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KDE 4.3.0 Released: Caizen
KDE 4.3.0 is out, and it is a great release. It is unlikely that any one specific thing will strike the user as the most noticeable improvement; rather, the overall user experience of KDE has improved greatly in KDE 4.3.0. The release's codename, Caizen, is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of life. That has been the goal of the KDE team for 4.3.0: polish, polish, polish. The statistics from the bug tracker speak for themselves: 10,000 bugs have been fixed. In addition, close to 63,000 changes were checked in by a little under 700 contributors. That is not to say that the KDE team did not add a large number of new features: 2000 feature requests were implemented in the past 6 months, meaning that any user's pet feature might well be among the improvements KDE 4.3.0 brings.
The changes in KDE 4.3 are largely in three categories: the desktop workspace, the applications, and the development platform.
Of course, those are just a few examples of the changes in KDE 4.3.0. All of the seemingly small changes add up to make a wonderful difference to our users.
The KDE 4.3.0 release will be followed by the usual monthly bugfix and translation updates. The next feature release, KDE 4.4.0, will see the light of day in January 2010. For those among our readers who enjoy microblogging, we have set up an experimental "LifeStream" tracking the "!kde" tag on Identi.ca and Twitter. Check out buzz.kde.org for the stream. Jos Poortvliet, who also wrote the excellent release announcement, has created a screencast (Ogg Theora, HTML 5) that gives an overview of the versatility and coolness of KDE 4.3.0. As always, be sure to check out the release announcement for more details.
Thank you!
Thank you to all KDE developers and all others involved (translators, artists, usability experts, ...) in making this release as awesome as it is! I have been using it since the betas and am highly impressed. It surely is the best free desktop release I have ever seen. If you would only not tease us with all those reports about the progress toward 4.4... :P
So, again, thank you to all! :)
By Mutlu Inek at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 4:39pm
It's amazing!
Thank you very much indeed and Congrats to you all! I love it! Though thanks to your merciless teasing now I can't wait for 4.4 :D
By bliblibli at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 5:09pm
Yes, we're like that. And
Yes, we're like that. And we're not even sorry!!! MUHAHAHA
(be careful: the screencast was made with trunk. It is barely visible to the naked eye, if at all, but on an unconscious level it will tease you into installing KDE 4.4 beta as soon as it is out)
By Jos Poortvliet at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 5:52pm
Thanks KDE team for this great release
By Amine27 at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 5:09pm
Well done...
... you good and faithful developers. Thanks for another great release, for your good work, your invested energy, time and patience which I think all KDE users appreciate greatly.
By Bobby at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 5:34pm
updating from KDE 4.3 RC 3.... cant wait to have it :D
By José Oramas M. at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 5:49pm
How to mount?
How to mount an external disk in KDE4?
I already have one disk plugged in and now I plugged another one in.
- Volume (ext3)
I know that version 4.3 means it's still "alpha quality", but I would expect
I haven't seen so much "innovation" since I started using GUIs (Windows 3.1
By vedranf at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 6:17pm
Blah blah blah
Well, very nice ideas you have to improve the current behavior. So, go there and code it!
By Danilo Luvizotto at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 6:34pm
It was all fine...
...in KDE3, but they had to innovate. ;)
By vedranf at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 6:53pm
yes, how to mount?!
...so I went to the console, but did not know which /dev/... actually to mount and how many partitions there are... so I found out, but it told me I have to be root to mount it... damn, I should have never left my Windows 3.1!
Well, seriously: this was the first thing I got crazy about with KDE4, and 4.3 is actually the first version to improve it. But I have to admit, that the fact that I have to add manually(!) an "empty action" (i.e. a "do-nothing-action"!) to do a "do-mount-only"... does not really make me very comfortable as a user.
By wanthalf at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 7:30pm
KDE3 --vs-- KDE 4.3 aka Windows 3.1
Well so far I'm less than impressed, but in all fairness KDE 4.x *IS* improving, but still has a long ways to go. To date no one has given a justifiable reason for the 180 on the desktop. I still do not know why I can't put icons on the desktop proper as well as "containers". It would be a vast improvement if KDE would simply splice both the good features of the KDE 3.x series with the new ideas in KDE 4.x series. Right now KDE is re-inventing the wheel. If you look at both Windows 3.1 and KDE 4.x they are almost identical in their approach. Probably what ticks me off more than KDE was the force fed diet of KDE 4.0 by the Fedora Project. Indeed Fedora has gone in the wrong direction by putting stuff not ready for prime time and making it the "default". More than anything else their rather hasty decisions have prejudiced me against potentially good technologies, such as KDE 4.x. into their distro. To be sure KDE still has a lot of work to do to bring it up to the quality of the KDE 3.5 series. But at the end of the day the user is left with an sub-par GUI that is almost identical to Windows 3.1, though M$ did it better. Fair is fair we have to wait till all the apps are "converted" to the "new" system of KDE 4.x which differs little from Windows 3.1. we understand that. The question is WHY when we already had an excellent desktop with KDE 3.5x. If something is not broke why "fix" it? To be sure Windows 3.1 -- and KDE 4.x -- had/have good idea using "containers" -- or whatever you want to call them, but it is the exact same idea. KDE 3.x also had good ideas that have been trashed to make room for the "innovative" -- NOT!!! -- ideas of KDE 4.x. It would be wonderful to see a marriage of both the standard desktop of the KDE 3.x series with the "container" ideas of the KDE 4.x aka Windows 3.1, series. In the current format -- KDE 4.2 -- It is still way too confusing to use: lost containers, lost locations, etc, etc, etc., still KDE 4.2 is a VAST improvement over KDE 4.0. Please do us all a favor and shoot -- metaphorically speaking -- the project manager of the FEDORA PROJECT: More than anything, or any one, else he did more damage to your project could have. He is single handedly destroying an excellent distro by incorporating a bunch of crapware and making it the default. I'll be looking forward to KDE 4.3, and all future versions of KDE 4.x I most sincerely hope that it will someday reach the quality of the KDE 3.5x series. The marriage of the standard desktop along with the "container" ideas of KDE 4.x would go a long ways to creating a universal and flexible desktop that the USER can set up to THEIR desire. I sincerely hope that will be one of your incorporated improvements in future releases of the KDE 4.x series.
