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My training class left for Kenya in late September 1999. All of us were teachers, assigned to either teach in secondary schools or in primary schools for the deaf. We had a total of 20 in the training class, 15 were assigned to teach in the secondary schools, either in one of the sub-sectors of English, Math, or Science and I was among one of the five assigned to teach in a primary school for the deaf. Three people dropped out before the 10-weeks of training was over and then another dropped out two months into service. I had also contemplated leaving several times during training and in the first six-months of service, but after the shock my initial adjustment I became quite active throughout my service.
I was among the third class of deaf education volunteers. The first class finished as I did my training. We had one deaf volunteer in the first class (five total), one in the second class (eight total), two in my class (four total), two in the class after me (six total), and then two more in the class that replaced mine (five total). Few of us in deaf education actually had any experience teaching deaf children before Peace Corps service. Prior to the Peace Corps, I was professional sign language interpreter working primarily in the medical field and had just received a Masters in Adult Education in June of 1999. I knew very little about teaching deaf children. We received some training about deaf education in an primary school setting (mainly lesson planning) and training in Kenyan Sign Language.
When we were assigned to our new sites, most of my training class was sent as far east to the coastal towns off the Indian Ocean, and toward the western towns that dotted Lake Victoria, and all places in-between. I was going only 20 miles away to a mountainous rural town that you could only get to by dirt road. Initially, I was disappointed, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as I got a chance to be involved with the Peace Corps training center toward the latter part of my service. It was something I really enjoyed.
For my primary job, I served as a full-time teacher assigned to Nyandarua School for the Deaf in North Kinangop, Kenya. I served as one of sixteen staff teachers on staff. The school offered ten grades of study, levels equivalent to grades pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, with approximately 75 students.
I was responsible for the following teaching and co-curricular responsibilities:
Teaching: Year 2000 (Each term was about 12 weeks long) 1st term: Grade 3: Math, English, Science, Art, and History (40 lessons per week) 2nd & 3rd term: 4th & 7th grade English (16 lessons per week); 6th grade Math (8 lessons per week), 7th grade Home Science (4 lessons per week)
Year 2001 1st & 2nd term: 8th grade English (8 lessons per week), 4th-8th grade HIV (5 lessons per week); 1st-8th grade Computers (16 lessons per week) 3rd term: (Away from school; served as technical trainer for Peace Corps Training Center)
Co-curricular Activities: 1. Athletics Team Coach - Head coach for boys soccer team - Assistant coach for boys and girls volleyball team
2. School librarian - Started school's first library in its 30-year history - Organized and maintained over 1,000 library books and magazines - Kept records of usage of books by staff and students
3. Computer Laboratory Manager - Wrote a grant proposal worth $3,150 for five Pentium-3 based computers, a printer, and office and educational software - Taught basic computer theory, Windows OS, and assorted software packages (Microsoft Office, Educational games) to students and staff members - Established income generating Internet and e-mail services for the school
Additional Activities:
School Activities: - Conducted numerous workshops to improve student reading skills - Trained fellow Kenyan teachers in Kenyan Sign Language, culture of the deaf, and instructional strategies and techniques for deaf children - Trained Kenyan colleagues in grant writing techniques and assisted teachers in writing an income generating dairy project and water tank proposals
HIV/AIDS Activities: - Conducted over 20 HIV/AIDS lectures to stafff and students of neighboring primary and secondary schools in North Kinangop - Conducted over 15 HIV/AIDS lectures to deaf youth and deaf adults in the central and western regions of Kenya - Trained Kenyan colleagues to become HIV/AIDS educators - Planned, coordinated, and facilitated a national HIV/AIDS outreach to the deaf community conference in Nairobi hosted by Peace Corps Kenya
Peace Corps Training Center Initiatives and Activities: - Collaborated in facilitating a national Kenyan Sign Language interpreting workshop - Conducted numerous lectures on instructional strategies and techniques to fellow Peace Corps volunteers and trainees - Collaborated in developing and organizing a Kenyan Sign Language training manual for use by the training center - Provided training and guidance for new Kenyan technical trainer for the deaf education sector - Provided technical training and support for six Peace Corps trainees in the deaf education sector during the training cycle in fall 2001 - Piloted Kenyan Sign Language ACTFL language assessment test for the training center - Served as sign language interpreter for deaf Peace Corps volunteers and trainees
Additional Activities: - Wrote a proposal to Peace Corps Kenya administration to expand Peace Corps programs geared toward deaf populations in Kenya to include Health and Small - Enterprise Development - Wrote a paper discussing the problems and issues of education of the deaf in Kenya - Conducted Kenyan Sign Language training to 15 hearing worked at the Oserian Flower Farm in Naivasha
Thoughts and reflections of my Peace Corps experience: There's hardly a day that goes by when I don't think about my two years that I served in Kenya with the Peace Corps. The first year of service was a tremendous psychological struggle of feeling extremely isolated and alone in a country that was so different than what I was used to. The constant greetings of "How are you" said in a nasal pitch was cute the first 20 times, but quite annoying after the 10,000 time. I could never understand why hotels always had bars that blared music until 3am, and why religious revivals were allowed to blare all night long and keep everyone up within a one mile radius. Despite some of these negatives, I learned so much about myself, I accomplished a lot, grew tremendously as a person, and made lifelong memories and friends. My Peace Corps experience has certainly changed me and how I view Kenya, the African continent, and much of the world.
