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- >How should I ask for tapas and where?
- >Which is the best kind of paella?
- >What are the most typical Spanish fruits?
- >How many kinds of ham are there in Spain?
- >What is menú del día, and how much is it?
- >What does the Mediterranean diet consist of?
- >What health benefits does Spanish olive oil provide?
- >What is sangría? How is it made?
- >What are the Designations of Origin, and what foods do they encompass?
- How should I ask for tapas and where?
Tapas are displayed in glass cases in many bars and restaurants in the historic quarter of most Spanish cities. In the north of Spain, tapas or pinches may be taken directly off the counter by the customer. Once you are done for the evening, you inform the waiter of how many tapas and drinks he needs to charge you for. In some cities like Madrid, you need to tell the waiter that you are going to grab a tapa, and then pay before leaving.
- Which is the best kind of paella?
Paella is an original rice dish from the Spanish region of Levante, which is cooked in a wide but shallow pan known as paella. Many ingredients are added to the rice, including vegetables, fish, seafood and meat, leading to a myriad of different recipes that vary according to the proportions of the ingredients. Originally, paella was a humble dish that used whatever ingredients were available depending on the season (either vegetables, game, snails, hard-to-sell seafood, etc.), and sometimes even chicken. A good paella should always have fresh vegetables in it (if possible, garrofó beans, artichokes and peppers), plus any of the above-mentioned ingredients. The best paella is not the one that has the most ingredients, but the one that combines them in the most coherent way. The cooking process is also important, as well as the quality of the rice itself, which has to absorb all the flavours of the ingredients in the pan.
- What are the most typical Spanish fruits?
Because of the Mediterranean climate, Spain produces a wide variety of fruits. At any given time in the year we can find fruits at their best, loaded as they are with vitamins. During springtime, the most abundant are fruits with seeds, like cherry, plum, apricot, peach, etc. We also have early fig, strawberry, watermelon and melon, among others. In the summer, in addition to peach, watermelon and melon, we have fruits with pips, like apples and pears, of which numerous varieties are available. Also, grapes, raspberries and figs. During autumn, in addition to pomegranate, quince, grapes and figs, we have citruses, specially oranges and tangerines. Subtropical fruits are also available, like custard apple, mango, papaya and guava. Wintertime brings a wide variety of citruses (great for fighting colds, because of their high vitamin C content). We also have grapes, melon, late pears and delicious early strawberries.
- How many kinds of ham are there in Spain?
Ham is the pig's hind leg, treated and cured to achieve its characteristic aromas and flavours. There are many kinds of ham. The best one is the ham that is obtained from acorn-fed Iberian pigs, which is cured for at least eighteen months in very specific temperature and humidity levels. Ham is also produced from mixed-breed Iberian pigs, early breeds, pigs raised with fodder, etc., and sometimes the legs are cured in a sped-up process; these hams are known as: pata negra, recebo, Ibéricos de pienso, serrano, bodega, etc. These are all of great quality, sometimes even excellent, but will never match the genuine, pure-acorn-fed Iberian ham. This kind of ham is protected by four Designations of Origin – Dehesa de Extremadura, Sierra de Huelva, Guijuelo (Salamanca) and Los Pedroches –, which guarantee its quality.
- What is menú del día, and how much is it?
Menú del día (daily special) consists of a first course (which you choose from a list of several), a second course (which you also choose), plus dessert or coffee. It also includes a drink, usually either house wine, beer, a soft drink or water. The menu has a fixed price, regardless of which dishes you choose. It may range between €9 and €15.
- What does the Mediterranean diet consist of?
The Spanish diet is synonymous with the Mediterranean diet. They both consist of a combination of nutrition and other factors related to the Mediterranean culture (a more relaxed lifestyle, after-lunch naps, exercise, etc.). However, the Mediterranean diet is not really a geographical concept. In fact, Portugal and the Canary Islands are not washed by the Mediterranean Sea, yet their diet is considered Mediterranean. Even though the benefits that can be obtained from following this diet are proven, we should not be lead to believe that the Mediterranean diet is some sort of panacea. What we can conclude is that it presents some very positive elements that aid in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, as well as other pathologies, including some kinds of neoplasia. The Mediterranean diet consists of: MONTHLY: Red meat (4 servings) WEEKLY: Sweets, eggs, potatoes and chicken/white meats (3 servings), olives, pulses and nuts (3-4 servings), fish (5-6 servings). DAILY: Milk/dairy products (2 servings), olive oil as the main source of fat, fruits (3 servings), vegetables (6 servings), cereals, pasta and brown rice (8 servings), wine moderately (unless otherwise recommended by your doctor), and regular exercise.
- What health benefits does Spanish olive oil provide?
Consuming olive oil as part of your diet reduces blood cholesterol levels and provides numerous vitamins. Olive oil contains vitamin E and polyphenol, which are antioxidant. Virgin olive oil is the only oil that can be obtained by mechanical processes, without heating, since it is nothing but the olives' juice. It helps prevent diabetes, breast cancer, colon cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc. It is an important part of the Mediterranean diet (as opposed to Anglo-Saxon and Central-European diets that rely on animal fat). Frying is a Mediterranean culinary technique that, because of its characteristics and benefits, is nowadays widely popular.
- What is sangría? How is it made?
Sangría is a light alcoholic beverage made with red wine, fruit juice, sparkling soft drinks, sugar and fruit chunks. Sometimes liqueurs are added, as well as cinnamon. It is hard to find two sangrías that taste the same, since there is no one-single recipe for it. For sangría to be good, it is necessary to use good wine (bad wine makes bad sangría), to serve it fresh, and to achieve a fruity flavour that is not overdone (the best fruits for it are citruses and peach). It is important to remember that sangría is an alcoholic beverage, and although is very easy on the palate, it should be drank moderately.
- What are the Designations of Origin, and what foods do they encompass?
The Spanish government created the Designations of Origin years ago to guarantee the quality of certain products, according to their place of origin and their method of production. The aim was to allow the consumer to find a standard of maximum quality for specific food products. There are numerous products that are protected by such Denominations of Origin, including certain wines, oils, cheeses, fruits, etc. To look up Spanish Designations of Origin, as well as their corresponding Control Boards, visit the website at: Ministry of Food, Fishing and Agriculture


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A.1 General Requirements
Washington, DC
These design submission requirements have been developed to ensure a rational, well-documented design process and to facilitate reviews by GSA staff and tenant agencies as the design develops. The submission requirements listed here apply to all projects, whether design services are performed by architects and engineers under contract to GSA or by in-house staff.
These requirements are the minimum standards and the specific A/E Scope of Work will take precedence on each project.
All submissions in each phase of work are required to be given to the GSA in drawing or written form and on computer disk as determined by the GSA Project Manager.
