This time Obama is on a 6 day visit and to India alone and Pakistan is not being vi#@*%!d. This again shows that the USA has realized the importance of India in this part of Asia. However the Visit of the US president is after he has already vi#@*%!d Japan and China earlier. This again shows that as yet, the USA does not consider India a peer of China. For this perhaps the blame lies with the Indian government that has not projected India at par with China in any field, Military or industrial. The visit is however a watershed in Indo-USA relations.
One group of cigar aficionados--the group that publishes Cigar Aficionado (CA) magazine, which first appeared in 1992 and has since defined itself as the premier information source for cigar smokers in the United States--has even gone so far as to devote a cover story to the cause.
Today, the Education Establishment is pushing Race to the Top, Authentic Assessment, 21st-Century Skills, National Standards--a new slew of impressive-sounding but ultimately destructive methods. Over the decades, parents and community have forced some schools to be good, even excellent. But my sense is that the Education Establishment, to the degree these people can get away with it, will always finagle for mediocrity. Their collectivist ideology demands this. Im afraid thats what these new ideas are ultimately intended to accomplish: more mediocrity.