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PARIS - Despite repeated warnings by environmental and climate experts that reduction of fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is fundamental to forestalling global warming, disaster appears imminent. According to the latest statistics, unprecedented climate change has Earth hurtling down a path of catastrophic proportions.
The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that the global consumption of primary energy in 2010 reached some 500 exajoules (EJ), a number just under the worst-case scenario formulated ten years ago by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC's Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, published in 2000, calculated the worst-case scenario as 525 EJ consumed in one calendar year.
The IEA found that coal was one of the largest sources of energy consumed in 2010, comprising approximately 27 percent of the total energy consumption. Coal, one of the cheapest sources of energy, is considered the filthiest of all, as far as greenhouse gases emissions (GHGE) are concerned.
Correspondingly, the global GHGE, measured as equivalent to carbon dioxide, reached at least 32 billion tonnes last year, only one step below the most pessimistic scenario imagined by the IPCC in 2000: 33 billion tonnes of CO2.
The results for 2010 were conditioned by the present global economic crisis - meaning that under normal economic circumstances, the numbers would have been higher. In other words, total consumption of energy in 2010 would have been worse than the most pessimistic scenario the IPCC formulated ten years ago had the global economy been in better shape.
These findings have prompted leading environmental experts to warn that humankind is racing towards destruction.
"The year 2010 was the hottest ever measured since the beginning of the recordings, 130 years ago," Anders Levermann, professor of climate system dynamics at the Physics Institute of the Potsdam University told IPS.
Levermann referred to the newest global temperature measurements carried out by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2010.
According to the NOAA, "For the 2010 year (January-November), the combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 0.64 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average - the warmest such period since records began in 1880."
Levermann explained that, contrary to appearance, the arctic winter in Western Europe is just another negative consequence of climate change.
"Global warming is melting the ice in the Kara Sea, in the Arctic Ocean," he explained. "This leads to a high pressure area above Siberia, which drives extremely cold winds towards Europe."
Levermann pointed out that the extreme global weather conditions experienced in 2010 - very cold weather in Western Europe during the winter, massive floods in Pakistan and Australia, extremely hot summers in Russia and Western Europe - illustrate the limits of even the most expert climate predictions.
"The more greenhouse gases we emit, the more the global climate gets out of control," Levermann said. "But the weather extremes that we cannot predict, such as the floods in Pakistan and Australia and the fires in Russia, are the ones that set the limits to human life."
According to the newest IPCC estimations, global temperatures may rise as much as eight degrees Celsius by the year 2200.
Levermann explained that the temperature difference within an interglacial period, such as the one we are living now, have historically reached about five Celsius degrees.
"The transition between these temperature extremes lasted some 50,000 years in the past," Levermann said. "But at the present rate of GHGE we are reducing such a transition by 50 times."
He added that the rapid rising of global temperatures could provoke extreme weather catastrophes that humankind won't be able to survive.
"The rising frequency of weather extremes, with their enormous social and economic consequences, would not allow public budgets to recuperate, nor give societies the time to breathe again," Levermann said. "Nor would insurance companies be able to compensate for the damages."
Levermann echoed earlier warnings that climate change could destroy countries such as Bangladesh, cities situated near the oceans, such as New York and Amsterdam, and make large parts of Africa uninhabitable.
"Climate change would destroy drinking water supplies, agriculture, habitats, and provoke giant waves of migration and mass mortality," he explained.
Levermann compared the consequences of global warming to a wall hidden in fog. "We cannot see the wall, but it is there. And we are driving at the highest possible speed towards it."


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|Oracle® Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle WebCenter
11g Release 1 (188.8.131.52.0)
Part Number E10148-16
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This chapter explains how to integrate the Events service into a WebCenter Portal application at design time.
This chapter includes the following sections
For information about managing and including events, see:
"Managing the Events Service" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
"Working with the Events Service" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Spaces.
In WebCenter Portal applications, the Events service provides access to your personal Microsoft Exchange calendar.
This section includes to following subsections:
With the Events service, users can:
Display their Microsoft Exchange calendars in the WebCenter Portal application.
Create, edit, and delete events in their Exchange calendars.
Change the view of the Events task flow to view calendar events by month, week, or day, or as a list.
Personalize the Events task flow to display events based on the start time, secondary time zone, list type, and list count
The Events service is integrated with many WebCenter services, such as Links, Mail, and Search.
Figure 51-1 shows an example of a personal calendar in a WebCenter Portal application.
The Events service integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server to provide access to personal calendars. You must install and configure the appropriate server.
For information about installing and configuring Exchange Server, see "Events Service Prerequisites" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
At runtime, users can view events from their Microsoft Exchange calendars.
For more information about the service at runtime, see the chapter "Working with the Events Service" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Spaces.
Note:Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Spaces discusses both Personal Events and Space Events. Only the information on Personal Events applies to WebCenter applications.
This section includes the following subsections:
Section 51.2.1, "Configuration Roadmap for the Events Service"
Section 51.2.2, "Setting Up a Connection for the Events Service"
The flow chart (Figure 51-2) and table (Table 51-1) in this section provide an overview of the prerequisites and tasks required to get the Events service working in WebCenter Portal applications.
Figure 51-2 Configuring the Events Service for WebCenter Portal Applications
Table 51-1 Configuring the Events Service for WebCenter Portal Applications
1. Install WebCenter and Microsoft Exchange Server
MS Exchange Server is the back-end component for personal calendars
1.a Configure MS Exchange Server 2007
1.a Download and install WebCenter Personal Events Web Service Plug-in
1.b Configure MS Exchange Server 2003
2. Integrate the Events service in your WebCenter Portal application
2.a Configure a connection to the events server in JDeveloper
3. Deploy the WebCenter Portal application using one of the following tools:
4. Add/modify connection parameters using one of the following tools:
End User
Click Login to Personal Calendar on the Events task flow and enter your MS Exchange login credentials
To take advantage of the Events service, you must first create a connection to the Exchange server from your WebCenter Portal application. To do this, ensure that you have the connection information for the server.
You can register several server connections for the Events service, but only one connection is active at a time.
Note:While you can set up the connections to back-end servers at design time in JDeveloper, you can later add, delete, or modify connections in your deployed environment using Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control. For more information, see the section "Registering Events Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
To set up a connection for the Events service:
In JDeveloper, open the application in which you plan to consume the Events service.
To create a connection that is available to all applications, in the Resource Palette, click the New icon and choose New Connection and then WebCenter Personal Event Connection.
To create a connection that is available to the current application only, in the Application Resources panel of the Application Navigator, right-click Connections and choose New Connection and then WebCenter Personal Event Connection.
In the Create Events Connection dialog, in the Connection Name field, enter a meaningful name, for example
ExchangeServerForEvents (Figure 51-3).
