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LARNED - Ruth I. Steffen, 78, died Feb. 1 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Aug. 11, 1933, in Ellinwood she was the daughter of Melvin Cornelius and Dora Flanders Kasselman. On March 30, 1952, she married Vern Steffen at Zook. He survives.
ALBERT - Betty Lou Goodman, 77, died Feb. 1 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Born Feb, 11, 1934, on the family farm in Albert, she was the daughter of John and Katie (Diehl) Moore. She was a retired baker and cook for Furr's.
GREAT BEND - Richard F. Pope passed away on Feb. 1. Born Nov. 4, 1934, he was the son of Lyman and Cora (Spicer) Pope. He was a resident of Great Bend, formerly of Newark Valley, N.Y. On June 23, 1956, he married Joan D. Robinson. She survives.
GARDEN CITY – Anna Juno, 93 of Garden City died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2012 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Garden City.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - LeRoy H. Wichman suffered a cardiac arrest on the morning of Jan. 30, 2012.
WARNER, Okla. - Lyle G. Schiedeman, 62, of Warner, Okla., formerly of LaCrosse, passed away Jan. 30, 2012 in Fort Smith, Ark.
LARNED - Glenn N. Johnson, 90, died Jan. 22, 2012 at South Wind Hospice in Pratt.
PAWNEE ROCK - Shiela Sutton Schmidt, 100, died Jan. 26 at the Good Samaritan Center in Howard, S.D. Born Dec. 28, 1911 in Salina, she was the daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Smith) Sutton. She grew up in Salina, graduating from Salina High School in 1929. She earned her A. D. in History from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina in 1933 and her A. M. in music from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley in 1946. Mrs. Schmidt then taught music at various schools in central Kansas, including Albert, Heizer, Countryside, Shady Grove, Holyrood, and Pawnee Rock. She also ...
ELLINWOOD - Linda Kay Deisher, 67, of Ellinwood died on Jan. 21 in Aurora, Colo. Born Sept. 8, 1944 in Wichita, she was the daughter of Albert Meyers and Lavona Mills Meyers. A resident of Ellinwood for the past 18 months, formerly of Colorado and Las Vegas, Nev., she was a registered surgical nurse.
LARNED - Roger Alan Caldwell, 69, died Jan. 29 at Hays Medical Center in Hays. Born Jan. 12, 1943, in Tulsa, Okla., he was the son of Franklin Eugene and Lucille Hicks Caldwell. On Feb. 16, 1990, he married Charlotte Boris in Tallahassee, Fla. She died Jan. 12, 2008. He was an account executive for Fox 49, in Tallahassee, Fla.
RUSH CENTER - Leonard C. Oborny, 74, died Jan. 29 at his home in Rush Center. Born Dec. 29, 1937, in La Crosse, he was the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Kladik) Oborny. In 1955 he graduated from La Crosse Rural High School. On Jan. 6, 1959, he married Alice R. Nordman at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Olmitz. A lifelong resident of Rush County, he was a service tire repairman for Farmer's Co-op in Rush Center.
HUTCHINSON - Richard Alan "Rick" Michael, loving husband, father, "Papa," brother and friend, went to be with his divine savior on Jan. 28 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Born April 14, 1952, in Lyons, he was 59. On Sept. 14, 1979, he married Tonya Jean Rojas in Hutchinson. He spent many years as an oilfield driller throughout the Midwest. In 1991 he graduated from Hutchinson Community College and in 1993 he received his L.B.S.W. as a Phi Theta Kappa graduate of Bethel College. A former resident of Coats, moving to Hutchinson in 1989, he was a social worker ...
HOISINGTON - Henry E. "Ed" Eichman died Jan. 30, 2012 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington in care of the funeral home.
Betty Ann Debes, 70, died Jan. 28 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Dec. 28, 1941, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Joseph A. and Marie R. (Oberle) Debes. She was a longtime resident of Great Bend, coming from Odin.
LARNED - Delores June Clawson, 84, died Jan. 29 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born June 28, 1927, at Great Bend, the daughter of Joseph and Katie Rowe Koelsch. She married Virgil M. Clawson on March 24, 1955, at Newkirk, Okla. He died on Aug. 11, 2007. A longtime resident of Larned, she was a homemaker and had worked at the Old Blue Goose and Harvest Inn restaurants.
VICI, Okla. - Lamona Irene Zelle, died on Nov. 15.
WICHITA - Janelda Marie "Jada" Butler, 75, florist and homemaker, passed away Friday, Nov. 14, 2014.
SALINA - Vernon Alvin Jantz, 91, died Nov. 14 at Windsor Estates, Salina. He was born Nov. 13, 1923, at Montezuma, the son of Marcus and Adina (Unruh) Jantz. He married Basil (Spires) Griffin on Nov. 28, 1987, at Hoisington. A Salina resident since 2000, coming from Hoisington, Vernon was a member of the Hoisington Bible Church and recently attended Salina Bible Church. Before retirement, he was a supervisor for Northern Natural Gas, Bushton.
HOISINGTON - Melba E. Maggard, 85 died Nov. 15 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Oct. 21, 1929, at Hoisington, the daughter of Henry Cordory and Maudie Elizabeth (Anglin) Spires.
LA CROSSE - Marie D. Reifschneider, 86, La Crosse, died, Nov. 14 at Locust Grove Village in La Crosse. She was born April 5, 1928, at rural Timken, the daughter of Ralph G. and Blanche J. (Smrcka) Holopirek. On Nov. 20, 1947, she married LeRoy Reifschneider at the United Methodist Church, La Crosse. A lifelong resident of Rush County, she was a homemaker.
Calista Marie Stuart, 88, died Nov. 13 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born June 15, 1926, at Barton County, the daughter of Edward and Catherine (Theisen) Seyfert. She married Herbert Stuart in 1943, and later divorced. A lifetime Barton County resident, Calista was a bookkeeper, working for Cheyenne Drug, Van-Jo Dairy, Kottwitz Motor Company, Bob Reiter Chevrolet, Ron Miller Accounting, and most recently M & F Plumbing Heating and Air.
Sister Patricia Martinez, 89, died Nov. 14 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina. Born May 13, 1925, in Little River, as Pasquala Martinez, Sister Patricia was the daughter of Gregorio and Placida Gomez Martinez. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community in Great Bend Oct. 10, 1943, and pronounced her first vows Aug. 13, 1946. She celebrated 65 years of religious profession in 2011.


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Apple's first iPhone software update addresses security, bugsApple on Tuesday evening addressed concerns about potentially dangerous security holes in the mobile version of its Safari web browser with the first ever software update to its new iPhone handset.
Targeting vulnerabilities that could be exploited through malicious websites, version 1.0.1 (build 1C25) of the handset's software updates Safari's JavaScript handling to prevent cross-site scripting and a buffer overflow in the Perl code library.
The latter scripting flaw was heavily publicized last week when consultants from Independent Security Evaluators used it to effectively hijack the phone's core functions.
Also addressed by software patch were three separate issues within the company's WebCore and WebKit platforms that form the backbone of Safari. Two of the fixes guard against false XML requests and frame rendering glitches that could be used to control the phone or crash the browser through memory errors.
Like recent iPod updates, the iPhone fix is downloadable solely through iTunes and can be installed the next time the phone is docked or detected by the jukebox software.
