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"Offering a single point of control for a storage landscape with no single point of failure, the IBM BladeCenter and System Storage solution has proved ideal for an organization like us, where protecting against downtime is the critical priority for a relatively small IT team." - David Brammer, Senior IM&T Analyst, The State Hospital
The State Hospital
Deployment country:
United Kingdom
Business Continuity, Business Resiliency, Enabling Business Flexibility, High Availability , Virtualization, Virtualization - Server
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Located in a 60-acre site in Lanarkshire, Scotland, The State Hospital is one of four high-security hospitals in the United Kingdom, and the only special-security psychiatric hospital to provide services to Scotland and Northern Ireland. It employs 700 people to deliver assessment, treatment and care in conditions of special security for approximately 140 patients with mental disorder who, because of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities, cannot be cared for in any other setting.
Business need:
As The State Hospital's existing infrastructure approached the limits of its warranty period and capacity, the organization recognized an opportunity to transform its disaster recovery strategy.
Deployed a mirrored infrastructure based on IBM® BladeCenter® HS22 blade servers and an IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller stretched cluster connected to IBM System Storage DS5020 arrays.
Offers automatic failover in the event of a disaster, with no interruption to service, helping to ensure continuity of care to patients. Builds redundancy into every component of the infrastructure, maximizing reliability.
Case Study
Located in a 60-acre site in Lanarkshire, Scotland, The State Hospital is one of four high-security hospitals in the United Kingdom, and the only special-security psychiatric hospital to provide services to Scotland and Northern Ireland. It employs 700 people to deliver assessment, treatment and care in conditions of special security for approximately 140 patients with mental disorder who, because of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities, cannot be cared for in any other setting.
Identifying risks
Care givers within The State Hospital require access to IT systems 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Previously, the organization relied on a mirrored infrastructure based on IBM BladeCenter and IBM System Storage technology that required manual intervention in the event of a disaster. This presented a serious risk to business continuity for The State Hospital, especially as the IT team was only available during normal business hours. As the existing servers and storage systems approached the end of their warranty periods and the limits of their capacity, the organization saw this as the ideal time to transform its disaster recovery strategy.
David Brammer, Senior IM&T Analyst at The State Hospital, explains: "In the past, dealing with any major hardware failure would require one of our IT team to get involved and manually switch over to our secondary site. We estimated that it could take us up to two hours to recover, causing delays to the transmission of vital information where it was needed, and potentially putting people at risk. Outside of normal business hours, this risk was magnified further. Since our existing computing resources were over-provisioned and almost out-of-support, we realized that this was the perfect time to explore enterprise-level storage solutions that are now priced within our budget."
Working towards resilience
Following an open tender, The State Hospital selected a proposal based on IBM technology put forward by IBM Premier Business Partner Celerity.
"We have worked closely with Celerity for more than four years, so they know our systems inside out," says Brammer. "They listened closely to our criteria and delivered a proposal that surpassed our expectations, promising truly exceptional resilience at a very reasonable price point."
In a three-month project, Celerity designed and configured an active-active dual data center concept for the organization. The State Hospital chose to fully populate each of its existing two IBM BladeCenter H chassis with an additional seven IBM BladeCenter HS22 blade servers virtualized with VMware software. With service continuity a key priority for The State Hospital, Celerity ran the existing and new blades in parallel before migrating its production environment server-by-server, minimizing downtime.
"The migration was close to perfect, completed ahead of schedule and with just a few minutes' downtime to our business-critical systems," comments Brammer. "The new blade servers provide six times the processing power of the previous environment and significantly greater capacity. As a result, we could probably run our entire environment on just two of the blades if we wanted to, although we choose to spread the load to maximize redundancy and ensure there is no single point of failure."
Leading-edge technology at an affordable price
Celerity also deployed an IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller stretched cluster connected to three IBM System Storage DS5020 devices, deploying 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel interfaces to achieve high I/O performance. One System Storage DS5020 disk system with 9.6 TB of capacity is located at each of The State Hospital's primary and secondary data center rooms, approximately 150 meters apart. A third System Storage DS5020 disk system in an air-conditioned secure building hosts three quorum disks, providing an extra level of protection against disaster. An IBM System Storage TS3100 is used for tape backup, and IBM Global Technology Services® provide ongoing maintenance for the solution.
"IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller is the real star of the solution, from our point of view," says Brammer. "Previously, a solution of this sophistication would have been too expensive. The ingenious stretched-cluster design configured for us by Celerity enables us to automatically bounce back in the event of a disaster, meaning business can continue as usual 24/7. This gives us huge peace of mind, allowing our staff to be confident of access to vital information at any time of day or night."
Easy manageability
As a result of the project, The State Hospital has moved to a more sophisticated disaster recovery strategy, offering dramatically faster recommencement of operations in the event of a systems outage. The close integration between IBM technology and VMware software is a major asset to The State Hospital, enabling the organization's IT team to use the same tools to manage its infrastructure as before, with no need to relearn a new technology. The State Hospital has also found virtually no increase in the amount of time spent on systems management.
"Offering a single point of control for a storage landscape with no single point of failure, the IBM BladeCenter and System Storage solution has proved ideal for an organization like us, where protecting against downtime is the critical priority for a relatively small IT team," says Brammer. "Working closely with an SAN Volume Controller expert from Celerity to configure the stretched cluster helped us get to grips with the new solution, and our day-to-day administration is pretty much the same as before. This is an impressive advantage when you consider that we have moved to a disaster recovery strategy that enables us to have our entire production environment go down with no interruption to service, compared to a potential two-hour wait on our old systems."
Looking to the future
By migrating to higher-performing, higher-capacity IBM BladeCenter HS22 blade servers, The State Hospital can run a significantly higher number of virtual machines on each blade, providing much-needed headroom for future growth. Both the BladeCenter and System Storage machines offer modular growth options, ensuring the organization can scale up as needed with minimal disruption to operations.
"As a hospital, our top priority will always be protecting service continuity," concludes Brammer. "Choosing IBM BladeCenter and System Storage technologies provides us with a range of non-disruptive growth options, giving us the freedom to consider new projects that call for greater capacity without worrying about the impact they may have on business-critical systems. As this project has proved, with the right technology and the right partners – which we had in IBM and Celerity – you can achieve ambitious things without your end-users even noticing."
Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
BladeCenter, BladeCenter H Chassis, BladeCenter HS22, BladeCenter running hypervisor - VMware, Storage, Storage: DS5020, Storage: Tape & Optical Storage, Storage: TS3100 Tape Library
System Storage SAN Volume Controller
GTS Technical Support Services: Hardware Maintenance
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2012 IBM United Kingdom Limited PO Box 41 North Harbour Portsmouth Hampshire PO6 3AU Produced in the United Kingdom December 2012 IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, BladeCenter, Global Technology Services and System Storage are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the web at: ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml. IBM and Celerity are separate companies and each is responsible for its own products. Neither IBM nor Celerity makes any warranties, express or implied, concerning the other's products. References in this publication to IBM products, programs or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM product, program or service is not intended to imply that only IBM's product, program or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program or service may be used instead. All customer examples cited represent how some customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved. Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics will vary depending on individual customer configurations and conditions. IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts, or new and used parts. In some cases, the hardware product may not be new and may have been previously installed. Regardless, IBM warranty terms apply. This publication is for general guidance only. Photographs may show design models.


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Hey Clochette, not sure if I've ever actually commented in your thread, but been a big fan for a while. Love your stylization (especially your faces), the line quality in your sketches, and your creativity. This latest is beautiful, great color choices and I love the difference in scale between the two characters.
Yes though, just wanted to toss my praise in with the others keep up the great work!
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Man that girl is a way better fisher than me... Got no fish at all last time i was out.
Saw Tekkon kinkreet recently btw, your style is similar to the one in that movie... Inspired maybe?
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that color scheme is great, it make a cool atmosphere
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Thank you all, i'm glad you like my stuff so far. :]
Some new stuff.
This is a picture we started with my friend Jens, while talking of everything and all. I guess our conversations influenced the drawing... I did the line, then he started to paint it, and we left it for a while. I continued it, using the color schem and lighting he started.
Here is what Texahol and I did for the new weekly Dirty Sunday activity on Gorilla Artfare I did the line and type and he painted everything with awesome colors and rendering
Something quickly
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i could kick an eggs ass if i wanted to
ooooh bien jolie! j'aime travailler avec toi
DAMN! clo!!!! you and texahol should do a kamasutra art book with those kind of illustrations , you can't miss with that! and thanks for the peek in your sketchbook ^^
Holly merde ! i forgot about the erotic comic strips you posted on GA , very nice ! ^^ , you captured all my favorite parts
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A big wow at the dirty sunday piece
Also for the rest of scanned pages
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great Clochette, it's a pleasure to come on your sketchbook always
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The Obama administration announced Thursday evening that it will extend by a month the deadline for states to tell the government how they will implement a key component of the president's health care law. The deadline had been Friday.
Gov. Paul LePage, center, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying the state would not create a state-run exchange because the health reform law "is a stepping stone to a single-payer system."
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But even with the extension to Dec. 14, it may be too late for Maine to decide to build its own online insurance market for individuals and small businesses to shop for private coverage.
Over the past two years, the outgoing Republican majority in Maine's Legislature stalled the planning process for the state to build its own exchange.
Maine is one of 16 states that have yet to notify the Obama administration whether they planned to create a health insurance exchange mandated by Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act.
The federal government will take over for states that miss the deadline to ensure that the exchanges are up and running by January 2014. States can also opt to run a partnership exchange, in which they would split responsibilities with federal officials. To go that route, states must notify the federal government by mid-February, according to the Washington Post.
The decision to extend the deadline came in response to a Wednesday letter from Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, signed by LePage and other governors, asking President Obama to push back the impending deadline, the Washington Post reported.
The two governors made the request on behalf of the Republican Governors Association; both have said their states will not set up an exchange.
In a letter addressed to McDonnell and Jindal, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote, "We're confident Governors will have enough time to decide whether they want to establish an Exchange, work in partnership with the federal government or have a federally-facilitated Exchange in their state."
Before the deadline was extended, Maine and the 16 other states appeared to have decided to let the feds set up their exchanges.
Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter to the Obama Administration Thursday saying Maine "is not going to assist in the implementation of this (law) in its current form."
Legislators from both parties, on the other hand, said it is still in the state's interest to have a role. Democrats said they hope to work with federal officials to design the exchange.
Few in Maine state government welcome federal intervention, a scenario precipitated by Republican resistance to the law and their gamble that it would fail in court or be repealed in Congress.
Concerns about a federally-established exchange center on a lack of local control and a one-size-fits-all Web marketplace that may not work effectively, particularly in rural Maine where high-speed Internet access is limited. Some also worry that a federally-established exchange would include insurance plans that don't fit the coverage needs of Maine's population.
The exchange also will allow individuals to find out whether they qualify for federal subsidies or Medicaid, taxpayer-funded health insurance for low-income people.
Nonetheless, a federally-run exchange looms in Maine, at least in the short-term.
"The Republican Legislature basically stuck its head in the sand and hoped the health care law would go away," said Rep. Sharon Treat, D-Hallowell, the ranking Democrat on the Legislature's Insurance and Finance Committee, before the deadline extension had been announced.
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On Wednesday, Gov. LePage signed the letter along with 20 other Republican governors that was sent to the Obama administration requesting more time and guidance.
On Thursday, however, LePage sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying the state would not create a state-run exchange and saying the health reform law "is a stepping stone to a single-payer system. Maine will not be complicit in the degradation of our nation's premier health care system."
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The Back to Nature Photography Contest is designed to encourage Museum visitors to venture out and capture the natural beauty of the wildlife and habitats seen on the grounds of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and along the trails of Lefleur's Bluff State Park.
The Fifth Annual Back to Nature Photo Contest is now closed (January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013).
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Wildlife Category Winner: Mom, I Love You by Wendy Shows
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One of the most wonderful qualities of the Internet can also be equated to one of its most disturbing aspects: anything goes. It's human activity unencumbered by space and time constraints. As such, anything can be found, everything can be sold, anytime of day and night. Whether you're a connoisseur, a collector or just curious … you can easily find all kinds of crazy stuff for sale at on-line auctions.
On these kinds of websites, people are selling just about anything they can imagine someone will buy, and there are so many people in the world, that sooner or later clients are bound to surface for the most unpredictable auction-able items. From the useful and conventional to the extravagant and scary, there is something for every taste. If you don't believe it, just look at the following gallery; we've compiled pictures of the 10 craziest items we've ever seen available online … and we do believe some of these should only be allowed at a proper military auction!
