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Is It OK To Be An Oracle Database Tuning Heretic?
Are You An Oracle Database Tuning Heretic?
Oracle Database performance tuning and analysis has come a long way in the last 20 years. First there was the "just add more resources" approach and tuning the blatantly poor SQL. Then there was ratio analysis, followed by wait event analysis, time based analysis, and unit of work time based analysis. (Consider searching my blog for "unit of work".) In addition to the performance diagnosis and analysis evolution, the Oracle Database as a product has changed, and architectures are more diverse.
Yet with all this change, some things are in many ways timeless. They relate to complexity, basic mathematical statistics, efficiency, and doctrinal purity. Over these past few weeks, I posted three different "myths." I have recently posted about complexity (better tools), basic mathematical statistics (average SQL elapsed times) and a cloud vendor's desire for inefficient systems. This post centers on breaking fundamental Oracle Database principles in the name of improved performance.
Myth #4
The fourth myth is It is heresy to consider the impact of deviating from core relational database principles. How did James Tiberius Kirk beat the Kobayashi Maru? He changed the rules. To beat the performance game, Oracle Database sometimes allows performance analysts to change the rules as well. While this is relational heresy to some, the freedom is intoxicating!
Here is an example of what I'm talking about: Would you seriously consider allowing a commit statement to immediately return as successful when the associated redo has not been written to disk?
If you have been working with Oracle databases for many years, there are probably many concepts that we will naturally agree or disagree on … even without really thinking about it. For sure, I am a big fan of simplicity and choosing consistent performance over the hope of amazing yet inconsistent performance. But sometimes there are ways to have your cake and eat it too.
Back to my example about commits: Oracle's commit write facility provides the ability for a commit to quickly return even though the redo has not been written to an on-line redo log. The have-your-cake aspect is that this can be applied at the instance and session—and even at the statement—level. However, committed data could be lost if a failure occurs.
A few years ago, while introducing this "feature" in my Oracle Performance Firefighting class, a student proudly announced that her company uses the commit write facility. The other students were shocked and honestly appalled. I was smiling like a Cheshire cat! She went on to explain that their application was about social networking. She posed the question, "If you are adding people to your social network and during the save-your-work process there is a failure, what would you do?" Everyone replied, "Just re-enter the information." She replied, "Exactly! So why would a company want to spend literally millions more on hardware in the unlikely event of a failure when the business solution impact is to simply have the users re-enter a few email addresses?" There was silence and then a big smile on everyone's face!
My point is that it may be OK to break some fundamental rules as long as the business and its users are not negatively affected. But it takes a brave person to face the immediate "you're a heretic" response. So the next time you're facing a serious performance issue, think about a few possible ways to break the rules.
Thanks for reading!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me directly at craig at orapub.com.
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Waltham is a city along the Charles River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was formed after separation from Watertown in the year 1738. Waltham has played a big role in the labor movement and Industrial revolution of America. In fact it is famous as "Watch City of America" as the Waltham Watch Company that started in 1854 in Waltham was the first company in the country to set up mass production of watches on assembly lines. It was the first modern factory in United States and marked the beginning of America's industrial revolution.
The city of Waltham now houses more than 60,000 people and is a hub for scientific research and higher education. It is home to following universities –
- Bentley University
- Brandeis University
- Regis College
- The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University
Waltham has a rich cultural history that can be explored at various world class monuments, museums and art galleries. the National Register of Historical Sites specially mentions some city archives that reflect the unique history that Waltham is proud of. Theses include The Waltham Watch Factory, The Charles River Museum of Industry, The Lyman Estate, The Gore Estate, and The Robert Treat Payne Estate.
In recent times Waltham has come to be known as "Little Kampala" as a large number of Ugandans have inhabited the city.
There are a plenty of things to do and see in the city, including world famous museums, great restaurants, renowned learning institutions, theatres, parks and more. Listed below are some of the attractions in Waltham.
- American Jewish Historical Society
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
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- Golden Ball Tavern Museum
- Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University
- DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
- Girl Scout Museum At Cedar Hill
- National Archives and Records Administration, New England Region
Historical Archives
- Codman Estate
- Gropius House
- Gore Place
- Lyman Estate
- Lyman Estate Greenhouses
- Regan Insurance Agency
- Mount Feake Cemetery
- Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate
- Waltham Public Library
- Waltham Museum
- Waltham Historical Society
Art, Music & Theatre
- Bentley College Performing Art Series
- Brandeis Theater Company
- Concerts On The Waltham Common
- Brandeis University Concert Series
- Embassy Cinema
- Reagle Music Theatre
- Waltham Arts Council – Concert
- The Hovey Players
- Waltham Farmers Market
Parks & Walks
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Charles River Canoe and Kayak
- Charles Riverwalk
- Waltham Parks and Recreation
- Leo J.Martin Memorial Golf Course
- Weston Ski Track, Martin Golf Course
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"Our goal is for our children to have stable and nurturing relationships with both of us," they say
Adrienne Maloof and Dr. Paul Nassif are putting their divorce behind them and focusing on their children.
"We recently reached an agreement on all outstanding issues related to our divorce settlement and all pending litigation," they said Thursday in a joint statement.
Almost a year after announcing the initial settlement in what started out as one of Hollywood's nastier divorces, the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costars are "happy to be moving forward with our lives in a positive way, not only individually, but as co-parents," they say. "This is a new beginning for each of us."
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Nassif filed for legal separation from Maloof in July 2012 after more than a decade of marriage. The exes had since accused each other of various forms of abuse before coming to a truce in November 2012.


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Hi, I just soldered an STM32F051xx to the QFN-32 5x5 breakout. This chip is the "UFQFPN32" package.
Imagine my surprise when I went to connect Vss / GND and found that the breakout has no connection to the center exposed pad. Any suggestions on how to connect to this? My best idea right now is to drill through the center of the breakout before soldering the chip.
