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Statistical information is vital for the optimizer when it builds query plans. But collecting statistics can involve time and resources. By understanding and combining several different statistics gathering techniques, users of Teradata can find the correct balance between good query plans and the time required to ensure adequate statistical information is always available.
This recently-updated compilation of statistics collection recommendations are intended for sites that are on any of the Teradata Database 14.10, 15.0, or 15.10 software release levels. Some of these recommendations apply to releases earlier than Teradata Database 14.10 and some rely on new features available starting in Teradata Database 14.10. Statistics collection functionality in the Teradata Database works the same in 14.10, 15.0 and 15.10 releases.
For greater detail on collecting statistics for Teradata Database 14.10, see the orange book titled: Teradata Database 14.10 Statistics Enhancements by Rama Krishna Korlapati.
Contributors: Carrie Ballinger, Rama Krishna Korlapati, Paul Sinclair, September 11, 2014
Collect Full Statistics
Can Rely on Dynamic AMP Sampling
Collect Multicolumn Statistics
General Suggestions for the Statistics Collection Process
New Recommendations for Teradata Database 14.10
Other Considerations
EXPLAIN SELECT DISTINCT NUPI-column FROM table;
[1] Any column which is over 95% unique is considered as a nearly-unique column.
[2] Dynamic AMP sampling is sometimes referred to as random AMP sampling.
Dear Carrie
We are in the phase to enable THRESHOLDS for our Stats Collection process. The big question is now with which SYSTEM Thresholds we should start. Are there any good practise values available or best practices how to get them.
Thanks Armin
If you haven't seen it, take a look at my blog posting Statistics Threshold Functionality 101. That may provide a little more understanding about how to use threshold.
In general, the recommendations are to rely primarily on the system threshold option, SysChangeThresholdOption. You don't have to set that, but it does require that UseCount logging be on for the database.
Thanks, -Carrie
I am not sure who I should send this to so you are it. I work at AAA in Calif and I work on the mainframe and also with Teradata tables. I have to create interactive screens on the mainframe using a Dialog Manager Screen using REXX to display the data. I want to be able to read our teradata tables using COBOL but I don't know if this can be done. If it can could you tell me where I can look at some examples. I do this all the time using DB2 tables but have never done it with Teradata. The only other way I could do this would be to dump the tables down to the mainframe and then use those files but most tables are way to large. Hope you can help and if not have a good one.
Hi Terry,
I wish I could help you, but this is not an area of familiarity for me. And I have no idea who might know something like this.
I'd suggest you post this question on one of the Teradata Forums, and see of anyone else has ideas about it. That will give your question much greater exposure than tagging it on as a comment at the bottom of this blog. Or contact your Teradata account team and see if they can locate the appropriate resource within Teradata who might be able to advise you.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Thanks for the valuable information. Actually we are planning to enable Auto Stats from lower to higher environment. As part of testing, I did following testing on following cases to ensure whether everything is working as expected or not.
Case 1: Insert, update, delete operation - During collection, once system data change pattern reached, whether it is collecting or skipping for this DML operations.
Case 2: Analyze job - Whether it is giving right recommendations or not for all type of tables especially PPI tables, join indexes, etc
Case 3: Collect Job - Whether it is running the job as per the schedule or not and refreshing daily the PARTITION, Partition columns, NUSIs, sample statistics, DBC tables or not
Case 4: If it is a big table (>1000 rows/AMP) and already collected full statistics on full table, whether it is going for Sample stats or not
Case 5: If it is a small table (<1000 rows/AMP), whether it is going for full stats or not
Case 6: Whether it is giving recommendation on timestamp and collecting stats on Timestamp column or not
As per your experience, do you think, is there any other cases i need to do a test, so that we can have a smoother implementation of Autostats.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Carrie,
Is there any solution to handle the Auto stats (via Auto scheduler) during maintenance window. the question here is, assume the stats are scheudled to run during this maintenance window where the system is down. Is there any solution to address this loss of stats.
Thanks in advance.
The only information I currently have on AutoStats has been posted on Developer Exchange at:
In addition, you may find it helpful to read through the orange book titled "Automated Statistics Management" which can be found on Teradata At Your Service.
I did notice that you have posted these same identical questions to bloggers Dieter Noeth and Marcio Moura. If you wish to reach a broader audience, consider posting your questions on Teradata Forum:
Best regards, -Carrie
Why don't you talk to your Teradata account team and ask if they can help you locate a resource to answer questions you have on AutoStats. Unfortunately, I am not that person, but I do know several members of your account team and if they contact me offline I could help them locate a resource that might be able to help.
Best regards, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Thanks for your response,
Actually i already gone through all the forums in Developer Exchange related to Stats. I got clear understanding from these Amazing articles on Autostats. As part of Autostats implementation, I already discussed with Teradata PS team and gathered as much information as i can as part of testing. And since due to less time limit and everyone in the partners meeting last week, i thought to better post it to Dieter and Marcio too, so that atleast i can get answer from one of them. Yes, i already posted even in Master forums but not in regular forum.
Very valuable article. Thanks Carrie.
In Teradata 14 onwards, we have this feature wherein the individual stats information of Col(A) & Col(B) can be used for Col(A,B) if the stats on Col(A,B) is not collected & the same is required by Optimizer. Same goes for Col(A) & Col(B) when individual stats is not collected & MultiColumn stat Col(A,B) is collected. Optimizer uses the stats information of Col(A,B) for individual columns also.
Let's say Query_01 uses only ColA, Query_02 uses only ColB & Query_03 uses ColA & ColB in the WHERE clause. Based on the enhancements explained, we can collect Multi-Column Stats on Col(A,B) & it will service all the 03 queries. Or, we can collect individual stats on ColA & ColB with the Query_03 being serviced implicitly. My question here is: Which approach is better from an Optimizer perspective. Again, Stats related question are always best answered practically, yet I wanted an opinion from you.
Individual column statistics and multicolumn statistics are not interchangeable. For example, the optimizer will not use two individual column stats to replace a multicolumn stat that includes both columns, or vice versa. That is why sites often collect multicolumn stats. Multicolumn stats provide a value that cannot be provided by multiple single column stats. Multicolumn stats tell the optimizer about demographics related to the correlation of the individual partitioning columns, and which values appear together and how often.
On exception is that the leading column of a multicolumn statistic can be used independently by the optimizer for single table selection purposes, as though it were a single column. However, the trailing columns in a multicolumn stat are not able to offer similar benefit to the optimizer. You have collect single column stats on trailing columns if you want that information to be available independently.
Maybe you were thinking about the capability starting in 14.0 where you can collect on a multicolumn stat and on the columns that make up the multicolumn stats in one collect statistics command, and those collections will overlap, saving resources.
The statistics recommendations in the posting above are correct, you need multicolumn stats if there is a correlation among the participating columns and if all the stats are used for single table selection purposes.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
You mentioned above
"Collect full statistics on Partitioning columns of a row-partitioned table"
"6. For temporal tables, follow all collection recommendations made above. Currently, statistics are not supported on BEGIN and END period types. That capability is planned for a future release."
