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It might be raining, hailing or even snowing, but when Jersey Royal potatoes arrive in the shops, everyone knows it's the unofficial start of the British summer. There's always a mad dash to get the first batches of marble-sized Royals, thanks in part to a flurry of intense marketing not unlike that accorded to Beaujolais Nouveau.
Iconic Jersey Royal potatoes can only be grown in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands that sit between England and France, and they boast a Protected Designation of Origin logo as proof of authenticity. Each Jersey Royal can be traced to its field of origin. Shallow-eyed with a fragile, golden skin and creamy yellow flesh, the chestnut-flavored taste of a true Jersey Royal is immediately distinctive.
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Jersey is a singular place, a Channel Isle not even in the Channel, proud of its convoluted constitution and relationship with the British crown, its ancient independence and parish individualities. It's an island as pretty as a postcard, yet with an air of suburbia. It's an Englander's dream of social order and old-style courtesies, but also une petite France — a little bit French — with roads signs in French and Jersais Norman names for places and people. It's France without tears — and without the French.
The island's steep, south-facing slopes, light and well-drained soil, and mild climate make it ideally suited for early potato crops, but sadly it is not uncommon to hear sighs of nostalgia that Jersey Royals are not what they used to be.
The island has only about a half-dozen commercial customers for the crop — the giant chains that buy 90 percent of the harvest. This creates particular pressures. Very few farmers use the traditional seaweed fertilizer known as vraic anymore; the use of artificial pesticides and fertilizers is high and most fields are covered with perforated polythene to force the potatoes ever earlier (a source of some environmental controversy).
Few farmers take the trouble or can devote the labor to hand planting and harvesting the steepest slopes, or côtils, which catch the morning sun like the best vineyards. However, if you can find them, these traditionally cultivated Jerseys will always stand out from the norm.
Local farmers also scorn the supermarket-led trend for "Baby" Jersey Royals — the earliest of the early are not always the best. A degree of maturity is needed to bring out the full, nutty richness, and many islanders prefer to eat their Royals later in the summer.
Jersey Royals: Where to find them, how to cook them
The dense but not overly waxy nature of these potatoes makes them best suited for boiling, frying, gratins and salads, because they do not disintegrate when steamed or boiled. The potatoes are best cooked with the skins on to preserve nutrients and flavor, and they only need a quick wash — scrubbing breaks the papery skin. At their finest Jerseys are true luxury ingredients, simply served with butter, mint and flakes of sea salt.
Indisputably, though, the best way of sampling the potatoes is via the island tradition of roadside farm stalls, where money is left in an honesty box — and no one abuses the system. As one islander explained to me, it is the best way of knowing you're eating potatoes that night that have been picked the same morning. Slathered in sunshine-yellow Jersey butter, they're rightly named: a royal feast, and a reminder that heaven can wait.
Here are three recipes that showcase what makes Jersey potatoes so special. Ninety percent of Jersey Royals are exported to the United Kingdom, but if you can't get your hands on any, these recipes also work well with other varieties of firm and waxy new potatoes.
Posh Potatoes to Impress the Neighbors
These are retro favorites making a comeback. Instead of baking the potatoes, you can boil them, but the slightly crunchy skin that comes from baking them is rather good.
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
3 to 4 cups small new potatoes
1/2 cup sour cream
Small jar caviar, salmon or herring roe
1. Preheat the oven to 400 F (200 C).
2. Place the potatoes on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
3. Cut each potato lengthways in half and let cool to room temperature.
4. Spoon a little sour cream onto each half and top with some caviar or roe.
5. Serve straight away.
The Most Popular Potato Salad in Finland
This is a simple but extremely delicious way to prepare new potatoes that originated in the Karelian region of Finland.
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Yield: 2 to 3 servings
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups small new potatoes, boiled in their skins
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
2 large hard-boiled eggs, chopped
Fresh dill to taste
1. Melt the butter in a pan, then add the potatoes, salt and pepper. Stir carefully to coat the potatoes. If the potatoes seem too big for a mouthful, cut them in half.
2. Stir in the eggs and transfer to a serving dish.
3. Sprinkle with dill and serve either warm or chilled.
Pretty Pink Prawn and Potato Salad
This is a refreshing and light salad for summer days. Make sure the potatoes are nutty and well-flavored to get the full effect..
Prep time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Total time: 2 hours
Yield: 4 servings
4 cups Jersey Royals or waxy new potatoes (peeled and/or chopped to your preference)
1 to 2 avocados, peeled and chopped (sprinkle with lemon juice to stop browning)
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
Half a small cucumber, peeled and sliced
Several radishes, thinly sliced
1 cup peeled, cooked small shrimp
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Mix all the ingredients in a serving bowl and toss to mix well. Serve with a bowl of mayonnaise or a yogurt dressing on the side.
Main photo: The Most Popular Potato Salad in Finland. Credit: Copyright 2016 Clarissa Hyman
We've all heard the saying "it takes a village." But communities are drawn together for many reasons. Some cling tight to tradition with activities like barbecues and Fourth of July parades. Others share neighborhoods with backyards that spill onto golf courses, lakes and swimming pools. And then there's Agritopia.
"If you live here, it just feels different," business manager William Johnston said.
Cultivating an agrihood
It is different. Located outside of Phoenix, in the little-known city of Gilbert, Agritopia is what's called an agrihood, or suburban neighborhood planned around a working farm. Jim and Virginia Johnston purchased the farm in 1960. They built a home; grew crops, including cotton, wheat, barley, corn, alfalfa and sugar beets; and raised three boys. Time went on. The Johnston children grew up, and two continued the family farming tradition. The once-rural area surrounding the farm grew, and the third son, Joe, an engineer, got an idea to reinvent the place he called home.
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"The kernel of the idea was in 1998, when I started thinking that I'd like to do a restaurant in our house that served produce from the farm: that was the 'agri' part. That was the extent of the idea," Joe said. "However, that idea was shortly followed by the notion that I'd like to live close to where I worked. That opened up a bunch of ideas, because we had a clean sheet of paper to design the kind of community we'd like to live in."
Agritopia stretches 160 acres and has more than 450 houses. Four generations of the Johnston family, along with 1,500 or so other folks, call it home. At its center is the certified organic farm (where Jim and Virginia still live) and more than 11 acres of permanent urban farmland.
A cornucopia of crops
"During the year we grow over 200 varieties of field and orchard crops," William Johnston said. "It's important for families to grow up together and understand food and farming."
The farm bounty is diverse — and delicious. Along with Medjool dates and olive groves, there are citrus, apple, peach and plum groves. Other crops include cauliflower, Romanesco broccoli, herbs, a variety of lettuces and tomatoes of assorted varieties.
