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What can the Earthquakes Academy do for you?
Try asking Tommy Thompson.
The speedy forward regained his fitness training with the under-18 academy team coming off a six-month knee injury. He was promoted to the Quakes reserve team, and now he's ready to take the college game by storm, playing for defending NCAA champion Indiana next season.
Thompson said it was a "great experience" playing on the reserve team. Quakes management sees a bright future for Thompson, who has a bit of magic in his play.
"He has a chance to play in the MLS," Quakes general manager John Doyle said. "Watching him, he's different. I think he's excellent."
The Earthquakes discovered Thompson, a senior at Granite Bay High School, when he played for a Sacramento club team three or four years ago.
"I was like, 'Wow. This is some kid,'" Doyle recalled. "I found out who he was. (Academy manager) Fred Wilson knew him, and we pursued him."
Clearly, the Thompson family tree is loaded with soccer skill.
Tommy's dad, Gregg, played for the U.S. national team in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles after starring at Indiana. Tommy's two brothers are Division I players: Ty, with Stanford, and Tanner, with his future school, Indiana.
Tommy marvels at the Quakes' player development system, in which young prospects can learn from ex-pros, such as academy technical director Chris Leitch and coaches Stephen Wondolowski and Marquis White, while also facing pros on the field. It's a recipe for growth and discovery.
"I never really understood how you could play with professionals until I played against San Jose," Thompson said. "They saw me and thought I should guest-play for them. It's a great system that they've got going, where they can introduce kids at such a young age to that level. It's motivating, to say the least."
A target player with the academy, Tommy is more of a withdrawn forward with the reserve team. He came off the bench in the 80th minute against the Portland Timbers in an April reserve game, also suiting up against Seattle. He was thrilled to team up on the attack with current Quakes senior players Adam Jahn and Marcus Tracy.
Moreover, Tommy was excited to be recruited by his dad's old school, Division I super power, Indiana. "A little bit of shoes to fill over there, but we'll see," Tommy said.
A former tackle football player in Stillwater, MN, Gregg Thompson was recruited by Indiana because of his blazing speed. He was co-captain of Indiana's first NCAA title team in 1982, scoring both goals in a 2-1, eight-overtime win over Duke.
"He kind of taught me everything I knew as I grew up," Tommy said of his dad, who was inducted into the Indiana Hall of Fame for soccer. "Since day one, he was always putting me in soccer camps, teaching me, criticizing me, and helping me whenever I needed to learn anything."
Like his dad, Tommy has an abundance of pace.
"I weigh, like, 155 pounds or so, so I'm not like the biggest guy, but my dad always emphasized footwork – footwork and touch are my strengths," Tommy said.
Tommy says Tanner graduated early from Granite Bay so he could arrive at Indiana in time for spring training. Tanner scored a second-half goal in Indiana's 3-2 recent win over Notre Dame -- its first win of the 2013 spring season. Tanner has relayed glowing reviews of the Hoosiers' players to Tommy.
"I'm really, really excited," Tommy said of playing for Indiana. "They wanted me coming off a national championship, so I can't wait to get over there and play with some of those guys."
For now, Tommy will finish his spring forward with the Quakes reserve team.
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Connecticut legislature weighs creation of special fund for Newtown
HARTFORD -- Connecticut corporations are pledging money to a new fund that will help workers affected by the school massacre in Newtown.
Legislative leaders say both chambers of the General Assembly will vote Wednesday to create the privately funded Sandy Hook Workers Assistance Fund.
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr. says several hundred thousand dollars has already been pledged. Wrestling giant WWE, AT&T and Northeast Utilities are among the donors.
The public can also contribute to the fund through charities such as United Way, to help an estimated 150 to 200 people who were "on the ground" during the Dec. 14 shooting and the following days. The list includes first responders, teachers and others who have suffered from mental health issues.
The fund should be fully operational April 1.

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The theme for this week's Sepia Saturday post is Facial Hair. I'm not a big fan of the old Face Fungus – a bit of designer stubble is OK, but a man sporting the full "burst mattress" look is likely to see me heading for the hills. At speed.
I couldn't find any photos of beards in Great Granny's collection, however there were a couple of moustaches. First of all, I present Great Granny and her husband (James Stewart) who has quite a full "mouser".
And to follow, we have their son, also James Stewart.
James was my see-sawing Granny's brother – I had no idea that she had two brothers, I had only ever heard talk of one. My auntie was helping me identify relatives in old photos, and I came to this picture of a handsome young airman and asked "do you know who this is?" and she replied "that's my uncle who was killed in World War II". I did a bit of further research and was able to find out where and when he died – he and his crew were in a Wellington bomber heading for Wilmhelmshaven when their plane was lost without trace. I'm so pleased that I found him in the photo collection and can give him his rightful place in our family tree.
Here's an interesting item I came across
It's a Moustache Cup – designed to prevent one's 'tache dangling in one's tea and the subsequent drips and embarrassment in front of visitors 🙂
My Grandfather on my maternal side told us all sorts of dubious stories when we were kids. This post reminds me of one tale, which said that if you were having difficulty growing a luxuriant beard, you should rub salt on your chin. When the hair sprouts out looking for a drink, you should tie a knot in it so it can't retreat. Hmm….
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If you already hate sponsored ads plugging up your Facebook news feed, just wait until you see what could be coming in the next few weeks. Facebook is preparing to introduce video ads as early as June or July, according to AdAge. Here's the real kicker: The report claims those ads will start auto-playing the second they hit your news feed.
Facebook is allegedly planning to unleash the new ads on the desktop first. Auto-play videos would be less welcome on smartphones and tablets, where they could eat into monthly data limits imposed by your carrier.
Facebook declined to comment on its reported plans for video ads when contacted by TechHive.
