text: OpinionsEditorial Editorial: Hard Hitting By Steve Mosco - February 2, 2018 0 88 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Are you ready for some football? You'd better be ready, because the Super Bowl is less than one week away and before we are bombarded with endless pregame coverage and obnoxious ads, we should tackle the sobering dilemma overshadowing anything that happens on the field—the long-term side effects of youth football. It might sound like the ultimate buzzkill heading into America's favorite unofficial holiday, but the ongoing and pervasive neurological consequences of football must always be an open discussion. The latest news, a study published online recently in Brain, a journal of neurology, presented the case that repetitive hits to the head—even hits that do not lead to concussions—can possibly cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This is alarming news—according to the study, even if the hit to the head does not cause loss of consciousness or other symptoms like headaches, dizziness, vision problems or confusion, it could lead to CTE, the progressive degenerative disease that has become so prevalent in the brains of deceased pro-football players. The study was seven years in the making and involved researchers "analyzing human brains from teenagers to young adults who had been exposed to mild head impact but died from another cause soon after." That analysis revealed evidence of trauma consistent with CTE. The study and its results seem to spell out rather clearly that prolonged exposure to even the most routine football hits leave young kids vulnerable to debilitating disease later in life. This throws into question the idea of allowing kids in high school or earlier to play tackle football at all; that maybe by enrolling youngsters in tackle football, we aren't exposing them to the lessons of teamwork and disciple, but instead we are signing them up for mental anguish, dementia and violent behavior. And so, I ask again—are you ready for some football? —Steve Mosco Source: http://hicksvillenews.com/2018/01/31/editorial-hard-hitting/


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Novell® has partnered with third-party companies to build a solution that offers an integrated logical and physical control system that complies with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). HSPD-12 directs the implementation of a new standardized badging process, which is designed to enhance security, reduce identity fraud, and protect the personal privacy of users who are issued government identification.
Identity Assurance Solution provides a complete system for managing the enrollment, issuance, access control, and retirement of Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards. This solution is in compliance with the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 201 (FIPS 201) and provides components such as an Identity Management System (IDMS), a User Enrollment/Biometric Capture system, a Card Management System (CMS), and Logical and Physical Access Control Systems (LACS/PACS).
During the installation of the Identity Assurance Solution, several roles are created. These roles and their associated tasks are based on the General Services Administration (GSA) standards. Those users who are assigned to these roles can perform their tasks by using the User Application for Provisioning through a Web browser.
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Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 2/1/2009 Publication Date: 6/1/2009 Citation: Leskey, T.C., Chouinard, G., Vincent, C. 2009. Monitoring and management of the apple maggot fly and the plum curculio: honoring the legacy of R. J. Prokopy. In: Aluja, M., Leskey, T.C., Vincent, C., editors. Biorational Tree Fruit Pest Management. Wallingford, England. p. 110-144. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Host finding mechanisms generally include recognition of visual cues associated with and chemoreception of volatiles emitted by particular host plants. Identification of these attractive visual and olfactory stimuli has led to advances in sustainable pest management practices as they can provide the basis for development of monitoring and management strategies using the principle of behavioral manipulation. Behavioral manipulation relies on a comprehensive understanding of specific behavioral responses from the targeted insect, and subsequent manipulation of these responses to protect a valued resource. These strategies have become the cornerstone of some integrated pest management systems. Some of the best examples of this type of strategy in tree fruit production systems were developed by the late Ron Prokopy for two of the key pests found in New England apple orchards. Prokopy worked extensively on the host finding behavior of the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), for most of his career, and on plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst), in the last years of his career, with the aim to develop monitoring and/or management strategies for these two species. The key components of these strategies generally included: (1) synthetic versions of host plant volatiles or other semiochemicals deployed as attractants; (2) attractive visual cues integrated into a trapping design; (3) a capture mechanism that is compatible with a particular trap design and; (4) an effective deployment strategy (optimal location for and timing of trap installation). We discuss early published results of basic behavioral studies by Ron Prokopy and continue to follow and highlight the advances he and others have made toward development of effective behavioral based monitoring and management strategies for the apple maggot fly and the plum curculio. We suggest research questions that still remain, but must be addressed in order to meet this ultimate goal and conclude with a discussion of how fundamental studies of insect behavior can be used as the basis for novel crop protection applications. |


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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- An engineering firm accused of firing a whistleblower for reporting unsafe conditions at an eastern Kansas nuclear power plant plans to appeal the ruling by federal regulators, the firm said Monday.
The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found Enercon Services violated whistleblower protections when it retaliated against an engineer for raising concerns during construction work at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Burlington.
The company was ordered to pay $261,152 in back wages, damages and interest, plus attorney's fees. OSHA found it violated the whistleblower protections of the Energy Reorganization Act (ERA), OSHA said Monday.
"Professionals who work in the nuclear power industry have a right and responsibility to express their professional opinion and report safety-related concerns," OSHA acting regional administrator Marcia Drumm said in a news release. "The department's responsibility is to protect all employees from retaliation for exercising basic worker rights. The ERA protects the workers, who, in turn, protect the public."
OSHA said any appeal would go to the department's Office of Administrative Law Judges.
Enercon said in an email Monday that the employee-owned company promotes a safety-conscious work environment. It said its policy and practice is to encourage and protect employees who report safety concerns. The firm said it welcomes the opportunity for a full hearing to establish the firing was for legitimate reasons and not for reporting safety concerns.
The Kennesaw, Ga.,-based company provides engineering support services to nuclear plants nationwide.
OSHA's investigation concluded the engineer was fired in January 2012 for reporting breaches of minimum soil coverage caused by a trench dug during construction work and for refusing to provide an engineering justification for the use of concrete as backfill. He was fired a few days later.


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The woman, known as Juror B37, spoke exclusively to CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." Part 1 of the interview aired Monday, and part 2 aired Tuesday night.
Shortly after the interview segment Tuesday, four other jurors released a statement responding to her comments.
