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NNEST of the Month
January 2012
Anne-Marie Truscott de Mejía is an Associate Professor at the Centro de Investigación y Formación en Educación at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics in the area of Bilingual Education from Lancaster University, U.K. Her research interests include bilingual classroom interaction, the construction of bilingual curricula and processes of empowerment, and bilingual teacher development. She coordinated a research project sponsored by the National Ministry of Education on the state of the art of bilingual education in different regions in Colombia, as well as a diagnostic study about the conditions and needs of three bilingual public (state) schools in Bogotá in their transition towards bilingualism. She is the author of a number of books and articles in the area of bilingualism and bilingual education both in Spanish and English. Her latest publications include Forging Multilingual Spaces (2008) and Empowering Teachers across Cultures (2011), jointly edited with Christine Hélot.
January Interviewer: Ana T. Solano-Campos
1. In Power, Prestige and Bilingualism, you point out that elite bilingualism is a world-wide phenomenon. What is elite bilingualism? And what are the implications of this for teaching and learning around the world?
From what I know of so-called "elite" bilingualism, most programmes, at least in Colombia and other parts of Latin America, have developed from private schools set up originally to cater to children of foreign speaking people who settled in the country. So today we still have various schools for French, German, Swiss, Italian, English and Hebrew speaking children. For many years, these were the point of reference for the elite bilingual programmes developed for Spanish-speaking Colombians. When they came into vogue, about 30-40 years ago, they were modeled on these community bilingual education programmes, and therefore paid a lot of attention to the development of the target language (in this case the international language the school had adopted rather than the student's native language, or L1). In many cases, Spanish, the L1 of most of the students, was used in such subjects as Religion, Physical Education, and Music, while English or another foreign language was used for the "high profile" subjects of Math, Natural Science, Economics, and others. There was also very little reference to cultural considerations, as these were presumed to be non-problematic since the students came from the dominant language and cultural group. It was considered important to have native-speaking teachers of the target language, as the development of a "native-like" accent was (and still is) seen as essential. Moreover, most of the teachers hired had little knowledge of how to teach second or foreign language learners and therefore fell back on their knowledge of how to teach first language learners.
Now, although things have changed a lot in this respect and teachers and school principals are more conscious of the challenges involved in educating bilingual students, I think there are certain implications which can be drawn for teaching and learning around the world. First of all, it is important to recognize that in a profession which historically has had a monolingual, foreign language ideological orientation, as Grosjean (1985) has noted, a bilingual is not two monolinguals in one person; and that therefore a bilingual education programme needs to focus on the bilingual development of the learners and not on second or foreign language learning per se.
Furthermore, I think that the question of academic language and content learning needs to be balanced in the curriculum by attention to communicative language interaction if, as is often the case, parents expect their children not only to be able to do examinations in the foreign language, but also to interact with speakers of that language. I also feel that the notion of "the native speaker" and "native-like" accents needs to be problematized in light of the current debate as to whether the native speaker is now an anachronism. In my experience, many teachers currently teaching in elite bilingual programmes have not questioned the value of native speaker expertise. Rather, they automatically assume that native speaker expertise is superior to the expertise of high-level bilingual teachers, who can also act as linguistic and cultural role models for their students. This is especially important in these days where, according to Graddol (2006), most interactions in English are between non-native speakers of the language.
Finally, I would recommend that the sensitizing of students to cultural similarities and differences be carried out from an intercultural perspective which is not limited to the celebration of festivities per se, but which tries to engage learners in an on-going debate leading to deeper understanding of the meanings and implications of difference, diversity and similarity from a historically-situated viewpoint.
2. In what ways does the meaning of the term "bilingual education" differ in Latin American countries, like Colombia, and the United States?
As I understand it, this is a rather ironic situation. Whereas the term "bilingual education" in the US is generally seen from a rather negative point of view (one publisher told me that it was difficult to sell books with a title using the expression), the notion of "dual language education" is high profile. The situation in Colombia, and I believe in many other Latin American countries, is different. Bilingual education is often seen as the key to success, both in education and job-wise. People believe, often against contradictory evidence, that if they are bilingual, understood here as being proficient in English, then they are en route to a better future. Thus, bilingual education is a very positive selling point for private schools.
This, in fact, influenced the last government under Alvaro Uribe to name the language and education policy implemented in 2005 as "The National Bilingual Programme", instead of referring only to ELT. It was considered a more international perspective. In fact, up to now, it has taken into account the learning of only one language, English, and coincides with what many of my students have told me when they interview people about being bilingual: that to the majority, bilingualism means "investing in English". This "investment" has extended from the private sector to all public schools in Colombia and thus has made bilingualism potentially available to a much wider public.
3. How do notions of inequality, deficiency, or prestige permeate bilingual and intercultural education in Colombia? How are these notions currently being contested?
As Enrique Hamel (2008) has noted, in Latin America, there are two sets of actors involved in bilingual education, situated at different poles of the social and educational scale, who hardly ever meet. These are the teachers, researchers and school administrators who work in high prestige, bilingual education programmes for those learning so-called "majority" or international languages, where the bilingualism involved is valued and thus "highly visible". At the other end of the scale are the programmes designed for speakers of "minority" languages, particularly indigenous languages, where bilingualism is frequently undervalued and discriminated against and is thus "invisible" to most of the mainstream.
In view of this situation, a group of academics decided to do something practical to try and reduce the gap between researchers, teachers, students and others concerned with different types of bilingualism and bilingual education in Latin America. In 2004, we organized a symposium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, (International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America – Bilinglatam) aimed at providing a forum for those working in bilingualism and multilingualism in both majority and minority languages. This was initially supposed to be a "one-off" event, but has, in fact, continued, with symposia being held in Bogotá, Colombia in 2006, in São Paulo, Brazil in 2009 and more recently in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2011. These events have helped to put people from Ethno-education programmes as these are known in Colombia (and as Intercultural Bilingual Education in the rest of Latin America), in contact with their counterparts who work with foreign languages. They have also helped to find points of contact among differences in policies and practices of bilingual and multilingual education in different Latin American countries, and thereby to contest the positioning of different types of programmes and languages as more or less prestigious and "useful" than others.
4. When did you first become interested in bilingual education? What motivated you to do research in this area?
My interest in bilingualism started, in fact, from very a personal situation. My husband is Colombian and speaks Spanish as a first language, while I come from London and my first language is English. I was trying to decide how to bring up our two children bilingual in English and Spanish and started asking around and reading about bilingualism. The "one person – one language" was the formula recommended and seemed to work, up to a certain point. I gradually became increasingly interested in the subject, and when I started work at Universidad del Valle, in Cali, I decided that I would like to do some research in the Colombian educational context on the effectiveness of foreign language teaching and learning. I had noticed that the level of English Language Teaching (ELT) in the public schools was extremely low and thought that there must be an alternative. The only other possibility seemed to be to look at the private bilingual school system, which had enjoyed a high level of prestige and success for over 80 years. This led, in fact, to my PhD research project on code-switching at preschool level in two bilingual schools in Cali.
At that time (the late 80s), there was very little research being carried out in the field in Colombia. Anything interesting in this area was related to indigenous bilingualism, but bilingualism in majority or international languages was not really recognized as a suitable study for research. I am glad to say that today this has changed radically and that bilingualism is commonly referred to in discussions about language and education in Colombia.
5. How can teachers become empowered?
In our most recent book, "Empowering teachers across cultures", Christine Hélot and I try to tackle this question in different linguistic and cultural contexts. I don´t think there is any single way to bring this transformation about. What I do believe is that helping teachers to become aware of power differences, both in the classroom and in the education system they work in, may lead to a realization that they can take responsibility for decisions about such things as the curriculum, about teacher education, about the use (or not) of code-switching in their classrooms, grounded in their pedagogical knowledge and experience, and not necessarily think their voice is not valued in these types of decision. While it is a truism to state that no-one can empower anyone else, it is also possible to facilitate conditions where people can be helped to empower themselves, and the first condition for empowerment is conscientization, as Freire (1974) said many years ago.
When working with schools on these issues, what we have tried to do is literally to "let teachers´ voices be heard". In the discussion groups on specific readings in the area of bilingualism and bilingual education in our projects, which include different actors from the school community, teachers, parents (when possible), head teachers, students, and academic researchers, we try to keep silent, to encourage others to relate aspects of their practice to the issues under discussion. This, in fact, is quite difficult to do sometimes, as we have found. As academics, we are perhaps very accustomed to giving our views about the topic under discussion and often find it hard to take a back seat. However, the result is worthwhile. In one of the projects, teachers from the preschool section, who are sometimes seen as the least capable participants in such discussions, took the lead and provided a wealth of interesting and valuable considerations on their experience of teaching their bilingual learners.
One important consideration that I have found in projects relating to teacher empowerment is that it is vital to involve school administrators, such as coordinators and school principals,in these activities. The decision making resulting from empowerment needs to involve both top-down, as well as bottom-up perspectives. Sadly, I know of cases where teachers have tried to bring about change, but these attempts have been thwarted by the school administration.
Another important aspect in helping teachers and their students to become more empowered is to encourage them to carry out small-scale classroom research projects, which may or may not be action research projects. Many teachers still think that research is done by those who work in universities, but often when they realize that they themselves can create knowledge and possibilities for change in their schools and classrooms by careful observation, analysis, and reflection on the implications of the findings of classroom data, then things begin to change. I´m not saying that all teachers will respond positively to the carrying out of classroom research project. Many will say that they do not have time in their busy schedules for such activities. However, in my experience, there are always one or two committed individuals who will be encouraged to take on the role of "teacher-researchers". Then, of course, the door is open for teachers to work with their students on projects aimed at raising awareness on issues of power, resistance and empowerment.
6. What research projects are you currently working on?
At the moment, I am currently finishing two longstanding projects along with other colleagues. One has to do with the formulation of "Orientations" for schools in Colombia who wish to become bilingual or multilingual in international languages, such as English or French. The Ministry of Education commissioned this project and hopefully, in 2012, the document will be published as official Ministry policy.
The other project has to do with language and content teaching and learning at the primary school level. We looked at how teachers in eight bilingual primary schools in Bogotá taught content areas, such as Natural Science and Math in English, and their views on the difficulties, challenges and decisions involved in this.
Next semester, we are beginning a new project relating to teacher empowerment. This time we are going to work with another university in the west of the country, Universidad del Quindío, on a joint project looking at how certain teachers in bilingual schools in Bogotá and in Quindío implement change in their classrooms, leading to empowerment, not only of themselves but of other colleagues working in close collaboration with them.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to talk about some of the things we have been doing recently, here in Colombia, and I do hope some ofwhat I have said here resonates with people who may read this blog.
Freire, P. (1974). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Seabury Press.
Graddol, D. (2006). English Next. London: British Council. Available for free from the website of the British Council.
Grosjean, F. (1985). The bilingual as a competent but specific speaker-hearer. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 6, 467-477. Also in Cruz-Ferreira, M. (Ed.). Multilingual Norms. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2010 (19-31).
Hamel, R. E. (2008). Plurilingual Latin America: Indigenous languages, immigrant languages, foreign languages- Towards an integrated policy of language and education. In C. Hélot & A. De Mejía (Eds.), Forging multilingual spaces: Integrated perspectives on majority and minority bilingual education, 58-108. NY: Multilingual Matters.
Hélot, C., & de Mejía, A. (2008). Forging multilingual spaces: Integrated perspectives on majority and minority bilingual education. NY: Multilingual Matters.
de Mejía, A. M., & Hélot, C. (Eds). (2011). Empowering teachers across cultures. Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang.
de Mejía, A. M. (2002). Power, prestige, and bilingualism: International perspectives on elite bilingual education. Buffalo, NY: Multilingual Matters.


