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Bri Edwards
A Bored Apple Seed............[Humor, i hope]
While sitting in our screen house I spit out one apple seed.
You'd think it would be grateful since from my mouth it had been freed.
But no, you ungrateful seed. Instead you turned and looked at me,
a frown upon your face, indeed!
You landed upon a white-painted floor plank, a few feet from the ground.
From there you saw trees and grass and bushes all around.
Perhaps you wished you had feet so you could find a spot,
to sprout your stuff, instead of sitting idle, a seed without a pot.
[Or maybe you spied my bird feeders, stocked with sunflower and nyjer seed.
To them the titmice and chickadees, and goldfinches come to feed.
Could you possibly wish, if you could not sprout, ......
to be eaten by a bird and vanish....... until the bird poops you out? ]
Where you landed it does not get wet, and you cannot reach the soil.
You look now so unhappy; I think your apple anger is about to boil.
I suppose the least I could do is give you a big kick,
and knock you off the flooring, onto fertile ground, to grow into a stick.
[But I DIDN'T and now another week's gone by.]
I'm back, my little apple seed, and as I settle into my chair,
I notice a marked change in your appearance that last week wasn't there.
You no longer frown nor even look at me, sadness and anger are no longer shown,
but instead you're just a bored apple seed, like many other seeds I have known.
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p.s. it is now four months later and i made two tiny changes to the poem. i am resubmitting this poem today (april 2013) just to see if it gets put in 'new poems' section and looked at by someone.
a year after submitting, i reread and found several errors! could it have been MY poor proofreading? i also have decided that an alternate ending would be 'like many other seeds, which from my mouth i've thrown (or blown) .' :)
Comments about this poem (A Bored Apple Seed............[Humor, i hope] by Bri Edwards )
John Brown (2/8/2015 9:45:00 AM)
Really comical Bri. I like it. Did you know that 'Nyjer' used to be spelt 'Niger'? It was changed by the seed companies to avoid offending coloured / black people. I'm never sure which term to use these days... mad ain't it? (Report) Reply
John Westlake (9/1/2014 7:30:00 PM)
Poor seed. I normally end about swallowing the seeds as I can't be bothered to spit them out. I would laugh if one actually did escape from my belly. But thankfully it's never happened. (Report) Reply
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We would like to add a dishwasher and a gas stove (free standing)�in our laundry room. It already has a washer dryer and a sink and ample room. What plumbing work will I need for these appliances? What fuel connection will I need? Any license requirements?
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Westerleigh Nursing Home is registered for thirty-one residents and able to welcome a wide range of specialist needs. Carers are skilled in the challenges of old age care and physical disabilities, as well as sensory impairment and head injuries.
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Group: Gem Care Ltd
Person in charge: Tracey Austin (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services: East Sussex County Council (click for contact details)
Type of Service: Care Home with nursing – Privately Owned , 31 residents
Registered Care Categories*: Dementia • Old Age • Physical Disability
Specialist Care Categories: Cancer Care • Cerebral Palsy • Epilepsy • Head/Brain Injury • Hearing Impairment • Motor Neurone Disease • Multiple Sclerosis • Neuropathic • Orthopaedic • Parkinson's Disease • Speech Impairment • Stroke • Visual Impairment
Admission Information: Ages from 55 to 120.
Single Rooms: 29
Shared Rooms: 1
Rooms with ensuite WC: 24
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Recommendation Score: 8.1 (8.133)
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Excellent caring, friendly nursing care.
Overall Standard: Good
Facilities: Good
Care / Support: Excellent
Cleanliness: Excellent
Treated with Dignity: Excellent
Food & Drink: Excellent
Staff: Excellent
Activities: Excellent
Management: Good
Safety / Security: Excellent
Rooms: Good
Value for Money: Good
Submitted by Dawn W (Daughter of Resident/Service User) on Thursday 22 January 2015.
Review of Westerleigh Nursing Home
We would highly recommend this nursing home even though the period of residence was short due to death, we were very happy with the care given and the friendly atmosphere of the staff on every visit.
Overall Standard: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Care / Support: Excellent
Cleanliness: Excellent
Treated with Dignity: Excellent
Food & Drink: Excellent
Staff: Excellent
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Management: Excellent
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Rooms: Excellent
Value for Money: Excellent
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I visit twice a day, one or two hours at a time. Have seen what goes on each shift, any problems dealt with straight away. Owner calls regularly, all day checks on all patients, talks to visitors, asks if any complaints or if anything can be improved. Four staff have been at Westerleigh over 15 years, have had detailed conversations with them. Well qualified RN sisters on all shifts. I'm happy for my wife to be at Westerleigh. She has Parkinsons, type 2 diabetes, deep vein thrombosis, pace maker and Alzeimers.
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Located in Barcelona (Ciutat Vella), Bed & Breakfast Gabriel La Rambla is close to Port Vell, Palau de la Musica Catalana, and Basilica de Santa Maria del Mar. Also nearby are Palau Guell and Gran Teatre del Liceu.
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This Barcelona bed & breakfast offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests are served a complimentary breakfast each morning. Additional amenities at this Beaux Arts bed & breakfast include laundry facilities, a hair salon, and dry cleaning/laundry services. For a surcharge, guests have access to a roundtrip airport shuttle during limited hours. This is a smoke-free property.
