The Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) standard is a set of file naming and configuration guidelines created to ensure reliable Oracle installations that require little maintenance.

You can think of Optimal Flexible Architecture as a set of good habits to adopt when organizing Oracle directories and files on your computer. All Oracle components on the installation media are Optimal Flexible Architecture-compliant; that is, Oracle Universal Installer places Oracle components in directory locations that follow Optimal Flexible Architecture guidelines. Although using Optimal Flexible Architecture is not a requirement, Oracle recommends that you use it.

Here are the steps to accomplish OFA before an Oracle installation on a Linux environment:

Step 1: Create ORACLE_BASE Directory

ORACLE_BASE is the root of the OFA compliant Oracle directory tree. It is a base for all oracle installations. It should be in format  /u<counter>/<software_owner>/product/<version>  where counter is an identifier which shows the order of mount points and software owner is the operating system user which owns the installation files  . For example:

/u01/oracle/product/10.2.0/  is a good choice for an Oracle 10.2.0.1 database server installation where  a user called oracle exists in operating system.

Step 2: Create ORACLE_HOME Directory

ORACLE_HOME directory is the directory of the current Oracle installation and contains subdirectories for Oracle software executables and network files. Every ORACLE_HOME directory is also associated with a ORACLE_HOME name which you specify during Oracle Software installation.

ORACLE_HOME directory should be in format  <ORACLE_BASE>/<type>_<counter> where type is the purpose of installation (db,app,client etc.) and counter is an identifier which shows the order of installations. For example:

<ORACLE_BASE>/db_1/  => /u01/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/  is a good choice for an Oracle Database installation for the first time.

Step 3: Create Admin Directory

Create an admin directory to store administration files.  It should be in format <ORACLE_BASE>/admin/<DB_NAME>/ .

For ex: <ORACLE_BASE>/admin/my_db/ =>  /u01/oracle/product/10.2.0/admin/my_db/

Some of the directories that the admin directory should contain are shown below:

/bdump –background process trace files
/cdump –core dump files
/create –database creation files
/exp –database export files
/pfile –initialization parameter files
/udump –user SQL trace files
/arch — archived redolog files

Step 4: Create Oradata Directory

Oracle data related files (data files, online redolog files and control files) should be kept in an directory called “ORADATA“. The oradata directory should be in format <ORACLE_BASE>/oradata/<DB_NAME>. For example:  /u01/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/my_db/

Step 5: Naming Files In Oradata Directory

Datafiles should be in format <tablespace_name><counter>.dbf . For example:  mytablespace01.dbf .

Online redolog files should be in format redolog<counter>.log . For example: redolog01.log, redolog02.log, redolog03.log .

Control files should be in format control<counter>.ctl . For example: control01.ctl, control02.ctl, control03.ctl .

Step 6:  Spreading Files

It is quite common to have data on multiple physical disks to spread I/O workload and thereby provide better performance and reliability. In such a situation create the same directory structure on all drives and spread the files in relevant directories.  For example the log files can be shared among the drives like:

/u01/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/my_db/redolog01.log
/u02/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/my_db/redolog02.log
/u03/oracle/product/10.2.0/oradata/my_db/redolog03.log

This is the first time we were able to issue the same holiday card with a different parrot species. Our Holiday Delivery ’tis the season greeting card now comes in four different designs…each featuring a different parrot species. We selected the verses that received the most votes from our poll (and by emails). If you want any customization (different parrot or verse), please email Scarlet and we’ll see what we can do.

Visit our Zazzle Nest to see ALL (over 250) greeting cards! And ALL (over 65) postage stamps. Or simply go to the front of the store where all the holiday cards are displayed at the front of our store.

Inside Verse:…for Santa’s elves to spread the words…Santa’s Coming, Santa’s Coming

To see ALL Eclectus greeting cards, visit our Zazzle Nest. Oh, don’t forget to order Eclectus Postage for your cards.

Inside Verse:…to wish you a Chirpin’ Christmas and a Squawkin’ New Year

To see ALL Cockatoo Greeting Cards visit our Zazzle Store. We have cockatoo postage stamps to help you really get noticed!

Inside Verse:…to deliver some holiday cheer

To see all our African Grey Greeting Cards, visit our Zazzle Store. Don’t forget to order postage for those Holiday cards!

Inside Verse:…to drive by to wish my fellow flock a Happy Holiday

To see all our Macaw Greeting Cards, visit our Zazzle Nest. And we have postage stamps for our Macaw Lovers too!

