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So you're tired of shoreline fishing on Lake St. Clair. How about renting a 15-foot fishing boat with all the bells' and whistles.
"It's a nice option to finally get off the shore and onto the lake and catch some big old smallies or get into some perch," said Mike Pascoe of Sportsmen's Direct, located at 36072 Jefferson Ave., in Harrison Township. "Where we are located you can pretty much catch anything and everything: smallmouth, largemouth, musky, perch, walleye, panfish – the lake has got it all only a mile or so from the shop."
Renting a boat from Sportsmen's Direct is an option for those who cannot afford to buy a boat or don't want to bring your own boat to work and decide you want to cut out early for an afternoon on the lake.
"The boats have everything you need," Pascoe said Friday.
Fishing boat rentals include four 15-foot Polar Kraft Dakota's powered by a 25 horsepower Yamaha 4-stroke with electric start. The boats are equipped with a GPS color fish finder, live well, seat cushions, lifejackets, anchor, flares – all U.S. Coast Guard approved.
"The decision to provide rentals was a joint thing between (owner) John Bacarella and (store manager) Justin Clark," said Pascoe, a retail clerk at Sportsmen's Direct. "They wanted to take the business to the next level, and this is an option to get off the shore."
Rental cost is $65 for a half day, $100 for a full day during the week, and $119 for a full day (7 hours) on weekends. The cost includes 6 gallons of gas. Of note, additional time on the lake is $15 an hour.
"People tell us they had a blast when they come back," Pascoe said. "They almost always catch fish - everyone comes back and they're always smiling."
For more information on boat rental or other fishing supplies offered at Sportsmen's Direct, Inc., call (586) 741-6052.
Boating & Outdoor Recreation Festival on tap
The Michigan Boating Industries Association's Boating & Outdoor Festival is set for Sept. 19-22 at Lake St. Clair Metropark in Harrison Township.
New this year is floating docks to accommodate more boats in the South Marina.
"Our winter and spring boat shows both saw growth in space sales and increased attendance, so we are pleased to see more boats on display at this important fall boat show as well," Boat Show Manager Nicki Polan said. "Boat sales reports have been good, marinas slip rentals are up, and reports of service and repair are through the roof."
Polan said in 2012, the boating market in Michigan outpaced the rest of the country with 20 percent growth and is the third largest boating market in the country with more than $450 million spent on boats, motors, trailers and accessories last year.
"The industry has a $7.43 billion economic impact on the state of Michigan," Polan said.
In addition to hundreds of boats in the water and on-land, accessories and services, the Boating & Outdoor Festival is known for "providing a full day of fun for the whole family," Polan said.
Other special features include the Be a Diver Scuba Pool, Outdoor Nation Summit to get "the millennial generation outdoors," Angler's Dream Bass Fishing Tournament, live music at the Tiki Bar, Taste Fest, a kid's zone with character appearances.
Festival hours are noon to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults, while children 12 and under are free with an adult. Parking is $5 – or free to those with a Metroparks permit.
For more information, discount tickets, current promotions and contest information, visit www.boatingandoutdoorfest.com.
Preserving the region's natural heritage
The Clinton River Watershed Council, the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy have joined forces to promote Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel's Blue Economy to highlight the natural assets in the region.
Folks can join them for a reception and screening of Green Fire, a documentary highlighting the life of Aldo Leopold, one of America's greatest conservationists, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, at Macomb Music Theater in Mount Clemens.
All proceeds will benefit the Clinton River Watershed Council, Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy and the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets are $40 each or $75 for an individual and guest. For more information, visit www.crwc.org.
Algonac historical encampment
Looking for a bit of history to go with your outdoors? The Algonac Historical Encampment is Sept. 28-29 at Algonac State Park.
The Algonac Historical Encampment is focused on the daily life activities of the various peoples that inhabited the Great Lakes region during the time period of the mid 1700's.
First person impressions are encouraged, and participants are encouraged to demonstrate skills and crafts of the same time period. Organizers said authenticity of the time period is required.
Individual registration is required, due to insurance policy.
The Algonac Historical Encampment was established in 1991. The following portrayals will allowed; Eastern Woodland Indian, French military, and various civilian portrayals.
Algonac State Park is a 1,500-acre park with modern camping and shower facilities. The campground is a short walk from the encampment area.
Camping participants will be provided with wood, water and access to the modern shower building. For more information, contact Ron Pinson (810) 650-8161.
Manual for sabotaging wolf hunts released
Folks on both sides of the wolf debate just got something else to argue.
According to a report, a manual which provides detailed information for disrupting wolf hunting in states that allow it has been released.
The text is titled "The Earth First! Wolf Hunting Sabotage Manual" and it explains how to find and destroy wolf traps, handle live trapped wolves in order to release them, and various methods, including the use of air-compressed horns and smoke-bombs, for stopping wolf hunts.
The authors of the manual describe themselves as, "hunters and proud of it," adding, "But we aren't proud of what passes for hunting these days and especially for what passes as 'sportsman' hunting."
The publication of the text, which was sent to Earth First! Media by a group calling themselves "The Redneck Wolf Lovin' Brigade" is being published electronically at Earth First! News.
Panagioti Tsolkas, a correspondent with Earth First! Media, said the manual is being released in response to regional de-listings of wolves in the Great Lakes region and the Northern Rockies where subsequent wolf hunts have accounted for "over 1,700 wolves hunted or trapped."
"We're coming into a new era of wolf genocide," Tsolkas said in a release. "It will be important for individuals and groups with a passion to protect wolves to take this manual into consideration."
We'll get reaction from pro-wolf hunting groups in an upcoming column.
Just a reminder
Bear season opens Sept. 10. … Ruffed grouse season opens Sept. 15. … Rabbit season opens Sept. 15. … Wild turkey season opens Sept. 15. … Ste. Clair Voyageur Group Meeting is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Lake St. Clair Metropark Nature Center in Harrison Township. Call (586) 463-4332. … Trout season ends Sept. 30.
Tom Watts writes a weekly outdoors column for 21st Century Media. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Exclusive: Drew Zahn reviews Bruce Willis' latest 'Die Hard' movie
It seems the standard formula for putting together a sequel film is to get a few people together, brainstorm some ideas, settle on a couple that would be "cool," add a few extra explosions, then hurry up and start making advertisements … without anyone suggesting time be spent on the script, characters or storyline.
"A Good Day to Die Hard," therefore, must have followed the formula to a "T."
Bruce Willis' latest "John McClane" movie (what is this? fourth? fifth? whatever) sends us almost inexplicably to Russia, even more bizarrely to Chernobyl, so that John can chase down his wayward son (wait, he has a son?) and blow up a whole bunch of stuff in the process.
The movie itself is fairly entertaining, as far as action films go, and does attempt to have a heart, but it falls short of being memorable for its lack of real attention to building a compelling story.
Furthermore, it seems to have forgotten what made "Die Hard" so appealing in the first place: an ordinary cop in an ordinary place caught in extraordinary circumstances, trouble he didn't go looking for, but doing what he must to save the day. This sequel, by taking us to Russia, just seemed too contrived and too much like every other action film ever made.
Rent it later if you like this sort of movie; skip it if you don't.
Where the movie deserve some praise, however, is its attempt to weave in a bit of heart and speak to the father-son dynamic.
John McClane's son, Jack, has long left his dad in the rearview mirror, running off join the CIA while John is left to keep tabs on his son via police reports. When Pops shows up in the middle of Jack's mission in Russia, he's far from welcome.
"D— you, John," the estranged son says. "Shut up, you've done enough G– d— damage."
For better or for worse, however, Dad is thrust into Junior's world, and the effort to begin reconciliation begins.
"I believed work was all that mattered," John tells another dad he encounters on why his son is so bitter. "I thought working all the time was a good thing."
It turns out he was wrong, and it almost cost him his son.
In "A Good Day to Die Hard," both father and son learn some lessons about themselves, about each other and about restoring broken relationships through love – all while trying to stop nuclear war and blowing up the bad guys.
It's not altogether a bad premise for a film. It's just too bad the brainstorming stopped there. With a little more attention to making a good movie … this could have been a good movie.
