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I was really expecting a side step into Suzy but was even happier to get an AC/DC Bag instead. This is where these 4 guys gave it away to me that this was going to be a night to remember. 4:00 minutes into Bag and I was already in guitar heaven. At some points it sounded like Trey was trying to steer them away from the ACDCFAG progression but he would suddenly veer back into the center of the lane and stay straight while Page would jerk the wheel a little too close to the edge. It sounded to me like Mike was going back and forth trying to decide who to stick with. The whole jam went on like this. Some might say that this was a disjointed jam where no one is locked into one another. I disagree. I think this was Bag in full Fall 95 glory. No rules, no worries and no looking back. At about 8:00 minutes in Trey hit the phase button and I swear it felt like Jimi had dropped down to jam and to finish the song with them. I love this version!
The Curtain vocals sounded like they were coming down from the top of a great mountain. They sounded slightly off key but that may add to the realness and sincerity of it. Sure enough my life was running away from me - the life as I knew it before phish anyway. The thousands of people there felt the same as far as I knew. How could they not. We were all chanting words from a song just the same.
The Curtain slid into a super tight Sparkle. This one seemed to have a little extra juice at the end like some of the others from Fall 95 but this one stayed ridiculously tight through the intense ending. An impressive version to say the least.
Stash was where the magic was in the first set at least for me. From Fishs fill into the main theme riff about 6 seconds in I knew it was going to be a burner. There was some great exploratory stuff happening in the jam. If you walked in on this song in the middle of the jam, you might not know what they were playing. They stepped outside the box a few times although not for very long. These excursions were just long enough for me to really feel the bliss on the return to Stash each time. For me Stash peaked in Fall 95 and this one is definitely worthy of checking out.
A beautiful Tela followed that added to the far away in another time and place feel to the concert. Thats right! I had to remind myself at this point that this was simply a concert and nothing more. If it had been more, I might have hopped off the boat and never returned to school.
Trey: Well send this tune out to Mario Lemieux. This is for you. What a guy. Im Blue, Im Lonesome Nice! Mike got a cool little banjo solo followed by a mandolin solo by Fish. You can tell Fish was struggling a little and by the end of the solo he just strummed muted notes with an egg-beater strum. Lots of cheers and laughs after that. Trey: So thats kind of a funny song to send out to old Mario there but Good song. I had vivid dreams of being able to play hockey like that guy. Ah, what the heck well dedicate this one to him too. We called him up and asked him to come down. I dont know if hes here or not. If youre here
This Maze is one of my favorites from the year. Lots of rip roaring guitar. For me the really good Mazes make me feel like I am not totally lost but am clearly struggling to find my way. Everything is dark when you suddenly think there is something familiar ahead. Just when you think you recognize what it is it turns creepy again. This must happen several times in Maze for me to really get off on it. When it is there, it is truly magnificent though. This one had everything I love about Maze. I even heard the cats fighting in the arena at one point in the jam.
A nice rockin Suzy to end off the set. If the band hadnt got every single persons attention by this point they certainly did with Fishs screams. There was a nice boogien solo by Page that sounded especially nice with Treys wah-wah over the top. Fish even threw in a Ah, one time before his 3rd and final scream.
A smokin Chalk Dust opened the 2nd set and a blistering one at that. I prefer my Torture to go on for a little longer but the 3 minute jam at the end packs a lot of notes in. Trey hit some nice feedback in the middle for about 15 seconds that he pulled out of in a quick last second turn and the others were right there with him. I think thats the little stuff that gets overlooked in a long jam sometimes. Some nice SRV licks toward the end of the solo. That was a hot start to a 2nd set.
Theme was pretty new here. Although it had been played about every 3 shows since May so it was well rehearsed and sounded pretty good for a new tune. I am glad this one got better in the years to come.
Like many Rebas from the era this one is started at full throttle. Thats quite a commitment to start a song like this out so fast especially with the composed section following the verses and chorus. Whatever, this one worked and was flawless. The jam was good too. Nothing special or beyond normal but a normal Reba jam is more than just OK for me. The jam started off and then Trey began accenting different beats and playing the rhythm out of sync with the rest of the guys. Fish rebutted with some snare cracks that would have thrown off any decent musician. They got back on track suddenly and the jam began to move forward. Trey and Mike had some nice harmony interplay at about the 8:30 mark for a few bars that sounded really sweet. There was a nice repetitive thing happening about 10 min in that started to develop into something unique. It lasted about a minute but came back up to the Reba jam. No problem for me since I love the two chord Reba jam.
Catapult is actually a song here rather than something strange inside of another song or a jam. Trey boxed in his face with his hands at the end of the song during the No love affair. No art to which none compares. That definitely added to the strangeness of the song.
Scent of a Mule was a commonly heard song back in 1995 which is what it should have stayed. I love the individual solos in the dual. Trey did a very cool vocal harmony with what he was playing near the beginning of his solo. Lots of falsetto singing an octave up from what he was playing too.
This Bathtub Gin was all about the drums for me. Fish played unbelievable here. About 9 minutes in Trey returned to a variation of the standard Gin theme and then it dissolved into some fun with feedback. Mike began doing some SOAM type riffs, Page played some whimsical runs on the grand and Fish played some out of time fills in perfect time. Trey sent his feedback on a delay loop and headed over to the mini kit. Fish and Mike were soon locked in on a funky groove. All the while Page was throwing down on the grand. Trey returned to the guitar with some power chords at high reverb and for a short time we got what we hoped for. Mike and Fish continued with this funk groove that was too good for words and then Page returned to the Gin theme. It slowly evaporated and floated around into a strange haze of sonic weirdness that sounded like it could have come down into 2001 but instead it faded away.
Grab your acoustic and get in formation for the Acoustic Army in C major I wish theyd bring out the arsenal again but I have a feeling that will forever stay in 1995.
Fish introduced the band and then introduced himself as Forrest Gump before starting Bike. This probably isnt the most schizophrenic version but there was certainly nothing sane about it either. My favorite part was what sounded like a hysterically frightened and paranoid person giving the description of the thing things things things to make it look good. Thats some crazy stuff there.
A short and solid Fee and rockin Julius to close out and it was a nice end to an ambitious and crazy set. I like a 2nd set to end with Trey tearing it up and thats exactly what happened on Julius.
A two song encore with the Bowie classic Life On Mars? and The Osbourne Brothers Rocky Top and it was a very happy crowd at the igloo.


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School board to vote on calendar
Published: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 12:13 a.m.
The Terrebonne Parish School Board will vote on a new school calendar at its meeting Tuesday.
The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the School Board office, 201 Stadium Drive in Houma.
The board will also vote to change policies governing employment, transfers and other personnel matters as required by state law.
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Keppinger, Chavez, Blanton, Bay on the move
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ORINDA -- Some children with disabilities receive physical therapy within the walls of specialized clinics, with therapists helping work weak or stiff muscles and improving mobility.
At Orinda's Xenophon Riding Center, therapy happens on the back of a horse.
"Once you get on (a horse), there are physical and mental benefits," says Judy Lazarus, who founded the nonprofit therapeutic riding center two decades ago. "It's really almost miraculous."
The Orinda resident was witness to her share of wondrous moments during the time she helmed what is still the only nationally accredited nonprofit therapeutic riding center in the East Bay serving children with physical disabilities.
One little girl's breakthrough came when she was able to gain control of her horse and stop it from snacking on some grass.
Another little boy with autism spoke his first words when he told his horse to keep walking.
"There were a lot of tears that day," Lazarus recalls. "Tears of joy."
Now retired from her job as executive director but serving on Xenophon's board, the 71-year-old still finds time to visit the center where children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy and autism ride horses in a covered arena or navigate a "sensory trail" accompanied by a physical therapist and other support team members.
Some children are there for therapeutic riding, during which they learn how to direct and control one of the center's Morgan, Arabian or quarter horses.
Others receive hippotherapy, in which physical, occupational or speech therapists use a horse as an important part of the treatment.
But although such therapeutic programs may be familiar to horse lovers, they continue to be relatively unknown outside of the equestrian world.
