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Well , That must just burn the a$$ of a few liberal dream-catchers ! I mean , really ? I'm sure a few more limousine liberals will be jumping ship on the left in America , let's face it folks Hillary's past is coming forth to bite her in the behind !
LOL, you right-wing deep thinkers crack me up. You can't stand Michael Moore until he says something you agree with, then suddenly he's as savvy as Karl Rove and as visionary as Alex Jones.
Freakin' hilarious.
But come on PP , be real , Michael Moore ! He's the crowned hero of the left !.......tell me how you really feel ......:-}
I really feel that Michael Moore was saying that to make sure voters don't become complacent and stay home. He knows Hillary is not exciting to young voters, who tend to only vote when they are inspired. He is hoping to scare the bejeezus out of liberals so they will turn up at the polls. And he is right, Trump could win if there is a very low turnout. Right now, his chances are slim, given that 70% of women can't stand him, but things could change.
That's how I really feel.
Okay , that's fair ,...........I think you kind of love the divisiveness agenda of the left don't you ?
No, remember, I'm married to a Republican. I don't think I'm the divisive one. Yes, there are political operatives on the left and right who will encourage divisiveness.
Have you been watching the RNC convention? You have the nerve to talk about divisiveness while supporting that?
Yeah, okay.
The right and you have to admit it if you are a fair minded person and I believe you have it in you , has been attacked venomously by not only the left rhetoric as usual but by our very news media for years ! If you deny that then there is no hope for you or for America !
I believe you believe that.
I will grant you that venomous rhetoric goes both ways, but I will not grant you that what is happening at the RNC is in any way duplicated in a mainstream venue like the DNC. What is happening at the RNC is unprecedented, unsettling, and un-American.
I know you won't be able to absorb what is in the following piece by Eric Alterman, but I'm posting it anyway for others to read and ponder.
What's on display in Cleveland? The Republican id.
'The Right' always gets picked on... poor us, we don't do anything to deserve the ridicule that media and leftists spew at us. Our leaders are worthy of our loyalty...
Hillary doesn't have anymore past junk in her closet than any other candidate ever has - including Trump. She has a loyal base for a reason, and it isn't just because she is a woman.
IF Trump manages to get through the campaign season without p*ssing as many people off both around the world and at home - as he did during the pre-run; then Michael Moore is right, Trump could win. The liklihood of that happening is nil... in the end, we're all pretty much ourselves; and unless Trump somehow is able to grasp the concept of a more disciplined and less divisive tongue in the near future: he will fail, miserably.
This is also why Ted Cruz did not endorse him - he stands a much better chance of winning the next time around if it looks like he is 'sticking to his guns'. That looks really good to the conservative base.They like that. Plus, if Trump actually does manage to screw up even before the election is over - he can be seen as the 'go to guy' to recover face by being able to say, 'see, I told you so' and 'I kept the faith after others gave up', etc. (practically making him a shoe-in next time). Ted only committed political suicide if Trump wins. I honestly think the GOP did that on purpose to create a 'scape goat' for if/when Trump fails. They are good at manipulating things and WANT their party 'set right' again.
I'm watching Trump... I've already said that I'm voting for Hillary for lots of good reasons; but Trump COULD become the GOP's Obama if he doesn't f*ck up - which, he probably will. If he doesn't, and does a good job of acting like the kind of person I would WANT to represent my country; AND manages to present some good, 'do-able' ideas - we'll see. I'm not holding my breath. I have been known to vote for a GOP candidate in the past, though it has been a while.
That's where I am at, as well...
Thanks Panther, maybe I can skip this thread...
+1, spot on.
Fivethirtyeight predicts a 60% chance of Hillary winning. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/201 … -forecast/
Nate Silver is exceptionally good at what he does. The odds are very much in Hillary's favor. I am curious to see if Donald will receive the traditional convention bounce after that highly unconventional hate fest.
I just finished watching his speech and I feel like I've been slimed and dipped in poo. Time to take a shower and meditate to repel all that hate and fear he regurgitated across the air waves.. Ugh.
Right wing and deep thinking? That is a contradiction of terms..
