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Test Ride
The Android SDK is a free 80-MB download (code.google.com/android/documentation.html). The preferred developer toolset is Eclipse 3.3 (Europa), which also requires the JDT plug-in, Java Development Kit (JDK) 5 or 6, and optionally the Web Services Tool (WST).
I installed the software on a Dell Latitude with a 2.4-GHz Mobile Pentium 4 CPU equipped with 512 MB of RAM. The SDK documentation has a step-by-step procedure for installing the necessary software and getting the requisite "Hello World!" sample Android application up and running. The integration between the Eclipse IDE and the Dalvik emulator that implements the Android environment and executes your Android application code is very good.
Because I'm always dealing with software rocket science, an application that moved a rocket around the screen seemed an ideal project to explore Android's features and quirks. Google's example Android code was a trove of information. I borrowed some code from its Lunar Lander game and other examples to get started.
To write Android applications, you extend an Activity and add code that implements your design (as in Java ME). You soon appreciate
onCreate(), where you can place initialization code with error recovery. This is also where you create an instance of a
View that manages your application's window with its UI.
However, you can't do much with a
View until you understand how to use Android's XML layout file to create the visual objects and interactive widgets that are children of the
View. This layout file contains custom XML tagged elements that represent widgets buttons, text-entry boxes, and labels. Because placement of widgets and the flow of events among them is hierarchical, by nesting the order of the XML tags, you arrange the screen layout and the position of its widgets. The XML is saved into a file in the res/layout/ directory. When you build the Android application, it compiles the layout file's XML elements into resources that you reference by ID number.
To create its UI, the Activity first assigns its visual content to a
View that uses your XML file. Then it makes an instance of the
View, using ID numbers to obtain the appropriate widget resources that comprise the layout. Android's use of XML to organize the UI layout lets youwithin limitstinker with the interface without modifying code in the
View. It would be nice to have a visual editor that gave you a better idea of how changes to the XML nesting affects the UI's layout.
I made a simple layout that filled the screen and presented a background image. Using Blender3D, I took the 3D model of the
Dr. Dobb's rocket that I used for a previous article (www.ddj.com/mobile/193104855) and rendered it into a 2D PNG bitmap image. Processing key presses with Android's key event handlers felt similar to those in a MIDlet, where only the method names and some arguments had changed. It didn't take long to have a rocket scooting around the screen. The program, SpaceActivity, is available online at www.ddj.com/code/.
One Android shift that tripped me up was getting the screen's sizevalues that are often crucial when designing a program's gameplay. In a MIDlet's constructor, you simply called
getWidth() and
getHeight() for this information. Calling the same methods in Android's
View constructor always retrieved values of zero. The reason is that
View doesn't know how the screen is oriented (which affects the
View's dimensions) until
onStart() makes it visible. When this occurs, Android immediately invokes an
onSizeChanged() method. This method provides values for the screen's visible dimensions in its new orientation. You override this method when you want to force the
View to redraw the screen for the new orientation, but for my application I just grabbed the height and width values. Listing One compares how to determine the mobile phone's screen dimensions in Java ME and Android.
Listing One
(a) Java ME
class DrawScreen extends Canvas implements CommandListener { private int width; private int height; DrawScreen() { // Constructor width = getWidth(); height = get Height(); }
(b) Android
<br> class SpaceView extends View { public SpaceView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, Map inflateParams) { super(context, attrs, inflateParams); } // constructor // This method called at startup or when screen changes. // w, h,-- current screen's width and height // oldw, oldh -- previous screen's width and height @Override protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) { super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh); mX = w; // Get screen's width mY = h; // Get screen's height } // onSizeChanged
My second programming test was to port over a basic Java ME scribbling program that uses the touchscreen. The Java ME program starts by displaying a blank image. When you touch and draw on the screen with a stylus, the program draws a colored line that tracks the stylus. The MIDlet uses
pointerDragged(), and
pointerRelease() to implement the tracking/drawing operations. A key press paints the image buffer with white, erasing it.
The first difference for porting to Android was writing an XML layout file to support the
View's generation of a UI window. The second difference was managing the
Bitmap object that both stored and displayed the results of the scribbling. I overrode the
onSizeChanged() method so that if the screen's orientation changed, a new
Bitmap would be allocated. Also, to guarantee that work of art you're creating is safely preserved when another application seizes the foreground, I added code to the
onFreeze() method to save the
Bitmap into a Bundle, termed an "icicle."
The third difference was that Android uses one lone method,
onTouchEvent(), to handle all touchscreen interactions. Fortunately, you can easily break out the types of stylus actionsdown, up, and dragwith a
switch statement. I used the
switch statement to call slightly modified
pointerDragged(), and
pointerRelease() methods. Although
onTouchEvent() places all motion events into an array where you can replay the entire track of the pointer's path, the original
pointerDragged() worked by capturing the new point and drawing a line to the previous point, which it had saved previously. The behavior worked the first time in Android. The only changes I made were to how colors were assigned to the event. See Listing Two online for a comparison between the Java ME and Android touch-screen code. The original Java ME program, Simple_Scribble, and the Android application, ScribbleActivity, are also available online.
Lessons Learned And Looking Forward
If you have Java ME experience, you will have a gentle learning curve when writing Android code. Most of what comprises the curve is determining what classes have familiar methods, and learning Android's quirks. Using XML for screen layout, which reduces the edit-build-execute cycles to tweak the UI to look right, is a big plus. Android, like the iPhone, has the potential to change the way we work with mobile phonesmaybe even make all of their features useful.
Tom is the head of Proactive Support for embedded products at Freescale Semiconductor. He has written documentation of demo programs for several mobile APIs. He can be reached at [email protected].


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BOSTON, Mass.—Led by a season-high five double-digit scorers, UMass Boston women's basketball (12-8) snapped a three-game losing streak Tuesday evening with a 74-71 win over cross-town rival Suffolk University (10-8) at Regan Gymnasium.
After trailing 32-31 at the break, UMass Boston used a 19-6 run out of halftime to grab a 12-point lead and held on for a comfortable edge until the final 30 seconds.
Sophomore Olivia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) led the Beacons with a team-high 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting and a perfect 6-for-6 mark from the free throw line. Murphy also added six rebounds, three assists and three blocks to lead UMass Boston to a win in their final non-conference game of the season.
The Beacons wrapped up their non-conference schedule with a 9-2 record, including a 5-1 mark against Massachusetts opponents.
Senior point guard Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.) chipped in with 14 points and a game-high three steals. Freshman Chantel Jordan (Brockton, Mass.) and Mallory Nelson (Topsham, Maine) each finished with 11 points, and Katrina Edwards (Springfield, Mass.) ended the contest with 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Jennifer Ruys paced the host Rams with a game-high double-double of 28 points and 10 rebounds on 11-of-20 shooting. Kelsey Schiebel and Shelby Santini pitched in with 15 and 11 points respectively for Suffolk, which dropped their third game in the past four contests.
After falling behind 2-0 in the opening seconds, UMass Boston jumped out to a 19-11 lead at the 11:49 mark behind six of Jordan's career-high 11 points. Schiebel and Ruys combined for an 8-0 run to tie the game at 19 and the two teams went back-and-forth from there, with Suffolk grabbing a 32-31 lead at the buzzer.
The Beacons' second big run of the contest would prove much more decisive, as the 19-6 run gave the visitors a 50-38 with 12:06 to play. Murphy and Suffredini keyed UMass Boston's flurry with six and five points respectively, including combining for a 7-0 run to cap off the run.
Despite their best efforts, Suffolk struggled to cut into the Beacons' lead, with UMass Boston holding on to a three-possession lead or larger until the final 23 seconds.
Schiebel gave the Rams life with a three-pointer to cut the lead to 71-66 with 23 ticks left, but Suffredini and Nelson knocked down 3-of-4 free throws to close out the game and ensure a 74-71 victory.
