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The Worst Teacher in Chicago September 12, 2012
Posted by rogerhollander in Chicago, Education, Labor.Tags: arne duncan, benno schmidt, charter schools, chicago, chicago strike, edison schools, education, Greg Palast, public educatiion, Rahm Emanuel, roger hollander, standardized tests, teacher's strike, teachers
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Roger's note: sorry to inundate you with articles on the Chicago Teachers Strike, but here is one more I found interesting and insightful.
Greg Palast is the author of the new Book Billionalres and Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps. For two decades, Palast was an investigator for Chicago-area unions, including the Chicago Teachers Union.
They've almost stopped pretending, too. Both the Right Wing-nuts and the Obama Administration laud the "progress" of New Orleans' schools–a deeply sick joke. The poorest students, that struggle most with standardized tests, were drowned or washed away.
One thing Democrat Emanuel and Republican Romney both demand of Chicago teachers is that their pay, their jobs, depend on "standardized tests." Yes, but whose standard?
But Rahm, after all, is just imposing Bush education law which should be called, No Child's Behind Left.
Mayor's Kids Private School is What Public Schools Should Be September 12, 2012
Posted by rogerhollander in Chicago, Education, Labor.Tags: arne duncan, chicago, chicago strike, ctu, education, karen lewis, labor, labour, mike elk, private schools, public education, Rahm Emanuel, roger hollander, standarized tests, teacher evaluations, teacher's strike, unions
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Director of Private School Where Rahm Sends His Kids Opposes Using Testing for Teacher Evaluations
CTU President Karen Lewis says she would love to use University of Chicago Lab School as model for public schools
Unlike occasional teacher union opponent Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel does not send his kids to public schools. Instead, Emanuel's children attend one of the most elite prep schools in Chicago, the University of Chicago Lab School, where the annual tuition is more than $20,000. (Emanuel has repeatedly refused to answer questions about why he eschews public schools for his children, telling reporters that it is a private family decision.)
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel eschews the city's public schools in favor of the University of Chicago Lab School, who director eschews Emanuel's idea of "reform." (Zol87/Flickr/Creative Commons)
The conditions at the University of Chicago Lab Schools are dramatically different than those at Chicago Public Schools, which are currently closed with teachers engaged in a high-profile strike. The Lab School has seven full-time art teachers to serve a student population of 1,700. By contrast, only 25% of Chicago's "neighborhood elementary schools" have both a full-time art and music instructor. The Lab School has three different libraries, while 160 Chicago public elementary schools do not have a library.
"Physical education, world languages, libraries and the arts are not frills. They are an essential piece of a well-rounded education," wrote University of Chicago Lab School Director David Magill on the school's website in February 2009.
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis agrees with Magill, and believes what works for Mayor Emanuel's kids should be a prescription for the rest of the city.
"I'm actually glad that he did [send his kids to Lab School] because it gave me an opportunity to look at how the Lab school functions," Lewis told Chicago magazine in November 2011. "I thought he gave us a wonderful pathway to seeing what a good education looks like, and I think he's absolutely right, and so we love that model. We would love to see that model throughout."
One of the key sticking points in union negotiations is that Emanuel wants to use standardized tests scores to count for 40 percent of the basis of teacher evaluations. Earlier this year, more than 80 researchers from 16 Chicago-area universities signed an open letter to Emanuel, criticizing the use of standardized test scores for this purpose. "The new evaluation system for teachers and principals centers on misconceptions about student growth, with potentially negative impact on the education of Chicago's children," they wrote.
CTU claims that nearly 30% of its members could be dismissed within one to two years if the proposed evaluation process is put into effect and has opposed using tests scores as the basis of evaluation. They're joined in their opposition to using testing in evaulations by Magill.
Writing on the University of Chicago's Lab School website two years ago, Magill noted, "Measuring outcomes through standardized testing and referring to those results as the evidence of learning and the bottom line is, in my opinion, misguided and, unfortunately, continues to be advocated under a new name and supported by the current [Obama] administration."
While Magill could not be reached for direct comment on the specifics of the Chicago Teachers' strike, his past writings on the school's site suggest he might be supportive.
"I shudder to think of who would be attracted to teach in our public schools without unions," Magill wrote on the school's website in February 2009, adding that, even with unions, many teachers "have had no choice but to take on second jobs to make ends meet."
But Magill's writings also note just how fine a line CTU will have to walk to keep public sentiment, which currently supports the strike 47% to 39%, on its side according to one recent poll. Acknowledging the "distressing…generational change in the public's attitude toward teachers," Magill writes, "Some would say that teachers are responsible for this change by publicly participating in actions designed to bring attention to sub-standard working conditions and compensation. These actions often cause unintended collateral damage to students. Parents and the public at large have long memories when the education of their children is interrupted. We must find a way to conclude collective bargaining without raising doubts about the professionalism of those whose work should be valued the most."
The People Behind the Lawmakers Out to Destroy Public Education: A Primer May 2, 2012
Posted by rogerhollander in Education, Right Wing.Tags: alec, arne duncan, charter schools, chris christie, cyber charter, diane ravitch, education, gates foundation, jeb bush, koch brothers, privatization, public education, Rahm Emanuel, right wing, roger hollander, teachers, teachers' unions
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Published on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by Bridging the Difference Blog / Ed Week
What You Need To Know About ALEC
Since the 2010 elections, when Republicans took control of many states, there has been an explosion of legislation advancing privatization of public schools and stripping teachers of job protections and collective bargaining rights. Even some Democratic governors, seeing the strong rightward drift of our politics, have jumped on the right-wing bandwagon, seeking to remove any protection for academic freedom from public school teachers.
This outburst of anti-public school, anti-teacher legislation is no accident. It is the work of a shadowy group called the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. Founded in 1973, ALEC is an organization of nearly 2,000 conservative state legislators. Its hallmark is promotion of privatization and corporate interests in every sphere, not only education, but healthcare, the environment, the economy, voting laws, public safety, etc. It drafts model legislation that conservative legislators take back to their states and introduce as their own "reform" ideas. ALEC is the guiding force behind state-level efforts to privatize public education and to turn teachers into at-will employees who may be fired for any reason. The ALEC agenda is today the "reform" agenda for education.