Drawing Size. All drawings of a single project must be a uniform standard size, as designated by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The following are related sheet sizes:
Related Sheet Sizes
|8.5" x 11"
|220 mm x 280 mm
|11" x 17"
|280 mm x 430 mm
|17" x 22"
|430 mm x 560 mm
|22" x 34"
|560 mm x 860 mm
|34" x 44"
|860 mm x 1120 mm
Drawing Lettering. Lettering on drawings must be legible when drawings are reduced to half size and when they are microfilmed. This applies to concept and design development drawings as well as construction documents.
Drawing Scale. All drawings will be produced with metric drawing scales which are always expressed in nondimensional ratios. Scales should also be illustrated graphically on the drawings. Scale of drawings should be appropriate for high resolution and legibility to include half-size reduced copies.
There are nine preferred base scales: 1:1 (full size), 1:5, 1:10, 1:20, 1:50, 1:100, 1:200, 1:500, 1:1000. Three others have limited usage: 1:2 (half size), 1:25, 1:250. Floor plans should be drawn at 1:100 (close to 1/8-inch scale).
CAD Standards. The National CAD/CIFM Standards should be obtained via the internet. These guidelines should be followed for all CAD drawing formatting. Regional CAD standards are available through the Regional CAD Coordinator and are considered supplements to the national standards. (Refer to the base scale examples in the previous paragraph.)
Dimensioning. The millimeter is the only unit of measurement to appear on construction documents for building plans and details for all disciplines except civil engineering, which shall be stated in meters. However, building elevation references are stated in meters. Use of millimeters is consistent with how dimensions are specified in major codes, such as BOCA. No dimension requires the "mm" label. On the drawings the unit symbol is eliminated and only an explanatory note such as: "All dimensions are shown in millimeters" or "All dimensions are shown in meters," is provided.Whole numbers always indicate millimeters; decimal numbers taken to three places always indicate meters. Centimeters will not be used for dimensioning.
If dual dimensioning is utilized on drawings, SI units shall be primary, with English units secondary and in parenthesis.
Seals. Each sheet of the construction documents must bear the seal and signature of the responsible design professional. (Specification and calculations cover page only.)
Cover Sheet. Provide code certification statement for compliance with specified codes and standards by each discipline with the professional seal and signature. The intent is to formally recognize the responsibility for compliance.
Security Requirements. All building plans, drawings and specifications prepared for construction or renovation, either in electronic or paper formats, must have imprinted on each page of the construction drawings or plans and on the label of electronic media, "PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" in a minimum of 14 point bold type.
The following paragraph will be noted on the cover page of the construction drawings set and on the cove page of the specifications:
"PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. COPYING, DISSEMINATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DRAWINGS, PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS IS PROHIBITED." in a minimum of 14 point bold type.
The construction drawings, plans, and specifications are to be disseminated only to those requiring the information necessary for design, construction bidding, construction coordination, or other GSA procurement competition processes.
Format. Specifications should be produced according to the CSI division format. Each page should be numbered. Specifications should be bound and include a Table of Contents. The specifications shall include instructions to bidders and Division 1, edited to GSA requirements.
Project Specifications. The General Guide for Editing Specifications published by GSA can be obtained and used as a resource.
Editing of Specifications. It is the designer's responsibility to edit all specifications to reflect the project design intent, GSA policy requirements and Federal law. Specifications must be carefully coordinated with drawings to ensure that everything shown on the drawings is specified. Specification language that is not applicable to the project shall be deleted.
Dimensioning in Specifications. Domestically produced hard metric products shall be specified when they meet GSA guidelines regarding cost and availability; see Chapter 1, General Requirements, Metric Standards in this document. In the event a product is not available domestically in hard metric sizes, a non-metric sized product may be specified, and its data will be soft converted to a metric equivalent.
Only in special cases can dual dimensions be used on GSA projects, subject to the approval of the GSA Contracting Officer.
Turnover Documents. Documentation on all building systems should be provided for the guidance of the building engineering staff. This should show the actual elements that have been installed, how they performed during testing, and how they operate as a system in the completed facility.
The building staff should be provided with the following:
- Record of drawings and specifications.
- Operating manuals with a schematic diagram, sequence of operation and system operating criteria for each system installed.
- Maintenance manuals with complete information for all major components in the facility.
Design Narratives and Calculations
Format. Typed, bound narratives should be produced for each design discipline.
Content. Narratives serve to explain the design intent and to document decisions made during the design process. Like drawings and specifications, narratives are an important permanent record of the building design. Drawings and specifications are a record of WHAT systems, materials and components the building contains; narratives should record WHY they were chosen. The narrative of each submittal may be based on the previous submittal, but it must be revised and expanded at each stage to reflect the current state of the design.
Calculations. Manual and/or computer based calculations should accompany narratives where required to support technical analysis. Each set of calculations should start with a summary sheet, which shows all assumptions, references applicable codes and standards, and lists the conclusions. Calculations should include engineering sketches as an aid to understanding by reviewers. The calculations for each submittal should be cumulative, so that the final submittal contains all calculations for the project. Calculations submitted at early stages of the project must be revised later to reflect the final design. Calculations must refer to code, paragraph of code used, standards, text books used for specific portion of calculation. Refer to drawing number where the results of the calculations have been used. Example: number and sizes of re-bars used in reinforced concrete members.
Performance Criteria. As part of the development of concepts through construction documents there shall be a check of building performance criteria as noted in A.2.
Cost estimates must be provided at various stages of the design process and must comply with the GSA document Project Estimating Requirements.
In addition to the designer's estimate, GSA will have independent estimates performed at approximately 30, 60, and 90 percent design completion to compare with the A/E estimate.

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The History of Bagamoyo
Until the 18th century: A minor center of commerce
Until the middle of the 18th century, Bagamoyo was a small, rather insignificant trading center. Trade items were fish, salt and gum among other things. Most of the population consisted of fishermen and farmers.
19th century: The arrival of the Arabs. Bagamoyo became a central point for the East African slave trade
The importance of the place changed drastically from the moment Arab slave traders decided to use Bagamoyo as the final destination for their slave caravans from the center of the country. Towards the end of the 18th century about 12 Muslim families settled in Bagamoyo, all of them relatives of Shamvi la Magimba from Oman. These families made their living not only by enforcing taxes (taxes were placed even on things like slaughtering goats or catching fish), but also by trading in salt, which was gathered from the Nunge, 3 km north of Bagamoyo.
Slaves were kept imprisoned in Bagamoyo. At night they were transported by ship to the slave-markets in Zanzibar. This explains the meaning of the word Bagamoyo ("Bwaga-Moyo") "Lay down your Heart". Those who had been deported from Bagamoyo never got another chance to see their home country again.