In the Web Service URL field, enter the URL of the web service exposing the event application. Use the format:
For example:
http://myexchange.com:80/ExchangeWS/PersonalEventsWebService.asmx http://myexchange.com:80/EWS/Services.wsdl
From the Service Adapter dropdown list, select the version of the Microsoft Exchange server to connect to:
Select Default Connection to use this connection for the Events service. You can have multiple connections, but only one can be active (default).
Note:After you create a connection as the active connection, you cannot edit it so that it is not the default. To use a different active connection, you must create a new connection and mark that as the default connection.
Click Test Connection, and if it is successful, then click OK.
If the test is not successful, check the settings and try again.
If you created the connection in the Resource Palette, you must add it to the application.
In the Resource Palette, under IDE Connections, right-click the connection and choose Add to Application.
The connection is listed in the Application Resources panel of the Application Navigator (Figure 51-4). An external application connection is also created to store the user names and passwords of users who connect to the Exchange server.
Figure 51-4 Application Resources - Personal Event Connection
This section includes the following subsections:
Section 126.96.36.199, "How to Add the Events Service to Your Application"
The Events service task flows enable you to add a main view or quick view of events to a page.
Table 51-2 Events Service Task Flows
|Task Flow
This task flow displays a calendar of events and provides users with options to view events in day, week, month, or list view.
This task flow displays a calendar, similar to Calendar Main View, however, it requires less space. Only users with permission to edit the page and task flow can configure the event view (available in day or list view).
To add an Events task flow to your application:
Follow the steps described in Section 7.2, "Preparing Your WebCenter Portal Application to Consume Services," to implement security and create a new customizable page in your application.
Open the page on which you want to add the task flow.
In the Resource Palette, expand My Catalogs, WebCenter Services Catalog, and Task Flows.
Drag Calendar Main View or Calendar Mini View and drop it onto the page, inside the
af:form tags.
When prompted, select Region as the way to create the task flow.
The Events task flows are contained within the
event-view.jar library, so click Add Library to add the library to your project. This operation may take a moment to complete.
Click OK.
Save and run your page.
Figure 51-5 shows the Calendar Main View task flow at runtime.
Figure 51-6 shows the Calendar Mini View task flow at runtime.
When you create the connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server for the Events service, an external application connection is also created. This external application connection is created to store the user name and password of users in the Microsoft Exchange Server. For more information, see Section 51.2.2, "Setting Up a Connection for the Events Service."
This section provides information to assist you in troubleshooting problems you may encounter while using the Events service.
Error message displayed in calendar taskflow:
Personal Event Service is not configured properly. Rectify the service configuration and then click Try Again.
Confirm that you have created a Personal Event Connection. For more information, see Section 51.2.2, "Setting Up a Connection for the Events Service."
After logging into the calendar with the right credentials, you continue to see the Login to Personal Calendar link rather than your events.
Confirm that the page on which calendar taskflow is added is a secured page. Anonymous users cannot log into the Personal Event Calendar server.


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The oil market is risking a supply crunch as producers cut spending on major projects to focus on short-term low-cost shale output in the U.S., some of the top crude and products traders said.
With oil prices hovering around $50 a barrel, current project spending is focused on âshort-cycleâ projects involving U.S. shale deposits, Daniel Jaeggi, president of Mercuria Energy Group Ltd., said at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday. Hedging activity by these same producers is keeping future prices low until 2020, which is dissuading investment in major oil projects, he said.
âWe are sowing the seeds for potential instability in the future and more volatility, â Jaeggi said. In three to four years, âyou wonât be able to satisfy demand with short-cycle barrels.â
After jumping 20 percent in the weeks following the decision by OPEC and 11 allies to curtail output to end a three-year surplus, prices have slipped as U.S. shale producers fill the gap. Oil companies are reviving investment after a two-year rout, easing but not eliminating the risk of a future supply crunch, the International Energy Agency said earlier this month.
Mike Muller, vice-president of crude oil trading and supply at Shell International Trading and Shipping, said with current and future prices depressed, spending decisions on major projects have been delayed.
âYou can count them on one hand,â Muller said of the major long-lead oil project investment decisions made in 2016.
Investment will increase this year after back-to-back declines of about 25 percent slashed global investment to $433 billion in 2016, according to the IEA, which advises most of the worldâs biggest economies on energy policy. U.S. producers are leading the spending revival, and will contribute most of the growth in supplies outside OPEC through to 2022, the agency said.
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Ben Luckock, co-head of group market risk and former head of crude trading at Trafigura Group Ltd., said the most viable short-cycle shale projects are garnering the bulk of production funding instead of major long-term projects. That could create a shortfall by 2020.
âThe low-hanging fruit on the short-cycle projects are being used now so I am more in this camp that says we are starting to see potential issues three or four years down the track,â Luckock said.
James Foster, global commodities head at BP Oil International, however, said a looming supply crunch was not a certainty.
âThe costs for big-cycle projects have come down as well, so more people are willing to invest in things they werenât willing to invest in before,â he said.
Rather than the wild swings of volatility that characterized oil markets in 2014 and 2015, if the price remains stable at current levels âthen people might be more willing to invest,â Foster said.
Regardless, booming shale production and the lifting of a ban on U.S. crude exports has opened up new markets, flows and opportunities for traders.
While the bulk of early crude shipments from the U.S. went to Europe, demand has shifted and many recent cargoes have been sent to Asia, Trafiguraâs Luckock said.
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Very often I feel depressed. It is not a very happy thing to confess. I wonder why there is a wave of shame as I say this. Even as a child, when tears would come, (and they came very often), I was ridiculed by them. Somehow crying and feeling miserable made others miserable too. But stronger than shame are those deep feelings of sadness that seem to rob life away from me. They come and hijack my desire to do, to move, to create. When energy to live life in its full velocity and intensity is down, the word that comes to me as a name for it is depression. It is a scary word. The images that come usually include a sense of loneliness, of stagnation, of abandon and death.
My sadness and depression seem to take me to other places though. They take me to a space of darkness that I have grown fond of. When one speaks of darkness, our imagination takes us to images of monsters, ghosts and zombies. These creatures succeeded for many years to keep me away from crossing their locked up fortress. The avoidance of them came in the urgency to find laughter, friends and success. The inevitability of depression has kept me very close to these gates, and as I see these creatures closer to me, the friendlier they appear to be. The eyeless drooling zombie who promises to take away every loved being from my side is the one I fear the most.
So one day I decided to have a conversation with him. He couldn't look at me straight in the eye for obvious reasons, but he leaned forward as a sign that he was interested in what I was petitioning.
-Would you let me in the fortress? I asked.
He smiled mockingly and opened the heavy gate. As heavy as it it seemed, he was very proficient in his ability to slide it to let me in . He smelled me as I walked past him and followed me in. Shivers.
My heart raced and my breathing grew shallow as I feared dying in that instant, so I turned around to see how close the zombie was to me, just to find that there was no zombie behind me and all I could see was a beautiful sunset and a orange and purple colors of dusk. The soft colors brought my breath back to me and I stopped to take it all in.