Rumors of Facebook video ads have been swirling for several months. (AdAge itself reported a similar story in December, although it said the ads would arrive no later than April.) The social network also worked with Samsung in late 2012 on a special video ad campaign for the Galaxy SIII handset, according to The Wall Street Journal. Video commercials can also show up in your news feed organically if, say, a Facebook friend likes a video commercial for Ford cars on the company's brand page.
Facebook thinks it can charge up to $1 million per day for each spot, AdAge reports. Facebook's ad pricing, if accurate, would be about half of what 15 seconds of air time cost during the Super Bowl earlier this year. For the NFL's big game in February, 30-second ad spots were going for $3.8 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Take over, tune in
To justify that price tag, the video spots would reportedly take up a big chunk of your screen, similar to so-called online takeover ads that dominate your display when you mouse over them. Fortunately, the ads would be capped at three per day. It's not clear if you would have the chance to stop viewing the ads the way you can on YouTube or if you'd have to endure them in their entirety, similar to commercials on Hulu.
Video ads coming to Facebook feels somewhat inevitable. Now that the company has public investors, it has to satisfy their need for growing profits with new and innovative revenue streams. For Facebook, new revenue largely means new advertising, just as it does with Google.
But Facebook fans are already grumbling about the ads showing up in their news feeds, and auto-play takeover ads are already widely despised online. Then again, some ads may be worth tolerating in takeover style. Summer movie ad spots could be a popular choice, and Super Bowl-style ads with high production values could also win over fans. But if you have to endure daily doses of run of the mill deodorant and cereal ads, then Facebook could easily become one of the least desirable places to visit online—if this rumor proves accurate, that is.
This story, "Auto-playing video ads: Coming soon to a Facebook feed near you?" was originally published by TechHive.


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Simple Question, which women characters do you want in the next game. Personally id like Ma Yun Lu (i think Zhou Yuns Wife), Empress Bian (i think Cao Cao's wife), and Lady Wu (dont know, but ive heard a lot about her)
The thing is, is that by KOEI adding women characters, thats just them opening up to a new crowd, Thousands of Thousands of women Love MK (mortal kombat) because there are many women playable characters, e.g. Frost (kinda crap, a women version of Sub Zero), and the 6 handed women.
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A disturbing bit of news has bubbled up in Central Florida, where an 80,000-year-old mastodon skeleton has gone missing from the shed where it had been stored for over 20 years. CFNews13.com reports:
City workers stumbled upon the skeleton in 1989 during construction for a water treatment plant off what was then 11th Street, now LPGA Boulevard. The remains were thought to be stored inside a shed at Holly Hill's Public Works facility.
But when city officials recently checked the shed, the bones were gone.
"They just plain disappeared," David Rowe, general manager for the Holly Hill Museum and Cultural Center, told the News-Journal.
Apparently it wasn't until now that a local museum decided to put the bones on display, which is when they realized that the mastodon remains were gone. OK, first of all, why was this mastodon skeleton being stored in a public works shed? And second, what could possibly have happened to them? My guess is that somebody cooked them up to make mastodon broth. I mean, wouldn't you?
(Thanks for the tip, Joe Littrell!)
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Miles Davis
Name at birth: Miles Dewey Davis, Jr.
In the 1940s, Miles Davis went off to New York City to study music at Julliard. He ended up playing jazz with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie instead, soon playing trumpet behind some of the biggest bandleaders of the era. As a bandleader himself during the 1950s and '60s, his influence led to "cool" jazz and the emergence of the musician as composer and arranger. He recorded many classic albums, including Relaxin' With Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool, and, with compositional help from Bill Evans, Kind of Blue; his 1969 Bitches Brew, merging jazz with rock and free-form improvisation, made the top 40 pop charts. Unlike many trumpeters of his era, Davis relied on tone rather than speed, often using a mute with his horn. He is considered one of the most influential musicians of the past century.
Many sources claim 25 May as Davis's birth date, and some sources list 29 September as his death date.
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
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As the eastern seaboard deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, NBC gathered the best and brightest stars and musicians for a telethon that would hopefully ease both the emotional and financial pain.
Hosted by Matt Lauer, Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together featured first-hand stories of those affected by the hurricane, whether that was a woman who found her parents' wedding photo nearly a mile away from the wreckage of her home, or the Seaside Heights boardwalk enveloped by the sea, with the roller coaster finding new residence in the ocean. These were just a few of stories featured, but there are millions more as the estimated cost of Sandy was listed at $50 billion, while the storm claimed the lives of 88 people.
The telethon also featured performances by Christina Aguilera, Jon Bon Jovi, Sting, Mary J. Blige and Billy Joel, who also sang "Under the Boardwalk" alongside Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Tyler.
Check out the most unbelievable Hurricane Sandy videos
With the help of Kevin Bacon, Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, Brian Williams and Al Roker, NBC helped to bring in the donations, which will all be sent to the American Red Cross relief efforts to help provide food, shelter, emotional support and any other needed assistance.
To donate now, visit the Red Cross' website, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
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Palin calls for Spudnut moment
The former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, responds to President Barack Obama's reference to global competition as "our generation's Sputnik moment" in his State of the Union address. In an appearance on Fox News with Greta Van Susteren, Palin suggests that America needs a Spudnut moment, Daily Kos reports. Palin was referring to a family-owned doughnut shop in Richland, Washington, but folks in Charlottesville can have a Spudnuts moment, regardless of political affiliation.
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The moderator lets "MILF" through but I can't write anything more offensive than "darn?"
Oh. Wait. I see.
idkatjamw misspelled it to read 'MIIF.'
So, it's okay, then.
I like her pron.
Dis one time, T Breezy wuz fishin, an I tol my boi to go get a hook cuz I broke da line, and my boi came bak wit da latest issue of da Hook. I says CMOOON MAaANE, a hook!!! not DA Hook!!! LOL! Den da Hook publish da story as newz, it wuz crazy mane!
