Woo hoo, Lina! Your pinwheels sound and look delicious and I'm sure they will be a hit with your guinea pigs! What a great use for sun-dried tomatoes and this is a good, easy recipe to boot with just a few ingredients!
The program sounds like it will interesting and fun. Way to go! Wish I was there!
Guinea pigs! lol, that's funny! I think of Chris, my boyfriend, as that all the time!
The pinwheels look incredibly good and easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
This tempts me to the max! We have 25 basil plants in the garden, and although they are only 1" - 2" tall at the moment, in a few weeks we'll have a truckload of it. I'll be remembering this idea of yours.
It must be so yummy and looks so nice and gorgeous!
All of my guinea pigs aka volunteers at the radio station love the pinwheels.
OOOHHH! I am madly in love with sun-dried tomatoes; so yummy!
I love eating pinwheels. These look really good with the sun dried tomatoes!
They look great. So easy but I bet they are delicious!
These look sooo good!! I would love the throw some Salami on there too!! Def going to be trying these!
This is a recipe that I am definitely going to try. Your directions are always clear, and for a non-cook like me that is very important and appreciated. In a couple of your recipes I (even I) was able to substitute a few ingredients with what I had on hand and it still tasted good.
I so love these kind of appetizers!! I want one now! Great pictures!
These look so delicious! And so pretty!
These have the work/taste/appearance balance just right. Fantastic looking and tasting with very little effort.
I love this idea; lovely presentation; I am keeping this recipe; great photos.
I'd love to be there to be a guinea pig!!
I'm going to try something like this for our next potluck!
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Pinwheels are always a great appetizer...quick and delish!
Those are so easy yet look colorful and fancy. Great appetizer!
This looks delicious and very portable. Thanks for sharing.
What a great summer barbecue appetizer! Looks delicious!
Sun dried tomatoes always taste sweeter to me than fresh. These pinwheels sound like a wonderful quick appetizer for summertime. Thanks for sharing!
Easy and effective, could you put some white cheese too? What do you think? Or would it make the tortillas to soggy?
looks great! how do you get them to stay so good!!!! going to have to keep practicing : ) my kids love those!
Those look so delicious and easy! Yum! My son saw the pictures and asked if they came from Costco - I said, "No, she made those!" He was amazed!
Yummy! my kids love those!!! ( i not sure where my original post went...) anyway going to get mine to stick like yours... in time loL! some reason mine never do! have a great week!
this one is good too! yum!
YUM! I'm adding this to my bookmarks of things to try!
I like that the pinwheels have looks besides taste. A pretty table or pretty food is much more appetizing.
Wow these look so pretty and cute! They would be perfect as an appetizer. Thank for sharing I would love to give these a go.
Those look delicious! I posted that naan recipe and am your newest follower. Happy blogging!


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Tracy Boys And Girls Club Scrambling After Losing Federal GrantNo one really knows why its request was rejected, but the county of education which writes the grant is working to figure it out so it can be ready for next year's proposal.
Downtown Tracy Piano Helps Local School Music ProgramsThere is another fun thing to do in downtown Tracy, besides shopping and dining, and it's all for a good cause.
Police: Man Vandalizes McDonald's After Finding Out It Was ClosedAuthorities are looking for a man they say got angry and vandalized a McDonald's restaurant when he discovered it was closed.
BART Plan Would Connect Bay Area Transit System To TracyA solution to on-going congestion along Interstate 580 corridor that takes people from the valley to the Bay Area is in the works.
Girl, 15, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In TracyA 15-year-old girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver over the weekend, police say.
Deadly Shooting Shocks Tracy Neighborhood; 2 Men ArrestedAccording to detectives, a 20-year-old man was shot to death as he was driving through the streets late Wednesday night.
High Winds Leave Big Rig Teetering Off Tracy OverpassThe California Highway Patrol says the semi-truck crashed through the guardrail and partially drove off the flyover bridge.
Big Rig Crashes On SB I-5 South Of Tracy; 1 Lane Closed big rig crashed Thursday and was hanging off an overpass south of Tracy
Murder Victim's Final Moments Fill Family With Pride, SorrowLizette Cuesta, 19, was stabbed and left on a rural road near Livermore early Monday morning. Her story grabbed national headlines after her deathbed testimony pointed investigators to her alleged killers.
Police Identify Suspects Named From Woman's DeathbedLizette Andrea Cuesta, 19 of Tracy, fought to survive, even telling investigators who her attackers were before she died.
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2 Suspects Arrested In Modesto In Connection To 'Gruesome' Death Of Tracy WomanA 19-year-old Tracy woman was found bleeding from gruesome wounds in unincorporated Livermore early Monday morning.
Police: Tracy Man Posed As Cop, Raped Woman In Hotel RoomPolice say Stanley Troy Friesen, 54 of Tracy, met a woman from Los Angeles through an Internet dating site and arranged to meet at the Baymont Inn in Milpitas on Jan. 16.
Alameda County Deputy Arrested For Alleged Role In Inmate BeatingAn Alameda County Sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday for his part in the alleged criminal assault of a Santa Rita Jail inmate, according to authorities.

