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Q: Java, tomcat8: MYSQL query start to become very low after some hours that the deploy of a new .war has been done I have a java website (a forum, to be more precise) which is hosted from a debian VPS, thanks to tomcat8.
The website was not written by me, it was transfered to my ownership some days ago and I'm starting to write my code.
The DAO (repository) of the application is based on JOOQ, but I don't like it, so I decided to write new queries by simply using the mysql jdbc connector.
At the moment I have written only one new query to get all sections of the forum.
The query works well, but only for a few hours. Some hours after the deploy of the new WAR, the query start to become so slow that it can not be completed. So, I have to restart the web server. After the restart the query works well, but still only for a few hours.
Here below you can see the code of the class MiscDAO, which contains the method "getForums". This is the method which contains the query.
The dataSource (BasicDataSource) is passed to the base class, which keeps the reference as a class member (the same for the jooq variable).
public class MiscDAO extends BaseDAO {

    public MiscDAO(DSLContext jooq, BasicDataSource dataSource) {
        super(jooq, dataSource);
    }

    public List<String> getForums() {

        String query = "select forums.id\n" +
                "from forums\n" +
                "left join messages on forums.id=messages.forum\n" +
                "and forums.enabled=1\n" +
                "group by forums.id\n" +
                "order by count(forums.id) desc;";

        Connection conn = null;
        ResultSet result = null;
        PreparedStatement stat = null;

        try {
            conn = dataSource.getConnection();

            stat = dataSource.getConnection()
                    .prepareStatement(query);

            result = stat.executeQuery();

            List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();

            while(result.next()) {
                res.add(result.getString("id"));
            }

            return res;

        } catch (SQLException e) {
            return null;
        }

        finally {
            CloseDbResources(conn, stat, result);
        }
    }

}

Here below the method "CloseDbResources" in the BaseDAO class.
protected void CloseDbResources(Connection connection, PreparedStatement preparedStatement, ResultSet resultSet) {
        if (resultSet != null) {
            try {
                resultSet.close();
            } catch (SQLException e) { }
        }
        if (preparedStatement != null) {
            try {
                preparedStatement.close();
            } catch (SQLException e) { }
        }
        if (connection != null) {
            try {
                connection.close();
            } catch (SQLException e) { }
        }
    }

And finally, the code of the init method in the DAO Factory, where the instance of the class MiscDAO is created. Note that the MiscDAO class is the exclusive one which receives BasicDataSource as paramether, and the reason is that I wanted to start the conversion from jooq to simple sql.
void init(Properties databaseConfig) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        String driver = databaseConfig.getProperty("driverclass");
        Class.forName(driver);

        String username = databaseConfig.getProperty("username");
        String password = databaseConfig.getProperty("password");
        String url = databaseConfig.getProperty("url");

        dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
        dataSource.setMaxTotal(15);
        dataSource.setMaxIdle(10);
        dataSource.setMinIdle(3);
        dataSource.setMaxWaitMillis(30000);
        dataSource.setTestOnBorrow(true);
        dataSource.setTestWhileIdle(true);
        dataSource.setUrl(url);
        dataSource.setUsername(username);
        dataSource.setPassword(password);
        dataSource.setValidationQuery("SELECT 1");
        dataSource.setValidationQueryTimeout(30);

        DSLContext jooq = DSL.using(dataSource, SQLDialect.MYSQL);

        authorsDAO = new AuthorsDAO(jooq);
        threadsDAO = new ThreadsDAO(jooq);
        messagesDAO = new MessagesDAO(jooq);
        pollsDAO = new PollsDAO(jooq);
        quotesDAO = new QuotesDAO(jooq);
        bookmarksDAO = new BookmarksDAO(jooq);
        adminDAO = new AdminDAO(jooq);
        miscDAO = new MiscDAO(jooq, dataSource);
        privateMsgDAO = new PrivateMsgDAO(jooq);
        digestDAO = new DigestDAO(jooq);
        loginsDAO = new LoginsDAO(jooq);
    }

The class DAOFactory is a singleton, so the init method is called only once, when the class is istantiated.
static synchronized DAOFactory getInstance() {
        if (instance == null) {
            String persistenceName = FdTConfig.getProperty("persistence.name");
            try {
                instance = new DAOFactory();
                instance.init(FdTConfig.getDatabaseConfig(persistenceName));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                LOG.fatal("Cannot instantiate Persistence '" + persistenceName + "'", e);
                return null;
            }
        }
        return instance;
    }

Here below you can see the old code, the one which was written by the old owner of the website and worked well. The query was based on jooq.
Note that the query used to get the forum sections from the messages table. The reason is that the table "forums" didn't exist.
It was created by me some days ago, and that's why I wrote the new query.
public List<String> getForums() {

        Result<Record1<String>> records = jooq.select(MESSAGES.FORUM)
            .from(MESSAGES)
            .where(MESSAGES.FORUM.isNotNull())
            .groupBy(MESSAGES.FORUM)
            .orderBy(DSL.count(MESSAGES.ID).desc(), MESSAGES.FORUM.asc())
            .fetch();

        List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>(records.size());
        for (Record1<String> record : records) {
            res.add(record.getValue(FORUMS.ID));
        }

        return res;
    }

In the DaoFactory the instance of the class MiscDAO used to be created in this way (the exclusive difference is that the class didn't take the BaiscDataSource as paramether, so the BasicDataSource was encapsulated inside jooq and never used directly.
miscDAO = new MiscDAO(jooq);

Here below you can read the error in the log file, which occurs after some hours that the new war has been deployed.
2018-04-01 13:46:50,154 ERROR MainServlet:509 -
         java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException    at
         sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor98.invoke(Unknown Source)   at
         sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)     at
         com.forumdeitroll.servlets.MainServlet.doDo(MainServlet.java:241)  at
         com.forumdeitroll.servlets.MainServlet.doGetPost(MainServlet.java:120)
            at com.forumdeitroll.servlets.MainServlet.doGet(MainServlet.java:110)
            at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:618)     at
         javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725)   at
         org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
            at
         org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
            at com.forumdeitroll.filters.MainFilter.doFilter(MainFilter.java:86)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:506)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88)
            at
         org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:537)
            at
         org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1081)
            at
         org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:658)
            at
         org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:222)
            at
         org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1580)
            at
         org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1537)
            at
         java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
            at
         java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
            at
         org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by:
         org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException: Error getting connection from
         data source org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource@41b7afc6  at
         org.jooq.impl.DataSourceConnectionProvider.acquire(DataSourceConnectionProvider.java:89)
            at
         org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteContext.connection(DefaultExecuteContext.java:583)
            at org.jooq.impl.AbstractQuery.execute(AbstractQuery.java:311)  at
         org.jooq.impl.AbstractResultQuery.fetchLazy(AbstractResultQuery.java:319)
            at
         org.jooq.impl.AbstractResultQuery.fetchLazy(AbstractResultQuery.java:306)
            at
         org.jooq.impl.AbstractResultQuery.fetchAny(AbstractResultQuery.java:523)
            at org.jooq.impl.SelectImpl.fetchAny(SelectImpl.java:2512)  at
         com.forumdeitroll.persistence.dao.BaseDAO.getAuthor(BaseDAO.java:51)
            at
         com.forumdeitroll.persistence.dao.MessagesDAO.recordToDTO(MessagesDAO.java:289)
            at
         com.forumdeitroll.persistence.dao.MessagesDAO.getMessages(MessagesDAO.java:110)
            at com.forumdeitroll.servlets.Messages.getMessages(Messages.java:781)
            at com.forumdeitroll.servlets.Messages.getMessages(Messages.java:87)
            ... 33 more Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot get a
         connection, pool error Timeout waiting for idle object     at
         org.apache.commons.dbcp2.PoolingDataSource.getConnection(PoolingDataSource.java:142)
            at
         org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1533)
            at
         org.jooq.impl.DataSourceConnectionProvider.acquire(DataSourceConnectionProvider.java:86)
            ... 44 more Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException: Timeout
         waiting for idle object    at
         org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:449)
            at
         org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:363)
            at
         org.apache.commons.dbcp2.PoolingDataSource.getConnection(PoolingDataSource.java:134)
            ... 46 more

