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Editor's note: Across America, nearly 25 percent of all children do not finish high school. One of the organizations working to address that problem is the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Excellent Education. Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance, sat down to discuss his time leading the state and, more importantly, his current work in education.
* You left the governor's mansion in 2005. What has been keeping Bob Wise busy over the past seven-eight years?
Wise: Two weeks later, I started here at the Alliance for Excellent Education in Washington, D.C. It's been non-stop ever since. Our mission is that every child graduates from high school, ready for college and a career. We're a national organization promoting national reform, national policies. It's about trying to transform America's high schools into what they ought to be, and making sure that every child is able to reach their full potential.
What I like about it is it's a never-ending campaign. I'm traveling constantly, I'm stumping for something I believe in passionately. ... The important thing is it's about a cause, and it's about improving education for young people. It's not a personal campaign, and that really makes a difference. As someone pointed out to me once, 'Hey, they're never running negative ads against you.' ... One thing that really strikes me is that wherever I go, and particularly when I first came to Washington seven and one-half years ago, I'm running into West Virginians who are distinguishing themselves in education. Obviously someone like (former Gov.) Gaston Caperton, who just retired after a long career on the College Board. One of the first people I met in town who runs an organization here was Betty Hale, whose mother was a teacher in Williamson in West Virginia. Betty was a teacher before she came here. ... There also is a gentleman here who is one of the nation's experts in assessments and testing. I've worked with him for many years, and one day we started talking. I started at Charleston High School and finished at George Washington in Charleston, he was going to Stonewall Jackson High School across town at the same time.
When I was 16, I lost my first race for governor at Boy's State. And I lost to a guy who had a slogan - this is 1965 - that 'Education is the only passport from poverty.' He was right then, and he's right today. I've always remembered that. That's why I think that so many West Virginians do end up in education, because they understand how important it is, not only to themselves, but in making sure that the state and our children move forward.
* This month, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe celebrated its global operations center's 10-year anniversary in Wheeling. Ralph Baxter, Orrick's CEO, heaped plenty of praise on you for making that deal happen. What do you recall about that deal and the Cabela's deal, and where do they rank in importance during your time as governor?
Wise: I think they were incredibly important. What I appreciate about Ralph (is he) was a son of West Virginia. Here is somebody who I think left the state at 11, always had in the back of his mind that he wanted to do something to help the state, and here 40 years later he comes back and he takes a chance, because no other major law firm - and Orrick is one of the largest law firms in the world - no other major law firm had ever consolidated their operations into one center, as he was proposing, and particularly away from their headquarters. Ralph put that operation in Wheeling, W.Va. It was an incredible commitment and foresight.
It was important for us as a state to be able to help do it. If we could get Orrick, if we could get that operation which was technology based, it would truly show that West Virginia workers could interact literally with the world, because they're working with offices in Tokyo, in London to San Francisco to New York. If it could work, then it's a powerful message to the rest of the country about West Virginia.
The Cabela's deal was critical for us to, because what that forced us to do was to develop new means of financing. I spent some time in Kansas and some other states looking at ways they financed operations that we weren't using - tax revenue bonds, for instance. We had to get some measures before the Legislature, and I appreciate that now-Gov. Tomblin helped a great deal on that. ... Some didn't want to go down this road because what we were going to do, is we were going to give up tax revenue for some time. ... Most people now recognize Cabela's has been the kind of investment you want to get.
We thought we might get our tax revenue back in 10 years (through tax increment financing measures). ... I think it was about four. And then you look at all the construction that's taken place there. My son and I went hunting in West Virginia in November for deer season. Of course our first stop was at Cabela's. I was really struck by how much development has taken place since (Cabela's) opened. ... Both Orrick and Cabela's were strong messages about first of all how we as a state need to be more flexible in terms of our economic development initiatives, and second, we could put deals together and we could attract some of the most important kinds of businesses. ...
* On to education and your work at the Alliance for Excellent Education. Year after year, we in West Virginia are told public schools are getting better. But our students continue to lag behind national averages on a variety of measurements. What gives?
Wise: I think the schools are getting better, but what's happening - and this is a national phenomenon, I might add - is other nations are getting better much faster. The result is that where we used to be second in the world amongst developed nations, we're now 13th in high school graduation rates. We're 15th where we used to be second in post-secondary completion. I think our teachers are working harder than ever before ... but there's a problem: they're working in an old model. Before I left office I found my father's 1965 Chevrolet convertible. I brought it back and put a lot of money into ... getting it up and running again. When I got it up and running it could do everything it could in 1965: it could run up the West Virginia Turnpike at 60 mph, it had no environmental control equipment, it had no computerization, it didn't even have cupholders. The moral is that I put a lot of effort into making an old model run (like it did before). But if I had gotten a new car ... the outside would look the same, but the inside would be totally different. That's what needs to be happening in education. It's transforming our schools and how quickly we can do that.
As I look at the West Virginia (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores, yes, they haven't shown the increase that we'd like. I will say to West Virginia's benefit is that it's reporting its proficiency much more honestly. In other states, what I've observed is the usual gap between what a state's test show a child is proficient at and what NAEP shows is somewhere around 39 points. In West Virginia, it's about 24 points. At least West Virginia is looking in the mirror and being honest, and when you do that then you know the extent of the task you have to take on.
... I see gains West Virginia has made, and steps it has taken - adoption of the Common Core Standards is critical, West Virginia was one of the first states to be involved. ... In fact, at the time of the adoption, the main organization that led that effort was the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, a national association of state superintendents, and it was (former state Superintendent of Schools) Steve Paine who led that. Lowell Johnson, a member of the state board of education, was leading the national association of state boards of education at the time of adoption, just Just like Gayle Manchin is now leading that same organization. West Virginians have played a prominent role, both in-state and out-of-state, in some of the major educational reforms that have taken place in this country in the past few years.
* How do we address the gap between students from socio-economic backgrounds conducive to academic excellence and those not as favorable?
Wise: You have to understand how important it is that everybody succeeds, both from the moral ... and the economic standpoint, then double-down on what are the interventions necessary to help those children succeed. It can be done. That's part of what my organization does, it finds examples just like you're talking about, where there should be every indicator of failure. High poverty rates, a large percentage of students without English as their native language, and yet they're ... succeeding. So it's important to make sure you believe ... that every child can succeed regardless of their circumstances. That doesn't make light of the challenges that they bring to the school, but you've got to have that high expectation. And once you have that high expectation, you set the interventions that are necessary to help that child succeed. Do they need extra time tutoring? What's happening both in school and after school.
