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Schwarzenegger & Shriver have announced their split last night after twenty five years of marriage.
While they choose to remain private and have said that they want to keep this matter between family and friends they did release a statement.
"After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion and prayer, we came to this decision together. At this time, we are living apart while we work on the future of our relationship. We are continuing to parent our four children together. They are the light and center of both of our lives."
Fans took it all in stride. In fact, when the split was announced movie jokes filled the twitter feeds:
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I am specialised in Financial Analysis and Controllership. During the last years I have been working in the European Space Agency and in big multinational companies, leaders in the Security, Healthcare and HR Outsourcing industries. I am a Bachelor in Business Management and Administration, and a Master in International Commerce. I am fluent in English and I have been living abroad, in China and in The Netherlands.
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Project Controller. • Reporting to Head of Project Control & Risk Management Service, financial planning, schedule, risk and inventory-asset control of 10 astronomy missions of ESA: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Gaia, XMM-Newton, Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Euclid, Herschel, Planck, Integral, Lisa Pathfinder and Astro-H. • Assisting in the preparation of long-term, medium term and in-year resource plans (financial and manpower), monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and producing related reports. • Reviewing of budgets and commitments, of internal expenditures, of support services and purchases for consistency with Cost-at-Completion. • Support to tender actions from preparation of requirements to Kick-off (procurements and contracts). • Following-up of the progress of contracts, and keeping track of status and maintaining the actual and forecasting data. • Supporting industrial invoicing process and payment verification and control. • Verification of coherence with Industrial Return data. • Support to programme level risk management exercises. • Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. plans/targets and production of associated reports to the responsible management ant to the concerned customers.
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FP&A Business Controller. • Reporting to Finance Planning Analysis Coordinator, to add value across different analysis and reports for better understanding of results and main gaps in Security Installations and Services business, with total annual revenue of $100M. • Implementation of new KPIs, ratios and metrics to provide a clear vision and monitoring of the business in a regular basis. • Development of reporting for sales, orders, major jobs evolution, P&L by business, profitability per customer, indirect costs, sales representatives, etc. • Contribution in the annual Operating Plan (OP) and Forecasts creation. • During 2013 I assumed the role of Controller in Pacom Systems España company (total annual revenue of $3M), reporting to CFO in Australia. Responsible of accounts payable, receivable, orders, fixed assets, stock, general ledger, treasury, payroll, taxes, payments, collections, intercompany, financial reporting and statements, reconciliations, etc.
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FP&A Financial Analyst. • Reporting to Commercial Finance Manager, into Service business line, I have supported on financial analysis, writing management reports and supporting to the business: Diagnostic Imaging, Ultrasound and Devices for Iberia (Spain and Portugal), with total annual revenue of $122M. • Regarding financial statement analysis (P&L, Balance) I have participated in the quality improvement and interpretation of results, giving a better understanding of the revenue and margins for the business and the possible gaps within the forecast, in line with commercial and operations teams. • On controllership I have taken part in the accounting closings (US GAAP and Stat), booking journal entries, calculating models of accruals and differ of income and expenses, account reconciliation, supporting in audits, reporting inventory, etc. • Providing proposals customized to the business needs, I have created and developed new financial reporting with regular periodicity that have improved the visibility and transparency of the results trend (hours debriefed by engineering and area report, sales and variable costs by customer and product line report). • Participating in the integration activities to consolidate Devices business, I have worked on the adaptation of their analytic accounting of cost centres to the global operational structure for Services, and I have been involved on the implementation of their new management program Siebel and their adhesion to Oracle system. • Collaborating in a global project "One GE" for the optimization of the vehicle renting costs for several companies of the group, I have presented fleet costs analysis, writing periodically consume reports and keeping a close relationship with suppliers and other key parts on the negotiation and management of the fleet. • Reporting to Controllership, I have written the Account Payables booking, payments and bank reconciliations, I have worked on the development and improvement of internal control process, and on the attention and resolution of suppliers' disputes. Also I have taking part in different projects as the confirming implementation and Portugal AP integration.
Jan.– Nov. 2009 2nd Internationalization Stage. D.O. Pago Finca Élez. Madrid.
Export Manager. • International market openings, planification of strategies, negotiation, closing deals, representation at trade shows, fairs and events, client visits abroad, etc.
Jan. – Dec. 2008 Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Shanghai, China.
Trade Officer. • Reporting to the Economic and Commercial Adviser, within Investment Department, and in collaboration with the analyst, I supported Spanish companies about investment and business opportunities in China, and I participated on the advice and resolution of economic and commercial questions about the country. • Promoting international investment and commercial development, I aided and gave support to Spanish companies in several promotional events, commercial fairs, institutional meetings and commercial missions. • Evaluating the information needs of Spanish companies, I did market research studies, sectorial notes and commercial statistics, I wrote a report about Accounting Process in China and collaborated on the publication of the business guide "Investment in China" (ICEX, Oct. 2008).
Jun. 2005 – Oct. 2006 Humangroup (currently Adecco Group), Madrid.
Financial Technician. • Reporting to Financial Manager, I drove the development of a new department for budget control in Humangroup (headquarter in the outsourcing business for Alta Gestión, Eurovendex, Eurocen and Extel), setting up procedures for expenses approvals and supervisions, and improving control and correct allocation of cost centres. • Reporting to Administration Manager, I booked Account Payables, payments, assets depreciation, bank reconciliations, accounts and accounting modules reconciliations. • Reporting to Risk and Collection Manager, I managed collections of big accounts and branches, controlling of solvency and bad debt records control. With the research and evaluation of financial and commercial information, I analysed risks about potential clients.
2006 - 2007 International Commerce Master. 1000h. Full time. UCLM.
2000 - 2005 Bachelor in Business Management and Administration. UCLM.
2004 - 2005 Erasmus student in Economy. Inholland University Rotterdam. The Netherlands.
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Native Spanish. Advanced English. One year living in Rotterdam (Holland). TOEIC Independent User Vantage B2. Intermediate Mandarin Chinese. One year living in Shanghai (China). Studying Mandarin from 2008 in Downtown Mandarin (Shanghai) until now in Confucius Institute (Madrid).
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Facial and body masks can provide many benefits to the skin. Aztec clay is one of the most beneficial clay masks as it's not only made from natural bentonite clay, but its properties have been of value for centuries. Clay masks are most commonly used on the face, but can also be used on the hair and the body. They can help to clear up skin conditions such as acne.
Using aztec clay is safe and easy to use, as well as being affordable. A large two pound container will last you for several months so you can make it into a variety of skin mask recipes.
What is Aztec Clay?
Aztec clay is sold in a container with a twist lid. It contains only 100% natural calcium bentonite clay, free of any additives, fragrances, or animal products. One container can last you several months. While you can use the powdered clay directly from the container, it's better to make it into special clay masks that can be tailored to suit your skin's needs. This will also extend the lifetime of your clay.
Bentonite clay can contain calcium and sodium, though the more common type used for cosmetics and skin care is calcium bentonite. This type of clay is mined from many parts of the world. It's often found in the USA, including the states of Wyoming, Montana, Texas, and Arizona. It's also found in many countries around the world, including France, Egypt, India, etc.
