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There are words you really don't want to hear - ''You've still got that lump on your back''. Even more unwelcome - ''I think it's getting bigger''.
These statements began my journey to a place I call ''Now Or Neverland''. Unlike Peter Pan's magical destination, you can't reach Now Or Neverland by flying ''second to the right, and straight on till morning''. Access can be obtained only by arriving at a singular realisation: my life is finite.
Of course, we all know this intellectually but to gain entry to Now Or Neverland you have to feel this finality in the very marrow of your bones. Usually something happens. A parent dies, a child leaves home, a friend has an illness, or your wife tells you that you're turning into Quasimodo.
''You should see someone about it,'' suggests Anna, my aforementioned spouse. This seems an eminently sensible and wise course of action but instead I opt for another strategy - denial. I develop a theory that renders my lump innocuous. I've probably injured muscle tissue by pressing down too strongly on the portable wooden massager I roll my back over every night. Let's see what happens if I stop using it for a while.
Weeks pass. Lump unchanged. Maybe it's not the massager. My mind is now occupied with another possibility - a cancerous growth spreading through my body like a mutant alien life form intent on causing my untimely departure from the planet.
The borders of Now Or Neverland are often crossed in the dead of night and always alone. At 3am one morning, I decide to do something. Something a little strange.
I sit down and compile a list of all the people I have known reasonably well who are now dead. I think I do this in an attempt to bring home the reality of mortality and thus motivate myself to have my lump examined. I'm expecting to compile about a dozen names. Soon I have 47. I'm lucky. The list does not include any close friends or immediate family. But I know one day it will. And I know one day I will be on someone else's list.
This thought propels me onto my feet. I strip off my T-shirt and stand with my back to a full-length mirror. Twisting my head over my right shoulder, I strain to reach the lump with the fingertips of my left hand. During this attempt, I meet my own eyes in the reflection. And that's when I get it. My life is finite. Of course the lump is a tumour. Undoubtedly malignant, untreatable and one of many buried within my corporeal frame. The gates of Now Or Neverland yawn open and I enter.
Weeks pass and Anna gives up nagging me about getting the lump checked because of the misguided belief that I am a mature adult who will eventually seek appropriate medical advice. But since my encounter with the mirror, I have adopted an alternative approach for dealing with the issue - frenzied activity.
Like J. M. Barrie's Captain Hook, I feel the crocodile of time pursuing me. There's so much I want to do before the clock stops ticking. Projects to create, places to see, words to say, people to meet, things to learn, love to give. Not at some hypothetical future date. Now. Or never.
Over the next couple of months, my dedication to urgent action builds to a crescendo that frequently leaves me with a palpitating heart. Anxious and exhausted, the irony of suffering a cardiac arrest while trying to outrun death does not escape me. I decide that it's finally time to be a grown-up.
At the surgery, I tell the doctor about my lump and my massager causation theory in the one sentence as if to ward off any alternative diagnosis. The doc is behind me so I can't read his facial expressions as he moves his fingers over and around the lump for what seems like an eternity. This is what he says next: ''Well, I hate to disagree with your theory … (pause) … but this is a tumour … (excruciating pause) … you have a lipoma or fat tumour, which is quite common and basically nothing to worry about.''
Fat tumour? I learn later that 1 per cent of the population have different types of lipomas. They are usually found in people between the ages of 40 and 60 and can occur in any part of the body. They are not glamorous but they are almost always harmless.
Leaving the surgery, I feel relieved but not released. I know that I cannot use the doctor's words as an exit visa allowing me passage back to the world of the Lost Boys, where we are told that life goes on forever. I have felt the full force my own finitude and there is no return from that realisation.
However, after my examination I soon find that being a permanent citizen of Now or Neverland brings blessings. The ticking of the crocodile gradually fades. I begin to see clearly that time is indeed precious and not to be wasted and that this includes not wasting it by pursuing fabricated urgencies that rob us of the richness inherent in every moment.
Every night, I roll my back over my massager, pausing as it connects with my subcutaneous lipoma. I focus on my breath as the air passes in and out of my nostrils. ''I'm alive,'' I whisper. For a while, I let the future take care of itself. There is nothing to do but be. The present is all there is for me and my lump and everything else.
''To die will be an awfully big adventure,'' Peter Pan tells us. He may be right - and for all we know, there may never be a never. Who can say for sure? But to live fully right here and now, that's an awfully big challenge that we all have to grow up and face sometime. Like it or lump it.
Mike Carlton is on leave.


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New leaked picture of Samsung Galaxy S IV resembles earlier image
0. phoneArena posted on 27 Feb 2013, 23:59
It is not clear and is dark, but nonetheless, it is supposedly a picture of the eagerly awaited Samsung Galaxy S IV; the photo does resemble the previous leaked image alleged to be that of Samsung's flagship Android handset which is rumored to be sporting a 4.99 inch FHD display and is said to be powered by a quad-core 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor in the states and a quad-core Samsung Exynos Octa processor internationally...
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1. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Square corners? Really?
Now HTC, Nokia, Sony, LG, AND Samsung? Let's hope this isn't the case. The rounded corners are one of my favorite design aspects of the Galaxy S3- seems to make the phone seem smaller than it is.
9. PhoenixWright (Posts: 102; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
I like square corners :D
Didn't really like the S3 look, but the Hardaware and Software were the biggest trade-off. Same goes for the Note 2 :D
12. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Everyone has square corners now!
I didn't particularly like it either but the round corners I did like. I wouldn't mind if the device had some sort of curved shape to it, not just a flat rectangle (im looking at you Sony).
13. PhoenixWright (Posts: 102; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
I'm waiting for a 100% round phone with no bezel to pop up somewhere :D
22. pyradark (Posts: 882; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
flat rectangle but premium and great build quality unlike plastic(im looking at you Sammy)
37. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
I love how this comment is directed at mine when I said nothing about build quality. I agree with you if it makes you feel better, but what I want is a premium rounded design, a la HTC One X.
21. tiara6918 (Posts: 2111; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Yeah, I prefer the square corners. It looks good on the s,s2 and the soon to be s4. It's a good thing they're leaving the ugly edges on the s3(that's the reason I decided to go for the htc one x because I didn't like the design of the s3)
46. zhiae (unregistered)
im glad it is not same frame
14. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
Round corners are much comfortable to hold.
40. Legnaldo (Posts: 63; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I would imagine it having something to do with apple patenting round corners on rectangular devices....
41. TBomb (Posts: 846; Member since: 28 Dec 2012)
was thinking the same exact thing
47. Rager722 (Posts: 319; Member since: 30 Jan 2013)
iPhone and Blackberry as well. LOL
2. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Mr.blurrycam got his ass kicked by Mr.silhouettecam WTF! I see a screen, how descriptive! I know you're taking the picture in some closet in some samsung lab somewhere, but use the flash man!
3. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
He would be afraid of showing his Sony device that has a Samsung Galaxy S IV page running.
18. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
they should have used nokia pureview to get image more accurate........lol....lol
42. GTR722 (Posts: 270; Member since: 20 Oct 2012)
Body looks exactly like an Xperia Z
4. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
The arrangements of letters in the two pics are totally different!
6. abdane (Posts: 494; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
and one is bluish, one is yellowish... imma w8 for the real thing to judge ! haha
27. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
yah ur right, the first leak has wrong letter arrangements
the text logo must be> the "g" of Samsung must be on top of the "X" in GALAXY> which is seen on that latest boot screen leak..
5. abchco123 (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Aug 2012)
Yeah, I'm not really liking the square corners, and if it has on-screen buttons, then I'm done.
The galaxy s3 is beautiful, from this leak, it seems so over-used .