A: It's really a difficult thing to detect. I am not 100% sure about the exact reason but below are some of the tips that you should consider:-

*

*Max no of connections are not sufficient. Hence, try increasing the number of max connections to 50.

*Connection might not be getting closed properly.  Things look good from code perspective but still, I would recommend using try with resource as it internally makes sure to close the connection.
try(conn = dataSource.getConnection();
    stat = dataSource.getConnection()
            .prepareStatement(query);
    result = stat.executeQuery();) {
    List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();

    while(result.next()) {
        res.add(result.getString("id"));
    }
    return res;
} catch (SQLException e) {
    return null;
}

*Make sure that whenever you deploy a new war you actually shut down the tomcat completely. As there might be the case that your code never got a chance to release the connection it acquired due to tomcat activities.

*Try to find out how many concurrent users are trying to access the application. If these significantly exceed the max no of connections. You need to increase the maximum no. of connections allowed.
I am exploring further to find out more possible reasons around same.


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Payment Instruments: E-Money
Author: Denise Bedell
Project Coordinator: Denise Bedell
The European Commission Office of Internal Markets defines e-money--or electronic money--as the digital equivalent of cash, stored on an electronic device or remotely at a server.
Data is from the Bank for International Settlements' Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries. Report published in January 2013 with figures on 2011.
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Use of E-Money by Non-Banks (Total Value of Transactions in Billions, 2011)*
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** Sum or average excluding those countries for which data are not available. For credit transfers, data for France (prior to 2005) and the United Kingdom include interbank transactions. Since the value of these transactions is relatively large, cross-country comparison should be treated with caution; consequently, CPSS figures related to credit transfers have not been calculated.
Electronic payment can refer just to e-commerce--or payments for buying and selling goods or services offered online--or to any type of electronic funds transfer.
Use of e-money is still in its infancy in comparison with more mature payments channels, such as checks and direct debits. In fact, according to data from the BIS Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS), e-money accounted, in 2011, for much less than 1% of transaction value in all reporting countries with highs of 0.22% of total volume of payments in Singapore (the equivalent of $1.7 billion) and 0.1% in Italy (or $13.5 billion.)
The same is true in terms of number of transactions. Singapore, with 2.8 billion of them, has, by far, the most active e-money market, with 88% of payments happening via this method. Italy is a distant second, with approximately 152 million e-money transactions accounting for approximately 4% of total number of payments.
However new technology developments and regulatory initiatives around electronic payments hold the promise of vastly increasing payments traffic through this channel, particularly in the consumer space.
With mobile payments technology—such as Near Field Communications (NFC) -- advancing rapidly and those in the payments and mobile space—from system providers to banks to mobile service providers—pouring resources into its development, this will further push development of the e-money usage.
In addition, modern payments infrastructure and the rapid increase in mobile penetration in emerging markets— especially within Asia --may drive e-money growth in developing countries faster than many developed markets.
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I love muffins or the better question is, who does not love muffins? Unfortunately, most muffins have too much sugar and unhealthy carbs. I tried to unite my love for muffins and carrot cake to a dainty, gluten-free Carrot Apple Muffin. They are even vegan, because I forgot to add the planned egg and since nevertheless they tasted so perfect when they were done, I have decided to omit it in this recipe as well.
You can prepare the muffins in larger quantities and freeze them. In the evening you take them out from the freezer and the morning either briefly put the carrot apple muffins in the oven or shortly on the toaster. Your definitely do not need to feel guilty if you have children and they want something sweet. You can give them with a clear conscience these delicious muffins. Although they contain some sugar, do not worry, not much. But they have fresh vegetables and fruits. You slip them without your kid noticing.
I recently made Apple Cinnamon Granola, where apple, dates and cinnamon is mashed and mixed later with the other ingredients. This apple cinnamon date mass was so delicious that I thought about where else I could use this delicious mixture. Right now when it is gray outside and the days getting shorter, we all want some soul food.
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1/2 cup Rice Flour – You can use any other flour if you are not gluten free.
Mash the banana, core the apple and cut it into small pieces. Put banana, apple, almond milk, dates, coconut flower sugar and cinnamon in the mixer and blend to a nice, creamy liquid.
Preheat the oven to 340° Fahrenheit.
Grate the carrots and put them in a big bowl. Add the oats, rice flour, almonds, backing powder and – soda. Stir the pretty much dry ingredients with the apple, date mixture until everything is damp.
Put paper muffin cups into the muffin tins. Add the dough into the paper muffin cups and top either with chopped or whole walnuts. Walnuts have a lot of healthy Omega 3.
Bake for approx. 45 minutes, until they have a nice golden color. Just make sure they do not turn too brown.
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package com.dianping.cat.agent.monitor;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.Initializable;
import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.InitializationException;
import org.unidal.helper.Files;
import org.unidal.helper.Threads;
import org.unidal.helper.Threads.Task;
import org.unidal.lookup.annotation.Inject;

import com.dianping.cat.Cat;
import com.dianping.cat.message.Event;
import com.dianping.cat.message.Transaction;

public class DataSender implements Task, Initializable {

	@Inject
	private CatServers m_catServers;

	private BlockingQueue<DataEntity> m_entities = new ArrayBlockingQueue<DataEntity>(5000);

	private static final int MAX_ENTITIES = 20;

	private String buildBatchEntities(List<DataEntity> entities) {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

		for (DataEntity entity : entities) {
			sb.append(entity.buildBatchContent());
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	@Override
	public String getName() {
		return "data-sender";
	}

