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This chapter discusses using Enterprise Manager to explore and manage the storage structures of your database. This chapter contains the following topics:
An Oracle database is comprised of physical and logical structures, which you, as a DBA, are responsible for managing. Physical structures are those that can be seen and operated upon from the operating system, such as the physical files that store data on disk.
Logical structures are created and recognized by the Oracle database server, and are not known to the operating system. The primary logical structure in a database, a tablespace, contains physical files. The applications developer or end user may be aware of the logical structure, but is not usually aware of this physical structure. The DBA must understand the correlation between the physical and logical structures of a database and control the mapping of the logical structure of the database to the physical structure.
Oracle has functionality within the database server to automate the management of its structure. Further, Oracle Enterprise Manager provide a Web-based graphical user interface to enable easy management and monitoring of your database.
You view database storage structure by clicking the links shown under the Storage heading on the Administration Home page (see Figure 5-2, "Database Administration Page"). Figure 6-1 shows these links.
Figure 6-1 Storage Options
The following sections provide a closer look at the database storage structure:
A control file tracks the physical components of the database and other control information. It is essential to the functioning of the database. Because of this, Oracle recommends that the control file be multiplexed. In other words, it should have multiple identical copies. For databases created using DBCA, three copies of the control file are automatically created.
If any control file fails, then your database becomes unavailable. But as long as you still have any of the control file copies intact, you can shut down your database and re-create the failed control file from one of the other control files, then restart your database. Another option is to delete the failed control file from the
CONTROL_FILES initialization parameter and restart your database with the remaining control files. There are other options, depending upon circumstances. See Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for detailed information about control files.
Click the Controlfiles link. The Controlfiles General page shows that your database has a multiplexed control file. There are two other property pages, in addition to the General page, for viewing control file information. The Advanced and Record Section pages give you more detailed information about your control file. Explanations of this information are contained in the online help.
Every Oracle database has a set of two or more redo log files. The set of redo log files is collectively known as the redo log for the database. A redo log is made up of redo entries (also called redo records). The primary function of the redo log is to record all changes made to data. If a failure prevents modified data from being permanently written to the datafiles, then the changes can be obtained from the redo log, so work is never lost. To protect against a failure involving the redo log itself, Oracle allows a multiplexed redo log so that two or more copies of the redo log can be maintained on different disks.
Your database's redo log consists of groups of redo log files. A group consists of a redo log file, and its multiplexed copies. Each identical copy is said to be a member of that group, and each group is defined by a number, such as group 1. The database log writer process writes redo records from the memory buffer to a redo log group until the group fills up, or a log switch operation is requested, then it writes to the next group. This is done in a circular fashion, where the oldest group is overwritten by the most recent redo records.
Click Redo Log Groups. The Redo Log Groups page appears, showing the attributes of the redo log groups for your database. A database typically consists of three groups. Note the status attribute for the redo log groups. The
CURRENT status group is the one currently being written to disk by the log writer process.
You can see that each group contains only one member. This is because the database does not have a multiplexed redo log. Select a redo log group and click View to see information about the redo log group members.
While not multiplexing redo log groups is acceptable to a small database environment, as your database grows in users and applications, you should consider adding multiplexing. This provides better protection for data in the case of instance or media failure.
To multiplex your redo log, you must add members to each redo log group. This example will add one member to each redo log group. It is not required that redo log groups be symmetrical (all have the same number of members), but in practice, it is recommended that this be the case. It is required that a database have a minimum of two redo log groups.
To create a multiplexed redo log for your database, follow these steps:
Navigate to the Redo Log Groups page.
Select a group and click Edit, or click the group number link.
The Edit Redo Log Group page appears.
In the Redo Log Members section, click Add.
The Add Redo Log Member page appears.
Enter the file name. For example, if your existing member file name is
REDO01, you might name this member
REDO01a. Enter the file directory. Click OK.
You can create this file in the same directory, but it is recommended that you store members on separate drives. That way, if there is a drive failure, you still have access to one member.
Repeat these steps for every existing group.
When you add the redo log member to a group, the group's status is marked
INVALID. This is a normal state because there is a member that has not been written to yet. When a log switch occurs, and the invalid group becomes the current group, then its status is marked
To see the status change on a log switch:
Navigate to the Redo Log Groups page.
From the Actions pull down menu, select Switch logfile. Click Go.
You can see that the next groups status changes from
INVALID to
When you archive your redo log, you write redo log files to another medium location prior to their being overwritten. This location is called the archive log. You can archive to multiple locations, including a standby database.
These copies of redo log files extend the amount of redo information that can be saved and used for recovery. Archiving can be either enabled or disabled for the database, but Oracle recommends you enable archiving.The status of a log group that is actively being archived is
Click Archive Logs. The Archive Logs page is displayed. This page lets you view archive log files and their attributes.
For placing the database into archive log mode, or adding archive log locations, see "Configuring Your Database for Basic Backup and Recovery".
In earlier releases of the Oracle database, rollback segments were database structures used to track undo information for the database. Now, Oracle's preferred way of managing undo is with the undo tablespace. For more information, see "Managing Undo for Your Database" in this chapter.
Click Rollback Segments. You see the attributes of the system rollback segment. The system rollback segment is self managing.
A database consists of one or more tablespaces. A tablespace is a logical structure, or container, created by and known only to the Oracle database server in which database objects are stored. A tablespace consists of one or more datafiles or tempfiles.
There are various types of tablespaces, including undo tablespaces, temporary tablespaces, and permanent tablespaces.
A database running in automatic undo management mode transparently creates and manages undo segments. You can create an undo tablespace and determine the maximum retention time for undo data kept in that tablespace.
Temporary tablespaces improve the concurrence of multiple sort operations, reduce their overhead, or avoid Oracle space management operations altogether. Temporary tablespaces are the most efficient tablespaces for disk sorts. Space management (extent allocation and deallocation) is locally managed. After temporary tablespaces, tablespaces of type
TEMPORARY are the next best tablespaces to use for sort operations. Space management is dictionary managed. Permanent tablespaces (which are not of type
TEMPORARY) are least efficient for performance of disk sorts.
Temporary and permanent tablespaces can be assigned at the user level. You can create a default temporary tablespace at database creation time. This tablespace is used as the default temporary tablespace for users who are not otherwise assigned a temporary tablespace.
See Also:Oracle Database Administrator's Guide
Click Tablespaces. The Tablespaces page provides high level information about tablespace structure and space usage. You can see how much space is allocated for the tablespace and what portion of it is used. Select a tablespace and click View to drill down to see the underlying datafile attributes.
Table 6-1 provides a description some of the tablespaces included in the database.
Table 6-1 Tablespaces and Descriptions
This is an auxiliary tablespace to the
Some components and products that prior to Oracle Database 10g used the
Components that use this as their default tablespace during installation include Automatic Workload Repository, Oracle Streams, Oracle Text, and Enterprise Manager Repository. For more information, see Oracle Database Administrator's Guide
This tablespace stores temporary data generated when processing SQL statements. It would, for example, be used for sort work space. Every database should have a temporary tablespace that is assigned to users as their temporary tablespace. In the preconfigured database, the
This is the undo tablespace used by the database server to store undo information. See "Managing Undo for Your Database" to understand Oracle's use of the undo tablespace. Every database must have an undo tablespace that can be created at database creation.
This tablespace contains the sample schemas that Oracle includes with the database. The sample schemas provide a common platform for examples. Oracle documentation and educational materials contain examples based on the sample schemas.
This tablespace is used to store permanent user objects and data. Like the
Temporary tablespace groups lets users consume temporary space from multiple tablespaces. Using a tablespace group, rather than a single temporary tablespace, can alleviate problems caused when one tablespace is inadequate to hold the results of a sort, particularly on a table that has many partitions. A tablespace group enables parallel execution servers in a single parallel operation to use multiple temporary tablespaces.
A tablespace group name can appear where a tablespace name would appear when assigning a default temporary tablespace for the database or assigning a temporary tablespace for a user.
Click the Temporary Tablespace Groups link. You see the temporary tablespace groups that are defined for your database. Initially, there are none.
See Also:Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for details on using tablespace groups
Datafiles are the operating system files that hold the data within the database. The data is written to these files in an Oracle proprietary format that cannot be read by programs other than the database server. Tempfiles are a special class of datafiles that are associated only with temporary tablespaces.
Datafiles can be broken down into the following components:
Segments and extents
A segment contains a specific type of database object. For example, tables are stored in data segments, and indexes are stored in index segments.
An extent is a contiguous set of data blocks (defined next) within a segment. Oracle initially allocates an extent of a specified size for a segment, but if that extent fills, then more extents can be allocated
Data block
Data blocks, also called database blocks, are the smallest unit of I/O to database storage. An extent consists of several contiguous data blocks. The default database block size is specified by a DBA at database creation or defaulted by Oracle.
After the database has been created, it is not possible to change the default block size without re-creating the database. However, it is possible to create tablespace with a block size different than the default block size. For details on how to create tablespaces with nondefault (or non-standard) block size, see Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
Click Datafiles. Your database datafiles are displayed. Select a datafile and click View to see more attributes for the datafile, or select a tablespace link to see the attributes of the owning tablespace.
Other storage structures that can exist in an Oracle database include the following:
Initialization parameters are used by the database server initially at startup to determine the runtime resources for the database. They are actively monitored by the database and can be set or modified while the database is running.
Initialization parameters and the initialization parameter file are discussed in Chapter 5, " Managing the Oracle Instance".
A database might use a password file to authenticate administrative users who can have
SYSDBA connect privileges.
SYSDBA connect privileges enable a DBA to startup and shutdown the database and perform other high level administrative tasks. This password file is outside of the database itself, because it must sometimes be referenced when the database is not yet running.
This is not the only form of administrator authentication, so not all databases require a password file.
The password file is discussed in "Accessing the Database" in Chapter 5, " Managing the Oracle Instance".
Backup files are technically not database files, but rather copies of the database in some form that can be used to recover the database should a failure causing loss of data occur.
Backup files are discussed in Chapter 9, " Performing Backup and Recovery".
