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Writing in the Sunday, March 25 Outlook section of the Washington Post, Zbigniew Brzezinski claims that "The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America." Moreover, he says, "the vagueness of the phrase was deliberately (or instinctively) calculated by its sponsors [to] stimulate . . . the emergence of a culture of fear. Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue." The "fear-mongering" of President Bush has been reinforced, says Brzezinski, "by security entrepreneurs, the mass media, and the entertainment industry." As a result, the American people have been subjected to "five years of almost continuous national brainwashing on the subject of terror."
This, Brzezinski continues, has "stimulate[d] Islamophobia." In particular, the "Arab facial stereotypes, particularly in [American] newspaper cartoons," remind Brzezinski of the "Nazi anti-Semitic campaigns." The people who do such things are "apparently oblivious to the menacing connection between the stimulation of racial and religious hatreds and the unleashing of the unprecedented crimes of the Holocaust."
Brzezinski's goal, he says, is an end to "this hysteria . . . this paranoia."
How to react to this? Would that one could say simply that it is sad to see a former high official go off the rails, and leave it at that. But the very fact that the Post chose to give the man such prime space shows that he will be taken seriously, although he no longer deserves to be. So here are a few comments.
It is rather rich to decry hysteria and paranoia in the same breath that one likens the slights to Arabs in the American news media to the depiction of Jews by the Nazis, and to imply that these slights may be the prelude to another Holocaust.
It is also rich to hear Brzezinski sneer at "security entrepreneurs." How, exactly, would Brzezinski describe his own career? The Encyclopedia of World Biography's entry on him reminds us that "Brzezinski was openly eager to be appointed assistant to the President for nation security affairs and delighted when President-elect Carter offered him the position in December 1976."
It is amusing to be lectured that "America today is not the self-confident and determined nation that responded to Pearl Harbor" by the national security adviser of the President who delivered the infamous "malaise" speech, telling Americans that our problems arose from "a crisis of the American spirit" and a "los[s of] confidence in the future." Aside from being rich, Brzezinski's claim is false. Fear of the enemy is not the opposite of determination and confidence in ultimate victory. There was much fear of the enemy in 1941, including some that was quite hysterical. The main difference in regard to self-confidence between World War II and the war on terror is that after Pearl Harbor, one no longer heard voices like Brzezinski's claiming that the real enemy was ourselves.
In a further sneer, Brzezinski writes: "President Bush even claims absurdly that he has to continue waging [the war on terror] lest al Qaeda cross the Atlantic to launch a war of terror here in the United States." Quite a fool, that Bush. Terror here in the United States? Absurd, indeed! How could al Qaeda cross the Atlantic? In airplanes? Ha, ha.
Between sneers, Brzezinski waxes professorial. "Terrorism is not an enemy but a technique," he explains. Quite so. The enemy might more precisely be described as jihadism, a political ideology that claims that the Christian and Jewish worlds are at war with Islam and that the Islamic world must make war on them. This ideology traces its roots to the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in the 1920's. But it only took wing after a jihadist government seized power in Iran in 1979, much as Communism only emerged as a major force after a Communist government was established in Russia. And where was Brzezinski when this enemy was taking shape? At the very pinnacle of the American government, flapping about pathetically, pursuing policies that enabled this strategic disaster to happen. His qualification for instructing us about how to deal with jihadism is therefore clear: there are few Americans who did us much as he to create the problem.
* Editor's Note: You can read Gabriel Schoenfeld's response to one of Muravchik's critics here.


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The Potter-Dix one act play has qualified for state competition.
Potter-Dix won the D1-6 District held in Potter on Nov. 27. Potter-Dix's play was judged as the best among other competing schools, including Crawford, Creek Valley, Garden County, Hitchcock County, Minatare, South Platte, and Stapleton.
Potter-Dix will now compete against Bertrand, Callaway, Nebraska Lutheran, Osceola, and Wausa at state competition at the Merryman Performing Arts Center in Kearney on December 6.
Potter-Dix – "Macbeth: a Tale of Darkness"
Written by: Adapted by Nelly Cueller-Garcia
Director: Beth Bogert
Assistant Director(s): Spencer Neugebauer
Hecate: Conner Wolff
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Macbeth: Thomas Wilbur
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Ronan: Jake Johnson
Malcolm: Samuel Bogert
Lachlan: Cameron Purcell
King Duncan: Luke Johnson
Lady Macbeth: Kenna Smith
Fleance: Tyler Magninie
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That's Megan Fox's description of the nude Dolce & Gabbana dress she wore to the 2013 Golden Globe Awards. She also told E!'s Ryan Seacrest that her husband, Brian Austin Green, was wearing the same tux he had recycled for years. And, she added to Ryan, "I like your hair." Ryan's hair was rather high Sunday night. Too high? Maybe he needed the inches.
