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Good teaching is good design
June 27, 2016 § 2 Comments
I just came across Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design and was immediately struck by how closely they paralleled what is essential for good teaching. All one has to do is replace the word "design" with "teaching" and I think we get 10 pretty good principles to follow (or think about). This is a game I have played before in this post about the need for new educational research paradigms / approaches building on some comments by Don Norman about the need to new design research paradigms / approaches (see Rethinking Ed Tech Research).
Here are Rams' 10 principles with the word design replaced by teaching (and in a couple of cases lightly edited to make sense in this new context).
- Good teaching is innovative
- Good teaching is useful
- Good teaching is aesthetic
- Good teaching is understandable
- Good teaching is unobtrusive
- Good teaching is honest
- Good teaching is long-lasting
- Good teaching is thorough down to the last detail
- Good teaching is environmentally friendly
- Good teaching is as little teaching as possible.
He is also known for saying "Less but better" which, if you ask me, is a good slogan for teaching as well.
Hot of the press: eBook on Creativity, Technology & Teacher Education
June 10, 2016 § 1 Comment
Danah Henriksen and I recently edited a special issue of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (Volume 23, Number 3, July 2015) devoted to Creativity, Technology and Teacher Education (see blog post here). This special issue has now been issued as an eBook by AACE. Here is the complete citation, along with links to the book page on LearnTechLib and the complete pdf, as well as an abstract:
Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (2016). Creativity, technology & teacher education. Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [LearnTechLib link | Link to complete eBook PDF]
Abstract: This book focuses on research related to creativity, technology and teacher education, examining these topics through a range of approaches and ideas across multiple contexts. The volume itself began as a special issue of the Journal of Technology & Teacher Education. The chapters in this book speak to different aspects of theory, research, and practice – in attempts to go beyond the specifics or intricacies of tools, and towards a broader framework. This provides guiding ideas and takeaways that can inform the future of teacher education. One of the strengths of this volume is the rich manner in which these ideas are explored across different subject matters, classroom and learning contexts, technologies, teacher roles, pedagogical approaches, and theoretical frameworks.
Keywords and complete table of contents, below the jump:
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Handbook of TPACK for Educators, 2nd Edition
May 24, 2016 § Leave a comment
The TPACK framework, as we know it today, was first introduced to the world in 2006 in an article in TCRecord (Mishra & Koehler, 2006). An important part of the story of the success of the framework was the publication of The handbook of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) for educators by AACTE and Routledge. Matt and I wrote an introductory chapter for that (see Koehler & Mishra, 2008).
Over the past decade the amount of research into TPACK has grown exponentially… and so it was time for the 2nd edition of the handbook (citation and more information below).
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Rich TPACK Cases: Great Resource Book
May 24, 2016 § Leave a comment
The TPACK framework is a theoretical framework that seeks to influence practice. And most gratifyingly (for Matt Koehler and myself) it appears to have had a significant impact in that area. That said, the field lacked concrete, rich examples of TPACK in practice. Cases that would (quoting Darling-Hammond & Snyder) "add context to theory" highlighting the rich telling detail, as well as local contextual factors that are often lost when teaching is discussed in more general terms.
This gap has now been filled with a lovely ebook by my friends and colleagues Mark Hofer, Lynn Bell and Glen Bull. The Practitioner's guide to technology pedagogy and content knowledge (TPACK): Rich media cases of teacher knowledge focuses on developing rich "exemplary" cases of practice, and boy does it deliver. Consider what is included in each of the cases included in the book:
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Episteme6 @ Mumbai: 2 presentations
January 28, 2016 § Leave a comment
This past December I was at the epiSTEME 6 conference in Mumbai. It was jointly organized by the Homi Bhaba Center for Science Education, TIFR and the Interdisciplinary Program in Educational Technology, IIT Bombay. I presented two papers there, oneabout the work being done by the Deep-Play group in the area of aesthetics and learning in the STEM disciplines and the other on the work we are doing with MSUrbanSTEM in Chicago.
The slides and papers from the proceedings for both these talks can be found below…
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Creativity in mathematics and beyond: New article
January 17, 2016 § 1 Comment
Our series of articles related to the broad topic of Rethinking technology and creativity for the 21st century in the journal TechTrends continues with a new article on creativity in mathematics. This article focuses on the 4 winners of the 2014 Fields medal (one of the highest honors in mathematics and a recognition from one's peers of highly influential and creative work). Complete reference and link below:
Mehta, R., Mishra, P., & Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Creativity in mathematics and beyond — Learning from Fields medal winners. Tech Trends (59)7
E-Leadership & Teacher Development: New article
December 13, 2015 § Leave a comment
Mishra, P., Henriksen, D., Boltz, L. O., Richardson, C. (2015). E-Leadership and Teacher Development Using ICT. In R. Huang; Kinshuk; J. K. Price (Eds.). ICT in Education in Global Context: Comparative Reports of Innovations in K-12 Education. Berlin: Springer. pp. 249-266.
Abstract: In this chapter, we develop a definition of e-leadership that extends from the business sector to encompass educational contexts. We describe schools as complex ecologies and dynamic organizations that require a change in both traditional forms of leadership and more recent ICT use. We use the RAT (Replace, Amplify, Transform) framework to explain the varying degrees to which ICT has been used in business and education and relate this model to the research in e-leadership. It is through the purposeful, transformational use of ICT and the meaningful development of multiple kinds of knowledge that those in charge of teacher education and growth can use ICT to develop a new kind of teacher leader.
TPACK Newsletter #25, October 2015
November 17, 2015 § Leave a comment
TPACK Newsletter, Issue #25: October 2015 (Updated)
Welcome to the twenty-fifth edition of the (approximately bimonthly) TPACK Newsletter! TPACK work is continuing worldwide. This document contains recent updates to that work that we hope will be interesting and useful to you, our subscribers.
[Editors' note: This document is an update to a previously distributed version of issue #25. Please delete the earlier document and accept our apologies for the second distribution.]
If you are not sure what TPACK is, please surf over to http://www.tpack.org/ to find out more.
Gratuitous Quote About Technology
"Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet."
