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Mardis "Mardy" Goss
Mardis E. "Mardy" Goss, 89, passed away Aug. 29, 2005, at his home with family around him. Services will be held on Friday, Sept. 2, at 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Mardy was born April 25, 1916, in Stringtown, Okla., to Epha and LaDonia (Ritter) Goss. He came to Oregon as a child and was raised and educated in Mt. Hood, Ore. Mardy served in the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in the South Pacific. On July 7, 1947, he and Beatrice Hubbell were married in Stevenson, Wash. Mardy was a prior orchardist in the Hood River Valley and then worked for Stadelman Fruit Company until his retirement in 1981.
Mardy was a member of the Hood River Church of Christ, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the National Rifle Association. He enjoyed camping, hunting, gardening and spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Bea Goss of Hood River; sons Mike Goss and his wife Becky of Madras, Ore., Richie Goss of Gresham, Ore., and Don Goss of Baker City, Ore.; daughter Lana Fox and her husband, Richard, of Hood River; special nephew Bob Huckaby and his wife, Sylvia, of Milwaukie, Ore.; grandchildren Mick, Don, Richie, Ange', Eddie, Tim, Kira, Bob, Randy and David, and 12 great-grandchildren; brothers Roy Goss of The Dalles, Ore., Noble Goss of Hood River, Del Goss of Vancouver, Wash., and Truman Goss of Hood River; sister Almeda Ogden of California, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son Steve Goss, brothers Odie and Doyle Goss, and sister, Ruby Wray.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of Christ or the NRA in care of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations), 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Marguerite Landberg
Marguerite Leona Landberg, 88, died where she lived at Flagstone Assisted Living Home in The Dalles, Ore., Aug. 27, 2005. She lived 56 years in Long Beach, Calif., prior to moving here to be close to family. She is survived by her husband, Jack C. Landberg, daughters Corleen Hamilton and Jean Santavicca, son, Tom Finn, and six grandchildren: Greg Hamilton, Tim Hamilton, Brooke Kelley, Kim O'Bryan, Lisa Wright, and Mark Jaynes. Her great-grandchildren are Chloe Aetonu, Hana Hamilton, Tytus Hamilton, Zachery Jaynes, and Benjamin Jaynes.
Marguerite will be interred with other family members: her grandmother Rainbow; mother, Florence Podoski; uncle, Bill; and grandson, Jeffrey Robert Jaynes, in Westminster Cemetery in Southern California.
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View From The Middle
The network news race is heating up to the boiling point. By all counts, it will hit 112 degees Fahrenheit within a couple of weeks when Katie Couric presents her bright, shiny face on CBS and takes over the anchor desk as permanent replacement for Dan Rather and his interim editor/ host Bob Schieffer.
When Rather resigned as a result of a news blunder under his watch, it sort of woke up the news executives from all three broadcast networks. Oh, they knew things were not going too well ratings-wise ever since the onset of cable and its devastating effect on viewership and advertising revenue. But, money makers that they are, they knew essentially how to handle it, despite CNN, Fox and MSNBC, etc., infringing on their territory.
For the most part, however, the execs are - and have always been - news-persons; journalists who have hit the big time because they are and were professionals who know what they're doing. When you think of the future of broadcast journalism, don't forget to think of where it came from.
Why, for instance, do you think CBS chose Katie Couric to replace the relative "old timers" Rather and Schieffer? Just having a great personality and being in people's homes every morning on the Today Show is merely some of the gloss that comes with marketing the product. But if that pro-duct (Couric) didn't have the professionalism and background to do the job; to be able to connect with the audience but still be a news-person - a journalist - she wouldn't have even been proposed.
The same deal went for Barbara Walters when she became the first woman to head a production for a news division. ABC couldn't have been happier with that outcome.
We know things are radically changing in the nightly news area, the crux of a news division of any network, effecting that 6 or 6:30 p.m. non-cable broadcast that catches us up on national and international events of the day. (The local news is a different animal altogether! But that's to be addressed another time). Some people - critics and pundits alike - say the technical changes are so overwhelming that the nightly news shows can't catch up with them and they will be left too far behind within just a few years, eventually to become just dust.
While some say the demise will be soon, some say it will be a long time and some say never.
In the long run, it's the professionalism that will make it immortal. Do you think ABC's new anchor Charles Gibson hasn't been a seasoned journalist for most of his life? Brian Williams, on NBC Nightly News, is right out of the same framework as Tom Brokaw and, dare I say, David Brinkley. Couric's got a few things going for her, for starters, including curiosity and the will to dig for the story. No doubt the ratings for CBS Nightly News will certainly go up, at least at first. And Williams and Gibson are wishing her well too. There's nothing like some good competition to keep you on your toes.
Probably the main thing that will contribute to the long, long life of evening network broadast TV news is its audience. It's almost refreshing to see that they're finally not losing their perspective and trying too hard to get hold of that 18-34-year age group. They'll never do it and be able to keep the demographic audience they have now, which is the over 35 viewer - way over 35.
While the younger audience is made up of spenders who rarely take the time to watch the evening news, the advertisers aim at them with their entertainment division. That's a separate entity in the network, as opposed to the news division, which is building up this audience by branching into the Internet. One of the networks (probably joined by the others even as we speak) is presenting a preview of its nightly news broadcasts on iPods every afternoon - to maybe catch a young viewer's eye so he or she will want to tune in at night.
Meanwhile, the older audience is hanging on. And they're spending their saved-up money on what they want to buy (unfortunately, the products all seem to be prescription medicine). When you think of it, though, since aging Baby Boomers are upon us, they're the very ones who, although at one time they shunned the evening news, are becoming old-timers who will keep the demographics steady.
Now, keeping the network evening news just as it is, relatively, doesn't mean it has to go completely unchanged. Thanks to all that new technology, the world is smaller and smaller every day. Check that: the universe is smaller. The execs will have to walk a fine line so as not to lose what they have.
But they're professionals. They'll handle it.

