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Top TV Shows Today, December 14: Jane the Virgin, Scorpion, Supergirl

Yes, her name is Jane and she’s Jane the Virgin. We love this comedy and it’s our Top#1 TV Shows Today. Jane the Virgin. Mid-Season Finale.Today’s episode: Chapter Thirty. Season 2. Episode 8. 9:00 pm. CW.

Our second recommendation is for Scorpion, a great show. Scorpion. Today’s episode: Dam Breakthrough. Season 2. Episode 12. 9:00 pm. CBS.

And last choice is for another series from the CBS. This time, Supergirl. Today: Hostile Takeover. Season 1. Episode 8. 8:00 pm. CBS.

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

Video: Jane the Virgin | Chapter Thirty Trailer | The CW

Famous Birthdays Today, December 14: Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Gaskarth, Mike Fuentes, Tori Kelly

Our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, December 14 is for the American actress and singer, Vanessa Hudgens. She is brilliant, fantastic and a really beautiful woman. She was born in Salinas, Califronia in 1988 and from Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Vanessa Hudgens!

Famous Birthdays Today, December 14: Vanessa Hudgens at Benefit Cosmetics And Vanessa Hudgens Kick-Off National Wing Women Weekend.. Source: flickr. Author: Liam Mendes

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. Vanessa Hudgens

I don’t like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone. Vanessa Hudgens

More famous birthdays today, December 14: Alex Gaskarth, guitarist and singer for the band All Time Low, born in Essex, England in 1987; Mike Fuentes, drummer for the band Pierce the Veil, born in San Diego in 1984; and Tori Kelly, pop singer.

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

Video: Vanessa Hudgens Say Ok Music Video (Official with Zac Efron)

Deaf and Autistic Students Create Giacometti Inspired Art Works

Students from Oak Lodge School, Wandsworth at National Portrait Gallery at Giacometti-inspired workshops sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch
© Hazel Basran

Deaf and Autistic Students Create Giacometti Inspired Art Works. The National Portrait Gallery is working with two London schools, Oak Lodge School for students with hearing, speech, language and communication needs in Wandsworth and Drumbeat School for children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Brockley. The project involves artist-led creative workshops and Gallery visits inspired by its current critically acclaimed exhibition Giacometti: Pure Presence.

Students from Oak Lodge School, Wandsworth at National Portrait Gallery at Giacometti-inspired workshops sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch
© Hazel Basran

A workshop for students at Oak Lodge School takes place today Thursday 10 December and there will be a showcase private view of the students’ finished work at the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday 7 January 2016. This will also include finished work from students at Drumbeat.

Artists Chloe Cooper and Jasleen Kaur have worked with the students in the schools, the exhibition and the Gallery’s Learning Studio. The Gallery has engaged the students with Giacometti’s practice through a series of tailored practical workshops.

The hard-to-reach audiences who may have barriers to participating in cultural institutions, have been offered experiences not otherwise available in their schools. Some of the participants may not have been to a gallery or museum, and those who have, still require additional support to participate.

The Gallery has worked with both schools previously, and has seen the benefits that small interventions can have in encouraging these young people to participate in the visual arts. In-depth project work is only possible with additional funding, so thanks to the support of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, it has been possible to work with these schools again in a more rigorous way. The resulting work will be seen at a special view and photo-call on 7 January 2016.

Giacometti: Pure Presence is the first ever exhibition solely to consist of portraits by the twentieth-century artist Alberto Giacometti and opened at the National Portrait Gallery on 15 October. It runs until 10 January 2016. Comprising over 60 works, the exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and drawings, spanning the entire range of the Swiss artist’s career. Including very rare loans from private collections and seldom-seen portraits, the exhibition marks the fiftieth anniversary of Giacometti’s death.

Giacometti: Pure Presence is curated by Paul Moorhouse, the National Portrait Gallery’s Curator of Twentieth Century Portraits.

Mr Robot star Christian Slater says that Good judgement comes from experience

Mr Robot star Christian Slater

Mr. Robot is an American drama thriller TV show, created by Sam Esmail. It has received critical acclaim and has been nominated for several major awards. Actor Christian Slater plays the role as Mr. Robot / Edward Alderson, an anarchist who recruits Elliot (Rami Malek) into an underground hacker group called fsociety. No doubt, a great TV series with an amazing cast. Don’t you think so? Have you ever seen Mr. Robot? It’s worth!

Mr. Robot TV series

Precisely, our quote of the day is by Christian Slater, a great actor who has had widely publicized brushes with the law in the past, including being sentenced to three months in jail for assault in 1997, but who is a new and wise man now. Listen to him!

“Good judgement comes from experience. Sometimes, experience comes from bad judgement.” Christian Slater.

Slater currently has received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in Mr. Robot. What do you think? Tell us your opinion now!

“If you can help guide somebody through a challenging moment because you’ve been there, that ends up becoming a great gift.” Christian Slater.