Enjoying the fruits of their labor
The same-day harvest is readily available to residents and Agritopia visitors. But how folks get their farm-fresh fix varies. What was once an old tractor building is now an airy cafe called The Coffee Shop. The Johnston family homestead has a new lease on life as a modern diner called Joe's Farm Grill. Whenever possible, fruit, vegetables and herbs come from The Farm at Agritopia.
Then there's The Farm Stand. Open 24 hours a day, the stand is not staffed. All purchases are made using the honor system. Grab what you want, put your cash or check in an envelope and drop it in the pay slot. And residents can grow their own bounty by renting one of the more than 40 plots in the community garden.
Rural life, redefined
When most city slickers envision life on a farm, they think of solitude. At Agritopia, rows of vegetables sprout within view of homes and the neighborhood school. With the antics of school recess and chickens clucking in the background, a cozy neighborhood feeling prevails in this unique slice of Arizona farm country, where houses have front porches and streets are lined with trees and sidewalks.
"We like the fact that people can kind of just wander and feel that sense of exploration," William Johnston said. "A lot of people compare it to Mayberry."
Main photo: A citrus display at Agritopia's farm stand. Credit: Copyright 2016 Dana Rebmann
I eased my shopping cart along the meat counter in a national chain grocery store to buy a whole chicken. Roast poultry for dinner seemed like a simple enough proposition. But like so many of us making food-purchasing decisions these days, I was stopped in my tracks by the range of choices.
Should I buy free-range or pasture-raised? Is organic better? Or is the best choice a brand like Foster Farms' Simply Raised (whatever that means, exactly)?
Confused by all of the labels and marketing claims, I gave up. My family ate a meatless stir-fry for dinner that night.
Later, I learned about a new online resource called Buyingpoultry.com designed to help consumers navigate the supermarket. Could the site guide conscious consumers like me to more sustainable chicken?
Chicken production in a nutshell
Anyone hoping to buy a chicken that truly free-ranged on pastoral farmlands at a grocery store is generally out of luck.
The fact is that 99 percent of all chickens raised for meat (called broilers) in the U.S. come from factory farms. Through consolidation and high-tech breeding practices, the poultry industry has made chicken the most efficient and cheapest animal protein available.
Since 2010, broiler production has increased by more than 10 percent, according to statistics from the USDA. This graph looks surprisingly like the steep climb section on a Stairmaster program. Chicken production, which reached almost 9 billion birds in 2015, is still on the rise. Meanwhile, nationwide demand for barbecued-chicken pizza, chicken Caesar salad and General Tso's chicken keeps in step.
Trouble is, while making chicken America's favorite meat, the industrialized production system has incurred an untold debt to human health, the environment and the conditions of its own workers, not to forget the chickens themselves.
Consumers demand healthier chicken
Amid a stream of salmonella-superbug outbreaks and public-health concerns over the routine use of human antibiotics, the USDA announced its plan for stricter regulations and testing in 2015. Two of the largest chicken producers, Tyson and Purdue, pledged to stop using human antibiotics to prevent disease in hatcheries and as growth promoters during maturation. Major food corporations, including McDonald's, Walmart and Subway, then vowed to shift toward purchasing chicken produced without human antibiotics.
Still, such improvements in the poultry market do not guarantee better animal welfare. According to whistleblower reports about the chicken industry and data from the ASPCA, cage-free chickens are still crammed into windowless barns for their short, dung-filled lives. These Cornish Cross birds, the main hybrid strain for the industry, grow three times as big in two-thirds the time as heritage breeds. Such fast fattening causes bone disorders, cardiovascular issues and other health issues over their roughly 45 days of life.
A sustainable buying guide
After returning from my shopping fail, I Googled Buyingpoultry.com. Created by the Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit Farm Forward, it is the country's largest online database of poultry brands, products and retailers (including eggs and turkeys).
In the search field I typed in "Open Nature" and then "Foster Farms," two of the brands I'd considered. "Avoid," read the bold red graphic on my screen, and below that, "Birds likely suffer from the lowest levels of animal welfare." The fine print detailed how both brands received an F grade because they did not have any regulated animal-welfare claims or third-party certifications.
"Buyingpoultry.com lets you go to the store with experts," said Andrew deCoriolis, the website's architect, when I reached him by phone.
Helpfully, the search results page offered links to the highest-welfare poultry products available as well as to a glossary of labels that clearly illustrates just how obfuscating and, in some cases, downright misleading the claims "free-range," "pasture-raised" and "humanely raised" actually are.
"Like Seafood Watch, Buyingpoultry.com can be a standard of sustainability and create more transparency," deCoriolis said.
Buying better poultry
One of the most upsetting experiences for the site's 5,000 to 10,000 monthly users, according to deCoriolis, is discovering how USDA-certified organic products rank. Browsing Buyingpoultry.com, they're shocked to see organic products with a D grade. DeCoriolis explained, "Organic is better but not necessarily for the animals." For one thing, the USDA's definition of "outdoor access" is ill-defined and does not stipulate indoor enrichments, including perches, or space for natural behaviors such as dust bathing.
At a different grocery store on another day, I opened Buyingpoultry.com on my phone's browser to check on a regional brand, Draper Valley, for sale. All products in this brand rated "Better Choices," and the organic line earned a C+. Since this was the best I could get in my area without visiting a small-scale farm, I nabbed this passing-grade chicken for our supper.
So what does it take to rate as a "Best Choices" chicken? According to Buyingpoultry.com's criteria, these are heritage-breed chickens raised by producers abiding by the highest standards of animal welfare, with their claims certified by third-party groups such as Animal Welfare Approved.
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There's only a limited supply from retailers in certain markets, including Natural Grocers in Denver, Bi-Rite Market in San Francisco and some Whole Foods stores — but none at all at Trader Joe's or other national chains.
Persistent consumer advocacy is putting pressure on the poultry industry, however. "The big companies are paying attention," said deCoriolis. In March 2016, Whole Foods committed to stop selling fast-growing breeds by 2024. Starbucks and Nestlé soon followed, joining the animal-welfare initiative toward slower-growing chicken breeds raised in conditions where they can behave and interact like, well, actual all-natural chickens.
Main photo: Buying chicken can be more complicated than roasting it. Credit: Copyright 2016 iStock
2016 has been an excellent year for maple syrup. In Vermont, the largest producer in the United States, sugaring started during mid-December in some places and mid-March in others — and it seems to be running still.
