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  • <?php /* Plugin Name: Akismet Plugin URI: http://akismet.com/ Description: Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under "Comments." To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin. Version: 2.1.5 Author: Matt Mullenweg Author URI: http://photomatt.net/ */ // If you hardcode a WP.com API key here, all key config screens will be hidden $wpcom_api_key = ''; function akismet_init() { global $wpcom_api_key, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port; if ( $wpcom_api_key ) $akismet_api_host = $wpcom_api_key . '.rest.akismet.com'; else $akismet_api_host = get_option('wordpress_api_key') . '.rest.akismet.com'; $akismet_api_port = 80; add_action('admin_menu', 'akismet_config_page'); } add_action('init', 'akismet_init'); if ( !function_exists('wp_nonce_field') ) { function akismet_nonce_field($action = -1) { return; } $akismet_nonce = -1; } else { function akismet_nonce_field($action = -1) { return wp_nonce_field($action); } $akismet_nonce = 'akismet-update-key'; } if ( !function_exists('number_format_i18n') ) { function number_format_i18n( $number, $decimals = null ) { return number_format( $number, $decimals ); } } function akismet_config_page() { if ( function_exists('add_submenu_page') ) add_submenu_page('plugins.php', __('Akismet Configuration'), __('Akismet Configuration'), 'manage_options', 'akismet-key-config', 'akismet_conf'); } function akismet_conf() { global $akismet_nonce, $wpcom_api_key; if ( isset($_POST['submit']) ) { if ( function_exists('current_user_can') && !current_user_can('manage_options') ) die(__('Cheatin’ uh?')); check_admin_referer( $akismet_nonce ); $key = preg_replace( '/[^a-h0-9]/i', '', $_POST['key'] ); if ( empty($key) ) { $key_status = 'empty'; $ms[] = 'new_key_empty'; delete_option('wordpress_api_key'); } else { $key_status = akismet_verify_key( $key ); } if ( $key_status == 'valid' ) { update_option('wordpress_api_key', $key); $ms[] = 'new_key_valid'; } else if ( $key_status == 'invalid' ) { $ms[] = 'new_key_invalid'; } else if ( $key_status == 'failed' ) { $ms[] = 'new_key_failed'; } if ( isset( $_POST['akismet_discard_month'] ) ) update_option( 'akismet_discard_month', 'true' ); else update_option( 'akismet_discard_month', 'false' ); } if ( $key_status != 'valid' ) { $key = get_option('wordpress_api_key'); if ( empty( $key ) ) { if ( $key_status != 'failed' ) { if ( akismet_verify_key( '1234567890ab' ) == 'failed' ) $ms[] = 'no_connection'; else $ms[] = 'key_empty'; } $key_status = 'empty'; } else { $key_status = akismet_verify_key( $key ); } if ( $key_status == 'valid' ) { $ms[] = 'key_valid'; } else if ( $key_status == 'invalid' ) { delete_option('wordpress_api_key'); $ms[] = 'key_empty'; } else if ( !empty($key) && $key_status == 'failed' ) { $ms[] = 'key_failed'; } } $messages = array( 'new_key_empty' => array('color' => 'aa0', 'text' => __('Your key has been cleared.')), 'new_key_valid' => array('color' => '2d2', 'text' => __('Your key has been verified. Happy blogging!')), 'new_key_invalid' => array('color' => 'd22', 'text' => __('The key you entered is invalid. Please double-check it.')), 'new_key_failed' => array('color' => 'd22', 'text' => __('The key you entered could not be verified because a connection to akismet.com could not be established. Please check your server configuration.')), 'no_connection' => array('color' => 'd22', 'text' => __('There was a problem connecting to the Akismet server. Please check your server configuration.')), 'key_empty' => array('color' => 'aa0', 'text' => sprintf(__('Please enter an API key. (Get your key.)'), 'http://wordpress.com/profile/')), 'key_valid' => array('color' => '2d2', 'text' => __('This key is valid.')), 'key_failed' => array('color' => 'aa0', 'text' => __('The key below was previously validated but a connection to akismet.com can not be established at this time. Please check your server configuration.'))); ?>

    <?php printf(__('For many people, Akismet will greatly reduce or even completely eliminate the comment and trackback spam you get on your site. If one does happen to get through, simply mark it as "spam" on the moderation screen and Akismet will learn from the mistakes. If you don\'t have a WordPress.com account yet, you can get one at WordPress.com.'), 'http://akismet.com/', 'http://wordpress.com/api-keys/'); ?>

    <p style="padding: .5em; background-color: #; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;">

