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Superstar Lin Dan was made to sweat in front of an adoring home crowd but China breezed through their first group ties in the Thomas and Uber Cups world team championships on Sunday.
Quality was on show from Denmark, Japan and South Korea, but it was England's Rajiv Ouseph who threatened to spring a major surprise, before "Super" Dan, badminton's most-decorated player, came through in two games.
World number 19 Ouseph pushed the reigning Olympic champion in an unexpectedly tight match, as the usually cool Lin let off sparks of surprise and frustration when a handful of smashes went into the net and wide.
"After starting well I broke my racket string and it took me too long to adjust to the new racket. It affected the attack game plan," Lin said, praising Ouseph's performance.
"All the matches here are equally important before the Olympics," Lin added, underscoring the significance of this week in Wuhan, as players have a dress rehearsal before meeting each other on the big stage in July in London.
Lin's teammates, including feisty world number three Chen Long, had an easier time as they beat the plucky English 5-0 and rapidly turned their attentions to Indonesia, who China face next in their group and a key rival.
"Indonesia is China's biggest opponent in the Thomas Cup," Lin said.
"It doesn't matter who I play. I take them all seriously," he said about Indonesia's choice to select Simon Santoso over Olympic gold medallist Taufik Hidayat as first singles player.
Playing on the court next to China were their rivals Japan, who trounced New Zealand 5-0 and looked every bit a legitimate frontrunner in the men's competition.
In the day's earlier session, Denmark and South Korea also looked impressive contenders for a tournament neither country has won yet.
The Danish men, finalists eight times, were never troubled by South Africa in their 5-0 win and were well led by 35-year-old Peter Gade, who hopes to silence critics after this season's poor run of results.
"Winning the Thomas Cup will be very difficult for Denmark because there are a lot of strong teams... but on a good day we can beat anyone," said former men's doubles world number one Mathias Boe after his win with Carsten Mogensen.
The toughest match in South Korea's 5-0 victory over the USA came in the first doubles tie as Yoo Yeon-Seong and Ko Sung-Hyun beat Howard Bach and Olympic medallist Tony Gunawan in three close games.
In the women's competition, the Uber Cup, China are also seeded first and the team demolished South Africa 5-0. In world number one Wang Yihan's opening match her opponent Kerry-Lee Harrington managed just three points.
The Chinese women's squad is led by the three Wangs -- Yihan, Xin and Shixian -- who occupy the top three spots in the world rankings.
But in a sign of her stunning recent form, world number four Li Xuerui has been picked to play the third women's singles in Wuhan, with Wang Shixian playing doubles.
The Chinese women are aiming to lift the Uber Cup for a seventh time, and erase the memory of their shock defeat in the 2010 final in Kuala Lumpur by South Korea.
Beginning the defence of their title against Australia, the South Koreans out-classed their opponents 5-0.

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Jubilee Family Festival
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Average User Rating
1.3 / 5
Rating Breakdown
- 5 star:4
- 4 star:7
- 3 star:2
- 2 star:4
- 1 star:114
For anyone that has not received a refund... email the chief executive - firstname.lastname@example.com You should get a full refund of your tickets by way of a cheque (though you may be offered gift cards or nectar points initially) I am still pursuing them for my travel costs
Just found this thread. We went on the Sunday. So glad we had not paid for tickets. Huge queues for the inside shows so we did not see any of them. Long waits between the brief snatches of shows on the main stage. We stuck it out in the rain for the Disney finale as our 4-year-old son loves Disney. Brief appearances by a few characters. Lots of boring singers. What a waste of an afternoon.
We are a family on 4, 2 adults 1 disabled child wheelchair bound and 1 able bodied child. Had a dreadful experience at this so called "family" event here are a list of the things that we experienced 1.on arrival ticketmaster coudnt find our accesisble + carer tickets so they gave us standard tickets. 2. the event opened 30mins late, staff seemed unsure what to do and didnt offer any sort of apology for the delay, there were also no bag searches .why? 3. access to kidzone difficult, with no guidance from event staff, too crowded 4. disabled toilets not wheelchair accesisble, had to change our daughter on the grass of st johns ambulance tent. 5. If we wanted access to disabled viewing platform, our family would have been split up. 6, not enough caterers...queued 2hrs for a burger and chips and then 1 hour for an ice cream. 7. ladies toilets blocked, causing long queues, event staff just shrugged shoulders, they werent interested 8, questionable food hygiene of the caterers, as 3/4 of our family have been sick since, our doctor has confirmed this was caused by consuming contaminated food, only our daughter wasnt sick, the only one who didnt eat from the caterers at the festival. Our entire jubillee weekend was ruined by A. your excuse for a family festival, and B. the sickness endured by our family, for the following days, that we are only now getting over. Compensation? In my opinion a full refund for this debacle is the least that should be given...so we can afford to attend an Event better organised and with better food safety.
Totally disappointed - it was more like a massive marketing campaign and the queues were unbeleivable - total waste of money
rubbish event. VERY disappointing waste of money.
What a bad festival. For kids.....yeah right it was a nightmare nothing had been organised well enough for children to enjoy. Never again
My family and I couldn't wait for this event but wow were we disappointed at the queues for everything! 40 mins for the loo, two hours for the disney tent followed by queues inside the disney tent! Disney tent was good and kids tent was okay but packed! I countred 300 watching the great Punch and Judy show! Too many people lining corporate pockets! What a shame!
The confusing and disorganised manner in which instructions were given by the marshals' meant that entrance turned into a frustrating free-for-all where queue-jumping was rife. At the top of the list of our priorities once we had entered the site was the 'Kids Zone' (since we have a 4 year old son), which we made for directly but this was even more of a farce. The venue was clearly too small for the demand placed upon it and once again marshalling was virtually non-existent. It made for a cramped, unpleasant environment from which we all wanted to escape as soon as possible. Later in the day the queues for both the 'Kids Zone' and the Disney tent were so long that it made it totally impractical to attend. Similarly the way in which the 'Parade Ground' was sited the crowd was often 5-deep which made viewing anything almost impossible. However, the Kids Zone was to be the focus of our visit and to be excluded from this for the rest of the day due to the queues meant we had to look elsewhere for entertainment. We were also frustrated with the provision and choice of food stands which we felt was totally inadequate for the size of the event; we queued for fully 1 hour for a baked potato; I could also add that the prices charged at the food stands were outrageous. Since this was an all-ticket event I feel there should have made better provision in this regard. I felt most disappointed when it became obvious that the primary aim of this event was to offer promotion to corporate partners or 'Britain's Favorite Brands' as thry would have it; I felt the focus on this objective overshadowed the rest of the event entirely. There were such obvious omissions – where were the children's activities? No bouncy castles! No face painting! No Children's TV/Film characters wandering the site! No fun fair! With the exception of the London African Gospel Choir we got no sense of celebration from the event - mediocre acts, long queues, expensive food and ladles of advertising for good measure. We would have been better off wandering the streets of the capital soaking up the genuine jubilee atmosphere; which is exactly what we decided to do after being subjected to 'Ramin' on the Main Stage; we had little alternative given than our whole family was by now entirely bored and fed up of queuing. It was billed as "action packed and imaginative … once in a lifetime experience for the whole family to enjoy". In short I felt this event was a rather cynical marketing event which prayed on the good nature of families with young children. My family and I routinely shop at Sainsburys stores and had confidence in their reputation but this experience has left such a bitter taste in my mouth that I can hardly bear to be associated with your brand any longer.
We paid £52 of our hard earned money on this advertising extravaganza, what a rip off. Definately the worst show we have ever taken the children to. Queues for absolutely everything. I draw the line at joining a 100m queue for a free box of rice crispies. Queues for food. Children couldn't see anything unless on parents shoulders. At 5ft there's only so long I can keep my 8yr old daughter on my shoulders. Disney show was more of an adult classical concert with Buzz & Woody coming on stage mid-show. Very, very disappointing day and really deserve refund.
Terrible event. Never mind Disney princesses, my 7 year old daughter said her star of the show was a lady who rang the police to get us out of a designated exit.
I sent a long email to Sainsbury's customer serivces this morning, cc'ing in the editor of the Standard, the editor of the Metro and also Justin King, Sainsbury's CEO. They delt with the complaint well and have credited my Necter Card with the full £80 I paid for tickets. Fair play to them for dealing with it so well. I urge others to complain and ensure they get the refund that we all deserve for such a wasted day out.