By R.H. Ruskin at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 9:29am
KDE3 --vs-- KDE 4.3 aka Windows 3.1
It is quite funny to see you comparing kde 4.3 with windows 3,1, as they both have close to nothing in common.
By whatever noticed at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 11:21am
you're a few releases behind apparently?
> The marriage of the standard desktop along with the "container" ideas
it's called Folderview and you can switch your whole desktop to it, giving you what you refer to as a "standard" desktop, by right clicking on your desktop and going to Desktop Settings. it's the first setting right at the top.
this has been there since 4.2 and you could do it manually (with some caveats) in 4.1.
> of KDE 4.x would go a long ways to creating a universal and flexible
as you can see, we've already done that. but we've gone one better and made it so that your definition of what users desire isn't forced on everyone else either.
By Aaron Seigo at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 2:06pm
Utter BS - KDE 4.3.0 is far
Utter BS - KDE 4.3.0 is far away from being anywhere near a desktop users can set up to their desires, and forcing your definition of what users desire on everyone else is _exactly_ what is going on with KDE4.
By kolla at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 10:53pm
of course it is his view
He is one of the designers of the desktop, so what else would you expect?
By whatever noticed at Mon, 2009/08/17 - 1:55pm
how to mount?
i think you should try a different linux distribution.
By whatever noticed at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 11:17am
Why should I listen to...
someone who suggests changing whole distribution to get automounting? You probably buy a new car when you want to change CD player in it?
And btw., I don't want automounting. It reminds me of reasons why I don't use windows.
By vedranf at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 12:18pm
"someone who suggests changing whole distribution to get automounting? "
Yup, if your distribution can't do the job, it is time to change to something else.
"You probably buy a new car when you want to change CD player in it?"
Nope, but i do buy a new car if my current one doesn't have climate control and i like to have that feature.
" don't want automounting. "
Then i surprises me that you aren't able to mount the drive manually.
"It reminds me of reasons why I don't use windows."
Could be me, but if you plugin a mass storage device, doesn't that mean that you want to use it?
By whatever noticed at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 12:58pm
Don't be silly...
> Yup, if your distribution can't do the job, it is time to change to something
You don't understand the basics: Distribution is just a collection of software. Enabling auto-mounting on my or any other distro is just a matter of installing and configuring appropriate software (with apt-get, rpm, emerge, whatever).
By vvv at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 7:56pm
kinda odd
it is kinda odd that you know how to enable/disable automounting, but as soon as you have disabled it, you are clueless about how to mount the device manually.
By whatever noticed at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 9:24pm
Maybe if you read the
Maybe if you read the original complaint once more, you will realise that this was not the problem... sheesh.
By kolla at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 11:00pm
But it is.
But it is.
By whatever noticed at Sun, 2009/08/16 - 10:06pm
i call shenanigans. let's see:
"but I would expect to show at least size and /dev/name so one can see some difference between two disk and know which one to mount"
i just plugged in a removable disk and i get "698.6 GiB External Hard Drive" in: the device popup, kickoff's Computer tab, dolphin and the file open/save dialog. so you do get size. as for /dev/name, that's a technical detail and not even available on all OSes we support.
"Right click - nothing, right click again - nothing. Strange."
right click? c'mon. you mouse over it and it tells you either "open in file manager" or "2 actions available". (personally, i'd like to see those actions available directly via a left-clickable menu, but that's another story). the natural action is to left click on it to launch, just like _every other icon in KDE_.
"think it tries to open dolphin but fails, of course, since I don't use dolphin and don't have it installed"
that's probably a bug, though given the rest of your comment i'd want to check locally first to confirm your assertions. i assume you don't have konqueror installed either? If so, i have to say that you're the first person i've run into who is running plasma without a KDE file manager _somewhere_
"JUST to mount it so I can save some files to it from application that's ALREADY OPEN"
in any KDE4 application, you'll see it listed in the side bar in the file save dialog. and yes, even before it's mounted.
if you're using an application that doesn't support that functionality, i suggest finding a new application to do that task because that is a farily basic function for today's modern applications.
"We have bling bling, that's what's important!"
it seems what we really have is someone who is running around and trying to out-think the system instead of just using it. you plug in a drive, an interface is there and you RIGHT click it first? you're running a desktop shell without any file managers available or configured? etc...
so yes, i call shenanigans on your entire posting. the jabs at the end of it don't lend any credibility either.
By Aaron Seigo at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 2:17pm
This is free software, but free speech it is not. My account got blocked by the fanboys. So, if you don't have positive experience with KDE you are not allowed to talk about it. This will be my last comment here.
> i just plugged in a removable disk and i get "698.6 GiB External Hard Drive"
Why would I lie? Ok, seeing is believing:
As you can see, no size is shown.
> as for /dev/name, that's a technical detail
So, hide technical details from them because KDE users are stupid? ;)
> right click? c'mon. you mouse over it and it tells you either "open in file
Well, I use left click to launch and right click to get options. I'm used to that since early 90s. Now KDE invented "no right click", "no options", "no mount".
>i assume you don't have konqueror installed either? If so, i have to say that > you're the first person i've run into who is running plasma without a KDE
No, I don't have konq. Konq is dolphin in KDE4. No difference between them. And dolphin, like nautilus or win. explorer sucks and is useless for me. I use krusader or konsole. I'm sure that I'm not a first such person. I just want to use my computer, not to put it on the wall and show it to my friends.
>in any KDE4 application, you'll see it listed in the side bar in the file save
I'm not a child or a office secretary. I actually do something, just like you. Today, application you are talking about is MATLAB and there is no alternatives to it. Tomorrow, there will be some other application. So, you are suggesting me to stop using MATLAB because it doesn't allow me to mount media?! Mounting media is not MATLAB's job, but job of a desktop shell. And that desktop shell doesn't have some essential features like manual media mounting.
> it seems what we really have is someone who is running around and trying
It is not hard to out-think KDE. Just try to mount external device. In KDE3 I used media applet for kicker which offered a menu with actions (including mount). Right click on a device seemed obvious for me to get similar menu now. But... innovation.
