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Birthdays Today, Jan 22: John Hurt, Ricky Garcia, Silento, Guy Fieri

He’s a British actor he was born in Chesterfield and he is our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, January 22. He is John Hurt and he is one of the best actors I’ve ever seen. Congratulations and happy birthday, John Hurt.

Birthdays Today, Jan 22: John Hurt. Portrait by Walterlan Papetti. Source: Wikipedia

The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that’s worthwhile. Otherwise, you’re just doodling. It’s much easier when you’re just told what you have to do.

John Hurt

I think love can be really tough. Because it involves ultimately an honesty to the nth degree that you are capable of. Once said, you’ve lost your deposit. It’s best if you don’t say it.

John Hurt

More birthdays today, January 22: Ricky Garcia, pop singer who became known for his appearance on The X Factor, born in Puerto Rico in 1999; the rapper known as Silento, born in Atlanta; and Guy Fieri, chef.

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

Famous Birthdays Today, January 22 Video: Top 10 John Hurt Performances

The X-Files is coming! Mulder and Scully are knocking on the door!

The X-Files was the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. television history. The show spanned nine seasons and 202 episodes from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, on Fox. Great! In March 2015, it was announced that the show would return as a miniseries, with David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Annabeth Gish, William B. Davis and Mitch Pileggi reprising their roles. Fans and followers are excited! It will premiere on January 24, 2016! Be happy! Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are coming!

The X-Files 2016

The first episode is titled ‘My Struggle’ (the English translation of Hitler’s manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf’). We’ll see that Scully’s still in medicine, and that she and Mulder have broken off their romantic relation. In fact, Mulder is living in a cabin in the woods, and the old X-Files office in the FBI building’s basement has Mulder’s ‘I Want to Believe’ poster on the dusty floor. What will happen next? What do you expect from The X-Files?

According to Chris Carter, only the first and sixth episodes are heavy on conspiracy mythology. The second episode, directed and written by James Wong, is a welcome step up from the first. And the third (only three were made available for screening), is a comic horror episode by Darin Morgan.

The six episodes were filmed in Vancouver, B.C.

The X-Files official trailer.

The X-Files six-episode miniseries debuts Sunday, Jan. 24 on Fox (12.) It’s scheduled to start at 7 p.m., following the NFC championship game. The show moves to its regular 8 p.m. time slot Monday, Jan. 25.

** The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Mulder is a strong believer in the supernatural while Scully is skeptic.

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

ForeScout Technologies Closes $76 Million in Late-Stage Funding at 1B Valuation

Michael DeCesare, CEO of ForeScout

IoT Security Leader Seeing Rapid Growth and Expansion Opportunity

CAMPBELL, Calif. – 21 January 2016 – ForeScout Technologies Inc., the pioneer in agentless cybersecurity, today announced it has secured $76 million in additional financing led by Wellington Management Company LLP. Now valued at $1 billion, ForeScout has tripled its valuation over the past 18 months while also surpassing $125 million in revenue in fiscal year 2015. The company has achieved in excess of 50 percent compounded annual growth rate since 2012, having grown at that scale while operating near free cash flow neutral.

The additional capital will be used to expand global field operations, build a world-class support organisation and increase R&D efforts to accelerate leadership in the underserved Internet of Things (IoT) security space. This investment underscores the growing demand for IoT security as organisations grapple with this critical new threat vector. Gartner predicts there will be 30 billion connected devices by 2020.

ForeScout’s award-winning technology provides the unique ability to see and control the rapidly growing population of unsecured and dark devices. Acting as the glue that links together previously disparate solutions, ForeScout CounterACT™ enriches over 70 security tools with its warehouse of device context enabling deliberate security orchestration across enterprise networks.

“It took 25 years for the world to get to 5 billion connected devices, but with the explosion of the IoT we’ll see around 30 billion by 2020—an entirely new approach to security is required,” said Michael DeCesare, ForeScout CEO & President. “Device proliferation and IoT deployments are easy entrances for cyber criminals if not detected and protected. With agentless visibility, intuitive automated controls and a commitment to integrating with leading security and IT management solutions, ForeScout is well-positioned to own the burgeoning IoT security market.”

About ForeScout Technologies

For Global 2000 enterprises and government organisations, ForeScout offers the unique ability to see devices the instant they connect to the network, control them and orchestrate information sharing and operation among disparate security tools. Unlike traditional security solutions, ForeScout achieves this without requiring software agents or previous device knowledge. ForeScout integrates with leading network, security, mobility and IT management products to overcome security silos, automate workflows and enable significant cost savings. As of October 2015, more than 2,000 customers in over 60 countries are improving their network security and compliance posture with ForeScout solutions. For more details, visithttp://www.forescout.com.