The sugaring process
Sugaring is one of the delights of late winter in the northeast and heralds the coming of spring. Sugar is made in the leaves of maple trees during summer, stored as starch in the trunks and root tissues with the coming of winter and, finally, converted to the sap that begins to drip after a good freeze followed by a thaw. Sap is mostly clear water with 2% sugar. You need an average of 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup, but it can take as many as 100 gallons. The sugar content must be 66.9%. It's a wearing and complicated job. You can see why, in our household, we call maple syrup gold.
Just as the indigenous peoples did hundreds of years ago, sugar makers carefully drill taps into maple trees that measure at least 10 to 12 inches around and then hang their steel buckets to wait for the thaw that causes the sap to drip. The old-fashioned way is to use plastic drip lines connecting one tree to another. The syrup is emptied by hand from each bucket into larger containers spread at convenient spots near the trees and then transported to the sugarhouse at the end of the day.
The production method
The sugarhouse is where the evaporation process happens and the boiling is done in a long, rectangular stainless steel pan, which sits on top of a firebox that needs to be filled with wood every five minutes. (The wood may be cut as much as two years in advance to ensure optimal dryness.) It's an exciting activity to be part of, and the smell of the sap as it thickens is delicious. The sugar maker tests the syrup's caramelization by pulling a metal scoop through the syrup and watching as it drips. When the temperature of the syrup reaches 219 F, the syrup is ready to draw off. Then it needs to be filtered and graded for color.
Syrup grading
The richness of flavor is graded on a scale from lightest to darkest.
Grade A Golden: Made earlier in the season when it's colder, this has the lightest color and perhaps the most delicate flavor. Use it on ice cream and for cooking.
Grade A Amber: Made as the temperatures warm, this is slightly darker yet relatively subtle. Use in tea and coffee.
Grade A Dark: Both the color and the taste are stronger, more intense. Use for glazes and pancakes.
Grade A Very Dark: This has the strongest flavor and is good for baking.
What better sweetener than one that comes from our North American woods? Katie Webster's wonderful "Maple: 100 Sweet and Savory Recipes Featuring Pure Maple Syrup" (Quirk Books, October 2015) answers that question with an overview of the history and science of sugaring as well as a complete guide to grades and recipes from breakfast through dinner. I recommend it highly. Here are two of my favorite recipes incorporating maple syrup. Both are delectable and gluten free.
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Blue Corn Pancakes With Grade A Amber
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: About 10 minutes
Total time: About 25 minutes
Yield: 2 to 6 servings
Grade A Amber maple syrup
2 eggs, separated, yolks beaten wildly and whites beaten until they peak
1/4 cup butter or oil, melted
2 cups sifted blue-corn flour (or one cup blue, one cup yellow if you prefer)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 teaspoon salt
2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
Butter for greasing your pan
1. Gently warm the syrup in a pan over a low burner.
2. Add the beaten egg yolks to a medium bowl and stir in the butter. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients; add them to the egg mixture alternately with the orange juice. Blend well. Fold in the egg whites.
3. Heat a buttered griddle over a medium flame or burner. When it's hot, spoon the batter onto the griddle, roughly a quarter-cup per pancake. Cook each until bubbles begin to form on the surface, then flip and repeat.
4. Generously pour syrup over the pancakes and serve.
Maple-Ginger Roasted Cod
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: About 15 minutes
Total time: About 35 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
1/2 cup Grade A Dark syrup
2-inch piece of fresh ginger, minced
Salt and black pepper to taste
1/8 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
4 nice pieces fresh cod (I get mine at the farmer's market), about 2 pounds total
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the syrup, ginger and spices and spoon equal amounts onto the fish. Place the pieces into a casserole dish and pop into the oven.
3. Cook for 15 minutes or until fish flakes with a knife and serve.
Main photo: Maple trees primed for sugaring. Credit: Copyright 2016 Katherine Leiner
The garden is bursting just now with unopened blooms, with thousands of peonies, irises and poppies, all swelling in their bloom buds on the eve of spring's main riot. And the gardener's mind is teeming with thoughts of what needs to be done in the vegetable garden to get ready for the explosive growth of spring. So this is the perfect moment to think what we can do to help the great helpers of the garden: birds and bees, toads and bats.
In our rambling old house with its maze of attics, we have a strong colony of bees that live with us. Every spring, a huge swarm emerges and forms on the north eaves at the top of the house outside the kids' playroom, before flying off to begin a new colony. It is much larger than a basketball and very dense, with great gobs of honey dripping all over the patio. It is quite a mess but we love the free honey, which doesn't get any more organic and local than that.
Be kind to bees
Global crops pollinated by bees are worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. But all over the world, bee colonies are under stress and many are suffering from the devastating phenomenon called colony collapse disorder (CCD), where the worker bees disappear and leave behind only the queen, some food and a few nurse bees.
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CCD has doubled the normal rate of colony loss in recent years and is causing drastic agricultural impacts. Imagine a world without bees or merely where they are rare — it's unthinkable, really. Experts are not sure what is causing CCD, but heavily implicated are a class of powerful insecticides called neonicotinoids.
What can we do to help? Well, a great place to start would be with the American Beekeeping Federation. For people willing to explore beekeeping, you can learn there how to go about it. Short of becoming a beekeeper, there are many things you can do to help. If you have space in your garden, you can let a local beekeeper install and care for a beehive; you get all the benefits of the busy bees in the garden, and the beekeeper gets a place for his hive. It's also very simple to build or buy habitats for orchard mason bees that require no attention from the gardener, and you can get them from sources like Gardener's Supply Company.
Going to bat for creatures of the night
Bats are also a great help to the gardener, both as pollinators and as voracious insectivores, though many people are squeamish about them. They also live in some of our attic spaces and we benignly look the other way, for all the good they do in the garden; what a joy it is to see them swooping through the evening garden, ridding us of all manner of nuisance bugs. Each bat eats a third of its body weight in insects every night, and several hundred insects in just a few hours. If bats were ever to become extinct, our planet would be overrun with insect pests and we would live in a nightmare world.
It is easy and interesting to have bats live in your garden, and you do not have to have them in your attic as we do. All you need to do is hang a handsome cedar bat shelter in a quiet part of the garden and let these helpful creatures do the rest. A good source is BestNest.com, and there are many others.
Make your garden toad-friendly
"The Garden Interior: A Year of Inspired Beauty"
By David Jensen
Morgan James Publishing, 2016, 282 pages
Have you seen any toads in your garden lately? Toads do not have many friends, though it is hard to see why, but for an unreasoning prejudice against their appearance and thousands of years of superstition against them. Just one ordinary toad can devour thousands and thousands of garden pests in a single summer. If you are plagued by slugs and cutworms, as so many gardeners are, this is the helpmate for you.