UMass Boston shot 26-for-54 (48.1 percent) from the field and 18-for-24 (75 percent) from the free-throw line. The host Rams knocked down 42.6 percent (26-for-61) of their shots and went 13-for-15 (86.7 percent) from the charity stripe.
The Beacons will return home Saturday at 1 p.m. for their Breast Cancer Awareness Game against Eastern Connecticut State University.

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Roy Orbison
Warbly yet forceful, vulnerable yet strong, grandiose yet intimate—Roy Orbison's voice happens once in a generation.
Orbison showcased his vocals with unconventionally written songs that ranged from operatic ballads to rockabilly jams. He is revered by the likes of Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.
Roy Orbison possessed one of the great rock and roll voices: a forceful, operatic bel canto tenor capable of dynamic crescendos.
He sang heartbroken ballads and bluesy rockers alike, running up a formidable hit streak in the early Sixties. From the release of "Only the Lonely" in 1960 to "Oh! Pretty Woman." In a span of four years, Orbison cracked the Top Ten nine times. His most memorable performances were lovelorn melodramas, such as "Crying" and "It's Over," in which he emoted in a brooding, tremulous voice.
"I've always been in love with my voice," Orbison admitted to Rolling Stone's Steve Pond in 1988. "I liked the sound of it. I liked making it sing, making the voice ring, and I just kept doing it. And I think that somewhere between the time of 'Ooby Dooby' and 'Only the Lonely,' it kind of turned into a good voice."
The melancholic intensity in his voice resonated with listeners of all ages, but especially heartsick teenagers who knew how unrequited love and loneliness felt. However, while they were aimed at the teen market, there was nothing simple or obvious about Orbison's songs on a musical level. Eschewing typical song construction, Orbison wrote melodramas that unfolded in unconventional ways. "It's Over," for instance, sounded more like a classical bolero than a pop tune. Orbison has been likened to Verdi and Puccini, but the most apt comparison is with Phil Spector's dynamic, orchestral "Wall of Sound."
A native Texan, Orbison grew up in the towns of Vernon, Fort Worth and Wink, laboring as an adolescent in the oil fields in the last of these. (The grueling work later inspired him to write "Workin' for the Man.") He was given his first guitar at six and began singing on local radio shows at eight. He grew up listening to pop, country, rhythm & blues and Mexican music, and elements of those styles found their way into his music. Hearing Elvis Presley's "That's All Right" on a jukebox turned his ear toward rockabilly, and he led a high-school combo—the Teen Kings (formerly the Wink Westerners)—which played the local circuit. They cut a song called "Ooby Dooby," written by classmates at North Texas State University (where he studied geology), and it came to the attention of Sam Phillips of Sun Records.
Orbison re-recorded "Ooby Dooby," along with some other rockabilly sides, at Sun Studio, and it became a minor hit. His tenure at Sun was brief, and it yielded the highly collectable album Roy Orbison at the Rockhouse, which came out in 1961, a year after Orbison had moved to the Nashville-based Monument label.
At Monument, Orbison perfected the formal but emotionally unrestrained style that carried him through a string of unforgettable hits. They began with "Only the Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)" and included a pair of songs—"Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Running Scared"—that reached Number One. Orbison convincingly delivered harder-rocking material like "Candy Man" and "Mean Woman Blues," but the heart-rending despair of his laments cemented his status as a rock and roll original.
Orbison was a steady presence on the radio during the first half of the Sixties. His five-year run on Monument netted nineteen Top Forty hits, nine of which made the Top Ten. Among them were "Blue Angel," "Crying," "Dream Baby," "In Dreams" and "It's Over"—each an unforgettable song from a special time and place. A major star in Britain as well as the States, he toured with the Beatles in 1963 (and remained hugely popular in the U.K. until his death). He began wearing his trademark dark sunglasses onstage during that tour. Of 1964, the year of both Beatlemania and "Oh, Pretty Woman," Orbison remarked to Goldmine's Jeff Tamarkin: "Their coming to America didn't do anything but help me that year. Their biggest year was my biggest year."
The enormous success of "Oh, Pretty Woman" and relative failure of its followup singles prompted Orbison to jump to MGM Records, which offered him a lucrative contract. Orbison recorded prolifically at MGM into the early Seventies, but he never recaptured the studio magic he had at Monument. There were respectable albums, to be sure, including There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965), The Orbison Way (1966) and Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967), but the hits dried up almost completely. There were a few reasons, beyond the music itself, to explain Orbison's doldrums. He suffered personal tragedies, including the death of his wife Claudette in a 1966 motorcycle crash and the deaths of two children in a house fire in 1968. (Orbison remarried in 1969; his wife Barbara eventually became his manager, and they had two more children.)
Orbison's star had dimmed by the end of the Sixties, but he enjoyed a major renaissance in the Eighties. At the Eagles' request, he joined the superstar band on their Hotel California Tour in 1980. He also recorded a Grammy-winning duet ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again") with Emmylou Harris, which broadened his country-music audience. He also staged a successful comeback show in 1981 and saw his profile rise further when Van Halen's cover of "Oh, Pretty Woman" hit Number Twelve in 1982.
His return to the public eye accelerated in 1987 with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, highlighted by a reverential induction speech by Bruce Springsteen, and the taping of a concert (Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night) for the cable channel Cinemax. His star-studded band for the occasion included such disciples as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and musical director T Bone Burnett. The event, filmed in black and white, was later released as A Black and White Night Live on CD and videocassette.
That same year Orbison signed to Virgin Records, which issued a collection of older re-recordings of his best-known songs (plus a newly recorded "In Dreams") entitled In Dreams: The Greatest Hits. He also duetted with k.d. lang on a remake of "Crying." In 1988 he was asked to join the casual supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, which included Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison. (Orbison was dubbed "Lefty Wilbury.") The Wilburys' Volume One reached Number Three and sold three million copies in the U.S. alone and restoring Orbison to the upper reaches of the charts for the first time since 1964.
A major comeback album, Mystery Girl, had been recorded and was awaiting release when Orbison suffered a fatal heart attack on December 6, 1988. The well-received Mystery Girl went on to become the highest-charting solo album of his career, reaching Number Five and launching the Top Ten hit "You Got It." Orbison, who was 52 when he died, exited on a high note.
In the flood of tributes that followed, Tom Waits perhaps stated it best: "When you were trying to make a girl fall in love with you, it took roses, the Ferris wheel and Roy Orbison."
Inductee: Roy Orbison (vocals, guitar; born April 23, 1936, died December 6, 1988)


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Data Integrity
Enforcing data integrity guarantees the quality of the data in the database. For example, if an employee is entered with an employee ID value of 123, the database should not permit another employee to have an ID with the same value. If you have an employee_rating column intended to have values ranging from 1 to 5, the database should not accept a value outside that range. If the table has a dept_id column that stores the department number for the employee, the database should permit only values that are valid for the department numbers in the company.
Two important steps in planning tables are to identify valid values for a column and to decide how to enforce the integrity of the data in the column. Data integrity falls into the following categories:
- Entity integrity
- Domain integrity
- Referential integrity
- User-defined integrity
Entity Integrity
Entity integrity defines a row as a unique entity for a particular table. Entity integrity enforces the integrity of the identifier columns or the primary key of a table, through UNIQUE indexes, UNIQUE constraints or PRIMARY KEY constraints.
Domain Integrity
Domain integrity is the validity of entries for a specific column. You can enforce domain integrity to restrict the type by using data types, restrict the format by using CHECK constraints and rules, or restrict the range of possible values by using FOREIGN KEY constraints, CHECK constraints, DEFAULT definitions, NOT NULL definitions, and rules.
Referential Integrity
Referential integrity preserves the defined relationships between tables when rows are entered or deleted. In SQL Server 2005, referential integrity is based on relationships between foreign keys and primary keys or between foreign keys and unique keys, through FOREIGN KEY and CHECK constraints. Referential integrity makes sure that key values are consistent across tables. This kind of consistency requires that there are no references to nonexistent values and that if a key value changes, all references to it change consistently throughout the database.
