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From her perch on a shelf above my bed, the doll accuses me with lifeless eyes of failing Juliette in the most heinous way imaginable, forcing me to crave the bite of his whip and the steel in his voice to drown out the ache in my chest.
For his entire life, Benjamin Martin's parents drilled into his head that he must watch out for his little sister, but one horrific night, he failed. Now, the bite of a whip, cuffs digging into his wrists, his arms and legs stretched beyond endurance, these things give him what he needs to forget his sister's violent death, at least for a while.
When Ben's latest Dom casts him aside like a broken toy, he manipulates his best friend, Jude Archer, into picking up the pieces. Jude has been in love with Ben for years, but his fantasies about his friend never included whipping him. He doesn't understand why Ben needs BDSM and he worries about Ben's addiction. Most of all, he fears losing his humanity because he's already lost himself in Ben. When he's forced to trade the marks upon his soul for the pain that ravages Ben, Jude learns the real definition of submission.
First Edition published as Painting Fire on the Air by Dreamspinner Press, September 2013.
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Ben is struggling after the murder of his sister. He sees his dom, Kage, in order to make the nightmares about his sister disappear. Ben is barely surviving and he is too afraid to tell his best friend, Jude, about his struggles.
Jude is just hopeful that Ben will look at him in a way that gives their relationship room to grow. They had one night where they went further, but then Ben shut the door on that type of relationship again.
Ben and Jude struggle through their friendship to find more. Ben is constantly trying to fight the nightmares and Jude just wants his friend to not be sad any more. It's a battle between them. Ben is very manipulative of Jude and I didn't really like the dynamic between the two of them. I found that Ben's constant need was almost in a whiny manner and that he wasn't truly invested in a relationship with Jude so much as he was invested in finding someone who can take away the bad dreams.
Overall, this was a slight disappointment because it felt forced.
JP BARNABY, an award-winning gay romance novelist, is the author of over two dozen books, including Aaron and the Little Boy Lost Series. She recently moved from Chicago to Atlanta to appease her Camaro, who didn't like the blustery winters. JP specializes in recovery romance, but slips in a few erotic or comedic stories to spice things up. When she's not hanging out with hot guys in leather, she binge-watches superheroes and crime dramas on Netflix. A physics geek, she likes the science side of sci-fi and wants to grow up to be Reed Richards.
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HomeBOLLYWOODENTERTAINMENT NEWSVarun Dhawan to reportedly reunite with Shashank Khaitan for an out-and-out entertainer co-starring Kiara Advani and Bhumi Pednekar
Varun Dhawan to reportedly reunite with Shashank Khaitan for an out-and-out entertainer co-starring Kiara Advani and Bhumi Pednekar
By Tanmayi Savadi
Varun Dhawan, over the years, has proven to be a bankable star with a great youth appeal. With blockbusters and versatile films falling into his kitty back-to-back, the actor has emerged as a filmmakers' favourite. Although his recent outing Kalank failed to spark off at the box-office, Varun ensures to take the new year by storm with a fascinating lineup of projects. Now, while he is busy shooting for Coolie No. 1, Varun, it seems, has come on board for Shashank Khaitan's next film. As per reports of a leading daily, the Dulhania franchise duo will be reuniting for their third collaboration together. Joining Varun in the lead will be Kiara Advani and Bhumi Pednekar, if reports are to be believed. According to sources close to the development, Karan Johar, who will be producing the out-and-out commercial entertainer under his banner Dharma Productions, and Shashank, after contemplating several options, finalised the trio.
"After contemplating several options, Shashank and KJo finalised the trio. They liked the script and were immediately on board," the source told.
Recommended Read: 'Want to work with Bala director Amar Kaushik,' says Varun Dhawan
With this said film, Varun and Kiara will be collaborating for the second time after Kalank in which their chemistry was much appreciated. The film will reportedly go on floors in mid-2020 and is said to be in its scripting stage.
Workwise, Varun is currently working on Coolie No. 1, co-starring Sara Ali Khan. The rom-com is directed by David Dhawan and will release on May 1, 2020. Apart from that, he will feature in Street Dancer 3D with Shraddha Kapoor and will portray the role of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal in his biopic reportedly titled Ekkees. Speaking of Kiara, she is gearing up for the release of Good Newwz. Apart from that, she will star in Indoo Ki Jawani, Laxmmi Bomb and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. Bhumi will be seen in Pati, Patni Aur Woh, co-starring Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday. She will also feature in Bhoot: Part One: The Haunted Ship with Vicky Kaushal, followed by Takht.
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Candy canes are a favorite treat at Christmas, and many people consider them symbolic of the real "reason for the season" - the birth of Jesus Christ.
History doesn't support the idea that candy canes were created for this purpose, but the legend of candy cane has become quite popular. Poems and books have been written to explain how the candy cane became a symbol for Jesus.
Here are three variations of the Jesus candy cane poem, as well as other information about Christmas candy canes.
Jesus Candy Cane Flag - Decorate your home for the holidays!
Look at the candy cane.
Like the blood shed for me.
"J" is for Jesus, My Lord, that's for sure!
And a staff you will see.
The candy maker has come up with a new candy that not only tastes good, but has a message everyone should hear.
Set in rhyme, this story explains to small children how one of their favorite Christmas treats, the candy cane, is a symbol of Jesus' birth and gift of salvation.
Based on the bestselling book, The Legend of the Candy Cane is an inspirational story about a stranger named John Sonneman and a young boy named Matt. who has recently lost his parents. As John prepares to open a candy shop, he gives a red-and-white-striped candy cane to a little girl to symbolize the Christian holiday.
This is a fun poem you can attach to a bag of "candy cane seeds" (peppermint discs or balls) and give as a gift during the holidays.
Bright tasty candies from under the snow.
To garden in winter is difficult, you see.
It takes lots of care and a very special seed.
And you'll soon reap a harvest of candy cane treats!
Which version of the Jesus Candy Cane poem do you prefer?
Never knew there was more than one version; I'd always heard the short version. We talk about how candy canes remind us of Jesus with our daughter. Great lens.
I love anything Jesus is in the center of...it's all about HIM!!! Thanks for sharing Jesus as the reason for the season. Merry Christmas!
Really lovely lens for Christmas!
Its all about Jesus at Christmas time. Be it poems, candy canes or presents!
It is so hard to choose one poem, but I will go with Jesus Candy Cane Poem short version. A young girl gave me a candy cane and poem one Christmas at church and I loved it!
Have a blessed Christmas. Love this page about the reason for the candy cane season!
Thank you for introducing me to the symbolism of the candy cane. Appreciated the message and focus on the meaning of Christmas.
My favorite Jesus Candy Cane poem is the first one listed here. My kids loved it in Sunday School.
Cute! I like the first poem best!
Awesome lens! I think I like the final version the best.


