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The Graduate Program in English leads to the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. The AM is an integral part of the doctoral program, and therefore only students who intend to pursue the PhD are eligible for admission to the Graduate Program in English.
The Program
The program takes from four to seven years to complete, with the majority finishing in five or six years. The first two years are devoted to course work and to preparation for the PhD Qualifying Exam (the "General" exam) at the beginning of the second year. The second and third years are devoted to preparing for the Dissertation Qualifying Exam (the "Field" exam) and to writing the Dissertation Prospectus. The fourth, fifth, and, when necessary, sixth years are spent completing the doctoral dissertation. From the third year until the final year (when they are generally supported by Dissertation Completion Fellowships), students also devote time to teaching and to developing teaching skills. Students with prior graduate training or those with a demonstrated ability may complete their dissertations in the fourth or fifth years. Students are strongly discouraged from taking more than seven years to complete the program, except under the most exceptional circumstances.
The program aims to provide the PhD candidate with a broad knowledge of the field of English, including critical and cultural theory. Additional important skills include facility with the tools of scholarship—ancient and modern foreign languages, bibliographic procedures, and textual and editorial methods. The program also emphasizes the ability to write well, to do solid and innovative scholarly and critical work in a specialized field or fields, to teach effectively, and to make articulate presentations at conferences, seminars, and symposia.
The minimum residence requirement is two years of enrollment in full-time study, with a total of at least fourteen courses completed with honor grades (no grade lower than B-).
The minimum standard for satisfactory work in the Graduate School is a B average in each academic year.
- A minimum of 14 courses must be completed no later than the end of the second year.
- At least ten courses must be at the 200- (graduate) level, and at least six of these ten must be taken within the department. Graduate students in the English department will have priority for admission into 200-level courses.
- The remaining courses may be either at the 100- or the 200-level.
- Students typically devote part of their course work in the first year to preparing for the "General" exam, focusing increasingly on their field in the second year.
Independent Study and Creative Writing
- Students may petition to take one of the 100-level courses as independent study (English 399) with a professor, but not before the second term of residence.
- Other independent study courses will be permitted only in exceptional circumstances and with the consent of the professor and director of graduate studies (DGS).
- Only one creative writing course, which counts as a 100-level course, may be taken for credit.
Credit For Work Done Elsewhere
Once the student has completed at least three 200-level courses with a grade of A or A-, a maximum of four graduate-level courses may be transferred from other graduate programs, at the discretion of the Director of Graduate Studies.
Transferred courses will not count toward the minimum of ten required 200-level courses, but will be counted as 100-level courses.
No more than one Incomplete may be carried forward at any one time by a graduate student in the English Department. It must be made up no later than six weeks after the start of the next term.
In applying for an Incomplete, students must have signed permission from the instructor and the DGS, or the course in question may not count toward the program requirements. If students do not complete work by the deadline, the course will not count toward the program requirements, unless there are documented extenuating circumstances.
Language Requirements
A reading knowledge of two languages is required. Normally, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, German, Spanish, and Italian are the accepted languages. Other languages may be acceptable if the DGS deems them relevant and appropriate to a student's program of study. Students may fulfill the language requirements:
- by passing a two-hour translation exam with a dictionary,
- by taking a one-term literature course in the chosen language,
- or by taking two terms of elementary Latin or Ancient Greek.
Any course taken to fulfill the language requirement must be passed with a grade of B- or better. Literature-level language courses count for course credit; elementary language courses do not.
The (Non-Terminal) Master of Arts Degree
In order to apply for the AM degree, students must complete, with a grade of B or better, no fewer than a total of seven courses, including a minimum of four English courses, at least three of which must be at the graduate (200-) level, and one additional course that must be taken at the graduate level, but may be taken in another department. Students must also fulfill at least one of their departmental language requirements.
General Exam
At the beginning of the second year, students will take a 75-minute oral exam, based on a list of authors and/or titles which the Department will make available for each entering class in the summer prior to its arrival. The examiners will be three regular members of the department (assistant, associate, or full professors), whose names will not be disclosed in advance.
Candidates whose performance on the exam is judged inadequate will be marked as "not yet passed" and must retake the exam at a time to be determined. If candidates do not pass on the second attempt, they will not be able to continue in the program.
Note: Students must fulfill at least one language requirement by the end of the first year in order to be eligible to take the General Exam.
Field Oral Exam
The purpose of the Field Oral is twofold: to examine students' preparation in primary teaching and scholarly fields they mean to claim, and to explore an emerging dissertation topic.
The two-hour examination is taken by February of the third year of graduate study, and is conducted by a three-person examination committee, chosen by individual students no later than September of the third year, normally from among the tenured and ladder faculty of the English department.
One faculty member acts as chair of the committee and assists students in selecting its other members. This committee, or some part of it, will likely continue to serve as individual students' dissertation advisors.
During the exam, students are asked to demonstrate an adequate knowledge of both of the major primary works and selected scholarly works in their chosen fields, and to give a first account of a dissertation project.
Those two purposes--representing the chosen field and giving a first account of a dissertation project--are represented by two separate lists, each consisting of primary and scholarly works, drawn up by the student in consultation with the examination committee.
Each committee meets with its advisee at least four weeks before the exam (i.e., before the Thanksgiving break) to finalize fields lists and discuss the exam format.
This exam is graded Pass/Fail.
Dissertation Prospectus
The dissertation prospectus, signed and approved by three advisors (one of whom may be the DGS), is due in the Graduate Office by May 15 of the third year.
The prospectus is neither a draft chapter nor a detailed road map of the next two years' work, but a sketch, no longer than seven to ten pages, of the topic on which students plan to write. It gives a preliminary account of the argument, structure, and scope of the intended treatment of the topic. The overview will be followed by a bibliography.
The prospectus is written in consultation with the dissertation advisors, who will meet students at least once in the spring of the third year to discuss the prospectus and to draw up a timetable for the writing of the dissertation.
In planning a timetable, students need to bear in mind (1) that two draft chapters of the dissertation must be completed by the middle of their fourth year, if they are to be eligible to apply for completion fellowships in their fifth year, and (2) that students generally enter the job market in the fall of the fifth or sixth year, with at least two final chapters and a third draft chapter completed. They should also remember that term-time fellowships and traveling fellowships may be available to them in the fourth year, but that these require applications which are due as early as December or January of the third year.
Dissertation Advising
Students should assemble a group of faculty members to supervise the dissertation. Several supervisory arrangements are possible: students may work with a committee of three faculty members who share nearly equal responsibility for advising, or with a committee consisting of a principal faculty adviser and a second and third reader. In the first scenario, one of the three faculty members will be asked to serve as a nominal chair of the committee; in the second scenario, the principal advisor serves as chair. If the scope of the project requires it, students should consult the DGS about including a fourth faculty adviser from a department other than English.
The advising mode chosen will be indicated to the department when the prospectus is submitted. Regardless of the structure of advising, three faculty readers are required to certify the completed dissertation. If it is deemed useful, chapter meetings between the student and the entire committee may be arranged in consultation with the chair.
The Dissertation
After the dissertation prospectus has been approved, candidates work with their dissertation directors or their dissertation committee. All of the designated advisors must approve the final work.
The doctoral dissertation is expected to be an original and substantial work of scholarship or criticism, excellent in form and content. The department accepts dissertations on a great variety of topics involving a broad range of approaches to literature. It sets no specific page limits, preferring to give students and directors as much freedom as possible.
Dissertation Defense
The Dissertation Defense will be a necessary part of receiving the PhD, though it will not be a pass/fail examination. The defense is required for all students who entered the program in 2007 or after.
The form of the defense is as follows:
- Each student's defense will be a separate event
- In addition to the student and the advisers, the participants typically include any interested faculty and any interested graduate students
- The Graduate Office will announce the upcoming defense to all members of the department, unless otherwise specified by the student
- The event will start with a 15–20 minute presentation by the student and last at most 90 minutes
- If a student has left Cambridge and cannot return easily for this purpose, the Graduate Office will arrange for video conferencing
- Arrangements will be overseen by the Graduate Office but conducted by the student (as with the Fields examination); students will be required to send an email to the Director of Graduate Studies and to the Graduate Program Administrator, with a copy to their advisors, indicating the day, time, and location of the defense
The meeting for a May degree must take place any time after advisors have signed off on the dissertation and at least a week before Commencement. In practice, however, the student will need to defend after advisors have signed off and before advisors disperse. That period will normally be between 1–14 May, and most probably in the early days of May. It is up to the student to coordinate the arrangements
Students begin teaching in their third year. Ordinarily they teach discussion sections in courses and in the department's program of tutorials for undergraduate honors majors.
Preparation for a teaching career is a required part of students' training, and Teaching Fellows benefit from the supervision and guidance of department members.
Teaching fellows are required to take English 350, the Teaching Colloquium, in their first year of teaching and are encouraged to avail themselves of the facilities at the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.
Doctoral Conferences ("Colloquia")
The Department of English's Doctoral Conferences (commonly referred to as "Colloquia") bring together students and faculty from Harvard and other institutions to discuss current research in literature. Colloquia meet regularly throughout the academic year, and all Harvard graduate students and faculty should feel free to attend any of them, regardless of primary field(s) of interest.
Placement Seminar
As students near the end of their dissertation writing, they may take a seminar preparing them to seek academic and other employment. Students learn about the job application process, develop cover letters and CVs, and practice presenting their work in interviews and job talks, all in a rigorous and supportive environment. Students should leave the seminar with strong materials for the job market, confident identities as the expert scholars and teachers they have become, and clear articulations of how they will contribute to literary studies in the years ahead. The seminar supplements and formalizes the extensive informal placement advising offered in the department.
General Guidelines for Admission
The following is a set of general guidelines for the English department's admissions process. It should be noted that while several areas are emphasized here, the Admissions Committee carefully examines the overall profile of each applicant, taking these and other aspects of the application into consideration:
The Writing Sample:
The writing samples (one primary and one secondary) are highly significant parts of the application. Candidates should submit two double-spaced, 15-page papers of no more than 5,000 words each, in 12-point type, and with 1-inch margins. The writing samples must be examples of critical writing (rather than creative writing) on subjects directly related to English. Applicants should not send longer papers with instructions to read an excerpt or excerpts, but should edit the samples themselves so that they submit only fifteen pages for each paper. Candidates who know the field in which they expect to specialize should, when possible, submit a primary writing sample related to that field.
Grades: While candidates' overall GPA is important, it is more important to have an average of no lower than A- in literature courses (and related courses). In addition, while we encourage applications from candidates in programs other than English, they must have both the requisite critical skills and a foundation in English literature for graduate work in English. Most of our successful candidates have some knowledge of all the major fields of English literary study and advanced knowledge of the field in which they intend to study.
Letters of Recommendation: It is important to have strong letters of recommendation from professors who are familiar with candidates' academic work. Applicants who have been out of school for several years should try to reestablish contact with former professors. Additional letters from employers may also be included. Recommenders should comment not only on the applicant's academic readiness for our PhD program but also on the applicants' future potential as teachers and scholars.
GREs: High scores in the Verbal (166, or 700 in the old scoring system) and Subject tests (650 in English Literature) are positive additions to the application but are by no means the most important aspect of one's candidacy. (The Quantitative and Analytical scores carry less weight than the Verbal and Subject scores.) Applicants should make timely plans to take these examinations in order to ensure that the scores arrive by the January application deadline. Scores received after mid-January may be too late to be considered.
Statement of Purpose: The Statement of Purpose is not a personal statement and should not be heavily weighted down with autobiographical anecdotes. It should focus on giving the admissions committee a clear sense of applicants' individual interests and strengths. Applicants need not indicate a precise field of specialization, if they do not know, but it is helpful to know something about a candidate's professional aspirations and sense of their own skills, as well as how the Harvard English department might help in attaining their goals. Those who already have a research topic in mind should outline it in detail, giving a sense of how they plan their progress through the program. Those who do not should at least attempt to define the questions and interests they foresee driving their work over the next few years.
Languages: While there are no specific prerequisites for admission, a strong language background helps to strengthen the application, and students who lack it should be aware that they will need to address these gaps during their first two years of graduate study.
Please Note: Applicants should make every effort to ensure that all supporting materials (e.g., recommendations, transcripts, etc.) arrive by the application deadline.
No applications for admission in this field will be accepted after the deadline set by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.


