Book published

July 26, 2016. Congratulations to Serge Caleb Mbula Musasa, who completed a Master of Science program in Petroleum Science at AIU, for his recent success. Serge made a first publication of his book “Conventional and unconventional oil: geological science in oil issues,” whose contents are part of his doctoral thesis at AIU.

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Graduated with Honors

August, 2016. This graduate student completed the majority of the requirements to obtain honors which included a 4.0 GPA, published works, recommendation from their advisor, patent a product, etc. Congratulations!


Juan Hernan Ortiz Zambran
Post-Doctorate of Economics
in Economics
CUM LAUDE


Nomination



August 1, 2016. Professor Itamar Rogovsky, PhD SCL Academic Advisor and an Atlantic International University graduate, has been nominated: “MEMBER EMERITUS” in the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, ISPSO.

Speaker for Scientific Comitee




August 9, 2016. Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, who completed a Master program in Anthropology at AIU, was invited to be part of the Scientific Committee as a speaker to the III Latin American Meeting of Sustainable Universities that will take place November 23-25 2016, in Tucumán, Argentina.

Aside from this, Dr. Rodriguez has received promotions in his teaching career and invitations to international and regional congress.



Second book



August 16, 2016. Serge Caleb Mbula Musasa, student at AIU has just published his second book, “University Pedagogy in Distance Universities: The Case of Atlantic International University, AIU” in French, through edulivre. com, which enable all authors edit their manuscripts easily and free. Serge completed a Master of Science program in Petroleum Science at AIU.

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24th international conference on Learning

Call For Papers
This Conference will be held 19-21 July 2017 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, USA. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:

Theme 1: Pedagogy and curriculum • Theme 2: Assessment and evaluation • Theme 3: Educational organization and leadership • Theme 4: Early childhood learning • Theme 5: Learning in higher education • Theme 6: Adult, community, and professional learning • Theme 7: Learner diversity and identities • Theme 8: Technologies in learning • Theme 9: Literacies learning • Theme 10: Science, mathematics, and technology learning • 2017 Special Focus: New Media for New Learning. We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines. • Advance Registration Deadline: 19 October 2016 • Early Registration Deadline 19 January 2017 • Regular Registration Deadline: 19 July 2017
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Graduation Ceremony