Very very disappointing. We traveled in from outside of London, with two very excited children, a rare family day for us as my husband works most weekends. As previously mentioned we paid £52 for a family ticket and £25/parking for the day. We entered the site expecting to find all sorts of activities that our our 4 & 7 year old could be involved in. We walked around the site and there was nothing for them to do that involved anything less than a two hour queue. The queues for food were horendous, we have been to many large outside events and I have never seen anything like it. The whole event just seemed to be a marketing event for sainsbury and products they sold. I have no doubt that Sainsburys made these product companies pay a fortune for their stalls as well. The tickets were bought in advance so Sainsburys must have known hgow many adults and children were coming, it was a total money grabbing exercise - disgraceful! I was extremely upset by the event, I stopped a young man wearing a sainsburys badge to complain and after ranting for a minute, he advised me to go to brand awareness to complain. We walked to brand awareness who couldn't help or advise and sent us to the info tent and the lost children desk. There were four young adults in the tent who had no idea, they looked at their list of contacts and their was nobody listed for complaint issues - WHAT! We booked the duck tours at Waterloo at a cost of £70 and left livid feeling totally fleeced.
Should have been renammed the Sainsbury's sponsor festival absolutly nothing to do with the Jubilee but everything to do with thrusting a marketing message. We queued for over an hour for the lame Disney tent to be greeted by 3 cars you couldn't touch, another queue to meet Jake the pirate, a playstation game, a TV showing 3D films and a few random B list Disney figures dotted around the dark dank tent. My 2 year old was upset as nothing for him to see, no figures to meet. The Disney store offers better entertainment than this so we went there the next day! The rest of the site was boring and drab not helped by the weather. No focus to the activities, nothing jubilee or royal about it. We cut our losses by 12 but did meet to Ice age characters on our way out, why weren't they there earlier? Glad I didn't pay for tickets.
We were extreamly disappointed. After like others paying a ridiclous amout to actually attend this event, only to find that inside it was still so expensive. As majourity of this was for children, how they were expected to have fun i dont know. After queueing for each stall to the have to queue for over an hour to see the sows. And everything to far apart for kids to get about happily. we even queued for well over an hours for s prize of the Andrex puppy, to which we still never got to the front of the queue as we have to catch out coach back home. Very disappointed. A refund of some sort should be offered to these complaints. I will add that I will think twice next time!!
What a rip-off. £105 to get in and once in anything on sale was either ridiculously expensive (£11.50 for a chicken sandwich meal that KFC could do better for a fiver and I don't even like KFC!) or just unashamedly commercial. The stamp system to get your free goodie bag started off as a bit of fun but ended up with kids having to stand in long queues and taste some or other product and all to claim your "goodie bag" containing some money off vouchers at Sainsburys, a mask of the queen and a pathetic kids activity sheet. Reminded me of many a trade exhibition I have attended but certainly not a kids party. Glad some people enjoyed the event but more glad the majority thought it awful (I was worrying that I had just become that grumpy old man my wife insists I am!!). Was this really the best we could do for our kids to celebrate 60 years of ER2? If I could rate if 0 stars I would.
I write to you at my earliest opportunity following a disappointing jubilee event in Hyde park attended by my family and some friends that we invited wit us. Having reviewed the website it seemed like one of the best things too do with 2 three year olds. We arrived at 10:35 and queued to get into the event, this took until 11:25, but can only be expected due to the popularity of the event and security checks. Having familiarised ourself with the map of the event we decided to stop and watch the Morris dancers OT the village green. Unfortunately, there was a delay due to the late arrival of the town crier, we waited then watched the event. 12:10 we went to find the food kiosks, its lunch time, we had too queue, again can only be expected. 12:35, we sat down to lunch. 13:15 we decided to attend the Disney tent (something we have been telling my 3 year old son about for weeks, the chance to see mater and lighting McQueen) having queued for 25 minutes, one of the security team (I assume as was in an orange jacket) came to advised that from where we were was going to take at least 1.45 - 2 hours to get into the tent and could we come back later. 13:45 we decided to go too the butlins family tent, feeling slightly disappointed and promising the children to return to the Disney tent later, as requested. 14:00 we managed to get into the but ins tent, only to be stood at the back, and be able to see nothing so left. Not much fun for the children. We then decided to walk the length of the event to the main stage, where eventually we managed to watch a choir ( the first thing to be seen at 14:30) my. Wife and friends then stayed to watch strictly come dancing at 15:00 whilst my friend and I left to return, as requested to the Disney stage. To our shock and massive disappointment, we arrived at the tent 15:25 to find it CLOSED with no reason or explanation, shocking. We decided to go to some of the other brands tents. Kingsmill where we queued to make sandwiches with the 2 three year olds, 20 minutes of queuing we got to the front - we are closing the stall for 20 minutes, we left the queue. Next stop the kids family tent to see again another character show. The queue was gigantic, we would have been in the same situation we were in earlier in the day. I had spent £100 to queue all day and not do or see anything that i had promised the children we would do. What to do for a further 2 hours before the "grand amazing finale" - 16:30 we cut our losses and left the event. We asked to see the customer services team on the day to be told the isn't one and to report online. I am sorry to send such a negative email, but this was an expensive weekend (hotels, tubes, entrance to Hyde park) to an event that promised to be spectacular for a massive moment in history, turned out to be chronically disappointing. Ticket refund? Join the queues!
I am writing to express how disappointed my family and I are following the Sainsbury's Jubilee Family Festival on Saturday in Hyde Park. On arrival everything was disorganised and we were forced to form a queue of thousands to get into the event from Hyde Park Tube station and we were queuing for over an hour with three children who became very tired and fed up even before we got in. Inside the event we were expected to pay a further £5 for a programme which we felt was ridiculous given we had paid over £50 to get in. There were thousands of people queuing everywhere, most tents ie: disney and butlins tent queues were over an hour long... and the disney tent closed at 3pm so we didn't even get to see it.... and my son was upset that he couldn't see Fireman Sam as the 300 capacity meant we were not close enough to the start of the queue to get in.... very upset children. The parade ground was barely visible and my husband and I had to piggy back each of our children in turn so that they could get a glimpse of something.... eventually we had to get them off our shoulders as my husband damaged his back from all the carrying. The Main stage was packed and so was the cultural stage..... We got the impression that the event was mis-advertised and was nothing more than a glorified picnic with companies using the event as an excuse to promote their wares... We were expecting more to do... climbing walls, bouncy castles, carousels, trampolines etc and were so disappointed that we had paid a fortune in car parking and rail tickets to get to the event and paid £53 for the Tickets and it was not the 'Family' Event that we were led to believe... We ended up leaving at 3.30pm as we were fed up with the queues and the lack of things to do.... Very Very Disappointed as we shop regularly in Sainsburys and had spent weeks telling the children that they would see all of these disney characters, pearly kings and queens, dog shows, marching bands... and they didn't see any of it....... I would like a Refund for our tickets please.
Give the British an opportunity to queue and complain and that's what they'll do.... With the exception of the Disney tent, we avoided all of the queues and instead watched the acts on the stages and central arena. We never had to queue for the food stalls or toilets - probably because everyone was queuing at the supplier tents.
Interested to read these comments as feel reassured we weren't the only family massively disappointed with the event. It was simply awful. Huge queues and nothing interesting for the kids to do. My kids were bored which says it all....as they never get bored. Now I will try and get a refund!
Disgraceful, cynical exploitation. This seems to have been one big advertising event for Sainsburys and it suppliers. Nothing to do with the family and nothing to do with the Jubilee.
This was a discrace and a total waste of £52, Sainsburys should refund everyones money, and absoloute discrace - 20minutes we were there which was the time it took to walk from one end to the other of Hyde Park - there was nothing there apart from a few tents giving away samples of tissues/detergents etc. and a few beer tents selling 330ml botle of beer for £4.00 - Can someone explain what the £52 was to cover? You got exactly the same thing for free the next day when they screened the Jubilee Concert> This to me was a blatent con, Scandle.
What a complete waste of money and a rip off. We walked through the park and everythimg seemed to be disjointed so we walked out at the nearest EXIT. We had a better and more exciting time wlaking down Oxford and Regents street. In actual fact there was more entertainment in Hamleys!!!! Sainsburys hang your heads in SHAME
Total waste of money ! A load of nothing ! We walked in and walked back out within an hour . Rip off . We went to winterwonder land at christmas and it was fantastic ,sainburys should have looked at that event before trying to put together this complete farce !
