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The Importance Of Student Control Of Learning, Especially For Working Adults
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When giving keynotes at conferences over the past two years, I have observed that some of the best non-verbal feedback occurs when pointing out that personalized and adaptive learning does not equal black-box algorithms choosing content for students. Yes, there are plenty of approaches pitching that solution (Knewton in its early state being the best-known if not most-current example), but there are other approaches designed to give faculty or instructional designers control over learning paths or even to give students control. There seems to be a sense of relief, particularly from faculty members, when discussing the latter approach.
In the Empire State College case study on e-Literate TV, I found the conversation Michael had with [faculty member] Maya Richardson to be a great example of not just giving faculty insight into student learning but also giving students control over their own learning. As Maya explains, this is particularly important for the working adult population going back to school. The software used in this pedagogical approach is CogBooks.
Michael Feldstein:While so-called personalized learning programs are sometimes criticized for moving students lockstep through a linear process, Maya emphasizes the choice and control that students have regarding how they go through the content.
Maya Richardson:What it is—it's a concept mapping, so they take concepts here, concepts here, and then there's a split-off, and those concepts then split off and then split off and split off. And then, depending on the student, now students can go, "OK, I understood that concept. I already know that concept, so I don't need to go to that one right now. I can skip and go here." This is where the individualized and personalized learning comes in—like a smorgasbord, you pick and choose what you want to learn.
And then you come in; you do the discussion, and you either have more to add to it and a greater enrichment of the experience for yourself but also for your classmates. Then there are those who go, "OK, I need to go through each one of these, step by step, and learn each one, and then move down to learning these and then these and then these and then these," and then at the end, they've gotten so much more out of it.
Maya then goes on to describe her visibility enabled by this pedagogical approach – not just of which concepts the student has mastered but also the learning process and choices that the student makes.
Maya Richardson:It's that kind of opportunity that I can now watch and go, "OK, so you're the kind of learner that I can just basically let you go and do what you need to do. I am not going to be interrupting your learning path because you have a very positive learning path. I can watch you do this. "It's a great pattern. You're going for it," and I'm just going, "Wonderful. Just come in, do the discussion, do your test," and I'm like, "A-student, perfect, great, way to go." Then I see the ones that sort of the sporadic. They come in, they touch and go, and I go, "OK, let me see how you're doing."
There's a lot more in this conversation, but I want to skip ahead a minute or so in the conversation to this key point about student control, or agency.
Michael Feldstein:Maya and her colleagues are thoughtful about how this kind of software fits with the holistic approach that ESC takes towards education.
Maya Richardson:The personalized learning part of it is taking ownership. I think it motivates. As an adult learner, it's really important to find that you have some control over—when I go in, I know what I want to learn. I hope I know what I want to learn, and I hope I learn it at the end.
There are disciplines and contexts where adaptive algorithms choosing appropriate content makes sense, but I find that too often this is the assumption for all of personalized learning. This example from Empire State College illuminates the growing importance of student control, especially for the growing working adult populations.
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OTN Virtual Technology Summit – Spotlight on Operating Systems, Virtualization Technologies and Hardware
The Virtual Technology Summit is a series of interactive online events with hands-on sessions and presenters answering technical questions. The events are sponsored by the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). These are free events but you must register.
Operating Systems, Virtualization Technologies and Hardware Sessions:
Designing a Multi-Layered Security Strategy - Security is a concern of every IT manager and it is clear that perimeter defense, trying to keep hackers out of your network, is not enough. At some point someone with bad intentions will penetrate your network and to prevent significant damage it is necessary to make sure there are multiple layers of defense. Hear about Oracle's defense in depth for data centers including some new and unique security features built into the new SPARC M7 processor.
How to Increase Application Security & Reliability with Software in Silicon Technology - Learn about Software in Silicon Application Data Integrity (ADI) and how you can use this revolutionary technology to catch memory access errors in production code. Also explore key features for developers that make it easy and simple to create secure and reliable high performance applications.
Eliminate Cloud Security Threats with Oracle Systems - Learn and understand about the security threats to your public and private cloud and gain insight into how the Oracle Security Architecture helps reduce risk. This webcast will provide detailed information on the top 20 cloud security threats and how different parts of the Oracle systems stack help eliminate each threat.
Become a member of the OTN Community: Register here to start participating in our online community. Share your expertise with other community members!
NEW REWARDS! If you attend this virtual technology summit and are a member of the Oracle Technology Network Community you will earn 150 points towards our new Rewards and Recognition program (use the same email for both). Read all about it in our FAQ: Oracle Community – Rewards & Recognition FAQ.
Lots of OAUX Updates
While I spent June wrapping up conference season at OHUG and Kscope, Ultan (@ultan), Misha (@mishavaughan) and company (@usableapps) have been busily publishing content.
This here is a wrap-up of that content, but let's be honest. If you like OAUX content, you really should follow the official blogs of OAUX: Usable Apps in the Cloud, VoX, user experience assistance: cloud design & development.
Oh and follow @usableapps too. That's done, so let's get recapping.
Strategy Anyone?
Over on VoX, you can read all about Oracle's Cloud Application user experience strategy in three short posts.
In the first part, read about how we apply Simplicity, Mobility, Extensibility to Cloud Applications. In part two, read about big-picture innovation and how it drives our Glance, Scan, Commit design philosophy. Finally, in the big finish, read about how we ap
As a bonus, our team, our projects and our strategic approach to emerging technologies are mentioned in each post. So, yay us.
More Apple Watch
You've read our takes, and Ultan's, on the Apple Watch, and now our GVP, Jeremy Ashley (@jrwashley) has shared his impressions. Good stuff in there, check it out if you're looking for reasons to buy a smartwatch.
Not convinced of the value? Longtime friend of the 'Lab, David Haimes (@dhaimes) might have what you need to go from cynic to believer.
We Heart APIs
Channeling his inner Mark (@mvilrokx), Ultan has a two-minute tech tip for Bob Rhubart of OTN (@OTNArchbeat) about APIs, how valuable they are, and how good ones make all the difference.
We love us some APIs, especially the good ones. Developers are users too.
Speaking of APIs and developers, check out two videos that tie developer use cases with PaaS4SaaS.
Big Finish, ERP Cloud and Cake
And finally, let's finish with some ERP Cloud goodness, a post on UX, ROI and cake and a post on cake starring David.