For further information on this, we recommend the very impressive story "Tears of Fear, Tears of Joy - the story of the slave girl Siwema", published by the catholic mission of Bagamoyo.
1868: The founding of the catholic mission
In 1868 Muslims presented the "Fathers of the Holy Ghost" with land to build a mission north of Bagamoyo - the first mission in East Africa. After the intervention of the French consul in Zanzibar, the resistance of the native Zaramo people against this "present" was put down by Sultan Majid and later, after 1870, by Sultan Barghash.
In 1892, the grounds of the mission were enlarged by a gift of land from the Muslim and philanthrope Sewa Haji, who originally came from what today is Pakistan. He was an incredibly rich man who owned several shops in Bagamoyo, supplied caravans and traded with cloth, copper, gunpowder, ivory and rhino horn. He gave the mission 20,000 ha of grounds and a three-storey school for multi-racial education (Africans and Asians) in the middle of the town of Bagamoyo. In addition, Sewa Haji also founded the hospital of Bagamoyo, which later was taken over by the Germans.
19th century: A starting point for the expeditions of Livingstone and others
But Bagamoyo wasn't just a trade center for slaves and trade goods (ivory or copra, which was won from coconuts and was used for the production of soap) or a center for boat building, but also the starting point for the first European "discoverers". They moved out from Bagamoyo to find the source of the River Nile or to explore the inner lakes, which were still shrouded in mystery in those times. Among those who started their journeys from Bagamoyo were: Livingstone, Burton, Speke (who went together with Grant to solve the mystery of the Nile springs), Grant and Stanley (who broke up in 1871 with a crew of 192 and 6 tons of equipment to find the missing Livingston; and later again in 1889 when he retuned from a 3-year expedition with a crew that had been reduced from 708 to 196).
1874: The body of Livingstone is laid-in-state in Bagamoyo
Bagamoyo also became famous through the return of Livingstone: After a march of 9 months from Zambia, Livingston's Zanzibar helpers Abdullah Susi and James Chuma brought his dead body, dried out from the sun (and missing the heart that had already been buried in Zambia) to Bagamoyo on February 15th, 1874 ("Mwili wa Daudi" - "the Body of David"). 700 slaves took their leave of him before he was taken to England where he was buried in Westminster Abbey.
1880: Bagamoyo is a multi-cultural town with about 1,000 inhabitants
In 1880 Bagamoyo probably had a permanent population of 1,000. But by the year of 1889, when the slave trade was already heavily disputed, more than 1,305 caravans with 41,144 people still passed through Bagamoyo on their way into the center of the country.
At that time, the population of the town consisted mainly of members of the native people of Zaramo and Doe, Shomvi Muslims from Oman, Hindus from India (who worked in administration, or on the coconut plantations and in the boat yards), as well as other Muslims, among them the Ismailites who had settled there in 1840 and whose numbers had grown to 137 by 1870, Sunnites from Zanzibar (shop-owners mostly) and Persian traders. A small group of Catholics mainly worked as tailors.
Historical drawings: How Bagamoyo missionary Fr Alexandre Le Roy saw Bagamoyo between 1881 and 1892
1888: Bagamoyo becomes the capital of German-East Africa
In 1888 the German East Africa Company signed a treaty with the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid Khalifa, which allowed the company access to the coastal regions. Directly after the treaty was signed, the flagpole of the Sultan in Bagamoyo was cut down - against the heavy resistance of his local representative, who had refused to bring down the Sultan's flag. When in the course of a conflict between the German Company and inhabitants of the town the Usagara warehouse, built at the beach of Bagamoyo, was occupied, the SS Möwe put about 200 Marines on shore to deal with the revolt. More than 100 inhabitants (about 10% of the total population) died.
In the late 19th century Bagamoyo was the most important place on the coast. In 1888 the German colonial forces declared Bagamoyo the capital of the new colony and built the Boma, the German colonial headquarters. But the shallow waters in front of Bagamoyo were the reason that a few years later Dar es Salaam, with its deep-water harbour, became the new German capital city.
1889: Bagamoyo burns in the Bushiri-Rebellion
The conflict between the town's people and the German colonial lords escalated when the Germans introduced registration of land and property. Never before had such a registration been demanded from the natives and they feared the Germans wanted to take away land from the native population.
That was why the Arab Bomboma organised a rebellion in Bagamoyo with the help of the legendary Bushiri bin Salim al-Harthi, who had once lead Arab troops against the Germans in Tabora. Initially, Bushiri was very successful. Large parts of Bagamoyo were burned down, and Bushiri gathered his troops in front of the city for a general attack.
The German government felt forced to support the German East Africa Company and ordered Hermann von Wissmann to put down Bushiri with his infantry which had been supplemented by Sudanese and Zulus from South Africa. To win time until the arrival of the German troops, the German Admiral Denhardt started negotiations with Bushiri, who demanded the post of governor of the coastal region, monthly payments and the right of to keep his own army.
In May 1889 Wissmann had gathered his troops and had built several fortifications. After several battles the rebellion was put down, in July 1889 the city of Pangani (north of Bagamoyo) was conquered and Bushiri was executed. The leader Bomboma and others met the same fate.
In October 1890 the Germans were granted official land rights for 4 million Mark from the Sultan of Zanzibar, and in the spring of 1891 German East Africa formally became a colony.
1891: Bagamoyo loses its status as capital city
Yet, because of the shallow waters in front of Bagamoyo, Dar es Salaam with its deep-water harbour became the new capital city of German East Africa already in April 1891.
From now on the Boma of Bagamoyo served as an administrative center. Many new stone houses were built, as well as a new guard house. Caravan trade stagnated, instead the influence of Indian traders grew. The first Greeks arrived and founded a European hotel in Bagamoyo. The trade company Oswald from Hamburg settled in Bagamoyo, also the company Hansing with their vanilla plantations in Kitomeni and Hurgira. A large Koran school was opened.
1914: Again a town of fishermen and farmers
With the departure of the Germans from East Africa the role of Bagamoyo as a trade center ended, and for almost 100 years Bagamoyo again became a sleepy town of fishermen and farmers, with slowly rotting colonial buildings, whose (lived-in) ruins remind of the glamorous times of Bagamoyo as the most important coastal town of the region.
1961: After independence Bagamoyo becomes district capital
Today Bagamoyo has about 35,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the very large District of Bagamoyo.
2005: Bagamoyo to become UNESCO World Heritage
There are efforts to declare Bagamoyo part of the new UNESCO World Heritage "East African Slaveroute / Bagamoyo"
2006: President Jakaya Kikwete comes from Bagamoyo


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Pitching in spotlight of Giants-Dodgers rivalry
LOS ANGELES -- Welcome to the National League West, where pitching continues to rule. The Dodgers and Giants appear determined to take the game back to the 1960s when Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Juan Marichal routinely made offenses disappear.
