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Investors, speculators, traders and fund managers alike will be glued to their flat screens at the end of August, hanging onto every word that the Chairman Ben Bernanke utters. They will be looking for some positive action on behalf of the Fed in terms monetary stimulus or Quantitative Easing Part Three. Every angle, inference, real or perceived meaning, will be analyzed to the fullest extent with the view to positioning ones portfolio accordingly.
Ben Bernanke: Will he, won't he?
Positive action will send the S&P500 skywards as the markets would delight in another boost to the money supply, some of which must surely find its way to the stock exchange. Happy days would indeed be here again, even if only for short while. You will note that in the last month or so the markets have rallied possibly more in anticipation of whats to come than by any signs of an economic revival. Monetary stimulus would not only boost the stock market it would also send our two favourite investment vehicles, gold and silver into rally mode with gold prices hitting all time highs by the end of the year.
On the other hand, the lack of action by the Fed would have an extremely adverse effect on investor sentiment, as they will begin to believe that Ben does not have a big bazooka or at least he is unwilling to use it. The markets would come under heavy selling pressure and begin to tank. The lack of further stimulus would be perceived as good for inflation and therefore bad for the precious metals sector. Both gold and silver would fall and the already embattled mining stocks would be sold off by those who are shaken out of their positions. It is not called a bull market for nothing, holding firm in such times takes a lot of courage and patience. Mining stocks have performed poorly in recent times and any decline in the price of gold and silver will hit this tiny sector pretty hard.
Of course these meetings come and go, just like buses, so if its not this one then maybe it could be the next one and so we all wait a little longer. The next meeting of the Federal Reserve, by the way, is scheduled for September 12–13 and there some who are of the opinion that any announcement of significance will be made then.
To stimulate or not will be predicated on the latest economic data, especially the jobs numbers. Figures in excess of 130,000 new jobs each month tend to suggest that the economy is recovering and therefore no further action is required, which would have a negative effect on gold. However, if the jobs numbers were to fall short of say 80,000, then it could be perceived that the economy was heading back into recession, so bring on the stimuli.
So dear reader we are faced with a dilemma. We can try and second guess the outcome of these gatherings and allocate our hard earned cash so as to take advantage of what we think will be, or we can wait. We know, waiting is like watching paint dry as our acquisition strategy remains on hold. To make things worse the beach volley ball has now come to an end and the post Olympic blues is upon us. But in this case it may be better to miss the beginning of any market move in order to have a greater level of confidence about which way it is headed. That little bit of certainty could be critical for us, as having sell in a market that's tanking usually returns a lot less of your money to you.
There is also the possibility that some form of half way measure will be introduced such as buying long-dated Treasuries to push down long-term rates or cutting interest on bank deposits held at the Fed in order to drive funds out and into the hands of the borrowers. Some sophisticated embroidery around the edges wrapped in new jargon could keep us occupied for a little while longer. However, we think that the game is up, its either stimulate as in an 'extend and pretend' policy or its face the music now and pay the price as this long overdue party comes to an end.
For now we will keep a firm grip on our holdings of physical gold and silver. We will not acquire any more mining stocks as the risks out weigh the possible returns. We are keeping our powder dry and when the time comes we hope to be able to identify the real movers to which we will apply an options strategy with the view to generating returns well above that of the underlying asset and its producing stocks. We may be neutral at the moment but once things start to roll we will be in overdrive as we attempt to boost our portfolio with some decent profits.
Formulate your own plan of action now and be ready to implement it with gusto when the opportunity presents itself.
Have a good one!
Bob Kirtley


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June 12, 2000
The Hurricanes fastpitch softball team has already won tournaments against other 14-A teams in the state. Last year, the team won the prestigious Colorado tournament and placed 7th in the nation, beating top teams from California, Florida, and Arizona.
Front row (left to right): Ashley Wick, Valerie Keeney, Callie Webster, Kelly Barlow. Middle row: Brianna Davis, Ashley Blier, Ashley Morrison, Heather Hansen, Emily Gould. Back row: coaches Roger Blier, Marty Wick, Pete Hansen. Not pictured: Megan Miller, Caitlin Noble, Janna Tonahill, coaches John Noble, Mike Gould, Tina Hansen, Bruce Morrison.

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Did you know that in the years between the world wars, at 11 AM on November 11, people in this country would hear church bells peel and stop what they were doing to face east and fall silent in memory of those who died in the Great War?
In his Memorial Day message to members of the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote of a similar, albeit older tradition: "At 3 p.m., your local time, on Monday, May 25, 2009, I would encourage you to join millions of your fellow Americans in a moment of silence to remember our fallen heroes." Secretary Gates stated that by doing so they would be heeding the advice of General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, who wrote three years after the Civil War: "Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic."
To which I might add that we in New Jersey should perhaps consider adding an additional silent moment to ponder why "Manila" John Basilone is not in our state's Hall of Fame.


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- The impact of timing and prioritization on the cost-effectiveness of birth cohort testing and treatment for hepatitis C virus in the United StatesPhil McEwan
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The commission wants to know if those improvements will adequately address congestion problems in the region and is seeking engineering and traffic studies that support PennDOT's change of plans.
But the commission's efforts to obtain the these studies have been rebuffed by the department, and now LVPC officials are calling on state and federal legislators for help.
"We need your clout," Northampton County Council President and commission member Ron Angle told legislators and their representatives during a meeting this morning.LVPC Director Mike Kaiser said the commission has been left out of the process since PennDOT scrapped plans for the widening project. Ron Young, a department spokesman, however, says the two parties "have never stopped talking."
Young says PennDOT has been hesitant to release the studies the LVPC requested because "it is sensitive information, these studies, and we, as the agency, like to control when it goes public."State Reps. Bob Freeman and Joe Brennan attended the meeting, along with state Sen. Bob Mensch.
State Reps. Julie Harhart, Karen Beyer, Jennifer Mann and state Sen. Lisa Boscola sent representatives. Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Charlie Dent and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter sent representatives, as well.


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Leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike is not such a good idea, according to a study commissioned by people opposed to the plan.
Toll increases would be lower and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission can borrow cheaper, according to a study conducted for state House Democrats by three university professors who say the state "is best served by staying the course with Act 44."
The report to be released today values the Turnpike at $14.8 billion if leased to a private operator as Gov. Ed Rendell wants to do or at $26.5 billion if the Turnpike Commission continues to run the show and toll Interstate 80 under Act 44.
Rendell spokesman Chuck Ardo says "The study in question makes assumptions about the turnpike bid and lease plan that are not supported by the facts, since we have not yet asked for bids or negotiated a lease agreement."
