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Hi guys, I have a program that prints a rectangle when you type the width and height as command line arguments. I have got it to print out the rectangle but What i am trying to do is make it count each cell and see if its odd/even. If its even, i want it to add another row and column to make it odd So i can make a hole in the middle of the rectangle i.e. miss a cell out:
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Depending upon when you read this, game one of the Eastern Conference Finals is just about to start, has already done so or did so long ago. Which means you either have no idea, are finding out or long ago learned whether the Tampa Bay Lightning or Boston Bruins are leading the series. Tense action, it's fantastic.
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Climate-smart farming takes root in Kenya
Kenyan farmers learn by doing, with simple technologies and practices
Nairobi/Rome -- Like most African countries, Kenya is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. There is growing concern about potential stress on fragile ecosystems and rural communities, especially in the arid and semi-arid agro-ecological zones and some humid highland areas of the country.
In keeping with the Strategy for Revitalizing Agriculture (SRA) of Kenya 2010-2015 and Kenya's vision 2030, national and international partners have teamed up to address these challenges by strengthening the capacities of smallholders to manage land and water resources in vulnerable agro-ecological zones.
Partnerships and community ownership
'Strengthening capacity for Climate Change Adaptation in Land and Water management,' is a three year-project (2011-2013) funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and implemented by FAO and the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). It is also partnering with NGOs and government ministries reponsible for agriculture, fisheries and irrigation.
The idea is to create a mosaic of partners working together to leverage investment as a key component of the management of natural resources and the adaptation strategies.
About 12 000 households are expected to benefit by strengthening adaptation to climate change risks in the selected watersheds and districts. They include Patricia Atieno, who used to grow only maize on her three acre family farm.
'Since last year, I have learned to diversify crops with drought-tolerant varieties and by re-introducing traditional, high-value varieties in our diet,' says Atieno. 'Now, I grow bananas, papayas, pineapples, amaranths, sweet potatoes, cassava, millet, tomatoes, and we have food all the year-long. Poor soils like mine have been turned fertile through mulching because it adds nutrients to the soils.'
Local authorities are sought out to provide technical backstopping in related areas that help to coordinate and enhance district development efforts.
Willis Odhiambo Atyang, the Ugunja District Agricultural Officer, Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, confirms that the collaboration between KARI and FAO has led to substantive benefits to the farmers.
'Most of our farmers had lost hope when the Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) bacterial disease was diagnosed in 2001 in the banana-growing regions of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda,' Atyang says.
'We started promoting the plant again and we have now developed eight sucker banks where farmers can get clean and certified planting materials. Individual farmers are now selling suckers to their neighbours at an affordable cost, and the short distances within the local areas reduce high transportation costs,' Atyang explains.
In selected sites, building, boosting and managing healthy soils through soil and water conservation measures, crop-residue mulching, leguminous cover crops and other sustainable land management practices are aimed at increasing productivity.
George William Ouma practices climate-smart agriculture on a farm in Ugunja District, Siaya County: 'Today, I have more than 1 500 banana stools of various varieties grown including Cavendish, plantain and lady finger. My farm has been certified as a demonstration farm for teaching other farmers in an effort to promote climate-smart technologies applied for livelihood diversification, water conservation and soil health improvement.'
George's farm generates an average income of KES 20,000 (USD 230) a month from the sale of bananas. This is besides the sales of banana suckers that he, as the producer of an approved sucker bank, sells to other farmers in the county and beyond. With this money, he's building a shop for farm produce.
Strengthening capacity in sustainable land and water management
FAO and KARI are working with non-governmental organizations to enhance and transform smallholder agriculture productivity in cultivated watersheds where natural resources are under threat due to climate change and variability risks.
'This can be accomplished by increasing productivity of crops and livestock, water harvesting, soil conservation, applying basic conservation agriculture principles and including agroforestry and afforestation in crop-livestock systems', explains Meshack Malo, FAO expert in Land and Water Management, Department of Natural Resources.
The programme operates in three counties with the Community Research in Environment and Development Initiatives (CREADIS) in Bungoma (West); Rangala Family Development Program (RFDP) in Siaya (West); and, INADES Foundation International - Kenya Office (IFIKO) of Machakos (South-East).
Over 2,000 individual farmers in Siaya alone are learning and adopting various practices that can improve soil and land productivity, their food security and resilience in the face of climate change.
'Our major focus is the urgent need to enhance the capacity of smallholders to address the challenges of climate change through the promotion of cover crops, rotations, minimum tillage, sustainable land and water management, and water management practices, along with other complementary livelihood strategic practices that will enhance carbon storage, ecosystem resilience and livelihood options,' emphasized FAO-KARI expert, Barrack Okoba.
Jean-Marc Faurès, FAO senior water resources management expert, says there is much more to be done: 'Further actions are required in some key areas such as access to financial services and markets, in addition to acquisition of equipment for building water source schemes, at community scale, better fodder and tree species for improved soil fertility, crop diversification and livestock feed resources.'
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – One person was taken to the hospital after a fire at a Travelodge hotel early Friday morning.
Investigators say the fire was contained to one room at the hotel located at 1250 East Sunrise Boulevard.
People were forced to evacuate the hotel as a precaution.
The fire marshal determined a burning cigarette sparked the fire. A hotel guest was smoking a cigarette when he fell asleep. He woke up and tried putting out the flames himself but was burned.
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There's a reason Steve Stepp is the most admired man in skiing, he's quite simply . . . "Figured it out". What he's figured out, we don't know, but watch his rediculously hilarious "TROLLIN" webisode and you'll understand there's nothing to understand, it's just skiing. . . and his videos are the funniest in the game! For more laughs and mind blowing antics follow @stevestepp on Instagram.
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I'm only building 150 pairs of this new "Boss" Limited Edition graphic on my ultra light, snappy, versatile Whipit ski. In the words of Rick Ross, "I don't make skis, baby, I make magic." - THE BOSSIn the words of Rick Ross, "I don't make skis, baby, I make magic." - THE BOSS
David Hale is one of today's most respected and talented tattoo artists. Fans wait months, even years for a chance to decorate their body with his masterpieces. I'm honored to be collaborating with David to release this new Limited Edition "Skyfather" collection of skis, artwork and clothing.
Only 150 pairs made of this funnest, poppiest most buttery ski on the market now in this Limited Edition graphic. Think Houdini's the only one that can make things disappear? After years of research and development working in conjunction with an ultra top secrete blue book military sophisticated invisible cloak technology project I have finally created... THE INVISIBLE SKI!
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I'm only building 150 of this new "Scavenger" Limited Edition graphic on my new, award-winning Masterblaster ski! I engineered it with ultra quick race-like handling and precision, yet a unique split personality that's also incredibly fun and playful when you get it off trail.
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You asked for it! Introducing the Saga x J collaboration. Saga has always been one of my favorite outerwear brands, doing things different and in it for all the right reasons. Back in the day, one of Saga's founders, Austin Stevens, created a random doodle of a burger (while rehabbing a skiing knee injury) that launched their ongoing fast food theme. For this Limited Edition collection we put fast food, social media and skis in a blender and out came this!
