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The Philippines has strong growth prospects over the medium- to long-term due to a large degree to policies of the Aquino administration that have succeeded in leveling the playing field for foreign investors, a ranking official of Goldman Sachs said.
In a briefing late Tuesday, the investment banking giant's vice chair, Carl Stern, pointed out that the country's economic growth was poised to even surpass its peers in the so-called "Next 11" list of booming emerging markets published last year.
"Your growth prospects look quite good relative to the alternatives out there," he told reporters during a one-day visit to Manila to meet the firm's local clients. "The Philippines is certainly one of the fastest-growing economies."
The Next 11 list was published by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill last year, citing Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Turkey, South Korea and Vietnam as the emerging market economies that would lead global growth in the 21st century.
O'Neill is the same economist who coined the term BRICs in 2003, representing the booming economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
"Among the Next 11, the growth forecast for the Philippines of 5, 6, 7 percent [gross domestic product growth] certainly ranks very favorably," said Stern, who joined Goldman Sachs after serving as president and CEO of the Boston Consulting Group.
The visit of the high-ranking official of one of the biggest investment banks in the world represented an important milestone for the firm, which, until recently, has kept a relatively low profile in the Philippine financial market.
Stern said the growing emphasis on the Philippines was due, in part, to the economic difficulties being experienced by the advanced economies of the United States and western Europe.
"Investors go where there's money to be made," he said, referring to emerging markets in general and the Philippines in particular.
The Goldman Sachs vice chair acknowledged the fact that the Philippines has experienced several boom-and-bust cycles in the past, but expressed optimism that the current economic upswing being experienced was a unique event mainly because of the Aquino administration's thrust at improving overall governance in the country.
"The job that your government has done in anti-corruption, among many things, is setting a more solid, predictable foundation for the kind of capitalism that we practice," he said.
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We've been photographing today…
…here's a small taster of new (vintage) items that will be listed on the H is for Home shop site this week.
We've been photographing today…
…here's a small taster of new (vintage) items that will be listed on the H is for Home shop site this week.
This fabulous set should help you in your quest to be the hostess with the mostest!
Comprising kitchen apron & oven glove, there'll certainly be no groovier attired rival vying for the title. It dates from the 1960s/70s and comes unused in the original packaging.
It's one of the new items we put in the H is for Home shop this week.
Lots of new items in the H is for Home shop this week.
Spice racks to bedspreads, tins to tape measures.
Vintage loveliness for every room in the house!
Justin's been photographing our recent vintage purchases today – here's a sneak preview of items heading for the web shop & antiques centre this week.
We'll start with this gorgeous fat lava West German vase. It's got our favourite look for this type of pottery – heavily textured with a bold flash of colour.
We might be a bit premature in picking up picnic wares (there's sleety snow falling outside as we write), but there's nothing like being prepared! Some lovely items here for picnicking, camping – or a day on the allotment. The most unusual piece has to be this vintage enamel tiffin.
It comprises four cream & green containers with an aluminium carry frame. Perfect for all kinds of food from rice dishes to salads – a four course meal in fact!
We thought this wall-mountable first aid box was very nice – it's made of metal and has a clean, simple style. Sitting alongside the cabinet is an old mill bobbin with jute twine. No house should be without some good twine – and when it looks this good, all the better.
Next, a couple of items that date from the 1920s/30s kind of era. These old staplers are full of character and display really well. It can earn its keep though as it still works – and even has a box of old staples to go with it! We love the tiny vintage case – endless storage possibilities from craft materials to fashion accessories. They look great on a shelf or chest of drawers – singly or in a small pile. This one even had some lovely old paper from a local drapers.
Last, but certainly not least is this gorgeous wooden hippo. We didn't actually buy this piece recently – more a case of putting her into storage and it temporarily vanishing! Safe & sound now though. It's an overnighter – the mouth opening wide to hold jewellery, watches and so on. It's from the Zoo Line Series designed in the 1950s. There's a bit of damage to the ear, but the positives far outweigh the negatives. The hippo has its original packaging and she looks pretty much unused – so ear aside, condition is excellent – including the bright red lips and the fact that the curly tail is intact – often this is missing or broken.
So, as usual, a diverse range of items – they'll all be available to buy soon.
Warm copper tones never go completely out of fashion for interior design; but it's fair to say it's been a little overlooked for 30 years or so. It was very popular in the 1960s & 70s, but fell out favour a bit. But, as with most things, trends are cyclical – and copper is certainly back in a big way again – magazines are full of this wonderful shimmering metal.
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PETALING JAYA: Monash University is finally and firmly in Malaysia.
The Australian university launched its own campus building in Bandar Sunway yesterday, almost 10 years after the Government had invited the Sunway Group and Monash to set up a branch campus here.
It was especially meaningful for Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who officiated at the event.
He was the person who had made the invitation as Education Minister then.
Najib said that Monash was an outstanding example of how Malaysia planned to become a regional hub for educational excellence.
"I am told that close to a thousand international students from 50 countries are currently pursuing their education in Monash.
"With the Higher Education Ministry targeting 100,000 foreign students in Malaysia by 2010, I am sure we can look to the Monash University, Sunway campus to play a leading role," he said.
Najib added that the strong partnership between the Sunway Group and the university through the non-profit Sunway Education Trust was commendable as any surplus profits would be ploughed back to boost development and research at the campus.
The new campus, on about 5ha of land, cost about RM200mil to build and is located about 500m from Sunway University College.
It has five faculties and opened its doors to students on July 16, with a capacity for 5,000 students.
There are plans to expand the campus to double the capacity.
Sunway Group chairman Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah was honoured with the campus' new school of medicine being named after him.