I have bi-temporal partitioned table where I partition on RANGE_N on BEGIN/END(Valid_time) and BEGIN/END(Transaction_time). When it is not support statistics on BEGIN and END period types, should I omit collect statistics on partitioning columns ?
Starting in 14.10, statistics can be collected on BEGIN/END(valid_time/transaction_time) since we support expression statistics. However, note that we don't allow collection on the PERIOD type such as valid_time/transaction_time since they are not the basic type. When we extract BEGIN/END portion of the PERIOD column, it results in a basic DATE or TIMESTAMP type which is the reason we can collect stats on them.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
First of all, please apologize me for commenting on an old post, but since my question relates to this, hence I had to. :-)
We need to perform a daily scheduled aggregation on a table with 25B+ rows & PPI on DATE INTERVAL '1' DAY. This table is regularly loaded every hour and the daily growth rate of this table is ~10%.
If we don't collect stats on the PPI column before the aggregation, the whole agrregation process keeps running for 10+ hours. However, upon collecting stats immediately before the aggregation, helps it to complete within just ~20 mins.
Keeping in view the above scenario, what would be your recommendations for the aggregation optimization?
Should we explicitly collect stats on the daily basis, immediately before the scheduled aggregation or is there any other way to optimize the aggregation?
It's always helpful to provide the database release that you are on when it comes to statistics, as many things have changed in current releases.
If you are on 14.10 or above, there are improvements made to the statistics extrapolation process that may help you. If you have DBQL USECOUNT logging on the database where the underlying table resides, then the optimizer can make better extrapolations because any changes to the table row count will be captured in DBC.ObjectUsage and this can help to provide more reliable extrapolations. In addition, if you build up history records on the partitioning column statistics, data in the history records will be used to detect patterns in the statistics with growth.
I have found that 14.10 extrapolations based on date partitioning columns of 1 day to be fairly accurate, once adequate history records have been accumulated. The optimizer expects that any column that has a DATE data type is a rolling column, and it's number of distinct values will increase predictably over time. This is reinforced by having history records at hand.
Also, you should recollect summary stats on the table (which is very quick) immediately following the load, to provide for more accurate determination of stale statistics, which is a prerequisite for good extrapolations.
Once you have 5 history records accumulated (from full statistics collection after the table has grown), then immediately after the load do a HELP CURRENT STATS command and it will show you the extrapolated values that the optimizer generates for the partitioning column. That way you can see yourself if extrapolation is providing number of distinct values for that column that are in line with what you expect after the load job completes. Then run an explain of the aggregation and see if you are getting the "good" plan that leads to the lower completion time. If you are getting the "good" plan through extrapolation, then do do not need to recollect stats immediately after each load.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie. I detected a strange behavior on on Teradata 14.10.
As soon as I am executing the statement "HELP STATS ON TheTable;" on a table without any statistics collected, I receive the error message:
"no statistics defined on this table" (I can't remember the exect error code)
Nevertheless, it looks like Teradata silently collects statistics about table cardinality because afterwards, cardinality estimations are switching from "low confidence" to "high confidence" and the estimations match reality.
Nevertheless, "officially" there are still no statistics available on this table...
Do we have any information why this happens?
In general, HELP STATS doesn't do anything to the confidence levels.
However, one possibility could be random AMP sampling. The HELP STATS operation logic triggers all-AMP random AMP sampling, which may be impacting some confidence levels.
Before the statistics dictionary table (dbc.statstbl) is checked for the existence of statistics, we first fetch the table header. The random AMP samples get brought into the dictionary cache as part of accessing the table header. Your first explain had no random AMP samples to look at, your second explain did. I can't say for sure, but that could be what happened in your case.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Can you share any new recommendations for Stats with Version 15.
I don't have a list of DBC stats recommendations focused especially on the 15.0 release. What you can do is use the recommendations in the blog posting for collecting stats on the dictionary tables in 14.0 or 14.10, then add stats to the collection scripts you plan to use in 15.0 to cover any new DBC tables, as you find that you need to.
The best way to determine which dictionary stats you actually need to collect is to examine DBQL output and see which dictionary views are being used by your end users. Then make sure all join columns, etc. within those views are covered. That is likely to differ from site to site.
Thanks, -Carrie
Can we run collect stats when a table is being insert/update or vice versa? Is there any performance issue occur? Does it impact users who accesses those table on above situation?
The stats collection operation uses an access lock on the table and can be run when that table is being read or updated by a query. You can see this access lock if you do an explain on the collect statistics statement.
However at the completion of a collect stats, all query plans using that table will be flushed from request cache. That may or may not have an impact on subsequent queries that access that table depending on if they were eligible to use cached plans and could have used cached plans.
While you can do it, it's probably not ideal to run an update job against that table you are collecting stats on as the stats will not reflect the actual state of the table when the updates are complete. It is recommended to run stats collection after loading is complete not during loading.
In terms of the query performance, when a select statement is executing, it has already had its plan built. It will have used whatever statistics were available at that time the query began to build its query plan. Even is updated statistics are collected while the query is executing, it will not change that query's plan. So there will be no impact in terms of the plan changing.
A collect statistics statement will use some level of resources. It is like an aggregation. Depending on the priority at which statistics are executed, and the priority at which the query is executing, and the size and complexity of the collect statistics aggregation, the additional resource usage from the stats collection could have a performance impact on the running query.
Thanks, - Carrie
We are running on TD15.10. When I collect stats on a volatile table and execute an explain request after turning on "HELPSTAST" for session the optimizer is still recommending stats on the volatile table used in query. The collect stats execution returns 0 rows updated but "Help Stats" on table volatile table shows values. How do I get optimizer to recognize /use stats collected on volatile tables?
We have USEOUNT enabled for all our end table databases... But I was wondering if there will be a negative system impact if we turn it ON for ALL databases,, fro example staging tables databases, View databases,,, etc..... So we can see AccessCount and LastAccess in the Teradata Administrator. Would I cause system problem if I enable it for ALL databases?
What is a recommended way to measure the impact on the system before and after enabling USECOUNT on a database?
Statistics for volatile tables (VTTs) are handled differently from statistics on base tables. Statistics collected from VTTs are not saved in DBC.StatsTbl. They are saved in memory for the given session. They get deleted when the session is logged off. They don't accumulate history records and extrapolations are not performed against them.
The reason you are seeing 0 rows updated when you collect stats on a VT table is because there isn't a histogram or an entry in DBC.StatsTbl, but just a place in memory where these stats stay for the duration of the session.
The optimizer should by using the stats on a volatile table as it would any other table stats. I would suggest you look at the estimates and confidence levels in the explain text to see whether the stats appear to be being used or not. Because these stats are held in memory, it's possible, the diagnostic HELPSTATS has some issues in correctly identifying the presence of stats. So it keeps on recommending stats even when they exists. I think that is likely to be what is happening in your case.
If you see that the estimates/confidence levels in the explain don't validate that VTT stats are being used, then I would recommend you open an incident. Otherwise, just ignore the recommendations you are getting from the diagnostic for stats that already exist.