Figure 2-1: The Paperboy website provides links to major newspapers from around the world.
Figure 2-2: Sometimes the news can be funny if you just look at the hidden context behind the story.
Figure 3-1: Oppression.org can show you how different countries around the world, including your own, are currently oppressing their own citizens.
Figure 4-2: The Mari@mm worm promotes the legalization of marijuana.
Figure 4-3: A defaced web page can publicize your message to a worldwide audience, such as this message defacing the website of Microsoft's office in Saudi Arabia.
Figure 4-4: Defaced web pages often display graphic images to promote their messages, such as this web page that defaced the site of the Republic of Cameroon.
Figure 4-5: The Hizbullah website, offering information about their goals.
Figure 6-1: The InfoSysSec site lists the top ten ports that hackers use to break into a computer.
Figure 8-4: A firewall can monitor specific ports and notify you if any are being used without your knowledge.
Figure 8-5: An anti–Trojan horse program knows how to detect and remove dangerous Trojan horses before they have a chance to attack your computer.
Figure 9-1: The Mega$Nets program is simply a chain letter in the form of a freely distributable program.
Figure 9-2: Many deluded souls have put up websites in an effort to convince others to download the Mega$Nets software and join in on the online scam.
Figure 9-3: Mega$Hack allows you to crack the Mega$Nets database.
Figure 9-4: Web spoofing tricks you into visiting a phony website masquerading as a legitimate website.
Figure 9-5: Phishing means sending potential victims seemingly legitimate messages, asking for passwords, credit card numbers, or other confidential information.
Figure 10-1: The Yahoo! search engine can help you find the phone number and city of someone you know.
Figure 10-2: You can check to see if a friend, loved one, or enemy's name appears on The World's Most Wanted website.
Figure 10-3: The Google Groups website can help you track down messages left by a particular email address.
Figure 11-1: A war-dialer dials a range of telephone numbers and keeps track of all numbers that lead to a computer.
Figure 11-2: A port scanner can search for a range of IP addresses for a computer to attack.
Figure 11-3: Nmap can probe the Internet for vulnerable computers.
Figure 11-4: The Whols command can help you identify the IP address of any website.
Figure 11-5: A North American map showing the location of all known wireless networks found by the NetStumbler program.
Figure 11-6: A wireless sniffer program can help you find and identify wireless networks nearby.
Figure 11-7: War-chalking symbols identify the location and status of a wireless network.
Figure 12-1: You can configure what you want a keystroke logger to capture.
Figure 12-2: A keystroke logger can capture keystrokes so you know what someone typed and what program they used at the time.
Figure 12-3: A desktop-monitoring program can track every program and keystroke used on a specific computer.
Figure 12-4: The Revelation password-recovery program can reveal the password needed to access a user's Internet account.
Figure 12-5: A variety of password-cracking programs are readily available for purchase over the Internet.
Figure 12-6: An ever-growing list of known buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Figure 14-1: The XPKeyGen program claims it can create valid codes necessary to activate illegal copies of Windows XP.
Figure 14-2: Many websites contain lists of valid keys for a variety of programs.
Figure 15-1: The Camera/Shy program can hide messages in GIF images on a web page so other people can read them.
Figure 15-4: Changing the way the Windows version of Internet Explorer handles cookies.
Figure 15-5: A program like Cookie Pal can show you all the cookies already stored on your hard disk.
Figure 15-6: You can find the addresses of the last few websites someone visited in the Address Bar list box.
Figure 15-7: Window & Internet Washer Pro can delete all traces of your browsing history.
Figure 16-1: Bulk email programs can use popular search engines to find websites that list valid email addresses.
Figure 16-2: Anyone can buy a bulk emailing (spamming) program from websites all over the Internet.
Figure 17-2: Adware programs display advertisements every time you run the program.
Figure 17-3: Ad-aware can detect and remove adware programs that may be hidden on your computer.
Figure 18-1: You can define the types of protocols that the firewall allows.
Figure 18-2: A firewall testing program can tell you if your firewall is really protecting your computer or not.
Figure 18-4: With a program like VisualRoute, you can identify the geographical location of a particularly persistent hacker.
Figure 18-5: MyNetWatchman can identify the top ISPs used by hackers around the world.
Figure 19-4: A hex editor like VEDIT can display the hidden contents of any disk sector or file.
Figure 20-1: A restraining cable can lock your computer to an immovable object, such as a desk.
Figure 20-2: The USB Agent can intercept and analyze data sent across a USB cable.


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Posted January 31st, 2019 • Posted in Blog Posts • Author: Progressive Voice
Protection, Justice and Accountability Needed for Return of Rohingya Refugees
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As the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities continue to face threats and persecution, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar[1], Ms. Yanghee Lee, called for the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar military, Min Aung Hlaing, to be prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, adding that holding perpetrators to account for crimes is necessary before any return of refugees could commence.
This is the first time Ms. Lee has publicly called for the Commander-in-Chief to be held accountable since the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFMM) last year found that the brutal Myanmar military campaign against the Rohingya was orchestrated with "genocidal intent", recommending Min Aung Hlaing and others to be held accountable for the "gravest crimes under international law." Ms. Lee made her end of mission statement from Dhaka, Bangladesh as she continues to be barred from entering Myanmar for reporting on the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
"I believe that instead of bringing about the democratic reforms that were promised, the civilian government is consolidating what military governments worked towards for many years,"
Ms. Yanghee Lee, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
"I believe that instead of bringing about the democratic reforms that were promised, the civilian government is consolidating what military governments worked towards for many years," said Ms. Lee in her end of mission statement, noting that democratic space remains fragile and communities remain divided as minorities continue to be marginalized and discriminated against. "Ethnic nationalities continue to be subject to domination by the central government and the military, despite the official stance that they are working for peace to be brought to the country," she stated.
"All the people of Rakhine State, including the Rakhine, Mro, Daignet, Hindu and Rohingya, have suffered enough,"
Indeed, conflict is only increasing. Most recently fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military in Rakhine State displaced at least 6,000 civilians from their homes. The fighting has injured many, including two boys aged 10 and 18, as a mortar shell exploded in Yan Aung Myin Village, Maungdaw Township. The Myanmar government has continued to remain silent on Major-General, Tun Tun Nyi's claims that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi instructed the Myanmar military to "crush" the AA as they had done with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). "What is happening in Rakhine reminds me of the tactics used by the Tatmadaw against ethnic populations for decades," Ms. Lee said in her statement during her mission, "All the people of Rakhine State, including the Rakhine, Mro, Daignet, Hindu and Rohingya, have suffered enough," she continued. In addition, on January 10, 2018, UN and international humanitarian agencies – with the exception of the World Food Program and the International Committee of the Red Cross – were instructed by the Rakhine State government to suspend their activities in parts of northern Rakhine State affected by the ongoing conflict. Such blockage of humanitarian aid is considered a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
For the Rohingya, it is clear that Myanmar authorities have not worked towards creating conditions for their return and instead have engaged "in a sustained campaign of violence, intimidation and harassment" as Rohingya people continue to be murdered, raped, abducted and their homes burned by security forces and Rakhine extremists according to Ms. Lee. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has also spoken out stating that the situation on the ground is not conducive to return, noting that the failure to solve "the root causes of the problem is that violence then tends to erupt again, and that's what we have seen recently in Myanmar."
Meanwhile abroad, Rohingya continue to be at further risk of human rights violations. Ms. Lee visited Bhasan Char, a muddy silt islet off the coast of Bangladesh that emerged just two decades ago out of the sea, where Bangladesh plans to relocate approximately 100,000 Rohingya from the cramped camps of Cox's Bazar. The remote island would be difficult to access, likely cutting off international humanitarian aid. Amnesty International has described the flood prone island as "uninhabitable."
While Basan Char is certainly not the answer to the problems posed by this refugee crisis, an urgent solution is needed as more Rohingya, not only from Myanmar, but also those who fled to India in earlier times are seeking refuge in Bangladesh. Approximately 1,300 Rohingya refugees from 300 families have arrived to Bangladesh recently, fearing refoulement and anti-Rohingya rhetoric in India, many risking arrest and becoming trapped in a "no man's land" along the Bangladesh and India border. Ms. Lee also expressed her dismay at the recent deportation of 13 Rohingya from Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh where they have been charged with forging passports used to travel to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia plans to further deport 250 Rohingya to Bangladesh, as their identity as Rohingya from Myanmar was not accepted upon their entrance to Saudi Arabia.
Such persecution of the Rohingya worldwide makes the need for accountability more urgent. Justice and accountability is a precondition for the safe, sustainable and dignified return of the Rohingya refugees and for this it is vital that the UN Security Council refer the situation of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court. Prosecution of crimes at the highest level is needed to end the ongoing grave crimes being committed against ethnic minorities by the Myanmar military, emboldened by decades of its Bamar Buddhist domination. Until there are assurances of a dignified, voluntary, safe and sustainable return, countries must work to provide protection to atrocity survivors, not imprison them for being refugees or subject them to re-victimization.
[1] One year following the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, the former military junta changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar overnight. Progressive Voice uses the term 'Myanmar' in acknowledgement that most people of the country use this term. However, the deception of inclusiveness and the historical process of coercion by the former State Peace and Development Council military regime into usage of 'Myanmar' rather than 'Burma' without the consent of the people is recognized and not forgotten. Thus, under certain circumstances, 'Burma' is used.
Resources from the past week
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Statement of INGOs in Myanmar
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Statement: International Day of Education
By Karen Human Rights Group
Building of New Military Camps in Karenni State During Latest Ceasefire Raises Suspicions that Burma Army is Preparing for War
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By Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Myanmar
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INGOs Call on UN Secretary General to Ensure an Open and Transparent Review of UN operations in Myanmar
43rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
After Two Years Why Does the UNSC Continue to Fail the Rohingya?
Prioritise Rights, Safety of Rohingya People: ASEAN
BHRN Appalled by ASEAN Report on Rohingya Repatriation
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Q: Floating button is not adjusted in center of app bar in some devices
I have provided the screenshot of my app screen. You can see that the floating button ( in this case i used Image Button and provided my image) is not showing full i.e. its half part is behind the app bar, the app bar is in green color. Although this same FAB button is showing full in some devices and versions like 4.2, 4.3 but not showing full on some devices and my version 5.0 and up.
Following is my code for this layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/coordinator_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
  android:id="@+id/app_bar"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="190dp"
  android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
  android:background="@drawable/cvr1"
  app:expanded="true">
  <!--android:theme="?attr/customAppBarOverlay"-->