When you enforce referential integrity, SQL Server prevents users from doing the following:
- Adding or changing rows to a related table if there is no associated row in the primary table.
- Changing values in a primary table that causes orphaned rows in a related table.
- Deleting rows from a primary table if there are matching related rows.
For example, with the Sales.SalesOrderDetail and Production.Product tables in the AdventureWorks database, referential integrity is based on the relationship between the foreign key (ProductID) in the Sales.SalesOrderDetail table and the primary key (ProductID) in the Production.Product table. This relationship makes sure that a sales order can never reference a product that does not exist in the Production.Product table.
User-Defined Integrity
User-defined integrity lets you define specific business rules that do not fall into one of the other integrity categories. All the integrity categories support user-defined integrity. This includes all column-level and table-level constraints in CREATE TABLE, stored procedures, and triggers.
See Also
Assigning a Data Type to a Column
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Rich Heitz heard little bits of conversation during the junior varsity volleyball match on Friday, Sept. 14, but it didn't sink in because he was preparing for Southington's home opener. The coach said that he had a vague feeling that something important was happening, but he was too focused on preparing for the game to pay any attention to the murmurs around the court.
It wasn't until midway through the varsity match that Heitz noticed a dark blue ribbon flowing from the hair of one of his players, and the significance of those early conversations descended upon him like an avalanche.
While he was thinking about the varsity match, the Knights were thinking about their coach and his family. In the days leading up to the season, Heitz lost his father-in-law to a long battle with cancer. Now the Knights were showing their support for one of their biggest fans.
The ribbons were decorated on one end with the cancer ribbon symbol and on the other end with the letters 'FP' for the late Frank Parise.
"You know, you coach for long enough and something like this really focuses in on what coaching is really all about," said Heitz. "Sure, you have your bumps in the road from time to time, but this tells me how special the kids are. These kids are family. This program is a family, and this shows how much they mean to me."
As it turned out, the game didn't pose much of a challenge. It was their second lop-sided sweep of the early season. What was most memorable for their coach were those little blue ribbons and the fact that his team decided to dedicate this season to Parise's memory.
"The girls didn't even make an issue about it. They didn't come up to me and tell me about it," said Heitz. "Corinne [Horanzy] was standing on the sidelines in front of the bench, and I could see it in her hair. I have a very nice bunch of girls, and the fact they would do this—without speaking of it—makes it very special."
Parise rarely missed a game, even over the last three years as he battled through the illness and its treatment. Heitz said his family was touched that so many past and present players appeared at the wake and the funeral. When he learned that they were going to dedicate the season to Parise, the coach said that his family was very thankful.
For their part, the girls have made it look easy.
In the season opener at Newington, Horanzy and sophomore hitter Caroline Barry combined for nine kills apiece, while Southington servers picked apart the Indians with 18 aces over the best-of-five series. Danielle Kaminsky paced the attack with 23 assists, while Allison McCormick and Horanzy anchored the defense with eight digs apiece.
Southington swept through the series, 25-15, 25-16, and 25-9.
"Newington played scrappy, and they blocked us a few times which we weren't used to," said Heitz. "But we were able to pull away in each of the sets."
On Friday, the girls showed up with the blue ribbons and raised their level of play to match with a trio of lopsided games. Kaminsky dealt out 23 assists. Horanzy attacked the net with 11 kills and six blocks, while McCormick managed 17 digs and five of Southington's 16 aces.
The Knights rallied to a 3-0 home victory, 25-9, 25-10, and 25-11.
"They didn't lose their focus at all during the match, and I was very proud that we came out and played our game," said Heitz. "We played up the whole match, and that's sometimes tough when you know that you're better than your competition. Sometimes, you play down to your opponent's level, but we didn't do that."
Heitz will know pretty soon whether his Lady Knights are ready to make another run at a state championship. Southington will face Woodstock Academy and Farmington this week with a game against Coventry the following week. If their early success, their show of unity, and their chemistry are any indications, the Lady Knights are ready to make a run.
"I think that this was a perfect example of how much those little things mean," said the coach. "We talk in practices, and we say that there are no little things. Whether it's serving at 80 percent to 90 percent or coming together as a team, those little things mean a lot."
Parise would have been proud.
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Community Health Service Education
Rapid Entry Support Programs
LCC offers a variety of programs that will quickly qualify you for a job in health care. These programs range in length from less than one semester to three. You can take classes while keeping your current job, or immerse yourself in your new field. When you complete your courses and start work in your new field, you have the option of continuing to take courses to improve your skills and increase your promotion potential. Here's what we offer:
- Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)/Patient Care Technician (PCT)
- Sterile Processing Technician
- Medical Insurance Billing and Coding
- Pharmacy Technician
- Phlebotomy Technician
- EKG Technician
LCC also offers several health support courses including:
CHSE 100 - Intro to Health Professions
CHSE 114 - Pathophysiology for Allied Health
CHSE 117 - Health Law and Ethics
CHSE 120 - Medical Terminology
CHSE 131 - Introduction to Electronic Health Records
General Nurse Aide/PCT Career Information
Employment prospects for Nurse Aide/
Patient Care Technicians (PCT)
Job prospects for acute and long-term care nurse assistants will be very good because of the growing population of elderly people. These jobs offer entry into health care employment. The flexibility of night and weekend hours also provides high school and college students a chance to work during the school year.
Skills you need
Applicants should be tactful, patient, understanding, healthy, emotionally stable, dependable, and have a desire to help people. They should also be able to work as part of a team, have good communication skills, and be willing to perform repetitive, routine tasks. Aides must be in good health. A physical examination, including a tuberculosis test, may be required.
Expected earnings
Median hourly wages of nurse aides and PCT's were $12.22 in May 2011. The middle 50 percent earned between $11.63 and $14.07 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $8.68, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $16.91 an hour. Median hourly wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants in May 2011 were:
|Employment services
|General medical and surgical hospitals
|Nursing care facilities
|Community care facilities for the elderly
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Sterile Processing Technician
This is a 15-credit certificate program. Successful completion of the course qualifies a student to take the National Certification Examination for Sterile Processing and Distribution.
Nature of Work
The sterile processing technician is responsible for processing and inventorying hospital equipment, supplies, and instruments used in most hospital departments. They decontaminate, clean, sterilize and dispense supplies. The position also requires safely lifting heavy objects and standing for long periods of time.
Skills You Need
You should be in good physical and emotional health to secure and maintain employment. An interest in health care, attention to details, and an ability to organize is necessary.
Expected Earnings
Job openings are expected to grow as fast as average, or about 10 to 20 percent. The expected pay range for a Sterile Processing Technician in central Michigan is $22,000 to $32,000.
Medical Insurance Billing and Coding
Medical Insurance Billing and Coding may take three semesters to complete.
Nature of Work
The Medical Insurance Biller and Coder is involved in every phase of medical insurance billing from receiving patient information through receipt of payment. In this field, you will be responsible for insurance card interpretation, coding procedures, understanding and complying with insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, worker's compensation and other requirements.
Employment Prospects
Job openings are expected to grow as fast as average, or about 10 to 20 percent.
Skills you Need
To be successful as a Medical Insurance Biller and Coder, you will need to be adaptable, pay close attention to detail, have good oral and written communication skills, plus math and keyboarding skills. You will also need an introductory knowledge of electronic health records
Expected Earnings
A Medical Insurance Biller and Coder can expect to earn $15.50 to $20.00 per hour, $28,220 - $38,500 per year.
Pharmacy Technician
Program Length
The Pharmacy Technician course is a two-semester, seven-credit course with the second course being an externship that meets one evening per week. Completion of MATH 050 with at least a 2.0 grade, or attainment of math level 4 is a prerequisite. Completion of Pharmacology (CHSE 115) is recommended. Successful completion prepares students to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board National Certification Exam.