10 craziest items ever sold at on-line auctions
Such a scary and wonderful world, isn't it? We're not even listing the crazy prices that were fetched by the items above, since that's beside the point. But truth of the matter is that on-line auctions are here to stay, since they allow anything-goes buyers and sellers to connect easily from different parts of the world.
Also, in this day and age there are Internet auction houses of every type. We don't mean just eBay, although they're representative of the DIY auction masses; but when you look past their mainstream market, you'll be surprised to find a host of highly specialized websites: [military surplus auctions], office supply auctions, comic book collectives, anything you can imagine; check this out if you want to Read more about one of these websites.
This article was brought to you by the military auction website, which we recommend to you to check out! Even if you're not into guns (which you can always sell there), you'll find many other interesting things – anything from real estate to jewelry. They're a traditional auction house with a good presence online, so it's worth contacting them if you're looking to get something appraised or if there's a particular item you're looking for.


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We have seen a lot of media coverage around brand safety on ad exchanges recently and the reality is that there are risks involved with running campaigns on exchanges and DSP's. This should however not discourage advertisers from running on exchanges, as the good news though is that these risks can be mitigated.
Let's first look at what the challenges are in terms of brand safety. A decent percent of internet traffic is torrent related or holds otherwise unwanted content and the reality is that these sites do find a way onto exchanges. Some exchanges police this to the best of their capabilities and some don't police this at all. Without proper targeting it is possible ads will run on these sites. Avoiding these categories is an obvious choice, but publishers or networks might accidentally or deliberately misclassify a site and for example classify a torrent site as a technology site. The other issue with classification is that an exchange, publisher or network all might have different ideas as to what brand safe is, from what you or your client might think.
User generated content sites also pose a potential threat to brand safety. Some UGC sites allow users to upload ad serving code. We have found instances of misuse of these UGC sites, where an ad tag is uploaded onto a UGC site (for example – blogging platforms) which are then served out on iFrames on non-brand-safe sites. To the eyes of the advertiser tracking the impressions, it would appear that the ad is serving on the ostensibly brand-safe UGC site, and not a non-brand-safe site.ExchangeWire APAC


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"Simply because you have more staff doesn't mean the prison is safer," he told the board consisting of the governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
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If you thought Oblivion was consolized, get ready for more.
Here's a summary of the damage:
- Stats completely removed
- Skills reduced from 21 to 18 (Mysticism, Athletics and Acrobatics have been cut). Levitation is gone forever it appears.
- Level scaling returns. Except THIS time, once you've visited a dungeon, its level is set forever. It can never get higher level creatures than at the level you visited it.
- On level up, you can boost your stamina, your health, or your magica. That's it.
- Spellmaking is gone.
- You now get perks at level up (sometimes?). This apparently is because people don't understand any system but WoW anymore.
- No birth signs.
- Addition of finishing moves (barf)
- Leveling is even faster than in previous games
- Game world is smaller
- You will be forced into one of three roles (warrior, mage, thief) based on the skills you use most. This will determine your useless crafting skill. I'm not making this up. This makes Diablo 3 look like a wide-open design. Utter garbage.
- PC Players will need to mod their interface again since Bethesda isn't sufficiently competent to make PC games anymore.
- Spells have to be equipped to be cast. Also, apparently you cannot mix and match spells although that's unclear.
- The mages guild is gone (there might be some minor magic guilds of some sort, but the old mages guild is no more). Idiocy. Its like Valve deciding to get rid of the half life series.
- Weapons will auto target instead of hitting whatever you swing near (like assassin's creed).
There's more, but its just too stupid to contemplate. There's lots of things that will make the console crowd go "oooooo", but all of it is just window-dressing.
Thank god they will be releasing another construction set. I feel nothing but pity for anyone that picks this series up for a console. You're stuck with rubbish. More and more, Bethesda falls from the ranks. I know people scream over their games, because even in their vanilla state, they are better and more complex than anything the console ever sees. But, I won't be picking this up for at least 2 years unless I decide to start modding myself to fix some of the gross mistakes they are making yet again.
Very disappointing, but inevitable I guess.
Modders, you've got your work cut out for you as this one is much, MUCH worse than Oblivion out of the box.
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Its gone downhill since daggerfall.
Why cant they make a game for consoles where you dont have to assume that you user base averages about 80IQ :/
17-05-2011, 11:03 #3
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Well a modded Oblivion and / or Morrowind is enough for me.
17-05-2011, 18:08 #4
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console gamer is not synonymous with idiot
although why tell you when I should be telling Bethesda, this sounds awful
18-05-2011, 03:22 #5
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It ain't over 'till the fat lady sings!
I'm having my hopes up for it tho.
Honestly, who the heck would buy it if it were a direct graphic overhaul of morrowind?
18-05-2011, 04:51 #6
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its a list of things being removed, I don't know whats being added, would have to be ****mypants spectacular, and I am not a big fan of level scaling and dissatisfied with their fix for it
I probably wasn't in the running to get this game on release, will have to see how it turns out, I liked Morrowind and Oblivion though, I hope its recognizable as an elder scrolls game
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It can't be any worse than Oblivion, that's for sure.
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You know what. The only thing i still hope is that the engine isn't complete crap, this so that there's little modders hold back from "fixing" (which doesn't even respectfuly describe what they do) the game. But i'm not buying before then anyways.
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I'm surprised its not multiplayer...
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- "The site and the person who runs it, have absolutely no relationship with Lucasfilm or George Lucas. The person who runs it has never met nor talked to George Lucas. So-called information, "scoops", and interviews on the site are complete fabrications. Lucasfilm has taken action against the site several times when it has attempted to solicit fans' money under false pretenses."
- ―Pablo Hidalgo
SuperShadow is the alias of the person or persons behind SuperShadow.com, an infamous website that posts so-called Star Wars news, images and FAQs. The many completely unverifiable claims, most notably that he is friends with George Lucas and possesses advanced copies of screenplays, have made him a controversial figure among Star Wars fans.
The only biographical details on his website are as follows:
"As you would expect, all information regarding SuperShadow is above top secret (classified at the highest level). Currently, nothing is known about SuperShadow except that SS is very close, personal friends with George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars."