Content advisory:
- "A Good Day to Die Hard" is rated R, with roughly 40 obscenities and profanities, many of them strong.
- It's an action film with plenty of violence, explosions, car chases, shootouts, random bloody injuries, one gruesome death and a pile of bones. The film does make light of "killing scumbags" and does glamorize violence, yet it isn't as intentionally gory or blood-splattering as some other popular action films of the day.
- The film is fairly light on sexuality, which consists of a couple of shirtless guys, a gal who peels off a motorcycle jumpsuit to reveal her bra, some flashes of leg, one joke about sex and a brief nightclub scene in which several women, perhaps prostitutes, are seen in revealing outfits. There are neither any romantic scenes nor explicit nudity.
- The film has little to no religious or occult content.


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Aug. 17, 2006
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The 2006 UC Santa Barbara women's soccer team returns its top seven scorers and players who accounted for 22 of the team's 24 total goals in 2005. In addition, the Gauchos welcome a recruiting class which was ranked among the top-45 in the nation by Soccer Buzz Magazine, a pair of talented Division I transfers and two players who were starters in 2004 but redshirted the 2005 season.
So, what aspect of the team's roster is head coach Paul Stumpf most excited about?
"Last year we had 18 new players on a roster of 30," began the eighth-year head coach. "We had a lot of difficult issues to overcome. For one thing, it took us a long time to figure out roles and we didn't really start playing well until the end of the season."
The 2006 version of Gaucho soccer is just the opposite.
"This year we have just eight rookies on a roster of 30," Stumpf said. "That's 22 players who I've spent one to five years with. They know me and I know them. That makes a big difference. Our spring (2006) season was a big improvement over the fall because we knew each other and the team chemistry changed."
Sophomore forward Genelle Ives leads UCSB's offensive attack. The Big West Conference co-Freshman of the Year and a Second Team All-Big West choice, Ives paced the Gauchos with six goals and 18 points in 2005. She also had six assists. Senior Allie Kueny, who suffered a knee injury during the summer, had three goals, a team-leading nine assists and 15 points last season. If she is healthy, she and Ives give UCSB a top-notch one-two returnee punch on the frontline.
Another returnee, senior Chandi Bickford, had three goals and 10 assists as a sophomore in 2004, but she played in just seven matches and struggled through an injury-filled junior campaign in 2005. One of the best athletes on the team, Bickford's healthy return would be a major boost to the Gauchos. Sophomore forward Michelle Russell was off to a good start in 2005, scoring a pair of goals in her first seven matches, but an ankle injury put her on the shelf for the final 12 contests. Her healthy return would also be a major positive for UCSB.
Junior Heather Young, a transfer from Ohio State, is expected to be a major contributor immediately. Young is an outstanding athlete with very good speed and agility and could become a major force in the Big West Conference.
Senior Darci Gwartz, an Honorable Mention All-Big West honoree in 2005, leads the way among midfield returnees. As a junior, Gwartz had two goals and two assists. Katie Smith, a sophomore, also returns in the midfield. She started all 19 games in 2005 and had a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Smith was, in fact, the only midfielder to start all 19 games for the Gauchos last season.
Senior Kristyn Bright, a First Team All-Big West selection in 2003 and a Second Team All-Big West choice in 2004, returns after missing the 2005 season with a knee injury. If she can regain her health, Bright will play a prominent role in the UCSB midfield in 2006. Junior Kathleen Prieto, one of the fiercest competitors on the team, played in just nine matches last year. In 2006, Prieto will make the move to outside midfielder where she still possesses one of the most powerful legs on the team. Sophomore Linda Allen, who can play almost every position on the field, made 14 starts in 2005 and she earned the opportunity to compete for a starting spot in 2006.
A pair of freshmen could impact the midfield as well. Erin Doherty (Lakewood, Calif./Wilson HS) and Sarah Stoltz (Ojai, Calif./Nordhoff HS) are different type of players, but either could earn significant playing time. Doherty is an outstanding technical central midfielder with an outstanding work rate. Stoltz is a blue-collar-type with good possession skills.
The backline is where Santa Barbara returns its most experience. Junior Katie Dwyer started all 19 matches in 2005 and should be a factor again. Juniors Kandice Mclaughlin and Katrina Wright, who transferred from Division I schools prior to the 2005 season, finished 2006 as regular starters. McLaughlin, who began her career at Michigan, can also play in the midfield. Sophomore Rachael Ritchey, who played in just 12 matches as a freshman, had an outstanding spring and she is a leading candidate to start as a defender in 2006. Romy Barber, hampered by injuries for much of 2005, is also a possibility.
Sophomore Jessie Steinberg redshirted the 2005 season after playing in all 21 matches and starting 20 in 2004. Her return to UCSB's defensive corps is vital.
The one newcomer who could impact the situation is Lexi Eaton (Monrovia, Calif./Arcadia HS). A very good individual defender, Eaton is very quick and fast and she has very good skills.
With four-year starter Jamie Considine now a member of the coaching staff, the goalkeeper spot will definitely be filled by a newcomer and the two leading candidates are junior transfer Katie Wright and freshman Tammy Lenham (Hermosa Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS).
Wright, a transfer from Nebraska, redshirted the 2005 season after an early injury. As a sophomore in 2004, she played every minute of every Cornhusker match helping the team to a 14-9 record and into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. A native of Mission Viejo, Wright is tall (5-foot-10) and athletic. Lenham is also a good athlete and, like Wright, she has good size (5-foot-9) and she is a good shot-blocker. Redshirt freshman Austen Everett (Seattle/Bishop Blanchet HS) will also be an option in the goal.
Stumpf believes that the competition for positions in 2006 will be a key to UCSB's success, but as if that weren't enough, the team has an additional motivating factor.
"Last year we really underachieved," he said. "We didn't have good chemistry and that showed on the field. In the end, for the first time, we were sitting at home during the Big West Tournament. This year I think we have the chemistry and talent not only to make the tournament but I think we have a chance to win it. That's our goal and I think it's realistic."


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NCAA president Mark Emmert says another round of conference realignment could be sparked by schools trying to improve their chances to play in the proposed four-team college football playoff.
Emmert was in Kansas City on Thursday to discuss various issues with representatives of the Big 12, who were conducting their annual meetings at the InterContinental Hotel.
He said the dust may have finally settled on conference realignment, but warned that a change to the postseason system could set the wheels in motion again.
Emmert called it "unrealistic" that teams from the power conferences would break away from the NCAA to form their own organization, as some have speculated. He also cautioned about the growing gulf between the "haves" and "have-nots" of major college sports.


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I'm taking a break from responding to the poets who submitted to the motherhood anthology I'm editing with photographer, Elisha Rain. While I *love* to send the finalist letters that tell poets that their poems will go into the final group where we begin to match poems with specific photos, I so dislike the "Sorry to say no" letter, the rejection letter I have to send to another group of poets.
Of course, I know we won't be able to use all the finalists and some of them will receive a "sorry to say no" down the line, but right now, they are closer to being part of the anthology-- what remains is to see if we can we find a photograph that will work with the poem or a series of poems, and this is how we will choose.
Editing reminds me a poet that sometimes a poem is rejected merely because it doesn't fit. I've rejected poems today I really enjoy, but they don't quite fit the vision for the anthology. I try to make that clear in my response, but what the poet may see is the rejection.
I think that's important to remember as a poet, that *you* are not being rejected, but the poem may just not right. Also, editors are people who have varying moods. For example, there was a poem I considering rejecting last night, but was too tired to send the rejection. Then this morning with fresh eyes, I reread the poem and thought--why was I going to reject this? I'm imperfect and my tastes vary. I read things when we should be asleep.
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In other news--
In the nation's first-ever $3 trillion budget, President Bush seeks to seal his legacy of promoting a strong defense to fight terrorism and tax cuts to spur the economy.
I roll my eyes to the president again and again. Somebody wake me when he's out of office.
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At the June 29 Toyota Bassmaster Weekend Series N.C. District 5 tournament at Lake Norman, Jerry Lineberger of Lincolnton topped the field with 14.82 pounds of fish but suffered a 1-pound penalty because of two dead fish.
