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KY Ct. App.
FRANKLIN v. SAFE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
Malinda FRANKLIN, Charles Franklin and Jeffrey Howell, Appellants, v. SAFE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Safe Auto Insurance Company and Charles Franklin, Appellees.
Nos. 2008-CA-000615-MR, 2008-CA-000699-MR.
Decided: May 01, 2009
Before DIXON, KELLER, and WINE, Judges. John M. Doyle, Louisville, KY, for appellants Malinda Franklin, Charles Franklin and Jeffrey Howell. Robert E. Barnett, Louisville, KY, for appellant Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company. David W. Zahniser, Cincinnati, OH, for appellee.
Malinda and Charles Franklin ("the Franklins") and Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company ("Nationwide") appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Safe Auto Insurance Company ("Safe Auto"). The trial court found that the Franklins were not the owners of a vehicle at the time it was involved in an accident, and therefore it was not a covered vehicle under the Franklins' policy with Safe Auto. We agree with the Franklins and Nationwide that title to the vehicle passed to the Franklins when the seller delivered the completed certificate of title to them. Consequently, we find that they were the owners of the vehicle for purposes of insurance coverage and were entitled to summary judgment on this issue.
The relevant facts of this action are not in dispute. In 2003, the Franklins secured a policy of motor vehicle insurance from Safe Auto. The policy period covered October 26, 2003 to April 26, 2004. Charles was listed as an additional driver under the policy. Their two vehicles, a 2001 Ford Taurus and a 1986 Buick Regal, were listed as covered vehicles under the policy. In addition, the policy provided coverage for thirty days after they became the owners of any additional vehicle.
On February 3, 2004, Charles purchased a 1984 Dodge RAM pickup truck from Shawn Nadeau ("Nadeau"). Charles paid Nadeau $2000.00 for the truck. The following day, on February 4, 2004, Charles and Nadeau signed and executed the Transfer of Title by Owner Section of the certificate of title for the truck. Their signatures were both notarized at that time. Charles then took possession of both the truck and the certificate of title.
However, when Charles and Nadeau went to the county clerk's office to file the transferred title, they discovered that there was still a lien on the vehicle. As a result, the title transfer could not be completed at that time. Nadeau went to the lien holder the following day and paid off the lien.
The next day, February 6, 2004, Charles was involved in an accident in the truck. Charles was driving northbound on Greenbelt Highway in Jefferson County. Jeffrey Howell ("Howell") was sitting in the passenger seat. As the truck approached the intersection of Greenbelt Highway and Lower Hunters Trace, a vehicle driven by Larry Easterly, Jr. ("Easterly") 1 turned left in front of the truck. Both Charles and Howell were injured as a result of the collision. In addition, the pickup truck sustained damage in excess of its value, rendering it a total loss. Since the truck had been totaled, Charles did not file the registration paperwork for it.
After the accident, Charles and Howell both applied to Safe Auto for basic reparation benefits ("BRB"). Safe Auto denied the claims. Thereafter, Howell applied for BRB through the Kentucky Assigned Claims Plan pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statutes ("KRS") 304.39-160(1). The Assigned Claims Bureau assigned the claim to Nationwide. Nationwide then elected to pursue its claim against Safe Auto, or in the alternative, against Charles.
On May 19, 2004, Safe Auto filed a declaratory judgment action against the Franklins and Jeffrey Howell. It sought a declaration that Charles did not own the Ford pickup truck on February 6, 2004, and therefore, it was not a covered auto under the policy. Nationwide filed an intervening complaint against Safe Auto and Charles, seeking to recover the BRB which it paid to Howell. In a separate action filed on October 15, 2004, Charles and Howell filed suit against Safe Auto and Easterly. The two complaints were later consolidated into this action.
Easterly failed to respond to the complaint, and the trial court entered a default judgment against him. Following a period of discovery, the matter was submitted to the court on cross-motions for summary judgment. After considering the arguments of counsel, the trial court granted Safe Auto's motion for summary judgment. The court found that Nadeau was the record owner of the truck as of the date of the accident, and therefore, the truck was not a covered vehicle under the Safe Auto policy. The Franklins and Howell appeal from this judgment, and Nationwide filed a separate notice of appeal. These appeals are now consolidated before this Court.
The central issue in this appeal concerns who was the owner of the truck for purposes of insurance coverage under the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act ("MVRA") and the Safe Auto policy. KRS 186.010(7)(a) defines "owner" to mean:
a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or a person who pursuant to a bona fide sale has received physical possession of the vehicle subject to any applicable security interest.
Similarly, the Safe Auto policy defines a "covered vehicle" as follows:
Covered vehicle means:
1. any vehicle shown on the declarations page;
2. any additional vehicle on the date you become the owner if:
a. you acquire the vehicle during the policy period shown on the declarations page;
b. we insure all vehicles owned by you; and
c. no other insurance policy provides coverage for that vehicle.
The Safe Auto policy further defines "owner" to mean:
"Owner" means any person who, with respect to a vehicle:
1. holds legal title to the vehicle;
2. has legal possession of the vehicle that is subject to a written security agreement with an original term of six (6) months or more; or
3. has legal possession of the vehicle that is leased to that person under a written agreement for a period of six (6) months or more.
The parties agree that the interpretation of these sections are governed by the holdings in Nantz v. Lexington Lincoln Mercury Subaru, 947 S.W.2d 36 (Ky.1997), and Omni Insurance Company v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., 999 S.W.2d 724 (Ky.App.1999). In Nantz, supra, the dealer provided all the legal documents necessary for the purchaser to obtain title. The purchaser failed to file those documents with the county court clerk's office and also failed to obtain automobile liability insurance. After the purchaser was involved in an accident, the victims of that accident sued the dealer alleging that title had not passed and that the dealer was responsible for insurance coverage for the accident. The Kentucky Supreme Court held that title passes to the purchaser when the dealer completes and signs the assignment of title section on the certificate of title, signs the odometer statement, and delivers the completed title to the purchaser. Id. at 38.
Nantz dealt with a transfer of title between a commercial dealer and an individual buyer. In Omni Insurance Company v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., supra, this Court addressed when title transfers between an individual seller and an individual buyer. In Omni, a father purchased an automobile for his nineteen-year old son, who was in the military. The father and the seller completed the vehicle transaction record and assignment portions of the certificate of title and then filed the documents with the clerk. The father also contacted his insurance company to add the vehicle to an existing policy with his insurer, Kentucky Farm Bureau.
Shortly thereafter, the father gave the son possession of the vehicle. They completed and executed a vehicle transaction record, but they could not complete the assignment and warranty of title section on the reverse side of the certificate of title as the father had not yet received a certificate of title from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Because they could not complete and file all the necessary papers to transfer title on that visit, the father gave his son a proof of insurance card from Farm Bureau and a note which stated that the son had his permission to drive the automobile. When the father received the certificate of title, he mailed it to his son. The son promptly signed the certificate of title and then obtained his own policy of liability insurance from Omni.
But before the father received and executed the certificate of title, the son was involved in an automobile accident. The father immediately signed the certificate of title and filed the paperwork with the clerk. In contesting coverage, Omni argued that, since transfer of title of the automobile was not accomplished until after the accident, the father still owned the automobile at the time of the accident.
After considering the holding in Nantz and the language of KRS 186A.215(4), this Court agreed. This Court noted that under KRS 186A.215(4), it is the responsibility of the individual transferor and transferee to see that the transfer is accomplished. Furthermore, the Court pointed out that the assignment and warranty of title had not been notarized until after the accident. Thus, since the father had not completed or delivered the documents prior to the accident, he remained the owner of the vehicle for purposes of the MVRA. Omni at 726-27.
In this case, Charles and Nadeau had executed the transfer of title section on the certificate of title and had filled out an odometer statement. Thus, Charles and Nationwide argue that they completed all necessary steps for transferring title of the truck to Charles. Safe Auto contends that filing of the certificate of title is necessary to transfer ownership. In addition, Safe Auto argues that Charles and Nadeau did not complete all necessary steps to transfer title because they had not completed the application for title or a vehicle transaction record (VTR) form.
The trial court focused on the fact that the record title was still in Nadeau's name at the time of the accident. We do not find this fact controlling. KRS 186A.215(1) requires the transferor to execute the assignment and warranty of title and odometer statement on the certificate of title. The transferor must then deliver the title to the transferee. At that point, the transferee has the duty to sign the title and complete the application for a certificate of title. KRS 186A.215(2). The certificate of title and the application shall then be delivered to the county clerk for filing. KRS 186A.215(3). But if it comes to the attention of the transferor that the transferee has not submitted the necessary paperwork to the county clerk within fifteen days, the transferor must submit an affidavit stating that he has transferred his interest in the vehicle. KRS 186A.215(4).
As pointed out in Omni, both the transferor and the transferee have the duty to ensure that the transfer is accomplished. However, KRS 186A.215(4) allows the parties a fifteen-day grace period after completion of the paperwork to file the certificate of title with the clerk. Thus, the statute clearly contemplates that there may be a delay between the execution of the transfer of title and the filing with the clerk.
Consequently, we conclude that filing of the paperwork is not a prerequisite to transfer of title between an individual seller and an individual buyer. Rather, title to a vehicle transfers upon seller's and buyer's completion of the transfer of title and odometer statement on the certificate of title and delivery of the completed form to the buyer. In this case, the parties completed these sections and Nadeau delivered the completed title to Charles. Furthermore, Nadeau had obtained a release of the lien, removing any impediment to filing of the title.
We also disagree with Safe Auto that Charles and Nadeau failed to complete the necessary paperwork to complete the transfer of ownership. Completion of the VTR is only necessary "if the space provided therefor on the owner's certificate of title fails to meet the Kentucky requirements for lawful conveyance of title." KRS 186A.215(1). The certificate of title in this case was issued after February 2000, and thus met the statutory requirements without filing a separate VTR form. As noted above, KRS 186A.215(2) places the duty on the buyer, not the seller, to complete the application for a new certificate of title and registration.
Under the circumstances presented in this case, Nadeau and Charles completed all necessary tasks to effect the transfer of title to Charles prior to the accident. Therefore, Charles was the owner of the vehicle for purposes of the MVRA and coverage under the Safe Auto policy. As a result, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to Safe Auto.
Nevertheless, Safe Auto maintains that Charles and Nationwide have failed to show that they were entitled to summary judgment in their favor. In response to Charles and Nationwide's motion for summary judgment, Safe Auto claimed that there were disputed issues of fact which would preclude their recovery even if Charles was the owner of the vehicle for insurance purposes. First, Safe Auto states that Charles failed to present definitive evidence that he purchased the vehicle from Nadeau. Although Safe Auto concedes that it accepted the sale for purposes of its summary judgment motion, Safe Auto alleges that there were irregularities in the transaction which cast doubt upon the legitimacy of the sale.
However, we find that the transfer was effective upon completion of the transfer of title and odometer statement on the certificate of title and delivery of the completed form to the buyer. These documents were properly notarized and Safe Auto does not present any evidence to challenge their legitimacy. Thus, any irregularities in the other documentation were not material to the motion.
Safe Auto also claims there were issues of fact regarding any other coverage for the accident under Easterly or Nadeau's policies. Similarly, Safe Auto asserts that Nationwide, Charles and Howell must still prove the amount of damages to which they are entitled. However, the only question before the trial court was whether the Franklins were "owners" of the truck for purposes of the MVRA and the Safe Auto policy. Since we have found that they were, Nationwide and the Franklins are entitled to judgment on that issue. Any additional dispute regarding the amount and apportionment of damages are outside of the scope of this appeal. Rather, these issues must be raised under the appropriate provisions of the MVRA. The trial court may take up those matters upon remand of this action, if appropriate.
Accordingly, the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court is reversed, and this matter is remanded for entry of a judgment in favor of Malinda and Charles Franklin and Nationwide on the issue of coverage and for further proceedings as necessary.
1. The briefs and pleadings spell Larry Easterly's surname several different ways. In the interest of consistency, we will refer to him as "Easterly."
WINE, Judge.
ALL CONCUR.


