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Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber
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Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html Fathers Commit Suicide Protesting Discrimination In Israel Child Custody Laws By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Seeking a professional, licensed child, family psychologist in Israel - contact Sara Silber Jerusalem----April 19....The above fictitious headline could easily turn into hard, cold reality for many Israel dads if the Israel government does not take immediate action to reform it's archaic, callous and discriminating child custody family laws. Laws which separate fathers from their children. In fact, many fathers have already committed suicide in Israel, the US and in the UK as a direct result of being separated from their children. And the numbers are staggering. The following fictitious account is saturated with both facts and injustices that many loving fathers may not be able to bear for much longer. Israel police were summoned to the house of Zvi Katz, 44, of Kfar Sava, a northern suburb of Tel Aviv, when friends and work colleagues noticed that he was absent from work and was not returning telephone calls. "We entered Katz's home and everywhere we looked we saw pictures of him and his children," said Israel police spokesperson Dor Levy. "It appears that he committed suicide after taking a large dose of barbiturates. He had just completed a 4 hour visitation with his 3-year-old son, was still wearing the pink paper wrist band of an amusement park that they had just visited and left a suicide note next to his body." What police did not tell reporters, was that Katz had uploaded his suicide note to an Israel Fathers Rights Organization Web site in Israel Fathers 4 Justice Israel - describing the nightmares that he had been subjected to by the local children welfare department in Ra'anana and family courts in Israel. 1 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08 Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html Katz's stated in his note that he could no longer bear the pain of being separated from his children by his ex-wife with the assistance of negligent child welfare departments and family courts in Israel which openly and blatantly discriminate against dads directly due to gender bias following an outdated family custody law which was written in 1962. Ruth Wexler, a child psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience, was a close friend of Katz stated: "Zvi was one of the most respected professionals in his industry, had a perfect military record where he served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces reserves and was an example of how loving, attentive and caring he was as a dedicated father." She further noted: "a totally negligent child welfare and Israel family court system which reinforced the pathological behavior of Zvi's wife in preventing him from having equal access to his child murdered Katz. He had no history of mental illness. If there was any aberrant behavior here it was on behalf of the social workers in Ra'anana who recommended only a few hours a week for Zvi to see his child." The child psychologist said that she had even made contact with the head of Welfare Services in the City of Ra'anana, Israel who told her that it was "impossible" that there was no visitation plan implemented for Katz during the upcoming Passover holiday. Just hours before discovering Katz's tragic death, the child psychologist spoke with a social worker who handled Katz's case and admitted that no plan had been written or submitted. The child psychologist said that she had even made contact with the head of Welfare Services in the City of Ra'anana, Israel who told her that it was "impossible" that there was no visitation plan implemented for Katz during the upcoming Passover holiday. Just hours before discovering Katz's tragic death, the child psychologist spoke with a social worker who handled Katz's case and admitted that no plan had been written or submitted. "Gross, professional negligence by both the family courts and the child welfare system in Israel led to Katz's death," said Wexler. "If the mother who was suffering from Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), the courts and the child welfare department set aim at preventing this dad to be with his child, they finally succeeded." Again, the INA reminds our readers that the above account is fictitious in where this suicide was enacted and the above names were changed, but the account of the Ra'anana child welfare department is factual. And the below facts of a staggering suicide rate by dads who are prevented access to their children is anything but fictitious. If you are contemplating suicide, don't do it. There is a life after divorce. It's not easy, but it can be good. Never forget that once you are a father, you are a father for life. The fact that the system denies you the right of being a father to your offspring is not your fault. 2 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08 Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html If you commit suicide, you don't punish anyone but your children. Your children have a right to have you as a father, and they have that right for the duration of their life. Don't deny them that right. They are suffering enough at the hands of the system already. One day they'll come back to you. That is human nature. Don't leave them a graveyard plot for an address. If you do that, you won't be any better than the system. If you need someone to talk to, there are some help lines. There is no need to be alone. This is a big world with enough room for all. Reach out and ask for help. You'll no longer be alone. It's true, believe me. According to the Centers for Disease Control and the National Fathers' Resource Center, eighty-six percent of men have at least one child during their lifetimes. Using the 50% divorce rate figure, and knowing that fathers lose custody of their children about 80% of the time, it can be calculated that about 34% of American, English and Israel men will experience the loss of child custody sometime during their lives. It is well-known that noncustodial fathers often experience high levels of psychological distress. Social scientists have made observations such as the following. Wallerstein noted that post divorce visits with children "can lead to depression and sorrow in men who love their children". Ross observed that many divorced fathers are "overwhelmed by feelings of failure and self-hatred," and as a result are "disengaging from a family that is no longer really theirs". Umberson and Williams highlighted the sense of failure that these fathers experience. As a result, these men "exhibit substantially higher rates of psychological distress and alcohol consumption than do married men." Blankenhorn described non-custodial fathers in this way: "These men are very angry. Indeed, their white-hot sense of injustice can sometimes produce in them the phenomenon of pressured speech, in which emotional intensity derails normal conversational rhythms." One very cruel irony - over the past 20 years, society has admonished fathers to become more attentive to their families. As more wives entered the workforce, this relieved some of the financial pressure on men, and has allowed fathers to devote more time to their children. And during that same period of time, a series of laws have been enacted that have enabled wives to obtain court orders to exclude fathers from the household, in the name of preventing domestic violence. 3 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08 Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html So given the frequency and gravity of the problem, it is not surprising that numerous anecdotes have appeared in the popular press detailing non-custodial fathers who have resorted to killing themselves. One very cruel irony - over the past 20 years, society has admonished fathers to become more attentive to their families. As more wives entered the workforce, this relieved some of the financial pressure on men, and has allowed fathers to devote more time to their children. And during that same period of time, a series of laws have been enacted that have enabled wives to obtain court orders to exclude fathers from the household, in the name of preventing domestic violence. Once a precedent of paternal separation has been established, child custody is almost always awarded to the mother. Hence, these domestic violence edicts have made it more difficult for fathers to maintain meaningful involvement with their children. In some cases, their own children have come to view their loving fathers with suspicion and distrust. So noncustodial fathers have become increasingly frustrated and angered by the mixed messages that they are receiving. They find it incomprehensible that their basic human right to be a parent is being curtailed by a legal system that they perceive to be expensive, cloaked in secrecy, and unfair. Is it any wonder that some fathers crack under the pressure? On Thursday, January 23, 2003, a BC father, Mark Edward Dexel, 42, took the only exit fathers are left with when dealing with the most corrupt justice system ever known in the history of Canada, he committed suicide. This latest tragedy has shocked many non-custodial parents among the local support group Parents of Broken Families and other non-custodial parents groups across the nation. It was a grim reminder of the same tragedy that led Darren White, another member a similar group, to take his own life back in early 2000. A distraught father struggling with overdue child support obligations and adverse family court decisions committed suicide on the steps of the downtown San Diego courthouse Monday. Angrily waving court documents, 43 year-old Derrick Miller walked up to court personnel at the entrance, said "You did this to me," and shot himself in the head. Miller is one of 300,000 Americans who have taken their own lives over the past decade - as many Americans as were killed in combat in World War II. America, the UK and Israel are in the throes of a largely unrecognized suicide epidemic, as suicide has become the eighth leading cause of death in the United States today, and the third leading cause of death among adolescents. Many recognize that the US is rife with violent crime, but few know that 50% more Americans kill themselves than are murdered. Who is committing suicide? For the most part, men. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, males commit suicide four times as often as females do, and have higher suicide rates in every age group. There are many risk factors for suicide, including substance abuse and mental illness, but the two situations in which men are most likely to kill themselves are after the loss of a job, and after a divorce. Because our society strongly defines manhood as the ability to work and provide for one's loved ones, unemployed men often see themselves as failures and as burdens to their families. Thus it is not surprising that while there is no difference in the suicide rate of employed and unemployed women, the suicide rate of unemployed men is twice that of employed men. It is for this reason that economic crises generally lead to male suicide epidemics. 4 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08 Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html During the Midwest farm crisis of the 1980s, for example, the suicide rate of male farmers tripled. A sharp increase in male suicide occurred after the destruction of Flint, Michigan's 70 year-old auto industry, as documented in the disturbing 1989 film "Roger and Me." Some suicide experts fear a rise in suicide related to our current economic downturn. The other most common suicide victims are divorced and/or estranged fathers like Derrick Miller. In fact, a divorced father is ten times more likely to commit suicide than a divorced mother, and three times more likely to commit suicide than a married father. According to Los Angeles divorce consultant Jayne Major: "Divorced men are often devastated by the loss of their children. It's a little known fact that in the United States men initiate only a small number of the divorces involving children. Most of the men I deal with never saw their divorces coming, and they are often treated very unfairly by the family courts." According to Sociology Professor Augustine Kposow of the University of California at Riverside, "The link between men and their children is often severed because the woman is usually awarded custody. A man may not get to see his children , even with visitation rights. As far as the man is concerned, he has lost his marriage and lost his children and that can lead to depression and suicide." There have been a rash of father suicides directly related to divorce and mistreatment by the family courts over the past few years. For example, New York City Police Officer Martin Romanchick, a Medal of Honor recipient, hung himself after being denied access to his children and being arrested 15 times on charges brought by his ex-wife, charges the courts deemed frivolous. Massachusetts father Steven Cook, prevented from seeing his daughter by a protection order based upon unfounded allegations , committed suicide after he was jailed for calling his four-year-old daughter on the wrong day of the week. Darrin White, a Canadian father who was stripped of the right to see his children and was about to be jailed after failing to pay a child support award tantamount to twice his take home pay, hung himself. His 14 year-old daughter Ashlee later wrote to her nation's Prime Minister, saying, "this country's justice system has robbed me of one of the most precious gifts in my life, my father." Fathers' rights groups contend court bias plays a direct role. One divorced father committed suicide on the steps of San Diego's courthouse, another set his car afire outside Alaska's child-support office. Fathers' rights groups, joined by a few academic experts, see a common denominator in these recent bursts of rage, and ask whether America's family court system could be partly at fault by deepening the despair of many divorced men. "None of these guys are poster children," said Lowell Jaks, president of the Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents Rights. "But when you cause this much pain to so many men, there are going to be repercussions - a certain percentage are going to crack." Women's groups and government officials doubt that courtroom bias is the cause for most of these destructive outbursts; some experts say divorced men simply experience more isolation after divorce than women. But Jaks is convinced of his position. "Some guys kill themselves, some snap and go out and kill others," Jaks said. "You can dismiss them as crackpots, you can say we need more protection for women, but it's not going to take away the problem." 5 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08 Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html Augustine Kposowa, a sociologist at the University of California-Riverside, has conducted studies concluding that suicide rates among divorced men are much higher than for divorced women or married men. He attributes the difference to what happens in family courts. "Decades ago, the pendulum swung in favor of the men, but clearly in the past two decades the system is stacking up against men," Kposowa said in a telephone interview. "The man loses his marriage, then he loses a second time when child custody is granted to the woman," he said. "Unless something is done, by examining family laws and having new policies to aid men, the situation is bound to get worse." Extrapolating from Kposowa's research, fathers' rights activist David Roberts contends that child-support orders - part of what he calls "the war on fathers" - contribute to the suicides of more than 5,000 divorced fathers each year. Roberts, president of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, concedes that his estimate is un-provable and that suicides often may stem more from personality factors than legal bias. But he is bitter at what he perceives as unwillingness by politicians and most academics to take the suicide and violence phenomenon seriously. Outside the fathers' rights ranks, government officials and leaders of women's groups acknowledge that divorce and custody procedures are often imperfect. Joey Binard of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges said states are shifting away from the traditional presumption that mothers should get post-divorce custody of children. Many states now say preference should go to the parent most involved with the children, she said, "but that still leaves men on the short end of the stick, because most are not primary caretakers." Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children and families at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, stressed repeatedly in an interview that divorced men who commit violence are "the rare exception." However, Horn said men commonly experience depression or other mental health problems after a divorce. And he suggested that some family courts may still give "subtle preference" to mothers in custodial hearings. "Even if, objectively, there is no bias, if the man perceives it as such, it's a source of stress," Horn said. Horn predicted that court procedures would become more evenhanded. "There's greater recognition that it's important to keep dads actively involved in a child's life, that child support should be more than just going after dad's wallet," he said. National suicide statistics do not provide a comprehensive look at marital details - for example, whether a male suicide victim was a divorced father who lost custody of his children. However, psychiatrist David Clark, a suicide expert at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, said fathers facing loss of custody are at above-average risk of suicide. "You go through the open-wound agony of the divorce, you go through the agony of losing day-in, day-out contact with your children - and if you add either clinical depression or increased drinking that's a combination that gives us gray hair," Clark said. Israel lawmakers, family court judges and child welfare social workers totally bear the blame for these murders. 6 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08 Fathers Children Child Custody Laws Psychology Divorced Suicide Israel Sara Silber http://www.israelnewsagency.com/fatherschildcustodylawsisraelsuicide6550418.html Lowell Jaks recalled fantasizing about suicide during his divorce. "You're just expected to move on," he said. "And you know that by moving on, that might be interpreted as neglecting your child." Fathers' rights groups say the frustrations of many divorced men could be eased through legislated changes in court practices. Another suggestion - offered even by skeptics of the fathers' rights movement - is to provide more emotional support for men going through divorce. But the real and lasting solutions for both fathers and their children will never be found in the artifical chemicals of antidepressants such as Prozac. In the real world, the real blame for fathers taking their lives are the family courts and child welfare systems. One reporter asked a Fathers Rights supporter in Israel: "why would a father take his life, if he truly cared about his child?" The Fathers Rights leader responded: "the courts and welfare system in Israel stripped away his title of parent and his ability to care for his child. How can you "care" for a child when you don't see them," he asked. How many Derrick Miller's and Zvi Katz's will Israel, the US, Canada and the UK witness in the next year? What is the Israel Knesset, Israel family courts, Israel child welfare departments doing to eradicate this barbaric injustice to both father and child? How many more loving fathers will be sentenced to seeing their children a mere and fatally depressing once or twice a week for a few hours, while the mothers legally kidnap their children? How many divorced dads will be separated from their children on Passover eve as their son or daughter asks: "why is this night different than all other nights." Perhaps because the child has lost a father. Israel lawmakers, family court judges and child welfare social workers totally bear the blame for these murders. It's time that we, as a community, speak out in support of these emotionally abused fathers and children. It's is you, the reader, who bears the blame by your silence. For if you do not act, do not expect the US Congress, the English Parliament or the Israel Knesset to shed one single tear for the next grave to be danced upon by an angry, disturbed mother. ISRAEL NEWS AGENCY 7 of 7 24/03/2011 10:08