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) would never admit to this, but the Washington Jewish Week's Adam Kredo reports the group's press release decrying Palestinian diplomatic warfare may have been a veiled attack on President Obama.
Here's the crucial piece of text from the AIPAC press release:
"The Palestinians have now stepped up their preconditions by demanding that Israel publicly commit that a Palestinian state will be based on the pre-June 1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps."
Unmentioned, but implied, is that the Palestinians stepped up their preconditions after Obama endorsed borders based on the pre-1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps during his Middle East speech in May. Both Democratic and Republican operatives told Kredo AIPAC's press release was an implicit attack on the president's position.
The press release sounds like a warning shot from AIPAC to the Obama administration. It's noteworthy it comes on the heels of Eli Lake's Washington Times article revealing the White House may be pressuring Israel to accept its position on the 1967 lines. That position means negotiations would have to begin at the 1967 lines — with the "mutually agreed land swaps" being decided on during the negotiation process. And if the two sides can't agree? Then it's back to the 1967 lines.
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Yesterday, I noted that one of the downsides of the Obama administration's heavy reliance on drone strikes is that it eliminates the option of capturing and interrogating terrorist suspects. Admittedly, that may not be possible in many instances anyway, but the intelligence payoff from interrogation (and also seizure of documents) is much higher than from simple elimination.
Today, the Wall Street Journal notes another potential downside: the possibility of getting played by an allied intelligence service. In this case, the Journal writes, the U.S. government now suspects that the Joint Special Operations Command was being set up by the president of Yemen to eliminate one of his rivals in 2010 when a U.S. missile killed six people, including the deputy governor of one of the country's provinces. This kind of mishap is a distinct danger when U.S. agencies use lethal force in countries where our intelligence-gathering capacity (especially in terms of human intelligence) is distinctly limited. This sort of thing was all too common in the early days in Afghanistan and Iraq, both places where U.S. troops were inadvertently drawn into local political rivalries.
The answer is to establish deeper ties and deeper understanding. but that takes time and energy. Sometimes drone strikes can be a convenient short-cut for that kind of intensive effort. On the other hand, if done right, and if used as the culmination of an intensive intelligence-generating process rather than a substitute for it, drone strikes can be a highly effective tool in the war against terrorist groups. They should certainly not be discontinued and not even reduced in number, but their downsides should be kept firmly in mind.


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Every pregnant woman should consult her physician before beginning an exercise program. Discuss which exercises are effective yet safe and those to avoid. It is particularly important that you not begin exercising on your own if:
- you have any type of cardiac (heart) or respiratory condition
- you have diabetes that developed before or during pregnancy
- you have high blood pressure, whether the onset was before pregnancy or occurred as a symptom of toxemia
- you have a history of premature labor
- your placenta is implanted completely over or near your cervix (placenta previa)
- you have physical impairments or musculoskeletal disease that would prevent exercise even in the nonpregnant state
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- Wear good shoes. This is very important! Walking and aerobic activity (even the low-impact variety without all the hopping, jumping, kicking, and skipping) involve contact with relatively hard surfaces. Proper shoes provide protection, support, cushioning, traction, and flexibility. Ordinary tennis shoes are not adequate. You need a good pair of walking shoes or aerobic shoes with adequate arch supports, heel cushioning, and lateral support that touches all the surfaces of your feet except over the toes. These are available from stores specializing in athletic equipment. Describe the type of exercise you will be doing, so the clerk can help you select the best shoes for you.
Making Exercise Safe and Effective
For anyone engaged in an exercise program, it is important to know if you are under- or overworking your heart. If you underwork your heart muscle, you won't build stamina or endurance. If you overwork your heart, you could become short of breath, dizzy, nauseated, or faint.
During pregnancy, it is especially important not to overwork. There are many internal body changes taking place that require oxygen and energy, in addition to the fact that a whole new person is growing inside you! That is why you should learn how to measure your body's responses to exercise.
One sign of overworking is shortness of breath. If you are working at just the right pace, you should be able to carry on a normal conversation while exercising (the talk test). But to be more accurate, you can learn to use your own pulse to tell you exactly how your body is responding to exercise.
If at any time during exercise you feel extremely fatigued, faint, dizzy, lightheaded, nauseated, or clammy and cold even though you are sweating, stop exercising, but walk around for a while and then have a seat. If you feel unwell during a structured class, let the instructor know before you leave. She may want to keep an eye on you for a bit, or she may want to help you seek medical assistance.
Also, see your physician before resuming exercise. These are warning signs. Listen to your body. There may be a very simple cause or one that is complicated and serious. Your physician, not your fitness instructor or you, should determine the cause.
Now that you know what you're doing, you're ready to work out. Go to the next page to find out how to start your aerobic exercise program.This information is solely for informational purposes. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. Neither the Editors of Consumer Guide (R), Publications International, Ltd., the author nor publisher take responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading or following the information contained in this information. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Before undertaking any course of treatment, the reader must seek the advice of their physician or other health care provider.


