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Before entering a discussion of the variables that are used to maintain session state, let's first discuss a concept that too many developers have ignored in past versions of ColdFusion. The concept is that of locking access to shared memory variables.
When we say "shared memory variables," we are referring to application-, session-, and server-scoped variables. These variables are stored as structures in the memory of the ColdFusion Server. Because ColdFusion is a multi-threaded application server, these memory structures can be subject to multiple simultaneous requests.
These simultaneous requests access the memory structures to read the variable values or to write new values to them. When a new value is written to the memory structure, the structure might change and any other request to the same variable might experience problems. These errors might lead to memory corruption or to crashes in certain ColdFusion processes.
ColdFusion gives us a method of locking access to these variables for a period of time. In effect, it enables us to single-thread-access certain variables for the purpose of reading the variable values or writing new ones.
ColdFusion enables us to wrap references to shared scope variables with a call to the CFLOCK tag. The CFLOCK tag enables us to specify whether any of the shared scope variable values will be evaluated or written to.
Table 8.1 provides a description of the attributes used in the call.
Specifies whether the scope of the variable to be locked is of the application, session, or server scope.
readonly is used when you are reading variable values. exclusive is used when you are setting variable values.
Number of seconds to hold the lock.
Using CFLOCK around ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) constructs that modify shared data ensures that the modifications occur sequentially, not concurrently.
Using CFLOCK around file manipulation constructs can guarantee that file updates do not fail due to files being open for writing by other applications or ColdFusion tags.
Using CFLOCK around CFX invocations can guarantee that CFXs that are not implemented in a thread-safe manner can be safely invoked by ColdFusion. This usually only applies to CFXs developed in C++ using CFAPI. A C++ CFX that maintains and manipulates shared (global) data structures must be made thread-safe to safely work with ColdFusion. However, writing thread-safe C++ CFXs requires advanced knowledge.
In the preceding example, we can see that the CFLOCK call wraps totally around the evaluation of the session.currentuser variable. It is more efficient to use a piece of code like this to reset the scope of the currentuser variable from session to local scope to avoid the necessity of coding CFLOCK tags every time the variable is accessed.
The scope attribute enables us to specify the variable scope to which our variable belongs. As seen in Table 8.1, the three variable scopes stored in memory are application, server, and session. When you set a lock on a variable, do not mix in variables of a different scope. This can cause errors to occur.
Exclusive. Single threads access the memory location of a variable for the purpose of setting the value of that variable.
ReadOnly. Keeps the variable from having an exclusive lock established while enabling concurrent read access to the variable. If a user tries to establish an exclusive lock, he or she must wait for all read-only locks to expire.
In short, always lock access to shared-scope variables. Too many developers have made the mistake of overlooking the necessity of locking access to these variables and have paid the price with unstable servers, crashing applications, and lost revenue. There is never an occasion when you should leave access to these variable scopes unlocked.
I know, maybe you're saying to yourself, "I only have three variables that I access in the entire application. How is this problem going to affect me? I don't have the traffic or user load required to bring down my server." Of course, all your buddies clap, "Good answer. Good answer." Well, that's your third strike and just like on Family Feud, you don't win the prize.
There also is no formula to when memory corruption occurs. I have seen applications that showed the first signs of instability with only one user traversing the application and others that seemed fine with more than one hundred users. However, when they crash, they all crash hard, regardless of load or how long it took to get them to the point that they crashed.
In your ColdFusion Administrator, you have a section on locking. This section gives you the opportunity to change your lock settings for application, session, and server variable scopes. In your development environment, you should turn on the full lock checking option for each variable scope listed. This ensures that if you have not properly locked variables, an error is returned to your browser during testing.


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Goroka show to go ahead
UNCERTAINTY surrounding the Goroka Show, 2016 was laid to rest after Tourism Minister Justin Tkatchenko stepped in to confirm that the venue will not be changed.
The 2016 Goroka Show will go ahead as scheduled at the National Sports Institute.
Mr Tkatchenko confirmed this yesterday dialogue with Sports Foundation Chief Executive Officer Peter Tsiamalili Jr, director NSI, and the Show Organising Committee.
"After consultation with the parties concerned, I have instructed PNGSF Chief Executive Officer to issue the appropriate instruments to enable the show to go ahead at the NSI.
"We must grab every opportunity that we get, to showcase our culture to the world.
"The last thing we want to do is suppress our peoples opportunity, especially when it comes to our cultures and traditions.
"I thank the Sports Foundation and NSI for their quick response and action," he said.
Mr Tsiamalili also confirmed that an agreement has reached NSI.
Management and all parties were happy for the Show to go ahead.
"Sports Minister and NSI director are happy for the Show to go on. A section only of the field of play will be fenced off as part of World Cup preparations," he said.
Developing future engineers of Papua New Guinea
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Man, 27, to stand trial for defamation on social media
A 27-year-old man, who is facing charges of publishing defamatory materials against his stepmother on social media, has been committed to stand trial in the Waigani National Court.
Travel between East, West New Britain closed
ALL land and sea travel between East and West New Britain provinces have been banned.

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How to spot a new political movement: A political map
The Washington Post has teamed up with political map maker Thematic Map to create a political map of the U.S. showing the country's political makeup and the candidates most likely to win.
The map, created by ThematicMap, combines data from data-mining tools such as FiveThirtyEight, RealClearPolitics, and FiveThirtyEyes.
According to Thematic, the map shows which candidates are most likely "to win the election, who will be most vulnerable to the Trump administration, and which candidates will be the most vulnerable in the 2020 election."
Thematic's map uses data from the Federal Election Commission, which tracks political spending by parties, candidates, and election campaigns, to estimate how much each party is spending in the election.
From the data, Thematic calculated that, on average, each of the top five political parties spend between $200 million and $500 million per election cycle, and the bottom three spend between a third and half of that amount.
(See chart below.)
To help readers better understand how these numbers work, Thematic has produced a chart that summarizes the numbers from each party's data sources.
As you can see, there are three major candidates who are the most likely candidates to win the White House: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Ted Cruz.
While this chart is a quick summary of the information, the numbers are also important.
For example, Trump and Sanders are the two most likely Republican candidates to get the presidency in 2020, while Trump's current position is not a strong indication of his chances.
In addition, Ted Cruz is the most dangerous Republican candidate in the Senate, but he has not received as much money from outside groups as Trump or Sanders.
Finally, Trump is far and away the most unpopular candidate in America.
So while the map may be a useful tool to help you better understand who the political candidates are and how much money they're spending in their campaigns, it also provides some useful information on who may be running the country.
To get a better sense of which candidates stand a good chance of winning the Whitehouse in 2020 and what candidates are likely to lose in the 2018 midterm elections, Themalem Map also provides a breakdown of each candidate's base of support.
This breakdown is not the same as how many voters the candidates have, but it is an indication of how well each candidate has established a base of supporters.
Candidates that have a significant base of voters are the ones that are most susceptible to losing their seats in Congress in 2020.
That said, the chart below, as well as the full chart, can be found here: The political map: Who is most likely winners in 2020?
Thematic Map's political map illustrates which candidates most closely match the opinions of the American public.
Below are the top candidates for the U/S Senate, as of January 2018.
Here are the next most likely outcomes for each candidate.
Note that this chart only shows how likely each candidate is to win a seat in Congress, not how likely he or she is to lose.
Source: Thematic Maps/Thematic Maps (click to enlarge)The map also gives a look at which candidates have the most potential to win in the House.
On average, candidates who have a favorable rating of 80% or better get to the WhiteHouse in 2018.
This means that the most effective candidates in the upcoming elections could very well be Republican incumbents who have been in office for more than 10 years.
But the map also shows how vulnerable incumbents like Mike Coffman and Tom McClintock could be to Republican challengers.
With the exception of the candidates who got the least support from outside money, the most expensive incumbents would likely lose in a Republican primary.
However, the Map also shows that the 2018 midterms will be close, with only about a dozen of the 25 incumbents that won reelection in 2018 likely to be re-elected.
And while incumbents such as Tom McClinter, Tom MacArthur, and Bob Goodlatte may not be as vulnerable to challengers as their Democratic counterparts, incumbents will not have much power in the 2019 elections, as there will be only one candidate for each House seat in 2019.
Even so, incumbency could prove a tough road for the 2018 Democratic candidates.
Democrats have not yet won a seat for at least 40 years.
And they are unlikely to do so for very long, as the 2020 midterm elections are set to be one of the most competitive in decades.
It should be noted that the map does not include candidates for Congress that are running in states that will be held by the same parties that will hold the Senate in 2018 and 2019.
In other words, there is a chance that the Democrats may face an uphill battle in 2018 in the Northeast and the Midwest.
Additionally, while incumbency
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Shadow was diagnosed with a severe case of gastrointestinal upset. Her owners were unsure but it was possible that Shadow might had been scavenging in the neighbour's compost.
After a three day stay in the hospital, the total cost of Shadow's veterinary treatment and hospital fees were in excess of $1,000. After paying just a small excess, the remainder of the cost was reimbursed by the insurance company to Shadow's owner. If Shadow had not had pet insurance, there would have been a few less presents under the Christmas tree.
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Krissadee Prakobkong (, * 16. Januar 1984 in Chiang Rai) ist ein thailändischer Fußballtrainer und ehemaliger Fußballspieler.