"They are still so new," says Tineke Jacobsen, a lifelong horse enthusiast and physical therapist who began volunteering at Xenophon more than 15 years ago. Although quite a few therapeutic riding centers exist today, hippotherapy is still quite rare, Jacobsen says.
It was rarer still when Lazarus founded Xenophon after a stint volunteering at a therapeutic riding program in San Ramon as she pursued a master's degree in counseling.
"I realized the benefit it had for the kids," says Lazarus, whose love affair with horses began during childhood. "We didn't have anything up here."
Inspired by the experience, Lazarus changed her focus from seeing patients in an office to "counseling on horseback." Having a son with autism provided additional impetus.
"I'd been involved in the (disabled) community for a long time with teaching," Lazarus says. "It just seemed to make sense to go in that direction."
So in 1993, Lazarus took the plunge and started the program at Black Point Farm in Martinez with one horse, two children and almost no money. Three years later, Lazarus began leasing the PG&E-owned property where Xenophon is located today.
Lazarus says it took about a year to clean up the land, rehab a barn and take down expanses of barbed wire.
But the hard work paid off. Xenophon -- named after a Greek general who penned the first book on horsemanship -- now had room to grow.
Today, the center offers a year-round program to about 50 students who come from all over the Bay Area each week. Their parents have learned about the program through word-of-mouth.
That's how Linda Gardner found Xenophon, and her daughter Alva participated in the program for more than a decade.
During her time working with Judy and the other Xenophon therapists and staffers, Alva Gardner learned to stand on the back of a horse, ride backward and dismount with a somersault -- all with assistance. When she grew older and taller, she transitioned to dressage, an elegant form of horse training.
"It was really supporting her positive sense of herself as someone who can do things, can accomplish things and is part of the larger community and larger world," Gardner says.
The benefits were just as rich for Sherry Novick's 22-year-old daughter Natalie, who at age 4 began working with Lazarus on mobility issues.
"The very first time we went to this program, Judy took her by the hand and just started talking with her," Novick recalls. "There was something about the respect that she had for my daughter as a human being. Judy didn't talk down to her like a little girl, or treat her different because of a disability. It was as though she entered another world. It was just so magical."
In addition to strengthening Natalie's core, riding boosted her confidence. "It absolutely made her feel more comfortable with herself and her capacity physically," her mother says.
These days, Lazarus no longer rides regularly, but she did get on a horse recently -- with a little help. And while the ride was brief, Lazarus says being on horseback still had the same incredible effect.
"I've always thought that if you've got problems and you go get on your horse, it all just goes away," she said. "It does that even more so for our students. It just gives them a wonderful feeling that discounts all the disabilities they have."
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Claim to fame: Founder of Xenophon Riding Center, which provides therapeutic riding and hippotherapy to more than 50 children with disabilities per week
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Festival features indie, gospel music
Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 8:56 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 8:56 p.m.
The main stage of Houmapalooza is generally geared toward the "indie" demographic, Houma Regional Arts Council Director Glenda Toups said.
Saturday's Lineup
Noon: The Upstarts
1 p.m.: The Josh Garrett Band
2 p.m.: The Beautiful Hips
3 p.m.: Truth Universal and DJ E.F. Cuttin'
4 p.m.: Southern Redemption
5 p.m.: Awake the Bride
6 p.m.: The Jak Locke Rock Show
7 p.m.: ArchAnimals
8 p.m.: imagineIAM
9 p.m.: Coyotes
Noon: Vessels of Praise, Plymouth Rock Season Dancers, Residence Baptist Church Youth Groups
1 p.m.: Magnolia Methodist, Angels All Around Dance Team, Truth Royal Praisers
2 p.m.: Chris Burrell and the New Dimension, Rock of Ages Dance Team & Cheer Ministry
3 p.m.: RECC Youth Choir, Niepraise NRSBC Season Dancers
4 p.m.: Joel Jones Workshop Chorus
5 p.m.: Joel Jones Male Chorus, Kenyhon Douglas
6 p.m.: Howard Nixon and the New Rising Sun Soul Specials
Toups paused and laughed.
"Is that a real demographic?" she asked.
She explained what she meant is a 35-years-old-and-younger crowd. But those familiar with the 3-year-old music festival will likely know exactly what she's talking about.
"We try to make it as purist of a music festival as possible," Toups said. "We don't have fair rides and a lot of the other things other festivals in the area have. It's just music and food, that's it. ... We focus on original music that is performed by independent, unsigned bands, so they have to write their own music."
What's different this Saturday is that in addition to the indie bands that will fill the main stage, the festival is also premiering a gospel music stage as part of the festival.
"What sets Houmapalooza apart from other festivals is that it is constantly evolving," said Stephen Hood, community development coordinator for the arts council.
Bands will perform on the main stage, in front of the courthouse in downtown Houma, from noon to 9 p.m. Groups will perform on the gospel stage, at Goode and School streets, from noon to 6 p.m.
The 10 bands that will be featured on the main stage are all southern bands, though they're not all from Houma. Some are from Texas, Lafayette and New Orleans.
The 9 p.m. headliner, Coyotes, began as a Los Angeles band and is now based in New Orleans.
The Houma Regional Arts Council launched Houmapalooza in 2011 to bring exposure to local artists who play original music, as opposed to cover bands. Each band, which had to audition for the spot, performs for an hour.
"We always get more applications than spots available," Toups said.
Howard Nixon and The Soul Specials, the church choir from The New Rising Sun Baptist Church in Houma, is headlining the gospel stage. Youth choirs and dance teams are also participating.
Some Christian rock bands are part of the main stage entertainment.
When the festival ends at 10 p.m., festival organizers will promote "Houmapalooza On Tap" — when the bands play at downtown Houma bars until 2 a.m. Beer will also be served during the festival.
Last year, about 3,000 people came to the festival throughout the day, Toups said. This year, because of the gospel stage, the fact that the Harley Owners Group rally is in town and the anticipated clear skies, "I have no idea what to expect for this one," Toups said.
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SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Bowmanville, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: NYI: 2008-9 overall
Selected by the Islanders in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2008 National Hockey League Draft. Agreed to a two-year extension on September 16, 2011. Agreed to a five-year extension on July 16, 2013.
Scored a career-high 41 points (15g/26a) in 70 games during his seventh season with the Islanders...Tied for sixth on the team in points...Recorded five multi-point games, including a season-high three assists on Jan. 16 vs. Pittsburgh and a three-point (1g/2a), plus-4 contest on Feb. 14 vs. Columbus...Missed 12 games throughout the season due to injury...Suffered a hand injury on Oct. 23 at Boston missed eight games...Recorded points in four straight games (1g/3a) (interrupted by injury) from Oct. 21 - Nov. 15...Missed two games due to a lower-body injury suffered Dec. 6 at Ottawa...Missed a game due to an upper-body injury on Jan. 6 at Vancouver... Had a four-game point streak (1g/6a) from Jan. 16-27...Recorded his 200th NHL point (assist) on Feb. 3 vs. Florida...Had a four-game point streak (2g/3a) from Mar. 3-9.