Do you sometimes see things on-line that you want but the shipping costs are ridiculous so you pass?  At Scrapbook Parade we can get you any papercrafting products you see on-line at a much cheaper price than trying to order it yourself.

If you have special requests and you’re not in a hurry we can always get them in for you.  Please allow 3 to 4 weeks delivery time.  Special orders will need to be pre-paid as well.

Something to think about!  Please e-mail the store at scrappix@scrapbookparade.ca with the items you are looking for and we will get back to you right away on availability and cost.

There are little things that occur every single day that we all take for granted. We don’t notice they are there, or rather, happen because it’s so small and insignificant that we don’t consider giving thanks for it.
Because face it, if you gave thanks for something like a toothbrush everyday, you’d start to resent it.
However, it is these little things that make life easier, often WORTH LIVING. Stop and think about how your life would be if you didn’t have milk: no cereal, no coffee. No milk for your pancake mix. How about if you didn’t have the person buying the milk?

I may not have worded that the most eloquent way possible, but I would like this post to inspire people to think about the little things they take for granted, and take a moment to appreciate them.

To be honest, this is more of a ranty personal post, and it’s damn hard to
please everyone. Appreciation of effort is nice sometimes.

That is all.

Our friends at Alliance Wake are running weekly photo battles on their site.  Hit up alliancewake.com to vote on this week’s photos, and find out how you can enter your own photo for a chance to win a sick Arnette prize pack featuring the Agent and other goodies.

Title of Primary Project Output: VISHISTORY: A web-based editor and display to enable student to create an interactive visual portfolio piece based on their history (or other) project work.
Screenshots of prototype:

Before clicking marker

The first screenshot shows a demo before any of the markers are clicked.  The user has uploaded a background image and clicked on it to add markers then dragged the markers into position (try it on the demo editor, step 4).

If the markers are not wanted they can be dragged off to the left and will be deleted when marker positions are saved.

In the editor (step 5) markers are clicked on and a pop-up window allows the user to enter text and other HTML (using CKEditor).

The editor then has a preview mode (step 6) so that the finished design can be seen.  In this view the markers when clicked display the contents of the pop-up windows.

Pop-up window display

Clicking on the more>> tab on the pop-up window allows the user to be guided to another more detailed page in a new browser window.  Information for this demo was taken from Wikipedia as a ready source of information.

One feature that is being built in is the ability to play video or audio recordings from the pop-up or further information windows.  This will be useful when recordings of oral history have been made.

Screenshot of Friargate project

The final demo screenshot is of a Google maps application using similar technology but relying on the google api.  Less work has been done on this demo as it is specific to map-based projects and replicates to a certain extent the MIT simile widgets project (although a fair degree of technical competence is required to create displays using Exhibit - the simile display tool.  Click and add google maps can also be made using Click2map which is an excellent tool (but displays advertising on the maps) we came across during this project.

Description of Prototype:  The editor software enables a user to upload an “background” image, add markers of their choice (dragged into position) and edit pop-up windows attached to the markers creating an interactive display. The editor will produce a zip archive of all the files needed to create the interactive display which can be downloaded by the user. The interactive display uses JSON and javascript technology and will work offline as well as online providing a long-lived and readily accessible display of the students’ work.
Link to working prototype:
Demonstration 1 – Mount Rushmore Presidents,  http://79.170.43.15/visualhistory.org.uk/googlemaps/jqedit/rushmoreDemo.html
Demonstration 2 – Museum floorplan, http://79.170.43.15/visualhistory.org.uk/googlemaps/jqedit/museumDemo.html
Demonstration 3 – GoogleMaps example, http://79.170.43.15/visualhistory.org.uk/googlemaps/geomap20/geomap20.htm
Demonstration 4 – The Editor,  http://79.170.43.15/visualhistory.org.uk/googlemaps/jqedit/ed01.php

Link to end user documentation: http://code.google.com/p/vishistory/

Link to code repository or API: http://code.google.com/p/vishistory/

Link to technical documentation: http://code.google.com/p/vishistory/

Date prototype was launched: 30/11/2009

Project Team Names, Emails and Organisations: Phil Holifield, pholifield@uclan.ac.uk - project manager; Steve Caunce, sacaunce@uclan.ac.uk - Historian; Barbara McManus, bmcmanus@uclan.ac.uk – HCI expert; Mike Cottam, macottam@uclan.ac.uk - Senior Developer; Dongjie Xu, dxu@uclan.ac.uk - Developer.  All from University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK – www.uclan.ac.uk

Project Website:  http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/visual_history.php

PIMS entry:  https://pims.jisc.ac.uk/projects/view/1356

Table of Content for Project Posts

User evaluation: Users trialling content managed system , Developing the User Case

Project evaluation: SWOT analysis

Technical Standards Googlemaps API and JQuery , First Demo site

Issues in day-to-day work: Day to Day

Value Added: First Demo site , Final Post

“Table Stops” by Fiona Banner are ceramic versions of actual full-stops, great for putting an end to mindless conversations that happen in my household. Buy them here!

