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One-day Tour in Chuancai's Museum
The Schedule of the "Having Fun with Food
09:50 Reaching the Chuancai Museum. Welcome speech and brief introduction of the museum by the staff there.
(To guarantee the quality of better service, one guide can only take care of no more than 6 people.)
10:10 Visit the Exhibition Hall of items and books related to Sichuan Cuisine. Get to know the beginning, development, evolvement and the formation of Sichuan Cuisine.
(Bilingual communication through the whole process.)
10:40 Pluck vegetables and learn to stir broad-bean sauce at the raw material exhibition area.
(The Soul of Sichuan Cuisine - Pixian Chilly Bean Paste which can be traced back to over 300 years ago of Qing Dynasty.)
10:55 Experience the folk culture - The Kitchen God Ancestral Hall.
(Place to worship kitchen god.)
11:10 Visit Old Sichuan Restaurants Alley
(An exhibition of all renowned Sichuan restaurants in the old days)
11:15 Participate in making the Tofu Pudding
(In the raw material processing tools display area, tourists can participate in the whole process of making bean curd puddings with grinding machine.)
11:30 The best part of the day - Cooking Sichuan dishes with Chief Master
(Free fresh fruit juice and meticulously blended cocktail offered.)
12:40 Lunch time. You'll have what you cook and free drinks and dumplings offered by the museum.
(Your dishes will be tasted by the chief master and be rewarded with the experience certificate. We serve home-made alcohol with special pharmacological function brewed with traditional Chinese herbs)
13:40 Tea time (free activities). You can either enjoy the afternoon at the tea house or play Majiang for fun.
Price: RMB 360/Person
What's included: Snacks, Cooking course, Lunch, Drinks, English speaking guide service.
What's excluded: Transportation.


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I also think that more material in Portuguese would be a plus, in academic environment, we manage to grasp the English, but the general audience does not, so for the medium level / technical workers, Portuguese would be a plus.
The roots of the plants on a floating system create a very extensive surface for colonization. Each square meter can yield up to 120m² bio-effective surfaces. This root-sphere serves as a colonization surface for the microorganisms.
Phosphates and nitrates are taken out of the water column by different types of bacteria: Phosphates are taken out of the water by aerobic bacteria (that need oxygen to do their work) and nitrates by anaerobic bacteria (that do not need oxygen). Polluted and eutrophic water bodies typically are poor in dissolved oxygen. To be able to cultivate biofilm that accommodates the two types of bacteria, we place an aeration system below one part of the floating system: the rising bubble stream moves oxygen poor and nutrient rich cold water up to the roots; the air bubbles dissolve oxygen into the water so that the aerobic bacteria can thrive. The other part of the island only gets the water movement created by the air bubbles without the air bubbles which is convenient for the anaerobic bacteria.
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Okeedokee, here is the final chapter! I really hope that you guys like how it ended. Brennan's been really difficult for me lately, so some of this seems a little on the "wishful thinking" side, but hopefully still within the realm of possibility. A HUGE thank you to everyone that has been reviewing and PMing me. You guys leave the most wonderful thoughts for me, and I wouldn't even do all this if it wasn't for you. I try my very best to respond personally to each and every one, so if I missed you somehow, my apologies! And of course, one more big shout out to Heather (hpaich), whom we have decided is the evil twin! =) Thank you for all your help, you are awesome!
His emotions were torn between giddiness, anxiety, and a sickening terror. She was here, waiting for him. She wanted to talk. Booth's throat felt suddenly closed off, his tongue hot and sticky against the roof of his mouth. He couldn't trust his voice right now, and so he nodded instead. He had slipped the right key into the front door, and fumbled with it for a moment now before he heard the "snick" of the latch being drawn. He opened the door and stepped aside to allow his partner to enter first.
She glanced up at him as she brushed past, her shoulder gently rubbing up against his chest. Blue eyes met brown for a brief moment, and Booth took the opportunity to read what he saw there. She didn't look angry. She didn't look sad either. Instead, she seemed to be…something else. It wasn't quite the same, but determination was definitely in play across her expressive face. He felt the band of terror loosen slightly, but he was still in its grip.
Booth turned around to make sure that the door shut completely behind them. It was an old building and the knob needed replacing. Many tenants had come to the door only to find it left open by the previous person, and his ritual of checking was really just a habit by now.
Silently, he led the way to the stairwell. There was an equally old elevator, but Brennan knew that he always preferred the stairs anyway. It was better exercise. And in this situation, he was glad that he wasn't going to be stuck inside that small space with nothing to do and no idea what to say as they waited out what would surely be an agonizing ascent to his floor. The stairs were much better. He was a man of action, and climbing the thirty-six steps to the third floor afforded him a moment to think.
What was the rest of the expression she had given him? Determination mixed with…something. He had been so certain by the end of his jog that she was going to let this whole thing go unmentioned. While the memory of kissing her might torment him on a regular basis from this day forth, surely they wouldn't ever talk about it. He and Bones had a particular agreement between them. It was unspoken, but it existed nonetheless. When something personal needed discussion, something that involved their relationship, whatever needed to be said was communicated with looks and subtle body language - rarely with words. And he was just fine with that. So what new rule was she making now?
The climb to his floor didn't take nearly long enough, and as they stepped onto the landing outside his apartment door, Booth chanced a glance at the woman beside him. She was chewing on her bottom lip, her arms crossed defiantly just under her breasts. At least he knew this look. She was thinking hard about something.
