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|Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
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|Good knowledge of an art or profession is essential to be successful in life. A man with insufficient knowledge will always cause harm to himself and others.
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|Good laws have their origins in bad morals.
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|Good Leader accentuates the positives, and eliminates the negatives. It's exactly opposite for the Boss.
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|Good Leader must be open minded, open to new ideas with childlike enthusiasm, even though certain new ideas may seem strange and probably be at odds with Leader's preconceptions and beliefs. However, during the turbulent times of change, Leader may not be able to add any new ideas into his overfilled plate, unless and until she/he removes a few sitting in the plate. It's an interesting balancing act, in my view. To be in sync with dynamically changing new world, Leader must be willing and able to drop old notions, while embracing the new concepts with beginner's mindset.
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|Good leaders always understand that Leadership is neither a recognition award nor a license to execute power, but it's a great responsibility to bring out the best in others while meeting their organizational goals.
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|Good Leaders are always in short supply. It's been an all time scarce commodity. The good thing is that there is also very little competition to become a Good Leader. So you should join that line, and be a Good Leader. Good Luck!
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|Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
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|Good leaders must first become good servants.
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|Good leadership consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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|Good looking and good luck rarely walk the same road.
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|Good lovers understand each other;Better lovers respect each other;Best lovers live to trust each other; Great lovers dwell in each other.
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AUSTIN — After failing to secure a marquee victory during the nonconference portion of its schedule, Texas opens the Big 12 men's basketball season Wednesday night at Iowa State. Beating the Cyclones won't make the Longhorns' NCAA tournament resume look much more sparkling, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.
Rick Barnes has guided UT to 13 consecutive NCAA tournaments, making the Longhorns one of just six programs nationally to boast that long of an active streak. This week, ESPN.com's Joe Lunardi has UT as one of the last four teams in the field in his "Bracketology" projection.
According to the Sagarin computer ratings, the Big 12 is the second-best conference in the country. Presumably, if the Longhorns follow their 10-3 nonconference record with a 9-9 mark in the Big 12, it would be enough to at least merit strong consideration for the 68-team field.
To get to nine victories without pulling upsets of Kansas, Baylor and Missouri at home, the Longhorns will have to win some Big 12 road games. And in the end, the ones against middle-of-the-pack Big 12 teams like the Cyclones could prove to be the difference-makers.

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October 31st is not only Halloween, it is the anniversary of one of the most notorious broadcasts in Entertainment history, The Mercury Theater on the Air's radio presentation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds."
Certainly, the story of the terrifying alien invasion is well-known to most people now. After all, it was the subject of two major motion pictures (one directed by no less than Steven Spielberg). And, of course, the seeds of this tale can be found in many lesser "they came from outer space" endeavors.
But, nothing matches the effect that the original radio play written, produced and directed by the motion picture industry's master craftsman, Orson Welles had on an unsuspecting public.
The year was 1938. Radio was barely 10 years old yet 3 out of 4 homes owned one of these marvelous boxes. People had become accustomed to sitting around the radio each night and listening to their favorite shows like, "Little Orphan Annie," "The Lone Ranger," "Fibber McGee and Molly" and "The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show."
Much of the early success of Franklin Roosevelt can be traced to his fatherly fireside chats that tried to dispel the shadows of the Great Depression.
Radio listeners followed the progress of the Lindberg kidnapping and the cancerous spread of Fascism as Adolph Hitler and his army marched across Europe.
America had come to view the radio as an exciting and trustworthy source of news.
"The Mercury Theater on the Air" was a popular radio show that performed dramatic adaptations of famous stories. On Halloween night, 1938 at 8:00pm EST, they presented their version of "The War of the Worlds."
It was like nothing anyone had ever heard before.
The director decided to tell the story of the alien invasion through a series of "news bulletins" that would interrupt a bogus radio show featuring innocuous dance music.
The interruptions would come progressively closer together and report increasingly disturbing developments of the "invasion" taking place in fictional Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
Because of the realistic format of the presentation and the fact that many listeners tuned in after the dramatization had already begun, the effect of the show on its audience was startling.
Many believed the alarming reports to be true and a growing panic spread quickly among the radio listeners.
The CBS switchboard was overloaded, the New York Times took 875 calls, and the Associated Press had to issue a bulletin at 8:48 pm assuring the nervous public that there was, indeed, no invasion from Mars.
New Jersey highways were clogged with cars fleeing to New York and Philadelphia, and gas masks were donned by some residents around Trenton.
Welles read a statement at the end of the show stating that it was only a "holiday offering" and Walter Winchell announced in his 9:00pm show,"Mr. and Mrs. America, there's no cause for alarm. America has not fallen."
New York Tribune columnist Dorothy Thompson presciently wrote about the power of the medium and hinted at its potential for abuse in manipulating the public.
"All unwittingly, the Mercury Theater of the Air has made one of the most fascinating and important demonstrations of all time," she wrote. "They have proved that a few effective voices, accompanied by sound effects, can convince masses of people of a totally unreasonable, completely fantastic proposition as to create a nation-wide panic."
Welles never admitted that the hoax was intentional but it is widely assumed that he knew exactly what he was doing when he unleashed his vision on an unsuspecting, and in many ways, naïve radio audience.
So let us lift our glasses in a Halloween toast to the memory of Mr. Orson Welles, the creative rascal who snookered the country on that dark, scary night so long ago.
And remember, radio was called "The Theater of the Mind" for a reason. Sometimes what we see with the mind's eye is far better than anything conceived at Skywalker Ranch.
So, lower the lights. Sit back in your easy chair. Close your eyes and travel back to those bewitching times when a sonorous voice and a few simple sound effects could transport you to lands that could only exist in the diaphanous and ethereal regions of your mind. (I know. I know. I laid that on a bit thick, didn't I?)
For information on Jessica Atwater, the original Movielady and my mentor, and to read some of her classic film reviews :


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December 24
Two Kinds of Christmas
By Marsh Chapel
There are two kinds of Christmas and both are blessed.
The search for truth and the gift of faith are both blessed. Elisabeth and Mary; John and Jesus; the true and the good; both and all are blessed, in Luke's Gospel, by God's healing of the world in Christ, who is both holy and lowly.
There are two trails to Christmas.
Hal Luccock preached in the south and in the north, over many years, and said: 'In the south the hymn is always "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing', and in the north the scripture is always 'Wherever two or three are gathered together in my name'.
With the southern many or the northern few, come again, twice born, to Christmas.
There are two sorts of Christmas.
That of body and that of soul.
That of flesh and that of spirit.
That of reality and that of Being.
That of doubt and that of faith.
That of honesty and that of courage.
That of experience and that of hope.
There is a Christmas of northern efficiency and there is a Christmas of southern charm.
That of culture and that of narrative.
In this morning's Gospel, following earlier separate scenes, the two stories come together—John and Jesus, Prophet and Pastor, two Kinds of Christmas—John soon to be out by the river, Jesus soon to be in his Father's house.
We shall test today the weight bearing strength of Horace Bushnell, 1849, in his two phrases: 'In one view faith is grounded in evidence, but it also creates evidence by the realization it makes of spiritual things.'(God in Christ, 301).
Spiritual things?
Two kinds of Christmas…
A. Christmas Doubt
One kind of Christmas begins with the search for truth, and, therefore, with the real experience of doubt. For today, then, a full look at war, greed and silence.
Facts are stubborn things. Take a hike with me, down by the river. One Christmas Sunday, late modern or post-Christian, commences at the river, let us say at the head of the Charles. A riverfront Christmas, for which John the Baptist was given lung and voice, that perhaps of the cultural congregation, even late modern and post-Christian, listens in the dark for the truth.