2013-14: Scored 38 points and a career-high 30 assists in 77 games during his sixth season with the Islanders...Scored 10 power-play points (2g/8a)...Had five multi-point games, including a season-high, three-point effort (1g/2a) on Oct. 8 vs. Phoenix...The team went 5-0-0 in Bailey's multi-point performances, four of which came in the final 16 games of the season...Was named a Star of the Game six times, including two First Star selections...Missed four games with an upper-body injury from Dec. 29 - Jan. 4...Recorded his 100th NHL Assist on Mar. 7 at Calgary...Had a four-game assist streak from Feb. 6 – Mar. 1 (4a)...Had a four-game point streak (2g/4a) from Mar. 29 – Apr. 5...Appeared in his 400th career NHL game on Apr. 2 at Ottawa...Played a career-high 24:34 to lead all forwards on Apr. 8 vs. Ottawa...Scored a spin-o-rama shootout winner on Apr. 11 at New Jersey. 2012-13: Scored 19 points (11g/8a) in 38 games during his fifth season with the Islanders...Fifteen of his points (10g/5a) came in the season's second half (24 GP: Mar. 9 - Apr. 26)...Finished third on the team in plus-minus with a career-high, plus-7 rating...Recorded four multi-point games, including a season-high, two-goal contest on Apr. 11 at Boston...Began the season with a knee injury suffered while playing in Germany during the NHL lockout...Missed the first eight games, making his season debut on Feb. 9 vs. Buffalo and posted a career-high seven shots...Appeared in his 300th NHL game on Feb. 24 vs. Carolina...Scored his 50th career goal on March 19 vs. Ottawa...Had a four-game point streak (2g/3a) from Apr. 1-6...During the NHL lockout, appeared in six games with the Bietigheim Steelers in Germany's second division, scoring 11 points (3g/8a). 2011-12: Appeared in a career-high 80 games during his fourth season with the Islanders, scoring 32 points (13g/19a)...Led the team and tied for fourth in the league with three short-handed goals...Tied for seventh on the team in points and ranked seventh in goals...Scored his 100th career point with a short-handed goal on Jan. 19 at Philadelphia...Left the game with back spasms on Feb. 21 and missed the next two games...Had a three-game goal-scoring streak (4g) from Feb. 28 - Mar. 3...Had a six-game point streak (3g/9a) from Mar. 17-29...Recorded a career-high three assists on Mar. 27 at Pittsburgh...Scored a career-high five points on Mar. 29 vs. Pittsburgh. 2010-11: Scored 28 points (11g/17a) in 70 games during his third season with the Islanders…Finished seventh on the team in goals and points…Posted career highs in penalty minutes (37) and power-play goals (5), while matching his career best with two game-winning goals…Tied for seventh in the NHL with 72 takeaways…Also made his American Hockey League debut with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, posting 17 points (6g/11a) with a plus-5 rating in 11 games…With the Islanders, scored six points (3g/3a) in the first five games of the season...Suffered a hip flexor injury on Oct. 18 at Toronto and missed two games… Was assigned to Bridgeport on Nov. 24…Was recalled from loan on Dec. 22 and posted a season-high three points (2g/1a) on Dec. 23 at New Jersey…Had a three-game assist streak from Jan. 15-20 (3a)…Received a game misconduct after his first career NHL fight (P. Dupuis) on Feb. 11 vs. Pittsburgh…Had a four-game point streak from Feb. 11-17 (2g/2a)…Posted a season-high plus-3 rating on Feb. 15 at Ottawa…Had a four-game point streak from Mar. 2-8 (1g/3a)…Played in his 200th NHL/Islanders game on Mar. 15 at NY Rangers. 2009-10: Established career highs in goals (16), and added 19 assists for 35 points with a plus-5 rating in his second season with the Islanders...Led the team in plus-minus rating, ranked seventh in scoring and sixth in assists...Played in his 100th NHL/Islanders game on Dec. 14 vs. Florida... Recorded a season-high three points (1g/2a) on Jan. 9 at Phoenix...Scored two overtime goals: Nov. 23 at Toronto (4-3) and Mar. 27 at Columbus (4-3)…Tallied the first short-handed goal of his career on Oct. 22 at Montreal…Recorded an assist in six consecutive games from Dec. 31 - Jan. 12 and a point in seven consecutive games from Dec. 29 - Jan. 12 (4g/8a). Became the first Islander since Roman Hamrlik in 2000-01 to have a six-game assist streak...Shifted from center to left wing midway through the season to play on the team's top offensive unit with John Tavares and Kyle Okposo. 2008-09: Scored 25 points (7g/18a) in 68 games during his rookie season with the Islanders, tying for ninth on the team in scoring...Missed the first 14 games of the season with a lower-body injury...Made his NHL debut on Nov. 11 vs. Philadelphia...Recorded his first NHL assist/point on Nov. 13 at Ottawa...Scored his first NHL goal on Jan. 2 at Phoenix (M. Tellqvist)...Scored his first NHL power-play goal on Feb. 5 at Florida...Recorded his first NHL multi-goal game (2g) on Mar. 21 at Ottawa...Recorded three, two-assists games: Nov. 26 vs. Pittsburgh, Jan. 29 at Atlanta and Mar. 7 vs. New Jersey.
2015: Finished second on the team with five points (2g/3a) during the Islanders' First Round, seven-game series against Washington. 2013: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in his fifth season with the Islanders, recording a team-high three assists in six games during the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against Pittsburgh.
2007-08: Finished third in the Ontario Hockey League in assists (67) and 10th in the league in points (96) during his third season of junior hockey and his second with the Windsor Spitfires...Ranked second among draft-eligible players in points...Served as an alternate captain for Windsor...Was selected to play in the 2008 OHL All-Star Classic...Tallied two goals at the 2008 Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game...Closed the season with a nine-game point streak...Added six points (1g/5a) in five OHL playoff games. 2006-07: Split his second OHL season between the Owen Sound Attack and Windsor, totaling 61 points (22g/39a) in 69 games. 2005-06: Scored 26 points (7g/19a) in 55 games as a rookie with Owen Sound...Also appeared in 11 postseason games.
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I'm using PS3mediaserver for a few days, and it use more and more RAM.
Here you can see it use nearly 1Go, with nothing appening.
Is this normal ?
At start the program takes 70Mo, it seem it doesn't release memory after finish to transcode/stream a file ?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and java 1.7.0-03.
Hardware is Dual Core 1.8GHz + 2Go RAM.


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A dip in pool marks 106th birthday for former professor
Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:38 p.m.
In honor of her 106th birthday, Anne Sevier desperately wanted to take a dip in the pool.
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Tuesday afternoon, with the assistance of two ladies, the former college professor floated, walked and exercised in the therapy pool at the Thomas E. Hannah YMCA in Spartanburg.
Sevier, the oldest resident at RoseCrest Assisted Living in Inman, started swimming or "dog paddling" when she was 4 in a small branch creek at her family's farm in Landrum and continued swimming in her adult years, joining a swim club after retirement.
"I haven't been able to swim in years … it's something I miss," she said.
Sevier never married or had any children and was an English teacher at Tryon High School for 10 years, a professor at Winthrop University for 27 years and an adjunct professor at Converse College for a year. After her retirement in 1972 as emeritus faculty member at Winthrop, she volunteered at St. Luke's in Columbus, N.C. and was involved in a number of civic organizations including the Landrum branch of the Spartanburg County Friends of the Library.
A diet high in vegetables, particular leafy greens, is as important to Sevier as staying active. Reading, she said, is also important to keeping the brain sharp.
She has been at RoseCrest for a few years, but does not require skilled nursing care.
When RoseCrest staff asked her what she wanted for her birthday, they expected a request for a particular menu item, such as lobster, or a birthday party, said RoseCrest assistant director Lindsay McKenzie.
"What I thought about first was I'd like to watch it snow," said Sevier, who is blind. "But then I thought they were being so gracious, and they wanted to know so they could arrange something. And I knew they couldn't make it snow. But what came to my mind was the next best thing would be to go swimming."
McKenzie said staff arranged the visit with the Thomas E. Hannah YMCA. The YMCA's therapy pool is 84 degrees and a chair lift is available so they were happy to make the arrangements.
After being lowered into the pool with a lift chair, Sevier had the assistance of McKenzie and certified nursing assistant Stefanie Pennington as she spent about an hour walking around the pool and floating in the lazy river.
"This is the best birthday present," Sevier said. "I've thoroughly enjoyed myself."
Aquatics Director Crystal Sharpe extended an open invitation to Sevier.
"She is more than welcome here anytime she wants to come," Sharpe said.
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OpenSolaris is now ready on Amazon EC2 and you could add GlassFishv2 too....
By User12608895-Oracle on May 05, 2008
OpenSolaris is now ready on
Amazon EC2 and you could add GlassFishv2 too..........
AWS...Cloud computing..............
Now developers could try and deploy on our
on Amazon EC2. It is in beta program.
After getting access to the latest OpenSolaris, now you could try
GlassFish v2 on OpenSolaris, too.
Here are the few steps you need to do.
1) pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org:80 opensolaris.org
2) pkg refresh
3) pkg install glassfishv2
4) Then run the command to create a default domain1
/usr/appserver/bin/asadmin create-domain --user admin --adminport 4848 domain1
During the creation of new domain
a)type (typical default) admin password : adminadmin
b)type (typical default) master password : changeit
5) Then run the command to start the newly created default domain1
/usr/appserver/bin/asadmin start-domain --user admin domain1
6) Now you should be able to access the GlassFishv2 on OpenSolaris
GlassFish Admin Console
GlassFish HTTP


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Hardware: Dell R710 24GB / Xeon Quad Core HT - VMWare ESXi 4.1 - Running Virtual Ubuntu 12.10 x64 - PMS 1.70 (Used apt-get install ps3mediaserver to update from 1.60 to 1.70)
Network: PS3 <> CAT5e <> Cisco Switch <> CAT5e <> PMS 1.70 Virtual Machine.
Never had issues with PMS 1.60.
I have upgrade from ubuntu from 10.04 to 12.10 / PMS 1.60 to 1.70.
Also, I have a script that mounts 4 folders of a Windows 7 Machine (My Desktop) as cifs in my ubuntu virtual machine before ps3mediaserver service starts. It's been working pretty flawlessly.
Everything can be displayed and streamed properly except my 3TB drive is giving me DLNA Protocol Error 2104.
I end up having the error mentionned above and "There is no title" message.
Attached is a copy of the debug.log in a zip archive.


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The headline above is a joke.
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Donald Trump baselessly speculated�that he was being personally targeted by President Obama through a lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general over allegations that Trump University�has engaged in illegal business practices.
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By Josh Richman
For the first time in seven years, more California voters say they're financially better off compared to the previous year than not, a new Field Poll finds.
Forty-four percent of the state's registered voters are feeling they're doing better now than a year ago, while 28 percent say they're worse off and 28 percent say there's no change, the poll found. But the level of optimism on this and other questions differ dramatically, depending on where the voters live and how much money they make.
Nowhere is the outlook sunnier than in the Bay Area, where those who say California is having good economic times are tied with those who say we're in bad times, at 35 percent each. This probably is the result of who lives and works in the Bay Area: Democrats and more affluent people are far likelier to say we're having good times, according to the poll.
"That says a lot about the Bay Area, people here are just viewing the economy differently than anywhere else in the state," said Mark DiCamillo, the Field Poll's director.
But the rest of the state is also feeling somewhat better, he added.
"We had never seen such a prolonged period of voters saying they're worse off than they were in the prior year -- for six straight years we were getting that," he said. "Now, at long last, more people are giving more optimistic assessments of their finances."
Of course, that all depends on one's own bottom line.
"It may have a lot to do with the fact that people who own property or have significant financial assets & are seeing increases in appreciation of their assets," DiCamillo said. "It may not have as much to do with wage growth."
That describes Zoby Shaikh to a T.
Shaikh, a 49-year-old San Jose voter who has no political party preference, said "the unprecedented rise in home prices" colored his own rosy outlook when he answered the Field Poll's questions.
Shaikh's Willow Glen home has gone up about 14 percent in value in the past year, after several years of his mortgage being under water. "That makes you feel a lot better even though you don't see that money as cash flow, but it certainly makes it a lot easier to refinance" or tap into home equity, said Shaikh, who works for a networking infrastructure products company. Also, he noted, many tech firms are recruiting new workers, and "our 401ks are at an all-time high."
When asked to describe the overall state economy, more than twice as many California voters still describe the state as being in economic bad times (53 percent) as good times (25 percent) -- though that marks an improvement over the past six years, too.
Sixty-four percent of Californians believe jobs are hard to find in their region while only 21 percent say jobs are plentiful, and 53 percent say unemployment is a very serious problem.
Views differ widely by party affiliation. While 68 percent of Republicans say the state is in bad economic times, only 57 percent of independents and 40 percent of Democrats say so.
"Republicans -- who are very, very negative on this -- are viewing it through a partisan prism: They just don't like the way things are going in California and they down-rate the economy," DiCamillo said. "Democrats may be a little more optimistic because Democrats are in control."
Republican candidate for governor Neel Kashkari has built his campaign in large part upon concerns about the economy and unemployment, claiming Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is responsible for the "destruction of the middle class." But Republicans, who this poll indicate would be most receptive to such a message, account for only 28 percent of California's registered voters.
The Field Poll surveyed 1,382 registered voters June 5 through June 22. For subsamples of voters, the poll had a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.


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The Hillbilly Fair committee is bringing a new event to the Laurie fair in September. There will be a Junior Miss Hillbilly Queen Contest in addition to the King and Queen contest held for adult couples.
Girls ages 15-18 years of age may take part just by dressing as a Hillbilly girl.
Judging will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at the main stage in the Laurie Fairgrounds.
The girls and their costumes will be judged by a panel of judges.
Prizes will be awarded.
The annual Hillbilly King and Queen Contest for couples 21 and older will be held Friday evening, Sept. 13.
Have an organization sponsor you for a fun-filled weekend.
The winning couple will be selected through audience applause so have all your friends and family come root you on. Judging will begin at 7:15 p.m. with the crowning at 7:45 p.m.
Dressed in their Hillbilly attire, the King and Queen will ride in the Hillbilly Fair Parade Saturday morning and will roam around the fairgrounds during the fair on Friday and Saturday.
The winning couple will be furnished with a "hillbilly chariot" — a golf cart — to ride around the fairgrounds and will receive a free dinner and free parking pass for all three days of the fair.
All candidates receive a free parking pass for Friday evening.
For more information or to sign up for either contest, call 573-374-4043.
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It's Toby time.
After notching five consecutive No. 1 albums -- one per year, from 2007 to 2011 -- Toby Keith has cooled off a bit on the charts.
His recent outings, including last year's "Drinks After Work," haven't produced the kind of commercial results that we've come to expect from this multiplatinum cowboy.
Still, Keith remains an incredibly popular attraction at the gate and should draw a big crowd to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Saturday.
Colt Ford and Krystal Keith (Toby's daughter) open the 7 p.m. show. Tickets are $24.25-$88.50, www.livenation.com.
After all these years, fans are still stuck on Lionel Richie.
The proof came when the R&B/pop star's most recent album -- 2012's "Tuskegee" -- hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum.
He also remains a popular draw in concert, with fans filling arenas and amphitheaters to hear such favorites as "Hello," "Running with the Night," "Stuck on You," "Dancing on the Ceiling" and, of course, "All Night Long (All Night)."
Richie performs Sunday at the Concord Pavilion.
Cee-Lo Green opens the 7:30 p.m. show. Tickets are $34-$159, www.livenation.com.
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Jingle Bell Chocolate Tour Jackson NH November and December is available at the Bartlett Inn when you stay for 1-2 nights!! The Package includes accommodations, full country breakfast, and tickets to the Jingle Bell Chocolate Tour! If you like Chocolate and would like to enjoy a horse drawn sleigh ride to get in the Holiday Spirit then this is a fun time for the whole family! You will check in at Nestlenook Farm where you will be greeted by Carolers and have an opportunity to visit with Santa. Prior to boarding you will receive a special Jingle Bell, the first Chocolate Treasure, hot chocolate and a festive bag to hold any uneaten Chocolate Treasures. Then you will board their Austrian Drawn Sleigh and be whisked away to 6 different locations around the village and receive another decadent Chocolate Treasure. The entire trip will take approximately one hour round trip. How magical for all! Just add $25 to your room per person. Call the Bartlett Inn to Book your Jingle Bell Chocolate Tour. Why not add it to your Polar Express Package!
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The Research Technologies Branch (RTB) allows investigators in the Division of Intramural Research access to state-of-the-art research technologies. During the past 30 years, the advent of the biotechnology industry and the development of new scientific disciplines have resulted in an explosion of new technologies. In addition, advances in optics, lasers, and computer technology have revolutionized well-established disciplines such as microscopy (both light and electron), flow cytometry, and genomics. These technologies require very expensive instrumentation and, even more important, highly trained and specialized scientists to adapt these new technologies to the research needs of the Institute's diverse research agenda. The branch develops cutting-edge research technologies and project-specific applications for the NIAID intramural research program through a network of facilities located in Bethesda and Rockville, Maryland, as well as Hamilton, Montana. Scientists in RTB also provide expert training and consultation in experimental design, laboratory protocols, and analysis of results.
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Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread
Published: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 6:52 a.m.