	@Override
	public void initialize() throws InitializationException {
		Threads.forGroup("cat").start(this);
	}

	public boolean put(List<DataEntity> entities) {
		boolean result = true;

		try {
			for (DataEntity entity : entities) {
				boolean temp = m_entities.offer(entity, 5, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);

				if (!temp) {
					result = temp;
				}
			}
			return result;
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Cat.logError(e);
		}
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public void run() {
		boolean active = true;

		while (active) {
			try {
				int maxSize = MAX_ENTITIES;
				List<DataEntity> dataEntities = new ArrayList<DataEntity>();

				while (m_entities.size() > 0 && maxSize > 0) {
					DataEntity entity = m_entities.poll(5, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);

					dataEntities.add(entity);
					maxSize--;
				}

				if (!dataEntities.isEmpty()) {
					Transaction t = Cat.newTransaction("Sender", "Send");
					boolean success = false;

					try {
						success = sendBatchEntities(dataEntities);
					} catch (Exception e) {
						Cat.logError(e);
					} finally {
						t.setStatus(Transaction.SUCCESS);
						t.complete();
					}

					if (!success) {
						Cat.logError(new RuntimeException("All cat servers: " + m_catServers.getServers()
						      + "are unreachable. DataEntity: " + dataEntities.toString()));
					}
				} else {
					Thread.sleep(5);
				}
			} catch (Exception e) {
				Cat.logError(e);
			}
		}
	}

	private boolean sendBatchEntities(List<DataEntity> entities) {
		List<String> servers = m_catServers.getServers();

		for (String server : servers) {
			String entityContent = buildBatchEntities(entities);
			String content = "&batch=" + entityContent;

			if (sendData(server, content)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	private boolean sendData(String server, String content) {
		boolean flag = false;
		String url = m_catServers.buildSystemUrl(server);

		try {
			URLConnection conn = new URL(url).openConnection();

			conn.setDoOutput(true);
			conn.setDoInput(true);

			OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());

			writer.write(content);
			writer.flush();

			InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
			String result = Files.forIO().readFrom(in, "utf-8");

			if (result.contains("{\"statusCode\":\"0\"}")) {
				flag = true;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Cat.logEvent("DataSender", "Failed", Event.SUCCESS, "server [" + server + "] is not reachable.");
		}
		return flag;
	}

	@Override
	public void shutdown() {
	}
}


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An Evil Tongue
by Rabbi Yisrael Kaniel – December 11, 2009
In Bereshit 37:2, we are informed: "Joseph being seventeen years old was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report." It is because of this evil report, lashon hara, our Sages tell us (Tanchuma, Va-Yeshev 7) that Joseph incurred all of his subsequent anguish.
Just as Joseph was punished for transmitting lashon hara, so was David later punished for accepting lashon hara. In Shmuel II 16:3-4, we are told: "And the king said, 'And where is your master's son?' And Ziva said unto the king, 'Behold, he abides at Jerusalem, for he said, today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.' Then said the king to Ziva, 'All that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.'" As a result of David's accepting this lashon hara from Ziva, our Sages indicate, the kingdom of Israel was later split (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 56b). The haste exhibited here by David to convict based on lashon hara, the Sages recognized, later propelled ten tribes to secede from the united nation of Israel based on the lashon hara of Jeroboam. In contrast to Joseph and David, our Sages recount (Babylonian Talmud, Pesahim 87b), "On what account did Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, merit to be mentioned among the kings of Judah? On account of his not accepting lashon hara concerning Amos."
The act of lashon hara, Rambam (Maimonides) notes, in his Mishne Torah, Hilkhot Deot 7:1, is prohibited by the verse, "You shall not be a talebearer among your people."
The transgression of lashon hara, Rambam proceeds to relate (ibid., 7:2), is "that one sits and says 'So did so-and-so do, and so were his forefathers, and so did I hear about him'."
To be sure, this act of lashon hara is very difficult to avoid. In the Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 164b, we are told that one is entrapped by this transgression every day, and, later on, in Bava Batra 165a, we find, "The majority [are suspected] in theft; and the minority in lewd behavior; and all in lashon hara." In fact, we are quite aware of our frequent violations of this prohibition. We discuss a fellow employee's "loafing" on the job, one's colleague swindling his superiors, another's apparent inconsiderate behavior, or an acquaintance's drunkenness.
Nevertheless, despite the frequent transgression of the interdict against lashon hara and the difficulty in avoiding this prohibition, Talmudic and Midrashic literature is replete with statements that condemn and warn us of the gravity of this act of lashon hara. For example, in the Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 118a, our Sages relate, "All who speak lashon hara…deserve to be thrown to the dogs." In the Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 5a, we find, "If one hears something that is improper, one should place his fingers in his ears." And in Bamidbar Rabbah 19 we find that lashon hara takes the life of the one who speaks it, of the one who listens to it and of the one it is spoken about.
Despite this extensive deprecation of lashon hara, we find several cases in which our Rabbis are lenient: (1) In the Babylonian Talmud, Niddah 61a, we find that, although one should not accept lashon hara, one should be wary of it. (2) The amora, Rabbah, tells us in the Babylonian Talmud, Arakhin 15b that anything that is said to the face of the one who is spoken about is not considered to be lashon hara. (3) In Arakhin 16a, Rabbah bar Rav Huna states that anything that is mentioned before three people is not considered to be lashon hara.
According to the medieval Talmudic commentators, the Tosafot, it appears that the latter two leniencies are but statements of the normal course of events, rather than sanctions for saying lashon hara in such circumstances. In other words, we are told that in a case in which one is willing to report a certain matter to three people, whereby the report would eventually reach the one spoken of, or in a case in which one is willing to report a certain matter concerning a certain person to that person himself, that report is normally not lashon hara – malicious gossip and unconfirmed rumor. If the report were merely malicious gossip or the like, the one who reported it would normally not desire the person spoken of to become aware of it. However, if one would report a matter to three people or to the person spoken of with definite intentions of degrading an individual, the report would be prohibited (see R. Yisrael Meir Kagan's Chafetz Hayyim, Hilkhot Lashon Hara 10).
Upon examination of these limitations and restrictions upon lashon hara, if these limitations are adhered to, they serve to produce a very important end – the improvement of social relations. It is incumbent upon us all to seek to live in harmony with our fellow human beings, rather than to stir up bad feelings and negative reactions by spreading lashon hara about others. When a person becomes aware that his or her acts are being discussed publicly in a negative fashion, it only helps to make that person feel antagonized and mistreated and can result in his or her mistreating the one who initiated the rumor or those among whom it was spread in ways that he or she never did before.
We should take a lesson from Joseph and David. They were punished for allowing themselves to be ensnared by the tempting practice of lashon hara. Let us not suffer the same fate.
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Fountains of Wayne - No Better Place: Live in Chicago
02/25/09 Joe's Pub New York, New York
02/28/09 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
03/01/09 Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, Massachusetts
Fountains of Wayne writes songs about two very important things in life: drinking and women. Although I'm over simplifying it, that was my first impression of them when I first put on their break-through album Welcome Interstate Managers. I will also admit to actually being a little embarrassed to actually liking their MILF song "Stacy's Mom"... but then quickly found it too annoying for words. Still, it's such a good pop album, I'm sure you all own it already.
Fountains of Wayne - Bright Future in Sales
Good news for fans: their first ever DVD called No Better Place: Live in Chicago is coming out this Tuesday on Shout Factory. I have a screener copy for review, and the first thing I noticed that I was disappointed in was that it's edited. Songs like "Bright Future in Sales" had the 'shit' word removed (the word is an important part of the song). I suspect the reasoning for this was that this was intended for broadcast television.
The colors are vivid and the audio is clear in 5.1 Surround sound, it's only really a shame that it's not in bluray. Between the quick MTV-style cuts of at least seven different camera angles, the show is never that boring - although looking at some of the audience members, they seem underwhelmed. It's clearly a sit-down venue and everybody is standing in a row.
The majority of the setlist is taken from Welcome Interstate Managers, so you get to see songs interpreted live. Most of the songs are pretty similar to their studio counterparts (such as the wonderful "Mexican Wine"), however songs like "Hackensack" lacked that intimacy and smirk of hearing "talking" rhyming with Christopher Walken.
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom (4:3 aspect for sampling purposes, DVD contains original 16:9)
The bonus features on the DVD includes brand new acoustic performances of some recent songs, recorded in a New York studio in 2008. Some of the acoustic songs are from Traffic and Weather, but there's a few I didn't recognize.
If you love Welcome Interstate Managers, then No Better Place: Live in Chicago will be a good companion. Hardcore fans will want to pick this up for the new acoustic songs, but I suspect most of you will probably already have a bootleg of it or something.
Fountains of Wayne's No Better Place: Live in Chicago can be bought at most music store, but of course you can buy it direct ($16.98 + S&H).
Trivia: Dar Williams recently covered FoW's song "Troubled Times" on last year's Promised Land.
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The program is not only aimed to use spoken Arabic, but also to utilize Arabic culture.
A free program has begun to help the more than 44% of Arab men who have the highest smoking rate in Israel, and as a result the shortest life expectancy, to quit.
The Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, with funding from the Israel Cancer Association and the Health Ministry, has initiated SMS Quit. Arab men are sent interactive cellphone messages in Arabic on a regular basis that encourage them to kick the habit and abstain from tobacco use, especially in times of crisis.
Faculty member Dr. Hagai Levine said just 7% of Arab women smoke, while their male counterparts are almost seven times as likely to light up cigarettes, nargileh and other products. He noted that smoking- cessation programs are included in the national basket of health services, but many smokers nevertheless try to kick the habit on their own.
Using SMS messages to help people quit smoking has proven successful abroad, doubling the chances of smokers giving up the habit – and for good. A Braun study a year ago found that 30% of participants in a Hebrew-language SMS program stopped smoking for at least three months and that smokers were pleased with the program.
This program was developed not only to include spoken Arabic but also to utilize aspects of Arab culture, with the help of Hiba Shehada, a medical and public-health student of the Hebrew University- Hadassah. After registering on the Arabic section of the cancer association's website, participants are asked to set a target date for kicking the habit. The participants will then receive regular text messages encouraging them to quit smoking, along with tips on how to do so.
For example, the participants will receive a message titled "Desire" to help them deal with the urge to smoke that can at times seem overwhelming, which says that the impulse will only last for a few minutes.
"It's important to tell all smokers in Arab-Israeli society – women included – that you can quit if you want to stop this addictive and dangerous habit.
We're here to help you," said Patan Gathes, head of the cancer association's activities in the Arab sector.


