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Partner | Woodland Hills, CA
Financing & Corporate Services
For over 25 years Mr. Byrd has been a business venture strategist assisting entrepreneurs in all aspects of business development with a focus on financing, business planning and financial modeling.
In 1980, Mr. Byrd began working in the hotel business for Holiday Inns. Having found his purpose in life, and seeking advancement, Mr. Byrd was recruited by ITT Sheraton in 1984. Then, in 1990 he was recruited by Hyatt Hotels as Financial Controller. Mr. Byrd call Hyatt Hotels home for more than a decade. While with Hyatt he worked at three of their Southern California properties: The Westlake Plaza, the Regency Long Beach, and the Regency La Jolla. Taking it up a notch, Mr. Byrd was scooped up by Loews Hotels to serve as CFO at the Loews on Coronado in San Diego. Mr. Byrd has been responsible for budgets over $55,000,000.
One who has the spirit of an entrepreneur, Mr. Byrd left corporate America in 2004 to start his own business. As a California licensed real estate broker, he began representing hotel owners around the country. His broker portfolio represents transactions ranging from $500,000 to $30,000,000. During this time, it became "part of the job" to place financing for his brokered deals and so the building of lender relations began. Before the economy took a downward spiral, Mr. Byrd organically began including other franchise organizations, not just hotels. To date, Direct Connect Ventures has serviced nearly 300 franchise systems placing debt for transactions in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Panama.
Mr. Byrd can be found published in franchise and business financial periodicals. He has contributed on many panels over the years and has been a guest speaker at a variety of franchise conferences and forums.
Supported by a sales staff, underwriters, and a business plan copywriting team, DCV successfully represents and secures financing for entrepreneurs at varying stages in business; startups and expansions alike. The motto at DCV is "Delivering dedication and commitment to excellence, without mediocrity."
In addition to Direct Connect Ventures being a firm that consults, guides, and directs entrepreneurs with their business goals and objectives, DCV is a licensed insurance agent with the California Department of Insurance.
Partner | Atlanta, GA
Larry Schwartz has more than 25 years of corporate and business development experience and has held executive level positions in the ancillary healthcare and franchise industries. During that time, he has been instrumental in developing and managing new business ventures and has spearheaded the growth of several start-ups, early and middle stage companies.
Larry began his career in franchising as a Master Developer for a multi-brand organization in Southern California. Shortly after, he was asked to help lead the company's national franchise development efforts as well as assist in the launch of a new high-profile brand. In that capacity, Larry was responsible for developing, implementing and executing a national rollout strategy with emphasis on sales and marketing, resale transactions, contract negotiation and real estate procurement. He also served as Regional Vice President for a multi-brand international franchise company where he was responsible for the development of several brands in the Southwestern US.
Since 2009, Larry has worked as a senior level consultant to the franchise industry and has helped facilitate the development of several start-ups, early stage and established franchise organizations. He has brought years of small business and corporate development experience to clients in several critical areas including infrastructure development, sales, branding/marketing, operations and investment capital procurement.
Larry joined DCV Franchise Services Group as a Partner and Sr. Consultant to pursue his passion for working with companies to develop new and existing brands, create new business opportunities and facilitate the growth and development of regional, national and international franchise systems.
Anthony Byrd
With nearly two decades of experience in customer relations and business development from a Fortune Top 10 company, Anthony has brought unparalled depth and knowledge to DCV. He worked his way up the ladder into retail management and is the recipient of countless accommodations in both sales and customer services.
His commitment and loyalty to every individual with whom he comes into contact is unmatched. Being the genuine, sincere and humble individual that he is, everyone looks forward to spending time with Anthony; either in person or thousands of miles away being on the phone together! Since joining the DCV Franchise Group family, Anthony has organically established himself within the franchise community as a most respected, responsive and engaging partner to both franchisors and franchisees. He is always ready to help in any capacity necessary to make his partner's dreams come true. Something that cannot be "learned," Anthony has the innate capacity to be caregiver. This is evident in every conversation had with him. Anthony is a family man with an amazing wife, a son and a daughter. His other passions include modern American muscle cars and barbecuing.
John Hajgato
Director of Finance Operations
John was educated in Europe with a degree in Economics from the University of Middlesex, London. His experience as a young professional include working in industries such as marketing, sales, and executive coaching.
Coming from a family and background of business owners and entrepreneurs going generations back, John understands and knows what makes a small to medium business work. As the Business Plan Developer and Financial Modeler, John creates the ultimate tool for clients to successfully source competitive funding for their business. Additionally, John speaks fluent German and Hungarian and enjoys all types of motor sports, and traveling.
Mark Bailey
Sr. Operations Consultant
For over 35 years Mark has had a successful career as a franchise consultant and franchise company executive with numerous successful full-service, fast-casual and QSR brands. Mark has created, organized, and managed numerous franchise concepts from the seed of an idea into functioning businesses with multiple locations throughout the world.
During his career Mark has achieved international scope and executive accountability for over 250 locations, $300M annual revenue, direct and indirect reporting and oversight of all field operations, training, marketing, construction, risk management, contract negotiation and supply chain development.
Mark began his career like many teenagers landing his first job in a full-service restaurant bussing tables and washing dishes. Soon, he was waiting tables, bartending, cooking and quickly advanced into store level and multi-unit management positions. This led to senior level executive positions for major national and international restaurant chains where he managed operations and spearheaded growth and development.
Signature achievements include: developing the international expansion of Taco Maker into Saudi Arabia and the Caribbean/Latin America; developing the turnaround strategy for Mr. Gatti's Pizza, the fifth largest pizza chain in the country into a new, viable and modern concept Gattiland; developing new training programs for Subway Sandwiches that achieved national recognition and implementation: assisted in leading the Subway market in Southern California to # 1 in North America in average unit volume, franchisee profitability & operations excellence; Keynote Speaker for numerous Subway NAASF conventions and motivational speaking engagements throughout North America; developing franchise company operations and managing growth and expansion for numerous new and exciting concepts nationally.
Vince Blumetti
Sr. Sales Consultant
For more than 35 years Vince has been an accomplished franchise marketing and sales executive with a diverse background in business development within multiple consumer and business-to-business industry segments. His adept approach to strategic brand positioning and franchise sales is due in part to his accomplishments in similar business segments.
Vince has held Director, Vice President and Regional Director level positions in operations, sales and marketing with companies such as Bally's Total Fitness, The Sporting Clubs of America, Initial Contract Services as well as for a 200-unit restaurant chain Atlanta Dinning Group consisting of such brands as Dailey's Downtown, City Grill, The Peasant Restaurant, Mick's Restaurant and Quincy's Steakhouse.
Vince also co-founded and operated a successful advertising agency in Atlanta Georgia for over 6 years. The agency assisted consumer acquisition for more than 7,000 diverse franchise locations nationwide. During that period Vince worked extensively with the many franchisor headquarters to improve franchise brand elements, concept positioning, advertising assets and their sales systems.
Vince has had a full-time focus in franchise and license consultation and development since 2004. Since that time, he has contributed to the growth of numerous franchise concepts within the QSR, fast-casual and full-service restaurant industry as well as health, fitness, nutrition, home services, personal services, event services, retail and commercial cleaning segments.
David Abes
Sr. Hospitality Consultant
David began his restaurant career at the young age of 16. He has pursued his passion for full service and fine dining restaurants for more than 30 years beginning with Morrison's Corporation in their casual dining division with L & N Seafood & Silver Spoon.
David's skills sets and steady demeanor placed him into the General Manager position of the highest volume seafood restaurant in Atlanta, the Atlanta Fish Market. During his tenure the restaurant gained national notoriety during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. David then served as the Director of Operations for Here To Serve Restaurants in Atlanta for more than 14 years. Under his leadership the company grew from 3 to 14 restaurants with total sales of over $50 million.
David has more recently held positions as Regional Director of Operations for LDV Hospitality and COO for the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group overseeing 9 restaurants in Georgia and 4 in South Florida with more than $75 million in total sales. The company's portfolio includes the number one and number two volume restaurants in Atlanta, Chops Lobster Bar at $16.60 million and Atlanta Fish Market at $13.95 million in annual sales. In his free time, he helps his wife Julie with her edible cookie dough concept, called Batter Cookie Dough Counter. To this day David maintains a passion for business and community with active roles with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and a position on the Board of the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Sarah Conroy
Consulting Project Coordinator
Sarah has applied her BA in Marketing to the start-up of internet companies and the growth of emerging franchise brands since her graduation. Now with over 20 years of in-depth marketing and sales experience, Sarah has established herself as a significant business development asset to dozens of emerging and mid-size franchisors and their brands.
Sarah has an outstanding ability to contact, assess, educate and excite franchisee candidates and pair them with the appropriate franchise concept and investment. She prides herself in providing outstanding customer service and conscientious follow-up in order to secure business and growing the profitability and market share of her clients. Most notably Sarah has an extraordinary work ethic, interpersonal communication skills that is indispensable to our executive sales team ability to exceed our client's growth plans.
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Q: Updating a ListView with SimpeExpandableListAdapter The following Android-code fills a ListView with data via a SimpleExpandableListAdapter. Now I would like to update the data in the changeData method after the adapter is set  (e.g. replace the word Group with any other word). The problem is ExpandableListAdapter has no notifyDataSetChanged() method, so how do you update an expandable list? I tried to use BaseExpandableListAdapter instead, but the view did not update.
public class ExpandableList3 extends ExpandableListActivity {
    private static final String NAME = "NAME";
    private static final String IS_EVEN = "IS_EVEN";