1. War
A pause at the Charles. To begin.
The world looks nothing like Christmas.
We are so anxious and fearful of what has become of our fragile planet that we burrow into feverish work, feverish drink, feverish sex, feverish exchange—getting and spending. But we are a people at war. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Here is the clothing of hubris: the shirt of pre-emption, the coat of unilateralism, the hat of imperialism, the waistband of incompletion. No, come this Christmas Sunday, one does not see the wordflesh fully abroad.
We watched Carmelo Anthony grow up. He led Syracuse to the championship, and smiled all the way. I loved to watch him. Lose or win, he smiled. Down thirty, up ten, he smiled. Coach Boeheim smiling or scowling—and it wasn't mostly smiling—mellow Carmelo smiled, happy to be alive.
Unlike him, it was, last week, to throw a first punch. Not his own self. To strike first, to act alone, to swing with temper, and to cause unforeseeable consequences. We live out of the future, but understand out of the past. So, in hindsight, he can see, and confess,
and apologize, and receive and rework forgiveness. I noticed he apologized to a long list, but he mentioned his mother. That's the young man we watched grow up.
We have watched good people across four years engage this young country in the worst strategic error of our history, our single biggest military mistake. We swung first. We acted alone. We did so with temper, angry and arrogant. Without foresight, limit, or breadcrumbs to mark the path home. Pre-emptive, unilateral, imperial, unforeseeable. Hindsight is 20-20. People of good heart and mind differed as to whether the invasion was a tragic necessity or an unnecessary tragedy. There is little doubt now.
What would the river say? John the Baptist?
He would also ask where the churches were (with a few exceptions) to remind and confront, where the pulpits were (with a few exceptions) to challenge and teach, where the congregations were (with a few exceptions), to protest and reject.
What are we to do now? In the large, it is difficult to know.
But in the small? We come to worship. That is, we must confess, and seek pardon. The center of Christian worship is the prayer of confession and the statement of pardon. To move forward we need to repent of the past, truly repent in numbers—3,000, 15,000, 650,000, 2,000,000 (dead, wounded, displaced, refugee). And seek the open future that comes with pardon. Do you know God to be a pardoning God? Carmelo knew his mother to be a pardoning mother, or he would not have asked pardon.
War is a long way from Christmas.
2. Greed
A pause along the Esplanade, say at the Arthur Fiedler statue. To continue. A place to honor music, the height of the invisible. It is a good thing that Arthur is so sturdy, for the 'invisible' faces steady headwinds and even cross winds in our time. The pervasive materialism, endless exurban expansion, and mindless consumption of a people hurtling down a highway focused on the speedometer and blind to the road ahead, are a long way from Christmas. This week, even from our national pulpit, the White House press conference, we are encouraged to shop. To buy! And to give? Both would strengthen the economy, but in different ways. One leans toward commodity and the other toward community. It may be, one thinks, along the river, that Immanuel—the college, or the doctrine, or the hope—have gone, left for a far country. As Vahanian said of 'God' 50 years ago, the symbols of faith have grown cold for the culture. Has such a fate of symbolic anachronism now permanently infected Christmas? Is the whole symbol set, from angels to straw and all between, become, simply, a once told tale? We know that symbols die. Sometimes from neglect, sometimes from abuse, sometimes from both. It is hard to find evidence that the poor manger has much traction to shape a culture any longer. Whither wonder, morality, generosity?
3. Silence
A pause at the Hatch Shell. To listen. Here is my friend awash in grief for the tragic and inexplicable loss of a spouse. Here is he, years later, still caught in the flow and ebb of that sorrow beyond sorrow. It is an empty time for this concert stage, and its empty loss, and lack, is one that many know better than any other truth. To hear the improbable predictions of Isaiah, about streams in a desert, is to this ear, just now, at the shoreline of the absurd.
When to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
And to yield with a grace to reason
And to bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season? (Frost)
And from the hurt comes doubt. We are indebted to writers like James Wood (NEW REPUBLIC ON LINE) for careful reviews of speaking and thinking about God, today. Having in the churches exchanged much of our capacity in philosophical theology for a saltier mix of personal narratives and identity politics, we find ourselves scrambling a bit to respond to first level questions about evidence, about suffering, about creation, about content, about God. Overhear the fine stentorian British voice and impeccable speech with which Richard Dawkins flays theism, and more so the undergraduate cheering and jeering he evokes. Like the primitive Christians, thinkers today do not fear the charge of a-theism. Nor should they. The search for truth, by the presence of John, is blessed at Christmas.
At the river we listen to the silence…
The violence of the Tsunami has not yet been fully cured.
The destruction of Katrina has not been rebuilt.
The loss of safety, discipline and respect in urban and other public schools has not been improved.
The loss of life in Darfur has not been stemmed.
The rising ocean levels, something for shoreline cities to consider, have not abated.
The market for nuclear weaponries has not disappeared.
The threats of cancers in all forms have not been stymied.
The voice of Ivan Karamazov carries still, all the way down to the Science Museum, and all the way around the globe…
Here then is one Christmas trail and tale: a search for truth and an experience of doubt. The honesty and the courage of this account need naming.
Although… A pause, perhaps now at night, with the light shimmering on the Charles, to wonder…
Kind Sir. Just how sure are you? In the moonlight, with a shimmering. Lights and a light wind and the faint call of carolers. And…Other? Mystery? Spirit? The Luminous Numinous? A little faith tracks the trail of every doubt, and sometimes, come Christmas, even causes us to doubt our doubt.
All along the river of doubt there is a shimmering something alongside… Mystery. Being. Spirit. All the cultured doubt of a late modern, post Christian culture, still, does not erase what is just beyond saying, knowing, and hearing. Doubt is shadowed by faith.
B. Christmas Faith
And faith is shadowed by doubt. Another kind of Christmas begins with the gift of faith. A full hearing for wonder, and care, and peace.
Your Christmas trail may be ecclesiastical and not cultural, indoors and not outdoors, by candlelight and not moonlight.
You may be a cradle Christian at Christmas, or a cradle Christmas Christian. Then your trail would move not along the river, but along the rail.
3. Wonder (in the Silence)
A pause at the Gospel, in church. To think. Now inside, not outside. Now at the rail, not at the river. Now with Mary and Jesus, though hearing still Elizabeth and John.
All failure, folly and horror bracketed, for the moment, there is the start of this trail in carols of the English tradition, and in candles to evoke the numinous, and in word and sacrament to mirror heaven. Now thirty years of Christmas winters and Christmas Eve services later, I can testify that every year, as at no other time of year, there is an awareness of lasting life. The world does not lack for wonders, but only for a sense of wonder, as Chesterton never tired of saying. It is the imagination, that quality of heart and mind so necessary to being human, which quickens again, here at the rail. Step ahead, just a moment, as sometimes we do, to read the Gospel, moving the page itself into the heart of the church.
Wonder still appears on the candlelit faces uplifted at midnight worship. Good deeds, selfless and real, emanate still from hearts, homes, and communities of faith. Generosity, both of spirit and of wallet, emerges again in December.
Now the passage read from Luke for this Sunday prepares us for the very birth of Christ. Here is Elizabeth, the mother of the one on the river, and Mary, the mother of the one at the rail. There are two kinds of Christmas, that of John and that of Jesus, both blessed. One in the cold light of reason, and one in the warm heart of love. Both are good, both needed. Even in utero, according to this Lukan narration, John the Baptist is aware of, we might say prophetically aware of, the unborn Messiah. But there is a palpable portent of possibility shot through all of this strange reading.