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On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:34:51PM +0200, Camillo Särs wrote:
Yes, I can see that. Regardless, apt-secure does bring added value. How much added value depends on how the keys are used. The next time the problem might hit the distribution chain
Fine, but I think I said "in this case", didn't I? Mike Stone

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Test Extraction – 188.8.131.52 and Above
Test Extraction
Test extraction enables the user to test the extraction results without running the entire batch. By running the test extraction the user can evaluate the result for the particular input at the same time verify which kind of extraction is best suited for the particular document type.
Existing Functionality – Version 126.96.36.199
There is no workflow based process for testing the extraction results. User has to manually select the Classification Type and Extraction Plugins. The extraction results also were not correct most of the time.
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A Workflow Switch is provided to test the extraction results for an input document before executing the batches.
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If the workflow switch is set to OFF, then the results will be generated based on the manual selection for 'Classification Types' and 'Extraction Plugins'. The required plugin properties for extraction will be picked as per the configurations in the batch class. Please note that the extraction plugin multi-select list box will contain only those plugins that are being configured in the batch class i.e. active plugins for the selected batch class.
By clicking the Extract button, extraction will be performed on the input document and the result is generated. If no extraction result is returned no values extracted message is displayed on the screen.
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The Ring of Quaternions:
Consider the ring of quaternions . We define multiplication with the identities .
We have the identity , so in particular every nonzero element is invertible, making "almost" a field. But multiplication is clearly not commutative.
A ring like , in which every nonzero element has an inverse, is called a division ring. (or sometimes a division algebra) All fields are division rings.
One interesting observation about : its center, or the set , is simply , and is a 4-dimensional real vector space. It is easy to see that the center of any division ring is a field, but a deeper result is that the dimension of a division ring over its center is always either infinite or a perfect square.
Finite Division Rings:
Since the theory of finite fields is so rich, one might expect the same from the theory of finite division rings. But as the title of this post has no doubt suggested to you, there are no unexpected finite division rings. The remainder of this post will prove this surprising and nontrivial fact.
Let be a finite division ring, and its center. Say that , then for some . The statement that is a field is equivalent to , so assume .
We use some basic facts from group theory, namely the class equation, on the group . First, notice that if , the centralizer is a ring containing , so it is a -vector space and its order is for some . So the centralizer in has order . The class equation gives us:
Now we need a little wishful thinking. What if was divisible by some prime that no smaller was divisible by? Then we'd have a contradiction and could finish the proof. Playing around with examples will show you that this is not true in general. For example, , is a counterexample, as is , . But it turns out that these are the only counterexamples, which is a surprising result with a surprising name:
Zsigmondy's Theorem: If are relatively prime integers, then for any natural number there is a prime number that divides and does not divides for any positive integer , with two exceptions:
- , , and .
- is a power of , .
Every finite division ring is a field, assuming Zsigmondy's Theorem:
I will present a (somewhat technical) proof of Zsigmondy in my next post. In the meantime, we are done with our original problem unless we are in one of the two exceptional cases.
Suppose that and . Then the class equation reads . But each term of the sum must equal or , so we have . But the right side is divisible by while the left is not, contradiction.
Now, suppose that . Since every term in the right-hand sum must be , we see that the left-hand side is divisible by but the right-hand side is not, contradiction.
We conclude that every finite division ring is a field.


