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Strategy HC7.4: Revive EcoBroker course and certification.
Strategy Description
EcoBroker is a real estate training and communications course that offers education and tools to real estate professionals that in turn help consumers take advantage of energy-efficient and environmentally-sensitive design in real estate properties. Through EcoBroker's energy and environmental curriculum, real estate professionals acquire the knowledge and resources to become Certified EcoBrokers. These real estate professionals assist clients in their pursuit of properties that provide affordability, comfort, and a healthier environment, which reducing carbon footprints.


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With All Due Respect
Often in public discourse you will hear someone, more often than not a politician, say, "With all due respect" as a preface to statements that are often disrespectful.
What is your first thought when you hear "With all due respect"?
Mine is the subject of their comments is about to be disrespected. More specifically, my thoughts go back to Saturday Night Live in the late 1970's, when it was still funny in my opinion. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin did a Point/Counter Point segment during Weekend Update. Dan would often begin his reply to Jane with, "Jane, you ignorant slut" and Jane would often begin her response to Dan with, "Dan, you pompous ass." I think this parody accurately reflects the meaning of this phrase more often than not in today's contentious political climate. This was really pushing the envelope on TV back then.
Pay attention. You are likely to hear this phrase used often during the upcoming election year. Each one of us has to judge the intent of the speaker for ourselves.
Why So Serious?
Try this as you watch the presidential debates. You are watching the debates aren't you? Substitute one of the phrases above when you hear "with all due respect." It might just bring a smile to your face and make the experience more enjoyable. Political correctness has the effect of removing a sense of humor from too many discussions. I am not making light of serious issues that need to be discussed but if we can't laugh at ourselves from time to time we are taking ourselves much too seriously.
Political Correctness has to go
I am proud to live in a country where we still can express our thoughts freely. However, too often political correctness is allowed to silence discussion of different opinions. If you don't want to take my word for that, see what a liberal has to say about it in, The Silencing, by Kirsten Powers where she says,
"The illiberal left knows that delegitimization works. It's their strongest weapon in a country with unparalleled free speech protections. If you can't suppress views you don't like with repressive laws, then delegitimize the people expressing them…delegitimization through demonizing and intimidation remains the illiberal left's most effective tactic."
If we disagree, let's discuss it. Often the best idea is only discovered when opposing ideas are discussed. Let's not let political correctness kill our First Amendment right of freedom of expression and any chance we have to arrive at that best decision.
Dr. Ben Carson also recognizes this issue and addressed it well in his closing remarks from the Republican presidential debate on 11/10/2015 when he said,
"There is something special about this nation and we must embrace it and be proud of it and never give it way for the sake of political correctness."
To borrow from Jane Curtin's Weekend Update closing remarks,
"Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow."
Until next time…
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Attorney advertising is only a part of your legal marketing plan. Your legal marketing campaign is like a puzzle and each advertising method is a piece of that puzzle; when they all come together they form the big picture that is your legal marketing strategy.
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- Business cards
- TV and radio spots
These are all specific one-shot "yells" that serve to flash your name to the public and let them know who you are and what you offer. They grab attention and lead your potential clients to learn more. This is essentially the goal of attorney advertising - grab their attention and make them want more.
These methods are designed to feed into your overall legal marketing plan. Your attorney advertising should funnel your clients to your website or to order your information (your book, guide, CD, or whatever you offer). That's where the marketing kicks in. Your information-rich sources should give them the knowledge they need and the opportunity to ask you for more help.
Once you've got your attorney advertising working to feed your legal marketing and the clients are paying attention, it's time to make the sale. Don't let sales and marketing confuse you, there's a difference between sales and marketing that successful lawyers understand. My article helps differentiate the two and shows how they work together to help you build a successful practice.
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Sent To My Room
I broke a dish
and mom got mad.
She sent me to my room
because she said that I was bad.
So I'm sitting here
on my canope
with my stereo
and my color tv
and my favorite doll
and my 'lectric train
and my building blocks
and my video game,
And I'm wondering what
my mother meant
when she said my room
was a punishment.
(C) 1998, Arden Davidson
I am trying to find a
publisher or agent
to represent any or all
of the stories and poems
in "A Pocketful of Rhymes".
If you know anyone
that can help, or have comments,
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text: The most exciting street artists are those who are consistently trying to push boundaries of form and expression. These past couple weeks, Rone has been working in the freezing cold, high above Berlin, on the largest wall he has ever attempted. Painting around windows and balconies in his signature cinematic style, the Melbourne-based street artist delivered three sumptuous renditions of the gorgeous Teresa Oman. The project was curated by Strychnin Gallery.


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Starting in December of 2006 I started taking my photography more seriously. I bought a decent camera and began studying such concepts as exposure and aperture. It was quite daunting at first but I just starting shooting and practicing the things I had been reading about. I had been interested in photography for many years through perusing the vast outlets available on the internet. This made getting started a little easier because there were certain aspects that I knew I wanted to capture or emulate. While it is great to admire other people's work I reached a point where I was inspired to attempt to create my own.
My primary interest, and where I derive most of my inspiration, is fine art nude photography, although, as you can see from my other gallery categories, it is not my only interest. The way I see it there is nothing more beautiful than the human body, and being a heterosexual male I find all women beautiful. One of my biggest inspirations is Craig Morey and one of my favorite quotes from him is "In my own way, I'm studying the Iconography of my own desires as a heterosexual man." I cannot say it any better than that. Every woman is unique and I have found it is the challenge of bringing out their own unique beauty that I love. I am blessed to have a gorgeous and uninhibted wife. In many ways it is because of her that I have chosen this path to pursue photography. I could not have asked for a better teacher in learning the beauty of a woman.
