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This 3-piece vanity set is a great addition to your bedroom or bathroom to create personal space. This vanity set features cherry finish, table with four drawers, swivel mirror, and coordinating stool.

  • Set includes: Vanity table, mirror, and stool
  • Materials: MDF, Hardwood, and Fabric
  • Finish: Cherry
  • Upholstery materials: Fabric
  • Upholstery color: Beige
  • Four drawers
  • Swivel mirror
  • Pattern on fabric
  • Stool
  • Seat dimensions: 19 inches wide x 15 inches deep
  • Vanity dimensions: 56 inches high x 40 inches wide x 16 inches
  • Deep stool dimensions: 18 inches high x 19 inches wide x 15 inches deep

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    Set Includes 3 Piece
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    Model Number 4049C
    Country of Origin China

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This five-stage water filter system from Watts Premier comes equipped with everything needed to install with your current plumbing. Includes long reach monitoring faucet to ensure continued high quality drinking water.

Confidently safeguard your family's tap water from sediment, arsenic, lead, perchlorate and other minerals and chemicals with this efficient filtering system. The system is also EPA/ETV certified for the physical removal of microbial contamination. Easy to install and maintain, this filtering system features a reverse osmosis process and a 25-gallon-per day membrane.

  • Water filter system is easy to install and maintain
  • Houseware features five-stage RO with 25-gallon-per-day membrane
  • Reduces chlorine taste and odor, sediment, arsenic, lead, perchlorate, cysts, cryptosporidium, TDS and turbidity
  • EPA/ETV verified for the physical removal of microbial contamination agents in drinking water
  • NSF Certified and backed by Watts' 130 years of industry experience and quality
  • System is approximately 5 inches wide x 16 inches long x 16.5 inches high
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Model Number RO-TFM-5SV
Country of Origin United States

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    Everything under the sink is great. Noticeably better tasting water! The dispenser spout however seems cheap. It has started dripping and the chrome finish seems to be corroding. The indicator light went out and seems pretty gimmicky. A brushed nickel option would be much nicer.

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    Easy to install, has adequate output: 3-5 gallons per day, water looks and tastes excellent. Would recommend.

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  • Best I've used.
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    We live in a rural area on a farm/ranch where the water is nasty. After installing this filter system, our water is soooooooooooo good! Love it!

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  • Great product
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    I have a well and the water had a earthy (Dirt) taste. We bought bottled water for drinking and cooking but now use the filtered water exclusively. We also seem to drink considerably more water. No more bottled water!

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    This was a excellent purchase. Easy to install, great value, and awesome water!

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    The unit came in with a defect elbow piece that broke off perhaps during transit. I didn't realize this until after the product was fully assembled and I was about to turn on the faucet to begin my initialization process. Unfortunately the thread of the elbow piece broke off in a way where the thread was stuck inside the membrane cap, therefore I was unable to replace that one single piece. With the broken elbow piece, I was unable to use my system until this was fixed. Instead of calling overstock to return the product, I decided to call WATTS directly to get this item replaced. WATTS had the elbow along with the entire membrane housing at my doorsteps within 5 business days, no questions asked. With this level of customer service I would definitely be buying from WATTS again.Easy to install once you figure out how the system connections and works (instructions were terrible) and constant great tasting water! Goodbye Brita!!!! And yes you can certainly taste the difference. The packaging came in the box it was packaged in, looks like the item was directly dropped shipped from WATTS.If you live in an apartment complex, I would highly recommend this product given the sediments running through these old pipes. I would never drink bottled or tap water again! Order yours today.

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    We are on a well water system and needed a good filter. Not only was this easy to install but the water comes out great. It is hard to drink water from other sources.

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    RO system is everything I exspected but there are problems. 1) veryhard to install under old counters. 2) my system had a obsolet water spicket and would not install correctly (I called the manufacture they sent me a uptodate spicket). A2 day project turned into a 2 week project (best to hire a plumber).

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    Had a problem initially but Watts Premier very courteously did everything necessary to resolve the issue. I am very satisfied with my choice in this reverse osmosis system.

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    "I'm happy owner of this filter and I want to oreer replacement cartriges and RO membrane. how can I do that. sorry for been stupid."

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      You will be contacted by Customer Care with assistance. Have a great day.

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    "Why did you choose this product?"

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      Needed drinking water

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    "How much water does this system "waste"?"