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vanilla bean plant
Hi there,
Does anyone know where I can order some vanilla beans for planting? Or if someone has a vanilla bean plant, would they be willing to collect some seeds and send to me (I would pay). I'm in Alberta and plan to grow it as an indoor plant.
Thanks in advance!
The vanilla bean comes from an orchid, not sure which variety. Do you just want to have the beans to use? I just buy mine at the Bulk Food store. If there is an orchid nursery near you perhaps they could steer you in the right direction. Good luck.
The vanilla 'bean' are actually seed pods filled with very fine seeds that are typical of orchids. The seeds lack the food reserves seen in most other plant seeds and require an external source of sugar. In the wild, this is provided by symbiotic fungi. In cultivation, growing an orchid from seed is a task usually reserved for experts and consists of sterile sealed flask flasks and agar jelly.
Grocery store vanilla 'beans' are highly unlikely to have a single viable seed left.
You'll be better off finding someone who will give you a cutting (they are a climbing orchid). Not easy to grow unless you have a warm greenhouse....good luck.
this posting really caught my eye
I am a Canadian from Ontario but have a home 12 years now down in southern Florida.
At one time I had a small plant given to me by a neigbhour of the vanilla plant. I managed to keep it two no I think three years in one of my garden beds.
It was beginning to really grow and I thought maybe I will get bloom and even seeds The growth is quite attractive and although I know it is a vine I had let it grow, on the ground, as did my neigbhour
One year when I came back down, the man who takes care of the yard, when I am back in Canada, had chopped every bit out thinking it a weed.
I was ever so sad about it but nothing to be done
The neigbhour who had the plant naturalized even in her garden moved away and the new people chopped out the entire bed the plants where growing in. So could not get further
I have seen it in nurserys down here and I know a couple of people in Ft Myers, Florida, where I live have it growing But i have never actually made contact with them.
I think if I recall correctly I did see it growing in the greenhouse tropical building of the Montreal Botanical gardens. that was maybe four years ago.
Would be nice to give it a try And I enjoyed reading the comments
The pods sold for cooking will not have any viable seeds because of the way the beans are processed. Growing orchids from seed is not impossible at home, in fact I know several people who do. However, it requires sterile technique and a relatively long time to grow to a blooming plant. The vanilla beans most often comes from Vanilla planifolia.
This species is relatively common in the orchid trade as a novelty (not meant for home bean production) so they are quite readily available from many orchid vendors or mail order sources.
"The word 'cutting' intrigued me as most orchids don't work that way. But the website of the Montreal Botanical Gardens says that one arrived there as a "cutting" (une bouture), so I learned something."
As a climbing orchid, it puts out lots of roots at each node making it an easy one to propagate by cuttings.
While on vacation in Florida, I found a place to purchase ' vanilla bean orchid' and 'dragon fruit cuttings'!! I was so excited. He lives in Inverness. He had an awesome setup of several green houses for growing both of these plants. If anyone wants contact information, feel free to email me!!
re; "The word 'cutting' intrigued me as most orchids don't work that way. But the website of the Montreal Botanical Gardens says that one arrived there as a "cutting" (une bouture), so I learned something."
Having grown up in tropical Asia and seen and visited many orchid productions, I can at least explain that many orchids are mass produced from tiny cuttings placed in flasks containing agar & growth hormones. There are special solutions to stimulate growth. Obviously not something that occurs in the wild. There procedures are done under very sterile conditions (think laboratories). Hope that clarifies this part of the vanilla bean plant production.


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NEW YORK — The owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants is putting more workers on part-time status in a test aimed at limiting costs from President Barack Obama's health care law.
Darden Restaurants Inc. declined to give details but said the test is only in four markets across the country. The move entails boosting the number of workers on part-time status, meaning they work less than 30 hours a week.
Under the new health care law, companies with 50 or more workers could be hit with fines if they do not provide basic coverage for full-time workers and their dependents. Starting Jan. 1, 2014, those penalties and requirements could significantly boost labor costs for some companies, particularly in low-wage industries such as retail and hospitality, where most jobs don't come with health benefits.
Darden, which operates more than 2,000 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, employs about 180,000 people. The company says about 75 percent of its employees are currently part-timers.
Bob McAdam, who heads government affairs and community relations for Darden, said the company is still learning from the tests, which was first reported by the Orlando Sentinel.
"We're not at a point where we have results," he said. McAdam also noted that Darden is not alone in looking at ways to keep labor costs in check, with companies across the industry prepping for the new regulations to take effect.
In fact, Paul Keckley, executive director of the Deloitte Center for Health Statistics, noted that follow-up legislation might be needed to ensure that companies do not shift more workers to part-time status to avoid providing coverage.
"There's not a company in those industries that aren't looking at this," Keckley said.
This summer, for example, McDonald's Corp. Chief Financial Officer Peter Bensen noted in a conference call with investors that the hamburger chain was looking at the many factors that will impact health care costs, including its number of full-time employees.
Nationally, 60 percent of companies offer health benefits, but the figure varies depending on the size of the company. Nearly all companies with 200 or more workers offer benefits, compared with 48 percent for companies with 3-9 workers, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Even beyond health care costs, however, Darden has made cutting labor costs a priority in recent years as sales growth has stalled at its flagship chains. In the most recent fiscal quarter, the company's restaurant labor costs were 31 percent of sales. That's down from 33 percent three years ago.
