Jan Layh is a painter currently living and working in Langenburg, Saskatchewan. Born in Humboldt, Layh studied at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Originally the artist in residence in Langenburg, she is currently the president of the Langenburg Art Council. Layh paints plein-air watercolour pieces, and large canvas work in her studio. She works on a large scale to reflect the vastness of the prairies.
Career highlights
*1984 - First solo exhibit at Collector's Choice gallery in Saskatoon
*1985 - Attended Emma Lake artist retreat
*1986 - Solo exhibit at Fleet gallery in Winnipeg
*1988 - Exhibit at Free Spirit gallery in Calgary
*1994 - Solo exhibit at Humanum gallery in Saskatoon
*1995 - Exhibit at McIntyre Street gallery in Regina
*2000 - 2002 - Artist in residence, Langenburg Arts Council
*2001 - 2003 - Mural work in Langenburg
*2005 - Organized Paint the Town project in Langenburg
Career highlights
*1984 - First solo exhibit at Collector's Choice gallery in Saskatoon
*1985 - Attended Emma Lake artist retreat
*1986 - Solo exhibit at Fleet gallery in Winnipeg
*1988 - Exhibit at Free Spirit gallery in Calgary
*1994 - Solo exhibit at Humanum gallery in Saskatoon
*1995 - Exhibit at McIntyre Street gallery in Regina
*2000 - 2002 - Artist in residence, Langenburg Arts Council
*2001 - 2003 - Mural work in Langenburg
*2005 - Organized Paint the Town project in Langenburg
Isaiah Richardson Jr. is an American jazz clarinetist from New York City. He also plays the saxophone and harmonica as well as other styles of music. Richardson, who plays in the Brown Rice Family roots music band and the Colombian punk rock band Maku SoundSystem, came to the attention of the press, including the New York Times and the Taipei Times, with his street performances of both klezmer and Taiwanese music on the New York Subway and the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richardson grew up in the The Bronx and studied in the Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program, before entering the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. After his graduation from La Guardia in 1999 he studied at the US Armed Forces School of Music and joined the US Marine Corps, playing in the Marine Corps marching band while stationed in Okinawa. After leaving the Marine Corps in 2003, he spent four months in Taiwan learning Chinese.<ref name= "Fuchs" />
Richardson grew up in the The Bronx and studied in the Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program, before entering the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. After his graduation from La Guardia in 1999 he studied at the US Armed Forces School of Music and joined the US Marine Corps, playing in the Marine Corps marching band while stationed in Okinawa. After leaving the Marine Corps in 2003, he spent four months in Taiwan learning Chinese.<ref name= "Fuchs" />
Introduction
In 2001 the Duchess of Kent House Charity* was registered with the Charity Commission to raise funds for the Duchess of Kent House. Called simply the Duchess of Kent House Charity(Charity Commission's registration number: 1085912), its objectives are to provide a new focus for all fundraising associated with Palliative care in the area of Reading, Newbury, Wokingham and surrounding districts, and to build on the excellent work done since 1992 and before.
*original name was Duchess of Kent House Trust (changed at Companies House, 22 August 2008).
Trustees include David Murby (chair), independent consultant, Irene Dallas, an international corporate solicitor; Maureen Mosley, an accountant with BDO; Julian Walker of AB Walker & Son Ltd; Tony Cobb, retired businessman; Sue Moore,marketing & charity; and Tess Watson-Smith, head of HR at Bottomline Technologies
The charity appointed George Solly as the full-time director of fundraising. George has a broad fund raising, commercial, education and not-for-profit background.
Particular areas of interest include schools, associations, affinity groups, local businesses and institutions, grant-making trusts, and medium to large firms based in the Thames Valley.
Background to the Trust
The new Charity was founded in March 2001 to provide a point of focus for all the fund raising activities, both existing and planned, that are needed to support Duchess of Kent House. The Charity's legal status is also defined as 'a Company Limited by Guarantee: registered in England, number 4032552.'
Aims
The aim of the Trust is to raise sufficient funds to:
#Continue the provision of specialist services and facilities not paid for by statuary funding. Services available for funding include psychologists, aromatherapists, dieticians, chaplaincy, patient transport, gardeners, the family support (bereavement) services, the new Befriending Service, patient outings and so on. Duchess of Kent House Charity currently grants the hospice approximately £400,000 a year to fund these services. The charity is entirely dependent on individual, corporate and associations' donations to ensure that these services continue for benefit of patients and their families
Currently the unit has 15 in-patient beds, day therapy three times a week and outpatient facilities. It is extending its work in the community through its Community Nurse Specialists in conjunction with the day therapy service
Other ways to support Duchess of Kent House will be considered by the Trustees, within the terms of the charity's Memorandum of Association, see following.