–Douglas Adams
In This Issue
-1. Gratuitous Quote About Technology
0. In This Issue (You are here.)
1. TPACK Newsletter Update
2. Recent TPACK Publications
3. Recent TPACK-Related Dissertations
4. Recent TPACK-Related Presentations
5. Request for TPACK-Related Research Participation
6. Call for TPACK-Related Manuscripts
7. TPACK Newsletter Suggested Citation
8. Learning and Doing More with TPACK
–. Un-numbered miscellaneous stuff at the end « Read the rest of this entry »
EduSummIT 2015: Summary Report
November 10, 2015 § Leave a comment
EDUsummIT 2015 (International Summit on ICT in Education) is a global knowledge building community of researchers, educational practitioners, and policy makers committed to supporting the effective integration of research and practice in the field of ICT in education. EDUsummIT 2015 was co-hosted by UNESCO Bangkok and Curtin University, and sponsored by Blackboard. The theme of EDUsummIT 2015, Technology Advanced Quality Learning For All. Nine thematic working groups (TWG) were formed in the beginning of 2015. These groups included:
- TWG1: Smart partnerships
- TWG2: Advancing mobile learning in formal and informal settings
- TWG3: Professional development for policy makers, school leaders and teachers
- TWG4: Addressing gaps and promoting educational equity
- TWG5: Assessment as, for, and of learning in the 21st century
- TWG6: Creativity in a technology enhanced curriculum
- TWG7: Indicators of quality technology-enhanced teaching and learning
- TWG8: Digital citizenship and cyberwellness
- TWG9: Curriculum -advancing understanding of the roles of CS/Informatics in the curriculum
In the following TWG reports, each group has summarized the background and context of its theme of study, the issues and challenges, recommendations they proposed to researchers, policy makers and educational practitioners, and the action plan to move forward. <This blog post is a lightly edited version from the introduction by Kwok?Wing Lai, University of Otago College of Education, New Zealand>. Enjoy.
Does the Internet mean that knowledge is obsolete? Quoted in Wired story
November 5, 2015 § Leave a comment
I was recently interviewed by Wired magazine for a story about Sugata Mitra's (of Hole in the Wall fame) experiments with minimally invasive learning, or more recently what are called SOLE (Self Organized Learning Environment) classrooms / schools. I have been skeptical of the Hole in the Wall work and though there is much I agree with the SOLE concept (focus on big open-ended questions, student autonomy etc.) there is also a lot I disagree with. More specifically, in my interview I took exception to the idea that in todays classroom's and with the availability of the internet, "knowledge is obsolete." To be honest that is a really dumb idea—to think that knowledge is merely looking up and connecting facts together without broader theoretical frameworks and without serious intellectual work. Some of what I talked about with the author of the piece (and it was a great conversation where we covered a lot of ground) ended up in the article. There is so much more to say or write about this but for now you can read the entire article and what I had to say about that idea by going here: In this classroom, knowledge is overrated
Empathy through gaming: New article
November 2, 2015 § Leave a comment
Over the past couple of years my research team (the Deep-Play Research group) and I have been writing an on-going series of articles around the broad topic of Rethinking technology and creativity for the 21st century. Published in the journal TechTrends, these articles have been great fun to write, providing us the freedom to think deeply about these issues and, most importantly, put our ideas in words, and share them with the wider world. The latest article just came out. Complete reference and link below:
Boltz, L. O., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015). Empathy through gaming—Perspective taking in a complex world. TechTrends (59) , p. 3-8.
Ed Psych in a digitally networked world: APA handbook chapter
August 25, 2015 § Leave a comment
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Educational Psychology by Punya Mishra
It has been a while coming, but finally the 3rd Edition of the Handbook of Educational Psychology is finally here. We have a chapter in it about the manner in which digital and networking technologies are changing the work that educational psychologists do. Reference and link below. Enjoy.
Mishra, P., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhow, C. (2015). The work of educational psychologists in a digitally networked world. In L. Corno & E. M. Anderman (Eds.) Handbook of Educational Psychology (3rd edition). (pp. 29-40). New York: Routledge.
Synthesis: A creative cognitive tool (2 articles)
August 25, 2015 § Leave a comment
Over the past couple of years my research team (the Deep-Play Research group) and I have been writing an on-going series of articles about rethinking technology and creativity for the 21st century. Published in the journal TechTrends, these articles have been great fun to write, providing us the freedom to think deeply about these issues and, most importantly, put our ideas in words, and share them with the wider world. The last few have focused on transdisciplinary habits of mind that are essential for creativity. Our previous articles have looked at Perceiving, Patterning, Abstracting, Modeling and Play.
The next two articles (listed below) have focused on Synthesis. These two articles are co-authored with different colleagues, but manage to provide complementary visions of the idea. Here are the two latest articles (a complete list can be found here):
- Henrkisen, D., DeSchryver, M., Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (in press). Transform and transcend: Synthesis as a trans-disciplinary approach to thinking and learning. Tech Trends (59)4.
- Lee, J., Hicks, D., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (2015). Historical soundscapes for creative synthesis. Tech Trends (59)5. 4-8.
Creativity, Digitality, and Teacher Professional Development
August 24, 2015 § Leave a comment
It has been almost 5 years since my research interests shifted formally to issues related to creativity, technology and teacher education. This line of work (though less influential than my TPACK related work) has led to multiple journal articles and research studies. It is influenced the classes I teach and in turn my pedagogical experiences have influenced my thinking and writing. Recently Maggie Niess and Henry Gillow-Wiles provided us (my research team The Deep-Play Research group) an opportunity to look back on this line of work and write it up for the Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age. Details, abstract and link to article provided below:
Mishra, P., Henriksen, D. & Mehta, R. (2015). Creativity, Digitality, and Teacher Professional Development: Unifying Theory, Research, and Practice. In In M. Niess, & H. Gillow-Wiles (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age (pp. 691-722). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. [Download the article as a PDF]
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Creativity, Technology & Teacher Education: JTATE Special Issue
August 24, 2015 § Leave a comment
Danah Henriksen and I recently edited a special issue of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (Volume 23, Number 3, July 2015) devoted to Creativity, Technology and Teacher Education. This special issue is organized thematically around eight articles that explore these ideas from a rich range of perspectives. As we write in the introduction:
All in all the articles in this special issue speak to different aspects of theory, research, and practice – in attempts to go beyond the specifics or intricacies of tools, and towards providing a broader framework, or guiding ideas and takeaways that can inform the future of teacher education. One of the strengths of this special issue is the rich manner in which these key ideas are explored across different subject matters, classroom and learning contexts, technologies, teacher roles, pedagogical approaches, and theoretical frameworks… We believe that this special issue will be an important step toward exploring the connections between creativity, technology and teaching…
Below is a list of all the articles in the special issue, with links to the two articles we co-authored. « Read the rest of this entry »
TPACK Newsletter #24, August 2015
August 24, 2015 § Leave a comment
TPACK Newsletter, Issue #24: August 2015
Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of the (approximately bimonthly) TPACK Newsletter! TPACK work is continuing worldwide. This document contains recent updates to that work that we hope will be interesting and useful to you, our subscribers.
If you are not sure what TPACK is, please surf over to http://www.tpack.org/ to find out more.
