Town Center at Boca Raton is celebrating the debut of its new luxury valet court by offering red carpet VIP treatment on Thursdays and a chance to win free valet service for a year.
For shoppers who want to receive the attention they deserve when they arrive at the mall, Town Center at Boca Raton on Tuesday announced the opening of its new luxury valet service.
The mall's luxury valet court, between Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue, is among the finishing touches of a multimillion-dollar renovation at the mall that began in fall 2017.
Drivers who use the service will enjoy a five-star resort experience, according to a news release by mall owner Simon Property Group. They will drive into a newly created roundabout with a landscaped small park, new palm trees, improved exterior lighting and bellhop carts.
Upscale shoppers, you deserve yet another valet entrance at the Town Center at Boca Raton, developers have decided.
Upon arrival, shoppers will be whisked into the mall's "impressive lineup of luxury boutiques," including Tiffany & Co., Elie Tahari, Gucci, Cartier, Versace, Montblanc and Louis Vuitton, the release said.
On Thursdays in December, valet users will enjoy "red carpet VIP treatment" with live music, giveaways, sweet treats and champagne passed out by butlers, and a chance to win free valet service at the mall for a year. That prize could be worth $2,190 to someone who goes to the mall every day and pays the $6 daily rate.
Up in the downtown sky, look: Are those new high-rises meant to be hotels or condo buildings? More and more, you'll see towers that combine both things.
Next fall, La Boulangerie Boul'Mich, described as an "artisan French bakery with a Latin twist" will open at the valet court entrance.
"Text ahead" service is also available, enabling shoppers to text their ticket number in advance for car retrieval or to have their vehicle brought to any of the four valet stands operated by the mall.


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For as much as I walk, I really needed the walking stick and comfortable, durable hiking boots.
Is there any piece of gear that you needed overall or in a certain area of traveling that you greatly underestimated?
I frequently underestimate my need for sunscreen. And overestimate the toughness of my feet.
The thing that always sneaks up on me is poor air quality. I never think about it being an issue beforehand. Windy conditions in arid areas or during heavy spring pollon days always have me wondering where my mask is. I also dig it out when fire season hits. Several seasons in Idaho have taught me better than to think "the smoke's not that bad".
I didn't even think about sunscreen. Sometimes, I know I'm missing it. That's real! And, a mask. I haven't been to the dessert in a long time, tho.


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I love when he comes out of his room just to sit with me and show off what he has learned. He's always asking me, "what song is this?" It's pretty comical how bad I am at recognizing songs, and it's not at all a reflection of his talent.
Today, we were doing just this. We had gone down to the local guitar place that we'd never been to and I bought him some new picks. (sp?) We looked at some inexpensive electric guitars they had for sale as he's been talking about how much he wants one. He's especially interested in learned bass guitar. They also offer lessons there. It they're kind of pricey. You get four 1/2 hour lessons a month for $90. Maybe that's just my thriftiness showing through. He said he'd really like a bass guitar for Christmas but I told him, if he finds a decent used one that I can afford, he wouldn't need to wait until Christmas. They had a brand new one there for $199. That's a pretty good deal but a little above my price range. I told him that if he could get his dad to pay half, we could probably do it.
So, we're sitting in the living room and he's playing his guitar and ukulele when his dad got home. His dad walks passed us and does a little chuckle as he's walking by us. There was nothing to laugh at. Then, he comes out of the bathroom a couple minutes later and goes in the kitchen. My son tells him, "Hey dad, you what I want? A bass guitar." He was trying to get a dialogue going with his dad. He's told me before, that is how he gets his dad to EVEN CONSIDER buying him something that he (his dad) is not really interested in as a hobby of his own.
Then he looks over to me and says, "See how I did that?", with a smirk on his face. Then he went back to going through his papers he has scattered around the counter.
I just ignored him. Grey rock. I was fuming inside.
I could feel the heat rising up in me and caught myself and held my tongue. Grey rock.
Let me say, he does NOTHING around the house! If anything, he could AT LEAST take out the trash and clean up the dog poop. Heaven knows he doesn't do anything but wash his own laundry. Which, I'll add, is in a huge heap in our garage, by his own choosing! He barely ever even puts his dirty dishes in the sink, let alone rinse them off! Or hell, even throw his damn trash away! I don't even GO IN that room because it makes me so angry!
I look over at my son and he hasn't even moved since he last spoke. I can see the wheels turning in his mind as he stares off at nothing. I know what he's feeling. I've been there. He's blaming himself; he's wondering what he said wrong; he's asking himself if he asks for too much; he's thinking he just blew his chance of getting that guitar before Christmas. It breaks my heart.
I wanted to yell so badly! I wanted to say one of the hundred responses I had running through my mind.
I can't even remember everything I was thinking in that moment. It was all I could do to ignore it. Grey rock.
I'm going to talk to my son when his dad's not around and ask what he was thinking when his dad responded like that. Try and make sure he's not feeling like he said something wrong.
Oh, did you want that?
I considered filing this in the "Red Flag" category but decided it was just more of a given.
A Narc will buy them self what they know you want.
Our daughter is almost to driving age. A little over a year to go. She has always said that she wanted a Jeep. She's not picky on specifics; she just would like a Jeep. I'm more the type that would give her my car and buy myself a new one. Either that or do like I did and help her buy some cheap old thing that can get her around safely until she can purchase a car for herself. What I wouldn't do, is buy MYSELF a new Jeep.
But my Narc husband always has to have the best and won't buy anything less. If you say you want the $20 alarm clock, he'll buy you the $100 one. Sounds like a good thing doesn't it? Not to me. To me, it feels like he's saying he knows what is better for you more than you know yourself. That he knows more about than you, etc.
So, she's said she'd love a Jeep but is not expecting one by any means. So what does he do? He talks about how he needs a new truck. How he'll buy himself a new truck and just let her use it for school. I don't know about you, but I'd be scared to drive my dads new truck being a new driver. She wasn't to keen on the idea either. Then, he started talking about cool new Jeeps and showing her pictures on car sales sites and talking about which ones are cooler.
That's as far as we are in that issue right now. Thought I'd better write it down to reflect on in a year or two.
So, I ended up just letting the kids decide what to get their dad for Father's Day. After all, they are old enough to put some thought into it and he is their dad, not mine. I offered some suggestions but they had a hard time finding anything he'd like or want and anything they did find was a few hundred dollars. All 3 of us had completely different ideas from our experiences with the him of what he wanted or would like. We spent more than 4 hours shopping for gifts.
On FD, our kids gave him cards and gifts in the morning. His initial response to the gift my son chose was, "You guys will use this more than I will." His response to the gift my daughter chose wasnt much. But you could tell from his bland, blank expression that he wasn't impressed with anything she chose except the candy. After he opened them he mumbled a weak, "thank you" to them. It really broke my heart because we spent a lot of time going to different stores, spent a decent amount of money and put A LOT of thought into good gifts for him.
I went to the grocery store and bought steaks among other thing to BBQ for dinner that night. After dinner and having a beer, I asked him if he wanted to watch a movie. Meaning on Netflix or On Demand. ~Totally breaking grey rock. I'm not sure why I did except that I wanted to watch a movie anyway and he was sitting in the other room by himself, pouting i.m.o.~ He said he wanted to go to the theater and so we did.
The next day, he sent me a text message thanking me for a nice day. He also told me that he paid off the rest of his phone bill. Was that supposed to be a reward for doing right by him on FD? Because I didn't do anything different than I've done every other FD.
Funny how when a Narc starts trying something different to get a reaction or to see if you'll match them, THAT IS WHEN they notice what you do for them.
I've always been one to write things down. I used to write just because I liked the feel of pen on paper. I'd practice cursive and printing, big letters and small letters, my signature. Often, people compliment me on my penmanship.
So, no surprise, poetry and journaling became a way for me to sort through my feelings. It also became a way for me to get into trouble!
More recently, my Narc came across a well hidden collection of journal writings that I had stashed away in a moving box. An actual journal would have been too obvious so I'd just grab the closest thing to write on and scribble out my messy feelings. These accumulated for years. We have moved many times since I stashed them away and I am the only one who goes through the boxes to decide what to keep or throw away so I wasn't worried. Heck, I really didn't even remember that they were there until they were thrown (figuratively) in my face. My Narc decided to go through the boxes just to dishevel them and see what I must be hiding. ~We're talking about things written over TEN years ago.~ Sure enough, he brought them up and told me how messed up it was that I had written such horrible things about him. When in actuality, what I had written was my own account of arguments or different situations. He told me how unfair that was to him that I would write these things down and how not-normal it is for people to do that.
Every self help thing I've ever read or heard tells you to journal! Even better is to not go back and re-read what you write. It's a way to get it out of your system. It's what I'm doing now. I told him basically that. He didn't have much more to say. It was obvious that his view on me journaling didn't alter by what I said, though.
A few weeks ago I went through the boxes and threw away a ton of stuff. Trash cans full of stuff! Among that stuff was old poems that I had written. Dark, depressing and hopeless poems of a teenager starting a relationship with a narcissist with no clue of what she was in for. Ramblings about a twisted relationship that was just beginning.
I briefly glanced at some of the things I wrote. They made me cringe. They took me right back to those moments when I wrote them. I don't need to read them to remember. Now, I look back and quite clearly see what was happening. It makes my stomach turn to remember how I felt.
It brought me great pleasure to throw them away in the trash.