The reduction was driven by several factors. Given the challenging job market, Darden has been able to offer lower pay rates to new hires, as well as cut bonuses for general managers as sales have stagnated. Servers at Red Lobster now handle four tables at a time, instead of three.
And last year, the company also put workers on a "tip sharing" program, meaning waiters and waitresses share their tips with other employees such as busboys and bartenders. That allows Darden to pay more workers a far lower "tip credit wage" of $2.13, rather than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Starting next year, the company will change the way it offers health insurance to full-time employees, to keep costs more predictable. Instead of offering one insurance plan for all 45,000 employees, it will give workers a contribution toward buying coverage and then send them to an online health insurance exchange where they can chose from five medical, four dental and three vision plans.
More employers are looking at this concept, known as defined contribution health insurance, as a way to stabilize health insurance costs.
Darden said it decided to do it because a survey indicated that employees wanted more options.
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Discussion in 'Stillwater' started by Sean Beauchamp, Jan 12, 2010.
Ha Ha I've got 18-33's swimmin in my private stash. I'll start tapping. See you soon.
private water doesn't count. and rufus woods does. use a tape and take a photo and we'll see.
updated. tiploidjunkie is on the board, and in 2nd place.
local salmon is slow and the eastside steelhead streams are crowded. spend a weekend in the toon or tube and get yourself a hog gentlemen. october/november are PRIME and generally mean an empty lake.
Let see some pic's
all pics and info are in the original post on the first age of this thread. check the attachments
I'm out of the comp. I'm stuck on a ship and won't be home to fish until February. No redeeming myself now. May there be a 2011 2nd Annual. My fingers are crossed!
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2010 Big Brown Contest Updated 2/7
I don't know, I honestly think mines bigger than that lenice brown. If the tape was stretched it'd be about 23. Oh well. Just my first entry. The contest runs till december. I've hooked three bigger than this in the last three days, but this is just the first landed.


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Cool, stogies and brew, two of my favorite subjects!
I first seriously tried Cigars while in Cuba. I was not a smoker, but it would just not be right to visit Cuba without trying their famous cigars (same could be said of Cuban women...but my wife did not buy that argument! ). A Monte Cristo #2 and a Mojito became our regular evening cocktail combination....after which I usually nodded off in the cockpit of the boat and woke up in the wee hours of the night.
I did not know jack about cigars when I first tried them, but in Cuba it was hard to purchase a bad cigar...even the counterfeit/contraband smokes you can buy on the street were pretty damn good. But, I soon discovered that it was easy to buy crappy cigars back in the USA...and thus began my eduction.
Now, my personal preference is very dark robustos. I like the dark rich taste and the typical smoke time (2-3 beers) of the robusto size.
My overall favorite is the Partagas 1845 Black Label....although there are lots of second place contenders.
I've lived in Central America (Belize & Guatemala) since 2005. Ironically, it can sometimes be a challenge to find a good cigar here because most of the good stuff is exported. Although, I did find some very nice cigars on a recent trip through Grenada, Nicaragua at Dona Elba's cigar factory. They gave me a very good maduro to sample and a nice glass of Flor de Cana rum to go along with it. See http://www.elbacigars.com/. And, it would be hard to find a more suitable venue to partake of a good puro and a cocktail than scenic Grenada...a still beautiful colonial era city on Lake Nicaragua....like a nostalgic trip back in time.
Nick, while the white stuff could have been plume.... I'd still never give that B&M my time of day again. He should have asked you your preference in taste then advised you as to what fit that. Try a Fuente Hemingway if you can find em and see what you think of those.
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I started smoking cc's while staioned in germany. I prefer them and luckinly I know the right sources and people to get them. I do enjoy fuente smokes and the occasional nica smoke. Maybe we should get a trade going on here for fun!
I love the idea of a stogie and homebrew sampler trade!!! Ironically enough I don't really ever hear of anyone down here with CCs.... Probably because they're hoarding them all. But I do have a good friend with family over there who got me some Montecristo #2s a few years back when my daughter was born. We're you stationed in Ramstein? The founder of our homebrew club and another one of my best friends were stationed there a while.
Nick - Here's my thought, in my experience most "cigar shops" are almost always nothing more than glorified quickie marts that focus on tobacco. They rarely know much of anything about cigars, have selections that are generic and boring, and don't know how to and/or care to take care of their merchandise...it is just a business for them, not a passion. If you find a good cigar store you will know it. First, you won't be dealing with an employee or owner who doesn't know anything; you will have a tobacconist who has a passion for their product and can easily help you find something and further, they would be mortified to sell you something with mold. They will have a nice walk in humidor with a selection of sticks that will boggle your mind. I think of it like a quality beer store, they will have your BMC's of cigars because there are always those looking for them; but, they will focus on good quality reasonably priced beers while making sure to to have some lambics and hard to come by RIS' for their connoisseurs and will be happy to sit and chat with you all day about them.
Already replied to your PM before I saw this. I'd definitely be down for a trade and will snag any commercial crafts you want that I can find.


