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Emdebian Cross Development Environment
Emdebian toolchain building Howto
Below is documented the build process for building cross-toolchains the 'Debian Way'. You only need to do this if the pre-built binary toolchains do not satisfy your needs for some reason.
A more up to date document can be found at Debian wiki.
We use the buildcross script to build the toolchains, it is also provided as a Debian package in the experimental suite. (buildcross replaces the old compbuildscript and emchain.)
Notation and exactly what things are called is important otherwise there can be much confusion, so we will clarify:
When building toolchains:
build == host
Build machine installing the cross compiler build Host machine running the cross compiler host Target machine for which the compiler builds code target
When building packages:
build != host
build machine running the cross compiler build host machine running the built package handheld device there is no particular meaning for 'target'.
Building your own toolchain is not a trivial matter, although this method is actually quite strightforward.
- gcc-4.0 or later
First get all the necessary build dependencies:
$ apt-get install dpkg-cross apt-cross fakeroot dpatch gawk flex realpath automake1.7 debhelper cdbs
This is not a complete list, of course you need gcc, but these are the most often forgotten ones.
Get the necessary sources :
$ apt-get source gcc-4.4 binutils
$ cd binutils-2.x
$ TARGET=$linux-architecture fakeroot debian/rules binary-cross (replace arch by arm, alpha,...)
Note that binutils versions above 2.20.51, have changed syntax to support TARGET=$linux-architecture dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us
Once the build is finished you have to install the package that was created with dpkg -i
For the next step you can use the existing Debian packages for your target architecture, after converting them with dpkg-cross, for the kernel-headers, and the related architectures
Download, convert and install the packages for libc6, libc6-dev and linux-libc-dev for your target architecture.
$ dpkg-cross -a $architecture -b $package
You can also try a other tools trying to do smarter things as xapt package which replaces apt-cross and it is not available from squeeze, so get it from squeeze backports or wheezy.
$ xapt -a arch package
When this process was succesful, we start with the last steps. We have to build the actual compiler.
$ export GCC_TARGET=arch (replace arch through arm, alpha,...)
$ cd gcc-4.4-x
$ fakeroot debian/rules control
$ dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot
After a succesful build, install the newly created gcc packages with dpkg -i package-name. These are (for arm):
- libstdc++6-armel-cross_4.4.x_all.deb
- libstdc++6-dev-armel-cross_4.4.x_all.deb
- g++-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi_4.4.x_i386.deb
- gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi_4.4.x_i386.deb
- cpp-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi_4.4.x_i386.deb
- libgcc1-arm-cross_4.4.x_all.deb
- gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base_4.4.x_i386.deb
Now you should have a brand new cross-compiler at your disposal.
Back to the Emdebian Project homepage.

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Ancestral Dish: Candied PeelPosted: May 3, 2011 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Ancestral Dishes 4 Comments
Let's be frank: Candied peel (in all likelihood) is not one of my personal ancestral dishes. It involves citrus, and back in the day citrus was an expensive treat. My ancestors did not have the big bucks.
In fact, citrus was still a big deal at Christmastime during my mother's Brooklyn childhood. So I have a hard time imagining my 19th-century immigrant forebears springing for a bag of oranges just to candy some peel.
Even so, I could not resist having a go at candied peel. (1) It's a classic old-time confection. (2) It just looks so darn pretty. (3) Oranges have been on sale at my local supermarket.
And the taste! I'll admit I was dubious when, after a long stretch of peeling and simmering and sugaring, I took my first bite. A revelation.
"Chuckles!" I said.
"?????" said one of the offspring, who is not familiar with this movie house candy we gorged upon as kids.
But that's all I could think: So this is what the Chuckles people were imitating! Those rascals. There is no comparison between the jellied replica and the real, intense thing. It's a sharp, sweet and above all pure taste. Citrus cubed. Bonus: The kids loved it as much as I did.
I used this recipe, from Luna Cafe. The method is the same whether you use lemons, oranges or limes. You don't need high-level culinary skill to candy peel, but you do need a lot of patience. It's a long-winded, frankly boring process — peeling the oranges, removing the bitter white pith from the peels, triple-blanching the peels and finally, simmering them in a sugar syrup for as long as it takes.
The key here is "as long as it takes." Some recipes tell you the peel will be done in 15 minutes. Peel must vary wildly. Mine simmered for an hour, and that was about right. You want some give to the bite, not too chewy. Test it by removing a piece from the syrup and biting into it — if you can bite easily, it's ready.
After you dry the peel on a rack and roll it in some sugar, it's ready to go.
And it goes — fast. Trust me on this.
4 Comments on "Ancestral Dish: Candied Peel"
Maybe your ancestors would not spring for the citrus to make candied peel. BUT, if they purchased the citrus as a treat to begin with the peel would not go to waste if made into another treat. An "orange" was Christmas for my Irish Grandmother one year as a child domestic. So I understand what you are saying too.
I just found your site this moment and it looks very inviting.
