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Q: What does the service health for GCP's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) cover? (https://status.cloud.google.com/regional/americas) In the Google Cloud Service Health console (https://status.cloud.google.com/regional/americas) Virtual Private Cloud is shown to not be available in some regions.
Does this mean VPC is not supported in the region or is this health status just inter-regional VPC connections (that this region doesn't support global or external V2 connections)?

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Whether you are interested in acquiring the knowledge base and skill set to BE a competent and effective health coach, OR you want to retain the support of a great health coach, it's important to know WHY this profession is so important. Once we know why something is important, we can fashion our reasons WHY we want to DO, BE, or HAVE all the benefits that health coaching has to offer.
First, it is imperative to understand that health coaches do NOT have to have licenses (yet). This is an undefined and emerging profession that can support everyone in their health journey.
Second, the art and skills of health coaching can be added to the private practice of licensed professionals. How? Mainly, instead of writing a prescription, or giving a shot, or telling a patient to read a pamphlet, a health care provider can add depth and caring back into their practice. This can be done by combining the art of listening and facilitating with the solid science of their licensed practice to elevate the patient and client to the understanding of how to make health behavior changes stick and grow a healthier life.
So what advantages do people who are supported by Health Coach Facilitation enjoy? And why would you be interested in having a Health Coach on your support team?
FIRST. It's no secret that people are becoming unhealthy in ever increasing numbers and percentages of the general population. According to the CDC: "Chronic diseases and conditions—such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and arthritis—are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems.As of 2012, about half of all adults—117 million people—had one or more chronic health conditions. One in four adults had two or more chronic health conditions.
SECOND: It's important to know that people, as individuals, know that they do NOT have to be part of the health crisis. Most of what is killing us early in the forms of chronic conditions is related to lifestyle choices. That is, choices that we can make. What to eat, what to drink, how to move, changing thoughts that damage our beliefs, and getting stress conquered. If you are looking to become a Health Coach, this independent health support career is an excellent choice if you want to make a difference in people's lives.
THIRD: Not only can a health coach support people in a ripple effect that goes out in all directions, but people we know and love can be facilitated, too. It's no secret that most people who become nurses, therapists, or doctors do so because they know someone (even themselves) that they could help. If you are a person who doesn't need to be a health coach or desire to learn about it, chances are you know someone who would love to have an initial conversation to see if coaching would be helpful for them! Some people even give a gift of a series of coaching encounters!
FOURTH: When you retain a health coach to facilitate your health improvement journey, you will experience an increased personal growth and developent journey. Facilitating others on improving health behaviors and beliefs can be a joyful service, and a joyfully received service, too.
FIFTH: Synchronicity. Have you considered hiring a health coaching facilitator? If you have thought about it, and don't quite know where to start, drop a comment on this post. Perhaps I can help you find one with the expertise and intentions that match what you are looking for. An even more powerful synchronicity is probably already evident to you – and that is that the healer is healed. I'll have to be honest with you. I took the training to become a Health Support Coach through a class that was comprised of licensed health professionals. I learned a lot to engage and help people, true. BUT: I don't think I learned as much from that class as I did from the year-long class that I signed up for in 2012 (and loved it so much, I am doing it again now in 2017). Why is that?
I earned a bona fide national certification from the 3 month training program that held a knowledge base component, and then an observation and coaching component. In other words, we had to LEARN and then DEMONSTRATE the skills. And it means I have to maintain my license, take CEUs, and pay to renew each 3 years.
In the IIN® curriculum, I actually got my training in bite-sized pieces over a year. I had to not only pass the written tests, but (like most students I found out) I also LIVED what I was LEARNING as the same time. Drink more water? Easy to say – but I had to do it and journal about it and live it. See? the IIN® curriculum actually challenged me to WALK MY TALK.
What's the synchronicity part? If you are looking for a health coach to facilitate your journey, that person is out there, also trying to find you. And secondly, if you are looking for the lived expression of better health, I cannot think of a better way than to dive into the journey to become a health coach and make the pilgramage with others who you'll meet in class online. Everyone is everyone.
SIXTH: This is where I think the magic happens in health coaching. When you speak to a skilled health facilitation coach, you will be guided through a process where your STORY becomes your SUCCESS through planned and supported steps that you create. It's like a magical kind of story-alchemy. Words change into successes through a shared process. If you are the person being coached, you learn to release the numbing we have all developed to get through life and look at your own fabulous SELF through love. If you are a coach, you see a reflection of humankind and parts of your own life's journey in every client. We are one.
SEVENTH: Health Coaching helps the coach and the client both to shatter those fake "Ivory Walls" of nutrition. We put people over theories, and learn that reading about an improved healthy life is one thing, but DOING it is another set of reality all together. With a coach, a client has a team-mate to help figure out the best path to take and do what you yourself identify as the right thing. How? Health Coaches ask questions, reframe what they've heard to be sure it makes sense, and you know that you are loved, heard and cared about. My personal style guarantees you will NEVER EVER be given unsolicited advice or criticism. Ever.
Are you ready to love yourself enough to stop hurting?
Are you ready to define and focus on a great life?
Are you able and maybe ready to love your body?
This client and coach relationship is soul-to-soul caring in its purest and best form.


Wearing a navy blue suit and white blouse, Sheridan split the day testifying about the show's early years and the dispute with Cherry and its aftermath.
Her character Edie Britt was killed off in the show's fifth season, when she was earning $175,000 an episode. By then, she also had been granted a portion of the series' profits by that point and was slated to earn $250,000 an episode if she remained on the series through the seventh season.
She testified that although Cherry had left her character's fate in doubt at the end of seasons three and four, he never mentioned killing her off until after he hit her and was cleared by ABC executives of wrongdoing.
Cherry and ABC have denied wrongdoing and said they will present evidence that the decision to kill off Britt was made months before his argument with Sheridan and had to be approved by top executives at the network.
The scene that led to the dispute between Sheridan and Cherry was originally not meant to include the actress' character. Her role was added after several revisions and was a short scene in which Britt needled her on-screen husband about how to write a love song.
A later script called for her to strike him with a magazine.
Maloney showed jurors various versions of the script, and played a montage of some of Sheridan's highlights from the show, including her attempting to seduce men and washing a car with her blouse unbuttoned and bra exposed.
Some jurors laughed as the scenes were played. Many had seen the show in its early seasons.
Sheridan told the panel that she wasn't similar to her character. "I think honesty is about the only thing we shared," she said.
"Desperate Housewives," a glossy prime-time comedy/soap opera with an ensemble cast including Hatcher and Longoria, made a pop-culture and ratings splash when it premiered in 2004 but has seen its audience dwindle. It is in its last season.
Cherry is expected to testify, and series stars Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman are listed as potential witnesses.


Unison head of health Karen Jennings has criticised the Department of Health for hiding the full extent of the progress being made by the NHS in tackling MRSA, after government documents revealed in HSJ today ( www.hsj.co.uk) show that next year's MRSA target will not be hit.
Responding to the same report, Conservative Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said: 'We have consistently called for a search and destroy strategy to fight MRSA. It is now time for the Government to run a pilot scheme of this strategy.


Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) of all shapes and sizes gathered this week in San Francisco to learn from one another about the newest technologies and strategies for marketing their destinations. My team and I were on site this week to hear what DMOs are focusing on in 2018, and I wanted to share some of the key themes with you.
Produce "snackable" content: By 2019, Cisco predicts that 80% of all consumer internet traffic will be video, and Forrester Research suggests that one-minute video is worth 1.8 million words. With more consumers watching video, and more brands creating it, DMOs, regardless of size, are eager to join in and create video in an affordable and easy way. Odyssey CEO Ryan Thompson introduced the idea of "snackable" content, which includes quick, short content that is not only easier to produce, but also easier to digest as a consumer and can be shared on social media. Thompson shared an example from Royal Caribbean, who produced an episodic digital program called "Royal Crush" to reach a younger audience with their brand and tell a story.
Find the character in your story: Your destination is not a character – your locals are the characters in your story. Also known as influencers, these "characters" help tell your destination's story in an authentic way. Susan Thomas from the Huntington Beach Convention and Visitor's Bureau shared their strategy of producing quick 10-second videos with influencers and locals sharing their favorite part about Surf City USA, which was distributed via their Instagram and YouTube channels.
Automate the search for user generated content (UGC): With the growing use of social media, any local, tourist or consumer can tell a unique story about your brand. Not only has the number of people sharing photos gotten larger every day, but the quality of images has also improved and DMOs can use this content in many ways to promote their destination without the time and budget typically required to produce quality photography. Dan Holowack from CrowdRiff called artificial intelligence (AI) and UGC a match made in heaven in his session, and suggests using AI to automate the process, because without it, he said sifting through and approving UGC can be a daunting and full-time task.
Educate and inspire by focusing on experience: While driving bookings and demand is the ultimate goal for hospitality and travel brands, getting there might not be as easy as a "book now" button. Travelers want to hear about new experiences or unique places to visit, and our proves that travelers prioritize experiences and activities over deals when looking to book a trip. Visit Stockton shared how they are using video to highlight events happening in their destination, and Amelia Island CVB works with local activity partners to highlight the unique experiences available on the island for travelers like boat trips and culinary classes.
There was plenty of other content and takeaways from the event shared on Twitter this week, so check out the conversation using the hashtag #eTS17, and make sure to follow us on Twitter to stay in the loop on the latest insights and takeaways.