The Whois service reveals that supershadow.com is owned by Mickey Suttle, of Hickory, North Carolina, who also appears to own a law firm. His location is also stated on FindLaw.[1] The owner of the SuperShadow.com domain also owns MickeySuttle.com [2]
The SuperShadow website first appeared during the production of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace [source?]. He released "exclusive" information and claimed to be an Industrial Light & Magic employee and friend of George Lucas [source?]. One day later, the following disclaimer appeared:
This web site has no association with Lucasfilm. SuperShadow.com is a fan operated web site that makes no claims as to the copyrights held by Lucasfilm regarding Star Wars. Star Wars, its characters and all related items are copyright Lucasfilm.
To this day, Suttle still says he is friends with George Lucas, but he no longer claims to be employed by him or have any "official" connection to Star Wars.
He continued posting "news", which turned out to be fake with the exception of stories that appeared on other websites earlier in the day [source?]. He attracted controversy again when he claimed to be in possession of the script for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, even though George Lucas had not finished writing it at the time [source?]. SuperShadow's source was "Brad Bender, head of Lucasfilm Internet Relations" [source?]. There has never been a Brad Bender employed by Lucasfilm [source?], but this was all made academic when Episode II turned out to be nothing like SuperShadow's version of the story [source?]. His excuse was that the script he'd received was a "Rough Draft" [source?].
SuperShadow claimed that he had read the script for Episode III, but could not post any information about it due to copyright restrictions [source?]. After enough spoiler information had been released about Episode III to cobble together some kind of basic plot, he posted what he claimed to be the script—it contains only a brief rundown of each scene and no dialogue [source?].
He also claims that Lucasfilm released the title "Revenge of the Sith" earlier than expected (July instead of November) because one of his readers had successfully guessed it [source?].
During a Q&A session with fans in February 2008, Shadow claimed that he and Lucas met during the 1990's. According to Shadow, Lucas saw one of his documentaries on extraterrestrials, and was so impressed that he contacted Shadow, beginning their "friendship". [source?]"
At the very least, Shadow seems to have admitted he is from North Carolina, or at least has ties to the area. During the 2007 NCAA Basketball tournament, Shadow mentioned how "his" University of North Carolina Tarheels were going up against "Lucas's" USC Trojans [source?].
SuperShadow's Q&A
SuperShadow has attracted a legion of fans who send him their questions, which he answers on his website every day or so. These questions pertain to Star Wars history, trivia, and the upcoming movies. These appear on the index page of his site, with the answers in bold text following the questions. An example:
O.K., SS, you promised a long, long time ago and now you must tell us the real Episode III title. Finally someone guessed so speak! Great site and congratulations from Canary Islands, Spain. (SuperShadow: Wish I could, but I just promised Lucas a few days ago that I would not reveal the actual title for Episode 3. The Episode 3 title will be announced on www.starwars.com in November-December 2004.)
Suttle often contradicts himself. For example, originally he claimed that Darth Imperius (a character that does not exist in Star Wars canon) was Darth Sidious's Sith master. Then SuperShadow posted some so-called spoilers for Episode III, which include this apparent quote from the movie:
"Darth Plagueis was my master. He taught me the key to his power," Palpatine said. Suddenly, Palpatine's voice turned cold, and old: "...before I killed him."
This was only half correct because in the final version of Episode III, Palpatine did not explicitly state he killed his master, but that he referred to himself in the third person without revealing who he was. The quote is actually from the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, and was originally posted on millenniumfalcon.com. Regardless, the master was Plagueis, not Imperius.
On March 28, 2005, it appeared that his website was suspended, although it stated "for billing purposes". However, he soon returned.
On March 5, 2008, under The George Lucas Questions and answers, the following conversation was posted
"George, I've got an excellent proposition for you and your only true friend SuperShadow. Here's my plan: You orchestrate your immense fame and wealth to become the world tyrant over every nation of Earth. You would establish one religion, one government, one economy and so forth. This is not borrowed from the biblical ends times as you might at first surmise. This is something new and much more bold. My original concept does not involve any pacts with demonic entities or enlightened creatures of any kind.
Furthermore, you would round up and capture the unlimited number of Russian and Chinese spies, which infest the United States and Western Europe. The ones SS is always referring to. Obviously, SS would be your second in command and I'd be third since it's based on my brilliant schemes.
After you've conquered the world, you would set up bases on Venus and Saturn. You'd give us all flying UFO cars and robots that look better than super models. You're the only person capable of making it work flawlessly. Please consider this seriously. The planet needs you more than ever. God bless, praise Jesus and access the Holy Spirit!"
"George Lucas" then responded as the following:
"George Lucas: Shadow and I sometimes spend time discussing the events portrayed in the Book of Revelation from Christianity. It's intriguing to wonder if the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet are alive today. What would they be doing right now? More importantly, why are they waiting, what seems like forever, to initiate their grand plot of global control?
Many of you are probably laughing uncontrollably about now because it does seem extremely silly and far fetched. Yet I have to admit I have the characteristics and skills necessary to rule the entire world. There is so much good I could bring to everyone. I could bring a new world order for mankind that would be beyond description.
However, it's not realistic to dream of such things. There is no one here amongst us who is smart enough to take over civilization. Granted someone from an extremely advanced extraterrestrial species would have the necessary genius to establish what you offer to me, but it's impossible for such entities from outside our solar system to be real. There will never be a united world. It's not going to happen. Thanks for having such a positive outlook on life. I wish you well because you are a fantastic person."
Also, on his Q&A, SuperShadow often tells fans that their ideas are "gold, excellent" and they will be forwarded to Lucas.
Star Wars sequel trilogies
SuperShadow claims to possess the scripts, or at least the outlines, for Episodes VII, VIII and IX of Star Wars. These involve an army of Dark Jedi on rocketpacks, a superweapon which creates black holes, and characters fighting clones of each other. There is a "preview script of episode 7" where Han Solo and Leia Organa's child teams up with Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade's child Ben Skywalker to fight Dark Jedi at the age of 2 according to the supplied timeline.
SuperShadow also claims that the sequel trilogy will not be made by Lucasfilm, but by SuperShadow himself, and the fans that support his website. He has specified that the shooting will begin in 2014, and he receives and posts many comments about it. (Recently, however, it was said in the "Lucas" Q&A that SuperShadow chose not to direct the sequels, delegating Episodes 7-9 to Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson and James Cameron respectively.)
His episodes 7-9 are titled "The Hidden Circle", "The Republic in Crisis" and "Victory of the Force". SuperShadow claims these scripts have been written by George Lucas, even though Lucas himself has said many times that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith will be the final Star Wars film [source?]. It can be noted that on the sequel trilogy "scripts" on his site, several Star Wars related words are spelled incorrectly. Some examples of misspelled words are kyber (kaiburr), and light-saber (lightsaber).