I was pampering myself and thinking how much I would dislike being without some of my favorite things. So here you go:

Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails. My nails could not live without this stuff! Its strong, shiny, doesn’t peel or chip easily, and dries in under 5 minutes.

My Creative Zen Vision: M <3 So I can shake my butt when I’m about the house.

Ice water ^.^

Chapstick <3 It’s vanilla-y

No perfumes, very good for ultra dry skin. I have mild eczema and this is a life saver!

That’s it for now. I promised the man-critter I wold play some pnp DnD with him and some friends tonight. Have a wonderful week!

「Design Real（デザイン・リアル）」は、サーペンタイン・ギャラリー初のデザインをテーマにした展覧会。ドイツ人プロダクト・デザイナーKonstantin Grcic（コンスタンチン・グルチッチ）に展覧会のオーガナイズを依頼、この10年間に大量生産された、日常生活の中で使用されている、「リアル」で実用性のある、優れたデザインの製品43点が集められた。家具や家庭用品から技術的製品・産業機器までを網羅した展示品43点のうち、深澤直人の加湿器、安積伸のメガフォン、京セラのナイフ、Daiwaのルアー、タタメット、ヤマハのEZ-TP、三宅一生のA-POCの7点が日本の製品だ。

これらのアイテムの配置・展示方法も、グルチッチが担当。デザイナーらしい、ユニークな展示も特徴だ。通常の展覧会と異なり、展示品には、椅子、ベッド、ほうき等のカテゴリー以外、商品名を含めていっさい説明はない。展示品について知りたければ、無料展示ガイド（下の写真の「Design Real」と書いてある紙の裏）の作品リストの他、ベンチ代わりとなる砂袋が円形に積まれたギャラリー中央の部屋に設置されたアマゾン・キンドル（電子ブックリーダー）から、展覧会専用のウェブサイトwww.design-real.comにアクセスすれば、詳細を知ることができる。

普段見過ごしがちな、日常生活の中のデザインを取り上げるというコンセプトは、アート専門のギャラリーとしては画期的なのだろうが、デザイン・ミュージアムあたりが企画しそうな展覧会で、デザイン界では目新しいものではない。また43点と言う展示品数も、見終わった後にこれだけ？という感が否めず、大規模デザイン・ショップの方がより充実してるんじゃないかと思う。色々な種類の製品を一個一個展示するより、一つのカテゴリーに絞って、例えば、世界から良いデザインの椅子を一堂に集める、という企画の方が面白いんじゃないだろうか。ちょっと批判的になってしまったが、展覧会のウェブサイトは、よくできていると思う。白と黒のシンプルなデザインもスタイリッシュだし、知りたい製品をクリックすると、製品説明、会社説明、デザイン、歴史等、情報が盛りだくさんで、ゆっくり時間をかけて見てみたくなるウェブサイトに仕上がっている。

Design Real is the Serpentine Gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to design. The gallery invited German product designer Konstantin Grcic to curate this exhibition of contemporary product design. The exhibition presents a total of 43 ‘real’ items produced in the last decade: a wide range of mass-produced products that have a practical function in everyday life, from furniture and household products to technical and industrial innovations.

Grcic was also in charge of the gallery space and his unique exhibition style is worth to mention. There is no information about the product whatsoever except its category, such as chair, broom, and bed, – no product name, no explanation, nothing. If you want to know more than that, a piece of free exhibition information (printed “Design Real” in the photo below) can give you very basic information such as product name, designer, manufacturer, or you can access its dedicated internet site www.design-real.com via Amazon Kindles, sitting on the sandbags piling up in circle in the dark room in the center of the gallery.