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Investigators spoke to Elliott Owens' parents, Jack and Rachel Owens, to try to corroborate his alibi for the time Annette Wyatt was killed.
These interviews are representative of all interviews conducted.
Jack Owens
Jack Owens is Elliott Owens' father.
• Detective E. Parker
• Jack Owens
Detective Parker: Please state your name and address.
Jack Owens: Jack Owens, 1264 Beanland Drive Oxford.
Detective Parker: I need to ask you a few questions about your son Elliott.
Jack Owens: All right.
Detective Parker: Where does Elliott live?
Jack Owens: In my house … still.
Detective Parker: Jack what can you tell us about Annette Wyatt?
Jack Owens: She's dead. I don't know anything about her other than that.
Detective Parker: How and when did you learn of her death?
Jack Owens: I heard it on the radio the day after it happened.
Detective Parker: Do you recall the date?
Jack Owens: She died on the 15th, my birthday.
Detective Parker: Do you remember where Elliott was that night?
Jack Owens: He was home. He was sitting on the couch with his laptop most of the evening.
Detective Parker: Did he leave the couch or the home at any point that evening?
Jack Owens: He went back and forth from computer to laptop.
Detective Parker: Where is the computer?
Jack Owens: In his room. He would web surf on his laptop and play games in his room.
Detective Parker: Did he leave the house for any reason?
Jack Owens: Not while Rachel and I were awake.
Detective Parker: What time did you go to bed that night?
Jack Owens: It was close to 9:00, maybe a little after.
Detective Parker: Thank you for your time.
Rachel Owens
Rachel Owens is Elliott Owens' mother.
• Detective S. Murphy
• Rachel Owens
Detective Murphy: Please state your name and address for the record.
Rachel Owens: My name is Rachel Owens, and I live at1264 Beanland Drive, Oxford.
Detective Murphy: I need to talk to you about your son, Elliott.
Rachel Owens: Oh, no. Is he in some kind of trouble?
Detective Murphy: Not at this time.
Rachel Owens: Good. What can I do for you?
Detective Murphy: On the evening of September the 15th, where were you?
Rachel Owens: Home. I made sauerkraut and wieners for Jack's birthday. It's what he wanted.
Detective Murphy: Do you know where Elliott was that evening?
Rachel Owens: He was home also. He lives with Jack and me.
Detective Murphy: Was he home all night?
Rachel Owens: Yes, all night.
Detective Murphy: Are you sure?
Rachel Owens: Positive. He complained all night about the kraut smell in the house.
Detective Murphy: Did you or your husband leave the house?
Rachel Owens: No.
Detective Murphy: What time did you and Jack retire for the night?
Rachel Owens: It was before 9:30.
Detective Murphy: Elliott was still home when you retired?
Rachel Owens: Yes he was in his room when we went up to ours.
Detective Murphy: Would you have heard him leave if he chose to?
Rachel Owens: No. We sleep upstairs and with a fan.
Detective Murphy: Thank you.


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OK, so you've always wanted to be an astronaut. But you looked at the application form and realised you weren't quite what NASA needed. No problem! There's an alternative.
NASA just launched a new site to introduce programmers to open-source projects on which you can work with the space agency. Admittedly, for free, in your spare time. But hey, you'd be making a contribution, and that counts for something, right?
Right now there are four open projects on code.nasa.gov, but the site's in alpha and a bunch more projects should arrive soon. The site is run in part out of Ames Research Center, which is located in Silicon Valley. Ames researcher William Eshagh wrote about the launch:
"Ultimately, our goal is to create a highly visible community hub that will imbue open concepts into the formulation stages of new hardware and software projects and help existing projects transition to open modes of development and operation."
So, you can't be an astronaut, but you can still help NASA out. [code.NASA.gov via @geetadayal via The Atlantic]
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Seahawks, Broncos set geographic limits for conference championship ticket sales
The Seahawks are hoping to keep Niners fans far away from CenturyLink Field. (Harry How/Getty Images)
The Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos each lost just one game at home this year, and now that both teams are getting set to host their conference championships, both are looking to establish as much of a home-field advantage as possible.
Soon after the Seahawks beat the New Orleans Saints in Saturday's divisional round, the team released this:
The Seattle Seahawks have announced that tickets for the NFC Championship Game to be played on Sunday, January 19 at CenturyLink Field will go on sale Monday, January 13 at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available to fans with a billing address in WA, OR, MT, ID, AK, HI and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
In other words, fans of the San Francisco 49ers, specifically those who live near the team, are out of luck. Predictably, those fans were not amused -- and insinuated that the diversion was an admission of fear.
"What kind of nonsense is that? Are they that afraid of the Niners Nation?" posited Fred Santillan to KTVU.com.
"It's pretty sad," added David Fucillo, who runs SB Nation's excellent Niners Nation website. "There was no need to do this. It adds another distraction."
Still, if you're looking to beat the Seahawks up as the only team to do this ... well, don't. The Denver Broncos similarly announced after their Sunday win over the San Diego Chargers that tickets on sale Monday morning for the conference championship game against the New England Patriots "will be available only to those with a valid billing address in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota and Western Kansas."
In other words, if you reside anywhere near Foxboro, you'll have to find other ways to attend.
Fans can still purchase tickets through resellers and through Ticketmaster, though the prices are already exorbitant -- from $464 for a nosebleed seat all the way up to $122,000 (!) for a seat near the end zone at CenturyLink.
It's not the first time that NFL teams have taken such measures. In January 2007, the San Diego Chargers tried to limit access to tickets for their playoff game against the Patriots to Southern California residents.
"Our goal has always been to fill our stadium with Charger fans and supporters of the team," said team spokesman Bill Johnston. "This also helps give our team the best home-field advantage possible,"
In that same timeframe, the Chicago Bears set measures in motion to block Seattle Seahawks fans from buying tickets for the divisional playoff between the two teams.


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The Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame Class of 2012.