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Oracle8 Clusters 22 C H A P T E R 3 3 3 3 Clusters In This Chapter Oracle8 provides an additional method for storing Tables and Indexes called clusters. An Oracle8 cluster is a Schema Object Introduction to containing a group of Tables which share one or more Oracle8 clusters common Columns (cluster Key), which are stored on the same data block. Once Tables are created in clusters, their storage Creating clusters, format is transparent to the end User. You can access these cluster Tables, and Tables like any other nonclustered Table. Cluster Tables cluster Indexes should be predominantly used together in queries. Tables and Indexes stored in a cluster have the following Guidelines in immediate advantages: creating clusters 3 Disk I/O and access times are reduced for queries Managing clusters involving joins of clustered Tables. Gathering statistics 3 The cluster Key value in a cluster is only stored once, on clusters regardless of how many Rows in the cluster Tables contain the Value. This condition can reduce the 3 3 3 3 physical Table storage requirements of a cluster Schema Object. Example Figure 22-1 illustrates the comparison of storing the STUDENT and DEPARTMENT Tables in a clustered and nonclustered format. The cluster Key is the D_NO. The right side of the diagram shows a typical, nonclustered format. The STUDENTS Table and the DEPARTMENT Tables each reside in separate data blocks. The left side of the diagram shows how clustered Tables are stored. The values in the two related tables are merged into a single table structure and sorted by the cluster Key (D_NO, D_NAME, ID). All merged data is stored together in one area in the database. 556 Chapter 22 3 Oracle8 Clusters DEPARTMENT TABLE D_NO D_NAME 104 Acct 340 Engr DEPARTMENT / STUDENT CLUSTER D_NO D_NAME ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME STUDENTS TABLE 104 Acct 22 John Smith ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME D_NO Acct 56 Lani Kaupo 11 Patricia Butler 340 Acct 47 Fred Savage 22 John Smith 104 340 Engr 44 Amy Johnson 83 Laurel Watson 340 Engr 11 Patricia Butler 44 Amy Johnson 340 Engr 83 Laurel Watson 47 Fred Savage 104 56 Lani Kaupo 104 DEPARTMENT DATA BLOCK STUDENTS DATA BLOCK CLUSTER DATA BLOCK Figure 22-1: Cluster and noncluster Table formats Creating clusters, cluster Tables, and cluster Indexes The following Objects comprise a cluster: 3 The cluster Schema Object 3 The cluster Table 3 The cluster Index Creating cluster Schema Objects To create a cluster in your Schema, you must have the CREATE CLUSTER system privilege. 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Figure 22-2: Create clusters using the Oracle8 Schema Manager. 558 Chapter 22 3 Oracle8 Clusters Figure 22-3 illustrates the addition of CREATE CLUSTER parameters via the Oracle8 Schema Manager Create Cluster interface. Figure 22-3: Specify cluster parameters by clicking the Storage tab in the Cluster Definition box. The following list describes the CREATE CLUSTER syntax parameters: 3 Cluster Name. The name of the cluster to be created. 3 Column_Name. The name of a Column in the cluster Key. 3 Datatype. The datatype of the cluster Key Column. 3 SIZE. The amount of byte space to store all rows with the same cluster Key Value. 3 PCTFREE. The limit Oracle8 uses to determine when you can add additional rows to a cluster's data block. 3 PCTUSED. The space reserved in each cluster's data blocks for future updates. 3 INITRANS. The initial number of concurrent update transactions allocated for data blocks of the cluster. This value cannot be less than two or greater than MAXTRANS. 3 MAXTRANS. The maximum number of concurrent update transactions for any given data block belonging to the cluster. This value cannot be less than the value of INITRANS parameter or greater than 255. The default value is the MAXTRANS value of the Tablespace containing the cluster. 3 TABLESPACE. The Tablespace in which the cluster is to be created. 3 STORAGE. The method of data blocks allocation to the cluster. See For example, the following SQL statement uses the CREATE CLUSTER command Reference to create the student_dept cluster: Section Chapter 22 3 Clusters 559 CREATE CLUSTER student_dept (dept_id INTEGER) PCTUSED 80 PCTFREE 5 SIZE 600 TABLESPACE library STORAGE ( INITIAL 200k NEXT 300k MINEXTENTS 2 MAXEXTENTS 20 PCTINCREASE 33); Creating clustered Tables To create a Table in a cluster, you must either have the CREATE TABLE or CREATE ANY TABLE system privilege. The Tablespace quota or the UNLIMITED TABLESPACE system privilege is not required to create a clustered Table. The Table is contained in a cluster that already has allocated space. A Table can be created in a cluster using the CREATE TABLE SQL command with the CLUSTER option. Execute this command with SQL*Plus or Oracle SQL Worksheet. Cluster Tables can also be created interactively using the Oracle8 Schema Manager. Note The Table name must be unique within the User's Schema. 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To create a cluster Index, one of the following conditions must be true: 3 Your Schema contains the cluster and you have the CREATE INDEX system privilege. 3 You have the CREATE ANY INDEX system privilege. In either case, you must also have a quota for the Tablespace intended to contain the cluster Index or the UNLIMITED TABLESPACE system privilege. See Reference CREATE INDEX Section Create a cluster Index in a cluster using the CREATE INDEX SQL command with the CLUSTER option. For example, the following SQL statement creates the student_dept_index for the student_dept cluster: CREATE INDEX student_dept_index ON CLUSTER student_dept INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 5 PCTFREE 10 TABLESPACE OBJECTMIND_DATA STORAGE ( INITIAL 50k NEXT 300k MINEXTENTS 2 AXEXTENTS 10 PCTINCREASE 33); Note When estimating the size of cluster Indexes, remember the Index is on each cluster Key, not the actual rows; therefore, each Key only appears once in the Index. Guidelines in creating clusters Caution In comparison with storing Tables separately with their own Indexes, clusters can reduce the performance