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The Delicious History of the White House Executive Chef
BY Nolan Moore
Rene Verdon (left center) // Wikimedia Commons
Virginia Woolf once wrote, "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." That's especially true for the president of the United States. If you're going to run a country without losing your mind, then you're going to need some really good food to get you through the day. Of course, that begs a simple yet significant question. Who's in charge of putting dinner on the White House table?
Well, that task belongs to the White House executive chef. Since 1961, only seven people have held this prestigious position. Working with a surprisingly small staff, the executive chef is the one who keeps the first family healthy and happy. Plus, when an emperor or prime minister shows up for a swanky White House party, the chef has to make sure all those powerful palates are sufficiently sated.
Sure, it's incredibly stressful, but when it comes to culinary accomplishments, there's no job more important than cooking for the president of the United States.
LANDING THE JOB
Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford and staff, 2005. By The White House (Shealah Craighead) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
As you might imagine, applying for the position of head White House chef is a pretty competitive endeavor. Cooks from the nation's best restaurants and hotels send in their resumes, and if you're singled out from the pack, it's time to impress the first lady.
Chef Henry Haller got the gig one day after interviewing with Lady Bird Johnson, and Walter Scheib won the position by preparing a meal for Hillary Clinton. Similarly, Cristeta Comerford had to come up with a menu to impress Mr. and Mrs. Bush. (Past that, the White House is kind of secretive about the selection process, so we're all a bit in the dark when it comes to impressing the first family.)
If you're lucky enough to land the gig, the job starts at 6 a.m. each day, ends well after midnight, and there's no pay for overtime. The chef takes home somewhere between $80,000 and $100,000 a year, and they earn every single penny. In addition to feeding the first family, the executive chef is also in charge of preparing meals for White House parties and important banquets. Depending on the evening, the chef might be cooking for A-list celebrities, national heroes, foreign dignitaries, or even royalty.
As part of the job, the executive chef oversees three separate White House kitchens. The one located on the second floor is for the president and his family. (The food here is all paid for by the president, and that goes for the meals served at private parties, as well.) Head down to the ground floor, and you'll find Kitchen #2, which is dedicated to big banquets. And underneath the main level, there's Kitchen #3 [PDF], which is where all the pastries are made. While the executive chef isn't in charge of the desserts, she does coordinate menus with the executive pastry chef. A sous chef takes care of the Mess Kitchen for staff in residence.
While the numbers have fluctuated over the years, the present-day executive chef only has a staff of about five people. Naturally, during large events, extra chefs are shuttled in to help feed all the guests. But the State Department also lends a helping hand by sending memos to the executive chef, detailing what food items foreign dignitaries will and won't eat. The chef also gets inside information because she's a member of Le Club des Chefs de Chefs, a group of 23 men and women who earn their membership by serving as the personal chefs to heads of state. In addition to keeping world leaders healthy and happy, these cooks meet every year to swap tips and recipes.
But even before Jackie Kennedy created the position of executive chef in 1961, presidents had to eat. So who did the cooking?
PRESIDENTIAL COOKS B.E.C. (BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE CHEF)
A long line of people operated the commander-in-chief's stoves and ovens before 1961, including slaves, servants, and sailors. America's first presidential cook was a slave named Hercules. Some think he might have been trained by Martha Washington, and he spent his days cooking at George's home in Philadelphia, where the capital was then located. (Hercules escaped to freedom when Washington was preparing to retire.)
Several other Founding Fathers—including Thomas Jefferson—relied on slaves to keep their kitchens going. (John Adams, on the other hand, hired a white couple by the name of Briesler to make his stews and puddings.) Even after slavery came to an end, African-Americans played an important part in keeping the president full. For example, Benjamin Harrison made headlines when he fired his French chef and employed a Black chef named Dolly Johnson, and women such as Ida Allen, Mary Campbell, and Lizzie McDuffie all cooked for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Some cooks served under multiple administrations, such as Alice Howard, a woman who prepared meals for Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. And finally, one of the last White House cooks before 1961 was Pedro Udo, a Navy man who served under Dwight D. Eisenhower and impressed the first lady with his ability to decorate cakes.
But that all changed when the Kennedys moved into the White House and created the position of Executive Chef. For the first time in American history, a professionally trained chef had an official government position, cooking meals for the first family and preparing elaborate banquets for parties, state dinners, and events like the Easter Egg Roll. The First Lady chose French-born René Verdon to fill the post.
THE FIRST EXECUTIVE CHEF: RENÉ VERDON
Verdon was tapped for the job while working as an assistant chef at New York's Carlyle Hotel; Jackie Kennedy learned about him from the chef of one of her favorite restaurants, La Caravelle, and it seems the man was a perfect fit for the Kennedy White House. He often chatted with the first lady in French, kept the president supplied with his favorite soup (New England clam chowder), and baked cookies for their daughter, Caroline.
When he wasn't feeding the first family, Verdon could be found harvesting vegetables from the gardens he'd planted on the White House roof. He used his homegrown herbs and mastery of French cuisine to dazzle various heads of state, such as Harold Macmillan, the British prime minister.
However, much like a stereotypical French chef, Verdon could be difficult to work with. For example, while preparing to serve 132 guests at George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, he threatened to quit when he spotted workers pumping the air full of mosquito spray. But after Secret Service agents offered to taste all the food to ensure no one would die of DDT poisoning, Verdon whipped up a meal of avocado and crabmeat salads, among other dishes. The evening turned out to be Verdon's favorite state dinner.
After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, things changed pretty dramatically around the White House. Lyndon B. Johnson wasn't a fan of French food; he preferred hamburgers and chili. Verdon was understandably upset and once famously declared, "You can eat at home what you want, but you do not serve barbecued spareribs at a banquet with the ladies in white gloves." The relationship between Verdon and the Johnsons worsened even further when a food coordinator was hired to cut prices by stocking the kitchen with frozen and canned vegetables.
One of the final blows came in 1965, when Verdon was asked to serve a cold puree of garbanzo beans. The chef responded that that particular dish was "already bad hot." At around the same time, the food coordinator was steering Verdon to recipes found in a series of cookbooks. Insulted, Verdon turned in his resignation. The chef fled to San Francisco, where he opened a renowned restaurant called Le Trianon.
HENRY HALLER
Henry Haller with Betty Ford, 1974. By The White House [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
After Verdon left the Johnsons in limbo, the White House turned to Henry Haller. Born in Switzerland, Haller had previously worked at Manhattan's Hampshire House and made a name for himself in the New York food scene. When offered the chance to cook for the commander-in-chief, Haller seized the moment.
The chef quickly discovered that the president was not especially conscientious: He often told Haller that a dozen guests were coming to dinner that night with just a few hours to prepare. But Haller stayed on and was executive chef for 21 years, feeding five presidents (including Nixon, who, on his last day in the White House, told Haller, "Chef, I have eaten all over the world, but your food is the best," before ordering corned-beef hash with a poached egg for breakfast) and providing meals for over 250 state dinners. He served some of the most powerful people in the world, arranging meals for the chancellor of Germany and the prime minister of New Zealand, and, for the U.S. Bicentennial, serving cold lobster to Queen Elizabeth. But he also served steaks to 1300 guests at a banquet honoring POWs and took charge of more intimate events, from baking cookies for Amy Carter's Girl Scout troop and cooking for Luci Johnson's wedding to arranging the menu when the White House hosted Susan Ford's senior prom. No matter the size of the event, Haller was a man who always got the job done.
Of course, he wasn't completely in control of his own kitchen. The executive chef works in tandem with the first lady, and some are more laissez faire than others. Nancy Reagan was very involved in the culinary process. Before state dinners, the first lady insisted the kitchen staff perform multiple trial runs, plating and arranging the food until it looked perfect. She would then have someone photograph the dishes so Haller could duplicate her vision down to the last detail.
Haller left the White House in 1987 on amicable terms. As he explained to The New York Times, "I will be 65 … I want to ski. I want to have more time for my family. And it's time to make more money." After retiring from the office of executive chef, Haller went on to write The White House Family Cookbook, a collection of recipes and memories from his time serving in the executive mansion.
JON HILL
Jon Hill set two records during his time as White House executive chef: He was the first cook born in America to win the position—and he held the job for the shortest time of any chef in White House history. It's a strange record to set, especially since Hill seemed more than qualified for the part. As the head chef at Fort Lauderdale's Westin Cypress Creek Hotel, the man was in charge of 100 employees and two entire restaurants. When White House officials went down a list of 30 candidates, Hill was the first pick.
But right from the get-go, things seemed a bit weird. After he was approved by Nancy Reagan, Hill absolutely refused to speak to the press. He even declined to confirm his age (he was 33). Perhaps Hill had decided to let his food speak for him. During his short stint, the man cooked for leaders from countries like Sweden, Spain, and Israel. But while he began working at the White House in the autumn of 1987, he was already on his way out in January 1988.
Nancy Reagan's press secretary said Hill's departure was his own "personal decision." But plenty of people believed the Reagans just weren't impressed with the quality of Hill's cooking. After a few months, Hill returned to the private sector, where he found success as the executive chef of the Wigwam Resort and later working at Estrella Mountain Community College.
HANS RAFFERT
Hans Raffert with Nancy Reagan, 1985. By The White House. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Christmas is a pretty special time around the White House. The place is done up in beautiful decorations, and every December, a specially made, edible house goes on display in the State Dining Room. In recent years, chefs have created some truly impressive White House replicas out of chocolate. But for decades, these home-baked homes were lovingly sculpted out of gingerbread, a tradition that started with Hans Raffert.
Born in Germany, Raffert joined the White House staff in 1969, working as Haller's assistant chef. That same year, First Lady Pat Nixon tasked Raffert with building a gingerbread house to liven up the holidays. While there had been other gingerbread houses before, the first "official" White House gingerbread building was a pretty simple affair, just an A-frame coated in icing and a few decorations. But over the years, the houses grew bigger, the candy decorations grew more elaborate, and soon the sculptures were surrounded by frosted trees and little gingerbread people.
Raffert remained an assistant chef until Jon Hill resigned in 1988. Naturally, the 60-year-old Raffert knew he was accepting a monumental task, and in interviews, he implied he was probably too old for such a "strenuous job." But as he explained, he was "honored and proud" to serve the Reagans. And while he prepared state dinners and elaborate meals, he always looked forward to December when he could charm the first family with his gingerbread creations.
Raffert built his very last gingerbread house in 1991 for George and Barbara Bush, complete with icing, candy canes, and a tiny Millie (the president's dog) in the front yard.
PIERRE CHAMBRIN
Pierre Chambrin, a classically trained French chef, was a man set in his ways. He started his government career as a sous chef for George H.W. Bush, and after Raffert called it quits, the Frenchman was promoted.
Chambrin got along just fine with the Bushes, who greatly enjoyed his buttery entrees, but that all changed when the Clintons showed up. As first lady, Hillary Clinton had some very definite ideas about what should happen in the White House kitchen. Looking to keep her husband trim, Hillary wanted Chambrin to create dishes that were lighter, fresher, and more American. Hoping to get the message across, she sent Chambrin a stack of cookbooks featuring low-fat American recipes. She also brought along several American chefs who consulted with Chambrin, and she even invited a physician to give the White House staff a few tips.
This didn't exactly mesh with Chambrin's modus operandi. Chambrin, according to The New York Times, was the kind of guy who didn't "take orders." One White House employee told the Times that the chef was "incapable of doing low fat. He truly doesn't understand and isn't willing to be taught." Thanks to their differences in taste, the Clintons asked the 46-year-old chef to resign in 1994.
WALTER SCHEIB
After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America and working at a series of high-profile hotels, Walter Scheib wasn't looking to feed the leader of the free world. But unbeknownst to Scheib, his wife had secretly submitted his resume to the White House. After looking over his application, Mrs. Clinton was so impressed that she personally offered him a job.
When Scheib and Clinton met in April 1994, it was like a match made in culinary heaven. Both were big fans of American cuisine, and they believed the White House kitchen had a responsibility to serve the best foods from each state. In fact, Scheib was such a U.S.-centric chef that he convinced Hillary to serve bison meat at the 50th anniversary of NATO.
When he wasn't cooking for the emperor and empress of Japan, Scheib was teaching Chelsea Clinton how to maneuver around a kitchen. Unfortunately, his relationship wasn't quite as warm with George W. and Laura Bush. The new president preferred simpler foods, and according to Scheib, "If it wasn't baked or fried, [Bush] wasn't interested." While Laura did appreciate Scheib's penchant for using organic food, she eventually decided it was time to part ways, and the chef was fired in 2005.
However, during his time at the White House, Scheib worked wonders for a long list of world leaders, from Nelson Mandela and Princess Diana to Boris Yeltsin and Vicente Fox. And he learned a lot about America's first families during his tenure. In one interview, Scheib noted that "Mrs. Clinton had about 50 or 60 different hot sauces that she liked to use, and Mrs. Bush just had one that she liked, but she would use it on just about everything." He also admitted that while the wives were pretty adventurous when it came to food, both Bill and George "would have been just as happy if we had opened a barbecue pit or a burger joint in the basement." After leaving the White House, Scheib started his own culinary business and even appeared on Iron Chef America.
CRISTETA COMERFORD
By now, you've probably noticed a trend among White House executive chefs: They've all been white men. That finally changed in 2005, when Laura Bush gave Cristeta Comerford the keys to the kitchen.
Born in the Philippines, Comerford is the second youngest of 11 children. After moving to the U.S. when she was 23, she got a gig working as a "salad girl" at Chicago's Sheraton Hotel. Every day, her brother dropped her off at work so she could prepare Caesar and Cobb salads. Eventually, she wound up in Washington, D.C., where she worked as the head chef of several hotels before spending some time in Vienna, picking up a few pointers on the art of French cooking.
When Comerford learned that Scheib was looking for an assistant chef, she submitted her resume and beat out 449 other applicants. Her first day of White House work was in 1995, and in 2005, the apprentice replaced the master, becoming the first woman and the first minority to ever earn the title of White House executive chef.
After winning the election in 2008, the Obamas kept Comerford on staff, and when Michelle Obama turned 1100 square feet of the White House lawn into an impressive vegetable garden (complete with a beehive), a whole new world of cooking was opened up for Comerford. During her stint so far, the chef has prepared meals for the likes of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese president Hu Jintao, and over 400 guests at the African Leaders Summit.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a typical Cristeta Comerford meal is "known for its Asian spice, colors, and 'extra garlic.'" Similar to her mentor Scheib, Comerford is taking White House cuisine in new directions, and hopefully she'll continue serving new presidents for years to come.
PERSONAL COOKS
Personal chef Sam Kass helps Michelle Obama and participating schoolchildren plant vegetables in the White House garden, 2009. Getty
It takes more than one person to keep the president fit and fed. You've got assistant chefs and pastry chefs, and every so often, the commander-in-chief brings along his own personal cook. In these strange scenarios, the executive chef takes care of state dinners, while the personal cook is the person in charge of the first family.
For example, when Barack Obama took office, he hired his close friend, Sam Kass, to take care of all the family meals. The Obamas first hired Kass in 2005, back when Barack was starting his Senate career, and Kass helped the family get their lives together, dietarily speaking.
Between 2009 and 2014, Kass kept busy in the kitchen five days a week, and when he arrived in Washington, D.C., he was appointed as the first White House senior policy adviser on nutrition. Before stepping down in 2014, Kass played a key role in Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" fitness campaign and used his green thumb to work some botanical magic in the first lady's garden.
Kass isn't the only modern-day personal chef, however. Zephyr Wright was Lyndon B. Johnson's longtime cook, and she specialized in Southern foods like spoonbread, grits, and peach preserves. She was also well-known for her amazing chili recipe. So when the Johnsons moved to D.C., they invited Wright to come along.
While Wright knew how to keep the first family happy, she certainly faced her fair share of challenges. In addition to putting up with Johnson's late-night habits and surprise guests, she often came into conflict with Executive Chef René Verdon. The Frenchman seemed jealous of Wright's White House position, especially when Johnson dissed Verdon's tapioca pudding by asking Wright to make her superior version. René often disrespected Zephyr's cooking, referring to her chili con queso as "chili con-crete," but the animosity went both ways. Wright wanted a salary equal to her cooking counterpart, but while her paycheck never matched Verdon's, she did convince Johnson to give her a $250 per month raise.
In addition to her cooking skills, Wright's friendship with LBJ encouraged the president to champion civil rights. Johnson was especially inspired to take a stand when he learned that, during a road trip, his African-American cook had to stop on the side of the road to urinate because she wasn't allowed to use any gas station restrooms. When the president finally signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, he gave Wright the pen he used to sign the bill, saying, "You deserve this more than anybody else."
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The final was held outside of Wembley and England for the first time when on the 15 September Ove Fundin retained his title in his home country of Sweden. It was the first time a rider had won three titles and Sweden produced a clean sweep of podium places with Björn Knutsson and Göte Nordin finishing second and third.