<android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
    android:id="@+id/toolbar_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
    app:layout_scrollFlags="snap">

  <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
      android:id="@+id/toolbar"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
      app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
      android:background="@null"/>

</android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

<include layout="@layout/content_main" />

<ImageButton
  android:id="@+id/add_fab"
  android:background="@drawable/starts"
  android:layout_width="100dp"
  android:layout_height="100dp"
  android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin"
  app:layout_anchor="@id/app_bar"
  app:elevation="0dp"
  app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|center"
  />

 </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

I dont know what exactly is the issue. I checked on internet but found same solutions like these lines but still not showing full
app:layout_anchor="@id/app_bar"
app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|center"

Please Help!

A: The best practice is to use the F A B (Floating Action Bar) provided in the support library.
Add this to build.gradle file:
compile 'com.android.support:design:24.2.1'

And inside the CoordinatorLayout try this:
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/viewA"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="0.4"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_purple"
        android:orientation="horizontal"/>

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/viewB"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="0.6"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_orange_light"
        android:orientation="horizontal"/>

</LinearLayout>

<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
    android:id="@+id/fab"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="16dp"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_done"
    app:layout_anchor="@id/viewA"
    app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|right|end"/>

This should produce the FAB as provided in the below image:

In order to change the position of the FAB , you can change:
app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|right|end"/>

to the preferred way for the ideal position in your layout.

A: The reason for this is you are using app:elevation="0dp" on your button. As the AppBarLayout has default elevation of 4dp, on lollipop devices and higher, the button will be drawn under it.

