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I used to be proud of the fact that I didn't own a suitcase. In my younger, sillier years this seemed to help burnish my credentials as a dirtbag climber: even if I can't climb particularly hard, I could always look the part, toting my stuff about Europe in various old rucksacks of differing size. But everyone grows up and gets a job, and I seem to spend increasing amounts of my time in various European airports. It was at Brussels watching all those happy, shiny Eurocrats and business-types glide past me with their little wheeled suitcases, whilst I lugged my stuff in a decade-old, grubby Lowe Alpine pack that I decided it was about time I got something more sensible for the many times I travel to places where you don't need an ice axe.
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I tried a cheap wheeled suitcase: excellent at airports and the like but as soon as you actually had to walk any distance, along bumpy city streets, it was hopeless – those silly little roller-blade wheels bumping and banging the bag all over the place – then I just wanted my old rucksack. So it was with great excitement I finally found a wheeled suitcase with hide-away rucksack straps. Three cheers for Berghaus for making an obvious idea available to the masses. But how does it work? Overall, quite well. Starting with packing, the 40 ltrs capacity allowed me to fit with no problems: a suit (this needs careful folding to fit), three shirts, a pair of trousers, a couple of t-shirts, undies for a week, two pairs of shoes, a toilet bag, rain jacket and various other odds and ends for a five day trip. There are various pop-out dividers that will keep shoes away from your clothes. There is a mesh pocket on the lid that will keep carefully folded shirts that way, and internal straps that will keep a folded suit flat. A large pocket on the outside of the lid will take a light shell jacket, and other smaller pockets can serve as a place to stuff all those receipts and used train tickets you need to claim your expenses back.
As a roller-suitcase it works fine. The handle length is just right for me (5'10"), anyone taller should check. The wheels seem good quality and soon you will be gliding as smoothly through Brussels airport as anyone. Now you can eye-up that pretty/handsome (delete as appropriate) and smartly-dressed Swedish or Portuguese Eurocrat without worrying that she or he will mistake you for an uncouth Aussie backpacker. Yet when you want to do the Aussie-backpacker-thing and hike all over town, it's no problem. Stow the handle away, pull out the rucksack straps, clip them on with the burly metal clips, hoist it up onto your back and off you go. There is pull down flap that will keep the dirty wheels away from your back. The back system is basic to say the least, and there is no waist belt, so this is not a true trekking sack, but I walked for about three hours around London carrying 10 kgs in it with no problems at all. One of the straps can be stowed away whilst the other cleverly converts into a shoulder strap, giving a third possible carrying method.
The bag claims to be maximum legal carry-on size, but is probably too big for the cabin with budget carriers and economy short-haul on all but the most quiet and relaxed days. I've used it only for a few trips so far and its holding up fine. Some stitching has become visible on one seam but hasn't actually broken yet. I've had this happen on rucksacks – its one of those annoying things that doesn't seem to be worth returning the bag over, but you wish manufacturers would put a bit more effort into this aspect of quality control and tightening the stitching.
So overall? A great suitcase for the business traveller who still has the soul of a dirtbag climber and sometimes just wants to pick up their bag and hike.
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The Arizona Republic has named Gabrielle Giffords as Arizonan of the Year. Her achievement? Getting shot and not dying.
The article praises her recovery as "a hero's journey." I've read much praise of her "courage" and "heroism" elsewhere. Logically, this means that the people who died after being shot that day were weak and cowardly.
While what happened to her is undeniably awful, Giffords' recovery is not about heroism, but about luck, wealth and privilege, about access to as much health care as she needs.
In our culture of emotional pornography, people who suffer tragedy are fetishized. Since being shot, Gabrielle Giffords has been presented as a liberal saint. In reality, she is an ordinary conservative. Her position on immigration is as racist as that of Jan Brewer. Her objection to SB 1070 was not that it was racist, but that it was impractical. She cheered the deployment of the National Guard to the border, to combat a problem that does not exist. Even though her being shot has been cited as an example of why guns ought to be banned, she herself supports gun rights.
I could not help but laugh when, in the aftermath of the shooting - which killed six people, whose names are seldom heard now - I saw some people crying while holding a banner that bore the words Gabby Was Always There for Us. Who is "us?" How was she "there?" If "us" means wealthy white people, I suppose she was.
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Habitat for Humanity volunteers made a terrible discovery Monday morning in Tuscaloosa. Someone had broken in to their storage bins and stole a number of tools and equipment.
Despite that mishap the work still continues in this home today.
This is all part of a project called Get Jackie Home for Christmas. The Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa had been partially repairing Jackie Wright's home for the last two years. Now, they have partnered with Habitat for Humanity to give Jackie a brand new home, which is being rebuilt in the West End part of Tuscaloosa.
Volunteers say it is discouraging that someone would do this but it has not stopped them from getting the home finished.
"It does hit you in the gut a little at first but once you get your breath back you start to think about all the positives and people in the community have been so supportive," Billy Hatmaker said.
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Target offers 5% discount to spur sales
Will the move pay off? Or will the retailer just be stuck with more bad debt and smaller margins?
Earlier in the year, Target (TGT) broke ties with Visa (V) over its store-branded credit cards (see related Top Stocks post here). Rather than let the credit card giant take a cut, the big-box retailer decided it would process the payments itself.
Now that Target has taken the reins of its credit card business, it's looking to pump up sales with a huge promotion -- 5% discounts on any purchase within the store that's charged to your Target credit card!
The move seems too good to be true for cash-strapped consumers. But is that actually good for the retailer, considering that bad debt and credit card delinquencies have been a problem recently for Target?
First the upside: An eight-month test at Kansas City area Target stores indeed boosted same-store sales, and the company expects the program to drive a 1% to 2% nationwide increase. That makes sense, since shoppers who swipe their Target cards will get very competitive pricing with that 5% discount.
Also good news is that without Visa as the middle man, all those credit transactions could give TGT stock a boost, since the company will be doing the processing in-house -- and keeping the profits in-house, too.