By vvv at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 7:52pm
whine whine whine
darn, you're getting boring. Why don't you go and install that device notifier replacement thing from kde-look.org:
You're so smart you can do that for sure. And maybe, if the guy writing the device notifier replacement wants to, that functionality can make it into KDE by default. Meanwhile, the fact nobody put that functionality in Plasma YET means not many ppl need it - and the minority who do will have to use KDE-LOOK or write something themselves. That's why the devs made it possible to easily write plugins in a gazillion languages for plasma, you know...
By Jos Poortvliet at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 10:10pm
> darn, you're getting boring. Why don't you go and install that device notifier
I would rather have as default something done right from the scratch than having to collect pieces all around the web which are intended to fix those shortcomings.
> Meanwhile, the fact nobody put that functionality in Plasma YET means not
Someone shown us 5 bug reports about this.
(Actually ppl don't need KDE, only internet tablet with fullscreen web browser)
By vvv at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 11:20pm
Re: ...
99% of us are fine with the current situation because, even if we do only need to save a file on that disk, we can use the places view from the application's file dialog. The real bug is that file dialogs are not shared between GTK and Qt, so GTK applications in a KDE environment can not use the places view, and vice versa.
Of course, we could add a "Simply mount" option to the device notifier in no time if we wanted. But for KDE 4, we are not just adding options anywhere, but we think about how functionality can be added without adding bloat to the interface.
By majewsky at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 2:01pm
Your full of baloney...
Your full of baloney... maybe. Personally I have not seen anything you have posted so far to "get you banned". Or I must have missed the post. In any case, I have complained here many times about the shoddy shape MNHO thinks konqueror is in; especially with flash (minus the kmplayer jiggle) and no one has banned me yet. So I either missed your banning post, or you might want some mustard with that baloney.
By stumbles at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 11:10pm
Tasty baloney
Why would I lie and create a new user?
I also gave a lot of negative comments about KDE4 in the past, since 4.0. And nobody banned me up until now.
> So I either missed your banning post
In every post I behave heretically towards the church of KDE. That cannot be tolerated. Everybody must be happy and fully satisfied when new KDE release arrives.
By vvv at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 11:45pm
the problem is that you aren't criticizing the desktop, but just trolling.
By whatever noticed at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 8:21am
Anyone who have complaints
Anyone who have complaints about KDE4 is a troll here, appearantly.
By kolla at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 11:08pm
with comments like " I know that version 4.3 means it's still "alpha quality""
you are indeed trolling.
By whatever noticed at Sun, 2009/08/09 - 10:10pm
> http://img205.imageshack.us/i/mediadevices.png/
right, so the labels on you disk are really poor. if you name every file on disk with a similarly bad choice of label, you'll get the same kind of problems for files in the fs too.
> So, hide technical details from them because KDE users are stupid? ;)
no, not because people are stupid but because it should not be necessary to know what a C++ pointer is to use a C++ application, to use an absurd but accurate analogy. similarly, it shouldn't be necessary to know what /dev/sda1 is to use a drive. if you need to know that information _from the device notifier_ then something is wrong.
now, if you want to know device names, use the hard disk component from the system information widget. that is designed for technical information display. different purpose, different target audiences, different information and display. aka "design".
with the design philosophy you are trying to espouse, we'd have no tools that are approachable for average users and a bunch of really gnarly to use bits that few people would want to.
> Konq is dolphin in KDE4. No difference between them.
both statements are incorrect, btw.
> I use krusader or konsole.
so set up krusader as your default file manager. or go into system settings and add/modify a device action.
if open up krunner (alt+f2) and type "device", that control panel is actually the first result i see, and i can quite easily add a manual mount command there.
(btw, i just noticed a bug in that panel: it doesn't let me modify actions that are installed system-wide; i've reported it to the maintainer)
> you are suggesting me to stop using MATLAB because it doesn't allow
i'm suggesting that matlab, and other apps like it, have some very serious and fundamental shortcomings. i have no interest in hobbling our interfaces for other people not saddled with such applications. matlab could be (should be!) using one of the great toolkits out there that handle all this for them.
> And that desktop shell doesn't have some essential features like
well, no. you didn't add such an action to the Device Actions configuration, and we don't have such an option by default because it's not useful to most people.
> Right click on a device seemed obvious for me to
so you trained yourself using a tool which you found useful but which either didn't spend much time thinking about usability or had a different target audience, and now you have some habits that don't align nicely with the rest of our user base.
the device notifier widget uses standard left-click driven interaction. that shouldn't be surprising.
> But... innovation.
please stop the ridiculous trolling / flamebait comments. i don't need/want to deal with sarcasm at the end of every one of your comments. it's unnecessarily frustrating when all i'm trying to do is have a conversation with you. or is this how you talk to people in person?
By Aaron Seigo at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 12:40pm
> right, so the labels on you disk are really poor.
Yes, I haven't label it. I've only 2 such disk with different sizes so I never needed labels. KDE3 show me sizes and I know which is which:
> similarly, it shouldn't be necessary to know what /dev/sda1 is to use a drive.
I didn't say that. Just put it there (it's small, 9 letters) as info. People who knew what that is will appreciate it. Those who don't will ignore it. Some of them will maybe look it up in google and start learning. Imagine that, LEARNING. Maybe even become KDE devs in the future.
> now, if you want to know device names, use the hard disk component from
Yeah, but I don't want to go there every time I want to mount a device.
>> Konq is dolphin in KDE4. No difference between them.
Konq. uses dolphin Kpart. That's end of the story.
> so set up krusader as your default file manager. or go into system settings
OK, but I don't want file manager at all to mount device. Those two must be separated. Provide "open in file manager" and "mount". Those who don't know what is "mount" will use "open". Others will appreciate "mount". Why is this so hard to understand? Why assume that every KDE4 user is totally ignorant?
> i'm suggesting that matlab, and other apps like it, have some very serious
There are hundreds of such applications. Especially those for people that do something with their computers (scientists, engineers, audio/video processing people, 3D graphics people,...). So, basically what you are saying is that KDE4 is not designed for those productive people, but for others, like children. That's good to know.