They should be part of every healthy garden, and if you do not have friendly toads around the place, you can also provide a habitat that will attract them. Any sort of covered shelter will do, and you can certainly improvise your own but there are also good commercial providers, like Gardener's Supply Company, and the National Wildlife Federation is a good source for general information about these great helpers and how to make your garden toad-friendly.
And we all like birds, right? They will strip your garden of insect pests faster than anything. What all these helpers have in common is that they will come to you if your garden is free or nearly free of insecticides and other chemicals. This spring, consider ending or at least curbing your reliance on chemicals in the garden. Let your garden heal, and enjoy the delightful, diverse company of these healthy garden helpers.
Main photo: This spring, be kind to the bats, bees, birds and toads that help your garden. Credit: Copyright 2016 David Jensen
Between revelations by Italian police in December linking organized crime to 7,000 tons of counterfeit olive oil, and an estimated four-fold increase in adulterated extra virgin following the dismal 2014 olive harvest, there is no denying that fraud remains rampant. With 72 percent worldwide sales of olive oil at stake and all eyes on industry practices, Italy is fighting back.
EU and Italian government and trade organizations, including members of parliament, the Italian Trade Agency, UNAPROL (a consortium of Italian olive oil producers), and even an emissary of the Vatican, met last month to both address the problem of olive oil fraud and to outline their plans for a comeback.
"We must recuperate our damaged reputation," said Colomba Mongiello, an Italian senator and president of the Counterfeiting Commission. She was responding to a survey conducted at Expo Milan 2015 in October, showing that 99 percent of foreign visitors involved believed that Italian olive oil was adulterated and that the consumer was being cheated. "Our objective is to reach the U.S. market and make them understand the difference between what looks Italian and what is Italian," she said.
Officials meet
The conference, billed "Extract," is part of a larger Italian effort to promote the country's food and wine in the U.S., where imitation products labeled with Italian names, or colors of the Italian flag, are often mistaken for genuine imports. The strategy is two-pronged: legislating tougher penalties for fraud by going after Italian producers who don't follow regulations, and launching the largest marketing effort ever made to inform American consumers how to taste and use extra virgin olive oil.
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"We have to do the same thing we do with wine to get people to understand olive oil," said culture guru Franco Maria Ricci, who spoke. "Four-year old children in France are taught that wine is an angel. Italy is an olive oil culture and [its] significance needs to be transmitted in the same way …. If we don't understand its qualities and terroir, we won't understand its value."
Crime has always been associated with olive oil, a substance so precious and prized in Mediterranean culture that its production and trade has invariably had a dark side. Merchants have been known to cut extra virgin with cheap oil to increase their profits since ancient times, and farmers had to fear brigands waiting in ambush as they transported oil to market.
Today there is a different kind of criminal on the olive oil trail. It is the unscrupulous producer who intentionally mislabels oils to mislead consumers into thinking they are buying genuine Italian virgin olive oil when they are not. These murky practices have both hurt ethical producers and confused consumers. As journalist and Zester Daily contributor Nancy Harmon Jenkins, author of "Virgin Territory: Exploring the World of Olive Oil," told me recently, "The problem … is that there are two kinds of olive oil in the world: commodity oil and excellent oil, which is usually estate-bottled and always very carefully produced …. [but] we keep trying to judge excellent oil as a commodity and vice versa."
World's best olive oil
If Italy, which arguably produces the best olive oil in the world, has been a hotbed of fraud, it is also at the forefront of combating crime in the business. Where else are police trained to sniff out fakes at every stage of the supply chain? And who, but the Italians, have a system–IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) and the more stringent DOP (Protected Denomination of Origin)—that regulates the way it is made and that can lead us to the very trees it came from, and practically, the humans who crafted it?
From the terraced slopes and soft valleys of Italy's central regions and the microclimates of Veneto and Liguria, to the expansive southern plateaus and sun-drenched islands, come some of the most sublime olives oils, produced by artisans who have the passion for making it in their bloodlines. Like the country's new breed of winemakers who focus on quality over quantity, they are making delicious oils with the flavor peculiarities of their particular landscape. Utilizing the benefits of modern technology for cultivation while practicing sustainable growing and traditional picking methods, they are no doubt making better oil than their ancestors did.
How to buy good olive oil
That said, not all well-made olive oil carries the DOP seal. If we were to limit ourselves to those alone, we would miss out on many fine extra-virgins. As with "USDA Organic," the rigorous and costly bureaucratic process discourages many a small ethical producer from applying.
Assuming you are not an expert, the best approach to finding good olive oil is not unlike that for choosing good wine: Find a knowledgeable retailer to guide you. If such a place doesn't exist in your neighborhood, you can order online from vendors whose buyers are experts. Each of these retailers carries a selection of fresh olive oil that is ethically produced from the current harvest:
Gustiamo in New York City, New York (www.gustiamo.com)
Market Hall Foods in Oakland, California (www.markethallfoods.com)
Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, Michigan (www.zingermans.com)
Main photo: In Italy, there's a move to protect olive oil. Credit: Copyright 2016 Julia della Croce/Forktales
Beaches and show biz bring coastal Southern California its fame, fortune and visitors. For many they represent the epitome of California living. But head inland and you'll find that agriculture is the star of the show. Even though farm country isn't Hollywood, it has a way of making its own magic. Get your hands on an Ojai Pixie and you'll understand what I mean.
No, I'm not talking about a cartoon fairy with sparkly dust. I'm talking about Pixie tangerines. Approximately 25,000 Pixie trees are rooted in Ojai Valley, about an hour and a half north of Los Angeles; their fruits make up less than 1% of the state's tangerine crop, yet slowly but surely they're making a name for themselves in faraway places.
The roots of Pixie pride
Sweet, seedless and easy to peel, Pixies typically begin ripening in March and hang around through May or June. Folks here love these tasty fruits so much they host a four-week festival dedicated to celebrating their natural sugar rush: April is Ojai Tangerine Pixie Month, when Pixie pride is at its strongest and tastiest.
A tour around Friend's Ranch will teach you everything you ever needed to know and then some about Pixies. Five generations of Friends have lived and farmed in Ojai (and the sixth is currently growing up in the orchards, where they spend time playing and tasting).
A grower's glory
Family members Emily T. Ayala and her brother George Thacher take visitors of all ages into the orchard to taste the very sweet fruit of their labor. Guests are invited to pick off the trees and taste as they learn about the Pixie and what makes it different from other tangerines. Seedless and a snap to peel, Pixies can vary in size and appearance, but in general they are small, 1-3 inches, with easily separated segments. "We won't pick it if it doesn't taste good," says Ayala.