of SQL DML statements (INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE). This reduction occurs because multiple cluster Tables share the same data block. Thus, Oracle8 may require more blocks to store a clustered Table than a nonclustered Table. This storing method can increase the space required to hold the clustered Tables and the number of blocks that it must traverse for a SQL query. Chapter 22 3 Heading 1 561 The following sections discuss the following guidelines to help you determine which tables you should cluster: 3 Selecting candidate cluster Tables 3 Identifying the cluster Key 3 Optimizing the cluster Index 3 Using the PCTFREE and PCTUSED parameters 3 Using the SIZE parameter 3 Using the TABLESPACE parameter Selecting candidate cluster Tables To identify candidate Tables that should be created in a cluster, look for Tables: 1. Related via referential integrity Constraints 2. Joined together in SELECT statements Oracle8 stores all rows sharing the same cluster Key in the same data block. Thus, clustering Tables based on Columns used in joins reduces the number of data blocks you must scan to process the query — all rows needed for a join on a cluster Key are in the same data block. This reduction improves the performance on join queries. Single Tables that you do not access via SQL joins can also be good candidates for creation in a cluster. This creation is advantageous if a Table is queried predominately by a particular Column. For example, if the STUDENTS Table is queried department by department, the STUDENTS Table could be created in a cluster where the cluster Key would be the dept_id. Clusters do not affect application design because their format for storing Tables is transparent to the end User. Regardless, only Tables predominately queried using SQL SELECT statements that involve table joins should be created in clusters. Therefore, application developers should be aware of Tables created in clusters to monitor transactions types executed against the respective cluster Tables. Identifying the cluster Key The cluster Key is the Column or group of Columns that the cluster Tables have in common. You specify the cluster Key Columns when creating the cluster and every Table added to the cluster. Every Table created in the cluster must have a Column that matches the size and type of the Columns specified in the cluster Key. The actual Column names of each Table do not have to match. The maximum number of Columns available in a cluster Key is 16, with a maximum length of 239 bytes. Thus, cluster Keys cannot include Columns that include the LONG or LONG RAW datatypes. 562 Chapter 22 3 Oracle8 Clusters Cluster Keys should contain unique values allowing their respective Rows to fill approximately one data block. If you choose cluster Keys incorrectly, only a few rows per cluster Key are stored in a data block. This situation wastes space and causes queries to scan unnecessary data blocks. Data contained in cluster Tables can be inserted, updated, and deleted. The placement of data depends on the cluster Key, however. Changing the cluster Key of a row in an UPDATE operation may cause Oracle8 to physically relocate the row. Therefore, frequently updated Columns are not good candidates for the cluster Key. Optimizing the cluster Index You must create a cluster Index before you can execute any SQL DML statements against any clustered Tables. Thus, clustered Tables cannot be populated without a cluster Index. A cluster Index must be created on the cluster Key Columns after you have created a cluster. Defined specifically for clusters, a cluster Index contains an entry for each cluster Key value. Use the cluster Index to point to the data block that contains a cluster row based on a cluster Key value. You can place cluster Indexes in clusters that are not Indexed. Note Oracle assesses a given row with a minimum of two I/Os, depending on the number of levels traversed in the Index. Cluster Indexes differ from nonclustered Indexes in the following ways: 3 They can contain Keys with a NULL value. 3 The cluster Indexes point to the first data block in the chain for a given cluster Key value. 3 A cluster Index contains one entry per cluster Key value, rather than one entry per cluster row. Caution If you drop a cluster Index, data in the cluster remains but is inaccessible. Oracle8 only permits access to the cluster data after another cluster Index is created based on the cluster Key values. Suppose you want to move an Index to another Tablespace or alter its storage requirements. These actions require you to drop and re-create a cluster Index. The cluster's data is not available after you drop the cluster Index, but becomes available again after you re-create the cluster Index. Using the PCTFREE and PCTUSED parameters Use the PCTFREE and PCTUSED parameters specified in the CREATE CLUSTER command to optimize space utilization. These parameters also optimize the amount of space reserved for updates to the current rows in a data block of a cluster's data segment. Chapter 22 3 Clusters 563 Note PCTFREE and PCTUSED parameters set for Tables created in a cluster are ignored because cluster Tables automatically use the settings for the cluster in which they are created. Using the SIZE parameter The SIZE parameter in the CREATE CLUSTER command specifies the average amount of space required to store all rows for a cluster Key value. Use the SIZE parameter to optimize the number of cluster Keys that can fit in a cluster data block. This optimization maximizes the storage efficiency of Keys within a cluster. The maximum number of cluster Key values per data block is fixed by the SIZE parameter. Actually, Oracle8 does not reserve space for each cluster Key value or guarantee the number of cluster Keys you can assign to a block. Example For example, if each data block has 2100 bytes of available space and the specified cluster Key size is 600 bytes, each data block can potentially hold rows for three cluster Keys. If the SIZE parameter is greater than the amount of available space per data block, each data block contains Rows for only one cluster Key value. If the cluster Key rows grow and