The festival was rubbish!!! We went on Sunday from about 3pm till 5pm, missing the Pagent on the River. Everything got cancelled due to 'Health and Safety' and that was before it rained!! Nothing worth seeing apart from War Horse. I would be even more disappointed if I had actually paid for the tickets... and that is saying something!!
After reading all the miserable people's complaints i felt I had to comment. The event was great fun!! Apparently 60,000 people there on Sat, of course there will be queues!! If you don't want to queue go to a smaller event. War horse and the main stage were absolutely fantastic and The Disney show was one of the best things I have ever seen. The biggest complaint i had was how many miserable grown ups there were. The kids loved it. Such a shame to leave such a sour taste. Travelled 4 hours to get to London and would go back tomorrow if I could see Disney again. It was super. Shocking people attending-so rude!! Sometimes these things are what you make of them. I had no complaints. Pieminister food was great, small queue(we expected queues...duh) No queues for toilets, everything clean and staff enthusiastic!! Don't be so blimming miserable!!! Our kids were still raving about it last night. We had a super time!
Wish I could enter minus 10 star rating. Ticket master failed to email electronic ticket. Was told to walk 15 minutes outside fence from south gate to north gate with 2 and 4 yr old to see rep. Was treated like someone who was taking a chance to get in for free even though my money was taken. First inkling of poor, thoughtless organisation of event. In hindsight I should have been paid to go in! Queued for nearly two hours for burgers at £6 a pop before adding chips. Children queued for over an hour for kids zone. (not because it was popular as someone suggested in another review), but because we were duped to believe it would be entertaining. What a disappointment. Someone dressed up in a Fireman Sam suit jumping around to music. No props or decor to speak of. Completely missed Thomas which was what my youngest son was promised to see. The program (a further purchase of £5) should not only have stated the event time but a queue warning of over an hour. The military event was more Dad's army and the stunt motorbikes were in fact a children's group. The whole thing smacked of amateurs having their moment of glory at our cost. Not what you would expect at tickets of £52 in a key London park. The only thing worth listening to was the Disney orchestra (listening as we could not see the stage). The whole thing was a logistical disaster. Grates even more as I usually shop at Sainsburys. As a Londoner I am ashamed of this fiasco. To have called this a jubilee event is to spit in the queen's face.
Agree with all the comments on this site. We thought we were lucky to win the tickets to this event - thank goodness we did not pay for them ??!! There was nothing to do at all for the kids - had promised them Disney princesses and Angelina Ballerina etc etc... We queued for the Disney tent for near on two hours - promising them at least a princess inside - when we got inside - we found there were yet more queues for other things to do. We did see the cars but that was about it... so a two hour queue to see ...nothing basically. The events in the main arena were ok - namely the dogs and the horses. But I had to constantly lift up my seven year old and my hubby our four year old - as there was no way they could see... my arms are killing me as she weighs four stone ... surely there should have been a better way to see these things... we then decided to see the motorbike show - which after waiting for ages - were told that this was cancelled a few minutes before they were due to start ?? surely they knew before this that there was no way they were going on. We then wanted to see the Strictly show, so we sat on the grass and waited for about an hour to get a good spot. This was the only saving grace - a good show - compared by Craig - but literally lasted about fifteen minutes ?? Then decided to go home and not see the Disney spectacular - with two disappointed children in tow... Very upset by everything... at least have some entertainment for the kids whilst they were queuing. We had to struggle to get on a train to get to the event - in a way, we wish we hadn't bothered - should have gone to the river instead... load of rubbish ...
We attended the family festival on Sat 2nd June in Hyde Park with a 4 mth old and a 2 3/4 yr old and trekked across London to get there. We were so disappointed at everything in the festival. We had to queue for everything for far too long (thank Goodness we brought a portable potty or my 2 year old would have wet herself on several occasions). The Disney tent closed at 3.30pm so we couldn't get into that resulting in tears from my 2 and 3/4 year old. Food and drink queues were unbelievably long, the Thomas the Tank Engine show was OK but noone left after each performance so my husband had to crouch with my daughter on his shoulders and badly hurt his back, the queues for each tent were ridiculous, queues for 30 mins to get some free ham!!!.... We didn't bother, thank Goodness we brought a picnic. Poor show Sainsbury's - UTTER SHAMBLES.
Really Rubbish total waste of money
Worst day out. Cant believe that once in the place we had to pay for a £5 programme. I have had better entertainment at my hol in turkey and that says it all. The disney show wasn't what we expected, woman singing instead of the characters. Only 5mins into the disney show and loads of people were making the way to exits. NEVER leave a stage empty, we waited a long time in-between the different acts on main stage. Disney adverts on screen whilst waiting in the cold rain. I mean it when i say i refuse to shop in sainsburys again even if it meant i have to travel an extra five miles to my next supermarket. Everyone we spoke to in the queue said they were angry and never want to shop in sainsburys again. I feel upset for my kids, thanks for wasting my money. I wish it had been a day to remember. gutted and actually feel sick with disgust at how there was nothing on for toddlers. I had my camera at the ready but nothing good or worth taking pics of.
A reasonably good event and and ok value for money. Really what did people expect for this price?? There was plenty of space and we certainly didn't queue to get in, queue for the toilets or queue for the bars. Ok so there were queues for the freebies but we left them to the cheapskates to give them something to moan about (seems some people just like to complain)
Such high hopes and expectations of a wonderful family day out. How wrong we were. One of the worst family events we have been to since becoming parents. All the day turned out to be was a marketing roadshow...with dishwasher tablets, headache pills and enough loo roll to keep us going till Christmas, being shoved down our necks. Sainsbury's should be ashamed of themselves cashing in on such a historical day. Blatantly ripping parents off, who went there thinking the event would keep their children and themselves entertained for the entire day. Instead there were just queues for Branded products, small glasses of apple juice, and some dire Non-Branded music! We left after two hours. Unhappy kids, and £52 less well off. My husband, said on the way there...lets just go to the movies instead...should have listened to you honey!!
really bad, nothing to do for the kids, went to lollibop last year it rained but various tents to entertain the kids like the making rockets in the science museum tent! the dog show, marching bands could have seen that for free at a local village fette, the motorbikes did not do a show! sack races?? - rubbish! just queues galores!other than selling of union jack flags, hats etc, the event had nothing to do with the Queens Jubilee or for the family!! Just the promotion of brands... The main stage should have at least had ongoing entertainment so people could at least watch something... very very poor what a waste of time and money!
Absolute disgrace. Sainsburys, the promoters Harvey Goldsmith, and sadly Disney should all be ashamed. But of course they wont be because they have managed to extract thousands of pounds from trusting families.Attended on Saturday and I have never seen so many disappointed children and angry parents at one event.And the anger is fully justified. A Kids Zone you couldnt get into, total commercialisation of everything. The Disney tent closed three hours before the event was due to finish. This had nothing to do with families let alone children. Eveyone should take the time to complain to everyone involved as these people need to know they cannot just expolit innocent families and children. I have spent the last two days explaining to my three year old why we couldnt see any of the Disney characters or other childrens characters she had been so excited about. Not that it wiil make any difference but a message to Sainsburys.You will not find me in one of your stores again as it is the only way to demonstrate against the contempt you clearly hold your customers in. Oh and the one star is for the London African Gospel Choir who were excellent and the only saving grace of the day.
Took my 6 year old daughter, lots of travel time and cash burned, rarely have I felt so robbed and she so disappointed. By all means sell it as a tattoo/multi-cultural concert but not as a family event when the 'family' elements are so sadly lacking. I'll be keeping an eye out for the organisers name to avoid future events they're involved with and will doubtless remember it next time I choose a supermarket.
Contrary to the majority of others on here, we enjoyed our day. Only had to queue for the toilets on arrival and for an ice cream but found that queues moved swiftly. We chose not to waste our day queuing for freebies. There was a lot of marketing tents but we just didn't bother with them. We got a great spot between the parade ground and the Commonwealth stage and it was lovely. Plenty to see and we took a picnic so didn't need to queue for overpriced food. [I had a great time we really enjoyed ourselves and there was lots to do. There was a long queue to get in and it was worth the wait. Every one complaining about Sainsburys, it wasn't Sainsburys fault that there were queues. Laura,aged12]
Attended on saturday - what a waste of a day! Got there at about 12.30 and tried to egt some food, had too que for about 40 minutes to pay £6.00 for a roll that tasted like it was made a week ago, waited to see the parachute jumpers only to be told at the last minute that it was cancelled because 'they couldnt get a plane' absolutely ridiculous! Tri3ed to que for the disney tent only to be told we werent allowed to because the que was already too long! Complete discrace, sainsburys should be ashamed to sponsor such a shambles. Had more fun at the school fete!
