Ethan McCarthy lives in Highwood, Illinois, with his wife Jenni and their two children. They like literature, music, and listening to the Atlanta Braves on	the radio. He currently works in an elementary school special education classroom.
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On my recent trip to Sicily, I brought with me Helena Attlee's beautiful ode to citrus in Italy, The Land Where Lemons Grow. It's a fascinating, beautifully written account of the history and current situation of citrus through Italy's best known citrus areas, from the Medici's citrus collection in Florence to the mafia tainted mandarins in Palermo, the lemons of Amalfi and Garda and more. The last chapter is about Calabria's cedri, or citrons.
Admittedly, at the time I read this, I had never had a personal experience with fresh citrons, but I finally came across them in the market and bought two, impulsively, to experiment with – and I discovered they're not useless at all.
The Ancient Greeks considered citrons inedible, but it's scented skin and bitter juice were used for a large number of medicinal applications, including as an antidote to poison. It's peel, although fragrant, is bitter, while the bright white rind – thick, spongy and surprisingly sweet – makes up a whopping 70 per cent of the fruit's volume and houses a tiny amount of bitter, dry pulp. Incidentally, the (little) juice and pith have a very high vitamin C content and the peel's essential oil has antibiotic properties.
In Italy, citrons are used mostly for candying – candied citron is an important ingredient in panettone and desserts like Neapolitan pastiera – or in producing liqueurs and flavoured soft drinks like cedrata tassoni (if you are a fan of Mina, like I am, you may enjoy seeing these 1970s television commercials for the drink, starring her).
I was tempted to try candying my citrons (David Lebovitz has a detailed candied citron recipe) but I have to admit, with my new and exciting acquisition, I was too impatient to wait a week before seeing the final result.
I separated the fruit into its three distinct parts: the fragrant peel, the thick, white pith and the leftover pulp. Cedrello is the citron version of limoncello and it's easy, just soak the peel in alcohol for a couple of weeks, filter and add a water and sugar syrup. The pulp, simply to not throw away, I boiled to bring out the juice and turned into a simple syrup to mix with sparkling water for a homemade cedrata.
The pith is the most interesting, surprising part. Helena Attlee includes a Calabrian recipe for insalata di cedro in her book. Thinly sliced and tossed with sweet shallots, lemon juice, olive oil and black olives (I used capers, because lemon and capers are a match made in heaven!), it's a refreshing, tangy salad. The spongy pith soaks up the flavours in the most amazing way and has an uncanny similarity to eggplant. In fact, so similar that Marco had the urge to grill some slices of it – sprinkled with salt and eaten as is, warm, is delicious. It has an ever so slightly sweet and citrussy flavour but a bite like eggplant. It would be wonderful with fish.
Slightly adapted from a recipe in Helena Attlee's book, The Land Where Lemons Grow. She also calls for black olives and shallots instead of the capers and red onion.
Peel the citron carefully – remove the yellow peel with a vegetable peeler (save for making citron liqueur, recipe below). Cut in half and then in quarters, then scoop out the pulp with a small sharp knife (save for making citron syrup, recipe below). Basically you want to be left with clean slices of thick white rind, without any traces of peel or pulp. Finely slice.
Finely slice the onion and roughly chop the parsley and the capers, once they have been soaked and drained. Combine the citron rind, the onion, parsley and capers in a bowl and toss together well. Whisk together the lemon juice and olive oil and toss this quickly through the salad – quickly because the rind soaks things up like a sponge and you want to spread out the dressing evenly. Let the salad sit for an hour before serving. Sprinkle over sea salt and pepper.
This is something you could use in drinks – add a splash to sparkling water, tea or cocktails – or pour over a warm, fresh out of the oven cake for a sticky, moist and citron-scented result.
Weigh the pulp and add to it an equal amount of sugar. Let sit overnight to macerate. The next day, pour it into a saucepan and add the equal amount of water (for example, if the pulp weighs 200 grams, add 200 grams of sugar and 200 ml of water).
Bring to the boil and let simmer 10 minutes. Allow to cool completely then strain, squeezing the pulp to get more out of it, into a bottle or a jar. Discard the leftover pulp.
Much like limoncello, cedrello is a sweet, refreshing after-meal drink to be served very well chilled and sipped on out of tiny glasses (which you can chill as well – keep them in the freezer for a few hours over dinner). It has a wonderful scent almost like perfume. This article by Luciano Pignataro (in Italian and English) is a great source of information on classic limoncello from the Amalfi Coast and I'm applying this technique to the citron.
Note: If you don't have access to pure alcohol you can also do this with a neutral alcohol such as an 80 to 100-proof vodka. To do it with vodka, you may want to leave it to infuse a little longer (double the time) and use half the syrup — therefore half the sugar and half the water given below. This recipe makes a liqueur that has an alcoholic content of about 30 per cent.
Wash the citron gently but very well, going over it carefully perhaps with a brush where there may be dirt trapped in its pores. Peel the citron with a vegetable peeler, making sure you are only removing the bright yellow peel and no white pith. Place the peels in a large jar. Pour over the alcohol. Let the mixture infuse in a cool, dark place for a few days — the alcohol will become bright yellow and fragrant while the peels turn white. Strain the mixture and discard the peels.
Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves. Take off the heat and let cool completely before adding to the citron-infused alcohol. Keeps well in a bottle for months. Serve ice cold.
I've also had a hard time figuring out what to do with citrons now that I'm seeing them around. Now I'll have a reason to buy them.
I heard it's also lovely sprinkled with sugar and eaten just like that! So versatile.
Lovely. That salad is really wonderful and must taste fantastic.
It's so surprising and zingy!
Great post Emiko. My mother gave me two of these lemons claiming that they were of no use to her due to their little amount of juice. I used the rind in a cake today. Great to know that the pith can be eaten in such a way.
Fantastic — they really are quite unique and add wonderful flavour!
You have captured the Cedro from just about every angle, grazie. Cedro is know as Etrog to Jewish families and used during the fall holiday of Sukkoth. Calabria hosts an orchard in which the Etrog is kosher approved and considered religiously suitable for use during this period of time.
Yes, Helena Attlee's chapter on citron goes right into the heart of a citron grove in Calabria that grows cedro for Sukkoth and it is absolutely fascinating! Well worth the read.
What a lovely coincidence–I am also reading The Land Where Lemons Grow and have been on a citrus binge this season. In the US, at least in my area, it is easier to find Buddha's hand citron, which has no pulp. I candied the peel for panforte and made "buddhacello." I am currently making my way through 10 lbs of bergamot, so if you have any ideas for using that, I am all ears! I am only a few chapters into the book, but I look forward to reading about the bergamot fields of Calabria. So, far, I have made bergamot marmalade (a tad strong) and curd (awesome), plus saved syrup and candied peel.
Buddhacello – I love it! I wish I had too many bergamot to know what to do with, I've never actually used it before, but I was gifted some delicious bergamot marmalade last year. Curd sounds wonderful. Perhaps you could also dry the peel and use it to make your own tea infusions (I'm thinking like homemade Earl Grey?)?
So much of the perfume industry uses citron oil, so the syrup and the liqueur actually smell a little like perfume, but in a wonderful, exotic sort of way!
Our citron here in Ecuador is huge- 8-10 inches long and has a more bloblike shape, which I will eventually write a post about on the blog I am doing about working on our property here, but it really doesn't seem all that fragrant. I will definitely try making a liqueur of the peels while I decide whether to grow it. It is a small tree/bush, possibly because of grafting, and the fruit hang on it like a row of long yellow melons. I'm thinking it's a variation. The salad for sure will work- the vegan who gave me the fruit slices it thinly into salads without blanching, but he eats all kinds of stuff that my stomach rebels at. Will try the candying as well. Another thought would be to grow a couple plants and get an Italian or Californian to sneak me a couple cuttings of the Calabrian kind and graft them on. Our climate is magical for citrus; a garden of Eden where you pretty much stick a stick in the ground and, at least during the rains, it roots. Thanks for the post!
How interesting! I'm sure there are so many variations. It'd be interesting to see if when you cook with it you find it gets more fragrant. Good luck!
Used these great ideas when my husband brought back organic citrons from the co op without knowing what they were. The sirop was fantastic in fizzy water and easy to make. The salad was surprising and would be great as a side dish to grilled fish. We tried to keep the leftovers and they turned very quickly, so be careful of that. I'm just now finishing up the liqueur and the alcohol/peel combo smells great. It was a fun experiment to make all of the suggested recipes.