Gratuitous Quote About Knowledge
"The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading." – David Bailey
In This Issue
-1. Gratuitous Quote About Knowledge
0. In This Issue (You are here.)
1. TPACK Newsletter Update
2. Recent TPACK Publications
3. Recent TPACK-Related Dissertations and Theses
4. Recent TPACK Presentations
5. Call for TPACK-related Award Nominations
6. TPACK Newsletter Suggested Citation
7. Learning and Doing More with TPACK
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TPACK in Science: New book & chapter
June 22, 2015 § Leave a comment
I was invited to write an epilogue for a new book on the development of science teachers TPACK (with a specific focus on East Asia), and I "volunteered" my colleague Danah Henriksen to help with it (thanks Danah). The book was recently published. Here is the citation of our chapter (a pdf link to the chapter and a link to the book on the publishers website) as well as a description (below the break).
Mishra, P., Henriksen, D. (2015). The end of the beginning: An epilogue. In Ying Shao Hsu. Development of Science Teachers' TPACK. East Asian Practices. Springer. p. 133-142.
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Article in WEF Global Information Technology Report
April 22, 2015 § Leave a comment
Everybody has heard of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. As Wikipedia says, "The meeting brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, selected intellectuals, and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world, including health and the environment." The WEF is more than the Davos meeting, however. It is an "independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas." Website at http://www.weforum.org/
The WEF recently came out with the Global Information Technology Report 2015. The theme this year was ICT for Inclusive Growth. I was invited to write a chapter in the report by Anurag Behar, vice-chancellor of the Azim Premji University and co-CEO of the Azim Premji Foundation. You can access the complete report by clicking the link above or read the PDF of our chapter by clicking on the title below.
Behar, A., & Mishra, P. (2015). ICTs in Schools: Why focusing policy and resources on educators, not children, will improve educational outcomes. In ICT for Inclusive Growth: Global Information Technology Report 2015. World Economic Forum.
Sadly this doesn't mean that I am headed to Davos anytime soon… but it is good to have our ideas out there, hopefully to be read by "business, political, academic, and other leaders of society" and through that, hopefully help "shape global, regional, and industry agendas."
Interview in Educational Technology Journal
April 21, 2015 § Leave a comment
I was recently interviewed by the journal Educational Technology: The magazine for managers of change in education as a part of their series Q & A with Ed Tech Leaders. The interviews are conducted by contributing editors, Susan M. Fulgham and Michael F. Shaughnessy. I would like the thank the two of them for their patience — since I was more than a little tardy in getting back to them. But they were always more than gracious and for that I am grateful.
You can download and read the entire interview here: Mishra Interview ET 2015.
I am also including the interview below in HTML format – since that lets me add links to resources, articles, and people, something I could not do in the published interview, sometimes in the form of parenthetical notes, often as in-text links. That said, if you have to quote from the interview please go with the published PDF above.
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Poetry, Daisies And Cobras: Math Class With Manjul Bhargava
March 25, 2015 § 1 Comment
An amazing presentation by Manjul Bhargava (Fields medal winner in Mathematics) to school children in India. See how he effortlessly combines poetry, nature, music and mathematics.
Watch an excerpt on YouTube below or the complete video here.
Embodied Thinking: New article
January 11, 2015 § Leave a comment
Photo: Punya Mishra; Santiago, Chile, 2014
Rethinking Technology & Creativity in the 21st Century is a series of articles we have been writing for Tech Trends. The latest article in the series has just ben published. This article focuses on Embodied Thinking as a key trans-disciplinary habit of mind often used by creative people across disciplines. Our previous articles have looked at Perceiving, Patterning, and Abstracting. Future pieces will look at Modeling, Play, and Synthesizing. Below is a link to the latest article (you can see all the articles in the series by going here).
Henriksen, D., Good, J., & Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (in press). Embodied Thinking as a trans-disciplinary habit of mind. Tech Trends (58)6. p. 3-7
Inside-Out: Happy 2015
December 27, 2014 § 1 Comment
Every winter break (for the past six years) our family creates a video to welcome the new year. This is no ordinary video. It requires days of discussion, planning, construction, shooting, and editing.
Our videos never feature us (expect maybe a still-shot of the entire family towards the end) but are usually typographical in nature. There is some kind of visual illusion involved, sometimes a play on words synchronized to music. The videos have become more elaborate over the years and the challenge, of course, is to create something that tops what we had done in the past years. As you can imagine this has become more and more difficult as the years go by. What makes things more complicated is that we have no budget to speak of ($10 is around as much as we have ever spent in any given year). If you want to see all the videos in the series, or find out more about how this year's video was created, scroll down to the end of this post.
Working on these videos has led to is some great family moments, as we argue, discuss, collaborate and create. Below is our latest video, titled Inside-Out: Happy 2015. Raise the volume of your device to max, click to make the video full-screen and hit play! Enjoy.
Inside-Out: Happy 2015
From Shreya, Soham, Smita & Punya
Videos from years past
Here are links to the videos from the previous years (along with some other videos made as a family):
- Point of view: Happy 2014: Anamorphic card for 2014
- Dimensions, Happy 2013: Anamorphic card for 2013
- Did you catch that?: Stop motion card for 2012
- The Power of the Shadow: Stop motion card for 2011
- Happy 2010: Stop motion card for 2010
- Happy 2009: Stop motion card for 2009
- Explore | Create | Share: 3 short videos with typographical twists
- Finding Nemo, the sea-quel: A stop motion sequel to Finding Nemo
- or, view my video channel on Vimeo (including the Hari Puttar Trailer and the Socha Hai music vide0)
The making of Inside-Out:
The idea for the video came from examples such as this one on Youtube – with some creative improvisation by us. Essentially what you have here are not cubes but shells of cubes. The inner shell, the concave end (imagine the inner corner of a room) has the numbers 2, 0, 1 and 4 written on them while the other side, the convex side, has the numbers 2, 0, 1 and 5 written on them. The letters were projected onto the cubes (using a computer and a projector) and written in such a way that they would be readable only when seen from ONE specific viewpoint. These "cubes" were then stuck onto wooden barbecue skewers that were held up by poking them into little boxes of playdoh. All four of these were then placed on a wooden board placed on a standard Lazy Susan (nabbed from the kitchen) which allowed them to be rotated at will. All this was placed in front of our living-room TV (covered with black sheets). After some experimentation with the lighting we had our final setup.
When seen with one eye (or through a camera), even the inside of a cube looks like a cube (due to the lack of depth perception). What this meant is that when you see the "cubes" for the first time you are not actually seeing cubes but rather the concave shell of a cube. Our eyes however, see a cube and when tilted or rotated slightly they appear to move in strange counter-intuitive ways. A full rotation leads you to seeing the convex end (with the numbers 2015). The setup was filmed using a Nikon D7000 camera and edited on iMovie. Music was provided by the amazing collection of free music provided by Kevin McLeod (at Incompetech.com). Below is a photo of the setup
New webinar on TPACK
November 1, 2014 § 1 Comment
Matt Koehler and I recently participated on a webinar titled Teachers as Designers of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content (TPACK) organized by edWeb.net and Commonsense Education. We had over 200+ viewers from all over the world (New Zeeland, Israel, Morroco, Canada being some of the countries represented). The webinar was quite fun and you can view it in its entirety here.
