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...clutches in his hands is a prototype, one of four currently in beta testing. Field tests begin April 25 (Ravi's getting a preview). The next step, however, is the real trial: raising enough money and manufacturer interest to get the Simputer onto store shelves. "We need a new breed of social entrepreneur to address the technology needs of the world's underprivileged," said the late Dewang Mehta, a visionary who headed India's software trade body, nasscom, until his sudden death in mid-April. The Bangalore Seven has formed a for-profit spin-off, picoPeta, to manage the Simputer...
...phenomenon of the driven child has been coming for a while, but it was in 1994 that the new breed was truly born. That was the year the Carnegie Corp. published a 134-page report describing a "quiet crisis" among U.S. children, who it argued were being ill served by their twin-career parents and their often failing school systems. The report's findings were worrisome enough, but buried in its pages were two disturbing paragraphs warning that schoolkids might not be the only ones suffering; babies could be too. Young brains are extremely sensitive to early influences, the report...
...most interesting breed in the area, however, may well be Stelmach herself, a prime example of what George W. Bush calls "windshield ranchers," weekend cowboys more comfortable behind a steering wheel than atop a saddle. In the Texas of old, this would earn you certain ridicule. No more. One big reason is Bush himself, who keeps track of 200 head of cattle from a Chevy Suburban on his 1,600-acre spread near Crawford in central Texas. Bush's very conspicuous retreats to his faux-cowboy haven (which has geothermal heating and other eco-friendly accoutrements) may draw snickers from...
...phenomenon of the driven child has been coming for a while, but it was in 1994 that the new breed was truly born. That was the year the Carnegie Corp. published a 134-page report describing a "quiet crisis" among U.S. children, who it argued were being ill served by their twin-career parents and their often failing school systems. The report's findings were worrisome enough, but buried in its pages were two disturbing paragraphs warning that schoolkids might not be the only ones suffering; babies could be too. Young brains are extremely sensitive to early influences, the report...
PSLM’s occupation of Mass. Hall is the organization’s first foray into a new breed of radical activism—a newer, sleeker, more media-savvy form of protest first seen in Seattle and Washington...