Law firms are facing a major push to take a more digital approach to their services. Which is why utilizing the right law firm technology can create a better experience for both your clients and your team.
Not sure how to start implementing the right tech in your law firm? Read on for our top recommendations.
Whether your law firm is growing or just starting out there are a number of benefits that come from utilizing the right technology. For one, you can free up countless hours to be able to better focus on your client.
You'll also find that some positions could be filled by using the right tech platform, leaving more room in the budget for larger investments or pay raises. If your law firm has multiple offices in different locations, the right tech platform can also make it easier to keep track of all of the moving pieces.
Any law firm deals with massive amounts of documents in files. Buying excess memory can quickly become expensive, and other methods of backing up data don't allow you to access it from wherever you are.
Help your team stay connected to all important client files from wherever they are by having password protected files linked to the cloud. This will save you from any risk of a database crash or being unable to locate a file when it's really needed.
Enhancing your employee's education is a simple way to raise the overall value of your firm. This can be done simply and affordable by utilizing AI learning software. These courses allow real skills to be practiced on artificial intelligence so your lawyers and staff can be primed for real-life circumstances.
The software is adaptable for everyone from lawyers to office assistants and is a great way to qualify employees for in-house raises. You might find yourself taking advantage of the courses yourself.
It's important to have your client files close at hand, however, it's important to remember that your clients expect you to keep this information secure. Just one piece of information getting into the wrong hands can be enough to sink your entire law firm.
Play it safe by investing in advanced business firewalls. Many of these firewall programmers hire white hat hackers to repeatedly test them to ensure there are no holes in your security. You may also consider hiring a white hat hacker for yourself to double check for any vulnerabilities.
Marketing is an essential part of creating a steady stream of clients coming in and staying in touch with past clients. However, busy law firms often don't have the time to create daily social media posts or send out weekly newsletters.
That's why it's so helpful to utilize an email or social media platform. These platforms are designed to help you schedule posts and emails ahead of time while tracking response rates to ensure you're receiving a solid ROI. Through such platforms, you can schedule an entire month of posting in just a few hours.
Receive files and keeping clients in the loop can be a hassle and can lead to countless hours wasted on email. Since time is vital in most client cases, simplify client communication by utilizing a communication or management app like Slack.
This will give your clients instant access to you while creating a secure space for links and files to be exchanged. Since the apps work from multiple mobile devices, it's the perfect solution for teams that are on the go.
As a law firm it's likely you will be repeatedly sending out the same forms and contracts for your clients to fill out. This can all be easily streamlined through the use of a template management system. These systems make it easy to keep all of your templates in one organized location.
You can control who has access to which templates and can even sort them based on practice type or document type. Since it's a platform multiple offices can utilize the software without needs for separate devices.
Often one client will require completed tasks from multiple team members, and sorting through lengthy email chains and searching for files can quickly become a time waster.
Instead, try utilizing a project management app like Trello. Individual "cards" can be created for each client and customized teams can be assigned to each card. Individual team members can be tagged on specific tasks and documents can easily be requested and exchanged. Most importantly, the platform allows individual tasks to be marked with deadlines to ensure the project moves along smoothly.
Invoicing clients on time (and getting paid on time) is what keeps a firm running. However, when cases run longer than expected hourly billing can be a mess to keep track of.
Try using an app like Toggl that keeps track of each hour spent for different clients, and even allows you to label what was worked on during that hour. The platform easily integrates this data into one easy to read invoice that can be sent to your client directly. The app will also inform you when the invoice has been viewed.
With multiple clients coming in and out of your firm's doors it can be difficult to keep tabs on every receipt and expense spent. Utilizing a tax app helps your employees easily submit receipts and invoices from business trips or travel expenses while sorting them into different categories.
This will make it much easier to complete your business taxes once tax season rolls around. Which, yes, there's an app to do your taxes as well.
Law firm technology tools are the perfect addition to any law firm looking to enhance organization and productivity. Each app and software platform is dedicated to making a specific task in your office much easier.
If you're looking for more steps on how to further automate your office today, we suggest checking out our blog on online legal documents for your law firm.


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Ballistics facts for kids
Trajectories of three objects thrown at the same angle (70°). The black object doesn't experience any form of drag and moves along a parabola. The blue object experiences Stokes' drag, and the green object Newtonian drag.
Ballistics is the science of mechanics that deals with the launching, flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, unguided bombs, rockets, or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance.
A ballistic body is a body with momentum which is free to move, subject to forces, such as the pressure of gases in a gun or a propulsive nozzle, by rifling in a barrel, by gravity, or by air drag.
A ballistic missile is a missile only guided during the relatively brief initial powered phase of flight, whose trajectory is subsequently governed by the laws of classical mechanics, in contrast (for example) to a cruise missile which is aerodynamically guided in powered flight.
History and prehistory
Projectile launchers
Subfields
Forensic ballistics
Astrodynamics
The earliest known ballistic projectiles were stones and spears, and the throwing stick.
Gaetano Marzagaglia, Del calcolo balistico, 1748
The oldest evidence of stone-tipped projectiles, which may or may not have been propelled by a bow (c.f. atlatl), dating to c. 64,000 years ago, were found in Sibudu Cave, present day-South Africa. The oldest evidence of the use of bows to shoot arrows dates to about 10,000 years ago; it is based on pinewood arrows found in the Ahrensburg valley north of Hamburg. They had shallow grooves on the base, indicating that they were shot from a bow. The oldest bow so far recovered is about 8,000 years old, found in the Holmegård swamp in Denmark.
Archery seems to have arrived in the Americas with the Arctic small tool tradition, about 4,500 years ago.
The first devices identified as guns appeared in China around 1000 AD, and by the 12th century the technology was spreading through the rest of Asia, and into Europe by the 13th century.
A projectile is any object projected into space (empty or not) by the exertion of a force. Although any object in motion through space (for example a thrown baseball) is a projectile, the term most commonly refers to a ranged weapon. Mathematical equations of motion are used to analyze projectile trajectory.
Examples of projectiles include balls, arrows, bullets, artillery shells, rockets, etc.
Baseball throws can exceed 100 mph
Throwing is the launching of a projectile by hand. Although some other animals can throw, humans are unusually good throwers due to their high dexterity and good timing capabilities, and it is believed that this is an evolved trait. Evidence of human throwing dates back 2 million years. The 90 mph throwing speed found in many athletes far exceeds the speed at which chimpanzees can throw things, which is about 20 mph. This ability reflects the ability of the human shoulder muscles and tendons to store elasticity until it is needed to propel an object.
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay or lead "sling-bullet".
A sling has a small cradle or pouch in the middle of two lengths of cord. The sling stone is placed in the pouch. The middle finger or thumb is placed through a loop on the end of one cord, and a tab at the end of the other cord is placed between the thumb and forefinger. The sling is swung in an arc, and the tab released at a precise moment. This frees the projectile to fly to the target.
A bow is a flexible piece of material which shoots aerodynamic projectiles called arrows. A string joins the two ends and when the string is drawn back, the ends of the stick are flexed. When the string is released, the potential energy of the flexed stick is transformed into the velocity of the arrow. Archery is the art or sport of shooting arrows from bows.
Catapult 1 Mercato San Severino
A catapult is a device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices — particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. The catapult has been used since ancient times, because it was proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during warfare. The word "catapult" comes from the Latin "catapulta", which in turn comes from the Greek καταπέλτης (katapeltēs), itself from (kata), "downwards" and πάλλω (pallō), "to toss, to hurl". Catapults were invented by the ancient Greeks.
USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside, 1984.
A gun is a normally tubular weapon or other device designed to discharge projectiles or other material. The projectile may be solid, liquid, gas, or energy and may be free, as with bullets and artillery shells, or captive as with Taser probes and whaling harpoons. The means of projection varies according to design but is usually effected by the action of gas pressure, either produced through the rapid combustion of a propellant or compressed and stored by mechanical means, operating on the projectile inside an open-ended tube in the fashion of a piston. The confined gas accelerates the movable projectile down the length of the tube imparting sufficient velocity to sustain the projectile's travel once the action of the gas ceases at the end of the tube or muzzle. Alternatively, acceleration via electromagnetic field generation may be employed in which case the tube may be dispensed with and a guide rail substituted.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket, 2017
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction. Rocket engines push rockets forward simply by throwing their exhaust backwards extremely fast.
While comparatively inefficient for low speed use, rockets are relatively lightweight and powerful, capable of generating large accelerations and of attaining extremely high speeds with reasonable efficiency. Rockets are not reliant on the atmosphere and work very well in space.
Rockets for military and recreational uses date back to at least 13th century China. Significant scientific, interplanetary and industrial use did not occur until the 20th century, when rocketry was the enabling technology for the Space Age, including setting foot on the Moon. Rockets are now used for fireworks, weaponry, ejection seats, launch vehicles for artificial satellites, human spaceflight, and space exploration.
Chemical rockets are the most common type of high performance rocket and they typically create their exhaust by the combustion of rocket propellant. Chemical rockets store a large amount of energy in an easily released form, and can be very dangerous. However, careful design, testing, construction and use minimizes risks.
Ballistics can be studied using high-speed photography or high-speed cameras. A photo of a Smith & Wesson firing, taken with an ultra high speed air-gap flash. Using this sub-microsecond flash, the bullet can be imaged without motion blur.
Ballistics is often broken down into the following four categories:
Internal ballistics the study of the processes originally accelerating projectiles
Transition ballistics the study of projectiles as they transition to unpowered flight
External ballistics the study of the passage of the projectile (the trajectory) in flight
Terminal ballistics the study of the projectile and its effects as it ends its flight
Apollo 11 — Astrodynamic calculations have permitted spacecraft to travel to and return from the Moon
Forensic ballistics involves analysis of bullets and bullet impacts to determine information of use to a court or other part of a legal system. Separately from ballistics information, firearm and tool mark examinations ("ballistic fingerprinting") involve analyzing firearm, ammunition, and tool mark evidence in order to establish whether a certain firearm or tool was used in the commission of a crime.
Astrodynamics is the application of ballistics and celestial mechanics to the practical problems concerning the motion of rockets and other spacecraft. The motion of these objects is usually calculated from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation. It is a core discipline within space mission design and control.
Ballistics Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.