Brennan looked up as she realized Booth was taking a long time to open his front door, and she caught him staring at her. Maybe it was her new realization regarding her feelings for him, or maybe it was the way he looked after having been running, but she felt her heart rate speed up and she unconsciously slipped her tongue across the lip she had just been worrying. He chose that moment to smile at her – a devastating curl of lips and teeth that had her breath catching in her throat.
Anthropologically speaking, a woman would respond to a man that was displaying signs of physical fitness and prowess. It was a sign to her that he could potentially be a suitable mate; able to care for offspring and provide for a family. It was an obvious example of health, and on a basic level, humans were naturally attracted to virile members of the opposite sex. The physiologic responses of her body were really nothing more than…
Oh who was she kidding?
She hadn't come here to fool herself. She had come here on a mission, and she wasn't about to mentally shrink away from it. She came into contact with plenty of suitable male partners, but Booth was the only one that did this to her. Somehow, he had shown her that there was more to her humanity then pure chemical reaction. And in so doing, she was now able to accept that there was more to her attraction to him then could be summed up anthropologically.
She was in love.
Booth watched the play of emotions across her face as he looked down at her. He was good with people, but this woman always kept him guessing. Just when he thought that he had her figured out, she would surprise him. While other people often found her cold, too direct, non-social and awkward – he simply considered her a joy. Her capacity for affection, humor, compassion, and (he truly believed) love knew no bounds. The moments for them came unexpectedly and compulsively, but they were genuine.
What revelations about Temperance Brennan would he be privy to tonight?
As she looked up and caught him watching, he couldn't help but smile at her. She was just so damned beautiful. He noticed that his smile caused her to fade into thought again, even as she continued to hold his gaze. The urge to chuckle at her expression was too great to ignore, and a soft laugh spilled from his mouth as he turned to unlock his door. Whatever this amazing woman brought with her tonight, it would certainly be interesting.
He opened his door and stepped inside, reaching for the light switch to the left. Moving aside, he held the door for Brennan as she entered. He then closed and bolted the door and followed his partner into the living room where she took up residence on his couch. Neither had said a word yet, but they both chose that exact moment to begin.
"Booth, I want to talk to you about tonight and…"
"Bones, I know you want to talk to me, but…"
The each laughed a little nervously before Booth placed his hands out, palms facing his seated partner.
"Look, I know you want to talk. Just let me go and take a quick shower and change so that I don't have to sit here in sweaty jogging clothes. I'll be back in five minutes, ok?"
Brennan nodded her silent assent and Booth headed off in the direction of his bedroom. "You know where things are, so help yourself if you need anything."
She sat there, watching as he retreated behind his bedroom door. He left it cracked open though, not completely shut. While she wasn't a fan of psychology, she at least knew that it was a good sign that he hadn't shut it all the way. If only he knew how his parting invitation to help herself to a beer or some water was really quite close to what she intended to do here tonight. She did know where things were, and she did need something, and she was going to help herself to it.
It just wasn't food or drink that she wanted.
The question for her now was simply "how to do it?" There were probably social customs and expectations in a situation like this that she wasn't aware of. And even if she was, attempting to abide by them would most likely cause her to look like a fool. No, the best course of action would have to be her usual way of getting something done - direct and to the point. She could hear the water as Booth turned the shower on, and then the interruption of the spray as he stepped under it. She supposed it was a perfectly logical thing for her mind to conjure him up, naked and sweaty, just on the other side of the wall. If she was a truly bold woman, and if so much hadn't been at stake, she would have walked in there, shed her clothes, and climbed in to show him exactly what she wanted.
But for the first time in her life, she wanted more than that.
Booth was true to his word, showering and changing in record time. He emerged from his room, barefoot and clad in a pair of jeans and a black Doors tee-shirt. He had a light blue towel slung around his neck and he was rubbing his hair dry. If anything had ever looked so good, Brennan couldn't recall when. How could one kiss have caused such an awareness of him? Had this always been there, repressed beneath a firm layer of logic? She needed to say what she was here to say, because not getting to kiss him again was simply out of the question.
"Are you ready?"
Booth came around the couch and took a seat next to her. "Have at it. What do you want to talk about?"
"Booth, you know what I want to talk about."
He sighed. Of course he knew what she wanted to talk about. But even those few minutes away from her while he was in the shower had been enough for his mind to once again bring terror to the front of his emotional spectrum. What if she wanted to end it? What if she didn't want to work with him anymore? What if she wanted to make sure that he knew she wasn't attracted to him in that way? Rational or not, each horrible scenario had clamored for its fair share of attention. There was nothing for it though. He had to hear her out.
"Yes, Bones. I know what you want to talk about."
To her shock, silence was all that could be heard after he spoke. She had planned to be bold and direct, but all she could seem to do was look at him. She even opened her mouth a couple times to start, but quickly shut it when she realized no words were forthcoming. What if he hadn't wanted to kiss her? What if it had really just been a slip due to exhaustion – just like he said? Why had he seemed unaffected afterwards?
The words that suddenly spilled forth were unexpected.
"Why did you kiss me?"
He watched her as she struggled to find the words to begin the conversation. This was looking to be just as hard for her as it was for him. In some small way, he found it comforting that his brilliant, well-spoken, quick thinking partner was just as lost right now as he was. But as she quickly tossed out her question, he felt his stomach plummet to the floor. Why had he kissed her? How the hell was he supposed to answer that question?
"Just be honest with me."
Of course she knew his unasked question. How could someone that was so bad at people be so good at him?
