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Lady Dutch soccer team handed 3-2 setback by Port Allegany
The Lady Dutch were handed a minor setback on Tuesday afternoon as they came up short in a back-and-forth contest against Port Allegany, picking up a 3-2 loss to open their regular season. It was a cloudy and cool, yet dry afternoon at St. Marys Area High School's soccer field, despite it having rained off and on throughout much of the morning. A considerable portion of the game was played on Port Allegany's side of the field as St. Marys kept Port keeper Jordan Edgell on her toes; however, the Lady Dutch were unable to get many shots into the goal. Even though Port Allegany had fewer shots on goal than St. Marys, they made them count and got on the board first with 26:52 remaining in the first half. On that play, Port's Somer Buchsenshutz was battling for the ball near the goal when St. Marys keeper Mia Keener came out to try to take the ball. Keener appeared to lose her footing just long enough for Buchsenshutz to get by and put the ball into the empty net, putting Port on top 1-0. The Lady Dutch were able to answer just over 10 minutes later, as St. Marys' Megan Bridges was able to take advantage of good position from a corner kick to slip the ball past Edgell to tie the game at 1-1 with 16:35 remaining in the half. SMA made several good efforts to pull ahead, including a shot by Liza Geyer that went just over the goal and one by Caley Keister that was caught by Edgell with just over a minute remaining; however, the teams headed into halftime with the score tied at 1-all. St. Marys had a total of four corner kicks in the first half, while Port Allegany had none. Port Allegany retook the lead almost midway through the second half when Lynae Delacour scored on a breakaway with an assist by Gabrielle Drabert to put the Gators up 2-1 with 20:29 remaining. The Lady Dutch answered two minutes later as Stephanie Yetzer was able to put the ball past Edgell to even the score at 2-all with 18:25 remaining. The Lady Gators took the lead for the final time with just over three minutes remaining when Delacour scored her second goal of the game. Keener had again come out to try to get the ball and Delacour was able to put the ball by her and into the empty net with 3:44 left in regulation. Despite a good effort, the Lady Dutch were unable to rally and a direct kick by Bridges with just over a minute remaining went wide of the goal. "I give Port Allegany a lot of credit," said St. Mary Area Lady Dutch coach Dr. Bob Schmidt following the match. "They're a disciplined team. They had good passing. I think we outshot them, but we had some injuries during the preseason and some other issues and we only had one scrimmage and it showed, but we expect to improve."The loss makes the Lady Dutch 0-1 on the season. They will travel to Punxsutawney on Thursday for a 4 p.m. matchup against the Lady Chucks.


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Roy Hodgson has apologised to Rio Ferdinand after reportedly revaling to passengers on a London underground train his international career with England was over.
Ferdinand has not featured for England since 2011 and was left out of Hodgson's squad for Euro 2012, something of a controversial decision given the presence of John Terry, who at that point still had a charge for racially abusing Ferdinand's brother Anton hanging over him.
Hodgson was photographed by fans travelling to watch Arsenal's 3-1 Champions League victory over Olympiakos at the Emirates stadium last night, and reportedly responded to questions from fans regarding Ferdinand's international future.
"I very much doubt [he'll play again]. He hasn't played for England for quite a while," he was quoted as saying.
"I have to say it is over for him and England. It has got to be the end of the road. He is pushing 34 and hasn't played for England for a long, long time."
Ferdinand was left out of Hodgson's squad for England's upcoming fixtures against San Marino and Poland that was announced earlier today.
In a statement on the FA's official website, Hodgson apologised to Ferdinand, and denied he had ever insinuated the Manchester United defender's international career was over.
"I'm very disappointed that the story has come out like that and I'll apologise to Rio because there's no way I would ever indicate that I wasn't going to use a player in that way.
"But the thing is that I didn't choose him in the squad this time and it's really just for the same reasons as before."
Recently, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and former United full-back and England coach Gary Nevile urged Ferdinand to retire from international football.
However Hodgson insisted the door is not shut to the 33-year-old in the future.
"We have other players, but I'm certainly not suggesting that it's the end of the line and I would never dream of telling a player that it's the end of the line or end of the road, or whatever I'm supposed to have said.
"That's up to every player to decide for himself and hopefully that won't be the case, so when I speak to Rio I will make it clear to him that I haven't selected him in this squad but who knows whether I will select him in the next one or not.
"I will leave it up to him to decide, so that if I ever do go to him, it will be up to Rio to decide whether he wants to be a part of it or not."
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A friend gave me a new keyboard. It has clacking, super-sensitive keys. When I was using it yesterday it caused me to mistype the name of Shakespeare's magician, Prospero. I wrote "Prosperol." As I was deleting the "l," I noticed how much the altered word looked like the name of a drug.
Many drug names end in "-ol." Among the registered "-ol" names are tylenol, detrol, levalbuterol, calcitrol, and danazol. At least one "-ol" drug yields an eggcorn. Demerol, a trade name for the opioid meperidine hydrochloride, was a legendary (and often-abused) drug when I was growing up. Dozens of web sites, we notice, spell it "dimmerol." Makes sense – it can put your lights out in matter of minutes.
Three examples:
: " Just wondering, but how is dimmerol during labour? Is it as effective as an epidural would be?"
: " I am trying to tough it out with just 2 dimmerol per day."
: " just tell them to give you some Dimmerol and nitrous, u'll be set"
How did "ol" endings come to be so popular at the pharmacy (chemist's)? I did a bit of research and found that the "-ol" ending, even though it has been applied to a variety of unrelated drugs, actually has specific meanings in chemistry. At first the suffix designated oil compounds. Currently it signals either alcohol-like compounds (glycerol, methanol) or steroids (cortisol, stilbestrol).
When "-ol" served to flag oil compounds, it was understood to be a contraction of Latin oleum (fat). How "-ol" came to be associated with alcohol compounds is less clear. Possibly the final letters of "alcohol" were borrowed. The "-ol" in "alcohol" is not a suffix, however. "Alcohol" comes from the Arabic "al-kuhl," which is the Arabic definite article attached to the Semitic trigraph C-H-L, the word for eyepaint, eyeshadow.
The leap from eyeshadow to an intoxicating liquid has nothing to do, by the way, with sorority parties. Two millennia ago the fine powder used as eyeshadow was obtained by sublimation, a chemical procedure that concentrates solids by turning them directly into a gas and back into a solid. The Semitic word for eyeshadow was eventually applied to the process itself. The process was then extended by analogy to liquids that could also be concentrated (i.e., distilled). The pre-eminent distillation product in chemistry was the one obtained from wine ( alcohol vini ). Ancient chemists employed distilled spirit of wine so frequently (for research, but perhaps also for recreation) that they shortened the term. The word "alcohol" by itself came to mean, by this meandering process, what we call alcohol today.
Anyway, "Prosperol" got me thinking about how many of the English words that end in "-o" could be transformed into drug names (Words ending in "o" are not common in English – they are usually loan words from other languages.) Here are some possible "-ol" drug names – pharmaceutical marketers take note.
Prosperol – often taken to calm the nerves before stock purchases and trips to Las Vegas. In high doses it gives a false perception of the expected gain.
Sombrerol – light sedative preferred for afternoon naps in hot climates.
Figarol – a slightly hallucinatory compound. The ingester often develops complex schemes that could only work in a fictional setting.
Tremolol – induces aimless movement in catatonic subjects. Side effect: tendency to hum and possible cardiac arrhythmia.
Bravadol – liquid compound that is 98% alcohol. Not to be taken with Tornadol.
Eldoradol – reported to be a euphoric. No one who has taken it has survived.
Torpedol – a potent laxative. Use only in the vicinity of reinforced steel commodes.
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Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Oil of bravo. I wonder if you can push demerol further, to become completely blotto.
I had dimmerall, an epidural, a numbing something or other injected straight "down there"
Michael Jackson's cause of death was Cardiac arrest due to an overdose of Dimmerall.
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From coaching changes to player adjustments to psychological moves, the collection of thousands of small decisions — both on and off the playing field — can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Between 2004 to 2012, the state of Utah has enjoyed some of the best football decision-making in America. Among all three of Utah's FBS programs, football fans in the Beehive State have been treated to more than 10 10-win seasons since 2004 — a remarkable feat by any measure.
However, with Utah's ascension to the Pac-12, BYU's venture to independence, and USU's entrance into the Mountain West, getting to that 10-win mark has become considerably tougher.
This fall, BYU, Utah and Utah State fans hope their respective teams can return to the 10-win club, but it will be anything but easy. BYU and Utah arguably are facing their most difficult schedules in history, and Utah State's slate of opponents is considerably more difficult as well.
Read along as the Deseret News examines what BYU, Utah and USU must each individually do to get to that 10-win plateau and the national prominence that comes with it.
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In Bronco Mendenhall's first five years as the Cougars' head coach, reaching double-digit victories became the norm. Between 2006 and 2009, Mendenhall's teams accomplished that feat each year.
However, BYU reached that mark just once in the next three seasons.
That accomplishment will be tough to do in 2013, as the Cougars will face several formidable opponents, including four teams that are earning preseason top 25 recognition.