"With these two teams," Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said following the Giants' 3-0 decision Tuesday night, "it's always about pitching. It's why the Giants won the World Series two of the last three years. That's why we're in a position to make a great playoff run, with our pitching."
Two games into the new season, the Dodgers are hitting .153 with one homer by Clayton Kershaw, their ace, and all four of their runs coming in one inning on Opening Day. The Giants are batting .219, all 14 of their hits singles, two of their three runs unearned.
Those Giants runs arrived Tuesday night in support of Madison Bumgarner, who was just as good as Kershaw, the Dodgers' superb southpaw, had been in Monday's shutout of the champs.
Bumgarner yielded two-out doubles to Andre Ethier in the second inning and A.J. Ellis in the eighth, and absolutely nothing else. North Carolina's gift to the Giants' reign wasn't as close to perfect as the Rangers' Yu Darvish in Houston, but he was close enough to frustrate the Dodgers.
When Sergio Romo, in October form, mowed down the Dodgers in the ninth inning, the Giants had the first happy ending as reigning World Series champions for the second time in three years.
"We have to defend it," Giants catalyst Angel Pagan said following another two-hit effort and airtight defense in center field. "This was a good start. We don't expect anything less from [the Dodgers]. They have a good team."
Hyun-Jin Ryu had an impressive debut for the Dodgers, but he ran into the wrong lefty in the 6-foot-5 Bumgarner, one of the game's best young pitchers.
Ryu distributed 10 hits without a walk in 6 1/3 innings, showing mental toughness with the ability to make quality pitches under duress. He escaped jams in the first and second innings before three consecutive hits in the fourth -- starting with reigning NL Most Valuable Player Buster Posey -- gave Bumgarner a lead he would not surrender.
In search of his power stroke, Gonzalez had three encouraging at-bats against Bumgarner, driving balls deep to right and center with a third out to left. But he had nothing to show for it.
"It's the nature of hitting," Gonzalez said. "Even if you have good at-bats, you can go 0-for-3. Pitching wins games. [Bumgarner] got ahead of us, and any pitcher who has command early in counts is going to be tough. Our guy did a great job, too."
Bumgarner was at his best when threatened. After Ethier cracked a double to right in the second, Ellis went down swinging. In the eighth, after Ellis, the Dodgers' catcher, stroked a double to right, Bumgarner caught pinch-hitter Nick Punto looking at a third strike. Punto was hitting for shortstop Justin Sellers, whose two errors on throws in the seventh accounted for the unearned insurance runs.
Both third basemen, the Giants' Pablo Sandoval and the Dodgers' Luis Cruz, were handy with the leather, and Pagan used his wheels to run down several drives in center. Apart from Sellers' miscalculations, it was high-caliber baseball by a pair of contenders with big plans.
"It's a pitching-rich division," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "In these ballparks, you'll see a lot of these games. Both these clubs have great starters and bullpens. Both sides made plays defensively."
Bumgarner, in control of all four pitches, was precise with 76 strikes in 101 deliveries. Ryu was in the strike zone with 55 of his 80 pitches.
"He was good," Pagan said of Ryu, a 26-year-old South Korean import who has been the best pitcher in his country for several years. "He had everything -- good fastball, breaking ball, very good changeup. Obviously, his changeup is his out pitch."
The Giants, dead last in home runs in 2012, are looking for their first extra-base hit in 2013.
"This team is not recognized by hitting a lot of homers," Pagan said. "We understand our ballpark and our role. We see gap to gap and keep the line moving. There are some teams that like to focus on three-run homers, but we like playing right baseball, smart baseball -- running the bases, going first to third, grinding out at-bats."
The Giants have Tim Lincecum lined up in Wednesday night's series finale against Josh Beckett. These are pitchers with tremendous resumes looking to rebound from substandard seasons.
Lincecum appears relaxed and confident, having shown in a dominant World Series performance out of the bullpen that he still has the right stuff. Bochy and pitching coach Dave Righetti have continued to express confidence in the two-time Cy Young Award winner, knowing a return to something close to prime-time "Freak" form by Timmy would be a huge lift.
"I'm a firm believer that you put last year behind us," Bochy said. "It's a new slate. It's how he has to look at it. I think he's fine. He's going to give us a good year."


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Revamped: SNL building gets the Coran touch-- and tenants
It's no secret that Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw is Charlottesville's own King Midas. His MusicToday sells tickets and merchandise for some of the world's biggest musical names including the Rolling Stones and a certain Charlottesville-based quintet whose eighth album, Stand Up, debuted last month at the number one spot on the charts.
The latest evidence of Capshavian alchemy: the former SNL Financial building. After SNL moved close to Court Square, Capshaw snapped up the firm's old Downtown Mall headquarters for $2.8 million last August. The building was mostly leased before renovation is complete, an impressive feat in Charlottesville's softening office rental market.
"People like to be around Coran," explains Lane Bonner, the real estate agent in charge of leasing the five-story, nearly 42,000 square-foot building. Such ease in finding tenants is, Bonner believes, "due to Coran's reputation as a good guy, and partly due to architectural changes."
The changes include a wall of glass along Fourth Street, expansion of the formerly "cramped" elevator lobby space, and creation of additional retail space. Pre-renovation, the building assessed last year for just over $4.7 million.
Within a month of taking applications, says Bonner, the building was 90 percent leased. At presstime, leases with a carpet store for an annex behind the building and a first-floor restaurant were still being hammered out. Of course, the fact that the fifth-floor penthouse and half of the second floor will be filled by employees from Capshaw's own Red Light Management team helped the numbers some.
Capshaw didn't return the Hook's calls by presstime, but we spoke with the other businesses who are (or will soon be) calling 321 East Main Street home.
Williams Mullen
"We expect to move in August," says Dave Dallas, managing partner of the Charlottesville office of Williams Mullen, a 250-member regional business law firm with offices throughout Virginia. For the past five years, Williams Mullen has been located in the Enterprise Center on Market Street, but taking over the entire fourth floor of the SNL building has one big advantage: more space. That's important, says Dallas, since the firm plans to expand its local office, which currently has 10 employees. Bonner says the firm will occupy "Grade A" office space, featuring granite and mahogany. Dallas describes it simply as a "modern business law office."


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US Open Golf
Sergio Garcia, of Spain, watches his tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
ARDMORE, Pa. — Clouds gave way to peeks of sunshine, squeegees gave way to putters, and the 13th hole gave way to birdies during the first round of the
's return to Merion Golf Club.
Drenching storms caused a 3½-hour delay early Thursday, halting play less than two hours after it began. When the golfers returned to the course, one thing was evident: a 102-yard hole was easy pickings for the world's best players.