Karriere

Spieler

Verein
Krissadee Prakobkong stand von 2007 bis Mitte 2012 bei Police United unter Vertrag. Der Verein aus der thailändischen Hauptstadt Bangkok spielte 2007 in der ersten Liga des Landes, der Thai Premier League. Ende 2007 stieg er mit dem Verein in die zweite Liga ab. Ende 2009 feierte er mit Police die Meisterschaft der zweiten Liga und den Aufstieg in die erste Liga. Mitte 2012 wechselte er zum Ligakonkurrenten Chiangrai United nach Chiangrai. 2017 gewann er mit Chiangrai den FA Cup. Das Endspiel gegen Bangkok United gewann man mit 4:2. Nach 83 Erstligaspielen ging er 2018 zum Chiangmai FC. Mit dem Verein aus Chiangmai spielte er in der zweiten Liga, der Thai League 2. Am Ende der Saison belegte man den dritten Tabellenplatz und stieg somit in die erste Liga auf. Nach dem Aufstieg beendete er seine Karriere als Fußballspieler.

Nationalmannschaft
Krissadee Prakobkonga spielte 2008 zweimal für die thailändische Nationalmannschaft.

Trainer
Seit Anfang 2019 ist Krissadee Prakobkong Co-Trainer beim Zweitligisten Chiangmai FC in Chiangmai.

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Police United
 Thai Premier League Division 1: 2009

Chiangrai United
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North Kingstown és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Rhode Island. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 26.326 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, North Kingstown tenia 26.326 habitants, 10.154 habitatges, i 7.310 famílies. La densitat de població era de 233,2 habitants per km².

Dels 10.154 habitatges en un 35,7% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 40,6% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 46,5% dones solteres, i en un 28% no eren unitats familiars. En el 22,5% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 8,2% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,57 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,03.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 26% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 6% entre 18 i 24, un 29,6% entre 25 i 44, un 26,6% de 45 a 60 i un 11,8% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 39 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 89,6 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 60.027 $ i la renda mediana per família de 69.559 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 20.668 $ mentre que les dones 18.399 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 28.139 $. Aproximadament el 18,8% de les famílies i el 16,1% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Referències

Entitats de població de Rhode Island


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Remove your window air conditioners in the winter – or at least cover them to stop drafts.
If you have a hot water heating system, release trapped air from radiators.
Keep your water heater at 120 degrees F or between the medium and low settings.
Wrap your water heater with an insulation blanket if it's warm to the touch.
Use caulking around doors and windows to close gaps and seal leaky ducts that run through unheated areas. Wrap the ducts with insulation.
Move furniture, drapes and other objects that are blocking radiators or heating vents.
Install storm windows. For older windows, use a plastic window sealing kit to cut drafts and contain the heat.
Close doors and warm-air vents in unused rooms, but in extreme cold, be aware of water pipes that could freeze and burst.
State Assistance Programs – If you have exhausted all governmental resources available for financial assistance and emergency or crisis circumstances are keeping you from being able to pay your bill, the Neighbor Fund or NJ Shares can help.


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Yes, Atlanta United should bring back Yamil Asad
Hear me out.
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Let's be honest here, you knew this post was coming.
As soon as the news dropped on Monday that D.C. United had decided not to exercise the option on Yamil Asad, this post was inevitable.
Before you send me mean comments and tweets, hear me out. It's clear things didn't work out for Yamil in D.C. but that definitely doesn't mean he's not good enough to contribute in MLS. He proved during the 2017 season that he's capable of being a vital role player at this level. With the right group, he's even pushing for a starting spot. I have no idea if the 2022 Atlanta United squad would be the right group for him, but at this point, it's at least worth finding out, assuming he can be attained for a reasonable salary.
We've been talking about in quite a bit since the NYCFC playoff defeat, the team is too individually focused, especially in attack. For all his faults, one thing Yamil can't be accused of is being a selfish or individualistic player. He's a team player who gives his all to the team. Bad tackles and questionable decisions aside, he's the prototypical player that you love if he's on your team and absolutely hate if he's on the other side. Atlanta fans have gotten to experience both and predictably felt both of those exact emotions.
Another big issue with Atlanta's attack is the lack of penetrating passing that break lines. While a big reason we see very few of these is that there just isn't anyone making good off-the-ball runs, Yamil definitely has this attribute of picking out a pass in his locker. Another feather in his cap would be the familiarity he has with Josef Martinez and the runs he's prone to making.
Bringing Asad back to Atlanta may be a nostalgia act in a sense, but underneath the emotional aspect, it makes sense on paper. The chemistry shouldn't be an issue as he knows what to expect at the club already and has players around him he knows and respects. While he's not the critical piece D.C. United expected when they shelled out a nice chunk of change for him, he's still capable of being a valuable depth player for a good team. And that's really what this offseason is mainly about for Atlanta United, shoring up the depth of the squad. Yamil would definitely do that, if he comes at sensible price tag for the MLS landscape.
What say you? Would bringing Yamil Asad back to Atlanta be a good idea? Let's hear it.
Should Atlanta United bring back Yamil Asad?
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Real DVDs Ripped to Your PC. Legally. Really?
Have you ever ripped a commercial DVD to your PC? If so, you've probably used a product like Handbrake whose legality is at best sketchy, since it breaks copy protection and therefore violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Chances of the copyright police breaking down your door and hauling you away are slim. But starting later this month, you might be able to copy all the DVDs you want without fear of legal consequences.
The New York Times is reporting that Real Networks will announce RealDVD tomorrow at the DEMO conference in San Francisco. (Which is where I am–I'll be in the audience when it does.) Real is presumably betting that it's figured out a way to make a DVD copying program that won't be sued into oblivion in a nanosecond. And even if they bet wrong, it's going to be fascinating to watch it come to market.
The Times quotes a technology exec at a studio who sounds skeptical about RealDVD, which isn't surprising; it's hard to imagine anyone in Hollywood speaking positively about it, at least for the record. But the real question isn't whether Hollywood is thrilled with the idea of RealDVD–it's whether it's legal. If it is, this is great news, and other companies will presumably jump into the market with similar products once Real has tested the legal waters.
So remind me again why you would use this instead of the free Handbrake?


