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NewsMarch 11, 2011 - Updated on January 20, 2016
2010: A challenging year for online journalists and their sources
In October 2010, break-ins occurred in the offices of several journalists investigating the Woerth-Bettancourt case. The Mediapart news website reported the "disappearance" of computers and hard disks containing information about the heiress to the L'Oréal empire. These thefts, as well as the phone-tapping and undercover methods used by French intelligence agents to track the site's journalists inquiring into the Karachi and Bettancourt cases, are placing the protection of sources principle in serious jeopardy.
In November 2010, Claude Guéant, who was at that time the Elysée General Secretary, lodged a "defamation" suit against Mediapart, which had accused him of being responsible for the undercover surveillance of its journalists. A few weeks earlier, several majority members had verbally harshly criticised Edwy Plenel's website. Then Health Minister Xavier Bertrand labelled the newspapers' methods as "fascist." Nadine Morano, Minister for Apprenticeship and Professional Formation, accused Mediapart of being a "gossip website."
In November 2010, news website Rue89's offices were burgled and more than 20 computers stolen. The offices of news site MyEurop info, located in the same building, were also "visited." Lastly, in June 2010, Augustin Scalbert, a Rue89 journalist, was indicted for "receiving stolen goods" for having published an article accompanying an "off-air" video clip of Nicolas Sarkozy on the France 3 TV network. The video showed the French Head of State reprimanding a studio technician for not responding to his greeting prior to an interview.
The website Bakchich.info is said to have obtained a copy of a message from a private detective agency addressed to the Elysée about the latter's own spy services. According to Nicolas Beau, the website's director, it supposedly contains "tips on how to most effectively promote the site," for "making it more middle-class and institutionalised," and for turning it into "a source with a pro-government viewpoint."
WikiLeaks: The French debate
The debate over the WikiLeaks website, which released U.S. diplomatic cables to the public via such media as Le Monde and The New York Times, aroused sharp criticism from officials in the French government. In December 2010, Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, tried to prohibit WikiLeaks from being hosted France. The Minister asked the General Council of Industry, Energy and Technology (CGIET) to study what actions could be taken "to ensure that this Internet website will no longer be hosted in France." In a letter addressed to the Council, he justifies himself as follows: France cannot host Internet sites that violate the confidentiality of diplomatic relations and put in danger persons protected by diplomatic secrecy," to which he added, "One cannot host Internet sites described as criminal and rejected by other states because of attacks on their fundamental rights."
On 3 December 2010, in response to these statements, French host server OVH applied for a summary judgement against the ruling, affirming that a minister is not entitled to decide the legality of a website nor its host "location." The court has declared itself incompetent to rule on the matter and has asserted the need for an "open debate."
The French Foreign Ministry stated: "We firmly condemn the deliberate and irresponsible disclosure by the WikiLeaks site of U.S. diplomatic correspondence." The government denounced this "threat to state sovereignty." Former Minister of the Interior Brice Hortefefeux had labelled the site's action as "totalitarian."
Troubling laws for Internet freedom
Hadopi: The fight against illegal file downloading (Internet piracy)
HADOPI, the "Creation and Internet" law, is a "law promoting the distribution and protection of creative works on the Internet" and its aim is to facilitate the fight against illegal downloading by expanding the availability of legally downloadable material and by setting up a "graduated response" system against Internet users who download files containing copyrighted material. Such users receive a first email warning. If they recommit the offence within a six-month period, a registered letter and a second email warning are sent. If the Internet user continues the pirating practices, after the matter is referred to the Public Prosecutor's office by Hadopi's Copyright Protection Commission and a judge's decision is rendered, the user may be penalised by a suspension of his or her connection for a one-month period.
Reporters Without Borders believes that Internet access is a fundamental right and that the recourse of suspending a connection is a violation of the public's freedom to access information. Moreover the law known more precisely by the acronym Hadopi 2, is a complement to the French law concerning the Penal Protection of Literary and Artistic Property on the Internet ("Hadopi 1"), which had been partially censored by the French Constitutional Council. In its 10 June 2009 decision on Hadopi 1, the Council asserted that restricting Internet access is an abuse of freedom of expression: "Taking into account the terms of Article 11 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens of 1789: 'The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, print freely, except that he must answer for abuse of this freedom as determined by law'" (and that) nowadays, in light of the generalised development of the Internet and its importance for participation in democratic life and the expression of ideas and opinions, (such right implies) the online public's freedom to access these communication services." They also stipulated that only a judge can restrict Internet access.
In order to bypass the Council's decision, the French government promulgated the non-censored articles of Hadopi 1, and introduced a complementary text (Hadopi 2) providing for a simplified procedure which enables a single judge to render a decision without the accused being present and by court order. If the judge should then decide to cut off Internet access, such procedure does not guarantee the rights of the defence: the judge renders his verdict without open debate, upon examining the case and without having to explain the basis of his decision.
The main Hadopi provisions raising concern are the following:
- The judge's intervention does not provide sufficient judicial guarantees;
- The Internet user will be presumed guilty and must prove his innocence, reversing the burden of proof;
- He shall have no possible recourse against sanctions;
- If his Internet connection is hacked and used by a third party to download files, the user will be penalised by having his connection suspended for one month for "characterised negligence in the surveillance of Internet access," and could end up having to pay a fine of about USD 1,900. This provision, which imposes on users the obligation to secure their own networks, does not take into account the diverse levels of the French population's computer knowledge;
- If one member of a household engages in illegal downloading activities, the entire household's Internet access will be cut off;
- The law is already obsolete: the streaming of file content is not considered.
Quadrature du Net, an advocacy group promoting online freedom, calls Hadopi a would-be "punishing machine" (…) "without any consequence" on culture or its dissemination on the Internet.
In an effort to make the provision more effective, in the night of 1 to 2 February 2011, the French National Assembly adopted an amendment that would allow Hadopi to grant subsidies to the private sector to help Hadopi carry out its mission "of monitoring the licit and illicit use of copyright-protected works online" (Art. L331-13 of the French Intellectual Property Code). This amendment now makes it possible to pay private-sector companies to conduct online surveillance and filtering. Sixty Socialist and Communist Party deputies and as many senators have referred this amendment, which they called a "legislative knight" to the Constitutional Council for a validity ruling. The opposition has denounced the perverse effects of the law, asserting that "the news services of the United States and the United Kingdom have complained to their French counterparts, that the law had contributed to the soaring use of encryption among Internet users, making the fight against terrorism more complicated." The French Law Commission and certain majority deputies also oppose the adoption of this text.
Net freedom: A victim of the debate on security issues?
The French Parliament enacted the "law on guidelines and programming for the performance of internal security" (Loppsi 2) on Tuesday 8 February 2011, by 171 to 151 votes. Under the pretext of fighting child pornography, Article 4 of the law institutionalises an administrative filtering of the Web, without a court order. Article 2 is likely to criminalise the use of pseudonyms on the Internet, and Article 23 permits cybersearches.
Loppsi 2 poses a critical threat to freedom of expression, because it provides the option of censuring content deemed suspect by implementing an administrative filtering of the web. Yet filtering often results in over-blocking, which can drag into its net websites or pages whose content has nothing to do with that which is covered by the law, as well as slow down bandwidth speed.
Article 4 provides for the blocking of websites containing "pornographic photos or representations of minors" by Internet service providers. A "black list" drawn up by the Central Office for the Fight Against Criminality Connected with Information Technology and Communication, reporting to the Ministry of the Interior, will be delivered to Internet service providers in France so that they can censor the sites concerned. The fight against child pornography is totally legitimate. However, the arbitrary and non-transparent nature of the chosen procedure, which excludes any control by an independent judge, is raising genuine concern.
In addition, there is a real danger that the implementation of a filtering system may be extended to matters totally unrelated to child pornography. Once the "psychological threshold" has been exceeded, the filtering could be extended to include other offences such as piracy, defamation and insulting the president. The French Association for Internet Names and Cooperation (AFNI) shares this fear that the filtering might be extended to other domains than the fight against child pornography.
The effectiveness of filtering technology has already been questioned in numerous reports. A 3 July 2009 "Study on the impact of blocking child pornography websites" commissioned by the French Federation of Telecoms and Electronic Communications claims that such devices do not prevent Internet users who exchange child pornography content from circumventing the filtering system. Reporters Without Borders believes that withdrawal of content at the source by website hosts is a much more targeted and better way to tackle online child pornography.
According to the "Ange Bleu" association, , which combats paedophilia, Loppsi is an "ineffective," counter-productive" and "dangerous" law that uses the pretext of protecting children "as a Trojan horse for generalised online filtering."
Filtering-related precedents, particularly in Australia, have confirmed fears that this practice might become widespread. In February 2011, the United States Department of Homeland Security blocked more than 80,000 websites, including blogs and vendor sites, in an attempt to seize ten domain names suspected of sheltering paedophilia websites. It took three days to straighten out the error. Some countries, including Germany, reversed course and decided to abandon similar projects.
Article 23 of that law, which contains no guarantee of source confidentiality, authorises the police to install remotely-introduced spyware in the suspects' computers under an investigating judge's supervision. In the course of their investigation, should the authorities discover an offence totally unrelated to the purpose of the spyware installation, the suspects could still be prosecuted for that offence.
