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...City Council adopted a measure at last night’s weekly meeting that incorporates provisions from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into the Cambridge Municipal Code. The ordinance requires the removal of small architectural barriers that prevent people with disabilities from accessing businesses and public buildings...
...sure, we shouldn’t allow broadband providers to act in an anti-competitive fashion by discriminating against particular content—for instance, blocking a Democratic blog and giving priority to a Republican website. However, most experts agree that broadband providers should be allowed to reasonably manage their networks to confront a looming threat: A relatively small set of users are downloading unprecedented volumes of video and music with “peer-to-peer” software, creating an online traffic jam and slowing down connection speeds for everyone...
...March 4 article, "City To Improve Disability Access," reported that the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities enforces certain requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In fact, enforcement of the requirements is the purview of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission; the Disabilities Commission informs disabled residents and businesses about their rights and obligations under the new ordinance...
...fastest genocide in recorded history. An estimated 800,000 to one million innocent civilians were killed in a span of one hundred days, and hundreds of thousands fell victim to displacement and starvation in the following weeks and months. The international community’s failure to act, in spite of the fact that the whole world was aware of the atrocities taking place, is one of the most shameful facts of the twentieth century. Yet, we have once again witnessed failure of leadership to act in regards to genocide in Darfur—with the exception of Senator Obama...
...Well, take NAFTA, they're both saying the same things now, but that wasn't always the case." Rowland, 48, a member of a school board union, nodded - she says she's seen outsourcing destroy whole Cleveland neighborhoods since President Bill Clinton pushed through the North American Free Trade Act in 1993. By the time Thornton left, Rowland was "leaning toward Obama...