Nature of Work
Pharmacy technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication and other healthcare products to patients. Technicians usually perform routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication for patients, such as counting tablets and labeling bottles. Technicians refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health matters to a pharmacist. Technicians receive written prescriptions or requests for prescription refills from patients. They also may receive prescriptions sent electronically from the doctor's office. They must verify that the information on the prescription is complete and accurate. To prepare the prescription, technicians must retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, and sometimes mix the medication. Then, they prepare the prescription labels, select the type of prescription container, and affix the prescription and auxiliary labels to the container. Once the prescription is filled, technicians price and file the prescription, which must be checked by a pharmacist before it is given to a patient. Technicians may establish and maintain patient profiles, prepare insurance claim forms, and stock and take inventory of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
In hospitals, technicians have added responsibilities. They read patient charts and prepare and deliver the medicine to patients. The pharmacist must check the order before it is delivered to the patient. The technician then copies the information about the prescribed medication onto the patient's profile. Technicians also may assemble a 24-hour supply of medicine for every patient. They package and label each dose separately. The package is then placed in the medicine cabinet of each patient until the supervising pharmacist checks it for accuracy. It is then given to the patient.
Employment Prospects
Employment of pharmacy technicians is expected to grow much faster then the average for all occupations-36 percent or more-through 2010 due to the increased pharmaceutical needs of a larger and older population.
Skills You Need
Successful pharmacy technicians are alert, observant, organized, dedicated, and responsible. They should be willing and able to take directions. They must enjoy precise work-details are sometimes a matter of life and death. Although a pharmacist must check and approve all their work, they should be able to work on their own without constant instruction from the pharmacist. Candidates interested in becoming pharmacy technicians cannot have a prior record of drug or substance abuse.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills are needed because there is a lot of interaction with patients, coworkers, and healthcare professionals. Teamwork is very important because technicians are often required to work with pharmacists, aides, and other technicians.
Expected Earnings
Median hourly wages of wage and salary pharmacy technicians in May 2012 were $14.63. The middle 50 percent earned between $14.10 and $17.22. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $9.89, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $20.38.
Median hourly wages of wage and salary pharmacy aides were $11.28 in May 2012. The middle 50 percent earned between $8.94 and $12.93. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $8.12, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $15.95.
Certified technicians may earn more than non-certified technicians. Some technicians and aides belong to unions representing hospital or grocery store workers. Median hourly wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of pharmacy techs in May 2012 were:
|General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
|Grocery Stores
|Health and Personal Care Stores
|Other General Merchandise Stores
|Department stores
Median hourly wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of pharmacy aides in May 2012 were:
|Offices of Physicians
|General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
|Grocery Stores
|Health and Personal Care Stores
|Department stores
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Phlebotomy Technician
The Phlebotomy Technician Program consists of two courses for a total of 6 credits taken in two semesters, with the second course being an Externship. Successful completion of the Program qualifies the student to take the ASCP National Certification Exam.
Nature of Work
The Phlebotomy Technician obtains blood and other specimens from patients, usually in a laboratory, hospital, or out-patient facility.
Skills You Need
Phlebotomy technicians need to have good manual dexterity and pay close attention to detail, even while working under pressure. Good people skills are important and must work well in a team environment.
Expected Earnings
Job openings are expected to grow as fast as average, or about 10 to 20 percent. A Phlebotomist in the Lansing area can expect to earn $21,000 to $29,000.
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Ouroboros-WMD Hero Wise Men Distracted Saturday 07/08/2010, 05:11
Under 15k. If you play fast a guaranteed top 100. No skill just 2HKOs.
(..and yes i know thormund maybe an 11/3 but Dean is what i like)
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If you don't have 15k and need something even cheaper, but also more effective you can also try any of my budget decks.
Hugo/Uppers. is only around 6.5k total. I've also won DTs' wit this deck as well.
Ballroom Blitz! is also around 6.5k. I've won multiple DTs' with this deck as well. Only a 1 card change. If you prefer power=opp power then this would be better suited to you. Otherwise use the first deck with Frankie.
Again, these are budget decks and the best Uppers decks will usually use Jackie in place of Jody, but again... these are budget decks.


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There seems to be near-universal agreement in the United States with President Barack Obama's observation that Israel, like every other country, has the right and obligation to defend its citizens from threats directed at them from beyond its borders.
But this anodyne statement does not begin to address the political and moral issues raised by Israel's bombings and land invasion of Gaza: who violated the cease-fire agreement that was in place since November 2012 and whether Israel's civilian population could have been protected by nonviolent means that would not have placed Gaza's civilian population at risk. As of this writing, the number killed by the Israel Defense Forces has surpassed 600, the overwhelming majority of whom are noncombatants.
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Israel's assault on Gaza, as pointed out by analyst Nathan Thrall in the New York Times, was not triggered by Hamas' rockets directed at Israel but by Israel's determination to bring down the Palestinian unity government that was formed in early June, even though that government was committed to honoring all of the conditions imposed by the international community for recognition of its legitimacy.
The notion that it was Israel, not Hamas, that violated a cease-fire agreement will undoubtedly offend a wide swath of Israel supporters. To point out that it is not the first time Israel has done so will offend them even more deeply. But it was Shmuel Zakai, a retired brigadier general and former commander of the IDF's Gaza Division, and not "leftist" critics, who said about the Israel Gaza war of 2009 that during the six-month period of a truce then in place, Israel made a central error "by failing to take advantage of the calm to improve, rather than markedly worsen, the economic plight of the Palestinians in the [Gaza] Strip. … You cannot just land blows, leave the Palestinians in Gaza in the economic distress they are in and expect Hamas just to sit around and do nothing."
This is true of the latest cease-fire as well. According to Thrall, Hamas is now seeking through violence what it should have obtained through a peaceful handover of responsibilities. "Israel is pursuing a return to the status quo ante, when Gaza had electricity for barely eight hours a day, water was undrinkable, sewage was dumped in the sea, fuel shortages caused sanitation plants to shut down and waste sometimes floated in the streets." It is not only Hamas supporters, but many Gazans, perhaps a majority, who believe it is worth paying a heavy price to change a disastrous status quo.
The answer to the second question — whether a less lethal course was not available to protect Israel's civilian population — is (unintentionally?) implicit in the formulation of President Barack Obama's defense of Israel's actions: namely, the right and obligation of all governments to protect their civilian populations from assaults from across their borders.
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Syracuse, NY — The Internal Revenue Service's audit rate for wealthy Americans sharply declined in the just-ended fiscal year, according to agency data obtained by the Transactional Record Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).
The significant turndown in audits for richer Americans from FY 2007 to FY 2008 sharply contrasts with the IRS claim in a 2008 press release boasting that the agency was making "strong progress in a number of key enforcement areas," especially for "those with incomes of $1 million or more."
The IRS data clearly show that the audit rate on the 300,000-plus returns reporting incomes of more than $1 million was substantially down last year — dropping at least 19 percent. But because of admitted agency accounting errors and two sets of conflicting numbers the IRS published just last Friday (March 13, 2009), the actual extent of this decline may be much larger.
Given the lag between the year that income is received, a return is filed, and then becomes subject to audit, the drop in the audits occurred for those returns with income earned at the height of the real estate boom, just before the economy turned sour.
And similar to many of the corporate financial reports of that era, the audit numbers that the IRS was so loudly trumpeting have turned out to be based upon inaccurate data drawn from the agency's own books.
Last Year's Audits of Millionaires Down Sharply
IRS figures released to TRAC indicate that agency audits of taxpayers reporting a total positive income of one million dollars or more — involving both face-to-face audits and agency correspondence contacts — fell to only 5.6 per 100 returns filed in FY 2008. This rate would represent a 19 percent drop from the previous year. The full extent of the decline was formally confirmed this past Friday by IRS spokesman Frank Keith.