Article 2 of the proposed law would make identify theft punishable by a fine of up to about USD 20,800 and a prison sentence, and would criminalise the online use of pseudonyms or the creation of satirical profiles of known people.
On 15 February 2011, Social and Communist groups in the National Assembly and Senate challenged the constitutionality of the Loppsi 2 domestic security law before the Constitutional Court. The deputies and senators mainly took issue with Article 4. They argue that the text "does not provide sufficient guarantees against the possibility of arbitrary violations of freedom of expression."
Good resolutions for 2011?
A "French National Council of Digital Technology" and Hadopi 3: A seductive approach
The government has clearly indicated its desire to "spruce up" the image of an unpopular law. During a meeting at the Elysée on 16 December 2010 organised by the President of the French Republic to which Internet personalities, entrepreneurs and influential bloggers were invited, Nicolas Sarkozy is thought to have suggested creating a "Hadopi 3" in order to make the law "more appealing."
The Head of State also allegedly expressed his wish to create a French National Council of Digital Technology (CNN), which would have only an advisory status and would be consulted with regard to any legislation related to digital technology or the Internet. Its apparent objective would be to improve the dialogue between politicians, the Internet sector, and the new technologies. In a report obtained by Agence France-Presse on 25 February 2011, Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, whom the French government appointed to spearhead consultations in the aim of setting up the Council, explained that the CNN must "address one of the criticisms issued by the digital sector: the impression of a lack of recognition of the sector's influence," that it "must have a forward-looking role in helping to define the digital policy" of France and advise the authorities "as far upstream as possible" about "any proposed legislation." The Loppsi and Hadopi laws are given as "examples in which digital economy actors were opposed, often vigorously so, to a public policy initiated by the government or parliament." The report's author recommends that members of the CNN be elected and that the Council be funded by the state and attached to the Office of the Prime Minister.
Net neutrality in jeopardy
On Tuesday 8 February 2011, in a speech on the digital economy given during parliamentary meetings, Eric Besson cast doubt on the future of Net neutrality. Under the pretext of a likely increase in Internet traffic, the Minister called for that traffic to be regulated and for abandoning the Net's absolute neutrality principle. He stated that he wanted content providers to pay for access, arguing that "absolute neutrality would impede the growth of services and undermine the objective that it seeks to pursue." He added that this "neutrality absolutism would mean the end of certain types of services, such as IP telephony or IP television. These statements are inconsistent with the report submitted by deputies Laure de La Raudière (UMP) and Corinne Erhel (PS), whose initiative Eric Besson "had welcomed."
In April 2008, Eric Besson, then Secretary of State for the Digital Economy, nonetheless had declared: "Clearly, I will not be the Minister of Internet castration."
The bill introduced by Socialist deputy Christian Paul, which called for "making Net neutrality a principle and not the exception" and "prohibiting discriminations associated with content, or with those who send or receive digital data exchanges," was defeated by one vote in the French National Assembly on 1 March 2011. The government had issued an unfavourable opinion on the full text.
Reporters Without Borders regrets that this proposed law guaranteeing Net neutrality and providing a framework for the filtering system introduced by Loppsi, was apparently not adopted.
Christian Paul's bill also proposed to reinstate court competency on the Net filtering issue, institutionalised without judicial approval under Article 4 of Loppsi 2.
France's role in promoting online freedom of expression
An international conference on online freedom of expression initiated by Bernard Kouchner, then French Minister of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with his Dutch counterpart, has suspended his meetings, which have not resumed since the ministerial reshuffling in France and the Netherlands. The latest meeting, initially scheduled for 15 October 2010, was postponed until an undetermined date. This postponement followed arduous negotiations between the various States involved about the content of this conference's final statement and the very definition of online freedom of expression. Some countries apparently had reservations about the "hadopising" nature of this statement.
In addition, a few days before the conference, the Quadrature du Net had published a letter to the Head of State addressed to Bernard Kouchner and containing some recommendations on the conference content. Nicolas Sarkozy asked his Minister to ensure the promotion of a "civilised Internet" and to make this conference "an occasion to promote balanced regulation initiatives taken by France during the past three years, especially the Hadopi law in the field of copyright.".
In a 2007 speech, Nicolas Sarkozy had already asserted that "France (should) reclaim its position as a leading country in the campaign to civilise the new networks."
In December 2010, President Nicolas Sarkozy stated that he was planning to assemble the main Internet actors within the framework of the G8 meeting in Deauville, scheduled for May 2011. Rather than directly tackle the online freedom of expression issue, the debates of the upcoming G8 and G20 meetings will focus on the challenges posed by issues relating to copyrights.
The French government apparently favours a security-oriented approach as it relates to copyright protection, to the detriment of freedom of expression and information access. The time when Hillary Clinton's speech called for Net freedom to be the cornerstone of U.S. diplomacy still inspired emulation in the French Foreign Office already seems to have been forgotten. France has missed an opportunity to take a position of leadership in a debate that has become even more crucial since the Arab world's recent uprisings in which the Internet and social networks played a major role. Tunisian and Egyptian netizens, however, have successfully shown how truly essential online freedom of expression has become.


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|Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration
Release 2 (9.2)
Part Number A96653-02
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A range of archived redo logs created whenever you are unable to apply the next archived redo log generated by the primary database to the standby database.
A copy of one of the filled members of an online redo log group made when the database is in
ARCHIVELOG mode. As the LGWR process fills each online redo log with redo records, log transport services copy the log to one or more offline archive log destinations. This copy is the archived redo log, also known as the offline redo log.
See also ARCHIVELOG mode, online redo log, and redo log
The mode of the database in which log transport services archive filled online redo logs to disk. Specify the mode at database creation or by using the SQL
ALTER DATABASE ARCHIVELOG statement. You can enable automatic archiving either dynamically using the SQL
ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG START statement or by setting the initialization parameter
LOG_ARCHIVE_START to
Running your database in
ARCHIVELOG mode has several advantages over
NOARCHIVELOG mode. You can:
To protect your database that is in
ARCHIVELOG mode in case of failure, back up your archived logs.
See also archived redo log, NOARCHIVELOG mode, and redo log
On the primary database location, the process (or a SQL session performing an archival operation) that creates a copy of the online redo logs, either locally or remotely, for standby databases. On the standby database location, the ARCn process archives the standby redo logs to be applied by the managed recovery process (MRP).
The operation in which the ARCn background process copies filled online redo logs to offline destinations. You must run the primary database in
ARCHIVELOG mode to archive redo logs.
The measure of the ability of a system or resource to provide the desired service when required. Measured in terms of the percentage of time the device is accessible out of the total time it is needed. Businesses that require uninterrupted computing services have an availability goal of 100%, or 24x365. The sum of availability and downtime equals 100%.
See also downtime and switchover
A backup of the control file. Make the backup by:
backup or
copy command. Never create a backup control file by using operating system commands.
Typically, you restore backup control files when all copies of the current control file are damaged; sometimes you restore them before performing certain types of point-in-time recovery.
See also control file and current control file
A physical file in a format specific to RMAN. The file belongs to only one backup set. A backup set usually contains only one backup piece. The only time RMAN creates more than one backup piece is when you limit the piece size using the
MAXPIECESIZE option of the RMAN
ALLOCATE or
CONFIGURE command.
See also backup set and Recovery Manager (RMAN)
An RMAN-specific logical grouping of one or more physical files called backup pieces. The output of the RMAN
BACKUP command is a backup set. Extract the files in a backup set by using the RMAN
RESTORE command. You can multiplex files into a backup set, that is, intermingle blocks from input files into a single backup set.
There are two types of backup sets:
See also backup piece and Recovery Manager (RMAN)
A distributed management framework that automates and simplifies most of the operations associated with the creation, control, and monitoring of a Data Guard configuration. The broker includes two user interfaces: Oracle Data Guard Manager (a graphical user interface) and the Data Guard command-line interface.
A standby database that receives its redo logs from another standby database, not from the original primary database.
A log transport services archiving destination that is configured to receive redo logs from the primary database and depends on the successful completion of archival operations for the parent destination.
See also destination dependency, destinations, and parent destination
A backup of one or more database files taken while the database is closed. Typically, a closed backup is also a whole database backup (a backup of the control file and all datafiles that belong to a database). If you closed the database cleanly, then all the files in the backup are consistent. If you shut down the database using a
SHUTDOWN ABORT statement or the instance terminated abnormally, then the backups are inconsistent.
See also consistent backup
See closed backup
A whole database backup (a backup of the control file and all datafiles that belong to a database) that you can open with the
RESETLOGS option without performing media recovery. In other words, you do not need to apply redo logs to datafiles in this backup for it to be consistent. All datafiles in a consistent backup must:
You can only make consistent backups after you have made a clean shutdown of the database. The database must not be opened until the backup has completed.
See also closed backup
A binary file associated with a database that maintains the physical structure and timestamps of all files in that database. The Oracle database server updates the control file continuously during database use and must have it available for writing whenever the database is mounted or open.
See also backup control file and current control file
The environment in which each instance in a Real Application Clusters configuration directs its archived redo logs to a single instance of the cluster. This single instance is known as the recovery instance.