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A majority of men say there are enough women in leadership roles
Published Thu, Oct 12 20171:08 PM EDT Updated Thu, Oct 12 20171:08 PM EDT
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"How many of you think it's okay if one in 10 subway stations run on time?" That's the question Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg asked a crowd at the third annual Wall Street Journal Women in the Workplace dinner on Monday evening. No one raised their hand.
Yet, one in 10 senior leaders is a woman and 50 percent of men think that's good enough, according to Sandberg, citing a Women in the Workplace study that was released by her LeanIn foundation and the consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. More shocking still, 30 percent of women agree.
Though women have undoubtedly made progress in the workplace, said the Facebook COO, they still have a long way to go. The data backs up her claims.
In a recent survey, job site Comparably compiled data from over 24,000 employees who were asked the following six questions:
Do you think there are enough women in leadership positions at your company?
Do you feel that you've been held back in your career because of your gender?
Do you prefer to work with women or men?
What do you think would most improve office cultures across different companies?
Does your company encourage open discussion of workplace issues related to gender and diversity?
Have you ever been sexually harassed at work?
The study found that a majority of men, 60 percent, feel that there are enough women in leadership positions at their company, slightly higher than Sandberg's findings. At 49 percent, almost half of the female respondents agreed.
In the tech sector, which has been criticized for the lack of women in leadership positions, the rates were roughly the same. Over half of the male respondents, 58 percent, and 46 percent of female respondents say that there are enough women in leadership roles at their company.
Sandberg speculates as to what the problem is during her speech. "I think what it is, is the tyranny of low expectations," she says. "This has been happening for so long."
On the flip side, the Comparably survey found that the more educated you are, the more likely you are to feel that there are not enough women in leadership roles, as shown by this chart:
At 47 percent, workers with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree were more likely to think that there aren't enough women in leadership at their companies, compared to 69 percent of those with a high school diploma, some college or an associate's degree.
Focusing on the tech industry once more, those who worked in HR, business development or marketing feel the least confident that there are enough women in leadership roles at their company, as shown in this chart:
At Monday's summit, Sandberg said that the starting point in promoting more women to senior positions is to acknowledge the unconscious biases workers have.
"I have it too. We all have the biases against women in leadership," she said. "We respond to people that fit our stereotypes. That's why we still call little girls bossy."
But most importantly, if women participated in the labor force at the same rate as men, it would lead to a 5 percent growth to the U.S. GDP, said Sandberg.
"Fixing leadership for gender, fixing leadership for race, fixing leadership for women of color, we don't want it to be just the right thing to do. Although let's be clear, it is," she said. "This is a business and economic issue."
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Dutch heroes The Ex tour the UK in April"
LTW faves- the long term Dutch band The Ex who make a joyous, experimental grating, clanking sound are touring the UK in April. Over three decades the band, who were born out of the punk explosion, have moved through a breath taking myriad of musical styles whilst maintaining their brilliant originality. This tour will be one of April's highlights.
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Kuskokwim 300 Race Is On
By Greg Kim • Sep 11, 2020
Mushers leave the starting line for the Bogus Creek 150 in Bethel, Alaska in 2019. The Bogus Creek 150, along with the other seven K300 races, will take place in 2021.
Credit Gabby Salgado / KYUK
Mushing is still on for the Y-K Delta. On Sept. 11, the Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee announced that the K300, Bogus Creek 150, and Akiak Dash, along with the usual five local races, are all on the schedule for this winter. But there will be some changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The race committee's press release states that mushers, or anyone traveling to Bethel for the K300, will need to bring a recent negative COVID-19 test result, and also take another rapid test upon arrival.
Also different this winter, mushers and handlers, who usually stay at local homes, will be provided lodging away from the Bethel community. All the dog teams will be kept in a lot together with 24-hour monitoring.
Normally during the races, mushers rest at checkpoints in Tuluksak, Kalskag, and Aniak. The race committee is working with those communities to see if that is a possibility this year. If not, mushers may be using temporary camps as checkpoints rather than entering those villages. Indoor events in Bethel, like the bib number drawing and the awards ceremony, will not be open to the public. Instead, they will be live-streamed on the internet.
The K300 Race Committee stressed the race's importance, saying in their press release, "The K300 Sled Dog Race is a light in the dark of winter. Now, more than ever, we could use a little light."
The 42nd annual K300 race is scheduled to begin Jan. 15, 2021. Registration opens Oct. 5.
No Camping In K300 Race
By Johanna.Eurich • Mar 17, 2020
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The Kuskokwim 300 has become the latest Bethel organization to respond to the coronavirus pandemic by changing the way it operates. The organization is shutting down its pull-tab booth at the Alaska Commercial Company store until March 31. The booth attracts a lot of people, and the K300 board has decided to close it temporarily in the interest of keeping the community healthy.
Slideshow: Start Of The K300 And Bogus Creek 150
By Katie Basile • Jan 18, 2020
Twenty-one Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race teams charged out of Bethel the night of Jan. 17 on a hard-packed trail headed to Aniak, while seven teams raced upriver in the Bogus Creek 150. Hundreds of race fans came out to send off the teams before being treated to a fireworks show.
K300 Race Preview: Good Trails And Good Weather
By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska's Energy Desk • Jan 17, 2020
Bethel's Kuskokwim 300 race begins tonight, Jan. 17. Mushers from around the state have already picked their bib numbers and are looking forward to good race conditions.
The Bogus Creek 150 will start at 5 p.m., followed by the main event, the Kuskokwim 300, at 6:30 p.m. Fireworks will start shortly after. On Saturday, mushers will take off in the Akiak Dash's mass start at 2 p.m.
Photos: K300 And Bogus Creek 150 Mushers Race Upriver From Bethel
By Katie Basile & Gabby Hiestand Salgado & Ben Matheson • Jan 18, 2019
The Kuskokwim 300 and Bogus Creek 150 racers sped upriver on a hard trail from Bethel to Tuluksak on a chilly Friday night. Eight sled dog teams began the Bogus Creek 150 from the start chute near the Bethel small boat harbor before 18 mushers and their teams left in groups of two for the 40th running of the Kuskokwim 300. Defending champion Pete Kaiser is seeking his unprecedented fifth consecutive title, while defending Iditarod champion Joar Leifseth Ulsom and top mushers like Nicolas Petit and Jeff King attempt to dethrone Kaiser.