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Oracle Process Cloud Service - SOAP Web Service Integration
Oracle Process Cloud (https://cloud.oracle.com/process) allows to invoke SOAP services, along with REST services. You can define a library of SOAP services in Oracle Process Cloud application and use them within the process. This helps to integrate with business logic running on premise.
I have implemented regular SOAP service in ADF BC, just to test how it works to invoke it from Process Cloud:
SOAP service method accepts employee ID and checks the status. ADF BC application is deployed on standalone WLS. Make sure to select correct deployment profile, when deploying ADF BC with SOAP on standalone server, otherwise SOAP service reference will be missing in deployed application. You should use ADF BC service deployment profile:
Once SOAP service is deployed, you can access WSDL file through Enterprise Manager. Oracle Process Cloud currently doesn't support direct SOAP references, instead you must provide WSDL file copy for Web Service registration:
Download WSDL file from URL (here is the sample WSDL, I was using for my test - HrModuleService.wsdl). This is how it looks like, it contains SOAP service description:
Here you can see Oracle Process Cloud interface. It looks quite user friendly and functional, this is what I like about it. On the left side, there is menu with different objects - Processes, Web Forms, Web Services, etc.:
To add new SOAP service reference is fairly easy, provide a name and upload WSDL file:
Once service is registered, we can go to the process diagram and select Service component from the palette:
Drag and drop it on the diagram, Implementation section will be opened, where you should specify SOAP service reference to be invoked:
Select Service Call from the list, this allows to invoke SOAP Web Service:
Once option for Service Call will be selected, you will be able to select Web Service reference. I have defined only one service, it is listed in the popup - select it:
Operation field is listing all available methods from the service, select one of the operations to be invoked:
Data associations are available to define correct mapping for the input/output values for the SOAP Web Service call, this can be done through Process Cloud composer window:
If you are interested in Human Task UI implementation in Oracle Process Cloud, read my previous post about REST service integration: Oracle Process Cloud Service - Consuming ADF BC REST Service in Web Form.
Oracle Announces Plans for Visual Studio 2015 Support
Oracle plans to offer a new version of the Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. This new version is planned to be available within one month of Visual Studio 2015's Release to Manufacturing (RTM) date. As with earlier releases of Visual Studio, Oracle has partnered closely with Microsoft as part of the Visual Studio Industry Partner Program to make this release possible. Keep an eye on the OTN .NET Developer Center or follow us on Twitter for the upcoming release announcements.
CBO series
Update 9th July 2015: part 4 now published.
I've changed the catalogue from a post to a page so that it gets a static address: https://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/cbo-series/
I'll leave this posting here for a while, but will probably remember to remove it some time in the future.
Pythian Introduces Cassandra Consulting & Operational Support
Over the past ten years, the technology industry has begun to adopt a whole new way of thinking about the database and data storage. This is largely the result of the fast moving, high-volume and non-traditional types of data that are being generated to support both internal business processes and real-time web applications. Using a NoSQL database enables businesses to quickly and cost-effectively process large amounts of data, whether the data is hosted in the enterprise or on the cloud.
Pythian's new Cassandra services address the needs of customers deploying Apache Cassandra. Pythian offers highly knowledgeable and experienced Cassandra experts who can guide you to success with your Cassandra deployment by filling critical skills and capacity gaps, getting your Cassandra instance up and running quickly, and ensuring that it performs optimally as you move forward.
If you're thinking of implementing Cassandra, or already have, watch our webinar, Getting Started With Cassandra, which covers key topics for starting out, such as when you should use Cassandra, potential challenges, real world Cassandra applications and benefits, and more.
Learn more about Pythian's Cassandra Services.
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Enterprise Software's Life Lessons
Well, I ain't always right but I've never been wrong.
Seldom turns out the way it does in a song.
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
- From Jerry Garcia's "Scarlet Begonias"
Somebody asked the other day what I've learned from from 25-plus years of working with, implementing, and developing enterprise software applications. Kind of a life's lessons thing. A pretty innocent question, but one that got me thinking. And the more I thought, the longer the list became. I've been shown the light several times, usually in the strangest places and when I least expected it. So the list grew to the point that I thought it might be worth sharing. The list is not organized into subject areas, importance, thought streams, or sand piles. I just wrote 'em down as I thought of them.
One caveat: you may get the impression that my perspective here is a little negative...dark even. Nothing could be further from the truth. I love my job, I love being in this industry, and I love what I do and who I do it with...every day. But, like much of what we learn, most of these ideas came from painful experiences. I just wrote 'em the way I learned 'em.
So, without further delay:
Keep your Database Tidy – making sure a file exists before DBMS_DATAPUMP makes a mess
There are times when I wonder whether DBMS_DATAPUMP isn't modelled on your average teenager's bedroom floor.
For what follows, I'll be using the DATA_PUMP_DIR directory object. To check where this is pointing to…
select directory_path from dba_directories where directory_name = 'DATA_PUMP_DIR' / DIRECTORY_PATH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/
The owner of the functions I'll be creating will need to have READ privileges granted directly to them on this directory…
select privilege from user_tab_privs where table_name = 'DATA_PUMP_DIR' / PRIVILEGE ---------------------------------------- READ SQL>
If the user does not have this privilege then you can grant it ( connecting as sysdba) with the following :
grant read on directory data_pump_dir to user /
…where user is the name of the schema in which you are going to create the function.
