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Packages containing shared libraries must be constructed with a little care to make sure that the shared library is always available. This is especially important for packages whose shared libraries are vitally important, such as the C library (currently libc6).
This section deals only with public shared libraries: shared libraries that are placed in directories searched by the dynamic linker by default or which are intended to be linked against normally and possibly used by other, independent packages. Shared libraries that are internal to a particular package or that are only loaded as dynamic modules are not covered by this section and are not subject to its requirements.
A shared library is identified by the SONAME attribute stored in its dynamic section. When a binary is linked against a shared library, the SONAME of the shared library is recorded in the binary's NEEDED section so that the dynamic linker knows that library must be loaded at runtime. The shared library file's full name (which usually contains additional version information not needed in the SONAME) is therefore normally not referenced directly. Instead, the shared library is loaded by its SONAME, which exists on the file system as a symlink pointing to the full name of the shared library. This symlink must be provided by the package. Run-time shared libraries, Section 8.1 describes how to do this. [58]
When linking a binary or another shared library against a shared library, the SONAME for that shared library is not yet known. Instead, the shared library is found by looking for a file matching the library name with .so appended. This file exists on the file system as a symlink pointing to the shared library.
Shared libraries are normally split into several binary packages. The SONAME symlink is installed by the runtime shared library package, and the bare .so symlink is installed in the development package since it's only used when linking binaries or shared libraries. However, there are some exceptions for unusual shared libraries or for shared libraries that are also loaded as dynamic modules by other programs.
This section is primarily concerned with how the separation of shared libraries into multiple packages should be done and how dependencies on and between shared library binary packages are managed in Debian. Libraries, Section 10.2 should be read in conjunction with this section and contains additional rules for the files contained in the shared library packages.
The run-time shared library must be placed in a package whose name changes
whenever the SONAME of the shared library changes. This allows
several versions of the shared library to be installed at the same time,
allowing installation of the new version of the shared library without
immediately breaking binaries that depend on the old version. Normally, the
run-time shared library and its SONAME symlink should be placed in
a package named
librarynamesoversion, where
soversion is the version number in the SONAME of the
shared library. Alternatively, if it would be confusing to directly append
soversion to libraryname (if, for example,
libraryname itself ends in a number), you should use
libraryname-soversion instead.
To determine the soversion, look at the SONAME of the library, stored in the ELF SONAME attribute. It is usually of the form name.so.major-version (for example, libz.so.1). The version part is the part which comes after .so., so in that example it is 1. The soname may instead be of the form name-major-version.so, such as libdb-5.1.so, in which case the name would be libdb and the version would be 5.1.
If you have several shared libraries built from the same source tree, you may lump them all together into a single shared library package provided that all of their SONAMEs will always change together. Be aware that this is not normally the case, and if the SONAMEs do not change together, upgrading such a merged shared library package will be unnecessarily difficult because of file conflicts with the old version of the package. When in doubt, always split shared library packages so that each binary package installs a single shared library.
Every time the shared library ABI changes in a way that may break binaries linked against older versions of the shared library, the SONAME of the library and the corresponding name for the binary package containing the runtime shared library should change. Normally, this means the SONAME should change any time an interface is removed from the shared library or the signature of an interface (the number of parameters or the types of parameters that it takes, for example) is changed. This practice is vital to allowing clean upgrades from older versions of the package and clean transitions between the old ABI and new ABI without having to upgrade every affected package simultaneously.
The SONAME and binary package name need not, and indeed normally should not, change if new interfaces are added but none are removed or changed, since this will not break binaries linked against the old shared library. Correct versioning of dependencies on the newer shared library by binaries that use the new interfaces is handled via the symbols or shlibs system.
The package should install the shared libraries under their normal names. For
example, the
libgdbm3 package should install
libgdbm.so.3.0.0 as
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3.0.0. The
files should not be renamed or re-linked by any
prerm or
postrm scripts;
dpkg will take care of renaming
things safely without affecting running programs, and attempts to interfere
with this are likely to lead to problems.
Shared libraries should not be installed executable, since the dynamic linker does not require this and trying to execute a shared library usually results in a core dump.
The run-time library package should include the symbolic link for the
SONAME that
ldconfig would create for the shared
libraries. For example, the
libgdbm3 package should include a
symbolic link from
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3 to
libgdbm.so.3.0.0. This is needed so that the dynamic linker (for
ld.so or
ld-linux.so.*) can find the library
between the time that
dpkg installs it and the time that
ldconfig is run in the
postinst script.[59]
Any package installing shared libraries in one of the default library
directories of the dynamic linker (which are currently
/lib) or a directory that is listed in
must use
ldconfig to update the shared library system.