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Boston is the Championship City! Since the turn of the century, the Bruins and the Celtics have each won a championship, and Red Sox and Patriots have won multiple championships. BTW- If you're not from here, not into football or baseball, or live under a rock, the New England Patriots just won the AFC Championship title-again- and will be heading to their 9th Super Bowl in a couple weeks. Back in October, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series.
With that being said, the Celtics right now are predominantly a young team. I won't speak too much on the Red Sox or the Bruins, as I don't know baseball or hockey very well, but I do know the Patriots are a veteran-lead team. It would probably be easier to compare the current SUper Bowl bound patriots to the 2008 Garnett/Pierce/Allen Celtics. However, I think there is an interesting parallel between the current Pats and the current Celtics: half of the fan base is 100% sure they'll prevail yet the other half reallllly doubts it.
How many of us sat on the couch Sunday night during the AFC game and thought, "They can't do this" or "Tom Brady is too old" or "No way we can't do this again"?
How many of us were chanting "WE GOT THIS!!!!" and "LET'S GOOOOOOO"?
However, this year, if the Patriots win, the learning opportunity can be used in a more positive light. Let's cross our fingers!!!
If you are unfamiliar with the NFC matchup that resulted in the Rams beating the Saints, please read Tom Capo's great article!


Capital keeps pouring into data centers from diverse sources and in a variety of forms. It is hard to find an industry that attracts such a wide mix of private equity, public equity, unsecured bank debt, preferred stock, mortgage loans, capital leases, venture capital, and public debt financing. Fresh off the news that DuPont Fabros was issuing $169 million of preferred stock, Phoenix-based i/o Data Centers announced that it has raised $200 million of debt, with $130 million of unsecured credit coming from Wells Fargo, and a $70 million secured facility from Caterpillar Financial Services.
A private company, i/o Data Centers did not disclose the interest rate they're paying. The proceeds will be used to deliver 35 Megawatts of capacity over the next 12 months, and while not mentioned explicitly in the announcement, the Caterpillar financing is likely for new diesel generators.