Bravo, you've discovered the joy of homemade candied citrus peel. :-)It truly is a revelation. Miles beyond anything you can buy. Very nice article. Thanks so much for the link back. Best…Susan


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Nationals Player Should Only get Part of the Blame
This has not been the first time when a Dominican player has been found out, or even admitted to an advanced age than has been reported on birth certificates given when they signed their first contracts. In the Dominican Republic one need not ask its children what they want to be when they grow up- the answer is always pelotero.
The relationship between young Dominican boys and baseball is one that transcends simple sentences and abstract thoughts, it can be traced back to simple life changing moments and making a family more secure in their lives. Yet the basics of life in the Dominican Republic can be altered forever if a player can get that first shot at baseball, and the professional teams are not wary at first glance when they see a promising prospect on the clay fields.
I have to think about that for a moment. That would not even equal the cost of my Tampa Bay Rays Season Ticket seat in the Lower Box area of Tropicana Field for a year. And yet, there are people living and eating on that amount every day in the Dominican.
Ever since the early 1950's, the United States have traveled to see the Dominican players that have embraced the American sport and they have been rewarded by it in return. In 1987 there were approximately fifty Dominicans playing in the major leagues, as of today over 1,443 Dominican players are signed to professional contracts.
In addition, as Latinos obtain more ownership and management positions within Major League Baseball, issues regarding the treatment of Latin players will likely become a greater priority for the League. Anaheim Angels owner Arte Moreno, baseball's first Latino majority owner is a prime example of this as his team was built around Dominican powerhouses like Bartolo Colon, Jose Guillen and the 2004 recipient of the American League Most Valuable Player Award, Vladimir Guerrero.
Once a player enters the Draft by asking that his name be placed on the Draft List, he is protected by the provisions of the current Major League Baseball Collective Bargaining Agreement. Upon signing with a Major League team the player is bound to that franchise for a term of six years and guaranteed a minimum salary.
These devices and rulings are in place to guarantees the rights of players and draftees have earned through negotiations with the League. These rules are considered vital in maintaining a stable balance to teams and athletes during the process of signing American, Canadian and Puerto Rican players to fill Major League rosters. Drafting guidelines currently apply only to the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
1) Is the signing of a 16-year old from one of these Caribbean countries also a violation of the MLB ruling that players must be at least 17 before they can enter into a contract with the MLB or any of its team?
2)Is the presence of buscones and the out-of-sight, out-of-mind policing of existing MLB regulations by the buscones in the Dominican Republic bring into the foresight the simple birth certificate forgeries or even alterations to benefit the only those who scout select individual Dominican players.
A similar indiscretion in 1997, plagued the Florida Marlins when they signed a Dominican pitcher Ricardo Aramboles for $5,500.
However, a disgruntled US agent leaked information to the Commissioner's office and it was proven Aramboles was only fourteen years of age. Aramboles was immediately released from his contract. But teams centered in areas of high Latin populations are not the only culprits in this type of 3-card Monte.
The Cleveland Indians also violated Major League Rules by signing fifteen-year-old Laumin Bessa, dating relevant documents in advance so as to appear that they were signed after Bessa's sixteenth birthday.
In addition to the signing of underage players, teams have been known to hide prospects as young as fourteen years old at remote Dominican training facilities to prevent the children from signing with another team.
And although Major League Rules prohibit the signing of a player under the age of sixteen, there is no prohibition against academies hosting children between the ages of twelve and sixteen for Instructional purposes.
It has been suggested by past media coverage that the practice of signing underage players is widespread. This assumption is based on the belief that the player's incentive to lie and the team's incentive to accept that lie are too great for either party to avoid.
It is important that while this could be an accurate description of the widespread practice, there is to my knowledge, no empirical data or research of any other kind that suggests this is so.
While the problem of signing or dealing with children under the age of sixteen is perhaps the most vital age-related issue for the Dominican Republic and Major League Baseball, there also exists the problem of players presenting fraudulent documentation to appear younger than their true age in order to avoid seeming "past their prime" and less attractive to Major League scouts.
The enormous rampant practice of this tinkering was exposed during an immigration crack-down that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001. While deception regarding one's age is recognized as a survival tactic for impoverished Dominican players anxious to make a living, it is also a clear violation of United States immigration law and persistent violations by Dominican citizens could cause strife between the two nations.
Have you ever noticed the difficulty of some players getting out of the Dominican Republic for Spring Training in recent years. Forced to stay behind in the country while their Visa is analyzed and finally granted permission to travel to the United States to perform their jobs.
A second major difference between the way in which domestic, Canadian and Puerto Rican prospects are signed, as opposed to Dominican prospects, is that while draftees are protected by state laws and NCAA regulations regarding the acquisition of agents, Dominican players are offered no such protection and thus find themselves at the mercy of buscones, or "finders" who take large portions of their signing bonuses as fee for getting them into the major leagues.
In fact, a Dominican player can expect to part with as much as fifty percent of his signing bonus, in contrast to the three to five percent commissions that sports agents in the United States receive.
While there is no written accounts of the misguidance by buscones is rampant in the Dominican, the story of current Ray infielder Willy Aybar bring out into the light the problems of informal representation. Enrique Soto, one of the most famous Dominican "finders", discovered Aybar at age thirteen and molded his development as a player.