Now to create a file in this directory so that we can test for it's existence…
sudo su oracle [sudo] password for mike: touch /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/test.txt ls -l /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jul 3 18:08 /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/test.txt
In order to check for the existence of this file from within PL/SQL, we have a couple of options…UTL_FILE
The UTL_FILE.FGETATTR procedure retrieves details of a file, including whether or not it exists…
set serveroutput on size unlimited declare l_filename varchar2(4000) := 'test.txt'; l_exists boolean; l_length number; l_bsize number; begin utl_file.fgetattr ( location => 'DATA_PUMP_DIR', filename => l_filename, fexists => l_exists, file_length => l_length, block_size => l_bsize ); if l_exists then dbms_output.put_line( l_filename ||' exists in DATA_PUMP_DIR : '); dbms_output.put_line( 'Length : '||l_length); dbms_output.put_line( 'Block Size : '||l_bsize); else dbms_output.put_line('File does not exist in DATA_PUMP_DIR'); end if; end; /
Run this and we get :
test.txt exists in DATA_PUMP_DIR : Length : 0 Block Size : 4096 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
That's handy. Let's put it into a function…
create or replace function file_exists_fn ( i_dir in all_directories.directory_name%type, i_filename in varchar2 ) return varchar2 is l_exists boolean; l_length number; l_block_size number; l_return varchar2(4000); begin utl_file.fgetattr ( location => upper(i_dir), filename => i_filename, fexists => l_exists, file_length => l_length, block_size => l_block_size ); if l_exists then l_return := i_filename||' in '||upper(i_dir)||' - Length : '||l_length||' - Block Size : '||l_block_size; else l_return := i_filename||' does not exist in '||upper(i_dir); end if; return l_return; end; /
Now let's see what happens with a Symbolic Link…
touch /home/mike/symlink.txt sudo su oracle [sudo] password for mike: ln -s /home/mike/symlink.txt /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/symlink.txt ls -l /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/symlink.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 22 Jul 3 18:29 /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/symlink.txt -> /home/mike/symlink.txt
If we now call our function to fine symlink.txt in DATA_PUMP_DIR…
select file_exists_fn('DATA_PUMP_DIR', 'symlink.txt') from dual / FILE_EXISTS_FN('DATA_PUMP_DIR','SYMLINK.TXT') -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- symlink.txt does not exist in DATA_PUMP_DIR SQL>
It is at this point that I realise that I really should have read the manual, which states that, for UTL_FILE : "neither hard nor symbolic links are supported."
So, if we're to handle links, a different approach is required…The DBMS_LOB approach
The DBMS_LOB has a FILEEXISTS function which looks like it could come in handy here…
set serveroutput on size unlimited declare l_filename varchar2(4000) := 'symlink.txt'; l_loc bfile; begin l_loc := bfilename('DATA_PUMP_DIR', l_filename); if dbms_lob.fileexists(l_loc) = 1 then dbms_output.put_line( l_filename||' exists'); else dbms_output.put_l1ine('File not found'); end if; end; / symlink.txt exists PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
That's better. After amending the function…
create or replace function file_exists_fn ( i_dir in all_directories.directory_name%type, i_filename in varchar2 ) return varchar2 is l_loc bfile; l_return varchar2(4000); begin l_loc := bfilename(upper(i_dir), i_filename); if dbms_lob.fileexists(l_loc) = 1 then l_return := i_filename||' exists in '||upper(i_dir); else l_return := 'File '||i_filename||' not found'; end if; return l_return; end; /
…we can see that this also works just fine for conventional files…
select file_exists_fn('DATA_PUMP_DIR', 'test.txt') from dual / FILE_EXISTS_FN('DATA_PUMP_DIR','TEST.TXT') -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- test.txt exists in DATA_PUMP_DIR SQL>
Let's check that is works for hard links as well…
touch /home/mike/hardlink.txt chmod a+rw /home/mike/hardlink.txt sudo su oracle [sudo] password for mike: cd /u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/dpdump/ ln /home/mike/hardlink.txt hardlink.txt ls -l hardlink.txt -rw-rw-rw- 2 mike mike 0 Jul 3 18:50 hardlink.txt
And the test….
select file_exists_fn('DATA_PUMP_DIR', 'hardlink.txt') from dual / FILE_EXISTS_FN('DATA_PUMP_DIR','HARDLINK.TXT') -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hardlink.txt exists in DATA_PUMP_DIR SQL>
So, if you want to minimise the prospect of muttering "I'm not your mother, you know!" to your database, then the DBMS_LOB approach would seem to be the way to go.
Filed under: Linux, Oracle, PL/SQL Tagged: dbms_lob.fileexists, hard link, symbolic link, utl_file.fgetattr
Kscope15 Impressions
As per Jake's post, we got to spend a few days in Florida to support the Scavenger Hunt that we created for the Kscope15 conference. Since it ran pretty smoothly, we were able to attend a few sessions and mingle with the attendees and speakers, here are my impressions of the event.
This was my first time at Kscope. Jake hyped it up as a not-to-miss conference for Oracle developers and despite my high expectations of the event, it did not disappoint. The actual conference started Sunday but we arrived Saturday to setup everything for the Scavenger Hunt, dot a few i's and cross some t's.
We also ran a quick training session for the organizers helping with the administration of the Scavenger Hunt and later that night started with actually registering players for the hunt. We signed up about 100 people on the first evening. Registration continued Sunday morning and we picked up about 50 more players for a grand total of 150, not bad for our first Scavenger Hunt.
The number of sessions was a bit overwhelming so I decided to focus on the Database Development and the Application Express track and picked a few session from those tracks. The first one I attended was called "JSON and Oracle: A Powerful Combination" where Dan McGhan (@dmcghan) from Oracle, explained how to produce JSON from data in an Oracle Database, how to consume JSON in the Oracle Database and even how to use it in queries.
It turns out that Oracle 220.127.116.11 has some new, really cool features to work with JSON so be sure to check those out. Interestingly, our Scavenger Hunt backend is using some of these techniques, and we got some great tips from Dan on how to improve what we were doing. So thanks for that Dan!
Next I went to "A Primer on Web Components in APEX" presented by my countryman Dimitri Gielis (@dgielis). In this session, Dimitri demonstrated how you can easily integrate Web Components into an APEX application. He showed an impressive demo of a camera component that took a picture right from the web application and stored it on the database. He also demoed a component that integrated voice control into an APEX application, this allowed him to "ask" the database for a row and it would retrieve that row and show it on the screen, very cool stuff.
That night also featured the infamous "APEX Open Mic" where anybody can walk up to the mic and get five minutes to show off what they've built with APEX, no judging, no winners or losers, just sharing with the community, and I must say, some really impressive applications where shown, not the least of which one by Ed Jones (@edhjones) from Oracle, who managed to create a Minecraft-like game based on Oracle Social Network (OSN) data where treasure chests in the game represent OSN conversations. Opening the chest opens the conversation in OSN. Be sure to check out his video!
The next day, I attend two more sessions, one by our very own Noel Portugal (@noelportugal) and our Group Vice President, Jeremy Ashley (@jrwashley), I am sure they will tell you all about this through this channel or another so I am leaving that one for them.
