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President Obama's Real Accomplishments in Office Introduction Where politics is concerned there always seems to be a real disconnect between facts on the one hand, and political rhetoric espoused by the media and the various political parties on the other. Citizens expect the media to decipher fact from fiction. But since the media is often biased in favor of one political party over another, the voting public is actually left to their own devices to determine fact from fiction. As a consequence, the average citizen is left out in the cold where unbiased evaluation of a candidate for political office is concerned. As we all know, politicians talk more about values, not facts. Facts are often used to measure results of a politician's programs, while values are used to make promises and to encourage the public to vote for a particular candidate. Facts are too dangerous for politicians while values are safer when interacting with the public. Purpose of Blog The purpose of this Blog is to present to my cyberspace public a factual review of the real accomplishments of the President of the United States, Barack Obama. I will review his accomplishments in two ways: Review the two most important promises the President made back in 2008 which were to lower the unemployment rate and create middle class jobs for Americans. The second way is to list the accomplishments of Barack Obama. When it came to the President's promises, both related to economics. This was important since the country came close to a financial disaster and collapse during President Bush's last term in office. At the time he made his promises, little did he know that his vision for America would be met by a recalcitrant and often times obstreperous Congress, particularly the House of Representatives. Despite the juggernaut of destructive gridlock offered up by the Republican Party and its Tea Party members, achievements were made in the last 6 years by the President. The Promises of President Obama The first promise was to lower the unemployment rate, and the second was to create jobs for middle-class Americans. I will present data that supports these promises, and I will carefully review actual achievements. The Unemployment Rate The President took office in January 2009. At that time the unemployment rate had been climbing during the previous year under the Bush Administration from 5.0 percent in January 2008 to 7.8 percent in January, 2009. The rate of unemployment continued to rise to a high of 10 percent in October 2009 as a lagging effect of the recession and near financial collapse in 2008. It continued to drift from 9.9 down to 9.4 percent during the rest of 2009, and continued through to the end of 2010. By this time the policies of the President and the Federal Reserve Board (primarily the economic stimulus packages) were starting to have an effect on the unemployment rate. In January 2011 the unemployment rate dropped to 9.1 percent. A year later it was 8.2 percent. By January 2013 it was 7.9 percent. In January 2014 the unemployment rate had dropped to 6.6 percent. In June 2014 the unemployment rate dropped again to 6.1 percent. During the President's watch, the unemployment rate declined 39 percent. As of August 2014 the unemployment rate still stayed at 6.1 percent. It would, of course, be simplistic and rather naïve to either ascribe total credit or total blame to the person holding office of the presidency for the lion's share of any economic change. The reality is economic cycles and the economy itself each have a life of its own (see my previous Blogs on economics and economic theories). Nevertheless, fiscal and economic policies of any President do matter. So from a policy standpoint, President Barack Obama has very much helped impact the unemployment rate in a positive way, thus achieving his first promise. Unemployment Rate (January 2004 – June 2014)
Source: Department of Labor Statistics Job Creation and Growth It is a fact that, since President Roosevelt, the average amount of private sector jobs created during Democratic Presidential terms is 1,463,220 and the average amount during Republican Presidential terms is a paltry 642,000 jobs. Obama's Second Promise
52 Straight Months of Private Sector Job Growth
July 3, 2014 Under President Obama's leadership, the economy has added private sector jobs for 52 straight months. During this span, 9.7 million private sector jobs have been created. In the Senate, Democrats are fighting to continue this positive trend and help speed along the economic recovery. President Obama's Major Accomplishments What follows is a PARTIAL list of Obama's accomplishments so far.
Despite the characterizations of some Republicans, Obama's success rate in winning congressional votes on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson's success rate in 1965 was only 93%.
Fiscal Responsibility
Within days after taking office, Obama signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse. The President created the post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more efficient to save the federal government money. On his first full day, he froze White House salaries. He appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT spending. He committed to phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems, and also signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop waste, fraud and abuse in the defense procurement and contracting system. Through an executive order, he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Improving the Economy, Preventing Depression
Obama pushed through and signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as "the stimulus package," despite the fact that not one Republican voted for that bill. In addition, he launched recovery.gov, so that taxpayers could track spending from the Act. In his first year, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created and sustained 2.1 million jobs and stimulated the economy 3.5%. Obama completed the massive TARP financial and banking rescue plan, and recovered virtually all of its costs. He created the Making Home Affordable home refinancing plan. Obama oversaw the creation of more jobs in 2010 alone than Bush did in eight years. He oversaw a bailout of General Motors that saved at least 1.4 million jobs, and put pressure on the company to change its practices, resulting in GM returning to its place as the top car company in the world. Obama also doubled funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership which is designed to improve manufacturing efficiency. He signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act giving the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud in every corner of the financial system. It also created a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial fraud that led to the economic meltdown. Obama signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, which was designed to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive credit card practices. He increased infrastructure spending after years of neglect. Obama signed the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures. The bill also provided $2.2 billion to help combat homelessness, and to stabilize the housing market. Through the Worker, Home Ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, Obama and Congressional Democrats provided tax credits to first-time home buyers, which helped the U.S. housing market recovery. He initiated a $15 billion plan designed to encourage increased lending to small businesses. Obama created business.gov, which allows for online collaboration between small businesses and experts remanaging a business. (The program has since merged with SBA.gov.) He played a lead role in getting the G-20 Summit to commit to a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. Obama took steps to improve minority access to capital. He created a $60 billion bank to fund infrastructure improvements such as roads and bridges. He implemented an auto industry rescue plan, and saved as many as 1 million jobs. Many are of the opinion that he saved the entire auto industry, and even the economy of the entire Midwest. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Obama saved at least 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors that would have otherwise been lost. Obama dismantled the Minerals Management Service, thereby moving forward to cut ties between energy companies and the government. He provided funding to states and the Department of Homeland Security to save thousands of police and firefighter jobs from being cut during the recession. He used recovered TARP money to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan. Obama crafted an Executive order establishing the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability to assist in financial education for all Americans.