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Theatre and Society (2012)
"Theatre and Society" is meant to investigate the ways in which theatre and performance speak into their cultural and historical moments. We'll look at self-avowed political drama or performance in various historical moments in American theatre; at plays or performances that caused controversy in various communities in which they were performed; and at community-based performance produced for specific reasons within its locale. We'll also discuss, frequently and intently, the role of the artist in society. What is the artist's responsibility to his or her nation? To his or her local community? How does the artist (or should the artist) represent his or her identity community? How does an artist participate as a citizen of a democratic nation? We'll also explore the notion of the "artist/scholar/citizen" as a useful position from which to speak. Our readings will engage a variety of plays and performances live, as written texts, or on DVD. Visits from and workshops with guest artists will help frame our discussions and will provide a practical component to the course.
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Ever since the Harvard baseball team's viral "Call Me Maybe" video made it all the way to a live performance on The Today Show two years ago, college baseball has been waiting for another vehicular musical. Now they have it.
Naval Academy relief pitcher Midshipman 1st Class Matt Kilby posted this video to his You Tube account Friday and it's since gotten more than 600,000 views. According to Facebook, his co-pilot there is infielder Midshipman 2nd Class Brad Borosak.
And if you don't fall into either of those two camps, maybe this will inspire you to add it to your Netflix queue. Enjoy!
Great to see this video.
I'm just grateful they didn't kiss at the end.


