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Win 8 PC sales plunge as retailers, disties shave orders by HALF A MILLION in Q3
UK retailers and wholesalers were so busy waiting for Microsoft to release the Windows 8.1 upgrade that they apparently forgot to keep ordering PCs in Q3. Or is it - perhaps more likely - that these companies bought PCs more cautiously, based on inventory pile-ups that have occurred since the consumer market crashed three years …
And all of a sudden I understand!
It was so obvious that I feel silly not to have seen this sooner.
Microsoft has said many times that PC sales would be less important and that they need to focus their full attention to mobility, in other words tablets and phones.
So what better way to help speed up this process by forcing people to use a PC operating system which no one really wants to use?
Now, of course I am joking here a little bit, sure. Still; what other alternatives (besides going Apple) do end users have who are not that familiar with alternatives such as Linux?
Oh the irony; if all of those people would end up buying Win Phones or Surfaces I could see how this might work out, but as far as I know Android and the iProducts are in much higher demand.
Is Microsoft now helping their own competitors?
PC installed base
Yet the installed base of PCs (notebooks and desktops) continues to increase as commercial and consumer users hang onto kit for longer.
Aside from games business its hard to see much in the way of new software around to encourage replacement of even 5 year old machines, one area where Microsoft has definitely dropped the ball.
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Yup, and as more big apps go cloud (365, Photoshop) the need to upgrade desktop kit becomes even less important as the pipe rather than the silicon speed becomes the overriding factor.
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Cloud based Photoshop still does all the processing locally AFAIK.
Re: PC installed base
This. PC hardware is now so powerful and (relatively) cheap that there's really no need to upgrade that frequently. I suspect more and more people are only adding odd components here and there to keep things ticking over rather than buying whole new systems, and there are probably a heck of a lot more self and custom builds happening too.
Would be interesting to see some numbers on component sales.
The growing popularity of PC gaming over the past few years would indicate that the platform is very healthy, but buying habits have changed. My last PC was built three years ago and the addition of an SSD and slightly better graphics card last year have allowed it to keep playing new releases. I cannot envision the need for a major upgrade for some time.
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The classical model of a market is a vbleeding edge early adopter phase, followed by a rising star stage, followed by a cash cow stage - where innovation is slender, and volumes slow down, to teh final satge of maturity, followed by death as something better takes over the market space.
Desktop PCS are at the end of the cash cow phase, and are entering a mature phase, and being partially killed off by the emergence of 'mobile technology' and 'the internet of things'
To put it bluntly, the desktop PC is becoming a minority way to access computing resources and is in reality moving upmarket into the commercial and industrial arena, and away from the consumer.
Computing has forked..into professional and consumer. Microsoft is well poised to fall between the two stools.
No one won the OS war. It simply has become irrelevant. TCP/IP and HTML won.
Today the operating system is simply a shim between the hardware and the browser.
In related news..
sales of Chromebooks and Android slabs are skyrocketing...
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Oh yes, Chromebook sales are skyrocketing in their niche price band which has yet to make a dent on the overall market.
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Yes, Chromebook installed base is skyrocketing. Any year now, it'll break the all-important tenth-of-one-percent barrier.
Right now, after two years on sale, ChromeOS installed base is at between 0.020% and 0.030%, depending on whose stats you believe. As Google have been uncharacteristically silent on the matter of active users, we have to go on the net usage stats.
For some perspective, Windows RT devices made up approximately 0.1% of the device population in mid-2013 by the same stats (that predates the price-cut on Surface RT that MS claimed has booted its sales). A tiny number, but if "skyrocket" can be applied to Chromebook sales, I've no idea what superlative one would have left to describe the enormous growth of Windows RT in just one year.
Here's the high-level breakdown: Windows, 90% falling very slowly, MacOS 7.8% rising very slowly, Linux 1.6% static. Remember this is desktop/laptop systems, not servers (where Linux would be far higher, and MacOS far lower). http://www.netmarketshare.com
I don't know if a university science department's latest intake of postgrad students is a representative group, but we offer them a choice between Windows 7 and Windows 8 (and Linux of course ). Of those wanting Windows:
8 asked for Windows 7
0 asked for Windows 8
And I'm frequently asked to remove Windows 8 from a laptop and to install Windows 7.If MS wants to sell more PCs for Xmas, isn't the answer obvious?