Crossing the gate of my fear and befriending my monsters have brought me to beauty. The pain of loss, the pain of cancer, slow death of angel face to a disease too difficult to mention has been a hard thing to carry. It has been difficult to try to understand how the choosing goes. Who gets cancer? Who gets to live more than 2 years? Who grows and who dies before learning to walk? I have never found answers to these questions.
Murder beats it all though. There are no words that can describe the horror of such an act that robbed the most perfect mother from my side. As much as I know I will never recover from these losses, in my fortress, which by the way is no fortress at all, I have found a boundaryless space of grass that invites me to wander and wonder without the demand to arrive at any place or be anything or anybody. I get to ask all these questions and have the answers come to me in a soft breeze of Truth expressed in the images and sounds that this space brings to me.
When early morning comes, I walk out and I am greeted with sounds of birds and roosters. I wish I was more knowledgeable about birds to tell you about the variety of what I hear. I also wish I had more technology awareness to have you hear my recording of this morning´s greeting. They speak to me of a new day, of a new beginning, of all that is before me that is familiar and yet so new. Sounds that welcome me into the adventure of what I am willing to create in a space of both the predictable and the unpredictable. They teach me that there is no way of knowing what will come, but our true nature makes us sing our own song, for today, and only today.
I take a deep breath with that realization and my gaze turns downward. I find the exuberance of a blooming so magnificent that words are too limited to express the image. Every tiny bloom making its way to express its full potencial. Every other bloom making way for each one to form precious bouquets that would only be possible with the existence of each one. Aren´t they telling me to accept my space in this world and to contribute to the masterpiece of humanity as a whole in my ability to bloom along with others, not more, but nevertheless, not less either?
I take a walk on the beach. Yes my ocean is there before me bringing the salty mist that reminds me of the taste of tears. Waves crashing constantly, some small, other big. Some calm, others fierce. They come. No force can ever stop them. Like life. Some small waves, some big. Some calm, some fierce. Why? No reason. Just the way of life. No one at the choosing booth.
As I sit with this realization, I look to my side and I have the cutest being looking at me with an investigative gaze. He lets me pet him, he doesn't seem to be afraid of me even though he doesn't know me. He has no judgment and no paradigm that speaks to him about me before his experience of me. We granted each other an experience of each other. I inevitably fell in love with him, to the point of wanting to own him. He followed me for a bit, and I feared hurting him when I had to abandon him. I stayed for another while until he decided it was time to continue on his way. I watched him walk away. He didn't look back. We had had our moment. We had had our experience of each other. Love wants to possess, and he taught me to love and let go. I do hope and wish he had a nourishing moment and significant as what he was for me. I will never know what I meant to him, but what I am sure of is that he seemed to be fine with letting go.
I return to get my early morning lime water and I find that we are out of limes in the kitchen. After a moment of freak, I walk to the lime tree to see if they are in their offering time. Ahhhhhh the delight I find… Offering is their word. "Take me and serve yourself", they tell me. Oh what a lesson.
What is my existence about if not one of offering.? I understand now how service is what I am in this world for. Sometimes sadness and grief are all about my pain. Pain and suffering dissolves with such ease once I focus on using myself for service. Pain doesn't go away but I seem to be able to carry it with more ease.
The brightness of sun makes my dark place pretty bright and colorful. It turns everything around me into a display of shapes and color that inevitably makes me smile.
Pain will never cease. Of that I am sure. I have learned that monsters, ghosts and zombies are my illusion that keep me from confronting my fears about having another one of life´s waves be huge and bring me to the ground again. I understand today that I have no power to either predict the size of my next wave nor the power to stop it. In my walk through life I will stop more and look down to the blooms making space for one another. I will allow an open door for new friends, for as long as they remain, and I will continue to learn to say good-bye, until the next hello.


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by Adam Serfass
We are well into the 2011 baseball season and the Phillies are in first place. They have been for some time. Yet, I still get people coming in to the Cheese Shop who keep asking, "What we are going to do about the Phillies?"
Everybody's got an issue.
The bullpen needs help.
Why is it taking so long for Blanton to come back?
What do we do about Francisco?
Are we pushing Worley too hard?
What is wrong with the defense?
Why can't this team hit?
My standard answer is always the same: The Phightin' Phils are just getting warmed up!
Lately, the bullpen is coming around. I had my worries in the beginning of the season, but now I see it all coming around.
We'll be fine.
Blanton will come back in due time. His last game was a loss on May 14. He had only given up five hits after five innings before coming out that day.
So, please don't tell me that Blanton is done. He may not be an ace, but he'll be back and be good enough.
As for our right fielder, he is doing quite well folks.
While Francisco is currently batting .225, this doesn't really do him justice in a season dominated by pitching. His on-base percentage is .342 and his on-base plus slugging is a whopping .700!
He's getting the job done. True, his RBIs are lacking, but this will change.
Just wait. You'll see.
Worley didn't get the decision his last game. True, he only pitched six innings, but he gave up only one hit and no runs. His worst game this season was against the Mets, of all teams, when he gave up 12 hits with only one strikeout.
But he's young with lots of upside. And he should be with us for a while. Be patient with him.
The defense?
The players that replaced our regular starters have done a great job. Again, we are in first place. Nothing is wrong with them, so let's move on.
As for the offense, I have no answer. I struggle with this one.
The Phillies have lost only a handful of games in which I think the whole team played well. Too many losses were strictly due to the offense not showing up and providing support for the pitchers.
The only thing I can say about the offense is it has to get better.
Take a look at what the lineup has done since Utley returned. Things are starting to gel.
That's the one thing the team, or any team really, has to do: go above and beyond the injuries that plague the MLB and win.
That's what champions are made of.
That's what the Phillies are made of: championship caliber.
That's what first place teams do: adjust throughout the season to be ready for the 17 months that play out during the postseason.
Yeah, I said 17 months.
I think the postseason is way too long.
But, that's for another article.


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The JDO 2.0 Technology Compatibility Kit
About the Technology Compatibility Kit
TCK ToDo
The Testing Strategy
How to Develop a Test
JDO TCK Assertions
Guidelines for Writing Test Code
Configuration Files, Schemas, Metadata, and XML Test Data
About the Technology Compatibility Kit
The JDO Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) tests that a JDO implementation is in compliance with the standard. This page contains information for developers of the JDO 2.0 TCK.
TCK ToDo
This is the list of tasks required to complete the JDO 2.0 TCK. We welcome new contributors! If you wish to contribute, please send email to email@example.com. See Apache JDO Mailing Lists for subscription information.
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Expected Completion Date
Rewrite maven.xml so that the same TCK tests can be run in multiple configurations. For example, the same TCK test program needs to be run with and without security turned on, and with application identity and datastore identity. When we add different mappings for Chapter 18 (ORM) tests, the same test will also need to be run with different mappings.
