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Can the Profit Motive Improve Microfinance?
SKS Microfinance founder Vikram Akula debates the Grameen Foundation's Alex Counts
NEW YORK, October 25, 2010 - The recent initial public offering (IPO) of SKS Microfinance, India's largest microfinance institution, for over $350 million dollars has sparked considerable debate within the microfinance industry about how much of a role, if any, profit should play in microfinance institutions. Speaking via satellite from India, Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance, debated this question at the Asia Society's headquarters with Alex Counts, president of the Grameen Foundation. Niki Armacost, managing director and co-founder of Arc Finance, moderated the Oxford-style debate.
Akula began by articulating what he sees as the microfinance industry's fundamental flaw today: "Microfinance hasn't scaled large numbers." He cited the statistic that three billion people in the world live on less than two dollars a day, yet "only twenty percent of the [world's] poor households" have been reached through microfinance. To address this pressing need, Akula argued, the only approach is for microfinance institutions to become for-profit businesses so that they can gain access to large amounts of much-needed commercial capital.
Highlighting the effectiveness of his company's strategy, Akula stated, "In twelve years, we've reached 7.5 million clients," with most coming in the last few years when SKS switched from a non-profit to a for-profit, whereas "the Grameen Bank today reaches 8 million clients, but it took the Grameen bank thirty-five years to do that."
Taking the opposite point of view, Counts expressed his concern that SKS has become an organization whose main metric of success is profit, for its managers and shareholders, rather than focusing on whether people are overcoming poverty. In contrast to SKS Microfinance, he held up the example of the Grameen Bank, which not only gives microfinance loans to the poor, but uses its profits "to go to student loans for the client's children, go to a beggars program for the ultra-poor, and go to dividends to its owners, the poor women who borrow from it."
In addition, Counts argued that SKS, because it lacks clear social metrics and limits on profitability, hasn't done enough to inoculate itself from the political backlash felt by microfinance institutions on account of their high, and often controversial, interest rates. He added that opposing politicians have already and could again stall loans to the poor, reversing the progress microfinance institutions have made in India.
The speakers' differences of opinions were further highlighted in the Q&A session. Asked what the profit motive does for innovation within microfinance, Akula answered that SKS has adopted a couple of innovative models that create mutually beneficial effects, such as using advertising revenue from the pamphlets SKS distributes to its customers in order to reduce interest rates.
Responding to the same question, Counts pointed out that "if profit is the sole source of innovation, we will see innovation around products that will be highly profitable—which are not always the products that have the biggest poverty impact."
At the end of the debate, Armacost polled the audience on whether the path that SKS has undertaken represents the ideal model for microfinance institutions. Showing the complexity of the issue at hand, the room was split, with many in the audience remaining undecided.
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In The Myth of the Bayesian Brain, I wrote that there is a trick to learning perfect patterns but that I cannot divulge it at this time. The trick has to do with properly factoring patterns so as to maximize the reuse of low level patterns in the composition of higher level patterns. In my opinion, the pattern hierarchy used by the brain is the ultimate classification and data compression mechanism in existence. The trick is amazingly simple and I wondered whether anybody else has thought about the problem or came up with a solution. In an unusually revealing article in today's New York Times Bits about Numenta's Grok technology, I was pleasantly surprised to read that Numenta's founder, Jeff Hawkins has thought about it:
Patterns of one or the other are reinforced over time. As new data streams in, the brain figures out if it is capturing more complexity, which requires either modifying the understanding of the original pattern or splitting it into two patterns, making for new knowledge. Sometimes, particularly if it not repeated, the data is discarded as irrelevant information. Thus, over time, sounds become words, words occupy a grammatical structure, and ideas are conveyed.Assuming that my definition of pattern (a concurrent group of related signals) is the same as Hawkins', I find the above amazing. Not only does Hawkins understand the power of pattern hierarchies (what others are calling deep learning), he also seems to grok the need for efficient composition. Grok's ability to split a pattern into two constituents is what caught my attention. If Numenta really knew how to do this automatically and efficiently, then they would have a genuine breakthrough. Maybe it is time that Hawkins considers applying Grok to other perceptual learning problems such as speech or visual recognition. I mean, if Grok's underlying technology is as great as he portrays it to be, it should be able to solve something like the cocktail party problem. That would truly be impressive.
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Having said that, there is no doubt in my mind that whatever solution Hawkins came up with is handicapped by the Bayesian mindset that afflicts the artificial intelligentsia. It is, in all likelihood, a complicated kludge. I say this because of the way the problem is phrased in the NYT Bits article. Knowing what I know, the fact that Grok needs to split patterns into smaller patterns tells me that Hawkins is aware of the problem but his Bayesian glasses prevent him from seeing the correct solution. The latter does not involve the splitting of complex patterns into smaller patterns because it can automatically prevent the formation of patterns that are more complex than their levels within the hierarchy require. Hawkins is so close, yet so far.
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LITCHFIELD >> Sometimes truly inspired work comes from the unlikeliest places.
Litchfield resident and acclaimed painter Jennifer Sabella discovered this when her then 9-year-old daughter found her canvas and began dripping her paints and making a mess. Sabella saw this, and realized the next step in her transformation as an artist. Her growth, like the drips themselves, was truly organic.
Sabella was born into a family of artists. Her mother, the famous Bambi Linn, was a painter, Broadway dancer and actress. Her two older sisters were a painter and an illustrator. Sabella said it's in her DNA, but that it took a while for her to truly find her gift.
"My mom used to bring me to all the museums," Sabella said. "We would take a train and go into the city all the time. So, she kind of put the seed in me and it didn't come out until I was older. It took me all those years to process it."
She spent the first 20 years of her life in Westport before moving on to Boston and Cambridge, where she attended Emerson College. Sabella didn't graduate, instead opting to attend secretarial school and earning a position at Clifford Selbert Design. Though she didn't focus on her art as much during her seven years there, something she has rekindled more recently, moving from illustration, her first love, to painting.
Now, she said she, like many of her ilk, sees painting as an outlet, or an escape.
"I need to do it," Sabella said. "It sounds pretentious but I need to do it."