ALEC operated largely in the dark for years, but gained notoriety because of the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. It turns out that ALEC crafted the "Stand Your Ground" legislation that empowered George Zimmerman to kill an unarmed teenager with the defense that he (the shooter) felt threatened. When the bright light of publicity was shone on ALEC, a number of corporate sponsors dropped out, including McDonald's, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Mars, Wendy's, Intuit, Kaplan, and PepsiCo. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said that it would not halt its current grant to ALEC, but pledged not to provide new funding. ALEC has some 300 corporate sponsors, including Walmart, the Koch Brothers, and AT&T, so there's still quite a lot of corporate support for its free-market policies. ALEC claimed that it is the victim of a campaign of intimidation.
The campaign to privatize the schools and to dismantle the teaching profession is in full swing. Where is the leadership to oppose it?
Groups like Common Cause and colorofchange.org have been putting ALEC's model legislation online and printing the names of its sponsors. They have also published sharp criticism of ALEC's ideas. This is hardly intimidation. It's the democratic process at work. A website called alecexposed.org has published ALEC's policy agenda. Common Cause posted the agenda for the meeting of ALEC on May 11 in Charlotte, N.C. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has dropped out of ALEC and also withdrawn from the May 11 conference, where it was originally going to be a presenter.
A recent article in the Newark Star-Ledger showed how closely New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's "reform" legislation is modeled on ALEC's work in education. Wherever you see states expanding vouchers, charters, and other forms of privatization, wherever you see states lowering standards for entry into the teaching profession, wherever you see states opening up new opportunities for profit-making entities, wherever you see the expansion of for-profit online charter schools, you are likely to find legislation that echoes the ALEC model.
ALEC has been leading the privatization movement for nearly 40 years, but the only thing new is the attention it is getting, and the fact that many of its ideas are now being enacted. Just last week, the Michigan House of Representatives expanded the number of cyber charters that may operate in the state, even though the academic results for such online schools are dismal.
Who is on the education task force of ALEC? The members of the task force as of July 2011 are here. Several members represent for-profit online companies, including the co-chair from Connections Academy; many members come from for-profit higher education corporations. There is someone from Jeb Bush's foundation, as well as right-wing think tank people. There are charter school representatives, as well as Scantron. And the task force includes a long list of state legislators, from Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Quite a lineup. Common Cause has asked why ALEC is considered a "charity" by the Internal Revenue Service and holds tax-exempt status, when it devotes so much time to lobbying for changes in state laws. Common Cause has filed a "whistleblower" complaint with the IRS about ALEC's status.
The campaign to privatize the schools and to dismantle the teaching profession is in full swing. Where is the leadership to oppose it?
Diane Ravitch is a historian of education at New York University. She is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. She has written many books and articles about American education, including: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform, (Simon & Schuster, 2000); The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Knopf, 2003); The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know (Oxford, 2006), which she edited with her son Michael Ravitch.
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Good question, Diane. How could such a focused organization operate so long and so damn effectively.. without the complicity of Democrats, that is, corporate Democrats? And where was the Democrat Party whose platform and primary interests suggest populist causes? Shame on them. And where are the professional organizations known as unions that should be protecting the interests of Michigan teachers?
Bill Gates? Big of him. Obama? Race to the Bottom begun with Jennifer Granholm (D-MI) and carried forward as you point out by Gov. Slick Rick Snyder (Gateway to China). Persecution of the public working force (read females) and the public resources. Education means nothing to this new group- they are defunding and taxing while they can get away with it despite outcries. Sheer Disgust by the people.
And they don't care.Check out the R funded Mackinaw Center for PUBLIC Policy whose "plans" and ideas link to ALEC.
Nice article that goes only half way.
The democrats are firmly behind the privatization of the schools.
From Arne Duncan to Rahm the devils spahn – to The Oilybomber to Pelosi and Feinstein, etc
The democrats are firmly Bought Off.
If not they could easily stop this process.
'why isn't closing 40 Philadelphia public schools national news'http://blackagendareport.com/c…
'School closings come to atlanta this week – it's time to dump Arne Duncan' -
I don't like ALEC's agenda, but its gained ground because the popular perception of how most public institutions are run is very poor. People who are working 12 mos. a yr. for lousy wages with no benefits don't understand why a teacher makes twice their wage and works 6 mos. and gets full health benefits and after 20 yrs. a nice cozy pension. Then they look at the people that run or "administer" these orgs. and they're aghast. School admins. making 6 figs. is the norm everywhere. In NJ where property taxes are crushing the average homeowner all the above has alienated the average voter and sent them rightward. Is private charter schools the answer. NO, of course not , they just take the same public $$ and give it to a few investors and the kids get even worse educations. What's the answer? It seems most of us are being crushed between the Public worker Unions and the Private Corps. Its a battle of the Dinos and all of us mice are being crushed by them as they fight.
Actually the reason people attack the teachers unions – besides of course the PR campaigns of the privatizers – is the fact that the teachers unions are Easy Targets.
It's always easier to blame teachers or some non-existent welfare queen than the corporations actually doing the dirty work.
I'd also like to point out that the teaching profession used to be considered a low paying job and the private sector paid a much better wage and benefits.
Teachers had a union that got them cola's on a yearly basis – over the last 40 years the good paying private sector jobs disappeared while the teaching jobs continued to get their colas.
We need to recognize that the true crime is the corporate killing of the private sector wages and benefits.
If the private sector jobs would have kept pace with inflation then no one would care what the teachers make because it would still be chicken scratch.
What the teacher pay issue should point out is the HUGE DROP in private sector wage growth to the point where the teachers have passed it up.
That's not the teachers fault –
Blame the right people.
"People who are working 12 mos. a yr. for lousy wages with no benefits don't understand why a teacher makes twice their wage and works 6 mos. and gets full health benefits and after 20 yrs. a nice cozy pension."
