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WASHINGTON, Nov. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GTC DC — NVIDIA today announced that the United States Postal Service – the world's largest postal service, with 485 million mail pieces processed and delivered daily – is adopting end-to-end AI technology from NVIDIA to improve its package data processing efficiency.
The new system starts with high-performance servers powered by NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core GPUs and deep learning software to train multiple AI algorithms. The trained models are then deployed to NVIDIA EGX edge computing systems at close to 200 Postal Service facilities throughout the U.S. to enable more efficient package data processing. The NVIDIA-powered systems are being purchased by the Postal Service under contract with Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
"AI is transforming multiple industries, enabling processes, accuracy and efficiency not possible before," said Anthony Robbins, vice president of the Federal Sector Business at NVIDIA. "The U.S. Postal Service's adoption of AI demonstrates how this powerful technology can improve an excellent service that we rely on every day. Benjamin Franklin would be proud."
The Postal Service operates the world's highest volume logistics operation, processing and delivering some 146 billion pieces of mail annually, including more than 6 billion packages. The new AI system will process package data 10x faster and with higher accuracy.
Engineering teams from the Postal Service and NVIDIA have been collaborating for several months to develop AI models, using NVIDIA software including TensorRT™ for high-throughput, low-latency inference optimization; automatic mixed precision in PyTorch to accelerate training while maintaining model accuracy; NGC containers, which are GPU-optimized for streamlining software deployment; and DeepOps tools for optimizing GPU clusters.
Delivery and testing of the system will start this year and it is expected to be fully operational by spring of 2020.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA's (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. More information at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.
For further information, contact:
Ken Brown
Director of Corporate Communications
NVIDIA Corp.
[email protected]
Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to the benefits, impact, and performance of NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core GPUs with deep learning software, and the United States Postal Service's adoption of AI; and the expected timing of delivery, testing and readiness of the AI system are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners' products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the most recent reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on the company's website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
© 2019 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo and TensorRT are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.
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One of the flaws in Capitalism 1.0 is that fairness has often been compromised, justice has often not even been considered. In 2.0, we have to pay attention to justice much more minutely!
Here's John Galt on the topic: "Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification—that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly, that just as you do not pay a higher price for a rusty chunk of scrap than for a piece of shining metal, so you do not value a rotter above a hero—that your moral appraisal is the coin paying men for their virtues or vices, and this payment demands of you as scrupulous an honor as you bring to financial transactions—that to withhold your contempt from men's vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration from their virtues is an act of moral embezzlement—that to place any other concern higher than justice is to devaluate your moral currency and defraud the good in favor of the evil, since only the good can lose by a default of justice and only the evil can profit—and that the bottom of the pit at the end of that road, the act of moral bankruptcy, is to punish men for their virtues and reward them for their vices, that that is the collapse to full depravity, the Black Mass of the worship of death, the dedication of your consciousness to the destruction of existence."
And here is Joseph Stiglitz on Obama's plan for dealing with banks: Obama's Ersatz Capitalism in the New York Times this week. Please read the article, and ask a few questions, like, whom is he rewarding and for what reason? And whom is he punishing?
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Teeth…..wow, it takes a strong person to survive teething. When you're younger you always think pulling an all nighter is so much fun, but let me tell you something….it's horrible!
We thought we were in the clear since Arren got his two bottom teeth, but a mere 2 weeks later we are back in the no sleep world thanks to teething. He's back at biting our faces off, screaming in my face while pulling both my ears and demanding to sleep in my arms the whole night. It doesn't help that he hates teething powder ! He looks horrified that he can't feel his mouth and looks at me like I'm some witch, that did this to him.
During the day he has his trusty soother to get him through things, but at night that's when he's really uncomfortable. He just can't seem to get comfortable and just tosses and turns, he only falls asleep when he's in my arms. I was never one to be able to fall asleep in a car or a plane, but I think with all the practice I've gotten with Arren I might be able to sleep in the upright position like a champ!
^^ He loves his toothbrush so much, he would put his body on the line for it.
^^ Just to put it in the wrong way.
We want to try one of these Baltic amber necklaces, has anyone had any luck with them? Do they work?
Right now we are hoping that he will give us a little break in between teeth so we can get some rest! Because this mombie is starting to feel it!


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Investment programs move to a new broker-dealer for a variety of reasons — sometimes to enliven a dormant program, sometimes to grow revenue for the institution, or sometimes to start a new program. Rarely does a broker-dealer transition go perfectly, but it is possible to anticipate challenges to make the process as smooth as possible. A poor transition can cause lost revenue, internal chaos, and damaged client relationships. A successful transition builds team unity and client trust as well as puts the program on a fast track to revenue growth.
When evaluating broker dealers, look for these best practices to achieve the most successful transition.
Thorough due diligence of your new broker-dealer can mean the difference between a painful and a successful transition. Ensuring the aforementioned best practices are included in your transition will go a long way toward keeping your program on the path to success.
Marvin (Al) Jones is vice president of wealth management at Coastal Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, NC. With almost $2 billion in member assets, the credit union serves more than 190,000 members through 15 branches. Although the program had been successful for more than 10 years, Coastal executives wanted to move to a broker-dealer that could help take the program to new levels of success. Jones shares the credit union's experience of transitioning a large program to a new broker dealer.
Exhaustive due diligence is the key to changing broker-dealers and that takes time.
"You can't rush that decision," Jones says. "We took a year and a half. We visited CFS's headquarters, met their people, saw how they worked, and saw how they implemented policy."
Coastal's due diligence also included asking many questions to fully understand the process. Jones insisted on getting detailed answers on a variety of topics.
"We requested specifics from their marketing people, IT people, and HR people," he says. "I asked how they would help us enhance the experience of our clients and how they would help us enhance revenue. Those are fundamental business questions. CFS was the only broker dealer who could give me tangible answers."
Matching values and overall philosophies is an important part of choosing a broker-dealer. A priority for Coastal executives was that their new broker dealer be progressive.
"Things change," Jones says. "The way this business was run just three years ago is different than the way it is today. We wanted a partner who was willing to learn, grow, and change to keep doing a good job for us."
Once they decided on CFS and started the transition process, Jones saw firsthand many identified best practices in action.
"One of the things CFS did extremely well was lay out a comprehensive plan," he says. "They had a whole list of activities that needed to take place to make the transition smooth. It was a game plan that included what needed to be done and by whom. That was something we didn't find with their competitors."
He also worked with his conversion team on weekly calls to keep the process moving. By having open and frequent communications, the joint teams were able to fix any glitches fast. Jones also appreciated the holistic approach that included staff from other departments at his financial institution. An investment program does not work in a vacuum, and by coordinating the transition with all departments at the credit union, Jones was able to build credibility throughout the process.
Jones and Coastal FCU's management were very pleased with all of the tools CFS provided to help the investment program grow. Key credit union staff received fundamental training on the investment program's processes and technology systems prior to going live, which was vital. But a primary factor in choosing CFS was the broker dealer's ability to help Coastal offer more services and achieve better results.
"We wanted a better platform with non-proprietary products and unbiased support," Jones says. "And we needed a partner who was invested in helping us and didn't just expect us to do it on our own. CFS was able to demonstrate specific ways they would help us grow and by how much."
For example, CFS staff reviewed Coastal's revenue and expenses and provided a benchmark budget that Jones could use to ensure he was properly allocating program revenue. CFS business development staff provided guidelines to help him create a new position for a client relations advisor. He received a detailed breakdown on what activities that person should do, how they should be compensated, and how their efforts would support the rest of the program.
"The CFS Program Development Center is where they store resources like these, and I use the Center almost daily," Jones says. "It gives me the day-to-day specific tools I need to improve."
