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diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index 207bc1b..450d36c 100644
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -47,18 +47,6 @@ The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation).
 
 =over 12
 
-=item assertions
-
-Select assertions in blocks of code
-
-=item assertions::activate
-
-Activate assertions
-
-=item assertions::compat
-
-Assertions for pre-5.9 versions of perl
-
 =item attributes
 
 Get/set subroutine or variable attributes
@@ -73,7 +61,7 @@ Postpone load of modules until a function is used
 
 =item base
 
-Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
+Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time
 
 =item bigint
 
@@ -115,6 +103,10 @@ Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
 
 Warn on implicit encoding conversions
 
+=item feature
+
+Enable new syntactic features
+
 =item fields
 
 Compile-time class fields
@@ -133,7 +125,7 @@ Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point
 
 =item less
 
-Request less of something from the compiler
+Request less of something
 
 =item lib
 
@@ -143,6 +135,10 @@ Manipulate @INC at compile time
 
 Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
 
+=item mro
+
+Method Resolution Order
+
 =item open
 
 Set default PerlIO layers for input and output
@@ -153,7 +149,7 @@ Restrict unsafe operations when compiling
 
 =item overload
 
-Package for overloading perl operations
+Package for overloading Perl operations
 
 =item re
 
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ Predeclare sub names
 
 =item threads
 
-Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
+Perl interpreter-based threads
 
 =item threads::shared
 
@@ -225,6 +221,10 @@ don't have the gdbm library.
 
 Provide framework for multiple DBMs
 
+=item Archive::Extract
+
+A generic archive extracting mechanism
+
 =item Archive::Tar
 
 Module for manipulations of tar archives
@@ -249,30 +249,6 @@ Split a package for autoloading
 
 The Perl Compiler
 
-=item B::Asmdata
-
-Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode
-
-=item B::Assembler
-
-Assemble Perl bytecode
-
-=item B::Bblock
-
-Walk basic blocks
-
-=item B::Bytecode
-
-Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-
-=item B::C
-
-Perl compiler's C backend
-
-=item B::CC
-
-Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
-
 =item B::Concise
 
 Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
@@ -285,10 +261,6 @@ Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
 
 Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
 
-=item B::Disassembler
-
-Disassemble Perl bytecode
-
 =item B::Lint
 
 Perl lint
@@ -297,14 +269,6 @@ Perl lint
 
 Show lexical variables used in functions or files
 
-=item B::Stackobj
-
-Helper module for CC backend
-
-=item B::Stash
-
-Show what stashes are loaded
-
 =item B::Terse
 
 Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
@@ -317,10 +281,6 @@ Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
 
 Benchmark running times of Perl code
 
-=item ByteLoader
-
-Load byte compiled perl code
-
 =item CGI
 
 Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
@@ -365,10 +325,38 @@ Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
 
 Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
 
+=item CPAN::Kwalify
+
+Interface between CPAN.pm and Kwalify.pm
+
 =item CPAN::Nox
 
 Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module
 
+=item CPAN::Version
+
+Utility functions to compare CPAN versions
+
+=item CPANPLUS
+
+API & CLI access to the CPAN mirrors
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Base
+
+Base class for custom distribution classes
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample
+
+Sample code to create your own Dist::* plugin
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic
+
+CPAN.pm emulation for CPANPLUS
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::HOWTO
+
+Documentation on how to write your own plugins
+
 =item Carp
 
 Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
@@ -385,6 +373,10 @@ Report the search path for a class's ISA tree
 
 Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
 
+=item Compress::Raw::Zlib
+
+Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library
+
 =item Compress::Zlib
 
 Interface to zlib compression library
@@ -405,6 +397,26 @@ Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
 
 Filter DBM keys/values 
 
+=item DBM_Filter::compress
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::encode
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::int32
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::null
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::utf8
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
 =item DB_File
 
 Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
@@ -417,9 +429,9 @@ Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
 
 A Perl code profiler
 
-=item Devel::PPPort
+=item Devel::InnerPackage
 
-Perl/Pollution/Portability
+Find all the inner packages of a package
 
 =item Devel::Peek
 
@@ -437,6 +449,10 @@ Modules that calculate message digests
 
 Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
 
+=item Digest::SHA
+
+Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512
+
 =item Digest::base
 
 Digest base class
@@ -497,6 +513,10 @@ Object Oriented Encoder
 
 Encode Implementation Base Class
 
+=item Encode::GSM0338
+
+ESTI GSM 03.38 Encoding
+
 =item Encode::Guess
 
 Guesses encoding from data
@@ -525,6 +545,10 @@ Internally used by Encode::KR
 
 MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
 
+=item Encode::MIME::Name
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
 =item Encode::PerlIO
 
 A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
@@ -743,7 +767,7 @@ Load the C Fcntl.h defines
 
 =item File::Basename
 
-Split a pathname into pieces
+Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.
 