On these forums? You betcha. My feeble attempt at humor. ;-)
But I wish I could articulate just how I feel about that how deep thinking conservatives are ! And just how emotively thinking and planning that the left is ! Purely and simply , small government is always best because of the immanent waste of emotional and unreasonable social entitlement thinking is .
I guess you were thinking so deeply you forgot to write a coherent sentence.
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"How Else Could A Socialist Win 22 States?" Moore said.* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLsRFcgHkvAHe claims that no one trusts Democrats anymore – because if they did a "socialist" (Bernie) would not...
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Michael Moore tweeted recently that he thinks snipers are cowards. Here's a couple of links to some valid news sources that'll explain it far better than I could:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/1 …...
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He says "we've" allowed a few rich people to take all the money and keep it. And "we" need to get it back from them.http://www.theblaze.com/stories/really- … from-them/Anti-capitalism in...
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Michael Moore says, capitalism has proved its failed. According to him, Wall Street took our money and made bets with it.What is your view on this topic.- A little cat (Emdi)
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Moore has opined that Trump's inability to be anybody other than who he has been his entire life will lead him to be either impeached or to resign, when he finds out that the presidency is not all about...
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Come to Boston Michael , see if you can't defend these acts of terror , or maybe even blame them on George Bush , perhaps its all just a government conspiracy ? I can't wait to read the conspiracy theories...
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Just in case you were wondering, this is the Nicholson house at the moment.
Make-over for now-gothic Rose – I like it!
Sophia:Remember when we had triplets?
I bloody do Sophia, _
Matt got to the top of the business career.
I gave Alex some new clothes too.
Katy got fired on her first day of work… I guess she didn't like the work?
Oh, here come the waterworks…
Whad? Why are we congratulating Alex on being born?!
Alex: It was nothing, really.
Sophia liked gardening lots, so I expanded a little vegetable plot.
Katy: HEY DAD, DAD, DAD, LOOK WHAT I CAN DO! DAD!
Matt: Not now, fishing.
What is up with Katy and her owl-like neck?
Rose: OMG, NOBODY GETS ME EXCEPT FOR MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!
That's right Rose, you say no to
Kids, remember,
Okay, enough with the LSD jokes.
Perverted Social Bunny.
Rose's gooone Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy.
Sophia and Matt had WooHoo while Angel was in the house. D'oh.
Of course, Sophia was going to have none of it.
And now she has none of her diginity, either!
Yes, this is after she beat up Sophia.
Alex invited this girl over. He was like "W00t".
No no no, Sophia. This is Alex's, not yours.
Go for it, I'm not stopping you.
Good lad.
At the same time, Katy fancied this lad. Remember him? Yep, one of Sophia's lovers. This is going to be interesting.
Lol, I like it when Sims talk to their plants.
They had their first fire! AND NOBODY NOTICED IT! Seriously, they just continued to do what they were doing. They don't actually have a memory of it either, all Katy has is a bad memory about burning the food. *headdesk*
Alex and… bugger, I can't remember her name… went on a date.
Aww, cute.
First kiss for Alex.
Alex: OMG, you know my sister, Katy? She got admitted into private school!
Alex's Girl: LOLZ!!! That's well harsh! Funny tho!!!
Yes, she is naked.
Yes, she's STILL naked. Put some clothes on, you whore!
Shut up Sophia, like you haven't seen naked teenaged bodies before, skank.
OMG YAY, it's my Vampire Garden Club Representive! She didn't actually feel the sunlight until the garden club inspection was over.
Katy also got her first kiss.
Oh god, that's Carys, Alice's mum. I don't like where this is going either…
Talk about subtle, Alex _
LOL! You wouldn't be able to take him seriously, if he made that face at you when he was shouting at you.
Oh dear, Matt is furious with his son. It's not his fault that you went and had some infidelity sex with someone else.
I don't know how to even describe this picture. It looks like Angel's going to kidnap Katy, though.
Synchronised yelling at! A bit too late, she's half way down the road…
Is anyone else getting it where the penguin is randomly appearing in seasons apart from Winter?
Katy ended up having a social bunny too – I'm a bit negligent about their social needs…
Off they go to College! From left to right; Katy, Alex's girl, Alex, Alice, Rose. They allll need make-overs and new clothes.