Recently, SuperShadow has announced another sequel trilogy, consisting of Episodes X, XI and XII. He claims that R2-D2 and C-3PO won't be appearing in the trilogy. The main enemy of the second sequel trilogy is supposed to be the ultimate evil, the "Raverons".
SuperShadow also claims the sequels will feature a battle between an aged Mace Windu and Boba Fett, where Fett "finally gets his revenge" against Windu for the death of his father. This, however, would be impossible, as Windu is canonically dead. However, SuperShadow insists that Windu survived both Palpatine's Force lightning attack and the subsequent fall from his office window, and went into hiding.[3]
The two Star Wars TV series
In response to a question posted on October 2, 2005 by a fan about the two Star Wars TV series: the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars and the live-action series, SuperShadow responded that "I have been given full control over the Star Wars TV shows. Expect greatness."[source?]
Most powerful Jedi Knights and Sith Lords
There is a ranking system on the website that contains characters from the Star Wars movies, the Expanded Universe, and others which appear nowhere except SuperShadow.com. Suttle [source?] claims that these characters correspond with George Lucas's "vision" of Star Wars, even though most do not have published stories or profiles on StarWars.com.
History of the Jedi and Sith
An exhaustive history of the Jedi Knights and their enemies, the Sith. Very little of it has canon to back it up.
Midi-chlorian list
SuperShadow claims to have invented the concept of midi-chlorians, and has compiled a list of each character and their midi-chlorian count. Most of these characters are not recognized by Lucasfilm and only appear on SuperShadow.com.
He has said that General Grievous, who is not Force-sensitive, has many midi-chlorians. He also once claimed Wicket W. Warrick has a -1 midi-chlorian count [source?].
He also claims that Darth Sidious has as many midi-chlorians because he wears a "kyber" crystal around his neck.
History of Star Wars
A timeline of the Star Wars phenomenon, starting in 1973 with the release of George Lucas's second film, American Graffiti. For an unexplained reason, "Star Wars" is always highlighted in blue and "History" in yellow.
SuperShadow's galactic map
While he does not claim to own this image of the Star Wars galaxy, SuperShadow was very careful to blackout the accreditations of the image's creator: E.S.P of Nav-Computer.com.
SuperShadow's Episode III cameo
In the midi-chlorian list, SuperShadow claims to have a cameo in Episode III starring as a Jedi Knight named Nebar Foxis. In the "Brief History of the Jedi and Sith", a historical account posted on his site, Nebar Foxis is described as "the best looking male Jedi of his time". He claims he is the Jedi with long hair fighting Anakin Skywalker in the security hologram, but this is really Nick Gillard playing Cin Drallig.
This claim was specifically debunked in Star Wars Insider 86.
- "Nebar Foxis doesn't exist—it's another fan-created story that's spread across the Internet, but there is no such character in Star Wars."
- ―Pablo Hidalgo
In a Question on September 3, 2007, he claimed to also be in the Pod Race Crowd in Episode I, and sitting behind Obi-Wan at Dex's Diner in Episode II (when this is really a CGI character called Rednax).
Star Wars fan fiction
SuperShadow's readers send in their own stories, which he posts. The section is mostly concerned with Episode III fanscripts.
SuperShadow's "Interviews"
Also on his home page he has falsified interviews that are supposedly with actors Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, and many others.
SuperShadow's filmography
This page claims that "SuperShadow is one of the world's premier documentary film makers, although none of his films have been found by SS, or Anti-SS, Fans. SuperShadow specializes in films about the paranormal, cryptozoology and extraterrestrials", and lists about two dozen documentaries, none of which exist outside of SuperShadow.com.
SuperShadow's girlfriend
SuperShadow has posted numerous glamour photos of women he claims are his girlfriend(s).[4] As of January 2006, the images are taken from the public section of Bullz-Eye.com[5], a subscription-based bikini model website, of a woman named Lauren. The images have been noticeably edited to smudge out the copyright owner information and date.
As of April 2006, he removed the picture gallery of Lauren and replaced it with the previous lingerie model picture[4] as well as a link to a page of "SuperShadow's Girlfriends wearing the Princess Leia bikini from Return of the Jedi"[6] which appears to be a gallery of random female fans wearing homemade "slave Leia" outfits at fan conventions or Star Wars themed parties. The first photo shows a male Star Wars fan standing next to the woman in a slave Leia costume, with his face edited out. This man is Jonathan L. Bowen, a fan who attended Star Wars Celebration 3.[7]
As usual, these new pictures are copied directly from other sites; for example, Kerri Valkova's costume page.[8] Other images were plundered from a site devoted to Leia's metal bikini.[9]
Another picture is of a woman wearing a Leia outfit at a Star Wars themed party or convention with a "painted on" top and bottom (only the "loin cloth" and boots are real), taken from another website.
In late 2003, SuperShadow posted photos of blogger Nikita Kashner, claiming her name was "Amber Castlerose" and that she was his new girlfriend. Once Kashner became aware of the situation, she posted her thoughts on her blog, making fun of SuperShadow by saying, "yes, and I have a pet dinosaur made out of gold in my backyard, that eats spoons."[10]
In late June 2006, he removed all the pictures without explanation and the page simply reads "Supershadow's Girlfriend." Many speculate that he is having legal troubles with one of these women [source?].
As of September 2006, the lingerie model magazine scan has reappeared again, with the usual text. Her true identity is still unknown.
He has also been noted to have directly taken one of the fanmade desktop wallpapers from rabbittooth.com. This was the Leia Organa Solo wallpaper, featuring her in her famous Jabba slave bikini. He provides no credit to rabbittooth.com which explicitly requires such if any of its images are to be used elsewhere.
As of October 15, 2009 it now says "Super Shadows Hot Girlfriend".
SuperShadow's claims and fanon creations
In his and "Lucas's replies, Suttle [source?] often mentions characters, events and other in-universe entities that do not actually exist in Star Wars canon and are not mentioned in any published works. Besides the aforementioned Nebar Foxis, a Jedi allegedly played by SuperShadow himself, notable creations of Suttle include Kaja Sinis and Darth Scarz (who are said to be the first Jedi and Sith who existed), Grentarik, Yoda's alleged homeworld, and that Yoda's species is a Whill, among many others. He also gave names to some characters who only have one name in canon, such as Dantius Palpatine, Jard Dooku, and Yoda D'kana. Suttle also has stated that Jango Fett and Boba Fett are merely bounty hunters and have no real connection to the Mandalorians.