Whether it's the need for the offensive line to improve its performance or the kicking game to be less of a distraction, there are plenty of areas of improvement this year's BYU team should focus on.
There are also plenty of areas where the Cougars can keep tweaking what is an already successful aspect of their program, from increasing the offense's third-down efficiency to the defense finding new players to fill in the few gaps off a unit that finished last year ranked No. 3 in the country.
For the Cougars to earn a 10-win season in 2013, here are 10 issues the Cougars must attend to.
On signing day this year, BYU brought in eight offensive linemen, showing the need the Cougars have in making an immediate change on the O-line.
While the Cougar offense ran more than 1,000 plays last year, it struggled to move the ball effectively. Injuries hurt the BYU offensive line in 2012, but so did penalties in critical situations.
The Cougars return left tackle Ryker Mathews, and incoming freshman Brayden Kearsley is expected to make an immediate contribution. Terrance Alletto has also quietly been impressive, and could vie for the starting center position. Four incoming JC transfers could also make an impact.
Whoever ultimately starts along BYU's O-line, those guys will be under pressure to perform following an underwhelming 2012 season.
As good as the Cougar defense was in 2012, ranking in the top 5 in the country in several categories, it could have been better in one particular aspect.
BYU tied for 58th in the nation in takeaways last year with 22. In the Cougars' five games against opponents ranked in the AP poll at the end of the season, the Cougars only recovered one fumble and had three interceptions. BYU had a minus-2 turnover margin per game against Boise State, Utah State, Oregon State, Notre Dame and San Jose State.
In a season where the Cougars lost four of their five games by six points or less, one extra turnover could have made the difference. With a full slate of tough opponents this year, the Cougars will need to produce turnovers to get back to a 10-win season.
As a freshman who came in for situational work in 2012 before earning two starts and then suffering a season-ending injury, Taysom Hill showed promise as a dual-threat quarterback.
A completion percentage in the 50s from Hill this year, though, likely won't cut it against the top-flight competition the Cougars are facing. Hill, listed atop the depth chart at quarterback after the spring, completed 42 of 71 passes for 425 yards last season, enough for a 59.2 percent completion percentage. If Hill would have played in enough games, his percentage would have been 71st in the country, two spots above fellow Cougar Riley Nelson.
But if Hill can improve his efficiency — much like Cougar QB John Beck did from year to year — the Cougars' sophomore starting quarterback could find himself a spot in the BYU record books.
From his freshman year in 2003 to his senior year in 2006, Beck's completion percentage improved steadily (50 percent in 2003, 56 percent in '04, 64 percent in '05 and 69 percent in '06). By the time Beck's career was through, he had 11,021 passing yards, which ranks third in BYU history.
If BYU is to get to 10 wins, it must lessen the negative impact of the kicking game.
The longest field goal the Cougars connected on last year was just 35 yards, which limited even more an already struggling BYU offense. Neither Justin Sorensen, last year's starting kicker, nor Tyler Jackson did much to impress in spring ball, and Mendenhall said the team would likely go for it more on fourth down because of the lack of confidence in the kicking game.
Add in the fact that standout punter Riley Stephenson graduated, and there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the kicking game this season.
Offensive coordinator Robert Anae's mantra of "Go fast, go hard" will need to be effective to lessen the impact of what looks to be a shaky kicking game.
To succeed in 2013, the Cougars must establish a starting corner opposite Jordan Johnson.
Johnson has solidified himself as a key starter on the BYU defense at the field corner position. The team also has a pair of returning starters at safety in Daniel Sorensen and Craig Bills. Those three helped the Cougars finish last season ranked 10th in the country in pass defense, giving up just 179.2 passing yards per game.
Where the defensive secondary is short on experience is at boundary corner, with the graduation of Preston Hadley.
Currently, senior utility man Mike Hague is atop the depth chart at boundary corner, with fellow senior Skye PoVey as the backup. JC transfer Trenton Trammell tore his ACL the first day of spring practice. He was expected to be a serious contender for the starting boundary spot. A pair of other JC transfers — Sam Lee and Robertson Daniel — will arrive in the fall hoping to take the vacant starting position.
If the Cougars can find a good option at boundary corner, the team could once again produce a stingy pass defense.
Kyle Van Noy and the defense showed last year that it could occasionally bend but would rarely break. The Cougars finished 2012 as the second-best red zone defense in the country, allowing opponents to score just 64.3 percent of the time inside the BYU 20. That number impressively dropped against the five opponents that finished the year ranked in the AP top 25; BYU finished first in the country against ranked foes, giving up scores inside the red zone just 58.82 percent of the time.
On the other side of the ball, can the Cougars make Anae's "Go fast, go hard" philosophy work in year one and deliver the type of red zone effectiveness the defense enjoyed? Last year, BYU was 90th in the country in red zone efficiency, scoring on 78.13 percent of its drives that ventured inside an opponent's 20-yard line.
To be successful against a tough schedule, the Cougar offense will need to take advantage of scoring situations when the opportunities arise.
This season, the Cougars enter the year with a usual list of tight ends — Kaneakua Friel, Richard Wilson and Devin Mahina — who've yet to match the production of previous tight ends.
Friel was named to the John Mackey Award watch list earlier this week, and he finished fourth on the team in 2012 with 30 catches for 308 yards. He also had five touchdown catches. But after his season-opening effort of six catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns against Washington State, Friel averaged just two catches per game for 17.25 yards the rest of the season.
There are a couple of players who may shake things up. Brett Thompson, who moved from outside to inside receiver in the spring, could provide a spark, and sophomore Bryan Sampson returns from his LDS mission.
For the Cougar offense to get back into a rhythm, Anae will need to find ways to get production out of the tight ends.
The Cougars must get production out of a new defensive line in 2013.
Ezekiel Ansah has gone on to the NFL. Romney Fuga is chasing NFL dreams with the Denver Broncos. Their absences leave a big hole on the Cougars' defensive line. Given the graduation of steady Russell Tialavea as well, the team will have new starters all along the line.
Fortunately for BYU, Eathyn Manumaleuna is back for his senior season after being forced to use a medical redshirt year in 2012; he started the first four games of the year. And sophomore Bronson Kaufusi showed flashes of domination as a reserve.
Manumaleuna is currently listed as the starter at nose tackle, but coaches would prefer him on the end opposite Kaufusi. Players like Tuni Kanuch and Marques Johnson — as well as incomers JonRyheem Peoples, Kalolo Utu and Merrill Taliauli — will fight in the fall to earn the starting nose tackle spot.
The ability of the defensive line to mesh this season will play its part in whether the Cougars can spring some upsets in 2013.
The Cougars were, at one point, among the most efficient teams in the country on third down, and they need to do it again.
In Mendenhall's eight years as head coach, the BYU offense has finished the season in the top 25 in either third-down efficiency or conversions every year — until last season. The Cougars finished 2012 just outside of the top 25, converting 45.75 percent of their third downs, good enough for 30th in the nation.
In 2006, a Beck-led offense finished the year No. 2 in the nation in third-down efficiency (55.95 percent) and averaged 36.7 points per game. In 2009, Max Hall's offense climbed to first nationally in third-down conversion percentage (55.62 percent); that team also averaged 35.4 points per game.
Last year, though, BYU averaged 28.7 points, a touchdown (or more) less than those teams.
A bump in third-down efficiency should see a jump in scored points as well.
It's not that the Cougars can't win on the road, but they do need to find a way to win a road game against a ranked opponent.
If the Cougars are to get to 10 victories this season, they will likely have to spring an upset or two. They face Texas and Boise State at home and Wisconsin and Notre Dame on the road, all of which are earning preseason top 25 recognition; at the very least, BYU would need to beat one of these squads to reach 10 wins.
Add in what should be a tough road trip to Utah State, where the Cougars lost in 2010, and there is little room for error on the road to a double-digit win season.
BYU's last road win over a ranked opponent came against No. 15 TCU in 2006.
There is a sliver of hope to cling to, though. In their last three road contests against ranked teams (Boise State in 2012, Notre Dame in '12 and Texas in '11), the Cougars have lost by a combined five points. The gap is closing.
The Utes are getting the full force of the Pac-12's strength this year, and to get to 10 wins, they're going to have to pull off something nothing short of astounding.
That's not to say that achieving such a lofty goal is absolutely impossible, but with Oregon and Stanford taking their turn on Utah's schedule, and with the rise of the Utah State Aggies, a traditional cupcake, there is no wiggle room at all. In fact, if it was physically possible for there to be less than zero wiggle room, this would be the year.
In Kyle Whittingham's journey to take Utah back to college football's postseason, there's not much that needs a complete overhaul. However, there are a number of issues the Utes should seek to resolve to get them into the heat of the Pac-12 South race.
Here's a closer look.
The Utes ranked dead last in the Pac-12 in pass offense last season. When a starting quarterback goes down with a career-ending injury midseason, you would be hard-pressed to find any team that would not see a dip in offensive production. Jordan Wynn's shoulder injury derailed the Utes' season, and senior Jon Hays only started three games before Utah turned to freshman Travis Wilson.