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"Talk! They hear you!"
It's never too early or too late to start talking with kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. If you're concerned about a child or teen, there are resources available to help and to prevent substance abuse before it even starts. Click here for a great resource aimed at all ages. Talk! They hear you!
… Another thing: Are you listening? Remember to be receptive to what youth and teens are saying – it may not be important to you, but it's important to them!


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Now it is necessary to clarify what is intelligence. According to the most accurate definition I found, intelligence is the ability to cope with unforeseen or new situations and solve problems appropriately. The degree of intelligence has nothing to do with the ability to learn certain things by the dogs. Some contemporary scholars such as Walker and Dr.Michael Dr.Stephen W. Fox concluded that dogs possess, in varying degrees, reasoning ability, feelings and intelligent behavior. Then: When answering the question on how to teach my dog Which of these two lines of thought is correct? In my case, and according to what I've seen in almost two decades working in my office with thousands of dogs and what I have seen a child as owner of many dogs, my position is much closer to the thought of Aristotle, Porphyry, and Darwin. I believe that dogs do have a degree of reasoning and intelligence but of course at a lower level of human development, but the fact that humans are more intelligent does not mean you should say that the dog has no intelligence, in any way. There are many everyday behaviors that all dog owners have seen, though not constitute scientific evidence, we do believe strongly that dogs if you have intelligence, for example the following situation: A dog steals an item and its owner begins to run it infuriated the dog starts to circle around a chair, his owner still for a moment and then decides to run in the opposite direction to surprise and capture the dog once the dog realizes the situation and also reverses the direction in which it was running , thus solving a successful manner new and unforeseen situation, even almost mocking the intelligence of his master. How about? We continue in a forthcoming article on the Dog Psychology Ark Veterinarian Jose Specialist in Small Animal Clinic, Surgery and Behavior Problems Parana Entre Rios Argentina Manager
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Small Animal Clinic
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His critical stance towards the Communist Party led to his departure from Spain in September 1937. Participated in the Second Writers' Congress organized by the International Alliance of Antifascist Intellectuals, which met in Valencia, in July 1937, Jose Bergamin, Corpus Barga, Antonio Machado, Pablo Neruda, Fernando de los Rios, Ramon J. Sender, Vicente Huidobro, Carlos Pellicer, Octavio Paz, Elena Garro, Nicolas Guillen, Ilya Ehrenburg, Bertolt Brecht, Anna Seghers, Heinrich Mann, Andre Malraux, Louis Aragon, Alejo Carpentier, Cesar Vallejo, Rafael Dieste, Rafael Alberti, John dos Passos , Julien Benda, Stephen Spender, Tristan Tzara, Emilio Prados, Maria Teresa Leon, Arturo Serrano Plaja, Juan Gil-Albert, Henry Peter, Lorenzo Varela, Miguel Hernandez, Ramon Gaya, Pascual Pla y Beltran, Juan Marinello, Ludwig Reen, Andre Chamson, Malcolm Cowley, Feedor Kelyin, etc. He was the author of three broad leaflets with letters from Spain to his wife, who were very successful in Holland, where in one month left ten editions, with a total of thirty thousand copies. Bringing these letters, later published a book of Spaanje tragedy (The Spanish Tragedy) (1938), which was also published that year in France with the title, Lettres d'Espagne. He studied Sinology at Leiden and Hamburg, graduating in 1957.
He traveled to Indonesia and several Asian countries that did not stop writing. Last is considered one of the best writers of his generation Dutchmen, and without doubt the best essayist. Besides the works mentioned, we should remember from his many books: Puerto Luz (1926), The flight of the rebels (1933), A flirtation with the devil (1936), Children of the Midnight Sun (1940) Fingers on the left (1947), In the seventh heaven (1949), Bali for investment (1956), Waves of the Yellow River (1962), Children of Judas (1962) China, the land of eternal revolution (1965), The second dawn of Japan (1966), My friend Andre Gide (1966) and Fireworks behind the Great Wall of China (1970). And, as this great intellectual, a great friend of Spain: "The truth is that the Spanish people, and especially Madrid, has been used to living in heroism, as there are other people who are increasingly accustomed to living in disgrace. " Francisco Arias Solis did not have the freedom to not have their thirst. Of Internet Portal for Peace and Freedom and Free Forum. URL:
Ventas Money
Jan 18
And how it applies to your life! The Secrets of Internet Success How to Succeed on the Internet and achieve wealth. Chapter 1 .- The product Triumphant in Internet products, and why. In any business, money, profits, there are always the same site, de las Ventas. It may be that departments Directors are useful and have their function. It may be that the assembly lines are important.
However, what really is true, is that nobody in a company, No, you can collect a single dollar until the dollar has gained through the sales. If you were a businessman, the Master of Your Own E-commerce, think. From where would come the benefits? Where does the money? De Sales, as with absolutely every business. The Baker's street, maybe it feels good doing the bread every morning, but really do you live? Sales of bread that every day. The Plumber in your city, you may feel useful fixing leaks water from the bathrooms of people, but really do you live? Sales of repair service that you make every day. The officer who orders the paperwork generated by the automobile company that is four blocks from home, you may feel useful and important ordering insurance papers and orders, but really do you live? Where do you get the money to pay? Car Sales of vendors who make this company every day. Do you realize? In every enterprise, whether in Services, Products, or whatever, the money, benefits, and only just entering the sales made. Salen Products (or services) and enters, in turn, money.
Wine As A Gift
Jan 2
In search of a special gift for a special occasion such as a birthday, many people have the idea to give away a bottle of wine. At first it sounds a little unimaginative, but it is not. There are many ways to make a good wine at a very special gift. Taking the example of the birthday, then about one of the vintage of the wine is to give gifts. The same is true for example for corporate anniversaries, if the manager or the company's founders to be even a gift.
Who wants to visit for his search, not all wine merchant on foot can also do the gift purchase from the comfort of your home. Even wines obtained in a diverse selection on the Internet. A page can be very particularly recommended to:. There is the link "wine investigators," which includes a large database. Here the seeker has to search for example, the possibility of a certain vintage wines. But not only the search for the wine a year is possible, it can also be extended to other areas.
Perhaps you know whether that has to bestow on a specific request or a preference for the wine. So, for example, he loves Barolo, one can at the above site look for it. Relatively hard to find and rare wines are available here. Should the gift be a wine from a particular year, the bottle by the label may be something special. With luck you will find a wine that contains the name of at least part of the name of the person receiving this gift. The label can also be designed very great. There are companies that offer a unique imprint on the label. Thus, a simple bottle of wine in a relatively simple way to be a unique and memorable gift for a special occasion.


