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Top TV Shows Today, Jan 28: The Blacklist, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, You, Me and the Apocalypse

Well, it’s Thursday and we have great television shows today. Our first recommendation is for the series The Blacklist. Today’s episode: The Vehm. Season 3. Episode 12. 9:00 pm. NBC. From Wikipedia: The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader), a former U.S. Navy officer turned high-profile criminal, voluntarily surrenders to the FBI after eluding capture for decades.

And well, you can love or hate them but they are stars. Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Today: First Look. 10:00 pm. E!

And our last choice is for a new series. It looks good. You, Me and the Apocalypse. Today: Who Are These People? Season 1. Episode 1. 8:00 pm. NBC.

Top TV Shows Today, January 28: The Blacklist Season 3 Episode 12 Promo “The Vehm” (HD)!

Bill Maher’s Jan. 29 lineup

Bill Maher attending a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Source: wikipedia. Author: Angela George

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER CONTINUES ITS 14TH SEASON JAN. 29, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO; SAMIR CHACHOUA IS THE TOP-OF-SHOW INTERVIEW GUEST; ADAM MCKAY IS THE MID-SHOW INTERVIEW GUEST; KRISTEN SOLTIS ANDERSON, THOM HARTMANN AND TREY RADEL ARE THE ROUNDTABLE GUESTS

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 14th season FRIDAY, JAN. 29 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 11:00 p.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with guests. Medical expert Samir Chachouais the top-of-show interview guest. Filmmaker Adam McKay is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are political strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson, radio host Thom Hartmann and former Fla. Rep. Trey Radel.

Other HBO playdates: Jan. 31 (1:45 p.m.) and Feb. 1 (2:00 a.m.), 2 (7:00 p.m.) and 3 (4:20 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Jan. 29 (4:00 a.m.) and 30 (10:00 a.m., 11:00 p.m.), and Feb. 2 (10:30 p.m.)

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On Demand.

The show has already been renewed for a 15th season of 35 editions, scheduled for 2017.

            Politico has hailed Maher as “a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news,” while Variety noted, “There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television.”

Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in ten solo specials to date, including the hour-long presentations “Bill Maher: Live from D.C.,” “Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong,” “The Decider” and “I’m Swiss” (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), “Victory Begins at Home,” “Be More Cynical,” “The Golden Goose Special” and “Stuff That Struck Me Funny,” and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus the specials “30 Seconds Over Washington” and “Comic Relief VI™.” Maher is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show “VICE,” which returns for its fourth season Feb. 5on HBO.

The executive producers of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER are Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Brad Grey, Marc Gurvitz, Dean E. Johnsen and Billy Martin; co- executive producer, Chris Kelly; producer, Matt Wood; director, Paul Casey.

The Art Spirit Gallery hangs Barrister Winery for First Friday

Barrister Winery is proud to welcome “Selected Artists of The Art Spirit Gallery” once again, for their First Friday, on Friday, February 5th from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.

Urban Call of the Wild by Mel McCuddin

Come share a glass of wine with The Art Spirit Gallery as they present some of the best work by artists from throughout the region, including Harold Balazs, Victoria Brace, Byron Buchanan, George Carlson, Wayne Chabre, Morse Clary, Peter Cox, Mary Dee Dodge, Allen Dodge, Catherine Earle, Del Gish, Elaine Green, Robert Grimes, Gerit Grimm, Michael Horswill, Shelle Lindholm, Jerri Lisk, Mel McCuddin, Kay O’Rourke & Cary Weigand. This is the third year that Barrister Winery has invited The Art Spirit Gallery to hang a ‘Best Work’ show, in celebration of Spokane’s First Friday.

Join us for the Opening Reception on Friday, February 5th from 6:30-10:00 pm, in conjunction with The Visual Arts Tour.

Female Head by Gerit Grimm

“Selected Artists of The Art Spirit Gallery.” Barrister Winery. 1213 West Railroad Avenue. Spokane, WA.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you.

Ellie Goulding Takes Inspiration From Everything Around Her

Lights, Halcyon or Delirium? What is your favorite Ellie Goulding’s studio album? Everything from this English artist is magic! What is her secret? Maybe her sources of inspiration. Yareah quote of the day is by Ellie Goulding. Listen to her!

Ellie Goulding. Delirium

“I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.” Ellie Goulding.

Goulding is trend! In December 2015, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for her single ‘Love Me like You Do.’ But before, at the 2014 Brit Awards she had received the award for British Female Solo Artist. Always a success!

“It’s usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right frame of mind to write. It’s such a cliche to say that artists write when they’re down, but it’s true for me. It’s a relief to get out what’s eating away at my heart or my soul or my head.” Ellie Goulding.