Support your two favorite things in skiing with this Limited Edition ski collaboration between J and Jerry of the Day. Only 150 pairs made on this award-winning park ski that rips up the entire mountain. RESPECT THE SEND.
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This understated, badass new black and white graphic says it all without saying a word. I'm only building 100 of this Limited Edition "Lightning" graphic on my buttery, poppy, all around super fun park ski. They'll be gone in a flash!
There's a reason Steve Stepp is the most admired man in skiing, he's quite simply . . . "Figured it out". What he's figured out, we don't know, but watch his rediculously hilarious "TROLLIN" webisode and you'll understand there's nothing to understand, it's just skiing. . . and his videos are the funniest in the game! For more laughs and mind blowing antics follow @stevestepp on Instagram.
True Level 1 fans know the story behind each element in this ski's graphic and it's contribution toward the progression of modern day skiing. Learn about each element of this ski's graphic story. Only 100 build of this Limited Edition graphic on my award-winning park ski that crushes all over the mountain.
Back by popular demand, I'm doing another collaboration with artist Adam Haynes. Last year's Friend "Pillows" skis sold out in only 10 weeks so I really wanted to give skiers another chance to own one of his amazing works of art on a ski. Only 100 made of this Limited Edition graphic on the ski that's won every magazine test it's entered.
Ahmet's Brother is a fan of old ski movies, so we worked together to dial in a retro throwback to vintage posters that defined the beginnings of skiing's modern age. Only 100 made of this Limited Edition ski graphic on my ultra-fun powder ski that jibs like a park ski and floats in powder with ease.
It's not every day that the United States military announces that it is going to change all of its uniforms to a single camouflage pattern, but just this June that's exactly what happened. Rock this brand-new pattern years before the troops get it on the powder ski that will transport you to you own skiing paradise. Only 100 pairs made.
Inspired by A Simpler Time, the "Native" Was ski graphic hand drawn by my friend Fank. Then he scanned the art & integrated it into a pattern inspired from native woven blankets. Only 100 pairs made in this Limited Edition graphic on the most versatile powder ski on the market.
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I'm beyond stoked to be collaborating with legendary hip hop MC, Masta Killa of the Wu-Tang Clan to create this Limited Edition graphic. We hand illustrated the art inspired by the song "Da Mystery of Chess Boxin" on the Wu's debut album "Enter Wu-Tang 36 Chambers". In their honor I'm building only 136 pair! Order your pair now, they'll sell out fast! #JWhipitSki Grab his new single The Return of The Masta Kill
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conflict minerals
Minerals in EDRC are thus not a curse to development, but rather a safety net to support under the present adverse circumstances5 the approximately one million persons who depend on the trade regionally. Insecurity in Eastern Congo is primarily a result of the Congolese state's inability to control the monopoly of violence and protect its citizens.That's from Resource Consulting Services' excellent new report on the mining sector in Congo. Authors Nicholas Garrett, Harrison Mitchell, and Marie Lintzer argue convincingly that legalizing and legitimizing the mining sector is the best way to stabilize the region. They lay out clear methods for doing so, including engagement with civil society and strengthening government capacity to regulate the trade.
In other news, the U.S. Congress added the Conflict Minerals Trade Act as a rider on the financial reform bill. If passed, this legislation would eventually ban imports of minerals from the DRC and other countries that cannot be audited and certified to be "conflict-free" into the United States.
Whether it makes it into the final version of the bill out of conference or not, this strikes me as a mostly symbolic action that is likely to have almost no effect on the mineral trade or the conflict in the eastern Congo. It's ludicrous to pretend that the mineral trade in Congo can be affected in any significant way by American legislation, or that doing so will significantly affect the level of violence in the region. Without the basic tools of public order in place and functioning as instruments of the public good in the DRC, the provisions of this bill are likely to work about as well as does the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme does in weak states that lack functioning governmental institutions - which is to say, not at all.
Update: After I wrote this post, @katrinskaya let me know that The Kristof wrote on the issue in his Sunday column. The piece appears to be little more than a set of Enough Project talking points, but at least Enough's David Sullivan now openly acknowledges that the mineral issue is not a "magic-bullet to peace" in the region.


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DOVER/YORK — Seacoast Community Chorus will continue its celebration of 20 years under the direction of Maestro Wendell S. Purrington with Spring into Summer on Friday May 17 and Sunday May 19.
The concerts feature a variety of Purrington's favorite choral music, and incorporate both sacred and secular pieces including a contemporary Gloria by Randol Bass, "Let Their Celestial Concerts Unite" from Handel's Samson, two spirituals, an American folk song suite, and selections from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. The concert also features accompaniment by pianist Kimberly Karchenes and the Portsmouth Brassworks Quintet.
Now in its 42nd year, Seacoast Community Chorus is a non-auditioned group of approximately 60 singers representing the greater Seacoast area. The ensemble is pleased to be able to offer interesting programs with music sure to please and delight their audiences.
Friday's concert is 7:30 p.m. at First Parish Church, Central Ave. Sunday's concert will be at 3 p.m. at York First Parish Church, 180 York St, York, Maine. Tickets (requested donation) are $10 and are available either from a chorus member or at the door. Please contact Brian Wood at 207-337-1820, Barbara Kautz at 207-363-5833, or visit our website at www.SCCSings.com for more information.


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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities can enforce the most contentious section of the state's heavily debated immigration law, according to a federal judge's ruling Wednesday regarding a section of the statute that critics have dubbed the "show me your papers" provision.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton clears the way for police to carry out the requirement that officers, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer hailed the ruling on what she called "the most critical section" of the state's immigration law.
Critics have assailed the provision as un-American, saying it paves the way for ethnic discrimination and racial profiling, providing officers a justification for stopping people based on how they look.
Alessandra Soler, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Arizona, said the section of the law is "divisive" and will "lead to rampant racial profiling and prolonged detention for countless Latinos, a majority of whom are U.S. citizens and permanent residents."
Proponents say that's a misinterpretation of a law necessary to stop immigrants from illegally coming into the U.S. and using up scant resources. They say there's nothing wrong with being asked to provide identification proving legal status.
Brewer, a Republican, said the ruling "will empower state and local law enforcement, as part of a legal stop or detention, to inquire about an individual's immigration status when the officer has reasonable suspicion."
The provision has been at the center of a two-year legal battle that resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June upholding the requirement.
After the nation's highest court weighed in, opponents asked Bolton to block the section of the law, arguing that it would cause systematic discrimination and unreasonably long detentions of Latinos if it's enforced.
Brewer's office, however, urged the judge to let the requirement go into effect, saying the law's opponents were merely speculating in their racial profiling claims. The Republican governor's office also said police have received training to avoid discriminatory practices and that officers must have reasonable suspicion that a person is in the country illegally to trigger the requirement.
In her ruling, Bolton said the court will not ignore the clear direction from the Supreme Court that the provision "cannot be challenged further on its face before the law takes effect." She reiterated the high court's interpretation that the law might be able to be challenged as unconstitutional on other grounds.
The Obama administration's case was based on the argument that federal immigration law trumped Arizona law. The challenge didn't confront racial profiling.
The Obama administration declared a measure of victory after the Supreme Court decision, as the court said local police cannot detain anyone on an immigration violation unless federal immigration officials say so.
