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Sunday, 5 February 2012
Dear Home... what happened to you?
|What do you think?
19 comments:
- Jun said...
this is how i felt whenever i went home in the last few years. it's a country which i don't even recognise anymore.
- February 05, 2012 9:05 pm
- Tsu Lin + + said...
Very introspective post and I agree, while it used to be unsafe last time, and still is, it is now also "infested"(as you put it)!
And definitely not due to "development" or "progess".
- February 06, 2012 3:43 am
- "Joe" who is constantly craving said...
well for me its not so much the "infestation" that I am not used to but just the diff races and the manners that gives me a bit of a shock esp after living in a "white" country.
that being said, maybe i am lucky, the area i stay in is generally the same, the areas i hang out remains the same..no infestation. phew.
- February 06, 2012 7:36 am
- Amanda Christine Wong said...
that's sad. same thing happening in sabah. the number of illegal immigrants is more than the locals. n some of them are 'eligible' to go to universities now. soon, who knows who'll rule sabah. tragic.
- February 06, 2012 8:56 am
- Sophie said...
I wouldn't even bat an eyelid. Been happening in my home state since before I was born. Have learnt to co-exist...
- February 06, 2012 11:34 am
Alot has changed indeed , practically everywhere ! And as u mentioned it , I have to confirm that ' aliens ' do roam and have made Malaysia truly their ' home '.
Ms UnicornGirl
- February 06, 2012 5:09 pm
Home no more...
home is away
BN will survive... they will use all this money to win the next GE
- February 06, 2012 11:31 pm
- Ping said...
Soon the Chinese will be foreigners in their own land but at least they can still enjoy their Char Koay Teow and drive their car around. Singapore attracts brains from Malaysia but here in Bolehland we put cart before the donkey.
- February 07, 2012 2:56 pm
- The Angry Medic said...
OMG Zewt, you're still alive! And blogging! (I can hardly judge, I'm so lazy I have sloths protesting outside my house saying I give them a bad name)
Haha just dropped by to see how you were, old pal. Yep I recently came home as well, things have certainly changed - but I just feel old. (I'm not old okay. I'm still young. And ridiculously handsome.)
Keep blogging bro - I'll be back to stalk.
- February 10, 2012 10:19 pm
- Terra Shield said...
Funny that you mention that. My next door house had a bunch of foreigners living in it for a short while. Before that the house behind mine.
- February 11, 2012 11:47 pm
- amoi said...
so whats so bad abt foreigners?
i rather be served by the foreigners like bangla, cambodia, even keling pun tapah, in KFC, at least with low pay they wont run amok.
abang zewt, next time u become boss, dun forget to hire those foreigners, they are cheap and good. :D
- February 12, 2012 2:29 pm
- TzeThon said...
no surprise that someone like you (who doesn't come back often) would notice the so called transformation. for people who live in KL we can also see the difference these days.
every day and night for the past 3 months and above. there are hundreds and hundreds (or maybe thousands) of indonesians gather outside the indon embassy to get their mykad (or whatever documents that are allowing them to stay in malaysia maybe forever). you can imagine the outrage and frustration we feel. the traffic and the plain chaos.
of course the problem is not only due to indonesians. other immigrants as well.
i'm so jealous of you. leaving this place without looking back.
- February 15, 2012 11:54 am
well, singapore is also infested as well...I feel the way you feel, all the time.
- February 15, 2012 11:36 pm
I guess what you are feeling now is what "white" people in Western countries felt when they saw their neighbourhood slowly being infested by "slit-eyes, yellow skin" chinky from the far east.
- February 20, 2012 2:29 am
- ZACL said...
Delighted to see you have resurrected yourself.
I read your feelings and perceptions of home. I could seriously empathise with you. I too feel like a stranger with familiarity, but with broken links in 'my own land' when I visit it.
Take care.
- February 21, 2012 3:48 am
- zewt said...
Jun - yeah... it's sad isnt it?
Tsu Lin - unfortunately, things look to get worse...
Constantly craving joe - you must have stayed in a very posh area :)
Amanda Christine Wong - oh yeah, i know the happenings in the east... the infestation is worse... you guys should really fight for a change.
Sophie - your home state?
Ms UnicornGirl - on a different perspective, some of these aliens do make an effort to blend in well.
Edi - couldnt agree more.
Ping - hahaha... by the time, charkueyteow not cooked by us anymore.
The Angry Medic - hahahaha good to hear from you!!! yes i am alive! we are certainly old pal... you are one of the earliest blogs i visited!
Terra Shield - have they been made malaysians yet?
amoi - i think there is a difference between hiring them, and legalising those are illegal.
Tze Thon - i do look back, else i wont be posting stuff like these... :) hard to not look back.
dancingbunny - the difference is... singapore is infested by educated ppl (mostly at least).
globalisation - hahaha... precisely.... karma.
ZACL - hi there... always good to see your perspective. i guess it's a global phenomena... everywhere is the same... but we need to control the immigration. at the moment, there is no control here.
- May 13, 2012 9:09 pm
- William said...
The Australian government had been keen to se d illegal immigrants to Malaysia and signed a deal with Najib years ago. The deal fall apart due to Aussie court rule that stopped it.
- December 01, 2012 3:09 am
- CJane said...
i feel you. come to sabah and you'll see worse. i was at the hot spring in ranau 2 weeks ago: the last time i was there as a child, i remember it being a nice place filled with friendly people.
but now? they're infested with the 'others' ..every freaking pool are occupied by them. they even spit inside the pool like it's their father's backyard pool. sigh.
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Why am I Having Difficulty Urinating?
I am 75 yo man. I have had surgeries for replaced knees, bladder tumors, and others, all with GA. After all the work is done and I am back home or in the hospital room I can never pee. A catheter has to be put in always. A lot of hospital and Dr. office people have told me that the anesthesia has affected my bladder muscle and it won`t squeeze the pee out. After 4-5 days when the catheter is taken out, I can pee again, but even then it takes a few days to get back to normal. Is there anything the anesthesiologist can do so my bladder will not be so affected? It is not a blockage like an enlarged prostate or anything (my urologist has confirmed that) but just the inability of the bladder to empty itself.
Thanks for your interesting question. Studies have shown that anesthesia is only one of several factors that can cause your problem, which is known as "urinary retention". But there is a perhaps understandable tendency among some doctors to blame anesthesia for anything that goes wrong after surgery! As anesthesiologists, we are accustomed to this phenomenon and usually are able to make light of it with our surgical colleagues.
Spinal or epidural anesthesia is a well known cause of urinary retention – in these cases, the retention usually lasts only a few hours and can be remedied by emptying the bladder with a catheter during that short period of time while the anesthetic wears off. However, specific anesthetic agents used in premedication and in general anesthesia seem to have little to do with urinary retention. Similarly, analgesic (pain) medications probably have little effect.
Surgery of the pelvis or urinary tract can cause urinary retention through inhibition of bladder reflexes caused by surgical manipulation. Another factor that can prevent the bladder from emptying normally is excess fluid administration resulting in bladder distension. Pain and anxiety can also contribute to the problem. The effects of non-anesthetic medications can play a part – the medications that do this, such as anticholinergic medications, have effects on parts of the autonomic nervous system which control bladder emptying. Inability to stand or sit after surgery has been found to be a common cause of retention. In older men, enlargement of the prostate gland is a frequently leads to retention.
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He founded BetterBoo— essentially a "Pinterest for gifts," he says — in August 2011 because he wanted people to be smarter about gift giving. He originally caught the attention of investors with a YouTube video, where he had crafted his pitch for a startup competition.
Prior to the video, Chmura had never pitched before, nor had he worked closely with or spoken to investors. Now a year after its launch, Chmura is ready to launch a new version of the site that he's sure will take off. Betterboo's purpose is to make shopping for gifts an easy, interactive experience for users. It uses Facebook and Amazon to help users find the best presents. When BetterBoo went live last year, it acquired 500 users within the first month. Before undergoing renovation 6 months later, its user base had increased more than three-fold, with 1,600 users going to BetterBoo to choose gifts. At that point, there was no money spent on marketing. As of now, BetterBoo.com's main page prompts visitors to enter an email address, where they'll be notified when the relaunch is officially live. The new version will feature an improved design and mobile app integration. "On Pinterest, you pin different things onto boards," Chmura explains. "On BetterBoo, you add gifts you want to different boxes. Users are allowed to build multiple boxes for different occasions." In addition to this, users will be able to comment on friends' gifts and see what gifts others are adding in real time. "I want to make shopping more social than ever," he adds. After entering a national pitch competition hosted by the Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization and becoming a finalist amongst more than 100 participants, Chmura's school, the University of Tampa, posted the pitch video on its YouTube page. An alumni of the University saw the video and reached out to him. When Chmura received word that an investor was interested in BetterBoo, he was stuck at home missing a New Year's party after having his tonsils removed. The email subject read: "Interested in investing in BetterBoo." Suddenly, missing one of the only parties of the year in his small hometown didn't seem so bad. Negotiations followed during the next two months. While Chmura had been a part of a couple of web startups before he founded BetterBoo, he had never experienced what it was like dealing with serious investors. "They were asking for term sheets, growth charts, pro forma balance sheets, and income statements," says Chmura. "They wanted me to make predictions on the success of a company that was still in its idea stage. I turned to professors for help, and I got chewed out by a lot of them. But I wanted to be confident talking to my investors about the things they needed." During meetings, Chmura discussed the team that would need to be put together to take BetterBoo to the next level, the share in the company the investor would get and for what amount of capital. To get the site running and for marketing, Chmura estimated that he'd need $40,000—which is exactly what they invested. Over the next few months, BetterBoo would catch the attention of a local news station and Inc. Magazine, who listed the company as one of "America's Coolest College Start-ups" for 2012. Chmura is a non-technical founder and has hired other people to do the coding, such as Brady Churchill, whom he met at a CEO conference in Omaha. While originally intending to take summer classes for programming, he veered in a different direction after a professor advised him to focus on his strengths instead of his weaknesses. As a college student, Chmura majored in an unlikely field: marine biology. "As soon as I learned how much chemistry was involved in marine biology, and how little scuba diving and dolphin training was involved, I was out. Eventually I ended up with a financial degree. It was much more helpful to know different financial statements during the formation of my business than where Stone crabs are becoming extinct in South Florida." Social media has been a huge pusher for the business. "I like being in the trenches with my customers and figuring out what they want us to provide for them. Twitter has been the best medium for these conversations. I chat a lot with people looking for gift help." The enhanced version of BetterBoo will be launched exclusively, with availability extended only to former users, those who submitted their email addresses, and those invited by current users. "I am dreaming big," says Chmura. "Looking back to when I started, I wasn't at all qualified to start this business. I knew so little, but was too ignorant and ambitious to realize. I finally feel like I am in a good position to make BetterBoo bigger than ever."