That's it for this part, next time – The College Years. Sorry this one took so long, I'll try and be a bit quicker with the next part.
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The Storm Shakes the Shield
by Hans Christian Andersen(1865)
IN the old days, when grandpapa was quite a little boy, and ran about in little red breeches and a red coat, and a feather in his cap―for that's the costume the little boys wore in his time when they were dressed in their best―many things were very different from what they are now. There was often a good deal of show in the streets―show that we don't see nowadays, because it has been abolished as too old-fashioned. Still, it is very interesting to hear grandfather tell about it.
It must really have been a gorgeous sight to behold, in those days, when the shoemaker brought over the shield, when the court-house was changed. The silken flag waved to and fro, on the shield itself a double eagle was displayed, and a big boot; the youngest lads carried the "welcome," and the chest of the workmen's guild, and their shirt-sleeves were adorned with red and white ribbons; the elder ones carried drawn swords, each with a lemon stuck on its point. There was a full band of music, and the most splendid of all the instruments was the "bird," as grandfather called the big stick with the crescent on the top, and all manner of dingle-dangles hanging to it―a perfect Turkish clatter of music. The stick was lifted high in the air, and swung up and down till it jingled again, and quite dazzled one's eyes when the sun shone on all its glory of gold, and silver, and brass.
In front of the procession ran the Harlequin, dressed in clothes made of all kinds of colored patches artfully sewn together, with a black face, and bells on his head like a sledge horse. He beat the people with his bat, which made a great clattering without hurting them, and the people would crowd together and fall back, only to advance again the next moment. Little boys and girls fell over their own toes into the gutter, old women dispensed digs with their elbows, and looked sour, and took snuff. One laughed, another chatted; the people thronged the windows and door-steps, and even all the roofs. The sun shone; and although they had a little rain too, that was good for the farmer; and when they got wetted thoroughly, they only thought what a blessing it was for the country.
And what stories grandpapa could tell! As a little boy he had seen all these fine doings in their greatest pomp. The oldest of the policemen used to make a speech from the platform on which the shield was hung up, and the speech was in verse, as if it had been made by a poet, as, indeed it had; for three people had concocted it together, and they had first drunk a good bowl of punch, so that the speech might turn out well.
And the people gave a cheer for the speech, but they shouted much louder for the Harlequin, when he appeared in front of the platform, and made a grimace at them.
The fools played the fool most admirably, and drank mead out of spirit-glasses, which they then flung among the crowd, by whom they were caught up. Grandfather was the possessor of one of these glasses, which had been given him by a working mason, who had managed to catch it. Such a scene was really very pleasant; and the shield on the new court-house was hung with flowers and green wreaths.
"One never forgets a feast like that, however old one may grow," said grandfather. Nor did he forget it, though he saw many other grand spectacles in his time, and could tell about them too; but it was most pleasant of all to hear him tell about the shield that was brought in the town from the old to the new court-house.
Once, when he was a little boy, grandpapa had gone with his parents to see this festivity. He had never yet been in the metropolis of the country. There were so many people in the streets, that he thought that the shield was being carried. There were many shields to be seen; a hundred rooms might have been filled with pictures, if they had been hung up inside and outside. At the tailor's were pictures of all kinds of clothing, to show that he could stitch up people from the coarsest to the finest; at the tobacco manufacturer's were pictures of the most charming little boys, smoking cigars, just as they do in reality; there were signs with painted butter, and herring, clerical collars, and coffins, and inscriptions and announcements into the bargain. A person could walk up and down for a whole day through the streets, and tire himself out with looking at the pictures; and then he would know all about what people lived in the houses, for they had hung out their shields or signs; and, as grandfather said, it was a very instructive thing, in a great town, to know at once who the inhabitants were.
And this is what happened with these shields, when grandpapa came to the town. He told it me himself, and he hadn't "a rogue on his back," as mother used to tell me he had when he wanted to make me believe something outrageous, for now he looked quite trustworthy.