August 2016



Félix Cláudio Oliveira da Cunha
Bachelor of Science
Computer Science
Angola
André Domingos Luemba
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Communication
Angola
Luzia Otília Kamene
Doctor of Science
Education
Angola
Parente Gustavo Gabriel
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Argentina
Roy Kingston Loganathan
Bachelor of Science
Telecommunications Engineering
Australia
St. Thelmo Lé Vere Marshall
Doctor of Business Administration
International Business
Barbados
Marco Antonio Herbas Justiniano
Post-Doctorate in Human Resources
Human Resources
Bolivia
Mpho Chingapane
Bachelor of Science
Legal Studies
Botswana
Elías Moisés Balladares Fernández
Doctor of Education
Education
Chile
Ruanhe Huang
Doctor of Philosophy
Leadersh ip and Organizational Development
China
Awah Alfred Fondom
Master of Education
Education
China
Patricia Pérez Quimbaya
Doctor of Legal Studies
Legal Studies
Colombia
Sergio Iván Mantilla Bautista
Doctor of Science
Development Studies
Colombia
Juan Hernan Ortiz Zambrano
Post-Doctorate of Economics
Economics
Colombia
Jaime Alberto Peñaranda Olivero
Bachelor of Science
Systems Engineering
Colombia
Victor Manuel Angel Acuña
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Colombia
Ludin Salamanca Capello
Bachelor of Science
Electronic Engineering
Colombia
Juan Carlos Sosa Giraldo
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Colombia
Adriana Maria Valderrama Carrasco
Master of Science
Auditory-Verbal Therapy
Colombia
Rubén Darío Vargas
Doctor of Economics
Economics and Acc ounting
Dominican Republic
Milciades Perez Cuello
Master of Business Administration
Finance
Dominican Republic
Wilton Oltmanns Encarnación
Master of Science
Mathematic Science
Dominican Republic
Fernando Francisco Cruz Ramirez
Master of Logistics
Logistics
Dominican Republic
Milton Molina
Master of Science
Economics
Dominican Republic
Ramón Leonel Mateo Ortiz
Bachelor of Science
Industrial Engineering
Dominican Republic
Johanna Ilonka Cruz Monegro
Doctor of Human Resources Management
Human Resources Management
Dominican Republic
Manuel de Jesús Ramírez Valera
Bachelor of Theology
Theology
Dominican Republic
Natalia María Fernández Rojas
Bachelor of Education
Teach ing English as a Second Language
Dominican Republic
Jochy Peralta Abad
Master of Business Administration
Management
Dominican Republic
Maxi Adrian Aucapiña Puchi
Bachelor of Science
Arch itecture
Ecuador
David Enrique Cordova Villegas
Master of Business Administration
Business Administration
Ecuador
Andrea Elizabeth Noboa Cajas
Bachelor of Communications
Communications
Ecuador
Angelo Jose Berrio Quintero
Bachelor of Science
Arch itecture
Ecuador
Julio Alfredo Rivas Hernandez
Master of Education
Education
El Salvador
Maritza Orellana Callejas
Doctor of International Relations
International Relations
El Salvador
Julian Ernesto Alvarado Estrada
Bachelor of Science
Information Tech nology
El Salvador
Rafael Eduardo Morales Martinez
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
El Salvador
Patricio Bakale Mba Medja
Bachelor of Science
Sports Science
Equatorial Guinea
Prince Amoah
Bachelor of Science
Health Science Engineering
Ghana
Benedictus Korbla Treveh
Doctor of Philosophy
Project Management
Ghana
Diosdado Obiang Mbomio Nfono
Doctor of Science
Environmental Science
Equatorial Guinea
Theophile Nang
Doctor of Philosophy
Information Tech nology
France
Vianney Belinga Belinga Ekoro Mvondo
Doctor of Business Administration
Economics
Gabon
Andoh Wilson Kwesi
Doctor of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Ghana
Yacoubou O.B. Diomande
Doctor of Human Resources
Human Resources
Ghana
Luz Andrea de León Méndez
Bachelor of Business Administration
Marketing
Guatemala
Manuel Orlando Mazariegos Pons
Bachelor of Science
Arch itecture
Guatemala
Hansel Vinicio Alvarez Melchor
Bachelor of Science
Mech anical Engineering
Guatemala
Stravinsky Bénédict Anglade
Master of Legal Studies
Legal Studies
Haiti
Ofer Bar - Nahum
Doctor of Science
Cognitive and Behavioral Psych otherapy
Israel
S. Al-Sharifi
Doctor of Science
Electrical Engineering
Jordan
Katrina Jill Forrester
Bachelor of Science
Zoology
Kenya
Emmanuel Appah
Bachelor of Science
Project Management
Liberia
Dr. Gordana Markovikj
Master of Science
Public Health
Macedonia
Rosa Miriam Garibaldi Corona
Master of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
México
Mateus Custódio Baptista
Bachelor of Human Resources
Human Resources
Mozambique
Fernando Catalino Jirón Cruz
Bachelor of Business Administration
Acc ounting
Nicaragua
Shamshad Hussain Qureshi
Doctor of Philosophy
Healthc are Administration
Pakistan
Hamner Toro Sánchez
Bachelor of Science
Nutrition
Perú
Federico Francisco Gamarra Vallejo
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Perú
Glicínia Alves G. de Castro Lélis
Bachelor of Business Administration
Acc ounting
Portugal
Matilde Cecilia Cintrón Cruz
Doctor of Philosophy
Education
Puerto Rico
Rosangela Otero Díaz
Doctor of Education
Education
Puerto Rico
Jose J. Cotto Rivera
Doctor of Philosophy
Entomology
Puerto Rico
Sara Pedro Mustafa
Bachelor of Education
Education
Qatar
Patrick Ujwiga Anguru
Master of Education
English
Rwanda
Mbanzabugabo Jean Baptiste
Doctor of Science
Computer Science
Rwanda
Nzeyimana Jean Claude
Master of Business Administration
Acc ounting
Rwanda
Ramon Charles
Master of Science
Electrical Engineering
Saint Lucia
Mohamed Abdul Mansarico Mansaray
Master of Management
Project Management
Sierra Leone
Maria Del Pilar Solsona Hombria
Bachelor of International Relations
International Relations
South Africa
Frank Muganyizi
Doctor of Business Administration
Finance
Tanzania
Alan Nturwaki Bashaula
Bachelor of Arts
Project Management
Tanzania
Augusto Muca Valentim
Bachelor of Science
Information Tech nology
United Kingdom
Maria Alejandra Azar
Bachelor of Human Resources
Human Resources Management
USA
Henrry Fco. Bueno Cabrera
Bachelor of Science
Arch itecture
USA
Rassem Amash
Doctor of Business Administration
Marketing
USA
Georgette Alfau Tejera
Bachelor of Business Administration
Healthc are Administration
USA
Nasir Khan
Master of Science
Civil Engineering
USA
Garcia Kiaucana Ndolumingu
Master of Human Resources Management
Human Resources Management
USA
Clara Margalef Folque
Master of Social Science
Social Work
USA