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How to Start Reading Habit?
Do you know that books can help you transform your life, see new perspectives in life and help you on your imagination? Yes, books not only give you the knowledge but words written in it can be powerful tools for you in making progress in your life.
Start your reading habit with 15 to 30 minutes first. Read a book and not a newspaper. Then make a habit to read at least 1 hour a day. If you cannot do a straight reading for an hour, divide it into 2 sessions of 30 minutes reading for each book. In my case, I read in the morning (I prefer to go for a self-help book) and in the evening (I prefer novels or biography). If I need to work away from home, I read in the car or after I had my breakfast (after the meals but before the coffee or tea in the cup finish).
1. Books that can help you make progress in life. For example; Self-help, financial, relationship, business etc.
2. Books that can help you work out with your imagination: For example: novels, fictions etc.
I would also love to recommend you to read biography/autobiography books. The reason is; you will see life from a different set of eyes and walk in the person's shoes (having said that, pick the books wisely). My favourites were The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and Richard Branson; Losing My Virginity.
It's officially the last day of 2012! I hope you do have a great year in 2012. Before you go out there tonight to celebrate the New Year, please read the entire article.
Now, do you realize that people who celebrate the New Year are categorized into two groups? The first one is those who just want to party (drinks, dance and things I shall not mention in here). The other one are those who sums up the life they have spent in the past 364 days in a moment before New Year.
Yes! The Question (as always), which one is you?
Although both categories seem similar in a way that both celebrate the New Year event, but there is one distinction; acknowledgement of successes they achieved throughout the year of 2012.
The first one spends the moments with the crowds, do what the crowds do and live life to the fullest for a few hours. They become happy because everybody around is happy. Some become happy because they get to drink and scream Happy New Year! And so the rest is unknown.
The second one spends the moments with one extra thing is the list; celebration of successes they achieved in the past 365 days. Yes they celebrate it and perhaps scream the same three words but they take a moment to acknowledge their self efforts in making their life better. The moment of acknowledgement always comes with gratitude, a key towards beautiful life. And so the rest is in the process of unfolding more beauties in life.
Understand these two groups, one wakes up in the morning living the same 1st January every year. The other one wakes up in the morning to a new life. If you may, be the one that wakes up to a new life.
If you have not achieved your dream in 2012, you can still celebrate one thing left: your awareness of transforming your life. Start with a question to yourself: Do you want to do the same thing in 2013, just like the 2012, 2011, 2010? Do you want to live the same year for 50 years? If you say yes, happy boring life to you.
Happy New Year 2013 to all of you; beautiful souls. Remember to rewards YOU for the successes and Thank YOU for the experiences you got into in 2012. May 2013 unfold the beauty of life to you.
Back in the 90s, I wrote short stories and poem because I loved it. And all the stuffs I wrote, I kept it in the drawers. Not many people know I wrote these stuffs except my beautiful niece. I wrote and I kept it. That's it. I never get it published. My niece inspired me long time ago when she wrote same stuffs too and she got it published (if I'm not mistaken in local newspaper).
When I reached 18 years old, I stop writing. I wanted to believe that my passions are all about sciences. Dreams I dreamed mostly science related like I want to be an engineer or pharmacist. Of course none of these happened. I ended up earning income in the line of accounting (the subject I used to hate the most when I was in high school) for four years before pursuing the line of operations and managements in Logistic. All I have learned were numbers and people skills but none of these lead me to write.
Circa 2005, a friend of mine suggested I write drama script but I didn't go for it. In 2008, I tried to write a blog but after few posts, I got bored. I don't usually share about my life online. I prefer to write something inspiring or stories about love and life. But all I did was stop to write.
Two years later, when I realized that I got a lot to inspire people through writing, I decided to write again. This time, I narrowed down to motivation and personal growth. I've told myself after all the clues given to me from time to time, why should I stop? Equipped with motivation I had with me that time, I've told few people about my dream – to be a writer. Many disapproved because it is hard to make money through writing. Besides, my English is not that perfect. So I agree with them. Only this time, I decided not to stop.
….And I'm glad I didn't stop like I did before.
Note: I would like to express my gratitude and thank the editor of Waves Lifestyle Magazine, Ms. Priya for the opportunity and for believing in me.
Waves Lifestyle Magazine is a free magazine available in Johor Bharu and Singapore. You can subscribed the magazine for updates and information via Facebook.
I read her victory story from Yahoo news just now and one thing caught my attention; her powerful affirmation that she said to herself for many years. Her affirmation is simple and yet very powerful.
And she won first U.S Olympic Judo gold medal.
What she said is a powerful affirmation that light up her spirit. Every time she said it, the creation is in the process. The affirmation creates belief in her entire system. When all her system (body, mind, emotion and spiritual) gets the same direction, they work in harmony. The affirmation is powerful motivation to her and it leads her entirely to win the gold medal. It helped her to visualize the moments she wants and she did it. Look at how powerful an affirmation works on us, even it is just a simple one.
Read her full story and find out how the powerful affirmation had helped her go through all the obstacles she had in life. You will be touched, amazed and inspired by her life story. She's the success story in my journal today.
Kayla Harrison Olympic 2012 Judo Gold Medalist.
Do you know who the navigator of your life is? I have the answer and in fact, we all have the same answer. His name is BELIEF. Navigator is not a driver. Driver can be us or our habits, whereas navigator stays navigator. It shows us the direction of our lives. Where we are heading right now is based on what we believe in.
Beliefs can be good or bad, positive or negative and every individual have beliefs. Regardless what are their beliefs; it is the beliefs that navigate them in life. If you wonder how many beliefs you have, you could take a look at your life right now. Look around your life now, then five years ago and then 10 years ago. Do you still stand on same beliefs?
"I'm officially DISABLED, but I'm truly ENABLED because my lack of limbs" – Nick V said. It is the belief he has for himself that makes him a powerful motivator in the world.
Oprah once said; "You don't become what you want, you become what you believe". It is true that whatever things you believes in will turn out true in your reality. Beliefs have close relationship with our powerful subconscious mind, Law of Cause and Effects, Law of Attractions and Law of Success. When you choose to believe in something, these powerful elements and laws do and deliver as you wish.
The question here is does your beliefs help you create progress in life? Good beliefs help you growth and bad beliefs gets you nowhere in life. How many good beliefs that you have? If you have no answer, ask the reality of your life right now. The answer is always true right at this very moment.
A friend asked me, what kind of belief is the most powerful? Well, every belief are equally powerful but there is one source that many people forgotten to believe in and this source is the most powerful source of all beliefs. Those who knew the source, work with the source and believe in the source are those who create successful life in many aspects. People who believe in this particular source will often create magic, wonders and miracles in life. Do you know what the source is?
The source is YOU. Start believing in yourself. If you believe you can, You Can is the reality to you. If you believe you are failing, You Fail is the reality to you. Whatever your beliefs are, choose it wisely because no matter what you believe in, it is turning true in your reality.
Last year few people asked me if I ever thought of doing my own talk. My replied was "The plan is either end of this year (2011) or early next year (2012) depends on how soon the injury heals." It was a little bit dragged but my dream came true. Last week on 9th June 2012, I had my first class in my hometown, Penang.
The class was more on Internet Business and techniques but I have added a 45 minutes talk on Law of Attraction (specifically on wealth attraction). My objective is to help participants build their own internet business with proper technical steps and roll it together with the laws of life like Law of Attraction and Power of Wishes (affirmations). The modules will help participants build the business in terms of giving actions and receiving the results and wealth.
Here are some photos took by my Graphic Designer, Joe lai (and also a person who had help me bringing this idea into reality, Millions thanks to her) and by my niece, Zahrah who took photos beautifully even she had issues with her Canon DSLR.
There were two guys and two ladies registered for the class. The one that wearing red shirt was the host, Hezreen (below picture). She was the one who been asking for the class since last year and willing to travel to my place just to learn something new. I sensed her dedication was genuine and honest, so I decided to bring the class to her place. I only asked for free drinks for participants, she gave us more than that. What a beautiful soul she is.
The lady who sat beside Hezreen is Corina, who have asked me about Internet Business in 2010. Two years later, when I text her about the class, she was excited to participate.
And that's me. I was giving explanation and differences between Affiliates and Drop Ship. There are huge different between being an affiliates and doing drop ships. In the class I have explained what are their efforts and things they need to do when they choose to be an affiliate, re-sellers or both.
I love the excitements that they shared with me especially from Hezreen and Corina. Both gentlemen, Rafi and Hafiz (siblings) were calmer and a little shy. Rafi seems a bit excited when it comes to artifacts and Sugar Glider discussion, which he has intention to take it into proper business.
The Wealth with Law of Attractions has given everyone new perspective in creating wealth in life and business. All the participants have no clue what is Law of Attraction and how it works. After few slides on the subject, they started to realize many things that happen to them in terms of financials and money. Hezreen quoted "Ah! No wonder I could only sell a house last month because I've said – If I could sell a house is great enough…then I did and I started to get panicked because a house is not great enough".
In the same subject, I have given the participants steps in creating wealth with law of attraction including creating positive habit and daily practices, and reprogram wishes within conscious and subconscious mind.
I'm planning to roll the same class again in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor and I believe in this, the numbers of participants is now growing. If you interested in learning both of these subjects or either one of it, please contact me via my email or phone numbers.
Last but not least, thank you Allah for making everyone dreams comes true.
To all the participants, Hezreen, Corina, Rafi, Hafiz, Lai (who have taken the class online), I would love to say this again; Thank you so much for the supports and willingness to learn new knowledge. I enjoy the knowledge sharing with everyone in the class.
For Hezreen, thank you so much for hosting the class and the efforts. It was beautifully arranged. For Joe Lai and Zahrah, thank you for being there to support me. I could not make this far without your guys help.
I love you. I forgive you. Please forgive me. I am sorry and Thank you.
"You clean yourself from subconscious garbage – programs that run your life without your participation"- Read more here.
This cleansing technique called Ho'oponopono, started in Hawaii, founded by Morrnah Nalamaku Simeon and documented for healing proof by Dr. Hew Len, her student.
Everything in our lives was partly created by us. The creation is not just with our hands and actions but also with our minds. Everything started with our minds. Take a quick moment and check out what were the last things we have in our minds? A world peace? A meal? A solution to confrontation? A gift for the lover? A happy family? A prepared dialogue for argument? Jealousy thoughts? These thoughts and many other thoughts were sent out to the Universe and in the creation process instantly.
According to Dr. Hew Len, who have managed to heal violence patients in Hawaii State Hospital described that he do not heal them, instead he healed part of himself that created them (the patients).
I practice Ho'oponopono everyday especially at night. Sometimes I just do the cleansing generally but sometimes I specifically focus on a thing. When I dealt with my fear and anger, I specifically use Ho'oponopono to cleanse the relationship, the situation and myself that relate to fear and anger. Over the time, it has helped me reduce the intensity that fear and anger have towards me. It also help me to cleanse the unnecessary thoughts of anger and fear in this now moment (that I might now aware of it), so it would not emerge uncontrollably in my reality later.
When a person takes responsibility in his creation and aware that as a human, he would not be able to run away from destructive thoughts, Ho'oponopono is one of the best cleansing techniques a human could give to himself and to the rest of the world.
And here's the best part of Ho'oponopono, it didn't require meditation or specific ritual to cleanse our minds. It also didn't tie to any religion specifically. These five phrases can be used anywhere, everywhere, to any situation we like, to people we love or dislike and use it for love. All we need to do is to repeat these phrases many times (many times = mantra).
Five beautiful phrases and yet contains powerful love and cleansing materials. Take responsibility that we are creating the life and the world. Put our egos aside, surrender ourselves to God and cleanse ourselves with love. Last, belief that the world and life that comes to us would be better, beautiful and cleaner than before.
Some practice indicated that only four phrases require for cleansing (all above except I forgive you) but some practice indicated that I forgive you is one of the cleansing too, especially in cleansing our egos.
Laughing is a good medicine.
Something you can learn from the video (laughing helps you to be patience).
Adele didn't see this coming. She was trying hard to be patience and she made it. She seems annoyed but she have great laughs over it.
Adding another beautiful soul in the world.
"Darkness in life happens so we would recognize lights in life" – Oscar Lai.
It's a beautiful saying. In doing what I'm doing, I get to know that almost every person I knew were in darkness moments before they find their lights and build greatness in their lives. The whole circle of darkness and light is just as same as a candle in a dark room. I used this analogy to explain to people how important we being a candle to ourselves and to people in our lives.
And yes, we are the candles. When we light up the fire, even if it just a small fire, we actually give light to ourselves. With this light, we help us walk through the darkness.
Not just that. With this light, we actually help others see us too. Here's the logic, no one can see us when we are standing in darkness. People and the world can only see us when we are in the light. And here's the best part, this little light are so powerful that it will help others lighten up their candles too.
There are many things a candle can do in life. It passes the light from one to another. And the light passes loves. A candle can give light to a room. Thousand candles can give light to the whole village. Millions of candles can give lights to the world.
Be the one candle that gives light. And it always…always…always starts from our own candle.