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Efforts to curb property speculation
The government will initiate measures to address various issues gripping the property sector, including curbing rampant speculative activities in the market.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung said he would present to the cabinet findings of an industry meeting which could be used to come up with innovative ways to build affordable homes.
"The government has done fairly well in addressing the housing issues of the lower income. However, 40 per cent of the medium-income society still need accommodation.
"My ministry will use some of the findings to improve the sector," Chor told reporters here after opening a roundtable discussion on "Housing Affordability - Issues and Challenges".
The government will put forward recommendations, which will be based on proposals made by Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Malaysia (Rehda) such as on how to curb speculative property prices, financing, abandoned projects and sluggish developments.
Metro Kajang Holdings Bhd group managing director Datuk Eddy Chen Lok Loi said for example, a house built in Perlis cost RM250,000 but the same house using the very same materials but built in KLCC would cost RM1 million.
"This is caused by land cost due to two different locations. Nevertheless, there are some of the issues which Rehda will look into to address this such as materials prices. Working groups and a task force have been set up," said Chen.
Meanwhile, National House Buyers Association secretary general Chang Kim Loong said all parties, including the government and developers, need to launch proactive measures to stop steep price increases in the property market due to false demand and excessive speculation fuelled by easy mortgages and low real property gain tax.
"There is a huge mismatch between what the average household income can afford to buy compared to what is available in the market. A homeless generation will emerge and create various social problems," said Chang.
Chang said the average rakyat in a major urban area was struggling to buy his dream home where the average household with income of RM5,962 in 2009 would not be able to qualify for a 90 per cent loan over a 30-year period.
Assuming the average household income rises 15 per cent this year, the household may still not qualify for a 90 per cent loan in far areas such as Kajang, let alone in hot areas such as Kuala Lumpur.
He added that the government must also fine-tune the Bumiputera quota which has not made any headways.
"Don't get me wrong, we have no qualms over the discount for the first buy. But when you buy properties for the fourth and the fifth time and get up to 15 per cent discount ... that is wrong," said Chang.
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Making way for affordable homes
REHDA'S CALL: Government should free up some land for construction of affordable homes to ease pent-up demand
The government must free some of its land to make way for affordable homes to address the current pent-up demand situation.
Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Malaysia (Rehda) president Datuk Seri Michael Yam Kong Choy said it must act now before the situation becomes critical.
"As of now, Malaysia needs 180,000 homes a year but the industry can only supply 100,000 units. One of the many ways to counter this problem is to identify federal or state lands which can be converted into affordable housing schemes," Yam told reporters at Rehda's headquarters here yesterday.
Yam was presenting a paper at the roundtable discussion on "Housing Affordability - Issues and Challenges", launched by Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung.
The land includes sites of government quarters, public golf courses or land after the relocation of residential schools and zoos.
"We need to shift development focus of government-owned land to affordable housing, instead of commercial projects such as the Rubber Research Institute land in Sungai Buloh, Pudu jail and the Sungai Besi airport.
For immediate action plan, focus must be given to build affordable homes, from low cost with prices ranging between RM150,000 and RM350,000.
"There should be no more low cost quota. Government must provide social housing or transit housing for the hardcore and urban poor."
Yam said for planning control, the industry should be allowed higher plot ratio to enable the development of smaller units.
Developers should be given incentives for projects in public transport and transit areas with higher density/plot ratio.
To address issues of increasing cost, the sector must be free of new compliance costs, more certainty in Bumiputera quota release system, faster approvals and freeze imposition of policies or guideline laws that add to the cost of development.
Financing must be cheaper for the first time buyer and more tiered payments where homebuyers can pay less now and gradually pay more later (to be reviewed every five years).
For loan applications, housebuyers must be given more flexible criteria and not merely focus on net income.
Yam said the government should assist buyers with acquisition costs such as lower stamp duty for affordable homes.
As an example, a stamp duty of 0.5 per cent for the first transaction rate of RM300,000 compared with one per cent at the moment for the first RM100,000.
Another action plan is to make connectivity to urban areas more accessible, improve public transportation system and reasonable travelling distance to place of work.
For the medium to long term plan, the government should refurbish existing buildings such as public low cost houses, council homes and government complexes to affordable homes.
The Malay reserve land or new villages can also be new potential sites for affordable housing as well as building over existing transport infrastructure such as high rise apartments over LRT (light rail transit) stations or over KTM Komuter routes.
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Govt aims for affordable housing for middle-income group
PETALING JAYA: Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung said the housing needs of the middle-income group, which formed more than 40% of the community, must be addressed and hoped that the 1Malaysia People's Housing Scheme (Prima) announced last year would progress speedily.
Low cost housing is capped at RM42,000, while affordable housing cost between RM85,000 and RM300,000.
Chor said the Government had been successful in providing low cost housing, but there was a need to look into the grouses of the middle-income group.
Chor said this to reporters after attending a roundtable discussion entitled "Housing Affordability: Issues and Challenges", jointly organised by the Real Estate Housing Developers Association (Rehda) and the Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlement yesterday.
"The Ministry will consider the views and suggestions by the task force to be formed and we will put forward views and perspectives to the Federal Government.
"Affordable housing has become an important topic, with the greatest need being in urban centres like Kuala Lumpur and Penang and to a certain degree in Johor Baru due to urban migration.
"The Prima scheme is a laudable project...(but) it is moving sluggishly. We hope to see Prima making speedy progress. At the same time, we also hope the developers will play their role," he said.
He said it might be more efficient to streamline the different agencies which provided housing. Chor said it was not possible to compare Malaysia's housing situation with Singapore because the government there was able to step in quickly to provide both low and middle-cost housing units.
Earlier, at the discussion, Rehda president Datuk Michael Yam listed out the challenges faced by developers when providing social housing including the high cost of land. "Planning requirements need to be reviewed because we are beginning to see a proliferation of small serviced apartments into the market. Developers are resorting to building small units in order to increase the number of units to make the project viable," Yam said.
He called on the Government to free government and state land for affordable housing and to exempt developers from having to fork out capital for utilities infrastructure like reservoir and sub-stations.
"In developed countries, the government build all these and the developers pay a contribution. When developers have to fork out capital expenditure for the infrastructure, invariably the consumer will have to pay for it. This results in an increase in housing cost," said Yam.
Secretary-general of the House Buyers Association Chang Kim Loong called on the Government to bring back the real property gains tax in full force to curb speculation.
Effective since Jan 1, this year, the gains from property held for less than two years were subjected to a 10% tax. For properties held between two and five years, a 2% was imposed while those who kept it for more than five years are exempted from tax.
Under the previous ruling, a Malaysian individual who sells his property within the first two years of purchase is taxed 30% of the gains. The rates slide to 20% (third year), 15% (fourth year) and 5% (fifth year). He is not taxed on the sixth and subsequent year.
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Plans for 'no frills' homes
KELANA JAYA: Malaysia is mulling to build its first affordable "no frills" houses so that the rakyat can own homes of their own.
Mooted by the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Malaysia and the Housing and Local Government Ministry, the house will be 30 per cent cheaper and will be custom-finished by the owner.
Immediate past president Datuk Ng Seing Liong said the house will be "naked" but equipped with basic amenities such as the kitchen and the toilet but there will be no partitions to segregate the rooms.
"This is to allow owners to choose to have two or three rooms, depending on the owner's marital status or the number of children," Ng told reporters here yesterday at a roundtable on "Housing Affordability - Issues and Challenges".
Ng said the no frills house will be 30 per cent cheaper than the current affordable home price tag of between RM80,000 and RM350,000.
Ng said the concept is not new and has been introduced in China and the Philippines. He said all parties are discussing on it at the moment.
Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung said the no frills home is one of the sectors innovative ways to build affordable homes.
Housing is a very serious problem worldwide, especially for the middle class. Even ministers in China find it difficult to buy homes despite it being a socialist country.
Sp Setia's Liew, PNB likely to stay out of share placement
PETALING JAYA: SP Setia Bhd president/chief executive officer Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin and Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) are unlikely to be taking up shares in the proposed share placement exercise which the property developer announced on Monday.
An analyst told StarBiz that the proposal would be pointless if PNB and Liew were among those identified to take up the shares since among the stated objectives of the share placement was to increase liquidity of the stock.
"They've to do it because the stock's not liquid and the announcement has been expected for some time," she said. PNB currently has a 51.63% stake while through Skim Amanah Saham Bumiputera, it has another 18.41% stake. Liew has a 5.65% stake, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has a 5.28% while Kumpulan Wang Persaraan has a 5.10% stake.
The share placement exercise comes on the heels of announcements by SP Setia of several multi-billion ringgit joint-venture projects, of which the most prominent would be the Battersea project in London announced early last month and the Qinzhou Industrial Park in south-west China announced in April.
Besides the proposed share placement, SP Setia has also proposed a new employees' share option scheme (Esos) of up to 15% of the issued and paid-up share capital of the company while proposing the cancellation of the existing Esos.
SP Setia and PNB were not able to reply to further queries on the proposed share placement exercise at press time.
Meanwhile, a Sime Darby Bhd official said the company had no plans to do a cash call at the moment. "Balance sheet-wise, we're in good shape," she said. Sime Darby has a 40% stake in the joint venture to develop the Battersea project, the EPF holds a 20% stake while SP Setia owns the remainder stake.
To recap, Maybank Investment Bank Bhd said in an announcement to the stock exchange that SP Setia was proposing a new issuance of up to 15% of the issued and paid-up share capital of the company or up to 322.69 million shares.
The exercise would raise a minimum RM957.4mil assuming the price of the placement shares was fixed at RM3.19 per share based on a 10% discount to the five-day volume weighted average market price and a minimum take-up rate of 300.11 million shares.
The proceeds would be utilised to part-finance the cost of land acquisitions and initial project development expenditure, to meet the general working capital requirements as well as to defray the expenses relating to the proposals.
CIMB Investment Bank Bhd said in a note that the impact of the placement would be slightly negative on valuations.
"We estimate the private placement will dilute revised net asset value (RNAV) by 3% to RM4.17 (per share) and financial year ending Oct 31, 2013 (FY13) to FY15 earnings per share (EPS) by 6% to 12%," it said, adding that the Esos would be an important means of retaining and incentivising staff.
Affin Investment Bank Bhd analyst Isaac Chow said in a report that the proposal, while positive in the long-term, would dampen investors' sentiment of the company in the short term.
He said assuming all the shares were placed out at RM3.23, the placement would dilute its EPS for FY13 to FY14 by 7% to 8%.
Chow recommends that investors acquire the shares via the placement exercise rather than in the open market. He has put the "reduce" rating and target price (of RM3.60) based on 15% discount to RNAV under review.
SP Setia's share price closed two sen lower at RM3.49 yesterday.
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On the evening of May 31, 2009, 216 passengers, three pilots, and nine flight attendants boarded an Airbus 330 in Rio de Janeiro. This flight, Air France 447, was headed across the Atlantic to Paris. The take-off was unremarkable. The plane reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. The passengers read and watched movies and slept. Everything proceeded normally for several hours. Then, with no communication to the ground or air traffic control, flight 447 suddenly disappeared.
Days later, several bodies and some pieces of the plane were found floating in the Atlantic Ocean. But it would be two more years before most of the wreckage was recovered from the ocean's depths. All 228 people on board had died. The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorders, however, were intact, and these recordings told a story about how Flight 447 ended up in the bottom of the Atlantic.
The story they told was was about what happened when the automated system flying the plane suddenly shut off, and the pilots were left surprised, confused, and ultimately unable to fly their own plane.
[Early Autopilot. Credit: Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution]
The first so called "auto-pilot" was invented by the Sperry Corporation in 1912. It allowed the plane to fly straight and level without the pilot's intervention. In the 1950s the autopilots improved, and could be programed to follow a route.
By the 1970s, even complex electrical systems and hydraulic systems were automated, and studies were showing that most accidents were caused not by mechanical error, but by human error. These findings prompted the French company Airbus to develop safer planes that used even more advanced automation.
Airbus set out to design what they hoped would be the safest plane yet—a plane that even the worst pilots could fly with ease. Bernard Ziegler, senior vice president for engineering at Airbus, famously said that he was building an airplane that even his concierge would be able to fly.
[One of the first Airbus planes for commercial use. Credit: Stahlkocher.]
Not only did Ziegler's plane have auto-pilot, it also had what's called a "fly-by-wire" system. Whereas autopilot just does what a pilot tells it to do, fly-by-wire is a computer-based control system that can interpret what the pilot wants to do, and then execute the command smoothly and safely. For example, if the pilot pulls back on his or her control stick, the fly-by-wire system will understand that the pilot wants to pitch the plane up, and then will do it at the just the right angle and rate.
Importantly, the fly-by-wire system will also protect the plane from getting into an "aerodynamic stall." In a plane, stalling can happen when the nose of the plane is pitched up at too steep an angle. This can cause the plane to lose "lift" and start to descend.
[From top: a plane in normal flight; a plane in a stall. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.]
Stalling in a plane can be dangerous, but fly-by-wire automation makes it impossible to do. As long as it's on.
Unlike autopilot, the "fly-by-wire" system cannot be turned on and off by the pilot. However, it can turn itself off. And that's exactly what it did on May 31, 2009, as Air France Flight 447 made its transatlantic flight.
[The dotted line begins where Flight 447's last contact with the control tower was made. Credit: Mysid]
When a pressure probe on the outside of the plane iced over, the automation could no longer tell how fast the plane was going, and the autopilot disengaged. The "fly-by-wire" system also switched into a mode in which it was no longer offering protections against aerodynamic stall. When the autopilot disengaged, the co-pilot in the right seat put his hand on the control stick—a little joy stick like thing to his right—and pulled it back, pitching the nose of the plane up.
This action caused the plane to go into a stall, and yet, even as the stall warning sounded, none of the pilots could figure out what was happening to them. If they'd realized they were in a stall, the fix would have been clear. "The recovery would have required them to put the nose down, get it below the horizon, regain a flying speed and then pull out of the ensuing dive," says William Langewiesche, a journalist and former pilot who wrote about the crash of Flight 447 for Vanity Fair.
The pilots, however, never tried to recover, because they never seemed to realize they were in a stall. Four minutes and twenty seconds after the incident began, the plane pancaked into the Atlantic, instantly killing all 228 people on board.
There are various factors that contributed to the crash of flight 447. Some people point to the fact that the airbus control sticks do not move in unison, so the pilot in the left seat would not have felt the pilot in the right seat pull back on his stick, the maneuver that ultimately pitched the plane into a dangerous angle. But even if you concede this potential design flaw, it still begs the question, how could the pilots have a computer yelling 'stall' at them, and not realize they were in a stall?
It's clear that automation played a role in this accident, though there is some disagreement about what kind of role it played. Maybe it was a badly designed system that confused the pilots, or maybe years of depending on automation had left the pilots unprepared to take over the controls.
"For however much automation has helped the airline passenger by increasing safety it has had some negative consequences," says Langewiesche. "In this case it's quite clear that these pilots had had experience stripped away from them for years." The Captain of the Air France flight had logged 346 hours of flying over the past six months. But within those six months, there were only about four hours in which he was actually in control of an airplane—just the take-offs and landings. The rest of the time, auto-pilot was flying the plane. Langewiesche believes this lack experience left the pilots unprepared to do their jobs.
[Pieces of the wreckage of Flight 447. Credit: Roberto Maltchik]
Complex and confusing automated systems may also have contributed to the crash. When one of the co-pilots hauled back on his stick, he pitched the plane into an angle that eventually caused the stall. But it's possible that he didn't understand that he was now flying in a different mode, one which would not regulate and smooth out his movements. This confusion about what how the fly-by-wire system responds in different modes is referred to, aptly, as "mode confusion," and it has come up in other accidents.
"A lot of what's happening is hidden from view from the pilots," says Langewiesche. "It's buried. When the airplane starts doing something that is unexpected and the pilot says 'hey, what's it doing now?' — that's a very very standard comment in cockpits today.'"
Langewiesche isn't the only person to point out that 'What's it doing now?' is a commonly heard question in the cockpit.
In 1997, American Airlines captain Warren Van Der Burgh said that the industry has turned pilots into "Children of the Magenta" who are too dependent on the guiding magenta-colored lines on their screens.
William Langewiesche agrees:
"We appear to be locked into a cycle in which automation begets the erosion of skills or the lack of skills in the first place and this then begets more automation."
However potentially dangerous it may be to rely too heavily on automation, no one is advocating getting rid of it entirely. It's agreed upon across the board that automation has made airline travel safer. The accident rate for air travel is very low: about 2.8 accidents for every one million departures. (Airbus planes, by the way, are no more or less safe than their main rival, Boeing.)
Langewiesche thinks that we are ultimately heading toward pilotless planes. And by the time that happens, the automation will be so good and so reliable that humans, with all of their fallibility, will really just be in the way.
[The magenta guiding lines of automation, from a 1997 presentation by pilot Warren Van Der Burgh.]
Producer Katie Mingle spoke with William Langewiesche, a former pilot who wrote an article in Vanity Fair about this flight, as well as Nadine Sarter, a systems engineer at the University of Michigan. This episode also features the voice of Captain Warren Van Der Burgh.
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Why don't you serve alcohol at the event?
We have minors at the event and don't want to deal with the liability.
By law, we would have to close at 2am… Well, that's no fun.
By law, we would need even more security and ID checkers to staff.
FYI, The Baxter Arena is right across the street from Aksarben! It's walking distance to great eats, bars and many great hang out locations. It's always been our policy to not allow alcohol but that doesn't mean you can't head over to Dudley's and grab a pint while enjoying a slice of their amazing za.
How can I carry my gear into the venue easier?
We recommend using your rolling desk chair (if bringing one) to haul your gear. Or, ideally, bring a portable cart with you. Read our blog post about LAN essentials for a backpack and cart we recommend. The best solution is a LAN backpack to carry all your gear.
Why don't you have X game for a tournament?
A few weeks after we open registration for the event, we send out a tournament voting survey to all paid attendees. From this survey we gather what are the most popular games and for what games our attendees want us to host a tournament. We pick the top four most requested games to host a tournament for. Sometimes our ability to host a server depends on (and can be prevented by) our ability to obtain private servers or other restrictions from the developers.
We understand that there are a lot of popular games out there, but we can't possibility run a tournament for them all. We have to limit to four tournament games due to the length of the event. We have tried doing more in the past, but always run into time issues. We also can't run them in parallel due to attendees wanting to play in more than one, as well as the confusion when we make announcements and organize the tournament.
Can I sleep at the event? Where?
Yes, bring a sleeping bag and pillow, or even a tent. The sleeping area is located on the second level concourse on the far sides of the concession stand. If you wish to sleep comfortably, there are a few hotels within a few minutes of walking, see event location details. Or you could crash at friend's or relative's place.
Make sure to read our FAQs on the Event Details page where we answer a lot of the questions we receive.
RED (NETWAR Admin) was super overly excited for the new venue. He has since calmed down and won't rave as hard for NETWAR 36.0.
It will be better for NETWAR 36.0. We were working through it even before 35.0 was over.
We have had numerous conversation with the food vendor regarding feedback we received for them. They are working to improve for NETWAR 36.0.
We are across the street from Aksarben. There are tons of options within walking distance.
We would give a right arm for an unlimited supply of those funnel cake fries.
The setup was amazing this year. I really like the greater space baxter allows, and the giant screen in the middle.
The venue was absolutely epic, perfect, and setup as always was fantastic. Prizes were top notch, and bringing in NFM and the other vendors was great.
I liked the quality and consistency – no hiccups ever.
Parking was great, Space was novel, Network speeds seemed awesome.
I loved the atmosphere and the setup.
The location, sound quality over speakers, atmosphere, internet speeds.
The new venue afforded a better layout with admins in the center, rather than crammed along the wall. Having security was nice also– but the highlight was, as always, the authentic LAN experience. I feel a LAN party should be a friendly gathering, and you guys always manage to nail it on a large scale. This was my 5th NetWar– and I love that it isn't the mouthy "I'm only here to get paid" crowd that cash-prize e-sports events draw. Keep up the good work!
I loved getting together with friends and playing along side them since I love 2 hours away. Also meeting new people and making new friendship was awesome .
The mic system was great. I could actually understand you. Environmental effects like the lights were pretty cool. Set-up between tables felt wider and there were very few cords to trip over.
Awesome announcements and Jumbotron, very smart staff.
The venue was amazing. Best venue yet! I've been coming since Digz and this is my favorite. The temperature was a lot better too.
It is the original "Social Networking" all in the same room… Loved it.
I really loved the environment aspect. Felt like an esport stadium when we were competing at the arena.