Agree with all these reviews! Truly terrible, no where near enough for the kids to do. I am not sure quite what we paid £60 for - long queue for the kids zone and a peek at the war horse puppets which were good but hardly constituted a 'spectacular on the main stage' - this event was totally over billed and under delivered. Too much effort on sponsors and not enough thought as to the actual experience people were paying for. My kids spent all day trying to collect stamps for their passports from miserable sponsors (there was nothing else to do) only to be rewarded with a completely empty and cheap 'goody bag' at the end. Sainsburys should be totally ashamed of this event and have done their brand untold damage - I hope they do the right thing and offer refunds. We would have felt more a part of the jubilee at home watching telly. Off to our local village fete today which I expect will be far better executed.
The family festival provided everything they had promised. There was amazing entertainment with music and dance from around the world on the Commonwealth Stage, fantastic displays from dogs to military bands on the (wet and muddy!) Parade ground, we missed the Kids Zone (due to long queues which proved it's popularity) but we loved the amazing Billy Elliot, Ramin, War Horse and Disney in Concert on the Main Stage. The alfresco dancers braved the rain (maybe a little crazy?) And although we packed a picnic, there was plenty of food laid on courtesy of the stands, which of course were there to advertise their products, but most laid on small kids activities which were popular. Many gave out little freebies and some supplied free photos of what they'd made or of the children/families. Most people are complaining about the queues to those activities, which to be fair were long, but we were there for the entertainment not so much for what we could get for free. There was a long queue (about an hour and a half) to the Disney tent, (popcorn and candy floss supplied free) but my 2yr old, 5yr old and even 12yr old thought it was worth it. They watched a bit of Sky 3D, played x-box kinect, saw life size Lightening McQueen, Tow Mater and Finn McMissile and some other Disney Characters and were welcome to have photos taken with them. Security staff were extra helpful with many parents of small children with pushchairs!) The day was a little marred by the weather, it did seem to spoil it for some as it meant rushing from one place to another but hey, who can control that. We had a great day.
The party i travelled with have said they had better days out at local fairs. Badly organised and to it was an insult that they expected you to go around to all the local advertises to get your book stamped for some crap bag. Waited in a que for hour and half with bored kids, no entertainers going around as you qued. My four year old said when i asked him, what he thought he said there wasn't lots to do. Thanks sainburys for conning me out of £60 for my kids to not enjoy one thing. Why did we have to pay an extra £5 for a programme of times. The disney show wasn't even rated either, the characters were only on the stage for a couple minutes, why did we bother waiting in the cold rain. Also in the advert video, you gave the impression the motobike show was going to be indoors. The motorbike show was cancelled due to the weather. What a waste of a day and never going to set foot in sainburys again. CRAP EVENT. I want £50 refund
This was advertised to be a great family event. It was terrible, no sign of anything to do with the jubilee and not enough activities so hours of queuing for everything. Very disappointing. We left after queuing for several hours and went to the Natural History Museum. Much better!
Excellent idea, terribly executed. Advertised as a family friendly festival although we spent the whole day in queues. We were one of the 'lucky' ones to get into the Disney tent just before it closed after waiting 2 hours queuing, as we were promised to meet the Disney characters .... there was only one. The Kids Zone was so packed and queues horrendous we couldnt even get in. The only other family friendly events were ... NONE. My 3 and 4 year old children ended up falling asleep mid afternoon shattered from waiting, queuing, and continuous dissappointment. What did this have to do with the celebration of the Queen's 60 years on the throne??? Absolutely nothing. It was one big back slapping exercise for Sainsburys, Britains Biggest Marketing Ploy, a devious and calous attempt by Sainsburys to cash in on what should have been a family day to remember (for the right reasons). The whole event was so disorganised, there was a complete lack of atmosphere. People walking rushing from point A to point B, to spend 30 minutes in a queue to obtain one of their 15 stamps so that they can obtain a Jubilee Edition Bag filled with goodies. We were one of them, we received the bag with nothing in it. My wife and I discussed very early on to leave and venture into London. We decided to give it a chance. We made the wrong decision. On speaking to many others, many couldnt agree more. A waste of £52 and what should have been a magical day to remember. WE WILL NEVER EVER SHOP AT SAINSBURYS AGAIN.
Sainsburys should hang their heads in shame. This was not a family event, it was a marketing exercise. What do children experience in the form of brands like dettol and vanish ? Collecting stamps for a sainsburys bag of more mini brands...another marketing gimmick ! Toddlers cannot wait 2.5 hours for the "possibility" to see their favourite characters. We did not even try after the security guy said " you will probably not get in as they close at 4.30 pm for the stage performance. The time was 2pm ! The sound quality and performance of the (butllins) bob the builder was so poor we left. My husband bought the tickets - ".... an utter waster of £50". The children loved the tube and taxi....will remember to keep it low key next time !
What an utter utter Shambles of an event the Jubilee Family Festival was. Everything has been covered in the comments below but I think this travesty should get far more attention then it has done which is why I propose all those disappointed with the event should email the Evening standard "firstname.lastname@example.com" and Shame Sainsburys into refunding this farce of an event. If the standard gets hundreds of emails then they will have to take notice.
we went to the festival on Saturday with our 4yr old daughter and it has to said it was a complete shambles. we didn't have to queue to get in (got there about 12.15pm) but inside there were queues for everything, except the toilets!! there was plenty of free food to have but you did have to queue for it and that took ages. we tried to get into the kiddies tent to see Fireman Sam but it was over an hour to wait. the security there were rude and kept telling people that we wouldn't get in as there wasn't a lot of space inside the tent. of course the children started crying then thinking they couldn't see their favourite character. there were people queue-jumping and the security didn't want to do anything about it until we started to make a big fuss. one man just walked straight to the front of the queue, even after being told by security to go to the back of the queue, and security only removed him after people made a lot of noise. got into Fireman Sam show but it wasn't that good. didn't last for more than 20 mins and then we were all told to move because they wanted to clean the tent! I am so glad that I won the tickets because if I'd paid for them I'd have been arguing with people for a refund on the spot. we left at 4.30pm as we were bored and really couldn't be bothered to wait for the finale at 5.20pm and just went through one of the exits into the park. security just let us out, think they were fed up with it all. definitely wouldn't recommend the event to anyone and agree its just a big promotion for Sainsbury. they should be ashamed of themselves and never do anything like this again. better still give everybody £100 of vouchers for compensation. I also will not be shopping in Sainsbury after this fiasco!
We went on Saturday to this event and what a waste of a day. Everybody has said it all. In fairness, War Horse was amazing, we loved that. Everything else was either unavailable (Disney - closed early, staff said to blame Disney as they insisted on closing that early) or had very long queues. Kids Zone in particular - when we did get in after the queue jumpers had beaten us to it and the staff had shrugged and said they didn't have enough staff to stop this happening - the shows were mediocre at best. Prices for everything were hugely inflated and our Pick and Mix sweets came to almost £7. We put them back and it was the final straw for us really. I found the Disney finale was not great but having said that, we left before the end as we'd had enough. With 3 youngsters in our group, we feel disappointed for them and disgusted at Sainsbury's. We have complained but heard nothing back yet.
Ouch. Sainsburys and the organisers got this event spectacularly wrong. Have just submitted this complaint on the Sainsburys' website: "I went to the Sainsburys Jubilee FAMILY festival on Sat 2 June with my children and we were bitterly disappointed with the event. It was not in the slightest bit organised with families and children in mind. We had to queue for 1 hour for food, 2 hours to get into any of the kids' shows (only for the sound quality to be so poor that children were immediately bored) and even 1 hour for the toilet (which was blocked). If this was a clever marketing ploy to raise the Sainsburys' brand profile, you have failed miserably, and the thousands of children with glum faces walking around Hyde Park yesterday was indicative of the overall terrible quality of the event. I do hope Sainsburys will attempt to put right the hurt and complete exploitation that we experienced yesterday by offering a full refund ASAP."