Act 44, passed last summer, would raise about $950 million a year for the state's highways, bridges and mass transit by tolling I-80, higher Turnpike tolls and having the Turnpike Commission leverage the fares through borrowing.


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The fifth-year head coach channeled his inner Yogi Berra as the 27-11 Dolphins began preparing for Monday's CUNY Conference Tournament with a possible NCAA Division III at-large bid hanging in the balance.
A late-season rush that included a 4-2 road victory over nationally fourth-ranked Salisbury and a 5-4 home win over regionally-ranked Farmingdale State has Mauro convinced that his top-seeded squad will be in the conversation for an at-large berth in the 56-team national field.
First, however, the Dolphins have to take care of CUNY business at MCU Park in Coney Island.
"We know those two teams are going to the NCAA tourney," said Mauro, whose team has won 15 of 16 heading into Monday's 1 p.m. opener against fourth-seeded John Jay. "Those wins can only help us.
"We're making the good teams nervous."
Since the CUNY doesn't get an automatic bid to the dance — that will change next spring — the Dolphins have to hope that their weak overall strength-of-schedule rating won't keep them out of the field like it did in 2010 when Mauro sat by the phone only to learn that a 31-11 record wasn't good enough.
CSI currently sits one spot out of the six-team New York State Region poll.
Besides the win over Salisbury (currently No. 7 nationally), the Dolphins have also played No. 4 Cortland State (a season-opening 6-2 and 10-1 doubleheader loss) and No. 5 Kean (a 12-1 road loss). They own a 12-6 extra-inning victory over William Paterson, but they can probably expect the NCAA committee to poke holes in most of their schedule.
"I'll never be on the top of the strength of schedule because my conference isn't strong and I kind of get penalized for that," said Mauro. "I try to compensate by playing as many quality teams as I can out of conference, and I think that's working this year.
"Once you get close to 30 wins, you open some eyes. That's a benchmark and we're three wins away."
It's been more than two decades since CSI's last NCAA appearance. Mauro, in fact, was a record-setting shortstop at rival John Jay when the Dolphins began a two-year NCAA regional run during the 1991 and 1992 seasons.
"This is my best team in my five years here," said Mauro. "Three years ago, they told me 'Sorry, you didn't make it.' I'm optimistic that this year might be different."
NOTES: Linfield College of McMinnville, Oregon is the No. 1 team ranked team in Division III. The Wildcats are coached by former Yankee third baseman Scott Brosius ... The latest New York State Region poll: 1. Ithaca (30-6); 2. Cortland State (31-8); 3. Union (21-8); 4. Farmingdale State (25-10); 5. St. John Fisher (22-13); 6. RPI (23-10) ... Second-seeded Baruch faces fourth-seeded Lehman at 4 p.m. Monday with tourney action continuing Tuesday and Friday ... Stevens Tech (11-1) actually finished ahead of CSI (10-2) in the CUNY standings, but the Ducks won't be eligible for postseason action until next season when the conference will gain its first NCAA automatic bid.


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Maddy Urken Speech
Humanism and Its Aspirations
Speech by Maddy Urken
The subhead of Humanism and Its Aspirations-the words "Humanist Manifesto III"-might lead many to wonder how it is that Humanists can update their primary thinking every few decades. But this same question could just as well be asked of the proponents of any philosophy or lifestance with a history of being open to new knowledge.
Perhaps a fair analogy would be to compare Humanism to science, which continually updates its ideas and findings. Yet, despite hundreds of years of updating since the time of Francis Bacon, science is still with us and many of its earliest conclusions remain accepted, in whole or at some level. Humanism's root methods and underlying premises similarly remain essentially unchanged. And, barring a revolution in what humans discover to be true, many of Humanism's present conclusions will remain intact as well.
If this seems an unsteady basis upon which to ground a philosophy, consider the alternative. Some traditional lifestances tend to lag centuries behind the leading edge of progress. So what should people think of a way of life that would promise to remain unchanged in the light of new evidence no matter how clear and obvious that evidence was? Such an outlook would inevitably become irrelevant as times change. Who would feel secure living by ideas so rigid that nothing-no discovery, no matter how overwhelming-could budge them?
Humanists, then, are people comfortable with change and eager to learn from it. And many changes have occurred in the thirty years since Humanist Manifesto II. These changes were taken into account in the decision to draft and release a third manifesto. It's time to introduce a new generation to our ideals, and that requires a new document in harmony with the times and written in the language of today.
Throughout Humanism and Its Aspirations there appear points that can serve as foundations for solving some of today's problems. For example, the document reads: "We work to uphold the equal enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties in an open, secular society."
When we began this new century, our government wasn't legally able to jail U.S. citizens indefinitely and without declared reason, denying them access to legal counsel. Considerations of "probable cause," the "right to an attorney," and "due process" were firmly in place to protect the people. But with steady demands for conformity, and appeals to the supernatural, our current national leaders have made these new violations of civil liberties possible.
Today, if you are of a particular faith the FBI might have instructions to count all of your houses of worship as a basis for determining the extent of anti-terrorist investigations in your area. Today, if you are brave enough to speak out against extreme governmental policies, you might be accused aiding terrorism. Today, if you don't share the president's brand of Christianity you might find it impossible to get a major government appointment.
It is time to put human rights and civil liberties, including the separation of church and state, back on the front burner. And it is we who must do it. It is we who must take responsibility and then take action. Along these lines, the document states: "The responsibility for our lives and the kind of world in which we live is ours and ours alone."
Not everyone agrees with us, of course. Some people support increased government surveillance and a reduction in those civil liberties they are willing to trade for an illusion of security. Some view the United States as a Christian nation. And some place religious doctrines above personal responsibility. We don't believe that our new manifesto will sway them our way.
Indeed, as Humanists we make no concerted effort at conversion of the unsympathetic. We already have our hands full just working to reach the literally millions of people in the United States who already think like us, whether or not they put the name "Humanism" to it. Indeed, people who discover Humanism often say, "I didn't know others thought like me. I never knew that I'd been a Humanist all along." There are tens of thousands of people who feel this way who have already become part of the organized American Humanist movement.
So, in that direction, we in the AHA are about to engage in a vigorous effort to reach those who already support Humanism's goals but who haven't had the opportunity to join with their fellow Humanists to harvest the benefits of unity. We are reaching out to rational, skeptical, socially conscious individuals to sign this landmark document. We want to enlist thousands of signers of Humanism and its Aspirations to join us as we work to build a society and an environment that will carry us positively through this new century and beyond.
Meanwhile, our efforts toward the unsympathetic will be to raise their level of awareness and accurate understanding of us and our ideas. We also seek to live in harmony with those who disagree with us, accepting them as fellow citizens and being accepted by them in return.