7. ama3654 (Posts: 295; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
Mehn i hope not, the photo on the right definitely indicates an LCD, Amoled is pure black and doesn't use back-light
8. louiemapa (Posts: 28; Member since: 01 Nov 2012)
It should've been shot by a 920, it excels in low light.. XD
10. PhoenixWright (Posts: 102; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
NOOOOO, That way then we'd see what the whole phone looks like. The hype will disappear :D
16. louiemapa (Posts: 28; Member since: 01 Nov 2012)
Oh.. you're right sorry.. XD
11. akbar (Posts: 62; Member since: 09 Feb 2012)
Create a random pixel mash-up and PA will post it as the "secret" phone of company X. Seriously, I know you need clicks for the adds but please exercise some journalistic standards.
15. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
Does the new pic on the left looks amoled display?
28. Diego! (Posts: 677; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
Yes, I thought exactly the same. But the letters look crazy compared to the other phones of the Galaxy S series.
32. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
About the letters it isn't a blurrycam shot. If you take a closer look the words are getting projected out 3d.
As far as I know, this phone is the trend setter for every sammy device coming up.
17. zippolite28 (Posts: 107; Member since: 28 Sep 2012)
God Knows... But i really dont prefer AMOLED Display .. Screen looks over coloured
19. omarr (banned) (Posts: 149; Member since: 15 Sep 2012)
It has the same corners as iCrap 5 !! Sued in 3 2 1 ......

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For the second straight year, the Chicago Bears enter the regular season full of offensive hope and promise. But after finishing in the top half of the NFL on that side of the ball just once in the last 11 years, they've got a ways to go before proving their skeptics wrong. Just don't count two-time Pro-Bowler, and week one opponent Geno Atkins of the Cincinnati Bengals among them.
Atkins believes the Bears offense is in fact ready to break out, and that it will be up to his Bengals to keep that from happening on Sunday. But without much film on new Bears head coach Marc Trestman's offense, Cincinnati defenders are left to focus on their own techniques to do so.
"We've just been watching the preseason and just basically going out there and playing with our fundamentals and see what happens," said Atkins in a conference call with reporters Wednesday.
Atkins is considered one of the NFL's most dominating young defensive linemen, and he's got the paycheck to prove it. The Bengals reportedly signed him to a five-year, $55-million extension this week. It's the second major contract for a Bengals' defensive lineman this summer, after defensive end Carlos Dunlap also signed.
That cohesion is what Atkins believes gives the Bengals an advantage.
"We've been playing together, especially on the [defensive line] and the linebacking corps, we've been playing together for a good three years now," said Atkins. It's rare to see a d-line especially stay in tact like that…so it's very close knit… so it's great."
The Bears will start two rookie offensive linemen Sunday, something that traditionally would spell disaster against players like Atkins. But he's been impressed with both players, especially Long.
"He's big and he's physical," Akins said. "He's very aggressive and he's a strong player. By watching him you can tell he likes to get after d-lineman, basically likes to get off and be aggressive and show his strength."
If the offensive line can hold up, the Bears should be able to play to their strengths. That means getting the ball into the hands of their most skilled athletes.
"They've got tons of playmakers like Jay Cutler, Matt Forte, Michael Bush,…and Brandon Marshall. So they're already loaded so we just have to get after them."
Chicago will need those playmakers to come through if they want to avoid a repeat of their last matchup with the Bengals. That game came early in the 2009 season, and was one of the most disastrous in recent Chicago Bears' history. The Bengals romped to a 45-10 victory at home, beginning a 4-7 spiral to end the Bears' season.
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Lindbergh, Hazen win district swim team championships
Both the Hazen and Lindbergh Boys swim teams were crowned as West Central District Swim Champions this past weekend.
Hazen won the 3A championship and Lindbergh won the 2A Championship.
First place winners were as follows:
• 200-yard medley relay: Nolan Hoover, Conner Broughton, Derek Wei, Malcolm Mitchell;
• Conner Broughton, 500-yard Freestyle;
• 400-yard freestyle relay: Sergio Licea, Derek Wei, Conner Broughton, Malcolm Mitchell
• Andrew Franco-Munoz, 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle
Athletes from all three Renton School District programs will move on to the State Swim Meet this Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way.
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The 31-year-old striker announced his international retirement in February, but a summer move from Celtic to West Brom has prompted a rethink.
National manager John Toshack favours a speedier front line but he has welcomed the back-up that Hartson can provide.
"I spoke to John (Toshack) on Monday and said that if I'm needed I'm there for him," said Hartson.
"He was delighted with that. He doesn't want me to travel half-way round the world if I'm not going to play, but if there are injuries or suspensions then I am available."
Hartson's original decision to quit was prompted by a desire to see more of his children, but having moved closer to his native Swansea he has more time.
"If Wales need me they will give me plenty of notice, I'm half out of retirement," said the 6ft 1ins target man.
Hartson made his Wales debut in March 1995 in an away match against Bulgaria, and went on to score 14 goals up to his last appearance against Cyprus last November.
"Hartson has done things in the right way, he phoned me to tell me that he was available again," said Toshack.
"That's great and we will consider him in the future, but I must say the lads who have come in have done well.
"I made it clear to John that with the style we will be playing at times it would not fit in with the way he plays, but I am happy that he is available and it does give me that extra option."
Liverpool and Wales front man Craig Bellamy was also happy to learn that he could partner the West Brom striker once again.
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More music picks for your Monday, with an assist from Rob. If you like what you hear, use the links provided to snag it for yourself from Amazon. Doing so through us gives us kickbacks, and those help pay for stuff like more bandwidth. And also so we can buy more music.
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First up, a band I heard of via one of the few music blogs I still have time to peruse, Aurgasm--it's The Staves, a trio of sisters from England who sound absolutely amazing. And trust me--I've been looking through a lot of music for this post--so nice to hear people who can pull their stuff off live. Granted, they're not trying to speed around on Segways or fly through the air on a harness...but it's just nice. Speaking of live, here's "Icarus" from their Mexico EP.
Next up, a pair of tracks: first, Wolf Alice another trio from England...difference is, their song doesn't stay the same and sort of explodes halfway in. But that's okay, we like the musical explodo. It's "Leaving You." Couldn't find anything beyond this single. Following that is the new single from Local Natives out of Los Angeles. It's "Breakers," and it comes out tomorrow as an MP3 single.
Next up, another pair: A Fine Frenzy, aka Alison Sudol, originally from Seattle. This is off her latest album, Pines, which came out this month. It's "They Can't If You Don't Let Them." Followed by a track from West End Motel. This is a side project from Brent Hinds of Mastadon...and while I'm not a fan of Mastadon's music, I can dig the absolute hell out of this. It's the new single "Burn It Down" from the album Only Time Will Tell, which streets at the end of the month.
And lastly, Rob pointed us at this via the compilation PDX Pop Now!, which comes out every year. Rob says, "Two discs of great music from Portland, Oregon featuring M. Ward, Wild Ones, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Tu Fawning, Pancake Breakfast and much more. The release is designed to showcase the immense talent coming out of Portland while helping foster awesomeness in sound & bringing together that community culturally." And one of my favorite tracks on the album, which gives me great joy? "Wish I Could Love" by Hollywood Tans. Just so good. The compilation can be bought from their official site here. And you can download the Tans' album, Stolen Stereo, for free here.


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Cranberry Pear Salad Recipe
MY HUSBAND and I celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary in August - which is also how long I've had this recipe. I like to serve the salad on a bed of lettuce and sometimes garnish it with dates. This delicious salad is easy to prepare when time is short. -Edna Hoffman, Hebron, Indiana
- 1 can (8 ounces) pear halves
- Lettuce leaves
- 1/2 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce
- Toasted sliced almonds, optional
- 1. Drain pears, reserving 1 tablespoon juice (discard remaining juice or refrigerate for another use). Place pears, cut side up, on a lettuce-line plate. Combine the cranberry sauce and reserved pear juice; spoon over pears. Sprinkle with almonds if desired. Yield: 2 servings.