President Barack Obama said in the aftermath of the ruling that police should not enforce the provision in a way that undermines civil rights.
"No American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of what they look like," he said at the time.
Arizona's law, known as SB1070, was passed in 2010 amid voter frustration with the state's role as the busiest illegal entry point into the country. Five other states — Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah — have adopted variations.
Shortly before the law was to take effect in July 2010, Bolton prevented police from enforcing the questioning requirement and other parts of the statute, ruling the Obama administration would likely succeed in its challenge.
Brewer, who signed the measure, appealed the ruling, lost at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and took her case to the Supreme Court.
Brewer's office said the law is expected to go into effect shortly.
Less controversial sections of the law have been in effect since late July 2010, but have rarely been used.
Lydia Guzman, a civil rights activist in Phoenix and leader of the group Respect Respecto, which tracks instances of racial profiling, said that if a higher court doesn't issue an emergency order stopping the provision from taking effect, her organization and others will be watching carefully.
If legal residents feel they are the victims of discriminatory treatment once the provision kicks in, Guzman said, "we want them to contact us. Those are the cases we are going to be taking to court."
The chief sponsor of SB1070, former state Senate President Russell Pearce, called Bolton's ruling a "huge win."
"The problem isn't the law," he said. "The problem is a broken political system and those that fail to keep their commitment to defend the law."
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the ruling doesn't change what his office already has been doing. The only difference, he said, will be in how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials respond to calls for pickup.
"Right now the only thing we can do is call ICE and see if they can pick them up under circumstances where we don't have a state charge," Arpaio said. "If we have a state charge, we'll book them into jail."
Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, said law enforcement statewide has been trained on how to implement SB1070 and had been awaiting a start date.
Bolton, with her ruling also granted a preliminary injunction against a statute making it illegal to harbor individuals suspected of being in the country illegally


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CONCORD — Sen. David Watters, D-Barrington, and other cosponsors joined Gov. Maggie Hassan at the signing of Senate Bill 1, which doubles funding for the research-and-development tax credit and makes it permanent.
The bill promotes job creation by helping businesses develop new products, supporters say. It also encourages entrepreneurs and businesses to locate in New Hampshire because the permanent tax credit means the state will encourage future investment, according to a press release from supporters.
Watters issued this statement concerning the bill: "I joined with Senator Odell in cosponsoring this bill, as the Senate's first bill, because it is an essential tool for job creation and business innovation. Having seen the bill killed last year when the House added a divisive social issue amendment, I vowed in my Senate campaign to make this bill a top priority."
At the signing, Hassan spoke about businesses that have created jobs and invested in equipment and facilities in New Hampshire due to the credit, "This legislation is a shining example of the tradition of collaborative, bipartisan problem-solving that the people of New Hampshire expect from their leaders."
Val Zanachuck, president of Graphicast in Jaffrey, an innovative small business that develops graphite mold casting technology to produce precision metal parts for a variety of industries, described how the credit helped his business. "As a manufacturer, we have to constantly upgrade our manufacturing methods and processes to maintain a competitive business," Zanchuck said. "New product development and process improvements are our R&D. For us, this R&D does not take place in a laboratory, it takes place on the shop floor. The R&D tax credit helps provide resources that we reinvest to improve and accelerate these activities."
Watters has also cosponsored other important bills for New Hampshire businesses, including Senate Bill 41, revising the New Hampshire Business Corporations Acts, and Senate Bill 126, the Auto Dealer's Bill of Rights.


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All schools, from K-12 to colleges and universities, are under increased pressure to ensure that students not only graduate, but possess the workforce skills to succeed in a globally competitive world. Both CCRI and Gwinnett County are digitally transforming their learning environments to help improve student achievement.
Now in its 48th year, CCRI is the largest community college in New England, offering nearly 90 degree and certificate programs to its approximately 18,000 students. ConnectEDU is working with CCRI on their Connect to College (C2C) project, designed to centralize critical student services and offer a unique way for students to manage their academic life. By adding IBM's predictive analytics software, they gain the ability to see data patterns to determine where intervention might be needed.
With the combined solution, CCRI will be able to both capture and convey student data, gaining real-time perspective into how a student or school is doing and where intervention is needed. They will have the tools to determine which students are at risk of not completing the steps to achieve their intended goals and implement the interventions to get them back on track.
"The power of the ConnectEDU and IBM partnership brings learner-level data into an actionable format for our counselors and advisors to truly impact student success, in real-time," said Ray DiPasquale, president of CCRI. "This platform is a scalable solution for our C2C team, using technology to identify at-risk students before they're truly at-risk."
Through the C2C web portal, students will be able to access content and learning modules for skills ranging from time management and career planning. They will receive reminders for upcoming deadlines and gain access to a network of mentors, among other offerings. IBM's SPSS predictive modeling and analytics software, when applied to this data, will help advisors make the best recommendations to students as they plan and navigate their academic life.
Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), located in the metro Atlanta area, is the largest school system in Georgia. Gwinnett County Public Schools first began working with IBM to collect and integrate data, analyze that data and report student results from kindergarten through 12th grade. Now with the launch of eCLASS, a new digital curriculum and instruction initiative, they are using an integrated solution of Cognos and SPSS tools to help guide their interactions with students to improve early intervention and assist overall student achievement.
"Ten years ago we didn't realize how we could harness the power from that foundation to get 'smarter' about using analytics to provide better insight to student needs," said Scott Futrell, Chief Information Officer, Gwinnett County Public Schools. "Today, we use all of the key components of the IBM Smarter Education strategy. Together with Gwinnett's existing student applications and learning management solution, we are positioned to use analytics to quickly recognize students who need help, identify potential interventions, and ultimately track student success over time."
Today's announcement demonstrates the capabilities of the IBM Smarter Education Solution, which pairs IBM's deep analytics with student interface software, such as the solution offered by ConnectEDU. Together, these offerings are designed to use data to get closer to schools and solve problems, such as:
· Integrating data from multiple sources to provide students and administrators with insights as students progress both in the classroom and toward their life goals
· Establishing and coordinating early-warning systems for at-risk students using predictive analytics to identify those in need of intervention and support
· Building collaborative learning communities with teachers, students, parents, and specialists to work together to identify and implement instructional intervention plans to improve student performance
· Utilizing data aggregation and analytics capabilities to identify intervention and program efficacy
IBM is also delivering their Smarter Education reference architecture, first announced in April, which provides educational institutions with a blueprint for implementation, which is built on open, industry standards to enable a multi-provider, interoperable environment. It is this framework that allows for easy integration with IBM business partners like ConnectEDU.
"In collaboration with partners like IBM, we produce recommendations for students that are grounded in real-time, actionable data," said Craig Powell, ConnectEDU CEO. "Through our proprietary learner-level data capabilities, we are dedicated to ensuring that each learner's education, career and financial decisions are data driven and aligned to ensuring them a future of possibilities."
"When you put smart tools in the hands of students and teachers, there are almost no limits to the types of data which can be captured and the ways in which it can be used," said Michael D. King, Vice President, IBM Global Education. "By applying advanced analytics technology to the cause of improving education at CCRI, we hope to help make a difference in the lives and careers of its students, not just in college, but as members of a developing workforce that is so vital to our economic prosperity."