The remainder of this chapter presents examples of some common database administration tasks relating to the storage structure:
You can see all tablespaces in your database. From the Administration page, click Tablespaces under Storage. This takes you to the Tablespaces page.
The Results page shows all tablespaces, including the following information about each: type of tablespace, type of extent management, type of segment management, status, size, and percent used. Click the tablespace name for more information.
A particular user, groups of users, or an application may require its own tablespace for creating schema objects, rather than using the default
USER tablespace. To create a tablespace, follow the steps listed in this section. This exercise will also familiarize you with the various attributes that you can set, and possibly later modify, for a tablespace.
From the Administration page, click Tablespaces under Storage. This takes you to the Tablespaces page.
Click Create. Or, if you want to create a tablespace that is like an existing tablespace, select an existing tablespace. Then from the Actions menu, select Create Like.
The Create Tablespace General page appears.
Did you notice the other options that are available from the Actions pull down menu? These are shortcuts for various tablespace operations.
Enter a name for the tablespace. For example: TB1
Under the Extent Management heading, select Locally Managed.
A locally managed tablespace's extents are managed locally and efficiently within the tablespace by Oracle. For a dictionary managed tablespace, you must more actively manage extents and data dictionary access is required for tracking them. Dictionary managed tablespaces are being deprecated. Oracle does not recommend their use.
Under the Type heading, select appropriate type.
Permanent tablespaces store permanent database objects created by the system or users.
Temporary tablespaces are for storing temporary segments, as would be created when SQL statements perform sorts. The preconfigured database already has a temporary tablespace. You would create another temporary tablespace if you were creating a temporary tablespace group. Under normal circumstances, you should not need to create additional temporary tablespaces.
Undo tablespaces are used by the system to store undo information. You might want to create another undo tablespace, but only one undo tablespace can be the active one.
Again, you should not need to create additional undo tablespaces. However, if you want to switch the undo tablespace used by the database instance, then you can create a new undo tablespace and instruct the database to use it instead of the undo tablespace currently in use. The undo tablespace no longer in use can be dropped later.
Under Status, select Read Write.
Read-write status means users can read and write to the tablespace after it is created. This is the default.
If the tablespace was created read-only, then the tablespace could not be written to until its status is changed to read/write. You would probably not create a tablespace as read-only, but rather change it to that status after you have written data to it that you do not want modified.
If the tablespace was created offline, then no users could have access to it. You would probably not create a tablespace as offline, but rather you would change its status to offline when, for example, you wanted to perform some maintenance on its underlying files.
In the Datafiles section of the page, you can add one or more datafiles to the tablespace. However, if you select Use bigfile tablespace, then the tablespace can have only one datafile. Click Add.
Bigfile tablespaces are used with ultralarge databases where Oracle's Automatic Storage Management or other logical volume managers support striping or RAID, and dynamically extensible logical volumes.
In the Add Datafiles page, enter a file name. For example: TS101.dbf. Use the File Directory and File Size defaults.
At least one datafile is required for the
SYSTEM and
SYSAUX tablespaces of a database. Your database should contain several other tablespaces with their associated datafiles or tempfiles. The number of datafiles that you anticipate creating for your database can affect the settings of initialization parameters and the specification of
DATABASE statement clauses. Be aware that your operating system might impose limits on the number of datafiles contained in your Oracle database. Also consider that the number of datafiles, and how and where they are allocated can affect the performance of your database.
To allow Oracle to automatically grow the datafile, under Storage, select Automatically extend datafile when full (AUTOEXTEND) and specify an amount in the Increment field by which you want to extend the datafile each time it fills. Leave the Maximum File Size set to Unlimited. Click Continue.
You are returned to the Create Tablespace General page.
Click the Storage property page.
The Create Tablespace Storage page appears.
You can manually resize a datafile with the
DATABASE statement. This lets you add more space to your database without adding more datafiles, if you are concerned about reaching the maximum number of datafiles allowed in your database. For a bigfile tablespace, use the
TABLESPACE statement. You cannot add a datafile to a bigfile tablespace. Manually reducing the sizes of datafiles lets you reclaim unused space in the database. This is useful for correcting errors in estimates of space requirements.
Leave all of the defaults set on the Storage page. See online help for more information on these settings.
Click the Thresholds property page.
The Thresholds page appears. This page lets you set monitored thresholds for space usage. You receive a warning when the threshold is reached. You can accept the default, specify different thresholds, or disable threshold warnings. See Chapter 10, " Monitoring and Tuning the Database" for more information about monitoring the database.
After determining thresholds, click OK to add the tablespace. The Tablespaces page appears where you can see your new tablespace in the Results section.
With Enterprise Manager, you can modify a tablespace, such as extend it, set it to automatically extend, change its space thresholds, or change its status to offline. A tablespace might need extending when you get a critical and warning alert. You might need to offline a tablespace to perform recovery operations on it.
This section shows you how to set a tablespace to automatically extend when it reaches its limit. To enable autoextend tablespace, do the following:
From the Administration page, click Tablespaces under Storage. This takes you to the Tablespaces page.
Select a tablespace to autoextend, such as
USERS, and click Edit. The Edit Tablespace:USERS General property page appears.
Select the datafile associated with the tablespace, and click Edit. The Edit Datafile page appears.
Check Automatically extend datafile when full (AUTOEXTEND). Set a suitable increment, such as 1 M. You can optionally set a maximum file size or set file size to unlimited depending on your resources.
You can add datafiles and associate them with a tablespace with SQL statements. You can either specify the file specifications for the datafiles being created, or you can use the Oracle Managed Files feature to create files that are created and managed by the database server.
You can also use SQL statements to manually resize a datafile. This lets you add space to your database without adding datafiles, if you are concerned about reaching the maximum number of datafiles allowed in your database. Manually reducing the sizes of datafiles lets you reclaim unused space in the database. This is useful for correcting errors in estimates of space requirements. For more information on managing datafiles, see Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
Click Continue. This brings you back to the Edit Tablespace page. Click Apply. A confirmation message should appear.
Similarly, you can change tablespace thresholds by selecting a tablespace on the Tablespaces page and navigating to the Threshold property page. Here you can alter your space thresholds that generate the warning and critical alerts. For more information about thresholds and alerts, see Chapter 10, "Monitoring and Tuning the Database".
To offline a tablespace, on the Edit Tablespace page, under Status, select Offline and click Apply.
After a tablespace has been dropped, the objects and data in it will no longer be available. To recover them can be a time consuming process. Oracle recommends a backup before and after dropping a tablespace.
From the Administration page, click Tablespaces under Storage. This takes you to the Tablespaces page.
Select the tablespace that you want to drop, and click Delete. Enterprise Manager will ask for confirmation that you want to delete the tablespace and associated datafiles from the operating system.
Over time, DML operations to objects within a tablespace can create pockets of empty space that individually are not big enough to be reused. Collectively these pockets can combine to form large amounts of wasted space.
Oracle lets you reclaim wasted space through a shrink operation. In a shrink operation, data is compacted to the front of the table. Free space can either be given back to the tablespace or kept in the table for future inserts. A shrink operation on a table does not affect DML to the table during the operation.
The Segment Advisor performs growth trend analysis on individual objects to determine if there will be any additional space left in the object in 7 days. It then uses the reclaim space target to select candidate objects to shrink. The Segment Advisor can be invoked in the comprehensive mode. In this mode, in addition to using the pre-computed statistics in the workload repository, the Segment Advisor performs sampling of the objects under consideration to refine the statistics for the objects. Although this operation is more resource intensive, it may be used to perform a more accurate analysis, when desired.
You can run the advisor at the tablespace or object level. To run the advisor from the tablespace level do the following:
From the Administration page, click Tablespaces under Storage. This takes you to the Tablespaces page.
On the Tablespaces page, select a tablespace and select Run Segment Advisor from the Actions pull-down menu. Note the used space before the operation for later comparison. Click Go. Segment Advisor can also be launched from the Advisor Central page.
The Segment Advisor: Advisor Mode page appears. On this page, accept the default Complete Analysis of All Segments (Comprehensive) mode. Click Continue.
The Segment Advisor:Options page appears. Accept Unlimited as the time limit for Analysis. Click Next.
The Segment Advisor:Schedule page appears. Accept Immediately as the Start. Otherwise, you can schedule the task to run later. Click Next.
The Segment Advisor:Review page appears summarizing the task and selected objects. Verify that the task will run as you want, and click Submit.
The Advisor Central page appears listing the advisor related tasks that have run. Select the Segment Advisor task that you submitted, and click View Result.
The Segment Advisor Task page appears showing the recommendations for your selected table.To implement one or more recommendations, select the recommendations to implement. This will launch the shrink wizard, which is described in the following section.
Over time, it is common for segment space to become fragmented or for a segment to acquire a lot of free space as the result of update and delete operations. The resulting sparsely populated objects can suffer performance degradation during queries and DML operations.The Segment Advisor provides advice on whether an object has space available for reclamation based on the level of space fragmentation within an object.
Select Shrink Options at the bottom of the page. You can choose to Compact Segments and Release Space, which releases freed space to the tablespace, or you can Compact Segments only. Click Schedule Implementation to run the shrink operation.
The Schedule Implementation page appears. Accept a start time of Immediately, and click Submit.
The scheduler Jobs page appears showing the status of the job. Click Refresh to update the page until the status of the job is Completed. On successful completion, you can navigate back to the Tablespace page and compare the current used space with the previous.
This section discusses undo management which involves storing the changes of database transactions long enough to accommodate rollback, read consistency, and flashback features.
When you install the database, Oracle automatically enables auto-tuning of the undo retention period. (This parameter is discussed in "Undo Tablespace Size and Retention Time" on page 6-12.) Auto-tuning of undo retention enables you to get started on building your database without immediately managing undo. Later as your database activity and transaction rate increase, understanding how to manage undo will become more useful to you.
Undo data stores changes made to the database by transactions. Undo is necessary for the following:
To undo any uncommitted changes made to the database in the event that a rollback operation is necessary. A rollback operation can be the result of a user specifically issuing a rollback statement to undo the changes of a misguided or unintentional transaction, or it can be part of a recovery operation.