What we have found ... is that there are some elements that are critical. First of all, in every school, regardless of the income status, every student has to have a direct relationship with at least one adult in that building. Not just the daily encounter with the teacher in the classroom with 25 other students, but that there's an adult watching out for that student, who's monitoring and checking in with that student. ... So as soon as that student begins to get off track - sudden absenteeism, sudden discipline problems, beginning to fail in class - you intervene immediately. And it's not just one teacher noticing, it's a total package. ... What we find in a lot of cases is the problem is literacy, particularly in secondary schools, middle and high schools. That's when kids start to fall off ... starting in the sixth grade. What we find is that simply because a child was proficient in reading in third or fourth grade, when they hit middle and high school doesn't mean they're automatically proficient then. ... Until about 10 years ago in this country, we missed something. I missed it too. We thought if you taught a child to read by the third of fourth grade and they were reading well, they could just take if from there. We didn't appreciate fully in this country that reading skills and needs change as the child moves up in grade level. When you get to high school, your reading need is not simply to read off the printed page, but it's to take three paragraphs and to be able to understand and to synthesize, it's to be able to form a conclusion, for me to be able to interpret it and communicate it back to you. That's a totally different skill than just learning to read, and yet we didn't teach students how to do that.
Incidentally, I can look at any school's eighth grade NAEP score in reading, and look at the lowest group which is two to three grades below grade level, and tell you within 1 to 2 percentage points what your dropout rate is. All of which is to say that there are children in large numbers ... from low-income with a lot of things against them but we have to have the same expectations for them. And when you have the same expectations you also have to be willing to develop the support and strategies necessary. And I'm not talking about just blindly throwing money at the problem, that's not the answer. In fact, I urge people to not spend another dollar until you've developed a clear strategy for how you're going to improve student outcome.
* We recently reported that nearly 70 percent of all 9th graders do not read at their grade level. What impact is that having on high school dropout rates?
Wise: There's a reason that 65 percent of all dropouts take place in theninth and 10th grade. (Students) are in the eighth grade, and remember, they're reading two to three grade levels below their level, so they get to ninth grade and now they're encountering even more complex material. Many of them will fail. It gets known as the 'ninth-grade parking lot,' because you have ninth-graders who should be 10th-graders, so they've repeated ninth grade, now they move on to 10th grade, if they haven't dropped out already, they're running into the same problem and say the heck with it. No child just wakes up one morning and just ... decides to drop out. It is a process that builds up over many years and you can see it set in as early as fifth and sixth grade, and that's when we need to intervene. ...
* For children to succeed, parents need to play a major role in education. Are parents filling that role in today's education system?
Wise: You obviously want parental involvement. ... What I've found in the last seven years is that ... what seems to be basic common sense is also borne out in data. The importance of doing the research is that you can make it much more institutional. ... I say that because the data is real clear: the child that is read to from birth ... comes into school with a vocabulary that is two to three times greater than the child that is not read to. So parents have a major role. And in terms of encouragement, is a parent encouraging their child every step along the way, and is a parent encouraging and saying, 'High school is important, but you're going to have to go on and get some type of post-secondary work. It doesn't have to be four years of college, but you're going to have to keep learning after high school.' Parental involvement is vitally important.
Having said that, I often hear 'well, if the parents aren't going to be involved, there's not much we can do.' No, that's not actually the case. I'm sorry if the parents aren't involved, I want them involved, we should do everything possible, but that child comes to us as they are, and we have to understand that and do everything we can to make sure that child has a positive learning experience. We have to do that for two reasons: one, I happen to believe that's what God means for us to do, to help children, but the other part is we have to do it for our own self interest. One day, that child is either going to be helping us in our community or is going to be a drag. It's in everybody's interest - incidentally, there's another figure that's not often recognized, is that, according to Gallup, only about 30 percent of the American public has direct contact with the public school system. ... That means 70 percent of us aren't. Part of my job is showing the 70 percent why it is what happens in that high school 10 miles away, where they don't have a child, directly affects their life. It affects them economically, it affects them many other ways.
* Though West Virginia doesn't have big urban areas, many other states do. Often, it seems schools in big cities aren't doing as good a job as those in less densely populated areas. Why is this and what can be done about it?
Wise: Large urban areas tend to have large urban problems. I think during the '50s and '60s, and even the '70s, folks who could got to the suburbs. ... Big cities tend to have higher poverty rates, big cities tend to be where immigrants go to, there have been a host of reasons. By the same token, big cities have draw people for opportunity. Washington, D.C., is a good example, as is Denver and Atlanta. They import education. If you look at the dropout rates in some of our major urban areas, Detroit being the most glaring, you see a high dropout rate but you may also see one of the highest populations of four-year college degrees in the country. The thing is, they weren't generated there. Denver recruited somebody who graduated from WVU, or Marshall, to come work there. The challenge for metropolitan areas is to actually be able to grow your own.
On the other hand, what we're seeing is the problems in school are pretty much in uniform. There are a lot of suburban schools where I think folks think they're doing pretty well, but when you take a look at the data, it shows those schools need improving just like the schools downtown.
... What I didn't realize until I got into this job ... We over-reported in West Virginia for years. Every state did, every state had its own way of calculating. As I recall, we were showing at the time I left office and still today 84-85 percent (graduation rate). The Department of Education says 77 percent and an independent report ... is somewhere around 72 percent. So around 75 percent, which is the national average. In the 1960s and '70s, you could have those kinds of dropout rates and those students could still get decent paying jobs. They could go work in the steel mills, chemical plants, you could go work in the mines - you could get a decent paying job without a high school diploma. ... Today, I couldn't get into any one of those professions without some kind of post-secondary work. As one coal mine operator said to me after he had just hired 148 new miners, 'Wise, if you think I'm letting somebody go a mile underground with a half-million dollar piece of very technical equipment without post-secondary, you're crazy.' That's the difference today. It's what I call where the Bible and the billfold have joined up. The Biblical, the moral imperative says that every child should have a good education. But there's an economic imperative now. It used to be that we could ignore those kids, they'd either get a good-paying job or they'd disappear. Today we need them desperately in the work force. Sixty percent of all jobs today require post secondary. When I graduated from high school 75 percent of all jobs were filled by high school diploma or less. ... The reality is nobody can afford a 20 or 30 percent dropout rate.
* You spoke earlier about schools changing to better meet student's needs. What is the formula today for having a successful school?
Wise: We need to recognize that we can't keep doing education the same way. ... We've got teachers who are working very hard and are very able ... but the fact is they're working in a model that is not satisfactory any more.
The other thing is to recognize that student's learning needs are much greater today. We talk alot about learner-centered, and what that means is that it's important a student learns the core content knowledge, but ask any employer what they need ... (and they will say) we not only need a kid who knows content material, but we also need them to be able to think creatively, to think critically, to be able to communicate with one another, to collaborate and to be self-reflective. ... This is what perhaps we expected 10 percent of our students to develop as they went through the process for the last 100 years, and that was fine, they'd be the CEOs, the innovators. But now, in any workplace, you need that kind of innovation. ... Where I woke up in a cold sweat one time about four years ago, I realized we can't get there from here. We keep delivering education in the same way, we're not going to be able to make it. Constrained state budgets, rising standards, we simply won't be able to make it. That's why it's important to have a collaborative process, to recognize that the teacher and the principal are the bedrock of all this, that doesn't change. What does change is what it is they're doing, and what it is you're asking them to do and what kind of support you're giving them. That's one reason we've become so involved here at the Alliance in how do you use technology effectively to help educators. It can be giving a teacher a data system so that he or she doesn't have to be putting marks in a book every day, but instead has immediate feedback because now a student is working with a software package that gives the teacher immediate feedback on how well they're doing. ... If you're not able to deliver a course in your school because you don't have a certified teacher, what about online where you have a teacher in the classroom who's helping to facilitate students.
