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Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail" Beta announcement
Hi Vail Beta testers!
We have provided some release notes and a reviewers guilde for this preview release. Please be sure to read through both the guide and the release notes before filing a bug.
Both the release notes and the guide can be found in the download package for Vail.
There are plenty of known issues (look at the list). So please don't replace your current server with Vail, supplement it. Test it. Report all the bugs you find on Connect . :)
Cannot access a computer that is running Windows XP using Windows Server "Vail" Remote Access
When you attempt to access a computer that is running Windows XP, you received the following error message: Remote Desktop can't find the computer <ComputerName>.Windows Server "Vail" does not recognize <ComputerName> as a member of the specified network. Verify that the computer name and domain that you are trying to connect to.
You must open UDP port 137 on the Windows XP firewall.
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Security Center, and then click Windows Firewall.
3. Click the Exceptions tab, click to select the File and Printer Sharing check box, and then click Edit.
4. Click to select the UDP 137 check box, click Change scope, and then click My network (subnet) only.
5. Click OK.
Cannot purchase a non-Windows Live domain or transfer a non-Windows Live domain from a remote Dashboard session.
If you select a domain name service provider other than Windows Server Solutions Dynamic DNS in the Set up Your Domain Name wizard, you are prompted to open a Web site to finish the transaction with that provider. If the Dashboard was opened from the Remote Access Web Site, the link may not open.
If you want to proceed, log on to the server using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and then run the Set up Your Domain Name wizard.
Using a non-Windows Live domain results in a certificate error.
If you select a domain name service provider other than Windows Server Solutions Dynamic DNS in the Set up Your Domain Name wizard, a non-trusted SSL certificate is installed which results in a Web browser security warning when you access your Web site. This blocks your ability to remotely access the computers on your network.
There are not workarounds for this issue. The current plan is to fix it in a future release.
Drive Extender is a storage technology first introduced in Windows Home Server's first release. The 1st generation of the technology was file based, and worked on top of "vanilla" NTFS volumes using reparse points. To address the customer feedback we have received and improve the system's resiliency to partial drive failures (seen many times by our support), the Drive Extender technology was updated to use block based storage below the file system similar to software RAID systems.
The following isn't an exhaustive list, but does try to enumerate the major new features as well as features which are no longer supported in the "Vail" version of Drive Extender:
Features carried over from the previous release:
· Duplication can be turned on/off per folder.
· Duplicated folders can survive a single hard drive failure.
· Storage pool can be easily expanded using different drive types and various sizes.
· Graphical representation of storage usage (AKA the pie chart) - isn't present in the beta, but is planned for the next milestone.
New/Improved features:
· For duplicated folders, data is duplicated in real time to two separate drives - there is no hourly migration pass.
· File system level encryption (EFS) and compression are now supported for Drive Extender folders.
· File conflicts are gone, duplication works as intended for files in use as it is performed at the block level now.
· The remaining amount of data to synchronize/duplicate is reported per storage pool.
· All storage operations are executed in the background without blocking other server operations. Specifically, drive removal can be issued without impacting the online state of shares.
· Drives in a storage pool can be named with a custom description to enable physical identification of the drive in the server.
· Drive serial number and exact connection type is reported for each drive.
· Drives which are bigger than 2TB can be added to a storage pool.
· iSCSI storage devices can be added to the a storage pool.
· The system drive can be excluded from the storage pool.
· A new low-level storage check and repair diagnostic operation was added.
· All storage operations are performed with very low I/O priority to ensure they don't interfere with media streaming.
· A new "folder repair" operation is available which runs chkdsk on the folder's volume.
· To protect against silent storage errors (bit flips, misdirected writes, torn writes), additional information is appended to each 512-byte sector stored on drive. In particular, each sector is protected by a CRC checksum, which enables Drive Extender to detect data read errors, perform realtime error correction and self-healing (up to 2 bit errors per sector if duplication is disabled, and any number of bit errors if duplication is enabled) and report the errors back to the user and application. The overhead for this additional data is roughly 12% of drive space.
· Data drives in storage pools can be migrated between servers, and appear as a non-default pool. A non-default pool can be promoted to a default pool if no default pool exists.
Deprecated features:
· A data drive from a storage pool cannot be read on machine not running the "Vail" server software.
· Data isn't rebalanced across drives to ensure even distribution. The data allocation attempts to keep drives evenly used. A periodic rebalance operation is considered for the next version.
Known interop/support issues:
· As with other software RAID solutions, Drive Extender isn't supported with BitLocker.
· Drive Extender cannot share the same drive with other software based RAID systems (such as Microsoft Dynamic Drives)
· Running low-level software storage tools—for example, defragmentation, full drive encryption, or volume imaging—on server folders may cause issues. These tools have not been fully tested in this release. Please avoid running these tools on the server.
· Internally, the "Vail" software has been tested with up to 16 hard drives and with up to 16 TB of total storage capacity. We're aware of a number of bugs that occur beyond these limits, so please keep your beta installations under 16 drives and 16 TB total drive space.
This post is "AS IS" and confers no rights.
The OK, Cancel, and Apply buttons in the Folder Properties dialog box are missing. This issue applies to the Japanese (ja-jp) language version only.
In the Japanese (ja-jp) language version, when you right-click a folder and select Properties, the OK, Cancel, and Apply buttons in the Folder Properties dialog box are not displayed.
· If you make changes in the General tab, click Enter to save, or click Esc or the Red X to cancel.
· If you make changes in another tab, click the General tab, and then click Enter to save, or click Esc or the Red X to cancel.
The media shared folders are not included in the user's libraries on a Windows® 7-based home computer when it is joined to a server that is running Windows Server "Vail".