Current major life paths because of Peace Corps service. Currently, I am at the University of Illinois pursuing doctoral degree in Educational Psychology with an interest in the language development and socialization of deaf children. It's a field of study I never would have even considered before Peace Corps service. It took a Kenyan colleague to suggest the idea to me for me to realize what an ideal field of study it was for me and again I am forever indebted to my friends I made in Kenya.
One of the initial attractions that both my wife and I had toward each other was that we spent significant time abroad before we met each other. She spent two years in Russia and I spent time in Kenya. We met just a few months after I returned from service. We currently have a beautiful and very happy little toddler who wreaks havoc throughout the house while laughing and giggling the whole time.

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Which Kerry?September 14,2013
Which Kerry?
Did former St. Pauls prep school Paulie John Kerry, former naval officer and Swift Boat captain John Kerry (Yes, sir, no, sir!), preppie Yalie John Kerry, former Assistant District Attorney John Kerry, former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. John Kerry, former Sen. John Kerry, now Secretary of State John Kerry and husband to Mrs. Teresa Heinz, really call Vietnam veterans and U.S. military officials war criminals? Its true that he said that on TV on Meet the Press in 1971 and testified in Congress, isnt it? Is this the guy who now wants to bomb Syria back into the Stone Age and create tons of collateral damage and kill innocent women and children, old people and others? Isnt that, according to John Kerry, Vietnam War protester, what the U.S. did in Nam? B-52 carpet bombing! Napalm? Burning villages that John Kerry admitted to! Mowing down Viet Cong with machine guns.
Which John Kerry should be believed? Should we listen to the Vietnam War protester or the Syria war hawk? Should we listen at all? Whose kids does he want to fight this damned war? Not his, I take it. It wont be Heinz ketchup that gets spilled, it will be blood and lots of it.
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From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old.
Blue Nights opens on July 26, 2010, as Didion thinks back to Quintana's wedding in New York seven years before. Today would be her wedding anniversary. This fact triggers vivid snapshots of Quintana's childhood—in Malibu, in Brentwood, at school in Holmby Hills. Reflecting on her daughter but also on her role as a parent, Didion asks the candid questions any parent might about how she feels she failed, either because cues were not taken or perhaps displaced. "How could I have missed what was clearly there to be seen?" Finally, perhaps we all remain unknown to each other. Seamlessly woven in are incidents Didion sees as underscoring her own age, something she finds hard to acknowledge, much less accept.
Blue Nights—the long, light evening hours that signal the summer solstice, "the opposite of the dying of the brightness, but also its warning"—like The Year of Magical Thinking before it, is an iconic book of incisive and electric honesty, haunting and profoundly moving.
©2011 Joan Didion (P)2011 Random House
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"Extremely moving memoir, well-narrated"
I was so moved by this very beautiful memoir. The author tells the story of the loss of her beloved daughter with great intensity and lyrical beauty without an ounce of pity or sentimentality. It has music, rhythm and beautiful images to connect thoughts and emotions directly to the reader and to her experience of loss. This is a profound story of loss and of aging that memorializes the beloved child while connecting to the fading of her own life. I can only say that this book reached directly into my heart and soul and hit me in all of my senses. The author expresses thoughts and feelings with so much power and grace. The reader is excellent and reads with a speed and pace that matches the text and understands its rhythms. Highly recommended.
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Didion makes you live in her skin
Joan Didion is the dominant character in the book. It is through her eyes that you see her daughter, her husband, parents and others of her circle. You feel as much as if you are in her skin as if it was a fictional tale with her being the fictional narrator.
Didion is a great writer. I am sure the book would be excellent in print form. Farr is a very good narrator. I was so sorry that the book was over.
I think it was the repetition, including the repitition of Quintana's remembered questions of her adoptive mother,
"Thought-provoking, chilling & endearing"
Joan Didion ~ again!
Joan Didion represented to me ~ in only ways that she can articulate ~ what it means to be a mother and what it means to be in the 'third chapter' of life. Her insights about the incidents and passages in life that we think are important as they are happening, in contrast to what, upon reflection and after the fact, are actually important, are exquisite.
I thought it was outstanding. At times I forgot that I was not listening to Joan Didion's voice.
The entire story is moving, but the ending touched me to the bone.
I recommend this book whether on audio or in print.
"A touching, revealing tribute"
I read this just after finishing The Year of Magical Thinking and enjoyed both very much. The author reveals depths of parental doubt rarely acknowledged by modern parents.
The book contains reminiscences and reflections about the life and death of the author's adopted daughter who died after a prolonged illness in her mid-thirties. They are roughly chronologic, but there does not seem to be a particular meaning to the order of presentation. It feels more like someone pawing through a box of photographs. She paints a vivid picture of her daughter and her loss without being melodramatic or morose. A parent who loses a child is entitled to self-pity, but these moments are brief and poignant.
She discusses both her own difficulties about becoming a parent and her daughter's problems with bipolar disorder and the inevitable baggage of adoption. It is charming to hear how naive and vulnerable Mrs. Didion was about parenting and the passages detailing her daughter's bipolar episodes are heart-wrenching.
The book was very emotionally touching because she includes so many personal details and everyday events that you really feel like a family friend. Somehow, acknowledging so many doubts and flaws makes her not only sympathetic, but also capable--because she is engaging her problems.