The other session was called "An Introduction to JavaScript Apps on the Oracle Database," presented by Dan McGhan. Dan demonstrated how you can use Node.js to enhance your APEX application with among other things, WebSocket functionality, something not natively offered by APEX. Here I also learned that Oracle 12c has a feature that allows you to "listen" for particular changes in the database and then broadcast these changes to interested parties (Node.js and then WebSockets in this case), this is for sure something that we are going to be using in the future in some of our demos.
The 3rd day was Hands-On day and I attend 2 more sessions , first "Intro to Oracle REST Data Services" by Kris Rice (@krisrice) from Oracle, and then "Soup-to-Nuts of Building APEX Applications" by David Peake (@orcl_dpeake) from Oracle.
In the first one we were introduced to ORDS, a feature in the Oracle DB that allows you to create REST services straight on top of the Database, no middle tier required! I've seen this before in MySQL, but I did not know you could also do this in an Oracle DB. Again this is a supper powerful feature that we will be using for sure in future projects.
The second, two-hour, session was a walk through of a full fledged APEX application from start to finish by the always entertaining David Peake. I must admit that by that time I was pretty much done, and I left the session half way through building my application. However, Raymond @yuhuaxie) managed to sit through the whole thing so maybe he can give some comments on this session.
All I can say is that APEX 5.0 was extremely easy to get started with and build a nice Web Application with.
And that was KScope15 in a nutshell for me. It was an awesome, exhausting experience, and I hope I can be there again in 2016.
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Don't call it test
There are quite a few names to avoid in your scripts. Even if there are not reserved-words, keep away !
I'll start with test
The problem is that it may break your other scripts
And it may break sooner or later, depending on your OS / version / default shell / default path / others.
There are quite a few filenames you should not use, like
Your sysadmin may also alias things for colors and safety in the common profile: for instance
So, What Kind of Person Are You?
It's my not-so-humble opinion that it takes a special kind of 'someone' to work in a successful and innovative collective such as Pythian. We're a diverse team of thought-leaders, technology forecasters, technical prodigies and individual contributors. When we look for people to join our global company we're looking for people who want to see that their work really matters…that they matter. We have truly discerning tastes when it comes to who gets to have "Pythian" in their email signature – you have to love data and value what it does for people.
Oh. And you have to like people (we're funny like that).
Our global team is brimming with top talent dedicated to building something larger than them. We haven't gotten this far by playing it safe. We play it smart. We're strategic. We have a vision to be the most trusted and admired technology services organization in the world….
….And we're looking for fantastic people to join us. In order to take your career to the next level at Pythian, you have to be able to:
Lend a hand – There are times when it's easier to allocate blame but in the end, the problem still exists. It may not be 'your fault' but it can become everyone's problem. In situations where there isn't a lot of time for advanced planning it's the people who take steps towards a solution that will make the greatest (and often most favorable) impact.
Play to your strengths – Maybe you're a whiz with numbers or an I.T. genius. Perhaps your level of organization is outstanding or you have incredible leadership skills. Play to what energizes you. Cultivate it, infuse your work with it and success will follow.
Lean into the unknown – Opportunity is often found in the things we never knew existed. Many of the talented people that I've come to know at Pythian can dive fearlessly into projects and own them. If they don't know how to do something, they learn it and they learn how to do it well. That's just the way it's done.
Embrace diversity – We believe that every employee that works with us is deserving of dignity and respect.
Be approachable –Typically there's a good mix of personalities in any successful company. While introverts seem to be at the helm of hands on I.T. work, extroverts also contribute significantly to getting things done. Regardless of which way your personality leans, always be approachable. A positive disposition is often contagious.
Put your best face forward – Remember that the skill and professionalism that you demonstrate every day will inevitably become your business card. Maya Angelou once said, "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Do you think you can picture yourself here? Discover more about what it's like to be part of the Pythian team. You just might be our kind of people!
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Possible Truncation Attack? logged in #em12c nodemanager.log file
Recently I've come across issues with restarting Oracle Enterprise Manager and seeing messages in the nodemanager.log. The message that I'm referring to is (followed by a java trace stack):
<Jul 2, 2015 11:46:11 PM> <WARNING> Uncaught exception in server handlerjavax.net.ssl.SSLException: Inbound closed before receiving peer's close_notify: possible truncation attack? javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Inbound closed before receiving peer's close_notify: possible truncation attack?
What is interesting about this message is the panic that may come over a person when they see the word "attack". The first time I saw this message, I was working on a client site and I was distressed because I was worried about an "attack" on EM. After some investigation, this message is a bit misleading. So, what was the cause of the message?
The "possible truncation attack" is due to the IP address of the host where the OMS runs changed. Here in my test environment, I recently upgraded my wireless router which effected my whole network. The router upgrade changed all the addresses on the network. When OEM was initially installed, the host had an address of 192.168.65.67 after the upgraded the addressed changed to 192.168.65.7. Not a big deal; how to fix though?
In the case of my test lab, I needed to change the /etc/hosts files to ensure that the correct IP address was picked up. In the enterprise, what needs to happen is your local DNS needs to be updated along as the /etc/hosts file. OEM upon start up will look at DNS then /etc/hosts when trying to resolve host to IP resolution. The order of preference can be changed in the /etc/resolv.conf as well.
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SQL vs. PL/SQL
Which piece of code will be faster (clue – the table in question has no indexes):
Option 1 – pure SQL
update join1 set data = data||'#' where key_1=500 and key_2=23851 and key_3=57012 and key_4=521 and key_6=1 and key_7=23352 ;
Option 2 – a silly PL/SQL row by row approach:
declare type rowid_type is table of urowid index by binary_integer; tab_rowid rowid_type; lv_rows_updated number :=0; cursor my_cursor is select rowid rid from join1 where key_1=500 and key_2=23851 and key_3=57012 and key_4=521 and key_6=1 and key_7=23352 ; begin open my_cursor; -- We know that the number of rows to be updated is very small fetch my_cursor bulk collect into tab_rowid limit 10000; forall lv_row in tab_rowid.first .. tab_rowid.last update join1 set data = data||'#' where rowid = tab_rowid(lv_row); lv_rows_updated := sql%rowcount; close my_cursor; end; /
It's a trick question, of course, and although the automatic response from any DBA-type is likely to be "the SQL", the correct answer is (as so often) "it depends".