I have a lot to learn and I look forward to learning it. If you are interested in modeling for me then please contact me. I am actively looking for models in the Folsom, El Dorado Hills, and surrounding Sacramento areas of CA. If you received one of my cards or a referral, please provide detail of the circumstances in your email. If you are interested in shooting with me, here is some general information about how the shoot will go:
If you are interested in posing for me I assume you have reviewed my work, liked it, and are interested in collaborating with me to produce photographs that meet both our artistic sensibilities. Creating beautiful photographs will only happen if you, as the model, are completely comfortable.
As the photographer, I do everything I can to make you comfortable. Before shooting we will meet and discuss the types of photographs YOU want and how we can fit that into my style and the types of photographs I want to create. I am primarily an artistic nude photographer so this is the time to discuss the level of nudity that you are comfortable with. For example, some models want nude photographs but do not want their face or other identifying marks shown in the photographs. Other models are interested in implied nude where they pose nude with hands, scarves or other objects strategically covering the areas of their body they do not want photographed. This information is vital to share with me in order to ensure your comfort level is maintained throughout the entire shoot.
After these formalities we will discuss any specific images we want to create and I will ask you to look through existing photographs and point out to me which ones you like. This helps me to understand what you like and create photographs that you will love. If you have any specific requests for photographs this is the time to tell me!
Before we actually begin the shoot I will ask you to read and sign a model release. If we have discussed any specific limitations in the types of photos to be shot you should write this on the model release. We will both initial these statements so there is no confusion. The model release also specifies the terms of the collaboration. The usual option is posing for me in exchange for a CD with a copy of all of the final images. These images may be used for any personal use or self promotion but may not be sold or altered without my consent. You are free to make your own prints for your own personal use. As the photographer I maintain full copyright of all images.
I am not a professional photographer. I do this as a creative outlet and to learn and develop my photograph skills. I will use these resulting photographs in my own portfolios, both in print and on-line. Please consider this when we discuss terms of the shoot. I will happily take photographs that you want for your personal use only and not for me to use for public display. I only ask that the ratio of private and public photos be somewhat balanced.
Preparing for the shoot is as important as the shoot itself. The most important thing to remember is to not wear any tight clothing for at least two hours prior to the shoot. Tight clothing will leave marks and lines on the body that can be distracting in the final photographs. If you have any outfits, lingerie, or other attire or props you want to be photographed in, please bring them! Bring your own makeup but do not apply heavy makeup before the shoot. Always bring high heeled shoes and your favorite lotion even though we may not end up using either. If you are not posing entirely nude please wear appropriate tagless underwear that hugs your body and does not appear baggy or bunchy.
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Omar Khadr eligible for day parole in 3 months
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee now housed at Millhaven Institution in Ontario
Controversial convict Omar Khadr could be released from prison on day parole in less than three months.
According to a timetable provided to CBC News by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Khadr is eligible for day parole on Jan. 1, 2013 – and for full parole seven months later, on July 1, 2013.
On day parole, offenders work, volunteer or go to school during the day then report back to a community-based residential facility known as a halfway house; while on full parole the offender lives on their own but reports regularly to a parole officer.
Khadr, 26, returned to Canada last weekend after 10 years in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp, ending a lengthy jurisdictional tug-of-war between Canadian and U.S. government officials.
Always a polarizing figure, some see Khadr as a child soldier and victim of the war on terror, while others view him as a ruthless murderer and unrepentant jihadist.
Khadr was 15 years old at the time he threw a fatal grenade in a four-hour firefight and was subsequently captured.
In October 2010, he pleaded guilty before a U.S. military commission to five war crimes, including the murder of American medic Sgt. Christopher Speer. He received an eight-year sentence, and was transferred back to Canada last weekend to serve out the remainder of his jail sentence.
Khadr has not filed an application yet
Caroline Douglas, director of communications for the Parole Board of Canada, said an offender must apply for day parole – and can choose to or not. But full parole reviews are mandatory unless the offender waives his or her right.
Khadr's lawyer, John Norris, told CBC News that no application has been made to date.
Scheduling and length of time between an application and hearing varies and depends on "a host of variables," but the fact that an offender was convicted in another jurisdiction has no bearing on the process, Douglas said.
Khadr's statutory release date is Sept. 20, 2016, and his warrant expiry date is two years later – on Sept. 20, 2018.
Khadr is now incarcerated at Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ont. He will be eligible for family visits and escorted and unescorted trips into the community, but CSC would not provide details of eligibility.
"For privacy reasons, we can not disclose the specifics of an offender's case," said CSC spokeswoman Suzanne Leclerc.
Minister will trust Correctional Service of Canada decision
Announcing Khadr's return to Canada last weekend, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews called him a "known supporter of the al-Qaeda terrorist network and a convicted terrorist" – a characterization and statement some criticized as prejudicial to the offender's future chances for release.
Khadr's lawyers see their client as a strong candidate for parole based on his good behaviour while in detention.
Asked if the minister would intervene to prevent Khadr from gaining day passes or parole, his spokeswoman said Toews is entrusting the appropriate agencies.
"He is satisfied the Correctional Service of Canada can administer Omar Khadr's sentence in a manner which recognizes the serious nature of the crimes that he has committed and ensure the safety of Canadians is protected during incarceration," said director of communications Julie Carmichael.
"Any decisions related to his future will be determined by the independent Parole Board of Canada in accordance with Canadian law."


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Peter Orszag, now a new vice-chairman of global banking at Citigroup and former US Office of Management and Budget under Barack Obama, has written a provocative and (with all due respect Peter) wrongheaded Financial Times op-ed proposing that the way to promote savings among America's low-income workers is to attach the prospect of winning millions to them scurrying away a few dollars here and there -- sort of a lottery ticket that goes into their savings rather than into state coffers to help subsidize education or to the profits of the local milk and cigarette stand.
