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This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. Thousands forced out of their homes as a series of wildfires have ravaged their state. In the bone dry landscape the flames are spreading quickly. The biggest the rocky fire than 90 square miles. Day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington, and oregon. Doomsday, a thats what it looked like. The flames were fueled by lightening winds and dry temperatu...

Approach to cyber warfare between the public and the private sector. Can we say all private sector and the Public Sector goes one way and are there any differences in the approach to that . Thank you. You want to take that. And i have a little bit of a different perspective than my panelists so this should be a interesting discussion. 85 of the networks in the United States are private. And contrary to popular belief the National Security agency is not on those networks. Not unless they have a w...

Prominent determinants of class status. It reinforces the socioeconomic gaps, the disparities i know everyone wishes we could eliminate. Applications are going down. At the very moment when we know the skills of college are more valuable. No matter what you read, we know the lifetime earnings of someone with a College Degree are considerably greater. We know the new knowledge economy, the one bursting and growing, the one the country wants to compete in, is requiring the skills of a college grad...

Sun, that we reset nature reset its clock in 2012, and this effected everything as far as our weather goes and as time goes on, the taps will rebuild themselves and it is natures way of resetting the clock in other words. Does he know anything about that . Thank you. You know, there are a lot of theories and there has been a lot of research and things like the orbital wobble of the earth the wobble on its axis, solar cycles, sun spot activity and so on. And i think clearly there is a huge natura...

Rural areas. Would you let them get the support if they offered broadband as a standalone service. Second, rate of return carriers could get into a similar connect america fund for price gap carriers. And the a cam model isnt perfect but nonetheless if rate of return carriers find it acceptable, they should be given a limited window to be able to do that. Thank you. Chairman wheeler, these are all rural questions for Rural Service so it is really appealing to the constituency, a third of illinoi...

Its one of the fastestgrowing regions in the world. Africas middle class is projected to grow to more than one billion consumers. With hundreds of millions of mobile phones and surging access to the internet, africans are beginning to leapfrog old technologies into new prosperity. The continent has achieved historic gains in health, from fighting hiv aids to making childbirth safer for women and babies. Millions have been lifted from extreme poverty. So this is extraordinary progress. And young ...

Nation have a disability. The majority of people have a loved one with a disability as well and we are the only Minority Group that anyone can join at any time due to accident , illness or aging. Respectability is very proud to be a member of the ccd, a group of more than 110 National Disability organizations that want a Better Future for people with disabilities. As we have seen recently, overall the Disability Community is quite good at protecting key lifesaving benefits and advancing civil ri...

Be a member of the ccd, a group of more than 110 National Disability organizations that want to Better Future for disabilities. As we have seen recently, overall the Disability Community is quite good at protecting lifesaving benefits in advancing civil rights. With so many great organizations already out there and so many fantastic leaders in the Disability Movement already why is there a need for yet another disability organization. What specifically is respectability trying to achieve . Respe...

[inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I welcome all of you, veterans, caregivers and advocates, especially my former colleague, senator Elizabeth Dole, who is an extraordinary advocate for military caregivers. Our military families, heroes and plain clothing are serving in American Cities and communities every single day. The effects of military Service Often do not end with a tour of duty. For many veterans and their families, the journey sometimes extends f...

Relationship between china and taiwan. From the Global Taiwan Institute this is just over hour. All right. Okay. Well good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Global Taiwan Institute. My name is russell hsiao, im the executive director here at gti. Gti is a 501 c 3 thinktank dedicated to taiwan policy research and analysis. Our mission is to enhance the u. S. Taiwan relationship through public education. We undertake several major programs that include a weekly publication called the global taiw...