    <input id="key" name="key" type="text" size="15" maxlength="12" value="" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, mono; font-size: 1.5em;" /> (<?php _e('What is this?'); ?>)

    <input name="akismet_discard_month" id="akismet_discard_month" value="true" type="checkbox" />

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="" />

    <?php } function akismet_verify_key( $key ) { global $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port, $wpcom_api_key; $blog = urlencode( get_option('home') ); if ( $wpcom_api_key ) $key = $wpcom_api_key; $response = akismet_http_post("key=$key&blog=$blog", 'rest.akismet.com', '/1.1/verify-key', $akismet_api_port); if ( !is_array($response) || !isset($response[1]) || $response[1] != 'valid' && $response[1] != 'invalid' ) return 'failed'; return $response[1]; } if ( !get_option('wordpress_api_key') && !$wpcom_api_key && !isset($_POST['submit']) ) { function akismet_warning() { echo "

    ".__('Akismet is almost ready.')." ".sprintf(__('You must enter your WordPress.com API key for it to work.'), "plugins.php?page=akismet-key-config")."

    "; } add_action('admin_notices', 'akismet_warning'); return; } // Returns array with headers in $response[0] and body in $response[1] function akismet_http_post($request, $host, $path, $port = 80) { global $wp_version; $http_request = "POST $path HTTP/1.0\r\n"; $http_request .= "Host: $host\r\n"; $http_request .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=" . get_option('blog_charset') . "\r\n"; $http_request .= "Content-Length: " . strlen($request) . "\r\n"; $http_request .= "User-Agent: WordPress/$wp_version | Akismet/2.0\r\n"; $http_request .= "\r\n"; $http_request .= $request; $response = ''; if( false != ( $fs = @fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 10) ) ) { fwrite($fs, $http_request); while ( !feof($fs) ) $response .= fgets($fs, 1160); // One TCP-IP packet fclose($fs); $response = explode("\r\n\r\n", $response, 2); } return $response; } function akismet_auto_check_comment( $comment ) { global $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port; $comment['user_ip'] = preg_replace( '/[^0-9., ]/', '', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ); $comment['user_agent'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; $comment['referrer'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; $comment['blog'] = get_option('home'); $ignore = array( 'HTTP_COOKIE' ); foreach ( $_SERVER as $key => $value ) if ( !in_array( $key, $ignore ) ) $comment["$key"] = $value; $query_string = ''; foreach ( $comment as $key => $data ) $query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&'; $response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, '/1.1/comment-check', $akismet_api_port); if ( 'true' == $response[1] ) { add_filter('pre_comment_approved', create_function('$a', 'return \'spam\';')); update_option( 'akismet_spam_count', get_option('akismet_spam_count') + 1 ); do_action( 'akismet_spam_caught' ); $post = get_post( $comment['comment_post_ID'] ); $last_updated = strtotime( $post->post_modified_gmt ); $diff = time() - $last_updated; $diff = $diff / 86400; if ( $post->post_type == 'post' && $diff > 30 && get_option( 'akismet_discard_month' ) == 'true' ) die; } akismet_delete_old(); return $comment; } function akismet_delete_old() { global $wpdb; $now_gmt = current_time('mysql', 1); $wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE DATE_SUB('$now_gmt', INTERVAL 15 DAY) > comment_date_gmt AND comment_approved = 'spam'"); $n = mt_rand(1, 5000); if ( $n == 11 ) // lucky number $wpdb->query("OPTIMIZE TABLE $wpdb->comments"); } function akismet_submit_nonspam_comment ( $comment_id ) { global $wpdb, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port; $comment_id = (int) $comment_id; $comment = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_ID = '$comment_id'"); if ( !$comment ) // it was deleted return; $comment->blog = get_option('home'); $query_string = ''; foreach ( $comment as $key => $data ) $query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&'; $response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, "/1.1/submit-ham", $akismet_api_port); } function akismet_submit_spam_comment ( $comment_id ) { global $wpdb, $akismet_api_host, $akismet_api_port; $comment_id = (int) $comment_id; $comment = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_ID = '$comment_id'"); if ( !