Throughout her career, she has painted and sold anything from portraits of dogs or barns to the creation of unique looking ladderback chairs. Her more recent creation are these drips. Sabella uses thinner on her paint and then drips it down the side of one of her portrait boards, one color at a time, creating layer upon layer in a complex, abstract design.
"If you look at them, there's several layers on top of each line so you're seeing a sliver of one color about four layers back coming through," she said. "I'm trying to control gravity, but at some point, I don't have control over it."
Sabella took this a step further by painting some of these lined abstractions on flypaper, so that they can be hung. These types of designs will be shown on March 2, when Sabella's work will be showcased in the opening of Five Points Gallery in Torrington.
"What I find interesting is that she can take something simple and make it complicated," Judith McElhone, Five Points executive director said. "Is there anything more simple than a line?"
Sabella said that she is inspired most by color, and by forces of gravity, both of which are fully on display in her current drip and flypaper pieces. A flypaper piece will be displayed behind the front desk of a major hotel in Boston, Sabella said, though she could not reveal the hotel as of yet.
"I'm doing a 14-foot long by 5-foot high flypaper on aluminum sheet metal that will go behind the reception desk. I'm working on that now, actually. I'm really excited about it," she said.
Sabella's style, as it has her entire career, is still ever-changing.
"I always think I have it and then it changes," she said. "I always think that 'this is really great' and then something shifts and it's usually something completely opposite of what I was doing."
The re-opening of the newly named Five Points Gallery, formerly ARTSPACE Torrington, will be held Saturday at 6 p.m. The gallery is located at 33 Main St. and is open regularly to the public Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.


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Investigators continue search for killers in fatal shooting of immigrant gas station worker
NORWALK -- Police are still looking for two men responsible for the execution-style shooting death of a gas station clerk early Saturday morning.
Police Chief Harry Rilling said Tuesday he could not offer additional details in the death of Stamford resident Jose Joaquin Morales, 33, of 17 Lee St., pending a planned release Wednesday of information gathered by detectives working on the case.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Tuesday that the death was a homicide and Morales, known to his friends as Joaquin, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head.
The homicide is the city's first since July 19, 2008, when Milton "Mickey" Tyson, 41, was punched and fell, slamming his head on the pavement and suffered traumatic brain injury near the South Main and Merritt streets in South Norwalk. Michael Grant, 44, of 86 Woodward Ave., Norwalk, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and is now serving a 10-year prison sentence.
The gas station robbery occurred just before 2:13 a.m. Saturday, when police said two masked men -- at least one armed with a handgun -- walked into Miracle Shell's large convenience store and demanded money from Morales. The station is about 150 yards from the terminus of Interstate 95's northbound Exit 15 and not much farther away from an adjoining entrance.
A security video shows Morales, who was not in a protective cage, giving money to the robbers and on the ground when he was shot in the head by one of the robbers, Rilling said. Rilling called the death wholly unnecessary and "horrendous."
Rilling said investigators are looking at camera images from the station as well as neighboring businesses to determine what the robbers were driving and their route of escape. Rilling said police were close to identifying the vehicle.
Family members said Morales, who was single, came to the United States from Guatemala 14 years ago. His cousin, Luis, of Stamford, who on the weekend evenings gave Morales a ride to the station, said Morales regularly sent money to his parents in Guatemala.
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I don't have a problem catching waves. I can pop up just about OK most of the time, too. My problem is staying ahead of the whitewater and actually covering ground (or water). I can angle my board and ride along the face a little way as it breaks, and that's fine for a split second or two, but then I stall and the ride just finishes: the whitewater overtakes me and I end up on the back of the board with the nose sticking way up out of the water. Ultimately I fall off the back of the board.
I'm not sure what's happening. The obvious thing would be that I'm not putting enough weight forward on the board. I've tried to shift my weight forward more and swing my front foot further forward (and pearled the board a shedload of times in the process! yey) but the board doesn't seem to plane right. I did wonder whether this is just normal when the swell isn't very powerful (if you're familiar with surf-forecast.com "max energy" ratings, the waves where I am are rated around 25-30 on average at the moment). I broke a fin the other day when I rode too far into the beach, so it's not like I'm not going somewhere... Confused! Can't help feeling that I'm blaming my tools, though, and am determined to work this one out
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Canon EOS T1i
Exposure 1/5
Stock Lens
When we were friends she basically flirted with me at work just to use my Macbook Pro. Couple months later she bought her own Macbook Pro and we started dating. Our date nights often end with us sitting on the couch looking up geeky stuff online.
-Artie Melo
I love shooting old and intricate architecture, and when I read the description for this week's challenge I thought I could create an interesting duotone with shots from one of the most infamous mental institutions, Greystone Psychiatric Hospital in Morris Plains, NJ. I wanted to create an eerie, Hitchcock-esque mood with the duotone processing, and it could not have been more perfect when a flock of crows surrounded the building. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel, EF-S 18-55mm lens, 1/200 exposure, f9.
-Jamie Babbitt
Great challenge this week!
Went out to get some pics on a very drab day, found an old container with much contrast and rusty bits.
Used a 105mm Micro Nikkor and the oncam flash for some extra contrast, bounced it off my phone to get it from the top of the pic.
Duotone shamelessly done in silverEfex Pro, using the toning feature to add a coffee tone and some extra structure.
- Nils Rohwer
I was at a friend's flat in Elephant & Castle in London and, having kept the shooting challenge in mind, thought that their building was a good enough subject to experiment duotone on. The past few days we've had grey skies, but today (Sunday) we had glorious sunshine - not an opportunity to be missed! I didn't have any proper camera with me so I used the camera my iPod touch (just Apple's own camera app). I then followed the Photoshop tutorial for duotones and had some fun!
-Katherine Moe
This is my entry for the duotone challenge. Living on the water provides lots of photo options & daily inspiration. This week in CT, we had some extremely foggy days. The original image of a fogged in river boat started out looking black and white. I thought it took the moody blue duotone applied in photoshop rather well. I normally have my D5000 glued to my hip but on this day I only had my iphone to snap with - nothing fancy.