Wilson could be a solid starter for the next few seasons for the Utes, but his lack of experience and playing time may make his sophomore campaign a tough one. Regardless, the Utes, barring injury, will have stability at quarterback, which will translate into a more productive offense.
Assuming Utah strengthens its offensive line, Wilson has the tools to become a solid signal-caller for the Utes for the next few years.
The Utes had injuries along the O-line last season, so a healthy starting line will show much improvement from last season. With that said, Wynn's career-ending injury on a sack by Utah State showed how deficiencies in the O-line can severely impact a team.
With inexperienced Wilson expected to take over at quarterback, the offensive line will need to be as solid as ever to give him enough time to make the proper reads and complete passes. Last year the O-line gave up 11 sacks in four games, something that the Utes can't afford with a young quarterback. The strength of the O-line will also be the key to Utah establishing a quality run game.
When senior John White struggled with injuries early in the year, the Utes turned to Kelvin York, who showed potential before going down with an ankle sprain. Jarrell Oliver also suffered a season-ending injury, leaving Utah without depth at the position. White went on to rush for more than 1,000 yards in 2012 but has since graduated.
The run game could be the key to the entire offense this season. A healthy rotation of quality backs, coupled with more balanced play-calling, could be very effective for the Utes. The wild card here is not the capability of the running backs, but rather the quality of the offensive line.
Utah struggled to move the ball at times last season. In the Pac-12, the Utes ranked 11th in first downs per game and 10th in third-down conversions, making just 33.5 percent of their third-down attempts.
Improvements on offense will surely boost their conversion rate, however, the Utes still must focus on moving the chains instead of trying making big plays at the risk of stalling drives.
More short-yardage plays would ease the pressure of having to rely on hit-or-miss big plays in third-and-long situations.
Utah was hammered with player departures at the end of last season. The Utes lost 34 letterman last year, including defensive stalwart Star Lotulelei, who was chosen in the first round of the NFL draft.
Clearly the face of the team will change next season with so much turnover, but many of those departing players were with the team before Utah joined the Pac-12. The new crop of players will have more Pac-12 experience, although they may not be as battle-tested as some of their predecessors.
Many of the starting vacancies will go to younger players, which will prove to be fruitful in the long run, but there may be some growing pains along the way. Expect the level of talent to improve as the Utes get more Pac-12 experience and are able to increase their recruiting pool.
Close losses need to be close wins if the Utes are going to have a winning season. The Utes are projected to have one of the toughest schedules in the country next year, but a couple of key wins could help the Utes successfully navigate the difficult slate. College football expert Phil Steele says that Utah's toss-up games in the Pac-12, especially at home, are must-wins.
"To me, the key to Utah's season is going to be their toss-up games. How do they do at home against Oregon State? How do they do at home against UCLA? Home against Arizona State? At Washington State? If they can win three of those four games, they could get back to a bowl."
The Utes ranked 10th in the Pac-12 with only eight field goals made last season, while attempting the second-lowest amount of field goals in the conference. Kicker Coleman Petersen missed field goals in five of the eight games in which he had an attempt. In his four games without a field goal attempt, three were losses.
Clearly there needs to be some individual improvement in the kicking game, but also, Utah must focus more on scoring points even if it means settling for a field goal instead of trying for a touchdown. While the lack of attempts may indicate trust issues with the the kicker, more production is needed, especially in close-game situations.
The hiring of 20-something Brian Johnson as the offensive coordinator may have been more of a long-term investment than anything else. Johnson's lack of experience — he had two years of experience as a quarterbacks coach — was very apparent when the offense faced the more experienced coaches of the Pac-12. The hiring of Dennis Erickson as co-offensive coordinator should help Johnson grow without sacrificing the ability to make adjustments of calls in key situations.
The Utes were inconsistent on offense last year, some of which had to do with injuries sustained to key players. From a play-calling perspective, there were some questionable game decisions. In some situations the Utes seemed to almost abandon the run altogether. The team had trouble making adjustments when faced with complex defenses that exploited the team's weaknesses.
The hiring of Erickson and the increased experience of the other coaches should help remedy this situation, although it remains to be seen how Johnson and Erickson will co-exist.
Inconsistency in the secondary was due mostly to a combination of youth and numerous player combinations, making it hard for players to develop chemistry. Lack of communication often resulted in big plays by opposing offenses.
As positions in the secondary become more solidified, the chemistry and overall performance should show improvement. Utah will want to avoid giving up the big play as much as possible next season, especially when games come down to the wire.
The Utes lost a very winnable game against Arizona last season, due in large part to Arizona's 320 rushing yards, including 204 from Arizona back Ka'Deem Carey.
Once again the constant shift of players from one position to another left the Utes vulnerable in terms of consistency in defending rushers who get to the edge.
The Utes have touted their ability to place defensive players in multiple positions. However, Utah would do well establish those players more consistently instead of favoring versatility at the expense of chemistry.
The Utah State Aggies have put the best season in school history in the rearview mirror. Now members of the Mountain West Conference, the Aggies finally have what they have been seeking for the better part of 50 years — a stable, satisfying conference home.
Without a doubt, the Aggies and their fans are eager to take the Mountain West by storm. Following the upgrade in competition and the departure of Gary Andersen, however, plenty of obstacles stand between them and Mountain West dominance.
Most Mountain West prognosticators agree that the Aggies will be successful this year, but most also believe that this year will not be a 2012 encore performance. With Utah, Boise State, BYU and USC all in the first half of the 2013 schedule, Utah State will have no time to warm up before hitting its most difficult stretch.
A number of issues face every football team seeking success, but if USU wants to get higher than the 10-win mark for only the second time in Aggie football history, it'll have to take care of these 10 issues.
Andersen caught the whole world off guard when he abruptly took the head coaching job at Wisconsin. It didn't take long, however, for AD Scott Barnes to find Andersen's replacement.
Utah State football fans revere Andersen and the wonders he worked at the helm of their program. Under his watch, Aggie football not only became relevant, it became spectacular. The Aggies vanquished both BYU and Utah in a three-year span and finished the 2012 season with a No. 16 ranking. He established a system and a style that brought USU out of obscurity.
New head coach Matt Wells has made it plain the Aggies aren't deviating from Andersen's strategy. He must now find a way to make his own mark on the program and undeniably seize the mantle of leadership (if he hasn't already). He cannot and should not seek to live in Andersen's shadow.
Most of the important opportunities for Wells to do this happen far away from the media and the fans — indeed, many of them have probably already come and gone — and no one but Wells, his staff and his players will know or understand when those opportunities present themselves.
But everyone can know if Wells is successful by observing how his players play for him on the gridiron this season.
The less-scrutinized effect of Andersen's departure was the fact that he lifted several significant parts of the USU staff with him when he left, most notably Dave Aranda.
Make no mistake — Aranda was in large part responsible for USU's stellar defense last year. His leadership abilities allowed Andersen to take a few steps away from active defensive play-calling and focus on his players. This year, Florida International transplant Todd Orlando is taking the defensive reins. Though he has a strong defensive resume, his coaching is completely foreign to the Aggies and their fans.
Chuckie Keeton, no doubt, would have played well for any coach last year, but Wells really brought the best out of him as the Aggies' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Now the head man, Wells must step away to some degree to assume the mantle of leadership Andersen left behind and leave Keeton's development in the hands of Kevin McGiven.
Andersen frequently said: "Players make plays; players win games," but there's no doubt that those making the play calls on the sidelines will have a great impact on the outcome of the 2013 season. The assistants will need to make the right calls to get the Aggies to 10 wins.
This point cannot be emphasized heavily enough. Utah State needs to get the 2013 season off on the right foot if it is to have any hope of getting to 10 wins.
USU's schedule is incredibly front-loaded. The Aggies face Utah, Air Force and USC in three of their first four contests. This isn't necessarily a change of pace — the Aggies have opened with Oklahoma and Auburn in recent years and played the Utes in game No. 2 last year — but it doesn't make the journey any easier.
If the Aggies start the season in a similar fashion to how they started the 2011 season, dropping an Auburn game and systematically ripping the heart out of Aggie fans everywhere, repeating in one way or another the results from the first half of that season will not be hard at all.
On the other hand, if the Aggies beat Utah, not only will they be that much closer to 10, but they'll get a shot in the arm of renewed self-confidence, and Wells' job will be that much easier.
Aggie fans come out to games in September and October, but when the weather turns bad in November, empty seats at Romney Stadium are much more plentiful.
There is a very good reason for this. It's cold in Logan in the winter. Furthermore, Aggie fans don't have 30 years or even five years of college football dominance upon which to stand when considering braving the weather to watch Aggie football.
But if the Aggies can give the fans a reason this year to show up during October and November home games, it's very likely the Aggie faithful will respond in kind by giving the Aggie football team a reason to pound the bottom of the Mountain West into the dust.
It's called a synergistic cycle, but it has to start at the beginning of the season.
Side note: Wells should call for another white-out game. Romney Stadium was packed tighter than a can of sardines during last year's 35-13 pounding of UNLV.
What do you tell a quarterback who passed for more than 3,100 yards and rushed for more than 600 yards?
We suggest: "Don't change a thing. Please just continue dominating."