The package maintainer scripts must only call
ldconfig under these
When the
postinst script is run with a first argument of
configure, the script must call
ldconfig, and may
optionally invoke
ldconfig at other times.
When the
postrm script is run with a first argument of
remove, the script should call
If your package contains files whose names do not change with each change in the library shared object version, you must not put them in the shared library package. Otherwise, several versions of the shared library cannot be installed at the same time without filename clashes, making upgrades and transitions unnecessarily difficult.
It is recommended that supporting files and run-time support programs that do
not need to be invoked manually by users, but are nevertheless required for the
package to function, be placed (if they are binary) in a subdirectory of
/usr/lib, preferably under
/usr/lib/package-name. If the program or file is
architecture independent, the recommendation is for it to be placed in a
subdirectory of
/usr/share instead, preferably under
/usr/share/package-name. Following the
package-name naming convention ensures that the file names change
when the shared object version changes.
Run-time support programs that use the shared library but are not required for
the library to function or files used by the shared library that can be used by
any version of the shared library package should instead be put in a separate
package. This package might typically be named
libraryname-tools; note the absence of the
soversion in the package name.
Files and support programs only useful when compiling software against the library should be included in the development package for the library.[62]
The static library (
libraryname.a) is usually provided
in addition to the shared version. It is placed into the development package
(see below).
In some cases, it is acceptable for a library to be available in static form only; these cases include:
libraries for languages whose shared library support is immature or unstable
libraries whose interfaces are in flux or under development (commonly the case when the library's major version number is zero, or where the ABI breaks across patchlevels)
libraries which are explicitly intended to be available only in static form by their upstream author(s)
If there are development files associated with a shared library, the source
package needs to generate a binary development package named
librarynamesoversion-dev, or if you prefer
only to support one development version at a time,
libraryname-dev. Installing the development package
must result in installation of all the development files necessary for
compiling programs against that shared library.[63]
In case several development versions of a library exist, you may need to use
dpkg's Conflicts mechanism (see Conflicting binary packages -
Conflicts, Section 7.4) to ensure that the user only installs
one development version at a time (as different development versions are likely
to have the same header files in them, which would cause a filename clash if
both were unpacked).
The development package should contain a symlink for the associated shared
library without a version number. For example, the
package should include a symlink from
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so to
libgdbm.so.3.0.0. This symlink is needed by the linker
ld) when compiling packages, as it will only look for
libgdbm.so when compiling dynamically.
If the package provides Ada Library Information (
*.ali) files for
use with GNAT, these files must be installed read-only (mode 0444) so that GNAT
will not attempt to recompile them. This overrides the normal file mode
requirements given in Permissions
and owners, Section 10.9.
Typically the development version should have an exact version dependency on the runtime library, to make sure that compilation and linking happens correctly. The ${binary:Version} substitution variable can be useful for this purpose. [64]
If a package contains a binary or library which links to a shared library, we
must ensure that, when the package is installed on the system, all of the
libraries needed are also installed. These dependencies must be added to the
binary package when it is built, since they may change based on which version
of a shared library the binary or library was linked with even if there are no
changes to the source of the binary (for example, symbol versions change,
macros become functions or vice versa, or the binary package may determine at
compile-time whether new library interfaces are available and can be called).
To allow these dependencies to be constructed, shared libraries must provide
either a
symbols file or a
shlibs file. These
provide information on the package dependencies required to ensure the presence
of interfaces provided by this library. Any package with binaries or libraries
linking to a shared library must use these files to determine the required
dependencies when it is built. Other packages which use a shared library (for
example using dlopen()) should compute appropriate dependencies
using these files at build time as well.
The two mechanisms differ in the degree of detail that they provide. A
symbols file documents, for each symbol exported by a library, the
minimal version of the package any binary using this symbol will need. This is
typically the version of the package in which the symbol was introduced. This
information permits detailed analysis of the symbols used by a particular
package and construction of an accurate dependency, but it requires the package
maintainer to track more information about the shared library.
shlibs file, in contrast, only documents the last time the
library ABI changed in any way. It only provides information about the library
as a whole, not individual symbols. When a package is built using a shared
library with only a
shlibs file, the generated dependency will
require a version of the shared library equal to or newer than the version of
the last ABI change. This generates unnecessarily restrictive dependencies
compared to
symbols files if none of the symbols used by the
package have changed. This, in turn, may make upgrades needlessly complex and
unnecessarily restrict use of the package on systems with older versions of the
shared libraries.
shlibs files also only support a limited range of library SONAMEs,
making it difficult to use
shlibs files in some unusual corner
symbols files are therefore recommended for most shared library
packages since they provide more accurate dependencies. For most C libraries,
the additional detail required by
symbols files is not too
difficult to maintain. However, maintaining exhaustive symbols information for
a C++ library can be quite onerous, so
shlibs files may be more
appropriate for most C++ libraries. Libraries with a corresponding udeb must
also provide a
shlibs file, since the udeb infrastructure does not
symbols files.