In a brief set of release notes, Apple said the iPhone software update also includes several "bug fixes." The company recommends that users install the patch "immediately."
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- Natalie Portman rumored for troubled Steve Jobs biopic
- Judge rules Apple entitled to potential ongoing royalties from patent-infringing Samsung products
- Union pushes Apple for better treatment of campus security guards
- More secrets could come from GT Advanced bankruptcy as Apple divulges details to creditors

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This recipe is delicious. The pies are even tastier the next day. As a mother of 3 small children, I would only change the size of the pies. 1/4 cup of the pie "dough" made VERY LARGE adult portions. I would make them much smaller so that the kids could all get their own individual pie which I believe is half the fun of eating whoopie pies!!! Enjoy!! I will definitely be making these again!!
These are really good. I make them smaller, and end up with about 24 small sandwich cookies.
I doubled the recipe to make this for a large party which worked out fine for the cakes but ended up with too much frosting. But a total success. Eveyone loved them.
The whoopie pies turned out great for me! the frosting is delicious - but did cause a bit of slipping - I put them in the fridge and they firmed right up. mmm.
An original and wonderful recipe-however, my marshmallow frosting was too soft. The cakes tended to slide and become sloppy. I purchased marshmallow cream, is this different than what I should have used? I will try to refine and use this one again. Great for adults and kids!
Wonderful! My mother made these pies all the time when I was a child. You know how dishes today never live up to the memory? Well, I can honestly say this tasted BETTER than I remember it being. Thanks for the nostalgic trip, GOURMET-- it was delicious! Can't wait to make these a great memory for MY kids!
My girlfriend made this for dessert New Years Day while on vacation and we all agreed that is was a "must have again" dessert.
Marshmallow cream (sometimes called marshmallow fluff) can be found next to the ice cream and ice cream sauces at the supermarket.


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Ford of Canada is calling on the nation's youths to be the change they want to see in the world.
The auto-giant announced Wednesday it is partnering with the international charity and educational partner Free the Children to help young people across Canada take action on causes they care about, and drive change in their local communities.
"We are a company that is over 100 years old. You go back to Henry Ford and it was all about giving back. In our DNA and all of our brand is about giving back to the communities we serve," said Dianne Craig, president and CEO of Ford of Canada, during a presentation at the Ford headquarters in Oakville.
"The values of Free the Children and what they do are so aligned with everything that is so true to Ford. Supporting children, supporting communities, is not just being about one charitable organization. This just allows us to really amp up everything that we do."
Through the partnership, Ford is serving as the co-title sponsor of the We Create Change Tour, Free the Children's 10-week, 90-stop road trip across Canada.
The tour, which began April 11 and continues until June 17, will see Free the Children ambassadors visit students and schools across the country and share incredible stories of young Canadians, who are working to provide their peers in developing communities overseas with access to education.
The hope is the tour will inspire other young people to engage in causes they care about.
"By partnering with a company like Ford, that has a presence in so many communities across Canada, we can help even more young people realize their dream of creating a positive change in their schools, hometowns and around the world," said Marc Kielburger, Free the Children co-founder.
"Whether it's a neighbourhood bake sale raising money for the local food bank or a school-wide carnival in support of education overseas, we are looking forward to seeing how youths, schools and community groups will be able to make an even larger impact, thanks to Ford."
To encourage youths to strive for these important impacts, Ford has implemented the Drive 4 UR School program.
Ford Director of Marketing Connie Fontaine said that with the help of local Ford dealerships, schools can amplify their fundraising events by including a special Ford test drive for the community.
For every qualified test drive that's completed at the event, Ford will donate $20 to the school, up to $6,000.
Other actions Ford will take to promote Free the Children are still being arranged, but as Craig points out, Ford offers plenty of support on which the charity can draw.
"We have 17,000 employees across Canada at our dealerships, we have another 6,000-7,000 people at Ford of Canada and then you throw in the families," she said.
"That's a lot of people. Think what we can do working together to build a better world and create change."
Ford's decision to partner with Free the Children was well received by the We Create Change Tour ambassadors, who also stopped by at the presentation as part of the road trip.
The ambassadors included 11-year-old Richmond Hill activist Hannah Alper who created a blog CallMeHannah.ca at age nine to share her concerns about the environment.
She has served as a World Wildlife Federation (WWF) Earth Hour team captain, organized a shoreline clean up in her community and helped launch Free the Children's We Create Change campaign by motivating her peers to collect 97,500 pennies for clean water projects.
Toronto's Spencer West is also participating in the tour.
West, who lost his legs at age five, showed that with enough determination anything is possible when he tackled Mount Kilimanjaro in 2011.
He raised $500,000 for water projects in Kenya in the process.
In 2013, he embarked on a 300-kilometre walk on his hands and in his wheelchair from Edmonton to Calgary to raise money for Free the Children's Water Initiative.
To assist West as he now makes his cross-country road trip, Ford has donated a custom 2014 Ford Escape, which has been specifically outfitted with hand controls for brake and acceleration pedals so West can drive it.
"I was truly moved and humbled at such a generous gift," said West.
"To be able to represent you guys and take this across Canada is a huge honour."
For more information about Free the Children, visit www.freethechildren.com.
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A few months ago Mads posted some IIS URL Rewrite rules in a post titled "URL rewrite and the www subdomain".
Years ago, when I rewrote this site in ASP.NET MVC, I found URL rewriting to be invaluable. Some URLs in the new version of this site became obsolete. For example, an efficient Gravatar implementation from the Web Helpers library replaced an Identicon HTTP handler. I wanted to explicitly purge the handler from search engine results with an HTTP 410 response.
<rule name="obsolete identicon" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="/IdenticonHandler.ashx" /> <action type="CustomResponse" statusCode="410" statusReason="Gone" statusDescription="…" /> </rule>
Instead of having 4 different RSS feeds for different sections of the site, I collapsed all content into a single RSS feed. All previous RSS endpoints now redirect to FeedBurner.
<rule name="article rss feed" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="articles/rss.aspx" /> <action type="Redirect" url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OdeToCode" redirectType="Permanent" /> </rule>
To make routing a bit easier, I wanted to avoid processing URLs like /articles or /blogs in ASP.NET and redirect those requests to to /articles/list with rules like the following.
<rule name="avoid articles directory" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="articles[/]?$" /> <action type="Redirect" url="articles/list" redirectType="Permanent" /> </rule>
A tricky scenario was preserving some endpoints that used the classic ASP.NET page name of "default.aspx" in the URL. For example, the list of all blog posts used to exist at /blogs/all/default.aspx, but I wanted to redirect these requests and avoid the page name.
<rule name="default page" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(.*)default.aspx" /> <conditions> <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" negate="true" pattern="-default.aspx$" /> </conditions> <action type="Redirect" url="{r:1}" redirectType="Permanent" /> </rule>
The negation condition in the above rule avoids redirecting requests for blog posts with default.aspx in the title of the post, of which there are 1 or 2.
Finally, I use a web.config transformation to add an additional rule in production to enforce the canonical host name of odetocode.com.
<rule name="Canonical Host Name" stopProcessing="true" xdt:Transform="InsertBefore(/configuration/system.webServer/rewrite/rules/rule[1])"> <match url="(.*)" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" negate="true" pattern="^odetocode\.com$" /> </conditions> <action type="Redirect" url="http://odetocode.com/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" /> </rule>
One post I found useful when developing these rules was RuslanY's "10 URL Rewriting Tips and Tricks".