no longer fit in one data block, the cluster Key data rows flow onto other data blocks in the cluster. This overflow causes the data blocks to chain together. The cluster Index points to the beginning of the chain of the data blocks, each of which contains the cluster Key value and the associated rows. This chaining action speeds data access to all values within the given cluster Key. For example, if the SIZE parameter determines that four cluster Key values are allowed per data block, this limitation does not prevent rows for one cluster Key Value from taking up all available space in the block. If more rows exist for a given Key than can fit in a single block, the block is chained. Note A cluster Key value is only stored once in a data block. Using the TABLESPACE parameter Use the TABLESPACE parameter in the CREATE CLUSTER or CREATE INDEX statements to identify the Tablespace in which you wish to store the new cluster or Index. Specifying a Tablespace allows the cluster and Index Schema Objects to be created in different Tablespaces. If a cluster and its respective Index are created on two different Tablespaces stored on different physical devices, you can retrieve the cluster data and Index data simultaneously. 564 Chapter 22 3 Oracle8 Clusters Managing cluster Schema Objects Managing a cluster involves the modification and deletion of the following Oracle8 Schema Objects: 3 Clusters 3 Cluster Tables 3 Cluster Indexes You can manage cluster Schema Objects using the Oracle Schema Manager or by executing the code in the following section using SQL*Plus or Oracle SQL Worksheet. Altering clusters One of the following conditions must exist to alter a cluster: you must have the ALTER ANY CLUSTER system privilege or the cluster must exist in your Schema. See Reference ALTER CLUSTER Section To alter a cluster, use the ALTER CLUSTER command. The syntax follows: ALTER CLUSTER Cluster Name {PCTUSED integer |PCTFREE integer |SIZE integer |INITRANS integer |MAXTRANS integer |STORAGE CLAUSE} Only the following cluster parameters can be altered using the ALTER CLUSTER command: 3 The PCTFREE and PCTUSED data block space usage parameters 3 The average cluster Key SIZE parameter 3 The INTRANS and MAXTRANS transaction entry settings 3 The storage parameters If you alter the PCTFREE and PCTUSED data block usage parameters or the cluster SIZE parameter, this alteration applies to all currently allocated and subsequently assigned data blocks used by the cluster. Chapter 22 3 Heading 1 565 Note Oracle8 recognizes altering data blocks already allocated for the cluster on an as needed basis, not immediately! When you alter the INITRANS or MAXTRANS transaction entry parameters of a cluster, the new setting for INITRANS applies only to the data blocks subsequently allocated for a cluster. Alternately, a new MAXTRANS value applies to all presently and subsequently allocated blocks for a cluster. The storage parameters INITIAL and MINEXTENTS cannot be altered. All new settings for the other storage parameters only affect extents subsequently allocated for the cluster. For example, the following SQL statement alters the PCTFREE and PCTUSED parameters for the student_dept cluster: ALTER CLUSTER student_dept PCTFREE 25 PCTUSED 65; Altering clustered Tables One of the following conditions must exist to alter a clustered Table: you must have the ALTER ANY TABLE system privilege or the clustered Table must exist in your Schema. Use the ALTER TABLE command to alter clustered Tables. Only the following SQL operations can be executed with the ALTER TABLE command for clustered Tables: 3 Create or modify cluster Table Columns 3 Create, drop, enable, or disable integrity Constraints or Triggers for a clustered Table You cannot use data block-related parameters, transaction entry parameters, or storage parameters in conjunction with the ALTER TABLE statement for a clustered Table. Oracle8 uses the parameters of the cluster to apply to all clustered Tables. Use the standard ALTER INDEX SQL command to alter cluster Indexes. Dropping clusters One of the following conditions must exist to drop a cluster: you must have the DROP ANY CLUSTER system privilege or the cluster must exist in your Schema. The following syntax drops a cluster: DROP CLUSTER Cluster Name 566 Chapter 22 3 Oracle8 Clusters For example, the following SQL statement drops the student_dept cluster: DROP CLUSTER student_dept; When a cluster is dropped, the following Schema Objects are also dropped: 3 Tables within the respective cluster 3 The corresponding cluster Index All extents belonging to both the cluster's data segment and Index segment are returned to the containing Tablespace. They immediately become available for other segments within the Tablespace to occupy. Dropping clustered Tables One of the following conditions must exist to drop a clustered Table: your Schema must contain the cluster or you must have the DROP ANY TABLE system privilege. Clustered Tables can be dropped individually without affecting the actual cluster, other clustered Tables, or even cluster Indexes. Note A clustered Table is dropped like a nonclustered Table by using the DROP TABLE command. For example, the following syntax drops the STUDENTS Table from the student_dept cluster: DROP TABLE students; While dropping a clustered Table, Oracle8 deletes each row individually. To avoid this time-consuming task, drop the entire cluster with the INCLUDING TABLES option. For example: DROP CLUSTER student_dept INCLUDING TABLES; Note If you do not use the INCLUDING TABLES option when the cluster contains Tables, Oracle8 returns an error message to the end User. Dropping cluster Indexes A cluster Index can be dropped without affecting the cluster or its clustered Tables. Dropping a cluster Index immediately marks the cluster as inaccessible. To enable end Users to access the cluster, You must re-create the cluster Index. Cluster Indexes are dropped as part of a Procedure to rebuild the fragmented cluster Indexes. To drop a cluster without Tables and its respective cluster Index, use the SQL command DROP CLUSTER. For example: DROP CLUSTER student_dept; Chapter 22 3 Clusters 567 If one or more Tables in a cluster contain Primary or Unique Keys referenced by Foreign Key Constraints of Tables outside the cluster, the cluster cannot be dropped unless the dependent FOREIGN KEY Constraints are dropped first. Remove FOREIGN KEY dependencies by using the following CASCADE CONSTRAINTS option of the DROP CLUSTER command: DROP CLUSTER student_dept INCLUDING TABLE CASCADE CONSTRAINTS Gathering information on clusters Use the following Data Dictionary views to gather statistics on clusters in your Schema: 3 USER_CLUSTERS 3 USER_CLU_COLUMNS You can also use the ANALYZE command to collect statistics about clusters. The cluster must be in your own Schema or you must have the ANALYZE ANY system privilege to use the ANALYZE command. Use the ANALYZE command to: 3 Collect statistics about clusters used by the Optimizer and store the results in the Oracle8 Data Dictionary. 