At the June 29 Toyota Bassmaster Weekend Series N.C. District 5 tournament at Lake Norman, Jerry Lineberger of Lincolnton topped the field with 14.82 pounds of fish but suffered a 1-pound penalty because of two dead fish.
The infraction cost Lineberger the victory and $1,030. He tallied 13.82 pounds with the penalty, placing him behind winner Rob Digh of Denver, who had 14.24 pounds on five live fish.
Digh received $2,060; Lineberger collected $1,030.
The costly infraction explains why tournament fishermen invest in expensive aerated livewell systems, protective chemicals, and blocked ice to keep the water temperature in livewells cooler than the lake water.
Despite these measures, fish can die if placed in a crowded livewell (there should not be a ratio of more than 1 pound of bass per gallon of water), are caught from deep water, or are hooked too deeply in the gills or throat.
Fourteen other fishermen in the Boater Division had one or more fish die on them. These other penalized fishermen did not lose money because of their reduced catches.
Scott Hamrick of Denver finished third with 13.70 pounds and had the big fish of the day with a 4.70-pound bass. He collected $892.
Other top scores were Steve Dyer of Mt. Pleasant, fourth, with 12.93 pounds for $481; Derek Cummings of Clayton, fifth, with 11.96 pounds for $412; Carson Oreliana of Mooresville, sixth, with 10.52 pounds for $378; Steve Addington of Dallas, seventh, with 10.01 pounds for $343; and Michael Stephens of Gastonia, eighth, with 9.91 pounds for $309.
Charlotte's Hunter Hicks placed first among the co-anglers with 7.18 pounds and earned $1,046.
Doug File of Salisbury finished second with 5.33 pounds, winning $478.
The co-anglers didn't escape penalties for dead fish, either. Rodney Vaow of Cornelius ranked third with 5.32 pounds for $319. Vaow received a penalty for a dead fish that cost him second place and $159. Archdale's Greg Mauldin could have finished second if he kept all of his fish alive, but a penalty dropped him into fourth place with 5.25 pounds for $223. He lost $215.
Overall, 90 percent of the fish caught in the event were released alive.
Lexington's David Fritts finished 41st with 29-05 and won $9,453 at the June 27-30 FLW Tour event at Lake Chickamauga, Tenn.
Matt Arey of Shelby had 49-12 to claim the 17th spot and $11,360.
Co-angler Bryan New of Belmont placed 22nd with 20-07 and banked $1,223.
Heavy rains produced a soggy free fishing day for the Fourth of July holiday. Since 1994, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has offered a free fishing day for residents and non-residents who can fish public waters without purchasing a fishing license. The free day serves as an incentive for individuals to purchase a fishing license.
To purchase a fishing license, call 1-888-248-6834 or visit the Commission's website.
Recent rains have High Rock Lake bulging at the seams with muddy water, much of which gushed into Tuckertown Lake last Friday rendering the upper reaches of the lake unfishable.
Some fishable water exists within Flat, Ellis, and Riles creeks.
Corey Buchanan, a 9-year-old from Spruce Pine, won a unified lifetime sportsman license, the grand prize in a statewide drawing for youngsters who participated in one of the "Fish for Fun" events for kids. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and Neuse Sports Shop of Kinston donated the license.
Nine-year-old Jaime Yankow of Jacksonville won a lifetime freshwater fishing license donated by the N.C. Council of Trout Unlimited.
Fishing merchandise was awarded to 150 other children who are listed at www.ncwildlife.org.
Two Lexington anglers received checks at the June 27-29 All American at Nickajack Lake, Tenn.
Robert Walser finished 21st with 26-06, and David Wright placed 25th with 24-11. They each received $2,000 and $1,500 from the Ranger Cup program.
Maiden's David Williams ranked fifth with 45-04 for $13,000 and a $6,000 Ranger Cup bonus; Concord's Maurice Freeze, 18th, with 27-01 for $3,000 and a $2,000 Ranger Cup bonus; and Dennis Reedy of Siler City, 27th, with 23-15 for $2,000.
Tony Garitta is a fishing columnist for The Dispatch.


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Skip to comments.Wall 'could stop desert spread'
Posted on 07/24/2009 3:05:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A plan to build a 6,000km-long wall across the Sahara Desert to stop the spread of the desert has been outlined. The barrier - formed by solidifying sand dunes - would stretch from Mauritania in the west of Africa to Djibouti in the east. The plan was put forward by architect Magnus Larsson at the TED Global conference in Oxford. A 2007 UN study described desertification as "the greatest environmental challenge of our times".
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Desert sands, and the dunes that they form, are constantly on the move
Why would they want to contain the "pristine" Sahara desert?
Undocumented desertification?
Mauritania has about 500,000 slaves they could put to building the wall.
I don't know if walls work for desert spread. But I've been told "walls don't work" for border security. If walls can't stop people, I don't see how they could stop wind and sand.
Gonna have to make a really tall wall to stop the weather.
How is it when liberals want to do "eco-engineering" it's worthwhile, law of unitended consequences be damned; when conservatives say leave it alone, it's probably the time for the Gieco Gecko to be extinct, we're the bad guys.
Those Saharian dust storms fertlize the Amazon Basin and the Gulf Of Mexico.
They bring a lot of bacteria and sickness over with them too.
And I think it just might be a little late for a wall. Pretty much the whole upper half of Africa is desert.
Paging King Canute...
Off topic, but considering the number of geckos running around the walls of my house, that is not gonna happen. LOL!
At least try to get a break on your insurance.
And see if you can get one to try on that little suit.
The second guy was french and wanted a wall around france where as nothing could get in nor escape.
The third asked the Genie about how secure and high the wall was, then requested his wish..."fill it with water".
Truth be told, I WANT the geckos in the house to eat my malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Maybe they can do the trust thing!
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Has anyone given it a good testing? I've noticed a horrible trend that Canonical tends to rush their releases these days, especially today. Trying to hit the 10/10/10 deadline makes me wonder what they've left broken to meet their target date.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625793 [launchpad.net]
If you use a second keyboard layout and switching, don't upgrade, this still isn't fixed and it's hell, at random points in time it starts rapidly changing the layout, leading to weird results in what you type.
Also there are two problems with the NVidia driver - one is that the text is horribly slow with the included driver, you need to install the beta from the site, and the other is that the nouveau driver fucks up the card and makes it impossible to use the card, so I had to revert to an older kernel. There's a bug for this too somewhere, can't remember the ID.
Thanks for the heads-up.
After a previous kernel update once caused a kernel panic whenever I switched between wireless connections (e.g. activating hibernate at the office and reactivating the notebook back home) I'm kinda wary of these things.
I've been using it a couple of months on a Dell Mini 9.
The upgrade was *flawless*. I've done enough bad Ubuntu upgrades that I find this remarkable, and very cheering. Ubuntu upgrades are notoriously terrible - particularly compared to how well Debian does - and I'm glad they appear to be paying more attention now.
Using it has been just fine and absolutely smooth. I'm using standard 10.10, not the netbook version - there's no reason not to IMO.
Two thumbs up! Four stars! Upgrade, er, tomorrow, when the serve
The upgrade was *flawless*.
I upgraded to the beta and I had to babysit the upgrade over about four days as they boned the package archive. LOADS of missing dependencies that caused the install to want to remove big pieces of my system, which it would probably have done with -y. You got very lucky, because my upgrades were painful. They did finally work though, and I am free of conflicts and unresolved deps... Now I'm just dealing with the bugs they introduced in this revision, like GDM not properly handling multiple monitors, or my one-of-the-most-common-models Cambridge bluetooth dongle no longer working. Well, bootsplash did vanish, and I never noticed.
It would also be nice if on fresh installs to flash media Ubuntu would automatically disable readahead. Readahead from a flash device accomplishes very little and doing it from a SLOW flash device will increase your boot time significantly, as the machine NEEDS to have something to do while it is reading from the storage device. Right now it seems like Ubuntu has nothing to improve but eye candy, and so they are doing this and don't care if they break anything in the process.
Obviously the answer is to move to a Dell Mini 9.
It seems so far to be pretty good. It feels like a slight evolution of 10.04 rather than the huge leap 10.04 was from 9.10. There isn't a huge amount different, but that might explain why it seems much more stable than 9.10 and 10.04 were when they were initially released.