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ABERDEEN – Jon Cody Pannell of New Albany will plead guilty Oct. 16 to one count he attempted to entice a minor for sex.
Pannell, 22, was federally indicted April 24 and pleaded not guilty.
But Wednesday, the court docket showed he will change his plea before U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in Aberdeen.
He faces up no less than 10 years in prison and up to life if convicted of the charge.
A federal grand jury accused him, on or about March 15, 2013, of using the Internet and a cell phone to try to persuade a 15-year-old to have sex with him.
He is one of at least a dozen men in the region ensnared by a Tupelo Police Department sting operation.
Recently, one defendent was acquitted by a jury, but the others have pleaded guilty and gone to prison.

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Microsoft officially announced on Tuesday that the Xbox One would be sold without the Kinect starting June 9 in the United States at a $399 price point.
The move comes in the wake of struggling sales figures for the console, as its competitor the Playstation 4 has soared past it in terms of profit. Current Xbox Ones will not function properly if the Kinect is unplugged from the unit, turning many consumers off of the product. In addition to the required peripheral, the Xbox One touted a $499 price tag versus the Playstation 4's $399 price.
For those who still want the Kinect, it will be available as a separately sold accessory for the Xbox One units that ship without it. The standalone units will go one sale on June 9th in all markets where the console is currently available.


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A San Francisco Chronicle BestsellerA WALL OF WHITE
The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche
Calling to mind the literary classics Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm, A Wall of White is a gripping tale of man vs. nature. With the gasping suspense of a death-defying thriller, Jennifer Woodlief chronicles the once-in-a-century cataclysmic event that claimed seven lives, tested the mettle of a rowdy but resolute team of rescue workers and ultimately proved a tale of triumph over death with the rescue of Anna Conrad, a young woman saved after five harrowing days spent buried alive under the snow. Masterfully recounted by Woodlief, A Wall of White is an unparalleled look at one of the largest and most destructive avalanche disasters in U.S. history.
"A mesmerizing tale of human courage and heroism."
Hardcover, 256 pages
Price: $25.00
On-sale: February 17, 2009
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Rhoadhoused, SeeJay420, CycoFan, Airbag, tailgate with brianhos and his people occasionally, and of course CW. I'm sure I've missed a few.
Oh yeah, my boss posts on here and knows my screen name, but I have no idea what his is.
I've only met Clones21 and that was at Jordan Creek Mall. He was working of course.
He doesn't post here anymore that I know of but, Cyco1 and I were in classes in HS together. I'm sure I haven't run into anyone else. I'm going to try and make a football and basketball game this year (it's been a couple years), so I hope I can run into some of you guys!
I'm actually a little surprised CF hasn't done a tailgate party to kind of promote the site a bit. People have family and friends to go to but a once a year tailgate to help promote the site I believe would be a decent idea. I know CW does a radio show before the games so that might be a big obstacle in the way.
In my opinion, I feel a lot of people visit the site, but don't register due to the discussions that are important to Iowa State athletics get derailed too often (I'm guilty of doing this). The next step, imo, is to get the lurkers to start making accounts and start posting. As long as you don't come and purposely troll, most people on the site enjoy a differing opinion.
This is hard to accomplish as there's nothing ISU related going on right now, maybe in the fall. I'm curious of site statistics as far as number of people who have made accounts year by year.
There also used to be a map for a little bit of where everyone is from but that's not here anymore. That could help with identifying people, though I understand why it was taken down.
I hung out a bunch with the Triggermv fella back at ISU. He's pretty much a real life stud. I don't think he knows who I am. I've changed a lot since then.
My brother in law knows who I am on here, but I'm not sure if he posts a lot or not. He's surely learned some details about my life from here.
And history major. Which is why I was around Ross Hall a lot, and seeing Erik a lot around the building.
The gadiated was an intentional typo. My sister brought up my 3-year-old nephew up to my graduation. After the ceremony, he exclaimed, "You gadiated college!" Ever since then, I tell people I've gadiated college.
At our tailgate last year, I met 2015, clonesalltheway, and Kagavi