Here in one sentence lies the only thing you need to know about why the workers in this country are doomed.
There is the crock of shit about teachers working only half a year (oh, of course — we all PERSONALLY know such a teacher don't we, glennk; just like we know that firefighter who makes $200,000 a year and has a vacation home in Florida).
Then there are all those audacious benefits — stuff teachers bargained their wages away for and now are losing at disgraceful rates because people like glennk think since they're taking it up the ass, so should the rest of the 99%.
Fighting over the crumbs — that's why you always see the Koch brothers with a smile on their face.
You need to understand that the only way teachers' working conditions (class size, job security, salary, benefits) improved over the years was through UNION action. No one suddenly just decided that it would be a nice thing to improve the conditons of teachers work. The poobahs at the School Board offices are bureaucrats who should NEVER be confused with teachers.
Just to clarify public school teachers work 10 months a year not 6.
There is a lot of truth to glennk's description of how people perceive the education and teacher issues. The real problem is that everyone needs to have a decent living with health care, vacations, retirement, etc., etc. People who pay taxes are often people without those benefits. It is not fair. Teachers get caught in the middle of all of this. It certainly is not the fault of the teacher if they have a union or have decent pay and benefits. What I really hate is how government and politics permeates education and I believe they try to stifle all teacher creativity. Their model is for teachers and the students to be human drones. Instead of working towards greatness we as a nation are rushing quickly to divided groups mired in inequality.
This problem–along with many others–will disappear in a few decades. As Bill Henderson points out in two recent postings on the www.bravenewworld.in web site, it's likely that the world's population will be reduced to about 10% of what it is now within 50 years because of global warming. This means that our society–along with all others, of course–will be disintegrating within a matter of decades, and today's social problems will be a thing of the past. Those who do manage to survive will have only one problem: How do I continue to survive?
Great article. I remember the education system took a real dive in the 70's. I had move from New England to California where the educational system was so poor. Most of the public schools I attended were very substandard. I ended up taking the GED to get out of the toxic brainwashing and dumb down experiment called for by Caspar Weinberger who was appointed as Sec of Health, Education and Welfare by Ronny Reagan (Mr. War on Drugs), and later became Secretary of Defense. It was pure poison. I noticed that drugs started flowing into the schools at this time too.
If I had children, I would home school them. The system is designed to prepare the young for collectivism. It discourages the individual and creates the slave mentality needed to train us as adults to not question authority, get a job and pay your dues.
Instead of APEC, their acronym should be GPES of Globalist Psychopathic Eugenicists Society. Everyone of these corporations are demonic, and should be boycotted.
The problem the teachers face is that for many years they were the white hats. Good public relations, a laudable goal in educating America's youth, standing up for literacy, the power to make the best of American opportunity.
Juxtapose against that the conduct of the teachers' unions, who are now perceived as selfish, grasping, unprincipled. The pension obligations that face many states (e.g., California, Illinois, New York, Ohio and others) are not the fault of the average Joe. They are now being perceived as the result of years and years of behind the scenes lobbying by the public "servants", principally including the teachers. Is it any wonder Michelle Rhee's logic captured so much attention and adulation and the UFT and the NEA so much opprobrium?
FDR, often thought to be Labor's champion, even its patron saint, had this to say about unions representing governmental employees:
"Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the government. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations … The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for … officials … to bind the employer … The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives …
"Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of government employees. Upon employees in the federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people … This obligation is paramount … A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent … to prevent or obstruct … Government … Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government … is unthinkable and intolerable."
Which vision will carry the day? As cities begin to go bankrupt and states totter on the brink of insolvency, we will see.
Siouxlou, Consider for a minute the possibility that ALEC and its backers are not so much interested in driving down teacher benefits, pensions etc as creating a more compliant teacher work force that will better assist in the pacification of each new generation. As I say, at some length, elsewhere in this threat, all this "reform" manifests itself on the kid level as simply all multiple choice all the time. And there are essay and oral answer grading programs on the horizon that will serve the same function, i.e. teaching the young that authority has all the answers, punishments and rewards.
If you have the stamina to look through the excellent links Diane Ravitch provides, you can sort through a mass of ALEC-designed "educational reform" bills and significantly one is designed to downgrade teacher certification requirements. (This fits in well with a spate of recent articles attacking the admittedly poor quality education programs in many universities) The goal is, I think, not so much to get cheaper teachers but to get teachers who will simply hand out and collect test and test prep materials that will then be fed into automated grading systems made by Scantron, Inc. and othe ALEC backers. Not only would highly educated teachers want more money – they also might make problems by questioning the kind of mindless "teaching" designed to even further dumb down the populace. ALEC and its backers want teachers who will function much the same as McDonald employees, purveying a readymade product.
You may well question why ALEC and its backer need an even more dumbed down populace, since this is the same American electorate who can be convinced of almost anything, even the need to send its sons and daughters off to wars generation after generation. Well. Siouxlou, the wealthy and powerful never think they have enough control over the hooples, any more than they ever think they have enough money.
LINK to ALEC model bill designed to lower teacher certification standards:
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I wouldn't underestimate the desire of these organizations
to use Charter Schools as way of driving down teacher's wages. Most regular
public school jobs in California start at the entry level in the 40K range. Many
charter schools start at the entry level around 35K. Furthermore,
regular public schools have a pay scale that is based on years of teaching
experience and education attainment.
While most charter schools list pay as "commensurate with experience,"
which essentially they will pay you what ever they want, or as little as possible.Furthermore, charter schools usually require much more after
schoolwork, or a longer teaching day. Many make this clear in their job
postings. This equals more work time for less pay. Whatever side you stand on
this issue this undoubtedly drives down wages. Finally, on the benefits side I've
actually seen charter in their job postings advertise, "Social Security only,
no pension benefits." -
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Interesting that the oldtime multiple choice test company, Scantron, Inc. is on the ALEC taskforce. For all the big talk about learning and accountability, the current so-called educational reform means one thing on the level of kids' experience: multiple choice tests every day. The vaunted standardized tests are always multiple choice and the prep for such tests consists of model tests,. i.e. multiple choice practice tests. And what classroom instruction occurs consists of going over questions on such model tests. Hence, every day becomes a multiple choice day.