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Poor Beanie is on round two of this nasty flu bug going around — probably a different strain — and I thought he wouldn't have as hard a time with it as he did before. He coughed a lot last time, but had no fever. This time around, he's not coughing (yet), but after relatively few symptoms, he spiked a 104.6°F fever last night that, admittedly, freaked me the heck out.
I'd tried to give him medicine twice yesterday to bring down the fever he had (which was reaching 101-2°), but each time, he gagged up everything he'd eaten or drank in the last couple of hours. Fortunately (or unfortunately), he only "eats" formula mixed with a little baby cereal in a bottle, so the volume was great, but the consistency was not really that gross. I doubt the reason he threw it up then was because of his fever, but because it was thick and hit his gag reflex wrong, like solid food does.
However, after I put him to bed, around 9pm, or so, I went to bed and stayed up till about 11pm, maybe 11:30, before going to sleep, myself. I woke up at midnight to him crying, and when I went into his room to check on him, he was off his bed — and radiating heat. Yikes! That time, he did throw up, and I'm sure it was from the fever.
I got him onto the changing table, got his clothes off, and checked his temperature. The thermometer I have, which is designed to go "where the sun don't shine", so to speak, usually seemed to read a few degrees too low when I'd used it before (like, in the 95s and 96s, when the temperal thermometer — which also reads low — read in the 97s or 98s). So when it read 104.6° in ten seconds, I had to seriously rein in my panic mode.
When he was an infant, just a few months old, we had a bad flu that is similar to the one we got this year. He was coughing and vomiting (because of the coughing) and carrying a temp of 100-ish. I was able to cool him down by nursing him and putting a cool cloth on his head. I couldn't give him medicine at that age, and unless he was showing signs of lethargy, I wasn't going to drive him 30 minutes to the ER just to have them tell me to nurse him and bathe him in cool water.
Now that he's a toddler, and his temp was in the "danger zone", I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to shock him with a cold bath, and I didn't have the time (I felt) to look up tips on the internet. Also, I had just (like, Monday) transfered our TriCare insurance to US (Uniformed Services) Family Health Plan, a TriCare option using the civilian Franciscan network local to us. I had never been to St. Anthony's, a brand-new hospital just five minutes from home, and had no idea what to expect. But I knew this wasn't something we could deal with at home.
SO, I threw on a sweatshirt and boots, gathered my stuff, got Beanie all secured in the Subaru — and realized the dome light was not coming on when I opened the car door. Neither were the door-open indicator lights on the dash. I got in the car and turned the key — nothing. Not even a click. I tried to put the car into neutral so Sweetie could help me jump it with his car, and I couldn't get it out of park. The brake was super-stiff, and the gear would not release.
Fortunately, my husband was right there, so he put Beanie's car seat in his car for me and got his keys (I tried to find them, but got the wrong ring. Did I mention I'd had about an hour of sleep, and am getting over this flu, myself? I was alert, but only running with emergency faculties). I had to rein in panic mode a little further, because I was going to be driving Sweetie's 40-year-old Mercury Capri, by myself, in the middle of the night, to a destination I was vaguely sure of (I knew where the hospital was, but not how their Emergency parking area worked). No fear, right?
I got to St. Anthony's and found the Emergency room, and parked in the first spot I found. Beanie immediately threw up all the juice he drank on the way there before I could get him unbuckled. Argh. Didn't think to bring a change of clothes in case that happened. I also bonked his poor head on the door frame getting him out of the car (the car is two-door, so I had to pull him out of the back seat through a door much lower than my car). Sweetie's sweatshirt was in there, so I wrapped him in that and carried him, my 200 lb purse (containing Beanie's juice cup and my water bottle, among other things — but no diapers, I realized later), and his coat approximately two inches, before the juice cup fell out of my purse and I had to stoop down to pick that up and carry it in by hand, too. Not sure how I sprouted those extra hands, but hey. I'm a mom. It must be a mutant power.
I will say right now that, despite the circumstances, I have never had a more pleasant, friendly, dare I say it, enjoyable trip to the ER in my life. I've never personally been seen to in a civilian ER, though I've been to civilian ERs with other people. Most of my experience has been with the Naval Hospital here, which I've been going to for a large portion of my life (also doubles as the military Urgent Care for the region, so it's usually busy). I'm used to all-business, no smiles, and a vaguely exasperated staff, even during the day. This was 1am, and the ER staff was all smiles and intently helpful. The place was deserted, too. I didn't even have time to sit down to regather all the stuff I had in my hands before there was someone coming through the door, offering to help me carry stuff, joking with me — I really could have cried, it was SO different than what I was used to.
We were in and out in two hours. Beanie got nausea medicine and a Tylenol suppository (can't gag that up!) and chest X-rays to rule out pneumonia (that was fun! No, really! Another smiling, sweet tech just rolled the bed out of our room and down the hall into an X-ray room, with us and all our stuff! And Beanie cooperated just well enough that X-rays took no time at all). The doctor didn't even get that judgey look on his face when I told him we opted out of vaccinations. The nurse hung out with Beanie while I went to clean Beanie's car seat — she even gave me a towel to use.
The last time Beanie and I went to the ER, it was at Naval, and I'd sprained my ankle in a wet parking lot and thought I'd bounced Beanie's head off the pavement when I fell, because I was carrying him. He wasn't quite two years old at the time. It was the middle of the day, the ER was deserted, and though our trip was quick, I felt on edge the whole time, because no one was smiling. I felt like we were intruding on them. They determined Beanie was fine, but they were going to X-ray my ankle. I got to ride in a wheelchair to X-ray, but the guy didn't even put the foot rests down. I suppose I could have asked, but wouldn't that be, like, automatic if you're wheeling someone somewhere? I waited in the X-ray lobby for over five minutes, alone, with nothing to do but read the walls and learn how to roll my chair around. I suppose I could have gotten up and put the foot rests down, but I didn't think about it. X-ray took no time at all, and they rolled me back to the ER, where I picked up Beanie before they got us in a room. Where they offered me no ice for my ankle, or for Beanie's head, and an unsmiling, mildly patronizing doctor came in after a long, quiet wait to tell me my X-ray looked all right and offer sidelong criticism for carrying my child through the wet parking lot when he is perfectly capable of walking by himself. They gave me the standard paperwork on caring for a sprain, then left me alone to walk out of the room, through the ER floor (they all kind of watched me go; it was actually creepy) to the lobby, and into the parking lot. No wheelchair, no painkillers, no ice, not even an Ace bandage. I had a half-hour drive home before I could ice and wrap it, myself. At least that doctor called later to tell me he thought he saw what could be an old fracture on the X-ray and to follow up with my primary care physician (who I can't even remember the name of, because I have never seen him or her, just other doctors on the "team") that Monday. I had a good experience with a medical practitioner of some level on the Family Practice floor, who may or may not have been on my "team", and he hooked me up with a brace. I never saw him again after that. I don't even remember his name.
We were almost never alone at St. Anthony's, and we got extremely detailed paperwork when they released us, including some with conclusions from the X-rays with technical terms basically stating he had a virus rather than something they could treat with antibiotics. Wow! I was impressed! Also, though USFHP, we are assigned to ONE doctor, who is immediately notified when we have to visit the ER, and is required to follow up with us ASAP (I don't remember who contacts whom, but if I don't get a call early Monday, I'll call her). I haven't met our doctor yet, but at least I know who we're seeing, and that we should be pretty much guaranteed to see her tomorrow.
Back to last night: Beanie drank all his juice and some Pedialite while we were there and kept it down, which was a good sign. We gave him a dose of children's ibuprofen when we got home, per instructions, and his fever broke by 3:30am, well after he'd fallen asleep on the couch watching Blue's Clues. I couldn't sleep till after 4am. I woke up a couple times to Beanie shifting or making sounds in his sleep, but his fever stayed down all night and he didn't fall off the couch. 🙂 Later, I woke to Pie moving around, and was surprised to see it was 8am. After a brief session of trying to relocate to the bedroom and failing (Pie wanted to stay in our bedroom and Beanie wanted to stay on the couch), Beanie and I went back to sleep on the couch and Pie and Sweetie watched Netflix in our room. Well, Beanie might not have gone back to sleep, but I slept another 45 minutes, or so, till 9am.
Beanie's fever is staying down, mostly, but he's really stuffed up. Sweetie skipped church in case we needed his car, and when we determined Beanie wouldn't need to go back to the hospital, he went to the store and got a starter to jump my Subaru's battery to try to get it running again. Fortunately, it appears it was just a dead battery, and it's working now.
In addition to taking the baby to the doctor and the car to the shop, I might have to take the dog to the vet, too, because she's off her feed and her stomach is making weird noises. Could be the coconut oil in her food, though, so I'm going to try a few tweaks to her diet first.
Crazy weekend! Fun times. Now I need a nap . . .