    private ExpandableListAdapter mAdapter;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        List<Map<String, String>> groupData = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
        List<List<Map<String, String>>> childData = new ArrayList<List<Map<String, String>>>();
        for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
            Map<String, String> curGroupMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
            groupData.add(curGroupMap);
            curGroupMap.put(NAME, "Group " + i);
            curGroupMap.put(IS_EVEN, (i % 2 == 0) ? "This group is even" : "This group is odd");

            List<Map<String, String>> children = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
            for (int j = 0; j < 15; j++) {
                Map<String, String> curChildMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
                children.add(curChildMap);
                curChildMap.put(NAME, "Child " + j);
                curChildMap.put(IS_EVEN, (j % 2 == 0) ? "This child is even" : "This child is odd");
            }
            childData.add(children);
        }

        // Set up our adapter
        mAdapter = new SimpleExpandableListAdapter(
            this,
            groupData,
            android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_1,
            new String[] { NAME, IS_EVEN },
            new int[] { android.R.id.text1, android.R.id.text2 },
            childData,
            android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_2,
            new String[] { NAME, IS_EVEN },
            new int[] { android.R.id.text1, android.R.id.text2 }
            );
        setListAdapter(mAdapter);

    }
    changeData();

}

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Vanguard's Carl Bennett Honored by Modular Building Institute as 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee
By MHProNews / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Awards, Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People / March 28, 2018 March 28, 2018
The Modular Building Institute (MBI) has announced the induction of Mr. Carl Bennett, into its Hall of Fame at World of Modular 2018 in Hollywood, Florida.
Strong support for this public recognition of Mr. Bennett, and the celebration of his achievements for more than 35 years, comes from prominent industry peers, his colleagues at Vanguard Modular Building Systems, as well as from the MBI's board.
In a release do the Daily Business News, Vanguard said that "broad support within Vanguard Modular Building Systems, support from industry peers, and ultimate induction into the Hall of Fame are a true testament to Carl Bennett's contributions and dedication to the modular building industry, ethical business practices, ability to achieve success, and desire to improve the industry for future growth and achievement."
To be considered as an inductee into the Modular Building Institute's Hall of Fame "a nominee must meet four specific criteria:
Longevity – Lifetime of dedication to or achievement in commercial modular construction with a minimum of 30 years in the industry.
Corporate Citizenship – Service to others in the industry or making significant achievements in the areas of social concern or outstanding and consistent product quality.
Success – Business or financial success that has the respect of those in the nominating process and selection.
Pioneer/Innovator – Clear and original ideas advancing the industry and adopted by others in areas of product design and engineering, financial management, marketing concepts, production methods and efficiency, or other areas adding significantly to industry competitiveness or success," stated their release.
The Modular Building Institute makes substantial contributions to advance and grow the modular building industry, states industry sources. Vanguard Modular is a supporter of the MBI and extended their appreciation for the consideration and induction of Mr. Bennett into the Hall of Fame.
Carl Bennett, Vice President, Construction and Contract Services – Bio
Formerly President of Bennett's Trailer Company, Inc., and Bennett's Construction Company, Carl Bennett brought with him 40 years of construction experience when he joined Vanguard Modular Building Systems, LLC in 2007. He has proven skills in all areas of sales, transportation, installation, modular building design, construction management, and contract negotiations. Carl Bennett has been responsible for the design and management of award winning modular building projects, and has successfully negotiated several multi-million dollar contracts. Although his primary role at Vanguard Modular Building Systems is that of Contract Manager, Mr. Bennett also serves as an adviser to management, including the construction teams. His expertise in successfully handling modular construction projects with complex requirements is a considerable asset to Vanguard Modular.
Carl Bennett is a graduate of Villanova University. He is distinguished as a charter member of the Mobile Modular Office Association (MMOA), later known as the Modular Building Institute (MBI). Mr. Bennett served as a member of the Board of Directors of Elm Towne Village, a retirement community in Atco, NJ, and Operation Stand Down, a military veterans support organization. Additionally, he is recognized for his military service, having been awarded the Vietnam service and campaign ribbons while a member of the U.S. Army.
"The nomination by fellow employees, broad support within Vanguard Modular Building Systems, support from industry peers, and ultimate induction into the Hall of Fame are a true testament to Carl Bennett's contributions and dedication to the modular building industry, ethical business practices, ability to achieve success, and desire to improve the industry for future growth and achievement," per the release.
About Vanguard
Vanguard Modular Building Systems, LLC is a modular building dealer that leases temporary buildings and sells custom permanent modular classrooms, offices, and specialty buildings to industries including: education, commercial, industrial, healthcare, energy, oil & gas, corrections, government, and more.
MHProNews congratulates Bennett and Vanguard for this honor and distinction. ## (News, analysis and commentary.)
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/* ###
 * IP: GHIDRA
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package ghidra.program.database.data;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;

import db.DBRecord;
import db.Field;
import ghidra.docking.settings.Settings;
import ghidra.program.database.DBObjectCache;
import ghidra.program.model.data.*;
import ghidra.program.model.mem.MemBuffer;
import ghidra.util.Msg;

/**
 * Database implementation for the Union data type.
 */
class UnionDB extends CompositeDB implements UnionInternal {

	private int unionLength;
	private int unionAlignment;  // reflects stored alignment, -1 if not yet stored
	private int computedAlignment = -1; // cached alignment if not yet stored

	private List<DataTypeComponentDB> components;

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 *
	 * @param dataMgr
	 * @param cache
	 * @param compositeAdapter
	 * @param componentAdapter
	 * @param record
	 */
	public UnionDB(DataTypeManagerDB dataMgr, DBObjectCache<DataTypeDB> cache,
			CompositeDBAdapter compositeAdapter, ComponentDBAdapter componentAdapter,
			DBRecord record) {
		super(dataMgr, cache, compositeAdapter, componentAdapter, record);
	}