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Release Date: 2010-05-21 (Nationwide)
Genre: Animation, Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Duration: 1hr 33min
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After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws kingdom, whats an ogre to do? Well, if youre Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. Whats happened to this ogres roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre," Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met.
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Another Big Show….The Intermountain Snowmobile Show in UtahMonday, October 10th, 2011
The weekend after this coming weekend is our local snowmobile show, October 21-22, 2011. It started out as a little snowmobile expo put on by SnoWest Magazine but continues to grow. Still put on by SnoWest Magazine, all the big guys show up for the weekend, Polaris, Arctic Cat, Ski-Doo and Yamaha…don't forget the big Salt Lake Valley motorsports shops and all the aftermarket shops like Tri-City Polaris, Simmons Flexi-Ski, Triple S, Utah Snowmobile Association, USA-All and so many more. WAIT….Boondockers will be there, we wouldn't miss the Snowmobile Show in our hometown for anything!
Our booth is right on the corner this year so we'll be easy to spot. Stop by the booth and check out all our Boondockers' Swag. Pick up your new copy of Boondockers 8, hang out and watch our teaser video in surround sound and/or get Dan, Phatty, Smasher and the boys to sign a poster for you…there's so much to do at the Boondockers table. This year we've added a new color selection for our classic Boondockers hat, theres traditional black or white and now BLUE! Be sure to grab it all…you're new video, hat, shirt, poster and stickers!
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Broiled Catfish with Almonds
This is a great way to prepare catfish by using the natural almond flavors to bring out the taste of the catfish. This easy fish recipe is only three steps and will take you less than 20 minutes to make!
- 2 catfish fillets, or substitute trout, tilapia, white fish, etc.
- 2 tablespoons almonds, sliced
- Lemon pepper (use an unsalted blend, about 1/2 teaspoon total)
- Lemon wedges (optional)
- Heat broiler to high. Rinse trout and pat dry. Open fish and place skin-side-down on a foil-lined broiler pan.
- Dot with butter or margarine and sprinkle with almonds and lemon pepper.
- Broil about five minutes or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
Serves two:
Nutrition information per serving (values rounded to the nearest whole number):
Calories: 212
Protein: 18g
Saturated Fat: 3g
Fiber: 0g
Sodium: 93mg
Total Carbohydrates: 3g


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They were the ones who rode horses and drove cattle and other livestock to market. They also were in charge of branding the animals to prevent cattle thievery.
They also delivered calves and doctored cattle that were sick or injured on the range.
With the advent of ATVs, semi trucks, trains, the image of the horse-riding cowboy has dwindled.
But they haven't disappeared. That's what Jadie Billings and her husband Brian have proven for the past nine years during their annual horse sale event at the Oakley Recreation Complex.
The couple invite their friends to sell horses and give free demonstrations to the public.
This year's event will take place Friday and Saturday, June 21 and June 22, Jadie Billings said.
"We'll open Friday night at 6 p.m. and give a team doctoring demonstration," Billings told The Park Record. "That's when the cowboys will show off their skills and take turns heading and heeling steer."
Heading requires a team of three cowboys to take down a cow like they have to do when they're on the range and a one of the animals needs medical treatment.
"This is an important skill because sometimes the herd of cattle the cowboys are driving are miles away from any care facility," she said. "One of men will rope the cow's head and the other will rope its back legs."
When the calf or cow is on the ground, the third cowboy will jump off his horse and rush to take the rope off from around the cow's head and tie up the front feet.
"They do this so the cow doesn't kick and injure, or sometimes kill, the cowboys who are taking care of the herd," Billings said. "We'll do a timed roping competition and it will show how well the boys work together and stuff like that."
Saturday's events, which will start with a horse preview at 10 a.m., will not only feature the horse sale, include a team roping event called the reining cow/horse competition.
"We're taking a pattern from the Utah Cow/Horse Association and the participants will do a reining pattern and then work a cow," Billings said.
Reining patterns are series of movements horses must do in a competition and riders guide the horses through circles, spins and stops, which are judged.
"The judges take notes on precision, smoothness and ease," Billings said.
Likewise, when a horse works a cow, it will guide the animal through circling and turning.
"These things are ways to show potential buyers what the horses can do," Billings explained. "Our goal is to show well-rounded horses, because there are a lot of horses that just do team roping or just reining horses or do just one thing.
"But when you're a cowboy, you really want to have a horse that can do a bit of everything," she said. "A lot of these cowboys pride themselves on their horsemanship. They want to show how horses can respond to foot cues without really pulling them around with the bit and rein."
There will be 15 cowboys involved in weekend event.
"They will come from Wyoming, Nevada, Montana and Colorado," Billings said. "We hold this for the working cowboys, because there aren't many of them anymore.
Although we've changed it up a little, the event has always been about the cowboy, and it's a hoot getting everyone together and having fun."
Brian Billings said many things drew him to the cowboy lifestyle.
"What keeps me intrigued are the horses," he said. "There is something to be said about learning about your horse and learning how to read what the animals may do and how to handle them better."
He also enjoys being out on the range.
"The basic duties are still the same, as they were in the 1800s," Billings said. "The actual work like branding calves isn't much different than what they did, and even today when cattle graze on the open range, they still run into the same situations as back then as well. It's great to get up in the morning and not know how my day is going to go."
The Oakley Recreation Complex, 4300 N. S.R. 32, will host a cowboy gathering on Friday, June 21, that will feature roping, doctoring and team-working skills, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. On Saturday, June 22, the event will feature a horse sale and reining demonstration, beginning at 10 a.m. Admission is free. Dickey's Barbecue will be on hand to serve food. For more information, visit


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There's nothing like a picnic in Central Park -- even on a snowy day in January. Last night, Celebrity Cruises brought fried chicken, pastel polo shirts and bocce ball to New York's famous Tavern on the Green to announce an industry first for its upcoming Celebrity Solstice: a 1/2-acre lawn for sports and relaxation. "The Lawn Club," on the top-most deck, aft, will feature live growing grass (not artificial turf) and a full-time groundskeeper. It will be the central element of the ship's outdoor experience.
The 118,000-ton, 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice, the cruise line's biggest ship ever, debuts in late 2008.
The area is three times larger than Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink (and more than two times the size of Centre Court at Wimbledon's All England Lawn Tennis Club). Among its features are:
Cruising's first bocce at sea. There will be two courts for bocce ball, a game of skill imported from Italy. It's similar to lawn bowling and very popular in places like Napa Valley.
A putting green, with areas of slight unevenness for more challenging play.
The Patio on the Lawn, next to the glassblowing studio where the Hot Glass Show will be held, will serve snacks and coffee al fresco.
Passengers can also use The Lawn Club for simply soaking up sun or reading a book. There will be no charge to utilize the putting green or any other area of The Lawn Club, though there will of course be a limited number of putters available for borrowing.
On hand for the big reveal were Dan Hanrahan, President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, and Richard Fain, Chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (Celebrity's parent company). Both spoke from a podium lined with grass -- Fain removed his shoes and socks to stand on it barefoot.
It's not as easy to build a lawn onboard a cruise ship as you might think. First of all, the grass and the water and irrigation systems used to sustain it weigh a ton -- 150 metric tons in total to be precise. To support the extra weight, the ship was widened slightly during the architectural phase.
Also, the rigors of cruise travel (saltwater, sun, wind and foot traffic) necessitated the search for a particularly hearty type of grass. To that end, Celebrity brought in "grass experts" -- landscape architects, irrigation specialists, and turf and soil scientists from the University of Florida -- to help select the specific variety that could best withstand day-to-day cruising.
Other uses for the lawn are yet to be determined; the dramatic night lighting seen in the rendering above, for example, could be the backdrop for outdoor concerts. We'll keep you posted as more details are revealed.
Celebrity Solstice is currently under construction at Papenburg, Germany's Meyer Werft. Siblings Equinox and Eclipse, due out in 2009 and 2010 respectively, will also feature The Lawn Club.
--by Melissa Baldwin, Managing Editor
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Im running a web server on port80, but i want traffic coming from ip 212.333.111.222 on port 80 to be fowarded to port 9020 on the same server that my web server is rinning at that is my sshd port
This is untested, but should be very close to what you need:
Essentially, you're intercepting the packet as it enters your network interface (eth0, in this case), but before any routing decisions have been made about it. You're then performing a translation on the packet: if the source is 212.333.111.222 and the destination port is 80, then redirect the packet to port 9020 instead.
In all other cases, traffic will flow as it normally would; ie. if the source address and destination port do not match both 212.333.111.222 and port 80, the packet will be left untouched.