Unfortunately, in today' s society, it has often been difficult to be identified as embracing anything other than traditional faith. The current administration, in fact, has created a climate that further excludes minority faiths, philosophies, and lifestances. We hope Humanism and its Aspirations, then, will be a tool to aid Humanists who want to convey Humanism's positive message and counter prevailing misunderstandings.
This new document can also demonstrate the fact that many Humanist principles are compatible with some of those of traditional religion. There is much the non-Humanist will find to agree with here. Furthermore, even some of the more challenging ideas of Humanism, such as the view that prayers of petition or intercession are unreliable, resonate well with those people of faith who prefer to rely first on their own capabilities.
Overall, Humanism and its Aspirations recognizes that human problems are interconnected and the result of larger social forces. One person's problem is not necessarily unrelated to another's. This new manifesto therefore strives for a sense of common responsibility. A wider, more informed recognition of humanity's collective needs can be useful in counteracting narrow thinking or special interests. So we hope that the ideas of Humanism, as in the past, will continue to exert a positive influence on the larger society.


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WALKER, MI -- Days after the University of Phoenix announced it's closing eight campuses in Michigan, students and residents were still struggling to make sense of the news.
"It sucks," said Amy Manhley, a 34-year-old Kent City resident who came to the for-profit university's Walker campus Thursday afternoon to inquire about enrolling in its nursing program.
"I'm a single mom, it's close to home, I have three jobs, and I was told I could come here for one class at night each week," she said.
Declining enrollment and more students taking classes online were two of the main factors in the decision to phase out operations at the campuses, said university spokesman Ryan Rauzon.
An exact date the campuses will be closed has not been determined, he said. Students who are currently enrolled at one of the eight locations will continue to take classes at either their current campus or a location nearby until their degree is completed.
"We have to work with every student," he said. "It's a phase-out process."
The university's campus in Walker is located on River Ridge Drive NW, near the Alpine Avenue commercial corridor, and can be seen from I-96.
Brian Gleason, director of the university's West Michigan campus, declined to comment on the changes Thursday afternoon.
Enrollment at University of Phoenix's West Michigan campus – which includes locations in Walker, Portage, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Flint – dropped from 1,167 in 2004 to 717 in 2010, according to federal education data. That's a decrease of 38.5 percent.
And while the University of Phoenix says most of its students are opting to take classes online, there are still people like Manhley who prefer a traditional classroom experience.
"You can't get (good) Internet service up there," she said of her experience in Kent City.
The university has 328,000 students nationwide, which is down from a peak of more than 400,000.
For profit colleges, such as the University of Phoenix, have come under scrutiny in recent years by some lawmakers for having high tuition, aggressive recruiting practices and poor graduation rates. Nationally, the University of Phoenix had a student loan default rate of 26.4 percent for fiscal year 2009.
If you're a University of Phoenix student and want to share your reaction to the changes, please contact MLive reporter Brian McVicar at email@example.com or (616) 204-7158.
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Mayor Charlie Hales keeps hitting roadblocks with the Multnomah County inmate crews clearing out homeless camps on the sidewalks.
WW reported in this morning's Murmurs that the inmate work crews forced to clean up city sidewalks after Hales' sweep of the homeless have balked at picking up hypodermic needles left behind by drug addicts.
Documents obtained by WW through a public records request show the mayor's office exchanged emails earlier this month with Kate Wood, the city risk manager, seeking someone to pick up the needles, called sharps.
Wood replied that the city's janitorial contractor, PHC Northwest, would collect the sharps—but wouldn't handle the required biowaste disposal.
"The sharps and needles are put into containers that must be disposed of as biowaste," Wood wrote on Aug. 9. "PHC does not do that."
Hales' office expressed frustration.
"If we can find the right contract to piggyback," Hales policy director Noah Siegel wrote Wood, "it does seem possible for PHC to pick up as long as we throw it away. Good lord."
Meanwhile, new Portland Bureau of Transportation director Leah Treat wrote the offices of Hales and City Commissioner Steve Novick the same day—warning that the District Council of Trade Unions might raise the price tag on the cleanup work.
"I just learned that DCTU has filed a grievance claiming purview of the work the inmate crews are doing," Treat wrote. "Arbitration has been set for sometime in September. The outcome of that process may alter things dramatically, especially in terms of cost."
Megan Hise, spokeswoman for city employees seeking a new contract, says the DCTU has an ongoing grievance regarding the city's use of inmate labor.
But she says Laborer's Local 483, a portion of DCTU, has specifically told the city it wants no part of homeless clean-ups.
"We didn't feel comfortable with our members doing that work," Hise says. "We don't want our members exposed to that liability. Also, this is an issue of social concern, and we think the people doing this work should be trained, with resources to connect people to."


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FLINT, MI – Genesee Towers is slated to be imploded at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22.
Uptown Reinvestment Corporation announced on Monday, Nov. 25, that the demolition of Genesee Towers, Flint's tallest building, will be blasted using an implosion process designed to allow the building to collapse within its own footprint.
This is the third date that Uptown has given for the demolition of the 19-story building. Uptown President Tim Herman previously announced that the implosion would happen in July, then recanted saying that it would come down before The Crim in August.
Despite previous announcements, this most recent date comes with more promise, as Uptown has announced the companies involved in the demolition and remediation of the building, and has been making headway in the remediation process.
Streets surrounding the building have been closed off in recent weeks and the neighboring Mott Building's windows have been boarded up to protect against the blast.
Uptown said that the demolition of Genesee Towers is a significant first step in making way for the construction of an Exploration Park. The project coincides with the redevelopment of the neighboring former Flint Journal properties that will house the new Flint Farmers Market, MSU Public Health program, lofts and retail.
Herman said in a statement that he wants the community to "look past the nostalgia and see the benefits of demolishing Genesee Towers."
"We're about a month out from changing the downtown Flint skyline. Soon, we'll look back on this historic occasion and recognize it as one of the key events that helped to eradicate blight and encourage new business growth. The redevelopment plans for this site will bring new life to downtown Flint and a safer place for workers and families to enjoy the outdoors," Herman said.
According to Dave Lurvey, a consultant who is managing the project on behalf of Siwek Construction, the demolition team has made solid progress over the past few weeks.
"The majority of the work has focused on wall coring and specific structure removal in line with the implosion plan. This work will continue for the next few weeks as well as activity on the perimeter of the site to protect adjacent buildings," said Lurvey.
"In addition, we have addressed all environmental concerns that are relevant for this method of implosion."


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Dr. Henri Amin Rathle was a "renaissance man" when the term actually meant something.
Physician, painter, photographer and paterfamilias, he also was a pioneer in the use of acupuncture and a passionate artist whose work spanned seven decades.