Applying for a Japanese visa is no longer done at the Japanese Embassy. Most visa applications must be made through the agencies accredited by the embassy. Which is why it is very important that you submit complete and accurate documents. The embassy may require certain applicants to appear in person for an interview at the embassy or consulate.
The accredited agencies accept all types of visa applications except for Pan Pacific which can only receive applications without a Japanese guarantor (i.e. no Japanese documents). While the temporary visitor visa is free (gratis), the agencies collect a handling fee and each agency is free to set their own fees.
If the applicant presents an old or valid passport with a used Japanese visa, no need for (4) and (5). If on package tour, no need for (8). Make sure you can produce all the requirements for the visa. You can also submit additional documents such as proof of income, economic and social ties with the Philippines, or urgent cases such as medical certificate or a wedding invitation. Remember that submission of requirements does not guarantee issuance of visa.
If guarantor in Japan will shoulders any part of travel or living expenses, you will need to submit (i) guarantee letter (mimoto hoshosho) and (ii) income certificate of guarantor (shotoku shomeisho) from City Hall, tax return certificate (nouzeishomeisho form 2) from tax office, kakuteishinkokusho hikae or bank certificate (yokin zandaka shomeisho).
Applications will be accepted from 8:40 to 9:40 a.m. on weekdays except Wednesdays. After accepting the application, a receipt stating the verification date will be issued to the accredited agencies.
If the examination of an application is not completed by the verification date, the additional required documents or reasons for the delay in processing will be noted in the receipt. If you wish to know the status of your application, please inquire with the accredited agency.
Manila: Applications will be accepted from 8:40 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on weekdays except Wednesdays. A receipt stating the verification date will be issued for accepted applications.
Cebu and Davao: Applications are accepted on weekdays from 8:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. After an application is accepted, applicant will be contacted by telephone on when to report at the consular offices.
To see if you qualify for a multiple entry visa, you can read the eligibility and requirements in the Japanese Embassy website.
Hi Sir Ivan.. I'm planning to go to Japan to visit a relative for the first time. Is it better for me to buy an air ticket (round trip) first before applying for a visa or the other way around? Thanks a lot.. Big help po itong post nyo..:)..
I got hired by Interac to be an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) I got my COE but the Japanese embassy here in NY wants me to apply for it in my country of residence. The Philippines.
Do I have to go to a Embassy or Agency?
Would I be able to apply for it via mail?
Any help you can give me would be helpful.
I believe you have to apply for it through an agency. Best to call any of the accredited agencies to ask if sending it to them via mail is okay.
Embassies dont encourage applicants to purchase a ticket prior to their visa application. Having a ticket is not an assurance that you'll be granted for a visa! Still, they will base everything on all documents presented to them. I got my Japan visa and i just waited for 2 days.
hi sir ivan gud am! i am planning to invite my daughter for s short vacation,,is it possible if i will be the one who will be the sponsor of my daughter and is there any problem if i dont have big money in my account??
hello sir ivan..the accredited agency informed me earlier bout my visa application which was passed last Thursday on the Embassy of Japan and I am so worried of what would be the result since i havent got it yet..and im wondering if my application was approved or not since it was processed before the expected date..I'm so anxious to know if they do release it that early even if it got denied? or do they inform the applicant if some requirements are missing?
They'll inform you if there are missing requirements. At the moment, there's really nothing much you could do except wait.
hi ivan,do i need to have a a friend or family in japan to be granted a tourist visa?
My husband is half japanese!he want to go back to japan but he had a problem his visa was expired!he want to get new visa!he live in philipines right now!what should he do to get a new visa!
hi. we will be staying in 2 hotels in japan- one in kyoto and one in osaka. the appli form says that we should put the name and address of the hotels where we will be staying. the form however has only one space for the "name" and "address" for the hotels. should we just put in the "name" space the names of the 2 hotels and in the "address" space the addresses of the 2 hotels?
nag aayos po ba kayo ng visa ?
sir Ivan my wife already received my certificate of eligibility, what is the next step to get an entry visa to Japan? My wife is a Japanese National.


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This is a library of scrapers for various University of Toronto websites.