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British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 32 riders to British & Commonwealth semi finals
Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Nordic Final
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Scandinavian Final - 8 to European Final
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 Gislaved
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Continental Final
 23 July 1961
 Slany
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Methotrexate is a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disease of the joints.
Methotrexate works by reducing the function of the cells that are causing inflammation in the joints.
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Methotrexate works by reducing the function of the cells that are causing inflammation in the joint tissues. "Its use can reduce inflammation and therefore should help relieve pain and protect from joint damage," notes Sean A. Whelton, MD, a rheumatologist and associate professor of medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Less inflammation in the joints should mean less joint pain and less joint swelling. You should also feel less fatigue and less morning stiffness.
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According to a research review, published in January 2013 in the journal BMC Medicine, that analyzed predictors for methotrexate success, men respond better than women, non-smokers respond better than smokers, and people who take methotrexate as their first DMARD do better than people who have already tried another drug in this category. The review also found that those who take methotrexate in an early and mild stage of RA do better than those who start the drug after they have had RA for a long time. The researchers point out that if doctors can identify who is unlikely to respond to methotrexate, those patients can be spared exposure to a potentially toxic drug.
If you do not have a significant improvement in joint inflammation and well-being after about three months of RA treatment, your doctor will probably consider adding another drug to your treatment, especially a biologic drug such as etanercept (Enbrel), adalimumab (Humira), or infliximab (Remicade). The treatment goal is to achieve early, complete (or near complete) control of joint inflammation so there's less risk for long-term damage to the joints over the years.
Because methotrexate affects rapidly dividing cells that line the mouth and stomach, very common side effects such as painful mouth ulcers, nausea, and diarrhea may result. "People on methotrexate may also suffer from fatigue," adds Whelton.
Call your doctor right away if you have diarrhea, mouth sores, dehydration, bleeding, shortness of breath or cough, any signs of an infection, or a rash.
Methotrexate can lower your white blood count, which can make you more likely to get an infection. It can also cause hair loss and make you bruise more easily. Some people get headaches and fatigue for a day or two after taking methotrexate, which is usually taken by mouth once a week. "Another dosage schedule for methotrexate oral is to take the weekly dose in divided doses every 12 hours for 2 doses (within 24 hours)," says Dr. Young.
Because methotrexate can lead to spontaneous abortions, women taking this RA drug should take precautions to prevent pregnancy. Women should also use a contraceptive if their sexual partner is taking methotrexate. "Reliable contraception must be continued for three months after men stop taking methotrexate and for women until after they have had their menstrual cycle return," Young says. "Women must notify their physician immediately if they think that they may be pregnant while they (or their partner) are taking methotrexate."
To prevent mouth pain, ulcers, and nausea, a low dose of folic acid, a B vitamin, once a day, can be considered. In addition, your doctor will want to do blood work, including a chemistry profile, every month to monitor your white blood count. After a few months of monitoring, you should be able to reduce the frequency of blood tests to once every two to four months. People living with rheumatoid arthritis and kidney disease may be especially susceptible to the side effects of methotrexate and instead may need to take a different medication for RA treatment.
It's important to screen on a regular basis for liver irritation, says Whelton. "While mild liver inflammation is not uncommon, serious liver disease is rare." Blood tests can check for liver problems. If your liver test is abnormal, your doctor may lower your dose of this RA drug or stop it temporarily. Later on, your doctor might start you on methotrexate again at a lower dose.
Alcohol increases the risk for liver inflammation when taking methotrexate and should be avoided. The combination of alcohol and methotrexate may lead to liver damage.