Should you sell your property in Greece fast keeping in mind the grim economic situation in the country?
Or should you do the unthinkable and buy property in Greece online, hope for an improvement in the economy in the near future? In that case you will make a lot of money as properties in Greece are really cheap right now.
2017 brings its share of good news and bad news for Greece. The good news is that there is actually some demand for properties in Greece from overseas investors. Many rich, high net worth international property hunters from emerging nations such as China and Russia, and from a number of Middle Eastern countries have smelt a real opportunity to make money in Greece.
They realise that the property market here has bottomed out and the only way is up. So investing in a Greek beachside villa when they are available for unbelievably low prices would be a smart decision indeed.
Consider the fact that some of the biggest beachside mansions in Greek islands such as Mykonos, which were worth $25 million in 2007, are now selling for under $5 million. That is a great deal, and the most sophisticated buyers look for opportunities such as that.
Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras seems to be in a mood to compromise and he agreed to a number of concessions to his European creditors. This has helped to ease up some of the restrictions on Greece. His gesture has been well appreciated by the international business community, but there is still a lot of concern over this in Greece.
So what is the way forward for the Greek economy? Can one really have any hopes at all that things will get better? What about Grexit? Is Greece going to leave the European Union in case they find that they can no longer meet their obligations?
Clearly, we are headed for tense times ahead.


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package com.vaadin.v7.tests.server.component.grid.declarative;

import java.util.List;

import com.vaadin.tests.design.DeclarativeTestBase;
import com.vaadin.v7.ui.Grid;
import com.vaadin.v7.ui.Grid.Column;
import com.vaadin.v7.ui.Grid.FooterCell;
import com.vaadin.v7.ui.Grid.FooterRow;
import com.vaadin.v7.ui.Grid.HeaderCell;
import com.vaadin.v7.ui.Grid.HeaderRow;

public class GridDeclarativeTestBase extends DeclarativeTestBase<Grid> {

    @Override
    public Grid testRead(String design, Grid expected) {
        return testRead(design, expected, false);
    }

    public Grid testRead(String design, Grid expected, boolean retestWrite) {
        return testRead(design, expected, retestWrite, false);
    }

    public Grid testRead(String design, Grid expected, boolean retestWrite,
            boolean writeData) {
        Grid actual = super.testRead(design, expected);

        compareGridColumns(expected, actual);
        compareHeaders(expected, actual);
        compareFooters(expected, actual);

        if (retestWrite) {
            testWrite(design, actual, writeData);
        }

        return actual;
    }

    private void compareHeaders(Grid expected, Grid actual) {
        assertEquals("Different header row count", expected.getHeaderRowCount(),
                actual.getHeaderRowCount());
        for (int i = 0; i < expected.getHeaderRowCount(); ++i) {
            HeaderRow expectedRow = expected.getHeaderRow(i);
            HeaderRow actualRow = actual.getHeaderRow(i);

            if (expectedRow.equals(expected.getDefaultHeaderRow())) {
                assertEquals("Different index for default header row",
                        actual.getDefaultHeaderRow(), actualRow);
            }

            for (Column c : expected.getColumns()) {
                String baseError = "Difference when comparing cell for " + c
                        + " on header row " + i + ": ";
                Object propertyId = c.getPropertyId();
                HeaderCell expectedCell = expectedRow.getCell(propertyId);
                HeaderCell actualCell = actualRow.getCell(propertyId);

                switch (expectedCell.getCellType()) {
                case TEXT:
                    assertEquals(baseError + "Text content",
                            expectedCell.getText(), actualCell.getText());
                    break;
                case HTML:
                    assertEquals(baseError + "HTML content",
                            expectedCell.getHtml(), actualCell.getHtml());
                    break;
                case WIDGET:
                    assertEquals(baseError + "Component content",
                            expectedCell.getComponent(),
                            actualCell.getComponent());
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private void compareFooters(Grid expected, Grid actual) {
        assertEquals("Different footer row count", expected.getFooterRowCount(),
                actual.getFooterRowCount());
        for (int i = 0; i < expected.getFooterRowCount(); ++i) {
            FooterRow expectedRow = expected.getFooterRow(i);
            FooterRow actualRow = actual.getFooterRow(i);

            for (Column c : expected.getColumns()) {
                String baseError = "Difference when comparing cell for " + c
                        + " on footer row " + i + ": ";
                Object propertyId = c.getPropertyId();
                FooterCell expectedCell = expectedRow.getCell(propertyId);
                FooterCell actualCell = actualRow.getCell(propertyId);

                switch (expectedCell.getCellType()) {
                case TEXT:
                    assertEquals(baseError + "Text content",
                            expectedCell.getText(), actualCell.getText());
                    break;
                case HTML:
                    assertEquals(baseError + "HTML content",
                            expectedCell.getHtml(), actualCell.getHtml());
                    break;
                case WIDGET:
                    assertEquals(baseError + "Component content",
                            expectedCell.getComponent(),
                            actualCell.getComponent());
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private void compareGridColumns(Grid expected, Grid actual) {
        List<Column> columns = expected.getColumns();
        List<Column> actualColumns = actual.getColumns();
        assertEquals("Different amount of columns", columns.size(),
                actualColumns.size());
        for (int i = 0; i < columns.size(); ++i) {
            Column col1 = columns.get(i);
            Column col2 = actualColumns.get(i);
            String baseError = "Error when comparing columns for property "
                    + col1.getPropertyId() + ": ";
            assertEquals(baseError + "Property id", col1.getPropertyId(),
                    col2.getPropertyId());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Width", col1.getWidth(), col2.getWidth());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Maximum width", col1.getMaximumWidth(),
                    col2.getMaximumWidth());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Minimum width", col1.getMinimumWidth(),
                    col2.getMinimumWidth());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Expand ratio", col1.getExpandRatio(),
                    col2.getExpandRatio());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Sortable", col1.isSortable(),
                    col2.isSortable());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Editable", col1.isEditable(),
                    col2.isEditable());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Hidable", col1.isHidable(),
                    col2.isHidable());
            assertEquals(baseError + "Hidden", col1.isHidden(),
                    col2.isHidden());
            assertEquals(baseError + "HidingToggleCaption",
                    col1.getHidingToggleCaption(),
                    col2.getHidingToggleCaption());
        }
    }
}