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package com.google.feedserver.testing;

import com.google.feedserver.client.FeedServerEntry;
import com.google.feedserver.util.ContentUtil;
import com.google.feedserver.util.FeedServerClientException;
import com.google.gdata.data.Entry;
import com.google.gdata.data.OtherContent;
import com.google.gdata.util.XmlBlob;

import org.easymock.IArgumentMatcher;
import org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Provides data and utilities for testing the feedserver clients.
 *
 * @author r@kuci.org (Ray Colline)
 */
public class FeedServerClientTestUtil {

  public static final String NAME = "vehicle0";
  public static final String OWNER = "Joe";
  public static final String PRICE = "23000";
  public static final String[] PROPERTY_NAMES = {"make", "model", "year"};
  public static final String[] PROPERTY_VALUES = {"Honda", "Civic Hybrid", "2007"};

  public static final String ENTRY_XML =
      "<entity>\n" + "  <name>vehicle0</name>\n" + "  <owner>Joe</owner>\n"
          + "  <price>23000</price>\n" + "  <propertyName repeatable='true'>make</propertyName>\n"
          + "  <propertyName>model</propertyName>\n" + "  <propertyName>year</propertyName>\n"
          + "  <propertyValue repeatable='true'>Honda</propertyValue>\n"
          + "  <propertyValue>Civic Hybrid</propertyValue>\n"
          + "  <propertyValue>2007</propertyValue>\n" + "</entity>\n";

  private VehicleBean sampleVehicleBean;
  private Map<String, Object> sampleVehicleMap;
  private FeedServerEntry vehicleEntry;

  /**
   * Populates bean with static info to match XML. The XML and the bean should
   * be interchangable using utilities provided by FeedServerClient.
   */
  public FeedServerClientTestUtil() {
    // Setup sample bean.
    sampleVehicleBean = new VehicleBean();
    sampleVehicleBean.setName(NAME);
    sampleVehicleBean.setOwner(OWNER);
    sampleVehicleBean.setPrice(PRICE);
    sampleVehicleBean.setPropertyName(PROPERTY_NAMES);
    sampleVehicleBean.setPropertyValue(PROPERTY_VALUES);

    // Setup sample map.
    sampleVehicleMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    sampleVehicleMap.put("name", NAME);
    sampleVehicleMap.put("owner", OWNER);
    sampleVehicleMap.put("price", PRICE);
    sampleVehicleMap.put("propertyName", PROPERTY_NAMES);
    sampleVehicleMap.put("propertyValue", PROPERTY_VALUES);

    // Create populated gdata entry.
    XmlBlob xmlBlob = new XmlBlob();
    xmlBlob.setBlob(ENTRY_XML);
    OtherContent xmlContent = new OtherContent();
    xmlContent.setXml(xmlBlob);
    xmlContent.setXml(xmlBlob);
    xmlContent.setMimeType(ContentUtil.APPLICATION_XML);
    vehicleEntry = new FeedServerEntry();
    vehicleEntry.setXmlBlob(xmlBlob);
    vehicleEntry.setContent(xmlContent);
  }

  /**
   * Compares two vehicle beans to see if they are identical.
   *
   * @param expected the expected bean.
   * @param actual the actual bean.
   * @return true if they are identical, false otherwise.
   */
  public boolean isEqual(VehicleBean expected, VehicleBean actual) {
    if (expected.getName().equals(actual.getName())
        && expected.getOwner().equals(actual.getOwner())
        && expected.getPrice().equals(actual.getPrice())) {
      // In the vehicle example the amount of property names and property values
      // is identical.
      // They are also in determistic order.
      for (int index = 0; index < expected.getPropertyName().length; index++) {
        if ((!expected.getPropertyName()[index].equals(actual.getPropertyName()[index]))
            || (!expected.getPropertyValue()[index].equals(actual.getPropertyValue()[index]))) {
          return false;
        }
      }
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Compares two typeless maps to see if they are identical.
   *
   * @param expected the expected entry represented as a map.
   * @param actual the actual entry represented as a map.
   * @return true if they are identical, false otherwise.
   * @throws NullPointerException if map isnt properly formatted
   * @throws ClassCastException if map is not of "typeless" variety.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if actual map has less entries than
   *         expected map.
   */
  public boolean isEqual(Map<String, Object> expected, Map<String, Object> actual) {
    for (String key : expected.keySet()) {
      if (expected.get(key) instanceof String) {
        if (!expected.get(key).equals(actual.get(key))) {
          return false;
        }
      } else if (expected.get(key) instanceof Object[]) {
        Object[] expectedRepeatedValue = (Object[]) expected.get(key);
        Object[] actualRepeatedValue = (Object[]) actual.get(key);
        for (int index = 0; index < expectedRepeatedValue.length; index++) {
          if (!((String) expectedRepeatedValue[index]).equals(actualRepeatedValue[index])) {
            return false;
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  public VehicleBean getSampleVehicleBean() {
    return sampleVehicleBean;
  }

  public FeedServerEntry getVehicleEntry() {
    return vehicleEntry;
  }

  public Map<String, Object> getSampleVehicleMap() {
    return sampleVehicleMap;
  }