After joining a computer that is running Windows 7 to the server, the Windows Server "Vail" media shared folders are included in user's libraries only if the user account on the home computer has been added as a user account on the server.
Add the user account on the computer that is running Windows 7 to the list of user accounts on Windows Server "Vail".
MPEG2 video encoder and decoders, and AC3 Dolby Digital audio encoders are not available in this preview release of Windows Server "Vail".
Streaming MPEG2 and Dolby digital media files is not available in this release.
There is no workaround.
Dashboard performance is impacted if the Computers and Backup tab is kept open while client backups are in progress.
If the Dashboard is kept open on the Computers and Backup tab, while client backups are in progress, the Dashboard performance will slowly degrade.
If the Dashboard performance starts to degrade or if the Dashboard becomes unusable, restart the Dashboard, OR do not keep the Dashboard open on the Computers and Backup page while client backups are in progress.
A client computer memory leak on client backup can become a performance issue on client computers with unsuccessful backups over an extended period.
A client computer configured to be backed up to Windows Server "Vail" experiences a memory leak of approximately 1.4 MB for each backup request. The server computer must be reachable from the client computer for the leak to occur. The source of the memory leak is under investigation and will be resolved in a future release.
The memory leak will normally not cause a performance issue for the client computer. However, the longer a client computer is connected to the server with a series of unsuccessful backup attempts, the more likely it is that the leak will degrade the performance of the client computer. This is because backups are attempted at an increasing frequency if no successful backup occurs. Unsuccessful backups could be caused by a number of issues—for example, bad disk sectors on the client computer or the server hard disk reaching capacity.
Reboot the client computer to clear memory, and then correct the issue causing backups to fail. If this is not possible, remove backup from the computer by opening the Dashboard, selecting the computer from the list, and then clicking Customize Backup for this computer.
During a factory reset or server recovery the server restarts into WinPE and the firewall is disabled.
This is expected behavior.
To help ensure that your server is safe during recovery, you should make sure that it is not connected to the Internet.
Changed or new volumes are not backed up if the volume changes were made while the home computer was not connected to the Windows Server "Vail" network.
In the following scenario, the affected volume(s) are not backed up:
1. A home computer is joined to the Windows Server "Vail" network long enough to generate at least one backup, and then is disconnected from the network.
2. A volume or volumes on the Windows Server "Vail" server are changed, added, removed, or reconfigured.
3. The home computer is joined to the network again.
To fix this issue:
1. On the Dashboard, click the Computers and Backup tab.
2. Click the name of the computer, and then in the Task pane, click Set up backup for this computer or Customize back for this computer
3. Follow the steps to configure back up again for the rejoined computer.
System restore wizard may hang or crash if wrong credentials are entered
During full system restore of a client computer from a backup on an Windows Server "Vail" server, the user needs to enter server administrator credentials so that the system restore wizard can access the backup information on the server, and then restore a backed up computer. If you enter the wrong credentials, the wizard hangs and waits for a response from the server.
Restart the recovery CD, and then type the administrator password for the server. This is the password that you use to log on to the Windows Server "Vail" Dashboard.
After a bare metal restore of Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) to a computer from a Windows Server "Vail" backup, the first Volume Shadow Copy service may fail.
After a bare metal restore of Windows XP with SP3 to a computer from a Windows Server "Vail" backup, the Volume Shadow Copy service may fail, causing the computer backup to fail.
Restart the computer one more time.
Cannot back up the server using Backup on a home computer
Server backup must be performed using Backup on Windows Server "Vail".
Backing up the server using a home computer is not supported.
Restoring a home computer backup from a backup database that is included in a backup of the Windows Server "Vail" server
In Windows Server "Vail", you can back up the home computer backup database to an external removable disk. The backups are useful for disaster recovery scenarios or when there is a server failure.
The following steps assume that a backup of the home computer backup database is available on an external disk.
1. Log on to Windows Server "Vail" using Remote Desktop Protocol, and then shut down the following services:
· Windows Server Computer Backup Service
· Windows Server Computer Backup Provider Service
2. Open Windows Explorer, and then browse to the Network Computer backups\Network Computer Backups\ folder
Windows Server "Vail" creates a separate volume for the backup database that is named Network Computer Backups.
3. Delete all files in the folder.
4. Open the Windows Server "Vail" Dashboard, and then click the Computers and Backup tab.
5. Click the server name, and then click Restore files or folders for this computer in the Tasks pane.
6. Select the option to restore Files or folders on the computer
7. On the Select items to restore page, select the Network Computer Backups folder.
8. Wait for all of the folders to be displayed, select all of files in the Network Computer Backups folder, and then click Next.
9. Click Original location, and then confirm to start the restore process.
10. After the restore completes successfully, restart the following services
· Windows Server Computer Backup Service
· Windows Server Computer Backup Provider Service
The backup database is reset when you perform a factory reset or restore the server from a backup, and then home computers are joined again to the server. You must manually configure backup for the home computers.
The home computer backup database maintains the list and configuration for all home computers that are backed up over the network.
The backup database can be reset (cleared) using either of the following methods:
· The server is restored from a previous backup but the home computer backup database is not restored.
· The server is reset to factory defaults. This deletes all data on the server including the home computer backup database.
· The backup volume is restored.
· The backup database shared folder is deleted because of storage or other issues.
When this happens, the backup application does not automatically rejoin the home computers. The home computer status is Not set up.
Client computers are automatically configured for backup the first time that they join the server.
To resolve this issue, do the following:
1. Log on to Windows Server "Vail" Dashboard using the administrator account, and then click the Computers and Backup tab.
2. For each home computer that needs to be backed up, click the name of the computer, and then click Set up backup for this computer in the Tasks pane.