To provide read consistency. This means that each user can get a consistent view of data, even while other uncommitted changes may be occurring against the data. For example, if a user issues a query at 10:00 am and the query lasts for 15 minutes, the query results should reflect the entire state of the data at 10:00 am regardless of any updates or inserts by other users during the 15 minute query.
To enable Oracle's flashback features, which enables you to view or recover data to a previous point in time. These features include Flashback Query and Flashback Table.
In order for changes to be rolled back or undone, Oracle makes a copy of the original data before modifying it. The original copy of the modified data is called undo data. Undo data is stored in a logical database structure called an undo tablespace.
The undo tablespace is of a finite size. Space usage within the tablespace is such that records can be overwritten. The undo data needs to be saved at least until the transaction has been committed. Until then the undo data is said to be in the active state. The amount of space available in the undo tablespace should, therefore, be at least large enough to hold the active undo data generated by currently active transactions. Otherwise some of these transactions may fail. After the active undo data is stored in the undo tablespace, Oracle automatically ensures that it is never overwritten until the corresponding transaction has been committed.
Even after the transaction has been committed, the undo data still cannot be overwritten immediately. It is important to the success of flashback functionality, and for read consistency for long running transactions, that records not be overwritten too soon. For example, if your longest query takes 15 minutes, the undo tablespace should be big enough to hold 15 minutes worth of undo information.
To control the retention of undo records, Oracle maintains an undo retention period, which in turn affects the size of the undo tablespace; the longer the retention period, the bigger the tablespace. The undo retention period should be at least as long as your longest running query. In addition, if you plan to use flashback features to recover from human errors such as unintentional changes, the undo retention should be set equal to the amount of time in the past you want to go back. For more details on Flashback features, see Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
Oracle Database automatically determines how long undo data should be preserved after the transaction has been committed based on queries running against the database. During this time, the undo data is said to be in the unexpired state. Oracle will keep the undo data in the unexpired state as long as needed by queries currently running against the database or as long as any low undo retention threshold (whichever is longer). After this time, the state of undo data changes to expired. Undo data is a good candidate for overwriting only when it is in the expired state.
If the undo tablespace does not have adequate free or expired space to store active undo data generated by current transactions, Oracle may be forced to overwrite the unexpired undo data. As this may cause your queries to fail, this is not a desirable situation. In order to avoid this, Oracle recommends you allow the size of the undo tablespace to be automatically increased by enabling auto-extend. See "Extending the Undo Tablespace".
If you cannot enable auto extension for any reason and choose to size the undo tablespace manually, Oracle Database includes an undo advisor to help you determine the optimal size. See "Using the Undo Advisor" on page 6-14.
With Enterprise Manager, you can access the Undo Management page from the database Administration page by selecting Undo Management under the Instance heading.
You can use the Undo Management page to view undo configuration, including the auto-tuned undo retention period, its low threshold retention period, and the name and size of the undo tablespace. Auto-tuning of undo retention cannot be disabled.
You can also use this page to set the low threshold retention or to extend your tablespace. While Oracle automatically tunes the undo retention period, low threshold undo retention lets you define the floor value under which Oracle should never bring down the undo retention. When you create a database, the low threshold undo retention is set to a default value. You may need to alter this value only when you need to build a recovery strategy using Flashback Query.
To change the low threshold, click its value. The Undo Advisor page appears, which can help you determine a better setting. See "Using the Undo Advisor" on page 6-14 for more information.
The Configuration section also shows if auto-extending the tablespace is enabled, which is the default. When auto-extend tablespace is enabled, Oracle automatically increases the size of the undo tablespace when more space is needed. By combining automatic extension of the undo tablespace with automatically tuned undo retention, you can ensure that long-running queries will succeed by guaranteeing the undo required for such queries.
The methods for determining the undo retention period are described in the following sections:
Using Oracle Recommendations for Managing Undo
Using the Undo Advisor
See Also:Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for more information about Automatic Undo Management and undo tablespaces.
In the Recommendations section of the Undo Management page, you can specify a past time period for Oracle to analyze system activity. The current recommendations for your undo configuration are summarized. To update the analysis, click Update Analysis.
If Oracle recommends that you extend the undo tablespace, you can do so. See "Extending the Undo Tablespace" for more information.
To obtain more detailed information about the recommendations, click Undo Advisor. See also "Using the Undo Advisor" on page 6-14.
When auto-extend tablespace is enabled, the system will automatically extend the undo tablespace if it is under space pressure.
However, when the auto-extend tablespace feature is disabled, you might need to manually extend the undo tablespace. You might discover this through pro-active planning with the undo advisor. See "Using the Undo Advisor" on page 6-14.
You might also need to extend it when you get an undo tablespace alert (warning or critical), or when you get long query alert or snapshot too old error.
To resize the tablespace, click Edit Undo Tablespace. The Edit Tablespace page appears. To extend the tablespace, select a datafile and click Edit. Enter the new size for File Size. You can also opt to have the system automatically extend the datafile by enabling Automatically extend datafile when full under Storage and specifying an increment size.
Click Continue. Click Apply. A confirmation message should appear.
You can use the undo advisor to advise on the undo tablespace size and the low threshold undo retention setting. To navigate to the Undo Advisor page, do one of the following from the Undo Management page:
Click Undo Advisor
Click the value adjacent to Low Threshold Undo Retention.
The top of the page shows the current auto-tuned undo retention time and undo tablespace size.
The Undo Advisor helps you answer the following questions about your undo configuration:
What is the maximum undo retention time required to guarantee successful query? This time period corresponds to the duration of your longest running query. You can find Longest Running Query on the Undo Management page under System Activity and Tablespace Usage.
Does my database have enough space to accommodate the maximum undo retention given the current tablespace configuration? To figure this out, note the Best Possible Undo Retention under analysis on the Undo Advisor page. If this time period is longer than your longest running query, your undo tablespace is adequately configured.
What if the best possible retention time is less than my longest running query? If this is the case, your undo tablespace is too small. You need to either set your tablespace to auto-extend or manually extend it. To figure out the required new size of your tablespace, on the Undo Advisor page New Undo Retention field, plug in the value of your longest running query. Enter an appropriate Analysis Time Period and click Update Analysis and Graph. Under Analysis, note the Required Tablespace size for New Undo Retention. To learn how to alter your tablespace, "Extending the Undo Tablespace".
How do I configure undo to accommodate Flashback operations? If you are interested in using flashback features such as Flashback Query or Flashback Table, you can use the Undo Advisor to advise on how to configure your tablespace and undo retention. In order for flashback operations to go back in time, the database must ensure that undo data is not overwritten. To build a flashback recovery strategy, you can set the low threshold parameter, which determines the lowest value for automatic undo tuning. For example, if the low threshold is set to 15 minutes, Oracle never lowers the undo retention time to less than 15 minutes. Consequently, if your flashback recovery strategy requires you to go back 8 hours to recover from human errors, set the low threshold to 8 hours. To learn how to set a new retention time, see "Setting New Threshold Undo Retention Time".
The Required Tablespace Size by Undo Retention Length graph shows the relationship between retention period and undo tablespace size, highlighting key data points, such as the Auto-tuned and Best Possible Retention.
To set a new low threshold retention time from the Undo Advisor page, enter the value in New Undo Retention and click OK.
Alternatively, you can set this parameter as you do for other system parameters by navigating to the All Initialization Parameters page. The parameter is called undo_retention. For more information about this page, see "Viewing and Modifying Initialization Parameters" in Chapter 5, "Managing the Oracle Instance".
The preconfigured database that you installed includes all of the database structures of a basic database. As the user base grows, you can expand existing database storage structures or create additional ones. For example, you might need to create additional tablespaces for users or applications, or you might want to create additional redo log groups to expand the redo log capacity.
Oracle provides alerts, advisories, and monitoring pages to help you make decisions regarding database storage. These are discussed in Chapter 10, " Monitoring and Tuning the Database". Oracle lets you create your own alerts for other events that you want to monitor.
The Storage heading links shown in "Storage Options" are links that you can use to make changes to the database storage structure. Other pages also contain links, or drill down functionality, that enable you to perform specific actions that affect the database storage structure.
For example, there is a link for changing the archive log mode of the database and creating archive log files from the Recovery links on the database Maintenance page (see "Configuring Your Database for Basic Backup and Recovery"). Another example is changing the size of the undo tablespace, where you can use the Undo Advisor page to drill down to a page for changing the undo tablespace size (see "Managing Undo for Your Database" on page 6-12).
When you make changes to the storage structure of your database, these changes can be reflected in the data dictionary and in the control file. It is important both before and after making changes to the database's storage structure that you back up the database. To help you with this, Oracle has provided a backup strategy that you can use. This is discussed in Chapter 9, " Performing Backup and Recovery".
Oracle by Example (OBE) has a series on the Oracle Database 2 Day DBA book. This OBE steps you through the tasks in this chapter and includes annotated screen shots.
To view the Storage OBE, point your browser to the following location:


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My son brooklyn digs..... ---->
Its not a problem, he dosnt do it infront of me and if he does and I tellhim to stop, he does. Its getting warm out so when we go out we leave him and his ,little pug, brother Billy outside so they can be in the open. Not really a HUGE area but better than the crate (because Billy liks to mark his territory, he needs to get neutered!) and brooklyn made a HUGE hole on the couch, but that was in September, so I think he can be trusted . Well we leave them outside and its all paved except for the edge which is under the fence and in to out neighbors land. he dug that whole side of the fence up!!! totally, dirt everywhere. Like I said its not a problem, that OMG I can't get him to stop digging!!! its more of a nuisance because I just bathed them!! Its a normal dog thing to do, right. Not a problem as I see it, and I really dont want to stop letting them from being out there and having doggie brother time
What I DO NOT GET THOUGH!! Is that Brooklyn will throw sniff and I guess find a scent and then throw himself on it!! Head first, and rubbing his head, neck and body on it and will roll on it. I know that pee or was pee!!! So Im just curious why does he do this? Is it something to stop? If so, how do I stop it?