Rajnish Sharma
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Leadersh ip
Zambia
Henry Bwanga Mbushi
Doctor of Philosophy
Legal Studies
Zambia
Edward Mpenyu
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering
Zimbabwe
Anthony Jude Walakira
Master of Science
Computer Science
Zambia

Cherryster Chansa
Bachelor of Science
Chemical Engineering
Zambia
Charles Kunjani
Bachelor of Business Administration
Business Management
Zimbabwe
 

This month we have graduates from: Angola · Argentina · Australia · Barbados · Bolivia · Botswana · Chile · China · Colombia · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · France · Gabon · Ghana · Guatemala · Haiti · Israel · Jordan · Kenya · Liberia · Macedonia · México · Mozambique · Nicaragua · Pakistan · Perú · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Qatar · Rwanda · Saint Lucia · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Tanzania · United Kingdom · USA · Zambia · Zimbabwe

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Testimonial

James Chipulu
Master of Science in Network
Administration and Security
July 20, 2016


“I first heard of this university over the internet about five years ago. I was looking for a University that would offer me studies that were specific to my kind of work and also offer it by either distance learning or online. I was not able to start that time because of issues due to accreditation and a lack of acceptance at my work place for online programs. In April, 2014, I decided to start after carefully assessing the program that would be closest to my preferred area of study. I wanted to pursue a Master’s degree in Network Administration with an emphasis on network security. The studies were especially interesting for me as I had the chance to develop my own curriculum. I was however, taken aback by the earlier assignments which included reading certain books and writing some kind of reviews. That was because of the delay in the shipping of the books to my country. I however was further helped by being able to submit projects done in my work to form part of what could be assessed and provide some speed in my progress. I gladly submitted the projects that I had done in the recent past and it helped me to quickly go to stage 4 of the program. I had challenges sometimes to do with internet connectivity. This delayed my work to a very large extent. However, I did most of the work offline and just uploaded the assignments whenever the internet was available. The other challenge was on the payments for my tuition. We suffered a great depreciation in our economy which made availability of US Dollars very scarce and that also affected our ability to order books and other materials required for the studies. However, I tried my best under those circumstances and hoped to complete the fees by end of April, 2016. The experience with the online program has been an eye opener and has encouraged me to consider studying for my Doctorate degree as soon I have completed this program later this year. This is possible because of the flexibility in both time and payments. I will this time ensure to first install a good internet connection before starting the course and would order eBooks instead of hard copies which delayed my studies while waiting for the delivery by the shipping companies.



Testimonial

St. Thelmo Marshall
Doctor of Business Administration
in International Business
July 27, 2016

“My experience with AIU was very sobering and uplifting. I was energized to pursue my studies expeditiously via their practical and adaptable educational system. The staff in every area served with humility and was very helpful and encouraging, as every effort was made to make one feel comfortable and appreciated. AIU is characterized by a gregarious atmosphere with prompt and helpful responses to the needs of the student. AIU works with you, the student, to best achieve your goals –what more? What better can you ask from a modern university with such an advanced educational system?

Testimonial

Isaac Kwasi Annor Larbi
Master of Science
March 29, 2016

“I hereby recommend Atlantic International University to all my colleagues and friends who wish to further their education in the near future, as a learning and conducive place for the busy and working professionals who wish to broaden their horizon because it is the convenient place to learn due to the andragogy system of learning. The andragogy system of learning as adopted by AIU is the most convenient way of learning right and specific courses without wasting much time on courses that are not relevant to the student. Indeed the andragogy system of learning at Atlantic International University has made me self-confident and self-reliant in my research work/assignments and has enabled me to easily source any kind of learning materials that I needed. The contribution from other online students has also helped me a lot to construct my argument in discussions, and this has boosted my confidence level among my peers. The challenges I’ve dealt with are the time management in the face of my busy working schedules as against the submissions of assignment, this required very high level of self-discipline to be able to satisfy both academic and official tasks time lines, this has basically toughen me to deliver on time. In view of the above experience I have had with Atlantic International University, I will not hesitate to recommend AIU to all my friends and colleagues who wish and plan on furthering their education.




