२०१४, यह वर्ष हर रंग समेटे हुए था, जहाँ कुछ नए लोगों को जाना हमने वही खुद को भी खोया इस वर्ष, कई नए प्रयोग हुए, पेशेवर जिंदगी में कई नए प्रयास किये तो निजी जिंदगी में ख्वाब टूट कर किस्से बनें, अपनों से जुडी कुछ चिंताएं दूर हुयी, तो कुछ इन्तेजार ख़तम भी हुए इस वर्ष. देश की राजधानी से राज्य की राजधानी का अंतर भी समझ आया और फिर अकेलापन का मन पे बोझ. खैर, २०१४ में कुल मिलाकर हमने खूब सीखा जिंदगी को, लोगों को, खुद को और उम्मीद है १४ की सीख १५ में और आने वाले हर दिन में खूब काम आएगी. यहाँ मैं धन्यवाद देना चाहूँगा उन दोस्तों को जो हमेशा उपलब्ध होते थे और जिनके सहारों ने हमें संवारा है. आने वाला साल में यही कोशिश होगी कि शिक्षा और शिक्षण संस्थानों का सही प्रचार प्रसार करता रहूँ, लोगों तक अपनी जानकारी पहुंचाता रहूँ, कृष्णा के और करीब पहुंचू, थोडा जीऊं खूब लिखूं और यादों को आज खरीदने की इजाजत न दूँ.
नव वर्ष की मंगल कामनाओ सहित.
पर बदले लोगों को ढूंढा नही जाता..
AAPtards have you realized it ever?
Came to know that Kejriwal and his Aam Admi Party has vows to ban RSS. I'm not going to support RSS as i have zero information about this organization, my Ideal Atal ji, The Greatest Hero after Indian Indepences has praised this organization and had said that RSS is his soul, it is the same organization which has given us new hope by giving a leader like Narendra Modi. Then what's wrong with RSS? Why people, like kejriwal opposing RSS?
Through news channels only i realized that they are extremist but nationalist which always stand with Bharat, Their good works has helped us and they have never demanded anything not tried to separate then why AAP vows to ban? AAP was not in kashmir when it was drowning, AAP has done nothing for Uttarakhand, they are opportunist who are hurting those who are serving this nation as mother and trying to get that identity of superior back. What's wrong in it Mr. Kejriwal?
Ashutosh and all AAPtards must clear that how and why they made this statement? Why should not a nationalist will consider them a real villain, when we know that they are same who are sitting with naxalites, sympathizing Kashmir separatism and known for collecting money from Dubai. AAP got more than they reserved but what they did in return silent on real threats and creating more.? I have not find these fellows saying anything against Sonia but they were keep questioning 6 months old government. For me they are just opportunist and restless souls, what about you?
Here i have also a request to all my Delhites Friend DO NOT TRUST AAP blindly, don't go with media but realize what they are saying what they are doing and how good they will be for you, its your choice boss. For me AAP is a looser and RSS as i said all i knew from media is somehow better, old and trusted organization.
This year i have discover some excellent blogs, talented bloggers those writing have inspired me, those gesture and appreciation made me keep on writing. I have not followed many blogs, fact that i am not reading blogs with bookish words but these bloggers have made me to wait for their posts and i enjoyed their most of posts. Here are few blogs i would like to ask you all to read and meet these talented bloggers.
Resonner's Blog– A blog by very talented lady who draws my attention with her superb writing and simple attitude. Yes, It might possible you're already following this blog and impressed with Pamela's thoughts and writing but if you have not read this blog you must read, her poems, her stories has meanings and surely you will be enjoy Resonner's Blog.
हृदयानुभूति– Highly appreciated Hindi blog with lovely poems. This is the blog i came to know, in my first IndiBlogger meet, where i found a beautiful lady, with very soft voice and difficult Hindi words was introducing herself. Later i came to know she was InduJi, the well known blogger.
Visit हृदयानुभूति today if you like to read Hindi Poems and meet my favorite Hindi Blogger, my inspiration.
Known is a drop, Unknown is an Ocean– An inspiring blog, full of spiritual, meaningful, logical and positive teachings. This blog by Ganesh says"Be True, Love All, Help Others Selflessly, Live in Harmony and Rest in Peace". You should follow Known is a drop, Unknown is an Ocean if you want to read quotes with beautiful pictures, you should visit this blog if you are looking for something positive something meaningful and in short.
Range rover's dream– Though it is a new blog it's worth following. Rahul Ranjan, the author has stories, articles, poems and more to share and you will appreciate his posts. I have read his many of blog posts and liked most of them. He writes on random topics, poems in English as well as in Hindi, book reviews, cinema dialog, life making tips and many other topics about he has written. You should visit Range rover's dream not only to read good posts but also to appreciate and to guide a new Blogger.
The Free Boundless Soul– An Interesting blog by Lahari Basu where she shares her own experiences, articles on national issues, humors and more. I found Lahari when she had commented on by blog post on B Negative Blood Group and through her comments i came know one thing that she can help anyone not just because she is O Negative but also as she has a beautiful heart and amazing expressions. You must visit The Free Boundless Soul and meet a beautiful person with amazing thoughts.
These 5 Blogs/Bloggers were my favorite and i really enjoyed their posts. I wish they keep writing inspiring posts, share the goodness and stay Blessed.
Around 200 people from UP got converted, it was a big news, ABP, NDTV and most of Indian Media were engaged and got good TRP. Hindus were happy, welcomed those family, Muslims were worried and now finally we came to know it was a Drama as they were not influenced with the philosophy or the beliefs. Here i have to say something to all, hope you will get me. If my views are wrong please correct me as i am ready to learn and accept to buy all points which worth and made me convince.