Coastal has expanded its services to members through its relationship with CFS by offering several additional services:
After the transition was over and Coastal Federal Credit Union's investment program had been with CFS for approximately three months, CFS requested feedback on the transition process. Jones and his team outlined what they liked and didn't like, offering suggestions on areas in which CFS could improve. Jones says he was especially impressed when CFS acted on the feedback and changed its processes. He saw that as proof his new broker dealer was dedicated to continually enhancing its support.
Even more telling is Coastal's program success after its first year with CFS. The program has grown 121% in its first year, reaching an impressive $1,114,912 and is on pace to reach nearly $1.5 million by the end of the second year.
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Apple Wins its First Fuel Cell 'Game Changing' Patent
Apple has been granted a new patent today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding fuel cell technology, PatentlyApple is reporting. Apple's invention, which may prove to be a game changer if brought to life, details that fuel cells and associated fuels can potentially achieve high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities, which could potentially enable continued operation of portable electronic devices, such as iPhones and iPads, for days or even weeks without refuelling.
The patent titled 'Fuel Cell System' details Apple's invention relating to systems that use fuel cells to provide electrical power. The source highlights that the disclosed embodiments relate to a fuel cell system which is designed to provide electrical power to a portable computing device. Moreover, the invention relates to the design of a portable and cost-effective fuel cell system for a portable computing device.
"This fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which converts fuel into electrical power. It also includes a fuel source for the fuel cell stack and a controller which controls operation of the fuel cell system. The fuel system also includes an interface to the portable computing device, wherein the interface comprises a power link that provides power to the portable computing device, and a bidirectional communication link that provides bidirectional communication between the portable computing device and the controller for the fuel cell system."
Apple's patent specifically defines a "Portable electronic device" as corresponding to a laptop computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, portable media player, digital camera, and/or other type of compact electronic device.
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How many helpings did you have this Thanksgiving? Way too many? Well, Andy Wight from AW Strength & Conditioning in Westbrook, Maine is here to help you feel a little better. He put together a short, but effective routine that's guaranteed to burn off at least a few of those extra calories. It's called a metabolic leg series.
This metabolic legs series is a short high intensity series. In the video I'm performing five jump squats, five split squats on each side, five body weight squats and five split squat jumps on each side.
If the jumps present a problem I usually have people stick with the body weight exercises but increase the reps to 10 or 15 and also add in push-ups.
Three rounds is more then enough for this series.
Tomorrow, Jackie Conn, who is general manager at Weight Watchers of Maine, will share her 5-step recovery plan for getting back on track after Thanksgiving. Until then, do Andy's routine and then go tackle some leftovers. You have my permission!


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At Mills Dental Group, we see many adults who are self-conscious about their crooked teeth. They are too embarrassed to smile and often shy away from having their pictures taken because they are anxious about what their teeth will look like. Some of these same individuals hesitate to seek orthodontic treatment because they feel as though wearing metal braces as an adult is even more embarrassing than having crooked teeth. Others feel that metal braces will be too invasive or too expensive.
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By Carol Kincaid
Bridge # GO453 sounds rather harmless. But, ask those who frequently cross the bridge north of Edina on Highway 15 about the perceived danger, and you might be surprised at the answers.
The bridge does not sit "true" to the highway, the approaching driver (northbound) must adjust slightly left, cross the bridge, then adjust right, then left to straight to cross the bridge properly.
Some drivers refuse to meet ANY other vehicle on the bridge. They stop on either side to let oncoming traffic cross before continuing. Others will not meet a large truck or tractor, but stop to let it continue.
When we think about it, this in itself can be a hazard, especially if driving north. If two or three vehicles are stopped on the north side of the bridge, another vehicle heading in the same direction could pop over the last hill coming out of Edina and cause a bad collision. The same thing could happen if the bridge was relegated to one lane.
Usually I am not afraid to meet another vehicle on the bridge, provided the oncoming vehicle does not cross the center line. I too, will usually give a large truck the right of way. One recent evening, after dark, I was headed north on the approach to the bridge and could see the running lights of a pickup truck that would reach the bridge the same time I would. Normally I would go ahead and cross, but for some reason I waited to let the pickup cross. The driver very kindly flashed his/her lights in appreciation, and it was then that I saw that they were pulling a trailer that would have probably hit my car had I proceeded.
How many drivers have lost side mirrors? There's no way to tell, many do not report the incidents, but just quietly replace their mirrors. I know I have.
Bridge 453 is sixteen feet- three inches in height, approximately, and about twenty feet- seven inches in width. The bridge was built in 1923, received new railings in March of 2003, and is slated for new "guard rails" this summer.
Bridge 453 has been inspected three times recently, twice for the gusset plates , which are the same type used in the Minneapolis bridge collapse. To date, MoDOT has released no final determination on the plates for this particular bridge. But unofficial reports say the bridge is very safe structurally.
The bridge has had a violent past. In December of 1965, an 18-year-old young man, "Bob" Calnan was killed in an accident on the bridge. Just since 2000, there have been several non-fatal accidents reported. In April of 2001 Tina Brogan and Tracy Howes were severely injured during a crash on the bridge. In March of '02 Mary Ann Kimball's vehicle ended up in the river. In July of '03 Tommy Small was hauling hay across the bridge and hit the side. In September of 2007 Rita Waibel was injured in a collision with the bridge. In May of 2007 one of the Knox County R-I school busses lost a mirror on the bridge, requiring the students to be transferred to another bus. One young student, though uninjured, was showered with glass from the mirror.
The legal limit for a trailer, according to Senator Wes Shoemeyer, was not too long ago increased to 102 inches. Consider this, the bridge is approximately 247 inches wide; today's school busses are approximately 112 inches wide, while those used in the years following the bridge construction were only about 84 inches wide. Trucks hauling gravel used to be about 72 to 84 inches wide; today's gravel trucks are about 108 inches wide (mirror to mirror).
Cars built in the 1920's, '30's, and even the '40's were much narrower, well able to meet each other on the bridge. In the 1950's, '60's, etc. the cars became wider, and remember the young man that was killed in 1965? Today's SUVs are approximately 88 inches wide or more.
Now, let's study farm implements. The old tricycle front ends probably weren't six feet in width, and the little gray or orange tractors weren't very wide either, even with the two row corn pickers on the front. Today, the farmer can look at a 15 to 18 foot transport width on anything he uses, more if he adds duals. The height of the bridge really isn't a problem, even for the spray coupes, but the width could be better.
Even the snowplows of today are wider than those used in the past.
While doing the math it would seem there is plenty of room on the bridge for most combinations of vehicles, but human nature doesn't always rely on the principles of math. To the human eye the bridge looks narrow and crooked. For self-preservation we stop if the oncoming vehicle does not. That is fine if one is southbound. But it is dangerous to stop when heading north.
MoDOT says they can't even talk about replacing the bridge because of lack of funds, unless the County would like to chip in funding. Anyone who lives on a gravel road knows that most of the County road funds are going for gravel and repairs. Besides, the bridge is on State Highway 15.
The Sentinel received a press release the end of February from Jeffrey Briggs at MoDOT saying how proud they were that Missouri and Illinois had come together and decided to build a new bridge across the Mississippi River. The new bridge is to "reduce travel delays, enhance safety, and sustain economic growth and development in St. Louis and Illinois."
The same could be said of this area. Who's to say that Edina and all of Knox County wouldn't be better with a wider bridge? How are the area farmers and over-the-road haulers to get the supplies to the metropolitan areas if we can't cross our rural bridges?
A public meeting is set for April 11 to talk about the bridge. Those who have said they plan to attend include Representative Brian Munzlinger, Senator Wes Shoemeyer, MoDOT officials, Regional Planning representatives, trucking firms and more.


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New Delhi: In a tough move, India Monday called off the Aug 25 foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan after the latter's envoy held a meeting with a separatist Kashmiri leader. Pakistan described the decision as a "setback" to its efforts to promote good neighborly relations.
External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin conveyed the Indian government's decision following Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit's meeting with separatist Kashmiri leader Shabir Shah in the capital Monday for consultations before the foreign secretary-level talks.
"Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh's visit to Islamabad for talks on Aug 25 stands cancelled," he said, adding that the talks have been called off as "no useful purpose will be served" by her visit.
In a statement, the Pakistan Foreign Office said it has been informed of India's decision to call off the talks "taking exception to" the Pakistani High Commissioner in New Delhi holding meetings with Kashmiri leaders.
It said it is a "long standing practice" ahead of bilateral talks to hold meetings with Kashmiri leaders in order to "facilitate meaningful discussions on the issue of Kashmir".
Other Kashmiri separatist leaders, however, said they would go on to meet the Pakistan high commissioner Tuesday and criticised the Indian government for calling off the talks over the contentious issue of the invitation to them.
Announcing the cancellation of the talks, Akbaruddin said: "It was underlined that Pakistan high commissioner's meeting with the so-called leaders of the Hurriyat undermined constructive diplomatic engagement initiated by the prime minister (Narendra Modi) on his very first day in office."
"The Indian foreign secretary, therefore, conveyed to the Pakistan high commissioner today (Monday) in clear, unambiguous terms that Pakistan's continued efforts to interfere with India's internal affairs were unacceptable," he said.
"The only path available to Pakistan is to resolve outstanding issues with peaceful, bilateral dialogue within the framework and principles of Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration," Akbaruddin added.
Justifying the calling off of the talks, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said: "The ceasefire violations by Pakistan are deliberate. Pakistan and some forces there do not want normalization of relations between both countries."
"The ceasefire violations (in recent days) are not only happening on the Line of Control (LOC) but also along the international border. I am sure that our soldiers will give a befitting reply to these ceasefire violations," he told media in Amritsar.
"With these kind of provocations like the ceasefire violations and, more seriously, invitation to separatists to meet the (Pakistan) High Commissioner, it's for Pakistan to decide what kind of relationship it wants with India," he said.
The Congress, which had questioned the move to hold talks in the wake of Pakistan's invitation to separatists, said the Modi government needs to explain why it decided to have talks with Pakistan in the first place.
"I think the government needs to explain why in the first place it decided to go ahead (with talks)," Congress leader Manish Tewari said.
Congress leader Amarinder Singh said the Modi government had not done its homework before proceeding with talks with Pakistan.
"While it (meeting with the Kashmiri separatist leaders) was a diplomatic indiscretion on part of Pakistan, the government of India also appeared not to have done its homework properly before deciding to go ahead with such high-level talks," he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Siddharth Nath Singh, meanwhile, said provocation and peace cannot go together.
In Srinagar, senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who respectively head the hardline and moderate factions of the Hurriyat, said they will visit New Delhi Tuesday to meet Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit.
Speaking to media persons, the Mirwaiz termed cancellation of talks as "a serious blow to the dialogue process between the two countries".
A spokesman of Geelani said cancellation of the foreign secretary-level talks indicated the "political immaturity of the Indian government". He said Geelani would leave for Delhi Tuesday to meet the Pakistan high commissioner.
Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference termed the decision to call off the talks "strange" while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party called it "a negative development".


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'Suicidal' itinerary could tame Lions: former coach Henry
'Suicidal' itinerary could tame Lions: former coach Henry
WELLINGTON - Former All Blacks coach Graham Henry has said the British and Irish Lions' 'suicidal' itinerary could dash their hopes of being competitive during the New Zealand tour.
The Lions face a tough schedule, playing all five of New Zealand's Super Rugby sides and a match against the Maori All Blacks in addition to the three tests in Auckland and Wellington.
Henry coached the Lions to a 2-1 series loss on their 2001 tour of Australia and four years later guided the All Blacks to a 3-0 series sweep over the famous touring side in New Zealand.
"There is huge pressure on the Lions," 70-year-old Henry said in comments published on ESPN's website.
"I know from my own experiences how much the players respect getting selected for the Lions. It is the pinnacle of their career. It is massive but they need to do well and I just wonder if the itinerary is suicidal. That is my concern."
New Zealand's Super Rugby sides have been dominating the competition and are unlikely to be a pushover for Warren Gatland's Lions team, as witnessed by the Waikato Chiefs' 40-7 demolition of Wales during their tour last June.
"They are playing New Zealand Maori, they are playing the five franchised teams -- and those five franchised teams have nothing to lose, no pressure on them at all, so they will fire everything at the Lions and take them on.
"Hopefully (the Lions) have the ability to overcome that. "But really when you tour, you need to ensure some momentum is created by results and you just wonder how they are going to go into the test series with that itinerary. "It is very demanding.
"You just want the Lions to do well because it is such a marvellous brand in world rugby and they need to do pretty well to maintain the potency of the brand, because it's huge for the southern hemisphere countries to have the Lions tour." The Lions open the tour on June 3 against a New Zealand Barbarians side in Whangarei. -Reuters


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Peter Luff, Conservative MP for Mid Worcestershire, asks on Twitter:why do people "refuse to understand" that the Conservative party stands for "compassion and social reform".
@ravensrod No way! The Conservative Party has always stood for compassion and social reform; why do people refuse to understand this?
— Peter Luff MP (@PeterJLuff) June 7, 2012
Peter Luff won his seat in the 1992 General Election. He is a founder member of the Parliamentary Hunting with Hounds Middle Way Group which is said to be a front for the hunting lobby. In January this year Peter Luff was invited to "a day's shooting" in Gloucestershire (approximate value £1,500) by Leo Quinn, CEO of Qinetiq, paid for by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). I'm sure that had nothing to do with the plan to kill buzzards to protect pheasant shooting.
Peter Luff is one of the MPs whose second home flips. He has a house in Worcestershire, and a flat in London.
From the Telegraph's report on his expenses:
In the months before he switched the designation of his second home from Worcester to the capital, he paid for more than £5,000 of decorating and repairs, including the £53.71 cost of having his Aga cooker fixed.
Six months later, he switched his designation to a small flat in south London, where he spent more than £3,000 decorating the bathroom, kitchen, sitting room and hall.
In March 2005, when furnishing his second home, Peter Luff
attended a meeting with fees office staff, who told him that his claim for a £1,583 dining room table and chairs was considered excessive. He was paid £750.
A few months later, Mr Luff contacted the fees office again to explain the purchase of a £625 china service. He wrote: "Since buying my flat seven or more years ago I have muddled through with such items from our family home, but so many have broken that it has become essential to restock.
"I have taken advantage of the end of the January sales and obtained an effective 25% discount on a standard but not luxurious household range of china."
Less than three years later, he purchased another china set for £367. A note on his claim form made by an official read: "Discussed. Decided against further action but slight concern regarding purchase price of china."
The shopping list that Peter Luff apparently considered to be essential to perform his day-to-day duties as an MP from his family home in Worcestershire included:
- Kettle £29.99
- China service £367
- Cookware £18
- Bread bin £18
- Cafetiere and bed linen £48.48
- Pillows (6) £42
- Bed linen £20
- Bedspread £100
- Bed linen, incl: duvet cover (1) pillow cases (4) valance £255.50
- Towels (2) £14
- Ironing board £14.99
- …and three loo seats. I don't want to know how that helped him work as an MP, okay?
Though he was earning over £50,000 a year as an MP (and he and his wife rent out a couple of other residential properties), Peter Luff said: "I don't remember claiming for three loo seats, and if it is true it would be extraordinary. I cannot afford to maintain two homes out of one income and need to claim the full cost of every item in my second home."
In politics you have to play the hand you've been dealt; dealing with a deficit is no fun but it's important
— Peter Luff MP (@PeterJLuff) June 11, 2012
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist:
"I think Europe is headed to a suicide…There has never been any successful austerity program in any large country," the former World Bank economist told a panel discussion in Vienna late on Thursday.
Austrian radio on Friday broadcast some of his comments, which chime with a growing backlash in Europe against the German-led push for more fiscal discipline as the way to end the debt crisis.