Bentonite itself is a soft, porous and light colored rock. It's made of minerals from the montmorillonite or smectite group, and colloidal silica. It was formed during the alteration of igneous materials, or volcanic action. It's ground up into powder form and then sold in containers. Since this clay contains basic minerals, it's safe to use externally. The consumer can mix up their own clay mask recipes.
Benefits of Aztec Clay Masks for the Skin or Hair
There are many benefits to using an Aztec clay mask for skin or hair. Bentonite can actually lure out the positive-charged contaminants on your skin, due to a ionic pull. It can also energize the body, and has an alkalinity of 9.7 pH. It will draw the blood flow towards the cheeks and T-zones of the face due to constricting the skin and tissues.
It helps to heal acne-prone skin and eases the appearance of scars. It can also help to control skin sebum production.
Not only is an Aztec clay simple to use, but it doesn't leave an uncomfortable film on the skin after treatment. It is non-oily and non-greasy.
How to Make an Aztec Clay Mask
The best way to utilize your bentonite clay is to make it into a clay mask. The recipe does not need to be complicated. The best part of making clay masks is that you can adjust the ingredients to suit your skin, whether it's normal, dry, or oily.
You can also add essential oils which can provide a variety of soothing properties. They can make your facial mask smell divine, while the essential oils can also provide a calming influence and other beneficial properties such as moisturizing or anti-bacterial.
This is a simple clay mask for any part of the body. You can try this one first, and then later, add additional ingredients to create the other recipes that focus more on providing solutions for particular skin conditions on specific regions of the body.
Ingredients for Making an Aztec Clay Mask
Gather together the following ingredients to make your Aztec clay mask.
- Three tablespoons of Aztec Secret Indian healing clay.
- Three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.
- One plastic or glass bowl.
- One wooden or plastic mixing spoon.
Method for Making an Aztec Clay Mask
Follow the following steps to make your Aztec clay mask. Don't worry, you're almost done!
- Mix the Aztec clay and the apple cider vinegar together in the bowl. Use your spoon until you reach a chunky consistency, until all powder has been mixed in.
- Don't over-mix or let it dry out.
- You're now ready to apply it to your face.
How to Apply Your Aztec Clay Mask
It's simple to apply to your face.
- Apply the clay mask to your face with your fingers.
- You can use a cosmetic sponge or cotton ball if you wish.
- Apply the face mask down your neckline if you have extra.
- Take a break and let your clay mask sit for 20 to 30 minutes.
- It's normal to feel a tingling sensation on your skin as it dries.
- The clay mask will contract as your face absorbs the trace minerals.
- After the time is up, or before the clay mask completely dries up, you'll want to wash it off with warm water and a soft washcloth.
- It's recommended that you use the Aztec clay mask once a week.
Soothing Aztec Clay Mask for Face
It's simple to alter the clay mask for a relaxing facial mask.
- Before you mix up the Aztec clay and apple cider vinegar together add three drops of lavender oil.
- Mix up your mask into a spreadable consistency and spread it onto your face.
How to Use
- Don't do other activities while you're waiting for your mask to work.
- Sit or lie down and relax.
- Leave it on for the same time frame as a regular mask, about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Rinse off with warm water.
Benefits of a Soothing Aztec Clay Mask
The lavender essential oil in the clay mask will not only help you to relax, but it can also help to counteract stress and a bad headache.
Aztec Clay Mask for Acne
Aztec clay can be particularly beneficial for people who suffer from pimples on their face. It can help them to heal up, decrease oil production, and keep the face looking clear.
How to Use
Begin by setting aside your usual ingredients to make the mask, and then making one change. It's as simple as the other mask recipes.
- Pour a few drops of tea tree oil into your Aztec clay and apple cider vinegar mixture.
- Mix up until you reach a consistency that is easy to smooth on your face.
- Ensure you leave no powder, as the bentonite clay is activated once it's mixed with liquid.
- Leave your acne-fighting mask on your face for about 20-30 minutes.
- Rinse off with warm water.
Benefits of an Aztec Clay Mask for Acne
Using an Aztec clay mask for acne will help your skin to unblock its sebaceous glands which leads to acne, disinfect the pores which will kill the acne-causing bacteria that loves sebum build-up, and help to dry out and heal up whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, and other types of blemishes.
Aztec Clay Mask for Hair
Aztec clay can also be used on the hair. The best method is also by mixing up a clay mask, similar for the skin, but the mask goes on the hair instead.
Ingredients Needed
Gather today the following ingredients and mix together in a bowl.
- 1/2 cup Aztec clay.
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil.
- 1 tablespoon castor oil.
- 6 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.
- 3 tablespoons of water.
How to Use Aztec Clay Mask for Hair
Since there are more ingredients, you'll want to mix up the ingredients differently than the other clay masks above, so you don't lose out on its activation properties.
- Place the clay into your bowl first.
- Add the oils next.
- Add the apple cider vinegar, but before you add the water, let it foam up a bit.
- Allow it to begin its reaction.
- Finally, add the water.
- You can use your hands and apply it to wet or dry hair.
- Apply it from the roots to the ends of your hair.
- Leave on the mask for 20-30 minutes.
- It will be easier to rinse out your hair in the shower.
- Use warm water and rinse thoroughly.
- Do not leave any clay in your hair as it will dry up and look awful.
- Once you think you have all the clay removed, use your regular conditioner.
- Let your conditioner sit on your hair for about five minutes.
- Rinse again.
Benefits of Aztec Clay Mask for Hair
After you use your Aztec clay mask for hair, you'll discover that your hair will feel ultra-moisturized, super hydrated, soft, and frizz-free.
Other Benefits of Aztec Clay
Using Aztec clay can also have many other benefits. You may even discover a few more not outlined here.
- It can be used to treat and soothe cuts, wounds, bruises, muscle pulls, and carpel tunnel syndrome.
- It's effective for other types of skin conditions, such as rashes, insect bites, eczema and psoriasis.
- Using Aztec clay is also inexpensive. Each two pound container is about $12, and it will last you several months.
- Your cosmetic clay masks will be fresh each time you use them, because the bentonite clay is sold as a powder in the container, and is only fully activated once you add a liquid.
Where to Buy Aztec Clay?
You can purchase Aztec clay in a two pound container from many health or natural food or grocery stores. If you don't want to waste time driving all over town trying to find it, you can save some money and purchase it on Amazon quite easily.
Important Notes
Just like with any health care or cosmetic product, you want to exercise caution when using them. The Aztec clay masks on this page are meant to be used externally. If you're seeking to use bentonite internally, have a search on Google to find more specific recipes.
Aztec clay can become quite drying to the skin if it's left on beyond the recommended time frame. What can happen is that it completely dries up on the skin, and can then become uncomfortable, and difficult to remove. The clay mask works best as it's actually drying, and when the internal minerals are being activated. Beyond that point, you've lost its beneficial properties. Ensure you wash it off your face once the 20-30 minutes of time is up.