"We, the undersigned jurors, understand there is a great deal of interest in this case. But we ask you to remember that we are not public officials and we did not invite this type of attention into our lives," they said.
"We also wish to point out that the opinions of Juror B37, expressed on the Anderson Cooper show were her own, and not in any way representative of the jurors listed below."
The jurors identified themselves only by their jury pool numbers.
Juror B37 told CNN she wanted to find Zimmerman guilty of "not using his senses," but that "you can't charge him with anything because he didn't do anything unlawful."
She said Zimmerman "started the ball rolling" and could have avoided the situation by staying in his car.
"But he wanted to do good. I think he had good in his heart, he just went overboard," the juror said.
Asked later whether she thought Zimmerman was within his rights, she was unequivocal: "He was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin."
'We can't give them the verdict that they wanted'
The woman was part of a six-person, all-female jury that found Zimmerman not guilty.
As the first juror to speak about the case, she offered insight into what happened behind closed doors.
The jury was initially split — three and three along the line of guilt — she said. Juror B37 was among those who believed Zimmerman was not guilty from the start.
There was one holdout, the juror said.
"She wanted to find him guilty of something, but couldn't because of the way the law is written. He wasn't responsible for negligible things that he had done leading up to that point," she said, stressing that she and the other jurors took their responsibility seriously.
"I don't want people to think that we didn't think about this, and we didn't care about Trayvon Martin, because we did. We're very sad that it happened to him," she said.
The juror said she cried after the verdict and before it was read.
At one point during the interview, she struggled to speak as her voice cracked.
To Martin's parents, the juror said she would tell them that she is terribly sorry for their loss.
"I feel bad that we can't give them the verdict that they wanted, but legally, we could not do that," she said.
Her emotion was echoed in the statement from the four other jurors.
"The death of a teenager weighed heavily on our hearts, but in the end we did what the law required us to do," they said.
'I hope he gets some peace'
Just as she believes Zimmerman was guilty of not using common sense, Juror B37 thinks Martin was not without fault.
"I believe he played a huge role in his death," she said about the teenager.
"He could have … When George confronted him, and he could have walked away and gone home. He didn't have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight," she said.
The juror had no doubt that Zimmerman feared for his life.
She said she didn't have a strong impression of Martin.
"All we really heard about Trayvon was the phone call that he had, and the evidence they had found on him. We basically had no information what kind of a boy Trayvon was, what he did. We knew where he went to school and that was pretty much about it, and he lived in Miami," she said.
Asked about what role race might have played in the trial, which grew into a national debate about gun laws and race in America, the juror said it did not matter.
Zimmerman did not target Martin, who was African-American, because of the color of his skin, she said.
The juror believes he profiled him because of the suspicious way he acted.
"I don't think race had anything to do with this trial. I mean just because he was black and George was Spanish or Puerto Rican, I don't think it had anything to do with this trial. But I think people are looking for things to make race play a part," the juror said.
She added that she hopes Zimmerman will be able to move on.
"I hope he gets some peace," she said. "I hope his family can live a normal life after a while. I don't know how he's ever gonna do that, but I hope he can. He'll never forget, but I hope he can."


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A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Faces of Holmes: Christopher Lee
"The stage lost a fine actor…"
– A Scandal In Bohemia (SCAN)
Sir Christopher Lee died, earlier this week, at the age of 93. Lee would be involved in 5 Holmesian films, playing 3 different characters. In the 1959 film, Hound of the Baskervilles, Lee would play Sir Henry Baskerville. Three years later, Lee would play Holmes in the German film Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace. Lee would play a very svelte Mycroft Holmes in Billy Wilder's Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Lee would again play Sherlock in two 1990 films, Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady and Incident at Victoria Falls.
For more about Christopher Lee's acting career, the folks at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere posted a nice tribute.
Lee was appointed, in 1997, as a Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John. The Order of Saint John is a royal order of chivalry, first constituted by royal charter from Queen Victoria in 1888. The world-wide mission of the Order is "to prevent and relieve sickness and injury, and to act to enhance the health and well-being of people anywhere in the world." The order's approximately 25,000 members are mostly of the Protestant faith.
The 57.2mm badge, consisting of an eight-pointed Maltese Cross (embellished in the four principal angles alternately with two lions passant guardant and two unicorns passant). The badge is enamel, with a silver finished back, and is worn on a 16.5mm wide black ribbon at the neck.
Lee was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to Drama," as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours on June 16, 2001.
The badge is in the form of a cross patonce (having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end), the obverse of which bears the left facing busts of King George V and Queen Mary; the reverse bears George V's Royal and Imperial Cypher. Both are within a ring bearing the motto of the Order. The badges are enamelled with pale blue crosses and crimson ring, and is suspended from a ribbon that is rose-pink with pearl-grey edges, with the addition of a pearl-grey central stripe for the military division.
From 2001 – 2003, Lee played the wizard, Saruman the White, in The Lord of The Rings film trilogy. New Zealand would issue a cupro-nickel 50 cent coin, in 2004, featuring Lee's character of Saruman. The coin would feature Queen Elizabeth on the obverse, and is 31.75mm wide and weighs 13.61 grams
Lee was made a Knight Bachelor "for services to Drama and to Charity" on June 13, 2009 and received his investiture from Prince Charles. A 2 3/8 by 1 3/8 inch medallion was created for Knight Bachelors. The insignia is described as "Upon an oval medallion of vermilion, enclosed by a scroll, a cross-hilted sword belted and sheathed, pommel upwards, between two spurs, rowels upwards, the whole set about with the sword belt, all gilt."
Lee would again play Saruman the White, in The Hobbit film trilogy from 2012 – 2014, although he would not appear in the second film. New Zealand again issued a series of coins promoting the movies. Lee's character of Saruman would be featured on the reverse of a one ounce gold coin with a face value of $10. Only 250 of these coins were minted.
In conclusion, we present the following video of Christopher Lee portraying Mycroft Holmes in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.


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There are plenty of terms to agree to when you sign a real estate contract to purchase a home. But one thing you likely would never agree to take over are liens on title. Unfortunately, liens can derail real estate deals and cause headaches for both buyers and sellers.