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It works fine with small number of parameters (5000-10000). I also tried running with higher JVM memory (-Xms1024M -Xmx4096M)
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        at org.junit.internal.MethodSorter$2.compare(MethodSorter.java:28)
        at org.junit.internal.MethodSorter$1.compare(MethodSorter.java:20)
        at org.junit.internal.MethodSorter$1.compare(MethodSorter.java:14)
        at java.util.TimSort.countRunAndMakeAscending(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.TimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.Arrays.sort(Unknown Source)
        at org.junit.internal.MethodSorter.getDeclaredMethods(MethodSorter.java:56)
        at org.junit.runners.model.TestClass.scanAnnotatedMembers(TestClass.java:65)
        at org.junit.runners.model.TestClass.<init>(TestClass.java:57)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.createTestClass(ParentRunner.java:88)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.<init>(ParentRunner.java:83)
        at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.<init>(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:65)
        at org.junit.runners.parameterized.BlockJUnit4ClassRunnerWithParameters.<init>(BlockJUnit4ClassRunnerWithParameters.java:27)
        at org.junit.runners.parameterized.BlockJUnit4ClassRunnerWithParametersFactory.createRunnerForTestWithParameters(BlockJUnit4ClassRunnerWithParametersFactory.java:16)
        at org.junit.runners.Parameterized.createRunnersForParameters(Parameterized.java:313)
        at org.junit.runners.Parameterized.<init>(Parameterized.java:248)
        at pps.test.Parallelized.<init>(Parallelized.java:50)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:104)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:86)

FAILURES!!!
Tests run: 1,  Failures: 1

A: Change the designer execution test
For example:

*

*make 10 methods in your class test.

*each method run 10000 items.

*run in parallel test.