"Because I wanted to." He could be honest, even if this whole surreal experience was killing him in the process. "I have wanted to…for a long time." He almost laughed out loud at her unexpected reply.
"Then why didn't you do it sooner?"
Good lord, she looked positively confused. Could she really not understand that there were some things that just shouldn't be done just because one wanted to?
"Jeez, Bones! I stopped myself! I have some control, you know."
Seemingly satisfied with his answer, she went back to chewing her lip while he waited for her next life-altering question. The moments ticked by, bleeding thickly into one another as she thought of what to say.
"Are you in love with me?"
No. Fucking. Way. She did NOT just ask him that. Shit shit shit. What the hell was he supposed to say? And there she sat looking all innocently curious, like the entire balance of the universe wasn't hanging on his answer. What kind of question was that? She must have seen the distress it caused, because she asked another one.
"Are you afraid to answer me?"
Again with the simple, patient look. Like she had just asked if he wanted the last egg roll or something. Was he afraid?
"Afraid? I'm fucking terrified Bones!" His outburst propelled him out of his seat, and he stood now between the couch and the coffee table, moving agitatedly in the small space. He raised his arms, emphasizing with sweeps of his hands as he spoke. "I can't believe that you even asked me that! How…how the hell am I supposed to answer a question like that?"
Brennan furrowed her brow and seemed confused for a moment. "What do you mean? You just…answer it. With the truth." Her own hands moved in a helpless gesture, indicating her lack of understanding as to why he was so upset. "Are you afraid to tell me that you don't love me? Because I am more than capable of moving past this, and so are you. It might be a little awkward, but we'll get over it." He had stopped moving around and was now looking down at her. She lifted her head to capture his eyes with her own. "Or are you afraid to tell me that you do love me, and then feel like you're taking a huge risk with our partnership and friendship?"
"Now you're just asking it in another way in order to get me to answer you. I can't answer that question, Temperance. " Booth's voice took on a dejected tone as he slumped back in the seat, leaning his head against the cushions and staring up at the ceiling. "Besides, what does it matter? You and I have very different views on what love is and isn't."
The room was silent again for a moment as each thought of what to say next. Brennan's voice was the one that finally broke through. It was quieter now, sounding almost timid as she spoke. "I may have changed my mind about it."
The pause in conversation had caused Booth to lose track of what was being said. "About what?"
The seconds ticked by before she finally whispered one word - "Love."
Incredulously, Booth turned his head to stare at her. Surely she wasn't saying what is sounded like she was saying. She had changed her mind about love? His voice full of astonishment, he asked her. "What does that mean?!"
Brennan turned to him, making sure that he was looking at her when she answered. This was it. She just needed to take a deep breath and say it. If she spent too long trying to find ways to explain things and looking for the words that would lead up to her confession, then she would most likely end up rambling on until she wasn't even sure what she was trying to say in the first place. So despite the thick clamp of anxiety around her chest, she somehow managed to take the breath she needed. In a voice filled with determination she uttered the statement that would change his life forever.
"I'm in love with you."
He just sat there, his face a mask. Brennan watched him for any sign of what he was thinking, but none was forthcoming. She began to get nervous, thinking that maybe the direct approach had not been the best idea. Perhaps she had been wrong about his feelings for her? Maybe their kiss hadn't been as profoundly revealing to him as it had been for her?
It felt as if an eternity had passed, and yet Booth still hadn't said anything. He looked stunned – his face frozen in an unreadable mask. She tamped down the panic that was trying to crawl its way up her throat, deciding instead to attempt to break his silence. Her voice sounded small and uncertain to her ears.
"Booth? Did you hear me, because I…"
She didn't get to finish what she was going to say because he had moved so quickly that his mouth was crushed up against hers before she even had time to register that he was going to kiss her. He was clutching at her, the finely honed finesse of their previous kiss lacking now. He pressed his hands to both sides of her face, kissed her lips, her cheeks, her eyes.
And in between kisses he whispered fervently to her.
"Of course I love you."
He returned to her mouth, drawing a deep sigh from her as he dipped hungrily to her lips.
"I've always loved you."
His breath brushed her jaw as he travelled up to her ear, his whispered confession sending chills racing down her back and white lightning curling into her belly.
"Love you…oh god…so much."
Booth clasped her to him, afraid to pull away and look in her eyes. Afraid that somehow this had all been a terrible misunderstanding and she was waiting to correct him. Or perhaps he was even a little frightened that her face would be a mirror, exposing for him the raw emotional power of the moment. If she was experiencing anything close to the heart stopping euphoria that was pulsing through his veins, then he wasn't sure he could handle it right now.
And so he continued to kiss her, not even fully aware of what he was saying. The words were tumbling from his mouth, pulled forth from within him by each press of his lips to her skin. To stop meant to face reality, and surely he was undeserving of such a gift as she was offering.
Brennan was trying to catch her breath, but he wasn't letting her. His hands were roaming feverishly, a litany of words dropping on her ears from his lips. His movements were jagged – desperate even. She was used to men responding to her physical advances, but never had she felt as if she held so much power over another person.
And certainly no man had ever held that same power over her.
She felt a wet plop on her cheek, and realized Booth was crying. His whispers were coming out between soft sobs, and his breath was hitching in his chest. It was enough motivation for Brennan to find the strength to pull away from him. She moved back, keeping her hands pressed firmly against his chest in order to keep him from leaning after her. He wouldn't meet her gaze, and instead had his eyes snapped shut. Brennan dipped her head, running her hand along his cheek.
"Booth? Look at me."