When a package that contains any shared libraries or compiled binaries is
built, it must run
dpkg-shlibdeps on each shared library and
compiled binary to determine the libraries used and hence the dependencies
needed by the package.[66] To do
this, put a call to
dpkg-shlibdeps into your
debian/rules file in the source package. List all of the compiled
binaries, libraries, or loadable modules in your package.[67]
dpkg-shlibdeps will
use the
symbols or
shlibs files installed by the
shared libraries to generate dependency information. The package must then
provide a substitution variable into which the discovered dependency
information can be placed.
If you are creating a udeb for use in the Debian Installer, you will need to
specify that
dpkg-shlibdeps should use the dependency line of type
udeb by adding the -tudeb option[68]. If there is no dependency line
of type udeb in the
shlibs file,
dpkg-shlibdeps will fall back to the regular dependency line.
dpkg-shlibdeps puts the dependency information into the
debian/substvars file by default, which is then used by
dpkg-gencontrol. You will need to place a
${shlibs:Depends} variable in the Depends field in
the control file of every binary package built by this source package that
contains compiled binaries, libraries, or loadable modules. If you have
multiple binary packages, you will need to call
dpkg-shlibdeps on
each one which contains compiled libraries or binaries. For example, you could
use the -T option to the dpkg utilities to specify a
substvars file for each binary package.[69]
For more details on
dpkg-shlibdeps, see
We say that a binary foo directly uses a library
libbar if it is explicitly linked with that library (that is, the
library is listed in the ELF NEEDED attribute, caused by adding
-lbar to the link line when the binary is created). Other
libraries that are needed by libbar are linked indirectly
to foo, and the dynamic linker will load them automatically when
it loads libbar. A package should depend on the libraries it
directly uses, but not the libraries it only uses indirectly. The dependencies
for the libraries used directly will automatically pull in the indirectly-used
dpkg-shlibdeps will handle this logic automatically,
but package maintainers need to be aware of this distinction between directly
and indirectly using a library if they have to override its results for some
reason. [70]
Maintaining a shared library package using either
symbols or
shlibs files requires being aware of the exposed ABI of the shared
library and any changes to it. Both
symbols and
shlibs files record every change to the ABI of the shared library;
symbols files do so per public symbol, whereas
files record only the last change for the entire library.
There are two types of ABI changes: ones that are backward-compatible and ones that are not. An ABI change is backward-compatible if any reasonable program or library that was linked with the previous version of the shared library will still work correctly with the new version of the shared library.[71] Adding new symbols to the shared library is a backward-compatible change. Removing symbols from the shared library is not. Changing the behavior of a symbol may or may not be backward-compatible depending on the change; for example, changing a function to accept a new enum constant not previously used by the library is generally backward-compatible, but changing the members of a struct that is passed into library functions is generally not unless the library takes special precautions to accept old versions of the data structure.
ABI changes that are not backward-compatible normally require changing the SONAME of the library and therefore the shared library package name, which forces rebuilding all packages using that shared library to update their dependencies and allow them to use the new version of the shared library. For more information, see Run-time shared libraries, Section 8.1. The remainder of this section will deal with backward-compatible changes.
Backward-compatible changes require either updating or recording the
minimal-version for that symbol in
symbols files or
updating the version in the dependencies in
files. For more information on how to do this in the two formats, see The
symbols File Format, Section 18.104.22.168 and
shlibs File Format, Section 126.96.36.199.
Below are general rules that apply to both files.
The easy case is when a public symbol is added. Simply add the version at
which the symbol was introduced (for
symbols files) or update the
dependency version (for
shlibs) files. But special care should be
taken to update dependency versions when the behavior of a public symbol
changes. This is easy to neglect, since there is no automated method of
determining such changes, but failing to update versions in this case may
result in binary packages with too-weak dependencies that will fail at runtime,
possibly in ways that can cause security vulnerabilities. If the package
maintainer believes that a symbol behavior change may have occurred but isn't
sure, it's safer to update the version rather than leave it unmodified. This
may result in unnecessarily strict dependencies, but it ensures that packages
whose dependencies are satisfied will work properly.
A common example of when a change to the dependency version is required is a function that takes an enum or struct argument that controls what the function does. For example:
enum library_op { OP_FOO, OP_BAR }; int library_do_operation(enum library_op);
If a new operation, OP_BAZ, is added, the
minimal-version of library_do_operation (for
symbols files) or the version in the dependency for the shared
library (for
shlibs files) must be increased to the version at
which OP_BAZ was introduced. Otherwise, a binary built against
the new version of the library (having detected at compile-time that the
library supports OP_BAZ) may be installed with a shared library
that doesn't support OP_BAZ and will fail at runtime when it tries
to pass OP_BAZ into this function.