3 Validate the structure of the cluster Schema Object. 3 Identify migrated and chained rows of a cluster into a Table local to your Schema. The general syntax for using the ANALYZE command follows: ANALYZE CLUSTER Cluster Name {COMPUTE STATISTICS |ESTIMATE STATISTICS |DELETE STATISTICS |VALIDATE REF UPDATE |VALIDATE STRUCTURE |LIST Chained ROW INTO Table Name} For example, the following statement computes statistics for the STUDENTS Table and its respective Indexes in the cluster STUDENT_DEPT: 568 Chapter 22 3 Oracle8 Clusters ANALYZE TABLE STUDENTS COMPUTE STATISTICS; View the actual results of this operation using the USER_CLUSTERS and USER_CLU_COLUMNS Data Dictionary views. Summary Striving to optimize storage allocation for Tables, Oracle8 provides technique of clustering to the DBA . An Oracle8 cluster can be thought of as a container that stores Tables sharing the same Primary Key. Clustered Tables, are stored on the same data block, with their respective storage format transparent to the User. The following key points summarize this chapter: 3 Oracle8 can cluster Tables and their respective Indexes. 3 Two types of Table clustering techniques can be implemented: Clusters based on a cluster Key (Primary Key) and clusters based on a hash function. 3 Cluster Keys are only stored once. 3 Clustering, if implemented correctly, can reduce disk I/O for queries that involve complex joins. 3 A cluster index must be created before any data can be loaded into any cluster Table. 3 Only use hash clusters on Tables where the queries use equality operators and the Tables are relatively static in size. 3 Upon creation, the storage parameters can be used to optimize the storage allocation and performance of the clusters. 3 3 3
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You seem to think that everyone who's ever heard of David believes everything he says.
I was at Wembley last month to see him. An interesting part for me was during the intervals when I'd roam the halls listening to people talking. Those who were new to this scene were saying "a lot of this makes sense". Those old to the scene (like myself) were sharing things they had found which were confirming or denying what he was saying.
I didn't meet a single person that day who believed 100% of everything he was saying. What I did hear were people talking about further researching what he says or finding connections to what they know.
As I've already said I believe around half of what he says to be true. I believe it because I researched it. There were many others at Wembley who felt the same.
You've debunked one thing, I've debunked (in my research) half of what he says. The difference is I don't go around making videos of it because I keep an open mind to all possibilities regardless of what I "think" I know.
Anyone who has gone through the ridicule he has but still kept on that same path has my respect.
I will say this again as well... most of what he believes in is available for free via videos, posts etc. You don't have to pay a single dime to find out what he believes in. You only need to pay if you want a deeper understanding of how he came to those conclusions. That's hardly the biggest money making way of doing things if that's what his main objective is.
Ok, give me only half your stuff. lol.
All jokes aside, if you have debunked half of his shit, isn't that a sign that he's full of shit?!?
Anyone can throw a bunch of shit at a wall with some sticking. I'm not by any means 'closed minded' but this guy Icke, is one of the main reasons that legitimate people and legitimate theories get laughed at or treated so bad cause this guy Icke is in the public eye so much, people instantly associate this fruitcake with the good people. He doesn't do anyone any favors as he has no brain to mouth filter.
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Shallow or Deep?
Should Gardenias be planted in shallow or deep containers?
New 'denias are in 4" round, 1 4" square pots. Roots are growing out of drainage holes, so guess it's time for new homes..
If anyone knows which pots are better, please let me know. Thanks, Toni
Hi Tony,
I don't think the shape of the container really matters, just the size for the roots.
THey like to be slightly potbound though.
You have to repot them anyway, and now is the perfect time.
See the link below.
Very informative.
Good Luck with your new babies, we just can't help ourselves can we when we see those beautiful plants. (my favorite).
Here is a link that might be useful: interesting info on gardenia babies
Hi Butterfly..thanks for the link.
The reason I asked about pot sizes is, while looking for Azalea pots, a seller had gardenia pots. At the time I didn't think twice, but after getting new 'denias considered buying them. The problem is I can't find the seller..lol..
I guess any pot will do..thanks, Toni
Hi toni.
I have seen your plants and they are remarkable!
I also saw you were growing them in tall containers. Now the questions...lol
Why do you use tall containers like them, especially for your citrus?
Does it take alot longer for the lowere roots to dry out?
How do you know when to water your plants in deep containers as such?
Here comes the biggest question of all....
How in the world do you keep the wind from toppling them over?...