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Twinking your level 19 Warlock: Part 4. Enchanting your Twink
Part 4 of the twinking guide deals with enchants. I am going to list out those that are available for your gear, and let you decide which you want/can afford or can source.
Before I go any further, have you checked out Gun Loving Dwarf Chick's blog entry: Leveling With Style. It's all about enchanting white items to increase your early leveling survivability, with the added advantage that you can trade the items between characters – that's right, they aren't soulbound! (more…)


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While Firefox testers can expect getting their mitts around the first public beta of Firefox 3.6 tomorrow, Mozilla still has the less-glamorous task of putting the browser's next security and stability update through some serious abuse.
On Monday, Mozilla trotted out Firefox 3.5.4 release candidate for testing on the non-profit's FTP servers. Venture here for the various OS flavors.
"Please hammer on these builds mercilessly to make sure that things work well! If you notice things that worked in previous Firefox 3.5.3 and does not work in this release, we would like to know about it *right away*," wrote Carsten Book, a software engineer working for the Mozilla QA Team.
Firefox 3.5.4 is mostly a maintenance exercise, lacking the reported performance gains that may entice folks to play around with version 3.6 when it hits. Never the less, the 3.5.4 release candidate is here now, ready to close its eyes and think of England.
Mozilla plans to have a final version of Firefox 3.5.4 next week, on October 21. That puts the code a day ahead of the official release of Windows 7.
Mozilla also pumped out this weekend its first release candidate of version 2.0 of SeaMonkey, the foundation's "all-in-one internet application suite."
SeaMonkey is the spiritual successor to the Netscape Communicator of olden days, when things like newsgroup support, email, an IRC client, and HTML editing were all baked into the browser. Thus, we see that time and space are circular.
"If we would release this RC as final, the release would be roughly a week after it," wrote Robert Kaiser, SeaMonkey project coordinator. "I expect that we'll have a second RC though with a number of assorted fixes, and I hope that one can become the actual final around October 21."
Downloads for SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1 are available here. Release notes are located yonder. ®


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At the last GOP conference meeting of the two-week government shutdown, no lawmakers went to the microphones to give their take.
Instead, after Speaker John Boehner told Republicans they had "fought the good fight," they all rose up to offer a standing ovation. "It was one of the easiest meetings we've ever had," says Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina…
"We all agree Obamacare is an abomination. We all agree taxes are too high. We all agree spending is too high. We all agree Washington is getting in the way of job growth. We all agree we have a real debt crisis that will cripple future generations. We all agree on these fundamental conservative principles. … We must not confuse tactics with principles. The differences between us are dwarfed by the differences we have with the Democratic Party, and we can do more for the American people united," he told them.
"Republicans always had one of two choices," Kibbe said. "They could fight against Democrats who were completely intransigent – they said 'I'm not going to negotiate.' Or they could capitulate early on."
"Instead of presenting a united front opposed to Obamacare, opposed to spending so much money we don't have, they started shooting at each other," he continued…
"So, did you actually accomplish anything?" Cooper asked.
Kibbe replied that he thought he did. "What we accomplished was fighting," he said. "It's important in Washington D.C. to step up to the plate and actually stand for something."
In a sign of the internal backlash against the right wing of the House Republican Conference, Louisiana Republican Charles Boustany questioned the political allegiances and motivations of his tea party-aligned colleagues and said they had put the GOP majority at risk in the current shutdown fight.
"There are members with a different agenda," Boustany said Wednesday in an interview in his office. "And I'm not sure they're Republicans and I'm not sure they're conservative."…
[H]e pointed the blame squarely at tea party lawmakers who he said were more concerned about bolstering their conservative bona fides than governing.
"Their allegiance is not to the members in the conference. Their allegiance is not to the leadership team and to conservative values," he said. "Their allegiance is to these outside Washington DC interest groups that raise money and go after conservative Republicans."
Ted Cruz and Mike Lee may not have been able to strike a death blow to Obamacare today, but they were able to fight a fight that would have been impossible before them. They have now made it less and less possible for Republicans to collaborate with Democrats to fix or stabilize Obamacare…
The establishment has given conservatives a brilliant opportunity to advance against them and then against the Democrats. As Obamacare now goes into effect full swing, conservatives can show that they tried to stop it while Mitch McConnell and so many others sat and watched from a cozy booth the Capitol Hill Club leaving the fighting to others while they did everything possible to undermine the fight.
As more Americans watch Obamacare fail them through the Republican primary season, conservatives will be able to put the focus on Republicans who funded Obamacare instead of fighting it. Whether they like it or not, Republicans in Congress will find their names on ballots in 2014. They cannot hide or escape fate.
Grover Norquist isn't happy with the Defunders. The Americans for Tax Reform president told reporters today that they have a lot of apologies to make and bridges to re-build.
"It'd be a good idea if they stopped referring to other Republicans as Hitler appeasers because they opposed the strategy they put forward which failed," Norquist says. "I think if you make a mistake as big as what they did, you owe your fellow senators and congressmen a big apology — and your constituents, as well, because nothing they did advanced the cause of repealing or dismantling Obamacare."…
"They hurt the conservative movement, they hurt people's health care, they hurt the country's economic situation and they hurt the Republican party," he says. "And a lot of congressmen and senators are not going to win because we spent three months chasing our own tail — or at least, parts of the conservative movement spent three months chasing their own tail."…
"These are the people who said, 'Plan: Step One, Invade Iraq. Step Two, It turns into Kansas,'" Norquist says. "Could I ask if there's anything in between Step One and Step Two? 'Oh ye of little faith.'"
"In conventional terms, it seems inexplicable, but Senator Cruz and his adherents do not view things in conventional terms. They look back over the past half-century, including the supposedly golden era of Ronald Reagan, and see the uninterrupted forward march of the American left. Entitlement spending never stopped growing. The regulatory state continued to expand. The national debt grew and grew and finally in the Obama years, exploded. They see an American population becoming unrecognizable from the free and self-reliant people they thought they knew. And they see the Republican Party as having utterly failed to stop the drift toward an unfree nation supervised by an overweening and bloated bureaucracy. They are not interested in Republican policies that merely slow the growth of this leviathan. They want to stop it and reverse it. And they want to show their supporters they'll try anything to bring that about.
"And if some of those things turn out to be reckless and doomed, well so be it."
The latest Pew Research Center poll is chock full of data revealing an emerging rift between tea party-aligned Republicans and the rest of the party. But if there is one area of relative agreement, it's this: a belief that tea party is independent from the GOP.
More than half of all Republicans (51 percent) say the the tea party is separate. Only about three in 10 say it is part of the Republican Party. Nearly equal shares of tea party Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (52 percent) and non-tea party Republicans and GOP-leaning independents (55 percent) say the movement is separate from the GOP…
The question is how strong that link is and where it's headed in the future. It's clearly eroded in recent months: The poll shows a drop in tea party favorability among conservative, moderate and liberal Republicans since June.