He painted some of the world's most famous people including President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former President Richard M. Nixon and French President Charles DeGaulle. He painted people he admired, says his daughter, Marcelle Marie Mathilde Rathle Naman.
"Something had to have meaning for him to paint it," she says.
The paintings Rathle treasured most were the ones of his children. One such painting, titled "The Receptionist," is a portrait of one of his daughters on the telephone when she was 2. The painting won first place in the Mobile Art Association's 1978 exhibition.
"I could never sell the paintings of my children," he told the Press-Register in 1998. "It would be like selling my children."
Demand for Rathle's work remains strong, says the artist's son, Andre Gerard Rathle.
"We knew the time was coming where were going to have to do something," he says. "We knew there was a lot of demand and people loved his work and wanted to know how they could get their hands on it. And we always knew Ashland (Gallery) would be the natural fit because he had a good relationship with them."
The Midtown gallery will host a show and sale of artwork by Dr. Henri Rathle through Nov. 14 at 2321 Old Shell Road. An opening reception will be 6-8 p.m. Oct. 29.
Rathle, who died March 21, 2007, described his style as post-Impressionist. He taught himself to paint at 15 and later studied in Paris with famed artist Henri Matisse. His paintings have been exhibited worldwide, but closer to home his artwork has been shown at Bellingrath Gardens, the Museum of Mobile, the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Providence Hospital and Skyline Country Club.
Ashland Gallery had wanted to do a show for Dr. Rathle before his death and it just never happened," says Sue Adair, gallery director of business development. "I have been familiar with (his) work for years and have always admired it. He was such an interesting gentleman to talk with, and we always would have the nicest conversations when I would help him with his framing over the years.
"I think he was truly a very gifted artist with a style that is very recognizable as his own. Whenever I think of Dr. Rathle, I always think of his boats and wonderful florals."
Adair says the gallery will exhibit 40 to 50 pieces of Dr. Rathle's work, both paper and canvas.
The exhibit has been in the works for quite a while, according to Andre Rathle, who says his father wanted his works to be seen, displayed and enjoyed by others. Most of Rathle's paintings — and he painted every day for more than 70 years — hang in the homes of his widow and six children, or in climate-controlled storage.
"Our houses are adorned with his work," says Andre, "and what is not hanging in houses is kept at undisclosed locations. The paintings are doing no one any favor in storage. The biggest tribute to my father is for people to have his art hanging on their walls. We felt the time is now to get this going.
"He never dreamed of selling his paintings. Never. It was a hobby. He gifted most of the paintings that are in private collections and homes today."
Marcelle Naman describes her father as a man of varied interests who likely gave away more artwork than he sold.
"Every time he have a gift of art he was giving a gift of himself," she says. "His artwork is the way he lives on."
Dr. Rathle "broke all the rules," she says. "He studied the masters but always broke the rules. He said he couldn't teach because he didn't follow the rules. And he always invited you to watch him.
I remember sitting on the front lawn and he had an easel, I had an easel, my brother had an easel, and anyone else who wanted to join us. We painted what we saw. He always invited you to be with him."
Marcelle says her favorite paintings are her father's florals because they symbolize the warmth of springtime. Dr. Rathle, a native of Cairo, Egypt, loved warm weather and the flowers he painted "brought warmth to him and to others." He died on the first day of spring 2007.
Another exhibit of Dr. Rathle's artwork is planned for May 2010 at the Mobile Arts Council downtown, but that will be a memorial show of artwork not for sale, according to Andre Rathle and his sister.
"He lived to be 95 years old and he painted often," says Andre. "It was his release. He would paint in the morning before he went to his office and in the evening when he came home. Before I went to bed at night, he was in his art room smoking a cigar, listening to classical music and starting to paint or making a painting — and he would always say, 'Please join me.' He was an extraordinary man."
(Staff writers Renée Busby and Kim Lanier contributed to this report.)


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The stock market's recent decline got ugly today, as a modestly lower session throughout much of the day turned into a rout in the last half-hour of trading. Bad news in the economy was probably at least partially responsible for the decline, as the Philadelphia Fed's index fell into negative territory, while the index of leading economic indicators dropped 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrials (INDEX: ^DJI ) ended down falling almost 1.25%, marking the 11th day in the past 12 that the Dow has finished lower.
Although the vast majority of Dow stocks fell, a few suffered particularly hard hits. JPMorgan Chase's decline was easily understandable after the revelation that the bank's bad derivative trade, which it said earlier this week had cost it at least $2 billion, now appears to have led to losses of at least $1 billion more. Given the nature of certain derivative-based positions, it can be extremely challenging to unwind a large stake, and so JPMorgan may be vulnerable to further losses if it can't take steps to hedge what was supposed to have been a hedging transaction in the first place.
But the other big losers in the Dow were more economically sensitive stocks. Home Depot (NYSE: HD ) fell more than 3.5% today, extending its declines following its earnings report earlier this week as the housing market continues to struggle. Although Home Depot has navigated the housing bust fairly well, its shares have already jumped sharply, and so anything short of perfect news seems to be a good excuse for shareholders to sell.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT ) fell almost 4.5% after reporting slower growth in equipment sales. Oddly enough, North America was the strongest region for the company, while the emerging Latin American region saw sales shrink by 13%. Although Caterpillar seems to believe that Latin America is recovering and pockets of strength still exist in Asia, a slowing Chinese economy could reverse Caterpillar's growth trend.
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{How To Shape Fougasse}
Okay, so here's the situation. I have recently begun to make fougasse like crazy. It's easy to make, incredibly complementary to pasta dishes and salads and easy to reheat if frozen. Yes, it is, in its entirety, délicieux. My love for fougasse must have rubbed off on my mum, for she begged me to make ten of them to bring to work. Her colleagues and bosses alike subsequently asked for the recipe, which I kindly (yes, out of the goodness of my heart) wrote down and copied for them. Their response? ''Thank you for the recipe...'' they replied tentatively, ''but how do you shape it?''
Shaping fougasse is not difficult at all, really, but like all things, you have to know before you can do. And the first thing you do, is roll the dough and flatten it down. Then, you divide the dough in five equal pieces.
Next, you roll each piece of dough into a 20 x 13 cm triangle.
Using a sharp knife, cut three lengthwise parallel slashes in middle of dough and one small slash below and parallel to middle large splash. Spread splashes apart with your fingers.
Transfer each rectangle to a flour-dusted, paper-lined baking sheet. And that's it. Good bread, shaped in a minute. C'est tout. Et ça suffit.