	@Override
	protected void initialize() {

		components = new ArrayList<>();

		try {
			Field[] ids = componentAdapter.getComponentIdsInComposite(key);
			for (Field id : ids) {
				DBRecord rec = componentAdapter.getRecord(id.getLongValue());
				components.add(new DataTypeComponentDB(dataMgr, componentAdapter, this, rec));
			}
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			dataMgr.dbError(e);
		}
		Collections.sort(components, ComponentComparator.INSTANCE);
		unionLength = record.getIntValue(CompositeDBAdapter.COMPOSITE_LENGTH_COL);
		unionAlignment = record.getIntValue(CompositeDBAdapter.COMPOSITE_ALIGNMENT_COL);
		computedAlignment = -1;
	}

	@Override
	public String getRepresentation(MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int length) {
		if (isNotYetDefined()) {
			return "<Empty-Union>";
		}
		return "";
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponent add(DataType dataType, int length, String componentName,
			String comment) throws IllegalArgumentException {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			getComputedAlignment(true); // ensure previous alignment has been stored
			DataTypeComponent dtc = doAdd(dataType, length, componentName, comment, true);
			if (!repack(false, true)) {
				dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, false);
			}
			return dtc;
		}
		catch (DataTypeDependencyException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	private int getBitFieldAllocation(BitFieldDataType bitfieldDt) {

		BitFieldPacking bitFieldPacking = getDataOrganization().getBitFieldPacking();
		if (bitFieldPacking.useMSConvention()) {
			return bitfieldDt.getBaseTypeSize();
		}

		if (bitfieldDt.getBitSize() == 0) {
			return 0;
		}

		int length = bitfieldDt.getBaseTypeSize();
		int packValue = getStoredPackingValue();
		if (packValue > 0 && length > packValue) {
			length =
				DataOrganizationImpl.getLeastCommonMultiple(bitfieldDt.getStorageSize(), packValue);
		}
		return length;
	}

	private DataTypeComponent doAdd(DataType dataType, int length, String name, String comment,
			boolean validateAlignAndNotify) throws DataTypeDependencyException {

		dataType = validateDataType(dataType);

		dataType = adjustBitField(dataType);

		if (validateAlignAndNotify) {
			dataType = resolve(dataType);
			checkAncestry(dataType);
		}

		length = getPreferredComponentLength(dataType, length);

		DataTypeComponentDB dtc = createComponent(dataMgr.getResolvedID(dataType), length,
			components.size(), 0, name, comment);
		dataType.addParent(this);

		components.add(dtc);

		return dtc;
	}

	private DataTypeComponentDB createComponent(long dtID, int length, int ordinal, int offset,
			String name, String comment) {
		DBRecord rec;
		try {
			rec = componentAdapter.createRecord(dtID, key, length, ordinal, offset, name, comment);
			return new DataTypeComponentDB(dataMgr, componentAdapter, this, rec);
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			dataMgr.dbError(e);
		}
		return null;
	}

	private void removeComponent(long compKey) {
		try {
			componentAdapter.removeRecord(compKey);
			dataMgr.getSettingsAdapter().removeAllSettingsRecords(compKey);
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			dataMgr.dbError(e);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponent insert(int ordinal, DataType dataType, int length, String name,
			String comment) throws IllegalArgumentException {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			dataType = validateDataType(dataType);

			dataType = adjustBitField(dataType);

			dataType = resolve(dataType);
			checkAncestry(dataType);

			getComputedAlignment(true); // ensure previous alignment has been stored

			length = getPreferredComponentLength(dataType, length);

			DataTypeComponentDB dtc =
				createComponent(dataMgr.getResolvedID(dataType), length, ordinal, 0, name, comment);
			dataType.addParent(this);
			shiftOrdinals(ordinal, 1);
			components.add(ordinal, dtc);

			if (!repack(false, true)) {
				dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, false);
			}
			return dtc;
		}
		catch (DataTypeDependencyException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponent addBitField(DataType baseDataType, int bitSize, String componentName,
			String comment) throws InvalidDataTypeException {
		return insertBitField(components.size(), baseDataType, bitSize, componentName, comment);
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponent insertBitField(int ordinal, DataType baseDataType, int bitSize,
			String componentName, String comment)
			throws InvalidDataTypeException, IndexOutOfBoundsException {

		if (ordinal < 0 || ordinal > components.size()) {
			throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(ordinal);
		}

		BitFieldDataType bitFieldDt = new BitFieldDBDataType(baseDataType, bitSize, 0);
		return insert(ordinal, bitFieldDt, bitFieldDt.getStorageSize(), componentName, comment);
	}

	@Override
	public void delete(int ordinal) {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();

			getComputedAlignment(true); // ensure previous alignment has been stored

			DataTypeComponentDB dtc = components.remove(ordinal);
			dtc.getDataType().removeParent(this);
			removeComponent(dtc.getKey());
			shiftOrdinals(ordinal, -1);

			if (!repack(false, true)) {
				dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, false);
			}
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void delete(Set<Integer> ordinals) {
		if (ordinals.isEmpty()) {
			return;
		}

		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();

			if (isPackingEnabled()) {
				getComputedAlignment(true); // ensure previous alignment has been stored
			}

			List<DataTypeComponentDB> newComponents = new ArrayList<>();
			int newLength = 0;
			int ordinalAdjustment = 0;
			for (DataTypeComponentDB dtc : components) {
				int ordinal = dtc.getOrdinal();
				if (ordinals.contains(ordinal)) {
					// component removed
					--ordinalAdjustment;
				}
				else {
					if (ordinalAdjustment != 0) {
						dtc.setOrdinal(dtc.getOrdinal() + ordinalAdjustment, true);
					}
					newComponents.add(dtc);
					newLength = Math.max(newLength, dtc.getLength());
				}
			}
			components = newComponents;

			if (isPackingEnabled()) {
				if (!repack(false, true)) {
					dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, false);
				}
			}
			else {
				unionLength = newLength;
				notifySizeChanged(false);
			}
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void replaceWith(DataType dataType) {
		if (!(dataType instanceof UnionInternal)) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
		lock.acquire();
		boolean isResolveCacheOwner = dataMgr.activateResolveCache();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			doReplaceWith((UnionInternal) dataType, true);
		}
		catch (DataTypeDependencyException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			dataMgr.dbError(e);
		}
		finally {
			if (isResolveCacheOwner) {
				dataMgr.flushResolveQueue(true);
			}
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	void doReplaceWith(UnionInternal union, boolean notify)
			throws DataTypeDependencyException, IOException {

		// pre-resolved component types to catch dependency issues early
		DataTypeComponent[] otherComponents = union.getComponents();
		DataType[] resolvedDts = new DataType[otherComponents.length];
		for (int i = 0; i < otherComponents.length; i++) {
			resolvedDts[i] = doCheckedResolve(otherComponents[i].getDataType());
			checkAncestry(resolvedDts[i]);
		}

		for (DataTypeComponentDB dtc : components) {
			dtc.getDataType().removeParent(this);
			removeComponent(dtc.getKey());
		}
		components.clear();
		unionAlignment = -1;
		computedAlignment = -1;

		doSetPackingAndAlignment(union);

		for (int i = 0; i < otherComponents.length; i++) {
			DataTypeComponent dtc = otherComponents[i];
			doAdd(resolvedDts[i], dtc.getLength(), dtc.getFieldName(), dtc.getComment(), false);
		}

		repack(false, false); // updates timestamp

		if (notify) {
			notifySizeChanged(false); // assume size and/or alignment changed
		}

		if (pointerPostResolveRequired) {
			dataMgr.queuePostResolve(this, union);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isPartOf(DataType dataType) {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkIsValid();
			if (equals(dataType)) {
				return true;
			}
			for (DataTypeComponent dtc : components) {
				DataType subDt = dtc.getDataType();
				if (subDt instanceof Composite) {
					if (((Composite) subDt).isPartOf(dataType)) {
						return true;
					}
				}
				else if (subDt.equals(dataType)) {
					return true;
				}
			}
			return false;
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public int getNumComponents() {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkIsValid();
			return components.size();
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public int getNumDefinedComponents() {
		return getNumComponents();
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponent getComponent(int ordinal) {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkIsValid();
			if (ordinal < 0 || ordinal >= components.size()) {
				return null;
			}
			return components.get(ordinal);
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponentDB[] getComponents() {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkIsValid();
			return components.toArray(new DataTypeComponentDB[components.size()]);
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeComponentDB[] getDefinedComponents() {
		return getComponents();
	}

