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Q: How to debug trivial MariaDB query with simple execution plan which often runs really slowly? The query (with literal ? for dynamic query goodness):
SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(my_timestamp_field) AS my_name
  FROM my_table
 WHERE my_column=?

This query is one of the most common in my slow query log (limit 1 second) - it has taken up to 10 seconds several times just in the last few hours. The lock time on every one of the slow queries except one was 50ms±2ms. I've done the research below, but I'm stumped for how to continue.
Is it possible that another lock somehow is taking up the time without being counted in the lock time? Are there any AWS EBS volume limits I need to be aware of?
Query plan with representative value:
MariaDB [my_schema]> EXPLAIN SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(my_timestamp_field) AS my_name FROM my_table WHERE my_column=10094;
+------+-------------+----------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------+-------+------+-------+
| id   | select_type | table    | type | possible_keys   | key           | key_len | ref   | rows | Extra |
+------+-------------+----------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------+-------+------+-------+
|    1 | SIMPLE      | my_table | ref  | my_column_idx   | my_column_idx | 8       | const |    1 |       |
+------+-------------+----------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------+-------+------+-------+

The table is quite simple, with 21 fixed width columns:
MariaDB [(my_schema)]> SHOW CREATE TABLE my_table\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: my_table
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `my_table` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `my_column` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `my_timestamp_field` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  [other columns]
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `ind_some_key` (`other_column_1`,`other_column_2`),
  KEY `my_column_idx` (`my_column`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=48033 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8

The table is 45k rows, and all the columns are fixed length.
Running MariaDB 5.5 on CentOS 7 on a fast AWS EC2 machine.

A: Only answering the question "how to debug it further".

*

*(Sorry about this one, but it must always be said) Make sure you're looking at the right record in the slow log. The part before a query relates to the query, the part after it does not:

# Time: 161128 19:20:53
# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
# Thread_id: 25  Schema: test  QC_hit: No
# Query_time: 1.925981  Lock_time: 0.924844  Rows_sent: 0  Rows_examined: 0
SET timestamp=1480353653;
select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(my_timestamp_field) AS my_name FROM my_table WHERE my_column=9;
# Time: 161128 19:21:11
# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
# Thread_id: 25  Schema: test  QC_hit: No
# Query_time: 10.000428  Lock_time: 0.000000  Rows_sent: 1  Rows_examined: 0
SET timestamp=1480353671;

The first 6 lines in the block above are the relevant part. Even if the query actually takes 1 second and not 10, it is worth investigating, but it would be a quite different kind of mystery.

*

*Double-check the records in the slow log, specifically Rows_sent and Rows_examined. Since my_column is not unique, it's possible that with some parameter values, or with some unfortunate statistics, the query scans many rows, not just one as in your query plan example. This should rule out a bad execution plan.

# Time: 161128 19:42:19
# User@Host: elenst[elenst] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
# Thread_id: 26  Schema: test  QC_hit: No
# Query_time: 1.622502  Lock_time: 0.000373  Rows_sent: 32768  Rows_examined: 32768
SET timestamp=1480354939;
select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(my_timestamp_field) AS my_name FROM my_table WHERE my_column=3;

*

*Additional check in regard to a bad plan. Try to run a similar query, but not using index, either with a non-indexed column in WHERE, or with IGNORE INDEX hint. The goal is to get full scan and to see how long it takes. With 45K records, even full scan shouldn't take 10+ seconds; but if it does, a wrong plan is still on the table. If it's not anywhere near 10+ seconds, then more likely something else is blocking the query.

*Start a monitor which runs SHOW PROCESSLIST frequently, e.g. every 5 seconds, so that you certainly catch a 10-second query. Better if the monitor runs in a persistent connection, but if it's too difficult, just run the MySQL client with -e 'SHOW PROCESSLIST' in a loop. Don't forget to show timestamps, too. When you catch the query, the State field will show in which stage the query spends the time, and possibly the process list will also give a hint with which other queries your might be conflicting.

*If you have permissions, add SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS\G to the monitor. It might show some details if the query is spending time inside InnoDB.

*Add SHOW GLOBAL STATUS LIKE 'Open%' to the monitor, maybe less frequently. It should show whether the tables get kicked out of the table cache too often, it can cause delays in a busy environment.


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See more about James' work and publications at the ESRI here.

