diff --git a/htroot/DetailedSearch.java b/htroot/DetailedSearch.java
index c490af4cd..ed91a21ba 100644
--- a/htroot/DetailedSearch.java
+++ b/htroot/DetailedSearch.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 // javac -classpath .:../classes index.java
 // if the shell's current path is HTROOT
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -266,9 +265,7 @@ public class DetailedSearch {
             prop.put("num-results_globalresults", results.getGlobalresults());
             for(int i=0;i<results.numResults();i++){
                 plasmaSearchResults.searchResult result=results.getResult(i);
-                try {
-                    prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend", (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_ADD, "url", result.getUrl()) == null) ? 1 : 0);
-                } catch (IOException e) {}
+                prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend", (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_ADD, "url", result.getUrl()) == null) ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend_deletelink", "/yacysearch.html?search=" + results.getFormerSearch() + "&Enter=Search&count=" + results.getQuery().wantedResults + "&order=" + crypt.simpleEncode(results.getRanking().toExternalString()) + "&resource=local&time=3&deleteref=" + result.getUrlhash() + "&urlmaskfilter=.*");
                 prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend_recommendlink", "/yacysearch.html?search=" + results.getFormerSearch() + "&Enter=Search&count=" + results.getQuery().wantedResults + "&order=" + crypt.simpleEncode(results.getRanking().toExternalString()) + "&resource=local&time=3&recommendref=" + result.getUrlhash() + "&urlmaskfilter=.*");
                 prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_urlhash", result.getUrlhash());
diff --git a/htroot/Supporter.java b/htroot/Supporter.java
index 2c396ecbe..ecf57ebda 100644
--- a/htroot/Supporter.java
+++ b/htroot/Supporter.java
@@ -132,13 +132,8 @@ public class Supporter {
                 description = row.getColString(2,"UTF-8");
                 if ((url == null) || (title == null) || (description == null)) continue;
                 refid = row.getColString(3, null);
-                voted = false;
-                try {
-                    voted = (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null) || 
-                            (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null);
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                }
+                voted = (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null) || 
+                        (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null);
                 prop.put("supporter_results_" + i + "_authorized", (authenticated) ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("supporter_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend", (voted) ? 0 : 1);
 
diff --git a/htroot/Surftips.java b/htroot/Surftips.java
index f5d29bbd3..2681f43bb 100644
--- a/htroot/Surftips.java
+++ b/htroot/Surftips.java
@@ -140,13 +140,8 @@ public class Surftips {
                 description = row.getColString(2,"UTF-8");
                 if ((url == null) || (title == null) || (description == null)) continue;
                 refid = row.getColString(3, null);
-                voted = false;
-                try {  // performance problem if published news is too full
-                    voted = (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null) || 
-                    		(yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null);
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                }
+                voted = (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null) || 
+                		(yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_VOTE_ADD, "refid", refid) != null);
                 prop.put("surftips_results_" + i + "_authorized", (authenticated) ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("surftips_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend", (voted) ? 0 : 1);
 
diff --git a/htroot/env/templates/header.template b/htroot/env/templates/header.template
index ac2c77664..e86589f2b 100644
--- a/htroot/env/templates/header.template
+++ b/htroot/env/templates/header.template
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     <h3>Peer Control</h3>
     <ul class="menu">
       <li><a href="/Status.html" accesskey="t" class="MenuItemLink">Admin Console</a></li>
-      <li><a href="/Steering.html?restart=" class="MenuItemLink lock">Re-Start</a></li>
-      <li><a href="/Steering.html?shutdown=" class="MenuItemLink lock">Shutdown</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/Steering.html?restart=" class="MenuItemLink lock" onclick="return confirm('Confirm Restart')">Re-Start</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/Steering.html?shutdown=" class="MenuItemLink lock" onclick="return confirm('Confirm Shutdown')">Shutdown</a></li>
     </ul>
   </li>
   <li class="menugroup" id="menugroupTheProjekt">
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index 5c427648a..f751d6fc3 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -313,9 +313,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
             prop.put("num-results_globalresults", results.getGlobalresults());
             for(int i=0;i<results.numResults();i++){
                 plasmaSearchResults.searchResult result=results.getResult(i);
-                try {
-                    prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend", (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_ADD, "url", result.getUrl()) == null) ? 1 : 0);
-                } catch (IOException e) {}
+                prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend", (yacyCore.newsPool.getSpecific(yacyNewsPool.OUTGOING_DB, yacyNewsPool.CATEGORY_SURFTIPP_ADD, "url", result.getUrl()) == null) ? 1 : 0);
                 //prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend_deletelink", "/yacysearch.html?search=" + results.getFormerSearch() + "&amp;Enter=Search&amp;count=" + results.getQuery().wantedResults + "&amp;order=" + crypt.simpleEncode(results.getRanking().toExternalString()) + "&amp;resource=local&amp;time=3&amp;deleteref=" + result.getUrlhash() + "&amp;urlmaskfilter=.*");
                 //prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend_recommendlink", "/yacysearch.html?search=" + results.getFormerSearch() + "&amp;Enter=Search&amp;count=" + results.getQuery().wantedResults + "&amp;order=" + crypt.simpleEncode(results.getRanking().toExternalString()) + "&amp;resource=local&amp;time=3&amp;recommendref=" + result.getUrlhash() + "&amp;urlmaskfilter=.*");
                 prop.put("type_results_" + i + "_authorized_recommend_deletelink", "/yacysearch.html?search=" + results.getFormerSearch() + "&Enter=Search&count=" + results.getQuery().wantedResults + "&order=" + crypt.simpleEncode(results.getRanking().toExternalString()) + "&resource=local&time=3&deleteref=" + result.getUrlhash() + "&urlmaskfilter=.*");
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardQueue.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardQueue.java
index 2e4f863da..5324f2211 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardQueue.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardQueue.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class plasmaSwitchboardQueue {
         return new Entry(b);
     }
 
-    public synchronized Entry remove(String urlHash) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized Entry remove(String urlHash) {
         Iterator i = sbQueueStack.stackIterator(true);
         kelondroRow.Entry rowentry;
         Entry entry;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
index 65441c634..3b222c77f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
         return false;
     }
     
-    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord getSpecific(int dbKey, String category, String key, String value) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord getSpecific(int dbKey, String category, String key, String value) {
         yacyNewsQueue queue = switchQueue(dbKey);
         yacyNewsRecord record;
         String s;
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord getByOriginator(int dbKey, String category, String originatorHash) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord getByOriginator(int dbKey, String category, String originatorHash) {
         yacyNewsQueue queue = switchQueue(dbKey);
         yacyNewsRecord record;
         Iterator i = queue.records(true);
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord getByID(int dbKey, String id) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord getByID(int dbKey, String id) {
         switch (dbKey) {
             case INCOMING_DB:   return incomingNews.get(id);
             case PROCESSED_DB:  return processedNews.get(id);
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsQueue.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsQueue.java
index b9fabe4e6..df46afa94 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsQueue.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsQueue.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class yacyNewsQueue {
         return entry;
     }
 
-    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord get(String id) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord get(String id) {
         yacyNewsRecord record;
         Iterator i = records(true);
         while (i.hasNext()) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class yacyNewsQueue {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord remove(String id) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized yacyNewsRecord remove(String id) {
         yacyNewsRecord record;
         Iterator i = records(true);
         while (i.hasNext()) {