I feel a strange anger and same level of frustration whenever i meet him, whenever i heard about him. He is not the same whom i met years back, he who was always happy, passionate and confident for everything is nowadays begging for a normal death! Today again came to know that he cried, abused himself and begged for normal death. It was a working day, he have his office where boss has given him all rights but what is he doing there? Crying for his past, calling same girl about whom he keep complaining that she has raped his dream and still begging to same girl who has not shown any trust and left him easily. I really can't understand what's his problem, why is he making life so uneasy, why can't he rejoice his life, why can't he realize that worst has passed and its worthless to keep thinking about past. I truly want to help my friend and get him back and here through his story i wanted to know few things. I always ask to myself and the supreme, Krishna Why he cries daily? Just because he failed? Why can't he accept the reality, There are so many failure story, there are many others who meet breakups, why can't he understand that Krishna gives us what is better for us? Why can't he buy my points that it would be tough to live with carrying bad memories? Like others i have also suggested him to Forget and forgive but why he can't continue with the reality. In this post i am gonna share about Veer, my friend and i hope his story will help us to live a simple life. Story is all about Internet Relationship with a simple request "Be Real Please".
Veer, hero of my story had a normal life till he met Sneha online(over internet). Sneha, as she told to Veer, was a girl from Delhi, her native place was Ranikhet and she was helping her father and working in his office, has shared all his virtual things and also about his previous relationships with Veer. Veer got affected the way she shared her things. He realized Sneha's loneliness and said he will care and started entertaining. Initially Veer was keep saying to forget his past and to rejoice the present. Both were happy with their friendship and started to chat daily.
Sneha had informed about her first love, she said that she trusted a guy and chatted with him for four years but later she found that he was all lying and in reality that guy was a married person. Sneha have not forgot him but she has completely forgiven him and so she never allowed Veer to say anything against that guy and was always praying for him. Veer was not a guy with big heart, he tried to convince Sneha that he don't deserve her blessings. But Sneha said he has married and having children so she can't say anything, she find her faults in that stupid, fake relationship.
Veer, who became Sneha's closest friend and was all set to make her smile again. He Started thinking on Sneha, he found her less logical but a loving person who deserves the best love and care. Veer has many other friends but those days all who he care was Sneha. He was knowing the fact that in reality he had not been impressed with anyone and so he is still a single guy with no love tales. He was getting closer to sneha day by day and shared everything about him to Sneha, she too started liking him. No matter how and where Veer was, he always find time to chat with her.
It was his first experience of love but he has not shared his feelings, actually he was worrying to loose her friendship, he doesn't want to make her cry but sooner on a fine day, better to say on a magical day(As It was 12/12/12 at 12:12) She proposed him, without making a single second delay he accepted, as he was already dieing to listen this. Both were very happy. Those days Veer became lunatic, talking with everyone about Sneha only, he turned to a scribbler, started sending love texts to her and he had forgot the promise he has made to her.
That strange promise, The Condition of love that Veer will never ask for Sneha's pictures, contact number, address or anything. In the beginnig of their friendship, when Sneha was not ready to share her things, Veer had made this promise that he will never force her for anything like her contact number, address or pictures. He was agreed with all her request but with every passing day he started trying to get some facts about her, he started to get her more close. For Veer, she was her dream but now he started to bring that dream into reality.
Though Sneha has not shared her contact number or address but she had called him few times from PCO and shared her one picture. Now its been more than 6 months of their friendship, almost 3 months has passed when they expressed their love, Veer was keep on trying and getting failed, his mind asks why she is not sharing her facts. On the other side Sneha was keep on telling Veer that she wanted to meet but she has one condition that once they will met she wont go back, Veer was not buying his point and also not happy with her daily story where she was saying that she is getting marriage proposals.
Veer has made few more friends online and one of them were Priya, a south Indian girl who was always raising questions against Sneha, Veer was ignoring his points but he was happy and thankful for her friendly care. Priya has shared many of stories with Veer, and Veer was happy to know that Priya's parents had a successful love marriage, she was a girl with reality who shared her pics, number address everything without asking. Now Veer was knowing that Priya has soft corner for him but he don't want to cheat Sneha, It was against his morals, his soul was not allowing her to leave Sneha, who had been cheated before but Veer was not understanding why she is not sharing reality.
Its been more than four month now, since Veer and Sneha has expressed their love for each other and still Veer was not knowing anything which called reality about Sneha on the other side Sneha was saying that her parents are making pressure on her for marriage. Veer got confused he wanted to share his things with Sneha but he couldn't. He was frustrated with the Sneha, who says if her parents came to know they might kill Veer. Veer, his mind can't understand why she loved him if she was knowing that they can't share reality or their life will face danger. Veer has hinted everyone who he cares that he is love but the same love is not coming out to meet reality.
Now time started changing for Veer. Love and its fairy tales were tough, his mind was restless, can't sleep always waiting for Sneha's text but she was not coming regularly and whenever she came they both ended with fights. It was the time when Priya was getting closer to Veer, a friend whom Veer ingnored most of the times turned a saviour and always sharing good stories, good quotes and ask to live and also that he deserves better but Veer was just praying for a normal life.Whenever Veer was left by Sneha in a pressure cooker, Priya was coming for rescue and he was thankful to Krishna and Priya both, for their time.
One evening Veer asked Sneha to meet and she said she will meet and asked to reach at a defined place within 15 minutes, Veer was knowing he couldn't make it as he was in office and it will take minimum 90 minutes to reach still he agreed, then Sneha revealed that she is with her brother and he might Beat Veer, Veer found it nothing but an excuse and said it's ok i will come. Their conversation ended there and no one tried to meet and no one was waiting, It was all just text.?
After few days Veer was going out of station to examination, he informed the same to Sneha. Sneha made him delighted by saying that she is gonna join. Veer welcomed, he has doubts but acted hopeful near her but then nothing has happened in real. He can't bear more stories, cant live in dreams anymore and he decided set to kill his heart and live with mind so he stopped writing Sneha, he had also stopped writing Priya because whenever they were chatting he was only talking about Sneha and now when there is no Seha what to talk.