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When Architecture meets Isomorphism

Elvira Mumy Arielle Celina | Master of Science in Architecture
Part 2/3

The theory of linear spaces and architecture
In the perspective of ecological design, architects are intended to create spaces whose link with the whole world would be as an isomorphism. Let us state with Agoshkov, Dubovsky, and Shutiaye (2006, p.5) that: The linear normalized spaces X and Y are termed isomorphous if the image J: X → Y is defined on all X. This image is linear and carries out isomorphism X and Y as linear spaces and is such that there are constants α > 0, β > 0, such that for any f ∈ X the inequality α|| f ||x≤|| J(f) ||Y ≤ β|| f ||X is fulfilled. According to Pankov (2010, p.17), Linear spaces are isomorphic if there exists a bijection f: P → P_ such that f (L) = L’; this bijection is called a collineaton of Π to Π’. A bijection of P to P’ is said to be a semicollineaton of Π to Π’ if it maps lines to subsets of lines. An injection of P to P’ sending lines to subsets of lines is called an embedding of Π in Π’ if distinct lines go to subsets of distinct lines. Statistics have shown throughout the years that all human activities have a dramatic impact on the natural environment (Crawford, 2011). Site and Climatic Conditions such as Solar Orientation (Tabb and Devine, 2013), the local climate, water and other available resources (Yellamraju, 2011), environmental controls specifically air-quality controls which provide ventilation (Aposporos, 2012), a comfortable indoor climate and major possibilities for energy savings (Balocco and Grazzini, 2010) must be taken into consideration. “The external climate (temperature, humidity, radiation and wind) determines the heating and cooling requirements of the building,” said Balocco and Grazzini (2010, p.1).

According to Santamouris (2006), when working in the context of environmental design, the architect should consider many factors such as the shape and size, the ‘body’ and ‘skin’ of buildings, the use of the sun’s energy and daylight, the provisions of views for occupants, the need of ventilation, heat loss through the building envelope that have an impact on the environment. In simple terms, architects of ecological or environmental design are intended to build houses, to create spaces that are an image of the whole environmental systems or which harmonize with the whole ecological system. In this perspective, when designing, planning, building, architects should be aware of the importance of bijective correspondence, great analogy, similarities, extension of relations between spaces to be created or to be transformed and the environment or at least the pertinent ecological units of the related ecological system. The above presented theory whose conceptual map is made up of some concepts such as the concept of isomorphism could be used to explain and to solve architectural problems.

According to Sendzimir and Bradley (2002), the ecologically sustainable architecture and construction is based on major principles such as using the natural resources suitable to the environment, reducing the waste of resources, recycling of resources; protecting the critical resources, respecting the harmony between the human beings and his natural environment, flexibility, durability and using principles of physics (the concept of heat transfer for example) to improve people’s behavior in a building. As far as the theory of linear spaces in relation with architecture is concerned, architects of ecological design are intended to create spaces whose link with the whole world would be as an isomorphism. They would like to build houses, to create spaces that are an image of the whole environmental systems or which harmonize with the whole ecological system.

Methodological aspectsof the study
The situation of the residentialbuilding
The client experiences some problems in his building. Firstly, the music played by his neighbors is becoming a thorn in his flesh because the noise produced around is perceived in the rooms, the when all the openings are closed. Secondly, he is also experiencing much heat in his house. The heat is sometimes becoming unbearable. He suffers also from cooling and other problems. As far as the characteristics of his building are concerned, the roof is made up of AL the ceiling of wood; the walls are made up of cement block; the doors and windows are made up of wood, no sufficient free air movement in the building. In addition, rooms are not big; the durability of materials used for construction was no high; insufficient day lighting. From the interview we got with him, he stated that his building would not last for long, so instead of buying a new land, he needs a renewed building that would offer him a well-being in harmony with his environment, a residential building that would be ecologically sustainable.

