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and edit the {{ic|/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/}} key. You may want to change {{ic|https/}}, {{ic|about/}}, and {{ic|unknown/}} keys while you're at it.
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== Maintaining settings for multiple desktop environments ==
== Maintaining settings for multiple desktop environments ==
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There are numerous places to configure default applications on Linux. This page will attempt to address problems related to the following issues:
- You need to change a certain default application (e.g. after switching desktop environments), but there appears to be nowhere to configure it, or an application ignores your configuration
- You regularly switch back and forth between several desktop environments, and need to configure some applications (e.g. file manager) on a per-desktop-environment basis, but need to configure others (e.g. web browser) globally
- 1 Changing a default application
- 2 Custom File Associations
- 3 Maintaining settings for multiple desktop environments
- 4 Troubleshooting
Changing a default application
xdg-open is a desktop-independent tool for configuring default applications.
Exactly how it works
This is currently very shaky because the standard in question (relevant freedesktop.org document, "Default application ordering" section) is still not finalised and it is even less correctly implemented.
What happens with the current version of xdg-open (extra/xdg-utils 1.1.0rc1-3) is the following: xdg-open uses xdg-mime (among other things; if you use a mainstream DE like GNOME, KDE or LXDE, xdg-open might try using their specific tools before xdg-mime) to find the MIME type of the file that is to be opened and the default application associated with that MIME type. xdg-mime looks for the default application in the following files:
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list (global) ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list (per user, overrides global)
The syntax of these files is:
[Default Applications] mimetype=desktopfile1;desktopfile2;...;desktopfileN
[Default Applications] text/html=firefox.desktop;chromium.desktop
The intent is to be able to specify applications in order of preference so the next would be selected if the previous is unavailable. However, xdg-open is currently broken and specifying more than one application for a single MIME type will result in none being used. Be sure to specify only one application per MIME type.
Also see xdg-open for more information on what affects its behaviour. This information is sufficient for a user to configure default applications on Arch currently.
How it should work
However, the behaviour described in the previous section is actually wrong according to the quoted standard draft. defaults.list should only be used by distributions/DEs to specify sane defaults for that particular environment. This file should only be placed in
/usr/share/applications/, it should be a system-wide setting and it should not be changed by users. Instead, users should use the files
/usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list (global) and
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list (per user, overrides global) to specify custom file associations. The syntax of these files is as follows:
[Added Associations] mimetype=desktopfile1;desktopfile2;...;desktopfileN ... [Removed Associations] mimetype=desktopfile1;desktopfile2;...;desktopfileN
The [Added Associations] section is used to specify preferred (default) applications in decreasing order of preference for the specified MIME type. The [Removed Associations] section is used to explicitly remove any previously inherited associations.
Note that the upstream, yet unreleased xdg-utils were fixed to use mimeapps.list instead of defaults.list but the xdg-open bug (specifying multiple applications breaks it completely) still remains.
Currently, the best option is to use mimeoAUR, which implements everything explained above correctly. There is also xdg-utils-mimeoAUR which provides a patched xdg-open to use mimeo. Both are available in AUR.
Gnome 3
The xdg-open settings are usually recognized by Gnome, but if they aren't, there are still other methods.
As far as I can tell, on Gnome 3, there are two configuration systems, GConf (older) and dconf (newer). GConf can be configured with
gconf-editor; in particular, you can try messing with the
/desktop/gnome/applications/ key, but changing settings there didn't fix any problems I had. dconf can be configured with the
gsettings command.
To configure the default terminal for the package nautilus-open-terminal to Konsole, use
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec konsole $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec-arg "'-e'"
The second command tells
konsole to expect a command to be passed to it as part of the invocation. nautilus-open-terminal needs this because it passes a
cd command in order to switch to the appropriate directory. For example, opening a terminal in your
~/Desktop directory will invoke something like
$ konsole -e cd "~/Desktop"
Web browser
To configure the web browser used by the AUR package gnome-gmail-notifier, run
$ gconf-editor
and edit the
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/ key. You may want to change
about/, and
unknown/ keys while you're at it.
Custom File Associations
The following method creates a custom mime type and file association manually. This is useful if your desktop does not have a mime type/file association editor installed. In this example, a fictional multimedia application 'foobar' will be associated with all '*.foo' files. This will be done a per user basis (as opposed to system-wide).
- First, create the file
$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/mime/packages $ cd ~/.local/share/mime/packages $ touch application-x-foobar.xml
- Then edit
~/.local/share/mime/packages/application-x-foobar.xmland add this text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info"> <mime-type type="application/x-foobar"> <comment>foo file</comment> <icon name="application-x-foobar"/> <glob-deleteall/> <glob pattern="*.foo"/> </mime-type> </mime-info>
Note that you can use any icon, including one for another application.
- Next, edit or create the file
~/.local/share/applications/foobar.desktopto contain something like:
[Desktop Entry] Name=Foobar Exec=/usr/bin/foobar MimeType=application/x-foobar Icon=foobar Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=AudioVideo;Player;Video; Comment=
Note that Categories should be set appropriately for the application type (in this example, a multimedia app).
- Now update the mime database with:
$ update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime
Programs that use mime types, such as file managers, should now open '*.foo' files with foobar. (You may need to restart your file manager to see the change.)
Maintaining settings for multiple desktop environments
OnlyShowIn field of a .desktop file may be useful; see this page. I haven't tried setting this field yet; please update this wiki page if you have any info about using
Sometimes, a certain application will not appear in the right-click Open With... dialog. To fix this problem, locate the
.desktop file in
/usr/share/applications, edit it as root, and add
%U to the end of the
Exec= line. For example, Kile currently has this problem; you need to edit
/usr/share/applications/kde4/kile.desktop and change the line reading
Exec=kile to read
Exec=kile %U. Also, please file a bug against the upstream project if you notice this problem.