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Data from student activities is sent to the teacher's account where he can track student progress on a number of different dimensions. This data can then be used to group students into small groups for practice on targeted skills. When using the tool, teachers can also take and save notes on individual students.
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Nothing really. This seems amazing. I can't wait to use this soon and introduce it to all of my collegaues.


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There are a lot of people who get caught up in what I call "methodology wars" where they are intent on their position that my methodology is better than your methodology and whatever methodology they advocate is better at solving any problem you can possibly imagine than any other methodology. You can see this in the many "agile versus waterfall" discussions and other discussions where SAFe, Kanban, or some other methodology/framework is positioned as a "silver bullet" for any problem you might have. They also tend to ignore all other methodologies as obsolete or irrelevant.
If you pursued each of these goals in isolation and to an extreme; they might be in conflict with each other, but if they are blended together in the right proportions to fit a given situation, they can be very complementary rather than competitive.
Here's another example – many people seem to believe that all forms of traditional project management are obsolete and irrelevant and have been totally replaced by Agile. On the surface; if you look at traditional, plan-driven project management and Agile, they may appear to be at odds with each other; and if each approach is pursued in isolation and to an extreme, they probably will be in conflict but that shouldn't preclude blending the principles behind the two approaches together in the right proportions to fit a given situation.
This kind of thinking is commonly called "Systems thinking" – it requires seeing a problem in a holistic context and understanding the dynamics of the problem at a deeper level rather than mechanically imposing a predefined solution on a given problem. This is the kind of approach I've tried to help students develop in all of my online Agile Project Management training courses.


