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Now that I have introduced the subject of this series, let me remind you of some of the most important topics covered in the previous tutorial. As you learned earlier, implementing the factory pattern using an extremely friendly scripting language like PHP is actually a no-brainer process that can be performed with minor hassles.
Creating a simple yet effective factory class, which can be easily provided with the capacity for spawning multiple objects across a given application, is a procedure reduced to something as basic as defining a method for the class in question that has the ability to return to client code a certain type of object, according to the specifications of a determined context.
Besides, as I clearly demonstrated by the copious hands-on examples included in the two previous tutorials of the series, working with only one instance of the factory class is an issue that can be addressed by different approaches. These include applying the Singleton pattern, or even better, calling statically its factory method.
Now that I mentioned it, I used this last approach with all the code samples shown so far; it's one of the most effective techniques utilized by many PHP programmers. It allows you to create specific objects without having to deal with a concrete instance of a factory class.
However, I'd like to put the tiny details of the factory pattern to the side (at least momentarily) and introduce the topics that I plan to cover in this final article of the series. In this last tutorial I'm going to teach you how to implement this useful pattern to build a bunch of highly-customizable content boxes, which can be quickly included into any web page.
Now that you know what this article is about, let's move on together and learn how to build these popular and handy elements of today's web development by using the functionality provided by the factory pattern. Let's get started!
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Although I must admit that the factory pattern can be used with a great variety of real-world applications, such as form and web page generators, database abstraction layers, and so forth, in this case I'm going to demonstrate how to utilize its neat functionality to build different types of content boxes. These boxes can be quickly included into any web document by simply invoking the appropriate factory class.
Basically, the visual appearance that I plan to achieve with these content boxes is illustrated by the picture below:
As you can see, the above image shows pretty clearly how distinct kinds of web page content boxes can be easily created by using the factory pattern, in this way demonstrating yet another useful implementation for this popular pattern.
All right, now that you have seen how the pertinent content boxes are going to look when included into a specific web page, let me show you the respective definition of the factory class that builds them. Here is the signature for the class in question; examine its source code, please:
class ContentBoxFactory{
public function createContentBox($type,$title,$contents){
case "grey";
$contentBox=new GreyContentBox($title,$contents);
case "blue";
$contentBox=new BlueContentBox($title,$contents);
case "yellow";
$contentBox=new YellowContentBox($title,$contents);
$contentBox=new GreyContentBox($title,$contents);
return $contentBox;
See how easy it is to define a basic factory class for building three different types of content boxes? I bet you do! The "ContentBoxFactory" class has been provided with the capacity for returning to client code, a decent variety of content box objects, identified as "GreyContentBox," "BlueContentBox" and "YellowContentBox" respectively.
Obviously, the main difference between the aforementioned content box objects rests upon their background and title colors, something that can be perfectly seen in the image shown a few lines above.
Okay, at this point you hopefully grasped the logic that drives the previous factory class, which indeed presents a simple signature. However, since the prior content boxes need to be included into a sample web document to appreciate their real usefulness, I'm going to build a web page generator class. Its primary function will be creating the CSS styles and web page sections required for using respective content boxes.
Having said that, here is the corresponding definition for this web page generator:
// define 'WebPage' class
class WebPage{
private $title='Testing the factory pattern';
public function __construct(){


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A winner was selected from 90 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
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Spent the evening thinking about all the blood that flowed away
Across the ocean to the second chance
I wonder how it got on when it reached the promised land"
Letter From America, The Proclaimers
I recently received two records of my great-great-grandmother, who emigrated to the USA in 1929, from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Genealogy Section. I already had copies of the passenger list of the ship on which she sailed and her U.S. Naturalization Record Index card downloaded from Ancestry, so wasn't sure how much new information these records would give, but decided to go ahead and order copies of all records held on her.
I certainly wasn't disappointed as these records provide new information, details of several other relatives, give answers to some questions I had and, perhaps best of all, include two photographs.
The first record is her Visa File. This includes her Immigration Visa from the American Consular Service in Glasgow, Scotland with photograph, physical description, brief details of her minor children, the name and address of a married sister (her nearest relative in Scotland) and the fact that her ticket was paid for by her 'intended husband'. Also included is a copy of her birth certificate and the details of when and where she arrived in the USA.
I knew that she had married not long after arriving in America but not for certain that she had gone with the intention of marrying and so this helped to explain her decision to emigrate. Her intended husband was the widower of her elder sister. A fellow Scot, he first went to America in the 1870s and had become a naturalized American Citizen but had returned to Scotland on several occasions, most recently in 1927.
The second record is her 'C-File' which includes her Petition for Citizenship and Certificate of Citizenship, granted in 1931. These provide another physical description and photograph, the date of her American marriage and the affidavits of two witnesses. One of the witnesses was a brother who (previously unknown to me) had emigrated to the USA in 1905. I've since been able to find a number of records of him online including his gravestone at Find A Grave.