	@Override
	public DataType copy(DataTypeManager dtm) {
		UnionDataType union = new UnionDataType(getCategoryPath(), getName(), dtm);
		union.setDescription(getDescription());
		union.replaceWith(this);
		return union;
	}

	@Override
	public Union clone(DataTypeManager dtm) {
		if (dtm == getDataTypeManager()) {
			return this;
		}
		UnionDataType union = new UnionDataType(getCategoryPath(), getName(), getUniversalID(),
			getSourceArchive(), getLastChangeTime(), getLastChangeTimeInSourceArchive(), dtm);
		union.setDescription(getDescription());
		union.replaceWith(this);
		return union;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isZeroLength() {
		return unionLength == 0;
	}

	@Override
	public int getLength() {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkIsValid();
			if (unionLength == 0) {
				return 1; // positive length required
			}
			return unionLength;
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public boolean hasLanguageDependantLength() {
		// Assume any component may have a language-dependent length
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	protected void fixupComponents() {
		boolean changed = false;
		for (DataTypeComponentDB dtc : components) {
			DataType dt = dtc.getDataType();
			if (dt instanceof Dynamic) {
				continue; // length can't change
			}
			if (dt instanceof BitFieldDataType) {
				dt = adjustBitField(dt); // in case base type changed
			}
			int length = DataTypeComponent.usesZeroLengthComponent(dt) ? 0 : dt.getLength();
			if (length < 0) {
				continue; // illegal condition - skip
			}
			if (length != dtc.getLength()) {
				dtc.setLength(length, true);
				changed = true;
			}
		}
		if (changed) {
			// NOTE: since we do not retain our external alignment we have no way of knowing if
			// it has changed, so we must assume it has if we are an aligned union
			// Do not notify parents
			if (!repack(false, false)) {
				dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, false);
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void dataTypeAlignmentChanged(DataType dt) {
		if (!isPackingEnabled()) {
			return;
		}
		if (dt instanceof BitFieldDataType) {
			return; // unsupported
		}
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			repack(true, true);
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void dataTypeSizeChanged(DataType dt) {
		if (dt instanceof BitFieldDataType) {
			return; // unsupported
		}
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			boolean changed = false;
			for (DataTypeComponentDB dtc : components) {
				if (dtc.getDataType() == dt) {
					int length = DataTypeComponent.usesZeroLengthComponent(dt) ? 0 : dt.getLength();
					if (length >= 0 && length != dtc.getLength()) {
						dtc.setLength(length, true);
						changed = true;
					}
				}
			}
			if (changed && !repack(true, true)) {
				dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, true);
			}
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	private DataType adjustBitField(DataType dataType) {

		if (!(dataType instanceof BitFieldDataType)) {
			return dataType;
		}

		BitFieldDataType bitfieldDt = (BitFieldDataType) dataType;

		DataType baseDataType = bitfieldDt.getBaseDataType();
		baseDataType = resolve(baseDataType);

		// Both aligned and non-packed bitfields use same adjustment
		// non-packed must force bitfield placement at byte offset 0
		int bitSize = bitfieldDt.getDeclaredBitSize();
		int effectiveBitSize =
			BitFieldDataType.getEffectiveBitSize(bitSize, baseDataType.getLength());

		// little-endian always uses bit offset of 0 while
		// big-endian offset must be computed
		boolean bigEndian = getDataOrganization().isBigEndian();
		int storageBitOffset = 0;
		if (bigEndian) {
			if (bitSize == 0) {
				storageBitOffset = 7;
			}
			else {
				int storageSize = BitFieldDataType.getMinimumStorageSize(effectiveBitSize);
				storageBitOffset = (8 * storageSize) - effectiveBitSize;
			}
		}

		if (effectiveBitSize != bitfieldDt.getBitSize() ||
			storageBitOffset != bitfieldDt.getBitOffset()) {
			try {
				bitfieldDt =
					new BitFieldDBDataType(baseDataType, effectiveBitSize, storageBitOffset);
			}
			catch (InvalidDataTypeException e) {
				// unexpected since deriving from existing bitfield,
				// ignore and use existing bitfield
			}
		}
		return bitfieldDt;
	}

	@Override
	protected int getComputedAlignment(boolean updateRecord) {
		if (unionAlignment > 0) {
			return unionAlignment;
		}
		if (computedAlignment <= 0) {
			if (isPackingEnabled()) {
				computedAlignment =
					CompositeAlignmentHelper.getAlignment(getDataOrganization(), this);
			}
			else {
				computedAlignment = getNonPackedAlignment();
			}
		}
		if (updateRecord) {
			// perform lazy update of stored computed alignment
			record.setIntValue(CompositeDBAdapter.COMPOSITE_ALIGNMENT_COL, computedAlignment);
			try {
				compositeAdapter.updateRecord(record, false);
			}
			catch (IOException e) {
				dataMgr.dbError(e);
			}
			unionAlignment = computedAlignment;
			computedAlignment = -1;
			return unionAlignment;
		}
		return computedAlignment;
	}

	/**
	 * Perform union member repack.
	 * Perform lazy update of stored alignment introduced with v5 adapter.
	 */
	@Override
	protected boolean repack(boolean isAutoChange, boolean notify) {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();

			int oldLength = unionLength;
			boolean storeAlignment = (unionAlignment <= 0); // lazy upgrade for v5 adapter
			int oldAlignment = getComputedAlignment(false);

			unionLength = 0;
			for (DataTypeComponent dtc : components) {
				// TODO: compute alignment in this loop
				int length = dtc.getLength();
				if (isPackingEnabled() && dtc.isBitFieldComponent()) {
					// revise length to reflect compiler bitfield allocation rules
					length = getBitFieldAllocation((BitFieldDataType) dtc.getDataType());
				}
				unionLength = Math.max(length, unionLength);
			}

			computedAlignment = -1; // force recompute of unionAlignment
			unionAlignment = -1;
			unionAlignment = getComputedAlignment(false);

			if (isPackingEnabled()) {
				unionLength = DataOrganizationImpl.getAlignedOffset(unionAlignment, unionLength);
			}

			boolean changed = (oldLength != unionLength) || (oldAlignment != unionAlignment);

			if (changed || storeAlignment) {
				record.setIntValue(CompositeDBAdapter.COMPOSITE_LENGTH_COL, unionLength);
				record.setIntValue(CompositeDBAdapter.COMPOSITE_ALIGNMENT_COL, unionAlignment);
				try {
					compositeAdapter.updateRecord(record, changed && !isAutoChange);
				}
				catch (IOException e) {
					dataMgr.dbError(e);
				}
			}

			if (changed & notify) {
				if (oldLength != unionLength) {
					notifySizeChanged(isAutoChange);
				}
				else if (oldAlignment != unionAlignment) {
					notifyAlignmentChanged(isAutoChange);
				}
				else {
					dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, isAutoChange);
				}
			}
			return changed;
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void dataTypeDeleted(DataType dt) {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			boolean changed = false;
			for (int i = components.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // reverse order
				DataTypeComponentDB dtc = components.get(i);
				boolean removeBitFieldComponent = false;
				if (dtc.isBitFieldComponent()) {
					BitFieldDataType bitfieldDt = (BitFieldDataType) dtc.getDataType();
					removeBitFieldComponent = bitfieldDt.getBaseDataType() == dt;
				}
				if (removeBitFieldComponent || dtc.getDataType() == dt) {
					dt.removeParent(this);
					components.remove(i);
					removeComponent(dtc.getKey());
					shiftOrdinals(i, -1);
					changed = true;
				}
			}
			if (changed && !repack(false, true)) {
				dataMgr.dataTypeChanged(this, false);
			}
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isEquivalent(DataType dataType) {

		if (dataType == this) {
			return true;
		}
		if (!(dataType instanceof UnionInternal)) {
			return false;
		}

		validate(lock);
		if (resolving) { // actively resolving children
			if (dataType.getUniversalID().equals(getUniversalID())) {
				return true;
			}
			return DataTypeUtilities.equalsIgnoreConflict(getPathName(), dataType.getPathName());
		}