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Nigel, what were the reasons for preferring Windows 7 over Windows 8?
Did you also get reasons for preferring Linux/Windows?
Many people prefer Windows 7 just because someone told them Windows 8 is pants, and many IT declined people have a habit of trusting the IT inclined and repeating the mantra to others as well.
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Interesting anecdote Nigel but why are you offering them an OS at all? Students and lecturers I know buy their own PC, tablets, whatever. I suspect your group of postgrad students is not at all representative of the real world.
Also curious about the reasons they give for choosing Windows 7 over 8. Apart from a few inconsequential or cosmetic UI differences, Windows 8.1 boot to desktop makes no functional difference to me apart from improved performance.
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prefer Windows 7 just because someone told them Windows 8 is pants
- evidence please?
Keep believing it - no way could their direct experience tell them that, right?
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I expect postgraduate science students have enough knowledge of their own requirements (especially if Linux is an option), to know that Windows 8 is unsuitable, without listening just to 'haters', in much the same way that an iPad is no practical use for what I do, regardless of whether I like / dislike the platform. Metro and 'apps' don't cut it when it comes to serious work. Windows 7 Professional or a Linux installation (preferabley Cern's Scientific Linux or CentOS) are the only two sensible options here, regardless of personal tastes.
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Or they walked into PC World, played with a Windows 8 laptop, laughed, and walked out empty-handed.
That's what I did. :)
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The reason is that the Windows 8 user interface is not appreciated in a positive way, and that's putting it mildly.
As for why we buy them PCs rather than inviting them to BYOD ... sometimes I wonder myself. Some of them definitely do require hardware well above the usual desktop PC for displaying folding proteins, molecular dynamics, that sort of thing. (Computing that sort of thing uses large clusters of PCs in a server room ... just displaying the results is demanding). Maybe with others the hardware is wasted.
On the support side of the desk, it is far easier and productive supporting a few known configurations than many random malware-infested ones. Windows software deployment by changing one key in the AD is far easier than having to physically present oneself at the user's personally owned PC. And a support person costs a lot more per annum than the capital cost of quite a large number of PCs. So there's a rational reason for you. I doubt it's the actual one! The world is not that sensible a place.
Re: D'Oh
The reason for preferring Linux is usually that they need to run research codes which are written to run on Linux. That in turn is at least in part because the Linux environment is open and provides a wide range of free programming tools, whereas the Windows environment is closed and does not. Also in most cases the desktop is the front-end to the computer cluster running Linux. Using Windows as a front-end would be somewhat perverse. (I do know one person who works that way! ).
A few mostly European-mainland students do turn up knowing Linux, and Windows not at all. If your personal notebook runs Linux you are hardly likely to choose a Windows desktop!
A large number (and growinfg proportion) have Macbooks as their personal system and ask for huge iMacs, but unless they have unusually good funding the budget doesn't stretch far enough for big Apples.
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"Many people prefer Windows 7 just because someone told them Windows 8 is pants, and many IT declined people have a habit of trusting the IT inclined and repeating the mantra to others as well."
Or they have tried it. Whilst with a friend who is not an IT type nor a 'power user' by any means, but can work with XP to do all the stuff he needs to do, we visited a computer shop to pick up a monitor. Whilst waiting for the staff member to get the monitor out from the back, we had a play with the Windows 8 machines. I asked him to open up notepad, on a Windows 8 machine which happened to be at the desktop. After two minutes he was unable to perform this task, of course attempting to find the Start Menu, and when that failed messing around in explorer and he even resorted to looking in C:\Program Files to find the actual executable, thinking it might be in there. When I showed him the 'correct way' of hitting the Windows key to bring up the Start Screen and start typing 'notepad', he asked how having to remember 'commands' or the names of executables to do simple tasks, is more user friendly than pointing and clicking. Needless to say he doesn't want Windows 8 anywhere near his computer!