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Q: example of affine subspaces I have to show that these examples below are (or not ) affine subspaces.I know what affine subspaces are but I have difficulties in applying what I studied
(1) S0(R) = {sequence $(s_n)$ in R such that $\lim_{n→∞} s_n = 1$};
according to me this is an affine subspace. I took one element of it , for example the sequence $s_n=1/n +1$, I have subtracted this sequence from all the others  and this is a vector space because it contains  a sequence made of 0. But I don't know now what its vector subspace should be, maybe $\lim_{ n→∞} s_n = 0$?
(2) Fx0,0([a,b],R)={f : [a, b] → R such that f(x0) = 0} (x0 ∈ [a, b] fixed);
This should be a vector  space on its own so I think yes
(3) Fx0,1([a, b], R) = {f : [a, b] → R such that f(x0) = 1} (x0 ∈ [a, b] fixed)
another time if I take any element of it and subtract from all the remaining, I will obtain the example (2) so it is an affine subspace
(4) TK[T] = {polynomials p(T) ∈ K[T] with constant term =0};
it is a vector subspace s so it is also affine
are my considerations right?
Thanks to everyone for your help!


You meet a genius and he can grant you only one wish. What will be this wish ?
The fans pick: You have your revange with her man.
It's just me,or do you miss old times here as well?
oi guys you may call me stupid but whats seguro about?
amor is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
Absence from whom we amor is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
I wanted to wish you the best dia ever !
I don't need to remind you how much you are important.
I don't need to remind you how much you are special to me.
I don't need to remind you how much you are precious.
I don't need to remind you how much I treasure our beautiful friendship.
Since mais than one ano here I shared a lot with you, and each dia you give me mais reasons to amor you mais !
When people have ties that bind.
por being a part of it.
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a question foi adicionado: Hey guys you may call me stupid but whats SAFE about?
a comment was made to the poll: It's just me,or do you miss old times here as well?
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.class Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1;
.super Ljava/lang/Object;

# interfaces
.implements Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzdk;

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingMethod;
    value = Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;->zzdC()Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x0
    name = null
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field final synthetic zzwO:Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;

# direct methods
.method constructor <init>(Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;)V
    .registers 2

    iput-object p1, p0, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1;->zzwO:Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;

    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public zza(Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;Ljava/util/Map;)V
    .registers 9
    .annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Signature;
        value = {
            "(",
            "Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;",
            "Ljava/util/Map",
            "<",
            "Ljava/lang/String;",
            "Ljava/lang/String;",
            ">;)V"
        }
    .end annotation

    iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1;->zzwO:Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;

    invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;->zze(Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;)Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;

    move-result-object v0

    invoke-interface {v0}, Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;->zzhe()Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzja;

    move-result-object v0

    new-instance v1, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1$1;

    invoke-direct {v1, p0, p2}, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1$1;-><init>(Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1;Ljava/util/Map;)V

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzja;->zza(Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzja$zza;)V

    const-string v0, "overlayHtml"

    invoke-interface {p2, v0}, Ljava/util/Map;->get(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v2

    check-cast v2, Ljava/lang/String;

    const-string v0, "baseUrl"

    invoke-interface {p2, v0}, Ljava/util/Map;->get(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v1

    check-cast v1, Ljava/lang/String;

    invoke-static {v1}, Landroid/text/TextUtils;->isEmpty(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;)Z

    move-result v0

    if-eqz v0, :cond_36

    iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1;->zzwO:Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;

    invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;->zze(Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;)Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;

    move-result-object v0

    const-string v1, "text/html"

    const-string v3, "UTF-8"

    invoke-interface {v0, v2, v1, v3}, Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;->loadData(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    :goto_35
    return-void

    :cond_36
    iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh$1;->zzwO:Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;

    invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;->zze(Lcom/google/android/gms/ads/internal/formats/zzh;)Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;

    move-result-object v0

    const-string v3, "text/html"

    const-string v4, "UTF-8"

    const/4 v5, 0x0

    invoke-interface/range {v0 .. v5}, Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zziz;->loadDataWithBaseURL(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    goto :goto_35
.end method