On that very day, however, the IRS published on its web site a second set of figures suggesting that the millionaire audit rates last year may have plummeted even more than the spokesman had just asserted. These new figures reported that only 4.4 (not 5.6) out of every 100 returns with a million or more in adjusted gross income had been audited last year. This figure would indicate that in the last year the millionaire audit rate actually had declined by at least a 36 percent (see Table 1).
Face-to-face audit rates for this group have sunk to at best the same level they were five years ago, before the IRS announced it intended to target these high income tax returns for increased scrutiny. Now only around 3 out of every 100 returns received regular audits (see Table 2).
In the face of growing federal deficits and public calls to lower the tax gap — the amount of taxes due but not reported and paid — the drop in millionaire audits is surprising. As one might expect, according to the additional taxes that IRS revenue agents found were owed after completing their audits, no other class of individual tax returns comes close in terms of the size of the underreporting errors. Last year, for example, the average IRS audit of the millionaire class of taxpayers resulted in agent recommendation of just under $200,000 in additional taxes for each return. Even for the much less intensive correspondence audit contacts — which from start to finish typically require only a little over two hours to complete — the auditor recommendations for additional taxes averaged over $136,000 per return (see Table 3).
While the actual number of this group of audits declined last year, the resulting drop in the audit rate was much larger. This is because in the space of five years the millionaire class doubled — from only 190,000 to over 392,000.
The Shocking Failure in IRS Accounts
Just a year ago the IRS was boasting that its drive to focus increased attention on those reporting at least a million dollars in income was in high gear. The agency's January 2008 press release declared: "Audit of individuals with incomes of $1 million or more increased from 17,015 during FY 2006 to 31,382 during fiscal year 2007, an increase of 84%."
But now, many months after the event, the IRS for the first time has publicly confirmed that both its 2006 and 2007 audit numbers have had to be revised sharply downward because of "misreporting" discovered in the agency's books. As it turns out, it now appears that the 2006 audit numbers had been inflated by 20 percent while the 2007 audit number that the IRS had boasted about had been inflated by 35 percent over actual levels (see detail table).
In response to TRAC's inquiries, Keith responded:
While the IRS Data Book including the 2008 figures was posted just last Friday, the substantial adjustment was not noted in a press release or even a footnote calling attention to the significant correction. Keith informed TRAC that plans to update its inflated 2007 figures was a full year away.
Under law and extensive IRS regulations, all taxpayers are of course obligated to fully and accurately account for their liabilities. It is this reality that makes the failure of the agency to properly track the number of millionaire tax returns that it has audited so disturbing. The concern is underlined by the errors that have recently been discovered in the tax returns of several of the those that President Obama had nominated for top positions in his administration. This raises the following question: would more aggressive auditing of millionaires in the last few years have headed off some of these problems?
Lack of IRS Transparency
The IRS has not been responsive to several TRAC requests to interview knowledgeable agency officials about how such a serious problem in its own accounts — and in such a high profile program — could have gone undetected for so long. The agency has also not responded to TRAC questions on whether managers were receiving regular monthly reports tracking millionaire audits during this period.
The core error appears to have occurred in the agency's tracking of correspondence audits at IRS campuses (formerly called Service Centers). Monthly management reports prepared about the correspondence audits by the IRS's older mainframe computing systems do not contain any information analyzing the audits by taxpayer income classes. However, it remains unclear whether the IRS's newer AIMS Computer Information System (A-CIS) set up on a more modern platform has been providing managers with reports tracking millionaire audits over the period where these large misreporting problems occurred.
TRAC has been seeking samples of the audit reports prepared under the newer system since 2004. This effort has not been successful, despite an existing court order requiring the production of these records. Last year, TRAC's co-director, Susan Long, returned to court and obtained an order that required the agency to produce each regularly generated A-CIS report. While IRS attorneys initially resisted the entry of this court order, once the judge had instructed it to provide the reports, they shifted their argument and informed Long's attorney that their new system did not regularly generate them. Instead, they now said, the A-CIS system was only used to handle "ad hoc queries." Thus, the IRS now claims there is nothing to turn over.
Given the serious state of the nation's economy, the central role that the IRS plays in its regulation and the announced commitment of President Obama to a more transparent government, the belated admission of the IRS about its failure to accurately track its basic auditing practices is troubling. Underlining these concerns is an even broader question: has the agency's authority to demand careful and complete reporting by every American taxpayer — individual and corporate — been undermined by its own admitted failures?


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Mixing modest curbs on spending with tax increases reviled by Republicans, US President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget on Wednesday that would raise taxes on smokers and wealthy Americans and trim Social Security benefits for millions.
Obama's 2014 blueprint combines a $242 billion infusion of new spending for road and rail projects, early education and jobs initiatives - all favored by Democrats - with longer-term savings from programs, including Medicare and the military. It promises at least a start in cutting huge annual federal deficits.
The president pitched his plan as a good-faith offer to his GOP rivals since it incorporates a proposal he made to Republicans in December that wasn't radically different from a GOP plan drafted by House Speaker John Boehner. But it follows January's bitterly fought 10-year, $600 billion-plus tax increase that has stiffened GOP resolve against further tax hikes.
"I have already met Republicans more than halfway, so in the coming days and weeks I hope that Republicans will come forward and demonstrate that they're really as serious about the deficit and debt as they claim to be," Obama said.
He was having a dozen Senate Republicans to the White House for dinner on Wednesday evening in hopes of building a dialogue on the budget and other topics.
After four years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits in his first term, Obama's plan projects a $973 billion deficit for the current budget year and red ink of $744 billion for the 2014 fiscal year starting in October. By 2016, the deficit is seen as dropping below 3 per cent of the size of the economy, a level that many economists say is manageable.
Obama cast his budget as a compromise offer that would bridge differences between Republicans and their desire for reducing government spending and Democrats who want more revenue from taxpayers. But it's difficult to overstate the gulf between Obama and the conservatives who are in the GOP driver's seat in Congress.
While the budget proposal will not prompt any immediate congressional action, it will probably surface this summer when Republicans are expected to demand additional reductions in the deficit in exchange for increasing the nation's borrowing authority.
Obama claims $1.8 trillion in deficit savings over the coming decade, but the budget tables show the savings are actually $1.4 trillion. And $1.2 trillion of that is devoted to reversing automatic, across-the-board spending cuts required because of Washington's inability to follow up a 2011 budget pact with further deficit action.
"This is worse than a status quo budget," said House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. He said it has about $1 trillion in new taxes, $1 trillion in new spending with deficit reduction of only $119 billion over 10 years under GOP math that sorts through questionable interpretations employed by the White House.
For instance, Obama claims $167 billion in lower war costs - money the administration never intended to spend - and uses that "savings" for road projects and other undertakings it bills as jobs initiatives.
The real cuts include $400 billion scrubbed from health care programs like Medicare over the coming decade, including cuts in payments to drug companies and higher Medicare premiums for people who are better off.
The administration would modestly cut the annual operating budgets for both the Pentagon and domestic agencies while reprising ideas like higher Transportation Security Administration fees on airline tickets, the end of Saturday mail delivery and higher pension contributions for federal workers.
The White House budget claims $580 billion in tax increases on the wealthy over 10 years, including a 28 per cent cap on itemized deductions that's never gotten anywhere on Capitol Hill.
The total climbs closer to $1 trillion in tax increases after adding in ideas like a 94 cents-per-pack increase in taxes on cigarettes, changes for corporate foreign earnings, slower inflation adjustments to income tax brackets, elimination of oil and gas production subsidies, an increase in the estate tax, a new "financial crisis responsibility" fee on banks and new taxes on trading of exotic financial instruments known as derivatives.
Republicans predictably slammed Obama's plan for its tax increases, while his Democratic allies generally held their tongues over cuts to Social Security benefits.


