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Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' – Bruce Willis And Katy Perry
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Slow (26) and Slower (19) give chase as Stephfon Green completes his 39 yard TD sprint up the gut.
Chris not an accurate caption for this picture as I rewatched this play again and Moeller was on the right side of the line in Pass Coverage, He came over to try and make a play but was too far away in coverage, where he was supposed to be.
Shazier had the middle gap but was out of position and OJ did not read the play, he had the contain. I think Shazier will be great but did miss some plays including this one.
Hopefully the D will fill their gaps and make the tackles against Denard and Michigan as they did against Wisconsin. Go Bucks!

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For years, Jason Newsted was a follower — a bass player at the mercy of his bandmates. When he joined Metallica in 1986, he replaced the irreplaceable Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident earlier that year. The odds were against Newsted: Metallica fans had no reason to like him and neither did Metallica. Notice how the bass on 1988's And Justice for All… is nearly inaudible. It's rumored that James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich snuck into the studio and turned the knobs down on all of Newsted's parts before the LP was pressed.
This animosity came to a breaking point in 2001, as famously documented by Some Kind of Monster. With Hetfield and Ulrich's egos threatening to engulf the band, Newsted quit. He joined sci-fi thrashers Voivod a year later and lasted eight years before leaving the group.
Now, he's singing, playing bass, and writing songs for his own band. The trio's debut EP, aptly titled Metal, is only four tracks long. But despite its brevity, Metal hits harder than anything Metallica's recorded in the past 20 years.
Opener "Soldierhead" is a rigid crusher; Newsted speed-slaps his bass before letting us hear his metal voice for the first time. He snarls like Rob Zombie, and his inflection mimics that of Voivod's Denis Bélanger. The lyrics are cheesy but forgivable: "Demon-scene hellscape / Try to not get dead." Stylistically, there's not much variation between the four tracks. "Godsnake" and "Skyscraper" share stop-start rhythms and lyrics about war and destruction (it is Metal, after all). Six-minute centerpiece "King of the Underdogs" sounds like it was written as a middle finger to Hetfield and Ulrich, the musical equivalent of saying, "Fuck you guys, look what I can do."
And that's really the whole conceit of Metal. It's quick, heavy, and repetitive. There's little melody — just pure thrash. In four songs, Jason Newsted evokes the raw abandon and simplicity this genre mandates. Metallica? Pssh. Who needs 'em.
Essential Track: "Soldierhead"


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Feeling sprightly? Come dressed up in your best leprechaun or fairy attire and join us for a magical storytime & craft! Best for ages 3+.Library: Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch
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The invention provides tools and techniques for migration of user profiles in place on a computer. In one method, a first step provides a migration content storage partition to hold migration content such as user settings. This partition is provided by using a partition manipulation tool to obtain sufficient space on the computer. A second step saves migration content into the provided partition. A third step deploys an image into another partition on the computer, overwriting that partition. A fourth step then uses the migration tool to restore migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition, thereby customizing the new image with at least some of the former image's user settings. The migration content storage partition may then be deleted, or it may be retained and made available to the user as additional storage.
1. A method for coordinating imaging operations with user profile migration to perform migration in place on a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a migration content storage partition in the computer system to hold migration content, by using a partition manipulation tool to manipulate at least one partition in a partitionable storage medium of the computer system;
saving migration content into the provided migration content storage partition by using a migration tool, the saved migration content including at least user settings for the computer system;
deploying an image into at least one other partition of the computer system's partitionable storage by using an imaging tool, thereby forming a newly imaged partition which is not the migration content storage partition;
restoring migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition by using the migration tool; and
deleting the migration content storage partition after restoring migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition.
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providing a migration content storage partition in the computer system to hold migration content, by using a partition manipulation tool to resize at least one partition in a partitionable storage medium of the computer system;
saving migration content into the provided migration content storage partition by using a migration tool, the saved migration content including at least user settings for the computer system;
deploying an image into at least one other partition of the computer system's partitionable storage by using an imaging tool, thereby forming a newly imaged partition which is not the migration content storage partition;
restoring migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition by using the migration tool; and
deleting the migration content storage partition after restoring migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition.
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This application claims priority to, and incorporates by reference, provisional application Ser. No. 60/274,593 filed Mar. 10, 2001.
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. The copyright owner does not hereby waive any of its rights to have this patent document maintained in secrecy, including without limitation its rights pursuant to 37 C.F.R. � 1.14. In particular and without limitation, copyright is claimed in the batch files shown herein.
The present invention relates to the migration of user customizations when changes are made in a computer's configuration, and relates more particularly to tools and techniques which coordinate the migration of user profiles with disk imaging to facilitate continued use of the profiles after operations such as an operating system upgrade, an operating system replacement, or a rollback to an earlier system image.
Users of individual computers often customize the more-or-less generic computer provided to them by a vendor. For instance, users may set various operating system and application program preferences, add new peripheral devices and corresponding drivers, load new application programs, create documents with application programs, select background bitmaps, and so on. Administrators who are responsible for multiple computers in a business, agency, institution, or other entity often make similar changes in order to customize those computers for particular users or groups of users.
Tools exist for migrating such user profile information to new machines, by copying them from the old machine to the new machine. These migration tools may also be used to copy user profile information over a network to a remote storage location when a network client is replaced or upgraded. After a new machine is installed, or a new image is installed on an existing machine to upgrade the client, the user profile information can be copied back over the network to the client and applied there to customize the client.
However, not every computer that needs a new image customized by old user profile information is attached to a network. Moreover, even if a network is available, substantial space may be required on network servers to simultaneously hold the user profiles of attached clients when all of those clients need to be modified by a new image that is then to be customized by their respective old user profile information. Of course, less space is needed if the clients are modified one-by-one, but much more time is then required than if multiple clients could be modified more or less concurrently.
Accordingly, there is a need for improved tools and techniques to coordinate the imaging of one or more computers with the migration of user profile information to the imaged computer(s). Such tools and techniques are described and claimed herein.
The invention provides tools and techniques for coordinating imaging operations with user profile migration on a computer system. Some methods of the invention include four major steps discussed below; preparatory and/or supporting operations like those discussed and illustrated in the Detailed Description may also be performed as needed. In addition to its methods, the invention provides systems and configured computer-readable storage media that correspond generally to those methods.