Wall Street Reforms and Consumer Protection
Obama ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money. He pushed through and got passed Dodd-Frank, one of the largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression. Dodd-Frank also included the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Obama made it so that banks could no longer use YOUR money to invest in high-risk financial instruments that work against their own customers' interests. He supported the concept of allowing stockholders to vote on executive compensation. Obama wholly endorsed and supported the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 that would close offshore tax avoidance loopholes. He made a deal with Swiss banks that permit the US government to gain access to the records of criminals and tax evaders. He established a Consumer Protection Financial Bureau designed to protect consumers from financial sector excesses. Obama oversaw and then signed the most sweeping food safety legislation since the Great Depression.
Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination
Obama advocated for and signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which made it a federal crime to assault anyone based on his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. He pushed through, signed and demanded the Pentagon enact a repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy that forced soldiers to lie to fight for their country, and put our troops at risk by disqualifying many qualified soldiers from helping. Obama appointed Kareem Dale as the first ever Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy. Helped Congress pass and signed the Civil Rights History Act. He extended benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama has appointed more openly gay officials than anyone in history. He issued a Presidential Memorandum reaffirming the rights of gay couples to make medical decisions for each other. He established a White House Council on Women and Girls. He signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers. This was after the GOP blocked the bill in 2007. Only 5 Republican Senators voted for the bill. Obama wrote and signed an Executive Order establishing a White House Council on Women and Girls to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies evaluate the effect of their policies and programs on women and families. He expanded funding for the Violence against Women Act. Under Obama's watch, National Labor Relations Board has issued final rules that require all employers to prominently post employees' rights where all employees or prospective employees can see it, including websites and intranets, beginning November 2011.
Fighting Poverty
Obama provided a $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps). He signed an Executive Order that established the White House Office of Urban Affairs.
Improved Foreign Relations and American Status Abroad
Obama visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any previous president during his first six months in office. As he promised, he gave a speech at a major Islamic forum in Cairo early in his administration. He did much to restore America's reputation around the world as a global leader that does the "right thing" in world affairs, at least according to the rest of the planet. He re-established and reinforced our partnership with NATO and other allies on strategic international issues. Closed a number of secret detention facilities. Obama improved relations with Middle East countries by appointing special envoys. He pushed for military to emphasize development of foreign language skills. Offered $400 million to the people living in Gaza, called on both Israel and the Palestinians to stop inciting violence. He refused to give Israel the green light to attack Iran over their possible nuclear program. He worked to make donations to Haiti tax-deductible in 2009. He established a new U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Issued an Executive Order blocking interference with and helped to stabilize Somalia. He established new, more reasonable policies in our relations with Cuba, such as allowing Cuban-Americans to visit their families and send money to support them. He ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It was Republicans (and a smattering of Democrats) who prevented him from following through. Obama ordered a review of our detention and interrogation policy, and prohibited the use of torture, or what Bush called "enhanced interrogation." He ordered interrogators to limit their actions to the Army Field manual. He ordered all secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere to be closed. He released the Bush torture memos. On his second day in office, he signed a detailed Executive Order that banned torture, reversed all Bush torture policies, and put the United States in compliance with the Geneva Convention. In response to the emerging "Arab Spring," he created a Rapid Response fund, to assist emerging democracies with foreign aid, debt relief, technical assistance and investment packages in order to show that the United States stands with them. Obama passed the Iran Sanctions Act, to prevent war, and to encourage Iran to give up their nuclear program. Obama ended the Iraq War. In response to current events with an ISIS invasion in Iraq President Obama ordered air strikes and offered humanitarian assistance to Iraq religious minorities under threat of death from ISIS. He has now created an international coalition through NATO to annihilate ISIS in Iraq and Syria. He authorized and oversaw a secret mission by SEAL Team Six to rescue two hostages held by Somali pirates. The importance of this international act of terrorism was later made into a movie with Tom Hanks.
Better Approach to Defense
Obama created a comprehensive new strategy for dealing with the international nuclear threat. He authorized a $1.4 billion reduction in Star Wars program in 2010. He restarted nuclear nonproliferation talks and built up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols to where they had been before Bush. He signed and pushed to ratification a new SALT Treaty. Negotiated and signed a new START Treaty that will last until at least 2021. Through the Defense Authorization Act, he reversed the Bush Administration and committed to no permanent military bases in Iraq. He developed the first comprehensive strategy with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan designed to facilitate the defeat of al Qaeda and the withdrawal of most troops, as well as the rebuilding of Afghanistan. He returned our focus to Afghanistan, stabilized the country, and began the process of withdrawing our troops. Obama fulfilled his campaign promise and ended our involvement in Iraq in 2011. However, current events have altered a total and complete withdrawal from Iraq. Despite the current problems in Iraq the president, during his administration, has taken steps to severely weaken al Qaeda and limit their ability to terrorize the world. Many of the top al Qaeda leaders have been killed or otherwise neutralized. He negotiated and signed a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with India. He took decisive action to use NATO to limit the slaughter of innocents in Libya, so that the Libyan people could topple a despotic government and determine their own fate. Veterans He made sure that families of fallen soldiers could be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB by providing funding for it. He also ended the media blackout on coverage of the return of fallen soldiers. He funded Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an extra $1.4 billion to improve veterans' services. He provided the troops with better body armor. He created the Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program for military personnel in order to improve the quality of their medical care. He put an end to the Bush-era stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan beyond their enlistment date. He supported and signed the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, which made more money available to enable better medical care for veterans. He ushered through the largest spending increase in 30 years for the Department of Veterans Affairs for improved medical facilities, and to assist states in acquiring or constructing state nursing homes and extended care facilities. He created the Green Vet Initiative, which provided special funding to the Labor Department to provide veterans with training in green jobs. He oversaw a $4.6 billion expansion of the Veterans Administration budget to pay for more mental health professionals.