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Leadership in the Public Arena
Craig Volden is a professor of public policy and politics, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics. He studies legislative politics and the interaction among political institutions, including within American federalism.
Before joining the Batten School, Professor Volden taught at the Ohio State University, the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and Claremont Graduate University. His most recent book, Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers (winner of the 2015 Fenno Prize and the 2015 Gladys M. Kammerer Award), co-authored with Alan Wiseman, explores the effectiveness of individual members of Congress in overcoming policy gridlock. His most prominent work on issues of federalism focuses on why some policies diffuse across states and localities while others do not. He has published numerous articles in such journals as: American Political Science Review; American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Politics; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Public Administration Review; Journal of Public Policy; and Publius: The Journal of Federalism.
His current projects include studies of innovation and policy diffusion across states and localities, and an analysis of the legislative effectiveness of individual members of Congress. He is Co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking (thelawmakers.org).
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Congress is Back in Town
Congress is back from its August recess, and lawmakers face public demands for action on issues as varied as health care, infrastructure, gun safety and trade. Legislators face at least one set of "must pass" agenda items: 12 spending bills that need to be enacted into law by Oct. 1 or the federal government will shut down.
Professor Jay Shimshack Appointed Batten School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
The Batten School announced the appointment of Professor Jay Shimshack as associate dean for academic affairs. Shimshack succeeds Professor Craig Volden, who will conclude his distinguished four-year term as associate dean at the end of June and transition to the role of interim dean of the Batten School until Dean-elect Ian Solomon's arrival on Sept. 1.
Batten's Center for Effective Lawmaking Announces the Most Effective Lawmakers in the 115th Congress
Batten's Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) announced the most effective lawmakers of the 115th Congress (2017-18). In addition to ranking the most effective members, the CEL for the first time ranked lawmakers with long-standing patterns of effectiveness as well as the most high-performing freshmen.
Virginia 5th Congressional District Debate
Sep. 28, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
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The University of Virginia Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), College Republicans at UVA, University Democrats at UVA, and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy will co-host a nonpartisan debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates vying for Virginia's 5th Congressional District seat in the November midterm elections.
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Batten's Gratz Among UVA-Record 16 Fulbright Scholars
Maggie Gratz, an accelerated Master's degree graduate, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Jaffna, Sri Lanka beginning in the fall.
Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Senate
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Volden's Work Has Washington Wondering: Will Orrin Hatch's Retirement Mean Further Decline in Senate Effectiveness?
Batten's Craig Volden, co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, has shown a significant drop in the number of truly effective Senate lawmakers. The departure of Senator Orrin Hatch furthers that decline. (photo courtesy of office of Sen. Hatch)
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Leadership in American Politics
Jeffery A. Jenkins
The authors—prominent scholars from the major subfields of American politics—discuss the form and content of leadership in their areas of expertise across the spectrum of American government: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; political parties; interest groups; bureaucracies; the states; and foreign policymaking. Combining historical, theoretical, and empirical approaches, their essays evaluate the constraints, opportunities, and influence of leadership in each area, as well as the challenges of bridging different realms. At a time when understanding the nature and limits of leadership is more important than ever, this volume lays the groundwork for the systematic study of leadership within and across American political institutions.
Craig Volden and Vanderbilt Partner to Launch New Center for Effective Lawmaking
"We believe that a focus on who can actually get things done in Congress will be a valuable addition to the dialogue, particularly in today's polarized environment," said Volden, shown here shaking hands with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) Behind them is Alan Wiseman. (photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University)
Batten to Launch New Center Focused on Lawmakers' Effectiveness at Sept. 26 News Conference in Washington
"We believe that a focus on who can actually get things done in Congress will be a valuable addition to the dialogue, particularly in today's polarized environment." — Craig Volden (photo by Martin Falbisoner, Wikipedia entry for United States Capitol)
Watching the Lawmakers: Craig Volden Can Tell if Members of Congress are Effective
"We wanted to focus in on the individual members of Congress who actually get things done," says Craig Volden.
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The mail utilities listed above provide a comfortable, flexible environment for sending and receiving mail messages electronically.
When reading mail, the mail utilities provide commands to facilitate saving, deleting, and responding to messages. When sending mail, the mail utilities allow editing, reviewing and other modification of the message as it is entered.
Incoming mail is stored in a standard file for each user, called the mailbox for that user. When the mail utilities are called to read messages, the mailbox is the default place to find them. As messages are read, they are marked to be moved to a secondary file for storage, unless specific action is taken, so that the messages need not be seen again.This secondary file is called the mbox and is normally located in the user's HOME directory (see MBOX in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES for a description of this file). Messages can be saved in other secondary files named by the user. Messages remain in a secondary file until forcibly removed.
The user can access a secondary file by using the -f option. Messages in the secondary file can then be read or otherwise processed using the same Commands as in the primary mailbox. This gives rise within these pages to the notion of a current mailbox.
On the command line options start with a dash (-). Any other arguments are taken to be destinations (recipients). If no recipients are specified, mailx attempts to read messages from the mailbox.
-B Do not buffer standard input or standard output.
-b bcc Set the blind carbon copy list to bcc. bcc should be enclosed in quotes if it contains more than one name.
-c cc Set the carbon copy list to cc. cc should be enclosed in quotes if it contains more than one name.
-e Test for the presence of mail. mailx prints nothing and exits with a successful return code if there is mail to read.
-F Record the message in a file named after the first recipient. Overrides the record variable, if set (see Internal Variables).
-f [file] Read messages from file instead of mailbox. If no file is specified, the mbox is used.
-f [ +folder] Use the file folder in the folder directory (same as the folder command). The name of this directory is listed in the folder variable.
-H Print header summary only.
-h number The number of network "hops" made so far. This is provided for network software to avoid infinite delivery loops. This option and its argument are passed to the delivery program.
-I Include the newsgroup and article-id header lines when printing mail messages. This option requires the -f option to be specified.
-i Ignore interrupts. See also ignore in Internal Variables.
-N Do not print initial header summary.
-n Do not initialize from the system default mailx.rc or Mail.rc file. See USAGE.
-r address Use address as the return address when invoking the delivery program. All tilde commands are disabled. This option and its argument is passed to the delivery program.
-s subject Set the Subject header field to subject. subject should be enclosed in quotes if it contains embedded white space.
-T file Message-id and article-id header lines are recorded in file after the message is read. This option also sets the -I option.
-t Scan the input for To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields. Any recipients on the command line will be ignored.
-U Convert UUCP-style addresses to internet standards. Overrides the conv environment variable.
-u user Read user's mailbox. This is only effective if user's mailbox is not read protected.
-V Print the mailx version number and exit.
-v Pass the -v flag to sendmail(1M).
-~ Interpret tilde escapes in the input even if not reading from a tty.
At startup time, mailx executes the system startup file /etc/mail/mailx.rc. If invoked as mail or Mail, the system startup file /etc/mail/Mail.rc is used instead.
The system startup file sets up initial display options and alias lists and assigns values to some internal variables. These variables are flags and valued parameters which are set and cleared using the set and unset commands. See Internal Variables.
With the following exceptions, regular commands are legal inside startup files: !, Copy, edit, followup, Followup, hold, mail, preserve, reply, Reply, shell, and visual. An error in the startup file causes the remaining lines in the file to be ignored.
After executing the system startup file, the mail utilities execute the optional personal startup file $HOME/.mailrc, wherein the user can override the values of the internal variables as set by the system startup file.
If the -n option is specified, however, the mail utilities do not execute the system startup file.
When reading mail, the mail utilities are in command mode. A header summary of the first several messages is displayed, followed by a prompt indicating the mail utilities can accept regular commands (see Commands below). When sending mail, the mail utilities are in input mode. If no subject is specified on the command line, and the asksub variable is set, a prompt for the subject is printed.
As the message is typed, the mail utilities read the message and store it in a temporary file. Commands may be entered by beginning a line with the tilde (~) escape character followed by a single command letter and optional arguments. See Tilde Escapes for a summary of these commands.
Each message is assigned a sequential number, and there is at any time the notion of a current message, marked by a right angle bracket (>) in the header summary. Many commands take an optional list of messages (message-list) to operate on. In most cases, the current message is set to the highest-numbered message in the list after the command is finished executing.
^ The first undeleted message.
+ The next undeleted message.
- The previous undeleted message.
n-m An inclusive range of message numbers.
user All messages from user.
/string All messages with string in the Subject line (case ignored).
Notice that the context of the command determines whether this type of message specification makes sense.
Other arguments are usually arbitrary strings whose usage depends on the command involved. Filenames, where expected, are expanded using the normal shell conventions (see sh(1)). Special characters are recognized by certain commands and are documented with the commands below.
Recipients listed on the command line may be of three types: login names, shell commands, or alias groups. Login names may be any network address, including mixed network addressing. If mail is found to be undeliverable, an attempt is made to return it to the sender's mailbox. If the recipient name begins with a pipe symbol ( | ), the rest of the name is taken to be a shell command to pipe the message through. This provides an automatic interface with any program that reads the standard input, such as lp(1) for recording outgoing mail on paper. Alias groups are set by the alias command (see Commands below) or in a system startup file (for example, $HOME/.mailrc). Aliases are lists of recipients of any type.
To forward a specific message, include it in a message to the desired recipients with the ~f or ~m tilde escapes. See Tilde Escapes below. To forward mail automatically, add a comma-separated list of addresses for additional recipients to the .forward file in your home directory. This is different from the format of the alias command, which takes a space-separated list instead. Note: Forwarding addresses must be valid, or the messages will "bounce." You cannot, for instance, reroute your mail to a new host by forwarding it to your new address if it is not yet listed in the NIS aliases domain.
Escape to the shell. See SHELL in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.
NULL command (comment). Useful in mailrc files.
Print the current message number.
Prints a summary of commands.
Declare an alias for the given names. The names are substituted when alias is used as a recipient. Useful in the mailrc file. With no arguments, the command displays the list of defined aliases.
Declare a list of alternate names for your login. When responding to a message, these names are removed from the list of recipients for the response. With no arguments, print the current list of alternate names. See also allnet in Internal Variables.
Change directory. If directory is not specified, $HOME is used.
Copy messages to the file without marking the messages as saved. Otherwise equivalent to the save command.
Save the specified messages in a file whose name is derived from the author of the message to be saved, without marking the messages as saved. Otherwise equivalent to the Save command.
Delete messages from the mailbox. If autoprint is set, the next message after the last one deleted is printed (see Internal Variables).
Suppress printing of the specified header fields when displaying messages on the screen. Examples of header fields to ignore are Status and Received. The fields are included when the message is saved, unless the alwaysignore variable is set. The More, Page, Print, and Type commands override this command. If no header is specified, the current list of header fields being ignored is printed. See also the undiscard and unignore commands.
Delete the specified messages from the mailbox and print the next message after the last one deleted. Roughly equivalent to a delete command followed by a print command.
Echo the given strings (like echo(1)).
Edit the given messages. Each message is placed in a temporary file and the program named by the EDITOR variable is invoked to edit it (see ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES). Default editor is ed(1).
Exit from mailx, without changing the mailbox. No messages are saved in the mbox (see also quit).
Display the value of the header field in the specified message.
%user the mailbox for user.
# the previous mail file.
+file The named file in the folder directory (listed in the folder variable).
With no arguments, print the name of the current mail file, and the number of messages and characters it contains.
Print the names of the files in the directory set by the folder variable (see Internal Variables).
Respond to a message, recording the response in a file whose name is derived from the author of the message. Overrides the record variable, if set. If the replyall variable is set, the actions of Followup and followup are reversed. See also the followup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder in Internal Variables, and the Starting Mail section in USAGE above.
Respond to the first message in the message-list, sending the message to the author of each message in the message-list. The subject line is taken from the first message and the response is recorded in a file whose name is derived from the author of the first message. If the replyall variable is set, the actions of followup and Followup are reversed. See also the Followup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder in Internal Variables, and the Starting Mail section in USAGE above.
Print the header summary for the specified messages. If no messages are specified, print the header summary for the current message.
Declare an alias for the given names. The names are substituted when alias is used as a recipient. Useful in the mailrc file.
Print the page of headers which includes the message specified. The screen variable sets the number of headers per page (see Internal Variables). See also the z command.
Print a summary of commands.
Hold the specified messages in the mailbox.
Conditional execution, where s executes following mail-commands, up to an else or endif, if the program is in send mode, r causes the mail-commands to be executed only in receive mode, and t causes the mail-commands to be executed only if mailx is being run from a terminal. Useful in the mailrc file.
Incorporate messages that arrive while you are reading the system mailbox. The new messages are added to the message list in the current mail session. This command does not commit changes made during the session, and prior messages are not renumbered.
Suppress printing of the specified header fields when displaying messages on the screen. Examples of header fields to ignore are Status and Cc. All fields are included when the message is saved. The More, Page, Print and Type commands override this command. If no header is specified, the current list of header fields being ignored is printed. See also the undiscard and unignore commands.
Print all commands available. No explanation is given.
[message] file The specified message is replaced by the message in the named file. file should contain a single mail message including mail headers (as saved by the save command).
Mail a message to the specified recipients.
Mail a message to the specified recipients, and record it in a file whose name is derived from the author of the message. Overrides the record variable, if set. See also the Save and Copy commands and outfolder in Internal Variables.
Arrange for the given messages to end up in the standard mbox save file when mailx terminates normally. See MBOX in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES for a description of this file. See also the exit and quit commands.
Print the specified messages. If crt is set, the messages longer than the number of lines specified by the crt variable are paged through the command specified by the PAGER variable. The default command is pg(1) or if the bsdcompat variable is set, the default is more(1). See ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES. Same as the print and type commands.
Print the specified messages on the screen, including all header fields. Overrides suppression of fields by the ignore command. Same as the Print and Type commands.
[message-list] Take a message list and mark each message as not having been read.
Go to the next message matching message. If message is not supplied, this command finds the next message that was not deleted or saved. A message-list may be specified, but in this case the first valid message in the list is the only one used. This is useful for jumping to the next message from a specific user, since the name would be taken as a command in the absence of a real command. See the discussion of message-list above for a description of possible message specifications.
Pipe the message through the given shell-command. The message is treated as if it were read. If no arguments are given, the current message is piped through the command specified by the value of the cmd variable. If the page variable is set, a form feed character is inserted after each message (see Internal Variables).
Preserve the specified messages in the mailbox.
Print the specified messages. If crt is set, the messages longer than the number of lines specified by the crt variable are paged through the command specified by the PAGER variable. The default command is pg(1) or if the bsdcompat variable is set, the default is more(1). See ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES. Same as the more and page commands.
Print the specified messages on the screen, including all header fields. Overrides suppression of fields by the ignore command. Same as the More and Page commands.