At the New America Foundation, I have colleagues who are most likely the world's leading experts on generating savings among the underclass, or "banking the unbanked" as New America's Reid Cramer or Ray Boshara would say. But suggesting that America's savings problem be solved by establishing an Eva Peron-style lottery incentivizing those with little to save doesn't understand the dynamics at play in the American economy today.
American growth, indeed global growth, this past decade was moving upward at a fast clip in part because household consumption was surging well beyond normal patterns. Whether it was inflated 401k values or bubble-driven home prices, working families had confidence that they lived safely in a "just-in-time money, just-in-time jobs world."
In other words, credit was easy, trust in America's financial health was high, a job lost could easily be filled by a job or two gained. Just-in-time income is a sign of hyper-confidence that the inflow and outflow of funds will be manageable -- sort of like Toyota's just-in-time production system in which it doesn't warehouse materials and supplies but brings together all of its componentry in a just-in-time assembly process.
The trust is gone. The US government and Wall Street managed to not only inject fear and uncertainty deep into the American market and household sector -- but also managed to export toxic financial products to the rest of the world, undermining global trust in US economic leadership.
When households are stressed out about the future, fear losing jobs or unemployment insurance, or see an economy that is not producing enough jobs to keep pace with those coming into the workforce, people save -- and that is what is happening today. People are saving, as Orszag notes in his article, writing that savings has risen from 1.4 percent of income in 2005 to 5.8 percent in 2010. While he properly notes that a further dramatic rise in savings would hurt the economy and constrain a return to badly needed consumption in the short term, he argues that America needs more savings in the long run -- and then says that a lottery for poor folks is the way to get there.
First of all, in many states, working class and lower class/non-working Americans are already the bulk of lottery ticket buyers -- which is essentially a tax on them to support parts of the state education infrastructure. I suppose to draw them away from one lottery-incentivized behavior to support their own savings interests, it could make sense to generate yet another lottery-incentivized behavior. But then who would pick up the newly neglected education tab?
But more importantly, the savings and investment ratios in the United States are a function of another kind of faulty logic -- one that says that America as a whole should "trust" the international system to provide unlimited financing for unlimited gluttony (i.e. consumption from China and elsewhere) and that the working middle class need not fear offshoring of jobs to China and Southeast and South Asia because this is moving America up the value chain and that new, high wage jobs and opportunities will be created out of the churn. The selling point from firms like Citibank is "trust" the international economic order to provide alternatives for what is taken away -- just-in-time manufacturing jobs, just-in-time financing, just-in-time opportunity.
But the rest of the world doesn't operate it. Martin Wolf of the Financial Times once told me that the self-interested, strategic economic behaviors of other major economic stakeholders in the international system required a "patsy" -- someone who would believe in the "just-in-time" security of give-and-take trade and give-and-take finance and jobs, even when its competitors didn't. That is the United States. (To be fair, when I told Martin Wolf that he had said that to me, he said it was impossible because the word "patsy" was not one that fell easily from his lexicon -- but he said that the concept was basically right, and I suggested that "sucker" or "chump" might be just as good, to which he nodded.)
My recommendation to leading economic officials is to get back to the real issue here -- not whether one can create gimmicks to nudge poor people to become the savings backbone of a newly re-energized American economy, but rather to realize that the nation itself can only re-earn real trust from its citizens and respect in the international system if it reinvests in itself, in its innovative sectors, in infrastructure, and creates incentives for surplus nations in the world like China, Germany, and Japan to invest in high value added manufacturing operations inside the United States.
A non-defense discretionary spending freeze for five years, which Barack Obama has proposed, is not a trust-building budget that conveys that America will be more innovative in the future and on a higher growth path. It is a flounder-in-place budget while China and India leapfrog forward.
A major national infrastructure investment push could be a serious event in US history at this point -- and would keep working, low-income Americans on track, investing in themselves when they need to, saving when they need to, borrowing when they need to -- in order to try and secure a better set of opportunities for themselves and their children in the long term.
Eva Peron-style lotteries are just another gimmick of social engineering -- that just builds on the short-term sorts of thinking that we have seen coming for years from the big financial houses in Wall Street and from their agents and proteges in Republican and Democratic administrations.
Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note. Clemons can be followed on Twitter @SCClemons
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Mohsen Keiany
BCU. School of Architecture, 2010, PhD
Tarbiyat Modarres University of Tehran, 1997
Bio & Art Statement
Dr Mohsen Keiany born in Shiraz (Iran) in 1970. He moved to Britain over 15 years ago and through persistence and natural talent he has established a career as an artist and art lecturer. He completed a PhD which originally explored the symbolism of mosques in Baluchistan at the prestigious, Birmingham Institute of Arts and Design, Birmingham City University. His PhD was a very strong piece of research and a book based on his findings will be published by Oxford University Press shortly. He is a successful artist in Birmingham and the West Midlands and has presented his paintings in more than 60 exhibitions in the region and throughout the United Kingdom and internationally.
Mohsen's style, technique and use of materials blend approaches from both East and West. The most important cultural inspiration, however, comes from past and present Persian cultural traditions. References to Persian miniatures, manuscripts, archaeology, history, pottery, music, calligraphy, poetry, ceramic tiles and stained-glass window designs appear in his paintings. They also combine philosophical considerations and Islamic spirituality. Mohsen believes: "My art is my cultural identity. My culture is my dignity and it is my main source of inspiration".