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Departmental prizes and awards for academic achievement and service were presented to Hope College students and recent graduates during the college's annual Honors Convocation held on Thursday, April 26.
Departmental prizes and awards for academic achievement and service were presented to Hope College students and recent graduates during the college's annual Honors Convocation held on Thursday, April 26.
The awards presented for achievement in specific areas of study are as follows:
Art -- Stanley Harrington Art Awards, juniors Jonathan J. Kay of Three Rivers and Dylana R. Pinter of Mundelein, Ill.; the Art Department Purchase Award, senior Derek L. Nevenzel of Holland; the John Montgomery Wilson Award in Art History, sophomore Madelyn A. Rzadkowolski of Oxford; the Herman Miller Art Award, senior Kyle E. Waterstone of Holland.
Biology -- The Biology Book Award, freshman Sarah H. VanArendonk of Grand Haven; De Kruif Writing Prizes, junior Katherine L. Janczak of Schaumburg, Ill., and senior Kara R. Radabaugh of Byron Center; the Wolterink Prize in Biology, sophomore Caitlin E. Rice of Spring Lake; Biology Service Awards, seniors David J. Gonthier of Holland and Molly Q. Lien of Midland; the Patterson Memorial Prize in Biology, senior Matthew S. VanBeek of Hudsonville.
Biochemistry -- The Undergraduate Award for Achievement in Biochemistry, junior Keith W. Mulder of Portage.
Chemistry -- First-Year Chemistry Book Awards, freshmen Carrie E. Powers of Greer, Camille M. Riddering of Belmont, and Sarah H. VanArendonk of Grand Haven; the Junior Chemistry Journal Award, Abby L. Goltz of Midland; Organic Chemistry Book Awards to the Outstanding Students in Organic Chemistry, sophomores Jacquelyn D. Lewis of Rockford and Kristin E. Dittenhafer of Midland; American Institute of Chemists Awards, seniors Elisabeth J. Oosterhouse of Byron Center and Charles G. Sierzant of Grand Rapids; Hope Chemistry Senior Awards for Research, John L. Davisson of New Castle, Ind., Alyssa E. Johnson of Muskegon, and Brian D. Lajiness and James P. Lajiness, both of Beech Grove, Ind.; the Almon T. Godfrey Prize in Chemistry, senior Matthew J. Kryger of Holland.
Communication -- The A.A. Raven Prize in Communication, senior Jason M. Cash of Brighton; the J. Ackerman Coles Award for Scholarship in Communication, senior Josephine M. Muthengi of Nairobi, Kenya; the Theodore Nielsen Award, senior Chad M. Coe of Royal Oak; Lambda Pi Eta Book Awards, seniors Sarah M. Burkett of Kent City, Morgan S. Gorskey of West Chicago, Ill., and Sara M. Henry of Saline; M. Harold Mikle Prizes for Communication, seniors Adriana E. Frikker of Holland and William D. Nettleton of Battle Creek.
Computer Science Department -- The Russell J. Kraay Awards in Computer Science, juniors James E. Daly of Chelsea and Kevin S. Formsma of Zeeland; the Boundy Computer Science Award, senior Stephen M. Foust-Christensen of Lexington, Ky.; Computer Science Senior Prizes, Sara M. Henry of Saline and Megan K. Patnott of Holland; the Computer Science Department Leadership Award, senior John A. Gould of Beverly, Mass.
CrossRoads Project Lilly Scholars -- sophomores Anna E. Finger of Anderson, Ind., and Chaz J. Shelton of Tucson, Ariz.; juniors Katherine L. Baker of Greenville, Lauren M. Berka of Brookfield, Wis., Nicole E. Brace of Saline, Rachel A. Daley of Cleveland, Ohio, Nicholas E. Engel of Grand Blanc, Katie B. Ester of Yorktown, Ind., George W. Klupchak of Naperville, Ill., David Lee of Fairlawn, N.J., and Samantha L. Miller of Gaylord; and seniors Nicole E. Brace of Saline, Matthew P. Dannenberg of Zeeland, and Meghan P. Florian of Kalamazoo.
Dance -- The Florence Cavanaugh Dance Award, senior Joanna N. Rodriguez of Plainfield, Ill.; the DeLong Senior Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, Joshua Cummings of Petoskey.
Economics and Business Administration -- Baker Scholars, sophomores Michael J. Brusko of Racine, Wis., Jonathan C. Hatfield of Midland, Travis W. Kingma of Mattawan, Jonathan L. Koopmans of Holland, Scott B. Peterson of Seattle, Wash., and Melyn R. Tank of Midland; the Award for Outstanding Junior Economics Student, Vidhan S. Rana of Kathmandu, Nepal; the Deloitte & Touche Junior Accounting Book Award, Casey L. Lamb of Brookfield, Wis.; Steve M. Kupres Business Leadership Awards, juniors Jake A. Benedict of Pierson and Katherine R. Stritzke of Granville, Ohio; the Crowe Chizek and Company LLC Outstanding Accounting Student, junior Shannon M. Clement of Hudsonville; Allan C. Kinney Memorial Awards, seniors Margaret P. Fylstra of Hinsdale, Ill., and Jeffrey D. Guy of Kalkaska; the Award for Outstanding Accounting Student, Scott R. Teusink of Fremont; Economics, Management and Accounting Faculty Recognition Awards in Memory of C. Kendrick Gibson, seniors Luke A. DeRoo of Holland and William E. Ponkowski of West Bloomfield.
Education -- The Elizabeth Vanderbush Award in Education, junior Lindsey J. Johnson of Zeeland; the Catherine Morrison '89 Junior Science and Math Education Book Awards, Christopher J. Bowen of Ithaca, Hilary C. Cason of Detroit, Jonathan D. Hertel of Fennville and Laura N. Smallegan of Zeeland; Marguerite E. Kinkema Special Education Award, senior Katherine E. Caldwell of Streamwood, Ill.; Egbert Winter Education Awards, seniors Julie L. Allerding of Jenison and Daniel V. Wizner of Hemlock; Catherine Morrison '89 Senior Science Education Awards, Jenna E. Rykse of Grand Rapids and Stephanie L. Allen of Park Ridge, Ill.; the Catherine Morrison '89 Senior Math Education Award, Tung S. Nguyen of Holland.
Engineering -- The Freshman Engineering Prize, Maarten L. Galantowicz of Columbus, Ohio; the Senior Engineering Prize, Rebecca L. Lathrop of Gladwin; the VanPutten Engineering Design Prize, senior Devin A. Bonnie of Pinckney.
English -- The George Birkhoff English Prize, senior Emily A. Wilson of Cedarburg, Wis.; Erika Brubaker '92 Awards for Promising Achievements in the Study of Literature, sophomore Gray H. Emerson of Holland, juniors Matthew S. Baker of Grand Rapids, Jeremy G. Benson of Royal Oak, Jake A. Boone of Seville, Ohio, Joan Colner of Columbus, Ohio, Susan L. Krueger of Rochester, Minn., Lindsey Manthei of Petoskey, Melissa N. Murray of Centennial, Colo., Elizabeth J. Sutter of Midland, and senior Lauren Eriks of Grand Rapids; the William Eerdmans Poetry Prize, junior Matthew S. Baker of Grand Rapids; Stephenson First-Year Writing Prizes, sophomore Joseph E. Barker of Orange City, Iowa, and freshman Glennyce Paetzmann of Fishers, Ind. (fall), and freshman Rachel R. Whitney of Middleville (spring); Erika Brubaker '92 Awards for Proficiency in Literature, seniors Laura B. Peterson of Bay Village, Ohio, and Christian G. Piers of Holland; the Clarence De Graaf English Award, senior Nicole E. Brace of Saline; the Sandrene Schutt Award for Proficiency in Literature, senior Tally N. Reeverts of Colchester, Ill.
Geological and Environmental Sciences -- Ancient Mystic Order of the Trilobite Award, freshman Peter J. Van Heest of Holland; the Faculty Book Award, junior Amanda M. Brisbin of Grant; the Michael Visscher Memorial Book Award, sophomore Jesse R. Reimink of Hudsonville; the Reinking Memorial Scholarship, sophomore Sarah L. Dean of Nashville, Tenn.; the Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club Award, senior Carrie J. Thomason of Boyne City.
History -- The Phi Alpha Theta Freshman Book Awards, Abigail K. Gowman of Rochester Hills, Alex L. Quick of Saline and Daniel C. Toren of Lynwood, Ill.; the Phi Alpha Theta Sophomore Book Award, Samantha N. Larsen of Kalamazoo; the Robert L. Melka Memorial Award, junior Samantha L. Miller of Gaylord; Metta J. Ross History Prizes, juniors Lauren M. Berka of Brookfield, Wis., and George W. Klupchak of Naperville, Ill.; the Ray De Young History Prize, senior Camaron M. Voyles of Fremont; the Miles Award in Law, senior August Miller of Southfield.
Kinesiology -- Susan Allie Physical Education Awards, juniors Amanda E. Guijarro and Erika M. Guijarro, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; the Human Kinetics Junior Book Award in Athletic Training, Amanda V. Friedline of Howell; the Miner Stegenga Award, senior Craig R. Root of Holland; Alvin W. Vanderbush Student Athlete Awards, seniors Rebecca E. Bosserd of Sparta, Joshua B. Thorington of Traverse City, and Kyle E. Waterstone of Holland; the Kathleen White '76 Memorial Award, senior Elizabeth A. Brichacek of Carol Stream, Ill.; National Association of Sport and Physical Education Outstanding Major of the Year Awards (three categories), seniors Matthew C. Sattler of Howell (physical education), Elizabeth A. Brichacek of Carol Stream, Ill. (exercise science), and Alyssa D. Alsum of Delanson, N.Y. (athletic training); Lawrence "Doc" Green Award in Athletic Training, senior Alyssa D. Alsum of Delanson, N.Y.; the William and Mabel Vanderbilt Sr. Family Awards, seniors Holly N. Nestle of Belmont, Sara E. Omanson of Naperville, Ill., and Matthew C. Sattler of Howell; Dorothy and Russell Siedentop Awards, seniors Stephen T. Cramer of Unionville, Brett R. Jager of Kalamazoo, and Ellen S. Wood of Naperville, Ill.;
Mathematics -- John H. Kleinheksel Mathematics Awards, sophomores Timothy S. Boman of Rochester Hills, Nora E. Kuiper of Kalamazoo, Jacquelyn D. Lewis of Rockford, Jacob P. Lyons of Lake Orion, and Mark J. Panaggio of Lima, Peru; the Albert E. Lampen Mathematics Prize, senior Megan K. Patnott of Holland.