Save the specified message in the given file. Use the same conventions as the print command for which header fields are ignored.
Save the specified message in the given file. Overrides suppression of fields by the ignore command.
Exit from mailx, storing messages that were read in mbox and unread messages in the mailbox. Messages that have been explicitly saved in a file are deleted unless the keepsave variable is set.
Send a response to the author of each message in the message-list. The subject line is taken from the first message. If record is set to a file, a copy of the reply is added to that file. If the replyall variable is set, the actions of Reply/Respond and reply/respond are reversed. The replysender command is not affected by the replyall variable, but sends each reply only to the sender of each message. See the Starting Mail section in USAGE above.
Reply to the specified message, including all other recipients of that message. If the variable record is set to a file, a copy of the reply added to that file. If the replyall variable is set, the actions of Reply/Respond and reply/respond are reversed. The replyall command is not affected by the replyall variable, but always sends the reply to all recipients of the message. See the Starting Mail section in USAGE above.
Add the list of header fields named to the retained list. Only the header fields in the retain list are shown on your terminal when you print a message. All other header fields are suppressed. The set of retained fields specified by the retain command overrides any list of ignored fields specified by the ignore command. The Type and Print commands can be used to print a message in its entirety. If retain is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of retained fields.
Save the specified messages in a file whose name is derived from the author of the first message. The name of the file is taken to be the author's name with all network addressing stripped off. See also the Copy, followup, and Followup commands and outfolder in Internal Variables.
Save the specified messages in the given file. The file is created if it does not exist. The file defaults to mbox. The message is deleted from the mailbox when mailx terminates unless keepsave is set (see also Internal Variables and the exit and quit commands).
Define a variable. To assign a value to variable, separate the variable name from the value by an `=' (there must be no space before or after the `='). A variable may be given a null, string, or numeric value. To embed SPACE characters within a value, enclose it in quotes.
With no arguments, set displays all defined variables and any values they might have. See Internal Variables for a description of all predefined mail variables.
Invoke an interactive shell. See also SHELL in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.
Print the size in characters of the specified messages.
Read commands from the given file and return to command mode.
Print the top few lines of the specified messages. If the toplines variable is set, it is taken as the number of lines to print (see Internal Variables). The default is 5.
Touch the specified messages. If any message in message-list is not specifically saved in a file, it is placed in the mbox, or the file specified in the MBOX environment variable, upon normal termination. See exit and quit.
Print the specified messages on the screen, including all header fields. Overrides suppression of fields by the ignore command.
Print the specified messages. If crt is set, the messages longer than the number of lines specified by the crt variable are paged through the command specified by the PAGER variable. The default command is pg(1). See ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.
Remove the definitions of the specified aliases.
Restore the specified deleted messages. Will only restore messages deleted in the current mail session. If autoprint is set, the last message of those restored is printed (see Internal Variables).
Remove the specified header fields from the list being ignored. If no header fields are specified, all header fields are removed from the list being ignored.
Remove the specified header fields from the list being retained. If no header fields are specified, all header fields are removed from the list being retained.
Unread [message-list] Same as the new command.
Erase the specified variables. If the variable was imported from the environment (that is, an environment variable or exported shell variable), it cannot be unset from within mailx.
Print the current version and release date of the mailx utility.
Edit the given messages with a screen editor. Each messages is placed in a temporary file and the program named by the VISUAL variable is invoked to edit it (see ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES). Notice that the default visual editor is vi.
Write the given messages on the specified file, minus the header and trailing blank line. Otherwise equivalent to the save command.
Scroll the header display forward or backward one screen-full. The number of headers displayed is set by the screen variable (see Internal Variables).
The following tilde escape commands can be used when composing mail to send. These may be entered only from input mode, by beginning a line with the tilde escape character (~). See escape in Internal Variables for changing this special character. The escape character can be entered as text by typing it twice.
~!shell-command Escape to the shell. If present, run shell-command.
~. Simulate end of file (terminate message input).
~_mail-command Perform the command-level request. Valid only when sending a message while reading mail.
~? Print a summary of tilde escapes.
~A Insert the autograph string Sign into the message (see Internal Variables).
~b name ... Add the names to the blind carbon copy (Bcc) list. This is like the carbon copy (Cc) list, except that the names in the Bcc list are not shown in the header of the mail message.
~c name ... Add the names to the carbon copy (Cc) list.
~d Read in the dead-letter file. See DEAD in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES for a description of this file.
~e Invoke the editor on the partial message. See also EDITOR in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.
~f [message-list] Forward the specified message, or the current message being read. Valid only when sending a message while reading mail. The messages are inserted into the message without alteration (as opposed to the ~m escape).
~F [message-list] Forward the specified message, or the current message being read, including all header fields. Overrides the suppression of fields by the ignore command.
~h Prompt for Subject line and To, Cc, and Bcc lists. If the field is displayed with an initial value, it may be edited as if you had just typed it.
~i variable Insert the value of the named variable into the text of the message. For example, ~A is equivalent to `~i Sign.' Environment variables set and exported in the shell are also accessible by ~i.
~m [message-list] Insert the listed messages, or the current message being read into the letter. Valid only when sending a message while reading mail. The text of the message is shifted to the right, and the string contained in the indentprefix variable is inserted as the leftmost characters of each line. If indentprefix is not set, a TAB character is inserted into each line.
~M [message-list] Insert the listed messages, or the current message being read, including the header fields, into the letter. Valid only when sending a message while reading mail. The text of the message is shifted to the right, and the string contained in the indentprefix variable is inserted as the leftmost characters of each line. If indentprefix is not set, a TAB character is inserted into each line. Overrides the suppression of fields by the ignore command.
~p Print the message being entered.
~q Quit from input mode by simulating an interrupt. If the body of the message is not null, the partial message is saved in dead-letter. See DEAD in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES for a description of this file.
~R Mark message for return receipt.
~< ! shell-command Read in the specified file. If the argument begins with an exclamation point (!), the rest of the string is taken as an arbitrary shell command and is executed, with the standard output inserted into the message.
~s string ... Set the subject line to string.
~t name ... Add the given names to the To list.
~v Invoke a preferred screen editor on the partial message. The default visual editor is vi(1). See also VISUAL in ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.
~w file Write the message into the given file, without the header.
~x Exit as with ~q except the message is not saved in dead-letter.
~| shell-command Pipe the body of the message through the given shell-command. If the shell-command returns a successful exit status, the output of the command replaces the message.
The following variables are internal variables. They may be imported from the execution environment or set using the set command at any time. The unset command may be used to erase variables.
allnet All network names whose last component (login name) match are treated as identical. This causes the message-list message specifications to behave similarly. Disabled by default. See also the alternates command and the metoo and fuzzymatch variables.
alwaysignore Ignore header fields with ignore everywhere, not just during print or type. Affects the save, Save, copy, Copy, top, pipe, and write commands, and the ~m and ~f tilde escapes. Enabled by default.
append Upon termination, append messages to the end of the mbox file instead of prepending them. Although disabled by default, append is set in the system startup file (which can be suppressed with the -n command line option).
appenddeadletter Append to the deadletter file rather than overwrite it. Although disabled by default, appenddeadletter is frequently set in the system startup file. See Starting Mail in USAGE above.
askbcc Prompt for the Bcc list after the Subject is entered if it is not specified on the command line with the -b option. Disabled by default.
askcc Prompt for the Cc list after the Subject is entered if it is not specified on the command line with the -c option. Disabled by default.
asksub Prompt for subject if it is not specified on the command line with the -s option. Enabled by default.
autoinc Automatically incorporate new messages into the current session as they arrive. This has an affect similar to issuing the inc command every time the command prompt is displayed. Disabled by default, but autoinc is set in the default system startup file for mailx; it is not set for /usr/ucb/mail or /usr/ucb/Mail.
autoprint Enable automatic printing of messages after delete and undelete commands. Disabled by default.
bang Enable the special-casing of exclamation points (!) in shell escape command lines as in vi(1). Disabled by default.
bsdcompat Set automatically if mailx is invoked as mail or Mail. Causes mailx to use /etc/mail/Mail.rc as the system startup file. Changes the default pager to more(1).
cmd=shell-command Set the default command for the pipe command. No default value.
internet This requires a mail delivery program conforming to the RFC822 standard for electronic mail addressing.
optimize Remove loops in uucp(1C) address paths (typically generated by the reply command). No rerouting is performed; mail has no knowledge of UUCP routes or connections.
Conversion is disabled by default. See also sendmail(1M) and the -U command-line option.
crt[=number] Pipe messages having more than number lines through the command specified by the value of the PAGER variable ( pg(1) or more(1) by default). If number is not specified, the current window size is used. Disabled by default.
debug Enable verbose diagnostics for debugging. Messages are not delivered. Disabled by default.
dot Take a period on a line by itself, or EOF during input from a terminal as end-of-file. Disabled by default, but dot is set in the system startup file (which can be suppressed with the -n command line option).
fcc By default, mailx will treat any address containing a slash ("/") character as a local "send to file" address. By unsetting this option, this behavior is disabled. Enabled by default.
flipr Reverse the effect of the followup/Followup and reply/Reply command pairs. If both flipr and replyall are set, the effect is as if neither was set.
from Extract the author listed in the header summary from the From: header instead of the UNIX From line. Enabled by default.
fuzzymatch The from command searches for messages from the indicated sender. By default, the full sender address must be specified. By setting this option, only a sub-string of the sender address need be specified. Disabled by default.
escape=c Substitute c for the ~ escape character. Takes effect with next message sent.
folder=directory The directory for saving standard mail files. User-specified file names beginning with a plus (+) are expanded by preceding the file name with this directory name to obtain the real file name. If directory does not start with a slash (/), $HOME is prepended to it. There is no default for the folder variable. See also outfolder below.
header Enable printing of the header summary when entering mailx. Enabled by default.
hold Preserve all messages that are read in the mailbox instead of putting them in the standard mbox save file. Disabled by default.
ignore Ignore interrupts while entering messages. Handy for noisy dial-up lines. Disabled by default.
ignoreeof Ignore end-of-file during message input. Input must be terminated by a period (.) on a line by itself or by the ~. command. See also dot above. Disabled by default.
indentprefix=string When indentprefix is set, string is used to mark indented lines from messages included with ~m. The default is a TAB character.
keep When the mailbox is empty, truncate it to zero length instead of removing it. Disabled by default.
iprompt=string The specified prompt string is displayed before each line on input is requested when sending a message.
keepsave Keep messages that have been saved in other files in the mailbox instead of deleting them. Disabled by default.
makeremote When replying to all recipients of a message, if an address does not include a machine name, it is assumed to be relative to the sender of the message. Normally not needed when dealing with hosts that support RFC822.
metoo If your login appears as a recipient, do not delete it from the list. Disabled by default.
mustbang Force all mail addresses to be in bang format.
onehop When responding to a message that was originally sent to several recipients, the other recipient addresses are normally forced to be relative to the originating author's machine for the response. This flag disables alteration of the recipients' addresses, improving efficiency in a network where all machines can send directly to all other machines (that is, one hop away). Disabled by default.
outfolder Locate the files used to record outgoing messages in the directory specified by the folder variable unless the path name is absolute. Disabled by default. See folder above and the Save, Copy, followup, and Followup commands.
page Used with the pipe command to insert a form feed after each message sent through the pipe. Disabled by default.
pipeignore Omit ignored header when outputting to the pipe command. Although disabled by default, pipeignore is frequently set in the system startup file. See Starting Mail in USAGE above.
postmark Your "real name" to be included in the From line of messages you send. By default this is derived from the comment field in your passwd(4) file entry.
prompt=string Set the command mode prompt to string. Default is "? ", unless the bsdcompat variable is set, then the default is "&".
quiet Refrain from printing the opening message and version when entering mailx. Disabled by default.
record=file Record all outgoing mail in file. Disabled by default. See also outfolder above.
replyall Reverse the effect of the reply and Reply and followup and Followup commands. Although set by default, replayall is frequently unset in the system startup file. See flipr and Starting Mail in USAGE above.
returnaddr=string The default sender address is that of the current user. This variable can be used to set the sender address to any arbitrary value. Set with caution.
save Enable saving of messages in dead-letter on interrupt or delivery error. See DEAD for a description of this file. Enabled by default.
screen=number Sets the number of lines in a screen-full of headers for the headers command. number must be a positive number.
The default is set according to baud rate or window size. With a baud rate less than 1200, number defaults to 5, if baud rate is exactly 1200, it defaults to 10. If you are in a window, number defaults to the default window size minus 4. Otherwise, the default is 20.
sendmail=shell-command Alternate command for delivering messages. Note: In addition to the expected list of recipients, mail also passes the -i and -m, flags to the command. Since these flags are not appropriate to other commands, you may have to use a shell script that strips them from the arguments list before invoking the desired command. Default is /usr/bin/rmail.
sendwait Wait for background mailer to finish before returning. Disabled by default.
showname Causes the message header display to show the sender's real name (if known) rather than their mail address. Disabled by default, but showname is set in the /etc/mail/mailx.rc system startup file for mailx.
showto When displaying the header summary and the message is from you, print the recipient's name instead of the author's name.
sign=string The variable inserted into the text of a message when the ~a (autograph) command is given. No default (see also ~i in Tilde Escapes).
Sign=string The variable inserted into the text of a message when the ~A command is given. No default (see also ~i in Tilde Escapes).
toplines=number The number of lines of header to print with the top command. Default is 5.
verbose Invoke sendmail(1M) with the -v flag.
• translated mail addresses, one per line, corresponding to the program's arguments. Each translated address will replace the corresponding address in the mail message being sent.
• a line containing only "y" or "n". if the line contains "y" the user will be asked to confirm that the message should be sent.
The translate program will be invoked for each mail message to be sent. If the program exits with a non-zero exit status, or fails to produce enough output, the message is not sent.
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of mailx: HOME, LANG, LC_CTYPE, LC_TIME, LC_MESSAGES, NLSPATH, and TERM.
DEAD The name of the file in which to save partial letters in case of untimely interrupt. Default is $HOME/dead.letter.
EDITOR The command to run when the edit or ~e command is used. Default is ed(1).
LISTER The command (and options) to use when listing the contents of the folder directory. The default is ls(1).
MAIL The name of the initial mailbox file to read (in lieu of the standard system mailbox). The default is /var/mail/username .
MAILRC The name of the startup file. Default is $HOME/.mailrc.
MAILX_HEAD The specified string is included at the beginning of the body of each message that is sent.
MAILX_TAIL The specified string is included at the end of the body of each message that is sent.
MBOX The name of the file to save messages which have been read. The exit command overrides this function, as does saving the message explicitly in another file. Default is $HOME/mbox.
PAGER The command to use as a filter for paginating output. This can also be used to specify the options to be used. Default is pg(1), or if the bsdcompat variable is set, the default is more(1). See Internal Variables.
SHELL The name of a preferred command interpreter. Default is sh(1).
VISUAL The name of a preferred screen editor. Default is vi(1).
>0 Mail was not found or an error occurred.
0 Successful completion. Notice that this status implies that all messages were sent, but it gives no assurances that any of them were actually delivered.
Where shell-command is shown as valid, arguments are not always allowed. Experimentation is recommended.
Internal variables imported from the execution environment cannot be unset.
The full internet addressing is not fully supported by mailx. The new standards need some time to settle down.
Replies do not always generate correct return addresses. Try resending the errant reply with onehop set.
mailx does not lock your record file. So, if you use a record file and send two or more messages simultaneously, lines from the messages may be interleaved in the record file.
The format for the alias command is a space-separated list of recipients, while the format for an alias in either the .forward or /etc/aliases is a comma-separated list.
To read mail on a workstation running Solaris 1.x when your mail server is running Solaris 2.x, first execute the mailcompat(1) program.