-Lauren Fister
It was a cold & rainy saturday night... and all the locals took to the bar for shelter. This photo was taken with my canon t2i 50mm fixed lens @ f/1.4, ISO 800. I used the photoshop method to achieve the duotone effect & enjoyed playing around to find 2 colours that reflect the end of the patio season & much earlier sunsets.
-Jo Law
"Man's Best Friend"
I've come to depend on my dog over the past 11 years as she has been at my side in nearly everything i have undertaken.
So Paige was my old stand by today as I was searching for a duotone subject.
I caught her waking up from her mid-afternoon nap and used my new "nifty-fifty" a f/1.8 to get an extremely shallow depth of field.
Canon 60D
EF 50mm f/1.8 II
1/20 sec at f/1.8, ISO 1600
- Micah Rydman
My submission is a shot of logs stacked in the backyard. Pretty simple, but I think the logs stand out much more after editing. Taken with a Canon Powershot S95 at f/2.0, 1/160 sec., ISO-80, no flash. Also, I edited it in Gimp.
- Jacob Freck
Dear reader:
It was clear night and the temperature was really cold and windy I took my bike and I went for a small journey (10km) to another town 'Lomma' beside my city 'Lund' and from Lomma's beach I could see Malmö and it's bridge connecting Malmö to Denmark, also I saw 'Turning Torso' tower. it was really cool feeling to just be alone with nice view.
I guess you have to be their to feel it.
Tools: Canon 600D, Lens 135, Place.
(ISO:100 F-stop:3.5 E-time:30 sec (Colors: Black and Orange)
Photo name: I miss Waterpipe.
Hot regards
-Muhammad Darwish
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/18, 13 Second Exposure, EF 100mm 2.8L Macro Lens, ISO-50, LED lighting
The fastest way to start the parking meter in San Francisco is the dollar coin. Drive to the Sunset, pop one in, eat lunch, and leave right on time. The bank tellers always got mad at me when I asked for a roll of the coins because they had to go to the back and search for them. I haven't lived in SF for two years. Now, I cannot get rid of them...business will actually throw hissy fit if I try to use one. Apparently, replacing the dollar bill with coins will save the US Government billions. That is weird because Van Buren started his presidency with a five year depression...maybe he is helping us from the beyond.
- Daniel Jang
It was overcast on friday, but as it was getting dark the clouds disappeared from the sky. This gave me an awesome visual of the clouds distant clouds on the horizon. I took a one second exposure, because the light was fading quickly. I gave it a blue themed duotone, with a very dark blue for the shadows and a very light blue for the highlights. Camera used was my Panasonic FZ35.
-Peter Glitsch
My university's photography club takes trips around our campus sometimes, and today we were utilizing some props a member had- giant American flags and cigarettes. I thought the feeling of the photo really worked in duotone, but I couldn't decide which color gradient I liked the best, and I really like them all combined in triptych form. Not sure if that'll get me disqualified under the 'one submission' rule, but I really liked the end result.
Shooting Summary:
Nikon D3000 with 50mm f/1.8 lens
shutter: 1/1000sec. at f/4.5, ISO 100
Edited in Photoshop CS5
- Rachel Weiss
Title: Owl In Existence
I placed the Owl on a t.v. tray. I then placed another t.v. tray touching the one with the owl on it, I then put a lam on the adjoining tray. I then took a wooden dowel rod and attached a work-lamp to it and set it less than an inch outside of the shot, I was really trying to bring in maximum light possible. I ended up being very happy with the outcome! (My brother had a Harry Potter party a while back. He used many props and items that he picked up at an antique shop. Within these props were various animal statues, I chose the Owl because it captured the essence of the duotone with its dark, brown complexion, against the cool color of the wall).
Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm 1.8
Shutter: 400
Aperture: 1.8
- George Westlake
When a trip to the Dia:Beacon was planned for this weekend, I decided it would be a good time to try my hand at a shooting challenge again. The trip didn't let down in terms of striking landscape views, but what was really eye catching were these window shadows in the Richard Serra room. They seemed to be begging for this challenge's treatment, the problem being the photography rules in museums. So instead of the old phrase "the best camera is the camera you have on you" this instead is "the best camera is the camera you can use incognito". Therefore this was taken on the iPhone 4, with some contrast adjustments and straightening. I originally wanted to colorize it to reflect the fall colors outside, but ended up liking the blue more due to its resemblance to the Madlib "Shades of Blue" cover art.
-Zach Chapman
I've been looking forward for days to finding the right shot for this. It's only my second contest entry.
This was taken in my back yard with my Sony A230. I was using a Tamron 70-300 lens. ISO at 250, f/4 and exposure at 1/200. I love this image due to the contrast of the moss/fungus on the tree, the grain of the fence and the playfulness of the squirrel as it pokes his head out at the split in the tree.
I wished that I could have gotten a most striking color contrast, but I'm not familiar in the least with Duotone photography... hell, I'm not that familiar with photography in general!
I hope somebody enjoys this image!
Rubik's deception
As soon as I read about the challenge thousands of ideas blow up in my mind. I took pictures of most of my ideas but none of them really caught my attention. Then I looked around in my room and I found that old Rubik's Cube. I tried a couple of shots and they looked somehow catchy! So i took some lights and put them around it to obtain a good effect. The final result was quite good, also thanks to my almost macro lens, which allowed me to take a pretty close shot with an aperture of f/2.8.
-Andrea Nessi
For this contest I used a Nikon D90 with f/4.8, 1/80 sec, ISO-200 as settings. I was at a birthday party and this was the cake topper. The little plastic man's face just seemed happy and content with everything in life. Plus, he just caught a fish which is half the size of his little body.
- Francis Armetta
Canon 400D with Cannon 18-55mm IS lens at 29mm, 1/320 sec, f/16, ISO 200
I had a busy weekend and was afraid I would miss out on this
competition, a real shame because I'd been looking for an excuse to
try making duotones for a while now! On the way down to a parts store
I happened to find this cool abandoned factory. I figured the shadows
and the texture of the bricks would work pretty well in duotone, and I
think it worked pretty well. Worked purple in as the shadow tone to
keep it interesting.