See also recovery instance
The control file on disk for a primary database; it is the most recently modified control file for the current incarnation of the database. For a control file to be considered current during recovery, it must not have been restored from backup.
See also backup control file and control file
The online redo log in which the LGWR background process is currently logging redo records. Those logs to which LGWR is not writing are called inactive.
When LGWR gets to the end of the log, it performs a log switch and begins writing to a new log. If you run the database in
ARCHIVELOG mode, then the ARCn process or processes copy the redo data into an archived redo log.
See also online redo log and redo log
The management, monitoring, and automation software that works with a production database and one or more standby databases to protect your data against errors, failures, and corruptions that might otherwise destroy your database.
See also primary database and standby database
Data loss occurs when you fail over to a standby database that has not received all redo data from the primary database.
A physical operating system file on disk that was created by the Oracle database server and contains data structures such as tables and indexes. A datafile can only belong to one database.
See also tablespace
Configuring log transport services so that archiving redo logs to a specified destination is dependent upon the success or failure of archiving redo logs to another destination.
See also child destination, destinations, and parent destination
Log transport services allow the primary database to be configured to archive redo logs to up to 10 local and remote locations called destinations.
See also child destination, destination dependency, and parent destination
The measure of the inability of a system or resource to provide the desired service when required. Measured in terms of the percentage or amount of time the device is not accessible out of the total time it is needed. The sum of availability and downtime equals 100%.
A period of time for performing routine maintenance tasks, such as hardware and software upgrades and value-added services is planned downtime. The computing system is not available for productive operations during such scheduled maintenance tasks.
See also availability and switchover
An irreversible role transition in which a standby database transitions to the primary role, and the old primary database is rendered unable to participate in the configuration. Depending on the protection mode under which the old primary database was operating before the failover, there might be no or some data loss during a failover. A failover is typically used only when a primary database becomes incapacitated (for example, due to a system or software failure), and there is no possibility of performing a switchover or of successfully repairing the primary database within a reasonable amount of time.
See also role transition and switchover
See fetch archive log (FAL) client
See fetch archive log (FAL) server
See fetch archive log (FAL) client and fetch archive log (FAL) server
A background Oracle database server process. The initialization parameter for the FAL client is set on the standby database. The FAL client pulls archived redo logs from the primary location and initiates and requests the transfer of archived redo logs automatically when it detects an archive gap on the standby database.
See also fetch archive log (FAL) server
A background Oracle database server process that runs on the primary or other standby databases and services the fetch archive log (FAL) requests coming from the FAL client. For example, servicing a FAL request might include queuing requests (to send archived redo logs to one or more standby databases) to an Oracle database server that runs the FAL server. Multiple FAL servers can run on the same primary database at one time. A separate FAL server is created for each incoming FAL request. The initialization parameter for the FAL server is set on the standby database.
See also fetch archive log (FAL) client
Ensures supplemental logging is set up correctly by performing log switches and then invoking the
DBMS_LOGMNR_D.BUILD procedure.
See also supplemental logging
See open backup
An application that receives requests by clients and redirects them to the appropriate server.
The component of the Data Guard environment that is responsible for applying archived redo logs on the standby database to maintain transactional synchronization with the primary database.
See also log transport services, role management services, and SQL apply mode
The point at which LGWR stops writing to the active redo log and switches to the next available redo log. LGWR switches when either the active log is filled with redo records or you force a switch manually.
If you run your database in
ARCHIVELOG mode, log transport services archive the redo data in inactive logs into archived redo logs. When a log switch occurs and LGWR begins overwriting the old redo data, you are protected against data loss because the archived redo log contains the old data. If you run in
NOARCHIVELOG mode, log transport services overwrite old redo data at a log switch without archiving it. Hence, you lose all old redo data.
See also redo log
The component of the Data Guard environment that is responsible for the automated transfer of primary database online redo data. Log transport services provide for the management of archived redo log permissions, destinations, transmission, reception, and failure resolution. In a Data Guard environment, the log transport services component coordinates its activities with the log apply services component.
See also log apply services, no data loss, and role management services
The background process that collects transaction redo and updates the online redo logs. The log writer process can also create local archived redo logs and transmit online redo logs to standby databases.
See full supplemental logging and supplemental logging
A standby database that is logically identical to the primary database and can be used to take over processing if the primary database is taken offline. A logical standby database is the logical equivalent of the primary database; they share the same schema definition.
See also physical standby database and standby database
The LSP applies archived redo log information to the logical standby database.
An environment in which the primary database automatically archives redo logs to the standby location, initiated by entering the following SQL statement:
When a standby database runs in managed recovery mode, it automatically applies redo logs received from the primary database.
The process that applies archived redo log information to the standby database.
See standby database environment
An environment in which the primary database does not automatically archive redo logs to the standby location. In this environment, you must manually transfer archived logs to the standby location and manually apply them by issuing the following SQL statement:
This mode allows you to recover a standby database manually.
A log transport services data availability mode that can be set to ensure that redo logs are available at a standby database before the current database transaction is committed.
See also no data loss, log transport services, maximum performance mode, and maximum protection mode
A log transport services data availability mode that offers the lowest level of data protection. In this mode, the archiver process writes redo log data asynchronously to a standby database with as little effect as possible on the performance of the primary database. In a failover operation, it is possible to lose data from one or more logs that have not yet been transmitted. This is the default protection mode.
See also no data loss, log transport services, maximum availability mode, and maximum protection mode
A log transport services data availability mode that can be set to ensure that redo logs are available at a standby database before primary database processing can continue. This mode is not supported on logical standby databases because standby redo logs are required for this mode.
See also no data loss, log transport services, maximum availability mode, and maximum performance mode
See managed recovery process (MRP)
A log transport services option that can be configured to ensure that data modifications made to the primary database are not acknowledged until those data modifications are also available on (but not necessarily applied to) the standby database.
See also log transport services, maximum availability mode, and maximum protection mode
The mode of the database in which log transport services do not require filled online redo logs to be archived to disk. Specify the mode at database creation or change it by using the SQL
ALTER DATABASE statement. Oracle Corporation does not recommend running in
NOARCHIVELOG mode because it severely limits the possibilities for recovery of lost data.
See also ARCHIVELOG mode
See site
A set of two or more files that records all changes made to datafiles and control files. Whenever a change is made to the database, the Oracle database server generates a redo record in the redo buffer. The LGWR process flushes the contents of the redo buffer into the online redo log.
Every database must contain at least two online redo logs. If you are multiplexing your online redo log, LGWR concurrently writes the same redo data to multiple files. The individual files are called members of an online redo log group.
See also archived redo log, current online redo log, redo log, and standby redo log
A backup of one or more datafiles taken while a database is open. This is also known as a hot backup.
A log transport services archiving destination that has a child destination associated with it.
See also child destination, destination dependency, and destinations
A standby database that is physically identical to the primary database because recovery applies changes block-for-block using the physical row ID.
See also logical standby database and standby database
See availability, downtime, and switchover
In a Data Guard configuration, a production database is referred to as a primary database. A primary database is used to create a standby database. Every standby database is associated with one and only one primary database. A single primary database can, however, support multiple standby databases.
See also standby database
A database opened with the SQL statement
ALTER DATABASE OPEN READ ONLY. As their name suggests, read-only databases are for queries only and cannot be modified. A standby database can be run in read-only mode, which means that it can be queried while still serving as an up-to-date emergency replacement for the primary database.
See also read-only mode
A physical standby database mode initiated by issuing the following SQL statement:
This mode allows you to query the physical standby database, but not to make changes to it.
See also read-only database
When you use a standby database in a Real Application Clusters configuration, any instance can receive archived logs from the primary database; this is the receiving instance.
See also recovery instance
A set of tables and views used by Recovery Manager (RMAN) to store information about Oracle databases. RMAN uses this data to manage the backup, restoration, and recovery of Oracle databases. If you choose not to use a recovery catalog, RMAN uses the target database control file. You should not store the recovery catalog in your target database.
See also recovery catalog database and Recovery Manager (RMAN)
An Oracle database that contains a recovery catalog schema.
See also recovery catalog
The node where managed recovery is performed. Within a Real Application Clusters configuration, each primary instance directs its archived redo logs to this node of the standby cluster.
See also cross-instance archival environment and receiving instance
A utility that backs up, restores, and recovers Oracle databases. You can use it with or without the central information repository called a recovery catalog. If you do not use a recovery catalog, RMAN uses the control file of the database to store information necessary for backup and recovery operations. You can use RMAN in conjunction with a media manager, which allows you to back up files to tertiary storage.
See also backup piece, backup set, and recovery catalog
A file containing redo records. There are three types of redo logs: online redo logs, standby redo logs, and archived redo logs.
The online redo log is a set of two or more files that records all changes made to datafiles and control files. The LGWR process records the redo records in the log. The current online redo log is the one to which LGWR is currently writing.
The standby redo log is an optional location where the standby database can store the redo data received from the primary database. This redo data can be stored on the standby location using either standby redo logs or archived redo logs.
The archived redo log, also known as the offline redo log, is a copy of the online redo log that has been copied to an offline destination. If the database is in
ARCHIVELOG mode, the ARCn process or processes copy each online redo log to one or more archive log destinations after it is filled.