The performance is very good. Clear and sincere without being too dramatic.
I would recommend the book to anyone interested in the grieving process or the difficulty of parenting.
The extreme emphasis on celebrity name-dropping, place name-dropping, and privilege. It seems the real story is short and sad, and that the stage-setting and background was about the wealthy environment Quintana had grown up in. It felt shallow.
I will review my choices more carefully.
I came to this book with high expectations because I enjoyed A Year of Magical Thinking. I have read and enjoyed almost everything else that Joan Didion has written, and will try to not let this experience influence future choices.
Only those people that have experienced the death of their child can truly understand the pain that Joan Didion tried to express in this story.
"Read it in a day I liked it so much."
I loved the writing and the tale.
I believed it.
The mother.
The relationship between the mother and her daughter was painful and powerful all at the same time.
If you like Joan Didian, you'll like this book.
"Moving to hear thoughts, feelings of great writer"
Yes. I will listen to it again.
Pauses. Time to let thoughts sink in.
No more emotional than Didion's thoughts themselves, which, by their starkness, are moving. Often through their repetition.
Waiting for the next writings by Joan Didion.
"wonderful tribute of a mother's love of her child"
having lost an only child I identified with Joan looking back over the memories - looking for a clue or sign to help understand the lost of a child along with some regrets & things you might have done differently. The book is a tribute to a mother's love for her child.
"very worthwile"
Yes, because it is poetic and well read.
The Year of Magical Thinking. Both are beautifully written and convey a sense of honesty and bravery.
A book about grief, love, adoption and getting older.
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ALBUQUERQUE — Police said Thursday that the mother of a 3-year-old boy found buried at a playground told investigators she suffocated him, had second thoughts and brought him back to life, then changed her mind and suffocated him again.
Police Chief Ray Schultz said Tiffany Toribio, 23, told officers that she and her son, Tyruss "Ty" Toribio, were in Alvarado Park before dawn on May 13 and that she suffocated him while he was asleep.
She told detectives she had second thoughts and performed CPR on the boy, reviving him, but again reconsidered and placed her hand over his nose and mouth until he suffocated, Schultz said. She said she waited a few minutes before burying him in the playground, the chief said.
Ty's body was found Friday by a mother who saw his black tennis shoe sticking out of the sand. Police released an artist's rendering of the boy's image on Tuesday, which led to tips about Toribio from family members and others, Schultz said.
Police picked up Toribio after she called them late Wednesday saying she had left home and was walking to the police station to turn herself in, the chief said. At first she denied being Tiffany Toribio, but officers found her identification and she acknowledged who she was, he said.
Neither the district attorney's office nor police knew if Toribio had an attorney, but she would have to have representation by her Friday arraignment.
Schultz called it "somber day" in Albuquerque.
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Schultz described Toribio as a transient who was kicked out of her mother's home on May 7 because of the way she treated her son. A few days later she was kicked out of a friend's house for the same reason, Schultz said.
Toribio had no history of substance or alcohol abuse and no criminal record beyond one traffic citation.
"What makes this story especially sad was when asked the reason why she took Ty's life, Tiffany said that she did not want him to grow up with no one caring about him the same way that she had grown up with no one caring about her," Schultz said.
Schultz said Toribio was being held at the Bernalillo County jail under close observation because she had attempted suicide. He did not provide details about the suicide attempt.
At the playground — filled now with flowers, plaques and candles — about a dozen people gathered, some part of the regular vigil held there since last week and others who came down after hearing of the arrest on the TV news.
"We named him 'Baby Angel' and it's important now that we know his real name," said Sarah Sandoval, who lives nearby. "Now, his mother will find out this baby has a lot of people who love him and will do anything for a child."


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After a comprehensive search, Dr. Mark Brimhall-Vargas joined Tufts as the University's Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Provost on April 6, 2015. The position of the Chief Diversity Officer supports the University's commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural competency. Read more about Dr. Brimhall Vargas.
Provost David R. Harris established a search committee to identify the Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Provost for the university. This position was created in direct response to the Diversity Council Report which was approved by the Trustees in November 2013.
The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) is the principal resource for supporting the university's progress with respect to its diversity and inclusion goals. The CDO will drive the implementation of the recommendations in the Diversity Council report, overseeing central programmatic initiatives and ensure congruence across the many diversity and inclusion programs that take place in the schools and divisions. Read the full position description here.
Keith Maddox, associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, agreed to chair this committee. In addition to serving on the faculty, Keith is director of the Tufts University Social Cognition Lab whose research programs examine social cognitive aspects of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. The long-range goal of this work is to further the understanding of the representation of stereotypic knowledge and its implications for the behavior and treatment of members of stereotyped groups. Keith also served on the EEOC Committee.
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Velleros partners with Blue Sky Communications to bring CMAS to American Samoa
PAGO PAGE, AS — Velleros, the leading provider of mass notification and content delivery for regional wireless carriers, has announced that Blue Sky Communications is deploying the Velleros Aggregation and Syndication Technology (VASTtm) platform in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) initiative for providing alert delivery.
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By supporting CMAS across their network, Blue Sky ensures that their subscribers have the security and protection of receiving these critical notifications that are issued by public safety and governmental agencies. By utilizing the industry-leading Velleros solution, Blue Sky can reach any broadcast-enabled or data-connected device on the islands with enhanced alerting and content delivery service for a truly innovative community service on the islands.