		Boolean isEquivalent = dataMgr.getCachedEquivalence(this, dataType);
		if (isEquivalent != null) {
			return isEquivalent;
		}

		try {
			isEquivalent = false;
			UnionInternal union = (UnionInternal) dataType;
			if (getStoredPackingValue() != union.getStoredPackingValue() ||
				getStoredMinimumAlignment() != union.getStoredMinimumAlignment()) {
				// rely on component match instead of checking length
				// since dynamic component sizes could affect length
				return false;
			}
			DataTypeComponent[] myComps = getComponents();
			DataTypeComponent[] otherComps = union.getComponents();
			if (myComps.length != otherComps.length) {
				return false;
			}
			for (int i = 0; i < myComps.length; i++) {
				if (!myComps[i].isEquivalent(otherComps[i])) {
					return false;
				}
			}
			isEquivalent = true;
		}
		finally {
			dataMgr.putCachedEquivalence(this, dataType, isEquivalent);
		}
		return true;
	}

	private void shiftOrdinals(int ordinal, int deltaOrdinal) {
		for (int i = ordinal; i < components.size(); i++) {
			DataTypeComponentDB dtc = components.get(i);
			dtc.setOrdinal(dtc.getOrdinal() + deltaOrdinal, true);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void dataTypeReplaced(DataType oldDt, DataType newDt) {
		if (oldDt == this) {
			return;
		}
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkDeleted();
			DataType replacementDt = newDt;
			try {
				validateDataType(replacementDt);
				if (!(replacementDt instanceof DataTypeDB) ||
					(replacementDt.getDataTypeManager() != getDataTypeManager())) {
					replacementDt = resolve(replacementDt);
				}
				checkAncestry(replacementDt);
			}
			catch (Exception e) {
				// TODO: should we use Undefined instead since we do not support
				// DEFAULT in Unions
				replacementDt = DataType.DEFAULT;
			}
			boolean changed = false;
			for (int i = components.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

				DataTypeComponentDB dtc = components.get(i);

				boolean remove = false;
				if (dtc.isBitFieldComponent()) {
					try {
						changed |= updateBitFieldDataType(dtc, oldDt, replacementDt);
					}
					catch (InvalidDataTypeException e) {
						Msg.error(this,
							"Invalid bitfield replacement type " + newDt.getName() +
								", removing bitfield " + dtc.getDataType().getName() + ": " +
								getPathName());
						remove = true;
					}
				}
				else if (dtc.getDataType() == oldDt) {
					if (replacementDt == DEFAULT) {
						Msg.error(this,
							"Invalid replacement type " + newDt.getName() +
								", removing component " + dtc.getDataType().getName() + ": " +
								getPathName());
						remove = true;
					}
					else {
						int len = DataTypeComponent.usesZeroLengthComponent(newDt) ? 0
								: newDt.getLength();
						if (len < 0) {
							len = dtc.getLength();
						}
						oldDt.removeParent(this);
						dtc.setLength(len, false);
						dtc.setDataType(replacementDt); // updates record
						dataMgr.getSettingsAdapter().removeAllSettingsRecords(dtc.getKey());
						replacementDt.addParent(this);
						changed = true;
					}
				}
				if (remove) {
					oldDt.removeParent(this);
					components.remove(i);
					removeComponent(dtc.getKey());
					shiftOrdinals(i, -1);
					changed = true;
				}
			}
			if (changed) {
				repack(false, false);
				compositeAdapter.updateRecord(record, true); // update timestamp
				notifySizeChanged(false); // also handles alignment change
			}
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			dataMgr.dbError(e);
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void dataTypeNameChanged(DataType dt, String oldName) {
		// ignored
	}

	@Override
	public boolean dependsOn(DataType dt) {
		lock.acquire();
		try {
			checkIsValid();
			if (getNumComponents() == 1) {
				DataTypeComponent dtc = getComponent(0);
				return dtc.getDataType().dependsOn(dt);
			}
			return false;
		}
		finally {
			lock.release();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public String getDefaultLabelPrefix() {
		return "UNION_" + getName();
	}

}

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If a parent wants to withdraw their child from MMS, they are required to provide two weeks written notice and are financially obligated for those two weeks.
In the event that you do not provide two weeks written notice, you will be required to pay MMS your regular program fees regardless of attendance.
This policy is agreed upon by both parties within our Parent Contract.
Registration for our Summer Programs begins by May 1st each year. Remember MMS also offers a 5 - 8 year old program for siblings. Enrollment remains open until MMS programs are at capacity.
Midland Montessori School (MMS) is dedicated to maintaining a safe, harmonious environment for the optimun development of all enrolled children.
MMS reserves the right to withdraw a child without notice if the child's participation in the program creates a direct threat to the safety of the child, other children or the staff of MMS.
The school operates on the tuition and fees paid for services. If a family's account is significantly past due (30 days), the child will be withdrawn from the program until the account is brought to current status. Written notification of intent to withdraw a child shall be made at least seven days prior to withdrawal.


Another beautiful hole as you make the turn back towards the clubhouse. An elevated tee shot which must be hit a little left to right and past the 150 yard marker to have a shot into the green. The right side is protected by a hugh tree which you can not see from the tee. The left side is protected by many ornamental grasses if you go through the fairway. The creek comes back into play on this hole both on the tee shot and on the approach shot. A somewhat elevated green makes it hard to figure out where the hole is located, but be sure to know before you hit as this green measures 115 feet from front to back. Playing 355 yards from the blue tees, 349 yards from the white, 310 yards from the gold tees and 251 from the red, accuracy is more important than length. Many subtle breaks await you on this green and many times the green is in the shadows of surrounding large trees, adding to the difficulty in reading this green.


Naturally, Holden is asking for a reduction in labor costs and productivity improvements, which require a vote of approval by the workforce.
Ford has already announced the cessation of Australian manufacturing due to high labor costs, a situation Holden is hoping to avoid. Currently, the Elizabeth plant manufactures the Holden VF Commodore and Cruze sedan and hatchback, while the wagon is imported from Korea due to low sales volume.
Over the course of the last two years, Holden has made several changes across its business to reduce costs and better position itself in the market.
"Every person in this company is doing everything they can to secure Holden's future as a local manufacturer," said Mr. Devereux.
"We've re-rated the production line at Elizabeth and made significant investments in our locally-made vehicles like the new VF Commodore, which is the most advanced car ever created in Australia.
"Holden is aggressively pricing and marketing its cars to compete against imports which benefit from the high Australian dollar and the country's internationally low tariff levels.
"Holden has to be globally competitive, and so does the country's industry policy. As a local manufacturer Holden is asking for a fair go – Australia must be able to compete fairly on the world stage.
Holden says that details of the discussions with unions and employees will remain confidential until the Holden workforce vote.
this story was leaked to the aus national news services before the workers were told, then they were lied to be the union.
the boys at WWF should watch and see how it's really done.