Completely agree with comments. Soulless, marketing driven, non family friendly disgrace. Sainsburys and the other brands should be ashamed.
Couldn't agree more with all the comments. Thought it would be a nice treat for my niece (a strictly fan) and nephew (a disney cars fan). Saw neither. Main stage was full at least an hour before each show which was impossible for us as we spent our hour in a queue for food. To top it off spent over 40 mins in the Disney tent queue with a very excited 5 year old Cars fan only to be told to not to bother as we wouldn't get in for the last show of the day! Absolute farce. We couldn't stand it any longer and took the children to the Diana playground in Kensington Gardens where they had a fantastic time. As for the ridiculous orange drawstring bag, (the thank you for spending even more time in queues) maybe a better use for them would be for Sainsburys marketing team and all others involved in this shambles to put them over the heads to hide their embarassment.
We went on Saturday - we queued to get in for maybe 25 minutes, then for the loo - but only because we stayed at the loos near the entrance. There were other loos without queues. We didn't queue at all after that - we'd taken our own food and saw things that didn't need queues. There was loads going on in the main parade ring, like the tiny tots with thier mini-motorbikes, the cavalry horses, there was the Culture stage with loads of different things going on. I feel sorry for those who didn't enjoy their day - they missed out on a treat.


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Pregnancy brings new meaning to the concept of beauty
We wonder. When, exactly, did the demure woman in a family way become the pregnant babe in peekaboo tops and body-hugging spandex? Did she evolve gradually from the fashion DNA of an expectant, bare-bellied '60s love child? Or did she emerge suddenly, fully formed and inevitable, after Demi Moore flaunted her gloriously naked third-trimester self on the cover of Vanity Fair?
Whether or not you shimmy your belly into today's provocative maternity wear, you can't help but send the same message those women did, the one broadcast since humans worshipped fertility goddesses with enormous breasts and abdomens: The pregnant body is beautiful in its lush, wondrous form—an engineering miracle, if you will, an homage to possibility and clear evidence of order, even perfection, in this world.
We grant you that pregnancy encompasses the occasional (OK, for some of you, frequent) physical discomforts and wild mood swings and gloomy certainty that you will never again fit into any of your prepregnancy jeans. But we suggest that there are also those moments that you feel beautiful simply because you are.
Pregnancy brings new meaning to the concept of beauty (just as children add entirely new meaning to the concepts of, say, unconditional love, eating out, sleeping in, stain-resistant anything and, yes, fortunately and unfortunately, sex). Beauty is the woman in her husband's giant overalls at an outdoor cafe, absentmindedly patting her belly while doing double duty on a DoveBar and grilled cheese, savoring all the sweetness of her expanding girth, the chocolate, the breeze, the moment. Beauty is the pregnant woman patiently cooing into the ear of the tear- and dirt-streaked toddler on her hip as she convinces him to leave the playground. It is the sprite twenty-something yoga student and her almost middle-aged counterpart, both in full-body leotards, practicing their prenatal yoga asanas. It is the way a woman balances a body that, in accommodating a baby, has taken on enough water to sink a small rowboat, whose center of gravity is the center of a small universe unto itself. The beauty of pregnancy is aesthetic and spiritual as well as physical. It is in the instinctive resourcefulness of a woman's body and soul, combining what seems to be magic with the mundane.
To all of our pregnant readers: We hope that your beauty is reflected in your full-length mirror (yes!), and in the looks from loved ones. Give a pat for us.


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No parent looks forward to "the talk." But there are ways to make the conversation easier. Check out these tips from Rosalind Wiseman, best-selling author, mom and Family Circle columnist, about how to help your child navigate the murky waters of relationships, sex—and, yes, love. If you have a question of your own, e-mail email@example.com, and your answer may appear in the magazine. (Be sure to read How to Have the Sex Talk with Your Teen for more tips about how to make the conversation more relaxed and how to get your point across.)
How to Talk About Peer Pressure and Friendship Feuds with Your Teen
Q. My 16-year-old son has found his first love. He spends all his free time with her, then is on the phone at least a couple hours at night, and that's not counting the IMing and text messaging. Is this relationship too intense?
A. A teenager's first love is a powerful experience, but it's not an excuse to abandon his responsibilities. Set rules about phone and computer use and enforce them. Hover until he hangs up or signs off and review his cell account online to confirm when and for how long he's communicating.
But it's not all about rules. Ask him why he likes her (watch your tone so you don't sound like an interrogator). Then tell him your non-negotiables, including respect (no name calling when they argue) and maintaining relationships with his other friends and his family. Lastly, go over your expectations and values about sex. If he doesn't feel comfortable talking to you, find another adult to speak with him—someone he thinks is cool and who shares your values.
Q. My 16-year-old son is involved with a very troubled girl his age. She told him she was abused as a child and he seems to think it's his job to help her get over it. I'm afraid he's getting trapped in a destructive relationship. What should I do?
A. Your son wants to be her knight in shining armor—but I don't care how old or mature he is, that's way too much responsibility for any person. You want him to learn that one person can't take away another person's pain. Start by helping him come up with boundaries—which you should write down. Like, all deep conversations must occur before 10 p.m. (he shouldn't be talking to her until 2 a.m.). Or, she can't stop him from spending time with other friends or threaten herself or the relationship if he does. Second, tell him that you're really proud that he wants to be a support to someone and that the best way to do that is to maintain his own emotional health. Lastly, if he's obsessed with this girl to the exclusion of his other responsibilities and interests, or is feeling overwhelmed, take him to a therapist who specializes in abuse. He'll need help coming up with an action plan.
Q. When my husband and I learned that our 15-year-old had sex with her boyfriend, we grounded her for a month with no computer or phone, and told her the relationship is over. But I don't want to lose my daughter over this. Assuming she's not pregnant (she says they used condoms), what's the next step we should take?
A. Reread Romeo and Juliet—because that's the dynamic you've just created. Please face the fact that your response didn't address the goals, which are to help your daughter develop into a sexually responsible adult and to have her boyfriend respect your values. De-romanticize this situation quickly by sitting both kids down and explaining several things: While you recognize their affection for each other, you vehemently believe they shouldn't be having sex. But you aren't naive. If people want to get together, they'll figure out a way. Since they've decided they're mature enough to be sexually active, your daughter will get a gynecological exam for pregnancy and STDs. You expect the boyfriend—if he really cares about your daughter—also to be checked by his doctor. Tell them that after this conversation you'll be contacting the other parents so everybody can be on the same page. Conclude by looking the boyfriend in the eye and saying, "Let me be clear that my daughter is precious to me. I am asking you to be a man in the real sense of the word and do the right thing." For more communication tips about intimacy, read How to Have the Sex Talk with Your Teen.
How to Have the Sex Talk with Your Teen
Q. Is it normal for my 17-year-old son to have a different girlfriend every few months?
A. Sure it's normal, but that doesn't mean you should ignore it. The world needs more boys who believe that real men are never careless about others' feelings and dignity. Obviously parents are the ones most likely to make that happen. So be involved to the extent that both you and his father are beyond clear that you expect him to be respectful (in person, online, or while texting) toward anyone he dates. He must also insist on being treated the same way. Most important is for him to see how his parents interact. If you aren't showing him how people should respect each other in intimate relationships, it's hard to ask the same of him.
Q. My 16-year-old daughter spends a lot of time at her boyfriend's house. I just found out that his parents allow them to watch movies in his room with the door closed. Should I confront his parents?
A. Yes! Just confirm the "facts" with them first. While it's important to have a mutually respectful relationship with them, it's more important to set clear guidelines for your daughter and her boyfriend, such as, "The bedroom door must always be open." And don't hesitate to tell the other parents your rules! Now you may be thinking, "No way I'm telling them what to allow under their roof." But you have to communicate your rules to other parents so you can present a united front. If they disagree with you, have a mature face-to-face conversation about it—before your kids have been caught doing something they shouldn't. This is also the time to have another dialogue with your daughter about sex. A good resource: Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask), by Justin Richardson, M.D., and Mark Schuster, M.D., Ph.D. (Three Rivers Press).
Q. My 17-year-old wants to buy his new girlfriend an expensive necklace, which seems extravagant to me. Should I say something?