## Table of Contents
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Library Reference](#library-reference)
  - [Courses](#courses)
  - [Buildings](#buildings)
  - [Textbooks](#textbooks)
  - [Food](#food)
  - [Calendar](#calendar)
    - [UTSG Calendar](#utsg-calendar)
    - [UTM Calendar](#utm-calendar)
    - [UTSC Calendar](#utsc-calendar)
  - [Timetable](#timetable)
    - [UTSG Timetable](#utsg-timetable)
    - [UTM Timetable](#utm-timetable)
    - [UTSC Timetable](#utsc-timetable)
  - [Exams](#exams)
    - [UTSG Exams](#utsg-exams)
    - [UTM Exams](#utm-exams)
    - [UTSC Exams](#utsc-exams)
  - [Athletics](#athletics)
    - [UTSG Athletics](#utsg-athletics)
    - [UTM Athletics](#utm-exams)
    - [UTSC Athletics](#utsc-athletics)
  - [Parking](#parking)
  - [Shuttle Bus Schedule](#shuttles)
  - [Events](#events)
  - [Libraries](#libraries)
  - [Dates](#dates)
    - [UTSG Dates](#utsg-dates)
    - [UTM Dates](#utm-dates)

## Requirements
 - [python3](https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.5.1)
 - [pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip#downloads)
 - [tidy](http://binaries.html-tidy.org/)
 - [lxml](http://lxml.de/installation.html)

## Installation
```bash
pip install uoftscrapers
```

## Usage
```python
import uoftscrapers

# Example: scrape http://map.utoronto.ca building data to ./some/path
uoftscrapers.Buildings.scrape('./some/path')

# Example: scrape http://coursefinder.utoronto.ca to current working directory
uoftscrapers.Courses.scrape()
```

## Library Reference

### Courses

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Courses
```

##### Scraper source
http://coursefinder.utoronto.ca

#### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "code": String,
  "name": String,
  "description": String,
  "division": String,
  "department": String,
  "prerequisites": String,
  "exclusions": String,
  "level": Number,
  "campus": String,
  "term": String,
  "breadths": [Number],
  "meeting_sections": [{
    "code": String,
    "instructors": [String],
    "times": [{
      "day": String,
      "start": Number,
      "end": Number,
      "duration": Number,
      "location": String
    }],
    "size": Number,
    "enrolment": Number
  }]
}
```

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### Buildings

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Buildings
```

##### Scraper source
http://map.utoronto.ca

##### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "code": String,
  "name": String,
  "short_name": String,
  "campus": String,
  "address": {
    "street": String,
    "city": String,
    "province": String,
    "country": String,
    "postal": String
  },
  "lat": Number,
  "lng": Number,
  "polygon": [
    [Number, Number]
  ]
}
```

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### Textbooks

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Textbooks
```

##### Scraper source
http://uoftbookstore.com

##### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "isbn": String,
  "title": String,
  "edition": Number,
  "author": String,
  "image": String,
  "price": Number,
  "url": String,
  "courses":[{
    "id": String,
    "code": String,
    "requirement": String,
    "meeting_sections":[{
      "code": String,
      "instructors": [String]
    }]
  }]
}
```

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### Food

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Food
```

##### Scraper source
http://map.utoronto.ca

##### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "building_id": String,
  "name": String,
  "short_name": String,
  "description": String,
  "url": String,
  "tags": [String],
  "image": String,
  "campus": String,
  "lat": Number,
  "lng": Number,
  "address": String,
  "hours": {
    "sunday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    },
    "monday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    }
    "tuesday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    },
    "wednesday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    },
    "thursday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    },
    "friday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    },
    "saturday": {
      "closed": Boolean,
      "open": Number,
      "close": Number
    }
  }
}
```

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

### Calendar

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Calendar
```

##### Scraper source
 - [UTSG Calendar](#utsg-calendar)
 - [UTM Calendar](#utm-calendar)
 - [UTSC Calendar](#utsc-calendar)

##### Output format
Not implemented.

----------------------------------------

### UTSG Calendar

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSGCalendar
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/

##### Output format
Refer to [Calendar](#calendar)

--------------------

### UTM Calendar

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTMCalendar
```

##### Scraper source
https://student.utm.utoronto.ca/calendar/calendar.pl

##### Output format
Refer to [Calendar](#calendar)

--------------------

### UTSC Calendar

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSCCalendar
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~registrar/calendars/calendar/index.html

##### Output format
Refer to [Calendar](#calendar)

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### Timetable

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Timetable
```

##### Scraper source
 - [UTSG Timetable](#utsg-timetable)
 - [UTM Timetable](#utm-timetable)
 - [UTSC Timetable](#utsc-timetable)

##### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "code": String,
  "name": String,
  "description": String,
  "division": String,
  "department": String,
  "prerequisites": String,
  "exclusions": String,
  "level": Number,
  "campus": String,
  "term": String,
  "breadths": [Number],
  "meeting_sections": [{
    "code": String,
    "instructors": [String],
    "times": [{
      "day": String,
      "start": Number,
      "end": Number,
      "duration": Number,
      "location": String
    }],
    "size": Number,
    "enrolment": Number
  }]
}
```

----------------------------------------

### UTSG Timetable

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSGTimetable
```

##### Scraper source
https://timetable.iit.artsci.utoronto.ca

##### Output format
Refer to [Timetable](#timetable)

--------------------

### UTM Timetable

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTMTimetable
```

##### Scraper source
https://student.utm.utoronto.ca/timetable

##### Output format
Refer to [Timetable](#timetable)

--------------------

### UTSC Timetable

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSCTimetable
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~registrar/scheduling/timetable

##### Output format
Refer to [Timetable](#timetable)

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### Exams

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Exams
```

##### Scraper source
 - [UTSG Exams](#utsg-exams)
 - [UTM Exams](#utm-exams)
 - [UTSC Exams](#utsc-exams)

##### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "course_id": String,
  "course_code": String
  "period": String,
  "date": String,
  "start_time": Number,
  "end_time": Number,
  "duration": Number,
  "sections": [{
    "lecture_code": String,
    "exam_section": String,
    "location": String
  }]
}
```

----------------------------------------

### UTSG Exams

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSGExams
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/exams

##### Output format
Refer to [Exams](#exams)

--------------------

### UTM Exams

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTMExams
```

##### Scraper source
https://student.utm.utoronto.ca/examschedule/finalexams.php

##### Output format
Refer to [Exams](#exams)

--------------------

### UTSC Exams

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSCExams
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/registrar/examination-schedule

##### Output format
Refer to [Exams](#exams)

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### Athletics

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Athletics
```

##### Scraper source
 - [UTSG Athletics](#utsg-athletics)
 - [UTM Athletics](#utm-athletics)
 - [UTSC Athletics](#utsc-athletics)

##### Output format
```js
{
  "date": String,
  "events":[{
    "title": String,
    "campus": String,
    "location": String,
    "building_id": String,
    "start_time": Number,
    "end_time": Number,
    "duration": Number
  }]
}
```

----------------------------------------

### UTSG Athletics

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSGAthletics
```

##### Scraper source
_Not yet implemented_

##### Output format
Refer to [Athletics](#athletics)

--------------------

### UTM Athletics

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTMAthletics
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/athletics/schedule/month/

##### Output format
Refer to [Athletics](#athletics)

--------------------

### UTSC Athletics

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSCAthletics
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/athletics/calendar-node-field-date-time/month/

##### Output format
Refer to [Athletics](#athletics)

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### Parking

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Parking
```

##### Scraper source
http://map.utoronto.ca

##### Output format
```js
{
  "id": String,
  "title": String,
  "building_id": String,
  "campus": String,
  "type": String,
  "description": String,
  "lat": Number,
  "lng": Number,
  "address": String
}
```

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### Shuttles

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Shuttles
```

##### Scraper source
https://m.utm.utoronto.ca/shuttle.php

##### Output format
```js
{
  "date": String,
  "routes": [{
    "id": String,
    "name": String,
    "stops": [{
      "location": String,
      "building_id": String,
      "times": [{
        "time": Number,
        "rush_hour": Boolean,
        "no_overload": Boolean
      }]
    }]
  }]
}
```

------

### Events

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Events
```

##### Scraper source
https://www.events.utoronto.ca/

##### Output format
```js
{
  id: String,
  title: String,
  start_date: String
  end_date: String,
  start_time: Number,
  end_time: Number,
  duration: Number,
  url: String,
  description: String,
  admission_price: String,
  campus: String,
  location: String,
  audiences: [String],
}
```