GRETNA – A metal fabrication designer is being sued by a homeowner and contractor for allegedly breaching contract on a project by providing faulty work that later had to be removed.
Arch Design Build LLC and Shane J. Guidry filed suit against Caroline Navarette, Caroline Navarette Designs Inc. and an unknown subcontractor in the 24th Judicial District Court on Oct. 7.
Arch Design Build and Guidry contend that on April 3, 2013 they entered into a contract with Caroline Navarette Designs Inc. to design and construct numerous projects including an artistic grand staircase, a rear staircase with metal panels, a garage staircase with a metal railing and panels, an outdoor metal canopy, an interior metal dog door, metal hinges for an exterior door, 10 exterior metal window panels and an exterior metal balcony for a home owner by Guidry located at 201 Northland St. in Metairie.
The plaintiffs assert that during the metal fabrication of the parts the plaintiffs forwarded their concerns surrounding the metal piece designs and found that when they were completed many of the pieces were improperly fabricated and installed ultimately resulting in all work by the defendants being removed from the home. In addition, Arch Design Build and Guidry claim that the defendants damaged other pieces of the property while installing the defective metal pieces. The plaintiff claims that other parts of the order put in to the defendants were never completed and delivered to them.
Arch Design Build and Guidry allege that by the time they found the defendants' work to be defective they had already made several installment payments for which they later sought a refund, but were allegedly not provided.
Damages in the amount of $195,519.20 as well as 25 percent in attorney's fees are sought by the plaintiffs.
Arch Design Build and Guidry are represented by attorney Michael A. Thomas of Metairie.