  /**
   * Easymock helper function to compare {@link Entry} objects.
   *
   * @param in object to compare.
   * @return an Entry to pass through.
   */
  public static FeedServerEntry eqEntry(FeedServerEntry in) {
    EasyMock.reportMatcher(new EntryEquals(in));
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Entry equivalence argument matcher for easymock to check {@link Entry}
   * objects.
   *
   * @author r@kuci.org (Ray Colline)
   */
  public static class EntryEquals implements IArgumentMatcher {

    private FeedServerEntry expected;

    public EntryEquals(FeedServerEntry expected) {
      this.expected = expected;
    }

    public boolean matches(Object actual) {
      if (!(actual instanceof FeedServerEntry)) {
        return false;
      }
      try {
        return new FeedServerClientTestUtil().isEqual(expected.getEntity(VehicleBean.class),
            ((FeedServerEntry) actual).getEntity(VehicleBean.class));
      } catch (FeedServerClientException e) {
        return false;
      }
    }

    public void appendTo(StringBuffer buffer) {
      buffer.append("eqException( expected: ");
      buffer.append(expected.getXmlBlob().getBlob());
    }
  }
}

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Entrepreneur Retired Couple Travels While Selling Lasagna Sauce Straight From Italy
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A couple that works together might enjoy each other longer when they are traveling all over the country in an RV, and making money selling an authentic tasting product. When some people retire, they decide to buy an RV trailer to travel or they park it somewhere along the coast, relaxing while they soak in the sun. The RV trailer that David and Laurie Fanelli own is where they lay their head at night at the scheduled location where they will be setting up to show their product. Laurie was a Dental Assistant for fifteen years and David was a Deputy Sheriff and former Marine. They lived in Ratan, Mexico when they met at a rodeo dance. David made the first move to ask his best friend, Laurie's brother, to introduce them. Six weeks later they were married, and have been for thirty-three years. They have four children, Travis, 32, Jason, 30, Charity, 29, and Christian, 26. They also have eight grandchildren. The Fanelli's product is a sauce that is the only one like it in a jar. {{more}}	It is unique and the only with special ingredients passed on from three generations in David's family directly from a great-great-grandmother, Viola, who lived in Sicily, Italy and loved to cook. The product is lasagna sauce in a jar. The sellers are a retired couple. The Fanelli's never thought they would take a likening for an entrepreneur career. The name of their business is Fanelli's Finest. Last month, they were in Abilene at the United Supermarkets on South 14th St. sharing their delicious tasting lasagna that they make while on location and served samples to the customers. What made this couple want to get into a lasagna sauce business?	"Our kids wanted to share it with everyone. They wanted to get it on the market, and the way it taste at home. Anyway, they sure enough did it," said David. According to David, he started cooking when he was four years old in his Grandma's kitchen. Why is it different from any other sauce? "It is all natural with no sugar, no after taste, and no additives. The simplicity of it, and the solidity of the sauce and how easy it is to make lasagna," said Laurie. "I told myself, 'If I could jar it the way I made it at home, I would.' Like I told my niece, during the depression, people started using their ideas and brought the economy back."	It was the Fanelli children who motivated their parents to go out on the road after retiring to sell the lasagna sauce they liked so much at home. Carolyn, the Fanelli's oldest daughter is the Chief Financial Officer of the business. It took three years for the product to go through the stages before getting into the market. It has now been in the market for eight months. According to Laurie, a place had to be found to market the sauce, and they had to get a special license from the FDA to approve it.	The Fanelli's did not have the money to start a business, but they had heard about West Texas University Enterprise Challenge in Amarillo, Texas. They came up with their business idea, and entered the Challenge. They were chosen as one of four recipients who won for their unique business plan. They won $50,000 start up seed money for their business, and had a counselor that worked with them, taking them through each step to get to the final stage. They also had to wait for a distributor which keeps the sauce for their business, and where the orders come from. The store takes the orders and they come directly to the store where customers pick them up. That is where the jars are vacuum packed and shipped. To those couples out there that want to open a business, the Fanelli's share this advice, "I would tell them to jump in with both feet and never look back," said David. "If you have an idea, go for it."	From Abilene, the Fanelli's were headed down the road for more adventures, and meeting people. "You meet lots of people and see lots of places. The company pays for fuel and RV space. We are going in our camper next to Dallas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma." The couple lives in Amarillo where they set the foundation for their business.
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Tentomu chu stars in their first official variety show! Tsuchida Teriyuki as MC!
Re: [TV] Tentomu chu no Sekai wo Muchuu wo sasemasu seigen!!
This is the craziest soccer game I have EVER witnessed!!!
But after finishing....that was SCARY!
Good job to all the girls!!
Prepare for ultimate entertainment! Seriously, I laughed so hard during this episode.
Behold! The ultimate voice acting battle between idols!
I found a group who's subbing the series, but I can't upload their videos on here.
If anyone can find the subbed videos, please feel free to post.