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      Hello kayski, The waste/brine water produced by the RO-TFM-5SV is at a 4 to 1 ratio. Meaning that for every one gallon of clean water there can be four gallons of brine water produced. This ratio is subjective to many factors such as incoming water pressure, temperature, and water quality so the customer could have lower or higher production of brine water. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Have a great day!

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    "What is the suggested replacement RO MEMBRANE? Do you sell it? Is your Item# 13959861, the Dow FilmTec RO membrane the correct replacement? Thanks, HarryZ""

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      Thank you for shopping with us harryz14. The model number of the membrane replacement is "Watts Premier 560014 24 GPD Reverse Osmosis Membrane filter". Have a great day.

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    "What is the longest distance this unit can be installed from the point of use?"

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      Thank you for contacting us swimmingjim. We usually do not recommend going further than 30 feet due to the loss of pressure the system could experience. I have had customers install longer distances but they usually have to install a small delivery pump from a hardware store (we do not carry these pumps) to help with the pressure loss. Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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    "Besides the RO membrane what other types of filters does this use?"

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      Hello, duwinning. Hope your day is going well. Required are one sediment filter and two carbon block filters plus the one year polishing filter and wrench. Thank you for shopping with us and please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.

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    "does this unit require replacement filters?"

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      Yes it does. Unfortunately we do not have any in stock at this time.

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    "Could you please answer the following: 1) Does this unit require power? 2) What is the ship weight?"

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      No, this system does not require power. The shipping weight is 25 pounds.

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    "does this filtration system remove nitrates from my water?"

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      This is a similar RO Watts filter and it reduces nitrates 82%. I am sure their filters have similar specs.

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    "is it possible to use another faucet with this system? I want a system WITH a reservoir and need the faucet in oil rubbed bronze."

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      This is only available in what is listed.

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    "what is the diameter of the faucet base. I am having granite installed. Also, does the faucet has a lever for on and off?"

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      I had to give this to my daughter because it was too large for under my sink. Couldn't find a plumber that wanted to install it without design issues.

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    Made of sterling silver and set with 35 stunning white diamonds, this highly polished ring is complete with milgrain edging. The round-cut diamonds are set in a open flower design connected by circles, bringing to mind an ancient Celtic design. The timeless design of this ring is the perfect complement to casual or business casual attire.

    • Center cut: Round
    • Diamonds: 35
    • Total diamond weight: 1/3* carat
    • Color: H-I
    • Clarity: I3
    • Setting: Prong, bezel
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    • Collection: Victoria by
    • Metal: Sterling silver
    • Finish: High polish
    • Metal weight: 5.13 grams
    • Ring setting: 22 mm wide x 8.5 mm long x 3 mm high
    • Band: 8.5 mm wide

    All weights and measurements are approximate and may vary slightly listed information. *T.W. (total weight) is approximate. 1/3 carat T.W. may be 0.28 to 0.36 carat. Treatment code N (diamond). See Treatment Guide for further information.

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    Metal Sterling Silver
    Stone Diamond
    Diamond Color H-I
    Total Diamond Weight Up to .5 Carats
    Ring Style Bands
    Stone Shape Round
    Band Width 8-9 mm
    Clarity I2-I3
    Jewelry Setting Prong
    Metal Color White
    Size 10, 10.5, 11, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5
    Stone Color White
    Stone Properties Natural Diamond
    Model Number FC0GH7-FWKM
    Country of Origin China

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      Lost my original wedding ring and bought this in it's place. Beautiful vintage style ring. Held up it's shine and very durable. A perfect accessory ring or for any wedding

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      When I got this ring, I wondered if 19th Century paste diamonds were making a comeback; the diamonds were that bad. So, liking the setting quite well, I popped those fully opaque little stones out, and it is now a much brighter, more attractive piece.

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      bought to match the dressy earings

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    • the love faded for this ring
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      Looked great on, loved wearing it, but after a few months the silver faded and looks grey and fake, must not be real silver, disappointed.

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    • great buy!
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      Ring arrived quickly and in a nice little box, it looks great and my girlfriend loved it! The recommendation to get a half size larger due to band width is one that should be followed! I did this and it fits perfectly. I will certainly buy from here again in the future.