... A major project of ours over the next two years is encouraging every school district to go through a process to define first of all what are your learning goals for students, and what are your major challenges? Then here are the three 'T's' you have to address. You have to address teaching, what do we want teaching to look like and how do we want teachers involved and what support will they get. No. 2, how do we use time differently. We have a calendar that's based upon the Agrarian calendar, we have a 6 1/2 hour school day when learning is a 24/7 experience, and finally the major change in time is we grade kids partially based on how long they sit in the seat - 180 days during the year. ... Now that we have the technology, let's let students demonstrate their competency in a subject, and when they're ready to move on, whether its 90 days, 120 days, they move on. Same teacher, same classroom, but now they're advancing ... and that teacher can now spend time with a child who needs help.
The third T is technology. What is the appropriate technology for the situation you're trying to address. In Wheeling, where connectivity is pretty good, you may want to look at every child gets a laptop or an iPad. ... If you're in McDowell County, (connectivity) is a real problem, so you don't have the same approach. What I don't want is this: I don't want anybody spending the first dollar on technology until they have a strategy in place that looks at the teaching, that looks at how they're going to use time differently, and then looks at technology.
* You mentioned earlier only about 30 percent of the general public is involved in the education process. Do you believe most Americans have the will to do what it will take to ensure U.S. schools and our students can compete on a world stage?
Wise: I believe it does when it's informed. That's where I fault all of our candidates, particularly at the federal level, although education is essentially a state and local area. It's one thing to say you're for education and then move on, but neither Romney nor Obama clearly make the link is yes, we ought to be talking about the economy, but recognize this economy has changed drastically in just the last 20 years. And the way it's changed is it's an information-based economy. Right now you have about 3 million jobs that are going unfilled - they're there, but we don't have the proper skills. And these aren't Ph.D. jobs - these are two-year associate of arts or less. ... My job in this campaign is to help build that public will. I think yes, we can. The country has responded so many times before - times of war, times of crisis, and I do believe this is a crisis - it is about recognizing that every child has to do well if our economy is going to do well.


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In short: Welcome to Weymouth!In full: And a welcome back to running for me. A cold windy day on the sea front! This is a mostly flat race with a couple of doable inclines in the middle. It was a very friendly race with great organisation and nice support along the route. Thank you everyone involved!Date of review: March 23, 2016
In short: Lovely race.In full: First race in three years after baby. Nice course. We'll organised. Loads of loos so no cue. Very friendly marshals. Good for fast runners and those like me shuffling along towards the back!Date of review: March 16, 2014
In short: An excellent event!In full: Well organised. Wonderfully encouraging marshals. Good value, with great t-shirt and medal. Sweets en route and cakes at the end were much appreciated. The course was pretty good too. Not much could be done about the shocking weather. The last half I did was Run to the Beat which was terrible on every count so it was great to be reassured that there are lots of really fantastic races to take part in.. well done Bexhill. Well worth the drive from London.Date of review: November 15, 2010
In short: I gave it another go after 2008 but won't be back in 2011In full: Two years ago the race wace delayed an hour in torrential rain (obviously the weather could not be avoided) The Peninsula in Greenwich is a nightmare because there's only one way in and out. I didn't think it was well organised, not able to cope with huge numbers of people. Some staff surly and unhelpful (i have done this job myself) Run to the beat theme not really a good description. Live bands were good but a car stereo and a cd would have done the same job as the Ministry of Sound vans. I have done many half marathons around the country so have some experience and this one just doesn't measure up. Why has this race been twice delayed by the best part of an hour? ... well i'm comparing to the Marathon I guess.Date of review: September 26, 2010
In short: A superb race yet again!In full: This was the third time I have done this race and I was very pleased to come home with a 20m PB. As someone has already said the organisers have everything covered, over and above with the chocolate, energy gels etc. It is a challenging course but not unpleasant. Well worth travelling up from London for. Thanks to all the wonderful marshalls too.Date of review: March 23, 2009
In short: An enjoyable race, good FLM prep.In full: Challenging but enjoyable, great marshalling and I loved the support from other runners, who had already finished, over the last mile. Great scenery.Date of review: March 2, 2009
In short: As good as 20 miles with hills can be!In full: Beautifully organised with lovely marshalls and jelly babies. Nice downhill finish. Will definitely do it again. A minor point but could the start be more clearly sign posted.Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Yet another enjoyable riverside run.In full: It's the third time i've done this half marathon. It is beautifully organised and well supported. The countryside is lovely too and the course relatively kind. I'll be back next year.Date of review: November 22, 2007
In short: Amazing!In full: It's just such an incredible experience. Wonderful organisation and exceptional support. One of life's 'must dos'!Date of review: April 24, 2007
In short: Superb marshalling with lots of goodies on offer.In full: A scenic course and the hills were not too tricky. Lots of encouragement from the Marshalls with jelly babies, chocolate and bananas on route. A packed lunch and a commemorative sweatshirt for all those who finish. A big thank you to the Ivanhoe Runners!Date of review: March 18, 2007
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See also: Kipfel
From German Kipfel, diminutive of Kipf ("wagon post"), from Old High German kipfa, chipf, from Latin cippus ("post").
kipfel (plural kipfels)
- A crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll.
- 1880, C. J. Peterson, Peterson's Magazine, Volumes 77-78, page 314,
- Bake the kipfel on wafers, in a very moderate oven.
- 2003, Brigitte Hamann, Hitler and Vienna: The Truth about his Formative Years, in Hans Mommsen (editor) The Third Reich Between Vision and Reality: New Perspectives on German History 1918-1945, page 35,
- The son of a former houseowner in the Stumpergasse told me that the young Hitler would go every morning to a Jewish distiller (Branntweiner) near his flat to have a small breakfast there consisting always of 'a tea and a kipfel'.
- 2006, Edna Staebler, Food That Really Schmecks, page 167,
- From this fine, sweet, almost cake-like yeast dough, rolled out fairly thin, can be made a variety of delicious desserts, coffee cakes, butter horns, turnovers, crescent rolls, schnecken, kipfel, or nut rolls.
- 1880, C. J. Peterson, Peterson's Magazine, Volumes 77-78, page 314,


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News, tips, and practical insights about technology for student affairs practitioners by Eric Stoller.
Graduate assistantships often dictate the pathways for a student affairs professional. Our experience during our masters program can have long-lasting impacts on our functional area choice post-grad school. Oftentimes, our assistantship department is able to send us to at least one professional association conference. Usually, we choose the association and its conference based on the job that we're doing in exchange for a tuition remission / stipend. However, how many people in their student affairs graduate program learn about what I like to call "the student affairs association acronym soup"? My consulting work enables me to reach a broad swath of student affairs associations including: NACA, NACAS, NACCU, NACS, NACADA, NAFSA, NASPA, ACUHO-I, AACRAO, ACUI, ACPA, CACUSS, SCUP, and EDUCAUSE. I've spoken to/with, consulted for, and/or written something for each of these organizations. If you have a question about the majority of student affairs associations, odds are, that I can direct you to the right person or resource. I swim in "the soup."