University pro-vice chancellor and president (Malaysia) Prof Merilyn Liddell said the medical school had state-of-the-art facilities and top-notch academics and researchers.
"Clinical training will take place in various medical facilities across the country with our clinical school being located within the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor," she said.
University vice-chancellor Prof Richard Larkins said the opening of the new campus was an important milestone and showed the strength of the university's commitment to Malaysia and the region.
Monash University, an Australian Group of Eight research-intensive university, was established in 1958 and has campuses in Melbourne, Victoria and South Africa with more than 50,000 students from 130 countries.
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Effective Community Radio in Education
"Learning, Technology and Gender: Need, opportunity and obligation"
UNESCO Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VIII), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2 - 6 December 2002)
UNESCO Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VIII), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2 - 6 December 2002)
Second Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Durban, South Africa (29 July to 2 August 2002)
Remarks to Commonwealth Heads of Government at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
Second Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Durban, South Africa (29 July to 2 August 2002)
15th triennial Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (15CCEM), Edinburgh, Scotland (27 - 30 October 2003)
2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Abuja, Nigeria (5 - 8 December 2003)
"Enhancing Higher Education through E-Learning"
"ICT in Education Policy – Reflecting on Key Issues"
Eliminating the Traffic Jams on the Road to Freedom
Education Across Borders: What is Appropriate?
From the Triangle to the Pentagon: Open Universities in the 21st Century
The Role of Technology and Education in a Development Context / La technologie, l'éducation et le développement
"Learning for Life in a Changing World"
Technology & Education: Adventures in the Eternal Triangle
Breaking the Link Between Quality and Exclusivity
Learning: Our Common Wealth
Convocation Address: "Time of Hope"
Building Capacity in Open and Distance Learning
Distance Learning Across Borders: Cultural Imperialism or Intellectual Independence?
International Perspectives on Open Learning and Distance Education
Technology: the Missing Link between Education and Development
"Learning: Our Common Wealth"
"The Sustainable Development of Open and Distance Learning for Sustainable Development"
"Bridges to Global Security: The promise of Education"
"Education and Human Security"
Comparing learning effectiveness based on use of different media for delivery of content
Networking Learning Communities for Development
Open & Distance Education in the Global Environment: Opportunities for Collaboration: Collaboration in the Time of Competition
Open and Distance Learning: Why all the Fuss?
Open and Distance Learning in Africa
Open and Distance Learning and the Developing World
Open & Distance Learning: What's in a Name?
Virtual university, flexible learning: Why a Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth?
Digital Divide to Digital Dividend: What will it take?
Towards a Culture of Quality: Cultures and Structures for Quality
Greetings from the Commonwealth of Learning
Mega University = Mega Quality?
The Role of eLearning in Building Knowledge Societies in Developing Countries
ODL and ICTs for Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Experience of the Commonwealth of Learning
ICTs in Education: Can Digital Dividend Replace Digital Divide?
Towards Education for All: The Critical Role of Open and Distance Learning in National Development
ODL in an International Context: Trends, Prospects and Challenges
Distance Education: What Is Its Relevance To Africa And Zambia?
Open and Distance Education for Africans and by Africans
The Commonwealth of Education in the Caribbean: Past, Present and Future
The Long-Awaited Breakthrough?
International Online Learning Delivery: Can digital dividend replace digital divide?
Commonwealth of Learning: Past, Present and Future
Confluence of Rivers, Confluence of Learning
Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Pacific through Open and Distance Learning
The Commonwealth of Learning: What does it do?
"Impact of Developments in communication technology on educational and social message communication"
Expanding the reach of Literacy, Literature and Learning
The Commonwealth of Learning: Making Learning our Common Wealth
CADE and COL / L'ACED et COL
The Sustainable Development of Open and Distance Learning
Learning for Development: What kind of development? What kind of learning?
Open University as/and Ecosystem
Extraordinary Education for Ordinary People
A Passion for Open Universities
International Perspectives on Open Learning and Distance Education
The World is Watching You
Commonwealth Universities: What Contribution to Development?
Who's Afraid of Cross-border Higher Education? A Developing World Perspective
Law, Language and Learning: The Common Wealth of the Commonwealth
Education for Development: Can Technology Help?
Commonwealth and Caribbean Cooperation in Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities
Commonwealth Cooperation in Distance Education:Potential Benefits for Small States
Learning for Development: COL's Plan for 2006-09
What has COL done to help you achieve your goals?
COL in the Commonwealth: Past, Present and Future
Update on the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
eLearning in Open Learning: Sacred Cow, Trojan Horse, Scapegoat or Easter Bunny?
Achieving Development Goals: Innovation, Learning, Collaboration and Foundations: The Road to London
Outdoctrination - Society, Children, Technology and Self-organisation in Education
The Gender Dimension of Open and Distance Learning
Using ICT to Increase Participation and Strengthen Democracy
Achieving Development Goals: Innovation, Learning, Collaboration and Foundations: Learning for Development
Going Global: In What Direction?
Educating Teachers; Advancing Democracy:
The Role of Open and Distance Learning in Breaking Barriers to National Development
Blue-Sky thinking for Small States: VUSSC Futures
A Microcosm of Canada
Expanding Higher Education for the 21st Century: How Can We Expand Open Learning?
Creativity in Crisis: Leading the University of the Future
Quality Assurance and Cross Border Higher Education in the Commonwealth: The Work of the Commonwealth of Learning
UNESCO and COL: Two Complementary Organisations
Technology in Higher Education: How to avoid failure and achieve success
Learning for Livelihoods: The Key to Development
Exploring the role of ICTs in addressing educational needs: identifying the myths and the miracles
Promoting Quality in Distance, Flexible and ICT-based Education: Reflections on the meaning of quality in open and distance learning
Innovation in Higher Education: has it a Scientific Basis?