And the dirty little secret of all this multiple choice is that it teaches kids a very simple lesson, no matter what the subject: Those in authority have all the answers – and your job is only to figure out what they want you to say.
So-called experts can quibble about test construction, eliminating cultural biases from tests, core curriculum etc but for kids it all amounts to bowing down to authority that gives you the grades that guarantee everything from keeping your mom off your back to getting into Harvard. Immersion in the multiple choice universe means that your opinion, as expressed in a classroom discussion, an essay or a research paper, has no value.It's bad now but will get worse unless stopped, and I think I've seen exactly what the model school of the future will look like.
I recently was asked by a former student to consult at a private school that he and his parents had set up a couple years ago: a weekend and evening cram school run by and targeted at one particular Asian immigrant group.
"Reformers" would love this place: It was all multiple choice, all the time, even more than I had imagined possible. Teachers did no more than hand out and collect scantron sheets. Video cameras in each classroom allowed constant monitoring from the office. Teachers were well paid but could be fired without notice if they did not follow prescribed multiple choice scripts.(They wanted me to advise them how student writing could be improved – I told them it was not possible in such an environment)
And this school is, according to my former student, very successful in terms of pushing its students into top high schools and ivy league colleges. The only moment of doubt the owners or parent/clients have experienced is that the school's grads find it very hard to express any opinion in either speech or writing. But I suppose that won't matter once even the best colleges switch over to all multiple choice all the time.
Having ranted on about multiple choice, I then came across an article in Education Week referencing a study on automated essay grading programs which may be a new cost-efficient way to replace teachers in that form of assesssment as well. And if text can be graded, so can oral answers or discussion. But the end result is the same: Kids will be taught that authority has the answers, whether you bubble them in on scan sheets, say them aloud or write them in a sentence or paragraph.
Link to the study:
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Says No Thanks to Public Schools for His Children July 22, 2011
Posted by rogerhollander in Education.Tags: chicago, chicago schools, education, kristen mack, privagte education, public education, public schools, Rahm Emanuel, roger hollander, teachers' unions
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Critics say choice sends message about Chicago's public schools
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will bypass Chicago Public Schools, like many high-profile politicians before him, and send his children to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Hyde Park this fall.
"We understand why he would choose a school with small class sizes; a broad, rich curriculum that offers world languages, the arts and physical education; a focus on critical thinking, not test-taking; a teacher and an assistant in every elementary classroom; and paid, high-quality professional development for their teacher," Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said. "It's wonderful that he has that option available to him." (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
The mayor's administration confirmed Thursday that Emanuel and his wife, Amy Rule, decided to send their children, Zach, Ilana and Leah, to the same school once attended by Barack and Michelle Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Emanuel, who was in New York for an Obama fundraiser when the news broke, has maintained that where the couple send their children to school is a personal, not a political, decision. But the choice led inevitably to criticism that city leaders who send their children to private schools have no personal stake in Chicago's public schools.
"I'm not in a position to question his choice. Every parent has the right to do that," said Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education. "But I do think he has to recognize that his choice has sent a message to Chicago public school parents.
"It sends a message that he has not found a Chicago public school that he is confident enough to send his kids to."
Emanuel's children previously attended a private religious school in Chicago before moving to Washington while he served as President Obama's White House chief of staff. They attended private schools in Washington and finished the school year there.
During the mayoral campaign, Emanuel faced the question of whether Chicago public schools were good enough for his kids. He declined then to say where his children would go.
At a recent news conference, Emanuel said the decision was one to make privately with his wife, taking into consideration what is best for their children and their education.
"This is what you have to respect. I live in public life. I'm a father to three great children, and that's a private life," Emanuel said. "If I use my kids' education in any political context, I'd be less of a father than I want to be."
Former Mayor Richard Daley sent his children to Catholic schools, even as he made it clear Chicago could not survive without vibrant public schools. Emanuel, too, has made improving CPS a key focus of his young administration.
The Emanuels' home is in Ravenswood, where the local schools are Lake View High School and Ravenswood Elementary.
Many families who live in that neighborhood, however, compete for elite Chicago public high schools — selective enrollment schools such as Northside College Prep — where students need top grades and high test scores for admission.
Those high schools also allow principals to admit a handful of students using principal discretion. The controversial process has come under fire in recent years over whether clout plays a role in students landing the coveted spots.
To gain admissions into magnet CPS schools, some of the top elementary schools in the district, students have to win a spot through a lottery.
Barbara Radner, director of DePaul University's Center for Urban Education, said either way Emanuel was in a difficult situation.
"There's no way they could've gotten into a selective enrollment school without heavy suspicion," Radner said. "If it had happened through a lottery, everyone would've been suspicious too. It wouldn't have worked out."
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, who has objected to Emanuel's plans to withhold teacher pay raises and change work rules, issued a less-than-subtle statement about the mayor's decision.
"We understand why he would choose a school with small class sizes; a broad, rich curriculum that offers world languages, the arts and physical education; a focus on critical thinking, not test-taking; a teacher and an assistant in every elementary classroom; and paid, high-quality professional development for their teacher," Lewis said. "It's wonderful that he has that option available to him."
Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek February 16, 2010
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Monday 15 February 2010
by: Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com, World Economic Forum, stevefaeembra, MissusK)
Dick Cheney is a sadist.
On Sunday, in an exclusive interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News' "This Week," Cheney proclaimed his love of torture, derided the Obama administration for outlawing the practice, and admitted that the Bush administration ordered Justice Department attorneys to fix the law around his policies.
"I was a big supporter of waterboarding," Cheney told Karl, as if he were issuing a challenge to officials in the current administration, including President Barack Obama, who said flatly last year that waterboarding is torture, to take action against him. "I was a big supporter of the enhanced interrogation techniques…"
The former vice president's declaration closely follows admissions he made in December 2008, about a month before the Bush administration exited the White House, when he said he personally authorized the torture of 33 suspected terrorist detainees and approved the waterboarding of three so-called "high-value" prisoners.