The process for obtaining these records involves two steps - firstly an Index Search Request to find out if any records are held on a specific individual, and secondly a Record Copy Request (once you have the relevant file numbers). Details are given in a leaflet here.
It's not a quick service (it took about 8 months from first submitting my index search request to receiving copies of the records) but in my case was well worth the wait. I've had difficulties in ordering records from America in the past (Which town clerk do I write to? How can I send payment in US Dollars? etc.) but in this case, as the request can be made online using a credit card, it is easy to access the service from outside the US. For me, the total cost was $75 US (about £48 GBP), although this will vary depending on the type and number of records held.
I would encourage other UK-based researchers with ancestors or collateral lines who went to America to give the service a try as these records can reveal details not only of a particular individual, but also of their extended family on both sides of the Atlantic.


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Senior Network Manager
Job Title: Senior Network Manager
Department: Information Technology
Gaming License: Class III
Reports To: Chief Information Officer
The Senior Network Manager is responsible for the management and support of the network infrastructure as well as the audio and video environments. The individual directly supervises all networks, communications, and Audio Video team members in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. This individuals responsibilities include ensuring the network environment is secure, deploying network applications, hardware and technology, managing networks as well as managing all AV projects, maintaining service levels, as well as oversight of the day to day configuration, administration and monitoring of the network and AV infrastructure in a 24/7 environment. The individual provides audio and video services by planning and organizing customers' needs, selecting equipment, managing staff and supporting convention services of the resort by managing A/V vendor relations; assists customers by developing design strategies and recommending equipment selection, format, and presentation success.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises and manages the daily activities of the Senior Network Administrator, Network Administrator, AS400 Administrator, Systems Administrator, Senior Telecommunications Technician and the Audio Video Supervisor in completion of assigned projects in a timely manner. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Education and/or Experience
* Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science or related field or equivalent technical certifications and education;
* Eight or more years managing a network infrastructure and the equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Three (3) years' experience working with digital/analog audio and/or video systems
* At least two (2) years designing higher end DS and/or AV systems preferable
* Vendor and Project Management
* Demonstrated knowledge of Windows servers and desktop products.
* Demonstrated knowledge of setting up remote access for users.
* Demonstrated ability to administer a large scale node network including firewalls.
* Demonstrated ability to support networked printers and photocopiers.
* Demonstrated working knowledge of current communications devices and protocols, server and desktop technologies.
* Ability to negotiate hardware/software service and technical support contracts with vendors.
* Ability to manage multiple projects, activities, and tasks simultaneously.
* Supervising, coaching, and mentoring of network services assistant position.
* Facilitation and change management skills.
* Highly developed verbal, written communications along with negotiation and communications Skills
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
The candidate should have deep experience with network systems (CISCO), Microsoft, UNIX, and others. They need to constantly upgrade their knowledge regarding computer and internet technology and to have training and certification regarding network management. The candidate should have experience in administering the networks.
Computer Skills
Proficient relevant experience in the Microsoft suite of desktop and server based products including active directory. The candidate must demonstrate experience with AS400 and Unix/RS6000 environments. She/he should command and in-depth experience creating and implementing overall network infrastructure designs. She/he must fully grasp a high-level understanding of complex integration requirements among various technologies and environments. Must have experience with Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Wireless Access Points and Intrusion Detection Systems preferably using Cisco equipment. Must have experience with anti-virus solutions, internet monitoring software, network monitoring software and user provisioning solutions. The candidate must have in-depth understanding of voice - data communications systems along with voice over IP. The candidate must have the ability to read and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Other Qualifications
Practical knowledge and experience with information technology and network security and infrastructure application best practices. The individual must have a proven track record managing a network and AV infrastructure from design through implementation and maintenance. The individual must have experience managing network projects and AV projects. The individual must have proven ability to rapidly assimilate and apply new technical knowledge based on departmental and organizational goals and objectives. Must have demonstrated ability to manage, track and staff simultaneous initiatives. The individual must have requires direct and demonstrated experience with capital budgeting and cost/benefit analysis. Ability to work with high degrees of professionalism and autonomy are required along with a style that promotes progress through teamwork in a collaborative environment. Good grasp of technology from "big picture" integration perspective. A high degree of creativity and technical leadership is required. The individual must have strong logic and analytical skills. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The individual must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Facilitation skills required. The individual must have ability to present concepts to executive leadership and technical communities. Must possess excellent organizational and follow through skills. Customer Service oriented. Strong interpersonal, leadership, decision-making and management skills are essential in this role, as are conflict resolution and negotiation skills. The individual must have the ability to develop positive working relationships with vendors and business areas. The individual must have be able to work well under time constraints. Industry-specific knowledge Gaming, Accounting, Operations and Marketing is a plus. The individual must have must be able to work flexible hours, including hours beyond the normal schedule when necessary. Occasional travel required as needed.
Language Skills
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand for prolonged periods of time; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to secondary smoke. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.