You may also have to edit the
MimeTypes list in the
.desktop file if you install extensions that allow an application to handle additional MIME types.


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Journalists and other technical writers report information to their audiences. They convey information with enough details to get through the facts, fill the required space and appease their editors. Unless the story is "breaking news" for the journalist or the report is required reading by the boss, most of us hit the high spots and move on. Naturally, we do not want our descendants to treat our family stories and childhood memories in that manner.
Like the novelist, the family historian must engage their audience in such a way as to ensure the readers will continue reading the story. The key to all this is to provide enough descriptive detail to entice the reader into caring about the characters and the situation. Descriptive language is used to create images in the reader's mind and to enhance the story. Description must exist as part of the action and emotion of a character. Show how the characters behave and what they think through their actions and emotions. Do not just state (tell) an action or emotion.
And how does one do this?
For most people, the easiest way is to write the memory or family story focusing on the facts of the event, and then revise to add more detail, description, feelings, emotion, etc.
As you revise, it is important to be aware of your intended audience. Other than the facts of the situation, what would your audience like to know about their grandmother or a great-great uncle? Attach personality traits to your characters, but not by just stating that she was a strict person or he was the benevolent peacemaker. Do not tell, but show these traits through the character's actions. What did great-grandmother do which indicated she was strict? How did others react to her behavior?
While you are revising your writing, notice the boring verbs and nouns. Replace those with exciting nouns and verbs to pull your reader into the story. For example, do not continue to say "my uncle Harry" or "he." Describe Uncle Harry by referencing one of his traits. Begin a sentence with The old codger or As the peacemaker. These types of phrases not only reveal more about your character, but they alert the reader's brain into thinking of Uncle Harry as more than just an uncle.
Besides showing what your characters are like, you must attend to the scenery with the same great care. It is easy to say She sat down with a cup of tea to write the letter, but it is much more interesting to describe the hiss of the kettle disrupting the silence and the evening shadows cast by the last light through the window, in order to set the mood of the letter writer in such terms that the reader sees a vivid picture of the scene and feels they are that preverbal "fly on the wall."
Writing with descriptive evidence helps the reader make determinations about the character's personality and behavior, thus, helping the reader evaluate that person. Getting the reader involved with the story in this manner entices the reader to move through the story with interest. They are not just reading words; they are getting involved and starting to understand the dynamics of their ancestors' lives.
Just telling a story does not speak to the imagination of the reader. Every writer wants to be read and will be read if that imagination is sparked.
Remember to show through actions and emotions the characteristics of your ancestors and to paint a picture with your words that will be etched in your reader's memory.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Revising To Show, Not Tell
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- Becky Jamison said...
I've never been a "writer", but now that I'm doing a blog, I find it's time to learn how to write! Thanks for the wonderful suggestions here.
- November 6, 2008 at 5:37 PM
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By: Walter Chen
For the last three months, I've been focused on one question: How do I publish at least one high quality article every single day that will increase sales?
In learning how to answer that question, I sold $20,000 of my product (iDoneThis) with content marketing alone. I'm going to share with you the 3 tricks to blogging that I learned over the last three months - all of these strategies can be easily applied to your ecommerce business. My mantra is simple: remix, reuse, and republish.
1. Don't create content, remix "de-risked" contentI used to fall into the trap of thinking that every time I sat down to write a blog post, I had to rewrite Ulysses from scratch. That meant that I usually just stared at my screen, unable to write down a single word.
Leo Widrich of Buffer advises the exact opposite approach: "Copy the hell out of others." While you should never steal another person's writing, you should always look at what content has been successful in your area and mimic it while making it your own.
I wrote a blog post that over 30,000 people read in less than an hour using Leo's technique. My product, iDoneThis, helps make people and teams more productive. So I knew that I wanted to write a blog post about personal productivity. Instead of racking my brain for ideas, I took to Hacker News, a popular link-sharing site, and searched "productivity".
The two links that got by far the most attention were: Marc Andreessen's Guide to Personal Productivity and Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret. I pulled out one interesting tip from Andreessen's guide on how he stays productive and made that interesting nugget an entire blog post. Then I played on the title of the successful Seinfeld post by calling my article, "Marc Andreessen's Productivity Trick to Feeling Marvelously Efficient."
I had no doubt that people would love my post because the content had already been de-risked. Sure enough, tens of thousands of people read, shared, and learned a valuable productivity technique from the article.
2. Reuse, reuse, reuse: one successful blog post is another successful blog post that's yet to be written.Writing just one blog post that strikes a chord with your audience is a huge accomplishment. Given how hard it is to write a single blog post that tens of thousands of people love, I used to feel paralyzed by the huge challenge of writing yet another post.
Then I began to wonder, had every single one of my potential customers seen my blog post? Wouldn't that snippet of knowledge that I'd shared also be useful and interesting to people who weren't on the receiving end of the distribution channels that I'd initially used?
This is how I began to realize that if I wrote just one successful blog post, I had the seeds to write many more successful blog posts.
That's when I realized that there were many people out there that hadn't read that one hit. I rewrote the article, condensing the originally longer narrative post into an easily digestible, useful "tips" post. It was published on Business Insider as 4 Secrets To Silicon Valley's Productivity where over 2,000 people read it:
3. Republishing creates leverage — it's like creating clones of yourself
I had an idea: even though my company iDoneThis was not in the content publishing game, wouldn't it be awesome if the iDoneThis blog could get in on this republishing game plan? Then I wouldn't have to remix or reuse articles, and they would automatically get republished for broader consumption.
I pitched the contributors editor at Business Insider with a simple value proposition. I have 5 articles that 10,000+ people have read, and I'm producing more high quality content every single day. Do you want my valuable, de-risked content for free?
She said yes, and now our best articles go on to Business Insider regularly, which helps spread the word about what we're doing at iDoneThis to thousands of people every day, and I don't have to lift a finger.