Andersen turned heads when he started Keeton as a freshmen in 2011 over junior quarterback Adam Kennedy, and after the 2012 season, it's easy to see why he made that choice. Keeton did it all for the Aggies during their historic run last year. He found receivers, ran when he had to, and made the critical plays when it mattered most. Watching him leap for joy when the final whistle sounded against Utah was priceless to Aggies everywhere.
If the Aggies are to be successful again this season, they'll need their playmaker to at least match his performance from last year, if not exceed it.
Among the big question marks before the 2012 season was who was going to take the place of Robert Turbin, the NFL running back now at Seattle, in the backfield.
Kerwynn Williams stepped up in a huge way.
Now among the big question marks this year for the Aggies is who is going to take the bulk of the carries. That mantle appears to have fallen on Joe Hill. Throughout the 2012 season, Hill displayed several qualities similar to Williams, namely his ability to outrun everyone else on the gridiron and his ability to catch the ball.
If the Aggies are to be successful, they'll need Hill to fill in for Williams the same way Williams filled in for Turbin — namely, to play his game so well that fans temporarily forget about how terrific Williams was.
He'll also need to stay healthy. A few questions surfaced in 2012 about Hill's durability, and he'll do well to make Utah State fans forget that too.
All three programs in the state of Utah severely struggled putting the ball through the uprights in 2012.
For example, the USU-BYU showdown from last year might have ended differently had Josh Thompson been able to split the uprights from 38 yards in Provo on that cold October night. That play, however, would have been rendered moot had BYU's Riley Stephenson converted the PAT on the lone touchdown of the game. Who can forget the three missed BYU attempts at the end of the Cougars' loss to Utah in Salt Lake City?
Following the BYU game, the Aggies settled exclusively on kicker Nick Diaz. The decision was easy after the then-sophomore kicker nailed a 53-yarder against New Mexico State. He didn't disappoint the rest of the year, converting just more than 76.9 percent of his attempts and never missing a game-changer.
Now a candidate for the Lou Groza Award, Diaz is the guy for the Aggies. He'll need to keep making those kicks if the Aggies are going to get to 10 wins.
In March, Jake Doughty was arrested for misdemeanor charges of supplying alcohol to minors.
Since then, no one has spoken a word about the incident — not Doughty, not his head coach, Wells, not anybody. Apparently the Aggies have dealt with the incident in-house, and Doughty should be ready to play this fall.
Remembering that college football players are still kids — many of whom are still teenagers — is difficult at times. Certainly, in almost any other situation, Doughty's misstep wouldn't have made the news.
Doughty is clearly not a bad kid. But Doughty and his teammates would do well to learn that such incidents cannot happen during the season, or the campaign will suffer from unnecessary distractions.
One of the biggest question marks in 2012 was how the defensive line would stand up with so many inexperienced players.
Those question marks quickly vanished. The Aggie defense was sixth in sacks per game, seventh in scoring defense, 13th in rushing defense, 14th in total defensive, eighth in passing efficiency defense and 32nd in passing defense.
Clearly, the Aggies boasted one of the best rush defenses in the nation in 2012. Al Lapuaho, Havea Lasike, B.J. Larsen, Jordan Nielsen, Doughty, Zach Vigil and Kyler Fackrell made sure of that.
The 2013 version of the defensive line is virtually unchanged. Five of the seven top spots on the front seven two-deep are currently occupied by seniors — Doughty, Larsen and Vigil being the most notable. Those guys will have to replicate 2012 to some degree if the Aggies are going to make it to 10 Ws.
There is no reason why USU should struggle with Colorado State, Wyoming, UNLV or Hawaii. These games are the easy ones, and therefore are the trap games.
It's true that past results are not indicative of future success, but if the state of the program at the end of 2012 was any indicator at all, the team that finished with a championship and a No. 16 national ranking shouldn't have any problem with those beleaguered teams, even if the game is played in white-out conditions. (And especially if it's played in man-made white-out conditions.)
The Aggies have improved to the point where fans no longer expect them just to compete, but to win and win big against inferior competition. While certainly not the most difficult criterion for a 10-win season, this is definitely among the most crucial.


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Today's news tails yesterday's flood of new GTA4 details, which included word of a Resident Evil 4-esque free-aim mode, a reworked wanted meter that only recognizes crimes if witnessed by police, the option to instant warp back to a mission's start point in the event of failure, and the ability to get drunk.
"We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV," said Rockstar founder and executive producer Sam Houser. "We've pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment."


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FOR months police have been actively investigating numerous complaints of child sexual abuse following their coverage in the media.
Yesterday, detectives knocked on the door of a defrocked priest and arrested him, alleging he had sexually and indecently abused three girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
By the afternoon's end the 59-year-old was in the dock of Armidale Local Court facing 25 child sex abuse charges, accused of molesting them between the ages of five and 18.
But the search for victims is not over. Following his arrest, police also urged anyone with information about the alleged role played by the Catholic Church in covering up the abuse to come forward.
Strike Force Glenroe, made up of detectives from the sex crimes squad, began investigations in July after a number of claims about Father F, who cannot be named for legal reasons, other clergy and a ensuing cover-up by the Catholic Church were first broadcast on the ABC's Four Corners program.
The commander of the squad, John Kerlatec, said only time would tell whether charges would be forthcoming.
''At present the investigations are into allegations of sexual assault [but] there are other aspects of the investigation that will touch on the matters raised,'' Superintendent Kerlatec said.
''It's certainly early days in regards to … the alleged cover-up that has been suggested.''
It is understood that Strike Force Glenroe has more than 50 witnesses, including complainants, their families, friends and those who have known Father F over many years.
Father F was refused bail yesterday and will reappear in Armidale Local Court again on November 7.
The alleged victims have welcomed the arrest, police said.
''They certainly had a sense of relief,'' Superintendent Kerlatec said.
''A sense of relief and respect that police were able to firstly listen to what they had to say, investigate the allegations raised and take the matter to [this point].''
Father F was removed from public ministry after a meeting with three clergy in 1992, following continued allegations of abuse after he was moved from the Armidale diocese to Parramatta.
The three priests now all occupy senior positions in the church, which has denied a cover-up.
Federal Court judge Antony Whitlam had been appointed by the Bishop of Armidale, Michael Kennedy, and Bishop of Parramatta, Anthony Fisher, to lead its own inquiry into the church's handling of the case.
Bishop Kennedy said in a statement the diocese was offering its full co-operation and assistance to police.


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Santa Barbara, Calif. -
In preparation to defend their second consecutive Big West Conference title, the UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team has left little doubt as to how strong they will be in 2003. As they approach the end of their spring schedule, the Gauchos have gone undefeated (6-0-2) in eight matches against some very tough competition.
In a showdown with defending national champion UCLA, UCSB, who ended the 2002 season ranked 21st in the nation, downed the Bruins 2-1 with goals by Drew McAthy and Pat Scott. McAthy, now a focal point of the Gauchos' attack with the departure of All-American Rob Friend to graduation, has tallied a team-high eight goals in eight matches. Gene Deering is second on the team, netting three goals this spring.
UCSB has also a recorded wins over Division II National Runner-Up Cal State Dominquez Hills (3-1) and the Blue Stars (1-0) of the PDL, a team that featured German striker, four-time World Cup participant, and 1995 World Soccer Player of the Year Jurgen Klinsmann.
Matt Kubota and Neil Jones have each scored twice thus far this spring, while Jeff Murphy, Pat Scott and Matt Bly have each netted one goal.
Results UCSB 3 Westmont 1 (McAthy, Deering, Murphy) UCSB 3 CS Dominquez Hills 1 (Deering, McAthy 2) UCSB 2 UC Irvine 1 (Jones, McAthy) UCSB 1 PDL Blue Stars 0 (Kubota) UCSB 3 St. Mary's 0 (McAthy 2, Deering) UCSB 2 San Jose State 2 (McAthy, Kubota) UCSB 2 Cal State Fullerton 2 (Bly, Jones) UCSB 2 UCLA 1 (McAthy, Scott)
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A Quick Look At KDE SC 4.5 Beta 1
Wow, it was so quick I missed it on the way to the Service Temporarily Unavailable page.
What's New? The Beta 1 release announcement lists only 4 major new features, which seems a little underwhelming.
These are:
One of the big upgrades that was scheduled for KDE SC 4.5 was porting the PIM (ie. kmail, korganizer, kaddressbook) applications to the Akonadi framework. Unfortunately, that process won't be completed in time for 4.5.0, and will be delayed until 4.5.1. This is a little disappointing given that Akonadi has been full of promise for quite some time, with no real user visible outcomes. It would have been nice to see what Akonadi will bring to the party. However, it's better to wait until all the kinks are ironed out. But unfortunately, it leaves the KDE 4.5 feature cupboard a little bare.
That being said, there are a whole bunch of little improvements that I'll talk about later on in this article.
``For me, Nepouk's ability to index my files is a nice feature. It's also one I currently have turned off due to personal preference.'' -- Aaron Siego.
should I laugh or cry?
look out, Zimbra! look out, GOOG! psscheerowwk, Akonadi is coming 4 u. all pheer the imminent release of MILESTONE 1.