> so you trained yourself using a tool which you found useful but which either
Yes, I didn't spend much time thinking about its usability because it was usable. Now, the situation is different and what I have now is not usable at all and I think all the time about usability, unfortunately.
> or is this how you talk to people in person
I rarely encounter people just don't want to understand.
By vvv at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 2:08pm
I'm a scientist
I use KDE daily for my work either directly (with applications like rkward) or as a shell for other programs, and I see no hindrance: KDE4 is perfectly usable for me.
But the more you go on, the more I think you're just trolling.
By Luca Beltrame at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 5:07pm
> But the more you go on, the
> But the more you go on, the more I think you're just trolling.
I constantly repeat the same thing. So if I was trolling, I was trolling from the start. Also, more then one person confirmed my experience, and btw., some people showed me plasmoids designed to fix obvious KDE defects I'm talking about:
So I'm not imagining things, problem exists, multiple bugs are reported. multiple software fixes for the are available and are extremely popular (90% good). Story ends.
By vvv at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 6:17pm
A better way to act
Well, why don't you act productively and ask if those people are willing to merge their work into KDE?
By Luca Beltrame at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 7:38pm
Please follow the whole discussion. Exactly THIS is the main problem! Lead developer is satisfied with current situation, thinks that this (mount with dolphin) is workflow for the majority of userbase, doesn't want to change a thing and it's impossible to persuade him to change his mind. This is why I started giving sarcastic comments.
By vvv at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 8:02pm
why aargh?
The fact Aaron is satisfied with the current situation doesn't mean that the device notifier will never change into something that fits your needs more.
Also: i wonder why you don't want to automount external drives.
You stated that it isn't Matlab's job to mount the drive you want to use. But is other applications, like k3b, kword, openoffice, gwenview, etc are capable doing so, why can't matlab?
By whatever noticed at Fri, 2009/08/07 - 12:15am
So what do _you_ do if you
So what do _you_ do if you want to avoid the automounting to take place? For exmple in the case of a bad disk you want to run read-only tests on, or some other fragile media you want full control over?
By kolla at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 11:22pm
i don't do such operations in
i don't do such operations in a full blown desktop environment.
By whatever noticed at Sun, 2009/08/09 - 10:13pm
Why not?
Do you suggest that full blown desktop environments are unfit for such... "advanced" tasks?
By kolla at Tue, 2009/08/11 - 3:46pm
Indeed. Fixing damaged drives
Fixing such devices in Linux often requires the use of command line applications and such. So why not startup a system that is dedicated to such tasks, in stead of ripping out automount of a desktop system, to suit people that sometimes have the need to plugin broken devices that shouldn't be mounted.
By whatever noticed at Tue, 2009/08/11 - 5:02pm
Fully blown...
Fully blown in your face, I'd say.
Your answer nicely illustrates why I struggle to see KDE4 as anything but a toy system whos developers have no other vision than to atract morons. It just shows how immature the entire "desktop on linux" is, instead of creating something that is actually _better_ for _everyone_, you just badly mimic what is worst on certain commercial systems. Why?
Anyone got a tip for a desktop that is actually not aimed at morons?
By kolla at Sun, 2009/08/16 - 12:29am
nope. You could try windows
linux on the other hand allows you to disable automount, and with the device manager of kde you can mount devices manually.
But that is something you prefer to forget, as you cannot use that in your trolling at this article.
By whatever noticed at Sun, 2009/08/16 - 10:01pm
Why would I try windows or OSX? Cave heat? What on earth are you on about?
The "broken devices" are typically USB storage, and not even mine. These kinds of operations are part of my work, and the parent bonehead want me to have a dedicated machine for this particular task. I wonder what other machines I'd need round for various particular tasks in his view.
By kolla at Mon, 2009/08/17 - 12:18am
"Why would I try window" They
"Why would I try window"
They have a 80% userbase, so they must be doing something right. Or are you stating that windows and macos users are morons because they are using a system dat automounts their devices?
If your job is repairing broken devices, i would expect that you are skilled enough to use a Linux system with manual mounting and aren't dependend on a default device notifier to do the job for you.
But i guess that skilled people are becoming rare in the ICT business, and that people nowadays completely rely on automated GUI software to do the job for them.
By whatever noticed at Mon, 2009/08/17 - 7:03am
You're really good
You're really good at twisting things around, arent you - you're now arguing that I should use the exact opposite tools of what I want and need.
No, I'm not against automounting per se, and there are systems where automounting works beatifully - linux is not among them, with all its different variants of automounting. My job is not repairing broken devices, but every now and then I do get a USB stick, or a disk or whatever on my desk that people hope I can pull data from. Working from command line is what I'm used to, but that has more to do with the continuing lack of functional desktops than anything else. And it's not about GUI, it's about the DESKTOP.
I would love to see an alternative KDE4 desktop, with more traditional focus than this "let's revolutionate how people use computers" that KDE4 team aimed for (ironically the result is akin to a bad windows copy, nothing revolutionary)
By kolla at Mon, 2009/08/17 - 11:26am
What different variants of
What different variants of automounting?
I sometimes also get a broken mass storage device to recover, but i don't do it using my desktop system,, but with a live cd, containing the right tools for it, including descriptions on how to proceed.
As for your Windows Rant: it is funny to see that people like you consider kde4 a windows copy, as things like plasma have nothing in common with windows.
But if you are looking for another desktop experience: try gnome, try xfce, try lxde. Try windows, Try macos X. Try Windowmaker..
Or do you believe they are aimed at morons too?
If so, why don't you just start your own project, attrack other non morons and show the world how a desktop should be done.
By whatever noticed at Mon, 2009/08/17 - 1:44pm
You dont think I have tried?
I have tried the lot of desktops for linux, and the only one being close to comfortable was KDE3.
They have different aims, Gnome is aimed at the casual user, xfce is more of a CDE clone, lxde is lightweight win95 clone. Windowmaker is hardly a desktop, it's just a window manager inspired by NeXTStep/GNUStep. MacOSX is too rigid for me, costs money, only runs on certain hardware and is a bitch to maintain (I do have a machine with OSX on). Windows is just useless, only runs on certain hardware and lacks just about everything.