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Master skills in a simulated hospital electronic medical record before working in actual hospital practice! Nearly 100 exercises and activities in this practice manual correspond to LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating, 7th Edition and provide hands-on experience by specifying necessary skills, as well as the materials and steps you need to practice them. Plus, the online electronic health record that comes with this manual gives you realistic practice working on hospital computer system to help you hone skills you'll use in the field! Standard organization for each activity provides a record of the tasks to be completed, such as: materials needed, situation, directions, and check lists. Relevant practice orders include additional scenarios to give you more practice with relevant skills. Printable physicians orders allow simulation for both the EHR and paper environment. Ordering requisitions appendix can be used for activities requiring the online EHR when a computer is not available. Handwritten doctors' orders give you practice deciphering poor handwriting samples Clinical Evaluation Record provides a written record of your performance in the clinical setting. NEW! Online access to a working Electronic Health Record gives you realistic hands-on practice entering orders; admitting, transferring, and discharging patients; processing patient and order inquiries; canceling orders; entering lab and diagnostic imaging results; completing patient profiles, doctor's rosters, and chart forms. NEW! Fully updated directions provides the most up-to-date information on order transcription, forms and orders, and skills evaluations that reflect working in an EHR environment.
Table of Contents
|Orientation to Hospitals, Medical Centers, and Health Care
|Communication Devices and Their Uses
|Personal and Professional Skills
|Management Techniques and Problem-Solving Skills for Health Unit Coordinating
|The Patient's Electronic Record or Paper Chart, Transcription of Doctors' Orders, and Documentation of Vital Signs
|The Patient's Electronic Medical Record or Paper Chart
|Patient Activity, Patient Positioning, and Nursing Observation Orders
|Nursing Treatment Orders
|Nutritional Care Orders
|Medication Orders
|Laboratory Orders and Recording Telephoned Laboratory Results
|Diagnostic Imaging Orders
|Other Diagnostic Studies
|Treatment Orders
|Miscellaneous Orders
|Health Unit Coordinator Procedures
|Admission, Preoperative, and Postoperative Procedures
|Transcribing Discharge Orders
|Physicians' Order Sheets
|Generic Hospital Forms and Examples of Computer Screens that May Be Used as Ordering Requisitions When Computers Are Not Available
|The Clinical Evaluation Record
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by Edgar Allan Poe
Dream-Land Resources
A website stuffed with Poe materials. Trust us, Poe fans can get pretty serious about their guy.
The website of the Poe Museum in Richmond, VA has good info about the poet and his life.
Here's a famous illustrator's interpretation of the poem. Looks to us like an image of the Eidolon. Not bad.
A gallery of photos of Poe. Kind of fun to see the different versions, but a little sad to see how rough he looked at the end.