Priya was also not calling or writing him like before as she got a new job and was very happy with it but one night at around 1 AM she called Veer and asked how is he. Veer had hidden that he was broken and said he is just ok. She make complaint that why he has stopped writing and also teased on Sneha and then Veer said he has nothing for Sneha. That was the time where he had made mistake again. Priya and Veer on the very next day of that conversation expressed that they both love each-other and their relationship has survived for more than a year. Veer had Priya's address and so he sent her a birthday present, he had her number and so he was making recharge and keep talking for hours but later things has changed again. Priya achieved his dream job, made her parents proud and went with her parents decision and married to a guy who was loving her.
Now once again Veer has left alone, he can't share his reality, he was not ready to accept the fact and always do all useless things which he did today. He says he don't want to test this life anymore and he is making his life tougher with every passing day. Priya has blocked him online and offline and begged to him for his family status, said she has some obligations, some responsibilities and also that she would be happy if Veer forgives him and stopped calling her. Veer asked for her friendship and she said she will resume once Veer got married.
I have nothing to quote, I am keep trying to get my friend back. Please pray for all, pray for values. I couldn't understand people believes on Krishna, Jesus, Sai Baba but not to them whom they call their friend or love. Don't Cheat and Be Real Please. You Never Know When Krishna Will Change Your Role. So Be Blessed and Help The Weak. Jai Shri Krishna.


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WhatsApp has launched a new feature that prevents people adding you to group chats without your permission. Previously, anyone could add you to a group unless you blocked the group's admin. Now, however, WhatsApp has put the power back in your hands.
In countries such as India and Brazil, WhatsApp has been used to spread misinformation quickly and easily. So, in response, in January 2019, WhatsApp placed limits on message forwarding WhatsApp Limits Forwarding to Fight Fake News WhatsApp Limits Forwarding to Fight Fake News WhatsApp is limiting the number of times you can forward a message. This is an effort to fight the spread of misinformation. Read More . And now it is rolling out new privacy settings for groups.
According to the WhatsApp Blog, users have been asking for new ways to control their WhatsApp experience. And WhatsApp has listened. So from now on you'll be able to choose one of three options with regards to privacy settings for groups.
These three options are "Nobody," "My Contacts," and "Everyone". To enable this feature, update WhatsApp to the latest version, then go to Settings. Next, click Account > Privacy > Groups, and select which one of the three options suits you best.
"Everyone" keeps things as they are at the moment, with anyone able to add you to a group. "Nobody" means you'll have to approve joining any group to which you're invited. And "My Contacts" limits it to users you have in your address book.
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It is very cowardly of Brady to not be present for this...bet she'll be present to collect her blood money.
Everyone has been hinting on and saying he hasnt said sorry. I wouldnt ever be able to listen to him say it and honestly believe he means it. It would be nothing more than a recommendation from his lawyers after hearing the constant mention of that. Basically a "say sorry, that'll shut them up"
can someone send a brief on Teves for us who missed it?
The murderer seems disconnected from his feelings, conscience, and his crimes. I hope his family can reach him with a confrontation of his actions when no one is watching or caring. Just between them and their son and her brother. He does not need to be comforted in anything until after he goes to God for forgiveness.
There are truly people on this earth who have absolutely no conscience. jh is one of them but I would include King and the rest of his pack.
Can anyone tell me how I can watch yesterday's proceedings on youtube or elsewhere? Thanks!
@Prism and others, do a youtube search for "Croaker Queen". She posts daily updates from the trial. I think teeves is "Day 65 part 2"
You can go to Youtube and find all of yesterday's sessions.
Video archive of full days of testimony in the trial of James Holmes for the Aurora movie theater shooting.
There also is a screen by the jury box.
They are so brave to tell their impact stories. My heart goes out to all of them and their families.
Why so many police in the court room?
Anyone else notice that King has a look of surprise every time LTM calls another witness for a statement?
Even though there IS another screen in the courtroom, JH has been looking up at the screen the whole trial. Idk why he isn't doing it now....I'm sure he's looking at the other screen but isn't looking UP...just pray he's listening and haunted by their words.
There are so many police because the families probably want to kick his ***..
A legal question. Are there victim impact statements after every murder trial? Or just death penalty murder trials?
King and crew should be ashamed.... I know everyone deserves a fair trial but Come On!
Could he get the DP on any of the other 141 charges?
I want to catch the next plane to Colorado and throw my arms around these people and tell them that I stand with them.
This must be really hard for the attorneys to read the statements without crying.
@Tjq, I highly doubt anyone can get the DP on attempted murder and an explosives count, but I could be wrong!
The sad thing is that most if not all want to shun comfort from strangers and that such focus is severely discomforting. But the desire to comfort others is a very good thing. Yet the victims and/or their families just want to disappear into the background.
Sometimes I think in order to be a defense attorney, you cannot have a conscience or a heart. None of this DT has shown any empathy, except to the defendant when his parents were testifying. This is just wrong.
I understand why many people are upset about the jury decision for life without parole; but, I want everyone to think about the importance of avoiding the chance for a reversal of the decision if it was to have been death and been allowed to have an appeal. Having life without parole negates any future defense court appeals.
Nadine - The fact that all of the dt's empathy is directed to that monster speaks volumes about who those people are.
Wonder if Ms. Nelson identifies with Mrs. Larimer in some way.


The school choir performed in St John's Church yesterday and brought the good news of Christmas to a packed congregation. It was a wonderful experience; the singing divine; the acting exceptional and the musicianship of the highest order. Well done to everyone who brought the Christmas message to all those who were there. We are blessed to have such talented children and dedicated teaching staff who always seem to get the best out of the children.


Author Notes: The peaches this summer have been spectacular!