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I don't know if I have ever seen a public figure as hard to figure out as President Trump. Certainly, no one who has ever been elected to the Presidency has been more of a battle ax than him. He has forged a political coalition that has baffled even the most seasoned political scientists.
We are going to know very soon.
I have to confess that I was on the Trump Train very early and that my public endorsement of him garnered much opposition from those who would normally be supporting the same values-driven candidate as me. My support of him cost me many friends, some of with all of the fences still have not been mended.
But I saw something in him, early, that told me that one need not be a man of God in order to be God's man. I still hold that position and am a supporter of his today. But I understand the anxiety many of my friends suffer. If he is REALLY going to drain the swamp isn't it about time that he called the Roto-Rooter man?
Again, we are going to know very soon.
One of the things that really troubles me about some of my Christian friends is their inability, or unwillingness to "root" for him. It is almost as if THEY have made up their mind that he is NOT God's man and refuse to support him even 2 years into his term in office. Stubborn as they are, I wonder if they follow the Bible's mandate to "pray for our leaders" but instead secretly hope he fails so that they will have been proven right about his character shortcomings and fitness for the office.
I would hope that all Christians pray that he is successful, but I really don't think that is the case. Their own pride blinds them to the fact that God may not be operating the way that they expect Him to. God is ambidextrous. He is the originator of the idea of sleight of hand. He fooled Satan into crucifying His Son. I wonder what the odds at Vegas were on God coming out on the winning side of that power play.
Oh, but His ways are not our ways. Perhaps someday we will realize that He plays by His own set of rules and that it is foolish to ever think we have The Creator figured out.
I became aware of politics 55 years ago today on November 22, 1963 when JFK had his head cracked wide open in Dealey Plaza. In my mind, I always referred to that as the "day America died" because since that time our government has become a secret operation and the real truth of what was going on "behind the curtain" has been hidden from the American people. The Kennedy assassination was the first of many "deep state" operations pulled on the American people. Our "elected officials" no longer run the government. Most are hired simply to make sure that the government continues to run according to plan…THEIR plan…the deep state…SWAMP…shadow government…that we all pray President Trump is committed to draining.
We will know very soon which team he is playing for.
Let me take the peel off of the potato.
Like so many of you, I have waited patiently for 2 years for the hammer to drop. I have followed Q Anon and all of the "insiders" dropping breadcrumbs as to what was really going on behind the scenes. Trust sessions…trust Q…trust the plan. Well, I have trusted them all and it is now time for the President to crap or get off of the pot.
It is apparent to anyone who is paying attention that the corruption in our government runs very deep. It is clear that we have not had a REAL President since that fateful day in Dallas. And I find it ironic that the battle has now gone full circle. It appears to me that Donald Trump is fighting the same group that President Kennedy warned us about…the military industrial complex.
But in the 55 years since Kennedy was blown away, that political swamp of miscreants has metastasized and become so entrenched that it is nearly impossible to dislodge them. The way I see it, President Trump is our last hope. If he is a fraud, a bought and paid for agent of the Rockefellers and Rothschild's bankers, then our ship is sunk.
Call me naïve'. Call me foolish. Call me a sellout. But if Donald Trump is pulling our chain, then our nation has long since been lost.
We are about to find out where he stands. We will soon know which team he is quarterbacking. This is where the rubber meets the road.
Declassify the FISA Report. Expose the criminal activities of the high level deep-staters at work in the Alphabet Agencies. Expose for the world the criminal activities of those who were sworn to protect and serve us. Perp walk them. Show the American people the dark underbelly of our "election process" and the treasonous crimes of those who have manipulated the American system.
Restore the rule of law. Re-establish justice. Do away with the multi-level criminal justice system. Return the government to THE PEOPLE. Anything else is simply window dressing.
Pray for him…even if you don't like him. Pray he is God's man. What he does in the next 30 days will show us for which team the president is playing.