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I eat ground flax pretty much everyday. Summer, winter, spring and fall. It is easy to sprinkle a tablespoon or two on cereal, hot or cold. The flavor is pleasantly nutty and it provides good nutritional benefit to start the day right. While there are many health benefits that I appreciate, I eat flax for one very important reason. Regularity. There, I said it. Flax does an awesome job of combating constipation.
It takes an arsenal of tactics to keep me going. Including pre and probiotics, lots of fiber and fluid, and regular exercise. Flax is a tasty part of the regimen.
If you are new to ground flax, I must caution you though, start slow. Start with just a teaspoon and increase the amount slowly. More is not better to start.
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The whole seeds are difficult to digest and may go right through you. The healthful fats are very perishable and spoil quickly. So grind small amounts in a coffee grinder and store in the fridge or freezer. And the color does not matter. Brown or golden seeds offer the same nutritional benefit.
Ground flax seeds are often used as an egg substitute in bakery goods. The common recommendation is to put 1 tablespoon in a small dish and add 3 tablespoons of hot water. Stir until the mixture thickens, when the soluble fiber has soaked up the water.
whole and ground, brown and golden flax seeds photo by AlishaV
I find this works sometimes and sometimes it is too "wet". When I mix 3 tablespoons ground flax with 3 tablespoons hot water, I get a very very thick paste. This thick mixture works really well in my usual waffle recipe. I need to vigorously whisk this paste into the other wet ingredients to mix it well. The finished waffles are super crispy on the outside and perfectly moist inside. They do stick to the waffle maker more, so be sure to oil it well, every time.
Nutritionally, flax is almost 30% fiber, a mix of soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber lowers blood cholesterol, and insoluble fiber combats constipation. Flax seed is about 40% fat, over half is the very important omega3 ALA (alpha-linolenic acid). Flax is by far the richest source of lignan, a specific type of antioxidant.
Research is underway. Flax fiber, ALA, and lignan may work together to reduce or treat numerous health problems. These include inflammation, type 2 diabetes, heart and vascular disease, cancers (particularly breast and colon), the immune disorders of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and lupus, and even hot flashes.


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The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) generally covers employers with 100 or more employees, not counting those who have worked less than six months in the last 12 months and those who work an average of less than 20 hours a week. Regular federal, state, and local government entities that provide public services are not covered. Employees entitled to notice under WARN include managers and supervisors as well as hourly and salaried workers.
Basic Provisions/Requirements
WARN protects workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs. Advance notice gives workers and their families some transition time to adjust to the prospective loss of employment, to seek and obtain other jobs and, if necessary, to enter skill training or retraining that will allow these workers to compete successfully in the job market. WARN also provides for notice to state dislocated worker units so that they can promptly offer dislocated worker assistance.
A covered plant closing occurs when a facility or operating unit is shut down for more than six months, or when 50 or more employees lose their jobs during any 30‑day period at a single site of employment. A covered mass layoff occurs when a layoff of six months or longer affects either 500 or more workers or at least 33 percent of the employer's workforce when the layoff affects between 50 and 499 workers. The number of affected workers is the total number laid off during a 30‑day (or in some cases 90‑day) period.
WARN does not apply to closure of temporary facilities, or the completion of an activity when the workers were hired only for the duration of that activity. WARN also provides for less than 60 days notice when the layoffs resulted from closure of a faltering company, unforeseeable business circumstances, or a natural disaster.
Employee Rights
Workers or their representatives, and units of local government may bring individual or class action suits. U.S. district courts enforce WARN requirements. The Court may allow reasonable attorney's fees as part of any final judgment.
An employer who violates the WARN provisions is liable to each employee for an amount equal to back pay and benefits for the period of the violation, up to 60 days. This may be reduced by the period of any notice that was given, and any voluntary payments that the employer made to the employee.
An employer who fails to provide the required notice to the unit of local government is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each day of violation. The employer may avoid this penalty by satisfying the liability to each employee within three weeks after the closing or layoff.
Relation to State, Local, and Other Federal Laws
WARN does not preempt any other federal, state, or local law, or any employer/employee agreement that requires other notification or benefit. Rather, the rights provided by WARN supplement those provided by other federal, state, or local laws.
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ST. PETERSBURG — It was a different Mayor Bill Foster on display before television cameras and City Hall workers Monday after a shootout left two of his police officers dead.
Gone was the laid-back manner that marked Foster's relatively placid first year in office and the cool, abstract lawyer who liked to debate the finer points of zoning laws and budget. In its place was a visibly shaken Foster, trying to make sense of two killings in a city that he says he knows better than anyone.
"It's hard to get your hands around that we lost two," Foster said at the end of an afternoon news conference. "This is uncharted territory."
His world changed as he drove his son to school about 7:45 a.m. He he got a call from fire Chief Jim Large, who told him about gunfire on 28th Avenue S.
Foster dropped off his son and went to the scene. For more than two hours, he said, he watched as police exchanged fire and tried to rescue K-9 Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz, who was trapped in an attic.
"I wasn't going to leave until I knew he was out," Foster said. Yaslowitz was recovered about 9:30 a.m. and taken to Bayfront Medical Center, where wounded Sgt. Thomas Baitinger had been taken. Both were pronounced dead.
At 11 a.m., Foster and police Chief Chuck Harmon told reporters that the officers had died.
"It's a dark day for the city of St. Petersburg," Foster said.
As Harmon described the two men, the mayor looked to the ground and frowned. When tears streaked down his face, he grabbed a tissue from his pocket and wiped his face.
Throughout the day, Foster grappled with how this could happen in "his city": a place his great grandparents helped found, where he grew up and raised a family.
He said he went home briefly after the news conference.
"I hugged my wife, I cried," he said. "I got that out of my system. I knew that a lot of people in this city are depending on me to be strong."
Later, he went to City Hall to talk with City Administrator Tish Elston. He canceled his meetings, but he told her that employees needed to keep working.
He returned to the scene about 2:30 p.m. to get a better sense of who did this in his city.
"It was important for me to see the bad guy," he said. When asked why, Foster replied: "There's no mayor's manual in how to react. A lot of it is emotional."
He was briefed by officers, and he said it assured him that officers had followed protocol.
"It was textbook," Foster said.
Facing reporters again at a 4 p.m. briefing, Foster was still emotional, but more confident.
"It's time to grieve for the officers we lost, and for their families," he said. "We need to lift them up with support and prayer."
He received calls of support all day from other officials, such as Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard, former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.
"Pam said, 'No one knows what you're going through, but I do,' " said Foster, who called her last year after two Tampa officers were killed. "She said there's a lot of assistance that goes to police and firefighters after something like this, but nothing for mayors."
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During the month of March, Curves of Lebanon will participate in the 11th Annual Curves Food Drive to benefit local food banks.
Collectively, during the past five years, nearly 50 million pounds of food were distributed to local communities all over the world through the Curves Food Drive.
By CONNIE ESH
The Wilson Post
Catching littering drivers can help Lebanon be more beautiful and add revenue to the city or county general fund as well, said an official with a state beautification organization.
Keep TN Beautiful (KTnB) Community Development Specialist Howard Cobbs told people how they can help at a recent Lebanon Beautification event.
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A Lebanon woman was arrested Monday by Metro Nashville Police and charged with attempted child abuse, a felony.