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In the late 1890s, Edmund Dene Morel, a young British shipping company agent, noticed something strange about the cargoes of his company's ships as they arrived from and departed for the Congo, Leopold II's vast new African colony. Incoming ships were crammed with valuable ivory and rubber. Outbound ships carried little more than soldiers and firearms.
Correctly concluding that only slave labor on a vast scale could account for these cargoes, Morel resigned from his company and almost singlehandedly made Leopold's slave-labor regime the premier human rights story in the world. Thousands of people packed hundreds of meetings throughout the United States and Europe to learn about Congo atrocities. Two courageous black Americans - George Washington Williams and William Sheppard - risked much to bring evidence to the outside world. Roger Casement, later hanged by Britain as a traitor, conducted an eye-opening investigation of the Congo River stations.
Sailing into the middle of the story was a young steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming over all was Leopold II, King of the Belgians, sole owner of the only private colony in the world.
©1998 Adam Hochschild (P)2010 Random House
"Hochschild's fine book of historical inquiry, which draws heavily on eyewitness accounts of the colonialists' savagery, brings this little-studied episode in European and African history into new light." (Amazon.com review)
"Hochschild's superb, engrossing chronicle focuses on one of the great, horrifying and nearly forgotten crimes of the century: greedy Belgian King Leopold II's rape of the Congo, the vast colony he seized as his private fiefdom in 1885....[M]ost of all it is a story of the bestiality of one challenged by the heroism of many in an increasingly democratic world." (Publishers Weekly)
I had heard about this book from friends and knew I should read it, but dreaded hearing the gory details of King Leopold's horrendous subjugation of the Congo. But Hochschild breaks it to you gently, and crafts the story so skillfully that I never felt overwhelmed. The book is easy to listen to and consistently fascinating. It is amazing that the Belgians were able to prevent the information about this massive crime against an entire people from being disseminated earlier, successfully burying it for so many decades. Highly recommended.
"A History that I Should Have Known"
This is a history that I should have known, but did not, and am glad that I had an opportunity to explore the history of the Belgian Congo and the forces that shaped many of the countries in Africa. The author focuses on the perceived need, within Europe countries, and King Leopold of Belgium, in particular, to have a foot hold on the African continent and to exploit the resources and peoples in Africa to his own personal advantage. The author makes the history more personal, more intimate, by focusing on the dynamics of King Leopold of Belgium and how his personal needs drove widespread exploitation and brutality in the area that became the Belgium Congo. The reader captures the history as if telling an engaging mystery that is unfolding with many characters with multiple over-lapping and conflicting agendas until the reader has to step back and realize the damage and destruction that is being done. The inhumanity of it all is at times overwhelming and yet it is a history that provides a more contemporary context for some of the conflicts in this region. Well-crafted historical work; well-read with clarity and engagement; a story worth knowing as one ponders developments in the region and the history of European involvement in the colonization and exploitation of Africa.
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"A sorry sad story"
One of my favorite books, "Poisonwood Bible", piqued my interest in exactly what had happened in the Congo. The reality was worse than I ever had imagined. Mass genocide and other atrocities were so severely inflicted on the people of the Congo that all but the faintest hints of oral traditions were eradicated, along with most of the culture. The author takes some time in exploring the parallels to Joseph Conrad's fictional "Heart of Darkness" and makes a strong case that fictional people and events truly existed. There are heroes in this story, but current events in the Congo make any hope of the restoration of the once vibrant culture truly faint. That one man can destroy so much is an unfortunate lesson the humankind keeps having to repeat. Narration is competant but there are annoying repeated phrases as an earlier reviewer states.
"History Worth Hearing"
This relatively unknown history of the reign of terror by King Leopold II on Africa's Congo is a tragic witness to the collective amnesia that we all collectively suffer.
Mr. Hochschild has done us a tremendous service in bringing to light and life, the dark tale of the fate of the African Congo and the brutal exploitation that took place on the world's stage to a mostly silent and indifferent audience.
This is an excellent and painful lesson in world history, all the more remarkable that it occurred not that long ago. The narration is balanced, crisp and dispassionate and lets the words provide the majority of the drama. The passions of Leopold and those who sought to expose him are allowed to come through unfiltered. While it may be a misnomer to call an audio book a "page turner", nonetheless, it is appropriate.
"Great history"
Very interesting, little known and important story beautifully told with great characters and narrative development.
"A history lesson we should have learned in school"
When I was a history major in college over 45 years ago, I never heard of King Leopold of Belgium, and knew nothing of the relationships between the colonizers and the African people. The detail in this book makes it impossible to escape the connection between the abuse of the African people and the development (or lack thereof) of the people and governments of central Africa.