The Beta 1 release announcement lists only 4 major new features, which seems a little underwhelming.
...porting the PIM (ie. kmail, korganizer, kaddressbook) applications to the Akonadi framework. Unfortunately, that process won't be completed in time for 4.5.0, and will be delayed until 4.5.1...
KDE 4 has had five releases since Jan '08. It wasn't until 4.3 in August '09, 19 months after 4.0, that the thing became tolerable. Prior to then it was very unstable, amazingly memory hungry and lacking features that 3.5.x had had for years. If the only thing 4.5 and all future 4.x releases accomplish is stability enhancements, bug fixes, even less memory use and recovering those few missing features that vanished with 4.0 then the KDE developers deserve our praise.
As far as I'm concerned they can take all that PIM stuff, Akonadi whatever and shovel the lot into 5.x. Do as you will with Konquerer's HTML engine but, with respect, DO NOT FUCK UP THE FILE MANAGEMENT functionality. Linux already has several good browsers so Konquerer's ability to render web pages has little or no actual value any longer.
it leaves the KDE 4.5 feature cupboard a little bare.
Whatever. If they are working on stability and efficiency they do the lords work. 4.x should be rock solid, fast, efficient and feature complete. The rest is damage that belongs in 5.x, which needs to start existing sometime soon and then bake for a good half decade or more.
They've already been trying to shove the file management capabilities into Dolphin.
Sadly, it looks sort of like an old version of Nautilus - all bare and not KDE-like.
Like this guy, I have nothing good to say about the KDE developers and their current desire to remove code and replace it with new, less functional, more buggy, code that just happens to have their names on it. It's like they just want to check in stuff with their name to get credit in the community ("I wrote most of KDE, all by myselfs!").
Had I posted this on a KDE forum, it would have been deleted before morning.
I can't understand why they want to deprecate the best file manager ever and elevate the worst browser ever.
Stability improvements.
Underwhelming? I think not - this is exactly what KDE needs, and fewer "feature" additions. Even KDE 4.4.3 still has major stability problems, at least for me.
fewer "feature" additions
I'd settle for zero feature additions and 100% feature retention.
That's really not better.
You really think dropping features for years at a time in a stable release is ok if you just call it a bug, effectively meaning there is no stable release?
All your hyperbole aside, the Gnome strategy is at least honest. There's no reason they couldn't opt to put back whatever features they've dropped in the future, but they're being up front that they're not going to now.
In truth, akonadi and nepomuk are just a waste of system resources. Not only are they not needed, they're buggy as hell. Seems to me the kde devs have gotten lost in minutiae and forgotten that the point of a DE really is to provide a transparent, appealing framework from which to run apps. If it gets in the way or demands you read a lot of documentation, it means you're doing it wrong.
Hell, it was less effort for me to script my own DE functionality around awesome wm than to learn kde4 so I could support my users who want it.
'In truth, graphics and sound are just a waste of system resources. Not only are they not needed, they're buggy as hell. Seems to me the kde devs have gotten lost in minutiae and forgotten that the point of a shell really is to provide a transparent, appealing framework from which to run apps. If it gets in the way or demands you read a lot of documentation, it means you're doing it wrong.
Hell, it was less effort for me to script my own shell functionality around bash shell than to learn kde4 so I could sup
> In truth, akonadi and nepomuk are just a waste of system resources.
I agree completely. I switched to KDE 4 at 4.1.8 or so, and it was terrible. 4.2 was usable, but still not great.
Now I am playing with trinity, and while it looks a bit dated, it is really nice to use. Plus it responds a lot faster, even on a state of the art PC with 8 GB of RAM and binary 3D drivers.
This was a very enlightening blog post (and comments) to read. It does explain a lot about why KDE4 is the way it is.
That said, what are the options? As far as widget toolkits go, I much prefer Qt - it's miles ahead of Gtk from programmer's perspective, and it's faster as well. But I'm not aware of any DE (not WM, DE - with file manager and so on) written in plain Qt, with no KDE4-style reinvention of the desktop wheel, and useless bells and whistles.
But okay, I can stick to GNOME for the time being, especially since I don't really develop for Linux full-time, and who cares what widgets apps use under the hood? All well and good, except until that relatively recent announcement of "Gnome Shell" to come in 3.0, with those awful screenshots. Oh. My. Fucking. God! It's like GNOME devs looked at the trainwreck that is KDE4, became envious, and devised their own cunning plan to mess up their clean and usable desktop, and overall screw over existing users as much as possible, for the sake of pushing through some brand new bright UI design and usability ideas. I suspect this will go about as good as their "spacial file browser" did in the past, except that one was relatively minor and could be trivially disabled; whereas Shell design has far-reaching implications for entire desktop, and even third-party apps.
I had preventively moved to Xfce for now, which seems to be free from that "reinvent the wheel again, our own special way" disease mentality (so far). It's okay, but I'm still open to alternatives. What other options are there? (again, DEs, not WMs, so please don't suggest OpenBox etc).
That said, what are the options? As far as widget toolkits go, I much prefer Qt - it's miles ahead of Gtk from programmer's perspective, and it's faster as well. But I'm not aware of any DE (not WM, DE - with file manager and so on) written in plain Qt, with no KDE4-style reinvention of the desktop wheel, and useless bells and whistles...... It's okay, but I'm still open to alternatives. What other options are there? (again, DEs, not WMs, so please don't suggest OpenBox etc).
This might be what you are looking for:
Antico: a Qt4/X11 Desktop/Window Manager" [netsons.org]
It's been forked - latest change was 4 days ago
http://github.com/gustavosbarreto/antico [github.com]
And honestly... once you make that desktop, you may as well as stop all development except for bug fixes, otherwise people will complain that it is turning into the next KDE.
... written in gtk+
The comment by Ron (emphasis by me) is the best and deserves a +5, Funny:
I'm surprised to see so many people claiming Nepomuk gives them no added value. Personally, I find the promise of Nepomuk, KDE 4 and semantic desktop enthrilling. Unfortunately this has been so for the past 2 years.
Development seems to me to be heading in the right direction - semantic desktop sounds the more natural way to deal with entities in the computer. But people are used to the traditional way of interaction with the machine, the switch to a novel way is hard to make. Moreover, Nepomuk services are now being developed, and immediate benefits are not apparent. Until the framework and services become more stable and reliable, and the benefits become more prominent, objection to Nepomuk will stay. The point is, at this point of time Nepomuk may be a nuisance, but it is injustifiablly wrong to judge it now. If Nepomuk development fulfills the dreams presented here and elsewhere, these critics of today might find they have been wrong all along, and by a long shot - they might find out that semantic desktop interaction is the right way of doing things. It feels attitude towards Nepomuk now is as has been to KDE 4 in the beginning. That it is immature and present creates problems, that would subside as it matures and the advantages become more present.
Productively, it seems that there should be a better (i.e. more apparent) UI to disable Strigi and Nepomuk - perhaps as a question dialog at install time or when the computer is under heavy load/RAM usage because of Strigi. That people have to actively seek the system settings option might be a fault in this case.
KDE is not free of problems - in fact I can't use it right now. I was greatly disappointed in finding that Kubuntu 9.10 on an old machine with 512MB of RAM is hardly usable. Battery life on my laptop is not satisfactory, and I can't install KDE on Windows for some reason.
But the promise, and the hard work of all involved keep me assured that one day I'll be able to use my computers to their fullest using KDE (on Linux. And not any other DE). So this is thanks and keep up the good work.
Gee, no apparent benefits, if fact it's so resource hungry you can't use it, but you wonder why people don't like it... really?
I have no intention of reading blog posts that are trying to convince me that the biggest pieces of crap in computing were *needed*. They are there because the KDE developers want them, and think they are cool. And they don't care that they are slow, annoying, broken and take the system and its functionality together with them. When you're trying to convince me that software, which only feature is to annoy the user, is useful, you need to shut the fuck up.
i think the problem is... priorities.
i believe nepomuk is cool. akonadi is cool, and useful. and we need those two.
but AFTER we have solid foundation to use every day.
don't get me wrong, i'm a kde user since... a looong time ago. i recently set up a laptop with kde4, and it indeed has progressed a lot since the first few releases, and is mostly useful. some features are very cool and i sometimes consider upgrading my main computer, which is still 3.5.10... but it's the little things and lots of them that an
Biggest problem with KDE is its massive memory usage and poor performance on low-end hardware. It's much worse than GNOME not to mention the actual lightweight DE's.
I don't know about that. With a default install, logging into KDE 4.4 (with preloaded Konqueror, compositing, file indexing, etc) clocks in at a shade under 400mb. That's 400mb, not just for KDE, but for the whole system which runs apache, mysql and so on. Obviously Fluxbox is much less resource hungry, but calling KDE a "massive" memory user is not all that accurate.
Precisely. I had heard KDE would work better on low RAM systems, but in practice it seems to be worse than the default Gnome desktop.
Now I want to try LXDE (Lubuntu) to see how it performs. Supposedly it only needs 160 MB RAM
I still have the latest KDE installed, but generally I just use openbox wm + a few light tools to get what I need done. If you have a low end system a light window manager might be your best bet.
