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PEN America Writers in the Schools Committee
The next Writers in the Schools Committee meeting will be announced soon.
Now entering its fifth year, Writers in the Schools places PEN America Members in New York City schools that serve students from under-resourced communities. At a time of rising anti-intellectualism, when all the arts are under attack, the goal of the Writers in the Schools Committee is to help nurture a love of reading and writing among New York students. The committee is currently chaired by James Traub.
Volunteers work with students and teachers to build skills, conduct creative writing workshops and writing clubs, and oversee the publication of literary magazines and school newspapers. Tutors adapt to schedules of individual teachers, schools, and volunteers. Your commitment, as a rule, will be to volunteer at a school for an hour or so weekly.
To volunteer, or for more information about the Writers in the Schools Committee, please contact us at: [email protected]
"Over many years writing about the schools in The New York Times Magazine and elsewhere, I had discovered that even very bright students who did well in math and science often wrote very poorly. Many grow up without books and with few opportunities to enrich their language skills. I thought that professional writers might be able to work with teachers to help those students learn to express themselves in writing. PEN America offered just such a pool of writers. In the fall of 2013, volunteers from PEN America, and teachers and administrators in New York City public high schools, came together to create a tutoring program.
Since that time we have operated in a dozen or so schools, in every borough save Staten Island, sometimes working alongside a teacher in class, at others coming after the school day to tutor individual students or to advise newspapers or literary clubs. We work in big, classic public high schools and in smaller and more unorthodox charter schools. Virtually all of our students come from working-class or impoverished backgrounds. The work has been hard, sometimes frustrating, but often inspiring. We have found that students are eager to listen and learn—and often fascinated to hear about what it means to be a writer. Our goal is to expand our pool of volunteers and of schools."
—James Traub, Founder of the Writers in the Schools Committee
Current School Programs
Brooklyn Collaborative in Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn
BCS is a charter school based on the Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound model and serving students in grades 6 to 12. PEN Writers has two volunteers working alongside an extraordinarily gifted and enthusiastic English teacher in 12th-grade classes. Another volunteer is just beginning to work with BCS's college guidance counselor to help seniors with their college essays. Check out what Andrew Boorstin, a teacher at Brooklyn Collaborative, says about the impact PEN America Members have had in the school.
Renaissance Charter School, Jackson Heights
Renaissance is a PreK–12 school largely organized and run by the school's own teachers. PEN America has one volunteer there tutoring students after class. We will soon begin to work with a start-up school newspaper.
MESA is a five-year-old school serving the most disadvantaged students in a largely disadvantaged neighborhood—yet it graduates over 90 percent of its incoming 9th-grade students. In the past, three PEN America volunteers helped establish an after-school literary club. This year we will have a volunteer working alongside a teacher in a 12th-grade English AP class.
Townsend Harris is the descendant of the storied institution that for generations served as the feeder school for City College. Today it serves the same population of immigrant strivers, but from the campus of Queens College. We will have a volunteer working with the award-winning school newspaper, The Classic.
Manhattan Center for Science and Math, East Harlem
MCSM is a public high school that serves students who score in the upper half of the distribution in standardized science and math tests. MSCM was the first school with which PEN America began working. At the outset, volunteers worked with teachers in 9th-grade writing classes. Now we have two volunteers working in an after-school tutoring program, one working with students on college essays, and another who serves as the advisor to the school newspaper, RamPage.
Volunteer Testimonials
"World problems can be so overwhelming. How to even begin to pitch in? This is what I love about volunteering in public schools right here where we live. Students need help writing personal essays for college, book reports, poetry or articles for school publications. Their teachers, no matter how attentive, don't have time to sit with them to draw them out and help them organize their thoughts. I'm thrilled to step in once a week to teach what comes so easily to me. But I learn too—about teenagers and about lives with family dynamics and socioeconomic situations far from my own. I see students articulating insights about literature and listening to each other, often in very crowded classrooms—and it makes me hopeful. And there's nothing like watching a focused English teacher working to inspire the quiet thinking that comes from reading and writing."
—Bob Morris, Volunteer Tutor at the Brooklyn Collaborative
"Five years ago, I began working with students to create an online newspaper, the MCSM RamPage. Our monthly issues included an advice column, a science and consumer tech column, music and movie reviews, political editorials, poetry, short stories, interviews, sports pieces, and school event reporting. Today, RamPage is still going strong. I have found working with these students, the newspaper, and the teaching staff of MCSM extremely rewarding. Sharing my 30+ years of experience as a freelance journalist with New York City teenagers has taught me a great deal about the concerns and abilities of 21st-century urban teens and their boundless enthusiasm for self-expression. Many of our students are multilingual and are first- or second-generation immigrants. I teach them how to use writing as a tool to persuade, explain, and explore. They make time to participate in the Newspaper Club (as our group is called) despite all the many other commitments they have at school and home and have taught me at least as much as I hope I have taught them. On a personal note, I must add that as a female journalist of color, it has been particularly gratifying for me to be able to pass along my hard-won knowledge to other young men and women of color through this program."
—Carol Cooper, Volunteer Tutor at Manhattan Center for Science and Math
"Here's the great thing about working with the student tutors in the peer-run Writing Center at Renaissance: Because the peer tutors have to help others—which they are amazingly happy to do—all sorts of questions about writing that might otherwise seem laborious or just abstract naturally become urgent, and the students genuinely want to figure out how to avoid a dangling construction or to fashion an efficient thesis or to make artful sentences. The peer tutors not only develop a vivid enthusiasm for writing but also get to be recognized as the go-to people if you want to improve your writing."
—Igor Webb, Volunteer Tutor at Renaissance Charter School


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June 4, 2014
Can the Minimum Wage Be Too High?
Jordan Stead/Seattlepi.com, via Associated Press
On Monday, Seattle's City Council voted to raise the local minimum wage gradually to $15 an hour, more than twice the federal minimum wage and one of the highest anywhere in the nation.