-Brenda Dunne
Canon 60D, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/800
I got distracted by some ants while on a photo shoot I had hoped I could use a shot from for this challenge, and I ended up going with this photo instead. In Photoshop, I changed the image mode to grayscale and then to duotone of light red and dark blue. I used a gradient map to adjust the contrast and then changed it back to RGB mode where I applied a second gradient map with the same colors and changed the blending mode of that adjustment layer to color. I processed the image several times trying different color combinations and adjusted the contrast several different ways, but in the end this purple toned version was my favorite.
-Esmer Olvera
Despite a snow storm and a few nights below freezing, my roommate's tomato plant has held onto it's two remaining fruits. We debate eating them.. The sun was in a perfect position for this shot and contrasts nicely with the lifelessness of the plant. I used a maroon for the darker tones and a blue for the lighter. Nikon D40x, ISO 200, f/4.2. GIMP is responsible for the post processing.
- Ryan Moynihan


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100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican
100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican (HUMOR)
By Stephen D. Foster Jr.
Conservatives are so easy to anger these days. Even the most insignificant statement can set off their tempers. If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following:
1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free.
3. Joseph McCarthy was an un-American, witch hunting sissy.
4. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were traitors.
5. The South lost the Civil War, get over it.
6. The Founding Fathers were liberals.
7. Fascism is a right-wing trait.
8. Sarah Palin is an idiot.
9. The Earth is round.
10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President.
11. Reagan legalized abortion as Governor of California.
12. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.
13. Ronald Reagan supported gun control.
14. Global warming is real.
15. Republicans hate illegal immigrants, unless they need their lawns mowed or their houses cleaned.
16. The military is a government-run institution, so why do Republicans approve the defense budget?
17. The Cold War is over and the Soviet Union no longer exists.
18. Paying taxes is patriotic.
19. Republicans: Peddling the same failed economic policies since 1880.
20. The Republican Party began as a liberal party.
21. The Presidents' full name is Barack Hussein Obama and he was born in the United States of America.
22. George W. Bush held hands with the King of Saudi Arabia.
23. President Obama saved the American auto industry, while Republicans wanted to destroy it.
24. Hate is not a Christian virtue.
25. Jesus was a liberal.
26. Republicans spend MORE money than Democrats.
27. Tea parties are for little girls.
28. Public schools educate all children; private schools are for indoctrinating children.
29. The Constitution is the law, NOT the Bible.
30. Sharia law doesn't exist in America.
31. The President is NOT a Muslim.
32. Corporations are NOT people. People are people.
33. Fox News isn't real news, it's just a racist, sexist, hateful, right-wing propaganda machine.
34. The Federal Reserve was a Republican idea.
35. Women are equal citizens who deserve equal rights.
36. Women control their own bodies.
37. Abortion is a relevant medical procedure, just ask Rick Santorum.
38. Please use spell-check.
39. It's "pundit", not "pundint".
40. Social Security is solvent through 2038.
41. Health care is a right, not a product.
42. Roe v. Wade was a bipartisan ruling made by a conservative leaning Supreme Court.
43. G.O.P also stands for Gross Old Perverts.
44. The donkey shouldn't be the Democratic mascot because Republicans are the real jackasses.
45. Barack Obama ordered the killing of Osama Bin Laden. It took him two and half years to do what Bush couldn't do in eight.
46. Waterboarding IS torture.
47. 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch, therefore he did NOT keep America safe.
48. Republicans invaded Iraq for oil, so Iraq should be allowed to invade Texas to get it back.
49. Separation of church and state is in the Constitution, it's called the First Amendment.
50. Muslims are protected by the Constitution, just as much as Christians.
51. Barack Obama is the first African-American President, get over it.
52. The Oval Office is NOT a "whites only" office.
53. America is a nation of immigrants, therefore we are all anchor babies.
54. The white race isn't disappearing, it's evolving.
55. God is a particle.
56. Evolution is real.
57. The Earth is 4.54 billion years old, not 6,000.
58. The Founding Fathers did not free the slaves.
59. The Revolution was NOT fought over slavery.
60. Paul Revere warned the Americans, NOT the British.
61. Federal law trumps state law.
62. The Civil War was about slavery, NOT state's rights.
63. Corporations care more about profits than they do about people.
64. Getting out of a recession requires government spending.
65. Glenn Beck is a nut-job.
66. Republicans: Paranoid since 1932.
67. Republicans don't want to pay for your birth control, but they want you to pay for their Viagra.
68. Republicans actually NEED Viagra.
69. Fox News is owned by an Australian and has a Saudi prince as an investor.
70. Republicans complain about immigrants taking American jobs, then freely give American jobs to foreigners overseas.
71. Republicans hate communism, so why do they refer to themselves as red states?
72. Labor unions built this country.
73. Republicans hold America hostage as a political strategy; the temper tantrum throwing kind of political strategy.
74. Jesus was a Jew, not a Christian.
75. When Republicans see black, they attack.
76. Inside every Republican is a Klansman or a Nazi waiting to bloom.
77. Republicans only care about children BEFORE they are born.
78. Republicans are hypocrites, they're just too stupid to know it.
79. The Christian-Right boycotts movies that have violence, and then promotes guns and insurrection.
80. I think therefore I am NOT a Republican.
81. Republicans that oppose gay marriage are most likely in the closet themselves.
82. Churches should stay out of politics, or be taxed.
83. People are too poor to vote Republican.
84. Democrats think for themselves, Republicans form think tanks to do it for them.
85. Republicans hate education because they couldn't hack it in school.
86. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins and Republicans wallow in it.
87. A little socialism on the Left is better than a little fascism on the Right.
88. The current corporate tax rate is the lowest in 60 years, so stop whining about it being too high.
89. Republicans: Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Lesbian sex.
90. Republicans: Terrorizing the American people since 1981.
91. Republicans have their own terrorists, just look up Timothy McVeigh.
92. Republicans love outsourcing, just ask the Chinese Communists.
93. The Republican answer to the oil spill was to apologize to BP, a foreign oil company.
94. Democrats will be working hard to bring jobs to Americans, while the Republicans tea bag each other in the middle of the aisles.