There are couple scenarios where I occasionally see too much JavaScript code being written with promises.
For the examples, let's assume we are working with a simple function returning a promise like the following doWork function. This code is using q, but everything here is also true for Angular's $q service.
var doWork = function(){ var deferred = Q.defer(); setTimeout(function(){ deferred.resolve("done"); }, 1000); return deferred.promise; };
Invoking doWork to get a result is simple.
var onSuccess = function(result) { console.log("Success: " + result); }; var onError = function(reason) { console.log("Error: " + reason); } doWork().then(onSuccess, onError);
The first scenario that often involves too much code is the scenario where you want to wrap a promise to add some additional calculations after the initial promise resolves, but before returning a promise to a higher level component. Examples would include processing an HTTP response to add caching or some data manipulation.
With the doWork function, we might just want to add some additional text ("with added value") to the return.
/* don't do this */ var workWrapper = function() { var defer = Q.defer(); doWork().then(function(result) { defer.resolve(result + " with added value"); }, function(reason){ defer.reject(reason); }); return defer.promise; };
The above code goes to a lot of extra work to create a new deferred object and handle errors, but the same result could be achieved with less code.
/* do this instead */ var workWrapper = function() { return doWork().then(function(result) { return result + " with added value"; }); };
An error will still prorogate correctly, and the then function will capture then plain return value (a string) and wrap it in a promise. To the caller, it's still easy to grab the final result.
workWrapper().then(onSuccess, onError);
A similar scenario exists when you have a function that may or may not return a promise. For example, if request is made for some data but the data is found in a cache, a function can return the data immediately. If the data isn't in a cache the function might need to make an asynch call to fetch the data and return a promise for the future.
The below function simulates this scenario by returning a raw string value approximately half the time, and a promise the rest of the time.
var promiseOrValue = function() { if(Math.random() < 0.5) { return "done early"; } else { return doWork(); } };
The easiest way to handle this scenario is not to test the return value to see if the value is a promise, but treat everything as a promise, which is easy to do with Q.when.
Q.when(promiseOrValue()).then(onSuccess, onError);
If you own the function, it's even nicer if the function always returns a promise, even for data that is immediately available.
var alwaysAPromise= function() { if(Math.random() < 0.8) { return Q.when("done early"); } else { return doWork(); } };
Then invoking the function is as easy as invoking the original doWork function.
alwaysAPromise().then(onSuccess, onError);
If you want to experiement with promises, I put together a Plunkr using Jasmine to describe some of these behaviors with tests.
There is a simple rule in AngularJS that trips up many people because they simply aren't aware of the rule. The rule is that every module has two phases, a configuration phase and a run phase. During the configuration phase you can only use service providers and constants, but during the run phase you only have access to services, and not the service providers.
One scenario where the rule will trip people up is the scenario where an application needs flexible, dynamic routes. Perhaps the routes are tailored to a user's roles, like giving additional routes to a superuser, but regardless of the specifics you probably need some information from the server to generate the routes. The typical approach to server communication is to use the $http service, so a first attempt might be to write a config function that uses $http and $routeProvider to put together information on the available routes.
app.config(function ($http, $routeProvider) { var routes = $http.get("userInfo"); // ... register routes with $routeProvider });
The above code will only generate an error.
Error: [$injector:unpr] Unknown provider: $http
Eventually you'll figure out that a config function only has access to $httpProvider, not $http. Then you might try a run block, which does give you access to $http for server communication, but …
app.run(function ($http, $routeProvider) { var routes = $http.get("userInfo"); // ... register routes with $routeProvider });
… there is no access to providers during a run block.
[$injector:unpr] Unknown provider: $routeProviderProvider
There are a few different approaches to tackling this problem.
One approach would be to use a different wrapper for service communication, like jQuery's $.get, perhaps combined with manual bootstrapping of the Angular application to ensure you have everything from the server you need to get started.
Another approach would be to use server side rendering to embed the information you need into the shell page of the application. For example, let's say you are using the following class definitions.
public class ClientRoute { public string Path { get; set; } public ClientRouteProperties Properties { get; set; } } public class ClientRouteProperties { public string TemplateUrl { get; set; } public string Controller { get; set; } public string Resolve { get; set; } }
And also a ClientRouteBuilder that can generate client side routes given the identity of a user.
public class ClientRouteBuilder { public string BuildRoutesFor(IPrincipal user) { var routes = new List<ClientRoute>() { new ClientRoute { Path = "/index", Properties = new ClientRouteProperties { TemplateUrl = "index.html", Controller = "IndexController" } } // ... more routes }; if (user.IsInRole("admin")) { routes.Add(new ClientRoute { Path = "/admin", Properties = new ClientRouteProperties { TemplateUrl = "admin.html", Controller = "AdminController" } }); } return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(routes,new JsonSerializerSettings() { ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver() }); } }
<body ng-app="app"> <div ng-view> </div> <script src="~/Scripts/angular.js"></script> <script src="~/Scripts/angular-route.js"></script> <script> (function() { var app = angular.module("app", ["ngRoute"]); /*** embed the routes ***/ var routes = @Html.Raw(new ClientRouteBuilder().BuildRoutesFor(User)) /*** register the routes ***/ app.config(function ($routeProvider) { routes.forEach(function(route) { $routeProvider.when(route.path, route.properties); }); $routeProvider.otherwise({ redirectTo: routes[0].path }); }); }()); </script> @* Rest of the app scripts *@ </body>
You can't effectively enforce security on the client, so views and API calls still need authorization on the server to make sure a malicious user hasn't manipulated the routes.
I've been working with Durandal 2.0.1 and my favorite feature, by far, is the observable plugin which allows binding to plain JavaScript objects.
When creating the application, I only need to tell Durandal to use the observable plugin.
define(function(require) { var app = require("durandal/app"); app.configurePlugins({ observable: true // <- }); app.start().then(function() { app.setRoot("{viewModelName}", "entrance"); }); });
And now all my view models can be plain, simple objects.
define(function(require) { var dataService = require("data/movieData"); var viewModel = { movies: [], activate: function() { dataService.getAll().then(function(newMovies) { viewModel.movies = newMovies; }); } }; return viewModel; });
At the core of the observable plugin is Object.defineProperty. This ES5 API requires a compatible browser, but fortunately even IE9 has support. The defineProperty method can build a property with get and set logic, as in the following example.
var person = {}; var propertyDefinition = function(value) { var get = function(){ return value; }; var set = function(newValue) { if(value != newValue) { value = newValue; console.log("Value changed to " + value); } }; return { configurable: true, enumerable: true, get: get, set: set }; }; Object.defineProperty( person, "firstName", propertyDefinition() ); person.firstName = "Scott"; person.firstName = "Allen"; console.log(person.firstName);
With Durandal, you never have to worry about using defineProperty directly. Durandal's observable plugin provides an API to convert all the properties of an object into Knockout compatible observables using defineProperty.
define(function(require){ var observable = require("durandal/plugins/observable"); var person = { firstName: "Scott", lastName: "Allen" }; observable.convertObject(person); // can still use properties as properties instead of as functions person.firstName = "Ethan"; console.log(person.firstName); });
If we look at the object in the debugger, we'll see the following.
But even the above code is something you don't need to write, because Durandal will automatically convert view models into observable objects ready for 2 way data binding before bindings are applied. There's a lot to be said for frameworks that care about making things easy for the developer.