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Dennis McCarthy: Here's an invitation to a…
Dennis McCarthy: Here's an invitation to a field of dreams
By Dennis McCarthy |
PUBLISHED: October 18, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 9:15 a.m.
They say they're going back to their old Little League fields on Saturday to relive some memories and throw the ball around a little.
That's their cover story, anyway.
I'm betting they're really going for the french fries.
"Our snack shop had the greatest fries ever," says Larry Reyes, who is organizing this reunion of former baseball players from the old San Val Little League in North Hollywood.
He'll get an argument about the fries from every kid who ever dropped a fly ball or let one get through the legs in a Little League or Pony League game.
Snack shop fries were the best in every league. Greasy, over-salted and delicious. Pure cholesterol, but who knew? Who cared?
We were kids. We were going to live forever and play in the World Series someday.
Well, that didn't happen. Most of us washed out in high school. A few played college ball. A select few made it to the minor leagues. A handful to the bigs.
Reyes joined the Navy. He put in 20 years traveling the world for Uncle Sam. One day in 2004, he was on Whittset Street and saw only a weed-covered lot where the Little League fields used to be.
"San Val was no more and a little part of my heart was gone with it," Reyes says.
"Thousands of kids growing up in our community in the '60s through the '90s spent Saturday and Sunday and after school playing ball at those fields.
"I had my nose broken there by a bad hop when I played in the '70s. We'd chase foul balls and get a 5 cent ticket for a soda pop when we brought the ball back to the snack shop.
"There's not a spot on those fields that doesn't bring back memories. My wife, Connie, played on the Pacers softball team at the same time I was playing.
"I can't even lie to her about how good I was," Reyes says. "She saw me. She knows I wasn't that good."
The fields were resurrected in 2004 by the East Valley Pony League and opened in time for the 2005 season. A lot of backbreaking work from parents and volunteers went into making them quality baseball fields again.
"I started thinking about having a reunion of old San Val players, maybe meet at a bar and shoot some pool. Connie had a better idea. She said, why not have it at the fields."
Reyes called Frank Miceli, who runs the East Valley League.
"I hated San Val," Miceli told me Monday. "I played in the Toluca Lake league when I was a kid and San Val beat us everytime."
But he was willing to let bygones be bygones. Miceli told Reyes to bring along as many of the old San Val players as he could find. No hard feelings.
So far – mainly through a Faceboook page devoted to the San Val League – more than 20 former players say they are coming by.
Anyone who played or sat on the bench in the league is invited to come between 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday to the field at 8045 Whitsett Ave.
Stop by and relive some old memories. Throw the ball around a little, and have a basket of the best french fries a kid ever tasted.
Dennis McCarthy's column appears Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. dennis.mccarthy@dailynews.com, 818-713-3749
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Metaltech: Battledrome è un videogioco facente parte della serie di Metaltech, di cui è primo capitolo. A differenza del suo sequel Metaltech: Earthsiege non c'è una trama vera e propria ma consiste in semplici scontri fra mech in un un'arena virtuale, chiamata Battledrome.

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For way too long this blog has only been living in my head! It has been trying to get out, but it got stopped by the heavy workload! Most of my blogging time, have been spent on voluntary work for Masanga Hospital and the Christmas Calender blog. See it at www.masangacreatinglife.wordpress.com. I made a new update every day during December with stories from the different volunteers at the Masanga Hospital.
In order to get the many blogupdates down in written and uploaded to the web, I have decided to move towards a blog containing more material based on inspiration/thoughts/projects and things that I am a part of. Rather than the previous focus circling somewhat around powerful photos.
I find it as a great way to give alternative focus to the ongoing debate about pit bulls and "fight dogs" specially in the Nørrebro area. It´s now a political issue, if the different dogs should wear protection so the can´t bite. This Danish article is addressing the situation.
I am just a huge fan of artistic people who can make art with a political statement and bring it to the public like the picture above! My Pit bull doesn't have any friends just underlines the whole debate! Who ever you are: thanks for sharing your work!


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Two get one-year jail for wildlife smuggling
Developing a narrative to move forward
ACP to organise World Urdu Conference
Delegates from India did not get NOC, therefore people from India will participate online in the conference
Our Correspondent November 30, 2022
Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi. PHOTO: artscouncil.org.pk
KARACHI:
The Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi, will organise the 15th Internation Urdu Conference from December 1 to 4, 2022.
Delegations from all over the world have started arriving in Karachi to attend the conference.
Speaking at the press conference, ACP President Muhammad Ahmad Shah said that the tradition of World Urdu Conference started fifteen years ago, and now it has become a powerful moot, which is awaited all over the world.
He said, "We have linked six languages of Pakistan to the World Urdu Conference. There will be more than 45 meetings at the four-day event, in which hundreds of experts and intellectuals from all over the world will express their views."
Shah further said that there is a need to connect the economic and political divisions of the country.
Delegates from India did not get NOC, therefore people from India will participate online in the conference.
Speakng on the occasion, writer Anwar Maqsood said that holding a conference in times of economic crisis is a big deal.
Renowned poet Iftikhar Arif said that it is not easy to bring writers of all languages of Pakistan under one roof but the ACP has done it.
Pakistani pilgrims attend Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti's Urs in India