A. At 17 a boy is old enough to purchase pricey gifts for his girlfriend (with his own money) but not mature enough to realize he'll feel like a fool if she breaks his heart afterward. Your job? Notice whether the gift is a one-time thing or part of a pattern of buying love. If it's the latter, ask him how the relationship's going, then bring up your concerns.
Q. My 18-year-old son, a high school senior, is dating a 15-year-old sophomore. This doesn't seem like a great idea to me, but I don't want to forbid it. Are there any ground rules I should set?
A. There are two reasons boys date younger girls. Some boys aren't as mature as their female peers and feel more comfortable with someone younger. Other guys want to exploit the fact that younger girls have a harder time holding their own. Your job is to make your son aware that his girlfriend may have trouble communicating her personal boundaries. Teach him to ask her questions and to listen to her responses, both verbal and nonverbal (because a girl may say something is "okay," while her tone indicates the opposite). If you're concerned that your son fits the second scenario, be very clear with him that he will have to answer to you if he takes advantage of this girl. And also remind him that in some states he could be legally prosecuted for sexual activity with her. (For specifics, go to sexlaws.org.)
Q. My 16-year-old son has a girlfriend, but he has been spending a lot of time with another girl whom he calls his "best friend." Do you think I should get involved?
A. Sure. Start off with, "Maybe I'm seeing things the wrong way but I've noticed that you're hanging out with Mary. I love that you have strong friendships with girls but how does Anne feel about that?" He responds with, "Mom, it's no big deal. Don't worry about it." You say, "Well, it's normal to have strong feelings about two people at the same time, so if you want to discuss that, we can. The only thing that worries me is that you may be hurting somebody's feelings. This isn't about what I think of either of the girls. It's about how I expect you to conduct yourself in any relationship."
Q. My 16-year-old daughter wants to spend Christmas at her boyfriend's house. We'd like her at home but not if she's going to be a grumpy teenager.
A. She should be home with you—moody or not. That's what the holidays are for, right? Ungrateful, sullen teens moping about wishing they were somewhere else. Just keep her busy with a holiday project she's in charge of, like baking a pie or hanging out with an elderly or younger relative.
If you have a question of your own, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, and your answer may appear in the magazine.
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|Oracle® Enterprise Manager Concepts
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B12016-01
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The Enterprise Manager framework provides in-depth system monitoring that supports the timely detection and notification of impending problems across the entire Oracle environment
This chapter includes information about the following:
Metrics and alerts when used together provide a powerful mechanism by which to notify you of impending problems with your environment.
Metrics are units of measurement used to assess the health of your system. Each target comes with a predefined set of metrics. These metrics in turn have thresholds associated with them.
Thresholds are boundary values against which monitored metric values are compared. For example, for each disk device associated with the Disk Utilization (%) metric, you can define a different warning and critical threshold. Some of the thresholds are predefined by Oracle, others are not.
Once a threshold is reached, an alert is generated. An alert is an indicator signifying that a particular condition has been encountered and is triggered when one of the following conditions is true:
A threshold is reached.
An alert has been cleared.
The availability of a monitored service changes. For example, the availability of an application server changes from up to down.
A specific condition occurs. For example, an alert is triggered whenever an error message is written to a database alert log file.
These alerts can be associated with a notification, the automatic execution of a job, and so on.
Alerts are detected through a polling-based mechanism by checking for the monitored condition from a separate process at regular, predefined intervals. The majority of the Enterprise Manager metric-based alerts are polling based. Polling means that the Management Agent checks at intervals to see if the condition has been reached.
See Also:"About Alerts" in the Enterprise Manager online help
The Enterprise Manager Grid Control Home page is the pinnacle of aggregated information. At a glance, you can determine the state of the enterprise, the overall availability of the targets, the severity of reported alerts, and the status of job executions.
In addition, if a target consists of other components, its home page will provide the rolled-up view of the status and performance of the target as a whole, and include aggregate performance of each component.
For example, the home page for an Oracle Application Server instance provides a rolled-up view of the performance of the Oracle Application Server instance, including the aggregate CPU and memory performance of each component in the instance. You can identify components that may require diagnostic investigation and drill down into those components for more detailed performance information, such as deployed applications.
Enterprise Manager automatically collects and aggregates performance and availability data for each target over time. When alert details are shown, they are displayed in context of the metric's historical values over time. You can examine this historical data to watch for performance trends where problems have occurred.
You can also correlate a target's metric data with its past historical averages or compare its values with other targets. Measurement against past performance or against other targets provides a tool for diagnosing whether or not a problem is isolated in time or space. For example, if the CPU Utilization on host PROD1 seems unusually high, you might want to compare it against its average to see if what you are observing is a spike or a more serious problem. You might further want to compare it against the CPU utilization of other hosts that support the same application, to determine if some load balancing of work is needed across multiple hosts.
You can compare metrics to determine trends in metric performance across various subsets of data of the same type.
The Compare Objects page allows you to contrast values for a particular metric within a target. As an example, you can compare the disk usage across various file systems. If the Filesystem Space Available (%) metric on host1 has three values /, /private, /private1, and you are currently viewing the details of the values of /private1, then you can compare the /private1 value details with the details for the values / and /private. The comparisons are plotted on the Metric Value History chart.
You can compare targets of the same type and determine how a target is performing with relation to others. Using the Compare Targets page, you can select targets from the Available Targets list. For your convenience, the results display in the Metric Value History chart on the Metric Detail page.
When a target becomes unavailable or if performance thresholds are reached, Enterprise Manager generates alerts in the Grid Control and notifies you and other appropriate administrators. Enterprise Manager supports notifications through e-mail (including e-mail to paging systems), SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) traps, and the running of custom scripts.
Enterprise Manager supports these various notification mechanisms through the use of notification methods.
Notifications are not limited to alerting administrators. You can define notification methods to run any custom operating system script or PL/SQL procedure, and thus automate any type of response to an alert. For example, you can define methods that call into a trouble-ticket system, invoke third party API's to share alert information with other monitoring systems, or even log a bug against a product.
See Also:"About Notifications" in the Enterprise Manager online help
A notification method is used to specify the details associated with a particular notification mechanism, such as, which SMTP gateway(s) to use for e-mail, which operating system script to run to log trouble tickets, and so on. You, as a super administrator, perform a one-time setup of the various types of notification methods available for use. Only an administrator with super user privileges can manage (create, edit, or both) a notification method.
See Also:"Managing Notification Methods" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Once you define the notification methods, you can then define notification rules. A notification rule is a set of conditions that determine when Enterprise Manager sends a notification. You specify these conditions as the set of targets, monitored metrics, and metric severities for which notifications should be sent. For example, you can define a rule such that notifications should be sent when any database goes down or tablespace usage becomes critical. During notification rule creation, you can associate the rule with multiple notification methods.
See Also:"Defining Notification Rules" in the Enterprise Manager online help
When you install the option that creates the Management Repository, notification rules are created for the critical conditions that could occur for all supported target types. For example, for the database target type, a rule is created such that e-mail notifications are sent when any database becomes unavailable, or if any of its key health metrics (Datafile Usage(%), Archiver Hung Error Stack, Tablespace Space Used(%), and so on) becomes critical. Enterprise Manager sends the e-mail notifications to the e-mail address associated with the SYSMAN account. The SYSMAN account is the default super administrator account provided when you install Enterprise Manager.
See Also:"About Default Notification Rules for Supported Targets" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Enterprise Manager provides a number of ways to help you get started monitoring your Oracle Environment.
Out-of-the-box monitoring simplifies a critical but potentially time-consuming task of setting up monitoring for managed targets, that is, services that you want to monitor. As you add targets to Enterprise Manager, options are automatically provided to monitor the target at a recommended or at a minimum level. Each level of monitoring consists of a set of metrics and predefined thresholds that are based on Oracle recommendations for those levels.
The recommended level covers full monitoring of the target. The minimum level covers monitoring of the target's key availability and performance indicators. These options allow you to quickly set up monitoring based on your high-level requirements.
Although you can rely on these Oracle recommendations, you still have the flexibility of later fine-tuning these thresholds to suit your particular environment.
Enterprise Manager provides proactive, unattended monitoring of the complete Oracle platform. A thorough set of performance and health metrics provide monitoring of each component (and subcomponent) of the Oracle environment:
Business Applications
Application Servers
Operating Systems
The Oracle Management Agent on each monitored host monitors the status, health, and performance of all targets on that host. If the target goes down, or if a performance metric crosses a warning or critical threshold, Enterprise Manager generates an alert. This alert appears in the Grid Control and also triggers notification to the administrators specified in the notification schedule.