Michelle Caisse
6/10/05 done
Develop xml metadata tests (Chapter 18)
Michelle Caisse, Michael Watzek & others
Finish JDO 1 TCK query test classes
Michael Bouschen
done March 05
Write tests for the query language enhancements and new query api's
Michael Bouschen, Michael Watzek
Design and write tests for detached objects
Matthew Adams
Rewrite examples in Chapter 15 to use the Company model; associate each example with a specific test case via assertion conditional text.
Craig Russell
Write the rules vendors must follow in running the TCK to demonstrate compliance with the specification
Craig Russell
Complete the list of assertions from the Proposed Final Draft, create wiki page listing assertions needing to be implemented
Michelle Caisse
9/05 done
Tests of new JDO 2 features, other than query or metadata
Karan Malhi, others
Write a description of how to write a test case
Michelle Caisse
9/05 in progress
About the Testing Strategy
There are several variables involved in testing a relational JDO implementation:
- the database schema,
- the data itself,
- the database vendor,
- the object model, and
- the mapping.
A single schema, data set, object model and mapping will be used to test conformance for as much of the specification as is possible. For those areas that aren't covered by this master variable set, the TCK will include variations on the master variable set for testing.
It is a design goal of the TCK to reduce the number of permutations of these variables. In order to minimize the number of database schemata, the TCK aims to generate, via a DDL generator, any database schemas required. It is not expected that the first version of the JDO 2.0 TCK will include such a generator. Until such time, database schemata will be maintained manually. In an effort to eliminate the number of vendor-specific database products, SQL92 will be used to express the database schemata, and implementations will be able to test their conformance against any number of database vendors' products. We have not yet determined to what degree variations from the TCK's schemata will affect conformance test results.
How to Develop a Test
These instructions assume that you already know how to check out the JDO repository. See SubversionRepository for more information.
- Choose an assertion or group of related assertions to test (see JDO TCK Assertions, below).
- Choose a package, new or existing, for the tests. If you are uncertain where to place the test, raise a discussion on jdo-dev.
- Decide which assertions belong in a single test. Group up to about six related assertions in one test class, if appropriate. For example, a setter and getter pair should generally be tested together, with separate assertions for each within the test case.
- Choose a name for the test. Use a descriptive name in camel case. Browse the existing tests for some examples.
Obtain the test template, copy and paste to a file in the appropriate package, and replace the placeholders:
- PACKAGE - The name of the package below org.apache.jdo.tck in which this test is placed. TEST_SUPERCLASS - The name of the class that his test class extends TITLE - A descriptive title for this test KEYWORDS - A list of keywords describing the content of this test ASSERTION_ID - The assertion id as listed in the assertions spreadsheet ASSERTION_TEXT - The assertion text as listed in the assertions spreadsheet TEST_NAME - The name of this java test PC_CLASS - The name of the persistence capable class instantiated. If none, delete localSetUp(). If more than one, add additional addTearDownClass(PC_CLASS.class) invocations.
- Decide which test superclass to extend for this test. If your test belongs to a package with its own superclass, use it. Check what class other test classes in the package extend. Otherwise extend org.apache.jdo.tck.JDO_Test. If you are starting a new package, consider whether there are methods or fields that you should factor into a new class which you would extend.
- If your test requires instantiating a pc class, choose one or more existing persistence capable classes from org/apache/jdo/tck/pc/*. If the test requires simple pc data, use mylib.PCPoint and/or mylib.PCRect. If the test requires a complex model with relationships, use one or more classes in the Company package. If no existing pc classes are suitable for your test, see Writing a Persistence Capable Class, below.
- Write the test (see Guidelines for Writing Test Code, below).
- If the test requires a new mapping or test data, provide a schema file, mapping file, xml test data, and a configuration file (see Configuration Files, Schemas, Metadata, and XML Test Data, below). Also, add an entry for your configuration file to test/conf/configurations.list. Otherwise, write a temporary configuration file for debugging and add an entry to alltests.conf for this test. The temporary configuration file looks like this:
jdo.tck.description = Run one test for debugging jdo.tck.testdata = jdo.tck.standarddata = jdo.tck.mapping = 0 jdo.tck.classes = org.apache.jdo.tck.your_package_and_test_name
- If the test requires new metadata for an existing mapping, add it to the .orm and .jdo files that correspond to your pc classes. Update the files for both application and datastore identity. Elements described in the orm dtd should be added to the .orm file. Otherwise, add them to the .jdo file. See Configuration Files, Schemas, Metadata, and XML Test Data, below, for more information on file names and locations.
- Install the database schema for the test. If you are using the standard schema (jdo.tck.mapping=0), schema installation takes about 15 minutes. However, it only needs to be repeated after changes to the schema.
maven -Djdo.tck.cfglist=myConfig.conf installSchema
- Execute the test with
maven -Djdo.tck.cfglist=myConfig.conf runtck.jdori
- Debug the test.
Run svn add for any new files you have created for check-in. Do not add your temporary config file, if you needed one.
- Execute the entire test suite to verify that your changes have not created any regressions.
maven build
- Create a patch and submit to jdo-dev for review. From the tck20 directory, do:
svn diff > myPatch.patch
- Make changes as agreed upon by the community. When all changes are complete, submit the patch for check-in.
Update the assertions spreadsheet with your test information. Change the Implemented column to "yes" and add the test path and name to the Test column.
JDO TCK Assertions
The JDO team went through the JDO specification and identified assertions the JDO TCK needs to test. An assertion consists of an assertion number and the corresponding text of the JDO specification describing what the test class needs to check. Usually an assertion is implemented by one JDO TCK test class and the test class covers one assertion. There is an assertion spreadsheet listing all the assertions with their number, text and whether they are already implemented in the current version of the JDO TCK. This assertion overview is organized in multiple sheets, one sheet per chapter of the JDO specification. You find the current version of the spreadsheet below.
Assertion Number
An assertion number (e.g. A14.6-15) consists of the section number of the JDO spec followed by a consecutive number. Please note, a few chapters in the JDO 2.0 spec have different numbers compared to JDO 1.0. We decided to keep the assertion numbers as defined for JDO 1.0. So in the following cases the assertion number does not match the chapter number of the JDO 2.0 spec:
Interface StateManager
Current Spreadsheet Version
Download the current version of the assertions spreadsheet. It is in StarOffice/OpenOffice format. This version adds new assertions to the query chapter covering JDOQL extensions in JDO 2.0. Furthermore it updates the assertions about JDOPermissions.
Guidelines for Writing Test Code
Use the coding standards of the Geronimo Project.
See the annotated SampleTest for pointers on how to write test code.
Each test in the TCK must leave the datastore clean when it exits.
The TCK uses the JUnit testing framework. JUnit encourages test classes to separate the real task to be tested from testing environment setup, relatively testing environment cleanup. TCK classes follow this implementation strategy.
For this reason, all TCK test classes extend abstract class "org.apache.jdo.tck.JDO_Test". This class provides two hooks that subclasses may override for test environment setup and test environment cleanup:
- protected void localSetUp()
- protected void localTearDown()
TCK classes usually set up persistent data in method "localSetUp" and they cleanup that that data in method "localTearDown". The real testing tasks are implemented in methods having the prefix "test".