Dependency versions in either
symbols or
shlibs files
normally should not contain the Debian revision of the package, since the
library behavior is normally fixed for a particular upstream version and any
Debian packaging of that upstream version will have the same behavior. In the
rare case that the library behavior was changed in a particular Debian
revision, appending ~ to the end of the version that includes the
Debian revision is recommended, since this allows backports of the shared
library package using the normal backport versioning convention to satisfy the
In the following sections, we will first describe where the various
symbols files are to be found, then the
symbols file
format, and finally how to create
symbols files if your package
contains a shared library.
symbols files present on the system
symbols files for a shared library are normally provided by the
shared library package as a control file, but there are several override paths
that are checked first in case that information is wrong or missing. The
following list gives them in the order in which they are read by
dpkg-shlibdeps The first one that contains the required
information is used.
During the package build, if the package itself contains shared libraries with
symbols files, they will be generated in these staging directories
dpkg-gensymbols (see Providing a
symbols file, Section 18.104.22.168).
symbols files
found in the build tree take precedence over
symbols files from
other binary packages.
These files must exist before
dpkg-shlibdeps is run or the
dependencies of binaries and libraries from a source package on other libraries
from that same source package will not be correct. In practice, this means
dpkg-gensymbols must be run before
dpkg-shlibdeps during the package build.[72]
/etc/dpkg/symbols/package.symbols.arch and
Per-system overrides of shared library dependencies. These files normally do not exist. They are maintained by the local system administrator and must not be created by any Debian package.
symbols control files for packages installed on the system
symbols control files for all the packages currently installed
on the system are searched last. This will be the most common source of shared
library dependency information. These are normally found in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/*.symbols, but packages should not rely on this
and instead should use dpkg-query --control-path package
symbols if for some reason these files need to be examined.
Be aware that if a
debian/shlibs.local exists in the source
package, it will override any
symbols files. This is the only
case where a
shlibs is used despite
symbols files
being present. See The
shlibs files
present on the system, Section 220.127.116.11 and The shlibs system, Section
8.6.4 for more information.
symbols File Format
The following documents the format of the
symbols control file as
included in binary packages. These files are built from template
symbols files in the source package by
dpkg-gensymbols. The template files support a richer syntax that
dpkg-gensymbols to do some of the tedious work involved in
symbols files, such as handling C++ symbols or
optional symbols that may not exist on particular architectures. When writing
symbols files for a shared library package, refer to
dpkg-gensymbols(1) for the richer syntax.
symbols may contain one or more entries, one for each shared
library contained in the package corresponding to that
Each entry has the following format:
library-soname main-dependency-template [| alternative-dependency-template] [...] [* field-name: field-value] [...] symbol minimal-version[ id-of-dependency-template ]
To explain this format, we'll use the the zlib1g package as an
example, which (at the time of writing) installs the shared library
/usr/lib/libz.so.188.8.131.52. Mandatory lines will be described
first, followed by optional lines.
library-soname must contain exactly the value of the ELF SONAME attribute of the shared library. In our example, this is libz.so.1.[73]
main-dependency-template has the same syntax as a dependency field in a binary package control file, except that the string #MINVER# is replaced by a version restriction like (>= version) or by nothing if an unversioned dependency is deemed sufficient. The version restriction will be based on which symbols from the shared library are referenced and the version at which they were introduced (see below). In nearly all cases, main-dependency-template will be package #MINVER#, where package is the name of the binary package containing the shared library. This adds a simple, possibly-versioned dependency on the shared library package. In some rare cases, such as when multiple packages provide the same shared library ABI, the dependency template may need to be more complex.
In our example, the first line of the zlib1g
file would be:
libz.so.1 zlib1g #MINVER#
Each public symbol exported by the shared library must have a corresponding symbol line, indented by one space. symbol is the exported symbol (which, for C++, means the mangled symbol) followed by @ and the symbol version, or the string Base if there is no symbol version. minimal-version is the most recent version of the shared library that changed the behavior of that symbol, whether by adding it, changing its function signature (the parameters, their types, or the return type), or changing its behavior in a way that is visible to a caller. id-of-dependency-template is an optional field that references an alternative-dependency-template; see below for a full description.
For example, libz.so.1 contains the symbols compress
and compressBound. compress has no symbol version
and last changed its behavior in upstream version 1:1.1.4.
compressBound has the symbol version ZLIB_1.2.0, was
introduced in upstream version 1:1.2.0, and has not changed its
behavior. Its
symbols file therefore contains the lines:
compress@Base 1:1.1.4 compressBound@ZLIB_1.2.0 1:1.2.0
Packages using only compress would then get a dependency on zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), but packages using compressBound would get a dependency on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0).