Conclusion: More content, more community, more profitContent helps you stand out from the fray, creates communities and trust in your voice, improves search optimization, and gets the word out and people in the door, whether that's a virtual or brick-and-mortar door.
Use the remix, reuse, and republish strategy to leverage the existence of great original content and your resources to maximize the ability to pique people's interest to click, try, and buy, and understand who you are and what you do.
Walter Chen is the CEO and founder of iDoneThis, an easy way for companies to track and celebrate what's getting done. He blogs about productivity, management, and starting a company on the iDoneThis Blog. Follow him on Twitter at @smalter.
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19 comments
December 12 2012, 10:41AM
Haha I wonder if this was 'remixed' from somewhere else?
December 12 2012, 10:52AM
This may well be a useful philosophy in terms of catching eyeballs / clicks / customers, but sometime someone is going to have to create something new… In this regard, I think Jonathon Colman has some great thoughts on content strategy: http://www.jonathoncolman.org/2012/11/26/we-can-do-better-than-this/
December 12 2012, 11:42AM
@Jennifer: It is, actually! The original post was a huge brain dump, and this is a refined version that represents a progression in my thinking. (http://blog.idonethis.com/post/36065976015/the-sprawling-guide-to-content-marketing-that-made-us)
@Hannah To me, quality and originality is of the utmost importance. The issue for me is how to create content that's high quality and original, but works in accordance with the way people consume content w.r.t. different channels on the web.
December 12 2012, 04:23PM
Worth remembering that your own style and curation of a wide range of sources are enough to make your own blog unique and valuable.
I use a similar technique sometimes using Social Crawlytics to see what are the most popular posts on competitor blogs, then researching similar topics. I rarely get the same results, but the base line of interest is more consistent.
December 12 2012, 10:31PM
Thanks for posting this article. It'd be great to know a little about how you first get your posts to take off, before going to Business Insider.
After you finish writing each post, what are the next immediate steps that you take?
December 13 2012, 01:34PM
I thought the concept of recycling "de-risked" content was interesting, but I agree with Hannah – it's a little disappointing how few "new" ideas show up these days. Jonathon Colman's post was a fascinating read, and it made quite a splash on inbound.org. I definitely would also recommend it to anyone curious about this stuff.
December 13 2012, 01:52PM
@Stephen: Great point!
@Dan: Each post is written with a particular distribution channel in mind. After an article is written, we go to that channel and try to make it work for us. I write about it a bit more here: http://blog.idonethis.com/post/36065976015/the-sprawling-guide-to-content-marketing-that-made-us.
@Adrienne: I totally sympathize. I don't think what I wrote is at odds with notions of originality and quality. I consider it a way to meld "quality"—defined as something that your audience will get value out of—with your original perspective in a repeatable way.
December 16 2012, 06:45AM
This article is what is wrong about the web, and mainstream media in general. Regurgitating vomit to pass it onto the next reader is not only useless, it's plain pollution.
Marc Andreessen and Jerry Seinfeld have done things before they had enough authority to actually talk about it. You're merely standing next to the crowd and shouting louder to get heard. Good for you if it makes you sell stuff. What's next, photos of girls in underwear?
If you don't want to write original content, just don't, it's perfectly fine. But re-writing an article you found on a content aggregator about a blog that talks about a personality…
January 05 2013, 03:29PM
^ Keep hating buddy.
An idea shouldn't be limited to one article.
Would you claim that a comedian should only tell a joke once?
But here's the best part… you're not even willing to use your real name when leaving a critique. That's okay though, because I can already tell you're just another guy who spends more time complaining than doing real shit.
January 05 2013, 10:51PM
Thank you for the suggestions. I am interested in starting my own ecommerce business and am currently in research mode. I look forward to future articles.
January 18 2013, 08:47PM
Hi, regarding step 3. Republishing creates leverage… isn't this bad for Google SEO? Having duplicate articles and content = bad SEO and possibly won't have an effect on your rankings?
But that's from an SEO perspective
March 06 2013, 01:22PM
Awesome info!! I've been struggling on writing unique content and I never understood how people can blast out content daily
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May 14 2014, 06:50PM
Hey Mark
I enjoyed your tips. I think repurposed content is sometimes MORE IMPACTFUL than the original. In fact, I believe that it takes a very creative mind to put a new spin on an old topic.
Thank you so much #HUGSS
September 21 2014, 07:21AM
There are more ways to look at the same thing. While content curation may seem at odds with the idea of writing genuine new content but what happens to the other half of the planet who never hear about that original article in the first place. Everyone is not that tech or social circuit savy to catch on what's trending or popular. Their limited source of info maybe the "retweets" they see on their TL. If the aim is to maximise reach of good content to max population then content curation is a duty. Making bucks out of it is taking it to a moral screening …That may be avoided.
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I use 2-4 tablespoons of each, depending on the amount of popcorn made
Butter and Popcorn Salt (so much better then margarine and regular salt)
Cayenne Pepper
Hungarian Hot Paprika
Old Bay
Parmesan Cheese
Curry Powder
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Have you ever tried Season All?ReplyDelete
I'm from MD originally and used that on my popcorn all the time as a kid.
My personal favorite is Italian dressing! I make it from the Good Seasons packet--also Ranch dressing powder and "Tajin"--which I found at our Wal-Mart--are great dry toppings. Tajin is spicy-sour-salty and is good on just about anything!ReplyDelete
Well, my personal favorite is Italian dressing made from Good Seasons mix! It's the best! Ranch dressing powder is also great as is Tajin--a seasoning I found at Wal-Mart here in Benson, AZReplyDelete
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Brewers yeast and olive oil on popcorn is my favorite.ReplyDelete
Jell-O powder! Not my thing, personally, but kids like it.ReplyDelete
We always used brewer's yeast for a cheesy taste without too much salt.