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Good morning. Thank you, Kadijiha! You are an impressive young woman with great promise.
Thank you also Dr. Meehan for hosting us and more importantly for leading a college we are proud calls Milwaukee home. Alverno's reputation for excellence is recognized far and wide and your unique curriculum positions students for success.
Milwaukee needs more Alverno graduates. More future leaders like Kadijiha, who are learning skills for a career and important life lessons too.
We are One Milwaukee, a City with solid, shared values. We embrace hard work, honesty, ambition, and cooperation. We seek the best for our children; we want opportunity for ourselves and our neighbors; we appreciate Milwaukee's natural beauty and quality of life.
Milwaukee in 2015 is a city where opportunity is growing, investments are increasing and residents are tackling new endeavors. Milwaukee is strong, and this is a year to build on our strengths.
I know we have real challenges. In certain neighborhoods, crime and housing are significant concerns. Education and public health require our constant attention.
Through all our opportunities and challenges, I continue to push city government to do more – to innovate and to improve. More importantly, I insist on partnerships. We achieve so much more when we collaborate and cooperate.
Alverno College embraces that approach. This is an academic institution renowned for connecting its students in a meaningful way to the outside world–building connections and partnerships. That serves its students well and benefits our entire city.
Kadijiah told you, she got her first job, her first meaningful job, through our Earn & Learn program. Everyone is this room remembers their first job; every one of us. I was a paperboy and an usher at the very first Milwaukee Brewers game. I was focused on a paycheck, but as we all know, a first job pays off in another way: it teaches responsibility. This happens when an employer offers a young person an opportunity.
That's what we're doing with the Earn & Learn program. We're creating hope and opportunity in the lives of young people in Milwaukee. Since 2005, we've employed more than 22,000 teens and raised more than $4.5 million. The Earn & Learn program is your chance to join a great cause. We have young people who need your help.
Earn & Learn jobs don't just put a few bucks in their pockets – they teach teens how to interact with people and the value of being involved in the workforce. There are many partners involved with Earn & Learn, and they are making a difference.
Just this past year, Jim Popp and his team at Chase Bank gave $100,000 to the Earn & Learn fund. They also hosted a day-long seminar for Earn & Learn participants to learn more about jobs in the banking industry. Thank you, Jim, and your team, for your commitment to Milwaukee's youth. We appreciate it.
I need the employers in this room and throughout the City to join the Earn & Learn team. Please contact my office and let us know you want to be part of this effort.
The overall health of our City depends on the quality of life of each of its families has, and that starts with a job. That's why we developed my Compete Milwaukee program. In partnership with Aldermen Ashanti Hamilton, Willie Wade, and Russell Stamper, we are building a solid foundation for employment opportunities. Our goal is to match workers with jobs, and employers with a strong workforce. In 2015, the City will have 135 transitional jobs.
For example, as part of Compete Milwaukee, Police Chief Edward Flynn and I started the Police Ambassador program. The Police Department created 17 part-time, year-long jobs for young adults. As part of their experience, each Ambassador will be paired with an officer mentor and will attend weekly educational sessions led by Police Academy staff. I would like to recognize Assistant Chief Edith Hudson, an Alverno College Alumna, whose leadership and hard work will make this new program a success. And as a special treat, today I am proud to introduce to you the first Milwaukee Police Ambassador class. They are here with Chief Flynn and their mentors. Please join me in welcoming them. Good luck!
Make no mistake about it, Milwaukeeans want to work. Last October, I co-hosted a job fair at Serb Hall where 2,000 people lined up for the chance to interview with 91 area companies.
Connecting workers and employers directly is key to putting people to work. That's why I started the Mayor's Manufacturing Partnership. In November, a dozen graduates of the partnership received job offers from one of the participating companies, Milwaukee Gear. Each graduate received training for an entry level position paying an average wage of $15 an hour.
Working with our partners, we can have an immediate and positive impact on the hiring of workers, by working closely with employers and designing job training specifically for their needs. From the start of the Manufacturing Partnership in 2012, we have worked with hundreds of employers and more than a thousand individuals have received employment offers. Potential workers and employers continue to tap into the Mayor's Manufacturing Partnership.
To meet this demand, we have formed an Advisory Board chaired by David Mitchell of Monarch Corporation. Thank you, David, for leading this effort.
In recent months, I've toured a number of small Milwaukee manufacturers– companies like Church Metal Spinning, Pho-Tronics, and Maxon Industries. These companies, like dozens of other small manufacturers, employ local people and deliver their products around the country and around the world. They are continuing a Milwaukee manufacturing tradition – making products that are recognized for quality and value.
That tradition of excellence has been recognized by Chief Executive Magazine which recently listed Milwaukee as one of "5 Great Cities for Growing Your Manufacturing Business" saying: "The hard-working belt buckle of Wisconsin makes just about everybody's list of rising manufacturing towns." And I want that momentum to continue.
In addition to offering training, we're working to make companies more energy efficient. Our ME3 sustainable manufacturing program works with small and medium- sized companies to reduce energy use and improve their competitiveness. Nine firms received assistance through ME3 last year including Klement's Sausage and PAK Technologies. And our Me2 Residential and Commercial Programs have retrofitted over 1,200 homes and more than 130 businesses, stimulating nearly $20 million in economic activity in 2014.
Investment in our City is visible to anyone who visits. Cranes are perched over several city sites including the new 833 East Michigan building, riverfront housing at North End, and, most significantly, the new Northwestern Mutual tower. The benefits of constructing the Northwestern Mutual Tower are reverberating throughout the City. Northwestern Mutual uses twenty different Milwaukee-based certified small businesses, and I'm proud to say, the company is on track to meet its employment goals for city residents. That's great.
Today, I'm pleased to announce a major contractor on the Northwestern Mutual building, Benson Industries, has agreed to lease space at Century City on the City's north side. Benson is working on the curtain wall of the tower, and it will have more than forty employees in the building right at the corner of 27th and Townsend Streets.
We are working with our partners at Milwaukee 7 to attract new companies to the city. We are committed to working with existing companies to facilitate their growth. And, to encourage entrepreneurs, we are working with organizations including Scale-up, Kiva, Gener8tor, Biz Starts and the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative. We're doing that because Milwaukee is a great place to start and grow a business.
Milwaukee is also a great place for an NBA team – our Milwaukee Bucks. We're also a great City for major entertainment, conventions, college basketball and we are primed for more significant investment. I support the Governor's arena financing plan. I have had productive conversations with legislative leaders and the Bucks ownership group. We can come to an agreement – an agreement that will not include raising property taxes – to finance a new arena and spur economic development. I'm confident we will get this done.
A recent report published by City Observatory supports what I've been saying for months: We have momentum in this city, and we want to continue that momentum. The report showed city centers have been experiencing stronger job growth than their surrounding suburbs and Milwaukee is one of the leaders. Something significant is going on both in terms of investment and population growth right in the heart of our city.
And yet, at the very time we are making significant gains, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is facing a two-year $40 million state budget cut. That's the largest state budget cut in UWM's history. People don't realize it, but there are 2,000 UWM alumni working at Northwestern Mutual, Rockwell and Johnson Controls alone. Over 70% of UWM's graduates remain in Wisconsin. Talk about helping to plug the brain drain.
From nursing, to the arts, to the only school of architecture in the state, UWM produces talent for Milwaukee. I fought hard for the UWM Zilber School of Public Health and the School of Freshwater Science because both schools attract talent and research dollars to Milwaukee and are key components in our revitalization efforts. Let's not regress.
Now you may have heard, the City of Milwaukee just moved forward with a significant, some would even say slightly controversial, public works project. You know where I'm going; I'm speaking, of course, of the streetcar.
Throughout the debate, my position has remained the same. I want to build on the momentum we've had and continue to create jobs and spur economic development. And a healthy downtown benefits the entire city.
There are so many partners who have gotten us to this point. Ultimately, the Common Council voted to move this project forward. Thank you to them for understanding the value of the streetcar to Milwaukee. I know the members of the Common Council share my commitment to expansion into our neighborhoods as well.
To the business leaders in this community, thank you for recognizing the importance of modern transportation in attracting and retaining talent. Thank you to the business improvement districts who fight to improve property values and spur economic development. Thank you to organized labor, who knows this project will bring both construction and long-term employment.
Thank you to the cultural attractions who know that good mass transit draws visitors from both near and far. And finally, thank you to the many civic boosters who work every day to make sure Milwaukee is a world-class city.
The Streetcar is a part of my vision for a comprehensive transportation strategy that also includes cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians. Key to that plan is our streets.
We have made significant improvements in the quality of our streets. During my time as Mayor, the street replacement cycle has gone from 108 years to 62 years. But there's more to be done. We know well because it's pothole season. This year, we're more than doubling the resources devoted to what I like to call Extreme Makeover Milwaukee Edition. So here's how it works: in one day, our High Impact Paving Program comes in and completely re-paves a street. Through this process, we will repave 21 miles of city streets this year.
The City of Milwaukee continues to grow as a bicycle-friendly community. In 2015, we will add 10 more miles of designated bike lanes and, in partnership with Midwest Bike Share, add at least 30 more Bublr Bike Stations.
And while we're on the topic of bubblers, the City's water utility is significantly increasing its water main work, replacing 101 miles of mains over the next six years. We are doing that because I know Infrastructure is important.
My Strong Neighborhoods Plan defines strategies for revitalization throughout our neighborhoods; and, as blight is eliminated, vacant spaces are re-activated and housing stock is restored.
I have committed more than twenty million dollars to build stronger and safer neighborhoods.
Our gains don't diminish the magnitude of the foreclosure crisis. But we've made significant progress and exceeded many of our initial goals. Initially, we wanted to sell 350 properties: we actually sold 437, adding almost $19 million to the tax rolls. We wanted to sell or improve 100 vacant lots: well, we did 225. We made huge strides to clear dangerous and unstable properties from our neighborhoods by demolishing more than 400 abandoned buildings.
Through our Home Buying Assistance program, people like Mark Schneider, a first-time homebuyer, purchased a city-owned property on West Nash Street. This home and others sold by the City last year have gone from vacant to valued, thanks to the hard work of our dedicated team. But we're not letting up.
We're taking a hard line on "zombie" foreclosures, nuisance properties, and scofflaw owners. Common Council President Michael Murphy and I know that these issues are among the greatest challenges facing our city's neighborhoods.
Since the early days of the foreclosure crisis, we have had some great banking partners in the City. PyraMax Bank, Northshore Bank, and US Bank have worked with us on foreclosure issues, including being lenders for our Homebuyer Assistance Program. This year, we're happy to add Anchor Bank as a lending partner.
We are pushing back on this problem together, and will continue turning neighborhood eyesores into neighborhood assets. Last year, we converted 70 City lots into urban orchards and gardens. Working with neighbors and community partners, we made City-funded improvements on 54 lots. We sold nearly one hundred lots to adjacent neighbors who agreed to maintain them. This year, we will sell at least another 100 lots, improve 80, and continue to be a national leader in transforming vacant spaces.
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation recently received a $75,000 Bloomberg Award which will allow for the improvement of more than 50 vacant lots into urban orchards and pocket parks.
Our Home Gr/Own initiative will partner with the Foundation, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, the Fund for Lake Michigan, and the Zilber Family Foundation to ensure that our urban agricultural efforts will – literally – bear more fruit.