$comment ) // it was deleted return; if ( 'spam' != $comment->comment_approved ) return; $comment->blog = get_option('home'); $query_string = ''; foreach ( $comment as $key => $data ) $query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode( stripslashes($data) ) . '&'; $response = akismet_http_post($query_string, $akismet_api_host, "/1.1/submit-spam", $akismet_api_port); } add_action('wp_set_comment_status', 'akismet_submit_spam_comment'); add_action('edit_comment', 'akismet_submit_spam_comment'); add_action('preprocess_comment', 'akismet_auto_check_comment', 1); // Total spam in queue // get_option( 'akismet_spam_count' ) is the total caught ever function akismet_spam_count( $type = false ) { global $wpdb; if ( !$type ) { // total $count = wp_cache_get( 'akismet_spam_count', 'widget' ); if ( false === $count ) { if ( function_exists('wp_count_comments') ) { $count = wp_count_comments(); $count = $count->spam; } else { $count = (int) $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(comment_ID) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam'"); } wp_cache_set( 'akismet_spam_count', $count, 'widget', 3600 ); } return $count; } elseif ( 'comments' == $type || 'comment' == $type ) { // comments $type = ''; } else { // pingback, trackback, ... $type = $wpdb->escape( $type ); } return (int) $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(comment_ID) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam' AND comment_type='$type'"); } function akismet_spam_comments( $type = false, $page = 1, $per_page = 50 ) { global $wpdb; $page = (int) $page; if ( $page < 2 ) $page = 1; $per_page = (int) $per_page; if ( $per_page escape( $type ); return $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam' AND comment_type='$type' ORDER BY comment_date DESC LIMIT $start, $end"); } // All return $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam' ORDER BY comment_date DESC LIMIT $start, $end"); } // Totals for each comment type // returns array( type => count, ... ) function akismet_spam_totals() { global $wpdb; $totals = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT comment_type, COUNT(*) AS cc FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam' GROUP BY comment_type" ); $return = array(); foreach ( $totals as $total ) $return[$total->comment_type ? $total->comment_type : 'comment'] = $total->cc; return $return; } function akismet_manage_page() { global $wpdb, $submenu; $count = sprintf(__('Akismet Spam (%s)'), akismet_spam_count()); if ( isset( $submenu['edit-comments.php'] ) ) add_submenu_page('edit-comments.php', __('Akismet Spam'), $count, 'moderate_comments', 'akismet-admin', 'akismet_caught' ); elseif ( function_exists('add_management_page') ) add_management_page(__('Akismet Spam'), $count, 'moderate_comments', 'akismet-admin', 'akismet_caught'); } function akismet_caught() { global $wpdb, $comment, $akismet_caught, $akismet_nonce; akismet_recheck_queue(); if (isset($_POST['submit']) && 'recover' == $_POST['action'] && ! empty($_POST['not_spam'])) { check_admin_referer( $akismet_nonce ); if ( function_exists('current_user_can') && !current_user_can('moderate_comments') ) die(__('You do not have sufficient permission to moderate comments.')); $i = 0; foreach ($_POST['not_spam'] as $comment): $comment = (int) $comment; if ( function_exists('wp_set_comment_status') ) wp_set_comment_status($comment, 'approve'); else $wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->comments SET comment_approved = '1' WHERE comment_ID = '$comment'"); akismet_submit_nonspam_comment($comment); ++$i; endforeach; $to = add_query_arg( 'recovered', $i, $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ); wp_redirect( $to ); exit; } if ('delete' == $_POST['action']) { check_admin_referer( $akismet_nonce ); if ( function_exists('current_user_can') && !current_user_can('moderate_comments') ) die(__('You do not have sufficient permission to moderate comments.')); $delete_time = $wpdb->escape( $_POST['display_time'] ); $nuked = $wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam' AND '$delete_time' > comment_date_gmt" ); wp_cache_delete( 'akismet_spam_count', 'widget' ); $to = add_query_arg( 'deleted', 'all', $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ); wp_redirect( $to ); exit; } if ( isset( $_GET['recovered'] ) ) { $i = (int) $_GET['recovered']; echo '