This question appeared as a problem on the OTN database forum a few days ago. In it's original form it asked why a select statement should be much faster than a select for update or an update – even though the volume identified and updated was very small (just one row in 100M).The note then went on to show that using PL/SQL to select the rowids of the target rows then doing the bulk update by rowid was faster than the basic SQL update. The answer didn't spring to mind immediately; but fortunately someone asked for some run-time statistics (v$sesstat) and the supplied statistics told me what was going on.
Conveniently the OP gave us the code to recreate the test case – all 100M rows of it; I cut this back to 16M rows (ca. 1.5GB of disc space), and then ran the tests with ny db_cache_size set to 256MB (another clue). I got similar results to the OP – not so dramatic, but the PL/SQL ran faster than the SQL and the difference was due to an obvious change in the CPU usage.
If you haven't guess from the clue in the 256MB db_cache_size (which means the table is more than 5 times the size of the cache), the answer is "serial direct path reads". For a sufficiently large table (and that's not easy to define – start here and follow a few links) it's fairly common knowledge that from 11g a tablescan can use a serial direct path read, and that's what the PL/SQL was doing to select the required rowids. However, here's a detail that's not often mentioned: an update has to take place in public where everyone can see it so when Oracle executed the simple SQL update or select for update statement it had to scan the table through the buffer cache. Pulling all those blocks into the buffer cache, grabbing latches to link them to the right cache buffers chains, pinning them, then unpinning them uses a lot of CPU – which isn't needed for the direct path read. The PL/SQL with its pure select used far less CPU than the basic SQL with its update/select for update, and because the OP had a very high-powered machine with plenty of CPU and loads of (disc-)caching effects all over the place the difference in CPU time was exremely visible as a fraction of the total DB time.
This was, inevitably, a very special case where a little detail became a significant fraction of the workload. The OP scanned 100M rows to update 1 row (in 7 – 13 seconds!). This doesn't sound like a strategy you would normally want to adopt for frequent use; and for occasional use we might be happy to use the slower (13 second) approach to avoid the coding requirement of the fast (7 second) solution.Footnote:
It's worth pointing out that the PL/SQL strategy is not safe. In the few seconds between the select statement starting and the row being identified and updated by rowid it's possible that another session could have updated (or deleted) the row. In the former case the update statement is now updating a row which doesn't match the specification; in the latter case the code will raise an exception.
We can make the PL/SQL safer by including the original predicates in the update statement – but that still leaves the question of what the code should do if the select statement finds a row and the update fails to update it. Should it, perhaps, assume that there is still a row in the table that needs an update and re-run (using up all the time you saved by adopting a PL/SQL solution).
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A recent question on the OTN Forums Reg: Index – Gathering Statistics vs. Rebuild got me thinking on a scenario not unlike the one raised in the question where a newly populated index might immediately benefit from a coalesce. I've previously discussed some of the pertinent concepts such as how index rebuilds can make indexes bigger, not smaller […]
Transport Tablespace using RMAN Backupsets in #Oracle 12c
Using backupsets for Transportable Tablespaces reduces the volume of data you need to ship to the destination database. See how that works:
The tablespace is made READ ONLY before the new BACKUP FOR TRANSPORT command is done. At this point, you can also convert the platform and the endian format if required. Then on the destination site:
The FOREIGN keyword indicates that this doesn't use a backup taken at the destination. Practical example:
[oracle@uhesse ~]$ sqlplus sys/oracle@prima as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 188.8.131.52.0 Production on Mon Jul 6 08:36:30 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 188.8.131.52.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options SQL> select * from v$tablespace; TS# NAME INC BIG FLA ENC CON_ID ---------- ------------------------------ --- --- --- --- ---------- 0 SYSTEM YES NO YES 0 1 SYSAUX YES NO YES 0 2 UNDOTBS1 YES NO YES 0 3 TEMP NO NO YES 0 4 USERS YES NO YES 0 5 TBS1 YES NO YES 0 6 rows selected. SQL> select table_name,owner from dba_tables where tablespace_name='TBS1'; TABLE_NAME -------------------- OWNER -------------------- T ADAM SQL> alter tablespace tbs1 read only; Tablespace altered. SQL> exit Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 220.127.116.11.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options [oracle@uhesse ~]$ rman target sys/oracle@prima Recovery Manager: Release 126.96.36.199.0 - Production on Mon Jul 6 08:37:28 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. connected to target database: PRIMA (DBID=2113606181) RMAN> report schema; using target database control file instead of recovery catalog Report of database schema for database with db_unique_name PRIMA List of Permanent Datafiles =========================== File Size(MB) Tablespace RB segs Datafile Name ---- -------- -------------------- ------- ------------------------ 1 347 SYSTEM YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/system01.dbf 2 244 SYSAUX NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/sysaux01.dbf 3 241 UNDOTBS1 YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/undotbs01.dbf 4 602 USERS NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/users01.dbf 5 100 TBS1 NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/tbs1.dbf List of Temporary Files ======================= File Size(MB) Tablespace Maxsize(MB) Tempfile Name ---- -------- -------------------- ----------- -------------------- 1 40 TEMP 32767 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/temp01.dbt RMAN> host 'mkdir /tmp/stage'; host command complete RMAN> configure device type disk backup type to compressed backupset; old RMAN configuration parameters: CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 1; new RMAN configuration parameters: CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 1; new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored RMAN> backup for transport format '/tmp/stage/tbs1.bkset' datapump format '/tmp/stage/tbs1.dmp' tablespace tbs1; Starting backup at 06-JUL-15 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=40 device type=DISK Running TRANSPORT_SET_CHECK on specified tablespaces TRANSPORT_SET_CHECK completed successfully Performing export of metadata for specified tablespaces... EXPDP> Starting "SYS"."TRANSPORT_EXP_PRIMA_yvym": EXPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/PLUGTS_BLK EXPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE EXPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE_STATISTICS EXPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/STATISTICS/MARKER EXPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/POST_INSTANCE/PLUGTS_BLK EXPDP> Master table "SYS"."TRANSPORT_EXP_PRIMA_yvym" successfully loaded/unloaded EXPDP> ****************************************************************************** EXPDP> Dump file set for SYS.TRANSPORT_EXP_PRIMA_yvym is: EXPDP> /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/dbs/backup_tts_PRIMA_25997.dmp EXPDP> ****************************************************************************** EXPDP> Datafiles required for transportable tablespace TBS1: EXPDP> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/tbs1.dbf EXPDP> Job "SYS"."TRANSPORT_EXP_PRIMA_yvym" successfully completed at Mon Jul 6 08:39:50 2015 elapsed 0 00:00:26 Export completed channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set input datafile file number=00005 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/prima/tbs1.dbf channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 06-JUL-15 channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 06-JUL-15 piece handle=/tmp/stage/tbs1.bkset tag=TAG20150706T083917 comment=NONE channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set input Data Pump dump file=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/dbs/backup_tts_PRIMA_25997.dmp channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 06-JUL-15 channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 06-JUL-15 piece handle=/tmp/stage/tbs1.dmp tag=TAG20150706T083917 comment=NONE channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01 Finished backup at 06-JUL-15 RMAN> alter tablespace tbs1 read write; Statement processed RMAN> exit Recovery Manager complete. [oracle@uhesse ~]$ ls -rtl /tmp/stage total 5608 -rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 5578752 Jul 6 08:39 tbs1.bkset -rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 163840 Jul 6 08:39 tbs1.dmp [oracle@uhesse ~]$ rman target sys/oracle@sekunda Recovery Manager: Release 126.96.36.199.0 - Production on Mon Jul 6 08:40:49 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. connected to target database: SEKUNDA (DBID=3356258651) RMAN> report schema; using target database control file instead of recovery catalog Report of database schema for database with db_unique_name SEKUNDA List of Permanent Datafiles =========================== File Size(MB) Tablespace RB segs Datafile Name ---- -------- -------------------- ------- ------------------------ 1 347 SYSTEM YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/system01.dbf 2 249 SYSAUX NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/sysaux01.dbf 3 241 UNDOTBS1 YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/undotbs01.dbf 4 602 USERS NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/users01.dbf List of Temporary Files ======================= File Size(MB) Tablespace Maxsize(MB) Tempfile Name ---- -------- -------------------- ----------- -------------------- 1 40 TEMP 32767 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/temp01.dbt RMAN> restore foreign tablespace tbs1 format '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/tbs1.dbf' from backupset '/tmp/stage/tbs1.bkset' dump file from backupset '/tmp/stage/tbs1.dmp'; Starting restore at 06-JUL-15 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=37 device type=DISK channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backup set restore channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring all files in foreign tablespace TBS1 channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /tmp/stage/tbs1.bkset channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring foreign file 5 to /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/tbs1.dbf channel ORA_DISK_1: foreign piece handle=/tmp/stage/tbs1.bkset channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:08 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backup set restore channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring Data Pump dump file to /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/dbs/backup_tts_SEKUNDA_85631.dmp channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /tmp/stage/tbs1.dmp channel ORA_DISK_1: foreign piece handle=/tmp/stage/tbs1.dmp channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:02 Performing import of metadata... IMPDP> Master table "SYS"."TSPITR_IMP_SEKUNDA_ppol" successfully loaded/unloaded IMPDP> Starting "SYS"."TSPITR_IMP_SEKUNDA_ppol": IMPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/PLUGTS_BLK IMPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE IMPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE_STATISTICS IMPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/STATISTICS/MARKER IMPDP> Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/POST_INSTANCE/PLUGTS_BLK IMPDP> Job "SYS"."TSPITR_IMP_SEKUNDA_ppol" successfully completed at Mon Jul 6 08:42:51 2015 elapsed 0 00:00:20 Import completed Finished restore at 06-JUL-15 RMAN> report schema; Report of database schema for database with db_unique_name SEKUNDA List of Permanent Datafiles =========================== File Size(MB) Tablespace RB segs Datafile Name ---- -------- -------------------- ------- ------------------------ 1 347 SYSTEM YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/system01.dbf 2 249 SYSAUX NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/sysaux01.dbf 3 241 UNDOTBS1 YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/undotbs01.dbf 4 602 USERS NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/users01.dbf 5 100 TBS1 NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/tbs1.dbf List of Temporary Files ======================= File Size(MB) Tablespace Maxsize(MB) Tempfile Name ---- -------- -------------------- ----------- -------------------- 1 40 TEMP 32767 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/sekunda/temp01.dbt RMAN> alter tablespace tbs1 read write; Statement processed RMAN> select count(*) from adam.t; COUNT(*) ---------- 1000000
Hope you find it useful :-)
Tagged: 12c New Features, PracticalGuide, RMAN
Upgrade Cloud Control 12cR4 to 12cR5
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about doing a Cloud Control 12cR5 installation and said I would be testing the upgrade from 12cR4. I've now done that.
The upgrade documentation is quite extensive and the prerequisites are going to be different depending on the database and cloud control versions you are starting with, so this is no way a "recommended" way to do the upgrade. Each one will need to be approached on a case-by-case basis. It's just meant to give a flavour of what you have to do.
Suffice to say, it worked fine for me.
Tim…Upgrade Cloud Control 12cR4 to 12cR5 was first posted on July 6, 2015 at 7:32 am.
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Avoiding the Inbound Monkey
This is the first in a series of articles on implementation advice to optimize the designs and configuration of Oracle Utilities products.
Early in my career my mentor at the time suggested that I expand my knowledge outside the technical area. The idea is that non-technical techniques would augment my technical knowledge. He suggested a series of books and articles that would expand my thinking. Today I treasure those books and articles and regularly reread them to reinforce my skills.
Recently I was chatting to customers about optimizing their interface designs using a techniques typically called "Responsibility Led Design". The principle is basically that each participant in an interface has distinct responsibilities for the data interchanged and it was important to make sure designs took this into account. This reminded me of one of favorite books titled "The One Minute Manager Meets The Monkey" by Ken Blanchard, William Oncken Jr. and Hal Burrows. I even have a copy of the audio version which is both informative and very entertaining. The book was based on a very popular Harvard Review article entitled "Management Time: Who's Got The Monkey" and expands on that original idea.