95. Voter disenfranchisement is immoral and un-American, that's why Republicans do it.
96. Republicans would let your house burn down unless you pay them to put it out.
97. Democrats want to take care of the sick. Republicans take their credit cards and then deny them medical attention.
98. Republicans say teachers are union thugs, then proceed to rape and mug the entire middle class on behalf of corporations.
99. Republicans think rape isn't a crime, but miscarriages are.
100. Republicans are idiots and arguing with them is a waste of time!
Bottom line? If you want to anger a conservative, tell them the truth.
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A Sandwich a Day: Reuben Bagel at Murray's Bagels Chelsea
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
Do you need to put pastrami on a bagel? Is a Reuben bagel even a good idea?
Normally I'd say no. But when it's a fine bagel like the ones at Murray's, and the delicate, tender pastrami is cured and smoked by David Burke and then steamed in-house, and the sheer volume of pastrami and overall sandwich makes this two meals for any sane eater: yes, it just might be. And at $9.50 per sandwich, it's a bargain by pastrami standards.
I'll put it this way: an everything bagel here is way better bread than the crummy grocery store rye on most celebrated pastrami sandwiches. Some might argue it's too much bread, and they might be right. But the audacity of a Reuben bagel is something to admire, and the meaty-cheesy-tangy-sweet elements of the sandwich are just where they ought to be.
If you have sour expectations about overstuffed bagel sandwiches, this might just change your mind.
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It's April 21, a special day for my girls. They're ready to welcome Kartini day. Therefore we'd been very busy since early in the morning. Choosing the costume, applying the make up and all. Okay, everything's finally done, Najla with her Balinese costume while Zea prefered Baju Bodo. They're so eager to wear something different today. Here they were, arrived at school, mingled with their friends and ready for a joyous carnival. Have fun, girls. Happy Kartini day, everybody!
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Posted by Tjut Riana at Thursday, April 21, 2011
2 comments:
- alaya April 25, 2011 at 10:43 AM
as a kid, on kartini's day, i wore baju bodo too :)
the color was purple :p
- riana April 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM
@alaya: I guess baju bodo will be every mom's favorite since it's easy to wear :)


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Bellevue: El Gaucho's Tribute Burger, the 410
El Gaucho
450 108th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue WA 98004 (map); 425-455-2715; other locations in Seattle and Tacoma listed at elgaucho.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: Flavorful half-pound burger made with care, using dry-aged top sirloin and Certified Angus Beef filet
Want Fries with That? Comes with thick-cut fries enjoyed best with chipotle aioli and curry dipping sauces
Price: 410 Burger, $9 during happy hour (Mon. to Fri., 2 - 6 p.m., Sun., 5 - 10 p.m. in the bar), normally $15
Notes: Burger also available in Seattle location during happy hour for $11; not available in Tacoma
It seems crazy to order a burger at a steak restaurant—why grind up a perfectly good cut of meat? But at Bellevue's steakhouse El Gaucho, they put the same attention on their custom-ground, dry-aged 410 Burger as they would a juicy porterhouse, and if you visit during happy hour, you can get it for $9.
It's not just about bargain dining—the 410 is a well-made burger, and having it a cushy lounge, beer or wine glass in-hand, isn't a bad way to end the day. The patty is a half-pound, 50/50 combination of 28-day dry-aged All-Natural Certified Angus Beef Top Sirloin from Niman Ranch and Certified Angus Beef filet ground in-house. After a short time on the charcoal grill, the beef comes out juicy with the heady flavor of dry-aged sirloin and a little smokiness from the grill.
The meat is seasoned with El Gaucho's custom house blend that they use on their steaks, which includes kosher salt, black pepper, granulated garlic and onion, and cayenne pepper. It's a balanced seasoning that enhances the beef's earthy flavor. They cook the patty to a medium just-pink center as a baseline, but if you want more rareness, let the server know (I recommend medium rare to medium). The coarse ground beef mixture is gently combined and has a delicate texture.
El Gaucho's 410 has two variations: The flagship Seattle restaurant serves its burger on a focaccia bun from Seattle's Essential Baking Company; the Bellevue version uses a custom Kaiser-style bun from Mario's Bakery in Kent. The difference between the two is mostly texture: a chewier focaccia-style bun versus a more traditional sponge-like bite with the Kaiser roll. I prefer the traditional Kaiser roll—with such a big, juicy burger, a softer, more absorbent bread helps mop up the flavor before it runs down your hands.
Both versions of the 410 come topped with slices of bacon, melted white cheddar, thick slices of fresh tomato, iceberg lettuce, and white onion slices. The cheddar has a pungent, tart bite that goes nicely with the aged beef, and the extra thick slices of tomato add fresh sweetness. El Gaucho slathers housemade Thousand Island dressing on the bun, adding a tangy flavor of sweet pickle relish to the mix.
The burger comes with thick fresh-cut fries seasoned with salt and pepper. The fries could easily be passed up in lieu of the towering burger, but the little spuds become crave-worthy when dipped in the custom sauces on the happy hour menu: a smoky chipotle aioli and a sweet curry sauce. Skip the ketchup and go for the specialty sauces—the dueling flavors of savory chipotle and sweet curry are a delicious supporting cast to the burger.
The burger's name is in homage to the 410 Restaurant, opened by famed Seattle restaurateur Victor Rosellini in 1956. Rosellini's 40-year restaurant empire elevated Seattle to a city where people could come to dine. It's a fitting honor, as the burger is a combination of casual comfort with refined taste. Juicy and flavorful, with the affordable happy hour price, El Gaucho's 410 Burger will leave you full and guilt-free about ordering a hamburger at a steakhouse.
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The open source Wine project is celebrating its 15th anniversary by releasing version 1.0 of the software. The software provides libraries that shunt Windows API calls to their posix, X11, or OpenGL equivalents, allowing many binaries compiled for Microsoft's OS to run on various forms of *nix. Unlike virtualization software, this method does not require any version of Windows to be installed on the computer hosting Wine, nor does it suffer the performance hits involved with emulated environments.