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On grandparenthood: Have you noticed how condescending young journalists can be? A "grandmother" is a curiosity, and accompanying pictures often show someone wrinkled and frail enough to be a great-great-grandmother! Enough! In the 21st century, grandparents are still young and active and don't just sit around marking time!
Thursday night preview
6.00pm 3000m
Will Paul Considine run away with the men's division of the "Moore Series"? In the women's section, will anyone get their eight races up? Yes, it looks as if Margaret may win it for the second time. She who is about to turn 60.
7.00 4x1500m Relay
There are still some records up for grabs, eg W35. I am in the record books in the old 55s and will only run if needed, to defend my record! Is that cheating I wonder?
7.30 400m
Possibly the only sensible race on a hot night?
8.00 4x200m Relay
Yet another relay! This one for those who are too bored to be sitting around for another 15 minutes.
8.15 3000/5000m
A 5k might be the go if the weather is kind.
9.15 I am off to Taj Agra for some real food.
The fun run boom
My peers and I were in our mid twenties when the Fun Run boom hit Australia. We were just the right age to take the lead in participation, organisation and promotion of same. Now we are on the verge of turning sixty; some are already there, some have a little way to go. But it is noticeable as this generation starts to turn sixty, there is an enormous gulf between that segment of the population who got hooked on fun running, and that segment who never got interested in maintaining their health and fitness in that way. For instance; at reunions, the inactive set look terrible. For instance; when one of us falls ill, needs an operation, whatever, the active ones recover very quickly. Time and tide happens to all; but those who have practised a health and fitness lifestyle seem to have far better coping mechanisms than those who have not.
I was "shocked" when I saw in the ACT triathlon results in the 60-64 category Bob Harlow, Peter Clarke and Margaret McSpadden. Then I realised that Triathlon Australia calculates age groups from age at the end of the year. But it does mean that three super-fit athletes will be having their 60th birthdays this year. The sixties have never looked better!
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The calendar is now sortable by category and by tag, both at the top of the calendar. You can use the button at the foot of the calendar to add this calendar to your own (Google, Apple, Timely etc). The print button at the top will print the page you're on. Clicking on the main calendar bar (top left) allows you to choose a date to jump to. PLEASE NOTE – where an event is marked as 'ALL DAY' it may be best to check with the organisers in case they have not submitted a start and/or end time to us …
To submit your event to the ECF calendar – click here. This will also enable you to submit your event to the International Rating Office for registration with FIDE if it is FIDE-rated or has a FIDE-rated section(s)* | For a PDF of the ECF Event Calendar (updated every 4-6 weeks) – click here (PDF updated November 4th 2019)
* English events or events covered by the ECF only, obviously …
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To submit your FIDE-rated event to the FIDE Events Calendar, click this link – https://www.fide.com/calendar/tournaments.html?view=calendar&task=uregister
A new badge system has been introduced whenever possible from 26/3/18 onwards. An amber wheelchair (below) means that the venue has at least some disability-friendly aspects, whereas a green wheelchair (also below) means it's particularly so. In all cases, but especially where no badge is evident, PLEASE contact the organisers for more details …
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Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: email@example.com [MAP]
Another RP RR at Coulsdon – FULLY FIDE-rated too
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Another Blitz FIDE-rated Round Robin
Contact: Adam Raoof Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Web: http://www.muswellhillchess.blogspot.com [MAP]
We split all entrants into three rated and graded sections on the day – Open / Major and Minor
Contact: Maria Damodaran Email: firstname.lastname@example.com [MAP]
Email your interest to Maria Damodaran with your (child's) FIDE ID and we shall provide you with more details subsequently. Rapid (6 rounds, ECF graded and FIDE-rated) time control 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move
Blitz (9 rounds, FIDE-rated) time control 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move
Sections – Beginners, Intermediate and Top sections based on the entries
Contact: Nidhi Gogia Email: email@example.com [MAP]
The U8, U10 and U12 sections are qualifying events for the London Junior Chess Championships. U14/U18 sections for older players | Flyer
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Rapidplay tournament open to all juniors under the age of 18 on 31st August 2019. There will be five sections – U8, U10, U12, U18 Minor and U18 Major. All sections will be six rounds and the time control is 20 minutes plus 10. This event is also a LJCC Qualifier for U8, U10 and U12 sections
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: firstname.lastname@example.com [MAP]
Another RP RR at CCF – FULLY FIDE-rated
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A weekend of competitive chess in an excellent central London location, in the shadow of the Royal Albert Hall. Open, Major and Minor sections. Round 1 starts 18.00 Friday, Rounds 2/4 at 10.00 Sat/Sun and Rounds 3/5 at 15.00 Sat/Sun
**Please note – No U18s allowed due to Westminster Council restrictions on the venue**
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6 round junior rapidplay event. Under 8, 10 and 12 sections. ECF graded and an LJCC qualifying event | Entry form
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5 round junior rapidplay event. 3 sections (U9, U11 and U18). Open to all juniors. ECF graded
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Rounds 5-8 of the CCF Junior Club Championship but all new comers welcome. Fully FIDE-rated
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6 rounds rapid. Separate ungraded parents section | Entry form
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Oxfordshire open qualifier (anyone can enter) for London Junior Chess Championships – U8/U10/U12 and additional U18 section | Entry form
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An entertaining day of FIDE rated thrilling chess for all abilities. £775 prize fund in three sections – Open – FIDE Open to all players; Major – FIDE 1975 = ECF 170 & under; Minor – FIDE 1600 = ECF 120 & under. All day complimentary tea/coffee for all. Enjoy the traditional, authentic BBCA hospitality with a free lunch of chicken or vegetable biriyani for players upon a request in advance.
Hurry! Only 100 places are available. Read the leaflet for more details. Please complete your entry form online at- https://form.jotform.com/81766005914963 | Leaflet
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Rounds 5-8 of the CCF Junior Club Championship but all new comers welcome. Fully FIDE-rated
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Sections U8, U10 and U12 qualifying for London Junior Championships | Entry form
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: email@example.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2019-11-16_CLC_K.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE-rated & ECF graded) Team tournament. This is the 1st Leg of 2 rounds of qualifying for the Summer Term Final
Contact: Peter Cloudsdale Email: email@example.com Web: http://www.whiterosejuniorchessacademy [MAP]
Good chess training at all levels of ability. We are showing various chess tactics and problems, combined with chess games which are recorded and analysed. The main aim is to learn more and have fun | Entry form
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This will be an individual competition as well as a school team competition; the competition is open to all children in the South East, you can enter both as part of a school team and as an individual. Girls and Boys sections will be played separately | Entry form
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Local coaching event with graded and ungraded sections. For graded players and those new to competitive chess | Entry form
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: email@example.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2019-11-17_CLC_M.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE-rated & ECF graded) Team tournament. This is the 1st Leg of 2 rounds of qualifying for the Summer Term Final
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: firstname.lastname@example.com [MAP]
Rounds 5-8 of the CCF Junior Club Championship but all new comers welcome. Fully FIDE-rated
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COHOES -- The first building equipped with solar panels in the Spindle City is expected to be inspected by the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority this week after construction on thePig Pit
's roof finished up last Friday. David Frazier, the Tex-Mex BBQ restaurant owner, said he anticipates his energy bills will drop by about half following the installation of the new, nearly $40,000, system. With various government incentives and a NYSERDA grant, the business ended up purchasing the panels for about $10,000, he said. "It makes us stand out," said Frazier, noting that about 19,000 cars daily drive by the 1 Niver St. site adjacent to Route 787. "Some might be cynical about using solar in upstate New York, but it's something good to do and we'll get a return on our investment quickly." The solar system used on the roof of the barn-shaped, 1,500 square foot building was purchased from Canadian-based Solart and installed by local Empire Solar, a Troy business owned by City Councilman Rodney Wiltshire, D-At Large. "Businesses, compared with residents, pay a much higher sum for electricity so it makes sense for them to invest in solar," said Wiltshire, head of the solar business that employs eight and has been around for five years. He said the return is usually 15 to 16 percent in the first five years. And residents receive a state incentive on top of federal and NYSERDA funding. Wiltshire said the project was "unique" due to the shape of the roof and a sign on top of the business. "But it came out beautifully and now this local business is ahead of the curve," Wiltshire added. The installation of the equipment started in December and lasted through the end of last week, said Frazier, who also installed geothermal infrastructure at his home. "It makes sense environmentally and financially," he said about the business which will get direct sunlight for much of the day. He had initially reached out to Wiltshire four years ago about installing solar at his home but that did not work out. The business has an average power bill of $1,000 per month due to the multiple coolers and appliances running. A meter will soon be working which will turn back the amount of electricity used for power created by the 10,000 kilowatt system, he said. "The City supports green technology and have encouraged developers to use it," said Ed Tremblay, Cohoes' director of community and economic development. "We have a proposal for a worker housing apartment complex off of Manor Avenue. This project will have solar. We also have had preliminary discussions with a housing project along the river that would incorporate Green Roof technology. I would love to put panels on the Senior Center but have not had the time to get all the details. We have done some preliminary discussions with an energy company but it is on hold right now." The Pig Pit, with six employees, has been at its current location for about three years and the business has been around since 1992, when Frazier and his family moved to the area from Texas. He's been thinking about going solar since his move to the location from Ontario Street in Cohoes, he said. Danielle Sanzone may be reached at 270-1292.