Mission statement
To support the Duchess of Kent House serving west and central Berkshire in its provision of holistic and multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care, focusing on quality of life and the alleviation of distressing symptoms and to provide counselling for the bereaved families of patients who have received such care.
Memorandum of Association
The objects of the charity are to relieve sick and infirm persons, to offer bereavement aid, to provide palliative care and associated services and facilities for the relief of patients with the West Berkshire Priority Care Service NHS Trust and successors to the said Trust, and to provide or assist in the provision of counselling for the bereaved families of patients who have received such care.
In 2001 the Duchess of Kent House Charity* was registered with the Charity Commission to raise funds for the Duchess of Kent House. Called simply the Duchess of Kent House Charity(Charity Commission's registration number: 1085912), its objectives are to provide a new focus for all fundraising associated with Palliative care in the area of Reading, Newbury, Wokingham and surrounding districts, and to build on the excellent work done since 1992 and before.
*original name was Duchess of Kent House Trust (changed at Companies House, 22 August 2008).
Trustees include David Murby (chair), independent consultant, Irene Dallas, an international corporate solicitor; Maureen Mosley, an accountant with BDO; Julian Walker of AB Walker & Son Ltd; Tony Cobb, retired businessman; Sue Moore,marketing & charity; and Tess Watson-Smith, head of HR at Bottomline Technologies
The charity appointed George Solly as the full-time director of fundraising. George has a broad fund raising, commercial, education and not-for-profit background.
Particular areas of interest include schools, associations, affinity groups, local businesses and institutions, grant-making trusts, and medium to large firms based in the Thames Valley.
Background to the Trust
The new Charity was founded in March 2001 to provide a point of focus for all the fund raising activities, both existing and planned, that are needed to support Duchess of Kent House. The Charity's legal status is also defined as 'a Company Limited by Guarantee: registered in England, number 4032552.'
Aims
The aim of the Trust is to raise sufficient funds to:
#Continue the provision of specialist services and facilities not paid for by statuary funding. Services available for funding include psychologists, aromatherapists, dieticians, chaplaincy, patient transport, gardeners, the family support (bereavement) services, the new Befriending Service, patient outings and so on. Duchess of Kent House Charity currently grants the hospice approximately £400,000 a year to fund these services. The charity is entirely dependent on individual, corporate and associations' donations to ensure that these services continue for benefit of patients and their families
Currently the unit has 15 in-patient beds, day therapy three times a week and outpatient facilities. It is extending its work in the community through its Community Nurse Specialists in conjunction with the day therapy service
Other ways to support Duchess of Kent House will be considered by the Trustees, within the terms of the charity's Memorandum of Association, see following.
Mission statement
To support the Duchess of Kent House serving west and central Berkshire in its provision of holistic and multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care, focusing on quality of life and the alleviation of distressing symptoms and to provide counselling for the bereaved families of patients who have received such care.
Memorandum of Association
The objects of the charity are to relieve sick and infirm persons, to offer bereavement aid, to provide palliative care and associated services and facilities for the relief of patients with the West Berkshire Priority Care Service NHS Trust and successors to the said Trust, and to provide or assist in the provision of counselling for the bereaved families of patients who have received such care.
Discription: Gobeshok is world's first Bengali Islamic Search Engine.
Gobeshok is a nonprofit project by a Team of Voluntary Developers. Some of them works to Design, Some of them works to Programming.
Project URL: www.gobeshok.com Gobeshok has got it's own database to index the Islamic sites and documents of Bengali language. Gobeshok was created to collect all the Importent Islamic documents and web sites or web pages in Bengali language and make them Searchable. As a nonprofit project anyone can join the the developers team as a developer member. All of the members works free for the project. Gobeshok runs on PHP and MYSQL
Gobeshok is a nonprofit project by a Team of Voluntary Developers. Some of them works to Design, Some of them works to Programming.
Project URL: www.gobeshok.com Gobeshok has got it's own database to index the Islamic sites and documents of Bengali language. Gobeshok was created to collect all the Importent Islamic documents and web sites or web pages in Bengali language and make them Searchable. As a nonprofit project anyone can join the the developers team as a developer member. All of the members works free for the project. Gobeshok runs on PHP and MYSQL