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This article shows how I created a jail under FreeBSD 5. Though FreeBSD 6.0 has come out since I wrote this article, the strategy should remain the same. I'll update the article with any changes should anything be different.
I have written previously about jails on FreeBSD 4. The goal of this jail is the creation of a test environment for a project I've been working on. Until recently, I've been providing a dedicated machine for exclusive use by the Bacula network backup project. That system ran regression tests on FreeBSD. In a recent consolidation of hardware, I replaced several older machines with one newer machine. I wanted to dispose of the computer used by the Bacula project and move them to a more powerful computer. However, I didn't want them to have exclusive use of this system. I wanted to use the same computer and not have us interfere with each other.
Jails can separate different processes and keep them apart so they cannot interfere with each other. For example, you could run Apache in a jail and keep it away from everything else on the machine. Should someone find an exploit in Apache and use it to compromise your system, the intruders can only do what the jail allows them to do. A jail can consist of a full operating system, or a single executable.
The solution I used was to create a virtual machine for use by the Bacula project. I had recently acquired a Pentium 4 2.4GHz machine. It was pretty fast, so I decided to use this for system for my own development purposes. It will also be sitting idle for long periods of time, so I might as well let some else use it, as well. I don't want them to have access to the things I'm working on, so I decided to put them in a jail.
From within a jail, they are
chrooted and cannot see anything outside of the jail. At the same time, it appears to them as if they are running on their own machine with their own operating system. As far as they know, they have their own computer and nobody else is on the system.
Running a virtual system within a jail is a good solution if you want to provide someone with resources, but don't want them to have complete control over your system. A jail can help you deal with issues of security and access, and improve the usage of existing resources, all at the same time.
The main document for creating a jail is
man jail. I followed the instructions listed under "Setting up a Jail Directory Tree." I used those instructions to create the jail. You will need the full source tree for the system you going to create. I used the /usr/src/ directory I had from my most recent build world.
There's one step from
man jail that I did not follow. I left Sendmail (actually, Postfix) running. I just changed it so that it did not listen on all IP addresses. I added this setting to /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf:
inet_interfaces = $myhostname
That allows the jail to run its own mail server.
I put my jail at /home/jail/192.168.0.155.bacula. This is the value I assigned to
D in the instructions. After you have installed the jail, if you peek inside that directory, you'll see it looks just like the root directory of a typical FreeBSD system:
[dan@dfc:/home/jail/192.168.0.155.bacula] $ ls
COPYRIGHT etc libexec root usr
bin home mnt sbin var
boot kernel proc sys
dev lib rescue tmp
[dan@dfc:/home/jail/192.168.0.155.bacula] $
The host environment is the main system and is where you first install FreeBSD on the computer. It is in the host environment that you create a jail. The Bacula project will do their testing in the jail. They have access to the jail and only the jail. They will not have access to the host environment at all.
This concept of host environment and jail environment will come up again in this article. It is important that you understand what each one is.
In this example, the host environment is at IP address 192.168.0.100 and the jail is at 192.168.0.155.
Most daemons will listen to whatever IP addresses are available to them. After starting your jail, if you try to
ssh to it, you will not get into it. You'll be in the host environment instead. To get into the jail environment via
ssh, you need to:
sshd not to listen to the jail's IP address.
sshd in the jail.
This entry in /etc/rc.conf tells
syslogd to not listen on any IP address.
That allows
syslogd to run in both the host and the jail environments.
This entry in /etc/rc.conf tells
inetd to listen on a specific IP address. This address is that of the host environment:
inetd_flags="-wW -C 60 -a 192.168.0.100"
Note that the first part of the flags in that line is from /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
inetd_flags="-wW -C 60" # Optional flags to inetd
To alter the host environment
sshd so it listens only to host environment IP addresses, modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set the IP address for the
Listen directive:
ListenAddress 192.168.0.100
Then restart the main
sshd process:
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/sshd.pid`
telnet to verify that the host environment is not listening on the jail address:
$ telnet 192.168.0.155 22
Trying 192.168.0.155...
telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.155: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
If you don't get a connection, the host environment is not listening. This assumes that you have not yet started
sshd in the jail environment.
To start
sshd in the jail environment, add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
In addition, I also swapped console output to /var/log/messages, as shown in this snippet from /etc/syslogd.conf:
#*.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
*.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /var/log/messages
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Next, read the part of the
man page titled "Configuring the Jail." It will tell you how to configure a few settings within the jail. I made these changes to the jail directly from the host environment (that is, I did not start the jail; I modified the files from outside). These are things I changed, but I can't point to a
man page as to why it's a good thing to do these things:
adjkerntz. I'm not sure about this. I commented out the /etc/crontab entry for
adjkerntz within the jail environment. If you don't do this, you'll see this type of notification from
cron via email:
adjkerntz[11643]: sysctl(put_wallclock): Operation not permitted
/etc/ssh. I was actually duplicating an existing physical machine into this environment. Therefore, copying over the keys from this directory will avoid "WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!" warning messages. If you are creating a new environment, you don't have to worry about this step.
man jail, to start a jail, issue the command:
[root@mtwenty:/home/dan] # jail /usr/jails/192.168.0.155 bacula.example.org 192.168.0.155\
That prompt (
#) indicates you are now in the jail environment. Now you can run the start up processes:
# sh /etc/rc
Loading configuration files.