The idea that I should boot a live CD to fix disks is just utterly hilarious, there is absolutely no reason why I should not be able to do this from a desktop computer, especially one that is "full blown". You actually tell me I have to close down all the apps I have running, interrupt all the tasks I'm doing, just to mess around with "maybe broken" disk? I'm sorry, that's just insane. And Windows legacy - I dont have any windows legacy, I come from a different place.
KDE4 is a windows clone in that it doesnt allow me to control my own workflow, it tries to dictate how I shall do things in stead of offering me options so I can decide for myself. And plasma har absolutely nothing to do with this, but plasma ads a heck lot of frustration due to it still being immature and unstable, but most of all because there are no alternatives. It does add alot of "bling" though, just like Vista.
Ofcourse mounting is done by the kernel, all HAL does is detect the device and letting the rest of the system know via dbus. What actually tells the kernel to do the mounting varies alot. IMO it is _perfectly_ reasonable that the DESKTOP running on the console tells the kernel to do the mounting, _AT USERS WILL_.
As for starting yet another desktop project - I think it makes a heck lot more sense to fix KD4, the question is whether it is fixable. Technically it is, easily. But socially? Any critics on Plasma for example is being ignored or ridiculed, plasma is presented as the manna of KDE4 (yet I have not seen it offer anything even slightly impressive) If someone wrote a new kicker for KDE4, not using plasma - would it even be accepted?
By kolla at Fri, 2009/08/21 - 1:41am


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Moderator: Cartographers
Redmond Rules wrote:You need Omsi if you have the Zoo. Docks would be better if it was renamed Swan Island. The Portland Trailblazers should be there somehow even if it's an Icon like your college things on an existing square.
Will think about this more.
psilotum wrote:Don't forget Lewis and Clark College.
Whooooo Pios!!!
bspride wrote:im just a little confused about the stops...who do they attack? There is no real clear border on those stops
lostatlimbo wrote:psilotum wrote:Don't forget Lewis and Clark College.
Whooooo Pios!!!
Ha - no slight to the Pioneers... L&C is just too far south to fit on this map. I've also neglected Concordia, but the NE quadrant already has 6 territories with potential bonuses.
psilotum wrote:It's a little strange (game-play wise) that the entire MAX blue line is part of the red line. I realize this is somewhat accurate considering where you cut off the edge of your map. How about including the blue line stop in Goose Hollow or the Zoo? (I know technically those stops would also include the red line, but for game play it would be better if they didn't.
edbeard wrote:I'll come back later (maybe not today) with a proper analysis but one thing I think is important...
42 territories is much better than 41
42 is divisible by 3, 6, and 7
lostatlimbo wrote:psilotum wrote:It's a little strange (game-play wise) that the entire MAX blue line is part of the red line. I realize this is somewhat accurate considering where you cut off the edge of your map. How about including the blue line stop in Goose Hollow or the Zoo? (I know technically those stops would also include the red line, but for game play it would be better if they didn't.
Hmmm... check again - the Blue line does go to the Zoo and even to Beaverton. The Red Line and Blue Line each have 6 stops and only 4 are shared between them - including the Rose Garden Transit Center - which is also shared with Yellow.
*I added a thin, connecting line between these two - does that help visually to connect the Zoo with the Transit Center?
lostatlimbo wrote:Third Draft posted.
MrBenn wrote:...please could you add an updated image to the end of the thread, where you've posted an update...
ReluctantCynic wrote:I think the third draft is a significant improvement. And I really like the whole concept - the map is great, gameplay should be interesting, and there are enough unique twists to make strategy lively (without an overwhelming number of options to worry about).
ReluctantCynic wrote:1. It's not clear whether Forest Park includes a park space bonus or not. The green box around the "Forest Park" label is kind of faded and washed out, so I can't tell if it's just highlighting forest park or actually includes park land.
ReluctantCynic wrote:2. The color for Alberta Arts needs to more closely match the surrounding areas. Right now, I think players could be too easily confused into thinking it's a separate bonus alone or one territory in the surrounding set of NE Portland.
ReluctantCynic wrote:3. It's not clear how Waterfront Park figures into the park bonus option. All the other parks are enclosed within territories, so it's pretty easy to see that you need to occupy the territory to get the park bonus. But Waterfront Park borders four territories. That's visually confusing, and the notation that "Old Town, Pioneer, and S. Park share 1 park" doesn't clarify matters. Does that mean I -- as a player -- have to occupy all three territories to get credit for that one park? Or, for example, would I get a +2 bonus for occupying Old Town, Alameda, St. Johns, and Mt. Tabor? 4. And why doesn't Terwilliger Curves also share the Waterfront Park bonus?
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Konsole Usage Survey
Robert Knight, lead maintainer of Konsole has launched a Konsole Usage Survey. 28 questions are waiting for your answers. Use this chance to give useful feedback about a vital and often-used base application of KDE to enable Robert to make Konsole the best console application for KDE 4.
Re: Show Terminal Emulator
Good point. Dolphin can be easy and for newbies, as there is konqi for those advanced users...
By superstoned at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Show Terminal Emulator
Well YaKuake is a nice app, but the built-in terminal in Konqui and Dolphin would automatically switch to the cuurent directory and YaKuake wouldn't.
By Sebastian at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
I don't use Konsole
I much prefer Yakuake with it's docking ability. When I really need an independant console, I use urxvt because it's lightweight compared to Konsole. And at least, the fake transparency works with this one, and I can get a completely transparent window, no grey widgets everywhere. I've never managed to get the fake transparency working since KDE 3.4. When I choose a transparent theme, it gets completely black or white (I use Kubuntu).
By Cypher at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
yakuake is konsole. =) it just embeds it in a self-managed window that "slides" in and out of the "side" of the screen.
p.s. transparent konsole works just fine here on kubuntu =)
By Aaron J. Seigo at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
Yes, that is why you get the horrible configuration context menu.
