One Laptop per Child

problems. As a result, the pitch must capture the audience by illustrating what the future could be and how the world will be impacted. Rather than recognizing need, such a pitch must create need. Since a strong business model is often one part product and one part infrastructure, investors will want advisory board members. Whatever the purpose of the pitch, the time is now to ask for what you want. Don’t be shy. You have someone’s undivided attention for three minutes – what’s your call to

a different practice.’ ‘She was rather ill-tempered so I never went back.’ ‘The facilities were drab, so I went to a different one next to my office.’ ‘I felt rushed at his practice so didn’t go back.’ T hese were some of the remarks made by German consumers of healthcare in surveys conducted for this publication. If anything, the French were even more demanding. One French woman we spoke to told us that she had found some of the nursing staff in a French public hospital ‘rude and uncaring’

purchased under this fare type is ALLOWED to do a flight change up to 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure time subject to a change fee chargeable per passenger per sector, plus any fare difference applicable. This fare type is ALLOWED to do a name change up to 48 hours prior to scheduled departure time subject to a change fee chargeable per passenger per sector. This fare type is capacity controlled and limited and hence, may not be available on all flights. This fare type is always subject to our

must be an angel . . .’ ‘All the best meetings are taken’ ‘This could be heaven or this could be hell’ ‘Nice colour . . .’ ‘. . . That’s Bone’ ‘MySpace or yours?’ ‘Relationship status: complicated’ ‘Banged up’ ‘Running on fumes’ ‘Denial’ ‘Two girls, one fuck-up’ ‘Taking stock’ ‘The End Game’ Epilogue Acknowledgements 1 6 43 56 98 109 119 136 152 163 181 189 203 220 234 252 262 266 271 273 275 Prologue September 2006, and deep in the bowels of the Adam Street private members’ club in London

field research setting. He enumerated some scientifically sound principles, adding “but in the end, you should make sure that you chose a ‘fun’ place to be in”. Rwanda is not a ‘fun’ place on earth. The year 1994 will collectively be remembered as one of the most tragic episodes of human history. The survivors continue to struggle through life today. Rwanda hosts generations of people, born there or returning after years, decades and lifetimes of exile. It has to give a place to live, an identity

statistical packages. • Tabulate Data The user can create an application to produce frequency distributions or cross-tabulations using two to four variables. Results can be displayed either globally (for the totality of the data file) or according to one or more elements of the geographic hierarchy. Tabulations may show only percentages, or percentages in conjunction with counts; data may be weighted or unweighted. • Create Thematic Maps If computerized maps are available for the relevant geographic

[pic]by Meike de Haas, Netherlands Writers' Corner On-Line Chat With Zlata Filipovic She is perhaps the most famous Bosnian child living in exile. On June 2, 1995, Zlata Filipovic met with children around the world in the Kidlink chat area for a four hour on-line conversation. She was the first writer invited by Kidlink kids to the Writers' Corner. From a laptop computer in her Paris home, she discussed her book (Zlata's Diary), war and peace in Bosnia, and the Zlata fund -- money she is raising

town for hundreds of years between Arabia and India has produced a wonderful and vibrant culture and people known as the Swahili. Meaning the ‘House of Wonder’, Baytil Ajaib is one of the finest representation of the patrician palatial townhouses that have all but vanished from Lamu. Filmed by the Unesco World Heritage team as one of the last unique truly traditional Swahili monuments, this 18th century townhouse, meticulously restored by the proprietors Norbert Herget and Paul Weaver, invites the discerning

The Soda Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 ........................................................................ One More Point About Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Contents xi A Few More Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

quiet. I _______________ (try) to read my book. 2. I _______________ (not/use) the computer at the moment so you can use it. 3. Mary is ill so Sue _______________ (teach) her 1essons today. 4. Excuse me, I _______________ (look) for a hotel. Is there one near here? 5. _______________ (you/wait) for someone? 6. Jack, you are very careless. You _______________ (always/forget) to do your homework! 7. The cost of living _______________ (rise) very fast. Every year things are more expensive. 8. What _______________