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My friend and I like to eat pickled jalapeno slices (like you would use on nachos) on our popcorn.ReplyDelete
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Another great and healthful topping is Red Star Yeast Flakes.ReplyDelete
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It was just a few nights ago that Notifications, a third party app from Windows Phone Hacker, was cleared for the Store. The app filled an important gap on the OS, allowing a centralized area for app notifications and although it seemingly had mixed reviews, it was still an impressive first step.
Now we're getting word that the app has been removed from the Store, meaning if you had paid for it you no longer have access to it...
Jaxbot, the developer behind the app is of course aware of its disappearance but is remaining mum on the matter only noting on his Twitter feed that he didn't pull it and that he "can't talk about it".
If we had to read between the lines, it's quite obvious Microsoft pulled the plug either because the app violated some aspect of the Store's policies or perhaps because Microsoft has some other plans for their own Notification app (wouldn't that be cool?).
For now though, if you have the app you'll want to not uninstall it as there's no telling if it will return at a later date. We'll try to follow along to see if there are any further developments. If you have Notifications installed, what are your thoughts on it? Let us know in comments.
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2 1/2 tablespoons Japanese 7 spice powder (shichimi togarashi)
2 tablespoons sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
zest of one lemon
olive oil
lemon juice
pepper sherry
Prepare your grill according to manufacturer's instructions. Meanwhile, stir together the salt, pepper, seven spice and zest. Pat into all four sides of the fish. Brush with olive oil. Grill, for about 5 minutes on each side, until fully cooked. Sprinkle with lemon juice and pepper sherry prior to serving.


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octavian solutions needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
3 winners were selected from 83 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
Soul Breaker
A private gym and MMA training centre based in the north of England, UK with some of the most respected coaches in the UK. We would like our own range of branded clothing for members to wear and would like to expand the range into other clothing. We would like to start with a T-shirt design that encompasses the brand that we want to build.
Our target audience is mainly young males between the age of 14 and 30, who are interested in fitness and martial arts.
They enjoy sports, clubbing, they wear jeans and trainers, hoodies, T's. They often have tattoos and like to keep in shape. They watch the Sopranos and films like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. They spend time on the internet and facebook and like to meet in pubs and bars before going on to a club. The design of what they wear is important and reflects the lifestyle they aspire to.
The initial t-shirt design will probably be black or very dark colours, it will need to have the phrase "soul breaker" included within the design.
There should be a reference to No1 Fitness, which is the gym where training takes place and also a reference to soulbreaker.co.uk.
The type of images we are thinking of are quite gothic. Tattoo art, cross, grim reaper, gladiator... that kind of thing. but needs to be very much of the moment and grungy.
Quite like some of the stuff in this contest:
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How Healthy Are the New Waters?
With soda and diet soda sales in decline, drinks companies are coming up with waters that look more like soda than water. Sarah Nassauer joins Lunch Break with a look.
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With the difficult economy and the recent salmonella crisis causing fear and confusion among consumers - and a heavy blow to peanut farmers across the country -- members of the United Peanut Alliance sent a letter to President Obama this week asking for a meeting and help in clearing up misperceptions about peanut butter on store shelves. In the letter, the growers also articulate their support for legislation designed to shore up the food safety program.
"The recent salmonella crisis and recall was caused by the reprehensible actions of one manufacturer. Peanut growers continue to be appalled and outraged by the facts that appear to demonstrate the manufacturer's complete disregard for food safety and public safety. We applaud and encourage the efforts being made to improve the safety of all foods that has been precipitated by this latest crisis," said Jimbo Grissom, Chairman of the Western Peanut Growers Association, which is a member of the United Peanut Alliance representing peanut farmers from New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
In the letter, the growers go on to say that it is important for consumers to understand that the peanut butter they purchase at the grocery store to make sandwiches for their children was not affected by this crisis, citing the Food and Drug Administration. Grissom emphasizes that the recall did not include retail peanut butter, which has been and continues to be a safe, affordable and nutritious choice.
Appealing to the President, Grissom explains that a quote attributed to Obama and run by several publications may have been misinterpreted by many. The President is quoted as saying; Sasha "has peanut butter sandwiches for lunch probably three times a week. No parent should have to worry that their child is going to get sick from their lunch."
Grissom, a father of two, said, "We are honored that the first family are devoted consumers of peanut butter, but we want to make sure that your statements do not lead Americans to believe that the peanut butter on their supermarket shelves is unsafe. This is not the case," said Grissom.
Peanut farmers and the entire peanut industry, already under severe economic stress, stand to lose thousands of jobs and millions of dollars as a result of the unfortunate actions of one manufacturer.
The group asks the president for a meeting to share an update on the status of the crisis and to demonstrate peanut farmers' commitment to the safety of all peanuts and peanut products.
An Open Letter from America's Peanut Farmers to consumers ran in USA Today on February 25, 2009. Peanut farmers across the country are working to reach consumers with the information they need to rebuild the trust they have developed with this iconic American food.
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Fresh Baked Ham from Epicurious Magazine
Ham. Fresh ham..............
It was ashame to waste so much of this beautifully browned and succulent ham. I started this on a Sunday. It baked and we anticipated a good Sunday dinner. But it took too long. Wish I had used the convection option for roasting because we may have had it that very evening.
Since it looked like the damn ham wouldn't be cooked through until 8:30 or 9:00 that evening....we ended up eating leftover chicken. (Which was good, mind you, but not what the tastebuds were set for...you know).
The next day Doug went to the hospital and well......that ham sat wrapped up for a few days. For what it's worth, wrapping a cooked fresh ham in foil and then popping it in a large freezer bag to refrigerate - that keeps it very well! So, we had some later....and I had some on my own between trips to the hospital and home.
Anyhoo......here is what you need to do:
With a small sharp knife prick the ham skin all over, make 4 parallel 1/2-inch-deep incisions through the skin the entire length of the ham, and rub the ham lightly with the oil.