Setting hostname: bacula.example.org.
Generating nsswitch.conf.
Generating host.conf.
Starting syslogd.
ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib
a.out ldconfig path: /usr/lib/aout /usr/lib/compat/aout
Starting local daemons:.
Updating motd.
/etc/rc: WARNING: Setting entropy source to blocking mode.
Type a full screenful of random junk to unblock
it and remember to finish with Enter. This will
timeout in 300 seconds, but waiting for
the timeout without typing junk may make the
entropy source deliver predictable output.
Just hit Enter for fast+insecure startup.
kern.random.sys.seeded: 1
jalkjlkajdflkajdfl iur opiquv dropuivwaopieuaoijdfl;uiop9^[[12~84718e0
r9invpfinadfpisad;ifsda;lsajdfl lk;kasf;kladfs
Generating public/private rsa1 key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.
Your public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
5c:48:47:4f:e0:c5:a2:ed:71:bc:83:b5:42:3f:95:e4 email@example.com
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.
Your public key has been saved in
The key fingerprint is:
4d:bb:af:fa:b1:4b:43:cc:47:b6:78:44:ad:4e:ef:1f email@example.com
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.
Your public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
9b:b5:26:98:f8:0d:da:bb:2c:57:75:d1:c4:58:52:c1 firstname.lastname@example.com
Starting sshd.
Starting cron.
Local package initialization:.
Sun Sep 11 17:22:42 EDT 2005
For the most part, this looks exactly like a normal startup.
I had some problems with
# ps auwx
ps: bad namelist
This usually indicate a kernel that is not in sync with world. To fix this problem, I repeated some of the steps under
man 8 jail:
# make distribution DESTDIR=$D
# mount_devfs devfs $D/dev
# cd $D
# ln -sf dev/null kernel
In hindsight, I think I missed the
mount_devfs step. Symptoms included getting logged in by
ssh, but then the screen would freeze. Performing these steps fixed that problem.
I found an interesting tool for starting and stopping a jail: sysutils/jailutils. I installed it in the host environment.
Using this tool, I created this start/stop script:
case "$1" in
mount_devfs devfs /usr/jails/192.168.0.155/dev && \
mount -t procfs proc /usr/jails/192.168.0.155/proc && \
/usr/local/sbin/jstart /usr/jails/192.168.0.155 bacula.example.org 192.168.0.155 \
/bin/sh /etc/rc > /dev/null && echo -n ' jail bacula.example.org'
/usr/local/sbin/jkill bacula.example.org > /dev/null && echo -n ' jail' && \
umount /usr/jails/192.168.0.155/proc && \
umount /usr/jails/192.168.0.155/dev
echo "Usage: `basename $0 {start|stop}" >&2
exit 0
This is a very limited script. It doesn't check that a jail is already running before starting it. That would be a nice addition. If you want to add it, I look forward to your patch.
In addition, you might want to add this to the host environment's /etc/sysctl.conf:
Under 4.*, this variable had a slightly different name.
Jails run virtual machines very well. They look very much like real systems. You must look pretty close to be able to tell you're in a jail. My jail allows the Bacula developers to have a machine of their own. It also allows me to keep their work totally separate from my own.
You can use a jail used to deal with security issues and to increase the utilization of an existing machine while giving everyone their own virtual machine. There's no reason why you couldn't run many different jails on the same computer.
Dan Langille runs a consulting group in Ottawa, Canada, and lives in a house ruled by felines.
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35. The Birds (1963) Long before iPhone gamers tossed ferocious fowl at pigs, Alfred Hitchcock directed this classic movie. The residents of a coastal California town find themselves suddenly under attack from very, very angry birds. (credit: Universal Pictures)
34. Candyman (1992) While conducting research of urban legends, a grad student takes her project too far and summons the hook-handed Candyman killer. For even more scares, check out the rest of the trilogy: "Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh" and "Candyman 3: Day of the Dead." (credit: TriStar Pictures)
33. Alien (1979) A spaceship is returning to Earth when an alien creature attacks. While the franchise has four films ("Aliens," "Alien3" and "Alien: Resurrection"), the original is by far the creepiest of the bunch. (credit: 20th Century Fox)
32. The Evil Dead (1981) While vacationing in the woods, five college students play an audiotape that accidentally unleashes evil spirits into the world. Oops. Keep the spooks coming with the two sequels: "Evil Dead II" and "Army of Darkness." The whole trilogy is worth watching. (credit: New Line Cinema)
31. Saw (2004) In this disgusting horror film franchise, people are placed into different outlandish torture situations as part of a sick game. There have been seven "Saw" movies – a new one every year. They are not particularly good, but they certainly are nasty. (credit: Lionsgate Films)
30. Poltergeist (1982) A family is haunted by a spirit who has jumped out of their television set. The spooks start simple – objects shaking or moving spontaneously – but soon become violent. A group of ghost hunters come in to investigate. Two sequels can keep the creeps coming. (credit: MGM Pictures)
29. Zombieland (2009) The zombie apocalypse has come to America and infected almost everybody. A group of four surviving strangers are on a journey together to find a theme park which is rumored to offer sanctuary for those who are still among the living. (credit: Columbia Pictures)
28. Drag Me to Hell (2009) A loan officer tries to impress her boss by denying a loan to a gypsy woman. Big mistake. She is then cursed to descend into Hell three days later unless she can find a way to stop the curse and the demons that it has summoned. (credit: Universal Pictures)
27. Cujo (1983) Think you have a bad dog? This St. Bernard gets bitten by a bat and goes insane from the resulting rabies. Pretty soon, the once-gentle mutt is savagely mauling anyone who dares come nearby. (credit: Warner Bros.)