Twelve of the first 16 players to try the par-3 No. 13 scored 2, including 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, who used the hole to start a run of three consecutive birdies that included a chip-in at No. 15.
Sergio Garcia also birdied No. 13, but that was an aberration in a terrible start for the Spaniard, who has spent the lead-up to the tournament trying to make amends with Tiger Woods. Garcia had a quadruple bogey, double bogey and a bogey in his first five holes.
The golfer was greeted with mild applause and a few audible boos when he was introduced at the start of his round. He is playing his first tournament in the U.S. since a recent exchange with Woods hit a low point when Garcia said he would serve fried chicken if Woods came to dinner during the Open. Garcia has since apologized for the remark. He shook hands with Woods on the practice range this week and left a note in Woods' locker. He was also noticeably friendly to the gallery during Wednesday's practice round, stopping several times to sign autographs.
Cliff Kresge, a Floridian ranked No. 551 in the world, hit the first tee shot of the tournament at 6:45 a.m. The horn blew at 8:36 a.m., and thunder, lightning and downpours followed, sending everyone scurrying for cover.
Safety was a concern on a course that required fans to take long shuttle rides from remote parking lots. At a fan zone, where a replay of the limited action was on a jumbo screen, a worker used a microphone to implore an overflow crowd to move to the merchandise tent.
"We're not feeling safe having this many people in here," he told them. Many folks heeded his message and moved on.
Play resumed shortly after noon.
The course was already soaked from a half foot of rain during the past week, although sunshine Tuesday and Wednesday helped to dry things out a bit on the historic course, hosting the Open for the first time in 32 years.
The marquee group originally was scheduled to begin shortly after lunchtime, but the rains pushed back the tee time for Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott — the top three players in the world rankings — to mid-afternoon.
Even with all the rain softening up the shortest major championship course in nine years, Merion was expected to be no easy stroll. Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker saw the notoriously sloping greens live up to their reputation after just a few minutes of play when each had a birdie putt roll 8 feet past the hole, Mickelson at No. 11 and Stricker at No. 12. Both ended up with bogeys.
Mickelson's early tee time presented a logistical challenge. He arrived at Merion after an overnight flight from San Diego, where he watched his oldest daughter graduate from the eighth grade.
Early on, he played like someone who didn't get much sleep. Starting on the 11th hole — one of the unorthodox arrangements in the setup at this course — he opened with the 3- bogey and put his tee shot in the rough at No. 12. But he saved par at the 12th and birdied the short par-3 13th to pull back to even par.
The forecast for bad weather led to a USGA news conference Wednesday that covered topics like hail, standing water and the dreaded "potentially damaging winds." At one point during a long and otherwise straight-laced opening statement, USGA vice president Tom O'Toole spoke about the presentation of the championship trophy — then rolled his eyes skyward and added: "which we hope will be Sunday."
Any major disruption would be a shame, given that the U.S. Open has waited 32 years to return to the course where Olin Dutra overcame a serious stomach illness to win in 1934, where Ben Hogan hit the picture-perfect 1-iron approach to No. 18 before winning in a playoff in 1950, where Lee Trevino pulled a rubber snake out of his bag at the first hole of the playoff when he beat Jack Nicklaus for the title in 1971, and where David Graham became the first Australian to win the trophy in 1981.
It would also dampen the drama of Woods' pursuit of his first major in five years, a reasonable proposition given that he's already won four times on the PGA Tour this year. And Scott's hopes of becoming the first to win the Masters and U.S. Open back-to-back since Woods in 2002.
Thought to be too small to host an Open anymore, Merion had been off the radar for so long that many of the top names in the field — including Woods — had never played it until recently. Organizers had to be creative with the placement of hospitality tents and parking lots on the club's relatively small footprint, and ticket sales were capped at 25,000 a day instead of the usual 40,000 or so for recent championships.
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In addition to featuring the Bay Rivers District basketball favorites, Wednesday's boys basketball game between Grafton and Bruton featured at least two college coaches on hand to view basketball and football recruits.
William and Mary football coach Jimmye Laycock was on hand, we're guessing to view Grafton forward Jesse Santiago. Santiago, a 6-foot-2 senior who caught 28 passes for 382 yards and six touchdowns for the Clippers' football team, said earlier in the fall that William and Mary and VMI had offered scholarships.
Former Warwick basketball coach Ben Moore, now an assistant at Division III power Virginia Wesleyan, was on hand to watch Grafton point guard Tyler McMillan. Grafton coach Jeremy Jordan said that Virginia Wesleyan is among a number of D-III schools recruiting McMillan, a 6-0 senior. Moore and Wesleyan successfully recruited shooting guard Kevin Barnes off of Grafton's 2012 Group AA Division 4 state finalist.
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In June of 1973, spurred on by the recent discovery of a dying bird in his garden, 9-year-old Anthony Hollander wrote to the presenters of the BBC's much-loved children's television show, Blue Peter, and asked for assistance in his quest to "make people or animals alive." Below is his letter, and the encouraging response written by the programme's editor, Biddy Baxter.
35 years later, in 2008, the very same Anthony Hollander (pictured above), now Professor of Rheumatology and Tissue Engineering at the University of Bristol, played a key role in a record-breaking feat of surgery: the successful implantation of an artificially-grown windpipe into a 30-year-old Colombian woman named Claudia Castillo. He has since said of the letter and response:
If [Biddy Baxter's] letter had shown any hint of ridicule or disbelief I might perhaps never have trained to become a medical scientist or been driven to achieve the impossible dream, and really make a difference to a human being's life. I remember being thrilled at the time to have been taken seriously. Actually, even nowadays I am thrilled when people take my ideas seriously.Full transcripts of both letters follow.
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Dear Val, Jhon, Peter and Lesslie,
This may seem very strange, but I think I no how to make people or animals alive. Why Im teling you is because I cant get the things I need.
A list of what I need.
1. Diagram of how evreything works. [inside youre body.]
2. Model of a heart split in half. [both halvs.]
3. The sort of sering they yous for cleaning ears. [Tsering must be very very clean.]
4. Tools for cutting people open.
5. Tools for stiches.
6. Fiberglass box, 8 foot tall, 3 foot width.
7. Picture of a man showing all the arteries.
Sorry but in number 6 in the list the box needs lid. If you do get them on 1st March I can pay £10, £11, £12, £13 or £14.
Send your answer to me,
Love from Anthony,
London, NW11
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Thank you very much for your letter. It was nice to hear from you again after such a long time and we are sorry we have been delayed replying.
We are receiving over 4,000 letters every week and are having difficulty answering them as quickly as we would like.
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We are sending you a photograph of the "Blue Peter" team - it has been signed specially for you.