It took a monumental effort on his part to set his fears aside and open his eyes. She had said she loved him. He trusted her. He needed to place faith where it was deserved, and so he raised his eyes to her face.
What he saw literally robbed him of the air in his lungs. Temperance Brennan sat there, her face revealing her heart with such a sweet honesty that he felt humbled to be looking at her. There were no lingering doubts, no hidden secrets or double meanings. There was simply acceptance, joy, and love. He had always wondered what she would look like if she ever discovered love. Now he knew, and she had never looked more beautiful to him.
"Don't be afraid."
An involuntary chuckle burst from his throat. How did she know just what he needed to hear?
"I'm not afraid, just…overwhelmed I guess." He reached for her hands and held them between their bodies. Everything was happening so fast, he felt like this simple touch would help ground him. She watched him while he was working it all out in his head. After a moment, he seemed to relax. Then with a smile asked, "So, we're really gonna do this?"
Her answering grin was all the reassurance he needed. One thing Temperance Brennan didn't do was to back down once she had made a decision. No matter how much she might be frightened by the changes the future would undoubtably hold, if Booth was the reward, she was more than willing to give it a shot.
"I'd like to, yes."
And so they spent the evening talking, laughing, loving, and learning…together. And when it came time to part, this time it was with Brennan's soft goodnight and a lingering kissed that was filled with the promise of tomorrow, the day after, and the day after…
Please let me know what you thought! I'm feeling a little angsty...MAYBE even a little smutty now! So I should have something new started here very soon! (Yes, I'm shamelessly plugging my next as-yet unwritten fic!)


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'"Okay..." I trailed off awkwardly, shoving my hands in my pockets. He groaned in frustration and I shot him a look. "What are you uhhh-ing about?" I demanded. His eyes landed on me, studying for only second before he crashed his lips to mine. At first I was shocked and tried to push him away. But then I melted and I moulded into him. He was perfection.'
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Differences and changes between oracle E-Business Suite 11i and 12i from DBA Perspective
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Database Version in 11i (11.5.9 & 11.5.10) was 9i Rel 2 where as in Release 12 its 10g R2 (10.2.0.2) o Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) o Objects are classified by object type and access patterns o Transaction tables, Transaction indexes, Reference/SEED, Interface, Summary Management, Archive, No Logging, Queue, Media, Temporary, Undo, System o Uniform extents, locally managed, less fragmentation. o Total = 12 Tablespaces (11i: 400+) o Better Performance o PL/SQL operation 2x faster o PL/SQL Native Compilation
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The Below picture compares File system Structure difference between R11i and R12i
You can see new TOP called INSTANCE_TOP in Application Tier. In diagram tops with <>ST can be shared across servers (Shared Tier) and INSTANCE_TOP will be specific to Server. Certificates (If SSL is enabled SSL Certificates & any other certificates specific to that server) and related log files or PID files (for Apache or any other process). This TOP will now hold any configuration files (specific to that server) . .11i Apps file System Layout 12i Apps file System Layout In Oracle Apps R12.
3.0 in Apps R12 F) modplsql or mod_pls is removed from Apps R12 . 2) Configuration and log files are centrally contained in the instance configuration home. 6) Ability to place the configuration home on a Network or a local file system for performance improvement.19 B) JServ in apps 11i is replaced by OC4J (mod_jserv is replaced by mod_OC4J) C) Forms Version 6i in Apps 11i is replaced by Forms 10.1. and configuration files. Tech Stack in 12i Tech Stack in 11i Application Tier consist of iAS(1.2 in R12 E) JDBC version is changed from version 9 in apps 11i to version 10. 5) Can split ownership of apps and technology stack file systems. code.3 which is built on Apache version 1.0.2) & Developer 6i (Forms & Reports 8.2.2 built on Apache Version 22.214.171.124. Technology Stack) among multiple instances.2. 3) Ability to share code (Applications. In apps 11i it is Version 1.1.2 in R12 D) Reports Version 6i in Apps 11i is replaced by Reports 10.2.2.34. logs is much easier since they are centrally located. 4) Collection of configuration.3.2.Context file is under $INST_TOP/appl/admin 11i : $APPL_TOP/admin Benefits of INST_TOP 1) Clear distinction between the location of data.0.1.6) but in Applications R12 it is build on Fusion Middleware (10g Web Server and 10g Forms & Reports) Components differences in Application Tier A) HTTP Server or Web Server in R12 is Version 10.2.2.
0.5 .4.2) Fusion middleware 10g (1.5.2 in Apps 11i Summary of Changes from 11i to 12i Component Database Developer (Forms & Reports) Application Server (Apache Version ) Java Container Client Plug-in Release 11i 9.1 or 1.3.2 (1.1.2 6i (8.0.2 10g (BI publisher) (10.2.6) iAS 1.2.0 in R12 against JDK Version 126.96.36.199.34) OC4j Native Sun J2SE 1.0.G) Java processes use JDK / JRE version 1.19) Jserv Jinitiator Release R12 10.2.