See also archived redo log, ARCHIVELOG mode, current online redo log, log switch, online redo log, and standby redo log
The ability of a computing system or software to operate without failing.
The remote file server process on the standby location receives archived redo logs from the primary database.
The component of the Data Guard environment that is responsible for the changing of database roles. Database role transitions include switchover and failover if the primary database is unavailable due to an unplanned shutdown.
See also log apply services and log transport services
A database can be in one of two mutually exclusive roles: primary or standby. You can change these roles dynamically as a planned transition (switchover), or you can change these roles as a result of an unplanned failure (failover).
See also failover and switchover
A software installation technique that allows a clustered system to continue to provide service while the software is being upgraded to the next release. This process is called a rolling upgrade because each database or system in the cluster is upgraded and rebooted in turn, until all databases or systems have been upgraded.
In a Data Guard configuration, this term is sometimes used to refer to the local or geographically remote location of a primary or standby database.
In a Data Guard broker configuration, a site is a managed unit of failover.
The mode in which log apply services automatically apply archived redo log information to a logical standby database by transforming transaction information into SQL statements and then executing the SQL statement to the logical standby database.
See also log apply services
An identical copy of a primary database that you can use for disaster protection. You can update your standby database with archived redo logs from the primary database to keep it current. Should a disaster destroy or compromise the primary database, you can fail over to the standby database and make it the new primary database. A standby database has its own initialization parameter file, control file, and datafiles.
See also logical standby database, physical standby database, and primary database
The physical configuration of the primary and standby databases. The environment depends on many factors, including the:
A configuration in which a primary database automatically archives redo logs to a standby location is a managed standby environment. If the standby database is in managed recovery mode, it automatically applies the logs received from the primary database to the standby database. Note that in a managed standby environment, a primary database continues to transmit archived redo logs even if the standby database is not in managed recovery mode.
The standby redo log is an optional set of logs where the standby database can store the redo data received from the primary database. (Redo data can also be stored on the standby location using archived redo logs.) Standby redo logs are created using the
ADD STANDBY LOGFILE clause of the SQL
ALTER DATABASE statement. Additional log group members can be added later to provide another level of reliability against disk failure on the standby location. Standby redo logs are required if you are using the maximum protection mode. Standby redo logs are not supported for logical standby databases.
See also redo log
The ability to log additional information in the redo log stream to enable LogMiner to group and merge the redo streams related to a row change during log mining, and also to be able to identify the row using an identification key.
See also full supplemental logging
A reversible role transition between the primary database and one of its standby databases. The primary database and standby database involved in the switchover operation exchange roles with no loss of application data and no need to restart or re-create any of the other standby databases in the configuration. You cannot use a switchover operation to perform a rolling upgrade of Oracle software. However, it might be possible to use a switchover operation to perform a hardware-based rolling upgrade.
See also availability, downtime, failover, and role transition
A stamp that defines a committed version of a database at a point in time. The Oracle database server assigns every committed transaction a unique SCN.
One or more logical storage units into which a database is divided. Each tablespace has one or more physical datafiles exclusively associated with it.
See also datafile
See transparent application failover (TAF)
In RMAN, the database that you are backing up or restoring.
A file that belongs to a temporary tablespace, and is created with the
TEMPFILE option. Temporary tablespaces cannot contain permanent database objects such as tables, and are typically used for sorting. Because tempfiles cannot contain permanent objects, RMAN does not back them up.
See also temporary tablespace
Tablespace of temporary tables created during the processing of a SQL statement. This allows you to add tempfile entries in read-only mode for the purpose of making queries. You can then perform on-disk sorting operations in a read-only database without affecting dictionary files or generating redo entries.
See also tablespace and tempfile
The ability of client applications to automatically reconnect to a database and resume work after a failover occurs.

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Name: Trey
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Location: Charleston, SC
I'm a good looking guy. At least that's what people tell me. I'm educated, have a good job, have a great sense of humor, and I'm also bi. I thought that being attracted to both women and men would increase the likelihood of me finding the sexual satisfaction I so desperately want and need.
I'm not afraid of commitment, but I can't seem to get beyond casual hook ups and affairs that last only a few months. The sex is a hit or miss kind of thing, but even when the sex is great, I always seem to hit a wall. I can't seem to get to the next level.
The New Year is upon us and I don't want to remain stuck in this holding pattern. What am I missing? Any advice for someone like me?
Thanks for the timely question, Trey. And Happy New Year to you.
You bring up two very important skill sets — satisfying sex and relationship building. Despite the myths perpetuated by the popular culture, the two are not necessarily interdependent. Sexual satisfaction is one thing, and it can be achieved through traditional relationship models or not. Successful primary relationships can and often do depend on the sexual satisfaction of the partners, but not always. And given the diversity of intimate interests people have, it's no wonder some come away from the experience frustrated and disappointed. Think of it as a combination lock. All the tumblers need to align for the lock to open.
The secret, it seems to me, is to discover precisely what it is you are looking for and deciding precisely what it is you are willing to expend getting what you want.
And I hope that your bisexuality has lead you to embrace more relationship models than what is traditionally handed us as the be all and end all—heterosexual monogamy. There is so much more out there.
That being said, I do have some generic thoughts about sexual satisfaction that are applicable to whatever relationship model you choose. Great sex is dependent on mutuality, even in a casual hook up. Be sure your partner knows he or she is loved, appreciated, or in terms of the casual hook up, respected.
If the connection you have with another has legs, so to speak, you will soon discover that either you or your partner has a stronger libido than does the other. That's pretty common. Deal with this immediately, like adults. Don't wait for your relationship to go broken. It's just too easy to walk away from something that is floundering instead of investing the effort it would take to right it. Does that sound familiar? I wouldn't be surprised if it does. Accommodations and compromise are always necessary in seeking the common good. And by that I don't mean sinking to the lowest common denominator. People come to compromise and accommodation through effective communication. If you don't know how to do that, your relationship, of whatever stripe, is doomed.
Passion is not a dirty word, nor is sexual expression a sin. If you or a partner has religious scruples about enjoying you own body or that of your partner you're headed for trouble. And remember, boredom in the bedroom is a recipe for disaster.
You should be well versed in self-pleasuring. In fact, the more you know about your body and the mysteries of your sexual response cycle the smoother things will go in partnered sex. Nowadays there is absolutely no need for anyone to come to partnered sex uninformed about sex in general and his or her sexuality in particular.
Like I said, mutuality is the key. And since we all evolve sexually, partners need to grow right along with each other. Make your sex play an adventure. Never hesitate to check in with one another to see how the pleasure thing is going. What's worked last time is not necessarily gonna work next time.
Spontaneity is always a real good thing. Both partners need to take responsibility for seeing that their intimacy needs are being met. Sometimes that will involve fucking like bunnies, other times it will mean vegging-out in front of the boob-tube with a fist full of Häagen-Dazs.
Again, communication is key! Openness and honesty about one's most secret sexual fantasies and desires is essential. Can't trust your partner with your secrets? That's never a good sign. Take responsibility for your own sexuality. Ask for what you need, but don't neglect caring for yourself.
Seek your partner's pleasure before your own. This is particularly important for a man.
If you are too busy to celebrate your sexuality with your partner, you are indeed too fuckin' busy. Prioritize your life with your partner at its center.
There's a fundamental difference between making love and fucking. Both have their place in a healthy sex life. And there ought also be room for solitary sex too. Everyone in entitled to privacy and private time, especially in a relationship. If your job, or career, or whatever else interests you is more important than your relationship don't expect that relationship to last.
Be creative in your sexual expression; toys, fantasies, role-playing, they're all good. Don't be afraid to experiment. Attend to making your sex play spaces fit the mood — romantic to down and dirty. One size does not fit all, if you catch my drift.
Stay in shape (and there's not just one shape), get plenty of exercise, and keep yourself interesting and attractive to your partner. Pay attention to your personal hygiene. No one wants to bump someone with a smelly body or bad breath.
Make sure your partner is fully aroused before full-on fucking. And remember sex is way more than the old in an out. Finally, have a sense of humor about the whole damn thing; it will help take the edge off.
Good luck


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Friday, December 25, 2009
The Nurturing Parent
Unless, of course, it's "Just Dance" for Wii on Christmas morning.
In which case you should crush them like a bug.
38 comments:
If you got it, flaunt it!
- December 25, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- bernthis said...
I say they need to learn that life is full of wins and losses and it just so happens in this case MOMMY WON!!!!
- December 25, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- ciara said...
you shake it, sue! hehe :0) i'm just gonna say that ummm your daughter was 'stuck' to her sweater. yeah.
- December 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- Baby Mama said...
looks like those sneakers are workin for ya!
- December 25, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- Merrie said...
Nicely done, Mom!
- December 25, 2009 at 8:31 PM
- ♥ Kathy said...
hahahaha I LOVE the victory jump at the end!! Hope your Christmas was as much fun as that video ♥
- December 25, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- Lisa-licious said...
Yeah, that little jump at the end was the BOMB! I am a big fan of not "letting" my kids win. Ever! (just kidding!) I did have a hoola-hoop contest with Molly this morning, and had to "take her down". No one messes with my "hoola-hoop" crown!
Merry Christmas! Keep shakin' that bootay in 2010!
- December 25, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- Bama Girl in AZ said...
That was so awesome!