However, one question keeps coming up that leads me to wonder whether or not student affairs graduate students are getting exposed to the multitudes of student affairs associations during their time in graduate school. Are there seminars that cover the broad range of associations and how they can benefit each student? Professionally, I know of at least one resource that includes a large number of student affairs associations. CHEMA is the Council of Higher Education Management Associations. As the umbrella organization for more than 20 higher education associations, CHEMA is the perfect starting place for a discussion about our professional associations.
While I have not worked with them yet, I know for a fact that AASHE, ACE, NACE, NODA, NASFAA, NIRSA, NACUBO, NACUFS, and other student affairs associations (and their amazing acronyms) provide valuable resources, networking opportunities, and a melange of awesomeness.
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We have some bad but somewhat expected news for all you Bolt owners this afternoon. After HTC announced multiple times that they would indeed be updating multiple devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich during the month of August, Thunderbolt included, sadly that didn't quite happen. The update won't be arriving yet and HTC's issued a statement.
The folks at Droid-Life noticed a comment over on HTC's Facebook page confirming the details. Basically HTC has stated that "We're aware we missed the deadline" and "we're working with Verizon for ICS on the Thunderbolt." Basically they didn't share any new details other than yes, it's not yet available.
HTC updated many of their older devices this past month (and last) to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the HTC ThunderBolt is actually one of the last ones standing that haven't received the latest and greatest from HTC and Google. Don't worry though folks, it has leaked multiple times.
After taking a second look at their response pictured above it appears they might be making a poke at Verizon with that one. We all know Big Red is one of the slower carriers when it comes to Android updates (just look at the Galaxy Nexus) so maybe everything is ready to rock from HTC and we are just awaiting Verizon's approval. Hopefully the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich arrives for the ThunderBolt. For now CM10 will do just fine.
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My Last Duchess
by Robert Browning
Frà Pandolf's Painting of the Duchess
Symbol Analysis
The most obvious symbol in "My Last Duchess" is the one that the Duke spends most of his time talking about – the portrait of the Duchess painted by Frà Pandolf on the wall of his private gallery. Intriguingly, the Duke doesn't say much about the painting itself, except that it's lifelike and that it seems to capture the Duchess's emotional state. We don't get any sense of what pose the Duchess is in, what she's wearing, or what the color scheme or brushstrokes. What we do learn about the painting is that it's painted directly on the gallery wall, and so the Duke has to keep it covered by a curtain so that he can control who views it.
- Lines 1-2: The Duke points toward the portrait of the duchess using the language of this first sentence – "that" and "painted on the wall" start setting the scene for the reader.
- Lines 3-4: When the Duke describes the hard work that went into the painting of the Duchess, he uses a synecdoche, making Frà Pandolf's hands, not Frà Pandolf himself, the subject of the sentence. By reducing the painter to the part of his body that does the work, he dehumanizes Frà Pandolf, turning him into a tool instead of a person.
- Line 8: It's a tough call on this one, but you could think of the painting of the Duchess as personified. After all, paintings themselves are just paint on a surface, but this painting is looking at the viewer – it has an "earnest glance" – and it almost seems like it has feelings – "depth and passion." However, because the painting is an image of a person, you could also interpret the Duke's comments as being about the subject of the painting, instead of the painting itself – in which case this wouldn't be personification.
- Lines 17-19: Imagining the way the painter might have complimented the Duchess, the Duke uses elaborate imagery.


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Relatives of four inmates have gathered near a penal colony in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent to demand that they be allowed to see incarcerated relatives who may have maimed themselves.
The relatives told RFE/RL on July 31 that the officials at the penitentiary refused to allow them to see the inmates, saying that they were currently in solitary confinement.
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Last month, several inmates reportedly cut their abdomens open in a prison near the capital Astana.
Earlier this month, a prison riot in Kazakhstan's northwestern city of Aqtobe was quashed by authorities.
For years, prisoners in Kazakh penitentiaries have rioted to protest jail conditions, often maiming themselves to draw attention to their plight.
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Definition of original in English:
- The original design provided for the restoration of existing courtrooms.
- In North America alone, there are many aboriginal cultures that no longer know a word of their original languages.
- The final design will maintain these original features.
- The multimedia production also included an original score by artist-musician Rodney Graham and rock duo Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
- He gave me about 20 minutes to respond to an emailed copy of the original article.
- Fortunately his family made some copies of the original manuscript and so we can see now what he really wrote.
- Freud certainly had many original ideas; but even the most inventive minds are indebted to their predecessors.
- The contest is open to all original bands and musicians - whatever the musical style.
- Erofeyev is an absurdly original writer of the utmost importance.
- This allowed pirates for the first time to reproduce what was for all intents and purposes an exact copy of an original.
- You are required to carry the vehicle registration document; take a copy and leave the original at home.
- He agreed to copy the documents inside, then burn the original papers he had received, which were also copies, not originals.
- In Norway not a lot of poetry in English gets translated, so they read in the original.
- This would offer the student the full iconic content of the original as well as the French text.
- Cathal writes in Irish but read the translations in English as well as the original in Irish.
- Smith later acknowledged that 'In Villette my mother was the original of Mrs Bretton, several of her expressions are given verbatim'.
- Elizabeth Gaskell was brought up by her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire (the original of 'Cranford' and of 'Hollingford' in Wives and Daughters).
- Lots of women claimed to have been the original of Holly Golightly.
- These books are not originals, so there are no rights issues to deal with, and even if they are sold at a 90% discount there's still room for profit.
- Miss Smith has had a novel published as a paperback original.
- As far as 'pornography' was concerned, the most obvious targets were the publishers of the paperback originals who had come into being since the end of the war.
- The exhibit also displayed many other of Coco Chanel's signature originals such as these Chanel tweed suits and various gowns and jewelry.
- His latest fashions are often originals from English designer Vivienne Westwood.
- Alongside a few hand-chosen vintage pieces, her own designs are an eclectic mix of recycled items and originals.
- They were true originals on this late 1983 release, more weird and as depressingly great as ever, with two drummers and Mark E Smith in top form.
- Simply by being alive, by being brought up in south London and having mixed parentage, he was an original.
- New York playwright Will Eno is an original, a maverick wordsmith whose weird, wry dramas gurgle with the grim humour and pain of life.
Middle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin- (see origin).
Orient from Late Middle English:
Since the Middle Ages the countries of the East have been referred to as the Orient—the first recorded use of the term appears in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The name goes back to Latin oriri 'to rise', also the source of original (Late Middle English) and refers to the rising of the sun. The opposite is Occident, a name for the countries of the West which comes from Latin occidere 'to go down, set', and refers to the setting of the sun. The English football club Orient (later known as Clapton Orient, and now as Leyton Orient) was founded in 1881. The name was suggested by a player who worked for the Orient shipping line, and was appropriate, as the club is based in the East End of London. Disorient (mid 17th century) was originally 'to turn from the east'.