Julie Ann Hardin of Callis Road, Lebanon, was arrested Feb. 19 by Nashville Police, suspected of tampering with her 4-year-old son's IV in an attempt to harm the child. She was charged then with felony aggravated assault.
By JENNIFER HORTON
The Wilson Post
A Lebanon man was arrested Sunday night and is expected to face charges after authorities discovered close to 50 pounds of marijuana, weapons including an assault rifle and more than $10,000 in cash.
Arrested was Vance Clemmons, 22, of 229 East Old LaGuardo Road, Lebanon.
Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said authorities served a search warrant and at the residence where they reportedly found about 50 pounds of marijuana, an SKS assault rifle, two handguns and $10,207 in cash.
Clemmons, said Det. Jeremy Reich, has a juvenile record.
"He's somebody known to us," Ashe added.
Group claims Lakeview trying to ban God
By CONNIE ESH
The Wilson Post
A group of parents are suing Wilson County Schools claiming the schools are trying to take God out of the school.
The parents of one child sued the school system in 2006 for promoting religion when a group called Praying Parents was allowed to meet at the school.
In that case, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Echols ruled in 2007 the school, Lakeview Elementary, had given preferred treatment to the group, and ordered the board to pay $171,000, for the family's legal fees.
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Andrew L.wrote a review of Nixon Ceramic Player Watch - Men's on October 20, 2011
Dope Watch - Best Watch I've ever owned. I'll keep it for years.
I have owned both the white and black ceramic player. I have no complaints at all. Life time warranty, I've gotten them replaced twice when the ceramic cracked. They sent me brand new watches instead of fixing them. These watches don't scratch. I wear mine in all conditions and it still looks brand new. They have a unique shine to them because they are polished with diamond dust. I'm always getting compliments on my ceramic player. It's classier than the ceramic 51-30.


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The actor is 'pissed' with the 'Life as We Know It' promo which was inspired by a scene in which he chases a baby in his underwear.
Josh Duhamel is upset with movie bosses for making him pose in his underwear for the poster of new movie "Life as We Know It" - because he wasn't given a choice to strip down for the promo. The Hollywood hunk, who plays a new dad in the movie, bares almost all in one hilarious scene which features him chasing a baby around a house in his underpants.
The clip later became inspiration for the movie poster, according to Duhamel's co-star, Katherine Heigl. And the actress says Duhamel is "pissed" about the embarrassing promo, because the underwear scene wasn't in the original script and now it's the movie's most recognizable scene.
She says, "Unfortunately they threw that at him. In the movie there's a scene where he's walking around in his underwear chasing the baby and they kind of threw it in last minute because they thought it would be funny. But poor kid, he's pissed."


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I was after alternatives to twitter feeds to include on a website, where the client was able to update a few lines of text about current news and events, which they could do without direct access to the site code. It's just a basic html site and did not want to have to change over the type of site so was after something that could just be dropped in. Ideally i would like css control over how the text looks, which again was great with twitter in the past. There does seem to be a few options about, but am a bit lost in terms of what is going to be easiest for the client and gives you a good level of styling code.
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You need some kind of basic CMS—but one that can be tacked on to the existing site. A nice option for this is a CMS like Perch. (It can do a lot more than what you described, but still, is perfect for something like this.)
I often use the free version of CushyCMS (www.cushycms.com) to add small areas where the client can make updates themselves without wrecking the entire site. It can easily be added to existing sites, it's not complicated and it doesn't need a database..CushyCMS has been operating for years, so it is tried and tested.
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Obama Policy Gets Thumbs-Up From Noted 'War Criminal'
I hope the left is happy with the Nobel Peace Prize winner they elected to replace the evil George W. Bushitler. One of Obama's policies has even gotten the seal of approval from the "war criminal" the libs often referred to as Darth Vader:
Oh well… at least Gitmo is closed. Wait, nevermind.
Actually, when it comes to drone strikes, Obama is out of Bush's league:
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Truesoldier__ on
February 12th, 2013 5:42 pm
VHD has a pretty good peice on this subject at NRO today. As VHD wrote:
"Barack Obama has a habit of identifying a supposed crisis in collective morality, damning the straw men "them" who engage in such ethical lapses, soaring with rhetorical bromides — and then, to national quiet, doing more or less the exact things he once swore were ruining the country. "
Marshall_Will on
February 12th, 2013 6:19 pm
Love Vic's columns:
"Partly, because during the 2007–08 campaign the media never asked questions of Obama in the manner that they did other candidates, he naturally assumed, quite correctly, that they were so invested in his symbolism that they would never critique him when he was president."
Drones AWAY..! You.Just.Know teh Wun goes to bed every night *praying* for another Sandy/Gulf Oil Spill/2012 Box-office bomb! he can palm off and buy time. Watch as he listlessly delivers yet another coma-inducing SOTU more focused on the foibles of his critiques than any real accomplishments.
Now playing both ends against the middle as the realities of O'Care tighten the squeeze…
Truesoldier__ on
February 12th, 2013 7:26 pm
Well Hoyer has pretty much summed up dear leaders SOTU stump speech tonight:
MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA: Does the country have a spending problem sir? Does the country have a spending problem?
REP. STENY HOYER (D-MD), HOUSE MINORITY WHIP: Does the country have a spending problem? The country has a paying for problem. We haven't paid for what we bought, we haven't paid for our tax cuts, we haven't paid for war.
CARUSO-CABRERA: How about what we promised? Are we promising too much?
HOYER: Absolutely. If we don't pay, we shouldn't buy.
CARUSO-CABRERA: So how is that different than a spending problem?
HOYER: Well, we spent a lot of money when George Bush was president of the United States in the House and Senate were controlled by Republicans. We spent a lot of money.
Truesoldier__ on
February 12th, 2013 7:30 pm
With the way today is going for me I am thinking about watching the SOTU tonight just to play a drinking game. Every time dear leader alludes to or directly blames the Bush admin I will take a shot of Scotch. Everytime he says let me be clear I will take a shot of Scotch. every time he says "balanced approach", "fair share", "tough decision", or other poll tested phrase….I will take a shot of Scotch.
I have a brand new fifth of Ballentine's and I expect I will not have any left after the SOTU.
SignPainterGuy on
February 12th, 2013 8:51 pm
Mmmmm, my head hurts already just thinking about subjecting myself to the SOTU and that much scotch ! Oowee !!
No thanks ! I`ll read about it tomorrow !
backwoodsconsr on
February 12th, 2013 11:30 pm
I'm glad you have a limited supply. Otherwise you would be dead from alcohol poisoning. See you when you get out of detox.
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KATE Moss has enjoyed her recent holiday so much she's thinking about
supermodel has spent the past few weeks on Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green's
yacht just off the coast of St Tropez.
She and rocker hubby Jamie Hince are now eyeing up homes in the south of
France. The pair have been sent details of properties costing around
£3million in the Ramatuelle area, near all her favourite bars and
A source said: "Kate's slowing down now and has been persuaded by Philip's
wife Tina to get a place there. She has a healthier lifestyle in France.
She's cut back on smoking and booze and is in bed early."
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Rewarding innovation efficiently: Research spill-overs and exclusive IP rights
We investigate the conditions for the desirability of exclusive intellectual property rights for innovators as opposed to weak rights allowing for some degree of imitation and ex-post competition. The comparison between the two alternatives reduces to a specific "ratio test," which suggests that strong exclusive IP rights are preferable when competition from potential imitators is weak, the innovation attracts large R&D investments, and research spill-overs are small.
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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this month which entails me embroiling myself in 30 days of writing abandon. I'm not expecting the perfect prose ("the first drafts of anything is shit" says Papa Hemingway) but I'm expecting it to be the hand slap to the bottom for me to get the novel that has been rattling around in my brain for years now out on paper (aka Microsoft Word documents).