In its statement on the senate deal, Freedom Works asserts "The line separating the Democrats and the Republican establishment is fading- it might have disappeared today. This is about Washington insiders versus the rest of America now." Leaving aside the fact that many real Americans outside the establishment do not see eye to eye with Freedom Works, this seems like just another version of the beloved mantra of Naderites, Anarchists and other outfits on the political periphery: There's not a dime's worth of difference between the two parties. And I think that is nonsense. It's one thing to say that the GOP is too liberal or the Democrats are too conservative, statements that have often been not merely defensible but accurate, depending on where you sit on the political spectrum. But the notion that there is no meaningful difference between the two parties is just silly. Even if supposed RINOs John McCain or Mitt Romney had been elected, the policies we have today would be very, very different. If McCain won, we might have had less than ideal healthcare reforms, but we wouldn't have gotten ObamaCare. If Mitt Romney had won, regardless of what was in his heart, his vows to Republican voters would have required him to undo ObamaCare, perhaps not entirely but certainly very significantly.
Let's simply agree that for the sake of argument that the deal hashed out by McConnell is awful. He was left with no good options. No fair minded person can really argue that this predicament is where the Republican leadership wants to be. When the Japanese signed their surrender to the Americans, it would be ridiculous to say that the "line separating the Japanese and the Americans disappeared today." The Japanese simply lost and that they tried to lose on the best terms possible. The same goes for the GOP. A Japanese nationalist would be on firmer ground criticizing the Japanese leadership for losing, and a libertarian populist — or even an establishment "RINO" — could likewise condemn failures of GOP leadership, whatever they may be. But as an analytical matter those failures simply don't mean that we have anything like a single mono-ideological party called the "establishment."
Senate Republicans knew the House GOP conference was divided, and they knew Boehner's hold on his conference was shaky, but they were still stunned by the GOP's utter failure to accomplish anything.
"They are a majority party that wants to be a minority party," the Senate Republican aide said of the House GOP. "This is not how a majority party acts. The majority party takes the power that it has and puts it to use. And in this case, they refused to use the power they had because they would rather rail against the majority that they should be trying to deal with."
"They showed they would rather be in the minority than have to deal with a Democratic majority in the Senate and a Democratic president."
If no understanding can be reached between Republican and conservative leaders, then one of the two groups will be destroyed — either the party, or the movement. When I see hard-core conservative lawmakers like Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Raul Labrador, R-Idaho circling the wagons around Speaker Boehner today, that's a sign that conservative leaders have a lot more to lose. Recall that Labrador wouldn't even vote for Boehner for Speaker. Yet at this juncture, he seems to appreciate the situation the Speaker was boxed into.
Are GOP leaders also at risk? Yes, but in a much less meaningful sense. They can lose their majorities. (Recall that this didn't work out so well for conservatives last time, when Democrats took control and passed Obamacare.) Or the leaders could lose their positions within the party. But yesterday's events proved that they are relatively powerless within the party anyway. Sure, you can topple Boehner, Cantor, and McConnell, but unless the conservative leadership embraces realism, all you get is another group of party leaders you can put into unrealistic positions, whom you can't work with, who will gradually become less and less willing even to bother trying to work with you.
Consider the gains the pro-life movement has made over the years within the Republican Party, state legislation, the courts, and public opinion. There is no cause I believe more worthy in all the world. Yet where would pro-lifers be today had they instead simply and inflexibly demanded a government shutdown unless and until abortion was abolished? Pro-lifers figured out a way to work within the system and advance the ball.
The reconciliation that's needed now will be difficult because of the current (and very predictable) bitterness caused by the perceived sell-out on the one side and the moving of the goalposts on the other. But neither the GOP nor conservatism can stand independently of one another. As they once said of the disunity among the colonies, the only option are to "Join or Die."
As [one GOP strategist] noted, "Before the shutdown it wasn't plausible that Democrats could regain the House next year. It may be plausible now, but we aren't sure. But a mediocre year in 2014 for Republicans could improve the chances of a Democratic House takeover in 2016, a presidential year."
"We need to have good years in (what should be) good years, because you know we are going to have bad years in bad years," he continued, worrying that the last two weeks have turned lemonade back into a lemon for House Republicans.
All of this leaves two questions. First, are we going to see a replay of the last few weeks in January and February, when the current budget deal expires? And second, will a full-scale Republican civil war — which could be played out in Senate races from Kentucky to Kansas and Mississippi — follow?
Speaker Pelosi Part 2: Opening Jan 5. 2015
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) October 16, 2013
On @marklevinshow, Cruz said Senate GOP should have been the cavalry. "Instead, they became the Air Force bombing our own troops."
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) October 16, 2013
Via the Daily Rushbo.
She added that the tea party should "consider whether they want to be the name-callers of the drama," noting that the conservative grassroots has a penchant for calling Republicans who disagree with their approaches "RINOs" and "the surrender caucus."
"Hecklers," Kissel added.
"Dumb stuff," Noonan agreed. "Stop it. You're grown up. You're big people in a big drama that may be a big evolution. Sit down. Get along. Work it out."
"I was trying to think earlier today, if ever in my life I could remember any major political party being so irrelevant."


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The picture above is the splash page for a website called the Safe Library Project. It's supported by the group Morality in Media, "the leading national organization opposing pornography and indecency through public education and the application of the law". Here's the blurb from the About page on the site:
This site was begun by Morality in Media, in conjunction with the War on Illegal Pornography, to help restore sanity in public libraries. All public, taxpayer-funded libraries should refuse to allow pornography on public computers – that is common sense.
We are not in a fight with your local public librarians. They are good public servants. Rather we are at war with those, like the American Library Association (ALA), the ACLU and others, who have advocated access to porn in public libraries. The ALA has been the driving force behind pornography on library computers. ALA and the ACLU fought a losing battle all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court against the Children's Internet Protection Act, a federal act that requires public libraries that take certain federal funds to block pictures that are (a) obscene; (b) child pornography; or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors). Imagine! Shouldn't the American Library Association be on the side of protecting children from pornography?
This passage is followed by a couple more paragraphs full of argument fallacies (most prominently the appeal to emotion). The short version is that it advocates for the enforcement of obscenity laws (using possibly the narrowest interpretation of the Miller test, though it is not mentioned) against free or commercial pornography sites and because all of these sites are obscene (in their opinion) that libraries should be mandated to use filtering software whether they take the federal e-rate money or not. It's a nicely packaged bundle; all but softest core porn is obscene, therefore it should be prosecuted and also all libraries should be filtered to prevent people from reaching material (because it is obscene) even if it is not an issue (but it could be). Everyone with me so far?
There isn't much in the way of supporting evidence or documentation on the website for this stance. No research showing how unfiltered libraries have higher sexual crimes in their surrounding areas than filtered libraries, no studies or reports on the effectiveness of filters and filtering software, not even one fancy chart to make the case. (There are reports on the PornHarms site, but nothing specific to libraries.) I would presume that support is supposed to be derived from the myriad of links offered on the site to news stories (some of which actually don't actually apply since correlation does not equal causation) and a couple of scraped articles from Library Journal (an Annoyed Librarian column and the Dean Marney BackTalk piece). The website seems more like a contest to see how many times the words "porn", "harm", and "libraries" can be mentioned in a single sentence.