"I signed off on it; others did, as well, too," Cheney said in an interview with the right-wing Washington Times about the waterboarding, a drowning technique where a person is strapped to a board, his face covered with a cloth and then water is poured over it. It is a torture technique dating back at least to the Spanish Inquisition.
The US has long treated waterboarding as a war crime and has prosecuted Japanese soldiers for using it against US troops during World War II. And Ronald Reagan's Justice Department prosecuted a Texas sheriff and three deputies for using the practice to get confessions.
But Cheney's admissions back then, as well as those he made on Sunday, went unchallenged by Karl and others in the mainstream media. Indeed, the two major national newspapers–The New York Times and The Washington Post–characterized Cheney's interview as a mere spat between the vice president and the Obama administration over the direction of the latter's counterterroism and national security policies.
The Times and Post did not report that Cheney's comments about waterboarding and his enthusiastic support of torturing detainees amounted to an admission of war crimes given that the president has publicly stated that waterboarding is torture.
Ironically, in March 2003, after Iraqi troops captured several U.S. soldiers and let them be interviewed on Iraqi TV, senior Bush administration officials expressed outrage over this violation of the Geneva Convention.
"If there is somebody captured," President George W. Bush told reporters on March 23, 2003, "I expect those people to be treated humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals."
Nor did the Times or Post report that the "enhanced interrogation techniques" Cheney backed was, in numerous cases, administered to prisoners detained at Guantanamo and in detention centers in Iraq and Afghanistan who we would come to discover were innocent and simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. The torture methods that Cheney helped implement as official policy was also directly responsible for the deaths of at least 100 detainees.
Renowned human rights attorney and Harper's magazine contributor Scott Horton said, "Section 2340A of the federal criminal code makes it an offense to torture or to conspire to torture. Violators are subject to jail terms or to death in appropriate cases, as where death results from the application of torture techniques."
In addition to Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder said during his confirmation hearing last year that waterboarding is torture.
"Dick Cheney wants to be prosecuted. And prosecutors should give him what he wants," Horton wrote in a Harper's dispatch Monday.
Karl also made no mention of the fact that the CIA's own watchdog concluded in a report declassified last year that the torture of detainees Cheney signed off on did not result in any actionable intelligence nor did it thwart any imminent attacks on the United States. To the contrary, torture led to bogus information, wrongful elevated threat warnings, and undermined the war-crimes charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged "20th hijacker" in the 9/11 attacks because the evidence against him was obtained through torture.
Karl also failed to call out Cheney on a statement the former vice president made during his interview in which he suggested the policy of torture was carried out only after the Bush administration told Justice Department attorneys it wanted the legal justification to subject suspected al-Qaeda prisoners to brutal interrogation methods.
Cheney told Karl that he continues to be critical of the Obama administration "because there were some things being said, especially after we left office, about prosecuting CIA personnel that had carried out our counterterrorism policy or disbarring lawyers in the Justice Department who had — had helped us put those policies together, and I was deeply offended by that, and I thought it was important that some senior person in the administration stand up and defend those people who'd done what we asked them to do."
In an interview with Karl on December 15, 2008, Cheney made a similar comment, which Karl also allowed to go unchallenged, stating that the Bush administration "had the Justice Department issue the requisite opinions in order to know where the bright lines were that you could not cross."
Bush's Key Line of Defense Destroyed
Those statements, both on Sunday and in his December 2008 interview with Karl, destroys a key line in the Bush administration's defense against war crimes charges. For years, Cheney and other Bush administration officials pinned their defense on the fact that they had received legal advice from Justice Department lawyers that the brutal interrogations of "war on terror" detainees did not constitute torture or violate other laws of war.
Cheney's statements, however, would suggest that the lawyers were colluding with administration officials in setting policy, rather than providing objective legal analysis.
In fact, as I reported last year, an investigation by the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) determined that DOJ attorneys John Yoo and Jay Bybee blurred the lines between attorneys charged with providing independent legal advice to the White House and policy advocates who were working to advance the administration's goals, according to legal sources who were privy to an original draft of the OPR report.
That was a conclusion Dawn Johnsen reached. Johnsen was tapped a year ago by Obama to head the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), where Yoo and Bybee worked, but her confirmation has been stuck in limbo.
In a 2006 Indiana Law Journal article, she said the function of OLC should be to "provide an accurate and honest appraisal of applicable law, even if that advice will constrain the administration's pursuit of desired policies."
"The advocacy model of lawyering, in which lawyers craft merely plausible legal arguments to support their clients' desired actions, inadequately promotes the President's constitutional obligation to ensure the legality of executive action," said Johnsen, who served in the OLC under President Bill Clinton. "In short, OLC must be prepared to say no to the President.
"For OLC instead to distort its legal analysis to support preferred policy outcomes undermines the rule of law and our democratic system of government. Perhaps most essential to avoiding a culture in which OLC becomes merely an advocate of the Administration's policy preferences is transparency in the specific legal interpretations that inform executive action, as well as in the general governing processes and standards followed in formulating that legal advice."
In a 2007 UCLA Law Review article, Johnsen said Yoo's Aug. 1, 2002, torture memo is "unmistakably" an "advocacy piece."
"OLC abandoned fundamental practices of principled and balanced legal interpretation," Johnsen wrote. "The Torture Opinion relentlessly seeks to circumvent all legal limits on the CIA's ability to engage in torture, and it simply ignores arguments to the contrary.
"The Opinion fails, for example, to cite highly relevant precedent, regulations, and even constitutional provisions, and it misuses sources upon which it does rely. Yoo remains almost alone in continuing to assert that the Torture Opinion was 'entirely accurate' and not outcome driven."
The original draft of the OPR report concluded that Yoo and Bybee violated professional standards and recommended a referral to state bar associations where they could have faced disciplinary action and have had their law licenses revoked.