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    • Beautiful if...
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      IF you are looking for an intricately and delicately detailed ring, this is for you... which is just what I wanted. IF you are looking for diamond bling, look elsewhere. The diamonds aren't shiny and are actually quite cloudy... not very good quality but I was looking for a band to replace my wedding set that was very detailed and this fits the bill. I do not find it scratchy but I knew it probably wouldn't be smooth since it is so detailed. I am very pleased with the ring and can't wait to wear it for a long time

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    • Dull and lackluster
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      ring is dull and lackluster. diamonds look glued in their sockets, not set by prongs. Overall the ring has an off-white to yellowish tint, making it look perpetually dirty and cloudy.

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    • Silver nice diamonds are like little white pebbles
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      Bought this for my sister as a gift for being my maid of honor. I am going to need to return this ring because the diamonds in it look like little broken white pebbles. I was very disappointed as I have bought diamonds from Overstock before for much less then I paid for this ring and they looked ok but this is horrible.

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    • Poor quality.. very dissapointed
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      I was really excited about this when I saw it and read the reviews. The first hour I had it on 2 of the diamonds fell out. It was not the quality I thought it was and I have purchased serveral things from here. Very dark and dull looking ... not as bright as the picture. I do not recommend anyone purchase this!!

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    • Beautiful ring
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      It took a couple of days to get use to it cause I don't usually wear rings. a couple of the little diamonds fell out but other than that I still love it.

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OVERVIEW:  Ten foot Pine trees sprout up on either side of the singletrack as you fly down the singletrack with elbows bowed for stability. This section of trail affectionately called the Car Wash gave inspiration to our new Terrain Jersey. The ¾ length sleeves reach down just below your elbows giving you that added bit of protection when brushing by rocks and trees and mach speeds. Built with our fast-wicking, durable DynamiK™ fabric, the Terrain is built for days when you never know what adventure you are headed into. The classic Henley design built with performance minded fabrics and engineering allows us to reduce the weight of the jersey and increase comfort on those hot summer days. Raglan sleeves, an articulated rear for on the bike fit and an integrated glasses wipe create a go-to jersey for the coming season.

PAIR WITH: The Terrain jersey was designed to pair perfectly with the Terrain short. The 4-way stretch StretchForce fabric, PMD (Perfomance-Minded Design) leg opening closure system, double offset button opening and internal velcro-free elastic retention system provide performance and support for every adventure. Combine our Apex Bib liner for all-day comfort and versatility. The mesh fabric, multi-density 6-hour Leige Carbonium chamois and PMD (Perfomance-Minded Design) rear double pocket system give you the breathability, support and storage you need on your next adventure.

FABRIC & CONSTRUCTION: Breathability is essential for any jersey. DynamiK™ fabric throughout the body of the Terrain jersey rapidly pull sweat away from your body to accelerate evaporation and regulate your body temperature. A 3-button Henley-style neck opening all you to vent more easily and increase air flow on those hot days on the trail. Even the buttons are lightweight, soft and flexible to keep you comfortable, especially in case of impact. A soft micro-fiber cloth has been added to the bottom left of the jersey for wiping your glasses off after epic descent in the rain or mud. Designed for your position on the bike, the drop-tail rear panel will keep you covered as you get back behind the saddle to tackle the next drop.

  • Fast-wicking, durable DynamiK™ fabric
  • 3-button Henley style design
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Americans who buy products that raise money for charity are no longer just looking at the label to see how much they’d be giving to what cause. Instead, they’re increasingly searching for information on how much of a difference their past purchases have made to the charity, a new study finds.

While 54 percent of Americans have bought a product that benefited a charity in the past 12 months, up from 41 percent in 2010, only a fourth believe they have made a significant difference buying products that support causes, according to the online survey of 1,270 adults by Cone Communications, a company that helps charities and business shape marketing deals.

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John Donne

(24 January 1572 - 31 March 1631 / London, England)

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John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of British society and he met that knowledge with sharp criticism. Another important theme in Donne’s poetry is the idea of true religion, something that he spent much time considering and theorising about. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.

Despite his great education and poetic talents, Donne lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. He spent much of the money he inherited during and after his education on womanising, literature, pastimes, and travel. In 1601, Donne secretly married Anne Moore, with whom he had twelve children. In 1615, he became an Anglican priest, although he did not want to take Anglican orders. He did so because King James I persistently ordered it. In 1621, he was appointed the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. He also served as a member of parliament in 1601 and in 1614.

Early Life

Donne was born in London, into a Roman Catholic family when practice of that religion was illegal in England. Donne was the third of six children. His father, also named John Donne, was of Welsh descent and a warden of the Ironmongers Company in the City of London. Donne's father was a respected Roman Catholic who avoided unwelcome government attention out of fear of persecution.