Modern and Classical Languages -- The Ruth W. Todd Classics Prize, junior Clayton P. Orr of Ash Flat, Ark.; Edward J. Wolters Classics Awards, juniors Jennifer M. DeRuiter of Kalamazoo and Aimin M. Walsh of St. Joseph; the Linda D. Palmer Memorial Award in French, seniors Margaret P. Fylstra of Hinsdale, Ill., Renee A. Mantua of Allen Park and Kyle A. Smith of Ada; the Marguerite Prins French Award, seniors Elizabeth A. Brichacek of Carol Stream, Ill., and Elizabeth C. Coen of Deerfield, Ill.; the AATF Outstanding Senior in French Award, Renee A. Mantua of Allen Park; the Martin N. Ralph Memorial Award in Spanish, senior Leah Wicander of Mount Pleasant; the Delta Phi Alpha Book Prize, senior Katharine J. Nykamp of Grand Haven; the Eta Sigma Phi Book Prize, senior Christine J. Corbin of Holland; the Laura Alice Boyd Memorial Award in German, senior Aaron D. Raatjes of Mokena, Ill.; the Barbara E. Geeting Memorial Award in German, senior Allison B. Hile of Ypsilanti.
Music -- Grace Marguerite Browning Scholarships in Voice, juniors Hillary C. Byker of Hudsonville and Isaac D. Droscha of Mason; Robert W. Cavanaugh Scholarships in Voice, sophomores Katie J. Ross of St. Louis Park, Minn., and Paul E. Connelly of Lower Waterford, Vt.; the Delta Omicron Scholarship (Alpha Chi Chapter), junior Allison C. Walter of Mandeville, La.; the Junior-Senior Instrumental Scholarships, juniors Allison C. Walter of Mandeville, La., and Zachary J. Trumble of Jenison; the Junior-Senior Scholarship in Piano, junior Christopher Turbessi of Nunica; the Joyce M. Morrison Voice Scholarship, freshman Briana A. Sosenheimer of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Eleanor J. Palma Memorial Awards, freshmen Sally A. VanderPloeg of Holland and Kristi J. Van Dyke of Zeeland; the Jean Anderson Palmer Memorial Award in Piano, sophomore Emily L. Chapman of Flushing; the Claryce Rozeboom Memorial Scholarship in Organ, junior Christopher J. Dekker of Jenison; the Donald Weener Memorial Award, senior Samuel B. Adams of Fort Wayne, Ind.; the Delta Omicron Senior Honor Award, Abigail A. Bolkema of Flushing; Music Teachers National Association Student Achievement Recognition, senior Jennifer M. Tuinenga of Holland; the Roger Rietberg Chapel Choir Award, senior Libby M. Skaff of Flint; the Robert W. Cavanaugh Senior Music Award, Lea M. Blackney of Troy; the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honorary, seniors Abigail A. Bolkema of Flushing, Jeffrey S. Brown of Colts Neck, N.J., Julia C. Hollenberg of Elkhart, Ind., Abby E. Kosta of Grandville, Thomas D. Owens of Western Springs, Ill., Libby M. Skaff of Flint, Carol Beth Steiner of Rochester, and Emily J. Sternisha of Fredonia, N.Y.
Nursing -- The Pre-Nursing Award, freshman Marlee J. Bogema of Grandville; the Sophomore Nursing Award, Susan M. Kioko of Albany, N.Y.; the Junior Nursing Award, Holly N. Bekius of Spring Lake; the Christian Service Award, senior Amanda G. Huck of Fowlerville; the Senior Nursing Award, Rachel L. Lauber of Collinsville, Ill.; the Miriam Joyce Van Eyl Award, senior Claire L. DeHaan of Grand Rapids; Sigma Theta Tau nursing recognition, seniors Ashley E. Bainbridge of Schoolcraft, Danielle J. Breuker of Holland, Claire L. DeHaan of Grand Rapids, Sheila A. Den Ouden of Paramount, Calif., Gloria A. DeWaard of Holland, Megan E. Holtrop of Grand Rapids, Lisa K. Jewell of St. Joseph, Denay M. Kippley of Holland, Ellison J. Klaasen of Holland, Rachel L. Lauber of Collinsville, Ill., Alison G. Mejeur of St. Joseph, Lindsey E. Miller of Holt, Gloria J. Rak of Geneva, Ill., Allison M. Trotter of Haslett, and Teressa M. Withers of Hudsonville; the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Nursing Student Performance, senior Ashley E. Bainbridge of Schoolcraft.
Philosophy -- The Charles E. Lake Memorial Prizes for Philosophical Promise: First-Year awards, Peter L. Kleczynski of Portage and Jon Andreas VanDenend of Ripley, Ohio; Sophomore award, Robin E. Litscher of Lebanon, Ind.; Junior award, Clayton P. Orr of Ash Flat, Ark.; Charles E. Lake Memorial Prizes in Philosophy, seniors Matthew P. Dannenberg of Zeeland, Meghan P. Florian of Kalamazoo, and Laura J. Johnson of Grand Rapids.
Physics -- The Dr. Harry and Jeannette Frissel Research Scholarship, sophomore Deborah H. Denby of Westmont, Ill.; the Douwe B. Yntema Prize, senior Sarah A. Story of Glendale Heights, Ill.
Political Science -- The Political Science Department Book Awards, freshman Andrew L. Kortesoja of Ann Arbor, sophomore Kelli L. Carrier of Jenison, juniors Mallory J. Golas of Coloma, Caitlin M. Leads of Farmington Hills, Kevin L. Nelson of Winfield, Ill., and Eric D. Ruda of Arlington Heights, Ill., and seniors Annika A. Carlson of Eagan, Minn., John L. Davisson of New Castle, Ind., Laura J. Stark of Westford, Mass., and Jason R. Weber of Elkhart, Ind.; Renze Lyle Hoeksema Prizes in Political Science, juniors Lauren M. Berka of Brookfield, Wis., Lindsey A. Hall of Paris, George W. Klupchak of Naperville, Ill., and David A. Nyitray of Holland; James Dyke van Putten Political Science Prizes, seniors Sarah L. Baumgartner of Zeeland, Thea E. Neal of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mackenzie L. Smith of Twin Lake.
Psychology -- C. James Stringer Jr. Memorial Awards, junior Heidi B. Simmons of Brookfield, Ill., and sophomore Allison L. Smith of Gary, Ind.; the Lars Granberg Psychology Student Research Award, senior Jacob P. Holton, Chelsea.
Religion -- The Religion Scholarship Award, seniors Aaron C. Darling of Mason and Emily K. Slavicek of Stevensville; the Biblical Studies Award, senior Elizabeth C. Coen of Deerfield, Ill.; the Sloan-Stegeman Mission Prize, senior Lindsey M. Morales of Zeeland; the John Richard Vander Wilt Award, senior Shalyn N. Kempema of Caledonia; the Verhey Award for Excellence in Scholarship, senior Danielle E. Revers of Holly.
Sociology and Social Work -- Jeanette Gustafson Memorial Gifts, seniors Stephen J. Hile of Monroe, Kathryn E. Wellemeyer of Haslett, and Lindsay A. Young of Waterville, Ohio; the Senior Sociology Award, Bethany A. Wichman of Eaton Rapids; the Senior Social Work Award, Breah M. Groen of Galien.
Theatre -- The Theatre Department Freshman Awards, Jeri L. Frederickson of Wheaton, Ill., and Brittany E. Stock of St. Charles, Ill.; Theatre Department Sophomore Awards, Isaac M. Bush of Muskegon and Katie J. Terpstra of Zeeland; Theatre Department Junior Awards, Whitney L. Thomas of Granville, Ohio, and Sarah J. Watkins of Bloomfield; Theatre Department Senior Prizes, Jennifer A. Blair of Libertyville, Ill., and Katherine E. Goetzinger of Indianapolis, Ind.; the Brad Williams Memorial Award, senior Michael J. Braaksma of Cambria, Wis.


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If Florence doesn't hire an engineer to inspect and certify its levee, home buyers may have to buy costly flood insurance to get mortgages.
"They're really weighing the possibility that they're not going to hire an engineer," Planning and Zoning Director Tonya Richards, said.
The dilemma currently is how Florence will pay for an engineer. There are multiple phases to accrediting a levee, and the initial price is around $200,000.
"If they don't, FEMA acts as if the levee does not provide any flood protection," she said. "So a lot of properties not currently in the flood plain because of the levee will then be put into the flood plain."
Flood insurance would then be required for anyone with a federally backed mortgage. Richards told commissioners there could be around 100 homes affected.
Richards said as long as an engineer is hired, there may not be a definite timeline to pay.
"As long as they're contractually working on it with an engineer, I assume it could be drawn out for years," she said.
Florence city workers declined to comment on the situation because it has yet to meet with FEMA to discuss the issue.
Commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to sign on for a community ratings system through FEMA, which would give residents a flood insurance premium reduction. Randy Dallke was opposed.
"I think there's going to be more (regulations) than what we know," Dallke said. "I don't want to doubt anybody, but I just know that there are going to be more regulations that come through."
For each point a community receives through the CRS, residents will receive a five percent reduction in federal flood insurance premiums. Richards said she thinks Marion residents would receive a discount between 10 and 20 percent.
County purchases more radon kits
Commissioners agreed to pay the Kansas State extension office $250 to order 50 more radon kits for residents signed up to a waiting list, beyond free ones provided by the state.
The initial 20 kits sent from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment ran out the day they arrived, but KDHE will send 35 more free kits once they receive them. Currently, 75 residents are signed up to the county's waiting list.