A few weeks ago Rob unveiled Biggy, a simple file based document store for .NET inspired by NeDB. Since then there's been a few additions and Biggy also works with relational databases and MongoDB.
Looking through the code and the enhancement list, I couldn't help wondering if Biggy might benefit from a different design. I started to open an issue on GitHub based on a completely experimental branch I created, then decided it would be better off as a post.
Looking over the Biggy implementation, every different data store becomes coupled to an InMemoryList<T> class through inheritance. The coupling isn't necessarily wrong, but it does complicate the implementation of each new data store. For example, for JSON storage the Add method has to remember to call into the base class in order to raise the proper events:
public void Add(T item) { var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(item); using (var writer = File.AppendText(this.DbPath)) { writer.WriteLine(json); } base.Add(item); }
The inheritance relationship also complicates life for consumers, as InMemoryList supports both Clear and Purge methods in the API, but the JSON implementation only supports Clear. Not sure if this was intentional or not, but I did find it confusing.
I also thought an alternate approach that clearly defines the responsibilities of the in-memory data manager and the backing data store might be helpful…
First we'll start off with an abstraction that clearly defines the capabilities of a Biggy in-memory list.
public interface IBiggy<T> : IEnumerable<T> { void Clear(); int Count(); T Update(T item); T Remove(T item); T Add(T item); IList<T> Add(IList<T> items); IQueryable<T> AsQueryable(); event EventHandler<BiggyEventArgs<T>> ItemRemoved; event EventHandler<BiggyEventArgs<T>> ItemAdded; event EventHandler<BiggyEventArgs<T>> Changed; event EventHandler<BiggyEventArgs<T>> Loaded; event EventHandler<BiggyEventArgs<T>> Saved; }
Methods like Add and Remove will return the affected item in case something changed, like if the underlying store populates a key or version field. There are two versions of Add, because batch inserts are a common scenario.
The implementation of an IBiggy can now focus on manipulating in-memory data and firing events. All data persistence is handled by stores.
public virtual T Add(T item) { _store.Add(item); _items.Add(item); Fire(ItemAdded, item: item); return item; }
A Biggy store has a simple, brute force API.
public interface IBiggyStore<T> { IList<T> Load(); void SaveAll(IList<T> items); void Clear(); T Add(T item); IEnumerable<T> Add(IEnumerable<T> items); }
But I'm also thinking some data stores might support additional features that make updates and queries more efficient. These capabilities are segregated into separate interfaces.
public interface IUpdateableBiggyStore<T> : IBiggyStore<T> { T Update(T item); T Remove(T item); } public interface IQueryableBiggyStore<T> : IBiggyStore<T> { IQueryable<T> AsQueryable(); }
And when constructing a BiggyList<T>, you have to inject a specific data store. BiggyList<T> can query the available interfaces in a data store to understand the store's capabilities, but once the store is inject a list client never needs to know about the store.
public BiggyList(IBiggyStore<T> store) { _store = store; _queryableStore = _store as IQueryableBiggyStore<T>; _updateableBiggyStore = _store as IUpdateableBiggyStore<T>; _items = _store.Load(); }
Now, the implementation of an actual data store doesn't need to call into a base class or worry about raising events. The store only does what it is told. Circling back to the JSON backing store, an implementation might look like:
T IBiggyStore<T>.Add(T item) { var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(item); using (var writer = File.AppendText(DbPath)) { writer.WriteLine(json); } return item; }
Another useful benefit to this approach is that each store can specify generic constraints independently of the Biggy list or other data stores. For example, a data store for SQL Server can specify that T has to implement an interface with an ID property, with one for Azure Table Storage can enforce partition and row keys.
All the static typing and interfaces might move Biggy away from Rob's initial vision of a lightweight and easy to use library, but I think the ability to cleanly separate stores from lists is valuable not just for extensibility but in the simplicity of the design.
To explain the 140 series of the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) in plain talk and without dozing off is challenging, but let me give it a try:
FIPS cryptographic standards specify design and implementation requirements for cryptographic modules. Software and hardware vendors can contract with accredited laboratories to validate their modules against these standards, which then allows others to use those modules in computing environments that must adhere to the U.S. government's information processing standards.
Two questions come to mind.
First, what is a cryptographic module? A module might be a piece of software, hardware, or a combination of both. For example, RSAENH.DLL on various Windows platforms is FIPS complaint. Another example would be the Samsung crypto modules running on Android devices like the Galaxy S4.
Second question, from a software developer's perspective, is who must use FIPS compliant modules? The obvious answer is most anyone working directly or indirectly for a department or agency of the United States federal government who is handling sensitive but unclassified data. However, FIPS has also made inroads into private sector healthcare and banking businesses, as both industries store and transmit sensitive data like credit card numbers and personal health information.
Some businesses will enforce the use of FIPS compliant algorithms by flipping the "FIPS switch". This is a setting on operating systems that ensure applications only use FIPS verified cryptography algorithms. You can flip this switch on Windows, as well as OS X and other operating systems and devices.
On Windows, the FIPS switch impacts the entire system and all applications, from BitLocker to Internet Explorer and Remote Desktop. The FIPS switch will also impact the code you write. Even if you don't want to use a FIPS compliant algorithm, if your C# code executes on a Windows machine with the FIPS switch on, you'll have to use a FIPS compliant algorithm or the code will fail.
For example, with C#, the managed .NET implementations of AES encryption are not certified, so the following code fails with an exception.
using System.Security.Cryptography; static class Program { static void Main() { var provider = new AesManaged(); } }
Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.
Instead of using AesManaged, you'll need to use AesCryptoServiceProvider, which calls into native, verified modules. And just so you know, your application won't be the only one to face these types of exceptions, as everything from Visual Studio to Internet Explorer and even frameworks like ASP.NET and databases like MongoDB have had (or still have) troubles with FIPS at one point or another. Be careful when you flip on FIPS that you don't cripple your own development machine, you might need to reserve FIPS for a testing environment.
One of the issues you might run into with the FIPS switch is how the system will use brute force to deny access to uncertified encryption modules. There is no awareness from the OS of why an application might choose to use a specific algorithm. In the case of AES the brute force approach might make sense, but when you start to think of algorithms like MD5 the situation is grey. MD5 might be used cryptographically to generate a message digest, but someone might have also chosen MD5 to generate a hash to use as the key value for plain text data in a distributed cache. But, MD5 is considered weak from a crypto perspective, and the following code will also fail with the exception we saw previously, even though the code is using a crypto service provider.
using System.Security.Cryptography; static class Program { static void Main() { var provider = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider(); } }
To run on a computer with the FIPS switch on, then, you need to be careful about your choice of anything cryptographic.
The irony of the FIPS switch is that the system can only prevent what the system knows about. Microsoft programmed the .NET crypto classes to respond with an exception when used inappropriately, but there are other libraries and platforms that will run any kind of cryptographic algorithm on a machine with the FIPS switch on. For example, I can still run the following code in Node on a FIPS enabled Windows machine.
var crypto = require("crypto"); var message = "The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage"; var hash = crypto.createHash("md5").update(message).digest("hex"); console.log(hash);
I think the question is debatable. The FIPS flag will keep the honest applications honest. But the FIPS flag doesn't guarantee that an application encrypts the right data, or that an application encrypts data at the right time, or that an application developer doesn't "work around" the FIPS flag by writing their own algorithm with XOR and clocking out. The FIPS flag also can't stop a user from storing their passwords on a yellow sticky note affixed to the back of an LCD monitor.