Interesting that UT drops out of the top 25 from #14. Still 4 B12 teams in the top 25.
Baylor 3 game sweep of us didn't help our standings.
1-1 vs #11 GT helps…. 1-1 vs #22 TT also helps … as does 1-2 vs #2 OSU although they smoked us in the 1st game and 3 HR's got us in the 2nd game.
For the first time this season, the West Virginia University baseball team is in the national rankings, appearing in five top-25 polls.
Individually, junior right-handed pitcher Alek Manoah is No. 10 in the country with 80 strikeouts and No. 24 with a 0.87 WHIP, while he also leads the Big 12 with 11.87 strikeouts per nine innings and is second in the league with 5.64 hits allowed per nine innings. Junior center fielder Brandon White is No. 24 in the NCAA with 0.61 stolen bases per game and senior right fielder Darius Hill is No. 30 with 14 doubles.
Up next, the Mountaineers travel to Penn State before a weekend series against Kansas from April 19-21. WVU and PSU meet on Wednesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park in State College, Pennsylvania. West Virginia then continues Big 12 play against Kansas at Monongalia County Ballpark, beginning on Friday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. The series continues on Saturday, at 4 p.m., before the finale on Sunday, at 1 p.m. Tickets for the Big 12 series are available at WVUGAME.com, by calling 1-800-WVU GAME, at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum or on game day at Monongalia County Ballpark.


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The commemorative Cold War Medal is available to those who served during the Cold War 1945-1991, their next of kin or direct descendants. Jive Software Version: 9.3.0.0 , revision: 20200527095825.4c939cb.dev_9.3.0Under the 1998 National Defense Authorization Act, the Secretary of Defense approved awarding Cold War Recognition Certificates to all members of the armed forces and qualified federal government civilian personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United States anytime during the Cold War era, which is defined as Sept. 2, 1945 to Dec. 26, 1991.
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Normally, under the concept of "pyramids of Giza" modern man understands only the complex of the three largest buildings of Khufu, khafra and menkaura. However, it is supplemented by a large number of smaller pyramids, temples, ancient cemeteries and, of course, the legendary Sphinx.
The exact dates of construction of these monuments still can not say anything definite. However, there is no doubt that the construction of the entire complex in Giza valley was completed to the XXIII century BC that is the age of the youngest of the monument goes back at least 3200 years.
Initially, the shape of the pyramids was quite different than now. The main entrances to the tombs were built covered galleries connecting them with churches. But the main thing – the giant stone faces of graves covered the shining of Tura limestone, the thickness of which was about one meter. Today of former grandeur can only guess – according to ancient sources, the pyramids of Giza, thanks to the veneer of limestone that glistened in the sun, and Shine that was visible even from the valley of the Nile (a distance of 25 kilometers).
About the uniqueness and architectural value of the pyramids is better illustrated by the fact that, of the "seven wonders of the ancient world" has survived to this day are the only ones. In addition, up to 1880, the monuments at Giza, and the pyramid of Cheops, was vysokopolnogo man-made structure on earth (almost 150 meters).
Still, it is surprising how relatively underdeveloped the Egyptian civilization was able to build such monumental buildings. One only the great pyramid consists of two million blocks of stone, the weight of the greater part of which reaches 2,5 tons. Without wheels, complex lifting systems builders managed to achieve such high quality work that still inner rooms facing tremendous pressure, not collapsed. And between the blocks impossible to insert even a tiny needle.
Lots of interesting theories with fans of mysterious causes and the unusual placement of the tombs relative to each other and maps of the starry sky. So, the pyramids of Khufu and khafra are strictly diagonally from each other, and the smallest tomb of menkaura is shifted slightly to the East. Thus, the structure according to your drawing precisely reproduce the appearance of one of the largest constellations in the Northern sky – the belt of Orion.
In the history of the pyramids in Giza is still a lot mysterious, and the interest in them does not subside. Especially tourist interest, no wonder millions of visitors to Egypt invariably acquire excursions to Giza, despite the removal of the complex from the main seaside resorts of the country.


Here are some simple things you can do to reverse signs of aging. By practicing these simple, but transformative movements, you might find a little more bounce in your step, improvement in your balance, better coordination and more grace in your movements.
It's hard to speed up.
It's an effort to reach up or bend down.
I sometimes stumble or shuffle when I walk.
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I use my hands to push off when I get up from a seat.
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Raise, then lower your heels. Don't lift your body, just go up a small amount on the balls of your feet, slowly at first, then more quickly.
Go for a practice walk at home or outdoors. Practice aiming your knees in the direction you're going, e.g., aim your knees toward a door across the room.
Sitting in a chair, place hands on your belly. Tilt backward slightly until you feel your stomach muscles contract. Tilt forward and backward a few times; feel your stomach muscles engage.
Lie on the floor with knees bent and feet wide apart. Relax your breathing, relax your jaw and rest your arms anywhere. Push gently through feet until pelvis rolls toward your head and lower back nears the floor. Release, and roll pelvis the other way, toward your feet. Repeat, rolling your pelvis from head to foot. Keep neck and jaw relaxed so your head also moves. Breathe!
Sit in the middle of a chair with both feet solidly on the floor and jump your pelvis forward and back on chair without using your hands. Before you stand up, imagine you're going to jump. Don't actually jump -- just feel the act of standing from a chair on the way to jumping. It will be a feeling of lightening the load.