The abundance and superior flavor of this season's harvest means that we will be enjoying peaches in white wine, or pesche al vino bianco, as August comes to an end.
Peaches in wine is a quintessential summertime Italian dessert, a rite of summer in many households. As often is the case, there are variations on the theme of pesche al vino. Red wine is frequently used. Sometimes cloves or cinnamon is added. Some people sweeten the dessert with a little sugar, as Stefano's mother did for his brother Marco, sister Debora and him when they were children (yes, children). Others add a dollop of whipping cream or serve the peaches and wine with a scoop of ice-cream.
We prefer to keep it simple: good peaches, and a nice, dry white wine.
White peaches are ideal for pesche al vino bianco. The flesh of the white peach absorbs more wine than its yellow-fleshed cousin, and releases more of its delicate sweetness back into the wine. Furthermore, the firm, smooth texture of the white peach maintains its consistency while marinating overnight in the wine. Look for peaches that are ripe, but not overly mature.
We bathed the peaches in Falanghina, a southern Italian wine made from ancient vines in the Campania region, and one of our favorite whites.
Peel the peaches and slice them thinly into a bowl.
Add just enough wine to cover the peaches.
Let rest at room temperature for 2-3 hours.
@ibbeachnana: Yes, other peaches will work too, but white peaches are perfect. We serve the peaches and wine right in wine glasses, and then drink the peach-sweetened wine once the peaches are gone. It is heavenly!
@Sagegreen: I didn't know that Germans also end dinner with peaches in wine. It's so interesting how people from different cultures have developed variations on the theme of adding fruit to wine.
Peaches in red wine has been my go to company dessert all summer long and I am anxious to try your version, thanks. I had one friend just slurping the juice to the point where we just poured it into glasses when the peaches were all gone.
I love these. In Germany we often drank peach "bowle" during summer evenings.


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Ronnie Ish-Ran is a musician, composer and performer.
He was born in the Nahlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem. As a child of a religious family, during his childhood he used to visit the neighborhood synagogues with his family. There he was used to sing the prayers based on Arabic and Turkish music and during those years he became a member of a children's choir singing oriental-style hymns and songs.
In his teenage years he was a little disconnected from this music and he used to listen mainly to rock and pop music in western style.
At around the age of 20, following a powerful experience he had, he developed a very strong yearning for the Arabic music of his childhood synagogues and since then this is what he does in his life in various forms.
Over time, he returned to sing in the synagogue and he began studying Arabic violin. He later studied violin for four years at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, in the Department of Arabic Music.
During the past twenty years he has been involved in various projects related to Arabic and Oriental music in various ways.
In 2002, he founded the "Shaharit" ensemble, the first of its kind in Israel to compose original Arabic music for Hebrew texts. He composed most of the band's works and he also did the musical arrangements. The "Shaharit" Ensemble recorded one album with original Arabic music and it was a success in Israel and worldwide.
He was a member of various organizations for distributing and instituting Arabic music in Israel.
Among other things, he wrote a curriculum for schools on Eastern music and Jewish texts and he wrote a study unit for the Open University in Israel about the improvisation of performing Arabic music.
Today he writes music, he performs at concerts and teaches Arabic music in theory and practice and Eastern cantorials in various settings.
<< The experience with "Human Sings" teaches me, among other things, that shared emotional intent can connect people of different backgrounds, with different traditions and artistic expression, into one powerful and exciting artistic work. This is when each participant endeavors to best express himself with the tools he is accustomed to working and creating, but with deep and careful listening to the artistic environment in which he works and creates.
It seems to me that in this way it is possible to connect and mediate between people in different contexts, not necessarily artistic ones. In the end, it's all about intention and listening.>>
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The 13 most critical points in the NAO's Academies and Schools Oversight report
Nick Linford
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) released a document scrutinising the way schools are overseen and intervened on if under-performing.
Reading it is illuminating. Academies have been complicated to keep abreast of over the last few years, and it does a good job of explaining who is responsible for what (so far as there actually is anyone) and of explaining which bits are working – and which aren't. (NB: there are more of the latter).
Headlines will likely tout the £382m spent on oversight and the lack of evidence about what it's being spent on. By contrast the Coalition will trumpet the good news: Academies are now much cheaper (by 83%) and there are more of them.
If you read the full report however (and you should) there are some more finicky but important lessons. Here's the top ones.
1) There are 7 million children in the school system. 2.4 million of them in academies. Academies are less than 20% of England's schools but educate over a third of pupils, because more academies are secondary schools – and those have more pupils.
2) Currently, 460 'sponsors' work with over 1,900 academies. This means 460 non-profit groups have 'taken over' under-performing schools.
3) When things go wrong in a school, the DfE or local authority (LA) can do a 'Formal intervention'. These include sending warning notices, changing a school's governing body, or appointing a sponsor (i.e. making the school an academy). A sponsor can also be changed if necessary – though the process is hellish
4) No single document exists outlining the roles and responsibilities for school oversight. There is supposed to be one. A document called the 'accountability system statement' was first written in 2012 but was unclear, and so was planned to be updated each year. It wasn't updated in 2013. In June, the DfE said it would update it soon. It still hasn't been done.
The report then considered the effectiveness of 'formal intervention' in under-performing schools:
5) Only 48% of under-performing schools that had formal intervention improved their performance. That's despite a ton of cash, will and time pumping into them. Bit dispiriting really.
6) Even worse, 59% of schools that did not receive any intervention nevertheless did turn around. On the face of it, doing nothing therefore appears to be better than intervening. But the report dutifully points out that schools without intervention usually didn't receive any because they had sourced help from elsewhere – eg from another local school – so it's not fair to say there was no intervention. There was just no formal intervention.