A first step provides a migration content storage partition in the computer system; this partition will hold migration content such as user settings that are being migrated from an old operating system to an upgraded or new operating system on the computer. This partition is provided using a partition manipulation tool to manipulate one or more partitions of the computer system, by shrinking them to create more free space for the migration content storage partition, for instance. Partitions may also be moved, in order to consolidate scattered free space so it can be placed in the migration content storage partition. A partition large enough to hold the migration content can then be created using the consolidated free space, or an existing partition can be enlarged into the free space so it will be large enough to hold the migration content. One variation of the method deletes files from the computer system to make additional free space to hold migration content. An extended partition is used for migration content storage in some embodiments; in others, a logical or primary partition is used.
A second major step saves migration content (i.e., user profile information such as user settings and/or user data) into the provided migration content storage partition. This is accomplished using a migration tool, such as the IBM System Migration Assistant software.
A third major step deploys an image into a partition of the computer system, overwriting that partition's copy of user profile information that was first saved to the migration partition. The migration content storage partition is not overwritten during this imaging step, since that would destroy the migration content. Imaging is accomplished using an imaging tool, such as the PowerQuest Drive Image� Pro software. In some cases, rebooting the computer causes execution of a command that invokes the imaging tool.
A fourth major step then uses the migration tool to restore migration content from the migration content storage partition into the newly imaged partition, thereby customizing the new image with at least some of the former image's user settings. The migration content storage partition may then be deleted, or it may be retained and made available to the user as additional storage. The imaged partition may be resized, before or after the user profile information is restored; enlarging the imaged partition is especially desirable if more space for the imaged partition is available or if space for it can be made available by shrinking or deleting the migration content storage partition after the migration content stored there has been applied to the imaged partition.
The inventive migration code (which invokes the partition manipulation tool, invokes the migration tool, and invokes the imaging tool) may be implemented using batch files on Windows systems or other systems, or other scripts. It may also be partially or entirely implemented in EXE or other native executable code. Migration code may reside in various computer readable media even in a single given embodiment of the invention. Suitable locations for migration code include, for instance, files on a bootable CD, files in the new image on the computer's disk, and/or command files for network management tools. Some methods of the invention pass control from one part of the migration code to the next part by rebooting the computer, so that automatically executed batch files—which are run after a reboot—will invoke the next tool. In some cases, code that runs automatically when a CD is inserted can also be used, so that control is passed to migration code on the CD after the CD is inserted.
The boot image which receives control as the result of rebooting may be read from the CD, or read from a small partition on the computer's hard disk which is created for that purpose. The boot image may also be downloaded from a network server using PXE or similar technology. The boot image may also be read from a user file using the tools and techniques described in the commonly owned copending application by inventors Paul Madden et al. filed Feb. 17, 2001; one embodiment of these tools is in PowerQuest "virtual floppy" software (VIRTUAL FLOPPY is a mark of PowerQuest Corporation).
In short, the invention provides tools and techniques for coordinating image deployment with user profile migration by using partition manipulation tools and scripts or other software commands. The invention permits one to maintain user customization while deploying a new operating system, an operating system upgrade, or a rollback image that rolls the receiving partition back to an earlier state, for example. Other aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent through the following description.
To illustrate the manner in which the advantages and features of the invention are obtained, a more particular description of the invention will be given with reference to the attached drawings. These drawings only illustrate selected aspects of the invention and thus do not limit the invention's scope. In the drawings:
In describing embodiments of invention, the meaning of several important terms is clarified, so the claims must be read with careful attention to these clarifications. Specific examples are given to illustrate aspects of the invention, but those of skill in the relevant art(s) will understand that other examples may also fall within the meaning of the terms used, and hence within the scope of one or more claims. Important terms may be defined, either explicitly or implicitly, here in the Detailed Description and/or elsewhere in the application file. In particular, an "embodiment" of the invention may be, without limitation, a system, an article of manufacture, a method, and/or a computer memory, CD, disk, or other digital or analog medium that is configured according to the invention.
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The computer system 100 includes random access memory 112 and may include other forms of memory 112 such as ROM or PROM memory. The memory 112 is in operable communication with the processor 110, and the I/O devices likewise communicate with the processor 110 and/or the memory 112.
The computer system 100 is capable of using floppy drives, tape drives, optical drives or other means to read a storage medium. A suitable storage medium includes a magnetic, optical, or other computer-readable storage media having a specific physical substrate configuration. Suitable storage devices include floppy disks, hard disks, tape, CD-ROMs, DVDs, PROMs, RAM and other computer system storage devices. The substrate configuration represents data and instructions which cause the computer system 100 to operate in a specific and predefined manner as described herein. Thus, a given medium tangibly embodies a program, functions, and/or instructions that are executable by the computer system 100 to perform one or more steps for coordinating partition manipulations, imaging, and user profile migration substantially as described herein.
The computer system 100 includes a partitionable nonvolatile storage medium 102 such as one or more magnetic or optical disks. The storage 102 may be internal, external, or a combination thereof. The partitionable storage 102 is divided, or divisible, into partitions by use of commercially available software such as the PartitionMagic� program (mark of PowerQuest Corporation), or the FDISK and FORMAT programs provided by operating system vendors such as Microsoft Corporation. Partition creation, partition and cluster resizing, file system optimization, and other partition manipulations are described in the following U.S. patents assigned to PowerQuest Corporation, which are incorporated herein by reference: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,675,769; 5,706,472; 5,930,831; 6,088,778; 6,108,759; 6,178,487; 6,185,575; 6,185,666.
Within one or more partitions, the computer system 100 often includes an operating system 104, such as one of the Microsoft Corporation Windows operating systems and/or one of the operating systems in the UNIX family of operating systems. The computer system may be equipped with a boot management program that permits a user to select between two or more operating systems 104 that are installed on the computer system 100. Boot management is discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,178,503 assigned to PowerQuest Corporation and incorporated herein by reference. PowerQuest Corporation also provides BootMagic� boot management software with its PartitionMagic� program (marks of PowerQuest Corporation).
The computer system 100 can be customized by a user profile stored on the partitionable medium 102. Examples of user profiles may be found in documentation for migration tools. However, to the extent of any conflict, the implied and express definitions in this application take precedence over any definitions (of user profiles or other terms) provided elsewhere. In particular and without limitation, a "user profile" must include user settings 106, and may also include user data 108.