We shall honor by acceptance its strange, numinous portent, pregnant with potential for the future. The Gospel creates its own audience, in the audience of its announcement. How you live creates a wake. How one speaks creates a set of possibilities. I like to think of the older English scholars at Christmas, like C H Dodd: 'faith is an act which is the negation of all activity, a moment of passivity out of which the strength for action comes, because in it God acts' (IBD 41) He renders a sense of imagination, that quiet surrender of the self to the spirit of God.
On a reliable hope hangs our global future. We can imagine more than war. We can imagine more than the stark Manichaeism of ideological rhetoric about ideology, as in 'a conflict between the ideology of liberty and the ideology of hatred' (GWB, 12/21,06). The greatest consequence of war is further war, but its second harshest consequence is the dulling of the imagination. Hear good news. Hear echoes of Deborah and Judith and David and even Obededom the Gittite. Bles
sed are those who hear the word and keep it. At Christmas, the open future of possibility lives. One range in that future includes conversation, dialogue, diplomacy, innocence, life, love.
2. Care (amid greed)
A pause at the lesson. To continue.
Who would begrudge to them their favorite hymn, as come midnight on Christmas Eve, all the secular shopkeepers, and mercantile stockholders, and non-religious vendors stand under the street lamp, besnowed and singing: 'What a friend we have in Jesus'? Some giving of gifts, of course, is happy, right and good, a part of our mutual shepherding, one of another.
The earlier prophecy from Micah recalled David, born in Bethlehem, and was taken by primitive Christianity as a prediction of the Christ. The whole of the book of Micah realistically portrays the limits of human goodness. Here, for once, a sentence from Calvin: 'Some are so excessively pleased with themselves that in order to shine alone they despise God's gifts to their brothers, while others exalt men with such a degree of superstition that they make idols of them for themselves' (Calvin, Commentaries, #1, loc.cit.). And yet, the image of the shepherd stays with us, and stands out. Many of our churches are over programmed and under pastored. A shepherd leads by example. Here is care: in the giving of money. Here is care: in taking the cloak as well, and going the second mile. Here is care: waking in the morning with hope, and praying into the night with hope. Here is care: investing in what can cross the bridges of difference. Here is care: the ability to see one's own hurt and suffering, to some degree, as part of a larger labor pain, the birth of the future.
1. Peace (in a time of War)
A pause, too, at the letter to the Hebrews, and its early portent, even at Christmas, of the sorrow and struggle to come. To conclude. Suffering produces endurance. But God, in Christ, has acted to heal and cleanse. In faith, we have a way forward, even in the face of other ways forward that do not seem to go forward. Every day we can live a changed life.
Do we oppose pre-emption? We do. Then in our own lives let us, in faith, eschew any first strikes, on the cheek, or on the character, or on the person.
Do we oppose unilateralism? We do. Then let us in our own lives eschew any selffull, unilateral action that is not cognizant of circumstance.
Do we reject imperialism? We do. Then let us free ourselves, personally, from acting in overweening ways, in ways that use people and love things, rather than loving things and using people (Augustine).
Do we criticize lack of foresight? We do. Then let us learn patiently to plan, to foresee, with forbearance. (For this fourfold outworking of the Christ in the World, see R Neville, A Theology Primer).
We know the truth of Niebuhr's distinction between moral man and immoral society. Individuals are free in ways that elude collectives. But collectives are shaped by individuals. And both, collective and individual, can develop Niebuhr's saintly desire: develop a spiritual discipline against resentment, develop a spiritual discipline against resentment, develop a spiritual discipline against resentment.
"Plan for the worst, hope for the best, then do your most, and leave all the rest". And when we worship, let us confess and be absolved.
Forgive us our sins…
If we do nothing else, let us worship, and if we do nothing else in worship, let us confess our waywardness, in the hope of pardon.
Here is a Christmas faith. In church, gospel, lesson and letter, we may surely affirm the gifts of faith at Christmas: wonder in silence, care amid greed, peace in a time of war.
And yet. Lest faith curdle to blind faith, and the gift of faith into the wrapping of fideism, we may take the test of reason, a pinch of doubt, with us too. 'Test the spirits', says the Scripture (1 Thess. 5: 22). We need the buried middle voice, lost in English, audible in Spanish, visible in Greek. (e.g. Me corte el pelo). While Luke surely means to place Jesus above John (cf. R Brown, The Birth of the Messiah, 333ff.), and that without a doubt, Luke nonetheless makes full space for both kinds of Christmas.
There are two kinds of Christmas. One of Elizabeth and one of Mary, one of John and one of Jesus, one of river, and one of rail. Yours may be one tinged by faith, though full of doubt. Yours may be one tinged by doubt, though robust in faith. Both are blessed, both the true and the good.
We might add, though, if your Christmas is of the indoo
r variety, take a walk in the moonlight; and if your Christmas is of the outdoor variety, come in to the beauty of the sanctuary at night. It takes a poet to get this middle voice, this reflexive, this nuanced announcement in the right key. So, Auden:
He is the Way. Follow him through the Land of Unlikeness; you will see rare beasts and have unique adventures.
He is the Truth. Seek him in the Kingdom of Anxiety; you will come to a great city that has expected your return for years.
He is the Life. Love him in the World of the Flesh: and at your marriage all its occasions shall dance for joy.


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Are Oracle Database SQL CPU Consumption Times Reliable?
Q: Are Oracle SQL CPU times reliable?
During Oracle Database performance analysis, it's usually important to collect the CPU consumption for specific SQL statements for opportunity and comparison analysis. There are multiple Oracle Database SQL CPU consumption data sources. I'm the type of person who asks, "Are they to be trusted? Is one method more accurate then the other?" This posting will compare four different sources of SQL CPU consumption: v$sess_time_model, v$sqlstats, Statspack report, and the OS Linux command procstat.
You download the analysis pack containing all related scripts and data HERE.
My Real Motivation (and fear)
My initial motivation for this investigation occurred when a student of mine noticed something very strange in this below Oracle Database Statspack report (source: http://filebank.orapub.com/perf_stats/SP_PDXPROD.txt ) :
Top 5 Timed Events Avg %Total
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wait Call
Event Waits Time (s) (ms) Time
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latch: cache buffers chains 53,712 31,764 591 49.8
CPU time 16,758 26.2
Backup: sbtwrite2 8,909 11,126 1249 17.4
latch free 3,198 1,851 579 2.9
latch: cache buffer handles 1,967 931 473 1.5
. . .
SQL ordered by CPU DB/Inst: PDXPROD/PDXPROD Snaps: 2625-2635
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CPU CPU per Elapsd Old
Time (s) Executions Exec (s) %Total Time (s) Buffer Gets Hash Value
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14456.36 7,000 2.07 86.3 497518.80 1,182,585,272 314328380
The snapshot interval is about 150 minutes. (I don't know why 150 minutes was chosen.) Looking at the "Top 5 Timed Events", the top wait event is clearly "latch: cache buffer chains" with all sessions in the snapshot interval waiting nearly 32K seconds. The other wait times are not even close. Now focus on the "SQL ordered by CPU" section, where I show the clear top SQL CPU consumer. The next SQL statement consumes only 6.9% of the CPU compared to the above 86.3%.