"A Worthwhile Book"
I have a particular interest in the African Diaspora, the US reconstruction, and Jim Crow years. This book provides fine background on a particularly dark era. First, Leopold II's story is well documented here and those who are unfamiliar with the story will greatly benefit. Individuals who became cognizant of the "goings on" in African under the King and fought are aptly covered. King Leopold realizes that Europeans are profiting from African in general and the Congo in particular and wants his share of the booty. How he does that and the aftermath is the story of this book. I would have enjoyed gaining a more nuanced understanding of the culture, communities, and detail related to what was happening "on the ground" in the Congo. Essentially, this book details, outlines, and retells what took place. There are examples and a few short biographical sections (a African head collector for example), but the story does not come to life. This is not a new book (1999), but very worthwhile. Geoffrey Howard reads wonderfully.
"A classic"
This is one of those classic, well-written tales that all educated people should at least know of. And it's an engrossing listen too. If you're looking for a good history book, this is a fine choice.
I'm still giving it five stars, but I'll make the following criticisms: First, Hochschild has a certain supercilious moralism. You don't have to be supercilious to find fault with the Rape of the Congo, but Hochschild is, and it comes through. He goes to great effort to try to share the voices of the victims, which is in fact a great strength of the book, but in doing so he can't resist a discussion about how history empowers and disempowers and blah blah blah, gets kind of irritating. Yes, killing millions of poor Africans is wrong; we don't need to get super PC to make this point.
Second, I think the most interesting point in the book is an idea Hochschild touches on at the end, that Africa's modern dysfunction is in many ways a direct consequence of the horrors inflicted during this period, and that this is not so much a reflection of large-scale problems of bad governance, but of the small-scale utter breakdown of civil society during the colonial period and the normalization of violence. This is somewhat outside the scope of the book, but I would really have liked to hear the case made directly.
That being said, still a good listen.
"Fantastic Book"
Absolutely, the story is moving and entertaining and terrifying and amazing. Even if you have no particular interest in history, colonialism, human rights or the ethics of empire the story told here is fascinating and draws you into the narrative, involving as it does so many people, famous, infamous and unknown.
His diction and elocution is spot on, and he brings an elegant, measured tone to the narration.
The language is especially wonderful and the author seamlessly integrates source material into and out of the text.
Family father, neuroscientist, and non-fiction audiobook addict.
"Gruesome story describing how shrewd King Leopold"
This books tells a story that deserves a greater audience. Most people have a vague appreciation of colonialist exploits in Africa and most people know that imperialist Europe to some extent exploited Africa in a way that was not mutually beneficial. This book describes the process and the details of this exploitation in the Congo, and it paints a gruesome picture that is difficult to shake off.
We get to follow King Leopold who from an early age desired a large territory to exploit. By pretending to be on a humanitarian mission Leoplold got European leaders to accept him taking over Congo. When in charge he set up a reign based on terror and slavery resulting in a large personal fortune and a reduction of the Congolese population to about 50% of what it had been before Leopold's men arrived. His belgian soldier were given manuals of how to Kidnap women and children to force men to work, as well as how to punish men who did not work (chopping off hands was a frequent phenomena).
As damning as this story is for white imperialist Europe, it also offers hope. Leopold was eventually stopped, and not through local uprisings. Indeed local leaders tended to help tyrants such as Leopold if they themselves could profit from it. Rather it was the english lawyer, E.D. Morel, who when he realized that Leopold was exploiting Congo made it his mission to stop him. This resulted in what was essentially a PR war between Morel and King Leopold, which was fought around the world and which is a fascinating story in its own right (which is also described in the book). Of course Congo eventually became a sovereign nation, and as is sadly often the case, the first thing they did was to elect a leader (Lumumba) who wanted to shut the rest of the world (especially western nations) out. CIA responded with an assassination and installed Mobutu, who ruled the "democratic" republic of Congo for 30 years, leading it to more suffering and poverty.
In sum, King Leopold's ghost is a gripping, well researched, story about a chapter in our history about which we are too naive. The book is highly recommended
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I disagree with the central premise, that's there's been a "sudden revitalization of daytime" but I like that at the end of the article he mentions the option that soaps could benefit from a move to cable.
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Albion are reportedly keen to take Sinclair, who joined City from Swansea last summer but only made three starts, on a season-long loan.
Asked about the 24-year-old on Thursday, Clarke said: "I know there was initial contact between the clubs and I know there has been continued contact between the clubs.
"Beyond that, I don't know if we are close to a deal or if we are far away from a deal.
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In the secondary market, securities transactions can be settled in other ways:
- Regular-way (RW) trades settle on the third business day after the transaction. That is, if you buy a stock for a client on a Tuesday, you must have the cash to pay for it by Friday; similarly, the investor selling the stock must have it ready for good delivery by that Friday.
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Bear in mind that this timeline refers to business days. Weekends and exchange holidays are excluded.