In a small bowl rub together the coarse salt, the thyme, the sage, the pepper, and the mustard and rub the mixture over the entire surface of the ham.
Put the ham on a roasting rack set in a roasting pan and put the pan in a preheated 500°F. oven. Reduce the temperature immediately to 325°F. and roast the ham for 1 hour.
Pour half the beer over the ham, roast the ham for 30 minutes more, and pour the remaining beer over the ham. Roast the ham for 2 1/2 hours more, or until a meat thermometer registers 170°F., and let it cool on the rack in the pan for 15 minutes.
It was a beauty....too bad I did not start the cooking process an hour and half earlier. Is this magazine recipe a keeper? Absolutely. I just need to make it an earlier project.
Read More at Epicurious magazine
I will be sending this to CreamPuffs in Venice for her roundup of Magazine Monday. Surf over to visit the Creampuff and see what else is shaping up in her neck of the woods :-)
14 comments:
- Fresh Local and Best said...
i just saw a fresh leg of ham at the grocery store and it was such a beautiful cut of meat, but was completely intimidated. This looks like a great way to prepare it, and a great idea for the upcoming Easter dinner.
- March 06, 2011 11:14 PM
- Pierce said...
Fresh and Local - what a great idea...I love lamb!
- March 07, 2011 7:44 AM
- Rita said...
Hope you Doug is well. That ham looks super good!
- March 07, 2011 10:11 AM
- Katerina said...
This ham looks so appetizing. I hope everything is ok with Doug!
- March 07, 2011 11:11 AM
- Lord of Squirrel Head Manor said...
I am fine, and I thank you for asking! BTW, the ham was excellent.
- March 07, 2011 6:31 PM
- Natashya KitchenPuppies said...
Mmm, great ham! I bet it made for some awesome sammies. ☺
- March 08, 2011 10:21 AM
- Kim said...
Tina- Where in the world did you find fresh ham? I looked all over and made phone calls for fresh ham last year and had the hardest time finding it. This looks absolutely incredible and succulent.
- March 08, 2011 11:25 AM
- The Food Hunter said...
Looks really good
- March 08, 2011 12:09 PM
That looks like a monster - traditionally in Wales ham is boiled not baked ... served with potatoes and parsley sauce *dribble*
- March 11, 2011 12:11 AM
- Pierce said...
Natashya, I did in fact make some ham sammies :-) Love a good grilled Cuban too.
Kim - The local grocery store had many fresh hams along with the smoked ones, slices etc. It was good...just bad timing on cooking it for us.
Food Hunter- thank you!
Mrs. L - boiled, really? Is it still moist? I love potatoes...Doug likes rice better but, that is the difference between a northern and southern upbringing I suppose.
- March 11, 2011 2:33 PM
- roz said...
I am SO in the mood for a good ham! I haven't baked one in so long, since I've become spoiled by my family always bringing a honey-baked ham given to them from an employer. Kudos for your ham, I could just dig in right now! Thanks for all of the wonderfully kind comments on my blog! You are such a nice follower and I hope to match you some day!
- March 11, 2011 6:17 PM
- Pierce said...
Thank you Roz, that was such a nice comment. You made my day :-)
Ham is one of those meals we don't have too often, at least a large ham like this one. But there is sooo much you can do with the leftovers.
- March 12, 2011 8:37 AM
- creampuff said...
It has always been my dream to make a fresh ham ... delicious!
- April 04, 2011 8:33 PM
- Ranjani said...
I've never cooked a fresh ham before...looks so good though, I should give it a try!
- April 04, 2011 10:34 PM
Seven Hour Lamb with White Beans
{ make that less than 2 hours in the Instant Pot}

It's good to get back to posting about food after a short break. Next year I will be getting a flu shot; this bout knocked me for a loop...


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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
We Have a Minivan!
It's an old minivan. It has 150,000 miles on it and has needed one repair already since we got it. The engine has a low rumble that makes me nervous, but my parents drove it all the way from Texas without trouble, so it clearly has a few miles left in it.
So we have a vehicle again.
For now, the kids are still riding the bus. I would like to keep them on the bus until the school year is out, but it is a relief to know we could switch to the van if there are any problems. My six year old came home yesterday and said that some big girls were picking on her. "They kept calling me 'orphan' and shouting 'Bananas!' at me," she explained. I have no idea what that means and neither does she, but she was not sufficiently troubled by it to give up bus-riding, which she otherwise enjoys. If that's the worst thing that happens, I will consider bus-riding a success.
And now I am trying to decide how much of vehicled life I want to re-adapt to. I love being able to walk a few blocks to pick up the kids rather than drive, but I have already learned to always bring the stroller with me. A few neighborhood prostitutes have started walking that stretch of road during the afternoon, and I get more attention than I want if I wait there alone. My stroller marks me as MOM, and moms get respected or left alone here. I have never had so much as an unkind word directed toward me when I am pushing the stroller.
One of the privileges of visible motherhood: men do not assume I'm a prostitute. Remember that next time you feel bad about looking like a mom.
(Disclaimer: I have not actually asked the two women and one transgendered man if they are prostitutes, so I could be making false assumptions. But in this neighborhood, shorts that short and heels that high usually indicate this, as well as being very impractical attire for the half mile they walk over and over. So I'm guessing. But maybe they volunteer at the nursing home down the street and like to stretch their legs. I couldn't say for sure, and it seems rude to ask.)
So far, the minivan has felt like a safety valve. I can walk where I want, but I have the van as back-up. It feels good to have back-up. It also means we could all ride to church together for the first time in ages on Sunday. I would like to tell you that I celebrated the occasion by being perfectly patient and serene during the getting-ready-for-church, Sunday-morning chaos.
I would like to tell you that.