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Last Updated: Monday, 01 August 2011 15:54
The Committee tabled its Report on the Inquiry into Victoria's Audit Act 1994 (2.66 Mb) in Parliament on Thursday 7 October 2010.
Background to the Inquiry
The Committee is currently conducting a wide-ranging Inquiry into Victoria's Audit legislation, the Audit Act 1994, under section 33(3) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003.
The Audit Act 1994 establishes the operating powers and responsibilities of the Auditor-General. Its coverage includes the operations of the Victorian Auditor-General's Office. It also addresses the relationship of the Auditor-General with the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee as the representative body of Parliament and the Auditor-General's accountability to Parliament for use of the powers accorded the position and for discharge of the position's responsibilities.
Statement of Government Intentions
The Government identified in its Annual Statement of Government Intentions in February 2009 that it is committed to strengthening the Audit Act. The document states that an Audit Amendment Bill would help the State strengthen financial accountability by clarifying the powers of the Auditor-General. In addition, amendments to the Act should achieve the following:
provide clarity on certain aspects of the Auditor-General's mandate and powers, including adherence to applicable Accounting and Auditing Standards;
promote greater efficiency in the operation of the Victorian Auditor-General's Office; and
fulfil the Government's commitment to implement certain recommendations of the Committee's 2006 Report on a legislative framework for independent officers of Parliament.
The process stated by Government is that proposals will be referred to the PAEC for advice.
On 22 June 2009, the Committee referred itself a new Inquiry under section 33(3) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 into Victoria's Audit Act 1994. Its aim is to review the legislation in its entirety, paying particular attention to innovative opportunities to progress it to leading edge status.
Last Updated: Thursday, 28 July 2011 10:58
The Committee presented a discussion paper on its Inquiry to Parliament on 4 February 2010. The discussion paper outlines the results of the Committee's research to that date, and can be accessed via the link below:
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The Committee has since received a number of submissions from interested parties and will be conducting public hearings on 7 and 29 April 2010.
The Committee intends to present its findings and recommendations from the Inquiry to Parliament by October 2010.
Last Updated: Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:01
The Committee has commenced an inquiry into Victoria's Audit Act 1994 under section 33(3) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003.
The Committee invited comments, via written submissions, from individuals and organisations for proposed amendments to the Audit Act based on its Discussion Paper.
The closing date for submissions was Friday 19 March 2010. All submissions are treated as public documents and are published, unless confidentiality is requested or the Committee exercises it discretion.
To date, the following submissions have been approved for publication as evidence (other submissions received are to be considered in time):
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Email: paec@parliament.vic.gov.au
Last Updated: Friday, 04 November 2011 12:01
Public hearings into the Inquiry into the Audit Act 1994 were held on Wednesday 7 April 2010, Thursday 29 April 2010 and Monday 10 May 2010. Links to transcripts are provided below.
Please contact the Committee Secretariat on 8682 2793 or email the secretariat with any queries (email: paec@parliament.vic.gov.au).
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Witnesses - Victorian Auditor-General's Office: Mr Des Pearson, Auditor?General; Dr Peter Frost, Chief Operating Officer; Mr Marco Bini, Director, Policy and Coordination
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Witnesses - Department of Treasury and Finance/Department of Premier and Cabinet: Mr Grant Hehir, Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF/DPC); Mr Steve Mitsas, Director, Budget and Financial Management (DTF); Mr Philip Reed Deputy Secretary, Government and Corporate (DPC)
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Witnesses - Department of Transport: Mr Jim Betts, Secretary; James Lavery Executive Director ? Legal; Dr Len Gainsford Director, Audit and Assurance
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Witnesses - Public Sector Standards Commissioner: Mr Peter Allen, Public Sector Standards Commissioner; Ms Karen Cleave Chief Executive Officer, State Services Authority
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Witness - Australian Council of Auditors-General: Mr Mike Blake (Auditor?General, Tasmania) Australasian Council of Auditors?General (ACAG) ? phone conference
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Witnesses - CPA Australia/Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia/National Institute of Accountants: Dr Gary Pflugrath CPA, Policy Adviser, Audit and Assurance, Professional Standards (CPA Australia); Mr Andrew Stringer, Head of Audit (Institute of Chartered Accountants); National Insitute of Accountants
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11.00am - 11.30pm
Witnesses - Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development: Mr Alf Smith, Acting Secretary; Mr Rob Barr, Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services & Development; Ms Rosemary Martin, Director Legal, Audit and Risk; Mr Dan Kirtley, Chief Internal Auditor
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Witness - Australian National University: Professor Kerry Jacobs via phone conference
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12.15pm - 12.45pm
Witnesses: Hon Jenny Lindell MP (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly), Hon Robert Smith MLC (President of the Legislative Council), Mr Ray Purdey (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly), Mr Wayne Tunnecliffe (Clerk of the Legislative Council), Mr Peter Lochert (Secretary, Department of Parliamentary Services)
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City of Tacoma to Continue Negotiations with Rainier Connect
Written By Staff
The Pierce County Superior Court recently denied a motion that would have halted the City of Tacoma from pursuing a final agreement with Rainier Connect without a public vote.
The issue came about when the Tacoma Public Utility Board and City Council voted in March to negotiate with Rainier Connect, a local internet provider, "to expand the existing public-private partnership to maintain the Click! Network as a publicly-owned asset." The two government bodies opted to pursue these negotiations after first undergoing an extensive vetting process, which included opportunities for public feedback, according to a news release from the City of Tacoma.
Thomas McCarthy, Christopher Anderson, and Mitchell Shook filed the motions with the court, and the judge also denied their requests to define Click! Network as a separate utility.
"Based on this ruling, the City will continue negotiations as directed by the City Council and Tacoma Utility Board with Rainier Connect on a partnership agreement according to the twelve community public goals," said Jackie Flowers, director of Tacoma Public Utilities. "If a proposed agreement is negotiated, it will be submitted to the Board and Council for consideration, public input, and possible approval later this summer." To learn more, visit Tacoma Public Utilities.
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"""
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distributed with this work for additional information
regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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"""

from resource_management import *
import socket
import sys

from hcat_service_check import hcat_service_check
from webhcat_service_check import webhcat_service_check

class HiveServiceCheck(Script):
  def service_check(self, env):
    import params
    env.set_params(params)

    address=format("{hive_server_host}")
    port=int(format("{hive_server_port}"))
    print "Test connectivity to hive server"
    if check_thrift_port_sasl(address, port, security_enabled=params.security_enabled):
      print "Successfully connected to %s on port %s" % (address, port)
    else:
      print "Connection to %s on port %s failed" % (address, port)
      exit(1)

    hcat_service_check()
    webhcat_service_check()

if __name__ == "__main__":
  HiveServiceCheck().execute()