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Black-and-White Sesame Brittle
Bottles of wine and bouquets of flowers make for lovely hostess gifts, but a box of handmade candy says "thanks for inviting me over" in a much more personal fashion. This Black-and-White Sesame Brittle from Kir Jensen's The Sugar Cube is ideal to bring along to any dinner party, simple to make, impressive to gift, and a sweet treat to nibble on after any meal.
Reprinted with permission from The Sugar Cube by Kir Jensen. Copyright © 2012. Published by Chronicle Books. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:makes about 1 1/2 pounds
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes plus cooling time
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 tablespoons black sesame seeds
- 3 tablespoons white sesame seeds
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium, heavy-bottomed pot, combine the butter, sugar, water, and salt and cook over medium-high heat, swirling the pot, until the mixture reaches 260°F on a candy thermometer. Add the seeds and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 350°F, or until the sugar takes on a dark golden brown color.
Remove from the heat and immediately pour the mixture into the prepared pan, spreading it into an even layer about 1/4 inch thick. Set aside to cool until firm.
Once the brittle has set, break it into pieces and serve in a candy dish, over ice cream, or dipped in bittersweet chocolate.
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On Thursday (Aug. 2), the House passed $383 million of disaster aid to help U.S. ranchers hammered by the drought now engulfing much of the country. The vote for the Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, H.R. 6233, was 223-197 and came just before Congress recessed for five weeks. Thirty-five Democrats voted in favor of the bill, 46 Republicans voted against it.
For more on the bill, see here and here.
The livestock assistance comes after weeks of House leadership refusal to bring the farm bill passed out of the House Agriculture Committee on July 11 to the chamber's floor. House Speaker John Boehner and Majority leader Eric Cantor were frightened the House farm bill – disparaged by Republicans as too expensive and by Democrats as cutting nutrition programs ruthlessly – would have led to a withering, politically-damaging debate in the lead-up to November elections. The pair dug in their heels over the strategy despite calls from many sides to pass a new farm bill and get to conference before current law expires in late September. The full Senate passed its version of the farm bill on June 20.
While many in U.S. agriculture are feeling the effects of the worst drought in over 50 years, proponents of the disaster legislation say ranchers are especially vulnerable as feed prices have risen and hay fields are desiccated. Programs designed to aid ranchers in such circumstances expired last year. Facing ruin and uncertainty, many ranchers have liquidated herds.
For more drought coverage, see here.
The rancher assistance comes at the expense of conservation programs, which will take a hit of over $600 million, a trade-off that left environmental groups and Democrats upset. They questioned the sense of cutting conservation programs when the current drought carries substantial environmental threats.
"In order to pay for this assistance package, the House will eliminate funding for critical conservation programs -- programs that help farmers employ practices that protect soil and water and actually mitigate the harm that drought and excessive heat can cause," said Justin Tatham, senior Washington representative for Union of Concerned Scientists Food & Environment Program. "Passing a drought assistance package at the expense of conservation programs is short-sighted, at best. Instead of taking money from the extravagant commodity subsidies, the House plans to cut programs that would help farmers cope better with future droughts."
Despite such criticism, Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, House Agriculture Committee chairman, wanted to "be very clear of why we are here on the floor today. In 2008, the Congress passed a farm bill that did not provide a final year of disaster assistance. I have heard people calling this 'extending disaster assistance by a year.' No. What we are doing is fixing a problem.
"We are backfilling a hole or fixing a deficiency. I am not here to point fingers. I was elected to fix problems. We have a drought. We don't have a disaster program. I am here to provide a solution."
Lucas acknowledged those displeased with the conservation program cuts but said, in the end, the programs could weather the cuts."Some people do not like how we paid for the bill. Quite frankly, I don't either. … Ten years ago, in fiscal year 2002 we authorized $200 million in EQIP spending. In fiscal year 2009, we authorized $1.34 billion and for fiscal year 2013 we authorized $1.75 billion. Yes, we are cutting real dollars: $350 million that will not go to our farmers and ranchers to help comply with the enormous regulations facing them. But, at the end of the day this will be the largest amount of money ever to be spent on the EQIP program, seven times as much as we spent in 2002.
"The other offset is the CSP program, which was vastly improved in 2008. We are limiting enrollment for one year to 11 million acres. For those of you here in 2008 who voted for the farm bill, the CSP program in the House bill had zero dollars, zero. In the just-passed Ag Committee farm bill, we limited CSP to 9 million acres. I greatly respect the conservation community, but to hear them say we are destroying conservation programs could not be farther from the truth."
While the farm bill remains his priority, said Lucas, "most pressing business before us is to provide disaster assistance to those producers impacted by the drought conditions who are currently exposed. It is as simple as that: there is a problem out there, let's fix it."