User settings 106 stored on the partitionable medium 102 customize the operating system 104 according to the particular hardware and/or software within the computer system 100, and/or according to the particular preferences of a given user. Various tools have been made available for capturing the user settings 106 of a given computer system 100, including without limitation Microsoft Windows registry-related files and software, Novell ZENWorks software, Microsoft IntelliMirror software, Miramar Systems Desktop DNA software, and IBM System Migration Assistant (SMA) software (marks of their respective owners).
User data 108 is often also stored on the partitionable medium 102 and it may often be copied or otherwise captured by the same migration tools (e.g., SMA software) that capture user settings 106. As used herein, "user data" is not necessarily limited to data created directly by a user, such as a particular spreadsheet or word processor document, but may also include user applications, such as spreadsheet and word processor programs. The act of capturing a user profile includes capturing user settings 106, and optionally includes capturing user data 108, so that it can be reproduced later.
The computer system 100 may be connectable to one or more networks through network I/O hardware and/or software 116. By way of example, suitable computer networks include local networks, wide area networks, and/or the Internet. "Internet" as used herein includes variations such as a private Internet, a secure Internet, a value-added network, a virtual private network, or an intranet. A network may include one or more LANs, wide-area networks, Internet servers and clients, intranet servers and clients, or a combination thereof. Such computer networks may form part of a telecommunications network and/or interface with a telecommunications network. The network's transmission media may include twisted pair, optical fiber cables, coaxial cable, telephone lines, satellites, radio waves, microwave relays, modulated AC power lines, and other data transmission "wires" known to those of skill in the art, as well as routers, bridges, caching appliances, and the like. Note that the term "wire" as used herein includes wired and/or wireless communications. Methods such as TDMA, CDMA, FDMA, and other encoding and/or multiplexing methods may be used, as well as GSM, PDC, Wireless Application Protocol, and other technologies and protocols. Signals according to the invention may be embodied in volatile and/or nonvolatile network transmission media.
The computer system 100 and other network components may be configured to operate according to network management approaches such as the Intel Wired for Management institutive, with software and hardware that operate according to the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) specification, which makes it possible to configure or reconfigure the computer system 100 from a remote machine by dynamically downloading a boot image over a network to the computer system 100 even if the partitionable storage medium 102 initially contains no system or user data. The network may also be configured with IBM LanClient Control Manager (LCCM) software, which is an automated remote software distribution tool.
Although particular components are shown in the Figures and/or discussed herein, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the present invention also works with a variety of other networks and computers, as well as a variety of batch files, scripts, imaging tools, migration tools, and partition manipulation tools.
Some of the depicted method steps may be performed in preparation for the inventive steps, and thus do not necessarily belong to the claimed method unless they are expressly claimed and/or deemed necessary by those of skill in the art. For instance, claims may refer to the use of a partition manipulation tool without expressly requiring that a license to the tool be obtained, since that requirement is understood in the art. The method steps may also be performed in a different order than that shown, or in an overlapping manner, except to the extent that one step requires the result of another step. Steps may also be repeated, named differently, and/or grouped differently in different embodiments.
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During a choosing step 200, a systems administrator and/or a particular user of the computer system 100 chooses the user settings 106 that are to be migrated in place. This choice may be aided by documentation which is provided with the migration tool (e.g., SMA software) to be used. Depending on the current content of the storage medium 102, the content of an image that will be loaded onto the medium 102 as described hereafter, and/or the desires of the user and/or administrator, the choosing step 200 may specify user data 108 to capture in addition to specifying user settings 106.
During a size estimating step 202, the estimated storage size needed to hold the migration content is calculated by the migration tool, input by the administrator, or otherwise obtained. The "migration content" includes the user settings 106 to be captured by the migration tool, any user data 108 to be captured by the migration tool, and any administrative overhead, such as space needed to hold the migration tool itself and optional extra space to reduce the risk that more space than the estimated amount will actually be required to hold the migration information.
If the amount of available space on the computer system's storage 100 is smaller than the estimated space required to hold the migration content, then a free space enlarging step 204 may be performed. The available space includes space within the medium 102's partition(s) which is not yet allocated to files or to file system structures, as well as space on the medium 102′ disk(s) which lies outside currently defined partitions but could be placed in a resized or newly created partition. The amount of available free space may be increased 204 by automatically deleting temporary files, by having the user delete other files, and/or by compressing existing files, for instance. File deletion may be preceded by archiving or otherwise copying the file to another storage location before deleting it from the computer system 100.
During a partition manipulating step 206, storage space for the migration content is provided by operations that enlarge an existing partition (other than the one to be imaged), or create one that is large enough. Partition manipulations may be performed 206 by the PartitionMagic� program, for instance, under the control of a script or batch file and/or or under the direct control of the user or administrator. Depending on the embodiment used and the current configuration of the storage medium 102, suitable partition manipulations to create and consolidate free space may include optimizing a partition to recover space as discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,185,575; resizing clusters to recover space as discussed in patents such as U.S. Pat. No. 5,675,769, U.S. Pat. No. 5,706,472, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,759; shrinking partitions as discussed in the '769, '472, and other patents identified above; moving partitions to close gaps between them, as discussed in the '769, '472, and other patents identified above; and creating a new formatted partition or extending an existing partition to place the consolidated free space thus obtained within the scope of a file system so the space can be used to hold captured migration content in one or more files.
Although the partition provided by step 206 will often be expressly defined as a partition in the system's partition table, it may also be an "implicit partition", namely, space in the medium 102 which lies outside all expressly defined partitions and which has a beginning and end implicitly defined by one or more express partitions and/or disk edges. Expressly defined migration content partitions are preferred over implicit migration content partitions. Use of an implicit partition puts the migration content at significantly greater risk than an express partition, since processes running on the system will generally treat the implicit partition as free space even though it contains migration content. Also, if the migration content storage partition is to be made available to the user as additional storage space after the imaging and profile restoration steps described here, then the migration content storage partition will need to be expressly defined in the system's partition table anyway. Moreover, most or all commercially available migration tools will not recognize implicit partitions as destinations for migration content; the tools require a file in an expressly defined and formatted partition as a target.
Once sufficient space is available, the migration content is captured by SMA software or another migration tool and is saved 208 in the migration content storage partition provided by step 106. This proceeds generally in accordance with a normal use of the migration tool in other contexts.