Donne's father died in 1576, leaving his wife, Elizabeth Heywood, the responsibility of raising their children. Elizabeth was also from a recusant Roman Catholic family, the daughter of John Heywood, the playwright, and sister of the Reverend Jasper Heywood, a Jesuit priest and translator. She was a great-niece of the Roman Catholic martyr Thomas More. This tradition of martyrdom would continue among Donne’s closer relatives, many of whom were executed or exiled for religious reasons. Donne was educated privately; however, there is no evidence to support the popular claim that he was taught by Jesuits. Donne's mother married Dr. John Syminges, a wealthy widower with three children, a few months after Donne's father died. Two more of his sisters, Mary and Katherine, died in 1581. Donne's mother, who had lived in the Deanery after Donne became Dean of St. Paul's, survived him, dying in 1632.

Donne was a student at Hart Hall, now Hertford College, Oxford, from the age of 11. After three years at Oxford he was admitted to the University of Cambridge, where he studied for another three years. He was unable to obtain a degree from either institution because of his Catholicism, since he could not take the Oath of Supremacy required of graduates.

In 1591 he was accepted as a student at the Thavies Inn legal school, one of the Inns of Chancery in London. On 6 May 1592 he was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, one of the Inns of Court. His brother Henry was also a university student prior to his arrest in 1593 for harbouring a Catholic priest, William Harrington, whom Henry betrayed under torture. Harrington was tortured on the rack, hanged until not quite dead, then was subjected to disembowelment. Henry Donne died in Newgate prison of bubonic plague, leading John Donne to begin questioning his Catholic faith.

During and after his education, Donne spent much of his considerable inheritance on women, literature, pastimes and travel. Although there is no record detailing precisely where he travelled, it is known that he travelled across Europe and later fought with the Earl of Essex and Sir Walter Raleigh against the Spanish at Cadiz (1596) and the Azores (1597) and witnessed the loss of the Spanish flagship, the San Felipe. According to Izaak Walton, who wrote a biography of Donne in 1658:

... he returned not back into England till he had stayed some years, first in Italy, and then in Spain, where he made many useful observations of those countries, their laws and manner of government, and returned perfect in their languages.
—Izaak Walton

By the age of 25 he was well prepared for the diplomatic career he appeared to be seeking. He was appointed chief secretary to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Sir Thomas Egerton, and was established at Egerton’s London home, York House, Strand close to the Palace of Whitehall, then the most influential social centre in England.

Marriage to Anne More

During the next four years, he fell in love with Egerton's niece Anne More. They were married just before Christmas in 1601, against the wishes of both Egerton and George More, who was Lieutenant of the Tower and Anne's father. This wedding ruined Donne's career and earned him a short stay in Fleet Prison, along with Samuel Brooke, who married them, and the man who acted as a witness to the wedding. Donne was released when the marriage was proven valid, and he soon secured the release of the other two. Walton tells us that when Donne wrote to his wife to tell her about losing his post, he wrote after his name: John Donne, Anne Donne, Un-done. It was not until 1609 that Donne was reconciled with his father-in-law and received his wife's dowry.

After his release, Donne had to accept a retired country life in Pyrford, Surrey. Over the next few years, he scraped a meagre living as a lawyer, depending on his wife’s cousin Sir Francis Wolly to house him, his wife, and their children. Because Anne Donne bore a new baby almost every year, this was a very generous gesture. Though he practised law and may have worked as an assistant pamphleteer to Thomas Morton, Donne was in a constant state of financial insecurity, with a growing family to provide for.

Anne bore twelve children in sixteen years of marriage (including two stillbirths—their eighth and then, in 1617, their last child); indeed, she spent most of her married life either pregnant or nursing. The ten surviving children were Constance, John, George, Francis, Lucy (named after Donne's patroness Lucy, Countess of Bedford, her godmother), Bridget, Mary, Nicholas, Margaret, and Elizabeth.

Francis, Nicholas, and Mary died before they were ten. In a state of despair, Donne noted that the death of a child would mean one less mouth to feed, but he could not afford the burial expenses. During this time, Donne wrote, but did not publish, Biathanatos, his defence of suicide. His wife died on 15 August 1617, five days after giving birth to their twelfth child, a still-born baby. Donne mourned her deeply, and wrote of his love and loss in his 17th Holy Sonnet.