In his floor remarks, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, had a blistering assessment of Boehner and Cantor. He laid out the timeline for the House farm bill and how the chamber had settled instead on disaster legislation. "(Lucas) and I were ready to mark-up our bill at the end of June but the Republican Leadership stepped in and said they wanted to consider the agriculture appropriations bill first. So, we held off to participate in the agriculture appropriations debate, which the leadership ultimately didn't even bring to the floor. This delayed the committee's mark-up by two weeks.
"The committee completed our work on July 11, passing a new five-year farm bill on a 35-11 bipartisan vote. Rather than bringing this bill to the floor the House has instead focused on messaging bills that are going nowhere. Now, I understand that this is an election year and the majority wants to promote their message; I've even voted for some of these bills. But you would think that after delaying us by two weeks the leadership could have found two days on the House calendar to consider the committee's farm bill before the August recess.
"Instead of bringing up the five-year farm bill the Republican Leadership last week put forward a one-year farm bill extension, hoping to delay action until the next Congress with hopes to dismantle the farm and food safety nets. Fortunately, under intense opposition from those in agriculture, the leadership had to pull the bill."
As for the livestock disaster legislation, said Peterson, "providing assistance to livestock producers -- primarily cattle and sheep -- is necessary and important, but this is not a comprehensive disaster package. Dairy and specialty crop producers will be left hurting and there is no assistance for pork and poultry producers.
"The (House) Agriculture Committee's farm bill not only includes the livestock provisions we're considering today, it also strengthens the farm safety net for a wide range of commodities. A five-year farm bill will do a better job of providing certainty for American agriculture and assistance during this period of drought."
Following the disaster bill passing, Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, lamented the inability of the House to pass a new farm bill.
"It's deeply troubling that the House would leave farmers and small businesses in the lurch at a time when our agriculture economy is vulnerable and facing incredible uncertainty," said Stabenow. "A five-year farm bill not only provides the immediate relief producers need to battle drought and disaster, it also gives farmers the long-term certainty and additional tools they need to keep growing and creating jobs over the long-term.
"By refusing to bring up the farm bill, House leadership is doing what Congress always does -- kicking the can down the road instead of coming together to solve problems. If Congress does not pass a farm bill, there will be no reform, direct payments will continue, we'll lose the opportunity for major deficit reduction and we'll deliver a real blow to our economic recovery."
For more farm bill coverage, see here.


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|Cosmic Background Imager
Here we present supplementary numerical data for the CBI polarization observations reported by J. L. Sievers et al. If you use these data in a publication, please cite the appropriate papers and also give the URL of this web page and the date of publication (given at the bottom of this page). The data are in the gzipped tar file CBI09.tar.gz (419 Kbyte) The spectrum is contained in CBI09.newdat This data file should work as-is with current versions of COSMOMC (Lewis & Bridle, 2002) File format: first line - location of window functions (should be properly set). second line - total bands in each polarization. Order is TT,EE,BB,TB,TE,EB next lines (BAND_SELECTION) - select which bands are to be used in parameter fitting. We drop bands where WMAP5 is cosmic-variance limited. next line: (1 1.00 0.020) - only number of relevance is 0.020, which is the CBI calibration uncertainty in power (1.0% in amplitude) (ignorable line) iliketype - COSMOMC/.newdat format support offset-lognormal approximation to the likelihood (Bond, Jaffe, and Knox 2000). iliketype=1 specifies the use of the offset-lognormal approximation. Next is a block for each polarization in the file. This file contains only a TT power spectrum, and so there is only a single block here. This contains the name of the polarization, then one line containing the spectrum for each band power in the polarization. The fields are: 1) Band # 2) Power spectrum (l(l+1)C_l/2pi, in uK^2) 3) Gaussian error bar 4) Estimate of faint source contribution to the bin. 5) noise spectrum, used in the offset-lognormal approximation. 6) and 7) the lower/upper ell range contained in the band Then a block containing the same-band correlations between band-powers. Ones along the diagonal, with the off-diagonal terms the degree of correlation between bands. Finally, the Fisher matrix for the entire spectrum. Units are in uK^4. This full matrix is used when calculating the likelihood of a spectrum in COSMOMC. There is also a directory "windows" - in it are the band-power window functions. There is one file for each band. Columns are 1) ell 2) W_ell/ell for. Columns are normalized, so expected C_ell is sum(W_ell)C_ell over ell.
Last update: 2009-01-28
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Made-to-Measure three-piece cashmere suit (jacket not shown), $7,995 by Ralph Lauren Purple Label. Made-to-Measure shirt, $600, by Ralph Lauren Purple Label. Cashmere tie, $215, by Ralph Lauren Purple Label. Watch by Audemars Piguet.
Cardigan (his own) by PS Paul Smith. Shirt by Tom Ford. Tie by Ralph Lauren Purple Label. Cords (his own) by A.P.C. Basketball by Nike. Watch (his own) by Audemars Piguet.
Sweater, shirt, and pants by Dolce & Gabbana. Fedora by Borsalino at JJ Hat Center.