That said, Wine isn't as complete a solution as virtualization. It only aims to provide compatibility for the Win32 APIs and DirectX (Direct3D support is limited), meaning that applications targeting more recent Microsoft APIs may be left out in the cold. Implementation of the sprawling Win32 toolkit—including "bug-for-bug compatibility"—has also been done on a somewhat ad-hoc basis, largely focused by attempts to get specific applications working. Stray too far off the beaten path, and unexpected behavior should be expected. Fortunately, this also means that the most popular applications have received the most attention; support for Adobe Photoshop and Dragon Naturally Speaking, for example, arrived earlier this year.
Wine has been somewhat controversial within the Linux community, as some have argued that the effort put into the project would be better spent on creating equivalents of the Windows software that Wine enables users to run. The project appears a bit sensitive to these criticisms, as they host two pages dedicated to countering them. Still, there's little doubt that, for users that absolutely need to run one or two Windows programs, Wine can provide them that capacity with a lower strain on their finances and hardware.
Wine faces a huge challenge in reimplementing an API that dates to the early 90s, has been frequently updated, and is known for taking backwards compatibility to nearly pathological levels. As such, this version draws a somewhat arbitrary line in terms of what level of performance is acceptable in a 1.0 release; a list of bugs that will be fixed in the 1.0.1 and 1.2 versions is already in place. Still, the software has been seeing a large number of updates to the 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 series this year, so it's hard to begrudge them celebrating the project's anniversary in this manner.
The code for this release is available at Sourceforge; binary packages for many Linux distributions, as well as FreeBSD and Solaris, have also been posted.


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An Arbutus man was one of two arrested by Howard County Police for the Dec. 28 armed robbery of a Lisbon pharmacy.
Howard County Police said Anthony Chester Sering, 27, of Dundalk, and Anthony Alascio, 27, of Halethorpe, are charged with three counts of armed robbery, three counts of robbery, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, three counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, three counts of conspiracy to commit robbery, unauthorized removal of property, two counts of reckless endangerment, three counts of theft, armed carjacking and a weapons violation.
Both are being held at the Howard County Detention Center without bond.
Police said two men wearing masks entered the Med One Pharmacy in the 700 block of Lisbon Center Drive at approximately 9:30 a.m. Dec. 28 and approached the pharmacy counter.
The two, one of whom had a weapon, confronted two employees and demanded drugs.
The employees complied, then were bound with duct tape and zip ties and taken to the bathroom, where they were told to lie on the floor.
The robbers, who stole drugs as well as money from the cash box, stole a cell phone from one employee and car keys from the other employee.
They drove off in her Honda Civic, then left the vehicle in a nearby neighborhood and got into their own vehicle.
An resident contacted police with the license plate numbers for both vehicles and a description of the suspects.
Around that time, a customer entered the pharmacy and, after waiting for someone to attend to her, found the two employees in the bathroom.
The employees called 911.
Meanwhile, after a brief pursuit, police apprehended the suspects.
There were no injuries. Police found drugs, the employee's cell phone and a roll of duct tape in the vehicle.


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Mizzou thunders back to topple Florida Gators
Laurence Bowers has 17 points as Tigers stay unbeaten at home
Laurence Bowers had 17 points plus 10 rebounds and Missouri erased a 13-point deficit in the second half to rally past No. 5 Florida 63-60 on Tuesday night.
Phil Pressey added 10 assists, seven points, six rebounds and three steals for Missouri (19-7, 8-5 SEC). The Tigers didn't have Bowers a month ago in a 31-point blowout loss at Florida.
Mike Rosario had 14 points for Florida (21-4, 11-2) but missed a 3-point try at the buzzer. The Gators had won 13 of 14 and led 49-36 with 10:51 left, then hurt themselves at the foul line.
Florida missed five straight free throws in the second half, three times on the front end of one-and-ones. The Gators made six of 12 foul shots overall, while Missouri was 12 of 15.
The Tigers improved to 15-0 at home this season. They are 30-1 the last two seasons under coach Frank Haith.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Job seeker ramble Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Job seeker ramble Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message JaninyJoined: 31 May 2008Posts: 199 Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:01 am Post subject: Hello again. I hope you all enjoyed my semi-fictitious, half-remembered Shane dialog. Looking over the thread, I think this deserves a bit of support vikeologist wrote: Vocab Police alert. I don't know. I think 'baldly' is ok as an adverb. I'm not saying it's common, but the meaning is clear. As a Brit, I have to put up with much worse transgressions from colonists almost daily. Anyway, I'm not sure that every single Shane is going to be bad. I don't doubt that as an organisation they may have faults, but there probably are good branches out there. However, almost certainly most of them should be avoided. (my emboldening, sorry for the American language, mate) I'm a DOS at a Uni, and we take on newly qualified teachers, though the standard of applicants is currently very god [sic], and experience is increasingly an advantage. I'd say where you're going wrong is by using recruiters. (I would go out on a limb and say that every single recruiter of non-China based teachers is bad). Apply to Unis direct. The best Unis to work for will probably recruit their own teachers. I would never agree to the use of recruiters for my Uni.(My emboldening again) So if vikeologist is right, and I suppose he is - nine-tenths, or even 19/20ths of the ads on Dave's ESL China Job Board are suspect. Think about that, oh Original Poster! And I apologize for hijacking your thread to get back at Shane English Schools for making me work 80% of my days off, and (sigh) so much else... Bye now. Back to top choudoufuJoined: 25 May 2010Posts: 3325Location: Mao-berry, PRC Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject: Janiny wrote: Yes friends, I said 'baldly' and I meant 'baldly'. bald means without hair, or tread if a tire. doing something baldly is self-explanatory. you could, for example, use the word when discussing that picard guy (the fake captain) on the (fake) star trek program.... "Her on-going mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life forms and new civilizations, to baldly go where no man has gone before." Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:16 pm Post subject: I heard negatives about this place 20+years ago ! Back to top JaninyJoined: 31 May 2008Posts: 199 Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:18 am Post subject: choudoufu wrote: "Her on-going mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life forms and new civilizations, to baldly go where no man has gone before." You're very funny, choudoufu. I also liked your Norwegian troll bit in the 'I Need Some Advice' thread on the main China forum. You're right about Jean-Luc Picard. His mission fits definitions three and four of Dictionary.com's take: Quote: bald/baldly: adjective, adverb 1. having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person. 2. destitute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain. 3. lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned: a bald prose style. 4. open; undisguised: a bald lie. 5. Zoology . having white on the head: the bald eagle. 6. Automotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away. The Enterprise's mission was indeed undisguised; they just wanted to explore but never to exploit. And it was certainly a mission lacking in detail, like how the heck can a vessel travel at six times the speed of light, and then return to Earth in the crew's families' own lifetime. Wouldn't their siblings and children have died centuries ago after the Enterprise's relative five-year jaunt through the stars? (You don't need to answer that!) And you nailed definition six as well [bald means...tread if a tire] but I stand by my original use of the word: Quote: The eccentric founder writes the materials, and the last unit of one of the intermediate books features a dialog that exists quite baldly in order for the male teacher to set up a date with the hapless, soon-to-depart female student. ...which is also definitions three and four. Three, because it's quite bare, plain, and unadorned to ask a young lady if she has a boyfriend, and what her phone number is without the least attempt at sweet talk. Four, because the dialog in question is so undisguisedly a plea for a night out and possibly a sleep over. P.S. I've always preferred old Jean Luc to Captain Kirk, and not just because Patrick Stewart could actually act, and not because he made a vocation of anthropology, or because of his finely honed diplomatic skills, but because he had better solutions to problems than punching them. Do you suppose The Q Continuum would have wasted five minutes with William Shatner? Not I! 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Being a long term RISC OS user I think having it available on the Pi is fantastic - and has enabled me to do far more with it than I could do on my ageing hardware that it has replaced. I was wondering however, what most people are actually using ROS on the Pi for - once it is installed, you have gotten to grasps with the differences of the interface then are people using it for educational and/or every day purposes? I know there are a hardcore of users who are writing and updating software, but I am not sure how many new users we have as a result of this port.