Fact or Fiction? What Can It Do?
Helping Farmers Prosper: Announcing a New Model for Partnership
Why All This Fuss About Monitoring and Evaluation?
Quality assurance for open, distance and eLearning: Issues for developing countries
Remarks to the Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting
The Role of Open and Distance Learning in Meeting the MDGs: A Global Perspective
Widening Access to Quality Higher Education: the Role of Private Universities and Open and Distance Learning
Breaking New Ground in Open Learning
Cultural Imperialism or Global Public Goods: Dilemmas of International Education
Learning for Development: The Role of Distance Education
Higher Education Towards a Borderless Community
Open Source for Open Learning
Technology, Education and Sustainable Development
Open and Distance Learning and Development
Higher Education, Teacher Education, Distance Education: What is Quality and Who says so?
The Greening of Open Learning
Vocational Education and Training through Open Schooling: Challenges and Future Strategies:
The Reality of Cross-Border Delivery in Higher Education: Challenge, Myth and Opportunity
The Private Supply of Public Goods: Contradictions, Challenges and Choices?
Open and Distance Learning in Small States: Which Models?
eLearning and Free Open Source Software: the Key to Global Mass Higher Education?
Think globally, learn locally: Democratising learning for international organisations
Towards a Commonwealth of Learning: Twenty Years of Progress
Building Bridges between Educators in Small and Island States
Bridging the Last Mile
Virtual university, flexible learning: How far have we come?
Can Invitational Institutional Audits make a Cost-Effective Contribution to Quality Enhancement?
Presentation to the Academic Board of the University of Ghana of the Report of the Visitation Panel
Presentation to the Council of the University of Ghana of the Report of the Visitation Panel
La contribution des TICs au développement: L'expérience du Commonwealth of Learning
Creating an Endowment for Humanity: The role of Universities, Mega-universities and Hyper-universities
Community Radio for Development: the COL approach
Using Technology in Higher Education: Post-globalisation Challenges (Blending for Success in Higher Education)
Education for Sustainable Development: Reaching the Masses
Life After Universal Primary? Scaling Schooling for the Secondary Surge
Scouting: Creator par excellence of Human and Social Capital, or Modern Adults leading Post-modern Youngsters
The role of international online courses in the worldwide provision of education
Blending for Success in Open and Distance Education: Public/Private Partnerships; Human and Social Capital; Free and Copyrighted Content; Mixing the Media.
Towards a Commonwealth of Learning: Twenty Years of Progress
Senior Officials' Working Group Meeting on the Proposal to Establish a Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF)
What do we know about using new technologies for learning and teaching? A ten year perspective. Digital Divide or Digital Dividend? Postcards from the South
A Transnational Qualifications Framework for the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
New Providers, New Approaches: Towards a World of Mass Higher Education
Reflections on Quality Assurance in Open Distance Learning
Quality Indicators For Professional Education
Does American Higher Education have a Global Future?
Empowering People for Prosperity: Lifelong Learning for Farmers
Promoting Professionalism: The Key to Quality Distance Education
Mass Tertiary Education in the Developing World: Distant Prospect or Distinct Possibility?
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: Origins and Purpose
Open Educational Resources: Help or Hindrance to Open Learning?
Learning for Development: What McGill University and Continuing Education have meant to me.
Signs of the Times: Change or be changed?
Using Technology to Educate the Commonwealth about the Commonwealth
Access to Learning for Development
Organising for the Future
Impending Changes in Global Higher Education: Cataclysm or Smooth Transition?
New Learning Technologies: Mirage, Miracle or Muddle?
Using ICTs to Promote Non-Formal Learning in Health and Agriculture
Open Schooling: What COL does
Human Development for Innovation: Changing the Profile of Global Higher Education
The Status of Global Postsecondary Education
Innovation for Human Development: Redesigning Higher Education
How Can Learning Contribute to Development?
Distance Learning for Development: Achievements, Trends and Plans
The Expansion of Higher Education in the Developing World: What can Distance Learning Contribute?
Learning for Development: The Work of the Commonwealth of Learning
What is an Open University?
Celebrating Open Universities
Peace and Conflict Resolution in a Globalised World: Issues of Culturalism: Can Higher Education Make a Difference?
Reflections on a Career in Distance Education
Institutional Evaluation of the University of Ghana
External Institutional Evaluations of African Universities
Life After Universal Primary? Scaling Schooling for the Secondary Surge
Life After Universal Primary? Scaling Schooling for the Secondary Surge
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What do you want it to become?
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What is it for? How is it doing? Where is it going?
ICT and Related Issues Impacting on ODL
Trends & Issues in ODL
What is the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth? A Guide for Commonwealth Vice-Chancellors
University-Community Links for Rural Prosperity
The Fastest Growing Sector of Higher Education
Building the Capacity to Build
Respect, Understanding and Open Educational Resources
Global Perspectives on University Policies and Management
Thank you, Malaysia
The 6th International Workshop of the Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth
Distance Education across Borders
The first meeting of the Management Committee of the Transnational Qualifications Framework
The Right to Education : A Model for making Higher Education equally accessible to All on the Basis of Merit
Tertiary TVET: Pathways for Pioneers
Learning, Farming, Prospering
Towards New Agendas and Models in Higher Education
Looking Ahead: Letters to the Next President from Higher Education's Leaders
Open Universities: Past, Present and Future
Gender Mainstreaming for the Public Sector: Using Open and Distance Learning to Scale Up Training
My Tip of the Iceberg
Summary - Livelihoods
Summary - Health
Summary - Governance, Conflict and Social Justice Theme
Summary: Children and Young People
A Decade of Development and Education in Africa: The Promise of Open and Distance Learning
Access to learning for health, with particular reference to HIV/Aids: some ideas
ICT4E Challenges and issues
New technologies: new possibilities for reaching the unreached
The Role of Open and Distance Education in Providing Access to Learning for Children and Young People
Access to quality learning for development
Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5)
The Role of Formal and Informal Education in Tackling Development Needs and Attaining Development Goals
Welcome to PCF5 at the People's University
PCF5 Welcome
eLearning on the Far Side of the Digital Divide
Rethinking Open and Distance Learning for Development in Africa
New Approaches to Quality and Standards for New Forms and Modes of Learning?