This allows you to be notified if the target:
Goes down
Is blacked out for scheduled maintenance
Current status cannot be determined due to network outages
Has other issues that trigger alerts, such as low disk space, high CPU usage, and so on
In addition to these proactive notifications, are availability status reports that you can access using the Grid Control. For each monitored target, Enterprise Manager provides a consolidated availability summary that shows its current and past availability status within the last 24 hours, 7 days, or month (31 days). This report provides you with critical information about day-to-day target availability. This report also provides information for upper management to determine if Service Level Availability (SLA) goals are being met.
See Also:"About Availability" in the Enterprise Manager online help
When an alert is generated to notify you of availability or performance problems, you can check the Grid Control for more information about the metric that triggered the alert. This includes information on the metric's historical values that might show trends over the past week or month, and online help that provides advice on what you can do to fix or further diagnose the problem.
For example, if an alert is sent reporting '3 segments in the USERS tablespace are unable to extend', then you can consult the online help. The help would suggest that you look into increasing the value of the segment's MAXEXTENTS storage parameter or rebuild the segment with a larger extent size.
In addition to providing quick views to the health of your system, the Grid Control provides drill-downs to help you analyze the root of any problem. For example, click Critical Alerts to view the message associated with the alert and study the metrics causing the problem.
You can also view a particular type of target, for example, Management Agents. Select the Management Agent in which you are interested and drill down to the associated page.
If memory usage is high, one of the targets you could analyze is the OC4J target. The OC4J home page presents a roll-up of status and performance metrics for the container and its applications, including:
How long the container has been running and what applications are active.
Container resource usage such as the percentage of CPU and memory resources being consumed.
Volume and average processing time of application requests and transactions.
The composite data presented in the roll-up is broken down for each deployed application. You can easily determine which application is incurring the highest volume of requests or longest response time. An application can be further examined by drilling into the application to view the performance of individual objects such as servlets and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). In this way, you and the application developer can isolate the source of the problem more easily.
One of the noteworthy features of Enterprise Manager is that you can customize monitoring for your specific needs in various ways. You can:
Edit thresholds to change the out-of-box settings to fit your environment.
Copy monitoring settings from one target to another.
Use metric baselines as an aid to creating thresholds.
Create user-defined metrics.
Out of the box, Enterprise Manager comes with thresholds for critical metrics. Warning and critical thresholds are used to generate an alert, letting you know of impending problems so that you can address them in a timely manner.
To better suit the monitoring needs of your organization, you can edit the thresholds provided by Enterprise Manager and define new thresholds. When defining thresholds, the key is to choose acceptable values to avoid unnecessary alerts, while still being notified of issues in a timely manner.
You can establish thresholds that will provide pertinent information in a timely manner by defining metric baselines that reflect how your system runs for a normal period of time.
The metrics listed on the Edit Thresholds page are either default metrics provided by Oracle or metrics whose thresholds you can change.
You may want thresholds for performance metrics to be based on deviations from real target performance instead of absolute numbers. For example, if for a given day, performance for a database was acceptable, and that database was running under normal workload, then you might want to define thresholds such that you are notified only when database performance becomes 10% worse than that given day. Such thresholds can be defined using metric baselines.
A metric baseline is a snapshot of a target's performance at a given point in time. When used for thresholds, you should define a metric baseline that will be used as the performance norm – preferably a day in the past when performance was good for the target and it was running under normal to high workload. A metric baseline thus consists of a target's performance metrics for a good day.
In the Grid Control, you define a metric baseline by first specifying a date in the past that will be used as the performance norm. Next you specify percentage values from the metric baseline that represent the points at which performance becomes a problem at a warning, then more critical level. These percentages are then calculated into specific warning and critical threshold values for the performance metrics.
For example, if the database supporting the financial system had good performance on October 1, 2003, you could use that date to set up the metric baseline for the financial database. Next you specify 10% and 20% as warning and critical percentages respectively. Enterprise Manager then calculates values that are 10% and 20% worse than the metric baseline data, and provides these calculated values as the warning and critical thresholds for the database's performance metrics. You can review or edit the calculated values, then apply them as thresholds for the target. When any performance metric reaches its threshold, Enterprise Manager generates an alert.
Metric baselines thus provide a two-fold benefit – you can now define thresholds based on high level performance goals and thresholds can be more fine-tuned to reflect actual performance numbers.
See Also:"About Thresholds" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Enterprise Manager also provides the opportunity for you to copy thresholds from one target to another target as long as they are the same target type. Copying thresholds allows you to easily standardize monitoring across different targets, and provides consistency between targets.
User-defined metrics allow you to extend the reach of Enterprise Manager's monitoring to conditions specific to your particular environment. Specifically, if you want to monitor a particular condition, for example, to check successful completion of monthly system maintenance routines, you can:
Write a custom script that will monitor that condition
Create a user-defined metric that will use your custom script
Each time the metric is evaluated by Enterprise Manager, it will use the script you specified, relying on that script to return the value of the condition. Once a user-defined metric is defined, all other monitoring features – threshold-based alerting, proactive notifications, historical collections, seamless integration with the Grid Control – are automatically available to the metric. If you already have your own library of custom monitoring scripts, you can leverage these monitoring features by integrating your scripts as user-defined metrics in Enterprise Manager.
For help on defining user-defined metrics, click Help at the top of the Create User Defined Metric page.
See Also:Extending Oracle Enterprise Manager manual
A job is a unit of work that you define and schedule to perform commonly-run tasks. A job is defined by its name, description, parameters, targets, and schedule.
Use the Job General page to set or modify the parameters of the job. After you specify a name for the job, you can set the various attributes of the job.
On the target home page, the Job Activity section displays the number of suspended executions and problem executions. From these links, you can drill down to investigate which jobs are problematic and why.
See Also:"About Jobs" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Blackouts allow you to suspend target monitoring so you can schedule maintenance periods for these targets. When you black out a target, you prevent unnecessary alerts from being sent when you bring down a target for maintenance. While aiming to meet Service Level Availability goals, you can use blackouts to guarantee that scheduled down periods are not calculated as true down time when you calculate overall target availability.
You can define a blackout for individual targets, a group of multiple targets that reside on different hosts, or for all targets on a host. You can schedule the blackout to run immediately or in the future. You can also schedule the blackout to run indefinitely or to stop after a specific amount of time. If, during the maintenance period, you discover that you need more or less time to finish the maintenance tasks, you can extend or stop the blackout that is in effect.
Blackout functionality is available from the Grid Control, as well as through the Management Agent command-line interface (CLI). The CLI is useful to you if you like to incorporate the blacking out of a target within your maintenance scripts.
See Also:"About Blackouts" and "Creating Blackouts" in the Enterprise Manager online help
The Enterprise Manager framework itself must be operating efficiently in order to effectively perform system monitoring of targets. Enterprise Manager has self-monitoring features which monitor the availability and performance of key critical components of the framework. You can access information about Enterprise Manager configuration and its overall health through the Management System tab in the Grid Control.
The Overview page (Figure 2-1) provides an overview of the entire Enterprise Manager framework: repository host and database information, number of Management Services, number of Management Agents, number of Administrators, and any open alerts on the repository host or database.
Figure 2-1 Overview Page of the Management System
You can view the repository operations by viewing the Repository Operations page. This page provides you with an overview of the status and performance of the Repository DBMS Jobs that handle part of the Enterprise Manager functionality.
The following DBMS jobs are examples of the jobs that run within the Management Repository and require no user input:
Agent Ping
Checks if the Management Agents are gathering information about the host computer and information about the targets installed on the host computer.
Maintenance (Analysis)
Runs an analysis on the Enterprise Manager schema to ensure that the execution of queries is optimal. The database accesses the information in the schema to determine the best way to execute a query.
SQL Evaluation
Evaluates the performance of the SQL code being run in the Management Repository for Enterprise Manager.
Roll Up
Checks the availability of the targets and summarizes this information in the Grid Control.
To determine how well the Management Repository jobs are functioning, view the Throughput per second and Processing Time Percent (Last Hour) columns. If the Processing Time Percent (Last Hour) is running large and the Throughput is low, there may be problems in that area of management.
If there are delays in notifications, examine the following metrics to determine the cause of the delay:
Average Notification Backlog
The average number of notifications which could not to be processed within the time allotted for notification delivery. This number may fluctuate at times. An upward trend over time may indicate an increased workload and the reason for the delays.