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Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Lisa Jackson.
Last night, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced at the D11 conference that Apple has hired former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chief Lisa Jackson to oversee environmental activities. Jackson resigned late December 2012, after serving nearly four years under the Obama administration.
Jackson, who will report directly to Cook, will be in charge of Apple's environmental policy, including Apple's greentech and energy efficiency projects. Cook made the announcement after touting Apple's data center in North Carolina, which has a huge solar farm and fuel cell farm next to it.
Jackson, who often found herself at odds with Capitol Hill Republicans and industry groups while working to address issues including climate change, Keystone XL pipeline, greenhouse gas regulations, pollution controls on coal-fired power plants and many other environmental and health issues impacting Americans, should feel at home at Apple as the company has vowed to switch to renewable energy to power its data centers as reported by Greenpeace. Apple released its environmental report in March showing that it has made real progress in its effort to power the iCloud with renewable energy—not coal.


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Q: unit test undefined is not an object (evaluating 'this.groups.map') I have that script
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  constructor(

  ) {
    this.groups = AuthenticationService.getUserGroups()
    let menuList: any = []
    this.groups.map((permission: Group) => {
      menuList.push(...this.menuGenerator[permission.nomeGrupo.split('-')[1]])
    })
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And when I run npm run test, just appear that error TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'this.groups.map'). I want to know what is the best way do fix that. I put spyOn to getUserGroups, but isn't work. How can I put some value for the variable? Thanks a lot! I really need to learn that!

A: Putting a spy replaces your function.
This means that it doesn't return anything anymore.
This means that you start with
groups = [];

Then you spy on your function
spyOn(AuthenticationService, 'getUserGroups');

And then you get
groups = undefined;

To resolve that, simply return a value in your spy :
spyOn(AuthenticationService, 'getUserGroups').and.returnValue([]);

EDIT Because you're in the constructor, you can't spy on the component itself, since it isn't created.
Gladly for you, you have the prototypal inheritance. Instead of spying on the service instance, you can spy on the prototype :
spyOn(AuthenticationService.prototype, 'getUserGroups').and.returnValue([]);

You should put this right under your describe('MyComponent'), so that's the first thing called.

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FEATURES On "Custom Made Life," L.A. Producer Bei Ru Filters His Armenian Heritage Through Hip-Hop By Liz Ohanesian · October 20, 2020
"Once I get into something, I get obsessed with it," says Bei Ru. If you've followed the Los Angeles-based producer and musician's career, you've already heard some of those obsessions, from the lost gems of '60s and '70s Armenian music that comprised his debut album Little Armenia (L.A.) to the drink that inspired his last album, Pomegranate Juice. For his latest album, Custom Made Life, Bei Ru has zeroed in on another obsession: singing.
Bei Ru is known for making beat-heavy tunes that draw influence from jazz, soul, psych, and Armenian and pan-Middle Eastern sounds. It's music that's primarily instrumental, aside from a few vocal samples here and there. On a lark, Bei Ru made some vocal tracks for himself with no intention of releasing them. But when he shared them with a few friends, they encouraged him to continue down that path. "It became this wave, and I had to keep going and going and going," he says. Ultimately, Bei Ru's voice became a tool not just for making music but also for helping him process difficult emotions. Enter "Anahid," a Custom Made Life track Bei Ru wrote for his late mother: "It was a really difficult song to write and sing and record, but it became this cathartic thing," he says. "It was one of those things where I didn't full-on deal with it, I guess, so it came back when I started to work on the song."
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Bei Ru first made waves with his 2010 debut Little Armenia (L.A.). Composed with samples culled from vintage Armenian music and influenced by Los Angeles' underground hip-hop scene, it was a love letter to both his heritage and his hometown. "Little Armenia began as this passion project of years and years of making beats out of records that my parents had lying around—which happened to be Armenian records—that culminated into this project," says Bei Ru, who was born in Los Angeles to ethnic Armenian parents from Lebanon. "No one has displayed Armenian music in a way like this that's really digestible for younger people and, also, people who aren't Armenian."
The album gained cult popularity, introducing listeners ("Armenian people included," Bei Ru adds) to music that might not have otherwise heard. "Not too many people were even aware of this type of music existing and, since you can't find these records on Spotify or iTunes or whatever, it was almost like they would just disappear into obscurity," he explains. "It was an honor to be the conduit to be able to let that music out there into the world."
Four years later, he followed up Little Armenia (L.A.) with Saturday Night at the Magic Lamp. A more electronic-oriented, dancefloor-friendly album than its predecessor; it gave Bei Ru the boost he needed to tour internationally. In Kuwait, he had the chance to play the first electronic music festival in the country. "The crowds were so accepting and people were so kind and it gave me this broader sense of how big this music really is," he recalls. "It opened my eyes to how we're part of this collective consciousness and how far the music reaches."
His experiences on tour would go on to influence his future music, notably Pomegranate Juice. The first time he had fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice was during a stop in Jordan. "It was the most incredible thing that I've ever tasted," he says. "Ever since then, I've been searching for fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice in L.A." Pomegranate Juice was also intended as an "appetizer," with concise songs setting the table before the release of Custom Made Life.
In between Saturday Night at the Magic Lamp and Pomegranate Juice, he released L.A. ZOOO in 2016. At around the same time, his mother died. "The tone of the album doesn't reflect that at all. It's probably the most fun album I think that I've ever done," he says. The loss had a profound impact on his music as a result: "I think that I got to this point where I was really depressed after my mom passed, and it took a long time to get back into music and back into enjoying it," he concludes.
In addition to singing himself on Custom Made Life, Bei Ru also brought in collaborators including Roc Marciano, Seven Davis Jr., Old Man Saxon, Jimetta Rose, and Peyton. The album's first single, "Ultraviolet Violent," features vocals from L.A.-based rapper Blu and Bei Ru's old pal Sebu Simonian, best known as a singer for the group Capital Cities. The two knew each other early in their music careers; when Bei Ru was part of a hip-hop group and Simonian was in another band, they played shows together. Bei Ru has also recorded at Simonian's studio. "We've talked about doing some sort of collaboration for years, but timing didn't work out," he says. Eventually, though, Bei Ru sent him a beat, and Simonian wrote a "rough draft demo" based on it. "The first time I heard it, it gave me goosebumps," he says. It's also, possibly, the most pop song that Bei Ru has released.
Overall, with Custom Made Life Bei Ru had wanted to cohesively incorporate the breadth of his influences. "I think that I was able to do that to the best of my abilities," he says. "I think it all fits under the umbrella of the kind of sound that I've been cultivating over the years."
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Kim Kreme, a 41-year-old wife and mom from the Philipines, opens her first-ever on-camera fuck scene by taking a shower. She steps into the shower and gets her sexy body all wet. She soaps herself up and rinses herself off. You can see how much she enjoys touching herself.
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Wind component manufacturer WTEC receives $75 million in financing
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The Central Information Commission has ruled that copy of documents pertaining to infiltrations from the Indo-Pakistan border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be disclosed under RTI. An application under the RTI Act was filed with the army wherein the appellant sought for the details of infiltrations or attempts of infiltration from the Indo-Pakistan border and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. The appellant also wanted the details of ceasefire violations and casualty of security force personnel. The PIO, Army had denied the information claiming exemption under section 8 of the RTI Act. Initially during the hearing the CIC held that some part of the requested information is available for public in terms of news items appearing in the media from time to time and therefore it cannot be said that its disclosure would be prejudicial to the security of India. Later the Commission perused the records pertaining to past two years regarding infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir, ceasefire violations along the LoC and casualties/ injuries suffered by armed forces personnel etc. The CIC accepted the contentions of the PIO that the information is sensitive in nature and cannot be disclosed as it may adversely affect India's relations with the foreign countries, besides having adverse effect on the strategic and security interests of India. The Commission, however held that if the appellant is keen to peruse the information, he should make a request to the PIO who would permit the appellant to peruse the information but would not provide a copy.