Video: On My Mind by Ellie Goulding.

Furthermore, she is a good person who collaborates with several important causes. For example, on 15 November 2014, she joined the charity group Band Aid 30 along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording the latest version of the track ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in West Africa.

“I’m quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense I’ve got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I don’t really have to do much else.”

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!

Olympic Windsurfer Signs Modelling Contract With Berkhamsted Agency MOT Models

Bryony Shaw

Windsurfing champion Bryony Shaw has recently signed with one of Europe’s most successful modelling agencies, Berkhamsted-based MOT Models.

Bryony had a hugely successful year in 2015, winning gold at the European championships, silver at the World championships and being named as part of Team GB for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Bryony Shaw, who was born in Wandsworth, London and now lives in Weymouth, also won a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing games which was the first windsurfing medal for the British Women’s windsurfing Olympic team.

Although Bryony finished within the top ten at London 2012, leaving medal-less has driven her even more towards winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games this summer.

Alongside Bryony’s training for Rio 2016, she is an ambassador for the charity Watersports 4 Cancer Researchand the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation that aims to transform the lives of young people through sailing.

Looking forward to the Olympic year, Bryony spoke of her delight of signing with MOT Models, “Working with MOT models is a fantastic opportunity for me to get involved in some high profile sporting and commercial campaigns, especially in the run up to the Olympic Games this summer. Although my training schedule will be hectic I’m really looking forward to this new experience!”

Alison Griffin, a Director of MOT Models, said, “We’re delighted to have Olympic windsurfer, Bryony Shaw on board at MOT Models, in our Sports Personalities division. Bryony is looking in great shape for Rio 2016 and will undoubtedly be in high demand in both the lead up to and following the Games.”

The Hertfordshire agency, which was founded in 1985, prides itself on its strong, positive, nurturing relationships with both models and advertising clients. They typically serve the commercial market, namely high profile campaigns for brands including Axe (Lynx), Body Shop, Esprit, Galaxy, Samsung, Seksy and Vertu.

Bryony Shaw Timeline

1983 Born 28 April in Wandsworth, London

1999 Age 16 wins first National Windsurfing title

2001 Spends two years on the world tour as a full time professional athlete

2002 11th at Senior World Championship

2005 After her first year studying Architecture at Cardiff University, she returns to being a full time professional athlete

2006 Wins Silver at the European Championship in Cesme, Turkey

2007 Wins Gold at the Olympic Test Event in Qingdao, China and is selected for the Team GB squad for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

2008 Wins Olympic Bronze in Beijing Olympic Games

2011 Wins Bronze at the London Olympics Test Event in Weymouth

2012 Suffers illness four months prior to the “Home Games” which disrupts training, but still finishes 7th

2013 Wins Silver at the World Championship in Buzios, Brazil

2014 Gold at Sailing World Cup Grand Final in Abu Dhabi

2015 Gold at the European Championship in Mondello, Sicily

2015 Her place on Team GB for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016 is announced

2015 Wins Silver at the World Championship in Muscat, Oman

2015 Successfully defends her title as Sailing World Cup Grand Final Champion, Abu Dhabi

2016 Signs with MOT Models

Links

Bryony Shaw website: http://bryonyshaw.co.uk/

Bryony Shaw Twitter: https://twitter.com/BRYONYSHAW

MOT Models website: (http://www.motmodel.com/

Bryony Shaw on MOT Models website: http://bit.ly/1P3bTjh

MOT Models Twitter: http://bit.ly/1RQVOQa

Your Free Day campaign asks organisations and employees to use 2016 leap day for a good cause

Your Free Day logo

Service communications experts at soh are using 29th of Feb to support the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity and are calling on organisations to support staff who would like to use the leap year extra day for a good cause

soh, based in London and the North West, is donating the leap day in February to the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity which provides support to families with a life threatened or terminal illness.

The idea was born when the team at soh realised that every leap year most employees work an extra day. They decided they would use that extra day ‘to do some good’. They’re also calling on other organisations to do the same with the ‘Your Free Day’ campaign.

Fran Fish, Managing Director at soh, commented: “We thought it’d be great if businesses and public sector organisations would actively support and encourage individuals to give something back. Giving employees the chance to do some good because of the extra day created by a leap year seemed the perfect opportunity”.

Emma Haines, Director of Marketing and Fundraising at Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, says: “Finding new ways to raise money and give to charities is becoming increasingly difficult so we were delighted that soh chose Rainbow Trust to benefit from ‘Your Free Day’. The two challenges charities often face is resource and money so to be offered a day of support from experienced professionals will make a big difference.”