"Decreasing growth is causing the deficit, not the other way around. I think that austerity approach is going to lead to high levels of unemployment that will be politically unacceptable and make deficits get worse," Stiglitz said.
Numerous British economists had warned against the deep budget cutting, arguing that the government was heading down a dangerous path with potentially severe consequences. Steve Benen over at Maddowblog cites the advice of London Business School economist Richard Portes who warned one year ago, "My view is that we are in serious danger of a double-dip recession. This is going to be a cautionary tale."
A cautionary tale, indeed.
The question that remains is whether our nation's conservatives will get the message or continue to fervently pursue the austerity agenda that, while playing nicely to their base, would threaten to send this country spiraling into yet another recession as it has done in the United Kingdom.
If the insistence of those who continue to try to persuade us that supply-side economics actually works is any indication—despite the endless reams of evidence that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that it most certainly does not—I would not expect much change in the conservative approach. While the results of the British experiment should shed endless light on the mistaken path the GOP would put us on, in the mind of the Republican Party, there is no substitute to the appeal of peddling a message that produces votes—if not actual prosperity.
Today, a report from the Parliament's official auditors reveals that HMRC failed to follow their own strict rules whilst negotiating deals which allowed corporations to withhold billions of pounds in tax.
Margaret Hodge, the chair of the public accounts committee, said:
"With billions of pounds of tax at stake it is extremely worrying that the department [HMRC] failed to involve its own specialists in the final negotiations and follow its own rules by settling for less than it could have won in litigation. These deals have sent a message that it's one rule for big business and another rule for everyone else.
"Given the department's failures in these cases, the whistleblowers were absolutely right to be concerned," she said.
The report was ordered after the public accounts committee questioned the way Goldman Sachs was let off up to £20m in tax on a handshake with the permanent secretary for tax, Dave Hartnett.
Oxfam's report today on poverty in the UK says that while the recession caused by the 2008 banking crash flattened out gains for the rich for a while
But there has been a short, sharp entrenchment of inequality in the past two years. Last year, the earnings of FTSE 100 executives went up by 49%, while the annual pay of waiters and waitresses fell by 11% and those of cleaning staff by 3.4%. The average director at Britain's top 100 companies now earns 145 times more than their average worker.
"On current trends, by 2035 this inequality will reach levels last seen in the Victorian era," says the report, at a time when the authors say the UK has "weaker protection for those in work than Mexico".
It also notes that the government inherited falling unemployment but has seen jobless numbers rise to their highest level for 17 years. Oxfam warns benefit levels have steadily been falling since the link with earnings was broken in 1980. Unemployment benefit has dropped from one-fifth to one-tenth of average earnings.
Oxfam's director of UK Poverty, Chris Johnes, said: "Despite the government's rhetoric about making work pay, having a job is no longer necessarily enough to lift someone out of poverty; more working age adults in poverty now live in working households than in workless ones. The government is justifying huge cuts to welfare support for people on low incomes by saying this will incentivise work, but there simply aren't enough decent jobs available."
The result is that plenty of people working full-time (or required to work part-time) need state subsidies to get by. (Shanene Thorpe, a working single mother, had to claim housing benefit to pay her rent in East London – a story Newsnight opted not to cover.) The number of housing benefit claimants in work went up steeply between November 2008 and February 2012 from under 450 thousand to 878,000.
Food prices have gone up by almost a third in the past five years.
Minimum wage has gone up by 12%. And it's perfectly legal now to employ people at "apprentice wages" or make them work for nothing, don't forget.
Oxfam warns that
rising unemployment, involuntary part-time working, pay freezes and cuts in benefit levels are leading to the "biggest real-terms fall in incomes since the mid-1970s". It says the median income will drop by 7% between 2009-10 and 2012-13.
But the Tories are the party of "compassion and social reform". At least to Peter Luff.


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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tony Hallinan - Far Away
Visit Tony Hallinan's new guitar site. This site contains information about Tony's career as a session guitarist, teacher and composer for film and television. He also talks about his studio and the recording equipment that he uses, along with his guitars. There is also a useful links page that contains links to a variety of guitar and recording based sites. There are also many examples of Tony's work which can be downloaded.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Jacqueline Mannering - Guitar Solo
Jacqueline playing an original piece over a backing track she recorded with her Dean USA Dime Razorback Trans Black Flame!! :)
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Roland Dyens: LB Story
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Arlene Bates Toyne May 1, 1943-Sept. 13, 2011
Arlene Bates Toyne passed away peacefully at home on September 13 after a brave, nearly year-long battle against pancreatic cancer.
Arlene was born May 1, 1943 in Rochester, New York to Gertrude and Milton Rothfuss. Upon graduation, she left for Michigan State University where she met her first husband and father of her children, John Charles Bates.
In the 1970's her love of horses spread to her children and led to the purchase of Hunters Run Stables. She managed the operations, a tack shop and a booming horse show kitchen until her children were old enough to "take the reins." She later completed her college degree at Lourdes University and went on to manage Jacobson's haute couture departments and to both manage and own Travel World Tours & Travel.
She was a tireless volunteer in the community holding positions in the Bedford Business Association, Bedford Township Republicans, Monroe County Jury Commission, the Eta Chapter of Jr. Coterie, and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). She even ran for state senate in 1998. Arlene was also a member of the Highland Meadows Bridge Club where she met her lifelong friends, the "bridge girls".
Ten years ago, her sister introduced her to "the Brit", Phil Toyne. They married in 2007 and enjoyed traveling the world and relaxing at their Ft. Myers condominium. When home, they were endlessly busy with their grandchildren's plays, concerts, sporting events and birthdays. Whether Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter, the center of the holidays was their home.
Arlene is survived by her husband and best friend, Phil; her sister and her "Babe", Rosalie (Wayne) Chuhy; her pride and joy- children Debra (Ben) Shinkle, Darlene (Steve) Dotson, Suz (Victor) Colon and John (Kristen) Bates; and the light of her life- grandchildren Joshua, Blain, Luke, Ellie, Patrick, Nathan, Maceo and Noah.
Arlene is also survived by her step children Sarah and Richard Toyne as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews including Nick Chuhy and Andrew (Jen) Chuhy.
Arlene devoted her life to helping others, especially those who were sick or alone. Her legacy will live on in those that knew and loved her- we learned from her that there is room at the table for all definitions of family and that you can weather any storm as long as you stick together.
The family would like to thank her Hospice nurses, Mark and Tiina who made her journey as painless as possible.
Donations can be made to CASA of Monroe County (28 South Macomb Monroe, MI 48161) or to TGen, a foundation working to find better treatments and a cure to pancreatic cancer (www.tgen.org/pancreatic).
A memorial mass will be celebrated on Monday, September 26 at 11:00 am in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Temperance, MI. The family will begin welcoming friends in the church narthex that day at 10:00 am.
Online condolences may be shared at www.bedfordfuneralchapel.com.
Arrangements entrusted to Bedford Funeral Chapel, 8300 Lewis Avenue, Temperance, MI.


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Dearest Solo -
Never has there lived a braver little Jack Russell terrier! Born to a litter of one (hence, "Solo") and rejected by your birth mother, you came into the world at the Double Tree Ranch and spent the first few weeks of your life in a basket alone on a front porch. I will never forget the first time I ever saw you - you were a jumping, yapping blur of black and white. We had no clue what it was like to raise a Jack Russell terrier, but we were soon going to find out! It turns out, though, that you were a very unique little fellow...not really that typical of the usual terrier personality. You were faithful (followed me everywhere), playful in a stilted sort of way, neurotic (always would lick your front paws when you felt self-conscious!), contemplative, and never wagged your tail. Years later we would realize that the lack of tail wagging was most likely due to the neurological condition that made it so difficult for you to walk toward the end. If there was a fork in the road and one way was the easiest path and the other the hardiest, you always picked the most difficult direction to travel - it was just your nature, and I grew to admire you for it. If you wanted to play with a toy, you would choose the longest and most awkward one to pick up and stumble along with it until you took it to your destination. You wandered on your special routes but never strayed too far from home, and would always give a concise bark upon your return at the front door. You were a careful observer of the daily life - even at the end, when you would alert me to what trouble your younger canine brothers were getting in to. Most importantly, Solo, you were YOU. There will never be another little dog like you, and there is no doubt in my mind that you are lighting up the Heavens with your special spirit, and are running free. I miss you terribly, but out of love I had to let you go! Someday we'll meet again, my little furry friend, my Solo Boy. We love you!