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The More things Change
The Cullen family undergoes many changes--some people leave, some people arrive. Marriages, babies, and imprints confuse the issue even more.
This is a sequel to "Home"...you don't have to read that to totally understand this, but it would probably help alot! Yeah, I know I sound like I'm begging for reads, but I'm just trying to be helpful! So go read "Home" if you get confused...
1. Long Flight To Italy
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Sean's POV:
I hate flying. No, I REALLY hate flying! I mean, it's not that I'm scared the plane's going to crash, or something like that. It's just the idea of being cooped up in a hollow, cylindrical piece of metal for hours on end tends to—unnerve me. This trip, there was an extra treat—I was flying to Europe, so it would take even longer than normal. Yeah, thrilling. AND, I was baby-sitting. Well, at least since the plane was a 747, it was bigger...and more full of people—way more full of people.
I sighed as we trudged up the gangplank towards the plane. And then the greeting by the perky, phony-smiling stewardess, and her insincere "Welcome aboard! Thank you for flying with us today!" I smiled slightly, and guided Felix to our seats. Of course, the plane was grossly full, and I could hear babies crying already. Perfect. Too noisy, to stinky...why couldn't some people take showers before they got aboard planes for long flights? For the love of god, why???
I grimaced as I herded Felix towards our seats through a sea of humanity—people stowing carry-on's in over head compartments, standing in and blocking the aisles, laughing, talking in half a dozen different languages...yeah, I loved flying! At least our seats were in the middle of a row, so I wouldn't have to constantly stand to let people past.
"Here you go, Felix old pal," I said as I guided him into his seat. "Let's just buckle you in there, so you're nice and safe." Although, I doubted he'd be hurt if he did get thrown out of his seat. But still, better to be careful—I didn't want him thrown around and then have to explain why he wasn't hurt.
"Huh-huh! Shiny!" he said, grinning stupidly and trying to grab the buckle as I was strapping him in. I sighed. "Yeah, it's shiny, Felix. Real shiny." I shook my head. Seventeen hundred years old, and I had to baby-sit a retarded vampire. Well, it was kinda my fault that he was retarded, but still. How humiliating. He started to bounce up and down on his seat, laughing stupidly. I frowned, and told him to stop. I didn't want to have to explain why he broke an airline seat either, which is what he was liable to do if he didn't stop.
When he was finally calmed down, I collapsed into my own seat. And I frowned as another thought hit me. What would happen if Felix got hungry while we were stuck on a plane filled with a few hundred people, 40,000 feet up in the air? Not good. I could probably stop him, but how would I explain it? Visions of crowds holding torches and pitchforks waiting for us when we landed popped into my head, and my frown deepened. Maybe I shouldn't have been so hasty in leaving. Maybe I should have thought it through a little better, and talked it over with Carlisle or something. Oh well...too late now.
Felix started to drool again, and stared off into space. I prayed that his quiet mood would last for the 24 hours the flight would last. Well, it wasn't really 24 hours. It was just that we were leaving Seattle at 7:40 am and getting to Rome at 7:30 am. Time difference and all, along with two connecting flights—one in Chicago, and the other in Milan. Then the trip through the airport, the time spent getting a rental car, and the drive to Volterra. Yeah...that could be real fun. Again, I wondered if I should have thought all this through better. And again, there wasn't anything I could do now but pray.
My glance fell on one of those magazines they have in the pockets of the airline seats. Picking it up, I soon found myself deeply engrossed in an interesting article about the Mob's ties to Las Vegas.
"Excuse us, but we need to get to our seats," said a voice next to me. I frowned slightly, wondering why whoever it was hadn't gone down the other aisle. Still reading, I stood awkwardly, and let them pass. "Thank you," the voice said. I just nodded. There were two of them, and they took the seats on the other side of Felix. Right next to him, in fact. And as soon as I settled back into my seat, I heard a commotion from their direction. Suddenly, another voice said, "Excuse us, please." Again I frowned, as two more people coming from the opposite direction wanted past me. Gah, what was it with people? The plane hadn't even left the ground, and I was already getting annoyed!
Muttering softly, I stood again, and let these two pass. One of them was a female, I noticed, as they sat down just to my left. Probably honeymooners on their way to Italy. Great, they'd probably be making out the whole trip. Sitting down yet again, I found my suspicions confirmed when the girl murmured, "Honey, I love you so much!" To which the guy responded, "Aw Rose, I love you too!"
I glared at the magazine in front of me, and slouched lower in my seat. I tried to get back to the Las Vegas article, when I began to hear the sounds of kissing and soft moans coming from next to me. I groaned softly, and bashed my head against the back of the seat in front of me. An old woman peered over it, and yelled at me in Italian. I sighed, and leaned back, closing my eyes. Someone kicked the back of my seat, knocking my head forward slightly. The sounds of kissing and moaning next to me were getting louder. I ground my teeth together, and swore in Gaelic. Why couldn't the kissers have been sitting next to Felix? I didn't know if I'd survive the whole trip with people making out next to me the entire time.
Then a chuckle sounded from my right, and a vaguely familiar voice spoke. "What's wrong, Sean?" It asked. "Jealous? Are you missing Alice already?"
My eyes flew open, and I turned to see Edward sitting next to Felix, grinning. And next to him, Jasper nodded at me. "What are you two doing here?" I asked, somewhat annoyed. And yet glad at the same time. Maybe between the three of us we cold handle Felix better if he got hungry.
Edward laughed. "You mean the five of us," he said, nodding past me. I turned the other way, and discovered that the kissers were in fact the huge one and the blonde...uh, Emmett and Rosalie, I think their names were. And yeah, they were still kissing. Gross.
Edward laughed again. "Yes, those are their names!' I turned back to him and glared. Damn mind reader, I thought. Keep out! He just smirked, but I know he heard me.
"You didn't answer me," I muttered. "What are you all doing on this flight?"
"Well, Carlisle wasn't thrilled with the idea of you going off all by yourself to face the Volturi." Then he grinned again. "And neither was Alice! Ha, she barely kept up the charade of you going alone. See, we planned all this while you were busy on the phone getting the tickets for your flight."
"Hmm...So that's what all the whispering was about," I said. He nodded. "Alice had a vision of you dying, and couldn't handle it. So we hatched a pretty fast plan for some of us to go with you. Then Alice had another quick vision, showing that it would work." He frowned at me. "You can read minds, too" he said. "I'm surprised you didn't pick up on it yourself." Then he smiled again. "Or did you have something else on your mind at the time?"
I did, actually. I was trying to think how I'd apologize to Alice. Then she went and knocked me for a loop by kissing me, and finally everything had made sense—except..."Hey Jasper, what are you doing here?" I asked. "I thought you were heading to Alaska?"
He smiled. "It's a favor to Alice. She want's me to keep your sorry butt safe so you can get back to her." He shrugged. "Besides, when this is all over, I'm heading up to Denali, so I won't be flying back with you all. And it's the least I can do for Alice." He seemed slightly sad, and I decided to get to the bottom of what was really going on...later. I turned my attention back to Edward. "What about you? How in the world did Bella let you come on what most likely will be a dangerous trip?"
Edward smiled. "Bella trusts Alice. They're best friends, AND just like sisters. When Alice has a vision, Bella believes it. We all do. I guess you'll have to get used to that, and trust her yourself."
"What about them?" I asked, jerking my thumb at the two lovebirds next to me. Edward smiled and shook his head. "They just like to go on vacations to romantic places. And you can't get much more romantic than Italy! Besides, if there's a potential fight, Emmett will be the first in line. As for the others, Alice, Bella and Esme are getting ready for the wedding, and Carlisle has his medical duties." He leaned closer, and spoke even more softly. "Do you have a plan, or were you just going to burst in there and take them all on?"