Mohsen has a lot to say and this may be one of the reasons why the surfaces of his paintings are often too small for him to express himself. His work is crowded with people, animals and elements from the natural world. Black outlines, bright colours and the absence of perspective and shadows reflect Persian techniques. The bright colours remind us of tiles and stained-glass windows in Persian architecture. The warm colours represent the sunny climate of Iran. Ancient references are inspired by Mirlic, Seyalc and Lurestan archaeological sites. Recently he has scored poems by Hafez into the surface of his paintings, which demonstrates his loyalty to this great Persian poet.
The people in Mohsen paintings wear traditional Iranian and tribal clothes from centuries ago. They ride horses, play music and participate in ceremonies, dances and other social gatherings. Their facial expressions reveal strong emotions. They look sad, even though they might be thinking and meditating cheerfully. His art is rhythmic: the observer's gaze moves from one object to another as it travels to all parts of a painting. The music of Persian instruments combines with the sounds of horses and goats that run across an image.
Mohsen does not sketch plans for his paintings. He begins by creating a textured surface and then meditates in front of the canvas or board. He finds objects in texture: "Everything is there – I do not to search for them. I just see images and take them from the texture. Later I add some more colours or wipe some colour off. A human body, horse, goat, tree, stone and other objects appear."
Mohsen tries present spirituality in his paintings by using the beautiful to contribute to the enhancement of consciousness. A necessary part of his work is to represent the Creator as the most delicate form of consciousness in the universe. Those who seek spiritual knowledge need to purify themselves so that they can know God.
Spiritual can be defined as that which expresses the numinous and evokes attraction and awe. Spirituality is a feeling we gain when we face an aspect of the divine, an overwhelming consciousness, which may not be overtly religious.
Spiritual knowledge can be achieved by focusing upon fine emotions and rejecting crude ones, by following God's commandments and loving all living beings. It can also be developed with the help of meditative techniques and special methods of psychical self-regulation. Mohsen has found art as the best guiding path towards spirituality.
The Persian philosophical-religious approach can be seen in traditional Persian miniature paintings and this is the most important inspirational component of Mohsen's art – a mythical legacy from the past. His art introduces a different way of understanding traditional Persian philosophy which compares with other modern representations in the arts, including Iranian cinema.
Mohsen's art evokes spirituality as a means of leading people to God and ultimately towards perfection. His paintings provide a spiritual signal to those who want to realise the meaning of life on Earth.
The Chinese philosopher Lao Tse said: 'the wise prefer non-doing (meditation) and live in quietness. Everything happens around such a person as if by itself. He is not attached to anything in the Earth. He does not own anything made by him. He is not proud about his work.'
For Mohsen painting is a form of meditation. He never plans, designs or makes sketches for his paintings. He creates textures and then he sits in front of the canvas for hours, uncovering different elements such as trees, rocky landscapes, animals and human figures, who wear traditional Persian dress and play music.
I am a highly experienced artist, art teacher and lecturer in visual arts. I trained as a fine arts teacher and lecturer. I obtained a PhD in Architecture, from BCU, which based on rural and nomadic symbolic arts, crafts and architecture. I did my both M.A. and B.A degrees in Fine Art (Painting).
I am very much into multi-culturalism and always interested in researching about different cultures and traditions particularly art and architecture. Currently I am carrying out a research for BCU under the title of "Hidden symbolism in Muslim Community in Birmingham". I have taught different courses of arts such as Animation, Paintings, Drawing, Illustration, Decorative arts in various places including in schools, colleges and Universities for more than 17 years. Over the years I built up a reputation as an award winning artist by having my work showcased at various national and international venues.
My art work is deeply influenced by my background. Historical, religious and cultural themes feature strongly, especially the influence of spirituality or Sufism (Erfan). My art can contribute not just to the aesthetic pleasure that people will experience but also enhance their understanding of diverse art traditions and the human condition.
Representing Gallery - Art Scene Gallery, Karachi
2011, Post-doctoral, BCU, Birmingham
2010 PhD in Architecture, BCU in Birmingham
2004, SNVQ Level 5 in Practical arts, South Birmingham Collage
1998 MA in Illustration based painting, Tarbiat Modarres University of Tehran, Iran 1997, Lecturer and teaching qualification, Tarbiat Modarres University of Tehran, Iran
1996 BA in Illustration based painting, Pardis (University of Arts), Isfahan, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2014, Art Scene Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, April,
2013, Tanzara Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan, September/November
2013, Mussawir Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE, April/ October
2012, Art Scene Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, October
2011, Sareban Art Gallery, Tehran, December
2011, Nomad art gallery, Islamabad, November
2011, Art Scene Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, March
2011, Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan, February
2010, Bewdley Museum and Art Gallery, Bewdley, UK, October – November
2010, Khaas Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan, May
2010, Artscene Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, April
2010, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham UK, April – July
2009, Ferdowsi Art Gallery, London, February- March
2009, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, January-February
2008, Resvan Art gallery, Mash'had, Iran, December,
2008, Isfahan Contemporary Art Museum, Isfahan, Iran, January
2007, Haft Honar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, November