He has repeatedly increased funding for student financial aid, and at the same time cut the banks completely out of the process. He completely reformed the student loan program to make it possible for students to refinance at a lower rate. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he invested heavily in elementary, secondary and post-secondary education. This includes a major expansion of broadband availability in K-12 schools nationwide as well as an expansion in school construction. Also, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he put $5 billion into early education, including Head Start. He signed the Post-9/11 GI Bill, also known as GI Bill 2.0 He oversaw expansion of the Pell Grants program to expand opportunity for low-income students to go to college. He passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which provided an extra $12.2 billion in funds.
Greater Transparency and Better Government
He signed an order banning gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the Executive Branch. He signed an order banning anyone from working in an agency they had lobbied in previous years. He also put strict limits on lobbyists' access to the White House. He held the first-ever online town hall from the White House, and took questions from the public. The Obama White House became the first to stream every White House event, live. He established a central portal for Americans to find service opportunities. He provided the first voluntary disclosure of the White House Visitors Log in history. He crafted an Executive Order on Presidential Records, which restored the 30-day time frame for former presidents to review records, and eliminated the right for the vice president or family members of former presidents to do the reviews. This will provide the public with greater access to historic White House documents, and severely curtails the ability to use executive privilege to shield them. He improved aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, and issued new guidelines to make FOIA more open and transparent in the processing of FOIA requests.
National Safety and Security
He's restored federal agencies such as FEMA to the point that they have been able to manage a huge number of natural disasters successfully. He authorized Navy SEALS to successfully secure the release of a US captain held by Somali pirates and increased patrols off the Somali coast. Obama has repeatedly beefed up border security. He ordered and oversaw the Navy SEALS operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
Science, Technology and Health Care
He created a Presidential Memorandum to restore scientific integrity in government decision-making. Obama opened up the process for fast-tracking patent approval for green energy projects. He eliminated the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. He also provided increased federal support for biomedical and stem cell research. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he committed more federal funding, about $18 billion, to support non-defense science and research labs. He signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first comprehensive attempt to improve the lives of Americans living with paralysis. He expanded the Nurse-Family Partnership program, which provides home visits by trained registered nurses to low-income expectant mothers and their families, to cover more first-time mothers. His EPA reversed research ethics standards which allowed humans to be used as "guinea pigs" in tests of the effects of chemicals to comply with numerous codes of medical ethics. Obama conducted a cyberspace policy review. Obama provided financial support for private sector space programs. He oversaw enhanced earth mapping to provide valuable data for agricultural, educational, scientific, and government use. He ushered through a bill that authorized the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. As a result, the FDA has ordered tobacco companies to disclose cigarette ingredients and to ban sale of cigarettes falsely labeled as "light." Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he provided $500 million for Health Professions Training Programs. He also increased funding for community-based prevention programs. He oversaw a 50% decrease in cost of prescription drugs for seniors. He eliminated the Bush-era practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug companies on price. Two weeks after taking office, he signed the Children's Health Insurance Re-authorization Act, which increased the number of children covered by health insurance by 4 million. He held a quick press conference, and urged Congress to investigate Anthem Blue Cross for raising premiums 39% without explanation. Rep. Waxman responded by launching a probe, and Anthem Blue Cross put the increase on hold for two months. He ushered through and signed the Affordable Health Care Act, which expanded health insurance coverage to 30 million more people, and ended many common insurance company practices that are often detrimental to those with coverage. Through the Affordable Health Care Act, he allowed children to be covered under their parents' policy until they turned 26. Through the Affordable Health Care Act, he provided tax breaks to allow 3.5 million small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees; thereby 29 million people will receive tax breaks to help them afford health insurance. Through the Affordable Health Care Act, he expanded Medicaid to those making up to 133% of the federal poverty level. Through the Affordable Health Care Act, health insurance companies now have to disclose how much of your premium actually goes to pay for patient care. Provisions in Obama's Affordable Health Care Act have already resulted in Medicare costs actually declining slightly this fiscal year, for the first time in many years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Last year's increase was 4%. Compare that to the average 12% annual inflation rate during the previous 40 years. Strengthening the Middle Class and Families Obama worked to provide affordable, high-quality child care to working families. He cracked down on companies that were previously denying sick pay, vacation and health insurance, and Social Security and Medicare tax payments through abuse of the employee classification of independent contractor. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he cut taxes for 95% of America's working families. Under Obama, tax rates for average working families are the lowest they've been since 1950. He extended and fully funded the patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax for 10 years. He extended discounted COBRA health coverage for the unemployed from 9 months to 15 months, and he's extended unemployment benefits several times.