Two parts of the website caught my attention (and are my reasons for blogging about it). One is the tab marked "Report on Your Library". It's a web form that asks people to check with their local library for these specific questions:
- What is the library policy regarding explicit material?
- Do they have a filter in place? Are they willing to install one?
- How do they keep children from viewing explicit material?
- Have the librarians witnessed or been the victim of sexual assault on library grounds?
It seems like a case "which one of these things just isn't like the other?". There seems to be quite a leap from the third question to the fourth, a jump from asking about the possibility of filtering to whether an actual crime has been committed. I would presume that this is being asked because of the underlying Safe Library Project theory of 'porn causes sexual assaults', which if true would be more of a compelling reason to filter the entire Internet rather than just the public access ones. Alternatively, it is fishing for a reason to bring forth a lawsuit and/or manufacture a public outcry in order to compel the library to filter their computers, even if the actual context or frequency of occurrence would indicate otherwise. I find it to be an interesting glimpse in the tactics that the Safe Libraries Project seeks to use to leverage against libraries.
The other comes from the "Do Something" section. There's too much to simply quote here; you'll have to take a look yourself. It provides two paths to action. The first is contacting your library and demanding that filters be installed. (Actual quote: "Many librarians will agree with you on this subject and will do all they can to install filters on their systems. We just need to ask!") The other is organizing and pressuring the library to install filters. Not an unusual tactic, but it does make me chuckle that a group of people would be so unfortunate as to not get one of the "many" librarians that should agree and do all that they can to help. Unlike the previous section I mentioned, this page spells out what a person should do or say while they are at the library gathering information.
Overall, with the exception of those two sections I did not find anything truly concerning about the website. The issue of filtering is akin to a flu strain in the realm of library science ailments; we can do a lot to take steps against it, but it will never truly be eradicated. Libraries are one of the many fronts in the balance between constitutionally protected speech and obscenity; a privileged headache to have compared to free speech restrictions in the rest of the world and one that has been given to us by the writers and subsequent interpreters of the First Amendment.
Personally, I find filters odious, the equivalent of locking up a state park because one person littered. In my opinion, it punishes the innocent more than it prevents the offenders from acting as it is a ham-fisted solution to a niche problem. In essence, it is an ineloquent solution to a complex social, psychological, and anthropological problem.
And so, here the issue remains: those who want filtering and those who oppose it. The Safe Libraries Project is a site created for the purpose of mandating filtering software to every public library in the United States. If this website was a seasonal outlook, it looks like there is a flu season in our future. So be on the lookout for the symptoms.


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I downloaded your software to try and found some of it's functionality really nice and unique. However, I found the NSE feature to be implemented not very nicely from the point of view of the explorer API compatibility. In fact, your NSE basically replace the inside explorer window by its own. Which mean that you provide your own columns different to explorer ones. Thus, I cannot for example sort by a column just by clicking it and I cannot use my own columns. I also can note see thumbnails or do file preview inside explorer window.
There is now another zip NSE implementation that can do all the above; http://zabkat.com/blog/compressed-folde ... ension.htm . The only think it's lacking compared to yours is the ability to compress.
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In earlier Magic, big creatures always had a big mantainance cost (ex. Force of Nature, Yawgmoth Demon, Minion of Leshrac).
Some years ago, this ceased to be. When did that happen?
Also, was there some official statement about that (bonus if it's by Rosewater), or it "just happened"?
edit (I really thought this was crystal clear...): I didn't mean there aren't new creatures with upkeep, I meant there are some without it. Before that, AFAIK all of them had it.


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Here's the press release from UNC Asheville:
UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Hold Special Meeting on Feb. 3
The Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Asheville will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 in Phillips Hall, conference room 117, on the UNC Asheville campus.
This meeting is subject to North Carolina's Open Meetings Act. Certain agenda items may be considered in closed session, consistent with provisions of the Act.
The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees is composed of 13 members; eight are appointed by the UNC Board of Governors and four are appointed by the governor. The UNC Asheville Student Government Association president, who is elected by the student body, also is a voting member of the board.
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It seems every year, there's one kid who's a little more worldly, even if they don't even know it. I'll have to wait for August to see who it will be next. I love discovering all those little personalities as we get to know each other. I can't wait to see what the friends in my new class will bring to the table!
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One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, "...And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, "Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?" One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said 'Holy %$#@! A talking pig!'" The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.Happy Wednesday!


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Frankenweenie, from director Tim Burton and screenwriter John August, is a charming, macabre and heartwarming tale, about Victor (voiced by Charlie Tahan), a young boy who, after unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life, but quickly faces unintended and sometimes monstrous consequences for his actions. The voice cast also includes Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder and Atticus Shaffer.
At the film's press junket, actor Martin Short spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about how much fun it is to work in the creative atmosphere that Burton establishes, how working with Burton on Frankenweenie compared to when they first worked together on Mars Attacks!, the fun of getting to create three different characters for the film, how impressed he was with the finished product, what makes Burton's movies so special, and why he enjoys getting to have such a varied, multi-generational career. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Collider: How much fun is it to work with Tim Burton, in such a creative atmosphere?
MARTIN SHORT: It's always ideal. When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo will be the next Martin Scorsese, but it doesn't always work out that way. In Tim's case, he's the real deal. He's a creatively brilliant guy who walks to the beat of his own drum and creates his own art. You just feel privileged to be a part of it.
Does he feel like the same director that he was when you first worked with him on Mars Attacks?
SHORT: I don't see any difference. And Catherine [O'Hara], who worked with him right at the beginning, sees no difference. When I worked with Tim in 1996, he was already Tim Burton. It was post-Batman. He'd done a lot of things. And he was really playful and joyful. He asked, "What do you want to do? How do you see it?" I remember we did a scene where I had to seduce this woman in a bedroom, and it was a round bed, and I was expecting it to be very, "Okay, now, you'll go over here and we'll hit that thing, and I'll shoot it this way." But, he said, "Okay, what do you want to do?" So, I said, "What if I jumped on the bed to impress her?," and he loved that. Then he said, "Okay, what else?" I was amazed by that. Obviously, if I had done something that didn't interest him, we wouldn't be shooting it. But, he had hired me, so he could take credit for anything I could come up with. He could say, "Listen, I'm the guy who hired him." So, he's very collaborative, but you also feel safe. An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold. You'd like to think that you're free to spew out everything, and someone will catch the gold and say, "Okay, that's what we're going to do." He's ideal for an actor to work with, and I had the same experience when we did this film.
Was it fun to get to create three different characters for this film and get to experiment with different voices?
SHORT: Certainly with the father, he was very specific. He didn't want any characterization. He wanted it real. He wanted my voice. He wanted it soothing and loving. He wanted an ideal dad. For the other voices, he would have ballpark ideas of what they should be. He wanted Burgemeister to be sinister, menacing, mysterious, creepy and funny. But, how I would achieve that was up to me to keep experimenting with. He makes the final decision of what it will be. My job is to keep saying, "What about this? What about this?" I think, during the second session, I had this idea after hearing somebody on television who had talked about giving up smoking, and they had that branchial thing. That's the kind of detail that Tim always started laughing about and said he found that scary. That's the kind of detail that he loves.