So. Anyway. This is our life now. The van is scarred on one side from an old side-swiping accident, which is the only thing that distinguishes it from any other minivan. It is how our friends will grow to recognize our new vehicle (I have named the van Clara, which I privately pronounce as assonant with "scar"). It's not a bad way to recognize the Mitchell family, really. Banged up, but still useful.
Yeah. That'll do.
3 comments:
In my critical thinking class, I would call your assumption about the prostitutes a conscious and probably warranted one.ReplyDelete
But enough about assumptions.
This post makes me feel good.
I am glad you have transportation.
I am impressed you are still doing as much walking as possible and keeping the kids on the bus.
I love your perspective on that banged up minivan.
Oh and your parents are awesome.
- Anonymous4/04/2012
You may THINK that looking like a mom makes people assume you are not a prostitute, but that's really only true in the US. In Mauritania, just your white skin alone can get you a lot of propositions, including ones shouted at you while walking with your actual husband and 3 actual kids who are obviously yours. Just saying.ReplyDelete
Also, I am going to tell you that I prayed you'd get a van. So I'm very happy about Clara. And your parents rock.
15 years ago, my parents rescued us from a similar situation - used van that we had bought turned out to be a lemon, no other car, a sick baby, no money left for another car...I still feel grateful for that Toyota Corolla wagon they insisted they were going to get rid of anyway. We paid them some money (what we could get for our van), but nowhere near what the car was worth.ReplyDelete


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President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are engaged in a furious duel for women's votes, battling daily with attack ads, massive rallies and heartfelt testimonials from supportive women.
In the latest round Friday, the president fired up a raucous crowd at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., with a vigorous pitch to women voters. He wore a pink bracelet, signaling his support for breast cancer research, and was introduced by Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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Obama went on to talk about administration efforts to make contraception and mammograms easier to obtain. The Romney campaign quickly responded by trying to shift the focus back to the economy.
"Women haven't forgotten how we've suffered over the last four years in the Obama economy with higher taxes, higher unemployment and record levels of poverty," said Virginia state lawmaker Barbara Comstock.
Romney's also trying to show a gentler, softer side, notably in a new ad this week. It features a woman suggesting Romney's position on abortion is not as extreme as opponents say it is.
"I looked into it," the woman says. "Turns out Romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. In fact, he does think abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest or to save a mother's life."
She then pivots to the economic argument. "This issue's important to me," the woman says of abortion, "but I'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. I voted for President Obama last time. We just can't afford four more years."
The Obama campaign struck back quickly with an ad featuring the woman's picture. "Seen this from Mitt Romney?" it asked. "Then take a look at this."
"If Roe v. Wade was overturned, Congress passed a federal ban on all abortions, and it came to your desk – would you sign it? Yes or no?" asks CNN's Anderson Cooper in a 2007 Republican candidate debate.
"Let me say it: I'd be delighted to sign that bill," Romney says as he smiles and vigorously shakes his head affirmatively. The ad edits out the next lines that Romney said at the time. "But that's not where we are," he added. "That's not where America is today. Where America is ready to overturn Roe v. Wade and return to the states that authority. But if the Congress got there, we had that kind of consensus in that country, terrific."
Romney sees a historic chance to close the "gender gap" that's dogged Republican presidential candidates for decades. Polls suggest Romney has an opening, and he's trying to cast himself as a reasonable, moderate leader able to fix a sluggish economy that's hit women particularly hard.
Democrats counter by reminding women that Obama has aggressively championed abortion rights, domestic violence laws and equal pay, while Romney and his allies have been reluctant to embrace those causes .
Democrats still have the edge. "The economy is the more compelling issue in this election, but the difference is that Romney only has the economy. Obama has the economic argument, but he has the other issues on top of that," said Susan Carroll, a senior scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, a nonpartisan research organization in New Jersey.
To win the White House, Democrats need to maintain their recent edge with women, particularly in an election that promises to be close. In every White House race since 1980, the Democratic candidate has done significantly better with women than men.
Romney got some fresh hope from an Oct. 4-7 Pew Research Center poll showing him tied with Obama among women. In September, Romney was down 18 percentage points.
Michael Dimock, the center's associate director, said the change could have been fueled by Romney not coming off in the first debate as the monster Obama had portrayed.
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Evidence remains strong, though, that Romney still has an enormous task. "Do I think there was some movement after the first debate? Absolutely," Carroll said. "But I don't believe it completely reversed it (the gap)."
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Nor have the debates appeared to change many minds, he said. "Voters aren't shopping around right now," he said.
The Obama-Romney choice for women depends on which issues they view as more crucial. A Politico-Battleground poll Oct. 7-11 asked which issues were most important. The economy and unemployment were overwhelmingly the top choices.
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Coach Andrew Harris and his Bisons tennis team are gearing up for their first match of the season on January 23rd. With a young, but capable team, the Bison are looking for a successful season in a tough, competitive conference.
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Bruno Melibeu is from Recife, Brazil; where he played for Libere Vivere High School.
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Chad Pierron; from Wheelersburg, Ohio, played for Wheelersburg High School. With a strong serve, Pierron has the potential to venture great lengths in Division I tennis.
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This Bisons open against the University of Alabama A&M here in Nashville. The match is at Whitworth Country Club at 7 p.m.
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Whitney Port's Got A New Man! Dating Robert Buckley
Seems Whitney is moving on quite nicely ever since dumping her douche like boyfriend Jay Lyon on The City. OK Magazine is reporting that Whitney is now dating Lipstick Jungle hottie Robert Buckley.
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Bryan Cranston was nominated for a best acting Tony Award for his portrayal of Lyndon Baines Johnson in the new play "All The Way." But he's always been able to pack a house — even if it was just his own.
"My first ever performance was … in my garage," he told Speakeasy. "It was standing room only. My mother thought it was fantastic and my father just went on and on about it."