3. Follow the instructions in the Set up Server Backup wizard
Computer backup database is corrupt
If the computer backup database becomes corrupt, an alert instructs you to repair the backup database by clicking "Repair the backup database" on the Computers and Backup tab of the Dashboard. This link is not available in this version of Windows Server "Vail". Instead, a command-line tool is available on the server.
To perform this procedure, you must be logged on to the server either locally or using a remote desktop connection.
To repair the backup database
1. On the Windows Server "Vail" computer, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
2. At the command prompt, type CD C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin, and then press Enter.
3. Type backupcontroller.exe /sg, and then press Enter. A list of options for working with the backup database is displayed.
4. To select the Start Repair option, type 8, and then press Enter. The backup repair operation runs.
5. To review the results of the repair, type 10, and then press Enter.
6. To exit the application, type 11, and then press Enter.
7. To close the Command Prompt window, type Exit at the command prompt, and then press Enter.
During connector software installation, pop-up window is displayed that asks if you want to install a device driver. When you click No, you receive an unexpected error.
A backup virtual device driver is installed during home computer join. If you click No in the pop-up windows, the device driver is not installed causing the connector software installation to fail.
Click Yes in the pop-up window to install the device driver.
Cannot join a home computer to Windows Server "Vail"
Computers that have non-ASCII characters in the computer name cannot join Windows Server "Vail". You receive an error message that says An unexpected error has occurred.
Rename your computer with a name that contains ASCII characters only, and then run the Windows Server Connector Software again.
Auto logon does not work after the computer is connected to Windows Server "Vail".
If auto logon is set for the user account, it is overwritten when you install the connector software.
After you install the connector software, retain the password for the user account and reset auto logon for the account.
Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail" Public Preview - Known Issues - Installation and Initial Configuration
After installing and configuring Windows Server "Vail", the server does not work properly or you cannot connect computers to the server.
This issue occurs when the following conditions are met:
· The certificate is used to authenticate between components on the server or when connecting computers to the server.
· The BIOS clock on the server is wrong or the BIOS clock is right but the installation takes place in a time zone located east of Pacific Standard Time (PST), between PST and the date line.
Before you install Windows Server "Vail", set your BIOS clock to match the time and date for the Pacific Time Zone (PST) regardless of where you are located in the world. After successfully installing Windows Server "Vail" and joining client computers, do not reset the time, date, and time zone on the Dashboard for another day.
If you do not set your server time to PST, you should not use the server or connect computers to it until the number of hours pass that equals the difference between your time and PST.
Cannot start from USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive or Windows Server "Vail" Setup fails when starting from a USB hard disk drive or a USB flash drive.
· If USB devices are listed top-most in the BIOS boot order, Windows Server "Vail" Setup fails.
· Some system boards have a built-in ordering for the USB connectors. For example, if you have 4 USB connector receptacles on the front of your computer and 4 USB connector receptacles on the back of the computer, 4 connector receptacles may be lower level. If you insert a USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive that contains the Windows Server "Vail" bits into a lower level USB connector receptacle, the BIOS skips the USB device.
1. Verify that the boot order in the BIOS does not list USB devices first.
2. Press F12 after the BIOS finishes Post to get the boot order menu, and then select the USB device as the boot source. If the boot menu is not displayed after pressing F12, check the manufacturer's information to determine which function key to press to display the boot menu.
3. If the computer does not start from the USB device after selecting it from the boot menu, verify that the USB device is not inserted in a lower level USB connector receptacle. Check the manufacturer's information on the system board to determine which USB connector receptacles are lower-level. If you do not have information about the system board, move the USB device to another USB connector receptacle, and then restart the computer until the computer starts from the USB device.
Server installation may fail when using Western Digital hard disk drives with Advanced Format
Depending on the exact Western Digital hard disk drive model and firmware, Windows Server "Vail" setup may fail because of compatibility issues with the sector sizes that are reported by the hard disk drive.
It is recommended that Western Digital hard disk drives with Advanced Format not be used as the primary hard disk drive on the server.
Computers with Windows language packs installed cannot join the server.
Connecting a client computer to a server will fail unexpectedly if you have any Windows language packs installed and one of them is in use.
Change your Windows display language to match the underlying parent language of your Windows installation.
Backing up client computers for file or folder or a full system restore was a feature introduced in Windows Home Server V1. Significant portion of the features and technology have been carried forward in the Vail product as well.
Backing up your server
Ability to backup the server and restore both data and the full system from a disaster was one of the #1 asks from our customers. In Vail we have provided ability to do automated backups of the full server to externally attached storage. Features include:
· Full VSS based backup of the server to externally attached disks using Windows Server 2008 R2 backup technology
· Ability to back up to multiple targets for offsite storage. You keep one external disk onsite for your most recent backups, and the other disks offsite in case of disasters
· You can back up the Operating System, Data, Shared Folders, and even the Client Backup Database for future recovery
· Select what you want to protect using the server backup configuration wizard on the Computers and Backup tab
· Schedule automatic backups multiple times a day upto half hour intervals
· Backups to external disks are incremental for storage optimization but each back up version is fully restorable
· Restore scenarios include restoring individual Files or Folders, Full system restore through Bare Metal Restore, and Factory Reset
Note: Not all features stated above have been fully developed in the product yet. For details about what is and is not available please refer to the Getting Started guide.
Backing up the client computers
Centralized backup of client computers to the Windows Home Server storage was a feature introduced in Windows Home Server V1. The basic technology and the features have been carried forward with some key feature updates.
Features from Windows Home Server V1
· Automatic daily backups of network joined client computers to centralized storage on Windows Home Server
· Backups are single instanced and incremental over the network. This provides storage and backup time optimizations. Only unique data and incremental changes across your home network are sent over the wire and stored only once.