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Senior editor Jason Cohen has written for Texas Monthly since 1995 (and texasmonthly.com since its very first iteration). His 1997 story "The Ice Bats Cometh," about minor league hockey in Texas, was the basis of his book Zamboni Rodeo (Greystone Press, 2001). He also penned the magazine's first-ever Matthew McConaughey story, in August 1996. The co-author of Generation Ecch! (Fireside Books, 1994) and co-editor of SXSW Scrapbook (Essex/University of Texas Press, 2011), he has also written for such publications as Rolling Stone, SPIN, Details, the Austin Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, Portland Monthly, and Cincinnati magazine. His 1995 Rolling Stone cover story on the band Hole prompted Courtney Love to yell at him from the stage at Lollapalooza in Austin, while his 2007 profile of the Portland strip club Mary's won a Sex-Positive Journalism Award. As one of the two primary writers for the TM Daily Post, Cohen wrote approximately 500 stories for Texas Monthly in 2012. He has been a blogger since 2002 and been known to maintain as many as five Twitter accounts.
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The newest, drunkest crimes from Campus Watch, the University of Texas police department's blotter.
Update: The Stiff Arm Trophy website calls it for the Texas A&M QB, its earliest ever projection. The Tyler/Kerrville native will take the home the Heisman Trophy Saturday.
East Side King's first bricks-and-mortar kitchen is now bringing beet fries, brussels sprouts, and wild ramen combinations to the legendary dive bar and rock venue.
"Put succinctly, Mack Brown is and will remain the Longhorns' head football coach," University of Texas at Austin president Bill Powers wrote in a blog post Thursday.
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Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) files to run for Speaker of the House, displacing Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) as the conservative challlenger to Joe Straus (R-San Antonio).
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Today, the Commission is releasing "A Giant Leap and a Big Deal: Delivering on the Promise of Equal Access to Broadband for People with Disabilities." It is the second paper in a series of working papers that are being released in conjunction with the National Broadband Plan. And it is the first time the Commission has issued a working paper addressing accessibility and technology issues.
The "giant leap" is a reference to Marlee Matlin's testimony at the Gallaudet Field Hearing on November 6:
It seems that all the hard work that we did 20 years ago has virtually disappeared when it comes to updating access standards for broadband and the Internet. Imagine Neil Armstrong watching a re-broadcast 20 years later, in 1989, of his first steps on the moon, only to find his words which echoed across the globe, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were no longer there – erased, as if he had never been to the moon. That's how taking closed captions out of broadcast content now being shown on the Internet feels to millions of people like myself.
The "big deal" is a reference to comments on Broadband.gov of sandraleesmith46, who was quoted by the Chairman at the Silicon Flatirons event on March 10:
[I am] a disabled citizen on a very tight budget . . . I have this computer as a gift from my sister, and I currently have wireless Internet access as part of my rent at the RV park where I live. . . I have difficulty getting out and doing many things physically, and to shop, bank, and the like. . . Before going on line, I rarely socialized because the physical effort to get there, to do so, was just too great. With the Internet, I can do so with little energy output, and enjoy doing so. Believe it or not, that is a big deal.
In between these bookends, the paper provides an analysis of and a context for the National Broadband Plan's accessibility recommendations. Relying on extensive feedback from the public, it discusses the barriers and opportunities in much greater detail. It discusses the role of industry innovation and the importance of building on ongoing efforts in the public and private sectors.
The paper also identifies gaps that must be addressed if we are going to accelerate the adoption of broadband by people with disabilities. We need to improve implementation and enforcement of existing accessibility laws. We must gather and analyze more information and coordinate accessibility policy and spending priorities. We need to update regulations and subsidy programs. We also must update our approach to accessibility problem solving and tap new sources of information and innovation and use the tools of new media and open government to promote collaborative problem solving.
The paper discusses how the recommendations in the National Broadband Plan will help address these needs. The paper discusses in more detail the creation of a Broadband Accessibility Working Group in the Executive Branch; the establishment of an Accessibility and Innovation Forum; and the modernization of accessibility laws, rules, and related subsidy programs by the FCC; the Department of Justice, and Congress.
And now we are all rolling up our sleeves to make the National Broadband Plan's blueprint for accessibility a reality.
Joel Gurin and Karen Peltz Strauss are leading the charge from CGB and will be working with other bureaus to initiate several proceedings over the next few months. I'm also happy that I will be working with them and others throughout the Commission to set up the Accessibility and Innovation Forum. We will need your help to make these efforts a success and will be working closely with all stakeholders.
As the working paper concludes, delivering on the promise of equal access to the broadband infrastructure will be one of the "giant leaps" of our generation ... and we must show that we do believe that this is a big deal, for people with disabilities and for all Americans.