Amritsar (also called Ambarsar) is a city in the north western Indian state of Punjab, not far from the border with Pakistan. At the center of its walled old town is the gilded Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), considered the holiest gurdwara.
Wagah Border is the only open crossing border of India and Pakistan.The lowering of the flags, or the Beating Retreat ceremony at Wagah border near Hussainiwala National Martyrs Memorial, is a daily military practice that the security forces of India and Pakistan have jointly followed since 1959.


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"I got hypnotised. And it was downright creepy."
Jacqueline Bronsons
I was hypnotised last week as a last-ditch resort to cure my nail-biting habit — and I walked out of that appointment hundreds of dollars poorer and wanting to gnaw my nails right down to the quick.
Yeah, it was not what you'd call a success.
Before you roll your eyes, hear me out. Because my failure to convert my nails from the messy, ragged stubs worthy of a third grader to long, Iggy Azalea-style talons was not inevitable (as my more sceptical friends might claim).
Because here's the thing: my recent hypnotism session was just plain awkward. During every minute of the one-hour, insanely priced affair — $5.80 per minute, in case you're wondering — I felt about
as far from relaxed as humanly possible, so I never really had a reasonably shot at success.
Here's how the whole thing went down.
"My recent hypnotherapy session was just plain awkward."
I found my hypnotherapist online and was immediately suckered in by his shiny-looking testimonials page and logo (which, on reflection, he could've crafted himself using Microsoft Paint.)
In my mind's eye, I pictured my hypnotherapist — let's call him Trent* — rocking a clean white coat, polishing a high-tech relaxation chair in preparation for my arrival, and blasting the gentle sound of whales around a very slightly dimmed room as his jovial colleagues diligently went about their business in their adjoining rooms.
That's what a friend had described to me of their hypnotherapy experience and for half a weeks' pay check, dammit, that's what I expected to get.
I booked in immediately and, the next day, rocked up to the man's deco-style office building in the heart of the CBD and buzzed up to his floor. There was no logo on the buzzer to reassure me I'd come to the right place — but otherwise so far, so good.
I knocked. Trent opened his door. I stepped inside.
"That's when Trent told me to close my eyes and listen to his slow, deep voice — as he kicked off his shoes."
Glancing around, I saw no bustling floor of clinicians hovering aRound filing systems and rushing to meetings: In fact, there were no other rooms at all except the current one we were in, a small bathroom and — hang on, was that a bedroom over there?
It dawned on me that Trent worked from home in this tiny apartment, and that I'd be sinking into a 'very, very sleeepy' state of relaxation… in his lounge room.
Despite a couple of framed diplomas on his wall, things were feeling more intimate than I'd bargained for. But they grew even more so when Trent pulled an armchair up next to my couch and I glanced over at him — to realise he was wearing a pair of tracksuit pants.
Here I was thinking we were establishing a perfectly regular clinician-patient relationship, and it seemed Trent had opted to dress for a fourth date in front of a Grey's Anatomy box set.
The next ten minutes passed in a blur, but I was committed by now. I'd paid a deposit, I'd cleared my schedule for the afternoon, and I had a really fancy dinner to attend the following week that required distinctly non-ragged cuticles. I had to push on.
He let his loafers fall right near my feet, and folded his white sock-encased feet in a neat little criss-cross under the coffee table.
It was odd.
"I had a really fancy dinner to attend the following week that required distinctly non-ragged cuticles. I had to push on."
Not quite sleazy, but unprofessional. Not quite enough to make me gather my handbag and hotfoot it out of there, but enough for my tummy to perform a tiny flip of anxiety as I squeezed my eyes shut to start.
While Trent whispered at me to relax, my muscles tensed and my jaw clenched, and I didn't hear a damn word for the next 45 minutes, until he uttered the words "… and on the count of three, you can open your eyes".
I was wide-eyed and on my feet before he finished counting.
I know Trent meant me no harm. I know #notallmen are out to get me, and that this hypnotherapist's fondness for working in loungewear from the comfort of his living room couch shouldn't have to equate to me feeling spooked.
But spooked I was. Spooked and vulnerable and a little ripped-off.
And as I handed over my $350 and told him not to worry about a receipt, I remember thinking — I've never been more ready to bite those damn nails in my life.
Have you every been hypnotised? Did it work for you?
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DripS 3 years ago
Hypnotherapy definitely works, there's no doubt about it really. In fact, I had a great result right after the first session.
The only thing you'd have to make sure that you don't judge/question the process in every step. Just surrender & let it flow. After sometime (probably few weeks), you'll know by yourself for sure! It's a beautiful experience!
elaine 4 years ago
One of the most important parts of a successful Hypnotherapy session is building rapport with the client. Clearly this was not accomplished here. Making sure the client understands how it works, that the client is always in control. that they are comfortable and open to relaxing into trance is essential. It is a pity this article makes it sounds like it was the hypnotherapy that did not work when really it was the hypnotherapist who was not good at his job. $350 for one hour? That alone would make me suspicious. I charge $145 an hour. Stop smoking often takes longer so I charge $450 for a 3 - 4 hour session with free follow ups if the first 4 hours of hypnotherapy don't get the client to stop completely. Ask around for recommendations or call the therapist before booking to get a feel of whether you will be able to feel comfortable with them. If you get there and are not comfortable, tell them, they can then either work through what is making you uncomfortable or you can leave!