From Innocence to Experience: the Politics and Projects of Cross-border Higher Education
COL's Third Decade
Preparing COL's 2009-12 Three-Year Plan
Montréal : ma ville universitaire
The scope and demand for Tertiary Education and current resources available to Commonwealth Member States
Course Development in Distance Education: Whose is the Content?
Practical Steps for Surfing the Wave of Technology-Mediated Learning
Educational Transformation
Achieving Quality in Distance Education
Optimising a Vital Contribution to the Expansion of Higher Education
Knowledge Parks: Hype or Hope for the Developing World?
La Formation à Distance au début du 21ième siècle: Évolution ou Révolution?
La contribution des technologies de l'information et de la communication au développement du tiers monde
Open Education
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What is your vision for the future?
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What can it contribute?
Background to the Transnational Qualifications Framework
Opening Ceremony of the Officials Meeting on the Transnational Qualifications Framework, VUSSC
International Online Courses: Issues of Global Quality Assurance, Multi-Country Collaboration and Open Educational Resources
Higher Education in the 21st Century: The Iron Triangle's Critical Angle of Quality Assurance
The Commonwealth of Learning in Africa
Open Schooling: Communicating the Basics
Signs of the Times: Change or be Changed?
Combating Degree Mills
Success and Failure in the Global Campaign for Education for All: What Now?
Session: Qualifications delivered: New methods, new providers 2020
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
Breaking Higher Education's Iron Triangle: Access, Cost and Quality
Opening Presentation - Open Schooling Workshop
VUSSC and its Transnational Qualifications Framework
eLearning for Development: Using information and communications technologies to bridge the digital divide
Local Learning Centres: Getting the Community in the Driving Seat
ICTs for Higher Education
A Decade of Distance Education in the Commonwealth: Achievements and Challenges
Education for All: Technology is the Answer – What was the Question?
COL in the Commonwealth: The Revolution of Educational Technology
Open Schooling is part of the answer
The Contribution of Open Schooling
Promoting Respect and Understanding:
COL in the Commonwealth: How technology can help you in an economic
Addressing the teacher gap through open and distance learning: the work of the Commonwealth of Learning
Open and Distance Learning for National Development and Reconciliation
Demystifying the 'M' words
What Educational Technology Means to Me
Technology for Collective Action: The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
Internationalisation, Regionalisation and Globalisation: Breaking out of the Iron Triangle
Expanding Tertiary Education in Small States in an Economic Crisis: The Role of Collaboration
Higher Education, Service to the Community and ICTs
Opening Session ICDE Conference
The Impact of Learning Management Systems in Universities
Teacher Education: Strategies for Success
Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons licenses
Open Educational Resources for Network Enabled Education
Open and Distance Learning in the Twenty first Century: a Commonwealth Perspective
Something Very Important has Happened Here
Digital Scholarship, Digital Technology and ODL Issues
Fostering Farming, Promoting Prosperity, Inspiring Invention
Access to Success
The International Perspective & Possibilities of Collaboration
Lessons learned while implementing the Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth
Mega-Schools and Technology: Lifelong Learning Systems for the 21st Century
Open and Distance Learning (ODL): An imperative for Bangladesh
Global Connections -- Local Impacts: Best Practices, Models and Policies for Cross-Border Higher Education
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: A collaborative effort of the Small States
The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth -- The first 9 years
Is eLearning True to the Principles of Technology?
Responding to the Library Needs of Distance Learners
A University for the 21st Century – Graduates for the 21st Century
Study buddies across the Commonwealth
Pre-CHOGM Foreign Ministers' Meeting
ICTs in Higher Education: Who Stands to Gain?
Developing the Educational Ecosystem of the Maldives: Launch of an Internet Radio System
Adventures of a former Open University Vice-Chancellor in International Development
How do we recruit and train 10 million teachers?
Creativity in advancing distance learning: models and technologies
Lessons from VUSSC: The Making of a "Virtual University"
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: Making Dreams Come True
Commonwealth of Learning: Review and Improvement Model
Achieving Education for All
Addressing the Successes and Failures of the Campaign for Universal Primary Education
Community Radio is the Answer: What is the Question?
Education within borders from beyond borders
Learning for Development
DEHub Launch
eLearning: a Cottage Industry for the 21st Century?
Distance Education: Ends, Means, Opportunities, Threats
ICTs in Higher Education: Who Stands to Gain?
Review and Improvement Model (COL RIM)
Learning for Development
Challenges of success and failure in the campaign for Universal Primary Education: The secondary surge and the teacher shortage
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
International Perspective: ICT in Teacher Education – Global Trends
Quality Assurance and Open Educational Resources
Virtual University of Small States of the Commonwealth: Launch of the Transnational Qualifications Framework
The Commonwealth of Learning Review and Improvement Model (COL-RIM)
UNISA's Unique Academic Odyssey
Confessions of a Part-time Extramural Student
Embracing Change Forever
Distance Education: Ends, Means, Opportunities & Threats
New Dynamics of Higher Education; New Dynamics of Distance Education
Towards sustainable OER: a perspective from the global south
ICTS In Higher Education: Who Stands to Gain?