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BERLIN (AP) — These thieves might really have sticky fingers.
Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5 metric tons (5.5 tons) of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread from a parked trailer in the central German town of Bad Hersfeld over the weekend.
The gooey loot is worth an estimated 16,000 euros ($20,710).
Germans news agency dpa reported that thieves have previously stolen a load of energy drinks from the same location.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, announced Friday the House Ways and Means Committee passed the ABLE Act, legislation that would helps those with disabilities and their families get savings accounts and plan for their financial futures.
Reed stated he is a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE ) Act. The bill would allow those with disabilities to set up tax-exempt savings accounts to help them save for disability expenses.
Reed stated the legislation would "corrects an unfairness in the law that prevents disabled individuals from accumulating assets, making them more dependent on government help."
"Specifically, disabled individuals and their families would be able to open a separate, tax-exempt savings account to help with handling their disability expenses. The accounts can be used to pay for things like education, housing, medical, transportation, or employment support," stated Reed.
According to a recent report by the National Disability Institute (NDI), 81 percent of people with disabilities did not have an emergency fund to cover three months of expenses. Similarly, 70 percent of those with disabilities were not able to come up with $2,000 in case of an emergency, according to the release.
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On July 1, Milton Hall was killed in a hail of gunfire when six Saginaw, Michigan, police officers shot him 46 times. Hall had been causing a disturbance in a convenience store and was brandishing a small knife, which is why police were on the scene in the first place. But, as you can see in the video above, it doesn't look like the 49-year-old was much of a threat to anyone at the time of his death Though a truck blocks part of the shooting, you can clearly hear gunfire continuing well past the point when Hall drops to the ground from his injuries.
The Saginaw County prosecutor's office and the Michigan State Police Department are now investigating Hall's death. Hall's mother says he had long suffered with mental illness.
Hall's killing preceded a similar shooting this month in New York City, where Manhattan police chased a knife-wielding man through Times Square before killing him. And prior to that, California police shot 10 times at point-blank range into a man who was armed only with a hammer. Whatever happened to aiming for the legs?


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Ready to make a change in your life, but wonder what will make a difference and what works? Well, WXII's Michelle Kennedy wants to hear your advice! She'll try-out the top 10 viewer ideas and report back in the coming weeks.
While she's open to trying a lot of new things, she's not up for "Fear Factor" items - no eating insects, or doing the weather while sky diving!
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We watched Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage go to hell in a handbasket during the premiere episode of Kourtney & Kim Take New York. On Sunday night, it was Kim's relationship with one sister that took a beating, instead, when she went kompletely krazy on Khloe for accidentally waking her up an hour earlier than she wanted.
So, remember that one episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians where Kim cried over briefly losing her diamond earring—prompting sister Kourtney to remind her that "There's people out there that are dying"—and then Kim realized she shouldn't act like such a horrible person all the time? Let's see how that's working out! [via E!]


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Religion Notes: March 8
Published: Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 7, 2014 at 2:54 p.m.
Ladies' study of Acts to start this week
"The Birth and Growth of the Christian Church," a ladies' Bible study of the book of Acts, will be presented from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2101 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville.
The study begins this coming Monday and continues until May 12.
The book of Acts is not only an accurate historical record of the early church, but it also illuminates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the beginning of the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
A kickoff brunch will be held at the first lesson. Bring a Bible and a notebook.
For more information, call 606-6897.
Grace Lutheran plans Lenten meals, service
On Wednesday, Grace Lutheran Church will initiate a five-week Wednesday evening Lenten supper in Stull Hall with worship services in the church sanctuary for all members of the community.
A soup, salad and dessert supper (free-will offering collected) will be served from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m., followed by a worship service at 6 p.m. The services will continue each Wednesday evening through April 9.
The Lenten theme this year is "Making Change."
The Rev. Greg Williams, senior pastor at Grace Lutheran, said, "Change is a constant in our lives. Some changes are gradual transitions, as in seasonal changes. Other changes happen in an instant, dividing time into before and after. Some changes we choose after careful study of our options; other changes are forced upon us. In the weeks, days, and hours before Jesus' crucifixion, the disciples also experienced change: a change of venue as they entered Jerusalem; a change of plans as Jesus was arrested and tried; a change of circumstance as Jesus was crucified."
Williams added, "Change is hard. We long for the expected and the familiar. Too often we discover that we are in the midst of uncertainty, the unknown, and change. We cannot predict how things will turn out. During this Lenten season, we look to Scripture for guidance and a sure foundation as we encounter change throughout our lives."
Each week, one of the church's pastors will lead worshipers in considering a different type of change most people experience, and explore how believers can find guidance through the Scriptures. The first week, one of the pastors will discuss "Change of Habit." The youth of the church will assist as worship leaders, and the weekly Lenten services will follow the Holden Evening Prayer liturgy.
The Midweek Supper and Worship is open to the public. Reservations for supper can be made by calling 693-4890 no later than the Monday before each Wednesday Lenten supper and service.
Reservations are not necessary for the worship service after supper.
Nursery care will be available during these services.
Grace Lutheran Church is at 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sauerkraut, Sausage and Barley Soup
The reason for this post? Well... since you asked, I'm feeling kind of proud of myself today and wanted to offer you this delicious recipe for fall. AND...I made this soup from ingredients recovered from the depths of my fridge and pantry. It was like pulling a Rabi out of my hat! Like making Mountain Dew out of a mole hill! Like making a silk purse out of a sow's rear! Truly gifted, I am. No shower, makeup, hairspray or gas usage to the grocery store were used in the making of this soup. Have I droned on enough? All righty then....
Sauerkraut, Sausage and Barley Soup
1 TBSP olive oil
1 pound smoked sausage or kielbasa, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1/2 bell pepper, diced (I used an orange one)
1 stalk of celery, diced (I included the leaves)
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp caraway seeds
pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 quarts chicken broth
1/2 cup pearl barley (NOT the quick cooking kind) rinsed
32 oz. jar of sauerkraut, drained and lightly rinsed
16 oz. bag of coleslaw mix OR 6-7 cups of shredded cabbage
1/4 cup boiled cider (or may substitute 1 cup of apple cider reduced to 1/4 cup.... see note below)
Heat oil in a large soup pot. Add sausage and brown. Removed sausage to paper towel to drain. Set aside.
To the pan drippings, add the onion, bell pepper, and celery. Season with pepper, thyme, caraway seeds and crushed red pepper flakes. DO NOT SEASON WITH SALT at this time as the sauerkraut will add much salt later.
Saute vegetables for 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for another minute or two. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Stir in the rinsed barley and return to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the sauerkraut and coleslaw (or cabbage.) Return soup to a boil and again reduce heat and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes. Stir in the boiled cider and sausage.
NOTE: I purchased my boiled cider from King Arthur Flour and had it in the fridge from last year (maybe even the year before... see what I mean about using ingredients from the depths of the Frigidaire?) By taking a cup of apple cider and simmering it until it reduces to about a quarter of a cup, you'll get a similar product. It will be thick and syrupy.
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Yay! Glad you're back online.
- September 27, 2012 at 11:56 PM
- Leslie said...
Welcome back!!!
This sounds FANTASTIC!!!!
- September 28, 2012 at 6:12 AM
- The Mom Chef said...
You're back! Even if for a short while; the world is in its proper rotation again.
I wish what I pulled out of the fridge ended up looking as amazing as this. Usually it ends up as chicken food.
- September 28, 2012 at 7:27 AM
- June said...
Boy, you're really ahead of the game ... The dregs of my fridge are mouldy, stinky and impossible to recognize. This soup looks delish and definitely one Big Guy will devour!
- October 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- saltandserenity said...
Welcome back! I love soups that just use up what's in the fridge and pantry. As usual, you crack me up! Thanks for making me giggle today.
- October 1, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- thisoldbroad said...
There you are! I've been afraid to ask if you were ok. Such a relief to see you in such great form.
Excellent sounding soup! I have a stack of soup recipes sitting on my counter just waiting for the temperature to drop another 5 degrees. Soup is always better when it's under 70* outside. It's also a clear signal that my favorite season is upon us again. Woohoo!
- October 2, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Rosemary & Garlic said...