You'll want to store your Aztec clay container in a dry spot in your home, away from moisture or humidity. Keep it in a dark cupboard. You don't want the clay to clump up inside the container and then lose its valuable properties before you've had a chance to use it. Don't leave it on the bathtub, and ensure you screw the lid back on firmly after usage.
Bentonite clay can be activated if you mix it up in a metal bowl or use a metal spoon. To avoid activating it before you have a chance to apply it to your face or hair, never use a metal spoon or metal bowl. Always use a glass or plastic bowl, and a plastic or wooden spoon.
Before washing huge clumps of Aztec clay down the drain you'll want to ensure that it's washed slowly from skin or hair, to avoid clogging up the drain. Some people may wish to cover the drain with a face cloth, to slowly filter the clay down the drain.
Making Aztec clay masks for the beauty and care of your skin can be a fun and relaxing experience. There are many benefits of Aztec bentonite clay for the skin. It's beneficial for people with normal or problematic skin, and skin masks are simple and easy to mix up, often with ingredients or supplies that you already have in your kitchen. Give it a try and see for yourself how your hair, face, and skin can all look healthy and glowing, without the addition of makeup.


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Some people have always had the EXACT same travel problem every time you see them. At some point, you realize it's them, not the airline / car rental company / cabbie / hotel . . . I rented a car with 8 miles on it. That's the runner up in my rental career next to a 3 miler in Orlando on the way to Daytona for a NASCAR race . . . At a sea food restaurant the other night, every painting in the place was of some boat, ocean, or river scene. And nearly everyone had lights behind the windows in the boat or lighthouse. You don't see that every day . . . I'm not sure why it smells as if someone immediately behind me is eating a pot roast dinner on this plane.
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It's great to talk shop with someone who does what you do. It's even better to "ask shop." Then you can just sit back and listen, and that's where you get some great learning and new ideas . . . A cramped room can bring out the best questions and conversations with a presentation audience. When a room is too big, there's too much space for staying aloof. Just the reverse is true for a strategy session . . . One warm-up exercise we use asks who people say you look like. I had NASCAR driver Tony Stewart's doppelganger in a workshop, but didn't have time to do the exercise and see if he hears that all the time.
Being able to keep writing this blog post on my iPad while we land is a new great part of flying . . . Trying to beat my personal best of writing ten blog posts on a business trip from the East Coast to Kansas City. We'll see how that goes . . . I don't generally connect on LinkedIn with people I don't "know" in some way. After accepting an invitation from someone locally who immediately sent a message for me to make time to learn about what she is doing, I remember why . . . I don't "get" game apps like other people don't "get" Twitter. I just don't have the time . . . I'm cranking on blog posts recently because I'm avoiding getting tax stuff organized . . . These columns are the intersection of "Too long for Twitter" and "Too many for Facebook." Thanks for indulging me. – Mike Brown
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Chantelle Cameron believes she can 'shock the world' in January after claiming gold at the President's Cup in Turkey last week.
The Far Cotton ABC fighter smashed her way to the title with four superb performances for Great Britain.
And Cameron, who is in pole position to fight for Britain in the 60kg category of the 2016 Rio Olympics, has stressed the best is yet to come.
She will now continue to step up her preparations for the World Championships in Kazhakstan in January.
The championships will be key in ensuring Cameron makes the Olympics and she believes that is when she will take her burgeoning reputation to the next level.
"I am really confident in my boxing ability," Cameron said.
"(Coach) Lee Edwards has worked so hard with me to improve my physical strength and mental strength.
"All my work isn't just done in the boxing gym - we actually work on a lot of prep out of the gym.
"He gives me homework to study boxing to make me better and more developed.
"We stick to a philosophy of "progression over perfection".
"Lee and I say January is when I will shock the world in the qualifiers.
"I am still learning, I am still improving and compliments from other countries over in Turkey was just the starting point of opponents seeing my improvement and development in the boxing ring.
"Really, they have seen nothing yet. The best is to come."
Cameron cruised through to the final in Turkey, beating Sweden's Ida Lundblad, China's Yin Junhua and Ukraine's Maryna Analogsa before facing France's Estelle Mosselly in the final.
And she said: "I'm ecstatic I won the gold over there, especially due to the fact I had four tough opponents and I dominated each one of them.
"I fought the No.2 and No.3 in the world and also a European bronze medalist as well as a tough Ukraine boxer, who was strong and wanted to go to war with me.
"I had to outbox them with skills and the GB coaches were very happy with my whole attitude, my focus, my determination and the skills I showed I possess.
"Against each different opponent I showed I was way stronger and way fitter than any of them."
Cameron has been in fine form during the calendar year, claiming her second ABA title back in April.
That catapulted her to No.1 status in England and her star continues to rise.
"Since winning the ABA I was labelled as No.1 in England at 60kg and now winning this gold and beating world class opponents I still am in the driving seat on my road to Rio 2016," Cameron said.
"I feel confident I will keep winning and keep proving I am capable of beating anybody facing me in the ring."
Cameron has been receiving plenty of support on social media and was keen to issue a few words of thanks.
She said: "The support from back home was so warming and it fired me up.
"The messages I was recieving through social media meant I just knew I needed to bring this gold medal back to Northampton.
"I really want to thank every single person for their support but there was too many.
"I do have to thank to my sponsors, Opus Energy, for supporting my journey to Rio 2016."
And she also stressed how much she is enjoying being part of the environment at Far Cotton's Towcester Road gym.
"Working at Far Cotton has been great," she said. "I get great sparring and work well with the coaches.
"It's fun and enjoyable environment."
Far Cotton ABC ace Carl Fail says securing silver in Germany has given him a massive confidence boost.
The 18-year-old performed superbly in the Brandenburg Cup, only losing out to a home fighter, who he floored twice, in the final.
Four wins in as many days put him in position for at least a silver and he will now retain his England place at 69kg. That is a huge achievement for Fail and he was delighted with how things went in Germany.
"It was a massive learning experience for me," Fail said.
"I had to get at least a bronze to keep my England spot, which I managed to do.
"I've got a spot at 69kg permanently now, which is massive for me. It's given me loads of confidence because all of those lads are going into the European Championships in about 10 weeks.
"It was the German lad's qualifier for that and hopefully I'll get selected for that as well. I've got the trials in a couple of weeks in Sheffield."
FAR COTTON'S Callum Mills boxed in the Youth Development Championships pre-quarter-finals in Hull last weekend.
He was representing East Midlands and won his fight against West Hull's Luke Sutton on a split decision.
Mills is through to quarter-finals, which are due to take place next week.
Morgan Bosley was also in action last weekend, but he suffered defeat to Danny Quartermaine (Clearys ABC) in the Central Area Belt scrap at Leamington Spa. Bosley was undone by his opponent's experience, losing out at 60kg.
Far Cotton head coach John Daly said: "It was an excellent fight. Quartermaine was very strong and the two-year age difference told in the end. But Morgan, who is still only 16, showed plenty of skill."
This weekend, Kai Church will be in action in Newcastle as he takes to the canvas in the semi-finals of the Youth Development Championships at 58kg. Elsewhere, Laura Stevens continues to prepare for November's trip to Sweden and she trained with the East Midlands squad in Derby last weekend.