The nicest new feature is the beautiful ubuntu font.
People try Ubuntu because of the hype, then tar all linux distros with the same brush.
Oh my ; the article that you link shows that the most popular Linux distro
If it showed that the ratio of positive articles to negative articles was different, that might be something, even if that might just reflect the relatively inexperienced user base of Ubuntu (because it's more popular, it's going to cover more of the bell curve of expertise). But it doesn't even try.
It does compare it to Windows. Surprisingly, negative Windows articles are more popular than negative Ubuntu articles. Way to go with that insight.
Yes, but is it made with real Meerkat?
As I use neither Unity nor Ubuntu One, I'm going to be sticking with 10.04, which is the latest long term support version. In fact, I think I'll even install 10.04 instead of 10.10 when I buy a new computer later this year.
I seem to recall previous, preliminary announcements claiming that there would be more items upgraded in 10.10. I wonder if I was imagining that, or if Canonical decide some of the other upgrades were not worth the effort? (Or maybe I was thinking of Xubuntu.)
Yes, the user-space changes seem irrelevant.
But, the kernel is worth the upgrade - along with some other userspace requirements that go hand-in-hand with the kernel.
For example, the (newer?) Xorg for using newer features from the graphics/drm drivers etc.
The newer kernel gives you:
o. more h/w support (drivers moved from staging into mainline)
o. newer filesystems (ceph anyone?)
o. newer archs (tile is now included in mainline)
- just to name a few reasons.
Granted I haven't checked what all is actually
Yes, the user-space changes seem irrelevant.
But, the kernel is worth the upgrade - along with some other userspace requirements that go hand-in-hand with the kernel.
For example, the (newer?) Xorg for using newer features from the graphics/drm drivers etc.
If you're running 10.04, none of your applications will know how to use any of these new Xorg features. They won't know they exist
The newer kernel gives you:
o. more h/w support (drivers moved from staging into mainline)
My hardware already works if I'm already running 10.04. Why would I need more hardware support?
o. newer filesystems (ceph anyone?)
Why does my desktop need ceph? Ext4 is plenty good for a desktop. If I'm running a server, why would I be changing the configuration of a production machine? Am I really going to be upgrading everything to ceph?
o. newer archs (tile is now included in mainline)
Whoo, now I can upgrade my x86-64 to a tile processor! This is the feature I needed!
- just to name a few reasons.
Granted I haven't checked what all is actually bundled, but if you can live with manually updating the kernel and the bits that go along with it, you can definitely stick with 10.04LTS provided you're not on paid support from Canonical which might get voided if you change the kernel.
As time passes by, the distro is bound to get into equilibrium - at which point, we can't expect major changes.
NONE of these reasons compel me to upgrade 10.04 a 10.10 on an already working, functional system. The only good reason would be if your hardware wasn't supported in the older kernel, but I'm assuming you wouldn't be using Ubuntu if your hardware wasn't supported.
The only thing left to care about is userspace changes, but it sounds like the userspace changes are minor.
I find it frustrating that a more complete list of new features and new versions isn't listed with the announcement. I found this blog posting : http://linux.gauravlive.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat-whats-new/ [gauravlive.com]
Gnome 2.32
Default KDE browser Rekonq
Pulse Audio is the default sound server
Firefox 3.6.9
OpenOffice 3.2.1
Evolution 2.30.3
F-Spot => Shotwell
Btrfs now available (though, this is still experimental)
kernel 2.6.35-22.33
X.org version 1.9
Release Notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes [ubuntu.com]
The main reason why I try to use the latest version of Ubuntu is mainly due to having the latest kernel and packages. The latest kernel is obvious - bug fixes in things like filesystems, drivers and other lower-level components are rather important. Regarding packages, it's an unfortunate fact that despite PPAs, it's still a bitch to keep up to date with the latest versions of most software. Ubuntu generally only packages security and minor version updates for things, and that's generally not enough for a d
As a photographer, I like Shotwell. As a programmer, I like it a little more than the mono updates that come along with f-spot (and I don't like Miguel).
But here's what's kept me from abandoning gthumb2 for shotwell. Shotwell keeps pictures in ~/Pictures by default. There is no way for it to randomly pick up a directory and operate on it. I've often thought about hacking that up, but for Vala & the associated learning curve I've been too lazy to tackle.
And now, for an encore can we kick tomboy too out of the CD?
Make sure you don't care about what's in ~/Pictures
rm -rf ~/Pictures
ln -s [folder you care about] ~/Pictures
Oh, and before someone rabbles "ITS THE COMMAND LINE THIS IS WHY LINUX IS NOT READY FOR THE DESKTOP RAGAGEDHDHA" there's a GUI way to do it: Right click the folder in nautilus and click Make Link, you'll get a shortcut. Delete the Pictures folder, cut and paste that link file that was made and rename it to Pictures.
wtf, there is an option to change the collection dir in shotwell preferences, don't bother with symlinking
The preferences dialog didn't come until 0.6.1, the GP posts are probably using the older version.
The newer binaries for Lucid (and Maverick) are here [launchpad.net].
rm -rf ~/Pictures
ln -s [folder you care about] ~/Pictures
Right click the folder in nautilus and click Make Link, you'll get a shortcut. Delete the Pictures folder, cut and paste that link file that was made and rename it to Pictures.
Which instructions are really easier to follow?
The command line ones. They often can be copy-pasted, and are much more language neutral (though not so much in this particular case)
Language is a pretty big barrier for giving GUI explanations. For instance, I don't have my GUI in English, so if I were to try to explain this to somebody here, I'd have the problem of not knowing the exact name of the "Make Link" option. It could be "Make Symlink" or "Create Link" for all I know. But in the commandline, "ln" is always "ln", and the name of the Pictures folder is one of the very few deviations from that.
But which one is easier to remember? The graphical ones. If I want to follow this procedure again in a year, what are the chances I'm going to remember those two lines exactly? Even a single character off could have bad results, ore more likely not work at all. Sure, most of us on
/. have memorized simple commands like rm, ln, and their common parameters, but the average user is NOT going to memorize that, nor should they have to.
That's why you make a script. Or copy/paste again from the original source, wh
But which one is easier to remember? The graphical ones.
Really? Using a GUI is a lot like going to the toolbox and grabbing a tool. Sometimes a tool gets misplaced and you're going to have to hunt for it. Words (like CLI commands) are always right there.
Sure, we've all had the experience where a word is right on the tip of our tongue and we can't think of it. But it's an uncommon experience, which is why it's remarkable. We all have enormous English vocabularies that we can call up instantly. On the other hand, most of us lose something every day. I've learned to keep the important things (keys) at hand, but I couldn't tell you where the swiss army knife I was just using is.
GUIs are the same way. When I use a GUI, I am constantly asking myself "ok, which menu was that command in?". With a CLI you never have to know where your commands are. Just speak the words and it is done. It's like a fucking magical incantation. That is what I call easy.
If I have to look up the command line syntax every time I want to make a link, it's a lot slower than just using the GUI method. I have to figure out what to type in the search engine
Search.. engine..? If you invoke 'ln' with no arguments, it tells you to use --help for more information. When you do that you get a nice list of options. It's all right there at your fingertips.
Another problem is long paths to directories. Sure, typing ~/Pictures is easy enough, but what if it's ~/Desktop/android-sdk-mac_86/tools (random example), or something worse.
That's what tab completion is for. This explains why you think the CLI is harder than the GUI. You're doing it wrong. The CLI has been around for long enough that it has tools to get around all these problem cases. The GUI is getting there. Features like desktop search are helping to solve the "where is it?" problem I described above. But, surprise, surprise, they do it by becoming more like the CLI.
The first set of instructions. They're so easy a computer can follow them.
That's a cool (and obvious) workaround, but it doesn't solve the basic deficiency of a tool that has to be used in a specific way which conflicts with many people's workflow. Ubuntu is on the "two steps back" model.
WTH?? Why are you avoiding mechanism which is in place for those things, namely XDG user dirs? Shotwell, as every good behaving application, uses directory which user defined for storing pictures. This define can be changed with command
xdg-user-dirs-update --set PICTURES [folder you care about]
Or by editing ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.