That's precisely why it's important for buyers to have a title search conducted on a property to have the home's title looked into before the deal is sealed. The ideal outcome of a title search is a title that's free and clear of any liens or legal issues with ownership. If not, that could be where the deal ends.
There are several types of liens that could throw a home sale off its tracks that all buyers should be aware of.
What is a Lien?
A lien is basically a claim that's placed on title until a debt is paid off. It's a flaw on title that must be rectified before a sale can be carried out, and until then, the lien will remain.
Sellers with liens on title will have to take steps to pay off the debt or deal with whatever situation caused the lien before they're able to sell. It's common for homeowners to begin the selling process without dealing with liens.
Whether they never bothered to deal with the liens or were not aware that they existed, not dealing with a lien appropriately can bring a real estate deal to a screeching halt.
So, what types of liens can you find on title during a home sale?
Contractor Lien
Many homeowners take on home improvement projects to repair or update their homes, which is a good idea considering how much extra value it can add to the property. But contractors expect to be paid for the work done, and if the homeowner doesn't pay up, the contractor involved can place a lien on the title until the full debt is repaid.
Whether the homeowner withholds payment on purpose for a job they're not satisfied with or simply didn't have enough money to pay the entire the bill, the disgruntled contractor can slap a lien on title until they get the money owed.
Property Lien
Lenders who hand out mortgages for homes have liens on properties they finance. Technically, until the mortgage is paid off in full, the homeowner doesn't really own the home. Instead, the lender does until the homeowner completely pays off the mortgage. Until then, a property lien will be placed on title.
This type of lien doesn't necessarily stop a seller from selling their home. Instead, when the home is sold, the first party paid with the proceeds of the sale is the lender. Whatever money is left over can then be kept by the seller, minus all costs associated with selling real estate.
Once the home is sold and the lender is paid accordingly, the mortgage should be discharged. Unfortunately, there may be some rare cases where the mortgage is not properly discharged, which can cause problems when it comes time to sell. Regardless, this lien must be cleared up for a sale to take place.
HOA Lien
If the property in question is governed by an HOA, the association can place a lien on one of its properties if the homeowner is behind on HOA fees. Living in an HOA typically requires unit owners to pay monthly dues to cover the cost of maintenance and repairs of common elements.
But if a homeowner fails to make timely payments and becomes delinquent, the HOA can place a lien on the unit, which can throw a wrench in any potential sale.
Tax Lien
The IRS has very strict rules about how and when taxes are to be paid. There are all sorts of different taxes that Americans are required to pay, including income taxes, school taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes, to name a few.
If a homeowner has failed to pay any one of these taxes, the IRS has the power to place a lien on title. Just like any other type of lien, a tax lien puts a homeowner in the position to pay the tax amount owed – plus interest – before selling the property.
Judgment Lien
A creditor may go to court to have a legal judgment lien placed on title of a home if a consumer has not fulfilled their duty to repay all their debt. This type of lien is a court ruling that allows a creditor to take possession of a debtor's home if any associated contractual responsibilities aren't carried out.
Basically, a judgment lien is created when a party wins a lawsuit against a homeowner and records the judgment against the home. There could be any number of reasons for legal action to take place. Regardless, the end result may be a judgment lien, which must be dealt with before the home can be sold.
The Bottom Line
Liens are a nuisance, both for buyers and sellers. But if a lien is found on title of a home, that doesn't necessarily mean that a transaction can't take place, as long as the lien is dealt with accordingly and taken off title. Until then, the deal will likely be stalled.


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Jessica Brewer graduated from MIT in 2005 with a mechanical engineering degree and spent the next five years designing nuclear reactors for Navy aircraft carriers and submarines. Now she stays home with two young sons, ages 3 and 1, and works a few hours a week teaching a children's choir at her church in Arlington, Va.
"I do continue to be surprised by people who say, 'Oh you're staying home with them?' " said Brewer, whose husband also attended MIT. "I don't know if they react because of the MIT degree or just because I'm staying home."
Brewer, 30, is among a surprising number of women with elite college degrees who are rejecting Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg's advice to aggressively pursue careers even as they raise families — and choosing to spend more time with their children instead.
Sixty percent of women who have a bachelor's degree from prestigious institutions such as MIT and Harvard work full time, according to a study from Vanderbilt University, compared with 68 percent of women who went to the least selective schools surveyed.
Among married mothers who hold master's of business administration degrees, the contrast is even more striking. Only about a third of women who did their undergraduate work at top colleges and universities have full-time jobs, compared with two-thirds who earned degrees at schools in the lowest tier.
"It does kind of fly in the face of Sheryl Sandberg talking about leaning in," said Aileen Gorman, Brewer's aunt and chief executive of the Commonwealth Institute, a Boston nonprofit that supports women-led businesses.
The Vanderbilt report presents a counterintutive portrait of smart, ambitious women — and a counterpoint to Sandberg's new book and manifesto, "Lean In."
The study's author, law and economics professor Joni Hersch, studied more than 33,000 women using data from the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates. About 5 percent of these attended the 40 schools identified as top-tier.
One logical explanation for high-level female graduates working less is they often marry people who also went to prestigious schools and tend to have high-paying jobs. That allows the women to take time off from work, usually when they have children.
Women who attend top-ranked colleges also tend to have the financial freedom to pursue a degree regardless of their intention to use it, Hersch said. Women from less privileged backgrounds, on the other hand, need their college education to pay off, she said.
But family income does not account for the entire disparity between graduates of elite and lower-tier schools.
When Hersch adjusted for projected spousal earnings and other factors, she found that women who graduated from top colleges and universities were still almost 6 percentage points less likely to have a full-time job than women who attended schools in the least selective level, such as Salem State University or the University of New Hampshire.
The difference could be more about mindset than money, workplace analysts say.
Women who graduate from elite schools have confidence that their degrees can help them get back into the workforce, said Nadia McKay, owner of the Boston franchise of the staffing firm Moms Corps. They also have an easier time finding a job when the break is over, McKay said: "Those degrees just don't go away."