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Lieutenant Garrett Harkins, a US paratrooper stationed in Wiltshire, England during World War Two, defies orders when he pursues a forbidden romance with Sophia, a young British heiress. While deployed and fighting in Europe, Garrett draws strength from believing that Sophia reciprocates his feelings and awaits his safe return.
Sophia Wells is fighting her own war. She becomes interested in the American lieutenant while struggling over the end of a childhood infatuation with James, a young British officer, who has finally come to realize he does indeed want her back in his arms.
Will the bond between the American lieutenant and his newfound love survive the tragedies of war and a former love or become a casualty of both?
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B.o.B. Blasts Sergio Garcia For Tiger Woods Controversy
By Maurice Bobb
If Atlanta rapper B.o.B. had his way, Sergio Garcia, the Spanish golfer who made racist comments about Tiger Woods at the European Tour's gala awards dinner, would lose major endorsements for his transgressions, just like Rick Ross and Lil Wayne did for theirs.
"Let me shine some light on something for y'all," B.o.B. tweeted on Wednesday (May 22). "2 rappers recently have lost endorsements over controversial lyrics. People stood in line and protested. Radio stations boycotted. The golfer Sergio Garcia recently made blatant racial statements towards another black golfer….Are we gonna protest him?"
People stood in line and protested….Radio stations boycotted ….
— B.o.B (@bobatl) May 22, 2013
The golfer Sergio Garcia recently made blatant racial statements towards another black golfer….Are we gonna protest him?
— B.o.B (@bobatl) May 22, 2013
The MC born Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. was outraged by Garcia's comments and his apology, which Bob compared to the situations of Rozay and Weezy, who lost lucrative deals with Reebok and Mountain Dew, respectively, for questionable lyrics on songs in which they were merely guest features.
"We will have him round every night," Garcia told The Guardian when The Golf Channel's Steve Sands playfully asked him if he planned to host Tiger for dinner one night at next month's U.S. Open. "We will serve fried chicken."
Bobby Ray was also alarmed at the lack of uproar over Garcia's flub, considering that protesters lined up in droves demanding retribution for Ross and Wayne's comments.
"If Sergio Garcia doesn't lose any endorsement over this… that says a lot about our culture and our society as a whole," B.o.B. added.
If Sergio Garcia doesn't lose any endorsement over this… that says a lot about our culture and our society as a whole…
— B.o.B (@bobatl) May 22, 2013
We're so quick to judge and bash out own kind, but when someone BLATANCY says some disrespectful racist shit… We turn the cheek!!!
— B.o.B (@bobatl) May 22, 2013
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! #SergioGarcia !!!
— B.o.B (@bobatl) May 22, 2013
Sergio Garcia went for the mulligan immediately after his racial bogey, but his mea culpa was seen as more of a "hand caught in the cookie jar" scenario than a real apology.
"I apologise for any offence that may have been caused by my comment on stage during The European Tour Players' Awards dinner," Garcia said. "I answered a question that was clearly made towards me as a joke with a silly remark, but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner."
Garcia tried to apologize for his apology Wednesday, telling the press corps that "My answer was totally stupid and out of place. I feel sick about it," but the golf pro still finds himself in hot water, particularly with his endorser Adidas, who issued the following statement:
"Sergio Garcia's recent comment was offensive and in no way aligns with Taylor Made-Adidas Golf's values and corporate culture. We have spoken with Sergio directly and he clearly has regret for his statement and we believe he is sincere. We discussed with Sergio that his comments are clearly out of bounds and we are continuing to review the matter."
For his part, Tiger has taken the high road after acknowledging via Twitter that "The comment that was made wasn't silly. It was wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate."
The comment that was made wasn't silly. It was wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate…
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) May 22, 2013
I'm confident that there is real regret that the remark was made.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) May 22, 2013
The Players ended nearly two weeks ago and it's long past time to move on and talk about golf.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) May 22, 2013
This wasn't the first time Tiger's faced racism from fellow pros on the tour. Back in 1997, when Woods won the Masters for the first time, Fuzzy Zoeller fired off a racially-charged zinger of his own.
"You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it? Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve." Zoeller said.
Do you think Sergio Garcia should lose endorsements for his racist comments?


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Steelmaking commodity coke surged to a six-week high in China on Tuesday, and steel and iron ore prices rose to their strongest in over a week, as investors defied a global financial selloff and raised their bets amid supply disruptions.
Steel-related commodities were among a handful that managed to evade the global market rout that followed Wall Street's biggest decline since 2011. Amid inflation worries, oil and copper slid more than 1 percent while Asian equities sank further along with U.S. stock futures.
China's aggressive bid to tackle overcapacity, and its production curbs to fight smog, have helped tighten supply in the world's top steel producer. The efforts fuelled a nearly 50-percent surge in steel prices last year and a spike in profit margins to their strongest in decades.
Prices of steel and its raw materials have remained resilient this year, with winter output curbs in place until March. Transport disruptions due to China's heavy snow have also fuelled a rally in coking coal and coke futures.
"Fundamentally speaking, the steel market is really, really supported," said CRU analyst Richard Lu in Beijing.
"Right now, even if there's some decrease in demand, the winter cuts help keep a relatively tight supply-demand balance."
The firm supply-demand picture helped sustain appetite for ferrous futures despite slumping financial markets in Asia that pushed investors towards safe-haven assets such as gold and the dollar.
China had ordered steel producers across 28 cities to cut output by up to half from November until March in a campaign against air pollution.
"The slump in U.S. stocks was more of a worry over inflation and interest rates, which won't have much impact on commodities here," said Wu Ren, senior manager at Shanghai Xiangguang Metals.
Coke and coking coal futures were Tuesday's outperformers. The most-traded coke contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange rose as much as 3.1 percent to 2,140 yuan ($340) a tonne, its loftiest since Dec. 25, before closing up 2.1 percent at 2,119.50 yuan. Coke jumped 4.7 percent in Monday's rally.
Coking coal rose 0.9 percent to 1,359 yuan per tonne, adding to Monday's 4.2 percent surge.
"Downstream users are operating with low inventory as there is no sufficient rail capacity to transfer coke and coking coal from producers in northwestern China," said Zhang Min, analyst at Sublime Information.
Some producers have halted output ahead of the week-long Lunar New Year break that starts on Feb. 15, said Zhang.
There were also concerns over disruptions of coking coal supply from major supplier Australia.
"Reports of heavy rain in Queensland have stoked fears of disruptions in the major coal basins in the (Australian) state. For the moment, the disruption looks limited, with rail operator Aurizon saying its Queensland rail network remained open and operating," ANZ analysts said in a note.
Dalian iron ore touched a more than one-week high of 529 yuan a tonne, before trimming gains to end at 521 yuan, up 0.3 percent. Shanghai steel futures hit a nearly two-week peak of 3,998 yuan, before closing nearly flat at 3,943 yuan.
"Most of the mills have already procured enough raw material, so there's very little trading activity going on," said an iron ore trader at the port city of Rizhao, adding that some traders have gone on holiday ahead of Chinese New Year.