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Now if you are searching for various secured loan options, one of the simplest loans to apply for is the logbook loan. This loan is secured against the value of a vehicle that you own. This can be a motor car, a motorbike, a truck, van or even a caravan. As long as it is in good condition, it has value and therefore can act as collateral when you take out a logbook loan. The best thing is that not only do you secure a loan, but you can still use your vehicle on a daily basis.
How does this loan option work?
Well, no doubt that your fully paid off motor vehicle is indeed an asset to you. But how do you use it to borrow money with a logbook loan? Well, it is simple really. We have done all the homework for you so if you intend to go with this loan option, you will know exactly how it works.
There are a few important factors to consider first hand, however.
Firstly, your vehicle must be fully paid off. There can be no outstanding finance on it at all. Secondly, you must be the legal owner of the vehicle. It cannot belong to your spouse, sibling, friend or colleague. If it does, they must apply for the logbook loan themselves.
Thirdly, the vehicle cannot be older than 10 years. Many logbook loan providers however, will make exceptions with certain sports cars or older classic models.
Lastly, you must have full and comprehensive insurance for the vehicle. This protects the credit provider in case the vehicle is stolen, in an accident or even damaged by extreme weather.
Although these are the most important considerations, your vehicle needs to be in good condition and have a relatively low mileage as well. In other words, it has to have some value to it that can act as security for your loan. Bear in mind, if you default on your logbook loan repayments, the credit provider is lawfully allowed to repossess your vehicle and sell it to recoup any costs incurred.
How does one apply for a logbook loan?
The application process for a logbook loan is relatively simple. The first step is to have your vehicle assessed to see how much it is worth. This, together with your monthly income, helps to determine the amount that you will receive as a loan pay-out.
The second step requires you to furnish the logbook loan provider with a number of documents. These include proof of address, bank statements for the past three months on your main account, wage slips from your employer for the past three months, documents that prove you have comprehensive insurance on the vehicle as well as your identity document.
Generally, you can email these to the loan provider and they will do your application online. The approval can take as quick as a few hours and the money can be paid into your bank account within a day in most cases.
Remember, that you will surrender your vehicle logbook to the loan provider for the duration of the loan as they are the legal owners of the vehicle until you have paid your last loan instalment.
Logbook loans are certainly becoming one of the most popular secured loan options for individuals throughout the United Kingdom. There are a number of reasons for this. Let's take a closer look.
There is no denying that logbook loans are perhaps the easiest of the secured loan options to apply for. Most companies allow you to apply online, even to the point of giving you a ballpark figure for what they think your car is worth. All the necessary documents that they require can then easily be emailed to them without you even having to visit their offices.
Many people throughout the United Kingdom are suffering from negative credit ratings. This then precludes them from a number of different credit options including personal loans, credit cards and even mobile phone contracts. When taking out a logbook loan, although your credit score will be checked – it has to be by law – it won't stop you from being eligible for a loan. All the loan company is interested in is the vehicle you offer as well as a monthly repayment that will not put you under financial pressure.
Once the loan company has all the documents that they require to process your loan, and have looked at and assessed your vehicle, it's a matter of a few hours before you know if you have been approved for the loan or not (95% of all logbook loans are approved).
Once approval has been given and you sign the contract, it takes about 24 hours before the money is paid into your account (in most cases). It can take longer on some occasions depending on the financial institution you bank with and them clearing the funds quick enough.
Many residents of the United Kingdom are struggling financially, of this, there is no doubt. Times are hard and it is difficult to make it from one paycheck to the next. There are a number of factors for this but generally, a stagnant economy, driven by the worldwide financial crash of 2008 is the main culprit. The world's economy is still struggling to right itself after that debacle.
And then, in the middle of 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, another massive setback for the economy. Just look how the pound has devalued against a range of currencies in the few months since the result of the Brexit vote was announced.
Tough economic times mean people who simply are making their way financially, turn to various credit products to try and help them make ends meet. And there are so many credit products to choose from.
For the man in the street, they can be a little confusing. At Daily Loan Tips, we believe that if you want to take out some form of credit product, you should do you research first. So in this article, we will be taking a look at secured loan options. What are they, how do they work and whether you should use them or not?
Secured loans – an easy answer!
In simple terms, a secured credit option is a loan given to the applicant in which they have to put up some asset as a form of collateral before the loan is approved. These assets can be anything that has value, from a vehicle to a house to a piece of jewellery. Often, the value of the collateral is based on how big a loan the applicant would like to secure.
Why is this collateral necessary? Well, the credit provider wants to have something that they can then fall back on should the person forfeit on paying their monthly loan instalments. In other words, the collateral put up can be sold for the credit provider to recoup any loan amount as well as any costs they might have incurred.
The 'secured' part of the loan – the collateral or security put up – is there simply to protect the credit provider given the loan to the applicant.
Surely there are some advantages for people applying for a secured loan? Yes, there are quite a few. Let's take a closer look.
If you apply for a secured loan, you can be guaranteed a long repayment period. Often, other forms of loans are for a shorter period, say 12 months. With a secured loan, because you are taking out a rather large sum of money, you can rest assured that you will have a long period of time to pay it off.
Depending on the amount and the collateral offered, your loan can be paid off between 1 to 5 years and even longer in some cases. What this means is that you will be paying lower instalment costs each month although interest added to the loan will also be higher.
Because you are providing collateral when you take out the loan, you are able to borrow a fairly big sum of money, much more that you would be able to if you had taken out an unsecured loan. Of course, the amount is still very much dependent on your income and expenditure. After all, you have to be able to pay the monthly instalments easily enough!
Applying for a secured loan is simple. This is because the credit company know that you are offering collateral and therefore they have something to fall back on if you should default on payments. A secured loan is far easier to obtain than an unsecured loan.
These are just some of the numerous advantages of secured loans.
But how does one apply for such a loan?
Applying for a secured loan is fairly simple. The best way is to find a few credit providers that have secure loan offerings. Don't just jump at the first one you find. Once you have found three or four options, start to compare the loans to find the one that will suit your needs best.
There are a few important factors that you should look at that will aid you in your decision. Perhaps the most important of these are the interest rates you will be charged when you take out the loan. This has a massive part to play in the final loan amount and will affect monthly repayments.
Then you need to see how long you will have to pay the loan off. A shorter period means higher instalments, something that is important to remember.
Finally, check with the credit provider what procedures they follow if you should default on a payment. Do they immediately claim your collateral? This is very important as some companies will give you a chance to get back on track, while other unscrupulous lenders will just claim your collateral at the first missed payment.
And there you have it, all you need to know about secured loans. No doubt, when you need a large sum of money in a hurry, a secured loan is simply your best option.


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Welcome to Day 28 of Trainwreck'd Society's Annual Month of Horror Showcase! We have a fully loaded month of all things horror for you fine folks! October is our favorite month for this very reason, and we are so excited to share 31 full days of film showcases and interviews with some of the finest folks from the world of horror, just as we have been doing for the last 6 years. What started as a simple 5 day showcase, has now blossomed into a full blown month long event. You're going to love this! Enjoy!
It's Day 28, Folks! Halloween is damn near upon us, and we are still rolling with some incredible interviews. Today's interview subject is a man who has done some legendary work in the world of horror in the past, and right up to this very day! It's John Harrison, Everyone! John has done so much incredible work as a filmmaker and composer on so many incredible projects, including the acclaimed Romero 1985 follow up film Day of the Dead, the television adaptation of Dune, 1982's incredible Romero/Stephen King collab Creepshow, and more recently directing a handful of episodes of the reboot of the aforementioned Creepshow that is available now on Shudder and is getting some damn good reviews for damn good reasons.
John is also an executive producer behind yet another television adaptation of the the legendary tale of Dune that is slated to release next year, and we could not be any more excited about it. He has done some incredible work within the world of horror and beyond, and we are so excited to share his words with you all today. So Folks, please enjoy some beautiful words from the brilliant John Harrison!
What inspired you to get into the world of filmmaking? was it an early aspiration you can always remember having since your youth, or did you just find yourself in this world one day?
I've always loved movies and theater. When I was in middle school, our classes were taken to the symphony and theater as part of our 'cultural education'. At the time, the American Conservatory Theater was in residence in Pittsburgh where I grew up. A fantastic theater company (in residence since the 60's in San Francisco), doing all kinds of unbelievable work. Everything from Shakespeare, to Pirandello, to Albee and Pinter. I was blown away. I'd never seen anything so good. The experience made me want to be in that world somehow. So I studied theater in boston, then film and TV later in Pittsburgh. My partners and I then put a small production company together, which led to meeting George Romero. The rest is history.
What was your first paid gig in the world of filmmaking? and were there any kind of lessons learned from this project that still affect your work today?
I had an internship for a while at WQED in Pittsburgh, and there were small films we did for that PBS station. But my first professional paid gig came through our small production company my partners and I had. It was a documentary about drug addiction for a local foundation. Relatively low budget. great experience, trying to produce a half hour film, soup to nuts, and deliver on budget and schedule. That kind of indie production was what it was all about in Pittsburgh back in the day, and the skills we developed have always stayed with me.
In 1985 you worked on the now legendary film Day of the Dead. It remains to this day as one of my favorite horror films of all time. I am curious to know how your experience was working on this amazing project?
It was my second time working with George Romero as his assistant director and composer. (the first was Creepshow). It was a difficult shoot. Weeks and weeks in an old limestone mine in the middle of winter. But it was great fun. we were young, and george had a way of making everyone on the crew feel important. Of course, I had the luxury of being next to him the entire time, from prep, to shoot, to post. The best film school I could have ever wished for.
In your own personal opinion, what do you believe it is that makes the horror genre special? what sets it apart from other genres you have worked in?
The brilliance of the best horror is that it deals with the human condition and all of its rawness in an archtypal and primal way. Horror has existed as a medium for as long as we've told each other stories, in all art forms, from Euripides to Dante to Goya to Shelley, Stoker, Poe, and of course, the founders and staples of 20th and 21st century horror – Lovecraft, Cronenberg, King, Rice, Barker, Craven, Romero etc. The fact that it remains a genre used by these artists throughout history speaks for itself.
What is your favorite scary movie?
Too many to list. But one that had a profound effect on me as a kid was Robert Wise's interpretation of the Shirley Jackson novel, The Haunting Of Hill House. It was a great influence on me. and it's still scary as hell.
Do you have any plans for this coming Halloween? Any fun traditions that you try to stick to every year?
Since I just directed episodes of the new Creepshow series (on Shudder TV now) I'm going to spend Halloween at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights where they're doing a Creepshow homage.
What does the future hold for you? Anything you would like to plug to our readers?
Obviously, I'd love everyone to tune in the new Creepshow, executive produced by my pal, Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead). We tried very hard to honor George and Steve King's original style, and I think we were successful. it's going to be a really good show.
A paranormal thriller I wrote is off to publishers at the moment, and we're hoping it's out next year. while I wait to find out if Creepshow gets picked up, I'm finishing another novel, this one a supernatural psychological thriller. (i get bored easily, in case you hadn't guessed).
What was the last thing that scared the hell out of you?
The nightmare I had last night. I really can't remember it much, but I remember finally realizing it was a dream and had one hell of a time waking myself up. At least I think I did.
What was the last thing that made you smile?
Waking up. I think.
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    private Map<String, String> filterParameters(Map<String, String[]> parameters)
    {
        Map<String, String> searchParameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
        for(Map.Entry<String, String[]> entry : parameters.entrySet())
        {
            String[] value = entry.getValue();
            if(value[0].isEmpty() == false)
            {
                searchParameters.put(entry.getKey(), value[0]);
            }
        }
        return searchParameters;
    }