With best wishes from Valerie, John, Peter, Lesley and all of us on the programme.
Yours sincerely
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On a bright Friday morning in a fully laden car, we headed for the Excel Centre deep in the docklands area of London. We were an international team with a couple of French guys from the Paris office, a Canadian, an Englishman and a kind of Australian, it was a true dream team.
Excel is a sprawling conference centre sat right on the dockside with easy access via the Docklands Light Railway, or known as "DLR" to the locals.
The DLR offered views of the rising metropolis of Canary Wharf and glimpses of the newly named "O2 Arena"(formerly the Millenium Dome). This was about as much sightseeing as our French team were going to manage for the trip.
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Abuse isn't just about bruises. Not all forms of abuse leave bruises where we can see them,Statistics For Domestic Violence in 2018 . Although physical abuse is terrifying and needs to be addressed immediately there are other forms of abuse that can cause significant damage. One type of abuse that is very difficult for outsiders to detect is financial abuse. Marriage should be a partnership but when one spouse completely dominates the finances to the point that the other spouse has no control and no options financial abuse may be occurring.
What Are Signs of Potential Financial Abuse?
Every married couple handles their finances differently. In some cases one spouse handles the majority of the finances. They manage the accounts, pay the bills and deal with creditors. That does not by itself equal financial abuse.
Financial abuse occurs when one spouse is treated like an irresponsible child and Domestic Violence Hotline Number . They are cut off from funds and their knowledge about the couple's finances is severely limited. Some signs of financial abuse include:
•Strict Allowances. This isn't an amount that the spouses have agreed to limit themselves to but is instead a set amount that is grudgingly handed out from one spouse to the other and is all that will be given.
Documents, documents, documents. Written evidence is incredibly strong and can range from credit card bills showing that there is a credit card but that you aren't named on it to emails from your spouse that show the financial abuse.
Other witnesses can be incredibly powerful on your behalf. Financial abuse is hard for people outside the relationship to detect. So when someone credible comes in and tells the judge that it is happening and they can see it the judge will listen and Domestic Violence Emotional Abuse .
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When you have a brief encounter with a narcissist, you might not realize that the person has a personality disorder which is typified by being very self-absorbed and lacking in empathy for others. However, when you are a target of narcissistic abuse, and are in a relationship with this person, your every day life becomes confusing and painful.
Before getting into ways you can rebuild your self-esteem, let's take a moment to describe the behavior of a narcissist for those who might not be clear about what the term means. An individual with narcissistic personality disorder goes through life with an overwhelming need to be validated all the time, and told they are wonderful, smarter than anyone else and are entitled to only the finest treatment by everyone. They take offense easily, and get angry quickly if they interpret a remark as being an insult. In their craving for attention and approval, they are usually adept at being charming when they want something from someone else, and then if they are refused will have an almost instant transformation into being very angry. They are quick to judge other people as inferior, and enjoy using phrases that are racist, demeaning and derogatory of other groups of people.
For example, a narcissist, feeling he is superior to everyone else, will commonly say things like, "The masses are asses!"
While some people like to say that a narcissist is someone with excess self-love or vanity, that really doesn't do more than give a surface definition. To know more, you have to understand a bit about how this disorder began, and it is typically stated in definitions of the disorder that it began with trauma early in childhood, during the phase when the child should have been developing a healthy sense of self. Instead, the child formed the opinion, usually as a result of abusive treatment including neglect, that he was not good enough the way he was and needed to create a "perfect" persona to show to the world to gain that all-important approval the child craved.
4. Are you still breathing? A relationship with a narcissistic abuser can feel devastating, but notice that you are still alive, and that means there is more for you to do and enjoy in this life, free from abuse. Part of your birthright is that you deserve to enjoy a life that you truly love wherein you make your dreams come true and feel happier than you ever believed possible. You can achieve this switch from victim to victorious by refusing to let the abuser win. Dismiss all those negative things he or she assaulted you with.
5. Every day, repeat this affirmation to yourself several times, out loud if possible so that you hear a voice telling you this: "I do enough, I am good enough, I am enough." Use the power of positive affirmations to build high self-esteem so that you will gradually replace those old negative statements that you accepted as true just because an abuser said them so often with great authority.
It is not an overnight process to rebuild your self-esteem when you have been repeatedly abused by a partner or parent with narcissistic personality disorder, but don't give up. Keep your focus on building a life for yourself where you only attract loving people and loving events to you, and you will soon find yourself smiling and enjoying peace of mind and glowing, healthy self-esteem.
Abuse: What Causes Abuse?
Children have that right to be loved. But there are those who suffer child abuse in the very sense of the word. Child abuse could either be physical, mental or sexual abuse to children. This might have certain adverse effects on the child so they must be given extra support and attention.
Physical abuse concerns maltreatments of children in a physical way. This means hurting the children physically, or not giving them proper nutrition. Emotional abuse or mental abuse, on the other hand, is about abuse in children which affects primarily their emotions. This includes saying hurtful words to children, as well as scolding them often that lower their self esteem. Sexual abuse, however, is abuse that concerns the sexual attributes of a child. This is one of the worst cases of child abuse.
Child Abuse Treatments
Most of the children who have experienced child abuse have traumas, especially those who were involved in sexual abuse. For cases like this, psycho therapies are being done to address the problem of the concerned child. Teaching proper parenting to children is also a program involved in treating, as well as preventing child abuse.
Child abuse is a matter that needs utmost attention since it involves the future generation of this world. This could be prevented by having family planning seminars to parents which would invoke them to take care of their children more. There are also certain organizations like UNICEF which specializes in treating such problems. Children are important part of the society, so utmost love and care should be given to them.
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When an apple inspired Isaac Newton's treatise on the Law of Gravitation, I wonder if he foresaw how his insights on the effects of gravity might impact twentieth-century art. Sculpture, in particular, relies heavily on the force of gravity. Two works in the Modern's permanent collection utilize gravity as a sculptural tool, but in very different ways.
Carl Andre is an artist associated with Minimalism, a movement characterized by impersonal, geometric forms. These artists rejected the expressive movements that came before, such as Abstract Expressionism, and took a much more hands-off approach to their work. Andre applied this hands-off principle to the Element Series, to which the Modern's Tau and Threshold (1971) belongs. He used standardized cuts of wood—each 12 x 12 x 36 inches—to eliminate evidence of the artist's involvement; there is no sense that Andre carved these forms by hand.
A key element of Minimalist philosophy is being true to materials. Andre was so dedicated to this precept of material purity that he did not alter or add to the red cedar blocks that make up Tau and Threshold. He didn't change the color or texture with a coat of paint, nor did he use adhesive or nails to secure the work. Rather, he opted to simply stack and arrange the wood blocks so that they are held together by their own weight and the sheer force of gravity.