Class JDO_Test implements a default strategy for "localTearDown": All persistent data that has been added for tear down is cleaned up automatically. Thus, TCK classes usually do not override "localTearDown".
JDO_Test defines three methods adding persistent data for tear down:
- protected void addTearDownObjectId(Object oid)
- protected void addTearDownInstance(Object pc)
- protected void addTearDownClass(Class pcClass)
The first two methods may be used to add single persistent instances for tear down. Method "addTearDownInstance" is convenience delegating to addTearDownObjectId. The last method may be used to add persistent classes for tear down. In the latter case, the extents of all added classes are deleted.
Note: The order of adding tear down instances and classes is significant. The default implementation of "localTearDown" first deletes all added instances in exactly that order they have been added. Afterwards it deletes the extents of all classes in exactly that order they have been added.
SQuirreL is a useful tool for checking the contents of tables in your database. See SquirrelSqlClient for more information.
Configuration Files, Schemas, Metadata, and XML Test Data
Read this section if you are writing a test that requires xml test data (like org.apache.jdo.tck.mapping.CompletenessTest) or requires a new mapping and schema.
There are a number of files in addition to the Java test class that must be present for a test to run.
File type
Associates mapping and test data with a test class.
Contains SQL DDL commands for generating the database tables in which persistence capable instances are stored.
orm metadata
Provides the mapping metadata required by the JDO implementation for mapping fields of pc instances to datastore entities. See Chapters 15 and 18 of the JDO 2.0 specification for more information.
test data
Provides data (field values) for pc instances read by the Spring Framework used in some tests in the query package and mapping.CompletenessTest, which tests XML metadata.
jdo metadata
Provides the metadata required by the JDO implementation for persisting pc instances. See Chapter 18 of the JDO 2.0 specification for more information.
Each invocation of maven is driven by a list of configuration files. If you do not set jdo.tck.cfglist on the command line, maven will read the list of configurations from test/conf/configurations.list, installing the schema and running tests for all configurations. Typically when you debug a test, you will specify a single configuration on the command line. These properties are set in a configuration file:
- jdo.tck.description - A text description of the purpose of this test configuration
- jdo.tck.testdata - The full path below test/testdata to the xml test data file
- jdo.tck.standarddata - The full path below test/testdata to the xml standard data file, used in cases where the test modifies the data before persisting it; the retrieved data is then compared to the standard data, not the original test data
- jdo.tck.mapping - A number that specifies both the orm mapping file and schema file to be used for this test (more below). A value of 0 is used for the standard schema and metadata files.
- jdo.tck.classes - The fully-specified name of the test class to be executed
The default schema file is named schema.sql. There is one schema.sql for each database and identity type. It creates database tables for all of the pc classes used in the tests. In order to test different mappings, some tests require a different schema. These are named schemaN.sql, where N is the number assigned to the jdo.tck.mapping property. Each schema file first creates and sets and sql schema specific to the identity type and jdo.tck.mapping value. For example:
CREATE SCHEMA applicationidentity3; SET SCHEMA applicationidentity3;
Each schema file must also drop all database entities before creating them to ensure that the schema will be clean at the start of each test run.
The default orm metadata file is named package-database.orm or classname-database.orm. There is one .orm file for each database and package or class. Configurations that use a different mapping for a particular pc package use an orm metadata file named package-databaseN.orm, where N is the jdo.tck.mapping value described just above. In this way, there is a one-to-one association between a schemaN.sql file and a package-databaseN.orm file.
Provide a test data file for any new configuration that uses the Spring Framework methods to compare a persisted object graph to a standard. Currently the CompletnessTest and some tests in the query package use the Spring Framework to create an object graph from xml data. If the test modifies the test data before persisting it, you must provide a standard data file which specifies the object graph that will match the retrieved data.
Unless you write a new persistence capable class, you do not have to create a new jdo metadata file. The correct jdo file is found based on the class name, the identity type under test, and rules for file naming and location described in the specification.
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1. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGJohn T Smith Jun 23, 2010 8:45 PM (in response to Matilda10)
>Ive tried other methods of getting the project into Encore
What other methods?
Are you absolutely 100% sure you do not have a gap in the timeline?
I have read other messages that having a gap in the timeline... even just one frame... will cause problems
Are you using long file names, with spaces?
I've also read that even though long file names with spaces are allowed in Windows... they can cause Encore problems
2. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGMatilda10 Jun 23, 2010 9:04 PM (in response to John T Smith)
Thanks for your response, John - I should have spelt out 'other methods'... I have tried (a) Adobe Dynamic Link; (b) Export - Media - Encore. I do have long file names, so will set about fixing that now, to see if I get a result. I will also CAREFULLY examine the timeline (I assume you mean gaps in vision, as the audio is one continuous (music) track (with other sound fx tracks)). I have just come across to PP, so I'm learning as I go along. Please bear with me!
3. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGJohn T Smith Jun 24, 2010 8:08 AM (in response to Matilda10)1 person found this helpful
I never use long file names, so do not remember if it is the LENGTH that causes problems or the use of a SPACE between words
As far as gaps in the timeline... I have never had any, so do not know if video or music gaps will cause the problems
These are just things I've read about and made mental notes... but, obviously, not complete mental notes
If you export your Premiere timeline as AVI and that doesn't work in Encore, I'd guess you have a problem somewhere in the timeline
4. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGthe_wine_snob Jun 24, 2010 2:01 PM (in response to John T Smith)1 person found this helpful
The gaps that cause the most errors are where the Video is shorter, even by a couple of Audio Units, than the Audio.
For file names, it seems to be three issues: number of characters (do not have a max), special characters and also spaces.
While I never had issues with spaces, so many others did, that I changed my naming convention.
5. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGMatilda10 Jun 24, 2010 8:07 PM (in response to Matilda10)
Thanks Bill, John, for valuable information.
I've been doing some tests, and it seems, came to an incorrect conclusion in the first instance - blaming Encore! (the issue certainly appeared in Encore after sending the project by dynamic link) - however, the project 'hung' just the same and failed to render in Premiere CS5.
I will certainly now have a close look at the sequence itself, armed with the advice I have been given. I expect that if I continue with this issue, I'll have to change threads to the Premiere Pro stream. I'll still post the outcome here, in any event.
Thanks again,
6. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGthe_wine_snob Jun 25, 2010 10:09 AM (in response to Matilda10)
One posting option might be the Hardware sub-forum in the Premiere hierarchy. If you are getting the same results in both En and PrPro, then it is likely a hardware (or OS) issue. Many of the same folk frequent both the Hardware and the PrPro CS5 fora, so the exact location of the post might well be moot.