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29 March 2021 4 MIN reading Vinces
"Children's rights are human rights." These are the opening words of the first comprehensive proposal presented by the European Commission last Wednesday. The EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child is complemented with a proposal for a Council Recommendation establishing a European Child guarantee to help tackle inequalities for children at risk of poverty and social exclusion. What makes it different from previous actions? The Strategy was made for children, with children – including the views of over 10,000 boys and girls, marking the beginning of their participation in the EU decision-making process. It is also the first Child Strategy to follow the European legislative process: no more recommendations, now it is time for action.
COVID-19, the EU and children
The pandemic has changed and shaped the European Commission's agenda and priorities – this was no different for the EU Child Strategy. For children, the pandemic has created new challenges and inequalities and aggravated already existing ones, such as domestic and online violence, cyberbullying, or the lack of access to education and daily meals normally provided by their schools. The Strategy was adapted to include the old, new, and exacerbated challenges learned during the pandemic, proving to have a clear intention to protect the youngest European generations. However, it is still surprising that the EU had to wait until 2021 to see its first common Child Rights Strategy, putting children at the center of the Social Pillar and offering them a space in the democratic and accountability process from an early age. It looks like they have come to realize that they are the next generation of Europeans that will hold them accountable.
Six pillars to start action
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Empowering children to be active citizens and participate in democratic life.
Fighting poverty and social exclusion: children's right to realize their full potential no matter their social background.
Helping children grow free from violence: combating it and ensuring child protection.
Creating a child-friendly justice: a judicial system that upholds the rights and needs of children.
Navigating the digital environment in a safe way and harness its opportunities.
Supporting, empowering, and protecting children globally.
Now, it is turn for the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to endorse the strategy, and for the Member States to implement it. The duty to protect the rights and the safety of children in the EU falls upon all political, institutional, and individual levels.
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package org.apache.spark.sql.hbase