One or more alternative-dependency-template lines may be provided. These are used in cases where some symbols in the shared library should use one dependency template while others should use a different template. The alternative dependency templates are used only if a symbol line contains the id-of-dependency-template field. The first alternative dependency template is numbered 1, the second 2, and so forth.[74]
Finally, the entry for the library may contain one or more metadata fields.
Currently, the only supported field-name is
Build-Depends-Package, whose value lists the library development package on which packages
using this shared library declare a build dependency. If this field is
dpkg-shlibdeps uses it to ensure that the resulting
binary package dependency on the shared library is at least as strict as the
source package dependency on the shared library development package.[75] For our example, the
symbols file would contain:
* Build-Depends-Package: zlib1g-dev
Also see
symbols file
If your package provides a shared library, you should arrange to include a
symbols control file following the format described above in that
package. You must include either a
symbols control file or a
shlibs control file.
Normally, this is done by creating a
symbols in the source package
debian/package.symbols or
debian/symbols, possibly with
appended if the symbols information varies by architecture. This file may use
the extended syntax documented in
dpkg-gensymbols(1). Then, call
dpkg-gensymbols as part of the package build process. It will
symbols files in the package staging area based on the
binaries and libraries in the package staging area and the
files in the source package.[76]
Packages that provide
symbols files must keep them up-to-date to
ensure correct dependencies in packages that use the shared libraries. This
means updating the
symbols file whenever a new public symbol is
added, changing the minimal-version field whenever a symbol changes
behavior or signature in a backward-compatible way (see Shared library ABI changes, Section 8.6.2),
and changing the library-soname and
main-dependency-template, and probably all of the
minimal-version fields, when the library changes
SONAME. Removing a public symbol from the
file because it's no longer provided by the library normally requires changing
the SONAME of the library. See Run-time shared libraries, Section 8.1 for
more information on SONAMEs.
The shlibs system is a simpler alternative to the symbols system for declaring dependencies for shared libraries. It may be more appropriate for C++ libraries and other cases where tracking individual symbols is too difficult. It predated the symbols system and is therefore frequently seen in older packages. It is also required for udebs, which do not support symbols.
In the following sections, we will first describe where the various
shlibs files are to be found, then how to use
dpkg-shlibdeps, and finally the
shlibs file format
and how to create them.
shlibs files present on the system
There are several places where shlibs files are found. The
following list gives them in the order in which they are read by
dpkg-shlibdeps. (The first one which gives the required
information is used.)
This lists overrides for this package. This file should normally not be used,
but may be needed temporarily in unusual situations to work around bugs in
other packages, or in unusual cases where the normally declared dependency
information in the installed
shlibs file for a library cannot be
used. This file overrides information obtained from any other source.
This lists global overrides. This list is normally empty. It is maintained by the local system administrator.
DEBIAN/shlibs files in the "build directory"
These files are generated as part of the package build process and staged for inclusion as control files in the binary packages being built. They provide details of any shared libraries included in the same package.
shlibs control files for packages installed on the system
shlibs control files for all the packages currently installed
on the system. These are normally found in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/*.shlibs, but packages should not rely on this
and instead should use dpkg-query --control-path package
shlibs if for some reason these files need to be examined.
This file lists any shared libraries whose packages have failed to provide
shlibs files. It was used when the
setup was first introduced, but it is now normally empty. It is maintained by
the dpkg maintainer.
If a
symbols file for a shared library package is available,
dpkg-shlibdeps will always use it in preference to a
shlibs, with the exception of
The latter overrides any other
shlibs or
shlibs File Format
shlibs file has the same format. Lines beginning with
# are considered to be comments and are ignored. Each line is of
the form:
[type: ]library-name soname-version dependencies ...
We will explain this by reference to the example of the zlib1g
package, which (at the time of writing) installs the shared library
type is an optional element that indicates the type of package for which the line is valid. The only type currently in use is udeb. The colon and space after the type are required.
library-name is the name of the shared library, in this case libz. (This must match the name part of the soname, see below.)
soname-version is the version part of the ELF SONAME attribute of the library, determined the same way that the soversion component of the recommended shared library package name is determined. See Run-time shared libraries, Section 8.1 for the details.
dependencies has the same syntax as a dependency field in a binary package control file. It should give details of which packages are required to satisfy a binary built against the version of the library contained in the package. See Syntax of relationship fields, Section 7.1 for details on the syntax, and Shared library ABI changes, Section 8.6.2 for details on how to maintain the dependency version constraint.