By benk at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
What about shipping Yakuake by default binded to some function keys? it would be a killer feature if you need to do remote help desk "press F9 and type ifconfig, and tell me what it says"
By Vide at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
and the answer would be "it says 'command not found' because i'm not root."
i get your point, though.
By Mathias at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
Um, no. It says command not found because the command is not found. Put it in your path or use the full path name.
By KDE Troll at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
In kubuntu /sbin/ifconfig is in the users path.
By greg at Tue, 2007/03/27 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
Fake transparency works when I'm in a KDE session but not when i use Fluxbox.
P.S. Great work on Konsole and the survey.
By some1 at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
the fake transparency needs the background to know what to fake ;-)
It just doesn't know how to ask fluxbox for the background, I guess.
By superstoned at Thu, 2007/03/22 - 5:00am
Re: I don't use Konsole
What I really would like to have is a docking Dolphin. Then, no matter in which desktop you are working and no matter how many windows are open, you press F11 (or any other key) and a file management program pops up. This would be much easier than first closing all windows and pressing that "Home" icon on the desktop or selecting "Home" in the System menu on the kicker. Also it would avoid to have to search the file manager in your Alt-Tab list or on the taskbar when it loses the focus: whenever you want the file manager back in front, just press F11.
By Vlad at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Konsole Rules!
one of the first apps that I always have open is Konsole - its simply powerful!!
By Shelton at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Clickable URLs?
I'm hoping that there is some config option for this that I've just missed, but I think parsing and making URL-like text clickable would be a great addition. Manually selecting the URL and using Klipper's popup to open is not too much hassle but is not exactly easy either... Hmm.. Wondering about word-based selection (rather than character-based selection) I just found that double clicking on a URL will select it. With my setting of Klipper to "ignore selections", I still need to manually copy it though...
By Jason Stubbs at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Clickable URLs?
This features is asked for so much, I can hardly believe they won't implement it for KDE 4 ;-)
By superstoned at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Clickable URLs?
Yeah, I remember frustration at submitting a feature request to bugs.kde.org for this feature, the responce was: 'use actions in klipper'
By Mattz0r at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Konsole is really nice
But I prefer urxvt with screen.
urxvt starts _really_ fast. And it does have real transparency too ;)
By Anonymous at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
When I fill out the survey, there is a language-mix (German, English). Is this testing my intelligence ;) ?
By Flow at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Germinglish
Are you german, and is your browser set to german?
Maybe it was translated automatically.
By Arne Babenhause... at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Germinglish
Odd. I wrote the survey entirely in English, perhaps the library I am using translates some of the text depending on the locale of the visiting browser.
Just out of interest - what text shows up in German?
By Robert Knight at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Germinglish
The word konsole ;)
By Allan Sandfeld at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Re: Germinglish
The Answer Categories Yes/No are Ja/Nein.
And Yes - I am german, so probabaly the browser is identified as such...
Which Script are You using for this survey?
By Flow at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Konsole is the best!
I have to administer a lot of unix/linux systems daily. Konsole is very suitable for this task and simply the best console program what I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!
By toth at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
I use yakuake and that is the killer app for me in KDE. I uses konsoles settings and I guess inherits Konsoles features. Love it! :D
By Thomas Jansson at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
The way to go!
Realy professional way to do things! When I saw this survey, I' filled it immediately!
Realy great application and great way to recieve feedback from people around the world.
Far better initiative than doing "koffeshop" surveys! ;-)
By olahaye74 at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: The way to go!
That was really usability testing, not surveying ;)
By logixoul at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: The way to go!
I think it's hard to get a meaningful sample of commandline users in the average coffeeshop :-)
But yeah, konsole is certainly a killer application -- and it looks like it'll be improved even.
By Sebastian Kügler at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Hi, I already answered the survey and concluded I didn't quite profit from all Konsole features. On a second thought, something can be done about it and thus I'm here to suggest it.
Why I don't use tabs? Because they don't call my attention! Make them stand out, make them easy to create -- maybe another toolbar with session icons would help, who knows? Maybe special mouse usage like clicking on an empty place on the tab-bar would lead to some action...
In other words, make Konsole more like Konqueror and/or other browsers, i.e., maybe (customizable) icons suck less than menu/submenu/subsubmenu options...
Also, you can further integrate Konsole and Konqueror. Instead of just Konqueror starting Konsole, there could be a session with a Konqueror-file manager embedded, e.g., for easier file selection/visualization... plus, if one could view two sessions at once it would be possible to drag visual objects to the command-line for further use (much like pasting from Windows Explorer to a DOS window...)
Anyway, thanks (really), keep up the good work and I also wish you continued success!
PS: Just my personal opinions above, not someone else's.
By Gr8teful-1 at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Ouch!
Wow, yes, having konsole as a kpart in konqueror, love the idea! Would be very very usefull... And indeed, clicking the empty space in the tab-bar should create a new one.
By superstoned at Thu, 2007/03/22 - 5:00am
Contextual help
A nice feature in Konsole would be to have the possibility to have a dynamic contextual help window next to the Konsole.
When I type 'ls' in my Konsole, all the different options for 'ls' would appear magically in the contextual help window. Something like 'man' on steroids. Long time ago, there was something similar on Dos but more crude calledn if I remember right ni, one of the first Norton programs
By Charles de Miramon at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Contextual help
> When I type 'ls' in my Konsole, all the different options
The fish ( friendly interactive ) shell provides much better contextual help than bash does.
eg. In fish, type "ls --" then press the Tab key and a list of possible options is shown alongside brief explanations.
The bash equivalent lists the options but without explanations.
By Robert Knight at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Contextual help
Thanks, I've installed fish and I'm playing with it.
It looks very nice and I'll give it a try.
I'm still wondering if some ideas of fish could not be adapted for a graphical shell where we can have contextual windows.
By Charles de Miramon at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
My thoughts
Please enter any other comments you have about changing Konsole settings ( including creating new color schemes or sessions ).
I would like only these setting to be changed:
Please enter any other comments you have about Konsole which you would like the developers to read.
* I'm missing much such Gnome console functionality: You can scroll back the history and then copy paste some contents without falling back to the active screen. Right now if you paste something from behind the screen then Konsole will force you back to the main screen.