He briefly used my desktop Linux machine once (Mint Cinnamon) and was able to open up Firefox and browse without asking questions. It has really come to something when Linux is more user friendly and logical for the average person, than Windows, which has been re-designed supposedly for the purpose of being even more consumer friendly. It's a pity that Apple's desktops are out of the price range of too many people, as I have never heard anyone complain bitterly about OS X, and that any mention of desktop Linux dwells on Ubuntu, rather than the far superior Mint, both of which are far easier for point and click users to make sense of, than Windows 8.
Re: D'Oh @Mr. Coward 16:50
I know the Metro apps are useless to many people because the selection of traditional apps is so much better.
I'm using Win8 and I'm completely disregarding the Metro UI apart from the pretty good Weather application that comes bundled with Windows. Just use the traditional applications, and Windows 8(.1) is equal to Windows 7. It just boots a bit faster and is more suitable to touch screens.
Re: Many @Coward 16:12
My evidence is purely anecdotal. Many people have a dislike against Windows 8 without actually using it.
Many people prefer Windows over Linux even without ever using Linux. People just have beliefs.
Re: D'Oh @Nigel 19:00
"That in turn is at least in part because the Linux environment is open and provides a wide range of free programming tools, whereas the Windows environment is closed and does not."
To quote (a many times up-voted) AC earlier in this thread:
- evidence, please, for the wide range of free programming tools under Linux vs. Windows?
Especially in academic environment Microsoft (et al?) provide free coding tools.
Re: D'Oh @Mr. Coward 16:50
Faster booting? Not really a major issue unless you reboot all the time for some inexplicable reason. Touch screens, don't want it on a desktop. And you yourself also admit Metro is pretty useless. Windows 7 it is then.
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@sandtitz 15:07 Evidence ... with the possible exception of proprietary languages where Microsoft or some other party will not permit development of a LInux compiler, can you tell me any language for which a compiler or interpreter exists on Windows but not on Linux?
A lot of scientific codes are still written in FORTRAN (which didn't stop being developed in -77 as some folks believe, and which does retain certain advantages over C/C++ whatever the C bigots say). Linux has free f95. Windows has ... well, you can persuade f95 to run in the Cygwin LInux-emulation environment. But if you're going down that route I'd recommend just running Linux proper in a free-beer VMware Player VM instead.
It's not just the languages but the libraries. If the libraries your code needs are available on Linux and not on Windows, do you really think someone whose primary motivation is science research is going to want to volunteer to port them and shake out the resulting bugs? In which case the fact that Microsoft makes its compilers free-beer (not free-open) accessible to parts of academia subject to certain restrictions, is of little relevance.
BTW we're not talking little libraries here and little programs here!
A lot of visualisation codes are written for X-windows. Yes, you can run a free X environment atop MS Windows. But it's inferior on the performance front, and these codes tend to need all the performance they can get.
Re: D'Oh @Nigel 19:00
"can you tell me any [non-proprietary] language for which a compiler or interpreter exists on Windows but not on Linux?"
No, I can't.
But I think your statement of 'wide gamut of free software on Linux vs. the opposite on Windows' is incorrect. All those GCC compilers you are thinking of are working under Windows. Be it with help of Cygwin or MinGW, they are available and free-open, as you like to put it.
If the users are working within a Linux environment it is perfectly reasonable for them to use Linux in their computers. That I do not dispute.
Stop farting around..
Windows 8 stinks.....period. People don't like it cos MS didn't ask people what they wanted, or ignored what was asked for.
There's another possibility for the decline...
How many years have we have the benefits of virtualising the desktop rammed down our necks. Now it's been done there's no need to replace the desktop PC. Thin clients in it's many forms only needs to be replaced when it fails.
I realise that the biggest cause is 8, but how many years has el reg been pushing desktop virtualisation!!