Top TV Shows Today, Jan 21: The Blacklist, Elementary, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

We have said it several times but we love this show. Action, crimes… and we love James Spader. The Blacklist. Today’s episode: Mr. Gregory Devry. Season 3. Episode 11. 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 United States Navy officer turned high-profile criminal, voluntarily surrenders to the FBI after eluding capture for decades. He tells the FBI that he has a list of the most dangerous criminals in the world that he has compiled over the years and is willing to guide their operations in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

Our second choice is for the series Elementary. Today: Murder Ex Machina. Season 4. Episode 9. 10:00 pm. CBS.

And our last recommendation is for a new series,

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Today’s episode: Pilot, Part 1. Season 1. Episode 1. 8:00 pm. CW.

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

Top TV Shows Today, January 21 Video: The Blacklist 3×11 Promo “Mr. Gregory Devry” (HD)

Famous Birthdays Today, Jan 21: Booboo Stewart, Jerry Trainor, Emma Bunton

He’s an actor, he became famous for his role on Twilight films and he’s our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, January 21. His name is Booboo Stewart and, well, I really love his hair. He was born in Beverly Hills in 1994 and, from Yareah, we wish him and his family all the best in this special day. Congratulations and happy birthday, Booboo Stewart!

Famous Birthdays Today, January 21: Comic Con in Sydney x-men. Source: flickr. Author: Eva Rinaldi

I’ve done a lot of training in martial arts. I started out in warring tempo, I did sports jujitsu, and I’ve also practiced extreme martial arts.

Booboo Stewart

My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It’s embarrassing, because she’s really strong.

Booboo Stewart

More famous birthdays today, January 21: Jerry Trainor, actor who played the role as Crazy Steve on Drake & Josh, born in San Diego in 1977; and Emma Bunton, founding member of the popular pop group Spice Girls, born in London in 1976.

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

Famous Birthdays Today, January 21 Video: Descendants ( Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson Booboo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce) Rotten to the Core

Outlander and love. Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe are romantic. Take a look at this video!

Outlander and love. Outlander (Starz) is one of the most romantic series on our small screen. Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and his wife Claire (Caitriona Balfe) form an iconic couple. We miss them and their adventures! Don’t you think so? Waiting for Outlander season 2 this spring, we can enjoy this video today. We cannot live without Outlander!

Outlander and love. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan as Claire and Jamie Fraser

“The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.” Caitriona Balfe.

Outlander and love are the same idea because Jamie Fraser is not only a romantic man but he is brave, charming and friendly. Meanwhile, Claire Randall/Fraser is clever, elegant and a strong personality. Two great characters and an immortal legend!

Outlander season 2 (Starz). Caitriona Balfe as Claire Fraser

Outlander and love. Take a look at this video!

Outlander is an American-British television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of famous books by author Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony/Left Bank for Starz, the series premiered on August 9, 2014. A great success from the very beginning! In September 2015, Moore stated on Twitter that he expects season 2 to premiere in March or April 2016. We cannot wait for it! Spring will be wonderful!

“Working on ‘Outlander’ has been a delight, it really has. I had kind of forgotten what Scotland was like, and I’d turned into a bit of a Londoner.” Sam Heughan.

Did you like Outlander season 1? What do you think about Outlander and love? What do you expect from Outlander season 2? Tell us your opinion now!

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you! Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe rock!

Jessica Jones TV show. Krysten Ritter and Rachael Taylor speak about style

Jessica Jones TV show is trend! Everybody loves this series and especially, actress Krysten Ritter playing the role as Jessica, a superhero who opens her own detective agency in New York City. She’s very rough around the edges, and dry and sarcastic too. She is pretty but doesn’t worry about her look.

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones (Netflix)

Meanwhile, Rachael Taylor plays as Patricia “Trish” Walker, a former model and child star known as Patsy, who is Jones’ adoptive sister and best friend. She works as a radio host now and always wears beautiful designs.

However, how about the actresses? What do they think about style? Listen to them! Yareah quotes of the day are by Ritter and Taylor.

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones (Netflix)

“In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.” Rachael Taylor.

Krysten Ritter was a former model. Then, she is very concern about style. A beautiful girl!

“I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.” Krysten Ritter.

**Marvel’s Jessica Jones is an American web television series created for Netflix by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. All episodes of the first season premiered on November 20, 2015, and they were an immediate success. In January 2016, Netflix renewed the show for a second season. Great!

Jessica Jones Official Trailer.

What do you expect from Jessica Jones season 2? Tell us your opinion now!

“Jessica Jones is based on a much more adult comic. The source material came that way. She has real problems with a number of things that she abuses! And we’re not shying away from that. There’s no tidying her up.” Jeph Loeb.

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

K2 Appoints Paul Davison as Regional Business Development Manager APAC

Paul Davison K2 Regional BDM APAC

K2, the global assignment and move management services company, announced today that it had appointment Paul Davison as Regional Business Development Manager APAC.

