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NEW for 5/17: On new opportunities, Millard Grimes, digital divide

NEW for 5/17: On new opportunities, Millard Grimes, digital divide

Click here to read the new edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: In new slot, Aurora founder ready for new opportunities
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia newspaper giant, Millard Grimes, is dead at 92
ANOTHER VIEW: Hard to believe: 20% of Gwinnett not connected to Internet!
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: Two candidates want to eliminate the state income tax
UPCOMING: Six artists featured in new Norcross Gallery presentation
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech graduates 550, all in classes during pandemic
RECOMMENDED: The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA campus houses the Georgia Museum of Art
MYSTERY PHOTO: Steady as she goes; don’t jump to conclusion of this mystery
CALENDAR: Asian American and Pacific Islander  celebration will be May 17

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by · May 17, 2022 · Full issues
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ANOTHER VIEW: Hard to believe: 20% of Gwinnett not connected to Internet!

By rep. Dewey McClain | Here in Gwinnett County, for example, more than 99 percent of homes already have broadband available, but roughly one in five still aren’t connected.  Full digital participation has never been as easy as “if you build it, they will come.”

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by · May 17, 2022 · Another View
NEW for 2/12: On the GOP; Rural broadband; Diversity at GGC

NEW for 2/12: On the GOP; Rural broadband; Diversity at GGC

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: You wonder if the Republicans are still the Grand Old Party
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Rural Georgia needs speedy expansion of broadband internet
ANOTHER VIEW: GGC program seeks to meet emerging needs through diversity
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC 
FEEDBACK: Repudiate Trump, save the GOP and salvage your reputation
UPCOMING: Transit System plans second “Stuff-a-Bus” food drive
NOTABLE: Hudgens exhibition features artist’s work about birds
RECOMMENDED: The Genealogy of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Guitarist Chet Atkins from Tennessee, but later lived in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: No scenic place Mystery Photo, but raising a question: what’s this? 
CALENDAR: Hazardous waste collection at Fairgrounds on February 20  

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by · February 12, 2021 · Full issues
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BRACK: Rural Georgia needs speedy expansion of broadband internet

By Elliott Brack  |  Rural broadband in Georgia got a boost—a slight one—this week when Gov. Brian Kemp announced that two rural electric co-ops in Middle Georgia will be offering high speed Internet service to their 80,000 customers. With the General Assembly now in session, providing broadband to these areas ought to be the Number One priority for rural legislators, who must convince the rest of the General Assembly that their areas suffer dramatically without this high-speed Internet service. 

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by · February 12, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
12/20: On national mood, the Internet and the need for solutions

12/20: On national mood, the Internet and the need for solutions

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Editor Gets Discouraged at Courthouse Day of Prayer Event
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Today’s World of the Internet Brings with It Significant Problems
ANOTHER VIEW: What We Need Are Real Solutions That Address Change
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
UPCOMING: Braselton To Conclude Centennial Year with New Year’s Eve Gala
NOTABLE: With 445 Fall Grads, GGC Alumni Now Number Over 4,000
RECOMMENDED: DVD Review: Coffee; The Drink that Changed America
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Has Wide Variety of Waterfalls, Mostly in the Northern Area
TODAY’S QUOTE: Fluency and Reasonableness Do Not Always Equal Justice
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perfectly Framed, Can You Identify This Unique Mystery Photo?
CALENDAR: Want Training in Windows on Your Computer? Session Set in 2017

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by · December 20, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Today’s world of the Internet brings with it significant problems

BRACK: Today’s world of the Internet brings with it significant problems

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | What hath the Internet wrought?

That most marvelous of a new age at our fingertips is a force more fierce than we had thought. It is not just an information source, but appears to be much stronger a media than ever were pamphlets, newspapers, the telephone, radio or television.

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by · December 20, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Taj Mahal from the rear. Photos by Frank Sharp.

FOCUS: Searching the Internet provides good value for trip to India

By Frank Sharp | My wife, Pearl, and I had always wanted to take a trip to India. Fortunately, Pearl found a Cyber Monday package deal from Friendly Planet tour which included the airplane ticket on Air India from JFK to New Delhi for about $1,500. Normally, the plane ticket itself would be about that much. This price included all hotels and meals, except lunch, and all ground transportation. Wow. We scooped it up.

We came to New York a day early. After touring New York City, we caught the Air India direct non-stop flight from JFK to New Delhi. It was packed. After 12 hours, we finally landed. The food served onboard was good and the flight was smooth.

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by · July 6, 2016 · Today's Focus
BRACK: Handcuffing teachers behind their backs was unnecessary

BRACK: Handcuffing teachers behind their backs was unnecessary

y Elliott Brack | What bugged me about the sentencing of the 11 teachers in the Atlanta Public School scandal was relatively minor.

Lots of people got upset about the severity of the sentencing. We figured the judge was sending an important message about their guilt.

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by · April 24, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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