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It was raining Saturday morning when children arrived in the Stainton Room at St. Peter's United Methodist Church dressed up for the second annual Princess and Pirate festivities.
Julie Bickings, Katie Grim, Jill Mullen-Adamson and Sarah Lee, all dressed as pirates, organized this event and had just finished setting up when this columnist arrived. Julie carried her one-month-old daughter, Rose, close to her chest in a cuddle wrap although she had lots of volunteers lining up to hold this adorable package. Caroline and Alice Bickings sported Princess outfits and hung out with their father, Christian, dressed as a tall, rugged pirate. Jill's daughters, Lila, Casey and Madelyn Adamson, were pretty Princesses following in the steps of their mom, a former Little Miss Ocean City. Jill recalled working for Jen Bowman at her bakery and tearoom in the 1990s. Bill Heap arrived early in his pirate attire while wife, Donna, showed up later with their children. Katie Grim and Sarah Lee made sure each child's place setting had a gift bag filled with pirate and princess goodies. St. Peter's Trustee, Jody Lovette, enjoyed coffee with his buddies, Chuck Battersby and Jeff Willard, who sported bandanas on their heads, while their grandchildren and children enjoyed the festivities and Joan Lovette and Jamie Willard helped the kids with their crafts. Seven-year-old Riley Richard, whose parents own the Pirate Ship that cruises the back bay, had his face painted at the party. Sarah Oster, whose father, Matt, is a teacher at Ocean City High School, sported a white wig and pretty blue princess gown. St. Peter's Youth Leaders, Lynn and Rich Barlow, sported great pirate outfits they wear each year at the Halloween display and show they put on outside the home in Somers Point.
I stopped in the kitchen to check up on the crew and found Kathy Thompson and Joanne Budnick removing large trays of hot quiche while Kathy Fogarty sliced fresh fruit. The chocolate covered strawberries, Chester's Danish and Wards doughnuts had my mouth watering. Jen Bowman returned to the kitchen after stopping home to get daughters, Katie and Kelsea, who wore cute pirate outfits. When Shawna Mulford, owner of Lets Party Painters, arrived with princesses Erica Rolls, Ashton Flora and Miranda Bishop she made sure their costumes were in order and their hair perfect before they interacted with the children, posed for pictures and helped with crafts. Erica is a sophomore at Ocean City High School while Ashton attends the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Youth Leader Nick Pursel looked like a fierce pirate, but the children loved him when he played with them. Jill Kozakowski-Chin had little girls lined up to have their nails painted. I stopped to chat with Jack Lee while he helped his 2-year old daughter, Alison, make a colorful Fruit Loops bracelet. Sandy Engstrom took pictures of Jack and Zack Engstrom, Holly Aiken, Cameron and Tyler Swartz and Julian Simmerman as they searched through the large pirate chest for buried treasures. Barbara Crowell had help from her husband, Rich, and son, Jack, who looked great in their pirate attire, as they helped youngsters dress up in costumes to have their pictures taken in front of the castle. Grace Gleeson also lent a hand with the costumes. Christian Kazakowski served as master of ceremonies and Julie and Christian Bickings had the children sitting quiet when they presented a cute puppet show with Christian as Captain Stinky Pants. Youngsters and their parents and grandparents enjoyed doing the Hokey-Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, Congo and more. Richard Rinck made sure he got lots of pictures of the youngsters having fun.
When everyone sat down at the tables to enjoy the refreshments I returned to the kitchen were Jen Bowman was icing the large cake she had baked for the Macedonia United Methodist Church's dedication ceremony and luncheon on Sunday. Kathy Thompson suggested the words "By the Grace of God" for Jen to print on the cake to celebrate the renovations made to the church following Hurricane Sandy. St. Peter's Trustees, Dick Strang and Bill Bateson, and Sexton Phil Young couldn't resist having their pictures taken with Disney Princesses, Ashton Flora, Miranda Bishop and Erica Rolls. Andrea and Don Paul turned heads when they arrived in their great red and white stripe pirate costumes complete with a hook for a hand, ball and chain and a stuffed bird that Andrea whipped up just before they came to the party. Ashton Flora sang "Let It Go" from Disney's movie "Frozen." Jackie Hilling of Ocean City brought her grand niece, Mati Kukorlo, to the party as they had such a good time last year. When the party was over the youth of St. Peter's did a super job cleaning up and restoring the Stainton Room for the praise worship service Sunday morning. Jesse Ruch sported rabbit ears as he set up tables and chairs and Matt Aromando, Pat McCarron and Aaron and Jean King mopped floors and vacuumed carpet and props were stacked and carted to the third floor for storage all under the watchful eye of the St. Peter's Trustees, because there were two weddings scheduled Saturday afternoon in the sanctuary.