"After the holiday, mills should come back to the market and restock, so I expect prices won't go down in one or two weeks after the Spring Festival," he said.


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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Down And Out In Padstow And London Becomes Cooking Best-Seller
Bit more press - story about my book in the Slough And Windsor Observer - original article HERE...(please note, there is a space between 'pen' and 'is' in the headline.)
Pen is mightier than the kitchen
A FORMER chef who gave up his frying pan to write about his cooking failure saw his first book rise to the top of a best-selling chart.
Alex Watts' book 'Down and Out in Padstow and London', an insight into the unsuccessful years he spent training to be a chef, hit the top of the Amazon Kindle professional cooking best-seller chart.
The 41-year-old, from Burnham, had stints at celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's famous Fat Duck restaurant and Rick Stein's kitchens in Cornwall - but failed to make the grade.
"It's ironic that a book detailing my disastrous attempt to train as a professional chef is now top of the professional cooking chart!" Mr Watts said.
"There's a section on my failed audition for Masterchef, which I think helped a lot because so many people watched the last show.
"I've been really pleased with the success, especially as it's self-published and I've just had to rely on word of mouth."
The eBook version is also in the top 40 of the Kindle Store's food and drink best-seller chart - above the work of TV chefs Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson.
The paperback version of the book came out last month but Mr Watts didn't get his hands on a copy until father Brian, 73, flew out to Cambodia, where Mr Watts is penning his second book based on a cook's tour of South-East Asia.
He added: "When Dad arrived in Phnom Penh with a couple of copies, it was a very strange and proud moment to see it finally in print. I've been really pleased with the sales of the Kindle book, so hopefully the printed version may do as well.
"It's definitely a book aimed at armchair chefs and foodies who'd love to learn the trade first-hand from the professionals, braving the stress, 16-hour days, and low pay of kitchen life, but are far too sensible to do so."
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How to look gorgeous this festive season? Get a cue from Dia Mirza, who was dressed in a heavy traditional suit styled as angarakha. The combination of beige and gold always rock, plus the suit was in silk. Now you know, what to do this festive season to look different and yet traditional. Try silk instead of other light fabrics like chiffon or georgette.
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Designer Wendell Rodricks took the inspiration from his beautiful state Goa, and tried to bring the flavour of the rock years of the 60s and 70s when Goa hosted the famous moonlit beach parties.
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|Primal Fear Seven Seals
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Primal Fear has often taken a back seat to Mat Sinner's main project Sinner. But they have always produced memorable records û this is already studio album number six!
Their last album Devil's Ground was good, but this is great. For me, Seven Seals is the best record from the band to date.
It is the combination of a superior sound, some great songs and as always - great performances. All the necessary elements have aligned to make this another must buy for fans of European melodic metal. What a year it has been for metal fans.
Seven Seals features a monster sound û produced by the band themselves, but mixed to perfection by the legendary Mike Fraser. He actually commenced mixing this the day after completing work on Journey's Generations record.
The band seems more energized than ever and backed with some very strong songs have made a record that will sit high upon the best of the year metal charts.
Demons & Angels is a furiously paced introduction to the album, with a menacing vocal driven by that unmistakable double kick drum fury.
But it gets better û Rollercoaster is even more gritty, with a huge crunching guitar riff Masterplan fans will love.
The speed and mood changes for the super intense mid-tempo Seven Seals which features one of the best lead vocals and best choruses I have heard from the guys.
Other highlights include the epic and somewhat progressive Diabolus; the anthemic hard rocker All For One and the metal brilliance of Question Of Honour.
Another highlight is the closing track, with sees the band slow it down a little, but up the intensity with added orchestration for a mid-tempo metal ballad In Memory.
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My infatuation, delight and not creepy at all obsession with Ottolenghi continues and another fabulous recipe was brought forth from Plenty – Virbant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi.
I have never used a cookbook with the frequency and success as Plenty. Each dish brings different layers of flavors and unique combinations. This is the way that I want to eat every single day and at this rate, I just very well may!
A few notes on the Chard and Saffron Omelette:
I did not get 4 omelettes from this recipe – I got two large omelettes and that worked fine.
Be generous with your seasoning – sea salt and cracked pepper – have at it!
I would consider adding a touch more of saffron – my gorgeous saffron came from Abu Dhabi and I hoard it but this is a recipe worth digging into the hoard. I used to travel to the UAE and many of my spices were brought back from there!
I used Dill Pollen from Pollen Ranch instead of fresh dill and it was exquisite.
Another interesting note is that with Ottolenghi, I rarely have the urge to adapt, change or otherwise alter – I stick to his recipes to the last phenomenal bite.
- ½ lb (1 medium) waxy potato, peeled and cut into ⅜ inch dice
- 1 cup water
- pinch of saffron threads
- ¾ lb Swiss Chard stalks and leaves, shredded
- salt and pepper to taste (be generous)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 5 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- ⅔ cup chopped herbs (tarragon, dill, parsley) - I did ⅔ of tarragon & parsley and then a pinch of dill pollen
- vegetable oil
- ½ cup creme fraîche, cold
- Put the potatoes, water and saffron in a large pan and bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 4 minutes, then add the chard and some salt and pepper.
- Continue cooking, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the potato is soft.
- Drain out any excess liquid that is left in the pan.
- Off heat, add the lemon juice and garlic.
- Leave to cool.
- Whisk together well the eggs, milk, herbs and some salt and pepper.
- Pour 1 teaspoon of oil into a hot, 9-inch nonstick frying pan, then use one-quarter of the egg mixture to make a thin round omelette.
- Transfer to a paper towel.
- Make three more omelettes in the same way.
- Leave to cool down.
- Divide the cold creme fraîche among the omelettes, spreading it over half of each.
- Taste the chard mixture and adjust the seasoning, then spread generously over the creme fraîche.
- Fold each omelette over in half, then fold again to get a fan shape.
- Allow the chard mix to show at the open side.
- If you are preparing ahead: Arrange the omelettes in a lightly oiled ovenproof baking sheet. (Keep in the fridge if making ahead.)
- When ready to serve, preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Place the omelettes in the oven for 5-8 minutes or until hot.
- Serve at once.
- I popped an extra dab of creme fraiche on top too!
Other recipes from Ottolenghi that have been FAVES:
Quinoa, Fennel and Pomegranate Salad
on Foodies Unite – Quinoa, Bread & Tomato Salad
Stay tuned for more coming! Eat WELL, Darlings and make sure you tell me allllllll about it!


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The DeSales Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) team will compete at the STLP State Championship at Rupp Arena and the Lexington Center on April 22, 2016.
STLP Team members Logan Clark, Adam Isaac, Nathan Kirby, Stephen Mayer, Anthony Rayburn, and Chance Sparks attended the Regional Competition at the University of Louisville on November 10th. Their presentations, "DHS Tech/Science Youth Camp" and "DHS Cyber Week," earned high marks in their division and advanced both groups to the state competition.