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While attending the New Mexico Association of Educational Retirees (NMAER) Convention in Las Vegas (on Sept. 28-29), my car had a flat and ruined tire just after leaving the McDonald's.
The three kind men at BTU on Mills Street had to use a tractor with front-end loader and a large air tank (to fix the damage).
Another young man led me, in his pickup, over to Duran's Tire Shop. Mr. "just call me Walter" and his employee fixed the car, etc. These six men went way beyond the second miles (to assist).
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Let's say you're Michael Lewis. By the time you turn 50 you've written almost an entire shelf of incredibly successful books (including "Liar's Poker," "The Blind Side," "The New New Thing," "The Big Short," "Moneyball"), some of which have been turned into equally successful movies.
So engaging is your writing that poetry lovers devour your financial journalism and stockbrokers inhale your sports stories. Your 2010 book ("The Big Short") explained the 2008 Wall Street collapse to the average reader in vivid and lucid terms. What do you do for an encore?
Lewis's answer was to take advantage of a brand-new travel option: "financial disaster tourism." In other words, head to some of the places on the planet most badly singed by a horrific combination of avarice and the 2008 failure of Lehman Brothers, talk to some of the more colorful victims, and then write a book about it all.
That book is Boomerang, and you won't know whether to laugh or cry while reading it.
Lewis says that the idea for "Boomerang" came to him "accidentally," while talking to a hedge fund manager who believes that Europe could be on the verge of a series of "sovereign defaults" – the bankruptcies of entire nations. To check the situation out, Lewis hopped on a plane and began his personal tour.
What he ended up compiling is a saga of staggering selfishness, greed, and incompetence that somehow manages – because it is Lewis doing the telling – to be every bit as engaging as it is horrifying.
First stop: Iceland. Here grossly inexperienced Icelandic bankers caused three of their global banks to collapse, leaving the nation with debts amounting to 850 percent of their gross domestic product. Iceland's principal distinction today, says Lewis, is that it's now "the only nation on earth that Americans could point to and say, 'Well, at least we didn't do that.' "
Next stop is Greece – a nation saddled with an outstanding government debt of "roughly $400 billion (and growing)." How did it happen? When they thought no one was looking, explains Lewis, Greeks hoped to "turn their government into a piñata stuffed with fantastic sums and give as many citizens as possible a whack at it."
In Ireland a single bank lost $3.4 trillion, largely on bad property deals. This mess, says Lewis, "was created by the sort of men who ignore their wives' suggestions that maybe they should stop and ask for directions, for instance." (Among other indelible images from Ireland: a brand-new, abandoned village in the middle of a rain-swept former potato field. Apparently no one bothered to ascertain before building it whether or not anyone would want to live in it.)
The story Lewis follows in Germany is different in that – rather than greed or out-and-out incompetence – the Germans seem to have been guilty of massive credulity. Because German bankers tend to play by the rules, says Lewis, they couldn't comprehend that American bankers often do not. So when "extremely smart traders inside Wall Street investment banks" created "diabolically complicated bets" and then went in search of "some idiot" to "take the other side," it turned out that "a wildly disproportionate number of those idiots were in Germany."
Lewis finishes his tour of what he calls "the new third world" in California. There (after taking a dizzying high-speed bike ride with Arnold Schwarzenegger), he meets with the mayor of San Jose, a city so in the red that "it could cut its debts in half and still wind up broke." How did such a thing happen?
"I know how it started," explains the mayor. "We live near rich people so we thought we were rich."
Lewis tells his tale of financial malfeasance through a lively cast of global characters. There's the Icelandic cod fisherman who became a currency trader on the strength of three days of training. There's the Greek monk-turned-opportunistic capitalist. There's the cheerful Irish retiree who was so outraged by his country's shenanigans that he threw rotten eggs at a bunch of high-level Irish bankers. (Then he took the bus home for a cup of tea.)
Overall, "Boomerang" is the story of how governments throughout the developed world allowed politicians, bankers, and ordinary citizens to pile up debts they could never possibly repay. And now the whole world will be paying the price – perhaps for a long time to come.
It's not a pretty story, but thanks to Lewis it is a compelling one. And despite its bleak contours Lewis doesn't imply that it's a completely hopeless one. Future generations don't always figure out how to solve the crises created by their elders, he points out. But then again, "you can never rule out the possibility that they will."
Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor's books editor.


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The divergent fortunes of the Clippers and Lakers have not carried over to their television ratings. They're both on the decline.
Nielsen ratings for the Clippers and Lakers in the Los Angeles market were down double digits percentage-wise over their first 20 games versus the same period last season.
The Lakers averaged a 2.25 rating for those games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, down 28% from the 3.14 at the start of last season. The Clippers averaged a 1.24 on Prime Ticket, down 16% from the 1.47 they achieved early last season.
The Lakers' ratings are near the historic low of 2.11 they averaged all of last season, the worst on record for local Lakers telecasts and...


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Stay warm, but wary
With low temperatures expected to dip below freezing by the weekend, many area residents will be looking for some extra warmth, a search local fire officials say can turn deadly if precautions aren't taken.
Big Spring Fire Marshal Carl Condray said there are many different types of secondary heating, ranging from portable electric units to wood-burning stoves, but the most common causes of fires involving them are avoidable.
"There are a lot of different type space heaters out there," said Condray. "There are portable electric heaters, portable kerosene heaters, stoves, fireplaces and room gas heaters.
"There are many common causes of home heating fires. In wood burning appliances, a lack of proper cleaning can lead to excessive build up of creosote in the chimney and connectors. Also, a lack of safety enclosures or poor design account for many fires. For space heaters, the single largest cause is failing to maintain a safe distance from combustibles followed closely by improper fueling practices."
Fires involving portable heaters can be avoided by exercising some simple precautions, said Condray, including checking to be sure the unit has been tested.
"Space heaters need space," said Condray. "Portable space heaters need a 3-foot clearance from anything that will burn. Keep them far away from drapes and bedding materials, and make sure they have a 'tip-over' safety switch that will shut them down in the event they are upset.
"Also, don't stand so close to a space heater that your clothes could come in contact with it. Never leave one burning while you're asleep or away from the room. Also, always make sure your heater is approved by one of the independent labs, such as Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) or Factory Mutual."
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Kern County DHS to hold flag raising ceremony to mark efforts to end abuse, neglect of children
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about child
abuse, neglect, and encourage families, individuals and communities to support one another
in these challenging times.
The Kern County Department of Human Services (DHS) will join the Child Welfare League of America and social service agencies across our the nation in calling for the immediate cessation of violence against children in America.
On Friday, April 5, a memorial flag will be raised in Kern County to remember the thousands of children lost nationwide in the last year to violence.
The flag will be raised at 8:30 a.m. on in front of the Human Services Building at 100 East California Avenue. The community is invited to join in this memorial ceremony.
The flag will be flown throughout the entire month of April.
The symbol of this observance will be the presentation and display of the Children's Memorial Flag. The flag is a simple moving image of a red field depicting blue paper-doll-like figures of children holding hands. In the center, the white chalk outline of a missing child symbolizes the children lost to violence. DHS, the Child Welfare League of America and other groups use this ceremony to specifically honor those children lost in our community due to abuse or neglect.
Last year in Kern County, 9 children lost their lives due to abuse or neglect.
The Department of Human Services, with support from many other community partners, works to bring awareness to child abuse prevention. This month and throughout the year, DHS encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Kern County a better place for families and children. By ensuring that parents have the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to care for their children, we can help prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening families and communities.
A second flag ceremony is also being planned for Friday, April 26, in Ridgecrest to close the month-long activities planned to raise awareness about Child Abuse prevention.


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SLCCSA Book Scholarship Spring 2018
Application closes Friday, April 6, 3:00 p.m.
The SLCC Student Association has set aside funds to help students in purchasing textbooks for Summer, 2018. It was created for students who are finishing their degree, which means completion by August, 2018 or December,2018.
To be eligible for this Book Scholarship students must meet the following requirements and submit this application.
- Must have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA
- Must be currently taking at least 9 credit hours
- Must be a continuing student of SLCC and have planned to complete either May, 2018 or December 2018. (Attach a copy of your DegreeWorks audit showing completion date)
- Must be able to demonstrate a need for the Book Scholarship. This can be shown through completing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and/or answering the questions on the application.
- Must indicate the title, author, edition of the book, and the price.
- Past awardees are not eligible.
Note: Students who are receiving a tuition waiver from the college for involvement and/or leadership are not eligible for the Book Scholarship.
This scholarship can only be used for books from the College Bookstore. It must be used for the semester it is granted. For example, if awarded for Spring Semester 2018, it cannot be held over for use during Spring Semester 2019. Students may request assistance for up to two books that will assist in completing a degree or certificate.
With this scholarship, the Student Association will purchase the book(s), which will be ready for picked-up from the SLL office. If you have any questions, please contact 801-957-4565.