I have these type of containers I ordered a couple of years ago, and I havn't used them yet. They are still in my cellar. I have been afraid that I will not let the soil dry out properly in such shallow containers.....
Thanks toni!:-)
LOL Mike..First, thanks. My plants are nice, but they have their problems too. Especially in winter..I thank God insects haven't attacked..As you know, I spray w/my home-made insecticide, which, is probably one reason insects steer clear..they come near a plant, take a whiff, and go elsewhere, or they're in BIG trouble..lol.
Why do I use tall containers?
I think you're talking about citrus, right? Okay, as you know, there were two nurseries in Fl my citrus were purchased. They shipped in, tall square pots, called Tree Pots. To be honest, I prefer round, but since roots adapted to square, I 'assumed' they'd needed potting in containers that were the same shape. Square.
When I looked for tree pots, the only pot supply store that sold large pots were square. They also had a round pot, but it was huge and expensive. Since I believe in potting 1-2 sizes up instead of 5 sizes larger, I decided to order the square tree pots until trees needed larger..when this happens, I'm going to order a few bigger, round tree pots a little at a time. This spring, each citrus will be unpotted, inspected, and planted in fresh soil.
Does it take a lot longer for the lower roots to dry out?
Nope. When I mix soil and other mediums, it's well-draining. In fact, each tree needs a lot of water cause it seeps through soil. Despite what some believe, when citrus get fresh soil this year, more black soil will be added. I don't want soil to stay wet, but don't want it to dry soon after a drink either.
How do you know when to water plants....
I just do..lol. Mike, there's so many ways to test. Lifting a pot for weight is one way..when I pick up a pot and it feels almost weightless, it needs water. In winter, they get much less water and no fertilizer, spring and summer, they get watered every couple days..enough water it seeps out of drainage holes. When containers are heavier to lift, I know roots are wet.
How do you keep wind....
I can't..pots tip over easily..that's one reason I can't wait to change to round pots, and a bit heavier soil. There are times I go outside, pick up the same plant, as many as 8 times in an afternoon..it's a pain in the behind. lol. Soil spills. Plants are grouped together, like solders standing guard. lol. But honestly, they need round pots. Square tree pots are okay to start out, but as tree matures, and placed outside, they no longer work.
If anyone knows of a pot supply store that sells tree pots at reasonable prices, please let me know. TIA
Mike, think I answered all your questions..All I know is, can't wait till spring, when it's warm enough for plants to go outdoors..sun, fresh air and humdidity..Heavens Rain. Sprinkling with a hose. Gotta love summer. I am sooo envious of those who live in warm, humid areas. lol. Plants in the ground, year round. Oh well, maybe in my next life..lol..hugs to all, Toni
Wow toni...
Where the heck have I been? I was so sick..
Sick of winter too. Today it hit over 60 for the first time.But still lots of winter.
Thanks so much for all your info. I really appreciate all you share.
I wish you sucess on your new babies..
I just picked up 2 more over the weekend again..lol
Butterfly4u, very informative...Thanks for that.
We will chat later...I guess I will keep my round pots then. lol
I thought they were the magic to your beautiful plants toni.:-)
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Inside the NBA finalists' social media games.
In the social media arena, Miami Heat has a distinct home court advantage over its NBA Finals opponent Dallas Mavericks. Going into tonight's first matchup of a potential seven-game series, the Heat has the audience muscle while the Mavs' marketing staffers may be more prolific.
Miami has 2.9 million fans on Facebook while Dallas has 655,700. Since winning the Eastern Conference on May 24, the Heat has authored 11 posts that have produced 82,800 "like" button taps below the messages. It's an average of 7,500 "likes" per post. And 11,900 fans have posted their own comments below the 11 messages.
Not surprisingly, the Heat's post right after the team advanced to the Finals garnered the most engagement, including 29,300 "likes" and 5,200 comments. Three of Miami's recent posts have pitched Finals tickets, while two offered Eastern Conference Champions t-shirts.
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Despite its smaller Facebook audience, Dallas has the Heat beat when it comes to output. The Mavs have posted 25 messages since winning the Western Conference on May 26. Those posts have reaped 19,000 "like" clicks, averaging 760 per message, while drawing nearly 4,100 comments by the fans.
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On Twitter, Miami has nearly 200,000 followers compared to 70,000 for the Mavs. The Heat has authored 25 tweets since advancing to the Finals; three were dedicated to ticket sales while another pitched the new t-shirt. Here's a sample tweet from May 28: "South Florida twHEAT fans, stock up on ur @NBA Finals wardrobe this wknd @ Miami Hoops Gear @AAarena! Open 10am-4pm now thru Monday!"
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April 2, 2015
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A lawsuit against a Tennessee family that sent an adopted young boy back to Russia has been scheduled for trial early next year.
A motions hearing scheduled for Oct. 27, however, could end the litigation, according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.
An adoption agency, the World Association for Children and Parents, filed the lawsuit after Nancy Hansen put then- 7-year-old Artyom Savelyev alone on an airline flight to Moscow. She sent with him a note from her daughter and Artyom's adoptive mother, Torry Hansen, which said the boy was violent and she no longer wanted to keep him.
The act sparked international outrage.
Attorneys for the Renton, Wash.-based adoption agency said they filed the lawsuit because no one was investigating claims that the Hansens abandoned and endangered the child.
Documents in the case remain under seal.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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