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Matchups, Matchups
With just twelve games remaining on the 2009 regular season schedule for the Minnesota Twins, we are right back in the thick of things in the AL Central division race. It seems like every pitcher in the starting rotation (while underachieving terribly at one point or another over the course of the season) now has their defined "role" in the remaining tilts:
-Blackie's job was to beat the White Sox, which he did with ease tonight. The Pale Hose (well, sans Thome at least) cannot solve Blackburn to save their lives.
-Carl Pavano was brought in to beat the Tigers, and he has done so succesfully so far (I'm sure he's lined up for another start against them next week).
-Then, it is just up to Scott Baker to dominate the Royals (a very important feat with the KC boys creaming everyone these days).
I guess you also have to include Brian Duensing, whose job it is to continue pitching well against whomever he is thrown against!
Notes: A scary moment for Denard Span tonight, as he got hit right in the back of the helmet…
The report on (aside from Joe Mauer) the guy I consider to be our team MVP this year came back good and he's officially listed as "day-to-day" (of course, as Bert Blyleven would say, "aren't we all"?). I'm sure he'll get the night off tomorrow (unless he's 100%) and then hopefully be back for Wednesday's contest.
Preview (77-73, 2nd, 2.5 GB DET): Jeff Manship (0-1, 5.31) vs. John Danks (12-9, 3.59).
Two Disturbing Trends
I know that the next statement I am about to make is not at all fair to closers all over baseball, but (at least in my case) it is true nonetheless: Having your team's closer blow the game in the bottom of the ninth is the single worst way to lose a ballgame, bar none. Now, add to the mix the idea that your closer might do so against your hated enemy, with two outs, and two strikes (twice). That's pretty much what Twins fans are feeling towards Joe Nathan today. He's too important to our playoff hopes to give up on him now, but I think there has to be a cooling-off period (probably a good thing the Twins are travelling to Cleveland today).
Once Wednesday's meltdown was complete, the impact of such a crucial and heartbreaking loss really drove home to me two disturbing trends that the Twins have fallen prey to both this season and the last.
First, are the late-season struggles of Joe Nathan:
When all is said and done, Nathan's stats inevitably compare very well with the best closers in the league, yet for the past two years he has struggled to close out games come late August and early September. Now, we're not talking about the Eddie Guardado-method of struggling here (filling the bases and then wriggling out of trouble)…Nathan's problems get so severe that he often blows the save chance or the game. He hasn't been on his game as of late, and Twins fans will also remember how bad he was during that long, late-season road trip in September of 2008 (capped by that now-infamous throwing error against the Blue Jays in Toronto). Sometimes he will still have the ability to blow guys away, but all too often he is not able to find the handle on this control, thus having to groove meatballs just to get strikes. Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko showed him EXACTLY what happens to grooved meatballs in major league baseball.
Disturbing Trend #2: A similar slump from Justin Morneau…
If the league MVP award was given out after July, Justin Morneau would win the darn thing almost every single season. Yet, in those final two months (it happened last year and is happening again now), the home runs disappear and the average begins to sink towards about .270 (after sitting at .310 or so for most of the year). This trend may be even more disturbing (and perplexing) than Nathan's, though, as Joe Closer can usually right the ship by season's end. Justin, however, continued to sink last year to the point where opposing pitchers were walking Joe Mauer to get to him.
I don't quite understand why this is, as he plays about the least demanding position on the diamond in terms of physical conditioning and injury potential. For example, I don't know any of these splits, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Torii Hunter (while playing on the Dome turf) slumped in the later months due to the beating his body took from bouncing around on that carpeted concrete. The same axiom is usually try for mortal catchers (e.g. those not named Mauer)…they take a physical beating the slump accordingly. About the only thing "afflicting" Morneau, though, is that he gets less off-days than any other player on the team, but once again that should be expected out of his position.
If the Twins think they can continue to play well and capture the AL Central, both those "wrongs" are going to have to be corrected, as the bullpen can't survive without a closer and the lineup isn't deep enough to support a slumping Canadian.
Preview (67-66, 2nd, 5.0 GB DET): Carl Pavano (11-10, 5.11) vs. Jeremy Sowers (5-9, 4.88). The schedule is again in our favor this weekend, as the Tigers draw the Rays while we get the Injuns.
No Way…Yep, Jose!
Can anything go wrong for the Minnesota Twins right now (especially with Chicago in town)?!
After the game ended in dramatic fashion, with Jose Morales pinch hitting with two outs and a man on third in the bottom of the ninth and getting a solid base hit to win the game, I began thinking of all the remarkable occurences that transpired over those nine innings:
-For starters, Jeff Manship held the Sox to just one earned run over five innings. Yep, Jeff Manship, facing guys like A.J., Konerko, and Dye got the job done.
-Jon Rauch (recently acquired from Arizona) made just his second appearance in the white pinstripes, pitched a scoreless ninth inning, and got his second win of the season. I believe it took Francisco Liriano about two months to get to two wins!
-Michael Cuddyer once again clubbed two bombs in one game. We're turning this place back into the Homerdome yet!
-And finally, there's Jose Morales, the hero himself. In his first at-bat since God knows when (a month or two at least), Morales didn't allow himself to be cowed by the pressure situation and just got good wood on the ball. A new hero emerges every night, it seems.
The only thing to go wrong tonight was Jose Mijares and Matt Guerrier combining to blow a late-inning lead, but that only set the stage for all the dramatics (so maybe they just have a keen sense of theatre)!
Preview (67-65, 2nd, 3.5 GB DET): Mark Buerhle (11-7, 3.89) vs. Brian Duensing (2-1, 4.37). Let's make Buerhle's last Dome start a "memorable" one for him.
Blame It (On The T-T-T-T-T-T-T-Twins)
Last night, as the Chicago White Sox opened their last three-game series at their personal house of horrors, the Metrodome, the team was essentially playing for the rest of the season in one night. With the post-season roster deadline kicking in at midnight, it represented teams' last chance to improve their club for the stretch run. The Pale Hose were the epitomy of a bubble team, quickly fading from the AL Central race and needing to win this series to have any realistic hopes of remaining in the conversation.
Good thing that the Twins showed up to play then, huh?! Nick Blackburn (7 IP, 1 ER, 7K) continued his mastery of the Sox, while both Jo-Mo and Kubel went deep for most of the home boys' offense. Can you believe that Mauer (now at 26 dingers) has a shot at 30?! If Albert Pujols is the undisputed king of NL hitters, than Joe Mauer obviously holds that position in the junior circuit.
After the loss, then, the Pale Hosers decided to cut bait, trading Jim Thome and Jon Garland to the LA Dodgers and sending Jose Contreras to the Colorado Rockies. So even if the Twins don't game another game on the Tigers all season, at least we have the satisfaction of knowing that he did our part to knock our fiercest rivals out of it (sounds crass, yes, but I cannot and will not sympathize with a team coached by a nutjob like Ozzie Guillen).
-Wild prediction of the day: The Tampa Bay Rays will win the Wild Card in the AL.
-Speaking of the Rays, their big slugger Carlos Pena, quite remarkably, has more home runs than singles this season. Baseball Tonight continues to chart his progress, and it would be funny to see him finish that way. I believe Mark McGwire did that in his 70-homer season, if I'm not mistaken (or at least was close).
Preview (66-65, 2nd, 3.5 GB DET): John Danks (12-8, 3.82) vs. Jeff Manship (0-0, 5.14). Manship starting a game scares me a bit, but at least he won't have Big Thome to deal with anymore!
Never Gonna Give You Up
(Okay Family Guy fans, have your laugh now…out of your system?!)
You know, I almost started this post by talking about how my expectations for the Twins have changed and how we should start watching them purely "for love of the game" and not expect them to be in any sort of pennant race. But then, I got to thinking about those poor fans in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and a few other cities around the MLB circuit that haven't had anything break right over the past decade (or more) and would love to be competing in any race of any kind right now. Do I think the Twins will win the AL Central? No. Especially not after those two horrible series' against KC and Cleveland, teams that supposedly give us the advantage over Chicago the Detroit down the stretch. But do we still have a chance? However slim, yes we do, and that is the way I look at it (or at least am trying to, anyway).
I think that the past three seasons ('07-'09) have proven that only so many things can break right for a small-market organization. In the early part of this decade, the Twins were reborn as a competitive team thanks to a lot of young talent peaking at the same time. A few years later ('05-'06) the team was still able to contend because of our ability to make steals of trades and keep calling up effective players from the minor leagues. The last three years, though, has seen a complete reversal. The farm system is beginning to get tapped out (they may still be decent, but not like the talent of years ago), and the trades (Bartlett/Garza for Young) haven't been going our way. Plus, the terrible economics of a no-salary cap sporting structure forced the Twins to lose guys like Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, keystones of the franchise.
That being said, the Twins still have a pretty good nucleus of young talent (Mauer, Morneau, Kubel) that can win in the future, but the trick will be keeping them together. One would hope that Mauer (the biggest fish who needs to be landed and mounted behind home plate) can see that and will elect to stay with his hometown team, but nothing is guaranteed in this game.
Thus, the Twins' goal for the last month and a half of this season is to be as competitive as possible to show our young talent that this is a team that can seriously compete again in the future. That starts tonight against Texas, who is currently leading the AL Wild Card standings and thus will be a tough team to beat on the road. However, if there is one thing I never underestimate about a Ron Gardenhire-coached team, it is their ability to come back in the face of severe adversity. Just when you think this is about to happen…
…the Twins will do something crazy like sweep the Rangers and get back in the thick of things.
Preview (56-61, 3rd, 3.5 GB CWS): Francisco Liriano (5-11, 5.39) vs. Tommy Hunter (5-2, 2.26).
Good Deal
Well, for the first time since Shannon Stewart was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays back in 2003, the Minnesota Twins finally pulled the trigger on a mid-season addition, this time in the form of A's shortstop Orlando Cabrera:
Personally, I think this is a GREAT move for the Twins to have made, as Cabrera plays great defense and hits, at .280, rougly 70-80 points better than Nick Punto on any given day. Plus, he is on a terror with the bat (.377 this month) right now, so maybe we're getting him just when he is starting to peak this year.
Back in '03, when Stewart came on board, the Twins miraculously went from a team almost out of contention, to one that won the division almost going away. It's amazing what a little excitement (from a big trade) can do for the players on a team. Shannon brought the leadoff presence that year, while now Cabrera brings offense out of the #2 hole in the lineup (exactly what we need).
What will be interesting is how Harris, Casilla, and Punto will be used now that Orlando is in town. Harris was terrible at the second sack last year, but can (and will) play third when (not if, unfortunately) Crede needs to be out of the lineup. That leaves Punto and Casilla at second, and assuming Gardy doesn't stroke out in the near future, we all know what that means (although batting ninth, one is probably just as good as the other).
By the way, I attended the first two Twins/Sox games at the Dome earlier this week, and really, is there any better feeling than sweeping the Sox?! Hey, maybe we can give the Angels a little payback this time around now that Cabrera is on our side!
Other deadline deals:
-Victor Martinez is on the verge of going to the Red Sox.
-Halladay is still a Jay (two minutes to go!)
-Tigers acquired starter Jarrod Washburn
Preview (52-50, 2nd, 2.0 GB DET): Ervin Santana (3-6, 7.29) vs. Nick Blackburn (8-5, 3.75). No Cabrera yet tonight, but Blackie might not need him.
We Are Spoiled
The Twins killed the White Sox today. Denard Span, Brendan Harris, and Carlos Gomez all homered, and Mark Buehrle was finally brought to justice. A good win to close out the unofficial "first half" of the 2009 regular season. Yet, while watching Sportscenter tonight, it was brought to my attention that this is the sixth straight season that the Twins have finished above the .500 mark at the All-Star Break. Though none of those clubs ever made it out of the first round of the playoffs, that is still quite an achievement nonetheless, and one that should be appreciated. I remember watching Twins baseball back in the late 1990s and wondering if the team would ever get back to this sort of excitement:
Of course, once the Twins DID become competitive again, yet never reached a World Series, we are now all spoiled because they don't do it every single season:
Sure, the Twins may not win the division this year, but we will (barring a complete collapse) be one of only a handfull of teams with real playoff aspirations come September. Just think about being a fan of the Royals, who are all but mathimatically eliminated each All-Star break, or the number of other teams mired in the bottoms of their respective divisions. At least our Twins have something exciting to play for.
Preview: Tomorrow night is the annual Home Run Derby, including these participants…
American League: Joe Mauer, Nelson Cruz, Brandon Inge, Carlos Pena
National League: Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder
Though the NL seems to have the stacked field in this competition, I'm going to go with Pena to win the whole thing. Mauer is my guy, and Pujols is the home-town boy, but that swing of Pena is just made to blast home runs.
A Team Loss, If Such A Thing Exists (But Thanks, Brad)
Before the game earlier tonight, the Minnesota Twins inducted former starting pitcher Brad Radke into their Hall of Fame, an honor I believe he rightly deserves. Although he was just a smidge over .500 for his career winning percentage, he also played on a bunch of terrible Twins clubs early in his career, and then for few teams that didn't score him many runs at all. About the only run support he got was in his final year, 2006, when he was essentially pitching with a torn-up shoulder. Yet, even during that '06 campaign, where he showed more heart and guts than any pitcher in a long time, he was still more reliable than any Twins starter this season, save for perhaps Nick Blackburn. Deep down I wished he could have just stayed out there on that mound in place of Glen Perkins and set down the ChiSox order with his pinpoint control and pull-the-string changeup. He looks like he could still do it!
After the ceremony, however, the game was nothing but a slow spiral into another notch in the right-hand column of this season's winning percentage. During his inning in the TV broadcast booth, Radke kept talking up the fact that baseball is a team game, giving all the credit to his success to his former teammates. The Twins proved him right on the field, but unfortunatly it was in the opposite way he intended. Basically, all areas of the Twins' game stunk in some way, shape, or form:
Starting pitching: Perkins just didn't have it tonight. Maybe he wasn't still fully recovered from his recent illness, but he just wasn't hitting his spots or making good pitches. Thus, the Sox battered him around accordingly.
Bullpen: Brian Duensing and Jose Mijares were solid, but R.A. Dickey was just a complete pain to watch. He didn't throw strikes, couldn't get batters to chase the knuckler, and walked three batters in an inning and a third. Of course, his outing wouldn't have been nearly as bad if not for…
Defense: With the bases loaded with Sox in the sixth inning, Jim Thome busted his bat and hit a little bloop to left-center that Gomez pursued with his usual reckless abandon. The ball bounced once on the turf, vaulted Go-Go, and Span got all turned around in trying to back up the play. When all was said and done, the bases were cleared.
Hitting: Yes, the Twins did eventually put seven runs on the board, but WAY too many at-bats earlier in the game were just give-aways. The reason Gavin Floyd was able to last as long as he did in the game was because we had such weak at-bats in the first innings. Michael Cuddyer especially got on my nerves tonight, as he is such a sucker for that low, sweeping slider down and away. Makes him look like an idiot when he flails at it.
Preview (44-44, 3rd, 1.5 GB CWS): Mark Buerhle (9-2, 3.14) vs. Scott Baker (6-7, 5.31). The wait for Baker to develop into any sort of consistent starting pitcher continues on Sunday before the break.
House of Horrors
When the White Sox come into the Metrodome, do you think that songs like that are running through their brain?! Amazingly, after looking like a glorified Double-A squad against the Yankees, the Twins were able to put together a strong effort and inch back towards that runner-up slot in the AL Central.
Of course, in the first inning it helped when Chicago starter turned the game into the rough equivalent of one of these:
Danks walked the first four batters of the game and a big hit from Jason Kubel gave the Twins an early lead. Of course, since nothing is easy with this year's bunch, the White Sox kept pecking away at the defecit until finally tying it in the sixth inning (only a tremendous leaping catch from Michael Cuddyer at the base of the baggie prevented the Sox from taking a lead). I was a bit nervous at this point, but Blackie was still pitching well and the pen did their job the rest of the way. This should come as no surprise, but this guy…
…got the big two out hit in the seventh inning that put the Twins in front, while a perfect squeeze bunt from Carlos Gomez an inning later scored Matt Tolbert (pinch running for Kubel after his third hit of the game) with a big insurance run that allowed Joe Nathan to do his thing in the ninth:
Preview (44-43, 3rd, 0.5 GB CWS): Gavin Floyd (6-6, 4.33) vs. Glen Perkins (4-4, 4.38). Ozzie Guillen juggled his rotation to have his Big Three horses face the Twins this weekend. That went well (at least so far).
Must Be A Horrible Feeling
For almost a decade, the Minnesota Twins have laid a claim to having the best control coming from a starting pitching staff. While other staffs may have "that one guy" who can throw gas but can't find home plate with any frequency, the Twins consistently pound the zone and, while giving up a high frequency of home runs, also get a lot of outs.
Thus, the struggles from Scott Baker in the early innings of tonight's 6-2 loss against the Chicago White Sox were almost painful to watch. For whatever reason, Baker could not command any of his pitches and made catcher Mike Redmond look like a human pin-ball with the way he was reaching to-and-fro and blocking pitches behind the plate. I actually started to feel bad for Baker during those second and third innings, as it was clear that he just couldn't control any of his pitches.
After that horrific second inning, Baker came into the dugout and was given an earful from pitching coach Rick Anderson, who looked as if steam were about to come out of his ears. Though Twins announcer Bert Blyleven defended Anderson and liked the fiery persona, I don't know what good it did and whether it was called for. I mean, if Scott Baker wanted to control his pitches, he would have…it's as simple as that. Anderson can stew all he wants, but it still comes down to Baker hitting his spots.
Considering that Scotty-boy has had troubles locating pitches all season so far, I hope that he doesn't have some sort of mental block (sort of like the Rick Ankiel syndrome). Of course, it could also just be the typical Scott Baker "off" season that has plagued him his entire career. Baker has never pitched 200 innings in an entire season, nor has he had too really impressive years in a row.
-Ozzie Guillen is a joke (as if that is new knowledge, I know). A Pale Hose batter (Podsednik, I believe) bunts the ball down the first base line, the ball looks like it hits him, yet no call is made. Ron Gardenhire comes out to argue the play, and the home plate umpire decides to call a "conference meeting" and the play is overturned. Why, then, does Ozzie need to trot out and give the umps an earful? The umps would not have changed the call unless "indisputable visual evidence" (to steal an NFL phrase) was utilized, in this case one of the other umps seeing the ball hit the batter. I don't like managers who argue just for the sake of getting steamed up, and that is EXACTLY what Guillen was doing. Just sit down and shut up.
-Sean Henn made his Twins debut tonight…and now has a 13.50 season ERA. Will this ever end?
-Seriously Gardy…walking Paul Konerko to GET Jim Thome to the plate? I don't care if Carl Hubbell or Steve Carlton suddenly descended from the sky to take the mound for the Twins, I don't put guys on for the greatest Twins Killer in history (with respect to Griffey Jr. and A-Rod).
-Finally, I don't like to complain about the announcing a whole lot, but Bert: When Span bunts the ball unsuccessfully with the infield playing way back, he loses the "element" of surprise, not the "ultimate" of surprise. I only say this because I have heard it before.
Preview (18-22, 3rd, 4.5 GB DET): Francisco Liriano (2-4, 5.21) vs. John Danks (2-3, 4.82).