26. Ginger Snaps (2000) Two sisters try to play a prank on someone, but wind up being attacked by a deadly beast that has been tormenting their town. Soon, one of the sisters begins acting strangely, and turning into a beast herself. (credit: Motion International)
25. Fright Night (1985) A horror film fanatic soon discovers that his neighbor is actually a vampire, but has a hard time convincing people of this truth. Check out the sequel for even more creepy fun, or try to find a theater playing the 3-D remake that was just released in August. (credit: Columbia Pictures)
24. The Host (2006) A strange creature lurks in the waters of a South Korean city. That would all be just fine, if the monster actually stayed in the water. Things get sticky when the creature emerges to kidnap a young girl. (credit: Magnolia Pictures)
23. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Don't go to sleep! In a small Ohio town, sleeping teenagers are murdered in their dreams by the vicious Freddy Krueger. They can't stay awake forever! Reserve a few days to see the entire franchise – seven sequels and a remake. (credit: New Line Cinema)
22. The Omen (1976) Through a series of disturbing events, a couple comes to believe that their adopted son is actually the Antichrist. This one was remade in 2006 (shown above) and both are good at producing chills. Images of creepy kids are scary in any decade. (credit: 20th Century Fox)
21. Psycho (1960) A woman is stabbed to death in the shower of a secluded motel. An investigation into her death then follows. Avoid the two sequels and the prequel. And if you happen to stumble upon a copy of the 1998 shot-for-shot remake, destroy it as quickly as possible. (credit: Unviersal Pictures)
20. Rosemary's Baby (1968) A pregnant woman fears that her child – conceived while she was experiencing a strange series of visions – could be some sort of demon to be used as part of a human sacrifice by her occult neighbors. (credit: Paramount Pictures)
19. The Descent (2005) A group of six women enter a cave without a map. They soon become lost and trapped as underground monsters start looking at them as food. There is also a sequel, but it doesn't capture the same fear as the original. (credit: Lionsgate Films)
18. Friday the 13th (1980) A group of teenagers start dying at an abandoned campsite, with the killer believed to be the hockey-masked Jason. Block out a week if you want to watch the entire series. Jason lurks in 11 different movies – including a chapter in space – plus a remake of the original. (credit: Paramount Pictures)
17. The Grudge (2004) When someone dies in rage or sorrow, they release a curse that is passed and reborn as it consumes others. While the American version (and its sequels) are passable, check out the original Japanese version ("Ju-on") for some real terrifying scares. (credit: Columbia Pictures)
16. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) A vacationing family gets stranded in Nevada, where they are stalked by a scary group of deformed cannibals. Watch the original one for the most thrills. But check out the sequels and remakes (shown above) for even more scary fun. (credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures)
15. Carrie (1976) A teenage girl who has been socially outcast discovers that she has special powers. They emerge when she becomes angry. And humiliation from her peers and teachers at prom, well, makes her very angry. Note: ignore the sequel. (credit: United Artists)
14. Hostel (2006) Three college boys go looking for women at an off-the-map hostel in Europe. Soon, one of them is dead and the others are left trying to escape. Good luck with that, guys. The film's sequel offers more chills, if you can handle the gore. (credit: Lionsgate Films)
13. Night of the Living Dead (1968) Seven people try to survive a night in a rural farmhouse while being attacked by zombies. There have been two remakes of this classic horror flick – including a version in 3-D – but neither could produce the same chills. (credit: The Walter Reade Organization)
12. Scream (1996) A costumed killer has brought bloody terror to a small town. A group of high school teens use horror movie conventions to track down the murderer. Keep the screams coming by popping in the three sequels. (credit: Dimension Films)
11. Paranormal Activity (2007) A young couple fear that their home is haunted by some supernatural presence. So, they set up camera equipment to see if the spirits can be caught on tape. This film is supposed to be that footage. Check out the two sequels ("3" is now in theaters) for more frights. (credit: Paramount Pictures)
10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) A group of friends are hunted by a family of cannibals – including the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface – while visiting an old home. There are several sequels and remakes that all bare the franchise name (shown above), but few come close to the original's thrills. (credit: New Line Cinema)
9. The Thing (1982) A group of scientists at a research station in Antarctica are attacked by an alien lifeform that can assume the appearance of any human being. This leads to mass paranoia within the group and mass killing by the alien. Don't bother with the prequel, now in theaters. (credit: Universal Pictures)
8. The Ring (2002) A disturbing videotape is followed by a phone call, telling the viewers that they have only seven days to live. And those seven days aren't going to be fun. The American version is all kinds of creepy, but watch the Japanese one ("Ringu") for even more jumps. (credit: DreamWorks Pictures)
7. 28 Days Later (2002) A man wakes up from a coma to find London deserted and in ruins. He soon finds himself on the run from zombies who have taken over the city. For some extra scares, check out the sequel, "28 Weeks Later." (credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures)
6. Halloween (1978) The murderous Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and begins stalking teens in an Illinois town. While the original one is the best, check out the seven sequels, remake and sequel to the remake for additional chills. (credit: Compass International Pictures)
5. Audition (1999) A Japanese widower holds mock-auditions to find another woman, but the lady that soon captures his affections may have more sinister plans. Note: many audiences – and even a handful of horror film directors – have found the movie's torture scenes difficult to watch. (credit: Vitograph Films)
4. The Changeling (1980) After the deaths of his wife and daughter, a man moves into a mansion across the country to get his life back in order. But the ghost of a murdered child soon haunts him, leading to a mystery that begs to be solved. (credit: Associated Film Distributors)
3. Dawn of the Dead (1978) A pandemic has resulted in zombies who prey on the flesh of the living. The few survivors barricade themselves in a shopping mall for protection. Make it a full zombie weekend by also checking out the four sequels or the 2004 remake. (credit: United Artists)
2. The Shining (1980) A writer takes a job at a secluded hotel and becomes possessed by the ghosts who live in the building. He starts going insane and ultimately chases down his wife and young son in at attempt to kill them both. (credit: Warner Bros.)