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'Girl Meets World' Cast Geeks Out Over Selena Gomez + Spills Series Secrets [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
We seriously can't get enough of 'Girl Meets World' stars Rowan Blanchard and Sabrina Carpenter. They're talented, sweet — and admitted to being Selenators!
In an interview with Hollywood Life, the two teens and 'Boy Meets World' star Ben Savage chatted about the new series and why Selena Gomez is a fantastic role model.
"I always saw Selena Gomez as … an inspiration. I think Rowan and I can both agree on that," Sabrina said with a laugh. "She's stayed a humble girl and we hope to do the same."
As far as 'Girl Meets World' goes, fans can rest assured that it's strongly connected to 'Boy Meets World.'
"One of the things that was most important to us doing this new show is that we pay homage to the original series and that we honor the legacy of the first show," Ben explained. "That includes sets and similar characters, and the similar tone and tenor of 'Boy Meets World.'"
'BMW' fans can look forward to appearances from favorites like Rider Strong, who played Shawn Hunter, and, of course, Mr. Feeny. And will Cory's older brother, Eric, be appearing on the show?
"We're working on that," Ben promised. "We'll see what happens. We'd love to have Will [Friedle] back."
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1/2 teaspoon of pepper
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Whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper in a bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet (I like to use the All-Clad 4-qt. Saute & Simmer). Pour the egg mixture in the skillet and cook on medium low, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until creamy for 4-7 minutes (depending on your desired doneness). Stir in sour cream, chives and parsley. Serve hot.
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i slept a lot. seems my body has taken charge and is now making my decisions for me. no matter how much i want to do something, if the body decides it would rather sleep . . . then, we sleep. i spent several years feeling really guilty for napping, but i am starting to get the hang of it. hooray for naps - - down with productivity. also, we are getting ready to plant the two raised garden beds that came with our house. one of the reasons i fell in love with this place and they have been horribly neglected since we moved in. andrew's parents are here and they are both green thumbs, so we have put all four of their thumbs to hard work and hope to have it all done by the end of the week. i'll keep you posted.
ps. the photos imply that i had a beach picnic. i didn't. did you?
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
how was your weekend?
Posted by jen gotch at 8:38 AM
11 comments:
- glam.spoon said...
my weekend was fantastic... good weather, great food, lots of sitting still in the sun. I concur about the napping... under-rated.
- May 26, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Gorgeous, i love that picture on the left, so cute.
- May 26, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Rachel said...
we don't really have a beach here. I just sit in the yard in the sunshine, close my eyes and pretend to hear the surf. I can still remember the sound.
- May 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- christine han photo said...
your pictures always brighten my day, thank you!
- May 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- ren said...
Gotta love three-day weekends! Especially when they're filled with bike rides and kayaking. Although naps sound equally appealing.
- May 26, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Ashley Yazzie said...
Yesterday I got up and went for a run, then diligently readied myself for work. I grabbed my purse and scrambled around for my phone, only to discover a new text. What did it say? It said, "I found someone to work your shift. I don't need you to work today." I felt like I had a stolen day! Husband and I went shopping and lunching in Pasadena. It was lovely. P.S.S. I love your photographs. They serve as a huge visual inspiration to me. Do you live over in Silverlake? I'm close to there, I'm on Los Feliz.
- May 27, 2009 at 3:58 AM
- Maya said...
love your blog..it is simply beautiful!
- May 27, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Wild Child said...
I would have loved a picnick!
But it rained =(
And I love napping! Feels so great.
Love the photos♥
- May 27, 2009 at 6:39 PM
- rachellovespeace said...
lovely images of a beach picnic. they are wonderful. *sigh* i didnt have one either..
- June 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM
- SK said...
oh how i wanted to get those red sandals but they were out of my size!!!
- June 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Zane Wooder said...
You should never feel guilty for taking care of yourself. Your health always have to come first before anything or anyone else. Take pride that you took a nap and took care of yourself.
-Zane of ontario honey
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If you've been reading carefully, we've already footnoted the first of the documents mentioned here:
5. Taking up this catechetical heritage in 1978, Pope John Paul II set out his first orientations for catechesis in the Apostolic Exhortation Catechesi Tradendae of 16 October 1979. This Exhortation forms a cohesive unity with Evangelii Nuntiandi and fully locates catechesis within the context of evangelization.
Throughout his entire pontificate, Pope John Paul II has continually proposed a constant magisterium of the highest catechetical value. From amongst his discourses, his letters, his written teaching, particular emphasis must be given to the twelve Encyclicals, from Redemptor Hominis to Ut Unum Sint. These Encyclicals constitute in themselves a synthetic corpus of coherent doctrine with regard to the renewal of ecclesial life desired by the Second Vatican Council.
Of particular catechetical value, amongst these documents of the Petrine ministry of Pope John Paul II, the following are of special importance: Redemptor Hominis (4 March 1979), Dives in Misericordia (30 November 1980), Dominum et Vivificantem (18 May 1986) and Redemptoris Missio (7 December 1990), in which last, the permanent validity of the Church's missionary mandate is re-affirmed.
If this blog were more focused on catechesis, these documents would be worth a serious examination here. Their themes have added a refinement to the original 1971 GCD, and further references will appear in the notes to the GDC.


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Bank of America CEO Moynihan would run bank for 'the rest of my life'
Bank of America's CEO, in an interview that aired Tuesday with public television's Charlie Rose, praised the federal regulations that have been rolled out in the wake of the financial crisis and said banks must be run better in the future.
Brian Moynihan also said he could envision being the chief executive of the bank – which was among those that had to be bailed out by the federal government during the downturn – for the rest of his life.
He also called for moderation in the way industries, such as homebuilding and even his own, conduct business in the future.
Moynihan, elected CEO in 2009, said Bank of America is now focused on "organic growth." That's a change from the approach of his predecessors, who had created a culture focused on acquisitions, he said, using the bank's 2009 purchase of Merrill Lynch as an example. Ken Lewis, who led Bank of America before Moynihan became CEO, was at the helm of the bank when the Merrill Lynch deal was negotiated.
Bank of America was among banks that passed federal "stress tests" this month. The annual tests, mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, are designed to measure how much capital banks would have during a severe economic downturn.
Moynihan lauded the Dodd-Frank Act, federal legislation enacted in response to the recession and that mandates the stress-testing. Moynihan said the principles in the act "are all good."
Although Bank of America announced plans this month to buy back up to $5 billion in common stock – an announcement made after the Federal Reserve approved its 2013 capital-distribution plan – some analysts remain concerned about its legal woes.