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ACPIDALB(4) NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual ACPIDALB(4) NAME acpidalb -- Direct Application Launch Buttons SYNOPSIS acpidalb* at acpi? DESCRIPTION This driver provides support for PNP0C32 ACPI hotkeys a.k.a. ``The Direct Application Launch Buttons''. These are recognized on startup from system-wake or at runtime. Behav- iour may differ from the standard specification in relation to the ACPI implementation. The hotkeys are reported to the power management daemon as hotkey_button. SEE ALSO acpi(4), powerd(8) The PNP0C32 specification is described in: Microsoft Corporation, Direct Application Launch from System Startup on Windows Vista, http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/DirAppLaunch.mspx, October 26, 2006. HISTORY The acpidalb driver appeared in NetBSD 5.0. AUTHORS This driver was written for NetBSD by Christoph Egger. NetBSD 9.0 May 18, 2008 NetBSD 9.0
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R.I.P.- 'Silence Of The Lambs' Director Jonathan Demme, Dead At 73
Tragic news today as we've learned of the passing of Oscar winning director Jonathan Demme. He was 73 years old.
Like many who would go on to have great careers, Demme began working alongside Roger Corman in the 1970s, eventually going on to make his directorial debut with the prison film, Caged Heat. He veered into the mainstream in the 1980s with films such as Married to the Mob and Something Wild, but it was in 1991 that his career would reach a new stratosphere. That was when he directed Silence of the Lambs, the last film to win all 5 top Oscar awards: Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. That success would continue with 1993's controversial HIV drama, Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, which earned Hanks an Oscar for Best Actor.
In recent years his movies have been a mixed bag, finding great acclaim with 2008's Rachel Getting Married and modest reviews for Ricki and the Flash. His final feature was last year's concert movie Justin Timberlake And The Tennessee Kids, which earned strong reviews and cemented Demme's place as one of the great directors of musical documentaries.
Coincidentally, a Demme-directed episode of Fox series Shots Fired airs tonight for those who may want to see new work from him for the last time. Our condolences go out to Demme's family and friends for their loss.


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text: ABOUT MEI am Olukanwi Obarianenu , I hail from Ekongor community in Alesa Eleme Rivers State Nigeria.* DATE OF BIRTH I was born into the family of chief/Mrs Peter w. Olukanwi on the 13th, August, 1989.* RELIGIONI am a Christian, I worship with the first church of Christ scientists ( Christian science), Rumougba housing estate Port Harcourt.* EDUCATIONI'm a graduate of Federal Polytechnic Nekede , owerri imo state.I gained admission into the faculty of Environmental Design, department of surveying & geo informatics,where I obtained my Ordinary National Diploma ( OND) , and also my Higher National Diploma (HND), in the same institution.* BUSINESSThis is the philosophical one of me. I'm a business man , and this are my branch of business.i. Digital act designer: I sale artworks and photos online, through Artpal.comii. Sales of gadgets: phones, laptops , games etc. iii. Sales of Landed properties and properties.* Rendering of Rental apartment (house egent).* Buying and selling* more.....* MARITAL STATUSNot married yet but looking forward to that soon.* RELATIONSHIPLet me save this one for myself* HOBBIESI love reading ,designing photos ,listening to music, dancing, researching etc.* SPORTSI enjoy watching boxing,football, wrestling, rugby, car race, snooker , table tennis and bicycle race.* TRAVEL EXPERIENCE I travel often , mostly by train because of it's own experience, it's kinda adventurer.So far so good, I have traveled to 22 States in Nigeria.* CONTACTS1 Facebook: Prince Kelvin pitax @ Facebook.com2 Instagram: P. pitax @ IG.com3. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Gmail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Business account: www.ObranssART.COM6 website: www.obranss/wix.com7 Watsapp: 080662285468. Phone: 08066228546* ADDRESS No.14b Ekongor street Alesa Eleme* QUESTION FOR CELEBRITY'SWhat is your favourite movie?Ans: VikingsWhat's your favourite holiday?Ans: 01/ October, independent dayWhat sports do you enjoy watching?Ans: car race.What is your favourite song?Ans: Wizkid joroWhat celebrity would you rate as a perfect 10?Ans: Wizkid & OBOWhat's your favorite place to eat?And: Genesis fast food What are your favorite clothes?All brand.