Help with research (max 10 mins). Please share
October 23, 2014 § Leave a comment
This is a request for help. If you are an educator (K12 teacher or administrator, higher ed faculty, corporate trainer etc.) we would like approximately 10 minutes of your time to complete a survey regarding the challenges faced by educators in the 21st century and the kinds of knowledge and/or skills needed to face these challenges. The survey should not take more than 8-12 minutes of your time to complete. Your responses will be confidential and fully anonymous. Your participation is voluntary, though we sincerely hope you will respond. Click on the link below to access the survey.
Also, we would appreciate your forwarding this message to others. Here is a handy tweet you can copy and paste on to your twitter feed or Facebook post if you like
Please complete this survey on 21st century learning http://tiny.cc/teach21st/ Thank you @punyamishra
Thank you very much for considering this request and please contact me email@example.com if you have any questions.
21st century learning, TPACK and other fun stuff
September 29, 2014 § Leave a comment
I have been invited to participate in the 2014 Educational Technology Summit: Empowering Educators to Enhance Student Learning in the Digital Era. This conference is being organized by Common Sense Media, Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, & the LEAD Commission. I am serving on a panel on preparing new teachers, moderated by Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post. Other members on the panel are Daniel Soodjinda, Ed.D., from the California State University Stanislaus, and Deborah Stipek, dean, Stanford Graduate School of Education. It is going to be a packed and exciting day (see the schedule for yourself and if you are so inclined, you can actually watch the proceedings streamed live).
On this page I just wanted to list some resources that I think will come up during our discussion (that's me being proactive, you see). « Read the rest of this entry »
Happy Teacher's Day (new ambigrams)
September 5, 2014 § Leave a comment
September 5 is Teacher's Day in India. It is celebrated on the birthdate of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and statesman who was also the first Vice-President and the second President of India. He famously said, "teachers should be the best minds in the country." To celebrate this day, here are three new ambigram designs (see image below). The first, goes around the circle, reading "teacher" one way and "learner" the other way. You can read these words from left to right starting from the top OR the bottom. In the center are two new designs where the word "teacher" and "learner" map onto themselves (when rotated 180 degrees). Enjoy. (Note, you can click on the graphic to view a larger version).
And yes, Happy Teacher's Day to all my educator friends!!! (Move your mouse over the image to rotate it!)
There is no app for that
September 4, 2014 § Leave a comment
Ideas.TED.com has a new article titled—There's no app for good teaching: 8 ways to think about tech in ways that actually improve the classroom. It quotes a bunch of scholars and researchers, one of whom is yours truly. I am just posting this, for the record.
Image created by Punya Mishra, using https://imgflip.com/memegenerator
Why math ed sucks (not just in India)
August 22, 2014 § 3 Comments
My friend Hartosh Bal (author of A Certain Ambiguity, a mathematical novel) has a piece in Caravan Magazine titled "Why Fields medalists are unlikely to emerge from the Indian educational system." He mentions the fact that of the three winners of the Field's medal (the highest accolade in mathematics) are Brazilian, Iranian and Canadian respectively. The Canadian, Manjul Bhargava, however is of Indian origin and, it appears that the Indian media have "rushed to claim him as India's own." As the title of his article suggests, Hartosh uses the fact that Bharghava was not educated in India, as a starting point for a broader discussion of how the manner in which mathematics is taught in India. He makes some wonderful points and I would recommend reading his entire piece.
The only quibble I have with his argument is that (as indicated by the title of my post) is that the problems he identifies with mathematics education are not limited to just India. Similar issues (such as an instrumental approach towards learning mathematics, focus on rote memorization of rules etc.) exist right here in the US as well. As Hartosh writes:
We believe students learn only at one pace, and even more damagingly in the case of mathematics, in only one way. Far too many parents in this country have told me about their children being penalised in tests for solving a mathematics problem by a method other than the one taught in the class. It should be quite the contrary, a student who correctly solves a problem by innovatively thinking her way to a solution deserves more marks rather than less.
I love that last sentence.
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Here we go again, the recurring cycle of hype and despair around ed tech
August 20, 2014 § 3 Comments
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana (1905, p. 284)
The Atlantic has an article titled "Why tech still hasn't solved education's problems" focusing on the failed promise of MOOCs and asks the question
Why has the promised boom in educational technology failed to appear—and why was the technology that did appear not very good?
And my response to that question is … here we go again!!!
The history of ed tech is littered with stories of how the advent of a new technology (and its potential for learning) leads to a significant level of hype about how it would transform education and then when these extravagant promises were not met, leading to an inevitable conclusion of the uselessness of all technology.
I have written about this so often that I don't even know where to start. But again that has never stopped me!
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Vijay Iyer, polymath & a fantastic example of trans-disciplinary creativity
August 17, 2014 § Leave a comment
Vijay Iyer, (http://vijay-iyer.com/) is an Indian-American jazz pianist and composer. He is a MacArthur Genius grant winner and is currently Franklin and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard University and is widely regarded as being one of the most innovative composers and musicians today. His music transcends national boundaries through creatively bringing together traditional jazz, Indian classical fusion, and various other musical styles.
Mr. Iyer is a true polymath whose career has spanned mathematics, science, the humanities and the arts. According to his Wikipedia page, he has an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics from Yale. He then went on to pursue a doctorate in physics but dropped that to complete an interdisciplinary doctoral in Technology and the Arts focusing on music cognition. In his dissertation he applied the ideas of situated and embodied cognition to West African and African-American music.
I found out about Vijay Iyer recently and was immediately struck by how he is an almost perfect example of the kind of polymathy we (in the deep-play research group) have been describing in our research and scholarship around creativity and trans-disciplinary learning. Below are some excerpts from interviews that match up to the work we have been doing.
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Big-Little Pairs and Family Photos
Published on Mar 2, 2016
Broomball 2016
Published on Feb 11, 2016
It's broomball season again! Congradualtion! Engineering House got the first place.
Welcoming our hard-working Broomball Team!! Brother Karwacki, Brother Surtel, Brother Hogue, Brother Wolf, Brother Coren, Brother Narvaez, Brother Warren, Brotehr Hedger, Brother DeCourcey and Brother Wager! And thank Brother Ganimian and Brother Parker for nice back-up! And special thanks for DJs, Brother Plumadore and Brother McMahon. Good job! And all the brothers who came out and helped.