2007, RBSA Craft Gallery, Birmingham, February-March
2006, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Gallery 28, November 06- January 2007,
2006, Birmingham Central Library, November 2006
2006, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, September- October, Birmingham
2006, Coventry Transport Museum, June, Coventry
2005 Hawkseley Community Centre, Birmingham, November
2005 Kufa Gallery, London, January
2004 The Bullring, St Martin's Gallery, Birmingham, August- September
2004 The Drum, Birmingham, April- July
2004 Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery, January- March
2003 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, January- March
2002 Newman College of Higher Education, Birmingham
2002 Plater College, Oxford
2002 The Drum Art Centre, Birmingham
1998 Tarbiat Modarres University of Tehran, Iran
Group exhibitions
2013, 45th edition of "Umoristi a Marostica" festival, Marostica (VI),Italy
2008, Tehran Contemporary Art Museum (Paintings' biannual), Iran, May-April
2007, Fragment, ICA (Institute on Contemporary Arts) Gallery, London, November
2007, Creativity and soul, Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes, September
2007, Open Exhibition, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, February- May
2006, Art & Business, June, London
2006 RBSA Gallery Prize Exhibition, Birmingham, July (won the prize)
2005 Qube Art Gallery, Oswestry, July- September
2005 RBSA Gallery 2, Birmingham Art Circle Exhibition, Birmingham, July
2005 RBSA Gallery, Prize Exhibition, Birmingham, June
2005 RBSA Gallery Open all media exhibition, February
2004 RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, October
2004 RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, August
2004 St Paul's Gallery, Birmingham, June
2003 Re-location, Birmingham, September
2003 Summer Open Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, August
2003 Leave to Remain, London, June
2003 RBSA Gallery, Birmingham Arts Circle Exhibition
2002 Intervention, Birmingham
2002 International Convention Centre, Birmingham
1998 Contemporary Arts Museum of Tehran, Iran
1997 Desert's Exhibition, Turkey
1997 1st Festival of Visual Arts, University of Arts, Tehran, Iran
1996 Contemporary Arts Museum of Tehran, Iran
1994 Nipan, Japan
1993 Contemporary Arts Museum of Tehran, Iran
Prizes and Awards
2008 Individual Art awards, Yorkshire Art Council,
2007 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Prize Exhibition, (Highly Commended)
2006 Arts Council England, West Midland, (Visual Arts Award)
2006 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Open Exhibition, (Cash Prize)
2005 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, February (Highly Commended)
2004 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, October (Coley and Tilley first prize)
2004 Individual arts award, Birmingham Arts Council
2002 Creative Ambition Award, West Midlands Arts
Artist in residency in Abu Dhabi Art Hub during may 2014 followed by an exhibition in June 2014.
Work Experience
2012-14 Visiting Lecturer of fine art, School of Visual Communication, Birmingham City University
2011-12, Lecturer in Isfahan art university,
2010-11, Post-doctoral researcher, School of architecture, Birmingham City University
2010-11, Visiting Lecturer of fine art, School of Visual Communication, Birmingham City University
2009/2010 Artist in residence for Birmingham City Council
2002/2010 Running art projects and art workshops around the UK
2002/2004 Art teacher at Primrose Hill Community School, Birmingham
1998/2000 Lecturer, Sooreh, Art University in Shiraz, Iran
1996/ 1999 Illustrator of Janbaz Magazine and Resalat Newspaper (Iran)
1984/1999 Teacher and coordinator, Kavar, Shiraz, Iran
2014, Baluchistan; the land of architecture, crafts and religious symbolism (book), Oxford University Press (in process)
2011, Well-being international Conference (Paper), BCU, Birmingham
2011, Biting Back Symposium (presentation), 21 March Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
2010, Inter-Chat Conference (presentation), A dialogue on arts and communities with local and international perspectives. 7-8 April, the Drum. Birmingham, 2010, Hidden Symbolism in Asian community of Birmingham (research), Birmingham City University
2010, Nomadic architecture of Baluchistan (article), Mardjani Foundation, Moscow University
2010, Architecture, craft and religious symbolism in rural areas of Baluchistan in Pakistan (PhD Research)
2009, Mythical legacy (Article), London, 20th of February
2008, Minaret in Islamic architecture (article), on Luka versa (book), Birmingham City council,
2008, Visual art, Catalogue, Birmingham
2007, Colourful dreams, Catalogue, Tehran
2006, Minaret symbol of sacredness (article), The Faith initiative magazine, May, Lancaster
2005, A pictorial survey of tribal living culture in Iran (article) Firouzeh (Journal of the Centre for research in Iranian Arts), Birmingham 2004, Conflict & Spirituality, Catalogue, Birmingham
1998, The use of materials in Persian painting; school of Qajar (research), Trbiyat Modaress University in Tehran
1996, Investigation of rural and tribal elements on Persian paintings, school of Trabriz (research), Isfahan Art University
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Good news tonight - I have not just one, but two new original Faces of Faery paintings!! One has a darling dragon, and one is creepy - skeleton/vampire themed - and both start at just ONE PENNY on eBay! I also have a brand new series of "Fairy Virtue" figurines (beautiful and inspirational faeries based around virtuous themes) from the Hamilton Collection now available to order - all that info can be found below. Also - Chris has new auctions up for stretched & ready-to-hang hand embellished lt. ed. canvas prints of mine for sale - this time it is "Portrait of Medusa," "Belladonna's Gift" - ready to pop up on your wall, as well as new penny auctions for my lt. ed. & Hamilton Collection statues. Neat stuff! Also again.... Amazon.com has my "Oracle of Shadows and Light" BACK IN STOCK!
Firstly - yes - after selling out TWICE now, Amazon.com finally has my new Oracle/Tarot Deck back in stock! Go grab yours now while you can, before it sells out again! For links, photos & order details, visit:
Oracle of Shadows and Light is BACK IN STOCK HERE
Okay! The new original paintings....to see ALL of my currently available original paintings, including the new ones click below (some ending VERY SOON and some at great prices!)