Important to know: An Oracle session is either consuming CPU or waiting for something. The wait may be idle, but it is still waiting. When running a SQL statement the elapsed time is all the CPU plus all the wait time. For example, if a statement takes 30 seconds to run, 10 seconds may be associated with CPU consumption and the other 20 seconds associated with wait time. It follows that if the CPU consumption is 10 seconds and the elapsed time is 30 seconds, the wait time must be 20 seconds. ...not rocket science.
If you look closely at the above top CPU SQL statement it's elapsed time is 497518.90 seconds and its CPU consumption is 14456.36. It follows the wait time must be 483062.54 that is around 480K seconds. Now look at the top wait event's time. It's around 32K.
The problem:
How is it possible that the clear top wait event time is 32K seconds while a single SQL statement has 480K of wait time? Obviously something is wrong, very very wrong.
There are a number of possible reasons for this discrepancy and I may never the truth. The issue could be incorrect CPU time collection, faulty Statspack data collection or reporting, a bug in Oracle's wait interface, or perhaps something else. Because my entire Oracle performance career is based on quantitative Oracle performance analysis, I can't ignore this. Plus it's a good reason to take the time to compare various data collection sources reporting the same thing, like CPU consumption.
My first step in this quest is drilling into CPU consumption. (Which is something that should be done regardless of this situation.) Then I'll look into the wait time and finally the elapsed time. And of course I may need to dig into Statspack data collection; especially when a system is seriously bottlenecked (on this system there is a massive CPU bottleneck); Data collection can take a while and numbers tend is be tweaked... but not (I suspect) like what we are seeing above (I hope anyways).
Let's press on to check SQL statement CPU consumption!
What To Test?
It's not possible to test every scenario. So I pick the ones that, based on my experience, will likely be questioned. And of course I need to be able to develop a good test, that is an experiment.
My initial thought was the issue was with sub-second SQL that gets executed multiple times a seconds. However, if the above Statspack total execution and total elapsed time values are correct, the SQL shown above has an execution rate of 0.8 execs/second with the average elapsed time around 71 seconds. So the issue here is not sub-second elapsed time SQL and not simultaneous executions.
This makes my experimental setup much simpler. It's very difficult to collect accurate timing information from multiple sources with sub second SQL. For my experiment I had the SQL run for around 85 seconds. The longer the SQL elapsed time, the less impact performance statistics data collection has on the analysis. For example, if my data collection takes 1 second and the SQL elapsed time is 1 second, I've got a big problem. However, if my data collection takes 1 second and the SQL elapsed time is 60 seconds, I can deal with that. Especially if all the performance data sources show the same performance picture. In my experiment to simplify the situation, there was only one session executing the SQL.
The above SQL is a select statement, so decided not to test DML.
Below is the SQL decided to use in this experiment (snippet from quick.sql).
while ( execs_total_v < &exec_todo )
select count(object_id), sum(object_id)
into bogus1_v, bogus2_v
from customers;
execs_total_v := execs_total_v + 1 ;
end loop;
The exec_todo variable gives me control over the elapsed time. In the experiment I set exec_todo to 200. The quick.sql script is called by main experiment driver script, startExpr.sh.
As detailed in the Data Gathering Specifics section below, I varied the load five times.
CPU SQL Data Sources
There are a number of sources to get CPU consumption for a specific SQL statement. Most DBAs have a slightly irrational love and hate relationship for the various sources. Here are the sources I used in this experiment.
v$sess_time_model. The "DB CPU" statistics is server process CPU consumption in microseconds. Since I queried from the "sess" and not the "sys" _time_model view, I should only get the server process CPU consumption for a specific session. If I surround the SQL statement with a "DB CPU" query and subtract the ending value from the initial value, the result should be just the SQL statement CPU consumption.
v$sqlstats. The "cpu_time" statistic is CPU time in microseconds. Gathering from v$sqlstats is tricky because as the SQL statement is running additional rows related to your statement are inserted. So it's not a simple, "ending time minus beginning time" thing. You have to very careful to look at the correct v$sqlstats rows. You can see how I did by examining getsidcpu.sh and startExpr.sh, both of which are contained in the analysis pack (link at top of posting).
Statspack (v$sql). My source is the "CPU Time (s)" column in the SQL listing area. Regardless of how Statspack gathers the data, I need to have confidence in what Statspack stores and reports. In my experiments I pull the CPU consumption from the stats$sql_summary table's "cpu_time" column.
As you and I are both wondering, "Where does Statspack get its SQL CPU time?", in SQL*Plus I ran a simple SQL trace just before I executed the Statspack collection procedure ( exec perfstat.statspack.snap(i_snap_level=>10); ). Looking closely at the raw trace file, it appears Statspack is gathering SQL CPU consumption from v$sql not v$sqlstats. In the trace file, look for the statement, "INSERT INTO STATS$SQL_SUMMARY" and you will see column cpu_time is populated from v$sql. I am running Oracle 11.2 on Linux.
Operating System. In my mind, the OS is the "truth" in CPU consumption. So I needed to find a way to collect CPU consumption for a specific OS process. It took me a while to find a tool that provided good time granularity. I stumbled upon a tool called procstat. It compiled fine on my Linux box. Here is a link to the code.
Now the trick is to gather all this data without significantly impacting what I'm observing and skewing the collection data. Read on...
Data Collection Specifics
The general collection idea is simple: gather initial session CPU time, run the SQL, gather final session CPU time, calculate the CPU time delta (i.e., difference), and store the results. But alas, it was not that simple. For two main reasons:
Querying from v$ views is not read consistent. And, if you remember back to my posts about when v$sysstat and v$sqlstats get updated, the various statistics are updated for different reasons and at different times. My solution was to sleep three seconds after the SQL completes using dbms_lock.sleep(3), thus giving Oracle time to update the statistics while at the same time, consuming virtually no CPU. This appears to have worked wonderfully.
When/where to collect the data. My goal is always to collect performance data just before and just after the thing under observation. But the various collection methods (e.g., OS tool, v$) can make this troublesome. With this objective in mind, I had to move some of the collection away from the "thing under observation" or insert a delay until I was confident the data was being collected correctly. ...and yes, this does take some time... you're welcome!
The main experiment script is "startExpr.sh" which calls the "quick.sql" and "getsidcpu.sh" scripts. Looking at these you'll see exactly how I gathered the data. It's kind of complicated because of the issues mentioned above and because I'm gathering data from four difference sources.
The load on the system is an important factor when gathering performance data. So I altered the load five times; starting with a reasonably active but not out-of-control system and then increased the CPU load until the OS CPU run queue would hit more than twice the number of CPU cores... a massive CPU bottleneck. I did not run this experiment on an IO bottleneck system. Perhaps later if I need to.
At each load level and for each data collection source, 31 samples where collected. (People tend to complain when there are less than 30 samples collected (for reasons they can't explain), so I typically gather at least 31.
Data Analysis
To analyze the data I used the free "R" statistics package. It is free, runs on Windows/Linux/Mac OS X, easy to use and especially so with basic statistical analysis, and you can script your analysis in a text file. Here's the link to the R script I used in this analysis. Usually I use Mathematica (which I love) but I want to start incorporating R into my One Day Performance Seminar, so this is a good opportunity to develop some courseware as well. I have a very short and simple step-by-step R tutorial for Oracle DBAs here. That link may become stale as I add more specific R tutorials.
Here is a link to the experimental results data in a SQL*Plus like format.
I used the pulldata.sh script to format the data into an easily usable format for R. All the data files (end in .dat") are available in the main experiment pack (see top of posting for link).
The entire experiment can be summed up in the below "smoothed" histograms. Below are the results for each of the five different system loads. The load increases left to right, top to bottom. So the lightest load is the upper left image and the most intensive load is the bottom center image.