The real question should be: "is the data on a FIPS enabled machine more secure than the data on a machine without the FIPS flag?"
I'd say the answer is unquestionably a "no", and system administrators should know the FIPS flag is not a silver bullet for security.
Retrieving JSON data and binding the data to a template is easy with Angular, so easy that quite a bit of Angular code appears like the following.
<button title="Make movie longer" class="btn" ng-click="makeLonger(movie)"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span> </button>
What's of interest is the ng-click directive, which is using an expression to invoke behavior directly against $scope.
The approach works well for simple applications and demos, but in the face of more complexity it would nice to have a proper model object that knows nothing about scopes or templates and contains straight-up logic related to a business concept, in which case ng-click might look like the following.
Subtle difference, but in my experience it is small changes like this that can make a code base easier and enjoyable to work with because responsibilities are well thought and separated. Even if the model only encapsulates a couple lines of code, it is a couple lines of code that don't have to appear in a controller, or exploded in a complex if statement, or duplicated in multiple areas because all models are only data transfer objects brought to life by JSON deserialization.
Instead of allowing an HTTP API to define a model, we could start by defining a model with the following code.
(function() { var Movie = function() { this.length = 0; this.title = ""; this.rating = 1; }; Movie.minLength = 0; Movie.maxLength = 300; Movie.minRating = 1; Movie.maxRating = 5; Movie.prototype = { setRating: function(newRating) { if (newRating <= Movie.maxRating && newRating >= Movie.minRating) { this.rating = newRating; } else { throw "Invalid rating value: " + newRating; } }, makeLonger: function() { if (this.length < Movie.maxLength) { this.length += 1; } }, makeShorter: function() { if (this.length > 0) { this.length -= 1; } } }; var module = angular.module("movieModels"); module.value("Movie", Movie); }());
This approach allows a model to provide both state and behavior with unlimited functionality. The last few lines of code give the model definition a dependency on Angular, but it would be easy to factor out the registration of the constructor function and rely on something like a proper module API or global export. The code above is demonstrating what should eventually happen, which is that the constructor function is registered with Angular as a value service, and this allows the constructor to be decorated and injected into other services at run time.
Next we'd need the ability to take an object deserialzed from JSON and transform the data-only object into a proper model. The transformation is generic and could become the responsibility of another service.
(function() { var transformObject = function(jsonResult, constructor) { var model = new constructor(); angular.extend(model, jsonResult); return model; }; var transformResult = function(jsonResult, constructor) { if (angular.isArray(jsonResult)) { var models = []; angular.forEach(jsonResult, function(object) { models.push(transformObject(object, constructor)); }); return models; } else { return transformObject(jsonResult, constructor); } }; var modelTransformer = function() { return { transform: transformResult }; }; var module = angular.module("dataServices"); module.factory("modelTransformer", modelTransformer); }());
Now any service can ask for the transformer and a constructor function to turn JSON into rich models.
(function() { var movieDataService = function ($http, modelTransformer, Movie) { var movies = []; var get = function () { return $http .get(movieUrl) .then(function (response) { movies = modelTransformer.transform(response.data, Movie); return movies; }); }; // ... more implementation return { get: get // ... more API }; }; var module = angular.module("dataServices", ["movieModels"]); module.factory("movieDataService", movieDataService); }());
The end result is a set of richer models that make it easier to keep functionality of out $scope objects. This might seem like a lot of code, but other than the transformer, this is all code that would still be written but scattered around in $scopes.
Here are just a few of the reasons you might not like this approach.
1. It's not functional JavaScript, it's classes with prototypes. Not everyone likes classes and prototypes. An alternative (and more common) approach to slimming down $scope would be to group interesting functions into a movie service.
2. Adding additional state to a model might result in additional and unexpected values arriving at the server, if the model is serialized and sent back in an HTTP call.
3. If the service caches the model, it might require some code using instanceof to keep track of what objects have been transformed, and which have not. It also makes it more difficult to decorate the service.


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The circumstances of the fatal shooting of Ratliff remain under investigation, Metts said. Detectives also are continuing to investigate the nature of the dispute that Ratliff was trying to mediate when Ratliff was shot once in his upper torso with a firearm. In addition, detectives are continuing their efforts to identify the person who fatally shot Ratliff.
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FORT WAYNE – The little girl with long, dark hair sat on the sofa and nestled protectively beside her parents as they took turns telling a remarkable story of how she fought epilepsy and how she has beaten it for a year and a half.
For 10 about minutes – not much longer – Autumn Forti listened patiently, perhaps reliving moments she would prefer to forget and maybe someday will. Her small, soft hands were folded in the lap of her ankle-length print skirt, and her shoulders were rolled forward ever so slightly, the way shy 9-year-olds scrunch down to make themselves smaller.
It wasn't until her mother, Ann, remembered the conversation that the then-unexplained seizures might be attributed to a possible allergic reaction to the newest family dog – and that they might have to give away Taffy – that Autumn ended her silence and began to weep out loud.
Simultaneously, Ann and Scott Forti embraced their sobbing daughter and, almost in unison, said reassuringly, "But we didn't have to, did we?"
No, they sure didn't.
Taffy, a Bernese mountain and sheep dog mix, still roams the backyard, along with dogs Cosette and Tusker that woof and yelp and greet visitors to the Fortis' rural home a few miles outside of St. Joe in DeKalb County.
In that backyard, a deck had been constructed off the back of the home, a children's swingset was assembled, and, on a gorgeous Sunday, April 29, 2012, a wedding was held. And it's because of that outdoor wedding of Autumn's oldest brother, Kyle, and his wife, Hope, that the narrative begins of a little girl, an outpouring of love and a change of diet that may have saved her life.
It was March 29, exactly a month before the wedding, when Ann and Autumn were inside the Hobby Lobby craft store off Coldwater Road to buy supplies for Hope's wedding shower when, without warning, Autumn, then 7, dropped to the floor and began to uncontrollably spin in circles.
Scared and puzzled, the following day they saw their family physician, who suggested that it could be anxiety, since Autumn was to take part in her brother's wedding. But as she was leaving the doctor's office, Autumn went into another seizure. And then another when they got home.
By Monday, they were seeing a neurological specialist, Dr. Atiya Khan, who prescribed medication for what was diagnosed as pediatric epilepsy.
"Looking back, I was just desperate," Ann Forti says. "(Dr. Khan) gave me some medicine, and we were gone. We went right from there to Walgreens to taking that and putting it in. At the end of the week, (the seizures) are getting worse."
Ann called Khan again.
"She called me, and we said, 'OK, let's do some other medications,' " Khan says.
"But that didn't work. She called me back and said she's doing it much more often. So in the end, we wound up admitting her to the (Parkview Regional Medical Center). I can't remember how many, but she had three or four IV medications, and that didn't help."
Khan noticed that whenever Autumn seized, she always spun in the same direction, even on the bed.
"So I called the Cleveland Clinic," Khan says. "I said, 'Do you have any other suggestions?' And they said, 'You've done everything that we would do.' … But they said there were some other things. 'Either you could do it, or send her to us.' "
In a matter of hours, Autumn and her family were headed to Cleveland.