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William "Billy" Boysick
William "Billy" Boysick, of Binghamton, loving husband, father and "Gramps" of 14 passed away February 9, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Sandra Schadick Jacobowitz Boysick, his sons, Tony (Gail) and Andy (Liz), his daughter, Lisa Wright (Mike), step-sons, Floyd and Alex Jacobowitz, his sister, Ruby Goll, 10 grandchildren and 4 honorary grandchildren. He was the owner of Crown Cleaning Service and a retiree of Laborers Local #7. Bill was generous with his time with his family, friends and the community. He delivered Meals on Wheels and brought day old bagels to the J.C. Senior Citizens Center and to C.H.O.W. Who could forget him calling and singing Happy Birthday - with love - OFF KEY. He was an avid classic movie buff and was one of the original founding members of Binghamton Classic Films.
Memorial services will be 12 noon Wednesday at the Hopler & Eschbach Funeral Home, 483 Chenango St., Binghamton. Pastor Ron Thomas will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 10 am until 12 noon. After the service a luncheon will be served at the John Hus Presbyterian Church, 47 Glendwood Ave., Binghamton. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice in Bill's memory. You are invited to sign his guestbook and share memories at www.HEFUNERALHOME.com. "Thank you to all the people I've loved before who touched my life in and out my door" - Bill Boysick.
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i remember all the good times together when i worked with u and when u there for me in my recent loss god bless rip113290922
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So sad to read this. Billy was a regular visitor to the Y; always so much to say, always a joke, always asking me if I remembered movies and the stars that played in them (which I am sorry Billy, but I had to pretend I knew them); I will miss him.113413585
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Today only, Dell has their 24" Dell S2409W Full HD Monitor on sale for $179 after a $100 instant discount, marking the new all-time low price we've posted. This has 1920 x 1080 native HD resolution, HDMI connection, 5ms response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, three-year warranty, and is a phenomenal price for a 24" name-brand LCD. Shipping is free and sales tax is charged to most states. I don't expect this deal to last for more than a few hours.No longer available


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This chunk of rock, 130 kilotons, with a diameter of over 45 meters, will be passing Friday the 15th within the 28000 kilometer range (estimates are 27670 kilometers, by NASA and many other collaborating space agencies). A flyby will be broadcast here at earthsky.org during the pass.
This won't be big enough to be visible by the naked eye, but the question is whether we can see it with hand-held magnification. I'll be setting up with a borrowed telephoto lens (nothing in my bag is really that high powered, so I'm hitting the local shop) and see if I can get anything. Best time to try to find it and take shots will be 6PM Friday to 4AM Saturday (EST). Anybody want to jump in on this project with me, see what we can get?
Well, this may in fact not be possible. The two stores here in Omaha I know of who rent lenses are already filled up with reservations, so nothing will be available. Seems I'm not the only one with the idea. I did order a Sigma 300mm lens as well as a 2x teleconverter (my camera is APSC sized, so there is additional magnification: 1.6x * 2x * 300mm = 960mm final focal length, long enough to pick out incredible surface details on the moon), but it's doubtful I'll see them by Friday.
Good luck to other photographers, but I don't think I'll have the gear to pull it off.
Damnit.. And I was ready to pack it in ;)
This is the one that past last year, and they needed to see the gravitational curve during the first pass before they knew where it would go this year. And the data now has it down to a 0.0000036% of getting hit by it in 2080.
Man, I was all ready for real-life Armageddon, Bruce Willis and his oil drillers heading for the rock to save the world. Darn.
I found another long lens, Canon's 75-300mm, in stock. But it's a crappy lens compared to what's on the market these days, and I can't make myself buy it.
Well, we had a bust here. What was supposed to be passing flurries into clear night sky dropped an inch or two and left us with cloudy skies.
It was visible on the ground with magnification, but the best views were on the eastern hemisphere, and it seems most photographers were getting more streaks on long exposure, as it wasn't reflective enough to really show up well through a camera.
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It's not often, if ever, we look to Columbus for ways to streamline the efficiency and effectiveness of Cleveland City Council, but recent stories by Northeast Ohio Media Group reporter Leila Atassi suggest it might be an eye-opening experience.
Consider: Cleveland City Council spends five times as much on contractors as Columbus City Council.
Columbus City Council sports seven-at-large members who represent 810,000 residents for which they are paid about $50,000 each.
Cleveland's 17 ward-based council members represent about 391,000 residents and pull down about $76,000 each.
Cleveland City Council treats taxpayers like an ATM machine. It ponies up $1.6 million annually to cover the cost of contractors who do work so mysterious that some council members Atassi interviewed could not describe some of the services provided.
Columbus – in comparison -- spends a pittance: $300,000.
How is that possible? Well, Columbus City Council doesn't hire consultants.
Atassi started looking at the consultant contracts after City Council renewed many contracts in December apparently without any public hearings to review their work. But what she found was far more shocking.
Asked about the Cobalt Group contract, Council President Kevin Kelley and Council Clerk Pat Britt refused to answer basic questions, such as how Cobalt landed its first council contract in 2008.
Council records suggest that Britt did not seek proposals from other companies or submit the Cobalt proposal for any written evaluation.
"I have no idea what the Cobalt Group does, other than I was told they were working on internal management processes," Councilman Michael Polensek confided to Atassi.
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The final insult: After Atassi started asking questions, City Council members said they would study the apparent lack of oversight and accountability -- wait for it -- behind closed doors, out of the public eye, hidden by the cloak of "staff" reviews.
Whether or not Columbus City Council is more or less opaque than Cleveland -- or more or less responsive to community concerns, or perhaps might even spend less on external contracts because of large internal costs -- the lackadaisical attitude exemplified by Cleveland City Council is an embarrassment that does not belong in responsible government.Competitive bids, clearly written contracts that both council members and taxpayers understand, and aggressive, transparent oversight are what are required in Cleveland.


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ORLANDO -- The Detroit Pistons' bench players were on the floor at the end of Detroit's 116-92 win over Orlando, but it wasn't just because the game was out of reach.
In fact, their play was instrumental in Detroit pulling away for the team's second win in as many nights.
After Orlando had trimmed Detroit's 19-point lead to 10 in the third quarter, Flip Murray came through with a 3-point play, and Jason Maxiell made one of two free throws. From there, the Pistons' control of the game was never in doubt.
"Every time you have success, you gain more confidence, not only in yourself, but your teammates in you," Saunders said.
Murray led all Pistons scorers with 19 points. Jarvis Hayes (11 points) and Maxiell (nine points, four rebounds) also played well.
"They provide a lot of juice," said Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups, referring to the team's bench. "Our bench is a lot better this year, and we are very encouraged about that."
Bulletin board material: Flip Saunders heard about the '8' written on the Orlando Magic's bulletin board this week, which was the number of consecutive games, playoffs included, that Detroit had beaten Orlando.
So what did Saunders do?
"We put nine up on our board," he said.