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Q: Python regular expressoin - match string containing #expr1 and not #expr2 and not #expr3 I would like to match a string that has "subscribe"  and does not have "did not" or "unsub.*" in it.
For example,
"please subscribe me" would match
but "I did not subscribe this email" or "please unsubscribe me" would fail to match.
what I have is
".*subscribe(?!.*did\\s+not)(?!.*unsub.*)"

which apparently doesn't work.
So again, the expression I want is (A and !B and !C)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Eric

A: Your lookaheads should be at the start of the regular expression:
re.match(r"(?!.*did\s+not)(?!.*unsub).*subscribe", text)

A: Regex:
^(?!.*unsub)(?!.*did not).*subscribe

Python:
re.match(r"^(?!.*unsub)(?!.*did not).*subscribe", str)

A: You can do this with positive and negative lookahead, but a far better approach is to have one regexp for search terms, and another for the stopwords.
if re.search(r"\bsubscribe", text) and not re.search(r"did\s+not|\bunsub", text):
    unsubscribe(sender)

Lookaheads are only worth using if you need to include/exclude text at specific positions.
Also note that the \b (word boundary) will keep "subscribe" from matching inside the word "unsubscribe".

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Happy Days, by Samuel Beckett, promises to be an interesting play from the description. A woman, Winnie, is stuck in the mud for years on years, and is accompanied by the less stuck, but more feeble, Willie, her fella. Winnie has been there for a while, and doesn't know what to do. Sounds interesting right? add to the mix that Sam Beckett is the author, and its sounding good. I'm seeing the first preview, with the first paying audience, so your mileage may vary.
The set opens up spectacularly, with a circular curtain pulling aside a mountain with our star, Winnie, sticking out of the middle. Plenty of light shines on her, and she awakens to the dawn of a new day. Nobody knows how long she's been there, nobody knows how long she will be, including her. All she knows is her habits, and a faint realisation that she is older than she was. Thoughts of eternities past, and eternities to come float through her mind, and the happiness of learning trivial things every day keep her somewhat sane.
Willie, her partner, who we don't see face on, grunts his way through the first act, going about his daily routine of reading a (who knows how old) daily paper. There's lots of love, much like with any elderly couple, but Willie is barely preset on stage. In other words, at least in the first act, Winnie is left to present an hour long monologue, stuck in the mud in the middle of the stage. Talk about a tough act when thats all you've can do. The script is also a bit slow, mostly because it's Winnie talking in a non continuous stream of thought. The pauses in the monologue are long, and let the audience think over the meaning. Combined with the lack of movement, though, and the play feels stifled. There's no action, nothing to surprise the audience, and its all up to Winnie to keep the audience.
None of this is surprising; This is part of Sam Becketts absurd play period, and was really important in that movement in the 60s. Its interesting to see just from that perspective, and the lack of set change, movement or dialogue signals the minimalist approach that he was aiming for. The symbolism for a despair at capitalist government, and a broken climate are obvious too; Listening to the text, all these references, along with talk about religion, and a simple longing for younger and simpler days are all there. It's very clever, if you are there.
Julie Forsyth plays Winnie, and does justice to the piece; The pauses, the thoughts, the character are all well presented. Her despair and futile hope are obvious in every sentence, and the way she talks about her husband, Willie, is with the best of affection. It's an excellent performance, and deserves to be applauded.
Ultimately, though, Happy Days doesn't work for me. The trouble is that there's no movement, no interplay between characters, save for some almost imaginary banter between the couple. The lack of movement makes it hard to concentrate, especially after a day at work, and I think the audience felt this way too. It's an incredible 2 hour monologue, but without a break, without interaction, it just lacks entertainment in the simple sense. Worth seeing if you want to see a true classic from Sam Beckett.
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Q: javax.jms.JMSException: Could not connect to broker URL: tcp://localhost:61616. Reason: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect I am trying to run example from official spring batch samples. Now I am stuck on remote chunking example
I created separated project to start it:

MasterApplication:
@EnableBatchProcessing
@SpringBootApplication
public class MasterApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(MasterApplication.class, args);
    }
}