Thanks, -Carrie
I have not heard of any issues with USECOUNT logging overhead being problematic. USECOUNT logging uses the same techniques as other DBQL collections. There is a USECOUNT DBQL cache that is flushed at pre-set intervals and the cached entries are inserted into the database in a very efficient way. However, every site is different, so cannot tell you for sure that you will not experience some overhead. But based on feedback from other customers, it is not likely to be of much magnitude.
What you can do is turn USECOUNT logging on for a subset of databases first, then add more databases gradually, and see if you experience any increasing overhead.
You could also post your question on Teradata Forum, and see if you can get some feedback from other customers as to how widely they use USECOUNT logging.
The only way I know of detecting this overhead with any accuracy is my means of a very controlled test, where you run the same test script against the same data, with USECOUNT on and then with USECOUNT off, and see if there is any difference in throughput.
There are many background tasks and moniting activities that run in Teradata in the background. It is a challenge measuring the impact of these types of things.
Thanks, -Carrie
Is there a provision to recollect stats based on their names ?
COLLECT STATS <Statistics Name> ON TABLENAME;
Hi Sanji,
Yes, you can recollect statistics by name, if a name exists. This is particularly useful if you have multicolumn statistics.
From page 7 of the orange book titled: Teradata Database 14.10 Statistics Enhancements:
"When you collect statistics on an index or column set, specifying a name for them is optional. A name is mandatory if statistics are for anything other than column references on expressions.
You can later use the name for recollections, copies, transfers, help information, show information, and for dropping the collected statistics. The rules for naming statistics are the same as the rules for naming database objects."
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Need a clarification on how skipping stats works.
1. We had a traditional automated stats collection process where 10% was crietieria which we replaced with new feature of skipping process
question: Once we enable this skip process does 10% of change in data holds any value?
(reason our weekend stats collection is still based on 10 %)
2. After enabling this feature do we still need sample stats ??
can you direct me to an orange book or an article how the extrapolation works once this feature is enaabled
Happy Holidays
Also one more question how is this stats skip related to stats_mngr process ?
Question #1:
I am not sure that I understand question #1:
"Once we enable this skip process does 10% of change in data holds any value?"
The way it works is you don't enable the skip process. It is the system-level threshold that decdes whether or not skip. System-level threshold is on by default starting in 14.10. If other prerequisites for thresholding are in place (such as USECOUNT logging and adequate history records), then skipping will automatically be considered based on optimizer-determined thresholds. You can turn off system level default if you wish, then you will not get any optimizer-initiated skipping.
If you specify USING THRESHOLD 10 PERCENT, that will override any decision that the optimizer makes about threshold or skipping. You can choose to use USING THRESHOLD to either override the system-level threshold functionality, or to specify a threshold when the system default has been turned off in DBS Control. If you have turned off system level threshold, the USING clause means you can still get skipping If that is what you want.
The recommendation is to let the system-level threshold make decisions, and make sure that USECOUNT logging is enabled, which is required for automatic thresholding (and potentially skipping) to happen.
Question #2:
If system level threshold is on, as it is by default, then optimizer-initiated sampling will not take place. However, you can specify USING SAMPLE n PERCENT...if you wish, and that will work whether or not system threshold is on.
Please see the orange book on 14.10 statistics enhancements for more detail on these features.
There is also an orange book on statistics extrapolation, called "Statistics Extrapolation". It is a little old, but still explains the basics. Extrapolation works the same whether or not the system threshold is on or off. If statistics are skipped some of the time, then extrapolation will actually play a larger role and will be applied for the stats that are somewhat out of date, but that have not yet reached the threshold that is applied to them.
Here is a response to the third question that was sent later, "How is this stats skip related to stats_mngr process ?":
If you are using the Stats Manager portet (AutoStats), up-do-date (un-stale) stats will have a lower priority within the list of stats collection statements that AutoStats builds. But they will be included in the job and will be submitted by a collect job, assuming the job's time duration has not expired.
If a change-based threshold is in place (either system default or with a USING clause), the actual collection will be skipped if these stats are still up to date at the time the collect stats statement runs and do not satisfy the threshold.
There is an orange book for AutoStats and Stats Manager titled: Automated Statistics Management if you need more information.
Thanks -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Wanted to check is there any way we can disable stats extrapolation. Truning off All-AMP dynamic Amp sampling will help here.
Also can you suggest any article/tool to well interpret STATSUSAGE and XMLPLAN from DBC.DBQLXMLTBL
Here is a link for an article here on Dev X that describes STATSUSAGE and XMLPLAN:
There is no way to turn off stats extrapolation. However, extrapolation only takes place if statistics are stale. Keeping stats up to date will eliminate the need for the optimizer to extrapolate. Collecting summary stats frequently, even if you cannot collect full stats that often, will help ensure that extrapolations are more accurate. If you think extrapolation is not working as it should, it would be advisable to open an incident with the support center.
Thanks, -Carrie
Thank you Carrie.
In Teradata, do we have any way to collect statistics for a particular day/incremental statistics for Partitioned Tables. Some thing similar to Incremental Gloabl Statistics in Oracle and SQL Server.
As data is loaded for current date, I want to collect statstics only for paritition holding recent data and not for entire table.
There is no method for just collecting incremental statistics on Teradata currently. You can collect stats on expressions starting in 14.1, but that will not help you with a partitioned table. There has been much discussion and thought given to the question you are asking, but there is no available technique for doing that at this time.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
I am using Teradata 14. Can I get a list of stats recommended for all my tables in my database.
If yes can you please hint me on the query we can use to check that.
Appreciate your help.
The above posting constitutes overall recommendations on what statistics to collect. You will have to evaluate which columns in your tables these recommendations apply to. There is a similar such posting for 14.0 as well if you use this link:
I don't have any short cuts or SQL scripts to help with the selection of which columns/indexes to collect stats on. But maybe if you post that inquiry on one of the Teradata forums, someone working at a customer site may have put something together.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Good Morning, i have few questions.
One of our Customer went to TD 14.10 last year but the NoDot0Backdown is still False. I recently join the team and am planning to propose to set it TRUE. Are there any disadvantages and risk/wider impact on any other functionalities of Database if we go for the change ?
Does this parameter have any influence on Stats Extrapolation and Auto Stats Sampling ? ( We do have UDI enable but all of the stats are still on Version 5).
One more question.
Is there any way to check if the Extrapolations happened was due to Random/Dynamic Amp Sampling or Optimizer used UDI information. In other words, can we check which of the above two techiniques were used to extrapolate the stats ?
Thank You,
Even if you have usecount logging on, the information is not able to be stored in the statistics histogram, and therefore cannot be used for extrapolation or to properly assess changes over time from the history records, because you are not using Version 6 histograms. Not being able to properly assess changes over time across the history records could make it less likely that the optimizer will select a downgrade to sampling.
You only will get Verions 6 histograms when you change the NoDot0Backdown flag. You should get more accurate extrapolations with the V6 histograms.
The only tradeoff in setting that flag to TRUE is that you will not be able to back down to an earlier release. So if there is a possibility you may want to back down you should wait until such time as you are confident you want to remain on 14.10. I don't know of any particular risks at this time in staying on 14.10 and setting the flag to TRUE, but neither have I been tracking this as a possible issue. If you really are concerned, talk to the GSC and seek their advice.