No port need to open to access forms in firewall. .1 Understanding the Network Overhead Of Forms Servlet Listener Architecture Compared to Forms Server. 2) All connection is via HTTP Server so there is no need to start form server and no need to open form Server Port on firewall between client machine and application tier.t. 3) More secure as compared to Forms Socket Mode.Forms Servlet default deployment / communication mode Default Forms connection mode in Oracle Applications R12 is "SERVLET" where as in Oracle Apps 11i default form connect mode is "SOCKET" Oracle Form Servlet Overview in apps R12 ------------------------------------------------------1) In this mode. How to change from default Servlet mode (in apps R12) to Socket mode ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Refer to Oracle Metalink Note # 384241. Java Servlet handles communication between forms client(java based) and Oracle Forms Service (10g).1 Using Forms Socket Mode with Oracle EBusiness Suite Release 12 Are there any network overheads of using Forms in Servlet Mode ? ---------------------------------------------------------------Metalink Note # 311091.r. network traffic Advantage & Disadvantages of Forms Servlet Mode ----------------------------------------------------------. single certificate will handle both forms & web connection. 4) Network traffic is more as HTTP protocol is more chatty so little bit Network bandwidth hungry when compared with SOCKET mode 5) No additional certificate requirement during SSL implementation for application tier.Simple SSL Configuration (as no separate SSL configuration is required for Forms as connections are via web/http server) -. covers some interesting points w.
sh script to start services as expected it will start Forms and Web services but unlike 11i. Unified APPL_TOP in Oracle Applications R12 Unified APPL_TOP in Oracle Applications R12 which is different from Separate APPL_TOP in Oracle Applications 11i. Now on Node1 when you use adstrtall. it will use Unified APPL_TOP which means all files required for all middle tier services are included in all nodes of Multi Node installation (irrespective of services running on that node) Advantages of Unified APPL_TOP? Cloning of multi node Oracle Application install. let's assume you installed multi node R12 instance with Node 1 as Forms & Web Server where as Node 2 was installed with Concurrent Manager. Forms Node will have fmx or forms related files where as APPL_TOP belonging to CM only node will have . only one copy (any one APPL_TOP) of Application Node files need to copied to target instance. Cloning of Multi Node to Single Node you don't have to merge APPL_TOP in R12 as required in 11i .Result in more network traffic because of HTTP is more chatty than socket (dedicated) so not preferred in WAN implementation. Services start/stop If you are using adstrtall. .sh to start services on a node then it will start services which were configured to start during install on that node (You can still start a specific service even though it was not suppose to configure/start by calling startup script of that specific services).More secure method of deployment over Internet -.e. You can still start Concurrent Manager on Node1 by running adcmctl. To explain this better. in multi node installation each APPL_TOP have its different name and files in each APPL_TOP will depend on type of Node (i.-.rdf or files required to run CM node) Starting from R12. In Oracle Applications 11i .sh FND_NODES From R12 all nodes will have Y against all services (For multi Node) in FND_NODES table. Unified APPL_TOP make more sense if you are using multi node Oracle Applications R12.
Additional New Feature in R12 Rapid install . How to change Oracle Applications Products/Schema Password including APPS ? As most of you might already be aware that you use FNDCPASS utility on Concurrent Manager Node to change the password. FNDCPASS logon 0 Y system/password mode username new_password Where MODE is SYSTEM/USER/ORACLE/ALLORACLE (Introduced with patch .txt Multiple Domain Support for Database and Middle Tier .g.No need to copy config. FORMS_TRACE_DIR FORMS_ environment variables replace FORMS60_ Delivers native runtime executables for Forms (frmweb) (11i: frmwebx) Forms Trace in addition to Forms Runtime Diagnostics (FRD) record both built-in Forms data and performance data in a single output (profile: Forms Runtime Parameters) Reports Only available through Concurrent Manager Reports Server is not used Reports executable rwrun is used directly APPS Password change made easy.Store Base Configuration in Database . Shared File System Support .Rapid Install supports deploying the database node and the middle tier node into different domains. no need to change the password in any files as in 11i.Rapid install allows you to select if app servers are using shared APPL_TOP No hardcode apps password on Unix file system FNDCPASS Utility New Feature: Enhance Security With Non-Reversible Hash Password (enhance FND_USER password security) Improved Forgot password feature – Retrieve user_name and password – no workflow inbound process needed New environment variables e.
AP.1 How To Use FNDCPASS to Change The Oracle Users.How to Change Oracle Applications Release 12 Passwords using Oracle Applications Schema Password Change Utility (FNDCPASS) . APPS.After changing Apps password bounce Concurrent Managers. In 11i files to change after changing Apps Password ? Once you change apps password you need to change apps password stored in file wdbsvr.app at $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cfg --In some instances you might have to change in CGIcmd. update provisioning profile with new apps password oidprovtool operation=modify \ ldap_host={OID Server hostname} ldap_port={OID SERVER PORT } \ ldap_user_dn="cn=orcladmin" ldap_user_password={orcladmin Password} \ application_dn=" {The LDAP distinguished name of the application}" \ interface_connect_info={E-Business Suite connect info of the format. -. in R12i there is no files where the password is stored.dat at $ORACLE_HOME/reports60/server --You also have to change in any custom concurrent manager start up script (If you have any) -.437260. host:port:Sid:username:password} Related Following Metalink Notes are useful & related to Oracle Applications or Apps Password --303621.1 .Node Apps Installation? --159244.4745998) Changing APPS Password using FNDCPASS example FNDCPASS apps/apps 0 Y system/manager SYSTEM APPLSYS WELCOME In 11i we need to change the passwords in the below files as it was used and hard coded. this is due to the security reason. etc.) For Applications 11.5 in UNIX.1 How to Change and Which Apps Database Users Passwords Can Be Changed in a Multi . so we need not worry about changing the passwords in any file. APPLSYS and Application Module Passwords (INV. --If you have configured E-Business Suite with 10g Application Server SSO/OID then after changing APPS password. Only recommended is to run the autoconfig on the Middle Tier after changing the APPS Password. AR.