Cannot recall if I posted the Tools article, where Harm Millaard lists a bunch of utilities for hardware, and software troubleshooting, but if I did, you might want to mention that you have that, to save Harm, or others, having to find the link to it. Also, when you post, go into as much hardware and software info, as you can, as you will otherwise be asked for it, and having it in the OP will be very helpful.
Good luck, and I'll follow that thread, to see what the solution is,
7. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Aug 24, 2010 7:12 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
This remains a problem. It may be avoided, occasionally, by disabling then enabling DVD/Bluray drive. I'm using a 1 month old, fairly stock, HP Quad core i7 930 with 12GB RAM and 64bit Windows 7. When I launch Encore CS5 for a Premier Pro project, either through the dynamic link, or directly from the saved Encore project, 9 times out of 10, unless some unknown set of circumstances charms it, including often, but not always disabling/enabling the Blueray drive, Encore freezes, stops responding while transcoding. All eight of my processor threads flat line. Has this product been beta tested?
8. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGJeff Bellune Aug 24, 2010 7:16 PM (in response to hclmed1)
From the Encore FAQ:
9. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Aug 24, 2010 7:24 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)
Well thanks. That seems like vital information that should be published in the release notes or some other bulletin. I'm trying that now.
10. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Aug 24, 2010 8:18 PM (in response to hclmed1)
Ok. At least for me, tag this one solved. It's fortunate Jeff, as someone informed, was monitoring this thread, because this problem is/was pretty debilitating. Again, I don't know why that link isn't at least a prompt during the standard installation, if not allowed by Roxio as a direct install. I assume Roxio has some patent on what seems to be a function that is vital to Windows 7 control of a media burning device. Since the major components of CS5 Production require 64bit Windows, I imagine more than a few users have Windows 7, and it's not dependably producing any DVDs without this patch:
11. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGJeff Bellune Aug 25, 2010 7:01 AM (in response to hclmed1)
You're welcome!
If you don't mind, could you please tell me what version of PxHlpa64.sys is installed on your system? The file is located in
C:\windows\System32\drivers and the version should be 220.127.116.11. The reason I ask is that this is supposed to be a CS4 and earlier issue; it shouldn't happen with CS5. If there is an older version on your system, this could be a bug.
12. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Aug 25, 2010 6:20 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)
The version of PxHelp64 is indeed version 184.108.40.206, (dated 7/9/2009). Production Premium CS5 is the only Adobe software that has been installed on this system. I'm not sure if that explains why the Roxio patch fixed the problem, or if I just got lucky with my last DVD. I'll try another one shortly.
13. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Aug 25, 2010 10:08 PM (in response to hclmed1)
Not good. It was wishful thinking, and a coincidence that a DVD worked after the patch. As I mentioned there's some combination of disabling/enabling the DVD and rebooting, a so far non-deterministic sequence that finally allows one DVD to burn. How can this be explained on essentially a brand new fairly hefty Windows 7 64 bit machine, running almost nothing else. Is anyone else able to use Encore on Windows 7? Isn't that the target market that one would think was verified before this release?
14. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGJeff Bellune Aug 26, 2010 3:03 AM (in response to hclmed1)
What software came with that HP computer? Anything that relates in any way to your DVD burner? You probably got some sort of DVD player/burning/data suite with it. If any of that software is running in the background, or if any of its DLA modules are active, then it could interfere with Encore's burning. This type of conflict happens often with new computers that haven't been purged of the "free" software that came with the machine.
One way to test to see if anything is interfering: try building a disc image instead of burning a disc. Does it work?
15. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed0 Aug 29, 2010 2:31 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)
Yes, it comes with all sorts of DVD related apps.
It looks like CinemaNow Inc., CinemaNow Media Manager is the only one that runs a background service. I'll turn that off and see if it has an effect. (There's also the LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service, which is a COM service that doesn't seem like it would interfere). Hopefully the CinemaNow process explains it. If so, that conflict should be broadcast, since this has to be a pretty common configuration for current, mainstream equipment. Thanks again for the follow up.
16. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGthe_wine_snob Aug 29, 2010 6:17 PM (in response to hclmed0)
For some tips and suggestions, see this ARTICLE and the links contained within.
Good luck,
17. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed0 Aug 30, 2010 12:13 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
I disabled both the CinemaNow and LaserScribe service. That didn't immediately fix the problem, but I've been able to write 2 DVDs in a row since a reboot with those services disabled. Trying for 3 in a row now. When it isn't working, there's no message about not finding the burner. It simply freezes while transcoding, listing the program as non-responsive.
18. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGJeff Bellune Aug 30, 2010 8:33 AM (in response to hclmed0)
Let us know if you go 3-for-3.
19. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed0 Nov 26, 2010 1:09 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)
This never went 3 for 3. I've had to move on to other things. I was hoping to come back and find a fix for this, but this seems to be a chronic problem in Encore CS5 on a standard HP workstation. I'm amazed that this mainstream a product seems so unstable. Maybe its due to the 1 hour length of the clip, but Encore just cannot reliably render a DVD. And there seems to be no formula for how this fairly fully equipped system can be adjusted to prevent a DVD render from just silently petering out. It just stops progressing at a random point during the transcode. It doesn't even declare itself as not responding until I try to cancel it. But the fact the an 8 processor system just goes idle for hours after the launch, probably 9 times out of 10, prevents this application from being useful.
20. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGPijetro1 Nov 26, 2010 6:28 PM (in response to hclmed0)
Is the freeze typically on the same spot??
I used to get AME doing the same thing...I would go into the preferences and enable "view preview", and have found that the same frame causes a freezeup...
I came to the conclusion that it was a bad frame at that point...
What i'm saying, is encode in AME, rather than Encore, and see if it's freezing up...Set an in/out point from half way to the end, so you don't have to do the whole video..Save some time...
If you get freezing on the same frame everytime, then i'd suspect it's an internal issue with a filter or rendered file...
Take it one step further, and you can dump all rendered footage, and empty out your cache.....
Reopen the project, and let PPro rebuild...
Then try re encoding...
21. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed0 Nov 27, 2010 11:05 AM (in response to Pijetro1)
Unfortunately this is not media related. It intermittantly will actually encode. There doesn't seem to be a reliable sequence, but some combination of uninstalling and resinstalling the DVD burner, (Bluray, HP BD-RE BH30L), and rebooting eventually, (not always), restores it. The many attempts to restore Encore into a working state unfortunately often takes more time than composing the project it's supposed to burn. There must be some explanation for why, after starting normally, and without any error message, the processors just go idle and the project just sits there unresponsively, but doen't even indicate that its not responding until I attempt to cancel it.
22. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGgeobrick Jan 1, 2011 7:03 PM (in response to hclmed0)
I'm getting a similar lock up of Encore CS5 when building a DVD.
The source has already been rendered in PP using the AME MPEG DVD settings that follow the source material (24p DV).
It locks up during the same process each time. The DVD spins up to speed as if it is writing but the progress bar stops about 10% and never moves. I can't cancel the process (it asks if I want to cancel but nothing happens). I can't eject the disk. It continues to spin even through a restart (but I can eject at this point). Windows continues to function fine throughout (for other things).