Setting the Context - Why women's voices are important and Women's Reservation Bill in India
Small, Successful and not in London: Introducing COL
Knowledge Transfer for a Horticultural Revolution: The Lifelong Learning for Farmers Model
Knowledge Transfer for a Horticultural Revolution: The Lifelong Learning for Farmers Model (Publication version)
Small, Successful and Not in London: The Commonwealth of Learning
Computers for Secondary Schoolchildren: A busted flush?
New Technologies in Education: Not there yet!
Technology in Education: Much Ado about Nothing?
Les Ressources Educatives Libres et l'amélioration de la qualité de l'enseignement supérieur
Teacher Education: new approaches are necessary and possible
Distance Education under Threat: an Opportunity?
Education, Technology and Digital Culture
The Commonwealth of Learning: How a small agency achieves development impact
Overcoming Inequality in an Unequal World: Developing Sustainable Partnerships in Open and Distance Learning
Helping Each Other: Sharing through Microfinance
Science, Technology, Education and Learning
Learning for Prosperity
Education for the 21st Century: Time for Open Schools to Raise their Game
UNESCO-COL Workshop on Open Education Resources: Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Access and Success: What are the Links?
PCF6 Keynote speech: Skills Development
Access and Success in Learning: Your Conclusions
PCF6 Closing
Setting the Scene: Open Educational Resources and the Open Content Movement
Distance Education under Threat: an Opportunity for Africa?
UNICEF-COL CFS Project Meeting
Commonwealth of Learning Asa Briggs Lecture
Developing the Community: The Role of Universities and Open and Distance Learning
Three Generations of Open Education: Future Implications
Building a community for developing OERs
The Power of Open Educational Content for Developing Countries
Access and Success: Distance Learning at Massey University and its Impact on New Zealand Society
Revamping Teacher Education
Graduation Ceremony - BOCODOL
Success in eLearning: What is the recipe?:
Enseignement en ligne: État des lieus et enjeux
Collaborative Leadership and Irrational Exuberance
eLearning: Open or Closed?
Greetings from the Commonwealth of Learning
Open but Tough
New Dynamics of Higher Education; New Dynamics of Distance Education
The Commonwealth of Learning Review and Improvement Model
Fitness for Purpose, Fitness of Purpose: The Case of Teacher Education
Will Higher Education Split?
Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
Revolutions in higher education: how many dimensions of openness?
Three Generations of Open Education: Future Implications
Open Education Models: Past, Present, Future
Crisis in ODL: what is the response?
The Future of Universities: New Dynamics for Development
The Commonwealth of Learning: the basics
Leadership Forum Breakfast: Keynote presentation
The Global Challenge of Achieving Education for All - Some Answers
OER: A Developing World Perspective
Open Courseware, Open Content, Open Practices, Open Learning: Where are the limits?
Let a thousand flowers bloom!
Open Education Resources: Lessons from the COL Experience
Apprentissage à vie pour l'émancipation de la femme Mauritius
Tertiary Education: How Open?
The Commonwealth of Learning: the basics
The History of the Commonwealth of Learning
Well Equipped for the Future
Launching of the "Lifelong Learning for Women's Empowerment"
Learning and Sustainability: The New Ecosystem of Innovation and Knowledge
Open Schooling and Teacher Education in a 21st Century Educational Ecosystem
Open Schooling: the Next Frontier for Distance Education?
Celebrating Open Schooling
Open Education Resources: Next Steps?
The Respected Face of UNESCO Higher Education
The Impact of New Business Models for Higher Education on Student Financing
Who says you can't have quality content in low-resource settings? The uses of OER
Small, Successful and Not in London: The Commonwealth of Learning
Opening Up Education in Low-resource Settings: The Uses of OER
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally
Towards Sustainable OER
The Commonwealth of Learning: the basics
Open Universities: what are the dimensions of openness?
Creating a Global ODL Community for Sharing Open Educational Resources (OER)
New Dynamics of Higher Education; New Dynamics of Distance Education
Transforming Asia through Open and Distance Learning
The Common Wealth of Humankind
Publishing with public money for public benefit
VUSSC: Using Technology to Increase Access to Learning Opportunities in Small States
Learning for Development
Collaboration for the Common Good
Embedding Open Educational Resources in Educational Practice
Lifelong Learning in the Commonwealth: Issues and Challenges
Can OER Transform Education? A Developing World Perspective
Technology and Learning: Purposes, Practices and Possibilities
Technology Strategies for Higher Education: Advice to Vice-Chancellors
LIVES (Learning Through Interactive Voice Educational System)
Cross-Border Education: The Experience of a Lifetime!
Tackling the Challenges of Secondary Education
The Technology Revolution: Coming Soon to Postsecondary Education:
Three Developments that are Transforming Online Learning
Why and How Ontario Colleges and Universities could/should Collaborate with Developing Countries in the Area of Online Learning
Success Factors in Introducing Distance, Flexible & e-Learning in Technical and Vocational Skills Development
Democratising Education Through OER - The Commonwealth Experience
Convocation Address - SNDT Women's University, Mumbai
ICT in Education in the Caribbean: Achievements and Challenges
Invest in Clicks, not Bricks!
Higher Education in a Decade of Disruption
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (AFRICA)
A Celebration of Sharing and a Milestone for OER - but what really matters is what happens now!