You meant poor performance on all hardware. I'm using it on a Intel Core 2 Q6600 with 8 GB RAM and it is slow as hell compared to KDE 3.5 on my old Athlon XP 2100+, and even GTK+ on the same Athlon XP. And I badmouthed GTK+ about its slowness then. How wrong have I been?
Really? I recently switched to KDE from the supposedly-light-weight Xfce on my tiny underpowered netbook, and I honestly have not noticed any speed difference at all, even with most of the bells and whistles enabled. Haven't run out of memory yet, either, even with Firefox and KDE running.
Gnome might be faster. I wouldn't know because its interface design makes it unusable on netbooks. But if Gnome is faster than Xfce then there's something seriously wrong with the world.
The ? What? [wikipedia.org]
That's a cashew? I thought it was a fireball thing.
That's the plasma widget thing. Doesn't bug me at all.
It's a goofy little icon thingy in the upper right corner of the screen that brings up a toolbox. Many KDE users find it extremely annoying; I personally don't use KDE as my primary desktop because I see it as too immature at this point, but having played with it, I definitely concur.
The only thing holding me back from upgrading to KDE4 on my primary work computer (from KDE 3.5.10) is that I need an accelerated triple head display. From what I can tell this is just not possible with KDE4, while it is working fine with KDE 3.5.10.
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You know, I'm curious how many of the people complaining about bugginess and memory issues are running say, Kubuntu?
I'm on Arch Linux, and the KDE 4.x branch has been quite stable for me - the odd crash here and there, e.g. of Konsole, particularly early on, but nothing that really blew up the whole desktop.
And it's performed very well on my desktop, much more snappy/responsive than Gnome.
There's a lot of distributions that have done terribly, half-done jobs of packaging KDE. Kubuntu is a prime examble, seriously it's an absolute joke how terrible they've done. Last I heard, apparently it was because Kubuntu only had a single guy or something? That might just be a rumour, but I seriously think Canonical should just shelve the Kubuntu branch, instead of giving KDE a bad name.
Arch has been stable for me, and openSUSE was quite good for KDE as well. Don't know about other distributions, but I've heard that outside of those two, the rest are pretty much a joke - they just do a bad job of packaging KDE, or adding their own half-done patches, and pushing out low-quality KDE desktops.
He is probably just indicating that those with the most issues seem to strangely be coming from the kubuntu camp, fedora, opensuse etc seem to treat kde as more a first class citizen than second.
Then again it could just be typical ubuntu users are more from the newer to linux camp and thus complain more in general.
Then again it could just be typical ubuntu users are more from the newer to linux camp and thus complain more in general.
I think it is this. I had more problems using Debian's KDE 4.x branch (in relation to polickit action at least) than I have with kubuntu. I should give arch a go, though. I have plenty of time to mess with it at work.
Is there an arch kde dvd or cd? I don't usually have an internet connection.
Hmm, I really hope you know what you're talking about, and aren't just talking out of your rear-end...lol. Have you actually tried to use Kubuntu, then tried a different KDE 4.x distro and compared them?
I've been a KDE fan since the 3.5 days, and a Ubuntu fan from around those days as well. So it was a natural progression to use Kubuntu. I've basically tried every Kubuntu release since 7.04, until around 9.10, when I basically gave up on it. The 8.x branch, from memory, was particularly patchy for me.
As you can see, my views on Kubuntu's lack of polish is a fairly common one.
I went out of my way to do a few google searches, here is just a short sample of them:
Ubuntu unpolished [google.co.uk]
Kubuntu unpolished [google.co.uk]
Vista unpolished [google.co.uk]
OS X unpolished [google.co.uk]
Seems the view of all software lacking polish is a fairly common one. I also did more than just look at the first page of results.
Lol, I don't think you've actually proven anything there.
Yes, people criticise every OS release, but the funny thing about the Kubuntu criticism is that:
1. It's dogged it from release to release - from the 6.X days, right through to the current 10.X days. You compare that against the criticism from say, Vista to Windows 7, or say, OSX 10.0 to 10.6, or heck, ironically, even KDE 4.0 to 4.4/4.5. Kubuntu has sucked, I regret to say, from day 1, right through to today, and unless Canonical suddently decide
I was having various stability problems with KDE4 (up to and including 4.4) on pretty much every distro I've tried - Kubuntu was on the list, but also OpenSUSE and Mandriva.
I do run Arch now, and 4.4 seemed to be better in that in terms of stability. But the whole thing still feels so unpolished coming from either KDE 3.5 or GNOME 2.x that I can't be bothered.
It feels like KDE4 developers are chasing the uber vision of the desktop of the future (which is totally unlike the desktop of today) that they have in their head, and KDE4 releases that we see in the meantime are stepping stones on that road. So they're neither here nor there, and it is not clear when the road is going to end (if it is going to at all, which I'm starting to doubt at this point).
"I'm on Arch Linux, and the KDE 4.x branch has been quite stable for me - the odd crash here and there"
Funny, I haven't had any crash on Kubuntu.
the odd crash here and there, e.g. of Konsole, particularly early on, but nothing that really blew up the whole desktop.
Yikes, that's why I stopped using KDE. I can't have an odd crash here and there of my terminal emulator. That might take with it an email I've been working on, or a long-running file download. Stability is critical.
The ancient xterm that I now use has never crashed on me, not once.
Interesting timing on this story. KDE 4.5 beta 2 was released today.
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.5-beta2.php [kde.org] for the official announcement
Over the last two weeks, roughly since the first beta, 1459 new bugs have been reported, and 1643 bugs have been closed, so we're witnessing a lot of stabilization activity right now. More testing is in place, however, while the restless developers continue to create a rock-stable 4.5.0
Really nice to see much work being put in to stabilization, even if it means few less features
I know that the vast majority of people don't care about it, but I honestly want the PIM finished, if they are going to integrate akonadi with it, then fine, but finish it already...
Other than that, it was about time to make a big release with mostly bug fixes in it, maybe it's me but I don't find it as unstable or as memory hungry as people are claiming here, it was some versions ago, no argument there, but now it's pretty decent, for me, what is left are mostly annoyances, and I have suffer a lot of them,
From the bug reports, it seems like KDE still can't handle silly things nobody ever uses, like persistent printer settings [kde.org] or SSL certificates [kde.org]. Both of those are regressions from KDE 3.5, and it seems like KDE tries to mimic Mozilla when it comes to usability.
But yeah, we totally need more UI bling. Not like there was work to do.
"Webkit in konqueror"
You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all different.


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It isn't a good plan to stick with a tree service if you weren't happy with their work, or find out that others have had trouble with them in the past. Trees are fairly delicate when it comes to how they are cared for, and a haphazardly done job could kill them.
Tree service Marietta GA providers must have an idea as to whether or not they are going to be able to work with you on a fair payment for the services rendered.
You should not have to pay more than the average for your area unless the job is more risky or a lot more work for them to do.
When you contact a service to help you, make sure you are able to describe the kind of work you need done. Tell them the types of trees you have and whether or not they will need to trim or remove them.
The trees in your area may not even be able to be serviced if you're not the full owner of the land. If you have a tree that isn't totally on your property, make sure you ask the tree service you use to provide you with proof that they have tried to ensure it's legal to do their work.
Cities sometimes will have ordinances in place against harming trees or altering them in any way. Plus, you may not be aware of what's below that tree and it could harm what's around it when it gets removed or altered.
The company that you work with should be properly licensed to do the work in your area, as well as insured. That way, you can be sure that they have the proper training and will be able to take care of your tree in the right and legal way.
It's never a good idea to hire a person off of a classified ad site or the like that doesn't have proof of what they can offer to you. Always try to spring for the people that have the most skills so you can be sure the work is being done correctly.
It needs to be said that if you have an issue with the way a service is done for you, it's okay to let them know that you need them to redo the work for you. There are so many people out there that don't look over the work that has been done in the way of tree services and other landscaping projects, and they let people that don't do much keep ripping them off.
Try to learn a little about the work they are doing and make sure your trees are in great shape before allowing that service to do any more work.
Once you work with the tree services in Marietta GA that are out there you can be sure that you will have the best in quality service. You'll want to work carefully through what you can do to get things in order. Then you will be able to start doing what it takes to make sure your trees are in fantastic shape.


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ESG Solutions Announces Successful Deployment of Innovative Microseismic Acquisition System for Research Consortium
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Jan. 8, 2013 11:15 AM
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ESG Solutions, an industry leader in microseismic technology and services, is pleased to announce the successful deployment of its SuperCable™ microseismic acquisition system. In use by a Microseismic Research Consortium to monitor hydraulic fracturing operations in Western Canada, the system provides longer-term borehole acquisition at lower cost than traditional wireline-based acquisition equipment.
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"Wireline deployment is the accepted method for temporary downhole microseismic monitoring," says Shan Jhamandas, General Manager for Western Canada at ESG. "Unfortunately, conventional wireline tools are typically not designed for extended deployment periods and as a result, the equipment becomes too costly over longer durations." For long-term reservoir monitoring, many operators choose to deploy permanent systems, for which ESG has manufactured and installed proprietary instrumentation for over 15 years. The SuperCable™ represents an innovative monitoring solution that offers the flexibility of temporary wireline deployment, with the performance and cost benefit of long-term monitoring systems.