Techniques and instruments for data collection
Many techniques and instruments were used for data collection: firstly observation of the site and the building, secondly an interview was addressed to the occupants of the building, particularly to the parents. Table 1 represents for each main variable, the objective or assessment criteria and the technique(s) used for data collection. Some of these criteria correspond to the main characteristics of buildings suitable to the ecologically sustainable architecture and construction in connection with the research problem and research objective of the study. After the methodological aspects of the study, the next chapter is on the presentation of the results.
To be continued



Table 1: Specific criteria for assessing a specific building

     
Variable /criteria Objective / assessment criteria Techniques for data collection
Table 1: Specific criteria for asses
Techniques for data collection
     
Indoor environmental quality
and occupant comfort
• Measure indoor air quality
• Identify thermal comfort, ventilation and day
lighting conditions
- Green spaces
- Building shape
- Location
• Appreciate the sun exposure of the building
• Identify the orientation of the house
• Appreciate wind access
• Observation
• Interview
     
Outdoor environmental quality
and occupant comfort
• Measure outdoor air quality
• Identify thermal comfort, ventilation conditions
- Green spaces
- Location
• Appreciate the sun exposure of the building
• Identify the orientation of the house
• Appreciate wind access
• Observation
• Interview
     
Site and climatic conditions Define the climatic characteristics of the site • Observation
• Interview
     
Energy efficiency and water
comfort
Appreciate the renewability of energy systems
and water comfort
• Observation
• Interview
     
Location of the building Appreciate the location of the house • Observation
• Interview
     
Use of recycling building
materials
Appreciate the building materials • Observation
• Interview
     
Flexibility and durability
of building materials
Appreciate the flexibility and durability of building materials • Observation
• Interview
     
Structural stability Appreciate the structural stability • Observation
     
Acoustics comfort • Determine whether any intrusive noise should be avoided
- Speech intelligibility is satisfactory
- The distribution of sound observed throughout
the whole room is uniform
- There is no defects such as echoes or flutters
- The shape of the room is appropriate
• Identify sound reflection
• Observation
• Interview
     
Respecting the harmony
between the human beings
and his natural environment
Appreciate to what extend people’s behavior harmonizes
with their natural environment.
• Observation
• Interview
     
Occupants’ behavior in harmony
with the environment
Determine the level of understanding the concept of
heat transfer through people’s behavior (at night, open
windows to let the cold air inside the building; however,
close them before the sun is at its hot test if necessary...)
• Interview





The pros and cons of the Global Village

Interview with Luis Narváez Ricaurte, AIU graduate

Can you give us a brief introduction of yourself? Who is Dr. Luis Narvaez?
I am an Ecuadorian citizen who decided to pursue a career in law, but in the end I decided to step in to the Foreign Service of my country. I’m a diplomat since November 1997. I come from a family of diplomats. My father retired from the Foreign Ministry after 40 years of service. Working at the Foreign Service I had the opportunity to serve in our Embassy in China for three and a half years (1998 - 2001), and later at our Embassy in El Salvador for six years (2008 - 2014).

From 2014 to the present date, I have held the position of Deputy Director of Protocol, and since October 2015, I am the General Coordinator of the Summit of the Chancellery. Academically, after obtaining my law degree and juris doctorate later (1998), I continued to study a master’s degree in international relations, majoring in diplomacy (2000). In 2004 I decided that should complement this academics skills with deeper knowledge in an area linked to international relations: political science, and since that date (2004) I started my studies at Atlantic International University to get a PhD in Political Science.

Why did you decide to study at Atlantic International University?
As mentioned, a diplomat and effectual for all, any professional, if you want to improve in content and form, you must have a sense of continuous training; and it was this spirit of improvement, which led me to review the academic options offered, and be iclined towards Atlantic International University.

Is Latin America truly participating in the concept of Global World?
Latin America has two or three large axes through which, in different ways and at different times, has seen the need to participate more actively in the international arena. We see how Brazil has its own dynamics –usually pendulum– to participate in this global world under a geopolitical view. Other way to approach globalization is the idea of the Pacific Alliance where México, Colombia, Perú and Chile participate in a commercial sphere; and finally, for the case of Ecuador, the recent negotiations with the European Union multipart agreement are a way to make presence in the globalized world. From the negatives of globalization, Latin America cannot be abstracted from impacts that occur. I am convinced that the “Butterfly Effect” represents the interaction, interdependence and interconnectedness globally where Latin America is part as an actor and stage of global international relations.