As per page 53 of his Q&A archives, Suttle has also claimed that if Luke had joined the Dark Side, his new Sith name would have been Darth Mortimer.
On page 37 of the same archives, however, he claims that Luke would have his Sith name designated as Darth Secretus.
Suttle presents his creations as part of "George Lucas's true vision of Star Wars". The Expanded Universe, he claims, is "fake" and exists only to make money for Lucasfilm Ltd., even though Suttle himself freely uses Expanded Universe material in his own replies and sequel trilogy claims, regarding at least some of its characters as valid. To date, he has made numerous other claims about Star Wars, Lucas, and Lucasfilm, many of which are not supported by any official sources.
Suttle even occasionally makes bizarre claims that have nothing to do with Star Wars. He's claimed to have connections to the Illuminati, as well as having detailed knowledge about secret Chinese and Russian operations in the United States. Suttle has even claimed that he and Lucas are responsible for the recent success of the University of Southern California football team. Suttle has also claimed to be under the orders of what he calls the "nonsense gods".
During a Q&A session with "George Lucas," Suttle mentions how he and Lucas have a luxury box in the Los Angeles Coliseum where they watch every USC Trojan football game. However, the Los Angeles Coliseum has no "luxury boxes".
Other websites
Mickey Suttle owns several URLs which redirect to supershadow.com:
- supershadows.com
- sirsteveguide (not sirstevesguide)
- jamescameron.net
- ridleyscott.net
- darthrage.com
- generalgrievous.net
- sstarwars.com
- starwarss.com
- starwarssequel.com
In addition, he owns mickeysuttle.com, which shows an alleged image of Suttle (which is actually an early photo of Darth Maul actor Ray Park) and contains dozens of links to supershadow.com.
Lucasfilm response
In issue #90 (November-December 2006) of the Star Wars Insider, Lucasfilm's Pablo Hidalgo stated in response to a question about SuperShadow:
- "The site and the person who runs it, have absolutely no relationship with Lucasfilm or George Lucas. The person who runs it has never met nor talked to George Lucas. So-called information, "scoops", and interviews on the site are complete fabrications. Lucasfilm has taken action against the site several times when it has attempted to solicit fans' money under false pretenses."
- ―Pablo Hidalgo
- SuperShadow.com
- About the REAL SuperShadow by Steven 'Chancellor Jetzt' Aldis and Brandon "Jedimasterbac" Rhea
- Star Wars Insider 86
- Star Wars Insider 90
Notes and references
- ↑ as seen in Findlaw.com, here and here
- ↑ mickeysuttle.com
- ↑ Interview with 'George Lucas'
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 SuperShadow's Girlfriend 3
- ↑ Lauren: Bullz-Eye.com Featured Model (February 2004)
- ↑ SuperShadow's Girlfriend 4
- ↑ Celebration III - lightsabre.co.uk
- ↑ Kerri Valkova - costumes and stuff - Princess Leia Slave Girl
- ↑ Colleen - leiasmetalbikini.com
- ↑ Nikita Kashner - Kitta.net


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Decorate your little girl's space with these sweet little door hangers from me & my BIG ideas®.
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Material List
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Name plaque:
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Trim argyle coordinated paper 4" x 7" and attach centered onto cardstock.
Punch holes at top of plaque equal distant and string ribbon through to create hanger.
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Complete by using butterfly embellishments.
Door Hanger:
Cut standard chipboard 4" x 8" and pink patterned paper from paper pad the same size and attach.
Trim argyle coordinating paper from pad 2" x 8" and adhere centered vertically on to hanger.
Cut 3" circle from additional coordinated paper, attach to top of hanger and add "little princess" chipboard sticker to center.
Punch a hole on top right and left corners and string ribbon through to create hanger.
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"The fine print": Information for
Incoming CDS Graduate Students
Topics include: graduate student status and classification, the 12-unit rule, ASHA coursework, and course substitutions
1. What is involved in post-admission processing, academic advisement and getting my first classes?
Once a student accepts the Department's offer of admission to the graduate program in speech-language pathology, there are several additional administrative steps necessary to complete preparation for the first semester of instruction. One of these steps is that the Department makes a decision whether the student is qualified for CLASSIFIED status or CONDITIONALLY CLASSIFIED status. This decision is made on an individual basis after the Department reviews all of each new student's existing coursework and compares it to the Department's, University's, and ASHA's requirements. Requirements such as a missing course in basic biological science, the CSU Writing Proficiency Examination, need to take a clinic, or a low GRE score are reasons for determination of CONDITIONALLY CLASSIFIED status (these become priorities for the first or second semester at CSUN).
Once that decision is made, a form is sent by the Department to the Office of Admission and Records (A&R) to place the incoming graduate student into the proper category. When A&R receives and processes the classification document from the Department, the student can contact the University's Office of Financial Aid for assistance.
During June and July, incoming graduate students should contact the Department for academic advisement. This is necessary in order to receive "permission numbers" for registering in classes for Fall 2008. A permission number reserves a specific seat in a specific class. Since nearly all of the Department's classes have enrollment restricted to permission numbers only, enrollment is tightly controlled for the benefit of eligible students. Emphasis in academic advisement for the first semester is on fulfillment of any conditions so that advancement to CLASSIFIED status can occur as soon as possible.
2. What is the 12-unit rule and how does it affect me?
The 12-unit rule applies to CONDITIONALLY CLASSIFIED graduate students. It states that a student must complete all conditions by the time that 12 units of coursework are completed for the Master's degree contract are completed. Note that only the final 30 units (these are 500 and 600-level lecture classes) of the academic program count for the 12-unit rule.
For example: If you take 6 units at the 500-level in the first semester and 6 units at the 500 and 600-level in the second term (because you also are taking 5 to 8 units of 400-level classes at the same time each semester), you must have completed all conditions before any more 500 and 600-level classes receive final grades in the third term.
The purpose of this common-sense rule is to focus the attention of the students and the Department upon completion of all outstanding pre-requisities and conditions early in a student's academic career in graduate school. Ordinarily, you can expect to complete any conditions you may have by the end of your second semester, if not sooner.
In late May 2008, an email letter was sent to each incoming graduate student describing the critieria for advancing to CLASSIFIED status. A portion of that letter, detailing the criteria for CLASSIFIED status is found in the answer to the next question.