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Dual-booting Nevada and OpenSolaris
By hnhn on Oct 29, 2008
Recently I had an idea to try and install Nevada and OpenSolaris on the same disk. I'm using both systems for testing intensively and the installation times are considerable. I had a Nevada 98 installation on my testing machine so I thought I'd put OpenSolaris on the second partition. I booted the LiveCD, ran the installer and selected second partition as Solaris, modifying the first to "Unused" with blind hope the installer wouldn't touch it. Oops... after the reboot I found out that the Nevada installation is gone, replaced
So I started looking around for hints. Following guide might help you to set up a dual-boot environment for Nevada and OpenSolaris. The starting point is an OpenSolaris (2008/05, build 86) installation in the first partition, image-updated to build 98 according to this update guide on opensolaris.org (or this blog).
1. Working around partition type
Solaris installer, both in Nevada and OpenSolaris is not tolerant to multiple Solaris partitions on one disk. Solution is to temporary change the partition type of the existing OpenSolaris installation. You can use your favourite live-cd with any flavour of fdisk for this, but grub can be really helpful too. Here's how to make your OpenSolaris partition UNbootable (!)
- start the machine
- press Esc to cancel the timeout in grub
- press 'e' on any entry
- press 'd' multiple times to remove all lines
- press 'o' to create an empty line
- press 'e' and enter:
parttype (hd0,0) 0x83
- press 'b' to boot this setting
Grub will rewrite the type of the first partition to 0x83 (Linux). As a results we'll be able to install Nevada to second partition without rewriting the first.
2. Nevada installation
Now that your OpenSolaris is not bootable, use a Nevada dvd to boot its installer (mine was build 98) and proceed as usual. You'll probably want to select "Custom installation" somewhere in the process. Almost the last step of the installation is disk layout selection, where the installer with popup an alert that it found Linux in the first partition and that's not supported. Do NOT accept its offer to use the standard layout. That will leave the first partition unharmed. Select second partition, customize the layout and finish the installation.
3. Tweaking Nevada grub
Now we have Nevada grub in MBR and OpenSolaris still unbootable. Boot to Nevada and add following entry to /boot/grub/menu.lst:
title Switch to OpenSolaris grub (hd0,0) parttype (hd0,0) 0xbf parttype (hd0,1) 0x83 root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1
This will change the partition types so that the first partition with OpenSolaris is of type Solaris (0xbf) and our current Nevada installation in second partition is of type Linux (0x83). If you reboot and select this entry in grub, OpenSolaris grub should come up.
However, the entries may still not be bootable. At least, they weren't for me. I suspected a change in grub between OpenSolaris and Nevada, and decided to replace the Nevada grub with OpenSolaris grub. For this reason, it may be much easier to have Nevada installed first and then install OpenSolaris to second partition. But, too late for me...
4. Fixing OpenSolaris grub
To put the OpenSolaris grub back in place, you'll need to boot OpenSolaris LiveCD. We will also create a new entry to be able switch to Nevada grub. When the LiveCD boots, try the following:
# pfexec zpo⁞ol import -f rpool # pfexec mount -F zfs <dataset_of_your_root> /a # pfexec /sbin/installgrub /a/boot/grub/stage1 /a/boot/grub/stage2 \\ </dev/rdsk/cXtXdXsX>
where </dev/rdsk/cXtXdXsX> is the raw-device of the slice used
for rpool ("zpool status" will show you that).
In my environment, dataset was "rpool/ROOT/opensolaris" and device "/dev/c4d0s0". The above didn't work straight for opensolaris-1 boot environment, probably due to the grub changes mentioned in the image-update guide.
Then I modified /rpool/grub/menu.lst, adding as first entry:
title Switch to Nevada grub parttype (hd0,0) 0x83 parttype (hd0,1) 0xbf root (hd0,1) makeactive chainloader +1
This entry will allow to switch to the Nevada grub menu to boot Nevada. After the reboot, OpenSolaris grub was in place in MBR and I was able to switch & boot to Nevada, and to OpenSolaris build 86 (the original "opensolaris" boot environment). OpenSolaris 98 (my "opensolaris-1" BE) was not bootable. If this is the case for you, there's one more thing to fix - the grub change between 86 and 98. Boot to OpenSolaris build 86 and try:
# pfexec mount -F zfs <dataset_of_your_root> /a # pfexec /mnt/boot/solaris/bin/update_grub -R /a
where the dataset was "rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1" in my environment.
And, that's it. Working dual-boot
It's not exactly a simple way to set this up, so I hope the installer in OpenSolaris will improve in the future and will respect existing partitions.
Credits: Thanks to Bob Netherton for this blog entry
Note: The steps described in this guide may render your system unbootable. I don't take any responsibility for any damage to your system