Many thanks to the people who showed up and supported us. Also, it is pleasure to have 5 awesome teams playing in the game. They are Mu Lambda Chapter team, Bandamonium, Photo Science House, the Coyotes, and Riot Brooming. Let's wait for the bruise disappears and see you guys next year!
APO Spring 2016 RUSH
Published on Feb 2, 2016
This is the season for RUSH!! Come out and join us! Learn more about us!
Secret Santa
Published on Dec 11, 2015
The last event of Fall 2015. Lovely Secret Santa and had a great time.
p.s.: Sorry for taking picuture late, missed several brothers who left early.
Love you guys and see you guys next year!
Welcoming new brothers!!!
Published on Dec 7, 2015
start from left down corner, clockwise: Brother Montoya, Brother McMahan, Brother Hartley, Brother Parker, Brother Dillon and Brother Taylor from PC125
Finally can call you guys brothers. Congratulations!!
Welcom our new brothers from PC 126! Brother Gestl, Brother Montoya, Brother Dillon, Brother Hartley, Brother Ganimian, Brother Akhtar, Brother Hughes, Brother McMahan, Brother Surtel, Brother Parker and Brother Crumb!!!!
Welcome to our family and hope you enjoy being a APO brother!!

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Whitehouse comes into view on the way up the jeep road.
Cliff band that I skirted around to the left on the way to Treasure.
View from the false summit on Whitehouse, a decent amount of bushwacking and scrambling!
A fun surprise on Whitehouse's south ridge.
Capitol, Snowmass, & Hagerman to the east.
Snowmass & Hagerman
The long traverse over to Treasure from Whitehouse.
Some of the scrambling on Whitehouse south ridge.
Looking back at Whitehouse.
Ascending traverse to ridge
False summit of Treasure
The mellow true summit of Treasure
Capitol & Snowmass
The Bells and Pyramid. The white gully on Thunder Pyramid is visible in center.
The Chimneys of Treasure, an interesting feature to east of summit.
View to 13er neighbor Treasury. A cliff band near saddle blocks easy access.
Another view over to Capitol & Snowmass
Don't mess with 12er Mt Justice east face in winter. Avy chutes everywhere!
Slabs, ledges, & willows, oh my!
3000' of bushwacking hell.
Yule Creek marble mine, supposedly the largest in the world.
11er Whitehouse Mtn & Beaver Lake from our B&B in Marble.
GPS track going clockwise. Descent route of Treasure is an advanced bushwack!


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1. The Mavericks used a 15-6 run at the end of the fourth quarter to win Game 5 and advance to the NBA Finals. Did Dallas win or did Oklahoma City lose?
2. With their win last night, the Mavericks improved to 12-3 in this year's playoffs. On a scale of 1 to 10, how impressed are you with the Mavs run through the Western Conference?
3. Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown has agreed to a deal to succeed Phil Jackson as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. According to a source close to the Lakers, Kobe Bryant was "surprised" by the news and said he was not a part of the decision-making process. Good move or bad not to consult Kobe?
4. In the Western Conference Finals, Russell Westbrook averaged 23 points a game but had the same amount of assists as he did turnovers (24). Can the Thunder win with Westbrook?
5. Kevin Durant scored 23 points on 8-20 shooting in the Game 5 loss to the Mavericks. How did this series impact the way you view Durant?
6. The Heat are one win away from joining the Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Game 5 is tonight. Who wins and why?
7. Mariano Rivera became the first pitcher in MLB history with 1,000 career appearances for a single franchise. Derek Jeter is 24 hits shy of becoming the second player in MLB history to reach 3,000 hits and have five World Series titles. If you could take one of these players for their career, who would you take?
8. In the Mavericks run to the NBA Finals, Mark Cuban has taken a low profile. How much do you credit Cuban's low profile to the Mavericks' success this season?
9. Wilson Valdez, who earned a win in the Phillies' 19-inning triumph over the Reds, was the first player to start a game in the field and get a win since Babe Ruth. Scale of 1-10, how impressed are you with his performance last night?
10. Chad Ocho Cinco seems to have found his new offseason challenge thanks to Bengals owner Mike Brown:
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#OCNN Does anyone know these snakes I'm gonna catch,Taipan,Blue Krait,Eastern Brown Snake,Rattle Snake and the Death Adder #EPIC
What happens if i bite him 1st RT @BongoRosso: @ochocinco Yes, one bite from the Taipan and you're dead in less than an hour, enjoy ;)
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I can not say enough about how wonderful Dr. Singer has been. She is knowledgeable and caring . I recently was unsure whether or not to have a procedure and she took the time to inform me with the facts. I am currently trying to get pregnant and I am grateful that I have such a wonderful physician to support me along the way. I highly recommend Dr. Singer!!!!
I rarely write reviews but find myself reading more and more of them these days, as I search for good healthcare. In order to help other women I am writing now to tell you all that I have been seeing Dr Singer for a number of years, and I cannot find enough good things to say about her and her team. I have been through some really bad doctors over the years, and so was thrilled when I finally found a place where I felt safe and cared for. She is smart, she listens (!), and she cares from heart. Because of my recommendation my mother now travels over an hour and a half (in from the Hamptons) just to see Dr. Singer. If you are not her patient and you are fortunate enough to get into her office, you should count your blessings.
I was able to get an appt with Dr Singer within one week for my daughter who, through an ultrasound, was found to have a cyst and needed to see a gynecologist asap. Dr Singer was able to diagnose and schedule surgery very easily. We needed to get additional tests done which the staff scheduled for me even with an outside radiologic facility. Althought this is a very busy office, the staff were all pleasant, efficient and empathetic. Do not believe any negative reviews that are written here. Dr Singer is capable, competent and a sweetheart.
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I've struggled since the very beginning with BlueHat CDN. I was an early adopter and a paying player when I suddenly could not add any new sites to the CDN, then months later sites using the CDN couldn't retrieve content. I finally have up and went back to CloudFlare and or Amazon S3.
"Super-Charge your website using Blue Hat Turbo plugin for FREE!" is only part of the story.
You either have to display a link "Optimized By BHN" on your website which this plugin does automatically for you. Or you have to purchase a "pro" version.
If you don't purchase the pro version, you only get part of the advertised features from the plugin description page.
While I think it's reasonable to display this link for getting a free plugin, which keeps your blog fast when getting heavy usage, it's totally unreasonable to not state this fact in the description.
The marketing of this plugin begins "Instantly speed up your WordPress website using Blue Hat Turbo plugin for FREE!" However, to get this plugin to do anything, as far as I can tell, one needs to add a link to the plugin developer's site or pay to upgrade. I think the marketing of the plugin should make this clear. To me, neither of these options qualifies as free.