I shrugged. "Pretty much the bursting in part. What can I say—I'm Irish. When we get mad, we get REALLY mad, and sometimes we don't think straight." No, make that never think straight.
Edward nodded thoughtfully. "That's what we all thought—well, the part about you not having a plan. We knew that you were mad at the Volturi, and feeling awkward around us—especially Alice." He smiled again. "But don't worry. We do have a plan. And according to Alice, it will work." He leaned back in his seat, and I returned to my Vegas article. But I'd lost interest in it. All I could do now was think—think about Alice. And I smiled, remembering the feel of her lips against mine. But my missing of Alice was not helped by the sounds of frantic kissing and moaning which still emanated, rather loudly, from the seat next to me. I sighed again. It was definitely going to be a long flight!
- Long Flight To Italy
- Chapter 2: She Ain't Shirley Temple!
- Chapter 3: Haven't You Ever Played Poker?
- Chapter 4 What An Idiot!
- The Vision
- Chapter 6: The Second Vision
- Chapter 7: I Hate Having To Explain Everything!
- Chapter 8: A Problem With Blood
- Chapter 9: Maria Arrives
- Chapter 10: Robyn Arrives
- Chapter 11: Jasper and Sean Argue
- Chapter 12: Sean's First Wedding
- Chapter 13: Wedding Aftermath
- Chapter 14: Doofus...I mean Sean...Finally Comes to his Senses
- Chapter 15 Sean Returns
- Chapter 16: Rose Is Shut Up
- Chapter 17: Something In The Water
- Chapter 18: Another Vision...A Dark One
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Apollo 1.7.1 OpenWire Protocol Manual
- Using the OpenWire Protocol
- OpenWire Protocol Options
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Using the OpenWire Protocol
Clients can connect to Apollo using the OpenWire protocol. OpenWire is a binary, on-the-wire protocol used natively by ActiveMQ. It was designed to be a fast, full-featured, and JMS-compliant protocol for message brokers. Currently there are native client libraries for Java, C, C#, and C++. Further OpenWire support can be built by implementing language-specific code generators, however, for most cross-langauge needs, the STOMP protocol is best.
OpenWire was designed to be extended but yet backward compatible with older versions. When a client connects to the broker, the protocol version that's used is negotiated based on what each can support.
OpenWire Protocol Options
You can use the
openwire configuration element within the
connector element
in the
apollo.xml configuration file to change the default settings used
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<connector id="tcp" bind="tcp://0.0.0.0:61613">
<openwire attribute="value"/>
openwire element supports the following configuration attributes:
buffer_size: How much each producer or subscription will buffer between the client and the broker. Defaults to
stack_trace: If there is an exception on the broker, it will be sent back to the client. Default is
cache: Used to reduce marshalling efforts within the broker. Cache data structures such as openwire commands, destination objects, subscription info, etc. Default is
cache_size: Number of internal data structures to cache. Default is
tight_endcoding: Optimize the encoding to be effecient over the wire at the expense of greater CPU usage to marshal/unmarshal. Default is
tcp_no_delay: Decide whether to use Nagle's Algorithm which improves TCP/IP effeciency for small packets. Set to true to disable this algorithm. Default is
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max_inactivity_duration: Max inactivity period, in milliseconds, at which point the socket would be considered dead. Used by the heartbeat functionality. If there is a period of inactivity greater than this period, the socket will be closed. Default is
max_inactivity_duration_initial_delay: Amount of time to delay between determining the socket should be closed and actually closing it. Default is
max_frame_size: Size in bytes of the largest frame that can be sent to the broker. Default is
add_jmsxuserid: If set to
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An example of configuring the OpenWire protocol
<connector id="tcp" bind="tcp://0.0.0.0:61613">
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Apollo was designed to be inherently multi-protocol. Although STOMP was the first protocol to be implemented in Apollo, the core of the broker was not built around STOMP or any other specific protocol. Apollo, in fact by default, has the ability to detect the protocol being used on the wire without further configuration. This makes the configuration easier on the broker, and means you only need to open one connector that can handle multiple different types of wire protocols. If you would like to specify a certain connector for OpenWire and another connector for a different protocol, you can explicitly configure the connector to be an OpenWire connector:
<connector protocol="openwire" ... />
You can also support a limited subset of protocols:
<connector bind="...">
<detect protocols="openwire stomp" />
Or you can leave it open to any of the supported protocols (default), and the correct protocol will be used depending on what the client is using. You do this by not specifying any protocol settings.
Note, this type of on-the-wire protocol detection is different that the OpenWire version detection briefly mentioned above. After the broker determines a client is using an OpenWire protocol, the version is negotiated separately from how the broker determines a protocol.
Client Libraries
To connect to Apollo using the OpenWire protocol, we recommend you use the latest ActiveMQ 5.x client libraries.
To configure specific behaviors for your connection, see the Connection reference for ActiveMQ 5.x
Broker features available using the OpenWire protocol
Destination Types
Queues (for point-to-point messaging) - A JMS Queue implements load balancer semantics. A single message will be received by exactly one consumer. If there are no consumers available at the time the message is sent it will be kept until a consumer is available that can process the message. If a consumer receives a message and does not acknowledge it before closing then the message will be redelivered to another consumer. A queue can have many consumers with messages load balanced across the available consumers.
Topics (publish-subscribe) - In JMS a Topic implements publish and subscribe semantics. When you publish a message it goes to all the subscribers who are interested - so zero to many subscribers will receive a copy of the message. Only subscribers who had an active subscription at the time the broker receives the message will get a copy of the message.
Durable Subscriptions (persistent publish-subscribe) - Durable subscriptions allow you to achieve semantics similar to a queue using topics. Specifically, this allows a subscription to subscribe and disconnect without worrying about losing messages. If the client disconnects, the messages that arrive at the topic while the subscription is inactive will be queued up for consumption when the subscription becomes reactivated.
Wildcard Subscriptions
Wild cards can be used in destination names when subscribing as a consumer. This allows you to subscribe to multiple destinations or hierarchy of destinations.
.is used to separate names in a path
*is used to match any name in a path
>is used to recursively match path names
Unlike some of the other protocols Apollo supports, for the OpenWire implementation, regex wildcards are not supported. Also note that for other protocols, the wildcard for recursive destinations is indeed ">" and not "**".
Composite Destinations
You can send to multiple destinations with one single operation. When you create a destination to which your producer will be sending, you can specify multiple destinations with the "," (comma) destination separator. For example, if you want to send a single message to two queues:
Destination destination = session.createQueue("test-queue,test-queue-foo")
MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(destination);
TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage("Message #" + i);
Note both destinations named will be considered queues. However, you can also include a topic destination in your
list. You'll want to use the
topic:// prefix if mixing destination types (or
queue:// for queues):
Destination destination = session.createQueue("test-queue,test-queue-foo,topic://test-topic-foo")
Similarly you can consume from multiple destinations as well. When you set up your consumer's destination, just follow the same rules as above.
Exclusive Consumer
To do exclusive consumer on a queue, you will specify the settings on the queue itself:
The first consumer to subscribe to the queue will be the exclusive consumer. Any other consumers that subscribe to the queue will not receive messages as long as the exclusive consumer is alive and consuming. If the exclusive consumer goes away, the next in line to subscribe will be selected as the exclusive consumer. In general, the order that's calculcated for who should be the next exclusive consumer is based on when they subscribe. The first to subscribe wins and the others fall in line based on when they subscribed.
Temporary Destinations
Temporary destinations are bound to the connection that created them; therefore, when the connection goes away, the temporary destination will also go away. Using temporary is one way to implement a request-reply messaging pattern with Apollo. The steps for using temporary queues or topics for request-reply are as follows:
Create a temporary destination
Destination replyDest = session.createTemporaryQueue();
Create a consumer for that destination
MessageConsumer replyConsumer = session.createConsumer(replyDest);
Create a message to send as a request and set the JMSReplyTo header to the temp destination
Send the message. If the receiver of the message is aware that it's participating in a request-reply scenario, it should place the response into the destination specified in the JMSReplyTo header.
Message Selectors
You can use message selectors to create subscriptions to destinations that are filtered based on some headers or properties in the message. You define a selector as a String that is similar to the SQL92 syntax.
For example, to define a consumer on a destination that is only interested in messages that have a property named "intended" and a value of "me", pass a selector as the second argument to the session.createConsumer() method:
session.createConsumer(destination, "intended = 'me'");
Now messages produced with a property/value combination specified in the selector will be delivered to the consumer.
Here's an example of producing the message:
MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(destination);
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MESSAGES_TO_SEND; i++) {
TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage("Message #" + i);
LOG.info("Sending message #" + i);
Browing Subscription
With a QueueBrowser, you can browse a queue's messages without actually consuming them. This can be useful for debugging, adding a user-interface layer, or audit or logging.
To establish a browsing subscription to a queue, use the JMS API:
QueueBrowser browser = session.createBrowser((Queue) destination);
Then you can enumerate the messages and examine them with the following idiom:
Enumeration enumeration = browser.getEnumeration();
while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
TextMessage message = (TextMessage) enumeration.nextElement();
System.out.println("Browsing: " + message);
When you browse a queue, only a snapshot of the queue will be available. If more messages are enqueued, the browsing session will not automatically see those.