Fourteen years old when he passed.
The following are photos from Solo's life...just a sampling...I have many more! It was good to be reminded of how he loved to run and dig when he was younger. He was a wonderful dog!


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Hollard dips in on Meatco Producer of the Year awards
Hollard Insurance Namibia announced this week it will be the major sponsor of the Meatco Producer of the Year awards, for the next three years.
"Hollard has signed an agreement with Meatco to avail N$150,000 per year for the duration of three years, for the Meatco Producer of the Year Awards, the new kid on the insurance block said.
Jethro Kwenani, Corporate Communications officer at the Meat Corporation of Namibia said the awards are a remarkable and unique event, "and we are proud to have Hollard on board since it is of great benefit to the producers. This year the awards will take place on 11 March 2016 under the theme 'climate change in the savannah'.
The awards are in line with Meatco's main objective of serving the producers,and recognises their tenacity and resilience in the face of many obstacles such as the current drought and outbreak of Foot & Mouth Disease, Kwenani added.
"Hollard is delighted to have the opportunity to work with Meatco, an organization that has demonstrated commitment to the farming industry. We look forward to a long and productive working relationship with them." said Jaco Lamprecht, CEO of Hollard Namibia.
Hollard is dedicated to always looking for ways to reinvent the insurance industry by celebrating diversity, setting market trends and most importantly valuing people, he elaborated adding that Hollard strives to innovate new insurance products unique to Namibia, including products for Namibia's farmers, many of whom are producers for Meatco.
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"I have a Ticket home," was Henry Rono last align, "please!" In Kenya, the former miracle runner has made frequent headlines with his Failure as with an outstanding performance. Politicians, entrepreneurs and athletes are quick to grab the Star yesterday and the eternal worry child under the arms. For what he had done for the Fatherland, they promise to earn the 66-year-old Rono an evening of Life in peace. An American friend has put on "GoFundMe", a call for donations on the Internet. In 1978, he was 26 years old, shook Henry Rono, the foundations of the running world. Within a period of 81 days he broke four world records. The best time for the 10,000 metres, he was almost eight seconds: 27:22.5 minutes. The record over 5000 meters, he improved to four and a half seconds to 13:08,4 minutes in the 3000 metres steeplechase by 2.6 seconds to 8:05,4, and over 3000 meters in three seconds at 7:32,1.
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a correspondent for sports in Berlin.
But glory and prosperity overmatched Rono, as well as the disappointment to be able to his life-long dream can not be realized. Kenya boycotted, like many African countries, the Olympic games of Montreal in 1976 and Moscow 1980, and world Championships in athletics there was not at that time. A great victory, the winning of a gold medal, remained Rono denied. He wanted to make up for some of his fallen heroes, took over the world Federation of the athlete at the end of the eighties, the Deposit, as Rono to prison. Twenty years later, in 2008, he awarded Rono at its annual Gala the "Inspirational Award".
Since had been training up Rono from years of alcohol addiction, fought back, and thirty or forty pounds Overweight. And as he described what an incredibly strong Constitution he had, and how incredibly broken he was at the same time. On the day in September 1981, he improved in the small Norwegian town of Knarvik in the 5000-Meter world record to 13:06,20 minutes, he was woken up drunk. How deep the pain was sitting in about the missed games, the title of Ronos 2007 published autobiography: "Olympic Dream".
The study, he came to the United States, had broken off Rono. His money he had squandered, or equal to, checks, and account numbers lost. He was for drink driving, had withdrawal cancelled treatments, and delusions of persecution developed. He had lived on the street and in homeless shelters and working odd jobs. His hard-won fragile existence as an Employee at the airport of Albuquerque in New Mexico state-endangered least, the government to a standstill. He was sick, and without assistance in bed, described Rono of the newspaper "The Nation" on the phone. Three decades ago, Kenya celebrated him as a "world beater". Now, Rono wants to go home; a beaten man.


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It's too soon to think about New Year's resolutions. We still have the remains of Thanksgiving in the fridge, and there are the holidays to maneuver before we reach a bleary-eyed New Year's Day. But the organizers at 100,000 Aspirations are asking us to pause and offer our best intentions for the world right now.
The beautifully ambitious group is collecting 100,000 aspirations that will be placed in a stupa–a monument to peace–being built in northern Vermont. Sponsored by the Sakyong Foundation, in collaboration with the meditation center Karme Choling, the stupa is "for people of all cultures, religions, and backgrounds to enjoy," says the Shambhala Times.
Early submissions reveal a variety of good hopes: "I aspire to make sure no child feels unworthy," writes one contributor; "I aspire to be as happy and carefree as a dog," says another. And Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA, writes:
I aspire to live in a world where there are more school gardens than McDonald's franchises, where it's easier to feed our kids fruit than Froot Loops, and where we experience our profound connection to each other and the land through sharing work and sharing food.
You can add your aspiration on the 100,000 Aspirations website (it's quick), tweet it, or submit a video aspiration to the project. Watch Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron offer hers here:
Sources: 100,000 Aspirations, Shambhala Times


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The Knowledge Bird wins Whitepaper of the Year
Wow. I'm so excited tonight to have received the award for Whitepaper of the Year from the itSMF Australia. The IT industry seems to be crying out for practical help with communication. And really, a knowledge base is just an organised form of communication. If you're looking for a copy, you'll find it here, but I'm sure itSMF members will have access to it through their normal channels.
The Australian national itSMF conference has certainly been worth the trek across the country. Some great sessions with compelling content. I plan to share my thoughts on what I've heard over the coming days.


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Everyone is up in arms about former major-league infielder Jose Offerman hauling off and throwing a punch at an umpire during a Dominican winter league game Saturday night.
Consider me unimpressed.
I mean, this is the guy who charged the mound during a 2007 minor-league game and hit the pitcher with his bat.
Offerman, who manages the Licey Tigers, appeared to strike first base umpire Daniel Rayburn in the face or neck after a heated nose-to-nose discussion. Rayburn took a fall to the ground and Offerman was detained by stadium security.
The former All-Star came out on the field after the home plate umpire had ejected Ronny Paulino for arguing balls and strikes, but ended up getting into it with Rayburn.
Now, I've looked at this video several times, and it really doesn't look like Offerman makes contact with Rayburn. I can't imagine why he would take a flop like that that, but the fact remains, you can't be throwing haymakers at umpires.


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Central Europe, 1789-1918: Empires, Nations, States
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3D Downtown Parking Description
3D Downtown Parking is one of the top games at this moment. With really stunning graphics and car handling this game is really fun to play. You can choose between a real Mustang police car, an ambulance or a tow-truck. Every car has his own handling and assignments. Complete the level as fast as possible to earn the 3 stars and collect points. Every level is different which gives this game an unique 3D parking experience in a cool scenery with the best visuals.
Use arrow keys to drive the car. Use A and Z to use gear.
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Yes, my delivery of The Cornish Landscape catalogues has just made it through the snow! It's always an exciting moment when you see the catalogues for a show for the first time.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Cornish Paintings off to Bristol
My paintings for The Cornish Landscape exhibition have been all parcelled up and are setting off on their journey to the Lime Tree Gallery in Bristol.