MasterConfiguration:
@Configuration
@EnableBatchProcessing
@EnableBatchIntegration
@EnableIntegration
@PropertySource("classpath:remote-chunking.properties")
public class MasterConfiguration {

    @Value("${broker.url}")
    private String brokerUrl;

    @Autowired
    private JobBuilderFactory jobBuilderFactory;

    @Autowired
    private RemoteChunkingMasterStepBuilderFactory masterStepBuilderFactory;

    @Bean
    public ActiveMQConnectionFactory connectionFactory() {
        ActiveMQConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory();
        connectionFactory.setBrokerURL(this.brokerUrl);
        connectionFactory.setTrustAllPackages(true);
        return connectionFactory;
    }

    /*
     * Configure outbound flow (requests going to workers)
     */
    @Bean
    public DirectChannel requests() {
        return new DirectChannel();
    }

    @Bean
    public IntegrationFlow outboundFlow(ActiveMQConnectionFactory connectionFactory) {
        return IntegrationFlows
                .from(requests())
                .handle(Jms.outboundAdapter(connectionFactory).destination("requests"))
                .get();
    }

    /*
     * Configure inbound flow (replies coming from workers)
     */
    @Bean
    public QueueChannel replies() {
        return new QueueChannel();
    }

    @Bean
    public IntegrationFlow inboundFlow(ActiveMQConnectionFactory connectionFactory) {
        return IntegrationFlows
                .from(Jms.messageDrivenChannelAdapter(connectionFactory).destination("replies"))
                .channel(replies())
                .get();
    }

    /*
     * Configure master step components
     */
    @Bean
    public ListItemReader<Integer> itemReader() {
        return new ListItemReader<>(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6));
    }

    @Bean
    public TaskletStep masterStep() {
        return this.masterStepBuilderFactory.get("masterStep")
                .<Integer, Integer>chunk(3)
                .reader(itemReader())
                .outputChannel(requests())
                .inputChannel(replies())
                .build();
    }

    @Bean
    public Job remoteChunkingJob() {
        return this.jobBuilderFactory.get("remoteChunkingJob")
                .start(masterStep())
                .build();
    }

}

remote-chunking.properties:
broker.url=tcp://localhost:61616
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5433/testdb?user=XXX&password=XXXX

build.gradle:
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.1.6.RELEASE")
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'

bootJar {
    baseName = 'remote-batch-processing'
    version = '0.1.0'
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

dependencies {
    compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-activemq'
    compile "org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker"
    compile "org.apache.activemq:activemq-client"

    compile "org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-jms"

    compile("org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-integration:4.1.2.RELEASE")
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-batch")
    compile("org.postgresql:postgresql")
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
    //to fix exception o startup
    compile('org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.4.2.Final')
    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
}

Now I am trying to start MasterApplication and I seee following in logs:
2019-08-13 16:28:54.639 ERROR 25316 --- [           main] o.s.batch.core.step.AbstractStep         : Encountered an error executing step masterStep in job remoteChunkingJob