The icing on the cake is that the rewards program will help Target maintain a position as a low-priced retailer, ground that the big-box store has often ceded to Wal-Mart (WMT) in a mission to keep its image as stylish (see: Wal-Mart opens smaller stores in Chicago) and affordable over just plain cheap.
But the downside is very real. First off, Target has already seen problems with bad debt during the recession and spurring even broader use of credit cards could make that problem even worse. It's good to cut out Visa as the middle man if there's a lot of cash to be made, but the partnership with Visa also mitigated risk that now Target will shoulder on its own.
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Second, if the 1% to 2% increase doesn't materialize as TGT stock execs claim it will, then the company is essentially squeezing its margins for no good reason. When you lower prices you have to make up for it in volume, and a small test area in Kansas City may not reflect true consumer trends across the board.
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If you go down a checklist of what makes a Chicagoan, I'm still an East Coast transplant. I think no hot dog is complete without ketchup. I root for the Cubs and the Sox (unless the Sox play the Indians, then it's Cleveland pride all the way). Soda is soda, not pop. The appeal of craft beer is lost on me–or any beer for that matter, though I'm working on it. I think thin crust pizza is where it's at.
On a rare gluttonous occasion, deep dish calls. Some Chicagoans say deep dish is only for tourists who eat at Uno's, and that the best Chicago pizza is the extra thin cracker-crust. Personally, I like both for what they are. A monstrous bread/cheese/stuff/sauce casserole, deep dish is a one-slice meal and most certainly has its appeal–when it's good.
Cooked in pans as ancient as the Cubs last World Series appearance, the crust somehow comes out flaky and buttery and golden and crisp as the most perfect croissant, but with midwest heft. The reverse-layering of cheese/stuff/sauce goes to show Chicagoans' ingenuity when it comes to food. It keeps the crust from getting soggy (the bane of all good pizza is a soggy crust, also why I don't like NYC-style pizza), protects the cheese from burning, and is overall just one of those "Oh. Duh." moments. As for the "stuff," sorry, deep dish is not meant for just cheese and sauce. Peppers, onions, chunky mushrooms, spicy sausage, yesss.
It's funny how the nine years I've lived in or around Chicago have made their mark on me. While I still like ketchup on my hot dogs, they seem naked and bland now without sport peppers, and I'm somewhat distraught that I can't find them at a grocery store back home (poor misguided Wegman's stock guy, your confusion made me sad). The difference between "downtown" and "the city" actually makes sense. Trying to navigate somewhere that the streets aren't laid out in a nice, organized grid would confuse the hell out of me now. Holding a conversation about the Bears and actually following a game no longer makes me laugh out loud at its impossibility. I appreciate the unique pride (and gloveless pain) Chicago has in its 16″ softball games. And I will whole-heartedly come to Chicago's defense if anyone tries to compare it unfavorably to any other city.
I love this city, my adopted home. I know it has its problems, which aren't insignificant, but what city doesn't? Its neighborhoods and lakefront, culture and history, quirks and perfections, and of course its food from pizza to farmers markets–these make Chicago great to me, especially when I can share them with you.


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The result of a nearly yearlong investigation into the circumstances surrounding the massacre of innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School confirms the troubling reality that presented itself within days of the Dec. 14 shooting.
A deeply troubled, mentally ill young man had access to battlefield-type firearms designed to kill quickly, effectively and massively. For reasons defying explanation or investigation, he murdered his mother and then turned an elementary school into a killing field, leaving 20 first-graders and six educators dead.
Danbury State's Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III officially closed the investigation Monday, releasing a 44-page report summarizing the findings. There were no surprises.
Twenty-year-old shooter Adam Lanza acted alone.
Investigators could not determine a motive for the attack.
There were no earlier acts of violence by Mr. Lanza foreshadowing the events of Dec. 14.
Armed with a .223-caliber Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and carrying 31 pounds of ammo, Mr. Lanza killed so quickly that police had no reasonable chance to intervene. He killed himself with a handgun at 9:40 a.m., less than 5 minutes after the initial 911 call and 1 minute after the arrival of the first police.
He still had 253 rounds of ammunition on him at the time of the suicide.
The report provides further evidence of how disturbed an individual Mr. Lanza was and that the condition was long standing. A storybook he wrote as a 10-year-old fifth-grader is filled with disturbing images of armed and violent characters - including one who threatens to hurt and kill children in a classroom and another who declares, "Let's hurt children."
Family and educators recognized his problems. He received counseling. A doctor diagnosed Mr. Lanza with Asperger's syndrome in 2005, according to the report. He also showed signs of acute obsessive-compulsive disorder. Once a young adult, he apparently refused medication or to take part in therapy.
In the last couple of years of his life, the behavior grew more bizarre. He spent much of his time in a Spartan bedroom, sunshine sealed out by black plastic bags taped to the windows. Mr. Lanza became obsessed with the subject of mass shootings, particularly at schools, exchanging emails on the topic and blogging about it.
In the darkened room he spent much time playing violent video games, including a game titled "School Shooting" in which the player controls a character who enters a school and shoots students.
The report provides some insight into why the killer's mother and first victim, Nancy Lanza, indulged her disturbed son's fascination with firearms. Guns were something through which she could still have a relationship with him. They went to shooting ranges and took a National Rifle Association safety course together. This shared interest continued to the end. Investigators found a check written by her for him to purchase a pistol.
Investigators say son and mother were communicating otherwise only through emails and texts.
Gun advocates will focus on the mental health issues, but those issues were recognized and until Dec. 14 Mr. Lanza had yet to do anything - in the eyes of the law - to suggest he was a threat to himself or others, the threshold for an order of detainment due to mental illness.
This tragedy comes down to his access to guns of mass destruction. At a scrawny 112 pounds he was not much of a physical threat. With his Bushmaster AR-15 he was a killing machine.