The Bloomberg grant is being matched by our philanthropic partners and we're receiving additional support from Growing Power and David Frank Landscape.
I want to take just a minute to talk about the pocket park we created at 14th and Wright in honor of Ezekiel Gillespie, the African-American voting rights leader. This is very timely. Built on a site that once had a foreclosed home and three vacant lots, the park now features a rain garden, fruit trees and berry bushes.
As you know, this past weekend, we commemorated the 50th anniversary of the March over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama. The events of that day, "Bloody Sunday", horrified the nation and propelled the introduction and passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.100 years before that, in 1865, Ezekiel Gillespie, a former slave, went to a Milwaukee voter registration station to register as a legal, Wisconsin voter. He was denied. Ezekiel took the fight to the Wisconsin Supreme court and in March, 1866, the court issued a unanimous decision in his favor.
The fight for voting rights has had a long, intense history. 150 years after Ezekiel Gillespie was denied the right to register to vote in Milwaukee, we are unfortunately, once again facing measures making it more difficult for people to cast a ballot. And, once again, we need to stand up for democracy.
We are fortunate to have so many dedicated partners who believe in Milwaukee and in building strong, safe and healthy neighborhoods.
Let me take you on a little tour, so you can see what's going on in our neighborhoods. One of these partners is Journey House. Last October, we sold Journey House a foreclosed six-unit property on S. 23rd Street. After rehabilitation, the building will provide housing for youth who are aging out of foster care. Journey House will invest more than $140,000 to make repairs. Funding for the renovation is being provided through a loan and grant from Milwaukee County. Thank you County Executive Chris Abele and the Milwaukee County Board for that.
In January, I helped Sharon and Larry Adams of Walnut Way break ground on the Innovation and Wellness Commons at 16th and North. The first phase of the project will include the Milwaukee Center for Independence, a community business cooperative and a branch of Outpost Natural Foods.
Just up the street on 24th and North, I joined Sister Edna for the groundbreaking of the St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care. This Center will provide community-based care for children, the elderly and people with disabilities. Thank you, Sister.
Residents in the Pulaski Park neighborhood, right here on the south side, are working with community stakeholders to reconnect the Kinnickinnic River corridor to the neighborhood. Their plan includes improvements to the park and investments in green infrastructure.
In the Amani Neighborhood, Tom Schneider, Executive Director of the Children's Outing Association, joined forces with the Dominican Center, Children's Hospital, and Marquette's College of Nursing. Their collective goal there is to add strength and health to the United Amani Neighborhood and one measure of success: crime is down in that neighborhood.
In 2014, three Milwaukee community groups and the Milwaukee Police Department received national attention for their partnership to reduce crime. This was the first time since the MetLife Foundation and LISC initiated the Police-Community Partnership awards back in 2002 that three groups from the same city all won. Riverworks Development Corporation, the Holton Youth and Family Center, and the United Methodist Children's Service-Washington Park Partners were all selected winners from more than 500 nationwide applicants. Congratulations and thank you for that.
Building on the strengths of our west side neighborhoods, Keith Stanley, Executive Director of the Avenues West Association, has teamed up with Harley-Davidson, MillerCoors, Aurora Health Care, the Potawatomi, and Marquette University to form the Near West Side Partners.
In June, Alderman Jose Perez and I attended the ribbon cutting for Pete's Community Farm – now home to more than 25 varieties of produce and fruit trees. Thank you to our friends from Pete's Market!
And just north of Alverno, the Jackson Park Community Association will launch the first Jackson Park Farmer's Market this June.
As you can see, there's a lot of momentum behind the revitalizing and rebuilding of Milwaukee's neighborhoods. I could go on and on and on. Let's give a round of applause to our great partners!
Having a great city means that all residents, regardless of where they live or what their income is, can be healthy throughout their lives. This starts with my work on infant mortality, and ensuring that Milwaukee babies are born strong babies. Infant mortality is a complex problem that demands a sustained, communitywide effort.
I'm very grateful to have the faith-based community, the United Way and Columbia St. Mary's to help in the fight. I am pleased to announce today that this year we are starting a year-round effort we're calling the Strong Baby Sanctuary initiative. We will work with churches to make them safe places for pregnant women, new mothers, dads and families to get health-related support. We're gathering faith-based leaders to recruit churches for this program. Reverend Dr. Garry Levy, the president of the General Baptist State Convention, will bring 30 church leaders to the initial launch event later this month so they can learn how they can support strong babies!
Bill Solberg from Columbia St. Mary's and Courtney Rogaczewski of the March of Dimes are also here. Thank you all for your help.
Our work on infant mortality also includes investing resources in helping men become better fathers. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative, let's celebrate dads. I'd like to acknowledge a special dad today, Lewis Lee. Lewis is not only a more motivated dad thanks to The Fatherhood Initiative, his positive experience led him to volunteer to help other fathers and families.
Just days ago, Lewis was accepted into the transitional jobs program and will be working at the Fatherhood Initiative full-time. I think Lewis is here with his children. There he is. Thank you Lewis.
We owe the children of Milwaukee and their families our very best work. That's why the health department and the police department are working together with Milwaukee County to address childhood trauma. This partnership of mental health and law enforcement professionals will provide trauma informed responses to those exposed to violence. Thank you Alderwoman Milele Coggs for championing this important initiative.
Unfortunately, too much of the trauma we address results from gun violence. Guns in the hands of criminals produce far too much devastation in some of our neighborhoods. In 2014 we had a 14% reduction in homicides, but a 10 % increase in non-fatal shootings. I will never accept the silent premise that gun violence in Milwaukee is inevitable.
We must and will take assertive action. Our criminal justice system must work seamlessly and effectively to make Milwaukee safer. Last year, our police took more than 2,000 guns off our streets. We continue to invest in personnel and technology aimed at reducing gun violence, including a broad expansion of our ShotSpotter system. But, hundreds of guns used in Milwaukee crimes last year were purchased just months before the criminal act. These are not guns that were reported stolen, and they were purchased legally.
We must close loopholes and strengthen penalties to keep these weapons away from violent criminals. And Govenor Walker and state legislators must give the same attention to the lives of victims as they do to the NRA.
To further help build and strengthen neighborhoods, my plan is to have our entire neighborhood library system replaced or renovated by 2020. Under the leadership and watchful eye of Alderman Terry Witkowski, we will be reopening a fully-renovated Tippecanoe branch this year.
We also will begin construction of the new Forest Home branch, and with input from Alderman Bob Puente and the community, determine a final plan for the Mill Road library.
Our newest library—The East Branch—is attracting residents, and signing up new library card holders at a record pace. If you haven't been there, I encourage you to visit. In fact, have Alderman Nik Kovac give you a tour. You will be wowed by the world-class community room, unique public art, the laptop bar, and an inviting living room with a fireplace. This is the type of innovation and quality design you can expect to see at all our neighborhood libraries.
Our libraries play a powerful role in life-long learning. There is an overwhelming amount of research which shows the most critical time to build brain connections is in the first three years of a child's life. That's why I'm proud to announce, the library, with funding from the Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust, will provide comprehensive early literacy services.
Children from birth to age 5 in daycare centers will take part in an expanded ready-to-read program. The program will serve more than 32 childcare sites and more children in Milwaukee will enter school ready to read. That's good news.
We'll also continue our summer reading program serving more than 20,000 kids and, also during the school year we'll help 10,000 students and parents achieve greater academic success with our teacher-in-the-library program.
With the opening of our first Express library, we became a national trendsetter. So what's an Express Library? In partnership with the Housing Authority, we are among the first cities in the nation to install a 24-hour, automated library at Westlawn Gardens – think Red Box for books, but bigger and more attractive.
This is not the only innovation earning the Housing Authority recognition. The Housing Authority's education initiative earned recognition from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School as a winner in its 2015 Bright Ideas program. Darrell Finch, our Housing Authority Education specialist, works with hundreds of youth to ensure they attend school and achieve academic success. Since the Initiative was launched in 2005,142 high school seniors have participated and 91% of them have graduated. Congratulations Darrell and Housing Authority Executive Director Tony Perez.
I will continue to harness resources and build partnerships to improve the educational skills of all our children. These are efforts we should all be invested in. Unfortunately, our task will be made more difficult if the $12 million proposed state cut to Milwaukee Public Schools is approved. I ask all of you to do what you can to stop the cuts to k-12 education in Milwaukee.
We are blessed to have so many hard working, innovative and dedicated City workers. They are the people who plow our streets and pick up the garbage. They improve safety by enforcing the building code, answering 911 calls, and responding to emergencies. They plan the city's future, meet with residents, and promote business activity. Too often, their work is unacknowledged, or worse, wrongly disparaged. I am grateful for city workers' and their contributions that make Milwaukee a better city.
Let me tell you a story of the effectiveness and it involves the Fire Department and the amazing work they did last Nov. 14th.That evening, the WE Energies' air sample collection team was about to call it a day and descend the 400 foot high Valley Power smokestack tower.
One by one, they were to use the one-person elevator that hugged the exterior of the chimney. Then the unthinkable happened – the elevator got stuck with the first worker inside, 170 feet from the ground. A weather front was moving in. Temperatures were now below freezing. Sustained winds were over 20 miles per hour, with frequent stronger gusts, causing a power cable to become entangled in the gears of the elevator.
When they arrived, the firefighters found they had one worker in an unheated elevator with no immediate means of escape. They had 4 workers 270 feet up, on a platform collar that encircled the smokestack. A total of 5 workers were trapped. This required Fire Department personnel to climb up to the workers. It took 11 fire and rescue companies over 6 hours to safely rescue the people stuck on the smokestack.
This was dangerous work and a moving example of the great work the men and women of our Fire Department do all the time. Please join me in recognizing and thanking Chief Mark Rohlfing and representatives from the Heavy Urban Rescue Team.
Fortunately, we have partners who share our goals. I want to give a special thanks to the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for helping us ensure all police officers receive critical incident training by the end of 2017.
Good policing, smart policing is at its very best when we thoughtfully review our practices. That's why the Police Department has taken the lead in embracing and expanding its Crisis Intervention Team training which helps officers handle situations involving individuals in crisis. Thank you Ellen Gilligan of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for your significant contribution. We appreciate it.
In closing, I want to thank you all for coming this morning. I'm grateful that when it comes to addressing issues in our community, we come together as partners. And what I see in all of you is an opportunity to do even more. You have creative energy and ideas and you have so much to contribute to Milwaukee, a stronger, one Milwaukee.
Thank you for everything you do for our great City, for making this one Milwaukee.
Salute for the excellent developments supported with Mayor Barrett & the Milwaukee community.
Concordia University is exploring developing a business entrepreneurial center and supporting the community with entrepreneurship growth.
Perhaps the Mayor's office would be able to offer ideas and connections for Concordia University to develop an exceptional business entrepreneurial center embracing the White House Building a Healthier America and teaming with the Medical College of Wisconsin building a Healthier Wisconsin with STEM pathways supporting the development of Wisconsin healthy lifestyles with initiatives of entrepreneurship, technology, designing healthy foods with k12 schools.
The Dean of Business for Concordia University welcomes vibrant ideas for supporting the advancement of the Milwaukee community with the future Concordia Entrepreneurial Business Center.