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She has toured with Matt Bianco doing venues such as the Blue Notes throughout Japan, and stadiums across Europe. She has shared the stage with some of music's greats such as, James Brown, Chaka Khan, Mica Paris, Level 42 and Imagination.
Through the years, her close relationship with a small Indie record label Mass Music, along with Lovecat music, based in New York and L.A, provided her the forum to become part of a writing team that would go on to write songs that would feature in a number of film and T.V shows. She has been credited for music in the movie Babel, In America, Hell to Pay, Brave One and TV shows such as Sex & The City, Ugly Betty, Sweet 16 and more.
Carol's influences are many, as she lists them as: Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Al Green, Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Betty Wright, Phyllis Hyman, Denise Williams, Teena Marie, Karen Carpenter, and many more.
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Possession of marijuana, domestic violence
7:51 a.m. – Animal control. Incident location was 201 Eighth St. Heritage Park. Animal pickup. Impound 1.
8:33 a.m. – Miscellaneous. KCSO reported subject in the lobby. Taft Police officer is going to pick him up now. Incident location was 315 N. Lincoln St. Completed.
8:45 a.m. – Miscellaneous. Officer initiated activity at 100 Kern St. Completed.
9 a.m. – Miscellaneous. Officer initiated activity in the 500 block of Center St. flagged down. Completed.
9:25 a.m. – Domestic violence. Ex came to her residence when he was picking up their son (per court order) and she stated he spit on her then left. Report taken.
10:09 a.m. – Possession of marijuana. Officer initiated activity at Sixth and Supply Row. Arrest made. Both subjects released on cite.
11:20 a.m. – Suspicious person. White male blonde hair, white shirt, blue jeans carrying large yellow bag. Incident location was 400 block of Shasta. Citation issued.
11:54 a.m. – Found property report. Officer initiated activity at 207 Fillmore st. Report taken.
12:07 p.m. – Miscellaneous. Erickson & Brown reported funeral procession. Meet at Highway 119 and Second. Completed.
12:46 p.m. – Suspicious circumstances. Two women, one wearing red shirt in black SUV. Women are picking up items from the abandoned house and putting them in back of SUV. Incident location was Airport Road/Highway 119. Checks OK.
1:49 p.m. – Brown lab/pit mix was hit by truck left the area went towards shopoing center. Incident location was Fourth at Finley. Unable to locate.
2:13 p.m. – Petty theft. Officer responded to 100 block of Loma Vista regarding theft of two children's bicycles. Officer spoke with reporting party an hour later and learned the children had left the bicycles in neighbors yard instead of garage. Unfounded. Report taken.
6:20 p.m. – Hazardous situation noncriminal. Officer initiated activity at First and kern. Animal in the roadway causing obstruction. Completed.
9:37 p.m. – Two white males, burgandy 49ers jersey and shorts, white T-shirt and sweats, white female in white sweater and jeans. Male in jersey and female were fighting. Occurred 5-10 minutes ago. Incident location was Sixth and Woodrow. Unable to locate.
8:26 p.m. – Disturbing the peace. Subject has been advised.
10:24 p.m. – Vehicle check. Officer initiated activity at Tenth and San Emidio. Completed. Checks OK.
12:30 a.m. – Found property report. Incidet location was 42-00 Finley Drive. Creekside Apartments. Completed.
12:52 a.m. – Miscellaneous. Extra patrol 300 block of Woodrow. Completed.
1:47 a.m. – Trespassing. R/P stated a subject was trying to open his gate. Unable to provide description. Unable to locate.


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2nd VIEW: 'Flat Lottie,' trek by trek, relays her mission field encounters
EDITOR'S NOTE: 2nd VIEW is a key Baptist Press story that has been posted within the past several days. For a listing of additional key stories in Baptist Press in recent days, always take a look at the daily RECENT NEWS listing.
Originally posted Dec. 11, 2013
SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- Ever heard of Flat Stanley? How about Flat Lottie?
With Flat Stanley, schoolchildren exchange paper cutouts or digital images of Stanley as a way of interacting with students in other locations, even other countries.
Flat Lottie, as a 4-foot/3-inch poster (the same height as the real-life Lottie Moon), has accompanied IMB writers, photographers and videographers across Asia as they've reported on the work of Southern Baptist missionaries in 2013 and 2012. Flat Lottie also has been transported to various missions settings as a caricature via computer graphics and as a hand-held paper cutout.
To see Flat Lottie's travels in 2013 via an interactive map, click here. Each pin in the map connects to a brief story about the missionary or missions outreach there.
For Flat Lottie's 2012 ventures, also via an Internet-friendly map, click here.
Flat Lottie also has been seen in a video featuring two young missions enthusiasts who tell about the famed missionary's labors in China preceding her death in 1912. (For an additional video about Lottie Moon, click here.)
The offering (officially the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions) is a key channel of support for nearly 5,000 IMB missionaries worldwide. It is an annual emphasis across the Southern Baptist Convention each December, working in tandem with gifts from churches through the Cooperative Program year-round for SBC missions.
"Our multimedia teams see your mission offering dollars at work in every story we do," International Mission Board personnel in Asia wrote on their AsiaStories website last year in describing their initial Flat Lottie project. "It's a humbling experience to see how small and large gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering combine to make it possible to reach a lost world. This year [2012], the AsiaStories staff wanted to make a better visual connection between our stories and your mission dollars ... and while we were at it, we had a little a fun."
Each media team, while traveling to gather missions stories, "took a life-sized poster of Lottie Moon, the woman our missions' offering is named after, with the goal of showing 'Lottie @ Work' in places and doing ministries you'd never expect. You should have seen the crazy looks thrown our way when we pulled out a 4-foot 3-inch poster of a missionary from the early 1900s. Of course we got a lot of smiles and laughter when we asked people to pose with our Flat Lottie. But to our surprise, this poster (sitting in a dugout canoe, scuba diving or digging a well) provided an opening to share about this legacy missionary and the message she carried so many years ago."
Other resources posted in tandem with the Flat Lottie initiative include:
-- a Facebook page here.
-- a multi-dimensional Pinterest page here.
-- 10 things that happen because of gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering: 10 things.
-- 7 ideas for boosting a church's Lottie Moon Offering: 7 ideas.
Among the suggestions: Find stories on missionaries to share at Lottie@Work or on unreached people groups.org.
Also see the Lottie Moon Offering idea gallery for various ways other churches have rallied to support Southern Baptists' missionaries and a webpage with examples of how Southern Baptists' gifts are utilized on the mission field.
-- a Flat Lottie who can visit your community. Just use this Lottie cutout, give her a few splashes of color and let her spark conversations about missions wherever you go.
-- various letters penned by Lottie Moon from China sounding her clarion call to missions here.
Art Toalston is editor of Baptist Press. BP operations coordinator Laura Erlanson and IMB communications staff in Asia contributed to this article. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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The ultimate goal of the Chicago White Sox is to compete for a championship on the field every season. We take great pride in our team's accomplishments on the field, but just as important to the organization are our accomplishments off the field. The White Sox recognize and accept the responsibility to serve all Chicagoans in the greater Chicagoland community. Our outreach through Chicago White Sox Charities (CWSC), the team's philanthropic arm, along with the club's year-round community relations efforts, touches the lives of our neighbors in many different ways.
In addition to the in-kind support provided by the club, White Sox Charities provides financial and emotional support to hundreds of Chicago-based organizations, including those leading the fight against cancer, dedicated to improving the lives of youth through recreation and education, and those offering support to children and families in crisis. With the generous support of White Sox fans, friends and sponsors, White Sox Charities has donated more than $27 million since its inception in 1990, striving to improve the quality of life for Chicagoans of all ages, races and genders.
To the White Sox, winning goes beyond the diamond into the community. The White Sox and White Sox Charities want to inspire, educate and embrace Chicago to create a lasting legacy for future generations.
How is CWSC supporting the Chicagoland area? Here are just a few examples:
Health and Wellness
"It gives me a sense of teamwork. It has instilled a strong work ethic in me that has grown over the years. It gave me a sense of status. I remember the first time I got my White Sox jersey, I wore it around the house for two days." -Jalin McMillan, ACE player, baseball scholarship to University of Illinois.
Youth Education
"The Working In The Schools (WITS)-White Sox partnership not only gives our students a 'reading buddy,' but it makes reading a rich, interactive activity. The fact that someone comes every week to read with students sends them two powerful messages: Reading is important, and so are they." -Joseph A. Shoffner, principal, McClellan Elementary School
Cancer Research and Treatment
"We are very grateful for the support we receive from the Chicago White Sox Charities. Because of their generosity, we are able to reach underserved communities particularly on the south and west sides of Chicago. Our Clubhouse, hospital satellite locations and community outreach efforts bring more than 350 free activities to our members every month. The Chicago White Sox Charities is a true partner in our mission to ensure that anyone touched by cancer is empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community." -LauraJane Hyde, Gilda's Club
Children and Family in Crisis
"Children's Home + Aid has had the pleasure of partnering with White Sox Charities on the Bring Me Home Campaign for the past eight years. The campaign has touched the lives of some of Illinois' most vulnerable children by raising awareness, generating support and advocating for the needs of foster children and families. Through this partnership, thousands of children have received school clothes, backpacks and supplies, attended summer camps and received rewards for graduating from high school. The campaign has helped these children, who have lost everything -- everything they knew, everyone they loved -- find a way forward." -Jassen Strokosch, Children's Home + Aid