Getting messy is encouraged. Thacher carries a handy backpack with everything you could possibly need for your time among the trees, even baby wipes to tackle the inevitable sticky fingers.
"It's just a fun place to be," he says.
Pixie tangerine dreams
For such a little fruit, it seems to have brought the community of Ojai together in a big way. Take a walk through its small downtown and you'll see signs everywhere: in clothing stores and boutiques, book stores and restaurants, tabletop displays that include tangerines mixed in with the flowers.
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Every chef at every restaurant has a favorite way of showing off the fruit. Family-run Knead Baking Co. is famous among locals and tourists alike for its citrus syrup cake with fresh Pixie juice. Throughout April, Ojai Valley Brewery's White Pixie Ale will be poured at Azu California Tapas.
If you want to try your hand at creating a Pixie-inspired dish, you can juice up a weekend getaway with a cooking class at the Lavender Inn, where you'll prepare such dishes as citrus-marinated whitefish crudo and tangerine chicken. Save room for the Pixie-fennel shortbread served with tangerine-orange curd. Ojai's Mediterranean climate is ideal for picnics, so after your lesson, you can enjoy your creations at a table in the inn's sunny garden.
As good for cocktails as cuisine
Craft cocktails at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa take on a citrus theme all season; from whiskey and gin to tequila and vanilla-flavored vodka, it's amazing what happens when you add a little squeeze of tangerine juice. The Pixology Cocktail Class includes a demonstration and sampling of two cocktails, including margaritas that pack a tasty punch. Pixies have also squeezed their way into the resort's spa, where Pixie Tangerine Body Scrub and a pampering Body Polish Spa Treatment are available from March through June when the tangerines are harvested.
Drinking in the view
Work off all those Pixie calories with a power hike; Shelf Road is a quick 15-minute walk from downtown. The 1.5-mile trail is mostly level and easy to walk, run or bike and delivers great views. Expect a friendly dog or two. Citrus trees hang over the trail fences and all fruit in reach is fair game: Peels scattered along the way prove outdoor enthusiasts eat well along the trail — as everywhere else in Ojai.
Note: Dana's trip was hosted by the Ojai Visitors Bureau, but as always her thoughts and opinions are her own.
Main photo: A crate of Ojai Pixies ready for purchase. Credit: Copyright 2016 Dana Rebmann
2014 is a great vintage in Chablis. Although June was hot and sunny, July and August were cooler than usual. As in so many years, things were not looking great at the beginning of September in this region of France, but once again the vintage was saved by a dry, sunny September, ensuring perfect conditions for the harvest. And the result is wine — now just being released — that has the razor-sharp acidity and flinty minerality that is the benchmark of all good Chablis, wines with a purity of fruit that will develop in bottle over a number of years.
What follows could be described as my shopping list. The premiers and grands crus of Chablis offer great value, compared to some of the more prestigious names of the Côte d'Or.
Chablis, Cuvée Chatillon, Domaine des Hâtes
This is a relatively new estate, with a first vintage in 2010, when Pierrick Laroche took the family vines out of the cooperative. Chatillon is a new cuvée, just 2.4 acres of 45-year-old vines in the village of Maligny, with more depth and weight than his basic Chablis, with a small percentage of wine fermented in oak, and given 15 months élevage.
Chablis Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Gilbert Picq
A wine of great concentration with balancing minerality coming from vines that are more than 60 years old. They adjoin the premier cru vineyard of Vaucoupin and the difference between the two is pretty imperceptible. This is family estate, with a first bottling by Gilbert Picq in 1981. These days, it is his son, Didier, who makes the wine, representing a shift in two generations from polyculture to viticulture and from selling wine in bulk to bottle.
Chablis 1er cru, Côte de Léchet, Domaine des Malandes
Lyne Marchive is a member of an old Chablis family, the Tremblays, and she has firm ideas about how Chablis should taste. It must have a purity of fruit, with stony minerality. And her Côte de Léchet, from the left bank of the river Serein, above the village of Milly, is just that, steely and flinty, with enough structure to sustain 5 or 10 years aging in bottle.
Chablis 1er cru l'Homme Mort, Domaine Adhémar et Francis Boudin
Adhémar Boudin is now 95 and one of the venerable wine growers of Chablis — I always think his name befits that of a crusading knight. These days it is his son, Francis, who makes the wine, and they were the first to separate their vines of l'Homme Mort from the much larger cru of Fourchaume. Compare the two and l'Homme Mort is firmer and flintier, and almost austere, while Fourchaume is a little richer and fuller on the palate.
Chablis 1er cru Vaillons, Domaine William Fèvre
William Fèvre played an important part in the expansion of the vineyards of Chablis, and his estate boasts vines from virtually all the grand crus. In 1998 he sold to the champagne house of Henriot, who also own Bouchard Père et Fils, and the estate has gone on to even greater things with the talented winemaker Didier Seguier. I could have chosen virtually any of Didier's wines in 2014, even his Petit Chablis, but have opted for the firm, flinty Vaillons with its elegant lift on the finish. Although a small proportion of the wine is fermented in old barrels, you are simply not aware of the oak impact on the palate, other than the addition of a little more weight and body.
Chablis grand cru les Clos Domaine Jean-Paul Droin
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This is another old family estate, going back to the beginning of the 19th century. These days it is Benoit, Jean-Paul's son, who makes the wine, and on a visit to Chablis a couple of years ago, I was introduced to the 16th generation, Louis, in a stroller. Jean-Paul was enthusiastic about aging Chablis in new oak, whereas Benoit exercises a more restrained and subtle hand in the cellar, to very good effect. As for Benoit's 2014s, I find it difficult to choose between Grenouilles, the smallest of the grands crus, with its elegant stylish fruit, and les Clos, the largest and generally richer and more powerful. Both have an underlying elegance, but Grenouilles is more ethereal, while les Clos is more substantial. Both will be delicious in about 10 years' time.
The 2014 vintage is so good, that I could effortlessly select another six wines.
Main photo: The Chablis vineyards of 2014 have produced a wonderful vintage. Credit: Copyright 2016 Jon Wyand. See more of Jon Wyand's photographs in his latest book, "Corton."


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Portugal 2 Holland 1: Ronaldo finally joins Euro party to put Dutch out of their misery
Hello Cristiano Ronaldo, goodbye Holland: the Ego has landed at Euro 2012 and out crash 'Egoland'.
It is unlikely to provide Bert van Marwijk with any comfort but he was probably right all along and his attempt to cram so many creative forces into one team merely produced an invitation Ronaldo was unable to resist.
Five days after misfiring against Denmark in Lviv, Portugal's captain ran amok against a Dutch side who seemed neither to know nor care about how they might contain him.