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Q: jQuery animate height step by step My current script works fine, where then 3 menu buttons (menubtn1, menubtn2, menubtn3) make the container change height.
What I would like to do is have the script first animate the height to 0px, then animate to their respective heights.
That way I can replace the content of my container when the height=0px, and then whe it scales back up, the new content will be visible.
here is my script so far:
$(document).ready(function() {

    $(".menubtn1").click(function() {
        $(".container").stop().animate({
            height: '350px'
        }, {
            queue: false,
            duration: 600,
            easing: 'easeInOutQuint'
        })
    });
    $(".menubtn2").click(function() {
        $(".container").stop().animate({
            height: '200px'
        }, {
            queue: false,
            duration: 600,
            easing: 'easeInOutQuint'
        })
    });
    $(".menubtn3").click(function() {
        $(".container").stop().animate({
            height: '185px'
        }, {
            queue: false,
            duration: 600,
            easing: 'easeInOutQuint'
        })
    });

});

A: You could use .slideUp() and .slideDown() instead of using .animate(), like this:
$(".container")
   .slideUp("slow", function () {
      $(this)
          .html("
New content
 and some other stuff")
          .slideDown("slow");
   });

Edit
Updated the example to use the slideUp-callback to change the content and then slide it down again.

A: Could just add a callback function to your animate call which calls another animate function that opens the container back up.

A: You could add your content in the 'complete' callback function, then animate it again:
$(".container").stop().animate({height:0},{queue:false, duration:600, easing: 'easeInOutQuint', complete: function(){
    $(this).html('your content').animate({height:350},600);
}})

I updated your fiddle as well :)
http://jsfiddle.net/RpzpZ/3/
Here's another variant. That's probably how i would do it.
I added the content directly in the html.
I don't know if you need the fixed heights of the different contents, here i used slideUp and Down so it will always adjust to the height of the content
http://jsfiddle.net/RpzpZ/5/

A: You could do something like this ->
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#menubtn1").click(function() {
        $(".container").animate({height:"0px"},  function () {
            $("#hidden-content").hide();
            $("#show-content").show( function () {
                $(".container").animate({height:"200px"})
            });
        });
    });
});


I'm Baaaaack: Simple Kale Salad!
Boy it has been a hot minute since I posted here! Time to get back on track with a nice cool summery salad!! I made this kale salad today and it was so tasty, so healthy, low fat and vegan. I have been dabbling back and forth for awhile but have been cooking to eat only vegan food for the past few weeks. I still cook meat for my guy, but most of the time I make my vegan noms and he partakes, supplementing with some sardines or something 🙂 But back to the salad. Lets get to it.
Simply toss all ingredients together!! That is all.
Serve as is, on the side of some rice/legumes, in a wrap, or with bread and hummus (and green bamboo rice) like I did!
I so enjoyed the falafels I made a few weeks ago, that I thought I would try them again in a little different way! Basically uses all the same ingredients as This recipe, but instead of a wrap or pita, I put them on a bed of mixed greens and spinach. OH SO good!!
Simply assemble, drizzle with hummus and tziki sauce to taste, and enjoy!!


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News: £29m Rotherham Council housing scheme set for sign off
A £29m initiative to kickstart housebuilding on a cluster of sites owned by Rotherham Council is set to be signed off next week.
The Council is seeking approval from the Cabinet and Commissioners' decision- making meeting to proceed to build homes across seven sites in Maltby, Canklow, East Herringthorpe and Dinnington.
The meeting, which takes place on July 10, will seek approval to build 217 new homes. It is proposed these properties will have a mixture of tenures to include: 83 new homes for outright sale, 36 shared ownership or rent to buy homes and 98 new council homes, of which five will be homes for adults with specialist needs.
The Council identified Wates Residential through a competitive tendering process last year as the preferred developer to build the new homes. If the proposal is approved, it is envisaged that this highly innovative scheme will start in Autumn this year with completion due in 2020.
With overall developments costs of £29m, the initiative uses a Development Agency Model (DAM), where the Council acts as developer and Wates are the constructor and delivery agent. This is a new delivery route for the Council and creates the opportunity for it to maximise the value of its assets and deliver a greater number of high quality new homes, as opposed to simply selling the seven individual sites on the open market.
Houses sold will lead to sales revenue provided directly to the local authority (excluding a developer's margin) to cross subsidise the development. The Council will also receive the majority share of any developer's profit on the schemes, through retaining the development value of the land.
Cllr. Dominic Beck, Cabinet Member for Housing at Rotherham Council, said: "We will be delighted to gain approval of this ambitious scheme as it will improve the quality and choice of housing, whilst increasing the number of new homes built in Rotherham.
"We are determined to build more properties to be rented out as Council homes across the borough and this development is a real testament to this aim.
"The development will also increase housing in key areas of the borough, which are underdeveloped at present, providing a much needed boost with the addition of brand new housing, tailored to meet the needs of local people."
Jo Jamieson, managing director at Wates Residential, said: "It is evident that there is an increasing need for a mixture of new housing in Rotherham and the Council's ambitious proposals will go some way to addressing this demand.
"If given the go ahead, Wates Residential will be delighted to work with the council on the development, sharing the risk on planning, construction and market sales, and ultimately building mixed tenure homes that cater to the varied property demands of people across the borough."
The Council is also proposing to buy six two bedroom apartments and three four bedroom houses at the Waverley site from Avant Homes.
Wates Residential website
Images: Wates
Labels: canklow, construction, council, Dinnington, herringthorpe, housing, investment, Maltby, Rotherham, Wates


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Fahim Muntasir Rahman (born 1 November 1980) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in three Test matches and three One Day Internationals from 2001 to 2002.

1980 births
Living people
Bangladesh Test cricketers
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
Khulna Division cricketers
People from Mymensingh