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Melon Heads
Background on Informant:
My informant is a current student who has shared with me his experiences of childhood folklore and traditions that he grew up with. In a series of interviews he has shared with me his knowledge.
He explains:
"Growing up in Connecticut, you hear legends and myths constantly especially when you're young as the spread of information runs rampant among kids. The one I vividly remember is the legend of the Melon Heads.
These melon heads are said to be these small humans with giant bulbous heads who hide out and attack people in the woods. Living in Southern Connecticut, where they are said to reside, always made me feel uneasy.
I'd honestly rather take a ghost or witch than a melon head. But they are said to eat small animals and the flesh of teenagers (I know right how convenient).
The story supposedly goes that there was this hospital or asylum (depends on who tells you the story), but it had a lot of criminally insane patients. Well in the 1960s, it burned down, resulting in the death of all of the workers and most of the patients, but a bunch escaped into the woods. In order to survive they resorted to cannibalism and inbreeding, which is the 'melon head' aspect of it due to deformities from the inbreeding.
Every so often you hear the many stories of people seeing them. Like apparently in the 1980s, a group of girls from (I forget which high school) decided to drive around and look for melon heads, so they left their car and went into the woods. Then the engine of their car started and they 'saw' the melon heads drive off with the car. But there's so many stories all over Southern Connecticut with people claiming to see and hear them.
I'm not saying I believe they exist, but I'm also not saying they don't. I don't want to gamble with that. But it is interesting how you can't escape Connecticut without hearing about the melon heads at least once in your life."
Analysis/Thoughts:
As a believer of a many things, I can certainly say I too was left uneasy after hearing about the legend of the melon heads. I grew up hearing about them too but I was always too afraid to fully get to know the story but now I do. It's fascinating to think how this story stays alive because of how elementary kids and high schoolers continue to tell it over and over again, even when it dates back to the 1960's. It's one of the few legends of Connecticut that has stayed alive and has thrived. I also love how there are so many different versions of the same story going around as it has evolved over the decades. Overall, I enjoyed learning more about this folklore of Connecticut, and observed that these stories go out as far as Ohio and Michigan, but next time I go for a drive I will definitely be on the lookout for any melon heads out there.
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Warning from a global era: the lessons we must learn from the 19th century
Richard J Evans's sweeping history of 19th-century Europe, The Pursuit of Power, has much to offer in our current moment.
By Richard Overy
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Fortunate is the historian who can write on 19th-century Europe, before the world wars and the Holocaust turned the 20th century into a grisly charnel house. And what a rich century it was. So much of what is associated with the 20th century was invented or developed in the previous century – mass politics, nationalism, "modernisation", social class, mass production.
The cluster of European leaders who populated the age of war and genocide were all born in the 19th century and carried much of its baggage with them. The 19th century was marked by railways, motor cars, electricity, the gas supply, telephones, the postage stamp, photography, and the urban sprawl and grimy industries that went with it all. The era's thinkers – Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Mill, Nietzsche, Durkheim – still influence the discourses of the 21st century (although Durkheim is one of the few lacunae in the book). The 19th century was a fertile age, giving birth to and incubating the many cultural, social and political forces that shaped the century that followed.
Richard J Evans has clearly enjoyed immersing himself in the age. This is a scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar. The canvas is vast and so much is now known about the period, thanks to a profusion of historical writing, that giving shape to the material must have been a daunting task. Yet Evans has risen to the challenge splendidly. The Pursuit of Power mixes political, social, economic, cultural and intellectual history to give a richness of texture and presence that the existing major accounts of the century – many of them written at a time when high politics, great men and balance-of-power diplomacy were what counted as history – were unable to deliver. To achieve that blend and yet retain coherence marks this volume as a veritable tour de force.
Evans reminds us of a number of important realities that growing distance can obscure. The most significant is the enduring importance of agriculture in an age that is usually discussed in terms of the birth of modern industrial capitalism and mass urbanisation. Even by 1900, well over half of Europe's population still lived in villages and worked the land; aristocrats dominated rural communities locally where they still could; food production and distribution were still the main economic activities for much of the continent and, when it failed, as it still did even by the end of the century, famine occurred.
This was also a century in which the female half of Europe's population was still largely disempowered. Scattered through Evans's book is the almost universal subjection of women across the continent. Progress was made here and there in the final years of the century, but male insecurity (expressed in one way, Evans suggests, by the prevalence of beards and moustaches) made resistance more entrenched as time went on. Male accounts of gender almost all regarded men as doers and thinkers, and women as emotional and imaginative. "Between harlot or housewife," wrote the otherwise radical thinker Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, "there is no halfway point."
Change there certainly was, however, and much of this history charts the formal emancipation of serfs and slaves by the middle years of the century, the growth of parliamentary politics and the extension of the male vote, and the triumph of the national ideal over dynastic imperialism in Greece, Belgium, Italy, Germany and the countries of south-eastern Europe.
Nationalism was widely approved of in liberal circles, because it promised a new source of modern civic identity and a new form of citizenship – but, as the author reminds us, it was a negatively potent force, emotionally unstable and dangerously exclusive. Tied to the growth of "new" European empires in the latter part of the century, the "nation empire" became a source of intense competition that fuelled the final years of crisis before 1914.
Evans is anxious to avoid making his account too Eurocentric, because he is aware that this was in many ways Europe's global century – one in which other big powers (China, the Ottoman empire) were overtaken and European trade, migration, capital and violence were exported worldwide. His account of empire should leave no one in doubt that whatever the liberal "civilising" rhetoric used to justify imperial power, violence, often extreme, was crucial to it.
The factors which gave Europe that opportunity were developments in transport and communications: global shipping companies, then railways, the telegraph and postal services. As the century progressed, it became possible to travel anywhere in Europe and to have, in a matter of hours, news, stock-exchange prices, family gossip, and so on, all relayed by the post office. This shrinking of space and time was, perhaps, the most remarkable feature of the 19th century.
In one of the most rewarding chapters of the book, Evans discusses the conquest of nature – a theme that takes in not only the railway and the steamship, but the creation of the modern zoo and the decline in Europe's wildlife. Wolves roamed in packs across much of Europe but were all but wiped out through hunting by the century's end (one Polish wolf, accustomed to feeding on dead soldiers at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, was shot and killed by a Polish forester who tied his two-year-old child to a tree as bait).
Nature was conquered in other ways: by the burgeoning biological and medical sciences, which began to understand at last the causes of disease and how to combat it; or by psychologists, who tried to understand more scientifically what made people "mad". Evans observes, like Foucault, that the more efforts were made to understand madness and classify its manifestations, the more likely people were to be classified and institutionalised who were not in any modern sense deranged.
Here and there are visible the warning signs for the next century. Evans discusses the development of scientific racism, which influenced fantasies of racial purity in the post-1918 era. His account of German savagery during the misnamed Franco-Prussian War has sinister implications. In areas where there were suspected francs-tireurs (irregular soldiers), German troops killed the inhabitants – men, women and children – and burned villages to the ground.
It is all too easy to view history in terms of continuities; yet the German atrocities in Belgium in 1914 and the endless murders carried out by Hitler's forces suggest that the war of 1870-71 established a model for harsh retaliation against enemy civilians. The many acts of violence in the imperial expansion of the pre-1914 years, which continued into the postwar era, also suggest a link to earlier atrocities. After 1918, Europe tried to close the door on the darker elements of its recent past, but they still shaped how many Europeans saw the world.
For all those Brexiteers lauding the "exceptionalism" of Britain's historical path, Evans has made it clear beyond doubt that Britain was and is a part of Europe, tied by cultural, economic, political and military bonds and sharing the experiences of other parts of the continent. There is no "history of Europe" that can exclude Britain, though textbooks and university courses too often suggest the possibility. For anyone who wants to discover just how entangled Europe's history is, there can be no better starting point than The Pursuit of Power.
Richard Overy is the author of "The Bombing War: Europe 1939-45" (Penguin)
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914 by Richard J Evans is published by Allen Lane, 848pp, £35
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package ca.phon.plugins.praat.importer;

import ca.hedlund.jpraat.binding.fon.*;
import ca.hedlund.jpraat.exceptions.PraatException;
import ca.phon.app.session.editor.EditorEventName;
import ca.phon.app.session.editor.view.tier_management.TierEditorDialog;
import ca.phon.formatter.Formatter;
import ca.phon.formatter.*;
import ca.phon.plugins.praat.TextGridManager;
import ca.phon.session.*;
import ca.phon.ui.HidablePanel;
import ca.phon.ui.decorations.DialogHeader;
import ca.phon.ui.toast.*;
import ca.phon.ui.wizard.WizardStep;
import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.*;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.logging.*;

public class TextGridImportSettingsStep extends WizardStep {

	private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(TextGridImportSettingsStep.class.getName());