· Ability to exclude files or folders from your backup
· Restore scenarios include individual Files or Folders and Full System Restore to similar hardware using Bare Metal Restore
New Features in "Vail"
· Support for VSS writers on client computers to improve consistency of backups
· New backup configuration wizard allows you to select volumes or folders you want to backup. Items that are not selected are excluded from the backup
· New Files or Folders restore Wizard provides a guided wizard for the user to restore individual files or folders from a backup
· New mini filter driver for the Files or Folders Restore wizard solves many of the problems in V1 resulting from multiple mount of backup volumes
· Intelligent automatic scheduling allows more computers to be backed up
o Higher priority is given to computers with the oldest backups during the time window
o Prioritization is calculated dynamically
o Computers which are chronically out of compliance (such as laptops) are automatically backed outside of the backup time window whenever they are connected to the server
· Backups are now resummable. In WHS V1 if backups are not successfull, it started from the beginning the next time backups ran. This resulted in computers with high storage in repeated failed backups. In Vail we take checkpoints along the way (this is not visible to the end user). If for any reason backup fails in the middle such as due network connection drop, backups will resume from the last checkpoint next time it runs
· Full system restore functionality now allows automatic partition and formatting of drives during restore. In WHS V1 if volumes did not exist, users had to manually create partitions and format them before continuing with the system restore process. In Vail we do this automatically based on the configuration that existed in the source during a backup
· System restore disk now includes both the x86 (32 bit) and x64 bit version of the restore media. This allows you to restore both x86 and x64 bit client computers without the need to download and install specific 32 bit drivers for the restore CD
· Improved resiliency and robustness of the backup database including an improved database repair functionality
· Backup applet on the Client Launchpad allows users to start/stop manual backups as well as set the power management settings
Note: Not all features stated above have been fully developed in the product yet. For details about what is and is not available please refer to the Getting Started guide
And thank you all for testing Vail
This post is "AS IS" and confers no rights.
Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail" Public Preview - Installation - ISO Integrity Check Information
To ensure that you have successfully downloaded the Public Preview of Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail" you may want to run an integrity check on the downloaded ISO.
You can run an integrity check by using the MSCDCRC tool. The tool is available for download at http://www.tomontech.com/tools/mscdcrc.exe
To run MSCDCRC against an ISO file that you have downloaded follow these steps.
- Download MSCDCRC to the same folder that you downloaded the Vail ISO to
- Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the folder from Step 1
- Type "MSCDCRC InstallDVD.iso" (without quotes) (You can also substitute InstallDVD.iso for the other ISOs in the download package)
- The integrity check will take a few moments to complete. After the check is complete compare the CRC and SHA hashes to the hashes posted below
===== InstallDVD.iso =====
Volume label : GB1SHSxFRE_EN_DVD
CRC : 0xA7798933
SHA1 : 0xB10EBB38B9A758D67DC70CC3F815A2F65390A570
===== RestoreCD.iso =====
Volume label : GB1SHSCRxFRE_EN_CD
CRC : 0x02836D6C
SHA1 : 0x4C68BDBB98D73CB31629B4DE750D70EE3CBFE3BB
===== SrvRecovery.iso =====
Volume label : GB1SHSSRxFRE_EN_CD
CRC : 0x8CEDFC4C
SHA1 : 0xDDB3D2DF9E13A0260F6A8D0362B7B14353FFC6D0
If you have a bug report or a feature request and you want to make sure it gets on the Home Server team's radar, please make sure to file it using the proper form on the Microsoft Connect website.
After the storage check and repair task completes, the storage goes offline.
If you continue to use Windows Server "Vail" after a storage check and repair task completes without restarting, the storage may go offline.
You should restart your server after running the storage check and repair task.
There may be compatibility issues between the server's storage system and low-level storage tools.
Running low-level software storage tools—for example, defragmentation, full disk encryption, or volume imaging—on server folders may cause issues. These tools have not been fully tested in this release.
Avoid running these tools on server folders.
Please use the following forum to discuss the Windows Home Server "Vail" SDK.
Also be sure to put "Vail" in the subject of any post regarding the "Vail" SDK
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http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/nov ... 100m-club/
Just a blurb, but I'm glad they are thinking about it and it is a priority.
My brother got his PhD at UT. He described the terror caused by 1/4" of snow in Knoxville and the good laugh he and other "yankees" had about it. They would go so far as to pull the blinds in the office so that the secretaries wouldn't go into hysterics when they saw snow and try to leave work early.
The fact that an indoor track facility is a priority in such a place speaks volumes about the ridiculousness of indoor track being taken seriously as a sport in and of itself.
People do freak out when it snows in the South, no question about it. As for the priority of an indoor track, I think the people in the UTAD probably are considering our lofty tradition in track and field and the fact that Arkansas, Florida and Kentucky have great indoor facilities. UT doesn't like to be outdone in any facility and so far they are doing pretty well at that. I suppose they also want a place to train in the colder winter months.
I think it gets colder than that, but either way, if they have an indoor track in Gainesville, UTAD is going to want one in Knoxville. Took getting rid of Doug Dickey to get us to this point.
Until Boone Pickens dropped a few billion in the recent downturn, the Okla State grand sports development included a "world class" indoor track facility, indoor football facility and several other sports venues on the 160 acre "Athletic Campus, acquired immediately north of Boone Pickens Stadium.
Which is confusing. While OSU is strong in X-C, it has not really had a men's track team for 10-15 years.
Equally confusing. Last year OSU put in state of the art throwing facilities, hammer, discus, shot put , at the old track, a half mile west of the football statium. The track is still serviceable but the jumping facilities are dismal and the stands have been removed. OSU has not had any throwers for years. The only time it has been used was to conduct a hammer competion last year when Tulsa University, which has no hammer venue, hosted their conference meet and bused the hammer competitors 160 miles RT.