import java.io._
import java.util.zip._

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client._
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.coprocessor.Batch
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoding
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.BlockingRpcCallback
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase._
import org.apache.log4j.Logger
import org.apache.spark.Logging
import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext
import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{Catalog, OverrideCatalog}
import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LogicalPlan, Subquery}
import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystConf, SimpleCatalystConf}
import org.apache.spark.sql.hbase.HBaseCatalog._
import org.apache.spark.sql.types._

import scala.collection.mutable
import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer

/**
 * Column represent the sql column
 * sqlName the name of the column
 * dataType the data type of the column
 */
sealed abstract class AbstractColumn extends Serializable {
  val sqlName: String
  val dataType: DataType
  var ordinal: Int = -1

  def isKeyColumn: Boolean

  override def toString: String = {
    s"$sqlName , $dataType.typeName"
  }
}

case class KeyColumn(sqlName: String, dataType: DataType, order: Int)
  extends AbstractColumn {
  override def isKeyColumn: Boolean = true
}

case class NonKeyColumn(sqlName: String, dataType: DataType, family: String, qualifier: String)
  extends AbstractColumn {
  @transient lazy val familyRaw = Bytes.toBytes(family)
  @transient lazy val qualifierRaw = Bytes.toBytes(qualifier)

  override def isKeyColumn: Boolean = false

  override def toString = {
    s"$sqlName , $dataType.typeName , $family:$qualifier"
  }
}

private[hbase] class HBaseCatalog(@transient hbaseContext: SQLContext,
                                  @transient configuration: Configuration)
  extends Catalog with Logging with Serializable {

  @transient
  lazy val connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(configuration)

  lazy val logger = Logger.getLogger(getClass.getName)

  lazy val relationMapCache = new mutable.HashMap[String, HBaseRelation]
    with mutable.SynchronizedMap[String, HBaseRelation]

  private[sql] def admin: Admin = {
    if (admin_.isEmpty) {
      admin_ = Some(connection.getAdmin)
    }
    admin_.get
  }

  private var admin_ : Option[Admin] = None

  private[sql] def stopAdmin(): Unit = {
    admin_.map(_.close())
    admin_ = None
  }

  private def processTableName(tableName: String): String = {
    if (!caseSensitive) {
      tableName.toLowerCase
    } else {
      tableName
    }
  }

  val caseSensitive = true

  protected[hbase] def createHBaseUserTable(tableName: TableName,
                                            families: Set[String],
                                            splitKeys: Array[Array[Byte]],
                                            useCoprocessor: Boolean = true): Unit = {
    val tableDescriptor = new HTableDescriptor(tableName)

    families.foreach(family => {
      val colDsc = new HColumnDescriptor(family)
      colDsc.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.FAST_DIFF)
      tableDescriptor.addFamily(colDsc)
    })

    if (useCoprocessor && deploySuccessfully.get) {
      tableDescriptor.addCoprocessor(
        "org.apache.spark.sql.hbase.SparkSqlRegionObserver",
        null, Coprocessor.PRIORITY_USER, null)
    }

    admin.createTable(tableDescriptor, splitKeys)
  }

  def hasCoprocessor(hbaseTableName: TableName): Boolean = {
    val hTableDescriptor = admin.getTableDescriptor(hbaseTableName)
    hTableDescriptor.hasCoprocessor("org.apache.spark.sql.hbase.SparkSqlRegionObserver")
  }