Note, you cannot establish browsing sessions to a durable topic with OpenWire/JMS.
Transactions can be done on both the consumer and the producer for any destination. When you create a session,
true to the first parameter:
Session session = connection.createSession(true, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
You can
commit or
rollback a transaction by calling
session.commit() or
session.rollback() respectively.
On the broker side, each command that you take before calling
session.commit() (like sending a message) gets batched
up in a TransactionContext. When commit is made, all of the commands are executed and a Response is sent to the client
(i.e., calling commit is a synchronous call. Before calling commit, all other commands are asyc).
OpenWire protocol details
This section explains a little more about what's happening on the wire. The STOMP protocol, as it was designed, is easy to understand and monitor since it's a text-based protocol. OpenWire, however, is binary, and understanding the interactions that happen isn't as easy. Some clues might be helpful.
All OpenWire commands are implemented as "command" objects following the Gang of Four Command Pattern. The structure of the objects are described at the ActiveMQ website, but what about the interactions?
Establishing a connection to the broker: A connection is established between the client and the broker with the client creating a new ActiveMQConnection (most likely using a connection factory of some sort). When a new "connection" is created, the underlying transport mechanisms send a WireFormatInfo command to the broker. This command describes what version and configurations of the OpenWire protocol the client wishes to use. For example, some of the configuration options are the ones listed above that can also be configured on the broker.
When the TCP connection is handled on the broker side, it sends a WireFormatInfo to the client. The purpose of exchanging these WireFormatInfo commands is to be able to negotiate what settings to use as each the client and the server has their own preferred settings. The lowest protocol version between the two is used. When the broker receives the client's WireFormatInfo command, it negotiates the differences on its side and then sends a BrokerInfo command. Conversely on the client, when it receives the broker's WireFormatInfo, it negotiates it and sends a ConnectionInfo command. When the broker receives a ConnectionInfo command, it will either ack it with a Response command, or use security settings established globally for the broker or for a given virtual host to determine whether connections are allowed. If a connection is not allowed to the broker or to to virtual host, the broker will kill the connection.
OpenWire features to be documented
- Flow Control
- Persistent Messaging
- Message Expiration
Unsupported OpenWire features:
You will get bad/undefined behaviour if you try to use any of the following OpenWire features:
- XA transactions
- Message Groups using JMSXGroupID
- Subscription recovery/retroactive consumer
- Exclusive Consumer with Priority
- Virtual Destinations
You can use Durable Subscriptions and/or Mirrored Queues to get the same/similar behaviour that Virtual Destinations provide.


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Several weeks ago I went to see the Zaha Hadid exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Perelman Center. My experience was troubling.
Hadid is an Iraqi-born architect headquartered in London. She is one of today's star architects with multi-million dollar projects under design and under construction around the world. Her works are strikingly original, visually arresting, but to my mind, seriously flawed.
Hadid, often referred to as a diva, is not a gentle woman. I saw her on TV "speaking" with her employees. "Speaking" is a charitable way to refer to the way she cursed her designers for what she regarded as poor design or poor performance. Steve Jobs was also a difficult guy, but what he produced was a sublime fusion of user-friendly functionality and exquisite design.
Not so with Hadid. The Perelman exhibit confirmed for me what I have long suspected, that Hadid's confrontational personality results in designs that are aggressive, bombastic, and mostly about show.
Take the cushioned seats designed for watching the videos of her work. I tried to sit on them (all of them) and found it impossible. So did other visitors who tried to find a comfortable relationship between body form and the contours of the seat. All but a few masochists were forced to sit on the floor.
Other examples of her seating were visually intriguing pieces intended to capture your attention but rarely, if ever, to use. They were geometrically exaggerated works of sculpture, costly to fabricate and of questionable functionality.
So I ask, why were they ever conceived? They remind me of Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture, which was equally uncomfortable – geometric exercises that looked interesting on the drawing board but with no sense of ergonomics.
Compare the furniture of Wright and Hadid to architect Mies van der Roe's forever elegant and comfortable "Barcelona chair." I first sat in the Barcelona chair in Philip Johnson's "Glass House" in Connecticut, and it was truly like sitting on a throne designed for the common man – I felt like a king.
By contrast, one must feel like an alien on Hadid's hard-as-nails, out of scale, purely-for-show benches. If the Barcelona chair doesn't ring a bell, no matter. You've probably seen dozens of them and even sat in one in an office-building lobby or the home of a friend.
The Barcelona chair will endure as a near-perfect marriage of human form and ineffable, timeless beauty. Mies's creation is an example of grace and respect for the user, the very opposite of what seems to motivate Hadid. I found it surprising that Hadid's office used Mies' Barcelona chair in a promotional video for her Stone Towers project in Cairo, rather than one of her own furniture designs.
So, does Hadid's architecture fall into the same category as her furniture? First, I must admit I have never yet visited a Hadid building, and I know the risk of making architectural judgments in the absence of first-hand experience. But as a practicing architect for 44 years, I know how to read drawings and 'read' other aspects of design from the published images of a finished building or design proposal.
To me, Hadid's buildings are all about banging drums. There is a maddening absence of restraint, a token regard for function and a troubling license for expressive excess taken to the extreme, which is why, for decades, many of her designs were never built. Her presentation drawings are truly works of art, but I learned early in my career not to design a building for how it looks on paper, unless all you're interested in is paper art.
Photography in the exhibit proper is not permitted but I was allowed to shoot her three-wheeled Z-Car in the Perelman's lobby. This sleek prototype design tells it all: lovely to look at but never meant for actual use. Compared to Buckminster Fuller's three-wheel Dymaxion car of the 1930s, at least Hadid got the curves right – they are alluringly sensuous.
The roof of the cab hinges up to reveal a Buck Rodgers interior perfect for listening to the theme music of Kubrick's 1968 film Space Odyssey until the cushionless spoon-shaped seats send you to your chiropractor.
Also in the show are vases, jewelry and clothing plus the exhibit design itself. A few of her vases were subtle and exquisite, but the rest of the exhibit left me cold. Don't misunderstand me. I applaud artistic excess when redeeming values underlie it, such as in the awe-inspiring cathedrals of the Middle Ages. In these glass and stone sky reaching structures, excess serves a purpose greater than dazzle.
As for Hadid's geometric virtuosity, almost no other contemporary architect can touch her. Google her King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center to see what I mean. But as you will hear when she herself explains her work in several on-line videos, it's all about the skin and near to nothing about serving the objectives of the program and the needs of end users. This is fine art, not fine architecture.
What does Hadid's self-indulgence and heavy-handed overkill say more broadly about today's global culture? Many people around the world are spending truckloads of money to build what she and other like-minded architects are designing. To me it's Disney culture turning into a very expensive bad dream.
Perhaps my views will change when I actually visit a building by Hadid, which I hope is the case, because I am troubled by having such negative feelings about such a courageous, talented and successful artist. Architecture can certainly be sculptural, but pure sculpture usually runs the risk of not making good architecture.
I urge you to see "Form in Motion" at the Perelman or see the mind-boggling projects on her website and then judge for yourself.


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Ten LSU Pitchers Hold ULL to Three Hits in Shutout
BATON ROUGE, La.- Ten LSU pitchers combined to blank Louisiana-Lafayette Wednesday night, and the Tigers launched two home runs in the first three innings to post a 5-0 win over the Cajuns in Alex Box Stadium.
The Tigers (19-6) will return to SEC action on Friday as the Arkansas Razorbacks come to town for a three-game series. Right-hander Kevin Gausman (4-0) will get the Friday night start for LSU.
UL-Lafayette dropped to 13-11 with Wednesday's loss.
The shutout was the seventh this season by the LSU pitching staff, marking the most shutouts by a Tiger staff since the 1996 club recorded 10 on the year.
First baseman Grant Dozar crushed a three-run home run and rightfielder Mason Katz added a solo shot to pace LSU's offense. Leftfielder Raph Rhymes produced his fourth three-hit game of the season.
Starting pitcher Joe Broussard (3-0) picked up the victory for LSU. The right-hander struck out three and walked one in two innings of work.
Austin Robichaux (0-3) took the loss and permitted five runs (four earned) on four hits and two walks in two innings of work.
"It was great to see two home runs in the first three innings," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. "I thought our players had some great at-bats early and set the tone for the game. We swung the bat well against Robichaux, who really has a good arm. All of our pitchers looked good tonight and did a very nice job in earning a shutout."
Broussard got off to a hot start in the opening frame. After forcing Tyler Frederick to pop out to the infield, Broussard struck out Jace Conrad and Dylan Butler.
Katz blasted a long ball to left field to give LSU the early advantage. The home run marked the fifth of the season for Katz, which is one more than his previous two seasons combined.
The Tigers kept the pressure on Robichaux. Rhymes smacked a single up the middle and moved to second on Dozar's walk. Shortstop Austin Nola knocked a soft ground ball to short and the throw to first pulled the first baseman off the bag, allowing Rhymes to score from second.
LSU extended the lead in the bottom of the third just before a 1:17 rain delay. Katz drew a leadoff walk and proceeded to steal second. Rhymes' single through the left side left runners on the corner. Dozar stepped in and ripped a first-pitch dinger into the right field seats for his second homer of the season.
Nola kept things going with a single to left and moved to second on catcher Ty Ross's sacrifice bunt. After the rain delay, the Tigers stranded two runners.