Shirt, Dolce & Gabbana. Jeans, Bottega Veneta. Cap, Christys' London. Necklace, Cartier.
Sweater, shirt, and tie by Tom Ford. Jeans (his own) by Rocawear.
Jacket by Nike Sportswear. Henley and jeans by Gucci. Belt (his own) by Yves Saint Laurent. Sunglasses by Tom Ford.
lebron james
Jacket by Gucci. Sweater by Club Monaco. Shirt by Burberry London. Tie by Ascot Chang. Jeans by Bottega Veneta. Watch by Audemars Piguet. Basketball by Nike.
T-shirt by Rick Owens. Jeans by A.P.C
Made-to-measure suit, $2,795, shirt, $325, and tie, $135, by Ralph Lauren Black Label. Pocket square, $55, by Ralph Lauren Black Label. Tie bar, $75, by Tiffany & Co.


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Scripture: Isaiah (NIV) 11:1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse, from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
Observation: This is a prophetic verse about a descendent of Jesse. Jesus is the Branch. At the end of Isaiah 6 we see that when the trees are cut down, stumps will remain in the land. Here, from one of those stumps, a shoot will spring out. The glory of the tree will be removed. It was no longer beautiful. It could no longer provide any shade. But life remained in the stump! New growth was coming!
Application: As I grow older, I have lost some of my branches, some of my abilities. But this "stump" still has the life of God!!! Some have lost branches to sin, or disease, or battle, BUT if the life remains in the stump, there still remains great potential! New expressions of life are yet to be seen!
Prayer: Lord, others may see me as just a stump. They may not yet see the life within! Your life sends forth branches, even from stumps! Amen
Pastor Leon
Making friends for time and eternity!


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Taco Bell's food innovation experts are at it again. This time, they've found a way to put nachos into a burrito.
On May 23, Taco Bell will launch the Beefy Nacho Burrito for 99¢, featuring seasoned beef, warm nacho cheese, cool sour cream, and Taco Bell's new Queso Strips, all wrapped in a warm flour tortilla.
Like a plate of nachos, the Queso-seasoned strips are layered into this 6.7-ounce burrito, giving customers supreme texture while packing flavor to keep every fan's summer delicious.
The Beefy Nacho Burrito will also be available in a $3.99 combo (Beefy Nacho Burrito, two Crunchy Tacos, and a large drink) and a $5 Buck Big Hitter Box (Beefy Nacho Burrito, Burrito Supreme, Crunchy Taco and a medium drink), leveraging the brand's Major League Baseball sponsorship (the $5 Buck Big Hitter Box will be featured in the MLB Fan Cave).
The $5 Buck Big Hitter Box gives fans the opportunity to play an exclusive Home Run Derby baseball game built from PlayStation's popular MLB The Show 2012.
The game will be available for free via the Taco Bell app for iPhone and Android. When customers buy and scan the $5 Buck Big Hitter Box using the app, they will get to play as Adrian Gonzalez of the Red Sox. Scanning the cup will also unlock special features.
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2014 Big Bash Gets Underwayby Howard Hewitt • June 5, 2014 Share:
Wabash College alums arrived this morning ready to celebrate their class years with possible record attendance. The annual Big Bash celebration kicks off Friday morning and runs through Sunday.
Pre-registration is already at 380 alums which nears the all-time record of 389. Big Bash brings back classes for the "nines" and the "fours" – as in 1989 and 1974- for a weekend of fellowship and re-visiting the alma mater. Activities run through Sunday morning with Colloquia sessions, great meals, spur-of-the-moment mini-reunions, golf tournament and the popular Chapel Sing.
One of the driving factors behind the attendance is the growing participation from younger alumni.
Director of Alumni Affairs Tom Runge reports the Class of 2004 is bringing back 39 graduates. The record for any 10th reunion is 40. Jacob Pactor, class agent and reunion chair, is putting on the push to top that number. This 2004 class led all others on 4/30 with 62 donors. They beat the Donor Challenge by 22 donors.
"It's great to see the growing participation of our young guys in the Bash," Runge said. "I know it's tough for them to break away but they bring an energy to the Bash that is tough to beat. The Class of 2007, in 2012, really started the latest trend and the Class of 2008 last year came back in good numbers and won Chapel Sing! The Class of 2004 is poised for a good turnout and so is 2009 this year."
Of course a big highlight is always the 50-year reunion guys, celebrated during the Friday night banquet. President Gregory Hess will present the 1964 graduates attending with a reunion medal. But one alum has all those guys beat. Dick Cherry '49 is the oldest Wabash College graduate registered for Big Bash.
Friday morning features a golf outing at the Crawfordsville Country Club and registration in Chadwick Court. Five colloquiums will be presented by alums with President Hess talking at 3 p.m. about College strategies and the master plan.
Saturday is a full day with a morning fun run and walk, campus tours, more colloquiums and the always fun and popular 11 a.m. Chapel Sing on the Chapel steps. Each class will break off Saturday night for individual class dinners.