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I originally was going to go all out and pay full price for the fully loaded package, but was it really worth $1000 for the heated seat? I'm the type of guy that likes to get "top of the line" models... But still couldn't justify the $1000 for the seat. This isn't a financial issue, but should I have done it or was it a wise choice to save the $1000?
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I'm in Chicago so our weather situation is a bit like NYC. Maybe a little worse. I don't know how people ride without heated seats and grips. The seat gets hot. Hot enough that I typically wind up having to turn it off at some point. I don't know that it is worth $1000 though as a standalone purchase. I could probably survive without the heated seat, but not without my heated grips. I'm on a c600 and also upgraded from a Vespa 300.
Last winter I didn't use the heat as much as I thought I would.
Of all the cold weather riding I have done over the years, I never had a problem with a cold tush. The seat is a thick piece of insulation as it stands, if you made a jacket with the same thickness of foam, it would be to warm to wear anywhere but on the polar ice caps and only if standing still!!!!
I believe that if the C model has the low seat, they leave off the heating.
I have the grip heaters and seat heater on my GT and love it. First time I've every had a heated seat on a bike. Great idea, make me feel much warmer and my legs less stiff riding on a cool day. When it gets down in the lower 30s and mid 20s then I have it all on, heated seat and grips and my Gerbing jacket liner and gloves. Heavenly absolutely the most comfortable cold weather riding I've ever done.
1k price difference equates to $20 increase on your monthly, not too bad. Heated seat is one of those things that we've all lived without, but once you've got it you'd not want to give it up. Not to mention its a good selling point if you ever decide to let her go.
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When he was twelve years old, Hengky already showed an interest in music. He listened to mother's music collection, which would become a big influence in his own songs. At the senior high school in Palu ( a small town in Mid Sulawesi, Indonesia), his adventure in music started with his first band with Abdee Negara(now guitarist of Slank),Theo Kamudi, Ermast Cintawan, Tahmidi Lasahido,and Jaya Rantetasik. At that time they usually played for school and birthday parties. Two years later, Hengky went to Jakarta. His parents sent him to go to college but music was his big love and he decided to join a couple of friends, from his former band in Palu. The band was called ?Interview?, and they played top 40s number at that time at some local clubs in Jakarta, or also for bigger audiences in a hall or for special occasions. That's how Hengky could support himself since his parents were so disappointed he had left college that they quit sending his allowance. Interview started to write their own songs, but they were never published. And then came a big moment for them, because they were being asked to play at a 'breaking reconrd' special event of Jelly Tobing, one of the best drummers in Indonesia, to play drum for 10 hours. Many famous bands and artists performed during that occasion, such as : God Bless (Achmad Albar, Ian Antono, Jockie Suryoprayogo, Donny Fatah dan Tedy Sudjaja), El Pamas( Totok Tewel, Didik Sucahyo, Edy Darome, Dody Keswara and Tato), Iwan Fals, Ikang Fawzi, Nicki Astria, Gito Rollies,Whizzkid etc. After their gig, Hengky was asked to join Whizzkid. Whizzkid and Hengky Supit decided to play their own songs instead of playing covers. They participated in a number of contest and festivals and during one of the major contests, the sixth national rock festival of Indonesia, Whizzkid became number 2 best band and Hengky got the best vocalist award. For this, Whizzkid got the opportunity to record their own single together with the other 10 finalists for a compilation album. The album sold well and Whizzkid went on tour, not only in Java but also to the outer islands. After the tour, the groups members also had their own activities. Hengky Supit was asked by Ian Antono to be a backing vocalist for the Gong 2000 tour, and Jockie Suryoprayogo asked him to be backing vocalist for Kantata Takwa (a new group that discussed social and political problems in Indonesia togehter with Iwan Fals, Rendra, Sawung Jabo and Setiawan. Ian Antono was interested to produce an album of Whizzkid in collaboration with one of the main recording companies ..... The first album "Percayalah" of Whizzkid sold approximately 200.000 copies all over Indonesia. Whizzkid was asked to perform in many cities all over the country. In 1993, Hengky recorded a solo single for a complation album of Indonesian male rock singers. The song "Bila Engkau Izinkan" became a big hit and it was a couple of weeks at number one on many radio charts. In 1995. the second album of Whizkid "Lepaskanlah" was released and in 1997. his first solo album "Isi Hati" came out. During the first few years in the Netherlands, Hengky was busy learning the language and taking some courses but he never left the music.
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Congresswoman Duckworth and Senator Franken Introduce Bill to Train Workers for Open, High-Skill Jobs
October 29, 2015 by Press
Duckworth-Franken CC2C Act will help promote partnerships between businesses and community colleges to close the skills gap
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Senator Al Franken (D-MN) today introduced legislation aimed at closing the "skills gap," which makes it difficult for small businesses and other employers to find qualified candidates for unfilled jobs, by supporting innovative partnerships between community colleges, technical colleges and businesses to train students to fill high-demand jobs. The Community College to Career (CC2C) Fund Act builds off of successful public-private partnerships like the Zurich Insurance Apprenticeship at Harper College or the new Kenmode Tool & Die Making Apprenticeship program at Elgin Community College, bringing two-year colleges and area businesses together nationwide with the aim of training millions of Americans for jobs in high-skill industries. More information on the legislation is available here.
"I am proud to join Senator Al Franken to introduce the Community College to Career Fund Act, which promotes partnerships between community colleges and local businesses to train workers for well-paying jobs in high-demand industries," said Congresswoman Duckworth. "I have heard from employers throughout the 8th District and across Illinois, and one of their main concerns is the shortage of qualified applicants for their unfilled jobs. Having access to innovative workforce development programs, like those at Harper College and Elgin Community College, is vital to supporting our local economies and keeping America competitive. The CC2C Act will give community colleges the resources they need to address the skills gap not only in manufacturing but other sectors like health care, clean energy and IT."
"When I travel around Minnesota, I always hear from business owners that they have job openings going unfilled, because they can't find workers with the right skills," said Sen. Franken. "This problem is called the 'skills gap,' and it's something I've been working to fix for a long time. Our legislation is based on the successful partnerships I've seen all over Minnesota—where businesses and two-year schools come together to train the workers—and I'm going to be fighting to make it law."
The Community College to Career Fund Act supports a workforce model that not only fills open jobs, but also makes education costs lower for students and keeps the country more competitive in the global market. The bill creates a competitive grant program to fund more partnerships between businesses and two-year colleges. These partnerships will focus on valuable job training-related efforts, such as registered apprenticeships, on-the-job training opportunities, and paid internships for low-income students that allow them simultaneously to earn credit for work-based learning in a high-skill field.
In the House, the Duckworth-Franken CC2C Act is cosponsored by 41 Representatives: Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, and Representatives Brad Ashford (NE-02), Bob Brady (PA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Lois Capps (CA-24), Andre Carson (IN-07), Matt Cartwright (PA-17), David Cicilline (RI-01), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), John Conyers (MI-13), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Donna Edwards (MD-04), Bill Foster (IL-11), John Garamendi (CA-03), Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-04), Mike Honda (CA-17), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), James Langevin (RI-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Ted Lieu (CA-33), Dan Lipinski (IL-03), Jim McDermott (WA-07), Grace Napolitano (CA-32), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Charles Rangel (NY-13), Bobby Rush (IL-01), Tim Ryan (OH-13), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Mark Takai (HI-01), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Chris Van Hollen (MD-08), Tim Walz (MN-01), and Peter Welch (VT-AL) along with Congresswomen Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL) and Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (MP-AL).
The legislation is also supported by the American Association of Community Colleges, the National Skill Coalition, the National Tooling and Machining Association, Opportunity Nation, the Precision Machined Products Association, the Precision Metalforming Association, Third Way, and the United States Student Association.
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A lonely, fearful woman in the Isaan province of Udon Thani filed a complaint with the police after a male prostitute stole from her, murdered her dog, and threatened to kill her.
The 32 year old woman named Boom told the media that…
"I'm embarrassed to talk about this, but I think this is too much, and I have to do something. He threatened to kill me. Someone also told me that he is a drug addict. I'm terrified and wanted to warn other women to be aware of this man."
Two years ago the divorced, single mother of four children moved from Buriram province to Udon Thani province to rent a house to stay with her children.
She started a small travel agency and it went very well. She had money to take care of herself and her children and had some disposable income to spend on herself.
Boom confessed she felt lonely at times but did not want to have a serious relationship. So, she hired male prostitutes for sex, paying them between 300 baht and 1,000 baht per time.
Boom added that sometimes she bought expensive gifts for the men, like clothes and a motorcycle.
Boom admitted that she used sex services from several men but no one was as dangerous as the 26 year old Sarawut.
Boom met Sarawut via an online dating application. She offered him money in exchange for a sex service and he agreed. Sarawut travelled from the Bor Sila district to her house in the Baan Dung district several times.
Everything seemed to be fine until she found out that a gold necklace worth about 32,000 baht disappeared. Then, several more items went missing from the house.
Boom checked her home security cameras and found that Sarawut killed her black puppy.
She immediately tried to stop the relationship with Sarawut after the discovery but he threatened to kill her if she did.
Boom approached the media to spread her story in a bid to warn other women about the man. She added that she's moved into some temporary accommodation in fear of being attacked by Sarawut.
Police have not provided an update on the case.
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Pressure vessels are containers for pressurized liquids or gasses. These containers are required in many manufacturing processes such as making steam, gasoline, or fertilizer, and a million other useful, desirable products. Pressure vessels are the foundation of chemical and energy processing and they range broadly in size and complexity. The fuel for your propane barbecue comes in a pressure vessel. If you live out in the country, your heating gas may come from a tank out in the yard which stores liquid propane. Both of these are common consumer pressure vessels. The cat cracker at your local refinery and the truck carrying ammonia to the farmer are also pressure vessels. You see these containers all the time if you know where to look.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) maintains the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Code), which governs the construction of pressure vessels and boilers. The Code's first writing resulted from a 1909 boiler explosion which killed 58 at a shoe factory in Massachusetts. Thd Code first published in 1915 and for the past century has been the authoritative guide for the methods and materials used in boilers and pressure vessels. The current Code has 16,000 pages and is organized into 28 separate volumes.
The ASME Code serves two distinct purposes. This Code provides a complete set of rules for the design and construction of pressure vessels. For almost all cases, the design method is by rule and is not a rigorous calculation. This method produces very conservative designs with ample safety factors based on mechanics of materials theory and empirical experience. The other purpose is to codify data about a large selection of materials suitable for use in manufacturing. Data like chemistry, minimum strengths, operating temperatures, and the like.
Most vessels in petrochem service are made from steel rolled or forged into the desired shape. The Code dictates the thickness, mechanical strength, and impact resistance the materials of construction must meet. The Code specifies qualifications and certification for welders and other fabricators. Additionally, the Code specifies testing protocols to verify acceptable quality of vessel construction.
Pressure vessels exist in a wide variety of sizes and configurations. The most common are cylindrical but others are spherical or conical. One of the most frequently recognized shapes is the cylinder with elliptical endcaps, which is the shape most commonly used.
While plain carbon steel is a very common selection, stainless steel and other alloy steels are used when the process calls for it. The process may call for an alloy rather than plain steel if the process is too cold, too hot, or too corrosive. Carbon fiber or composite materials appear only in very specialized applications where weight is determinate. Composite construction has high tensile strength and is considerably lighter than steel containers. However, the detailed and critical manufacturing process required and difficulty of damage repair makes composite pressure vessels more expensive than their steel counterparts.
Many vessels are installed with a pressure relief valve nearby. These safety valves are designed to protect the vessel from pressure transients or out-of-control conditions. The Code also dictates testing frequency and protocols for these protective devices.
Contact Serco, Inc. with questions regarding pressure vessel or boiler fabrication and repair. We are qualified to fabricate vessels in our shop and repair vessels or boilers in the field. We use the software package COMPRESS, do all our own welding, and perform our own pressure tests. Please call to discuss the services we have available. Contact us at (806) 273-7614 or send us an email. We also invite you to stop by our office located at 1430 North Main Street in Borger, Texas.


