Word: hotspots
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High school minus the prom and plus a less awkward health class, single-sex education has long been a contentious hotspot of the academic world. Many proponents argue that adolescents benefit socially and academically from being able to develop without feeling pressure or judgment from the opposite sex; but others feel that single-sex education creates an unrealistic bubble that inhibits the development of social skills and reinforces gender stereotypes. Harvard, with many of its students hailing from the various single-sex high schools across the country, is the perfect place to test this debate. These students’ experiences...
...real party will be downtown, where hundreds of national media have snapped up reservations at Des Moines' best restaurants. Want to dine at Lucca, an East Village hotspot, or swanky 801 Steak House? You'll have to elbow out New York Times and New Yorker reporters, along with the guests of two TV networks that have arranged for private seating. For the hundreds of less moneyed reporters in town for the holiday, Carrie Giddins, the spokeswoman for the Iowa Democratic Party, and Mary Tiffany, her GOP counterpart, have joined forces to throw "Raucous Before the Caucus," a big bash with...
...Starting this November, Harvard Square will become one giant hotspot of connectivity where anyone can surf the Internet without cost at any time. Following the initiatives of private companies like Google and EarthLink in San Francisco, the Square connectivity initiative will help bring the digital age to those who may not be able to afford a broadband connection. Although the speed of the free connection will not be as high as Harvard’s private network for students and affiliates, it will be much faster than a dial-up connection...
Last week, after two Sunni men were gunned down by Shi'ite militants in the sectarian hotspot of Haswah, near the city of Iskandariyah, Sunni members of a citizens' paramilitary group led Iraqi and U.S. military officials to the main Haswah mosque, where they told officials that the gunmen were celebrating their recent kill. With permission from the highest echelon of the U.S. command and Iraqi government in Baghdad, a specially trained Iraqi Army unit raided the mosque while U.S. forces stood by with additional firepower. The Iraqi soldiers returned with a booty no one had expected: several local commanders...
...service isn't perfect: some ISPs have balked at subscribers sharing their Internet access, and while fon.com's searchable maps help you pinpoint every FON-friendly hotspot in the world, there are many areas where service is thin on the ground. Still, for the cost of an ordinary wi-fi router, it's like getting a wireless couch to crash on in dozens of major cities...