During this time, I have been gathering up tuneage as the soundtrack to all the "fancy" scribe-ing I'll be doing. As someone who dislikes interruptions while on writing jags, nothing beats an album that can play from first song to last without skips. So few albums achieve this, but one such album that follows this criteria perfectly is Nanna.B's Vitaphone. Deriving its name of a Basquait painting, Vitaphone (meaning "life" and "sound") is a trek into a dreamy and hypnotic blend of Jazz, Soul, and some dense Electronica, and it is some real decadence. The wonderful debut single, "Sum O' Sometimes" isn't just the Danish dame's one trick, as other slices of magic unfold. She tests some 90's trip-hop waters on "Keep On Moving" while giving a perfect love hangover on "Utopian Love", then flows into delicious dives like "Fresh New Thing" and "Sunday High".
With Nanna.B's sweetly soft vocals, no two songs are alike on this set, and its immediate uniqueness will draw some comparisons to Amel Larrieux and the early words and sounds of Jill Scott. At a name-your-price purchase over at the singer's Bandcamp spot, Vitaphone is a real work of soul art (just look at that album cover!), and it shouldn't be passed up. So while I'm immersed churning out the 'Great American Novel' with Vitaphone comfortably playing in the background to great intellectual effect, take the album down stream for yourself below.
Album Watch: Picking Up Nanna.B's 'Vitaphone'
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Now you can find out more about cancer in library
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It is now easier for people concerned about cancer to find information about it.
A cancer information stand has been created at the Henry Bloom Noble Library in Duke Street, Douglas.
A range of literature is freely available from the stand - an extension of the Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service at Noble's Hospital - with leaflets and booklets to take away on topics such as: screening and prevention, financial support, the emotional aspects of cancer, hair loss, and also wider issues relating to health and wellbeing of those affected by cancer.
In addition, a Macmillan volunteer is now available at the library on the last Friday of each month, between 11am and 2pm.
Members of the public can drop in for general support and guidance relating to any of the booklets provided. They can also talk about issues that can affect those facing cancer in a confidential and calm environment.
This is the second information drop-in service recently established outside Noble's Hospital, complementing one at The Hub Club in Thie Rosien on Castletown Road in Port Erin, situated opposite the Southern Group Practice, where a Macmillan volunteer is available on the last Tuesday of each month between 11am and 1pm.
During 2016, the Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service supported more than 800 people on the island affected by cancer, including patients, friends and families, as well as healthcare professionals seeking specialist cancer information.
Michaela Morris, executive director of health and care with the Department of Health and Social Care, said: 'We want Macmillan's specialist cancer information to be readily accessible in the community, not just online or at Noble's Hospital.
'By bringing these information services into community facilities we hope to increase the support available to those affected by cancer.
'This latest agreement with the Henry Bloom Noble Library means Macmillan's cancer information is readily and freely available on the high street, in the heart of our island's capital."
Douglas Council runs the library.
The council's regeneration and community committee chair Councillor Stephen Pitts said: 'Central to the library's objectives is to serve the community in its widest sense, to be inclusive and act as a hub of information.
'The council is therefore pleased to be associated with Noble's Hospital Macmillan Cancer Information Support Service by accommodating an information stand and hosting these sessions at the Henry Bloom Noble Library, which will offer help and guidance to all those whose lives are affected by cancer.'


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" Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Charlaine Harris / Edition: Reprint / Mass Market Paperback / 352 Pages / Book is published 2008-06-06 by Ace Books "
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This is the 7th book in the southern vampire mysteries series following the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress from Bon Temps.
After Sookie found out about her betrayal by Bill in the last book she is trying to enjoy her budding relationship with Were-tiger Quinn. She knows the is going to be summoned to the vampire summit by the vampire queen on Louisiana, Sophie-Anne Leclerq but nothing can prepared her for what happens there. Sophie-Anne is to face trial for killing her husband in the last book, even though she is innocent. Sookie is there to read the thoughts of the other humans that have been taken along by the other top vampires. Eric saves Sookie from Andre's nastiness and you find out a lot more about Quinn, including his dark past. Is Sookie going to be able to live with that knowledge? Hurricane Katrina has severely weakened Sophie-Anne's power and her role as Queen is at stake.
Yippee, Eric is in this book much more, still trying to work out his feelings for Sookie. She is still not speaking to Bill who also appears in this book more. It found the vampire hierarchy interesting as you get to understand it more in this book. I do wonder where the Sookie-Quinn relationship will head next but the blossoming romance is nice. There is some sex in this book so it is not suitable for younger readers and this time I actually managed to work out who was the culprit before the end (well it was at least 2 chapters before the book tells you anyway). I found this book hard to put down. You really get involved with the characters and they have really got under my skin. The plot keeps you engaged throughout the whole book. I have got so engrossed with the series and the TV show that I actually take a bit of holiday on a Friday night so I can make sure I am home in time for the programme.
Amazing series and I am worrying about what I am going to do when I finish them all.
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris is book number seven in the popular Sookie Stackhouse mysteries / True Blood series. It retails on its own for around £5, but it's much better value if you get it as part of a multi-title set from either Amazon or The Book People. To really enjoy this book, you need to have read some of the earlier books in the series first. You can pick it up part way through, but you'll be missing out by not understanding all the references to previous storylines if you try to do so.
In this book, Sookie is called upon by the Queen of Louisiana to do some telepathy work for her at a big vampire conference. Sookie has a choice of course, but so long as she wants protection and respect from the vampire community, she's best off playing along. Besides, the Queen is paying her a handsome sum for her attendance for a change. Sookie appreciates getting paid to risk her life for a change!
There's an awful lot going on at the conference, including a great variety of inter-related sub plots. I really like this because in the previous few books, a lot of the sub plots didn't really feel particularly relevant to the main theme. But in this book they're all very closely knitted together, and I found that it made the story all the more enjoyable.
Because the plots are all so closely linked, I can't say an awful lot about them without giving the book away! So all I'll say is that Sookie finally meets another telepath, she's up in arms over Bill and Eric's behaviours, and there is a huge disaster for somebody on the horizon too. For a nice change, Sookie isn't the only winding up with serious injuries in this book (I didn't need to tell you that really, you knew she would), we actually get to see a few vampires going through the mill for a change.
This book is considerably more enjoyable and much better written than books five and six were. I found that this book was hard to put down from start to finish, and felt like there was another new dose of action on the turn of every page. There are some really original ideas in this book, and I was surprised at just how easy I found it to follow the lives of so many different characters all at once. But then that's just testament to how well weaved the plots are, and how well written this book is.
If you're a fan of the True Blood books, or even if you've just become interested through watching the series on TV, then this is a must-read book for you.
After a brief break from reviewing I was gob smacked at exactly how many books I have managed to get through over the few weeks I have been absent from this site, this book being the first on the pile!
The book I will now review is - "All together dead by Charlaine Harris".
This book, as with the previous, starts off where the last book finished, so be warned they may well be some spoilers in this review for the previous offering!
Sookie, part time barmaid for shape shifter friend/boss Sam, has had a real hard time as of late.
Not only has she just managed to escape with her life after a particularly nasty incident that ended with the newly appointed king of Louisiana's death, not that he wasn't already dead, well he was a vampire!
Aside from this her first true love, Bill the vampire was outed as being a love rat, sent to seduce her as part of an ongoing mission by the queen of Louisisana, Sophie Leqluerc.
After a particularly painful time, Sookie decides to comfort herself within the arms of her newest squeeze Quinn, another supernatural being, his one can change into a Bengal tiger!
The queen has other ideas though, after summoning Sookie to attend a vampire summit with her, she is expected to become what can only be described as a human Geiger counter, this should enable the queen to pick off her enemies, this is due to her slightly weakened state due to hurricane Katrina destroying much of her kingdom.