Developed, tested and commercialized by ESG's dedicated R&D division, the SuperCable™ is a retrievable, multiuse recording system designed specifically to break the trade-off between wireline-based monitoring projects and permanent installations. "What makes the SuperCable™ unique is the way it is deployed," says Jason Forks, Director of US Hydraulic Fracturing Sales at ESG. "The system employs ESG's instrumentation traditionally used to detect induced seismicity in permanent reservoir monitoring applications, with an innovative method that mimics wireline deployment."
Initially deployed to monitor a hydraulic fracturing operation, the SuperCable™ continues to listen for seismic activity within the reservoir months after the wells are completed. The method is also ideal for monitoring projects spanning a few months to a year, including carbon sequestration and thermal recovery operations. ESG designs, manufactures and installs its own permanent microseismic instrumentation for longer-term reservoir stimulations and surface-based regional seismic networks. ESG also provides wireline data acquisition, processing and advanced analytics for hydraulic fracturing.
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2012 Track and Field
Neal and Parker earn All-HCAC honors
Megan Neal and Jeff Parker honored by Heartland Conference
May 10, 2012
Women's All-HCAC I Men's All-HCAC
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Two Bluffton University field athletes were recently honored by the Heartland Conference for their respective performances at the HCAC Championships hosted by Franklin College on April 27-28, 2012. Senior Megan Neal (Arlington) won the hammer throw, while freshman Jeff Parker (Bristol, Ind./Northridge) blew away the conpetition with his winning javelin toss.
Neal won the HCAC title in the hammer throw for the third straight year with a toss of 44.37 meters (145-07 feet). She also threw a personal best in the shot put with a toss of 10.28 meters (33-8.75 feet) to place 7th. The senior came back strong on day two to place 4th in javelin with a throw of 31.75 meters (104-02 feet), securing 17 points for the Bluffton women.
The Bluffton record holder in both the weight throw (indoor) and hammer throw, Neal was the HCAC Field Athlete of the Week twice this season. She is an HCAC All-Academic performer and has also been named to HCAC All-Sportsmanship Team.
Jeff Parker won the HCAC title in the javelin by 12 feet. His throw of 185-06 feet (56.54 meters) is a new school record and it established a personal best by almost 20 feet. It ranked 35th in the nation.
In conjunction with the All-Heartland Conference awards, the conference has announced the All-HCAC Sportsmanship Team for the 2011-12 academic year. This award has been developed as part of a conference-wide sportsmanship initiative. Members of the All-HCAC Sportsmanship team are selected by the coaches and their teammates as individuals who demonstrate the ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field/court of competition. Bluffton senior Bryan Heckathorn (Hartville/Lake) and sophomore Kayla Mullenhour (Delphos/Jefferson) were recognized for their sportsmanship this season.


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Phone: 607-798-5991
Lasers have excelled as a tool for eye surgery and are used to treat many diseases that may affect different parts of the eye. The laser treatment itself usually takes a short time to perform, and in most cases, the treatment is painless and non-traumatic.
What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding disease that affects the macula (middle of the retina) in one or both eyes. AMD destroys the central vision necessary for reading, driving, and performing other daily tasks.
There are two forms of AMD: wet and dry. The most common, dry AMD, occurs when the tissues of the macula break down or become thin, causing a small - but growing - blind spot in the middle of your field of vision. As dry AMD worsens, new blood vessels grow, which can cause wet AMD. When wet AMD occurs, these new blood vessels break and leak blood and fluid under the macula, which quickly causes vision loss.
What are the Signs and Symptoms of AMD?
- Straight lines, such as telephone poles, appear wavy
- Type in books or newspapers appears blurry
- Dark spots or empty spaces appear in the center of your vision
Who is at Risk for AMD?
More than 15 million Americans 60 years of age and older suffer from AMD. The cause is unknown, but the risk for AMD increases with age. Those at greatest risk are older, Caucasian, blue-eyed women with a family history of AMD. Smoking, high blood pressure, and a high-fat diet also increase your chances of getting AMD.
What Else Can I Do?
- Control high blood pressure
- Eat a diet low in fats and high in fruits/vegetables
- Protect your eyes from sunlight
- Quit smoking
How is AMD Treated?
Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment for dry AMD, although research continues. When detected early, wet AMD can be treated with laser surgery to remove the leaky blood vessels and prevent further sight loss.
Lourdes Ophthalmology Surgery / Laser Treatment Center has been designed with you in mind. Lasers for use in skin and eye treatments are conveniently located in a comfortable hospital setting. Every possible effort will be made to make your stay at Lourdes as comfortable as possible.
How to Get There
Lourdes Ophthalmology Surgery / Laser Treatment Center is located on the main floor of the hospital inside the Atrium.
Convenient parking is available in Lot G.
- Use the West Drive to enter the Lourdes Hospital campus (located at the traffic light at Riverside Drive and Kneeland Avenue).
- Proceed down the West Drive to the second stop sign. The Ambulatory Care Center and the new Main Entrance to the Hospital will be on your left.
- Turn right to park in Lot G.
- Enter through the new Main Entrance.
- Pass the reception desk then turn left to enter the main hospital.
- Proceed down the hallway to elevators 1 & 2.
- Take elevators 1 & 2 to the main floor.
- As you get off the elevator, there is a hallway to the immediate right; follow this hallway to the Atrium located on your left.
- Check in at the information desk just inside the Atrium.
- After you check in you will be directed to the Laser Treatment Center. (Take a left out of the Atrium then the Laser Treatment Center is the first door on the left.)
For further information, consult your doctor or call Lourdes Ophthalmology Surgery / Laser Treatment Center at 607-798-5991.


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Frans Plants Database 1.5
First off, an introduction to Frans Plants Database:
This program is currently split into four parts, each working either independently or together to form one plant-management system.
The Plant Database covers the type of plant, its size and its most suitable environment.
The Germination Database covers germination information for a particular plant.
The Garden Database lists gardens, their gardeners and the speciality of that garden.
The Plant In Garden Database relates the plants to a particular garden.
You can add coordinates of the plant in your garden to show you its position all year around, too!
You can also add to this database the same plant any number of times, all for the same garden.
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We're in the 2010 Season and we've had a June hurricane (oh nooooes!!!).
How do you protect your home during hurricane season??
When we bought this house it was touted as having had all windows and doors replaced with hurricane glass and to 95% that is true. Fortress Sarasota has PGT
impact resistant glass windows and doors. These are greyt as they are alwyas up, cut down on noise and heating/cooling, and secure the house from break ins. They also,
unlike certain types of shutters, let light in so your house doesn't feel like a tomb
during a storm.
Now, much to our annoyance, we did find that the Front door, back pool bathroom door, and the garage door are NOT hurricane rated. :mad: For some reason known only to the previous owners, they left those 3 doors unprotected. They easily dropped at least 20K in putting in the PGT glass but left the house exposed.
Well, we can't have that, now can we??? :D
We've contracted with a company called JansenShutters to fix this lack of vision.
That will get us to 100% protection.
- They are going to install Accordion shutters on the front alcove and pool bath door.
- We're going to get a garage door rated for +165mph winds.
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Researchers Develop Solid But Flexible Electrolyte For Bendable Batteries 41
hypnosec writes "Korean scientists have developed a 'fluid-like' polymer electrolyte used in lithium-ion batteries that would pave way for flexible batteries and flexible smartphones. The discovery was made by a joint team of researchers that was led by Professor Lee Sang-young of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. The new electrolyte, though flexible, is made of solid materials hence making the batteries more stable than the lithium-ion batteries used today." Paper, but full text is paywalled.


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Definitely won't be missing this!
This is a must see for me!
Ever since I discovered him, I've been obsessing over his music for the last few weeks. Great/Sad story but undoubtably really good music. This guy is not to be missed!!
I just watched the documentary does he tour with that same band, blue sky or whatever? I'm hoping for an early tent...amazing...
I have been pipedreaming about this since the documentary was first announced, I was like FINALLY PEOPLE WILL KNOW ABOUT RODRIGUEZ. my dad showed me his music (he's south african) when I was like 12, I've always wondered why he's not as critically acclaimed as someone like neil young and why he never broke through in the states. and OH MY SWEET MERCIFUL FUCK WE GET TO SEE HIM PLAY.
this is the best booking since leonard cohen. he's someone I'm quite sure I'll be watching both weekends. and probably cry.
edit: my DAD is south african. rodriguez's music really became adopted as protest music during the anti-apartheid movement. kind of a confusing statement without that context)
The timing was simply haunting. Watched the documentary a week ago and then see him on the lineup. Amazing. For those who haven't seen the documentary, I highly recommend watching it. Rodriguez is such a noble man, I can only imagine his presence in Coachella.
Who wants to meep up and watch Rodriguez and smoke a fatty? This guy deserves a big audience!
I will not miss this once in a lifetime act.
I hope he doesnt conflict in my schedule...Im not totally in love with his music.Yet i like some of his songs.