Jasmine's New Original Paintings are all HERE
Or individually - here is "Faces of Faery 102" - the 102nd in the series. Ready to hang - 2" deep cradled masonite as well - she (like ALL of my Faces of Faery) is 6"x6" an ORIGINAL acrylic painting. My Faces of Faery are all the same size & shape and look fantastic when displayed together with their sisters, if you are collector! #102 features a vibrant fairy with a mischievous smile and a gorgeous pink dragon! Colours are awesome in this one! You may be familiar with my little dragons & dragonlings from my series of dragon statues, figurines, jewelry & collectibles from the Bradford Exchange and Hamilton Collection - here is your chance to own one of the actual paintings! And yes as always, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for a 10-day auction ending the afternoon/evening of Friday, June 25th 5:49 PM Central Time, and you can see her here:
"Faces of Faery: 102" ORIGINAL PAINTING (with a dragon)
And - same size & shape of course, 6x6, ready to hang original painting - Faces of Faery #103 - here we have a Vampire/Skull themed painting - Faces of Faery 103 features a darker side of fae, with a decidedly vampiric feel. Her eyes appear to glimmer in the dark as her skeletal companion draws closer.... Ready to hang! And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is also starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for a 10-day auction ending the afternoon/evening of Saturday, June 26th 6:00 PM Central Time , (that is a little EARLIER in the day than usual) and you can see her here:
"Faces of Faery: 103" ORIGINAL PAINTING: (with a Vampire/Skull!)
Next up - as I mentioned previously - we will be offering a small selection of my Hand embellished, Limited Edition Canvas prints that are STRETCHED and READY TO HANG (hanger on the back - no frame needed - just pop her on your wall!), through Chris' eBay store Magical_Figurines. For those who don't know, Chris is our new employee and is my brother-in-law (married to my sister Amber, daddy to Baby Fox) and he is handling some of the more rare & unusal merchandise items in our alternate "Magical_Figurines" eBay store. These Stretched Canvases are the same as the ones I sell myself, out of the same edition of 25, hand painted by me, signed & numbered by me, etc. - the only difference is that they are then stretched and put on wooden canvas stretcher boards, and a hanger is added to the back - so you all you have to do is hang them on a nail. These are only available from Chris online, I don't sell them online myself. Also, Chris is happy to ship overseas to any country, so those of you who live too far away to visit me at my art shows will now finally have the opportunity to buy a canvas print that is already stretched!
Click HERE to see all the Lt. Ed. Art at Magical_Figurines
Chris currently has two new Hand Embellished Lt. Ed. Stretched Canvas prints up - "Belladonna's Gift" is first! She is #03/25 - hand painted by me, signed & numbered - hanger already on the back! See the auction for photos - starting at just ONE penny, you can see her here:
"Belladonna's Gift" STRETCHED Canvas Print
and then second is "Portrait of Medusa"! She is #04/25 - hand painted by me, signed & numbered - hanger already on the back! See the auction for photos - starting at just ONE penny, you can see her here:
"Portrait of Medusa" STRETCHED Canvas Print!
And now - introducing my NEW statue series "Jasmine Becket-Griffith's Fairy Virtues"! Beginning with "Love" - a beautiful series of fairy statues inspired by virtues, all with a positive & inspirational feel! Beautiful colours, detailed costumes, fully sculpted bases, symbolic embellishments, added elements such as flowers, butterflies, birds, tiny tattoos and more - this will truly be a gorgeous series. Be sure to look at the pencil concept art for future issues "Hope" and "Peace". To see the ad & pictures, look below:
To reserve/order yours, simply call 1-877-268-6638 and ask for Jasmine Becket-Griffith's "Fairy Virtues" series from the Hamilton Collection! The Item Number is 09-03911-001.
*"Love" comes first!- approx. 3.5" tall
*Hand applied embellishments accents
*Wonderful attention to detail in her hair, clothing and accessories, flowers, tattoos & more
*Additional statues in the collection will include "Hope," "Peace" and other Virtues! Each will prominently feature symbolic imagery pertaining to the theme
*Each one is as meticulously handcrafted in artist's resin, handpainted and finely finished.
*Only $29.99
*Limited Edition
*365 Day Guarantee
*Hand Numbered Certificate of Authenticity
Hamilton Collection now has these available for fans & collectors to pre-order in order to get in early. I've been getting this early info & posting specifically for you guys who follow my work and are fans/friends/collectors, this way those of you who actually know me & my art can get "first dibs".
These are LIMITED edition, so if you want to avoid loooong backorders, or missing out entirely, please do call and reserve yours asap. That way you can get in on the first batch of shipments and guarantee you will actually receive yours, hehe. These aren't online yet, only via the phone to call & pre-order. Don't worry, they don't charge you until they actually ship out!
If you have questions, don't ask me, hehe - ask the folks there on the website or at the phone number. I just do the paintings, folks, and this is the only info I have at this time. If you are a non-US customer and have questions about my Hamilton/Bradford/Ashton-Drake collectibles, please visit HERE.
To reserve/order yours, simply call 1-877-268-6638 and ask for Jasmine Becket-Griffith's "Fairy Virtues" from the Hamilton Collection! The Item Number is 09-03911-001.
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In September 2017 Dean Martindale joined the Active Citizens programme as a participant. The programme involves developing a social action project that will benefit your community, Dean wanted to work to bring people together through his social action project so decided to dedicate his time to working with single parents around Stainforth. Dean stated that "my passion to make a difference in my local community has grown through doing Active Citizens and I want to do more" which is one of the reasons we nominated him for the International Study Visit (ISV).
Flying Futures recognised his hard work and this was supported by the British Council as he was selected to participant in the ISV in Sri Lanka. January 2018 saw Dean and another participant Ben jet off to the countries capital Colombo where he had the opportunity to learn how people from all over the globe are doing their bit through social action.
He arrived at Colombo and was joined by other ISV participants from range of different countries, including; Egypt, Ukraine, Bangledesh, India and Vietnam. Introductions done and the group were swept off to visit the British Council offices to learn about the work conducted in Colombo and to be given an overview into how their social action tour of Sri Lanka would look over the next three days.