------

### Libraries

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Libraries
```

##### Scraper source
https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/

##### Output format
```js
{
  id: String,
  name: String,
  image: String,
  website: String,
  address: String,
  phone: String,
  about: String,
  collection_strengths: String,
  access: String,
  hours: {
    sunday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: String,
      close: String,
    },
    monday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: Number,
      close: Number,
    },
    tuesday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: Number,
      close: Number,
    },
    wednesday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: Number,
      close: Number,
    },
    thursday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: Number,
      close: Number,
    },
    friday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: Number,
      close: Number,
    },
    saturday: {
      closed: Boolean,
      open: Number,
      close: Number,
    }
  }
}
```

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### Dates

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.Dates
```

##### Scraper source
 - [UTSG Dates](#utsg-dates)
 - [UTM Dates](#utm-dates)

##### Output format
```js
{
  "date": String,
  "events": [{
    "end_date": String,
    "session": String,
    "campus": String,
    "description": String
  }]
}
```

----------------------------------------

### UTSG Dates

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTSGDates
```

##### Scraper source
http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/timetable/
http://www.undergrad.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Dates_Deadlines.htm

##### Output format
Refer to [Exams](#exams)

--------------------

### UTM Dates

##### Class name
```python
uoftscrapers.UTMDates
```

##### Scraper source
http://m.utm.utoronto.ca/importantDates.php

##### Output format
Refer to [Exams](#exams)

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text:
Deadly police chase crash suspect was driving mom's car
by: Rachel VanGilder
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The teenaged boy who police say led them on a chase that ended in a deadly crash does not have a driver's license and was behind the wheel of his mother's car, records show.
Alejandro Torrez, 16, was seriously injured Saturday night in the crash that killed two people. Torres' cousin, 15-year-old David Torrez, was a passenger in the suspect car and 21-year-old Tara Oskam was driving the other vehicle involved in the wreck. Both died at the scene.
Michigan State Police say a trooper tried to pull Torrez over for speeding on US-131 around 10:15 p.m. when he took off. Police pursued him, and the chase lasted about five minutes before ending in the deadly wreck at the intersection of 52nd Street and Broadmoor Avenue in Kentwood.
Michigan Secretary of State records show that Torrez has never had a driver's license but had been caught driving three times previously.
In March, April and May 2016, Grand Rapids police caught and cited Torrez for driving without a license. In at least one of the cases, he was arrested. In the May case, he was driving the same 2005 Chrysler 300 sedan police say he was driving in Saturday's crash. State records show the vehicle is registered to Torrez' mother, Maria Cerda.
An undated photo of Alex Torrez courtesy Facebook.
Torrez faced charges in two criminal investigations in 2015. In one case, police said he received and concealed a stolen car and jewelry. In the other case, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon — a brass knuckle/knife combination, juvenile court records showed.
Records were not clear as to what sanctions he faced for the driving violations. He was placed on probation and ordered to pay fines as part of the disposition following the other criminal cases.
Monday, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said his office had not yet filed charges against Torrez, who remained in the hospital in stable condition.
Some of the Torrez family had agreed to an interview with 24 Hour News 8 Monday afternoon, but backed out citing the advice of legal counsel. 24 Hour News 8's attempts Monday to reach Alejandro Torrez's mother and father were not successful.


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Got a chance to watch almost a full game last night (didn't pay for MLBtv this year and can get Tampa games on TV). I really enjoy how aggressive we are on the base paths. It's obviously going to back fire a good bit, but it's pretty fun watching the speed and aggressiveness. It's the little things during a rebuild!
I guess that's fair. Based on his production last year and how the market has been, he probably deserved a 1 year deal at 3-5 mil. But I don't know, it was a short term deal so didn't hamper that much and hopefully he can eat innings this year.
He has pretty decent stuff. I think he does well for this team and honestly might have been OK as a #5 last year. But everyone else pretty much sucked too. If he stays healthy he can eat some innings, which has value at this stage of our development.
Anybody know how Adam's defense in RF is looking? I feel like he should still have enough speed and arm to make it work out there.
His velocity is up 4 or so MPH right? I mean, he's routinely touching 94. And to my eyes, it looked like he has really good movement on the FB and CH. I'm not sure that his breaking pitch is too great, but a lefty with that velocity, movement and CH? If I didn't know already I would have thought he'd be at least a top 10 prospect in our system.
This convo on steals made me want to look up Ricky Henderson: 1406 steals in 1741 attempts. Good for a little over 80%. So crazy. My favorite. 66 out of 79 at age 39. Crazy.
Here, here. That was a very "businessy move". Salary dump. Which just stinks because if KG was producing this year, we could have gotten way more. He's been pretty healthy his whole career too. Consistent velocity. Just needed to iron out those secondaries. But even then he still did OK.
Does anybody remember when DD was real serious about not letting pitchers use the cutter? I remember it was centered around Bundy. I can't help but watch him now and feel like he's turned into what DD feared. Whether it's as a result of the use of the cutter or not is very debatable. But he has no feel for his curveball and kind of uses his cutter/slider as a crutch. Plus, fastball velo is down. That's exactly what I remember DD pointing out about the cutter. Saps velo and can lessen effectiveness of other pitches. It might be all due to injury for Bundy. But man, he doesn't have the velocity, pitch arsenal or control to succeed as a starter right now.
No one quite discounted the things he has done. Not even Adam. Just offered his opinion on his former teammate and said that race could definitely play a factor in how he's viewed. We have a pretty checkered racial history in this country (putting it lightly). Just because you personally may not see its effects on modern America doesn't mean others of us don't. And may have an interest in talking about it.
As soon as I saw this title, my mindset was: Give it a few weeks and you'll be unsurprised! But hey, I'm with ya and you addressed that part. Heck, 7-10 has me feeling pretty good. We were 8-20 to start last year. Let the good times roll. I already feel better this year than I did at any point last year.


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By editor@swcbulletin.com on Jul 23, 2009 at 8:03 a.m.
In the past two years, the Deb and Dan Tilson family of St. Paul Park has faced the murder of their 19-year-old daughter, Kristine Larson, the cancer of their 18-year-old son, Alex and losing their home due to inability to make the mortgage payments.
So now, for obvious reasons, the family is trying to look forward. And after winning custody in Washington County District Court last Thursday of their 3-year-old grandson Darion, left motherless when Larson was killed, they can finally focus fully on the future, Deb Tilson said.
"In a year we'll adopt him; we'll be able to look forward to our new lives," Tilson said.
Tilson said the law requires they be legal guardians for a year before adoption proceedings can start. She said gaining custody of Darion -- whose mother was strangled to death and then left in a burning car in a Minneapolis alley by his father in December of 2007 -- was important because she knew it was what Larson had wanted and that it would be the least disruptive choice for Darion.
The Tilsons started out their day in court by negotiating with Sephonia Cowans, the child's paternal grandmother, in order to avoid a custody trial. Cowans agreed to a plan where the Tilsons would get guardianship over Darion, but that when he was older he could be evaluated to see whether he should be introduced to Cowans and her family.
But when she got into the courtroom, she changed her mind, and the judge heard two hours of arguments.
"We were disheartened, we were frustrated, but we were prepared so it wasn't like we didn't have any recourse," Tilson said. The court broke for lunch, and after they returned Cowans changed her mind again, and agreed that the Tilsons should get custody of Darion.
"We were pretty relieved," Tilson said.
Although the Tilsons are happy that they have another major challenge behind them, that doesn't make having a 3-year-old around any easier for the middle-aged couple.
"We're grateful because it keeps us young, but it's exhausting," Tilson said. "It's daunting to say the least."
Dan is now nursing six broken ribs, an injury he sustained while playing on the Slip 'n Slide with Darion, she said.
Tilson said her adult daughters help out a lot by taking Darion overnight or for play dates.
"Really it's more of kind of a whole family effort raising this little boy," she said.
And although it's tougher raising a child in her 50s than it was in her 20s, she said, she's also savoring the experience more this time around.
The hardships she's faced in the past two years have, "made me realize that slowing down and just really savoring every moment of life is one of the most important things you can do because you never know in a heartbeat how things can change," Tilson said.