Thanks, -Carrie
If UDI counts are available, they will always be used instead of random AMP sampling. So if you see that your histogram for that statistic carries UDI counts then you know that any extrapolation that took place used those counts. If you don't see any UDI counts in the histogram, then assume that random AMP samples were used for extrapolation purposes.
Thanks, -Carrie
Thank You Carrie,
The NoDot0Backdown setting needs to be changed to TRUE. The logic used by Analyze Jobs to detect staleness relies on UDI counts from USECOUNT logging in conjunction with the defined COLLECT STATS THRESHOLD option for each stat. Change-based THRESHOLD logic requires version 6 stats to track the UDI counts which in turn requires NoDot0Backdown to be set to TRUE. Only in Version 6 will the statistics histrograms store those UDI counts.
There are a number of enhancements that have been made in the last year or two to improve the performance of StatsMgr Analyze jobs. If you call the support center they can help advise you which ones are available for your platform.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
We recently moved to TD15.10. We started observing some statistics are skipped from collection. We have the following parameters disabled in dbscontrol.
What is new in TD15.10 that is causing to skip? We happened to notice more on columns that are highly unique and where table does not change much.
DBS Control Record - Optimizer Statistics Fields:
1. DefaultTimeThreshold = 0 (Disabled; Default value)
2. DefaultUserChangeThreshold = 0 (Disabled; Default value)
3. SysChangeThresholdOption = 3 (Disabled)
4. SysSampleOption = 2 (Disabled)
5. BLCStats = 0 (Enabled; Default value)
If SysChangeThresholdOption is disabled there should not be any skipping that is managed by the optimizer. However I have to say, the statisitics that you describe as being skipped (nearly unique, not much change) are certainly the types of statistics that I would expect to be skipped if SysChangeThresholdOption were enabled.
If you haven't yet done that, it might be a good idea to validate that skipping is actually taking place by running in Explain on the collect statistics statements that you believe were skipped.
Even if you have turned off the global threshold option, skipping that is enabled by the user could still take place. This could happen if the USING THRESHOLD option has been placed on some of your statistics collection statements. It would be a good idea to eliminate that being a factor by checking your stats collection scripts.
Another reason for running an Explain or two is to see why the skipping took place. If a stat is skipped the Explain text will tell you whether it was skipped due to a user-defined threshold (resulting from a USING THRESHOLD clause) or by the system threshold.
If you are getting skipping happening at the system level and SysChangeThresholdOption is disabled, then it is probably best to open an incident with the support center.
Thanks, -Carrie
Thanks Carrie. It didn't occur to me to run Explain on collect stats statement. I could see it is skipping based on system time threshold. We have disabled it at system level and do not have user threshold defined but looks like it is still looking at it. Here is the explain I could see. I will open an incident. Thanks for the help.
2) Next, We SKIP collecting STATISTICS for ('GCLM_AGT_INIT '),
because the age of the statistics (50 days) does not exceed the
system-determined time threshold of 9999 days.
3) We lock DBC.StatsTbl for write on a RowHash.
4) We do a single-AMP UPDATE from DBC.StatsTbl by way of the primary
index "{LeftTable}.Field_2 = '7003574F0000'XB" with a residual
condition of ("DBC.StatsTbl.StatsId = 1").
5) We spoil the statistics cache for the table, view or query.
6) We spoil the parser's dictionary cache for the table.
7) Finally, we send out an END TRANSACTION step to all AMPs involved
in processing the request.
-> No rows are returned to the user as the result of statement 1.
ult of statement 1.
Please open an incident for this. There is a problem in the code that needs to be fixed that is causing this issue.
Thanks, -Carrie
Hi Carrie,
We had collected stats on one table first time as: COLLECT STATISTICS COLUMN1(...),COLUMN2(....),.........COLUMNn ON tablename;
After that to REFRESH stats we run statements as : COLLECT STATISTICS ON tablename;
First time it took time i can understand. For REFRESH it was taking ~26 min initially for 1 week(even though DBS parameter SysSampleOption was disabled).
But now same RFERESH statement is taking ~ 3 hrs time. As far as data growth/change it has not changed much < 2%.
what could be the reason for slowness of collect stats REFRESH ?
What does the explain say will happen with the COLLECT STATISTICS ON tablename;
Is it not skipping columns it used to or are thresholds not what you expect?
Also, do you have TASM enabled? Remember resource usage is not the same as elapsed time.
Could your statistics workload be getting delayed or given a lower priority?
Let me add to what Dave says above. How quickly stats collection will take place will depend on what else is running at the same time, what the priority is of the stats collection request, whether or not the table has grown, whether the system is out of AMP worker tasks at the time, whether there are any exclusive locks on the underlying objects.
Both the "COLLECT STATISTICS COLUMN1(...),COLUMN2(....),.........COLUMNn ON tablename"
and the "COLLECT STATISTICS ON tablename" should use the same approach and bundle together individual stats into a single table scan whereever possible. You can see this by running explains on both statements. If the plan is the same for both approaches then the reason for elapsed time differences have to do with the enviornmental factors mentioned above. If stats are going to be skipped, that will show up in the explain as well, if you run the explain just before the stats collection.
Collect stats is an all-AMP operation. If even one AMP is congested, that can slow down the entire process.
Thanks, -Carrie
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The method is basic. Infuse some garlic and herbs in a nice olive oil, and then gently poach the spice-rubbed tuna in this delicious bath. I cooked mine sort of medium-rare-medium, so there was a bit of pink inside. But, if you like you tuna cooked all the way through, that's OK, you're not a bad person. As you watch this recipe don't worry about all that oil, since it's just used to cook the fish in, and very little actually makes it onto the plate.
Another trick with this method is to add the tuna to the hot oil, and then just turn it off and let it cool in the infused olive oil. You can then store the tuna and oil in the fridge and use it to crumble over a salad. You may never use canned tuna again! This is referred to as "tuna confit" by some. By the way, Tombo tuna is also known as Albacore, which is the type of tuna most commonly canned. It's also easier to find, and cheaper, than Ahi, which is that dark red fleshed tuna you've seen me use before.
Also, I served this simple tuna preparation on some amazing Crab, Artichoke and Potato Croquettes, which I will also demo. If fact, the tuna was really just an excuse for making the Croquettes, and when you taste them you'll know why. Finally, if you haven't seen Citronette video recipe clip, check it out, as it made for the perfect light sauce for this dish,
2 tuna steaks cut in half (will give you four 3-4 oz pieces)
extra virgin olive oil (enough to cover, about 1 1/2 cups)
2 cloves garlic, smashed but whole
8 sprigs fresh aromatic herbs (anything you like)
black pepper
smoked paprika
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Olive Oil Poached Tombo Tuna – Do you have the courage to submerge?
Posted by Chef John at 12:02 PM
Labels: Mediterranean Cuisine, Seafood
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God, that looks tasty! So does the cake thing under it.
- May 1, 2007 at 1:16 PM
- Chef John said...