Everything wraps up at 11 a.m. Sunday with the Big Bash Awards Brunch. See a detailed schedule and colloquia detail here.
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Before the Korean writes anything about Korean citizenship, military draft, etc., the usual caveat must come first:
The Korean is not an immigration attorney of Korea. This post is for broad informational purposes only. Do NOT ask him about your specific situation, because he cannot possibly give a competent answer that fits your situation. Immigration law and conscription law of Korea are complicated things, and you must consult an attorney if you are seriously worried about your situation.
This post is to provide update on the strange twilight zone in which many young Korean American men find themselves. To recap the situation: a strange confluence of new Korean laws, which sought to restrict the ability to dodge the military draft and at the same time encourage more ethnic Koreans living abroad to visit and live in Korea more freely, resulted in a messy situation: a number of young, second-generation Korean American men suddenly gained Korean citizenship, and accordingly, the duty to report for Korea's mandatory military service. What is more, if these Korean American men missed the very small, three-month window after their 18th birthday to renounce their Korean citizenship, they are not allowed to renounce their citizenship until after they are 38 years old, i.e. no longer eligible for the draft.
Naturally, this puts young Korean American men in an odd situation. Many of them did not even know that they were Korean citizens as of 2010, when the dual-citizenship law came into effect. Then if they tried to study or work in Korea or visit Korea for the long term, they would first find out that (1) they had Korean citizenship, (2) they might be subject to the draft because of their Korean citizenship, and (3) they cannot even renounce their Korean citizenship, because their 18th birthday had already passed.
As of late last year, Korea's Military Manpower Administration carved out a couple of exceptions that would help many people in this twilight zone.
First, there is an exemption for second-generation, non-resident citizens [재외국민2세]. This page from the MMA explains the exemption in detail. To be eligible, one must:
- Have been born outside of Korea OR left Korea before turning six years old, AND
- Have continuously lived abroad until December 31 of the year in which he turned 17 years old, which means he was not present in Korea for more than 60 days in a one-year period, AND
- Currently possess permanent residency or citizenship of a foreign state. IN ADDITION,
- One's parents must also currently possess permanent residency or citizenship of a foreign state.
One would verify that he is a second-generation, non-resident citizen by submitting documentation to Korean embassy or consulate, which provides a stamp on the passport signifying the exempt status.
Second, there is an exemption for those studying in a "domestic educational institute." This page from the MMA explains this exemption in more detail. To be eligible for this exemption, one must simply have a permanent residency or a citizenship of a country other than Korea. The exemption is cancelled if:
- One stays for more than six months after graduating, finishing, taking a break from or having been expelled from the school;
- One's mother, father or spouse stays in Korea for more than six months out of the year during the time at school; OR
- One works and earns money during one's study.
If your situation does not fall under the two exemptions, there is still hope. There is currently a Constitutional Court petition in progress to find the 2005 law that prohibited renunciation of citizenship unconstitutional. Hopefully, the Constitutional Court would fashion a more rational solution to the military draft issue. It would be a good idea to check back on this issue in a year or so.
The Korean will stress this again: he is not an immigration attorney of Korea. Nor is he watching this situation very closely. The laws and regulations may change again at any time. If you are difficult situation in terms of citizenship or military draft status, make sure to consult an actual attorney, and/or Korea's diplomatic staff.
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Selektah Twice came on a bit strong so I understand your comments RMS. He did have apoint though if you check what some people were saying before hand. My comment about 20 old geezers was aimed at StepDubStep who was saying he didn't want non-reggae people in the dance (or at least thats how I read it).
At the end of the day it's all music - I'm not interested in critisising either style. As long as it's done well it's all good.


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Renewable energy projects – including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and water – accounted for 41.14% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity installed in October and represent 46.22% of the capacity added in the first 10 months of this year, finds the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) latest Energy Infrastructure Update.
In October, 10 new wind power projects totaling 594 MW came online, as well as 10 solar projects (59 MW), three biomass projects (69 MW) and one water power project (5 MW), according to the SUN DAY Campaign, a nonprofit research firm that promotes sustainable energy technologies.
In the first 10 months of the year, 92 wind energy projects totaling 5.403 GW have come online, as well as 167 solar projects (1.032 GW), 79 biomass projects (409 MW), seven geothermal projects (123 MW) and nine water power projects (12 MW), the report notes. Collectively, these total 6.979 GW, or 46.22%, of all new generating capacity added since the beginning of the year.
By comparison, new natural-gas additions since Jan. 1 totaled 67 projects (5.702 GW), or 37.8%, while three new coal projects added 2.276 GW (15.1%). Nuclear and oil represented just 0.8% and 0.1%, respectively, of new capacity additions.
The new renewable energy generating capacity added this year represents a 47.7% increase over the level recorded for the same period in 2011.