Editor's note: This story is from July 2009.


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New attraction coming based on Disney Princess Corporal Klinger
One of the most beloved Disney princesses is finally getting his own attraction! Wait, "his"?
BURBANK, CA — It's no secret that Disney has a big secret. And they are going to secretly announce their secret at the super-secret D23 Expo (that you probably haven't heard of unless of course you're a loyal reader of Uncle Walt's Insider). But we know the secret!
The big announcement for this year's super-private event is: one of the most beloved Disney princesses is finally getting his own attraction! Yes, Disney is fully welcoming their newly-acquired Fox properties (as in TV shows, movies, etc., not just real estate) into the Disney family by giving one of the most beloved Fox characters his own ride.
Klinger finally gets his Section 8
Maxwell Q. Klinger, better known as Corporal Klinger from the hit television series M*A*S*H, would often dress up in woman's clothing, engage in crazy stunts, and eat cream cheese filled pretzels, all in an attempt to be discharged from the military as someone who is mentally unfit for service. M*A*S*H viewers may recall this type of discharge being known as a "Section 8."
As soon as the ink dried on the Fox acquisition by Disney, fans from all over the world started to petition Disney to recognize Klinger as an official Disney princess. Uncle Walt's Insider broke the news that this petition was a rousing success. And now the company will announce the newest Disney Princess-themed attraction will be built at both the Walt Disney World Resort, Spa & Concentrated Orange Juice Factory, and Disneyland Resort, Spa & Burned Woodland Creature Rehabilitation Center.
Ride details still to come
All signs point to the new attraction, called "Corporal Klinger's Section 8," being a thrilling new dark ride/roller coaster combination. In that sense it will be like the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, which of course is also set during the Korean War.
Construction is set to begin on both coasts this fall, with projected opening in 2021. As always, Uncle Walt's Insider is here to help you make your vacation to any theme park in the world a success, and our panel of experts is here to help!
Wasn't Klinger promoted to Sergeant? Let us know in the comments below!
Cover photo: Princess Klinger. Photo courtesy CBS Television [Public domain] via Wikimedia.
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Woman Finds Injured 55-Pound Dog on Mountain, Carries It On Shoulder for 6 Hours
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Meghan Committed This Major Mistake While Attending Wimbledon
by Anu Bansal July 10, 2019, 8:07 am 321 Views
Meghan has been accused of making a major mistake falling short of Wimbledon etiquette on her surprise visit last week. She was wearing jeans in a members' only area and came to cheer on her friend, Serena Williams.
She sat in an exclusive area of the crowd on Court 1 in order to watch and cheer her friend Serena, 37, while she beat Kaja Juvan in the second round.
But the sources at club sources say that she was simply a 'nightmare' to accommodate, with her 'self-regarding paranoia' and casual attire.
Source – James Veysey/REX
Source – Javier Garcia/BPI/REX
An official told The Times: 'It was a nightmare, she was a nightmare.'
An England Club insider explained that she was not supposed to be wearing jeans saying: 'She wanted to come incognito but there were problems.
'They couldn't invite her into the royal box because she was wearing jeans but that didn't really matter because all she wanted to do was come and watch Serena.'
Source PA
The source claimed that it was fortunate for them that Andy Murray was playing on the same court after Serena, else she would not have permitted in the Royal Box on Centre Court with jeans on despite her being a member of the royal family.
The former Suits actress sparked a huge issue when her bodyguards asked the fans not to take pictures.
She was branded a 'control freak' and 'childish' after Sally Jones, former world champion, revealed that she was warned about taking pictures.
The former tennis star further said that she was forced to inform the 'embarrassed' bodyguard that she was taking a picture of Serena and did not have any idea that Meghan was there too.
Source – Sally Jones
Mrs. Jones told MailOnline the Duchess was 'clearly looking around looking to see who was looking at her', adding: 'Harry and Meghan see themselves more as A-list celebrities rather than royals carrying out their duties. It's control-freakery'.
She added: 'There were around 200 photographers snapping away at her but security were sent to warn an old biddy like me. It makes them look silly. It's childish and takes us for fools'.
In another case, a spectator was taking a selfie of himself and Court 1 but Meghan's bodyguard warned him about taking pictures in her vicinity.
Celebrity commentator Piers Morgan tweeted: 'A private capacity, at Wimbledon? This is so ridiculous.
'It's rankly hypocritical and they're not private people, they're the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. If you want to be private, go back to America and live privately'.
Star Kirstie Allsopp added to the debate: 'If you earn money by entertaining, in sport or media, or by being a member of the royal family, photos are part of the deal – because you're b****y lucky to have the privileges that come with the jobs & the wages'.
A royal source told MailOnline: 'It's not uncommon for personal protection officers accompanying any members of the Royal Family to ask people not to take pictures so they can engage with people and events rather than camera phones'.
A spokesman for the All England Club insisted that Meghan's visit was 'nothing but a privilege' at that any other view 'was not that of the club'.
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Q: Morphia and object graphs I've yet to use Morphia, but I'm considering it for a current project.
Suppose I have a POJO with a number of @Reference annotations and I ask Morphia to fetch the object graph from the database.  If I then make another DAO or DataStore call and ask Morphia to fetch some object that was already instantiated in the first graph, would Morphia return a reference to the already instantiated object or would it create a new instance?
If Morphia returns a new instance of the object each time, does anyone have a recommendation of how to best approach creating a Morphia-backed repository that won't duplicate already-instantiated objects?

A: As I see it in Morphia, it will re read every reference.
This is one of the problems, why I created Morphium. I integrated a caching layer there, so if you read a reference, this one won't be read again (at least, if you search by ID...)

A: We use morphia in production and there are two ways to make sure you don't load the references which is something we came across too.
One is to use the lazy loading option when you define the @Reference element in your main class.  This of course means that this behavior is 'global' to that object.
The better way to do this is to not define an @Reference using Morphia and instead managing the references yourself.  Let me know if you need a code sample.

A: I've stopped using @Reference too and instead declare something like:
 ObjectId itemId

rather than having a field item. This has 2 benefits: (1) it lets me define a getter through  a helper getObject(...) method which I have written with object caching and (2) it stores a simple ObjectId in the Mongo object rather than a full DBRef which includes the collection name and thus about twice the data size.

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Looking at the global situation and the impending situation of the war, the water dragon is used to bring the British army to solve the difficulties and put out the fire
World History 2022-02-16 2
While the US military is expanding and preparing for war, Japan, a military power in the Pacific, has developed rapidly, almost the same as militarism.
First of all, Japan's attempt to force the United States to withdraw from the Chinese market that it has been trying to explore for a century is emotionally and practically unacceptable to us.
As early as Japan's withdrawal from the United Nations and the rapid increase in the budget for the expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet, it heralded the end of naval arms limitation, and the Naval Treaty System previously formulated by the United States to maintain the status quo in the Pacific region will also collapse.
The Japanese military regards the United States as the main enemy "because the United States hinders their national expansion".
By April 1934, the Japanese Foreign Ministry issued a tough protest against the "technical and economic assistance" provided by the United States to China.
The commander of the U.S. Asian fleet and the commander in chief of the Philippine garrison subsequently issued a top secret report, warning that the amazing growth of Japan's maritime and air forces has made the existing forces of the United States unable to hold Manila Bay and Corregidor.
By the autumn of 1935, the danger had become obvious.
Representatives of maritime powers will meet in the UK to discuss what to do when the naval limitation treaty between Washington and London expires the following year.
The meeting held that if the power of the Imperial Navy of Japan could not continue to be limited within the original limit, the Far East would form a de facto "peace under Japanese rule".
Therefore, the British and American delegation rejected Japan's request for equal power, which caused the meeting to break up unhappily after several months.
Subsequently, Japan abolished the Washington Naval Treaty and accelerated the construction of battleships.
Tokyo wanted to successfully implement its "Monroe Doctrine" in the Far East and proposed to Washington to jointly carve up the Pacific Ocean so that each country could "establish an area dominated by law and order in their adjacent areas".