BOSTON – Former Harvard standouts Ian Carswell '97, Deborah Flandermeyer Donlon '93, Eion Hu '97, William Kohler '97, Ronald Mitchell '92, Jenny Greene Scott '89 and Kyle Snowden '97 were inducted into the Varsity Club Hall of Fame May 4.
The 46th Annual Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held at the Harvard Club of Boston, and Mike Giardi '94 served as master of ceremonies.
Carswell, four-time Major H recipient and a four-time All-American, served as captain of both the cross country and track & field teams. The 1997 recipient of the Bingham Award presented to the best senior male athlete at Harvard, Carswell remains the record holder at Harvard in the indoor 3,000m (7:57.03), outdoor 5,000m (13:43.78) and the distance medley relay.
He was named Athlete of the Meet at the 1997 Indoor Heptagonal/Ivy League Championships, winning three events and placed third in the 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships the same season. Carswell also competed for the Canadian National Team and narrowly missed qualifying for the Canadian Olympic Team in 1996 and 2000 in the 5000m.
Flandermeyer Donlon was a four-time letterwinner and co-captain of the Crimson women's basketball team. She was made to the All-Ivy League first team on three straight occasions and stands as Harvard's all-time leader in blocks with 1999, as well as the record holder for most rejections in a season (85). Flandermeyer Donlon also ranks sixth in program history in points (1,316), fourth in rebounds (802) and owns the highest career field goal percentage (.535). She also boasts the school record for rebounds in a game with 23 vs. Dartmouth during her junior season.
The winner of the 1993 Mary G. Paget Prize as the senior student who has contributed the most to women's athletics, Flandermeyer Donlon helped Harvard to the 1990-91 Ivy League championship with a 12-2 record.
A two-time MVP of the Harvard football team, Hu, a running back, was one of three 1997 Bingham Award recipients. A first-team All-Ivy selection, as well as the Golden Helmet New England Player of the Year in 1995, Hu also became Harvard's first Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 1994. He finished his career as the all-time and single season rushing leader at Harvard and was honored in 1996 with the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award.
Kohler, a four-time Major H recipient and senior captain of the men's soccer team, helped the Crimson win two Ivy League titles and make two appearances in the NCAA tournament. The Ivy Player of the Year in 1996, as well as a first-team All-American, Kohler garnered All-Ivy status in each of his four seasons in Cambridge. A 1997 Major League Soccer second round draft choice with the New York MetroStars, Kohler was named the Welch MVP award winner three straight seasons (1994-96).
Kohler currently stands second in career assists at Harvard (26) and ranks fifth in career points (82). Following graduation, Kohler tried out with the U.S. Olympic soccer team.
Mitchell, a three-time Ivy League selection in men's basketball, was the runner-up for the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and was also named the 1989 Harvard Freshman Athlete of the Year by The Crimson. A four-year letterwinner, Mitchell was a two-time captain of the Crimson, as well as a two-time recipient of the team's Raymond Lavietes MVP Award.
Mitchell graduated as the all-time leading rebounder for Harvard and currently stands second in that category (803). He also ranks seven in career points (1,455) and ninth in career blocks (64). Mitchell also garnered Academic All-Ivy honors in 1991-92 and was the winner of the 1989 Floyd S. Wilson Sportsmanship Award for Harvard basketball.
Greene Scott established eight Harvard diving records and still owns four. A three-time All-Ivy choice, Greene Scott is a four-time All-American, finishing eighth and sixth in 1988 and 1989, respectively. She was named to the All-Eastern first team for three straight seasons (1986-88), taking first in the 3 meter in 1986 and the 1 meter and 3 meter in 1987 and 1988. In the latter two years, Greene Scott earned the Eastern Women's Swimming League's most Outstanding Diver Award.
Greene Scott continues to hold the record for the 1 meter and 3 meter "Dual Meet List" events for both Blodgett Pool and Harvard. She also owns the Harvard and Blodgett Pool records for an 11-dive championship event, and she earned a spot on the U.S. Diving National Team in 1988.
As a senior in 1996-97, Snowden led Harvard to its first 17-win season in the post World War II era. A four-time letterwinner, Snowden was selected to the All-Ivy first team in 1995-96 and 1996-97. He also earned All-Ancient Eight second team honors in 1994-95 and was named to the NABC All-District second team in 1996-97.
Snowden is Harvard's all-time leading rebounder (913) and led the Crimson in rebounding in each of his four seasons in Cambridge. He also ranks eighth in career points (1,429) and was a two-time recipient of the Raymond Lavietes MVP Award. In his senior year, he was the recipient of the 1997 Bingham Award presented to the best senior male athlete.
The Harvard Varsity Club has been instrumental to the success of Harvard Athletics since it was founded in 1886. The Varsity Club preserves the traditions, fosters the ideals, and advances the interests of Harvard Athletics through a wide range of activities for our 20,000+ members. The selection and induction of Harvard's finest athletes into the prestigious Hall of Fame is one example of the many functions provided by the Varsity Club.