7) Not all inadequate schools were made to become academies, or turned around. A year after first becoming inadequate, 10% of schools were still inadequate and still overseen by the local authority. Hence, it seems acdaemisation is inconsistently applied to schools. This is also true of warning notices and governing body changes. The NAO seems gravely concerned throughout the report that there is no clarity in when interventions happen or why.
8) The Department does not know the cost of different interventions. At least £382million has been spent on oversight but the NAO couldn't get a clear idea of what it was spent on.
9) The Department does not routinely collect information on what academy sponsors do to help schools improve. This is worrying. Schools are tied into contracts with these sponsors. They can't get out of them. Money could be pouring in and we have no idea what schools are getting for it.
10) Ofsted don't provide a "rating or judgement" grade for academy trusts – but the report misses out the fact that the DfE already give them a grade, it's just kept secret from the public. The DfE has long kept grades on sponsors which describes their quality. Back in April I asked them to release the grades to the public. Or even just release what the grades are based on. They won't. (They argue sponsors will stop being truthful if they do. No, really).
11) All the changes in curriculum and measurement mean there's not going to be any clear way of knowing if interventions are improving the system. Shifting to Progress 8, the change in GCSEs, increases in 'rigour', etc, all add noise and will mean there's no way to credibly compare results from one year to the next. Even if information is gathered, it's unlikely we're ever going to be able to really say what the impact of academisation has been. (The cynic might think this rather convenient).
Finally, there appeared to be problems with flagging up risks and knowing who is in charge of safeguarding:
12) 15% of schools have not had an Ofsted in the last four years. This includes three which were not 'good' or 'outstanding'. This wouldn't be so worrying but the report points out that the DfE doesn't currently have good systems for flagging risks that might not show up in exam data – for example, the sort of 'extremist' activity seen in some of the Birmingham 'Trojan Horse' schools
13) No one really knows who is responsible for safeguarding or checking the suitability of school governors. Local authorities remain responsible 'on paper' for all schools but in actuality they are often frozen out, and their powers to do anything have been reduced to the extent that it is quite hard to hold them accountable.
In response to these problems the NAO recommends a number of things: data collection points, transparency, clearer lines of accountability, etc. It's not anything that hasn't been said a hundred times in the last few years – but it is the first time someone has said it so clearly. Maybe this time, those in power will listen.
Laura McInerney is the Editor of Schools Week (formerly Academies Week)
Martyne Ellard 3 November 2014
I think it is a very worrying situation and clearly open to abuse.
Brian R. Wilson 17 November 2014
It's interesting that academy sponsors are protected by keeping ratings secret while schools and LEAs are exposed to crude "tabloidisation".


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Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz score UK number one
Sunday, August 31st, 2014
Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz have scored a debut UK number one with their single Prayer in C.
The song was originally released by the alternative pop/folk duo in 2010 but was recently remixed by German DJ and producer Robin Schulz.
Prayer in C is Schulz's second number one this year, after he topped the chart in May with his remix of Mr Probz's Waves.
"This is unbelievable and words can't describe how happy I am," Schulz said. "I want to thank everybody who bought this record, my team and all my fans and hope to see you on the dance floor, somewhere in the world, during my DJ gigs."
Prayer in C will feature on Schulz's debut album Prayer, due for release on September 22.
Maroon 5 scored another new entry at number two, with Maps, the lead single from their upcoming album V. It gives the group their 14th Top 40 and sixth Top 5 single.
David Guetta's Lovers on the Sun featuring Sam Martin, which was last week's number one, falls two places to number three, while Taylor Swift spends a second week at number four with Shake It Off.
Completing the Top 5 are Norwegian duo Nico & Vinz with their single Am I Wrong, which falls three places.
Another new entry in the singles chart is Lethal Bizzle's Rari WorkOut at Number 11, while Ariana Grande wins her second Top 20 single with Break Free, featuring Zedd, at Number 20.
Katy Perry's new single This is How We Do climbs 20 places to Number 38.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Lucy beats The Inbetweeners at UK box office
Scarlett Johansson's Lucy has ended The Inbetweeners 2's run at the top of the UK box office.
The Luc Besson-directed action movie earned more than £3 million over the Bank Holiday weekend to secure first place ahead of the comedy sequel and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Lucy was one of five new releases to debut in the top ten this week, the others being Into the Storm, Deliver Us from Evil, What If and Doctor Who episode 'Deep Breath'.
The latter, which marked Peter Capaldi's first full outing as The Doctor, earned an impressive £522,908 from its cinema screenings. However, the total is still some way off the £1.7 million opening haul for last year's 50th anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor'.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Lucy – £3,076,997
2. (1) The Inbetweeners 2 – £2,366,161
3. (2) Guardians of the Galaxy – £1,259,998
4. (-) Into the Storm – £1,147,657
5. (-) Deliver Us from Evil – £629,554
6. (-) What If – £592,501
7. (4) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – £588,994
8. (-) Doctor Who 'Deep Breath' – £522,908
9. (6) Secret Cinema's Back to the Future – £520,187
10. (3) The Expendables 3 – £511,168
Source: Rentrak
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Diablo 3 enjoys biggest console launch on PS4
Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition has ended The Last of Us Remastered's all-format chart reign.
The PS4 version of Blizzard's action role-playing game is the biggest launching console version to date, outselling the original Xbox 360 console release by 500 units during the same week one launch period.
The Ultimate Evil Edition sold 47% of its units on PS4, 32% on Xbox One, 13% on Xbox 360 and 8% on PS3.
Naughty Dog's updated version of The Last of Us drops to second, above Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, which climbs to third after launching on PlayStation consoles.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and Call of Duty: Ghosts drop to fourth and fifth, while Watch Dogs falls to sixth, its lowest position since launch.
New releases include Tales of Xillia 2, which enters at ten above an EA double-header of Titanfall and FIFA 14.