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4032976189938565114L;

	private final static String MSG1_PROP = TextGridImportSettingsStep.class.getName() + ".msg1";
	private final static String INFO_MESSAGE =
			"
This function will create a record for each interval in the reference tier.
";

	private final static String MSG2_PROP = TextGridImportSettingsStep.class.getName() + "msg2";
	private final static String INFO_MESSAGE2 =
			"
For each TextGrid tier you wish to import, enter the corresponding Phon tier name and group options.
";

	private JComboBox<File> textGridSelector;

	private JComboBox<String> tierNameSelector;

	private JCheckBox ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox;

	private ButtonGroup recordOptionsGroup;

	private JRadioButton addRecordsButton;

	private JRadioButton replaceRecordsButton;

	private JXTable table;

	private TextGridImportTableModel tableModel;

	private List<String> textGridTiers = new ArrayList<String>();

	private Map<String, TierDescription> tierMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, TierDescription>();

	private Session session;

	private TextGridManager tgManager;

	public TextGridImportSettingsStep(Session session, TextGridManager tgManager) {
		super();
		super.setPrevStep(-1);

		this.session = session;
		this.tgManager = tgManager;

		init();
	}

	private void init() {
		setLayout(new BorderLayout());

		final HidablePanel infoPanel = new HidablePanel(MSG1_PROP);
		infoPanel.setBottomLabelText(INFO_MESSAGE);

		final HidablePanel tblInfoPanel = new HidablePanel(MSG2_PROP);
		tblInfoPanel.setBottomLabelText(INFO_MESSAGE2);

		final List<File> tgNames = tgManager.textGridFilesForSession(session);
		textGridSelector = new JComboBox<>(tgNames.toArray(new File[0]));
		textGridSelector.addItemListener( this::onSelectTextGrid );
		textGridSelector.setRenderer(new TextGridCellRenderer());

		tierNameSelector = new JComboBox<>();

		JPanel textGridOptionsPanel = new JPanel();
		textGridOptionsPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Record Detection Options"));
		final GridBagLayout textGridOptionsLayout = new GridBagLayout();
		textGridOptionsPanel.setLayout(textGridOptionsLayout);
		final GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
		gbc.gridx = 0;
		gbc.gridy = 0;
		gbc.gridheight = 1;
		gbc.gridwidth = 1;
		gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
		gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
		gbc.weightx = 0.0;
		gbc.weighty = 0.0;
		gbc.insets = new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);

		gbc.weightx = 1.0;
		gbc.gridwidth = 2;
		textGridOptionsPanel.add(infoPanel, gbc);

		gbc.weightx = 0.0;
		gbc.gridwidth = 1;
		++gbc.gridy;
		textGridOptionsPanel.add(new JLabel("TextGrid"), gbc);
		gbc.weightx = 1.0;
		++gbc.gridx;
		gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
		textGridOptionsPanel.add(textGridSelector, gbc);

		++gbc.gridy;
		gbc.gridx = 0;
		gbc.weightx = 0.0;
		gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
		textGridOptionsPanel.add(new JLabel("Record reference tier"), gbc);
		gbc.weightx = 1.0;
		++gbc.gridx;
		gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
		textGridOptionsPanel.add(tierNameSelector, gbc);

		++gbc.gridy;
		gbc.weightx = 1.0;
		gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
		ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox = new JCheckBox("Ignore empty intervals");
		ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox.setSelected(true);
//		ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox.setSelected(
//				PrefHelper.getBoolean(TextGridImporter.IGNORE_EMPTY_INTERVALS_PROP, Boolean.TRUE));
//		ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox.addActionListener( (e) -> PrefHelper.getUserPreferences().putBoolean(
//				TextGridImporter.IGNORE_EMPTY_INTERVALS_PROP, ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox.isSelected()) );
		textGridOptionsPanel.add(ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox, gbc);

		recordOptionsGroup = new ButtonGroup();
		addRecordsButton = new JRadioButton("Add records to session");
		replaceRecordsButton = new JRadioButton("Replace records in session");
		recordOptionsGroup.add(addRecordsButton);
		recordOptionsGroup.add(replaceRecordsButton);
		addRecordsButton.setSelected(true);

		JPanel recordOptionsPanel = new JPanel();
		recordOptionsPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Record Options"));
		recordOptionsPanel.setLayout(new VerticalLayout());
		recordOptionsPanel.add(addRecordsButton);
		recordOptionsPanel.add(replaceRecordsButton);

		final DialogHeader header = new DialogHeader("Create Records", "Create records from TextGrid data");
		final JPanel topPanel = new JPanel(new VerticalLayout());
		topPanel.add(header);
		topPanel.add(textGridOptionsPanel);

		add(topPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);

		tableModel = new TextGridImportTableModel();
		table = new JXTable(tableModel);
		final JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(table);

		final JComboBox<String> tierNameBox = new JComboBox<>(new TierNameModel());
		tierNameBox.addItemListener( e -> {
			if(e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED && tierNameBox.getSelectedItem() != null
					&& tierNameBox.getSelectedItem().equals("New tier...")) {
				showNewTierDialog();
			}
		});

		table.getColumn(Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal()).setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(tierNameBox));
		table.setSortable(false);

		final JPanel btmPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
		btmPanel.add(tblInfoPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		btmPanel.add(scroller, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		btmPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Tier Names & Options"));
		add(btmPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

		SwingUtilities.invokeLater( () -> {
			textGridSelector.setSelectedIndex(0);
			onSelectTextGrid(new ItemEvent(textGridSelector, -1, textGridSelector.getSelectedItem(), ItemEvent.SELECTED));
		});
	}

	private void showNewTierDialog() {
		final int row = table.getSelectedRow();
		if(row < 0) return;

		final String tgTier = (String)table.getValueAt(row, Col.TG_TIER.ordinal());

		final TierEditorDialog ted = new TierEditorDialog(false);
		ted.getTierEditor().setTierName(tgTier);
		ted.setModal(true);
		ted.pack();
		if(ted.showDialog()) {
			final SessionFactory factory = SessionFactory.newFactory();
			// add tier to session
			final TierDescription tierDesc = factory.createTierDescription(
					ted.getTierEditor().getTierName(), ted.getTierEditor().isGrouped(), TierString.class);
			session.addUserTier(tierDesc);

			final Formatter fontFormatter = FormatterFactory.createFormatter(Font.class);
			final String fontString = fontFormatter.format(ted.getTierEditor().getTierFont());
			final TierViewItem tvi = factory.createTierViewItem(
					ted.getTierEditor().getTierName(), true, fontString, false);
			final List<TierViewItem> tierView = new ArrayList<>(session.getTierView());
			tierView.add(tvi);
			session.setTierView(tierView);

			firePropertyChange(EditorEventName.TIER_VIEW_CHANGED_EVT.getEventName(), true, false);

			SwingUtilities.invokeLater( () ->
				table.setValueAt(ted.getTierEditor().getTierName(), row, Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal()) );
		} else {
			SwingUtilities.invokeLater( () ->
				table.setValueAt("", row, Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal()) );
		}
	}

	public boolean isIgnoreEmptyIntervals() {
		return this.ignoreEmptyIntervalsBox.isSelected();
	}

	public void onSelectTextGrid(ItemEvent itemEvent) {
		final File textGridFile = (File)textGridSelector.getSelectedItem();

		try {
			final TextGrid textGrid = TextGridManager.loadTextGrid(textGridFile);
			final List<String> tierNames = new ArrayList<>();
			for(long i = 1; i <= textGrid.numberOfTiers(); i++) {
				try {
					final IntervalTier it = textGrid.checkSpecifiedTierIsIntervalTier(i);
					tierNames.add(it.getName());
				} catch (PraatException pe) {
					// ignore point tiers
				}
			}
			tierNameSelector.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel<>(tierNames.toArray(new String[0])));
			if(tierNames.size() > 0) {
				tierNameSelector.setSelectedIndex(0);
			}
			textGridTiers.clear();
			textGridTiers.addAll(tierNames);