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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Patrick Kane had two goals and one assist after finding out his grandfather died and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 on Monday. Bryan Bickell, Marcus Kruger and Nick Leddy also scored for the Blackhawks, who got just their second win in seven games. Corey Crawford had 31 saves. Kane learned of his grandfather's death before the game. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said he didn't hear about it until after the second period. "It was a tough day overall," said Kane. "He was one of my great friends growing up and it is just a really sad day. It was important to get the win but ... it was tough to hear that right before the game." Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Kings, who have lost four in a row and nine of their last 10 (1-8-1). Jonathan Quick gave up five goals on 30 shots. The Kings scored more than one goal for the first time in seven games. They got more than two goals for only the fifth time in their last 21 games since Dec. 23. They are 5-14-2 in that span. The Kings wrap up their homestand Thursday against Columbus, their last game before the NHL breaks for the Sochi Olympics. It might do the team some good to be away for a few weeks. "You plan on playing your best game of the year," said Kings coach Darryl Sutter. The Blackhawks have won three straight against the Kings and five of the last six meetings. They took a 2-0 lead after 8:44 on Kane's power play goal on a nice solo effort from the right side and Bickell's goal on a 3-on-1. "It was a great start," said Quenneville. "We had some excitement in our game." Doughty scored 68 seconds after Bickell's goal and Kopitar tie the game at 2-2, flipping the puck past Crawford 6:30 into the second quarter. But Chicago rattled off three straight goals after that. Kruger deflected Leddy's slap shot from the high left side at 13:51 of the second period, Leddy scored on a slap shot 7:01 into the third and Kane jammed in Patrick Sharp's pass in front of the crease 4:08 after that for a 5-2 lead. Toffoli's goal came on a rebound after Jeff Carter tried a wrap-around. Game Notes Chicago is 2-0-2 on a seven-game road trip and LA has dropped the first three games of a four-game homestand ... The Blackhawks continue their road trip against Anaheim on Wednesday, one of two games they have remaining before the Olympics break.
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For Goo Goo Dolls front man John Rzeznik planning his wedding day was a piece of cake. The rocker married longtime girlfriend, Melina Gallo, Friday night at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu.
"We've been together a while and I'm not going anywhere and we'd like to start a family. I'd prefer to be married when I have kids," Rzeznik, 48, told PEOPLE.
Episcopal priest and longtime friend Rev. Michael Ralph married the couple under an old oak tree in front of about 120 guests, which included Rzeznik's bandmates. "The whole thing was just about family and friends. It was really beautiful and romantic," said Rzeznik.
Guests noshed on appetizers during cocktail hour and ate roasted chicken, garlic mash potatoes and wild mushroom ravioli for the main course. Gallo looked stunning in an Enzoani gown and Rzeznik opted for a dark green Gucci suit instead of a tuxedo.
Rzeznik, who is currently on tour promoting the Dolls' tenth album, Magnetic, did not sing at the wedding. "We made it perfectly clear that I would not be singing at all at our wedding. Our song was Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love.' I love her version of that song," he said.
The couple are planning a honeymoon in Italy and France after Rzeznik is done touring in the fall. As for how many kids the couple plans to have, Rzeznik said, "We'll start with one and deal with it from there."
This is the second marriage for Rzeznik, who divorced his first wife in 1997 after four years. He started dating Gallo in 2005.
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Let's go, let's, c'mon
Ask anybody that you bump into
Who got it poppin when it come to these rhymes (who got it?)
We got the sound that you jump into
You automatically pressin rewind (jump up!)
They call him Kwe' for short, really talk to the children
But too many people feel him and they might, try to kill him
Try to test me I survive, like your grandma recipe
(Survive) like a Child with a Destiny
Survive like a Cuban holdin piece of wood floatin to Miami
like, Elian Gonzalez cause they back with the family
Survivin in the streets of Brooklyn, that's where you find me
Survivin like somebody mommy clutchin a palm tree in a tsunami
Who woulda thunk that would ever happen?
Rootin for Kweli cause he brung back clever rappin
Sister - heads wrapped in fabric of the standard music
Chicks - with their tits, made of plastic look, dancin to it
In this arena I balance, your boy stand alone
and win it cause these rappers is more annoying than camera phones
Maybe it's me, it could be hard to move me
But these niggaz got me trippin like a white girl in a horror movie!
Do you like the way he jumped on it?
Take a step back, you don't want it
Do you like the way he jumped on it?
Take a step back, you don't, you don't
Yeah... this the one right here, put it on everything
Drop it heavy then get in the wind like a weather vane
Let it rain, let it pour, metaphor so let it off
Like the 38th special edition of "Set it Off"
Yo the trap, got you blastin your heat
It's hot ones like shotguns from the passenger seat
The mic booth, the district where they be packin the meat
Cause they kept it raw as the jump off, I hop, back on the beat
Back on the street like an ex-con
with enough in his pocket for a tip at a restaurant
It's a cold world, dress warm
Cuttin through the bullshit record labels and the shady deals
Ladies feel the beat when they out clubbin like baby seals
Let me chill out cause the raw image to focus on
Get back to my point, this joint is jumpin like a circus song
Yeah, to break it down to the basic components
They don't wait it so I'm runnin out of worthy opponents, whoa
Even when I be sleepin my brain it keep goin deep inside
A street poem with rhymes that keep blowin your mind
with a unique flow and heat showin
Grown men weepin in the open, tears leak into the ocean
Today is (Training Day), I passed the test like Ethan Hawk and
I'm droppin signs like Craig G, or Stephen Hawkins
Y'all don't rhyme, y'all speak in quotes of MC's that sleep in coffins
Latchin on like a leech and eatin off 'em, you weak and soft and
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One year ago I had to move out of a house due to the recession. I had two cats I had to consider as I transitioned from 1600 square feet to a tiny room in a shared duplex unit. One of them, Scooter (who graces the top of The Litter Box) found a home with my friend. I kept Jasmine because I knew she just wouldn't fit in with anyone else; she's unadoptable. Having raised her from her earliest days, I knew she'd only be happy with me.
Within a week of the move, Jasmine disappeared. To this day, I have no idea how she got out, but she was missing for a week. I checked the Humane Society twice – a heartbreaking act that knows no parallel. I put up Lost flyers. I even listened to neighborhood rumors about a crazy cat lady who kidnaps cats (catnaps?) and pounded on her unanswered door a few times. Around the time I had given up hope, and prepared to accept the fact that she was gone, she slinked back into the yard, into my arms, and back into our room, where I snapped that picture above as we reunited.
As awesome as that moment was, I realize now, a year later… she was mentally changed by that move. She now views every move made by anyone who comes into this place as suspect, all of her habits have been thrown into whack because of my work schedule, and she discovered the one thing I was hoping she'd never discover. See, my yard has a chain link fence that I thoroughly fortified so she couldn't sneak out, and for a while it worked fine. I could leave her outside, unattended, for as long as she wanted to get her porch time on.