The actor said he decided to take on the role of LBJ to challenge himself after living through the "mushroom cloud" of "Breaking Bad," for which he won three consecutive Emmys. "I needed to slip out of the ubiquity of television," he said. And despite an aching back, a kinked neck, and a tired voice, he loves playing the president night after night. "It's a beautiful play," he said.
Next up: the reboot of the "Godzilla" franchise, which hits theaters in May. Cranston plays another scientist: a nuclear physicist. The movie itself is great, he said, but his CGI co-star was a real diva. "Godzilla was angry, demanding, sometimes refusing to come out of his trailer," he joked.


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Progressive California fresh fruit growers have significantly reduced nitrogen use on peach, plum and nectarine trees, and the result has been improved quality fruit.
University of California Extension Pomologist Scott Johnson told growers at a University of California Kearney Agricultural Center field day featuring nutrient management that growers have reduced nitrogen use by half, compared to a decade or more ago.
"I am sure some growers continue to over-fertilize, but quite a few have realized that reducing N improves quality without significantly affecting size," Johnson told growers and pest control advisers (PCAs) on a field tour of his nutrient management research plots.
Over-fertilizing is not all the fault of growers. A demand for increasingly larger fruit by buyers forced producers to pour on the N, and thin and girdle to achieve larger sizes, often at the expense of quality.
The size demand was particularly detrimental to early fruit quality, said Johnson. "It is a little easier to get size with later varieties."
Johnson said 3 percent leaf nitrogen is sufficient for a healthy tree to produce good fruit, and growers can expect to continue to get good vegetative growth and acceptable quality production at that nitrogen level.
He said he has never identified a phosphorous deficiency, which leaves him wondering why growers continue to use N-P-K triple fertilizer.
However, that is not true of the other major nutrient, potassium.
A potassium deficiency can result in cracked fruit and limb dieback, particularly in the lower areas of trees. A telltale sign of K-deficiency is end-of-the-season leaf roll that can be mistaken for water stress.
Johnson said K levels of less than 1 percent in a leaf sample can cause problems. "One percent to 2 percent is a little low" and could benefit from a potassium sulfate application.
Zinc was the only minor nutrient addressed at the field day.
"Zinc does not represent a major expense for growers," he noted. "However, zinc prices have gone up with the significant increase in all fertilizers and that is why we continue to look at it."
Johnson's research shows that timing and sampling for zinc deficiency are critical to determining whether trees need zinc or not. That is of interest to PCAs and growers because with the rising cost of fuel, unnecessary trips through an orchard are costlier than ever.
"Growers also realize that zinc is a heavy metal that does not leach out of the soil. It is an environmental issue—maybe not a major one, but a potential issue nonetheless."
Johnson says zinc moves within the trees, particularly in the spring when there is a flush of new growth. Then it tends to move to the growing tip where sampling would not necessarily reflect a deficiency within the whole tree. However, a visual symptom of zinc deficiency is thinning of the top of the trees and a lack of fruit there.
"In a deficient tree, our research is indicating that zinc moves from older leaves to younger leaves."
Johnson said a debate is ongoing about the current university recommendations for zinc deficiency, but a reading of 12 ppm zinc in older, basal leaves should be considered a zinc deficiency signal.
He has had "good success" in identifying zinc-deficient trees by dormant shoot sampling lower in the canopy. "We can get a nice difference between deficient and sufficient trees the first of September. However, I realize that could be too late for most growers."
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ERTC is the premier Federal, State, and Local training center in the United States. Strategically positioned, it is located near a tremendous number of military, law enforcement, fire safety, and Homeland Security agencies. These organizations have an existing requirement for premier training and training facilities that have not been met by the government, or the business community.
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This is a really good read. The article ends on how the author doesn't know how Kerr will end up as a coach, but he is certainly tough enough.
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Article on Kerr's tough past
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Yeah I read that yesterday. Interesting article. I was not aware of his personal history. Just knew his basketball career. Strange that I had never heard that story until now. It makes him a more multi-dimensional person to me, which I think helps a lot when relating to people from all different kinds of backgrounds.


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Virginia "Ginny" Buehler, age 84, longtime resident of Paupack, Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Bethany Village, Bethany, PA.
Born May 27, 1928, in Johnstown, PA, Ginny was the daughter of the late Edward and Florence (Davis) Blough. She was preceded in death by Paul, her husband of 50 years, in 2000.
She was a graduate of Johnstown Central High School and Susquehanna University. Prior to her retirement, she had been a teacher at Paupack Elementary School. Ginny was a member of Paupack United Methodist Church where she participated in the food pantry, preschool and choir. She was also an active member of the Wallenpaupack Historical Society.
She is survived by one daughter: Stephanie Hill and her husband Scott of Reading, PA; one son: Scott Buehler of Hawley; a grandson: Brandon Hill of Reading; and a sister-in-law: Meta Buehler of Richmond, VA.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Miriam.
The funeral will be Tuesday, March 19, at 11 a.m. at Paupack United Methodist Church, Rt 507, Paupack, with Rev. Robert L. Wood officiating. Private burial will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery, Paupack..
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GenGAME writes: "Do you remember the moment when The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was first announced at E3 2004? There's a reason why the game elicited so much cheering and applause – for many, it represented a return to form for the series after The Wind Waker's experimental art style and world. Bearing this in mind, the next Zelda game for a home console – Zelda Wii U – could represent a similar shift, away from the experimental direction of Skyward Sword and back to core conventions."
About the Artstyle? You know like the demo at E3 had. Nah, I bet it will probably be some sort of cel shading.
No matter what Nintendo has in stores for the franchise, I will always look forward to more Zelda :)
I'm hoping ZeldaU is inspire by Link to the past story line wise I think is the best Zelda and with the gorgeous graphics that would be a epic adventure
I can't see how you can 'borrow' from another Zelda game. A Zelda game is a Zelda game. All Zelda games have common themes and ideas, from A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening to Oot, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. Be it hook shots, boomerangs, alternate worlds, etc, they all exist in Zelda games regardless of being in 2D or 3D.