While difficult to see, all the above histograms contain all 31 samples for each of the four data collection methods. For example, the green line represents the SQL CPU consumption based on v$sess_time_model's "DB CPU" statistic. The lines are plotted in this order: red, blue, black, and green. If you don't see the color you are looking for, it's because another data source essentially had the same results and graphically covers it up. For example, if you look at the bottom center image (the most intensive load) all you can see are the green and blue lines. Where are the read and black lines? If you think about it, the red line is being covered up with either the blue or green line.
Does this "covering up" make a difference to the analysis? No. In fact, it is just I wanted to see! Because all four data sources and their associated lines are essentially the same, resulting in a single line, this means all four data sources show the same CPU consumption for the SQL statement!
To get more statistical: While the lines are overlapping because their results look to be the same, looks can be deceiving. Therefore, I did some significant testing. I suspect the most controversial data is be between v$sess_time_model's "DB CPU" statistic (highly trusted) and Statspack SQL CPU time (not as much trusted). And also between the operating system (highly trusted) and Statspack (not as much trusted).
While all the statistical analysis data is in the "R" output text file (cpu_r.txt), I will only comment on the upper right image (experimentally, this is load 3) where three lines can be visually seen. Since the sample sets are not normally distributed (their sample normality test p-values < 0.05), I used the Wilcox location test. If the Wilcox p-value is greater than 0.05 then any difference in our sample sets is likely caused by unfortunately picking just the wrong samples for our test (i.e., random selection) or perhaps something else (e.g., sun spots).
The p-value for "DB CPU" and Statspack is an amazingly high 0.9885. The p-value for the operating system and Statspack test is also an amazingly high 0.9103. This is the statistical way of saying, there is not a real difference in the sample sets values.
What Does This Mean?
I need to be careful how I write this. My experiment (Linux Oracle Enterprise Edition 11.2) showed that on my CPU bound system with a reasonably long duration SQL statement (~85 seconds), all four data collection methods returned the "same" values. So either, all are incorrect (which we all hope is not the case) or they are all correct (which I'm thankful for).
But to address my fundamental and motivating question of, "How is it possible that the clear top wait event time is 32K seconds while a single SQL statement has 480K of wait time? Obviously something is wrong, very very wrong." It appears the issue is not CPU consumption collection and Statspack reporting.
More practically and to the point, when I look at CPU time in a Statspack report I will trust it... unless I have a really good reason not to.
But that still leaves wait time, elapsed time, and Statspack collection and reporting as possible problems. I guess this means you'll be seeing some related postings in the near future!
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I'm surprised at the outrage. Is there anyone on the planet unaware that Facebook is a data mining application, and everything you read and write is tracked?And yet people are more than willing to post personal information and live their entire lives on social media.
And the same question I asked in another topic, is Google any different than Facebook when it comes to collecting data?
I'm hoping deletion actually erases my information from Facebook's records.
I didn't have much personal information in my Facebook profile, but I decided to delete it anyway. One thing I found is actually deleting an account is more involved than just deactivating it.The procedure to deactivate your account is straightforward, but it just makes your account invisible to other users. All of your information stays with Facebook, it just stops others from routinely connecting with you. You can go back and reactivate the account at any time by just logging in to it. Deletion is another step beyond that, and it is hidden elsewhere, seperate from the more visible deactivation option. After you request deletion your account becomes deactivated for 14 days. If you access the account during that time, the deletion request is aborted and your information remains on Facebook's servers indefinitely.I'm hoping deletion actually erases my information from Facebook's records. If it does, I may try it again in the future.
I can see why Zuckerberg wouldn't answer at which hotel he was staying --- would anyone of his wealth and fame?
The 'point' was the sharing/availability of data that an individual doesn't want to share with the world. We can agree to disagree
I deleted my fb account years ago -- was tired of seeing what others were having for lunch or the drama in their lives or how long they were gone on vacation and where the key was hidden. I had to google how to delete the account as fb only tells how to deactivate.
The 'point' was the sharing/availability of data that an individual doesn't want to share with the world.
When my privacy is balanced against billion dollar empires, I think we know whos gonna lose. And in my opinion while these hearings may look good to the constituents, those same senators are taking campaign money from the very companies that use FB and Google to advertise their wares. IMHO, these hearings are all for show. A couple weeks from now itll be, OK, we made it look like we did something there, what else can we talk about? (Boy am I getting cynical in my old age )
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Documents and research related to the roughly 780 people who have been sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison since 2002.
Mesut Sen
Mesut Sen is a 40-year-old citizen of Belgium. He was transferred to Belgium on April 25, 2005.
Note: These documents include some assertions that cannot be independently verified. Many allegations have been contested by detainees and their lawyers, and some have been undercut by other evidence.
Internment Serial Number: 296
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I was wondering if anyone knows how to form a pain de beaucaire. I have found a few formulas but not enough of a description to figure out how the loaf is formed. I have looked on the web, but google does a poor translating job from French to English. Can anyone help?


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What Concerns the CEO
How to keep in control when you are a label printer.
At the CEO panel on September 12, 2012 in Rosemont, IL, during Labelexpo Americas, Dan Nolan, president, Materials Group, Avery Dennison Corporation, asked some really telling questions. Most CEOs might shy away from a direct probing question, and others want lots of time to consider their response beforehand. The responses from this panel of CEOs sounded honest and deliberate.
Let me give you a sample. Nolan asked what concerns kept them up at night. Here are some responses. See if you can relate to them:
"On-going growth keeps me up at night .We've got to keep developing products constantly. If we aren't getting better, someone else is. It's time to invest time and money in new products and to know what doesn't work. Not everything we attempt works, but that's OK."
"The bottom line and right-spending in automation keep us awake."
Money—that is having enough of it—bothered every one of them no matter the size of the firm.
"I need to invest more in the label industry while we're in a recovering economy. Good companies flourish in tough times, and there are lots of opportunities in the print industry. Money is so cheap right now that it's a good time to invest in your company."
One company with 110 employees talked about being lean and retaining the best people. What kept this CEO up was considering what other good companies to acquire. Apparently good companies are those that are distressed, but still functioning. Once you buy them, you break them down further to get at the root of their problems, and then build them back up to sustainability. It sounded a bit like induction into the military to me. But I've been in a couple of buyouts, and that's exactly what happened.
One CEO complained that equipment manufacturers wouldn't design around his specific needs.
"Why can't they design the equipment we want, not fit our stuff into their existing equipment? Just modify the darn thing!" he urged. Equipment designers need to be more responsive.
They all felt that structuring the sales team was important and keeping the manufacturing team coordinated took lots of their time. However, the most important thing that a CEO does is to focus on the customer and on servicing the customer. If a customer wants something new, find a creative way to structure an innovation to fit it. Trying to make it all work seems to be what all good CEOs do well.
But they don't have to do it alone. "Keep an eye out for under-utilized talent in the organization, then mentor and teach that person. If you want to grow, you have to grow your employees first," one panelist said.
Some key questions every CEO should ask are:
1. What game are we playing?
2. How do we win?
Next, you need to find the leaders within your organization to help you win.
The hardest thing to do is:
1. Believe the numbers.
2. Face up to increased cost.
3. Be rational, thoughtful. Ask others to help you when there is a problem.
4. Realize that extremely unreasonable customers are looking to seek a release.
5. Mine your existing customers before seeking new ones you don't know.
Many times customers don't know what they want exactly. How many times have you heard, "I'm not quite certain what I want, but that's not it?" On the other hand, if you are innovative and show them what's possible, many times they will identify the printing effect, right price, delivery time, colors, or design of a final product. Keep samples of what you have done in the past or make suggestions to save the customers' resources.