If anything, this report vindicates the passage of the tough new gun laws in Connecticut, broadening the definition of assault weapons that cannot be sold in the state, prohibiting the sale or purchase of high-capacity magazines like those used in the Newtown shooting, and requiring more in-depth background checks for all gun purchases.
The public will probably never know precisely why Mr. Lanza did what he did, but it knows how he was able to do it.
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In Atlanta, noted reformer Phil Schlechty, author of "Working on the Work" and "Shaking up the Schoolhouse," said there are two current paths being touted for fixing schools by political leaders — bureaucratic centralization or fragmentation/privatization.
"I say a pox on both their houses," he told the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation at an all-day conference Monday.
Neither path, said Schlechty, recognizes the changing and critical role of teachers in a world where information is now easily obtained by an 8-year-old with a laptop.
"We don't really understand that the primary role of the teacher has been absorbed," Schlechty said. "Most of us still see teachers as instructors because we see ourselves in the knowledge distribution business. Today, kids can go out and get the knowledge. What we have to become are knowledge work systems to help kids work on and with that knowledge."
Teachers today must become designers of work for students and leaders/guides to instruction as opposed to the instructor, he said. As leaders, teachers help students find their passions and their voices and inspire them to great work.
There are folks who complain that teachers, including those in Chicago, have no right to complain about worsening work conditions and escalating responsibilities, that everyone is being asked to do more with less. But Schlechty noted that teachers have been charged with a task never before asked of American educators at a point in time when resources and funding are evaporating: Keep students in school and educate them to higher and higher standards.
"Schools were designed to send 10 percent of students to college," he said. "In 1960, half the kids didn't drop out of high school — because they didn't come to school. They got through eighth grade and left. Schools are much better than they used to be at what they used to do — but we don't want them to do that anymore."
Teachers maintain that reform efforts impose the chief responsibility to transform education on them without giving them autonomy. In fact, one of the victories in the new contract in Chicago— which is still being finalized — is that teachers, rather than principals, get to write their own lesson plans.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had wanted tests to make up 40 percent of the criteria; the agreement brings it down to 30 percent. But teachers had other concerns, too, that will not be reflected in the contract, including honoring class size caps and maintaining recess art, music and foreign language instruction.
"The issues raised by Chicago's educators and parents resonate across this nation because they are being felt by teachers, students and parents everywhere," said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. "These issues include endless budget cuts that have eliminated art, music, gym and other critical subjects from our public schools; a growing obsession with high-stakes testing, denying kids the rich learning experiences they need; closing down rather than fixing neighborhood schools, which destabilizes neighborhoods; and concentrated poverty that forces schools to take on more in the face of dwindling resources.
"With all of this, teachers continue to be denied the tools and conditions they need to do their jobs," said Weingarten, "and then are blamed for every problem facing our schools."
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He makes some valid points. However,it is not the "work of teachers" that has to change. It is the perception that this article presents that has to change. Again, teachers are the problem. Until the working conditioins aof teachers,the discipline issues that go unresolved, and the perception thatteachers are the problem for all of eductions's ills chaNges, NOTHING WILL CHANGE IN EDUCATION.
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My school system hired one of this gentleman's followers as superintendent. She almost destroyed the system and became the most hated person this county has ever known. Her insane demands (some illegal) and treatment of the staff created the most demoralizing situation possible. After her followers (board members) lost elections, she left in disgrace in the middle of the night. The next day, the entire county was celebrating with "high fives" on the street and car horns being blown all over the county. This man's philosophy is not a philosophy you want to follow.
September 21st, 2012
6:11 am
This kind of thinking is part of the problem: "Today, kids can go out and get the knowledge. What we have to become are knowledge work systems to help kids work on and with that knowledge." "Knowledge" is here simultaneously positioned as an abstraction and a simple commodity one can "go out and get," like breakfast cereal or news–of course this is wholly inaccurate. I think the key concept that's missing in this formula is learning, and it seems to me that what teachers ought to be designing is curricula, not "work." Of course the point the gentleman makes with respect to teachers being forced out of the business of designing meaningful curricula is sadly true, but it's cynical to throw up hands and say "oh, then, we'll just be 'working on the work'," a passive aggressive admission of defeat and a surrender to intellectual death in addition to a being a 'philosophy' that entails giving up on the kids, the profession, and the whole idea and process of learning. If that's where we are, then teaching is dead and it's time to hang up the Shakespeare start selling cars because it's all the same and an eight-year old with a laptop knows more than Jimmy Carter and Nelson Mandela combined. A pox on the false choice presented here.
September 21st, 2012
7:13 am
In today's public school environment in Georgia, teachers are just trying to hold on and do the best they can with larger classes and the meager resources they are given. They are worn down by increasing demands and are accepting less pay because they have no choice. They're without political support from those who are in power—in fact, most political leaders are harsh critics of public education and are determined to destroy what's left. How can any kind of positive change happen under the present circumstances? I see it firsthand and know this is true.
September 21st, 2012
7:26 am
Even if students have access to information, I don't think that means they can be counted on to "go out and get that knowledge" as Phil Schlechty says. It's also assuming a lot to say that all students have access to information – not every student has an internet connection at home or the ability to get to a library. And can we really count on those that do have internet access using it to build their knowledge base on world history and geometry proofs rather than watching silly videos of cats?
Teachers don't pour knowledge into students' heads. We introduce material, but also help them interact with it in order to understand it. If what Schlechty is saying is true, we could already have been replaced by textbooks.
I absolutely agree that teachers have less and less autonomy but more and more accountability. It's a pretty demoralizing situation.
September 21st, 2012
7:35 am
People, who are not in the classroom, really have no idea what is occurring with the confines of schools and classrooms today. The absurd requirements placed on teachers as well as the overwhelming obstacles placed in their way, by administrators and policy makers, is stifling. However, the other day, as I was enjoying a lively conversation with my students, I had an epiphany. I love teaching – teaching and instructing. And, I am very good at it. I will no longer be bogged down by these ridiculous mandates, and I will no longer compromise on my non-negotiables. I will educate the students the way they need to be educated in order to learn and become thinkers. I will use resources that I know work. I will continue to do everything in the best interest of my students. I am not compromising any more.