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Enjoy a cozy Saturday at The Brooklyn Museum
The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
During our visit we will have a gallery tour of the exhibit: The Dinner Party. The Dinner Party, an important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, is presented as the centerpiece around which the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is organized. The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. The settings consist of embroidered runners, gold chalices and utensils, and china-painted porcelain plates with raised central motifs that are based on vulvar and butterfly forms and rendered in styles appropriate to the individual women being honored. The names of another 999 women are inscribed in gold on the white tile floor below the triangular table. This permanent installation is enhanced by rotating Herstory Gallery exhibitions relating to the 1,038 women honored at the table.
We will meet in the museum's lobby at 12noon to purchase individual tickets. Ticket cost is $16 for adults and $10 for seniors.
After purchasing tickets we will proceed to the 4th floor and view Ingrassia Gallery of Contemporary Art: Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys prior to our 2:00pm tour of The Dinner Party.
We have lunch reservations at The Norm (The Norm), a modern cafe within the Brooklyn Museum at 4:00pm. Participants can enjoy a light lunch, cocktails or a warm cup of coffee.
After lunch participants can enjoy the museum on their own time. The museum closes at 6:00pm.
• What to bring
Bring comfortable walking shoes
• Important to know
It is important for our group to stay together as a group prior to our tour at 2:00pm and during our tour in order to enter our group reservations together at The Normin Cafe
200 Eastern Pkwy
(Washington Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
United States
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You may think that choosing the perfect wedding dance music for your reception is just another task to your never-ending list of things to do. However, you may not realize how time consuming and difficult this process can be. Or, maybe you have, which is why you are reading this article now. In either case, you can rest assured as we have you covered. There's no exact science when it comes to choosing your music, but there are some guidelines you can follow to make the process easy on yourselves while making your audience happy. The method of writing down your favorite songs and then arguing why it should or shouldn't be played is one way to go about it. But sometimes this can lead to heated debates and feelings getting hurt. So if you and your partner have been stressing out about what to add to your music playlist, then take a couple deep breathes, relax, and let's approach this in a more efficient manner.
The First Dance Song
This is when the bride and groom get to dance together for the first time as a married couple. With the dance floor cleared out and all the attention focused on the newlyweds, it's important that the song chosen for this once in a lifetime moment is just right. It may seem fairly easy for a couple to choose their first dance song, but you'll be surprised how stressful the process can be. One person may want this song, but their partner will prefer another song because it's more romantic. But don't worry, it's normal to have these types of disagreements while planning a wedding. So if you are currently on that boat as we speak, check out some of these tips so you and your partner can find the song that complements both of you best.
Find a common interest – Don't jump straight into finding the most compatible song right from the start. Start out with a broader outlook, such as a genre of music you both enjoy. You may love listening to classical music, but your partner doesn't at all. Keep narrowing down your options until you find a style you can both agree on. It doesn't necessarily have to be one slow song either. I've even been to some weddings where they blended a salsa song with a rock song to please both the bride and groom. Just know that there's always a way to compromise, and lots of software programs out there to help edit songs to your liking.
Pick a song you can dance to – There's no need to hire a dance instructor for your first dance, but you will want to choose a song that's somewhat easy to move to. You might be a bit nervous since everyone is watching you. And if you had anything to drink, you may not have the best balance. So if it's a slow song you want, make sure it has a simple beat so you don't have to focus so much on footwork.
Listen to the lyrics carefully – Make sure the lyrics in the song you choose have some sort of meaning towards your relationship with your loved one. Did you have a long-distance relationship that you struggled with? Did you first meet each other randomly at a bar? There's usually a song out there that tells a similar story about what you went through together.
Be unique and unconventional – When all else fails, just do whatever you want! Besides, it's your wedding so who says you have to go with the norm? You can go on the internet and find tons of newlyweds who uploaded their first song dances. You'll notice that a lot of people are starting to drift away from the traditional slow songs to add a little spice and humor. So don't be afraid to do what you and your partner really want as the sky is the limit!
Reception Dance Music
Now that the bride and groom got their first dance in, it's time for everyone else to join the party! There's a few things to consider though when choosing your reception music. It may be easy to just give the DJ your iPod and tell him put your playlist on shuffle, but odds are there some wedding guests on your list who won't appreciate that so much. Follow these tips to ensure that everyone at the reception is off their seats and on the dance floor.
Know your guests – Since you'll be inviting your parents, relatives, friends and colleagues, it's safe to say that the age range of guests will vary significantly. On your reply card, have your guests also fill in a song or two that they would like to hear at your reception. Get a good idea of what type of music the majority of the people want to dance to. Although it's your wedding and you get to make the final decision, remember that the more fun your audience has, the more fun and memorable it will be for you and your partner.
Play a variety of music – Once you have a feel for the type of songs your guests would like to hear, it's time to make your playlist for the DJ or band you hired. The key to pleasing everyone is having a good mix of different genres. Start off by playing oldies so your parents and older relatives can show off their dance moves. Then follow up with a few hip-hop tracks so the younger kids can have their fun. It's always nice to add in a few slow songs also to add a little romance to the reception. Also keep in mind that your audience will want to hear songs that they know, so try to avoid the unpopular tracks if possible.
Choose sing-along songs – Every wedding reception needs at least a few songs that almost everyone in your party knows the words to. These are the songs that really get people moving and dancing around. Spread them out throughout your playlist for the night. A few songs to list for example are YMCA by The Village People, Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees, and Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Create a do-not-play list – A lot of times your guests will approach the DJ or band and request a specific song. You will probably be too busy entertaining guests or dancing the night away to even notice this, which is perfectly fine. Unless of course someone is requesting a song that is not appropriate for your guests to hear. Or sometimes the DJ will have the freedom to play any song he or she desires. It's important that you make a list of songs that should not be played at your wedding to avoid offending anyone in your party. Whether it's explicit language or depressing sad songs, make sure the DJ or band has this list in hand.
Want To Make Your Wedding More Memorable?
Raise your romance meter up a notch by singing a song to your loved one. Even if you have no singing experience, learn from professional vocal coach Eric Arceneaux on how to sing from the diaphragm. Have your wedding DJ or band play a song of your choice while you serenade your partner in front of the entire wedding party. Or even better, write your own song made special for your wedding day. Can you think of a better way to say, "I love you"?