For one, the bank could pay $8.5 billion in a proposed settlement with nearly half a dozen investors to resolve claims over mortgage abuses stemming from its purchase of subprime giant Countrywide Financial. A judge has yet to approve the settlement.
Then on Thursday, Freddie Mac sued Bank of America and other large international banks, accusing them of rigging the London interbank offered rate, or Libor. It's unclear how much Bank of America could be on the hook for if the banks lose the lawsuit.
Some analysts say point to such legal troubles as holding back the bank's earnings potential. Moynihan agreed that earnings are being crimped.
In a description he's used before, he told Rose that it's like Bank of America is climbing a mountain with a 250-pound backpack as it tries to overcome its "heavy burden." Although he didn't specify what that burden is, in a January interview with Bloomberg he described the bank's challenges, such as those related to Countrywide, as making it harder for the bank to compete.
"Our mobile banking or our investment banking or whatever products are as good as anybody else's, and we're winning market share every day," Moynihan told Rose. "But we're doing it with this heavy burden upon us. As that burden lifts, just think of how we can out-sprint the competition.
"So the question is, when I remove the 250 pounds we can take off, and that's really where we are."
Bank of America, Moynihan said, has "an inherent earnings power."
Moynihan also said the housing market is rebounding, with housing starts on the rise and construction jobs rising. He said the housing market was overbuilt.
"We shouldn't overbuild again," he said. "We shouldn't overlend again.
"I hope we just go back to all things in moderation."
He described today's Bank of America as "a simple, more narrow company, where every day we get up and say, 'We got customers and clients and how do we do a better job?'
"Is that wholly different? No. But it takes away a lot of stuff that was going on and replaces it with stuff that's really good."
Toward the end of the interview, Rose asked Moynihan whether the bank had a succession plan in place. Moynihan said the bank did but then went on to talk about the rewards of the job, despite the "pounding."
"You know, while there have been times when you sit there and say, 'Jeez, this is a lot of pounding,' you always keep your eye on the purpose you're here. And it's to help those people with their financial lives. And if you really keep focused on that, I could do this the rest of my life."


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Localiza-se na Avenida Roberto Simonsen, no bairro de Vila Inglesa, na estrada para a Vila Capivari. Além das quedas d'água, o turista encontrará barraquinhas com produtos artesanais e souvenires. As duchas artificiais foram formadas com o represamento das águas do Ribeirão das Perdizes. A canalização da cachoeira forma um conjunto de jatos de água que delicia os visitantes, que podem utilizar plataformas de madeira para chegar até as duchas e tomar banhos frios e saudáveis. Antigamente, nesse local, banhavam-se os hóspedes da antiga e famosa Pensão Inglesa. No acesso de entrada à Ducha de Prata, existe um movimentado comércio onde podem ser adquiridos produtos artesanais, doces e souvenires.
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My city is one of the highest in the country, is in the hills of Serra da Mantiqueira with altitude until 2.000m above sea line. It is famous for cold, despite being a tropical country, we have in our winter temperatures like -3, -5 degrees Celsius. For this reason our winter festival (international festival of classical music), is famous and attracts millions of tourists every year. Another unique feature is our architecture is entirely based in Europe. The whole city of Campos do Jordao is a mall in the open. At night we have many store, restaurants and leisure centers. during the winter festival a lot of companies make presentations of new products and bring cultural events and entertainment for children, teens and adults. The main tourist center is the town square of Village Capivari with a acoustics Shell for presentations of the festival and concerts of all kinds, we have a cable car to the hill Morro do Elefante from where you can obeservar throughout the city. We have another attractions like a State Park with an area of 83km2 preserved with wonderful rain florester and animals, recreation centers, natural landscapes with sports activities such as tree climbing, rock climbing, hangglider, paraglider, mountain biking, hiking and more... The city of Campos do Jordao is famous for being a destination of charm in winter, it is called the Brazilian Swiss, many rich people have the winter home here. Living here is a little more expensive than in a big city.


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Meet Indeed.com, The Enormously Successful Company That No One Talks About (MNST, YHOO, GOOG)
Indeed.com just might be the most fabulously successful company that nobody talks about.
Plenty of people have heard of it, and plenty of people certainly use it: it's the biggest search engine for jobs. It's also the biggest jobs site in the world by unique visitors, ahead of publicly-traded Monster.com.
Like Google, it makes money from search advertising: employes pay to have their jobs listings show up on top of searches for jobs. It's better for them than paying for listings on jobs sites, because they pay only for clicks and applicants go directly to their site.
And we imagine that like Google's, Indeed's search revenue is very good. It's using the best online business model in history (search advertising), in one of the most highly-monetizable verticals (jobs). The company last raised money in 2005, so it has to be profitable.
In an interview with Mixergy, über-VC Fred Wilson called Indeed "one of the secrets" of Union Square Ventures. In a recent blog post, he called it "possibly the best all around company in our portfolio." When you know that portfolio includes Twitter, Foursquare and Zynga (i.e. possibly the most profitable company on Earth), that's saying something.
Indeed is also impressive because of the people it's beaten. It's not a Silicon Valley company, it's based in Stamford, CT and Austin, TX. The Silicon Valley company that was supposed to be Indeed is called SimplyHired. It's raised $22.3 million from Valley stars like Ron Conway to Indeed's $5 million, was founded almost a year before, and yet lags far behind. Nobody remembers now but when Indeed started growing Yahootried to crush them by getting into jobs search and that also went nowhere.
So, to summarize: Indeed is the category leader in one of the most profitable verticals in the internet. And no one talks about them.
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When writing about the Supreme Court on the verge of momentous decision-making, there's a strong temptation to talk about "the electricity in the atmosphere'' or "the air of anticipation.''
There was all that inside the Supreme Court's marble edifice on Monday. But the court remains one of Washington's most starchy buttoned-down institutions so for the regulars there it was just another day at the office, albeit an intense one.
All eyes were on the justices to lower the landmark ruling in the health-care case, deciding whether the Obama administration's signature legislation achievement falls inside or outside the Constitution's limit of congressional regulatory power to matters of interstate commerce.
That didn't happen. But the justices did announce their ruling on the other closely watched opinion, the Arizona immigration case. In that opinion, the justices struck down three provisions of a controversial Arizona law aimed at making life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they would leave the state.
But they upheld the provision requiring police to determine the immigration status of anyone they arrest if there is a "reasonable suspicion'' the person is in Arizona illegally.
I covered the Supreme Court (among other things) from 1987 to 1997. But that was before the modern age of electronics — cell phones, iPads, Twitter, you name it. The Supreme Court mandates that all who enter the high-ceilinged court chamber, with its sculpture panels of Hammurabi, Moses, Draco and other great lawgivers of history, must give do so without all modern electronic devices.
For reporters, this means pad and pen only. You're tools for covering the justices inside the chamber are same as they were 100 years ago — or 200 years ago, for that matter. In my case, the absence of a cell phone wasn't sufficient. I had a congressional ID tag dangling from my neck as I entered and a court officer told me to stuff it in my pocket. Decorum is as decorum does, I guess.
Of course, you could stay downstairs in the air-conditioned press room and tweet and blog to your heart's content as press officers distribute opinions at just about the same time they go online. But then you'd miss the actual back-and-forth of justices reading opinions and dissents.
In the Arizona case, Justice Antonin Scalia read a zinger of a dissent, in which he accused the federal government of having little interest in enforcing the immigration laws. Scalia used a mocking voice in chiding the court for its creation of a "looming specter of inutterable horror'' on what would might happen if one controversial part of the Arizona law were upheld. In reality, Scalia said, the particular provision "seems to me not so horrible and even less looming.''
That was something you wouldn't get from staying down in the press room. So I felt a just a bit of redemption for trekking up to the court to be at the legal world's ground zero. I'll be back in the chamber for Round 2 on Thursday: health care.