var timeline_events = new Array(15);
    timeline_events[0] = "1721~~~Tue Jul 01 2008 14:50:00 GMT-0500~~~Reworking job materials~~~Time devoted to re-tweaking job letters, dissertation abstracts, writing samples, teaching statements, and CVs.";
    timeline_events[1] = "1719~~~Fri Sep 12 2008 14:45:00 GMT-0500~~~MLA job list comes out~~~The MLA job list is published for the first time in the Fall. ";
    timeline_events[2] = "1720~~~Fri Sep 12 2008 16:49:00 GMT-0500~~~MLA job list crashes internet~~~Servers at the Job Information List crash.";
    timeline_events[3] = "1722~~~Tue Oct 14 2008 14:54:00 GMT-0500~~~First application is due~~~The very first application of the season has to get in the mail in order to make it by the deadline of 18 October. And you pay DHL $45.";
    timeline_events[4] = "1725~~~Wed Oct 15 2008 15:01:00 GMT-0500~~~Apply feverishly~~~Apply to every possible position that you find advertised in the Job Information List, the Chronicle of Higher Ed, and any other source you can turn up.";
    timeline_events[5] = "1723~~~Sat Dec 27 2008 14:59:00 GMT-0500~~~MLA Convention~~~The annual convention of the Modern Language Association, where most job interviews are held.";
    timeline_events[6] = "1724~~~Mon Dec 29 2008 09:00:00 GMT-0500~~~Single MLA interview~~~Have one job interview after having applied to every open position in North America.";
    timeline_events[7] = "1726~~~Fri Jan 02 2009 15:03:00 GMT-0500~~~Continue applying for jobs~~~Keep your eyes on any ads you can find for post-docs, visiting assistant professorships, or lectureships.";
    timeline_events[8] = "1727~~~Mon Mar 23 2009 15:04:00 GMT-0500~~~Start applying for new types of jobs~~~Start broadening your vision of what it is you do and apply for new types of jobs.";
    timeline_events[9] = "1728~~~Fri Apr 10 2009 15:05:00 GMT-0500~~~Phone interview~~~Have a phone interview with promising job.";
    timeline_events[10] = "1730~~~Fri Apr 17 2009 15:09:00 GMT-0500~~~Phone interview follow-up~~~Learn position has gone to someone else.";
    timeline_events[11] = "1729~~~Fri May 01 2009 15:08:00 GMT-0500~~~Phone interview~~~Another phone interview for another promising job.";
    timeline_events[12] = "1731~~~Tue May 05 2009 15:10:00 GMT-0500~~~Receive Campus invitation~~~Invited to interview at campus.";
    timeline_events[13] = "1732~~~Sun May 31 2009 15:11:00 GMT-0500~~~Campus visit~~~Wonderful campus visit. Job talk includes a fabulous Prezi. ";
    timeline_events[14] = "1733~~~Wed Jun 03 2009 15:12:00 GMT-0500~~~Phone interview~~~New and sudden phone interview happens.";