"I'm very proud and honored to work with such a talented and enthusiastic group of young men," said DeSales curriculum media specialist and STLP moderator, Jennifer Osbourne. "Their potential is unlimited."
Additionally, sophomore Adam Isaac was selected as an STLP Engineer, an award considered the pinnacle of the Student Technology Leadership Program. STLP Engineers exhibit both impressive technical skills and tremendous leadership potential. In addition to STLP state competitions, Adam will be eligible to participate at events with the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
The DeSales STLP Team will continue to work hard over the next few months to polish their projects, learn and integrate new technologies, and collaborate with students and teachers to improve the DeSales Ed Tech Program.
Team 1: DHS Cyber Week (Adam Isaac & Anthony Rayburn)
Team 2: DHS Tech & Science Summer Camp (Stephen Mayer & Logan Clark)


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Muslim graves have been defaced with racist graffiti in the latest case of far-right attacks.
Vandals sprayed swastikas, 'Lee Rigby murder', and 'white power' on four tombstones in the Muslim area of a cemetery in Newport, South Wales, on Saturday night.
They signed their work with initials of the British National Party (BNP), the UK Independence Party (UKIP), and the National Front (NF).
A council graffiti team is still working to remove the marks which have left the local community in shock.
Grieving Mubarak Ali, secretary of the Islamic Society for Wales, blasted the vandals who tarnished the grave of his relative, Sardar Ali.
'I'm appealing to the Muslim community for calm and not to react in a negative or violent way to this evil incident. Obviously, people are really angry and upset, but we must remember it is a small minority of idiots who did this.
'Most people in Newport get on very well, from all different backgrounds and it's only the small minority that spoils it for the others.'
Mr Ali, who had been planning a vigil for Drummer Lee Rigby, said: 'What happened to Lee Rigby was evil, wicked.
'It was caused by extremists – they don't represent the mainstream or vast majority of Muslims.
'Most of us are law-abiding citizens of this country. We respect the Queen, country and armed forces.
'I'm still hoping for the candlelit vigil for Lee Rigby and collection for Help for Heroes to go ahead soon in Newport.'
The 15 newly-dug graves are in a separate part of the cemetery.
The attackers also targeted the grave of Tariq Hussain, who died of a heart attack at the age of 39 in January 2012.
His younger brother, Shakeel Hussain, 33, said: 'When I first heard of it, I was just shocked. They are deceased – it is such a shameful act.'
David Phillips, chief executive of South East Wales Equality Council (SEWREC), condemned the actions.
He said: 'I think most of the people of Newport would share my views in saying that it's a disgraceful act. But it is very misguided as well.
'The people at the graves and their families were not responsible for Lee Rigby's death and in that sense, it's an own goal.'
Source: Daily Mail UK


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The Booktopia Book Guru asks
Kylie Ladd
author of Last Summer and After the Fall
Six Sharp Questions
1. Congratulations, you have a new book. What is it about and what does it mean to you?
Last Summer is about what happens to a close group of friends when the man at their centre, Rory Buchanan, dies unexpectedly… it's about loss and grief and desire and, uh, cricket. As I was writing it, it also occurred to me that Last Summer is about mid-life, about coming to terms with who you are and the choices you've made, though I do fear that describing it as a book about middle-aged cricketers is going to have readers expecting Warwick Todd's Ashes diary.
If so, I'm afraid they'll be disappointed. Last Summer is dedicated to Geoff Williams, one of my husband's closest mates, who died unexpectedly at the age of only 39. The novel is a work of fiction- as far as I know, none of the events that befall the characters in the book after Rory's death happened to any of our own group of friends- but Geoff was as well loved as Rory is, and I hope that in some small way Last Summer pays tribute to this, to the man that he was.
2. Time passes. Things change. What are the best and worst moments that you have experienced in the past year or so?
This is an easy one: Broome. In early 2010 my family (husband Craig and two primary school aged children) moved from our home in Melbourne to spend a year in Broome, in the remote north of Western Australia. The decision was prompted by Craig's long service leave, but also, it has to be said, by Geoff's death too- by a determination to do something we had always wanted to do before it was too late. Our time in Broome was quite simply amazing. I have hundreds of wonderful memories, but chief amongst these are the turquoise water and red cliffs of Roebuck Bay, of my son rescuing a turtle trapped in mangroves at James Price Point, where they want to build a gas hub (NO!), of snorkelling with my daughter at Cape Leveque surrounded by a school of easily a thousand fish, of Nippers and barbeques and watching whales roll just offshore at Cable Beach, of a year of summer and off the treadmill. The worst moment was undoubtedly saying goodbye as we flew home again over Gantheaume point…. but we still have a home in Broome, in both senses of the word, and I know we'll be back.
3. Do you have a favourite quote or passage you would be happy to share with us? It doesn't need to be deep but it would be great if it meant something to you.
There are two quotes stuck to my laptop at present, to catch my eye should it ever wander. The first is from Goethe:
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute!
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated.
BEGIN, and then the work will be completed.
The capitals are Goethe's, not mine- and boy, does he get it. I find beginnings hell- not just a book, or a chapter, but actually beginning work each day, agonising anew each time over whether I can write, whether I have anything worth saying, whether I can get the thoughts in my head to make sense on paper… As a result, I could faff for Australia. I have made putting- off writing into an art form, but Goethe never fails to get me back on track. "Only engage- and the mind grows heated"… I know he's right, so I do.
The other quote is the epigraph to what I hope will be my next novel, the first draft of which is nearly finished. This one comes from one of my all time favourite books, The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje:
A love story is not about those who lose their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothing- not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.
I can't say anything more about that one for now, but like the Goethe, it keeps me on track. Those two are my port and my starboard. I couldn't write without them there.
4. Writers have often been described as being difficult to live with. Do you conform to the stereotype or defy it? Please tell us a little about the day to day of your writing life.
I write for three days a week while my kids are at school- theoretically from 9:30-3:30, but in all honesty it's closer to 11 by the time I finished faffing. As such, my family don't actually often see me writing (and if they did they'd wonder what the hell I was doing for so long before I finally put a word on the page), but my daughter has recently starting asking warily "Are you going to put that in a book?" when I laugh at something she says, and my son frequently bemoans the fact that he loaned me his laptop in March 2010, when mine broke, and is yet to get it back. What can I say? My need to write novels (and, ah, check Twitter) is greater than his to watch SurfTube.
5. Some writers claim not to be influenced by the needs of the marketplace, while others seem obsessed by it. Would you please describe how the marketplace affects your writing (come on, tell the truth!).
There is absolutely no use even thinking about the marketplace- if I did, I'd be writing vampire stories set in outback Australia and involving some form of cooking/weight loss/dancing competition- yet I'm not. For one, publishing moves too slowly and there's no guarantee that what's hot still will be when you've finished your book- you have to write it, for a start, but then there's also at least another year or so of submission and approval, of structural and copy edits, of the cover design, the blurb, the marketing department, the proofing and the printing… Even more importantly, though, I know I simply can't write to order- I can only write with any sort of conviction about what engages and interests me. I am a huge fan of ABC Radio National's The Book Show, and listen to it daily. Way back in December 2009, host Ramona Koval interviewed Dennis Palumbo, a LA-based psychotherapist who specialises in working with blocked or insecure writers (yes, he has a waiting list). At first I thought he would be a bit of a joke, but then he said something that continues to resonate with me:
"The marketplace has its own agenda… All you can do is write something that is unique to you. The writer's job is to just keep giving them you until you is what they want."