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she reminds me of market central two pods in a pea whoop hee crawl back into your cave and stay there both you guys are nuts no vote here for palin and no vote here for market central
have you all just given up? ... definitely Pulitzer material here
jeezlouise, let me guess, since we don't like Palin...we must be woman haters. And let me guess further, you're one of those rightwingers who gets all upset because you think we're all calling you racist because you don't recognize Obama's intelligence.
bubba maybe if the truth doctrin was still in place Fox would tell it.Its just that if you tell a lie long enough and to enough people theyll end up beleaving that lie (its called the OJ syndrome)
the bush crime family did it for 8 years .they still think they told the truth (WMDs).If it wasnt for Gerry Ford giving that "Im not a crook" Nixon a pardon Bush would be in jail now and so would Darth vader Chaney.
ahhhh, let's cut the woman some slack. It's not like shes running for president or anything.....
and the world continues to circle cville
shes still just a MIIF no more no less
had i known they would let it go i would have spelled it out correctly . but yes she still is a MILF just as long as she keeps her pie hole shut
stupid women are not sexy.
Where did she go to school? or did she???????
nice try "hoover' if thats your real name. "EssPale" is not a skool-fool! Sarah is seff-tott!!!
Really some edgy debate material here but just one thing keeps me up at night, do The Colon Lady and Mr Wiffle talk shop?
Spudnut Donut Hole.
As in hole.
oh snap!!! oh no you DIII-IIIN'T, Sarah Palin! OMG...Sputnik~spudnut...like...whoa!!!!!!!!!!! Why isn't this woman president ALREADY?! She is clearly absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
Sure are alot of woman haters on this board.
Pick your knuckles up and shave for goodness sake.
Its the knuckledraggers who love women like Palin and claim women like Hillary Clinton are members of Lesbian Covens.
But you are right, I don't like willfully ignorant women who try and be cutesy and use their body to try and get something accomplished. Neither does my highly intelligent, erudite wife.
Is it me or does "Caribou Barbie "sound like "Ms.Marve Mendenhall"
An oldie but goodie
"Neither does my highly intelligent, erudite wife."
Nice save.
typo....make that... "we can learn all we need to know...". Before you jump down my throat about being an ignorant conservative. I learn all kinds of neat things from libs, like they speak Austrian in Austria ((says Obama) or the three branches of government are the House, Senate and White House (says Schumer).
After Lord Obama completes his takeover of every aspect of our lives, he'll be able to squelch non-believers like Palin and completely eliminate all dissent by banning Fox News. Then we can can all we need (or are allowed) to know from the likes of Chris Matthews. I hope my kids will be eligible for the Obama Brown Shirt Brigade (or do they have to start with the Black Panthers before graduating to the big league?). Gotta go and turn up the thermostat....darn Global Warming.
The truth should always save you. Its a sad fact of life that it doesn't. Usually that occurs because people would rather believe lies, which pretty much describes the right wing. I love intelligent intellectual strong women. That's because they don't scare me or threaten my sens of self or ego. But they do scare the Nuckledraggers. Palin assuages the ego of the Nuckledraggers through her ignorance.
All of you sarcasm would have merit if you did not spend your time supporting those - like Fox news- who have actively squelched dissent, such as the Bush administration. It is the very people you support who forwarded the PAtriot Act, ended Habeus Corpus, tortured, denied US Citizens their rights, told US Citizens they would die if they were unlucky enough to be near a 'terrorist' and a slew of other violations. If only Obama would do half the things you claim he is doing you might have something to complain about, but he doesn't, except for signing on to the PAtriot Act the second time it went through.
What it boils down to, is you are very much afraid that the black man might be able to do to you what you have been doing to anyone who didn't look and think like you for the last 150 years. Frankly, I think its time boys like you got a moment to see what it feels like to not automatically get put to the front of the line. For once, you need to learn how to compete in a market where smart women have a place.
And don't count on Sarah Palin saving you. She didn;t have enough spine to finish her governorship. She's getting lots of money from the Nuckledraggers, and that's all she ever wanted anyways.
@ Old Timer:
Typical liberal crap accusing all who disapprove of Dear Leader's socialist policies of being racist. Normally, 40%-60% of the population disapprove of a sitting President's policies and aren't accused of being bigots. But somehow, when The Chosen One is in office and happens to be black, all who dissent must be bigots. Do you have ANY idea of how idiotic and illogical that claim is?
"Typical liberal crap accusing all who disapprove of Dear Leader's socialist policies of being racist. "
You would have an argument if:
a) Obama were not getting so much flack from his base and those who deem liberals.
b) Obama's policies were actually socialist.
c) Those angry about being called racists are those spending a lot of time dreaming up garbage over birth certificates and whispering the name of 'Muslim,' as if it were somehow 'wrong' for a Muslim to be elected President of the USA where separation of church and state are held dear supposedly.
There is nothing socialist about a health mandate to purchase private insurance from for profit companies.
There is nothing socialist about handing over taxpayer dollars in the form of TARP to private companies operating for profit and paying massive bonuses to employees who ran the company into the ground.
There is nothing socialist about expanding military operations and contining war profits for loser companies like Halliburton.
That is called fascism. Look it up, if you can read.
There is plenty for us to be critical of Obama for, but when it's over the types of Bull that you parade around, from a very certain sector now very threatened with it's automatic hold on economic power, you know exactly where it derives from.
@Old Timer: So apparently you do agree that those who oppose Obama are racists. How many moons orbit the planet you live on?