- December 25, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- McMommy said...
That victory jump at the end was like the icing on the cake!! hahaha!!
- December 26, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- Karin Katherine said...
Hilarious. But the true talent showed in the victory jump
- December 26, 2009 at 9:52 AM
That's Too nice, when it comes in india hope it can make a Rocking place for youngster.. hope that come true.
- December 26, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- erin said...
We didn't have enough time to break out the Wii games before my daughter's went to their dad's house...but they'll be back tonight. AND VICTORY IS MINE!
- December 27, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Sherrie said...
- December 27, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Love it! I need to get my hands on this game too! I could seriously crush my kids with this game!
- December 28, 2009 at 10:13 AM
- April said...
You go, momma!! Showin' them how it's done!!
- December 28, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- SueMac said...
Girl, you got it goin' on! Don't ever "let" them win.... or you'll end up with kids like my hubs who HATES to lose.
- December 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM
- Former Fat Chick said...
OMG, you look that the chicks that dance on the Regis and KElly show for that segment! ahaha
- December 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- Kathy said...
Crush you did! It's good for kids to know soul-sucking failure early in their lives. Or something like that.
- December 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM
- I Am Boymom said...
Nice fake your daughter pulled acting like she was stuck to her sweater when she started getting behind! I love how you totally ignored it and went on with your game...serious competitors know you CANNOT get distracted by falling for silly ploys like fake injuries and such! Way to take the win, Sue! I love the little victory win at the end there. Nice touch.
- December 29, 2009 at 2:11 AM
You could always shake that groove thing!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
- December 29, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- Bethany said...
Whoo hoo! You look like you're having fun!!!
- December 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Laura said...
Crack me up! At first I thought your daughter was trying to show some skin, then I realized something on her sleeve caught. Then she falls down. OMG hilarious!
- December 29, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- .jimaie.marie. said...
LOL!! this had me laughing so hard I went into a coughing fit, that jump at the end was pure magic hahaha!!
Also, I'd like to say where in the heck can I get me a pair of those oh so magical sneakers you posted about b/c they are OBVIOUSLY doing the trick g/f! ;D
Now I think I need to go get this game...
- December 30, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- creative-type dad said...
Lot's of shaking going on...!
- December 30, 2009 at 1:36 AM
- Spot said...
I got a wii for christmas and I'm not letting anybody win!!! My son says I'm the wii nazi. Too bad. It's my toy.
You go girl! That was some serious booty shakin!!
- December 30, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- Sunday said...
Now THAT was hilarious!
I simply must know where you got that! Do you have to have a special dance mat to play it with the wii?
Its especially fun if you secretly tape your friends and family while they dance, at least it seems that way!
- December 30, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Michelle said...
Too funny! I kicked my family's butt at board games last night. They have to learn you can't always win :-)
- January 1, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- prashant said...
i'm just gonna say that ummm your daughter was 'stuck' to her sweater.
How to make a website
- January 2, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- choochoo said...
LOL :D Par-tay!
- January 3, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Amazing as always
- January 4, 2010 at 1:01 AM
- Melissa said...
way way way too awesome!! loved it! LOL
- January 4, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- kel said...
Hi. I just spent my first day back at work slacking and reading your whole blog. Good stuff!!! Then I hit a link to your nemesis site and only read a handful of her posts, but you are so way funnier!! Just sayin'
- January 4, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Cathie said...
If I have to listen to that song one more time as sung by Peter Griffith I will scream.
Great job, Sue.
- January 6, 2010 at 2:16 AM
- January 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Self esteem is overrated, Happy New Year girlfriend!
- January 6, 2010 at 3:29 PM
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- January 8, 2010 at 4:48 AM
Your a rah tard!
- January 11, 2010 at 7:32 AM
- HappyHourSue said...
Schnaarzy: at least I know how to spell "you're".
- January 11, 2010 at 8:30 AM


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Les designers du monde entier sont en train de soumettre des concepts créatifs de logodesign pour Jennifer Graffice - custom.
Design for us a very high end, upscale, classy logo for
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Looking for a "wow factor" logo for our new Company called
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We are a wellnes company providing concierge services that consist of anything lifestyle related.....
Fitness, Spa, Nutrition, private chef services, Hiking guides, Personal Training services, Yoga, Pilates and Educational lectures etc.
We will service, High end luxury communities, Resorts, Large Corporations, Private Individuals,and high end Medical and Naturopathic offices.
There will be a membership fee in order to utilize our service as we provide the convienence of employing all the professionals and obtaining all insurance and liscenses needed. We only provide the highest quality professionals in the the industry.
Both owners are female in their 30's, we are very driven and are well known in our industry. We speak at national conferences and are ready to break out into this unique niche and bust it wide open! Looking for something unique and classy like we are!
If you walk into our office, picture the back wall behind the reception desk as all rock slate, browns, creams,greys and reds) waterfall with the word BEYOND in copper metal sticking off the wall. Marble countertop.
- Item 1...Totally open slate for the designer
- Our tagline "Enhancing lives BEYOND expectation"
- Can maybe use Total Lifestyle Concierge(TLC) We were thinking of calling our team the TLC team, but don't necessarily have to use it in the logo(maybe too Cliche)
- Maybe tuscan colors, zen like, classy. Upscale but not fluffy or curly. Font is very important as we move forward with our marketing. Will be used and followed through with all collateral, Uniforms and Private Label Products.
- Item 1...Bright colors
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Will There Be an Investigation Following Whitney Houston's Funeral?
Following Whitney Houston's funeral today, reports have surfaced that her inner circle will launch an investigation into leaked photos of the hotel room where she died.Radar Online reports that certain outlets have been publishing photos that could only have come from someone extremely close to the fallen legend.
Photos of the bathtub where Houston died (still filled with water and towels floating in it) were particularly disturbing. Other shots included the starlet's final meal (a turkey sandwich, jalapenos, fries and a burger) and a haunting image of Houston's covered body being removed from the Beverly Hilton where she spent her final days.
Radar reports that Houston's closest circle is launching an investigation to find the source of the leaks. They quite understandably see the sale of the photos as a betrayal to the friendship and memory of Houston.
Houston's invitation-only funeral will be held today at 12PM ET at the New Hope Baptist Church. The service will stream online for fans to memorialize and mourn the star without intruding on her family and friends' privacy.


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This was the first time I used my sewing machine after moving to the new home in December. I think that even if I sewed paper I am heading towards textiles. I have some new ideas and they relate to fabric.
Burning heart - that's what I really have nowadays. My heart is burning for creativity, it is so wonderful to see art and make art. It makes my life worth living. I hope that you feel the same way too!


text: Steve Matteson graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Printing where he focused primarily on typography, design and fine printing. His first professional experience in font design began while he was a student in 1987 producing an extensive range of bitmaps for a proprietary publishing system. Upon graduation he spent two years learning a hinting technology at a company owned by QMS. This technology proved to be the perfect training ground for developing TrueType fonts and in 1990 he began work at Monotype to create the Windows core TrueType fonts: Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New.


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For the past four years I have been a teacher on an excursion to Canberra. One of our visits is to the National Museum of Australia. I love this museum. Each time I go I find something I haven't seen before.
I particularly enjoy three of the permanent exhibits.
Circa is a short film depicting the history of Australia from ancient times to the present day using objects from the collection. So many of these objects and scenes bring an "I remember that" moment. It is always the first place I take my group.
The second section I really enjoy is Australian Journeys. This section tells the story of immigrants through personal objects. There is always something that our students can connect with.
The third exhibit which strikes a chord with me is called EternityIt is called Eternity after Arthur Stace who wrote the word eternity in chalk on Sydney streets for 35 years. This gallery discusses the lives of 50 Australians. There are ten words which are used to highlight the experiences of Australians. Each time I see it I try to think of an ancestor for whom that particular word had special meaning. What stories give meaning to those words?
These words or themes are:
joy, hope, passion, mystery, thrill, loneliness, fear, devotion, separation and chance.
My plan, hopefully over the next few months, is to write a post about a family member for whom I think one of the words holds specific meaning.
Do any of these words hold special meanings to any of your ancestors? Why not write about them? Put a link on my comments if you like.
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By Emily Steves, '15
The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation (CRCF) sponsored its third annual Nonprofit Networking Day this month, hosted by The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
The CRCF supports the Cattaraugus region by giving area donors a medium through which to donate. Donors who see a need can create a fund within the CRCF to address that need.
An audience of 120 attended Nonprofit Networking Day, representing 55 area nonprofit organizations.
Keynote Speaker Bill Collins, '77, of Travers Collins, successfully began his own business back in 1984 and passed on his wisdom to kick off the program.
"(He had) great lessons and entertaining, fantastic examples," said Karen Niemic Buchheit, executive director of the CRCF. "I picked up a lot of ideas."
For the rest of the day, attendees had a selection of different learning sessions to choose from.
Among the morning sessions were James E. Stitt, CEO of Cutco Corp., and James M. Stitt, president of Cutco Cutlery, with "Succession Planning," Carol Ellen Kowalik, technology and training librarian at the Olean Public Library, with "Grants research using the CRCF Directory Online database," and Shane Hvizdzak, CEO of Helpified.com, and Shelley Jack, adjunct professor in social media marketing at SBU, with "Maximizing Social Media for Social Good."