Upon signing with the Dodgers, the team released the first half of Aybar's bonus, $490,000, to Soto, who deposited the check in his personal bank account. Soto then paid the American agent, Rob Plummer, who negotiated the contract, $35,000, and finally awarded Aybar's family a lump sum of $6,250 and a stipend of roughly $ 2,000 a month.
Although Soto returned roughly $185,000 to the Aybars it is believed he is still in possession of over $200,000 of Aybar's signing bonus. While Aybar received a signing bonus of $1.4 million, most Dominican players receive substantially less. Because non-draftees are treated and signed as free agents the player may go to the team with the highest bid for his services.
There are also no guidelines or even a unwritten rule for what a team may offer, and signing bonuses for Dominican and Latin players are small in comparison to those draftees receive. For instance, in 2000 the Cleveland Indians signed forty Latin American players for approximately $700,000.
Their first draft pick, an eighteen-year-old pitcher from the United States, was paid more than one million dollars above that price. So do not be too quick to judge in this case of the falsehood of this player signed by the Nationals. He was scouted and recommended by a member of the Nationals staff, Jose Rijos to be the "real deal."
Because of the financial collapse of world wide currencies, Latin players, and also Dominicans will be quick to move towards falsifying and altering documents to get a shot at the big times. But that is just the world we set up for them.
MLB set up an office in the city of Santo Domingo in 2000 to try and stop the practice of doctoring documents for players seeking to play in the US. In the last crackdown on the Latin players in the major leagues in the early 2000's , the MLB found at least 550 players had altered their documents to gain access to the baseball league.
In one case, the player was actually one year younger than was stated on his documents. That player was Jesus Colome, currently a Spring Training invitee to the Nationals camp. So as you can see, a majority of Latin players might have a hidden agenda for getting to the majors and enjoy the lifestyle they could only dream about in their country.
What we need to do is try and develop a player draft system that will also incorporate the Latin countries and other nations not covered currently by the CBA. This will not this influx of mystery and misguided intentions completely dormant, but at least we might be able to celebrate a real birthday with a player, instead of always wondering just how old he really is……….or if that is his real name.
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Rays Renegade – as long as children in these countries feel that they have NO opportunity to advance their lives except through baseball there will be problems. MLB has to take a share of the blame for this problem. I don't know what the answer is, but maybe MLB needs to be running the "show" if you will in these countries. Tom over at Rockymountain Way did a blog on this problem also. Someone needs to care enough to make sure that these men are looked after and not taken advantage. Thank you for bringing this topic out into the open.
It is more of the point that these "finders" have all the power in the world in that culture. They can promise riches and luxuries for their children that most clubs will not tout or even chat about because of the influx of legal and illegal players.
By MLB at least establishing a office in that country, it is a start, but the problem will be here until we can figure out a way to draft the players on those countries instead of treat them like free agents. Until that happens, they will always be nothing more than bodies for the use of the MLB teams. By restoring some dignity and order, the process will mature with the players.
Rays Renegade
Great 'expose' on baseball in the Dominican. I hadn't heard of the Nationals story, nor did I know of many of those rules on signings players. The pressure can be intense for some of these young propects, and the stakes very high. Crazy how many of those young players face pressure from virtual crime lords (Soto was an example) that offer to promote them in pursuit of a return for themselves.
I am under the impression that this is the same way that a lot of the Cuban baseball players end up in the US. They leave their teams and them are transported to another country, like the Dominican, where they ask for asylum and then are considered free agents for the major league teams.
One of these days there will be a set guideline, but right now it might be compared to "Dodge City" where the finders are the law.
Rays Renegade
Renegade- At least there are two more articles out there and I'm happy we could maybe bring a little more awareness to this problem. It is not a lot but something needs to change to keep greed and exploitation from further wrecking a lot of young kids. We see the ones who make it but what about the ones who are left worse off only because they wanted to play ball?
The thing that shocked me was the fact that the general populous makes only about $ 1,600 a year. I could not even hit the McD's value menu and eat on that amount.
The "finders" have to be reeled in, and the whole region needs some policing by baseball somehow. Guys like Soto can not be left to wander and ruin perfectly good athletes by greed and glutton. Hopefully it is on the wave of change upwards and onwards.
Rays Renegade
Agents are truly evil, aren't they?
I have to say I really admire the Dominicans for living on so little. And the ones that do make it out and play baseball successfully are probably more grateful for it than Americans. But something has to be done about this, I agree…I think the draft should include players from all over the world who wish to enter.
You are right.
i think I am going to research and submit a blog about the MLB maybe considering a draft of all non- North American players in the near future.
they might already have it in the works, and it would make Bud Selig a hero if he did it right.
Rays Renegade
When I first read this story, I thought of El Duque Hernandez and Miguel Tejada and several other players from both Cuba and the Dominican (and maybe other Latin American countries) who have claimed to be younger than they are. In the past, it's been regarded as sort of an inside joke, with nobody getting too upset about it. But when we're talking about young kids desperate to score a big bonus and the guys who exploit them, it's serious business.
