More Torquay and Leopold households and businesses have access to fixed-line broadband after Telstra completed its roll-out of ?top hats? in the area.
The upgrades, which are installed on top of the existing streetside cabinets, increase the number of people who can connect to ADSL2+ internet. Until now, the existing cabinets had not been able to support ADSL2+ technology due to physical constraints.
Telstra Country Wide?s area general manager for Geelong and the Surf Coast, Duane Dalton, said the top hat was an innovative way of improving internet access for residents and businesses.
?In the past year we?ve installed six of these across Torquay and Leopold, representing a significant investment in the area.?
The upgrade also involved improving the connection between each streetside cabinet and the main network to help remove potential bottlenecks. Telstra says the top hats were part of a nationwide infrastructure investment across the country, and the company will continue to invest in innovative communications solutions to bring faster broadband speeds and improved technology where possible.
Mr Dalton said the upgrade would help Telstra customers connect devices such as TVs, computers, smartphones and tablets.
?It will enable our customers to access Foxtel on T-Box and have better access to a range of BigPond content, movies and channels.
?We can also arrange for one of our T-Plus service technicians to come into customers homes and professionally set all these devices up.?
For more information on getting access to the ADSL2+ service, phone 13 76 63 or visit the Telstra store at Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre.
Franchising has become an important driving force across the world. It not only offers the proven business structures for the entrepreneurs to deliver the goods and services. Thus, a franchise organization is a perfect blend of experience and expertise of a big company. The result of investing in an abacus franchise business is truly rewarding. Hereby, we have mentioned some reasons why this business is on a surge.
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Hereby, we have mentioned some of the benefits of franchising business. The abacus franchise provides benefits to both the buyers and sellers. For franchisors, the major benefit is the ability to utilize others money to expand the resources the brand instead of their own or through the investors or lenders.
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Moreover, they don?t need to sacrifice the control to the outsiders or the pressure of repaying it to the lender. The fees and royalties can be used to fund the operations at the corporate headquarters to train and support the franchisees.
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Hence, the primary benefit of starting an abacus franchise business is it helps the franchisor to promote the brand and improve the overall quality and services.
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Other than that, the major benefit of starting this franchise is the success rate is higher in contrast to sole proprietorship, shorter time intervals for opening, initial training and dedicated support. The selling power of a known brand tends to be high.
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One can take benefit of an established business model, national and local promotion campaigns, customer lead generation through the websites and centralized call centers.
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Trade Name- another benefit of starting a franchise business is you have a right to use the established trade name, logo and style of franchisor. However, the customer is made aware about the local ownership.
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Known Product Name- Another vantage of having a franchise business is a known product name.
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Proven Track Record- Another benefit of franchise business is it has an established proven track record.
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It simply means that your product/ service has a global acceptance. It is a major perk and the sound reputation is another reason why people invest in franchise business.
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Training- Another benefit of starting a franchisee business is training is provided. It provides you with an ability to use the latest technology and handle the staff in a way that ultimately increases the confidence level of the business organization.
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Promotion- The major benefit of running an abacus franchisee business is promotion in all respects. Both the national advertising and local; advertising is done by the franchisor, so you save in terms of expenditure.
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Suppliers- The franchisors also act as suppliers. Through them you?ll be able to get the bulk discounts that is negotiated by the franchisor on networker?s behalf.
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Last but not the least; consultation is another benefit of starting a franchising business. You get to know about the latest information and be abreast of the latest technological developments.
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It looks like that Russian Polaroid social media advert may not be far-fetched, after all. In an email to Imaging Resource, Polaroid CEO Scott Hardy confirmed that "there will be an Android-powered, interchangeable-lens camera introduced by Polaroid at CES 2013." He didn't elaborate on specs, pricing or availability, but the earlier leak lists an 18-megapixel sensor, 3.5-inch touchscreen, 10-30mm lens and built-in WiFi -- all of which seem like reasonable inclusions for an entry-level mirrorless camera. The company's chief executive added that specifications would be confirmed at CES, at which point we'd also hope to see the new compact ILC in the flesh. The practicality of an Android-powered mirrorless model remains up for debate, but curious early adopters eager to open their wallets may now have but weeks to wait to add the world's first such device to their camera collection.
"Will you help me Miss? I still can't read." The look on the face of the teenager saying those words haunts me today.
In the early eighties, I volunteered to tutor secondary students with poor reading skills.
Thinking there would be only a few students, I decided to use a few of the vocabulary-controlled books available at the time. The subject matter suited teenagers, but the language was a grade three or four level. We could 'read' and discuss each book at school, and the student could take it home to read. The next week we would study another book. I believed the problem would be rectified in a few weeks, but it was not that simple.
Fifty plus students were functionally illiterate, and every student had the same difficulties. They had no understanding of phonics (letter sound relationships) and no word attack skills. Therefore, reading a text, even a simple one, was almost impossible.
I began teaching phonics systematically.
Our reading and writing system is an alphabetic one. Because the English alphabet is twenty-six letters and the sounds forty-four, one, two, three or four letters can be used to spell one sound. There are seventy common phonograms (letter combinations) and vowels, consonants and syllables to be taught.
Many students struggled to learn. Others became fluent readers once their basic phonics skills were in place. Trade teachers listened to the students read because they could see there was logic behind the process. With his newfound phonics knowledge overcoming his reading difficulties, one student stated angrily, "Is that all it was!" The students thought they were 'dumb'. No one questioned the fact that they were not taught how to read. Modern research indicates a systematic phonics method of teaching works very well with boys.
Teachers are usually fluent readers and forget the effort needed to learn to read. Many cannot understand why some people have a problem.
Unlike language ability, which is innate, reading is a skill and needs to be taught. Learning to read involves practice. I do not think reading is only about phonics? Phonics knowledge is fundamental to fluent reading.
I remember asking one of my students what happened to him in primary school. He said the teacher just told me to sit down and read.
Discovery learning was the philosophy at the time. Phonics programs, graded readers and grammatical exercises were out. Word memorizing was in. The better a reader gets at memorizing words, the more chance there is of developing a cognitive block to decoding words sound by sound.
Dr Seuss, whose incredibly popular books were written to supplement the whole word reading programs in schools, is quoted as saying, "I think killing phonics was one of the greatest causes of illiteracy in the country," He meant the USA.
Research studies over the past twenty-five years show that to learn an alphabetic writing system a person must be taught the sounds of his or her language and be trained to hear the order of these sounds in words. It is the sounds that the letters represent. When this learning is consolidated the next step is to teach systematically how these sounds can be spelled.
Learning to read is complex. It takes effort on the student's behalf and skilled teaching. Hopefully, the basic skills are established in early primary school.
The good news is it is never too late to learn.
Marilyn Martyn has helped many children learn to read. She has had wide experience as a teacher and children's librarian. She has published a book on phonics and developed a reading program for young children. To receive a FREE eBook, "How the English Alphabet System Works" and 10 free English lessons go now to http://www.phonicsforkids.net
Source: www.nytimes.com --- Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Options for the Jets include keeping quarterback Mark Sanchez, who had 24 turnovers this season, as a backup in 2013 or trading him to a team that would take on his salary. ...
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