			// setup tier mapping
			final TextGridImporter importer = new TextGridImporter();
			Map<String, TierDescription> tierMapping = importer.setupDefaultTierMapping(new LinkedHashSet<>(tierNames));
			tierMap.clear();
			tierMap.putAll(tierMapping);
			tableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			ToastFactory.makeToast(e.getLocalizedMessage()).start(textGridSelector);
			LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	public File getSelectedTextGrid() {
		return
				(textGridSelector.getSelectedItem() != null ? (File)textGridSelector.getSelectedItem() : null);
	}

	public String getSelectedTier() {
		return (String)tierNameSelector.getSelectedItem();
	}

	public boolean isDeleteAllRecords() {
		return replaceRecordsButton.isSelected();
	}

	public Map<String, TierDescription> getTierMap() {
		return this.tierMap;
	}

	public enum Col {
		TG_TIER("TextGrid Tier"),
		PHON_TIER("Phon Tier"),
		GROUPED("Grouped");

		private String name;

		private Col(String name) {
			this.name = name;
		}

		public String getName() { return this.name; }

	}

	private class TextGridCellRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer {

		@Override
		public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList<?> list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected,
				boolean cellHasFocus) {
			final JLabel retVal = (JLabel) super.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);

			final File f = (File)value;
			retVal.setText(FilenameUtils.getBaseName(f.getAbsolutePath()));

			return retVal;
		}

	}

	private class TierNameModel extends DefaultComboBoxModel<String> {

		public List<String> getTierList() {
			List<String> retVal = new ArrayList<>();

			retVal.add("");
			retVal.add(SystemTierType.Orthography.getName());
			retVal.add(SystemTierType.IPATarget.getName());
			retVal.add(SystemTierType.IPAActual.getName());
			retVal.add(SystemTierType.Notes.getName());

			session.getUserTiers().forEach( tier -> retVal.add(tier.getName()) );

			retVal.add("New tier...");

			return retVal;
		}

		@Override
		public int getSize() {
			int retVal = 2; // blank + New tier...

			retVal += 4; // default tiers
			retVal += session.getUserTierCount();

			return retVal;
		}

		@Override
		public String getElementAt(int index) {
			return getTierList().get(index);
		}

	}

	private class TextGridImportTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {

		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

		@Override
		public int getColumnCount() {
			return Col.values().length;
		}

		@Override
		public String getColumnName(int col) {
			return Col.values()[col].getName();
		}

		@Override
		public Class<?> getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
			Class<?> retVal = String.class;

			if(columnIndex == Col.GROUPED.ordinal()) {
				retVal = Boolean.class;
			}

			return retVal;
		}

		@Override
		public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
			if(columnIndex == Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal()) {
				final String selectedTier = (String)aValue;
				if(selectedTier == null) return;
				if(selectedTier.length() == 0) {
					tierMap.remove((String)getValueAt(rowIndex, Col.TG_TIER.ordinal()));
					super.fireTableRowsUpdated(rowIndex, rowIndex);
				} else if(SystemTierType.isSystemTier(selectedTier)) {
					final SystemTierType systemTier = SystemTierType.tierFromString(selectedTier);
					final TierDescription td = (SessionFactory.newFactory()).createTierDescription(systemTier.getName(), systemTier.isGrouped());

					// make sure no other tier is mapped to this system tier
					for(String tierName:textGridTiers) {
						final TierDescription tierDesc = tierMap.get(tierName);
						if(tierDesc != null && tierDesc.getName().equals(selectedTier)) {
							tierMap.remove(tierName);

							final int tierRow = textGridTiers.indexOf(tierName);
							super.fireTableRowsUpdated(tierRow, tierRow);
						}
					}

					tierMap.put((String)getValueAt(rowIndex, Col.TG_TIER.ordinal()), td);
					super.fireTableRowsUpdated(rowIndex, rowIndex);
				} else {
					// create a new phon tier with the name of the text grid tier
					final String tgTier = (String)getValueAt(rowIndex, Col.TG_TIER.ordinal());
					final TierDescription td = (SessionFactory.newFactory()).createTierDescription(selectedTier, true);

					for(String tierName:textGridTiers) {
						final TierDescription tierDesc = tierMap.get(tierName);
						if(tierDesc != null && tierDesc.getName().equals(selectedTier)) {
							tierMap.remove(tierName);

							final int tierRow = textGridTiers.indexOf(tierName);
							super.fireTableRowsUpdated(tierRow, tierRow);
						}
					}

					tierMap.put(tgTier, td);
					super.fireTableRowsUpdated(rowIndex, rowIndex);
				}
			} else if(columnIndex == Col.GROUPED.ordinal()) {
				final String tierName = (String)getValueAt(rowIndex, Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal());
				if(tierName != null && tierName.trim().length() > 0) {
					final TierDescription td = (SessionFactory.newFactory()).createTierDescription(tierName, (Boolean)aValue);
					tierMap.put((String)getValueAt(rowIndex, Col.TG_TIER.ordinal()), td);
					super.fireTableCellUpdated(rowIndex, columnIndex);
				}
			}
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
			if(col == Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal()) {
				return true;
			} else if(col == Col.GROUPED.ordinal()) {
				// check column 1
				final String selectedTier = (String)getValueAt(row, Col.PHON_TIER.ordinal());
				if(SystemTierType.isSystemTier(selectedTier)) {
					return false;
				} else {
					return true;
				}
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These Nightmare Before Christmas pint glasses are a great gift or a versatile addition to your beverageware!
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Just purchased these glasses as a Christmas gift. They are very solid and look like they will be able to be chilled quite well. The design looks like it will be able to handle years of use. Look forward to giving them at Christmas as a fun gift.
I was so satisfied I gave part of what I ordered as another gift and reordered the rest for a wedding present for my son. They are going to love it.
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I got these glasses for myself, I love them so much I brought them for my friend since she also loves the minions and we are older adults. So far the pictures are still on the glasses after months and months of hand washing them. If they break I will be buying them again.
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This is the second set I bought both were gifts and they loved them! I Have also purchased the dishes and bowls also awesome!
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package org.jivesoftware.openfire.group;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.xmpp.packet.JID;

/**
 * Shared base class for Openfire GroupProvider implementations. By default
 * all mutator methods throw {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. In
 * addition, group search operations are disabled.
 *
 * Subclasses may optionally implement these capabilities, and must also
 * at minimum implement the {@link GroupProvider.getGroup(String)} method.
 *
 * @author Tom Evans
 */
public abstract class AbstractGroupProvider implements GroupProvider {

	private static final Logger Log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractGroupProvider.class);

    private static final String GROUPLIST_CONTAINERS =
            "SELECT groupName from ofGroupProp " +
            "where name='sharedRoster.groupList' " +
            "AND propValue LIKE ?";
    private static final String PUBLIC_GROUPS =
    		"SELECT groupName from ofGroupProp " +
    		"WHERE name='sharedRoster.showInRoster' " +
    		"AND propValue='everybody'";
    private static final String GROUPS_FOR_PROP =
    		"SELECT groupName from ofGroupProp " +
    		"WHERE name=? " +
    		"AND propValue=?";
    private static final String LOAD_SHARED_GROUPS =
            "SELECT groupName FROM ofGroupProp WHERE name='sharedRoster.showInRoster' " +
            "AND propValue IS NOT NULL AND propValue <> 'nobody'";
    private static final String LOAD_PROPERTIES =
            "SELECT name, propValue FROM ofGroupProp WHERE groupName=?";

    // Mutator methods disabled for read-only group providers

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public void addMember(String groupName, JID user, boolean administrator)
    {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot add members to read-only groups");
    }

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public void updateMember(String groupName, JID user, boolean administrator)
    {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot update members for read-only groups");
    }

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public void deleteMember(String groupName, JID user)
    {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot remove members from read-only groups");
    }

    /**
     * Always true for a read-only provider
     */
    public boolean isReadOnly() {
        return true;
    }

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public Group createGroup(String name) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot create groups via read-only provider");
    }

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public void deleteGroup(String name) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot remove groups via read-only provider");
    }

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public void setName(String oldName, String newName) throws GroupAlreadyExistsException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot modify read-only groups");
    }