Can the economy support such a raise? Will elevating the pay floor lead to job losses or will it be a boon for the city and an example for national reform?Read the Discussion »

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The article referenced in the above tweet is extremely important. The days of "multiple representation" may be numbered.
The article includes the following reminders:
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The article referenced in the above tweet is extremely important. The days of "multiple representation" may be numbered.
The article includes the following reminders:
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What: Real Estate As A Career Workshop
When: Saturday September 16, 2017 – 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: University of Toronto Downtown
Investment: $50 for those those who participate in the "Real Estate Math Workshop" and $100 for others
Who: Real Estate Career Coach Chilla Riddle
Everything you should know about a "Career In Real Estate", but didn't know to ask!
Course description:
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In December of 2014
What follows is an email that I received this morning. The above tweet references the following information. In summary:
1. It appears that the content – in terms of the required courses – of the existing licensing process will continue until 2019.
2. People will have now have to complete ALL five of the required courses before starting the articling process. The one elective will be taken during the articling process. This will take effect on April 1, 2016. Therefore …
3. Although not explicitly stated, it appears that OREA will cease (possibly completely) to be the sole course provider for RECO Ontario Real Estate exams.
It is very clear that starting in 2019 it is becoming to become much more difficult to achieve either a Broker's license or a license to see real estate in Ontario.
So, if you are considering a career in real estate, you should get moving!!What follows is the information received …
Important changes are coming to pre-registration education that will boost the knowledge of new entrants to the profession.
>RECO is making these changes with support from OREA, the current education provider.
Beginning April 1, 2016, aspiring registrants will have to complete five courses before they can register to trade in real estate, instead of three. The two additional courses, including property law, were previously articling requirements. Including them in the pre-registration phase will help aspiring registrants hit the ground running when they enter the profession.
The change will apply to those who enroll in the pre-registration program beginning April 1. Those who enroll before that date will be subject to the current three course requirement.
"Real estate is a demanding profession, so aspiring registrants and their clients will benefit from additional education before they start trading," says RECO Registrar Joseph Richer. "We're pleased to have worked with OREA to make this happen."
"Improving education standards will help ensure that the salespersons of tomorrow are even more knowledgeable and capable right from the start," says OREA CEO Ed Barisa. "As the long-standing RECO-designated provider of real estate education in Ontario, we look forward to implementing this change. And, as always, we will continue to work to improve the student experience at the OREA Real Estate College."
Development of new registration education program ongoing
In addition, RECO and OREA have extended their education contract until December 31, 2020.RECO has been engaging in a thorough review of registration education, and will launch a new program in 2019. The extension of the contract with OREA will allow for an 18-month transition period between the current and new programs.
Richer says: "During our comprehensive review of the current program, we heard time and again that new registrants needed to be more practice ready when they enter the profession. We worked with OREA to see what could be done now to move us closer to that objective, as we work to renovate the program for the long term.
"The best solution was for the courses to be moved from the articling phase to the pre-registration phase. Extending the contract with OREA gave us the opportunity to make this much-needed change right away and provide us the time to build the new structure. This was an important first step in the move to the new registration education program."
You can learn more about the work on the new program here.
More info about additional courses
The Residential Real Estate Transaction and The Commercial Real Estate Transaction
Aspiring registrants will also now be required to take both the commercial and residential courses prior to becoming registered. Previously, they would take one before registration and the other during the articling phase. Our consultative review of the program showed wide-spread support for this change, ensuring that new registrants have understanding of both commercial and residential right from the start.
Real Property Law
The existing registration courses cover real estate law, while Real Property Law reinforces and expands on the concepts that students have learned.
New learning path
OREA has produced a learning path that illustrates the revised requirements.Chart of the course changes
Enrolled before April 1/16
Enrolled on or after April 1/16
Pre-registration – three courses:
- Real Estate as a Professional Career
- Land, Structures and Real Estate Trading
- The Real Estate Transaction – General + The Residential Real Estate Transaction or The Commercial Real Estate Transaction
Pre-registration – five courses:
- Real Estate as a Professional Career
- Land, Structures and Real Estate Trading
- The Real Estate Transaction – General + The Residential Real Estate Transaction
- The Commercial Real Estate Transaction
- Real Property Law
Articling – three courses:
- The Residential Real Estate Transaction or The Commercial Real Estate Transaction (whichever they did not complete in pre-registration)
- Real Property Law
- One elective
Articling – one course:
- One elective
For more information about pre-registration education, visit the Ontario Real Estate College website.
The OREA Commercial Exam is love by few and despised by many. The Exam focuses on the standard "Commercial Lease". "Commercial Leases" are in a "business context". Business analysis is largely about math and numbers.
Therefore the OREA Commercial Real Estate Exam is about math and numbers. The exam is what I would call:
"A mile wide and an inch deep."
The exam tests the "wide" application of a number of simple principles.
That said, you must:
in the context of the questions.
In celebration of this reality we are offering the:
Ontario Commercial Real Estate Exam Preparation Workshop (OREA Commercial Exam)
When: Sunday November 8, 2015 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: University of Toronto Downtown – Room TBA
Who: John Richardson, Ontario lawyer and real estate broker
Investment: $95 (HST and materials included)
Register – contact form:
It seems we are too!
Last week while showing a condo at the Absolute Towers project I was intrigued by the shape and design of one of the buildings. The units come with spectacular and panoramic views.Ingenuity abounds and is evident even in the elevator which displays a screen with the largest numbers I've ever seen. It's no wonder this project was nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe.
The woman and her legend continues to capture,inspire, motivate and actually demands us to write about her. Her presence lives on not only in pictures but in the hearts of all of us. Perhaps it was the combination of her beauty, her innocents and at times a tormented life that somehow managed to keep us betwixt and between all these years.
The Absolute Towers, in Mississauga were designed by Yansong Ma, a prominent Japanese architect and founder of Mad Architects. Fernbrook Homes were the developers of the project.