properties : defines basic Apps directory aliasing Server.xml .1.xml. server.xml : defines servlet level parameters for J2EE web modules LOG Files in 12i $LOG_HOME/ora/10.xml : defines location of Java classes of all J2EE web modules deployed under J2EE application Orion-web.xml.xml. oc4j.xml.err . default-web-site. system-application.conf.xml.conf . oc4j-connectors.env .properties.1226534400.conf & Jserv.xml .xml.conf.xml and etc) Orion-application. application. system-jazn-data. ssl_engine_log Opmn opmn. ssl.Configuration Files in 12i <apps_base>/inst/apps/<context_name>/ora/10. rmi.3/ <context_name>. default-web-site. url_fw.xml.log > oacore_default_group_1 oacorestd.1.conf.1226534400. oacorestd.xml./j2ee/oacore /application-deployments/oacore/html orion-web.jms.properties (used by EM agent) .log OC4J~oafm~default_group~1.conf. mod_oc4j.conf.xml j2ee-logging.xml./opmn/conf/opmn.out > forms_default_group_1 formsstd. oracle_apache.xml.properties in 11i are replaced with Oc4j. security. global-webapplication.xml Jserv.err formsstd.conf dms.out ./j2ee/oacore /application-deployments/oacore orion-application.Apache/Apache/conf apps. jms.log OC4J~oacore~default_group~1.3 Apache error_log.Apache/Apache/conf/config ias. global-web-application. access_log./j2ee/oacore/config applications.log OC4J~forms~default_group~1.xml . httpd.xml : defines J2EE applications and their shared libraries for runtime OC4J and points to other XML configuration files (rmi.xml.conf.xml.
start Delete the lock file under persistence folder $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.1 Cloning Oracle Applications Release 12 with Rapid Clone Patch 6776948 : R12 RAPIDCLONE CONSOLIDATED FIXES JUL/2008 Problem with starting web services if web server crashed Need start.1.3/j2ee/oafm/persistence/oafm_default_group_1/jms. stop.Dependency on AutoConfig as a post step to everything .log jms.1 Troubleshooting RapidClone issues with Oracle Applications R12 Note: 406982.If you have custom development on mod_plsql.log server. $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.state.err oafmstd. Note: 603104.log system-application.3/j2ee/forms/persistence/forms_default_group_1/jms.lock $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.log mapviewerapplication.log rmi.lock.log) > Oafm oafm_default_group_1 (application.log ascontrol-application.xml server.xml rmi.log log.1.log log.log system-application.log system-application.log jms.3/j2ee/oacore/persistence/oacore_default_group_1/jms.lock Mod_plsql .state.1. you should migrate your Web pages to Oracle Application Framework Oracle Reports Server Reports .log) > Forms forms_default_group_1(application.xml rmi.log) Miscellaneous Challenges R12 Cloning considerations .log global-application.out j2ee > oacore oacore_default_group_1 (application.log jms.log global-application.log log.state.increased downtime might be needed.log global-application.> oafm_default_group_1 oafmstd.log server.
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SampleScience releases free Orion Sound Module
SampleScience has announced the release of the Orion Sound Module, a free rompler instrument based on public domain samples that can be used to create royalty-free loops.
At first, I made the plugin for my own loop production but I decided to share it with the world in the spirit of giving back to the community that gave me so much. The result is a 3gigs rompler full of great sounds that cover the basics: pianos, basses, percussion, world instruments, analogue synthesizers and modular synthesis.
Orion Sound Module sports a simple and intuitive interface made to be easy to work with. The plugin is perfect to sketch out ideas before using bigger libraries that can tax the RAM and CPU very quickly! In the future, expansion packs will be available featuring a variety of sounds to be use either for the creation of looped content or music production.
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Randomized Trial of Radiation Therapy With and Without Rituximab for Patients With Stage I II Follicular Lymphoma Grade I/II
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A phenomenal experience such as the qualia of consciousness (the what it's like to be conscious as perceived by an introspective observer) cannot be defined per se, any attempt to do so results in an effect similar to the observer effect. The experience decays into abstraction much like a particle will interfere with itself and appear as a wave.
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Using Perl with Rational ClearCase Automation Library (CAL)
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Date archived: December 20, 2016 | First published: April 30, 2004
from The Rational Edge: The author explains the IBM Rational ClearCase Automation Library (CAL) and, using a simple Perl application, describes tools and resources that are useful for working with CAL in the Perl programming language.
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Dr Holmboe is currently collaborating with Dr Silvia Rigato on a project investigating the development of attention and social skills during the first 10 months of life. The project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Holmboe, K., Rijsdijk, F. V., Hallett, V., Happé, F., Plomin, R., & Ronald, A. (2014). Strong genetic influences on the stability of autistic traits in childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(2), 221-230.
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Holmboe, K., Nemoda, Z., Fearon, R. M. P., Sasvari-Szekely, M., & Johnson, M. H. (2011). Dopamine D4 receptor and serotonin transporter gene effects on the longitudinal development of infant temperament. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 10(5), 513-522.
Elsabbagh, M., Holmboe, K., Gliga, T., Mercure, E., Hudry, K., Charman, T., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolton, P., Johnson, M.H., & the BASIS team (2011). Social and attention factors during infancy and the later emergence of autism characteristics. In: Braddick, O., Atkinson, J., & Innocenti, G.M. (eds.), Progress in Brain Research vol. 189 (pp. 195-207). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
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It's morally indecent to sacrifice the health of Britons while spending billions on foreign aid
Back in the days before the financial crash, when the economy was still purring along and all seemed well with the world, David Cameron came up with the idea that the Tories should embrace a massive increase in international aid. In due course, it went into the party's 2010 election manifesto.