I kind of look at this situation like a piece of rotting fruit. At the surface it is not so ugly yet. It is dying and you see the decay and smell the infestation, but you may leave it a few days on the counter.
As it get worse and the layers of corruption and the strong arm tactic come out you begin to be appalled that thing like this exist in a world as advanced as ours. But in their country, the actions of these flesh merchants is considered a blessing not a curse. That their actions might not be genuine and with great intent, but the end result is a level of poverty and struggle is removed, even if it is done at an illrgal method to most of the world's beliefs.
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In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Crawford Berry; her brothers and sisters; and her sister-in-law.
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Investing in Greece? Why Not?
Greek companies are scouting the European bond market in growing numbers, raising the potential for more debut deals as borrowing costs continue to tumble and investors become more willing to make riskier bets to bump up returns. Katie Martin reports. Photo: AP.
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Rolling Hitch TyingPass the end around the main (red) rope to make a Half Hitch. Continue around going over the first turn. Tuck the rope between the standing end and the first turn. Tighten to make it secure (this introduces a slight dog-leg in the main rope). Continue around to add a final Half Hitch.
Rolling Hitch Details
Description: The Rolling Hitch Ashley Version 2 (ABOK # 1735, p 298) attaches a rope (usually smaller) to another (usually larger) when the line of pull is almost parallel. To attach a rope to a pole see Version 1 below.
Naming: Richard Dana published The Seaman's Friend in 1841 and applied the name Rolling Hitch as we use it today. Until then it was known as the Magnus Hitch or Magner's Hitch; and the name Rolling Hitch had been applied to the Round Turn and Two Half Hitches. Dana's nomenclature was adopted by subsequent authors including Ashley who applied the name Magnus Hitch to the variation of the Rolling Hitch in which the final half hitch is passed around the standing end in the reverse direction and "tends to obviate torsion or twisting" (ABOK # 1736, p 298).
Caution: Some modern ropes are very slippery, e.g., Spectra®, Dyneema®, and Polypropylene. A Rolling Hitch will not hold at all in such materials.
Critical Details: The animation correctly shows that the blue rope is parallel to the red. The "pull" MUST be in line with the main rope (or the pole). If the tension is away from the standing rope or pole, this knot is likely to fail.
Version 1: To secure a rope to a parallel pole, use Ashley's Version 1 (ABOK # 1734, p 298). There is no "tucked second turn". Both of the first two turns are just wound on tightly beside each other. Version 1 grips well on poles and bars but is less secure than Version 2 on rope.
Recent Research: In August of 2009 Practical Sailor reported on their testing of slide and grip knots. Their analysis concluded: "... On more modern line, which tends to be much more slippery, the rolling hitch often slips under load. It may also fail to hold on wire or stainless-steel tubing...." After testing various knots, they recommended the Icicle Hitch as offering the best performance as a Slide and Grip Knot.
Uses: The Rolling Hitch is useful to take the strain off a rope with a foul turn on a winch. It can be used to relieve the strain on a hawser while the "Bitter End" is transferred to the "Bitts" but the Rat-Tail Stopper is better. It can also be used to make a Midshipman's Hitch, an adjustable loop in the end of a rope with many uses on boats, e.g., to act as a spring line to a dock or as a boom-vang and, at home, it makes an adjustable Clothesline Hitch.
Under Load: The Rolling Hitch is one of the few knots which can be tied and untied with load on. It does not bind and, when tied correctly, does not slip. However, in critical applications some authorities recommend using the tail end to tie a second Rolling Hitch to back up the first.
Safety Belt Hitch: Ashley also describes a Safety-Belt Hitch used by Steeplejacks (ABOK # 452, p 74), where three turns, not "tucked up", are used in the first part of the knot before the final Half Hitch is placed.
Variation Using a Bight: When there is a long tail end, the Rolling Hitch can be tied using a bight (loop) instead of the end. This is particularly useful when the Rolling Hitch is being used as a Spring Line. However, attention to detail is essential. The first part of the knot is tied using one strand of the loop. The other strand is kept out of the way but the bitter end is NOT pulled through. Once the first part of the knot is secure and, as usual, will take the strain, the bight can be used to tie one or more Half Hitches.
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Vaginal discharge and pain after a pelvic exenteration
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I had recurrent cervical cancer and a pelvic exenteration 1 1/2yrs ago. I have continued to have a foul smelling vaginal drainage and bleeding. I am now occasionally bleeding rectally. I did not have colostomy, only urostomy and have also had blood in my urine. CT scan and IVP show no problems. I am also having a great deal of abdominal pain. Is there something else I should be doing?
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I think it is very important that you address your concerns with your physician. He or she is in the best position to discuss whether you need additional tests such as an MRI to evaluate for the presence of cancer recurrence. Pain and bleeding are terrible to suffer through, but even patients with no recurrence of cervical cancer may have these symptoms. Rectal bleeding may be due to radiation proctitis from prior radiation treatment, bleeding from urinary diversions may be related to urine pouch problems, and pain may persist for years even after tumor is adequately treated with surgery and radiation. There are no easy answers, but I hope that you will discuss these issues with your physician.