For a Zelda game to 'borrow' it needs to look outside the franchise. Perhaps taking inspiration from games like Red Dead Redemption (slow mo aiming and reputation), Fable 2 (pet dog or should i say fairy), Halo (online co-op and competitive). Or perhaps borrow from all and use voice actors. I'm not saying that I would want these things in a Zelda game, but that would be 'borrowing' as I understand it.
Since Nintendo now has an hd console I'd like to see them use it to the fullest, go as realistic as they can on the graphics and add in voice acting also.. That'd definitely differentiate it from the other Zelda games.


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Jennifer Aniston Finally Beats Angelina Jolie At Something — Which Team Are You On- Jen's or Angie's?
Jen finally catches a break in the comparison sweepstakes. Angelina's expensive latest film, 'The Tourist' was a bombolino at the box office taking in $17 million versus Jen's inexpensively produced 'The Bounty Hunter' which at $21 mil looks like a big hit in comparison!
The much anticipated combo of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in The Tourist did not in fact make for the big box office bucks many had predicted. According to our sister site Deadline, Angie and Johnny could only eek out $17 million at the weekend office, or, to put in another way, $3.5 million less than Jen made when The Bounty Hunter opened last March!
Now while $3.5 million may not seem like such a big difference you have to take into account that Jen's filmed opened in March, one of the slower months for box office, while Angie's film opened during the very popular, and often lucrative, holiday season.
There's more too. The budget for The Tourist was a pricey $100 million, not including marketing campaigns and ads, as opposed to The Bounty Hunter which was acomparatively frugal $40 million. With a total international take of just over $136 million, Jen was actually a great investment for the studio.
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All hematology fellows have a weekly Morphology Conference conducted by Dr. Mervyn L. Goldstein when they are assigned to a West Campus rotation.
Educational Purpose
To review peripheral smears; bone marrow aspirates, biopsies, and imprints; lymph node aspirates, imprints and sections; spinal, peritoneal and ascitic fluids; lung, liver, and brain imprints at a multiheaded microscope in order to review the major morphologic features of a wide variety of hematological disorders.
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A structured curriculum was created to introduce and reinforce specific morphologic abnormalities. These sessions are case-based and provide clinical information and the slides demonstrating the morphologic abnormalities used to diagnose a wide variety of hematological disorders. The series of conferences commences with a discussion of techniques of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, including tibial, vertebral, sternal and iliac crest punctures. Special techniques for handling and processing marrow specimens are discussed. Indications and procedures for obtaining lymph node imprints are reviewed. Imprints of other tissues, and the obtaining and processing of other body fluids in relation to hematological and malignant diseases are reviewed. The process of systematically reviewing blood smears and marrows, nomenclature, and normal elements are then discussed and demonstrated. Clinical data is presented when reviewing these specimens. Fellows are asked to describe the microscopic findings and to correlate them with the clinical data.
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This conference provides trainees with an opportunity to refine their powers of observation and to see many hematological disorders that they might not otherwise encounter during a single year of training.
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Dr. Goldstein has an extensive slide collection that includes many uncommon hematological disorders. He uses a slide collection of approximately 1000 specimens that he has accumulated since 1956. Materials studied include peripheral blood; marrow aspirates, imprints and sections; lymph node aspirates, imprints and sections; spinal, peritoneal and ascitic fluids; lung, liver, and brain imprints. Specimens may be stained with Wright stain, Giemsa, H and E, Sudan Black, potassium ferrocyanide, India ink, trichrome or silver stains, and many others. Over the course of the year, the full spectrums of hematological disorders are presented, including some diseases that are usually limited to children. The hematology division is equipped with a five-headed microscope in the Fellows room at Montefiore Moses, which is used, for this conferences.
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Super Grub Disk To The Rescue!
What's a GRUB?
If you've ever tried to set up a dual boot system, more than likely you have also managed to mangle the master boot record (MBR) of your main system drive at least one time. Once corrupted you typically have a couple of options. One of the most obvious ways is to boot from a CD-ROM distribution and reinstall the OS. It's probably not the quickest fix but it usually does work. You could accomplish basically the same thing with a bootable USB disk if you happen to have one.
Super Grub Disk (SGB) is a handy alternative that works in a few seconds. You'll find versions you can burn to a CD-ROM, USB disk or floppy disk. Booting from one of these media devices presents you with a menu of options that should help you get your system configured properly. It's also a tool capable of leaving your system unable to boot if you set the options wrong.
The key to using it correctly is to understand how a disk drive is organized and what you need to do to get it to boot properly. Wikipedia has a good description of how individual disks are partitioned. It's a good place to start if you don't have a basic understanding of things like the MBR, primary and extended partitions and the different partition types.
Every PC goes through a process when you turn the power on called the boot process. One artifact of the original PC design is something called the Basic Input Output System or BIOS. This is typically kept in a Read Only Memory (ROM) or Flash ROM that can't be altered without running a special program to change it. When the computer wakes up it starts trying to execute instructions at a fixed location -- the first address of the BIOS. After the BIOS does its thing it hands over the process to the boot loader.
That's where GRUB comes in. The name GRUB comes from a project named the Grand Unified Boot loader. It's the primary boot loader used in all the mainstream Linux distributions. In most cases GRUB is loaded into the MBR of a disk drive and is passed control from the BIOS. GRUB can also run from a floppy disk or other removable media.
GRUB is unique in that it comes with a menu of options and even a command prompt if you need to interact with it. The options menu is driven by a structured text file that you can edit and change to meet your needs. GNU GRUB is the name of the open source project with the goal of improving the overall boot process to make it faster and more secure. Check out their web site and wiki for more information on GRUB itself.
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