The resulting DVD has only about 10 seconds of the opening menu but then locks up (so nothing past that ever got written). Maybe there's a problem with the menu video or audio? I'm using the NTSC wedding monogram menu with a 16 bit 44.1khz wav file for audio.
Note: Building to an ISO file instead of direct to DVD works fine. I then use imgburn to make the DVD. I'd just prefer it worked without the extra step.
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- Gigabyte EX58UD5 Motherboard
- Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz (not overclocked)
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23. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Jan 5, 2011 4:08 PM (in response to geobrick)
I may have had a breakthrough in that, after removing several media converter apps, I now seem to have dependable DVD production. I thrashed around and removed a few things before I checked again, but my suspicion is that ffmpeg might be the culprit, (but I don't have time to reinstall it to verify that notion now).
I'm happy if that fixes the problem, but still can't help but feel that it's a program flaw if its able to zone out so silently, without an error message, or even reporting that it's not responding, (but just perpetually idling). That was a frustrating and erie problem that I hope can a least be improved on to the point of crashing with some kind of diagnostic if not surmounting whatever the conflict is. So far, 4 DVDs without a hitch. Yea.
24. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Jan 12, 2011 10:12 AM (in response to hclmed1)
Sad to say that was not a simple answer to this problem. This app remains capable of simply going idle, without any error indication, and with no particularly repeatable pattern. The system I'm using is a modern, full powered system, dedicated specifically to this suite. It may be that I'm among the few that are generally working on projects that are in the 1 hour range. I would like to see development completed on this product.
25. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Oct 19, 2011 9:32 PM (in response to hclmed1)
Just thought I'd check in to see if there have been any updates to what appears to be a fundemental flaw in Encore, (CS5 in this instance). As I've described, at random intervals, Encore will simply turn idle, on projects, but then work on the 4th or 5th try. Each time is terribly time consuming as it doesn't even become apparent that it's hung until an hour or more into the process, and it takes several tries. Again, the strangest part is, there's no error, and not even a no response condition. All that happens is that all 8 cores just flatline, sitting practically at 0% while I'm tying to encode an hour long video. It seems that, at a minimum, until this bug can be identified, there could be a proofing pass that would at least validate that there are none of the conditions that have been listed as suspects by the above advisors. It appears to not be related to any data conditions however, as it will eventually work on the same project, after enough BD-ROM disable/enabling, and rebooting. How can professionals use this?
26. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGStan Jones Oct 20, 2011 5:10 AM (in response to hclmed1)
I have never experienced what you describe. CS5 (not CS5.5/5.1).
I missed it somewhere as I read through: you experience this while transcoding, using transcode now, not while building, correct?
If you transcode prior to Encore what happens when you build?
Have you tried setting preferences so you transcode through AME rather than Encore?
I apologize for missing any answsers to these earlier in the thread.
27. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGhclmed1 Oct 23, 2011 8:43 PM (in response to Stan Jones)
I can encode just fine in AME. The problem is clearly in Encore. If I'm able to spend literally all night on it, I can often get it to work after some indeterminate set of disabling and reenabling my BR-RW device, and rebooting. But my last build, though it produces an AVI well enough in AME, has yet to get through an Encore session without just going to sleep as described above, (zero CPU usage, but still listed as running). I gather this has happened to others. It's happening again as I'm writing. I considered the possibility that my NAS wasn't responding fast enough, so I copied all the project files to a new USB3 drive, but that's what's sitting there now. I can consider some problem with the BDRW to be the culprit, but a) it works just fine with Nero, and b) even if the DVD burner wasn't responding for some reason, it's a software bug if it can't report that. This problem has been around for years. If no one's planning to fix this, Encore should come with a major disclaimer, or just get replaced by a partnership with Vegas or Nero, or some other package that works. I'm fed up with it.
28. Re: ENCORE CS5 'FREEZES' WHEN TRANSCODINGMichelmnr Nov 10, 2013 6:05 PM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Hi guys
2010 but I needed help on this topic!
I did encode my BR b4 with Encore CS4 but needed to fix menu and small errors. So redone my 35GB project - and encoding became a problem.
I so checked all spaces (as per your postings) in both audio and video timelines and could not find any. ( I fully zoomed in the timeline and advance to the next clip, this was quite fast and I think was accurate to see any blancs space)
Then I renamed my project eliminating all spaces in it (4)....That was not helpful as Encore could not find the project anymore?? So I put the spaces back in the name and recovered the project!
I was running out of ideas and checked where my project was - It was on a very full volume! I thought it would not matter as I had chosen a volume with plenty of room in it to have my project folder to burn as I did b4...But it did!
I'm just starting with Bu-Ray and one should be aware of the much larger amount of real estate these projects take and may need!
I found another volume with lot more room on it ...Et voila - Encore smiled at me again...I'm smiling back


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Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in full Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan, (baptized November 4, 1751, Dublin, Ireland—died July 7, 1816, London, England), Irish-born playwright, impresario, orator, and Whig politician. His plays, notably The School for Scandal (1777), form a link in the history of the comedy of manners between the end of the 17th century and Oscar Wilde in the 19th century.
Formative years
Sheridan was the third son of Thomas and Frances Sheridan. His grandfather Thomas Sheridan had been a companion and confidant of Jonathan Swift; his father was the author of a pronouncing dictionary and the advocate of a scheme of public education that gave a prominent place to elocution; and his mother gained some fame as a playwright.
The family moved to London, and Sheridan never returned to Ireland. He was educated (1762–68) at Harrow, and in 1770 he moved with his family to Bath. There Sheridan fell in love with Elizabeth Ann Linley (1754–92), whose fine soprano voice delighted audiences at the concerts and festivals conducted by her father, Thomas. In order to avoid the unpleasant attentions of a Welsh squire, Thomas Mathews of Llandaff, she decided to take refuge in a French nunnery. Sheridan accompanied her to Lille in March 1772 but returned to fight two duels that same year with Mathews. Meanwhile, Elizabeth had returned home with her father, and Sheridan was ordered by his father to Waltham Abbey, Essex, to pursue his studies. He was entered at the Middle Temple in April 1773 but after a week broke with his father, gave up a legal career, and married Elizabeth at Marylebone Church, London.
Theatrical career
After his marriage Sheridan turned to the theatre for a livelihood. His comedy The Rivals opened at Covent Garden Theatre, London, in January 1775. It ran an hour longer than was usual, and, because of the offensive nature and poor acting of the character of Sir Lucius O'Trigger, it was hardly a success. Drastically revised and with a new actor as Sir Lucius, its second performance 11 days later won immediate applause. The situations and characters were not entirely new, but Sheridan gave them freshness by his rich wit, and the whole play reveals Sheridan's remarkable sense of theatrical effect. The play is characteristic of Sheridan's work in its genial mockery of the affectation displayed by some of the characters. Even the malapropisms that slow down the play give a proper sense of caricature to the character of Mrs. Malaprop.