Beady-Eyed Gull, St Ives (Acrylic, 5 x 7)
It's always good to see a huge pile of paintings finally set off on its journey to the show. There's not many jobs when you have such a definitive end to a phase of work and a tangible, physical result.
The next part of the process will be next month when I see them hung in the exhibition in the gallery. Somehow they take on whole new feel when you see them in the show - they're all big and grown up, and they're not the same as when they were just in the studio.
Of course, they'll be alongside the wonderful new work from Euan McGregor and Peter Wileman, so all the paintings will be working in a whole new way with the others as a group.
Can't wait!
You can view the whole show HERE.
You can view the whole show HERE.
Calm Sea at Dawn, St Ives (Oil on linen, 24 x 26)
Friday, 22 March 2013
Art or Kitsch?
Recognise this?
It's Vladimir Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl, thought to be the world's most reproduced print. It's an icon of 50s kitsch.
Here's the original painting going under the hammer this week at Bonham's auction house in London.
(AP Photo/Bonham's-Giles Peppiatti-HO)
Some might not even consider this to be 'real' art, but guess how much it went for? £982,050 ($1.49 million). That's more than twice as much as a Tretchikoff work has sold for before.
It was thought the famous turquoise-faced lady would fetch £500,000. However a bidding war broke out, and it was bought by British businessman and jeweller Laurence Graff and will go on public display in South Africa.
According to a Bonhams representative, the painting will be exhibited alongside the rest of the diamond retailer's art collection, at the Delaire Graff Estate in the Western Cape.
Tretchikoff, who grew up in Russia and Shanghai, eventually settled in South Africa in 1946, so in a way the painting is going home. Here's the man himself in action.
Tretchikoff Foundation
The model was Monika Sing-Lee, then 17, whom Tretchikoff spotted working at her uncle's launderette in Cape Town in 1953. Here she is.
artchantry.comAnd here she is rather older, wearing the same top (the artist changed the colour in the painting).
Apparently she sat for him for six weeks, and got paid 20 rand (£6.50). (Read more about her here) .
In his 1973 memoir Pigeon's Luck, Tretchikoff said he had put his "heart and soul" into the painting he hoped had "caught the essence of Chinese womanhood". Monika said that the whole experience was so intense and he was so nice to her and so funny that she nearly fell in love with him during the sittings. You can see why...
Tretchikoff Foundation
She never sat for him again, but with her turquoise face and ruby lips, it's certainly a memorable image. Why was it so popular?
I guess because it caught the mood of the moment. It certainly had the sort of colour palette favoured by post-war 1950s textiles
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so it fitted right in with the home furnishings, bringing an exotic and daring touch to a dull suburban home, like a plastic pineapple ice bucket in the drinks cabinet.
It had a certain carefree, pre-psychadelic, aspirational quality - after the trauma of the 40s, it was a completely off-the-wall, playful image. It wasn't a wartime poster where someone was telling you to keep calm and carry on or only cough into your handkerchief. It was just a frivolous, bonkers image, one you chose yourself, and one day, you might save up to go to somewhere as exotic as the place that girl came from, where maybe they all had pretty turquoise faces.
The popularity of Chinese Girl led to Tretchikoff, who died in 2006, being labelled the "king of kitsch" - though his Foundation describes him as "the people's painter".
"Vladimir Tretchikoff inspires us" says the Foundation's website, "with his uncompromising and pioneering spirit, indomitable self belief, his originality, his courage and by his all en-compassing drive to do what he loved to do - paint." The Foundation's aim is to "ignite as many courageous, creative hearts as possible through continually communicating Tretchikoff's maverick spirit which is best captured in his quote "Express your passion. Do what you love. No matter what.""
So there you are. And if you've been ignited, then although you can no longer get your hands on the original, you can still adorn yourself with the image...
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Thursday, 21 March 2013
Paintings of Godrevy
I thought I'd show you some of my paintings of Godrevy from my Cornish exhibition.
Godrevy is a popular surfer's beach near St Ives. It has sandy beaches and high cliffs - although the first time I went there, I couldn't see a hand in front of my face because the sea mist was so thick!
However the next day was beautiful sunshine and blue skies - such are the vagaries of the Cornish weather!
Ideal painting conditions!
Green Sea, Godrevy (Oil on linen, 20 x 20)
The lighthouse is said to have insipired Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.
Godrevy Lighthouse (Oil on linen, 12 x 12)
Godrevy with Yellow Flowers (Oil on linen, 20 x 20)
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Cornish Landscape Catalogues
The catalogues for April's The Cornish Landscape exhibition are just being finalised.
Here's a quick look at the front cover, which shows my painting of Land's End.
Here's a quick look at the front cover, which shows my painting of Land's End.
Monday, 18 March 2013
Camera Disaster in the Lakes!
The weekend found me in a rather wet Lake District to do some photography along Derwent Water at Keswick.
As usual, I was using my Canon Powershot G12, when I ran in to some problems.
The zoom function (one of its main plus-points) began to play up. It wouldn't zoom. Thinking I'd accidentally knocked some sort of setting, I tried to check the menu, but the menu button wouldn't work either. It seemed to be stuck on trying to calculate the focus, and wouldn't take the photo. The camera hadn't got wet or anything, it had just stopped working.
Checking online later, it turns out that a number of people have also experienced this problem, read here. Annoyingly, it can be intermittent, and seems to be caused by sticking buttons. Now if you can't take a shot with a camera, then you've missed the shot. It's no use having an intermittently working camera, and I can't find a way of getting it to definately keep working again.
So here's my advice.
1. always take a spare camera, and take shots with that camera as well. Then you'll have two sets of reference material (or one if one camera gives up). Take cameras that have different functions to the other, eg a bigger zoom, different filters, larger sensor.
2. always take a spare battery (charged).
3. always take a spare memory card. Or two.
4. always take a spare assistant to take different photos of the same scenes. (Unfortunately, I didn't have option 4 at the weekend...)
And if you've had similar G12 problems, and can offer advice/solutions/a shoulder to cry on, I'd love to hear from you.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Paintings on Show in Suffolk
I've got paintings opening in an exhibition in Long Melford in Suffolk at the weekend.
It's a show of Scottish women artists, and includes Mhairi McGregor, Annette Edgar, Claire Harrigan and Emma Davis, amongst others.
The show opens on Saturday 16th March at the Lime Tree Gallery.
For more information and to see all the work in the show, click here.
Setting Sun near Stafford (Oil on linen, 20 x 20)
It's a show of Scottish women artists, and includes Mhairi McGregor, Annette Edgar, Claire Harrigan and Emma Davis, amongst others.
The show opens on Saturday 16th March at the Lime Tree Gallery.
For more information and to see all the work in the show, click here.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Paintings of Cornwall
I'm just finishing preparations for a show next month of paintings and drawings of Cornwall.
It's a very exciting show with two other artists, Euan McGregor and Peter Wileman, at the Lime Tree Gallery in Bristol, called The Cornish Landscape.
I travelled round Cornwall last summer, and the result is a series of oil paintings, drawings and postcard sketches of the county.
I love Cornwall, and I wanted to get a sense of a place that's very much on the edge of things, surrounded by the sea. It's also a landscape that has been shaped by the people that have lived there before, whether it is ancient Celtic monuments, the ruins of the tin-mines, or a place where artists such as Peter Lanyon or Barbara Hepworth have been and interpreted in their work.
Portheras Cove, (Oil on linen, 32 x 32)
This is a painting called Portheras Cove. You have to walk a long way on a path that goes up and down the cliff to get there, so it's not easy. It's a beautiful beach (although there are dire warnings not to walk in bare feet because there is metal from shipwrecks under the sand!).
I wanted to do a series of paintings of places that are secret and discovered, coves that are like the places that you remember from childhood - somewhere special and exciting with just the sand and the sea, full of the possibilities of adventure.
The show opens with a preview on Saturday 13th April.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Off to Keswick
I'm off to the Lake District later in the week (snow permitting!) to take some photographs around Keswick.