Once the migration content is safely saved in the space provided for it on the computer system 100, a new image is loaded 210 into the storage medium. The imaging 210 may be done to deploy a new operating system on the computer 100, to upgrade an operating system 104 that is already installed on the computer 100, to roll back the state of the computer 100 to an earlier point in time for disaster recovery or testing purposes, or for other reasons. The imaging step 210 presumably overwrites at least some of the saved migration content in the partition it was saved 208 from, thereby providing the motivation for saving that migration content. Imaging 210 may be performed with software such as the Drive Image� or Drive Image� Pro software from PowerQuest Corporation (marks of PowerQuest Corporation) or other imaging software. Imaging may be performed using methods that include, without limitation, those described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,697 assigned to PowerQuest Corporation, and incorporated herein by this reference.
At this intermediate point in the inventive methods, the computer system 100 is configured in pertinent part as illustrated in
With further attention now to
Finally, any necessary clean-up and finishing operations are performed 214. These are discussed in greater detail in connection with the succeeding Figures. They may generally include removing software such as the migration tool if it is no longer needed, removing partition manipulation software if it is no longer needed on the system 100, and either retuning the migration content's temporary storage space to the other partitions or making it available for use by the user in a new partition from which the migration content has been deleted.
Methods Using Computer Reboots
A step 302 invokes "in place migration" code such as a script or batch file, which then automates many or all of the remaining steps of the illustrated method. Particular invocation means and batch files are discussed in connection with
To help provide 206 storage for migration content, the "in place migration" code checks the storage medium 102 to determine whether a partition is already present there which can be used (perhaps after being enlarged) to hold the migration content. As indicated expressly in
Once files have been deleted and/or compressed as needed (and as permitted) 204, and once existing partitions have been shrunk and/or moved as necessary 306 to obtain and consolidate in one location the necessary amount of space for migration content storage, the migration storage partition is created 308 or expanded to include that space. Note that the file deletions performed during step 204 (if that step is taken) may include deleting files in the partition that will be imaged, if those files are being replaced by files in the new image or are not needed after imaging. Likewise, partition manipulations performed during step 306 may include shrinking the partition that will receive the new image.
If a new partition was created 308 to hold the migration content, that partition is formatted as required by the migration tool. If an existing partition was enlarged to cover the migration content storage space, that partition's file system is enlarged accordingly.
If the migration tool runs more effectively from the computer system 100 than remotely, it can be installed 310 on the computer system 100 in the migration storage partition. Installation 310 of the migration tool involves typical file copy, registry update, and similar operations, generally in accordance with use of the migration tool in contexts other than use according to the present invention.
Methods illustrated by
Steps 316-320 further illustrate the cleanup step 214. As indicated expressly in the Figure, one or more of these steps may be performed in a given instance of step 214, and the steps may be performed in various orders. During an uninstalling step 316, tools such as the migration tool, partition manipulation tool, imaging tool, and/or "in place migration" scripts or batch files may be deleted from the computer 100. This may be done to provide additional free space, to prevent inadvertent damage from their improper use, and/or to comply with license restrictions, for instance. During a migration storage partition deleting step 318, the migration storage partition is deleted. During an imaged partition resizing step 320, the newly imaged partition is enlarged to include some or all of the free space that was obtained by the partition manipulations during step 306.
Methods Using a Bootable CD
During a step 400 shown in
Various technical components are copied to a bootable "in place migration" CD during a step 404. This CD has also been referred to by PowerQuest in presentations made to IBM as a "clean start" CD. In one embodiment, the technical components on the CD included PowerQuest PartitionMagic� Pro software (for partition resizing), PowerQuest "virtual floppy" software (for a booting environment), PowerQuest Drive Image� Pro software (for partition/disk imaging), and IBM SMA software (as the migration tool).
During a step 406, the computer 100 user receives the "in place migration" CD, and places it in the computer 100, which is assumed in this embodiment to be running or runnable under a Microsoft Windows operating system. During a step 408, the AUTORUN.INI file on the CD runs automatically; on computers 100 which do not have CD autorun capability enabled, the user manually runs a first batch file. In one embodiment, the AUTORUN.INI file (or the corresponding manually invoked batch file) contains the following commands:
As a result, the migration code determines 410 whether an extended partition exists on the computer's partitionable storage medium 102. In this embodiment, an extended partition is preferably used as the migration storage partition; in other embodiments, other partition types may be used. If an extended partition is not found, then the migration code estimates 412, 202 the size of the extended partition based on the amount of user profile information to be saved 208 and restored 212. As shown in
Returning to
Moving now to
The system 100 then reboots 428; since the CD was ejected, the system 100 boots from the newly deployed operating system 104, that is, the operating system that was loaded into the system's primary partition by the imaging 426 operation. In that image, a "run once" Windows registry key setting (or similar mechanism in other operating systems) invokes 430 a batch file named RESTORE.BAT; other batch file names, or scripts, can be used in other embodiments. As a result, the migration tool restores 432, 212 the captured user profile from the extended partition and applies it to the newly imaged primary partition.
The remainder of
If the test 434 indicates that the extended partition should be kept, then a different test is performed 438 (as shown in
Methods Using a Network Boot Image
In particular, step 500 places the technical components of the "in place migration" code in a location accessible through the network I/O 116, rather than placing 404 them on a bootable CD. A network server drive may be used, or a Storage Area Network, for example. The "in place migration" code is invoked 502 by the IBM LCCM product, or by another familiar network management tool, rather than being invoked 408 by the CD AUTORUN.INI file, for instance.
The bootable CD methods shown in
As indicated by step 506, the migration tool may capture user profile information not only from the primary partition but also from the extended partition, when it existed prior to step 410 of FIG. 5A. If the extended partition is imaged during step 514, the captured user profile information for it can be saved outside it and then restored to it. The captured user profile information for the extended partition could be saved to a network, or to the primary partition, for example.
As indicated by step 508, the "in place migration" code can verify 508 that the capture files produced by the migration tool actually exist in the extended partition before rebooting. This is preferably done to ensure that the capture completed successfully before overwriting with a new image. If the capture failed but the image is deployed anyway, the user's data/settings are gone.
During step 510, the system 100 reboots using a network boot image, such as an image downloaded to the system 100 over the network using PXE components. The PXE boot image boots 512 DOS on the system 100 and loads a new image to the system's primary partition using an imaging tool.
Moving to
In one embodiment, the capture 208 is accomplished using a batch file named CAPTURE.BAT, which contains the following commands:
In this CAPTURE.BAT file, the migration tool invoked is a version of the IBM SMA program; the "srcbat" command invokes SMA code to capture 208 user profile information using SMA commands specified in the file DELL7500.TXT and to save 208 the output to the directory D:\DELLTEST. In other embodiments, other file names could be used for the user profile specification, and other partitions and directories could be used to receive the captured migration content.
