Baker also
served as an officer of the Pension Real Estate Association and a member of
the association's core start-up team.

2006 National Show Tech Sessions to Feature Important Developments in Broadband Networking

The authors will present their papers as part of five technical sessions
on topics including Advanced Network Architecture, National Scale Networking,
"Individual Consumption" through Switched Digital Video Networks, and Next
Generation Network Architecture.
Through the development of custom statewide educational testing
programs, Harcourt is helping more than 20 states meet the
accountability requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

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PRESS RELEASE Financial Relations Board Names Victoria Baker Vice President; Builds Washington D.C. Presence

"In addition to her tremendous background in
financial communications, her vast REIT experience further solidifies FRB's
industry-leading REIT practice.
She holds a bachelor of arts degree in English Language and Literature
from the University of Delaware, and is a graduate of the U. Financial Relations Board is part of the Interpublic
Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG).

NCTA is the principal trade association of the cable television industry
in the United States.
Harcourt developed Aprenda 3 in cooperation with a wide range of
Spanish-speaking educators to ensure that the test reflects the
diversity of Latino culture.

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C. The addition of Vicki will add
significant expertise and experience in the REIT market both in the
metropolitan Washington, D.com. Works by 24 Authors Added to NCTA Technical Papers (TM) Collection;
to be Made Available in Book and CD-ROM

WASHINGTON , The National Cable + Telecommunications
Association (NCTA) today announced the selection of 24 leading broadband
experts to write the 2006 NCTA Technical Papers(TM) and to take part in the
technical sessions at The National Show, NCTA's 55th Annual Convention and
International Exposition, April 9-11 at the Georgia World Congress Center in
Atlanta.
"The opportunities offered by broadband networking are immense, and have
emerged a primary focus of this year's technical program," said Dan Pike,
Chief Technical Officer, GCI Cable, Inc. For more information, and to order the 2005
NCTA Technical Papers(TM) (or previous volumes in the series) call the NCTA
Industry Affairs Department at 202-775-3669.

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"Vicki is an excellent addition to our team and will help us build a strong
presence for FRB in Washington, D.S.00; after the show, the
books and CD-ROMs will cost $75. However , the
tests are not timed and students are encouraged to work at their own
pace to answer all of the questions. They are also based on the
National Science Education Standards and the Benchmarks for Science
Literacy, and conform to the Standards for Educational and
Psychological Testing and the Code of Fair Testing Practices in
Education.
Based in San Antonio, Harcourt Assessment is a leading provider of
high-quality assessment instruments and testing programs used by
educators , psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational
therapists, human resource professionals , admissions and credentialing
professionals, and businesses.

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Baker brings more than 25 years of
dedicated financial communications experience across multiple industries
and expertise within the REIT industry. region and throughout the nation. Additionally, Baker organized a public relations
campaign to advance interest in REITs both nationally and internationally
with professional and individual investors and the media. The
firm offers a full array of services including deep expertise in corporate
positioning and communication, investment community targeting (market
intelligence ), financial media relations, shareholder management services,
valuation analysis and the company 's industry-leading Strategy Consulting
Group. "We are very excited about the caliber of this year 's
participants, and expect the technical sessions to be of exceptional value to
the broadband industry.

Harcourt Assessment Introduces New Edition of Spanish-Language Achievement Test; Aprenda 3 Incorporates Innovative Design Features of Stanford 10

has introduced the third edition
of its Spanish-language Aprenda(c) achievement test for grades K - 12.
Educators can use Aprenda 3 to assess student achievement and
critical thinking skills of Spanish-speaking English language learners
in core academic areas, including reading, mathematics, language arts,
science, and social science.

Each section of the Aprenda 3 has a suggested testing time, which
is a guideline to help teachers and administrators plan.

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Kempner, CEO of
Financial Relations Board.

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full-service offices in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco and
Washington, D. For more information on Financial
Relations Board, visit www."
The NCTA Technical Papers(TM) is an extensive collection of published
works by the industry's most distinguished technical authors and has served as
the cable industry's technical body of literature for the past 46 years.
Convention attendees may purchase the 2006 NCTA Technical Papers(TM) in
book or CD-ROM format at the special show price of $50.

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Financial Relations Board (FRB), one of the
nation 's leaders in investor relations for more than 40 years, today
announced the addition of Victoria Baker as vice president in the firm's
newly opened Washington, D. Vicki will
also serve as an important addition to FRB's national media relations and
financial communications team," added Kempner . Prior
to that, Baker served for 19 years as the senior communications officer of
the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), where
she directed the association's communications , public relations, media and
marketing programs. Chamber of
Commerce Institute for Organization Management. and chair of this year's selection
committee.
"The rapid advances in broadband technology make both the Technical
Program and the Technical Papers a must for the cable engineering community.
The papers to be presented this year represent ideas that will help support
the cable industry for years to come," said William Check, NCTA's Senior Vice
President, Science + Technology . NCTA represents cable operators serving more than 90
percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable
program networks, as well as equipment suppliers and providers of other
services to the cable industry.

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SAN ANTONIO----Leading test
publisher Harcourt Assessment, Inc.
Aprenda 3 items are also based on international standards
established for Spanish -speaking classrooms in Puerto Rico and Mexico.

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Baker is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute, the
National Association of Real Estate Editors, the Public Relations Society
of America and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

About Financial Relations Board

For more than 40 years, the Financial Relations Board has been one of the
nation's leaders for investor relations and financial communications.financialrelationsboard.
"We took the innovative design elements of Stanford 10 and applied
them to the completely new content of Aprenda 3 to create a
Spanish-language achievement test like no other," said Don Barfield,
Harcourt Assessment's vice president of educational products.

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"Under the direction of FRB's REIT Practice Leader, EVP Claire Koeneman,
FRB is the nation's leading investor relations and financial communications
firm for the country's top REITs.

Prior to FRB, Baker was founder and principal of Victoria Baker
Enterprises , where she designed and implemented strategic corporate
communications and media relations programs for clients nationwide.

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Like Harcourt's innovative English-language Stanford 10, Aprenda 3
resembles instructional materials used in classrooms and is printed in
full color with realistic illustrations .
Aprenda 3 test items are based on a wide range of state and
national content standards, including those of the International
Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National
Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Its Stanford English Language
Proficiency Test (Stanford ELP) enables educators to measure how well
English language learners comprehend and express themselves in
English.
The company is affiliated with the Harcourt book publishing
companies, and together they form the global education brand of Reed
Elsevier Group plc (NYSE:RUK) (NYSE:ENL) -- a world-leading publisher
and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal,
education and business-to-business industry sectors.

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Financial Relations Board works alongside companies of all sizes,
from established Fortune 100 brands to mid-size and micro-cap companies,
pre-IPOs and the newly public. The
2006 edition offers the latest thinking on next generation network
developments and sets the topical agenda for the National Show technical
sessions where each of the 24 authors will present 15-20 minute summaries of
their work.

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office .," said Michael W. Published authors of Spanish children's
literature in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, and
Central and South America contributed original reading passages. An easy -to-navigate answer
document helps students stay on track and fully engaged.