Talking about how soh will be working with the charity, Rob Smale, Director of Professional Services at soh, commented: “We’re providing spoken and written communications workshops for the people who do the great work supporting families 24/7. Our team is also helping to raise funds at Rainbow Trust shops in a ‘The Apprentice’ style competition at the Leatherhead and Cheam shops as well as a pop up stall in Mold, North Wales.

To get involved in Your Free Day, or find out more, visit yourfreeday.com. To find out how others are spending their free days, and share your own story, use #yourfreeday.

Top TV Shows Today, Jan 27: Arrow, Suits, Code Black

Well, it’s Wednesday and we have, as always, great shows to watch on TV. First of all, Arrow. Today’s episode: A.W.O.L. Season 4. Episode 11. 8:00pm. CW. From Wikipedia: Arrow is an American television series developed by writer/producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. It is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp.

Our second choice is for the series Suits. Today: Blowback. Season 5. Episode 11. 10:00 pm. USA.

And our last recommendation is for Code Black. Today: The Fifth Stage. Season 1. Episode 14. 10:00 pm. CBS.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Top TV Shows Today, January 27 Video: Arrow | A.W.O.L. Trailer | The CW

Birthdays Today, Jan 27: Mozart, Ryan McLoughlin, Anna Russett, Vincent Herbert

Well, he was a celeb in his days and he’s –maybe- the best composer in the History of Music. He was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and he was, he is… simply the best. He was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. Rest in Peace, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Don’t miss the video. For me, the best opera ever written.

Birthdays Today, January 27: Mozart c. 1780, detail from portrait by Johann Nepomuk della CroceMozart c. 1780, detail from portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

Mozart

When I am ….. completely myself, entirely alone… or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these ideas come I know not nor can I force them.

Mozart

More famous birthdays today, January 27: Ryan McLoughlin, member of the popular Irish band Hometown, born in Belfast in 1994; Anna Russett, YouTube star born in Indiana in 1992; and Vincent Herbert, music producer.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMVzB... us Birthdays Today, January 27 Video: Mozart / Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Harnoncourt)

HBO News. VICE returns for fourth season Feb. 5

EMMY®-WINNING NEWS MAGAZINE SHOW VICE RETURNS FOR FOURTH SEASON FEB. 5, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

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SHANE SMITH HOSTS; SHANE SMITH, EDDY MORETTI, BJ LEVIN AND BILL MAHER EXECUTIVE PRODUCE; FAREED ZAKARIA IS A CONSULTING PRODUCER

VICE kicks off its 18-show fourth season FRIDAY, FEB. 5 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), immediately following a new edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” with other editions debuting subsequent Fridays at the same time.  HBO partners with VICE on the Emmy®-winning weekly news magazine series.

VICE takes viewers around the globe as its correspondents investigate the stories not being told elsewhere. Reporting on the world’s most pressing issues, the show uses an immersive documentary approach to bring a unique perspective to the events shaping our future. This season, VICE investigates such topics as Boko Haram, gene editing, the Syrian refugee crisis, euthanasia, gay rights and the plight of Afghan women.

Hosted by VICE Media founder Shane Smith, the series is executive produced by Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti, VICE’s chief creative officer, BJ Levin and Bill Maher, with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria serving as consulting producer.

Season four features returning and new correspondents. Joining Shane Smith again are VICE Media co-founder Suroosh Alvi; conflict-zone journalist, documentary filmmaker and author Ben Anderson; Emmy®-nominated producer and correspondent Gianna Toboni; filmmaker and producer Vikram Gandhi; and veteran VICE correspondents Isobel Yeung, Hamilton Morris and Thomas Morton. New correspondents include Emmy®-nominated journalist and Middle East expert Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and Kaj Larsen, an 11-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

Upcoming shows:

Show #37 (season 4, edition 1)

Debut: FRIDAY, FEB. 5 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT)

Other HBO playdates: Feb. 5 (1:00 a.m.), 6 (5:00 a.m.), 9 (5:30 p.m.), 10 (9:00 p.m.) and 11 (4:25 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Feb. 7 (4:30 p.m.) and 10 (12:30 a.m.)

“Boko Haram”: The terrorist group Boko Haram is responsible for thousands of deaths in Nigeria. Now, the government is determined to drive these militants from the country. But is the hunt for insurgents causing as much harm as it’s preventing? Former Navy SEAL and new VICE correspondent Kaj Larsen travels to Nigeria to see what this cat-and-mouse game means for the people caught in the middle of the fight.

“Unnatural Selection”: For centuries, scientists have been working to change the genetic traits of plants and animals. Now, the new gene-editing method CRISPR has made that process astonishingly simple — so simple it could easily be used on humans. Isobel Yeung reports from Brazil, Scotland, China and the U.S. on the technological advances that could reshape evolution as we know it.