Environment and Energy
Obama fast-tracked regulations to allow states to enact federal fuel efficiency standards that were above federal standards. His fast-tracked regulation increased fuel economy standards for vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. It was the first time such standards had been increased in a decade. He oversaw the establishment of an Energy Partnership for the Americas, which creates more markets for American-made biofuels and green energy technologies. His EPA reversed a Bush-era decision to allow the largest mountaintop removal project in US history. He ordered the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances. He ordered energy plants to prepare to produce at least 15% of all energy through renewable resources like wind and solar, by 2021. (As you can see, Republicans are trying hard to kill it.) He oversaw the creation of an initiative that converts old factories and manufacturing centers into new clean technology centers. Obama bypassed Republican opposition in Congress, and ordered EPA to begin regulating and measuring carbon emissions. His EPA ruled that CO2 is a pollutant. He doubled federal spending on clean energy research. He pushed through a tax credit to help people buy plug-in hybrid cars. He created a program to develop renewable energy projects on the waters of our Outer Continental Shelf that will produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean currents. Obama reengaged in the climate change and greenhouse gas emissions agreements talks, and even proposed one himself. He also addressed the U.N. Climate Change Conference, officially reversing the Bush-era stance that climate change was a "hoax." He fully supported the initial phase of the creation of a legally binding treaty to reduce mercury emissions worldwide. He required states to provide incentives to utilities to reduce their energy consumption. Following Bush's eight year reign, he reengaged in a number of treaties and agreements designed to protect the Antarctic. He created tax write-offs for purchases of hybrid automobiles, and later he and Democrats morphed that program into one that includes electric cars. Mandated that federal government fleet purchases be for fuel-efficient American vehicles, and encouraged that federal agencies support experimental, fuel-efficient vehicles. Obama oversaw and pushed through an amendment to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 authorizing advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He also actively tried to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to eliminate the liability limits for those companies responsible for large oil spills. He initiated Criminal and Civil inquiries into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Through Obama's EPA, he asserted federal legal supremacy, and barred Texas from authorizing new refinery permits on its own. He strengthened the Endangered Species Act. His EPA improved boiler safety standards to improve air quality and save 6500 lives per year. Through the EPA, he took steps to severely limit the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, and to increase their efficacy in humans. Obama increased funding for National Parks and Forests by 10%. He announced greatly improved commercial fuel efficiency standards. He announced the development of a huge increase in average fuel economy standards from 27.5mpg to 35.5mpg starting in 2016 and 54.5 starting in 2025.
Other Accomplishments
Obama has expanded trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements such as NAFTA. He oversaw funding of the design of a new Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History, which is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. He protected the funding during the recent budget negotiations. He oversaw and passed increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice in the Court's history, and these women represent only the third and fourth women to serve on the court, out of a total of 112 justices. He appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other incoming president. He eliminated federal funding for abstinence-only education, and he rescinded the global gag rule. Obama loosened the rules, and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to regulate themselves without federal interference. His FDA banned the use of antibiotics in livestock production. Obama ushered through and signed national service legislation, increasing funding for national service groups, including tripling the size of the AmeriCorps program. The material used for the list of accomplishments was obtained from the article below. It has been altered somewhat due to many of the current events that have taken place globally in last few weeks and months. Read the original article at http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html Post Script It is clear that President Obama is one of the most successful presidents of all time. Despite a much fractured Congress and a very disruptive Republican/Tea Party, President Barack Obama has exceeded all expectations as a president. Whoever the next president in 2016 is—one thing is for sure—she/he will definitely follow in the footstep of a presidential giant. As an aside, I hope the voting public will evaluate the Republican/Tea Party in a fair and balanced manner. It should be based on the number of their accomplishments for the American people since President Bush left office. That evaluation should be very easy based on the overwhelming number of their accomplishments. At the last count Republicans/Tea Party have ZERO ACCOMPLISHMENTS. If you really want to know which party to support in the upcoming mid-term elections this fall, just ask yourself one important question based on the following. Twenty years ago the Republicans swept into office with their promise in 1994 of a Contract with America. A November 13, 2000 article by Edward H. Crane, president of the libertarian Cato Institute, stated, "…the combined budgets of the 95 major programs that the Contract with America promised to eliminate have increased by 13%." President Bill Clinton often remarked that the Republicans had actually put forth a "Contract on America." The question you need to ask yourself and answer is—What part of Contract with America, if any, was ever accomplished by the Republican Party? If the answer is none of it, then you should clearly know which party or candidates to support in the upcoming mid-term elections. Why, you ask? — Because history, including political history, has a habit of repeating itself. The government shutdown, and economic harm that was subsequently felt by the American people a year ago, was caused by Republican/Tea Party members in Congress. I think it is fair to say that any Republican/Tea Party members running in the mid-term elections in 2014 (who supported the government shutdown) should have no subsequent role in that government since they tried to "deep six" it in 2013.

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Diversified website users and viewing devices
Website users are becoming more diverse. The population of senior users has been growing, and there are more new device options offered to view websites such as smartphones and tablets.
JIS accessibility guidelines were revised in August 2010, adopting more explicit criteria
The Japanese Industrial Standards for Web Content Accessibility (JIS X 8341-3:2010), which aim to ensure the accessibility of web contents to everyone, were revised on August 20, 2010, six years after the first publication.
The revised standards have adopted more explicit criteria for achievement level of web accessibility, ensuring its consistency with the latest international accessibility specifications (WCAG 2.0).