Even without the bulletin board numbers, Saunders came into Friday's game expecting Orlando to play well.
"When you play a team in the playoffs, it prepares you better for the next time you play them," Saunders said. 'Four times in a span of seven days, you're going to know what they're trying to do. It's always a good challenge when you play a team you beat in the playoffs."
Tay's scoring potential: Tayshaun Prince has benefited from Hamilton's absence, but Saunders believe Prince has the potential to become a consistent 20-point scorer.
However, Saunders acknowledges it is a lot tougher to do with Hamilton the team's leading scorer each of the last five seasons.
Hamilton's replacement, Arron Afflalo, took just three shots from the field in Detroit's 91-80 win at Miami on Thursday.
"Rip's going to take about 18," Saunders said. "So there's 15 shots out there to be had by somebody else with Rip not being there."
Lewis 'quiet assassin': For years, Rashard Lewis' size (6-foot-10) and shooting range has made him one of the more talented players seldom talked about.
"He's kind of the silent assassin," Saunders said.
One of the reasons Lewis has often been overlooked is because most of the teams he played for in Seattle, weren't very successful. Saunders wouldn't be surprised if Lewis gains greater acclaim with the Magic, especially playing with a dominant post scorer like Dwight Howard.
"He's got a great low-post player that's going to take some pressure off him," Saunders said. "That's going to open things off the perimeter. He's going to do some things to compliment Dwight. He came into a good situation."
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New Brunswick man dies in P.E.I. crash
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Le Smoking
Created in 1966 by famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent,[1] the Le Smoking tuxedo suit for women was the first of its kind to earn attention in the fashion world and in popular culture. It pioneered long, minimalist, androgynous styles for women, as well as the use of power suits and the pantsuit in modern-day society. Fashion photography echoes the influence of this suit in shoots that feature androgynous models with slicked-back hair in a mannish three-piece suit, a style that was first popularised in photographs by Helmut Newton.[1][2] Saint Laurent was seen by many as having empowered women by giving them the option to wear clothes that were normally worn by men with influence and power.[2][3]
This suit has continued to influence fashion designers' collections through the 2000s.[3][4] In French and many other languages, the anglicism smoking is a generic colloquialism referring to any kind of tuxedo/black tie clothing.
- ^ a b Alexander, Hilary. "Smoke Without Fire." The Telegraph (Dec. 12, 2005). Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Menkes, Suzy. "A toast to Yves for 'le smoking.'" The International Tribune (Oct. 10, 2005). Archived February 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "Paris honours the Tuxedo, Yves St. Laurent's fashion favourite." Agence France-Presse (Oct. 3, 2005). Archived December 21, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Le Smoking". Dazed Digital. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009.


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Spring is finally here and besides the things we love like flowers and warm weather come things we don't like so much like brush fires. Just yesterday we sent two teams to Holyoke to serve food and drinks to firefighters as they worked to put out a brush fire off of I-91.
More and more people are making their homes in woodland settings in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. There, homeowners enjoy the beauty of the environment but face the very real danger of wildfire. Follow the steps listed below to protect your family, home, and property.
- Regularly clean roof and gutters.
- Inspect chimneys at least twice a year. Clean them at least once a year. Keep the dampers in good working order. Equip chimneys and stovepipes with a spark arrester that meets the requirements of National Fire Protection Association Code 211. (Contact your local fire department for exact specifications.)
- Install a smoke detector on each level of your home, especially near bedrooms; test monthly and change the batteries at least once each year.
- Teach each family member how to use the fire extinguisher (ABC type) and show them where it's kept.
- Keep a ladder that will reach the roof.
- Keep handy household items that can be used as fire tools: a rake, axe, handsaw or chainsaw, bucket, and shovel.
- Use fire resistant or non-combustible materials on the roof and exterior structure of the dwelling. Or treat wood or combustible material used in roofs, siding, decking, or trim with UL-approved fire-retardant chemicals.
- Rake leaves, dead limbs, and twigs. Clear all flammable vegetation.
- Remove leaves and rubbish from under structures and dispose of them properly.
- Remove dead branches that extend over the roof.
- Prune tree branches and shrubs within 15 feet of a stovepipe or chimney outlet.
- Remove vines from the walls of the home.
- Mow grass regularly.
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FYI: New giveaway will be posted later tonight or tomorrow.
I juz noticed it ended lol
WOOO!!!! Love Zalman products!!! Hope I will win =P
Post below was me.
Thanks Rodney =)
Curses!! Foiled Again!!! to the winner of MY case (a serious miscarriage of Justice I say) will you please treat my case in the way she deserves.......*SOB*
Tell her I'm sorry I Can't be with her*sob* but I shall take solace in knowing you are treating her right congratulations*sob*Blubber*WAIL*
Holy boyz! I won something! *pinch* yup, I'm awake... what's going on here....
email sent :) and THANK YOU!
Keep trying Poeple ! one day , maybe we gonna Win something !
Congrats to the lucky winners!
Congrats to the winners!
Better luck for the rest of us next time I hope :)
congrats to the winner!
Gratz to the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners of 3dGameMan Giveaway #49 :) The 3dGameMan.com member winners are; AtomicBomb, Megasonic988, zangets00psn, phaxmohdem & CollectTheCost.
Please email [email protected] with "Giveaway #49" in the subject and include your full name (first and last), username, complete address and telephone number.
For those that didn't win, there will be another giveaway very soon :)
Case is awesome :/
Happy Fool Day !
Good Luck people !
i can't wait! :]
Thx 3D gameman your awesome! :D
Whoops! I just realized I posted anonymous by accident. This is raaaaaachel.
Good luck to everybody who entered!
Were any of you guys at PAX? What did you think?
Good luck to everybody. :)
Were any of you guys at PAX? What did you think of it?
Cheers ears! good luck to everyone =] if I win anything.... I'll cherish it like a child with new PC parts I'm gonna buy for my birthday =D
I really want the case!!!! Hope I win the case. :)
Will that one also be international?
This is the last day to enter, good luck everyone :)
I will announce the winners at the end of this week or early next.
Also, another new giveaway will follow this one.
so whos won the giveaway,,,,how would the winner find out......
when i entered i didn't give my name and home address.... if i do win would i have dat chance to send my address....
i have been a fan for a cuple of years and i love this stuff i just wanna say thanks and keep up the good work
Wow, and I thought the site was just good for mobo and case reviews (the mini-itx Antecs come to mind). Great giveaway and awesome tech reviews!
Hope to win the case since I'm in the process of building a new rig. Good luck to everyone.
Hi, I'm putting my head in the ring for this contest.
Looks like the contest is growing!
Good to see so many people coming to check out 3dGameMan.com
based on the Zalman site it ends on the 31st
the dates for the giveaway?