The problem? Strays. The neighborhood is thick with them, and they appeal to her cat-sense of adventure. So, after maybe 10 or 20 observations of these feline Fagins deftly hopping over the four foot tall fence, Jazz caught on. And now that she's found her freedom here, she refuses to come back inside; she'll only come to the back door for food and water once a day. She also wants love and pets, but if I physically bring her into the room we shared for a year, she becomes visibly uncomfortable, and bolts back to the exit, untrimmed claws a-blazing.
I feel like she's left me, but I did let it happen. And I think that's the key; letting my cat be what she wants to be is sometimes liberating, and very difficult at the same time. I know she's still going to be around, but I think her life decisions may end up shortening her life. I can't afford to take her to the vet anymore, but I know she's going to need some meds for the fleas alone come November. But these problems all vanish when I take her into my lap, and she climbs my chest and wraps her tiny arms around my neck, giving me the best hug I've ever gotten.
Love you Jasmine.
Through the past four months, Jasmine and I have gone through some major changes. Long story short — she's now an indoor only cat, living with me in New Orleans, and as healthy as can be! Thanks everyone who offered words of encouragement.


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The Dears' promo people encouraged me to share this free download—"Blood," from the band's forthcoming album Degeneration Street—with you readers. I like The Dears, a shoegaze-ish pop rock band from Montreal, and have to say this song's OK—it sounds a little '90s. Still, free music! Thanks, The Dears.
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As promised: Halsey Minor chooses bankruptcy for mansion's LLC
As he promised to do, internet financier and halted hotel-builder Halsey Minor has placed the LLC he created for owning a historic Williamsburg-area mansion into bankruptcy, thus thwarting efforts to sell the foreclosed property at auction Tuesday.
The move was first revealed by the Virginia Gazette, a newspaper that has been covering the latest contretemps swirling around the embattled Minor. He once held a fortune estimated near $400 million, but he allegedly got behind on his mortgage payments on the 1755 Carter's Grove estate.
In what seems to have become a pattern, Minor used the planned February 15 foreclosure auction to lash out at the seller, accusing the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation of foisting a leaky edifice on him, of draping the property with easements that might prevent him from opening the place to the public, and just generally spewing attacks on the historical organization's management, marketing, motives, and even its corporate vision (or lack thereof).
The Foundation and others have pointed out that terms of the sale gave Minor and his minions copious opportunity to inspect both the property and the legal documents that conveyed it.
California court records show that Carters Grove LLC, in contrast to some of the larger deals involving Minor, has just 10 unsecured creditors listed with the court, with the largest one being Dominion Power, which is allegedly owed $18,000. Other unpaid creditors include the Newport News Waterworks at $1,400, Tiger Fuel at $6,338, and architectural paint analyst Natasha Loeblich whom Minor's filing appears to admit that he owes $5,700.
Minor has said that he stopped payment on his mortgage to express his displeasure with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. What transgresions these other creditors might have committed to leave them likewise unpaid has thus far, however, gone unsaid. On the morning of February 17, a reporter spoke with a representative of Minor, who offered to try to find out.
Already, Minor has been admonished by the California bankruptcy court for failing to file nine required documents– including a list of personal property and a statement of financial affairs. Should Minor fail by March 1 to submit the forms or to sufficiently explain why he needs more time, Judge Thomas E. Carlson can toss out the bankruptcy filing, thus giving a green light to the mortgage-holder to relaunch the auction proceedings.
This is not the first time Minor has placed one of his companies into voluntary bankruptcy proceedings. Last September, he filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition for Minor Family Hotels LLC, the company that was building the stalled Landmark hotel on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall. Minor tried to pool some of his pending court cases into Virginia bankruptcy court; but the effort failed, and last month he ended up losing control of the hotel project via summary judgment in an Atlanta-area courtroom.
–-last updated 11:47am, Thursday, February 17
–story corrected at 8:48am Friday, February 18 to provide correct name of the newspaper. It's the Virginia Gazette, not the Williamsburg Gazette.Read more on: halsey minor
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what an rich idiot, like many of them
He is in a world of his own. He has demons from his birth that he cannot shake.
It's a modern Greek tragedy that can't end in other than saddness and gnashing of teeth.
Wonder what Bank will end up owning this ? After buying Albemarle House for $15.26 million yesterday, Bank of America may not be the only bank with a mansion in Virginia.
Stupid, spoiled rich kid!
I went to school with this arse and he still is. Who else doesn't pay their bills and still holds the property, has electricity and gas? Why don't these companys do what they do to the little guy - stop providing power/electric etc.?
Minor:"I'm a spoiled brat and I want things my way." Obviosly his MOTHER didn't teach him cause and affect nor did she smack his arse when he needed it!
He lashed out at the waterworks saying he wasn't told he could get free water from the leaky roof when he bought it. He lashed out at Dominion power and tiger fuel saying an historic mansion shouldn't have electricity or gas. He lashed out at the paint analysist who took all her samples under the leaking roof....
The Hook is so idiotically smug. Pretentious, and without any cash or style.
His antics grow tiresome. Let him torment some other state.
Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, Paris Hilton, Halsey Minor-----has a certain ring to it doesn't it?
Want to meet the lawyer who represented mister minor for Sotheby's, Christies, Merrill Lynch, created huge pr messes and then ended up quitting at the last minute in all the cases. None other than:
He was the same guy who represented M Jackson's scummy wife in the money for custody swap. Hmm. Lee Danielson. Eric George. Failed Atlanta bank. I think mister minor might want to do a little research on who he works with. pretty amazing story.
Sounds like Minor didn't do his homework (again). I suspect that Minor wanted George, in part, because his father is the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. In reading the article you refer to it appears that Eric George didn't do anything more than wanting his fee (something that Minor never paid). And if you aren't associated with Minor how do you know that there were PR messes (were there?). Frankly, Minor has a habit of blaming everyone from his ex-wife, to Santa Claus. Nothing new here.