The pqboot32 command line in this CAPTURE.BAT file causes the computer 100 to reboot 312 to a partition labeled PQP. The PQP partition is a small partition at the beginning of the partitionable storage medium 102. The PQP partition plays a role similar to that played by a bootable CD as discussed in connection with
In this embodiment, an AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the PQP partition runs after the computer 100 is booted from the PQP partition. The AUTOEXEC.BAT file invokes 210 the imaging tool (e.g., by calling the PowerQuest Drive Image� program through a "pqdi" command), and reboots to the new image (e.g., by calling PowerQuest boot management software through a "pqboot" command). The newly deployed operating system runs Microsoft SYSPREP tool to create a new security ID (SID). SIDs are part of a copy authentication process which discourages unauthorized copying of Microsoft operating systems. In one embodiment, a SYSPREP.INF file in the deployed primary partition contains the following content; note in particular the "run once" registry entry which will cause invocation of the SMA migration tool to restore 212 the user profile after imaging 210:
In one embodiment, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the PQP partition contains the content shown below. Those of skill will appreciate that other batch files, scripts, or the like may be used in other embodiments to perform the desired imaging 210 and to pass control of the processor 110 to or toward other migration code to restore 212 the user profiles once imaging 210 is finished.
In one embodiment, the SCRIPT.TXT file includes:
The new image has a "run once" flag set in its Microsoft Windows registry, which invokes a RESTORE.BAT batch file. In one embodiment, the RESTORE.BAT batch file contains the following:
In one embodiment, the computer 100 has a CONFIG.SYS file containing the following content, but it will be appreciated that the invention can also be used on computers 100 with many other configurations:
In one embodiment, a bootable CD according to the invention contains an image to be placed 210 in the partition 600 being imaged, plus the following files as technical components:
Of course, other embodiments of the invention can be configured differently than the bootable CD example described above.
The present invention provides tools and techniques to facilitate migration of user profiles to a newly imaged partition on a computer 100. Partition manipulations are used to find space on the computer 100 to temporarily hold the user profile so it is not destroyed by the imaging. Because the invention performs the profile migration to the new image "in place" on the computer 100, space on a network server is not needed to hold client profiles. The in place migration can also be initiated remotely using IBM's LCCM or a similar tool, and migrations can proceed in parallel on multiple clients 100 without requiring synchronization between the clients. Moreover, the in place migration permits user profile migration on a computer 100 that has no current network connection, without requiring supplemental temporary storage such as a tape drive.
Although particular embodiments of the present invention are expressly illustrated and described individually herein, it will be appreciated that discussion of one type of embodiment also extends to other embodiment types. All claims as filed are part of the specification and thus help describe the invention, and repeated claim language may be inserted outside the claims as needed. Although Microsoft Windows operating systems are discussed as examples, other operating systems may also be used according to the invention. Likewise, the invention is useful with a variety of file systems, not merely the file systems that are typically used with Microsoft Windows operating systems.
As used herein, terms such as "a" and "the" and designations such as "file", "partition", and "image" are inclusive of one or more of the indicated element. In particular, in the claims a reference to an element generally means at least one such element is required.
The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. Headings are for convenience only. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
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The Pain — past wounds, discontentment, dissatisfaction for a wrong in their world, feeling of being trapped
The Dream — a general feeling that they were meant for something more, a pull toward a specific point of growth or goal in their life, a yearning or desire to correct the pain.
The Journey — a process of growth, challenging circumstances that mold the character of the hero, the path the hero must take to discover their purpose, to unveil their strengths and gifts, and prepare themselves for their ultimate destiny
The Fulfillment — the self actualization, the hero comes alive and fulfills his purpose for the world, meeting the needs of others that he was meant for.
Think about some of the greatest heroes in your favorite movies or comic books. Think about the real life heroes in your life or perhaps heroes of past generations in world history. Consider their pain, their dream, their journey, and their ultimate fulfillment.
My favorite heroes growing up were Michael Jordan, Batman, Jesus and my Dad. I can specifically pinpoint pains, dreams, journeys, and fulfillment for all four. The beautiful thing is that they are all different. They were all built to touch the needs of specific people. And it was their pain, dreams and journeys that enabled all four to reach the lives they were meant to reach.
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I've been hanging on to this for a while, because it seems presumptuous in many ways. But why the heck not, because it's a good question: Is Carlos Beltran Hall of Fame material?
Now's not a terrible time to talk about this. There isn't much that isn't depressing about the Mets right now, barring trades, we pretty much know the identity of next years Mets team, and Beltran, after years as history's greatest villain, experienced a super fun resurrection this season, both on the field and with his reputation, before being traded and promptly getting hurt while in the employ of a different team. But while in New York this year, you could barely find anyone who thinks Beltran is selfish, overpaid, overrated and the cause of the Mets' problems. Indeed, when Carlos was traded there was a long overdue appreciation of the man who may very well have had the best three (and a half) year stretch of any position player in team history.
Of course, here's the thing. Beltran probably won't be a Hall of Famer. The way I see it, Hall of Famers tend to have one of a few things in common. Either they...
- Are without a doubt among the greatest players ever (Rickey Henderson)
- Reached some statistical milestone (Eddie Murray)
- Were beloved by fans, the media, or both (Ozzie Smith, Ryne Sandberg)
- Get in through attrition (Andre Dawson, Jim Rice)
- Some combination there of
Carlos Beltran certainly doesn't, nor will he, fall into any of the first three categories. But just because he won't be a Hall of Famer, doesn't mean he shouldn't be. But what makes a Hall of Famer, exactly, then? Some guys, the Albert Puljos's and Alex Rodriguez's of the world, are no-brainers. But for most guys, the question is murky. I think the way to figure this out is to start weeding people out by subjecting a player's career to various tests. And if you haven't weeded out the player by the end, well....
Test No. 1: Was he undoubtably one of the best players at his position for an extended stretch?
The answer for Carlos is yes. No doubt. Throughout Carlos's career, only Andruw Jones, and at various points, Ken Griffey Jr., Grady Sizemore and Jim Edmonds could be judged as Beltran's equal for more than a year at a time. Check out Beltran's ranking by WAR (via Fangraphs) among players who made the majority their starts in CF during his prime, 2001-2008.