    ' . sprintf(__('%1$s comments recovered.'), $i) . "

    "; } if (isset( $_GET['deleted'] ) ) echo '

    ' . __('All spam deleted.') . '

    '; if ( isset( $GLOBALS['submenu']['edit-comments.php'] ) ) $link = 'edit-comments.php'; else $link = 'edit.php'; ?> .akismet-tabs { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; height: 31px; margin-bottom: 20px; background: #ddd; border-top: 1px solid #bdbdbd; } .akismet-tabs li { float: left; margin: 5px 0 0 20px; } .akismet-tabs a { display: block; padding: 4px .5em 3px; border-bottom: none; color: #036; } .akismet-tabs .active a { background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: none; color: #000; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 4px; } #akismetsearch { float: right; margin-top: -.5em; } #akismetsearch p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

    <?php printf(__('Akismet has caught %1$s spam for you since you first installed it.'), number_format_i18n($count) ); ?>

    <?php } $spam_count = akismet_spam_count(); if ( 0 == $spam_count ) { echo '

    '.__('You have no spam currently in the queue. Must be your lucky day. :)').'

    '; echo '
    '; } else { echo '

    '.__('You can delete all of the spam from your database with a single click. This operation cannot be undone, so you may wish to check to ensure that no legitimate comments got through first. Spam is automatically deleted after 15 days, so don’t sweat it.').'

    '; ?> <form method="post" action="">     <input type="submit" class="button delete" name="Submit" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="display_time" value="" />

    <?php echo '

    '.__('These are the latest comments identified as spam by Akismet. If you see any mistakes, simply mark the comment as "not spam" and Akismet will learn from the submission. If you wish to recover a comment from spam, simply select the comment, and click Not Spam. After 15 days we clean out the junk for you.').'

    '; ?> escape($_POST['s']); $comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE (comment_author LIKE '%$s%' OR comment_author_email LIKE '%$s%' OR comment_author_url LIKE ('%$s%') OR comment_author_IP LIKE ('%$s%') OR comment_content LIKE ('%$s%') ) AND comment_approved = 'spam' ORDER BY comment_date DESC"); } else { if ( isset( $_GET['apage'] ) ) $page = (int) $_GET['apage']; else $page = 1; if ( $page
      <li > $type_count ) { if ( 'comment' == $type ) { $type = 'comments'; $show = __('Comments'); } else { $show = ucwords( $type ); } $type_count = number_format_i18n( $type_count ); $extra = $current_type === $type ? ' class="active"' : ''; echo "
    • $show ($type_count)
    • "; } do_action( 'akismet_tabs' ); // so plugins can add more tabs easily ?>
    <form method="post" action="" id="akismetsearch">

    <input type="text" name="s" value="" size="17" /> <input type="submit" class="button" name="submit" value="" />

    50 ) { $total_pages = ceil( $total / 50 ); $r = ''; if ( 1 < $page ) { $args['apage'] = ( 1 == $page - 1 ) ? '' : $page - 1; $r .= '' . "\n"; } if ( ( $total_pages = ceil( $total / 50 ) ) > 1 ) { for ( $page_num = 1; $page_num <= $total_pages; $page_num++ ) : if ( $page == $page_num ) : $r .= "$page_num\n"; else : $p = false; if ( $page_num = $page - 3 && $page_num $total_pages - 3 ) : $args['apage'] = ( 1 == $page_num ) ? '' : $page_num; $r .= '' . ( $page_num ) . "\n"; $in = true; elseif ( $in == true ) : $r .= "...\n"; $in = false; endif; endif; endfor; } if ( ( $page ) * 50 < $total || -1 == $total ) { $args['apage'] = $page + 1; $r .= '' . "\n"; } echo "

    $r

    "; ?> <form style="clear: both;" method="post" action="">
      comment_date); $post = get_post($comment->comment_post_ID); $post_title = $post->post_title; if ($i % 2) $class = 'class="alternate"'; else $class = ''; echo "\n\t
    • comment_ID' $class>"; ?>

      comment_author_email) { ?>| comment_author_url && 'http://' != $comment->comment_author_url) { ?> | | <a href="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=">

      <label for="spam-comment_ID; ?>"> <input type="checkbox" id="spam-comment_ID; ?>" name="not_spam[]" value="comment_ID; ?>" /> — — [ comment_post_ID); $post_title = wp_specialchars( $post->post_title, 'double' ); $post_title = ('' == $post_title) ? "# $comment->comment_post_ID" : $post_title; ?> <a href="comment_post_ID); ?>" title=""> ]

    50 ) { $total_pages = ceil( $total / 50 ); $r = ''; if ( 1 < $page ) { $args['apage'] = ( 1 == $page - 1 ) ? '' : $page - 1; $r .= '' . "\n"; } if ( ( $total_pages = ceil( $total / 50 ) ) > 1 ) { for ( $page_num = 1; $page_num <= $total_pages; $page_num++ ) : if ( $page == $page_num ) : $r .= "$page_num\n"; else : $p = false; if ( $page_num = $page - 3 && $page_num $total_pages - 3 ) : $args['apage'] = ( 1 == $page_num ) ? '' : $page_num; $r .= '' . ( $page_num ) . "\n"; $in = true; elseif ( $in == true ) : $r .= "...\n"; $in = false; endif; endif; endfor; } if ( ( $page ) * 50 < $total || -1 == $total ) { $args['apage'] = $page + 1; $r .= '' . "\n"; } echo "

    $r

    "; } ?>

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="" />

    <form method="post" action="">

        <input type="submit" name="Submit" class="button" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="display_time" value="" />

    <?php } } add_action('admin_menu', 'akismet_manage_page'); // WP < 2.5 function akismet_stats() { if ( !function_exists('did_action') || did_action( 'rightnow_end' ) ) // We already displayed this info in the "Right Now" section return; if ( !$count = get_option('akismet_spam_count') ) return; $path = plugin_basename(__FILE__); echo '

    '.__('Spam').'