The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition (Blizzard)
2. (1) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
3. (15) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
4. (3) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
5. (4) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
6. (2) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
7. (5) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
8. (6) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (8) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
10. (-) Tales of Xillia 2 (Bandai Namco)
11. (10) Titanfall (EA Games)
12. (7) FIFA 14 (EA Sports)
13. (9) Battlefield 4 (EA Games)
14. (11) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
15. (12) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
16. (14) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (16) Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)
18. (13) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft)
19. (17) Terraria (505 Games)
20. (19) Skate 3 (Electronic Arts)
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.
David Guetta claims fifth UK number 1 single
David Guetta has achieved his fifth UK number one single.
'Lovers On The Sun', featuring Sam Martin, debuts in the top spot, moving Nico and Vinz into second place with 'Am I wrong'.
'Rude' by Magic! moves into the third spot, while Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' debuts at number four.
'My Head is a Jungle' by Wankelmut and Emma rounds off the top five selling songs in the UK.
Union J's 'Tonight (We Live Forever)' enters the chart at number nine, while Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora are at 15 with 'Black Widow'.
Sam Smith's 'I'm Not The Only One' climbs from 40 to 17, and Saint Motel's new entry 'My Type' enters at number 34.
Cliff Richard also re-enters this week's chart with 'I Still Believe In You', after fans took part in a campaign of support following the star's alleged involvement in a historic sex abuse case.
Inbetweeners 2 still top of UK box office…
The Inbetweeners 2 has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.
The comedy sequel earned £4.3 million to secure top spot ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy and new release The Expendables 3.
The Inbetweeners sequel has now earned more than £22 million from UK cinemas after just two weeks on release.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes slips down to number four, while How to Train Your Dragon 2 holds its spot at five.
Secret Cinema's Back to the Future added £531,767 to its box office haul and has now collected more than £2 million after screenings in East London.
Elsewhere, Simon Pegg's Hector and the Search for Happiness debuts at number nine with £240,222.
3. (-) The Expendables 3 – £1,689,927
4. (3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – £1,093,872
5. (5) How to Train Your Dragon 2 – £647,613
7. (4) Planes 2: Fire and Rescue – £507,044
8. (7) The Nut Job – £303,849
9. (-) Hector and the Search for Happiness – £240,222
10. (8) Hercules – £202,469
The Last of Us tops chart for third week
The Last of Us Remastered has retained its place at the top of the all-format chart for a third week running.
It continues to be shadowed by Watch Dogs in second, while Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition climbs two places to third – its joint highest chart position of the year so far.
Call of Duty: Ghosts benefits from a 7% increase in sales to climb to fourth, above Minecraft: PS3 Edition and The LEGO Movie Videogame.
Outside of the top ten, Forza Motorsport 5 re-enters at 16, while Skate 3 also re-enters at 19.
New release Risen 3: Titan Lords fails to make the top 20 in the all-format chart, instead entering the individual PS3 and Xbox 360 charts.
7. (3) FIFA 14 (EA Sports)
9. (9) Battlefield 4 (EA Games)
15. (16) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
16. (-) Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)
18. (19) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda Softworks)
19. (-) Skate 3 (Electronic Arts)
20. (20) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
Nico & Vinz lead UK singles chart for second week…
Nico & Vinz' 'Am I Wrong' is this week's UK number one single.
It is the second week at the top spot for the duo, who are the first Norwegian act to get a UK number one since A-ha in 1986.
'Rude' by Magic! stays at number two, while OneRepublic's 'Love Runs Out' remains in third place.
Kiesza's 'Giant in My Heart' is this week's highest new entry, debuting at number four, and 'Ghost' by Ella Henderson rounds off the top five.
Ed Sheeran climbs 12 places with 'Don't' at Number 11, while Rizzle Kicks enter at 14 with 'Tell Her'.
'Black Widow' by Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora debuts at 32, while 'What Are You Waiting For?' by The Saturdays is new in at 38.
Sam Smith's 'I'm Not The Only One' completes the top 40 at number 40.
Inbetweeners 2 scores biggest UK box office debut of 2014
The Inbetweeners 2 has scored the UK's biggest opening weekend box office of 2014.
The comedy sequel earned more than £12.5 million across the country during its first weekend.
It also enjoyed the biggest ever opening day for comedy in the UK when it debuted last Wednesday (August 6).
Its predecessor took £45m at the UK box office when it launched in 2011, and went on to earn approximately £58 million in total.
The Inbetweeners 2 follows Will, Neil and Simon as they join Jay on his gap year in Australia.
1. (-) The Inbetweeners 2 – £12,538,114
4. (-) Planes 2: Fire & Rescue – £1,041,322
8. (4) Hercules – £423,677
9. (5) The Purge: Anarchy – £320,365
10. (8) Transformers: Age of Extinction – £174,300
The Last of Us Remastered easily tops gaming chart
The Last of Us Remastered has retained its place at the top of the all-format gaming chart.
Despite a 55% drop in weekly sales, Naughty Dog's upgraded adventure easily holds off Watch Dogs in second and FIFA 14 in third.
Benefitting from a retailer promotion, Grand Theft Auto 5 climbs six places to fourth, above Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and The LEGO Movie Videogame.
Ultra Street Fighter 4 is this week's only new release at 15, charting between LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare.
Ahead of the company's annual Summerslam event, WWE 2K14 re-enters the chart at 18, one spot below Terraria.
4. (10) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
10. (7) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
15. (-) Ultra Street Fighter 4 (Capcom)
18. (-) WWE 2K14 (2K Sports)
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Nico & Vinz score UK number one with 'Am I Wrong'
Nico & Vinz have become the first Norwegian act to reach the UK number one spot since 1986.
'Am I Wrong', which is the duo's debut single, has jumped 51 places to top the charts.
Last week's number one, 'Rude' by Canadian band Magic! slips one place to number two, despite clocking up over a million streams this week.