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Talk:Psaume 150 (Franck, César)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
For Chorus and Wind Band
It's an arrangement for a special band and a special performance, of course:
2fl, 1 or 2 ob, 5 cl in B♭, 2 as in E♭, 2 ts in B♭, 2 hn in E♭, 1 pictpt in B♭, 2-3 tpt in B♭, 2 flg in B♭, 1 thn in B♭, 3 trb, 1 euph, 2 tub, tmp, cym and chorus.
One bugle player changes to the pictpt (bar 115 ff), so only 1 bugle is left from there.
I couldn't integrate the harp part, of course. When there were tremoli (strings), I wrote triplets. Other fast figurations by the strings I adapted slightly to the wood winds.
"Taktweise abwechseln" means 'alternate bar after bar' (because of the breath).
The alternate trb 1/2 part (bass clef) containes some more tones in the first part of the piece. --Ralph Theo Misch 23:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
- P.S.: An English version of the chorus is available at CPDL. --Ralph Theo Misch 13:46, 11 November 2010 (UTC)


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"God is done with you": Christian college expels every rape victim for being "fornicators" while letting their rapists graduate
When someone says "rape culture," this is exactly what they mean. Guest post: 'God is Done with You': Pensacola Christian College and Sexual Violence
At Pensacola Christian College (PCC), a fundamentalist school similar in ideology and purpose to Bob Jones University and Patrick Henry College, there is a saying: "attending PCC is a privilege, not a right." Students who attend here agree to abide by the Pathway, the school's honor code, as well as signing an agreement that gives PCC the right to expel any student for any reason at any time. When Beth* and David* signed this agreement, they had no idea they were going to be expelled for being raped. . . . One night in May, however, she was grabbed, dragged into a construction area, beaten, restrained with bungee cord and duct tape, and then raped. As he was leaving her there, she recognized him as her boyfriend. A campus security guard discovered her, still restrained with the cord and tape, and took her to the campus clinic to file a report. In the next 24 hours, she went to the hospital, reported her attack to the police, and stayed the night with her parents. However, when she arrived back on campus with a black eye and a broken arm, her family was confronted by the dean of women and told that Beth was being expelled "because she is a fornicator." PCC took no action against Beth's boyfriend. He graduated with honors and is now a pastor. David started his college career intending to study law, until he realized that his heart belonged to the stage. But, in December 2012, during his sophomore year, his roommates in his male-only dormitory woke him up in the middle of the night, restrained him, gagged him, and then gang-raped him. Confused and scared, he told his floorleader what had happened. A few days later he was called into a meeting with his residence manager who refused to listen to him and then gave him the maximum number of demerits for being "deceitful." But, the meetings didn't end there. He was also called into Student Life, where he met with the assistant dean of men, "who asked me if I had been 'harassed.' I said 'Yes, but…' and he cut me off." The dean then told him that he was being expelled. . . .


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AIKEN, S.C. -- News 12 was able to speak with Aiken Public Safety Chief Pete Frommer about one of his own officers who died in the line of duty Tuesday.
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Hi All,
Jad is 2.5 years old. He speaks very well, understands commands, most times tells me when he has done a wee or a poo. I introduced books about potty's and he gets the idea - he knows that Pete does a wee wee in the potty etc.... However, Jad is an extremely stubborn child and always has been. As a baby he cried an awful lot and has always been very demanding - knowing what he does and doesn't want and can be very hard to manage.
This week I bought him two (of the same) potty's - have read up on what I'm supposed to do (star charts, treats etc..) and decided that for the next couple of weeks I'll just get him used to the idea of the whole thing before actually starting. I've had advice from friends who have been through this to do that and that once I start, not to go back.
Jad saw the potty in the bathroom today. I said "that is where Jad will do his wee wee and poo poo and he started screaming "no no no"...so I left it. Tonight he saw the potty again and I got the book and explained how pete's potty is green and Jad's is blue... he scuttled off the to corner and started to frown. I didn't want to push it so I started to read him the story again and then said "soon Jad will start to do his wee and poo in his potty". He started to cry
I have to be careful about how I broach any subject with Jad - he's just a bit different. He hates trying new things - refuses to go on a swing for instance, never likes to try new foods... I'm sure you are getting the picture now.
Thing is, I don't really have that much time on my side. He starts school in September and he has to be fully potty trained by then for them to accept him (we live in Dubai and that's just one of the stupid laws)... I am leaving for the UK in June for 2 months so I really need him to be fully trained by then (even the trip will freak him out so there is no point trying to do it then).
I don't know what to do. I don't want to start this for him to get completely freaked out and never do it - but at the same time, I need him to do this!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks x
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:27 pm
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We got Izzy to sit on the potty and read stories or watch a cartoon - then she wasn't so scared of it. I have to admit, we did bribe her with stickers and little chocolates if she did wees and poos. We took our time and she is now dry during the day. Try not to get stressed, he'll sense it xx


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Cal's crowded quarterback competition became a little more defined Thursday when coach Jeff Tedford started handing out the majority of the reps to only three of his signal-callers.
Senior Brock Mansion, junior Zach Maynard and sophomore Allan Bridgford took almost all of the reps, with redshirt freshman Austin Hinder receiving a handful.
Tedford stopped short of declaring the trio as the finalists for the starting job, but for now they appear to be ahead of Hinder and junior Beau Sweeney.
"We can't continue to rep everybody," Tedford said. "To have any efficiency, you can't rep that many quarterbacks. We made a decision to rep those three guys as of now and see how they perform and take it from there."
At this point, Hinder appears to be the No. 4 quarterback and Sweeney No. 5.
It's been a long fall for Sweeney, who spent most of the 2009 season and part of 2010 as the Bears' backup quarterback.
But Sweeney has been on a downward arc since last season when Mansion supplanted him as the No. 2 quarterback. Sweeney struggled in Cal's first full-pad practice Saturday.
"They all have to get a lot better," Tedford said.
Mansion is the only quarterback on Cal's roster who has taken a meaningful snap in a game. He started the final four games of last season after three-year starter Kevin Riley suffered season-ending calf and knee injuries. And while Mansion wasn't effective, his experience has carried him through so far this spring.
"We have young guys -- guys who have not been under center," Tedford said. "There's only one guy on our team who has been behind the center. It's a noticeable difference when he's in opposed to everybody else."
Cal's offense, which was inconsistent with Riley at the helm last season, slowed to a standstill after Mansion took over. Mansion was inexperienced and ran into a couple of tough defenses, but he also simply didn't play well.
Despite having some experience now, Mansion doesn't seem to have any kind of upper hand in the current competition.
"Performance is going to matter," Mansion said. "Every day you have to come out and try to be consistent."
Maynard, who was Buffalo's starting quarterback in 2009, didn't enroll at Cal until January and is the least-tenured quarterback in spring camp. Despite his unfamiliarity with the Bears' system, he is firmly in play to earn the starting job. The left-hander is the half-brother of Cal wide receiver Keenan Allen and cousin of incoming freshman receiver Maurice Harris.