Thanks, but please, just call me Chef. ;)
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- May 1, 2007 at 11:13 PM
hey - loved your recipe - for ecological reasons, can i switch the Tuna with Salmon?
- February 12, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- Chef John said...
Sure you can. Thanks!
- February 12, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- Timothy Trankina said...
Made this twice already. I make Laura Vitale's tuna salad sandwiches with it. Outstanding! Hey Chef,I was wondering how long the tuna will keep stored in the o/o in the fridge. Thanks.
- January 31, 2016 at 3:07 PM
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Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small, and reveals the heart that drives engineers to create better lives for people around the world while transforming the way we think about engineering.
Layered Experience: Pairs well with Engineering: Simple Machines, Engineering Encounters, and Robot Design Challenge (Classes).
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Academic publishing
The Academic group publishes some of the world's finest scholarly writing, research and higher education teaching materials. Our books include research monographs, academic reference, higher education textbooks, and books for professionals and graduate students. We publish nearly 400 peer-reviewed journals. Both journals and books are accessible through Cambridge Core, our online platform.
The Academic group enjoyed a year of strong growth, award-winning publishing and a raft of digital innovations designed to help our communities of researchers, librarians, authors and learned societies.
The good financial performance came despite continuing change across the industry as academic publishers grapple with the effects of squeezed library budgets, price sensitivity in the higher education textbook market, and threats to copyright posed by the illegal sharing of academic papers online.
However, we believe that the Academic group, benefitting from the efficiency gains of recent years, and with a firm focus on investment in high quality publishing and the needs of our customers, is well placed to take advantage of the opportunities created by the digital revolution and respond to its challenges.
This is the more so because we are part of one of the world's great research universities. Our increasingly close collaboration with other Cambridge departments informs our strategy, helps drive our intellectual creativity and underpins our brand. This year, for example, we launched an online executive education course with the Judge Business School, attracting participants from across the globe.
The 'Cambridge Advantage' also means Cambridge University Press has an important and positive role to play in debate about the purpose of a university press in a digital era, when the academic community wants the widest access to online research material while publishing needs a model that is sustainable. We feel it is important to think creatively about the best way forward for our communities, and to embrace and support change.
Investment in digital technology is at the heart of our strategy and was underscored in 2016–17 with the successful launch of Cambridge Core, our digital publishing platform, which brought together over 34,000 academic books and one million journal articles in one online home. Over the past year it has built strongly on its initial success, with content usage increasing by 19 per cent in the last six months of 2017–18, compared to the same period in the prior year, and user registrations up by 10 per cent this year on last year. Some 80–90 per cent of our Academic publishing is now disseminated to researchers via the Cambridge Core platform.
The year's financial highlights included a very good year for print titles as well as digital and both the US and Europe saw strong growth in higher education textbooks.
The US enjoyed a particularly strong year, with success in e-books, journal archive deals and the introduction of the evidence based acquisition model for library purchases. Pioneered in the UK, this model involves a library paying an up-front sum that gives it access to a wide range of electronic content and allows the librarian to use the evidence of usage to guide their permanent acquisitions.
The high quality of our publishing was underscored by another very successful year for awards, including six category winners in the Professional and Scholarly Excellence Awards (PROSE), presented by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and a really strong performance in the Outstanding Academic Titles awarded annually by Choice magazine, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in the US, where no less than 30 Press titles were chosen.
We also had great success at subject specific awards, including 18 American Political Science Association Prizes, five International Studies Association Prizes, and winners at the British Medical Association (BMA) Book Awards.
Book publishing highlights during the year included the growth in our undergraduate textbook programmes across the arts and sciences, with particularly strong growth in psychology, management, mathematics and physical sciences; the three volume Cambridge History of Communism and, right at the end of the year, the four volume Cambridge History of Ireland.
Our main focus remains on academic institutions but we also believe reaching a broad audience is an important element in being a leading publisher in key subject areas, making high quality information widely accessible. Well reviewed titles include Brexit (a copy of which was eaten by its author live on network news, fulfilling a promise he made if he failed to predict the outcome of the United Kingdom's June General Election correctly).
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Stephen Hawking, who died on 14 March 2018, made ground-breaking contributions to the field of cosmology and in particular to our understanding of the nature and behaviour of black holes. He held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge from 1979 until 2009, thereafter becoming Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics in Cambridge. Professor Hawking published several books with the Press, including: The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (1975) with GFR Ellis, and Three Hundred Years of Gravitation (1987), with W Israel. An extraordinary scientist and inspiration to millions, he leaves a unique and remarkable legacy.Image: Andre Pattenden
Research monographs remain at the heart of scholarly publishing in humanities and social sciences. In 2018 we published well over 700 monographs written by a mix of first-time authors and senior scholars. Virtually all monographs are published simultaneously in print and digital formats, with digital revenues now accounting for a big proportion of total monograph revenues. The quality of that publishing is underlined by the exceptionally high number of book prizes awarded to Cambridge titles. Special mention should go to Nukhet Varlik's Plague and Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean World. It won five prizes, including the Rosen Prize awarded by the American Association for the History of Medicine.
In journals, we continued to expand our prestigious list with the addition of seven new titles, all to begin publishing in 2019. The new additions include two journals of the Canadian Mathematical Society (Canadian Journal of Mathematics and Canadian Mathematical Bulletin) and Renaissance Quarterly, which has achieved enduring success as a flagship multidisciplinary title for the humanities.
Our commitment to supporting new and emerging areas of scholarship was showcased in the launches during the year of four brand new titles – Modern American History, Behavioural Public Policy, and two open access titles, Personality Neuroscience, and Global Sustainability.
Meanwhile, reflecting our global presence, we and the editors of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, one of our leading titles, held a successful roadshow of mini-symposia in India, visiting Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. These brought together leading researchers from across the discipline.
"In November we launched an important new element in our open research agenda, becoming the first university press to build a sharing service, Cambridge Core Share, on its own platform..."
As a university press, Cambridge University Press supports all sustainable forms of open research publishing. We have long been a strong supporter of open access models and we respect scholars' desire for the widest sharing of content. In November we launched an important new element in our open research agenda, becoming the first university press to build a sharing service, Cambridge Core Share, on its own platform. Authors and subscribers can generate a read-only link to a journal article which can be shared anywhere on the internet, allowing anyone to read the final published version of the article for free. Article usage is recorded, allowing authors to demonstrate the impact of their work.
There remains, however, the problem of illegal online sharing and we have been involved in industry-wide initiatives to prevent copyright theft.
In many countries the progression towards open access has increased pace, with the EU building towards their ambition for all member states and EU funded research to comply with immediate Open Access as the default by 2020. In the UK, the Higher Education Funding Council for England announced that it will extend its current open access requirement for journals to long-form scholarly works and monographs for its 2027 Research Excellence Framework. Open access for monographs comes with different challenges, because the funding and life cycles are different, but there is a clear need for us to work collaboratively with funders, institutes and researchers to think imaginatively about how best to support their needs.
Nobel Prize-Winner
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Joachim Frank (Columbia University), Jacques Dubochet (University of Lausanne) and Richard Henderson (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge) for developing cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This technique makes it possible for scientists to freeze biological molecules and 'catch them in the act' of chemical reactions, allowing us to visualise and understand key processes in our cells for the first time.