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London's hottest new musical hits the West End! Motown the Musical tells the story of one man who became everyone's music. Motown the Musical follows the career of Berry Gordy as he creates his musical empire 'Motown Records'.
The story begins in 1983 on the 25th Anniversary of Motown and Berry Gordy is looking back on his career. After a few years working on Detroit's automobile production line, Gordy sets his sights on bring the USA together with music. Gordy received an $800 loan to create his music making factory and Motown Records was born.
He signed a number of ground-breaking music artists and launched the careers of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and more.
Things change as the Vietnam War looms and America finds itself at a cultural turning point, Gordy realises the time has come to make music even bigger than he had dreamed to make music that could get the whole world grooving to the same beat.
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Before Felton
The Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria to 1904 – Catalogue compiled by John Gregory
Ancient [AN]
Asian [AS]
Decorative Arts [DA]
Drawings [DR]
Etchings [ET]
Paintings [PA]
Photography [PH]
Prints [PR]
Sculpture [SC]
Watercolours [WT]
Donors +
Unknown (Italian 19C?) Rebecca {1876} SLV [SC]
Unknown (Italian, 19thcentury?)
Rebecca at the Well (c.1870?)
Marble, 77 cm high
Purchased, 1876
State Library of Victoria (H2008.44)
In its somewhat alluring treatment of the Old Testament subject, this statuette typifies the period, and is comparable with other later 19th-century examples, such as the larger-scale statues by C.F. Summers in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, which also included a Rebekah.
The SLV catalogue describes the present work as "possibly a product of the flourishing Italian sculpture studios of the 19th century, which particularly served the tourist market."
For another pre-Felton image based on this story (in Genesis ch.24), see Rousselet after Poussin Eliezer and Rebecca 1677 {1879} NGV [EN]. See also Goodall (F.) Rachel going to the Well 1867 {1867} NGV [PA].
Refs.
AR 1876, p.42; SB, p.68 (Sculpture), indicating that the work was bought from a James Campbell on 30/12/1876; NGV 1880, p.3 (under 'Statuettes'); NGV 1894, p.131 (VI.Rotunda, no.27); NGV 1905, p.156 (VI.Sculpture [Verdon Gallery), no.16) [£60]
The reproduction shown here appeared in the catalogue of the exhibition "Free, Secular and Democratic: the Melbourne Public Library 1853-1913" (SLV, 31 May 2013 – 5 Feb.2014), available online
For C.F.Summers' works in Ballarat, see Radford Early Australian Sculpture (1976), unpaginated (including several reproductions)
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Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
We are having above procedure, it extracts the values from comma separated string and insert into a table.
we are getting 50000 items from vendor with comma separted.
For parameter i_item_key contains 50000 item keys (each of 172 characters) with comma separated. Total characters in i_item_key CLOB = 8650000 (size is 8.25 MB).
If we get 5000 items from Vendor, above proc is getting executed within 2 mins. But it is taking 2 hours of time for 50000 keys.
We have tested the Proc with locally with 50000 items, but each item key of 1 to 5 characters. Then procedure got executed within 4 mins.
But each i_item_key with 172 characters becoming too slow and taking 2 hours of time.
Please advise changes to handle the huge data in parameters.
1. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
2. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
Not only it is duplicate and posted in other forum but also What is the difference between just marked answered Splitting values from comma separated string of CLOB data type.
3. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
I don't know, what is the difference?
4. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
I also don't know, I think same.
5. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
Well should you read my suggestion on the other thread? It might ease the problem if you don't do row by row logic but set based processing instead.
6. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
I can show you how to do this in less than 10 seconds. Are you interested? Enough to answer my questions?
7. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
So you show us the procedure spec declaration without the actual procedure code. What is the point in that?!
You : Here's a picture of the badge of my car, it's going slower than it should, make it go faster.
Us : We can't, you haven't told us ANYTHING we can work with.
8. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
I have given a link from your blog which contains other related links, Others including Paulzip and Jarkko given him lots of inputs but I don't think he has gone through any of those and tested those. He just need a tailor made solution.
9. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
I meant the solution would run in less than 10 seconds, not that the explanation would take less than 10 seconds.
10. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
11. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
To handle the data directly, your solution is almost certainly the right way to go about it. You only read the clobs once rather than once per element (as in the regexp solution from a previous thread).
I shared an alternative solution to the business problem in the duplicate thread Handling huge CLOB input parameter data. ; if the data from the vendor was sent in a reasonable format (one that is probably much easier to achieve and more likely to not have mistakes due to ordering), there would be no need to put much effort at all into loading the data.
If I was put in this situation I would probably maniuplate the two files into one csv files using powershell (using piecemeal reads like you are doing) and then loading that file. That combined csv file can be read by humans easily so can be used for manual spot checking of the updated data.
12. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
Oh, so they started life as files, not CLOBs: of course!
13. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
Here is why I wanted to know the Oracle version: We can use JSON functions and avoid PL/SQL altogether. There will be time wasted in other places - for example to convert the comma-separated strings to JSON arrays of strings - but the performance is comparable, and the solution seems simpler to me, because it does not need user-defined functions. I only tested this on Oracle 12.2, but it should also work on Oracle 12.1.
I am sure this can be improved, I just don't know how; I am just learning about JSON right now, I may be missing some obvious things. I am also not sure why the MATERIALIZE hint is needed - why the optimizer won't choose to do that without the hints. Without it (meaning, using the CTE's as inline views) the CREATE TABLE statement takes so long that I had to cancel it - no point in knowing if it takes 3 minutes or 3 hours, when it takes less than 1 second with the hint. Moreover, I don't understand why the statement SHOULD take longer if it treats the CTE's as inline views, but it does. I would have thought it should take less. Perhaps this is one direction to look for improvements.
NOTE - This solution assumes the strings in the CSV inputs do not contain the JSON special characters (backslash and double-quote); if we can't make that assumption, the solution becomes more complicated (and slower) because we must handle that, too.
14. Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.
Nice demo, goes to show how much easier things can be if you know the full story.
Re: Handling huge CLOB input data in Procedure.


