private List<Tweet> getTrendingTweetsFromDb() throws SQLException {
		String input = new StringBuffer()
							.append(":Input[")
							.append("]:")
							.toString();
		String logHead = new StringBuffer()
							.append(TAG + ":getTrendingTweetsFromDb:")
							.append(input)
							.toString();
		LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, logHead);

		Statement stmt = null;
		Connection dbConnection = null;
		ResultSet result = null;
		try {
			dbConnection = AccessUtil.getMySqlConnection();
			LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, logHead + ": Query: " + GET_TRENDING_TWEETS_SQL);
			stmt = dbConnection.createStatement();
			result = stmt.executeQuery(GET_TRENDING_TWEETS_SQL);   
			List<Tweet> tweetList = new ArrayList<Tweet>();
			Tweet tweet = null;
			while(result.next()) {
				tweet = new Tweet(); tweetList.add(tweet);
				tweet.setUserName(result.getString("username"));
				tweet.setDateAdded(result.getTimestamp("date_added") == null ? null : new java.util.Date(result.getTimestamp("date_added").getTime()));
				tweet.setData(result.getString("data"));
				tweet.setUserDescription(result.getString("user_description"));
				tweet.setTrendingFlag(true);
			}
			return tweetList;
		} finally {
			try {if (result != null) result.close();} catch (Exception e1) {}
			try {if (stmt != null) stmt.close(); } catch (SQLException e2) {}
			try {if (dbConnection != null) dbConnection.close(); } catch (SQLException e3) {}
		} 		
	}