1. The Exorcist (1973) This one's often regarded as the single scariest movie of all time. Two priests are called in to release a demon who has taken over the body of a young girl. Be prepared for strange noises, bed shaking, green vomiting, head-spinning… and then a sleepless night. (credit: Warner Bros.)
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What Experts Recommend for Healthy Eating
In his book In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan offers three simple, easy-to-remember "rules" for eating:
- Eat food.
- Not too much.
- Mostly plants.
These guidelines are very aligned with the 2015 USDA recommendations and those developed by Harvard's Healthy Eating Plate, which include choosing whole grains, eating lean protein like fish and chicken instead of red meat, drinking plenty of water, using healthy oils, and filling almost half your plate with healthy produce.
Below are some general guidelines that apply to everyone and are important for good health.
- Know your healthy body weight range, and eat and live to maintain (or achieve) it.
- Combine healthy eating with physical activity.
- Use the dietary guidelines, including recommendations for alcohol consumption, as an outline to help steer you toward the right foods and day-to-day proportions of foods.
- Drink a significant amount of water (up to 2 quarts) per day.
- Pay attention to when, why, and where you eat. When you start to notice unhealthy patterns, you will be better able to change them.
Know your healthy body weight
Because there is such strong evidence linking obesity to many chronic or acute diseases, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend that you aim for a healthy body weight with a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 25. BMI indicates an individual's weight status in relation to height, and it helps give a sense of a healthy ratio between the two. It doesn't apply to children, the elderly, or the very athletic.
Calculate your BMI with this tool from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Combine healthy eating with exercise
Studies show that diet alone is not as effective in achieving a healthy body weight as diet combined with exercise. Physical activity has many other health benefits as well. See the Fitness and Exercise section for recommendations on how to be physically active each day. Even relatively small weight loss can make a difference in health by reducing blood pressure and improving glucose tolerance and blood lipids.
Follow dietary guidelines
Whether you are working to lose or maintain weight, you should make healthy food choices following the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These guidelines will improve your health, help you meet your nutrient requirements, and reduce your risk of chronic disease.
The dietary guidelines recommend that you get the most nutrition out of the calories you eat. There IS a helpful number of calories for you to use to gauge your food choices each day. Calculate your calorie needs.
To simplify healthy eating, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has replaced the traditional food pyramid with the Choose My Plate graphic. We recommend the Harvard School of Public Health version, called the Healthy Eating Plate, which points consumers to the healthiest choices in the major food groups based on the best scientific evidence.
See also our Food as Medicine topic for more specific information on what foods you should eat.
Drink water
It is a common recommendation to drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day to help your body's biological processes, especially carrying nutrients to cells and eliminating wastes.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) advises men to consume roughly 3.7 liters (about 16 cups) of water a day and women to consume 2.7 liters (about 12 cups) of water a day. Eighty percent of this should come from drinking water and other beverages, (but not soda, coffee, or alcohol). The remaining 20% should come from foods—especially fruits and vegetables, which are 70% to 95% water.
Your water needs depend on many factors, including your health, how active you are, and where you live. It's generally not a good idea to use thirst alone as a guide for when to drink. By the time you become thirsty, you may already be slightly dehydrated. It is especially important for older adults to drink water before becoming thirsty, because your thirst sense is diminished as you get older.
Pay attention to your eating patterns
How, when, and where do you eat? If you're like many Americans, you may often eat meals while doing something else: driving, talking on the phone, watching television, or reading. In short, you may pay little attention to your food. As a result:
- You may not always fully taste and enjoy your food.
- You may eat more than you need.
- You may sometimes suffer from indigestion or other gastrointestinal symptoms.
Learn about why being mindful while eating matters.
Notice (and avoid) the influence of the "food giants"
In Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, reporter Michael Moss describes how executives at large food corporations have figured out the science of getting people to buy more of their products. In short, many processed foods are not designed to enhance wellbeing, but to exploit natural cravings for salt, sugar, and fat—and when coupled with colorful, attractive advertising, many unhealthy foods such as colas and sugary cereals become irresistible staples in the American diet.