Average Notification Delivery Time
The average time it took to process a notification from the time the notification job receives the notification until the notification is sent. This number may fluctuate. An upward trend over time will reflect a delay in notifications sent.
If your average notification backlog and delivery time are high, you may consider:
Checking the number of notification rules defined and verify that they are all necessary, removing those that are not.
Verifying that the addresses being used for the notifications are correct.
Adjusting the notification rules so that you can be notified in a timely matter.
Figure 2-2 provides an example of statistics relating to a Management Repository jobs.
Figure 2-2 Status of the Oracle Management Repository Jobs
The Management Services page provides you with an overview of the health and configuration of all Management Services, including their status, any errors encountered, the performance (load processing) of the Management Services when loading metric data to the Management Repository, and information on files waiting to be loaded into the Management Repository.
After you click the name of one of the Management Services, the Management Service page for that particular Management Service appears. From the Management Service page, you can view the status (up or down) and performance (load processing) of the particular Management Service. You can easily view how well the Management Service is performing by looking at the Loader and Job Dispatcher sections. You can also look at the performance over time; for example, for the same amount of data processed, a decreasing trend in loader throughput might indicate that resources on the machine are being maximized and an additional Management Service might need to be added for load balancing.
Figure 2-3 provides an example of statistics relating to Management Services.
Figure 2-3 Status of an Oracle Management Service
The Oracle Management Agent page provides you with an overview of all Management Agents, including their status, versions, information about data they are loading to the Management Service, resource consumption, and so on. You can easily determine if a Management Agent is up or down or if there are any metric collection errors seen by any Management Agent.
On the Management Agent Home page, verify:
If a Management Agent is up or down
If a Management Agent is uploading data to the Management Service
When was the last successful upload to the Management Service
Figure 2-4 shows statistics for the Management Agents being monitored.
Figure 2-4 Status of Installed Oracle Management Agents


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If you're considering anal sex with your partner, safety and preparation are paramount. You'll want to keep these basic rules in mind.
ANAL SEX RULE #1 Talk about having anal sex before you do it.
Ask your lover what they like best about anal sex, emotionally and sexually. What is their favorite anal sex position? Do they want to use anal sex toys and what are their concerns? Be sure to share your wants, needs and anxieties since people cannot read their partner's minds.
ANAL SEX RULE # 2 Keep the anus healthy and clean
Cleaning the anus is the best way to get started on your anal adventure.
You can use an anal douche or enema to cleanse the anal passage, as both will leave the worries behind of uncleanliness.
Then set the mood by enjoying a bath together! Washing and stimulating the woman's back and buttocks with plenty of leisurely love is the perfect way to help her to relax and build trust for a source of great pleasure. It's also a great way to warm the anus up to the idea of being touched and penetrated.
ANAL SEX RULE #3 Begin with external buttock massage before anal play
Caressing a woman's body can create an intimate connection and build sensual anticipation that leads to increasing her sexual desires. One of the easiest ways to give a pre-anal massage is to have the woman kneeling on her hands and knees. This position gives the man easy access to her backside for her increased pleasure and provides him with an erotic visual. Spread massage glide or lubricant over her back and work your way down towards her buttocks. This can help her to unwind and heighten sensations around her anus.
ANAL SEX RULE #4 Communicate readiness when the anal muscles are physically relaxed and you, ladies, are emotionally ready
When a woman is ready for anal fingering to commence, good communication skills are essential. Slowly, gently ease the finger (covered by a finger cot and plenty of lube) into the anus and wait for it to pucker over the finger before moving it in any further.
When your finger is in to the first knuckle, make sure to check-in with your partner. How does this feel? Remind her to breathe slowly and deeply as this can also affect the anal muscles. Tensing the anus and then letting go is a good way of learning to relax it.
ANAL SEX RULE #5 Anal sex penetrative toys must have a flared base so that if you lose your grasp, it will not slip into the rectum and become irretrievable
Butt plugs with a flared base are good for warming up the anus by getting the muscles to relax, especially for beginners. The tissues of the anus and rectum are fragile, so you always want to start out with the smallest butt plug with a narrow tip and a gradual taper covered in plenty of lube for slow gentle insertion and removal. Evolved's Anal Stopper has an attachable flared base, which prevents it from being sucked into the rectum.
ANAL SEX RULE #6 To avoid health risks; use a barrier for anilingus, finger cot for anal fingering and a condom for anal penetration
It is imperative to practice safer sex during anal sex to prevent the transmission of STD's and bacteria. Anilingus can be performed using a dental dam, split condom, or even kitchen plastic wrap as a barrier.
Before anal penetration, a woman can stimulate her man's testicles while he is putting on his condom to help him maintain his erection and keep the mood seductive.
ANAL SEX RULE #7 Use smaller objects for partial penetration and gradually work up to larger ones before full penetration
Anal beads with multiple widths are a great way to build up momentum, as they start small and get progressively larger. Some women enjoy the sensation of the beads slowly stretching their anus, while others love the full feeling when all of the beads are inside them. They can be removed one by one or as one long strand of beads all at the same time during orgasm. Just be sure to add plenty of lube before inserting anal beads and wash them after each and every use.
ANAL SEX RULE #8 Never go from anal play to vaginal play without washing your mouth, finger, sex toy or changing a condom
Because the anus is also used for bodily elimination, you must keep any anal penetration separate from vaginal penetration to avoid bacterial contact. Thoroughly wash body parts and/or toys in between with soap and water or sex toy cleaner.
ANAL SEX RULE #9 Anal penetration requires lots of lubricant
Use lubes especially formulated for anal sex such as water-based or silicone.
The anus needs to be thoroughly lubricated throughout the entire process of anal sex. Keep applying more lube as you go, checking in with your partner to make sure she's enjoying a smoother, silkier experience. Also, always be sure to add lube to the tip of toys before inserting them anally.
ANAL SEX RULE #10 Always start anal penetration gently and in slow motion
Always start out slow with shallow strokes, and then increase the speed and depth.
Remember that the rectum is not a straight line, but tilts toward the front of the body in the beginning, then curves back as you go deeper and finally tilts toward the front of the body again at the deepest level. It's not a race to get all the way inside, but rather a slow exploration that will satisfy you both.
ANAL SEX RULE #11: The woman is always in control of anal penetration
A woman needs to know that you respect her limits and will not go deeper or faster than she is ready for. Go slow and allow her to 'call the shots' on the next level of penetration. The more she can trust her partner, the more relaxed she will be. So, it goes without saying that you must have good communication during anal sex.
ANAL SEX RULE #12 Relax and have fun
Create more intimacy by kissing with your eyes open and using synchronized breathing.
Try placing a hand on your lover's heart to create an intimate energetic connection.
Remember, the best anal sex positions are the ones that work best for you and your lover!
Afterwards, talk to your partner about the experience, find out what they liked or didn't like and most importantly, be sure to give them your feedback too.
A lot of curious couples wonder if 'everybody's doing it,' and it turns out that anal sex is quite popular. In 2005, The Center for Disease Control (CDC) survey found that 40% of females ages 24-44 engaged in anal sex, and in the Journal of Sexual Medicine it is noted that the highest percentage of women in any age group who admitted to anal sex is now 46%, up from 33 % in 1992. In a survey of 100,000 Playboy readers, 61 percent of the women admitted to having tried anal sex.
The 3 E's for Anal Sex Toys
There are some excellent toys on the market made specifically for anal sex. Using toys can help encourage communication with your partner by giving you both a focal point for discussion and for play. If you can talk about how to engage with the toy, then you can more easily communicate your level of comfort and pleasure, which is vital to share with each other as you try out new positions.
To keep things simple, remember the three E's of anal sex toys:
• Enhance love making for you and your partner.
• Excite your body as preparation for more intimacy.
• Enable orgasms to happen.
Toys enhance your lovemaking through better communication and the thrill of trying something new. They excite your body by preparing the anus for penetration. You can start off with small toys and work your way up, not necessarily all in the same session! Toys also enable orgasms, such as the use of anal beads to stimulate the G-spot into full arousal.
Take the uneasiness out of anal sex by following these rules, and always have you and your partner's comfort and pleasure at the top of your agenda. With great communication and careful preparation, anal sex can be a wonderful release and an incredibly sensual experience!


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