She'd inherited most of her mother's old books and kept them carefully organized in her room. No matter what it was, if Lillian considered it hers, she would keep it neat. Her room, her locker at school, her desk–everything kept neat and orderly.
Her teachers complained about it from time to time, although they really didn't mind. With more troubled students every year, Lillian was a breath of fresh air.
She had just started one of the more interesting parts of the book when her father burst into her room. He'd only gotten back a few hours ago from some mission or another. He'd been busier than ever as of late.
"No time. Pack enough for a weekend and meet me in the front hall." Looking distracted, he headed back out into the hallway.
Lillian sighed. "And it was just getting so interesting too," she muttered under her breath. But she could sense easily enough that something was not quite right, so she crawled back into her room and began to pack. Despite her father's insistence, she had a feeling that this might be a longer trip, so she packed several of her mother's books in addition to her clothes. Her bag was quite nearly bursting at the seems, but she still managed to close it. She made sure to place the book she'd been reading carefully into the front pocket.
She had just finished when she heard a sharp rap the front door. "Just a second," she could hear her father rummaging about in upstairs. A pause and then the rapping came again, harder.
I'll get it, Lillian thought to herself. She knew that she wasn't supposed to answer the door for strangers, but it almost sounded as if whoever was at the door would knock it down any moment with how insistent they sounded.
"Not much." Lillian couldn't help but notice the wobble in the shorter man's voice as he spoke. He was putting up a good show, but something was bothering him badly.
"You can't smoke here," Lillian cried.
"Smith," the taller agent replied.
Lillian hesitated, but only for a second. At least Mr. Smith seemed nicer than the short man. Her bag was already lying just inside her door, so it didn't take long for her to grab it and return. When she got back, she saw that her father had also packed a small backpack and was carrying a shiny silver briefcase carefully against his side.
With his hand back on Lillian's shoulder–she could feel him trembling slightly as well, what in the world is going on?–her father led her out to the old style, almost antique black car sitting on the street. Mr. Smith held the door for her, and Lillian couldn't help but giggle.
"It's like having a chauffeur," she smiled, turning to her father.
"Exactly," her father replied, although without a smile of his own. He took her bag and helping her into the back seat. He handed her bag along with his own to Mr. Smith and slid into the seat next to Lillian. He kept the suitcase with him, sliding it under his feet as he settled himself into his seat.
She could hear Mr. Smith as he walked around to the back of the car and put their bags in the trunk and then again as he walked around to the driver's seat. She could hear him, but couldn't see more than shadows through the heavily tinted windows and the deepening twilight. The shorter man, she couldn't see at all–there was a divider between the back seats and the front.
"But Daddy, it's barely even getting dark." She considered, "could I read some more of my book?" She'd snuck it out of her backpack before handing it over.
What felt like only a few minutes after she'd gone to bed, Lillian awoke. She'd fallen asleep with her head in her father's lap–he was asleep too.
Carefully, she picked up her head and looked out the window. It was pitch black now but for the moon barely peeking above the horizon. She couldn't have been asleep for more than an hour or two. There was barely enough light to see the ground outside whirring by. They appeared to be driving through the scrub east of the city. There was no grass, but there were shrubs everywhere, brown from the lack of rain.
What could we be doing out here, Lillian thought, there's really nothing important for hundreds of miles inland. Up ahead though, she could see brilliant lights along the road, lighting up the dark. And before that, a long dark fence, much taller even than her father.
As Lillian was watching the fence draw nearer, a sliding panel opened and Mr. Smith's head popped out.
Although she didn't particularly like being called little one–she was third tallest in her class after all!–Lillian decided it was neither the time nor place to argue and reached up to tap her father on the bridge of his nose. He was awake immediately.
"Are we there?" He asked, looking out of the window.
The car had slowed to a stop and Mr. Smith withdrew his head–sliding the little window shut again as he did.
As his window slid shut, the main window on Lillian's father's side opened. Another man was standing outside, this one in Army fatigues.
"Identification please," he asked pleasantly enough. Lillian's father offered his right arm, palm up for the scanner. The soldier pulled him a bit close and Lillian could hear the slight electric hum as the scanner read the identification chip under his skin.
"We don't have time for this," her father replied, an edge to his voice.
"It's okay Daddy, really it is," Lillian said, lifting her arm towards the young man. As he brought up the scanner again, her father put his palm against it, applying just enough pressure to hold it down.
"What's going on Daddy?" Lillian asked as the window rolled back up.
"Just a little longer." Her father seemed distracted, looking out the window.
"Do you know what that is?" her father asked.
"Very good." Her father still seemed distracted.
"You'll see," her father smiled, but it was a distracted sort of smile. Lillian knew that she'd just have to wait it out. Oh sure, if she really decided to push the issue, she could beg and plead and he'd tell her. But he already seemed troubled enough.
Instead she busied herself looking out the windows. While at first she'd only noticed a single Squill, now she could see half a dozen, each with a crowd of people scurrying about, preparing them for launch. She could also see several cars of every imaginable make and model parked haphazardly around each of them.
Watching the other cars, Lillian wasn't ready when her own car suddenly skidded to a halt a dozen meters from the Squill her father had first pointed out. She pitched forward in her seat at the sudden deceleration, but she was caught by a combination of her seatbelt and her father's steady hand. She carefully slid back into her seat, blushing slightly.
Moments later, Mr. Smith was opening her door and handing back her bag. He had her father's bag as well. Looking at the Squill, she could feel as much as hear the electric hum of its track powering up. It was ready to launch.
But that's not right, she thought, Squills have to wait at least half an hour for the final systems check after being boarded. This one is ready to go. So why did they bring us here?
"All aboard," her father said, a grin that looked plastered on his face. The grin stopped well south of his eyes.
"No time for that," he interrupted and grabbed hold of Lillian's hand, pulling her towards the Squill.
Lillian was shocked. Her father always made it a point to let her finish what she was saying–even if he wasn't going to answer, he'd at least consider the question. Dazed, she followed after her father, first at a quick walk, and then at a jog as his stride lengthened.
They reached the back door of the Squill and he flashed some sort of identification that Lillian had never seen him use before at a large man in a jumpsuit. He looked like some sort of mechanic with a set of tools around his waist and a few dark smudges on his clothes. The man's eyes widened slightly and he nodded at her father. Without warning, he picked her up off the ground and handed her to the large man.
"Get her buckled in safe and sound, will you?" her father called up.
"Yessir," the mechanic rumbled and half guided, half pushed Lillian towards the ladder set into the floor of the ship. At first Lillian was disoriented. The wall she was climbing up was carpeted like a floor and all the seats were facing up towards the top of the Squill. Then she remembered that Squills generally sat in their dock horizontally and only turned vertically for launch. Once they docked with another craft in space, the other crafts artificial gravity could turn the floor into a floor again.
She wondered again why she'd been sent to this Squill, so close to launch. Looking around, she could see that most of the seats were already full with a wide assortment of people. Many where within a few years of her age, but there was an elderly couple with white hair up near the front and a few men in suits towards the back. Such an odd collection of people, she mused. Looking around, she noticed an empty seat next to the aisle about halfway up the Squill and started to climb towards it.
She made it without trouble and fastened herself in as quickly as she could. It was a strange feeling. The belts reminded her strongly of the seat belts in a car, only more complicated, but she was facing directly upwards towards the front of the Squill. The safety harnesses seemed to have a mind of their own and it took her longer than she'd hoped to get everything buckled correctly.
Once she had everything settled, she turned back to look for her father. Instead of her father, the mechanic was standing at her level on the ladder, attaching her bag and the silver briefcase to a set of harnesses strung along the ceiling–currently the back wall of the craft. It was already full almost to bursting with an amazing variety of bags and suitcases, but somehow he managed to find a spot.
"But, but," She could feel the first twinges of panic running through her. "There has to be room." Looking around, she realized he was right. From her higher vantage point, she could tell there was only a single seat left at the very back of the Squill–where the mechanic would sit.
He didn't seem to want to say anything more and turned away from her. He put one hand on each side of the ladder leading up the floor and slid down the craft faster than she would have believed possible. In a blink of an eye, he was buckling himself in.
He ignored her for a second, but seemed to sense that she wouldn't give up. He sighed and turned to her.
"There's something coming," he whispered.
Lillian whistled softly. The Hermes had been going over half the speed of light when it had sent it's final transmission and the Daedalus–although it was still under construction–would be capable of going even faster.


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Вікіпедист за посадою, також штатний вікіпедист, вікіпедист у штаті, (, або вікімедієць за посадою ) — редактор Вікіпедії, вікіпедист (або вікімедієць), який працює в інституції, як правило, художній галереї, бібліотеці, архіві або музеї, або в закладі вищої освіти (наприклад, університеті), щоби створювати та покращувати статті Вікіпедії, пов'язані з місією цієї інституції, заохочувати і допомагати цій інституції публікувати матеріали під відкритими ліцензіями, а також розвивати відносини між цією інституцією і спільнотою Вікімедіа. Вікіпедист за посадою зазвичай допомагає координувати проєкти, пов'язані з посиленням партнерства з Вікіпедією художніх галерей, бібліотек, архівів або музеїв.

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Years of hard work but getting nowhere? Tired of working like a cow but being paid peanuts? Sick of your boss treating you like a Nobody?
Everyone dreams of a career that has everything he wants, high salary, fun environment, spending more quality time with family, having holidays annually and a generous pension plan. But reality and expectations rarely come close to each other. Don't you agree?
Well, if you have wished for these things then becoming a property agent may be the right career for you. Manage your own work schedule, be your own boss, be in control!
Being a property consultant has its own pros and cons. There's no ceiling to your income. You can earn as much as you want to, as long as you're willing to put in the hard work!
With the new regulations coming in place by the authorities, professional agents are more in demand. Long were the days when almost anyone can be qualified to be a real estate professional.
There will always be people looking to buy a house, selling their home, migrating, renting out an investment property. You just need to be there, serving the interests for these people. The more commited you are, the higher the rewards you shall receive!
Join our team at Preeminent Group, ERA Realty Network Pte Ltd to kick start your career in real estate. Preeminent Group, headed by Kevin Lim, teaches you the know-how and at the same time have the flexibility of working according to your own leisure. Email johntys.pn@gmail.com or Call us at 96338431 for a tour in and around our office and a description on a detailed structured path towards attaining your dreams!!!
Anyway how much do you think a Property Agent makes?
Well, the picture below speaks for itself. But in this industry, it's an open secret that every 10 brand new agents who enter the industry, 7 will give up at the end of the first year. The remaining 3, maybe 1 will proceed to become a top earner on his 3rd year onwards.
However, we must always aim to be the best in our field. The average income of the Top 300 Producers in ERA, earns averagely $10-15,000 per month. If that does not excite you, be in the Top 50, you will be surprised!


On April 7, 1805, Sacagawea left fortress Mandan to start the recognized westward exhibition with Lewis and Clark. With over a hundred black-and-white illustrations, Sacagawea's interesting trip and existence tale involves existence in Spanish!
Teenagers taking part in dress-up fake to be firemen, law enforcement officials, and different helpers.
This booklet introduces readers to Norse mythology, provides mythical characters and tales, and indicates how Norse myths have prompted our tradition. Readers are engaged with historic content material whereas polishing their abilities at studying pictures and picking out evidence.
While American Patriots fought for independence from British rule through the innovative battle, oppressive stipulations remained in position for the millions of enslaved and unfastened African americans dwelling during this kingdom. yet African american citizens took up their very own struggle for freedom via becoming a member of the British and American armies; preaching, conversing out, and writing concerning the evils of slavery; and developing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa.


4. On the Day of Arafah, pray Fazr and go to Arafa.
5. Pray Zohar and Asar Combined in Arafah. Remember Allah & make Dua in Arafah till sunset.
7. Pick up 70 small stones at Muzdalifa and stay there overnight if possible.
8. Pray Fazar in Muzdalifa on the day of Eid then go to Mina overnight if possible.
10. Sacrifice animal (or pay for sacrifice).
14. Walk 7 times between Safa and Marwah.
15. Go back to Mina and Stay overnight.
16. During the next 2 (or 3) days, throw 21 pebbles each day, 7 at each of the 3 jamarat.
May Allah accept your Hajj – Ameen ..


Daily updated news, gossip, rumors, pictures, videos and more about the United Arab Emirates.
AMP™, 25/04/2019 | The people of United Arab Emirates can be proud of their country as it has been voted 'Best Country in the World 2019' last night during the annual WCA ceremony at a top Abu Dhabi venue. Their people were also voted 'Nicest people on the planet'.