The first night after he came to the town had been signalized by the most terrible gale ever recorded in the newspapers―a gale such as none of the inhabitants had ever before experienced. The air was dark with flying tiles; old wood-work crashed and fell; and a wheelbarrow ran up the streets all alone, only to get out of the way. There was a groaning in the air, and a howling and a shrieking, and altogether it was a terrible storm. The water in the canal rose over the banks, for it did not know where to run. The storm swept over the town, carrying plenty of chimneys with it, and more than one proud weathercock on a church tower had to bow, and has never got over it from that time.
There was a kind of sentry-house, where dwelt the venerable old superintendent of the fire brigade, who always arrived with the last engine. The storm would not leave this little sentry-house alone, but must needs tear it from its fastenings, and roll it down the street; and, wonderfully enough, it stopped opposite to the door of the dirty journeyman plasterer, who had saved three lives at the last fire, but the sentry-house thought nothing of that.
The barber's shield, the great brazen dish, was carried away, and hurled straight into the embrasure of the councillor of justice; and the whole neighborhood said this looked almost like malice, inasmuch as they, and nearly all the friends of the councillor's wife, used to call that lady "the Razor" for she was so sharp that she knew more about other people's business than they knew about it themselves.
A shield with a dried salt fish painted on it flew exactly in front of the door of a house where dwelt a man who wrote a newspaper. That was a very poor joke perpetrated by the gale, which seemed to have forgotten that a man who writes in a paper is not the kind of person to understand any liberty taken with him; for he is a king in his own newspaper, and likewise in his own opinion.
The weathercock flew to the opposite house, where he perched, looking the picture of malice―so the neighbors said.
The cooper's tub stuck itself up under the head of "ladies' costumes."
The eating-house keeper's bill of fare, which had hung at his door in a heavy frame, was posted by the storm over the entrance to the theatre, where nobody went. "It was a ridiculous list―horse-radish, soup, and stuffed cabbage." And now people came in plenty.
The fox's skin, the honorable sign of the furrier, was found fastened to the bell-pull of a young man who always went to early lecture, and looked like a furled umbrella. He said he was striving after truth, and was considered by his aunt "a model and an example."
The inscription "Institution for Superior Education" was found near the billiard club, which place of resort was further adorned with the words, "Children brought up by hand." Now, this was not at all witty; but, you see, the storm had done it, and no one has any control over that.
It was a terrible night, and in the morning―only think!―nearly all the shields had changed places. In some places the inscriptions were so malicious, that grandfather would not speak of them at all; but I saw that he was chuckling secretly, and there may have been some inaccuracy in his description, after all.
The poor people in the town, and still more the strangers, were continually making mistakes in the people they wanted to see; nor was this to be avoided, when they went according to the shields that were hung up. Thus, for instance, some who wanted to go to a very grave assembly of elderly men, where important affairs were to be discussed, found themselves in a noisy boys' school, where all the company were leaping over the chairs and tables.
There were also people who made a mistake between the church and the theatre, and that was terrible indeed!
Such a storm we have never witnessed in our day; for that only happened in grandpapa's time, when he was quite a little boy. Perhaps we shall never experience a storm of the kind, but our grandchildren may; and we can only hope and pray that all may stay at home while the storm is moving the shields.


text: I hear ya. After seeing those pics posted, I'm glad I went to sleep at 10PM. Great event nonetheless. It was great seeing faces and putting names to them. I would like to give a huge thank you to all that organized this event. This was my first //S-fest and after reading what Paul wrote, I hope I can continue going every year. This will be a annual event for me. Did I mention I had a great time? Tom, great pictures, I can't wait to see more from others. I have seen some other, especially from the group I drove up with. How much fun can one have in one weekend? Spirited driving, great food, great friends, great beer, getting locked in the port-a-potty as soon as I got there! (thanks Uncle Bob!), getting let out by a beautiful South American woman (thank you again Uncle Bob!) great beer, great food, falling asleep in my car with the sound of Group B. Trans Am and IMSA Audi race cars in the back ground. Just awesome! Absolutely gorgeous S-car's that were well represented. Thanks for t he great time! Does anyone remember asking me "what color is that car?" :) LOL, I must have heard that over 100 times! Jim Furdyn The only S-car there that wasn't a factory color!


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The animals called rodents make up about 40 per cent of all mammals. They're very widespread and live in all kinds of extreme environments worldwide.