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Real transparency
Please, work on real transparency support. Fake transparency is _slow_
I'm currently using a patched Konsole with Beryl support that does real transparency and it is FAST :)
By lqtys at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Thanks for the opportunity of saying that I don't use the console at all, and I would be happy if it were removed from KDE.
I have missed the question: "how much do you hate typing commands?"
I hope you can include it the next time.
Many thanks.
By David at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Opportunity
i can't agree more
By djouallah mimoune at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: Opportunity
Perhaps Linux is not for you. Seriously.
Not to want to ahve to type commands is one thing (if pie in the sky) but to wish for Konsole to be removed from KDE so no one can? I think you want Linux to be something it isn't, and you'll be a lot less frustrated when you realize it will never be, not entirely anyway.
By jason at Mon, 2007/03/26 - 5:00am
Re: Opportunity
Just type:
By Skoot at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
but how do you . . .
run irssi and mutt?
By Velvet Elvis at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Re: Opportunity
>>I have missed the question: "how much do you hate typing commands?"
That should be placed in another survey :)
By whatever noticed at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Re: Opportunity
Well, some people (like myself) hate having to go through all those menus, dialogs, buttons and options, if the work could be done with a simple command. That's why my kicker doesn't contain a K menu or any app buttons. It's faster and more convenient to simply Alt+F2 and type the command... I don't use konqueror, also. Shell is faster for file management.
By slacker at Thu, 2007/03/22 - 5:00am
Re: Opportunity
Well said. Because everything is all about you, and if there is something you don't need, it should be removed.
By Spank Me at Fri, 2007/03/23 - 5:00am
Of course konsole!
Konsole is by far my favourite application of KDE. :)
I use it basically to do everything (until i have to start sth like
Personally I love konsole, but if things could be made possible:
- I would like something like quadkonsole BUT in a konsole tab.
I heard this would maybe be possible in KDE4 so I hope that it
By shevegen at Tue, 2007/03/20 - 5:00am
Win32 Konsole Running The Windows Power Shell
Anybody else dreaming of a native win32 konsole running the windows power shell as well as cygwin based shells?
By Manuel at Wed, 2007/03/21 - 5:00am
Re: Win32 Konsole Running The Windows Power Shell
Would be nice.
By jason at Mon, 2007/03/26 - 5:00am
Thanks to all the people who have developed Konsole (and Kvt) over the time.
My desktop consists of a fullscreen Konsole window on the foreground most of the time, and in the background Amarok, Kmail, Konqueror and possibly other Konsole window on another virtual desktop wich I may be using for some different work.
I've prefered Konsole over xterm since KDE 2 (tabs). Now it's really nice to have a konsole window on a virtual desktop where you run networked uml instances, set tab titles and rearrange tabs according to current needs with just some quick keystrokes. Konsole was a central part of my "network lab" on a previous job.
And now I have konsole starting fullscreen on login to KDE on my home computer, because I know it will be the window I will be mostly using :)
And all that even when having the wonderful KDE minicli (ALT+F2) handy.
So: Thanks, thanks, thanks.
P.S. You know you use Konsole too much when you press Alt+UpArrow to scroll up one line on the linux console every time you use it.
By nin at Sat, 2007/03/24 - 5:00am


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In a busy week for mergers and acquisitions in the advisor space, United Capital continued its expansion into the Atlanta market with its purchase of a large stake in PPA Advisors. Also in M&A news, Envestnet completed its acquisition of Prudential WMS and Madison Dearborn Partners completed its NFP deal.
Here are the three latest advisor acquisitions:
1) United Capital Continues Atlanta Expansion With Stake in PPA Advisors
On Monday, fast-growing private wealth counseling firm United Capital Financial Advisers of Newport Beach, Calif., announced that it had bought the majority of the assets of Atlanta-based PPA Advisors. Founded in 1986, PPA Advisors is the second firm in Georgia to join United Capital in less than a year as the acquiring firm broadens its footprint in the Southeast by integrating established registered investment advisors into its national RIA platform.
PPA Advisors brings $224 million under management and an additional $122 million under advisement, along with a team of nine professionals, to United Capital. The office will be immediately rebranded as United Capital and managed under the leadership of four managing directors, all of whom are certified financial planners: Ross Ramsey, R. Corley Watson III, Randy Berry and Charles "Rocky" Costa III.
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2) Envestnet Completes Acquisition of Prudential Wealth Management Solutions
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In order to benefit from a self-directed IRA, it is important that investors understand the rules that regulate these retirement savings vehicles. Similarly, it is important that financial professionals understand these rules so they can more effectively guide clients in a direction that will best meet their savings goals. If an investor asked you to help them navigate the world of self-directed IRAs, would you know where to start?
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Some examples of self-dealing include:
- IRA owner lives in/works in real estate property owned by IRA.
- IRA owner uses retirement funds to invest in his/her own company.
- IRA owner takes physical possession of gold bullion owned by IRA.
2) Early Withdrawal Exceptions Rule
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- Funds are used for qualified education expenses.
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- Funds are used for a qualified domestic relations order.
- Payout to beneficiary upon premature death of IRA owner.
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- Any lineal ascendants/descendants of the IRA owner.
- IRA owner's spouse.
Retirement planning can be hard enough without having to read through pages and pages of self-directed IRA rules. Hopefully, this simple break down of three important specifications can help you and your clients reach your respective saving and business goals. Remember, due diligence is the key to success, in any walk of life!