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Eight of 10 Richest People in the World Are American
By Ken Knickerbocker
Published: 11:30 pm EST November 11, 2019 Updated: 1:26 pm EST November 12, 2019
From left: Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Mark Zuckerberg. Images via YouTube.
The United States has no shortage of billionaires, as eight out of the 10 richest people in the world are American, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Also, Americans hold 14 of the Top 20 spots on the list.
Currently, the richest person in the world is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, whose total net worth is $111 billion.
He is followed by Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft, at $109 billion.
The Top five is rounded out by French businessman Bernard Arnault, Warren Buffett, and Mark Zuckerberg.
The Delaware Valley has a representative on the list of the 500 richest people in the world. Mary Malone, who lives in Chester County, checked in at No. 435 with $4.7 billion in total net worth. Malone is Campbell Soup's largest shareholder.
Read more about the world's richest people on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index here.
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At the end of July, Bank of Israel Gov. Stanley Fischer kept the interest rate at 3.5% for the seventh month in a row.
Israel's Consumer Price Index rose 1.1 percent in July - after a 0.1% rise in June - led by housing, transportation-communications and culture-entertainment indices, which rose 2.9%, 2.5%, and 1%, respectively, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday, adding that the CPI has risen 1.6% since the beginning of 2005. "This was a surprise," said Shlomo Maoz, chief economist at Excellence Nessuah Securities Ltd., who attributed the rise to the growing fuel and housing prices, alongside the devaluation of the shekel. Fuel prices rose 7.6% in July. He predicted that inflation would total 2.5% to 3% this year, with continued high inflation rates over the next three months further encouraged by the reduction of the VAT from 17% to 16.5% to take effect in September. Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce President Uriel Lynn noted that "almost every year the July CPI is relatively high," as a result of a yearly wave of spending on education, culture, entertainment, transportation and communications, compounding higher consumer spending in the summer months. He argued that recent rises in fuel costs were not being reflected in the July CPI, and will influence the August CPI "only if the trend continues." According to the FICC forecast, inflation will total 2% by the end of 2005. EcoEnergy CEO Amit Mor estimated that the average Israeli household's spending on fuels and energy is NIS 350 to NIS 400 monthly above the average energy expenditure in 2003. "Coal prices also doubled in the past two years, causing increases in the cost of generating electricity," Mor said, noting that 80% of energy production in Israel is based on coal. He predicted that oil prices would rise to $100 per barrel or beyond in the event of a "major disruption" to supplies, but will likely fall back down towards $30 within several years, as oil-exporting nations and natural gas refineries increase productivity. The CPI's rise in July was tempered by lower prices in the clothing-footwear and fruits and vegetables indices, which fell 6.1% and 1.7%, respectively. Prices for fresh fruits fell 4.1%, while fresh vegetable prices sank 2.6%. In seasonally adjusted terms, clothing and footwear prices only fell by about 1.5%, the CBS noted. Given rising inflation, fuel prices, public-sector wages, and government spending, Maoz suggested that the September interest rate should rise, but could not say what the Bank of Israel's decision would be. The Israel Manufacturers Association said that predictions that the inflation target will be met - alongside the stability signaled by Ehud Olmert's speedy appointment in place of Binyamin Netanyahu as finance minister, at the helm of the Treasury and cabinet approval of the budget, allow the central bank to keep the interest rate down and encourage economic growth. At the end of July, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer kept the interest rate at 3.5% for the seventh month in a row.


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Net Leased Taco Joints Fetch $731 Per SF
LAS VEGAS-The Jang Family Trust pays cash for two restaurant locations that are net leased with corporate backing for the next 20 years.
By Brian K. Miller | August 20, 2009 at 05:30 PM
LAS VEGAS-Two net-leased restaurant properties have changed hands for $731 per square foot, according to Faris Lee Investments, which represented the sellers. The locations are net leased for the next 20 years with corporate backing and 10% bumps every five years, according to local industry sources.
The $3.75-million purchase price for the two Del Taco restaurants represents a cap rate of 7.5% for the new owner. The sellers were Innovative Property Partners LLC and Visionary Partners LLC. The all-cash buyer was the Jang Family Trust from Arizona, which was in a 1031 exchange.
Faris Lee directors Dennis Vaccaro and Matthew Mousavi represented the sellers. Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer.
"[The] absolute NNN corporate-backed leases [provide the] investor long-term security of income and virtually no management responsibilities," Vaccaro says. "Both properties also benefited from the synergy created by the strong adjacent anchor tenants."
Built in 1999 and situated on .62 acres, one of the Del Taco properties is located at 5226 South Boulder Highway and totals 2,308 square feet. It is located in full-service Albertson's with gas station shopping center. The other location, a 2,820-square-foot store built in 2001, is situated on .95 acres at 4380 North Nellis Blvd., in front of a Wal-Mart Super Center with gas station adjacent to the main entrance to the Nellis Air Force Base.
In other retail news, Smoky Bones, a restaurant, finalized a 60-month lease, $1.1-million lease for 9,800 square feet at 1800 E. Flamingo Road, according to the local Colliers International office, which represented the building owner, Truck Underwriters Association. Colliers' Scot Marker had the assignment. The local office is part of Colliers Nevada LLC, a subsidiary of San Jose, CA-based Colliers Parrish International that operates 11 Colliers' offices in California and Nevada.
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During system-level design of Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip (MPSoCs), designers are faced with a problem of finding a suitable architecture that would fulfil the requirements of applications while minimizing hardware costs. A typical design flow involves modeling and simulation of diverese candidate architectures at the system level. Cycle-accurate processor models, e.g. instruction set simulators, cannot be employed at this level because of their high complexity and low simulation perfomance. In order to speed up the evaluation, designers require tools for design space exploration of MPSoCs at a higher level of abstraction.
Trace-driven simulation (TDS) is a technique for performance estimation of MPSoC architectures. The purpose of this approach is to speed up the performance simulations by eliminating unnecessary internal events of a processor (intra-core events) and focusing on system-level (or inter-core) events only. A trace is a sequence of system-level events generated by the cycle-accurate processor model. Traces represent the abstracted behaviour of processors at the system level. During TDS, the traces of multiple processors are simulated using a trace-driven model of MPSoC, allowing the designer to investigate the impact of shared resources on the performance characteristics of the architecture candidates.
Traces are reused multiple times during design space exploration, avoiding slow microarchitecture simulations at each iteration. The presented approach can be applied for the high-level analysis of application mapping and scheduling. By means of a high-level scheduler, application traces can be dynamically mapped and executed on the MPSoC model, providing the designer with early estimates of the application performance on different candidate architectures considering features of real-time operating systems.