In our example, if the last change to the zlib1g package that could change behavior for a client of that library was in version 1:184.108.40.206.dfsg-1, then the shlibs entry for this library could say:
libz 1 zlib1g (>= 1:220.127.116.11.dfsg)
This version restriction must be new enough that any binary built against the current version of the library will work with any version of the shared library that satisfies that dependency.
As zlib1g also provides a udeb containing the shared library, there would also be a second line:
udeb: libz 1 zlib1g-udeb (>= 1:22.214.171.124.dfsg)
shlibs file
To provide a
shlibs file for a shared library binary package,
create a
shlibs file following the format described above and
place it in the
DEBIAN directory for that package during the
build. It will then be included as a control file for that package[77].
dpkg-shlibdeps reads the
DEBIAN/shlibs files in
all of the binary packages being built from this source package, all of the
DEBIAN/shlibs files should be installed before
dpkg-shlibdeps is called on any of the binary packages.
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Merrell Women's Moab Vent Low - Great multi-sport shoe for the summer or warmer weather.
Merrell Women's Moab Vent Low - Our endless summer essential now with highly evolved breathability for hiking or biking the trails. A lattice-like overlay of Dura leather strapping supports and protects while enhancing the open-window venting of the breathable mesh upper that is a Merrell mark. Full bumper protection at the toe and around the heel Proven Vibram® Multi-Sport sole with TC5+ rubber compound for grip and durability.
Dura leather and mesh upper
Synthetic leather toe cap and heel counter
Breathable mesh lining treated with Aegis®
Ortholite® Anatomical Footbed
Molded nylon arch shank
Compression molded EVA footframe provides cushioning
Merrell® air cushion in the heel absorbs shock and adds stability
QForm® Comfort midsole provides women's specific stride-sequenced cushioning
Vibram® Multi-Sport Sole/TC5+ Rubber
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Great product as ussual from Merrell. Never can go wrong. Great for everyday use and hiking the rough trails.
I was looking for a comfortable, light weight hiking shoe to wear around town and in the desert. The sales associate recommended the Moab as a perfect option. From the moment I put the shoes on I knew they were for me. They are like slippers! No break-in. The sole is supportive yet gentle and they are very light weight. They a very versatile and my favorite shoe ever.
I needed some light weight, breathable shoes for summer hiking. These shoes haver been exactly that. They breath, are light weight and are beyond comfortable for being on my feet all day.
I bought these shoes several months ago for hiking on hot dry days. The breathability is excellent and did a great job of keeping my feet comfortable. The overall support and durability have been great as well.
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DELICATE LINES Hames's "Town of Monhegan."
For some time, the founders of the Spot — Josh Fulford (now technical director), Kevin Blanchette (director of operations), and Nick Cardi (gallery director) — weren't sure what to call the venue they were creating in a roomy second floor space at 286 Thayer Street. Talking on the phone, they'd say things like, "I'm over at the spot." Finally they realized they could just call it that.
Part of the difficulty in deciding on a name was the range of activities they aimed to offer. They began with yoga classes in April 2007; that August, they presented their first art show. That fall they brought in Josh Willis (artistic director) and Spogga (music director). These days they also offer comedy, dance classes, poetry slams, and the occasional rock opera. The Spot's MySpace page announces: "More than just a building, a gallery, a school, a home. It is a Force of Nature. It is an Engine of Kinetic Energy."
As far as visual art is concerned, you can feel that moxie, though the art itself is still developing. The Spot offers a pair of quirky halls that sprout smaller nooks and crannies. Windows and architectural details divide up the walls and can cramp 2D work, but the large rooms flatter sculptures and installations.
Cranston sculptor Michael Green takes advantage of this, installing an arc of tall wide strips of heavy, ribbed translucent plastic — the sort of stuff they use for loading docks — that cascade down from the ceiling and curl across the floor. A light inside, near the ceiling, makes it shine blue, purple, orange, yellow — echoing the Spot's funky nightclub vibe. The sculpture looks sort of like a giant plastic jellyfish or a waterfall. In a particularly lovely touch, the sculpture hides a fountain built into the wall behind, and you can hear the unseen water trickling.
Through mid-May, Green's sculptures are paired with prints by Harrison Love. After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration from RISD in 2008, Love spent a year in Peru, including, he says, four months living with the Shipibo, Warani, and Ashaninca tribes in the Amazon. Now living in Stonington, Connecticut, he is illustrating a book he is writing inspired by the old myths of these tribes. In his linocuts, visionary scenes are rendered in workmanlike compositions. Birds soar over a clearing in a forest. A person perches in a tree filled with birds. Men with spears gaze into the mouth of a large dark cave and the walls inside resemble a pile of rocky skulls.