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These collections are ones that have had their finding aids recently revised. REVISED: Coker, William (#3220) William Chambers Coker was a botanist, teacher, writer, who taught at the University of North Carolina, 1902-1945, serving as chair of the Department of … Continue reading →
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text: Monday, October 01, 2012 Registration Open for 2012 APTA State Policy and Payment Forum Registration for the 2012 APTA State Policy and Payment Forum now is open. This year's event will take place December 1-3 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia. The State Policy and Payment Forum is designed to increase your involvement in and knowledge of state legislative and payment issues that have an impact on the practice of physical therapy and improve your advocacy efforts at the state level. You will hear from influential public policymakers and other physical therapy advocates, collaborate with colleagues in developing your chapter or section's advocacy efforts, and network with other professionals from across the country. Programming this year will include presentations on physical therapy copay legislation, term protection for physical therapy, emerging scope of practice issues, silent preferred provider organizations (PPOs), health information technology (HIT), Medicaid, state health exchanges, and much more. Some programming highlights for this year's forum include: a case study on the West Virginia Chapter's efforts to pass fair physical therapist (PT) copay legislation practice and payment strategies for direct access term protection for physical therapy emerging areas of scope of practice in physical therapy APTA's Alternative Payment System project implementation of health care reform in the states This event is open to APTA members only. Registration is $140 for PTs and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) and $90 for students. Virginia Chapter members get a special discounted rate of $100 for PTs and PTAs, and $50 for students. Registration closes November 9. Registration will not be available onsite, so be sure to register by the deadline. Additional information is available at www.apta.org/stateforum.


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Nonprofit organizations can expect donors to be more generous this year—good news for the many groups that have been just holding on.
The latest Atlas of Giving forecast indicates that charitable giving in the U.S. will amount to $401 billion in 2013, compared with $369 billion at the end of 2012, an increase of 8.6%.
This year-end estimate is higher than one issued in April. The report attributed the more optimistic outlook to strong economic performance.
Year-to-date charitable giving nationwide totaled $231 billion at the end of July, an increase of 8.5% from 2012, according to the new monthly report.
Donors gave $34 billion in July, up 1.9% from June, and were expected to contribute about the same amount in August.
The new report said religion would remain the largest giving sector this year, despite a one percentage point drop to 35% overall from 2012.
Education is the next biggest sector at 16%.
Nature/environment, the smallest sector at 2%, will enjoy the sharpest increase in donations in 2013, up 12.7%.


text: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 April 2013 Board of Directors Meeting to Be Broadcast Online APTA's upcoming Board of Directors (Board) meeting will be broadcast online for APTA members, April 11-13. All open sessions of the meeting will be livestreamed using a single, static camera so that members can listen to the Board's discussions. Archived video will be available through May. The broadcast begins Thursday, April 11, at approximately 3:30 pm, ET with a strategic planning session. An agenda detailing other meeting activities and broadcast times is available on the livestream page: www.apta.org/Livestream. This is the third time that a Board meeting has been livestreamed for members.


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Most people play a sport for the thrill of having fun with others who share the same interest. But it's not always fun and games. There can be a ton of pressure in high school sports. A lot of the time it comes from the feeling that a parent or coach expects you to always win.
But sometimes it comes from inside, too: Some players are just really hard on themselves. And individual situations can add to the stress: Maybe there's a recruiter from your No. 1 college scouting you on the sidelines.
Whatever the cause, the pressure to win can sometimes stress you to the point where you just don't know how to have fun anymore.
Stress is a feeling that's created when we react to particular events. It's the body's way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation with focus, strength, stamina, and heightened alertness. A little stress or the right kind of positive stress can help keep you on your toes, ready to rise to a challenge.
The events that provoke stress are called stressors, and they cover a whole range of situations — everything from outright danger to stepping up to take the foul shot that could win the game. Stress can also be a response to change or anticipation of something that's about to happen — good or bad. People can feel stress over positive challenges, like making the varsity team, as well as negative ones.
Distress is a bad type of stress that arises when you must adapt to too many negative demands. Suppose you had a fight with a close friend last night, you forgot your homework this morning, and you're playing in a tennis match this afternoon. You try to get psyched for the game but can't. You've hit stress overload! Continuous struggling with too much stress can exhaust your energy and drive.
Eustress is the good type of stress that stems from the challenge of taking part in something that you enjoy but have to work hard for. Eustress pumps you up, providing a healthy spark for any task you undertake.
When the stress of competition starts to get to you, try these techniques to help you relax:
When sports become too stressful, get away from the pressure. Go to a movie or hang out with friends. Put your mind on something completely different.
If sports make you so nervous that you get headaches, become nauseated, or can't concentrate on other things, you're experiencing symptoms of unhealthy stress that's becoming a pattern. Don't keep such stress bottled up inside you; suppressing your emotions might mean bigger health troubles for you later on.
Talk about your concerns with a friend. Simply sharing your feelings can ease your anxiety. Sometimes it may help to get an adult's perspective — someone who has helped others deal with sports stress like your coach or fitness instructor. Here are some other things you can do to cope with stress:
It's possible that some stress stems only from uncertainty. Meet privately with your coach or instructor. Ask for clarification if his or her expectations seem vague or inconsistent. Although most instructors do a good job of fostering athletes' physical and mental development, you may need to be the one who opens the lines of communication. You may also want to talk with your parents or another adult family member.
If you're feeling completely overscheduled and out of control, review your options on what you can let go. It's a last resort, but if you're no longer enjoying your sport, it may be time to find one that's less stressful. Chronic stress isn't fun — and fun is what sports are all about.
Recognizing when you need guidance to steer yourself out of a stressful situation doesn't represent weakness; it's a sign of courage and wisdom. Don't stop looking for support until you've found it.
Winning is exhilarating! But losing and some amount of stress are part of almost any sports program — as they are in life. Sports are about enhancing self-esteem, building social skills, and developing a sense of community. And above all, sports are about having fun.
Reviewed by: D'Arcy Lyness, PhD
Date reviewed: September 2013
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Issei Tamura
TRAINING: Three times a week of MMA training in the morning along with my KRAZY BEE teammates. In addition, I train together with my coach and visit another gym for sparring.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started jiu-jitsu when I was 19 years old and started to have an interest in becoming an MMA fighter.
What ranks and titles have you held? Shooto Rookie of the Year & MVP in 2008.
Ranked fourth in the world in Shooto at 145 pounds.
Do you have any heroes? I do not have a hero, but I look up to Jake Shields and Akira Kikuchi, who is my former teammate.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It's my dream come true.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? BS, in Physics
What was your job before you started fighting? Office worker (accounting)
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Shooto - Amateur 155-pound tournament 2nd --- 2007
Favorite grappling technique: Arm Lock
Favorite Striking technique: Straight & hook
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