Assessment agencies also weigh their objective evaluation on website accessibility
Most assessment agencies which objectively assess companies' websites set the achievement level of web accessibility as one of the usability indicators.


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26 July 2008
Seasonal Pantry
There is a new link on my pages for a blog called "Seasonal Pantry". It is written by a lady who likes to canoe in the moonlight on a California river, but has recently taken up adventures in cooking. This is a mission to get people to really pay attention to food, and paying attention to her blog is a great place to start.
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the Landscape of Language Poetry
Sunday, March 20th, 2011 by admin
Picking up where I left off—sort of—in my musings about poetics, which started with Language Poetry and the Unbroken Baroque: what has language poetry to do with what I'm up to in Landscapes? Not much, it seems; nothing, I thought, when the question first occurred to me. After all, I don't mess around with syntax or spelling, and I'm not pushing a political agenda. In fact, my language is so straightforward, so prose-like, that it isn't poetry at all, according to some. Not only do I eschew the sorts of language pointers used by language poets, but I don't even employ the kinds of imagery and compression used by conventional ones. And, again, I'm not supporting a political position.
Why is the novel in verse form at all, especially the parts that are so nearly prose-like? Why not just put it back into prose form, as one friend suggested? What would be lost?
Something, I hope. A certain tension, a certain stress and strain in the language. I want the line breaks to work against the grain of the language. They should draw attention to the shape and rhythms of ordinary language, things too easily lost in prose, which tends to disappear against the backdrop of what it presents.
In other words, I introduce line breaks for the same reasons that language poets use a host of techniques such as phonetic spelling: to make the language itself less transparent, more dense, more material, more obvious to the reader
I first used line breaks in a poem published years ago in the Great River Review, "Precisely Reasons," the poem I've long considered that in which I first found my voice. It began like this:
When I was a child there
seemed to be at least
excuses if not precisely
reasons: my sister
loathed me (the note
pinned to the door said
I hate Jean Keep
Out which made it
awkward as we shared
the room)
I remember telling a professor of mine in graduate school that I placed the line breaks in positions of maximum awkwardness, and I remember how blank he looked. I wanted the emotional tension in the poem to be rendered in the very rhythm and texture of the language.
This is tricky, of course; it's an old, old problem, variously described, but here's one version: if you create ugliness while writing about it, what have you given the world? And nobody in their right minds will want to read it. So somehow, in the case of my poem, the repeated awkwardness has to make (for the poem to work) a new kind of pattern, a sense that is not random; there has to be pleasure in the reading. Not only in the reader's synthesis of the poem's "meaning" (life isn't fair, it rips you apart and happiness is a matter of chance) with its jagged rhythm (the timeworn form/function duo, doing their little dance)—that's important, certainly, but it's not enough. The visceral experience of each line break within the larger unfolding structure of meaning and language must give pleasure—a little "ah."
The same is true in Landscapes, of course. The other day Steve suggested moving a line break, and the new position was a clear improvement, much more in tune with other breaks. As I told him later, it's encouraging to me that he can do that; it shows me not only that he "gets" what I'm doing (no small gift, for ones' spouse to understand ones' work) but, at an even more basic level, it says that there is a logic to my line breaks, an emerging aesthetic.
All of this stuff about line breaks applies to the poems in free verse only, of course. Much of Landscapes is written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), which has its own issues, but generally jagged rhythm isn't one of them. Why I'm using it probably is one, and so is the question of why I'm mixing it with free verse… Oy. It's probably much, much smarter to go the Thomas Pynchon route, and say nothing, nothing at all, about one's work. I shall live to rue the day I started this blog. And I didn't even get to the bit about politics.


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Ishkq in Paris
|Ishkq in Paris
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Prem Raj
|Produced by
|Preity Zinta
Neelu Zinta
|Written by
|Prem Raj
Preity Zinta
|Preity Zinta
Rhehan Malliek
Isabelle Adjani
|Music by
|Manush Nandan
|Edited by
|Rameshwar S Bhagat
Mahendra Mishra
|Distributed by
Release date
Running time
|96 minutes
|₹120-150 million
|Box office
|est.₹21.3 million[1][2][3]
Ishkq in Paris (transl. Love in Paris) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romance film starring Preity Zinta, Rhehan Malliek and Isabelle Adjani, directed by Prem Raj,[4] produced by Zinta and co-written by Raj and Zinta. Initially set for release on 21 September 2012, the film was postponed multiple times before finally being released on 24 May 2013[5] in India, the United Kingdom and the United States.[2] Koimoi stated the film failed to attract an initial audience, did not get any word of mouth publicity and was unable to compete for audience against the Indian Premier League cricket finals held its opening weekend.[6]
- Preity Zinta as Ishkq
- Rhehan Malliek as Akash
- Salman Khan (Cameo)
- Isabelle Adjani
- Mala Sinha
- Shekhar Kapur
- Chunky Pandey
The film marks a comeback for Preity Zinta.
The film was shot mainly in Europe, at very great expense. Much of the film was shot in France (mainly in Paris and Lyon), with some scenes shot in Prague.[citation needed] A few scenes were shot in India also.