Furthermore, Christian Slater has been a supporter of several charities, including 21st Century Leaders, Global Green and Whatever It Takes. He appeared in an educational video on behalf of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity for AIDS awareness.

“I’m not a religious person by any means. But I certainly believe in some kind of a higher power and something looking out for me. I’ve definitely had angels that have either guided me or helped me through moments in my life, without a doubt.” Christian Slater.

Slater won two MTV Movie Awards in 1993, for “Most Desirable Male” and “Best Kiss” both for Untamed Heart. He also won the Golden Slate for “Best Male Performance” for Very Bad Things.

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

Sunday Poetry with Jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: The Vacancy

Hopper. The Room. 1931

the vacancy…

she sits

in a room

void of life

her back to the open windows

virgin white sheers blow

the particles of her shattered life

blue walls wrapping

her slumped skeleton

still she sits

staring at the cold hard floor

her lonely arms limp in her lap

she sits

and stares

but her eyes

are met with nothing but emptiness

nothing on either side of them

everything blank

and

she wonders

where it all went

those things that are no more

that have ceased to exist

that have disappeared

from her sight

her hearing

her touch

her lips

from her very life

where are they now

the sight of him

the sound of him

the feel of him

the taste of him

his love

his life

their life

and now

her own life

where are they now

without

him

and so

she sits

…

Top TV Shows Today, December 13: The Simpsons, CSI: Cyber, Quantico

It’s Sunday and I love it because it’s time for The Simpsons. Yes, they are my favorite family and… well… today’s episode is titled Barthood. Season 27. Episode 9. 8:00 pm. FOX.

Our second recommendation is for the series CSI: Cyber. Today’s episode: iWitness. Season 2. Episode 9. 10:00 pm. CBS.

And yes, it’s my favorite series and I really recommend it. Who did it? Quantico. Today: Inside. Season 1. Episode 11. 10:00 pm. ABC.

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

Video: THE SIMPSONS | Think About It from “Barthood” | ANIMATION on FOX

Famous Birthdays Today, December 13: Taylor Swift, Jamie Foxx, Amy Lee, Steve Buscemi, Dick Van Dyke

Well, no doubt at all, because our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today is for her, for the star, for one of the more famous women in the world… she is Taylor Swift and she is great, fantastic… awesome. From Yareah, we wish her ahnd her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Taylor Swift!

Famous Birthdays Today, December 13: Taylor Swift 1989 Tour at Ford Field in Detroit, 5/30/15. Source: flickr. Author: GabboT

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it’s on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you’ve got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. Taylor Swift

When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster. Taylor Swift

And today is also the birthday of the actor Jamie Foxx. Happy birthday and all the best of luck for him too.

If I were an animal, I would be an eagle. Jamie Foxx

If you look at how long the Earth has been here, we’re living in the blink of an eye. So, whatever it is you want to do, you go out and do it. Jamie Foxx

More famous birthdays today, December 13: Amy Lee, lead singer of the American band Evanescence, born in Riverside in 1981; Steve Buscemi, iconic actor born in Brooklyn in 1957; and Dick Van Dyke, also actor born in West Plains in 1925.

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

Video: Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams

Frank Sinatra didn’t understand women. Why?

Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe

Frank Sinatra is one of the most popular and significant musical artists of the 20th century having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. He had three children, Nancy (born 1940), Frank Jr. (born 1944), and Tina (born 1948), all with his first wife Nancy Sinatra. But Sinatra was also married to Hollywood actress Ava Gardner from 1951 to 1957, and ater, he married Mia Farrow, on July 19, 1966.

However, Sinatra admitted that he didn’t understand women. Why? Yareah quote of the day is by this great singer and personality. Listen to him!

“I’m supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I’ve flunked more often than not. I’m very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don’t understand them.” Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner

What kind of women did Sinatra love? Once, he said that he liked intelligent women. “When you go out, it shouldn’t be a staring contest.”
A happy and lucky person. We miss him!

“People often remark that I’m pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you’ve got to have talent and know how to use it.” Frank Sinatra.

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

“I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family – and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.” Frank Sinatra.

Sinatra y Mia Farrow

London Auctions. Books from the Late Tim Clarke’s Ceramics Reference Library

London Auctions. Books from the Late Tim Clarke’s Ceramics Reference Library

London auctions. Over 100 lots of books from the reference library of Ceramic expert Tim Clarke will be offered in the Bibliophile Sale at Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday 14th January. The collection focuses on continental ceramics following Clarke’s particular interest in Meissen and other German makers, alongside other European ceramics such as Sèvres and Italian maiolica. Prices range from £100 for group lots of books, to £2,000 for an account of the “Etruscan” porcelain service commissioned from the Royal Factory at Capodimonte in 1785 by Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, as a gift for George III.