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The season 5 of Indian Premier League, IPL 2012, is set to begin from 4th April 2012 at Chennai in MA Chidambaram stadium. The inaugural match will be played between the previous defending champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Mumbai Indians (MI). This time there will be nine franchisee teams which will be participating in the tournament and they will be playing at nine venues.
There will be only nine of them to be playing this edition as Kochi Tuskers Kerala has been left out from the tournament. It is known that the reason for non-inclusion of Kochi Tuskers in DLF Indian Premiere League 2012 is because of issues related to nonpayment. The participating teams are divided into two groups and each team will be playing with eight others in both home and away matches. The IPL 5 auctions for players by the Board Of Control For Cricket In India will commence from 4th February 2012. The players of the left out team Kochi Tuskers Kerala will also be available for it and the squad of each team can now accommodate 33 players.
The IPL 5 dates are announced and the same can now be downloaded as a printable pdf document from the links given below. This downloadable IPL 2012 schedule is being prepared by RootsBD.com in a very interesting format which resembles like a calender showing the details of the date and time of various matches to be played by the participating franchise teams. We would also like to mention that there will be a total of 76 matches to be played and this 5th edition will extend to a long 54 day event. The finals will be played at the same venue as that of the inaugural match i.e. MA Chidambaram stadium (also known as Chepauk stadium) between the winner of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2.
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I read Chris Epting's perspective on the beach fire issue this morning and I wanted to give you another perspective.
I live in Huntington Beach about two blocks from the beach. I am not a "wealthy person" who is trying to keep others from beach traditions.
I have asthma, I really do. Smoke from the beach fires is one of my triggers. Exposure to it can push me over the "asthma fence" and put me in the emergency room. During the summers I cannot drive down Pacific Coast Highway with the car windows open. I cannot ride my bicycle at the beach.
Wearing a face mask does not help. We cannot keep the windows open in the house in the late afternoon or evening, especially on weekends. I am telling you the health issues are very real and if it is bad for me, it is bad for everyone.
Yes there are other things that add to particulate pollution but beach fires add quite a bit and exposure to them is very unhealthful and unsafe for individuals like me. Similar to cigarette smoke, which has many studies showing the health effects of second hand smoke, beach fire smoke falls in to this category.
Huntington Beach says it will cost millions in tax revenue if fires are eliminated. Why is profits more important than individuals' health?
Please know these are real issues and with the increased crowds of people at the beach burning wood, the smoke has increased over the years.
Beth Shafer
Huntington Beach
Fire ring offerings often include toxic materials
Of course the fire rings provide far too much fun to ever be banned from the beach but don't automatically assume that the people who do want them removed are all just a bunch of heartless inhuman monsters.
While every fire starts out using some sort of wood, as the night goes on and spirits rise, the wood usually runs out. That's when the younger folk may begin to utilize other combustibles besides wood. Trash, styrofoam coolers, plastic chairs, plastic trash cans and just about anything else that will fit inside the pit is fed into the flames.
Some of those materials burn well and others don't but they nearly all release a toxic smelling smoke that can't be good to breathe. If you get to the beach early in the morning before the rings are cleaned out, you can see what's left of the smoldering remains for yourself.
It's probably best to stay on the upwind side of those dying fires.
Chris Borg
Huntington Beach
Joy of fire rings should be protected
Chris Epting hit just about every reason to keep fire rings along the beach.
The only one he missed was when a teenage girl (Me about 30-plus years ago) would cherish wearing home her boyfriend's sweat shirt on a chilly night and smelling the smoke scent over and over to remind her of the great evening shared together.
Keep the fire rings. Those who are allergic to smoke, well move along. The shoreline is vast and the smell doesn't travel that far.
Lisa Antonacci
Huntington Beach
Saving the Earth hardly starts with fire pits
Melville tells us in the opening lines of "Moby Dick," "Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region. There is magic in it."
Add the magic of a bonfire and you understand why fire rings are needed for one's deepest reveries. The beaches are forever public and not the front yards of those priveleged beachfront dwellers. If they really care about air quality, let's start with the big factories that are daily belching tons of coal and petroleum carbon emissions into our atmosphere each day.
On a list of the world's 50 most serious offenders, bonfires would be near the bottom. After all, bonfires have been around since the cave man, but Mother Earth never had air quaility problems until the Industrial Age arrived.
Richard Reinbolt
Huntington Beach
Senior Center's dirty little secret
Many seniors have paid to take classes to learn to play bridge at the Senior Center.
There is a card room for their use to play for free, except when it is rented out.
When that room is full of players, empty rooms are not available to seniors unless they want to rent them.
Marilyn Love
Huntington Beach
Situation has changed, center plans must too
I am truly sick and tired of supporters of the "Palace In The Park", like Bob Dettloff and J.D. Miles, characterizing responsible opponents of an expensive new facility in Central Park as being "anti-senior."