Purchased this some time ago and have yet to get it to do what I paid for it to do. Entered support tickets without getting a response.
I'm using the Blue Hat Turbo Pro version, with Rackspace CDN, on several of my wordpress sites. By several, I mean 30+ and counting.
So far, everything works perfectly and the support that I get is awesome. Once I submit a ticket, I usually get a response within 5-10 minutes. At $22 a year, that level of support is rare.
For anyone setting this up for the first or second time, I would recommend to leave these settings unchecked, as they may cause problems:
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I'm also using this plugin with WP Super Cache, which is set to preload. Blue Hat Turbo is awesome by itself, but using both plugins together, makes my site load Extremely Fast.
Blue hat CDN is so far the best solution i've found in combination with WP Super Cache and Amazon Cloudfront/S3 for myself.
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Scrambled Eggs With Herbs and Smoked Salmon
Total Time
Prep 3 mins
Cook 8 mins
A girlfriend put me onto this recipe from Taste.com.au
Ingredients Nutrition
- 7 eggs (at room temperature)
- 1⁄2 cup cream (125ml thin cream)
- salt (to taste)
- cracked black pepper (to taste)
- 40 g butter
- 2 tablespoons herbs (parsley, chives and dill leaves)
- 4 bagels (split)
- 100 g smoked salmon (flaked into pieces)
- Whisk eggs, cream and salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Melt butter in a non-stick frying pan over medium high heat until foaming.
- Add egg mixture, sprinkle with herbs and cook for 3 minutes.
- Gently draw in edges with a fork to allow uncooked egg to run underneath and cook until eggs are just set.
- Remove from pan and keep warm.
- Meanwhile, place bagels in a toaster or oven grill (broil) and toast until golden brown.
- Spoon eggs onto bagels and top with flaked salmon.
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I enjoyed this for brunch last week I'm Pat, it was awesome. Made exactly as written but scaled down for one. It had the perfect balance of flavor and textures. I served the scrambled eggs and norwegian smoked steelhead salmon on a toasted sesame bagel for a real treat. Thank you for sharing a recipe that I will make again and again, it was so quick and easy. Made for 123 Tag
Wonderful and an easy way to use up smoked salmon. Perfect as printed.
I used lemon thyme, dill and parsley for the herbs and a toasted seven grain bagel. I mixed the salmon with a bit of cream cheese I had left over from another recipe. This turned out so tasty. Lovely breakfast, thanks for sharing your recipe.


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Why is B2 paramagnetic? It's just 2 borons with a triple bond between them. Aren't all the electrons paired?
For the same reason $\ce{O2}$ is: degeneracy. The filled orbitals are $\sigma$(1s)$^2$, $\sigma^*$(1s)$^2$, $\sigma$(2s)$^2$, $\sigma^*$(2s)$^2$. The half-filled orbitals are $\pi$(2p$_x$) and $\pi$(2p$_y$).
But you're right to think that this is unexpected: why are the $\pi$(2p) orbitals lower than the $\sigma$(2p)? That's the reverse of what we are told to expect! I've never encountered a rationalization that satisfied me.
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Lemon Sago
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 6 mins
This is a real "old" dessert that some may remember. A friend reminded me of it while chatting one night! This was made in a pot in the original recipe, but updated, it is really worth making in the microwave because it doesn't burn on the bottom and can be served from the dish it was cooked in.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 cup sago
- 2 1⁄2 cups hot water (not boiling)
- 1 lemon (peeled rind and juice)
- 2 tablespoons golden syrup (or more)
- Measure the sago and hot water into a 6-8 cup capacity microwave safe bowl or casserole dish.
- Peel the rind from lemon using a potato peeler or very sharp knife and add to the bowl. Take care not to include any of the pith (white part) with the peel.
- Microwave uncovered on high for 5-6 minutes until the sago is thick and nearly clear.
- Lift out all of the peel except for one strip.
- Add in the lemon juice (about 2-4 tablespoons) and the golden syrup.
- Stir to mix, then taste and add more golden syrup if necessary.
- Cover and leave to stand.
- Reheat before serving to the temperature at which you like lemon sago best.
- Serve with dollops of whipped cream.
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I initially thought it was bland but it was definitely lemony and sweet enough the next day. It was great in the microwave. I needed to stir it after half a minute to disperse lumping but after that it didn't form lumps. I used it as a mock lemon meringue filling in pavlova nests with yoghurt and kiwifruit topping. That turned out to be a disaster because overnight, the filling dissolved through the bottom of the nests. We ate them the next day and they were delicious. My partner was glad I didn't take the nests to our work do. ; ) I'll email the recipe to a friend who can't tolerate dairy products.
Sago is a bit of a mixed bag isn't it ? I followed the method exactly and got a perfect result but the look and texture of sago is a bit unusual and I remember this was the case in my childhood. I served it with vanilla yoghurt swirled through it and it looked much prettier. I was also impressed with the microwave method of cooking.
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This looks so insanely awesome. Great job!!
love it its amazing! <3
coloure pencil or what?
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So Cool!!it's amazing!!
And I <3 fairy tail!! Great job!!
And I <3 fairy tail!! Great job!!
Those colors though
Those colors though
the colors XD
Good job!!
Omg! loving the fairytail!
Great work you did them justice 😇
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This is absolutely amazing!!
Love this !!
your coloring is wonderful !
So much improvement from the first one
your coloring is wonderful !
So much improvement from the first one
i really love your shading and coloring <3
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That's just crazy ♥
It's very cool!!!
This is absolutely fantastic, and so are you .
You need to make a tutorial on how you do this stuff Or atleast the pencil blending, cus its amazing
I love it *^* !!
omg, you've finished it. it looks amazing!! ^^
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Would you eat that with a spoon, or a fork?
i second #2. well worth the wait, and certainly not a rehash of old ideas.
Yah! But what about that new Whitesnake?????
The kitten is probably a female since Calicos are almost nearly all female.
I'll be VERY glad to see a new 24-hour diner in Minnie's' place, but "Whym" is an exceptionally stupid name that makes me worry I will hate it.
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Sad Kanye returns.By Dee Lockett
Sad Kanye returns.By Dee Lockett
This scene prompted spontaneous applause at Sundance.By Kyle Buchanan
Can you blame the guy?By Devon Ivie
Meet the new gods — (not the) same as the old gods.By Devon Ivie
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Get these cool cats a show on GSN.By Devon Ivie
A very affecting Sir Anthony Hopkins stars in it.By Devon Ivie
That's a lot of headlines.By Dee Lockett
It's directed by Blue Valentine's Derek Cianfrance.By Kyle Buchanan
Very chill synchronized dance moves.By Devon Ivie
Trump! Sheen! A Wilson brother!By Devon Ivie
Nice beard.By Devon Ivie
He tries to drop some knowledge on his son, with mixed results.By Kyle Buchanan
Celebrities between the sheets have never been less sexy.By Tolly Wright
Happy trails, we'll miss ya.By Devon Ivie
That's one busy elevator.By Dee Lockett
What a great labyrinth.By Devon Ivie
Quinto was the Spock to Yelchin's Chekov.By Devon Ivie
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MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina -- Argentina No. 1 Juan Martin Del Potro was replaced by Jose Acasuso
for the first reverse singles in the Davis Cup final on Sunday
due to injury.