 =item File::CheckTree
 
@@ -761,6 +785,10 @@ Copy files or filehandles
 
 DOS like globbing and then some
 
+=item File::Fetch
+
+A generic file fetching mechanism
+
 =item File::Find
 
 Traverse a directory tree.
@@ -769,6 +797,10 @@ Traverse a directory tree.
 
 Perl extension for BSD glob routine
 
+=item File::GlobMapper
+
+Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files
+
 =item File::Path
 
 Create or remove directory trees
@@ -853,6 +885,10 @@ Process single-character switches with switch clustering
 
 A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
 
+=item Hash::Util::FieldHash
+
+Support for Inside-Out Classes
+
 =item I18N::Collate
 
 Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
@@ -877,6 +913,26 @@ Query locale information
 
 Load various IO modules
 
+=item IO::Compress::Base
+
+Base Class for IO::Compress modules 
+
+=item IO::Compress::Deflate
+
+Write RFC 1950 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::Gzip
+
+Write RFC 1952 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::RawDeflate
+
+Write RFC 1951 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::Zip
+
+Write zip files/buffers
+
 =item IO::Dir
 
 Supply object methods for directory handles
@@ -917,10 +973,42 @@ Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
 
 Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
 
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
+
+Uncompress zlib-based (zip, gzip) file/buffer
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress
+
+Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2 or lzop file/buffer
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Base
+
+Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules 
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
+
+Read RFC 1952 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Inflate
+
+Read RFC 1950 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::RawInflate
+
+Read RFC 1951 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Unzip
+
+Read zip files/buffers
+
 =item IO::Zlib
 
 IO:: style interface to L<Compress::Zlib>
 
+=item IPC::Cmd
+
+Finding and running system commands made easy
+
 =item IPC::Open2
 
 Open a process for both reading and writing
@@ -965,6 +1053,10 @@ ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639)
 
 Framework for localization
 
+=item Locale::Maketext::Simple
+
+Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
+
 =item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13
 
 Article about software localization
@@ -973,6 +1065,22 @@ Article about software localization
 
 ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
 
+=item Log::Message
+
+A generic message storing mechanism;
+
+=item Log::Message::Config
+
+Configuration options for Log::Message
+
+=item Log::Message::Handlers
+
+Message handlers for Log::Message
+
+=item Log::Message::Item
+
+Message objects for Log::Message
+
 =item MIME::Base64
 
 Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
@@ -1045,10 +1153,130 @@ Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
 
 Store Memoized data in Storable database
 
+=item Module::Build
+
+Build and install Perl modules
+
+=item Module::Build::API
+
+API Reference for Module Authors
+
+=item Module::Build::Authoring
+
+Authoring Module::Build modules
+
+=item Module::Build::Base
+
+Default methods for Module::Build
+
+=item Module::Build::Compat
+
+Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item Module::Build::ConfigData
+
+Configuration for Module::Build
+
+=item Module::Build::Cookbook
+
+Examples of Module::Build Usage
+
+=item Module::Build::ModuleInfo
+
+Gather package and POD information from a perl module files
+
+=item Module::Build::Notes
+
+Configuration for $module_name
+
+=item Module::Build::PPMMaker
+
+Perl Package Manager file creation
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Amiga
+
+Builder class for Amiga platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Default
+
+Stub class for unknown platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::EBCDIC
+
+Builder class for EBCDIC platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MPEiX
+
+Builder class for MPEiX platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MacOS
+
+Builder class for MacOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::RiscOS
+
+Builder class for RiscOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Unix
+
+Builder class for Unix platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VMS
+
+Builder class for VMS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VOS
+
+Builder class for VOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::aix
+
+Builder class for AIX platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::cygwin
+
+Builder class for Cygwin platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::darwin
+
+Builder class for Mac OS X platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::os2
+
+Builder class for OS/2 platform
+
+=item Module::Build::YAML
+
+Provides just enough YAML support so that Module::Build works even if YAML.pm is not installed
+
 =item Module::CoreList
 