Stainton Society Committee members enjoyed a social gathering in Shore Medical Center's board room recently. I waved to Carla Heist at the front desk in the lobby while Patrick Halliday held the elevator until it was full then took us to the Fourth Floor without any stops. Pauline McDaniel and Steve Wallace were busy chatting with guests when Jim and I arrived with new members, Andrea and Don Paul. Pauline was moving into her new condo at Harbour Cove Saturday and plans to walk to work every day. Steve reports he and his fiancée, Toni Iannace, are getting married Nov. 14 at The Mansion in Voorhees. Sara Clark told me she and Jen Boyce, Lori Rice and Becky Jenkins paddle boarded in the rain in the back bay last Saturday in "Freezing for a Reason" to benefit Sandy victims. Dean Adams was getting around just fine after breaking his ankle in Vermont Dec. 29 and having surgery. Wife, Kelly, who gave birth to their son, Liam, short for William Richard Adams, on March 19, reports Dean was not a good patient. Amy Waters promised to give me a table for 12 at the Stainton Brunch. Kelly and Frank Donato introduced me to their friends, Kristi and Gregg Swartz, who wanted me to cut their sons' picture in my column so I could take one of them. I made peace with Gregg by promising to take his picture at the Stainton Brunch. Courtney Spahr took lots of pictures and told me her baby is due the end of June. When Andrea Paul and I headed back to Ocean City. for a Miss Ocean City Committee meeting our husbands decided to go out to dinner without us.
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Did you have any experience kicking ass before coming to The Warrior's Way?Kate Bosworth: Never. So from the moment I arrived for the shoot in New Zealand, I was obsessed with the martial arts aspect of the role.
It was a new challenge, but it also reminded me of preparing for Blue Crush. I'd never surfed before, either. So I made sure I rushed to meet with the [martial arts] trainer to learn what I was going to be doing. I'm not the most coordinated person on the planet, so I found it much harder than you might think to wield a blade, to turn and maintain my balance for the next move.
Was it difficult to get comfortable with the swords, knives and violence involved in the role?KB: I found the training to be more about movement than weaponry. It is more like a dance. I'd studied dance previously, and I found myself wishing I'd studied more ballet to prepare for the martial arts.
You don't know how you're going to react with those weapons in your hands during these stunts. But the character carried me through because she's wild, untamed and feral. By finding that, I was able to do most of the stunts myself. The martial arts skills feed the acting and feed the character.
Did your experience in horse jumping prepare you for the physical contact?KB: There's an adrenaline kick you chase as a show jumper, and I think that's similar to surfing or martial arts. I started riding very young, and it's a deep love of mine. I begged for a horse-riding scene in this movie, but I never got it.
So, months after you wrapped The Warrior's Way, are you still lethal?KB: I picked up knife-throwing and knife-fighting for the movie, but I have to admit I haven't kept up with it. I don't think I'll be impressing anyone with my knife-throwing skills any time soon.
I haven't surfed in so long either. Fans of Blue Crush are so disappointed in me to hear that. They come up to me and are so excited to talk surfing. The best I can do is say, "I loved doing it -- then." I always feel like I'm letting them down.