The best CEOs are good listeners, and they look at things carefully before responding. And that's exactly what this panel seemed to do.


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About the MagISStra mission
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli was launched to the International Space Station for a long-duration mission on 15 December, serving as flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. This was the third six-month mission by a European astronaut on the Station.
From December 2010 to May 2011, Paolo, ESA's Italian astronaut, carried out an intensive programme of experiments, ranging from radiation monitoring to measurements that could improve oil recovery in petroleum reservoirs.
His duties aboard the Space Station included participating in docking operations to receive two cargo spacecraft: Europe's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler, and the second Japanese HII Transfer Vehicle (HTV). Both are unmanned spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. Nespoli was the prime operator for berthing the HTV to the Station after the free-flying vehicle was captured by his crewmate Catherine Coleman.
In May, Nespoli received a new Italian crewmate for five days. ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, assigned to Space Shuttle mission STS-134, flew to the Station on a flight opportunity provided by the Italian space agency, ASI. The Space Shuttle also delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) to the Station.
With more than 30 experiments during this mission, European space science is, as usual, driven by the quest to improve life on our planet. The mission scientific programme covered human research, fluid physics, radiation, biology and technology demonstrations. Paolo not only carried out experiments for ESA, but also for the US, Japanese and Canadian space agencies.
As part of his educational programme, children had the chance to follow an international initiative built around health, well-being and nutrition (Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut), as well as a special greenhouse activity in space. From his privileged viewpoint in space, Nespoli used ESA's novel 3D camera to show unprecedented images of the Station.


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Salty, sour beer. Sound good?
I first read about Gose style beer in the book Brewing with Wheat (order it here), by Stan Hieronymus. It hales from Leipzig, and almost faded from existence during the grim days of the cold war. No brewery produced it regularly from 1966 until 1999. While a few craft breweries produce examples in America, it is a rare beer without clear style guidelines.
The only time I have tasted a beer that purported to be a Gose was with my son at one of the top beer bars I've ever been to – Spuyten Duyvil in Brooklyn, home of "rare and obscure" beers. It was fantastic. Huge mouthfeel, almost chewy, but refreshing and drinkable. There was certainly a lactic tartness, but it was not overwhelming at all. It had layers of flavor, with citrus in the nose and salt on the tongue to go with the tartness and a surprisingly full malt flavor. I don't know whether it was a good example or not, since I've never tasted another, but it didn't taste exactly like what Kansas City's own Wort Hog describes in a jealousy-inspiring account of a visit to Leipzig.
Now I want to brew a Gose, and there is very little reliable information out there on how to do it. I've thought about it, and here's what I'm going to try.
First off, I'm going to do only 5 gallons instead of my usual 10. This is an experiment; if it comes out great, I'll make more. I'm also going to use extract in this batch, rather than starting solely with crushed malted grains, because this beer is made with mostly wheat malt, and wheat malt is kind of a bear to work with, for reasons you either know or don't care about.
First, how much salt to add? I want the salt to be present, but not dominating. I tried salting a quart of water and scaling up from there. 3 grams in one quart seemed like a good amount, and there are 20 quarts in 5 gallons, so 60 grams it is.
Now, how to add the sourness? The traditional way would be to inoculate the beer with lactobacillus bacteria, and let them go nuts. Unfortunately, I'm not willing to play with bacteria in my brewery space. They can be persistent and infectious, so that I would be risking a future of all-sour beers.
I want to play it safe, so I am going to use a product called acidulated malt, a product made by adding lactic acid to regular malt. I'm going to use 3/4 of a pound, since I've never used this stuff before. I'll soak it in 150 degree water for an hour or so, in the hopes that it will convert its starches into sugars (beer geek talk – I don't know whether it has diastatic power, but I'll give it a whirl). I strongly doubt that this will add enough lactic tartness to the beer, but I have lactic acid I plan on adding post-fermentation to boost the tartness to a level I like.
For the first time in years, I will be relying on dried malt extract for the vast majority of the fermentation. If you're new to homebrewing, malt extracts are the easiest way to get started, and you don't need nearly as much equipment as you would if you were using only crushed grain. Around 4.5 pounds will give me a pretty light beer in terms of alcohol, which will make this a nice spring beer when it's ready to drink. This particular extract was chosen because it is composed of 60% wheat and 40% barley, which is in line with the original beer.
This beer should be very lightly hopped, so I'm going to use 1 ounce of some American hops I have around, and boil them for 30 minutes.
Now for the extras. Coriander is a common ingredient in wheat beers, and I'll be adding a quarter ounce of the seeds, ground up in the blender. I'm also going to go out on a limb and add one fluid ounce of Orange Blossom Water, not at all a traditional ingredient, but I find that it adds a nice aromatic when I bake, and I hope that it will increase the citrus notes of the beer.
For yeast, I'm going with a traditional German wheat yeast, Wyeast Weihenstephan Weizen #3068, a specialty yeast used for the refreshing wheat beers of southern German, redolent with clove and banana esters. I've seen recipes that call for a neutral yeast as well, but I love the flavors this yeast can produce.
After a couple weeks of fermentation, this beer will be ready for kegging. I'll add lactic acid to suit my taste, and hope for the best. It's rare for me to make a beer with so little guidance regarding the style, or even a recipe. I'm kind of winging it here, but I'm hopeful that what comes out will be palatable. If not, easy come, easy gose.


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There's nothing controversial about the claim— reported on by Slate, Bloomberg and Harvard Magazine — that in the last 20 years Wall Street has moved away from an investment-led model, to a gambling-led model.
This was exemplified by the failure of LTCM which blew up unsuccessfully making huge interest rate bets for tiny profits, or "picking up nickels in front of a streamroller", and by Jon Corzine's MF Global doing practically the same thing with European debt (while at the same time stealing from clients).
As Nassim Taleb described in The Black Swan this strategy — betting large amounts for small frequent profits — is extremely fragile because eventually (and probably sooner in the real world than in a model) losses will happen (and, of course, if you are betting big, losses will be big). If you are running your business on the basis of leverage, this is especially dangerous, because facing a margin call or a downgrade you may be left in a fire sale to raise collateral.


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Can Revenge's Victoria and Emily find common ground? One of them seems to think so.
In this exclusive clip from Sunday's Season 2 finale (9/8c, ABC), Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) confronts Emily (Emily VanCamp) about her intentions for marrying Daniel (Josh Bowman).
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"You will soon learn what a woman is willing to endure for appearances," she says. "Whatever your reasons for marrying him, you'll never convince me it's for love, and by and by you will grow tired of perpetuating this charade until one morning you will wake up hollow with nothing but regret and misery to fill your days."
Does talk of a loveless marriage sound familiar?
"You and I have more in common than either one of us cares to admit," Victoria adds.
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The truck: Camion Au Pied de Cochon, est. 2013, formerly a UPS vehicle
The team: Alex Ragoussis and partners are from Cabane à Sucre Au Pied de Cochon, the Mirabel sugar shack by the restaurant that defined Quebec cuisine's coureur-de-bois cool.
The concept: Meat. Doughnuts. Meat doughnuts.