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Tuesday, Jan 24 2023
Nursing Home Staff Levels At Lowest In Nearly 30 Years
A report from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living shows that there are 210,000 fewer workers than before the pandemic — the lowest level since 1994. Dollar General, CVS Health executives, Elevance Health, and more are also in the news.
Modern Healthcare: AHCA Jobs Report: Nursing Home Staffing Lowest Since 1994
Nursing homes have 210,000 fewer workers than before the pandemic, bringing workforce levels to the lowest they have been since 1994, according to a trade group representing nursing homes. The long-term care jobs report, released last week by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, outlines the sector's dire staffing conditions. (Devereaux, 1/23)
In other health care industry news —
Modern Healthcare: Dollar General Opens Mobile Healthcare Clinics At 3 Tennessee Stores
Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based Dollar General has opened mobile healthcare clinics at three stores in Tennessee, partnering with DocGo, which provides mobile medical and transportation services. The mobile clinics will offer onsite services including annual physicals, vaccinations, urgent care and lab testing a couple of days per week at each location. (Hudson, 1/23)
Bloomberg: CVS Health Names New Top Executives David Joyner, Amy Bricker
CVS Health Corp. will name a new head for the company's pharmacy services business and fill a new position, chief product officer for consumer businesses, according to a person familiar with the matter. David Joyner, a former CVS executive, will return to the company as head of the pharmacy services segment after leaving three years ago. He'll replace Alan Lotvin, who is retiring in April. The area he'll lead includes pharmacy benefit manager Caremark. (Tozzi, 1/23)
Modern Healthcare: Elevance Health To Buy Blue Cross Of Louisiana
Elevance Health plans to add Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to its family of health plans for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Monday. Elevance Health's Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans will operate in 15 states if the transaction is completed. The for-profit company has partnered with the Louisiana Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliate for the five years. The Pelican State company will remain headquartered in in Baton Rouge and retain its 3,000 employees, according to a news release. (Berryman, 1/23)
Axios: New Rural Hospital Model: Lifeline Or Gamble?
The Biden administration is offering struggling rural hospitals a new financial lifeline starting this month, but with an unusual twist: Facilities that opt in have to agree to close their non-emergency inpatient services. (Dreher, 1/23)
In obituaries —
AP: Noted Orthopedic Surgeon J. Richard Steadman Dies At 85
Dr. J. Richard Steadman, an orthopedic surgeon who founded the renowned Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, where many of the world's elite athletes have gone for career-saving treatment, has died at age 85. Steadman died in his sleep Friday at his home in Vail, said Lynda Sampson, vice president of external affairs at the Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. (1/23)


USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey brought together a panel of journalists and community leaders — both in favor of legalization and against — to have a frank conversation about what it could mean for you.
JACKSON - Police have seized three pounds of marijuana and a car and charged a township man they believe intended to sell the pot, they announced Wednesday.
Daniel Hosein, 33, is facing charges of marijuana possession over 50 grams, possession with intent to distribute and other drug and traffic charges after his arrest Dec. 5, police said.
Police received intelligence Sunday that Hosein was planning to move "a subsantial quantity of marijuana" into Jackson, according to a prepared statement from police Capt. Steven Laskiewicz.
Police spotted Hosein driving along Sixty Acre Boulevard shortly after noon that day, and "after observing traffic violations, a motor vehicle stop was conducted with the vehicle," Laskiewicz said.
During the stop, a police officer smelled marijuana and called in a police dog team from the Ocean County Sheriff's Office, Laskiewicz said. The dog "indicated to the presence of marijuana," so police seized the car, a 2009 Infiniti, as they applied for a search warrant.
Police initially released Hosein with traffic summonses. But the day after the traffic stop, Monday, they obtained a warrant to search his car and found a stash of marijuana and paraphernalia, police said. They summoned him to police headquarters where they charged him anew on Wednesday, police said. They then released him pending a court appearance.
Hosein previously served three years of probation for a 2007 drug possession conviction, according to state court records.


Planck's large telescope collected the light from the Cosmic Microwave Background and focused it onto the focal plane of the scientific instruments on board.
The primary mirror, 1.9 x 1.5 m in diameter, weighed only about 28 kg; the effective telescope aperture was 1.5 m. It was designed to be robust enough to withstand the 'shake-and-bake' stresses of launch, and the temperature difference between launch, when it was at an ambient temperature of about 300 K, and operation, at about 40 K.
It was made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and coated with a thin reflective layer (reflectivity >99.5%) of aluminium - so smooth that any bumps in the coating are less than 5 microns in size. The telescope was surrounded by a large baffle that minimises stray light interference from the Earth, Sun and Moon, and cooled it by radiating heat into space.
Seen in the microwave range, the CMB is only 1% as luminous as Earth, so straylight is a particular concern for any space-based telescopes observing the CMB in the microwave. This is why Planck was strategically positioned at L2. There it was also better sheltered from the heat emitted by Earth, the Moon and the Sun. In addition, the telescope was surrounded by a large baffle to minimise straylight interference from the Earth, Sun and Moon.