The government owning GM and set to take over most of the U.S. health system isn't socialist? If not, then nothing is. Czars for this, czars for that. Dictating what light bulbs you can use. The government mandating that you purchase health insurance. Planned and existing restrictions on salt and trans-fats. Next they'll be fining you for flatulence. Better get your brown shirts and jack boots ready if you want to join the ruling elite. The government is always so wonderfully efficient that I'm sure you're just restless with anticipation when the feds run every aspect of your life. Unfortunately for you, there are many Americans who will make sure that never happens by giving the Dems another "shellacking" in Nov 2012.


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Nintendo has a long history of getting celebrities—honest-to-goodness non-gaming celebrities—into commercials for their handheld systems. Nicole Kidman, Sir Patrick Stewart, Liv Tyler, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce, and America Ferrara have all appeared in ads for the Nintendo DS over the past five years.
Those ads were actually pretty effective. Mostly they just showed people, if famous people, finding ways they could get into playing with a DS. Different games make different people tick, right? Nintendo did a reasonable job showing that the DS was for everyone, and they did it with commercials that highlighted the act of just playing with the DS.
I'm not so sure about their next ad campaign for the 3DS, though. It's set to start on October 1 and feature Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas and actresses Dianna Agron and Sarah Hyland. The ad campaign, called "Play As You Are," seeks specifically to target non-gaming women in a way that the previous Nintendo ad campaigns didn't, necessarily.
I hope the ads with Gabby Douglas in them show her playing with a 3DS during downtime at the gym. Because no matter how talented she is, that touch-screen has got to be really tough to wrangle while standing above it in a handstand like that. Then again, this position might be much more feasible:
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Risa Brooks's research focuses on issues related to civil-military relations, military effectiveness, and militant & terrorist organizations; she also has a regional interest in the Middle East. Professor Brooks is the author of Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment (Princeton University Press, 2008) and editor (with Elizabeth Stanley) of Creating Military Power: The Sources of Military Effectiveness (Stanford University Press, 2007), as well as many articles in the field of international security. She received her PhD from the University of California, San Diego and her professional experiences include positions as Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, U.K.), Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC), and a predoctoral affiliation with the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. Her current research explores themes related to "societal-militant group" relations. Specifically, she is interested in a variety of research questions that explore relationships between militant/terrorist groups and the societies in which they originate, embed, or with which they identify. Her recent work in this area includes studies of the phenomenon of "homegrown" or domestic terrorism in the United States, as well studies of how whether transnational terrorist entities can establish foreign sanctuaries affects their abilities to attack distant (Western) targets. Also related to her interest in societal-militant group relations, Brooks is working on a book project on societal constraints and targeting among militant groups with strong communal ties to their constituencies.
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RDATESection: Red Hat (1)
Updated: May 2001
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NAMErdate - get the time via the network
SYNOPSISrdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-t sec] [host...]
DESCRIPTIONrdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, printing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.
- -p
- Print the time returned by the remote machine.
- -s
- Set the system time to the returned time.
- -u
- Use UDP instead of TCP as the transport.
- -l
- Use syslog to output errors (cron.warning) and output (cron.info).
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- Set timeout in seconds for every attempt to retreive date.
- 2004-03-16 Johan Nilsson <[email protected]>
- Timeout support added.
- 2002-11-06 Elliot Lee <[email protected]>
- Patch from Tomek Orzechowski <[email protected]> - alarm(10) to not wait forever for connections.
- 2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <[email protected]>
- Added UDP protocol support. Close the connection after message handling in conformance to RFC 868.
- 2002-03-07 Elliot Lee <[email protected]>
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- 2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <[email protected]>
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Summary Report for:
17-3012.02 - Electrical Drafters
Develop specifications and instructions for installation of voltage transformers, overhead or underground cables, and related electrical equipment used to conduct electrical energy from transmission lines or high-voltage distribution lines to consumers.
Sample of reported job titles: Associate Drafter, CAD Operator (Computer Aided Design Operator), CAD Technician (Computer Aided Drafting Technician), Drafter, Electrical Designer, Electrical Drafter, Engineering Agent, Engineering Associate, Line Staker, Staking Engineer
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Use computer-aided drafting equipment or conventional drafting stations, technical handbooks, tables, calculators, and traditional drafting tools, such as boards, pencils, protractors, and T-squares.
- Draft working drawings, wiring diagrams, wiring connection specifications, or cross-sections of underground cables, as required for instructions to installation crew.
- Assemble documentation packages and produce drawing sets to be checked by an engineer or an architect.
- Review completed construction drawings and cost estimates for accuracy and conformity to standards and regulations.
- Confer with engineering staff and other personnel to resolve problems.
- Measure factors that affect installation and arrangement of equipment, such as distances to be spanned by wire and cable.
- Design electrical systems, such as lighting systems.
- Draw master sketches to scale showing relation of proposed installations to existing facilities and exact specifications and dimensions.
- Study work order requests to determine type of service, such as lighting or power, demanded by installation.
- Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments, as necessary.
- Reproduce working drawings on copy machines or trace drawings in ink.
- Determine the order of work and the method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.
- Visit proposed installation sites and draw rough sketches of location.
- Prepare and interpret specifications, calculating weights, volumes, and stress factors.
- Supervise and train other technologists, technicians, and drafters.
Technology Skills
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Dassault Systemes CATIA; Intergraph INtools; PTC Creo Parametric (see all 16 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Microsoft Access ; PEDYN P2000
- Development environment software — Verilog
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Microsoft Visio
- Industrial control software — Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Project management software — Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Project Management; PTC Pro/INTRALINK
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Geography — Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Detailed Work Activities
- Create electrical schematics.
- Document technical design details.
- Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.
- Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
- Collect data about project sites.
- Design electrical equipment or systems.
- Review technical documents to plan work.
- Prepare detailed work plans.
- Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.
- Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects.
- Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
- Prepare technical reports for internal use.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 94% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 83% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 64% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 60% responded "Extremely important."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 81% responded "Every day."