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- 'Christmas' has already appeared in subject lines.
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The holiday season started with a 12 percent year-over-year increase in volume. The largest increases were seen by Catalogers and Publishers.
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Visible signs of the arrival of Fall are just beginning to show including online searches for Black Friday. In fact, searches on the term "Black Friday" increased 23 percent this past week compared to the week prior and 52 percent compared with two weeks ago.
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Experian Marketing Services' Discretionary Spend Estimates and Consumer Expectations Index point to a rosy holiday season ahead:
- In 2013, Americans will spend $1.8 trillion on discretionary products and services or $15,249 per household, up from the total of $1.6 trillion or $13,468 per household spent last year.
- The typical household will have an additional $1,782 to spend this year compared to 2012 on non-essentials.
- Dining out, apparel, donations and household furnishings combined account for over half of the average household's annual discretionary spending.
- On average, American households spend $1,044 annually on electronic gadgets, a key holiday spending category Consumer expectations among online shoppers heading into the shopping season are 2 percent higher this year compared with 2012 and 6 percent higher than we observed in 2011.


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"Transformers 4" is turning out to be one of the hottest movies of the summer. This action film scored $41.6M on Friday and is looking towards a $100M weekend reported The Hollywood Reporter on June 28, 2014. It has been projected "Transformers 4" should become the first movie of 2014 to earn $100 million during its first weekend.
"Transformers: Age Of Extinction" is a really exciting movie which features a new leading man in Mark Wahlberg, who has replaced the very troubled Shia LaBeouf. It's also hot overseas where it earned another $52 million on Friday for an initial international total of $80 million and a huge worldwide total of $121.6 million. This weekend is seeing the debut of the film in giant markets in China, Australia and Russia. On Friday alone it had the biggest opening day of all time for a foreign film in China as it took in $30 million. The movie shot some scenes at the Great Wall in China.
It really does appear "Transformers: Age of Extinction" could be the first film this year to make $100 million at the box office on the opening weekend reports Business Insider. A few other Hollywood movies have come close to this mark for their first weekend with "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" earning $95 million, "Godzilla" earning $93.2 million and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" earning $91.6 million. Last year "Iron Man 3" went over the $100 million mark the first weekend of May. In 2012, "The Hunger Games" earned more than $150 million the opening weekend in March. This makes the future for Hollywood action movies look very promising.
"Transformers: Age of Extinction" has its beginning after an epic battle left a great city torn to pieces but with the world saved reports Rotten Tomatoes. Humanity works hard to pick up the pieces of the ashes of war as a shadowy group reveals an attempt to control the direction of world history. An ancient, powerful new menace now threatens the stability of earth. Optimus Prime and the Autobots come forth to meet their most brutal challenge ever as an incredible war of good versus evil emerges ultimately leading to a climactic battle which spreads across the entire world. This theme is really intriguing and has fans spellbound.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Saluki women's golf will hit the road once again, this time to the Sunshine State for the North Florida Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday.
In addition to SIU, in attendance will be the host North Florida, Morehead State, Old Dominion, Daytona State, Eastern Kentucky, James Madison, Jacksonville, McNeese State, Belmont, Austin Peay, Charleston Southern, Appalachian State and Western Carolina.
Southern is coming off a second-place finish at the shortened Murray State Racer Classic on March 1. SIU posted a two-round total of 615, helped greatly by a trio of 75's shot by three Salukis who each tied for seventh overall at 153: Ashleigh Rushing, Cassie Rushing and Kris Grimes. The team finish was the fourth runner-up finish for SIU head coach Alexis Mihelich, who also owns seven team titles in just three seasons at SIU.
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College Hockey:Gron's three-point night leads Northern Michigan past Michigan Tech
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Northern Michigan scored two goals in the first period and never looked back in beating Michigan Tech 4-1 Friday night in front of 3,880 at the Berry Events Center.
Tyler Gron had two goals and an assist for NMU (9-7-3), while Jared Coreau stopped 29 shots for the win.
"It was a good game and [Michigan Tech is] a good hockey team," Northern Michigan coach Walt Kyle said. "We were fortunate we got to an early lead. The rest of the game was very even. We caught a couple of breaks."
"The first period was the hockey game," said MTU coach Mel Pearson. "They jumped us pretty good, won the battles and scored on their opportunities. We battled back and made it close, but couldn't get all the way back. Tonight really showed the importance of a good start."
Reed Seckel and Erik Higby also scored for NMU.
Aaron Pietila tallied the Huskies' goal and Josh Robinson and Kevin Genoe combined for 28 saves.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — An official familiar with the decision says a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after a match at the London Olympics will receive his bronze medal.
The official says the IOC executive board will issue a warning to Park Jong-woo for his actions after his team's 2-0 victory over Japan.
The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the ruling hadn't been announced.
The IOC withheld Park's medal after Aug. 10, pending a disciplinary hearing, which was held Monday in Lausanne.
Park displayed a sign in national colors with the slogan "Dokdo is our territory" to support South Korean sovereignty over islets also claimed by Japan.
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But also, the drive for the ultimate prize sometimes presents obstacles beyond said team's control.
Witness the East Valley Red Devils, who brought everything needed for a Class 2A state championship into Saturday's title game with Clarkston — everything except a way to control Bantams superstar Jamie Weisner.
The 5-foot-11 senior staged a performance for the ages in the SunDome, scoring 33 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and providing ample evidence of her recruitment to Oregon State in a 53-41 triumph.
Seventeen of her points came during a second half in which top-ranked Clarkston (25-1) overcame a 23-14 deficit and generally overshadowed yet another stellar EV effort.
The third-ranked Red Devils finished 24-2, having reached the championship game for the first time since 2003 when the program won the second of back-to-back titles under the late Jack Cleveland.
His successor, Robi Raab, expressed disappointment only in that his players, especially seven seniors, had been denied a reward they had so strenuously worked toward.
"It definitely was not a lack of effort," he said. "They're such great kids, a joy to coach and just be around. Unbelievable young people."
Weisner, meanwhile, was worthy of that description — not to mention being named the tournament's MVP — with her play.
If her point total fell seven short of the tournament record set by Pullman's Christa Brossman in 2000, her impact on the game was reminiscent of Luke Ridnour's heroics in Blaine's 60-56 overtime defeat of Wapato for the 2000 boys title.
"She's phenomenal," said EV senior and co-captain Jamie Hodgson, who led her team with 11 points. "We just couldn't stop her."
The first half saw the Red Devils pick up where they left off in Friday's semifinal conquest of White River. With Mikaela Zimmer scoring the final five points of the first quarter for an 11-9 lead, EV surged to a 23-11 advantage late in the half — this despite all-tournament first-team pick Yasi Mohsenian sitting for a time with two personal fouls.
But Weisner, with only four points to that juncture, hit a 3-pointer just before the intermission buzzer, providing a harbinger of things to come.
"We tried to keep track of her and always know where she was," Raab said. "But we've been so fundamentally sound on defense, we had to essentially stay with what we do best (a 2-3 zone)."
Scoring on everything from full-court gallops after rebounds or steals to mid-range jumpers, Weisner tallied the first 13 points of the half for Clarkston, and when teammate Sierra Higheagle converted a fast-break bucket with 3:51 left in the third quarter, the Bantams were even at 27.
Weisner's putback of her own miss made it 33-29, Clarkston, before EV got three unanswered points from Hodgson for a 33-32 deficit starting the final eight minutes.
A 10-footer from Weisner ignited an 11-0 Bantams run to start the fourth quarter, however, and the Devils would never get closer than eight.
With Weisner connecting on 10 of 14 shots in the second half, Clarkston collectively fired at a 68 percent clip over the final two periods. East Valley, meanwhile, finished at 30 percent for the game.
"Ultimately," Raab said, "we didn't make enough shots. We didn't build our lead as big as it could have been in the first half, and since it was such a physical game we didn't play well enough through contact."
Zimmer and Tassia Merkle each scored eight points for EV and Ashlee Betancourth, named to the all-tournament second team, added six.
Clarkston — Zipse 1-1 2-2 5, McConnell 2-8 2-2 6, Weisner 13-23 6-9 33, Gleason 0-1 0-0 0, Folsom 0-0 0-0 0, Meyers 1-4 2-3 4, Higheagle 2-8 0-0 5, Reeves 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Hines 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-46 12-16 53.
East Valley (Yakima) — Betancourth 2-4 0-0 6, Ross 1-6 1-2 4, Mohsenian 1-10 1-2 4, Garcia-Stubbs 0-0 0-0 0, Robertson 0-0 0-0 0, Merkle 3-8 1-2 8, Yates 0-0 0-0 0, Chavis 0-0 0-0 0, Hodgson 5-13 1-2 11, Ward 0-0 0-0 0, Ramynke 0-1 0-0 0, Zimmer 3-8 2-2 8. Totals 15-50 6-9 41.
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3-point goals—C 3-18 (Zipse 1-1, Higheagle 1-5, Weisner 1-6, Gleason 0-1, Meyers 0-2, McConnell 0-3), EV 5-23 (Betancourth 2-4, Ross 1-4, Merkle 1-5, Mohsenian 1-8, Hodgson 0-1, Ramynke 0-1). Rebounds—C 33 (Weisner 12, McConnell 8), EV 33 (Hodgson 7). Assists—C 6, EV 7 (Mohsenian 4). Steals—C 5 (Weisner 3), EV 4 (Betancourth 2). Blocked shots—C 2, EV 0. Fouled out—None. Total fouls—C 9, EV 14. Technical fouls—None. Turnovers—C 7, EV 8.