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Country's Pat Green to Play Chadwick Court Saturday• February 20, 2006 Share:
Tickets are now on sale to see rising country star Pat Green Saturday in Chadwick Court.
Wabash's second national act will bring an up-and-coming country act which has rocked Nashville and consistently fills huge Texas venues. Pat Green has twice sold out the old Astrodome and regularly fills the huge and legendary Billy Bob's in Fort Worth.
He began his music career while in college at Texas Tech when he was just 18. he put out his first independent record in 1995.
"I started playing guitar to pick up the chicks," Green said in recent record review. "Before that, I only sang in the shower. I could mimic other people's voices. It took me a long time to find my own voice, but once I did, I became very comfortable with it.
"Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks sang on our first record and she wasn't a Dixie Chick yet. It was pretty cool. Since then we've recorded five more records including one duet record with Cory Morrow, which charted on the Billboard country chart."
Green has consistently toured college campuses.
"When I was 18 to about 25 years old, I wrote what an 18- to 25-year-old person thought and felt," the 33-year old Green said. "I loved being from Texas, I loved drinking beer, I really enjoyed the wilder side of my life. Now, I'm married; I've got a kid. The reason I think things are not as much about road-tripping and swilling beer is because I'm not road-tripping as much or swilling as much beer."
His career has raised some eyes in the Nashville music establishment. His single "Three Days" was nominated for a Grammy for best country song. The recording barely cracked the Country Top 40.
Esquire magazine said Green "sounds like a young John Mellencamp playing a Delta house kegger."
For this concert, students will only need to present their valid college ID at the door for admission.