Although Andre's work is not joined by any sort of bonding agent, it appears stable and solid. That is not the case with Richard Serra's Right Angle Corner Prop with Pole (1969). Serra came of age during the 1960s, when Minimalism was in full swing. Much like the artists that came before, he too began to react against the mainstream. While embracing certain aspects of the Minimalist vocabulary, he also rejected as much as he adopted. (Although not an organized movement, Serra and others who worked within this new vocabulary were referred to as postminimalists.) In Corner Prop, for example, there is the same interest in nonreferential geometric forms and material purity. But whereas the Minimalists were hands-off, the postminimalists were actively involved in the creative process.
In the late 1960s, Serra made a list of verbs that he then proceeded to act out: to roll, to fold, to cut, to twist, to bend, to tie, to dangle, to lift, to splash. These verbs served not as end products, but as actions that interested him. For example, Serra took the verb "to roll" and rolled a sheet of lead. He then decided to balance various lead pieces, including lead plates and the rolls he had made, against one another. Right Angle Corner Prop with Pole is not welded together, rather each piece is precariously resting on the other, with each form contributing to the overall stasis, achieving a state of equilibrium that relies on gravity, but at the same time seems to defy it.
For Andre and Serra, gravity is as important an element as the materials used. Be it an interest in material purity, balanced equilibrium, or implied destruction, both artists incorporate and rely on the unseen force of gravity.


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Incorporating Drama in Worship Helps Teens to 'See' More Clearly
Alan, a member of our teen group at our Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Miami, was, for years, a reluctant participant for most activities. He preferred the sidelines and had stumbled from time to time into prankish behavior. As we met for a first read-through of a play we planned to perform for a Sunday service, he was surprisingly engaged in the reading of "Now You See Me." This play, a 'tragicomedy' about school violence, written by Jonathan Dorf, offers a glimpse at the extremes teens will go to—think Columbine—in order to be 'seen.'
The following Sunday we met again to divvy out roles. Most parts were chosen, but the co-lead role was still up for grabs. "Come on, Alan," the group urged. He squirmed a bit, but it was clear there was something drawing him in. "Okay," he mumbled. I was already worried about how we'd handle Alan's voicing.
Following the performance of "Now You See Me," which formed the centerpiece of a worship service coordinated by our Children's Program (RE) this spring, we sat in the courtyard enjoying lunch and the congratulations of the congregation. Alan stopped by my table.
"Hey, you know, if you do any more plays, here or somewhere, let me know. Okay?" Alan had stepped up marvelously. He'd learned his lines, articulated clearly and forcefully, even ad-libbed on stage. His contribution had been recognized, and he'd been 'seen' by the congregation and his peers.
Theater and drama offer a powerful vehicle for expression, and an especially apt one for youths and teens. "Now You See Me" served to educate both those who performed and participated in the play as well as our congregation and audience at the performance.
We opened the play with a few words to provide a context. "Our tragicomedy is about our young people—our children, our teens, our youths—our future. They live in our community and in our city. They attend our schools, visit our churches and malls. We see them—or do we?
The play is about what they want and it is a simple want: To be seen for whom they really are. Not for whom we want them to be, or perceive them to be—but for whom they are and are becoming."
The play served as the centerpiece of our Worship Service centered on the theme of "Friends." In addition to the play, the service marked the culmination and a celebration of our "Secret Friends" program, a favorite for years at our congregation. For "Secret Friends," children and a congregation member share letters over a course of 4-5 weeks. While the adult knows who they're writing to, the child does not know their "Friend," so there's plenty of surprise and fun when the two finally meet each other at the service.
To support the vitality of our service, I'd arranged for a percussionist friend to join us. Sean, who specializes in West African rhythms and composes for one of Miami's premier arts high schools, opened the service with a prelude that featured his electronic drum machine. Charles then lit our chalice and led the congregation in a "Thunderstorm" welcoming, a hand-clapping, finger-snapping tribute to Everglades environmentalist Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. We celebrated visitors, read our Affirmation in both English and Spanish, then offered a hymn, "Turn the World Around," a Harry Belafonte calypso tune that encourages us to "see one another clearly." Later, we sang Bob Marley's "One Love" for the offertory.
"Now You See Me" anchored the day.
I've been involved in a number of plays at UU Miami over the years, and each one is a Herculean task—finding actors, coordinating rehearsals, generating "buy-in," yet an effort that offers juicy mangoes. "Now You See Me" was no exception. I reviewed a series of play options over weeks, before settling on "Now You See Me" for its content—contemporary, edgy—its length (30-35 minutes), and suggested cast (8-20 performers, flexible cast).
Our short supply of "actors" necessitated that we make our show "intergen" (Inter-generational) So we mixed adults and teens, each teaching the other about what it means to be "seen" and listened to. A friend helped with the directing. Bezel teaches drama in the public school system, so each of our rehearsals started with a creative mix of warm-ups and exercises to loosen our bodies and our voices. With time for just a handful of rehearsals, we reached the night before the show still far from ready. No one seemed to know their lines, we'd only had one chance to tie in the special effects and the cast seemed disjointed.
By consensus we decided on an extra rehearsal the morning of the show. Our teens showed up droopy-eyed, but for the most part, on time. There had been a transformation over night—our "psychologist" Janice even admitted to staying up to the wee hours to practice her lines.
I had resisted the suggestion to scratch the references to Columbine and the other references to teen attacks from the play. Growth and awareness happen on the edges of life, I believe, and we do a disservice to our children—who grow up for the most part in homes steeped in love and attention—by sheltering them from the reality that most of the world knows too well. Comfort and "cleanliness" is pervasive in our lives and becomes dangerously seductive. Touching life's edges oftentimes inspires compassion.
Everyone in the cast and crew stepped up to shine a bit and share their talent, and "Now You See Me" received rave reviews. The congregation couldn't say enough about how well the teens had done. We all had the chance to share a bit of the truth in our lives. Everyone it seemed was "seen" just a little better. Alan, especially, seemed to see even himself a bit more clearly.
Michael R. Malone is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Miami and a former director of the Children's Program.


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- Plugin version: v4.3.13
- Released on: 2018-09-04
- Changelog
For other versions, see the Versioned plugin docs.
For questions about the plugin, open a topic in the Discuss forums. For bugs or feature requests, open an issue in Github. For the list of Elastic supported plugins, please consult the Elastic Support Matrix.
This plugin was created as a way to ingest data in any database
with a JDBC interface into Logstash. You can periodically schedule ingestion
using a cron syntax (see
schedule setting) or run the query one time to load
data into Logstash. Each row in the resultset becomes a single event.
Columns in the resultset are converted into fields in the event.