- Time Pressure — 55% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 44% responded "Very important."
- Telephone — 22% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Contact With Others — 47% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 51% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 55% responded "Some freedom."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 28% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 39% responded "Important results."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 33% responded "Very important."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 29% responded "Every day."
- Consequence of Error — 22% responded "Extremely serious."
- Letters and Memos — 46% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 38% responded "Fairly important."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 26% responded "Every day."
- Deal With External Customers — 31% responded "Extremely important."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 63% responded "40 hours."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
|(6.0 to < 7.0)
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- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
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Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Electrical and Electronics Drafters.
Employment data for Electrical and Electronics Drafters.
Industry data for Electrical and Electronics Drafters.
|Median wages (2019)
|$29.58 hourly, $61,530 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|25,600 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Slower than average (2% to 3%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
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Emperor Xian of Han (Why not? The poor guy deserves it)
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Dong Bai (Dong Zhuo's granddaughter)
Yuan Shu (brother of Yuan Shao)
Wang Yun (Father of Diaochan)
Sima Hui (Sima Zhao's son, unifier of the Three Kingdoms. I'd like it if he could be in a short cinematic in the ending)
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Caribe Alaska Halibut Kabobs
|Seafood, Vegetables, Fruits
|Day Part
|Menu Part
|Appetizer/Small Plate
|Cuisine Type
A bit of spice, mango and pineapple bring these grilled halibut kabobs to life. While the fish needs time to marinate thoroughly, the grilling is finished in no time at all.
6 lb. Alaskan halibut, thawed if necessary, cut into cubes
3 1⁄2 cups fresh lime juice
1⁄2 cup oil
1⁄3 cup chili powder
1⁄4 cup ground cumin
2 tbsp. dried oregano leaves
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
1⁄4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves, if desired
1 1⁄2 lb. fresh pineapple chunks
3 lb. red or green bell pepper chunks
12 oz. fresh or bottled mango chunks
- Place halibut in shallow, nonreactive pan. Blend lime juice, oil, chili powder, cumin, oregano, and cinnamon for marinade. Reserve 3⁄4 cup; pour remaining over halibut and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate 1-4 hr.
- In separate bowl, combine reserved marinade and mint leaves. Stir in pineapple, bell peppers, and mango. Cover and refrigerate 1-4 hr.
- For each serving, divide the following between two skewers: 6 pieces halibut, 2 chunks pineapple, 4 pieces bell pepper, and 2 chunks mango.
- Grill kabobs 5-6 inches from heat until fish is cooked through, about 5 min.


text: {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-} -- Handles indentation in the keymaps. Includes: -- * (TODO) Auto-indentation to the previous lines indentation -- * Tab-expansion -- * Shifting of the indentation for a region of text module Yi.Buffer.Indent where import Yi.Buffer.Basic import Yi.Buffer.Misc import Yi.Buffer.HighLevel import Yi.Prelude import Yi.Buffer.Normal import Yi.Buffer.Region import Prelude () import Data.Char import Data.List (span, length, sort, nub, break, reverse, filter, takeWhile, dropWhile) import Yi.String {- | Return either a \t or the number of spaces specified by tabSize in the IndentSettings. Note that if you actually want to insert a tab character (for example when editing makefiles) then you should use: @insertB '\t'@. -} tabB :: BufferM String tabB = do indentSettings <- indentSettingsB return $ if expandTabs indentSettings then replicate (tabSize indentSettings) ' ' else "\t" {-| Retrieve the current indentation settings for the buffer. -} indentSettingsB :: BufferM IndentSettings indentSettingsB = withModeB (\Mode {modeIndentSettings = x} -> return x) {-| A specialisation of 'autoIndentHelperB'. This is the most basic and the user is encouraged to specialise 'autoIndentHelperB' on their own. -} autoIndentB :: IndentBehaviour -> BufferM () autoIndentB indentBehave = do autoIndentHelperB fetchPreviousIndentsB indentsOfString indentBehave where -- Returns the indentation hints considering the given -- string as the line above the current one. -- The hints added are: -- The indent of the given string -- The indent of the given string plus two -- The offset of the last open bracket if any in the line. indentsOfString :: String -> BufferM [Int] indentsOfString input = do indent <- indentOfB input bracketHints <- lastOpenBracketHint input indentSettings <- indentSettingsB return $ indent : (indent + shiftWidth indentSettings) : bracketHints {-| This takes two arguments the first is a function to obtain indentation hints from lines above the current one. The second is a function to obtain a set of indentation hints from the previous line. Both of these are in the 'BufferM' monad although the second seems like it is unnecessary. However we must take into account the length of tabs which come from the the tab settings and hence we must be in the 'BufferM' monad. To get the straightforward behaviour of the indents of all previous lines until one of them has zero indent call this with: @autoIndentHelperB fetchPreviousIndentsB (fmap (: []) indentOfB)@ However commonly we wish to have something more interesting for the second argument, in particular we commonly wish to have the last opening bracket of the previous line as well as its indent. -} autoIndentHelperB :: BufferM [ Int ] -- ^ Action to fetch hints from previous lines -> (String -> BufferM [ Int ]) -- ^ Action to calculate hints from previous line -> IndentBehaviour -- ^ Sets the indent behaviour, -- see 'Yi.Buffer.IndentBehaviour' for a description -> BufferM () autoIndentHelperB getUpwards getPrevious indentBehave = do upwardHints <- savingExcursionB getUpwards previousLine <- getNextLineB Backward previousHints <- getPrevious previousLine let allHints = (upwardHints ++ previousHints) cycleIndentsB indentBehave allHints -- | Cycles through the indentation hints. It does this without -- requiring to set/get any state. We