In other business:
- Commissioners approved a raise for Jacob Schadel in the road and bridge department from $2,179 to $2,222. He has worked in the department six months.


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Genealogy Gems Podcast meets Family Oral History (at Jamboree)
I was interviewed for the Genealogy Gems podcast back in June, at the SCGS Jamboree in Burbank. Lisa Louise Cooke, podcast host and Chief Gemologist, released Episode #97, and it features our discussion. (Our interview happens about 24 minutes into the podcast.)
Thank you, Lisa, for interviewing me. Since Lisa and I spoke not long after I'd given two presentations (interviewing family/all about digital audio recording equipment), I happened to have all kinds of recording equipment with me, so I offered to also record the interview using my kit (scroll down for photo of my "recording studio in an Otter Box"—I also wrote a post to I describe how I bought it—it's a few years old, and Things Have Changed Since Then.)
Oh, and also—click all photos to enlarge.
Show notes and Equipment Updates
When we recorded the interview (in early June), I recommended the Zoom Handy H2 (and compared it with the Marantz PMD620).
Since then, Zoom has brought out a new recorder the Zoom H1 Handy Portable Recorder—less expensive and simpler to use than the H2. The price is $99—a great price for full stereo quality sound. Better yet, it has one-button recording, that works around the press twice problem I described in our discussion.
I've written about the Zoom Handy H1 (and have another post planned, since my own unit arrived not long ago). Functionality? Love love love it! Audio quality? (sounds good, but I still need to do some tests). The Zoom Handy H1's designers worked out some of the H2's annoying kinks.
A number of Flash Memory Recorders in my Amazon Equipment Store. These are the portable digital recorders. Take em with you, and then transfer them to your computer later.
Here's more detail on the Marantz PMD620—also very easy to use but more expensive.
Other items mentioned in the Genealogy Gems Podcast interview:
I mentioned microphones you can use with your iPod: You can either plug a small ($50-$79) microphone into your iPod, or plug your iPod into a special enclosure ($110-140). See options in the iPod section of the Family Oral History Equipment Store
Also: USB devices to bring sound directly from a microphone to your computer. A post about some USB devices here, and the USB device section of the Family Oral History Equipment Store.
Correction: I said that the 4GB flash memory card would hold about 7 hours worth of full resolution CD stereo quality sound. Wrong. It's approximately 6 and a half hours, not 7.
In the interview, I also mentioned some aspects about interview techniques:
Interviewing: Keeping an attitude of curiosity and non-judgement, and when you ask open-ended questions, here's Why I don't recommend using the word "Why"
What do I ask? Interviewing family using major life events
Deborah Tannen and different conversational styles and how they might affect interviewing.
Oh, and I'm a bit late in getting a post up on my site about the Genealogy Gems podcast episode. I had a computer owwie, with mysterious (and devastating) computer crashes. The first time, I thought, Oh, that was just bad. I recoverd from that (yay for regular backups!). Then I launched iPhoto to find photos from Jamboree. Crash. Again. Hard. And rearranged my schedule for the week (culprit: A bad USB cable). So now I am back and finally offer this podcast companion post.
Here's the recording kit. The microphones were the luxury expense, and the bendable gooseneck structure makes it possible to have one person talk into one of the mics and the other speak into the other one. I hope that the "stereo spread" in both ears wasn't too weird to listen to—I didn't have a chance to remix the sound before I handed it over to Gemologist Lisa Louise Cooke.
If you came here because of the Genealogy Gems podcast and found any of this information useful (or you have any questions) I'd love to hear from you. Please leave a comment (below) or send me a note using the Contact link.
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Steve Charles—Ten Wabash men with eight different majors work at one of Indiana's fastest growing and most innovative companies. That says a lot for the agility of a liberal arts education in today's high-tech world.
So does the company's Web site: "We're endlessly curious about the future of technology and the connections it can make for people and businesses. We create engaging technology solutions that pull from the human experience. Our love of art, music, and design may sit behind the scenes, but it is present in all we do."
And that's what I thought I'd write about after returning from a photo shoot at Apparatus in Indianapolis, the aforementioned company. Wabash Director of Communications and Marketing and lead photographer Kim Johnson and I had a great time getting the photo of the company's founder and CEO Kelly Pfledderer '96 (German major), Ben Frame '03 (music), Chris Rozzi '90 (art), Aman Brar '99 (economics major, religion minor), Michael Carper '13 (classics), Brad Vest '11 (physics), Matt Vest '08 (psychology), Eric Borgert '97 (English), Michael Tucker '93 (English), and Sam Spoerle '13 (psychology). Joining them was Apparatus artist-in-residence and Wabash Professor of Art Emeritus Greg Huebner H'77, whose paintings grace the company's headquarters, the ingeniously renovated former WFYI TV studios at 1401 N. Meridian. Pfledderer said more than once: "It's the paintings that make it."
The whole building seemed a metaphor for technology informed and driven by the connections a liberal arts education reveals, those criss-crossing synapses Wabash students develop.
All this is featured in a story by Evan West '99 for the Fall 2013 issue of Wabash Magazine in production right now and mailing in December.
But I returned to campus just in time to catch the last minutes of a talk by Jim Kirchhoffer '55 in the College's "Callings" series. Now a Franciscan monk, Jim has had four or five careers, depending on how you count them: as an Episcopal priest, an insurance agent and investment broker, a school bus driver, a psychotherapist, and a writer. 80 years lived wholeheartedly and vulnerably. A conversation with the man is a gift in itself.
Jim recalled words that the late Professor Jack Charles H'52 gave him during his senior year at Wabash almost 60 years ago: "If all you've learned here is where you need to go to find out what you need to know, these four years will be worth it." That "endless curiosity" and pursuit of understanding has been liberal arts education's gift to Jim throughout his life, just as it's been for those 10 men at Apparatus.
Wabash alums are fond of saying, "at Wabash, I learned how to think." But I believe it goes deeper. There's a confidence that no skill is unlearnable, no problem is insurmountable; there's self-awareness and empathy for others and their cultures, a joy in learning and a way of seeing that has opened the world to these men and so many other Wabash alumni I've interviewed over the years. We honored a bunch of them at Alumni Chapel on Saturday.
But to see that gift in action Friday in the course of a few hours in the lives of young men and in the lifetime of a wise octogenarian was great joy.


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State legislators are discussing placing wage increase caps on state workers. Frankly, we can't imagine why they're just considering this now.
That's not to criticize the important work many state employees do, from investigating fraud and child abuse to issuing driver's licenses to the hundreds of other tasks they perform. It's a comment on the abysmal financial situation that our state is in.
With a public pension deficit of more than $80 billion, the state won't be able to afford to pay its retired workers in the future unless major changes are made to the various pension systems.
Illinois also owes its vendors billions of dollars more, and state government has an annual budget deficit of more than $1 billion. So how can it expect to give even small salary increases to current employees, let alone significant ones?
If the state were a private business, it likely would have been bankrupt long ago, with padlocks and chains clasping the Capitol Building.
Of course, government is not the same as a private company. Private companies won't find profits in investigating child abuse or caring for the disabled and poor.
Despite the obvious differences, that doesn't mean that state government should act in the exact opposite manner as private business by increasing expenses through significant wage increases as its financial house crumbles around it.
Spending cuts already have been made across state government, from social services and prisons to education and law enforcement. It only makes good fiscal sense that wages be capped.
Over the past several years, private businesses and industries across the nation have had to reduce salaries, freeze them and cut jobs to survive.
It's unpleasant for the companies and the employees, but it's also a necessity to keep their doors open.
When unemployment is at 8 percent or 9 percent, when faced with the choice between a flat salary, a reduction in wages or unemployment, most people would rather work.
Even public union representatives understand the dire financial situation that Illinois is in, even though they are pushing for salary increases.
Despite union pressure, we expect our elected officials to push back and be at least as concerned about taxpayers as they are about the sensitivity of public-sector employee unions.


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Red is the color that symbolizes luck in the Asian culture and is believed to award away the evil. In fashion, red is a color that needs to be used with caution, overdo it and it can make you look funny.
But if you blend red with the right combination of shoes, clothes and jeans, you can create magical things. Red is where people turn their eyes to, it's the shade that makes our heart beat a little bit faster.
The Valentino Red Rockstud Shoulder Bag got it all, it's refined with beautiful golden hardware to make it look beyond luxurious. The gold is bling'ing and reflecting to the lights. It is a gorgeous accessory that will attract attention, compliments and perhaps a few free drinks. But anyway, it's a great conversation starter and will also bring a lot of confident.
Red and Bags, Valentino knows how to get it done. Decorated with pyramid stud trim throughout, it also comes with an adjustable shoulder strap. The front flap is embellished with a flip-clasp closure and it got a gold logo stamp at the back face.
The interior is made with a zip pocket and is fully lined, measuring 7.5' x 5.5' x 2' (L x H x W) inches, for $1,375 USD at SSENSE.
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The 66th Emmy Awards Red Carpet Dresses Review, Who Is the GoddessCategories:Other Brands
Last week, on the red carpet of this 66th Emmy Awards, there was a number of celebrities wearing the fashion dresses at their best appeared the red carpet. And we can catch the latest fashion trend on the red red carpet since celebrities dressed the newest design show their best. Colors such as red, white, cobalt blue, and coral remains a favorite. Accent belt in appearance is never missed.
Blue colorway become one of popular dresses on the Emmy Awards red carpet, from the sapphire blue to navy blue, they were all show the unique elegant amorous feelings, Edie Falco,Keke Palmer,Mayim Bialik,Melissa Rauch,Rose Leslie and Christine Baranski looks great in blue color dresses. But the red always the first choice for many of actresses. There are a number of collection from Emmy Awards 2014 Red carpet dresses can be your inspiration, take a view blow, and tell us who is the goddess in the dresses?
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Acoording to a report by Reuters, Apple's generous customer service may be causing huge problems for victims of iPhone theft. The warranty plan is tied to the iPhone and not the person who owns the phone; this means anyone can take an iPhone to an Apple Store for service or replacement.