    '; global $submenu; if ( isset( $submenu['edit-comments.php'] ) ) $link = 'edit-comments.php'; else $link = 'edit.php'; echo '

    '.sprintf(__('Akismet has protected your site from %3$s spam comments.'), 'http://akismet.com/', clean_url("$link?page=akismet-admin"), number_format_i18n($count) ).'

    '; } add_action('activity_box_end', 'akismet_stats'); // WP 2.5+ function akismet_rightnow() { global $submenu; if ( isset( $submenu['edit-comments.php'] ) ) $link = 'edit-comments.php'; else $link = 'edit.php'; if ( $count = get_option('akismet_spam_count') ) { $intro = sprintf( __ngettext( 'Akismet has protected your site from %2$s spam comment already,', 'Akismet has protected your site from %2$s spam comments already,', $count ), 'http://akismet.com/', number_format_i18n( $count ) ); } else { $intro = sprintf( __('Akismet blocks spam from getting to your blog,'), 'http://akismet.com/' ); } if ( $queue_count = akismet_spam_count() ) { $queue_text = sprintf( __ngettext( 'and there\'s %1$s comment in your spam queue right now.', 'and there are %1$s comments in your spam queue right now.', $queue_count ), number_format_i18n( $queue_count ), clean_url("$link?page=akismet-admin") ); } else { $queue_text = sprintf( __( "but there's nothing in your spam queue at the moment." ), clean_url("$link?page=akismet-admin") ); } $text = sprintf( _c( '%1$s %2$s|akismet_rightnow' ), $intro, $queue_text ); echo "

    $text

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Paul Williams- Black Architect At your computer screen!

  office building on avenue of the americas

       Everyone needs a place to live obviously, but

not everyone is fortunate enough to live in a
royal palace. But if you can design a house,
any kind of house its a very extraordinary talent.
So I present a man who designs buildings to the t.
       Paul Williams was an African American architect who
practiced in the Los Angeles and Southern
California areas.  Williams studied at the Los
Angeles School of Art and Design , The Los
Angeles branch of the New York Beaux-Arts
Institute of Design Atelier. He then went to
the University of Southern California where
he designed residential buildings there.
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     Williams served on the first Los Angeles
Planning Commission in 1920 and became
a certified architect in 1921. Paul opened
his own office at age 28. Also, he was
known as an outstanding draughtsman.
            He got better and better with his skill of drawings that
were upside down. Architect Paul did it this way
so clients sitting across from the table could see them.
        Paul R. Williams was the 1st African American
member of the American Institute of Architects.
In 1939, he received the AIA Award of
Merit for his design of the MCA Building in
Beverly Hills.
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                Guess what else he received?
He Received the Springarn Medal from the NAACP.
1957- he was voted as an AIA Fellow.
He received honorary doctorates from Howard University, Lincoln
University, and Tuskegee Institute.
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          He did it up.
         Paul R. Williams designed 100s of private homes.
These homes were in Hollywood Hills and the Mid-Wilshire area
of Los Angeles. Dig this, his most famous homes
were made for Hollywood celebrities.
             A particular notable home of Williams design was
used for the exterior scenes of the Clampett
mansion on television’s “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
The customers for his homes included
Frank Sinatra, Lon Chaney, and more.
       So you can remember Paul R. Williams as
The man with a complex mind that produces
a complex design.. That’s the way I explain
him and his great technical work.
       Wrapping it up, I give credit to the following site for its
information:
     


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2 Responses

  1. Hey Charisma! Nice blogsite. I’m a black architect in Chicago and wanted to update you on the information of two entries you made.

    1. Wendall Campbell passed away on tuesday at eh age of 81. I have know him for a number of years and worked at his firm a few years ago. He is truly a giant in our profession and will be missed.

    2. In you entry about Paul Willims you wrote that he was able to draw upside down so that he could explain the drawings to his clients. He actually learned how to write and draw upside down because most of his clients would not let a black man sit next to them!

    Yous hould track down Marshall Purnell from DC. Last year, after 150 years, he became the first black president of the American Institute of Architects. He is president of his own firm in DC, Deveroux-Purnell and has also surved as president of NOMA, the organization that Wendell Campbell founded. Check us out at http://www.noma.net.

  2. Thank you sir, I appreciate you updating
    me on this information.

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