Is there anything lacking that, specifically, reduce its usefulness in terms of educational value/appeal?


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Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code)
For new code the use of the
Thread::Signal module is discouraged and the direct use of the
threads and associated modules is encouraged instead.
However, there is no direct equivalent of the Thread::Signal module in the new implementation of threads. On the bright side: signals are now delivered reliably to Perl programs that do not use threads. The handling of signals with the new threading features is up to the underlying thread implementation that is being used and may therefor be less reliable.
If you want to specify a thread-specific signal, you can alter the %SIG hash in the thread where you want to handle a signal differently from other threads. This at least seems to work under Linux. But there are no guarantees and your mileage may vary.
For the whole story about the development of threads in Perl, and why you should not be using this module unless you know what you're doing, see the CAVEAT of the
Thread module.
use Thread::Signal;
$SIG{HUP} = \&some_handler;
Thread::Signal module starts up a special signal handler thread. All signals to the process are delivered to it and it runs the associated
$SIG{FOO} handlers for them. Without this module, signals arriving at inopportune moments (such as when perl's internals are in the middle of updating critical structures) cause the perl code of the handler to be run unsafely which can cause memory corruption or worse.
This module changes the semantics of signal handling slightly in that the signal handler is run separately from the main thread (and in parallel with it). This means that tricks such as calling
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I practice yoga because it is an amazing alchemical process which continues to transform my experience here on Earth. I believe I speak the sentiments of many when I say that I am truly in love with yoga and simply cannot imagine my life without!
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Because of the inspiring changes that come about for the practitioners; there is something magical that happens when one devotes themselves to the practice and study of the ancient art and science of yoga. It is an honor to be of service to others on their journey!


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Torchlight II is going to be a heck of a lot bigger than Torchlight. Runic founder Travis Baldree has written a blog post on the game's site detailing just how much bigger. By his reckoning, Torchlight II is about four times the size of its predecessor.
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Founded in 1919 by Herbert Hoover, the Hoover Library and Archives are among the world's most important repositories for unique archival materials and rare publications on political, social, and economic change in the modern era.
While the Hoover Archives specializes primarily in unpublished materials (personal papers, sound recordings, posters, etc.), the Hoover Library is the Institution's repository for published books, serials, newspapers, and government documents. (Both the Library and Archives have pamphlets). The Library has particularly strong holdings on the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union, Russian emigres, the world wars, the Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations, and political and ideological movements of the 20th century.


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- TCI Launches in the Philippines with Cities Taking the Lead to Reduce Teen Pregnancies November 19, 2020
- TCI's RAISE Tool Helps Health System and Four Municipalities Collaborate Better in Ziguinchor, Senegal November 16, 2020
- Championing Use of Near, Real-Time Reporting Techniques to Enhance Program Delivery and Data Quality in Mwanza November 10, 2020
- TCIHC's Fixed Day Static/Family Planning Day Approach Diffuses Statewide in Uttar Pradesh October 28, 2020
- Engaging Boda-Boda Operators to Promote Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya October 27, 2020
- Webinar Shows How Nigeria Is Improving Family Planning Service Delivery Despite Trying Times October 22, 2020
- TCIHC Urban Tales: Creating Family Planning Coaches Within the Health System in Indore October 19, 2020
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News from the world of Maths
Space is three-dimensional ... or is it? When we spoke to theoretical physicist David Berman in October this year we found out that in fact, we are all used to living in a curved, multidimensional universe. And a mathematical argument might just explain how those higher dimensions are hidden from view.
Want to stop your brain from rusting this Christmas? Then visit our sister project NRICH, which received a major make-over this year and now has a beautiful new website. NRICH is aimed at students and teachers of maths of all ages and backgrounds. It offers challenging and engaging activities that develop mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills and show rich mathematics in meaningful contexts.
The Isaac Newton Institute celebrates its 20th birthday this year, having opened in July 1992. To celebrate we had a rare glimpse behind its venerable doors to explore some of the research programmes that have been held there. As you'll see, what started out as abstract mathematics scribbled on the back of a napkin can have major impact in the real world.
Looking for some Christmas reading? Good news! Eureka have published their first ever digital issue featuring authors such as Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, John Conway and more.
This summer, while at a conference in Poland, we were lucky enough to watch Sara Santos and her maths buskers perform on the streets of Krakow. Find out what maths busking is all about!
Don your lycra and lace your trainers... It's time to look back on a summer of sport and, of course, maths!