Kevin Berry entered the game in the top of the fifth and kept the dominant pitching performance going, and was helped by a spectacular play by Nola at short. Jordan Bourque hit a comebacker off of Berry's glove and Nola accounted for the deflection, scooped the ball and fired to first just in time.
Louisiana-Lafayette attempted to close the gap in the top of the sixth inning. Carson Baranik walked Chris Sinclair to open the inning. After Baranik fanned Brian Bowman, consecutive singles by Frederick and Jace Conrad loaded the bases.
Baranik struck out Dylan Butler and was replaced by southpaw Chris Cotton to face the left-handed Chase Compton. Compton knocked a grounder to first to end the inning.
Kurt McCune and Nick Goody pitched the ninth inning to preserve the shutout for LSU.
LSU 5, Louisiana-Lafayette 0 (Mar 28, 2012 at Baton Rouge, La.)
Louisiana-Lafayette. 000 000 000 - 0 3 3 (13-11)
Pitchers: Louisiana-Lafayette - Robichaux, Austin; Howell, Derek(3); Cockrell, Cord(5);
Faucheux, Henri(7); Zimmermann, Joe(8) and Sinclair, Chris.
LSU - Joe Broussard; Cody Glenn(3); Brent Bonvillain(4); Kevin Berry(5); Carson Baranik(6); Chris Cotton(6); Nick Rumbelow(7);
Joey Bourgeois(8); Kurt McCune(9); Nick Goody(9) and Ty Ross; Jordy Snikeris.
Win-Joe Broussard(3-0) Loss-Robichaux, Austin(0-3) T-2:29 A-11043
HR LSU - Mason Katz (5); Grant Dozar (2).
Rain Delay of 1 hour, 17 minutes in the bottom of the 3rd inning.
Actual Attendance: 6,203
Robichaux faced 3 batters in the 3rd.


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Friday, October 28, 2011
Bloggers' Quilt Festival Fall 2011
30 comments:
That design is sooo pretty! Looks really difficult too. (from my beginner eyes) Visiting from the Quilt FestivalReplyDelete
This is beautiful. I love celtic work and have done a bit of it, but want to do more. I really like your color choices.ReplyDelete
Hi! This quilt is also so wonderful! Congratulations!!! :)ReplyDelete
Yours, Ulla
Well, what can I say...of course I love it....please let me know how you would quilt it now?ReplyDelete
Best Wishes
Kay in Scotland
Greetins for Hungary. I love these quilts!!! You are so fantastic quilter! The colors are wonderful! It's so nice to find other quilters all around the world! :)ReplyDelete
It is a pretty quilt and has a very involved pattern! It must have been challenging to make.ReplyDelete
This Celtic design quilt is just amazing! Thanks for sharing it. Wow.ReplyDelete
I have always been drawn to Celtic design quilts. You did a great job!ReplyDelete
This striking quilt really grabbed my attention. It's beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Very striking - something I have not tried. And thank you for sharing the story behind it. Beautiful quilt!ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilt. The design is lovely and I think your quilt is wonderful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Beautiful Kathy! It was a reminder to me that I haven't finished mine! GReplyDelete
Love your quilt! Photographing it on the rock was perfect.ReplyDelete
I love the combination of blue and brown. The design is stunning.ReplyDelete
That is just beautiful. Love the colors in that beautiful design! And i like how you quilted it. Thanks for sharing and have a great dayReplyDelete
Great quilt, love the design and very well done!!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful! and beautiful photography too. :)ReplyDelete
It's beautiful and I think the echo quilting is perfect as is. For me, these celtic appliques sometimes get lost with different kind of quilting.ReplyDelete
This is very nice and you did well then, you must be very very good today, as you said we do grow in our skills.ReplyDelete
I love this design. You have made it beautifully. I like it just the way it is.ReplyDelete
Wow this is amazing! Such attention to detail and I think the quilting looks perfect! But totally understand about changing things.ReplyDelete
avant d'activer la traduction je me suis dit ce quilt est bien différent de ceux que vous présentez d'habitude, il est très réussi et très harmonieuxReplyDelete
I like the quilting as it is in this project - great job! =)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful quilt! :)ReplyDelete
My goodness! What a gorgeous quilt - beautifully executed! I am loving your blog and the wonderful pictures of the natural beauty where you live. Your quilting is amazing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM
Wow--that's fabulous! I love the colours you chose, and the top photograph of the quilt is showstopping. Celtic interlace is a technique on my list to attempt, but I must (must! must!) finish several quilts before I try anything new!ReplyDelete
Your quilt is beautiful...trying celtic work is on my very long todo list :-)ReplyDelete
This is simply stunning! Thanks for sharing it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2011 at 1:38 PM
This is such a beautiful quilt, Kathy :-)ReplyDelete
I share you attitude of wanting to try all techniques, but I fear there will not be enough time ;-) I have still not tried real Celtic applique, but want to even more after seeing your quilt.
This quilt is stunning...you are so blessed to be able to do something you enjoy so much. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete


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Time flies, especially when you are having a blast every breathing second!
Unfortunately, the summer is almost over and I will be leaving California to resume classes Monday. I knew the day would come, but this summer has been the best one of my life, so I can't complain.
I had the chance to do two more races in July, one on the 28th and the other the 29th – yup, back-to-back, baby!
They were both in Solana Beach, which was awesome as I got to ride my bike to the race for a good little warmup.
The first was the Irongirl 10k. I had never done an open 10k so really just wanted to go out and see what I could pull. I was happy to clock in a 40:45. The following day was a sprint triathlon. Amazingly, my legs felt incredible, as if the 10k had never happened. I took 1st overall female and had a solid 19:07 run split.
After those two races, Ironman training continued and has been going great so far! It is truly an honor to push your body toward the incredible goal of finishing an Ironman.
It will be challenging to manage this along with school, but thankfully I chose to take 12 hours this semester, so it should be pretty manageable.
I look forward to seeing all my friends in the coming days!! Enjoy the last few moments of summer!!!!!!!!! I know I will 🙂


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The Riley Cooper situation in Philly is rare, but not unprecedented. In 1997, former Panthers quarterback Kerry Collins used the same word Cooper did.
Former Panthers G.M. Bill Polian explained on ESPN's new NFL Insiders show that "it took a while" for the Panthers to get past Collins' drunken use of a racial slur toward receiver Muhsin Muhammad.
"It eventually cleared up," Polian said. "But believe me it took a while."
Polian said that, for the Eagles, the biggest question is unity and harmony. "If Riley Cooper is in that [locker] room," Polian said, "does it divide the room?"
And for those who think it's not a big deal, Polian would disagree.
"It stings," Polian said. "It's personal, it's societal. And it's very deep. I can't think of anything worse that you can have happen to your team."
So that's the magnitude of the challenge the Eagles will face, if they decide to try to move forward with Cooper.


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DEPUE — This weekend's boat racing at Lake DePue may go by a new name this year, but it will be same game when it comes to national-class competition.
The Lake DePue National Championship Boat races will take to Lake DePue for the 29th consecutive year sponsored by the DePue's Men's Club, bringing thousands of race fans to the tiny Bureau County village. The races were formerly known as the APBA PRO National Boat races, but a change in affiliation this year brought about a name change.
Bryant said that the U.S. Title series, the governing body for the DePue races, left its association with the American Power Boat Association in favor of the National Boat Racing Association, in part due to insurance purposes.
"We're going to have the same races," Bryant said. "They told us we could name the race anything we wanted and we feel the best racers in that class are going to be here. It is in our opinion a national championship so were going to call it Lake DePue National Championship Boat Races. It's going to be a great week of racing."
There will be national championships on the line in 18 different classes. Racing begins at noon Friday at Lake DePue with competition in the OSY 400 Hydroplane, C Racing Hydroplane, K PRO Hydroplane, 125cc Runabout, 700cc Runabout, C Service Runabout and 500CC Hydroplane divisions.
DePue native Paul Bosnich III is the defending champion in the 125cc Runabout.
A year ago the DePue Men's Club frantically fought against low-water level on Lake DePue that had the annual event in jeopardy until DePue and surrounding communities rallied around a damming project. This year, Bryant happily reports the water level is rising, thanks largely to having a 100-foot barge sunk to dam up the Illinois River channel.
"It's looking good," Bryant said. "We did get the dam in and we're trapping quite a bit of water. We are pumping trying to maintain the water that is here and maybe raise it some more. We had a couple leaks here and there, but we got it tied off on both sides. We're not losing any water and we should start gaining some."
While there is nothing written in stone what the level has to be, Bryant said, the capsule racers like to have five-feet of water.
"That's what we want. We're close. I think we're at four and a half to five feet," Bryant said.
Bryant is still amazed how DePue was able to save last year's races, but didn't doubt they could pull it off.
"We weren't sure we could get that water in there not having any experience at it, realizing we had such a larger area. But it all worked out," Bryant said. "I'm very proud of all the people that helped us. It was a very humbling experience I think for our little village having everybody from all over the area pitching and helping us.
"It was a real nice thing to be a part of it and everybody likes to be a part of success stories. It just turned out to be something really neat for our town. It's always rewarding when you see so many people jump up to support your cause."