Over the past year or so it has become clear that even on heavy open source/Linux focused sites like Slashdot that the fanatical enthusiasm for desktop Linux that existed throughout the 2000s has mostly dissipated into a resignation that the dream is dead. OS X continues to leave Linux far, far behind in marketshare in the consumer space. And Windows 7 has squashed the now unrealistic dreams from the Vista days that consumers would abandon Microsoft for Linux.
One just has to look at how Google took the Linux core and created a single stable set of APIs and development tools and have come to dominate the cellphone market in sales in just a couple of years and wonder what could have been with desktop Linux if it hadn't been for the juvenile license wars, API and desktop manager wars, and spinning cubes instead of real world usability that sums up most of the past decade of Linux development.
Windows 7 really has sucked the enthusiasm out of the push to get people to migrate to Linux. The huge amount of progress Microsoft has made with security and stability have left very little reason for the average home computer user to make a change.
I'd be willing to bet that the only reason Windows 7 is any good is because of the competition from Linux. Even if you don't use Linux you still benefit from it.
I'd be willing to bet that the only reason Windows 7 is any good is because of the competition from Linux.
Linux is scarcely a blib on the radar.
On the monthly Statcounter GLobal Stats [statcounter.com], Linux ranks lower than "Other." It is falling off the edge of the world.
What drives Microsoft onward is it's thirty year run with Apple.
Also note that Windows 7's current user interface resembles the bastard child of both Gnome and Finder
No, Apple has its niche of high-end computers and will not give it up. From that position it does not threaten Microsoft - Apple does not have a single laptop under $1k, so they have not made any netbooks, meaning that Microsoft continues to dominate the cheap market. Also, Apple has been generally ignoring much of the business scene. Apple does have iPhones and iPads, but those are not markets that desktop Windows could get into. This is why Linux is so dangerous - it attacks Windows in both business and o
Other might not necessarily be desktop operating systems. Infact, I have a feeling it's various smartphone devices, consoles, etc. Infact I'm curious how large part of other is Android, which is based on the Linux kernel (but is unlike any other Linux distro, and did fork the kernel...).
Considering the amount of computers around, I actually find 0.77% impressive since by those stats Mac is only "seven" times bigger than Linux. And Macintosh is widely advertised and have the whole brand thing, while there is
One just has to look at how Google took the Linux core and created a single stable set of APIs and development tools and have come to dominate the cellphone market in sales in just a couple of years and wonder what could have been with desktop Linux if it hadn't been for the juvenile license wars, API and desktop manager wars, and spinning cubes instead of real world usability that sums up most of the past decade of Linux development.
No, the problem is in the techie delusion that something which is ONLY a core (Linux) can somehow be used to define & identify a complete, consumer-oriented desktop platform. There is no SDK for "Linux", hence it is hostile to application developers. There are no reference hardware implementations for the desktop. There is no official IDE that app devs can use to establish their footing on the platform. There is no corporate sponsor which takes responsibility for the delivered OS soup-to-nuts.
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Well, Ubuntu, like it or not, is the most popular linux distribution (that, or its users just have very loud mouths). I honestly don't see what the big deal about Ubuntu is anymore. Linux Mint does a much better job at being easy-to-use right out of the box (and doesn't make stupid design decisions involving window buttons... cough cough). For the more geek-inclined, Fedora is a very un-assuming distribution and makes for a much less awkward first experience compared to Ubuntu. And for the extremely geek-inclined, Arch Linux and just plain-ol-Debian are awesomeness. I'm using Arch right now, and if you can get it set up right the first time (thanks to their awesome documentation), you get a rolling release system with constant updates and a gigantic user repository of packages (I even maintain some packages for them, and it is to stupidly easy to make a pacman package that I'm never going back to deb/rpm)!
Thankfully, it's incredibly easy to distro-hop if you don't like the current distribution you're using enough
Although I would tend to agree with you, I use KUbuntu 10.04 today on my laptop and my MythTV box at home. Simply put, they're well put together, well supported and don't suffer from some of the strange GUI ideas that Canonical put in the regular Ubuntu (which shooed me away from it for a LONG time I might add).
I have used Macs for years, and still have my Macbook Pro for a few applications I just can't get under Linux (for example my own business is mostly managed using iRatchet, and I still haven't got a good way to get music and podcasts to my iPhone from Linux) but it took playing with KUbuntu on my laptop to convince me that Linux was ready for me to return. I used to run all kinds of distros... I have run Fedora numerous times, Gentoo, Redhat... you name it. I like the fact that for the most part Kubuntu gets out of my way and lets me get my work done the same way OSX does. I've had a couple of issues with wireless network not working after updates, but I find a second reboot usually clears that up. Other than that, it's rock solid stable, gets me better battery life than Windows 7 on the same hardware and generally just works like an operating system should.
Of course, freedom of choice is what Linux is all about anyway... and yes Mint is a great distro as well. However, I found that if I have a problem with Kubuntu it's usually much easier to find answers than it is for Mint simply because of the larger community of users.
Linux Mint does a much better job at being easy-to-use right out of the box (and doesn't make stupid design decisions involving window buttons... cough cough).
How? All I can see is it is a reskinned Ubuntu with "restricted extras" and medibuntu installed. I tried it on my HTPC/Nettop and it was about as easy to use as Ubuntu, except with a dog-ugly and inefficient Windows XP menu. It did not live up to the hype. Yes, it was prettier, and yes it maintained Windows-style buttons, but this doesn't really
Every ubuntu release is announced here. Even RC ones. Why? Other operating systems and distributions are not.
Not true. Announcements are also posted here for every minor tweak to BeOS and AmigaOS.
It seems that at least from my location in Northern Europe the ISOs are not downloadable due to the server having been already Slashdotted. But luckily the files are also avaialble as official
I was wondering why I couldn't connect to gb.archive.ubuntu.org today
I started when it went beta and every night since I finally got my upgrade ironed out (it took days before they got the package database in order such that you could actually complete an upgrade and not have packages trying to remove themselves) I've been doing
sudo at midnight
aptitude update && aptitude -y dist-upgrade
Trying to upgrade today resulted in no updates, so I must be running final.
Let's see if they fixed the bluetooth driver they broke... nope. Failed to set bluetooth power. The error reported is: Connection timed out. Thanks for breaking the world's most common bluetooth dongle, dumbshits. I see testing is alive and well at Ubuntu... wait, no it isn't. And this bug was reported multiple times, including by me, before the release, but apparently replacing the working image manipulation software with one that uses a hardcoded directory for your library was more important than fixing bugs that they created since Lucid.
The market is ready for a Debian derivative that cares about stability and bugfixes. Ubuntu is like Wine, they break something every time they add new functionality and you can't trust that anything will continue to work through an upgrade.
The market is ready for a Debian derivative that cares about stability and bugfixes.
Why a derivative? Why aren't you just using Debian?
I wanted to try debian but it's simply not as accessible as Ubuntu is.
When you go to Ubuntu.com you click the "Download Ubuntu" button and then hit "start download". Done and easy.
When you go to debian.org you're greeted with information overload. Lots of completely useless information and I had to figure out that you need to go to "getting debian" link in the menu. After you're there I'm still mystified as to what I'm suppose to download. Testing? Release? No recommendation as to what to use.
You click on the stable release and i386 and it shows you a list of 31 CDs.. lol wut? I'm suppose to download them all or what?
Ok lets try again. debian.org -> click the "latest stable release of Debian" link -> intel 86 link -> ???
Ok lets try again. debian.org -> click "available versions of Debian" link ->
Ok lets try again. debian.org -> click "getting a copy" -> oh great it's that getting debian page again..
I give up!!
In spite of devoting so much attention to eye candy, Canonical forced on us the new GDM that doesn't bring anything useful over the old one, is incredibly ugly, and cannot be configured in substantial aspects. Has the situation changed with Maverick?
I know, I know, this is only a login manager, and it works OK despite being fugly. But FFS, at least in Debian Squeeze the old GDM is one apt-get away.
I know, I know, this is only a login manager, and it works OK despite being fugly. But FFS, at least in Debian Squeeze the old GDM is one apt-get away.