The report's findings could have influenced whether George W. Bush, Cheney and other senior officials in that administration were held accountable for torture and other war crimes. But two weeks ago, it was revealed that officials in Obama's Justice Department backed off the earlier recommendation and instead altered the misconduct findings against Yoo and Bybee to "poor judgment," which means neither will face disciplinary action. The report has not yet been released.
For his part, Yoo had already admitted in no uncertain terms that Bush administration officials sought to legalize torture and that he and Bybee fixed the law around the Bush administration's policy.
As I noted in a report last year, in his book, "War by Other Means: An Insider's Account on the War On Terror," Yoo described his participation in meetings that helped develop the controversial policies for the treatment of detainees.
For instance, Yoo wrote about a trip he took to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with other senior administration officials to observe interrogations and to join in discussions about specific interrogation methods. In other words, Yoo was not acting as an independent attorney providing the White House with unbiased legal advice but was more of an advocate for administration policy.
The meetings that Yoo described appear similar to those disclosed by ABC News in April 2008.
"The most senior Bush administration officials repeatedly discussed and approved specific details of exactly how high-value al-Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the CIA," ABC News reported at the time, citing unnamed sources.
"The high-level discussions about these 'enhanced interrogation techniques' were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed – down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic.
"These top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al-Qaeda suspects – whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding," according to unnamed sources quoted by ABC News.
Torture Preceded Legal Advice
If ABC's Karl had a firmer grasp on the issues he queried Cheney about he would have known that as recently as last week, three UK high-court judges released seven paragraphs of a previously classified intelligence document that proved the CIA tortured Binyam Mohamed, a British resident captured in Pakistan in April 2002 who was falsely tied to a dirty bomb plot, months before the Bush administration obtained a memo from John Yoo and Jay Bybee at the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) authorizing specific methods of torture to be used against high-value detainees, further undercutting Cheney's line of defense.
The document stated bluntly that Mohamed's treatment "could readily be contended to be at the very least cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the United States authorities."
Under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, the treatment of Mohamed and the clear record that the Bush administration used waterboarding and other brutal techniques to extract information from detainees should have triggered the United States to conduct a full investigation and to prosecute the offenders.In the case of the US's refusal to do so, other nations would be obligated to act under the principle of universality.
However, instead of living up to that treaty commitment, the Obama administration has time and again resisted calls for government investigations and has gone to court to block lawsuits that demand release of torture evidence or seek civil penalties against officials implicated in the torture.
Though it's true, as Vice President Joe Biden stated Sunday on "Meet the Press," that Cheney is rewriting history and making "factually, substantively wrong" statements about the Obama administration's track record and approach to counterterrorism, it's difficult, if not near impossible, to defend this president from the likes of Cheney.
Case in point: last week the Obama administration treated the disclosure by British judicial officials of the former prisoner's torture as a security breach and threatened to cut off an intelligence sharing arrangement with the UK government.
In what can only be described as a stunning response to the revelations contained in the intelligence document, White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said "the [UK} court's judgment will complicate the confidentiality of our intelligence-sharing relationship with the UK, and it will have to factor into our decision-making going forward."
"We're deeply disappointed with the court's judgment today, because we shared this information in confidence and with certain expectations," LaBolt said, making no mention of Mohamed's treatment nor even offering him an apology for the torture he was subjected to by the CIA over the course of several years. Mohamed was released from Guantanamo last year and returned to the UK.
As an aside, as revelatory as the disclosures were, news reports of Mohamed's torture were buried by the mainstream print media and went unreported by the cable news outlets, underscoring how the media's interest in Bush's torture policies has waned.
The Obama administration's decision to ignore the past administration's crimes has alienated civil liberties groups, who he could once count on for support.
Last December, on the day Obama received a Nobel Peace prize, Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project, told reporters that "on every front, the [Obama] administration is actively obstructing accountability. This administration is shielding Bush administration officials from civil liability, criminal investigation and even public scrutiny for their role in authorizing torture."
That being the reality is what makes Cheney's claim on Sunday that the Obama administration is attempting to prosecute "CIA personnel that had carried out our counterterrorism policy or disbarring lawyers" laughable.
Holder has expanded the mandate of a special counsel, appointed during the Bush administration, who is investigating the destruction of torture tapes, to conduct a "preliminary review" of less than a dozen torture cases involving CIA contractors and interrogators to determine whether launching an expanded criminal inquiry is warranted. That hardly amounts to a prosecution. It's not even an investigation.
And "disbarring lawyers, a clear reference to Yoo and Bybee, which is beyond the scope of the Justice Department watchdog's authority to begin with, is no longer a possibility given that the OPR report reportedly does not recommend disciplinary action.
In a statement, the ACLU said, "to date, not a single torture victim has had his day in court."
As Jane Mayer reported in a recent issue of the New Yorker, Holder's limited scope authorization to Durham did not go over well with the White House and Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made sure Holder knew where the administration stood.
"Emanuel worried that such investigations would alienate the intelligence community…," Mayer reported. "Emanuel couldn't complain directly to Holder without violating strictures against political interference in prosecutorial decisions. But he conveyed his unhappiness to Holder indirectly, two sources said. Emanuel demanded, 'Didn't he get the memo that we're not re-litigating the past?'"
Jason Leopold is the Deputy Managing Editor at Truthout. He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller, News Junkie, a memoir. Visit www.newsjunkiebook.com for a preview.


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Today you are in for a special treat! I'd like you to meet my dear friend, RaeAnna, from Sewing Mama RaeAnna. She is such a sweet person who always has a smile on her face. Her appliqued t-shirts and outfits inspired me to purchase my own embroidery machine, and she has been so supportive and helpful when I've had problems using it! Thanks, RaeAnna!
I've invited her to stop by and share with you one of her latest projects--Boutique Bows decorated with Felties! And without further ado, here is RaeAnna!
Hello SewVery friends! I am soooooooooo thrilled to be Veronica's very first guest poster! woo hoo!!!
