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The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | READ IT!!!

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:18:00 +0000

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Post title: READ IT!!!

Those of you who bought a copy of "The buy who harnessed the wind"... Make sure you read it and share it with others.

I bought the book just to support the cause and it stayed in my office for months. Now I have read it and, honestly, I would make this compulsory reading in high school.

Please make sure you read your copy. I promise you will not be disappointed and will see many things differently. Clearly not a story for the faint of heart, but very enlightening indeed.

I must thank Claudia for sharing this in the first place.

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Thanks Mohamed

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:28:00 +0000

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[quote]Mohamed Mehenoun wrote:
I loved it !
But what stroke me more was that : [url removed] [/quote]
Yes, also a good thing to watch.

As a comment about Chimamanda's very valid point, I just wanted to say that the neverending cycle of discovery-assumption-surprise-change of mind>discovery-assumption... is simply natural to the human being.

Indeed young children are very impressionable and little things can make them go in one direction or the other in their whole lives. But that is also good for parents and the world, as this mechanism gives us a chance to teach our children good and valuable things like respecting others, living with different people, coping with changes, loving nature, being honest and positive, being humble, etc. If we manage to teach them these things at an early age, it will always be there and will work for them and for others.

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Amazing !!

Mohamed Mehenoun — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:07:00 +0000

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I loved it !

But what stroke me more was that : [url removed]

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Obama (@ Claudia)

Ivette Camargo López — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:19:00 +0000

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[quote]Claudia Alvis wrote:

I'm still shocked about that. I don't even know [w]hat to think. [/quote]

Quick comment about Obama (since you, the topic starter, also mentioned him).

In spite of my previous comment here, I tweeted about this earlier today and I was, probably like most people, surprised by how soon he was awarded this prize, as reflected in the following New Yorker tweet/article:

[url] [url removed] [/url]

I am sure this will become (yet) another polemic decision by the NP Academy. :-)

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Great one

Gianni Pastore — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:42:00 +0000

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Thank you Claudia for sharing this! :)

Gianni

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Obama

Claudia Alvis — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:48:00 +0000

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I'm still shocked about that. I don't even know that to think.

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Please...

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:12:00 +0000

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[quote]ICL wrote:
I mean, not that there is any link between the two stories, but I think your story, like Obama's (in, of course, a wider sense), are inspiring examples of how barriers can be overcome by just always pushing yourself beyond what can sometimes be self-imposed limits.[/quote]
Ahem... I honestly think the Nobel Prize of Peace is (nowadays) rather a Nobel Prize in marketing. If you can market yourself well, you can get the Prize. Examples of that are Mr. Obama (who honestly hasn't had much time to do anything so far about peace or about anything) and Mr. Al Gore (prize in 2007), whose achievement for peace mostly consists in succeeding in selling a TV show.

PS. Edited to add "(nowadays)."

[Edited at 2009-10-09 13:14 GMT]

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | William K. - a real hero

Niraja Nanjundan (X) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:03:00 +0000

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[quote]ICL wrote:
USA President Obama has won the Peace Nobel Prize for this year[/quote]

Yeah, but personally I think William Kamkwamba would have been a better choice ;-)

Thanks for sharing, Claudia!

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Inspiring story

Ivette Camargo López — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:39:00 +0000

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So thanks, too, for sharing.

I just read that USA President Obama has won the Peace Nobel Prize for this year, so what a nice coincidence that you posted this story just a few hours before the major news about Obama's winning.

I mean, not that there is any link between the two stories, but I think your story, like Obama's (in, of course, a wider sense), are inspiring examples of how barriers can be overcome by just always pushing yourself beyond what can sometimes be self-imposed limits.

Saluditos,

[url= [url removed] ]Ivette[/url]

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Thanks for the hint Claudia!

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:51:00 +0000

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Post title: Thanks for the hint Claudia!

Fantastic indeed. I have pre-ordered 6 copies from Amazon for family and friends. They must read this!
Take care,
Tomás

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind | Wonderful.

texjax DDS PhD — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:42:00 +0000

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Absolutely.

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind

Claudia Alvis — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:42:00 +0000

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I had to share this. I saw it last night on the Daily Show and it's one of the most inspirational things I've seen in a while. William Kamkwamba is a truly admirable young man. He tells his own story wonderfully, I'll just post the links, besides I don't want to spoil it.

His own blog: [url removed]

William's first time talking at TED in 2007: [url= [url removed] ]William Kamkwamba: How I built my family a windmill[/url]

William's second appearance at TED in 2009: [url= [url removed] ]William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind[/url]