It's not like they have an indoor track to practice on. They have a baketball/multi use facility that can be set up for a track meet. UF isn't even hosting any indoor meets this year (though there will still be one non-school-hosted meet there).
Charlie Ergen, our wealthiest alum, had a rough year, too, but he's finally starting to donate to the UTAD in a big way anyhow.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/54/ric ... _FXHG.html
Stokely has been condemned and is slated to be razed within a year. The Stokely track wasn't long enough to host SEC/NCAA meets anyhow (1/5 mile).
The fact that you think that it is ridiculous to take indoor track seriously as a sport speaks volumes about something else.
The "something else" it speaks to is the direction of the sport, which for indoors in the USA will mean collegiate and high school only. Major American pro stars seldom, if ever, compete indoors anymore and when you extend it to internationals - it looks just the same. I agree with MF: the sport (for pros) should shutter indoors and move to a "Northern hemisphere/Southern Hemisphere" competition schedule.
I believe OSU has bigger plans for their combined track / cross country programs. Think more along the lines of Arkansas than Colorado.
Mike Holder, OSU AD, former golf coach, is a track sympathizer when speaking in person to track oriented groups but heretofore has not had the budget to follow through. Retired track/xc coach Dick Weiss was under a mandate to expend all of his limited scholarships on distance.
Arkansas, of course, has had a balance track/xc program for twenty years; a little down right now but McDonald had a fabulous run.
UT is merely trying to keep up with (or get ahead of) the Joneses, which is how individual actors in any highly competitive affair should act. But no one who has the ability to set policy for the whole of college track has ever said "UCLA and Florida taking indoor track seriously? And putting real money into it? This is getting a bit silly."
It was once a sidelight, a fun pre-season diversion, and understood to be nothing but a precursor to real track. These days, indoor titles and All-American status are seen to be just as valid as their outdoor equivalent. And I don't think it's good for the sport as a whole, either on the collegiate or pro level. 30 and 40 years ago collegians made up the bulk of the fields at meets like Millrose and the like, but now they're conspicuous by their absence and I think it's had a negative effect on fan interest.
Stokely still standing strong three years later lol, but not for long. Bookstore to close today, with offices to be vacated by January.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... osing-down
It doesn't matter that you might be right, Favog. The track and field landscape has changed. Suggesting indoor track in 2012 is silly and/or should not be taken seriously as a collegiate sport is a dangerous road to go down. Eliminate it, and it takes an institution that much closer to dropping outdoor track (a disturbing trend I hope we all are aware of). Our sport as a whole is screwed without vibrant collegiate track and field.
Fun facts: Indoor track is one of three countable sports under the umbrella of track and field for most athletic departments. Head coaches are reviewed on the success of xc, indoor and outdoor track. Like all of an Ath Dept's countable sports,Indoor track is factored into Director's Cup points, something Athletic Directors (and most university presidents) care a great deal about. All politics are local. When your career is connected, even loosely to the success of indoor track, there is a good chance you will consider it a major priority.
Precisely what is being discussed here.
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When Oregon State cut track (I was on the faculty there at the time), the Assistant or Associate AD who engineered it was shocked that she had cut six sports, not two. They actually had to scramble to add a couple (soccer?) so that they could stay in the Pac10. Now, if that does not speak to poor planning, I am not sure what would qualify.
Re: "Most pressing need" for Vols: indoor track
Florida is planning a $50m remodel of the OConnell Center (basketball, swimming, gymnastics). Plans are for permanent stands on the Mondo indoor track. Not a big loss as Florida does not practice on the track, and no longer hosts any indoor meets.
Tennessee's Stokley is about 1/10 mi/lap.
Re: "Most pressing need" for Vols: indoor track
Stokely is going to be razed in a few weeks. Lots of articles on this, but I enjoyed this one best. Stokely really is an antique and I will not miss it.
Re: "Most pressing need" for Vols: indoor track
URL below provides sketch of proposed indoor track at University of Tennessee (Knoxville).
This sketch and related material was presented at a meeting of UT track officials.
Suggested 5000 seating capacity was linked to potential for hosting NCAA Indoor champs.
I think Reggie Lewis indoor track in Boston has fewer seats but still hosts major meets.
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The experience of the Russian Chess Federation, one of the organisers of the tournament, enables me to express my confidence that the match will take place at a high level of quality and will be one of the best sports events of the year.
As we've reported before, the chess crown will be contested in one of the biggest national museums in Russia – the State Tretyakov Gallery. The idea of staging the tournament in the museum came from the sponsor of the match, the Russian entrepreneur Andrey Filatov, who believes that chess is not only a sport but also a part of world culture. In Filatov's opinion, the synergy between chess and fine art is set to become an additional tool for popularising chess.
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The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the most unusual museums in the world, says Gluhosky. In the middle of the nineteenth century it began as the private domestic collection of the merchant Pavel Tretyakov, and in 1892 the collector made a gift of the collection of pictures, which by now had grown significantly, to the city of Moscow. Today the State Tretyakov Gallery's collection numbers more than 1,700 masterpieces and is one of the biggest collections of Russian art. It includes masterpieces of ancient Russian icon-painting, Russian realism, Impressionism, Avant-Garde, Socialist Realism and other schools of Russian art.
According to Gluhovsky, the contenders in the match were enthusiastic about this idea. Viswanathan Anand said he was
very glad to have the opportunity to play in Moscow: there is always a special chess atmosphere here. Boris Gelfand and I have visited the tournament venue, the Tretyakov Gallery, and once again we were convinced that it's a very beautiful place. I have a very strong opponent and I'm expecting the match to prove interesting.