Green and Love are the focus this month, but works from previous shows linger, like an installation Brooke Mullin Doherty of New Bedford, Massachusetts, put up last year. She fills the ceiling of a lounge-nook at the end of one room with gold fabric that drapes down from a red wire armature. It's luxurious and consuming, and seems like the frilly gold train of an evening gown grown out of control. New Bedford artist Jeremy Rudd's sculpture Concentric is a six-foot-tall ball of wooden pieces that seem to interlock like gears. Giselle Corre of Providence turns shallow reliefs of polymer clay into depictions of sunny psychedelic childlike dream gardens.
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I'm trying to decide what equipment to buy for my first hive.
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Former Mexico President Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox to speak at UTSA March 27
By Wendy Frost
Director of Communications, College of Business
(March 23, 2009)--Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, will present the keynote address at the Future Leaders Conference sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) and the UTSA College of Business. The free conference is 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Friday, March 27 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) on the UTSA Main Campus. Fox is scheduled to speak at a 12:30 p.m. luncheon in the University Center Ballroom (1.106), which will conclude the conference.
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>> Registration is free and open to students, faculty and community leaders. Attire is business casual. Register online for the luncheon and conference. UTSA community members can choose to attend only the Vicente Fox keynote address.
The free, daylong conference will feature prominent speakers from government, education, business and non-profits to address the event's theme, "The Emerging Role of Future Hispanic Leaders in U.S.-Mexico Relations."
The program will begin with an opening address by Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade, followed by panel discussions on economic development and public policy.
"The CHLI Future Leaders Conference was established in 2007 to bring together university student leaders and young professionals to discuss issues of importance to the U.S. Hispanic community and to network with local, national and international leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors," said Octavio A. Hinojosa Mier, executive director of CHLI.
"We are pleased to partner with CHLI to provide this enlightening educational opportunity for our students to hear firsthand from international leaders on the topic of U.S.-Mexico relations," said Lynda de la Viña, dean of the UTSA College of Business.
CHLI is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes the advancement of the diverse U.S. Hispanic community in the public, private and nonprofit sectors as well as in the international community.
The UTSA College of Business is one of the 40 largest business schools in the nation with more than 6,000 students and 37 graduate and undergraduate business programs. Accredited by AACSB International, the college is dedicated to raising its academic profile to become one of the best business schools recognized for developing "Knowledge for a New World."


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Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel places you next to Atlantic City Convention Center and within a 5-minute walk of Tanger Outlets The Walk. This 502-room, 3.5-star hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like an indoor pool, free in-room WiFi, and a health club. Atlantic City Outlets and Dante Hall Theater of the Arts are a short walk away.
Enjoy dining at Boulevards, one of 2 onsite restaurants. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or make new friends over drinks at the bar/lounge. Start your day off with breakfast, available for a fee.
All 502 air-conditioned rooms provide coffee makers, free weekday newspapers, and safes. Guests can expect free WiFi and TVs with pay movies. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Phones and ironing boards are also standard.
At Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel, guests enjoy features like an indoor pool, a health club, and a spa tub. Valet parking is offered for USD 30 per night. The front desk has multilingual staff on hand 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, luggage storage, and securing valuables. Additional amenities include free WiFi in public areas, 20 meeting rooms, and a conference center.
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- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Indoor pool
- Health club
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This 15-story Atlantic City hotel is only four blocks from the boardwalk. On-site amenities include a fitness center with exercise stations, treadmills, and stair steppers, plus a heated indoor pool, and in summer, an outdoor spa tub and sundeck.
The business center stays open 24 hours a day; banquet and conference facilities measure 23,500 square feet. The Sheraton provides both event catering and wedding services. Guests can stay connected using the complimentary wireless Internet access available in the lobby or in the rooms.
The hotel houses a large collection of memorabilia and photos from the annual Miss America pageants in Atlantic City, including shoes, gowns, and tiaras. This is a smoke-free property.
- Indoor pool
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Meeting rooms 20
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- Smoke-free property
- Health club
- Year Built 1997
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 27000
- Conference center
- Number of meeting rooms - 15
- Spa tub
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- Family Hotel
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- Free Wi-Fi
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Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
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Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel offers 502 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Televisions come with pay movies. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include complimentary weekday newspapers and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include hypo-allergenic bedding.
- Premium TV channels
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Turndown service
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Daily housekeeping
- Television
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Boulevard's Café - Open for breakfast. Skyline view. Also home of the Shoe Bar, serving nightly cocktails.
Tun Tavern Brewery and Restaurant - This pub-style restaurant and bar serves steaks, seafood, and other entrées for lunch and dinner, and hosts many special events. Nightclub atmosphere.
Nearby Things to Do
The fitness center at Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel features weight stations, stair steppers, and treadmills. There is a heated indoor pool and an outdoor spa tub and sundeck, open seasonally.