My name is RaeAnna and I blog at Sewing Mama RaeAnna.
I first started following Veronica when she did Shorts on the Line. It didn't take us long to become friends in real life! We have had so much fun getting together for playdates!! Our 3 year olds are so cute when they play together! My son lights up when I tell him we are going to go see Ella!
And I'm still glad she's my friend after witnessing my 3 year old's tantrums. Aren't our kids supposed to know that they are supposed to act like angels all the time! haha!
I get so excited and passionate about sewing and I love that I have a blog to "let it all out!" It's been fun to get to know other like minded moms and learn new sewing tricks from each other!
My latest craft obsession uses my embroidery machine to make felties!!! I'm still learning about my embroidery machine - it's so much fun to see the adorable designs on the clothes and t-shirts I make for my kids! And you know what looks great with cute clothes and t-shirts.......BOWS! :)
I've posted a tutorial on my page today on how you can create your own boutique bow using the techniques I've found most successful. But before you come over to my page, please enter the contest here at sewVery for a chance to win a set of feltie characters for your own bows!! The winner will receive 2 owl felties and 2 heart felties! You can also earn an extra entry for liking our Facebook Pages!
Want to learn how to make your own Boutique Bows? Then CLICK HERE to see the Boutique Bow Tutorial on my blog, Sewing Mama RaeAnna!
Thank you, Veronica, for being such a great friend and blog buddy!
Aren't these felties and boutique bows just adorable?! RaeAnna was so sweet and gave Ella one to wear during the holidays. I'll admit, I've never made a boutique bow, but after checking out RaeAnna's tutorial, I will now! Her tutorial shows you very clearly how to put it all together!
And while you are visiting over at Sewing Mama RaeAnna, you might as well check out a few of her other tutorials and projects. RaeAnna makes adorable outfits not only for her children, but also to sell!
I just love this birthday outfit she made for her daughter's first birthday! Eva Mae is just too cute!
I'm so glad you came for a visit today, RaeAnna! Stop by again anytime!
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I'm getting there. I have all the adults still to buy or make things for and then stocking stuffers yet for the Grandchildren as well. Winning this would take care of two stocking stuffers since it would be perfect for my Graddaughters. I would give each of them a set of them so they could wear them in their hair along with their two matching shirts we bought for them. I thought the older Granddaughter (5 yrs old) would think it's pretty neat to have her cousin (my 10 month old Granddaughter by my other son) herself to wear matching shirts.
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text: Intel's Ivy Bridge: Tri-Gate Transistors Bring Supercharged PerformanceAdrian Covert4/23/12 12:22pmFiled to: ivy bridgeIntelgutsCPUs30EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Today is the day that the full veil comes off Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, which will be more commonly known as the third generation of Core processors. With that comes stats and specs about what Ivy Bridge is built on and what it will be capable of. Here's everything you need to know about Ivy Bridge. • What makes Ivy Bridge more powerful is its implementation of 22nm tri-gate transistors, which uses a 3D design that enables Moores law to remain intact. Ivy Bridge has a total of 1.4 billion transistors. Advertisement Advertisement • For now Intel is only talking about quad-core processors, and all the mobile chips announced run at full power. There will be nine Core i7 quad-core chips (including an "Extreme" mobile chip, four other mobile processors, and four desktop CPUs), along with five Core i5 processors for the desktop. Desktop CPUs will run at speeds up to 3.5 GHz and Mobile ones will top out at 2.9 GHz. Details on low voltage Ivy Bridge processors for "ultrabooks," weren't discussed today, but will come later this spring.• Ivy Bridge will offer 37% better overall performance than Sandy Bridge processors, and 20% better multithreading performance with 20% less power consumption.• Integrated graphics performance and media performance will be two times better than Sandy Bridge, and can support three displays. There will be two integrated GPUs—the HD2500 and HD4000—powering Ivy Bridge graphics. And for gamers, Direct X 11 will be fully supported. Sponsored • Intel's Quick Sync technology—responsible for video transcoding—has been improved, which will result in speedier transcode times.• Additionally, Ivy Bridge is equipped with WiDi 3.0 wireless video technology, which will allow for dual monitor support without the need for cables. • There will be 300 different Ivy Bridge notebooks and 270 desktops (which include towers and All-In-Ones coming in the next year.Reply30 repliesLeave a reply


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Vallejo police are offering a $10,000 reward in connection with a Christmas Eve hit and run that has left the victim in critical condition. The victim, a 54-year-old Vallejo resident, was crossing Broadway Street at Hogan Avenue around 5:19 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2012, when they were struck by a black two-door Honda Civic, with a model year between 1996 and 2000, Officer George Simpson said today.
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Anyone familiar with Lee Strobel's previous "Case for" books --- THE CASE FOR CHRIST, THE CASE FOR FAITH and the shorter, mass-market title THE CASE FOR EASTER --- knows pretty much what to expect with each additional title: verbatim interviews with highly respected authorities whose findings offer evidence in the specific "case" the author and law school graduate is trying. In his latest book, Strobel presents evidence pertaining to the theory of intelligent design, the hypothesis that a designer was behind the creation of the universe. In building his case, Strobel looks at the evidence in six fields of scientific study: cosmology (basically, the study of the universe), physics, astronomy, biochemistry, biology and human consciousness. In each field, he interviews well known and highly respected scientists --- not all Christians, but all who have come to the conclusion that the evidence for a Creator is significant, if not overwhelming. As might be expected, Darwin pretty much gets raked over the coals, for good reason, and even the brilliant Stephen Hawking is proven to be on somewhat shaky ground when it comes to his theory of the beginning of the universe. What sets Strobel's book apart from so many others on intelligent design is its sheer readability. I suspect that more than a few people avoid reading books on the origins of the universe simply because the prose is so abominably dry. By using his trademark interview format, the author --- a journalist at heart --- injects life and liveliness into what becomes a series of extended conversations on scientific theories. An added benefit is that we get to "hear" exactly what the scientists have said, not Strobel's interpretation of what they said. What's more, Strobel stands in our place, probing and prodding and questioning until he's satisfied that the scientific theories and academic jargon have been translated into intelligible English. And more than once, he plays devil's advocate, bringing up a multitude of objections that Darwinians and all those other non-creationists would be likely to point out. There are moments in the book when the filler --- the background on each of the interviewees, say, or the scene-setting paragraphs --- starts to feel a bit contrived. But that's a minor glitch in the otherwise seamless narrative, sort of like hitting a rumble strip on a highway every now and then. You know it's there, but soon enough you're back on smooth asphalt again. Given the enormous amount of information and insight Strobel offers, it's a minor glitch indeed. Simply put, THE CASE FOR A CREATOR has done for the existence of God what Strobel's other titles did for Christ and faith itself: amassed such a preponderance of evidence on the pro side that the con side starts to look downright foolish. You're not likely to find another book so packed with scientific data that is as compelling and enjoyable to read as this one is. It's a terrific starting point for anyone who has been hesitant to tackle denser tomes on origins and creation, but it's also a great resource for those who already have a fair amount of knowledge on those subjects. --- Reviewed by Marcia Ford (email@example.com) Click here now to buy this book from Amazon.com.