Graphene could dramatically increase the lifespan of a traditional lithium ion battery, meaning devices can be charged quicker - and hold more power for longer. Batteries could be so flexible and light that they could be stitched into clothing. Or into the body. For soldiers, who carry up to 16lbs of battery at one time, the impact of this could be huge. Carrying less weight, and using batteries that can be recharged by body heat or the sun would allow them to stay out in the field for longer.
At The University of Manchester we're also investigating graphene's potential in grid applications and storing wind or solar power with our growing number of commercial partners.


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That "if" is so big that it renders the whole statement nonsensical. Far from having extra money, proponents of the health care bill have not yet shown that they can fully pay for the changes they propose. Democrats are counting on financing much of their expansion of health coverage with "savings" in existing programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Pelosi is even more optimistic. She told reporters July 16: ""I believe all the costs of the health care reform bill can come out of squeezing costs out of the health care system." If all the cost could somehow come from "savings" then no tax increase would be required at all.
But on the same day, Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf said in a hearing with the Senate Budget Committee that, so far, ""We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount." In other words, no "significant" savings at all.
The Congressional Budget Office calculates that, without new taxes or savings, the preliminary proposals it evaluated would add more than $1 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years, and that's at the low end of the cost estimates. That net cost takes into account revenues from penalties and fees that House Democrats propose as part of their program, but not from their proposed new surtax, which would fall on family incomes over $350,000 and individual incomes over $280,000. The New York Times reports that the surtax would bring in about $550 billion, barely more than half of what the CBO estimates the total cost to be. That leaves at least $450 billion to be made up, even assuming that such savings materialize. Congress members are still working on plans to further contain costs, and CBO is still working on more refined estimates based on the changing legislative language of the House proposal as it works its way through committees. But at this point, planning to spend the "excess" from the surtax amounts to selling drumsticks from your chickens before they hatch.


Figures from the English Housing Survey for 2013-2014 have revealed a huge increase in the proportion of rented homes found in the UK alongside numerous other trends and patterns.
Between 2004 and 2014 the number of rental properties increased by 19 per cent representing a two-fold rise.
Amongst Brits aged 25 to 34 years, just 33.7 per cent own a home with a mortgage today – a significant drop since a decade ago when well over half (55.6 per cent) were homeowners.
Over the same time period the proportion of this age group living in rented accommodation has soared from just 21 per cent to 48 per cent with 4.4 million households rented privately during 2013-2014. This equates to 19 per cent of all households; an 11 per cent increase from 2003.
The recent growth in the number of rented properties in the UK is a relatively new pattern for the market as figures from the 1980s and 1990s show that the proportion of privately rented properties remained consistent at this time at around 10 per cent.
The sudden surge is down to multiple factors such as the removal of rent controls, the assurance of short-hold tenancies becoming standard and the introduction of buy to let mortgages.
Focusing on England's capital, the amount of London households being privately rented has risen from 14 per cent to 30 per cent in the ten years since the 2003-04 survey.
Analysing the same ten year period, the proportion of owner-occupied properties in London that were purchased without a mortgage dropped from 39 per cent to 27 per cent.
Another interesting finding from the recent survey includes the increase in the number and proportion of privately renting households with children. Within a decade, this percentage rose from 29 per cent to 36 per cent and equals approximately one million more homes.


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Over the course of 20 years, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia have transformed a barren plot of land into a thriving forest.
Nearly 30 years ago, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado returned from East Africa, where he was on location documenting the horrors of the Rwanda genocide. Following this traumatizing project, Salgado was to take over his family's sprawling cattle ranch in Minas Gerais—a region he remembered as a lush and lively rainforest. Unfortunately, the area had undergone a drastic transformation; only about 0.5% was covered in trees, and all of the wildlife had disappeared. "The land," he tells The Guardian, "was as sick as I was." Then, his wife Lélia had an idea: they should replant the forest. In order to support this seemingly impossible cause, the couple set up the Instituto Terra, an "environmental organization dedicated to the sustainable development of the Valley of the River Doce," in 1998. Over the next several years, the Salgados and the Instituto Terra team slowly but surely rebuilt the 1,754-acre forest, transforming it from a barren plot of land to a tropical paradise. Now a Private Natural Heritage Reserve, hundreds of species of flora and fauna call the former cattle ranch home. In addition to 293 species of trees, the land now teems with 172 species of birds, 33 species of mammals, and 15 species of amphibians and reptiles—many of which are endangered. As expected, this rejuvenation has also had a huge impact on the ecosystem and climate. On top of reintroducing plants and animals to the area, the project has rejuvenated several once dried-up springs in the drought-prone area, and has even positively affected local temperatures.
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Product guarantees are typically 1 year and beyond that consumers are pushed to insure their products against breakage. Manufacturers need to take responsibility for their product quality.
We believe that we are not alone with these simple aims as we can see that many people are struggling with the same issues everyday.
Hopefully this website will help to improve the quality and sustainability of products sold in the British Isles and also help people to get real value for their money.


SteveVS wrote: Hotel Zuiderbad? Is that the one facing the north sea near the casino? Big white building?
That sounds like it. Just past the casino when coming from the train station.
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Read of the Month: Banished by Stella Amanze
Originally published: December 2002
Author: Stella Amanze
Banished tells the story of Princess Antherosangojunella, whose mother dies after giving birth to her. Monica, who is responsible for the queen's death, in her pernicious ways, plans to bring the kingdom to its ruin with the help of the witches of the mountain. She succeeds in marrying the widowed king, assumes his position after she imprisons him, and plans to wear his crown.
Princess Antherosangojunella finds love with the son of the palace cook, Miguel, whose sister, Anna, finagles Princess Antherosangojunella's banishment from her homeland.
Alisa, the daughter of Monica who abhors the princess because Miguel refuses her advances toward him, ironically becomes instrumental in helping the princess find her way back to the palace.
Princess Antherosangojunella, who ultimately triumphs in a land unknown to her, survives agony and deception before taking her rightful place on the throne.
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На перших своїх парламентських виборах 2001 року здобула 30% голосів. На наступних виборах, що відбулись у 2004 році, покращила свій результат, отримавши 38,1% голосів, і стала провідною опозиційною силою країни. На виборах 26 квітня 2009 року здобула перемогу, завоювавши 45,03% голосів виборців, й отримала 14 з 28 місць у парламенті країни. У 2011 році знову увійшла (частково) до парламенту у складі блоку Демократи Андорри.