How this building came to be named after the…
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The Danforth, also known as Greek Town, is an area in the east end, in the city of Toronto. It is a fascinating, ageless neighbourhood. Full of vibrant, eclectic energy. You'll find amazing restauranteurs and shop owners all having a story to share. Everywhere I look I see interesting, beautiful faces. And the real estate is just as appealing as the people that live here.
The amazing architect dates back to the early 1900's and was one of the major settlements for Greek immigrants. If you happen to be a visitor in our city don't be surprised if you run into one proud Greek resident telling you that some of the scenes in the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" were actually filmed in their unforgettable neighbourhood.
While shopping at my favourite local fruit market I took the opportunity to stop by and gaze at the lovely gelato and sweets. One…
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As real estate prices continue to increase, man are asking the question whether it is better to rent or to own. Obviously, there are a number of intangible factors that are important. The tangible factors are of course money and the economics of investment. The economics of investment are influenced by taxation. As real estate professionals you are called upon to advise your clients. Interestingly one of he most important questions is to know whether your client is a U.S. citizen (triggered by having a U.S. birthplace). The reason is:


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English Literature AS/A2 Level at Chichester High Schools Sixth Form
Course description
The A-level course uses the historicist approach to texts which rests upon reading texts within a shared context.
Students are encouraged to explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts in which they were written, received and understood. Students are encouraged to read widely across a range of texts and connect them across time and topic. Appreciating alternative readings and allowing for a range of interpretations is also central to the methods students will use to approach texts. Students will be encouraged to create an argument and show personal preferences for interpretations of texts.
Course content
Unit 1:
Love though the ages:
Exploration of aspects of a literary theme (LoveThrough the Ages) as seen through time. Students will study three texts: one prose,one poetry and one of Shakespeare's plays.
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Texts in shared contexts – Modern Times:
Literature from 1945 to the present day. Students will study three texts:one prose,one poetry, and one drama,of which one must be written post-2000
Entry requirements
5 GCSEs at grade C or above with a grade B in English Language and Literature.
Paper 1: Open book exam. 3 hours, 40% total marks.
Paper 2: Open book exam. 2 Hours 30 minutes, 40% total marks.
Question 1: Set text.
Question 2:Contextual linking.
Paper 3: Extended essay of 2500 words, internally assessed, 20% of A Level.
Future opportunities
How to apply
If you want to apply for this course, you will need to contact Chichester High Schools Sixth Form directly.


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Five Perennial Ornamental Grasses for Late-Season Interest
It's sometime around Labor Day and your garden is past its summer prime. The lilies and peonies are long finished blooming and even your landscape roses look ready to give up for the season. How do you keep your garden looking fresh and interesting as it transitions into fall? Late season ornamental grasses help your landscape make the transition with gentle textures and soft colors.
Grasses are low maintenance garden plants, troubled with few insect or disease pests. Most are very drought tolerant after getting established, some will also tolerate fairly moist soils and are good choices for a rain garden. The only places that ornamental grasses do not grow well are shady areas. Maintenance generally consists only of trimming back the previous year's dried stems in late fall or winter.
When choosing a site for planting ornamental grasses, try to find a spot that allows the morning or late afternoon sun to backlight the flowers. This can add an extra dimension of beauty to your landscape and is delightful when there's not much else of interest to look at in the garden.
Ornamental grasses can also add texture and structure to the winter garden, when most turn a pleasant gold or buff color. Leaving ornamental grasses uncut in winter also provides a source of food and shelter for birds.
Useful both in the landscape and as a dramatic statement in containers, there is an ornamental grass suitable for almost every garden. Try one of these proven performers:
Pink Muhlygrass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Native to the eastern U.S., Pink Muhlygrass has distinctively airy pink flowers in late summer that later fade to a soft beige. The soft texture of the flowers and fine leaves work nicely with coarser plants and are a standout in fall containers. Pink muhlygrass is moderate in size at about 36" tall (in bloom) and wide.
Dwarf Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila')
Not only is dwarf pampas grass a great choice for an individual accent plant, it makes a great screen when used in a mass. The creamy white flower heads, of which there can be several dozen on a mature plant, are often dried and used in floral arrangements. Although beautiful in the landscape, the leaves are very sharp and can cause cuts so be sure to wear gloves and long sleeves when working with this grass.
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
Another native, switch grass has a beautiful steely-blue color, with some varieties flushing crimson in late season. The upright shape is not prone to splaying and adds formality to landscapes or containers. Switch grass is also tolerant of wetter areas, including rain gardens. Birds are quite fond of the seeds in winter.
Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
The fountain grasses are a versatile bunch, ranging in height from very dwarf at under 12" tall, to nearly 5 feet. The graceful arching form of the leaves and flowers, like water spraying from a fountain, gives fountain grass its name. Unlike the maroon-leafed annual purple fountain grasses, the green form is reliably hardy. The bottlebrush flowers can range from white to pinkish to smoky purple. Pennisetum are particularly tolerant of wet soils.
Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis)
Another ornamental grass that come in many varieties, maiden grass's flower is an appealing silky tassel that stands above the foliage. It also makes an excellent dried flower. The foliage is also among the most varied, with variegated forms available with horizontal banding (Zebra grass) or lengthwise striping ('Morning Light' and other cultivars). Maiden grass is particularly well-adapted to heavy clay soils, but not to particularly wet soils.
Pink Muhlygrass: "Muhlenbergia capillaris 001" by Stickpen - Own work. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons>.
Dwarf Pampas Grass: "P1130487 Cortaderia selloana Pumila" by By Magnus Manske - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.
Switch Grass: "PanicumVirgatum" by Chhe - Own work. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Fountain Grass: By Tubifex (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Maiden Grass: By Norbert Nagel, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons


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A Historical Novel
by Tom Austin
Before Hollywood and Las Vegas, there was Fort Lee, New Jersey—the place where movies and lavish nightclub entertainment first began under the watchful eye of the mob (and some say the law). If you enjoy reading about the lawless decade of the 1920s, right through the Great Depression, and want to learn firsthand of the people who pulled it all together, you might like to read "BRIDGE TO THE RIVIERA" by Tom Austin.