On the afternoon of Saturday April 2, police shot and killed a dog at a home on Shattuck Avenue where a number of men had been shooting targets with pellet guns in their backyard.
According to a Berkeley Police Department statement, the police received a call at about 3:30 p.m. from a resident in the 3200 block of Shattuck who reported that a man was firing a handgun in the rear yard of a nearby residence.
According to the Berkeley Daily Planet, the dog's owner is Shay (Sean) ben Yishay. Yishay told the Planet that he and three others with him had purchased an Airsoft air pistol at Big 5 Sporting Goods after being told that it was legal for them to fire it in their back yard. According to Yishay's brother, who contacted the Planet, Shay ben Yishay also asked the police officers if he could put his dog, Rock, on a leash as he was being led away from the house. He said that he and his companions had not been charged with any offense.
Berkeley's deadly force policy allows an officer to dispatch an animal that poses a threat, said Sgt. Kusmiss. This fell under that policy, she said. This only happens a few times a year, she added.
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The Allesley Silas George Eliot's Silas Marner
Posted on Aug 4, 2021 by intersilient
The Allesley Silas setting photo by Nik McKiernan
The Allesley Silas, a performance based on the novel Silas Marner, was the choice for From the Heart Theatre as a contribution to the Coventry, City of Culture 2021 festivities. The stage was set for an entertaining evening celebrating the connection between the novelist George Eliot with Coventry. Much of Eliot's work was based on the people and places she knew well, with her characters reflecting the people who lived in the Coventry area. From the Heart Theatre brought together the local community from Allesley and Allesley Park to retell the story of Silas Marner, the weaver of Raveloe, based on the Allesley area. Silas Marner has wonderful scenes of the local colourful characters, particularly in the Rainbow Inn, a public house that is still serving pints in the village today. Indeed the Rainbow pop-up bar on the site of the performance tent was happily selling refreshments to the audience. The weather was undecided for most of the run, with blankets required at some shows as the wind whistled its way through the open sides of the tent, no problem as all vestiges of coronavirus would struggle to survive! So it seemed particularly fitting that a rainbow, almost a double rainbow, should arc a blessing over the tent!
The Allesley Silas stage
Accommodating such a huge Big Top space must have been daunting to the producers, but the large backdrop of drapes and the intriguing transparent framework denoting the weaver's house took the eye to the stage. As the performance moved from the Red House, to Marner's cottage, to the pub and other relevant places an illustrated roll unravelled from the suspended wire. A brilliant idea, if rather small and difficult to be seen from all angles, the notion of time and place was conveyed. What appears to be huge on the ground is diminished when hung from such a height.
As the show began the musicians and townsfolk peopled the stage and created a busy atmosphere, some of the dialogue lost because of the vastness of the space and the multiple angles to be covered, but the excitement and cheery feel of the village and the pub was clear. Beautiful music from some wonderful musicians on harp, flute, violin and others created a delightful musical accompaniment to the action which successfully filled the auditorium, combatting some of that vast space. The choral voices from all positions on and around the stage, including behind the seated audience, and amongst the breaks in the seating, captured the mood.
The Allesley Silas
Other staging was used to good effect with attaching either bunting or ivy trails to poles, and producing flowers from the staging blocks at suitable moments. Marner using the staging to hide his gold and a rudimentary suggestion of a loom was effective too. Puppets were a feature of the show solving the problem of the growing child Eppie with two iterations of the girl skilfully operated by the adult Eppie played by Alex Allison. This was effective as was the horse, although only a head it was sufficient to illustrate the point, if a shame not to use it to describe the critical actions of Dunstan Cass. Dunsy, as referred to, was played by John Bennell, capturing the bullish nature of the rebellious son, however the timeframe appeared skewed when Bennell reappeared as another character. A shame for the distraction as the events of the fateful night are key to the narrative. Squire Cass was played by Marc Carey whose over the top rendition was perfect, his booming voice laying down the law and underlining the difficult relationships with his sons Godfrey and Dunsy. Pete Ashmore conveyed with conviction Godfrey Cass, compromised and tortured by secrets.
Silas Marner is a complicated character full of secrets and bewilderment, a stranger uncomfortable in an alien environment. Some versions of this character reveal the kindness and meekness present in the novel, but Adrian Decosta managed to tease out the afflicted Marner, with the fits and ticks Eliot uses in the novel illustrating the confusion. It was an interesting and competent interpretation.
The production successfully created the lively, joyful, bucolic atmosphere of village life with live music and dancing. The narrative galloped along as fast as Dunsy's horse, however never feeling too rushed the important elements and relationships in the story were clear. A tricky task as the arc of the story is over a few years expertly negotiated by the writer Alan Pollock. A great adaptation that fitted the Coventry City of Culture bill perfectly, allowing a greater understanding and celebration of the genius of George Eliot, and the rich history of this particular part of the Midlands.
The Allesley Silas finale
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Top 10 Candies from the 1950's
Sweet Retro Candy from a Simpler Time
The simpler time of the 1950's, it's sweet nostalgia still seems to beckon us. An idyllic time when life seemed much less complicated. The Great Depression was becoming a faint memory, and the economy seemed to be on the upswing. Poodle skirts and penny loafers were in vogue, and Howdy Doody was playing on television sets, in pastel coloured living rooms across the neighbourhood. Milk was delivered right to your door, and weekends at the cinema's afternoon matinees were a popular pastime. Rock n' Roll was the sound of Saturday nights. "Crazy" new music as far as parents were concerned, and every doe-eyed, wholesome teenage girl was in love with Elvis Presley. The world had a new rhythm and some sweet new candy!
Here are our Top 10 Candies from the 1950's...
#1. Pixy Stix Candy
A unique and flavoursome powdered, retro candy inside of a straw-like shape. Invented in 1952, in St.Lois, Missouri. It was originally made by Sunline Incorporated. This old fashioned candy started out as a mix for drinks and went by the name of Frutola. When the maker of "Frutola" discovered that people were just eating the powder instead of mixing it with water, they decided to market this yummy powder as a candy. The Pixy Stix retro candy gives meaning to the term "Sugar Rush", especially the ones that are almost two feet long! Pixy Stix Candy is now made by Ferrara Candy, but will forever be known in most of our minds as a favourite Willy Wonka Candy!
#2. Marshmallow Peeps
This brightly coloured, luscious Marshmallow Peeps are most often associated with Easter, but let's face it, Peeps retro candy with all their delicious and sweet squishiness is "always in season". These retro candies came along in 1953 and are made by Just Born. Believe it or not, these cute little marshmallow chicks were once made by hand until Just Born started to mass produce them. Every year Peep candies adorn Easter tables and Easter baskets, the spring season is, of course when they are most abundant. But Peeps are now available all year round! This started in 2014, when customers decided once a year just was just not enough. Coming in a variety of different shapes and also colours, we continue to indulge in their sweet, airy appeal!
#3.Chupa Chups Lollipops
This delicious retro lollipop was founded in 1958. Chupa Chups Lollipops are sold in over 150 countries around the world. It's one of the most well-known candies of our time. This brand was started by Enric Bernat of Spain until Italian- Dutch corporation Perfetti Van Melle took it over. If you're wondering why these lollipops are called Chupa Chups, it's the Spanish word which means "to suck". The Chupa Chups logo was designed by the famed artist, Salvador Dali in 1969. These retro lollipops are a worldwide phenomenon. Chupa Chups Lollipops are that delicious!
#4. Satellite Wafers
Satellite Wafers or as some call them Flying Saucers, came out in the early part of the 1950's. This retro candy is truly unique in its form. Made to resemble a "flying saucer" the outside is made of a paper-like wafer confection. The inside is filled with powdered sugar and colourful, small candy beads. Most people attest that the outside really has no flavour and could be compared to cardboard. It's the inside that's all the appealing candy sensation with the Satellite Wafer retro candy. There is a lack of history about these UFO-like shaped candies. Why they were made, and just what inspired someone to create them remains as mysterious as UFO. Satellite Wafers are most often found in Belgium where they're made, but there are other companies who produce them now such as Gerrits and Astra Sweets. A fun and interesting retro candy that is sweetly baffling!
#5.Hot Tamales Candy
These spicy and sweet retro candies came out in 1950. The Hot Tamales Candy is a red, oblong-shaped candy with a chewy texture. These spicy morsels pack a punch of flavour with the intense taste of aromatic cinnamon. Hot Tamales are 68 years old but have never lost their "hot" appeal. In 1999, Hot Tamales ranked as the number one selling candy in America! There is also a new and even spicier version of Hot Tamales candies available. In 2011, Just Born, the makers of Hot Tamales came out with the "Hot Tamales Three Alarm" candies. Yes, they are definitely more fierce tasting than the originals! Hot Tamales Candies and are one of the most popular spicy candies around. If you like it "hot" you don't want to miss out on these retro candies!
#6.Mamba Fruit Chews
Delicious, fruity and juicy tasting! Mamba Fruit Chews came out in 1953. These chewy, taffy-like candies are made in Germany by August Storck KG. The original Mamba Fruit Chews are made in a selection of four fruity flavours, Orange, Lemon, Raspberry and Strawberry. Mamba Fruit Chews released some other flavours as well. In 2007 they came out with the Mamba Sour Fruit Chew, and in 2017 they released the Mamba Tropics Candy. The Mamba Fruit Chews are a retro candy that is a chewy bite of the 1950's!
#7.Lucky Elephant Pink Candy Popcorn
Feel'in lucky? I bet you are if you've ever eaten this retro candy! This delicious, pink, candied Popcorn is a retro Canadian Candy, that got its start in the early 1950's. Delightful and pink, Lucky Elephant Pink Candy Popcorn has been adored for generations. Every Canadian kid has eaten it or pleaded for it at concession stands, carnivals and fairs. The Lucky Elephant Pink Candy Popcorn is made by the Poppa Corn Corporation of Toronto Ontario. This nostalgic, retro popcorn is filled with fun and flair and pretty, sweet pink memories!
#8. Bonomo Turkish Taffy
This retro candy first came out in 1950, and by the 1960's it had become a top-selling candy! Bonomo Turkish Taffy is a sweet taste of days gone by. However you eat it, freeze it, smack it, crack it, it's always a chewy and pleasurable taffy. Bonomo Turkish Taffy before it was made in individual bar size, was originally sold in large sheets to Woolworth stores which would be broken into bite-size pieces for the customers. When the bars were finally released they sold for five cents. This retro Taffy is considered a long lasting treat. It does take some time to eat a bar, but Bonomo Turkish Taffy is worth savouring. In 1989 Bonomo decided to discontinue their Taffy, this caused such upset for the fans. In 2003, a website was set up to take advanced orders, as Bonomo announced they would be re-releasing their delicious Taffy again. In 2010, we could once again bite into this exquisite, luscious Taffy. Bonomo Turkish taffy comes in four flavours, Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate and Banana.
#9. Candy Necklaces
These sweet retro candies came out in 1958. A novel and fun candy that has adorned little girls for generations. Candy Necklaces come on a stretchy, elastic string so you don't have to worry about them snapping as you stretch them to reach your mouth. They were always a very popular Halloween Candy and always a common candy at girls birthday parties. The candy on Candy Necklaces are bright, pastel colours and come in a selection of fruity flavours. Must have been a fashionista who invented them, but unfortunately, this retro candy seems to elude all the candy experts. Candy Necklaces are sure to bring back that sweet charm of the 1950's. For the well dressed and sweet candy lover in you, Candy Necklaces are a must-have accessory!
#10. Dum-Dum Pops
These retro lollipops have been one of America's favourite lollipops since 1953. Dum-Dum Pops were given their name because the maker thought that "Dum-Dum" would be an easy word for children to say. Dum-Dum Pops were first made by the Akron Candy Company of Ohio before being purchased by the Spangler Candy Company. The original flavours of Dum-Dum Pops were Lemon, Lime, Orange, Coconut-Pineapple, Cherry, Grape and Butterscotch. In the mid-1950's Dum-Dum Pops came out with Rootbeer flavour and Chocolate. These two flavours really put these retro lollipops on the map! Every so often Dum-Dum Pops come in a mystery flavour which always intrigues fans of Dum-Dums! Two Million pounds of these lollipops were made in their first year of production. They remain a popular lollipop that many banks and other businesses give away. Dum-Dum Pops are an on the go tasty lollipop with all the sweet taste of yesteryear!
A Sweet Impression with Retro Candies
Among all of the bouffant and pompadour hairstyles, fluffy pink skirts and stiff starched shirts, we were about to see significant changes in the next few decades, but the 1950's will always leave a sweet impression on us with all of its enduring candy!
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package org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.util.PaneInformation;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;

/**
 * High level representation of a Excel worksheet.
 *
 *

 * Sheets are the central structures within a workbook, and are where a user does most of his spreadsheet work.
 * The most common type of sheet is the worksheet, which is represented as a grid of cells. Worksheet cells can
 * contain text, numbers, dates, and formulas. Cells can also be formatted.
 *

 */
public interface Sheet extends Iterable<Row> {

    /* Constants for margins */
    public static final short LeftMargin = 0;

    public static final short RightMargin = 1;

    public static final short TopMargin = 2;

    public static final short BottomMargin = 3;

    public static final short HeaderMargin = 4;

    public static final short FooterMargin = 5;

    public static final byte PANE_LOWER_RIGHT = (byte) 0;

    public static final byte PANE_UPPER_RIGHT = (byte) 1;

    public static final byte PANE_LOWER_LEFT = (byte) 2;

    public static final byte PANE_UPPER_LEFT = (byte) 3;

    /**
     * Create a new row within the sheet and return the high level representation
     *
     * @param rownum  row number
     * @return high level Row object representing a row in the sheet
     * @see #removeRow(Row)
     */
    Row createRow(int rownum);

    /**
     * Remove a row from this sheet.  All cells contained in the row are removed as well
     *
     * @param row   representing a row to remove.
     */
    void removeRow(Row row);

    /**
     * Returns the logical row (not physical) 0-based.  If you ask for a row that is not
     * defined you get a null.  This is to say row 4 represents the fifth row on a sheet.
     *
     * @param rownum  row to get (0-based)
     * @return Row representing the rownumber or null if its not defined on the sheet
     */
    Row getRow(int rownum);

    /**
     * Returns the number of physically defined rows (NOT the number of rows in the sheet)
     *
     * @return the number of physically defined rows in this sheet
     */
    int getPhysicalNumberOfRows();

    /**
     * Gets the first row on the sheet
     *
     * @return the number of the first logical row on the sheet (0-based)
     */
    int getFirstRowNum();