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will execute every minute of 5am every day of January through March.
will execute on the 0th minute of every hour every day.
will execute at 6:00am (UTC/GMT -5) every day.
Further documentation describing this syntax can be found here.
The plugin will persist the
sql_last_value parameter in the form of a
metadata file stored in the configured
last_run_metadata_path. Upon query execution,
this file will be updated with the current value of
sql_last_value. Next time
the pipeline starts up, this value will be updated by reading from the file. If
clean_run is set to true, this value will be ignored and
sql_last_value will be
set to Jan 1, 1970, or 0 if
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Many JDBC drivers use the
fetch_size parameter to limit how many
results are pre-fetched at a time from the cursor into the client's cache
before retrieving more results from the result-set. This is configured in
this plugin using the
jdbc_fetch_size configuration option. No fetch size
is set by default in this plugin, so the specific driver's default size will
be used.
Here is an example of setting up the plugin to fetch data from a MySQL database.
First, we place the appropriate JDBC driver library in our current
path (this can be placed anywhere on your filesystem). In this example, we connect to
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table that match a specific artist. The following examples demonstrates a possible
Logstash configuration for this. The
schedule option in this example will
instruct the plugin to execute this input statement on the minute, every minute.
input { jdbc { jdbc_driver_library => "mysql-connector-java-5.1.36-bin.jar" jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb" jdbc_user => "mysql" parameters => { "favorite_artist" => "Beethoven" } schedule => "* * * * *" statement => "SELECT * from songs where artist = :favorite_artist" } }
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statement option in the form of a string, or read from a file (
statement_filepath). File
option is typically used when the SQL statement is large or cumbersome to supply in the config.
The file option only supports one SQL statement. The plugin will only accept one of the options.
It cannot read a statement from a file as well as from the
statement configuration parameter.
Configuring multiple SQL statements is useful when there is a need to query and ingest data from different database tables or views. It is possible to define separate Logstash configuration files for each statement or to define multiple statements in a single configuration file. When using multiple statements in a single Logstash configuration file, each statement has to be defined as a separate jdbc input (including jdbc driver, connection string and other required parameters).
Please note that if any of the statements use the
sql_last_value parameter (e.g. for
ingesting only data changed since last run), each input should define its own
last_run_metadata_path parameter. Failure to do so will result in undesired behaviour, as
all inputs will store their state to the same (default) metadata file, effectively
overwriting each other's
Some parameters are built-in and can be used from within your queries. Here is the list:
The value used to calculate which rows to query. Before any query is run,
this is set to Thursday, 1 January 1970, or 0 if
input { jdbc { statement => "SELECT id, mycolumn1, mycolumn2 FROM my_table WHERE id > :sql_last_value" use_column_value => true tracking_column => "id" # ... other configuration bits } }
This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the Common Options described later.
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a valid filesystem path
string, one of
a valid filesystem path
string, one of
Also see Common Options for a list of options supported by all input plugins.
Whether the previous run state should be preserved
The character encoding for specific columns. This option will override the
:charset option
for the specified columns.
input { jdbc { ... columns_charset => { "column0" => "ISO-8859-1" } ... } }
this will only convert column0 that has ISO-8859-1 as an original encoding.
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Maximum number of times to try connecting to database
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Number of seconds to sleep between connection attempts
JDBC connection string
Timezone conversion. SQL does not allow for timezone data in timestamp fields. This plugin will automatically convert your SQL timestamp fields to Logstash timestamps, in relative UTC time in ISO8601 format.
Using this setting will manually assign a specified timezone offset, instead of using the timezone setting of the local machine. You must use a canonical timezone, America/Denver, for example.
JDBC driver class to load, for exmaple, "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver"
NB per https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-jdbc/issues/43 if you are using
the Oracle JDBC driver (ojdbc6.jar) the correct
jdbc_driver_class is
Tentative of abstracting JDBC logic to a mixin for potential reuse in other plugins (input/output) This method is called when someone includes this module Add these methods to the base given. JDBC driver library path to third party driver library. In case of multiple libraries being required you can pass them separated by a comma.
If not provided, Plugin will look for the driver class in the Logstash Java classpath.
- Value type is number
- There is no default value for this setting.
JDBC fetch size. if not provided, respective driver's default will be used
- Value type is number
- Default value is
JDBC page size
JDBC enable paging
This will cause a sql statement to be broken up into multiple queries.
Each query will use limits and offsets to collectively retrieve the full
result-set. The limit size is set with
Be aware that ordering is not guaranteed between queries.
- Value type is password
- There is no default value for this setting.
JDBC password
- Value type is path
- There is no default value for this setting.
JDBC password filename
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Connection pool configuration. The amount of seconds to wait to acquire a connection before raising a PoolTimeoutError (default 5)
JDBC user
Connection pool configuration. Validate connection before use.
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Connection pool configuration. How often to validate a connection (in seconds)
- Value type is string
- Default value is
Path to file with last run time
Whether to force the lowercasing of identifier fields
Hash of query parameter, for example
{ "target_id" => "321" }
Whether to save state or not in
Schedule of when to periodically run statement, in Cron format for example: "* * * * *" (execute query every minute, on the minute)
There is no schedule by default. If no schedule is given, then the statement is run exactly once.
General/Vendor-specific Sequel configuration options.
An example of an optional connection pool configuration max_connections - The maximum number of connections the connection pool
examples of vendor-specific options can be found in this documentation page: https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel/blob/master/doc/opening_databases.rdoc
- Value can be any of:
- Default value is
Log level at which to log SQL queries, the accepted values are the common ones fatal, error, warn, info and debug. The default value is info.
If undefined, Logstash will complain, even if codec is unused. Statement to execute
To use parameters, use named parameter syntax. For example:
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parameters setting.
- Value type is path
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Path of file containing statement to execute
The column whose value is to be tracked if
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- Value can be any of:
- Default value is
Type of tracking column. Currently only "numeric" and "timestamp"
When set to
true, uses the defined
tracking_column value as the
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:sql_last_value reflects the last time the query was executed.
The following configuration options are supported by all input plugins:
Add a field to an event
- Value type is codec
- Default value is
The codec used for input data. Input codecs are a convenient method for decoding your data before it enters the input, without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline.
Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance by default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection for a specific plugin.
Add a unique
ID to the plugin configuration. If no ID is specified, Logstash will generate one.
It is strongly recommended to set this ID in your configuration. This is particularly useful
when you have two or more plugins of the same type, for example, if you have 2 jdbc inputs.
Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.
input { jdbc { id => "my_plugin_id" } }
- Value type is array
- There is no default value for this setting.
Add any number of arbitrary tags to your event.
This can help with processing later.
Add a
type field to all events handled by this input.
Types are used mainly for filter activation.
The type is stored as part of the event itself, so you can also use the type to search for it in Kibana.
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