Bugger the marketplace. That's what I'm going to do.
6. Unlikely Scenario: You've been charged with civilising twenty ill-educated adolescents but you may take only five books with you. What do you take and why?
If they're uneducated and we're miles from civilisation (which I'm assuming we are, given I only have access to five books) it would have to be something easy, yet immediately engaging to begin with lest they grow bored and decide to eat me instead… I'm going to be a bit controversial and suggest Suzanne Collins's bestselling YA novel The Hunger Games as my first pick. It's not literature, but it *is* brilliant storytelling, and the premise is utterly applicable to this sort of situation. On top of that it's an incredibly vivid book- I'm a grown woman and I had nightmares for a week after I finished it. With any luck The Hunger Games will hook them into reading and reveal the power of words (and not just have them wanting to kill each other, as the tributes do in the arena), so I can introduce them to some other works.
Given they haven't read much I'm going to stick with an adolescent theme, in the hope they'll relate to the books: The Catcher in the Rye, Jasper Jones, The World According to Garp, Breath, Jane Eyre, Dog Boy, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Handmaid's Tale, The Life, To Kill a Mockingbird, even Romeo and Juliet. All of these books are at least partially about growing up and discovering who you are and your place in the world- and sure, that's way more than five, but hopefully they're so ill-educated they haven't yet learned to count.
Kylie, thank you for playing.
You can follow Kylie Ladd on Twitter here
Last year Kylie inspired the creation of the Ten Terrifying Questions – read her answers here
Read my review of LAST SUMMER here
About the Contributor
John Purcell
While still in his twenties, John Purcell opened a second-hand bookshop in Mosman, Sydney, in which he sat for ten years reading, ranting and writing. Since then he has written, under a pseudonym, a series of very successful novels, interviewed hundreds of writers about their work, appeared at writers' festivals, on TV (most bizarrely in comedian Luke McGregor's documentary Luke Warm Sex) and has been featured in prominent newspapers and magazines. Now, as the Director of Books at booktopia.com.au, Australia's largest online bookseller, he supports Australian writing in all its forms. He lives in Sydney with his wife, two children, three dogs, five cats, unnumbered gold fish and his overlarge book collection. His novel, The Girl on the Page, will be published by HarperCollins Australia in October, 2018.


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"Subtitling the Everyday" at the Cass Bank Gallery
3 – 25 February 2017
Private View 2 February 2017, 6.00pm to 8.30pm
The Cass, London Metropolitan University presents Subtitling the Everyday, a group, collaborative exhibition by artists Charlotte Thrane, Ninna Bohn Pedersen and Torgny Wilcke, supported by the Danish Arts Council, investigating the intimacy and honesty of everyday objects.
The exhibition pushes the ordinary to give it new forms and images. Commonplace stuff and materials are gently tweaked to suggest other meanings, both figuratively and abstractly. A new, unexpected object emerges, alluding at alternative options and opportunities, yet still retaining the relationship with its original status.
The three works on display will be created on site and respond directly to the surroundings of the Cass Bank Gallery. Openly, the works reveal how they have been manipulated, pulled stretched and worked on to become new, open forms. Each modification is left evident, creating a narrative of how the piece has evolved to its final form – revealing and tracing the hand of the artist.
Subtitling the Everyday arrives in London after a successful run in Copenhagen, and combines objects created with a variety of interdisciplinary techniques and materials, occupying the space between fine art and design, craft and product design.
Charlotte Thrane's Out with it, off with it, in with it II uses plaster and pigmented sand on cheesecloth to cast a series of common objects found in the Cass Bank Gallery – the thin, hard shell of the cast becomes the main protagonist of the installation, tracing the edges of the familiar objects but opening them up for new meanings.
Ninna Bohn Pedersen's Inner workings / Horizontal collapse uses uses recordings of a variety of everyday objects and scenarios, presenting them in a new light, and through observation and manipulation questions their role and their relationship with the hand, and eye of the artist.
Torgny Wilcke's Subtitling the everyday is a site-specific object that grows according to its contextual space; built with metal sheets and wood, the installation is positioned as a common object, but implicitly invites the viewer to question its status and functionality.
Subtitling the Everyday runs from 3 – 25 February 2017 at the Cass Bank Gallery, London Metropolitan University, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7PF.
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Private View: 2 February 6.00pm-8.30pm
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The Cass is the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University. It is one of six schools within the University. The Cass teaches about 2000 students at Foundation, Degree and Postgraduate level at two buildings in Aldgate. Subjects include Architecture, Design Studio Practice, Fine Art, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Illustration, Interior Design, Jewellery, Music Technology, Painting, Publishing Photography and Textiles. In 2017 the School will launch a new BA Design Studio Practice course aimed at educating commercially oriented and multi-disciplinary designers
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Charlotte Thrane is a Danish artist living in Copenhagen. Recent exhibitions (2016) include Mother of Pearl, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen; Subtitling the Everyday, Gallery North, Copenhagen; MACA, Aarhus Kunsthal, Aarhus and Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Australia.
Ninna Bohn Pedersen lives and works in Copenhagen. Recent exhibitions include Subtitling the Everyday, Gallery North, Copenhagen; (play)ground-less, Space in Between, London; Gust, Global Committee, New York; Does Not Equal, W139, Amsterdam and Through the Gap Increasing, Baltic 39, Newcastle.
Torgny Wilcke is an artist living in Copenhagen. Recent exhibitions (2015-16) include Scenery, Fold Gallery, London; To the Fore, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin; To Unfold the Surfaces of the Space and Subtitling the Everyday, Gallery North, Copenhagen; Shelfshow, Gallery Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen.
Sponsored by the Danish Arts Foundation.


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Recently, I read about a photo search startup Riya.com (See, The Birth of Riya.com at Peter Rip's Blog). It is an interesting startup and more interesting is the marketing strategy they adopted - a good case study how web logs can be leveraged in promoting a company, product or service. And I guess by writing this entry, I became another cog in their wheel.
My interest in learning more about development with Riya's technology is little different. Usually, when, I read about new products and services being launched focusing on web, I try to explore how they can be extended in to enterprise or incorporated in to vertical industry applications.
Reading about Riya actually crystallized a thought, I had during flickr acquisition by Yahoo!. I have been reading several blogs and comments about how Riya can be used for face recognition/comparison and for security purposes.
But I see some potential for such technology in healthcare industry. Over the weekend, I refined these thoughts and the specific problems it may address. I was going to write a blog entry describing these ideas. But as a fact-checking before writing, I decided to take these ideas to a trusted source at an healthcare client. During the discussions, we came up with few more potential applications. And in the process ironically I landed up with a request not to publish further details. Hopefully, at a future date I can share them with the world. :-(


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A few years back, I gave you all a bit of a Through the Keyhole moment with my flat at Porterhouse. I never really felt comfortable in it---the ceilings were low and though it was beautifully appointed it was also a ground-floor fishbowl with an oppressive fifties feel. So here, as promised, is the sequel.