The concept of exhibition, to focus on the design of everyday life objects maybe groundbreaking for an art gallery, but it is common project that place like Design Museum would plan or have planned already, and nothing new to the design world. Though Serpentine is a small gallery but still only 43 items barely fill up the space and we were like “that’s it??” after we saw everything –a large design shop may do a better job than this exhibition. Maybe they should have focused on one category instead of presenting so many categories of products: for example, to show 43 well-designed chairs from all over the world would be more impressing. However, I have to admit that their website is well-done – black and white simple but sophisticated interface design, and its abundant information about the items, manufacturers, designs, histories are well worth to take time to explore.

10 toes has been restocked in lily and the colors are fabulous!!!!  shoes, burp cloths, headbands, necklaces and wands available for the special little ones for christmas.

I love simplehuman products for their, well, simplicity. It is really amazing how simple nuances like beautifully domed bin lids and shower caddy made out of bamboo makes me go Ooooo.

We hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! Thank you all for sharing with us what you’re thankful for this holiday season. We’ve got some truly amazing readers. Cheers to you!

Our winner for this week is Comment #9 Jenny. Congratulations!

Jenny is the proud new owner of a VeggiChop! The VeggiChop is a hand-powered food processor. Use the VeggiChop to make pesto, salsa, hummus and more!

Thanks again to the rest of you for participating. Be on the lookout this week for our eighth TWG giveaway post. You’ll have from whatever day we post until the following Sunday to enter. We will announce the winner on Monday morning. And remember, the prizes get better with every giveaway!

Jenny, please send your shipping address to media@chefn.com and we’ll ship out your VeggiChop ASAP.

We got ourselves a Christmas present, and we’ve already opened it and started playing it even before Christmas is here.

We were too excited.

This game is so highly recommended!

It’s a board game.

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MONOPOLY CITY!

I have always loved playing Monopoly since I was young.

This version of Monopoly is so awesome!

Rather than a useless space in the center of the board where you put the chance cards etc…, they’ve cleared it up, and build district spaces to build 3d buildings!

Biggest money value is in millions rather than thousands. The name of the districts is different, but still, recognizable.

And there are so many type of buildings you can build. You can even build hazard buildings to cut rent from your opponents district so you don’t have to pay as much. You can also build skyscrapers to double the rent of your districts.

And…. you can’t just build as many buildings as you want, because there’s an electronic device you have to press to determine the number of buildings for you to build.

For more information, you can visit http://monopolycity.wordpress.com/ for a review.

This game is now occupying our nights. It has been good, because it distracts us from watching tv and dramas, and to get away from the computer.

So if you’re a Monopoly lover, thinking what to get for yourself this Christmas, or wondering what to get for your kids… I highly recommend this version .. Monopoly City.

Selling is tough – I can say this as I am all too familiar with it.  Selling requires a sales strategy, tenacity, discipline, a lot of activity, a thick skin and patience.   The sales cycle varies significantly dependent on the product or service you areselling however more often than not (aside from retail sales) it is not an instant process, taking weeks, months or even years.  It takes time to find the decision maker, to then get in contact with them to present your offering, followed by the follow up calls and emails to build the relationship, convince other stake holders and eventually make the sale.

Salespeople generally have high daily activity targets to achieve, from keeping in touch with and selling to current clients, to developing prospects and cold calling.  The activity numbers vary dependent on the type of sales and role however for most salespeople it is making 20+ calls a day even up to 50 calls. During this daily activity you can guarantee a lot of knock backs, following of wrong leads and hopefully some positive leads.

If you are not in a sales role the level of activity and commitment required to make a sale is likely to be unfamiliar. Selling requires a lot of hard work. The same can be said for securing new employment. This is why there is merit in understanding the sales process – to then adapt relevant parts to your job search to assist you in securing the job you want.

When job seeking, you are selling the product you – your ‘Personal Brand’

Your job is to convince an employer that they need your services / skills at a particular point in time for a specific rate, which when you think it about it is the same as selling any product or service. The same level of discipline and commitment is required for a successful job search.  There are a few selling fundamentals to follow, outlined below.