September 21st, 2012
7:41 am
From 1960 we have more than tripled the amount of kids on a percentage interning college about 33 percent. If you look at a bell curve based on aptitude of Americans on a macro this is actually a very high number. The reality is we have put teachers in a no win situation on a macro, when we killed vocational based education, and went to formula that all students must go to a 4 year college.
Irronically we have about 4 million vocational job openings…… The solution is obvious, but everyone needs to do a reality check.
September 21st, 2012
7:41 am
Yet another blundering bubble-head, blustering and burping out the latest "call to arms" for "the children".
Talk, talk talk.
September 21st, 2012
7:43 am
Sorry about typos entering not interning
September 21st, 2012
8:39 am
Oh noes, it can't be the teachers that have to "change" right? I though I was told it is ALL THE PARENT'S FAULT!
oh….and administrators of course. Can't forget to hate on them too.
September 21st, 2012
9:21 am
Yay! Teacher. I am also a teacher. And I have recently come to the conclusion that I like teaching and I am good at what I do. I do not need "Working on the Work" (yes, I have had that training) or any other magic bullet to "improve" education. Society is not improving and the students they send to school are broken and hurting. I will love them, encourage them and teach them to the best of my ability and pox on all the formulas that make a few wealthy.
September 21st, 2012
9:22 am
Exceptional vision. This article is spot on. The teacher, today, is not just a teacher, but also a facilitator of students. The internet and computer have provided new tools for learning that could not have been imagined in my days in school fifty years ago. Having served as a teacher for 20 years prior to my retirement, I saw the changes over time. What has happened now is that we have legislators and leaders who truly do not know what they are talking about when it comes to education. In Georgia, education, especially public education, has become the fall guy for all the economic woes of the state. Class sizes are now 25 to 50 percent higher than they were ten years ago. Those who put education into such a bind must take another look at what they are causing in the schools. Faced with teacher shortages, school districts are taking the route of making larger class sizes to to allow the schools to place students of all capabilities into what is called an "inclusion" class. Yes, this saves teacher points. Yes, this destroys the ability of the teacher to focus on one level of education. It is not possible to maintain the level of education necessary to push a gifted student forward when he is in a class containing special ed students. I will argue this point until the day I die. Those who tout this foolishness know that they are just dealing with numbers, not capabilities of students. You can take a gifted class of students to the computer lab, give them a general requirement that will stretch their abilities to research and find solutions to even the most demanding topics. The more they are pushed, the farther they go. You CANNOT do that with every other student in the school. When you combine the levels of abilities into one class, you dumb down the entire class and frustrate the teacher.
Until teachers are treated like valuable participants in the education of students, Georgia will stay at the bottom of the list of best performing educational systems. The problem we have in schools is not teachers. The problem is administrators who are loyally following the lead of their district offices, who have been placed in a situation does not fund what is required to make Georgia a state that is proud of its standing in education. Today, all of Georgia should be ashamed of how poorly we are treating our students.
Cookie-cutter education, or one-size-fits-all teaching is ruining our educational system. We waste our time when we believe that you can put all levels of students together and have success. It will never happen. The major problem this causes is that support and funding for gifted education is going away. Principals are brainwashed into believing that the program is no longer necessary. I taught gifted students for 7 years, and I was amazed to see just how far you can push a gifted class. Regular ed students are unquestionably not up to the task to be able to keep up with the truly gifted students. Additionally, when you take away the gifted program, you are denying the best and brightest students the opportunity to excel. I watched students in my classes grow on a daily basis and reach levels of accomplishment I would never have believed possible. It took constant effort to keep ahead of them to keep them stretching their capabilities. Many of them are now in Harvard, Yale, and other respected houses of learning. If Georgia keeps going in its effort to dumb down education, you will see parents moving to states that afford the level of education necessary to get their students to the top schools. Georgia and many other states are following their legislators down the path towards failure for our best and brightest.
Right now, I see no hope for Georgia in education.
September 21st, 2012
9:51 am
Working on the Work by Phillip C. Schlechty is a 120 page book about NOTHING! My school system bought into his program several years ago, and his horribly written book was mandatory reading for all of the staff. We met one entire 90 minute planning period, once a week for 6 months! You do the math and time spent analyzing a 120 page book. Our system spent thousands of dollars for the books, and sent administrators and and a few teachers to meetings all over the country for training with Mr. Schlechty. Several years later, WOW is another program that has "gone with the wind."
Chapter Two describes the WOW school. For example, "In a WOW school, nearly all classes are highly engaged, and when they are not, teachers make every possible effort to redesign the pattern of activity in the classroom so that more students are authentically engaged" (Schlechty 17). How in the world would a school create this framework? The answer is a simple 5 bullet list titled "From Vision to Reality." 1. Beliefs serve as the basis for visions. 2. Visions shape missions and strategic goals. 3. Missions set strategic goals. 4. Strategic goals indicate needs actions. 5. Action goals define tasks and specify activity.
This list is pontificated on for 20 more pages….Please tell me why we needed Mr. Schlechty's book to teach a school system the basics of educational structure? This is just one of many examples of terrible programs that our schools buy into to "fix" the teachers.
September 21st, 2012
10:05 am
Back in the day when teachers got a little respect….
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September 21st, 2012
10:27 am
It's the same ole dog and pony show…so many initiatives are thrust down academic teachers' throats that we can not become proficient at one before the next one comes out 4-6 months later…which bangwagon will be next? Please visit your child's school and just watch what we do for a living. I love the teaching and the students, but worn out from the extra "bandwagon, pony shows, and initiatives" we have to execute….it's riduculous and wastes valuable time for us to create those WOW lessons. My system hopped on that one also and now you hear nothing…..
September 21st, 2012
10:31 am
Expecting the uneducated (8 year old children) to be responsible to "go out and get the knowledge" is preposterous. Independent learning is a reasonable goal for high school students, but certainly not younger students. The problem with education is that younger students are not being taught the grammar of subjects such as math, language, and science.