But one rodent called the naked mole rat is very special – it doesn't seem to age, it doesn't feel some kinds of pain, it lives in communities like bees and ants, and it never gets cancer.
First of all, the name 'naked mole rat' is dead wrong. It's not naked (it's mostly covered with naked skin but it does have about 100 hairs), it's not a mole and even though it's a rodent, it's not a rat. It's closer to porcupines and guinea pigs than rats.
The naked mole rat lives in the dry, high plateaus of East Africa. It's about 8 to 10 centimetres long and weighs about 30 grams. They live in groups of about 20 to 300 individuals — though usually about 70 or so.
They dig with their teeth underground tunnels that are kilometres long. In fact, about one-third of all their muscles are in their jaw. For humans the corresponding part is our leg.
As in a bee colony, there are many females but only one has sex and makes babies. She is serviced by between one and three males. And, again as in a bee hive, all the other naked mole rats in the burrow are organised in castes. So some dig tunnels, some are warriors, some look after the babies, some forage for food, and so on.
Naked mole rats are vegetarians — apart from eating their own dead babies and their faeces.
Another odd thing about them is that they don't feel chemical pain, such as from acid or capsaicin — that's the stuff that makes chilli hot. This is probably because their underground tunnels are not well ventilated so the carbon dioxide level is not the 400 parts per million we currently enjoy, but 50,000 parts per million or five per cent. We humans can only function for about four hours in levels that high. But naked mole rats do it all their lives.
The problem is that the carbon dioxide dissolves in water to make acid, which both disrupts normal physiological functioning as well as being painful. But the naked mole rat has evolved to not feel any pain and function normally for their whole life.
And speaking of lives, they're incredibly long-lived. Animals of their size and weight usually live for only a few years. Naked mole rats have lived for over 30 years. And during that long life they don't show any signs of ageing – no osteoporosis, no muscular frailty, no mental decline and no slowing down of various organ systems. They stay strong and robust until the end.
And speaking of the end. They don't get cancer. Cancers account for about 10 to 15 per cent of all human deaths, and about 90 per cent of all mice and rat deaths — providing they can avoid cats and the like. Naked mole rats — zero cancer deaths. They simply don't get any cancers.
We've found several different pathways or adaptations they use to avoid cancer. One is called early contact inhibition. The 'contact' refers to cells touching or contacting each other. Normally the cells in your body are always dying and always regenerating. And normally they regenerate and grow to a certain stage. Once they have replaced what was there originally they stop growing. Cancer cells do not stop growing in most animals. But they do in the naked mole rat.
If you get a bunch of normal human cells and grow them on a culture plate they'll grow until they form a single thin mono layer on that plate then stop. But cells from the naked mole rat won't even get to the single thin mono-layer stage. Once they sense another naked mole rat cell nearby, they'll stop growing. So inside a naked mole rat, if a cell turns cancerous it will try to keep on growing without limit, but naked mole rat cells have the so-called early contact inhibition. As soon as they get too close in contact with each other, they inhibit growth. The cancerous cell just withers on the vine.
In terms of living longer and more robustly, how to bypass certain types of pain, and how to foil cancers, naked mole rats have so much to teach us.
And that's a bare fact ….
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Back in 2008, I moved to San Francisco, CA from my home state of Oregon. It was a big jump as I had never been to San Francisco before. The move presented a plethora of new opportunities and challenges. The first of which was joining a competitive Skeeball league called Brewskee-Ball. In November of 2008, I joined San Francisco's Brewskee-ball with some of my newly made SF friends. It was a magical time!
I quickly fell in love with the game of Skeeball, so much so that I went on to eBay and bought my very own Skeeball machine. It was 13 feet long and barely fit into my one bedroom apartment. It was so crazy that one of my friends thought I was idiot for stuffing this classic arcade game into my living space. I didn't let the naysayers slow down my love for the game.
In February 2010, Brewskee-Ball hosted the very first Skeeball National Championships in Brooklyn, NY and I was a top seed from San Francisco. I was very confident that I'd win or at least make a very deep run in the tourney. It was in the 3rd round that I got knocked out and lost to the eventual champion, Skee Diddy. This sparked a fire in my competitive and professional eyes.