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Don's Favorite Undistributed Films of 2013 | Part Two
Best of 2013
By Don Simpson | December 22, 2013
It seems as though every year we have been presented with an increased quantity (and quality) of independent films. So many of these films end up having strong festival runs, then disappear into cinematic limbo; but as more boutique distributors pop up, more of these films are ending up getting some sort of a theatrical and/or VOD release. With this year coming to a close, I want to highlight some of the best films that I saw in 2013 that — to the best of my knowledge — have yet to announce a U.S. distribution deal. I say that, however, with total confidence that they will be distributed one way or another in the next 18 months.
Rather than ranking these films, this is an alphabetical list that has been broken up into three posts: Part One, Part Two & Part Three.
Forty Years from Yesterday is a gorgeously minimalist meditation on the moods and tones experienced shortly after a loved one's death. We observe the characters — all of whom are non-actors — as if they are subjects of a cinema verite documentary. (Check out my full review of Forty Years from Yesterday.)
Hopefully the audience will recognize the true genius of Frames, which is how Brandon Colvin uses Peter's idiosyncratic approach to filmmaking to deconstruct his own production. By observing Peter, we become increasingly aware that we are essentially observing Colvin's avatar. They both abide by the same theories of composition, constructing their stories purely by framing the images in a particular manner. (Check out my full review of Frames.)
In his debut feature, writer-director Harry Patramanis channels the existential and psychological moodiness of classic Michelangelo Antonioni, Nicholas Roeg, Peter Weir and Wim Wenders, as Fynbos cares more about people's actions and reactions, than plot development or action. Patramanis avoids drama as he quietly studies the divisions between people — whether definitively drawn by race or class, or existing in a purely psychological realm. (Check out my full review of Fynbos.)
For me, Emily Hagins' youthfulness and gender give her a very unique perspective on coming of age comedies. Whereas directors like Hughes are reflecting upon their past, Hagins is writing about her near-present. The immediateness of her perspective is very exciting to me, if for no other reason than its unfiltered authenticity. There are very few directors who can reflect upon high school as honestly as Hagins, and especially not as skillfully as a film like Grow Up, Tony Phillips. (Check out my full review of Grow Up, Tony Phillips.)
Reminiscent of David Gordon Green's George Washington and Matthew Gordon's The Dynamiter, Hide Your Smiling Faces relies heavily upon its mood and tone to drive the narrative. The sporadic dialogue is mostly inconsequential, though necessary in order to maintain the high level of realism. Even the characters are almost, dare I say, unimportant; though excellently portrayed by Nathan Varnson and Ryan Jones, the brothers seem to be mere pawns who are leading us towards something…but only Daniel Patrick Carbone knows what. (Check out my full review of Hide Your Smiling Faces.)
Writer-director Eliza Hittman's It Felt Like Love takes an observational perspective on teenage sexuality, never explicitly telling us what to think… First and foremost, I love the visual elements of It Felt Like Love: Lila's geisha-like face, whitened by sunscreen; her not-quite-form-fitting, one-piece swimsuit; the props she chooses to look more mature. Concepts like self-expression, self-confidence and identity are photographed with a dreamlike gaze as It Felt Like Love beautifully captures burgeoning sexuality and the brevity of youth; it is like a reminiscence of the past that takes place in the present. (Check out my full review of It Felt Like Love.)
Kelly + Victor
Based on Niall Griffiths' novel, Kieran Evans' Kelly + Victor is an intense study of the fine line between tenderness and aggression in romantic relationships. Kelly + Victor also showcases the importance of communication during sex, especially in developing a clear and simple way of understanding each other's limits. Evans plays with stereotypical gender conventions, specifically with Kelly who reveals both feminine and masculine traits. The casting of Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Kelly is truly inspired for this very reason. Campbell-Hughes' girlish charm exudes a sweet innocence of someone who could never hurt a fly, let alone strangle or cut someone out of pleasure. We would never expect someone of her size to be able to control someone of Julian Morris' build; then again, I think Campbell-Hughes'enrapturing wide-eyed gaze alone could probably convince most men to do just about anything she wants.
Whether purposefully or not, Lily's Jean Seberg-esque (circa Breathless) natural hairstyle and the Chantal Goya-esque (circa Masculin Féminin) wig help transform Lily into an iconic Godardian heroine; though, Lily's situation and personality seem a bit more in line with Anna Karina's characters in A Woman Is a Woman and Vivre Sa Vie. (Check out my full review of Lily.)
Patrice Toye's Little Black Spiders is an alluring piece of cinema that exists in an almost dreamlike state of consciousness, as if the story is being told via the fantastical lens of Katja's romanticized memories…until the story transforms into a horrible nightmare. With images that are drenched in sensuality, the film visually reflects the raging hormones of the teenage girls. Little Black Spiders is an emotional rollercoaster for Katja and for us, the audience. The highs are like pure ecstasy, while the lows soak our eyes in salty tears. (Check out my full review of Little Black Spiders.)
Like Shane Carruth's films, Darren Paul Fisher's OXV: The Manual firmly grounds itself in a perplexing web of seemingly convincing scientific logic; but just like time travel (Primer) and psychotropic maggots (Upstream Color), the reality of OXV: The Manual boils down to pure science fiction. It is a blessing and a curse associated with being compared to Shane Carruth. For me, this analogy means that Carruth and Fisher share the ability to present hyper-intelligent stories in complex worlds on an impressively modest budget, but others seem to perceive Carruth's (and possibly Fisher's) unique narrative approach to be overtly oblique and impenetrable. (Check out my full review of OXV: The Manual.)
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What the best blender has
- A tight-fitting lid. There were more than a few blenders that were downgraded in professional tests because of splattering. In addition, lids should be easy to put on and take off and, ideally, be dishwasher safe.
- A pour spout. A pour spout in the lid -- usually a removable plug -- can make it easier to add ingredients for things like emulsions or cream soups.
- A stable base. Blenders that feel wobbly or vibrate a lot when they blend are likely not performing at peak efficiency, which means they take longer to blend.
- Easy cleanup: Some blenders require a whirl of soapy water in the pitcher immediately after using, while others can be loaded straight into the dishwasher. Shy away from jars that have to be hand washed -- you're in danger of cuts from the sharp blades.
- Versatility. If you only want a blender to make smoothies, or to perform other single tasks, stick with a cheap blender with just a few settings, but if you want one that can perform a wide variety of blending, mixing and chopping jobs, buy the best blender you can afford.
- A good warranty: Because blenders take such a heavy beating, the standard one-year warranty is a must, but heavy-duty blenders carry much longer and more appealing warranties. Some experts say that the longer warranty is worth the extra money.
Know Before You Go
How will you use the blender? If you're looking to blend basic smoothies and shakes, there's no need to invest in a heavy-duty blender. Stick with an inexpensive, single-serve blender, or buy a cheap full-size blender, there are plenty out there. If you want to do a variety of tasks, and perhaps save having to buy another tool to do them, buy the best general-use blender you can. If you're a serious from-scratch baker and want to grind grains to make your own flours or nuts to make nut butters, a heavy-duty blender will be your best friend.
Are you blending for a crowd -- or for one? Full-size blenders can hold anywhere from 5 to 9 cups. They're great for families or if you often blend drinks at parties. Single-serve blenders hold 2 cups or less, plenty if you want to blend one shake -- and you can drink straight from the blending jar, so there's less cleanup.
How often will you use it? If you plan to blend the occasional milkshake or batch of soup, experts say a good, inexpensive blender will suit you well. But if you use your blender on a regular basis, you'll be better off with a sturdier, more powerful model.
Where will you store it? The standard space between a kitchen countertop and the cabinets above is 18 inches. Most blenders are designed to be shorter than this, so they'll fit neatly on the back of the counter -- but a few are taller, notably the 20.5-inch Vitamix 5200. Consider the weight if you plan to store the blender in a cabinet; heavy blenders can be a chore to wrangle from an upper shelf, or lift from a lower cabinet.
Does your blender need to match your décor? If so, then color is a consideration for you; especially if you plan to store the blender on your countertop. Many blenders come in black or brushed-metal finish, while some manufacturers offer a rainbow of colors. .
Do you want the bonus features? Some extras add convenience and save time: a lid with a removable plug for adding ingredients while blending, and pre-programmed settings, such as "ice crush" or "smoothie," let you press one button and walk away -- the blender will run the cycle and stop itself.


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The 26-year-old was sentenced at Ealing Magistrates' Court.
The singer was also ordered to take part in a drug rehabilitation programme and warned he could face jail if he breached the order.
Doherty had been held in custody since being arrested by plain clothes police officers in Whitechapel, east London, on 26 January.
He pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges of possessing illegal substances at three separate court appearances last month.
The year-long drug rehabilitation programme will require Doherty to attend a drug centre and undergo monthly check-ups.
Magistrate Ann McLaughlin told Doherty: "You must submit to treatment with a view to ending your dependency on drugs."
More than 40 journalists and about 30 fans crammed into the court for the sentencing.
Speaking after the hearing, fellow Babyshambles member Adam Ficek said: "We are thrilled for [Pete] and for the band and we can go forward now.
The band's bassist Drew McConnell added: "We did not speculate [on the sentence]. We were very nervous about what the sentence would be but it's a result.
"We can't wait to see Pete and make plans for the rest of the year."
Both men said they would support Doherty in his battle against drug addiction.
"I think some people just have a natural knack for summing up how a whole generation feels with a few words and a few notes," added Mr McConnell.
"[Pete] still finds it hard to believe that he has that talent sometimes."
Mr Ficek added: "He is very talented in a musical sense and with the written word. The general public have yet to recognise that."
Doherty shot to fame as lead singer of the Libertines and became a tabloid regular during his relationship with model Kate Moss.


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Part science writing and part memoir, this adventurous fact-finding romp takes readers across the landscape of ideas about the universe, calling on the expertise of the biggest names in science—and also the author's lifelong partner in her pursuit of the meaning of everything: her father.
Gefter, an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow and founding editor of CultureLab at New Scientist, is a crafty storyteller and journalist; she describes how she jump-started her career by crashing physics conferences and faking her way into interviews with world-famous physicists. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity about how the universe could be at once governed by the laws of cosmology (which define large-scale properties of the universe) and also by the laws of quantum mechanics (which define the behavior of microscopic particles), the author embarked on a scientific scavenger hunt while chasing leads across time and space. Gefter makes even the most esoteric concepts—and there are a lot of them in this book—lucid and approachable. From string theory to the multiverse to the holographic principle, the author's exuberance for physics and the possibility that cutting-edge theories may lead to a new understanding of "reality" is evident in her passionate prose. Underlying the joys of scientific pursuit is the author's formative relationship with her father, who first asked the big question—"How would you define nothing?"—that inspired her yearslong quest to define how "nothing" and "everything" can be explained by the forces that govern the universe. What she discovered about the new frontier of quantum cosmology and the importance of the role of the individual observer is astonishing and awesome, and Gefter's book is a useful presentation of this thrilling ontological shift for a general audience.
Beautifully written and hugely entertaining, this book is a heartfelt introduction to the many mind-bending theories in contemporary physics.