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Why I Have Already Seen This New Cat Documentary 16 Times and Counting
Randy Russell on Kedi, the delightful new documentary about street cats in Istanbul which he has been watching on heavy rotation.
By Randy Russell | February 10, 2017
Randy Russell
Randy Russell is an actor and screenwriter. A purist, he will only work on actual film — American Job, The Pool, Soulmate, Modus Operandi, and the upcoming China Test Girls — so it all might end soon. His website is at rspeen.com.
Albert Maysles
Ceyda Torun
film commentary
Just over halfway through the recent movie Arrival, my mind began to wander; not that I was bored — on the contrary, I was engaged and fascinated with where the movie was taking us — it's just that I have a bad habit of rewriting a movie while watching it, or at least thinking deeply about where it could potentially go. What I thought was, what if, after all the heroic attempts at communicating with the aliens, it turns out they aren't here to see us at all, and they're here to check in with the Earth's population of domestic cats? Seriously. There are all kinds of bizarre theories people have come up with about cats being related to deities, past lives, space aliens, etc. — some of them wacky and fun, some of them serious and even sinister. Whether or not you believe any of this stuff, you don't have to spend much time around cats to realize they know something about time that we don't.
In the ancient but rapidly growing and changing city of Istanbul, countless cats have lived among the inhabitants for thousands of years, neither wild nor totally domesticated, and become an integral part of the fabric and the flavor of the place. These cats live independently, mostly outdoors, travel via sidewalks and rooftops, raise families, and many of them regularly interact with scores of human companions. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of cats populate the city, though I'm sure an accurate number isn't easy to come by since cats are even less reliable at filling out census forms than humans are. These are not what we in the U.S. call "feral" cats and consider a nuisance; in a city as vast and dense as Istanbul, contact with humans is essential to the cats' social structure, and many of them are akin to store cats, or community cats, and are descendants of ship cats, who for centuries were employed to control the rodent populations on commercial vessels. For many residents of Istanbul, the city's cats are a vital part of their community, and are often revered as holy.
Filmmaker Ceyda Torun, the director of the new documentary Kedi, lived in Istanbul until age 11 and returned to her childhood home make this film which centers on the feline population in Turkey's biggest city. Torun and cinematographer Charlie Wuppermann began capturing footage of Istanbul's cats and developed a way of filming at "cat level," traveling along sidewalks and alleys a few inches off the ground to get a feline's perspective of movement, or sometimes following an individual cat's travels. This footage, which sometimes tails cats into their homes and hiding places, is fascinating and sometimes comic, but unlike many cat videos, it never compromises the dignity of these creatures.
Kedi starts out by following a yellow and white tabby down a street; she seems to have a sense of purpose, stops at a sidewalk cafe, begs for food, gets a scrap, is shooed away by someone else but then comes right back, the way cats do. A woman who has become acquainted with this cat over time tells us that she used to sleep a lot, but that having kittens changed her; now she is busy and industrious, feeding and caring for her family. In the first few minutes of Kedi, we see her score a large piece of food, then head down the sidewalk with it in her mouth. It would be comic, except we know she has a mission. She comes to a closed door, meows until a man opens it for her, then slips inside to where her hungry kittens are waiting.
Over the course of the film, we meet half a dozen cats, each given a name or nickname — which reminded me of the classic Maysles documentary Salesman, the series of portraits and their nicknames, "The Rabbit," "The Badger," etc. The cats in Kedi live in various neighborhoods, each with a person, or several people, who have come to know them as a friend and have unique observations about their personalities. The lives of these cats aren't always easy and sometimes ends tragically. The humans who look after and love the cats have to accept that. It's fascinating to hear each person's philosophical take on the nature of these companionships, which run from practical to spiritual, and extend to musings on the importance of animals in our lives, to enhance both our health and our spirit.
Though I've had the good fortune to live with cats at various stages of my life, there were times when it was not possible or practical, and in a few instances I've known what I called "visiting cats" — and while this isn't quite the same thing, as I believe these cats had homes, Kedi brought back memories. I lived in a small, no-pets-allowed apartment once with one of those tiny, unusable balconies — except that it was used by a big tabby cat who would jump from an AC unit to the bottom step of the fire escape and then up to the balcony, visiting each morning around coffee time. He'd come in, make himself at home, and sometimes go right for the cupboard with the catnip tea. After some months, another cat started the same habit — I guess the word got out. I know other people, like my elderly aunt, who care for individual cats who live outdoors, never come in the house, but otherwise are tame, and provided outdoor shelters and enough food and warmth to get through hard winters.
My favorite scene in Kedi is where a woman describes a cat (who she first "met at a cafe"!) who is a regular visitor to her apartment — she doesn't usually let cats in because she has a cat, but she was fascinated with this guy because he always came to the window sideways, in profile, and raised one paw as if knocking. There is something about that description and image that is so odd, yet also familiar if you know cats. There are scores of descriptions and anecdotes like this throughout the film, and even if you are not a "cat person," you must appreciate that cats are as odd and mysterious as any creature on Earth. The footage the filmmakers have captured here is incredible; it's fascinating to watch them roam and climb, to interact with seagulls, humans and each other. I've watched the film like 16 times now — I can't get enough, and I'm trying to figure out a way to afford a trip to Istanbul, which has apparently changed irreparably in a short time, as many cities have, but based on what we see in this movie is still so visually and culturally rich and beautiful, filled with stories and history, fascinating people, and cats.
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La musique nauruane, inspirée des cultures micronésiennes, constitue une partie intégrante de la culture nauruane.

Hymne national

L'hymne national de Nauru est . Margaret Hendrie en écrit les paroles et Laurence Henry Hicks compose la musique. Nauru a adopté cet hymne le  lors de l'indépendance du pays.

Musique traditionnelle
Il reste très peu de traces des traditions anciennes de Nauru. La population joue encore des chants rythmiques et des danses lors d'occasions spéciales. Des musiques reigen et chants rythmiques sont souvent joués par Radio Nauru, bien que les habitants de l'île n'en connaissent plus la signification.

Radio Nauru
La station , créée en 1968, appartient au gouvernement. C'est la seule radio non commerciale de Nauru et elle appartient au .