OneRepublic's new track, 'Love Runs Out' debuts at number three, providing the band with their sixth UK Top 40 hit.
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini falls a further two places with 'Crazy Stupid Love', which is now at number four, and the top five is completed by George Ezra's 'Budapest', which climbs one place from last week.
Jessie Ware scores her first ever UK Top 40 hit with new single 'Tough Love', taken from her forthcoming album of the same name. Earlier this week Ware told OfficialCharts.com that she was not convinced that her song would reach the Top 40.
"I don't think the song is radio friendly at all!" she said. "This song was just to give people a taster of what's to come, so for it to chart is crazy and really reassuring ahead of the new album."
Elsewhere, Kiesza's 'Hideaway' re-enters the chart at number 37, while Maroon 5 climb 11 places to number 40 with 'It Was Always You'.
Source: Official Charts Company.


Millennium studio is where I, Steven McLoon, design, make and sell fine art, crafts and furniture in wood.
The origin of the name Millennium Studio is not what most people expect. The advent of the new calendar millennium was momentous. The failure of the predicted doomsday to materialize with the change in the calendar year was fun to behold, although this was expected by most of us. The new millennium ushered in a sense of hope for world peace and prosperity, a hope that many of us continue to hold in spite of the difficult times so many people are experiencing. And the change in the calendar year was an excuse to throw the first all night party since college. However, the advent of the new millennium is unrelated to the name of my studio.
The idea for the studio name came from a visit to the Shanghai Museum in China. The museum has an excellent exhibit of Ming and Qing dynasties furniture. Many of the pieces are over 700 years old. The designs of this ancient furniture would fit into many modern homes today. The impeccable construction of the furniture used the same techniques used today by fine furniture makers, such as mortise and tenon joints. All the pieces are made of wood, and are in near perfect condition. My museum visit showed me that objects made well from wood with good designs can last a millennium. This fine Chinese furniture inspired me to produce art and furniture that will be appreciated for generations, and it suggested a name for my studio.
I was born in Europe and raised mostly in the United States. I currently reside in the Twin Cities. I began woodworking in 2007, when I took the Basic Woodworking course at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine. Since then, I have taken numerous courses and workshops taught by some of the top craftsmen in the country.
I divide my studio time between turning and furniture making. I strive to celebrate the awesome characteristics of natural wood in my work. I particularly like to use the contrast between heartwood and sapwood.


Steve chats with Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and the creator of the graphic novels collection in Columbia's Butler Library, about her (Eisner-winning!!) path to librarianship, defining comics, and how she teaches comics as literature.
Karen Green is the Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and the creator of the graphic novels collection in Columbia's Butler Library. She has been an Eisner Awards judge, a Pulitzer Prize juror, a co-producer of the documentary "She Makes Comics," and has spoken about comics at universities and comic cons across the country and around the world.
Steve chats with Matthew Noe, Collection Outreach Librarian at Harvard Medical School, about what graphic medicine is, his "early" experiences with comics, why libraries should collect comics, upcoming conferences, and his work on an annotated bibliography of graphic medicine.
Matthew Noe is a health sciences librarian specializing in graphic medicine and the medical humanities. He earned his BA in Philosophy (2012) and MS in Library Science (2016) from the University of Kentucky and is currently the Collection Outreach Librarian at Harvard Medical School, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky, School of Information. He maintains the "This Week in Graphic Medicine" blog series for Graphic Medicine and regularly provides aid in developing graphic medicine collections. When not working, Matthew spends time devouring all-manner of books, re-watching childhood cartoons, and goofing off with his fiance, Gabrielle, and their two dogs, Luna and Belle.
Kristin LaLonde and Thomas Maluck from the Secret Stacks podcast share their Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2015.
Kristin LaLonde is an Access Services Librarian and Circulation Department Manager at the Chippewa River District Library in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Kristin received her MLIS from Wayne State University in 2011. She began her library career as a Special Librarian at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, MI and has worked in multiple kinds of libraries throughout her life. Most librarians from the Internet probably know her as @shinyinfo on Twitter. Her hobbies include watching Murder, She Wrote, giving people a hard time and bro-ing out.
Thomas Maluck is a teen services librarian at Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina. He has presented at various fan-culture and professional conventions about graphic novels, manga, and teen services, including the American Library Association's Annual and Midwinter conferences, DragonCon, NashiCon, and New York Comic Con. He served on YALSA's Great Graphic Novels For Teens committee for its 2014 and 2015 lists, and has published articles in Library Trends, Public Libraries, Strategic Library, and The Hub. He currently reviews for No Flying, No Tights, writes about comics for Comics, Cosplay, and Geek Culture in Libraries, and regularly blogs graphic novel recommendations on Richland Library's website.
Together, Kristin and Thomas host Secret Stacks, a podcast about comics and libraries.
Guest hosts Kristin LaLonde and Thomas Maluck chat with Marissa Lieberman, children's librarian in New Jersey and anime fangirl.
Marissa Lieberman is a children's librarian at the East Orange Public Library, NJ. She has worked at multiple libraries in the Nassau County, NY library system before relocating to New Jersey. She reviews books for School Library Journal, VOYA, and No Flying, No Tights. She is a contributor at Cosplay, Comics and Geek Culture in Libraries and has presented at New York Comic Con and other professional development events.
Steve chats with Carol Tilley, associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, and researcher of the intersection of comics and libraries.
Steve chats with Robin Brenner, Teen Librarian at Brookline Public Library and editor-in-chief at No Flying, No Tights.
Robin Brenner is Teen Librarian at the Brookline Public Library in Massachusetts. When not presenting programs and providing reading guidance, she writes features for publications including VOYA, The Horn Book, Library Journal, and Knowledge Quest. She is an active member of YALSA and has served on awards committees including the Michael L. Printz Award, Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Boston Globe Horn Book Award and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. She is the editor-in-chief of the graphic novel review website No Flying No Tights.