Journalist get more readers when they report drama. The plain simple fact is that Halsey is trying to maintain America's history for future generations. It seems he has been hit absurdly hard by the economic crisis. None of these hardships were his fault, and he is doing his best to repay everyone. Do you really think he enjoys the scathing articles? Consider how you would feel if someone published an article every time you missed a payment. Of course he wants to pay what he rightfully owes. The people who immorally try to steal from him don't deserve the money, period. The people who condemn him as a "spoiled rich kid" fail to realize that he is actually creating jobs and trying to keep alive the history and culture that he admires. Halsey is a proven businessman who has created jobs, and I fully expect him to bounce back with a positive impact!
All I can say is, as one of the first 50 employees of CNET, Minor's dotcom company, is that it couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
It appears that Charlie Sheen is the favorite to play Halsey Minor in the movie about the reverse of Social Network....instead of how a fortune was made it will be about how a fortune was lost...


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Posted May 19, 2011
Address to the Spring Dinner of the Committee for Monetary Research and Education (cmre.org) May 12, 2011
Address to the Spring Dinner of the Committee for Monetary Research and Education (cmre.org) May 12, 2011
Forgive me, but I have to start with an illustrative joke from the early 1950s. A beatnik is standing at a corner in Greenwich Village snapping his fingers in a very cool way.
A friend asks why and he answers:
"It keeps the lions and tigers away."
"There aren't any lions and tigers in Greenwich!"
"Does a hell of a job, doesn't it!"
To be serious, this is a proxy for the failure of the Fed. It was formed in 1913 to prevent bad things from happening and the fifth Great Depression since the advent of reckless central banking soon followed. Another classic bubble climaxed in 2007 and there is sufficient evidence to conclude that Great Depression number 6 is underway.
For the Fed it is the second Great Depression and in a financial sense Wall Street has been over-run by lions and tigers. Most folks are beginning to discover the scam of policymaking.
Politically, the focus is the basic cost of living soaring and popular unrest has become the next global phenomenon. It will likely end another experiment in authoritarian government and begin another Great Reformation.
The popular uprising started with the Tea Party in early 2009 and it appears in the Middle East as the Arab Spring or the Jasmine Revolution. These are similar to the fall of the Berlin Wall or Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution that ended the long-running Communist Revolution. Just so that we will be prepared for it – when it reaches Iran it could be called the Chai Party.
Clearly, popular unrest can become a good revolution or a bad one. Bad ones happen when the uprising falls into the hands of neurotic intellectuals, who really believe people need to be controlled. The Communist revolutions of the early 1900s and the French Revolution of the late 1700s are the examples and they both occurred with the start of a long rise in price inflation.
In good revolutions the uprising has remained in the hands of ordinary people and the examples have been the American Revolution which occurred after a long expansion had ended. That was marked by the bubble that blew out in 1772. Similarly, England's "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 was guided, not by intellectuals, but by Protestant
business interests in London. It also occurred after a long expansion. Moreover, it became part of a Great Reformation as it helped end the long reign of absolutist kings.
In the early 1900s, bad revolutions launched a long experiment in authoritarian government. Each country participated in its own way. In America, this is reaching a peak with the current administration. A good revolution is ending it.
Egypt is providing a fascinating uprising and the provocation has been soaring food prices and distress as the governing classes continue to live well. These have been called "peasant bread riots" and date back to the start of organized agriculture. Of which, Ancient Egypt provides the model. There have been thousands of bread riots, but the literature provides no record of governing class bread riots.
In the 1970s I read Barbara Bell's thesis that Dynastic Changes in Egypt would follow a long period of rich harvests when a series of poor harvests would create hardship. Bread riots would be resisted by the palace guards who were not part of the privileged governing classes. Being part of the people, the guards would eventually lay down their spears and grain would be more evenly distributed. Some historians called it anarchy – perhaps it could be called the first Chai Party. At any rate the political capital did not have enough funds to record the magnificence of its rulers.
The political economy worked much the same then as it does now. The pharaohs fronted government that was really run by the priesthood. Bell's thesis also related the poor harvests to climate change reducing the annual floods. As conditions worsened, the priests would promote new pharaohs who were sure to make the gods smile and prosperity would return.
Perhaps interventionists should look into the effectiveness of the gods of Ancient Egypt.
Other big stories in political economy would include the long-running trends in intrusive politics. In a 2004 Dinner Meeting I reviewed that over the past two thousand years there has been three great experiments in authoritarian government and each was accompanied by deliberate and chronic price inflation. In the senior economy, these occurred in the Third, Sixteenth and Twentieth centuries. The latter seems overly long but compares to the earlier examples. They ran for around one hundred years when the privileges, demands and burdens of the governing classes became intolerable to the average taxpayer who initiated the reform.
In the last tyrannical century with state-induced price inflation a reduced harvest prompted another bread riot, but as a twentieth-century historian wrote it – "a typical peasant bread riot turned into an iconoclastic rebellion". This was in the late 1500s and against the authoritarian government in the Spanish Netherlands.
Conventionally called the Protestant Reformation, which deals with theological differences, the process of rejecting or changing bullying politics fits into the theme of Great Reformations. Within which every agency of authority and arbitrary intervention is reviewed and reformed.
In the 1500s most governments were depreciating perfectly good and ample coinage but in the early 1600s they stopped. Bullion shipments from the New World began to diminish and eventually the will to depreciate became limited. Although volatile, the transition to more stable financial conditions worked best in England and in the world's financial center in the Netherlands.
Recently, most governments, including the US have broadcast their intentions to continue to depreciate. Although the concept is ancient, the honesty is refreshingly new. The question is – if central bankers will not surrender the privilege of depreciation how will our one hundred years of deliberate inflation be halted?
Market forces combined with a change in the general public's submission to the will of the state will do the trick.