    private List<Object> buildAaData(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException, JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException
    {
        List<Object> JsonArray = new ArrayList<Object>();
        ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
        int colCount = rsmd.getColumnCount();
        int rowCounter = 0;

        while(rs.next())
        {
            Map<String, Object> JsonObject = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
            for(int colCounter = 1; colCounter<=colCount; colCounter++)
            {
                String JsonString = rsmd.getColumnName(colCounter);
                String JsonValue = rs.getObject(colCounter).toString();
                JsonObject.put(JsonString, JsonValue);
            }
            JsonArray.add(JsonObject);
            rowCounter++;
        }
        this.totalrecords = rowCounter;
        return JsonArray;
    }

    private String buildJsonResonse(List<Object> aaData, String sEcho) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException
    {
        totalDisplayRecords = 10;
        Map<String, Object> jsonObject = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        jsonObject.put("sEcho", echo);
        jsonObject.put("totalRecords", totalrecords);
        jsonObject.put("TotalDisplayRecords", totalDisplayRecords);
        jsonObject.put("aaData", aaData);

        return mapper.writeValueAsString(jsonObject);
    }
}

this servlets generates the following JSON output:
{"sEcho":0,"totalRecords":1,"TotalDisplayRecords":10,"aaData":[{"xxxx":"xxxx","xxx":"xxxxxx","xxxxxx":"xxxxxx","xxxxxx":"xxxxxxx"}]}

Because I used this "structure" I had to add the following code to the .js file that generates the table.
JS file:
function generateTable () {
    $("#searchResults").dataTable({
        "bFilter" : false,
        "bServerSide": true,
        "sAjaxSource": "/ArchiveSearch/Search",
        "bProcessing": true,
        "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
        "bJQueryUI": true,
        "aoColumns":    [
                                {"mDataProp": "xxxxxxxx"},
                                {"mDataProp" : "xxxxxxx"},
                                {"mDataProp" : "xxxxxxxx"},
                                {"mDataProp" : "xxxxxx"}
                            ]
        });
    };

I removed the $(document).ready line to load this puppy with an onClick event.
In my JSP file I have the following code:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
    pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

    <link href="/ArchiveSearch/resources/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
    <title>searchArchive</title>

Home

Archive Connection

Zoeken in archief

            <form action="/ArchiveSearch/Search" method="post">

xxxxxx:<input type="text" name="xxxxx"  size="25"/>

xxxxxx:<input type="text" name="xxxx" size="25" />

xxxxxxx:<input type="text" name="xxxxxx"  size="25"/>

xxxxxxx:<input type="text" name="xxxxxxxx"  size="25"/>

xxxxxxxx:<input type="text" name="xxxxxx"  size="25"/>

<input type="text" name="xxxxxx"  size="25"/>

                        <input type="submit" value="Search" onclick="generateTable()">

            </form>

                                xxxxxxx
                                xxxxxxx
                                xxxxxxx
                                xxxxxxxx

The best thing would be if I can make so that an empty table is generated when the JSP pages is loaded, then when I click the submit button the table is populated with the values of the JSON array returned by the servlets.
Any pointers on how I can achieve this?

A: Instead of using the bServerSide option, what about trying to populate it manually?
var table;

function generateTable () {
    table = $("#searchResults").dataTable({
        "bFilter" : false,
        "sAjaxSource": "/ArchiveSearch/Search",
        "bProcessing": true,
        "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
        "bJQueryUI": true,
        "aoColumns":    [
                {"mDataProp": "xxxxxxxx"},
                {"mDataProp" : "xxxxxxx"},
                {"mDataProp" : "xxxxxxxx"},
                {"mDataProp" : "xxxxxx"}
            ]
    });
};

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.submit input').click(function(){
        $.getJSON('/ArchiveSearch/Search', function(data){
            table.fnAddData(data.aaData);
        });
    });
    generateTable();
});

A: The following solutions uses Datatables server-side processing with 'pre-filtering' using a servlet.
Servlet code:

package servlets;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;

import classes.DBConnection;

public class Search extends HttpServlet
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private int echo;
    private int totalrecords;
    private int totalDisplayRecords;

    public Search()
    {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     */
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
    {
    }

    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     */
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
    {
        Connection connect = new DBConnection().returnConnection();
        System.out.println(request.getParameter("formData"));
        Map<String, String> searchParameterMap = seperateFormString(request.getParameter("formData"));
        echo = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("sEcho"));
        String sql = buildQuerytring(searchParameterMap);
        ResultSet rs = executeQuery(connect, sql);

        try {
            List<Object> aaData = buildAaData(rs);
            String JsonString = buildJsonResonse(aaData, echo);
            response.setContentType("text/x-json;charset=UTF-8");
            response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
            response.getWriter().print(JsonString);
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private Map<String, String> seperateFormString(String formData){