A path and a light
Ann and Scott Forti were now on a mission to educate themselves about epilepsy. They talked to more doctors. They devoured brochures. They read books. And there was this one book – there were so, so many – in which there was a brief mention of a little-known TV film about an epileptic child, "… First Do No Harm," starring Meryl Streep, whose performance earned her an Emmy nomination.
Intrigued, Ann and Scott told their son, Kyle, who had left finals week at his college in Hillsdale, Mich., to join his family in Cleveland, to find a copy of the movie, no matter how much it cost. At a DVD store a few blocks away from the clinic where his youngest sister continued to seize, he found one copy – for 99 cents.
The film, which debuted on ABC in February 1997, was directed by Jim Abrahams, whose real-life son, Charlie, had his own battle with epilepsy.
After heavy doses of medication and even surgery – all unsuccessful – Charlie eventually becomes seizure-free shortly after Abrahams is told about, and adopts, the ketogenic diet.
It is a strictly measured, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet with adequate protein developed at the Mayo Clinic in 1921. Because seizure-free results were seen in epileptic patients who fasted, the ketogenic diet is used as a substitute for fasting, which cannot be sustained for a long period of time.
Abrahams' sole purpose in making the film was to educate the public about the diet that saved his son.
Ann and Scott Forti prayed for the same miracle for their youngest daughter.
"Watching that movie in the hospital room, while simultaneously watching Autumn continually seizing in her hospital bed, tears rolled down my face," Ann wrote in her blog. "I was sure that the diet was going to be our only hope, but it also instilled fear in me – what if the diet didn't work either?"
For nine days, the Cleveland Clinic treated Autumn. Yet with no real cure to stop the seizures, the Fortis were sent back home with $1,000 worth of medication and uncertainty about a diet they were about to attempt.
All this, and a wedding was 48 hours away.
"Every one of the kids had 'Autumn duty,' " Scott Forti says of Autumn's four brothers and three sisters.
"I would not let her walk anywhere without somebody next to her for fear that she would fall through a window, fall down the steps, hit something outside. There were times when you'd turn your back, and all of a sudden, she dropped."
And although Autumn had a couple of seizures in the process, Kyle and Hope were wed that evening in the outdoor ceremony.
Another immediate challenge was how to continue giving Autumn medications the Cleveland doctors prescribed while, at the same time, start her on the ketogenic diet. How much medicine? How much food, and what kind? Where to turn? Who to ask?
The Forti family remained steadfast in their deep religious faith. And when Ann returned home at 11:30 p.m. from a women's prayer meeting, there was a message on her phone.
"I don't know your name, but I know if you are a seizure mom, you are still up."
It was from Tresa Gibson, calling from Canada. She had heard about Autumn from a woman named Kate, who exercised with Ann's sister, Lisa, in Wisconsin.
Gibson was also a "seizure mom" whose son Fletch suffered seizures "for hours on end," according to Ann Forti, and even showed symptoms of autism. "But she brought him back to health through the ketogenic diet."
It was Gibson, Ann and Scott say, who would always be there to answer their ketogenic questions.
Not only did they have a path, but now they had someone to light the way.
'Has she had one?'
A few days into the diet, of weighing foods a gram at a time, the way a ketogenic cookbook they acquired explained how to do, an hour of Autumn being seizure-free turned into two, and she had a night of peaceful sleep. Two days turned into four. A week became almost a month.
"It was skating night, and we all got our skates, and we're ready to go," Ann says. "It's 2 o'clock, and she has a seizure. Then she had another one, and another one. They're about 20 minutes apart. I just remember going into the bathroom and crying."
Ann told Tresa the horrible news; that the seizures returned. But Gibson told her to think back on what was made that day, what was different than before. It had to be something.
Like a movie being played in reverse, Ann's thoughts retraced everything she did and everything she made.
"I was making her ice cubes, with a little bit of lemon juice and some Stevia (an artificial sweetener) in there," Ann says. "I'm talking about a minute amount of lemon juice. It was the lemon juice. There was too much carb.
"We almost took her off the diet and put her back on the medications," Ann says. "But we said, 'Let's give it one more shot.' "
At 9:08 a.m. on May 30, 2012 – one of the kids remembered the exact time – Autumn had her last seizure.
In those early days, the entire household held its breath. One by one, whether it was brothers Joshua, now 19; or Joe, 18; or Russell, 16; or sisters Rebekah, 13; Kristen, 12; or Promise, 10, they would almost whisper to their mom or dad, "Has she had one yet?"
No, not yet.
And now it's November, which happens to be Epilepsy Awareness Month.
Perched on a step stool in the kitchen, Autumn can make her own food now with the precision of her mother. Milkshakes. Chocolate chip cookies. The cheesecake berry crunch. And pizza.
How does she make the pizza?
"With macadamia nut butter, and then mayonnaise, and oil, and egg whites," Autumn sheds her shyness long enough to rattle off the ingredients.
To further illustrate her daughter's cooking skill, Ann brings forth a full plate of peanut butter granola bars.
"Fourteen grams of coconut oil," Ann says with satisfaction.
"Twelve!" Autumn corrects her.
The little girl nods when she's asked if she remembers the seizures.
"I don't like them," she says sadly, then appears to grow small again, as though she is hiding from the demon.
With Autumn and Ann in the kitchen, both attacking the cheesecake berry crunch, Scott shares the worst days, and he says there were many.
"I'm on my knees, crying, and it's like every four minutes. … I'm like, 'This isn't happening.' I'm watching her every four minutes with a seizure. And I'm holding her. She goes, 'Daddy!' Then, 'Uhhhhhh.' Then, 'Daddy!' Then, 'Uhhhhhh.' "
The doctors, the pamphlets, the books, the small army of "seizure moms" who still share their stories and recipes and tears – they all say the same thing: The ketogenic diet cannot be sustained throughout a lifetime, because it will cause kidney and liver complications.
"Here's the deal," Ann Forti says: "Kids are generally on it from one to three years, then they go off it, and they're eating Pizza Hut and Dairy Queen."
Now there's Hope
It's been a year and a half now since Dr. Khan first treated little Autumn Forti; a year and a half since the child spun relentlessly from epileptic seizures that, during her stay at the Cleveland Clinic, tangled and matted her long hair so violently, there was concern they would have to cut it off.
"It is very dramatic to where she was to where she is – extremely dramatic," Khan says. "I'm thrilled."
Since then – "because of Ann," Khan says – Parkview has added a ketogenic dietitian.
"It's very difficult," Khan says of maintaining the discipline of the diet. "First of all, you have to have an intelligent child to do this – to make sure she doesn't eat something she shouldn't.
"And Autumn's mom is very unique, because she did most of it on her own. What a wonderful family."
While the family email address is cleverly named "ten40s," Ann Forti now points out the family has grown to 11, with the addition of Hope.
Yes, Hope. Of course.


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There is something depressingly small-minded about the decision of the UK Border Agency to send Mitchell Starc back to Australia because his visa forms were not filled out correctly.
In one inflexible decision, the UK announced to the world that when it comes to the application of the law above the application of common sense it is still capable of proving itself a world leader in the field.
Well done everybody. An elite sportsman has to fly all the way back to Australia, collect a form and then fly back again. That will teach the world that when it comes to the protection of its borders the UK means business.