Paul Davison has 11 years’ experience in the global mobility industry. Currently based in Sydney Australia he has lived and worked in Asia and Australia. As Regional Business Development Manager for APAC, Davison will be responsible for overseeing the company’s relationship with clients across Asia Pacific where K2 provides expertise and support for organisations who transfer their employees throughout APAC and worldwide.

Prior to joining K2, Davison had worked in China on assignment as an expat specialising in international services for multi-national organisations. In Australia he is experienced in consulting with all levels of HR and Mobility professionals across China, Asia and Australia.

Reporting to Andy Hempshall, K2 Regional Director APAC, Davison will work with his regional counterparts in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. He is located at the company’s Australian regional hub in Sydney Australia.

“Joining K2 made perfect sense to me. They are totally focused on corporate mobility, customer service and are committed to supporting their corporate clients and their assignees.” said Davison.

Since 2002 K2 has developed its business based on; customer service, technology and assignment management services. K2 has built its reputation as the go to company for organisations requiring quality focused global assignment and move management services. Its core capabilities are customer service, assignment management services and technology.

“It’s great to capture someone of Paul’s experience and knowledge, he will be a valuable asset to our clients across Asia and Australia. He will help us to further build K2’s brand reputation for excellence in the region to ensure that our customers continue to receive the full support required to drive their global mobility programmes forward and to help them realise even higher levels of return on their mobility investment,” said Andy Hempshall.

About K2 Corporate Mobility

K2 Corporate Mobility provides a single accountable point of contact for HR teams to manage the full range of assignment services required to support the transfer of their employees worldwide. K2 manages and brokers services globally via its key management hubs in the United States, UK, Sweden, South Africa, Singapore, Japan and Australia. K2 are independent, global mobility experts. K2 specialises in delivering an extraordinarily high standard of service on every assignment. Visit www.K2CorporateMobility.com

Aberdeen Family Ceilidh Raises £2,000 for Vasculitis Charity

Grant Currie

The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation has raised £2,000 atThe Wee Black & Red Family Ceilidh, which was held at the Marriott Hotel, Dyce, Aberdeen AB21 7AZ on the evening of Saturday 16 January.

The event included a champagne reception, three course meal, raffle and auction, plus the ceilidh itself. All proceeds will go towards the charity’s objectives: raising awareness of vasculitis, educating medical professionals on how to diagnose it and researching this rare condition.

Some of the money raised by the ceilidh will go towards vasculitis research at the University of Aberdeen, under the leadership of Dr Neil Basu.

To date, the charity has given £62,000 to the university, which has been used to support a three-year PhD research project on vasculitis, alongside a patient support group in the city.

Grant Currie, co-founder of the charity, said, “One shocking thing about vasculitis is that so little is known about it.

“We have a public awareness programme that aims to educate both the general public and medical professionals, but our support of vasculitis research is completely vital.

“Aberdeen is the home of LCTF research and due to the leading researchers and experts in the city it is where the majority of our research funding is spent. We also sponsored the Scottish Society for Rheumatology Conference in October, which was held in the city.

“For that reason, Aberdeen is really important to the Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation, and it was fantastic to meet so many supporters from the area. We are so grateful to all who attended – without our supporters, everything that we’ve achieved in the last five years would have been impossible.”

The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation was set up by Grant and Adrienne Currie following the tragic death of their 15-year old daughter and only child Lauren in 2010. Lauren had suffered from Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (formerly known as Wegener’s Granulomatosis), a variant of the auto-immune disease vasculitis.

Lauren’s condition was only diagnosed in the final hours of her life and her parents realised that, with earlier diagnosis, her life could have been saved.

Because vasculitis is uncommon and early diagnosis is an important factor in the effectiveness of medical care, public awareness of the condition is one of the charity’s main objectives.

As well as educating the general public, the charity educates medical professionals on how to spot and diagnose the disease.

Vasculitis refers to an inflammation of the blood vessels. It is an uncommon illness and different variations can affect people of different ages.

The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation aims to raise the international profile of vasculitis, and is one of only two vasculitis-specific charities operating in the UK. It is keen to collaborate with other relevant charities, including those in the US.

The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation has produced a video explaining the condition, which can be foundhere.

Links:

http://www.thelaurencurrietwilightfoundation.org

https://vimeo.com/55595845

Masters Week 2016 at Sotheby’s New York

NEW YORK, 19 January 2016 – Sotheby’s annual Masters Week auctions in New York will be held from 27 – 30 January 2016. This exciting auction series features rare and important European paintings, drawings, and sculpture dating from the 14th through the 19th centuries, including Orazio Gentileschi’s Danaë, one of the most important Baroque masterpieces left in private hands, and two very special private collection sales:  The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman and The Road to Rome. The Masters Week exhibitions open 22 January in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries.