Only a few copies of Interprétation des Peintures dessinées sur un Service de Table…, a rare account of the “Etruscan” porcelain service commissioned by Ferdinand IV, survive in British libraries. Four recorded copies have appeared at auction (including this one in 1978) one being defective and the most recent in 1989 [est. £1,500-2,000 Lot 54].

From the large opening section of works on Meissen, is a rare and handsome catalogue of the finest private collection of Meissen porcelain, assembled by the German banker Gustav von Klemperer (1852-1926), 1928, one of 150 copies, inscribed by Victor von Klemperer on limitation leaf [est. £600-800 Lot 5]. The collection was confiscated by the Nazis and believed to have been destroyed by the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945. It was rediscovered in 1951 when a workman found pieces of porcelain amongst the rubble. The pieces were finally excavated and restored in 1991 and returned to the family. Some of the restored figures, although battered and defective, were sold at auction in London in 2010, achieving immense prices.

London Auctions. Books from the Late Tim Clarke’s Ceramics Reference Library

Four early English essays by Aaron Hill include a paper that describes a curious method for making china by mixing ground up Oriental china with lime from oyster shells and gum water, and moulding it. This edition is scarce, one of only 4 known copies [est. £500-700 Lot 23]

Leading the books on Russian ceramics is Imperatorskii Farforovyi Zavod 1744-1904 (La Manufacture Impériale de Porcelaine à St.Petersbourg), 1906, in Russian with abridged French translation [est. £1,200-1,800, Lot 58].

Under the topic of French ceramics is Monographie de l’Oeuvre de Bernard Palissy, by Henri Delange and A. Sauzay. Bernard Palissy (c.1510-c.1590) was a French Huguenot potter, craftsman and engineer who spent sixteen years attempting to master the secrets of manufacturing Chinese porcelain, driving his family into poverty as a result of his obsession, Paris, 1862 [est. £400-600, Lot 40].

The library also includes runs of periodicals Cahiers de la Ceramique et des Arts du Feu [est. £200-300 Lot 66] and Keramos [est. £300-500, Lot 70] and continental sale catalogues of late 19th & early 20th collections. The library concludes with a small section on glass and glass paperweights, an area in which Clarke was highly regarded and credited for defining much of the established terminology.

Auction Information: The Bibliophile Sale. Thursday 14th January 2016. Bloomsbury Auctions, 24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP.

Know Your Flood Risk launches new ‘Homeowners Guide to Flood Resilience’

Homeowners Guide

With the Government this week announcing* an additional £51 million to support households and businesses affected by last weekend’s devastating floods in Cumbria and Lancashire, the Know Your Flood Risk campaign has launched a new ‘Homeowners’ Guide to Flood Resilience’. The free guide provides advice on how to determine your flood risk, how to plan against flooding, as well as offer guidance on flood resistance measures, appropriate property level flood products and community-based measures.

The guide, which is written especially with the homeowner in mind, hopes to reduce the worry about what property level flood products to use, and illustrates the variety of ways a home can become resilient to being flooded.

Mary Dhonau OBE HonRICS HonDSc, Chief Executive of the Know Your Flood Risk campaign said: “This time exactly 15 years ago, I had flood water in my home – the second flood in only just a few weeks – so I know exactly how dreadful being flooded is, and to be flooded at Christmas time makes it all the more appalling.

With the announcement of grants for those newly flooded, this guide will be an excellent resource for those thinking about trying to reduce their risk. The prospect of trying to reduce flood risk to your home can be a baffling one, with many people not knowing how to go about this other than resort to the humble and extremely inefficient sandbag. This Homeowners’ Guide is here to help. In addition, for those thinking about installing flood resilient repair, we have an excellent case study, which details the types of interventions that can be made.”

Concludes Mary: “Sadly, flooding is set to get worse and it is essential that we not only know our own flood risk, but prepare in advance and take moves to make our homes more resilient to being flooded. We hope that by launching the new guide it will help inform homeowners as to what can be done to reduce the impact a flood can have and in turn reduce the misery that being flooded brings with it.”

Since 2000, Mary Dhonau has vociferously championed flood awareness, preparation and resilience and is a passionate advocate of empowering communities to recognise and take responsibility for minimising their collective flood risk. Mary was awarded an OBE for services to the environment in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2009. In December 2014, she was awarded Honorary RICS (HonRICS) status, in recognition of her high profile in standing-up for the public’s interest regarding flooding. Mary was also given the ‘Voice of the Customer ‘award and the CII Public Interest Awards 2015 and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of England in July 2015.

The Know Your Flood Risk Campaign’s mission is to raise awareness of the risk of flooding from all sources. It is one of the UK’s leading online resources for helping people find out the flood risk related to their current or future homes

To download a copy of its free guides visit www.knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk.

A free-to-download Flood Risk mobile app is also available to quickly assess whether a postcode is considered to be at risk of flooding. To download the app from iTunes, click on:https://itunes.apple.com/app/id941612469

For more information, visit www.knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk or follow the Know Your Flood Risk campaign on Twitter.