"There are a lot of question marks around the quarterback, and I'm just competing for the job," Maynard said. "I don't really know what's going on. I'm just going out there and having fun, trying to get that job."
Tedford is intrigued by Maynard's ability to run. He rushed for 455 yards for Buffalo in 2009 and has the best escapability among the top three. But Maynard also isn't as comfortable with Cal's playbook as the others.
"Zach does a lot of really good things, physically," Tedford said. He's very mobile and has a good escape dimension. We're putting a lot on him right now. That's how he's going to learn. When he has it down mentally and can play unconscious, I think he has shown so far in this little bit of time that he has some physical tools."
A shoulder injury has slowed Bridgford's development since he's been at Cal. He's fully healthy now, but the injury has affected his throwing mechanics, which he is trying to correct.
"Bridgford has some background with the offense but hasn't done it on the field," Tedford said. "To transform it from the classroom to the field, that's the next step. He has a long motion. When he gets more strength, hopefully we can tighten that up so it's not a long motion."


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This has been one of the most eventful offseasons in NFL history for so many reasons. Big names changed teams—some even in their own division like new Washington Redskin DeSean Jackson. The Denver Broncos and New England Patriots played a game of cornerback roulette with Aqib Talib and Darrelle Revis.
We break down the biggest moves for each of the NFL's 32 franchises and admit often the biggest move can be the one you don't make (see the San Francisco 49ers and head coach Jim Harbaugh), the one you are forced to make (read: the Oakland Raiders and Jared Veldheer) or the one seen months in advance (the Tennessee Titans releasing Chris Johnson).
Those are just some of the big doings that went on around football the past few months, which are recapped by team in this slideshow.


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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:20 am
Post subject: Please Help?? Am i pregnant??
Hi, im about 8 days late, i took a clear blue digital test this morning and it came back negative, does this mean im not pregnant?? I know the digital test are suppose to be the best.. im just so confused becuase im getting a lots of signs to say and make me feel like i am pregnant.
Also when i was pregnant with my daughter 7 yrs ago it took about 2 weeks after my period was due to get a postivie result but i also now how much the test have come on since then.
I would really appreciate some advise
Many thanks
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:41 am
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Hi, i went to the doctors yesterday but could only get to see the nurse, she advise me to wait another week and then do another test (which is what i will do) but i also asked her what i should do if that come up negattive aswell and i still had not had my period, she just advise me to wait untill the following months and see if i have a period then but you will be looking at another 2 weeks after next week, do you think this is right or should i book myself into see the doctor is the result is neg next week and i still haven't had my period, just very confussing! Why can't things just be straight forward?? If anyone can help i would be very grateful.
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:44 am
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It sounds like you went through this same thing with your last pregnancy, you may very well be one of those women who produce low levels of Hcg. I have seen patients who have only tested positive through a blood pregnancy test (quantitative Hcg) and never tested positive on a urine test! You may concider asking your doctor to run this blood test if you are feeling anxious, you usually get the results the same day (if you test early enough in the day). I don't see any reason why you Dr would not order this if you requested it.
Out of my own curiosity, I have researched the sensitivity of home pregnancy tests: Currently, the Early Result Pregnancy Test "test 5 days before your missed period" is the most sensitive pregnancy on the market. This company claims that their test is sensitive enough to pick up at 15 mIU, the Clearblue digital picks up levels at 50 mIU's. You may want to try the First Response test in a couple days using your first morning urine.
Hope this helps! Let me know...
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:39 am
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Hi, Thanks very much for your advise, i will purchase one of these for this weeks test.. Its so frustrating because your start thinking the worst, and get yourself all worked up when the test comes back negativie. I know what my body was like 8 years ago so im really going by that but then i was only 18 at the time and thought my body would have matured abit since then but obviously not.
Once again many thanks for your help and advise, i will let you know how it goes...


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Lifting dumbbells is an effective way to tone muscles and increase muscle strength. Since muscle has a higher metabolic rate than fat, you will also burn more calories, even while you're at rest, for overall weight loss. You can lift dumbbells at the gym or at home and in various positions including lying down, standing and sitting. Sitting while lifting is one of the easiest ways to start weight training since you have the added support of a chair to keep you steady and focused.
Step 1
Strengthen your biceps with a seated dumbbell biceps curl. Do this exercise while seated on a bench with back support at the gym or on a chair at home. Sit with your back against the backrest of the chair. Your shoulders, butt and back of the head should be touching the backrest as you contract your abdominals to maintain a straight posture. Feet should be planted on the floor with knees bent to 90 degrees. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your arms extended by your sides and palms facing forward. Slowly start to bend your elbows as you curl the dumbbells up toward your shoulders. Keep your elbows by your sides throughout the movement and focus on contracting the biceps to lift. Pause at the top of the movement before slowly lowering back down to the start position. Repeat 10 times for a total of three sets.
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Lift dumbbells while sitting to do a shoulder press exercise. Sit upright with your butt against the back of a bench touching the back rest. Alternatively, if you feel you have enough control, sit on the edge of a chair with knees bent to 90 degrees and feet flat on the floor. Contract the abdominals and core region to keep your back straight and body stable. Lift a dumbbell in each hand by your sides with palms facing forward. Bend your elbows and lift your arms straight up over your head keeping your palms facing forward. At the end of the movement your arms should be nearly straight. Pause before lowering to the start position. Repeat 10 times for a total of three sets.
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Develop the middle back muscles with back rows while seated. Sit on one end of a bench that has no back-rest such that the bench is between your legs. Contract the abdominals and back muscles to sit upright and prevent slumping. Feet should be flat on the floor on each side of the bench. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with arms and elbows tucked in by your sides. Bend the elbows to 90 degrees with palms facing inward toward each other and weights positioned vertically in each hand. Slowly contract the back muscles as you slide your elbows straight back against the sides of your body to point your elbows behind you. Pause at the end of the movement before returning to start. Repeat 10 times for a total of three sets.
- Consult with a fitness trainer if you're unsure how to properly execute the exercise with good technique or to assist in developing a full-body weight-lifting program.
- Always consult with a medical professional prior to initiating a new exercise routine that could affect your current health status.
- Warm up your muscles prior to your exercise routine to avoid the risk of injury or poor performance. Try five to 10 minutes of light cardio such as jogging in place or brisk walking combined with a few dynamic movements such as shoulder shrugs and arm circles.
- ACE: Exercise Library: Seated Dumbbell Biceps Curl
- Women's Strength Training Anatomy; Frederic Delavier
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Power On! With an innovative approach to technical education and a twist to entrepreneurship, IMI promotes social fervor in college students.
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We were inspired to create IMI after studying two very distinct problems India faces. One, the country produces half a million engineers annually and yet 64% of the employers are, as surveyed by the World Bank, "somewhat" or "not at all" satisfied with their work. This gap between being "educated" and "employable" can be attributed to an overly theoretical curriculum in colleges with little application. And two, Mobile technology is scaling in terms of its social potential in communities. A cell phone is most often the only computing and communication device Indian's have. However, the use of mobile technology as a tool to mitigate social challenges is limited, partly because engineers equipped with relevant expertise are not well versed with the problems and engineers (Indian students) who are aware of the problems lack skills to apply their knowledge.