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Final day of Big 12 Softball Championship canceled due to poor field conditions
Updated: 12:21 PM CDT May 11, 2019
KOCO Staff
SOURCE: AP Images
The final day of the Big 12 Softball Championship has been canceled because of poor field conditions caused by inclement weather in the Oklahoma City area, officials said.The No. 12 Oklahoma State Cowgirls won two pool-play games Friday, defeating Texas, 6-2, and Iowa State, 17-2, at USA Hall of Fame Stadium. The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners beat Texas Tech 8-0 in their first game and couldn't finish their second game against Kansas because of rain Friday night.The Sooners' win against Texas Tech was their 39th straight of the season, setting a Division I record for consecutive wins in a single season.Although no conference tournament champion will be crowned, OU won the regular-season title with an 18-0 record during Big 12 play. The regular-season championship is the Sooners' eighth straight. With the cancellation, the Sooners and Cowgirls wait to hear their postseason assignments, which will be announced at 8 p.m. Sunday. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show will be televised at 8 p.m. Sunday on ESPN2. The NCAA's regional round begins Friday at campus sites that will be announced Sunday.
The final day of the Big 12 Softball Championship has been canceled because of poor field conditions caused by inclement weather in the Oklahoma City area, officials said.
The No. 12 Oklahoma State Cowgirls won two pool-play games Friday, defeating Texas, 6-2, and Iowa State, 17-2, at USA Hall of Fame Stadium. The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners beat Texas Tech 8-0 in their first game and couldn't finish their second game against Kansas because of rain Friday night.
The Sooners' win against Texas Tech was their 39th straight of the season, setting a Division I record for consecutive wins in a single season.
Although no conference tournament champion will be crowned, OU won the regular-season title with an 18-0 record during Big 12 play. The regular-season championship is the Sooners' eighth straight.
With the cancellation, the Sooners and Cowgirls wait to hear their postseason assignments, which will be announced at 8 p.m. Sunday. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show will be televised at 8 p.m. Sunday on ESPN2.
The NCAA's regional round begins Friday at campus sites that will be announced Sunday.