Deans first stop, was the village of Matale. Visiting some of Sri Lanka's natural beauty on route; the Hunas Falls. In the village they had the chance to experience some of the traditional customs and got stuck in with the typical village work at the Matale tea plantation picking up tea leaves. The group then got to visit the village nursey where they were welcomed with traditional Sri Lankan dancing; which of course would have lead to the whole of the ISV group getting up on stage themselves. It was a great opportunity for them to experience and learn the local traditions and see what Sri Lanka really has to offer.
The tours next stop was the village of Kandy to visit one of its traditional land marks; the Buddhist temple. Dean said 'the people there were amazing; they were so dedicated on improving their local communities, and hearing their stories was truly touching'. After a surreal community visit the group reflected on what they had learnt whilst they sat and enjoyed a traditional Sri Lankan dish opposite the elephant orphanage as they watched them bath.
'Whilst being in Sri Lanka there has been many moments that have opened up my eyes to many possible plans for the future! I hope to return to Sri Lanka later this year to coach sports and hopefully make a difference in any way that I can'. The Active Citizens ISV visit was a real eye opener to the possibilities of social action projects and to see how it benefits all those involved from participants in courses, delivering programmes and community work. We look forward to sending more participants like Dean on a life changing experience through our work with the British Council in the future.


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Apple and Tech Leaders Attempt to Fight India's Out of Control Online Megastore Price Slashing
A report out of Calcutta this morning states that senior officials of three global handset makers reportedly met earlier this month to try and figure out what to do about cutthroat online pricing. While top executives confirmed that the meeting took place, no one wanted to go on the record because it could lead to allegations of price fixing.
The fact that representatives of three companies that normally battle against each other fiercely in the marketplace came together on this issue is a reflection of how badly the traditional retail channels are getting hit in India. The culprits named in the report include Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon India.
Apple and other tech giants are looking to fight back against what they see as pricing distortions and brand damage inflicted by the discounting marketplaces. According to the report "companies like Apple, Sony, Canon, Nokia and others are planning to clamp down on distribution to sellers in popular online marketplaces and issue customer advisories not to buy from e-commerce portals as they are not authorized trade partners."
The report further noted that the products being sold online "could even be fake-products and hence lead to problems with warranty support." While this tactic may temporarily reduce the plethora of online deals, consumer electronic and mobile phone makers acknowledged that preventing such discounted sales across all online stores may be tough, since control of distribution is a Herculean task at a time when the market itself is down and in the absence of any predatory pricing laws in the country.
The issue has hit almost every manufacturer and retailers are getting increasingly frustrated at losing sales to e-commerce portals, which are passing on the 8-10% margin that manufacturers offer the trade.
The company officials who met earlier in February discussed the discounting that, according to them, has been creating pricing and trade disequilibrium, and hurting brand image.
Lenovo, Nikon and Toshiba have already issued consumer advisories warning customers about buying products online, including popular e-commerce marketplaces such as Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal, since they are not authorized trade partners.
If Apple is sitting down to talk to Samsung about combating this issue in India, then you know it has to be a major problem.
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|Occurred : 11/6/2010 06:45 (Entered as : 11/06/10 06:45)
Reported: 12/4/2010 4:57:38 PM 16:57
Posted: 1/5/2011
Location: Revere, MA
Shape: Light
Duration:10 minutes
|Light spotted cavorting in the sky near Revere
On the morning of November 6th, 2010, at about 6:45 AM EDT (I remember the date specifically because the time changed the following morning), I stepped out on to my back deck to smoke a cigarette before leaving for work. From the back deck, I have a view of a set of low hills to the north of the town where I live.
I saw a bluish-white light travelling westward along the line of the hills. Initially, I thought that there must be a road along the ridge and I was seeing a car travelling along it. After several seconds, however, the light moved downward from my vantage point on another hill (meaning that the object appeared superimposed on the ridge line but was in fact between my location and the hills behind it) and moved back toward the east.
After moving about 5 degrees eastward, the light moved upward, passing above the top of the hills from my vantage point, and then moved back westward. The object did not rise to a high altitude because there are two radio towers visible to the north of my position, and the object did not appear to move higher than the top of either tower.
I watched the object make numerous loops over a period of about ten minutes. I estimate that the angular distance covered by the object from one side of the loop to the other was about five degrees. The time required to cross this distance was five seconds-I timed it. I later did a "back of the envelope" calculation to determine the object's speed. Assuming that the hills are three miles from my position, and that the end points of the object's loop were equidistant from me (not true, but close enough to get an estimate), then we solve the triangle that results given that we know two sides and the included angle. The distance from one side of the loop to the other is roughly one-quarter of a mile, and the object crossed this distance in five seconds. The necessary speed works out to roughly 180 miles per hour.
This speed is consistent with a small aircraft, but I could see no indication of lights other than the object itself, which appeared as a bluish-white light. I've seen small biplane aircraft do aerobatic maneuvers at low altitude before, but only out in the country, and never over an area as densely settled as eastern Massachusetts. And again, if it was an aircraft, where were the other lights? The object appeared to me to be a light. I did not see any suggestion of size or shape: what I saw was visible only as a point of light.
There were low-lying clouds that morning. There was sufficient light to see by, but the sun had not yet come up; frankly, the ambient light is not really relevant here anyway, because there is so much light pollution in eastern Massachusetts that I can see the outline of the hills even in the middle of the night because there are towns on the other side of them.
I finally left off watching the object because I had to finish getting ready for work, but it was still making its loops.
I am a college instructor of history, with more than 20 years worth of experience in amateur astronomy. In addition, I've spent 15 years working in planetariums.


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Dark Knight rises to top of UK Chart
Lego Batman 2 claims the top spot while new release Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor fails to chart.
FIFA Street's unique brand of trick-fuelled football is heaps of fast-paced, stylish fun.