3. What are the criteria for CLASSIFIED status?
Classified Status:
If you enter with "Classified" status, it is because you already have met all six of the following requirements:
1. You graduated from Cal State Northridge; or have graduated from another California State University campus and have already provided us with a copy of a passing score on the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Examination (WPE); and,
2. You previously took and passed (with a grade of B or better) a clinical practicum in which you accrued client contact hours; and,
3. You have taken and passed all of our department's 400-level lecture courses, or the equivalent from another university; and,
4. You have taken and passed all four of the required basic science subjects necessary for ASHA certification. These are one course each in biological science, physical science, mathematics, and social science.
5. You had at least one subtest on the GRE or an MAT score that exceeded the 50th percentile.
6. You received a baccalaureate degree prior to Spring 2008.
Conditionally Classified Status:
If you begin your graduate program as "Conditionally Classified", your first task is to satisfy the specific conditions. As soon as those conditions are met, you and your academic advisor will fill out a request form for you to advance to "Classified" status. Once you are in "Classified" status, you and your advisor will complete a form, called the "Program of Study", that specifies the final 30 semester units for the Master of Science degree. When the "Program of Study" is accepted by the Graduate School, your status will change to "Candidacy". As a degree candidate, you complete these final classes and pass the comprehensive examination to receive the M.S. degree. This sounds complicated at first, but the process is similar to passing from freshman, to sophomore, to junior, and finally, senior status in college.
The conditions necessary to achieve "Classified" status are divided into three groups.
The first group of conditions consists of University requirements. These are:
1. Pass the writing examination, abbreviated as "the WPE". If you graduated from Cal State Northridge, you already have evidence of passing this test on your CSUN transcript. If you graduated from another California State University campus, you must provide us with a copy of the passing score. If you graduated from any other public or private university, you must take and pass the WPE in the Fall 2008 or Spring 2009 term.
2. Appeal a low score on the GRE or MAT by petition, if needed. The appeal is required if you did not have at least one subtest on the GRE or an MAT score exceeding the 50th percentile. Your advisor will let you know if this will be necessary.
3. Graduate from college. A final, official transcript must be provided to the University Office of Admissions and Records if you are graduating from college in either the Spring 2008 or Summer 2008 terms. An informal copy of this transcript must be provided to our department office at the same time.
The second group of conditions consists of certain course requirements for ASHA professional certification. You probably fulfilled these requirements with the general education courses in your baccalaureate degree. Your academic advisor will review your transcript to see if you have met these. ASHA certification and CAA-ASHA program accreditation standards require that these subjects are completed by students at the beginning of graduate studies, if not part of undergraduate preparation. These courses may be lower or upper division courses (they may be from a community college or four-year college). They must qualify for credit toward a college degree (i.e., college extension classes do not count), but may be taken after graduating from college. There is no minimum or maximum number of semester or quarter units for any course. The four required courses are:
1. One course in biological science. If not taken in the Biology Department at CSUN, this must be a course that is transferable to CSUN in the discipline of biology.
2. One course in physical science. Applicable subjects are physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy.
3. One course in mathematics. If not taken in the Department of Mathematics at CSUN, this must be a course taken elsewhere in a mathematics department and transferable to CSUN as a math course. A developmental mathematics course will not count. A course in statistics, taken in a mathematics department, will qualify. A course in statistics, taken in any other discipline, will not. Educational methods classes in mathematics will not qualify (e.g., Mathematics for Elementary Teachers).
4. One course in social sciences. Again, if not taken at CSUN, it must be a course that is transferable to CSUN. The disciplines for this category include psychology, sociology, gender studies, family and child studies, political science and economics.
As an alternative, if you have taken an Advanced Placement course in high school, and taken the AP examination with a score of 3, 4, or 5, in any of the four areas, as described above, and received college credit (it must be shown on your college transcript) toward a college degree, it can satisfy any of the ASHA requirements. Taking a high school AP course alone will not fulfill the requirements. If your college did not recognize the AP class for credit on your transcript, it will not count.
The third group of conditions comprise the 400-level courses in the department's curriculum for speech-language pathology. Even if you have an undergraduate degree in communication disorders from CSUN or elsewhere, you must have either all of these courses or the equivalent courses in order to fulfill the pre-requisite requirements of the ASHA Knowledge and Skills Acquisition (KASA). Anything missing from the list below will be identified as part of the conditions for assignment to "Classified" standing:
1. Basic block courses: CD 405 Phonetics; CD 410 Hearing Science; CD 415 Speech and Language Development; CD 442 Speech Science
2. Disorders in speech and language: CD 450 Fluency and Voice Disorders; CD 451 Articulatory and Phonological Disorders; CD 462 Language Disorders I; CD 469A Diagnostics; also CD 480 Early Intervention and CD 485 Computer Applications in Communication Disorders can be counted for Classified status (both are also needed to meet ASHA KASA requirements).
3. Audiology: CD 445 Audiometry or Hearing Conservation or CD 446 Auditory Habilitation (one is needed for Classified status, both are needed to meet ASHA KASA requirements).
4. Clinical practica: CD 469O Clinical Observation; then, CD 469B Diagnostics Practicum or CD 465 Clinical Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology (one is needed for Classified status; both are needed to meet ASHA KASA requirements).
In your first year of study, you also may take 500 and 600-level classes for which you are qualified in the department. Remember, however, that the 500 and 600-level courses are the ones that count toward the "12-unit rule" (you must achieve "Classified" status before you complete 12 units of the final 30 units of the graduate degree).
4. How do I apply for CLASSIFIED status?
As soon as you believe that you have met the criteria for CLASSIFIED status, contact your academic advisor. The formal petition for advancement to CLASSIFIED status is initiated by your advisor, who submits the form to the Department office. In the Department office, certain documents (such as evidence of completion of the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam) are attached to this petition and it is reviewed and signed by the Department Chair. The signed petition and accompanying documents are forwarded to the Office of Graduate Studies for their review and approval. Once approved by the Office of Graduate Studies, the student will receive a confirmation in the mail, sent by the Office of Graduate Studies.
You can apply for CLASSIFIED status at any time during the calendar year. You do not have to wait until the end of a semester or the beginning of an academic year.
Your first regular opportunity to meet with your faculty advisor will be at mid-term in the Fall 2008 semester in order to plan for Spring 2009 classes and beyond. That will be a good time to review the conditions for CLASSIFIED status and start the petition if you already qualify.