September 21st, 2012
10:45 am
Rabbit: "This kind of thinking is part of the problem: "Today, kids can go out and get the knowledge. What we have to become are knowledge work systems to help kids work on and with that knowledge." "Knowledge" is here simultaneously positioned as an abstraction and a simple commodity one can "go out and get," like breakfast cereal or news–of course this is wholly inaccurate."
Oh really? Kids today can go out and 'get the knowledge' because they can just look it up on the internet? Let's see how that works out in real life:
Here is an example of what can happen when you believe everything you find on the internet…
"BBC mistake computer game logo for United Nations Security Council symbol
The BBC mistakenly aired the logo from a computer game rather than the United Nations in what seems to be an example of when a Google search goes wrong. In a News at One bulletin about the United Nations Security Council, the channel accidentally used the logo of the fictitious United Nations Space Command from Microsoft's Halo.
The presenter Sophie Raworth was talking about Amnesty International's criticism of the UN involvement in the ongoing conflict in Syria."
September 21st, 2012
1:05 pm
You Tube education……
While Phil Schlechty is "Working on the Work", The Spinners show us how it's done:
September 21st, 2012
1:08 pm
Want to expose these people for who they are? Show your @ss during one of their "professional developments" Act like one of your worst students. Watch what happens or more to the point what doesn't happen. They don't follow their OWN ADVICE. Watch how quickly they will abandon their own advice and instead berate you in ways they would say you should NEVER do as an instructor. Watch how quickly they call for the administrator to intervene LOL
Simply tell them the work wasn't "engaging" enough, wasn't "authentic" enough and didn't address your learning style…and watch them squirm as they have ZERO answer for you when you hold them to their OWN standards of "classroom management"
September 21st, 2012
1:10 pm
Gee how on Earth did Socrates and Jesus ever impart any knowledge without these "experts" to guide them?
September 21st, 2012
1:53 pm
LOL Beverly Fraud………
September 21st, 2012
2:42 pm
WOW rates right down there with LFS. Our new principal was a driven disciple of both and we(teachers and students) suffered for years because of it. "Shaking Up the Schoolhouse" was published and everyone got added stress by having all of their classrooms moved for the sake of getting us out if our "comfort zones". Then the system spent thousands of dollars for a 3 hour speech on why zeros are evil. To this day I can't think of one positive outcome from any of it.
September 21st, 2012
5:57 pm
Does this dinosaur even have a point? He mentions the 1960s when only 10 percent of kids were expected to go to college — bbut — there were good paying factory jobs awaiting them — those have gone to slave wages in china making shoddy products and we've brought illegal immigrants in to do real union work like construction. This "writer's" bones and thoughts belong in an antiquity museum.
September 22nd, 2012
9:43 am
[...] In Atlanta, noted reformer Phil Schlechty, author of "Working on the Work" and "Shaking up the Schoolhouse," said there are two current paths being… [...]
September 22nd, 2012
11:48 am
Come to Whitfield County to find the BOE raising taxes 4 mills (on top of a new E-Splost) while continuing to pour millions into WOW and yet another Reading Program! Leaders/BOE do not listen to the teachers but place burden on taxpayers while foolishly wasting funds on programs like these. Schlechty makes millions on blather while students do not have texbooks and teachers receive furloughs. Go figure!
September 23rd, 2012
10:32 pm
"[T]eachers continue to be denied the tools and conditions they need to do their jobs," said Weingarten.
Bad conditions in Chicago Public Schools? Really? Where the average teacher salary is $76,000. Where the workday is less than 6 hours. Where the contracted work year is 173 days. Sounds like a torture chamber.


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A note to those who were enthralled by the prospects of Bradley Cooper's once-developing Paradise Lost film adaptation: don't get too excited over this new announcement. Yes, Josh Hutcherson is in talks to star in a movie titled Paradise Lost, but it is not at all related to John Milton's classic epic poem. In fact, Deadline reports that Hutcherson is looking to take on a leading role in a biopic about drug kingpin Pablo Escobar... which still sounds pretty interesting, especially considering the fact that Benicio del Toro has been named as the potential star to take on the role of Escobar. Hollywood.com has reached out to Hutcherson's reps to confirm his involvement, but they were not immediately available for comment.
Interestingly, instead of centering the attention on the infamous criminal himself, the story looks to follow Hutcherson's potential surfer character Nick, who takes up a romance with a young woman who turns out to be Escobar's daughter. This seems to suggest a stray from your usual biopic formula; instead, what we might see will more closely resemble the structure of narrative romantic drama. The sort of relationship shared between Escobar and Nick is as of yet unknown, but more often than not, when you date a known drug lord and murderer's daughter, you're in for something a bit more volatile than Meet the Parents. Although, this could very well work its way into a pretty good comedy premise...
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A Bowl of Pasta: 7 Fresh Ideas for Spring Pasta Dishes
Even pasta-lovers like us need something new every once in a while. Here are seven dishes that have recently tempted our taste buds with their fresh flavors and off-beat ingredients. Homemade matzo noodles with peas and parmesan, anyone?
• Passover Pasta Primavera from Gourmet - The head notes describe matzo noodles as "light in texture and no fuss to prepare."
• Mezze Maniche Gigante with Spinach, Raisins, Almonds, and Sundried Tomatoes from Apron and Sneakers - For a pasta recipe intended to use up leftover ingredients, we think this one's a keeper! (Also, we MUST find a source for this pasta shape.)
• Pasta with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Feta, and Arugula from Eats Well With Others - With so many favorite flavors in one dish, how could this be bad?
• Two-Pea Pasta with Ricotta and Tarragon from Martha Stewart - We're always looking for a good excuse to use tarragon. What a great pairing with peas.
• Creamy Farfalle with Salmon and Peas from Epicurious - With pea-season just around the corner, we'll keep this one bookmarked!
