Yesterday at the EOI there was a very interesting cultural activity on Indian Culture and Indian cooking, by Susen Ahluwalia, resulting in some delicious Tandoori Paneer.
The activity was only for 1st and 2nd level students, so for those of you left out, or those who couldn't make it, here's the link to Susen's web page, http://asianaromas.com/, where you can read about her activities, and there are also a few recipes.
Customer: I bought some thing from you last week and I’m VERY disappointed. Shop Assistant: Oh yeah? What’s the problem? C: Yeah, well, my Blackberry is not working. S. What’s the matter? It ran out of juice? C: No, no, it’s completely frozen. S: Oh yeah, I can see that. I’ll tell you what.: let’s try it on Orange. C: That’s got a few black spots. You see there? S: Oh, dear, yeah. Sorry about that. C. Well […] think you can get my Blackberry working? S: Well, could be an application issue. Where do you store that Blackberry. C: Well, on my desktop. S: Well you could try using a mouse, to drag the Blackberry to the trash. And after you’ve done that, you might want to launch the Blackberry from the desktop. C: Well, I’ve already tried that a few times, but all it did was mess up Windows. S: Well, it might be worth waiting a couple of weeks. They’ve got the latest Blackberries coming in then. C: Well, could you give me a date? S: Certainly. C: Let me put that date in my diary. S: Anything else I can help you with? C: Yes, yes, I’ve also got a problem, to be honest, with my Apple. S: Oh dear oh dear. That is an old Apple, isn’t it? When d’you buy that? C: Last week. S: Last week?! Cor! They’ve brought out two new Apples since then. What’s the problem with it? C: Well, I’ve tried to put my dongle in it, and it won’t fit. S: Oh yeah? And how big’s your dongle? C: Well, I don’t know much about these things, but my wife’s seen a few dongles in her time, and she says it’s a little bit on the small side. S: Well, I’m afraid there’s not a lot I can do about that. Tell you what: let me try booting it. No, it’s crashed. Anything else I can help you with? C: Well, funnily enough, yes. My grandson’s birthday’s soon you see. Now, he’s already got an Apple. I mean, have you got anything else that he might just like? S: Well, we’re doing a special offer on these. I mean I can’t make hear or tail of them, but the kids seem to like them: EggsBox. Three sixty.
I've always been fascinated by trial: the balance, the precision... but this is something else.
The first video looks more difficult and the music is better (that's subjective I suppose, but it is), but the background scenery of the second video is breathtakingly beautiful, if you can take your eyes off the bike of course. According to the Wiki, the locations featured in the (2nd) video include Edinburgh Castle, North Berwick, wartime bunkers on the island of Inchgarvie beneath the Forth Bridge and a hydro-electric power station in the Scottish Highlands.
Google results: his name is Danny MacAskill, he's from Edinburgh, he's 25, and he's been doing this for more than 14 years, so if you're planning on taking it up, now's the time to start. Just a sec, I'm just imagining you all flying though the air on your bikes - now that would be a good class video for my course.
Well, there's no speech, just images and music. Enjoy!
And if those two videos sparked your interest, here Danny explains how to do a G-turn. It's all quite simple really.
Although my mind is still on the newest developments in Japan, I think it's also good to find something less depressing to do, like Quiz Time, a short weekly seven-question quiz on current affairs, which I didn't do very well at, I must say.
Let's ignore the nuclear meltdown* in Japan and the fight for power in Libya and turn our attention to something you've all probably often wondered at some time or other, namely: HOW BIG EXACTLY IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
I'm sure that like me whenever you've heard a piece of news about the ISS, your first question is "YEAH, BUT HOW BIG IS IT?".
Well, wonder no more, as a BBC page will set your mind at rest. Just type in the address that you want to see and it will show you the map with the ISS to scale plonked on top.
I tried to put it on top of the IES Joaquim Mir for no particular reason ha ha, but this is the nearest I could get. Please let me know if you can get it any nearer.
"To prevent the possibility of a meltdown, nuclear reactors are built with one or more emergency cooling systems to provide extra coolant in case it is needed. The effectiveness of these systems has been debated, however, because the conditions that would be produced following the loss of coolant in the core are uncertain."
I have the feeling they're going to be rewriting that article soon...
This powerful short film, made by Sam Taylor-Wood, stars Daniel Craig and is narrated by Dame Judi Dench. This video is to promote International Women's Day (Tuesday March 8th). Visit www.weareequals.org for more information.
PS. Thanks to those of you who wrote funny writing tasks. Eg: the joyrider, the stripper, the prostitute, etc, etc, at least it made the work entertaining.