- 2001: 3
- 2002: 4
- 2003: 1
- 2004: 2
- 2005: 13
- 2006: 2
- 2007: 5
- 2008: 1
2005 is a weird outlier, as Mets fans know. And even 2007, when he ranked number 5 among CF, he was likely better than that. Beltran's UZR in 2007 was 2.9. But in '08 it was 12.1 and in '06 10.3, which looks to me like that number was artificially low, as defensive stats can be. So yeah, Beltran was among the best at his position for a long time. For what it's worth, pre-injury, Beltran was right there in 2009, accumulating 2.7 WAR through 57 games, a pace which would've certainly ended up putting him among the top 2-3 CF in baseball yet again. And now, at a new position, he's emerged as an elite RF, and even with recent injuries still ranks 5th among every-day RF by WAR.
Test No. 2: Was he one of the very best players in baseball at least a few times?
Yep. Beltran has five credible MVP-caliber seasons: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Under different circumstances, Carlos easily could've been named the MVP in any of those years, like say if Albert Puljos had been hurt, or if everyone randomly decided he was the MVP without for no discernible reason (like what occurred with Jimmy Rollins in 2007.) I think we can all agree that Derek Jeter is going to the Hall of Fame (and well he should), but how many MVP-caliber seasons has he had? Probably about five, right? By WAR, Beltran has ranked top 10 among all major leaguers 4 times during his career (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008), and probably should have in 2007.
For comparison check out Beltran's career compared to Jeter and Pudge Rodriguez, both future Hall of Famers, via Fangraphs WAR graph tool.
Pretty similar, right?
Test No. 3: What do the Numbers Say
Depends which numbers you look at. The traditional numbers are good, but not startling, though even they might be better than you think. 295 home runs doesn't sound like a ton, but it's more than Hall of Famer Robin Yount hit. Beltran is clearly one of the 5-10 best hitters at his position over the last 30 years. His counting stats already place him in the top 10 among CF in most categories, and he's still accumulating numbers, unlike those in front of him.
His rate stats tell a pretty similar picture, too.
Only five CF's have accumulated more wins above replacement over the last 45 years than Beltran: Ken Griffey Jr. (a sure-fire Hall of Famer), Robin Yount (already a Hall of Famer), Andruw Jones (should be a Hall of Famer, but, like Beltran, probably won't be), Jim Edmonds (ditto) Kenny Lofton (surprising!) and Andre Dawson (a Hall of Famer, albeit a controversial one.) It's worth noting that Beltran has played roughly 350 less games than Jones, about 400 less than Lofton, 1,000 less than Griffey and Dawson and 1,200 less than Yount. Beltran will probably catch Dawson in terms of career WAR this season and, if he can stay healthy, would probably pass Lofton in 2012, and Jones and Edmonds in 2013. If he could play for 4 more years at a reasonably high level, he'd end up passing Yount too, have the second-most WAR of any CF of the last 45 years after Griffey, and would, in this scenario, only trail Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Griffey and Al Simmons among all CF, ever. Obviously this is speculative, and predicting that Beltran will be healthy and good for 4+ more seasons seems crazy, but it just puts in perspective how great Beltran has been that this is even in play.
Test No. 4: Was there something special about the guy?
Beltran ended up as one of the most controversial players in Mets history, and that's precisely because, yes, Beltran was special. Some Mets fans loved Beltran because he was so damn smooth in the field. Because he took those long, graceful strides, and easy routes to every ball. Because when he tried to steal a base, he did. Because when he got a hold of a home run, he got a hold of one. Those who hate Beltran do so in large part because everything looked so easy and, evidently (or because they are jerks and/or idiots), he should've been grunting, and looking awkward like Daniel Murphy, rather than being so damn good it looked easy.
As I said, I don't think Beltran will end up in the Hall of Fame. Nor do I think this is an open and shut case. Beltran is probably a borderline case in the grand scheme of things, someone you could make a good case either way (much like recent inductees Roberto Alomar, Andre Dawson, Jim Rice and Eddie Murphy, actually). But that's because the Hall of Fame is weird like that. Andruw Jones probably won't ever get in there. But Ozzie Smith is in. How is Smith -- arguably the greatest defensive SS of all time -- a sure thing, but Jones -- arguably the greatest defensive CF of all time and a much better hitter -- not worthy? Chipper Jones will definitely get in. Scott Rolen won't. It's unclear that Chipper has had any better of a career than Rolen. Guys like Bobby Abreu and John Olerud and Keith Hernandez and Jeff Kent had long, excellent careers that by the numbers look just as good as Andre Dawson's (if not better). None of those guys will be in the Hall of Fame. But if are talking about an ideal world, where the standard of a Hall of Famer passes the threshold of the lowest caliber guys generally inducted, than Carlos Beltran has already made his case, and could make it a slam dunk (for those who are logical) in 10 years or so.


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Here is a set of photos of the most revealing M4 prototype yet, together with a great video of the M4 being tested hard at the Nurburgring.
Geek out with us and follow this analysis by a BIMMERPOST member in which he predicts the upcoming F80 M3 and F82 M4 s55 engine RPM redline, by way of a technical sound analysis.
He began testing a couple of dyno recordings and fairly quickly found an E92 M3 video and V12 Aston with 6800 rpm redline. He recorded the sounds (just from crappy Youtube videos) and then did a Fourier transform to get the spectral content. E92 M3 frequency peak at redline should be 560 … CONTINUED
Check out this great M3 build by ONEighty, based on a limited edition Frozen White Edition E92 M3 coupe.
Have a look at the best videos yet of the 2014 F80 M3 undergoing track testing at the Nurburgring. Why are they the best yet? Because they are being pushed to the limits, which has been rare in the videos we've seen prior to this.
Listen to that S55 engine!
This latest interview with BMW M CEO Dr. Friedrich Nitschke reveals some interesting things about the upcoming F80 M3 and F82 M4, most importantly their reveal dates – at the Detroit 2014 show in January 2014.
Catch the rest inside.
It appears that the F80 M3 has advanced to the final evaluation phase. The F80 has dropped some camouflage, added LED lights, and now features a trunk spoiler lip.
It's now clear that the F80 M3 Sedan shares the same front end as the F82 M4 Coupe and each will feature an aggressive M styled front bumper with the now exposed air curtains, LED headlights and double slat grilles with M3/M4 badge. Late last year we put together a M4 render (see below) which were very … CONTINUED
Watch a couple of professional BMW DTM drivers use the E92 M3 coupe to play a game of tic tac toe.