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Whenever the Boston University Terriers and Boston College Eagles get together, fireworks ensue. Play the game in the Boston Garden and make it the Hockey East Semi-Finals and those fireworks get cranked up to Fourth of July levels. The fans gathered on Causeway Street got what they expected, a physical game between two ancient rivals who wanted a trophy badly. They got an exciting end to the game, but they also got controversy, fights, and passions boiling over after the final whistle blew.
When the teams took the ice, they skated well, matching each other shot for shot and entertaining all in attendance. BU peppered Joseph Woll with shots and BC did similarly to Jake Oettinger. Both goalies stood strong, saving every shot in the period. BU outshot the Eagles 12-9 and had more chances on the power play than their counterparts. Patrick Harper took a slashing call early that BU killed after facing four Eagle shots and BU got three shots on two Eagle penalties late in the period; Colin White was called for hooking and Chris Brown was called for high sticking. No one could score, and the game was a shutout after an entertaining first period.
BC came out of the gates in attack mode and dominated the second period. Julius Mattila scored the first goal of the game less than two minutes into the period to give BC the lead. BU could not get possession of the puck back, getting only three shots on Woll in the first 10 minutes of the second. BC piled up 17 shots in the period but had trouble getting another by Oettinger for a while. That changed when it looked bad for BC. Just after the halfway point of the second, Austin Cangelosi was called for a holding penalty. BU looked to get the equalizer. Instead, Ryan Fitzgerald took the puck on a turnover, drove it the other way, shot it from the right circle and made BC's lead 2-0. BU would get the momentum back, but they could not get a puck by Joseph Woll.
Just after the halfway point of the second, Austin Cangelosi was called for a holding penalty. BU looked to get the equalizer. Instead, Ryan Fitzgerald took the puck on a turnover, drove it the other way, shot it from the right circle and made BC's lead 2-0. BU would get the momentum back, but they could not get a puck by Joseph Woll.
Much like the second period, the Eagles got the jump on BU to start the third period. Ryan Fitzgerald got his second goal of the game to put BC ahead 3-0 only 58 seconds into the final frame. BU did not quit. They have shown resilience throughout the season and the third period was no different. They mounted a 22 shot assault on Woll in the third, making him sweat and play his best hockey of the season. He answered the bell and kept BU off the scoreboard most of the way.
With 3:46 left, BU pulled Oettinger from the net to get an extra skater and cut into the lead. With incredible effort, they began to do just that. With 2:24 left, Jordan Greenway mashed a goal by Woll to get BU on the board. 1:02 later, Clayton Keller shot from the right circle to cut the lead down to one. With 1:22 left to go, BU had a chance to tie the game and force overtime in another classic matchup with their bitter rivals. Then the fireworks were turned up to eleven.
With ten seconds left, Woll made an excellent save after he tipped the puck with his stick and caught it out of the air. The faceoff came to his left with 9.8 seconds left on the clock and BU trailing by one. BC won the faceoff and got the puck back to Ryan Fitzgerald. He fell on the puck and covered it up with his mitted hands. Time expired and the game ended. Fitzgerald's blatant delay of game was not called. The officials failed to make the right call, letting time expire as Fitzgerald lay on the puck breaking rule S9 R67.1: "PENALTY- Minor. A player, other than the goalkeeper, shall not deliberately fall on or gather the puck into the body." Fitzgerald flagrantly broke that rule in the waning seconds, attempted to defend it as a legal play after the game, and the officials did not call it.
After the no call, tempers boiled over. Jordan Greenway's helmet ended up off his head and he was removed from the ice after trading a few punches with some Eagles defenders. Brandon Hickey then got into a full on fistfight with Casey and Ryan Fitzgerald. The officials sorted out the madness and when the dust settled, Boston College ended with a 3-2 victory and a berth in the Hockey East Championship game against Lowell on Saturday night.
Jerry York praised his team's effort, especially his goaltender's. Joseph Woll made 42 saves on the game, including 20 in the final period. Oettinger played a good game too, making 32 saves in BU's net. BC just made more plays than BU did for the duration of the game. BU has every reason to be mad about the final blown call by the officials and flagrant dive by Fitzgerald at the end. But they had chances to cut into the lead early and they did not do it. Suspensions are also quite possible for a few players as a result of the major brawl after the final horn sounded.
He and captain Doyle Somerby said "We've been playing with fire for a few weeks now. We played with an inferno tonight and we couldn't dig ourselves out of the hole we dug ourselves." Jerry York praised his team's effort, especially his goaltender's. Joseph Woll made 42 saves on the game, including 20 in the final period. Oettinger played a good game too, making 32 saves in BU's net. BC just made more plays than BU did for the duration of the game. BU has every reason to be mad about the final blown call by the officials and flagrant dive by Fitzgerald at the end. But they had chances to cut into the lead early and they did not do it. Suspensions are also quite possible for a few players as a result of the major brawl after the final horn sounded.
BU will move onto the NCAA tournament and will wait until selection Sunday to see where they go and who they face. BC will play the Riverhawks of UMass Lowell on Saturday night at the TD Garden for the Hockey East Championship. Puck drops at 7:05pm.