Career and Later Life

Donne was elected as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brackley in 1602, but this was not a paid position. The fashion for coterie poetry of the period gave him a means to seek patronage and many of his poems were written for wealthy friends or patrons, especially Sir Robert Drury, who came to be Donne's chief patron in 1610. Donne wrote the two Anniversaries, An Anatomy of the World (1611) and Of the Progress of the Soul, (1612), for Drury. In 1610 and 1611 he wrote two anti-Catholic polemics: Pseudo-Martyr and Ignatius his Conclave. Although James was pleased with Donne's work, he refused to reinstate him at court and instead urged him to take holy orders. At length, Donne acceded to the King's wishes and in 1615 was ordained into the Church of England.

Donne was awarded an honorary doctorate in divinity from Cambridge in 1615 and became a Royal Chaplain in the same year, and was made a Reader of Divinity at Lincoln's Inn in 1616. In 1618 he became chaplain to Viscount Doncaster, who was on an embassy to the princes of Germany. Donne did not return to England until 1620. In 1621 Donne was made Dean of St Paul's, a leading (and well-paid) position in the Church of England and one he held until his death in 1631. During his period as Dean his daughter Lucy died, aged eighteen. In late November and early December 1623 he suffered a nearly fatal illness, thought to be either typhus or a combination of a cold followed by a period of fever. During his convalescence he wrote a series of meditations and prayers on health, pain, and sickness that were published as a book in 1624 under the title of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. One of these meditations, Meditation XVII, later became well known for its phrase "for whom the bell tolls" and the statement that "no man is an island". In 1624 he became vicar of St Dunstan-in-the-West, and 1625 a prolocutor to Charles I. He earned a reputation as an eloquent preacher and 160 of his sermons have survived, including the famous Death’s Duel sermon delivered at the Palace of Whitehall before King Charles I in February 1631.

It is thought that his final illness was stomach cancer, although this has not been proven. He died on 31 March 1631 having written many poems, most only in manuscript. Donne was buried in old St Paul's Cathedral, where a memorial statue of him was erected (carved from a drawing of him in his shroud), with a Latin epigraph probably composed by himself. Donne's monument survived the 1666 fire, and is on display in the present building.

Early Poetry

Donne's earliest poems showed a developed knowledge of English society coupled with sharp criticism of its problems. His satires dealt with common Elizabethan topics, such as corruption in the legal system, mediocre poets, and pompous courtiers. His images of sickness, vomit, manure, and plague reflected his strongly satiric view of a world populated by all the fools and knaves of England. His third satire, however, deals with the problem of true religion, a matter of great importance to Donne. He argued that it was better to examine carefully one's religious convictions than blindly to follow any established tradition, for none would be saved at the Final Judgment, by claiming "A Harry, or a Martin taught [them] this."

Donne's early career was also notable for his erotic poetry, especially his elegies, in which he employed unconventional metaphors, such as a flea biting two lovers being compared to sex. In Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed, he poetically undressed his mistress and compared the act of fondling to the exploration of America. In Elegy XVIII, he compared the gap between his lover's breasts to the Hellespont. Donne did not publish these poems, although did allow them to circulate widely in manuscript form.

“... any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.. ”
— Donne, Meditation XVII

Some have speculated that Donne's numerous illnesses, financial strain, and the deaths of his friends all contributed to the development of a more somber and pious tone in his later poems. The change can be clearly seen in "An Anatomy of the World" (1611), a poem that Donne wrote in memory of Elizabeth Drury, daughter of his patron, Sir Robert Drury of Hawstead, Suffolk. This poem treats Elizabeth's demise with extreme gloominess, using it as a symbol for the Fall of Man and the destruction of the universe.

The poem "A Nocturnal upon S. Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day", concerns the poet's despair at the death of a loved one. In it Donne expresses a feeling of utter negation and hopelessness, saying that "I am every dead / Of absence, darkness, death." This famous work was probably written in 1627 when both Donne's friend Lucy, Countess of Bedford, and his daughter Lucy Donne died. Three years later, in 1630, Donne wrote his will on Saint Lucy's day (13 December), the date the poem describes as "Both the year's, and the day's deep midnight."