The latest F80 M3 spotting gives us the best look yet at its newest revealed features — double slat kidney grilles and a double-bubble carbon fiber roof.
Both the F80 M3 and F82 M4 will continue BMW's latest trend to fit M models with double slat kidney grilles with a model badge affixed. The M6 and M5 LCI all feature this design.
And multiple M3 prototypes have now been spied with a camouflaged top, indicating a carbon fiber roof – first in the U.S. and now in … CONTINUED
Here are the final take rates for DCT and manual transmission for the E92 M3 Coupe and E90 M3 Sedan, on a worldwide basis.
A Tanzanite Blue M3 Individual Performance Center Delivery (PCD) journal.
The last E92 M3 coupe ever produced rolled off the production line recently and its final home will be in the garage of a lucky owner in Belgium.
The F80 M3 has been spotted with a camouflaged roof. How is this significant? Well, its brother, the F82 M4 Coupe has often been spotted with a camouflaged roof (as well as an optional top with moonroof), which typically indicates the presence of a carbon fiber roof, but the F80 M3 Sedan has never been seen with a camouflaged top, until now.
This F80 M3 prototype was spotted by a BIMMERPOST member while it undergoes hot weather testing in Las Vegas (where it recently hit 117F … CONTINUED
Fresh from a clean sweep of German Touring Car Masters (DTM) titles in 2012, the BMW M3 has continued to power from one victory to the next again this season. And the race-spec car is sure to be involved in a good deal more exciting action before the season concludes this autumn. The series-produced model, however, is already on the finishing straight as BMW M GmbH announces the end of production for the fourth generation of the BMW M3 Coupe. The high-performance sports car which … CONTINUED
Great video feature of a beautiful Silverstone E90 M3 by IND.
By IND: Jesal has been a member of the Chicago European Car community for so long, it seems like he has been involved since the very birth of the Euro scene here in the Midwest. As a moderator of our local EuroTeknik forum and an active member of our community for almost two decades, Jesal is a key part of the IND team. His perpetually flawless Silverstone E90 M3 doesn't hurt, either.
This past week we … CONTINUED
BMW rolled out some very unique BMW M3 individual models for the BMW M Track Days in Singapore (at the Sepang track).
On hand were Java Green, Suzuka Grey, Sakhir Orange, and Frozen Monte Carlo Blue M3s.
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This is how a supercharged (VF supercharged VF620) M3 sounds and feels on the track. Just vicious!
A Lime Rock Park Edition E92 M3 Coupe and some friends hit the Cabot Trail on a recent weekend.
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A few of my car buddies decided to go on road trip to Nova Scotia this weekend and drive the Cabot Trail. We live in New England so the trip for me (I live south of Boston) to the trail and back would total about 2,100 miles. I drove my brand new Lime Rock M3 (just past 1st oil service) and it performed … CONTINUED
Road and Track shares their top 7 picks for the best 3 Series / M3 ever made.


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- Pres. Obama "'enjoyed a constructive and wide-ranging discussion' over dinner" with Senate GOPers last night, where they discussed "deficit reduction and immigration reform, as well as a gun control measure that the Senate will take up in the coming days" (The Hill).
- At the RNC's Spring meeting, "a coalition of libertarians and conservatives" on the Rules Cmte voted to remove a requirement "that the winner of a state caucus or primary automatically gets to control its delegates." Though the full RNC will need to approve the change Friday, the "nearly four-hour fight" signals that chair Reince Priebus "will face difficulty in winning buy-in for many of the recommendations made last month" by a task force "he convened on how to win elections again" (Politico).
- MA SEN Special: Though the Dem primary isn't until April 30, Rep. Edward Markey (D) "is so confident in his front-runner status he has already scheduled a post-primary fundraiser" (Boston Herald).
- AK SEN: Sen. Mark Begich (D) said "he may vote to sustain a threatened" GOP-led filibuster on gun legislation today (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner).
- LA SEN: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) will report raising $1.2M during the first quarter and ending with $3.46 million on hand, "almost twice as much as she had at this point in her last reelection cycle" (release).
- MI SEN: '10 MI-15 nominee/cardiologist Rob Steele (R) said that he is considering a bid for the open seat (Roll Call).
- NC SEN: Sen. Kay Hagan (D) will report bringing in "over" $1.6M in the first quarter and ending it with $2.7M in the bank (release).
- OR SEN: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) "raised just over" $1M in the first quarter and ended March with $1.3M on hand (Portland Oregonian).
- IL-13: Rep. Rodney Davis (R) "raised just north" of $401K in the first quarter and ended March with $334K on hand, as the DCCC targets his seat (Roll Call).
- AR GOV: Ex-Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R) made his bid official, announcing that he has raised more than $350K for his nascent campaign (On Call).
- According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of nat'l adults, conducted 4/5-8 by Hart (D)/McInturff (R), 47% approve of the job Obama is doing as POTUS, while 48% disapprove. In the previous poll, conducted 2/21-24, 50% approved of Obama, and 45% disapproved (release).
Hotline editors weigh in on the stories that drive the day
• Republicans don't need to be too concerned that they don't have strong, announced Senate candidates yet in AR, NC, AK, MI or their secondary targets. There's plenty of time left in the cycle to start a campaign. However, the voids may encourage "B" or "C" level candidates to announce sooner, which could be discouraging to superior GOP recruits who are hoping for a clear field.
• Max Baucus's closest election yet came in 1996, after he supported President Clinton's gun-control package. But he still won by 5 points. Baucus is being coy about current gun legislation for the moment, but given that track record it's hard to see why voting for gun control this time would cost Baucus his job when he has already survived this fight. 1996 might be a cautionary tale for other red-state Dems, but less so for Baucus himself.
• With SD Dems' top two candidates eyeing the Senate race, Dennis Daugaard and Kristi Noem -- should she choose to run again for her House seat -- solidify their reelection position the longer the shadow primary between Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and Brendan Johnson drags on. The two have essentially frozen the field in all three races, as other Dems wait to see if and where they land.
• Mary Landrieu can breathe easier this month after more than doubling Bill Cassidy's haul in the first three months of the year. However, the quarter ended with a crowded GOP field still looking likely. Since, John Fleming has pulled himself out of the running, Jeff Landry has started a super PAC and Chas Roemer has been awfully quiet. Next quarter's totals will be a far better predictor of just how keen both parties are to take the Pelican State seat.
"Trying to heat waffles, woman shot by oven" (Bloomington Pantagraph).