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BenchPrep, a ground-breaking online/mobile adaptive scholastic prep solution enabling 21st Century high school and college students achieve greater academic success, today announced that more than half a million students have used its proprietary test prep courses that can be accessed via computer, iPhone, Android and iPad. As another notable company milestone, BenchPrep concurrently announced it has amassed more than 30 publisher partnerships with industry leaders such as Cengage and Princeton Review, most recently bringing Research & Education Association Inc (REA) into the fold as entrée into the college credit test prep market. Through these affiliations, the company is currently offering more than 250 test prep programs, including several hundred hours of video courses, relating to high school coursework, college admissions, college coursework, and graduate admissions.
"Our adaptive and personalized study solution enables students to better prepare for tests and course work through any portable device from anywhere, at any time," notes EdTech authority and academic futurist Ashish Rangnekar, CEO of BenchPrep. "BenchPrep uses innovative game mechanics to help students better prepare and minimizes stress, providing everything needed to study in one place, including hundreds of practice questions, detailed explanations, guided study plans, and high-quality content from the world's most respected publishers. BenchPrep has, in fact, changed the test prep game creating the world's first and only cross-platform test prep course. This means that students access their courses not only on their computers and mobile devices, but that they can sync their progress, so that they start studying exactly where they left off."
BenchPrep, which is backed by $8.2 million in venture capital, is proud to have helped over 500,000 students excel on standardized tests and accomplish their professional and educational goals. This comprehensive solution is intended to help students prepare for tests and course work stress-free, giving them everything needed in one place. With study plans to guide them along, and material that syncs across all devices, students are better prepared for their coursework and testing.
In an effort to give back, BenchPrep recently launched its "Teach it Forward" initiative offering free digital college readiness courses to underprivileged students in 25 underperforming districts throughout the United States. With BenchPrep's "Teach it Forward" program, students and faculty will get access to 20 carefully selected courses relevant to college prep, such as high school math, ACT and SAT prep, and 21st century skills (like Microsoft Office)–resources many financially strapped districts can't normally procure and avail to students.
Rangnekar underscores the need for solutions like BenchPrep, noting, "An overwhelming number of high school graduates are not ready for college. In fact, the problem is at an all-time high with as many as 75 percent of students being unprepared. For example, of the 600,000 college freshmen that enroll in a calculus course every year, roughly 200,000 fail. At an average cost of $1,000 for that course, that's $200 million in lost tuition cost."
"This is a problem BenchPrep can readily address," Rangnekar continues. "We have, in fact, seen an average score improvement of 16 percent over a 90-day period for students utilizing our digital study materials. This number increases to 20.5 percent for those students who use the product on both the Web and a mobile device, highlighting the power of cross-device access.
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SCHOOLS & KIDSPleasanton Has Some of the Best Schools in the State
We are seeing a lot of posts on these forums attacking the teachers and schools. They say that by defeating Measure G we...Original post made by Russell on May. 1, 2009
Last comment by Vicky, on May 3, 2009 at 1:02 pm | 26 comments | 1492 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESMortgage default notices increase in Bay Area, statewide
A real estate tracking firm announced Wednesday mortgage default notices in the Bay Area were up by 17.6 percent in the first...Original post made on Apr. 23, 2009
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AROUND TOWNSheriff's deputy injured in rollover crash on Hwy. 84
An Alameda County sheriff's deputy suffered minor injuries after his vehicle overturned in an unincorporated part of the...Original post made on Apr. 23, 2009
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSPolice activity near Amador not school related
Police arrested two men in front of Amador Valley High School this morning, but the incident was not school related. Read...Original post made on Mar. 30, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSNew Statewide Survey on Education
Published by the Public Policy Institue of California. http://www.ppic.org/main/home.asp Funded by the William and Flora...Original post made by Carl on Apr. 30, 2009
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AROUND TOWNLivermore police searching for minors in Internet porn incident
The Livermore Police Department is asking the public for assistance in identifying juveniles who may have had contact with...Original post made on Apr. 26, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSMeasure G informative letter?
I've noticed two homes in my neighborhood with "Yes on G" signs posted in their yards. I respect my neighbors' right to...Original post made by Pleasanton Parent on Apr. 29, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALThe Contra Costa County Health Department confirmed a San Ramon (Coyote Creek Elementary School) student has tested positive for the Swine Influenza (H1N1 Virus).
http://www.srvusd.net/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=95344&id=0&rn=2122144...Original post made by PJ on May. 2, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSprogress toward balancing the school budget
State budget cuts are forcing the Pleasanton school district to cut $9.7 million from the school budget. The district has...Original post made by Sandy on May. 1, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALRegister to vote for elections on May 19 and June 2
I was speaking to one of my neighbors the other day about the upcoming elections and she said she had not yet received her...Original post made by Sandy on Apr. 30, 2009
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AROUND TOWNLottery ticket worth $133,825 purchased at Dublin Safeway
A California Lottery MEGA Millions ticket purchased in Dublin Tuesday is worth $133,825 and the prize has yet to be claimed,...Original post made on May. 2, 2009
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSAccident on Santa Rita Frontage Rd.