In the afternoon, Larry Sorokes, associate vice president and executive director of grants administration at SBU, presented "Grant Proposal Writing," and Dr. Pauline Hoffmann, dean of the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication at SBU, presented on leadership for nonprofit managers and board members.
To end the day, Hvidzak and Jack answered lingering questions concerning social media.
"The Quick Center is a wonderful facility," said Buchheit. "We received lots of compliments and many people were visiting the QCA for the first time, so we were pleased to help them expand their visitors."
The CRCF has already begun planning for next year's Nonprofit Networking Day.
"We truly appreciate being able to collaborate with St. Bonaventure for this event," said Buchheit. "We're looking forward to working with them again next year."
About the University: The nation's first Franciscan university, St. Bonaventure University cultivates graduates who are confident and creative communicators, collaborative leaders and team members, and innovative problem solvers who are respectful of themselves, others, and the diverse world around them. We are establishing pathways to internships, graduate schools and careers in the context of our renowned liberal arts tradition. Our students are becoming extraordinary.
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NaturePlusNurture necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 143 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
Nature Plus Nurture or Nature + Nurture (strapline is 'For a better you')
We are a forward-thinking practice specialising in Nutritional Therapy. We believe in the healing power of nature and its inherent ability to protect and support good health; a state of physical, emotional and social well-being.
Treating a cause not a symptom, our therapeutic treatments include nutritional advice at their heart but may include diagnostics and testing, exercise, nutritional supplements, botanical medicines and stress-management or lifestyle techniques.
Our clients walk away educated and empowered to take control of their health to promote their wellness and prevent disease.
Transcends age groups and sexes, but active traffic comes from women 28-45. Clients may have been suffering long-term ailments or are simply interested in their nutrition to promote their health and wellness.
This is a blank canvas for designers.
I have no identity at all and am seeking a logo, colour pallete and what other tools I would use to support and complement the logo - like do I use photography and what type of photography do you feel I should use?
I feel that it needs to feel clean without being clinical, fresh (which makes me think blues/greens due to water/plants) and promote health and wellbeing.
Brightly coloured fruits and vegetables contain the most antioxidants and are one of the great powers behind good health, but I feel that using lots of colours maybe a little play school. However, you may put together a great application and change my mind entirely! I am completely open and excited as to how it all may look!
As more components of complementary therapy or businesses may be added over time (from physiotherapy, acupuncture, herbal medicine to personal training), the identity needs to promote overall health and vitality versus focusing on food/nutrution alone.
I would like final receipt of the logo as a .eps file.


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Baby girls' chenille onesie
Scuderia Ferrari Store Exclusive
This pink baby girls' outfit with glitter details makes you fall in love at first sight.
The newborn onesie, made of soft chenille, is characterized by glittery prints on the front, which immediately declare the love children and adults share for Scuderia Ferrari. The long sleeves and legs are finished with rib knit cuffs. The classic snap opening at the crotch and on the back complete the item and make it easy to put on.
- Long sleeves
- Glitter prints
- Opening on the back and at the crotch
- Nickel-free buttons
- Composition: 80% Cotton, 20% Polyester
We offer both Standard and Express shipping: choose the service that best meets your needs at checkout.
We provide an easy return service: just ship your items back to us with a shipping service of your choice within 30 days of delivery.


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Getting Your Home Ready to Sell
Shoreline Realty Services agents know from experience that a home with a well kept appearance will sell faster than its less-polished neighbor. Buyers feel more comfortable purchasing a well-cared for home and assume that if what they can see is maintained, so are the things they can't readily see. Before you put your home on the market, there are many things you can do to distinguish your house among the competitors:
Curb appeal
- Keep the lawn edged, cut and regularly watered.
- Trim hedges, weed lawns and flowerbeds, and prune overgrown trees.
- Check the foundation, steps, walkways, walls, and patios for cracks and crumbling.
- Inspect doors and windows for peeling paint.
- Clean gutters.
- Repair or replace loose or damaged roof shingles.
- Repair and repaint loose siding or caulking.
- Keep your garage door closed.
- Apply a coat of fresh paint to the front door.
- Clean windows and screens.
- Add house numbers to make your house easy to locate.
Get Rid of Clutter
- Get rid of anything you don't need or use, or store it off-site
- Eliminate unpleasant odors
- Shampoo your carpet
- Bathe your pet
- Dry Clean Drapery
- Keep all trash cans, especially in the kitchen, empty
- Add pleasant aromas with fresh flowers
Keep it tidy
- Clean all your lighting fixtures
- Organize cabinets and closets.
- Clean window blinds, shades, and shutters.
- If you don't have time for housecleaning, hire a professional cleaning service for weekly cleaning.
Fix It
- Repair leaky faucets.
- Replace burned-out light bulbs.
- Repair broken window screens.
- Repair inoperable appliances.
When it's show time
- Make sure your home is well-lit inside and out, both at night and during the day.
- Secure pets or take them to a neighbor.
- Set the dining room table with your best dishes.
- Put light classical or instrumental music on the stereo.
- You may want to leave while your home is being shown so that buyers will feel more comfortable to move around and discuss your property with the real estate professional.
Shoreline Realty Services real estate agents are ready and waiting to assist you with marketing your home. Our goal is to get you the best price possible in the shortest time on the market. You can search for one of our associates or let our trained Customer Service Representatives choose a professional that is just right for you. To request a Comparative Market Analysis or set up a Marketing Consultation with one of our sales associates, click here.


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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Overview:
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 brings a huge redesign to the Note series: it adopts the glass and metal styling of the Galaxy S6, but in a larger, 5.7″ form factor, and it features the signature S Pen stylus. The Note 5 sports the 14nm Exynos 7420 octa-core system chip with a whopping 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. In terms of photography, it sports a 16-megapixel rear cam with OIS, while up front there is a 5-megapixel selfie shooter, and both cameras sport wide, f/1.9 lenses. The battery on the Note 5 is smaller than on the Note 4: it's a 3000mAh juicer that is not user removable. The base model of the phone ships with 32GB of internal storage, and there is a costlier, 64GB version, but both lack support for expandable storage.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Sim Unlocking:
Unlock Rogers Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to use any where in the world with any supported service provider like
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Unlocking instructions:
1: Turn on phone with Not Accepted SIM card.
2: A menu will pop up to Insert the code.
3: Insert the provided code and press OK
4: Device is now unlocked.
How to Factory Reset/ Hard Reset Samsung Galaxy Note 4:
How to Reset Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Pattern Lock:
All described operations you are doing at your own risk.
First Method:
- Start by turning on the device by holding the Power key for a short while.
- In the next step find and select Settings and tap Backup & Reset.
- Afterwards tap Factory Data Reset and then Reset Phone.
- Choose Erase Everything if you are sure you want to clear all your data.
- Next, select OK to confirm the whole operation.
- Well done! The hard reset has just been performed.
How to Update Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to latest Firmware:
Update your software using PC Companion:
- Connect your device to your computer using the USB cable. …
- Open Kies. …
- Click Firmware upgrade to start the upgrade process.
- A pop-up message may also display when you connect your device to Kies. …
- You will be taken through the backup process to preserve all of your data.
How to Root Samsung Galaxy Note 4:
You will lose all your data and it is possible that you may brick your device
All described operations you are doing at your own risk.
ANY Sony Xperia Z Series(maybe work on T series or other)
An app called "Kingroot" you can download here: https://android.xda.com/download-kingroot-application latest version recommended
- On your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device, enable usb debugging ( setting – developer option – and tick on usb debugging option ) if you don't have developer option, you can enable it by tapping on build number 7 times ( setting – about phone – tap on "build number" 7 times )
- Enable "unknown source" on your Xperia device ( setting – security – and click on "unknown source"option)
- Download the LATEST Kingroot.apk ( https://android.xda.com/download-kingroot-application )
- Once downloaded, install the Kingroot.apk,
- Open kingroot and press on "Start root"
- Wait until 100%, and then there you go!
- Enjoy your Rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device with LOCKED bootloader!


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A silk maxi skirt made from beautiful sari silk my little brother bought back for me after going away as a Project Manager for Raleigh International near Bangalore. He came back with 3 sets (3 per set) of sari fabric measuring 2.0m x 1.5m. So with 9 beautiful stretches of silk I have been dreaming since last summer of what to sew and have been cautious not to waste the opportunity to sew with such delicate precious fabric.
I finally decided to give it a go and had an idea for a long flowing fitted low waist silk maxi skirt. I couldn't find a pattern I really liked, so I took ideas from lots of patterns and self drafted this skirt. It has two darts in the back to make it hang nicely and I have a big folded pleat in the front to make it look a little different. I put a zip down the side and although I wanted a circle skirt to make it flow more I very much wanted to keep the design at the bottom rather than having to hem the skirt. This is the result, it reminds me a little of a sari by the way it hangs but it's my slightly bohemian version!
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Canadian PM to suspend Parliament until October
WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) — Canada's prime minister says he intends to suspend Parliament until October, which means the House of Commons will not resume in September as planned.
Stephen Harper said Monday that a speech outlining the government's agenda likely will be delivered in October, kicking off a new parliamentary session.