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If Daniel J. Horn seems like a walking, talking ad for Clarkson, you're missing the point.
Yes, he's an Honors student majoring in chemical engineering. He's also a member of the student Senate, a Resident Advisor and he leads campus tours for visitors. And, yes, he unabashedly says things like, "I love it here."
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He's working with Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor Ruth Baltus on his second research project: experimenting with microfiltration and ultrafiltration. His work is likely to yield new and less-expensive ways to purify water. In turn, this will help in the production of food, pharmaceuticals and even biotech research and development. It could even offer the world an easier, less energy-intensive way to desalinate sea water.
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While checking out artist studios on Durham's Spring Art Walk last Saturday, Laura and I admired the earrings made by metalsmith J'Nai Willingham of NC Studio 925. See her creations above and below.
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Along with her studio at Goldenbelt in Durham, J'Nai has a shop on Esty. She's also a medical instructor at Durham Technical Community College. No wonder she knows about older skin losing its elasticity.
Thanks J'Nai for the advice, and thanks to you and Laura for the Mother's Day earrings, which are waiting for me in a tiny box with a tiny bow.
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Zenchess game analysis: Game 1
Here is the first annotated game. It was played on icc with a 5 minute time control. The opening went like this:
I played Be2. Normally you'd see Bc4 or Nc3 from me on this move. The reason I didn't play Bc4 is that I vaguely remember reading somewhere that that move is not actually that great, even though it is very commonly played especially at my level. However I'll have to do more research into finding out whether this is true or not. Hopefully I can find the source of that statement that Bc4 is not a great move. I can tell you that I've had almost no success with Bc4 practically.
Be2 is not that bad of a square for a bishop, it can support another bishop going to e3 (which happens later) because it protects the e2-h5 diagonal. This stops a knight on f6 from doing just about anything on the kingside.
Why not Bd3? I think Bd3 may be a slight mistake, not because it's staring at a pawn (the pawn formation could change) but because it's blocking the d-file which is my half-open file. I may want to put pressure on the d6 pawn later, if black ever plays c7-c5 or c7-c6.
Re1 seems logical to me. The rook can give extra protection to the e4 pawn (sure, there's a bishop in the way, but what's one piece in th way gonna matter when discoveries are in the air?), it can support an eventual push of the e4 pawn to e5 (for example, by playing pawn to f4 and then pawn to e5). It also does a few other things, like leaving the protection of the f-pawn , which creates a target on f2 (a negative thing), and gives the bishop on e2 an extra square on f1.
I played h3 so that I could finish development with Be3, without having to worry about being harassed by black's f6 knight (Ng4). Also note that black ended up playing c6 a move ago. Now I can dream of either outposting a piece into d6, or, if black trades on d4 with his pawn, applying pressure to the d6 pawn on the half-open d-file.
I played a4 here to stop his queenside expansion temporarily (if he played b5 right away he'd lose the pawn due to a pin on the a-file).
I also have a future goal of pushing the a pawn to a5 where it stops b5 cold, and may give me an outpost for my dark square bishop, (or a knight) on b6.
So in the last few moves, I recaptured the pawn with the knight (now d6 is weak), centralizing my knight. This knight could be very useful hopping into f5 or what not. Then I played f4, to gain space on the kingside and restrict his knights in general. I was planning on playing e5 at some point during the game, but I'm not sure doing that early is a good idea. Maybe after a lot of preparation.
I then wanted to place my bishop on f3, because I was afraid of the e-pawn's protection. I saw that if I played Bf3, he could attack it with Nh4. With that in mind, and also the idea of restricting his knights further and completely pushing him back, I played g4. (diagram).
Unfortunately, this move g4 is a big blunder. Neither me nor my opponent saw why, but with the help of Houdini I now know to be careful in a situation where you leave a lot of holes around your king, in this case, the h4 -e1 diagonal is open, and the e4 pawn is insufficiently protected. With that in mind, my opponent should have played:
As you can see in the above diagrammed moves, Nxe4 followed by Bh4 would have attacked too many pieces, opened up the e-file, and left me in a ton of trouble. My pawn advances would have backfired, and I'd lose some material.
Suffice to say, I'll be more careful in the future about playing moves like g4, and looking out for discovered threats (nxe4, bishop move).
The rest of the game is pretty simple...I attacked d6 with nf5, (put my bishop on f3 to protect e4 like I mentioned earlier), and threatened to win the d6 pawn. Black tried to defend it but got skewered on b6.
Thanks for reading my first game analysis in a while. I hope you either learned something, or got some insight into what I am thinking during a game (or after). It took quite a while to write this post, so I'm thinking I'll have to do this only for slow games, and not every game as I originally planned.
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The jolly bearded man in the red suit isn't the only one who works on Christmas. Many local volunteers and business owners work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, too, and still manage to keep their jolly wits about them.
Tim Garren, chief of Valley Hill Fire and Rescue, will be working a 24-hour shift this Christmas at the Willow Road main station headquarters, but that's OK with him.
"Christmas morning, I may very well get up and have a structure fire, and I'll go because that's my job and I want to help people. Just like all the other firefighters," he said. "We do it because we love helping people. It's not just firefighters — it's the sheriff's department, police, EMS, fire, all of the emergency services — they are all in the same boat. We can't schedule Christmas Day as if we're not going to go on all call that day. … The citizens in Henderson County, no matter whatever agency that protects them or whoever they need help from, can expect those services on Christmas. We will be there any day, every day."
Garren and his wife, Lori, have two older sons — Trace, 20, and Brandon, 15 — but "back when they were younger, they didn't understand" why their dad had to work some Christmases. Garren can't remember offhand what year it was when he last worked on Christmas, but he does remember that he "wanted to get up and enjoy Santa Claus before I had to get up go to work, and sometimes it's hard to leave the family, but as firefighters, that's our job. All firefighters' wives and girlfriends know that that's our job and we can't choose when that alarm comes in and someone needs our help." He added, "A special thanks has to go out to our wives and girlfriends for them understanding and supporting what we do."
The types of fires or other emergency situations he and his fellow firefighters may encounter on Christmas varies from year to year, Garren said. "It could be a weather dependent event, or an accidental fire or a cooking fire or an electrical fire — Christmas Day is no different than any other day. People are busy on Christmas and are running from house to house and seeing other family members, and things get left on or candles remain lighted and things happen."
His department also handles rescue calls. "Wrecks, medical issues — it's a special day, but to us in our field of work, it's just another day."
Still, on Christmas he tries to make the 24-hour shift schedule as palatable to his crew as possible. "We make a valiant effort to make sure the guys with small kids can be home that morning to spend time with their kids," he said. "These guys are sacrificing time away from their family, and we want to give them as much time as possible if they have young kids. They are our family, too."
A Christmas Day fire can be devastating for a family, but a car breakdown can bring the holiday to a screeching halt, too. Tow truck driver Billy Corn knows that all too well.
The owner of Billy's Wrecker and Battery Service in Hendersonville, Corn has been on-call for the past 14 Christmases.
"We are actually expecting an increase of calls this Christmas simply because of the increase we had for Thanksgiving, which is a good indicator," he said. "We run about 10-15 calls on holidays, but this Thanksgiving, we had about 20-25 calls. We'll have five to seven guys on call from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three to four guys will be on call Christmas Eve and through the night into Christmas Day."
Corn said he expects "a lot of routine calls — lockouts and tire changes and jump starts. People are travelling and they might not be used to driving on the mountain roads and you might get a wreck where people need help, but other than that it's just routine."
His wife of 21 years, Charman, is understanding when he has to go on call on holidays, but he also has a son, Payton, 4, and a 22-month-old daughter, Ashton.
"It is hard to take away from family time — it is difficult — but I knew that going into the business about three and a half years ago and that we would work around it," Corn said. "I am used to being the guy who's on call."
As for his employees, he said, "Of course everybody wants to have time with their families, but whenever I hire someone, I make it clear that if the holiday falls during the week, you are on call."
This is the third Christmas that Andy Unguris, community outreach coordinator at the Henderson County Animal Shelter, will be tending to the animals on Christmas Day.
"It's usually pretty quiet," he said. "Adoptions slow down during the colder months, but we do get spurts when animals find homes. The sad part is that we get a little surge of people turning in animals for various reasons, including not wanting to deal with them during the holidays."
He said his wife of more than 16 years, Brookes, along with his children, Annabelle, 4, and Henry, 1, "Absolutely understand that someone needs to care and love the animals for the holiday. Fortunately I only have to clean and care for the animals, which takes about a half day, so I don't have to be away from them too long."
He will work 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., which "limits our traveling, so family usually has to come and see us."
Unguris said that on Christmas he usually gives the animals "an extra treat or two, and I do spend a little more time playing and talking with them. It's nice when just the animals are there. It gives you time to think and really comprehend the situation each animal is in."
The best part of spending time with the animals is that they give "unconditional love," he said. "Some of these animals come from horrendous situations and get dropped off for the dumbest reasons, and they still love you. They don't hide anything. Sometimes they are sad, sometimes happy, but you always know what you get."
Sometimes during the holidays, there will be an uptick in donations and people who come to visit the animals just to pet them and play with them, he said. People who donate "litter, treats and blankets help out a bunch. And we are always looking for volunteers."
Across town, Dan Poeta, owner of Horizon Heating and Air Conditioning in Hendersonville, will also work Christmas. His company is on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
