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AndreaLee EWSIS

Q & A - New York Times - 0 views

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diigo America flights weight baggage kg lbs

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  • 40 kilograms (88 pounds) in first class, 30 kilograms (66 pounds) in business class and 20 kilograms (44 pounds) in economy.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
       
      conversions.
  • Taking your heavy bags with you to Italy could be costly indeed -- even if the airline accepted them -- largely because of the difference between the so-called piece system baggage rule, which predominates in the United States and on flights between the United States and Europe, and the weight system, which is commonly used in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
       
      hm.
  • Airlines in general are adopting tougher baggage rules to keep fuel costs under control. British Airways, for example, no longer accepts any checked baggage over 32 kilograms (70.5 pounds), except for certain items, including musical instruments, electric wheelchairs and sporting equipment, that have not been approved and registered 24 hours in advance. Northwest and American have recently reduced their baggage allowances for coach class to about 50 pounds an item, down from 70 pounds.
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      AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
       
      similarities between America and Europe
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  • Can you explain why we would face these charges in Europe, but not, apparently, in the United States?
  • AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
     
    About being charged for heavy bags in Europe, but not in America due to differences in kilograms and pounds.
Paul Allison

Alfie Kohn News and Comments - 0 views

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  • If we lived in a country where a real thinker like Ted Sizer, rather than clueless managerial types and clichĂ©-spouting politicians, got to be the Secretary of Education, maybe we wouldn’t need his wisdom so badly.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 24 Oct 09
       
      This is so true. I wonder what we can do to move toward creating a culture, a country or a school district where a practical visionary like Ted Sizer would have been allowed to be a political leader.
Tian EWSIS

Personality Development: Avoid Emotional Responses - 0 views

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diigo emotional response

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  • Tian EWSIS on 22 Oct 09
     
    "Many times, as you listen, it is difficult to control you emotional responses to the speaker's message. Each of us has a list of words that trigger emotional responses - whether positive or negative. At times you will need to separate facts from the opinions of those who are speaking to you. This is called critical listening." I think it's very true that we need to " separate facts from the opinions of those who are speaking to " or "evaluate each message by deciding what is fact and what is opinion." However, when things happen, it's always hard to do. We are habitual putting our own opinions into facts when other people are speaking us. I think we haven't realized this problem or we don't see any problem with doing this. Yet, inserting our own opinions into the real facts may twists the truth, or even bring trouble to people or ourselves. Maybe I'm just exaggerating it, yet my experience told me we better realize this issue and try to change this bad habit.
Jessica =D

AmericanHeritage.com / The 50 Biggest Changes in the Last 50 Years - 1 views

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shared by Jessica =D on 22 Oct 09 - Cached
  • To be sure, in 1954 computers were already making inroads into American business, especially in areas where data processing was very intense, such as banking and insurance. But they were huge and hugely expensive, kept in special air-conditioned rooms and tended by men in white coats. Very few Americans had ever actually seen one. Today about the only way for an American not to see one every day would be to stay in bed with the lights off.
    • Jessica =D
      Jessica =D on 22 Oct 09
       
      So funny, yet so true. o_O
  • In 1954 American exports totaled less than $14 billion, or 3.7 percent of GDP. In 2001 exports amounted to $729 billion, or 7.2 percent of GDP.
    • Jessica =D
      Jessica =D on 22 Oct 09
       
      Wow.
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