Does anyone know what happened on Wednesday afternoon around 3 PM on the frontage road across from Amador High School. Lots...Original post made by anne on Apr. 24, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSMeasure G information at www.savepleasantonschools.org
Hi all I'm Tony, a member of the Committee to Save Pleasanton Schools. We, in the group, have been greatly impressed...Original post made by Tony E. on Apr. 26, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALAn Interesting Forecast for the US...
As a preface to the following videoclip, I am reminded of a conference I attended when I was with a Big 4 consulting company....Original post made by Chris on May. 1, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSTeacher and Management Contributions
The managers have volunteered, for this year, to give salary donations back to the District totaling $40,000. For 2009/10,...Original post made by Tony E. on Apr. 29, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSupport Our Children Now!
From reading the negative press on Measure G it is very obvious to me that these negative individuals have not taught in...Original post made by Jerry Shelly on May. 1, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSThe G in Measure G is for Greed
I have been following the blogs on this site for at least a year, but never more closely than now since the Parcel Tax issue...Original post made by Ranting One on Apr. 30, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSPUSD employees are entitled to $15 million in S&C increases
The PUSD employees are entitled to their S&C increases. The district is contractually obligated to honor this commitment....Original post made by Tony E on Apr. 29, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESLetter: 2,000 attended local TEA Party
Dear Editor, Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/story.php?story_id=5540 posted Friday, May 1, 2009,...Original post made on May. 1, 2009
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AROUND TOWNTwo teens injured in Wednesday morning crash
Two 19-year-old Pleasanton men were injured Wednesday morning as their 1994 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck slid out of control...Original post made on May. 1, 2009
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Two sophomores at Conotton Valley High School have been nominated to represent their school for the Hugh O'Brian seminar.
Amber Adkins, 16, daughter of John and Bonnie Adkins of Sherrodsville and Logan Miller, 15, son of Victor and Shannon Miller of Bowerston will travel to the University of Akron in June to attend the O'Brian leadership conference. Both were nominated based on their academic standing and their leadership roles, both in and out of the classroom.
Amber plays softball and volleyball at Conotton Valley and also is a tutor and National Honor Society inductee.
Logan is vice president of his 4-H club and a National Honor Society inductee.
The Hugh O'Brian leadership conference, known as HOBT, was founded in 1958 and continues to promote the development of youth volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. HOBT programs annually provide selected students with unique leadership training, service learning and motivation-building experiences. Conotton Valley supports and promotes the same values for its students, school officials said.
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Rain To Start…Drying Out For The WeekendApril 25th, 2014 at 5:37 am by Pamela Gardner under Colts Forecast, Weather
Scattered showers and isolated t-showers are moving northeast through Indiana this morning. By noon all the rain should be out of here. Partly sunny skies will rule the afternoon but it will be windy. Wind gusts could reach up to 30 mph.
Temperatures are starting off in the 50s. Today's highs will be in the 60s. Tonight we cool off into the upper 40s and lower 50s.
This weekend will be in the lower 70s both days and dry-perfect for yard work!
A rainy weather pattern takes over once we hit Monday. Daily rain chances continue through Thursday. Temperatures slowly fall to the upper 50s for highs by the end of the next work week.


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As much as it was a brilliant day for Euro GP winner Rubens Barrichello, it was an awful afternoon for his teammate Jenson Button.
The Brit lost out right at the start, dropping down the grid as his rivals flew by, and he didn't find a lot of race pace until right at the end of the day.
Luckily for Button, though, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel blew his second engine of the weekend.
So Button remains top of the championship race on 72 points. But thanks to today's win, Rubens is hard on his heels with 54. Is Jenson choking under the pressure?
Barrichello was obviously chuffed with his first win for five years, and today's result proved very popular with everyone in the paddock. Although you do have to feel that McLaren threw the race away today, when they fumbled Lewis Hamilton's pitstop, despite team boss Martin Whitmarsh denying that it had any affect on the overall result.
What do you think?
Either way, though, McLaren proved they definitely have a car that's now capable of winning, and Ferrari are showing signs of improving, with Kimi Raikkonen getting a well earned third.
But the less said about Ferrari's Felipe Massa stand-in, Luca Badoer, the better. Ferrari should get Anthony Davidson in there for Spa, I reckon. He deserves another shot at racing.
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MADISON - Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen announced today that Wisconsin has joined with other states and the federal government and reached an agreement with Omnicare, Inc. and IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to settle allegations that the companies engaged in unlawful kickback schemes that defrauded federal and state healthcare programs. The agreement calls for payment of over $1.1 million in restitution to the Wisconsin Medicaid program.