Ronaldo scored a goal in each half and hit the post twice as Portugal came from behind to clinch a quarter-final clash against the Czech Republic in Warsaw.
The main man: Ronaldo inspired Portugal to a place in the last eight
Match facts
Portugal: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Custodio 72), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Rolando 87), Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 64), Ronaldo. Subs not used: Eduardo, Almeida, Quaresma, Ricardo Costa, Ruben Micael, Varela, Miguel Lopes, Hugo Viana, Beto.
Booked: Joao Pereira
Scorer: Ronaldo 28, 74.
Holland: Stekelenburg, Willems (Afellay 67), Mathijsen, Vlaar, Van der Wiel, Van der Vaart, Nigel De Jong, Sneijder, Van Persie, Robben, Huntelaar. Subs not used: Vorm, Heitinga, Bouma, Van Bommel, Kuyt, Schaars, Strootman, Luuk de Jong, Narsingh, Boulahrouz, Krul.
Booked: Willems, Van Persie.
Scorer: Van der Vaart 11.
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy).
Attendance: 38,633.
Holland leave for home without a point and seemingly undone by their old tendency to self-destruct.
Van Marwijk may have found a way to harmonise factions in the camp in South Africa, where they reached the World Cup final, but they lurched out of control here.
After losing their opener to Denmark
last week, one Dutch newspaper produced the headline: 'Legoland 1
Egoland 0'. And here, aware nothing less than a two-goal win would be
enough, Van Marwijk bowed to popular demand and risked a row with his
daughter on Father's Day by dropping her husband, Mark van Bommel.
Into midfield came Rafael van der
Vaart, winning his 99th cap and starting for the first time in the
finals. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar led the line, which meant Robin van Persie
dropped deeper and Wesley Sneijder shifted on to the left.
With two attacking full backs, it was
a high-risk strategy against a Portugal team designed to counter-attack
but it started well when Van der Vaart struck after 11 minutes.
Arjen Robben's pace yanked Portugal's back-line out of shape and created a pocket of space for Van der Vaart to collect a pass, open his body and curl a left-footer into the far corner from 20 yards.
No way back: Ronaldo fires his second, sparking wild Portuguese celebrations
Holland sensed an escape, encouraged
that the Portuguese were struggling to contain them when they sprawled
forward. The trouble was their own defence was badly exposed and making
errors under pressure. It made for breathtaking entertainment.
Ronaldo rattled a post after cutting
inside Ron Vlaar, and Helder Postiga made an ugly mess of a clear chance
when clean through thanks to a mistake by Gregory van der Wiel. Raul
Meireles lashed a volley into the side-netting and Ronaldo beat Vlaar to
a cross from Joao Pereira but directed his header too near Maarten
Stekelenburg, who was able to parry.
Here was the problem for Van Marwijk. His adventurous selection left gaping holes and Ronaldo and Nani were smart and mobile enough to exploit them.
Without Van Bommel, Nigel de Jong was over-run. Nani and Ronaldo were barely marked and were rampant.
Hope: Rafael van der Vaart unleashes an unstoppable drive past Rui Patricio, sparking wild scenes of celebration
No chance: Patricio
Great start: Van der Vaart
The equaliser came in the 28th minute
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His finishing was poor against Denmark but, with only Stekelenburg to beat, Portugal's captain slid the ball low into the corner.
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On the money: Cristiano Ronaldo makes no mistake, beating Maarten Stekelenburg, despite the attentions of Ron Vlaar
On the money: Cristiano Ronaldo makes no mistake, beating Maarten Stekelenburg, despite the attentions of Ron Vlaar
The dream dies: Maarten Stekelenburg (left) and teammate Ron Vlaar react
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Moutinho might have put Portugal in
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save to deny Nani.
The Manchester United winger ought to have scored when he was found at the back post by Ronaldo's low cross but the Dutch keeper flung himself across his line to block the shot.
Drat and double drat: Bert van Marwick has much to ponder after masterminding a pointless tournament
In the end, Ronaldo did it himself, scoring his second goal of the game from Nani's 74th-minute cross.
Van Marwijk ended the game with three
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Van der Vaart struck a post late on and Van Persie poked his best chance of the night wide.
Ronaldo also hit the post again, and, now he is in the mood, Portugal will be very dangerous.
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Taylor Swift is accused of copying K-pop girl group for her Bad Blood video amid row with Nicki Minaj over MTV VMA nods
Taylor Swift has been accused of copying a popular Korean girl group's music video to make Bad Blood.
The singer's VMA row with Nicki Minaj took an interesting turn on Tuesday when one of the rapper's fans pointed out on Twitter the similarities between the videos for Bad Blood and 2NE1's Come Back Home.
The spat between the two stars erupted when 32-year-old Nicki reacted angrily to Anaconda being snubbed by MTV for Video Of The Year, and appeared to take a swipe at 25-year-old Taylor who did get a nod.
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Blank space? Amid her Bad Blood row with Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift was been accused of copying a popular Korean girl group's music video
Expectedly, their legions of Twitter followers immediately took sides and began firing broadsides, but one Nicki fan in particular - @chaelinfenty - went one further and accused Swift of plagiarism.
'@NICKIMINAJ can we talk about how taylor's video isn't original and was copied from a group of four WOC, 2NE1,' she wrote, posting an eye-opening series of stills from both videos, which when juxtaposed look like they came from the exact same storyboard.
The videos are completely different in plot; Taylor's sees her play an OTT movie-style secret agent betrayed by Selena Gomez, who trains with a host of other celebs before facing off against Gomez again at the end.
Ooh snap: A fan of Nicki's pointed out on Twitter that Swift's Bad Blood shares a lot of very similar scenes with 2NE1's Come Back Home
Come Back Home on the other hand tells the story of a dystopian future in which people exist in Matrix-style virtual realities, which the group rebel against and attempt to destroy.
But while the stories might not match, the overall futuristic feel and setting are very similar - and some of the individual scenes are practically carbon copies.
One particularly striking similar image sees both singers walking down a tunnel with a flare held aloft. Both videos culminate with a squad of armed girls slowly stalking towards the camera.
While one is set in London and the other in an unnamed futuristic city, both videos open with an almost identical slow zoom on their respective cityscapes before passing through a window.
Swift's Bad Blood was directed by Korean-born Joseph Kahn and stars a plethora of the singer's famous friends including Jessica Alba, Gigi Hadad, Carla Delevingne, Zendaya, Lena Dunham, and Cindy Crawford.