  @transient protected[hbase] var deploySuccessfully_internal: Option[Boolean] = null

  def deploySuccessfully: Option[Boolean] = {
    if (deploySuccessfully_internal == null) {
      if (hbaseContext.conf.asInstanceOf[HBaseSQLConf].useCoprocessor) {
        val metadataTable = getMetadataTable
        // When building the connection to the hbase table, we need to check
        // whether the current directory in the regionserver is accessible or not.
        // Or else it might crash the HBase regionserver!!!
        // For details, please read the comment in CheckDirEndPointImpl.
        val request = CheckDirProtos.CheckRequest.getDefaultInstance
        val batch = new Batch.Call[CheckDirProtos.CheckDirService, Boolean]() {
          def call(counter: CheckDirProtos.CheckDirService): Boolean = {
            val rpcCallback = new BlockingRpcCallback[CheckDirProtos.CheckResponse]
            counter.getCheckResult(null, request, rpcCallback)
            val response = rpcCallback.get
            if (response != null && response.hasAccessible) {
              response.getAccessible
            } else false
          }
        }
        val results = metadataTable.coprocessorService(
          classOf[CheckDirProtos.CheckDirService], null, null, batch
        )

        deploySuccessfully_internal = Some(!results.isEmpty)
        if (results.isEmpty) {
          logger.warn( """CheckDirEndPoint coprocessor deployment failed.""")
        }

        pwdIsAccessible = !results.containsValue(false)
        if (!pwdIsAccessible) {
          logger.warn(
            """The directory of a certain regionserver is not accessible,
            |please add 'cd ~' before 'start regionserver' in your regionserver start script.""")
        }
        metadataTable.close()
      } else {
        deploySuccessfully_internal = Some(true)
      }
    }
    deploySuccessfully_internal
  }

  // When building the connection to the hbase table, we need to check
  // whether the current directory in the regionserver is accessible or not.
  // Or else it might crash the HBase regionserver!!!
  // For details, please read the comment in CheckDirEndPointImpl.
  @transient var pwdIsAccessible = false

  def createTable(tableName: String, hbaseNamespace: String, hbaseTableName: String,
                  allColumns: Seq[AbstractColumn], splitKeys: Array[Array[Byte]],
                  encodingFormat: String = "binaryformat"): HBaseRelation = {
    try {
      val metadataTable = getMetadataTable

      if (checkLogicalTableExist(tableName, metadataTable)) {
        throw new Exception(s"The logical table: $tableName already exists")
      }
      // create a new hbase table for the user if not exist
      val nonKeyColumns = allColumns.filter(_.isInstanceOf[NonKeyColumn])
        .asInstanceOf[Seq[NonKeyColumn]]
      val families = nonKeyColumns.map(_.family).toSet
      val hTableName = TableName.valueOf(hbaseNamespace, hbaseTableName)
      if (!checkHBaseTableExists(hTableName)) {
        createHBaseUserTable(hTableName, families, splitKeys,
          hbaseContext.conf.asInstanceOf[HBaseSQLConf].useCoprocessor)
      } else {
        families.foreach {
          case family =>
            if (!checkFamilyExists(hTableName, family)) {
              throw new Exception(s"HBase table does not contain column family: $family")
            }
        }
      }

      val get = new Get(Bytes.toBytes(tableName))
      val result = if (metadataTable.exists(get)) {
        throw new Exception(s"row key $tableName exists")
      } else {
        val hbaseRelation = HBaseRelation(tableName, hbaseNamespace, hbaseTableName,
          allColumns, deploySuccessfully,
          hasCoprocessor(TableName.valueOf(hbaseNamespace, hbaseTableName)),
          encodingFormat, connection)(hbaseContext)
        hbaseRelation.setConfig(configuration)

        writeObjectToTable(hbaseRelation, metadataTable)

        relationMapCache.put(processTableName(tableName), hbaseRelation)
        hbaseRelation
      }
      metadataTable.close()
      result
    } finally {
      stopAdmin()
    }
  }

  def alterTableDropNonKey(tableName: String, columnName: String) = {
    val metadataTable = getMetadataTable
    val result = getTable(tableName, metadataTable)
    if (result.isDefined) {
      val relation = result.get
      val allColumns = relation.allColumns.filter(_.sqlName != columnName)
      val hbaseRelation = HBaseRelation(relation.tableName,
        relation.hbaseNamespace, relation.hbaseTableName,
        allColumns, deploySuccessfully, relation.hasCoprocessor,
        connection = connection)(hbaseContext)
      hbaseRelation.setConfig(configuration)

      writeObjectToTable(hbaseRelation, metadataTable)

      relationMapCache.put(processTableName(tableName), hbaseRelation)
    }
    metadataTable.close()
  }

  def alterTableAddNonKey(tableName: String, column: NonKeyColumn) = {
    val metadataTable = getMetadataTable
    val result = getTable(tableName, metadataTable)
    if (result.isDefined) {
      val relation = result.get
      val allColumns = relation.allColumns :+ column
      val hbaseRelation = HBaseRelation(relation.tableName,
        relation.hbaseNamespace, relation.hbaseTableName,
        allColumns, deploySuccessfully, relation.hasCoprocessor, connection = connection)(hbaseContext)
      hbaseRelation.setConfig(configuration)