My paintings at my solo show in London seemed to really strike a chord with people, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to return to the Lakes with my camera.
Fingers crossed for some pre-Easter sunshine!
Friday, 8 March 2013
"Scotland's Foremost Watercolourists"
Here's my painting at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours in the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, described as an exhibition of 'Scotland's foremost watercolourists'.
(I'm in the centre, at the top.)
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Turning Landscape Art on Its Head
This is Horatio McCulloch's painting Loch Maree.
Horation McCulloch, Loch Maree (Oil on canvas, 1866)
It's a fine traditional, Scottish Victorian painting, by a fine, Scottish, Victorian painter.
Here is Mr McCulloch, looking every inch the fine, Scottish, Victorian painter.
Photograph of Horatio McCulloch (Hill and Adamson, 1847)
And here's Loch Maree. You can see that in order to step up the romantic Highland drama (Salvator Rosa has a lot to answer for), Mr McCulloch accentuated the ruggedness and the steepness of the mountains as they rose out of the loch.
However, to today's tastes, it's quite a brown, dull, old-fashioned painting.
So how do you make a dull, brown old-fashioned painting look exciting and new in a gallery today?
By doing this, apparently.
Picture: Colin Mearns (The Herald)
Yes, by hanging it upside-down.
Although it's not just an upside-down Horatio McCulloch any more. Oh no. This is now an installation by the artist Rachel Mimiec entitled 'A Pause of Pages: Reflection on the Practice'. It's currently on display at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, and has 'attracted excitement', according to The Herald newspaper.
"Once it's been hung upside down like that, you are being forced to notice details about it that you haven't seen before," said 'A Spokesman'. "And also when it's upside down you are not looking at what's being painted so much as how it's being painted."
When I took life drawing classes recently at the St Ives School of Art, our model did the final long pose upside down for that very reason - it meant that we were forced to consider her body afresh, to go beyond what we know about how things fit together, and to see her as a shape, a volume, a movement, a feeling, a still life, a pattern, a sculpture, a texture.
Drawing a nude is about far, far more than clinical measurement and exact representation. As well as being a representation of another human being, it's also a self-portrait of the artist, as well as a dialogue between the model and artist. A good model won't just hold a pose, they'll give you a pose.
It's not a medical text-book illustration, with exact muscles and joints. It's a feeling, a moment. When we were in the life-drawing room in St Ives, we could hear the sea, and the sun was setting, and it was beautiful, and as an artist, that's the sort of sense you have to put in the drawing.
The same goes for landscape. Loch Maree isn't just about a representation of a place, although you can actually go there and still see the scene that McCulloch painted. It's about the time and the values - social, moral, economical, political - in which McCulloch lived, and which moulded him as a person, and also about him as a person. Have a look at that image-moulding photograph setting him out for posterity. He's quite a rugged, romantic looking guy. There's quite a sense of brooding intensity going on there, like the scenery.
So I'll leave it with you about the upside-down paintings. I'm all for anything that makes you look afresh at an unfashionable painting, especially if it's a landscape one, because landscape has to run the current gauntlet of being an untrendy, unhappening genre. Which, if you saw the Hockney Royal Academy show last year, is blatently a load of old nonsense.
It's just that the expressive potential of landscape is a bit too subtle for today's tastes. It's not an in-your-face diamond-studded skull. As a viewer, you have to work with landscape.
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Off to the Affordable Art Fair
Well, as one door closes, another one opens, and today my paintings are off on their travels to the Affordable Art Fair in leafy Battersea Park in London.
The fair opens tomorrow and runs until Sunday. With all art priced at under £4000, and with over 100 galleries, free events, and a very nice cafe, all in the setting of a tent in Battersea Park, it's the perfect spring day out.
And you get to see my paintings on the Duncan R Miller Fine Arts stand as well...
Hedgerow, Ulster Way (Oil on linen, 32 x 32)
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
What's it Worth?
These paintings by artist Lewis Todd are about to go up for auction, and are expected to be sold for around £100,000.
None the wiser? Not seen anything you'd like to hang on your wall?
It's because Lewis Todd's Sunday paintings were painted on the good side of scraps of canvas that was given to him free to practise on. And on the back are parts of Francis Bacon's Screaming Pope series.
Now you may not have heard of Lewis Todd. And you may be wondering why his work is worth thousands.
Well, it's not because of the front of his paintings. It's because of what's on the back.
None the wiser? Not seen anything you'd like to hang on your wall?
It's because Lewis Todd's Sunday paintings were painted on the good side of scraps of canvas that was given to him free to practise on. And on the back are parts of Francis Bacon's Screaming Pope series.
Francis Bacon - Pope 1 = Study After Velazquez Pope Innocent X (Oil on canvas, 1951)
After the Second World War and short of funds, amateur painter Lewis Todd was encouraged to take up painting in oils by John Kesterton, manager of the Heffer Gallery, who gave him his first canvases free because they had only been used on the reverse by Bacon, whom the gallery also supplied with materials. Bacon liked to paint on the unprimed back side of the canvas, in a conservationists nightmare, but it meant that the front side was perfectly suitable for painting on.
The gifts were conditional upon Todd agreeing to cut up the canvases before making use of them for himself. It is not known how Bacon's used canvases came to be at the Heffer Gallery in the first place, but Bacon was well know for discarding and mutilating his work.
The gifts were conditional upon Todd agreeing to cut up the canvases before making use of them for himself. It is not known how Bacon's used canvases came to be at the Heffer Gallery in the first place, but Bacon was well know for discarding and mutilating his work.
If you've ever seen the reconstruction of Francis Bacon's studio in the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin (as I have), then you can see that he worked in a very chaotic and crowded environment. So it's no wonder that he discarded canvasses that displeased him. He probably just wanted them out of his creative space, which was full to bursting. There were already 100 slashed canvases found in his studio on his death, like this one.
Francis Bacon - Slashed canvas - Study for Man with Microphones, 1946.
Collection Hugh Lane Gallery © The Estate of Francis Bacon
So how valuable is a part of a painting? Who wants to have only a piece of the whole? Is the value not in the total image, the complete concept, the entire vision of the artist? Or is it enough to own just a fragment, like a religious relic? Is having a few marks on a canvas that has been touched by Bacon enough, rather than the painting itself? Is it more about the cult of the artist rather than the meaning or aesthetic pleasure of the object? Or is it merely that even Bacon scraps become a trading commodity?
A whole Bacon Screaming Pope is worth around £5 million. Five of the Lewis Todd canvases have been authenticated by the Francis Bacon Authentication Committee and will be sold by Surrey auctioneers Ewbank's on 20 March.
Interestingly, Ewbank's Auctioneers are credited in having established the market for previously unseen and mutilated Francis Bacon canvases. In fact, it's become quite a lucrative market.
In 2007, they sold a collection rescued from a skip outside the artist's London studio by electrician Mac Robertson, who became Bacon's drinking partner. Estimated at around £50,000, the collection sold for £1.13 million.
A further six works which were sold by Ewbank's on behalf of Ron Thomas, a porter at Bacon's dealers, Marlborough Fine Art. One of Mr Thomas's duties was to ferry paintings between the gallery and Bacon's studio and the mutilated canvases were given to him, either to keep or to have the stretchers for his own use. They sold for a total of £32,000.
In 2008, a man who worked in the shop where Bacon purchased his art materials, consigned part of one of Bacon's destroyed canvases dating from about 1985. It showed what appeared to be a "pool of flesh" spread across a black background, and sold for £12,000.
In 2008, a man who worked in the shop where Bacon purchased his art materials, consigned part of one of Bacon's destroyed canvases dating from about 1985. It showed what appeared to be a "pool of flesh" spread across a black background, and sold for £12,000.
So have a look at the back of paintings. They could be more valuable than the front.
Monday, 4 March 2013
Last Day!
It's the last day for my solo show in London.