The grocery store is a good place to practice mindful shopping. Check the ingredients label—many companies have begun to shovel harmful amounts of sugar and salt into foods you wouldn't naturally suspect, such as spaghetti sauce, granola bars, and yogurt. Make purchase decisions based on USDA dietary guidelines: buy "whole foods," such as fruits and vegetables, and skip processed foods, no matter how tempting and flashy their packaging may be. This is especially important if you have children, as much of the food giants' marketing is aimed at exploiting the vulnerable willpower of young people.
Eat with others
Apart from the biological effects of eating on the run, there are social, psychological, and spiritual effects. Fast-food habits can deny you the benefits gained from preparing foods with mindfulness, appreciation, and care, and eating with others in a relaxing atmosphere.
Research demonstrates that the social component to eating is critically important to health outcomes and wellbeing. A 2011 study showed that children and adolescents who eat meals with their family 3 or more times each week increase their likelihood of developing healthy eating habits and maintaining a normal weight. Another study by a team at the University of Minnesota found that family mealtimes also decreased risk for substance abuse, sexual intercourse, depression, eating disorders, and poor academic performance among adolescents. It stands to reason that eating with others you care about is beneficial to everyone.
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In addition to the improved features you'd expect in a commercial version -- InstallShield installation, dialog-based settings editor, more customization, including changing the hot key, mouse activation, "spreading out" thumbnails in a pile, etc. -- the big improvement is that the W8 program fully integrates management of desktop windows and management of Windows 8's new "Metro" apps.
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College students push funding issue at rallyBy JOSH OGORMAN
Vermont Press Bureau | March 12,2014Josh OGorman / Staff Photo
Students rally in support of potentially increasing state aid for higher education Tuesday at the State House in Montpelier.MONTPELIER Declining state support for higher education has resulted in crippling student debt and will hinder those who wish to stay in the state after graduation.
That was the message offered Tuesday at the State House, where several dozen students and faculty members from the states colleges held a rally in support of a Senate bill that would look at increasing the amount the state contributes to higher education.
We think that the state colleges need more funding, as does (the University of Vermont), said Linda Olson, professor of sociology and womens studies at Castleton State College and president of the Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation. Its really getting to the point where its making higher education unaffordable for students and its going to impact the quality of education we provide if we dont get more state funding.
Olson and others would like to reverse a decadeslong trend that has seen an ever-smaller percentage of higher education funding coming from the state. In 1980, 51 percent of financial support for Vermonts state colleges came from the state. Today, that number is 15 percent, with the lions share of the difference being made up by tuition.
That shift is leaving students swimming in debt students such as 19-year-old Jazmin Spear, a junior at Castleton State College who is double-majoring in social work and sociology.
I have zero financial support from my family because they are unable to, Spear said. All of my financial burden is on me. In a demonstration of just how concerned she is about her finances, she gave an exact figure for her student debt: $22,302.70.
I still have one year left, so who knows what that year will bring, Spear said. I feel like Im drowning in student debt, and once I graduate I have to find a job that will allow me to live under that huge amount of debt.
Of the 50 states, only New Hampshire offers less support to its state colleges than Vermont.
If people realize that Vermont is the second-to-last state in student funding, it will deter them from coming here, Spear said.
Despite increasing education costs, per-student state appropriations have declined, from $3,342 per student in 1990 to $3,231 in 2011.
Spear and others spoke in support of S.40, a Senate bill that calls for a study of the feasibility of restoring state funding to the 1980 level of 51 percent and looking at other ways to lower tuition costs. The Senate passed it in 2013.
So, what would a return to a 1980 level of funding mean, in terms of real dollars? For fiscal year 2013, Vermont State Colleges collected approximately $112 million in tuition and fees and received a state appropriation of $25 million.
An even 50-50 split between tuition and appropriation would require an additional $43 million from the state.
We realize that there is no room in the budget for $43 million, said Dan Smith, director of community relations and public policy for Vermont State Colleges. We want to approach this study with a level of realism and pragmatism, realizing it will take a number of years to return funding to the prior level.
By some measures, Vermonts state colleges offer real benefit to the local population. Eighty-one percent of students are from Vermont, including 19-year-old Castleton State College junior Marie Burt.
Not only is Burt from Vermont, but from Castleton. In fact, her father graduated from CSC in the 1970s. Recently, she reviewed a tuition bill showing her father paid $700 a semester, which adjusted for inflation would be about $2,000 today.
Burt is paying more than $4,000 a semester.
I think higher education for students in Vermont should be something that is affordable since most are local students who are trying to get educations to boost their careers in the future, so they can stay and work in Vermont and support their families in Vermont, Burt said.
Among Vermont State Colleges students, 54 percent are the first in their family to go to college. Julie Marie Theoret is chairwoman of the math department at Johnson State College. In the early 1990s, however, she was the first in her family to attend college when she went to UVM.
She and others are urging the Legislature to Reclaim the Promise theres a Facebook page with that title by restoring past funding levels.
It was a promise made by the Legislature many, many years ago to fund Vermont colleges in whole or substantial part. I teach math, and 15 percent is not substantial, no matter how you define it, Theoret said. Of the students who graduate from Vermont state colleges, a majority stay in Vermont to work and live and contribute to the economy. An investment in the Vermont State Colleges and public higher education in Vermont is an investment in Vermont.
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