Story starts with a narration of Paris and its symbolization of love. Marie Elise is Narrator who says you can be in love but never find love/lover here in Paris. A Parisian reads a script of a play as follows. Ishkq is the name of girl who is born in Paris (Preity Zinta) who doesn't believe in deep love but all she wants is no commitments in relationship and wants to be free and is a Photographer and play writer. Akash Kapoor, Cash with an A (Rhehan Malliek) and his friend Karan who comes to see him off are seen running on the railway station because they might miss last train to Paris when narrator says that Akash doesn't know that he will regret if he doesn't leave this train. Who knows if he leaves what will he miss in his life and Akash gets a work call while they wait for bidding goodbye. Karan says please come to my marriage, Akash says my kiss and love to Amelia(friends fiancé), Karan again says please do come for his marriage but Akash is not sure. Akash enters the train and scrolls his mobile and sees a girl keeping her luggage on top and says in Hindi. The girl is Ishkq and turns around to reply to Akash. They flirt around and have wine in the train to Paris, Ishkq says that she was roaming in Rome for weekend because she loves being served by men and Italian waiters to be specific and guesses if Akash is Gujarati. Akash introduces and says he is from Delhi, Funjabi (Punjabi) and moved to London a year ago, he missed his flight to London so catching this train to Paris and next day morning to London.
While leaving Akash asks for spending time with him but Ishkq denies, but she later agrees since he is also not interested in commitment and will never meet again or ask address, number or email id. Akash gives her a rose and Ishkq asks him to meet at 7:55pm sharp at Eiffel tower entrance. Ishkq surprises Akash by showing him the Eiffel tower fills with lights and she narrates how she met an Italian waiter and fell in love at first sight in Rome, but he is weak and started crying. She used to go every morning his cafe for breakfast. When they roam around they see couple kissing but he never kisses her, she hints that after hot kisses cold gelato is good. He gets her gelato but charges her 4 euros. Akash teases her that even her love will be charged by this Italian waiter and her love for being served by men. Seems that he is an agent working at London and lives on commission like the hero of movie Jery Mcquire played by Tom Cruise. Akash falls in love with her eyes and says anyone will forget if they see her eyes filled with love but again teases her last bf – Italian waiter. It was love in air or Paris's magic, both wanted the night to be beautiful. Chunky Pandey stops them running around, says he has everything like antiques in the world and gives him a fun dice and they go to disc have drinks and dance.
At midnight, they walk on streets and Ishkq says about her school time boyfriend and say pickup lines to each other. They also share evil break up lines and go for dinner where a dance girl approached Akash and asks them to visit next day. But she seems to read their mind and tells Ishkq will get married in few months but Ishkq never believes and leaves the restaurant but the physic lady says she will find her father soon. They throw dice and movie comes up and it's too late but they plan to make their own and enact few scenes. They go to park and Akash confesses that he never fell in love or shed a tear for anyone. Ishkq reveals that he had a snake charmer type boyfriend and she cried over him, because he said that she will never be happy and will be sad and lonely. Akash cried only when his parent divorced but his parents were happy that his tears were never seen. Ishkq says she fears loneliness and she will be left alone and not able to make others happy. Akash says the world is scared about this. Their loneliness spoke volumes and made them friends. It was next morning, they had coffee and Ishkq said she didn't like goodbye so asks Akash to leave first but asks him to wait for another surprise. They both agree they had the best night ever. Akash waits till he gets late and leaves. Next moment Ishkq arrives in the café with a gift but since he left she also leaves thinking they will never meet. There was an unconnected and unknown bonding between the two which both didn't realize. But could they forget one evening in Paris?
The foreigner has read the first part of the play and leaves the dressing room but thinks the story's staring would be a part of someone's life. The foreigner is none other than Ishkq mother, Ishkq Marie Elise. Assistant says Deborah is here and her mother says she is not yet finished with the script. Both their lives are back to normal and they forget that beautiful night, time didn't stop. Akash used to smile thinking about it sometimes. Akash gets a late-night message for Karan's wedding at Paris and says to Susan that Karan is irritating since Akash doesn't wants to come for Karan's wedding as he doesn't believe in marriage, Susan explains then Akash should not expect Karan to speak for rest of life. Akash searches for Ishkq and goes in Paris. There they go together to Karan wedding and Akash realized his love for Ishkq and takes her all around and she confesses that the beautiful portrait of her mom is drawn by her dad the amazing artists according to Akash. He proposes her but she refuses him saying he is not her saviour from loneliness and insecurity. They part ways never to meet each other. Ishkq' s mom realizes her feelings and calls Akash to her home where Akash tells that her daughter is afraid of any serious relationship because of the split between her parents and feels insecure. Soon her mother realized and tells her that her parents Ranveer and Marie decided to part happily because of their careers and all these years Ishkq misunderstood that her dad left her. Akash leaves her a card with apologies and that he will leave for London on next morning 8am train and will taste the laksa from the station restaurants. Ishkq is seen running towards him and confessing her love to him and that if he leaves she will be alone again. He proposes to her again and hug and cry. Finally, the play which Marie Elise was directing which was Ishkq and Akash's love story gets over. They fly to India for their Funjabi wedding and there Ishkq meets her father Ranveer recollecting her childhood days as well.