To paraphrase the article, a monkey is a task that is not your responsibility that is somehow assigned to you. The terms for this is the "monkey jumping on your back" or simply "Monkey on your back". This epitomizes the concepts of responsibility.
So what has this got to with design or even Oracle Utilities products, you might ask?
One of the key designs for all implementation is sending data INTO the Oracle Utilities products. These are inbound interfaces, for obvious reasons. In every interface there is a source application and a target application. The responsibility of the source application is to send valid data to the target application for processing. Now, one of the problems I see with implementations is when the source application sends invalid data to the target. There are two choices in this case:
More and more I am seeing implementations taking the latter design philosophy. This is not efficient as the responsibility for data clensing (the monkey in this context) has jumped on the back of the target application. At this point, the source application has no responsibility for cleaning their own data and has no real incentive to ever send clean data to the target as the target is now has the monkey firmly on their back. This has consequences for the target application as it can increase resource usage (human and non-human) to now correct data errors from the source application. Some of the customers I chatted to found that while initially they found the volume of these types of transactions were low that over time the same errors kept being sent, and over time the cumulative effect of the data clensing on the target started to get out of control. Typically, at this point, customers ask for advice to try and reduce the impact.
In an Oracle Utilities product world, this exhibits itself as a large number of interface To Do's to manage as well as staging records to manage and additional storage to manage. The latter is quite important as typically implementations keep forgetting to remove completed transactions that have been corrected once they have been applied from the staging area. The product ship special purge jobs to remove complete staged transactions and we recently added support for ILM to staging records.
My advice to these customers are:
In short, avoid the monkey in your inbound transactions. This will make sure the resources you allocate to both your source and target are responsible and are allocated in an efficient manner.
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Mario Chalmers has another big game on another big stage
Jun 10, 2013, 1:02 AM EDT
MIAMI — Of course it was Mario Chalmers.
He did this at Kansas, when he sent the 2008 NCAA Finals to overtime with a three pointer over Derrick Rose. Chalmers' Jayhawks went on to win that game.
Last year he dropped 25 points on 14 shots on Oklahoma City in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, a key win on the way to the Heat winning the title.
And so with the Heat needing somebody to step up with LeBron James unable to get going offensively — he was 2-of-12 midway through the third quarter — of course it was Mario Chalmers making plays.
He drove the lane for an and-1 lay-up with 3:11 left in the third, a play that gave Miami the lead back and kicked off a 33-5 run by Miami that turned Game 2 into a blowout. Chalmers had 19 points but more importantly was the primary defender on Tony Parker, who shot 5-of-14 and had 5 turnovers to go with his 5 assists.
"He's got guts," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Chalmers. "Come on. He had that all the way back in college. He has incredible confidence in his game. He's shown that through the years, even when it's sometimes… I wouldn't say irrational.
"You have to have guts to play with out guys. If you don't you get swallowed up."
During their big run the Heat had success with Chalmers as the ball handler and LeBron setting the picks — Chalmers was aggressive and attacked out of that set. But that was not the end of the floor that was his primary focus.
"My main focus is to stop Tony Parker," Chalmers said. "That's my job. That the key to the game, is not to let him get going. And if the offense keeps going for me, I'm going to take it as it comes."
LeBron wants him to keep taking it.
"Rio (Chalmers nickname), he has to play big for us in multiple facets," LeBron said. "I think especially defensively he is guarding arguably the best point guard in the league. But I think he also has to make Tony work on the defensive end, he can't be passive. He has to attack the paint. He has to shoot his shots when he has them.
"We started to get a little flow, and I started to see him start to play really well, especially when coming off pick-and-rolls. We ran a lot of pick-and-rolls between the two of us, and I told him to keep attacking and let's try to push this lead up and go for the kill. And we were able to do that."
When the Heat get production and balance from guys other than LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh they are nearly unbeatable. If Chalmers has a couple more games like this in him this series, Miami may get its repeat.
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We normally think of the Universe as being made up of the same things our Solar System is made up of: protons, neutrons, electrons and light. But when we look out at the Universe on the largest scales, it tells us a different story. In this talk, I'll talk about three key observations in the study of the large-scale Universe—distant supernovae, the Cosmic Microwave Background, and the clustering of galaxies—to show how we arrived at a Universe where the normal matter that makes up everything we know is less that 5% of what's out there. Dark matter and dark energy also play a heavy role in our Universe, and a discussion of that will ensue.
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Do you experts understand that it was leaked on purpose. They have deliberately put in things that are not acceptable to any one, so that media and every one tear it up apart, they come back and remove those, leaving you with no other points to talk about. If they came up with these things at first, you will find other faults that they do not want to give up, so, they doing it smart and having a ball. 1 + 1 = 2, if you take 1 out only 1 will remain. I do not understand how WICB would get double revenue with out BCCI/CSA/ECB losing something? Are they going to play matches in the parallel universe and Aliens would pay to watch so that every ones revenue will be doubled? Can not understand, how every one will be benefited by the bilateral agreements. Some where some one has to lose and cricket as a whole would lose? We even understand how IPL franchise revenue system works, but not this one.
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Fisher Cats catcher Jack Murphy is headed back Down Under for the 2013-14 Australian Baseball League. Murphy was one of the most popular figures in the circuit last year, only in part because of his infamous mustache and shaggy locks.
Fans enjoyed the Floridian because he looked like he should be on the open seas plundering helpless ships, but also because he played very well for the Canberra Cavalry. As their everyday catcher, Murphy was a better-than-.300 hitter playing in 41 games on the season. He added five home runs during the regular season, and then hit .571 during Canberra's run to the title.
Murphy spent the majority of the 2013 season with New Hampshire, appearing in a team-high 56 games at catcher. He'll be joined on the Cavalry by fellow Blue Jays prospects - and potential 2014 Fisher Cats - Shane Opitz, Jon Berti, and Michael Crouse.
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The Class of 1949 of Yorktown celebrated at the Ander-Weser Fire Department Building on July 13.
A total of 13 classmates attended. They were: Gladys Ruth (Brandt) Stauss, James Campbell, Deloris (Carruthers) Sievers, Jane Allen (Carruthers) Jenkins, Patsy (Goehring) Ideus Green, Carol (Griffin) Schroller, Daniel John, Rose Marie (Jablonski) Knobles, Irma (Marmelejo) Wilson, Bobby Roeder, Wilbert Sauermilch, A.C. Schroeder, and Joe Villa.