I went back to San Francisco and practiced in the league and on my own machine. During all of this practice, a very unique SF-based startup, Airbnb, decided to rent my Skeeball machine for their 2nd anniversary party. We disassembled the Skeeball machine and delivered it to the party. This party was the genesis of my new company…Joey the Cat Skeeball Rentals. The notion was that there could be a market for people/companies to rent Skeeball machines, go figure!
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Haim Bresheeth was travelling on a London-bound train from Oxford, where he had just given a lecture.
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Mr Bresheeth claims he blasted: "In this country we speak English! Can't you speak English, sir?"
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Four days ago it was my youngest son's birthday. I woke up early and made him breakfast in bed, handed over presents of a Lego Steve and toy light sabers (he is way too young for a real light saber), then I packed my bags.
My wife and I had debated driving all night on the 4th, but instead decided we really didn't have enough resources to drive the family 1,000 miles away in a car with well over 200,000 miles on it just so dad could go to a conference. Again and again I've had to justify to my wife why I was spending my own money to go to Washington DC for a conference. She is used to losing me for the occasional Saturday, especially when the conferences are free, this time I spent close to $400 to pay for the trip.
Luckily I have relatives who would have taken offense if I didn't sleep in the guest room and eat all their food because my district won't pay for out-of-state conferences. I also used vacation days, I don't earn professional development credit, and as career networking goes, well this is education and an edcamp to boot, there just won't be high-powered executive looking to hire away great talent. I love my job, but occasionally I dream about being able to pay the mortgage on a regular basis.
On Friday June 6th 7:30 AM I showed my driver's license to the security guard and was permitted to enter the hallowed halls of the Department of Education. Over the past several months an energetic and very excited teacher fellow, Emily Davis (I think the only person, besides myself, at the edcamp who follows more people on twitter then she has followers), had worked hard to carve out space for us edcampers to do what we do at edcamps right there under the noses of the driving force of programs such as Race To The Top.
Mr. Duncan stopped in for a few minutes in the morning and then was off. The cynical amongst us called it a drive by, others reasoned that one should not expect the Secretary of Education to dump his entire schedule to chat up a random selection of teachers. (Rumor has it that he had an interview with NPR.)
There were some folks from the Department of Education in the sessions with us, some more obvious than others. The great thing about an edcamp is one person is the same as another. Perhaps if Duncan had stuck around, all the sessions he took part in would have devolved into a group of people trying to talk at him, (and occasionally throwing tomatoes). It may have been for the best that he left us alone to try to do what we do at edcamp.
There are always a few session on policy at an edcamp. This of course was edcampusa, some, perhaps all, thought is was the opportunity to have real teacher voice heard at the Department of Education. Whatever, we aren't the first group of teachers to visit, though perhaps the first grassroots group of teachers. Edcampers are by no means a political organization, rather they are educators who are actively stepping up to make changes in their schools and classroom. I guess, being invited to the Department of Education felt like being asked to consult on policy.
During edcampchicago in 2012 (maybe 2013) I led a session on the RESPECT document. A paper written by former Department of Education fellows about how they envision a "renewed and transformed teaching profession in the 21st Century." I talked to one of those fellows during that time and she said that as Arnie went on a bus tour around the country they would set up shop at each stop and ask teachers to comment and improve the document. There was space online at the Department of Education website, that allowed interested educators to comment on the document. During my session at edcampchicago of 300 attendees I think 4 showed up.
At edcampusa my session on webmaking with Mozilla was only attended by one person. (the session on maker spaces had 6 I think) She knew more about the subject than I did. As a college professor she was excited to see what happens when kids get a hold of tools such as webmaker and Scratch. On the other end of the spectrum, sessions on "How we should schools be evaluated" and "Measuring Education" were generally full. I guess we should forget about the classroom and focus on fixing education, isn't that the way most reformers do it?
At work as a technology integration and professional developer I spend a lot of time talking about pedagogy. Using technology is not about the technology, it's about quality teaching practices. The teachers don't like it, the new boss wrote me up for it. Yet, I refuse to change, I refuse to be a person who teaches tools. (Seriously, when was the last time your boss hired someone to teach you how to use the accounting software at work?)