    /**
     * Gets the last row on the sheet
     *
     * @return last row contained n this sheet (0-based)
     */
    int getLastRowNum();

    /**
     * Get the visibility state for a given column
     *
     * @param columnIndex - the column to get (0-based)
     * @param hidden - the visiblity state of the column
     */
    void setColumnHidden(int columnIndex, boolean hidden);

    /**
     * Get the hidden state for a given column
     *
     * @param columnIndex - the column to set (0-based)
     * @return hidden - false if the column is visible
     */
    boolean isColumnHidden(int columnIndex);

    /**
     * Set the width (in units of 1/256th of a character width)
     *

     * The maximum column width for an individual cell is 255 characters.
     * This value represents the number of characters that can be displayed
     * in a cell that is formatted with the standard font.
     *

     *
     * @param columnIndex - the column to set (0-based)
     * @param width - the width in units of 1/256th of a character width
     */
    void setColumnWidth(int columnIndex, int width);

    /**
     * get the width (in units of 1/256th of a character width )
     * @param columnIndex - the column to set (0-based)
     * @return width - the width in units of 1/256th of a character width
     */
    int getColumnWidth(int columnIndex);

    /**
     * Set the default column width for the sheet (if the columns do not define their own width)
     * in characters
     *
     * @param width default column width measured in characters
     */
    void setDefaultColumnWidth(int width);

    /**
     * Get the default column width for the sheet (if the columns do not define their own width)
     * in characters
     *
     * @return default column width measured in characters
     */
    int getDefaultColumnWidth();

    /**
     * Get the default row height for the sheet (if the rows do not define their own height) in
     * twips (1/20 of  a point)
     *
     * @return  default row height measured in twips (1/20 of  a point)
     */
    short getDefaultRowHeight();

    /**
     * Get the default row height for the sheet (if the rows do not define their own height) in
     * points.
     *
     * @return  default row height in points
     */
    float getDefaultRowHeightInPoints();

    /**
     * Set the default row height for the sheet (if the rows do not define their own height) in
     * twips (1/20 of  a point)
     *
     * @param  height default row height measured in twips (1/20 of  a point)
     */
    void setDefaultRowHeight(short height);

    /**
     * Set the default row height for the sheet (if the rows do not define their own height) in
     * points
     * @param height default row height
     */
    void setDefaultRowHeightInPoints(float height);

    /**
     * Returns the CellStyle that applies to the given
     *  (0 based) column, or null if no style has been
     *  set for that column
     */
    public CellStyle getColumnStyle(int column);

    /**
     * Sets the CellStyle that applies to the given
     *  (0 based) column.
     */
//    public CellStyle setColumnStyle(int column, CellStyle style);

    /**
     * Adds a merged region of cells (hence those cells form one)
     *
     * @param region (rowfrom/colfrom-rowto/colto) to merge
     * @return index of this region
     */
    int addMergedRegion(CellRangeAddress region);

    /**
     * Determines whether the output is vertically centered on the page.
     *
     * @param value true to vertically center, false otherwise.
     */
    void setVerticallyCenter(boolean value);

    /**
     * Determines whether the output is horizontally centered on the page.
     *
     * @param value true to horizontally center, false otherwise.
     */
    void setHorizontallyCenter(boolean value);

    /**
     * Determine whether printed output for this sheet will be horizontally centered.
     */

    boolean getHorizontallyCenter();

    /**
     * Determine whether printed output for this sheet will be vertically centered.
     */
    boolean getVerticallyCenter();

    /**
     * Removes a merged region of cells (hence letting them free)
     *
     * @param index of the region to unmerge
     */
    void removeMergedRegion(int index);

    /**
     * Returns the number of merged regions
     *
     * @return number of merged regions
     */
    int getNumMergedRegions();

    /**
     * Returns the merged region at the specified index
     *
     * @return the merged region at the specified index
     */
    public CellRangeAddress getMergedRegion(int index);

    /**
     *  Returns an iterator of the physical rows
     *
     * @return an iterator of the PHYSICAL rows.  Meaning the 3rd element may not
     * be the third row if say for instance the second row is undefined.
     */
    Iterator<Row> rowIterator();

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether the sheet displays Automatic Page Breaks.
     *
     * @param value true if the sheet displays Automatic Page Breaks.
     */
    void setAutobreaks(boolean value);

    /**
     * Set whether to display the guts or not
     *
     * @param value - guts or no guts
     */
    void setDisplayGuts(boolean value);

    /**
     * Set whether the window should show 0 (zero) in cells containing zero value.
     * When false, cells with zero value appear blank instead of showing the number zero.
     *
     * @param value whether to display or hide all zero values on the worksheet
     */
    void setDisplayZeros(boolean value);

    /**
     * Gets the flag indicating whether the window should show 0 (zero) in cells containing zero value.
     * When false, cells with zero value appear blank instead of showing the number zero.
     *
     * @return whether all zero values on the worksheet are displayed
     */
    boolean isDisplayZeros();

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether the Fit to Page print option is enabled.
     *
     * @param value true if the Fit to Page print option is enabled.
     */
    void setFitToPage(boolean value);

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether summary rows appear below detail in an outline, when applying an outline.
     *
     *

     * When true a summary row is inserted below the detailed data being summarized and a
     * new outline level is established on that row.
     *

     *

     * When false a summary row is inserted above the detailed data being summarized and a new outline level
     * is established on that row.
     *

     * @param value true if row summaries appear below detail in the outline
     */
    void setRowSumsBelow(boolean value);

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether summary columns appear to the right of detail in an outline, when applying an outline.
     *
     *

     * When true a summary column is inserted to the right of the detailed data being summarized
     * and a new outline level is established on that column.
     *

     *

     * When false a summary column is inserted to the left of the detailed data being
     * summarized and a new outline level is established on that column.
     *

     * @param value true if col summaries appear right of the detail in the outline
     */
    void setRowSumsRight(boolean value);

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether the sheet displays Automatic Page Breaks.
     *
     * @return true if the sheet displays Automatic Page Breaks.
     */
    boolean getAutobreaks();

    /**
     * Get whether to display the guts or not,
     * default value is true
     *
     * @return boolean - guts or no guts
     */
    boolean getDisplayGuts();

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether the Fit to Page print option is enabled.
     *
     * @return true if the Fit to Page print option is enabled.
     */
    boolean getFitToPage();

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether summary rows appear below detail in an outline, when applying an outline.
     *
     *

     * When true a summary row is inserted below the detailed data being summarized and a
     * new outline level is established on that row.
     *

     *

     * When false a summary row is inserted above the detailed data being summarized and a new outline level
     * is established on that row.
     *

     * @return true if row summaries appear below detail in the outline
     */
    boolean getRowSumsBelow();

    /**
     * Flag indicating whether summary columns appear to the right of detail in an outline, when applying an outline.
     *
     *

     * When true a summary column is inserted to the right of the detailed data being summarized
     * and a new outline level is established on that column.
     *

     *

     * When false a summary column is inserted to the left of the detailed data being
     * summarized and a new outline level is established on that column.
     *

     * @return true if col summaries appear right of the detail in the outline
     */
    boolean getRowSumsRight();

    /**
     * Gets the flag indicating whether this sheet displays the lines
     * between rows and columns to make editing and reading easier.
     *
     * @return true if this sheet displays gridlines.
     * @see #isPrintGridlines() to check if printing of gridlines is turned on or off
     */
    boolean isPrintGridlines();

    /**
     * Sets the flag indicating whether this sheet should display the lines
     * between rows and columns to make editing and reading easier.
     * To turn printing of gridlines use {@link #setPrintGridlines(boolean)}
     *
     *
     * @param show true if this sheet should display gridlines.
     * @see #setPrintGridlines(boolean)
     */
    void setPrintGridlines(boolean show);

    /**
     * Gets the print setup object.
     *
     * @return The user model for the print setup object.
     */
    PrintSetup getPrintSetup();

    /**
     * Gets the user model for the default document header.
     *

     * Note that XSSF offers more kinds of document headers than HSSF does
     *

     * @return the document header. Never null
     */
    Header getHeader();

    /**
     * Gets the user model for the default document footer.
     *

     * Note that XSSF offers more kinds of document footers than HSSF does.
     *
     * @return the document footer. Never null
     */
    Footer getFooter();

    /**
     * Sets a flag indicating whether this sheet is selected.
     *

     * Note: multiple sheets can be selected, but only one sheet can be active at one time.
     *

     * @param value true if this sheet is selected
     * @see Workbook#setActiveSheet(int)
     */
    void setSelected(boolean value);

    /**
     * Gets the size of the margin in inches.
     *
     * @param margin which margin to get
     * @return the size of the margin
     */
    double getMargin(short margin);

    /**
     * Sets the size of the margin in inches.
     *
     * @param margin which margin to get
     * @param size the size of the margin
     */
    void setMargin(short margin, double size);

    /**
     * Answer whether protection is enabled or disabled
     *
     * @return true => protection enabled; false => protection disabled
     */
    boolean getProtect();

    /**
     * Answer whether scenario protection is enabled or disabled
     *
     * @return true => protection enabled; false => protection disabled
     */
    boolean getScenarioProtect();

    /**
     * Sets the zoom magnication for the sheet.  The zoom is expressed as a
     * fraction.  For example to express a zoom of 75% use 3 for the numerator
     * and 4 for the denominator.
     *
     * @param numerator     The numerator for the zoom magnification.
     * @param denominator   The denominator for the zoom magnification.
     */
    void setZoom(int numerator, int denominator);