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Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (CISBIC)
CISBIC was the Centre for Integrative Systems Biology at Imperial College which was established by £6M of funding from the BBSRC and the EPSRC in 2005 and a further £1M from Imperial. The Centre, along with five others centres in the UK, was founded to promote the vision of a systems approach to bioscience linking modelling with experiment to takle problems that require a holistic, as opposed to a reductionist, approach to biology. CISBIC takled a exemplar project on host pathogen interactions and provided core support for bioinformatics, data management, proteomics, glycomics, metabolomics and imaging.
The CISBIC exemplar research programme in the area of host-pathogen interaction addressed major challenges in systems biology across several scales and provided a platform for the development of new principles in both biology and the mathematical and computational sciences. It was structured to focus initially on three related sub-projects (see Figure below). These aimed to:
Develop models that will allow us to predict the effect of changes to the pathogen genome on the expression of glycosylated surface molecules involved in triggering the innate immune response of the host.
Analyse the early intracellular signalling events in response to receptor engagement by microbial surface components that determine the uptake of a bacterium by host phagocytes.
Investigate how signals triggered by recognition of multiple glycosylated ligands on the surface of a pathogen are integrated into the transcriptional response of innate immune cells during infection, and how this shapes the resulting adaptive response.
Each of these biological questions was addressed using at least two complementary approaches; one drawn from the computer sciences community (machine learning and process calculus) and one from the mathematical sciences (ordinary and partial differential equations). One of the main objectives of the Centre was to evaluate the relative merits of such different techniques, and to develop hybrid methods that drew on the strengths of both. In the second phase of the programme, the sub-projects were integrated at a biological level.
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Are you a crossword enthusiast or a novice? Even if you have ever attempted to solve crosswords, you must have realized the fact that clues are sometimes very confusing and the format is baffling.
I've been into crossword since I was 18. It was when I was preparing for university entrance exams that someone told me, solving crossword helps you to gain knowledge and improves vocabulary. Since then, I became a crossword fan.
Now, when I'm in a good profile in a reputed firm, I still manage to take out time on the weekend to solve at least 5 puzzles without a fail. Actually, I have made it a part of my routine.
Every Saturday & Sunday, I wake up late in the morning, make coffee and breakfast for myself, grab my smartphone and start playing online crossword puzzle game.
Almost a decade of crossword solving has made me understood that you get a great sense of accomplishment when you solve the complete crossword and this is something I love.
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Before you submit your answers, make sure you are aware of the kind of puzzle that is in front of you.
Almost all crosswords revolve a system of clues and answers, the types can sometimes be discouraging especially for newbies. If you are willing to enhance your confidence, pick a particular style of a puzzle to practice.
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For example, the word 'setter' can't always mean crossword constructors but it can also be used for a dog, a jeweler or a winding street.
Crosswords are always tricky. Actually, they are made that way. What fun solving if the answer to the clues is obvious, isn't it?
Be careful about the smallest details of the clues like apostrophe or comma as they make a lot of difference and can help to find the right solution.
For example: "It's fixed with a red pin, not yellow." Initially, this may look like someone is talking about a specific pin requirement. Well, the answer to the clue is 'intrepid'.
Was that way beyond your expectation? If yes, you are brilliant and if it's a no, there is a lot that you have to learn about crosswords. If you pay a close look, both at the answer and the clue, you will realize that "it" is arranged with "red pin" to give "not yellow" which means fearless.
A clue that has an exclamation or a question mark needs a closer look. These two punctuation marks signal that there is a presence of an intricate wordplay.
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If you are struggling with the puzzle for quite some time, it still makes sense. But if you have just started solving it and it has been only 15-20 minutes, then it is bad. Looking for the answers is always tempting but this is not considered as a decent practice.
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If the answer to a puzzle is getting hotter, step away for some time and then come back. Take a break, listen to your favorite music, watch an episode of your favorite series, draw sometimes or do what you love. This applies to difficult puzzles as well.
Ever thought how does it work?
Taking a break remolds your thinking patterns as fresh ideas come into your mind so the solution becomes easy.
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Every online puzzle that I solve, helps me travel into another world of words and links me with my past experiences (some good and a few bad obviously) that I start feeling nostalgic.
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Increasing Desertification Threatens Traditions for Navajo Women
Sonia Narang October 25, 2018
Location: Navajo Nation
As soon as Lorraine Herder steps into her sheep pen with a stack of hay, her flock of wooly Navajo Churro sheep run over for a morsel of food. It's another dry day on the parched Black Mesa, the remote area on the Navajo reservation where she grew up and raised her children. A sheep herder since childhood, the 64-year-old says she's trying to hold onto the livestock-raising tradition that has been passed down from generations of Navajo women.
Herder and her older sister, Edith Simonson, who lives nearby, both grew up raising sheep and used the wool to weave Navajo rugs and blankets.
"The biggest challenge is finding water for our livestock right now. We're the last few shepherds out here."
"My mom was a sheep herder all her life, so I've been with the sheep ever since I was a little girl, and it means a lot to me," Herder says. "I wanted to live that life, you know, living off the land."
However, rising temperatures and shrinking water sources on the Navajo reservation are a major threat to these important Navajo cultural traditions. "The drought makes it difficult for us," Herder says, and adds. "The biggest challenge is finding water for our livestock right now. We're the last few shepherds out here."
Climate change has led to severe drought and heat waves across the Navajo Nation. It's the largest Native American tribal reservation in the US and spans three states – Arizona, New Mexico and Utah – totaling about the size of Ireland. Herder's home is located far away from the nearest paved road, in northeastern Arizona. There are no rivers or streams in sight, and it almost never rains.
Scientists studying the impact of global warming on the Navajo Nation are noticing major changes in the environment. "The amount of surface water flowing in streams on the Navajo Nation has declined by about 98 percent over the 20th century," says Dr. Margaret Redsteer, a scientist at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona.
"The amount of surface water flowing in streams on the Navajo Nation has declined by about 98 percent over the 20th century."
Redsteer, who also authored a UN Global Assessment report about drought on the Navajo Nation, attributes this to climate change. "I've looked at meteorological data over time, and what you see is increasing temperatures and declining precipitation. Those two factors alone lead to increasing aridity and decreasing water availability."
In a region that only receives six inches of rainfall per year, each degree of temperature increase has an extreme effect on the arid land, Redsteer says. "You add just a little bit of a temperature increase to a place that's already on the edge, and you've made an enormous change in the living conditions there," she says.
360 Degrees: Climate Change on the Navajo Nation
This video was produced as part of the European Forest Institute's Lookout360 Climate Change Immersive Story Accelerator.
T he effects of climate change have taken a major toll on families who have lived on their ancestral Navajo land for generations. Many residents already live without running water, making the situation even more harsh.
"I remember when I was a little girl, water would seep from the ground, and there would be water running," Herder says. "We used to take our sheep there to drink water. We used to have a natural spring, but those are gone now."
That means more work for her Herder and her husband. Twice a week, they load up a 550-gallon water tank onto the back of a borrowed pickup truck, and drive down a bumpy dirt road to a local windmill. They connect a hose to the water tank pumped by a windmill, and patiently wait as their tank fills up.
"Nature is out of balance. The land is stressed out and we're stressed out."
As he points to the dried-up vegetation in the vast, empty stretches of land outside their home, Dan Herder says: "Nature is out of balance. The land is stressed out and we're stressed out."
For younger members of the family, this water-starved environment is a fact of life. They've grown up with water rationing.
Lorraine Herder's 29-year-old grand-niece, Jessica Keetso, walks past a row of water storage containers lined up outside her aunt's home. As she prepares for a family lunch, Keetso washes her hands with a small cup of water in a plastic basin and describes her hyper-awareness of how water is used.
"We have a water basin," she says. "It has less than a gallon of water that we use to wash our hands as a family." At Keetso's home, her entire family uses only two five-gallon buckets of water for all their cooking and cleaning over two days.
Lorraine Herder and her husband Dan have to haul water in a pick-up truck and often drive long stretches of dirt road to reach open water sources.
'We're in a Water Crisis'
It's not only climate change that's drying up the region. For years, local coal-mining operations have supplied a massive power plant on Navajo land. Peabody Energy's Kayenta mine pumped millions of gallons of water a day from the aquifer located deep within the ground of the Black Mesa, drying up the area's underground water source.
"We're today in a water crisis mode," says Keetso's mother, Nicole Horseherder, a founder of the Navajo non-profit organization To'Nizhoni Ani, which translates to "Sacred Water Speaks."
She worries the lack of water could drive families away from their homeland, which Navajo women have held onto for generations.
Adding climate change to that mix has made things even more extreme. "We're dry farmers, so we plant our seeds into the ground and rely on the monsoon seasons to bring our corn to harvest," Horseherder says. "The drought is going to have enormous impacts on the food and water security here."
Horseherder worries what this means for the future of the Navajo, especially women. "We're a matrilineal society where our children inherit the clans of their mother and reside at the place where their mother's home and land is," Horseherder says. She worries the lack of water could drive families away from their homeland, which Navajo women have held onto for generations.
Scientific research backs this sense of crisis. Dr. Redsteer has also documented quickly-spreading sand dunes, which now blanket one-third of Navajo land. "When you have less moisture for plants to grow, sand dunes can become mobile and blow with the wind," she says. In some corners of the reservation, expanding sands dunes have even cut off access to the homes of Navajo families.
Edith Simonson continues the Navajo tradition of weaving, passed down among generations of women. But, this tradition is disappearing as Navajo land dries up. It's becoming harder to raise sheep in the drought and heat waves, and many young people have left the reservation.
Vanishing Traditions
Herder and her 68-year-old sister, Simonson, depend on their sheep's wool to carry on the Navajo tradition of weaving.
"I harvest the wool, hand spin, and hand process all the wool and make weavings with it," Herder says.
"I'm worried about our traditional way of life."
Simonson continued her craft for decades, even as the land began to dry up. "I learned how to weave when I was with my mother," Simonson says. "When I was about 8 years old, that was the first time I put up a loom and started weaving."
After a family lunch, the sisters take a seat and begin looping sheep's wool around large wooden spools. Simonson unfolds a few of her hand-made rugs to show the intricate Navajo patterns she's created. "I'm worried about our traditional way of life," she says, "even preparing traditional food, growing corn and also having livestock, shearing the wool and making rugs."
"Water means life, if there's no water, there's no life," she says. "If it [happens], we're not going to be a Navajo because we're going to lose our language, we're going to lose our culture. Our young people will not know where they're coming from."
This article first appeared on PRI.org. Photos courtesy of Sonia Narang.
Author Sonia Narang
Sonia Narang is a multimedia journalist who reports on climate change and the lives of women and girls around the world. She has produced videos for in-depth multimedia projects at PRI's The World, as well as reported stories in Japan, India, and the US for platforms such as the New York Times, BBC News, Frontline/World, and PBS NewsHour. She got her start as a journalist at a Colorado newspaper more than a decade ago.
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With two homeless lovers' journey as the through-line, 'Dirty Feathers' weaves in and out of an overwhelmed shelter and a forsaken landscape with fervent echoes of the unheard and neglected: a grieving father who lost his child is paralyzed by unshakable guilt; a veteran living under a bridge recalls his past glory serving the very country that has long abandoned him; and a 16 year old girl who has seemingly transcended trauma embraces life on the streets with a holy righteousness, becoming the haunting conscience of the film.
Carlos Alfonso Corral (Director-Producer)
Carlos was born in the borderland of El Paso, Texas, just a stone's throw away from Juarez, Mexico. His film education began at the local arthouse theater, Fellini Film Cafe, where he worked for owner Betty Zaltsman as a projectionist and barista. There, he had access to massive archive of films, binders filled with xerox copies of old director interviews, and two classic film screenings each night. In lieu of film school, Carlos dove into professional filmmaking within the camera department of Roberto Minervini's Stop the Pounding Heart (2014), The Other Side (2015), and What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (2018), with the first two premiering at Cannes and the latter at the Venice Film Festival. In his free time, he likes to read and work on audiovisual projects, short films and photography.
Roberto Minervini (Producer)
Roberto is an Italian-born film director and producer, who lives and works in the U.S. His recent films, focusing on American rural life and marginalized populations, have been praised for their "disarming directness." Minervini's films are notable for their use of both documentary observation and dramatized elements, sometimes in combination.
After completing a Master's Degree in Media Studies at the New School in NYC in 2004, he moved to the Philippines to teach Documentary Filmmaking at the university level. In 2007, he moved to Texas, where he directed three feature films, The Passage, Low Tide and Stop the Pounding Heart, a Texas Trilogy that played at renowned film festivals including Cannes, Venice, Toronto and Rotterdam. In 2014, Stop the Pounding Heart won the David di Donatello Award (Italian Academy Award) for Best Documentary. The Other Side (aka Louisiana), his fourth film, premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, competing in the Un Certain Regard Section. His latest film, What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?, is distributed by KimStim and won three awards at the 2018 Biennale – Venice Film Festival, the Grierson Award for best Documentary Film at the 2018 London Film Festival, and Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Editing awards at the 2018 Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
Denise Ping Lee (Producer)
Denise Ping Lee is a producer and writer, who was born in Chicago, Illinois and currently lives in Texas. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Wharton School of Business, at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in finance. After working at Goldman Sachs in London, she went on to pursue her law degree at Columbia University, and later worked at the law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in NYC. Upon moving to Texas in 2007, she and her longtime partner and collaborator Roberto Minervini together founded Pulpa Film, and created, produced and directed five feature films, The Passage, Low Tide, Stop the Pounding Heart, The Other Side, and What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?, awarded and distributed around the world. They are currently producing the work of select documentary filmmakers who embody a vision and practice similar to their own, to further the reach and impact of direct cinema made by singular voices.
Denise Dorado (Producer)
Denise Dorado is a filmmaker and actor born and raised in El Paso, Texas. She earned a B.A. in International Relations from Baylor University, and spent two years abroad studying Arabic and Urdu throughout the Middle East and South Asia. Thereafter, she moved to Los Angeles to begin her studies in Film Production at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she wrote and directed her first short film, "Behind the Plastic Curtain", a dark comedy depicting the sacrifices one must make when marrying outside their culture.
To complement her studies in cinema, Denise has also delved into the world of performance. In 2017, after starring in many short films and TV guest spots, she was cast in her first leading role in a feature film, "Amalia" (2018), Omar Rodriguez- Lopez's latest psychological thriller, and her second lead shortly thereafter, Graham Streeter's "I May Regret" (2018).
Biliana Grozdanova (Associate Producer)
Biliana is a Bulgarian-born, world-traveling music documentarian. She has directed two feature films, The Last Kamikazis Of Heavy Metal and ORTIGUEIRA: Ecos DevFinis Terrae. She is currently developing her third feature, on NASA's Golden Record. Biliana earned a BA in Audiovisual Communications from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an MA in Film from the University of Chicago. Most recently, she was Production Manager for Roberto Minervini's What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire? She is currently based in Brooklyn and works as Production Manager for Civil Society Media.
Cameron Wheeless (Editor)
Cameron Wheeless is an Editor based in Brooklyn, NY. Cameron studied film at the University of New Orleans. In New Orleans, he worked on numerous Hollywood productions from 2011- 2017 (in Production, Camera and Visual Effects Departments), including Underwater (20th Century Fox), Never Go Back (Skydance Media) and The First (Hulu).
Adrian Blanco (Director of Photography)
Adrian Blanco is known for Omar Rodriguez Lopez's music videos, and current film Amalia (2018) which premiered at Film Festival in Paris.
Bernat Fortiana-Chico (Sound Editor)
Having studied at ESCAC Escola Superior de Cinema I Audiovisuals de Catalunya from 2001 to 2003, Bernat went on to work on many feature documentary and fiction films with acclaimed directors such as Carlos Reygadas (Our Time 2018) Nicolas Pereda (Los Ausentes), Everardo Gonzalez (La Libertad del Diablo 2017), Roberto Minervini (The Other Side 2013 What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?" 2018), Amat Escalante (Esclava 2014), amongst many others.
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And Nothing Else Matters
Jun 28, 2019 | Journal Entries
Alas, the music has ended.
Not really, it never will. But the run of concerts, shows and gigs I had has come to an end. *sad face*
I told you about Spice Girls and how we should look at what we want (what we really, really want) but there were other shows around that; Hugh Jackman the week before Spice Girls, where he shared his story, the journey he's been on from growing up in Australia, meeting and marrying the love of his life, and his rise to international stardom on stage and screen. A story about never giving up on your dreams – much to the sentiment of The Greatest Showman – that's certainly what Jackman's done. What a show that was. Singing, dancing; The Man. The Music. The Show. It lived up to the name, and it was incredible (I hope there's a DVD on the horizon because I would love to relive that and share it with my daughters)
There was also the Backstreet Boys (the week after Spice Girls) where I got to relive some more of my teenage years, singing and dancing. Laughing and joking with my closest friends (who I've been to all of these shows with!) It was another great show that dug into history and gratitude. Of doing what it takes, what feels right in the moment, following the dream, growing as you go.
Then last week, I crossed off a show that I swore, no matter what, I would get to see, no matter how long it took me. Metallica.
Live in concert, Gods of Heavy Metal (not for everyone, I'm aware of that, and that's cool) but from hearing them for the first time to the day those tickets went on sale there's been a belief in my mind, a determination if you will, that the day they come back to the UK for a tour (not part of a festival) I would be going to see it. And see it I did. They only played 2 dates here in the UK, and I wasn't about to miss out, so I had those tickets booked back in September as soon as I found out about them.
They're a band that have been producing music longer than I've been alive.
They shared how they first played Manchester in 1986 – the year I was born.
They thanked the fans for supporting them, for showing up, for keeping them in work.
"Who am I kidding, this isn't "work"! We just get to play, and we're beyond grateful for that"
A group of men, who come together, play, write, sing, share.
That's what they do.
The music is what they do, and what they're devoted to.
The message they want to share at their focus, and they do it their own way (not for everyone)
BUT they don't see it as "work"
Almost 40 years of "playing" of doing what they want to because they enjoy it, and no other reason.
Many times have I seen/heard interviews where they've been asked what they think of the fans reactions, and many times, they've replied "we don't really care, we do it for us, and those who love it, do, and those who don't, fine" (there's also the alternative "we don't give a fuck, we love it, so who cares, plenty of others do too")
Music, for many, is self-expression; whether it's show tunes, pop tunes, or hard-hitting heavy metal.
"Thank you for coming out to see us, supporting what we do, allowing us to keep working, doing what we love"
This is a sentiment by pretty much every band I've seen live.
Usually followed by "who are we kidding, this ain't work, we just play and you guys show up! We love that!"
We just play…
No pressure,
No expectation
What happens if things don't go to plan? Like the heavens opening and the rain pouring at an open-air concert?
Keep going, keep playing.
It did in Manchester.
The Band didn't care. (There's a video on YouTube from the night in the pouring rain)
The crowd didn't care
I know I certainly didn't
Do what's right for you, show up in your own way, have fun, no matter what, those who love you will show up too, because ultimately… Nothing Else Matters.
When you do what you love, in a way that suits you, the right people will come forward and find you.
They will love you too, for what you do, for how you show up.
For giving them that feeling of recognition – someone gets it. Someone else works/thinks in the same way I do.
Someone who finally makes sense to me!
And if they don't – that's fine too!
We're a world of 7 billion souls, there are enough of us to go round.
So; show up.
Be you.
Unapologetically… cos those who love you, will.
And those who don't? "Fuck em, we're not for everyone, and if we try to be, we wouldn't be who we are"
How are you holding back in what you do?
Scared of being fully you?
Upsetting someone?
Trying to appeal to the masses (impossible)
Just be yourself, let your freak flag fly, have some FUN
It'll be worth it
Debbie x
I get it. We've all been there, so let's sort this shit out
That shitty low feeling where you just feel down, deflated, pissed off with the world for no reason, and you've just had enough.
You're not particularly angry, or sad, or maybe you are, maybe you're just feeling "ugh!" (yes, that's a real feeling) that kinda nothingness where you know something's up, but you're not quite sure what.
Well, how about we get right in there and sort that shit out?
This is my personal 5-Step Reset that I go through to get me from Feelin' Like Shit to Rockin' It!
I'm not saying it'll be fun n easy, there's no magic cure, but this works, every time.
I come back to this all the time, and I've shared it with my closest friends when they're having a shitty day (or a week, or month, or however long) and it works for them too…
So how about it, are you done feelin' like shit? Are you ready? Let's go
Drop your details into the form, and I'm gonna send you over a quick audio that talks you through the 5 steps I take, that are going to help you go from
Feelin' Like Shit to Rockin' It!


