivism and pure geometric ars poetry.
Barcsay – privies chose three pupils for the show, these are László Balogh, Pál Deim and Tamás Konok who were very friends of him. There was strong personal relationship among them. How had been these relations formed?
Otvor galériu: https://www.rovart.com/sk/gallery.php?id=773
Jenő Barcsay was born in 1900 in Katona, Mezőség in Transylvania. He moved to Kolozsvár in 1910, then he went to Szamosújvár next year, he continued his studies in Nagyaenyed. He graduated from high school in 1918.
He did his university studies between 1919 and 1924 in Budapest. His masters were János Vaszary and Gyula Rudnay.
He presented his work in 1925. He became the member of the Painters Society of Szentendre, but he visited the city only in 1929. Landscape had effect on his painting and his life and he came closer to the new tendencies represented by Vajda and Kassák .
He was invited to be anatomy professor at the College of Fine Arts in 1945, later he was appointed officially. His worldfamous book Artistic Anatomy was published in 1953, and he got Kossuth prize in 1954. His other books – Man and Drapery, 1958 and Form and Space, 1966 – were also basic studies for students.
He went on pension in 1970, but he stayed in connection with the College furthermore. He spent more time in Szentendre.
The permanent exhibition was created in 1978 based on Barcsay Collection of Szentendre. ′I cannot imagine my painting without Szentendre...′ - he proclaimed. He got Kossuth prize again in 1985.
He died in Budapest in 1988, his ashes were placed to eternal rest in the graveyard of Fiume.
Otvor galériu: https://www.rovart.com/sk/gallery.php?id=774
László Balogh (painter and graphic) was born in Szentendre in 1930. His college studies were delayed because of historical reasons, he could continue it only between 1951 and 1957. His tutor was György Konecsni, but he also sees Barcsay as his master. They were in contact with each other since their young age. His first solo exibition was in the Young Artists′ Club in Budapest in 1964. His art is built on concise dinamic color and form relations in a very pure visual formulation. He lives in Szentendre. He got Munkácsy prize in 2006 and he was awarded with the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic in 1994.
László Balogh
Otvor galériu: https://www.rovart.com/sk/gallery.php?id=775
Pál Deim (painter, graphic and sculptor) was born in Szentendre in 1932. After a long preparation he studied in College of Fine Arts between 1958 and 1963. His professors were Sándor Ék, Gyula Pap, Lajos Vajda, Jenő Gadányi and Jenő Barcsay of course. His first solo show was presented in Hall Mednyánszky in Budapest in 1965. His personal style has being formed from the 70s in which the idol – shaped human figure got a bit more focus. Figure and space, organic form and geometric structure, awareness and intuition are summerized with unique structures of his motives. He lives and works in Szentendre. He got Munkácsy prize in 1985, became excellent artist in 1991, and was awarded with Kossuth prize.
Pál Deim
Otvor galériu: https://www.rovart.com/sk/gallery.php?id=776
Tamás Konok was born in Budapest in 1930. After he finished the high school in Győr, he started his studies in Aurél Bernáth′s class (between1948 and 1953) in College of Fine Arts , where his anatomy professor was Jenő Barcsay. After graduation he worked as a decorator. He got to know Endre Rozsda, Lajos Barta and Endre Bálint, kept in touch with them in Paris as well. He got Derkovits scolarship because of Barcsay′s proposal in 1957. He could spend half year in Paris as a scholar in 1958, lived in Paris from the 60s, then he moved to Switzerland from the 70s. His first solo exhibition was in Paris in 1960. His pure forms can be described by geometric abstraction from the 70s. He did not do a single show in Hungary for 20 years, then his first exhibition opened in Győr in 1980. He got Kossuth prize in 1998 and he is the member of the Széchenyi István Academy of Literature since 2004.
Tamás Konok
Otvor galériu: https://www.rovart.com/sk/gallery.php?id=777
Exhibition is made of seriographs and a great part of them were printed in Szentendre. Seriograph as a graphic reproduction process appeared in the United States in the 30s and 40s. It developed a lot after the Second World War and worldfamous artists′ works - Hans Arp, Josef Albers, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichenstein, Andy Warhol, Victor Vasarely - could be reproducted. First Hungarian experiments started in the middle of the 60s and it was propagated by the artist called Imre Kocsis. The technique became part of the study material and Graphic Workshop of Szentendre was founded in 1979 due to his help. The technique is still used by the help of Mihály Lipták masterprinter.
Younger collegues showed Barcsay the technique because his visual world and his concrete paitings were suitable to be transformed into seriographs. As we know twenty seriographs were made with his signiture during his life. Now we can see ten of those in the exhibition.
László Balogh and Pál Deim started to print their seriographs in the 80s, here you can see a work made by Balogh from 1995, the newest was printed last year. Three of the Deim′s works were made in 2011, while Konok′s prints were made in 1994. The attributes, compositions and structures show the essence of their art. The visitor can get closer to significant artists of the 20th century.
The exhibition tour completed with some documents goes through some cities of the Carpathian basin.
Written by Balázs Feledy
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After 16 years under Sheriff Roger Leclaire, the Washington County Sheriff's Office has a new leader. In just two months, Sheriff Jeffrey J. Murphy has already started adding his own touches to the department. He says there is a lot more change coming.
"It's great. It's been very busy, but I am thoroughly enjoying it," said Murphy, who was sworn in Jan. 2. "We have a lot of plans, but we do know that we cannot do everything at once. Everyone has been great and really helpful with the transitions."
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