"The Riviera nightclub always fascinated me as a kid. The star power that lit up that stage was almost as bright as the New York skyline it looked out on. Tom Austin brings you in the front door."
"When I was a teenager just beginning my singing career, Al Martino — my friend and a wonderful singer — took me to the Riviera for dinner and a show. I'll never forget how this Fort Lee, New Jersey nightclub knocked me out. Perched at the edge of the Palisades over-looking the George Washington Bridge, it was the ultimate in style, class, and excitement. High Society, the Mob, and the greatest entertainers in America all rubbed elbows. Tom Austin's new novel takes me back to that time and place of leggy chorus girls and revolving bandstands and hidden casinos. I wish it had lasted longer, so that I could have performed there."
"Next to his family, the Riviera in Fort Lee, New Jersey was my dad's life. I wish he were still here, so he could read Tom Austin's new book, which recreates that one-of-a-kind nightclub and its colorful era."


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West Oxfordshire District Council are now doing a "restricted" collection, with the lorries coming out but only collecting from those roads which the driver considers accessible. The advice is for householders is to put their bins out and leave them until they are collected. If they aren't collected today or tomorrow (Friday) the next day when they could be collected will be Wednesday 29 December. Householders would be advised therefore to bring their bins back into their properties if they prefer at the end of the day tomorrow, putting them back out for next Wednesday morning.
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Dark Goddess of the Week: Medusa
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As a child I was a being of light, and even into my teenage years I only embraced my light, and couldn't see my dark. There was a time in my life that came, when I lost my light and became fully submerged in the dark. The process of realizing it, accepting the aspects of my nature that I faced in that time, facing fears, and slowly journeying back to reclaim my light self and the light of the world around me was long but worth every moment. I love your words for expressing the need to find that balance and to embrace both halves of our being. The light cannot exist without the dark. Strength cannot exist without the weak or soft or flexible. I'd not yet thought of Medusa or Athena and their relationship as a framework for this. I like it though. ^_^ Blessings and thanks!ReplyDelete
Very true, sometime we must journey through the dark to find our light.ReplyDelete


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First experience of Bangkok
The official at immigration waved me over to their empty desk, inspected my landing card, stamped it and motioned to me to proceed. My bag and I arrived simultaneously at baggage reclaim and a few seconds later I was landside in Bangkok. My Scottish winter weight jacket, jumper, body warmer etc disappeared into the suitcase.
On the way to a cafe I got a week's worth of mobile internet for 300 Baht, about £6. The planned Iced Coffee turned into Lemon Juice with the legendary scourge of Tourist Stomach: Ice. This time Scottish Stomach won.
It took a while finding a taxi driver who could read the hotel name and find someone to tell them where it was. There was an extra 20 Baht for booking from the station and a 50 Baht surcharge for using the expressway, avoiding Bangkok's continual efforts to attain the world record for traffic congestion.
After changing into climate appropriate clothing it was time to find food. A meal and a beer later ( Chang is more to my taste than Singha or Leo) we to wandered into a massage parlour for a standard Thai Massage. Thai massage is not actually a massage, but a form of assisted Yoga and ideally a type of meditation. It was very relaxing and invigorating.
Chinatown was a no brainer. Unfortunately since English is not taught in Thai schools finding a Taxi driver who could understand "ChinaTown" proved a little challenging. This is how we found ourselves outside Wat Traimit, just outside Chinatown. Wat Traimit is the temple of the Golden Buddha, a solid gold statue, covered, some centuries ago, covered in plaster, presumably to hide it from invaders and everyone forgot what was inside till 1955 when, on trying to hoist the statue into a new location, the rope broke. Since there was a thunderstorm going on work stopped for the day but the next morning it was found that the plaster concealed black lacquer and the lacquer covered gold. Now the 15 foot tall 15 foot wide 5.5 ton Buddha statue, sits serenely on a plinth in its chapel (It does not look that big). The atmosphere in the chapel prompts veneration and the decoration inside is spectacular.
Bangkok is full of temples, but one was enough and food beckoned. We eventually found a Chinese restaurant near the Bangkok Hospital. The food was good but contained a trap for unwary customers: some fish are sold by weight resulting in an unexpectedly large portion and bill, if your brain was not dulled by the heat causing you to miss this fact.
That night we went to one of the show bars in Sukhumvit. It was fun watching western men at their worst, and some slightly more mature ladyboys working the customers, and the drinks were a reasonable price. The lack of information in English made us cautious but the mosquitoes fed well.
Since few taxi drivers spoke English and we lacked the confidence to try the metro and buses we resorted to writing down were we wanted to go and asking the hotel staff to translate the directions into Thai. This proved reasonably successful.
Bangkok Taxi drivers are notorious for trying to negotiate an off meter fare but this allowed haggling over the fares probably to mutual advantage. But seeing a taxi driver having to phone someone or ask a colleague for directions to tourist attractions proved a little disconcerting.
Bangkok Zoo openly advertises that the entrance fee is the foreigner price. Thai people pay less. Still it is cheap by comparison with Europe and for a little extra you can buy a hop on hop off ticket for the railless trams that run round the zoo. Highlights were the bears, though some seemed stressed while others in the same compound seemed totally chilled out. All seemed to perk up at feeding time. Monkeys obliged by behaving like... Monkeys and the hornbills were spectacular. The hippopotami were hiding from the heat and the albino muntjac deer was keeping as far away from hums as possible. The fish were fintastic and we enjoyed the reptile house. The sign saying not to pat the crocodiles showed what could happen, and perhaps had happened. The sign on the Lemur cage said they live 19 days but become mature at the age of two years. Apart from a vague worry that some of the animals were less than happy it was great day but it proved impossible to see everything.