The increasing gloominess of Donne's tone may also be observed in the religious works that he began writing during the same period. His early belief in the value of scepticism now gave way to a firm faith in the traditional teachings of the Bible. Having converted to the Anglican Church, Donne focused his literary career on religious literature. He quickly became noted for his sermons and religious poems. The lines of these sermons would come to influence future works of English literature, such as Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, which took its title from a passage in Meditation XVII of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Thomas Merton’s No Man is an Island, which took its title from the same source.

Towards the end of his life Donne wrote works that challenged death, and the fear that it inspired in many men, on the grounds of his belief that those who die are sent to Heaven to live eternally. One example of this challenge is his Holy Sonnet X, Death Be Not Proud, from which come the famous lines “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.” Even as he lay dying during Lent in 1631, he rose from his sickbed and delivered the Death's Duel sermon, which was later described as his own funeral sermon. Death’s Duel portrays life as a steady descent to suffering and death, yet sees hope in salvation and immortality through an embrace of God, Christ and the Resurrection.

His work has received much criticism over the years, especially concerning his metaphysical form. Donne is generally considered the most prominent member of the Metaphysical poets, a phrase coined in 1781 by the critic Dr Johnson, following a comment on Donne by the poet John Dryden. Dryden had written of Donne in 1693: "He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love." In Life of Cowley (from Samuel Johnson's 1781 work of biography and criticism Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets), Johnson refers to the beginning of the seventeenth century in which there "appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets". Donne's immediate successors in poetry therefore tended to regard his works with ambivalence, with the Neoclassical poets regarding his conceits as abuse of the metaphor. However he was revived by Romantic poets such as Coleridge and Browning, though his more recent revival in the early twentieth century by poets such as T. S. Eliot and critics like F R Leavis tended to portray him, with approval, as an anti-Romantic.

Donne's work suggests a healthy appetite for life and its pleasures, while also expressing deep emotion. He did this through the use of conceits, wit and intellect—as seen in the poems "The Sun Rising" and "Batter My Heart".

Donne is considered a master of the metaphysical conceit, an extended metaphor that combines two vastly different ideas into a single idea, often using imagery. An example of this is his equation of lovers with saints in "The Canonization". Unlike the conceits found in other Elizabethan poetry, most notably Petrarchan conceits, which formed clichéd comparisons between more closely related objects (such as a rose and love), metaphysical conceits go to a greater depth in comparing two completely unlike objects. One of the most famous of Donne's conceits is found in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" where he compares two lovers who are separated to the two legs of a compass.

Donne's works are also witty, employing paradoxes, puns, and subtle yet remarkable analogies. His pieces are often ironic and cynical, especially regarding love and human motives. Common subjects of Donne's poems are love (especially in his early life), death (especially after his wife's death), and religion.

John Donne's poetry represented a shift from classical forms to more personal poetry. Donne is noted for his poetic metre, which was structured with changing and jagged rhythms that closely resemble casual speech (it was for this that the more classical-minded Ben Jonson commented that "Donne, for not keeping of accent, deserved hanging").

Some scholars believe that Donne's literary works reflect the changing trends of his life, with love poetry and satires from his youth and religious sermons during his later years. Other scholars, such as Helen Gardner, question the validity of this dating—most of his poems were published posthumously (1633). The exception to these is his Anniversaries which were published in 1612 and Devotions upon Emergent Occasions published in 1624. His sermons are also dated, sometimes specifically by date and year.

Donne is commemorated as a priest in the calendar of the Church of England and in the Calendar of Saints of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on 31 March.

Sylvia Plath, interviewed on BBC Radio in late 1962, said the following about a book review of her collection of poems titled The Colossus that had been published in the United Kingdom two years earlier: "I remember being appalled when someone criticised me for beginning just like John Donne but not quite managing to finish like John Donne, and I felt the weight of English literature on me at that point."

The memorial to Donne, modelled after the engraving pictured above, was one of the few such memorials to survive the Great Fire of London in 1666 and now appears in St Paul's Cathedral where Donne is buried.