I love soup in a bowl.
- October 4, 2012 at 8:25 AM
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Definition of me-too in English:
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Its a little farther than Atlantic, but if you're out that way check out Iowa Western CC. Treasure Cove is an amazing course as well.GDL17921 wrote:Andrew, check out Atlantic, one of my favorites......
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Definition of pentaploid in English:
1(Of a cell or nucleus) containing five homologous sets of chromosomes.
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- Figure 2E, F, for example, shows a pentaploid cell with 14 chromosomes of the A genome and 21 of the B genome.
- For example, the triploid primary endosperm nucleus of Triticum aestivum has in prophase a DNA content of 6C, while the pentaploid primary endosperm nucleus of Gagea lutea has in prophase a DNA content of 10C.
- DAPI-stained chromosomes of a PMC at metaphase I of the pentaploid S - 41 from the cross H. megalanthus x H. monacanthus.
1.1(Of an organism or species) composed of pentaploid cells.
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A pentaploid organism, variety, or species.
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- The diploid, the triploid and the pentaploid hybrids tested had the expected number of two, three and five rDNA hybridization sites, respectively.
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We will: (1) isolate and identify attractive olfactory stimuli associated with host- and mate-finding for adult plum curculio using gas chromatography coupled with electroantennogram detection (GC-EAD) and mass spectrometry (MS); (2) develop effective deployment strategies for newly identified olfactory stimuli to manipulate host- and mate-finding behavior and promote aggregation of the plum curculio within commercial apple orchards.
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We will isolate and identify attractive olfactory stimuli for adult plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst). This information will be used by both parties to develop a multi-lifestage management strategy for the plum curculio.
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21 September 2010
Gender and Science Fiction Crowdsource Question
I've just been approved to teach a class next term at Plymouth State University called "Gender and Science Fiction". It's an upper-level Topics in Women's Studies course, open to any major. I've been talking about such a course to my colleagues at the university for at least a year now, and so I'm very excited and have spent a lot of time coming up with possible syllabi. I now have, I think, at least 5 years worth of material that I'd like to share and discuss in one term.
That, of course, is not possible, so I'm pruning and shaping and focusing. For instance, perfect as Trouble on Triton is for such a course, I can't imagine spending less than a month on it, and I also think most of the students would still struggle unprofitably with it, because most will not, I expect, be experienced readers of science fiction, so it's unlikely I'll use it, or at least all of it. (I do want to include some Delany, of course, but may go instead with Babel-17, some of the short stories, etc.) I also don't want to include only obviously feminist work, but also some things like, perhaps, Starship Troopers (also interesting because of the film of it). Gender doesn't have to be the obvious concern of the text for us to be able to have interesting conversations about gender/sexuality/etc. within it.
Anyway, I have some questions for all of you out there sliding through the intertubes. Did a work of science fiction (and I am trying to stick to science fiction rather than fantasy) ever really blow your mind with regard to ideas of gender roles, family, sex, sexuality, etc.? It's okay if it's something that's attained classic status and I'll have probably thought of already -- part of what I'm weighing is how to balance obvious classics and less obvious choices (Russ's The Female Man will be included no matter what, I expect, but I'm really torn between Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness and Four Ways to Forgiveness, a book I personally enjoy more). I also have to keep reminding myself that most of the students will never have read any science fiction beyond, perhaps, a few YA novels or perennial classroom favorites like 1984...
And if you're especially interested in these sorts of questions and want to answer some additional ones, here's some extra credit: Did you ever learn anything about science or society that changed your view of gender roles, etc.? How did you learn it? Did you ever read an article about science, or a work of critical theory, that memorably expanded your view of gender roles, etc. when you were in your late teens / early 20s? If you were to make all the undergraduates in the world read one text about gender roles, etc., what would that text be (nonfiction or fiction)? Is there a movie that for you represents either the best or worst of representations of gender in science fiction?
Thanks in advance for the suggestions, thoughts, and shared experiences -- my primary goal is, as I mercilessly cull my lists, to keep myself from inadvertently tossing out something that I'd regret not having included. I'll report here later on what shape the class takes...
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A bit off topic, but there was an episode in classic Star Trek in which a woman was vengeful because Star Fleet would not allow women to be captains of starships. That was a jolt coming from a show that was set in the 23rd century.ReplyDelete
Later, when Star Trek Voyager premiered, there were some jokes going around that the only way a woman could be named captain of a starship was if they named the ship after a minivan.
Not off topic at all, actually -- I just forgot to mention that TV episodes are absolutely welcome, especially because the class is a 50 minute (3x/week) class, so fitting in TV episodes is much, much easier than fitting in feature films.ReplyDelete
In the realm of "old school": you might have a look at gender roles in a Henry Kuttner story, a C.L. Moore story, and then a Moore&Kuttner collaboration. I've always felt like there was something to be gotten at, there, but I never got at it.ReplyDelete
Sturgeon might be worth a glance, too--"Affair with a Green Monkey", "If All Men Were Brothers Would You Let One Marry Your Sister" etc.
Varley deliberate plays games with changeable gender in the "8 Worlds" stories. And in one of the early stories ("Picnic on Nearside" I think) he speculates that incest would cease to be problematic because intercourse and reproduction have been completely separated. This misconceives (as it were) why incest is a problem, I think--mere genetics is the least of the issues involved. But it's a misconception lots of people share.
- Anonymous9/21/2010 11:52 AM
The new BSG - in particular, 33, Flesh and Bone, and The Farm really point up the show's use of gender roles, and all occur early enough in the series to avoid needing much backstory.ReplyDelete
Books - Susie McKee CHarnas, Candace Jane Dorsey, and Nisi Shawl (there's a fab story in Filter House in which essentially nothing happens except a mother deciding to cut her daughter's hair..anyone help with the name?), M Rickert, etc. And Octabia Butler, of course.
A gibson story from Burning chrome might be good to show the emergence a new kind of female stereotype in SF - anything with the molly character in it works.)
I think it's more a matter of reading science fiction and having it NOT blow your mind. It's really difficult for writers to put aside their own conception of gender roles; often the future seems a lot like now. A classic case-- in THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS, women on the moon (a prison colony) are treasured because there aren't enough of them to go around. A woman can have as many husbands as she wants, but the woman still ends up with the housework.ReplyDelete
I advocate HARDCORE for Left Hand of Darkness. Also, maybe some Anne McCaffrey (I'm thinking of the Ship Who series). There's also Octavia Butler (who deals with both gender AND ethnicity) or Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale in particular). Maria Russel Doyle--The Fall of the Sparrow (and this one has some interesting takes on male gender as well). I've also heard of arguments for Frankenstein as a discourse on failed mother/fatherhood (which becomes all the more poignant when you read up of Mary Shelley's life). James Tripree Jr.'s short stories are often sci-fi-ish and DEFINITELY have feminit over/undertones.ReplyDelete
While I LOVE (and I mean LOVE) Starship Troopers, I don't think that there is enough gender/sexual/identity stuff in it to really do the course topic justice. It is, after all, an examination of the machine that is war/recruitment for war.
I don't know if you've thought about graphic novels? Some to consider (if you want to) might be: Sandman (by Neil Gaiman--specifically the sections deailing with Death, who is a highly empathetic woman), or maybe Promethea (Alan Moore--same dude who did Watchmen).
As for movies, consider movies with strong female characters like Alien (Ripley rocks), Terminator (ditto for Sarah Conor).
And then there's women of sci-fi TV like Starbuck, Number Six(in the new Battlestar Galactica), Dana Scully (X-Files), Oliva (Fringe), Lt. Uhura (Star Trek--many people forget that after Spock, it wasn't Scotty who was in charge, but UHURA), Rose Tyler (Doctor Who), Wonder Woman...
And I'll stop there.
For books, hands down Ursula Le Guin's 'The Left Hand of Darkness' was a mind-opener in sci-fi format regarding gender roles/ambiguity. A strictly one-gender human studying the people of a planet who are gender neutral until mating, and then can be either gender, and coming to terms with all that reveals about his own gender biases, etc.? MADE for your class.ReplyDelete
Elizabeth Bear's Hammered trilogy, in which women fight, cry, celebrate, die, scheme, screw--everything, and no one ever stops and goes, "Wait, about those boob-things of yours..."ReplyDelete
For the extra credit: Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein. The book that blew the doors off my perception of gender as a binary system.