The prime minister says most of the promises the Conservatives made in the last election have been fulfilled, and it's time to introduce a new agenda.
It's not the first time Harper has suspended Parliament, which has the effect of cancelling any legislation that's still before the House.
Harper did it in December 2008 rather than face a vote of non-confidence when his Conservatives held a minority government and the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois were threatening his grip on power.


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Jackman Reaches Franchise Milestoneby Chris Pinkert / St. Louis Blues
Barret Jackman played in his 616th game as a member of the Blues on Saturday night vs. Columbus, becoming No. 1 all-time among Blues defenseman in games played.
Jackman also now ranks fifth overall on the Blues' all-time games played list, trailing only Bernie Federko (927), Brian Sutter (779), Brett Hull (744) and Garry Unger (662).
"It's a huge honor. I worked real hard just to get to the NHL and even harder to stay in," Jackman said before the game. "To be up there with Barclay Plager, Bobby Plager, Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger and what they mean to the franchise is pretty cool and for me to do it with the No. 5 on my back and the Blue Note on my chest ... and Bobby Plager did it (with No. 5), is even more special."
Jackman has played his entire career with the Blues. He was drafted in the first round (17th overall) in the 1999 NHL Draft. He debuted on April 14, 2002 at Detroit and won the Calder Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year in 2003.
Overall, he's played in 616 games wearing a Blue Note, recording 22 goals, 121 assists (143 points). He has a plus/minus rating of plus-38 for his career.
This season, Jackman has passed Pronger (598), Larry Patey (603), MacInnis (613), Barclay Plager (614) and Bob Plager (615).
St. Louis Blues All-Time Games Played (as of Feb. 23, 2013)
1. Bernie Federko - 927
2. Brian Sutter - 779
3. Brett Hull - 744
4. Garry Unger - 662
5. Barret Jackman - 616
6. Bob Plager - 615
7. Barclay Plager - 614
8. Al MacInnis - 613
9. Larry Patey - 603
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It's a Lohan low-blow.
Some of my fellow critics have been venomous in their reviews of Lindsay Lohan's performance in the made-for-TV movie Liz & Dick, which also stars Grant Bowler and debuts tomorrow night on Lifetime in both Canada and the United States.
Newsflash: Lindsay Lohan never has been Meryl Streep. Lohan's performance as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick isn't going to win awards, but it's not the worst thing ever. So back off a bit, folks. If it weren't Lindsay Lohan, critics merely would be shrugging and moving on, rather than dipping their pens in poison.
By the way, do you know who also wasn't Meryl Streep? Elizabeth Taylor.
Regardless, Liz & Dick isn't really about the acting careers of either Taylor or Richard Burton (Bowler). Rather, it chronicles one of history's most high-profile and initially scandalous love stories (they both were married to other people when their affair began on the set of Cleopatra in the early 1960s).
"I was very familiar with him as an actor and less familiar with her as an actor," Bowler said. "In Australia (where Bowler grew up), at least to me, he probably was more famous than her. The reason being, he was a peer of the English stage and down where I come from, that meant a great deal.
"The one thing I wasn't as aware of was the ins and outs of their relationship. She probably was the last pure movie star from the golden age of Hollywood, effectively Hollywood royalty. He was an incredibly well-respected actor in terms of his sheer ability and prowess. So they were very different animals right from the start."
Bowler does a great job nailing Burton's trademark voice in Liz & Dick.
"Well, thank you, I played with it a bit," Bowler said. "He was a Welsh boy from a very small village who didn't speak English until he was a teenager.
"On stage, he used to project through his chest and his nose to get the sound out, so whenever he was acting I let him have that really sharp edge to his voice. But I let his Welshness come and go, according to the context and who was around."
Liz & Dick shines a light on two famous people who brought out both the best and the worst of each other.
Whenever Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were together, either on screen or off, every single person in their vicinity was watching them at all times. That claustrophobic atmosphere is recreated in Liz & Dick by way of Lohan and Bowler being in practically every scene.
"Our dynamic kind of mirrored theirs, since Lindsay comes from a world with paparazzi chasing her down the street and childhood stardom and everything that comes with that, and I come from Australia, where actors are just another crew member carrying gear around," Bowler said.
"That dichotomy in a lot of ways actually worked for us."
Whether Liz & Dick works for you remains to be seen. I think Grant Bowler does a terrific job. And Lindsay Lohan? Well, at least keep your expectations realistic, okay?


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TeaLeaf needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 698 designs submitted by 150 freelance designers.
Download this short brief!
A great name deserves a great logo. Bathscape is an innovative bath remodeling company.
(The whole brief is available for download. I have shown the competitor logos and logos I like.)
We remodel bathrooms in much less time, for much less money than traditional remodeling. Our products is (made of acrylic) are much lower maintenance than traditional materials such as tile or fiberglass. They are very high quality and have a lifetime warranty. (Our acrylic is thicker than our competitors) We are a franchise of BCI acrylics. See BCIacrylics.com. Similar businesses are Bathfitter.com and Rebath.com.
The audience for Bathscape will be people from 45 years old to 70 years old. They are middle and lower class and don't want to spend $10,000 on a bath renovation if they can do a perfectly fine job for $3,500.
Bathscape is a top notch, creative, innovative and trusted company. I want the identity to communicate that. Our logo will contrast the amature logos of most of the local companies in the remodeling business.
The audience for Bathscape will be people from 45 years old to 70 years old.
They are middle and lower class.
The word BATHSCAPE or BathScape or Bathscape is a strong word. The word Bathscape should be large in proportion to the entire logo and easy to read.
1. No fancy, complicated, hard to read type please!
2. Do not make a symbol using the letters "B" and "S". (i.e. "BS")
3. Bathscape can not remodel clawfoot tubs. Only built-in tubs with walls. DO NOT use independent or clawfoot tub images or tubs without walls in logo!
4. Do not put the type in a Tub and call it a logo!
5. Don't make the company look luxurious or expensive (Think good value!)
6. Look at your logo and ask yourself: Is this a logo for a perfume or a remodeling company?
7. Don't make the logo look INDUSTRIAL. This is for residential remodeling. More retail.
8. Don't use Tile or Suds or bubbles ! We don't do tile. Suds and bubbles are too whimsical.
9. Need to incorporate a "TM"
Ideas to explore:
1. Try just using a great typeface a great way. Use ligatures. Use a bold font but with some softness to it.
2. Apply a symbol either abstract or bath related to your fabulous use of type.
3. Think about what we do. Bathscape installs a perfectly fit mould onto an existing tub and walls. Is there a way to communicate a perfect fit? Water? (best not to get too specific with faucets and drains)
The major competitors are BATHFITTER: Aqua blue and REBATH: Red. BATHCREST is Blue and LUXURY BATH is Gold. My logo needs to be another color. I was thinking GREEN. But if you think there is another color that doesn't match the others... I'm open to it.
Bath remodeling, Beauty, Quality/Solid, Reasonable Price. Trust.
Overall message:
We are bath remodeling experts who use the highest quality materials in our category to make your bath beautiful and easy to maintain. Guaranteed.
The logo will be used in coupon ads, stationery, our truck and other vehicles. Lawn signs.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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2012: Private talks between suburban leaders and Shelby County Commissioners through the attorneys for each groups on suburban school districts were underway during the holidays. The talks soon broke off without an agreement on a system of suburban charter schools.
1940: E.H. Crump took the oath of office as mayor of Memphis on the back of a passenger rail car at Central Station and immediately resigned the office he had run for earlier in the fall as a stand-in for Congressman Walter Chandler. With his oath and resignation within seconds of each other, Crump was on his way to the Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans. City Commissioners chose Chandler to be the city's new mayor.Source: "Mr. Crump of Memphis" by William D. Miller
1923: On the front page of The Daily News: "Poll tax collector Joe Boyle is continuing his drive to collect poll tax from every man and woman in the county eligible to pay it." It amounted to paying in order to vote. Boyle later became police commissioner under a number of mayors controlled by political boss E.H. Crump. Those working the ward and precinct organization that was the heart of Crump's political machine kept poll tax receipts in large bundles that they handed out at election time to voters they rounded up to vote for their slate of candidates. The use of a poll tax wasn't outlawed until the mid 1960s.
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Brussels, 8 February 2013
Entrepreneurship education needs to be boosted
Between 15% and 20% of students who participate in a mini-company programme in secondary school will later start their own company, a figure that is about three to six times of that of the general population. Investing in education for entrepreneurship is one of the highest return investments policy-makers in Europe can make to support growth and business creation. Yet, according to a recent Eurobarometer Entrepreneurship survey three quarters of Europeans say that they have never taken part in an entrepreneurship course. The acquisition of entrepreneurial abilities also enhances the employability of our youth: according to recent research, 78% of entrepreneurship education alumni were employed directly after graduating at university, against 59 % of a control group of higher education students.
Today in Bologna at the fourth meeting of EU SME envoys, European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, presented recent Commission projects on educating the educators (see below). The SME envoys also discussed with VP Tajani and EU SME envoy Daniel Calleja Crespo the Entrepreneurship Action Plan launched in January, which contains initiatives for entrepreneurial education and training.