Joachim Frank edited Molecular Machines in Biology for Cambridge University Press, a book which explains how a number of important molecular machines work and highlights how cutting-edge imaging techniques like cryo-EM help us understand how these tiny 'motors' carry out all of life's essential molecular processes. Cryo-EM has been described as 'Google Earth for molecules', taking us down to the fine detail of atoms within proteins. With images now available of everything from proteins that cause antibiotic resistance, to the surface of the Zika virus, cryo-EM is already starting to change our basic understanding of the chemistry of life.
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A prime example of the benefits of the Press's partnership with the research and teaching departments in Cambridge was the October launch of the first of a series of online courses we are co-developing with the Judge Business School's Executive Education department. The course took place over six weeks and attracted participants from across the globe and from a diverse range of industries, including banking, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas and telecoms. It featured a range of learning activities from interactive case studies and animations to moderated forums, peer review and synchronous live sessions. Feedback on both the content and design of the course was overwhelmingly positive. The students particularly valued the opportunities for peer learning and the high-quality contact time with Cambridge academics that the course afforded – both of which they saw as differentiators compared to similar online courses.


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Harang tosses shutout as Mariners crush Padres
Seattle, WA – Aaron Harang pitched his seventh career shutout as the Seattle Mariners blanked the San Diego Padres, 9-0, in the opener of a two-game set at Safeco Field.
Harang (2-5), who came into the game with an 8.58 ERA, allowed just four hits and two walks in his 13th career complete game and first since 2009, when he was a member of the Reds.
"He hit the spots all day," said Mariners manager Eric Wedge. "Did a great job with his fastball ... thought he did a nice job of dropping that breaking ball in there from time to time to keep them honest. Just did a great job controlling the ballgame."
Michael Morse hit a three-run home run, Jason Bay and Kelly Shoppach each had solo shots and Kendrys Morales drove in two runs in the victory.
San Diego starter Clayton Richard (0-5), who was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the game, gave up five runs on seven hits and a walk over six innings.
"It was a rough start," said Richard. "They were able to jump on some pitches that weren't executed as well but that's baseball. Really, you have to give them some credit because it just didn't go our way."
The Mariners scored four runs immediately in the first. Bay homered to begin the game. Kyle Seager drew a walk and Morales doubled to set up Morse's three- run blast.
Shoppach's solo shot started the fourth.
Seattle added five more runs in the seventh. Brendan Ryan singled while Bay and Seager were walked to load the bases. Morales' single scored Ryan and Bay. Seager came home on a wild pitch by reliever Anthony Bass. After Morse popped out, Ibanez ripped a double to right, plating Morales.
Game Notes
Harang made his 300th career start ... Morales went 3-for-5. He is 9-for-19 with seven RBI in his last four games ... Bay made his fourth start in the leadoff spot ... The Padres have been shut out three times this season ... The Mariners have won just three of their last nine games against San Diego at Safeco Field.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will convene a meeting of CEOs and business leaders to tout what the White House says are the economic benefits of a landmark immigration bill.
The afternoon meeting is scheduled just hours before the Senate holds a key test vote on a border security amendment. The measure could help the bill garner more Republican support.
Obama is expected to highlight new estimates about the bill's impact on the national deficit. The Congressional Budget Office says the bill would reduce the deficit by about $200 billion over the next 10 years and by about $700 billion over the following decade.
The bill would provide a pathway to citizenship for many of the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally.


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Continuing the wave of recent e-reader upgrades, Barnes & Noble's Nook Media division is releasing a new Nook GlowLight, its read-in-the-dark e-ink e-reader, with new lighting technology, increased storage, a higher res screen and "enhanced" discovery and recommendation features. The upgraded device will sell for $119 beginning today.
The upgraded Nook GlowLight is lighter (15% lighter than the its competitor, the Kindle Paperwhite, according to B&N) and offers easier to adjust lighting technology, a higher resolution screen with new fonts, a redesigned home screen and increased storage; B&N said the device will now hold 2,000 books. Nook has also added a redesigned shopping experience with a "Now on Nook" feature with a curated list of titles in addition to recommendations offered via its Nook Channels recommendation feature. Nook is also quick to note that the devices sells for $119 and does not have ads like its Kindle counterpart.
B&N members can purchase the Nook GlowLight for 10% off the list price through the end of the year.
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firstly, I would like to extend my sincere greeting to all of you, I would like to improve my english but I only learn myself and test myself on the web. It seems boring. I need some help from you. Whenever I give a topic. it last shortly. May be it is not interesting and no one wants to discuss. One thing more is that i join chating room to have conversation online but don't know how to exchange. I introduce some about myself and finish my conversation there. I don't know what to say. I always keep silent cause the room is public and I scare to talk so much. Hope coming here I can have a good chance to share my ideas.
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I think you may find that many of your worries are unnecessary; you say you don't know how to 'exchange', but your English is good enough for that. Often, getting started is the hardest part, but you've already done that here, so welcome to the forum. Have a look around and feel free to take part in the discussions going on.
Welcome to the Forum!
Have you posted in the General Members Discussion thread yet? This is a good place to introduce yourself to the rest of the Forum and to gain more confidence in "chatting" with other members without actually going to the chat room.
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More than Fun and Games: The Apple iPad as a Tool for People with Disabilities
Lately, everyone has been talking about the Apple® iPad®. It's on everyone's Christmas list this year, because it can be used for many applications. You can send e-mail with the iPad, play music via iTunes, download pictures, surf the web and much more.
The number of apps available on the iPad is amazing. While most of these apps have been designed for general consumption, many of them have been created to meet the needs of individuals with some form of cognitive, visual, physical or communication issues. In this respect, the iPad has become an assistive technology.
There are many apps available to help people with communication deficits "speak." I recommend "Speak-It" and "ProLoQuo2Go," which allow users to type or select words and phrases that are then synthesized. In essence, these apps give voice to the voiceless.
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This is a little overdue, but I need to write about it anyway. Last Wednesday in Detroit (June 18th), during Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign, two Muslim women wearing traditional headscarves (commonly known as "hijaab") were refused to sit directly behind Obama's podium. The Muslim women, Hebba Aref and Shimaa Abdelfadeel, were accompanied by their friend Ali Koussan, Aref's brother Sharif, and a young lawyer, Brandon Edward Miller. The three men were asked by a volunteer for the Obama Campaign if they wanted to sit behind Obama; they replied in the affirmative but mentioned they were with friends. Upon seeing the Muslim women, the volunteer explained to the group of Muslim attendees that "because of the political climate and what's going on in the world and what's going on with Muslim Americans it's not good for her to be seen on TV or associated with Obama."