My new flat is at the top of a wooden staircase in the heart of the front quadrangle of a venerable, central Oxford college. The building itself is late medieval with a great deal of later frontage, and despite being the home of 500 madcap young persons it is also, unexpectedly, almost completely silent. So when students or friends enter, having wheezed their way up three flights, this is the view as they are shown in:
The solemn, enigmatic face of the Virgin is placed to draw the visitor through into the flat, framed by the open doors the rectangular shape of which it echoes. The walls are a faintly greenish white which I chose for its cool neutrality and ability to hold light. As the windows are low, fostering light is of the essence: the first thing I did when I arrived was to take down and store the curtains safely (I keep the heating off.) The whitewash also subtly picks up the green accents through the room, visible in throws over the sofa, tabletops, cushions, paintings and the jugs and bowls of flowers I leave around the place. Through the left-hand door is the bedroom, which slightly oddly has a shower leading directly off it---as though one is climbing into a cupboard---and a separate loo:
You can't see this in the picture, but the shower door has been covered with a long rustic curtain made out of rough sacking. The bedroom in truth was a problem: sickly, budgie-yellow walls, tatty carpet, and minimal storage space as the wardrobe is shallow. I have painted it throughout in Farrow & Ball's 'All White'---their brightest, chalkiest shade---and for the recessed parts of the woodwork in their 'Strong White', actually a very pale pigeon-feather grey. Buying F&B paint has been a major expenditure, and you might well think me crazy---but I justify the extravagance by telling myself that this is a period building, and I might well be living here for fully five years. It makes such a difference to the sensual pleasure of the place that the colours have that classical richness and subtlety that you simply don't get with other brands. To soften the stark effect, rough untreated fabrics---like the sacking curtain---have been used on the floor and bed, and a tumble of cushions and pillows with contrasting textures. The bed is covered in an unbleached cotton dustsheet and a cream jacquard table runner; there's a white amaryllis in a jar on the windowsill, and an old cane chair does service as a bedside table.
Retracing our steps through the main room, to the right we find the kitchen:
Problems with the bedroom aside, the kitchen was, I think, the least prepossessing room when I moved in, as it's rendered hopelessly poky and studentesque by the steep angle of the ceiling. I opened it out by painting the woodwork in Farrow & Ball's 'Pointing', a faintly creamy white, and the walls in 'Cord' (also Farrow & Ball), a lovely warm ochre similar in tone to a buff envelope. The floor, which was a gritty pink linoleum the colour of a granulated liver (barf), has been covered with stick-down lino-tiles in crisp black and white, the pattern picked up by the Greek prints in square black frames. The elm chair beneath them in 200 years old. (You can see these in the very first picture, above.)
Back in the main room, here's the workstation, with MacBook and plenty of space for piles of papers:
The table, which my friend Ian picked up years ago and which has done sterling service as a dining table in no less than four homes, has been painted and then distressed. The legs are Farrow & Ball's 'Pointing', and the surface is 'Polly Green'; the corners have then been roughly sanded to give the impression of a history of hard knocks. Similarly distressed are the cane chairs (matching the one on the bedroom), which have been coated in Farrow & Ball's 'All White' before being sanded back to reveal bare wood. The white cushions come from India and are hand-printed.
The heart of the main room, which is of course simultaneously my living room and teaching space, is the book-wall, through which one walks in order to enter. The shelving under the window and the raised shelves in the curve were all added by the college's carpenters after I arrived, unpainted: they and the shelves that were already there have been painted the same cool, faintly melancholy white (F&B's 'Cabbage White', in fact) as the walls for an unfussy cleanness:
As you see, crowning the book-wall is my recent ikon of the Virgin of the Sign, hanging from the ceiling in a half-moon mandala:
I find her cosmic yet human face comforting as I sit writing. (Or rather 'writing', to be more truthful.) Of course, it drives noble friends and colleagues mad that I have my books arranged as I do, on their sides, but I am now past caring: I just prefer it, and like the textured shades of neutrals that this engenders. As they are catalogued and arranged strictly by subject I can in fact find everything with ease. Oddly the selves are much deeper on the left, where the books are double-stacked.
The nearest thing I have to a lounge is a long, hard sofa and these two smaller pieces, both arranged by the fireplace. In due course I may accentuate the depth of the mantlepiece by painting both the oblong coving and piece of board that blocks the fireplace off in a deep grey. This area generally is still not quite finished: I really dislike the green of the chairs and am going to have them slipcovered in brilliant white, as really I feel that this area of the room is too dark to have heavy wood and velvet. The long sofa has been covered in a hessian dustsheet from Homebase, washed and ironed. (It has a hectic, jazzy 80s print underneath.) Note the medieval hunting-scene cushions, and the two green silk pillows. You probably can't see in this picture, but the legs of the long sofa have been swatched around loosely with the fabric, which was then secured using safety pins and cheap pieces of silvery Moroccan jewellery. The various bits of floor-matting are all sisal, seagrass, and unbleached cotton, and the light-fittings are el-cheapo crystal-drop chandeliers, which I found for a fiver each in a hardware store. Both were ex-display and broken, so I repaired them with wire and a small pair of pliers.
This bit of the room sees heavy use: I sit in the armchair and students coming for tutorials sit on the sofa, as Oxbridge teaching ideally takes the form of a conversation between two or three people. (How lovely finally to be giving decent Oxford tutorials and not Cambridge 'supervisions', which always made me think of a training analysis.) Above the mantlepiece hangs an ikon I painted some years ago, which turned out with a particularly fuscous, Russian feel and a mysterious expression. Next to it is propped a carved and whitewashed wooden mirror and some miscellaneous objets: a wooden clog, a couple of antiquarian books, and---in homage to Guy Davenport's book of paintings and drawings---a balance of quinces, their green-yellow intended to pick up the shade elsewhere in the room.
The flat is south-facing, and though the windows are small and low, the space is often cut across by stripes of cool autumn light, accentuating the unity fostered by the simple painting-scheme:
That brings the tour to a close. I'm happy here, in this very personal sanctuary. By my wooden Buddha in his stillness sits a green bowl of artichokes, and here, to finish, is a bunch of late autumn dill, catching the slanting light next to a piece of bracket fungus now gone hard as oak.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
'What kind of person lives in a house like this...?'
3 comments:
- Aelred Patrick said...
Why am I not surprised that the decor of your digs is "exactly like the range of colours denoted by the Gaelic word 'glas': grey-green, green, grey-blue, blue, blue-grey"?
BTW your icons are stunning. And is that a Samuel Palmer holding its own little vigil in the corner behind your writing desk?
- 15 November 2011 at 04:51
- Bo said...
Good god, I had never thought of that! You're quite right. And spot on about the Palmer!
- 15 November 2011 at 04:59
- Yewtree said...
Fabulous - I am green (or possibly glas) with envy.
- 21 December 2011 at 01:32
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