org.springframework.retry.ExhaustedRetryException: Retry exhausted after last attempt in recovery path, but exception is not skippable.; nested exception is org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandlingException: error occurred in message handler [outboundFlow.jms:outbound-channel-adapter#0]; nested exception is org.springframework.jms.UncategorizedJmsException: Uncategorized exception occurred during JMS processing; nested exception is javax.jms.JMSException: Could not connect to broker URL: tcp://localhost:61616. Reason: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect, failedMessage=GenericMessage [payload=ChunkRequest: jobId=196, sequence=0, contribution=[StepContribution: read=0, written=0, filtered=0, readSkips=0, writeSkips=0, processSkips=0, exitStatus=EXECUTING], item count=3, headers={id=2caf7c04-2572-4422-290c-f957d400ec27, timestamp=1565702933610}]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.FaultTolerantChunkProcessor$5.recover(FaultTolerantChunkProcessor.java:413) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.retry.support.RetryTemplate.handleRetryExhausted(RetryTemplate.java:512) ~[spring-retry-1.2.4.RELEASE.jar:na]
    at org.springframework.retry.support.RetryTemplate.doExecute(RetryTemplate.java:351) ~[spring-retry-1.2.4.RELEASE.jar:na]
    at org.springframework.retry.support.RetryTemplate.execute(RetryTemplate.java:211) ~[spring-retry-1.2.4.RELEASE.jar:na]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.BatchRetryTemplate.execute(BatchRetryTemplate.java:217) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.FaultTolerantChunkProcessor.write(FaultTolerantChunkProcessor.java:428) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleChunkProcessor.process(SimpleChunkProcessor.java:212) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.ChunkOrientedTasklet.execute(ChunkOrientedTasklet.java:75) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.TaskletStep$ChunkTransactionCallback.doInTransaction(TaskletStep.java:407) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.TaskletStep$ChunkTransactionCallback.doInTransaction(TaskletStep.java:331) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:140) ~[spring-tx-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.TaskletStep$2.doInChunkContext(TaskletStep.java:273) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.scope.context.StepContextRepeatCallback.doInIteration(StepContextRepeatCallback.java:82) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate.getNextResult(RepeatTemplate.java:375) ~[spring-batch-infrastructure-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate.executeInternal(RepeatTemplate.java:215) ~[spring-batch-infrastructure-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate.iterate(RepeatTemplate.java:145) ~[spring-batch-infrastructure-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.TaskletStep.doExecute(TaskletStep.java:258) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.AbstractStep.execute(AbstractStep.java:203) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.job.SimpleStepHandler.handleStep(SimpleStepHandler.java:148) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.job.AbstractJob.handleStep(AbstractJob.java:399) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.job.SimpleJob.doExecute(SimpleJob.java:135) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.job.AbstractJob.execute(AbstractJob.java:313) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher$1.run(SimpleJobLauncher.java:144) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:50) ~[spring-core-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher.run(SimpleJobLauncher.java:137) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:343) ~[spring-aop-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:198) ~[spring-aop-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:163) ~[spring-aop-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.SimpleBatchConfiguration$PassthruAdvice.invoke(SimpleBatchConfiguration.java:127) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:212) ~[spring-aop-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy71.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.batch.JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.execute(JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.java:206) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.batch.JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.executeLocalJobs(JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.java:180) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.batch.JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.launchJobFromProperties(JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.java:167) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.batch.JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.run(JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.java:162) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:779) ~[spring-boot-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunners(SpringApplication.java:763) ~[spring-boot-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:318) ~[spring-boot-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1213) ~[spring-boot-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1202) ~[spring-boot-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar:2.1.6.RELEASE]
    at my.batch.experiments.master.MasterApplication.main(MasterApplication.java:41) ~[main/:na]