I wonder if the volunteer really knew what is "going on with Muslim Americans." Hate crimes and discriminatory actions towards individuals of Muslim, Middle-Eastern, and South Asian descent have escalated on an annual basis. Along with the Human Rights Watch, the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) observed that prior to 9/11, forty-eight hate crimes towards Muslim-Americas were reported in the United States, but in the days following the terrorist attack, that figure skyrocketed dramatically to 481. Reported incidents of discrimination, harassment, and violence against Muslims amounted to 602 in 2002, 1,019 in 2004, 1,522 in 2004, 1,972 in 2005, and 2,467 in 2006 (CAIR). The context of these hate crimes and incidents consist of murders — including non-Muslim individuals with a South Asian or Middle-Eastern background — physical and verbal assaults, and numerous cases of vandalism directed towards Mosques, convenience stores owned by Muslims, and homes. I wonder if this volunteer for the Obama Campaign knew about the Sikh father who was shot to death at a gas station because he was mistaken for being a Muslim. I wonder if this volunteer knew about the countless Muslims who have been killed and brutally beaten just because of their religious affiliation or ethnic background.
Hebba Aref, who is a graduate student of Michigan Law School, expressed her disappointment at the rally. "I don't want to be called something I'm not, but I felt like… everyone was treating this accusation of being Muslim as though it were some sort of crime or sin," she told reporters.
As Obama delivered his message on unity among races, Aref described her difficulty in hearing his words. "As he's saying it, I'm thinking, 'Well, wait a minute, I was obviously … profiled and discriminated against an hour ago."
It is frustrating for me, a Muslim American, to hear about these (seemingly) endless incidents of prejudice towards Muslim Americans. If it's not "good" for a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf to appear on television with Obama, then is it not "good" for the hundreds of Muslims to continue their campaigning for Obama? Aref said: "I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against by the very person who was supposed to be bringing this change, who I could really relate to… the message that I thought was delivered to us was that they do not want him associated with Muslims or Muslim supporters." So where they do the Muslims belong in this campaign? Ah, I know! Let's put them at the back of the bus!
Seriously, it's like one of my friends telling me that they don't want to hang out with me or be associated with me just because I'm wearing a necklace that says "Allah" in Arabic, or because I'm wearing an Islamic T-shirt. It's even more frustrating how Islamophobia is being used to disrupt Obama's campaign. As many of you know, Obama has been accused of being a "secret Muslim" just because of his family's background and his middle name, "Hussain." It's really scary and disturbing how there are actually people out there who believe this. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" showed clips of West Virginia voters calling Obama a "Muslim," a "non-Christian" and as eloquently put by one woman, "he's a Hussain, and I've had enough of Hussain!" Another woman said, "He is of another race, and I guess I am a little scared of his race, because we have so much conflict with 'em."
I understand the complexity of this matter, and I am sure it is very difficult for Obama to balance things out without scaring the right-wing extremists or offending Muslim-Americans. On the bright side of things, Senator Obama contacted Ms. Aref and Ms. Abdelfadeel via telephone and offered his apology. In response, the two Muslim women wrote the following letter to the Obama campaign:
At the rally for Senator Obama in Detroit on Monday, June 16, two volunteers denied us seating behind the stage the Senator would soon take. The volunteers informed us that we were not allowed to sit in that area due to the hijab, the headscarf that each of us was wearing.
This incident was unfortunate and extremely disappointing. Senator Obama has called us each to personally convey his deepest apologies and acknowledge that this was inexcusable. We both immensely appreciate the Senator's phone call and his commitment to remedy this issue. We commend him for displaying qualities befitting an effective President. We acknowledge that this injustice has been taken seriously and that Senator Obama does not tolerate discrimination against Arabs, Muslims or any community. We are assured that he and his staff are committed to upholding the principles of justice for all peoples and bringing about change we can believe in. The infringement on our rights occurred and has been addressed; now we are ready to move forward. We will continue to support Senator Obama in his campaign and wish him the best as the race continues.
Obama follows up with a statement through his Senate office:
I reached out to Ms. Aref and Ms. Abdelfadeel this afternoon. I spoke with Ms. Abdelfadeel, and expressed my deepest apologies for the incident that occurred with volunteers at the event in Detroit. The actions of these volunteers were unacceptable and in no way reflect any policy of my campaign. I take deepest offense to and will continue to fight against discrimination against people of any religious group or background. Our campaign is about bringing people together, and I'm grateful that Ms. Abdelfadeel accepted our apology and I hope Ms. Aref and any who were offended accept my apology as well.
I personally accept the apology by Senator Obama, but at the same time, I think the two Muslim women should be offered to attend another Obama rally and be permitted to sit directly behind him and appear on television, as they were intended to. What do you all think?
I just think that these incidents are very insulting towards the Muslim community and I think it's really important for American politics to confront this issue openly. I hope this recent story increases more awareness about the stigma Muslim Americans are facing in the post-9/11 era. I was surfing the web and found this blog entry written in response to the incident by Daisy Khan, a Muslim American Woman:
"One day, we may see American Presidents, male and female, wearing turbans, yarmulkes, and hijabs. Our nation's foundation rests on a legacy of diversity and respect for difference, and Senator Obama's person, candidacy, and message reflect this very legacy. Perhaps some of his staffers and volunteers need to step back and reflect on exactly why they work for this historic campaign."
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SAN DIEGO, CA – With over a million dollars in funding, AT&T, the Greenlining Institute, and UCLA Anderson School of Management today announced they are launching a series of management programs to train over 300 minority entrepreneurs in California over the next two years.
Coordinated with the Mabuhay Alliance, the inaugural program will take place in San Diego from September 21-24, 2006. With an unprecedented level of funding to UCLA Anderson's established Management Development for Entrepreneurs (MDE) program, 35 entrepreneurs and senior executives from diverse San Diego businesses have been invited to participate in this groundbreaking program to learn skills and strategies needed to increase their productivity and profitability in the marketplace.
"Mabuhay Alliance is very proud to be the first organization to host a 4-day MDE Institute," said Faith Bautista, Executive Director and President of Mabuhay Alliance. "These institutes should be available to every entrepreneur who wants to increase sales and take their business to the next level. I encourage corporations to emulate AT&T and help minority business owners increase their management skills – and be poised to do business with large corporations."
"Entrepreneurs in our diverse communities should have a fair shot at wealth creation," said Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., Senior Associate Dean at UCLA Anderson School of Management and MDE Faculty Director. "Management training and access to capital is critical to the growth and survival of diverse enterprises. Traditionally, broader human capital skills have been associated with higher education, and many entrepreneurs lack formal exposure to the tools, methods, strategies and approaches needed to develop and grow their organizations. Small, high-growth, minority, women and disabled veteran business enterprises particularly need executive management training to compete effectively in today's business environment."
"AT&T is a national leader in supplier diversity and for more than 38 years, we've built a proud history of working with small, minority, women and disabled veteran owned businesses," said Ignacio De La Torre, Executive Director, AT&T External Affairs, San Diego. "Promoting the participation of a diverse supplier base not only provides better business solutions, it also cultivates greater customer loyalty, and public policy support in the communities AT&T serves."
AT&T, Greenlining, and UCLA Anderson, working through local hosts like the Mabuhay Alliance, will bring MDE Institutes to diverse communities throughout California over the next two years. For more information on MDE Institutes, call Jennifer Maldonado Tooley at (310) 206-4169 or visit http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x663.xml.