Just watched this documentary and I was utterly amazed. This is going to be a must see for me. Doesn't really matter who is playing at the same time, I'll be there.
Yup. Will this likely be the largest crowd he has played to in the U.S (depending on who shows up of course)
I don't see it being a large crowd.... I could be wrong, but the turn out for Seun Kuti last year makes me think something similar could happen. Obviously, he has much more hype and press going into Chella, with the movie/story etc, but I dunno. It won't be a packed house.
This is the 60 Minutes story about Rodriguez:
I'll be there for sure. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see an amazing artist with an incredible story.
I'm thinking tent against RHCP to close out the festival for music nerds.
This is quickly becoming one of my most anticipated acts. I cannot comprehend how a talent like this could be buried for so long.
He is getting a lot of attention for his incredible story and the movie but goddamn does his music stand up there with some of the greats. It's like if Donovan dropped Sunshine Superman and then quit and worked in construction for 30 years.
Thank god for South Africa.
If they could put this at Sunset on the Outdoor it would be absolutely perfect.
Wow! What a great story.
As a side note it's interesting how many great acts have been getting time on Letterman.
so i bought Searching For Sugarman on dvd today.. can't wait to watch that shit!
I saw Rodriguez open for Dan Auerbach back in '10 and he had to be helped on and off of the stage. It was a bit underwhelming, but these TV performances I've seen lately with the string and horn sections sound amazing. This is a set I reallly want to try and catch though Sunday is stacked for me
No one else thinks he'll be on the mainstage? I'm guessing he gets Santigold's spot from last year, mainstage in the afternoon
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Fred MacMurray, Disney Legend
By: Linnea Crowther
5 years ago
Fred MacMurray – who died Nov. 5, 1991, 23 years ago today – had a long and fruitful career, with great roles in classics like the Billy Wilder film noir Double Indemnity opposite Barbara Stanwyck. But those of us who were young during the 1960s and beyond probably remember him best for his star turn in TV sitcom My Three Sons, as well as in a string of silver screen comedies.
Late in his life, MacMurray would become the first to be honored as a "Disney Legend." But in 1959, he was simply the father of a teen-boy-turned-sheepdog (it could happen to anyone, really). In The Shaggy Dog, MacMurray uttered a classic line when he referred to the horror fave from two years prior, I Was a Teenage Werewolf: "Don't be ridiculous — my son isn't any werewolf! He's just a big, baggy, stupid-looking, shaggy dog!"
Two years later MacMurray was back at Disney, starring in The Absent-Minded Professor. It was our first taste of Flubber, and we loved it.
In 1963 Disney made the first-ever sequel to one of their films, Son of Flubber, with MacMurray once again in the starring role.
Thanks to his roles in some of our all-time favorites, MacMurray will always be a true Disney Legend.


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Joao Plata scored and assisted on goals by Javier Morales and Luis Gil to lead Real Salt Lake to a 4-2 win over the Portland Timbers on Friday night.
Alvaro Saborio added the other goal for RSL (14-8-6), which notched its second victory over Portland this month.
Darlington Nagbe and Sal Zizzo each scored for the Timbers (9-5-12), who played a man down the entire second half after Ben Zemanski was sent off with a red card just before halftime.
Portland had no answer for Salt Lake's precision passing early in the first half. RSL showed patience in working the ball into the attacking third and made the Timbers pay for it with a pair of early goals.


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Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, Web-based, multilingual, tightly integrated, all-in-one wiki, CMS, and groupware. Tiki can be used to create all kinds of Web applications, sites, portals, knowledge bases, intranets, and extranets. Tiki offers a very large number of features "out-of-the-box". It is highly configurable and modular. All features are optional and administered via a Web-based interface. Major features include a robust wiki engine, news articles, discussion forums, newsletters, blogs, file and image galleries, bug and issue trackers, a link directory, polls/surveys and quizzes, FAQs, a banner management system, calendar, maps, mobile access, RSS feeds, a category system, tags, an advanced themeing engine (Smarty), spreadsheet, live support, shoutbox, inter-user messaging, menu generator, advanced permission system for users and groups, internal search engine, external authentication support, and more. It was formerly named TikiWiki.
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The Tiger backpack takes centre stage at Contemporary Art Museum in Vienna for the new exhibition entitled; "Magie der vielfalt" (Magic of Diversity) – The MAK as Applied Space of the Future showcases pieces from art and design, contemporary art and architecture. The exhibition runs until 25 March 2012 and you can find out further information by visiting the Museums website.
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2012 Spring Issue 6 (May 11, 2012)
Constantino: Rethinking Nihilism
Carleton is fond of touting itself as an exceptionally welcoming community, tolerant of all intellectual bents and persuasions. However, although I have attempted to have meaningful discussions, my philosophical convictions have been met with cool and scornful rejection. In short, there is little room at Carleton for a nihilist.


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The Southmont Lions Club will have a barbecued chicken plate sale at the Southmont Civic Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 11. The cost is $7 per plate. The meal can be eat in or take out. For more information, contact Shirley Proctor at 798-3636
The Southmont Lions Club will have a barbecued chicken plate sale at the Southmont Civic Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 11. The cost is $7 per plate. The meal can be eat in or take out. For more information, contact Shirley Proctor at 798-3636
The club will also be raffling off a 43-inch Samsung Plasma TV. Tickets will be $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held at 2 p.m. May 27 at the Southmont Civic Center. You do not have to be present to win.
Big yard sale set for May 11 at church
The Macedonia United Methodist Women will have its annual big yard sale from 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. May 11. Rent a space to turn your unwanted items into cash for $10 per space.
The UMW will also accept donations of items to sale at their booth with the exception of clothing. Sausage biscuits, hot dogs, coffee, soft drinks and bake sale items will be available throughout the day. Call Miriam Austin at 798-1679 for more information or to rent a space.
The United Methodist Men will serve breakfast to the church on Mother's Day beginning at 7:30 a.m. May 12. Come to enjoy great food, fellowship and to honor all mothers on this special day. The UMM welcome all men of the church to join them on the second Sunday morning of each month for breakfast and fellowship.
A fellowship luncheon will be held in Spirit Hall 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Join the group for lunch and good fellowship.
The church is pleased to announce that a couple will lead worship services at High Rock Lake Ministry this summer. Matt and Savannah Ponder both of whom are enrolled at Duke Divinity School and are graduates of Florida State University will be arriving the third week of May. The couple has conducted similar weekly services at Sequoia National Park and both are excited about their time to be spent at the lake ministry.
The church's Upper Room Food Pantry is in the need of food. Specific items needed are: peanut butter, mac and cheese, any kind of soups, especially those with meat in them and crackers. Monetary donations are also accepted and would be used to purchase food at the Second Harvest Food Bank.
The church's VBS will start July 14. More information will follow in future columns.
Macedonia Preschool is still accepting enrollment for children ages 3 and 4 years for the fall program. Call 798-4687 ext. 5 to get your child enrolled.
Register children for summer camp at Mount Shepherd a United Methodist camp near Asheboro. The camp has exciting overnight camps for ages 6-14 and day camps for children ages 6-10. Register online at www.mtshepherd.org or call Mount Shepherd at 629-4085.
River Rats have successful cleanup
The High Rock Lake River Rats partnered with the Girl Scouts on April 21 for Clean Sweep. Approximately 500 pounds of trash was collected from the waterways and banks of High Rock Lake.
Veterans group is selling raffle tickets
Tickets are still available for the reverse drawing giveaway event that will be held at 5 p.m. May 11 at the Allied Veterans Post No. 17 in Southmont. Tickets are $100 per couple with a $2,000 give away, steak dinner and DJ. Please contact Kerrie Owen at 240-0434 to purchase tickets.
Skate party will raise funds for cancer
The SunTrust Soldiers and Walmart Warriors Relay for Life Teams are having a "Skate for Life Party at Anchor Skating Rink Tuesday. Admission is $3 and skate rental is $2. Pizza, drinks and brownies will be available for purchase. For more information contact Kerrie Owen at 240-0434 or Kim Perdue at 243-3051
The Relay for Life will be May 17. There are several ways you can help. The Southmont Fire Department has a team and other teams need more walkers. Contact Pam Pettus or Kara Cody at 978-7614 for information.
Southmont memories
I remember a pier that most all the neighborhood kids would go to during the summer to swim. We gave the pier a name. We called it the "Double Decker." It was a nice large pier made entirely out of steel pipe and concrete, no wood at all.
It had a bottom level and an upper level. It seemed to me that it was especially made to be the most awesome swim platform ever created. The bottom platform had an opening at the end of the pier that allowed a kid to get a running start along the concrete walkway and jump or dive into the water at full sprint speed. The upper deck was accessible by stairs and was about 10 feet above the water surface. There you had to climb over the rails to access the "high dive." The water was plenty deep and the brave did flips or other sophisticated dives.
We would spend hours at the Double Decker. It was privately owned. The owners never showed up while we were there and the property was in moderate disrepair. Looking back, I know that our being there was not quite appropriate, but I remember the Double Decker very fondly. The pier is not there anymore and I am not sure when it met its demise, but I know it provided a lot of fun for quite a few generations of Southmont kids.
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