The signature dish: The $6 sandwich called the beigne cochon contains pork, three ways. The secret is the maple syrup brine, Ragoussis says. It's injected into the pork shoulder that makes up two components of the filling. One is smoked meat, coated with a spice mix that includes peppercorns, coriander and fennel, and smoked for up to eight hours. The other is jambon blanc cooked sous-vide for 18 hours at low temperatures. The pig's tongue goes into the same brine before it's braised to softness. The only condiment is basic "baseball mustard," hit up with maple syrup, shallots and olive oil. The idea for serving it on a doughnut came to chef Martin Picard at the Pied du Cochon's sugar shack, where the smoked meat served atop the soufflé and the doughnut holes were both crowd pleasers. "One day Martin said, 'Why are we making bread when we have doughnuts?' " Rougassis recalls with a smile. And so the beigne cochon was born — and it's an instant classic. The meat is clean, luscious and not greasy, the bun is brioche-weight and unsweet, and the whole effect is lighter than I expected. A grownup could eat two in the manner of a Wilensky's special.
The full order: Get the Boîte Gourmande #1, which includes a sugar-dusted dessert doughnut filled with seasonal fruits (currently local strawberries and Chantilly cream) and a maple soda floater (unavailable when I visited due to technical difficulties) for $15. The $20 Boîte Gourmande #2, by the way, comes with the foie gras poutine. No one will judge you.
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"YOUrope needs YOU": best European Charlemagne Youth Prize project
The Polish youth project "YOUrope needs YOU" was awarded the first prize in the European Charlemagne Youth Prize (ECYP) competition on 19 May in Aachen. Through a series of high school workshops run by university students, this project uses informal methods to convey to teenagers interesting facts about Europe. The second and the third prize went to the "European Festival of university theatre of Albi" (France) and to "Gumboot Diplomacy" (Germany) respectively.
EP President, Hans-Gert Pöttering, and the Chairman of the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize, Michael Jansen, participated in the ceremony and handed the prize to the first-prize winner. The ECYP acknowledges projects that foster a shared sense of European identity among young people.
Welcoming the representatives of the 27 candidate projects Hans-Gert Pöttering declared: "With your ideas, creativity and engagement you prove to us how young people experience the European idea as well as how you consider common Europe as a real community and opportunity for your future".
"YOUrope needs YOU"
"YOUrope needs YOU" was designed by members of the European Students' Forum, AEGEE, to empower European high school students to become active citizens. The project trains university students willing to share their EU knowledge by giving workshops at schools. In December 2008 the first high school workshop took place in Gostyn, Poland. The university students presented Europe and the chances it offers to pupils from Poland and 30 exchange students from France.
For Hans-Gert Pöttering "this project represents in a convincing way European diversity. It influences through meetings as well as workshops the participants and the countries they come from. This is the case, because the participants of this project are both ambassadors and multipliers of the European idea. Taking this into account the project stands out as a model example, on which other initiatives in the European Union could be based".
"European Festival of university theatre of Albi"
Luigi Cocilovo, Vice-President of the European Parliament, presented the second prize to the "European Festival of university theatre of Albi". "The Festival, which takes place annually, brings theatre groups, actors, comedians and music artists from all over Europe to Albi in France, where they perform for local audiences. The event aims to promote European cultural and artistic diversity to as a wide an audience as possible.
In his speech, Mr Cocilovo stressed that "the enthusiasm of the young people from all the Member States of the European Union, which have participated in the European Charlemagne Youth Prize, is an important signal to re-launch the development of a common feeling of European identity and integration". In his view, "the European Festival of Albi is an important occasion to discover Europe and its culture through theatre". Moreover, "this project demonstrates a real "open - minded spirit" and underlines the idea of diversity which is part of European identity".
"Gumboot Diplomacy"
Finally, Jürgen Linden, Mayor of Aachen, handed the third prize to "Gumboot Diplomacy" from Germany. In the course of this project, groups of young people from the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary and Germany conducted research into localised flooding in their areas, before carrying out joint research in the water meadows of the German river Lippe and presenting their results to each other and a panel of experts at a joint conference.
Prizes and selection procedure
The prizes for the three best projects receive funding of €5 000, €3 000 and €2 000, respectively. The three laureates will visit the European Parliament in the coming months.
In March national juries consisting of at least two MEPs and one representative of a youth organisation selected a national winner from each of the 27 Member States. In April, the European jury, consisting of three MEPs, the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering and four representatives of the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize, selected the three winners from the 27 projects submitted by the national juries.


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Jesse James Puts L.A. Home Up for Sale, Eyes Austin
The motorcycle king puts the two-story house he shared with Sandra Bullock on the market
It's been two months since Sandra Bullock moved out of the Orange County home she shared with Jesse James. Now, James is looking to follow suit, PEOPLE has learned.
"Jesse has put his house up for sale," says a source.
The two-story California beachfront property was the couple's home during their nearly five-year marriage. Since Bullock left amid James's infidelity scandal, it has been a place of respite for the motorcycle king and his kids Sunny, 6, Jesse Jr., 12, and Chandler, 15.
But he may soon be spending more time in Austin, Texas, where he's already made an offer on a house, according to another source.
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On May 14, James and Bullock were spotted separately in Austin, the adopted hometown where they spent much of their downtime during their marriage. James was in town with daughter Chandler to visit Austin Speed Shop, his custom car outfit, while Bullock hit her favorite shops with her son Louis and checked in on her restaurant, Bess Bistro.
Might the proximity to Bullock be a motivating factor behind James's move? Time will tell.
"His mind-set is the same as [just after the split], and Jesse feels that as time goes by, his and Sandra's relationship has still not reached the final chapter," says a pal. "He is not giving up hope that Sandra will come back to her family."
In 2009, James's Sunset Beach property was assessed at more than $3.6 million.
• Reporting by DAVID CAPLAN
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Job satisfaction, occupational stress, burnout and work engagement as components of work-related wellbeing
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Programme in Industrial Psychology, North-West University, South Africa
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction, occupational stress, burnout and work engagement as dimensions of work-related wellbeing in a sample of members of the police force in South Africa. A survey design was used. Stratified random samples of members of the police force (N = 677) were taken in the North West Province of South Africa. The Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, Police Stress Inventory, Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were used as measuring instruments. The results provided support for a four-factorial model of work-related wellbeing consisting of the following dimensions: job satisfaction (indicating pleasure vs. displeasure), occupational stress (indicating anxiety vs. comfort), burnout (indicating fatigue vs. vigour), and engagement (indicating enthusiasm vs. depression).
Keywords: wellness, motivation, energy, distress, eustress
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After a series of delays we're now gathering pace with our 2008 Audi TT 2.0T project build. We previously fitted an Audi Genuine Accessories body kit and 19" Turbo Twist wheels, while last month we added H&R coilovers and sway bars to the mix. This month, we're delving deeper into the Audi parts bin to carry out a TT RS brake upgrade.
What's interesting about this is that while it fitted our TT, it should equally apply to the Audi A3 and Golf GTI, which share many components, although we can't verify this since we haven't attempted the swap ourselves.
To be honest, we were unsure about exactly what parts we'd need so ordered too many pieces, but fortunately our local Audi dealer kindly took most of them back. While looking at the part numbers, the Audi catalog suggested we'd need all manner of fittings and fixings, which turned out to be misleading. While different part numbers are used, many of the parts needed were identical for both the 2.0T and RS variants.
With everybody having easy access to the Audi parts center at your local dealership, the possibility of used parts becoming available in the future, and considering these are high-quality Brembo calipers with large 14.6" (370mm) rotors, we thought a conversion using only OEM parts would be an interesting story if we could make it work.