Was it fun to actually get to record the scenes with Victor's parents with Catherine O'Hara?
SHORT: Oh, completely! First of all, Catherine is a lovely, decent, good person. That's sincere, and that's who the mother is. Having us be able to be there together and interact together, we have a long, long history with each other.
Since you only had the scenes that you were doing, what was it like to see everything all put together for the finished product?
SHORT: It's a different kind of thing. There was an era when people would turn on their radio and hear a radio drama. Now, you could be as scared by that as seeing it filmed. In those days, people used to sit by the fire and imagine what they were hearing. Everything is its own art form. If you play Sweeney Todd on Broadway, that's one kind of performance, but you're going to use a different muscle when you do Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on the screen. And you're going to use a different muscle, if you're just using your voice 'cause that's all you can convey. If they filmed you, you wouldn't be convincing because you'd be trying to just create the sound, which you would therefore do definitely than if you were doing a live-action project.
What most surprised you about the entire process of stop-motion animation?
SHORT: You know, that doesn't have anything to do with me. This could have been a non stop-motion movie and I still would have done all of my work the same way. But, when you get to see what it looks like, it's spectacular. The process is staggering and mind-boggling. For five seconds, you can spend a week. I don't know how they do it. The work that's gone into this project is unbelievable.
People always talk about how you can tell a Tim Burton movie is a Tim Burton movie, from the moment it starts. What do you think it is that really encompasses a Tim Burton movie?
SHORT: He's like [Alfred] Hitchcock, and other directors who have such a strong signature to them. I think they're coming from such a sincere, specific and original place. We can flip on television and see a crime show, and one looks like the other, looks like the other, looks like the other. If you turn on Dave Letterman's show, there's only one Dave Letterman. So, you're more intrigued by that. That's how fans are created. They appreciate a true, original artist, and that's what Tim is.
Do you enjoy getting to do voice work and having the ability to bring any type of character to life?
SHORT: Well, I don't think it's restricted to voice work. If someone says, "Do you want to play an assassin in a movie?," you're not sitting back and saying, "Well, I don't know if I can because I wouldn't be an assassin." You're an actor, and actors are blank slates, whether it's voice work, live-action or the theater.
As an actor, what does it mean to you, to have a career that is so varied and multi-generational?
SHORT: Oh, it's spectacular! It's great! It's not like you set out and say, "I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to have many generations love me." But, it's fantastic! It's wonderful! I think it's miraculous. I think it's miraculous for someone to make a living for a year, as an actor, let alone 10 years or 40 years. And I think I was lucky, in the sense that, being Canadian, the Canadian instinctively are like the British. They just do all mediums at once. No one is saying, "Well, I don't really do stage." They just say, "Do I bring a suit, or do I not?" It prepares you for a career that's more eclectic and has greater variety, but keeps you interested. At a certain point in your life, you reach a point in your career where you're no longer working to pay the rent. You reach a point where the rent is covered for life, so now you have even more pressure to stay interested. That is when a variety of things makes it more interesting than just doing one thing that you've done many times, yet again. I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.
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Abbott rejects Davis call for six debates
AUSTIN – Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis on Tuesday proposed a series of six debates with Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott in their race for governor.
Her proposal came after Abbott earlier said he had accepted two invitations for debates in McAllen in September and in Dallas in October.
Davis envisions a series of debates from July through October in the Rio Grande Valley, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, Houston and Lubbock.
In a letter to Abbott dated Tuesday, she said she would like at least two of them to be issue-specific debates focused on education and economic opportunity.
Davis proposed at least two 90-minute town-hall formats "with a technology partner and social media engagement;" at least one community college with a local media partner "on a weekend so parents can attend;" and at least one English-Spanish simulcast.
Abbott on Monday said he had accepted a Sept. 19 debate invitation to be hosted by the McAllen Monitor in partnership with KGBT-TV Action 4 News and KTLM Telemundo 40. Davis on Tuesday said her "strong preference" is that the Valley debate be hosted by those media outlets in July as the first debate.
Abbott also had said he accepted an Oct. 3 invitation to be hosted by WFAA-TV. Davis said she would like to discuss that debate invitation and others.
"Your campaign's public commitment to multiple debates gives me confidence that you share my eagerness to engage as many voters as possible in this manner before Election Day," Davis wrote to Abbott.
Abbott campaign manager Wayne Hamilton quickly declined Davis' propsal, suggesting in a letter to Davis that Abbott already had set the debate parameters and is not open to change.
"General Abbott has already committed to two statewide televised debates, and therefore we must respectfully decline your proposal. As you know, two invitations for statewide debates were established weeks ago, and our campaign will not waiver on those commitments," Hamilton wrote, reiterating the Sept. 19 date in McAllen and Oct. 3 in Dallas. "We hope you can recognize the need to participate and engage with Texas voters across our state."


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Since World War II, East Asia has had the fastest-growing economy in the world. Japan was rapidly joined by China, Singapore, South Korea, and other nations seemingly swept along by each other's successes in the marketplace.
From the beginning of its post-war ascent, East Asia has made education a priority. Now, the face of its education is changing. While this is much less debated than the economy, it is certain to have a profound effect on East Asian rapport with the West.
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Looking at a Roberto Luongo trade, the advantages for an NHL team that operates it's own junior club, the craziness that awaits any NHL'er heading to Sweden for the lockout, Dan Cloutier's return to the NHL, and more after the jump.
Hypothetically, if Roberto Luongo were to be traded… Weird fact – apparently Roberto Luongo grew up a big fan of Grant Fuhr. CanucksArmy speculates on four possible destinations for the goaltender – including Edmonton. All I'll say is that the Jeff Petry thing ain't happening. [Canucks Army]
Is running a junior team something every NHL owner should do? The Edmonton Oilers have a unique and cozy relationship with the Edmonton Oil Kings, with a significant degree of communication between organizations and a number of Oilers prospects on the team. Has it paid off, and is it something other NHL teams have done or should think about doing? [Oilers Nation]
Paul Gaustad is the greatest hero in American history. Nations' overlord Kent Wilson, desperately scrambling for something to write about, looks at Barry Trotz's contention that Paul Gaustad is worth 10 points to the Nashville Predators. Spoiler alert: he's not. [Flames Nation]
The hornet's nest that awaits locked out NHL'ers in Sweden. In some leagues, locked out NHL'ers are welcomed as they bring extra attention and skill to the game. In Sweden, something as simple as signing Alex Steen has turned into a major mess, featuring lawsuits, media scrutiny and bad blood. [Canucks Army]
Nazem Kadri's got this. The hearts of Leafs Nation are a-flutter with the news that Nazem Kadri showed up to AHL training camp in, uh, less than optimum shape. One fan made a point of taking Kadri to task, only to meet with a reply of "settle down little girl I got this" from the unperturbed player. [Leafs Nation]
The Canucks have brought Dan Cloutier in to work with their goalies. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time until someone photo-shops a beachball into a picture of Cloutier pointing out something to Cory Schneider. "See, this is how you do it!" Jokes aside, was it a good hire? [Canucks Army]
The Toronto Maple Leafs' pitch to Brad Richards. The Toronto Maple Leafs didn't land Brad Richards in 2011 – that honour instead went to the New York Rangers, a club that paid through the nose for the privilege – but that's not to say they didn't try. Bonus feature: iPad version of Brian Burke, since actual Brian Burke was visiting the troops in Afghanistan on July 1 that year. [Leafs Nation]
Jason Garrison's rise from obscurity. It may be a Canucks-specific article, as the team signed the free agent defenceman this summer, but Garrison's odd career path and late-blooming tendencies are still quite interesting, even for those disinterested in the team. [Canucks Army]
Yakupov: "Just give a guy a chance to play and enjoy hockey. Pleeeease." Nail Yakupov's transfer situation is bizarre, and Andrey Osadchenko gives us the Russian perspective. [Oilers Nation]
Matt Stajan's (fictional) trip to Kathmandu. Like the rest of us, Matt Stajan was wondering what to do with his time given the NHL lockout. Unlike the rest of us, he took a trip to Nepal. [Flames Nation]
Paul Ranger returns with a bang. Not long ago, Paul Ranger was one of the NHL's up-and-coming young defenders before he rather mysteriously left the game (backstory here). Now, he's attempting a comeback with the Leafs – and he's started off by ranking first overall among Toronto Marlies players on their season-opening fitness tests. [Leafs Nation]


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Reading suggestions for Kindergartners from the Weber County Library
Faucet well raincloud sea: from each of these comes water. But where does Water go? To find out, honey, turn the page, dive in with tongue or toes, with eyes and ears and nose-- and wonder at the flow of this great world's life story.