Along with husky-hugging and various green initiatives, the then leader of the Opposition had seized on international aid largely as a way of convincing electors that the Conservative Party had changed — that it was nice and no longer 'toxic'.
Since then, our fortunes have been transformed. One growth forecast after another has proved wildly over optimistic. The Bank of England yesterday predicted no economic growth this year, which will almost certainly again turn out to be over-hopeful. We are in a dangerous slump.
Hug a husky: Britain's economic situation has transformed since David Cameron first began his attempt to 'decontaminate' the Tories through green and international aid policies
And yet Mr Cameron stubbornly hangs on to a policy conceived in the years of plenty which was intended in large part to persuade people that the Tories were decent and caring. The irony is that, in present circumstances, it is having precisely the opposite effect.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister was confronted by a member of the public who expressed what are surely the highly sceptical views of the great majority of people about our foreign aid budget, which is supposed to grow by 37 per cent over the life of this Parliament to around £12 billion a year.
A 68-year-old cancer sufferer (using the name of Anna because some members of her family don't know she is ill) asked Mr Cameron on a radio phone-in why taxpayers' money is going to other countries and not to people like her.
Public opinion in the raw: David Cameron was questioned on live radio by a cancer-sufferer who asked him to justify why so much money was going on foreign aid
Anna has been denied treatment by the NHS after an allergic reaction to cancer drugs, and she has been told there is nothing more that can be done for her. Her husband is ill and has been forced to go into a care home because she can't look after him. Anna has to survive on £68 a week.
Confronted by her tragic story, and a predicament beyond his worst experiences, Mr Cameron was plainly rattled. Nonetheless, he stuck to his formula, which is that 'we have a moral obligation to help people in other countries even when times are tough'.
But what of our moral obligation to Anna and people like her? They live in this country. They have paid their taxes. It is a strange morality which puts the needs of people in other lands before the needs of people in this one.
Of course, we can't know whether Anna would receive life-saving care even if the aid budget were cut. She reportedly needs £250,000 for treatment that is available in Germany, and hopes to raise the money from charity. In the best funded health system imaginable, there would have to be limits on what is affordable for one individual.
Yet the point stands. The Government's first moral obligation must be to its own citizens. That is not to deny that we have additional moral duties in respect of the starving and destitute in Third World countries. The problem is that much of the aid going to these places is either unnecessary, wasted, or even harmful.
An example of unnecessary aid is the £300 million a year we are giving to India, which has its own space programme and a defence budget which will quite soon surpass our own dwindling one. This is madness on a vast scale. Indian ministers have said they no longer need our assistance.
Unnecessary: India has its own space programme, but still receives £300m a year from Britain
As to waste, there are endless instances of corruption and inefficiency. A letter in yesterday's Times newspaper by three former senior diplomats pointed out that British direct aid to Africa (about £2 billion a year) is unaudited. They cite an American study which suggests that two thirds of aid to African countries intended for healthcare is spent elsewhere.
The ex-diplomats also mentioned the dependency culture which aid encourages. There are some African countries in which it accounts for half or more of Gross Domestic Product. It tends to stifle entrepreneurs, while propping up corrupt governments.
One such corrupt government, by the way, is that of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, bizarrely a Cameron favourite, who is accused of serious human rights abuses. Having lavished tens of millions of pounds on his suspect regime, the Government has recently been shamed into withholding its latest hand-out of £16 million.
Military power: India has a working aircraft carrier, something cash-strapped Britain can no longer boast
What the former diplomats say happens to be in line with the recent judgment of an all-party House of Lords committee that the Government's helter-skelter increase in the aid budget 'risks reducing the quality, value for money and accountability of the aid programme'.
Of course, savings could be made which would not stand in the way of our moral obligation to provide humanitarian aid (about 10 per cent of the total aid budget) while supporting accountable projects aimed at helping poor countries stand on their own feet.
But instead of making these savings, the Government is splashing out billions of pounds of extra aid — and this at a time when there are painful economies in this country from which only the wealthy are immune.
Favourite: David Cameron with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who has been accused of human rights abuses
Needless to say, I don't suggest that decreasing the aid budget would solve all our economic problems. In what is without question a time of crisis, there are other savings to be made. What about the £10 billion a year (arguably it is much more) that goes to the European Union?
Some would say that we could ill afford to spend £9 billion on the Olympics, triumphantly successful though they may have been. I'm afraid the £17 billion Britain has spent in Afghanistan over the past decade will probably turn out to have been a waste of money.
Doubtless, there are many other desirable cutbacks. My argument is that it borders on insanity to cling to a reckless pledge made in another economic era which was largely calculated to show that the Tory Party was being decontaminated. Mr Cameron, who has backtracked on several of his 'green' promises, inexplicably refuses to climb down on this one.
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Does he and his coterie realise how bad things are? If he obstinately persists, he will do himself and his party enormous harm. Despite his best endeavours, the Tory Party is not regarded as being particularly nice at the moment. I suggest almost nobody believes it has been decontaminated.
What many voters do think is that it is cruel, as well as insufferably pig-headed, to deprive our own people of their dignity while insisting on spending more money on a policy that has not been intellectually justified, and has little public support.
Talk about being out of touch! There will be plenty more cases of people such as Anna. If Mr Cameron continues to lecture them about the Government's moral obligations to the Third World, they will reasonably ask about its moral obligations to them.