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Sitruk needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 85 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
Greenwood Office Outfitters
Greenwood Office Outfitters is a 20 plus year old Office Products, Furniture and Equipment supplier in the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas market. They are having our company develop a new website for them and would like to update and modernize their logo. They are looking for fresh new ideas, clean modern design and a professional and business look for their new logo. They are happy with the way the current logo has been accepted and are a bit afraid of rocking the boat too much, but I would like to see them get something really fresh and clean.
The layout for the new web design will have a header area of 100 pixels in height and 800 pixels in width at 72 dpi, so the design needs to work well within part or all of that area.
The current website is http://www.greenwoodoffice.com, but it is going away soon for a new and better look... the current logo is attached..
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The new log design must work well on a web site, but it must also work well in print, including both color and monotone print on light and dark backgrounds, so please provide your designs with that in mind. We will need the original artwork in layered format preferably .AI, .PSD and .EPS formats.
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UW To Offer MBA In Energy Management
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming is offering a new Masters of Business Administration program for students who want to work in the energy industry.
About eighty spots will be available in the first year of the MBA energy management program this fall. Half of the spots will be reserved for online students.
MBA director Marty Saffer told KCWY-TV that only a handful of schools across the country offer such a degree.
Energy accounting and energy trading will be among the courses offered in the 16-month program. Tuition for in-state students will be $22,000 a year.


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Joseph Hewes
|Founding Fathers
|Joseph Hewes
|North Carolina
|Christian- Quaker, Episcopalian [1]
|Founding Documents
|Declaration of Independence
Joseph Hewes (January 23, 1730 – November 10, 1779) was a patriot from North Carolina and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a wealthy merchant with the most to lose in the American Revolution. Hewes was a man of integrity and honor. He bristled with confidence and esteem helping the Whigs overthrow the royal government. A member of the Colonial Assembly, he signed the Declaration of Independence as a North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress. He worked directly with General George Washington to defend the colonies and became the de facto first Secretary of the Navy.
Early life
Joseph was born in the year 1730 at a Maybury Hill Kingston estate on the outskirts of Princeton, New Jersey. His parents were Quaker by faith and had moved from their Connecticut farm to a more secure surroundings without religious bigotry and Indian attacks.[2] Joseph grew up on the farm and received a public education. He wgraduated from Princeton College. Next, he moved to Philadelphia and worked for a merchant. Then he established a shipping business in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he earned his fortune. His confidence and esteem won over the people. Hewes was elected and re-elected to represent the people in the colonial legislature. Hewes had remained a bachelor, the girl he loved had died days before their wedding.
At first Hewes was against any talk of independence as he articulated the colony's grievences against Britain. His committee would draft the following
|State the rights of the colonies in general, the several instances in which these rights are violated or infringed, and the means most proper to be pursued for obtaining a restoration of them.
After twenty years of commercial business with Great Britain, Hewes now advocated all American trade connections to be severed. Under his leadership, North Carolina became the first colony to break from King George III. After signing the Declaration, Hewes placed his vast fleet of merchant ships at the service of the Continental Armed Forces. He served the Congress as the Secretary of the Naval Affairs Committee. He would lose his Congressional re-election in 1777, but served the Navy until 1779.[3]
Joseph Hewes died at age fifty years old after a battle with a bed-ridden illness. His funeral attended by President Washington, all of Congress, the French head of state. His grave is in Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, Pa.
- ↑ http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html
- ↑ Joseph Hewes, Josephhewes.com
- ↑ Biographical Scetches Joseph Hewes, National Park Service


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Richard Matthew Stallman, (born March 16, 1953, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American computer programmer, free-software advocate, and founder of the Free Software Foundation.
Stallman earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1974. In 1971, as a freshman at Harvard, he had begun working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he wrote the Emacs text editor in the C computer programming language with James Gosling (who later developed Java). In 1983 Stallman began working in his personal time on his GNU Project, or GNU operating system. GNU was intended to be a free version of AT&T's UNIX—the name GNU was created as a recursive acronym of "GNU's not UNIX."
In 1984 Stallman left MIT over concerns about changes to the university's software copyright rules—he was one of the last of the "hackers," i.e., computer programmers who strongly believed in freely modifying and sharing computer code. In 1985 Stallman created the nonprofit Free Software Foundation, which initially focused on supporting his GNU Project. In 1990 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called "genius award" that gives recipients a substantial financial stipend with no strings attached. The award helped free Stallman to write various utilities for the GNU Project, such as the GNU Emacs editor, GNU compiler, and GNU debugger, which would later be combined with the kernel developed by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish computer science student, to produce the GNU/Linux, or Linux, operating system in 1994. Stallman's GNU Emacs Manual, which has gone through numerous revisions, is freely available from the GNU Web site.
With the release of a free operating system, Stallman and the Free Software Foundation focused on promoting free software and the development of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), commonly known as a copyleft agreement, which gives authors a way to allow their works to be modified without releasing them to the public domain.