Music director duo Sajid-Wajid composed the songs for Ishkq in Paris. The soundtrack release date was announced on 15 September via Zinta's Twitter account. The songs are penned by Jalees Sherwani, Prasoon Joshi, Kumaar, Kausar Munir, Sophie Choudry and Priya Panchal.
|Ishkq in Paris
|Soundtrack album by
|17 September 2012
|Film soundtrack
|Sajid-Wajid chronology
|"It's All About Tonight"
|Prasoon Joshi
|Sunidhi Chauhan, Sophie Choudry, Rahul Vaidya
|"Kudiye Di Kurti"
|Jalees Sherwani
|Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
|"Jaane Bhi De"
|"Teri Choodiyan Da Crazy Crazy Sound"
|Priya Panchal
|"Jaane Bhi De(Duet)"
|Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan
|Kausar Munir
|Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Box office performance[edit]
The film, collecting 4.2 million Rupees with an occupancy of "just 5 to 10 percent in multiplexes across the country".[7] Comparatively, the new release that took the top place, Fast & Furious 6, collected 60 million Rupees on its first day.[8] Despite being its opening weekend's second highest-grossing Hindi film, and third highest-grossing overall[1] according to the International Business Times, the film "opened on such a bad note that it would require some miracle to come out with a decent number during the weekend",[9] and in fact Ishkq in Paris only managed to collect a little over 10 million Rupees over the three-day period, and has been labeled a disaster.
Internationally, the film was released simultaneously on 15 screens in the United Kingdom and 8 screens in the United States where it also received a tepid response, garnering merely £11,057 and $6,732 respectively during the opening weekend, far less than the lower-profile Punjabi-language film Jatts In Golmaal, which opened on the same day.[2] All-in-all, in its first week, Ishkq in Paris barely crossed the 20 million Rupee mark worldwide.[3]
Critical response[edit]
Writing for Sify, Sonia Chopra gave the film an extremely positive review, praising the entirety of the cast, the cinematography and the dialogues and labelling it "great" and "irresistible, despite its flaws".[10]
Rachit Gupta of Filmfare gave the film 3/5 stars but did not have many positive things to say, calling the film a "flaky and uninteresting love story".[11] Divya Solgama gave the film 2.25/5 stars on MoviezAdda, calling the film decent "overall", praising Preity Zinta's performance and criticizing the weak, dull screenplay. Similarly, in The Times of India, Meena Iyer gave 2.5/5 stars, stating "the actress is good but there ends the show",[12] while Gaurav Malani called the film not "bad", but "boring", which to him was worse.[13] In Bollywood Hungama, Taran Adarsh gave it the same rating, praising the chemistry between the two leads as well as the visuals, but criticizing the screenplay, concluding that Ishkq In Paris was "decent fare".[14] Writing for India Today, Vinayak Chakravorty found that despite similarities with other films, it managed to find some originality and that Isabelle Adjani's performance was impressive, but was disappointed by the direction, the lack of chemistry between the leads, Rhehan Malliek's lack of screen presence, the fact that Preity Zinta's performance is similar to many other roles she's done before and deemed the script "bad".[15] while similarly in Mint, Nandini Ramnath concluded that "if the movie works at all", it was because of the short runtime and Preity Zinta's "contagious joy at being the cynosure of attention".[16] In The Asian Age, Suparna Sharma commended Zinta for producing the film herself and appreciated the short runtime but also found the story to be "wispy thin", Malliek to have "no personality" and Adjani to be "wasted"[17]
Raja Sen for Rediff.com has given 1/5 stars and says Ishkq In Paris is a bad film brought further down by a bunch of Bollywood cliches and a fading Preity Zinta,[18] which is the same rating given by Mayank Shekhar in the Daily Bhaskar, who goes on to call the lead characters "uninteresting" and lament the state of Preity Zinta's career. Strangely enough, Shekhar incorrectly claims that Zinta plays two roles in the film, that of Ishkq and Ishkq's mother.[19] in.com gave the film a poor review too, criticizing the weak screenplay and Preity's performance.[20] In a special "Twitter review" for IBN, Shomini Sen deemed that though "Preity Zinta tries hard [...], except for some amazing shots of Paris [the film] has nothing much to offer.",[21] while in another, more traditional review, Rajeev Masand called the film "misguided" and "overwrought", in addition to finding Rhehan Malliek "as expressive as a slab of granite".[22] In Koimoi, Mohar Basu gave the film 2/5 stars, praising the editing but criticizing the screenplay and the lack of chemistry between the leads.[23] while India TV News felt that Preity Zinta's screen presence is the only reason to watch the film despite the "decent" cinematography and "crisp" editing, as Rhehan Malliek is "unconvincing" and the music "unmemorable".[24] Teena Elizabeth Chacko, writing in Book My Show, found the cinematography "excellent" as well as the narration by Isabelle Adjani, deemed the performances by Zinta and Malliek to be decent and the music average, but found fault with the multitude of clichés, the cheesy dialogues and the numerous illogical moments, giving the film 1.5/5 stars and stating that one could "definitely afford to miss it",[25] while in The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta gave it 2/5 stars, lamenting that it was filled with "all the clichés that you can think of".[26] Glam Sham's Enkayaar criticized the screenplay,[27] as did Shubha Shetty-Saha in Mid Day, who went on to call Adjani "wasted", Malliek "flat" and felt that Preity Zinta looked desperate to recapture her lost success, deeming the film "disappointing".[28] In the Hindustan Times, Sarit Ray thought the film felt dated though he did enjoy the cinematography[29] and in The Hindu, Sudhish Kamath gave the film one of its worst reviews, calling the writing "weak" and the actors "awful", warning potential viewers that going to see the film might leave them "feeling suicidal".[30] For the Mumbai Mirror, Karan Anshuman thought the movie was "without heart", the actors had no chemistry and felt sorry for the state of Preity Zinta's career, encouraging her to "be bold" and "change the act",[31] similarly in Daily News and Analysis, Tushar Joshi felt that the actress seemed "in a constant need for approval", advising only her die-hard fans to go watch the film.[32] The Deccan Herald, Shilpa Jamkhandikar called the film "mediocre", a "farce of a film" and Preity Zinta "a shadow of her past [self]",[33] while Khalid Mohamed wrote in the Deccan Chronicle that the screenplay was "thinner than crepe".