Most teachers and edcampers aren't policy wonks, they are interested in changing classrooms. This can be seen as policy talk, but what we really do at edcamp is talk pedagogy, even if we don't call it pedagogy. Pedagogy is the basis of quality classroom instruction, it is also the bedrock under which we should write school policy.
The natural question is how much of the policy talk actually made it across to the people in the Department of Education. Were the people from the Department of Education, that joined us in session mostly teacher fellows, there for a year and gone, or were they full-time staffers who actually have a voice in creating education policy? (How many people in these huge public buildings actually affect policy and how many just keep the government running?) We certainly had a star-studded group of educators who could speak well on such topics as education policy. Just these 8 could make a think tank worth millions.
Then again, to not have heard what we have been saying for so many years, testing is being misused and is statistically useless for evaluating teachers, schools need to be more student-centered, teachers need a voice, the model of schools we use is hopelessly outdated, and more. All of these things are not new, they are not a big secret. Heck, most of them are in the RESPECT document. They are just not being implemented.
Did we need to go to the Department of Education to tell them? Or do they need to come to us and see what we really do? Tom Whitby suggested that instead of doing a bunch of edcampusa in Washington DC, the staff should leave Washington and visit edcamps around the country. I know they have gone out in the past to visit schools, but the dog and pony shows that happen when outsiders visit a classroom is not a true indication of what really happens in our schools. Take a Saturday and spend 5 or 6 hours with teachers, don't even tell them you are from the DOE, edcamps are like that, they don't check your credentials at the door. Just be careful you might learn something.


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Kazakhstan Suggests Expanding Number Of Participants In Astana Process On Syria
ASTANA, April 10. /TASS/. Kazakhstan suggests expanding the number of participants in the Astana process on Syria, the country's Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov told reporters commenting on the current situation.
According to him, Kazakhstan has been waiting for the guarantor countries of the Astana process to provide information about the planned meeting in Iran's capital of Tehran as well as on the next Astana meeting scheduled to be held on May 3-4. "Kazakhstan would like all the parties interested in strengthening the Syrian ceasefire to participate in the Astana process. Not only those who are already involved as observers – the number of participants could be expanded. It is for the guarantor countries to decide," Abdrakhmanov said.
He added that Kazakhstan continued making preparations for the next Astana meeting on Syria. "This time it is easier for us as the guarantor countries informed us beforehand that they were going to arrange a technical meeting in Tehran and hold the main meeting in Astana on May 3-4. We have time, everything will be done as far as the protocol and logistics issues go," the Kazakh top diplomat added.


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On Saturday, I had plenty of thinking time in the airport. Some advise for when you fly, don't try to take an Ionic Breeze as carry on. When we were sitting in the airport, I watched them test one for chemical remnants, and they found some, so it, and the guy, and his luggage had to go through special security. He should have just had it shipped. Also, don't wear a belt.


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Customer Satisfaction May Suffer as ESPs Play a Diminished Role
Organizations are experiencing project savings of 25 to 40 percent by deploying CRM applications in a software as a service (SaaS) model, according to Gartner Inc. Gartner said that its clients were making these savings from reduced application expense and lower implementation costs.
Much of the savings that organizations are making is a result of a lesser dependence on large external service providers (ESPs), which typically help businesses improve customer processes as part of the CRM engagement but which play less of a role when SaaS is involved. Among the top 100 SaaS deployments in 2007 and 2008, fewer than 10 percent involved a large system integrator or an external enterprise business consulting team. This would indicate that the role of ESPs in designing, measuring and driving CRM process improvements will diminish at enterprises deploying SaaS solutions for CRM through 2012.
"Due to the increasing use of SaaS for CRM, ESPs — which include business consulting and system integration services — will have less influence on CRM processes as SaaS accelerates," said Michael Maoz, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "This could result in an erosion of customer satisfaction among large enterprises that invest in SaaS solutions unless they invest their own resources to measure and manage long-term CRM process improvements."
Gartner expects a similar drop in customer experience scores from midsize businesses. They're a stronger target for SaaS offerings, and they rarely use ESPs for business consulting skills.