Most opponents I know support enhanced services and programs for our senior population in Huntington Beach. Most also support providing modern facilities for our seniors. Most, if not all, decry the current Rodgers Senior Center as being inadequate and dilapidated.
I think there is general agreement on those points. Supporters of the "palace" point to the passage of Measure T in 2006 (razor thin at 51.1% as it was) as somehow justifying proceeding with this project no matter what. That is simply wrong-headed and irresponsible.
The original plans for the "palace" called for the expenditure of upward of $22 million on the project.
Many supporters wanted to spend more but were constrained by the limits of the Quimby Act funds from Pacific City that were being wholly devoted to the facility. I was at some of the original planning meetings when some of these "ups and extras" were turned down as being too extravagant.
Now that the take from Pacific City has been chopped down by up to two thirds of the hoped-for funds, both the location (which requires expensive grading and prepping) and the facility (at 45,000 square feet) are no longer feasible. There are no credible ways to close the $15 million chasm between anticipated funding and the original plans. And yet, the gung-ho supporters of a brand spanking new facility refuse to get real. These supporters are entitled to their own wishful thinking, but should not attempt to foist their unrealistic views on the rest of us.
It is not being "anti-senior" to demand that we live within our means in providing enhanced facilities for this deserving segment of our population. Times have changed since the heady days of 2006. We all have had to weather the financial hardships of a down economy. This includes plans in a number of areas, not just development projects like the senior center.
The city has no business pursuing a project it knows it cannot afford either now or in the immediate future. Social and political pressure has been applied by "palace" supporters to overturn both common sense and fiscal prudence and commit to the original plans.
Our city leaders must resist this pressure and level with our citizenry about the realities of this project.
Tim Geddes
Huntington Beach
Opinion on LeBard Park didn't tell whole story
Celia Jaffe's Lebard commentary, ("Sale of LeBard property is best plan," March 28) failed to state that in order to achieve her plan the existing baseball fields and city park would be demolished. What gall. The city park would then be reconstructed in an undesireable area under Southern California Edison power lines. Millions of dollars wasted needlessly.
The school district can develop such homes on the footprint of the school building site while leaving the public's park and the ball fields in place. The sale of this site should yield close to $3 million, which should be more than adequate to house 38 people in a new site. Or the district can choose to use the vacant and modernized Kettler school site for their new headquarters.
The public has already spoken. Not one person spoke in favor of the school district's proposed plan at the community meeting held last July.
Ed Kerins
Huntington Beach
ED KERINS is an advisor for Save LeBard Park.
Plastic bags are reusable
I reuse the plastic bags I get at the store for my garbage in my tiny kitchen condo. My garbage bags hang on the inside of the door under the sink. Paper bags wouldn't work.
I use cloth bags sometimes but know I need to wash them to keep them clean — what a nuisance.
My neighbors reuse their plastic bags to pick up after their dogs.
Mary Jane Higby
Huntington Beach
Banning plastic bags is costly in many ways
I love plastic bags I get at the store because I always forget to get the cloth ones my wife keeps in the trunk and take them in with me.
I understand the cloth ones have to be washed to keep them clean and that's not my department. I am constantly reusing the plastic ones to take objects to other places, so they get recycled a lot at our house.
Please don't vote to ban them. They would be replaced by costly alternatives. People would be put out of work and isn't that what we're trying to prevent?
Ronald Higby
Huntington Beach
Recycle and enforce, don't ban
I am writing in response to Richard Lara's commentary regarding use of plastic bags in Huntington Beach ("Councilmen, support bag ban," Mailbag, March 28).
I don't understand how banning the use of a safe and sanitary product results in less pollution. When I walk along the beach I find many more types of trash than just plastic bags. Banning a product will not stop people from throwing their trash on the ground.
Current recycling efforts of plastic bags have doubled in the past nine years and support thousands of green jobs. Recycled bags are used to make new plastic bags, fences, backyard decks, and other building materials.
Reusable bags may sound better in concept but have many drawbacks including high levels of lead and bacteria found in many reusable bags. Without frequent washing, bacteria found in reusable bags will grow 10 times faster in a hot car trunk, which is where most people conveniently store their bags.
Plastic bags provide a safe and clean alternative for grocery purchases. We should be focused on recycling efforts and enforcement of litter laws, not banning products.
Carol Woodworth
Huntington Beach
CAROL WOODWORTH is a member of Surf City E.A.T. Team.
Ban on plastic bags is waste of time
I am distressed by our Huntington Beach City Council's priorities and direction.
With all the important issues our city faces, they choose to waste time and resources on non-issues, such as, the banning of plastic bags in the city. How is this new regulation going to improve the quality of our lives?
I, my neighbors and everybody else I know who lives in the city are already recycling their plastic bags. This ban will have negligible impact on our environment, both locally and globally. However, we do know that it will have deleterious consequence on the health of our citizens by forcing them to use reusable bags that will breed bacteria, which will contaminate our food.