"Things break every day of the year," he said, holidays or not. "I don't recall who ran calls this past Thanksgiving, but I know we had a few on Thanksgiving Day."
He has two children — a daughter, Gabrielle, 14, and a son, Brendan, 10.
"Obviously, we would rather not have to go out on a call on a holiday," Poeta said, "but we're not going to begrudge someone if something breaks on a holiday. They have no control over it, and it's not their fault."
He does give contract customers priority on calls, because they have an ongoing maintenance contract with Horizon, but he also responds to calls from new customers any day of the year.
Three years ago, he remembers the harsh winter of 2010, when he got a call on Christmas morning because a local family woke up with no heat, putting their cozy Christmas in peril.
"We found a relay in the crawl space that was a belly crosser — about 35 feet to crawl to get to it," Poeta recalled. "We found the replacement part — it just happened to be the right part that we had on hand."
He felt very fortunate to find the part he needed, then found out "the family didn't have any funds" to pay the bill. That's when he felt fortunate that he could help out a family in need on Christmas Day.
"We just told them Merry Christmas and went about our day, and everybody felt the better for it. When you can restore their heat on Christmas and they are very grateful, it feels really good when you finish."
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From the minute you arrive, a warm welcome awaits you at the family owned Briardene Hotel in Cleveleys. Enjoy high quality accommodation in one of the 16 en-suite bedrooms, all of a superior standard.
The Briardene has been owned by the Heywood family for more than 30 years and has undergone significant modernisation so that it is now a leading hotel in its field. In fact it's the only 3 star small hotel on the Fylde coast!
Bedrooms are all en-suite with all the luxuries and exactly what you would expect from a 3 star hotel, including:
* bottled water
* full range of hot beverages
* 35 channel flat screen televisions
* telephone and free internet connection
* bath robes and slippers in the deluxe rooms
* room service – of course!
Deano Heywood is the owner and college/Michelin trained chef, with business partner Tracy Heywood who manages front of house.
Recognition for Quality
Shortlisted in 2014: in the Lancashire Tourism Awards in the Small Hotel category.
We were delighted to have been considered to be good enough to be shortlisted from among the many other applicants and hundreds of other small hotels throughout Lancashire. Getting so far is testament to all of our excellent team and the effort which we all put into running our business to make sure that every guest enjoys an excellent stay here at the Briardene.
In January 2013 the Briardene was rated in the top 5% of the English Tourist Board's 3 Star Award, with the breakfasts and restaurant achieving 5 stars – the highest award attainable.
Shortlisted in 2011: For Small Hotel of the Year, Lancashire & Blackpool Tourism Association Awards 2011
Highly commended in 2009: For being Blackpool Tourism hotel of the year, with the Curbside Brasserie also receiving silver award in restaurant of the year competition.
Hotel residents and the general public can enjoy the Table D'hote menu at the Curbside Brasserie.
The Briardene Hotels main function and restaurant room, with a sophisticated and warm ambience, is the venue for breakfast and evening dining for hotel guests and the general public.
Breakfast like a King!
Continental or full english breakfast is served weekdays 7.30 – 9.30am, weekends and bank holidays 8.00 – 9.30am. Non-residents can also enjoy full breakfast at the Briardene – available any day between 8am and 9.30am – just book in advance and enjoy a good start to your day!
Dine in style!
The Residents and Restaurant Menu are both Table D'hote, with options for each course, reasonably priced from £18.95
Open daily to Briardene Hotel residents from 6.30 – 9.00pm. Also open to non-residents Thursday – Saturday 6.30 – 9.30pm
Events and functions
The Briardene Hotel can host any kind of family special event, including christenings, birthday parties and funerals. It's the perfect venue for any occasion, from an intimate birthday celebration to a fancy wedding.
The dining room caters for up to 70 guests at a formal sit-down meal and up to 100 guests in an informal buffet. You might prefer the private dining room for small parties of up to 22 people.
You are very welcome to stay at the Briardene Hotel for one night, a weekend, a full week or longer.
Get the current room rates and tarif from the Briardene Hotel website at this link
Great Reviews
There's nothing like knowing what previous guests think when booking your hotel stay, and the Briardene Hotel gets lots of good feedback.
Here's just one of our great reviews:
"Pleasantly surprised
Don't be deceived by outward appearances, this hotel is a little gem. We needed a last minute stay in the vicinity of Fleetwood so hadn't really got any expectations other than other people's reviews. Our room was immaculately presented and very clean, with all the usual tea/coffee facilities along with added touches like bottled water, biscuits and choccies (yum). The shower was very powerful and yes it did take a couple of minutes to heat up (not half an hour as another reviewer said!) and there was plenty of hot water. Heated towel rail too!
"We ate in the restaurant which was definitely a good move, the food was delicious and beautifully presented, the service was very cheerful and considerate. Breakfast is definitely to be recommended, central table laden with cereals, fruit, juices, croissants, etc and the cooked breakfast comes in 3 sizes, small, normal and hearty (how anyone could eat the hearty one is beyond me – the normal is very large).
"The owners were very customer-focussed and I got the impression that nothing escaped their attention, they were on it all the time. Overall we wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel to anyone and will definitely be our first choice if we visit the area again."
One good thing about online review sites is that it's a continual measure of a business, which is no problem for us here at the Briardene Hotel where we make sure that every guest has a good experience. No longer do hotels anticipate the arrival of a once-a-year inspector, because every single guest has the ability to say exactly what they think about your business for the world to read.
That's a good thing for us here where we keep our standard continually high, and we were delighted to have once again been awarded the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2016 which is only given to the top 10% of businesses.
Reading the good reviews and seeing that our guests have had a great time makes all the hard work from all the team worth it. Reviews like the one above for example.
So if you're thinking about coming to the Fylde Coast this year, why don't you give us a try? You won't be disappointed!
Find out More
Have a look at the Visit Fylde Coast website homepage for more of the latest updates.
If you love the Fylde Coast you ought to sign up for our weekly email newsletter. It's packed full of interesting things and will arrive in your inbox all 52 weeks of the year.
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The recount of the Nov. 5 election results will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
A recount of the Nov. 5 election results will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday to decide a Carroll County road levy and a Harrison Township trustee race.
As it stands, the vote on the 1.7 mill countywide road-maintenance levy was approved by 19 votes — 2,960 for and 2,941 against.
The levy was on the ballot as a renewal. The five-year levy would generate $190,000 for road and bridge repair projects.
Also, the Carroll County Board of Elections recount will decide the contest for a Harrison Township trustee seat. Incumbent Charles Carter has a four-vote lead over challenger Frank Chiurco. The count is 196 to 192.
"I figure the county one (tax issue) will take a while," said Amanda Tubaugh, director of the Carroll County Board of Elections. "We will stay until it is finished."
Carroll County has certified the results of the Nov. 5 General Election.
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From GNUstepWiki
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HOM (short for High Order Messaging) is a mechanism for encapsulating control structures and other programming patterns. It is similar to blocks in Smalltalk and higher order functions in functional languages.
Objective-C does not have blocks. They're not a part of the language, although Brad Cox's Task Master Paper outlines them nicely (and the Portable Object Compiler implements them).
However, it is possible to implement HOM (using trampolines), but HOM is not a language feature at this point.
What does HOM look like?
Suppose you have an NSArray myArray containing objects you want to call a message on. Normally you would have to do something like
[myArray makeObjectsPerformSelector: @selector(someOtherMessage)];
With HOM you simply write
[[myArray do] someOtherMessage];
Simply put: the -do message tells myArray to call -doSomething on each of its objects.
HOM related messages
To further explain how HOM works, here's a list of usual methods including a simple example.
We start by assuming there's an array
NSString *dummy; NSArray *array; dummy = @"one two three four five six seven eight nine ten"; array = [dummy componentsSeparatedByString: @" "];
Now let's see how to use HOM methods on that array and what the results will be:
- -select
Returns members of the array if they respond YES to the argument message -- which necessarily returns a BOOL.
NSArray *array2 = [[array select] hasPrefix: @"t"]; NSLog([array2 description]);
This will give us all numbers starting with a t
(two, three, ten)
- -reject
The inverse of -select; it returns the elements responding NO.
NSArray *array3 = [[array2 reject] hasSuffix: @"e"]; NSLog([array3 description]);
will return all numbers in array2 that do not end with an e
(two, ten)
- -collect
Executes the argument message and returns an array of the responses to the argument message.
NSArray *array4 = [[array3 collect] stringByAppendingString: @" book"]; NSLog([array4 description]);
will add book to all objects in array3
("two book", "ten book")
- -do
Executes the argument message.
NSArray *array5 = [[array collect] mutableCopy]; [[array5 do] appendString: @" eggplants"]; NSLog([array5 description]);
will create a mutable copy of array and append eggplants to each object.
( "one eggplants", "two eggplants", "three eggplants", "four eggplants", "five eggplants", "six eggplants", "seven eggplants", "eight eggplants", "nine eggplants", "ten eggplants" )
As you can see, -do is quite similar to -collect but works on the objects inside the collection (here array5 -- the mutable copy of array) instead of returning a new array (as -collect does).
- -each
Returns each object, similar to -objectEnumerator.
NSArray *string = [[@"I like to eat " collect] stringByAppendingString: [array5 each]];
This is a stupid example (because I do not like eggplants) that would give us
( "I like to eat one eggplants", "I like to eat two eggplants", "I like to eat three eggplants", "I like to eat four eggplants", "I like to eat five eggplants", "I like to eat six eggplants", "I like to eat seven eggplants", "I like to eat eight eggplants", "I like to eat nine eggplants", "I like to eat ten eggplants" )
- -performAfterDelay:
Performs the argument message after a specified delay.
[[someArray performAfterDelay: 5] delayedMessage];
- -ignoreExceptions
Traps and ignores any exception that may occur during execution of the argument message.
[[someArray ignoreExceptions] messageThatMayRaiseAnException];