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|It has been recently discovered that the real Viking Helmets did not have horns. They seem to be more festive with the horns don't you think? Wear this to a Nordic Festival, to the movies, Vikings games, or on Halloween, you pick the event. Hide your elk jerky in the hidden inside pocket. Size info: One size fits most, velcro adjustable. Fits up to size Extra Large comfortably. Features: Secret inside pocket. Padded gold and silver lame Padded vinyl horns Textured vinyl earflaps
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Two more candidates have announced they are in the running for the Charlottesville School Board.
Charlie Kollmansperger and Sue Lewis will also be running. Lewis, who has been applying for the past 20 years, said she has a passion for education. Kollmansperger is a former special education teacher at Greenbrier Elementary for five years. They both admit the board is in need of a change.
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Fears hat long jumper Mitchell Watt would miss the Australian domestic athletics season have eased after a solution was found to his troublesome calf injury.
The world championship silver medallist, who performed strongly at training this week, is aiming to compete at the Sydney Grand Prix in a fortnight.
Watt was hampered by the injury at last year's world championships in South Korea. It was thought he might have to sit out the season, which culminates in the Olympic selection trials in Melbourne on March 2-3.
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Eric and Leslie have authored eleven books, and their popular presentation for young adults on the "four secrets to an amazing love story" has garnered applause from marriage and family experts, media personalities, and teen specialists around the country. They have been guests on numerous media platforms, including being among the top ten Focus on the Family radio broadcasts in 2002 and 2006. Eric and Leslie's best-selling books include When God Writes Your Love Story, When Dreams Come True, Authentic Beauty, God's Gift to Women, and Teaching True Love to a Sex-at-Thirteen Generation.
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Groups call for community, family involvement after recent crimes
Updated On: Apr 18 2014 12:40:43 AM EDT
Images that some find disappointing to see are faces of young black men as the perpetrators or victims of crime. Channel 4 has reported the names of several young black men who have been arrested for violence in the Jacksonville area recently.
Community leaders sounded off on the matter Thursday night. An Operation Save Our Sons leader said it's embarrassing.
"It really grieves me to turn on the TV and look and the news and see what's going on in our community, and see some many faces of our young black boys on the screens for senseless crimes," said Operation Save Our Sons mentor Scott Cotton.
The mentors said the community must get involved in order to change the problem.
Three young rape suspects, shootings and dead teens are some of the stories from this week. The stories this week have left Karen Thomas, minister and "Yes You" program director, embarrassed.
"We can say that the sad fact is that they are all black. It's unfortunate for our community as a whole, but the responsibility has to come from the home and the community," said Thomas.
It's an issue fellow ministers have addressed and continue to address. In a letter to State Attorney Angela Corey, local pastor Ken Adkins shared his concerns on an issue he said is hurting the community: black on black crime.
"I believe the serious and violent crime is so out of control among black juveniles that any pastors' efforts ought to be aimed at helping build stronger black families and providing another level of community policing with their congregations presence in neighborhood hot spots," said Adkins
Thomas is trying to do that with her mentoring program for Wayman Ministries by targeting communities where young people live in environments prone to crime and violence.
"We have to congregate together in order to teach our kids, particularly our black men the importance of becoming better citizens the importance of losing their lives over senseless crimes," said Thomas.
Operation Save Our Sons is trying to do the same thing with the 12 boys it mentors.
"If we can save one, we believe we can save a thousand, a million, but we have to start somewhere," said Cotton.
These leaders said more people in the community must get involved in order to curb this issue.
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Two Hinesville firefighters were injured in an explosion Thursday morning, according to HFD Capt. Kris Johanson.
Midway Police Officer Russell Knox said it was solid police work and some luck that led to his apprehension of three armed-robbery suspects early Wednesday morning.
Recent reports filed by deputies at the Liberty County Sheriff's Office include:
A shooting has been reported at Hillery Park in Walthourville. It happened just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to Walthourville Police Chief Tracey McFadden. The victim was taken to Liberty Regional Medical Center, but his condition is unknown. Authorities are on the lookout for the suspects, described as two black males in a white Ford Escort. Anyone with information should call 911. Currently, few details are known about the incident, but the Courier will continue to provide updates as information becomes available.