*find or do items when consumed.

if you not can't do this.
you need more memory for make your test,

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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package storm.benchmark.metrics;

/**
 * DRPCMetricsCollector is meant to collect end-to-end latency for DRPC benchmarks
 * the latency is the time between DRPCClient submitting a query and
 * receiving the result
 */

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.storm.Config;
import org.apache.storm.generated.DRPCExecutionException;
import org.apache.storm.thrift.TException;
import org.apache.storm.utils.DRPCClient;
import storm.benchmark.util.FileUtils;

import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

public class DRPCMetricsCollector implements IMetricsCollector {
  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(DRPCMetricsCollector.class);

  private static final String DRPC_SERVER = "127.0.0.1";
  private static final int DEFAULT_DRPC_PORT = 3772;

  final MetricsCollectorConfig config;
  final String function;
  final List<String> args;
  final int port;
  int index = 0;

  public DRPCMetricsCollector(Config stormConfig,
                              String function, List<String> args) {
    this.config = new MetricsCollectorConfig(stormConfig);
    this.function = function;
    this.args = args;
    if (stormConfig.containsKey(Config.DRPC_PORT)) {
      this.port = (Integer) stormConfig.get(Config.DRPC_PORT);
    } else {
      this.port = DEFAULT_DRPC_PORT;
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void run() {
    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();

    final long endTime = now + config.totalTime;
    long totalLat = 0L;
    int count = 0;
    try {
      final String name = config.name;
      final String path = config.path;
      final String confFile = String.format(
              MetricsCollectorConfig.CONF_FILE_FORMAT, path, name, now);
      final String dataFile = String.format(
              MetricsCollectorConfig.DATA_FILE_FORMAT, path, name, now);
      PrintWriter confWriter = FileUtils.createFileWriter(path, confFile);
      PrintWriter dataWriter = FileUtils.createFileWriter(path, dataFile);
      config.writeStormConfig(confWriter);
      while (now < endTime) {
        Thread.sleep(config.pollInterval);
        long lat = execute(nextArg(), dataWriter);
        totalLat += lat;
        count++;
        now = System.currentTimeMillis();
      }
      double avgLat = 0 == count ? 0.0 : (double) totalLat / count;
      dataWriter.println(String.format("average latency = %f ms", avgLat));
      dataWriter.close();
    } catch (DRPCExecutionException e) {
      LOG.error("fail to execute drpc function", e);
    } catch (TException e) {
      LOG.error("thrift error", e);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      LOG.error("interrupted", e);
    }
  }

  private String nextArg() {
    if (args.size() == index) {
      index = 0;
    }
    String ret = args.get(index);
    index++;
    return ret;
  }

  private long execute(String arg, PrintWriter writer) throws TException, DRPCExecutionException {
    LOG.debug(String.format("executing %s('%s')", function, arg));
    DRPCClient client = new DRPCClient(new HashMap(), DRPC_SERVER, port);
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    String result = client.execute(function, arg);
    long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long latency = end - start;
    writer.println(String.format("%s('%s') = %s, latency = %d ms", function, arg, result, latency));
    writer.flush();
    return latency;
  }
}


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Officials concerned by low vaccination rate among Arab Israelis
Health officials and public health experts call the reluctance of some Arab Israelis to take shot 'worrisome,' but say other factors are also playing a role in low turnout
By Aaron Boxerman	31 December 2020, 10:32 pm 0 Edit
An Israeli teacher receives a COVID-19 vaccine, at Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Ya'akov, on December 30, 2020. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
Low coronavirus vaccination rates among Arab Israelis have raised concerns that Israel's conservative minority may be immune to calls to get shots against the novel coronavirus — but experts say it's more complicated than that.
While a few vaccination centers have been erected in Arab towns and cities, many facilities reported that most of those waiting in line were Jews. In Umm al-Fahm, Shfaram, and Nazareth — three major Arab Israeli cities — more than 75 percent of those vaccinated over the past few days have been Jews.
Public health expert Dr. Bishara Basharat, who directs a national nonprofit which promotes Arab health, agreed that some in the Arab community were reluctant to be vaccinated, a phenomenon he called "concerning."
"To be honest, I didn't expect this. There's a lot of propaganda against the vaccine, lots of rumors on social media," said Basharat, who formerly directed the Clalit health maintenance organization's Northern District.
Arab Israelis constitute a disproportionately large number of Israel's health care workers, especially nurses and pharmacists: a 2017 study found that around 40% of nursing students were Arab Israelis, even though they constitute around 21% of the population.
To combat mistrust of the vaccine, Basharat recommended an aggressive awareness campaign among Arab family doctors.
"Arab citizens trust their family doctors, the ones in their hometowns, whom they go to consult with on a regular basis. Once they are vaccinated, people will start to be convinced," Basharat said.
A medical professional administers a coronavirus vaccine at a sports arena in Jerusalem, December 30, 2020. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
But while concerned about the spread of fake news and vaccine skepticism among Arab Israelis, health officials and public health experts also pointed out that other factors have played a key role in slowing the rollout of vaccines in the community.
Senior Clalit official Dr. Zahi Saeed, who advises the health provider on the Arab population's health, emphasized that the Arab community's relative youth was also a key factor in limiting its vaccination rate. Because vaccines are officially still available mostly to those over 60 or those who have risk factors, Saeed noted, a lower turnout was to be expected.
"We're a young society. We're a far smaller percentage of those over 60, even though we are a larger proportion of those with preexisting conditions," said Saeed.
Senior Clalit official Dr. Zahi Saeed (courtesy)
Official figures on vaccination by nationality are hard to come by. However, Channel 12 reported Thursday that only 15% of Arab Israelis aged 50 and up have received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, compared with 25.5% among non-Haredi Jews and 27.8% among the ultra-Orthodox.
While it is clear that testing stations in Arab towns are seeing less demand by Arabs than health officials had hoped, a spokesperson for Clalit noted that Arabs were being vaccinated in Jewish towns as well.
The vast majority of Arab Israelis are registered in Clalit, the largest of Israel's four health maintenance organizations. While slightly more than half of Israelis as a whole are in the HMO, around 70% of Arab Israelis are Clalit members.
Out of the 300,000 shots administered by Clalit, only around 5% — around 15,000 — had been distributed in Arab areas as of Wednesday night, Saeed told The Times of Israel. The figure does not include so-called "mixed cities" such as Lod, Ramle, Haifa, and Jerusalem, where around 10% of Israel's Arab citizens live.
But only around 10 out of 145 Clalit clinics — around 6.8% of all the HMO's stations — are located in Arab cities. Those cities are home to around 14.4% of the country's population, making it even more likely that Arab residents will end up heading to a Jewish-majority city to be immunized.
The city of Sakhnin, Jan. 26, 2015 (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
In the central Arab city of Sakhnin, health officials have seen a promising increase in Arab turnout over the past week. As more residents got vaccinated, more overcame their fear of the needle.
"It's true, in the first days, we saw very low turnout — perhaps 80% Arabs and 20% Jews. Now we see something closer to 60-40, or even 70% Arabs," said Dr. Nabil Abu Salah, who directs a Clalit clinic in Sakhnin.
"Many, many young people have called asking for vaccinations," Dr. Abu Salah attested.
Abu Salah noted that an all-ages vaccine drive in Sakhnin two days before had seen overwhelming turnout from locals, including young people.
"People went nuts, it was so packed. We vaccinated 1,200 people and had to close when we ran out," he added with a chuckle.
On Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a surprise visit to a vaccination center in the central Arab Israeli city of Tira to encourage more Arab Israelis to take the shot.
"Ta'alu, ta'amu — go get vaccinated," Netanyahu repeated in heavily-accented Arabic during the visit.
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ביקר הערב במתחם החיסונים של קופ"ח כללית בטירה:
"הבאנו לפה מיליוני חיסונים, יותר מכל מדינה אחרת בעולם באופן יחסי לאוכלוסיה, והבאנו אותם לכולם: יהודים וערבים, דתיים וחילונים. כולם יכולים וצריכים להתחסן. "https://t.co/49bTOGmSHu pic.twitter.com/Hn3jwEckOy
— ראש ממשלת ישראל (@IsraeliPM_heb) December 31, 2020
Arab Israelis
Clalit Health Services


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Q: PHP maximum execution time exceeded on first line of script I'm getting intermittent errors in PHP's own error log like so:

09-Mar-2015 09:18:12 Europe/Dublin] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 120 seconds exceeded in C:\inetpub\site\www\index.php on line 27