But taking time off can be a setback for most women's careers. When women return to work, they lose 16 percent of their earning power, according to the Center for Talent Innovation, a nonprofit workplace think tank in New York. One in four returns to fewer management responsibilities.
Katrina Yolen of Newton, who has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, took five years off when her three children – now ages 6, 8, and 11 — were younger, then spent a few years doing part- time and contract work.
When she returned to a full-time marketing job last summer, it was as a senior brand manager, not the vice president she might have been if she had stayed in the workforce.
"The careers that MBA women go into are often high-powered," with long hours and few part-time options, she said. "It's hard to figure out how to do that halfway."
As female graduates of elite schools work less, it could have an impact on corporate culture, flexible work arrangements, and efforts to diversify boardrooms and executives suites. These are the women most likely to land powerful jobs and ascend to leadership positions, with the opportunity to promote other women. But, as Yolen's experience shows, those opportunities could be delayed, or lost.
"If more women were in leadership positions," said Kevin Lang , an economics professor at Boston University, "the workplace might be more family-friendly, and fewer of them would withdraw."
For Diane Moon, a Princeton graduate who earned a doctorate in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Washington, the transition between finishing her dissertation and starting a postdoctoral fellowship provided a natural career break to raise children.
Research has a lot of flexibility, said Moon, who took six years off to care for her daughters, now ages 6 and 8, so when she decided to go back to work 18 months ago, the employment gap was not an issue.
"In science, you're trained to think in a certain way, and that's not something you really lose," said Moon, of Boxford, who is doing stem cell research at Boston Children's Hospital.
On the other hand, Angela Canale, a graduate of MassBay Community College in Wellesley, took only 12 weeks' maternity leave after she had each of her four children, ages 4 to 14.
Canale, 42, senior corporate sales manager at the Boston Business Journal, said that someone with more impressive academic credentials would have the upper hand if she were competing for a job, which is part of the reason Canale has kept her skills and network current.
She has seen friends who stayed home with their kids struggle to get back into the labor force.
"It's really hard," said Canale, of Milton. "Thank God I kept my foot in the door."
Katie Johnston can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @ktkjohnston.


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December 26, 2009
Tired of Christmas Music?
And more Savage Aural Hotbed. Now with added saws.
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- Tom Degan said...
Oh, the weather outside is frightful! And while we're on the subject of Christmas music....
I am not a huge fan of popular Christmas music. I love the traditional stuff - Schubert's Ave Maria, for example, I think is the most beautiful piece of music ever composed. But there are a few exceptions: Bing Crosby's White Christmas and Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song are undeniable classics. Bob Dylan's new LP is called Christmas in the Heart. The man can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. It's a wonderful record. He even does a good job with Winter Wonderland - a tune I have always loathed with a passion I can't even describe. Good for you, Uncle Bobby!
But for the most part, popular Christmas music has been known to make me sick to my stomach. One tune in particular is enough to drive me to extreme violence. Dick Wells is a legendary disc jockey and singer. Back in the fifties and sixties he was the vocalist for the Harry James Orchestra. He is also a good friend and an expert on the subject of popular songs. I once had a telephone conversation with him that went like this.
DEGAN: Dick, who wrote, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow?
DICK: Tom, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
DEGAN: Are Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne still alive, Dick?
Dick: No, Tom. Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne are both dead.
DEGAN: Good.
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is another "Christmas song" I wish had never been written. I find it amazing and ironic that the root of Gene Autry's extraordinary fortune is based on the fact that he penned this hideously dreadful piece of holiday trash. Gene Autry is also dead. No comment. It's Christmas. Joy to the world.
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY - 12/27/2009 5:43 AM


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COVID-19 service update: Inspection services are now operating regularly.
Any questions can be directed to Tony DeForge, Building Official, by email or calling 763-274-4101.
License Requirements/Process
See the Licensed Contractor section of the City web site for details on licensing requirements.
Inspection Process-New Construction (how to get a permit/inspection)
- Obtaining a Permit
- Scheduling an Inspection
- Receiving a Certificate of Occupancy
1. To obtain a permit for a new building, submit the following items and pay all fees.
- Obtain a building permit application. Complete and submit to Fridley City Hall.
- Legal description of the property where the structure will be located.
- Four (4) sets of construction plans; four sets will be reviewed and 3 will be returned to you after being reviewed.
- Certificate of Survey with proposed location of structure on property specifying setbacks, drainage, and elevations.
- Completed energy code forms (ASHRAE 90.1) with signature.
- See permit submital checklist.
2. Scheduling An Inspection
- All inspections must be requested and scheduled by phone. Request inspections by calling the Building Inspection Division at 763-572-3604 between 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.
- Advanced Notice Required: To facilitate scheduling, we ask that requests for inspections be made in advance as far as possible. When making your request, please provide the address, permit number, contractor name, and type of inspection.
- Inspection cards are issued with the permit listing required inspections.
3. Receiving A Certificate of Occupancy
- A Certificate of Occupancy stating that all provisions of this Chapter have been fully complied with, shall be obtained from the City before any structure for which a building permit is required is used or occupied.
- No permit or license required by the City of Fridley or other governmental agency shall be issued by any department official or employee of the City of such governmental agency, unless the application for such permit or license is accompanied by proof of the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
Building Site Requirements
In addition to the provisions of this Section, all building site requirements of the City's Zoning Code Chapter 205 shall be followed before a building permit may be issued.
Utilities and Street Required
No building permit shall be issued for any new construction unless and until all utilities are installed in the public street adjacent to the parcel of land to be improved and the rough grading of the adjacent street has been completed to the extent that adequate street access to the parcel is available.
Equipment and Material Storage
No construction equipment and/or material pertaining to construction shall be stored on any property within the City without a valid building permit. When construction is completed and a Certificate of Occupancy has been issued, any construction equipment or materials must be removed from the property within thirty (30) days from the issuance date on the Certificate of Occupancy.