 

Show #38 (season 4, edition 2)

Debut: FRIDAY, FEB. 12 (11:00-11:30 p.m.)

Other HBO playdates: Feb. 12 (1:00 a.m.), 13 (2:35 a.m.), 16 (5:30 p.m.), 17 (8:30 p.m.) and 18 (5:00 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Feb. 14 (6:00 p.m.) and 17 (11:35 p.m.)

“Escape to Europe”: With the war in Syria now in its fifth bloody year, half the country’s population has been displaced, and four million have fled. Many are heading to the safety and relative prosperity of Europe, but getting there is a long, life-threatening journey. New VICE correspondent Ahmed Shihab-Eldin follows the refugee trail from the Syrian border to Europe, meeting Syrians determined to find a better life.

“Cycle of Terror”: The bloody ISIS attacks in Paris stunned the world. And as rumors circulated that one of the attackers may have posed as a Syrian migrant, politicians in Western countries, including the U.S., raced to declare their territory off-limits to refugees from countries like Syria and Iraq. Gianna Toboni travels to France and around the U.S. to see how the global reaction to the violence in Paris is affecting the fight against terrorism.

 

Show #39 (season 4, edition 3)

Debut: FRIDAY, FEB. 19 (11:00-11:30 p.m.)

Other HBO playdates: Feb. 19 (1:00 a.m.), 20 (3:00 a.m.), 23 (6:45 p.m.), 24 (9:00 p.m.) and 25 (3:10 a.m.)

HBO2 playdate: Feb. 24 (12:15 a.m.)

“Right to Die”: When California enacted the End of Life Option Act amid fierce debate last October, the number of terminally ill Americans with the right to a doctor-assisted death effectively quadrupled. But in parts of Europe, euthanasia is also administered to people other than the terminally ill, including those with autism, depression and personality disorders. VICE explores the moral, political and personal questions raised by how and when we end our lives.

 

The series is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On Demand.

VICE is the world’s preeminent youth media company and content creation studio. Launched in 1994, VICE now operates in more than 30 countries and distributes its programming to hundreds of millions of viewers each month across digital, linear, mobile, film and socials. VICE includes: an international network of digital channels; a television and feature film production studio; a magazine; a record label; an in-house creative services agency; a book-publishing division; and a newly announced TV network. VICE’s award-winning programming has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabody Awards, Sundance Film Festival, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Frontline Club, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club and Webby Awards, among others.

Zylpha Adds Integration To SharePoint, iManage, Civica And NetDocs

Nigel Spicer, Head of Development

Legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has added four new software integrations with systems that are frequently used by both legal practices and local authority lawyers. The new integrations, with the company’s widely acclaimeddocument bundling technology are for: SharePoint, iManage (formerly Worksite/ Autonomy), local authority solutions from Civica and NetDocs. Further integrations are also being planned for LEAP and an upgrade to the Iken case management connector.

The new additions complement Zylpha’s existing range of successful electronic document bundling connectors. These include: Visualfiles/Solcase from LexisNexis SOS Connect, TR Envision, Axxia FED, and FileStream.

The announcement of the new integrations is seen as a clear reflection of market demand. As Zylpha’s bundling systems slash the time taken to create document bundles, significantly boost security and dramatically reduce costs, Zylpha has experienced a strong user demand for integrations with an ever wider range of frequently used systems. As Zylpha’s Head of Development Nigel Spicer says, “The increase in demand for our bundling systems, from both legal practices and local authority lawyers, has been quite dramatic. However, it soon became apparent that we were going to need to invest in a number of new software integrations to meet this burgeoning demand. This has led to the new integrations with SharePoint client side connector, Civica, iManage client side connector and NetDocs. Given that these latest additions are with some of the leading systems used in the legal sector, we expect the rapid spread of Zylpha’s document bundling systems to continue apace. In addition, the even better news is that we are still planning further integrations to come and that this will in turn see an increase in the number of developers we recruit over the course of 2016. ”

For his part, Tim Long CEO of Zylpha added, “As the spread of electronic document bundling is now reaching mainstream proportions, we are finding that many practices and local authorities are seeing its use as a best-practice. The drivers for this are clear. Where once it took hours to produce, maintain or amend document bundles, it now takes just minutes. The costs of photocopying, physical storage and couriers are also eliminated at a stroke. The system’s ‘secure delivery’ methodology also means that the days of cases delayed for missing paperwork are now a thing of the past.

“However, as we see more and more demand for these benefits, from customers and prospects alike, the pressures to offer integration with a wider range of systems has also grown. We have listened to these demands and invested in a major development programme to deliver the required integrations. This is though just one part of an overall development strategy at Zylpha and we are confident that these and other additions to our existing offerings will be warmly received by both legal practices and local authority legal services teams.”