It works "OK" at best. I have dual monitors. Boot happens on primary display. X comes up with the cursor one pixel to the right of center which puts it on the secondary display. The GDM menu (top or bottom of the screen, as configured) appears on the secondary display. The user chooser shows up on the primary display. This is the most goofy version of Ubuntu since the bad old days before Edgy, everything is like this. Bootsplash just went away during my upgrade, is it supposed to be text-only or did they ju
customization of the login screen? It was made obsolete by the gnome devs not by canonical and the reason for that was faster boot time. Yes, this sucks, I liked keyboard only logging but ubuntu team is not guilty here (unless you think they should keep and maintain legacy software)
Will that one be able to open a folder of ~50-60 average JPEGs without choking on swap on a 2GB RAM machine?
Lately, what I have been primarily running has been Ubuntu's Maverick Meerkat's alpha and then beta. Not to suggest the alpha was always rock-solid - sometimes huge bugs crept up in it that had me switching back to my stable Ubuntu Lucid Lynx distribution. But if they were bad they were usually dealt with swiftly.
Here is why I think Ubuntu, Canonical and Maverick Meerkat have done a great job.
In February of this year, I was installing Debian squeeze on another system. Once installed, I looked in
So now it is October, and my bug report sits in Debian's bug tracker, undisturbed by anyone. There have been four updates to the partman-target package (which creates the initial
So where does Ubuntu stand with all of this? Well back in May, Ubuntu resynchronized their partman-target with Debian. While doing so, someone checked out Debian's bug tracker, saw my report, and fixed the problem in Ubuntu. While their change log [launchpad.net] in May notes this, I can see it myself when looking at
So this - I find impressive. I am having a problem with Debian and report a bug there, although it remains unfixed. But Ubuntu comes in and fixes the bug which was put on the bug tracker of another system.
Yes, this is just talking about the quality of the distribution and not all of the other things involved, which of course, are important. I know how some Debian developers were (and some still are) unhappy with Canonical and Ubuntu, and how some other upstream contributors are unhappy with Canonical (like Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman) and so forth. And whatever acrimony exists, I think the Debian folks and Linux folks and the like are right that Canonical and Ubuntu have to find a way to push more patches upstream. Here is a case though where the bug fix was already upstream, but only Ubuntu decided to implement it.
Considering that I got Ubuntu for free (as in beer), I have been very happy with the responsiveness of the (Canonical etc.) Ubuntu team to my problems and patches via their bug-tracking system, Launchpad. As far as I'm concerned, it is one of the best, and probably largest, testbeds of the Gnome desktop environment out there. I think it's really going to allow for a good, integrated Gnome desktop environment experience, and hopefully the Canonical/Gnome relationship goes w
I feel Ubuntu's momentum within the FOSS community is starting to fade.
The greatest thing Ubuntu did was making a name. It attracted lot's of people and became something you can actually "sell" to business and the masses.
Ubuntu also *had* the best mindset of volunteers, helping and polite instead of RTFM grunts.
Lastly they also did a lot to push in the direction of hardware detection and ease of installation, yes, the Debian installer existed before Ubuntu but they set it up to actually work on most hardware.
It was a fun ride.
Nowadays Ubuntu seems to be stagnated, most progress is in relation to services like Ubuntu one and such. Good for Ubuntu of course but not news worthy anymore. More like newsvertisment.
The few changes in the GUI also leave a bad taste in mouth, a sort of forced Mac-ness that nobody was asking for except the new "design" team. Worse yet in my POV is that the nicer volunteers are gone and are being replaced by a bunch of canonical yes-men.
This year was the year I switched off Ubuntu, I no longer felt loyal to the brand and simply switched to the next best thing I found. For the first time in 6 years news of a new Ubuntu release don't concern me, for the first time in 6 years I wasn't counting down the days before the release, it feels odd.
Thanks Canonical,thanks Mark, it was a fun ride.
Lastly they also did a lot to push in the direction of hardware detection and ease of installation, yes, the Debian installer existed before Ubuntu but they set it up to actually work on most hardware.
Seriously? No, that was the first thing Ubuntu did; it was (and is) the primarily reason that Ubuntu made a name. Amongst geeks, it was "hey, try Ubuntu, it's Debian but with better hardware support", and amongst the neophites, it's "try Ubuntu, it's an easy to use Linux".
The volunteers, likewise, followed. They're there simply because it was easy to use, and wasn't Vista or XP (for the most part).
If Ubuntu is 'starting to fade' it's for one of two reasons:
* Hey, Windows 7 is out now.
* Those people are growing up and not terribly fanatical - or they're graduating on to other things, like Debian or CentOS (or for that matter, jobs and girlfriends).
My point is: do not marginalize the significance of "just works" installation and hardware support. That is quite important for any "doesn't come preinstalled" OS. The focused on the kernel and the pretty clicky graphics, whereas Debian, on which it is based, focused on utilities and tools. Those efforts, combined, resulted in a pretty solid system (yes, even now).
It's the same approach used by Stormix and Progeny years ago - the efforts of which are, likewise, part of Debian today.
The timeline for this release is all wrong. It's only 20XX - we shouldn't be getting mavericks for another century.
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Delusions of grandeur? The only people I have ever heard of banning phones were celebrities who had million dollar contracts with the tabloids for exclusive photos of their events. And I still think that's tacky, entitled behavior.A host (or their representatives) may certainly ask that phones be turned off during the ceremony, no pictures or video be taken, or that pictures not be posted before the happy couple have a chance to do it themselves, but I'll be darned if I'm going to count on someone being able to find me in the crowd if there's an emergency at home or hunt down whoever has charge of THE phone when I need to check in with the sitter.Your friend needs a reality check.
As someone's guest, I would not be happy to be told my cell phone was "banned." I am an adult and can decide for myself when and where my cell phone shall be used. If you don't want pictures being taken of the ceremony, that is your prerogative. I think you can ask your officiant to state that at the beginning of the ceremony. I think you can also ask that no photos be posted to social media. But beyond that, no, I don't think you can do it.
I can sympathize with the desire to ban cell phones. I was at a wedding this summer, and was saddened to see how many of the guests had their heads down over their cell phones during the ceremony, the dinner, the dancing... and that they seemed more interested in texting, twitter, facebook, and instagram then they were in the event that they were actually at! I felt really bad for the bride and groom and their parents.I am not sure that there is any way you can prevent your guests from paying more attention to their phones then to the wedding, short of getting some jammers to plant around in the ceremony and reception sites.
Texas Mom, can you provide more detail on what you are suggesting be banned? I don't think you can request guests leave their cell phones at home, but I do think you and try to address specific actions.I've been to 2 weddings recently where the officiant requested that no photos or videos be taken during the ceremony and requested all cell phones be put away unless an emergency and if one occurs to please exit the sanctuary.
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YORK, PA – York College senior distance runner Tim Hartung (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) added to his substantial post-season accolades collection on Wednesday as he was named the 2014 Capital Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Co-Athlete of the Year award as announced by the conference office.
Hartung shared the award with Salisbury's standout sophomore Luke Campbell. It is the fifth time Hartung has earned Runner of the Year award in the CAC. Hartung won the honors in cross country in 2012 and 2013, the 2012 and 2014 indoor track & field award and the 2013 outdoor honor.
At last Saturday's championship meet at Christopher Newport University, Hartung won the 5,000-meter race, the 3,000-meter race and was the anchor on the winning Distance Medley Relay squad for a trio of first-team All-CAC finishes.
Hartung opened his day by winning this third straight 5,000-meter CAC crown as he beat teammate Matt Hayes (Drexel Hill, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) by just under a second at 15:41.90. Hartung then earned the win in the 3,000 with a time of 8:50.24, edging Salisbury's George Martinez by over a second for the victory. It was the first time the 3,000 had been run at the CAC Indoor championship meet.
Hartung then had a very short break before getting back on the track and helping the Spartans win the distance medley relay team. Hartung anchored the foursome of Michael Stetson (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge), Okera Beidleman (Germantown, Md./Northwest), and James Gonzales (Baltimore, Md./Dundalk) as they combined to post a time of 10:34.69. That time was almost ten seconds in front of the foursome from Christopher Newport as the Captains finished in second with a time of 10:44.49. The time set a new York College school record for the DMR.