Omnicare is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Covington, Kentucky that specializes in providing pharmacy services to long term care facilities. IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a Florida corporation headquartered in Weston, Florida that manufactures generic drugs. The settlements are based on an investigation that resulted from five separate qui tam lawsuits filed by private individuals and consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts under the state and federal false claims statutes. Wisconsin was named as a co-plaintiff state in one of the suits.
The government entities alleged that Omnicare and others engaged in several unlawful kickback schemes that included the following:
Van Hollen noted that Wisconsin Medicaid is a jointly funded federal and state program to provide medical assistance to the state's neediest residents. By pursuing this settlement, the state program will directly recover $1,133,429.08 in restitution as its share of the $2,637,282.90 attributable to Wisconsin Medicaid; the remainder will be returned to the federal government.
"I'm committed to the protection of resources used to fund government services. We won't allow schemes like this to waste hard earned taxpayer dollars," said Van Hollen. "By aggressive enforcement we can get the most from scarce resources and still provide needed services."


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Some recipes that include pineapple can be lean dishes such as chicken, and these recipes can be found on the internet or in cookbooks. Pineapple can be eaten as a side dish with meals, so that the enzyme helps the most with digestion. This use of pineapple for weight loss is the most balanced way to use the fruit. There is a much less healthy method, however.
Some uses of pineapple in dieting involves eating only pineapple. While pineapple is a beneficial fruit, eating so much of it exclusively can be harmful because pineapple is a very acidic fruit. It can be harsh on one's stomach, irritate the tongue, and make someone sick because of the unbalanced nature of such a restrictive diet. It may, however, lead to quick weight loss and somewhat of a detoxification, though a certainly a dangerous method of such.
The website for the Pineapple Diet is up, but there is nothing on the site except for an email button that can be used to request information when it is available. Supposedly, this new pineapple diet is something that is used in Hollywood by celebrities to lose weight. Hopefully, new information will soon be available on this diet.
- Pineapple aids in digestion.
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Deaths for Feb. 6, 2013
Helen Hardy
Helen Grier Hardy, 89, died Saturday, February, 2, 2013 at Carolina Medical Center in Waxhaw.
Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 1PM at Heritage Funeral Home – Indian Trail Chapel. Interment will follow at Sharon Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the funeral home.
Clara McDonald
Clara Howie Smith McDonald, 96, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013. She was born in Union County, NC on November 3, 1916 daughter of the late Baxter Fulton and Leona Helms Howie. Mrs. McDonald was a retired city of Monroe employee.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM in Mineral Springs United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the church prior to the service from 1:30 until 2:45 PM. Burial will follow the service in the church cemetery.
Mrs. McDonald was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Patterson Smith and her second husband, Mark Leon McDonald. She is survived by sons, Thomas P. Smith of Monroe, Michael H. Smith of Mineral Springs, brother, Bill F. Howie of Mineral Springs, sister, Eleanor Howie Little of Wingate, 5 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Mineral Springs United Methodist Church, 5915 Old Waxhaw Monroe Rd., Monroe, NC 28112 or Pleasant Grove Camp Ground, P O Box 68, Mineral Springs, NC 28108.
Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112 is caring for the McDonald family. Online condolences may be made to www.gordonfuneralservice.com
Walter Perry
Walter "Walt" Perry, 87, of Wingate, died early Tuesday morning, February 5, 2013, at Hospice of Union County in Monroe.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced my McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe.
Richard Clark Presley
Richard Clark Pressley, 65, passed away January 28, 2013. He lived and worked in Florida after leaving North Carolina as an area manager in the wholesale fixture business. He retired in the Fort Walton Beach area that he loved so much.
A son of the late Horace Durant and Ruth Lee Wooten Pressley, he was born February 10, 1947 in Monroe, North Carolina. An outdoor and sports enthusiast, he loved boating, being on the water, golfing, and he enjoyed all sports, whether he was participating or just watching. Richard served in the army during the Vietnam era and was a true patriot to this country.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen (Kate) A. Pressley; son and daughter-in-law, Kasey and Tori Pressley; grandson, Kaseman Pressley; sisters, Pat Deason and Shirley Thomas; brother, Johnny Pressley; numerous nieces and nephews and step children.
He was preceded in death by a wife, Karen Pressley, and a sister, Donna Simpson.
In lieu of flowers send donations to the Wounded Warrior Project.
Memorial services will be held at McEwen Funeral home on Feb. 16. Visitation will be from 3:30 p.m.to 4:45 p.m. and memorial to begin at 5 p.m.. Online condolences may be made at www.abbeyfh.com.
Ruth Trull
Ruth Bryant Trull, 92, died Monday, February 4, 2013.
Funeral services will be Friday, February 8, 2013 at 2 p.m. in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112 with burial to follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. The family will visit with friends and relatives prior to the service from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m..
Gordon Funeral Service is handling arrangements.