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Machine learning and the arts: A creative continuum | MIT News
Sketch a doodle of a drum or a saxophone to conjure a multi-instrumental composition. Look into a webcam, speak, and watch your mouth go bouncing across the screen — the input for a series of charmingly clunky chain reactions.
This is what visitors to the MIT Lewis Music Library encounter when they interact with two new digital installations, "Doodle Tunes" and "Sounds from the Mouth," created by 2022-23 Center for Art and Technology (CAST) Visiting Artist Andreas Refsgaard in collaboration with Music Technology and Digital Media Librarian Caleb Hall. The residency was initiated by Avery Boddie, Lewis Music Library department head, who recognized Refsgaard's flair for revealing the playfulness of emerging technologies. The intricacies of coding and machine learning can seem daunting to newcomers, but Refsgaard's practice as a creative coder, interaction designer, and educator seeks to open the field to all. Encompassing workshops, an artist talk, class visits, and an exhibition, the residency was infused with his unique sense of humor — a combination of lively eccentricity and easygoing relatability.
Machine Learning and the Arts with MIT CAST Visiting Artist Andreas Refsgaard
Learning through laughter
Refsgaard, who is based in Copenhagen, is a true maverick of machine learning. "I'm interested in the ways we can express ourselves through code," he explains. "I like to make unconventional connections between inputs and outputs, with the computer serving as a translator — a tool might allow you to play music with your eyes, or it might generate a love poem from a photo of a burrito." Refsgaard's particular spin on innovation isn't about directly solving problems or launching world-changing startups. Instead, he simply seeks to "poke at what can be done," providing accessible open-source templates to prompt new creative ideas and applications.
Programmed by Refsgaard and featuring a custom set of sounds created by Hall, "Doodle Tunes" and "Sounds from the Mouth" demonstrate how original compositions can be generated through a mix of spontaneous human gestures and algorithmically produced outputs. In "Doodle Tunes," a machine learning algorithm is trained on a dataset of drawings of different instruments: a piano, drums, bass guitar, or saxophone. When the user sketches one of these images on a touchscreen, a sound is generated; the more instruments you add, the more complex the composition. "Sounds from the Mouth" works through facial tracking and self-capturing images. When the participant faces a webcam and opens their mouth, an autonomous snapshot is created which bounces off the notes of a piano. To try the projects for yourself, scroll to the end of this article.
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Saxophone squeals and digital drum beats aren't the only sounds issuing from the areas where the projects are installed. "My office is close by," says Hall. "So when I suddenly hear laughter, I know exactly what's up." This new sonic dimension of the Lewis Music Library fits with the ethos of the environment as a whole — designed as a campus hub for audio experimentation, the library was never intended to be wholly silent. Refsgaard's residency exemplifies a new emphasis on progressive programming spearheaded by Boddie, as the strategy of the library shifts toward a focus on digital collections and music technology.
"In addition to serving as a space for quiet study and access to physical resources, we want the library to be a place where users congregate, collaborate, and explore together," says Boddie. "This residency was very successful in that regard. Through the workshops, we were able to connect individuals from across the MIT community and their unique disciplines. We had people from the Sloan School of Management, from the Schwarzman College of Computing, from Music and Theater Arts, all working together, getting messy, creating tools that sometimes worked … and sometimes didn't."
Error and serendipity
The integration of error is a key quality of Refgaard's work. Occasional glitches are part of the artistry, and they also serve to gently undermine the hype around AI; an algorithm is only as good as its dataset, and that set is inflected by human biases and oversights. During a public artist talk, "Machine Learning and the Arts," audience members were initiated into Refsgaard's offbeat artistic paradigm, presented with projects such as Booksby.ai (an online bookstore for AI-produced sci-fi novels), Is it FUNKY? (an attempt to distinguish between "fun" and "boring" images), and Eye Conductor (an interface to play music via eye movements and facial gestures). Glitches in the exhibit installations were frankly admitted (it's true that "Doodle Tunes" occasionally mistakes a drawing of a saxophone for a squirrel), and Refsgaard encouraged audience members to suggest potential improvements.
This open-minded attitude set the tone of the workshops "Art, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence" and "Machine Learning for Interaction Designers," intended to be suitable for newcomers as well as curious experts. Refsgaard's visits to music technology classes explored the ways that human creativity could be amplified by machine learning, and how to navigate the sliding scale between artistic intention and unexpected outcomes. "As I see it, success is when participants engage with the material and come up with new ideas. The first step of learning is to understand what is being taught — the next is to apply that understanding in ways that the teacher couldn't have foreseen."
Uncertainty and opportunity
Refsgaard's work exemplifies some of the core values and questions central to the evolution of MIT Libraries — issues of digitization, computation, and open access. By choosing to make his lighthearted demos freely accessible, he renounces ownership of his ideas; a machine learning model might serve as a learning device for a student, and it might equally be monetized by a corporation. For Refsgaard, play is a way of engaging with the ethical implications of emerging technologies, and Hall found himself grappling with these questions in the process of creating the sounds for the two installations. "If I wrote the sound samples, but someone else arranged them as a composition, then who owns the music? Or does the AI own the music? It's an incredibly interesting time to be working in music technology; we're entering into unknown territory."
For Refsgaard, uncertainty is the secret sauce of his algorithmic artistry. "I like to make things where I'm surprised by the end result," he says. "I'm seeking that sweet spot between something familiar and something unexpected." As he explains, too much surprise simply amounts to noise, but there's something joyful in the possibility that a machine might mistake a saxophone for a squirrel. The task of a creative coder is to continually tune the relationship between human and machine capabilities — to find and follow the music.
"Doodle Tunes" and "Sounds from the Mouth" are on display in the MIT Lewis Music Library (14E-109) until Dec. 20. Click the links to interact with the projects online.
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