In 1999 Stallman published "The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource," a paper calling for the creation of an open-source encyclopaedia. Almost as soon as he set up the GNUpedia Project, another open-source encyclopaedia project, Nupedia, the predecessor of Wikipedia, appeared and adopted the GNU Free Documentation License, so the work on the GNUpedia Project was merged into Nupedia.
True to his hacker roots, Stallman continued to promote free software around the world, though he had limited success in convincing governments to move completely to free software. He was one of the principal people interviewed and profiled in the 2001 documentary Revolution OS by American director J.T.S. Moore.


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AYER -- Selectmen received a weary update on the Ayer Rail Trail parking project at their meeting Tuesday night, just nine days after private property owner Phil Berry erected a fence around his property in an apparent dispute that must be resolved before anything moves forward.
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority officials said the project cannot go forward until an accessible path from the parking lot to the commuter station is identified, as the Federal Transit Administration issued $3.2 million for the project that will not be released until then.
The update had been planned for Tuesday even before Berry surprised the town by erecting a fence that redirected people around the edges of his property.
MART Administrator Mohammed Kahn showed selectmen four path options the agency presented to Berry, but said Berry was not very agreeable to almost all of them.
He said Berry might allow a 12-foot corridor to the railway property owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and PanAm. But the MBTA and PanAm object to that path, Kahn said, because it is too close to the railway line for people to walk.
The second option includes a path that runs along the Medicine Shoppe and in front of the Advocates building, while another runs in a nearly direct line from Main Street straight to the commuter-rail station. The fourth option is a nearly right-angled path between two of Berry's properties on Main Street, later running parallel to the tracks leading to the station.
Kahn also said Berry is required to provide a public easement on his property that allows people to cross over it to access the station, according to his deed.
"But there is nothing defined on that in this route, so therefore people can go anywhere and go to the platform, which, obviously, the owner doesn't like," Kahn said.
MART also claims Berry is supposed to provide a railroad passenger building with a waiting room, ticket office, baggage room and bathrooms in accordance with the deed.
George Kahale, transit-project director for the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, said the issue needs to be resolved between Berry and the MBTA. But in the meantime, he said, there is a fear of losing federal funding by October, when the federal fiscal year ends.
This issue is the part that MART is unable to fix, Kahn said.
"This small thing is holding up the whole money expenditure and we're losing this construction season," he said.
If the issue isn't resolved, Kahn said, the impact will be serious.
"They have no choice but to relocate the station or shut down the station," he said.
The town and the MBTA have eminent-domain power, Kahn said, although nobody wants to exercise that as it's not the best thing to do. He said state officers such as Sen. Jamie Eldridge should be involved in the process.
Some residents sounded off on the situation, too, after the fence Berry erected last Sunday redirected them to the edges of property rather than through it.
Ellen FitzPatrick said it is an extremely uncomfortable commute during bad weather, where after a five-minute walk to the station, commuters might find their train is delayed but will have nowhere warm to wait.
She also encouraged selectmen not to give up on the deed's requirement for the passenger building.
"If he's being so difficult, I don't understand why we aren't holding his feet to the fire and saying, 'You have a requirement to provide this access and you need to provide the access,' " she said. Maybe that could become a negotiating tool, she added.
Beth Suedmeyer also suggested that the project consider traffic flow, noting that public access also encompasses circulation for drop-off and pickup as well as emergency vehicle access.
Kahn said he, Pontbriand and the MBTA will try to force negotiations in a more stringent manner.
"We do not like to have eminent domain, but in some cases you have no choice," he said.
Issues with Treasurer Stephanie Gintner resurfaced later, as Pontbriand recommended selectmen authorize him to begin the hiring process for the controversial benefits/payroll-manager position.
The position was initially presented as a reclassification of Assistant Treasurer Melisa Doig's position, but was shot down by selectmen in 2012 over financial concerns.
Doig, who has a history of personnel problems with Gintner, resigned her post last month for a position in Groton.
Gintner argued that various parts of the town's personnel policy were not followed in the position's reclassification.
Additionally, she argued, the town has voted not to have a finance department, but that is what seems to be in the works.
"You have no regard for what the townspeople have voted, what they care about, what they want," she said. "You just have no respect for the townspeople at all."
The new three-member board had an instant negative reaction.
"You're the one suing the town, so I'd back off on that," said Selectmen Chairman Christopher Hillman.
Selectman Jannice Livingston said she took offense to how Gintner worded the accusation.
"Let me give you my opinion as to what the townspeople want," she said. "The townspeople want the fighting to stop. The townspeople would like a Town Hall that's functional, they would like their town government to be functional. That is what we are attempting to do."
Gintner said she would like to have her assistant-treasurer position, but Livingston insisted the position is archaic.
After further back-and-forth between the board, Gintner and former Selectman Frank Maxant, the board approved the beginning of the hiring process. The board also approved appointing a screening committee for the position, consisting of Pontbriand, Gintner, the finance director, the fire chief and the vice-chairman of the finance committee.
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