- "Federal investigators" visited Senate Min. Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign HQ in Louisville for an hour on Wednesday, "and campaign staffers handed over information pertinent to the investigation of a leaked tape that revealed the campaign's strategy" against actress Ashley Judd" (ABC News).
- "Weiner in or Weiner out, you'd probably have a runoff" -- Quinnipiac Univ. pollster Maurice Carroll, on how ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) could shake-up the NYC Mayoral race (Bloomberg).
- Ex-MS Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has left American Crossroads, "upset with the way" the Conservative Victory Project "was rolled out" (Huffington Post). Barbour denied that the CVP had anything to do with his departure, arguing that he had always intended to leave after the '12 election (Politico).
- "He enjoys verbal combat and acts as if every battle is a nuclear war. He is often called 'controversial,' but that doesn't come close to characterizing his reputation, even among Republicans on Capitol Hill" -- Stuart Rothenberg, on NRSC comm. dir. Brad Dayspring (Roll Call).
- When Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced a deal on background checks yesterday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) seemed to be conspicuously absent. "Two sources familiar with the situation" said "Toomey did not think it was a good idea for Schumer to attend the press conference," fearing "it would antagonize" the NRA. Schumer agreed (CNN).
- "Next frontier for Cheeks Kilpatrick: Panel exploring existence of alien life" (Detroit News).
- Ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) will be in Washington next week, "just as the Senate will be immersed in debate over new gun legislation" (CNN).
- "The Origins Of The Emanuel Family Dynasty" (BuzzFeed).
- 50 years ago last month, the Beatles recorded their first LP, "Please Please Me," during one marathon 585-minute session. Only one of the songs, "Boys," on which Ringo Starr sang the lead vocal, required just one take.
- The winner is Chris Huckleberry, and here's his Swizzle Challenge: "Today is the start of the 77th Masters golf tournament. Name the golfer who hit hit the 'shot heard 'round the world' when he holed a double eagle from 235 yards with a 4-wood on the par-5 15th hole in the final round that forced a playoff with Craig Woods in 1935 and propelled him into a 36-hole playoff victory." The 3rd correct e-mailer gets to submit the next question.
- Why Rand Paul Was Right to Reach Out to Black Voters
- Is the GOP Preparing to Attack Dems on Social Security?
- Progressives Fight Obama on Entitlements with Eye on 2014
- Republicans to Begin New Assault on Obama's Climate Plans at Hearing for EPA Nominee
- Will Chris Hayes's Television Experiment Pay Off?
"Your continued RFAIs on this subject are unnecessary. However, if you are required by Commission guidelines or procedures to continue to send them, we will continue to respond with the exact same explanation" -- Crossroads GPS treasurer Caleb Crosby, again rebuffing FEC requests for additional information on its donors, in a letter on Wednesday (Bloomberg).
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Don't jump on me if this is an absolutly stupid question, but why do people act like it is totally awful if the toms are angled the "wrong" way? I never heard any rules so far that say you have to angle? What is the differance in it? The sound? Or the way you hit the tom? I'm confused.
You know I noticed Tony Williams' latter years set ups had toms that were not THAT different in angle and certainly nobody would tell Tony he's "setting them up wrong".
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Students in the KSHP engage challenging and contemporary curricula under the direction of highly skilled and nationally-recognized faculty. All programs in the KSHP are nationally accredited and graduates across all programs boast high employment/placement rates. KSHP graduates are highly regarded by their employers; many have become prominent leaders in their fields.
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The goal of public health is to protect and improve the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention. The Master of Public Health program at Idaho State University is designed to meet the needs of the public health profession through excellence in instruction, community service, research, and continuing professional education.
Radiographic Science
The Radiographic Science program at Idaho State University prepares students to work as imaging professionals in hospitals and clinics throughout the United States. State of the art equipment and on site laboratory experiences enhances learning while on campus. The off campus clinical experience provides students with 1500 hours of internship at local hospitals and clinics. Our philosophy is that students who learn from experts become experts.
We offer both a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics (DPD) and a Dietetic Internship (with 3 sites: Pocatello, Twin Falls and Meridian) that are nationally accredited (ACEND). Both programs emphasize exceptional practical application of knowledge in varying community organizations. Students and interns are mentored by committed and experienced faculty, and graduates are well prepared for successful careers as Registered Dietitians.
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Dr. and Mrs. R. Eugene Granger of Chapel Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Cameron Elizabeth Granger, to Nathaniel Joseph Aukerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aukerman of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Cameron is a graduate of Durham Academy and Johns Hopkins University and is employed as an Operations Coordinator at Sony Pictures Interactive in Los Angeles, CA. Nathaniel is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and is employed as a LAN/WAN Engineer at Entravision Communications in Santa Monica.
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GOP Congressman Still Doubts Obama Birth Certificate
Cliff Stearns, one of the longest serving Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, said again Tuesday that he is unsure of the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
"I am, shall we say, looking at all the evidence," Stearns told reporters.
Stearns made similar claims at a February meeting in his central Florida district, saying, "I've seen a copy of it on television. But you know the governor of Hawaii couldn't get what he felt was an original of the birth certificate. He tried to do it and gave up on it."
The myth that Obama was not born in the United States has been propagated by fringe groups known as the "birther" movement.
Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1961.
The controversy first arose in 2008 when Obama was running for president. The Hawaii Department of Health held a press conference at the time to show Obama's birth certificate and a copy was posted to his campaign website.
However, the controversy persisted. Obama gave a speech on April 27, 2011 after real estate tycoon and media personality Donald Trump and the Rev. Franklin Graham again raised doubts about Obama's birth certificate. Obama showed his long-form birth certificate, which was released by Hawaii, an unusual move because long-form birth certificates are not generally available to the public. That birth certificate can now be viewed on the White House website.
Stearns currently heads the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and is heading the investigation into the Energy Department's backing of failed solar power company Solyndra.
- 'Birther' Debate: Growing Movement Looks to Keep Obama Off State BallotsRick Perry on Birthers: 'It Doesn't Matter' Where Obama was BornMany GOP Voters in SC Say Obama Is Muslim, Not Born in USPat Boone Insists Obama Faked Birth Certificate, Is MuslimFranklin Graham Denies Raising Obama's Birth, Muslim Issues


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A Fourteenth-Century Romance
A Fourteenth-Century Romance is the title of an essay written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in the magazine Radio Times on December 4, 1953. The article consists of the foreword to Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 1953.[1]
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