 What modules shipped with versions of perl
 
+=item Module::Load
+
+Runtime require of both modules and files
+
+=item Module::Load::Conditional
+
+Looking up module information / loading at runtime
+
+=item Module::Loaded
+
+Mark modules as loaded or unloaded
+
+=item Module::Pluggable
+
+Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
+
+=item Module::Pluggable::Object
+
+Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
+
 =item NDBM_File
 
 Tied access to ndbm files
@@ -1133,6 +1361,14 @@ Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
 
 Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
 
+=item Package::Constants
+
+List all constants declared in a package
+
+=item Params::Check
+
+A generic input parsing/checking mechanism.
+
 =item PerlIO
 
 On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
@@ -1157,6 +1393,10 @@ PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
 
 Check pod documents for syntax errors
 
+=item Pod::Escapes
+
+For resolving Pod EE<lt>...E<gt> sequences
+
 =item Pod::Find
 
 Find POD documents in directory trees
@@ -1237,6 +1477,90 @@ Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
 
 Extract selected sections of POD from input
 
+=item Pod::Simple
+
+Framework for parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Checker
+
+Check the Pod syntax of a document
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Debug
+
+Put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsText
+
+Dump Pod-parsing events as text
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTML
+
+Convert Pod to HTML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch
+
+Convert several Pod files to several HTML files
+
+=item Pod::Simple::LinkSection
+
+Represent "section" attributes of L codes
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Methody
+
+Turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+A pull-parser interface to parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken
+
+End-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken
+
+Start-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken
+
+Text-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserToken
+
+Tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::RTF
+
+Format Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Search
+
+Find POD documents in directory trees
+
+=item Pod::Simple::SimpleTree
+
+Parse Pod into a simple parse tree 
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Subclassing
+
+Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Text
+
+Format Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Simple::TextContent
+
+Get the text content of Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
 =item Pod::Text
 
 Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
@@ -1325,6 +1649,10 @@ Perl word completion module
 
 Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
 
+=item Term::UI
+
+Term::ReadLine UI made easy
+
 =item Test
 
 Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
@@ -1333,6 +1661,18 @@ Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
 
 Backend for building test libraries
 
+=item Test::Builder::Module
+
+Base class for test modules
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester
+
+Test testsuites that have been built with
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester::Color
+
+Turn on colour in Test::Builder::Tester
+
 =item Test::Harness
 
 Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
@@ -1349,6 +1689,10 @@ Internal Test::Harness Iterator
 
 Object for tracking a single test point
 
+=item Test::Harness::Results
+
+Object for tracking results from a single test file
+
 =item Test::Harness::Straps
 
 Detailed analysis of test results
@@ -1357,6 +1701,10 @@ Detailed analysis of test results
 
 Documentation for the TAP format
 
+=item Test::Harness::Util
+
+Utility functions for Test::Harness::*
+
 =item Test::More
 
 Yet another framework for writing test scripts
@@ -1405,14 +1753,6 @@ Thread-safe queues
 
 Thread-safe semaphores
 
-=item Thread::Signal
-
-Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code)
-
-=item Thread::Specific
-
-Thread-specific keys
-
 =item Tie::Array
 
 Base class for tied arrays
@@ -1429,6 +1769,10 @@ Base class definitions for tied handles
 
 Base class definitions for tied hashes
 
+=item Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
+
+Named regexp capture buffers
+
 =item Tie::Memoize
 
 Add data to hash when needed
@@ -1453,6 +1797,14 @@ High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers
 
 Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
 
+=item Time::Piece
+
+Object Oriented time objects
+
+=item Time::Piece::Seconds
+
+A simple API to convert seconds to other date values
+
 =item Time::gmtime
 
 By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function
@@ -1489,6 +1841,18 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions
 
 By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
 
+=item Win32
+
+Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
+
+=item Win32API::File
+
+Low-level access to Win32 system API calls for files/dirs.
+
+=item Win32CORE
+
+Win32 CORE function stubs
+
 =item XS::APItest
 
 Test the perl C API
@@ -2428,8 +2792,8 @@ the module after __END__ either using AutoSplit or by saying:
 Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say
 C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able
 to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS.  For example,
-does your application still work if you change:  C<$obj = new YOURCLASS;>
-into: C<$obj = new SUBCLASS;> ?
+does your application still work if you change:  C<< $obj = YOURCLASS->new(); >>
+into: C<< $obj = SUBCLASS->new(); >> ?
 
 Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it
 difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state