Boris Gelfand in turn noted:
It's a great honour for me to play in Moscow. We played our first game against each other in 1989. Twenty-three years later, we'll be meeting again in May 2012.
In the opinion of the challenger, chess is not simply a sport, it is an art. Perhaps being close to the pictures will enable them to play games that go down in chess history.
Mark Gluhovsky emphasized that the combination of chess and painting will promote the use of new tools to popularise chess and to attract the attention of a new audience. During the traditional video relay on the Internet, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of viewers every day, the commentators and guests of the match will discuss not only the positions on the board but also the history of Russian culture. The in-house video relay, which has been improved over several years by the Russian Chess Federation at the Mikhail Tal Memorial, will move to a new level: for the first time it will be done in two languages – Russian and English – so that chess fans all over the world will be able to fully appreciate the level of the match and feel that they're at the centre of chess events.
At the 2011 Tal Memorial there was live commentary by GM Emil Sutovsky (Russian only), who had different non-chess guests each day. For round 1 this was the famous author and satirist Victor Shenderovich. Photo © Macauley Peterson
Gluhovsky also made special mention of the guests at the match. Those who have already agreed to be guests of honour of the tournament include the brilliant Russian musicians Nikolai Lugansky, Vadim Repin and Alexander Knyazev and other prominent cultural figures, writers, scholars and art critics. This way the Moscow match in 2012 will be a hymn to culture and to chess as an important part of world culture, and the attention of the public and the media will be focused on it.
Besides, the best young chess players will come to the match from all over Russia, and they will be able not only to watch the play of today's outstanding chess players but also to become acquainted with Russia's cultural heritage. The Russian Chess Federation is organising for these children not only a chess programme but also a cultural and educational programme. It is also planned to include an extensive programme of educational events within the tournament.
The match sponsor, the Russian businessman Andrey Filatov, sees cooperation with museums as a way of developing chess. An extremely experienced and successful entrepreneur, he is looking for the economic logic that can take chess to a new level. Filatov's view is that at the beginning of the twentieth century chess developed thanks to resorts: the majority of competitions took place in small towns that became known throughout the world thanks to chess tournaments. Filatov feels that in the new conditions that pertain today, it is necessary to seek new economic tools which will give chess the opportunity to develop. The classic methods of sports marketing in chess are struggling, and chess players are not succeeding in attracting corporate sponsors on a large scale.
Mr Filatov believes that cooperation with world museums could open a new page in the history of chess. Museums are not only repositories of the masterpieces of human thought, but also complex economic institutions. Staging the world championship match in a museum is a great way to advertise the museum on a world scale. The match in one of Russia's biggest national museums will enable other museums and chess organisers to evaluate the advantages of such cooperation. If the first experience proves successful, it will give a new boost to the development of chess.
Irina Lebedeva, Director of the Tretyakov Gallery, noted during the press conference on the signing of the agreement to stage the match that the proposal by the Russian Chess Federation and the match sponsor Andrey Filatov is in line with the trend of development among modern museums. The modern museum is a meeting place for people with the most diverse interests. Mrs Lebedeva expressed the hope that the world championship chess match would generate additional interest among the public, including admirers of this most intellectual type of sport, in the State Tretyakov Gallery and Russian museum traditions.
Bring it! It'll be good to get the weakest championship in history out of the way. Hopefully we can get Carlsen or Aronian in the mix for the next several championships!
Good comment....but didn't you forget Alekhine-Bogulbujov?
People always say that Bogo was the weakest challenger and stuff like that, but in that respect I think he is underestimated. Chessmetrics have him as #5 at the time of the second title match in 1934, but he was much stronger just a few years earlier, top five at least 1925-1935 and constant top ten for a much longer period. He won Moscow 1925 far ahead of players like Capa and Lasker, and won also Bad Kissingen 1928 with a clear margin ahead of Capa in a field with 8 of the 10 strongest players in the world. He wasn't Alekhine's level of course, but not such a weak challenger as he sometimes is seen as.
Maybe we should defer judgment until we see the quality of the gsmes themselves. The way Gelfand played in the Candidates, he'd more than give Isidor Gunsberg a run for his money, for one.
Bruce Foxton
2 years 1 month ago
Gunsberg's results were good enough for him to be ranked number 1 in the world at Chessmetrics before the match, Gelfand isn't exactly that level, neither in knockouts against Kamsky et al or against the top players in events like Tal Memorial and Wijk
If you look at those 1-year+ peak lists at Chessmetrics, Gelfand is well above Gunsberg (and e.g. Euwe, Schlechter) on all of them. And come on, "in knockouts against Kamsky et al"--the "et al" were Mamedyarov and Grischuk, both of whom he beat in extremely impressive games that anyone would have been proud of. Was there someone you think played better at the candidates?
If Aronian or Carlsen won an event without playing one single opponent in the top ten of today no one would be particularly impressed, even less so if it was an event largely decided by blitz. No one played better than Kasim in the World Championship 2004 but it was the same knockout format then and said little about actual playing strength. Topalov was a much stronger player than Kasim in 2004 but Kasim did better thanks to the format.
Gunsberg was #1 in 1889, Gelfand isn't top 20 now, so the difference is quite big even though Gelfand had a couple of very good years 20-22 years ago. That is of no relevance to his level today, and Chessmetrics hasn't been updated for seven years. So making Gelfand 2012 relatively stronger than Gunsberg 1890 is difficult. Korchnoi would obviosuly rank far ahead of both Gunsberg and Gelfand if you look at his best years, but that doesn't make the 2012 version of Korchnoi relatively stronger than the Gs.