Trying to find the Bangkok National museum we ended at the Bangkok Arts and Cultural centre which included exhibitions on Vernacular Architecture complete with models and photographs. It is an impressive 9 storey building with exhibitions on most floors and cafes at ground level. Traffic is so heavy outside that the only way to cross the road is via the walkway system. The receptionist told us that the Bangkok National Museum was elsewhere (the information from Google was wrong) so that became the goal for the next day.
The Bangkok National Museum turned out to be a cluster of buildings some closed for renovation. The Gallery of Thai History had some interesting artefacts but did not tell a story. The buildings in the centre, previously occupied by the Royal Family contained too much to see properly. Again it was not possible to see everything in the time available and it was well worth the visit.
Bangkok is a city to fall in love with, despite the traffic and the insects. If you want to remain in a Western Bubble go to Khao San Road (The street food is excellent), otherwise try more local places. If you want shopping and like gourmet food try Terminal 21. Chinatown is worth exploring and this can only be done on foot. Avoid the Tourist Information Office: They could provide no information and only wanted to sell tours.
What sticks in my memories is the people, mostly friendly, the buildings, the warmth, the food, Thai Massage, Mekhong Whisky, Chinatown, Night Markets and the Temples.
I have now been to Bangkok many many times and I know Wat Traimit and Chinatown and the Art and Culture Centre very well. Even so, there are still places for me to vist including the Zoo and the Museum you mention - Bangkok has so much to offer in its attractions and its culture, so it's a shame that so many tourists only spend a day or two there before moving on elsewhere, for example to the islands to the south.
I visited Bangkok many times and have a lot of Thai friends there. A few months ago I spent around a week stayed at my friend's place near Phayathai Rd. Really nice area, easy to get to many interesting places. I have had a problem using taxi service before so that time I tried to use BTS, the sky train as much as I can. I went to Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, located next to MBK and easy to get there by BTS. I kinda like that area because a lot of good food there and art performances on the sky walking bridge. You can also walk from MBK to a temple (I don't remember the name, it's next to Central world shopping mall) by sky bridge. I was surprised how you can easily find a quiet and peaceful temple like that in the center of the busy city.
The China town you mentioned, is that the place called Yaowarath? I think I've been there too, love that area.


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i don't have the expertise designing web frameworks that the folks from struts have so i'd prefer to stay focused on jon's proposals for beanutils. (i have a little more experience creating reusable library code used by large numbers of users). since these break backwards compatibility, i'd be very reluctant to support the changes (that jon proposes) to beanutils unless there is a very pressing need and no other possible solutions. there is already an existing proposal concerning beanutils (by eric pabst) that i think leads towards a more promising direction and which retains compatibility. i intend to review eric's proposal in detail and (providing i find no hidden defects and no one else objects) then commit the code sometime soonish. i know that some people find this conservative approach to development frustrating but beanutils is widely used and IMHO getting things right is more important than pushing forward the code base with new features. FWIW IMHO there are a whole lot of wrinkles handling dates and i don't have great hopes in a one-size-fits all approach. i would say that a more modular and extensible approach would be better. - robert On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 07:17 PM, Jon Wilmoth wrote: > Perhaps the focus of this discussion has been clouded > by my initial proposal. I hope this is the case and > not that people are not interested in addressing a > common complex problem that has been left to each > individual Struts implementor to resolve. So...let me > restate the objective and the points to date: > > Objective: Provide users of the Struts framework > seemless, integrated support for custom formatted date > properties. This includes data entry as well as > rendering. > > The current sequence of events (and thus the available > solution point(s)) are as follows - > Data input: > 1) Taglibs render html control displaying current > value (if any) of form bean property > 2) http get/post with string data --> framework pieces > --> RequestProcessor.processPopulate > 3) RequestProcessor.processPopulate --> > RequestUtils.populate > 4) RequestUtils.populate --> BeanUtils.populate(bean, > properties) > 5) BeanUtils.populate(bean, properties) --> > ConvertUtils.convert > 6) BeanUtils.populate(bean, properties) --> > PropertyUtils.setProperty (Indexed, Mapped or simple) > 7) RequestProcessor.processValidate --> > RequestProcessor.processActionPerform (happy path) > 8) Action executes and returns to step 1 (for > simplicity) > > Points to Date: > * It has been suggested that all conversions be > performed by the BeanUtils package so that other > projects could leverage common code. > * It has also been suggested that a single object > other than ConvertUtils be responsible for date > conversions. > * A ui component model seems to be the "cure" for > increasing the robust nature of html controls as they > interact with java code. > * The solution has touch points with the struts > framework > * Other groups are addressing one or more aspects > (i.e. JSTL) > * A property descriptor type object had been mentioned > as a central place for defining numerous aspects of a > single property (i.e. min's, max's, conversions, > etc.). > * Solution should accomodate more abstract types of > custom conversion than simply dates? No use cases of > these other data types have been provided. > > My questions then are; > 1) Does the community see value in centralizing the > solution of dealing with custom formatted date > conversions? If not then the rest are sadly a moot > point. > 2) If so, should Date --> String and String --> Date > conversion be in the same place? Which group/code > base can be recongnized as the "official" supported > location for this behavior? > 3) How/Where does the Struts framework (tags, request > processor, etc.) interact with this code? > 4) What role does the UI component model play in this? > Does it define the relationship between a control and > this "property descriptor"? Where is this model > defined? Struts? Commons? JavaServer Faces? > > --- Ted Husted <email@example.com> wrote: >> Joe Germuska wrote: >>> I'm still not completely convinced that the best >> solution isn't to >>> write your own ActionForm class that has two >> properties, 'date' and >>> 'dateAsString' (or whatever you want to call >> them) and behind the >>> scenes, when one of the properties simply sets >> and returns a data >>> member, and the other parses and formats values. >> >> +1 >> >> IMHO, this problem is outside both the scope of >> Struts and ConvertUtils. >> >> There are myriad ways to handle expressions of date >> and time. Enough >> that they deserve their own UI class (or classes). >> The Java libraries >> provide all the functionality most of us need. The >> trick, as Joe pointed >> out, is to put that functionality behind a facade. >> Especially when you >> get to as many use-cases as have been enumerated >> here. >> >> IMHO, the solution is not to push the work off onto >> the tags or onto the >> framework, but to centralize it in your own date >> handler object that can >> be extended to do what you need it to do. >> >> After three years, we all have working solutions to >> this problem. Most, >> I would hazard to guess, are variations of Joe's >> approach. 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The end is near. The Apocalypse is upon us. That is to say, Fox's X-men: Apocalypse rose to the top of the box office this Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to the four day weekend, it grossed $80 million as opposed to just $65 million over the three days. However, when compared to other superhero openings like Captain America: Civil War ($179 million), Batman Vs Superman ($166 million), and Deadpool ($152 million), it feels far from heroic. Even the previous X-men film, Days of Future Past grossed $110 million over it's four day Memorial weekend of 2014.