• Firstly create your sales strategy – what are you selling and who are you targeting? Where will you find these people? How will you approach them?
• Identify who are the decision makers you need to be speaking and meeting with.
• Be clear about how you solve their problem/s before you contact them (do your research)
• Set realistic activity targets with a bit of a stretch for yourself each day/ week to call, email and meet with leads. If you are serious this should be a minimum 40 a week and should always include at least half of these making phone calls.  Any sales people will tell you its unlikely you will ever make a sale via email, next to always its face to face or on the phone.
• Discipline yourself to follow up emails, applications, calls and meetings weekly/monthly for those leads that are going to get you the sale! Remember it could take weeks or even months of follow ups before you land the job, however if it’s the one you want, then it is worth it. See the article ‘How Not Achieving Something Is the Key to Achieving It’ and why it is important to enjoy trying.
• Tenacity and a thick skin to keep going knowing that you will get a lot of no’s and only a few yes’s. Focus on the yes’s and the positive leads to ensure you achieve your dream job

Too many job seekers have a half hearted approach to the job seeking process and give up to easily. As a result they end up staying where they are or accepting a job that is not particularly what they are after however all they were able to secure given their commitment to the job seeking process.  As I mentioned, job seeking like selling is tough, I don’t deny this. However it all depends on how much you value securing a great job over simply having or getting another job. Success comes at a price which is more often than not a lot of hard work, just ask any sales professional.  In fact, if you a serious about getting a great job, I would encourage you to call or meet with someone in sales that you know to find out more about how they sell. You will no doubt pick up a lot of great tips and also hopefully some enthusiasm, direction with your sales strategy and potentially even a mentor or supporter.

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Jordan is one of the biggest mobile phone markets in the world. People usually get two mobile phone lines, one for work and the other is for personal life. This phone is the personal life phone. The idea here is to build a connection between the user and the phone. Phones for “personal life” are usually cheap and basic. This phone goes back to basics through using technology. It focuses on one simple feature which is calling family and loved ones.
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Brings new meaning to “ugly duckling”.  Fowl, but not foul, fortunately.

This take-home roasted duck (13 euros) from the small Vietnamese grocer Xuan Minh can look a little unsettling, but when heated in the oven you will forget all that.  The meat has a great flavor with the right amount of saltiness and meatiness.  Being duck, it also has lots of fat that not only helped the duck float when alive but also helps the meat taste like poultry’s glorious version of bacon after some crisping in the oven.  Sticklers for health can scrape off all the skin, too, of course, but that’s no fun.

I tried to take a photo from the side that wasn’t cut into, so that it wouldn’t look so unappealing, but you can still see it.  Oops.  Anyway, whatever, it’s roasted duck on a plate, not the Mona Lisa.  What can you do, put glitter on it in the shape of a smiley face?  If you like duck or other Vietnamese produce, check this place out.

Xuan Minh
Avenue Georges Henri 31, Woluwe

Languages: French, Vietnamese

Dima Loginoff has the right idea, blessing you with good light!

Drop shipment process means:   

• Locating the selling inventory goods in the nearest point of delivery to your mass customers(exmple : a wearhouse in central USA selling in USA+CANADA)
• Deliver the products in maximum efficiency / quality / accuracy – on time due to standard logistic channel:
  • Central warehouse – certified  courier – door to door insured products delivery.
• Do the pick, Pack, Post goods from one central place (warehouse), enables quick low-cost  service if needed for returned goods.
• Enables the seller to have catalog number for each product, using inventory information system available to him 24 * 7 .
• The seller sees on line inventory picture, controls inventory replenishment due to real on-line sales,  in order to balance the costs of inventory / Storage towards the tempo of on line sales.   

Customer will be satisfied since he got the product on a fair price,

Seller will smile to have effort abele packing / delivery / post goods on minimum costs 

Drop shipment process steps are described below :

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Montreal Designer, Lea Desrosiers is one of the rising star booths I visited last week at the One-of-a-Kind Show. Her beautiful silk constructed flowers are delicate, elegant and feminine. Her line consists of headbands, brooches and scarves and prices range from $50-$125. All handmade and hand-stitched. Lea is a wonderful spirit with a fabulous personality – visit her at booth G-48 to discover your feminine side.

Stack cooking lets you cook with more pans than you have burners. You’ll appreciate this when you are cooking for a large family gathering or special holiday dinner. The various combinations shown below allow you to cook a number of foods on a single burner, saving energy and money.

Where you see a saucepan sitting on top of the dome cover or the inverted combination unit, it may not have started out there. You must begin cooking most raw vegetables in a saucepan on a burner at medium heat. Once the Redi-Temp® valve whistles, you can close the valve and place the saucepan on the dome cover to finish cooking. Precooked foods such as canned vegetables or thawed frozen vegetables are the exceptions. You can start them out on top of a stack.

An image for the 2010 Victorian Heart catalog

If your business needs a commercial and an editorial photographer or want to purchase a print, please contact James Radke at 417-569-7169 for information and pricing.

Prints are available to purchase at Global Fayre

A product’s demand can be change with the need. From “This is what I want?” to “Yes, this is what I want!”