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12c New Features... A survey..

I'm working on some things right now related to Oracle Database 12c, and I'd like to do a little survey about your experience with upgrading to different versions of the Oracle Database. You can find...

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I'm creating a new blog for Oracle related stuff...

I've decided to spin off my Oracle related blog, separating it from my personal blog. You will find future Oracle related posts at this address:http://robertfreemanonoracle.blogspot.com/It's new, and I...

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On karma...

Please note - this is not a religious message. It is a statement of my personal beliefs.  "I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is...

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Life and great and terrible moments....

“I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and...

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To my Carrie... a poem for you... :)

“It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the...

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Really... I think Battleship is a great movie!

Some people listen to music while they work, some people need quiet. I like to listen to movies and TV shows in the background. One movie I'm somewhat fond of is Battleship. Battleship really didn't do...

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Harry potter on betrail...

What that everyone would stand and fight the good fight rather than give in to the pressure of fear brought on by others.... “What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever...

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This has special meaning to me. If you accept a lie, it's easy to just move on.

It's easy to move on if you accept a lie, without critical thinking.It's easy to toss away love if you accept the hysteria that is around you.It is easy to destroy that which you loved by accepting the...

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Torch... Thank you Carrie.... It's a perfect song....

My wife Carrie gave me this song.... She heals me in so many ways.I'd never heard the song before, but she knows me so well.Those of you who really know me, know the meaning behind this song for me....

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Silence

SilenceSilence is perhaps the worst pain.The gulf of truth and fiction persist.The pain of the heart is never quelled.in silence.In silence there is no truth,only a terrible imagination of fiction.The...

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Talking and Silence...

To you....I read something you said.I don't know if it was meant for me.but it felt like it might be.and it made me hurt so.  Talking is always preferable to silence.You know how to find me.I truly...

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Earthquakes, tsunamis and illusions...

Many of us like illusions. We like to be fooled by the likes of Copperfield, Burton or Pen and Teller. They are exciting and they have a way of changing our perception of what we see. We watch the...

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On being mistaken...

This exchange in Star Wars VI appeared in my mind today... The Emperor:  “I’m looking forward to completing your training. In time you will call me master.”Luke:   ”You’re gravely mistaken. You won’t...

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Yoda on fear...4. “Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger…anger leads to hate…hate leads to suffering.” The Phantom MenaceIt's funny to me how a person will love something and yet fail...

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Without reflection - we go blindly on our way...

Without reflection we go blindly on our way,creating more unintended consequences,and failing to achieve anything useful.- Margaret J. Wheatley  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_J._WheatleyI know...

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When you love someone....

Someone I once cared about (and still do, I never really stop caring about those people who I have loved - when you read my definition of love you will see why) wrote something about love and how much...

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A good man goes to war...

For those who understand... and those that don't.... I am a good man - forced to go to war.While I am not the doctor, and while armies may not change that the mention of my name... this video is so...

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Swimming is for idiots...

"Swimming is for idiots..."Quote from Mr. Nobody....

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Quote I love...

From "Waiting for Forever (2010)"..."Truth is nothing. What you believe to be true is everything.""If you ask me, there's a moment in everybody's life when you're hopeless, just helpless with hope and...

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Happy birthday....

Happy birthday....

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Ahhh.... the joy of witchhunts....

Witchunts have been around for a long time now. This link provides a history of which craft persecution over the years. It seems that the which hunt starts when someone in authority starts an...

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Cowards....

Don't you just love cowards? People that sign onto your blog and use some fictional name and write all sorts of stupid things about you? Seems there is this person called Joe Truth.... ever heard of...

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Cowards.....

Cowards... One of my favorite quotes is this one: “First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—...

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Calling Joe Truth....

Oh my, one day almost down.We know who you are Joe.Do you want us to unmask you and your folk for the cowards you are?Glad to do so...It was so easy... Harassment is a crime Joe....Sheep... do you know...

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Our principles vs. our reactions - Part One of my "It can happen to you" series.

This article is the first in a series that I want to address a number of issues that concern me. There are a number of issues that might, at first, seem unrelated, but as you will see - in the end they...

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