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Next week's new theatre releases include the romantic drama Me Before You, Andy Samberg's satirical comedy Popstar, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel. Romantic drama, Me Before You, isn't a film that speaks to me personally, but it might do well with its target demographic; tragic love story enthusiasts and fans of author Jojo Moyes. With that said the film is lacking positive critic feedback and with a budget of $20 million this one might actually struggle to gross more than $12 million opening weekend.
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The real question that I think we should all be asking is how will the Turtles fare? I suspect they'll face a bit of a struggle to shell out dollars next weekend for similar reasons as to why X-Men: Apocalypse did not in fact play as well this weekend. The market may in fact be just too crowded and saturated with superhero-like action films to really draw audiences in like the have in the past. The other major thing this film has going against it is that it's a sequel. Sequels rarely do better opening weekend than the original films do. Look at most of your superhero sequels and tell me I'm wrong. Because of this I'm doubting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will gross better than $55 million. That will still place it at the top, given I don't expect Apocalypse to finish it's 2nd weekend with better than $50 million. But with a production budget of $125 million, the Turtles are going to take a pretty hard hit come this weekend.
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Mumbai, April 2, 2013 (Washington Bangla Radio): After receiving an incredible response on the trailer of Go Goa Gone, the makers of the film have released the first song of the film 'Slowly Slowly'. The trailer of the film is already a rage among the audiences, and the song promises to create the same effect!
Three friends - Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Anand Tewari who land up in the zombie land where they meet the gung-ho Russian mafia played by Saif Ali Khan who 'kills dead people'.
The much awaited song was released at midnight on the online properties of the film. With catchy lyrics and an upbeat music, this song is certainly going to be the next chartbuster. 'Slowly Slowly ' is sung by Jigar Saraiya & Talia Bentson with lyrics by Priya Panchal.
Directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, Go Goa Gone is India's first ever zom-com (zombie comedy). The film features Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Kemmu, Puja Gupta and Vir Das in lead roles.
Watch the "Slowly Slowly" audio song music video from Go Goa Gone Hindi Movie (You Tube)


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"We are doomed because some of us look to Europe while others look to the past."
Fanon once spoke about how some in the decolonizing world were looking to Europe while others were looking to the past, and that this was the reason why we are doomed. When I heard this quote last week, I had a moment. I realized I was one of those people that looked to the past (and had previously looked to Europe, but no need to focus on that, ahem).
I definitely have the tendency to romanticize the past, often in ways that are in line with my ideological beliefs. I might talk about a pre-capitalist past when some societies didn't function based on greed and selfishness in order to show that capitalism is not natural, or I might talk about how types of colonialism found before European colonialism were not the same structurally, to show that European colonialism has altered the world in ways other types would probably not have been able to do. But there's always this voice that asks whether these things happened, or whether they have also been created by people like me who want to believe that a different future is possible because a different past existed.
Romanticizing the past is comforting and is one way to feel better about the world today. In a decolonial context, it is also tied to one's self-image. We need to talk about what Egyptians were like in the past so we don't get disheartened by what Egypt is today. We need to be able to show that Arabs have done great things before, just so we know that it is possible. But not only is it impossible to know the past, it is also a way of playing into the discourse of Arab inferiority. By arguing that Arabs did great things in the past, I am still engaging the discourse even though I'm trying to counter it.
The question then is, why can't we build a future that is not based on a romantic past? Why can't we critique, deconstruct and then reconstruct what we have today, without referring back to what might have been 1000 years ago? The reality is that we will never actually know what happened, because of all the problems associated with recording and remembering history. I project onto history what I wanted it to have been, and others do the same. There is no objective account, even though some may come close. So what use is it anyway?
But then I begin to think about how it is useful because it functions as a way of imagining alternatives, and I really believe that imagining alternatives is the first step of disobedience and critical thinking. Once we accept that the world doesn't inevitably have to be like this, we can begin to critique it and change it (as seemingly impossible as that is). So isn't romanticizing history one way of imagining a different world?
On the one hand, I see the emotional benefits of looking for comfort in a made-up past and for using that to believe that a different future can exist. On the other hand I also see the problems with this. Not only does it erase the suffering of marginalized people in this romantic past, it also limits us to trying to rebuild this imagined past, which is now impossible. It seems like the only way to move forward is to work with what we have today. None of us exist outside of this, and we all reproduce it constantly. The only way, I think, to change anything is to continuously resist and subvert it from within – the only position we can do so from anyway.
This discussion has also reminded me of how often Muslims look to the romanticized Islamic past of the time of the Prophet. Not only does this assume that there were no major problems, it is also futile because there is no going back to that, ever.
I guess that's the main take-away – there is no going back to that. Our world is what it is today, not what it was or what it could have been. We may hate capitalism, patriarchy, and all these other systems, but this is what we are and this is what defines us.
So the conclusion is I need to listen to Fanon and stop looking to the past (except in rare moments of day dreaming maybe) and instead look at how we can use critiques of what we have today to construct a different way of being. If that's possible. I'm still not sure about that =)


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First principles is a way thinking initially taught by Aristotelians and Kantians. In the video below, Elon Musk has revealed that he has adopted this way of thinking in order to innovate more rapidly.