Spain, leading 2-1, replaced David Ferrer, its
top-ranked player, with Fernando Verdasco.
Del Potro pulled a muscle in his right leg during his loss to Feliciano Lopez on Friday.
The 20-year-old, who rocketed into the top 10 this year,
had already been suffering from a toe injury.
"I could have gone out and tried but I didn't want to risk
having to pull out after a few games," Del Potro said in a
television interview.
His replacement Acasuso, 26, is ranked 48th and has won five
out of seven deciding singles matches in the Davis Cup.
Ferrer was outclassed by David Nalbandian in Friday's
opening singles while Verdasco, 16th in the ATP rankings, was
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A mural of a radiant sun painted in oranges, reds, and yellows covers one of the walls at Portland Power Yoga, mimicking the warmth of the heated room where yoga instructors show ranks of students the proper way to extend their arms as they crouch on their mats. The heat helps facilitate deeper stretching and detoxification as students flow through sequences in 90-minute Basics, All Levels, or Intermediate classes. Instructors condense the same experience into a shorter session during Hour of Power classes and help groups hold extended poses in Yin Yoga, awakening students' connective tissues and convincing nearby deer that they're actually statues. In addition to regular classes, the studio hosts community workshops with guest instructors and often works in tandem with the bodywork experts at Hara Holistic Health.


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Nicholls Players to present 'The Diviners'
Published: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 5:08 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 5:08 p.m.
THIBODAUX – Nicholls State University's theater troupe presents the Depression-era fable "The Diviners" this week.
The play, by Jim Leonard Jr., opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Talbot Theater on the Nicholls State University campus in Thibodaux.
The show continues at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
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Biology and physics of von Willebrand factor concatamers
Version of Record online: 22 JUL 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04320.x
© 2011 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Special Issue: State of the Art 2011
Volume 9, Issue Supplement s1, pages 130–143, July 2011
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SPRINGER, T. A. (2011), Biology and physics of von Willebrand factor concatamers. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 9: 130–143. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04320.x
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Summary. Structural specialisations enable von Willebrand factor (VWF) to assemble during biosynthesis into helical tubules in Weibel-Palade bodies (WPB). Specialisations include a pH-regulated dimeric bouquet formed by the C-terminal half of VWF and helical assembly guided by the N-terminal half that templates inter-dimer disulphide bridges. Orderly assembly and storage of ultra-long concatamers in helical tubules, without crosslinking of neighboring tubules, enables unfurling during secretion without entanglement. Length regulation occurs post-secretion, by hydrodynamic force-regulated unfolding of the VWF A2 domain, and its cleavage by the plasma protease ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13). VWF is longest at its site of secretion, where its haemostatic function is most important. Moreover, elongational hydrodynamic forces on VWF are strongest just where needed, when bound to the vessel wall, or in elongational flow in the circulation at sites of vessel rupture or vasoconstriction in haemostasis. Elongational forces regulate haemostasis by activating binding of the A1 domain to platelet GPIbα, and over longer time periods, regulate VWF length by unfolding of the A2 domain for cleavage by ADAMTS13. Recent structures of A2 and single molecule measurements of A2 unfolding and cleavage by ADAMTS13 illuminate the mechanisms of VWF length regulation. Single molecule studies on the A1-GPIb receptor-ligand bond demonstrate a specialised flex-bond that enhances resistance to the strong hydrodynamic forces experienced at sites of haemorrhage.


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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The Army Reserve Sustainment Command held the first Army Reserve Acquisition Accession Ceremony here to honor more than 30 Soldiers who recently joined the acquisition workforce.
Maj. Gen. Peter Lennon, commanding general of the 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Brig. Gen. Phillip Jolly, commanding general of the ARSC in Birmingham, Ala., and Command Sgt. Maj. Vicki Briggs, command sergeant major of the ARSC, officially inducted each Soldier and awarded their certificates at the Bob Jones Auditorium here April 4.
"This is an historic event, and one that is important to the Army as a whole," said Jolly.
He spoke of the courses the Soldiers took and the challenges they endured to obtain the 51 series Military Occupational Specialty in the contracting field.
"With contract management being such a huge part of the battlefield today, the Army needs Soldiers proficient in acquisition and contract management," said Jolly.
Maj. Gen. Lennon agreed this was a critical career step and described their role as a unique way of committing to and serving the U.S. Military. Lennon honed in on the importance of their role to the future.
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This cottage was our second home when our children were growing up. We loved Manchester so much that we recently bought a full time residence in town! We can't part with our cottage, therefore we are offering it for a vacation rental.
Enjoy all activities that Manchester has to offer, while being close to the slopes; walk to Equinox Mountain pond/ hiking trails, fish in the Battenkill River, X-Country Ski across the street at Hildene, shop the designer outlets & quaint mom & pop stores, downhill ski within 15-30 min., nightlife & dining meccas, summer festival horse show, canoeing, kayaking nearby.
This cottage offers privacy on 1 acre, set back from the road. It has newly finished wood floors, cathedral ceiling, open living/dining/kitchen area, 40" flat screen TV, sleeping loft, new furnace, wood burning fireplace, deck.
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I stayed here for two weeks. The cottage is in a great location and the owners promptly answered emails with questions I had. I would definitely stay here again! The property is accurately represented.
We had a wonderful time! The cabin was so clean and well cared for. We had 4-adults and 2-children plus the dogs and had plenty of room. Access to tons of trails nearby. All necessary information was provided. The communication with the owners was quick and they were very accommodating to us. If we return to Manchester, we will definitely hope that the cottage is available for our stay. Couldn't ask for anything more.
This adorable cabin was fantastic for a family getaway at a reasonable price. Manchester is such a wonderful place and town was at our fingertips at this particular location. The cottage was extremely cozy, surprisingly spacious and down right spotless. Our family of 6 and our sweet chocolate lab enjoyed our stay very much! Our girls loved sleeping in the loft and mom and dad enjoyed having a quite bedroom to ourselves on the first floor away from the pillow fights! A fun time was had by all. We would certainly recommend this great place to others. We will be back!