Spartan head coach Stephen LoBianco was impressed with the performance of his senior standout.
"Tim has had a great season so far, setting PRs in the 5k and 3k, as well as being currently ranked in the top 25 in each of those events. He went into conferences knowing that he could win the 5k and 3k, but coming back with the DMR, which was the next event after the 3k, was going to be tough. We handed off about three second out of first and Tim made up the distance and was able to run his third solid race of the day," said LoBianco. "With a day of 9600 meters of racing, no other athletes races add up to that length. The DMR also set a new school record and Tim is the owner of the CAC indoor & meet records in the 5k and 3k. Overall, I am very happy with where Tim's training is taking him and realize he deserves this award for all of the hard work and dedication he has shown."
Hartung now turns his attention to the national championship meet hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. The championships will be held on March 14 and 15. The bids for the national championship meet will be announced on Saturday, March 8.


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MIAMI — Does it really have to be like this?
Ray Allen didn't like losing his starting job in Boston. Ray didn't like Rajon Rondo. He didn't feel appreciated by the Celtics.
So Ray made a deal with the hoop devil. He signed with the Miami Heat.
And now Kevin Garnett gives him the Sicilian "you're dead to me'' attitude.
The Celtics came to Miami for the much-anticipated 2012-2013 season opener Tuesday night and Ray the Heat looked like Ray the Celtic. Ray made his first shot, a wide-open three from the left corner. He made his free throws. Miami fans chanted, "We got Ray! We got Ray!'' Allen scored 19 points in 31 minutes of a 120-107 Heat victory.
But the takeaway moment came when KG refused to acknowledge Allen when Allen patted Garnett on the shoulder before checking into the game for the first time.
It was like watching Cam Neely and Ulf Samuelsson. Bill Belichick and Eric Mangini. Larry Lucchino and Scott Boras. Ray hugged Doc Rivers, then embraced a couple of Celtics assistant coaches. When he patted Garnett on the left shoulder, KG stared straight ahead. You could feel the frost forming on Garnett's bald pate.
"He didn't react,'' Allen said after the game. "You guys know KG. I don't take anything from it. He's an intense competitor. Later, he came out. He gave me a dap [fist bump].''
Garnett said, "You know what, man, I was just trying to stay as neutral as I could but obviously I'm an intense person. Other than that it was blank, I just saw the Heat uniforms and obviously he's on the other side and I just tried to play the game, man."
"It was a peace offering,'' said Allen. "You never know what's being said in the media. We don't see or hear everything. I deal with people. I deal with what we see face-to-face. You can be angry at me, it's not gonna change how I feel about you.''
Goodness. Can't we all just get along? Ray was in Boston five years. He was part of the New Big Three. He was part of a championship team.
Here's hoping he gets better treatment from Celtics fans when the Heat come to Boston in January.
Allen was the center of attention throughout Tuesday night.
An hour before the first Celtics bus left the team hotel in downtown Miami, Allen was already on the court at AmericanAirlines Arena, going through his meticulous shooting routine. The Allen shooting drill was a part of the game-day experience on Causeway Street for the last five years. Allen's practice regularly coincided with the late-afternoon walk-through by the Celtics dancers. It amounted to a win-win for reporters who made the effort to get to the gym early for Ray's routine. The dancers were always careful to steer clear of Ray's shooting paths.
Allen was off the floor by 5 p.m., more than three hours before the opening tap, but like anyone else in the arena he was aware of the presence of the Larry O'Brien trophy and the Heat championship rings at center court.
I wish Red Auerbach had been in South Beach to comment on the Heat's hideous handling of the hardware.
It was truly ridiculous. The trophy and the rings were hidden by a circular red curtain dropped from the overhead scoreboard. Four police officers stood guard in front of the precious metal.
Excuse me. Didn't these guys win a championship in 2006? Whatever happened to "act like you've been there before.'' Red had championship rings rattling around in his sock drawer. No police protection. No veils of self importance.
Allen sat off in the corner with other Heat newcomers during the ring ceremony. The Celtics stayed in their locker room. Rivers felt no need to go Joe Torre on us and have his players watch the celebration to remind them of their part in the other guy's success. None of the Celtics was in the arena to hear commissioner David Stern kick off the program by asking everyone to pay respects to victims of "Katrina.'' Yes, he said, "Katrina.''
Ray was going through lineup drills with his typical coolness when the Celtics finally emerged from their private quarters. He admitted it was weird seeing Paul Pierce, Garnett, and Rondo at the other end of the floor.
"It was very strange,'' said Allen. "A couple of times I found myself running down the floor asking myself which team I should be guarding. My natural inclination was to guard the guys in the Heat jerseys.''
Allen knows it will be tricky when the Heat make their first trip to Boston.
"Obviously when you are on the other team, people are going to root against me, hate me, boo me, whatever,'' said Allen. "But Boston has the best fans I've seen in my career. That doesn't change. I'm a New England guy. You have to do what you have to do.''
Allen's role as a reserve with the Heat is somewhat amusing to Celtics fans who trash him for leaving because he was no longer a starter in Boston. Still, it's understandable why he would go to Miami: it's a shot at another ring, he'll always be open, and the weather is significantly better than it was in his last four basketball outposts: Boston, Seattle, Milwaukee, and Storrs, Conn.
Allen's first touch resulted in a shot-clock-beating trey from the left corner as Jason Terry rushed to recover. In the final minute of the first, Allen was fouled (by KG) driving and made two free throws while Miami fans chanted, "We got Ray! We got Ray!''
"That felt good,'' said Allen. "I never thought I would hear that here.''
But the takeaway moment of opening night was the Big Chill from Garnett. It was a cold moment, almost Red Sox-ian.
And it made you wonder . . . why does it always end badly in Boston?Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com


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Ali bin Towaih, Vice President – Business Development of Drydocks World and Maritime World, shakes hands with Adrian Flaherty, general manager of golf in DUBAi, after signing the sponsoring agreement as Dr. Markus Johannes Voege, Vice President – Operations & Production of Drydocks World and Maritime World, looks on
Drydocks World and Maritime World, the shipbuilding and maritime clusters management arm of Dubai World, has joined the 'golf in DUBAi's' well-knit family of sponsors, ensuring smooth sailing for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, the flagship golfing events of the emirate.
An established & leading international player in the field of ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore construction, with many cutting edge projects in hand, Drydocks World are well known for their community initiatives in protecting the marine and natural environment, and this is the first time they are extending their corporate support to the region's premier golfing events.
"Our new strategy calls for raising the profile of Drydocks World & Maritime World in both local and international markets by creating a constant and increased visibility and exposure for the brand," said Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of the Board of Drydocks World & Maritime World.
"The new partnership with 'golf in DUBAi,' we believe, will further enhance this exposure as both of their tournaments, which showcase a quality international field and promote the city of Dubai, fits well with our customer base which is premier and highly international. Such partnership will also showcase our drive to excellence," he said
"The fact that these tournaments attract the top golfers in the world provides an opportunity for us to invite our clients & partners from around the world to visit Dubai and enjoy the tournaments.
"Such opportunity will enable us to present the new strategy of Drydocks World and Maritime World to our clients and we are eager to receive them in Dubai. We would encourage them to attend these tournaments and interact with such players," added Ali bin Towaih, VP Business Development of Drydocks World
Dr. Markus Johannes Voege, VP Production & Operations, Drydocks World, said: "It's also important that we work with established events which have a cemented and long standing reputation globally in order to enable our clients and other stakeholders take notice of our involvement and make a note of the dates in their diaries on an annual basis.
"These two tournaments have a great history and legacy with many legendary names in the sport having participated in including winning the trophy over the years."
Welcoming Drydocks World & Maritime World on board the ship of a glittering array of sponsors, Mohamed Juma Buamaim, Vice Chairman and CEO of 'golf DUBAi,' said: "When a company of this stature and profile comes forward and provides support to our events, it gives a great feeling and further strengthens our resolve to deliver a world-class product without compromising on quality.
"We appreciate the trust that Drydocks World & Maritime World has placed in us and hope this mutually-beneficial partnership will strengthen and grow with time. The Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters both provide a worldwide exposure to Dubai, in general, and the sponsors, in particular, thus creating interest for people to visit the city which boasts some of the finest courses in the world.