Since 2009 the EU has co-funded a series of projects to support entrepreneurship education:
Nine projects co-funded by the Commission already directly benefitted around 6 500 students and young people and 900 teachers. Considering the indirect effects (as a result of dissemination and information activities, production of pedagogical materials, etc.), the number of young people benefiting from those projects grows to at least 100 000. However the added value of these European projects lies especially in their potential for extension, transfer and wider dissemination within the Member States:
The full list of project beneficiaries and partners
Education is key area of the Entrepreneurship Action Plan
Entrepreneurial education and training to support growth and business creation is one of three key areas identified for immediate intervention by the European Commission's Entrepreneurship2020 Action Plan. The Plan is a blueprint for joint action to revolutionise the culture of entrepreneurship and create a more supportive environment for entrepreneurs to grow and thrive.
While a number of Member States have successfully introduced national strategies for entrepreneurship education or made entrepreneurial learning a part of curricula, more action is needed. Education should be brought to life through practical experiential learning models, real-world experience and the participation of entrepreneurs. Defined entrepreneurial learning outcomes for all educators are needed, to introduce effective entrepreneurial learning methodologies into the classroom. In the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan that it adopted on January 9 of this year the Commission invited Member States to ensure that the key competence "entrepreneurship" is embedded into curricula across primary, secondary, vocational, higher and adult education before the end of 2015.
Entrepreneurship education and Secondary schools
In the Entrepreneurship Action Plan the Commission invited Member States to offer the young people the opportunity to have at least one practical entrepreneurial experience before leaving compulsory education, such as running a mini-company, being responsible for an entrepreneurial project for a company or a social project. The Commission also intends to establish, as part of the "SME Week", a Europe-wide EU Entrepreneurship Day for students in their last year of secondary education. Events could include meetings with entrepreneurs, case studies, lectures, workshops and company open days.
Entrepreneurship education and Higher education
The role of higher education in entrepreneurship goes far beyond the delivery of knowledge to participating in ecosystems, partnerships and industrial alliances. With high-tech and high growth enterprises increasingly becoming a focus of entrepreneurship-related public policies, higher education institutions are an active component of the innovation policies of Member States. EU Higher education in entrepreneurship can boost high-tech and high growth companies by supporting business ecosystems, partnerships and industrial alliances.
Eurobarometer Entrepreneurship survey
Entrepreneurship and education on Europa
Entrepreneurship education at school in Europe report (April 2012)
Developing Key Competences at School in Europe report (November 2012)
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But the Pot's so Much Stronger Nowadays!
Today's New York Times has a long article about crank in the suburbs. Guess what, America? Those of you who have been busy watching American Idol or charting the course of Brad and Jen's breakup (of course he was boinking Angelina) are probably stunned to discover that methamphetamine use is at "epidemic" proportions among our "suburban" youth. By suburban, by the way, we mean white. Those black and brown kids can snort, smoke and shoot themselves into a collective stupor for all we care. It's only when white young people start in that we get worked up. The crack "epidemic" freaked us out not because black people were using crack, but because black people on crack were encroaching on white golf courses. You think I'm kidding? Those actual words are in the Congressional record. Golf courses. I kid you not.
I don't know about you, but I'm a little tired of all this brouhaha about the latest drug epidemic. Don't get me wrong, it seriously sucks when your kid becomes a crank-freak. Meth is a bad drug. It has all kinds of serious side effects, from messing with your dopamine levels to causing long-term heart and arterial damage. Like any addiction, it's a hard one to shake. What bothers me is that we wring our hands about this latest drug and refuse to confront over one hundred years of failed prohibition policies.
We spend 50 billion dollars a year fighting this "War on Drugs," a war that makes the battle of Falluja look like an unmitigated US victory. Worse, the hypocrisy inherent here is even more obvious. We have a president who has a long history with cocaine. (And yes he found God. Blah blah blah.) Adolescence (which, for our fearless leader lasted well into his fifth decade) is a time that is meant to be devoted to making poor choices. Risking-taking during this period is developmentally appropriate. How many of you took foolish risks? I know my Israeli boyfriend and I climbed to the Annapurna base camp in cloth boots with insufficient equipment on a sunny day, despite warnings that the snow was melting in the crevasses and we were in danger of plummeting to our deaths. It was the most beautiful trip of my life.
I'm not going to list the drugs I used back then, but let's just say that if Meth were out there, I probably would have tried it.
But, you say, in 1986 a nickel bag of pot gave you twenty-five joints and you had to smoke all of them just to get a buzz on. Nowadays, two tokes gets a person stoned for a month. It's a much stronger drug. So what? What difference does that make? I have news for you. Your kids are going to do drugs. They are going to experiment. They are going to smoke pot, take E (or X, whatever they call it in your neck of the woods), snort some coke, and maybe do some Meth. The only thing you can control is your response, and what happens to them.
Conservative estimates say that 54% of high school seniors have used drugs. That's lowballing it in my opinion. If you want to reduce the harm associated with drug use, if you want to avoid the situation in the Times where the 13-year-old "suburban" girl was turning tricks in her nice suburban house after school to get the money for her crank, what you need to do is adopt a policy of harm reduction. You have to confront the issue head-on. You have to talk to your kids. You have to know more than your kids do about drugs, teach them what they are dealing with, and teach them how to stay safe. You tell them which drugs are relatively benign. Marijuana, even the stuff they have nowadays, is one of the safest drugs known to humans. You cannot overdose on pot. Nobody -- NOBODY -- dies from ingesting marijuana. There is no known quantity of marijuana that can result in a fatal dose. (That's not true of Tylenol, by the way.) You have to teach them which drugs are particularly dangerous, which drugs are dangerous to mix.
They need to be armed. When Sophie goes out to a rave, I want her to know that MDMA (ecstasy), despite its absurd placement in the DEA's Schedule I, is a relatively safe drug. (BTW - that spinal fluid study is the scientific equivalent of an urban myth. I'm not even going to waste space on it. Email me if you need the info.) But I want her to understand three things. 1. There is a risk of dehydration that can be fatal, especially if she's going to be dancing. 2. Dealers often try to pass off other, more dangerous drugs as E. and 3. MDMA's potency diminishes substantially with repeated use so that it would be a shame to 'waste' it on a lousy party, or a stupid boyfriend.
I want to surprise my kids continually by knowing more than they do about drugs. I want them to shock and frighten me with their questions. Think about it, if they shock me, that means they trust me enough to come to me with the frightening problems. If they didn't trust me, that wouldn't mean that the scary stuff wasn't happening. It would just mean that I wasn't hearing about it.
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Susan and I had a crash course in grandparent training a couple of weeks ago, keeping 6-month-old Anna Clary for a weekend. This was an independent-study course, and we gave ourselves passing marks. However, I'm always in search of materials to study for the next phase of grandparenthood.
Enter my old college chum Rollie, who emails as if he's been reading my mind:
"Yesterday around 11, my two grandkids showed up to swim. I have experience in this and did not plan anything else the rest of the day. Days with these two (ages 8 and 9) end up being experiences." The email, chronicling Rollie's day-long adventure, is reproduced with his permission:
"Went swimming three times, including once in the pouring rain while explaining how to figure the distance-away/danger-quotient of lightning and thunder, which was first explained to me by a college classmate in 1969, using the speed of sound and the speed of light and doing a mega complex math problem. Total swimming time: about five hours.
"Went to a little Italian place that we like because they put extra bacon on Thomas's pizza, which he likes, and they have sweet tea.
"Reactively and creatively decided to go bowling after supper. There's something special about bowling on bumpers at age 62. I started with four straight strikes, leading Thomas to go ballistic: 'You are so much better than me!' I explain: 'Of course I am. You're eight, and I won the bowling championship at the Citadel Summer Sports Camp in 1964!' I bowl the last 25 frames left handed. (Still crushed him!)
"Shot baskets on my outside court at 10 p.m. due to Thomas's love of my halogen lights and the painted three-point line (possibly the best outdoor basketball court in America). I also have the breakaway rim necessary for eight-foot-height games, which I learned to play in college.
"Let them take a bath in our big bathtub in the master bedroom (my wife is off on a family trip), and they splash so much that the wallpaper gets soaked and one strip falls off the wall. (Another project to complete before The Super Model gets home on Sunday. Very hard being a Trophy Husband. [Sigh.])
"Watch the California/Connecticut Little League World Series game on ESPN and promise to let them stay up until the end. It goes nine innings. Lilly (age 9) asks in the sixth (about 10:15), 'If you fall asleep, granddaddy, can we still eat anything and drink anything we want, including more ice cream?' I say, 'Of course.' I am The Greatest Granddaddy in the World, according to these two. My other two grandchildren call me The Fun Granddaddy. I have very smart grandchildren.
"Collapse at 11 p.m., as California mercifully pulls out the game, and Lilly and Thomas go to bed.
"Gained 3.4 pounds (legitimate Honor System-verified weight gain for the last 24 hours) from Cheetos, ice cream, pizza, Snickers, some kind of Nerd rope with something stuck all over it, Smores, and six kinds of chips.
"It's a tough job, but this is what I do."
And he does it well. If other readers have similar, educational grandparenting stories, please let me hear from you.
Vic Fleming is a district court judge in Little Rock, Ark., where he also teaches at the William H. Bowen School of Law. Contact him at email@example.com.
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