But as always there is trouble brewing, and before long Sookie will be once again faced with danger, will she side with the winning team or will this be her final undoing........
This is another fantastic read that I thoroughly enjoyed.
As always the main character Sookie is funny and acidic in temperament and attitude, she is a completely believable character, though her "talents" a little less (her special talent is telepathy!).
This book differs slightly in content due to the "whodunnit" element, this is much more of a detective book than the previous as there is a killer on the loose, and the boo gives you clues as the story unfolds, not only this but the fact that it is centred around a summit of supernatural beings that are potentially so powerful and deadly, things do tend to be slightly more graphic and violent, though because it is performed by and to these killers, you tend to find it less upsetting than many.
This book is not like many of the other vampire based books, due to the high amount of sexual content I really wouldn't recommend this to anyone under the age of 18.
The only problem I had with this book was the amount of so called "supes" (supernatural beings) that now regularly feature within the book.
Yes I know that there would be a great amount of new characters included, but when every other person introduced has powers, is dead or can change into a were animal, it does make you wonder if there are actually any humans left!
Aside from this fact though, it really is a fascinating and engaging read, that takes you away from the humdrum and takes you into a fantasy world where fairies and goblins really do exist!
For more information visit - www.charlaineharris.com
Pricewise these are available for around the £6.99 mark, though may well be available for much less from www.amazon.co.uk
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This must be the week of guest posts (I have one I intended to post on Wed, but am pushing until next week – apparently I too am in lazy-summer mode. :) Anyway… I just love what my friend Margie Sims sent me recently and I have to share. Margie is a writer, blogger and mom of ten (!!) with unique perspective to comment on life from every angle. Her post came as if on cue. I thought about Margie's screen saver when I was chatting with Kerby Anderson last week on his terrific program, Point of View. He referenced new research showing that people "preferred to administer electric shocks to themselves instead of being left alone with their thoughts." Crazy … but true. It's hard to think we so desperately want to avoid mental idleness that we would opt for physical pain over moments of nothingness.


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The New York Mets (63-75) head to Progressive Field Friday night to kick off their final interleague series of 2013 against the Cleveland Indians (74-65). First pitch is set for 7:05 PM. The Mets currently hold a winning record against the American League this season, having gone 10-7 in interleague play thus far.
Mets Starting Lineup
- LF Eric Young Jr.
- 2B Daniel Murphy
- DH Josh Satin
- RF Andrew Brown
- 1B Lucas Duda
- SS Justin Turner
- CF Juan Lagares
- C Travis d'Arnaud
- 3B Wilmer Flores
Zack Wheeler (7-3, 3.36) gets the ball for the Mets, with his rookie campaign winding down as he approaches his innings limit. Wheeler likely has about four starts left with 28 innings to play with before he hits 180 innings on the season and is playing some of his best ball of the year. Over his last five starts, Wheeler is 3-1 with a 2.51 ERA and the Mets are 4-1 in those games.
In a matchup of Mets pitching prospects past and present, the Indians will send Scott Kazmir (7-7, 4.36) to the mound to face the team that drafted him-and so infamously traded him-for the first time in his nine-year MLB career. Still only 29 years old, Kazmir is in the midst of a comeback season after numerous arm troubles, that saw him resurface with the Sugarland Skeeters of the independent Atlantic league last season. The Mets are one of just four teams Kazmir has never faced and have been mentioned as a possible free agent destination this winter for the lefty, who will hit the open market.
Pre-Game Notes
- Expect to hear the names Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato brought up frequently during tonights broadcast.
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Moomin Tattoos
You must really love Moomins to get a tattoo of them. Some people have multiple ones! I personally don't have any yet, but I've been planning what I want for a very long time. Whether you're planning one yourself or you just appreciate other people's, I'm sure you will enjoy this post! I will try to credit people but if I have missed you out then please let me know.
Found on moomin-man. The next six tattoos are all by David, and I'm lucky enough to be really good friends with him. They look amazing in real life!
The same tattoo but shaded.
I loove this so much!
I adore this but I don't know who's it is.
Another of Julia's
The Snork Maiden's. Another of my favourites, and also amazing in real life.
Found on unepetitrosette.tumblr.com
Found on postcrossing.com
Found on fuckyeahmoomins.tumblr.com (although I don't think this is their original content)
Found on lettersofmarquetattoo
One of my favourite tattoos. It's ironic that Ninny is behind her ear, as she is 'the invisible child' and probably won't be seen here often. Found on riitasointu
Not too sure on the black Moomins but this was found on drawnandquarterly
Found on orsi
Found on wundertime
Gazpachodragon's tattoo. It's even better in real life!
Found on frankjohansson.com. Check out the link for the tattoo process!
Another of my favourites, shame the image is so small. Found on annwer
This is just the ultimate Moomin tattoo. It's a shame I don't know where it's from.
Found on richardbaybutt
Found on trampdyna
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It's still red around the edges because it's healing.
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Conservative books on top, but NYT concludes Marx is "back in vogue"
Mark Levin held the #1 spot on the NYTimes best-seller list for 12 weeks this summer.
Culture of Corruption has held the top spot for the past 3 weeks.
Glenn Beck's latest book has topped the paperback non-fiction list for 9 weeks.
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Why, Karl Marx is "back in vogue."
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Marji Ross, president and publisher of Regnery Publishing, isn't surprised by the newspaper's stance against these like-minded books.
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The New York Times did see fit to print reviews of major liberal books from Michael Moore (Dude, Where's My Country?), Eric Alterman (What Liberal Media?) and Al Franken (Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) but has yet to examine the aforementioned right-leaning bestsellers.
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I've been thinking about what version 2.0 of Mason might look like. It's been seven years since the last major version (1.10), and a lot has changed in the Perl world since then!
This is an initial brainstorm. Refinement and details to follow, and feedback is very much encouraged.
- HTML::Mason -> Mason. I believe we are finally entitled to a top-level name. This will help separate the new Mason from the old.
- MasonX:: for extensions? This is more problematic, as the MasonX:: namespace already has a number of modules that are specific to the current Mason. Regardless, it needs to be a short and convenient prefix.
- Moose. We will use Moose for all classes. Moose represents a fundamentally different way of developing Perl, and it was the catalyst that started me thinking about a new Mason. Many of the remaining items in this list fall out of, or are enhanced by, Moosification.
- Components will be classes. Components started out as subroutines, then became objects. The logical next step is for each component to be its own Moose subclass. This will allow components to benefit from true OO techniques (methods, attributes, roles), instead of Mason's current painful pseudo-OO.
- The entire component will be placed inside a MooseX::Declare class block, with a class name auto-generated from the component path.
- The main component body – the content and the inline Perl sections – will be placed into a main method.
- Calling a component (via <& &> or $m->comp) will mean creating a new instance of the component class, and calling its main method. Component call parameters will be passed to the constructor. Have to watch for performance impacts here.
- A $self variable is automatically available, assigned to the component instance.
- One of <%args> or <%attr> will be used to generate Moose attributes, rather than subroutine parameters. There will still be some syntactic sugar, but the section will have access to the full power of attributes. e.g.
<%args> foo bar => (default => 5) baz => (default => 5, isa => 'Int') </%args>
The advantage of attributes over parameters is that other methods in the component will have access to those values, something that is painful to deal with right now.
- Subcomponents will become methods. <%def> and <%method> are currently implemented as their own component objects inside the main component. There was never a particularly good reason to do this other than that it seemed like a neat idea, and over the years it has proved more frustrating than helpful – e.g. $m->current_comp and $m->caller sometimes defy expectation. Now that components will be classes, it makes sense for a subcomponent to be just another method alongside main.