I'm quite sad as I thought it was a really strong exhibition. It's always really special to see the fruits of your labours hung together as a cohesive group, all in their smart frames, rather than as an idea you've been keeping in your mind's eye for many months.
Still, that's it all over for another year!
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In recent years, the success of Invenio meant that the team of software developers based in the CERN IT Department were receiving more and more requests to assist organisations in creating new Invenio installations, as well as providing support for them. The large number of support requests required a new solution. CERN therefore decided to help a team of budding young entrepreneurs to set up a company to provide specialist Invenio support.
What do the CERN Document Server, the CERN Open Data Portal, EUDAT's B2SHARE, INSPIRE and Zenodo all have in common? Easy, they all run using the open-source software Invenio. The Invenio software suite is designed to support online digital libraries and document repositories. On the CERN Document Server, for instance, it manages around 1.5 million bibliographic records.
Since its launch in 2002, a highly active open-source community has grown around Invenio, with more than 50 developers contributing new code each year. Today, besides CERN, Invenio is being co-developed by an international collaboration comprising institutes such as DESY, EPFL, Fermilab and SLAC. It is being used by these organisations — as well as many others — to underpin a wide range of tools. "The large demand for the Invenio technology comes from both research organisations and private companies," says Jean-Yves Le Meur, head of digital library services in the CERN IT Department, who also had the initial idea of outsourcing Invenio support. "After a short while, we realised that we could no longer keep up in terms of providing support ourselves on a best-effort basis."
The solution came in 2012 from master's students at the School of Entrepreneurship (NSE) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), who came to CERN for their annual 'technology screening' event, organised by the Knowledge Transfer Group. Throughout this week-long educational visit, the students assess the market potential of a range of selected CERN technologies. Alexander Nietzold and Kenneth Hole were among the NTNU students who came to CERN as part of this programme. Invenio was one of the technologies they learnt about and they decided to explore the possibility of setting up a company to provide support services for this software.
By May 2013, they had formally registered TIND Technologies as a company in Norway; by the end of the year, they already had their first customers. In February 2014, TIND signed an agreement with CERN for the provision of technical support by the Organization's Invenio development team and the Knowledge Transfer Group.
Nietzold, Hole and two other NTNU colleagues were associated with CERN for one year, during which they developed and launched a cloud-based hosting service for Invenio. Today, they have contracts to host Invenio for the UNESCO International Bureau of Education, the California Institute of Technology and the Max Planck institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, as well as for a range of companies and other high-profile organisations. They also soon intend to launch a new Invenio application for managing and hosting research data.
Nietzold is the CEO of the company, which today is based in Trondheim, Norway. "Invenio is really flexible," he explains. "It has a lot of application areas, so there's a lot of potential for growth."
"We're pleased that the company has already grown to include eight members of staff," says Hole. "We simply wouldn't be where we are today without the fantastic support we've received from CERN, as well as from NTNU Discovery and Innovation Norway."
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According to the Daily Maverick, the documentary shows Lively instructing Ugandans that "gays are pederasts, that gays were responsible for Nazi Germany, that gays have taken over the UN and that gays are coming to Uganda to 'recruit your children.' But, Lively says, 'Uganda can be the first country to stop them' if they implement ...1
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January 16, 2009 – Finest Foodies Friday
Finest Foodies Friday! As always here is what the FFF is all about. FFF is a weekly Friday post featuring favorites from The Foodie Blogroll! We do this so we can share in the rich diversity of what The Foodie Blogroll has to offer by featuring some of our favorites and yours!
What is the Foodie Blogroll? It is the first and fastest growing free membership blogroll for food bloggers and has become a wonderful community to share ideas about all things food related.
This week we reached 3000 active members!!!!
The only requirement to be featured here on FFF is to be a member of The Foodie Blogroll and be displaying The Foodie Blogroll widget on your blog. If you are not yet a member, but you have a food blog and would like to join us, please click here!
If you have a favorite foodblog on The Foodie Blogroll, that you would like to be featured here on FFF, please join us over on The Leftover Queen/Foodie Blogroll Forum, and post your favorite Foodie Blogroll foodblogs here.
Ordinary Recipes Made Gourmet
If you are like me, you are always looking for a way to spruce up those tried and true recipes and put a gourmet twist on them. If you enjoy that kind of challenge, this is a blog you must check out! Kim found her love of cooking early, like many of us, and cooked her first meal at the age of 12. After that successful meal, her mom wanted to know the next night "What's for dinner?". I love quote on her about page:
"I really try to create a painting every time I serve a dish. To me, it is not just food on a plate but a road trip. I think about the places that I haven't seen as I eat the meal and think about the seasonings in it."
i found happy
I just love Jeni's blog. Every time I pop over there I am confronted with an urge to eat whatever she is featuring that day. Everything always looks so colorful and appetizing, and best of all they are not complicated recipes to make. Like I have said before, there are just so many food blogs out there now that I don't get a chance to visit them all anymore, and I miss that. But, that said, I have enjoyed all the times I have chatted with Jeni, we share a lot in common, both married in 2008 and relocated to the South. So please drop by, I am sure you will her blog!
Picky Cook
Tagline: i don't make vegetarian food – i make real food vegetarian
I love the concept of this blog. I know in the US, people eat way too much meat. Now even though I was a vegetarian for 10 years, I am a meat eater, and I enjoy all kinds of meats. But there are many days that I don't eat a single morsel. Not because I don't like it, but because I really do love my veggies and really love making vegetarian and even vegan versions of some of my favorites, because it tastes good. So this blog is a great resource for making some of your favorite meals vegetarian! Plus she and her fiance garden creatively (they live in a small place, like us) and they have a cute little dog (just like us!).
Meet Me in The Kitchen
This is another great blog full of drool worthy pictures and recipes. Again very colorful and flavorful foods featured. These are really the kinds of blogs I enjoy the most, the ones that I can go to and see a yummy dish, and be inspired to make it right then and there because I have the ingredients on hand, I don't need any special tools, equipment or ingredients, and the recipe comes out great.
The Budding Cook
I think there is a trend today, with the featured blog. All of them feature delicious, easy to prepare recipes that are accompanied by gorgeous photos that are mouthwatering and make you want to cook! The Buddding Cook is no exception. There is a menagerie of great recipes that span the globe, from American favorites like brownies and banana bread to the spiced Indian dishes that I love so much.
That's it for this week! I hope you enjoyed this week's FFF. Remember, if you would like to see a blog featured here, who is part of the FBR please visit the forum and nominate them. I NEED NOMINATIONS!!!!!!
Also we all love to know how people came to find our blogs, so please visit all of our featured bloggers today and don't forget to tell them that you found them via Finest Foodies Friday!
8 Comments Leave your own!
Aggie - January 16, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I am loving all these blogs featured today! Wow, 3000 members…that is 1000 more than when I joined just 6 months ago!!
Happy Cook - January 16, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I love The Budding Cook blog.
Her pictures are also beautiful.
pickycook - January 16, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Wow – how cool! thanks so much Jenn!
Jeni - January 16, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Thanks Jenn. You're awesome. I am honored by the nomination. I always enjoy reading your blog. I love your natural, non-processed approach to food and am forever thankful to you for turning me on to foodbuzz and all the connections I've made as a result! I hope newlywed life is treating you well. Can you believe a year is coming up soon????!!!
joan nova - January 17, 2009 at 10:48 am
Nice selection, Jenn. Thanks for the intros. I'm currently looking at so many blogs but I'm going to try to single out a few for nomination.
Navita - January 18, 2009 at 12:44 pm
hey Jenn..u are very sweet too dear 🙂
and m off visiting the FFFs
Dharm - January 19, 2009 at 7:23 am
As always a great roundup of FFFs!! Hope the new year has been treating you well!
tbc - January 21, 2009 at 11:51 pm
What a surprise! Thank you so much, Jenn. That is very kind of you. 😀