About UCLA Anderson's Management Development for Entrepreneurs (MDE)
Management Development for Entrepreneurs is an intensive executive training program utilizing lectures, case discussions, applied workshops, and tailored business improvement projects. Presented by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA Anderson School of Management, MDE was first offered in 1990 in Southern California and in 1995 in Northern California. Over 700 graduates from diverse backgrounds and experiences make up MDE's alumni base. (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x663.xml)
About Mabuhay Alliance
Mabuhay Alliance is a 501C3 Non Profit organization enhancing the quality of life for San Diego's Filipino and other Asian Communities by providing alliance members with networking opportunities and access to resources that benefit the community which are not attainable as a single entity. (http://www.mabuhayalliance.org)
About The Greenlining Institute
The Greenlining Institute is a multiethnic public policy and advocacy think tank that advocates for low income and minority communities through economic development, consumer protection, health advocacy, campaign finance reform, civil rights, and leadership development. (http://www.greenlining.org)
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 57.3 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at http://www.att.com.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment.
The mission of UCLA Anderson School of Management is to be a global leader in management education, research and service. Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,400 students enrolled in MBA and doctoral programs, and some 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. UCLA Anderson alumni number more than 35,000 graduates around the world dedicated to continued networking, professional development and educational activities.


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Just south of America's oldest permanent city, St. Augustine, Fla., lie the ruins of the largest colony the English attempted to establish in the New World. New Smyrna was established in 1768 by 1,400 indentured servants; immigrating from the Mediterranean countries of Italy, Greece and the Balearic island of Minorca.
Their nine turbulent year odyssey under English domination and servitude was a struggle to survive against tremendous odds. The Minorcan Yoke is the adventurous tale of a real life hero, Don Francisco Pellicer, and how he led the 600 survivors of the ill-fated endeavor to their freedom.
Upon receiving a land grant in the newly acquired Florida territory, Scottish Doctor Andrew Turnbull, on behalf of his partners, one of which is George Grenville, Prime Minister of England, sets out to recruit indentured servants from hardy Mediterranean stock. With Greek and Italian laborers as a goal, because they are ideally suited for Florida's humid climate, the doctor finds few takers and much resistance filling his quota of 500 immigrants.
With Minorca set as the disembark point, Dr. Turnbull arrives disappointed in his efforts knowing he is far short of his desired number of bondsmen and expenses are mounting. Fortunately the doctor finds many of the local population willing to join his adventure and the Minorcans quickly swell the ranks.
A young master carpenter, Don Francisco Pellicer is recruited and joins the journey to American. As the caravan of ships arrive in Gibraltar, problems begin. Discovering stowaways, the number of immigrants comes to a staggering 1,400 individuals. The doctor also learns that two of his hired vessels will not continue and he scrambles to find replacements.
Upon arriving in New Smyrna, Fla., the immigrants find life not as it was promised. The Greek colonist, led by a few ruthless men, revolt and attempt to escape; endangering the lives of many.
Our hero, Don Francisco Pellicer and his fellow colonist endure nine years of brutality, starvation, domination, love, marriage, rivalry, pirates, rebellion, hangings, murder, deadly weather, diseases and death. Through the hardships, more than half of the colonists perish.
The 600 remaining soles would find their savior in Don Francisco Pellicer when he risks his life by escaping to seek help from the governor in St. Augustine. He then returns to the colony to lead his people to freedom.
"The Minorcan Yoke" is a novel that allows the reader to behold the hardships and tragedies of our Minorcan ancestors while they pioneered the dawn of our nation.
About the Author:
Nancy Pellicer Dyer lived in the San Francisco bay area for 18 years where she was employed as a Customer Service Manager and Field Engineer for Kodak, Xerox and Sun Microsystems. She attended the University of California and proudly served 8 years in the U.S. Navy.
She has worked for the Secretary of Defense and has lived, worked, and traveled extensively in the Mediterranean while working at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At present, Dyer and her husband live near Richmond, Va. She is working on a second novel that continues where the first novel, "The Minorcan Yoke," leaves off.
Dyer is a direct descendent of the main character of this novel. Her family still resides in the nation's oldest city. Dyer grew up with stories of how her forefather had saved the people of New Smyrna from starvation and death. Her desire to learn more of their difficult life prompted her in-depth research and this novel.Nancy's published works include: "Outranking and Outstanding," Brentwood Press, Vol. 7, No. 6, pg 6A; "The Summer I Camped Like a Hippie," CampTrip.com, Nov. 4, 2010, Experiences/Camping with Family; "Saving the family stories of our genealogy," Jan. 22, 2012, thiscommonreader.com.
St. Augustine book signing eventsMarch 8: 9 to 11:30 a.m., City Coffee Company, 1280-A N. Ponce de Leon Blvd.March 9: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Menorcan Heritage Celebration, Llambia House, 31 St. Francis St.


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For the fourth day in a row, Mitt Romney has fallen in overnight tracking, and Rick Santorum has dropped into fifth place among likely voters in the Jan. 10 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, according to the latest Suffolk University/7News two-day tracking poll.
Ron Paul is gaining on Romney, while Jon Huntsman has rallied into third place.
Romney dropped 4 percentage points overnight to 35 percent. The former Massachusetts governor still holds a 15 point lead, but his margin has declined by 8 percentage points since last Tuesday, when 43 percent of likely Republican voters backed Romney.
Romney is followed by Paul (20 percent), Huntsman (11 percent), Newt Gingrich (9 percent) and Santorum, who dropped another point to 8 percent overnight. Rick Perry and Buddy Roemer each had 1 percent with 15 percent undecided.
"It's a New Hampshire primary, it's January, and here we go again," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston. "Romney's strategy of running out the clock is costing him margin, Huntsman is still fighting hard and beginning to rally, and New Hampshire is playing contrarian to Rick Santorum, the Iowa Caucus star of a week ago, who has dropped to fifth place."
All of the field calls for the tracking on Saturday, Jan. 7 were completed prior to the 9 p.m. EST start time of the first of two debates this weekend.
Romney showed weakness among younger voters and in the north/west region of the state which includes the counties of Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Sullivan. Among younger voters ages 18-34 years, Romney now trails Paul, who leads 39 percent to 25 percent. In the north/west region Paul led Romney 27 percent to 23 percent.
Huntsman improved from 3 percent to 10 percent in Rockingham county, the second largest county in New Hampshire. Huntsman also rallied hard among young Independents ages 18-44 years, where he increased from 10 percent to 18 percent. Among older Independents ages 65+, he is in second place, trailing Romney by 15 points (37 percent to 22 percent).
The Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston will release results of two-day tracking polls every day leading up to the New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
The statewide survey includes two nights of 250 likely respondents for a two-day tracking total of 500 likely voters in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary. This track was conducted Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 using live telephone interviews with landline and cell phone users. The margin of error is +/-4.4 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence. Marginals and full cross-tabulation data will be posted Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, on the Suffolk University Political Research Center website. For more information, contact David Paleologos at 781-290-9310. Paleologos is on site at the Manchester, N.H., media center located in the lobby of the Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm Street, Manchester through Jan. 10.