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On Thursday, January 24th, 2013, the premiere edition of GRENACHE WORLDWIDE International Competition will take place in Perpignan, France a prelude to the Muscat World Conference (January 25th through 27th, 2013). For more information please click here.
New York Wine retailers Sussex Wine and Spirits and 67 wine introduce you, this winter, to the Roussillon wines for your holiday entertaining and gift giving need. Come and taste them on December 5th (Sussex Wine and Spirits) and December 14th (67 Wine). Promotion will be on through end of December.


In these days, there are ample patio products to choose from for your patio surface area. Some of the more popular are available at landscape designs centers or home improvement lager. They can be used for the simple and complex projects alike and are also not confined just to the patio. These new types of patio materials may also be used for driveways, walkways and retaining walls along with permanent fixtures such as, crops, flowerpots and patio furniture.
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I'm building a microservice for a client. That microservice allows users to update their cart from different versions of client's site: their website, their mobile app, and any future implementations of their shop. All of these would be using one data store to keep track of what's in the customers' carts.
Which presents a problem. If Alex Smith opens the website and the app at the same time, they will see the same cart contents. Then Alex prepares to change quantity of item 1 on the website, then removes item 1 from the cart from the app, and then submits the quantity change on the website, we get to a point where the system is trying to update a cart item that no longer exists. This is the gist of the lost update problem.
If-Match is a request header you can send down with a value of ETag hash in it. According to the RFC that defines If-Match, the server should only ever act upon the resource if the ETags match, or there's a current representation of the resource.
Server needs to implement hashing of the data and generating the ETag, and server also needs to actually do the comparison and rejection in case of a non-match. For example a hash of the json representation of the data being held will work.
I set a Foo tag to really see whether my middleware works. This will make sense in a second.
That code also sets the ETag header on the response, and bam, I have access to it! Or at least I should.
Except I don't. I confirmed that the middleware is working, as other headers are being set, but not the ETag.
Screenshot of a request in Paw (REST API client) showing the response headers. "Foo" is there, but "ETag" is missing.
My middleware works, the Foo tag shows up, but the ETag header is... just missing.
After a long (long, long, long, long, long) session of debugging and sticking dd() calls everywhere in Laravel core, I still could not find where that was stripping the header. I had assumed that there was a middleware being called after mine, but I got as late as $response->sendHeaders(), and the ETag is STILL THERE, the php function header() is still being called with the ETag in it.
Which can only mean one thing: NGINX messes it up.
Stack Overflow and some forum posts suggested it's something to do with Gzip, which would make sense, given compression can be variable, so byte-by-byte comparison is moot then, but in this case I'm using ETag for my own reasons, and I still want it.
So I opened up the nginx.conf file, and started commenting things out until things started working.
SSI, or server side includes, is a module that strips a bunch of tags from the response when it's configured.
Unfortunately it also removes the ETag headers, as well as the Last-Modified one too. If I tell nginx (ssi_last_modified on;) to keep the last modified header on, it swaps the ETag header to a weak hash, which is still not great.
For now, SSI needs to be turned off on routes in NGINX where you want to use ETags. The default is off though, but Laravel Valet sets it to on.
Screenshot of a request in Paw (REST API client) showing the response headers. "Foo" is there, but this time "ETag" is present too.


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September 4, 2018 January 9, 2019
Remembering The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, March 25, 1942-August 16, 2018: The Lowdown.
"Respect," "Think", "Freeway of Love." "Natural Woman," "Rock Steady," "Angel" and "Daydreamin'" are just a few of the songs Aretha Franklin recorded that have likely formed part of your life's soundtrack if you have ever listened to the radio, watched a music awards program, bought a CD or listened to Pandora.
So, it was with great sadness that music lovers heard that Aretha Franklin had passed away on Thursday, August 16th of pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, according to a statement her publicist issued.
Over the past roughly 12 years or so, I had come into contact with Aretha Franklin on about a dozen occasions and became familiar with her as well as members of her entourage.
I attended innumerable concerts given by the Queen of Soul. I chatted with her backstage at Radio City Music Hall after a concert. I attended a few of the birthday parties she hosted. I also had dinner with her once with a small group of about five other individuals at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut following her 2016 New Year's Day concert (which I reviewed on The Lowdown.) So, I felt touched and experienced acute grief upon hearing of Aretha's death.
Like so many others, I felt the need to journey to Detroit to pay R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the Queen of Soul.
The public was able to view Franklin's body in Detroit for three days prior to the funeral. For two days, the Charles Wright African-American Museum welcomed an estimated 20,000 fans who lined up to view the Queen of Soul. Much was made of the fact that Aretha was dressed in head-to-toe red with her legs crossed and wearing Christian Laboutin signature red-soled shoes.
The New Bethel Baptist Church on Detroit's West Side hosted the third day of public viewing.
That's where the late singer's father, the late Reverend C. L. Franklin, served as pastor for about 30 years. It is also the church where a young Aretha began to sing gospel publicly in the 1950s.
This is what it looked like outside the church as people waited in line more than two hours to see the Queen of Soul in repose.
That same night, a four-hour tribute concert was held in Franklin's memory at amphitheater on Detroit's waterfront in Chene Park.
The next day the funeral was held at Greater Grace Temple City of David.
Here is what it looked like outside the church with representatives from several media organizations on-hand to cover the funeral.
Flowers were on display in the lobby from several celebrities: Jimmy Fallon, Mariah Carey, Elton John and Diana Ross, among others.
Here are the flowers Barbra Streisand sent:
Also, here is the card attached to the flower from Miss Streisand:
Here are is a flower arrangement sent by Diana Ross and her family:
The church, which has a capacity for 4,000, was packed.
Ushers presented attendees with a booklet contained an obituary that summarized the Queen of Soul's life and features on young Franklin on its cover wearing sunglasses.
Once inside, numerous individuals took to the pulpit to speak about the Queen of Soul and her legacy. Among them: Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend Al Sharpton, Professor Michael Eric Dyson, Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, Recording Executive Clive Davis, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and President Bill Clinton.
President Bill Clinton recalled seeing Aretha during her last public performance in New York City for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Her recalled that she called him "Baby" and said, "I finally got skinny again."
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced at the funearl that the city would rename the city's Chene Park — calling it "Aretha Franklin Park." ( Since the funeral, The Detroit City Council has unanimously voted to rename the site The Aretha Louis Franklin Park.)
Numerous recording artists sang during the funeral –including The Clarkk Sisters, Fantasia Barrino, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Faith Hill, Gladys Knight and Jennifer Holliday, among others.
Here is a brief clip of Ariana Grande singing "Natural Woman" at the funeral:
After the eight-hour service, I walked out of the church where I ran into some of Miss Franklins' back up singers: Fonzi Thornton and Tawatha Agee. Miss Agee summed it up when we spoke about what Franklin's passing means to the music world. She said: "It's really the end of an era."
For my take on Aretha's final New Year's Day concert ever, check out this link:
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If the inner layer of the rain-screen façade at the Hotel AC was innovative, it was still more innovative the proposal for the neighboring office tower for the Zona Franca Consortium. Again the exterior image is a sober stone skin anchored over aluminum profiles; but on this occasion the inner layer made of boards over a steel framing was prefabricated, arriving to the site as panels.
The AC Hotel was one of the first buildings in Barcelona where it was used a ventilated façade system with a light interior layer made of cement boards over metallic folded sheet profiles. Since then, these systems have evolved looking for a clearer solution for the edge of the slab according either to the continuity of the thermal insulation as well as to guaranteeing air tightness –achieved by the cement boards and an adequate joints treatment.
The façade of the Sant Jordi student residence building is characterized by the continuity of the zinc sheet. This sheet covers the opaque wall as well as the windows, in this second case as an exterior shutter. The façade escapes from the verticality by means of a discreet but sufficient gesture. Both strategies, material and geometry, make the set stand out in a medium-high-class residential context, characterized by ceramic brick buildings.