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Astral Crystals are Healing Crystals.
They allow a person to tap into Astral Energy and Astral Travel.
This book is written by the world renown master psychic Sollog. His prophecies are part of Internet Legend. Sollog says his Prophecies are from the Astral Realm and he explains his techniques to experience Astral Healing, Astral Travel and Astral Energy.
If you are a fan of Feng Shui, Reiki Healing or Chakra Energy, you will love this look at Healing Crystals.
Check it out HERE!


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Puck Collective will be exhibiting at the London Illustration Fair this weekend. I have a new screen print 'Daughter of the Sun' alongside brand new artwork and prints by members of Puck. The exhibition runs from Friday until Sunday and also features Jean Jullien, Mr Bingo and Supermundane to name a few. More info here.
Puck Collective have also updated their website which is well worth a look.
Thursday, 4 December 2014
The London Illustration Fair 2014
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Labels: Illustration, Jean Jullien, London Illustration Fair, Mat Pringle, Mr Bingo, printmaking, puck collective, screen-print, Supermundane
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Well, I am not a good photographer…I cut off Dorie's head and the photo is blurry, but you get what I am after…meeting with chapters. This time it was the Kern chapter. We met in Bakersfield and I and a great time getting to know a few people. I look forward to heading back there next month for a talk.
Then I moved on to the Bristlecone chapter – in Bishop and it was opening day for the anglers, but we still and a nice crowd for their symposium – co-sponsored with Master Gardeners.
This picture is better – it was taken by one of the Master Gardeners. We didn't manage to get Katie Quinlan in the photo – but you can see we were having fun.
I'll get better at the picture taking, but the enthusiasm of the people cannot be improved upon! Knowledge, involvement and commitment. It was a great trip.


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A man fined after maggots and a mouse were found at his meat business is now the chairman of the Vale of Glamorgan's licensing committee.
Councillor Vincent Driscoll was director of The Fresh Bacon Company when it was fined £18,000 in 2005 after health inspectors found a mouse and maggots on the floor of the company's premises in Barry.
He was also fined £4,000 in 2010 after pleading guilty to four hygiene offences at the business - including failing to keep food premises clean and in good condition.
And he was also suspended for one month by Dinas Powys Community Council in 2015 after allegations he was running dog boarding kennels without a licence from Vale council and for misconduct over a planning matter.
But councillor Driscoll was elected as chairman of the authority's licensing and public protection committee, for which he is paid £9,000-a-year on top of his £13,600 allowance as a councillor, following an annual meeting of the council last Wednesday night (May 9).
Councillor Driscoll, who has been a Vale of Glamorgan councillor since May 2017, said he will look to repay the faith shown in him by the council and asked to be judged on his work and integrity going forwards.
Plaid Cymru said its group did not support his nomination.
In October 2005, The Fresh Bacon Company was fined £18,000 and ordered to pay £1,235.67 in costs to Vale of Glamorgan Council, which brought the prosecution, after admitting six charges of breaching health and hygiene regulations.
Inspectors also found scraps of fresh meat lying on the floor, and dirty equipment including maggots on a meat slicers.
Speaking at the time , Mr Driscoll said his company had "cleaned up our act and learnt big lessons," bringing in new staff and spending £10,000 on improvements.
He claimed former staff at the factory had ignored his instructions on cleaning before he had gone on holiday.
Councillor Driscoll listed The Fresh Bacon Company on the register of councillor's interests for 2017-18.
In 2015, he was suspended as a member of Dinas Powys Community Council over allegations that he operated dog boarding kennels at his home in Sunnycroft Lane without a licence from Vale of Glamorgan Council.
He told a Vale of Glamorgan Council Standards Committee in December of that year the kennels were not used commercially - despite advertising them - and he had applied for planning permission retrospectively.
Councillor Driscoll had also been accused of failing to declare an interest on at least seven occasions on the community council's planning sub-committee over plans to improve a horse-riding path which would have encompassed his home. It was also alleged councillor Driscoll 'lobbied' members of the committee about the development.
He denied these claims and said he originally thought the bridle path improvements were being made away from his home.
Councillor Ian Johnson, leader of Plaid Cymru on the council and a member of the Licensing Committee, said councillor Driscoll's appointment is "not a good look".
He said: "As chair of the Licensing Committee, councillor Driscoll will also be a member of the Shared Regulatory Services Committee that are responsible for public protection, including prosecution for food safety offences of which his company has twice been found guilty.
"You would have thought that the Conservatives in the Vale would have thought about how this might appear from the outside - especially as councillor Driscoll has no experience of the Vale's Licensing Committee as a councillor. It's not a good look.
"Plaid Cymru councillors did not support his nomination as chair."
Councillor Driscoll has also served as vice-chairman of the Vale's planning committee and was also a member of the environment and regeneration scrutiny committee in the previous year.
He said: "The people of Dinas Powys supported me in the election last May. I have worked tirelessly on their behalf in the last 12 months and I will continue to do so.
"I was elected as chair of the licensing and public protection committee by my colleagues in the Conservative group and I will look to repay that faith. What's happened has happened.
"People have to judge me on my work and integrity going forward."


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ASABA — A senior official of the Nigerian Prisons Service in Delta State has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal university in the state.
This came as no fewer than 600 illegal schools have also been uncovered.
A team of officials of the National Universities Commission, NUC, accompanied by men of the ICPC had, last Thursday, in Asaba, stormed the illegal university where the prisons official who is the Programme Director was whisked away along with other staff.
The illegal Imo State University, Asaba satellite campus began operation in 2008.
The Programme Director of the illegal university (names withheld) admitted that they were asked to close down since last year but insisted that they were no longer admitting fresh students but only keeping on to graduate the old intakes.
Meantime, the State Commissioner of Education (Basic and Secondary), Professor Patrick Muoboghare shocked reporters, weekend, when he announced that a total of 600 illegal schools operated by private owners had been uncovered.
The commissioner said the discovery followed "my ministry's surveillance which is aimed at establishing the correct and current operational and official status of institutions."


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Constant displacement rate experiments and constitutive modeling of asphalt mixtures
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The focus of this dissertation is on constant displacment rate experiments on asphalt concrete and on developing continuum models in a general thermo-mechanical setting which will corroborate with the experimental results. Modeling asphalt concrete and predicting its response is of great importance to the pavement industry. More than 90 percent of the US Highways uses asphalt concrete as a pavement material. Asphalt concrete exhibits nonlinear response even at small strains and the response of asphalt concrete to different types of loading is quite different. The properties of asphalt concrete are highly influenced by the type and amount of the aggregates and the asphalt used. The internal structure of asphalt concrete keeps on evolving during the loading process. This is due to the influence of different kinds of activities at the microlevel and also due to the interaction with the environment. The properties of asphalt concrete depend on its internal structure. Hence we need to take the evolution of the internal structure in modeling the response of asphalt concrete. Experiments were carried out at different confinement pressures and displacement rates on cylindrical samples of asphalt concrete. Two different aggregates were used to make the sample -limestone and granite. The samples were tested at a constant displacement rate at a given confinement pressure. The force required to maintain this constant displacement rate is measured and recorded. The frame-work has been developed using the idea of multiple natural configurations that was introduced recently to study a variety of non-linear dissipative response of materials. By specifying the forms of the stored energy and rate of dissipation function of the material, specific models were developed using this frame work. In this work both a compressible and an incompressible model were developed by choosing appropriate forms of stored energy and rate of dissipation function. Finally the veracity of the models were tested by corroborating with the experimental results. It is anticipated that the present work will aid in the development of better constitutive equations which in turn will accurately model asphalt concrete in laboratory and in field.
SubjectConstitutive Modeling
Asphalt concrete
Natural configuration
Constant Displacment rate experiment
Hariharakumar, Pradeep (2004). Constant displacement rate experiments and constitutive modeling of asphalt mixtures. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /3066.