Donne in Literature

In Margaret Edson's Pulitzer prize-winning play Wit (1999), the main character, a professor of 17th century poetry specialising in Donne, is dying of cancer. The play was adapted for the HBO film Wit starring Emma Thompson.
Donne's Songs and Sonnets feature in The Calligrapher (2003), a novel by Edward Docx.
In the 2006 novel The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox, Donne's works are frequently quoted.
Donne appears, along with his wife Anne and daughter Pegge, in the award-winning novel Conceit (2007) by Mary Novik.
Joseph Brodsky has a poem called "Elegy for John Donne".
The love story of Donne and Anne More is the subject of Maeve Haran's 2010 historical novel The Lady and the Poet.
An excerpt from "Meditation 17 Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions" serves as the opening for Ernest Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer prize-winning novel Gilead makes several references to Donne's work.
Donne is the favourite poet of Dorothy Sayers' fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey, and the Wimsey books include numerous quotations from, and allusions to, his work.
Donne's poem 'A Fever' (incorrectly called 'The Fever') is mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of the novel "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris.
Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran writes a paper on Donne in Donna Tartt's novel The Secret History, in which he ties together Donne and Izaak Walton with help of an imaginary philosophy called "Metahemeralism".
Donne plays a significant role in Christie Dickason's The Noble Assassin (2011), a novel based on the life of Donne's patron and putative lover, Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford.

Donne in Popular Culture

John Renbourn, on his 1966 debut album John Renbourn, sings a version of the poem, "Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star". (He alters the last line to "False, ere I count one, two, three.")
Tarwater, in their album Salon des Refusés, have put "The Relic" to song.
The plot of Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust is based upon the poem "Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star," with the fallen star turned into a major character.
Bob Chilcott has arranged a choral piece to Donne's "Go and Catch a Falling Star".
Van Morrison pays tribute to the poet on "Rave On John Donne" and makes references in many other songs.
Lost in Austen, the British mini series based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, has Bingley refer to Donne when he describes taking Jane to America, "John Donne, don't you know? 'License my roving hands,' and so forth."
Las Cruces, in their album Ringmaster, used a sample of "Death be not Proud" from the movie "Exorcist III" for their song "Black Waters".

John Donne's Works:

Biathanatos (1608)
Pseudo-Martyr (1610)
Ignatius His Conclave (1611)
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624)
Songs and Sonnets (1633)

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Sense Of Spring - Poem by John Knight

Spring is the loveliest season of them all,
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Reward for winter's frost and icy pall.
A time when fledglings spread their tiny wings.
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    I DO love spring and its cool breezes, lovely flowers...such a lovely write John :) 10 (Report) Reply

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    a beautiful poem greets the best season.
    also NATURE greets spring.

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    A nice poem celebrating the beauty of the best season. Voted 10. (Report) Reply

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I have to say that it's not something I've thought about at all.
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From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Index trouble with 8.3b4
Date: 2008-01-09 02:03:26
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"Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> It cannot be one of the first two, because those only block
> for xacts that *already have* a conflicting lock.  The problem must be
> at the third wait step, which waits out all xacts that might conceivably
> be interested in recently-dead tuples that are not in the index.

Ah, I had missed that point.

> Now an unindexed dead tuple is not a problem from vacuum's point of
> view, nor does ANALYZE care, so AFAICS there is no need for this step
> to wait for autovacuum processes --- nor indeed for manual vacuums.
> So we can avoid the deadlock if we just exclude those processes from
> the list of ones to wait for.

That's what I had in mind.

> I suggest we extend GetCurrentVirtualXIDs() with an additional
> parameter includeVacuums, and have it skip vacuum procs if that's
> set.  (Hmm, maybe a more flexible approach is to make the parameter
> a bitmask, and ignore any procs for which param & vacuumFlags is
> not zero.)
> Comments?

Only that the restrictions on what VACUUM is allowed to do seem the piling up.
We may have to write up a separate document explaining what specialized set of
rules VACUUM operates under.

Also, ANALYZE was included in the latest security changes. Is there some way
that ANALYZE could trigger some user-defined function being invoked which
could in turn run some SQL using this index? I suppose a very strange
expression index where the expression involved a recursive SQL query back to
the same table (presumably being careful to avoid an infinite loop) could be

I am hoping our other things which ignore VACUUM such as the globalxmin
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Our next meeting on February 20th will be about DOMAINs, led by the
inimitable David Wheeler.  David has not been able to attend our last
few meetings, but we are looking forward to his return.  I will post
a more detailed description in the next week or so.