Construction Work Hours
It shall be unlawful for any person or company acting as a contractor for payment, to engage in the construction of any building, structure or utility including but not limited to the making of any excavation, clearing of surface land and loading or unloading materials, equipment or supplies, anywhere in the City except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays. It shall be unlawful to engage in such work or activity on Sunday or any legal holiday unless an alternate hours work permit for such work has been obtained from the City. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent any work necessary to prevent injury to persons or property at any time.
Alternate Hours Work Permit
Applications for an alternate hours work permit shall be made in writing to the Public Works Director and shall state the name of the applicant and the business address, the location of the proposed work and the reason for seeking a permit to do such work, as well as the estimated time of the proposed operations. No such permit shall be issued excepting where the public welfare will be harmed by failure to perform the work at the times indicated.
Warning barricades and lights shall be maintained whenever necessary for the protection of pedestrians and traffic; and temporary roofs over sidewalks shall be constructed whenever there is danger from falling articles or materials to pedestrians.
Any violation of Chapter 206 of the Fridley City Code, is a misdemeanor and is subject to all penalties provided for such violations under the provisions of Chapter 901 of the Fridley City Code.


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Terriers' Eric Delong named RBC CJHL Player of the Year
VICTORIA, B.C. – Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced on Tuesday that Eric Delong (Oakville, MB)of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Portage Terriers has been named the 2009 RBC Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year.
In his second season with the Terriers, during which he served as team captain, Delong finished seventh in MJHL scoring with 93 points (46 goals, 47 assists) and was named the league's Most Valuable Player, along with earning a spot on the MJHL First All-Star Team and receiving the league's RBC Junior A Scholarship. He also was named Portage's MVP and Outstanding Team Player, and was named recipient of the Fan Appreciation Award while appearing in the MJHL All-Star Game for the third season in a row.
In the playoffs, Delong contributed 19 points (11 goals, 8 assists) in 13 games as the Terriers claimed their second consecutive MJHL championship and pushed the defending national Junior A champions, the Humboldt Broncos, to overtime in Game 7 of the ANAVET Cup, the West Region championship.
The 20-year-old Delong had an impressive 2007-08 season with the Terriers as well, winning the team's Playoff MVP award after finishing second in MJHL postseason scoring with 25 points (13 goals, 12 assists) in 16 games. He also won the Fan Appreciation Award and racked up 80 points (30 goals, 50 assists) in the regular season, helping lead Portage to its second league title in four years and a berth in the ANAVET Cup.
As impressive as his résumé is on the ice, Delong has been a model citizen off of it, elected class valedictorian in his senior year of high school and working as an educational assistant for the last few years, helping young students reach the levels he has reached in the classroom. A 90-per-cent student in high school, Delong will further his education and his hockey career beginning next fall, when he enrolls at Sacred Heart University, an NCAA Division I school.
Delong beat out runners-up Brady Wacker of the SJHL's Humboldt Broncos and Olivier Donovan of the LHJAAAQ's Braves de Valleyfield, joining an elite group of winners, including Dany Heatley (1999), Kyle Turris (2007) and Joe Colborne (2008), all of whom were first-round NHL draft picks.
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Hockey Manitoba congratulates Eric on his special achievement!


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Spending some time looking at Helen Frankenthaler in preparation for a MamaCITA show in March reminded me of why I got into this crazy art business in the first place: color. Fields and streams of color.
Sketching, pouring paint, printing and then stitching. With only an idea in mind. Sunny doorways in a lane in Italy. Of course, the hours I spent looking, sketching and painting all led to this.
and a mountain and sunset and wee houses in the foreground. I'm not sure where all of this is going but since sitting and stitching is reliably the only thing I can do right now (ortho pillow on my back, ankle elevated) I'm feeling rather grateful that I love to stitch and very grateful for Helen.
And a note ... Helen Frankenthaler was discussed in my art history classes with a bit of disdain because she pour her color onto raw canvas. Not very ARCHIVAL! How come it was OK for Jackson Pollack? It all seemed so perfect to me at the time and now with the idea of treating raw canvas as a textile or using muslin or vintage linen, it is even more delicious.


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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a last-ditch legal challenge to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). Ten years ago that decision would have generated celebratory headlines and heated public debate. Instead, the news came and went with barely a whisper.
Why did this issue age and fade so quickly? First, Id submit, the public no longer believes the stem cell hype. For years, ESCR activists promised imminent cures, but after some fifteen years, where are they? People can remain in a state of anticipatory excitement only for so long.
Second, stem cell science has moved on. Uncontroversial adult stem cell research"once damned with faint praise by ESCR advocates"has advanced to the point where it is now a field of primary interest for developing new and innovative treatments for conditions ranging from spinal cord injury to heart disease to multiple sclerosis. At the same time, embryonic-like induced pluripotent stem cells have been derived from ordinary skin cells, offering many of the same benefits as touted for embryonic cells. Indeed, the development of the IPSC process was deemed such an important breakthrough that its inventor, Shinya Yamanaka, won the Nobel Prize.
Finally, President Bushs controversial ESCR funding policy was repealed by President Obama early in his first term. With the media no longer reporting the stem cell issue through an anti-George Bush prism, the story lost most of its political resonance.
This is not to say that the controversy over biotechnology is over . To the contrary, we are currently in a temporary period of calm until scientists announce the creation of the first human cloned embryos. When"not if"that happens, the heated public debate will make the ESCR brouhaha seem like a day at Disneyland.
Proponents of human cloning believe it offers tremendous scientific potential and the opportunity to make fortunes. But opponents like myself"both on the political left and right"strongly believe that human cloning is intrinsically immoral, meaning that no potential utilitarian benefit justifies developing the technology.
Why are we so opposed? Space doesnt permit a full explanation, but here is a brief sampling:
Because each attempt at human cloning requires a human egg, large scale research into perfecting the technology could lead to the exploitation of women, for example, by opening the door to the establishment of a commodity market in human eggs that could tempt poor women to put their health at risk.