All of our students are living an approach to the Global Village. How can we take advantage of this ultra-connected world? What can we do in our day to day?
The Fukuyama concept of Global Village evidence positive as well as negative issues. On the positive side, the opportunity to meet and interact, not as a spectator but as an actor in the world, is itself the best expression of downsizing that has suffered the world resizing that has allowed more closeness in cultures and thus inter-culturalizations; in policies and therefore common agendas (cop21 for example); in economic dynamics and therefore rethink the capitalist mode of production from more humanistic visions; etc. The downside of this Global Village, is that allowed us to see that old ways of thinking are still valid: a Darwinian and Draconian economy, which places the capital as chief good and not man as a human being; the clash of civilizations (Huntington expression), which has manifested itself in the most grotesque manner: terrorism; dehumanization, which is reduced to television images that no longer move the moral fiber of the people —the death of children in Africa or the Middle East. What can we do? Well first of all, learn to respect and to value human beings in both individual and as a society. Recognize diversity not as an insurmountable difference but an opportunity to build bridges to understand and respect our private individual forms of existence.

In your opinion, how can education in general improve the life of a student?
Education is a tool that not only helps improve academically, but has the value of allowing to opens minds to other realities, other ways to assess and understand the social dynamics within their own contexts. Education is not a symbol of a purely monetary improved version that can get away, but that is not their essence. The essence is the possibility of understanding and therefore respecting others in an axiological path.

Based in your academic results, why is excellence so important?
Excellence is a category. This allows what we do or say have a greater axiological assessment or practice, and therefore decisively influence the behavior or understanding of others. Excellence is the guarantee of a process of practical and ethical thinking.

How was your educational experience in Atlantic International University?
In a general context, the experience was very good. I keep recognizing the need for a higher level of relationship that should exist between the student and the tutor, because teaching requires permanent guidance, independently that you are learning remotely or in person.

What is your advice to a young student?
Study is a challenge that has an ethical and practical obligation. Therefore, you cannot see the academy as one way to improve conditions of personal life, but as a social value that compels us to direct thought to understand the diversity and reality and in this context give qualitative leaps in the “knowledge” within of the Global Village in which we live.




Luis Narváez Ricaurte completed a Docorate in Political Science at AIU.

He has a Master in International Relations, with major in Diplomacy, and a Jurisprudence Doctorate.

He is a Lawyer, with a degree in Public and Social Sciences. He has been a Diplomat for Ecuador since November 1997.

LNARVAEZR@gmail.com











School under a bridge


Free education for poor children in New Delhi.

According to NBC News, Rajesh Kumar Sharma teaches at least 30 children every day. Most of the children come from neighboring poor villages. For two hours every weekday, Sharma leaves his day-job at a general store in Shakarpur —his brother fills in for him— so that he can teach the children, reported Yahoo News.

Sharma, a 40-year-old father of three from Aligarh, was forced to drop out of college in his third year due to financial difficulties. When he decided to start the free school, he didn’t want other children to face the same difficulties he had. “Whenever I passed by this area, I would notice that children were spending all their time in the fields or playing around,” he told the Indian Express.

He eventually persuaded local laborers and farmers to allow their children to attend his school instead of working to add to the family income. He hopes to equip these children with the tools necessary to overcome their poverty. He even allows children technically too young to attend the government school to sit in the classroom.
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NYC to replace pay phones


About 500 hot spots will be installed by second half 2016

New York City just begun last month replacing thousands of pay phones with free Wi-Fi hot spots. The city expects to have 500 hot spots installed by second half of 2016, and eventually about 7,500 units will be replaced. The hot spots will sit atop a 9.5-foot tall box with electronic screens on each side to display advertising. Sandwiched between the sidewalk ads will be an Android tablet that can be used to place free phone calls and surf the Web.

The advertising-supported project, called LinkNYC, is being run by CityBridge, a joint venture between three tech companies: smartphone chip maker Qualcomm Inc., networking company CIVIQ Smartscapes and Intersection, which has backing from Google parent company Alphabet Inc. CityBridge says it is investing more than $200 million in the project. Many cities have tried installing free public Wi-Fi, but it often didn’t work well enough to draw many users because speeds were slow or the experience was bogged down by requiring users to watch an ad before connecting.

CityBridge says its Wi-Fi will deliver broadband speeds of 1,000 megabits a second, about 100 times typical speeds provided by wireless carriers. Users won’t be forced to sit through ads on their mobile devices to log on and devices will connect automatically after a user signs in the first time.
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