Gunsberg played a long match against Chigorin the same year as the title match, and drew 11.5-11.5, when Chigorin was ranked #2 by Chessmetrics. To me Gelfand ranks as the weakest challenger ever together with Janowski, but that of course doesn't make them bad chess players. Just far from World Champion material.
"If Aronian or Carlsen won an event without playing one single opponent in the top ten of today no one would be particularly impressed, even less so if it was an event largely decided by blitz."
Last year Carlsen won Biel which didn't have another 'current' top10 player (Morozevich re-entered the top10 only later). Then he won Bilbao which was ultimately decided by blitz. In both cases, at least some people were quite impressed.
Funny also that you write "top10 of today": In Kazan Gelfand faced Mamedyarov (top10 before the event) and Grischuk (top10 just a few months before, until he had a terrible Wijk aan Zee). It seems that you ignore or minimize Gelfand's achievements, notably also his shared second place at the Mexico WCh, maybe discounting them as accidents. To me such results suggest that he is a very strong player (World Champion material or at least close) whenever he plays at his upper limit. Another story is that he isn't as consistent as some other players - but for example Ivanchuk is VERY inconsistent, still many would consider him World Champion material.
"Last year Carlsen won Biel which didn't have another 'current' top10 player (Morozevich re-entered the top10 only later). Then he won Bilbao which was ultimately decided by blitz. In both cases, at least some people were quite impressed."
No one says that Biel was more impressive than the Candidates or that "people are forgetting what kind of opponents Carlsen won against in Biel" just like the same thing is being said in this thread about Gelfand and his opponents in Kazan. Bilbao had three 2800+ players and Carlsen alone scored +3 and won, the blitz tiebreak matters less than the opposition and performance. If he only had won Biel and had Gelfand's results against the much stronger players in Tal Memorial and Wijk I bet few would talk about how strong opponents Carlsen had faced in Biel.
"In Kazan Gelfand faced Mamedyarov (top10 before the event)"
Yes, he was 9th on the rating list but I wonder how many that would count him as a top ten player just because he picked up lots of points on fourth board in team events, and the main thing isn't if someone was 9th or 11th this or that month, just that Gelfand didn't face any of the strongest players, so I think the statements about people having forgot how strong opponents Gelfand won against in Kazan are a bit over the top.
"It seems that you ignore or minimize Gelfand's achievements"
I think others exaggerate them and that his rating speaks the truth about his playing level, maybe it is a bit less flattering than the truth at the moment, I'd say he is stronger than a couple of the players currently rated above him and maybe around the 20th strongest player in the world.
I'm with Thomas, of course, and think that Gelfand is far better than that (20th) on the big occasions (World Championships--clearly not so much the Tal Memorial). My admiration for Gelfand's performance at the candidates was more to do with the style in which he won classical games than with the ranking of his opponents. I can see you have a reasonable case to argue the other way. But my original point was that we should wait to see the actual quality of the games in this match before we pass final judgment on Gelfand's strength or weakness as a challenger.
Mamedyarov didn't just beat (relatively) weak players in team events, he then also defended his high rating for a while (notably shared first in Tal Memorial 2010) - so, form permitting, I do count him as a top10 player. Grischuk also did pretty well in Linares 2009 (shared first with Ivanchuk, ahead of Carlsen, Anand and Aronian) and 2010 (behind Topalov but ahead of Aronian). Maybe Gelfand's win in Kazan would have been more 'convincing' if he had to play Aronian, Kramnik and/or Carlsen - not his fault that Aronian and Kramnik were eliminated, and Carlsen eliminated himself! And you wrote "top10" rather than "top5".
"his [Gelfand's] rating speaks the truth about his playing level"
It reflects his average playing level, what matters in any given event is his potential maximum level. With his form from Tal Memorial and Tata Steel he wouldn't have won in Kazan, also not against these opponents. With his form from Kazan, Anand at least shouldn't underestimate him.
To appreciate chess history is to appreciate the value of this world championship match. Anand is the sitting champion and Gelfand is the rightful challenger.
Looking forward to some great games!
2 years 1 month ago
How did Gelfand become the rightful challenger? anyone can challenge the world champ or should first win some lower rank players? I could see someone like Ivanchuk as challenger but Gelfand?! His rating is not even so top rank. What's going on? I suspect an Indian wealthy Jew just wished to give these two some money and a good holiday gift in Russia!
To appreciate chess history and to appreciate blitz knockouts isn't the same thing to me though, I prefer to see formats where the strongest players make it, not lotteries where anyone can win (i.e. Kasim, Khalif, Gelfand). Otherwise the rightful challenger is always the one that for some reason gets to play the match: Kramnik was the rightful challenger in 2000 and Shirov wasn't. If Shirov had been given the match he would have been the rightful challenger instead, and if Anand hadn't declined he too would have counted as the rightful challenger.
I will agree that there are times when the rightful challenger is in dispute, or where the rightful challenger isn't given the title shot, but this isn't one of them. In this case, for this contest at least, the system and rules for determining the challenger were clear, and Gelfand rose to the occasion. True, it would have been better with longer qualifying matches without the rapid tiebreaks, or even a candidates tournament, but we had what we had.
I am hoping that Gelfand will rise to the occasion again and give us some great games. We saw in Mexico and elsewhere that he's quite capable of it.
2 years 1 month ago
yes, I am also looking forward to this event. Because last couple of weeks were so boring in terms of chess! I miss AMBER a lot! It would be great to have that blind/rapid games... Instead we are dealing with boring news such "chess in schools" or "can girls play chess with mini-skirt or whatever -(chessbase)"...