The Hinesville Police Department recently received a grant from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to provide funding for a CMI Intoxilyzer 9000 breath alcohol testing instrument.
For the past year, the provider of Long County's future emergency medical services has been shrouded in uncertainty. But Emergency Management Agency Director Bob Heffley said last week that there soon will be no cause for concern.
July 2: Verbal dispute - A Hinesville man called a deputy to his residence due to a fight he had with a woman.
July 5: Criminal attempt to commit burglary - A Hinesville resident believed someone tried to enter his house through the front door.
Several vehicles were damaged following a vehicle accident Friday on West Oglethorpe and Veterans Parkway in Hinesville. The Liberty Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-RAM dealership had several vehicles damaged on its lot when a pickup truck traveling on West Oglethorpe Highway was involved in an accident with another vehicle. The pick up struck used and new trucks, damaging the vehicles.
Jenorris McKenzie was denied bond on his first appearance before a magistrate Friday, according to Hinesville Chief of Detectives Maj. Thomas Cribbs. McKenzie is accused of driving his Honda through Kroger on Highway 84 on Wednesday night. No one was hurt in the incident, but the store was heavily damaged.
William Bass, who was believed to be living in Liberty County, is being looked at as the primary suspect in last week's GeoVista robbery in Hinesville.
The Carter Road home of Walthourville Mayor Pro Tem Patricia Green was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning.
Maryella Haynes had just finished preparing dinner for her family Tuesday and went outside to check on her kids when her granddaughter came out, yelling about a fire.
A man drove through the Hinesville Kroger late Wednesday night, causing considerable damage to the store at 555 W. Oglethorpe Highway.
ATLANTA - Six people, including three from Liberty County were arrested in an inter-agency law enforcement operation focusing on child exploitation in the area, according to J. Britt Johnson, special agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office.
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45 Years Ago: The Beatles Release 'Revolution'
On Aug. 26, 1968, the Beatles launched their Apple Records label with their new single, John Lennon's politically minded 'Revolution.'
Beatles 'Live at the BBC, Vol. 2′ Coming in October
51 Years Ago: Ringo Starr Joins the Beatles
Only two days after Pete Best was fired as the drummer of the Beatles, the group performed their first official gig with Ringo Starr. The concert took place at Hulme Hall in Birkenhead - a ferry 'cross the Mersey away from Liverpool - on Aug. 18, 1962.
45 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Records 'Mother Nature's Son'
On Aug. 9, 1968, the Beatles were in the middle of the recording sessions that would yield 'The Beatles,' the double LP better known as 'The White Album.' One song that got finished that day was Paul McCartney's 'Mother Nature's Son.'
50 Years Ago: The Beatles Play Their Final Cavern Show
45 Years Ago: The Beatles Begin Recording 'Hey Jude'
It's one of the most famous songs of the 20th century and an anthem that, to this day, still ends the main set of Paul McCartney's concerts. On July 29, 1968, the Beatles began recording 'Hey Jude,' a process that would take one week and two studios to complete.
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40 Years Ago: George Harrison Knocks Paul McCartney Off the Top of the Charts
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Beatles-Focused Show Coming to Broadway
The Beatles anthology production 'Let It Be' is making the leap from London's West End to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Rather than focus on the Fab's bitter-end finale, however, the show includes songs from throughout their career.
Paul McCartney Debuts Five Beatles Songs in Concert
If there's any rocker who can rest on his laurels onstage, it's Paul McCartney. After all, with such a huge catalog, he can simply fill up a setlist with dozens of his hits, play them night after night without changing, and nobody complains that they didn't get to hear their favorites.
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I've heard of it, and I saw some of it from my friend who graduated last year, but... other than that, I find it quite interesting.
I saw the complete season 1 and find their hastiness to rush to the end immediately more blunt than the dual personality girl (name varies as to whom you're speaking too...)