Key points from below:

* Bill - can we have a copy of your slides?
* Volunteers: Anyone want to help record the next meeting?
* Volunteers: Anyone want to present an EXPLAIN operator? (5 minutes

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I've been told that they like newcomers.  The next paper is
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And here's my meeting report:

Thank you everyone who attended last night.  I truly enjoyed Bill's
presentation and hope that he will provide a copy of his slides to
the group.  I did not manage to make a recording of the
presentation.  Sorry!  Are there any volunteers to set this up and
run it next time?  I can provide my laptop if we can't use FreeGeek's
stuff.  I have proven that I can't be trusted with recording

I began the meeting by showing lots of pictures of my chickens in the
snow, and with a really lame EXPLAIN operator: UNIQUE.  Anyone want
to volunteer to talk about a better operator next time?

Also, I brought up an annoying problem I've had building DBD::mysql
on OS X 10.4.  It was more of a Perl issue - but still!  What are the
MySQL people thinking to not have this working!?  DBD::Pg works great.

Bill's presentation started with a detailed overview of CMOP and its
place in oceanography research more generally.  He showed examples of
the equipment used to gather data and talked about some of the issues
the data gatherers encounter (uh - echo location and the Navy?).
Many of the pretty graphs were visualizations of temperature and
salinity levels, which are important indicators of salmon habitat.

Then, he dove into the schemas he's developed to handle the different
data sources and showed how he came up with a set of generic sensor
data tables.  He expected more heckles from the crowd on a slide
about not using surrogate keys, but we all just rolled over -
mostly.  Perhaps we can arrange for Bill to have a debate sometime
with someone who has stronger feelings -- he seemed to be itching for
a fight.

I liked in particular a slide that had his tables, and then a phrase
describing the purpose and relations of the table over the top.  This
was a nice way of explaining the thinking behind the schema without
using a bunch of jargon.  Useful!

Bill also talked about the issues with having generic data tables.
To oversimplify an example: certain devices move around and have
arbitrary xyz coordinates, while others don't move around or have a
fixed x, y and/or z position.  Bill uses triggers on insert to help
manage these cases.  Also, as the schema changes, using views to
support legacy applications is very useful.  This brought up the need
for rules in conjunction with the views for writing data back.  There
was some talk of a package that automates some of the rule creation -
I'd be interested if someone wanted to post more information about
this to the list!  Finally, Bill showed some of the magic needed for
partitioning tables and the reasoning behind a particular
partitioning scheme based on data collection stations.

Of course, Bill had lots of pretty slides of the products he
generates from the data.  I asked about using the salinity 3D graph
thingie for making realistic water in video games.  Sadly, Bill
thought that the data was too coarse for detailed modeling.  This
also evoked shouts of "What, do you want to play Grand Theft
Salmon?"  and "Extreme Bass Fishing" from the crowd.

Bill cut his presentation short - there was more about PostGIS that
we didn't see at all and he skipped through a few slides toward the
end.  Maybe he will do a shorter talk on PostGIS sometime in the future!

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Last week at Chennai, Nasscom EmergeOut conclave recognized the prominence SaaS & Cloud hold in IT psyche today, and they had Innovation in the SaaS/Cloud space as its primary theme. I chaired a session called 'Software Procurement Model Trends'. It was interesting to note the amount of serious adoption in the whole gamut of companies from very small startups thru SMEs to large corporations like Diamler. And while today it is more about Software as a Service (SaaS), companies are now beginning to seriously look at Platform as as Service (PaaS) as well.

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BPM in a SaaS model, wherein one can model and execute their business processes over the web, is not exactly new. Gartner reviewed the web based BPM modeling and deployment possibilities in 2008, and cited the three possible deployment models:  For each application instance it may have its own BPMS and repository on a shared server, or a shared  repository, or the extreme form of shared BPMS+repository an a shared server. The whole web based BPM modeling and deployment fad has come and gone. This is partly due to limitations on the kind of use cases that fit in into BPM on the web, with solutions and services they access possibly being within the enterprise. And accessing services inside the enterprise firewall from outside is not the easiest of configurations to open up for secure access. So, model and execute on the web in a SaaS model is probably still time away from mainstream adoption. Until enterprise IT landscapes mature some more; with more widely distributed solutions over the web- possibly accelerated by rapid acceleration of SaaS model business solutions and also the accelerated adoption of public clouds within enterprises.

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It is in this single-solution SOA context that SaaS and multi-tenancy become relevant. Using this model, an ISV could build an application on a platform that leverages the modularity offered by SOA abstractions and the easily customizable first level business process flows enabled by BPM. And, they can make this application available in a SaaS model. If there were to be a BPM+SOA based application platform made available by any of the BPM/middleware vendors, then it is only natural to expect this to also support declarative multi-tenancy.

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