The application runs on CakePHP so index.php is just Cake's normal request handler. Every request to the application goes through this file.
The site runs on PHP 5.4 in Windows/IIS. IIS' own log for this particular request shows this to be a POST request.
This is index.php. Line 27 is the first line of actual code after the comments, therefore it's safe to assume that it's the very first line that PHP tries to execute on the request.
<?php
/**
 * Requests collector.
 *
 *  This file collects requests if:
 *  - no mod_rewrite is available or .htaccess files are not supported
 *  - requires App.baseUrl to be uncommented in app/Config/core.php
 *  - app/webroot is not set as a document root.
 *
 * PHP 5
 *
 * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
 * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 *
 * Licensed under The MIT License
 * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
 *
 * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
 * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 0.2.9
 * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
 */

/**
 *  Get Cake's root directory
 */
define('APP_DIR', 'app');
define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
define('ROOT', dirname(__FILE__));
define('WEBROOT_DIR', 'webroot');
define('WWW_ROOT', ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS . WEBROOT_DIR . DS);

/**
 * This only needs to be changed if the "cake" directory is located
 * outside of the distributed structure.
 * Full path to the directory containing "cake". Do not add trailing directory separator
 */
if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
    define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT . DS . 'lib');
}

require APP_DIR . DS . WEBROOT_DIR . DS . 'index.php';

I've got two problems here.
First, what the heck is causing this problem? Some IIS or PHP setting I haven't thought of? I can't reproduce it in development.
Secondly, users who experience this error just get the white screen of death because the CakePHP framework hasn't kicked in yet and registered the shutdown function or error handler. Any interim ideas on how I could handle this with at the very least a graceful "Something went wrong, please try again" would be useful. You can't use register_shutdown_function() in index.php because it then overrides CakePHP's error handler.

A: The problem turned out to be that max_input_time was set to too low a value. Only users on slow connections who uploaded large files had this problem. I increased max_input_time in php.ini and the problem has disappeared.


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package com.palantir.docker.compose;

import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.EventEmitter.InterruptableClusterWait;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.configuration.DockerComposeFiles;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.configuration.ProjectName;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.configuration.ShutdownStrategy;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.Cluster;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.Container;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.ContainerCache;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.DockerMachine;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.DockerPort;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.ImmutableCluster;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.waiting.ClusterHealthCheck;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.waiting.ClusterWait;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.connection.waiting.HealthCheck;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.events.EventConsumer;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.ConflictingContainerRemovingDockerCompose;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DefaultDockerCompose;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.Docker;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerComposeExecArgument;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerComposeExecOption;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerComposeExecutable;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerComposeRunArgument;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerComposeRunOption;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerExecutable;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.RetryingDockerCompose;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.logging.DoNothingLogCollector;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.logging.FileLogCollector;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.logging.LogCollector;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.logging.LogDirectory;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.report.TestDescription;
import com.palantir.docker.compose.reporting.RunRecorder;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
import org.immutables.value.Value;
import org.joda.time.Duration;
import org.joda.time.ReadableDuration;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

@Value.Immutable
@CustomImmutablesStyle
@SuppressWarnings("DesignForExtension")
public abstract class DockerComposeManager {
    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DockerComposeManager.class);

    public static final Duration DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = Duration.standardMinutes(2);
    public static final int DEFAULT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 2;

    private final RunRecorder runRecorder = RunRecorder.defaults();

    public DockerPort hostNetworkedPort(int port) {
        return new DockerPort(machine().getIp(), port, port);
    }

    public abstract DockerComposeFiles files();

    protected abstract List<ClusterWait> clusterWaits();

    protected abstract List<EventConsumer> eventConsumers();

    @Value.Default
    public DockerMachine machine() {
        return DockerMachine.localMachine().build();
    }

    @Value.Default
    public ProjectName projectName() {
        return ProjectName.random();
    }

    @Value.Default
    public DockerComposeExecutable dockerComposeExecutable() {
        return DockerComposeExecutable.builder()
                .dockerComposeFiles(files())
                .dockerConfiguration(machine())
                .projectName(projectName())
                .build();
    }

    @Value.Default
    public DockerExecutable dockerExecutable() {
        return DockerExecutable.builder().dockerConfiguration(machine()).build();
    }

    @Value.Default
    public Docker docker() {
        return new Docker(dockerExecutable());
    }

    @Value.Default
    public ShutdownStrategy shutdownStrategy() {
        return ShutdownStrategy.KILL_DOWN;
    }

    @Value.Default
    public com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerCompose dockerCompose() {
        com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerCompose dockerCompose =
                new DefaultDockerCompose(dockerComposeExecutable(), machine());
        return new RetryingDockerCompose(retryAttempts(), dockerCompose);
    }

    @Value.Default
    public Cluster containers() {
        return ImmutableCluster.builder()
                .ip(machine().getIp())
                .containerCache(new ContainerCache(docker(), dockerCompose()))
                .build();
    }

    @Value.Default
    protected int retryAttempts() {
        return DEFAULT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS;
    }

    @Value.Default
    protected boolean removeConflictingContainersOnStartup() {
        return true;
    }

    @Value.Default
    protected boolean pullOnStartup() {
        return false;
    }

    @Value.Default
    protected ReadableDuration nativeServiceHealthCheckTimeout() {
        return DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
    }

    @Value.Default
    protected LogCollector logCollector() {
        return new DoNothingLogCollector();
    }

    @Value.Derived
    protected EventEmitter emitEventsFor() {
        List<EventConsumer> eventConsumers =
                Stream.concat(Stream.of(runRecorder), eventConsumers().stream()).collect(Collectors.toList());

        return new EventEmitter(eventConsumers);
    }

    protected void setDescription(TestDescription testDescription) {
        runRecorder.setDescription(testDescription);
    }

    public void before() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        log.debug("Starting docker-compose cluster");

        runRecorder.before(() -> dockerCompose().config());

        pullBuildAndUp();

        emitEventsFor().waitingForServices(this::waitForServices);
    }

    private void pullBuildAndUp() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        if (pullOnStartup()) {
            emitEventsFor().pull(dockerCompose()::pull);
        }

        emitEventsFor().build(dockerCompose()::build);

        com.palantir.docker.compose.execution.DockerCompose upDockerCompose = dockerCompose();
        if (removeConflictingContainersOnStartup()) {
            upDockerCompose = new ConflictingContainerRemovingDockerCompose(upDockerCompose, docker());
        }

        emitEventsFor().up(upDockerCompose::up);
    }

    private void waitForServices() throws InterruptedException {
        log.debug("Waiting for services");
        InterruptableClusterWait nativeHealthCheckClusterWait = emitEventsFor()
                .nativeClusterWait(
                        new ClusterWait(ClusterHealthCheck.nativeHealthChecks(), nativeServiceHealthCheckTimeout()));

        List<InterruptableClusterWait> allClusterWaits = Stream.concat(
                        Stream.of(nativeHealthCheckClusterWait),
                        clusterWaits().stream().map(emitEventsFor()::userClusterWait))
                .collect(Collectors.toList());

        waitForAllClusterWaits(allClusterWaits);

        log.debug("docker-compose cluster started");
    }

    private void waitForAllClusterWaits(List<InterruptableClusterWait> allClusterWaits) throws InterruptedException {
        ListeningExecutorService executorService = MoreExecutors.listeningDecorator(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(
                allClusterWaits.size(),
                new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("dcr-wait-%d").build()));

        try {
            ListenableFuture<?> listListenableFuture = Futures.allAsList(allClusterWaits.stream()
                    .map(clusterWait -> executorService.submit(() -> {
                        try {
                            clusterWait.waitForCluster(containers());
                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                            if (executorService.isShutdown()) {
                                // ignore if this InterruptedException has occurred because we shut down and
                                // terminated the executor
                                return;
                            }