The collection contains professional papers and reports by E. Paul Torrance, papers submitted by former University of Minnesota students, graduate school progress reports and forms for creative tests, such as Verbal Form A to test creative thinking.
Collection contains the papers of E. Paul Torrance, professor of educational psychology at the University of Minnesota; considered the father of creativity.
E. Paul Torrance, B.A. (1940) Mercer University, M.A. (1944) University of Minnesota, Ph.D. (1951) University of Michigan. Professor of educational psychology and director of the Bureau of Educational research at the University of Minnesota. Considered the father of creativity; developed benchmarks for quantifying creativity which proved that IQ is not the only measure of intelligence.
Ellis Paul Torrance was born in Milledgeville, Georgia on October 8, 1915. He earned his bachelor's degree from Mercer University in 1940, M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1944, and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1951. Torrance joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1957 as associate professor and director of educational research of the Bureau of Educational Research and General Education. In 1958, he was promoted to director of the Bureau of Educational Research, and held this post until 1966, when he accepted the position of professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia. He retired from Georgia in 1984.
Torrance is known as "The Father of Creativity." He developing the benchmark method for quantifying creativity and invented the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, which proved that the IQ test was not the only way to measure intelligence. Torrance completed the only known 40-year longitudinal study on creativity, done on 215 students that attended two Minneapolis elementary schools from 1958-1964. In 1984, the University of Georgia established the Torrance Center for Creative Studies. He authored of over 2,000 books, monographs, articles, reports, tests, manuals and instruction materials. E. Paul Torrance died on July 12, 2003.
Millar, Garnet W. E. Paul Torrance, "The Creativity Man" : an Authorized Biography,1995.
Raina, M. K. The Creativity Passion : E. Paul Torrance's Voyages of Discovering Creativity,2000.
The Georgia College & State University, Special Collections Library (Milledgeville, GA) also contains a collection of E. Paul Torrance's papers.
Gifted children -- Education -- United States.
Torrance, E. Paul (Ellis Paul), 1915- -- Archives.
January 2010: EAD revised by Karen Spilman. Collection processed and box list added.
E. Paul Torrance papers, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/resources/1500 Accessed April 20, 2019.