IMI solves these two challenges. We have partnered with Indian universities to conduct several workshops this summer. A team of student instructors from MIT will interact with college students to direct their technical skills towards applications in mobile technology. The students will address challenges in their societies and provide solutions that use mobile phones as a medium. This approach will instill social entrepreneurship in the students, a quality much required in a country like India. Moreover, viable solutions will be awarded seed money by Google and other investors
Empower our students to feel competent at applying technical knowledge and providing innovative solutions, confident while approaching industry leaders and experts, and inspired to make a difference!
Aakriti Shroff I am a sophomore double majoring in Computer Science (6-3) as well as Management Science (15). My take on IMI and the degree of its impact is derived from this very equation. IMI will introduce a new form of instructor-student interaction with a heavy emphasis on a hands-on approach to learning. From my encounter with the Indian educational system, I feel that this fills a void in the otherwise theory-based curriculum. Moreover, the Indian Mobile Initiative is relevant to its times. India has not only joined the mobile technology era but is on its way to becoming a pioneer in the field. Introducing mobile application development to collegiate level students is thus another important step towards augmenting India's developments. The amalgamation of innovation and relevance will gear IMI towards having an impact – an impact on the students we interact with and an impact on the societies the students will create technologies for. It is the creation of this trickledown effect that fuels my passion and inspiration for the project. As for my role on the team, I am confident that I bring organizationand leadership to the team. Also, being the only team member to have spent a significant amount of time in India, I have taken up most of the responsibility of coordinating the program with universities in India. During the course of the summer, I will be the entrepreneurial lead for the program while also assisting Kyle and Thiago with the technical component of IMI. As a founding member of the Indian Mobile Initiative, I will also share the responsibility of increasing the presence of the program both at MIT and in India. This being our launching year, all the members have to make an earnest effort to build a sustainable framework for the project to facilitate easy implementation in the coming years and I am not hesitant to partake in this. I have confidence in the IMI team and am passionate about my role in the project.
Kyle Fisher I am a sophomore double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6-2) as well as Management Science (15), with a planned minor in Economics (14). The classes I have taken thus far complement my ability to teach both programming and entrepreneurship over this summer. Specifically, the most helpful classes I feel are a few of what I am taking this semester: Algorithms, Software Design and Construction, Founder's Journey, and Marketing Management. Algorithms and Software Design and Construction will primarily build upon my previous exposure to programming and will help ensure a fresh and well-versed knowledge in software engineering; all of this will be very useful when assisting the students in building application prototypes. Founder's Journey and Marketing Management will be useful when I am teaching specific segments of entrepreneurship with Aakriti. In India, I will be the technical lead of the project. My primary responsibility is to assist the students in creating prototype applications over the 5 weeks. At the very least, Thiago and I will: teach an intensive one-week introduction to Android programming, ensure all students' computers are prepared to program and test the applications they will build, and conduct labs so students can work with assistance on their applications. I will also be coordinating closely with Aakriti on the entrepreneurship part of the program during idea generation and product launching course segments.
Thiago Vieira
I am a sophomore double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6-2) and Physics (8), and hopefully a minor in Economics (14). I bring a good quantitative skill set with my background in Physics as well as taking extra math classes here at MIT. In the more applicable side of programming for IMI, I have taken Algorithms last semester and am currently taking Software Design this semester along with other Computer Science class requirements. While I have previous experience coding Java applications from high school, these classes will help me formalize more advanced concepts in assisting students. Overall, my specialty with the team will be to help solve more algorithm and control flow problems in the programming part.
In India, I will mostly be helping with teaching the technical aspects of Android with Kyle. We will start with an intensive one week course in the basic of Android programming, which we plan to have students' complete pre-designed labs to test and apply their programming language knowledge. During the five week program, I will also be around to help students design their applications, write them, and debug the entire thing. For the business aspect I will also be helping teach some basic business fundamentals and accounting, where my experience as treasurer for my fraternity and working in high school will be very helpful.
Pranav Ramkrishnan- Pranav is also a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at MIT. Pranav's brings to the team his experience in entrepreneurship and will serve as a mentor for our students this summer.
Google, India and the Android Developer's Advocacy were the first to believe in IMI's goals and helped us with the funding. More importantly, they are assisting us with the curriculum and mentoring our student teams through their journey.
Comments and Support
We as in business school really being impressed with the concepts and ideas that you have thought over........ nice one....best wishes
Posted by Europe Asia Business School on Wed, Aug 1st 2012, 06:52 Report Abuse
it is so nice
Posted by mallik on Sat, Nov 19th 2011, 03:16 Report Abuse
The android makes every student proud and makes it available for students of middle class. Has this android has facility to connect to internet at some extra expenditure. Sivaram
Posted by K.SIVARAM on Sat, Oct 8th 2011, 10:31 Report Abuse
This initiative would be an eye opener for many institutes in India too. it ll surely help the students and provide them a with a great exposure. keep up the good work team. @admin how to contact you so that you visit our college too ??
Posted by Kushagra on Mon, Aug 1st 2011, 07:05 Report Abuse
Great job. Keep it up and continue to do India proud in all your future initiatives.Best of luck.
Posted by manoj agarwal on Sun, May 29th 2011, 03:14 Report Abuse
Whoa, Aakriti, Just came across this ! :D Good stuff, girl :-) I'd love to see how this takes off!
Posted by Prukalpa on Wed, May 25th 2011, 14:35 Report Abuse
Congrats on winning, but this really wasn't your idea was it? Aren't there similar programs at MIT for other countries?
Posted by Tracy on Wed, May 4th 2011, 22:48 Report Abuse
i will be extremely grateful to this team if they could help to change education system or implement at least few of the changes ..because here whole system is crashed ...education system is job oriented ..and has absolutely nothing to do with word ingenuity from which engineer is derived...
Posted by Ghazi on Wed, May 4th 2011, 15:02 Report Abuse
You all have made it
Posted by R. Shrofff on Mon, May 2nd 2011, 22:43 Report Abuse
In my comments (below) it is healthy criticism instead of competition
Posted by b. kuntia on Mon, Apr 25th 2011, 22:39 Report Abuse
Brillianttt idea! One of the best ways to bridge the gap between the educated and the employed- especially in a country like India, where the educated unemployed is increasing exponentially.
Posted by s. das on Mon, Apr 25th 2011, 13:26 Report Abuse
To K. S and the others who don't like the project. Thanks for your feedback. In reply, I like to think of a "prototype" as the work a team does before executing the project. In our case, establishing the universities we're traveling to and ensuring that we have a large amount of presence in India is our prototype. We're encouraging social entrepreneurship in those who know their community best -- this is the most sustainable form of inclusive development. As for our presence, I feel our voters can speak for us :) If there are any other questions or feedback you'd like to give us, please let us know. Our email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Posted by Kyle Fisher on Mon, Apr 25th 2011, 10:08 Report Abuse
WOW............... what an idea sirjee...... i am at MIT Manipal and I am enrolling myself for the camp. Best of luck..... Don't get pulled down with fools who are jealous of your project.... Cheeers!!!!