- Autohandlers will be superclasses. Components will truly inherit from their autohandlers now. e.g. they'll be able to call methods in the autohandler, a great way to share code within a hierarchy of components.
- Smaller core, more extensions. As with other modern Perl frameworks, we should move as much as we can from the core to extensions, where we can do so without overly sacrificing ease of use, performance, etc.
- Same core syntax. The core syntax will be mostly the same – <% %> blocks, <%perl> and <%init> sections, %-lines. I do sometimes regret not going with the industry-standard <%= %> for expressions, so that <% %> could be used for non-expression Perl; but at this point <% $foo %> may be too deeply embedded in my brain to change it.
- <%once> becomes <%class>. The <%class> section will contain code to be placed in the class definition outside the main method: 'use' statements, pure-Perl methods, utility subroutines, pragmas etc.
- Automatic newline removal. Obvious newlines should be removed by default, so that components can be spaced neatly without adding gratuitous newlines to the output.
- Consolidated filter syntax. Mason has several kinds of content filters: <%filter> section, components with content, and escapes (e.g. |h). All of these filtering methods should be consolidated under a single implementation, if not a single syntax. In addition, we need a way to create new content filters with Perl methods and use them on blocks. Standard filters could be installed on the main component class, and more specific filters on individual components. Example:
<%class> filter repeat ($times) { my ($self, $content) = @_; return $content x $times; } </%class> ... <% repeat (3) { %> blah blah <% } %>
New features
- More powerful controller mechanisms. Mason has controller mechanisms – dhandler, autohandler, and the resolver – that were innovative once but are now underpowered. I don't believe (as some do) that Mason should get out of the controller business – I actually like having my "C" and "V" in the same place. Mason just needs to provide easy access to the same powerful routing techniques that are used in modern web frameworks, e.g. via Path::Dispatcher or Path::Router. For example, an autohandler or dhandler or other special file could indicate how paths under that directory should be routed – still have to work out the syntactic details. Of course, nothing will prevent people from using an MVC framework's routing and treating Mason like a controller-less template language.
- Logging. Mason will log generously with different levels and categories via Log::Any. This was supposed to be put into Mason 1.x years ago but never made it…
- Output placeholders. Support the insertion of placeholders whose values can be supplied by code further along in the request. This is motivated by HTML head elements, like title, that you want to output in the top template but determine in a more specific page component.
New extensions
- MasonX::Tidy and MasonX::Critic. Tidying and criticizing specific to Mason components, analagous to what perltidy and perlcritic do for Perl.
- MasonX::Safe. Use static code analysis (PPI) to restrict the set of Perl operations that could be executed in a set of Mason components. In the spirit of, but less draconian and broken than, Safe. Useful for environments when non-Perl-programmers are modifying components, or to give the "don't do too much in components" philosophy some teeth. Intended for friendly policy enforcement, not airtight security.
What can be deprecated/eliminated
- Web features. Mason has always ambiguously straddled the line between template language and web framework. This was out of necessity — when Mason was created, mod_perl was the only "web framework" in Perl. With the advent of web frameworks like Catalyst, Jifty and CGI::Application, and interfaces like PSGI/Plack, Mason no longer needs to occupy the web space. It should strive to simply be a great templating system that is easy to plug into various web frameworks. This means we can eliminate, among other things, the ApacheHandler and CGIHandler classes from the core.
- Plugin API. In 1.3 we added a custom Mason plugin API, but Moose method modifiers and roles are a far better and more industry-standard way of supporting plugins.
- <%cleanup> section. <%cleanup> has always been of dubious value because it is not guaranteed to run in case of an abnormal exit from the component. Now that components are classes, a DESTROY method in the <%class> section will be a more appropriate and functional way to perform cleanup.
- <%shared> section. Since the various methods in a component are now part of the same class and share attributes, there is no reason to have <%shared>.
- <%attr> or <%args> section. We only need to retain one of these to represent class attributes; the other can be eliminated.
- <%method> or <%def> section. Perl methods will now be easy to define in the <%class> section. It will still be useful to define methods that produce output, but we only need one of these sections.
- Non-CHI cache APIs. Eliminate the Cache::Cache and 1.0 APIs, and just support CHI.
What will be kept, begrudgingly
- Components returning values. There are some cleanliness arguments for eliminating the ability of components to return values – one should use methods instead, etc. But I think this feature is too frequently used to discard. This is something to discourage in the docs and for MasonX::Critic to complain about.
What do you think?
Mason developers, let me hear your feedback and ideas.
28 Responses to "What Mason 2.0 would look like"
Robert Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I think you can use MasonX:: for plugins. You would just have something at the top of the POD like:
=head1 NAME
Mason — short description of the new Mason
=head1 REQUIRES
This plugin requires Mason2 (or greater) and will not work with ….
If you don't like that then nothing wrong with Mason::Plugin::*
I look very forward to your future postings on this.
Yanick Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Okay, that list got me drooling…
Big thumbs up for the Moosification. Ditto for the split from the web framework sphere. Nowadays I use Mason as the templating system of my Catalyst apps, so having Mason being more of a pure templating system fits perfectly with that.
Jerome Eteve Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 8:59 pm
All of this seems great. Does this new 'true' OO architecture also implies that components will inherit from other components even if they are not called within the main call chain? It would allow to call $m->comp('/foo.mas' , o => $aPerlObject ); and let foo inherit from what's needed. This way we could define 'virtual' components and specialize them in the same fashion as we do with the model classes.
Also about this block. I've been using it till now to ensure some data is computed in the pnote hash before anything else is rendered on the page by refering to a shared variable in a method which I usually call 'beforeall' called in the autohandler before anything else.
For instance I would have a 'virtual' method called 'title' in my autohandler containing just 'generic title' and I'd define the method 'title' with dynamic content in let say my page which display an particular object. So I would write
<meta title …
my $o = getMyObjectFromId($someId) ;
$m->pnote('contextO') = $o
title() %>
The order of component execution and sharing contextual data between scatered components on the page have always been a bit tricky with mason, although very powerful. For this reason, I'd be quite sad to loose the shared section, unless it's replaced by something else more convenient than my technique to have the same effect.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Let me know if I can help for mason 2.0!
john Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I'm glad to see this discussion because I do think the Mason approach does meet a type of need (and a type of programmer mind) not met by more lightweight (efficiency wise, not power wise) frameworks like HTML::Template, but who don't like the mini language approach of Template Toolkit.
I'd love to see templates built around some of the more interesting Moose ideas, such as Roles, and a more clear inheritance model. Even something like the way Moose makes it easier to adapt and delegate via attributes would have value in my mind.
Even though I use Catalyst primarily, I don't think having a view with it's own dispatch ability is a waste, given how most Catalyst programmers are used to a View that's more of a View delegate or bridge than anything else (I'm talking about the commonly used and misused Catalyst::View::TT). The Template Declare stuff for Catalyst is a bit better in that regards, since you are actually creating Views. However the need for flexibility in the View warrants the inclusion of some sort of dispatch, although personally I'd love to see something integrated across the board with a tool like Bread::Board, and then you just have all these components spread around and loaded as needed.
looking forward to seeing some next steps. I'd probably be an early adopter.
Apu Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
I have been a fan of Mason since the beginning (partly because of the clarity of thoughts in design and sufficing the requirement at that time). However, I felt the following seems to slow me down time to time.
1. With autohandler, mungling the outgoing headers becomes tricky when you have multiple javascript pages under header sections.
2. Never had any issues, but is the Apache::DBI or even the Class::DBI thread safe under mod_perl/Mason environment ?
3. Cookies and Sessions requires retrofitting from other modules, where I think this could be embedded as one of Mason's sub classes.