It is important to understand that the Fed needs speculators' leverage to get the money out the door. In the 1930s it was called "pushing on a string". In so many words, at the end of a bubble the power shifts from the Fed to the margin clerk.
A couple of weeks ago, crude oil and silver prices started a severe plunge, which presents exquisite irony. "No matter how shocking, bloody, embarrassing and just plain devastating a panic is – within two weeks there is no one that did not see it coming."
Our research team did. One of our proprietary models – the Forecaster – has been reliable in commodity booms.
In November 1973 food and energy commodities were soaring, the Middle East was in turmoil with the Yom Kippur War. The Fed was printing and would drive the dollar to zero. Our model gave the signal in that November and the buying frenzy ended three months later. Eventually the NBER determined that the recession started in that fateful November.
The recession was due to a natural collapse of speculation that had very little to do with Arthur Burns, the esteemed Chair of the Fed.
The next signal occurred in November 1979 when the Middle East was in turmoil with the Iranian hostage outrage. And the Fed was printing and would drive the dollar to zero. The raging mania in precious metals ended in January 1980. The crash in silver was spectacular and some time later the NBER decided that the recession started in that fateful January.
The recession was due to a natural collapse in speculation that had very little to do with Paul Volker, the esteemed Chair of the Fed.
On this year's mania our model signaled that it would soar to a climax near the end of March, with precious metals and crude running through April.
The recent boom in commodities has been accompanied by acute concerns about food shortages and a troubled Middle-East. The Fed has been almost belligerent in printing and the gold bugs know that this time the Fed is really going to take the dollar to zero.
The collapse has been natural and confirms the probability of the recession starting with the end of excessive speculation. This has nothing to do with the esteemed Chair of the Fed who has kept the printing presses going.
With considerable energy the street has been focused upon two kinds of inflation. One is forced credit/currency by the Fed. The other is just straight running the printing presses
as in Germany in the early 1920s, or more recently in Zimbabwe. In many eyes the Fed is guilty of both and hyperinflation of all prices is in the system and inevitable.
The extraordinary financial manias that climaxed in 1720 provide useful instruction. The lead companies in London and Paris were quasi-government entities, enjoying full and continuous support – right to the end of the mania – but with different features.
Soon to become the senior currency, sterling was backed by a metal standard, but even a gold standard has never impaired a great financial mania. Speculators, reckless banks and soaring ambition will always create more credit than any economy can handle. Despite magnificent efforts by government to keep the party going, the South Sea Bubble blew out in June 1720 and the economy collapsed into a lengthy contraction that can be called the first Great Depression.
The action in Paris was inspired by John Law who was the first really reckless central banker. He had a personal vision that a forced expansion of paper money would provide employment and prosperity. To this end, Law had some eight printing presses going and while it fueled speculation the collapse overwhelmed the rate of currency issue. In the disaster the public demanded that the plates for printing be destroyed.
Throughout business history, rising prices have occurred with prosperity and falling prices with hard times. So the pattern of the recession starting with the end of commodity speculation, as in 1980, 1973, 1929 or 1921 is nothing new. All occurred during the Fed's mandate to prevent bad things from happening.
On the bigger picture, the 2008 stock market crash replicated that of 1929 including the start of that recession. It is only at the end of a classic bubble that the recession starts with the bear and that is one of the signatures of the advent of a long contraction.
The business recovery out of the panic that ended in March 2009 accomplished measurably outstanding speculation in commodities. The recent hit is indicating the start of the second recession within a lengthy post-bubble contraction. This will likely assist another popular reformation of ambitious government.
Will the ancient pattern continue to guide?
There is no guarantee that it will, but then there is no guarantee that it won't. It is prudent to consider the odds.
My own conclusions are that the financial markets are in an immense ending action that will shut the door on the Fed. Natural forces of credit contraction are working to end a hundred years of experimental depreciation.
On the political side, the administration's immense and brutal ambition to turn the US into another socialist country seems to also be a form of ending action. The opposition to big government is real and pending default by most levels of government is the catalyst for the people to get control of government affairs and expenditures.
Great Reformations have been happening since the Pharaohs.
We have seen the past, and it works.
Commodity Speculation and Recessions
The reversal in the Forecaster to down provides the signal.
Typically, the peak of speculation has been associated with the test of the
reversal a couple of months later.
The initial reversal was set in November 1979 and the test was completed in January 1980.
The initial reversal occurred in January 2011 and the test completed at the end of April.
May 12, 2011
-Bob Hoye
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Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: California tour has a sting in the tail
Despite being in only its fifth year and lasting just eight days, the Amgen Tour of California is fast approaching the status of a three-week grand tour — in terms of the publicity it generates. That was shown by last week's online release, over four days, of the 2010 stage details, and by the number of Tour de France contenders choosing to compete in the U.S. when the Giro d'Italia is under way in Europe.
There were fears that moving the American race from February to May would dilute the quality of the field, but among those scheduled to race in California May 16-23 are Team RadioShack's Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer, Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck, Liquigas's Vincenzo Nibali and HTC-Columbia's Michael Rogers. All of these men will be on the Tour start line six weeks later, challenging Alberto Contador for the yellow jersey.
This new date makes the Tour of California an ideal springboard to the Tour, with its eight days of racing followed two weeks later by the weeklong Dauphiné Libéré in France (or three weeks later by the Tour of Switzerland).
So what sort of racing will this year's Tour of California produce? Will the event's first-ever mountaintop finish prove decisive in the GC stakes? Will an Aussie or European finally defeat the Americans? Or will we see another decisive time trial — and a "four-peat" for Leipheimer?