Richard Fireman
2 years 1 month ago
It's also admirable that - as opposed to matches involving Topalov - the two combatants are friendly with one another, thus promoting a positive atmosphere on the world stage and in the media, which is good for the representation of the game as a whole. In fact, I remember reading that the two were planning on exchanging their impressions of how they felt to be new fathers, as both of their wives had children about a year ago or so.
Bob Nurse
2 years 1 month ago
Agree, the lack of vitriol will be a refreshing change.
Thinking of refreshment....
Just wondering by and by - is Gelfand an alkie? His endearingly red bulbous conk suggests that he likes a tipple.
Anyhoos, let's chess, let's rock, let's Petroff.
Topalov added a bit of controversy to matches that sells to media better. Now we have two fourty + year old chubby dudes fighting for a championship. They are great chess players but the match itself is very unmarketable and the players themselves aren't marketable either. a match like Aronian-Carlsen is the type that can invigorate chess and that is what I am looking forward to.
Why does it matter if they are chubby or not? They are not gonna be parading in a bikini are they?
Septimus because I'd like to see chess taken more seriously and the image improved. Like it or not two unattractive guys with beer bellies billed as the best in the world is not good for chess. How much sponsorship have Anand and Gelfand attracted in their career? If Carlsen was particularly ugly or fat he'd never have been picked for that G-star gig and added some good press to chess.
2 years 1 month ago
My ideal sequence of events would see Gelfand winning the match and Anand dominating his next few supertournaments and the candidates. But even that won't shut some people up!
Shut up about what? If Anand dominates the next super tournaments I think few would see it as anything else than a very positive thing. There has never been any period in his career when Anand dominated the super tournaments and it would be nice to see him do that when he's almost 45 against opponents like Aronian and Carlsen, that is something that would cement his legacy much more than any result against Gelfand could do.
2 years 1 month ago
Anand will win by just one point, and then he'll lose to Carlsen next year. That's my prediction, not a very difficult one, I know...
2 years 1 month ago
It is not easy for Anand to beat Gelfand, and it is also extremely difficult for anyone in the near future (Carlsen included) to beat Vishy if he really wants to draw the point. And Carlsen did not play in the WC cycle, how could Anand lose him (in a WC match) ?
Daaim Shabazz
2 years 1 month ago
Carlsen may have to wait longer than people think... just for the opportunity to compete for the title, much less win it.
Andre From Outkast
2 years 1 month ago
The match will be decided by whoever has the most powerful computer, as the Anand-Topalov match demonstrated...
2 years 1 month ago
In fact Topalov had the most powerful computer :P (Rybka on a cluster - 112 cores)
Unfortunately for Topalov, wits at the board played a bigger role than a cluster in a cold room.
2 years 1 month ago
You mean, the one with the more powerfuil computer will lose?
I think Andre was ironic ... and other things also played a role last time: Anand's "human cluster" (Carlsen, Kramnik, Giri) and extra pressure (home disadvantage?) for Topalov.
This time, neither may be relevant: Anand and Gelfand seem to be popular among their colleagues (more than among some of the people commenting in this thread?). The favorites didn't like to lose at the Kazan candidates, but to my knowledge noone questioned Gelfand's achievement. And while the sponsor is a friend of Gelfand, even he may not expect Gelfand to win the match - just to put up a good fight.
2 years 1 month ago
I think both players are being hugely underestimated by some of the comments here. Anand has shown how versatile he can be in the matches against Kramnik and Topalov. In turn Gelfand has shown throughout qualification that he is capable of adapting too, both with the various formats/speeds in the knockout and by coming out on top against many of the best players in the world.
I think that we will see some very entertaining chess in the upcoming match. Even if the games do not turn out to be spectacular for the wider audience, I am sure that true chess fans (and not fanboys) will have much to appreciate.
2 years 1 month ago
I think people are forgetting what kind of opponents Boris Gelfand had to eliminate in order to reach this match, both in the Khanty Mansiysk World Cup and in the Kazan candidate matches.
The three strongest were Kamsky, Mamedyarov and Grischuk in the knockout, but top ten players is something else, just take a look at his stats against the best 7-8 players the last years.
First, Grischuk and Mamedyarov are former top10 players, currently just a little bit behind (#11 and 13), and even Kamsky (re-)visited the top10 on the September 2011 list. Second, did you really take a look at Gelfand's recent results against the current top10? I did, checking statistics on the FIDE rating pages.
Conclusions beforehand: the overall score is negative, but not terrible IMO. Only two players seem to "own" Gelfand, and this doesn't include Carlsen. Now in detail: Gelfand against
Carlsen +1=6-2 (which includes seven games with black)
Aronian +4=7-6
Kramnik =8-1 (OK, 6 games with white)
Anand =6 (5 whites)
Radjabov =5-4
Caruana +1=3-1
Nakamura +2=4-2
Karjakin +4=2-2
Morozevich +1=5-4 (if Moro had similar scores against other top players ...)
Ivanchuk +3=16-2 (wow for the sheer number of games)
My overall impression: Gelfand can be a dangerous opponent if he rises to the occasion (if past results mean anything, even Aronian wouldn't be clear favorite in a match?).
2 years 1 month ago
I root for Anand. Forward Anand, you can win.
2 years 1 month ago
I rather watch paint dry rather than follow Gelfand's games . . . yooooowwwwnnnn
2 years 1 month ago
I'd rather change a tampon than read these silly remarks.
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Recently a great number of HAWS pets found homes after lengthy stays at our shelter - thanks in no small part to the dedication of our staff and volunteers. We are THRILLED they have landed in their new, loving homes and wanted to share the news. (There is no time limit for a pet's length of stay at our facility.)
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HAWS annual holiday appeal has already reached mailboxes in our community. This fundraiser gives us a chance to tell of the many great successes we have during the year. This year our story features Fred.
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