The ease of trading in stolen iPhones and selling their replacements makes them nearly as tempting as grabbing cash. In cities from coast-to-coast, reports of iPhone thefts are common. While some thieves sell the phones through the traditional channels of fencing stolen goods, examples abound of stolen iPhones being brought back to Apple, as if broken, for either replacement or a discount on a new unit. "Apple seems to have not considered stolen devices and instead is relying on the honor system," says Robert Siciliano, a consultant for Intel Corp's technology security unit McAfee and an identity theft expert. "The honor system is devised with the mindset that we are all sheep and there are no wolves." Siciliano says he has known of this problem for a while, but doesn't see any immediate solution. "Until consumers scream loud enough about this issue, Apple probably won't do anything about it."
While this approach is fantastic for the honest iPhone owners, thieves are using Apple's good nature to carry out a type of laundering for stolen iPhones. When a phone is reported as stolen, a carrier can blacklist it as stolen and disable it by using its device specific IMEI number. If the device has been swapped or replaced at an Apple Store, that security measure has now been bypassed. This enables a thief to sell on or use a brand new iPhone without fear of recrimination.
Apple has yet to comment on the findings within the report but let's hope a simple solution can be found that will not cause pain for the honest amongst us. The last thing we need is for Apple to change its policies and make life more difficult when it comes to iPhone service and replacement.


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Appleby, Y. and Hamilton, Mary (2005) Literacy as social practice : travelling between the everyday and other forms of learning. In: Lifelong learning : concepts and contexts. Routledge, London. ISBN 0415353726
Ashwin, Paul (2005) Variation in students' experiences of the Oxford tutorial. Higher Education, 50 (4). pp. 631-644. ISSN 0018-1560
Ashwin, Paul and McLean, Monica (2005) Towards a reconciliation of the 'approaches to learning' and 'critical pedagogy' perspectives in higher education through a focus on academic engagement. In: Improving student learning: diversity and inclusivity. Improving Student Learning, 12 . Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford, pp. 377-389. ISBN 1873576722
Barton, David and Hamilton, Mary (2005) Literacy, reification and the dynamics of social interaction. In: Beyond communities of practice : language power and social context. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Bellis, Anne and Fraser, Lindsey and Houghton, Ann-Marie and Ward, Jill (2005) Connecting policy and practice in the refugee integration agenda. In: 35th Annual SCUTREA Conference, 2005-07-052005-07-07.
Goodyear, P and Jones, Christopher and Asensio, M and Hodgson, V E and Smith, Christine (2005) Networked learning in higher education: students' expectations and experiences. Higher Education, 50 (3). pp. 473-508. ISSN 0018-1560
Grout, I. and Murphy, J. and Burbidge, M. and Bell, G. and Manners, A. (2005) Development of a remote access facility for a PLL test course. In: Proceedings of the remote experimentation and virtual instrumentation symposium. UNSPECIFIED.
Grover, Chris and Piggott, Linda A. (2005) Disabled people, the reserve army of labour and welfare reform. Disability and Society, 20 (7). pp. 705-717. ISSN 0968-7599
Hamilton, Mary (2005) Understanding the everyday : adult lives, literacies and informal learning. In: Understanding literacy development : a global view. Erlbaum, Newark, N.J..
Hamilton, Mary and Hillier, Yvonne (2005) Imagined spaces. Adults Learning, 7 (1). pp. 1816-20. ISSN 0955-2308
Hamilton, Mary and Wilson, A. (2005) New ways of engaging new learners : insights from the first round of the practitioner-led research initiative. NRDC, London.
Hardie, C. and Parchoma, Gale (2005) Content packaging for the semantic web. In: ID 2005, 2005-10-172005-10-18. (Unpublished)
Houghton, Ann-Marie (2005) Getting through the gate is only the first hurdle: a review of disabled students' support needs throughout the student lifecycle. In: Proceedings of the 35th annual SCUTREA conference. UNSPECIFIED.
Houghton, Ann-Marie (2005) Who Needs Outreach to Widen Participation? Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 7 (3). pp. 5-15. ISSN 1466-6529
Jackson, C. and Bisset, M. (2005) Gender and school choice: factors influencing parents when choosing single-sex or co-educational independent schools for their children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 35 (2). pp. 195-211. ISSN 0305-764X
Lefsky, Michael A. and Harding, David J. and Keller, Michael and Cohen, Warren B. and Carabajal, Claudia C. and Espirito-Santo, Fernando Del Bom and Hunter, Maria O. and de Oliveira, Raimundo (2005) Estimates of forest canopy height and aboveground biomass using ICESat. Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (22). ISSN 0094-8276
McConnell, D (2005) Examining the Dynamics of Networked E-learning Groups and Communities. Studies in Higher Education, 30 (1). pp. 25-42. ISSN 0307-5079
McConnell, David and Lally, V. (2005) Networked professional development. In: Quality issues in ICT-based higher education. RoutledgeFalmer, London, pp. 122-134. ISBN 0415335205
Morris, P E and Fritz, C O and Jackson, L and Nichol, E (2005) Strategies for learning proper names: Expanding retrieval practice, meaning and imagery. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19. pp. 779-798. ISSN 0888-4080
Morris, Peter E. and Fritz, Catherine O. (2005) Memory. In: Psychology. Wiley Blackwell, Malden, Mass., pp. 224-246. ISBN 978-0631206781
Naylor, J. M. and Abutarbush, S. M. and Parchoma, Gale (2005) Using technology to improve animal welfare : results of a randomized controlled trial comparing knowledge, preference and proficiency of students taught by traditional instructor demonstration or a multimedia CD. In: Proceedings of the Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers Conference, 2005-03-222005-03-23.
Naylor, J.M. (2005) Learning in the information age:Electronic resources for veterinarians. Large Animal Veterinary Rounds.
Parchoma, Gale (2005) Collaborative instructional design, development, and evaluation of a computer-based module for a veterinary medical exercise. In: Facilitating access and flexibility in learning: An anthology of Chinese-Canadian case studies and glossary in open and distance learning. China Agricultural Press, Beijing, pp. 30-36.
Parchoma, Gale (2005) Roles and relationships in virtual environments : a model for adult distance educators extrapolated from leadership in experiences in virtual organizations. International Journal on E-Learning, 4 (4). pp. 463-487. ISSN 1537-2456
Parchoma, Gale (2005) A proposed e-learning policy field for a research-oriented university. In: Conference Proceedings of the joint meeting of the 3rd International Conference on Education & Information Systems, Technologies & Applications (EISTA 2005) & the International Conference on Cybernetics & Information Technologies, Systems & Applications, 2005-07-142005-07-17.
Parchoma, Gale and Dykes, M. (2005) Learning a living : virtual learning communities within the academy? In: TLt Symposium, 2005-05-012005-05-03. (Unpublished)
Parchoma, Gale and Dykes, M. (2005) Learning a living:Virtual learning communities within the academy? In: AMTEC: Powering Up New Learning Communities, Calgary, AB, May 24-27., 2005-05-242005-05-27. (Unpublished)
Parchoma, Gale and Dykes, M. (2005) Virtual learning communities as apprenticeships for distributed communities of practice. In: 2nd Workshop of Distributed Communities of Practice (DCoP), 2005-01-152005-01-17. (Unpublished)
Parchoma, Gale and Dykes, M. (2005) Virtual learning communities as apprenticeships for distributed communities of practice. In: LORNET Workshop – Graduate Student Seminars, University of Saskatchewan, Aug.18., 2005-08-18. (Unpublished)
Passey, Don (2005) Aston Pride ICT Project Phase: Second evaluation report on the 'ICT in the Home pilot' in Prince Albert J/I School. Working Paper. UNSPECIFIED.
Passey, Don (2005) Aston pride ICT project phase 1: evaluation report on the 'ICT in the home pilot' in Prince J/I School. Birmingham City Council, Birmingham.
Passey, Don (2005) CLEO - Espresso training autumn term 2004 to summer term 2005: final report. University of Lancaster, Lancaster.
Passey, Don (2005) CLEO - Uses of Espresso resources in schools summer term 2005: final report. University of Lancaster, Lancaster.
Passey, Don (2005) E-learning: An evaluation review of practice across the West Midlands Regional Broadband Consortium. Discussion Paper. WMNET.
Passey, Don and Frank, F. and Evans, J. and Staines, A. (2005) Aston Pride ICT Phase 1 Project: Final Evaluation Review Report. Working Paper. UNSPECIFIED.
Piggott, Linda A. and Sapey, Bob J. (2005) Out of touch: local government and disabled people's employment needs. Disability and Society, 20 (6). pp. 599-611. ISSN 0968-7599
Pitt, Kathy (2005) Debates in ESOL Teaching and Learning: cultures, communities, classrooms. New approaches to adult language, literacy and numeracy. . Routledge, London. ISBN 0415353750
Pollard, Andrew and Collins, Janet and Maddock, Mandy and Simco, Neil and Swaffield, Sue and Warin, Jo and Warwick, Paul (2005) Reflective teaching:evidence-informed professional practice. Continuum, London. ISBN 9780826473950
Porter, K. and Cuban, Sondra and Comings, J. (2005) One day I will make it : a study of adult student persistence in library literacy programs. Working Paper. MDRC, New York.
