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...Mayar, "It's a very detailed plan." The proposal had already been circulated among top state Democratic players for their input. "We're being 'shopped,' would be more accurate," said Florida Senate Democratic Leader Steve Geller. Under DNC rules, any proposal would have to sit for 30 days to allow time for comment...
...letter to their readers, these editors wrote, “We did not see this article before it ran. We felt the same shock and outrage that the rest of the campus felt when they read the opinion Monday afternoon.” Hopefully the new opinions policy will allow wider review of controversial content so that all reservations can be expressed before publication...
...films. Officially, Bollywood movies have been banned in Pakistan since the 1965 war between the two countries. But Indian stars and big-budget dance numbers have a huge following in Pakistan, and are now widely available via black-market DVDs. Indian films shot in third-party countries have been allowed in Pakistan for the past four years, and now a Pakistani Senate Committee says it will allow in 12 Indian films a year as long as Pakistani films are shown in India. The arrival of proper Bollywood films means Pakistanis can sing, dance and whistle along with the latest...
...progress even further. Three weeks ago, the two countries announced an agreement to double the number of weekly cross-border passenger flights. There are currently 12 flights a week on the state-owned national carriers connecting Delhi and Lahore and Mumbai and Karachi. The new deal will allow up to three airlines from each country to fly between a wider range of cities including, possibly, between the two capitals. The agreement, a joint statement said, will improve "people to people contact, business and trade activities." Business people on both sides of the border have long argued that trade and investment...
...theory, it could improve their lives by providing more information about the urban environment in which they live. The Google fire service allows people to avoid accident sites by tuning electronic devices to automatic updates from the city's RSS news feed, says fire captain Dean Ford. Eventually, Nanaimo plans to equip its grass-cutting machines with GPS devices, so residents piqued by the apparent shabbiness of a particular park or grass verge can use Google to find out when last it was groomed by the city's gardening staff. And the city's cemeteries will soon be mapped...