I Have a Strong Feeling I'll win!!
great giveaway - good luck everyone
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This would be an excellent win for me as i am just planning my first build :)
Good luck everyone, be cool to finally win a contest
I normally skip over giveaways due to the tedious entry processes, but I fell in love with this case and am about to start building a new machine, so I HAD to enter :)
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Try to re-apply ...
and If the site give you an error like : " this email Already exist "
thats because you already entered the giveway ...
just wondering, how can we tell if weve entered the giveaway correctly?
Nice giveaway, i love zalman products!
Genuinely interested in Zalman products and the Giveaway.
To everyone who has read this have a great day.
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That would be nice I am using a case that Compaq made in 1995 so the is no spot for anything and some of the screw holes for the motherboard are not attached because they don't exist. and everything is running pretty warm. So any of these would be nice.
Thank you for reading and God Bless
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In 2003, three mountain bikers and I screamed down the ledge-filled trail called Forrest Ridge. It had just reopened, without fanfare, so most of Austin, Texas, didn't know. Throughout that autumn, we had been running this gem alone. On this day, we had to dodge more than 20 other bikers on a short stretch of trail. The secret was out.
Although the public discovery of our wonderful trail wasn't a good thing for my friends and me, it is a good thing when your open source trail gets discovered. You can find resources more easily, get fixes more quickly, and in general take advantage of the additional community. Now, Spring has now been discovered. It's among the most important open source projects, and it's well on its way to achieving Hibernate-like success as a major player both in and out of enterprise environments. This article shows you why Spring is so significant to lightweight development.
What is Spring?
If you're an enterprise developer, Spring can make your life easier. But what is it? With a framework this comprehensive, that's not an easy question to answer. Basically, Spring is a lightweight container. With Spring, you can program with plain old Java™ objects (POJOs), resolve dependencies between them with dependency injection, and attach services to them with aspect-oriented programming (AOP).
Spring also provides some glue code that makes it easier to use Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) services, such as Java Transaction API (JTA), for transactions, Remote Method Invocation (RMI) for remoting, Java Management Extensions (JMX) for management, or Java Data Objects (JDO) for persistence. Spring also provides glue code for open source frameworks, such as Hibernate, Tapestry, Struts, and JavaServer Faces (JSF). Notice that some of the frameworks compete, and that's OK: Spring doesn't try to pick a winner.
Some services are available with Spring. For example, Web Flow makes handling the flow between Web pages easier. Similarly, Web MVC provides a Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture for Web-based applications that is similar to Struts.
So, Spring casts a broad shadow. Like Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) technology, Spring's container lets you consume enterprise services. Unlike EJB 1.x and 2.x, however, you put JavaBeans -- not some proprietary component -- into the container. In another separation from EJB, Spring doesn't lock you into just a few standardized services. Instead, it lets you choose from hundreds of services, or even build your own.
To me, Spring is the most important open source project in the Java community. It's helping redefine J2EE. Partially as a result of the pressure from innovations in Spring, the EJB 3 expert group built a specification describing an interface more like Spring's than EJB 2.x. I can easily imagine a scenario in which Spring becomes as ubiquitous as Struts for enterprise development. To help you understand why Spring is so important, let's peel back the layers.
The core container
First, look at how Spring works. I won't post full examples because you can find dozens of Spring tutorials. Instead, I point you to the sample application for my latest book and post snippets of that example to show what Spring can do for you.
The application simply maintains a list of bikes for an operation called RentaBike. Spring serves as the backbone for the application. Spring's main container, the context, holds references to all the main layers of the application and services. The main layers of the application are a database, a persistence framework, a database access object, and user interface (UI) controller and view layers.
The Spring context for the application is simply a list of beans the application uses. The beans don't have to rely on any Spring interfaces, but sometimes, I choose to rely on Spring to provide some of the repetitive glue code that holds the application together. In the context, you'll find at least five types of metadata:
- Configuration -- Because the container already has to do some configuration to handle dependency injection (covered in Secrets of lightweight development success, Part 2: How to lighten up your containers), it makes sense to handle other configuration here, too, so that you have a convenient, consistent strategy.
- Major layers of the application -- In the RentaBike application, I expose a Data Access Object (DAO) layer, a controller layer, and a view layer (see Listing 1). I choose to wrap the DAO in an interface, so I can switch my data access layer to use different persistence strategies.
- External dependencies -- For instance, my DAO needs a data source. Spring injects the resources my DAO needs, such as data sources, and platform-specific configuration, such as Hibernate's session factory.
- Transparent services -- One of the biggest benefits of EJB technology was declarative transactions. You had to pay a lot to get them because you were forced to use an EJB interface and heavyweight EJB containers. Spring lets you configure only the services you need and apply them to POJOs. In Spring, you can make any method transactional.
- Data -- Often, message data, information about application flow, and test data might also be placed in the application context.
Listing 1. A partial context for RentaBike
<beans> <bean id="rentaBike" class="com.springbook.JDBCRentABike"> <property name="storeName"> <value>Bruce's Bikes</value> </property> <property name="dataSource"> <ref bean="dataSource" /> </property> </bean> <bean id="bikesController" class="com.springbook.BikesController"> <property name="facade"> <ref bean="rentaBike" /> </property> </bean> <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"> <property name="driverClassName"> <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value> </property> <property name="url"> <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost/bikestore</value> </property> <property name="username"> <value>bikestore</value> </property> </bean> </beans>
If you look closely at a context, you'll notice that it's made up of beans. That's important because earlier J2EE containers forced you to use a given API, especially EJB. Each bean has a set of properties. Some are strings and other primitive values. Some are beans, like the data source required by the
rentaBikebean. You don't have to implement an API, like the interface for EJB session beans. You just list beans and their properties. Some of the properties satisfy dependencies. You've got better transparency, so you can run your beans outside the container or move your application to other containers, should the need arise.
Contexts for testing
You may wind up putting other types of beans in the context, too. For example, it often makes sense to use the context to populate simple test data, or application flow, in the context. In Spring: A Developer's Notebook, we drive the first implementations of our UI with a stub that uses an array list instead of a database. Say I've got a database table with names and e-mail addresses. I can build a simple stub that has an array list as a property, then implement some simple data access methods quickly, as Listing 2 shows.
Listing 2. A testing stub to replace a database
public class StubEmailDirectory { private List people; public List getPeople() { return people; } public void setPeople(List people) { this.people = people; } public String findEmail(String name) { Person p = findPerson(name); if (p==null) { return null; } return p.getEmail(); } . public Person findPerson(String name) { if (people==null) { return null; } int size = people.size(); for(int i=0;i<size;i++) { Person p=(Person)people.get(i); if(p.getName().equals(name)) { return p; } } return null; } }
I can then populate it from the context, as Listing 3 shows.