      writeObjectToTable(hbaseRelation, metadataTable)

      relationMapCache.put(processTableName(tableName), hbaseRelation)
    }
    metadataTable.close()
  }

  private def writeObjectToTable(hbaseRelation: HBaseRelation,
                                 metadataTable: Table) = {
    val tableName = hbaseRelation.tableName

    val put = new Put(Bytes.toBytes(tableName))
    val byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
    val deflaterOutputStream = new DeflaterOutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream)
    val objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(deflaterOutputStream)

    objectOutputStream.writeObject(hbaseRelation)
    objectOutputStream.close()

    put.addImmutable(ColumnFamily, QualData, byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray)

    // write to the metadata table
    metadataTable.put(put)
    metadataTable.close()
  }

  def getTable(tableName: String,
               metadataTable_ : Table = null): Option[HBaseRelation] = {
    val (metadataTable, needToCloseAtTheEnd) = {
      if (metadataTable_ == null) (getMetadataTable, true)
      else (metadataTable_, false)
    }

    var result = relationMapCache.get(processTableName(tableName))
    if (result.isEmpty) {
      val get = new Get(Bytes.toBytes(tableName))
      val values = metadataTable.get(get)
      if (values == null || values.isEmpty) {
        result = None
      } else {
        result = Some(getRelationFromResult(values))
        relationMapCache.put(processTableName(tableName), result.get)
      }
    }
    if (result.isDefined) {
      result.get.fetchPartitions()
    }
    if (needToCloseAtTheEnd) metadataTable.close()

    result
  }

  private def getRelationFromResult(result: Result): HBaseRelation = {
    val value = result.getValue(ColumnFamily, QualData)
    val byteArrayInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(value)
    val inflaterInputStream = new InflaterInputStream(byteArrayInputStream)
    val objectInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(inflaterInputStream)
    val hbaseRelation: HBaseRelation
    = objectInputStream.readObject().asInstanceOf[HBaseRelation]
    hbaseRelation.context = hbaseContext
    hbaseRelation.setConfig(configuration)
    hbaseRelation
  }

  def getAllTableName: Seq[String] = {
    val metadataTable = getMetadataTable
    val tables = new ArrayBuffer[String]()
    val scanner = metadataTable.getScanner(ColumnFamily)
    var result = scanner.next()
    while (result != null) {
      val relation = getRelationFromResult(result)
      tables.append(relation.tableName)
      result = scanner.next()
    }
    metadataTable.close()
    tables.toSeq
  }

  override def lookupRelation(tableIdentifier: Seq[String],
                              alias: Option[String] = None): LogicalPlan = {
    val tableName = tableIdentifier.head
    val hbaseRelation = getTable(tableName)
    stopAdmin()
    if (hbaseRelation.isEmpty) {
      sys.error(s"Table Not Found: $tableName")
    } else {
      val tableWithQualifiers = Subquery(tableName, hbaseRelation.get.logicalRelation)
      alias.map(a => Subquery(a.toLowerCase, tableWithQualifiers)).getOrElse(tableWithQualifiers)
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns tuples of (tableName, isTemporary) for all tables in the given database.
   * isTemporary is a Boolean value indicates if a table is a temporary or not.
   */
  override def getTables(databaseName: Option[String]): Seq[(String, Boolean)] = {
    val tables = getAllTableName
    stopAdmin()
    tables.map((_, false))
  }

  override def refreshTable(databaseName: String, tableName: String): Unit = {

  }

  def deleteTable(tableName: String): Unit = {
    try {
      val metadataTable = getMetadataTable
      if (!checkLogicalTableExist(tableName, metadataTable)) {
        throw new IllegalStateException(s"Logical table $tableName does not exist.")
      }

      val delete = new Delete(Bytes.toBytes(tableName))
      metadataTable.delete(delete)
      metadataTable.close()
      relationMapCache.remove(processTableName(tableName))
    } finally {
      stopAdmin()
    }
  }