Learning, Living and Working in the 21st Century
Mobile Technology: the Hype and the Hope
Visual Arts Education and New Technologies
Higher Education: Open for Innovation?
Trends in Quality Assurance in ODL
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (LATIN AMERICA)
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (BOSTON)
Dual-Mode Universities in Higher Education: Way Station or Final Destination?
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (EUROPE)
Can Mobiles support Learning for Development? A Gendered Perspective
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (ASIA-PACIFIC)
The Future of (Open) Education
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (ARAB REGION)
Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally (PROJECT UPDATE)
COL - Past, Present and Future
Education for Democracy
From cherry picking to convergence – migrating eLearning Delivery to an LMS (Learning Management System), the COLeLIO Experience
Transforming education with OER
COL Healthy Communities
A Thrilling Odyssey
As I Take Up My Position As President
Farewell to Sir John Daniel
Setting the Context for the World OER Congress
Sharing a Common Wealth
Life After the World OER Congress?
Summary of the 6 Regional Policy Forums
COL in the Commonwealth: Promoting Learning for Development
Bridging the Technology Gap: The Case of the Missing Content
Bridging the Higher Education Gap: the 3-R challenge
COL in the Commonwealth: Promoting Learning for Development
Commonwealth Educational Cooperation and Cultural Development - Future Directions
Convocation Address: Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Learning for Open Innovation
Bridging the Technology Gap - Mobile Phones for Education and Learning
Is modern ICT the answer to extension?
Ten Years of OER: enlarging the circle?
Four Decades of Open and Distance Learning - Future directions
The Dynamics of Changing Societies and the dynamic role of ODL in creating the future
COL's Perspective on Open Education
Inauguration Message
Ten Years of Open Education Resources: Future Directions'
Emerging QA Issues in Online and Distance Education
Gender Equity in TVET
Message to the National Teachers' Institute (NTI)
VUSSC and ESD
Openness in Education: Some Reflections on MOOCs, OERs and ODL
ICT Capacity Building: Game Changers on the Horizon?
Value of Partnerships in Building an Education System
Three Years of Global Partnership to Address the Teacher Challenge
Democratising Higher Education through Open Education Resources
Emerging Developments in ICT Based Learning
Scaling Schooling for the Secondary Surge
Innovation in Vocational Education & Skills Training
ICT for Skills and Development - Building for the Future
Creating Knowledge Networks for Sustainable Development
OER - From Commitment to Action
Can Technology lead to System-Wide Change? The case of Guyana
Content, Technology and Pedagogy: Using Open and Flexible Distance Learning to Improve Teacher Competence in ICT and eLearning
Digital Learners and the Implications for Open, Flexible and Distance Learning
What ails Indian Distance Education Research?
Looking Before and After: the emerging world of QA
OER - what are the possibilities?
OER - Open Licenses
Opening up to Open Education Resources
COL Review and Improvement Model
Education & Training: Building the Critical Platform for Social and Economic Development in the Pacific
Open University of Mauritius - a University for the 21st century
Can ICT support human resource development? Drawing on our Common Wealth
Promoting Learning for Development
Emergence of ODL in an era of ICT and OER
Referencing the Youth Development Programme on the Transnational Qualifications Framework
Connecting Australia and the Asia Pacific - Promoting Learning for Development
Promoting Learning for Development
Promoting OER
Teacher Development: Working Together to Achieve Quality Education
Democratising Higher Education through OER - What are the Possibilities?
MOOC, OER and Mass Higher Education
Constructing the Framework for Financing Tertiary Education
Community Media and Sustainable Livelihoods
Commonwealth of Learning
Pacific Regional ODL Centre Planning Meeting
COL - 25 Years
COL Celebrates 25 Years
COL's 25th Anniversary
COL 25th Anniversary
Trends in Online Education
OER-Innovation for Development
Trends in Open, Distance and eLearning 2013
Quality Assurance in Teacher Education for Africa
Trends and New Developments in Open Education
OER and Licensing Issues
MOOCs - An Introduction
Promoting Learning for Development
Literacies for the twenty first century?
Innovation, Research and Practice - The State of (eLearning) Research in Higher Education
Higher Education
Inaugural Address
What we don't know about Open Education Resources?
Ten years of OER - the road ahead
Quality Assurance for Distance Education in the Digital Age:
Can the ugly duckling of ODL be transformed into a swan? The MOOC effect
Quality vs Quantity: Can Technology help?
Mind to MOOC
VUSSC-From Concept to Implementation
The Commonwealth of Learning
PCF7 Welcome Message by COL President
PCF7 Opening Remarks by COL President
PCF7 Closing Remarks by COL President
Empowering Entrepreneurs
OER Strategy – Taking it to a New Level
PCF7 Keynote - Skills Development
PCF7 Keynote - Girls' & Women's Education
PCF7 Asa Briggs Lecture
PCF7 Keynote - OER
PCF7 Plenary Address - OER
PCF7 Keynote - Innovation & Technology
PCF7 Closing Remarks by COL Chair
Learning and Technology: Emerging Trends to Democratise Education
PCF7 Inaugural Keynote Address
MOOC for Capacity Building in Indian Agriculture
Inspiring Change
Auchi Polytechnique - Inspiring Change
Developments in distance and online: can they address development challenges?
Trends in Quality Assurance
Opening Education for All: ODL Policy for the Caribbean
The Commonwealth of Learning
Promoting Learning for Development
Opening Remarks - Caribbean Focal Points Meeting
Old wine in new bottles? Exploring MOOCs
Moving Towards Relevant & Inclusive Education - the role of distance learning and technology
ICT in the Caribbean: implications for the Pacific?