Listing 3. Test data in a context
<beans> <bean id="bruce" class="j2life.bus.Person"> <property name="name"> <value>Bruce</value> </property> <property name="email"> <value>firstname.lastname@example.com </value> </property> </bean> <bean id="maggie" class="j2life.bus.Person"> <property name="name"> <value>Maggie</value> </property> <property name="email"> <value>firstname.lastname@example.com </value> </property> </bean> <bean id="emails" class="j2life.bus.StubEmailDirectory"> <property name="people"> <list> <ref bean="bruce"/> <ref bean="maggie"/> </list> </property> </bean> </beans>
When you think about it, drawing test data from a context often makes sense. To make test cases repeatable and verifiable, you can draw unpredictable data, such as system times and random numbers, from a context instead of from the services. Spring's context makes testing much easier because you can configure applications in different ways for production and testing.
The foundation of Spring is the container, and it's important. But the container doesn't even come close to telling the whole story.
Like me, world-champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is from Austin, Texas. I've enjoyed watching him bike through the years, in part because he gets more leverage out of each turn of the pedals than anyone else in the world. I look for opportunities for additional leverage with everything I do. Spring gives me better leverage by providing glue code that takes away the cumbersome repetitive resource management, configuration, and grunt work similar across my applications.
Take persistence. Hibernate is a beautiful persistence alternative. But like all persistence frameworks, it forces you to manage some low-level details I'd prefer to do without. Listing 4 shows an example of a Hibernate application without Spring.
Listing 4. Hibernate without Spring
// Configuration code Configuration config = new Configuration( ); config.addClass(Bike.class).addClass(Customer.class). addClass(Reservation.class); SessionFactory mySessionFactory = Configuration.buildSessionFactory( ); public List getBikesOldWay( ) throws Exception { List bikes = null; Session s = null; try { s = mySessionFactory.openSession( ); bikes = s.find("from Bike"); }catch (Exception ex) { //handle exception gracefully }finally { s.close( ); } return bikes; }
Listing 5 shows a similar example, but with Spring.
Listing 5. Hibernate with Spring
public List getBikes( ) { return getHibernateTemplate( ).find("from Bike"); }
Look at the Hibernate template as the methods that implement things you'd want to do to a session. Notice especially what you don't see. You don't have to worry about transactions because Spring lets you configure them declaratively. You don't have to worry about managing resources because that code is in the template. Spring always closes the session, so you don't have to. You don't have to handle exceptions at this level because Spring translates them to a common set of unchecked exceptions. I like unchecked exceptions because I can choose to expose them at the appropriate level of the architecture. You provide only the bare minimum needed to tell Hibernate what to do. Spring handles the rest. That's leverage.
Spring provides leverage in other ways, too. By providing the same kind of glue code for other services, Spring eases my burden as an application programmer. I don't have to repeat myself nearly as often. I can use remoting, transactions, security, persistence, and MVC code much more easily because Spring does the heavy lifting.
I'd like to point out that there is a down side here. When I decide to use Spring's glue code instead of my own, I do build a dependency on the Spring framework. Most of the time, I'm willing to pay that price.
In Part 2 in this series, you learned that AOP can let you attach services to a POJO, giving you much better transparency. With AOP, you can strip many cross-cutting concerns right out of your code. So, why wouldn't you just download an AOP framework and use it directly?
In reality, some teams do. It's been my experience that technologies are ready far before we have the wisdom to use them. When I see AOP in the hands of intermediate and novice programmers, I imagine kids with power tools. Face it: When it comes to AOP, most of us are still kids. As it was with object-oriented programming, we've got to spend a little time accumulating the wisdom it takes to use AOP effectively.
Spring gives me the ability to use AOP with training wheels. I can take some prepackaged aspects and look at examples that show well-defined scenarios, thereby getting much of the benefit of AOP without all the risk. In fact, you've often seen similar strategies in the past. The Ada programming language allowed encapsulation, but only limited inheritance. Early windowing environments like the Microsoft® Windows® programming model internally had Window objects, events that looked like Smalltalk messages, and even hierarchies, but exposed a procedural programming model. I believe the same strategy is important for AOP.
Spring's significance
For those who use it, Spring is revolutionary. These simple ideas lead to huge consequences:
- Spring effectively opens up the enterprise services container. You no longer have to be a slave to the API or services a container provides. You can use the Spring context to manage prepackaged services, snap in third-party services, or write your own.
- Spring represents a huge step forward in testability. With Spring, you can use dependency injection to work mock objects into hard-to-reach places, run objects outside the container (because they are POJOs), and even use the container to serve unpredictable data.
- Spring's glue code makes it much easier to plug in enterprise services with very little programming. You write less code, so you have to read less code for maintenance or extension.
- Spring represents an open source project that's redefining the way in which Java's commercial groups build their software. The influence of Spring on the latest EJB specification is undeniable, and it's important.
Spring has become one of the pillars of enterprise lightweight development. The resources below can show you how to get started or dig deeper into Spring. In the next article in this series, I'll introduce you to a few persistence alternatives for lightweight development.
May your favorite open source trail be discovered, too.
- Check out the Spring framework.
- Better, Faster, Lighter Java, by Bruce A. Tate and Justin Gehtland, (O'Reilly, 2004) provides a good overview of lightweight development.
- Read Spring: A Developer's Notebook, by Bruce A. Tate and Justin Gehtland, (O'Reilly, 2005) to get started quickly with Spring. If you want to get it, make sure you use the online programming examples to follow along. Also, be sure to get the reprint (second printing or beyond) because it takes care of a bunch of important errors.
- Pro Spring provides a more comprehensive treatment of Spring.
- Object-relation mapping without the container, by Richard Hightower, shows you how to use Spring persistence with Hibernate.
- AOP@Work: AOP tools comparison, Part 1, by Mik Kersten, for a treatment of AOP, a lightweight technique that can give you much better transparency.
- "Lightweight development" is a huge topic, and developers throw the term around so often that it's hard to tell what it means. "Secrets of lightweight development success, Part 1: Core principles and philosophies" introduces the core principles and philosophies behind the movement.
- Heavyweight architectures, such as Enterprise Java Beans can be overkill for everyday problems. "Secrets of lightweight development success, Part 2: How to lighten up your containers" introduces lightweight containers and explains how they can provide the services your business needs without tying you to a given programming model.
- In Part 4 of the series, three popular containers are compared: Spring, HiveMind, and PicoContainer.
- Lightweight development works best with a lightweight process, but it can be tough to get a conservative company to adopt agile methodologies. Learn how you can propose and promote lightweight processes in your organization in Part 5 of this series.
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