The aid budget should not be abolished. It should be urgently reviewed in light of our altered circumstances. As they have drastically changed, the politically astute — as well as the morally decent — thing to do is to change with them.


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Trees Are Awesome: Desertification vs. Afforestation
I've written this series on the awesomeness of trees and the functions they perform in direct contrast to the pieces I wrote on desertification. Whereas desertification is a self-replicating, self-reinforcing downward spiral of death, drought, and barrenness, afforestation is an upward spiral leading to greater life, water, and productivity. Both contain self-reinforcing feedback loops that lead to their expansion. Most importantly, whichever cycle is underway largely depends, in many cases, on how people are managing the land.
As I wrote in my introductory post, people are the keystone species of the planet, which means our actions have far reaching effects on the environment around us. In fact, our ability to change our environment increases at a greater rate than our ability to perceive that change. In short, depending on how we manage the earth, we can kickstart the process of desertification (and we have throughout history, mostly through our use of agriculture), or we can be the catalyst for afforestation. In this post, I will tie together all the previous posts on desertification, and the awesomeness of trees, and show how afforestation can be used to convert the Arabian Peninsula into a productive, resilient, and bio-diverse land. If you want more details, follow the links.
First off it should be noted the cycle of desertification had a jumpstart when a national policy unintentionally lead to a collapse of the traditional land management systems, the hima. Once that desertification is underway, it manifests cycles that inhibit rainfall, increase evaporation, and make it harder for life to become established. Those cycles involve an increase in temperature, the creation of dust, and the loss of nuclei for water droplets and clouds to form around. As rainfall and precipitation are inhibited, temperatures increase more, dust increases more, and only the hardiest of plants survive, leading to less and less nuclei. Soil turns into dust, the nutrient cycle ceases, and the water cycle becomes undependable and erratic, and total evaporation goes up. In this way, deserts expand.
In my last few posts, i've written specifically on how trees can counter each aspect of desertification. They decrease the amount of atmospheric dust, and block winds so less dust gets thrown up there. They also lower ground temperatures by providing shade and absorbing a tremendous amount of heat from the sun. Finally, in areas away from coasts, they provide the majority of nuclei and water vapor for clouds to form. They can care for their own hydrology allowing for soil life to recover and the nutrient cycle to start back up again. Finally, they increase precipitation, both through generating rainclouds and capturing dew. Thus, establishing trees can reverse the cycle of desertification, restore a healthy functioning of the water and mineral cycles, and bring life back to the desert. Of course, in all deserts the question then becomes, "How do we establish trees in a place with no soil and no water?"
This is where design and understanding nature's cycles come in. The key to reversing desertification will depend on the larger macro weather cycles, as well as the geography of whatever desert you're looking at. No matter what it is absolutely imperative that you start at the edge of the desert rather than in the middle. Starting in the middle would be foolish and pointless. All change happens on the margin.
In the Arabian Peninsula there are 3 margins to focus on–the Hijaz, the Omani Coast, and Yemen. The hijaz gets lots of humidity and water coming off the red sea, whereas Oman gets typhoons coming off the Indian Ocean. Finally the SW corner of Yemen hits the tail end of the green belt across Africa. These are the edges where you could start because this is where you still get some water (albeit not very dependably) that you could use for reforestation. As those forests encroach on the desert, you can start to beat it back.
In the hijaz, that water shows up as flash floods, with some 90% of the fresh water running into the sea. That's enough water to reforest the Hijaz. Reforesting the hijaz would be a catalyst to increase rainfall over the tihama plain, as well as the western edge of the empty quarter, which in turn would allow more growth to occur in those areas. Thus forests, just like deserts, contain within themselves self-perpetuating mechanisms that spur their expansion and provide their resilience. Whichever one occurs is a question of human management.
This wraps up the first major part of the blog series about greening the Arabian Peninsula. Up till now I have provided a general overview of the cycles, and the science behind what's going on environmentally in this part of the world, as well as how we could convert the peninsula into productive landscape. The principles in this series are applicable in any desert, though some would be much more difficult to tackle than others. How people will manage the land under their stewardship will dramatically affect the coming generations' ability to feed themselves, and to drink. My hope is that these posts will help open peoples' eyes to the possibilities, and to how much positive change human society can bring to the environment through smart management, good design, and cooperating with nature.


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Report: An even cheaper version of the iPad Mini to roll out next year along with an iPad Mini with Retina display?
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 23, 2013.
The rumors related to the iPad Mini seem to make an unreal number of about turns, with there being rumors about a new iPad Mini to be launching this year coming out first, followed by rumors about the Mini with a Retina display, followed by one where the Retina display seemed to be causing Apple's partners severe production issues, to it being pushed to next year, according to most accounts. The latest rumor, sourced from a well known Apple-focused analyst, seems to indicate that Apple will push the Retina iPad Mini 2 to 2014 after all, but Apple will be getting a low cost variant of the Mini out at the same time. Read on below the break to know more!
Kuo Ming-Chi, an analyst of KGI Securities, said in a research note this week that March or April 2014 would see two new iPad mini models. The low cost Mini wouldn't be able to get a sales launch until December at the earliest, according to the note, to boot.
Apple has never been a company to compromise on its design or production values when creating a product. However, as tablets get more ubiquitous, and more and more quality low cost alternatives to the iPad Mini (such as the 2nd gen Nexus 7) get rolled out every few months, there is bound to be a plateau for consumer demand somewhere, and Apple may just be trying to subvert that and get their fingers into the low end market pie as well.