just look at the current -- indentation of the current line and moving to the largest -- indent that is cycleIndentsB :: IndentBehaviour -> [Int] -> BufferM () cycleIndentsB _ [] = return () cycleIndentsB indentBehave indents = do currentLine <- readLnB currentIndent <- indentOfB currentLine indentToB $ chooseIndent currentIndent (sort $ nub $ indents) where -- Is the function to choose the indent from the given current -- indent to the given list of indentation hints. chooseIndent :: Int -> [ Int ] -> Int chooseIndent = case indentBehave of IncreaseCycle -> chooseIncreaseCycle DecreaseCycle -> chooseDecreaseCycle IncreaseOnly -> chooseIncreaseOnly DecreaseOnly -> chooseDecreaseOnly -- Choose the indentation hint which is one more than the current -- indentation hint unless the current is the largest or larger than -- all the indentation hints in which case choose the smallest -- (which will often be zero) chooseIncreaseCycle :: Int -> [ Int ] -> Int chooseIncreaseCycle currentIndent hints = -- Similarly to 'chooseDecreasing' if 'above' is null then -- we will go to the first of below which will be the smallest -- indentation hint, if above is not null then we are moving to -- the indentation hint which is one above the current. head $ (above ++ below) where (below, above) = span (<= currentIndent) hints -- Note that these functions which follow generally assume that -- the list of hints which have been given is already sorted -- and that the list is non-empty -- Choose the indentation hint one less than the current indentation -- unless the current indentation is the smallest (usually zero) -- in which case choose the largest indentation hint. chooseDecreaseCycle :: Int -> [ Int ] -> Int chooseDecreaseCycle currentIndent hints = -- So in particular if 'below' is null then we will -- go to the largest indentation, if below is not null -- we go to the largest indentation which is *not* higher -- than the current one. last $ (above ++ below) where (below, above) = span (< currentIndent) hints chooseIncreaseOnly :: Int -> [ Int ] -> Int chooseIncreaseOnly currentIndent hints = head $ filter (> currentIndent) hints ++ [ currentIndent ] chooseDecreaseOnly :: Int -> [ Int ] -> Int chooseDecreaseOnly currentIndent hints = last $ currentIndent : filter (< currentIndent) hints {-| A function generally useful as the first argument to 'autoIndentHelperB'. This searches the lines above the current line for the indentations of each line until we get to a line which has no indentation *and* is not empty. Indicating that we have reached the outer scope. -} fetchPreviousIndentsB :: BufferM [Int] fetchPreviousIndentsB = -- Move up one line, do moveOffset <- lineMoveRel (-1) line <- readLnB indent <- indentOfB line -- So if we didn't manage to move upwards -- or the current offset was zero *and* the line -- was non-blank then we return just the current -- indent (it might be the first line but indented some.) if moveOffset == 0 || ( indent == 0 && any (not . isSpace) line ) then return [ indent ] else (indent :) <$> fetchPreviousIndentsB {-| An application of 'autoIndentHelperB' which adds more indentation hints using the given keywords. The offsets of the first set of keywords are used as hints. For the second set of keywords it is not the offsets of the keywords themselves but the offset of the first non-white characters after the keywords. In addition to the keyword hints we also do the same as the default ('autoIndentB') which is to use any non-closed opening brackets as hints. -} autoIndentWithKeywordsB :: [ String ] -- ^ Keywords to act as hints -> [ String ] -- ^ Keywords to act as offset hints -> IndentBehaviour -> BufferM () autoIndentWithKeywordsB firstKeywords secondKeywords = autoIndentHelperB fetchPreviousIndentsB getPreviousLineHints where getPreviousLineHints :: String -> BufferM [ Int ] getPreviousLineHints input = do indent <- indentOfB input bracketHints <- lastOpenBracketHint input keyHintsOne <- keywordHints firstKeywords input keyHintsTwo <- keywordAfterHints secondKeywords input return $ indent : (indent + 2) : ( bracketHints ++ keyHintsOne ++ keyHintsTwo ) -- | Returns the position of the last opening bracket on the -- line which is not closed on the same line. -- Note that if we have unmatched parentheses such as "( ]" -- then we may not get the correct answer, but in that case -- then arguably we don't really care if we get the correct -- answer (at least if we get it wrong the user may notice -- their error). -- We return a list here as it's a convenient way of returning -- no hint in the case of there being no non-closed bracket -- and normally such a hint will be part of a list of hints -- anyway. -- NOTE: this could be easily modified to return the indentations -- of *all* the non-closed opening brackets. But I think this is -- not what you generally want. -- TODO: we also do not care whether or not the bracket is within -- a string or escaped. If someone feels up to caring about that -- by all means please fix this. lastOpenBracketHint :: String -> BufferM [ Int ] lastOpenBracketHint input = case getOpen 0 $ reverse input of Nothing -> return [] Just s -> (: []) <$> spacingOfB s where -- We get the last open bracket by counting through -- the reversed line, when we see a closed bracket we -- add one to the count. When we see an opening bracket -- decrease the count. If we see an opening bracket when the -- count is 0 we return the remaining (reversed) string -- as the part of the line which preceds the last opening bracket. -- This can then be turned into an indentation by calling 'spacingOfB' -- on it so that tabs are counted as tab length. -- NOTE: that this will work even if tab occur in the middle of the line getOpen :: Int -> String -> Maybe String -- We of course return nothing, there is no bracket to give a hint. getOpen _ [] = Nothing getOpen i (c : rest) -- If it is opening and we have no closing to match -- then we return the rest of the line | isOpening c && i == 0 = Just rest -- If i is not zero then we have matched one of the -- closing parentheses and we can decrease the nesting count. | isOpening c = getOpen (i - 1) rest -- If the character is a closing bracket then we must increase -- the nesting count | isClosing c = getOpen (i + 1) rest -- If it is just a normal character forget about it and move on. | otherwise = getOpen i rest isOpening :: Char -> Bool isOpening '(' = True isOpening '[' = True isOpening '{' = True isOpening _ = False isClosing :: Char -> Bool isClosing ')' = True isClosing ']' = True isClosing '}' = True isClosing _ = False -- | Returns the offsets of all the given keywords -- within the given string. This is potentially useful -- as providing indentation hints. keywordHints :: [ String ] -> String -> BufferM [ Int ] keywordHints keywords = getHints 0 where -- Calculate the indentation hints of keywords from the -- given string. The first argument is the current offset. -- NOTE: that we have to take into account how long tab characters -- are according to the indentation settings. getHints :: Int -> String -> BufferM [ Int ] getHints _i [] = return [] getHints i input -- If there are no non-white characters left return zero hints. | null rest = return [] -- Check if there are white space characters at the front and if -- so then calculate the ident of it and carry on. | not $ null white = do spaceSize <- spacingOfB white getHints (i + spaceSize) rest -- If there are no white space characters check if we are looking -- at a keyword and if so add it as a hint | any (== initNonWhite) keywords = (i :) <$> whiteRestHints -- Finally we just continue with the tail. | otherwise = whiteRestHints where -- Separate into the leading non-white characters and the rest (initNonWhite, whiteRest) = break isSpace input -- Separate into the leading white space characters and the rest (white, rest) = span isSpace input -- Get the hints from everything after any leading non-white space. -- This should only be used if there is no white space at the start. whiteRestHints = getHints (i + length initNonWhite) whiteRest -- | Returns the offsets of anything that isn't white space 'after' -- a keyword on the given line. -- This is essentially then the same as 'keywordHints' except that -- for each keyword on the input rather than return the offset at -- the start of the keyword we return the offset of the first non-white -- character after the keyword. keywordAfterHints :: [ String ] -> String -> BufferM [ Int ] keywordAfterHints keywords = getHints 0 where -- Calculate the indentation hints of keywords from the -- given string. The first argument is the current offset. -- NOTE: that we have to take into account how long tab characters -- are according to the indentation settings. getHints :: Int -> String -> BufferM [ Int ] getHints _i [] = return [] getHints i input -- If there is any preceding white space then just take the length -- of it (according to the indentation settings and proceed. | not $ null indentation = do indent <- spacingOfB indentation getHints (i + indent) nonWhite -- If there is a keyword at the current position and -- the keyword isn't the last thing on the line. | any (== key) keywords && (not $ null afterwhite) = do indent <- spacingOfB white let hint = i + length key + indent tailHints <- getHints hint afterwhite return $ hint : tailHints -- we don't have a hint and we can re-try for the rest of the line | otherwise = afterKeyHints where -- Split the input into the preceding white space and the rest (indentation, nonWhite) = span isSpace input -- The keyword and what is after the keyword -- this is only used if 'indentation' is null so we needn't worry that -- we are taking from the input rather than 'nonWhite' (key, afterkey) = break isSpace input -- The white space and what is after the white space (white, afterwhite) = span isSpace afterkey -- Get the hints from everything after any leading non-white space. -- This should only be used if there is no white space at the start. afterKeyHints = getHints (i + length key) afterkey {-| Returns the indentation of a given string. Note that this depends on the current indentation settings. -} indentOfB :: String -> BufferM Int indentOfB = spacingOfB . takeWhile isSpace {-| Returns the length of a given string taking into account the white space and the indentation settings. -} spacingOfB :: String -> BufferM Int spacingOfB text = do indentSettings <- indentSettingsB let spacingOfChar :: Char -> Int spacingOfChar '\t' = tabSize indentSettings spacingOfChar _ = 1 return (sum $ fmap spacingOfChar text) {-| Indents the current line to the given indentation level. In addition moves the point according to where it was on the line originally. If we were somewhere within the indentation (ie at the start of the line or on an empty line) then we want to just go to the end of the (new) indentation. However if we are currently pointing somewhere within the text of the line then we wish to remain pointing to the same character. -} indentToB :: Int -> BufferM () indentToB level = do indentSettings <- indentSettingsB modifyRegionClever (rePadString indentSettings level) =<< regionOfB Line -- | Indent as much as the previous line indentAsPreviousB :: BufferM () indentAsPreviousB = do previousLine <- getNextNonBlankLineB Backward previousIndent <- indentOfB previousLine indentToB previousIndent -- | Insert a newline at point and indent the new line as the previous one. newlineAndIndentB :: BufferM () newlineAndIndentB = newlineB >> indentAsPreviousB -- | Set the padding of the string to newCount, filling in tabs if -- expandTabs is set in the buffers IndentSettings rePadString :: IndentSettings -> Int -> String -> String rePadString indentSettings newCount input | newCount <= 0 = rest | expandTabs indentSettings = replicate newCount ' ' ++ rest | otherwise = tabs ++ spaces ++ rest where (_indents,rest) = span isSpace input tabs = replicate (newCount `div` tabSize indentSettings) '\t' spaces = replicate (newCount `mod` tabSize indentSettings) ' ' -- | shifts right (or left if num is negative) num times, filling in tabs if -- expandTabs is set in the buffers IndentSettings indentString :: IndentSettings -> Int -> String -> String indentString indentSettings numOfShifts input = rePadString indentSettings newCount input where (indents,_) = span isSpace input countSpace '\t' = tabSize indentSettings countSpace _ = 1 -- we'll assume nothing but tabs and spaces newCount = sum (fmap countSpace indents) + (shiftWidth indentSettings * numOfShifts) -- | Increases the indentation on the region by the given amount of shiftWidth shiftIndentOfRegion :: Int -> Region -> BufferM () shiftIndentOfRegion shiftCount region = do indentSettings <- indentSettingsB modifyRegionB (mapLines $ (indentString indentSettings shiftCount `unless` null)) region moveTo $ regionStart region firstNonSpaceB where (f `unless` c) x = if c x then x else f x deleteIndentOfRegion :: Region -> BufferM () deleteIndentOfRegion = modifyRegionB (mapLines $ dropWhile isSpace) -- | Return the number of spaces at the beginning of the line, up to the point. indentOfCurrentPosB :: BufferM Int indentOfCurrentPosB = do p <- pointB moveToSol sol <- pointB moveTo p let region = mkRegion p sol readRegionB region >>= spacingOfB


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Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients
THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies provide more evidence that drugs such as Procrit and Aranesp, often used by cancer patients to fight anemia-linked fatigue, may boost the risk of death and serious adverse events such as blood clots.