	/**
	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
	 */
    public void setDescription(String name, String description) throws GroupNotFoundException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot modify read-only groups");
    }

    // Search methods may be overridden by read-only group providers

    /**
     * Returns true if the provider supports group search capability. This implementation
     * always returns false.
     */
    public boolean isSearchSupported() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a collection of group search results. This implementation
     * returns an empty collection.
     */
    public Collection<String> search(String query) {
    	return Collections.emptyList();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a collection of group search results. This implementation
     * returns an empty collection.
     */
    public Collection<String> search(String query, int startIndex, int numResults) {
    	return Collections.emptyList();
    }

	// Shared group methods may be overridden by read-only group providers

    /**
     * Returns the name of the groups that are shared groups.
     *
     * @return the name of the groups that are shared groups.
     */
    public Collection<String> getSharedGroupNames() {
        Collection<String> groupNames = new HashSet<String>();
        Connection con = null;
        PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
        ResultSet rs = null;
        try {
            con = DbConnectionManager.getConnection();
            pstmt = con.prepareStatement(LOAD_SHARED_GROUPS);
            rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
            while (rs.next()) {
                groupNames.add(rs.getString(1));
            }
        }
        catch (SQLException sqle) {
            Log.error(sqle.getMessage(), sqle);
        }
        finally {
            DbConnectionManager.closeConnection(rs, pstmt, con);
        }
        return groupNames;
    }

    public Collection<String> getSharedGroupNames(JID user) {
    	Set<String> answer = new HashSet<String>();
    	Collection<String> userGroups = getGroupNames(user);
    	answer.addAll(userGroups);
    	for (String userGroup : userGroups) {
    		answer.addAll(getVisibleGroupNames(userGroup));
    	}
        answer.addAll(getPublicSharedGroupNames());
        return answer;
    }

	public Collection<String> getVisibleGroupNames(String userGroup) {
		Set<String> groupNames = new HashSet<String>();
        Connection con = null;
		PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
		ResultSet rs = null;
		try {
		    con = DbConnectionManager.getConnection();
		    pstmt = con.prepareStatement(GROUPLIST_CONTAINERS);
		    pstmt.setString(1, "%" + userGroup + "%");
		    rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
		    while (rs.next()) {
		        groupNames.add(rs.getString(1));
		    }
		}
		catch (SQLException sqle) {
		    Log.error(sqle.getMessage(), sqle);
		}
		finally {
		    DbConnectionManager.closeConnection(rs, pstmt, con);
		}
		return groupNames;
	}

	public Collection<String> search(String key, String value) {
		Set<String> groupNames = new HashSet<String>();
        Connection con = null;
		PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
		ResultSet rs = null;
		try {
		    con = DbConnectionManager.getConnection();
		    pstmt = con.prepareStatement(GROUPS_FOR_PROP);
		    pstmt.setString(1, key);
		    pstmt.setString(2, value);
		    rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
		    while (rs.next()) {
		        groupNames.add(rs.getString(1));
		    }
		}
		catch (SQLException sqle) {
		    Log.error(sqle.getMessage(), sqle);
		}
		finally {
		    DbConnectionManager.closeConnection(rs, pstmt, con);
		}
		return groupNames;
	}

	public Collection<String> getPublicSharedGroupNames() {
		Set<String> groupNames = new HashSet<String>();
        Connection con = null;
        PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
        ResultSet rs = null;
        try {
            con = DbConnectionManager.getConnection();
            pstmt = con.prepareStatement(PUBLIC_GROUPS);
            rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
            while (rs.next()) {
                groupNames.add(rs.getString(1));
            }
        }
        catch (SQLException sqle) {
            Log.error(sqle.getMessage(), sqle);
        }
        finally {
            DbConnectionManager.closeConnection(rs, pstmt, con);
        }
        return groupNames;
	}

    public boolean isSharingSupported() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a custom {@link Map} that updates the database whenever
     * a property value is added, changed, or deleted.
     *
     * @param name The target group
     * @return The properties for the given group
     */
    public Map<String,String> loadProperties(Group group) {
    	// custom map implementation persists group property changes
    	// whenever one of the standard mutator methods are called
    	String name = group.getName();
    	DefaultGroupPropertyMap<String,String> result = new DefaultGroupPropertyMap<String,String>(group);
        Connection con = null;
        PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
        ResultSet rs = null;
        try {
            con = DbConnectionManager.getConnection();
            pstmt = con.prepareStatement(LOAD_PROPERTIES);
            pstmt.setString(1, name);
            rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
            while (rs.next()) {
                String key = rs.getString(1);
                String value = rs.getString(2);
                if (key != null) {
                    if (value == null) {
                        result.remove(key);
                        Log.warn("Deleted null property " + key + " for group: " + name);
                    } else {
                    	result.put(key, value, false); // skip persistence during load
                    }
                }
                else { // should not happen, but ...
                    Log.warn("Ignoring null property key for group: " + name);
                }
            }
        }
        catch (SQLException sqle) {
            Log.error(sqle.getMessage(), sqle);
        }
        finally {
            DbConnectionManager.closeConnection(rs, pstmt, con);
        }
        return result;
    }
}


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Sheila Carroll was selected to Super Lawyers for 2008 - 2009, 2019. Super Lawyers is an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria.
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A national disgrace
60 percent of maternal mortality cases in U.S. are completely preventable, CDC reports
A disturbing new report from the Centers for Disease Control has called out the state of American healthcare — and health insurance coverage — after revealing that approximately 60 percent of all pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are fully preventable.
According to the CDC, maternal mortality in the U.S. is being exacerbated largely due to lack of access to health care and missed or late diagnoses — problems that can be attributed at least in part to the country's continued failure to provide poor women with adequate health insurance coverage, maternity leave or even basic postpartum care. Of the 700 women who die from pregnancy or childbirth each year, approximately 31 percent die during pregnancy, 36 percent during childbirth or a week after giving birth, and 33 percent due to ongoing complications within a year of giving birth.
"Every death reflects a web of missed opportunities," wrote the CDC in the report.
The U.S. is the world's only developed country to see its maternal mortality rates increase in recent years, a trend that has correlated strongly with Republican-led efforts to strip women of access to family-planning services and prenatal care. A legal loophole that allows low-income mothers covered by Medicaid to have their health insurance coverage revoked just 60 days after giving birth also appears to be a major contributing factor to the crisis. According to some studies, as many as 40 percent of American women never even receive postpartum care from a health care provider, leading to countless unnecessary deaths. African-American women, statistics show, are particularly vulnerable — and die from pregnancy-related causes at three to four times the rate of white women in the U.S.
"We are the only high-income country in the world without paid maternity leave," said Alison Stuebe, maternal-fetal medicine physician at North Carolina Health Care, in an interview with HuffPost. "Moms covered by pregnancy Medicaid are kicked off 60 days after having a baby. These are decisions we have made as a society … Moms are dying in America because we don't take care of them."
Read the full story at HuffPost.
Elizabeth Warren says she'll pay hospitals that reduce maternal mortality rates for black women
A health insurance loophole is contributing to shockingly high maternal mortality rates in the U.S.
Maternal mortality rates are 'stunningly high' for black women in Texas


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Writer and director Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and film director. Her book The Shadow Mission is an all-women contemporary action thriller. Shamim's most recent feature as writer/director is "Despite the Falling Snow", which was released in the US in March 2017. The movie has garnered thirteen awards to date.
Hanan is the award-winning sole producer of four feature films. Her first feature film, "I Can't Think Straight", won eleven awards and the follow-up movie, "The World Unseen", had its debut at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival before going on to garner 23 awards internationally, including eleven SAFTAs (South African Film Awards). In 2011, Hanan completed a feature documentary of which she was co-director and producer. Shot on location in Israel and Palestine, "The House of Tomorrow" looks at the conflict between these countries from the perspective of women who are focused on building a future.
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I volunteer in an elementary school library and there is a large section of the bookshelves dedicated to Dr. Seuss. Most of the time these shelves are mostly empty because the Dr. Seuss books are so popular with the students. My kids and I all love Dr. Seuss books because they are so fun to read. Here are 16 Dr. Seuss inspired crafts and recipes that you can make for some Seussical fun!
Thanks so much for featuring my pinwheels! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
This is the funnest round-up I've ever seen!
Thank you Malia! Dr. Seuss characters are so much fun. I think that is why everyone loves his books so much.