  private def getMetadataTable: Table = {
    // create the metadata table if it does not exist
    def checkAndCreateMetadataTable() = {
      if (!admin.tableExists(MetaData)) {
        val descriptor = new HTableDescriptor(MetaData)
        val columnDescriptor = new HColumnDescriptor(ColumnFamily)
        columnDescriptor.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.FAST_DIFF)
        descriptor.addFamily(columnDescriptor)
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  private def checkLogicalTableExist(tableName: String,
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  private[hbase] def checkFamilyExists(hbaseTableName: TableName, family: String): Boolean = {
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object HBaseCatalog {
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CASTING has been announced for the National Theatre's acclaimed production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which runs at the Piccadilly Theatre from November 29, 2018 to April 27, 2019.
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At certain performances, the role of Christopher will be played by Sam Newton. The understudies are Kieran Garland, Emma-Jane Goodwin, Rose Riley and Joe Rising.
Winner of seven Olivier Awards and five Tony Awards including Best Play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time brings Mark Haddon's best-selling novel to thrilling life on stage. Adapted by two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens, it is directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winning director Marianne Elliott.
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Streetscape Territories
by Kris W.B. Scheerlinck, Ph.D., Architect/Urban Designer
The Barcelona Ensanche: Mapping Geometric Eccentricities
An Urban Study about Streetscapes, as part of the Environmental Design Studio, University of Calgary, Barcelona Term-Abroad Program, Autumn 2010
Cerdà's Ensanche plan projected an imaginary grid over the medieval city's outskirts: a rigid system of repetitive blocks contrasted with an irregular topography. An aggregation of identical blocks clashed with a pre-industrial system of small rural settlements, meandering paths, pastures and agriculture land. A nasty geometry was laid out to fight uncontrolled urban growth for an overcrowded city: geographical orientation became the criterium to guide Barcelona's extension, while meridians and parallels became important axes or the famous Ensanche plan. Positivist principles won the battle from site specific concerns: mobility and hygiene were the first thing s Ildefonso Cerdà had in mind when he traced the lines that made the city plan so famous. For this engineer, air had to flow easily, while people and vehicles had to move through the city in the most efficient way.
The decision to use a regular orthogonal grid to plan the city's growth had many consequences: the existing land had to be redivided into regular parcels, forcing a complex process of exchanging property. Besides that, the chosen sun oriented grid became geometrically problematic when it coincided with parallel, diagonal or meridian avenues (Diagonal Avenue, Mistral Avenue, Pere IV,…). Similar cases occurred when the grid had to transform in existing neighborhoods or natural resources: the edges were difficult to solve as the coast line did not obey the positivist laws, as the higher situated mountains did not absorb the rigidness of the plan, as the Besòs and Llobregat rivers did not respond to this orthogonal geometry.
The Environmental Design Studio starts from the idea of leftover spaces or parcels, as a result of imposing the Ensanche's geometry. Within the city's urban fabric, many small lots, weird angles, absurd lot divisions can be spotted. Some of the triangular leftover spaces were left unbuilt, others became subject of smaller unique urban projects. In a way, every corner of the Ensanche's blocks is characterized by triangular divisions, creating strange but interesting spaces inside as well as outside the buildings.
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A similar phenomenon of geometric eccentricity can be detected when looking at the some of the block's courtyards, often used or seen as pure leftover spaces, guarding an unexploited potential for the city's future. Offset strategies, were parallel lines define the building block's depth, defined rectangular or triangular spaces, sometimes inaccessible from the street, creating unique urban landscapes.
In the early 1970s, Gordon Matta-Clark discovered that the City of New York periodically auctioned off "gutterspace" unusably small slivers of land sliced from the city grid through anomalies in surveying, zoning, and public-works expansion. He purchased fifteen of these lots, fourteen in Queens and one in Staten Island, New York City. Over the next years, he collected the maps, deeds, and other bureaucratic documentation attached to the slivers; photographed, spoke, and wrote about them; and considered using them as sites for his unique brand of "anarchitectural" intervention into urban space. When Matta-Clark died in 1978 at the age of 35, ownership of the properties reverted to the city. ( see http://www.lookingnorth.com/fakestates.html)
This particular interest for space as a result of geometry-based land division will be the starting point of the studio project: the first part of the project will exist of mapping leftover geometries within the Ensanche grid. In other words, studying the irregularities of the city's grid by checking out obsessively satellite images, by wandering through the city, focusing on the consequences of imposing orthogonal geometry on an irregular territory.
Each group will explore the plan and the city and map graphically and photographically the uniqueness of these spaces. This broader study is seen as a critical review of the plan's layout and will be the base for the further project: experiments, some on site, some hypothetical will be carried out to test the flexibility of the plan and reach for possible alternatives. At the end of this mapping phase, each group will choose a specific site and develop the project. To be continued…
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According to a press release issued by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the All-India CPI-IW for January, 2014 declined by 2 points and pegged at 237(two hundred and thirty Seven). On 1-month percentage change, it decreased by 0.84 per cent between December and January compared with the rise of 0.91 per cent between the same two months a year ago.
The largest downward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing -2.78 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Groundnut Oil, Onion, Brinjal Cabbage, Carrot, Gourd, Palak, Peas, Potato, Tomato and other Vegetable items, Sugar etc. are responsible for the decrease in index. However, this was compensated to some extent by Housing Index and the prices of Rice, Wheat, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Poultry, Cooking Gas, Electricity Charges, Petrol etc. putting upward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 7.24 per cent for January, 2014, as compared to 9.13 per cent for the previous month and 11.62 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 8.94 per cent against 11.49 per cent of the previous month and 14.08 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Bhilwara recorded the highest decline of 8 points each followed by Kodarma (7 Points), Bokaro and Surat (6 Points each), Varanasi and Munger Jamalpur (5 Points each). Among others, 4 points decrease was registered in 8 centres, 3 points in 13 centres, 2 points in 12 centres and 1points in 9 centres. On the contrary, Amritsar and Quilon centres reported an increase of 4 points followed by Jharia (3 points). Among others, 2 points increase was observed in 6 centres and 1 point in 7 centres. Rest of the 14 centres' indices remained stationary.
The indices of 38 centres are above All-India Index and other 39 centres' indices are below national average. The index of Bhilwara centre remained at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of February, 2014 will be released on Monday, 31 March, 2014. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureau.gov.in.