If you attend a lot of conventions or simply leave your house, you might find that you get sick every once in awhile. Conventions are huge petri dishes of sickness because there are so many people in a small space. I used to get almost every time after a con. One time, I got such a severe bout of stomach flu, I literally thought I was going to die. All I remember is lying in bed being unable to even dial 911. It traumatized me so much that I made some changes in how I do things. I haven't gotten sick yet since making those changes, so I'm here to share with you my tricks to reducing the chance that you will catch the con crud.
Stop Relying on Hand Sanitizer: Hand sanitizer cleans your hands, right? Well…kind of. It doesn't kill viruses. I used to be a hand sanitizer devotee. I used hand sanitizer religiously before I got the stomach flu from hell. I still got the stomach flu because it didn't kill everything that was on my hands when I went to eat. Since then I haven't even bothered carrying hand sanitizer. It does help somewhat, but it doesn't do enough.
Consciously Wash Your Hands: This is a no-brainer, but I do not want to go into how many people I see at the con ROLL ON OUT OF THE BATHROOM WITHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS. It's nasty. I thought we learned this in Sesame Street, but geez, a lot of people do this at cons! Wash your hands every time you use the bathroom. Use a paper towel to open the door on your way out so you don't touch the doorknob where the non-handwashing people have touched – especially if you are about to eat.
Don't Touch Your Face: Don't rub your eyes or mouth without immediately washing your hands before doing so. Disease can enter the body via your eyes and mouth. Don't put the germs inside you!
Don't Share Communal Bags of Unwrapped Snacks: It's always the people reaching into the communal bags of chips or pretzels that seem to get the con crud. Guess why? It's because people who haven't washed their hands have stuck their hands in there and contaminated everything. Bring wrapped snacks to your con table so that you can open one and eat it without putting your hand on the food before doing so.
Don't Touch Your Food: Like I said above, bring wrapped snacks. You could also use a napkin to pick up and eat the food. Basically, don't touch anything you are about to eat before washing your hands.
What I am saying is – don't rely on hand sanitizer, don't touch your face, don't touch food you are about to eat, don't share communal snacks, and make sure to wash your hands really well before you eat. Doing all of these things are annoying, but it works. Imagine you are doing surgery and your orifices are open wounds. Sure, that's a bit extreme, but I have not gotten sick at all since I started doing this. The less sick you are, the more comics you can make and the more cons you can go to.
I'm Oni. I'll be guest blogging this week. I founded the Webcomic / Indie Creator-Centric convention Intervention. You should register now. I draw Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos. I post Art Tutorials and other fun things over at Onezumiverse.
My favorite color is all of them. My favorite music is metal. My favorite food is anything inside the Magic Kingdom. My favorite movie is Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. People keep thinking I'm a dude because of my name so I have provided photographic evidence to the contrary.
Onezumi.com announced the winner of its third contest – the winner took home a 30 gig external hard drive. (Click here to see the top entries in the contest).
Previously they have given away tickets to the LOTR Experience in Boston, various Anime T Shirts, and a flatbed scanner. The next contest will be announced very soon, and it will have an even better prize than this one.


Aeromexico has dropped the price of their flights from Vancouver to Lima, Peru down to $537 CAD roundtrip including taxes.
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Unfortunately all the Aeromexico prices started changing back on Thursday morning.
Unfortunately all the Aeromexico prices started changing back on Thursday morning. They were around for about 12 hours. It's probable they were a mistake.
Hey Chris, do you know of any good deals leaving Vancouver to Cuba? I am overwhelmed looking as my partner and I would like to spend a month there. Anytime from late December to mid January is the departure window we are open to. So appreciate all your help!