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Q: Setting new ActionBar in a certain activity when it was disabled I'm new to Android development, so sorry if this is a stupid question. I have disabled Action Bar in AndroidManifest.xml like this android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar" but I'm in need of Action Bar in a certain activity. How do I create and set new Action Bar only to that activity?
Edit:
I forgot to mention that the activity I want to have an Action Bar is child of the activity with no Action Bar. I guess this causes the problems.

A: Define the theme for that perticular activity in the menifest.
<activity
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"
>

A: The best way is for this problem
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"  android:theme="@style/AlertDialog.AppCompat.Light" android:label="activity_with_actionbar" />

And
    <activity android:name=".SecondActivity"  android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar" android:label="activity_with_no_actionbar" />

A: You can do the opposite, i.e., In AndroidManifest keep theme as  android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
and in Activities that you dont want to see ActionBar, add below code in its onCreate method:
getSupportActionBar().hide();

A: Add theme specifically for each activity inside manifest
<activity
    android:name=".MainActivity"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" >
  </activity>

A: You can create a custom Action bar. And implement ActionBar class in the activity u needed to have an action bar. Its very easy way to do what you want. Follow this tutorial.

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The job search can and does feel like a crap shoot these days. When you may feel no matter you do, how many networking events you attend, how many job postings you apply to, you are in a mean game of rock, paper, scissors and you are always a mis-match! Even when you feel like your job search is more like a guessing game-guess again. You can win at this if you just sit back, and prepare yourself for an inevitable crap shoot with the occasional win.
It's not all bad news. There was a teeny-tiny glimmer of hope this past week when the reports indicated a slight increase in the number of jobs in the U.S. That doesn't mean it's necessarily a job you may want or be qualified for, but it does tell us that however slight, there is hope out there. It's been a tough last two years even for those who are struggling to hold onto their jobs. It's not easy for anyone these days whether employed or unemployed. Having enough sense to protect yourself in either situation is the key to your survival in the coming months. Expecting the worst is never something you should dwell on. But understanding your "worst case scenario" isn't a bad idea because, hey at least if you address it head on, you get the fear out of the way and you can move on to developing a strategy to help you through the tough times ahead.
Not knowing the outcome of a job search, inquiry or whether you get to keep the job you may currently be in is the inevitable way of the world. Even the self-employed need job security even if it's in the guise of deciding whether to keep working for themselves or join the ranks of the many others still looking. It's your ability to walk through the fear of the unknown however painful, take the guess out of the game, that will help you know that there truly is a light at the end of your job-tunnel.
It's really simple. Write down the absolute worst things you think that can happen to you as you transition from employed to unemployed or, still looking after one year. Take the next 12 months ( I use to advise 6 months to look for a job but these days, to be safe, 12 months is a better barometer) and figure out what you have in terms of savings, resources, support, etc and list out what it will take you to survive. It might scare you to even think about it let alone memorialize in on paper, but the point to this exercise is to get the demons out of your head so that you can move forward with confidence and peace of mind in finding your next job or waiting for the right one to appear.
Sometimes when you actually face your fear head on you will be surprised out how much you can deal with that comes your way. Understanding that you have enough savings to pay the bills over the next year helps you stop worrying moment to moment and takes a bit of the edge off. It's not a reason to slack off and go on holiday. But it does help you know that you are capable of surviving and helping yourself through the tough times even though panic inevitably sets in. So facing your worst possible fears helps you deal with the unknown and takes the guessing game out of whether you will crash or burn or rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. Objectively facing your own personal worst case scenario makes is less like a game of rock, paper scissors and more like a plan of action, where you know you can and will survive this down turn and come out ahead with the best of them!
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To the untrained eye, Lorne Davis' death would appear to have been caused by a heart attack. Not an uncommon occurrence for an eighty-six year old man, but if you looked at the little things surrounding his death, well, then you'd noticed some things didn't add up. To Tanner Davis, however, a hardened LA cop, little things could mean and add up to a lot. There was the matter of Lorne landing face up. Not the usual way for a man suffering pain to land. Then there was the missing hat and jacket, which Lorne should have been sporting one or the other. There was also the fact he was wearing his town clothes and as he wasn't one to go about admiring his ranch, that was rather odd too. But the biggest and most damning thing about Lorne's death was the missing gold coins that only the family would know about and they were gone. Had Lorne truly had a heart attack or had he met with foul play?
Shaye Townsend was working for the Ranch Conservancy. She and Lorne had reached an agreement that he would let his land be held in trust by the Conservancy until his death at which time the Conservancy would take it over. He did have certain stipulations, however, that had to be met before he'd sign on the dotted line--namely, that the Conservancy guarantee that the ranch be preserved the way it was and not be traded or sold under any circumstances. While Shaye was out of town, however, her boss took the final paperwork over to be signed, only the contract was the wrong one. She'd grabbed the a contract without the agreed upon amendments from their legal department. Upon returning to Refuge, Shaye headed over to Lorne's ranch to explain the error and smooth things over. He'd been refusing her calls so she'd hope she personally be able to explain the blunder and regain his trust. The only problem was that that would never happen. When Shaye reached Lorne's ranch he was dead. She'd been the one to find him and call the authorities. The two had become friends over their negotiations and she would truly miss him. Her only regret was that he'd died angry with her thinking she'd tried to trick him.
What neither Tanner nor Shaye could have guessed was that Shaye would be instrumental in unlocking what really happened to Lorne.
This was a fun read. Shaye was a fun character caught in a bad situation. She loves her work and believes in what she is doing. Part of her job is to try to get ranchers to leave their land to the Ranch Conservancy, a group dedicating to preserving small ranches by snatching them up before commercial industry has a chance to grab them. Some of the land they've been entrusted with even has wild mustangs roaming around. When Shaye's boss, Kimberli, messed things up by giving Lorne the wrong contract, Lorne made a big stink about the mix up. Enough of a stink that other ranchers in the area were starting to rethink their plans about entrusting the Conservancy with their ranches. But trying to go on back to business as usual and acting as if nothing had happened wasn't easy for Shaye. She'd been deeply affected by his death. She'd like the old man and was sad she'd never see him again and her last images of him weren't pleasant ones as she'd found his body some time after the scavengers of the area had gotten to him. Not a pretty sight, and not one she'd soon forget. When she first meets Lorne's nephew, Tanner, he wasn't in the best of moods and they didn't immediately hit it off. The one word she'd use to describe him was rude.
Tanner Davis is an LA detective used to working the homicide beat. He's not happy about being pulled away from LA and back to Refuge. He never really wanted to come back. He'd hoped to quickly settle his uncle's estate and be on his way, but when he learns all the facts about his uncle's death he can't help but try to figure out what happened to the old man. While the two weren't close during his final years, they were family. Upon first meeting Shaye he wonders what she'd do to get a ranch, but quickly dismisses that thought as he gets to know her. He soon realizes she truly is saddened by his uncle's passing and the two start working together to put the pieces together of Lorne's final days. With Shaye's help doors that would normally not be opened to him are. While in the midst of their investigation, the two find themselves undeniably attracted to one another.
Overall I gave this one 3 1/2 out 5 roses.There was plenty of drama, intrigue and romance. I liked the mystery of what exactly happened to Lorne and how the two worked together to figure it out. I also enjoyed that Shaye didn't have to give up what she loved to get a happy ending and that Tanner didn't ask her to.
Above: The way I imagine Lorne's ranch to look.