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Shame. They could've dragged it to 21 episodes if they wanted to if they gave the first two to character development, then crime trio episodes, then character development again. Would've been nice too, considering how poorly most of the victims were developed who had huge personality potential
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(Beyond Pesticides, October 6, 2014) Two reports released last week add to the growing concerns surrounding the overuse of antibiotics in livestock and the corresponding public health and safety impacts of increases in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as superbugs. Researchers at the University of Texas investigated whether infections of a common and dangerous digestive tract infection, […]


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Tis the Season, or Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's from the Heart of the Willamette Valley for Santa Cross 2014. End your season with Yule-Tide Cheer and a Ho Ho Ho as you prance around the course in Corvallis Oregon on 12/6/14 . Only Christmas Music playing this day and Cow Bells as your cheer on your little elf, Santa or Ms. or Misses Claus. Who has been naughty or nice this season? Santa is watching!
Cost / Register
Online reg closes at 5pm Thursday the 4th of December at 6pm
Categories and Costs Pre-reg price: (Second races are 10.00)
Category A, $25
Category B, $25
Category C, $25
Masters 35+ A, $25
Masters 35+ B, $25
Masters 35+ C, $25
Masters 50+, $25
Masters 60+, $25
Women A, $25
Women B, $25
Women C, $25
Masters Women 35+ A, $25
Masters Women 35+ B, $25
Masters Women 45+, $25
Singlespeed, $25
Singlespeed Women, $25
Clydesdale, $25
Beginner Men, $25
Beginner Women, $25
Junior Men, $8.50
Junior Women, $8.50
Kiddie Cross Boys, $Free
Kiddie Cross Girls, $Free
Second Races $10.00 or $5.00 for Juniors day of. One day licenses available onsite for all riders that do not have an annual OBRA license (5.00)
Registration opens at 7:45am day of and is subject to a 3.00 extra fee for all but Juniors. We want to plan on enough food, beer and festivities so please pre reg if you can.
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Racers under 18 can purchase a 6 ounce bowl of SoupCycle soup for $1
Registration closes for your category 30 minutes prior to your start time
DROP off point for gear and tents prior to first race off of SW Avery Drive. Do to the nature of the course this may require a bit of tent transportation.
Entrance is off of SW Avery Drive off of HWY 99 or accessed by going all the way around the park and turning right if coming in from 15th st and HWY 34.
We will attempt to keep this area clear for cars to drop off tents ect prior to heading to one of 3 parking areas in the area. If that fills head to Campus off of 15th st across HWY 34 and Park and ride back the .25.
Beer Support greatly appreciated from (Over 21 Please)
Start Times & Race Durations:
8:30am – Beginner Men (30 min)
9:10am – Cat C Men, Master C 35+ Men/Clydesdale 200+ (35 min) (make sure to check with registration as this field may have duplicate numbers and will need to be vetted prior to the start)
9:45am – Break/Course Preview (10 min)
10:am – Kiddie Cross A/B (9 and Under)
10:20am – Cat B Masters 35+ Men, 50+ and 60+ (40 Minutes)
11:10am – Juniors Men and Junior Women 10+ (30 Minutes)
11:45am – Course Break/Preview 15 minutes
12:00pm – Cat A Men & Women, Masters A 35+ Men, Masters Women A 35+ (60 min)
1:10pm – Women Cat B, Cat C, Beginners, Master Women 35+ , Master Women 45+ (40 min)
2pm – Cat B Men/Singlespeed men and women (40min)
OBRA and the race Organizers do not provide insurance for any injury that occurs during this event. The Costs associated are the responsibility of the participant. Please wear your helmet at all times when you are on your bike.
Thanks to our Title Sponsor
Cat A Men and Women: 75.00 1st, 50.00 second and 25.00 third
Special Prize for Best Christmas themed costume overall for men and women
From I-5 PDX take HWY 34 Exit 228 (Link)
Estimated time 1 Hr 30 Minutes
From Eugene take I-5 HWY 34 Exit 228 (Link)
51 Minutes or so from Eugene
Alternate route Via HWY 99 North or South
Course Map
PDF of map for 2014 santacross_venue
This event Supports the Family Assistance Program through Corvallis Parks and Recreation