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Residents say the landlords have known about the condemnation prior to the evacuation.
The Bowling Green Mayor says some city funds will be available for residents to help them find new living arrangements.


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Danielle Taylor, 42, administrative assistant, Bayview: "I think that certain parts of Market Street have a lot of traffic that doesn't look too savvy—looks like a lot of illegal stuff going on further down. So I think that would be a very good idea, to make sure everyone is safe." (The Epoch Times)
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What do you think about more surveillance at big events?
In the wake of the Boston bombings, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr has suggested beefing up camera surveillance in the city during big events, according to local media. Suhr said real-time monitoring on major thoroughfares like Market Street will bring added safety to events such as the Bay-to-Breakers footrace.
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After likely pull back. So far this morning,every stock I've checked has had a YTD run up,and I feel a sharp correction is due,followed by a summer rally. Cash Is King right now,however,appearz to Me that ECA might have had the last of the Fartez Sniffed Out of Its" Cushionz,and could possibly render a 10% gain short term,possibly more,depending on how big of a hit during next sell off. A delayed Sell In May phenom could strike this week.
I agree, the hot money on highest margin in history is delaying sell in May to squeeze last nickel out of retail who turned bullish after 150% increase in market. I check order book on stocks I scalp and I'm seeing (4) yes, FOUR shares on the bid, even (1) maybe (21), pathetic, this is retail that managed to save $500 and is now going all-in. For his/her slaughter. Just an observation.


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Sony Xperia Z and Xperia Z1 will get Android 4.4 Kitkat
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JAPANESE PHONE MAKER Sony has revealed which of its phones will be upgraded to Google's Android 4.4 Kitkat mobile operating system following its rollout of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean that will begin next month.
In a blog post on Thursday, Sony announced that the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 will all be upgraded to Android 4.4 Kitkat, although it remained typically quiet about availability details. It is likely, however, that SIM-free handsets will receive the update first, with operators having to test the update before releasing it.
Don't write Sony an angry email if your phone isn't on the list yet, as the firm has said that this will be "the first raft" of phones to receive the update, hinting that there will be more to follow.
Before they are bumped to Android 4.4 Kitkat, however, Sony will first roll out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the aforementioned handsets, as well as the Xperia ZR, Xperia SP, Xperia T, Xperia TX and the Xperia L. Sony has said that rollout will begin in December, which likely means that Android 4.4 Kitkat won't be released to its handsets until next year.
Android 4.4 Kitkat was unveiled alongside the Nexus 5 last month, and will bring some new features to Sony's smartphone lineup. These include a redesigned user interface, an updated Hangouts app with SMS integration, an improved dialer with smart Caller ID, and enhanced cloud storage integration.
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I need to calculate Fourier series of:
$$\sin(x)- \operatorname{IntegerPart}[\sin(x)]$$
This seems just a common sine function, with its value set to 0 at its max and mins, so the period is just the same as that of $\sin(x)$. But however I take it, it has at least 1 (2?) discontinuities inside it, and I don't know how to proceed.
My only guess comes from what I've read here:
If you have a removable discontinuity at a point, the Fourier series will converge to the limit of the function at the point.
Does it mean that Fourier series will just ignore that (removable) discontinuity, and hence my answer is $\sin(x)$?
Note: this is not homework, but I'm preparing for an exam and this exercise is from an old one.


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W3C Last Call: XML Signature 1.1
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The W3C XML Security Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft for XML Signature 1.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core1/ An explanation of the changes against the XML Signature 1.0 specification (developed by a joint W3C/IETF Working Group at the time) is available: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core1/explain.html Changes are focused on the set of mandatory to implement algorithms and markup for relevant key material. The Last Call period lasts until 18 March 2010; comments can be sent to public-xmlsec-comments <at> w3.org. The next step in the W3C Recommendation Track process is either a Candidate Recommendation phase to collect implementation experience, or another Working Draft. We plan to announce further last call working drafts (if any) and the Call for Implementations that starts the Candidate Recommendation phase to the saag mailing list. The WG continues its work on a similar set of changes to XML Encryption 1.1; that specification is progressing on a somewhat slower time scale than Signature 1.1. Regards, -- Thomas Roessler, W3C <tlr <at> w3.org>
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Pasi's AD Notes for February 2010
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Here's again a short status update about what things are going on from my point-of-view. If you notice anything that doesn't look right, let me know -- miscommunication and mix-ups do happen. Best regards, Pasi MISC NOTES - Planning AD transition with Tim/Sean - IETF 77 planning with Tim/Sean: SAAG meeting, SecDir lunch, overall agenda - (not wearing AD hat) draft-krawczyk-hkdf went through IETF last call; on the agenda of 2010-03-04 IESG telechat. - (not wearing AD hat) Waiting for Dan Romascanu to process errata 1955/1956 for RFC 4072 [since 2009-12-09] - Waiting for IETF Trust's reply on how to contribute pre-5378 rights to the trust [since 2009-11-03] - Lot of tools work (code I want to get in decent state before my AD term ends) WORKING GROUPS DKIM - draft-ietf-dkim-deployment: discussion ongoing to resolve Tim's DISCUSS; currently waiting for Tim to reply [since 2010-02-25] - Processed errata 1385. - I still need to review what to do about errata 1532, 1596, and 1942. - Waiting for Stephen and Barry for new charter text.(Continue reading)


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A classically trained mezzo-soprano, Alysia Lee is a versatile performer who is equally at home on the operatic and concert stage. She holds operatic credits with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Pocket Opera of New York, Colorado Vocal Arts, Peabody Opera Theater, Baltimore Concert Opera, Piedmont Opera Company, and the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater. Alysia is a graduate of Peabody Conservatory.
Prior to the Sistema Fellows Program, Alysia was Executive Director of Opus Nine Ensemble, an instrumental and vocal chamber music ensemble based in NYC. In addition to a full touring concert season, the Ensemble regularly offered free educational and community concerts.
Alysia maintained an active voice studio at the Bloomingdale School of Music, a community music school in NYC. For three seasons, she was a Music Teaching Artist with the renowned Orchestra of St. Luke's, bringing classical music into classrooms in the Bronx and Harlem. Always excited to create dynamic musical experiences to meet students' needs, Alysia served a three-year term as the Artistic Director of the Music in Charter Schools Festival, a two-day festival for student musicians in Philadelphia.
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