[34] For First Post, Deepanjana Pal deemed the film completely illogical,[35] in Business of Cinema, Udita Jhunjhunwala claimed that despite its short runtime "Ishkq in Paris feels like a nine-hour flight, with jet lag"[36] and Box Office India thought the cinematography was "outstanding", Zinta's performance was "noteworthy" and the background music "superb", but concluded that director Prem Raj "impresses a little but disappoints a lot", predicting a flop.[37] For The New Indian Express, Nandini Krishnan called Preity Zinta "irritating" and the film "an insult to cinema, Paris, love and Isabelle Adjani"[38] and in the Pakistani The Friday Times, Nandini Krishnan was "appalled" by the film, calling it "disastrous" and making fun of "the almost 40-year-old Zinta [...] trying to pass off as the still-beautiful Adjani's daughter", saying it "gave [her her] first laugh of the film".[39] Similarly in Outlook, Namrata Joshi was saddened by Zinta's plastic surgery-altered looks, thought she lacked chemistry with her co-star and called the narration tedious.[40]
- ^ a b Shekhar. "Ishkq In Paris, HHRCK, Aurangzeb collection at Box Office". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ a b c Shekhar. "Ishkq In Paris first weekend collection at overseas Box Office". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ a b Joginder Tuteja. "Ishkq In Paris And HHRCK Are Disasters – 1st Week Box Office Collections". Koimoi. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ IANS "First look of Preity Zinta's 'Ishkq In Paris' is out", The Times Of India, Mumbai, 6 July 2012. Retrieved on 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Preity Zinta's 'Ishkq In Paris' finally gets a release date". Business of Cinema. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ Joginder Tuteja. "Ishkq In Paris & Hum Hai Raahi CAR Ke Are Flops – Box Office". Koimoi. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Ishkq_in_Paris had a disastrous first day". Google Search. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "BOX OFFICE: 'Ishkq in Paris' Buckles On Day 1". Business of Cinema. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ Ankita Mehta. "Box Office Collection: 'Ishkq In Paris' Dull; 'Fast And Furious 6' Witnesses Good Start at BO". International Business Times. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Sonia Chopra. "Ishkq In Paris review: An irresistible evening in Paris!". Sify. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Rachit Gupta. "Flaky and uninteresting love story". Filmfare. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Meena Iyer. "Ishkq In Paris". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ Gaurav Malani. "Ishkq in Paris: a bland love story!". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Taran Adarsh. "Ishkq In Paris". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Vinayak Chakravorty. "Movie review: Ishkq In Paris". India Today. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Nandini Ramnath. "Preity Zinta saves the day in Paris". Mint. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Suparna Sharma. "Why so serious, dear?". The Asian Age. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Raja Sen. "Review: Ishkq In Paris is as stupid as its spelling". Rediff.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Mayank Shekhar. "Movie Review: Ishkq in Paris". Daily Bhaskar. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Swati Deogire. "Movie review: You won't fall for Ishkq in Paris". in.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Shomini Sen. "'Ishkq In Paris' Tweet Review: First day, first show". IBN. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Rajeev Masand. "'Ishkq in Paris' review: It is a misguided, overwrought affair". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Mohar Basu. "Ishkq In Paris Review". Koimoi. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Movie review: Ishkq in Paris". India TV News. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Teena Elizabeth Chacko. "Ishkq In Paris: Film Review". Book My Show. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Shubhra Gupta. "Movie Review: Ishkq In Paris, an imperfect love story". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Enkayaar. "Ishkq In Paris Movie Review : Preity Zinta misses the Bus!". Glam Sham. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Shubha Shetty-Saha. "Ishkq in Paris review: Tsk tsk in Paris". Mid Day. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Sarit Ray. "Sarit Ray's review: Ishkq in Paris". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Sudhish Kamath. "Ishkq in Paris: Death by cliché". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Karan Anshuman. "Film review: Ishqk in Paris". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Tushar Joshi. "Film review: Watch Ishkq in Paris if you are a die-hard Preity Zinta fan". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Shilpa Jamkhandikar. "Ishkq in Paris Movie Review: Love gone wrong". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Khalid Mohamed. "'Ishkq in Paris' review: Paris when it fizzles". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Deepanjana Pal. "Movie review: Waching Ishkq in Paris is like assaulting your logic and sensibilities". First Post. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Udita Jhunjhunwala. "REVIEW: 'Ishkq in Paris', A 9 Hour Flight With Jet Lag". Business of Cinema. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Ishkq In Paris". Box Office India. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Nandini Krishnan. "'Ishkq in Paris' (Hindi)". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "When Preity went to Paris". The Friday Times. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "What is a love story if it doesn't emotionally involve the viewer?". Outlook. Retrieved 10 June 2013.


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A diverse and entertaining line-up of performers is being assembled for your enjoyment! The stage will present non-stop entertainment from 1:00-11:00pm on Saturday and 1:00-6:00pm on Sunday.
I had a great time at Portland Pride today, carrying the banner announcing Laura Calvo as the winner of the "Spirit of Pride" award (seen here riding the Wells Fargo stagecoach with Mayor-elect Sam Adams). But once I got to the end of the parade and doubled back a bit to watch the rest of the parade, I noticed something kind of odd.
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Photos from Portland Oregon Gay Pride Parade 2008