Flaring up: One particularly striking similar image sees both singers walking down a tunnel with a flare held aloft
Peas in a pod: While the stories might not match, the overall futuristic feel and setting are very similar - and some of the individual scenes are practically carbon copies
When music website The Muse published an article claiming it was 'highly unlikely' Kahn had not seen 2NE1's video beforehand, he responded claiming he was unaware of the Korean video, and that he doesn't even listen to K-pop.
'All of the comparisons are common sci fi tropes - city, cars, helmets, body scans, flares - all recropped without context,' he wrote in a letter to the site.
'Furthermore recording screen grabs and accusing others of copying their groups is apparently a very common hobby of Kpop fans. If you view both videos, aside from the uncontextual limited screen grabs, you will quickly see they are completely different videos.'
Kahn is a hugely prolific music video director who has worked acts as diverse as Dr Dre, Mariah Carey, U2, The Black Eyed Peas, Lasy Gaga, Rob Zombie, Janet Jackson, The Chemical Brothers, Katy Perry, Muse, DMX, Moby, Willie Nelson and Enrique Iglesias. He also directed the recent Power/Rangers short starring James Van Der Beek.
When his Bad Blood video was released on May 17, it broke Vevo's 24-hour viewing record after being played 20.7 million times, beating the record previously held by none other than Nicki Minaj's Anaconda.
It's on: Both videos culminate with a squad of armed girls slowly stalking towards the camera
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While the butt-baring vid did grab noms for best Hip Hop and Best Female Video in the shortlist announced this week, it was pipped by Bad Blood for the Video Of The Year category.
This prompted the Trinidadian to unleash on Twitter, claiming: 'If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year'.
Although she wasn't specifically named in the tweet, Taylor wasted no time taking offence, responding: 'I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.'
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Bad blood: Minaj and Swift became embroiled in a Twitter feud on Tuesday after the rapper hinted that the singer's video Bad Blood was nominated for VMA Video Of The Year because of her 'slim body type'
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CHICAGO — President Barack Obama has turned over his re-election prospects to the voters. Obama closed down his campaign late Monday with a nostalgia-filled rally in Iowa, the state that jump started his first presidential bid. He'll spend Election Day in his hometown of Chicago, making his last appeals to voters in satellite interviews rather than a final flurry of campaign rallies. "It all comes down to you," Obama told supporters in Des Moines on Monday. "It's out of my […]
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Goldman tries to reset NC auditor's campaign
RALEIGH, N.C. — The embattled Republican candidate for North Carolina state auditor told reporters she's better qualified than the Democratic incumbent and attempted to put aside allegations related to her position on the Wake County school board. Debra Goldman spoke to reporters on the campaign's final full day Monday to seek to reset her bid to defeat State Auditor Beth Wood after a couple of weeks of negative press related to the board. Goldman offered a recording and documents designed […]
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Police: Man beaten to death on Daytona Beach roof
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police say a man found naked on the roof of the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach was beaten to death. Daytona Beach police on Monday identified the man as 30-year-old transient Dylan Thomas Tharp. A maintenance worker found Tharp's body Saturday afternoon. According to authorities, Tharp died of multiple blunt force trauma to the head. Police Chief Mike Chitwood says Tharp was killed at the scene. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Tharp was wanted on an […]
Netflix moves to block a hostile takeover
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is moving to protect itself against hostile takeovers, less than a week after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake of nearly 10 percent in the online video company. Netflix Inc. said Monday that it has adopted a shareholder rights plan, also known as a poison pill. Such a plan is designed to make it difficult or even impossible for someone to take over the company without an agreement from the board. When the provision […]
Brees, Robinson lead Saints past Eagles 28-13
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two teams with the same record. Two teams heading in strikingly different directions. Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints appear to be on the rise again. Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles are down, and nearly out. Brees threw two touchdown passes, extending his NFL record streak to 51 games in a row, while Vick was sacked seven times and took an awful beating as the Saints romped to a 28-13 victory over the Eagles […]
Suspense to the end, Obama, Romney yield to voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two fierce competitors who've given their all, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney now yield center stage to voters for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. After a grinding presidential campaign that packed suspense to the finish, Americans head into polling places in sleepy hollows, bustling cities and superstorm-ravaged beach towns deeply divided. All sides are awaiting, in particular, a verdict from the nine […]
New Jersey lets Sandy victims vote via e-mail
(CNN) — New Jersey residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy will be allowed to vote in Tuesday's elections via e-mail or fax, the first time civilians in the state have been allowed to vote remotely. Despite some security concerns, the state announced the change to make it easier for voters who may have been forced by flooding, power outages or other storm damage to temporarily leave their communities. The directive also is intended to help emergency workers who are busy with […]
Instagram profiles are coming to the Web
(CNN) — Photo-sharing app Instagram has attracted more than 100 million users by encouraging people to snap pictures with their smartphones, dress them up with filters and share them with friends. In the two years since Instagram launched, it's been a mobile-only network for an increasingly mobile society. Now that's about to change. Instagram announced Monday it will be adapting user photos and data into Web-based profiles for people to enjoy from laptops or desktops. Each Web profile will feature […]
Officials: One killed, 3 injured after fire at Durham hospital
DURHAM, N.C. — One patient has been killed and three others suffered slight injuries in an explosion at Durham Regional Hospital in central North Carolina. Hospital operations chief Katie Galbraith says no one else was hurt in the explosion around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday on the hospital's sixth floor. Galbraith says the hospital's sprinkler system worked properly and the fire was controlled as firefighters arrived. Other patients were moved to other parts of the hospital. Galbraith says officials are still trying […]
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Just one year after Emperor Meiji proclaimed the Japanese Empire in 1868, he ordered the construction of a majestic new Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The Yasukuni Shrine was to record the names of every man, woman and child who died in service of the new empire. And it was to be a place of worship, part of a larger effort to make the empire something of a state religion. By the time Japan collapsed in defeat at the end of World War II, more than 2 million names had been added to the shrine.For more than 75 years, Yasukuni was a symbol of Japan's imperial mission; both were officially sacred. The shrine was considered the final resting place of Japanese soldiers, colonists and others who served the imperial expansion that had plunged all of East Asia and eventually the United States into a costly and horrific war.
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While browsing the web recently for articles on the HyperLogLog algorithm that Oracle uses for some of its approximate functions, I came upon a blog post written in Jan 2014 with the title Use Subqueries to Count Distinct 50X Faster. There are various ways that subqueries can be used to rewrite queries for improved performance, but when the title caught my eye I couldn't think of a way in which they could improve "count distinct". It turned out that the word "subquery" was being used (quite correctly) in the sense of "inline view" while my mind had immediately turned to subqueries in the select list or where clause.