Yorkshire, having dispensed with Ajmal Shahzad this week as a long-running and largely misguided virility contest finally played itself out, were understandably anxious to proclaim themselves innocent as Starc, the Australian fast bowler who they imagine will kick-start their season, was deported.
Indeed, it was noticeable that as Colin Graves, Yorkshire's no-nonsense chairman, rubbished Starc's agent he defended the right of the immigration authorities to apply the letter of the law. "You can't blame the English authorities, they've got rules and regulations, and he didn't have the proper paperwork," he said, so inviting suspicions that when he finally loses patience with Yorkshire, a job will be awaiting him running immigration at Leeds Bradford airport.
He is being overly generous. Starc is an international sportsman and as such is coming to England to increase the happiness of the nation, although if this rain continues admittedly not by much. He is not a drug trafficker, an illegal immigrant or somebody trying it on. There are times when a spot of courtesy does not go amiss. There are ways in which these issues can be resolved and flying somebody around the world to fill in a form does not strike you as the best of them.
If you have to introduce a rule where only a government minister can give dispensation then get the sports minister on the phone. It should be a relief to talk about something other than the Olympics.
It may have been noticed that UK immigration policy has not exactly been running smoothly recently. Long queues at Heathrow have been brought widespread criticism, arguments have raged in the House of Commons and the immigration minister, Damian Green, has been told to sort it out. Presumably staff shortages mean that the jobsworths are now making key decisions.
Is it really beyond the wit of the UK immigration service to sit Starc in a room, contact his agent in Australia and get the correct paperwork emailed over? Make him suffer a little bit if you must. Give him a plastic chair and a dusty formica desk, treat him to a bit of the dismissive arrogance that characterises immigration officials the world over, even force feed him undrinkable coffee, but don't put him on a plane back to Australia.
And if email can't be used to receive the missing paperwork for some inexplicable security reason, if the fax machine has broken and if carrier pigeons are disallowed because of the dangers to air traffic control then if somebody must suffer a couple of back-to-back 24-hour flights let it be the agent who allegedly made a mess of it
The UK's visa policy for the past couple of years has been a shambles. Changes in regulations mean that cricketers - both professional and amateur - are regularly beset by visa problems and their arrival in the country is delayed. Three West Indies players are late arriving in the UK with the first Test at Lord's a week away because of this very fact.
It is happening far too often to be constantly explained away by human error. It is the system, stupid.
British Olympians have been complaining apparently that their home advantage has been weakened ahead of the London Olympics because of a wish to parade the "British sense of fair play," which has meant that overseas competitors in many sports have been allowed to get first-hand knowledge of the facilities in advance. They never did that in Beijing, or Athens, or Sydney or pretty much any Olympiad in modern times.
But Britain's Olympians need not worry. On the evidence of Mitchell Starc, the UK Border Agency can be relied upon to be full of nationalistic zeal. All these assumptions of a Fast Track may prove to be untrue. The first Russian weightlifter to be spied walking towards the border will be sent back to Moscow to fill in another form in no time.
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Duval County students head back to school in less than a week. That means students will be heading to Head Start and Early Head Start as well.
The federally-funded programs prepare students for kindergarten, available for families who may not be able to afford it otherwise.
The program is now being run by Lutheran Services of Florida, and this year Head Start will have a brand-new facility ready just in time for the start of school in Duval County on Monday.
Organizers are encouraging parents to register now.
Last year, the Don Brewer Center downtown wasn't even being used, but now it will be helping students get ready for kindergarten as the newest Head Start center.
The Don Brewer Center is redefined, and LSF Head Start Executive Director Nacole Guyton is excited to see it.
"The center was established as a child care facility last year, it was not in use so were excited to bring it back to its original existence," said Guyton.
Guyton said, not only will the center serve as a child care center, but as a hub for LSF.
"We want to make sure we are an established part of Duval County and that are providing and seeing to the needs of the children and the families here," said Guyton.
Head Start programs in Duval County this school year will extend an additional two hours per day and will increase from 160 to 227 days per year.
This year the programs will serve nearly 1,700 children as young as six weeks to five years old.
"Kids who have a great start from babies to five years old, they have gains and maintain them through third grade, so that's our goal. For children to leave our program ready for kindergarten and their futures," said Guyton.
The most common form of Head Start is center based, where the child is educated at one of the more than 20 locations. The second option is home based, which is provided by Children's Home Society of Florida.
"It's a little more comfortable, more of a natural setting. Some families feel more comfortable with their families at home with them during the day, so we send a home visitor to them," said Tracy McDade, who serves as the Director of Program Operations for Children's Home Society of Florida.
Whatever the option, LSF said they both have the same goal.
"We're really serious about school readiness and our education piece and making sure kids are ready for kindergarten," said Guyton.
LSF said both options are also great options for students with disabilities.
The first day of Head Start is Monday, August 18th, the same day as back to school for Duval County and there are still many openings available.
Visit the LSF Head Start website for more information and eligibility requirements for the program.
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In Philadelphia, the city has seized a widow's home and car for forfeiture after her son was nabbed on charges of selling pot [Inquirer] "Minneapolis police plan to keep $200,000 seized in a raid of a tobacco shop, even though they didn't find any evidence to merit criminal charges. Meanwhile, a former Michigan town police chief awaits trial on embezzlement and racketeering charges for allegedly using drug forfeiture money to buy pot, prostitutes and a tanning bed for his wife." [Radley Balko] Nebraska cops seize nearly $50,000 from a Wisconsin man driving from Colorado, "a known source state for marijuana," but a court orders it returned [same]. Connecticut police use forfeiture proceeds "to buy new police dogs, undercover vehicles, technology, fitness equipment — and to pay for travel to events around the country." [New Haven Register]
More: Half-forgotten history of how the feds pushed the states to embrace forfeiture [Eapen Thampy, Forfeiture Reform] And for once good news: "Rand Paul introduces bill to reform civil asset forfeiture" [Balko again] And: Rep. Tim Walberg introduces a bill on the House side; video of Heritage panel today with Balko, Walberg and IJ's Scott Bullock, Andrew Kloster of Heritage moderating.
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Based upon the annual performance evaluation, and at the [m]ayor's sole discretion and recommendation, the base salary may be increased on July 1 of each fiscal year, subject to the approval of the [council], which by Charter fixes the salaries of all mayoral appointees.
Subsequently, the town council voted to reduce the manager's salary, and the dispute went to litigation. Both a trial court and a Connecticut appeals court agreed with the manager's argument that even though the document prescribed an at-will relationship, by specifying that the base salary "may be increased" it was implicitly promising that it would never be decreased. [Daniel Schwartz; Adams on Contract Drafting]
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Labor and left-wing advocates are staging a concerted push for this measure, which opponents say is particularly burdensome to small business. "Supporters cite their success in gaining the enactment of paid sick day laws in Connecticut and six U.S. cities — the District of Columbia, Jersey City, N.J., New York City, Portland, Ore., San Francisco and Seattle–as proof that the campaign is gaining momentum." Opponents are fighting back with, among other steps, legislation passed in at least ten states specifying that municipal home rule does not include the authority to enact ordinances of this sort. [Rhonda Smith, Bloomberg BNA]
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On Hallowe'en I often recall my ancestor Lydia Gilbert of Windsor, Ct., convicted of witchcraft in 1654 and probably executed (accounts here, here). Three years earlier Henry Stiles had been killed by an apparently accidental discharge of the firearm of neighbor Thomas Allyn, and three years later Lydia was charged with being the true cause of this misadventure. In modern American law we might call that third-party liability. And from a few years ago, a durable favorite post: "Toronto schools: Halloween insensitive to witches."