Cordell hull immediately publicly condemned Japan's proposal because it would give Japan what it called the "right of free action" and treat China as it pleases.
However, because the United States refused to give up the "open door" policy and was not determined to use force to defend it, even the hardliners in the State Department believed that this would make Japan continue to encroach on China by 1935.
Despite their dissatisfaction, Americans are limited to protesting, so they put the burden of maintaining their position on the Chinese people who have suffered for a long time.
In this way, Japan, a Pacific power, grew rapidly and became a totalitarian fascist country.
The Kwantung Army has become a tool for Japan to achieve the goal of national expansion in China.
This situation developed to the summer of 1937, when the conflict between Japan and China was imminent.
After the collapse of the Japanese cabinet in June, the emperor ordered the aging aristocrat Jin Weiwen o to come out and organize the government for the second time.
The Japanese War of aggression against China broke out only one month after Kan Wei Wen o served as prime minister.
The non resistance policy made the Japanese army quickly occupy the three northeastern provinces of China.
The Japanese army pushed out the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty and concocted a "Manchukuo", making Puyi the emperor of the "Manchukuo".
In this regard, the US political and public opinion circles reacted strongly and expressed their position one after another that they did not recognize the "Manchukuo".
Stimson, an important American military official, wrote in his diary: "It seems that Japan believes that it can open up the market in China by force, which means that it must permanently exploit China and impose Japanese rule on another race.
But this will not work, because China is an excellent nation, and in the long run, China will eventually defeat Japan.
In terms of Japan us relations, I think armed conflict between Japan and the United States is almost inevitable Yes.
" While denouncing Japan, the US government is facing major political and diplomatic issues.
The United States cannot abandon China, but it is also unable to intervene, because both the United States and Britain can only send a symbolic military or naval force at best.
President Roosevelt wanted to carefully provide assistance to the Chinese government, but the isolationist newspaper began to publish the news when it learned that the ship was loading bombs for China, which led to the Senate's strong demand for strict compliance with China's legislation – the neutrality Act prohibits the provision of military fire to belligerents.
However, it was not long before such a thing happened.
One day, when sailing to the Yangtze River, the Japanese warship fired.
A few seconds later, the steering room was lifted by a bomb.
On the deck, journalist Norman Wen grabbed the camera to shoot.
He could see the pilot's face clearly, but to his surprise, they saw the American flag and kept bombing.
20 minutes later, the Perner sank in the turbidity current of the Yangtze River.
The news that the pernay was sunk angered the Americans and worried Tokyo that it might lead to war.
The Japanese Foreign Minister hurried to the US embassy to "apologize".
On the second day after the pernay was sunk, general ishigen Matsui led his troops into Nanjing and declared that "the imperial way shines".
He promised that "the dawn of Asian revival is coming!" But in the following four weeks, the Japanese army carried out a brutal massacre in Nanjing, killing 300000 Chinese people.
Even cold-blooded foreign military observers said that in this organized massacre, the Japanese army was no different from "a group of wild animals".
When the perne was sunk, Secretary of state hull condemned it as "a group of savage and semi crazy army and Navy officers".
At this time, he was full of righteous anger, advocated intervention and suggested a joint "naval battle to hang Japan" with the Royal Navy.
After receiving the plan, the president resumed the blockade plan and tested whether Britain supported the resumption of stick diplomacy to contain Japan.
But Chamberlain said he could not imagine that at a time when the situation in Europe was so serious, there was nothing more suicidal than provoking Japan at this time.
In this way, after the emergence of Germany in Europe, Japan appeared in the Pacific and was uncontrolled.
Under the Japanese offensive, the conflict between China and Japan has evolved into an all-out war.
Japan put forward the plan of "new Asian Order".
People can see that the blueprint of Japan's "new Asian Order" is the same as Hitler's plan of "new European order".
Neither Chiang Kai Shek nor Washington accepted the new order, and the United States refused to consider any violation of the principles of the nine Nation Convention.
Roosevelt immediately announced a $21 million loan to the Chongqing government to carry out the war.
This measure is just a drop in the bucket.
It's hard to quench your thirst with far water.
Things developed to 1939In spring, the Japanese army has landed on the main roads of the Pacific Ocean and Hainan Island and Sprat group.
The Japanese have springboard to attack the Philippines islands, Hongkong and Indochina.
In the face of this terrible situation, after six months of in-depth study, the strategists of the Joint Chiefs of staff concluded that there was no strong fleet in Guam and Manila military bases and Singapore, the Philippines must be abandoned, and even the strategic retreat to defend the west coast, Panama and Alaska was threatened, Because Japanese aircraft carriers have an overwhelming advantage.
And concluded that this would make Pearl Harbor vulnerable to air strikes, which "may blow up the main force of the fleet without warning.
" so the United States decided to make defense in the Pacific a strategic goal and revise the previous "orange operation plan".
Strengthen military forces in the Pacific, increase the strength of Guam, Wake Island and Philippine naval bases, and strengthen defense deployment.
Send more troops to Pearl Harbor, strengthen military confidentiality, and change the provisions of strategic levels a, B and C to C, B and a.
In order to deal with Japan, a military power in the Pacific, the United States had foresight and made timely deployment.
But at this time, the war on the European battlefield was getting hotter and hotter.
In May 1940, Hitler captured Norway, then attacked the Netherlands, and then invaded Belgium.
The king of Belgium appealed to Britain and France for help.
Britain and France sent troops to support it, but the Belgian army announced its surrender after more than 10 days of resistance.
As a result, the British and French troops were defeated like a mountain, and the 200000 British Expeditionary Force fled to the beach without firing a shot, regardless of its French allies.
The German army swept the fallen leaves like the autumn wind and went straight to Paris.
At that time, French Prime Minister Renault took an ambiguous attitude.
He said: "if the United States can help France, France will continue to fight.
" However, Roosevelt had placed most of his bets in the Pacific and had no intention of putting his troops into Europe too early, so Roosevelt clearly told Renault that according to the U.S. Constitution, the right to declare war lay in Congress, so he himself could not make any commitment to participate in the war.
Roosevelt's move aroused the concern of Britain.
The card of France fell, and Britain was the next object to be conquered.
In order to stabilize France, a British French Declaration was hastily drafted.
It reads as follows: "at the most critical juncture in today's world history, the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the French Republic hereby issue a declaration declaring that the two countries will form a permanent alliance, have unrelenting determination in the cause of jointly safeguarding justice and freedom, and oppose the system that plunges mankind into mechanical life and slavery.
" When Renault submitted this declaration to the French cabinet for discussion, it was fully opposed by beidang's peace advocates.
They took the opportunity to seize power and forced Renault to resign and beidang became the head of government.
After beidang took office, he immediately sought peace from Hitler k(u head.
So a Gombe farce was performed.
Gombe is a place name of France.
On November 11, 1918, Germany, as a defeated country in the first World War, submitted a letter of surrender to the representatives of Britain and France on a train in Gombe forest.
Hitler chose this place as a place to accept bedang's surrender in order to avenge his revenge.
When France surrendered, the U.S. Army and Navy chiefs of staff had to decide whether to implement the Atlantic defense plan or the Pacific defense plan.
Their suggestion is that neither direction can be abandoned, but the president is suggested to adjust the order again, with the Atlantic first and the Pacific second.
The reason is that the Pacific region has a certain number of troops, which can deal with Japan for at least a period of time.
After the French surrender, the direct threat did not come from Japan, but from the axis powers.
Britain is facing a war with Germany.
Franco successfully established a fascist regime in Spain with the assistance of the German air force.
The danger of the axis powers going south along the Atlantic in order to protect Germany's growing interests in South America is imminent.
Accordingly, the report of the Joint Chiefs of staff unanimously requested the president to concentrate naval forces in the Atlantic and the Caribbean.
This makes it necessary to make some defensive posture in the Pacific to hold Hawaii – at the expense of abandoning the Philippines to some extent, if the Japanese attack the islands.
The memorandum specifically reminded the president not to be tempted by politics to commit to protecting the islands, because doing so "violates the wise valuation of the interests of the United States".
This far-reaching conclusion has completely changed the grand strategy of the United States for half a century.
The president agreed with the conclusion that Nazi Germany posed a much greater threat to the interests of the United States in Europe than Japan, but did not give up preparations for war against Japan.