After a series of missteps, we believe we now have a definitive list of parts and instructions on what to do. We should point out, however, this guide is advisory so please check fitment, clearance and tightening torque values to ensure your own installation is secure. Modifying your brakes can be a risky business. If you're unsure or inexperienced, consult a specialist for parts and fitting.
We should also point out that an aftermarket Brembo kit would be cheaper to buy, but this TT RS conversion is for all the OEM+ enthusiasts who like to keep it in the VAG family.
The Parts
You'll be glad to know we made all the mistakes for you, but were able to narrow down precisely what you'll need. Of course, different models may vary but assuming you have the same original equipment as our '08 TT 2.0T, this is what you should need: the left and right TT RS four-piston Brembo calipers (supplied with the carriers/adapters, pad springs and retaining pins), a set of pads, a pad sensor (not shown), two 14.6" rotors (same parts number for both sides), left and right heat shields, brake lines, left and right brackets and the caliper bolts (although we re-used all our original bolts and screws). See the table below for part numbers.
You'll also need new brake fluid to bleed the system as well as brake cleaner and grease.
The fitting was straightforward and certainly a DIY proposition if you have good tools, previous experience and know how to bleed brakes properly. You'll need to raise the car but could do it on axle stands rather than a full lift. Air tools are helpful for the carrier bolts but not essential.
To begin, remove the front wheels and undo the two 21mm bolts securing the caliper carrier to the wheel hub. Hang the stock caliper out of the way to avoid stretching the brake line. We will disconnect the caliper last to minimize brake fluid loss.
Now undo the single T30 torx screw from the stock 12.25" (310mm) rotor (our car had Brembo Sport rotors fitted previously) so it can be removed. You can then undo the three T30 button-head screws that secure the heat shield. Finally, undo the 10mm bolt for the bracket on the suspension upright: it's used to route the brake line and ABS cable.
You can now fit the new parts, first fitting the new bracket that will secure the new rubber brake line in place. Then attach the larger heat shield with the original screws and the new 14.6" drilled TT RS rotor. The rotors are directional but Audi only provides one part number, so they don't consider it important to have the vanes rotate in any particular direction.
The new Brembo RS caliper is supplied with the carrier attached. We found our original 21mm bolts from the 2.0T carrier identical to the new part numbers used for the RS carriers, so we re-used ours but have provided the part number in case you want to incorporate new ones.
With the four-piston caliper in place, fit the brake pads. These are secured by a metal spring that is kept in place by retaining pins. Grease the pins before inserting to make the job easier.
With the brakes fitted, the most difficult task was fitting the lines and bleeding the fluid to remove air bubbles. Start by fitting the banjo joint on the rubber brake line into the caliper. The other end is connected to the hydraulic system by first undoing the line on the stock caliper where it connects at the top of the inner fender. You then screw the new rubber line into the connection, but do so quickly since it can be very messy. Fluid will spill from the line when you undo the connector. This fluid can strip paint, so wipe spills immediately with a separate cloth. The displaced fluid will be replaced with air, which you must bleed from the system to ensure a solid brake pedal.
When bleeding the brakes, we used a vacuum brake bleeder that draws fluid through the calipers to remove air in the system. We bled both front calipers and even did the rears to ensure there was new fluid throughout the system. This will remove any chance of air pockets to ensure a solid pedal and consistent stopping.
We're not going to give full instructions on bleeding the brakes because if you haven't done it before, it's best to give the task to an expert. Don't take any chances with your brakes because failure will be disastrous.
While the new brakes look great, they also offer a larger swept area to provide higher clamping forces from the four-piston Brembo calipers onto the larger and thicker drilled rotors. The increased surface area will also help to dissipate heat more effectively, reducing the chance of fade.
3. New brackets are needed to support the brake lines and ABS cables. They are different on either side. Seen here with stock part
8. New 14.6" RS rotors are significantly bigger than 12.25" 2.0T, providing better clamping forces and heat dissipation
10. Different part numbers are provided for RS and 2.0T 21mm carrier bolts but we found no difference so re-used our originals
14. Other end of hose connects to hydraulic system at top of inner fender. Re-use clip to secure it and change hoses quickly to minimize fluid loss
Once the brakes were fitted we wanted to test the clearance of the wheels. With the larger TT RS calipers, we were unsure if the 19" Turbo Twist wheels from the Audi Genuine Accessories catalog would clear them since they weren't designed for this application.
As it happens, the wheels wouldn't turn and were hitting the calipers so we had two options. Some H&R Trak+ wheels spacers and longer bolts would definitely resolve the problem - they provide a number of different thicknesses but we ordered the thinnest 3mm spacers that would easily do the job. The longer bolts ensure the wheels are fastened correctly. This is by far the cheapest option.
A second option was to fit different wheels. Obviously this is the more expensive option but if you're looking to upgrade to 19" wheels anyway, this might be the perfect time.
With our TT RS brakes, the logical conclusion was that the same car's wheels would clear its own calipers. However, the TT RS uses the same 19x9" ET52 wheel dimensions as the ones we already had. Undeterred, we borrowed two different TT RS wheel options from our local dealer to test fit and found that both fitted. The slightly different design of the wheel spokes provided the minimal clearance we required and so we decided to order a set of the genuine TT RS "5-arm-rotor" wheels from the dealer.
We have to admit we love the new wheels. The textured, matte, gunmetal finish on the spokes and rim is contrasted by the machined highlights. The effect is stunning and the quality is impeccable, as you'd expect.
The silver split-spoke wheels we tried were also a great looking option. In the end we felt the bright silver finish didn't suit our car as nicely. Yet it's a matter of personal taste since both options cleared the new brakes.
It's worth noting that you need to order center caps separately for some reason but that a matching gunmetal cap is available and the part number is listed below. You'll need to order four.
When it came to tires, we didn't want to fit the wide 255/35 tires from the RS model, so we stuck with the 235/35 R19 Continental ExtremeContact DW tires we'd previously used, to avoid rubbing issues and additional cost. Since we had no issues to date we knew this would be a simple solution.
5. We opted for the genuine 19x9" TT RS 5-arm-rotor wheels finished in gunmetal, with a set of matching center caps
Additional Parts Used
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|Price (each)
|3mm Trak+wheel spacers (pair)
|H&R Suspension
|Longer wheel bolt
|H&R Suspension
|19x9" TT RS wheel
|Gunmetal center cap
|235/35 R19 Conti DW tires


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Learning Index >> Hand-blockprinted Textiles: Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher
Barron and Larcher's textiles are very English in feel, and quite distinct from the few other contemporary British hand-blockprinted textiles around, such as those of Alec Walker for Crysede or Joyce Clissold at Footprints, where designs are often on a smaller scale and generally busier and more colourful. (No. 1) Enid Marx (1902-1998) joined Barron and Larcher's studio in Hampstead in 1925 and worked with them for a year before setting up on her own. When the Crafts Study Centre was founded she gave the collection a representative selection of her lengths, samples and blocks from the late 1920s-30s (No. 2).
Susan Bosence (1913-1996) first met Barron and Larcher in 1951, having been inspired to start textile printing on seeing their work at Dartington Hall in Devon. She was involved with the Crafts Study Centre from its inception and, together with family and friends, donated and bequeathed not only a substantial collection of her hand-blockprinted textiles and resist-dyed cloths from the 1960s onwards, but also her sample book, blocks and papers (No. 3) She taught for many years at the art college in Farnham (now the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College) and there met Sally Greaves-Lord, Diana Harrison and Linda Brassington whose textiles are amongst the more recent acquisitions of the Crafts Study Centre. (No. 4, 5, 6)