Our week-long stay was a delight. The cottage is close to everything in the Manchester area. It is comfortable and adequately equipped. We particularly liked the off road location which provided quiet and privacy.
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No issues or concerns whatsoever before, during or after stay.
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were very clear. Super close to shopping, hiking, skiing -x-c and downhill, exploring, restaurants.
Was very easy to leave in broom clean condition when we left as the owner requested.
Owners are very helpful, easy to communicate with before visit and if needed during stay (we didn't need to though)
Recommended restaurants in the area, we used the kitchen for our meals for the most part- kitchen is stocked with enough basic cookware for putting together meals. Would definitely stay again and recommend to family and friends
House is perfect for two folks and has plenty of room in the loft to sleep 4 more. The recent renovations make this cottage feel clean and modern but with a sense of personality. The great room is the heart of the house with comfortable leather couches and chair and a working fireplace. We spent many evening talking, playing games and reading and enjoyed every moment.
Very close to the Equinox resort and a mile from Manchester Center/Outlets. Equinox Mountain is directly behind the house where the hiking trails are very accessible. Stratton is a quick 25 minute jaunt away.
We stayed here for 3 weeks and hope to come back again next winter. The cottage feels very livable (not sterile like a hotel room) and is perfect for a weekend or a month. If anything the pictures undersell the coziness of this cottage and the owners were incredible responsive to all of our requests.
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Some six years after their marriage at the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy are planning a ball. The evening before the big day, Elizabeth's youngest sister Lydia appears on their doorstep in hysterics, shouting that her husband is dead. A search party scours the woods of Pemberley where it is found that not Wickham, but his friend Captain Denny, has been murdered. Wickham is the only viable suspect but as his case is brought before the justice system, no one at Pemberley can believe that Wickham, despite his many flaws and faults, is capable of murder.
This book is one in a many myriad of Jane Austen-based sequels, spin-offs, and re-writings. The clout of P.D. James's name made it seem like it could be a contender but, alas, this title is just another one in the pile of dreadful, not-even-close Austen wannabees. The mystery is blase -- for most of the novel, no person other than Wickham is given as a possible suspect and the crime seems completely straightforward. (Note to authors: A big twist at the end does not make up for hundreds of pages leading to a seemingly inevitable conclusion.)
Much of the book seems to be treading water. The same bits are repeated almost ad nauseam. For example: First we are privy to the search party's steps on the night in question; then we have those actions recounted in the local hearing; and yet again we hear about it for the trial in London -- with practically the same word usage each time. It seems like a better editor would have known to cut down on much of this redundancy to keep the book sharper and more edge-of-your-seat readable.
In this book, we get a great deal of insight into the inner workings of Darcy's mind, which was an interesting perspective, especially given that Darcy has a tendency for reserve, which usually keeps his thoughts hidden from the reader. On the other hand, Elizabeth is a dull character not at all in keeping with the feisty young heroine of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Instead, she is far too busy worrying about what the neighbors will think, doing what is proper, and running a large household, complete with her two little children, to really do much about the terrible events before her. However, James does a fairly decent job of keeping the spirit alive of many of Austen's minor characters, particularly the delightfully horrible Lady Catherine, although sometimes all she does is simply lift lines almost verbatim from Austen's original novel.
Speaking of the original novel and its various characters, James's approach to this novel is a bit odd. She begins with a prologue that quickly recaps the events of Pride and Prejudice and serves as a reminder of who relates to whom and how. This seemed like a good start to me as I picked up the book. However, then as the book proper launches, she once again gets bogged down in details about the pasts of these characters -- most of which have nothing to do with the story at hand. In addition, detailing the fates of minor characters -- such as the middle Bennet sisters, Mary and Lydia -- ultimately seemed unnecessary. The total lack of Austenesque prose is sure to make Janeites unhappy anyway and the diversions into these characters that play no role in this book serves to simply confuse and bog down the uninitiated reader who is just trying to tackle the plot of this novel.
While this book had some moments here and there that shone brightly or promised potential or just made a clever turn of phrase, it was overall marred by a slim plot, too much repetition of that basic plot, and flat or one-dimensional characterizations. I wasn't actually expecting something as good as Jane Austen with Death Comes to Pemberley, but I was hoping for something at least a little more entertaining than this actually was.
I don't really know whether I liked this book or not. I loved reading about Lizzie, Darcy, Jane, and Bingley, but there was way too much Wickham and Lydia. I thought that the narrative dragged on in some places, which interrupted my flow of reading. Some of the theories about events that happened off-page in Pride & Prejudice were interesting, and I loved the mention of certain other Jane Austen characters. All in all, the book equaled out between the good and bad.
Easy read, not much to it. Library book.
While this was not a bad book, I was disappointed with it.
I have read and enjoyed most of James's novels, and "Pride and Prejudice" is one of my top favorite books. I was very excited to learn about a novel that combined them!
Sadly, this did not live up to my hopes and expectations at all.
Far too much of the first parts of the novel were devoted to reiterating- many times over- the basic plot of P&P. Since I think it unlikely that anyone who is not a fan of P&P would read this, we really did not need the constant harping on its plot- and even if someone had no familiarity with P&P, repeating its plot at least 3 times does not show respect for the reader.
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Also, the murder mystery did not make much sense. I suppose it was a decent excuse to revisit the characters- and redeem some of the awful ones to some degree- but I found the resolution very unsatisfying, and the tying up of loose ends- especially as it pertains to the characters in various other Austen novels- to be a fairly pointless clever trick.
Darcy is not going to turn into a Sensitive New Age Guy. Lizzie is not going to turn into an indulgent helpmeet for him. Wickham is not going to change his spots. Et cetera.
James did do a lot of research into the way "great houses" worked, and the current legal system; I wish she had integrated that better with the vivid characters in the original P&P.
It was a chore to slog through this book. I really liked the premise and I really hoped the story would improve. Unfortunately, it did not get better. Really disappointed.
. . . an excellent period mystery, replete with all manner of mayhem, and a most welcome way to revisit Elizabeth and Darcy. . .
Really, gentle reader, there are limits. When mystery grande dame P. D. James felt the mantle of Jane Austen fall on her shoulders, why didn't she simply shrug it off? James places a template of Austen characters and Austen-like language over a traditional mystery plot. The mystery is set in 1803, six years after the wedding of Elizabeth and Darcy, with ample space given to catching us up on the recent doings of the Bennet family. On the mystery side, there's plenty of action, from the discovery of Captain Denny's body, through a trial, assorted deceptions and mix-ups, and love affairs. Unfortunately, though, if this is meant as an homage, it's a pretty weak cup of tea. James' many fans will be pleased to see any kind of new book from the 91-year-old author, but discriminating Austen devotees are unlikely to appreciate the move from social comedy to murder.
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Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered.
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