Reproductive cloning would also result in viewing cloned babies as human products that would be made to order, by their producers or progenitors. As the presidents council on bioethics noted, manufactured objects become commodities in the marketplace, and their manufacture comes to be guided by market principles and financial concerns.
Ultimately, cloning would be the key that opens the door to countless other brave new world technologies, like one possible future procedure already termed fetal farming, whereby cloned fetuses would be matured in artificial wombs as sources of organs for transplant patients. Cloning is also the essential technology to learning how to genetically engineer human life, a technology with which transhumanists hope to create a post-human species. As the Princeton biologist Lee Silver, a cloning and human enhancement enthusiast, wrote in Remaking Eden : without cloning, genetic engineering is simply science fiction. But with cloning, genetic engineering moves into the realm of reality.
If we agree that human cloning is unethical, how do we stop it, and what have we learned from recent public policy debates over biotechnology? We could follow the urging of the United Nations General Assembly and support an international treaty outlawing all human cloning as incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life. Absent an international ban, the federal and state governments could take action.
But as political battles over ESCR demonstrated, actions seen as stifling research are risky, and too often allow proponents of the research to reduce essential issues and nuanced discussion to a predictable trope of science under attack from religion. Starving cloning on the vine could prove easier. The technology will cost a lot of money to perfect. Thus, passing national and state laws prohibiting all public funding of human cloning research would put a severe crimp on developing the technology and possibly dissuade the most talented scientists from pursuing the field. Bans on purchasing human eggs for use in biotechnological research would also help by depriving researchers of an essential ingredient in the cloning process.
Finally, to prevent the public from being seduced by the same siren-song hype about cures we saw a decade ago with ESCR, we need to assure people that scientists can obtain many of the benefits they want most from biotechnology through alternative, ethical means. In this regard, induced pluripotent stem cells have already become valuable research tools in studying disease models and drug testing"and in the precise ways that proponents once claimed would require cloning to accomplish.
With the development of powerful biotechnologies, we find ourselves at one of the most important crossroads in human history. We can"and should"pursue ethical biotechnological research to treat disease and improve the human condition without concomitantly infringing on the intrinsic value of human life. The coming moral struggle over the propriety of human cloning will determine whether we accomplish this crucial goal.
Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institutes Center on Human Exceptionalism. He also consults for the Patients Rights Council and the Center for Bioethics and Culture. His previous On the Square articles can be found here .
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Rosalynn Carter
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- Née:
- Eleanor Rosalynn Smith
- Title / Office:
- first lady (1977-1981)
- Awards And Honors:
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999)
- Notable Works:
- "First Lady from Plains"
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Rosalynn Carter (born August 18, 1927, Plains, Georgia, U.S.—died November 19, 2023, Plains, Georgia) American first lady (1977–81)—the wife of Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States—and mental health advocate. She was one of the most politically astute and active of all American first ladies.
(Read Britannica's interview with Jimmy Carter.)
Rosalynn was the eldest of four children (two girls and two boys) born to Wilburn Edgar Smith, a mechanic and farmer, and his wife, Allie Murray Smith. Her father's death in 1940 at age 44, when Rosalynn was 13 years old, forced her to assume additional responsibilities and, as she would later say, ended her childhood.
In Plains, Georgia, where Rosalynn grew up and attended public schools, she met Jimmy Carter, the elder brother of her best friend. While he was still a naval cadet and she was attending a local junior college, they became engaged. They married on July 7, 1946, at the Plains Methodist Church and began married life in Norfolk, Virginia, the first of several residences connected with his naval career. While raising three sons (born in 1947, 1950, and 1952), Rosalynn pursued her education, mostly through home study programs in literature and the arts. Their fourth child, Amy, was born in 1967.
In 1953, following the death of her father-in-law, Rosalynn reluctantly agreed to return to Plains, though she feared a loss of independence and fewer opportunities for travel. While Jimmy ran the family peanut business, she assisted him in bookkeeping, thus beginning a partnership that buoyed her confidence and increased his appreciation for her abilities. "I knew more about the books and more about the business on paper than Jimmy did," she later wrote.
Her responsibilities increased after Jimmy won election to the Georgia Senate in 1962. Not only did she oversee the family business while he attended legislative sessions, she also handled much of his political correspondence and began to develop considerable respect for constituents' views. By the time Jimmy became governor in 1970, Rosalynn had gained the confidence to campaign on her own and began giving short extemporaneous speeches, an activity that had terrified her earlier. Prompted by conversations with voters during the campaign, she took a strong interest in mental health issues. In the governor's mansion, she presided over an establishment larger and more complicated than any she had ever managed, an excellent preparation, she later said, for the White House.
After Jimmy announced his candidacy for president, Rosalynn played an unprecedented early role. Eighteen months before the 1976 election, she began campaigning on her own, driving with a friend through towns where no one knew her to discuss why her husband should be president. Later she traveled by chartered plane to 42 states.
As first lady, Rosalynn participated in political affairs to an extent unmatched by any of her predecessors. She and her husband both acknowledged her status as a full working partner by scheduling weekly business lunches together, though her office remained in the East Wing, the traditional province of the president's wife. She attended cabinet meetings when the subject under discussion interested her and attracted attention for taking whatever seat was vacant, even if it happened to be the one normally occupied by Vice Pres. Walter Mondale. In June 1977 she visited seven nations in the Caribbean and Latin America and met with their leaders to discuss substantive matters related to defense and trade. Although she had prepared for the talks by studying Spanish and meeting with top economic and foreign policy advisers, she encountered considerable criticism, as well as some praise, on her return. Despite reports that she performed well, some critics questioned whether she should have assumed such a prominent role, given her lack of appointment or election. Thereafter she undertook no more such trips, though she did travel to various parts of the world for ceremonial occasions and on humanitarian missions, such as her 1979 trip to a refugee camp in Cambodia.