• Penne with Cauliflower and Mustard Breadcrumbs from Bon Appétit - The mustard breadcrumbs caught our eye in this recipe.
• Pasta with Carrots, Risotto-Style from Saveur - Made by slowly adding broth to the pasta while it cooks, this ends up naturally creamy and very orange!
Any pasta dishes on your menu this weekend?
Related: Asparagus to Arugula: 9 Ingredients for Spring Cooking
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Of course! I plan to make cannelloni with ricotta and sausages.
A lot of these would make an awesome basis for summery risotto, as well.
Yay! Thanks for posting the link to the Past with Carrots, Risotto-style. I made it tonight, and it was excellent! I'm definitely making that again.
I just made this Asparagus Risotto from Southern Living last night:


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Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease vs re-engineer humans to support disease
Humans have been adapting (manipulating) nature for years in order to survive. We have seen that these efforts have a huge impact in the planet (climate change). I believe is time we mature and understand that instead of adapting nature to please us we have to adapt ourselves. Instead of re-designing mosquitos let's re-design humans. Stop messing with the others and mess with ourselves.
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It is both possible and do-able to re-engineer both nature and humans for any cause. The debate is about the responsibility that we as humans have about altering other species. Everyone on this conversation agrees that we can change ourselves (i.e. adapt) to fight environmental threats. We have to be careful when we want to adapt other species in order to fight the threat.
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Jan 23 2013: Not really. "Messing with ourselves" as you put it, could be seen as speeding up the process of adaptation - which given the right circumstances, might have happened in evolutionary terms anyway.
Having said that, natural adaptation and resistance only occurs when our existence is consistently under threat from external stressors. I can say with some certainty that most humans with access to medical care do not encounter such stressors, so natural resistence is unlikely.
Malaria prophylaxes (like antibiotics) lose efficacy through overuse, because mosquitos can adapt, and do actually evolve their own resistance to most things we throw at them.
Adaptation, and the beginnings of resistance to malaria in humans, exists anyway in the sickle-cell blood trait. It is not a perfect resistance, because over-development of sickle-cell can cause anemia, respiratory problems and early death - but the right amount of the trait can confer a good resistance for people in areas where malaria exists, such as Kenya, with few problems:
Re-engineering mosquitos is a wrong-minded approach. Mosquitos are there for good reason and disrupting their existance will surely disrupt the ecosystem to which they belong.
The answer I feel, is to use the pointers that nature has given us in the form of resistance to malaria through the sickle-cell trait, and develop it further so it is safer and with fewer side-effects.
Jan 23 2013: I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I also think manipulating any creature for humans benefits or any other reasons is very wrong.
I just think manipulating humans is not the answer, why we have to change something to make it work for us? maybe we can change just our perspective to some problems and they can solve themselves
Jan 23 2013: Some problems threat our existence. For the malaria case we have to do something in order to reduce the huge numbers of deaths. We could stay still and wait for evolution to design a cure. We can also speed-up evolution by "manipulating" ourselves. I don't understand what you mean by our perspective. And what do you mean by solve themselves?
Jan 23 2013: It is not the same thing. We are becoming god-like with our ability to control and soon design synthetic creatures. But we have to be responsible. Manipulating the planet is playing god, There are other species that should not have to suffer our bad decisions. We should embrace bio-diversity and let nature's wisdom---evolution---do what it knows.
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Saturday Rally To End Corporate Personhood
November 10, 2011 in Event, GA resolutions, Press, Uncategorized
This Saturday join the 99% led by Shelby, who is more human than any corporation could ever dream, in a march against corporate personhood! Let's celebrate what it means to be human.
We'll start at noon at Civic Center Park with speeches and a skit putting corporations on trial. Afterwards we march downtown, ending up at the west Capitol Steps where Move To Amend and others will be speaking about the dangers and illegitimacy of corporate money as protected speech.


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- Amazing food!FoodieKVIPDined on 9/23/2014I've had She Crab soup many times, but now I know what it's supposed to taste like. Fabulous!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- incredible findredace2782Dined on 9/19/2014The Firefly was the best place my wife and I have ever eaten. Flat out the best service, food and incredible atmosphere! I would recommend tFirefly to everyone. The price is well worth it!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great First Time!ASpotinKYDined on 9/18/2014Went on the recommendations of friends, and glad we did. There was a little issue between the bar staff and the hostess in getting us seated as the hostess asked if we had settled up our bar tab, but went to check before we could be seated. She could have checked after seating us but she didn't so we waited an extra 8 minutes after being told a that our table was ready. The food more than made up for the bar experience! The food was amazing. She crab soup to die for, lump blue crab salad was one of the best salads that I have ever had, and but the Cobia dinner special was the best part of the meal. A mix of great flavors and presentation. This was truly one of my best dining experiences ever. Just wished we lived closer!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Firefly never failsSandiniDined on 9/18/2014Everything from the impeccable service to the always delicious food make this almost worth the six hour drive to visit!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ServiceSanders1963Dined on 9/16/2014We were rushed , we was in resturant for just over an hour , starters , main , bottle wine ,, asked for fillet to b well done came out medium , never got a min to digest the food , wouldn't recomend unless u was in hurrySpecial Features:
- Perfect summer endingOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/14/2014Came to celebrate the end of summer and had the best time. It made our trip. Food was fantastic.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Firefly 2014OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/14/2014We had been to Firefly on one other occasion with a group; this visit was a special occasion for just us, and it was very different. While the restaurant was still "upscale" in our opinion, it appeared to have transitioned to a beach, casual attire scene with children in attendance. As the noise level was so high, conversation was difficult. The wait staff was very personable and professional. Overall, the visit was okay, but one we probably will not do again.