Posted by s. j on Mon, Apr 25th 2011, 03:08 Report Abuse
way to go guys!!! you already set the path rolling.... I CAN ALREADY SEE IMI'S IMPACT ON THE MIT GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Posted by l. mani on Mon, Apr 25th 2011, 03:03 Report Abuse
Munnabhai MBBS MIT se...........
Posted by b. bittusharman34 on Sun, Apr 24th 2011, 16:13 Report Abuse
keep it up !!!!
Posted by s. john on Sun, Apr 24th 2011, 15:37 Report Abuse
1700!! wooooooooooottt!!
Posted by B. Bronwyn.brown on Sun, Apr 24th 2011, 02:48 Report Abuse
You are surely going to win this one! 1500+ votes and still counting!!! way to go team!
Posted by F. Finn285 on Sat, Apr 23rd 2011, 14:36 Report Abuse
An outdated idea. These things are coming up independently. Nothing new. In fact, many have caught up much earlier on this.
Posted by D. Varapula on Fri, Apr 22nd 2011, 17:32 Report Abuse
Go go IMI! This is a great idea.We had you in Kenya for this Aakriti and you did great! @Aakriti,we had Anshul Bhagi in Kenya (very good instructor for android).Hope you have met,I know you are winning and he will come in handy in this!Cheers! By Diana
Posted by D. K on Tue, Apr 19th 2011, 03:44 Report Abuse
Congratulations on hitting 1000 votes!
Posted by L. Hasselblad Torres on Sat, Apr 16th 2011, 10:10 Report Abuse
Congratulations on the voting so far. I'm so pleased that people are recognizing what a great idea this is. Keep up the good work! Eileen McDonough-Marano
Posted by E. McDonough-Marano on Mon, Apr 11th 2011, 09:18 Report Abuse
It's a fantastic Idea to carry forward. As an engineering student in India I also faced same situations many times. In India many institutions and universities with other world majors can build a technological model with mobile computing, that can increase the learning and understanding prospectives in an exponential manner. It will increase the penetration and use of technology and also provide the latest information in engineering from around the globe, which in turn provide more productive and technologically oriented people for the Industry and Humanity.
Posted by Pragyesh Kumar on Sun, Apr 10th 2011, 14:00 Report Abuse
An incredibly innovative idea, in the right place, at the right time. Keep it up!
Posted by R. Fisher on Sat, Apr 9th 2011, 00:18 Report Abuse
This is a great idea and I hope learning a lot from you . Your idea an inspiration to me as a rwandan IT academic staff . Already voted for this project and wish you all the best !
Posted by G. Munyemana on Thu, Apr 7th 2011, 11:23 Report Abuse
This is a great idea and I hope learning a lot from you . Your idea an inspiration to me as a rwandan IT academic staff . Arleady voted for this project and wish you all the best !
Posted by G. Munyemana on Thu, Apr 7th 2011, 11:23 Report Abuse
Good luck!
Posted by A. Verma on Wed, Apr 6th 2011, 23:35 Report Abuse
Hi Aditi! Thanks a lot for your interest in our project. Mobile Technology in India has the a lot potential to drive social change. Just to provide a few existing examples, (1) Fish farmers in Kerala were incurring several losses because of the lack of information about market prices. A local engineer built an SMS based application where fish farmers could obtain market orices of the fish in neighboring markets instantly. This increased their net profits by 9% and the price of fish reduced by 4% in the market. Source: World Bank Report "Unleashing India's Innovation" (2) An example that is pertinent to urban areas could be a mobile application that enables car pooling. Users could register themselves on the application. Using location based techniques, the application could obtain the coordinates for the user when he is driving to some place. Registered users in need for a ride could see information about the approaching user willing to offer a ride and hope on. Essentially, what is important is defining Social Entrepreneurship. Professor Gregory Dees from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University says, "In addition to innovative not-for-profit ventures, social entrepreneurship can include social purpose business ventures, such as for-profit community development banks, and hybrid organizations mixing not-for-profit and for-profit elements." This in our opinion, a succinct and well rounded definition of social entrepreneurship - one that emphasizes on the impact of an innovation in the community and its potential for value creation, not the category it belongs to or what its profits are.
Posted by A. Shroff on Mon, Apr 4th 2011, 04:23 Report Abuse
Congratulations to the team for a great idea and a wonderful application of their obviously superior talents. Best of Luck. E. Marano
Posted by E. McDonough-Marano on Fri, Apr 1st 2011, 10:21 Report Abuse
Hey! Great idea with respect to instilling entrepreneurship among college students.. Could you elaborate a bit as to how mobile applications can assist in mitigating social challenges, maybe with an example?
Posted by Aditi Gupta on Mon, Mar 28th 2011, 07:49 Report Abuse
great idea indian's have knowledge but they are not provided resources . This initiative is great in filling the gap
Posted by dharma teja on Fri, Mar 25th 2011, 04:22 Report Abuse
Great idea...
Posted by P. Tibrewal on Tue, Mar 22nd 2011, 01:20 Report Abuse
What a great idea to bring information and ideas to students from another part of the world. One world learning and growing together. Go for it and make an impact!
Posted by G. Fabiiyan on Sun, Feb 27th 2011, 09:38 Report Abuse
Should be an excellent competition - I expect some real success in expanding the skillsets of numerous students out of your Indian Mobile Initiative. Mobile apps are at the core of modern technological advancement; I'm convinced that spreading awareness and empowering Indian students with knowledge will directly benefit the community for years to come.
Posted by E. Fisher on Mon, Feb 14th 2011, 06:19 Report Abuse
What an inspiring way to get people to work together!
Posted by E. Fisher on Thu, Feb 10th 2011, 09:49 Report Abuse
Go team go!
Posted by A. Nguyen on Wed, Feb 9th 2011, 22:39 Report Abuse
interesting use of technology to empower people
Posted by J. Varley on Wed, Feb 9th 2011, 19:50 Report Abuse
I pity the fool who dont like this
Posted by Mr. T on Wed, Feb 9th 2011, 19:04 Report Abuse
This is a great idea! I hope this project succeeds, and that Indian youth will be both more knowledgeable about programming mobile applications and will enjoy better social conditions.
Posted by A. R on Wed, Feb 9th 2011, 17:26 Report Abuse
This initiative sounds really cool, who knows if the next big mobile app can come from this.
Posted by T. A on Wed, Feb 9th 2011, 17:23 Report Abuse
Great team you have - I look forward to learning more about your curriculum and the kinds of apps you're going to get Indian youths developing. IDEAS and the Global Challenge benefit from a terrific network of enthusiasts should you need help. Have you talked to Anshul Bhagi yet? Get your team profile complete; it'll be a powerful calling card.
Posted by Lars Hasselblad Torres on Tue, Feb 1st 2011, 09:16 Report Abuse
Hi IMI -- welcome to the IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge! Let me know if you have any questions -- happy to help. Cheers!
Posted by K. Mytty on Mon, Jan 31st 2011, 14:21 Report Abuse
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