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1. Check It has a very annoying vocal from Warrior Queen, sound atrocious and the beat on the vocal version sounds a bit quiet and doesn't seem up to Skream's level of standards for tracks. Overall, it is a very annoying track in my honest opinion.2.Make Me is a simple, yet typical Skeam style- very good track when the synth starts to kick in. But when the synth is not being played in the track, it's a decent track at best.3. Chest Boxing is another good track- very typical Skream here, nothing extremely special here.4. Losing Control is definitely the best track on the EP, very unique and interesting and sounds partly like a digital mystik tune- very good.Overall, this is an okay release from Skream here.
Got this EP for the smashin' tune 'MAKE ME'. Awesome song, the rest is imo ok.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Schenelle M. Flores, 46, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution for organizing a scheme to divert funds from the California Department of Public Health, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. She was ordered to begin serving her sentence on May 18, 2022.
According to court documents, Flores used her employment at the Office of AIDS, within the California Department of Public Health, to coordinate the fraud scheme between December 2017 and November 2018. The Office of AIDS is responsible for working on behalf of the State of California to combat the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Flores's scheme involved directing a state contractor to make payments allegedly on behalf of the Office of AIDS and causing the contractor to charge those payments to the state. As part of the scheme, Flores caused the contractor to pay for personal expenses on its debit cards, order gift cards for personal use, and pay false invoices to shell companies for services allegedly provided to the Office of AIDS. Flores, other participants in the scheme, and their families and friends obtained at least $2 million in personal benefits, including cash, luxury suites at sports games, and vacations.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was referred by the California Department of Public Health and the California Highway Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Miriam R. Hinman and Christopher S. Hales are prosecuting the case.
Another former state employee, Christine M. Iwamoto, 47, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2021, to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in a related case, United States v. Iwamoto, 2:21-cr-193-TLN. Iwamoto is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley on April 7, 2022. For the wire fraud count, Iwamoto faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater. For the count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, Iwamoto faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000 or twice the property involved in the transactions, whichever is greater. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.
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Minister for Youth and Chairperson of the Youth Parliament Multi-Party Steering Committee (MPSC), has today launched the six-month Youth Parliament 2019 Programme.
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The nationwide participant selection process for Youth Parliament 2019 is underway, Youth Minister Peeni Henare announced today.
New Zealand Youth Awards 2018 Recipients Announced
The recipients of the New Zealand Youth Awards 2018 were announced by Minister for Youth Peeni Henare at a celebration event in Parliament today.
Youth input crucial in Health and Wellbeing survey
Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Youth Peeni Henare are urging young New Zealanders to have a say on the issues that affect their health and wellbeing.
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Partnership Fund Board Announced
New members of the Ministry of Youth Development Partnership Fund Board for 2018-2020 were announced today by Minister for Youth, Peeni Henare. Ten board members have been selected from over 150 applicants.
Scholarships awarded in honor of Ngārimu VC and the 28th Māori Battalion
Nine Māori scholars have been awarded the Ngārimu VC and the 28th (Māori) Battalion tertiary scholarship in recognition of their outstanding achievements, Associate Minister of Education and Ngārimu Board Chair, Kelvin Davis, and the Minister for Youth, Peeni Henare, announced today.
New Zealand Youth Awards 2018 Launch
Nominations are now open for the New Zealand Youth Awards 2018.
Renewed Partnership with Ngāi Tahu to Grow Future Tribal Leaders
A partnership between the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu designed to support rangatahi located in the Ngāi Tahu takiwā will continue over the next 18 months, Minister for Youth Peeni Henare announced today.
More rangatahi to benefit from Youth Fund
Youth Minister Peeni Henare today announced the 31 successful projects that will receive a share of just over $182,000 to fund community projects led by young people, as part of Youth Fund 2018.
Prime Minister's Youth Programme acknowledges inspirational young people
Around 100 young people are participating in the Prime Minister's Youth Programme (PMYP), gaining confidence to make key life changes.
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In the summer of 1969, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) divides his time between Greenwich Village and the upstate ramshackle motel, El Monaco, of his Old World parents. When the proposed venue for the upcoming Woodstock concert falls through, Elliot steps in and plays a pivotal role in the generation-defining event by helping organizers secure Max Yasgur's nearby farm for the festival and offering the El Monaco as the home base.
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FOSTORIA, Ohio — An Ohio track coach has been fired after police say he texted nude photos to underage students and left his children at home with a decaying dog.
Court records show 28-year-old Nelson Cousin pleaded not guilty to charges that include child endangerment and violating prohibitions concerning companion animals.
The Blade reports Cousin was placed on paid leave from his position as a paraprofessional and coach at Fostoria Junior/Senior High School in March. The Fostoria school superintendent says he was fired Tuesday.
Officers serving a search warrant April 4 say they found his three school-aged children sleeping in the living room because of a dead dog in a bedroom. Records show firefighters wore oxygen masks to remove the dog because of the stench.
Cousin's attorney has not returned messages seeking comment.


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Q: JavaFX: TreeTableView and expanding items without children I have TreeTableView with items. I want that user see the "arrow" to expand even if item has no children. The reason is very simple - lazy load. When user clicks at arrow program checks if there are possible items (for example in DB). If children for this item exist then they are added to item. If they don't exist the "arrow" must disappear. How to do it?

A: The Javadocs for TreeItem show an example that basically does this. You can override the isLeaf and getChildren methods to lazily instantiate the children. Here's the same idea adapted for a TreeTableView:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleIntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.Event;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeItem;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableView;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class LazyTreeTable extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        TreeTableView<Item> treeTable = new TreeTableView<>();
        TreeTableColumn<Item, String> nameCol = new TreeTableColumn<>("Name");
        nameCol.setCellValueFactory(cellData -> cellData.getValue().getValue().nameProperty());
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        valueCol.setPrefWidth(150);
        treeTable.getColumns().addAll(Arrays.asList(nameCol, valueCol));

        treeTable.setRoot(new ItemTreeNode(new Item(1)));

        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(new BorderPane(treeTable), 400, 600));
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    public static class ItemTreeNode extends TreeItem<Item> {
        private boolean childrenLoaded = false ;

        public ItemTreeNode(Item value) {
            super(value);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isLeaf() {
            if (childrenLoaded) {
                return getChildren().isEmpty() ;
            }
            return false ;
//          return getChildren().isEmpty();
        }

        @Override
        public ObservableList<TreeItem<Item>> getChildren() {
            if (childrenLoaded) {
                return super.getChildren();
            }

            childrenLoaded = true ;
            if (getValue().getValue() < 100_000) {
                List<TreeItem<Item>> children = new ArrayList<>();
                for (int i = 0 ; i < 10; i++) {
                    children.add(new ItemTreeNode(new Item(getValue().getValue() * 10 + i)));
                }
                super.getChildren().addAll(children);
            } else {
                // great big hack:
                super.getChildren().add(null);
                super.getChildren().clear();
            }
            return super.getChildren() ;
        }
    }

    public static class Item {
        private IntegerProperty value = new SimpleIntegerProperty();
        private StringProperty name = new SimpleStringProperty();

        public Item(String name, int value) {
            setName(name);
            setValue(value);
        }

        public Item(int value) {
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        }

        public final IntegerProperty valueProperty() {
            return this.value;
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        public final int getValue() {
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        }

        public final void setValue(final int value) {
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        public final StringProperty nameProperty() {
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        }

        public final java.lang.String getName() {
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        }

        public final void setName(final java.lang.String name) {
            this.nameProperty().set(name);
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
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}