Caused by: org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandlingException: error occurred in message handler [outboundFlow.jms:outbound-channel-adapter#0]; nested exception is org.springframework.jms.UncategorizedJmsException: Uncategorized exception occurred during JMS processing; nested exception is javax.jms.JMSException: Could not connect to broker URL: tcp://localhost:61616. Reason: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at org.springframework.integration.support.utils.IntegrationUtils.wrapInHandlingExceptionIfNecessary(IntegrationUtils.java:189) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractMessageHandler.handleMessage(AbstractMessageHandler.java:186) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.dispatcher.AbstractDispatcher.tryOptimizedDispatch(AbstractDispatcher.java:115) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.dispatcher.UnicastingDispatcher.doDispatch(UnicastingDispatcher.java:132) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.dispatcher.UnicastingDispatcher.dispatch(UnicastingDispatcher.java:105) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractSubscribableChannel.doSend(AbstractSubscribableChannel.java:73) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractMessageChannel.send(AbstractMessageChannel.java:453) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractMessageChannel.send(AbstractMessageChannel.java:401) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.messaging.core.GenericMessagingTemplate.doSend(GenericMessagingTemplate.java:187) ~[spring-messaging-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.messaging.core.GenericMessagingTemplate.doSend(GenericMessagingTemplate.java:166) ~[spring-messaging-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.messaging.core.GenericMessagingTemplate.doSend(GenericMessagingTemplate.java:47) ~[spring-messaging-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.messaging.core.AbstractMessageSendingTemplate.send(AbstractMessageSendingTemplate.java:109) ~[spring-messaging-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.messaging.core.AbstractMessageSendingTemplate.send(AbstractMessageSendingTemplate.java:99) ~[spring-messaging-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.integration.chunk.ChunkMessageChannelItemWriter.write(ChunkMessageChannelItemWriter.java:107) ~[spring-batch-integration-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleChunkProcessor.writeItems(SimpleChunkProcessor.java:188) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleChunkProcessor.doWrite(SimpleChunkProcessor.java:154) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.FaultTolerantChunkProcessor$3.doWithRetry(FaultTolerantChunkProcessor.java:336) ~[spring-batch-core-4.1.2.RELEASE.jar:4.1.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.retry.support.RetryTemplate.doExecute(RetryTemplate.java:287) ~[spring-retry-1.2.4.RELEASE.jar:na]
    ... 43 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.jms.UncategorizedJmsException: Uncategorized exception occurred during JMS processing; nested exception is javax.jms.JMSException: Could not connect to broker URL: tcp://localhost:61616. Reason: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at org.springframework.jms.support.JmsUtils.convertJmsAccessException(JmsUtils.java:311) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.support.JmsAccessor.convertJmsAccessException(JmsAccessor.java:185) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate.execute(JmsTemplate.java:507) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate.send(JmsTemplate.java:584) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate.convertAndSend(JmsTemplate.java:691) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.jms.JmsSendingMessageHandler.send(JmsSendingMessageHandler.java:216) ~[spring-integration-jms-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.jms.JmsSendingMessageHandler.handleMessageInternal(JmsSendingMessageHandler.java:184) ~[spring-integration-jms-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractMessageHandler.handleMessage(AbstractMessageHandler.java:169) ~[spring-integration-core-5.1.6.RELEASE.jar:5.1.6.RELEASE]
    ... 59 common frames omitted
Caused by: javax.jms.JMSException: Could not connect to broker URL: tcp://localhost:61616. Reason: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at org.apache.activemq.util.JMSExceptionSupport.create(JMSExceptionSupport.java:36) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory.createActiveMQConnection(ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java:374) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory.createActiveMQConnection(ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java:304) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory.createConnection(ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java:244) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.springframework.jms.support.JmsAccessor.createConnection(JmsAccessor.java:196) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate.access$100(JmsTemplate.java:89) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate$JmsTemplateResourceFactory.createConnection(JmsTemplate.java:1180) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.connection.ConnectionFactoryUtils.doGetTransactionalSession(ConnectionFactoryUtils.java:325) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate.execute(JmsTemplate.java:491) ~[spring-jms-5.1.8.RELEASE.jar:5.1.8.RELEASE]
    ... 64 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:107) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:399) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:242) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:224) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:403) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:591) ~[na:na]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.connect(TcpTransport.java:525) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.doStart(TcpTransport.java:488) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.util.ServiceSupport.start(ServiceSupport.java:55) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.AbstractInactivityMonitor.start(AbstractInactivityMonitor.java:169) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.InactivityMonitor.start(InactivityMonitor.java:52) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.start(TransportFilter.java:64) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.WireFormatNegotiator.start(WireFormatNegotiator.java:72) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.start(TransportFilter.java:64) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.start(TransportFilter.java:64) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory.createActiveMQConnection(ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java:354) ~[activemq-client-5.15.9.jar:5.15.9]
    ... 71 common frames omitted