2013 has been declared as the year for the Mathematics of Planet Earth!
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These Are the Most Engaging Brands on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
As Facebook gears up for its initial public offering later this week, there's been a lot of speculation about the company's valuation. But there's no denying that its worth to major and up-and-coming brands is invaluable, allowing Facebook users to interact and engage with companies in unprecedented ways.
A new infographic from social marketing firm SocialBakers takes a look at which global brands are making the most of their Facebook presence.
With 157 million Facebook users in the U.S. and 901 million on the site in total, about 83% of members are located outside the 50 states. This means there's room for brands to grow their global reach.
Coca-Cola is the top global beverages brand on Facebook, according to SocialBakers. Meanwhile, Starbucks dominates the food retail sector and Converse tops the retail apparel category.
The infographic also reveals the top ten countries in which global brands are engaging their audience, with the U.S. leading the pack with Starbucks, McDonald's, Xbox, Walmart and Disneyland. Brazil comes in second — with L'Oreal Paris and Trident (Kraft) — followed by India with Vodafone and Pepsi.
SocialBakers also notes that among the fastest moving global brands are Halls, Axe, Nokia and Sony.
Which brands' social media strategies do you believe are most impressive? Let us know your opinion in the comments.
Update: The original version of this story featured an infographic that misplaced a decimal point for brands listed under the "Top Global Brands" section. An updated version of the infographic has since been posted. We regret the error.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Unmarried couples teaching at the same school? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Unmarried couples teaching at the same school? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Indonesia View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message rubyred72Joined: 05 Jan 2004Posts: 4Location: Melbourne, Australia Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: Unmarried couples teaching at the same school? Hi - I'm still looking into going to Indonesia to teach next year with my boyfriend and am unsure how to word our applications. Is it possible for an unmarried couple to teach at the same school? I know that Muslim Indonesians believe it's a sin to live together (kumpul kebo) without being married but would that prevent us from obtaining positions together? Does your private life stay private or will not being married be a massive issue? Thanks in advance. Amanda Back to top TEAM_PAPUAJoined: 24 May 2004Posts: 1679Location: HOLE Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:28 am Post subject: * I can't see this as being a problem, yes Indoensia is a Muslim country but a lot of the schools are chinese owned and a lot of the students are chinese (as they are the ones who can afford the fees). many teachers go to Indonesia single & then end up in relationships with other teachers, or students/staff at their school - although this is forbidden in the contract it rarely causes problems unless the relationship is problematic & affects others. Biggest problem will be the area 'chiefs' who run the security where you will be living. Again, this should not cause problems for you, they simply don't like to see Indonesian girls staying over at their boyfriends' homes. Hope this helps. Back to top willyJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 215Location: Samarinda,Kalimantan,Indonesia(left TW) Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: TEAM_PAPUA gut it right if you live outside of a western housing it may be a small probelm but thats it. everyone will know about you in a short time but knowone will make anything of it Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Indonesia All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Major culinary breakthrough! A dinner made entirely of desserts
"No dessert until you finish your dinner."
Weary at the thought of choking back the limp pile of broccoli pushed to the side on the plate, many a sugar-mad kid has sighed in defeat upon hearing mom utter those dreaded words, preempting any hopes of gaining early access to the cookie jar.
As adults, we don't mind broccoli all that much.
But for many, the love of sweets hasn't diminished.
That's why chef Roger van Damme of Michelin-starred Het Gebaar in Antwerp, Belgium, is getting a lot of attention for his incredible dinner made entirely of desserts.
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Often called the "godfather of molecular pastry," the chef showed off his beautifully crafted dishes during an innovative five-course "dessert for dinner" event as part of the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok's annual World Gourmet Festival.
Van Damme -- no relation to the "muscles from Brussels" (we know you were wondering) -- says he's inspired by everything from Belgian painter Roger Raveel and the architecture of the famed Brussels Atomium to the Antwerp botanical gardens and the colors of Lego blocks.
He acknowledges that an entire meal made of dessert might be too sugary for some.
And by the end of the Four Seasons dinner, there were a few people in the crowd craving something salty.
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But the taste combinations and ingredients, including bergamot, five-spice, gingerbread, pistachio and clove, as well as fresh fruits, tonka and Belgian chocolate, made the meal of desserts less daunting than it sounds.
"I try to seduce the diner with the beautiful appearance of the dessert, using different textures and interesting tastes," says Van Damme.
"There's a large difference between the levels of sweetness in each dessert -- if they were all very sweet, it would indeed be too much."
Check out the above gallery for photos of some of his beautiful dishes.
The 14th Four Seasons World Gourmet Festival is taking place in Bangkok from now until Sunday. Highlights include: Chef Vito Mollica of Michelin-starred Il Palagio in Florence, Italy; Chef Paco Perez, Miramar Restaurant, Llançà, Spain; Chef Jérôme Bonnet, Restaurant Daniel, Paris, France; and Chef Hirohisa Koyama, Aoyagi, Tokyo, Japan.
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Picture: John Galliano London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 - Fashion Fringe - Catwalk London, England - 18.09.10
Disgraced designer John Galliano is set to make his fashion comeback with Oscar De La Renta two years after he was sacked from his role at Christian Dior over his headline-grabbing arrest.
The fashion mogul fell from grace after he was accused of hurling anti-Semitic abuse at a couple during a night out in Paris, France in February, 2011. His arrest, and the subsequent court case, cost him his job as head designer at Christian Dior.
Galliano admitted he was battling a drink problem and has spent the last two years recovering, and now he is set to get back to work with a job at Oscar de la Renta's studio in New York.
De la Renta says, "John and I have known each other for many years and I am a great admirer of his talent. He has worked long and hard on his recovery and I am happy to give him the opportunity to re-immerse himself in the world of fashion and reacclimate (sic) in an environment where he has been so creative."
Galliano adds, "I am an alcoholic. I have been in recovery for the past two years... I have expressed my sorrow privately and publicly for the pain which I caused, and I continue to do so. I remain committed to making amends to those I have hurt. I am grateful to Oscar beyond words for inviting me to spend time with him in the familiar surroundings of a design studio. His support and faith in me is humbling."