4. MasonX namespace itself scares me, and I ended up rolling my own extension classes. Perhaps a better suited name which *sounds a bit better?
Apart from the MVC fad, mason stands out as an independent candidate which allows one to learn little and produce little and/or learn more and produce large. I hope you stay on the same principle.
DarkoP Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 am
I would like to see more syntactic changes. After writing a lot of mason in the last two years, I'd like to see an easier way of mixing Perl with HTML. For example, it would be good if I could put any Perl code between . This little change would also remove the need for '% code' at the begining of line. Personally, I think it would be great if the syntax could be easily extended via MasonX:: plugins opening ways to implement different templating schemes.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the new stuff, and to report some bugs (if any)
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:25 am
Jerome: Yes, components will inherit from other components even if not in the main call chain. Obviously certain things, like template wrapping, only happen in the main call chain.
As far as < %shared>, I don't completely understand your example and will want to talk about it further, but I believe everything < %shared> does can be replaced with more traditional OO constructs.
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:34 am
Apu: Starting with Mason 2.0 I would expect anyone doing Mason web development to use one of the many fine Perl web frameworks, which would take care cookies, sessions and the like. We'll have to make sure that integration with the common frameworks requires minimal effort.
The "X" for extensions is a CPAN standard, used with DBIx and MooseX, for example. It isn't the prettiest, but its brevity can't be beat.
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 am
DarkoP: I agree, my main lament with core Mason syntax is not being able to do same-line Perl integration like
< % if (...) { %> blah blah < % } %>
One possibility is looking for the { or } at the end or beginning of the < % %> block, and treating that differently.
Another possibility is finding a single character to follow < % that would mark it as a non-expression. e.g.
<%: if (...) { %> blah blah < %: } %>
Ideas welcome. As far as extending the syntax with plugins, hopefully that will come out of rewriting the parser in a modular way with Moose.
Sebastian Willert Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Most of these ideas sound great. I'd really like to spend some of the minimal free time at my hand to help out. Are there any plans for a formal place to dicuss and implement Mason2, e.g. IRC, github, a wiki?
From the top of my head, here are a few things I'd also like to see in the next Mason:
- Easy dynamic inheritance and component roots
- Kill @_ for subcomponents, or at least create a way for a plugin to know if a subcomponent expects @_ or an args hash (I guess this is needed for the next idea)
- Give Plugins better access to component args, e.g. to allow a plugin that makes the Catalyst stash available to each component
- multi-line %flags, %args, %attrs sections
- Better charset support
Aran Deltac Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 am
Much like others here, it is great to hear that you're wanting to push Mason 2.0. We use Mason here at $work as the main templating language under Catalyst. We tried other systems, such as TT, and the Mason code turned out to be the smallest and easiest to maintane. TT was the worse – the templates requires around twice the number of characters to do the same thing.
Being able to do:
<% if (…) { %> blah blah <% } %>
Would be FABULOUS! I am totally willing to change the <% $blah %> syntax to <= $blah > to support the above ability.
Also, on the thoughts of Mason having a more mature dispatching facility – I am of the mind that even when it comes to dispatching, there is a level of dispatching that belongs in the C, and a level of dispatching that belongs in the V. Having more robust View dispatching would rock!
Aran Deltac Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 am
Hmm, looks like your blog stripped out my < > characters. Here's what it was meant to say (hopefully this works):
<% if (…) { %> blah blah <% } %>
Would be FABULOUS! I am totally willing to change the <% $blah %> syntax to <= $blah > to support the above ability.
Can you correct my post when you moderate it? Thanks.
sharkey Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
jonswar: MasonX::Lexer::MSP changes the mason syntax to make your first example legal.
It may not be a good idea to create a new instance every time a component is called. Once per request may be better, so you don't have multiple instances if it is called more than once, and you don't have to wonder which instance gets the request when you call a method.
Concerning components returning values, the real disconnect is that sometimes you want the component output to go out, and sometimes you want to capture or filter the output, which creates several ways of calling components (comp, scomp, filtered, etc) and many fiddly rules for dealing with the output correctly, flushing or not, etc. One way to dramatically simplify the situation is to make the rule that:
Every component returns its output.
Then there is no need to have comp vs scomp, and filters are simple. The caller determines what happens to the output. would automatically append to this component's buffer, or you wrap your $m->comp in an $m->print. You could still have a flush method to output and clear current buffers immediately.
I would also suggest a MaxonX class to manage the html head section. It would have methods to change the title, and to allow any component to put stuff (meta, script, style tags) in the head section, then output it all when the first flush occurs.
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Sebastian: Haven't figured out where or how Mason 2 will be planned. Suggestions welcome. Clearly need something that will support many simultaneous discussions, one for each major feature and implementation aspect. What have other projects of similar size used recently?
Catalyst::View::Mason already makes $c available to all components as a global. Can't you access the stash via $c->stash?
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:50 am
sharkey: The point of creating one instance per component call is so that the component's own methods can access the attributes for that particular call. I'm more concerned about the performance than the semantics – we'll have to see.
I understand your argument about eliminating the output / return-value duality – it would certainly simplify things, especially for newcomers. There are a few reasons I hesitate to do this. First, to maintain some semblance of backward compatibility we have to support components that return values – removing this feature would make Mason 2 a non-starter for some major sites I've worked on. Second, having a separate output pipe adds the potential of streaming output as soon as it is printed. But it's definitely worth thinking about.
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 am
sharkey: I've added "Output placeholder" under New features which I think is what you want for the html head section.
raiph Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Sometimes a great way to explore a field is to start way off to the left of it…
What about playing with P6 possibilities, then coming back towards Mason?
John Says:
September 6th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Has anyone looked at Apache2::ASP? Just curious?
Davidslv Says:
September 17th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Hum, i'm worried about this new! Cos i'm starting to learn Mason, and the book is from October 2002. Well, when the changes will come ?
Thank you
Tudor Marghidanu Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Very glad to hear about all these changes especially about the OO terminology which applies very good on Mason making thing clearer. I'm very enthusiastic about the fact that Mason will no longer use CHI for caching (had some big problems there) and about the controller mechanism.
Are we going t o see this anytime soon, hope so because it sounds very good!
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Tudor: You had problems with CHI for caching? Or do you mean Cache::Cache?
Jonathan Swartz Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Davidslv: Not to worry, the changes won't come for a while, and the previous version of Mason will continue to exist and be supported.
DarkoP Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Regarding syntax changes disscussed above: I implemented simple preprocessing (I'll probably reimeplent this in Lexer later) so I now have simple keywords like and (I use them alot). I'm not sure it's the right thing to do, but it works nicely, and the templates (complex HTML form generation) are cleaner now. Here's the code: http://pastie.org/693463
DarkoP Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Ugh, the keywords are: <%if> and <%for> Hopefully it works now.
Bruce Says:
May 19th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hum, i'm worried about this new! Cos i'm starting to learn Mason, and the book is from October 2002. Well, when the changes will come ?
Thank you
Andreas Says:
May 27th, 2010 at 6:49 am
If I may add the the wishlist:
I would be cool if Mason 2 was "secure by default", i.e.
- Mandatory, easy-to-use input validation (e.g. Params::Validate)
- Default encoding/escaping (e.g. default_escape_flags).
- Don't serve pages/components outside a defined whitelist.
- Secure out-of-the box authentication and session management.
- Do not disclose stack trace or source code by default.
- Promote secure coding standards.
Emily Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Davidslv: Not to worry, the changes won't come for a while, and the previous version of Mason will continue to exist and be supported.
Announcing Mason 2 Says:
February 21st, 2011 at 1:20 pm
[...] talked about plans for Mason 2 here before, but as things have changed in the past year and a half, here's an updated [...]


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