Personnalités notables
 Baron Waqa, compositeur

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Culture nauruane

Culture nauruane


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Trump orders Syrian air strike
Posted on April 11, 2017 May 1, 2017 by Spencer Schultz
After Donald Trump's first attack on Syria as President of the United States, many citizens are questioning if his 'America first' mentality is still intact.
President Trump opted to launch an attack of 59 U.S cruise missiles on a Syrian military airfield in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of innocent civilians in his own country.
Trump's reaction to the images of innocent, suffering children in Syria drove him into an action that will change the course of his Presidency according to the New York Times.
"I will tell you, that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. That was a horrible, horrible thing. I've been watching it and seeing it, and it doesn't get any worse than that," Trump said to reporters in the White House Rose Garden on Apr. 5.
On Mar. 6, Trump signed an executive order banning refugees from six countries including Syria. In 2013, former President Barak Obama elected not to issue an attack on Syria after a chemical weapon attack occurred in the suburbs of Damascus but Trump would not let the United States turn away again according to the New York Times.
"I do not view it as an emotional reaction at all. Mr. Trump had looked back on Mr. Obama's decision not to carry out a strike and decided that the United States could not yet again turn away, turn a blind eye," Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said in the same New York Times article.
Despite his instinctive reaction to the images of the children, Trump tweeted out to America congratulating the military men and women who represented the United States during the attack.
"Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United States and the world, so well in the Syria attack," he tweeted.
President Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Estate on Apr. 6 in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump met with Jinping to discuss North Korea and international trade. Photo courtesy of express.co.uk.
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I do not have the most spectacular luck growing edibles in my garden. First, it's teeny tiny. Second, it doesn't get enough direct sun for veggies. And third, the damn squirrels!
My city is full of parks, community veggie gardens and restaurants. Locations where a squirrel could get a good meal and sleep like a furry king. But instead, they live in my yard and feast on my few veggies.
For the record, squirrels LOVE Japanese white eggplant. Well, it appears they love all eggplant, but the long, thin white ones are their favorite. This summer I've only eaten two. The squirrel(s)? Close to a dozen. Argh!
They also love my big red ripe tomatoes. Oooooh you do not mess with my t'maters! I wait 11 months of the year to eat real tomatoes. You know, that actually taste and smell like a tomato. So I've taken to picking them early and letting them ripen on a sunny window. Which is fine. But annoying. I shouldn't have to be in a veggie war with a furry rat.
All this to say that I was surprised when I went to do a pick before Irene rolled through town, to find this giant beast of a purple eggplant growing. Actually, I was a little worried that it was too large to be flavorful. But I took a chance and turned it into a mock pizza crust.
Teaspoon in photo so give you scale. That purple beauty is HUGE!
Well, success if you don't rely on this as your pizza fix. Because even though I keep calling it pizza, it's really not even close in flavor. I just think it sort of looks pizza-ish. Regardless, it was mighty tasty and easy to prepare.
* Spritz grill pan with EVOO spray and heat it up. Grill slices of eggplant (or squash) on both sides just to add a little flavor. Don't cook all the way through.
* After both sides are grilled, move slices to a cookie sheet that has been spritzed to prevent sticking.
* Add 1-2 tablespoons of your tomato sauce (I used salsa but any leftover pasta or pizza sauce would work great too) to top of eggplant.
* Add @1 tablespoon shredded cheese. Add tomato slices (I used 1 1/2 slices per eggplant slice to cover because the eggplant was humongo). Top with another tablespoon of cheese.
* Bake until cheese is melty and veggies are heated through. @10 mins should be fine.
You could certainly add other toppings such as meats, grilled onions or extra seasonings. But I found the salsa and cheese to add plenty of flavor and salt that I really didn't need to add more.
It may not taste like a pizza, but it looks delicious! I love eggplant! The rabbits in my yard kept stealing mine.
Wow, that eggplant is ginormous!! I'm so jealous. I have yet to harvest an eggplant this year. The critters keep snatching them all!
I'm not a huge eggplant fan, but this recipe looks really good. I may have to try it.
I used to think I disliked eggplant too. But it turns out its the texture and sometimes the skin, which can be bitter. Try peeling the skin and just make sure you don't bake it until mushy. Make sure it's still firm enough to bite- makes all the difference.
I've made eggplant "burgers" but never thought about pizza - I love this idea!


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"We're Paying Attention Policing"
Monitoring Twitter at LASD
Just weeks into launching its Electronic Communications Triage Unit (eComm) the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is learning new ways to prevent crime. By monitoring social networks, now 24/7, the LASD has gotten ahead of hundreds of pay parties openly advertising illegal drugs and underage drinking. Captain Mike Parker commands the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau (SHB) and coordinates the Department's media and public outreach. "These types of parties tend to generate violent crimes," he said.
The LASD deputies are having to learn new policing techniques. Parker explained, "our deputies are used to rolling up when these events are well underway. Our deputies aren't used to getting clear information that there's going to be a party with a lot of illegal activity and troublemakers." While some call it predictive policing, Parker is quick to point out that it's mostly about paying attention.
The pay parties that are openly advertised through Twitter and Facebook are also popular with gang members, who are also monitoring social media.
Events at private residences which charge admission fees and sell alcohol without a permit are illegal in Los Angeles County. Parker says these events are openly advertised for the world to see on social media and often include comments such as free to girls wearing short skirts, lots of illegal drugs and heavy drinking, and no effort to restrict minors from attending.
The LASD SHB eComm team is careful to forward on only those events which openly advertise illegal activity.
With regard to flash mobs "you don't necessarily know if they're going to do a little dance or something more."
Intel regarding flash mobs is sent on to the handling station or agency for "situational awareness" purposes only along with a reminder of the public's First Amendment right to peaceably assemble. Parker explains when you know something is going to happen days in advance, you can do a lot to get ready, like reallocate officers for crowd and traffic control. They "literally paste[s] the first amendment into the email" when it is sent to the field:
"This notification from LASD SHB eComm is for situational awareness of possible impending gatherings or protests, so that the law enforcement can prepare for traffic and crowd control needs while the public exercises their rights guaranteed under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."
U.S. Constitution – Amendment 1 – Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression
The eComm Unit includes one civilian Social Media Dispatcher (previously assigned station desk dispatchers) around the clock, supervised by Public Information Officer LASD Sheriffs Headquarters Bureau eComm deputies.
"Sheriff Lee Baca recognized the importance of sharing information via social media as well as monitoring and listening," said Parker. "This is just a fraction of the responsibilities and successes of SHB eComm, which continue to expand each day."