5. I'm in the wrong category...I should be CLASSIFIED now...what do I do?
When you meet with your academic advisor at mid-term in the Fall 2008 semester, review your status and request the initiation of the petition for CLASSIFIED status. Being CONDITIONALLY CLASSIFIED for the Fall 2008 semester does not affect your financial aid, good academic standing, eligibility for classes in the Fall 2008 term or progress toward your M.S. degree. It is possible that the Department office had not yet received a final college transcript, a transcript from a community college for one of the basic science classes that are required by ASHA, a report on the passing of the Upper Division Writing Test, or other documentation at the time that the preliminary review of status was made during late May through early July 2008. It's also possible that the initial classification was just wrong. Submission of the petition for CLASSIFIED status by the end of the first semester in the case of mis-classification easily rectifies this situation.
6. What's the distinction among: PBU - CONDITIONALLY CLASSIFIED - CLASSIFIED - CANDIDACY?
PBU means "Post-Baccalaureate Undeclared Major". This is a student admitted to the Graduate School, but not as yet admitted to a specific degree-granting graduate program.
CONDITIONALLY CLASSIFIED means that a student has been admitted both to the Graduate School and to a degree-granting graduate program, but has specific conditions to fulfill before advancing any further toward the degree.
CLASSIFIED means that the student has fulfilled any conditions specified at the beginning of the course of study toward the graduate degree.
CANDIDACY or DEGREE CANDIDATE means that the student has submitted and received approval of the final plan of study toward the graduate degree. In the M.S. program in speech-language pathology, the final course of study consists of 30 semester units of specific coursework at the 500 and 600-level of classes. In the final semester of this course of study, the student must take and pass the University's requirement of a culminating experience, the comprehensive examination.
7. I took some of the graduate courses while I was in college that are similar subjects to what you teach in the graduate program at CSUN. Why won't you count them?
The curriculum for the graduate program in speech-language pathology at CSUN consists entirely of required courses. There are no elective classes. The curriculum addresses the requirements of the University for a graduate degree, as well as the requirements for state licensure, state education credential and ASHA's Certificate of Clinical Competence.
One or more previously taken courses might be credited as meeting a graduate required course(s), but there are quite a few possible explanations of why they won't be used for credit.
There is a difference between using a previous course for credit toward the requirements of ASHA's Certificate of Clinical Competence, California state licensure, and California state education credential (or the license or credential of any other state) and using a previous course as a transfer for credit toward a CSUN graduate degree. First, let's address the issue of transferring a previous course for credit toward a graduate degree. Transferring a course means that CSUN accepts a course taken at another institution for degree-granting purposes. CSUN has a number of restrictions on transferring units toward a graduate degree. Among these are: a) Any course taken in college, whether listed as an undergraduate or as a graduate course, that was used for credit toward a baccalaureate degree cannot be used again for credit toward a graduate degree. b) CSUN does not allow any course taken in an undergraduate term prior to the final term of college to be counted toward a graduate degree at CSUN. c) A previous course in college that was taken as credit-no credit, even if taken in the last semester of college and not used for the baccalaureate degree, may not meet the University's requirement that courses for the M.S. degree must have a letter grade. d) A limit of 9 units toward a graduate degree may be taken from outside the graduate program of one's own Department, but only with specific permission of the Department.
If a CSUN undergraduate has taken a 500-level course in Communication Disorders and Sciences in the final semester of study for the BA degree, and the course was not counted toward the BA degree, that course may be petitioned for transfer for credit toward the M.S. degree. This is the most likely circumstance for transfer of a course for credit toward the M.S. degree, since it is exactly the course to be taken in the graduate program. In this case, the student should request credit by petition to the Graduate School. This petition can be discussed with the academic advisor during the first advisement session in Fall 2008. The petition itself cannot be submitted until the student has attained CANDIDACY status, but the petition form can be completed and retained in the student's folder until the appropriate time for submission to the Graduate School.
The second consideration is the possibility of waiving a CSUN course, that ordinarily would be taken as a graduate student, in order to substitute another graduate course to reach enough units for the degree. This might happen if the student had taken coursework on a subject, at a sufficient level of study, that completely overlapped a similar graduate course in the Department's program. The question in this case is not whether the student receives credit toward the degree, but whether the student already has demonstrated competency in the subject matter at the level of CSUN's graduate course so that another graduate course can be substituted. In recent years, some universities have started offering such subjects as neuroanatomy/neurophysiology, research methods, and pediatric audiology as undergraduate courses. In nearly all cases, simply taking an undergraduate course in one of these subjects does not qualify as competency at a graduate level of study and does not qualify for waiver consideration.
If a CSUN graduate course is waived, the Department must approve a substitute course. The substitute course must be approved for use on the M.S. Course of Study (the so-called "Master's Contract") by submitting a petition to the Graduate School once the student has reached the status of CANDIDACY.


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Spanish Springs' and Reed's volleyball teams started their season on the right foot this weekend in the 23rd annual Las Vegas Invitational. The highly-competitive tournament featured 40 of the top teams from the region.
The Cougars finished in a tie for fifth place while the Raiders dropped their second game in the 'silver' bracket.
Spanish Springs was the only team from northern Nevada to advance to the 'gold' bracket, the eight-team single-elimination bracket for the tournament title. The Cougars were ousted by Green Valley in the second round, the same team they beat for the state crown last fall.
Coach Frank Sandemonico's group finished 6-2 on the tournament, a particularly impressive feat playing in a pool that Sandemonico described as "stacked."
"I'm really happy to finish in golds," Sandemonico said. "Overall, we played pretty well."
Despite the seven-hour drive and the large field, it was Spanish Springs that sent Reed into the silver bracket, knocking off the Raiders 2-1.
"Frank (Sandemonico) and I were actually joking about that," Reed coach Kristen Flagvedt said.
Flagvedt said the hope when traveling that distance, and playing in a tournament like the one in Vegas, is to play teams they haven't seen before.
"We made a few more mistakes than I would have liked (against Spanish Springs)," Flagvedt said.
Reed booted Lincoln 2-1 in the first round of the silver bracket before falling to Foothill by the same score.
Last week Flagvedt said one of her biggest concerns going into 2013 was getting her group to play as a team. Her team's play over the weekend helped calm that unease.
"We really gelled this weekend…,"Flagvedt said. "We're headed in the right direction going into the season."


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