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Publication Details
When endowments and opportunities don't match: Understanding chronic poverty
Siddiqur Osmani
Attempts to understand the causes of chronic poverty have largely centred on the concept of the poverty trap. In this perspective, the main focus is on the paucity of initial wealth or endowments, which under certain plausible conditions can create a trap from which a poor person will find it hard to escape without help from outside. While acknowledging the value of insights gained from this perspective, this paper proposes to draw attention to a different perspective that can also prove useful in both understanding the causes of chronic poverty and looking for its solution. Instead of focusing on the level or the magnitude of endowments possessed by the poor, this new perspective focuses on the structure or composition of endowments. The crucial insight offered by this perspective is that chronic poverty can arise not just from low level of endowments but also from a mismatch between the structure of endowments possessed by the poor and the structure of opportunities open to them. This paper is an attempt to elaborate on this insight and to draw out some of its implications, especially its implication for the relationship between growth and poverty.
Publication Type(s)
CPRC Working Paper
intergenerational transmission of poverty poverty traps data methodology
|When endowments and opportunities don't match


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And with that wonderful interview comes two Cao Fang songs ^_^
Cao Fang released her first single "Di Da" after her first album "Black Perfume." Unlike her second single "I Don't Care Anyway," this song was not featured on her second album "Meeting Me." Like all of her songs, I enjoy "Di Da" very much. The chorus is awesome.
This is what Cao Fang says about the song:
Can't sleep, listening to the di di da da sounds of the clock
Can't sleep, listening to the di di da da sounds of the rain
Can't sleep, listening to the di di da da sounds of my mood/thoughts
"The past is nonexistent, because it's no longer here. The future is nonexistent, because it is not yet here. Only the present matters. If the present in the past is memories, the present's present is ponderings, then the future's present is anticipation."
Listening to "Di Da," it's ok to be sleepless, it's ok to think about anything & everything, of course! It's also ok to not think about anything.
Spending this 3 minutes & 58 seconds (song time) together is the most important thing.
I don't know if this song is a single or a pre-album version of Cao Fang's "Lonely Monologue." It seems like she changed the song title in her second album because I think it was originally titled "西双版纳" (Cao Fang's hometown). Regardless, it's a nice song ^_^ I love "Lonely Monologue," and I also love this new take on the same melody. Cao Fang rocks...!
Sample Song: 孤单的独白 (Lonely Monologue) [Pre-Album Version]


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Bear Marijuana Farm SecurityFriday, August 20, 2010
Why pay for expensive help to guard your marijuana farm, just feed some local bears and they'll do a perfect job. That's exactly what police discovered in this recent grow op in Canada. Police say they found 10 black bears guarding the marijuana farm. The bears had been intentionally attracted to the spot by dog food.
"They were tame, they just sat around watching. At one point one of the bears climbed onto the hood of a police car, sat there for a bit and then jumped off," said Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant Fred Mansveld.
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The January 2010 DC challenge was hosted by Cuppy of Cuppylicious and she chose a delicious Thai-inspired recipe for Pork Satay from the book 1000 Recipes by Martha Day.
Aaaah, the first DC challenge of the year! I was very grateful to our hostess for choosing a relatively stress-free challenge: no running around looking for out-of-season ingredients, no spending hours perfecting a technique. Just a simple dish, packed with flavour. Around this time of year, when I find myself scrambling to make up for having slacked off during the holidays, a lighter challenge was very much appreciated.
On top of that, the challenge dish, satay, had long been on my list of "Things I Love to Order in Restaurants and Should Try Making Myself." I'm usually told that these savoury skewers originated in Indonesia, but they're pretty much ubiquitous these days, and we were given a Thai-inspired recipe from a British cookbook. Talk about the effects of globalization! But I'm all for fusing and taking inspiration and ingredients from other cultures and regions – as long as it yields good food!
Speaking of borrowing ingredients from other regions, I learnt something that surprised me the other day: capers apparently originated in Central Asia. Which is weird, because they aren't really used in Central Asian cuisine at all, to my knowledge. Also, it begs the question: is there anything in Italian cuisine that didn't come from the Orient? :-P
And no, this has absolutely nothing to do with this month's challenge, which didn't include capers (good thing too, it sounds like a terrible combination). I'm just making chit-chat, filling up space – because the fact is, I really don't have a whole lot to say about this challenge. I was woefully unimaginative, just followed the recipe, and I don't even have a disaster or catastrophe to entertain you with. All I can tell you is that I ended up having a delicious meal.
Our hostess left us a lot of freedom when it came to preparation and ingredients. I made the satay shortly after coming home from vacation, perhaps the only time in my life when I found myself craving… chicken, of all things. Usually, I associate chicken with ordinary days: we often have it at least once a week, in some form or another. Chicken is what we make on days when we feel like cooking up something safe and familiar, or when we need a neutral base for stronger condiments or side-dishes – the chicken itself is rarely the focal point of the meal (except when it's roasted whole). But on the day I did the challenge, I was returning from a flurry of restaurants and parties, having gorged on things like Wiener schnitzel, fish soup, foie gras, stuffed cabbage, sushi, Argentinean steak, oysters, gourmet cheese, beef tongue, garlic shrimp, sautéed duck, gougères,, and truffled scallops (not all at once, obviously). Pretty much everything except chicken. By then, I was actually missing this humble bird.
So, chicken breast satay it was. I marinated the poultry slices for a couple of hours according to the recipe, adding a touch more fresh ginger and spices. Then I skewered them and broiled them in the oven. I slightly overcooked them, but they were still moist enough. And the marinade flavours were vibrant in every mouthful!
Of course, no satay is complete without a spicy peanut sauce. I've actually made this type of sauce very often, even though I had never made satay before: it goes well with spring rolls, and makes for a great stir-fry. This recipe was a little different from the one I normally turn to, with more kinds of spices. It was very tasty, a worthy alternative to my regular sauce – although it could have used a little more heat. I also had some homemade ponzu sauce leftover from a previous dinner. Ponzu is basically soy sauce with sake and yuzu (or lemon) juice. Even though it's a typically Japanese sauce, I had a feeling it might go well with the Thai satay. And indeed, the slight acidity of the sauce complemented the sharpness of the ginger, and echoed with the lemon that was already present in the marinade.
And… that's really all there is to report. It might have been more interesting to do as our hostess suggested: use a tougher cut of meat, marinate it for longer, and see how tender it comes out. But like I said: I really, really wanted chicken. I did consider using thighs instead of breasts, but the thighs seemed more difficult to slice into a proper satay-type shape. I just wasn't feeling up to struggling with raw chicken any more than I had to.
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