COL in the Pacific - Promoting Learning for Development
Knowledge Parks: Hype or Hope for the developing world?
Supporting Education In The Developing World Through Open and Linked Data
COL in the Pacific
Opening Remarks - Africa and the Mediterranean Focal Points Meeting
Promoting Learning for Development
COL Board of Governor's Reception
Farewell to COL Chair
Academic Leadership
Universities in an Era of Open Education
Commonwealth Experience: Working with Partners in Education
Capacity Building - The Road to Resilience
Open Universities in the Time of MOOCs: Reaching the Unreached?
Women Leaders in Development
Promoting Learning for Development
Open Remarks - Asia Focal Points Meeting
Opening Remarks - Pacific Focal Points Meeting
To MOOC or Not to MOOC
Ten Years of Open Education Resources (OER) - The Road Ahead
Convocation Address at KKHSOU
MOOC for Sustainable Development?
Congratulatory Remarks
Advancing Research in ODL
National Qualifications Framework in South Africa: a critical review
How technology developments are driving change in Higher Education
Open Educational Resources for Higher Education
Technology Innovations in Teaching and Learning
Internet and Education - Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
How ICT can Support Teacher Training
Democratising Lifelong Learning for All
Ensure Equitable Quality Education and Lifelong Learning for All by 2030
Message to State Resource Centre Kerala on the launch of the Certificate in Community Development by Distance Learning
Drivers for Change in Higher Education
Advancing Research in Commonwealth Africa: some reflections
Remarks - Canada House Reception
Can Mobile Learning Empower Women and Girls?
Message from the President of COL for IWD 2015
OER 2012: Paris and After
Open Education Resources (OER): What, Why, How?
COL in the Pacific: promoting Learning for Development
The Impact of Online and Distance Learning on Higher Education and Training
Reaching the Unreached: Delivering OER in off-grid, off-line situations
Learner support: reflections on paradigms, models and pedagogical approaches for 21st Century learners in Higher Education
OER for Development
Collaborating Across Borders
Gender Equality and Youth in the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Learning
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(17 July 2012) --- A television screen as seen from the balcony of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shows the Soyuz TMA-05M as it docks to the International Space Station on July 17, 2012. Onboard the Soyuz spacecraft are Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The crew of three launched at 8:40 a.m. on July 15 (Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
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One puppy who had tested positive for Parvo and the three who had ringworm had also been treated, Staley said.
The dogs that have been found are currently being cared for at Eagle's Nest Veterinary Clinic in Plattsburgh.
According to police, the puppies may be in one of these general areas: Macomb State Park and surroundings forests and the following roads in the Plattsburgh, Saranac and Redford areas: Norrisville Road, Davis Pond Road, Burnt Hill Road, Strackville Road, Collins Road, Cane Road, Pup Hill Road, Maggy Road, Soper Road, Ore Bed Road, and Kent Falls Road.
The seven remaining dogs consist of two Chihuahuas, two Chihuahua mixes, a corgi, and two Rottweiler mixes.
Anyone who locates one of the puppies should call city police at 563-3411.
At this time Racicot said no charges have been filed against Michael, though the investigation is continuing.
As of Wednesday morning Eagle's Nest Vetrinary Clinic reported that another dog, a German Shepherd mix, had been located. They were unsure of where that puppy had been found.
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Right I'm off to watch some amazing attacking football now, Liverpool coming up. :rolleyes:
Only just being let out of the stadium because of "safety concerns". I'll assume some City fans can't handle the fact that they lost, hate them kind of fans.
Great game though, accidentally hit the person in front of me celebrating when Van Persie scored, waving my arms around like a lunatic haha :)
By legends, I meant players who had already become a legend while playing for Arsenal (RVP the only exception cos he done the ultimate Judas and go to UTD (But he'll become a legend when he leaves UTD, with us fans being so nostalgic and merciful))
Can't wait for Match of the Day tonight!
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"An actor should not search for a role. Rather, the roles should come to him"
Actor Charle started his career as a comedian but has also played character done some good characters in Tamil moves. A director's delight, he can fit into any role that is perhaps the reason he has worked with almost all the top directors in the film industry. Charle talks about his early days, his present work and his future assignments.
Personally, I am a serious person but professionally a comedian. In real life I get angry very rarely.
I was working as an artist in the song and drama division of the Information and Boardcasting ministry. One morning, director K. Balachander called me to act in the film "Poikal Kudirai". Normally, one would work with some established actors. But I was fortunate to work with poet Vaalee. The first time before the camera, I did not even realise it had been filmed. I was standing in the same place when KB sir coolly said, "Why are you standing there. There is a long way to go." That was so true. I went from one film to other after that.
As he did for Rajinikanth (changed his name from Shivaji Rao), K.B sir changed my name from Manohar to Charle. I did not want `LIE' in my name. So I removed the `i' and called myself Charle.
My first two films did not do well at the box office. But the great director encouraged me and my third film "Poovilangu" was a success. The film ran for 285 days.
I have acted in more than 500 films in Tamil and one each in Telugu and Hindi. I am fortunate to have worked with some of the best Malayalam directors who considered me capable of working in their Tamil films.
I have acted in a number of films as a college student. Recently, I became student myself. After completing my post graduation, I am currently pursuing my M.Phil at Karaikudi Alagappa University. When I sat for the examination, other students were all surprised and asked whether I needed any help. I told them I had studied well and wrote my examination. Do you know what topic I selected for my dissertation? `Contribution of the comedian for the growth of Tamil Cinema'.
I love my job very much. I have worked with all the top directors of Tamil cinema including K. Balachander, Mani Ratnam, Shankar, Balu Mahendra and the recent crop of young filmmakers.