Like her husband, Rosalynn was noted for her practicality and her egalitarian attitudes. Her chief of staff earned the same salary as the president's chief of staff. The first lady showed relatively little interest in refurbishing the mansion, and she ordered no new china pattern to mark her stay. As a hostess, she was criticized for her inexpensive menus and her refusal to serve hard liquor, a decision she defended by citing cost considerations. Her emphasis on economy was also reflected in her wardrobe: she showed little interest in "name" designers and wore the same gown to the 1977 inaugural ball that she had worn in Georgia when her husband became governor.
When Jimmy appointed members of the President's Commission on Mental Health in early 1977, he could not legally name Rosalynn as chair because of nepotism rules. However, she served as honorary chair and took an active role in the commission's work, which resulted in the submission of the Mental Health Systems Bill to Congress in May 1979. During debate on the bill, which passed in 1980, she testified before a Senate subcommittee, the first presidential wife to make such an appearance since Eleanor Roosevelt in 1945.
Rosalynn worked hard to reelect her husband in 1980 and bitterly resented his loss to Ronald Reagan. After leaving the White House at age 53, she directed her considerable energy to the same causes that had long interested her. She continued her efforts to improve mental health care and to promote other projects that, as she said, would result in "good for others." Among these projects was Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helped people to build their own homes.
In 1982 Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter, in partnership with Emory University, founded the Carter Center, a nonprofit human rights organization; Rosalynn served as vice chair of the Carter Center from 1986 to 2005 and as a member of the board of trustees from 2005. From 1986 to 2003 she served on the board of trustees of the Menninger Foundation, a psychiatric training institution. In 1987 she established the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) at Georgia Southwestern State University. In 1999 Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States.
See 5 Things You Don't Know About Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn wrote several books, including First Lady from Plains (1994; originally published 1984), which was widely praised as giving more insight into her husband's administration than most of the books by his top advisers; Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers (1998, reissued 2000), with Susan K. Golant; and Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis (2010), with Susan K. Golant and Kathryn E. Cade.
Jimmy Carter sometimes pointed out that his wife's first name was Eleanor and that she had been as valuable a working partner to him as had Eleanor Roosevelt to her husband. Most Americans would agree, and Rosalynn's popularity was consistently high compared with that of other first ladies.


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12 Nights | Europe
You will visit the following 9 places:
Katakolon, or Katakolo is a seaside town in the municipality of Pyrgos in western Elis, Greece. It is situated on a headland overlooking the Ionian Sea and separating the Gulf of Kyparissia from the rest of the Ionian. It is 11 km west of downtown Pyrgos. The small village of Agios Andreas, which in ancient times was the natural harbour for Ancient Olympia, lies northwest of Katakolo. A railway connects Katakolo with Pyrgos and Olympia, but along with the rest of the rail network in the Peloponnese, services have been suspended since 2011 for economic reasons.
Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of land area and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens and just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Rhodes' nickname is The island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land. Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe.
Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of 85.5 km2 (33 sq mi) and rises to an elevation of 341 m (1,119 ft) at its highest point. The island is composed primarily of granite. It has little natural fresh water and relies on the desalination of sea water in order to meet the needs of its population. There are 9,320 inhabitants (2001) most of whom live in the largest town, Mykonos, also known as Chora, which lies on the west coast. Mykonos is one of the most cosmopolitan islands in Greece, known for its diverse and intense nightlife as evidenced by a vast number of bars and nightclubs. Mykonos is also known for its beaches. The island has an international airport, and is a frequent destination for cruise ships.
Naples is a city in Italy; it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. Known for its rich history, art, culture, architecture, music, and gastronomy, Naples has played an important role in the Italian peninsula and beyond for much of its existence, which began more than 2,800 years ago. Situated on the west coast of Italy by the Gulf of Naples, the city is located halfway between two volcanic areas, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields. Naples has the fourth-largest urban economy in Italy, after Milan, Rome and Turin. It is the world's 103rd-richest city by purchasing power, with an estimated 2011 GDP of US$83.6 billion. The port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe, and has the world's second-highest level of passenger flow, after the port of Hong Kong. The city has long been a major cultural centre with a global sphere of influence, particularly during the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras. In the immediate vicinity of Naples are numerous culturally and historically significant sites, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins ofPompeii and Herculaneum. Culinarily, it is synonymous with pizza, which originated in the city.
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica periphery and it is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. The city is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. Its compact downtown, north of campus, is alive with clubs, bars, restaurants, galleries and – of course – record stores; Broad Street in particular is lined with arty shops.
Santorini Airport
Civitavecchia is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, the name ''Civitavecchia'' means "ancient town". The modern city was built over a pre-existing Etruscan settlement. The massive Forte Michelangelo was first commissioned from Donato Bramante by Pope Julius II, to defend the port of Rome. The upper part of the "maschio" tower, however, was designed by Michelangelo, whose name is generally applied to the fortress. North of the city at Ficoncella are the Terme Taurine baths frequented by Romans and still popular with the Civitavecchiesi. The modern name stems from the common fig plants among the various pools. And also next to the town is the location of the cruise ship docks. All major cruise lines start and end their cruises at this location, and others stop for shore excursion days that allow guests to see Rome and Vatican sights, which are ninety minutes away.
Samos, a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, lies very close to the Turkish mainland and is a popular stopping off point for travellers between the two countries as it lies on the route between Athens and Izmir. In ancient times Samos was a particularly rich and powerful city-state, particularly known for its vineyards and wine production. It is home to Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Eupalinian aqueduct, a marvel of ancient engineering. Samos is the birthplace of the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, after whom the Pythagorean theorem is named, the philosopher Epicurus, and the astronomer Aristarchus of Samos, the first known individual to propose that the Earth revolves around the sun. Samian wine was well known in antiquity, and is still produced on the island.


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Say you want to design a ConservativePerson class.
1: import java.util.List;
2: class ConservativePerson{
5: private boolean isVirgin;
6: private boolean isMarried;
7: private List<String> children;
9: ConservativePerson(boolean virgin, boolean married, List<String> children) {
10: this.isVirgin = virgin;
11: this.isMarried = married;
12: this.children = children;
13: }
15: public boolean isVirgin() {
16: return isVirgin;
17: }
18: public boolean isMarried() {
19: return isMarried;
20: }
22: public List<String> getChildren() {
23: return children;
24: }
25: }
As such it has some constrains.