For most people, our thought process generally works on the basis of our ideas, experiences and then a comparison of both. However, this is not how Elon Musk's thinking and perception pattern works. He believes that there is always a better way for innovating.
Elon Musk is one of the boldest entrepreneurs in the world. With PayPal, he revolutionized the concept of online payments. Today, he runs three premier companies:
SpaceX: Space Exploration and Tourism
Tesla Motors: Electric cars
Solar City: Solar energy.
Elon Musk shared his belief on First Principles Thinking in an interview conducted by Kevin Rose. This is his core philosophy that has provided him with guidance during his entrepreneurial journey.
He believes that one should not use analogies but first principles to reason and think. If we use the analogy for reasoning we are only following a routine.
First principles are more of a physics-based theory to perceive the world. We find reasons for every fundamental truth:
"I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it's like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there."
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I'm on the brink of making a big real estate commitment in Cambridge, the idiosyncratic New England city I've called home since 1994. But a set of proposed regulations discussed at a License Commission meeting last night are so bad and so dumb they're causing me to rethink whether or not I really want to live here.
The draft rules cover how people get rides in the city. And I'll at least give the Commission credit for honesty; they're not even really trying any more to cover up their assault on Uber, Lyft, and other on demand, smartphone-summoned ride services. The rules they came up with are quite clearly designed to drive these companies out of town; there's really no other way to read them. As Uber summarized on its blog:
these regulations would:
- Set a $50 minimum price for any non-taxi car ride, regardless of time or distance
- Prohibit you from requesting a ride on-demand from anyone other than a taxi
- Forbid any technological device from being part of fare calculation during a ride
Who else but a Cambridge taxi driver or regulator could possibly think this was a good idea?
I've been taking cabs here since I showed up as an undergraduate in 1984 (I wasn't taking many back then because I was so poor). I've never had better than an OK experience, and I've had plenty of truly lousy ones: dirty, broken down cabs, unqualified drivers, and so on. I've also been unable to get a cab so many times I've lost count. When there are only 257 medallions for a city of more than 100,000 people this isn't too surprising, but it's always frustrating.
And then Uber came along, and life got better for me and all other ride seekers (I've never used Lyft, so can't comment on it). I've always been able to find a car, it's always showed up, and I've had an OK-to-great experience all but a handful of times. And each of those times Uber noticed my dissatisfaction (since users rate every ride), reached out to me, apologized, and tried to make it right via a refund. The Uber experience is so superior that I've basically taken 'taxi' off my mental list of ways to get around Cambridge.
The License Commission wants to put it back on not by improving taxis, but by taking away my preferred alternative. Can they be serious? This honestly seems like an elaborate piece of civic performance art in which I'm an unwilling participant, or an episode of "Nathan For You" where he somehow convinces bureaucrats to use their powers to maximum detrimental effect.
Uber supporters came out in force last night and the Commission backed off, saying that the public hearing "was the start of the conversation and committed to a transparent process going forward, involving both Uber and the people of Cambridge." according to Uber's blog.
My fellow Cantabrigians, let's make sure we stay involved. There's a lot riding on this issue.


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originally posted on March 4, 2012
Leading up to today's presidential elections in Russia, most Western media have had quite an extensive coverage of Russian politics. Or rather, a coverage of Putin and his manhandling of the election system. This, we are told, is the reason why the emerging middle class cannot get their voices heard. Puzzlingly, nobody has talked about the opposition. Even in a quasi-liberal electoral system, there is an alternative to the incumbent. However, even the most generous search through liberally minded Western media (don't even talk about the conservatives) saw a very willing ignorance when it came to describing both sides of the electoral equation.
As such, Amy Knight claimed in the NYRB blog that after the Duma elections, "everything changed"; Masha Gessen claimed in the Daily Show that Putin's time was over soon. The Economist saw the beginning of the end of Putin, spelled in by the emergence of an IKEA-going middle class (there are now 14 IKEAs in Russia, up from 1 ten years ago). The few voices that have talked about the opposition have generally focused on how Prokhorov's Ralph Nader-effect might be engineered by Putin. As such, Julia Ioffe, writing in the New Yorker, briefly implied that while not being keen on Putin's reelection, the protesters are not fans of Prokhorov or of the Communists, either.
It could be put much more bluntly: they're stuck without anybody to vote for and they're not going to run themselves. Moreover, the big majority of Russia's population does not share the concerns of the Jewish intelligentsia that have aired their (understandable) concern. In fact, it's a little bit like writing about American politics and reporting on Obama's low approval ratings, but forgetting to tell about the affluent slickness of Romney, the grandiosity of Gingrich, the zealousness of Santorum, the absurdity of Paul or the complete inelectability of Huntsman. Below, we bring you a guide to today's presidential elections in Russia:
Gennady Zyuganov and his Communist Party of the Russian Federation are true, CCCP partiyets. They aim at the restoration of the Soviet Union and the rejuvenation of Stalinism (no whiny reform-communism here!). The official website of the party is flooded by Soviet symbols, portraits of Stalin and posters of muscular workers pointing voters in the right direction. Some mellowness is supplied by pleasant panoramas featuring Zyuganov the predsedatel' in a red tie and a short-sleeved shirt, casually slinging his jacket on his shoulder, taking a lunch break stroll amidst the endless Russian wheat fields. The July noon is plumbously dense and stuffy: on the horizon, dark clouds gather before a hot summer storm is unleashed.
Mikhail Prokhorov is a billionaire, a public cutie and a friendly oligarch; he's the engineer next door with whom other engineers would like to grab a beer and ladies would like to go home with for a drink or two and marriage. And a divorce. From his Moscow office, Prokhorov has such an overview that he has been able to see that the living standards of most Russians have already risen to the level where dealing with them any longer is mostly unnecessary. Now, it's time to turn the page and begin a new chapter in Russia's history. Prokhorov's chapter is filled with a strong legal system, a free press, direct elections to the regional governorships and more "public control over the government". Applying sophisticated tools from his business mindset, Manager Vseya Rusi also suggests that Russia's economic model needs to be changed before it leads to a catastrophe of collapsing oil prices.