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Australian high commissioner out of Fiji
News of the diplomatic impasse has emerged the same day as a shocking new video allegedly depicting Fijian authorities beating and torturing prisoners.
Australia and Fiji agreed in July last year to exchange high commissioners, ending a three-year hiatus and signalling a significant thaw in a relationship that has been frosty since Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power in a 2006 coup.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr subsequently appointed career diplomat Margaret Twomey to the role and hoped she would begin last month. But the process appears to have stalled, with Fiji so far failing to approve Ms Twomey's visa.
"We remain of the view she's the best person and that she should be made the Australian High Commissioner to Fiji," a spokesman for Senator Carr told AAP on Tuesday.
Fiji had not even nominated anyone to fill its high commission in Canberra, he said.
"Certainly, there seems to be no movement on this," Senator Carr's spokesman said.
"It now appears that that is suspended at their end."
Fiji kicked out Australia's last high commissioner, James Batley, in 2009, accusing him of meddling in local politics.
When Senator Carr and his Fijian counterpart Ratu Inoke Kubuabola met last year they agreed that restoring full ties would help ensure "open and effective" dialogue between the two nations.
Meanwhile, the nine minute video posted online shows two men screaming on the ground as they are repeatedly struck with batons.
Senator Carr's spokesman described it as enormously concerning.
"It needs an investigation," he said.
Amnesty International says while the video's authenticity is yet to be verified it appears consistent with reports of Fijian military brutality against prisoners.
"The Fijian authorities must treat this shocking footage with the utmost seriousness and immediately initiate an independent investigation," Amnesty spokesman Andrew Beswick said.
Comment is being sought from Fiji, where the police commissioner is believed to be preparing a statement about the incident.
Ms Twomey is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, serving most recently as Australia's ambassador to Russia. She previously served as ambassador to East Timor and deputy ambassador to Fiji.
Australia is the largest foreign investor in Fiji and more than 300,000 Australian tourists visit the Pacific nation every year.


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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
It seems that the legislative process was deliberately manipulated in order to gain adoption of this controversial program. The RhodeMap RI process was started in 2011 by the Division of Planning. How then, two years later in 2013 did legislation calling for the creation of a legitimate economic development plan get morphed into the illegitimate RhodeMap agenda? RhodeMap RI was not what the General Assembly asked for in 2011, but it's what they got. Further, the original version of the bill from the House Finance Committee required approval from the General Assembly, but somewhere along the way, that bill was hijacked and legislative approval was removed; additionally, it was in a later version of the 2013 bill that the tem "equity" was inserted. Clearly, a bait-and-switch took place against the original intentions of the House of Representatives.
RhodeMap RI is a one-size-fits-all, centrally planned national agenda called "regionalism", created by unelected bureaucrats in Washington DC. It is now being forced upon us with the willing assistance of unelected bureaucrats in Rhode Island, and without the approval of the duly elected representatives of we the people. The central-planners also want you to believe that RhodeMap RI is a custom plan designed specifically for Rhode Island: But in fact, RhodeMap RI is just one of dozens of similar cookie-cutter plans by HUD being promulgated across the country.
RI RhodeMap is a Social Experiment
RhodeMap RI is a social equity experiment masquerading as an economic development plan. From the figures that were released last winter, out of a total of $875,000 reported, 83% was spent on housing, land, and social equity consultants, 17% on marketing and public relations consultants, and 0% was spent on economics. Who are these central planners that seek to manage our lives? Certainly not anyone we elected.
The people of Rhode Island are sick of special-interest driven agendas being secretly implemented by insiders. Rhode Island does not need another boondoggle that bypasses an open democratic process. We all think 38-studios was a corrupt process; RhodeMap RI my be far worse.
This Memorial Day week please take the time to honor those who have died in the service of protecting our freedoms. By speaking out and supporting the legislation that would de-fang the most oppressive and non-economic components of RhodeMap RI, you have the power to actually defeat the status quo on this issue. Visit GaspeeProject.com to use our new tool to make your voice heard to your legislators.
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Related Slideshow: Rhode Island's 50 Richest and Most Influential - 2013
#50 Joe Dowling, Chief Investment Officer, Brown University
The Providence native was head of a controversial Hedge Fund, Narragansett Asset Management, in Greenwich Connecticut.
The New York Post wrote in 2006, "Narragansett's returns over the last two years have not been up to snuff and, through the first eight months of this year, the firm is down 2 percent…" The Post said funds from that fund were returned to investors.
Dowling takes over for Cynthia Frost, who helped grow the Brown Endowment to $2.86 billion, a better than 12% increase for the year ending June 30, 2013.
Dowling is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Business School.
#49 Ken Block, Candidate for Governor and CEO of Simpatico Software
The new Republican is the founder of Simpatico Software and Cross Alert System. Block spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to build the Moderate Party and as its candidate, but left it this week to run for governor as a Republican.
Net worth is estimated between $10 million and $15 million. The Dartmouth grad is likely to pour hundreds of thousands of his own dollars into the race.
#48 Charlie Townsend III, CEO, Aloha Partners
Aloha Partners sold wireless spectrums to AT&T for a reported $2.5 billion. The company then purchased more wireless spectrums from LIN Media and is now the 8th largest owner in the US.
Townsend, a Virginia and Harvard MBA grad, has also been an active supporter of Lincoln Chafee through the years.
#47 Jack Yena, Chair of the Board, Johnson and Wales University
Chairman of the Board emeritus of Johnson & Wales University, Yena helped to build the college into a university and expand it across America – now with campuses in Denver, Charlotte and North Miami.
Under his leadership, the JWU board has attracted top-level business and community leaders.
#46 Angus Davis, CEO, Swipely
The Rhode Island native who founded TellMe Networks -- and sold it to Microsoft for $800 million -- is at it once again, testing his tech mettle with Swipely, the marketing rewards company that just raised a $12 million Series B round this past May.
One of Forbes's "most promising CEOs under 35," he has been particularly active in education reform in the state, serving on the Board of Regents, helping bring Teach for America to Rhode Island, and pushing for the Race to the Top grant -- not without ruffling more than a few feathers along the way.
#45 Stanley Goldstein, Co-Founder of CVS (Retired)
Goldstein and his brother Sidney built CVS into a healthcare and retail power. Since retiring in 1999, Goldstein has been a political force and financial donor to a range of education efforts including charter schools and The Met school in South Providence.
#44 Mark Pelson, PCI Private Equity
A lawyer by training, he is a partner in several Providence Equity funds
He has served as Chairman of Lambert's Cove Acquisition Corporation since its inception. He is a partner in several Providence Equity funds where he has served on numerous corporate boards.
Pelson serves on the Board of Overseers of Children's Hospital Boston and is the chairman of The Wolf School in East Providence, Rhode Island. Politically active in the 2012 election cycle, he gave to Romney for President and to both Democrats David Cicilline and Sheldon Whitehouse.
#43 Artemis and Misha Joukowsy, AIG and Philanthropy
The father and son team have pursued different tracks. Artemis joined the leadership team at Brown University as Chancellor after a storied career at AIG, the insurance behemoth.
Artemis is now retired but Misha is chairman of GCi Acquisition Corp., specializing in composite technology and design and is a member of the Brown University President's Leadership Council since its inception in 2004. Since 1987 he has been a member of the Brown University Adjunct Faculty, Engineering Department. He and his family have been philanthropic supporters of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital and have established several joint chairs.
#42 Donald Carcieri, Former Governor
The two-term former Governor was a former Old Stone Bank and Cookson America exec before making the switch to politics -- and wielded enough influence even prior to winning the seat to convince Cookson to headquarter at the former train station in Providence, now the current home to the RI Foundation.
His tenure as Governor was rocky at best, and what is proving now to be its defining moment is the doomed 38 Studios deal he helped usher through.
His deep pockets and fundraising ties could explain his role on Cranston Mayor Allan Fung's exploratory committee for a run at Governor in 2014. Fung says he would have opposed the 38 Studios deal, so the question of Carcieri's influence on the Mayor's campaign -- whether it is policy or money -- will be watched closely.
#41 Guerra Family, Real Estate Developers
Architect and developer Antonio Guerra purchased the then-mothballed Brown and Sharpe complex from the company in the late 1960's. Over 40 years, Guerra, who was joined by his son Tom and his son-in-law Tony Thomas, painstakingly rehabbed each building and developed it into the premier work-live complex in the state.
Recently, they acquired American Locomotive Complex for just under $20 million.
Combined, these real estate holdings exceed an estimated $200 million.
#40 Jonathan Fain, Chairman of Teknor Apex
Most Rhode Islanders know very little about the compound company headquartered in Pawtucket. The company has facilities around the world and has sales in excess of $600 million.
Fain stepped down as president and will be an ever-greater influence on a range of community issues. The company is one of the largest privately owned companies in southern New England.
#39 Jason Macari, President and CEO Summer Infant
Macari has been Summer Infant's Chief Executive Officer and a director since March 2007. He founded the company in 2001 and led it to its IPO.
Before Summer Infant, Macari was vice president of product development and general manager of Safety 1st, Inc., a manufacturer of safety and juvenile products in MA.
Macari earned an Engineering degree from WPI and his MBA from Bryant University. His net worth in stock and compensation for 2011, according to Forbes, was more than $4 million combined.