Mr. Maoz said that many projects that involve complex customer service contact centers are reported to be "on hold" until better references are available from the large enterprise application vendors that are in the process of releasing a new generation of their products. However, he said that SaaS is the deployment model of choice for an increasing number of projects. Gartner predicts that all forms of SaaS-delivered customer service applications in the call center will grow by more than 20 percent per year through 2012, and this will deliver significant savings. By 2012, 30 percent of new customer service and support application investments will be through the SaaS model.
Because SaaS applications lack sophistication in BPM and process design, and due to the absence of ESPs offering business process advice, the growing spread of SaaS CRM applications threatens CRM efforts. "There will be significant savings in infrastructure and resource costs in migrating to SaaS, but to put that money to work in customer process improvements, careful performance measurement of 'before' and 'after' project spending will need to be performed," Mr. Maoz said. "If this does not happen, then the savings will be shortsighted, as they will not improve the relationship with the end customer."
In a difficult economic climate, it stands to reason that many businesses will make similar choices and choose not to measure the benefits of the SaaS model. Gartner's advice to organizations deploying SaaS for CRM is to ask the software solution provider for its CRM process credentials and those of its ESP partners.
Additional information is available in the Gartner report "SaaS CRM Reduces Costs and Use of Consultants." The report is available on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=778215&subref=simplesearch.
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Ratings based on 738 Verified Reviews
2.8 Room cleanliness
3.2 Service & staff
2.9 Room comfort
2.4 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by frances from Philadelphia
Posted Oct 1, 2015 on Hotels
The first room smelled very bad but they moved us quickly to a better room.
by Mary from Allentown, PA
Don't Do I To Yourself!Posted Sep 16, 2015 on Hotels
This is the 2nd time I've stayed here and definetly wouldn't stay again. I said that before but a friend booked her room here and I basically had no choice but to book it again. To start off as before, we couldn't get in our room and had to go to reception three times before the key card worked. The rooms are outdated, the carpets are dirty and the whole place smells like the bay. We stayed for 2 days and our room was never cleaned and our beds never made. We had to ask for clean towels. The blanket on my friends bed had some strange stain...she couldn't sleep all night thinking about bedbugs. Never ever again! I'd rather sleep in my car than stay there again.
by kalpeshkumar from parsippany
Posted Sep 12, 2015 on Hotels
In next room 10 students gether and some drink party late night with too much noise until 3 am. its fine but manager has to give them a room in a corner so didnot disturb other guest.
by Tadeusz
Posted Sep 11, 2015 on Hotels
by hazel-ann from Brooklyn all day
Great stayPosted Sep 10, 2015 on Hotels
I was very skeptical about renting a room for 67 bucks and based on all the negative reviews from other ppl,, however!!!!! I must say I was a pleasantly surprised!!!! The customer service rep named perry is outstanding!!!! He helped us with all our questions and was never rude !!! He needs a raise! He was so nice to other guest as well!! Bottom line, don't judge a book by its cover, and perry well done!!!!
by Christopher
Posted Sep 9, 2015 on Hotels
by A verified traveler
Posted Sep 7, 2015
The rooms don't look like the way they show on the website, so think before u book...
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Needs Work. No ice all weekend. The pool was dirtyPosted Sep 5, 2015
Pros: The staff and the rooms and the breakfast.
Cons: Get the pool clean and ice working.
Location: A lot.
I have been coming for about 3 years. They have been trying to fix up the place. It needs works.
by A verified traveler
Posted Sep 1, 2015 on Hotels
While the room is cleam, the hotel is incredibly out dated. The rooms have probably not been updated in over 10 years, easily. The rooms have old tube TVs, old carpeting, old wooden doors with the gold colored door knobs. This is basically a place to shower and sleep. Even the shower heads are really old. The complimentary "breakfast" is muffins, danishes, some drinks. Charging over $120 for a Saturday is a joke. This is a $40/night hotel. With what they charge on the weekends, you'd think this place would be a little more up to date. Also, the parking lot is very poorly lit.
by Porfirio from Rahway nj
Smoking weed wasnt nessasary at allPosted Sep 1, 2015 on Hotels
Other guest were smoking mariguana in hall rooms and room across us didnt like that was traveling with my children wont stay here again