Pro se (lawyerless) litigants in Connecticut with low income have been allowed to sue without paying the ordinary $350 filing fee, and some have made the most of the situation by filing scads of suits. In May, following publicity about the high cost and hassle imposed on targets, the state adopted a law which "allows judges to review the details of a lawsuit before granting a plaintiff… a waiver from filing fees." A former courthouse employee who testified in favor of the bill was himself named in a subsequent lawsuit by a litigants whose activities he had mentioned, along with various other defendants including the New London Day and one of its reporters. [WFSB via @SickofLawsuits]
According to research by Yale law professor Donald Elliott, early American civil practice empowered judges to review the details of a lawsuit for adequacy at its outset, and before a target was faced with major costs of response. That practice — dropped later during the purported modernization of our legal system — would come in handy in screening out ill-founded or tactical suits, and not just regarding in forma pauperis (indigent-filed) cases.
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True love is timeless, but so is tragedy
The poignant message left by a modern setting of Romeo + Juliet is that violence and tragedy are all too common among young people.
It was so in 15th-century Verona, where Shakespeare's iconic tragedy plays out, and is also in present-day Jerusalem, where the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre has set its first Romeo and Juliet in 44 years. And no one in the opening night audience Thursday could fool themselves into thinking that the same thing is not happening nightly among knife-wielding youth on Winnipeg's mean streets.
The love story always gets top billing in Romeo and Juliet, but hate is the undisputed winner. Youth is sacrificed in the service of ancient grudges between warring houses. You only have to look at the death toll of impressive teens: Tybalt, Mercutio, Paris, Romeo and Juliet.
Director Steven Schipper has attempted to draw new meaning from the old story by making the Capulets Muslim and the Montagues Jewish, and locating them in a city where there are constant tensions between those cultures. Both sides regularly admonish the other for slights or provocations and Schipper doesn't take sides, implying that both sides are to blame. As Romeo's friend Mercutio lies dying, he curses both families with the words, "a plague on both your houses."
The effective RMTC revival ends with the family patriarchs clasping arms over the bodies of their dead children and vowing to end their bitter enmity. That shard of hope fades in an eternally disputed city like Jerusalem, where Jews and Arabs have been in conflict for thousands for years. It is hard to believe that any ceasefire, no matter how genuine its declaration, will hold very long.
Like any modern interpreter of Romeo and Juliet, Schipper has to grapple with the general familiarity of the story of the doomed lovers. He adds a visual exoticism by having all the Capulets played by actors of colour in Michael Gianfrancesco's radiant, stone-walled settings, expertly lit by designer Michael J. Whitfield.
Schipper's attempts at contemporizing mostly succeed in enhancing the drama. It's quite a jolt to have the Shakespearean version interrupted by a couple of bursts from Uzi submachine gun toted by bodyguards or the Prince trying to quell a street brawl. The timelessness of the piece is underlined by how the ancient Persian 72-string santur shares the stage with a BlackBerry Romeo whips out to show a photograph of his beloved.
A brilliant addition to Romeo + Juliet is the never-before-seen combat game in which the blindfolded Tybalt and Mercutio attack each other with lengths of pipe that serve as sword-like weapons. It succinctly and simply captures the folly of pointless battle, in which the participants lash out at unseen foes.
What is surprising is that in a story about bad blood between families -- and plenty is spilled in the 165-minute tragedy -- not a drop is seen.
The cast, a mixture of locals and imports, is skilled, led by Marc Bendavid, who is a Romeo worth dying for. His sexy swain sells impulsive youth, wavy-haired insouciance and intelligent self-awareness. The long-limbed Pam Patel is a convincing moonstruck 13-year-old and captures the sugar rush of sweet infatuation. Although she is up to the challenge of making the language clear, it doesn't always feel as if it is deeply felt.
The pair are almost upstaged by leader-of-the-pack Mercutio, played by the scene-stealing Gareth Potter. His roguish charm and ribald horseplay enliven every moment he's on stage. RJ Parrish's bad-ass Tybalt with his razor-sharp sideburns is a physically scary warrior ("Talk of peace, I hate the word."), ever-ready to crush the enemy. Ari Weinberg's Benvolio is a geeky peacekeeper.
R&J's enablers, her Nurse (Andrea Davis) and Friar Laurence (Kevin Klassen), are appealingly played. Davis is earthy and funny as Juliet's de facto parent. Klassen is also something of a friendly father figure to what the friar calls his "young waverer."
If the romance in Romeo + Juliet does not evoke a tear, maybe the sight of all those wasted young lives will.
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ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — A former tribal leader killed her brother, nephew, niece and a worker at the headquarters of a small Indian tribe that was evicting the suspect and her son from its land in far Northern California, police said on Friday.
Cherie Lash Rhoades, former chairwoman of the Cedarville Rancheria tribe, critically wounded two other people on Thursday during a meeting in Alturas about the eviction, police said.
Those killed included the suspect's brother, 50-year-old Rurik Davis; her niece, 19-year-old Angel Penn; and her nephew, 30-year-old Glenn Calonicco, Modoc County Sheriff Mike Poindexter said.
The other person killed was Shelia Lynn Russo, 47, a tribal administrator who managed evictions and the mother of two teenagers, said her mother, Linda Stubblefield of Taft.
One of the people wounded was alert and talking. The other remained in critical condition, Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes said.
"I would say it's strange," Barnes said. "The whole thing is strange."
No further details were provided about the eviction of Rhoades.
Barnes said young children were inside the building and on the property when the shooting occurred. After running out of bullets, police said, Rhoades grabbed a butcher knife and stabbed a woman.
Authorities were alerted to the attack when a woman covered in blood ran to nearby City Hall and rang a bell to get into a side door, City Clerk Cary Baker said.
"She was saying, 'Help me, help me, people have been shot,'" Baker said. The woman was not injured, he said.
Rhoades was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of homicide, attempted murder, child endangerment and brandishing a weapon. Russo's husband works at the jail, so Rhoades was transferred to an undisclosed location.
Officers arriving after the attack found Rhoades outside the building, running and clutching a knife, Barnes said. A Rancheria employee helped tackle her, and she was quickly subdued and arrested.
A person who answered the phone at a residence listed for Rhoades declined to comment.
The headquarters — a ranch-style building with a pitched brown metal roof — is in a residential area about a block from the police station. The area was cordoned off with yellow police tape.
Investigators found two semi-automatic pistols, but Barnes said he didn't know if both had been used in the shooting.
Alturas, the seat of Modoc County, is about 55 miles south of the Oregon border and 35 miles west of the Nevada line. The motto of the community of 2,800 people — "Where the West Still Lives" — reflects the area's wilderness and natural beauty.
The Cedarville Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe with just 35 members, according to its website. The Rancheria owns 26 acres in Cedarville, where many of its families reside.
Stubblefield said Russo had mentioned several times that she had been worried about violence associated with evictions.
"Anytime you evict someone from their home, you're going to worry about this," Stubblefield said. "And you're taking their Indian rights from them."
Struggling to find words, Stubblefield said her son-in-law had called her to break the news about the attack.
"This is not supposed to happen," Stubblefield said.
Associated Press writer Jason Dearen in San Francisco and Associated Press researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
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