There's Tiptree, obviously--just reading the bio about her life would be a great course--and Kelley Eskridge's "Dangerous Space." And is it Delany's "Star Pit" that plays with gender pronouns so sweetly?ReplyDelete
Might I suggest some counter-programming?ReplyDelete
The way in which feminism and sf has always been addressed (at least in my experience of reading about the topic) is by championing the works of feminist SF writers.
However, I think that this approach to the topic tends to assume a certain degree of familiarity with how women were represented PRIOR to feminism influencing the SFnal discourse.
By focusing on the backlash AGAINST patriarchal attitudes in SF I think that a lot of the texture of SF's sexual politics has been erased.
So I think that while there's a lot to be said for studying Le Guin and Russ there's just as much to be said for looking at a book like Budrys' Rogue Moon.
Go and read the section where the scientist and the adventurer first meet by the pool. It's an astonishingly intense scene that is all about two alpha males competing for the affections and attentions of an attractive woman.
By looking at a work like Rogue Moon you would not only give the study of Russ and Le Guin some sense of context as it would make it clear what they were reacting TO, it would also serve to highlight some of the wider social attitudes that were prevalent at the time of feminism's rise to prominence in SF.
We are creatures of similar mind, Jonathan -- I called the course "Gender & SF" rather than "Feminism & SF" so that we could look at stuff that isn't in any way feminist, including earlier work. I hadn't thought of Rogue Moon, and though the novel itself is out of print, the novella is probably not so long that I couldn't get it cleared for photocopying...ReplyDelete
Venus Plus X seems to be the Sturgeon to look at, I think. Suzette Hadin Elgin needs to be included, any of the books with her feminist language. And for contrast, you really should go back to one of the real oldies, like Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Maid of Mars or Ray Cummings' The Girl in the Golden Atom. Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet (justly forgotten) could do for a reactionary contrast, if you want something newer.ReplyDelete
for me, the story of Tiptree as a person and how people's perception of her work changed was the first thing that really blew my mind as regards gender and science fiction - not from the bio which is excellent and I read many years later, but I first came to read about her first in Women of Other Worlds by Helen Merrick and Tess Williams, which has some great essays, stories and other ephemera.ReplyDelete
If you haven't already I really recommend you look at Justine Larbalestier's Daughters of Earth which has a clever presentation of a discussion essay (many by quite significant writers) with each story, and some really good classic stories in the mix like "Rachel in Love".
Also a way to sum up the course could be a class discussion about the Tiptree Award? Such material as last year's judges report or some of the essays about how it started, why it felt necessary - there's lots of material online. The beginning of Wiscon and some of the guest of honour speeches over the years might make good reading too.
But as you said, it's not like you're short of material :D
Following on from the Anne McCaffrey suggestion, the original story/novella of the Ship Who Sang would probably be a better class choice than the novel!
I think Starship Troopers would be a very interesting read, especially if read in conjunction with the film, which has its own gender issues.
Good luck with this, what a fantastic opportunity.
Nothing's ever blown my mind on that topic, but I'd like to recommend Ill-Met in the Arena by Dave Duncan for two reasons. First, it's a female-dominated society written by a male author, which should generate interesting discussion. Second, because it's the only time I've ever seen a book set in a female-dominated society which didn't stop for an extended conversation about why female-dominated society is better or worse than male-dominated society. The protagonist muses briefly near the beginning that life is a tad unfair for young noblemen, and that's about it.ReplyDelete
Extra credit #1 and 2: Lots! I have an interest in human-computer interaction and usability, part of which is learning how the human mind works. There's a lot of interesting research coming out of situational psychology right now showing how what once were thought to be inborn differences in male and female brains can in fact be produced by cultural influences.
Extra credit #5: Up-- nearly all the worst about portrayals of women.
For Tina: As much as I love Anne McCaffrey, the Ship series is problematic in it's portrayal of disability. Studying these books would require some discussion about the intersection of ableism. I opened the first Ship book just recently during a similar discussion with a friend, looking for a passage, and the first scene where her pilot takes control of her is all about "defending a virgin's honour" - I was WTF? Yep, it had been a while since I read the books, and I'd discovered feminist theory since my teens!ReplyDelete
I am currently reading two great feminist sci fi lit crit books, which come with stories and accompanying essays:
"Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the 20th century" edited by Justine Larbelestier
"Women of other worlds: Excursions through Science Fiction and Feminism" edited by Helen Merrick and Tess Williams
Pamela Sargent's "Women of Wonder" series is another I've had recommended to me.
- Amanda9/21/2010 5:53 PM
Oh snap, Tansy beat me to it LOL!ReplyDelete
Some thoughts on SciFi and Gender.ReplyDelete
You might look into the strange stories that appeared in some of the early HEAVY METAL MAGAZINES. They often complained that their issues only sold with T&A on the covers but that's not what was inside.
There was the stereotypical DEN by Richard Corbin with the hero being a he-man and the heroine being stacked like a brick outhouse. I think these types of serials or illustrated stories were the last refuge of stereotypes.
For sheer erectional silliness, THE HORNY GOOF in Moebius 0 - The Horny Goof & Other Underground Stories. I say this because it was the first time I really understood the ludicrousness of horniness in the male.
And to stick with the Heavy Metal theme, the HEAVY METAL MOVIE (fat chance if you can locate an honest version with the right soundtrack or the nose dive uncut) ties its stories together with the LOC-NAR and the heroine wins, of course.
In other thoughts:
Sci Fi gender ranges all the way from Star Trek's MUDD'S WOMEN in which beauty is provided by a pill. They also had green seductresses and remember Kirk kissed Uhuru -- the first interracial kiss on TV ever.
And speaking of sexpots in star Trek - SEVEN OF NINE - was dressed for only one reason. Marina Sirtis had a good body, too.
And the critically panned BARBARELLA that was supposed to be avant garde and "oh so" women's lib.
There's a ton of social comment between Elizabeth, the wife of the original Dr FRANKENSTEIN and Elizabeth in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Most of that social comment is the scary-true type. Allthough, I don't know what message a comparison of the two roles carries other than social differences.
The history of the relations between the sexes is part and parcel of SciFi.
Sigourney Weaver made herself into an action hero in ALIEN and then played the sexy ingenue in a series of movies. The true counter role to ALIEN was GALAXY QUEST. I mean think of Zsa Zsa Gabor's infamous QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE as the antithesis.
Star Trek Voyager has a hysterically funny BRIDE OF CHAOTICA! that sends up old 50's SciFi in so many wicked ways. If you consider that it was spawned out of FLASH GORDON and all sorts of other space horse operas, it is quite a social comment.
Of course, none of this may fit your course.
For me, Tiptree's "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" hit like a depth charge.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/21/2010 9:57 PM
For me it's the obvious, but the obvious for good reason:ReplyDelete
LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness (not only was it a mind-blower in terms of gender-identity but I really like how she incorporates Artic exploration/adventure into the novel, an area historically dominated by males)
Tiptree's The Women Men Don't See (on first reading this seemed so prosaically sf that it was almost surprising that it stayed so firmly in mind afterward--it packs a depth charge that kept detonating)
These were fictions that changed the way I looked at the world when I first read them, many years ago, well before they were seen as classics.
--Eric S.
surely you'll have thought of M. John Harrison, but i'll say it any way: M. John Harrison: Light & Nova Swing; the novels in Anima, too, though they do feel a bit distanced from the heart of genre (as i believe you yourself have mentioned); the the short stories, particularly 'Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring'.ReplyDelete
Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius stories.
Adam Roberts' New Model Army.
Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, though it would probably be cruel to foist that on students who haven't already read it to read it & who now must go through it in such a short time.
B.I. # 59 from David Foster Wallace's (brilliant, imho) Brief Interviews with Hideous Men; while not strictly SF, has much to say about the obsessive, SFish (SFnal?) sort of creative impulse, refracted through the lens of gender. this is the one with Elizabeth Montgomery, 'Bewitched', stopping time & masturbation.