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10 Interesting Facts About The Attack On Pearl Harbor
June 24, 2020 August 31, 2014 by Anirudh
On the 7th of December 1941, Japan conducted a surprise attack against the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which damaged all their 8 battleships and killed more than two thousand Americans. The attack on Pearl Harbor had widespread consequences the most important one being that it led to America declaring war against the Axis powers. Know more about the event which changed the course of the Second World War through these 10 interesting facts.
#1 Pearl Harbor was attacked to protect the invasion of "Southern Resource Area"
Japan depended on the United States for supply of natural and industrial resources, especially oil, without which its forces would be significantly hampered. After Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, America stopped its supply of scrap iron and aviation fuel. Further embargoes followed when Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. This led to Japan targeting South-east Asia which was rich in minerals and oil. They knew that such an invasion would lead to war against America anyways. So they decided to destroy America's Pacific Fleet to prevent American interference in its plan to access resources of countries in South-east Asia which Japan called "Southern Resource Area". This was the primary reason behind the attack on Pearl Harbor which was the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Signing of the Tripartite Pact – Seated from left to right Saburo Kurusu (Japan), Galeazzo Ciano (Italy) and Adolf Hitler (Germany)
#2 Hull Note was most likely not an ultimatum
The last Japanese proposal before the attack was that they would withdraw all forces from southern Indochina and would not attack Southeast Asia provided US gave them a specified quantity of petroleum and lifted sanctions, stopped aiding China and didn't interfere in talks between China and Japan. America broke a Japanese code which revealed that Japan did plan to occupy northern China. US responded with the famous Hull Note which demanded complete removal of Japanese forces from French Indochina and China. Some historians believe that the Hull Note was an ultimatum and forced Japan to go into war against America but it is more widely believed that it did leave Japan an alternative to war.
US Secretary of State Cordell Hull after whom the Hull Note was named
#3 The attack was the brainchild of Isoroku Yamamoto
The planning for the attack on Pearl Harbor began in early 1941. It was the brainchild of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Strategic and tactical planning of the attack was carried out by Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka with assistance from Captain Minoru Genda. Minoru Genda was also responsible for training the forces in new techniques required for the attack.
#4 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor without declaring war
Though the attack took place without formal declaration of war, Japan tried to uphold conventions of war while maintaining surprise by sending a 14-part message. Its first segments indicated that Japan intended to break negotiations and after reading it US President Franklin D. Roosevelt said "This means war" and send a message to Japan's emperor requesting further negotiations. His will to meet the Emperor was denied by the Japanese PM Hideki Tojo. The last part of the 14-part message which indicated war might break out, couldn't be delivered before the attack because it was meant to be given just before the attack and it took too long for the Japanese ambassador to transcribe it in time.
#5 American radar detected incoming planes but no action was taken
The first attack wave led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida consisted of 183 planes. Army radar picked up the incoming planes but when Lieutenant Kermit A. Tyler was warned he presumed it was the scheduled arrival of six B-17 bombers. Although the operators had never seen such a large formation on radar, they neglected and never told Tyler of its size while Tyler never informed them that six B-17s were due for security reasons. Fuchida's lead dive bomber reached Pearl Harbor to find the defenses unmanned, no AA fire or fighter patrols. He then sent the famous "Tora, Tora, Tora," message indicating that complete surprise had been achieved. The message was used as title of a well-known war film.
First Wave preparing to take off from Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku for Pearl Harbor
#6 The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted for about two hours
At 7:53 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the first bomb fell at the foot of the seaplane ramp at Pearl Harbor. In the first wave, torpedo bombers attacked the most important ships present while dive bombers attacked US air bases. Within minutes 5 battleships were sunk and 188 aircrafts were destroyed on ground. The second attack wave led by Lieutenant-Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki consisted of 171 planes. It attacked the Army Air Forces' Bellows Field near Kaneohe, and Ford Island. The Japanese withdrew around 9:45 a.m.
#7 2467 lives were lost in the attack
Americans were completely shocked by the attack. Many of them awoke to the sounds of alarms, bombs exploding, and gunfire. Some thought it was a drill. They were hugely unprepared with lockers locked, guns unmanned etc. 2,403 Americans died and 1,178 others were wounded during the attack. Eighteen ships, including five battleships were sunk and 188 aircrafts were destroyed with 159 others damaged. The Japanese lost 29 aircraft, five midget submarines, and 64 men.
Battleship USS Arizona explodes
#8 There is a Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory
Conspiracy theorists doubt that America could have been so woefully ill-prepared; suggest that America forced Japan to attack through their severe conditions like getting out of China; Japanese codes were broken and President Roosevelt and high ranking officials knew about the attack in advance; and they maneuvered Japan to attack first. They say all this was done so that America could enter the World War by the back door, and against the popular mood of the country. Several writers, including journalist Robert Stinnett and retired US Navy Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald have argued in favor of this Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory. However, most mainstream historians have rejected it due to several reasons including America's unpreparedness for war at the time and it's 'Europe first' strategy.
Pearl Harbor attack map
#9 The attack on Pearl Harbor led to USA entering the Second World War
The day after the attack, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his famous Infamy Speech to a Joint Session of Congress. In the first sentence of the speech Roosevelt described the previous day as "a date which will live in infamy". He called for war on Japan and within an hour of the speech, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against the Empire of Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on US and US issued a declaration of war against them later that day. Hence America entered World War II which ended with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Roosevelt delivering the Infamy Speech
#10 Japan could have inflicted greater damage if they targeted different areas
Japan concentrated on just destroying battleships of US Navy as it thought that the Pacific battle would be fought by battleships. This proved to be wrong. Had Japan focused beyond the fleet and targeted navy repair yards, oil tank farms, submarine base, and old headquarters building it could have inflicted far greater and more lasting damage. Also, as luck would have it, American aircraft carriers were untouched by the attack. All this led to giving America a chance to rebuild and ultimately reverse the Japanese advance after the setbacks of early 1942. Admiral Hara Tadaichi summed up the Japanese result by saying, "We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor and thereby lost the war."
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the japanese fleet was noticed by a dutch submarine from indonisia thy reported this to america , but nothing was done , the submarine was later bombed by the british
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