Although I didn't find the first season of the new "Upstairs, Downstairs" (2010) all that riveting, I tuned in to watch the first episode of the second season on PBS on Sunday night. I'm glad I did, not only because the writing and plotting seemed a little better this time around, but because the episode featured a wonderful cameo appearance of a classic perfume.
At the opening of the episode, Lady Agnes Holland is recuperating from a difficult childbirth in her private hospital room. When she suddenly makes the decision to return home to Eaton Place, her imminent arrival sends the household into a bit of a tizzy.
While the cook, Mrs. Thackeray, discusses Lady Holland's inappropriate (and unhygienic!) choice of a taxi for her ride home, butler Mr. Pritchard places a bottle of perfume (complete with atomizer pump) on the kitchen table. Why?
A minute later, he inserts a freshly filled hot-water bottle into a lace-trimmed linen case and hands it to the footman Johnny, with instructions to put the bottle in Her Ladyship's bed, "eighteen inches from the bottom, placed slightly to the left." And he spritzes it with the perfume atomizer.
"What's that?" asks Johnny (reasonably enough). "Mitsouko. She went off Shalimar," is Mr. Pritchard's very literal reply.
It's a historically accurate reference to two classic Guerlain fragrances. Mitsouko was released in 1919, Shalimar in 1925. Both are complex, opulent fragrances that would have been luxury items in 1938, as they are now.
You can read more about both fragrances at my friend Victoria's blog, Bois de Jasmin, here and here.
You should probably try to smell them both at some point, too.
Images: my own screen captures from the PBS website.
I am finding the 2nd season even less riveting than the 1st, but this made me look up from my laptop and rewind!
I've heard that the series hasn't been renewed for a third season, so we're probably not alone in our lack of rivetedness (?)… but I did enjoy that moment, and the costumes and furnishings, of course.
I will have to look for that Upstairs, Downstairs episode! Thank you, Jessica.
For a second I though that you were talking about Downton Abbey. Remember, there was a Guerlain perfume given at Christmas in one of the episodes?
I need to rewatch that Christmas episode! I was looking at something else on the screen (a dress? a piece of jewelry?) and didn't spy the Guerlain box! Someone told me about it later.
The original Up/Down is a thousand times better than the new series. Better characters, better plots (admittedly, much worse productions values, but the memorable characters and stories made up for that).
I need to watch it someday. I remember my mother enjoying it when it aired!
I was so tickled when that scene happened. I had to rewind the recording to make sure I heard what I thought I heard. Such attention to detail is marvelous.
I agree!! It's those details that keep me watching, in some cases.
I've never heard of the series but, of course, now I'm curious.