 

THE COLLECTION OF A. ALFRED TAUBMAN: OLD MASTERS

27 January 2016, 6:00 PM

 

Mr. Taubman’s remarkable collection of Old Masters includes rare pieces by two of the most iconic names in the history of art: Raphael, whose small Portrait of Valerio Belli, Bust Length, Facing Left (estimate: $2/3 million) — one of the last of his paintings remaining in private hands — is  unique in the artist’s oeuvre as the only known profile bust representation, and Dürer, whose Christ Being Nailed To The Cross (estimate: $1/1.5 million) is related to his important series of drawings known as the Green Passion. Mr. Taubman’s collection also offers one of the strongest groups of Baroque works in private hands, led by Valentin de Boulogne’s The Crowning With Thorns (estimate: $1.5/2 million), as well as a number of classic 18th century British pictures, featuring Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Page (estimate: $3/4 million).

 

MASTER DRAWINGS

28 January 2016, 10:00 AM

 

Sotheby’s 28 January sale of Master Drawings offers a strong selection of Italian drawings, led by Giandomenico Tiepolo’s The Country School (estimate: $600/800,000) from his famous series of scenes from the life of ‘Punchinello.’ The auction also features: newly-discovered drawings by 17th-century Dutch masters Jacob van Ruisdael and Dirck Helmbreeker; major British works by William Blake and J.M.W. Turner; a series of studies by Ingres; a portrait of Jean-Claude Gaspard de Sireul (estimate: $120/180,000) by François Boucherand; and Guercino’s masterly red-chalk Study of a Baby in a Basket (estimate: $60/80,000) — one of an outstanding group of four drawings by the artist.

 

THE ROAD TO ROME: A DISTINGUISHED ITALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION, PART I

28 January 2016, 2:00 PM

 

The Road to Rome: A Distinguished Italian Private Collection, Part I comprises 35 view and portrait paintings that display a splendid overview of ‘Grand Tour’ taste. Throughout the 18th-century, young aristocrats partook in the Grand Tour, visiting Italian cities including Venice, Naples and Rome as the culmination of their academic studies. Inspired by their voyages, many of these travelers developed an interest in art, sitting for some of the great portrait painters of the time and immortalizing their adventures by purchasing breathtaking view paintings. Many of the great artistic talents of the time including Vanvitelli, Bellotto, the Van Lint family, Hackert and Caffi directly benefited from the patronage of these Grand Tourists, and paintings by them will be highlights of the auction.

 

MASTER PAINTINGS EVENING SALE

28 January 2016, 6:00 PM

 

Orazio Gentileschi’s superb Danaë (estimate: $25/35 million) will lead the Master Paintings Evening Sale on 28 January. This undisputed masterpiece is one of the most important Italian Baroque paintings to come to market since World War II. Sotheby’s invited Pamela Romanowsky, writer and director of The Adderall Diaries, to create a film inspired by the work resulting in a beautiful and modern interpretation. View her film here: Reimagining Gentileschi’s Danaë.

 

In addition, the evening sale offers paintings by an impressive list of iconic artists: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Sandro Botticelli, Eustache Le Sueur and Jacob Jordaens, whose St. Martin Healing a Possessed Man (estimate: $4/6 million) is one of the most exciting Flemish Baroque rediscoveries in decades. Further highlights include Canaletto’s An Interior View of The Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey (estimate: $5/8 million), dating from the early 1750s, which depicts an remarkable view of Henry VII’s chapel in Westminster Abbey — one of the artist’s rare works of an interior.

 

MASTER PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE DAY SALE

29 January 2016, 10:00 AM

 

The Day sale offers a wide range of European paintings and sculpture spanning six centuries.  Highlights of the paintings include works by esteemed artists Hubert Robert, Hans Bol, Jan van Goyen, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso, Edwaert Collier, and Pietro Antonio Rotari.  Sculpture and works of art from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods include an important pair of Venetian 15th century Istrian stone figures of Hope and Charity (estimate: $400/600,000) by Bartolomeo Bon; a beautifully-painted enamel plaque of The Annunciation (estimate: $50/80,000) by Royal enameller Leonard Limosin; and a pair of elegant Italian terracotta figures of Mercury and Minerva (estimate: $80/120,000), attributed to the late 17th century Florentine sculptor Giovanni Baratta.

 

MASTER PAINTINGS & 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART

SESSION 1: 29 JAN 2016, 2:00 PM

SESSION 2: 30 JAN 2016, 11:00 AM

 

Part 1 of the sale includes works by European artists from the 15th through the 18th centuries, while Part 2 focuses on 19th century French, Italian, British, Dutch, German, Spanish and Scandinavian paintings, with a selection of Sporting pictures.