    /**
     * The top row in the visible view when the sheet is
     * first viewed after opening it in a viewer
     *
     * @return short indicating the rownum (0 based) of the top row
     */
    short getTopRow();

    /**
     * The left col in the visible view when the sheet is
     * first viewed after opening it in a viewer
     *
     * @return short indicating the rownum (0 based) of the top row
     */
    short getLeftCol();

    /**
     * Sets desktop window pane display area, when the
     * file is first opened in a viewer.
     *
     * @param toprow the top row to show in desktop window pane
     * @param leftcol the left column to show in desktop window pane
     */
    void showInPane(short toprow, short leftcol);

    /**
     * Shifts rows between startRow and endRow n number of rows.
     * If you use a negative number, it will shift rows up.
     * Code ensures that rows don't wrap around.
     *
     * Calls shiftRows(startRow, endRow, n, false, false);
     *
     *

     * Additionally shifts merged regions that are completely defined in these
     * rows (ie. merged 2 cells on a row to be shifted).
     * @param startRow the row to start shifting
     * @param endRow the row to end shifting
     * @param n the number of rows to shift
     */
    void shiftRows(int startRow, int endRow, int n);

    /**
     * Shifts rows between startRow and endRow n number of rows.
     * If you use a negative number, it will shift rows up.
     * Code ensures that rows don't wrap around
     *
     *

     * Additionally shifts merged regions that are completely defined in these
     * rows (ie. merged 2 cells on a row to be shifted).
     *

     * @param startRow the row to start shifting
     * @param endRow the row to end shifting
     * @param n the number of rows to shift
     * @param copyRowHeight whether to copy the row height during the shift
     * @param resetOriginalRowHeight whether to set the original row's height to the default
     */
    void shiftRows(int startRow, int endRow, int n, boolean copyRowHeight, boolean resetOriginalRowHeight);

    /**
     * Creates a split (freezepane). Any existing freezepane or split pane is overwritten.
     * @param colSplit      Horizonatal position of split.
     * @param rowSplit      Vertical position of split.
     * @param topRow        Top row visible in bottom pane
     * @param leftmostColumn   Left column visible in right pane.
     */
    void createFreezePane(int colSplit, int rowSplit, int leftmostColumn, int topRow);

    /**
     * Creates a split (freezepane). Any existing freezepane or split pane is overwritten.
     * @param colSplit      Horizonatal position of split.
     * @param rowSplit      Vertical position of split.
     */
    void createFreezePane(int colSplit, int rowSplit);

    /**
     * Creates a split pane. Any existing freezepane or split pane is overwritten.
     * @param xSplitPos      Horizonatal position of split (in 1/20th of a point).
     * @param ySplitPos      Vertical position of split (in 1/20th of a point).
     * @param topRow        Top row visible in bottom pane
     * @param leftmostColumn   Left column visible in right pane.
     * @param activePane    Active pane.  One of: PANE_LOWER_RIGHT,
     *                      PANE_UPPER_RIGHT, PANE_LOWER_LEFT, PANE_UPPER_LEFT
     * @see #PANE_LOWER_LEFT
     * @see #PANE_LOWER_RIGHT
     * @see #PANE_UPPER_LEFT
     * @see #PANE_UPPER_RIGHT
     */
    void createSplitPane(int xSplitPos, int ySplitPos, int leftmostColumn, int topRow, int activePane);

    /**
     * Returns the information regarding the currently configured pane (split or freeze)
     *
     * @return null if no pane configured, or the pane information.
     */
    PaneInformation getPaneInformation();

    /**
     * Sets whether the gridlines are shown in a viewer
     *
     * @param show whether to show gridlines or not
     */
    void setDisplayGridlines(boolean show);

    /**
     * Returns if gridlines are displayed
     *
     * @return whether gridlines are displayed
     */
    boolean isDisplayGridlines();

    /**
     * Sets whether the formulas are shown in a viewer
     *
     * @param show whether to show formulas or not
     */
    void setDisplayFormulas(boolean show);

    /**
     * Returns if formulas are displayed
     *
     * @return whether formulas are displayed
     */
    boolean isDisplayFormulas();

    /**
     * Sets whether the RowColHeadings are shown in a viewer
     *
     * @param show whether to show RowColHeadings or not
     */
    void setDisplayRowColHeadings(boolean show);

    /**
     * Returns if RowColHeadings are displayed.
     * @return whether RowColHeadings are displayed
     */
    boolean isDisplayRowColHeadings();

    /**
     * Sets a page break at the indicated row
     * @param row FIXME: Document this!
     */
    void setRowBreak(int row);

    /**
     * Determines if there is a page break at the indicated row
     * @param row FIXME: Document this!
     * @return FIXME: Document this!
     */
    boolean isRowBroken(int row);

    /**
     * Removes the page break at the indicated row
     * @param row
     */
    void removeRowBreak(int row);

    /**
     * Retrieves all the horizontal page breaks
     * @return all the horizontal page breaks, or null if there are no row page breaks
     */
    int[] getRowBreaks();

    /**
     * Retrieves all the vertical page breaks
     * @return all the vertical page breaks, or null if there are no column page breaks
     */
    int[] getColumnBreaks();

    /**
     * Sets a page break at the indicated column
     * @param column
     */
    void setColumnBreak(int column);

    /**
     * Determines if there is a page break at the indicated column
     * @param column FIXME: Document this!
     * @return FIXME: Document this!
     */
    boolean isColumnBroken(int column);

    /**
     * Removes a page break at the indicated column
     * @param column
     */
    void removeColumnBreak(int column);

    /**
     * Expands or collapses a column group.
     *
     * @param columnNumber      One of the columns in the group.
     * @param collapsed         true = collapse group, false = expand group.
     */
    void setColumnGroupCollapsed(int columnNumber, boolean collapsed);

    /**
     * Create an outline for the provided column range.
     *
     * @param fromColumn        beginning of the column range.
     * @param toColumn          end of the column range.
     */
    void groupColumn(int fromColumn, int toColumn);

    /**
     * Ungroup a range of columns that were previously groupped
     *
     * @param fromColumn   start column (0-based)
     * @param toColumn     end column (0-based)
     */
    void ungroupColumn(int fromColumn, int toColumn);

    /**
     * Tie a range of rows together so that they can be collapsed or expanded
     *
     * @param fromRow   start row (0-based)
     * @param toRow     end row (0-based)
     */
    void groupRow(int fromRow, int toRow);

    /**
     * Ungroup a range of rows that were previously groupped
     *
     * @param fromRow   start row (0-based)
     * @param toRow     end row (0-based)
     */
    void ungroupRow(int fromRow, int toRow);

    /**
     * Set view state of a groupped range of rows
     *
     * @param row   start row of a groupped range of rows (0-based)
     * @param collapse whether to expand/collapse the detail rows
     */
    void setRowGroupCollapsed(int row, boolean collapse);

    /**
     * Sets the default column style for a given column.  POI will only apply this style to new cells added to the sheet.
     *
     * @param column the column index
     * @param style the style to set
     */
    void setDefaultColumnStyle(int column, CellStyle style);

    /**
     * Adjusts the column width to fit the contents.
     *
     *

     * This process can be relatively slow on large sheets, so this should
     *  normally only be called once per column, at the end of your
     *  processing.
     *

     * You can specify whether the content of merged cells should be considered or ignored.
     *  Default is to ignore merged cells.
     *
     * @param column the column index
     */
    void autoSizeColumn(int column);

    /**
     * Adjusts the column width to fit the contents.
     *

     * This process can be relatively slow on large sheets, so this should
     *  normally only be called once per column, at the end of your
     *  processing.
     *

     * You can specify whether the content of merged cells should be considered or ignored.
     *  Default is to ignore merged cells.
     *
     * @param column the column index
     * @param useMergedCells whether to use the contents of merged cells when calculating the width of the column
     */
    void autoSizeColumn(int column, boolean useMergedCells);

    /**
     * Returns cell comment for the specified row and column
     *
     * @return cell comment or null if not found
     */
    Comment getCellComment(int row, int column);

    /**
     * Creates the top-level drawing patriarch.
     *
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Telerobotic systems combine conventional teleoperation with industrial automation techniques, such as control, vision, planning, etc, to improve work efficiency, and have been expanding their applications from hazardous and remote areas to unstructured industrial uses. Unstructured environments and uncertainties in task space require human-in-the loop control to ensure and supervise safe operation since present autonomous capabilities cannot handle the vast range of tasks and uncertainties. The inherent characteristics of telerobotic systems make operational faults more likely, and require autonomous fault detection, isolation (FDI) and recovery abilities since the nature of task space makes it difficult for human operators to detect and recover from faults in a timely manner.
This dissertation addresses the issues of developing operational fault detection, isolation, and recovery strategies, and combines the developed methodologies with overall telerobotic system design. First, the framework for FDI and the associated supervisory control scheme are proposed to effectively integrate the FDI approaches into telerobotic systems. Secondly, for the generalization of the proposed FDI methodologies, the characteristics of operational faults and the relevant sensor signals are classified, and then typical operational faults, which can represent the other operational faults and telerobotic systems, are selected using classification and appropriate criteria. Next, the fault detection methodologies for the selected operational faults are proposed considering the characteristics of the sensory data. In this way, the proposed methodologies are generalized for operational FDI of telerobotic systems. The proposed methodologies are tested with an experimental telerobotic system or a computer simulation, and test results demonstrate the methodologies are feasible.
Kim, Sewoong, "Intelligent Fault Tolerant Control for Telerobotic System in Operational Space. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2002.