The complexities of painting such a personal subject matter, mostly self-portraits surrounded by "guilty foods", is an area Lee Price strives in. With an eye at capturing the right image to paint, she beautifully depicts the binaries often associated with disorder eating. She currently resides in Beacon, NY where I had the chance to speak with her.
BRIANNA LYLE: At FLATT we're dedicated to philanthropy, and specifically in the education sector. How did growing up in New York affect your arts education?
LEE PRICE: Probably the most influential thing about my arts education was that my mother was a high school art teacher. She was very busy raising 3 children and working full time but I do remember her sketching my sisters and me, doing some watercolor, making pottery, and later making jewelry. From a very early age I was introduced to art museums and had an appreciation for art. By the time I was 4 years old I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist.
When I was in my early 30's I taught elementary school in Los Angeles. There were no gym teachers, no music teachers and no art teachers. It was really a deplorable situation. I remembered how important my art classes were in grade school. It's very unfortunate that arts education is given such short shrift in many areas.
BRIANNA LYLE: What are your ties to Santa Fe, NM? I see you have a gallery there.
LEE PRICE: My sole gallery is the EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe. I've been with them since about 2010. I think it's difficult to find a gallery that, as an artist, you completely connect with. I've found that with EVOKE. They believe in what I am doing and I trust them implicitly. I make very few paintings in a single year so they have a waiting list for my work.
BRIANNA LYLE: What was your work like before you became interested in the female/food subject matter?
LEE PRICE: I went to an all women's college and would often use my friends as models. My paintings would usually involve one or several women in a room with some type of food item…someone holding a bunch of carrots, an orange, a banana sitting on a window ledge…or empty bowls in the settings. There didn't seem to be a specific purpose for any of this at the time but, even back then, my subject matter was almost always women and food.
BRIANNA LYLE: Most of the foods used in your work are sweets, or foods that are seen as indulgences. What is the connection between these luxurious excesses and your painted subject?
LEE PRICE: I'm using foods that are typically associated with indulgence or binging, "guilty" foods. The food choice usually has more to do with making a connection to compulsion than gratified indulgence. The majority of my pieces are speaking about checking out; food as a means of distracting yourself from being present. The settings are always peaceful behind the frenetic activity of the subject. These women are searching for solace in an unfit source. The peace is there. It's obvious. It's just underneath the behavior. This is how compulsion is. My paintings explore the ways in which we take comfort in food and its pleasures, and the hunger that remains even amidst apparent abundance. Sometimes I"m simply speaking about the search for the lusciousness of life.
BRIANNA LYLE: What is it about the relationship between food and women that is so important to you?
LEE PRICE: I suffered with various forms of disordered eating from an early age until my early thirties. Even after that, food has been my fall back emotional crutch.
BRIANNA LYLE: Binge eating specifically is often an eating disorder that is overlooked as most people tend to think that eating disorders arise from not eating. You challenge this thought beautifully in your work; I'm wondering if you think, specifically Americans, have a more severe problem with food than we think. In other words, do you think our dependency on food for emotional support is hindering us as a society?
LEE PRICE: Americans have a much more severe problem with checking out than we think. It's not just food. We've come up with a thousand ways of checking out: workaholism, obsessively surfing the net, preoccupation with exercise. You can turn anything into an obsession, anything into a way of not being present. Sometimes I think we search for chaos just so we don't have to sit still. It's very difficult to get quiet. It can be very uncomfortable. I think we're constantly trying to cover up our own negative self speak. We're very hard on ourselves.We strive and push ourselves to accomplish so we can feel worthy. Then acquire addictions because we're so removed from any sense of who we truly are. How can this not be reflecting in our society?
BRIANNA LYLE: Exactly. Through your invasive, bird-like view of your subjects, you capture a moment when a woman is at her most vulnerable, mid-binge. Why is this moment so inspiring for you?
LEE PRICE: The bird's eye view often gets interpreted as a voyeurism thing or a "God's eye" view, but it's neither. It's the subject looking down on herself. Watching herself in the act of a compulsive behavior, observing. Being completely aware of what she's doing but unable to stop. I've spoken to friends who have had this same experience in relation to drug addiction. It's like an out of body experience.
BRIANNA LYLE: You seem to be promoting body-awareness by acknowledging shame that often comes with talking about the female form. However, some of your subjects appear to be accessorized, in curvy positions or with red toenail polish, do you feel this makes the model an object?
LEE PRICE: When I do a shoot with my photographer he'll take hundreds of shots. When I sift through them looking for poses I usually gravitate toward images that depict an unawareness of being viewed as opposed to images that would objectify. When you see a figure that's posed in a more alluring way I do that to convey a sense of defiance.
I get asked about the toe nail polish a lot. In the later works I stopped using it but really it wasn't meant to be a statement. It was an aesthetic thing. I liked the bright toe nail polish against what is normally a more subdued palette of colors.
BRIANNA LYLE: Your photographer helps you capture deeply personal moments before you paint them, I'm wondering how you two met and your experiences with sharing these moments with him.
LEE PRICE: I met Tom Moore through a mutual friend and have been working with him since 2010. He's very good at putting people at ease when he's photographing them. When we shoot it's not a heavy, serious thing. It's mainly exhausting and stressful because you're trying to get the right shot. It can be a long day- eight or more hours of posing and changing set-ups. Sometimes things don't work out; props aren't working, poses look contrived, nothing's clicking. Tom has a good sense of humor and keeps things upbeat and fun. From each shoot there are at least a dozen photos of me laughing uncontrollably.
BRIANNA LYLE: Can you ever recall a time when the photographic process was uncomfortable, or better yet, enlightening?
LEE PRICE: The photographic process has never been uncomfortable. But, it is often enlightening. I set out shooting one idea and after looking through the images, something else may emerge that interests me more. "Full", the very first painting that I made for the Women and Food series, came about unexpectedly. I had set up a scene to shoot- a sort of Alice in Wonderland thing. In the foreground, a table was set for what would seem to be a tea party and in the background a figure sleeping in a chair. It wasn't working. I purchased insane amounts of desserts and props for this shoot that I didn't want to waste. So I threw an antique tablecloth down on the floor, placed the desserts on top of it, lay down in the middle of the food and had a friend get on a ladder to photograph it. I still didn't quite understand it, but I knew I had something that inspired me; something I wanted to explore.
BRIANNA LYLE: Your work is deeply genuine, not only because of the subject matter, but because you've placed yourself at the center of most of your works. Why does self-portrait propel your work?
LEE PRICE: The paintings are about myself. I may not always do this, but it's what I do now. I've tried to use other women and, for this series, it just hasn't worked for me.
BRIANNA LYLE: The juxtaposition in your work – pleasure vs. self-loathing, private vs. public, present vs. regret – is an aesthetic we love at FLATT as well, what is it about these binaries that charm you?
LEE PRICE: Because I believe that's the way everything in life is. Nothing is one way or another- all good or all bad. Possibly I'm searching for equanimity.
BRIANNA LYLE: Is the search for equanimity something you strive for while working?
LEE PRICE: I'm not striving for it in my work, at least not consciously. I strive for it in my life so I think it must show up in my work, if only in the background. I currently have a sign on my studio door that says "Abandon Hope". I'm not talking about Dante's gates of hell but about the Buddhist philosophy. Abandon your hope and fear goes with it. You are left with equanimity, peace. I don't have the sign on the door because I'm good at it however. I need it to be my first reminder every morning.
BRIANNA LYLE: Can you explain your pre-painting process a bit?
LEE PRICE: Mainly, I think a lot. I may have an idea in my head of what I'm trying to convey or I may conjure an image that I don't fully understand. I make very simple sketches of the ideas until I feel I've hit on something. I gather props, which can be an extensive process. I've worked with the same photographer for most of this series. Over time he's devised a scaffolding setup in which the camera is connected to a computer screen so that as he takes each shot I can see what is going on without moving my position. In a day of shooting he'll take hundreds of shots. I then go through the shots looking for images that I want to use.
BRIANNA LYLE: Do you see yourself exploring different subjects in future work?
LEE PRICE: I believe this subject will morph into something else. I paint about my life. I hope I'm not in this place forever.
BRIANNA LYLE: What are some of your future plans regarding your art?
What intrigues me most from my last shoot, which I've barely begun to paint, has more to do with basic elements of painting: abstracting a form, juxtapositions of colors creating space. I look through the images searching for what I'm drawn to. I spend a lot of time analyzing why I'm drawn to certain images. After a while, I can usually figure out what it is that I'm trying to get at.