        Map<String, String> searchParameterMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
        String[] strings = formData.split("&");
        for(String s : strings)
        {
            String[] parameters = s.split("=");
            int value = parameters.length-1;
            if(parameters.length>1){
                searchParameterMap.put(parameters[0], parameters[value]);
            }
        }
        return searchParameterMap;
    }

    private ResultSet executeQuery(Connection connect, String sql)
    {
        ResultSet rs = null;
        try {
            PreparedStatement presmt = connect.prepareStatement(sql);
            rs = presmt.executeQuery();
        }
        catch (SQLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return rs;
    }

    private String buildQuerytring(Map<String, String> map)
    {
        String select = "SELECT messagecaseid, messagesubject, messagesender, messagereceiver FROM berichtenarchief";
        StringBuilder sb  = new StringBuilder(select);
        boolean mapIsEmpty = map.isEmpty();
        int counter = 0;

        if(mapIsEmpty == false)
        {
            for(Map.Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet())
            {
                if(counter >= 1)
                {
                    sb.append(" AND " + entry.getKey() + " LIKE " + "'%" + entry.getValue() + "%'");
                }
                else if(counter == 0)
                {
                    sb.append(" WHERE " + entry.getKey() + " LIKE " + "'%" + entry.getValue() + "%'");
                }
                counter++;
            }
        }
        System.out.println(sb.toString());
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private List<Object> buildAaData(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException, JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException
    {
        List<Object> JsonArray = new ArrayList<Object>();
        ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
        int colCount = rsmd.getColumnCount();
        int rowCounter = 0;

        while(rs.next())
        {
            Map<String, Object> JsonObject = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
            for(int colCounter = 1; colCounter<=colCount; colCounter++)
            {
                String JsonString = rsmd.getColumnName(colCounter);
                String JsonValue = rs.getObject(colCounter).toString();
                JsonObject.put(JsonString, JsonValue);
            }
            JsonArray.add(JsonObject);
            rowCounter++;
        }
        this.totalrecords = rowCounter;
        return JsonArray;
    }

    private String buildJsonResonse(List<Object> aaData, int echo) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException
    {
        totalDisplayRecords = 10;
        Map<String, Object> jsonObject = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        jsonObject.put("sEcho", echo);
        jsonObject.put("iTotalRecords ", totalrecords);
        jsonObject.put("iTotalDisplayRecords ", totalDisplayRecords);
        jsonObject.put("aaData", aaData);

        return mapper.writeValueAsString(jsonObject);
    }
}

Information from form with server-side processing, and a popup with data from the selected row which can be used for other things you need.
JQuery code:
var table;
var gaiSelected =  [];

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#searchResults").dataTable({
        "bJQueryUI": true
        });
    $('.searchsubmit').click(function() {
        var formData = $('form').serialize();
        table = $("#searchResults").dataTable({
            "bDestroy": true,
            "bProcessing": true,
            "bServerSide": true,
            "sAjaxSource": 'Search',
            "sServerMethod": "POST",
            "aoColumns": [
                          { "mDataProp": "xxxxxxx" },
                          { "mDataProp": "xxxxxxx" },
                          { "mDataProp": "xxxxxxxx" },
                          { "mDataProp": "xxxxxxxxx" }
                      ],
            "fnServerParams": function ( aoData ) {
                aoData.push({"name": "formData", "value": formData}
                        );
            }
        });
        return false;
    });

     $('#searchResults tbody tr').live('dblclick', function () {
         var aData = table.fnGetData( this,0 );
         alert(aData);
            });
});

IMPORTANT: use return false at the end of your onClick method. thanks somebody for pointing that out. (I will try to find you later and give some points.) Further touti, Succes parameter is not necessary, see Jquery doc.
If I think of something important later, I will add this to the post later.

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When looking toward what might be coming next from the FOMC, the reigning theme remains "they don't know what they are doing." That sentiment applies, of course, retroactively to all the QE's, Twists and badly implemented emergency measures on the way down, but attention is rightfully focused now on how to get to C. Going from A to B already, there remains a large transitive step to take and the Fed is hoping to do so as an almost reactionary program to go back to A. We know better.
This divergence starts with the plethora of "exit" tools that the Fed has amassed and even tested these past two years since they started toying with the idea. The fact that the indication of "taper" was released almost as soon as QE4 got under way says a lot about just how much affection the FOMC has for all their dangerous stunts and experiments. The problem, from their perspective, is that getting back to A requires even more experimentation. That itself should suggest that the ultimate destination is not a revisiting of A but rather an unguided mission into uncharted C.
The momentous heraldry with which the reverse repo program (RRP) was first introduced stands now in stark contrast to the almost-contempt with which the FOMC as early as last July now holds it – with good reason. Despite all the happy talk about "successful" tests, which somehow the standards for achieving that qualification are never released, the Fed at that July FOMC policy meeting made it clear that the RRP's are an almost necessary-evil to them. That was one reason they were given a $300 billion daily cap back in September.
Participants generally agreed that the ON RRP facility should be only as large as needed for effective monetary policy implementation and should be phased out when it is no longer needed for that purpose.
In other words, the FOMC intends to do as little as possible before scrapping it entirely. Straight away, there are enormous problems with both parts of that summation. Nobody has any real idea what "large as needed" may account, and there is surely major debate to come about "no longer needed." Taking the first part first, the FOMC originally decided on a relatively small RRP allotment, but has found out, under the qualification of "successful" testing mind you, that to achieve even their theoretical aims of raising rates in a conjunctive and orderly fashion would mean at least double the RRP's.
More recent FOMC policy meetings have suggested that the academic economists have produced suitable regressions to that opinion, so much so that the FOMC has made it apparent that in all likelihood when the time comes (if it ever does) the RRP's will likely come out totally uncapped. Writing now for Credit Suisse, by way of Perry Mehrling's blog (thanks to R Burch for pointing it out), Zoltan Pozsar has placed the theoretical likelihood of the RRP's on an exit above $1 trillion. As Mehrling points out, "that's a pretty big disconnect" between what the Fed thinks on the affair and where more realistic assessments are heading.
Again, they don't know what they are doing.
The issue of the RRP's stands to connect these problems, from how big does it "need" to be in operation all the way to how long might it "need" to be around. The Fed has decided small and very, very temporary, but the reality of the money markets and the paradigm shift argue very much against that wishful thinking.
The problem is that money markets stopped working in 2008 without any actual replacement at hand (A to B). Dealers were primarily responsible for intermediating the structural inequities inherent in what is really an ad hoc global eurodollar system – it worked before because everyone thought it would. The reason that dealers played such a primary role was because they could pillage freely the financial system through prop trading and gain-on-sale accounting. There was too much profit (loosely defined in terms of GoS) in those to leave it alone, meaning that the eurodollar system on the way up was very much self-feeding and also the means by which it was all funded (certainly not boring and ancient deposits that ultimately limit financialism, and central bank activism).
The problem from A to B was that dealers got caught in the extremities of their own making, and instead of an orderly unwinding (which is never really a possibility) they simply exited. The Fed took far too long to come to terms with this paradigm shift, preferring instead to see the global banking system as it was in 1930 or at best 1960, which is why money market breakdown turned into broad and global panic (of banks, by banks). When it did finally act, what occurred was essentially the Fed remaking wholesale finance of its own balance sheet – not lender of last resort but market of last resort.
In the meantime, organic money markets have shriveled under the weight of this central bank intrusion. There are reasons of Dodd-Frank and Basel, but also of QE and profits.
The trouble, then, longer term is what comes next when the Fed no longer acts as that market of last resort; the money markets must shift back to being a private affair. The Fed, as noted above, wants to go back to A but dealer banks are essentially gone from money dealing and there isn't any reason to expect that the end of ZIRP or QE will get them back into the habit – not without a total bypass of the Volcker Rule and conditions for renewal of "gain on sale" profits. That last part will be very difficult with fixed income prices in general expected to move in the "wrong" direction as part of all this.
As Merhling aptly points out, Pozsar too, as the central premise, this shift is not just off ZIRP and the eventual winding down of QE's already undertaken but actually a character change, over time, of the entire complexion of the money markets in the US and globally. We went from A (dealer-led money markets) to B (central bank dead money markets) to a likely C of money market funds and other "cash pools." Pozsar's Exhibit 7 illustrates this evolution very well.
There are also grave concerns about shifting to a money fund paradigm, as well. That would make the money system, if not global finance overall, much more like the shadow conduits that have been vilified (somewhat correctly) since 2007, and much less like the traditional and regulated banking system that everyone says they want. The focus of both Mehrling and Pozsar is about thinking ahead to what all that might look like, and that is a positive development in that someone beside those who don't know what they are doing is actually and credibly pioneering what is really new territory.
While I respectfully disagree about the RRP providing a floor (repo fails, specials and all that), I think his suggestion about the IOER going up with "no consequence for other money market rates" is likely correct. But I also think the fact that some money rates, including the dead federal funds rate (effective), have already taken flight also suggests another scenario altogether – that B to C could or will be a total mess. This is essentially the same scenario that I think has been acting out since November 20, 2013. In other words, there will not be any normalcy, and any attempt to go backward undertakes what amounts to incalculable risk of being disastrous (that is why, I believe, credit market bearishness, flattening yield and money/eurdollar curves, and any number of paradigm inflections in various markets all date back to around November 20; that "something" occurred as a consequence of the taper selloff that more than suggested getting out of QE's and such was nigh impossible. That such a sentiment has lasted now almost two years forms the basis of what I have called the Fed's suicidal tendencies toward ending ZIRP).
I personally find way too much complacency in blindly believing that going from B to C will be only a minor inconvenience. It would be dangerous even under the circumstances where the system shifted from the dealers to the Fed and back to the dealers, with an infinite series of potential dangers even there. But to undertake a total and complete money market reformation from dealers to the Fed to money funds? There are no tests or history with which to suggest this is even doable under current intentions. Poszar and Mehrling's contributions more than suggest that difficulty, but I think that still understates whether or not we ever get that far.
Clearly the entire eurodollar system has been undertaking pains of withdrawal all the way back to August 9, 2007. What is at issue is what might constitute that second transition, to get from B to C. Poszar's scenario is one of a relatively familiar C, with some difficulty in achieving it (largely in the Fed "holding its nose" about the RRP's) and Mehrling (and I really don't want to speak too much for him) looking maybe a little past that. My position is that the transition has already been rocky and with some very dangerous results so far (October 15, January 15). The Swiss National Bank can attest.
The first rule of military planning is that no plan ever survives first contact; in money market planning we have already seen the metaphorical bullets all over the place. That may not necessarily derail the intended transformation, but I wouldn't discount that in the end what comes out looks nothing like even the C's envisioned here. After all, heading toward late 2007, hardly anyone could see that A would prove so unworkable as to force even shifting to B, and that B looked nothing like what anyone dreamed it would. Paradigm shifts are always messy, and financial and funding markets since November 20, 2013, have been getting more and more nervous about it all. In many ways that is understandable given the gathering preponderance of unknown unknowns coming into view, but also as a matter of wider appreciation that they don't know what they are doing.