Conceived as an ambitious project under the guidance of HH Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the late Ruler of Dubai, Drydocks World, on an average, handles 350 vessels and offshore platform rigs in a year. It caters for all types and sizes of vessels many of which are ULCC's (Ultra Large Crude Carriers) and VLCC's (Very Large Crude Carriers) representing a large proportion of the world's tanker fleet.
The company's new vision and strategy is built around "Serving the oil, gas and energy industry" and it is presently involved in building some of the world's most prestigious vessels and undertaking various leading edge 'world first' mega scale projects.
golf in DUBAi' is backed by Omega as the title sponsor and Dubal (Dubai Aluminium) as the sponsor. The co-sponsors are: CNN, Drydocks World & Maritime World, Emirates NBD, Gulf News, Jumeirah, Mercedes-Benz and wasl while Dubai Duty Free, Carpetland and Motivate are the Patrons in golf in DUBAi's drive to showcase the emirate's vibrant golfing scene to a worldwide audience.


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Man they do this every night, and they never drop anything. NEVER. It's like a freakin' silverware ballet up there. Just once, JUST ONCE, they could let me have some of the good stuff, you know? But noooOOOOOoOooo.
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26 U.S. Code Subchapter H - Miscellaneous Plants and Warehouses
Prior Provisions
A prior subchapter H consisted of parts I to III, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1313.
1979—Pub. L. 96–39, title VIII, § 807(b)(9), July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 291, struck out item relating to Part III "Manufacturing bonded warehouses" in table of Parts comprising Subchapter H.
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Never change, Knicks.
On Monday, they decided not to use one of their three timeouts to set up a game-winning shot, and Carmelo Anthony butchered the game's final possession. On Wednesday, Andrea Bargnani showed a comical lack of basketball IQ.
MORE: The Knicks' season summed up in 10 tweets
New York was up by two on the Milwaukee Bucks late in overtime. The ball went to Bargnani with 15 seconds to go, after a Tyson Chandler offensive rebound (of an end-of-shot-clock Anthony jumper, of course). So Bargnani dribbled, passed or waited to be fouled, right?
Nah. 3-BALL, SIDE POCKET! (H/T: SB Nation )
The reaction of the Knicks' bench was, um, yeah:
Bargnani appeared to say "My bad" right after it happened (H/T: Deadspin), but the damage had been done. Naturally, the Bucks forced double OT.
The good news for Bargnani: Anthony hit big shots in the second extra session and the Knicks pulled away for a six-point win.


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The human side of going green
The term "sustainability" conjures images of wind farms and energy-saving light bulbs and paperless offices. But sustainable business isn't merely about "going green." Employees and the values held by customers are as much a part of the sustainability equation.
As Bruce Hutton put it, it's also about "creating shareholder value, an environment that enriches employees, and social responsibility."
Hutton, dean emeritus at the University of Denver Daniels College of business, was one of the speakers Nov. 4 at a forum summarizing results from 30 CEOs and business leaders surveyed by Lee Hecht Harrison. The global talent management company hosted the forum on the survey subject, "Building Competitively Sustainable Organizations: Achieving and Maintaining Triple Bottom Line Results."
The triple bottom line refers to people, profit and planet. The early November breakfast event at DU Daniels College of Business focused on the people aspect. As with other elements of sustainability, the human-resources aspect is evolving.
"We in education, as in business, are between stories," DU's Hutton told the gathering. "We're all part of writing this story."
One of the panelists, Saunders Construction Co. President and CEO John Beeble, shared concerns of how his company has sought to maintain an enriching work environment amid a recession that has forced layoffs.
"Two years ago, we couldn't find people," Beeble said. "Now it's reversed. We're letting people go."
When it comes to evaluating which employees should stay and which should go, Beeble said, "My caution is guarding against measuring 'A people' vs. 'B people' too much, making it too much of a science. I put passion over skills. I want people in the organization who care. People skills are extraordinarily important. I put that above technical knowledge; you can teach that."
Another panelist, Colleen Abdoulah, chair and CEO of Wide Open West (WOW!), an Internet, cable and phone service provider, described her 1,300-employee firm that's won 10 JD Power & Associates awards as a "small Comcast, the David of David and Goliath."
"Our competitors can afford to make million-dollar mistakes," she said. "We cannot. We can't just 'build it and they will come.' We can't afford that." Thus, people devoted to customer service are paramount.
The third panelist, Curt Coffman, principal partner of the Coffman Organization and author of the business bestseller, "First Break All the Rules," said he's irritated when he hears of companies that rely on an economic downturn and bleak job outlook as a de facto retention tool.
"I've heard people say, 'Thank goodness for the recession, because it's enabled us to keep our retention up," Coffman said. Or, along the same lines, he decried firms that respond to employee workplace frustrations in this economic climate by saying, "They should just be happy they have a job."
On the other hand, Coffman said companies shouldn't need a recession to be prompted to sharpen and refine their employee base.
"Jack Welch said 10 percent need to be shown the door," Coffman said, referring to former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. "I think it's closer to 19 percent. It's sad that it takes a recession to deal with that 19 percent."
The occasion for the breakfast - to unveil results of a survey of 30 Colorado CEOs and senior leaders -- was an effort by Lee Hecht Harrison to better understand how business leaders view the key components of sustainability and success in their organizations.
On the manner in which some companies deal with - or misuse -- surveys in general, Coffman provided some humor to the breakfast. Too often, he said, a company's surveys are designed to show problems that can easily be fixed.
"Our customer survey is in!" Coffman said, tongue-in-cheek. "There are going to be some changes around here!
"To the survey."
For more information about Lee Hecht Harrison or the CEO survey, visit www.LHH.com.
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Thanks for the heads up, Jenn. I recently saw one summer school teacher using popsicle sticks with a green circle on one side and a red circle on the other. She used it much in the same way as I described, and it seemed to work well for her!
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What's good for ELLs is good for all
If you follow us on Twitter, you know that I was in Chicago at a conference sponsored by the Center for Development and Learning. I've got lots to share from the conference; there were several great speakers and exhibitors. Many attendees came by the Reading Rockets booth to tell me that they use the site all the time, especially our Parent Tips.
One presentation I went to was "Vocabulary Instruction and Language Development for English Language Learners," presented by Maria Elena Arguelles. She's a dynamic speaker whose anecdotes had us laughing all the way through. As she talked about effective instruction for ELLs, I was reminded that what's good for ELLs is really good for all young learners. That's a good thing for teachers! We definitely don't need more work.
One aspect of language development she talked about was reducing the language load when you're introducing a new topic or content to kids (again, she was talking about ELLs, but this is something that I think generalizes to all kids). She recommends that teachers be aware and work to "carry the language load on your shoulders."
To demonstrate, Arguelles used the vocabulary words "typical" and "atypical." Assuming some instruction had already taken place, Arguelles demonstrated a simple method for ascertaining whether we knew the vocabulary. She posed several scenarios ("A cow with two heads, yawning when you're tired"). We gave a thumbs up if it was typical, thumbs down if it was atypical. Simple, right?
In "deconstructing her teaching actions" (conference-speak...) her method (1) required no oral language on our part, but a scan of thumbs helped her know who had it right or wrong, (2) involved all learners, (3) enabled her to provide wait time, (4) incorporated consistent prompts and cues (she used "Show me") and (5) provided immediate feedback. This makes for an opportunity to focus on the vocabulary (typical, atypical) rather than a language load.
Simple, but powerful. Would this work for you? More to come!
Sounds great but, be careful with the thumbs up indicator. The thumbs up sign has a very negative meaning in some middle eastern countries. Basically, it a swear word...
As a reading specialist, the artificial divisions of ELL, Special Ed, etc. drive me crazy. Kids need to learn to read in much the same way. Differentiation is the answer. I found a cool article on differentiating reading fluency that would work well for ELL at http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/how-to-differentiate-readin...
I actually use the thumbs up method for vocabulary during read alouds. We discuss the vocabulary before we read, then the students,all ELLs, give a thumbs up when they hear the word mentioned in the story. They then give examples of the vocabulary in simple sentences.