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A new amnesty could protect St Oscar Romero's killers
Miguel Cullen
It is almost 30 years since El Salvador's civil war ended, but the aftermath of the conflict continues to divide opinion. Witness the recent proposal from parliamentarians to grant an amnesty to those involved. If the legislation passes, all ordinary criminal charges relating to the 1979-1992 war would be dropped; and war criminals would be spared prison.
Given the brutality of the war, in which more than 75,000 were killed, the proposal is controversial. Relatives of some of the victims have protested, as has the bishops' conference, which called it an "absurd" idea.
There is certainly a widespread sense that the crimes have not been fully investigated. For instance, in the infamous El Mozote massacre, militants from the ARENA party killed nearly 1,000 men, women and children. In some cases, civilians were trapped inside their homes and killed. But some of those accused of participating now have high-ranking careers in the upper echelons of El Salvador's army.
This is not the first amnesty: one was declared in 1993, but overturned in 2016 by the Supreme Court, which declared it unconstitutional. Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador says this new proposal is even worse.
ARENA itself is still very much part of national life. This year its candidate for president, Carlos Calleja, received 31 per cent of the vote. When I visited San Salvador, ARENA's flag was draped over the privately owned major banks. Yet it's worth saying that both sides were probably guilty of crimes against humanity.
What about the war's most famous victim? St Oscar Romero was canonised in October 2018, and any amnesty for his killers is bound to attract criticism across the globe and at home.
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Use method FindPackagesForCurrentPublisher for enumerate all installed apps from current publisher on device.
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Choose your social, ideological or political battleground; racism, sexism, redistricting, mental health parity… fill in your bias of choice. Any one of these words conjures stark images of stigma or prejudice.
People hearing any of these words may relate a personal experience or describe a person or situation they're aware of.
Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Brown v Board of Education, Roe v Wade, Marriage Equality.
The US Supreme Court has spoken on some of the most significant and contentious social issues affecting hundreds of millions of people for generations past, present and future.
When the Supreme Court in 2013 ruled in favor of major provisions of the Affordability Care Act those in support of Obamacare trumpeted it as a moral victory. These supporters harkened for the country to coalesce and people of all parties should support the law of the land. The 'other half' who opposed the legislation should now accept the ruling. An oft used phrase by winning politicians is healing must begin.
Healing at times is legislated, at times via an extended hand as Pope Francis demonstrated by apologizing to victims of sexual abuse and at times thru introspection as addicts do in a 12 step program. But always thru demonstrated leadership privately or publicly.
The current political divide in this country concerns immigration, health care, energy amongst other issues.
on a provision known as Hobby Lobby did not sit well with the very same people who heralded their ruling on other provisions in Obamacare just a year earlier in 2013.
What is their response- how outrageous it is for five white men on the Supreme Court to legislate what women can decide. A move is afoot to legislate a change to the decision of 'the five white men' in effect to override the Supreme Court.
I am not weighing in in favor or opposed to the Supreme Court's decision on Hobby Lobby or on any aspect of Obamacare.
It is instructive to remember that five white men on the Supreme Court also voted in favor of Roe v Wade forty years ago.
Suffice it to say there is a sizable percentage of American women in favor or opposed to this ruling as individuals or as owners of small businesses irrespective of their political affiliations.
Rather my focus is on Leadership the easy path traveled when leading on issues that are at sync with your personal views. And the perils of leading when your views are at odds with your superiors.
On the most fundamental principle of leadership Lord Alfred Tennyson said it best in 1854 in The Charge of the Light Brigade "Ours is not to reason why ours is but to do and die". Though this poem describes 600 fighting men in The Crimean War it has become a mantra in organizational psychology. Once a decision is reached by policy makers it becomes the responsibility of leaders to implement even if they disagree with that policy.
Children are taught in their civics class that the Supreme Court is 'the law of the land'. Yet, our country appears to be adding a new divide. Leaders who don't believe in the seperation of Legislative and Judicial powers.
Into the Valley of Death does march the Supreme Court. After all they made a policy decision, some leaders lament, gives pause to reason why.