#38 Charles M. Royce, Royce Funds/Ocean House/Weekapaug Inn
It takes a lot of wealth, impact on Rhode Island and roots to make the list for a summer resident, but Royce checks off all three. Royce is a Brown grad and went on to found the wildly successful Royce Funds.
He has invested tens of millions in developing the Ocean House in Westerly and the Weekapaug Inn into brimming expressions of Victorian architecture.
#37 Christina Paxson, President, Brown University
The 19th President of Brown University, Paxson has a PhD in Economics and is a leading figure in national circles having held such roles as researcher with the National Bureau of Economic Research and editor with The Future of Children.
She came to Brown with an already exceptional resume in academia, which included Dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs -- where she founded the Center for Health and Wellbeing in 2000.
Her predecessor Ruth Simmons's last year of compensation was reported at $1.2 million. Paxon's own emerging influence in the state will no doubt come into play as Brown looks to expand further in the city's emerging "Knowledge District."
Husband Ari Gabinet, VP and General Counsel at Oppenheimer Funds, makes the pair a true Providence power couple.
#36 Terry Murray, Former CEO of Fleet Bank
From growing up in Woonsocket to Harvard to a near-entry position at Industrial National Bank, Terry Murray grew and merged Fleet Bank from a regional to global player.
At his height he was one of the most powerful bankers in America and along with Citizens Bank had created a banking center in Providence.
The merger with Bank Boston and the Fleet Boston became the 7th largest lender in America before being bought by Bank of America.
Murray is no longer the force in politics and business in Rhode Island, but he still casts a long shadow and is a giving force.
#35 Doug Sgarro, Chief Legal Counsel, CVS
The Barrington resident is the top lawyer at CVS and has served on a range of boards including EDC and the Children's Museum. The Hamilton grad went on to University of Virginia for Law School.
In 2011, Forbes reported he earned in excess of $5 million in compensation.
#34 John and Letitia Carter, Philanthropists
The Carters sold EFD in 2000 to Nordson and started an aggressive effort of philanthropy across Rhode Island.
From Women & Infants Hospital to Vets Auditorium to education and public radio, the Carters have donated millions to positively impact Rhode Island.
#33 Tom Gilbane, Jr., CEO and Chairman, Gilbane, Inc.
Gilbane as well as Paul Choquette have been two of the leaders in growing Gilbane from a strong regional construction force to a national firm over the past four decades. Gilbane has served on many of the top corporate and philanthropic boards in the region over the years including Fleet Bank, United Way, US Lacrosse, and as a trustee at Babson College.
Gilbane, Inc has emerged as a multi-billion company and one of the top 150 privately held companies in the United States.
#32 Brian Goldner, CEO Hasbro
Goldner reinvented Hasbro from a toy manufacturer to an entertainment company. Creating a movie and entertainment culture was no easy task but it paid off with wins like the Transformer movies.
In 2010, Goldner scored $23 million in compensation.
#31 Ira and Suzanne Magaziner, Consultants
Ira Magaziner designed Brown's curriculum as an undergrad, made millions as a business consultant before selling his firm Telesis to Towers Perrin and helped design Hillary Clinton's healthcare program when Bill Clinton was President, but the truth be told, it's Suzanne Magaziner that Hillary comes to visit.
Now, the couple's son Seth has announced he wants to be the next General Treasurer in a race pitting him against Frank Caprio.
#30 Chace Family, Developers
Kim Chace held an annual position on the Forbes 400 list and held a board seat for many years on Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Board. Chace died in 2011, and his vast fortune was spread among his wife, Elizabeth, the founder of Residential Properties; his son, who is a wealth management consultant; and his cousin, developer Buff Chace.
Each of the three has been active in business and philanthropy. Buff has the highest profile largely because of his battle with the city of Providence over tax stabilization and his plans for the Superman building.
#29 Thomas Tisch, Chancellor at Brown University
The former Wall Street investment banker brings strong financial experience to Brown. As one top government staffer says, Tisch leads with "an iron hand" as it relates to his management and negotiating approach.
Tisch was the managing partner at Four Partners and serves on the Board of Sears Holding Company. He attended Brown and his father was the iconic head of CBS, Laurence Tisch.
#28 Elizabeth Meyer, Newport Democratic Donor
Meyer was linked to the defeat of the 2012 ballot question in Newport approving expansion of table games for Newport Grand.
The Newport philanthropist is a big donor to Democratic causes. In the 2012 election cycle, Meyer gave nearly $100,000 to Democrats across the country.
From the early 1990's through to today she has given nearly $500,000 to Democrats across the country including John Kerry, Patrick Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the late Ted Kennedy.
#27 Tom Ryan, Chairman of the Board, CVS
Ryan began as a pharmacist with CVS in 1974 and worked his way up through the ranks to become chief executive 20 years later. The architect of the $21 billion Caremark acquisition in 2007 rocketed CVS from its regional roots to a $100 billion national powerhouse second only to Walgreens.
To the victor go the spoils -- Ryan's exit package at retirement in 2011 was reported to be $58 million in pension payments -- and $33 million in stock options.
A trustee at his alma mater, URI, Ryan was the chief benefactor of the 7,657-seat arena named after him on campus. Although he now resides in Florida, Ryan has reportedly been active in conversations pertaining to pharmacy studies as they relate to housing a new joint RIC-URI school of nursing in the Dynamo House in Providence.
#26 Michael Mahoney, CEO, Boston Scientific
Barrington resident Michael Mahoney is President and CEO of Boston Scientific Corporation. He oversees all aspects of the global development, marketing and sales of the company's broad portfolio of medical device solutions. Mahoney took over the CEO position last year.
Boston Scientific recorded $7.2 billion in sales in 2012. The Natick-based company would be a great partner for Brown, URI, and Lifespan.
#25 Michael Perik, Former CEO of Princeton Review
Perik was CEO for the Princeton Review and left and then purchased one of his divisions for $4 million. The business is focused on Community College Partnerships.
Politically, Perik is an influential Democratic fundraiser. He and his wife Liz host a major national leadership event at their Jamestown home for Nancy Pelosi to benefit the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The event has raised millions for Democrats.
Perik received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a Master in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
#24 Joe MarcAurele, CEO, Washington Trust
MarcAurele began the Citizens Bank exodus when he left the RBS parent company to take over as President of Washington Trust in 2009. His successor Ned Handy now follows in his footsteps in making the move to the oldest community bank in the nation and the largest independent bank in Rhode Island. MarcAurele netted well over $1 million in annual compensation at the helm of Washington Trust.
MarcAurele, who cut his teeth in the Fleet ranks, has had an active and dedicated presence in the Rhode Island philanthropic community, from serving as President of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and a trustee of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and Rhode Island Hospital Foundation.
His economic policy influence ranges from the board of RIPEC at the state level, to serving as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Depository Institution Advisory Council.
#23 Merrill Sherman, Former CEO of BankRI
In a de facto business partnership, Kim Chace and Sherman teamed up to build BankRI into one of the leading community banks in region.
Sherman sold the bank to Brookline Bancorp and scored in excess of $13 million on the exit.
Today, Sherman is the special master on the massive pile of foreclosure cases. She is also a close advisor to Gina Raimondo.
#22 Shivan Subramaniam, Chairman and CEO, FM Global
Subramaniam was named chairman in 2002, three years after being named president and CEO. Prior, he was chairman and CEO at Allendale Insurance, one of the RI predecessor companies to FM Global.
Trained in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology in India, he earned two master's degrees in the US: New York University, and another in management from MIT.
He serves on the Board of Citizen's Financial Group and Lifespan Corporation, and as a trustee of Bryant University.
He has been one of the CEO constants in RI with one of the longest tenures.
#21 Neil Steinberg, CEO, Rhode Island Foundation
Today, Steinberg has been working to recreate the largest private foundation from a very quiet organization into a force for positive change.
His influence as head of RI Foundation is ever growing as he works to create a new, involved and activist organization that is promoting Rhode Island to Rhode Islanders and promoting innovative ideas to recreate the Rhode Island economy.
He made his money back in the day at Fleet Bank in the glory days. His final position at Fleet was President of Fleet Bank's Rhode Island division.
#20 Al Verrecchia, Chairman of the Board, Hasbro
For more than a decade, Verrecchia was the operational executor to Alan Hassenfeld's vision for the toy company. When Hassenfeld gave up the CEO position, Verrecchia assumed the role while grooming Goldner to take over the helm.
Verrecchia has played a key role as a bridge in the transformation from a toy manufacturer to an entertainment company – the shift from Mr. Potato Head to Megan Fox.
Today, Verrecchia serves on the boards of Iron Mountain, FM Global and Lifespan. Previously, RIEDC and CVS.
He has been a big donor to his alma mater URI.
#19 Paul Choquette Jr. and Paul Choquette, III, Gilbane, Inc.
The father has been a dominant force in Rhode Island since John Chafee was Governor. Choquette was legal counsel to the Governor in the early 1960s. Starting then, the former Brown football star has helped Gilbane to grow into a major national construction force.
The senior Choquette has served on most every major board including Lifespan, the Brown Corporation, Trinity, and the RI Economic Development Corporation.
The younger Choquette was also a football star at Brown and has worked his way up the family business and was named to Gilbane Building Company's Mid-Atlantic Business Unit.