Some of the play's success was due to the acting of Lawrence Clinch as Sir Lucius. Sheridan showed his gratitude by writing the amusing little farce St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant for the benefit performance given for Clinch in May 1775. Another example of his ability to weave an interesting plot from well-worn materials is seen in The Duenna, produced the following November. The characters are generally undeveloped, but the intrigue of the plot and charming lyrics and the music by his father-in-law, Thomas Linley, and his son gave this ballad opera great popularity. Its 75 performances exceeded the 62, a record for that time, credited to John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), and it is still revived.
Thus, in less than a year Sheridan had brought himself to the forefront of contemporary dramatists. David Garrick, looking for someone to succeed him as manager and proprietor of Drury Lane Theatre, saw in Sheridan a young man with energy, shrewdness, and a real sense of theatre. A successful physician, James Ford, agreed with Garrick's estimate and increased his investment in the playhouse. In 1776, Sheridan and Linley became partners with Ford in a half-share of Drury Lane Theatre. Two years later they bought the other half from Willoughby Lacy, Garrick's partner.
In fact, Sheridan's interest in his theatre soon began to seem rather fitful. Nevertheless, he was responsible for the renewed appreciation of Restoration comedy that followed the revival of the plays of William Congreve at Drury Lane. In February 1777 he brought out his version of Sir John Vanbrugh's The Relapse (1696) as A Trip to Scarborough, again showing his talent for revision. He gave the rambling plot a neater shape and removed much indelicacy from the dialogue, but the result was disappointing, probably because of the loss of much of the earlier play's gusto.
What Sheridan learned from the Restoration dramatists can be seen in The School for Scandal, produced at Drury Lane in May 1777. That play earned him the title of "the modern Congreve." Although resembling Congreve in that its satirical wit is so brilliant and so general that it does not always distinguish one character from another, The School for Scandal does contain two subtle portraits in Joseph Surface and Lady Teazle. There were several Restoration models (e.g. Mrs. Pinchwife in William Wycherley's The Country-Wife and Miss Hoyden in Vanbrugh's The Relapse) for the portrayal of a country girl amazed and delighted by the sexual freedom of high society. Sheridan softened his Lady Teazle, however, to suit the more refined taste of his day. The part combined innocence and sophistication and was incomparably acted. The other parts were written with equal care to suit the members of the company, and the whole work was a triumph of intelligence and imaginative calculation. With its spirited ridicule of affectation and pretentiousness, it is often considered the greatest comedy of manners in English.
Sheridan's flair for stage effect, exquisitely demonstrated in scenes in The School for Scandal, was again demonstrated in his delightful satire on stage conventions, The Critic, which since its first performance in October 1779 has been thought much funnier than its model, The Rehearsal (1671), by George Villiers, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Sheridan himself considered the first act to be his finest piece of writing. Although Puff is little more than a type, Sir Fretful Plagiary is not only a caricature of the dramatist Richard Cumberland but also an epitome of the vanity of authors in every age.
Political career
Sheridan continued to adapt plays and to improvise spectacular shows at Drury Lane, but as a succession of acting managers took over the burden of direction his time was increasingly given to politics. His only full-length later play was the artistically worthless but popular patriotic melodrama Pizarro (1799), based on a German play on the conquest of Peru. Sheridan had become member of Parliament for Stafford in September 1780 and was undersecretary for foreign affairs (1782) and secretary to the treasury (1783). Later he was treasurer of the navy (1806–07) and a privy councillor. The rest of his 32 years in Parliament were spent as a member of the minority Whig party in opposition to the governing Tories.
Sheridan's critical acumen and command over language had full scope in his oratory and were seen at their best in his speeches as manager of the unsuccessful impeachment of Warren Hastings, governor general of India. Sheridan was recognized as one of the most persuasive orators of his time but never achieved greater political influence in Parliament because he was thought to be an unreliable intriguer. Some support for this view is to be found in his behaviour during the regency crisis (1788–89) following the temporary insanity of George III, when Sheridan acted as adviser to the unpopular, self-indulgent prince of Wales (later George IV). He encouraged the prince to think that there would be a great majority for his being regent with all the royal powers simply because he was heir apparent. In the country at large this was seen as a move by Charles James Fox and his friends to take over the government and drive out Prime Minister William Pitt. Sheridan was also distrusted because of his part in the Whigs' internecine squabbles (1791–93) with Edmund Burke over the latter's implacable hostility to the French Revolution. He was one of the few members courageous enough openly to defend those who suffered for their support of the French Revolution. Indeed, Sheridan liked taking an individual stand, and, although he supported Fox in urging that the French had a right to choose their own way of government, he broke with Fox once the French became warlike and threatened the security of England. He also came out on the side of the Tory administration when he condemned mutineers who had rebelled against living conditions in the British Navy (1797). Much to Fox's disgust, Sheridan, although a Whig, gave some support to the Tory administration of Prime Minister Henry Addington, later 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1801–04).
In November 1806, Sheridan succeeded Charles James Fox as member for Westminster—although not, as he had hoped, as leader of the Whigs—but he lost the seat in May 1807. The prince of Wales then returned him as member for the "pocket borough" of Ilchester, but his dependence on the prince's favour rankled with Sheridan, for they differed in their attitude on Catholic emancipation. Sheridan, who was determined to support emancipation, stood for election as member from Stafford again in 1812, but he could not pay those who had previously supported him as much as they expected and, as a result, was defeated.
Last years
Sheridan's financial difficulties were largely brought about by his own extravagance and procrastination, as well as by the destruction of Drury Lane Theatre by fire in February 1809. With the loss of his parliamentary seat and his income from the theatre, he became a prey to his many creditors. His last years were beset by these and other worries—his circulatory complaints and the cancer that afflicted his second wife, Esther Jane Ogle. She was the daughter of the dean of Winchester and was married to Sheridan in April 1795, three years after Elizabeth's death. Pestered by bailiffs to the end, Sheridan made a strong impression on the poet Lord Byron, who wrote a Monody on the Death of the Right Honourable R.B. Sheridan (1816), to be spoken at the rebuilt Drury Lane Theatre.
Assessment. Though best remembered as the author of brilliant comedies of manners, Sheridan was also a significant politician and orator. His genius both as dramatist and politician lay in humorous criticism and the ability to size up situations and relate them effectively. These gifts were often exercised in the House of Commons on other men's speeches and at Drury Lane Theatre in the revision of other men's plays. They are seen at their best in The School for Scandal, in which he shaped a plot and dialogue of unusual brilliance from two mediocre draft plays of his own. In person Sheridan was often drunken, moody, and indiscreet, but he possessed great charm and powers of persuasion. As a wit he delivered his sallies against the follies of society with a polish that makes him the natural link in the history of the British comedy of manners between Congreve and Wilde.Cecil John Layton Price


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