So what is the real purpose of this ban? Is it for council members to score an achievement in their political resume? Is it to score political points with the environmental special interest groups? Are they testing the limits of their power? Or is it all of the above? Where will it stop? Is the next step, the banning of garbage bags, Zip-lock bags, Styrofoam containers, etc.? And how is this ban going to be enforced? Are the police going to be burdened with this task? Or is the council going to set up a new agency to enforce this ban?
Enough of nanny government by our City Council.
Raymond Raines
Huntington Beach


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I was really pleased to be able to unveil the City of Madison Equity Initiatives earlier today. I was joined by Godwin Amegashie of 100 Black Men of Madison, Wensy Melendez of Amigo Construction, Felicia Anderson of the Brentwood neighborhood and Frank Davis of MOSES along with other city staff to discuss the report.
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In an emergency, please try to remain calm and call (937) 335-6999. We are open until 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During office hours our hospital staff will be able to help you determine if your pet needs immediate medical care. They will also be able to give general directions to our location. We will provide emergency service on Fridays and Saturdays until 11:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
If you need emergency care outside of these hours, please contact Medvet in Dayton at 937-293-2714 or the Care Center in Dayton at 937-428-0911.
Evening and Saturday Office Hours
We are open until 9:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. Our hours on Saturday are 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Boarding Services
If you are traveling or need boarding for your pet, contact us for your boarding need.
House Calls
House calls are available for non-emergency care and routine care. This is very helpful for pet parents who are unable to visit our clinic and for those whose pets don't travel well.
Farm Calls
We travel to your farm for most large animals and exotics.


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Leadership needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 377 designs submitted by 48 freelance designers.
Startup Leadership Program
We are a group of Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists who have come together to start the Startup Leadership Program. This is a not for profit that has created one of the world's best educational programs for startup CEOs.
Startup CEOs around the world.
Our website is http://www.startupleadership.com. VERY IMPORTANT - This website will be completely revamped so don't just use these colors.
We help people be startup CEOs - to build big companies that will change the world.
Our CEOs have started 1000 companies.
The three most important words to us are: Innovation, Startup, Leadership.
We will put this logo on the website, on bags and tshirts we will give to world famous Entrepreneurs, Innovators and VCs who all come and speak to this program.
We have graduated 1300 people; we'll graduate 500 more next year.
We like contemporary and not too busy. We love if its a work of art. We want contemporary fonts, preferably "stacked".
We want to use the words Startup Leadership in the logo. Or startup leadership only (if that works better).
If there is a bit of art, the words "Startup Leadership", and great piece of artwork, that would all work for us. You can make it shiny, but show how the print logo will look too.
Do not go by the website colors. Use a fresh, bold approach since the logo will define our new website.
There is a big people as well as network element in what we do (bring CEOs together and build a network)
We have guaranteed a prize.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Epstein is a multi-disciplinary design and construction company that is focused on serving our clients, empowering our employee-owners, and enhancing our communities.
Who are we? In the simplest terms we are a design, engineering and construction company. But there's much more to who we are than what we do.
The base services we offer are just the tools we use to solve our clients' real estate challenges. It's through our ability to deliver strategic and creative project solutions that we create value, which in turn, helps our clients achieve their goals. And we like to think that being a firm that helps bring worth to the built environment is an incredibly rewarding and, ultimately, profound definition of who we are.
The employee-owners of Epstein provide our clients with a wide variety of professional services from our offices in Chicago, New York, Warsaw, and Bucharest.
These capabilities range from architecture to interior design, full-service engineering including civil, MEP, structural and industrial process, to a variety of construction services. Epstein was one of the pioneers of the Design-Build delivery method, and we specialize in this streamlined project delivery method. The professionals at Epstein are also capable of providing our clients a variety of strategic consulting and sustainability services, including logistics, LEED/BREEAM consulting, energy modeling and owners services.
Since our founding in 1921, Epstein has been a trusted building solutions consultant for a wide variety of clients in the commercial, industrial and public sectors.
The depth and range of our portfolio includes projects as diverse as iconic high-rise office buildings to intricate and complex industrial processing facilities to intensive transportation infrastructure assignments. We believe that the richness of our portfolio affords us a distinct perspective on the built environment, which in turn, enriches our skill set to produce creative strategic solutions that deliver value to our broad client base.
Offices around the world
We are a true global firm, with the capability to uniquely serve each location we call home.
Epstein's ability to offer international design, engineering and construction services to our clients starts from our strategically located offices in the United States, Canada, Europe and Mexico. Headquartered in Chicago, with additional offices in New York; Warsaw, Poland; and Bucharest, Romania, we have extensive experience in the Americas and Europe. This worldwide reach grants us the ability to ensure that all our projects, no matter the locale, receive the same exemplary level of service and attention to detail that Epstein has been known for since our first office opened its doors.


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Miranda Girard's paintings and drawings are motivated by expression, emotion and environment. She graduated summa cum laude from Maryland Institute College of Art with a Bachelor's Degree in General Fine Arts and a minor in Creative Writing, and received a Masters of Visual Arts, with high honors, from Western Connecticut State University.