#18 Gina Raimondo, General Treasurer of RI
The former venture capitalist is now an all but announced candidate for Governor. The architect of pension reform was the darling of reformist and local and national business communities for her leadership and expertise.
Two years later, she is under nearly constant attack from unions, Forbes columnist Ted Siedle, and Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi for her shifting pension dollars to hedge funds.
Raimondo's resume is unmatched -- Harvard, Yale, and a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford. Raimondo is married to Andrew Moffett, a business consultant at McKinsey & Company and formerly the Chairman of the Providence Water Supply Board.
#17 Fred Carpionato, CEO Carpionato Properties
The mega-developer owns and operates many of southern New England's biggest developments. The properties include the massive Chapel View in Cranston and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick.
His controversial purchase and teardown of the old Produce Market on the backside of Providence Place Mall still stains the city.
He is major donor to Jack Reed's Narragansett Bay PAC.
#16 Connie Howes, CEO, Women and Infants (Retiring)
Howes is the million dollar women in Rhode Island healthcare. She is stepping down as CEO of Women & Infants Hospital, but will remained involved in the future of the hospital and its parent organization.
While Lifespan has faltered financially, she has kept W&I moving forward. Her compensation as CEO of Women and Infants in 2011 was just under a million and compensation from Care New England another $935,000.
The former corporate attorney is a big influence on Rhode Island's healthcare system.
#15 Marc Crisafulli, Managing Partner, Hinckley Allen
Crisafulli is managing one of Providence's largest law firms, has become a super lawyer on many of the biggest deals and lobbying for his old team at GTECH and for Twin River. He earns tens of thousands lobbying, but his big payday was his exit from GTECH, which included a multi-million payout.
#14 Jaymin Patel, CEO of GTECH
Only 45, Patel is a major strategic and financial force in driving GTECH – the largest lottery entity in the US and now a part of the Italian company, Lottmatica.
Prior to taking over for Bruce Turner as CEO, Patel was the CFO. Today, GTECH is a force in one of the largest segments of Rhode Island's state revenues -- gaming. GTECH is the lottery technology to the state and builds much of the gaming equipment used by Twin River. GTECH continue to be an economic and political force – three other members of the 50 Richest and Most Influential have ties to GTECH.
#13 Maureen McKenna Goldberg and Robert Goldberg, Supreme Court and Lobbyist (respectively)
The third-highest ranked power couple on the list. Maureen McKenna Goldberg has served on the Rhode Island Supreme Court for more than 15 years.
Her husband, Robert Goldberg is the top lobbyist in Rhode Island -- his clients are a who's who of RI and US corporate America, including CVS, FedEx, Johnson and Wales, Bryant University and GTECH. Goldberg earns an estimated $1 million plus per year in lobbying and associated legal work.
#12 Joe Paolino, Jr., Paolino Properties
Walk around the core of downtown Providence and most of the buildings are owned and managed by the Paolino real estate empire. Joe Jr., the former Mayor of Providence and one-time candidate for governor of Rhode Island, is firmly in place as the head of the holdings with the passing of Joe Sr.
Paolino is becoming one of the leading forces behind the scenes both at the state political level and in the city.
His efforts to push Angel Taveras towards a gubernatorial run and Buddy Cianci for a return to City Hall are just two of his ongoing efforts.
#11 David Mixer, Managing Partner, Point Judith Capital
Mixer walked out of Columbia Capital with more than $100 million reportedly after doing 77 deals in 12 years. He came back to Rhode Island and first founded Rex Capital and then joined Point Judith Capital. At Point Judith, he teamed up with Rhode Island's General Treasurer Gina Raimondo. His estimated worth is $200 million.
Along the way, Mixer bought an island off of Jamestown.
#10 Rick Bready, CEO, Nortek (Retired)
Rick Bready left the CEO position after building Nortek into a leader in home and commercial building products. He restructured the company twice.
His philanthropy is significant, giving his undergrad alma mater St. Anselm $1.25 million and giving Moses Brown $1.5 million in 2007, according to milliondollarlist.org.
His Newport mansion is now being marketed by Lila Delman for $19 million. Bready purchased it for just under $3 million.
Today, he serves on the board of Roger Williams University.
#9 John Taylor, Chairman, Twin Rivers Worldwide Holding
Taylor began his career as a junior staffer to Governor Ed DiPrete and has grown over two decades to be one of Rhode Island's most successful CEOs.
After his stint in government, Taylor went on to play a key role at GTECH and then spun off with former CEO Guy Snowden to create a venture fund.
Taylor scored on a number of investments with his firm Faulkner and Howe and then bet big by investing in Twin River.
#8 Scott Donnelly, CEO of Textron
The former GE executive came to Textron under the tutelage of Lewis Campbell, and while just in his 40s, took over at the helm in 2009.
Now, Donnelly has been a force both in redefining the direction for Textron and its impact. Textron is headquartered in Providence, and with 32,000 employees in 25 countries and total revenues of $11.3 billion, Textron is one of the world's best-known multi-industry companies. Textron businesses include Bell Helicopter, Cessna, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Jacobson, Kautex and Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation.
Donnelly lives in Barrington and takes a leadership role on Lifespan's Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute Advisory Council.
Forbes lists Donnelly's 5-year compensation at $18.273 million -- which ranks #149 for CEOs.
#7 Larry Merlo, CEO of CVS
Merlo runs one of America's largest corporations -- CVS/Caremark -- and in 2012 earned over $18 million and is entitled to $20 plus million lump sum beyond his annual compensation when he does retire. He ranks #104 on Forbes's list of the highest paid CEOs in America.
In April, CVS passed American Express to assume the position of the 40th largest company in America -- not bad for the Woonsocket-based company. Merlo has been focused on building CVS and has yet to take the activist role his predecessor Tom Ryan did with the Ryan Center, the Economic Policy Council and the CVS Golf Classic.
#6 Carolyn Rafaelian and Giovanni Feroce, Alex and Ani
The Rhode Island based company is on a roll -- and rumored to be pointed to an IPO in 2014. The duo of Rafaelian and Feroce has created one of the biggest buzzes in fashion in the past decade. With revenue growth jumping from $4.5 million in 2010 to an estimated $200 million this year (4,344% growth), Alex and Ani was flagged by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America.
In addition, they have created more jobs in RI than the RI EDC could hope for and have almost single-handedly helped reestablish manufacturing in Rhode Island.
Add on millions in gifts to Bryant and RIC, and the legacy of Alex and Ani exceeds many of the established Rhode Island companies.
#5 Paul Salem, Providence Equity Group
Salem went to Brown with his partners Creamer and Nelson and serves as one of the two Senior Managing Partners at the firm.
Prior to joining Providence Equity, he had stints at both Morgan Stanley and Prudential Investment.
Salem has been involved with a number of the biggest media deals ever conducted -- AT&T Canada, Wired magazine, Hulu, and even some less-than-successful deals like Providence Equity's investment in Univision.
His wife Navyn is the founder of Edesia, a global nutrition solution - one of the most heralded efforts to combat hunger.
#4 Glenn Creamer, Providence Equity Group
If Jonathan Nelson is worth $2 billion as Forbes claims, then Creamer is estimated to be in the $1 billion range. Creamer grew up in Pawtucket and went to Brown University.
He got his investing teeth sharpened like a number of the Providence Equity guys by working at Narragansett Capital.
Creamer is active in Catholic charities and serves on the Board at RISD.
#3 Alan Hassenfeld, Former Chairman and CEO, Hasbro
The former CEO of Hasbro is a major influencer through a wide range of roles in Rhode Island.
He took over Hasbro from his brother Stephen and kept the company moving forward. In the 1990's he pushed hard for ethics reform in Rhode Island.
His ability to play hardball came through when rival Mattel tried a hostile takeover of Hasbro and Hassenfeld used the full court political press to fight off the toy-making rival.
The family foundation, the Hassenfeld Foundation, made donations of more than $4.2 million in 2010. In 2011, the Foundation made a $50 million gift to New York University.
In addition, Hassenfeld has diversified his investments into a range of companies and start-ups.
#2 Stephanie and Lincoln Chafee, First Lady and Governor
His stock has dropped since he announced he would not seek re-election, but Stephanie's may be rising.
The Governor has just over a year remaining in the Governor's office and has the opportunity to make a big impact, but since his declaration of not running in 2014, he has been relatively quiet.
The Chafees are wealthy, and Stephanie's side of the family (Danforths) are in the 1% of the 1%. Back in 2006, Roll Call magazine ranked Chafee as the 9th richest member of Congress.
The husband and wife team's combined wealth is estimated at between $150 million and $200 million.
#1 Jonathan Nelson, Founder Providence Equity
No matter how you cut it, Jonathan Nelson makes most everyone else on the list look like a pretender.
The Brown grad and Rhode Island native created a multi-billion dollar company with its headquarters in Providence. He graced the cover of the leading business publications for being a player in one of the biggest business deals in the history of the United States. His firm manages $29 billion in assets. His gifts to Brown University are substantial by any reckoning -- according to milliondollarlist.org, Nelson gave his alma mater a $10 million personal gift, and his family foundation gave Brown four gifts totaling another $6.06 million.
Massachusetts prep school Middlesex School also received a $1 million gift.
Forbes ranks Nelson as the #227 Richest American with a net worth of $2 billion.
When it comes to leading American business titans -- Nelson is definitely on the A-list.
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