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A day after the earthquake
"A day after the earthquake" tells the story, during a day, of an affected family. In Esmeraldas. In this photo a boy of two years playing in his backyard, in a house affected by the earthquake. On April 16, 2016, Ecuador suffered one of the most impressive natural disasters in its history, an earthquake that hit the provinces of Manabí and Esmeraldas. The results to date confirm that 659 people were killed and 29 000 are living in temporary shelters.
TAGS: Child, Ecuador
Ana Buitron
© Ana Buitron.
Date Uploaded: May 26, 2016, 6:26 p.m.
Camera Model: ILCE-7
PHOTO LOCATION Esmeraldas, Ecuador


Two Tribes wines are produced and distributed by 'The Red Kangaroo Wine Company' and award winning winemaker Hamish Seabrook. The winery is located in the world famous Barossa Valley where Hamish oversees the production and quality control.
Two Tribes includes a wine range to satisfy the different types of wine consumers.
Our Premier range wines are made from specially selected parcels of grapes representing the best in the region of origin. Matured in oak hogs head barrels for 12 months ensures this wine develops character with exceptional quality and showcases the varietal fruit. This wine is made for longevity and cellaring opportunities up to 6 – 8 years.
In celebration to the Australian aboriginal customs this wine has been made to display fantastic varietal characters and attains complexities from maturing over time. It can be drunk now, but will benefit from cellaring for up to 3 – 5 years.
An enjoyable wine to drink now that has been made to accommodate the everyday wine consumer. The Outback wine comes from specific grapes sourced to promote flavour and varietal typicality, and so enhancing the wine drinking experience. Although this wine may benefit from some cellaring, drinking now will be a delight.


With the green face it will catch your eye.
I like the cover it draws your attention and for me it makes me want to pick it up and see what it is about!
The kid looks like the love child from Harry Potter and Shrek's wife.
It makes me think this would be a fun story.


Many children who are victims of abuse often go unnoticed, with their cases unreported. As mistreatment mainly occurs within the family, this impacts children's physical and mental health throughout crucial stages of their development.
Therefore, the IARS International Institute is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for the European Commission funded project, PROCHILD. This platform will deliver the aims of the 2-year transnational initiative: to create an integrated services model that thrives on multi-stakeholder collaboration in order to protect and support abused children.
This project will be delivered in partnership with 5 European organisations: Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita Di Bologna (Italy), Terveyden Ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos (Finland), La Voix De L'enfant (France), Katholische Fachhochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) and Institouton Ygeias Tou Paidiou (Greece).
Putting the child's best interests first, PROCHILD will bring together key stakeholders, including: health and education professionals, social workers, police force members and judicial officers.
Dr. Theo Gavrielides, IARS' Founder and Director, said: "Collaboration is key to creating change. Through a unified approach to tackling violence against children, our leaders of tomorrow can be safe from both physical and mental harm. With the support of our partners, this online platform will provide professionals with the fundamental tools to help child victims and safeguard their rights".
The partnership will produce training materials for child protection and education professionals as well as an e-learning platform and lectures for university students. This bottom-up, community-led approach intends to aid the EU's investment in children's rights by increasing professionals' skills in detecting, reporting and supporting victims, actively involving children in the improvement of protection and care systems as well as raising awareness about child violence.
The new interactive web space will feature news, blogs, project findings and updates, such as reports and policy briefs, as well as opportunities for collaboration, e.g. event announcements, workshops and face-to-face training sessions.
PROCHILD is currently in its first phase. The Kick Off Meeting took place in Bologna, Italy during 14-15 November 2018.
To get involved, please contact contact@iars.org.uk.
PROCHILD is co-funded by the European Commission under the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020.
More details about the project and its European partners can be found here.


Some of you might recognize this skirt from the Altuzarra treasure hunt that I went on a couple of weeks ago.
During the hunt for this skirt I originally bought it in a size 2.
I don't wear a size 2.
Size 4 mostly and sometimes on certain days of the month a size 6.
But since that was all they had left I decided to give it a go and I managed to get it on and zip it up without ripping it or having to beg for help from a sales assistant.
My brain was delighted with the fact that I had squeezed myself into a size 2.
At this point in time I can distincly hear Carly Simon singing, "You're so vain!"
When I took some photos of myself in the skirt though it looked like I'd been squeezed into overfilled snakeskin sausage casing.
Just because you can do up the zipper without breaking it doesn't mean it fits.
I managed to locate a size 4 in the skirt and now there aren't so many wrinkles around my mid section like you see in these photos.
I'm doing my best Angelina Jolie impersonation.
I love how this looks like a dress but is two pieces and the back detail on the belt matches up with the zipper on the skirt perfectly.
Like I'm an alien that can just unzip her skin.
Then you could just take it off, pop it in the dryer on high heat for a bit, shrink out all those wrinkles and pop it back on.
Have you ever tried to squeeze yourself into a smaller size for vanity's sake?
Did you keep the piece and regret buying later?
Or did your sanity come back prior to making it to the cash register?


Bright colors and fun details come together for a bedding set centered on a reversible quilt. One side has a multicolored pattern; the reverse has an allover turquoise and white pattern. Add some throw pillows to this Rod's exclusive for extra western flair!