- Curmudgeon9/22/2010 5:50 AM
Babylon 5 is worth looking at as an example of how a lot of supposedly gender progressive SF doesn't hold up to its claims after closer inspection.ReplyDelete
The series had two seemingly strong women in positions of power. This was no small feat for a mid 1990s TV series. However, scratch the surface and things look a little different. The main supporting female character was little more than a combination of two gendered character stereotypes combined: assertive bitch and closeted lipstick lesbian. The female lead came from a culture that was (very conveniently) naive and childlike. She also fell from being a very independently-minded leader to being the male lead's completely passive wife, passing along the way through a phase where she got the men around her to do what she wanted through manipulation or outright seduction.
This is in addition to a number of telling incidentals, such as a member of a polygamous culture choosing which of his five wives he preferred--all of whom fit a misogynist stereotype to a tee, or the fact that most women on the series were referred to by their first name only while most men were referred to by last name, title, or rank.
If you need an example of how the portrayal of gender in SF isn't always what it seems, Babylon 5 is the series for you.
Give a thought or two on THE HANDMAID'S TALE which is one of those dystopic stories about equality and oppression. It is also accessible as a book and movie.ReplyDelete
Another piece of SciFi in both forms (book and cinema) is THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE. That deals very effectively with the non-linear life. There are other scifi books out there that deal with time travel but this one is particularly easy to grasp the grand philosophical problem of causality.
The BACK TO THE FUTURE movies made causality easy to understand without requiring an advanced degree in cosmology or quantum physics.
I read Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon in my early 20s and it was a revelation to me in terms of how women are portrayed in SF. Most of the women I had read in SF up to that point had either been the ditsy romantic interest or the guns-blazing take-charge heroine. Remnant Population instead has this older woman (her age is still a rarity in SF) who finally breaks off the parts of her societal role she disliked and creates a new place for herself. I loved how the small things like Ofelia's skill and talent in sewing and her parenting skills became an important part of how and why she became the ambassador to an alien culture.ReplyDelete
Some women, like myself, actually like the traditional womanly arts and don't want to be the guns-blazing take charge type, but it is good to see how those traditional roles can be both embraced and broken free of, and through them we can still have a significant effect on the world.
Forgot John Wyndham's Trouble with Lichen.ReplyDelete
Didn't forget John Norman's Gor novels, but was hoping someone else had the poor judgment to have read any of the series and the insensitivity to admit it.
Did a work of science fiction (and I am trying to stick to science fiction rather than fantasy) ever really blow your mind with regard to ideas of gender roles, family, sex, sexuality, etc.?ReplyDelete
I don't know if strictly speaking they blew my mind, but I cannot imagine that reading Theodore Sturgeon's Venus Plus X (1960) and Some of Your Blood (1961) in ninth grade didn't do something to my conceptions of sexuality and gender. (Of the two, actually, I'd say the latter had the more lasting impact.) I would also point to Mary Gentle's Ash: A Secret History (2000).
Is there a movie that for you represents either the best or worst of representations of gender in science fiction?
It's always worth showing people Alien (1979), which includes both resourceful female heroism and very tiny underwear.
There's a John Varley short story in which gender changing has just become an option in society and a wife chooses to change her gender against her husband's wishes. It explores how both of them (and their children) deal with the change.ReplyDelete
I just reread The Kindly Ones, which was interesting because the main character's gender is never identified- a fact I totally missed the first time I read it. Reading it a second time, it was interesting how my perceptions of his/her gender changed as the story went on. It revealed a lot of my subconscious gender biases to me.
I would mention that if you're teaching an elective class, there is a good chance that most of the people electing to take it will be familiar with science fiction.
Paul Haines' novella "Wives" from the Australian anthology X6 is recent & original, with a disturbing & thought-provoking extrapolation of some current gender issues. The Elysium series by Joan Slonczewski (sp?)takes place in the future, when humans have colonized extra-solar planets, adapting culturally and in some cases biologically;highlighting multiple gender issues. The "Elemental Logic" series, by Laurie J. Marks, while more in the fantasy genre, really did "blow me away" with its quiet & matter-of-fact acceptance of what most of us would consider unusual gender roles & issues. Both of these series highlight social & gender issues without being preachy or propagandist, & are very well-written & entertaining as well.ReplyDelete
D'oh! I should have immediately thought of the manga story They Were Eleven. (There's also a short movie adaptation which sticks very closely to the original story.)ReplyDelete
One of the subplots involves a cadet from a planet where people start off genderless and can choose one at puberty, subject to societal constraints. The cadet wants to earn the chance to be a man, which is seen as more prestigious in his/her society but is restricted to a small number of people. The hero wants the cadet to be a woman, because he's falling in love with him/her.
- Anonymous9/24/2010 2:20 PM
"Brown Girl in the Rings" by Nalo Hopkinson would be very accessible, and still managed to deal with lots of complex stuff on poverty, gender, and race.ReplyDelete
"Earthseed" by Octavia Butler is a rare text in that it deals with apocalyptic themes in a manner that includes women, people of color, and realistic communities dealing in a very plausible, rational fashion as a group to the larger world's problems.
Kelly Link's numerous fantastic short fictions might also be great to add to the list.
Best of luck with your course!
"Nothing Human" by Nancy Kress is, in many ways, about mother-hood in an sf-nal world, and the morality of Darwin
I can't think of a lot of fiction that hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'd suggest Raccoona Sheldon's "The Screwfly Solution" and Gene Wolfe's "The Ziggurat". I'm sure there are better examples from Wolfe's ouvre but this one almost made me stop reading him (actually I did for more than a year).ReplyDelete
But I'd also want to mention some short non-fiction: Beverly Friend's "Virgin Territory: The Bonds and Boundaries of Women in Science Fiction" included in Many Futures, Many Worlds, edited by Thomas Clareson (loved this one, but I read it a long time ago so I'm not sure I remember right); Russ' epilogue to "When it Changed" from Again, Dangerous Visions, or her longer "Amor Vincit Foeminam" included in To Write Like a Woman; and now that some Anonymous reminded me of the Molly character from Gibson's stories (and what about the Delany interview with Tatsumi, "Some Real Mothers..." included in Silent Interviews) I think it would be interesting to compare Joan Gordon's "Yin and Yang Duke It Out" (included in Larry McCaffery's Storming the Reality Studio) to Nicola Nixon's "Cyberpunk: Preparing the Ground for Revolution or Keeping the Boys Satisfied?" (which can be read here http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/57/nixon57art.htm [sorry, I don't know how to link those things from here]).
I vote for Left Hand of Darkness, too. I've no titles to suggest, but I now have many to look for.ReplyDelete
I fear I may use up all my credits at Paperbackswap.com.
I hope you'll let us all know what you end up using in the course.
Here's another vote for Left Hand of Darkness. I do love Four Ways, but whenever I use Left Hand in the classroom I follow it up with her essay "Is Gender Necessary REDUX" and her short story "Coming of Age in Karhide." Taken together, these three readings (four, actually, since the essay is a revision with both versions presented) map out some rich and important developments in Le Guin's thinking re: gender.ReplyDelete
Agreed that there should be some reactionary stuff in the mix. Contrast helps us see more clearly. A little L. Ron Hubbard, maybe?
EXTRA CREDIT: For criticism, Laura Mulvey stretched my thinking a fair bit with "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema."ReplyDelete
(Here's an excellent and pithy demonstration of the gaze in the original Star Trek. Warning: some photos may be slightly NSFW. Not the Star Trek stills. The ones further down.)
For scientific reading, Darwin's Origin of Species can be useful in surprising ways. The bit on sexual selection in chapter four can lead to productive conversations about essentialism (and various related embarrassments committed by evolutionary psychology).
Strange how people have not mention Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time. It is a nice mixture of a realistic novel and utopian scifi...ReplyDelete
So late on this, sorry: How aboutDOOR INTO OCEAN by Joan Slonczewski? It did not blow my mind, but I liked it very much. (I was blown away by her BRAIN PLAGUE, but that's a different topic.)ReplyDelete


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14-242 (e).
Affinito v. Daniels, 179 Conn. 388,
389-90 (1979); Randazzo v. Pitcher, 17 Conn. App. 471, 473-74 (1989).
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