The St John Ambulance Brigade Welfare Department opened at 40 Merrion Square, Dublin in January, 1925. Staffed by its members, the centre helped the poor of the city and focused on diet and household cleanliness. From 1925-49 over 1,250,000 meals were served to the poorest families across Dublin, in particular expectant mothers. This is an untold story of how Dublin's poor and destitute struggled to survive.


Customize a t-shirt for your St Pattys bachelor party drinking team. Change the name to be that of your own drinking team's and wear it to all the St Pattys pub crawls and bar hops. Green beer here you come! Slainte laddies!


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This neighborhood is perfect for those seeking single-family homes. The community's homes were mostly developed around 2000, but newer construction homes were built as recently as 2000. In general, homes in Parker Place are about $40,000 – $110,000 and sit on quarter-acre lots with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The most common type of parking is 1-car garage.
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In the past 12 months, there has been 2 home sale in Parker Place. This home sold for $97,000. Sold at 113.46% of its listed value after 23 days on the market, this property was valued at $67 per square foot.


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Neutralizing the Spending Limit Demands Attention
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By Lowell L. Kalapa
Another constitutional issue that demands attention is the way the limitation on general fund spending is complied with by administration officials and lawmakers.
The 1978 Constitutional Convention was urged to adopt the limitation on general fund expenditures as a better alternative than the popular "Proposition 13" that was catching fire in California. The limit would apply to how much government spends as opposed to the Proposition 13 limit on how much government could raise in taxes. Limiting the amount the government could raise in taxes posed a number of other problems such as the worthiness of the government's debt capacity.
So delegates to the 1978 Constitutional Convention bought into the limit on general fund spending. The amount of growth that would be allowed was tied to the amount of growth in the state's economy. The rationale being that if the economic growth was good, that the economy could support a parallel growth in government services. Further, Con-Con delegates wanted to make sure that there was some sort of escape valve for lawmakers should there be a good reason for exceeding the limitation. So, they specified that the ceiling could be exceeded if two-thirds of the legislature approved of going over the ceiling and they gave good reasons for doing so.
While the intent was in good faith, delegates to the 1978 Con-Con could not foresee some of the ways the general fund limitation could be circumvented. However, over the past two decades, lawmakers and other elected officials have found devious ways to get around that limitation.
For example, when the legislature did decide to exceed the ceiling in the 1990 session, they found that it depends on how they made that declaration to go over the ceiling that really counts. The whole idea of making the legislature stand up and declare that the spending ceiling was being broken was to notify the public and put a sharp spotlight on their actions. While in the end the legislation exceeded the spending ceiling by hundreds of millions of dollars, the public and media paid very little attention to the fact.
Why? Because lawmakers decided to make their declaration on each appropriation bill. The result was that the amount each bill went over the ceiling ranged from a few hundred thousand dollars here to a few millions dollars there. The cumulative impact wasn't known until lawmakers turned out the lights and went home for the year. It is doubtful that lawmakers could have gotten away with going over the spending ceiling by more than $300 million had the public known at the time the money bills were being approved.
The other way the spending limit was circumvented was the creation of special funds with moneys that were taken from the general fund. The most glaring example was the earmarking of the general excise tax for a special fund that would be used to build school facilities. Because building schools and education is something akin to motherhood and apple pie, no one dared to question the fact that the receipts of the general excise tax are supposed to go into the general fund and expenditures from the general fund were to be measured against the constitutional spending limit.
While declining general fund revenues forced lawmakers to rescind that earmarking, no one has questioned the earmarked funds of the conveyance tax which continue to support the rental housing trust fund and the natural area reserve program. Yet funding these programs with what used to be receipts of the general fund flies in the face of the whole reason of having a limitation on general fund expenditures.
Circumventing the constitutional spending limit both in fact and in spirit is one of the reasons why Hawaii state finances are in such disarray. It is one of the major reasons why there is a state government much larger than the economy and the taxpayers can afford.
Both the creation of special funds — and while elected officials would like us to believe that they got rid of the habit, the practice continues funded with the new tax of the Nineties, the user fee — and how the legislature complies with the declaration provision that makes it possible to exceed the general fund spending ceiling demand attention. Whether or not lawmakers and administration officials will want to tie their own hands is another story. But for taxpayers, this is a crucial pocket book issue.
Next week, we will look at another financial provision of the Constitution that warrants consideration.
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