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Swiderski , et al. November 30, 1976
Adapter between knob and shaft
A control component with a "D" shaped shaft is to be fitted with a control knob that was designed to fit onto a "dog-bone" shaped shaft. A resilient adapter in the form of a tubular sleeve has a special bore to fit on the shaft and a special configuration to fit into the bore of the knob so as to prevent relative rotational movement therebetween.
Inventors: Swiderski; Felix J. (Louisville, KY), Buxton, Jr.; James A. (Louisville, KY)
Assignee: General Electric Company (Louisville, KY)
Appl. No.: 05/627,604
Current U.S. Class: 403/372 ; 16/441; 292/349; 403/357; 403/377; 74/553
Current International Class: F16D 1/08 (20060101); F16D 1/06 (20060101); G05G 1/12 (20060101); G05G 1/00 (20060101); F16C 003/10 ()
Field of Search: 403/372,361,357,375,377 16/121,118 74/553 292/349
References Cited
2080361 May 1937 Lindstrom
2256419 September 1941 Tinnerman
2440017 April 1948 Nass
3130990 April 1964 Leitmann
3425723 February 1969 Parkin et al.
3430994 March 1969 Keeler
3730571 May 1973 Van Buren, Jr.
R26769 January 1970 Van Buren, Jr.
Primary Examiner: Kundrat; Andrew V.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Caslin; Richard L. Boos; Francis H.
1. A resilient adapter used for fastening a knob to a shaft, said knob having a bore for receiving a "dog-bone" shaped shaft and the shaft being of generally "D" shaped cross-section, said adapter comprising a tubular sleeve with a "D" shaped bore and a circular periphery having a longitudinal depression adjacent the flat side of the bore, the bore of the sleeve being slightly oversized and the circular periphery of the sleeve being slightly undersized, and internal and external longitudinal ridges formed on the sleeve and adapted to create a force-fit between the "D" shaped shaft and the adapter as well as between the adapter and the bore of the knob.
2. A resilient adapter as recited in claim 1 wherein there is at least one longitudinal ridge within the bore of the sleeve in the area away from the flat side of the bore, and there are at least two longitudinal ridges on the periphery of the sleeve in the vicinity of the internal ridge.
3. A resilient adapter as recited in claim 1 wherein there is at least one internal ridge that is diametrically opposite the flat side of the bore and adapted to restrict relative rotational movement between a "D" shaft and the sleeve, and there are at least two longitudinal ridges on the periphery of the sleeve closely adjacent the internal ridge and adapted to restrict relative rotational movement between a knob and the sleeve.
4. A resilient adapter as recited in claim 1 in combination with a knob having a bore for receiving a "dog-bone" shaped shaft and a shaft having a generally "D" shaped cross-section for receiving the adapter thereon, wherein there is a wide area contact between the flat side of the "D" shaped shaft and the flat side of the bore of the sleeve, and there is wide area contact between the longitudinal depression in the periphery of the sleeve and the mating area of the bore of the knob.
5. The invention of claim 4 wherein there is at least one longitudinal ridge within the bore of the sleeve to restrict relative rotational movement between the shaft and the sleeve, and there are at least two longitudinal ridges on the periphery of the sleeve to restrict relative rotational movement between the knob and the sleeve.
This invention relates to knobs that are mounted on the shaft of a control component, such as a multiple position selector switch or thermostat. Such components are widely used in major appliances such as electric ranges, air conditioners, clothes washers and dryers, and the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Frequently, resilient means are furnished with knobs to exert a frictional grip on the shaft of a control component and restrict relative movement therebetween. One example is in the Parkin et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,425,723. This patent has a complex sleeve-like metal fastener which joins the knob to a "D" shaped shaft.
Another example of a resilient fastener or adapter is shown in the Van Buren U.S. Pat. No. Re. 26,769. It also has a complex sleeve-like fastener for coupling a molded plastic knob to a "D" shaped shaft of a control component.
However, neither of these prior art patents teach of a fastener or adapter for matching a knob that accommodates a "dog-bone" shaped shaft to a "D" shaped shaft.
The principal object of the present invention is to provide an adapter to convert a knob with a bore for mounting onto a "dog-bone" shaped shaft so as to fit onto a "D" shaped shaft to prevent relative rotational movement therebetween.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a resilient adapter of the class described which is capable of ease of assembly into the knob and onto the shaft while restricting relative rotational movement between the knob and the adapter, and between the adapter and the shaft.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an adapter of the class described with an oversized bore and an undersized periphery for ease of assembly, and is provided with strategically placed ridges that restrict relative rotational movements between the parts.
The present invention, in accordance with one form thereof, relates to a resilient adapter that is used for fastening a knob, with a bore for receiving a "dog-bone" shaped shaft, to a generally "D" shaped shaft. The adapter is a tubular sleeve with an oversized "D" shaped bore and an undersized periphery and longitudinal ridges to create a force-fit and prevent relative rotational movement between the parts.
This invention will be better understood from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and its scope will be pointed out in the appended claims.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a control component, such as a multiple selector switch, with a "D" shaped shaft and a fragmentary knob having a bore for receiving a "dog-bone" shaped shaft, as well as showing a portion of the resilient adapter of the present invention having a bore for accommodating the "D" shaped shaft and a periphery for receiving the bore of the knob.
FIG. 2 is an exploded side view on a reduced scale of the combination of the control switch, the knob and the adapter of the present invention, and it shows the relative lengths of the shaft, the depth of the bore in the knob and the length of the adapter.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the knob of FIG. 1 mounted on a "dog-bone" shaped shaft.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the "D" shaped shaft of FIG. 1 fitted with the resilient adapter of the present invention and supporting the knob of FIG. 1.
Turning now to a description of the drawings and in particular to FIG. 1, there is shown a control component 10, such as a multiple selector switch or thermostat, having a housing 12, electrical terminals 14 and a "D" shaped shaft 16. To be mounted on the shaft 16 is a knob 18 having a hub 20 with a bore 22. This bore 22 is in the form of a circular cylinder having a longitudinal projection 24 that serves as a key to mate with one side of a "dog-bone" shaft, such as shaft 26 in FIG. 3. The "dog-bone" shaft 26 is generally circular in shape except it has two diametrically-opposed grooves or slots 30 and 32. The groove 30 accommodates a leaf spring 34 which serves to exert outward force and frictionally grip the bore 22 of the knob 18. The other groove 32 serves as a keyway to receive the longitudinal projection 24 with a wide area of contact.
It is easy to appreciate that the "D" shaped shaft 16 cannot accommodate the bore 22 of the knob 18 and avoid relative rotational movement between each other. They were not designed to work together. Most control components, such as switches and thermostats, have been made in the past with shafts of "D" shape or "dog-bone" shape in transverse cross-section. A manufacturer using such components in his appliances will order special knobs to fit the particular shaft of the components. A serious logistics problem arises in the product service of manufacturers' products in the consumers' homes over the life span of the appliance; for example, on the order of between 10 and 20 years.
If a defective component were a selector switch on an electric range, the service technician would have to stock in his service truck selector switches with both kinds of shafts, a "D" shaft and a "dog-bone" shaft in order to put the equipment back in service on the first service call. This is necessary because the consumer would want to retain the same knob which came with the range.
The present invention relates to a resilient adapter 38 that is formed as a molded extrusion of nylon material or the like. It is a tubular sleeve of about 3/4 inches in length with a "D" shaped bore 40 and a circular periphery 42 having a longitudinal depression 44 for mating with the longitudinal projection 24 of the bore 22 of the knob 18. The "D" shaped bore 40 is slightly oversized when compared with the size of the "D" shaft 16, as is best seen in FIG. 4. The circular periphery 42 of the sleeve is slightly undersized when compared with the bore 22 of the knob 18, as is best seen in FIG. 4. This sizing of the sleeve 38 is necessary because of the dimensional tolerances in manufactured parts. It is important that the sleeve 38 fits easily on the shaft 16 and into the bore 22 of the knob 18.
It is necessary to provide means to restrict relative rotational movement between the knob 18 and the shaft 16. Longitudinal ridges 48, 50 and 52 are formed on the sleeve 38 to create a force-fit between the sleeve 38 and shaft 16, and between the sleeve 38 and the bore 22 of the knob 18. The bore 40 of the sleeve 38 is provided with a single longitudinal ridge 48 that is shown opposite the flat side 56 of the "D" shaped bore 40 of the sleeve. There is wide area contact between the flat side 58 of the shaft 16 and the flat side 56 of the bore 40 of the sleeve 38. There is also wide area contact between the longitudinal depression 44 of the sleeve and the longitudinal projection 24 of the bore 22 of the knob. Longitudinal ridges 50 and 52 are formed on the exterior of the sleeve 38 adjacent the interior ridge 48.
Modifications of this invention will occur to those skilled in this art. Therefore, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but that it is intended to cover all modifications which are within the true spirit and scope of this invention as claimed.