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US Slave
This site is for educational purposes. Slavery in the new world from Africa to the Americas.
The Bilboes
One method of restraint was known as the Bilboes, which consisted of a long iron bar attached to the floor. Free to slide along the bar were a number of hinged iron rings which were riveted about the ankles of the prisoners, forcing them to sit or lie down until the restraint was released. The word is a corruption of the Spanish town Bilbao, for when the Armada was defeated in 1588, chests of these shackles were found in the galleons, reputedly to pinion English captives. In actual fact similar devices were widely used for naval prisoners on board ship and the Royal Navy was equipped with them until the eighteenth century.
Eventually they found their way to the West Indies, where they were used during the slave trade era. Ten or more slaves would be secured in bilboes, being released each day before being taken to work in the plantations.
Labels: bilboes, restraining devices, torture devices
Eddie F June 18, 2013 at 2:00 PM
I write a blog called Lexicolatry covering interesting words from the OED. I'm covering 'bilboes' on the 20th June, and wanted to ask if I could use this picture to illustrate them. I will of course link back to and credit you, as it's the best picture I would fine. Many thanks. Ed
Ron June 18, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Thanks for your inquiry, however, I do not own this image. This is an educational blog, without advertisements or sponsors, I simply supply the images to help the reader understand the text more completely.
For years, I incorrectly called this torture devise "shackles." As my research into the topic of slavery, it seems important to correctly identify various torture implements by their correct name.
Thanks again for your comments.
--Ron Edwards, US Slave Blog
I published my article on bilboes today with a link to this post as a reference on their use in the slave trade. This is a fascinating (if harrowing) blog and I shall follow it with interest. Best regards.
Ron June 21, 2013 at 7:23 AM
I like your word choice, "harrowing."
A few months ago, I unveiled this site to one of my older aunts ans she shook as she shrieked, "Oh, Lord! Jesus, what have you done" We didn't even look beyond the homepage, and I thought I was going to have to administer either smelling salts or CPR.
I said to my aunt, "Hey auntie, we haven't even seen the rotting corpses, dismembered body parts, decapitated heads, or bloated bodies swinging in the wind."
It broke my heart when she started to cry. But, I knew that her strong emotions were in part from being blindsided by a history that has been whitewashed and sanitized. History is not clean and tidy. No, it's messy, gritty, brutal, contested and positively riveting. The institution of slavery by its nature is merciless and cruel. It personifies man's inhumanity to man in the most viciously heartless manner. Since, it's disingenuous to put a smiley face on enslavement, this blog just shines a little light in the dark corners that our collective historic memory tries to forget.
BTW, I like your blog.
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Students explore geographic information tech at Del Mar College
Coastal Bend GIS Day showcased geographic information technology and careers that use that technology.
Students explore geographic information tech at Del Mar College Coastal Bend GIS Day showcased geographic information technology and careers that use that technology. Check out this story on caller.com: https://www.caller.com/story/news/education/2019/11/14/students-explore-geographic-information-tech-del-mar-college/4182235002/
Vicky Camarillo, Corpus Christi Caller Times Published 7:00 a.m. CT Nov. 14, 2019
A red and black quadcopter drone hummed as it hovered several feet above the parking lot of Del Mar College's Center for Economic Development on Wednesday morning.
It was controlled by 14-year-old Kai Meyer, who stood at a table where the drone remote — consisting of two knobs attached to a screen that showed the drone's vantage point — was set up.
The Ray High School freshman maneuvered the knobs deftly, controlling the little machine's altitude and rotation.
Kai was trying out the drone during the 21st annual Coastal Bend GIS Day, co-hosted by the college and the Corpus Christi and Kingsville campuses of Texas A&M University. The event showcased geographic information systems technology, which captures geographic data and helps users better understand specific locations, and the wide array of careers that use that technology.
Kai Meyer, a freshman at Ray High School, flies a drone at Del Mar College's Center for Economic Development during Coastal Bend GIS Day on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. The event showcased geographic information technology and careers that use that technology. (Photo: Vicky Camarillo/Caller-Times)
Five hundred students from eight area schools attended the daylong event, which is tied to the National Geographic Society's Geography Awareness Week.
Inside the economic development center, Bryan Gillis, a research scientist at TAMU-CC's Conrad Blucher Institute and a co-organizer of the event, spoke to high schoolers about GIS degree programs at the university. Asked what careers they're interested in, students said they wanted to be marine biologists, computer scientists, architects.
Gillis told them GIS technology was relevant to each of those. It can identify where certain aquatic animals live and mate so those areas can be protected. Computer science makes it possible to analyze geospatial data. And with GIS, architects can ensure their designs are implemented correctly.
The technology, Gillis said, even makes NFL Next Gen Stats possible. The league uses GPS and other technologies to track player data — how fast an athlete moves, the angle at which a ball is thrown.
Gillis told the students that TAMU-CC offers more than $60,000 in scholarships just for the GIS program.
"You're coming into a field that is in such high demand," Gillis said. "Industry is putting up so much money to try to get people educated to come into this field so they can advance."
The event also offered sessions for professionals that covered the use of GIS in teaching STEM, disaster relief efforts, NASA and high-speed rail projects, and more.
Students roamed the halls to explore exhibits and booths featuring schools and employers from across the region.
At one table, representatives of the San Antonio company AllTerra Central showed off a scanning total station and a GPS unit used for land surveying.
At another sat Corpus Christi firefighter Stewart Goce, who said the department has been using drones since 2015. The drones help identify the source of fires and which areas firefighters should avoid. The department also used a drone to assist police when a man climbed on top of the Harbor Bridge in August.
Those kinds of practical uses for drones brought Kai, the 14-year-old student, to Wednesday's event. He plans to become either a wildland firefighter or marine biologist.
Kai developed an interest in drones at 8 years old. He was given an inexpensive drone for Christmas several years ago, but it has a battery life of about 10 minutes, he said wryly. He plans to buy a more sophisticated machine so he can practice his skills.
He plans to attend Del Mar College and then enroll at TAMU-CC for the university's drone program.
"It seems like, looking forward into the future, all of the fields that he wants to study — because he's a science and math guy — they all could benefit from the use of drones," said his mother, Carrie, who has also worked as a forest firefighter.
"With forest fires … if you were knowledgeable with drones and you could fly near the fire and bring it back down and tell everyone, 'Here's what we're finding,' that's the new science. Every field of science is advancing with drone technology."
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The Broken Curse
written by Blake Saari November 20, 2018
For the first time in 10 years, The Lancers qualified for CIF Division II cross country state finals. The team, led by junior Michael Mireles during Saturday's CIF-SS finals, clocked a time of 14:51, securing fifth place in the race and breaking the 15 minute barrier.
Alongside Mireles, senior captain, Mitchell Burr finished second for the team with a time of 15:24 placing 42 for the Lancers.
"Qualifying for state felt very good. Throughout our whole high school cross country career we have had to hear 2008 too many times" Burr said. "It is awesome that for a decent amount of time the team will look at 2018 as a successful team."
Burr and the rest of the team have been preparing themselves to be healthy for the state meet this Saturday.
Senior Vianey Ellison pushes the last mile during the second Marmonte League cluster of the season.
"We are doing our best to stay healthy and make sure we put the team before everything," Burr said.
The varsity squad have been preparing themselves physically since June and their training seems to be paying off.
"Physically we know that we have done all the work for the state championship race and just need to keep our runs smooth and consistent," Mireles said.
The cross country program, led by coach Andy Thompson, has instilled a sense of family and created a positive environment amongst the team.
"Our team is special because it is a family and a brotherhood. We aren't ever yelled at in a way that pushes you away, but motivates us do better," Burr said. "It makes it so no matter how fast or slow, everybody is celebrated and happy together."
Although the Lancers qualified for state, they are facing some health issues which may cause them to fall short of their goals of winning state.
"With three of our top five under control of sickness (Mitchell Burr, Vianey Ellison and Ethan Bersley) we have to get healthy and should outperform our performance at South Section Finals easily," Burr said.
With three of the top five runners struggling with sickness, the team has to step up to compete with the top in the state.
Senior Mitchell Burr pulling ahead of Newbury Park secured third place with a time of 15:14.49 during the second Marmonte League Cluster.
"After all we've been through [this season] it's time to give it our all and not let our goals fall out of reach," senior Vianey Ellison said. "I know I'm not going down without a fight, it's going to take guts to beat us."
The future for the program looks strong with two sophomores and one junior on the varsity squad.
"I'm more than optimistic knowing that we have so many returners that will be running with us next season," Mireles said. "Most of our runners know their potential, and will without a doubt, keep TOXC's future looking strong."
Many on the varsity squad believe that winning state title is all about mindset, which they focused on building throughout the season.
"To win a state title you need to believe with all your heart that your team, your brothers, are the best in the state and I think that our team has grown very close together," Ellison said.
The team's confidence also has grown over the course of post-season meets such as CIF Southern Section Finals.
"[Qualifying for state] was truly an exhilarating experience and definitely made our team confident for races moving forward," Mireles said.
The Lancers are set to run in the CIF State Finals meet in Fresno, CA on Saturday Nov. 24 against the best teams in the state.
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The Broken Curse was last modified: January 31st, 2019 by Blake Saari
Blake Saari
Blake Saari is a senior and the editor-in-chief for The Lancer Newspaper. This is his fourth year on the newspaper staff. He's the senior class president at TOHS and a member of The Center for Advanced Studies and Research. Also, he is a member of the varsity track team.
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