A collection of poems celebrating the habits and habitat of Emperor penguins.
Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog.
Jack has adventures and rescues with his action-figure, Guy.
A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.
Time for bed, Biscuit! Biscuit is a little yellow puppy. And like most puppies, he would rather play than go to bed. Will Biscuit ever go to sleep?
Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.
"Jam on toast," sings Frances about the food she likes most--until she has it for the sixth meal in two days.
Whether the dog is chasing the cat, or the cat is urging the dog on to feats of mischief, the result is hilarious.
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
The bus driver needs a break, and he asks the reader to keep an eye on things while he's gone.
Rat tries to get the fat cat off the mat and back to his usual resting place in the vat.
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We have endeavoured to make opinicus rampant completely pan gender, so that every flag can be read on any body. In this vein, we removed specific references to biological junk; cocksucker became gives head. We also cut out flags which reference ontological* fetishes (fetishes for categories of being), such as apricot for fat fetish and the various "race"-related flags, as they serve to further fetishize** already marginalised bodies. It also seemed somewhat redundant to be flagging fetish flags on the left for visible qualities (which is what they all are).
We want flagging to represent actions rather than identities. But it's more complicated than that; flagging is always symbolic of at least various aspects of our identity – how we see ourselves and want others to see us (eg, [uptight] tops who only flag on the left). Trans flagging presents an occasion in which identity flagging makes even more sense, because one's transness can be unwantedly invisible, as well as highly stigmatised and marginalised, even within queer communities.
[gauche]: Generally I'm not into flagging gender or genitals – but on the other hand I also want to put getting people laid ahead of abstract values, and it's disingenuous to pretend that being trans is irrelevant here. I've said elsewhere, "it doesn't matter how politically astute or logically consistent your sexual orientation is, if you feel like you can't change it" — but I also don't want to support either transphobic or body-fetishising flags.
I guess I'm torn between hoping that all flags are automatically trans-inclusive and acknowledging that there is a practical and political need to explicitly show trans pride, support and desire.
I think this is the same dilemma we argued over regarding female ejaculation — whether we want to promote specific uses or assume an inclusive base. And I do think the latter is more radical, more transformative, than inventing new flags for affirmation and consciousness-raising — but of course when you're looking at a single hanky hanging out of someone's pocket rather than reading this whole blog, you don't see how we've reimagined the whole system, so in that case affirmation is actually more meaningful and political.
[max]: Absolutely. I think all the flags — as we have re-written them — are trans-inclusive, but that doesn't make them trans specific. And sex can be. Opinicus rampant is about extending and improving conversations about sex and bodies. In the case of transness, I think it's more important to have trans visibility than avoid identity flags. There are many (especially sexual) contexts in which one's transness can be unwantedly invisible or come into question in ways we'd rather it didn't. You know, trans people have such a rough time in being received, it can be awkward — knowing which pronouns to use or how someone thinks about their body — and something incredibly exhausting (and constant) for trans people to bring up verbally. And while you can't assume someone's junk from a trans flag (trans people can have all kinds of junk [as can anyone else] and want to fuck in all kinds of ways), trans flagging can allow for the assumption of transfemininity/ transmasculinity/genderqueerness***.
So, what is it?
[max]: Purple tends to be used as a trans colour and can be found in genderqueer circles as well (probably for the unfortunate equation of blue + pink = purple, but nevertheless). It makes sense to build on the lavender flag, which originally signified (L) likes drags queen * (R) drag queen — clearly sexist in its non-compliance with all other is flags in which (L) is * (R) seeks, such as silver lame, kelly green, argyle, or tie-dye. The only time is flags on the right are in (bottom) animalplay, such as horse or pony. We thus updated lavender to:
|x dresser / dragster
|likes x dressers / drag
Whereas x dressing or drag are specifically about dress, transness is about identity if not body-type.
[gauche]: I support it as a trans pride flag and perhaps also confirmation of chosen gender — but then when worn on the right, do you want it to mean support or desire? Because I think it will sort of bleed into a body fetish flag. Are you cool with that happening?
[max]: Yeah no. In order to have a trans flag without fetishizing trans bodies, we just need to have straight trans man and trans woman flags that can take on the associations of any desired position: (L) top * (R) bottom — like HIV positivity — the point of all these flags is to bring attention to certain sex/body related issues that may otherwise be invisible/misread.
|trans grrrl
|trans grrrl
|trans dude
|trans dude
Flagging any combination of lavender, gingham, flannel could signal genderqueer, androgynous, and/or, neither, both – as you wish. Or purple sequins can be a specific genderqueer flag:
Keep in mind that the flannel needs to be plaid, to be distinct from plain purple, which indicates piercing.
* [max] Ontologies: from the Greek meaning "of being"; the study of the nature of being, existence or reality; the basic categories of being and their relations; in analytic philosophy, concerns the determining of whether some categories of being are fundamental and asks in what sense the items in those categories can be said to "be".
** [gauche] Why are we against fetishising? I think even when you have (L) consents to being fetishised rather than the (redundant as already visible) is, (R) still flags fetishising without regard to consent. I don't think it's possible to ensure a body fetish flag is not objectifying and exoticising against someone's will. I also don't think it's possible, for marginalised groups, to differentiate inclusive desire and fetish desire.
*** [gauche] Why did we end up with trans woman and trans dude rather than transfeminine and transmasculine? We thought the specificity was rather the point: at a minimum, you can infer that a wearer of purple gingham goes by female pronouns, and a wearer of purple flannel goes by male pronouns. Opening it up to a broad spectrum such as transmasculine which can include butches and drag kings seems to dilute this purpose.
What are your favourite trans(-friendly) flags?