Additional art education includes Sotheby's Institute of Art; Studio Escalier, Argenton-Chateau, France; The Art Students League; Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts; Silvermine Art Center; Sacred Heart University; and Zoll School of Fine Art. She has studied with David Kassan, Carl Plansky, Sangram Majumdar, Palden Hamilton, Barry Nemett, Timothy Stotz, N. Michelle Tully and others.
Select honors include the W. B. Connor Trust, the Connecticut University Grant, Studio Escalier Waterway Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art Trustee Scholarship, SCAN juried exhibition Best in Show, Artist's Magazine Finalist, and Trumbull, Connecticut's Artist of the Year. She is a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York City. Girard's works are in private collections in the United States and Europe.
"For me, a painting is a visual poem. The narrative use of subtle cues of color, texture, and composition present a familiar person, place or object in a fresh way, allowing the viewer to pause, dream, reflect. Perhaps memories awaken and senses stir. Perhaps, if only for a moment, as the viewer 'reads' the painting, present time succumbs to imagination and reverie." – Miranda Girard


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Poll: Rangers vs Oilers/
This is it for the Third Jersey Logo Tournament. The final round of voting. Time to determine a champion. Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!
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Live from the Artists Den "Mayer Hawthorne" At the start of this performance at the Grand Ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Hawthorne announces to the invitation-only crowd of 400 that "tonight, the secret word is fun." He and his band, The Country, blaze through two dozen songs, in his updated classic soul style, infused with everything from doo-wop to hip-hop. Songs include selections from a new album, How Do You Do, and fan favorites such as "Green Eyed Love."G
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There might not be any starting pitcher in the game who is more underrated than the Mets' Dillon Gee. The righthander delivered his best effort of the season on Sunday, tossing eight shutout innings against the Miami Marlins to help the Mets take the series two games to one.
Gee, who celebrated his 28th birthday on Monday, struck out five and confounded the Marlins with his signature changeup and a slider that's become a great out pitch for him. Whenever he's on the mound, he gives the team a chance to win and the baseball odds at Allpro confirm it.
"It was one of those good days," Gee said. "I just try to go out there each time it's my turn and do the best I can and get as deep as I can, and give us a chance to win. As long as we win at the end of the day, I'm a happy guy."
Despite having thrown 110 pitches, Gee wanted to pitch the ninth, but was told no by manager Terry Collins.
Opponents are now hitting .193 against Gee this season. He has an 0.86 ERA and 0.86 WHIP in his last three starts, in which he's allowed only two extra-base hits.
"He got us to where we wanted to get to," Collins said, "That was pretty much the end."
Gee's remarkable stretch that began last season when he struck out 12 Yankees on May 30, has him among the game's elite. The Mets righty has a 2.75 ERA over his last 28 starts, topped only by Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Yu Darvish, Julio Teheran, Max Scherzer and Adam Wainwright. among pitchers with 20 or more starts in that span.
For the season, Gee's ERA stands at a pristine 2.88 with a 1.043 WHIP. Better yet, over his last three starts he's 2-1 with a 0.86 ERA.
It might be time to start talking about an extension with Gee, who has become the most reliable starter in the Mets rotation and one of the top arms in the NL.


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Police called off the search for a motorist who they say appeared to be surveying possible home burglary targets Tuesday before fleeing.
Officers were unable to find the motorist even after searching a nearby wash and his parent's home in the 1100 block of Descanso Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz.
A police officer in a plain car was monitoring the area of Chevy Chase and Emerald Isle drives in Glendale when he "observed a suspicious male in a vehicle driving around the neighborhood," and appeared to be casing homes, Lorenz said.
When the officer attempted to stop the motorist at about 11:30 a.m., he briefly yielded and then quickly accelerated, prompting a pursuit into La Canada.
The motorist — who police declined to immediately identify — abandoned his car near his parent's home on Descanso Drive and ran from police, who reported finding burglary tools inside the vehicle.
Police contacted a family member who lives with the suspect to get permission to enter the home and conduct a search, he said.
The motorist is on post-release community supervision for a burglary conviction, Lorenz added.
-- Veronica Rocha, Times Community News
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Soreness after passing 3mm kidney stone
I went to the ER due to severe right flank, back and right testicle pain. I had back aches the previous week so I was going to my chiro for that. At the ER a CT scan revealed a 3mm stone moving down the tube from my right kidney. Everything else in abdomen/pelvic ct was normal. 5 days later the stone passed. It has been 4 days since then and I am still sore in the right flank and back. I went back to an ER & they did xray; all normal. Urinalysis showed +2 blood,which the doc said is normal after pasing a stone. The urine is clear & light yellow. CBC/diff blood test normal, no signs of infection. I do have varicose in my scrotum so did the stone aggravate it? How long should I wait to go back to doctor? Am I ok? I read that once a stone passes the pain goes away instantly. Is my situation abnormal? Please help if you can. I am grateful for your consideration.
After a stone passes, the pain may last for several days. You should continue to get better. It would be worth following up with your doctor. It may be worth checking to see if you are at increased risk to form another stone and what measures you can take to prevent stone recurrence.
For more information:
Go to the Urinary Disorders health topic.