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is the candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party. A singer, a provocateur and a Jewish anti-semite, Zhirinovsky shares most of United Russia's agenda while officially disapproving of UR aiming at it. Opposing everybody, the Liberal Democratic Party presents you with a square throng of suit-clad men whose collective stern gazes ostensibly convince voters to give their support. The first and main goal of the LDPR is the restoration of Russia as a great power; apart from that, the party states its key issues as "Creation, not destruction"; "Well-thought-through reforms"; Liberalism "which supports the freedom of thought and approaches"; and Democracy, defined as "honest and free elections." Finally, the LDPR gives itself the task of "Creating mechanisms that will allow the citizens to fully realize their potential and liberate Russia from violent and anarchic systems". Odnoznachno!
Sergei Mironov is the candidate of A Just Russia (CP), a social-democratic party, which seems to be the party with the smallest appetite for propagandistic symbol usage. As part of its strategy, CP has spawned international franchises all over the post-Soviet space. Talking to the cosmopolitanism of its voter corps, it is also the only party with an official English translation of its webpage. A Just Russia criticizes Russia´s current overreliance on natural resources and its 'squeezed' political system. CP sees UR as a party of conservative bureaucrats, KPRF as lost in the Soviet past, LDPR as a loud protestor which quietly accepts compromises with the ruling governments an Right Cause as a comfortable group of oligarchs. Among the claims of AJR are improvement of redistribution, fight against corruption and empowerment of the civil society. All in all, it's a very sane analysis. Sadly, it's way too sane for Russia, and way too intellectual. They've used their 64 Duma seats to win two of twenty-nine committee chairmanships: "Family, Women and Children" and "Science and Science-Intensive Technology". Don't bet on CP to be big in either the Duma or the presidential races anytime soon.


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in my last post, i established that the CP2114 doesn't work. so how are we going to solve the synchronous clocking problem, and build a working digital input for the DSP 01?
there's always the brute-force approach - use a high-fidelity asynchronous sample-rate converter. this is a circuit which doesn't care what sample rate (and sample clock) the source is using - it will resample the signal to match the DSP 01's internal clock. after more internet research, i decided to use the CS8422.
the CS8422 is a 24-bit Asynchronous Stereo Sample-Rate Converter. it will accept a digital audio signal at almost any sample rate and resample it to exactly match the DSP 01's fixed 48kHz sample clock. while the CP2114 has a USB input, the CS8422 uses SPDIF, which i have certainly played with before.
so here's what we've got:
now the digital input should be resampled to match the DSP 01's internal clock (clock2), but does it really work? let's build a board to connect them!
..i didn't even take a photo of that one. but whatever, it worked. which allowed me to make a much better one, as you shall see.
time and time again, i have found that connectors are the bane of my existence. they're bulky, expensive, ugly and time-consuming. even the first DSP 01 project used 3.5mm-to-RCA audio cables & connectors for internal hook-up, and that doubled the size of the chassis. how could i entirely purge ugly internal connectors from my next project?
the objective - to connect a DSP 01 board to a 6-channel power amplifier and a front-facing instrument panel. instead of RCA jacks, i'd link everything with 0.1" headers. they would go together like this:
the amplifier & DSP 01 would connect to a horizontal backplate, but the controls & inputs needed a vertical front panel. i'd have to build two boards and connect them at right-angles.
time for 3D PCBs!
and now to put it together.
i think it's quite pretty.
next update: a moment of art & industrial design.
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To Brush City Councilwoman Jeanine Anderson,
While you assert that the Facebook comments identified by the Brush City Council do not violate the council code of conduct, your recent Facebook tirades in defense of yourself raise serious questions about your ability to effectively serve and represent your district.
– Col. Morgan
To Brush City Council,
As you move forward with your censure of Councilwoman Anderson, you should provide screen shots or other record of the Facebook comments that are leading to the censure so that the public, and particularly those in her district, can place them in context.
– Col. Morgan
To Re-3 School Board,
Setting up a program to test students for drug use is no small undertaking. I expect to hear much more about the plans for this before formal action is taken, and I suspect the community will want to have a say in it, too.
– Col. Morgan
To 13th Judicial District Attorney's Office,
Your lack of responsiveness to inquiries from both family members of victims and media members about important recent cases troubles me greatly.
– Col. Morgan
To Drivers,
A stopped vehicle in lanes of traffic on the interstate is a very dangerous thing as two recent accidents have demonstrated. If you must stop on the roadway, try to push your vehicle over or at least make sure to turn on emergency flashers.
– Col. Morgan
To County Residents,
If you forgot to make a donation to the Morgan County Golden Stars holiday gift drive, you can still help out with tomorrow's delivery event. It's a great way to help out the less fortunate members of our community, and I hear it's a lot of fun, too!
– Col. Morgan
To Sheriff Jim Crone,
Now that you have announced that this term will be your last, congratulations on a long and successful career of service to Morgan County.
– Col. Morgan
To Harry Baker and Family,
I am excited to welcome Harry's Cafe (now Diner) back to the Brush community and hope to be among the first to try those delicious pancakes when you open your new restaurant's doors, which I hear is planned for this weekend.
– Col. Morgan


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Girls' school heads give Gove aide a hostile reception
Michael Gove's chief civil servant received a hostile reception from girls' school head teachers yesterday when he suggested that independent schools could do more to help state schools.
Chris Wormald was giving one of his first public speeches at the Girls' Schools Association annual conference since becoming permanent secretary at the Department for Education eight months ago.
There was, he said, still too much polarity between "absolute excellence" and a "tail of underachievement" within the education system.
In the 21 years since he joined the department, the state and independent sectors had never worked as well together as they should. Fee-charging schools did not necessarily need to sponsor academies, he said, but could work with chains of schools or help in other ways.
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