Those who speak more than one language have a greater chance of succeeding in business.
In "Tips for Staying Competitive in a Global Job Market" I suggested adding at least one other language to your skill set. In an increasingly globalized economy, being a polyglot is definitely advantageous for corporate success.The benefits of effective communication across multiple languages have long been known by the international business community as an indispensable tool for relationship building and financial success.
He offers an example from his experience dealing with a product recall involving his former employer in China. He advised his team to proceed with caution while they searched for a solution based on the "guanxi," the concept of personal connections. At the time, McMunn had already developed a strong relationship with the factory owner and his family through many business and casual conversations in Mandarin. Over their five-year friendship, McMunn helped the owner's son get into an American school, and the owner helped McMunn establish relationships with other local business leaders.
When it came time to negotiate recall costs, McMunn's company company treated the factory as a partner rather than simply a vendor. Their negotiations were completely conducted in Mandarin, and started with a discussion about families: How the factory owner's son was doing in the U.S. and how McMunn's sister was enjoying her new job. The five-hour marathon meeting ended better than McMunn could have hoped. The factory owner agreed to pay half the cost of the recall over the following year, and abided by the arrangement. The relationship between the two companies improved since the incident, and business flourished with a substantial growth in customers.
McMunn credits much of his success abroad to his language skills.
I advise learning additional languages as early as possible. Not only is the skill easier to pick up when young, it will also boost mental aptitude during the school years leading up to eventual employment. According to Dr. Judy Willis, a board-certified neurologist, children who are exposed to multiple languages at an early age are able to activate certain networks within the brain that enhance cognitive function. "Compared to monolinguals, the studied bilingual children, who had had five to 10 years of bilingual exposure, averaged higher scores in cognitive performance on tests and had greater attention focus, distraction resistance, decision-making, judgment and responsiveness to feedback," says Willis, citing a 2009 study by psychologist Ellen Bialystok. The brain networks that Willis references are known as the "CEO networks" which regulate executive functions such as goal setting and achieving, planning, memory, analysis, inhibitory control and judgment.
Biologically speaking, in a study by neuroimaging researcher and analyst Cathy Price of the University College London, bilinguals have more gray matter in the portion of the brain that is suspected to be associated with vocabulary acquisition. Price explains that when an individual is learning a second language, the vocabulary acquisition portion of the brain is literally getting a workout. Much like any other muscle you may work out in the gym, the brain will become stronger, thus becoming stimulated for growth. Increased gray matter means that the brain will work faster and more efficiently. Language learning is described as a kind of re-wiring of the brain which can form new neurons and connections among the intellectual network. So adding another language to your skill set is simply smart.


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Q: Deploying spring boot app to cloud foundry fails with JVM memory issue Deploying spring boot application to Pivotal Cloud Foundry fails with below error. Limit for the instance was set to 2GB and then 4GB. Locally application starts up fine with the 2GB heap size.
Application fails during initialisation of the cache manager.
Any idea what could be the root cause? not sure what role terracotta plays in cloud foundry and what else to look for?
 2019-05-07T19:24:53.39+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT     at org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher.main(JarLauncher.java:51)
   2019-05-07T19:24:53.39+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.cache.CacheManager]: Factory method 'cacheManager' threw exception; nested exception is org.ehcache.StateTransitionException: Cache '<name hidden>' creation in EhcacheManager failed.
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 Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An attempt was made to allocate more off-heap memory than the JVM can allow. The limit on off-heap memory size is given by the -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize command (or equivalent).
   2019-05-07T19:15:13.15+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT     at org.terracotta.offheapstore.paging.UpfrontAllocatingPageSource.bufferAllocation(UpfrontAllocatingPageSource.java:564)
   2019-05-07T19:15:13.15+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT     at org.terracotta.offheapstore.paging.UpfrontAllocatingPageSource.lambda$allocateBackingBuffers$1(UpfrontAllocatingPageSource.java:513)
   2019-05-07T19:15:13.15+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
   2019-05-07T19:15:13.15+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
   2019-05-07T19:15:13.15+0530 [APP/PROC/WEB/0] OUT     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
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fixed by removing off-heap ehcache configuration: maxBytesLocalOffHeap

A: By default, the Java buildpack will constrain the various memory regions of the JVM. It does this so that it can make sure your Java applications do not exceed the memory limit of the container, which would be bad and would cause your app to crash.
You app is attempting to create a amount of direct memory that is above the limit set by the Java buildpack. As I write this, the Java buildpack is setting -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=10M.
To make this work, you just need to set an environment variable, either in your manifest.yml or with cf set-env, called JAVA_OPTS and the contents need to include -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=XXM where XX is the larger value that you want to use.
The Java buildpack will see when you adjust memory settings like this and will reduce the size of other memory regions to compensate. If you are trying to use a large amount of direct memory, this could cause you to not have enough memory for other regions. If that happens, you would need to increase the overall memory limit for your application.
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/java-buildpack/blob/master/docs/jre-open_jdk_jre.md#java-options
Hope that helps!

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