                            Throwables.propagate(e);
                        }
                    }))
                    .collect(Collectors.toList()));

            listListenableFuture.get();
        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
            if (e.getCause() instanceof RuntimeException) {
                throw (RuntimeException) e.getCause();
            }
            throw new IllegalStateException("A cluster wait errored out: ", e);
        } finally {
            MoreExecutors.shutdownAndAwaitTermination(executorService, 0, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        }
    }

    public void after() {
        try {
            emitEventsFor().shutdownStop(() -> shutdownStrategy().stop(this.dockerCompose()));

            emitEventsFor().logCollection(() -> logCollector().collectLogs(this.dockerCompose()));

            emitEventsFor().shutdown(() -> shutdownStrategy().shutdown(this.dockerCompose(), this.docker()));
        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Error cleaning up docker compose cluster", e);
        } finally {
            runRecorder.after();
        }
    }

    public String exec(DockerComposeExecOption options, String containerName, DockerComposeExecArgument arguments)
            throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        return dockerCompose().exec(options, containerName, arguments);
    }

    public String run(DockerComposeRunOption options, String containerName, DockerComposeRunArgument arguments)
            throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        return dockerCompose().run(options, containerName, arguments);
    }

    public interface BuilderExtensions<TSelf extends BuilderExtensions<TSelf>> {
        TSelf files(DockerComposeFiles files);

        TSelf logCollector(LogCollector logCollector);

        TSelf shutdownStrategy(ShutdownStrategy shutdownStrategy);

        TSelf addClusterWait(ClusterWait element);

        TSelf addAllClusterWaits(Iterable<? extends ClusterWait> elements);

        default TSelf file(String dockerComposeYmlFile) {
            return files(DockerComposeFiles.from(dockerComposeYmlFile));
        }

        /**
         * Save the output of docker logs to files, stored in the path directory.
         *
         * See {@link LogDirectory} for some useful utilities, for example:
         * {@link LogDirectory#circleAwareLogDirectory}.
         *
         * @param path directory into which log files should be saved
         */
        default TSelf saveLogsTo(String path) {
            return logCollector(FileLogCollector.fromPath(path));
        }

        /**
         * Deprecated.
         * @deprecated Please use {@link DockerComposeManager#shutdownStrategy()} with
         * {@link ShutdownStrategy#SKIP} instead.
         */
        @Deprecated
        default TSelf skipShutdown(boolean skipShutdown) {
            if (skipShutdown) {
                return shutdownStrategy(ShutdownStrategy.SKIP);
            }

            return (TSelf) this;
        }

        default TSelf waitingForService(String serviceName, HealthCheck<Container> healthCheck) {
            return waitingForService(serviceName, healthCheck, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
        }

        default TSelf waitingForService(
                String serviceName, HealthCheck<Container> healthCheck, ReadableDuration timeout) {
            ClusterHealthCheck clusterHealthCheck = ClusterHealthCheck.serviceHealthCheck(serviceName, healthCheck);
            return addClusterWait(new ClusterWait(clusterHealthCheck, timeout));
        }

        default TSelf waitingForServices(List<String> services, HealthCheck<List<Container>> healthCheck) {
            return waitingForServices(services, healthCheck, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
        }

        default TSelf waitingForServices(
                List<String> services, HealthCheck<List<Container>> healthCheck, ReadableDuration timeout) {
            ClusterHealthCheck clusterHealthCheck = ClusterHealthCheck.serviceHealthCheck(services, healthCheck);
            return addClusterWait(new ClusterWait(clusterHealthCheck, timeout));
        }

        default TSelf waitingForHostNetworkedPort(int port, HealthCheck<DockerPort> healthCheck) {
            return waitingForHostNetworkedPort(port, healthCheck, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
        }

        default TSelf waitingForHostNetworkedPort(
                int port, HealthCheck<DockerPort> healthCheck, ReadableDuration timeout) {
            ClusterHealthCheck clusterHealthCheck = ClusterHealthCheck.transformingHealthCheck(
                    cluster -> new DockerPort(cluster.ip(), port, port), healthCheck);
            return addClusterWait(new ClusterWait(clusterHealthCheck, timeout));
        }

        default TSelf clusterWaits(Iterable<? extends ClusterWait> elements) {
            return addAllClusterWaits(elements);
        }
    }

    public static class Builder extends ImmutableDockerComposeManager.Builder implements BuilderExtensions<Builder> {
        @Override
        public DockerComposeManager build() {
            return super.build();
        }
    }
}


text:
Atlus PR Manager Says No Nintendo Switch For Persona 5 & Yakuza 0
January 3, 2017 Greg Davies
Atlus PR Manager John Hardin said on Twitter that Persona 5 and Yakuza 0 would not be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Announced via Hardin's Twitter account, he stated that the games would remain exclusives on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 systems. See the entire Tweet below.
Persona 5 platforms: PS3, PS4.
Yakuza 0 platforms: PS4.
THAT'S. IT.
No Switch. No PC. Idk about the box label, that's a Sony thing. pic.twitter.com/8R3Qj36deA
— John Hardin (@JohnLHardin) January 3, 2017
This may come as a disappointment to Nintendo fans, who just this morning learned that the PlayStation 4 exclusive Rime is no longer an exclusive to Sony's console. The idea that more PlayStation and Xbox games would find easy ports on the Nintendo Switch seems to be hit-and-miss with different developers. What are your thoughts on this news? Let us know using the comments below.
Nintendo News, Nintendo Switch
Rime Once PS4 Exclusive Now Coming to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & PC
No Plans for Mass Effect: Andromeda on Nintendo Switch


text:
23 Mayfield
If you're after an intimate B&B experience—but one that's a bit elevated—this grand Victorian guest house is perfect.
Classic elegance in a B&B setting
Scottish grandeur sans pretension
Edinburgh experts happy to help plan
You'll regret skipping the breakfast
Classically luxurious rooms with stunning modern bathrooms
Krystin ArnesonContributing Writer
Take us there: What do you see as you arrive? What's the vibe of 23 Mayfield?
23 Mayfield, a circa-1868 century guesthouse, is a mile from the city center, and during the heady days of the Fringe, it can feel like a respite. It's also an inviting retreat at the end of a busy day of sightseeing. Walking into it feels rather like entering your wealthy uncle's country estate. The property is truly grand, and although the first impression is one of refined formality—it is Victorian, after all—it also invites you to make yourself at home. If you're after an intimate B&B experience—but one that's a bit elevated—23 Mayfield is perfect. It's no surprise that the guesthouse has been racking up accolades over the years, and a night here will convince you that it deserves every one.
Any good stories?
The house was built in 1868 for a cotton merchant, and Gandhi's grandson once stayed here.
What are the rooms like?
The seven spacious rooms are filled with hand-carved Tudor mahogany furniture (including comfortable canopied four-poster beds), gilded mirrors and frames, leather club chairs, tweedy accents (pillows, lampshades), and plush throw blankets. Despite the classic vibe, there are tech perks like smart TVs and Bluetooth radios. Bathrooms are luxurious and modern, with sleek rainfall showers, anti-mist mirrors, and Penhaligon toiletries. Thoughtful other details include loose tea instead of bags, ground coffee instead of instant, Borders biscuits, and water infused with lemon and rosemary.
We can't resist—tell us about this breakfast. What makes it so special?
This hotel serves one of the best breakfasts in Edinburgh: a full Scottish spread that utilizes a bounty of local produce, including marshmallow pancakes, porridge with whisky, and an incredible take on the Egg McMuffin. Even the grilled tomatoes, seasoned overnight, are perfection. It's all served in a dramatic dining room, which has an embellished period ceiling, slate walls, and stained glass windows.
How do the staff treat you?
Owners Ross and Kathleen Birnie are absolutely wonderful, and they're on-hand to dispense local expertise. They'll also help you arrange a tour of the city with a local guide, if you'd like.
What's the surrounding area like?
The guesthouse is located in a quiet residential neighborhood, and the guests here fit right in. There are a few restaurants and pubs within walking distance, but most of the activity will start as you head into the center.
Any other details that make your stay that much more comfortable?
There's a wonderful black-and-white classic film club room, as well as plenty of books to borrow. We suggest finding a vacation read, nabbing a spot on the wonderfully worn Chesterfield sofas, and choosing a tipple from the honesty bar—if you have kids with you, they'll love the large Connect Four set. There's also a delightful hot tub in the garden that's open during the summer. One thing to note: under-3s aren't allowed.
Bottom line: Worth it? Why?
Absolutely—this is one of the best-value properties in the city.
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