These drugs, called erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), have also been associated in prior studies with increased risk of heart attack, stroke and tumor growth. The primary argument for the continued use of these drugs is that they help reduce the number of blood transfusions some cancer patients need, while improving quality of life.
However, a co-author of one paper, Dr. Anthony Reiman, from the University of Alberta, Canada, said his team is "supporting other groups that are recommending great caution in using these drugs for cancer patients, and in routine circumstances they may not be indicated. We hope the drugs would still be made available for people for whom transfusion isn't a good option -- but those are very limited circumstances."
ESAs include erythropoietin (Epogen, Procrit) and darbepoetin (Aranesp). They work by stimulating the bone marrow to produce new red blood cells, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. They are used to treat anemia caused by chemotherapy and to treat anemia in people with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis.
But rising concern led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2007 to ask the drugs' manufacturers to add a "black box" warning to the medications. The warning indicates that the medications should be used at the lowest possible doses to avoid risks such as blood clots, heart attacks, stroke, congestive heart failure, increased tumor growth and an increased risk of death. The FDA also recommended that the medications be prescribed at the lowest doses possible because trials generally indicated an increased risk when blood levels were raised above 12 grams per deciliter.
The two new studies may buttress that move. In the first study, Reiman and other researchers analyzed data from 52 clinical trials that included more than 12,000 people.
The result: "The use of drugs to encourage red blood cell formation in cancer patients with anemia increases the risk of death and serious adverse events such as blood clots," according to co-researcher Dr. Scott Klarenbach, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta.
Although risk of death was only 15 percent to 16 percent higher among patients who used the drugs than those who did not, the high death rates among cancer patients means this increase could affect a significant number of people, the researchers say.
"These medications should not routinely be used as an alternative to blood transfusions in patients with anemia related to cancer, unless future studies demonstrate safety and clinical benefits," Klarenbach said. "While use of medications [instead of blood transfusion] may be appealing to both patients and practitioners, their use is associated with an increased risk of death."
"At best, these drugs don't seem to improve longevity," Reiman said. "They may have some benefits in improving quality of life."
The report is published in the April 30 online edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
In another report, in the May 2 issue of The Lancet, researchers led by Dr. Julia Bohlius, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, looked at the findings from 53 cancer trials that included a total of almost 14,000 patients. More than 1,500 patients died during the study period, and almost 5,000 patients died overall.
The researchers found that ESAs were associated with a 17 percent increase in deaths during the study period. Among patients receiving chemotherapy, ESAs increased the death risk by 10 percent, they report.
The findings "show that erythropoiesis-stimulating agents increase mortality in all patients with cancer, and a similar increase might exist in patients on chemotherapy," the authors wrote. "In clinical practice, the increased risks of death and thromboembolic events should be balanced against the benefits of treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, taking into account each patient's clinical circumstances and preferences. More data are needed for the effect of these drugs on quality of life and tumor progression, and meta-analyses similar to this one will address these questions," they added.
Dr. Charles Bennett, the A.C. Beuhler professor of geriatric medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, helped conduct a study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association early last year, that also found similar risks for the use of ESAs by cancer patients. He believes the new data support those findings.
"The message is clear: There is a safety concern that's real and significant," Bennett said.
In addition, Bennett believes that quality-of-life issues and the need for a reduction in blood transfusions for cancer patients are overstated. "The [appropriate] use of these drugs in the United States is for palliative care in cancer patients and I support that," he said.
More information
For more information on ESAs, visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


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I'll Move All Sattrack Related Stuffs Back Here
drt on Jun 07 2008 at 6:18 pm | Filed under: My Blog
In December 2006, I moved every thing to my new blog address since this blog was using the embedded WP that I had no control over it. It took me almost 18 months to understand a little bit about WP, and finally I could pull out all the old postings from here and placed them in the new WP installed in the same server. Of course I have the full control of this new WP. The only trouble is, when I exported the WP, somehow, I didn't realize that the pictures were not imported correctly. Accordingly, we lost some of the pictures in the original postings. However, the date and the content of the postings were there.
I will slowly move the pages from atanone dot net site, and slowly I'll populate this site and let my other site deal with my new adventure on how to make money online, and using the money to continuesly support some charity works that I could help.


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A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog
Puffin Pied Piper, Jul 15, 1992 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages
With the help of his dog, a little boy tries different ways to catch a very enterprising frog.
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This wordless picture book tells a great story with fun and interesting pictures. It also incorporates rhyme in it's title. Teachers could have students write poems based off of this story and the characters. Read full review
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text: American corporations are generous contributors and significant players in the political process through their support of candidates, political action committees (PACs), ballot measures, and organizations that seek to influence legislators, policymakers, regulators, and election outcomes. Political activities, however, always involve an element of the unknown, and such activities can represent risks to corporations, their boards, and their shareholders. Companies therefore need to rigorously evaluate the means, rewards, and risks of political spending. This handbook, which grew out of discussions held at two roundtable meetings organized by The Conference Board Governance Center, offers an overview of the legal rules and standard practices related to political activity, as well as a discussion of internal oversight of political spending.