My favourite films include "Vannakanavugal", "Poove Unakkaga", "Oru Veedu Iru Vasal", "Vettrikodi Kattu", "Nyayatharasu", "Oru Oril Oru Rajakumari", "Sigaram" and "Varusam 16".
I should have got the national award for "Vettrikodi Kattu" where I missed it by few votes and an international recognition for "Nanba Nanba", which was sent to the Cannes film festival.
I like all my colleagues and illustrious predecessors. I admire and respect Chandrababu, Nagesh and V.K.Ramaswamy. Among women, my favourites are T.P. Muthulakshmi and Kanthimathi.
After so many years, I have got some of the best comedy roles. In "Thirumagan", directed Rathnakumar, and in "Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan", directed by Naren Deivanayagam, one can get to see my solo comedies.
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The idea of playing an album through live was perhaps done most famously by Pink Floyd in support of The Wall, but done more than a decade after the album's release the concept becomes even more interesting, giving the musicians who worked on it an opportunity to re-interpret and to bring fresh life to one of their seminal recordings. To my knowledge, Floyd weren't in the habit of playing The Wall in the same order as on the album, but Holy Diver is played in the exact same order as it was set to vinyl in 1983, with the songs flowing into one another and almost no banter with the crowd to create the most cohesive experience of the album possible. After that we are treated to what seems like a snapshot of Ronnie Dio's mid-seventies to mid-eighties career.
Through some of the set, Ronnie's performance is low and often hoarse. Rather than the operatic vocal lines with which he graced the studio recording of 'Holy Diver', here the track sees him using an almost growling moan to sing the lyrics. Two years later he would be on tour with Heaven & Hell, proving himself capable of singing as if it was still the '80s, so I can only assume that the less theatrical performance for this concert was a stylistic decision or a result of circumstances at the time. For 'Don't Talk to Strangers' and 'Shame on the Night', he uses a more "classic" Dio voice, as he does for most of the second half of the concert. His finest moment here is when he unexpectedly opens the brilliant rendition of 'Long Live Rock'n'Roll' with a section from 'Catch the Rainbow', one of the most tender and lovely pieces of music he has performed on and which never fails to get me all misty-eyed and shit. Had I been at the concert, mind, I would have been gutted that this song wasn't played through.
Doug Aldrich really shines on a lot of the guitar solos, particularly for 'Don't Talk to Strangers' and the final two songs, while his solo on 'Holy Diver' far surpasses Campbell's original. Aldrich isn't quite up to the task of 'Heaven & Hell' however, with his playing actually sounding quite messy in parts, and overall thoroughly paling in comparison to the version released a year later on Live Radio City Music Hall. He also fails to bring out the bounce and atmosphere of 'Gates of Babylon', although the track is saved by Simon Wright's spectacular performance.
However, 'Man on the Silver Mountain', 'Tarot Woman' and 'Sign of the Southern Cross' are all a delight to hear as well as, of all things, 'Rainbow in the Dark', and then 'Shame on the Night', which both sound better than they ever did on record. He truly has his moment with the half-time guitar solo on the end of 'Shame on the Night', eventually joined by Wright and Sarzo for some rather excellent jamming that reminds of some of the elaborate Rainbow performances Ronnie was a part of with Cozy Powell and Jimmy Bain. And then at the end, after a reprise of 'Shame...', Aldrich fucking nails that 'Holy Diver' riff. What was the problem earlier?!
One of the things that make Dio-involved concerts such a pleasure to hear is his handling of his crowds. He's really damn polite. Whether re-emphasizing how honoured he is to have been part of Black Sabbath or Rainbow, repeatedly and humbly thanking the audience and promising he really means it, or in a more touching moment dedicating a song to the late Cozy Powell, Ronnie is an absolute gentleman.
There is some inconsistency, and although Holy Diver does in my opinion, probably deserve most of the praise it is given, something like Dream Evil would have made a better whole-album-played-live experience. Even with a few stumbles on the guitar, I must confess Aldrich is usually very impressive, especially considering his being drafted in as an emergency after Craig Goldy pulled out. Dio, as well as the musicians he was playing with at the time, present a capable and often exciting performance of the album, and it did mean that five or six songs barely ever played did get played. For those looking to get some live Dio songs, this album probably has the overall best tracklist of the band's three live albums.
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He's been keeping a low profile as of late, but Rob Kardashian has thrown himself back into the spotlight by posting a tweet that fans immediately slammed.
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Set a timer for 3 minutes and have guests stop when the time is up. The guest with the most correct answers is the winner.
Couples Shower Teams
Split the men and women into two groups. Women only fill in the answers for the boy's names (right column of game sheet) - and the men only fill in the answers for the girl's names (left column of game sheet). You'll need two prizes for this variation of the game.
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Posted by Jackie on 09 15 10
We laughed at some of the names people came up with. Some great imagination came out of this game.
Posted by Joleen on 08 26 10
Purchased this game for our Bunco group - one of the girls was expecting and we threw her a surprise shower. We had a ball playing this game - especially when we had to reveil the answers. Some of the answers people came up with were really funny. I would recommend this game to everyone! Thanks for the great website.
Posted by Jena on 08 26 10
I think the highest score was 68 on the game!! lots of people were stumped...when i read the answers there were lots of whats and huh??!! glad i bought it!!
Posted by Bonnie on 08 26 10
everyone really liked this game. they thought it was different than the usual circle the word/ unscramble the word that us usually play. Thank you for your web site that makes it easy to give people variety in choosing games. keep up the good work.
Posted by Marina on 08 26 10
We had great time playing this game. Thank you!
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