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Elisabetta Canalis Adopts A Dog
Elisabetta Canalis, current girlfriend of George Clooney, visits a local park where LA Animal Services held a mobile pet adoption and walked away with a new pet dog on Sunday (December 6).
The 31-year-old Italian model played and took pictures with a handful of dogs before deciding on the perfect new friend to take home. Later that day, she went grocery shopping at a local Vons market, picking up a dozen of eggs, some ground meat, and fresh oranges to snack on.
Elisabetta appears on the cover of the latest issue of the German edition of FHM wearing a halter-style bra and thong panties.
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HTC returns to profitability in Q4 – barely
The numbers are in. HTC managed to close out Q4 with a net profit of $10.3 million. While lower than the projected profits of $24.3 million, we're sure HTC's executive team is breathing a sigh of relief that the company remained profitable in 2013. HTC's bottom line in Q4 was helped by the sale of the ... Read More »


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After four months of development and 15 development releases along the
way, I'm pleased to announce that Module::Build 0.36 is now on CPAN.
Version 0.36 will also be included in the next release of the Perl
5.11.X development series. For more, see
I would like to thank everyone who contributed patches, suggestions,
testing or other support to enable this release.
-- David
Here is a summary of major changes since 0.35:
- Added 'Build installdeps' action to install needed dependencies via
a user-configurable command line program. (Defaults to 'cpan'.)
- Command line options may be set via the PERL_MB_OPT environment
variable (similar to PERL_MM_OPT in ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
- Generates MYMETA.yml during Build.PL (new standard protocol for
communicating configuration results between toolchain components)
- Reduced amount of console output under normal operation (use --verbose
to see all output)
- Added experimental inc/ bundling; see Module::Build::Bundling for
New or changed properties:
- Added 'share_dir' property to provide File::ShareDir support;
File::ShareDir automatically added to 'requires' if 'share_dir' is set
- Added 'needs_compiler' property. Defaults to true if XS or c_source
exist. If true, ExtUtils::CBuilder is also added to build_requires.
- 'C_support' is no longer an optional feature. Modern ExtUtils::CBuilder
and ExtUtils::ParseXS added to the 'requires' list. This ensures that
upgrading Module::Build will upgrade these critical modules.
- Clarified that 'apache' in the license attribute indicates the Apache
License 2.0 and added 'apache_1_1' for the older version of the license
- Module::Build::Compat 'passthrough' style has been deprecated. Using
'passthrough' will issue warnings on Makefile.PL generation. See
Module::Build::Compat documentation for rationale.
- Replaced use of YAML.pm with YAML::Tiny; Module::Build::YAML is now
based on YAML::Tiny as well
- A new get_metadata() method has been added as a simpler wrapper around
the old, kludgy prepare_metadata() API.
- Replaced guts of new_from_context(). Build.PL is now executed in a
separate process before resume() is called. (This is generally only of
interest to Module::Build or toolchain developers) (RT#49350)
- Add support for 'package NAME VERSION' syntax added in Perl 5.11.1
Notable bug fixes:
- The "test" action now dies when using the 'use_tap_harness'
option and tests fail, matching the behavior under Test::Harness.
(RT#49080) [initial patch from David Wheeler; revised by David Golden]
- Updated PPM generation to PPM v4 (RT#49600) [Olivier Mengue]
- When module_name is not supplied, no packlist was being written; fixed
by guessing module_name from dist_version_from or the directory name
(just like ExtUtils::Manifest does without NAME) [David Golden]
- Failure to detect a compiler will now warn during Build.PL and be a
fatal error when trying to compile during Build. (RT#48918) [David
- Auto-detection of abstract and author fixed for mixed-case POD headers
(RT#51117) [David Wheeler]
- resume() was not restoring additions to @INC added in Build.PL
(RT#50145) [David Golden]
- When tarball paths are less than 100 characters, disables 'prefix'
mode of Archive::Tar for maximum compatibility (RT#50571) [David Golden]
- Merging 'requires' and 'build_requires' in Module::Build::Compat could
lead to duplicate PREREQ_PM entries; now the highest version is used
for PREREQ_PM. (RT#50948) [David Golden]
- Module::Build::Compat will now die with an error if advanced,
non-numeric prerequisites are given, as these are not supported by
ExtUtils::MakeMaker in PREREQ_PM [David Golden]
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Ah, Chuseok (추석), Korean Harvest Festival, a time for families to come together, honoring their ancestors, indulging in a plethora of rice cakes, fruits, and other delights of a bountiful harvest, all while getting pissed on wonderful seasonal rice wines.
The ROK Navy would like to take this beautiful autumnal moment to extend their heartfelt well-wishes for a happy and joyous Chuseok (즐거운 한가위 되세요), evoking the beauty of this Asian fall festival through images of copious fruits ready for harvest on fall-colored tree branches (because, duh, autumn) and flying birds (Asians love Asian-y looking birds). Also, the ROK Navy would like to let everyone know, especially Japan, that during this joyous Chuseok: DOKDO IS KOREAN TERRITORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Chuseok, and stay ever-vigilant, friends, because you never know what those shifty Japanese might do while you're drunk, full of
mochi Korean mochi Songpyeon, and enjoying seasonal, Sumo Korean Sumo definitely NOT AT ALL related to Japan, Ssireum matches.


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Photos: When hippies ruled
Photos: When hippies ruled
The MFA's smart, new show "Hippie Chic" reflects back on the days when bedsheets became dresses and tie-dye ruled. Pictured, Barry and Yosha Finch designs.
Colorful dresses created by designer Geoffrey Beene in the 1970s are on display at the MFA exhibit.
A hanging chair designed by Walker Weed.
Outfits in "Hippie Chic" that show the influence of the styles on mainstream designers.
A man's jacket by Norman Stubbs.
A woman's tie-dyed outfit designed by Halston.
The real strength of "Hippie Chic" is the re-introduction of the wildly influential designers of this era, many British, and many whose commercial successes slowly evaporated as Watergate crushed the buzz from the Summer of Love.


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Ravens veteran free safety Ed Reed has never embraced a conventional approach.
So the Louisiana native wasn't keen on the idea of retiring after a Super Bowl victory in front of his family and friends.
Following the Ravens' 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Reed declared in the locker room emphatically that he has more football left in him.
"This is not it," Reed shouted. "This is not it. I'm not done."
Reed, 34, has battled multiple health issues, including a torn shoulder labrum and a nerve impingement.
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Vienna soft fresh Bagels are delicious! Unlike donuts, bagels are baked and is a healthier choice, whereas donuts are deep fried. Moreover, bagels can have a wider range of flavoring from sweet to savory while donuts is mostly sweet flavored (if you haven't realized).
Vienna soft fresh Bagels in a fancy box
The box for orders of 3 donuts and above comes in a fancy shape that lets you carry them home!
(From left) Double Nutz, Le Chocolat Fromage and Italiano
Double Nutz is covered with peanut butter with ground peanuts while Le Chocolat Fromage is covered with dark chocolate with grated parmesan cheese and Italiano contains sliced pepperonies with shredded romanos!
All of them are wholesome and delicious, especially when they are out hot from the oven!
Vienna soft fresh Bagels is located on the 3rd floor of Suria KLCC, just outside TGV Cinema.
And lastly, there are 25 flavors to choose from! Go spoil yourself!
- 1 Bagel – RM 3.20
- 3 Bagels Combo – RM 8.00
- 6 Bagels Combo – RM 15.00
Vienna Bagels,
K35, Level 3, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre,
50088 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
My Ratings (1-5)
- Food – 4.0
- Service – 3.0
- Ambiance – 3.0