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At The Centre Of It All: UK's West Midlands To Build Smart City Mobility Centre
A new multi-million-pound Smart City Mobility Centre, to be established in Warwickshire and the West Midlands in the UK was announced last night (Monday 12 November 2018) at the Coventry and Warwickshire Automotive Dinner in Warwickshire.
WMG Chairman Professor Lord Bhattacharyya announced that Europe's first multi-million-pound Smart City Mobility Centre will be based at the University of Warwick's Wellesbourne campus, with driverless capable vehicle testing on the University of Warwick's campus in Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Centre brings together WMG's research expertise and Jaguar Land Rover's leading research and engineering capabilities.
Jaguar Land Rover engineers and WMG researchers will work together at Wellesbourne to design and engineer connected, driverless capable, prototype electric modular architectures. These will be tested in real world conditions alongside a specially designed 5G communications network on the University of Warwick's main campus.
As the centre develops, it is expected to play a significant role in transforming the future of UK transport. The new Smart City Mobility Centre will also draw on:
• Expertise in battery technology which will be developed by the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) – which will also be located in Coventry and Warwickshire
• The new £20 million UK Mobility Data Institute being established by WMG in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to collect, process and analyse transport data generated by the advent of new mobility technologies such as driverless capable vehicles and smart charging of electrified vehicles.
• The WMCA development of a multi-city 5G test bed.
The Midlands is at the forefront of driverless capable technology which will benefit the region and the whole UK. The vehicles developed and prototyped, at the Smart City Mobility Centre, will benefit significantly from these regional developments in the 5G communications network that seek to deliver driverless capable vehicles to improve people's mobility, reduce traffic congestion and road traffic accidents and benefit the environment.
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: "I am delighted by today's announcement that Europe's first multi-million-pound Smart City Mobility Centre is to be established on the University of Warwick's Wellesbourne campus with additional self-driving capable vehicle testing on the University of Warwick's campus on the border of Coventry and Warwickshire. The Centre brings together, government support for applied technology research, WMG at the University of Warwick's research expertise, and Jaguar Land Rover's leading research and engineering capabilities. This is a clear example of our Industrial Strategy in practice as we execute our Future Mobility Grand Challenge."
Professor Dr Ralf Speth, Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover, said: "Jaguar Land Rover welcomes the centre, based at the University of Warwick's Wellesbourne campus, which will create state-of-the-art electric vehicle modular architectures and integrated driverless capability to support the smart cities of the future. It builds on collaboration between Jaguar Land Rover, WMG, the University of Warwick and government to develop 5G connectivity in the region – this is critical for new mobility solutions and services that will transform customer experiences in the future and make congestion, traffic accidents and emissions a thing of the past. We look forward to this industry-leading project, which will develop future prototypes that put the UK at the forefront of automotive technology."
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Tony Jefferson, Leader of Stratford-on-Avon District Council said: "The benefits to our region from this hugely innovative project will be considerable. We are delighted that the prototype systems will be built in Stratford-on-Avon District and Warwickshire, ensuring its ongoing place at the heart of the UK's automotive industry. Any help or support that the University of Warwick may need from Stratford-on-Avon District Council we will be only too pleased to provide."
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I am devoting more time towards painting flora and landscapes. They are especially helpful in strengthening foundations, and establishing deeper understanding of light, colour, and painting techniques.
My husband has a virtually limitless treasure trove of prints from which I can draw reference. There's one of a rose that has an unusual focal point – hazily dreamy, with sharp highlighting of the veins. Its sensuality and extraordinary range of colour captivates me, so I decided to see how well I could capture that in paint, whilst making it somewhat my own.
For this painting, I used a relatively small 9×12″ Arches oil paper, which I taped to my easel board. It needs stretching, so I gave it an undercoat of Cadmium Lemon.
I used Holbein water-miscible oil paints, thinned with linseed oil. Mongoose filberts are obviously my favourite brushes.
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For one day each week, I chiselled at the shapes slowly, softening up areas to take on a velvety texture, while keying up the contrast.
At one point I blended the highlights too much and washed out the image. I waited for it to dry and then thinly glazed those parts over with cadmium lemon, sort of as a "restart", without obliterating all the work beneath. I then went on to rebuild.
Now comes the third act – detailing. The droplets were a challenge as there are quite a lot of colours to reflect in such tiny areas. They were built up slowly from light to dark, then back to light. I used a teeny-tiny round watercolour brush for the fine edges, as well as the veins, which are tremendously fun to do.
And here are some closeups for you to enjoy.


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During yesterday's trading, the US dollar rose slightly against the basket of major currencies. The US dollar index (#DX) closed in the positive zone (+0.13%). The US currency strengthened due to the weakness of other currencies. Thus, the Canadian dollar fell significantly after the publication of weak data on Canada's GDP. The index counted to 0.0% in June, while investors expected a value of 0.1%. The single currency has moved away from the monthly highs. This movement was mostly caused by technical factors.
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The "black gold" prices are rising. At the moment, futures for the WTI crude oil are testing a mark of $70.25 per barrel.
Yesterday, the bearish sentiment was observed in the US stock market: #SPY (-0.40%), #DIA (-0.51%), #QQQ (-0.18%).
At the moment, the yield of 10-year US government bonds is at the level of 2.86% -2.87%.
- The consumer price index in the Eurozone at 12:00 (GMT+3:00).


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UNIFIL peacekeepers from Ghana making their mark in south Lebanon
Every day, the women and men of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon are on the frontline to promote peace and stability in the Mission's area of operations and along the Blue Line, while operating in a very challenging environment between Lebanon and Israel.
Italian Contingent offers support to host communities
UNIFIL Italian contingent has aided UNIFIL efforts, together with the Lebanese Armed Forces, to ensure stability in the Mission's area of operations in south Lebanon through completion of two projects in support of local communities this week.
UNIFIL staff continue to serve peace from home
Since the beginning of the outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, UNIFIL leadership put in place all necessary precautionary measures in order to prevent the virus infection among the Mission's more than 11,000 military and civilian peacekeepers.
Indian peacekeepers offer veterinary support to host communities
UNIFIL's Indian peacekeepers this week donated 21 varieties of veterinary medicines to the shepherds and farmers of 13 villages in south-eastern Lebanon, following requests from the host communities.
UN Peacekeepers Must Stay the Course
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UNIFIL support to curb COVID-19 spread continues
Donations from UNIFIL peacekeepers continued today with various medical and personal protective equipment handed to their host communities in south Lebanon in their collective efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
Lebanese communities continue to receive UNIFIL support to contain COVID-19 spread
UNIFIL continued today with its ongoing efforts to assist the host population in our common fight against COVID-19 Coronavirus by donating several equipment to state institutions and local communities in south-eastern Lebanon.
UNIFIL healthcare peacekeepers work relentlessly to prevent spread of COVID-19 virus
Today, on World Health Day, UNIFIL joins the World Health Organization (WHO) in honouring doctors and nurses, not just in Lebanon, but everywhere in the world, as they are on the frontlines of the fight against the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
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Regardless, the school immediately made every player on the team turn over her bat if she wished to use it again this season. Aynor purchased four bats to be used in the interim, at a cost of approximately $1,200. It also spent another $850 or so on the compression test kit. Those steps weren't mandated by the SCHSL, but the school didn't want "any cloud over our softball program," as coach Tony Mills put it last week.
We don't have to talk about that anymore. Any time we step up to the plate, whatever we do win or lose, it [won't be an issue].
The testing kit arrived Wednesday, and later that afternoon, Mills told his players it was time to move on.
That may ultimately be the biggest impact from the ordeal.
Of the Blue Jackets' three games without their own equipment, two were losses to Region VIII-AA rival Dillon. Winning one of those two games would have given Aynor (12-2 overall) home-field advantage for throughout the Lower State tournament should it continue to win.
Now, the team is likely will take to the road for the second round of the District V bracket, and if they make it that far, the first round of the Lower State tournament. Any mental block that may have hurt the team in the two games against the Wildcats, though, is now gone.
Second-seeded Aynor is scheduled to open the playoffs at home against Timberland at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.