- Excellent seafood and wine listCowboyfanDined on 9/13/2014The red snapper and the grouper were outstanding. Very large selection of wines and the soup was incredible. Will definitely go again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great experienceAwesomeDined on 9/13/2014My husband and I have been wanting to eat there since they opened their doors. On Sept. 13 we finally had that chance. The staff was amazing, but our waiter and all who helped him were out of this world. The food was awesome, but we could not get enough of the bread with their spreads. Their salad was great , and the entree was ok. Next time we will try fish. Thank you for a wonderful experience .Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Firefly is amazingFoodTravelerDined on 9/12/2014After reading the reviews decided to try this gem out. Best decision of the weekend. Food was heaven and Ashley our server was wonderful!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just OKBeachcomer1Dined on 9/12/2014The resturant was beautiful, food was OK, service was fine. Not my favorite place to eat!! In PCB, ALSO LEFT A COMMENT THAT WE HAD A BIRTHDAY, nothing was asked about that,, wanted it to be a surprise ?Special Features:
- Great!!BreAnnDined on 9/11/2014Our group of four had a wonderful experience at Firefly. The food and service was excellent! We were visiting from out of town, but will definitely return to Firefly when in the area.Special Features:
- My Birthday DinnerbirthdaydinnerDined on 9/10/2014The food was great. Crab cakes app, hydroponic salad, Land & Sea pasta, creme brule!! The food was great as it is most of the time. Service was slow as it is most of the timeSpecial Features:
- Great!!!Aman0709Dined on 9/8/2014My husband and I really enjoyed our meal. We both had lobster and a filet. I also had the she crab soup. Every bite was incredible I highly highly recommend this restaurant!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyed ItDiningOutwithBobVIPDined on 9/8/2014Food was delicious; service very good; would definitely come back on another visit to PCB.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Interesting menuBRohrDined on 9/7/2014While situated in a shopping center, this place was much better than the area suggested. They have the typical menu but the chef prepares each item in a unique way that makes each item burst with flavor. The sauces that accompany each item are very good and worth sharing with the group. The prices a higher than expected and where they should be, but the food is great. We ate there twice. First time the server seemed to be having a bad night. Second time, server was fantStic.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/7/2014Love the She Crab Soup! The food, drinks and service were outstanding! Made for a wonderful night out. We will definitely be coming back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of the best restaurants!JenRDined on 9/7/2014Amazing food, atmosphere and service. The she-crab soup is OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!! The children's menu was a little pricey, but well worth it. This is now on my top 5 restaurants ever!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice place near the beachJAM1949Dined on 9/7/2014Service was outstanding. Although the menu features a number of seafood entrees, I ordered the 14 oz. strip steak which was marvelous. Firefly is not on the beach but close to it. It is very easy to get to and there is plenty of free parking. The dining room is well appointed and comfortable.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very quaint, special night out.KjmggsdDined on 9/6/2014We had dined at the Fire Fly restaurant for our after wedding dinner, and have been coming here every year after for our anniversary. Atmosphere is great and the servers are pleasant and the food is amazing. See you next year!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great place for celebration!MyfavDined on 9/5/2014The staff was so amazing when we came to celebrate my Dad's birthday...they kept my surprise secret and we had wonderful service! Excellent experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- As bad as "food" getsMariettaScottVIPDined on 9/4/2014Took my family to this abysmal place the other night. Greatly overpriced, and the food was absolutely awful. In addition, my son ordered a mixed drink that was terrible, and told the server he'd like something else. He was informed that he would have to pay for the drink. I spoke to the manager about this and he snarkily told me that they put a lot of effort into the drink list and the descriptions. Through tight lips he told me he'd take it off the check. Isn't he special?? I ordered the boar shank and it unremarkable, to say the least. Others in our party ordered steaks (at around $40 apiece!) and they were inedible. We already knew the manager's opinion on customer service - given his snide attitude, we decided to take our lumps
- Enjoyable evening outKJ28222Dined on 9/4/2014We have eaten at several places in PCB. This was the best. Great service and we'll prepared food.Special Features:
- The food was deliousfoodwasgoodDined on 9/2/2014The crab cakes were Awesome. I had the steak and lobster and it was very good and my wife enjoyed her Fish special as well. Everyone said get the She Crab soup, We did not care for it to much.Special Features:
- One of my all time favoritesFoodJunkiesDined on 9/1/2014We look forward to Firefly every year when visiting PCB. The food is incredible, plating is beautiful, and the service is outstanding. Firefly never disappoints - My favorite restuarant by far.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lived up to reputationRichardDined on 9/1/2014This was our first time to dine at Firefly. The décor is inviting, the service is great, and the food taster very good. The She-Crab soup is amazing as is the cheesecake.Special Features:
- Beautiful DinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/30/2014Had an awesome dinner. The food was beautiful as well as the restaurant. Waiter was very knowledgeable and friendly. A little dressy for an everyday dinner but great for a special occasion. Restaurant was a bit noisy but not unbearable.Special Features:
- First time but not our lastCarolDined on 8/30/2014This was our first time dining at Firefly. We were waiting for a special occasion and so we booked reservations for our anniversary. Since the prices were not as high as we anticipated, we are going to come back very soon. The food was exceptional and the service as well. The ambience was romantically appealing and casual.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 15 + yr ReviewAppreciateDined on 8/30/2014I return to Canopies/firefly for the past 15+ years because they are , World Class , Treat you like ROYALTY. Experience you will never forget.Special Features:
- Decent Food: Wine, Not So MuchwistasDined on 8/30/2014She-Crab Soup, was very good, but Avocado Caprese Salad, was so cold that the flavors were dull. Apple-Wood Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Cheese Grits and Red-Eye Gravy proved too rich and sweet. Andouille Crusted Snapper over Vegetable & Pecan Ratatouille with Lemon Worcestershire Sauce was perplexingly good and lacking at the same time. Although the snapper was cooked perfectly and the dish had a good taste, it was not "crusted", and I did not discern pecan or lemon in the flavors. Big mistake ordering the Featured Wines, a Chardonnay and a Merlot. Both wines were totally lacking in body, bouquet, or finish, and we really should have sent them back, but we didn't. Our server, Marian, was very knowledgeable, personable and efficient.Special Features:
- FireFly experienceTXbeachfolksDined on 8/28/2014By far the BEST restaurant in PCB. Service is excellent, food is exceptional. Prices are consist with the quality of food and service. Really enjoyed our visit.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not fine diningAnniversarycoupleDined on 8/20/2014This is a casual dining experience. Not for a romantic night out. Kids everywhere. Children crying. Little girl decided to join our table and dancing around it. Parents were unconcerned as well as the staff. On the reservation, I mentioned that it was our 30th Anniversary. Didnt seem to change anything at all. Persons who were seated after us were served their drinks and bread before we were ever acknowledged. Service was poor. The only positive was the She-Crab soup. Amazing! The pepper crusted Filet was OVER peppered but no salt. You really cannot taste anything but the pepper. Wedge salad was poorly conceived and it seems a one armed man is in charge of cutting the wedges. Clientele were grabbed at Walmart and bussed in.Special Features:
- ExtraordinarynorthcarolinaDined on 8/19/2014We were in town to celebrate our 42 wedding anniversary. Wow, what a nice place.Special Features:
- awesome restaurant!OpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 8/17/2014I have been to Firefly several times but this was a first for my husband and me together. We are food nerds and loved the entire experience. Tricia was an excellent server. We thouroughly enjoyed the eveningSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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ArtistInspireArtist's curator insight, August 24, 10:22 PM
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After a spectacular passage through the Corinth Canal on July 28 and a stop in Eretria on July 31 to August 2 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Swiss archeological excavations in this region, the world largest solar-powered boat docked in the port of Piraeus yesterday afternoon. This is the second stop on the itinerary of the TerraSubmersa scientific expedition, in collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE), and the purpose is to explain the scientific objectives of this archeological mission, which will be launched on August 11 in the Argolic Gulf (Greece).