FIFA Street includes a World Tour story mode where you can create yourself and your squad in-game, upgrade attributes, and unlock some of the 50 new skill moves and authentic street dribbling styles available.
Lego Batman 2 claims the top spot while new release Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor fails to chart.
The top three were unchanged, with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier continuing to hold the top spot for a third consecutive week.
Rockstar's latest bests Blizzard's technically troubled dungeon crawler by 8,000 physical sales; outperforms Max Payne 2's first week 10:1.
Kinect Star Wars down to fourth; in a weak week for new entries Pandora's Tower is the only new entry in the top 40, at 38.
EA titles claim half of top 10, four of top five spots; Resident Evil spin-off settles for second place.
Argentina and Chicago Fire duke it out in this gameplay movie of FIFA Street's Panna mode.
Korea takes on Houston Dynamo in this gameplay movie of FIFA Street's Futsal mode.
FIFA Street is back but is a newfound sense of realism enough for it to take home the trophy? Find out in our video review.
Check out some five-a-side action in this gameplay movie of FIFA Street.
Check out this four-a-side match between Team Panda and Asskick Angels.
Take a look at this gameplay movie of Last Man Standing mode in FIFA Street.
Check out some silky panna action in this FIFA Street gameplay movie.
This week enjoy the Journey, be horrified by Silent Hill: Downpour, and kick some ball in FIFA Street.
New release slate led by Nintendo's latest party game, Konami's new horror-action title; Journey, FIFA Street, Yakuza: Dead Souls, and Tales of Graces f also out.
Yakuza: Dead Souls leaves the shores of Japan in search of Western brains this week.
GameSpot AU community manager James Kozanecki tells you what games are coming out in Australia in the week beginning March 12, 2012!
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ROB WOUTAT | We are no longer the 'Land of Opportunity'
You'll probably remember from your school days that America is the Land of Opportunity. It was part of the unchallenged dogma about American life, supported by lists of immigrants and native born citizens and who, like the fictional Horatio Alger, rose from meager beginnings to make it big here: Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John Jacob Astor, John Paul Jones, Irving Berlin, John Muir, Joseph Pulitzer, and so on. The list is long.
If we include the immigrants who came here with nothing and never made it big but improved their lives and contributed in so many ways to American culture and our economy, the list would be endless.
But are we still the land of opportunity we were in the past? Are opportunities still as abundant as they were then?
In arguing the affirmative, it would prove nothing to cite people like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, both of whom began with a lot before accomplishing a lot more.
But what about the person who begins with nothing but ambition and the eagerness to work hard? What are his chances today? There's evidence they aren't as good as they were in the past, that our economy is designed now to favor the rich or the brilliant at the expense of others, that the American dream is still possible for the already-well off but less so for those at the bottom. Even Rick Santorum, Paul Ryan, and the conservative magazine National Review have acknowledged that rates of upward mobility are greater in Canada and Western Europe than they are in the United States.
"I don't think you'll find too many people who will argue with that," says Isabel Sawhill, an economist at the Brookings Institution.
(Parents, check your children's history texts to see if they still claim we're the "Land Of Opportunity." If they do, without qualification, they're out of date.)
A Swedish study found that 42 percent of Americans raised in the bottom fifth of income level stay there as adults, as opposed to 25 percent in Denmark and 30 percent in Britain, a country supposedly stifled by a more rigid class structure than ours.
Research by the Economic Mobility Project of the Pew Charitable Trusts showed that about 62 percent of American men and women raised in the top fifth of incomes stay in the top two-fifths, while 65 percent born in the bottom fifth stay in the bottom two-fifths.
Canada also provides a telling contrast. An economist at the University of Ottawa reported that 16 percent of Canadian men raised in the bottom tenth of incomes stayed there as adults. For the U.S., the figure is 26 percent.
So the image of our being a classless society characterized by great social and economic mobility has become an idealized view.
Various conditions tend to lock lower-income Americans into their economic strata. Those in the depths of poverty suffer from low expectations of their parents and isolation from the cultural benefits enjoyed by their more comfortable contemporaries, so they're already far behind when they reach school age. If they do finish high school, the cost of a four-year college is beyond reach for all but the academic stars and exceptional athletes.
Many of those who borrow to continue their schooling discover that their expensive education hasn't led to jobs commensurate with their knowledge and abilities, so we shouldn't be surprised if, facing large college debts, they wonder if they'd be better off forgoing college and starting work right after high school, a choice that could easily destine them for a low-income group.
The senior economist at the Center for American Progress, Heather Boushey, finds another explanation in the American workplace. "Parents, especially those in low- and middle-wage jobs, are too often forced to choose between a day's pay and perhaps losing their job if they have to take care of a sick child. These Americans have little to no flexibility to create schedules that can help address — or at the very least not exacerbate — work-family conflict."
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg might agree that America is a land of opportunity if you're born rich but not so great if you weren't.
There are solutions to this problem, but it's hard to imagine that Governor Romney, whose plans favor the rich, would do anything but exacerbate it. The Democrats, if given the chance, are more likely to ensure that we're a land of opportunity for all.


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Titan Weekend
Campus visit opportunity open to all prospective students
Campus visit opportunity open to all prospective students
Through Dec. 12
Multicultural holiday events through Dec. 7.
Nov. 21 & 22
At McPherson Theatre through Nov. 23
Featuring faculty, student and guest performers
IWU will host the annual conference of the Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology.
Live music competition showcases student talent.
Conducted by Lev Ivanov
Vocal and instrumental ensembles
Works by Zealand and Grimm on display through Dec. 8.
IWU's Creativity for Change will host a benefit concert.
Transgender activist and sportswriter will present "Becoming a Woman in a Man's World."