- He must be married before he can be... well, not a virgin.
- He can't be a virgin before he can have children (as far as we know).
In the old days, which is basically all days until today..., you would probably define all kinds of modifiers methods for this class which will throw an exception in case of invariant invalidation such as NotMarriedException and VirginException. Not anymore.
Today we will do it by using the Wizard Design Pattern. We use a fluent interface style and utilize the power of a modern IDE to create a wizard-like feeling when building a ConservativePerson object. We know, we know, stop talking and show us the code... but before we will present the wizard code we will show you it usage so you will get a grasp of what we are talking about...
1: public class Main {
2: public static void main(String[] args) {
3: ConservativePersonWizardBuilder wizard = new ConservativePersonWizardBuilder();
4: ConservativePerson singlePerson = wizard.
5: createConservativePerson().
6: whichIsSingle().
7: getObject();
8: ConservativePerson familyManPerson = wizard.
9: createConservativePerson().
10: whichIsMarried().
11: andNotVirgin().
12: andHasChildNamed("Noa").
13: anotherChildNamed("Guy").
14: lastChildName("Alon").
15: getObject();
16: }
18: }
Now, it may look just like an ordinarily fluent interface, but the cool thing here is that a method is available for calling only if the current object state allows it. This means you will not be able to call the method andNotVirgin if you haven't called the method whichIsMarried.
See the following set of screen shots:
and after we state he is married we can:
Here is the wizard code. I urge you to copy/paste it to your IDE and give it a try by building an object with it.
1: import java.util.ArrayList;
2: import java.util.List;
4: public class ConservativePersonWizardBuilder {
5: private boolean isVirgin;
6: private boolean isMarried;
7: private List<String> children = new ArrayList<String>();
9: public SetMarriedStep createConservativePerson(){
10: return new SetMarriedStep();
11: }
13: class SetMarriedStep {
14: public SetVirginStep whichIsMarried(){
15: isMarried = true;
16: return new SetVirginStep();
17: }
19: public FinalStep whichIsSingle(){
20: isMarried = false;
21: return new FinalStep();
22: }
23: }
25: class SetVirginStep {
26: public AddChildrenStep andNotVirgin(){
27: isVirgin = false;
28: return new AddChildrenStep();
29: }
30: public FinalStep butStillAVirgin(){
31: isVirgin = true;
32: return new FinalStep();
33: }
34: }
36: class FinalStep {
37: public ConservativePerson getObject(){
38: return new ConservativePerson(isVirgin, isMarried, children);
39: }
40: }
42: class AddChildrenStep {
43: public AddChildrenStep andHasChildNamed(String childName) {
44: children.add(childName);
45: return new AddChildrenStep();
46: }
47: public AddChildrenStep anotherChildNamed(String childName) {
48: children.add(childName);
49: return new AddChildrenStep();
50: }
51: public FinalStep lastChildName(String childName){
52: children.add(childName);
53: return new FinalStep();
54: }
55: }
56: }
As you can see the wizard consists of several steps. Each step is represented by a dedicated inner class. Each step reveals the legal available operations by its methods. Each method will then return a new step according to the change it has made. This way an attempt to create an illegal object will be detected at compile time instead of runtime.
This pattern is actually being used in our production code. One example that comes to mind is the MediaJob class. This class describes a manipulation on some media files. In order to submit a job to the system, one has to create a MediaJob object. The problem is that this object has many parameters that could be assigned with contradicting values that create an illegal object state. By using the Wizard pattern, one can easily build a legal job without the need to know the entire (and complicated…) set of constrains.
That is all for now. Hope you'll give it a try..... We plan to write a more formal description of it (GOF style) in the near future.


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Suttles gets nod for Haywood sheriff
The Haywood County Democratic Party has tapped Chief Deputy Bobby Suttles to replace outgoing Sheriff Tom Alexander.
Suttles is a 14-year employee of the sheriff's department and a former Waynesville police officer. He won 111 of 166 votes cast by members of the Democratic Executive Committee on Feb. 7.
A total of five candidates applied for the sheriff post. Only three received a nomination from the Executive Committee — Suttles, retired NC Highway Patrol trooper Albert Allen, and Maggie Valley police officer Russell Gilliland. The other two — Ken Hollifield, a truck driver, and Raymond Ezell, a retired postal inspector, did not receive nominations.
Haywood County Commissioners must approve Suttles before he is officially appointed as the new sheriff, but they are bound to rubber stamp the party's recommendation.
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Startup InSilixa has developed a chip it claims can run highly accurate DNA tests in an hour for less than $20 per test on a handheld reader that will cost about $250.
The Hydra-1K could drastically undercut the expense and time required of current methods of detecting diseases, bringing molecular diagnostics to the point of care. However the design is just at the start of an 18-24 month round of field tests.
"We have been in stealth mode for two-and-a-half years, this is the first time we are showing our stuff," said Arjang Hassibi, founder and chief executive of InSilixa in a talk at Hot Chips last week.
InSilixa recently showed members of the World Health Organization successful results of its chip detecting tuberculosis. The company is working on the first commercial application for the chip, targeting an unnamed malady. It aims to make its chip an open platform medical practitioners and researchers can use to target a wider range of tests than the company can handle on its own. "We will keep a few application areas to ourselves," said Hassibi.
Unlike other lab-on-a-chip devices, the InSilixia design is aimed at delivering real-time analysis as chemical bonding occurs on the chip. Some designs use a synthesized approach that requires washing the chip's surface with chemical agents that can include impurities that reduce test accuracy, Hassibi said. Much of the company's secret sauce is in the chemicals it uses for detection. Beyond that, "half of our R&D is making the system useful for doctors and chemists who don't program," he said.
The company is pursuing an FDA 510(k) approval which it expects will take about six months.
Source: www.eetimes.com; Rick Merritt; August 20, 2014.