How anyone could want to teach in a school like that is beyond me. It sounds like Lord of the Flies there. I'd refuse to teach without a cop (not a security guard) in my classroom. At the very least I'd demand the right to physically defend myself. You're better off finding a job in something like medical tech.
"Honestly, you should see what it takes to become a teacher, it isn't much."
It is enough to discourage people who have degrees in their fields from entering teaching. Why would I want to sacrifice at least a few years of very good pay just to qualify to become eligible to teach in the field I already have a degree in?
(In MA, at least, you need a teaching certification which requires extra schooling in education to get. Don't know what the rule is in other states.)
"It's a complete package. When a parody takes that package and makes a minor alteration in order to dilute or destroy the original message, it ruins the future returns of the consortium's investment. Isn't that (at least in principle) what copyright law exists to prevent?"
I think you are thinking of trademark law, not copyright. From what little I know, international treaties on trademarks are made to protect them against similar use (one company vs another in a similar business) not to protect them from parody. I assume the US couldn't agree to a treaty that violated our constitutional right to free speech.
While my brother was in high school one of his classmates winged it during a class where they had to read their book reports. This guy made up a book called "The Moho Menace" where hostile creatures attack the surface after being released by drilling to the moho discontinuity.
I only pray, for the sake of mankind, that it was fiction.
Great! If we can blame the sun and not human activity then we don't have to do anything about it! Sort of like if a flood is caused by a storm and not by a dam breaking then we don't have to try to swim. Ummm, wait a minute...
Do you think the average person would even search a science db in the first place? Judging from the reports on how ignorant most people are concerning science I doubt they'd be using it.
Journalists and political activists on the other hand might ("Why is the government funding evolutionary biology research!?").
Maybe they should move it from Holyoke to Hadley. At least then you'd have 5 colleges near it with lots of comp sci types.
In their defense there is a big shopping center in Holyoke off of rt 91.
The Danvers one gets a good amount of business too but they barely have any signage. The Brighton one would be better if they didn't have it in such a grimy location.
Either the town/city wanted the stores to be restricted to a small area for traffic or zoning reasons, or the companies themselves chose that area for demographics and traffic reasons. I know fast food companies watch each other to see where the others build so they can build nearby. The research in choosing a good spot is very valuable. McDonalds is almost more of a real estate company than a food conmpany.
All too often when shopping online I find the usual gimmick of lowest price but outragious shipping and handling cost. Some small items cost as much to ship as the value of the item. Of course there are online stores that have free shipping (and their prices are slightly higher) so they get my business but they are rare. The difference between the final online price (with s/h) and a brick & mortar store's price can get pretty close, especially for small or heavy items.
"Feisty Fawn"? and they wonder why Linux distros don't get any mainstream respect. What next, "Happy Bunny 2007"? Maybe marketing shouldn't be open sourced.
"Perhaps what you meant to say was that we have an unfortunate tendency to give ADD meds to the kids when they don't actually need it?"
Bingo
Some parents even push to have their kids diagnosed with learning disabilities so they can get breaks during standardized testing sessions (extra time, etc). This has come up in MA.
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How anyone could want to teach in a school like that is beyond me. It sounds like Lord of the Flies there. I'd refuse to teach without a cop (not a security guard) in my classroom. At the very least I'd demand the right to physically defend myself. You're better off finding a job in something like medical tech.
"Honestly, you should see what it takes to become a teacher, it isn't much."
It is enough to discourage people who have degrees in their fields from entering teaching. Why would I want to sacrifice at least a few years of very good pay just to qualify to become eligible to teach in the field I already have a degree in?
(In MA, at least, you need a teaching certification which requires extra schooling in education to get. Don't know what the rule is in other states.)
"It's a complete package. When a parody takes that package and makes a minor alteration in order to dilute or destroy the original message, it ruins the future returns of the consortium's investment. Isn't that (at least in principle) what copyright law exists to prevent?"
I think you are thinking of trademark law, not copyright. From what little I know, international treaties on trademarks are made to protect them against similar use (one company vs another in a similar business) not to protect them from parody. I assume the US couldn't agree to a treaty that violated our constitutional right to free speech.
If you want thin crust you really have to go to Boston's North End. I recommend thin crust with artichoke hearts and proscuitto.
While my brother was in high school one of his classmates winged it during a class where they had to read their book reports. This guy made up a book called "The Moho Menace" where hostile creatures attack the surface after being released by drilling to the moho discontinuity.
I only pray, for the sake of mankind, that it was fiction.
Sorry but I always eat the crust.
Great! If we can blame the sun and not human activity then we don't have to do anything about it! Sort of like if a flood is caused by a storm and not by a dam breaking then we don't have to try to swim. Ummm, wait a minute...
"beard-fu is weak"
Yes grasshopper, but your keyboard is free of stray hairs.
"taxes and death are the only two rights we all share"
Seeing as attempting suicide is a crime then I'd say that taxes are our only right.
Do you think the average person would even search a science db in the first place? Judging from the reports on how ignorant most people are concerning science I doubt they'd be using it.
Journalists and political activists on the other hand might ("Why is the government funding evolutionary biology research!?").
No, dyslexic you judgemental prick
Maybe they should move it from Holyoke to Hadley. At least then you'd have 5 colleges near it with lots of comp sci types.
In their defense there is a big shopping center in Holyoke off of rt 91.
The Danvers one gets a good amount of business too but they barely have any signage. The Brighton one would be better if they didn't have it in such a grimy location.
It is NOT a closing, it is a REALIGNMENT. They are simply rotating the stores. Please get your PHB-speak right.
I wonder if the workers in the pic at the top of the page know they are about to be "realigned".
Either the town/city wanted the stores to be restricted to a small area for traffic or zoning reasons, or the companies themselves chose that area for demographics and traffic reasons. I know fast food companies watch each other to see where the others build so they can build nearby. The research in choosing a good spot is very valuable. McDonalds is almost more of a real estate company than a food conmpany.
All too often when shopping online I find the usual gimmick of lowest price but outragious shipping and handling cost. Some small items cost as much to ship as the value of the item. Of course there are online stores that have free shipping (and their prices are slightly higher) so they get my business but they are rare. The difference between the final online price (with s/h) and a brick & mortar store's price can get pretty close, especially for small or heavy items.
Wait until they see the first Wii sex toys come out. You'll be hearing a lot of "Wii Wii!" when the WiiDildo comes out.
It won't be available in Alabama of course.
You left out Oliver Cromwell, especially what he did to the Catholic Irish.
I predict a wave of spy photos of statues, downtown window ledges, trees over park benches, my car's hood, etc.
I'm still trying to figure out how King Arthur got a hold of those coconuts. They were in a temperate zone! Sparrows carried them my ass.
"General Chin, the top of President Bush's head is in range. Shall we have Heroic Pigeon #2459 unload its payload?"
I knew critizing Linux would get a flamebait mod! Slashdot, you are so predictable.
"Feisty Fawn"? and they wonder why Linux distros don't get any mainstream respect. What next, "Happy Bunny 2007"? Maybe marketing shouldn't be open sourced.
"Perhaps what you meant to say was that we have an unfortunate tendency to give ADD meds to the kids when they don't actually need it?"
Bingo
Some parents even push to have their kids diagnosed with learning disabilities so they can get breaks during standardized testing sessions (extra time, etc). This has come up in MA.
I swear I thought it said "Toilet Frog" at first.
We need to breed more spelling bees then.