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Mona K needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Design only (uncoded)
We're in the process of creating a new product review site of Chinese Learning courses/softwares in the language learning industry. We plan to review and compare some of the top companies in this niche. We need a high quality design that appeals to our target audience - travelers, Managements/Sales professionals looking at doing business with China.
Language Learning Course Reviews - languagelearningcoursereviews.com
As mentioned in the project summary, we're building a new review and comparison site in the Chinese learning category. We're looking to create an authority site that is considered the leading source of information for Chinese learning courses/softwares.
Our Target Audience:
- Travelers
- Management/Sales/Finance professionals
- Small businesses
- Technical support staff
- Students
Purpose of the site:
This is a pre-sales site that will educate customers about Chinese learning courses/softwares. We want them to learn about the benefits of learning Chinese, and show them some of the top courses/softwares.
Here are examples of courses/merchants that will be featured on the site:
- Rocket Chinese
- Fluenz Mandain
- Pimsleur Mandain
- Tell Me More Chinese
- Rosetta Stone Chinese Level 1
Design Style:
We need a creative design which depicts the purpose of site and appeals to prospective customers mainly travelers and professionals. We want a Web 2.0 design that is clean and easy to navigate.
We would like the background similar to the below listed site; in Red and Black combination but the pattern should be either Chinese characters or something else that represents Chinese language:
Use the following site designs as inspiration for your own original design:
1) http://chinesepod.com/
2) http://www.fluenz.com/languages/man…index.html (One of the Merchants)
3) http://www.rosettastone.com/persona…e-mandarin (One of the Merchants)
Project Sitemap:
You can download a copy of our project sitemap here:
Project Wireframes:
You can view a wireframe of our home page here:
You can view a wireframes of a few of our sub pages here:
All contest entrants should create both a home page design and one sub page design. We will give special consideration to those who go above and beyond by providing a design for all three pages.
Contest Notes:
We will give feedback to all entries with 4 and 5 star ratings. We are not interested in entries that we rate with 3 stars or less.
Stock Photos:
We recommend that all contestants use iStockPhoto or a similar service for the site images. Please use the comp images in your design submissions.
We will pay for the winning contestants stock images. Please bookmark or save the image numbers so we can easily locate them and pay for a license.
If you have any questions or feedback for us please leave a comment in the discussion thread. We will be checking this on a regular basis while the contest is happening.
Good luck on the contest. We look forward to seeing your work!
Future Opportunities:
Even if you don't win this contest we are still interested in quality designers for future projects. We will exchange contact information with 4 and 5 star entrants for the potential to work on future projects.
- Professional site
- Web 2.0 style site
- Red and Black pattern as the background, gray or white or other creative, professional colors for other design elements
- Original design concept
- Usable site
- Fast loading graphics
- Professional imagery that shows chinese language course in action
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The following images are the result of an interesting story (at least to me). The structure left behind was one of four, attached townhouses. Three of the units, A, B, and D, were foreclosed. The bank wanted them demolished thinking the beachfront property was more valuable vacant. Hold on there, the owner of unit C wanted to keep his standing. The bank went ahead with the demolition of their three units, one on the west side and two on the east, and this is the result:
Yes, that's drywall on the exterior sides. Note that portions of unit C still encroach onto the bank's properties. The owner wants to weather proof the unit and move in. But how does he do that without trespassing on the bank's properties?


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The king is, well, not exactly dead. But Apple's stock has taken a pretty serious knee-capping this week, compounding a slide that began in September. And as a result, Exxon is once again king of the stock markets.
On Friday, Exxon became the world's most valuable company as Apple's stock fell in midday trading $10.46, or 2.32%, to $440.04.
In midday trading, Exxon boasted a $417.59 billion market cap; Apple's was $412.36 billion. The days of August, when people were debating whether Apple had set the record for the most valuable company in history, now seem like a dream from another era.
QUIZ: Test your Apple knowledge
Apple's stock has now dropped 37% since its September high of $702.10. In just the last two days, the stock is down 14.6%.
The question now facing Apple investors is just how far the stock can tumble before it reaches equilibrium.
While there has been a touch of schadenfreude as people watch analysts rein in bullish estimates and large Apple shareholders count their losses, it's worth noting that the company's stock is one of the most widely held in the world. It might be hard to find anyone with a pension fund or 401(k) who has not at least been affected a little by Apple's stock decline.


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Resistant Bacteria Found in US Pork Products
Via California Watch
Researchers have found higher-than-expected levels of deadly bacteria in what is considered the largest sampling of raw retail meat products in the United States.
A team of researchers at the University of Iowa collected 256 samples of pork from 35 retail stores in Iowa, Minnesota and New Jersey. Samples included pork chops, ground pork, riblets, ribs, sausage, blade steak, cube steaks, pork loin, pork roasts and pork cutlets.
The researchers found that nearly 7 percent of the products tested contained methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
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Researchers from the National Pork Board were quick to point out that not all MRSA strains are harmful to people. Indeed, livestock strains of the bacteria show little effect, if any, on people.
"Their results are not unexpected," said Jennifer Koeman, director of public health for the National Pork Board. "The prevalence is comparable or less than seen in other countries."
But while nearly a quarter of the MRSA strains identified in the study were of the livestock variety, 50 percent were human strains, said Tara Smith, lead author of the study and an epidemiological researcher at the University of Iowa.
"These are common human strains," Smith said. "These strains do cause infections in people."
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria is one of the leading agents of food poisoning in the U.S., causing an estimated 185,000 cases every year. The bacteria has been associated with serious, sometimes deadly blood, skin and other organ infections in people. Research indicates that a growing number of these bacterial infections are resistant to standard antibiotic treatment.
MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant form of Staphylococcus aureus, was once associated only with hospital infections. But a growing number of cases are being found outside of hospitals, and community-associated MRSA is now considered the leading cause of skin and soft-tissue infections treated in emergency rooms.
Smith, who is also the interim director of the University of Iowa's Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, said she was surprised at the prevalence of staph bacteria found in their samples.
Nearly two-thirds of the samples contained some form of the staph bacteria.
However, the researchers found no difference between the incidence of MRSA – the antibiotic-resistant form of staph – in conventionally produced pork products and those produced without the use of antibiotics.
"We were surprised to see no significant difference in antibiotic-free and conventionally produced pork," Smith said. "Though it's possible that this finding had more to do with the handling of the raw meat at the plant than the way the animals were raised, it's certainly worth exploring further."
According to Smith, unlike products that are stamped with the organic label, products with the label "raised without antibiotics" are not routinely verified by an independent third party. In addition, pork produced conventionally and alternatively can be processed at the same plants and, therefore, contamination can occur.
"It's hard to say, just taking the end product, where the contamination came from," she said.
Related News: Supreme Court Overturns Calif. 'Slaughterhouse Law'
She said she worries that consumers may become too complacent with food handling when they see a product stamped with organic or antibiotic-free, because it doesn't mean it is free of bacterial contamination.
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Liz Wagstrom, a scientist with the National Pork Producers Council, said that regardless of the health risk posed by some of these strains, it is "always a good idea to wash your hands."
This post also appears at California Watch, a content partner of KQED News.