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MICHAEL LAMONATO
Hamilton swings title fight with dominant home win
Posted: 19 July 2017 by Michael Lamonato
Lewis Hamilton is no stranger to controversy, but putting his own fans offside ahead of his home grand prix risked opening a dramatic new chapter in the 32-year-old's history.
The Briton's no-show at a Formula One-organised London street demonstration — the only driver absent of the sport's 20-driver grid — was met with raised eyebrows among his peers and boos and jeers from the ordinarily adoring British crowd.
The backlash was fierce, but when called before the infamously aggressive English press to answer for his absence, Hamilton stayed cool.
"It's been a pretty intense season so far, and I felt for me I needed to prepare the best way that I could this weekend," he said. "The season's the most important thing for me."
Hamilton, after all, knew what the British crowd really wanted to see — a British driver win the British Grand Prix — and by the time the race had come and gone none could doubt his commitment to the cause.
Pole position by half a second, victory by more than 14 seconds and the fastest lap of the race — Hamilton may have missed the London demonstration, but he turned Silverstone into his own personal festival.
"The energy that I get from the fans, there is no other driver that gets this sort of energy anywhere," Hamilton said reflecting on his weekend. "I really do think it boosts you, just lifts you up."
Hamilton emerged from the weekend having equalled iconic British driver Jim Clark's record of five wins and five poles in England, but his victory is as meaningful for 2017 as it is for the history books.
While he serenely paraded his way through 51 laps of the British Grand Prix, chief title rival Sebastian Vettel fumbled his way through the race, first getting caught behind Max Verstappen's slower Red Bull Racing car at the start, then suffering an extraordinary tyre collapse on the penultimate lap.
The contrasting fortunes of F1's protagonists slashed Vettel's 20-point championship lead and turned the title into a single-point competition at the season's halfway point.
Mercedes's dominant victory is the latest sign of a performance trend towards the reigning three-time constructors champion and away from the resurgent Ferrari, which is mounting its first serious title campaign in years.
The German marque has taken three wins in the last four races — a record that would have been perfect had Hamilton's headrest not come unfastened at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix — and has grown its qualifying advantage substantially since its off-colour Monaco Grand Prix showing in May.
"This year we have been for the majority of the year a match," Vettel said. "It has been probably true that in the last couple of races Mercedes have been stronger, but the real game changer is qualifying.
"They are able to turn up the engine — they are gaining 0.6secs on the straights. If you have the cars in front for the first lap, the race looks different.
"There is no reason to panic or to worry, but for sure we need to be aware. There are a couple of advantages we need to work on and then it could be a different picture."
The next grand prix in Hungary on paper suits Ferrari better than Silverstone, the Hungaroring's tight and slow corners swinging the pendulum back towards the Scuderia as it did in Monte Carlo.
But just as his dominance at Silverstone is becoming integral to Lewis Hamilton's legacy, his five victories in Budapest mark it too as a stronghold of Briton, making the Hungarian Grand Prix (30 July) a decisive final race before Formula One's month-long midseason break.
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