My sister and I have a friend who lives in Rye and is going through a medical issue. Is there a cafe, deli, etc that would take an on-line order, charge to a credit card and delivery food on occasion to our friend? We live in the US, California & Hawaii.


The Police Force Headquarters in Abuja has announced the arrest of three suspected kidnappers said to be responsible for the abduction of a Channels Television reporter, Mr. Friday Okeregbe, on March 22, in Abuja.
Okeregbe, was abducted at a location in Lugbe along the Abuja International Airport road while returning from a mechanic workshop where he had gone to repair his car.
Men of the anti-kidnapping unit arrested the suspects, Hanniel Patrick, 29, from Akwa Ibom State, Abdulwahab Isah, 28, and Salisu Mohammed, 32, both from Kogi State, were arrested at various locations in Abuja.
During his abduction, the journalist was taken a hideout somewhere in Karimo, Abuja, where he was held for days and kept incommunicado.
Items recovered from the suspects included a locally made revolver, three rounds of live AK47 ammunition, one battle axe, phones and masks with which they blindfold their victims.
A good reward for your doggedness.


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SOME GREAT STRIKER NEWS AS ARSENAL LOOK TO GO TOP
By Fab4.
Ahead of my trip to Birmingham to watch the mighty Gunner's play Aston Villa in tonight's Premier League encounter, i have read that Arsene has called off his striker search. WHAT?! How predictable was that? I said to a fellow Gooner at the start of January not to believe the hype…we wont get a striker. He thought i was mad, Wenger said he WAS going to buy a striker he argued. I then said this is how the month would develop :
– Wenger will announce at the start of the window he is looking for players. Fans get excited and turn up for matches during a financially tough month.
– With relatively 'easy' fixtures we would continue to win games and score goals. Arsene would remind us of this fact at every opportunity.
– After 7-10 days Wenger would start to drop in that Bendtner and Walcott were getting close to full fitness. But he was still looking for a striker.
– Walcott is now very close with Bendtner expected back at the end of the month – very convenient. The striker hunt is proving futile. There are no players out there. (Huntelaar, Babel, Remy, Gignac…anyone?!) But he is still hopeful.
– Walcott returns, Wenger has full confidence in him. Bendtner is now only a week away and he is the striker we have all been waiting for. There are no strikers available who are better than what we have. But he could still be interested if he finds a special player.
– End of the window is in sight, Bendtner is now back and Wenger releases a statement saying he is not after any striker. He has full confidence in Bendtner and Walcott.
Classic Wenger. He has done this before and will do it again. He uses the media to build up fans hopes, to keep them interested and on side. Before letting us all down and trying to convince us that the players we have are good enough. Then come what may when Utd and Chelsea share out the medals, Wenger will tell us how young the team is and how we will come back stronger next year.
Firstly, if it was RVP who had just come back from injury and not Bendtner i would completely understand not buying a striker. But this is Nicklas Bendtner we are talking about! I do like Big Nik and he has potential, but he isn't good enough to start when everybody is fit (yes, impossible situation i know), so why are we all thinking that he is the saviour of our season and he will lead us to the title?! He has a very average goal scoring record, has been used on the right this year and is completely unproven as a lone front man. So for our manager to say he is the striker we are looking for is ridiculous. Bendtner has been out for 3 months. Arsene himself just said it will take Theo 4-6 weeks to get up to full speed again following a 2 month absence, so surely the same has to be said for Bendtner!? Which means we will be continuing with Eduardo up top until Bendtner is fully match fit. Great, but he is low on confidence and is not a lone striker, he plays his best football in a top two and has struggled for the most part playing on his own up front.
This is not an 'anti-wenger' or 'anti-Bendtner' rant. I just feel this is the best chance Arsenal have had in years to win the title and i don't want to miss out just because of Arsene's stubbornness. Yes i know the stats, we are the leagues top scorers. But that would be great if we had the leagues best defensive record as well. The reason we score so many goals is due to our attacking style, which then leaves us more open at the back. And when you play the big boys like Chelsea and Utd who are good at the back and good going forward it becomes a different story.
To say there are no strikers available who are better than what we have is also crazy. So Klaas Jan Huntelaar – a proven international striker who has scored goals at every team he has played for – is not better than Bendtner? Do me a favour. Im not saying Huntelaar is the answer, im just saying he is a class striker who IS available at the minute. Get him in on a 6 month loan deal, what harm could it do? I would rather hear Arsene saying 'Huntelaar would not fit in with our style' than he can't find a better striker than what we have.
Wenger should have done his business early – like he said he was going to – and got a top class striker in the first week in January. If by some miracle he is still planning on bringing someone in, why wait till the last minute? To save a million quid or so? It's a dangerous strategy as we found out when we missed out on Alonso. You also run the risk of running out of time to complete the deal as we very nearly did with Arshavin.
I still hope Arsene is pulling the wool over our eyes and is working in the background to bring in a striker, but deep down i think we will be disappointed once again at 5pm on Feb 1st.
Anyway, big game tonight. Massive game. I hope Big Nik comes off the bench to score the winner tonight and go on to prove me wrong…score 10 league goals and win us the title!
Do we need a striker? If so…who? Or should we stick with what we have?
Please leave your comments below….
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