This posting is to try to clarify what is supported when using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c (EM13c) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The question came from some of our sales consultants who were finding confusing information about what is actually supported when using EM13c and AWS, so I have asked our Support folks to write a support note to provide the definitive answer on this. While that is being written, I thought I would post a quick blog that could be used to help clarify matters.
So let's look at what the different scenarios are:
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Yesterday I wrote a post on the ORAchk / EXAchk plug-in in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c, and I promised I would write another post that would cover some of the more frequently asked questions we've been receiving on the plug-in. That's what this post in, so the rest of the post will be in a Q&A sort of format.
Question: What are the benefits of EXAchk integration with the Enterprise Manager compliance framework i.e. what can we do with this that we could not in EM12c?
Answer: In EM 12c, we ask customers to setup EXAchk in the target themselves, we just bring the results to EM and show the results on the EXAchk target Home page. In 13c these are our main features:
In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c release 22.214.171.124, we released the Oracle Engineered System Healthchecks plug-in which processed the XML output from the EXAchk tool, included as part of Oracle Enterprise Manager system monitoring. The EXAchk tool provides functionality for system administrators to automate the assessment of Engineered Systems for known configuration problems and best practices.
Over the years since that first release, we increased the scope and functionality of the tool, to the stage where it now has its own documention guide, Enterprise Manager ORAchk Healthchecks Plug-in User's Guide. Notice there's no mention of the word "EXAchk" in that title. That's because the plug-in has been expanded so far it now includes two health check tools:
Change is difficult for technical folks. Our world is always moving at blinding speed, so if you start changing things that we don't think need to be changed, even if you improve upon them, we're not always appreciative.
Oracle Rdb (only available for the VMS platform) supports SQL-92 assertions (http://community.hpe.com/hpeb/attachments/hpeb/itrc-149/22979/1/15667.doc) so why not Oracle Database? Let's put the "C" into "ACID."(read more)
Recently I have been asked how the Copy-on-Write cloning works on the ZFS Storage Appliance. More specifically, the question was about the "master" copy: did it have to be static or could it be rolled forward? What better than a test to work out how it works. Unfortunately I don't have an actual system available to me at home so I had to revert to the simulator, hoping that it represents the real appliance accurately.
First I downloaded the ZFS Storage Appliance Simulator from the Oracle website and created a nice, new, shiny storage system (albeit virtual). Furthermore I have an Oracle Linux 7 system with UEK3 that will attach to the ZFSSA using dNFS. The appliance has an IP address of 192.168.56.101 while the Linux system is accessible via 192.168.56.20. This is of course a virtual toy environment, a real life setup would be quite different using IPMP and multiple paths preferably over Infiniband.
I wanted to go to Hotsos Symposium for quite some time, having heard so many great topics from there for years. And every time I was a bit lazy to think about what I can talk about. Apparently I thought that everything I know is well covered elsewhere, so why would I be accepted. Plus all these complexities of budget, getting a visa, travel arrangements, jet lag, and personal matters in between. Last year, when call for papers was still open, I realized that there's a good chance I can make it to Hotsos in 2016: I had a budget, visa is a doable thing, and most importantly I knew I had a topic to talk about which most likely will not be in competition with other speakers.


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Emanuel (Kaya Scodelario), a troubled girl, becomes preoccupied with her mysterious, new neighbor (Jessica Biel), who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother. In offering to babysit her newborn, Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world, of which she becomes the gatekeeper.


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A Chattanooga woman was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fire on March 29 at the Mountain Brook Apartments.
Captain Craig Haney with Quint 17 said he and other firefighters noticed the strong smell of gasoline in the apartment where the fire occurred. Captain Anthony Moore with the Fire Investigation Division was called in to investigate. Captain Moore said there was evidence that one of the two occupants had been sniffing, or "huffing" gasoline in the apartment's bathroom.
Details are being obtained at this point, but the person sniffing the gas apparently used a cigarette lighter or lit a match in the bathroom. With the room full of gas fumes, a fire erupted. Miraculously, the two occupants in the apartment were not injured. Chattanooga firefighters responded quickly and were able to contain the blaze to just one apartment unit. The loss was estimated at $75,000.
The investigation led to today's arrest of Victoria Daniels, 24. Captain Moore said that after the fire on March 29, Ms. Daniels and her husband were evicted from Mountain Brook Apartments and were staying at the HomeAway Extended Stay Studios on Northpoint Boulevard in Hixson.
As Captain Moore and fellow investigator Henry McElvain approached the room Wednesday morning, they could smell gas. Ms. Daniels refused to answer the door, so the investigators entered through a window and apprehended her. While inside, they found two one-gallon bleach containers full of gas inside the motel room.
With the assistance of Chattanooga police, the fire investigators transported Ms. Daniels to the Fire Administration Building for questioning. Not long after they left with the suspect, Extended Stay motel employees found a diaper bag that contained two one-gallon jugs of gas.
Captain Moore said Ms. Daniels never admitted to anything and refused to cooperate with the investigation. Around noon on Wednesday, Captain Moore charged Ms. Daniels with six counts of reckless endangerment. That charge stems from the danger the other residents were exposed to when Ms. Daniels' gas sniffing led to the fire at Mountain Brooks Apartments.
Chattanooga police transported Ms. Daniels to the county jail for booking.
Officials said, "Apparently, sniffing gas is another way to get a cheap "high," though the practice is fraught with danger. It's not only extremely dangerous to the user's health; the gas presents the very real danger of a fire or explosion."
The investigation related to this incident is ongoing.
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A home was damaged by fire Tuesday evening. At 6 p.m. , a neighbor called 911 reporting a house fire at 4724 Wesleyan Road. The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department responded and arrived on the scene reporting 25% of the house was involved with fire. Firefighters quickly established a water line to get the fire under control. Other Tri-Community firefighters ... (click for more)
I am a former teacher and football coach at Red Bank High School. I have been a witness to the great things that happen at Red Bank High School. The teaching staff has a great mixture of experience and promising new teachers. Dr. Robertson, the principal, is a great man and a wonderful role model for students. He shows up the same way every day and his consistency ... (click for more)
Earlier this week, after I shared a story about bullying written by a very brave mother, it opened a floodgate of emails from parents and students who have been forced to endure such madness in our elementary, junior and senior high schools. Discipline is the No. 1 problem in our schools. Because of it, or because of a lack of it, no wonder our children cannot achieve all that ... (click for more)
MURFREESBORO – The Meigs County Lady Tigers have been on a collision course with the Silverdale Lady Seahawk softball team all season and they finally got a chance to play – in the opening round of the Class A state tournament here at the StarPlex Field Number 4. By far the two best teams in that classification, the Lady Tigers claimed round one with a come-from-behind 3-1 ... (click for more)


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