The ship will reprise her role as a scientific platform, lending her exclusive features in service of the UNIGE researchers, whose goal is to explore the prehistoric landscapes submerged by the water, in order to reconstruct them and identify any potential traces of human activity.
Yesterday, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar has reached the Port of Piraeus in Athens, her second stop in Greece as part of the TerraSubmersa expedition, which is a collaboration between UNIGE, the Neuchâtel Latenium, the Greek Service for Underwater Antiquities, the Swiss School of Archeology in Greece, and the Hellenic Center for Maritime Research. Like Eretria, Athens is a stop intended to emphasize the work that the archeologists will carry out in the Argolic Gulf from August 11 to 22, through public and private events.
This will allow the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar to continue to prove her uses, both as a platform for communication and events, and especially as a scientific platform.
PlanetSolar's second life is not just an occasion to expand upon prestigious visits to New York, London, Paris, or Athens, or event for spectacular voyages like the crossing of the Corinth Canal, but it also offers the crew the pleasure of accomplishing the most diverse kinds of missions. Among these, TerraSubmersa, which is the highlight of our 2014 season, is certainly the most fascinating. The highly precise navigation we will need, together with the excitement of discovery… all in the magnificent setting of the Argolic Gulf. –Gérard d'Aboville, the ship's captain, declared with great enthusiasm.
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight, August 23, 3:29 AM
Brian Dettmer, a New York-based artist known as the Book Surgeon, uses tweezers, knives, scalpels and other surgical tools to dissect and carve old books into intricate and beautiful sculptures.
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Bored? Nothing to do? Why not make a 3d home for a Hermit Crab! Obvious really.
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The custom of painting these mud houses is followed since 16th century. All the decoration is done by women only.
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Maybe we should just admit that the future is unpredictable, especially the hydrogen economy. Just recently, we've seen Toyota predict the cost of hydrogen will be between $5-and-$7 per kilogram in the future. UC Davis also recently released a report that says hydrogen can be inexpensive in the future, but that likely continued fracking for natural gas will be necessary. But what if it isn't?
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight, August 15, 10:07 AM
If you've ever cut a simple snowflake out of paper, you should be able to appreciate this incredibly intricate paper art by U.S.-based artist Maude White. The painstaking detail with which she cuts her beautiful illustrations out of paper is absolutely stunning.
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Lingerie and bed hair: Clara Alonso
Lingerie and bed hair are an eternal heaven-made match – for obvious reasons. Their long-standing romance is paraded out in front of the cameras yet again for this shoot in Elle Vietnam, styled for complete timelessness by Aya Kanai. Clara Alonso wears a version of the Brigitte Bardot half-up hairstyle we're so fond of: perfect incentive for getting your back-combing technique happening, stat.
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Hotel includes modern 'non-standard' rooms with the accent to the comfort. Besides the plasma TV sets and massage showers it is featured by the exceptional sound insulation.
Special advantage for the families are family suits, 2 suits equipped with shared hall, i.e. foyer, i.e. rooms with 3 or 4 beds.
Hotel is equipped with the lift, escalator and each room is equipped with a safe for additional safety of your valuables. Pets are welcome, and car parking is available at the nearby parking lot 100 meters from the hotel. For those that wish to visit Trieste by motorcycle and stay in Hotel Roma the parking for the motorcycles is available in the area owned by the hotel. The bar is opened 24 hours a day and for all other information you may need you can address to the personnel from 6.30 till 22.30 hrs. Special services like babysitting, dog watch, laundry, restaurant reservations, theatre tickets and other events are included in the offer of Hotel Roma.
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Refers collectively to all types of digital subscriber lines, the two main categories being ADSL and SDSL. Two other types of xDSL technologies are High-data-rate DSL (HDSL) and Very high DSL (VDSL).
DSL technologies use sophisticated modulation schemes to pack data onto copper wires. They are sometimes referred to as last-mile technologies because they are used only for connections from a telephone switching station to a home or office, not between switching stations.
xDSL is similar to ISDN inasmuch as both operate over existing copper telephone lines (POTS) and both require the short runs to a central telephone office (usually less than 20,000 feet). However, xDSL offers much higher speeds - up to 32 Mbps for upstream traffic, and from 32 Kbps to over 1 Mbps for downstream traffic.
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