The weather and the tactics always determine the outcome of a race, but a detailed study of the just-announced route reveals how the outcome will be shaped:
Sunday, May 16, Stage 1: Nevada City—Sacramento (167.8km)
On the day that former Tour of California standouts Christian Vande Velde, Cadel Evans and Ivan Basso will battle for the maglia rosa on the first summit finish of the Giro, Monte Terminillo, the American stage race opens in unusual fashion. All the teams will ride in their buses from hotels in Sacramento to the start in Nevada City, population 3,000, which celebrates the 50th running of its annual bike race this year. The stage itself twists through the foothills of the Sierras (with a steep 5km climb to a town called Cool just before half distance) before a perfectly flat 50km approach to the finish back in Sacramento, where crosswinds could be a factor. Three laps of a 3.2km city loop favor those teams used to teeing up their sprinters in criteriums, so perhaps one of the Haedo brothers will take the win for Saxo Bank.
Monday, May 17, Stage 2: Davis—Santa Rosa (171.7km)
This course is similar to the 2009 stage between the same two cities, but after the Howell Mountain climb at the100km mark this year's route heads south down the Napa Valley before tackling a much tougher finale. This comprises the Oakville and Trinity Grades before taking the hilly Bennet Valley Road into Santa Rosa. With no finishing laps this year, expect a medium-size group containing all the GC favorites to contest the straight-shot finish in Leipheimer's hometown.
Tuesday May 18, Stage 3: San Francisco—Santa Cruz (182.3km)
This is a beefed-up version of last year's stage 2 to Santa Cruz when Leipheimer made his decisive attack to take the overall lead he never relinquished. The climb up Bonny Doon Road where he broke away from the pack is retained, as is the earlier haul from the Pacific Coast Highway up Tunitas Creek Road; the difference is that after Tunitas, the course heads straight down to Woodside in the Silicon Valley before returning to the PCH via a climb on Highway 84 to Skyline Boulevard and a shorter one out of La Honda. A successful breakaway looks certain on these often twisting, narrow roads and the finish at Sant Cruz's famed boardwalk seems sure to see a new race leader.
Wednesday May 19, Stage 4: San Jose—Modesto (195.5km)
This is almost a carbon copy of the 2009 stage between the same two cities won by Thor Hushovd in a mass sprint finish. The rugged Sierra Road climb again opens the action straight from the streets of San Jose, but after a sprint in downtown Livermore, the stage heads southeast instead of east to take in the 30km grind up the narrow, twisting Mines Road to almost 3,000 feet elevation before descending to the Central Valley and the flat finale. The sprinters should again vie for the victory over two and a half laps of a crit-like finishing circuit in Modesto.
Thursday May 20, Stage 5: Visalia—Bakersfield (195.6km)
Although this a completely new stage, it resembles the one last year that climbed through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and ended with a bunch sprint win for Mark Cavendish in Clovis. The big difference is the 3.6km finishing loop, where the riders will make three climbs of the 1km, 10-percent China Grade just before the 400-meter-long finish straight at Bakersfield College. That finale favors someone who can hold firm after attacking on a short, sharp climb — perhaps a rider like Nibali.
Friday May 21, Stage 6:Pasadena—Big Bear Lake (213.7km)
This stage has been billed as the toughest ever at the Tour of California, with more than 12,000 feet of climbing and a finish at almost 7,000 feet elevation at the base of Snow Summit ski station.
It's not strictly a mountaintop finish because the final 30km is either downhill or flat around the north side of Big Bear Lake to a final uphill kilometer to the line (where a sprint will likely determine the stage victory). However, with four lengthy (but not especially steep) categorized climbs, including Dawson Saddle on the Angeles Crest Highway at 7.903 feet — the highpoint in the event's five-year history — and the 7,112-foot Lakeview Point, this longest stage of the race will determine who are the 15 or 20 strongest men prior to the final weekend. It would be great to see Andy Schleck battling for the stage win, but the flattish final kilometers make this unlikely.
Saturday May 22, Stage 7: Los Angeles TT (33.6km)
This is not the picturesque course the organizers had first envisioned at Venice Beach, but a 33.6km time trial (the longest in race history) over two laps of a circuit in downtown Los Angeles will almost certainly determine who is going to win this year's Tour of California. The start and finish are at LA Live, the entertainment center that's the crown jewel of AEG, the race owner. With 20 turns on each lap, along with two short climbs, it's a TT course that demands good bike handling as well as outright strength. No doubt, Armstrong, Leipheimer, Nibali and Rogers will all be vying for the stage win … and the outright victory.
Sunday May 23, Stage 8: Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village-Agoura Hills circuit (134.4km)
With the GC set after the time trial, this challenging finale will likely see the overall leaders marking each other, giving the lesser lights a chance at winning the stage. Four times up the infamous Rock Store climb (4km at 7 percent) will make this a race of attrition, much like a world road championship, but the 134.4km distance is only half that of a worlds. This spectacular conclusion to the California race will almost certainly end with three Tour de France contenders on the final podium, while on this same day in Italy a few other Tour challengers will be contesting one of the Giro's legendary mountaintop finishes at Monte Zoncolan.
Total distance: 1,294.6km / 804.4 miles
You can follow John at twitter.com/johnwilcockson.


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Assisted immigration at the Cape
In the 1830s and 1840s economic recession at the Cape limited government-aided immigration. Individual passengers continued to sail to the Cape, paying their own passages, and private agents in England such as J S Christopher brought out some settler parties though not in great numbers.
There was a shortage of labour in the Cape Colony and a possible solution lay in government-sponsored immigration; this was discussed in 1844. Some child immigrants and female groups arrived, including single Irish women. Thus in 1849 the Emigration Philanthropic Society of England sent out 20 women from workhouses and through the Association of Female Emigration a group of 46 Irish women emigrated to the Cape in 1851. In November 1857 the ship Lady Kennaway landed 157 Irish women at East London; also on board were a number of artisans and their families.
The labour problem continued and eventually led to the passing of an Act of Parliament in 1857, to set aside funds for recruiting immigrants, with an agent in Britain to coordinate arrangements. Immigration Boards were established in the Cape and colonists were encouraged to make application to bring family members to join them in South Africa.
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