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October 18th, 2010 | Perugia Province,SpelloSitting up on a hillside in the shadow of Monte Subasio, between Assisi and Foligno, the pink stoned Spello is a perfect example of one of Umbria's medieval small towns. Spello was settled under the Umbri, but grew in size under the Romans in the 1st century BC when it was known as Hispellum. Read More
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October 18th, 2010 | Featured,Perugia,Perugia ProvincePerugia is the largest city in Umbria, and is the capital of the province of Perugia. The historic center of the city has a medieval feel to it but is actually based on Etruscan plans. Perugia today has a cosmopolitan feel to it compared to other cities in the region and is famous for it's world class jazz festival, it's University for Foreigners, and it's chocolates and pastries. Read More
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Learning by exporting and structural change: A Ramsey growth model of Thailand
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Volume (Year): 28 (2006)
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Sharon Osbroune cried and could barely speak on Monday's episode of "The Talk" when she was asked to comment on recent news that her son Jack was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
After revealing his condition to People.com, Jack spent the day feeling the support of family, friends, and fans. He tweeted a thank you to everyone. His sister Kelly also went on Twitter and commended her brother's bravery and honesty, and expressed her love.
But the 59-year-old family matriarch, a cancer survivor herself, didn't appear to be handling the news as well as her children. She got very emotional as she confirmed her son's recent diagnosis, barely managing to say, "He's great. He's doing really, really good."
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What are the odds of the BOLD in LESS then 30 days? For AT&T - So I can buy an iPhone to play with and return it for the Bold within my 30 day return window if I don't like it? :) |
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night that there's a 63.27643 percent chance the Bold will be out within 30 days. |
Mister Ed, read this post: http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ms-please.html |
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry 9000 184.108.40.206) For what carrier? Tmo Germany will have it in 11 days, 15 for Rogers, 30ish for ATT |
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry 9000 18.104.22.168) Tmo Germany, from internal sources is July 21. Rogers from internal sources July 25. Based on info that's come across my desk, ATT usually trains 2 weeks out on devices, so sometime around end of first week in August they will have it. Give or take 10 days |
I'd say you odds are about even that you'll be able to return your iphone within 30 days and replace it with a Bold. howdya like those odds? |
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If you have done your product research, and you think an iPhone is for you, then you should go ahead and buy one regardless of when the BlackBerry Bold is supposed to be released. If, after you have had a chance to work with your iPhone for a while, you determine that there are issues with it that you really can't live with, then there is nothing wrong with returning it. That is a perfectly legitimate reason to return it and get something else. But don't go and get an iPhone, with the premeditated intent of returning it, repurchasing another, and then potentially returning that one for a Bold when it comes out, just so that you have something to "play with" while you wait for the Bold. It seems like an adult should be able to wait 30 days for the "toy" they actually want, without having to have some brand new substitute toy to play with in the meantime. I am not as "surprised" as Spamdumpster (quoted above) that "people don't do this more often". Most people would think this was wrong, or at a minimum "questionable" behavior. Without question, it would be abusing a great retun policy that AT&T offers in good faith to consumers. It only works in the long term if consumers use it in good faith. |
It is different for the iPhone. Ther is only 14 days to return it at both AT&T stores and Apple stores. There is also a 10% restocking fee. This is an agreement that Apple insisted upon. If you have a defective phome you still have a 30 day exchange period for the same phone. Hope this helps. |
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I agree 100% with what you say. The iPhone seems so "cool" I want to give it a fair shot but I will find it very hard to give up the BB email and keyboard. I figured if I waited till the BOLD came out it would KILL the resale value of my unlocked 8310 so I put it up on eBay for $300 w/shipping "buy it now" price and it sold in 4 days so I'm itchin' for something new. Quote:
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Congratulations to Philip Milic for receiving the coveted "Best Tattoo Artist" award from the Bay Guardian. Here's what they had to say, "The Asian-influenced, eye-popping ink work of Philip Milic, an independent needle slinger who works by appointment only, has our readers covered for yet another sleek and sexy year." Yeah, Philip and Meghan Marie who are planning a homebirth for later this month!
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A blog dedicated to coverage of rock news, reviews of CD's/DVD's, live gigs and interviews with musicians who have made rock music great! Coverage of hard rock, classic rock, AOR and popular melodic rock music across the genre. This blog is the creation of Alun Williams, a Brit now living in Michigan whose previous credits include writing for the following sites: www.classicrock.about.com www.classicrockrevisited.com and www.rocknrolluniverse.com (Now gone) I hope you enjoy your visit here!
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Great and very fair review.
I agree with you that perhaps many Journey fans who love their ballads will find Eclipse less favorable. I found it that way when I first heard the tracks. After listening to the songs more, I've come to like them more.
I like Tantra, To Whom It May Concern, Edge of the Night, Resonate, and Human Feel.