Pye, S.R. and Ward, K.A. and Roy, D.K. and Swarbrick, C.M. and Adams, J.E. and Silman, A.J. and O'Neill, T.W. (2005) The influence of lifestyle factors on bone mineral density at the mid radius assessed using pQCT. Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 20 (9). S378. ISSN 0884-0431
Rogers, C. G. (2005) Motivating learning. In: Pedagogy - Teaching for learning: British Journal of Educational Psychology, Monograph Series 2: Psychological Aspects of Education - Current Trends. British Psychological Society, Leicester. ISBN 1476-9808
Saunders, M. S. and Bonamy, J. and Charlier, B. (2005) Using evaluation to create 'provisional stabilities': bridging innovation in Higher Education change processes. Evaluation: the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice,, 11 (1). pp. 37-54. ISSN 1356-3890
Smith, Leslie (2005) Book review : Arthur J. Baroody and Ann Dowker (Eds.), The Development of Arithmetic Concepts and Skills : Constructing Adaptive Expertise. American Journal of Psychology, 118 (3). pp. 489-496. ISSN 1939-8298
Smith, Leslie (2005) Book reviews. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75. pp. 518-519. ISSN 0007-0998
Smith, Leslie (2005) Book reviews. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75. pp. 331-333. ISSN 0007-0998
Smith, Leslie (2005) Education. In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Solomon, Yvette (2005) Schooling and literacy. In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of child development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 357-361. ISBN 0521651174
Stern, Elliott (2005) Evaluation Research Methods (Editor and introductory essay for a 4 volume collection in 'Benchmark Series in Social Research Methods'). Sage. ISBN 1412901529
Trowler, Paul (2005) A sociology of teaching, learning and enhancement:improving practices in higher education. Papers : Revista de Sociologia (76). pp. 13-32. ISSN 2013-9004
Trowler, Paul and Bamber, Roni (2005) Compulsory Higher Education Teacher Training: Joined-up policies, institutional architectures and enhancement cultures. International Journal for Academic Development, 10 (2). pp. 79-93. ISSN 1360-144X
Trowler, Paul and Fanghanel, L. and Wareham, T. (2005) Freeing the chi of change: the Higher Education Academy and enhancing teaching and learning in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 30 (4). pp. 427-444. ISSN 0307-5079
Wilson, Anita and Hamilton, Mary (2005) New ways of engaging new learners: lessons from round one of the practitioner-led research initiative. National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy, London.
Yorke, Mantz (2005) Firming the foundations:an empirical and theoretical appraisal of the foundation degree in England. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 7 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1466-6529
Yorke, Mantz (2005) Formative assessment and student success. In: Reflections on assessment. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Gloucester, pp. 125-137.
Yorke, Mantz (2005) Formative assessment in higher education:its significance for employability, and steps towards its enhancement. Tertiary Education and Management, 11 (3). pp. 219-238. ISSN 1358-3883
Yorke, Mantz (2005) Increasing the chances of student success. In: Improving student learning. Oxford Centre for Staff & Learning Development, Oxford, pp. 35-52. ISBN 9781873576724
Yorke, Mantz (2005) Issues in the assessment of practice-based professional learning. Open University, Milton Keynes.
Yorke, Mantz and Barnett, Greg and Evanson, Peter and Haines, Chris and Jenkins, Don and Knight, Peter and Scurry, Dave and Stowell, Marie and Woolf, Harvey (2005) Mining institutional datasets to support policy making and implementation. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 27 (2). pp. 285-298. ISSN 1360-080X
Yorke, Mantz and Harvey, Lee (2005) Graduate attributes and their development. In: Workforce development and higher education. New directions for institutional research . Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp. 41-58.
Yorke, Mantz and Longden, Bernard (2005) Significant figures:performance indicators and 'league tables'. In: Standing Conference of Principals. Standing Conference of Principals, London.


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You're greeted by the rumble of a 16-piece jazz ensemble seated next to a beautiful flowing fountain in the courtyard.
You're greeted by the rumble of a 16-piece jazz ensemble seated next to a beautiful flowing fountain in the courtyard.
A server passes by, handing you a glass of champagne before you make your way through the entrance.
The space, meant for children's museum exhibits, has been transformed, and the "Ocean's 11"/"Casablanca" feel sets your temperament. You're ready for some gaming.
The Bayou Country Children's Museum is one step closer to opening its doors to the public.
But before it opens late this summer, there's one more night of fun scheduled — and this one's for adults only.
In its fourth year, the museum's largest fundraiser, Play It Forward, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bayou Country Children's Museum's newly completed building, 211 Rue Betancourt, Thibodaux.
The night boasts professional gaming tables with professional dealers for blackjack, craps, poker and roulette.
Mayor Tommy Eschete and Thibodaux state Rep. Dee Richard, no party affiliation, are sponsors, along with Eschete's wife, Sheri, and Andie Bollinger Giardina.
Museum Director Christy Naquin said this is the first and only year Play It Forward will be held in the museum building.
"We don't have exhibits in yet. Those are coming in May, so now we have a little time to show it off and use it as a venue," she said. "That's why we're hosting it here rather than at a banquet hall."
Naquin said last year's event brought in about $80,000.
Tickets are $65 per person. The price covers admission, food, beverages and gaming chips. Attendees can mingle with friends and participate in silent and live auctions.
Mimi Folse, Play it Forward chairwoman, said live auction items include an offshore-fishing trip, a New Orleans Saints commemorative bat signed by Drew Brees, a gourmet dinner for eight, a handmade copper fountain and a framed Blue Dog picture.
"Unique this year is our purse auction, where we'll have five designer purses up for auction," Folse said. "We'll put diamond earrings inside one of them. But as people are bidding, they won't know which one has them."
This will be the final Play It Forward before the 14-year venture is complete.
The museum will include about 40 exhibits showcasing the culture, history and environments of south Louisiana.
Planned exhibits include a two-story oil rig to detail how oil production works, a flowing bayou to illustrate pirogues and alligators, and a cane field to explain how sugar production takes place.
The museum is aimed at children ages 2 through 12. Its exhibits have been fine-tuned to match school learning objectives — organizers hope the museum will be a way to actively educate students and bolster what they learn in the classroom.
Folse said the project has taken "a lot of people with a lot of passion."
"We're all really excited everything has come together this year so we can open our doors to the public."
Naquin, who came on board about four years ago, said the Bayou Country Children's Museum "has been a dream of many, many people. So everyone is very excited to see it through."
"Children's museums typically take about 10 to 12 years from idea to fruition. So we're not far off that path. We've had several hurricanes in our way — Katrina and then Gustav and Ike. The list of natural things that have prolonged it can go on and on. What's important is that the community never gave up. The board of directors and the volunteers never gave up. Everyone believed in it," Naquin said. "It's such a blessing, and we can't wait to hear the giggles and happy feet in the gallery area. But at least for one night, it's dedicated to adults only."
Staff Writer Kris Johnson can be reached at 857-2207 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @krisLjo.


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Tofu Dish Recipes
Chestnut Tofu Stir-Fry Recipe
It's Meatless Monday and we're going to be celebrating the Asian Lunar New Year in about 2 weeks. It's the perfect occasion to show you our family's favorite: tofu stir fry. For this version, I sauteed shiitake mushrooms, broccoli and roasted chestnuts. The chestnuts have a mealy texture that's very satisfying and filling, which is great when you're on a vegetarian diet. I'll be taking the proverbial plunge from the day before the New Year through the day after (there is a tradition of abstaining from meat during this period for the New Year).
I just came home from West Hollywood after promoting my second cookbook Banh Mi during the Golden Globes presentation. I also shared my pandan cookies, and guess what? I'm not big on bragging but everyone adored my signature cookies and the Banh Mi cookbook! I've shared and will share a few photos of the event on my social media channels.
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Wood Ear Mushroom and Tofu Stir Fry Recipe
Here's a simple and easy tofu stir fry recipe. Pan-fried tofu is cooked with celery and fresh wood ear mushrooms. Quick and delicious. That's it!
The Asian New Year is Sunday, and as you may have noticed, I've been cooking a lot of tofu dishes over the past few days. Next I'll share with you some of my favorite New Year's desserts. Stay tuned!
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Dau Hu Rang Muoi Recipe (Vietnamese Tofu)
Đậu hũ rang muối is probably my husband Lulu's favorite preparation for tofu. It literally translates to "toasted tofu in salt crust". Indeed, large pieces of silken tofu are covered in tapioca starch, then deep-fried. Finally, a quick stir fry of green onions, freshly sliced red Thai chiles and salt complete the dish.
The simplicity of this dish is what is remarkable about the versatility of tofu. A drizzle of soy sauce and the addition of freshly steamed jasmine rice makes the most delicious meal. Who could ever say tofu is bland and tasteless?
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Black Bean Tofu Recipe
This is a simple vegetarian recipe, but simple doesn't mean that it lacks flavor. I pan-fried thick slices of tofu until the outer layer was very crispy, then quickly sautéed it with fermented black beans and snow peas. The greens were still crisp and provided a great color to the dish.
If you're starting to think about the upcoming Asian New Year celebration (called Tết in Vietnamese), you might be looking for vegan recipes. Well, search no more! Tradition requires us to eat vegetarian food (ăn chay) on the last day of the previous year and first day of New Year and I will be sharing a few more Vietnamese vegetarian dishes with you until the celebration begins.
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Vegetarian Stir Fry Recipe: Tofu with Beans and Carrots
I hadn't cooked tofu in a while and my husband Lulu asked for a vegetarian stir fry. I've wanted him to eat healthier, so I was happy to oblige. The base of the stir fry contains carrots, green beans and onions from Full Circle. To this, I added some kumquat jelly I made last winter (you could use any kind of sweetener you like) and a mixture of fresh garlic and red Thai bird chiles Lulu planted early this Spring. It's just the right combination of sweet and spicy, and I love that the recipe is flexible enough to make use of whatever you have on hand.
I've been enjoying my weekly box from Full Circle. It feels like Santa Claus is leaving me a present on my doorstep every week! And fittingly, our friend Kris from Full Circle is offering a number of free farm boxes, so PhamFatale readers can also experience Full Circle. This week, we're putting up 1 prize and there will be more to come throughout the year as well. To enter, first check on FullCircle.com to make sure there are deliveries available in your area (Shipping is included for all members in CA, WA, and ID, and Anchorage, AK. Outside of Anchorage, AK, there is a shipping fee, and prices vary depending on location.). If so, simply enter your email address and I'll select one winner next Monday. Good luck everyone!
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Every flawless look requires exquisite accessories to match. We showcase Spring and Summer 2014 most desirable accessories and luxury gifts. We have a wide selection of Fashion Accessories for women, from real fur hats and headbands to scarves, wraps and socks. New in store we have a selection of Italian leather bags in iconic designs and beautiful colours. So shop fabulous gifts and luxury treats for yourself to lift the spirits and prove that luxury needn't be expensive.


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