This dramatic shift in strategic objectives is reflected in the newly formulated "Rainbow operation plan", which is so named because, unlike the unrealistic and traditional monochrome instructions in the past, they are designed to deal with United enemies and potential allies.
The plan also includes coping methods for five accidents.
In order to contain the crisis before the uniform, according to the rainbow plan, Roosevelt came up with a wonderful idea – to bring the water dragon to the British, use Britain to fight Germany and save the United States.
Before Roosevelt's plan to help people fight the fire with a hose was put into practice, the United States ushered in the 1940 presidential election.
Wilkie, who was rude, simple and popular, the first attractive Republican candidate since 1904, was nominated, forcing President Roosevelt to make a decision on the Democratic presidential nomination.
Roosevelt probably always wanted to run for a third time because he refused to support other candidates and didn't prevent others from contributing to him, making his nomination expected.
It is the most urgent issue for the British government to transfer 40 submarines to resist the invasion of the British island in the middle of the summer campaign.
The main obstacle is bywater's estimate of the amendments to the Navy Appropriations Act passed by Congress on June 28.
The case is not intended to fund the president to strengthen the Navy and prohibit the president from transferring defense equipment to foreign countries unless the chief of staff of the army and the Secretary of naval operations confirm in advance that such equipment is not necessary for national defense.
In the quarrel over the war, Wendell Wilkie also launched a series of election campaigns.
In the first few weeks, facing the inaction of the Democratic Party and Roosevelt's third election, his campaign was enthusiastic and confident.
But he basically agreed with most of Roosevelt's domestic and foreign policies.
The US general mobilization was transferred to the wartime system. It was difficult to recover from the loss of water in the Pacific Naval Battle
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Roosevelt handed over the plan of attacking Burma to Song Ziwen and Chennault led the Flying Tigers to shock southern China
The imperial edict beautified Japan's surrender as "opening peace for all ages"
The White Fleet swam around the ball, and the young urchins waved the flag and shouted for reform
The bombing of Tokyo shocked Japan psychologically, and the fighting and killing of the US and Japanese troops on Midway Island attracted worldwide attention
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Home Jihad PA paid terrorists $2.1B with foreign aid
PA paid terrorists $2.1B with foreign aid
Source: One News Now, By Michael F. Haverluck, November 10, 2019
While demanding humanitarian aid from across the globe, the Palestinian Authority spent $2.1 billion to fund Islamic terrorism between 2011 and 2018.
Billions of dollars in foreign aid have been unaccounted for – money that was supposed to go to Palestinian citizens under the oppressive and militant jihadist government run by President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamic terrorist group Hamas … money that supposedly went to programs that haven't existed for many years.
"Funding [paid] for terror organizations and [other] funding [was designated] for institutions that have not functioned for over a decade," the Jerusalem Post reported. "Since 2011, the PA has given the PLO over $1.99 billion, [and] some of that money went directly to Palestinian Liberation Organization member organizations – such as the PFLP – that the U.S., the EU and Israel have designated as terrorist organizations."
It was revealed that groups that ceased to exist well before the Obama administration were still taking in funds, which were actually funneled into terrorists' hands.
"Even though the PA has not held elections for 15 years, from 2011 to 2018, the PA spent $29.7 million on its 'Central Election Committee, while the PA's 'Legislative Council'– the PA Parliament – has not functioned since 2006, [and] from 2011 to 2018, the PA spent no less than $95.5 million on the 'Legislative Council,'" Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) informed. "In total, these activities have cost the PA over $2.12 billion."
Despite the fact that the Palestinians have been co-led by the PA and the globally recognized Islamic terrorist group, Hamas, nations around the world have donated billions to the militant government that has called for the destruction of Israel for decades – whose people cheered in the streets on TV as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed to the ground, killing nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.
"Since its creation, the Palestinian Authority has received tens of billions of dollars of international aid," PMW's Maurice Hirsch recounted. "Just since 2011, the European Union, the United States and other countries have provided the PA with hundreds of millions of dollars and euros of aid."
For years, the Palestinians have made a habit of relying on American and European aid to fund jihad.
"PMW's research finds that the PA has systematically used U.S. and EU money to fund organizations that donors themselves have designated as terrorist organizations," Hirsch, who heads PMW's legal strategies, explained. "It is obvious that donations to the PA to cover its legitimate expenses allows the PA to divert its own resources for these illegitimate purposes."
More than any other country on Earth, save one, Palestinians receive more money in aid per person from abroad.
"Back in 2005, figures published by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that the Palestinians received $304 per person in foreign aid," the Jerusalem Post's Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman pointed out. "At the time, this was the second highest amount per person – second only to those living in the war-torn Congo."
During his presidency from 2009–2016, former President Barack Obama was a staunch advocate of the Palestinians in their long-lasting conflict with Israel, not being hesitant to give the Islamic territory millions in taxpayer-funded aid. However, President Donald Trump called for the United States and United Nations to cease funds to its government as long as it carried out its horrific Pay-to-Slay operations, where terrorists and their families received funds to murder innocent Israeli citizens in the name of jihad.
Palestinian leadership showed no indication of stopping terrorism and hostilities toward Israel, so Trump greatly reduced the amount of American tax dollars contributing to the terrorist regime.
"In 2018, the Trump Administration significantly cut funding for the Palestinians," Jaffe-Hoffman noted. "A report titled 'US Foreign Aid to the Palestinians' – prepared by the Congressional Research Service – showed reprogramming of some $231.532 million of FY2017 bilateral economic assistance that was originally intended for the West Bank and Gaza for other purposes. In addition, the U.S. reduced its humanitarian contributions to UNRWA, providing only $65 million in funding during FY2018, versus $359 million in FY2017."
Reportedly, any money given to the PA will likely end up being funneled – at least in part – into terrorism because of its connection with the PLO.
"While international donors have demanded that the PA show financial transparency, the PLO is not subject to any financial regulation or demands of transparency," Hirsch asserted. "Accordingly, it is impossible to know what happens with billions of dollars of donor money the PA has given and continues to give today to the PLO."
He contended that as long as the PA continues its deceptive financial practices, it is foolish for nations to indirectly fund terrorism by continuing Palestinian funds – most of which never reach the people who need it – as the government continues its oppressive leadership over its citizens.
"If the countries that donate considerable aid to the PA do not demand that the PA explain why it squandered billions of shekels of aid – including by providing funding to non-functioning bodies and terrorist organizations – as it cries poverty and begs for aid, then the PA will continue to use and abuse the goodwill of the donor countries," Hirsch argued.
Known problem
Even though the $2.1 billion figure was recently revealed, it has been known for years that Palestinians have been diverting humanitarian aid funds to terrorist exploits, with one report last year showing hundreds of millions of dollars paying families of terrorists who murdered "infidels" in the name of the god of Islam, Allah.
"The Palestinian Authority has allocated more than $330 million for payments related to security prisoners and so-called 'martyrs' in its 2018 budget, according to a new report published b.y a Jerusalem-based research institute," the Times of Israel announced last December. "The funds include salaries and stipends for convicted terrorists and their families, though the exact figures for the terrorists and their families are not publicly known, with Israeli officials, researchers and Palestinians split over how many of those eligible for the payments have attacked or killed Israelis."
A detailed account of where the funds went was disclosed to the public.
"According to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs report – which cited the Palestinian Authority's detailed budget for the year – the PA set aside $146 million for payments for current and past security prisoners and their families," the Times revealed. "The amount includes salaries for 5,000 families of prisoners, funds for commissary purchases of 6,000 prisoners, stipends for 5,500 released prisoners, grants for 1,500 prisoners upon their release, and other expenditures, the report said."
Essentially, foreign aid paid for the slaughter of innocent Israeli citizens.
"Many security prisoners are convicted terrorists who killed or participated in the killing of Israelis," the Times noted.
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