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Magnificent villa with spectacular views
La Vinya Villa is enveloped into the lush fairways of the PGA Catalunya in beautiful Girona, Spain. Sensitivity is the keynote in this expansive show villa in which outdoor and indoor spaces, patios, porches and pergolas extend outwards, mingling with the natural setting. It is where the bedroom terraces are built from stone that blends in perfectly with the surroundings and where the upper terraces and patios become vantage points, set within a landscape in which the house's single volume rests, natural and abstract.
The vision for this 4,357 square foot (404 square meters) home is laid out around a series of symbolic spaces, in homage to a Mediterranean country villa. The home is accessed from an elevated patio, reinstating the main carriage entrances of the Palladian villas. The terrace offers magnificent views over the golf course, extending the vista from the living room and making it a privileged vantage point overlooking the landscape. Protected from view and occupying a dominant position, the swimming pool blends beautifully with the house in a spectacular bathing area in which to enjoy an exceptional sensory experience. Each and every one of the elements in the house offers the luxury of being an exclusive product.
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Marcus Smart transfers to Kansas, Russell Wilson practices with Wisconsin, and more April Fools' jokes
Apr 1, 2014, 8:48 PM EDT
Tuesday was the start of April, meaning the greatest month of the year is officially in the books. Tuesday also marked April Fools' Day, a holiday I've never really understood.
It always seems like April Fools' Day brings out two different types of extremes in people: the extremely lame, or the extremely reckless. April Fools' Day is also a really difficult day to trust any sort of news you read or hear.
March maybe over, but college basketball is still in the forefront of the sports world with the Final Four taking place next Saturday. April Fools' Day is an opportune time to trick college hoop fans across the nation.
Marcus Smart's playing days at Oklahoma State is over, but his career at Kansas is just beginning, according to a satirical article that ran in Tuesday's edition of The Kansan, the University of Kansas school paper.
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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll used his Super Bowl winning quarterback Russell Wilson as part of his April Fools' Day prank, convincing 710 AM ESPN Seattle that Wilson had accepted an invitation to practice with Wisconsin as the Badgers prepare for the Final Four. Somewhat believable considering Wilson spent a day at Texas Rangers spring training.
Russ will fit right in as he practices with the @UWBadgers hoops team this week! @DangeRussWilson pic.twitter.com/9C9rH62pBO
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Mike Brey joined in on the fun, pretending to walk away from an interview with Campus Insider analyst and former Notre Dame player Jordan Cornette.
Creighton's Grant Gibbs received a sixth-year of eligibility in 2013, too bad this report wasn't true.
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Hackers claim security flaws in Apple's new iOS 7 software means they are able to access personal data stored on iPhones
- Hackers claim to have broken through new iOS 7 software to access personal details of iPhone users
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- The iPhone 5S went on sale across the UK yesterday morning
Hackers say they have been able to access people's personal data on iPhones due to a security glitch in Apple's new iOS 7 software.
The breach allows hackers to access people's phone content despite the introduction of fingerprint technology that claims to be the safest smartphone security system on the market.
The problem was discovered soon after iOS 7 became publicly available on Wednesday, but appears to only be an issue with the iPhone 4S and 5 handsets.
Hackers claimed they were able to access personal information stored on iPhones by cracking through Apple's new iOS 7 software
Hailed as a new beginning for the technology giant, the iOS 7 was eagerly anticipated but tech fans complained of messages telling them: 'An error occurred whilst downloading iOS 7.0'.
A spokesman for Apple told the Guardian: 'Apple takes user security very seriously.
'We are aware of this issue, and will deliver a fix in a future software update.'
The new look operating system had already got off to a rocky start as users complained about difficulties downloading it.
Users took to social media such as Twitter to express their frustration at the setback as 'iOS 7.0'became a trending topic.
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Frustrated Apple fans complained of Android-like menus and updated app problems upon its release, claiming the new style felt 'cheap and unfamiliar'.
The iPhone 5s which comes in three different colours was unveiled across the UK yesterday morning
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British design chief Sir Jonathan Ive introduced iOS 7 as an 'important new direction' when he showcased the software at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco earlier this year.
The American company's chief executive Tim Cook described it as 'the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone'.
The iPhone 5s and its cheaper version, iPhone 5c, went on sale across the United Kingdom yesterday morning.
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CMapp is a browser-based platform independent contract management utility, currently approaching a stable release. Features include automatic notification of upcoming contract events, permission setting, internal messaging and more. Developers needed!!3 weekly downloads
A very handy PL/PM Tool, to support project managers with the administration of their project. It can be used to manage multiple projects. It administrates the different roles and tasks for the project and it generates several reports.0 weekly downloads
BrainTerrace is a local php website for instant access to everything you try to remember, you download, or you collect. Download your files: BrainTerrace will organize, store, let you search and deliver. Five min to add a novel collection if not included.0 weekly downloads
XarConferences-manage conferences
XarConferences is a module for the CMS Xaraya. It shows conferences and manages applications, participants, sessions and emailing.0 weekly downloads
Lustra is a PHP based ticket system for IT consultants. Lustra will allow you to text your techs in the field, Invoice your clients, maintain a knowledgebase of issues, and document your clients networks.0 weekly downloads
This package contains the original scpfw (A "framework" for teaching CP), JISIMONEK (a Java Implementation of the SIMONEK model) and SISONEK (a Java environment for studying Joinable Schedules).1 weekly downloads
Project Management .Net
A web based project management application for development teams written in ASP.Net/C# v2.0.0 weekly downloads
OpenEnterprise is a J2EE 5 compliant CRM/ERP/GroupWare/Project Management/ SFA software built for the Small and medium size business. The software can be installed separately or as a package and compaitble with exisiting directory services0 weekly downloads
Software development management system
Softmaster is a software development management system, which manages products and mid-products generated in software development process, the development plans, test cases, test plans, and bugs, distribute all these things need to do to proper members.2 weekly downloads


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Learn how to manage your inbox, calendar, contacts, and task list with Outlook 2013, and get the most out of your Office 365 subscription.
Be more productive in Outlook 2013. These tutorials will help you review your email quickly, organize and find messages, and automate some email tasks.
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