There are several golf courses in close proximity, including Brigantine (6 miles), Seaview (10 miles), and Harbor Pines (10 miles).
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 4 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Dogs only
- 1 per room (up to 80 lb)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Pets allowed (no fees)
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The required deposit at this property is fully refundable upon check-out; however, debit card users may experience a 72-hour delay in release of funds. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Deposit: USD 50.00 per night
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Up to 4 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Tun Tavern's VIP card
Membership Benefits include:
- Two for one dinner entrées: one complimentary dinner entrée with the purchase of any dinner entrée, valued $16.99 and above. Discount will be given on Entrée of equal or lesser value up to a maximum discount of $20. One discount per table. Only valid on Mondays.
- Mondays: half price on house margaritas
- Tuesdays: buy one appetizer and get one for free
- Wednesdays 9 PM - 2 AM: pitchers of beer $8.00, wings 35 cents
- Any Time, Any Day: $1 off on all beer types, wines, or cocktails


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text: Most of us are aware that people learn in different ways. There are your visual learners, your auditory learners, and your 'I've got to do it hands on to get it' learners (otherwise known as kinesthetic). Personal trainers work closely with clients to teach them new skills and habits. Much of what they do involves active learning. If you can pinpoint the way in which your client best learns new information, you can match your words and behaviors to this preference. Teaching/instructing in a way that your client prefers can not only improve their experience and knowledge gain, it can also maintain and build rapport between client and trainer. So how can you tell what your client's learning preference is? The easiest way is to watch them during learning situations and listen for clues in their language. A visual learner may watch closely as a trainer is demonstrating a move. You might hear them say 'let me see that again' or 'show me that again'. They watch until the action is complete before trying it themselves. An audio learner tends to focus directly on what the trainer is saying. They may not be looking too closely at the demonstration, using their ears to listen intently instead. An auditory learner may repeat back what you just said in order to help them memorize the steps. They are also more likely to talk themselves through the activity. Finally, kinesthetic learners learn by doing. As the trainer is demonstrating an exercise the kinesthetic learner may be mimicking the motions along with them, or touching their own muscles to reinforce which ones are being utilized. Kinesthetic learners like to solve problems or figure things out by doing them. The majority of people aren't exclusively one type of learner or another, although they can lean heavily in one direction. When I was taking my anatomy classes we used cadavers from the medical school. While I learned a lot from looking at the muscle layers and anatomy, usually tuning out what the instructor was talking about, I also liked to go in and push things around. See how the different muscle layers actually fit together. This fits with my style of visual learning, plus a touch of kinesthetic. Part of being a successful trainer is establishing rapport with your clients. By understanding their style of learning, and attempting to utilize it when training, you can help both yourself and your client succeed. When you are preparing for the ACE exam, consider your style of learning and how to utilize that. If you are an audio learner look for recorded options such as the online webinar or exam review. Record your own voice reading things back to you. If you are a kinesthetic learner, stand up and practice finding anatomical markers on your own body. Draw out a flow chart for how to conduct an assesment. Visual learners often have it easiest when it comes to traditional studying. But even then, seek out various methods of viewing your information. Every little bit counts! Questions? Just call one of our Education Consultants at 1-888-825-3636 x782.


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Kelechi Osemele vs Oklahoma
Iowa State LT that is getting a lot of hype as the top guard prospect. Havent seen a lot of him hopwe U guys enjoy.
Jamarkus Mcfarland vs Iowa State 2010
This kid has been a disappointment for the most part. He was a highly sought after 5 star recruit that showed up in Norman as a 280 pound freshman.He had a NY Times piece written about him http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/sp...26recruit.html . He was expected to take over for Gerald Mccoy immediately but has yet to break the starting lineup. He may not start again this year and thats after starter Stacy Mcgee got arrested for Marijuana possession. However he is extremely physically talented and the light could switch on at any time. He is one of those guys that could just burst onto the scene and be the best DT in the country . Ive seen it plenty of times at that position [/quote]
For being such a big guy Osmele sure does get pushed back alot....What is he Nigerian? (kidding)
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I have been reading up and trying to find out about keeping some bees. I only
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them, still I want to try. This beesource site has tons of great info and thank
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The Big New Yorker Book Of Dogs (William Heinemann $79.99)
A dog stands expectantly on his hind legs in the lounge, wearing a top hat, a suit, a cape and a bow tie. "Howard, I think the dog wants to go out," says the lady of the house to her husband, who's reading a newspaper. A sweet little dog gazes up at a judge, who admonishes him: "You can't plead cute." Two sour-looking lady poodles sit at a bar. Grouches one to the other: "They're all sons of bitches."
The Big New Yorker Book Of Dogs is big all right: 21cm x 28cm and 395 pages, with a generous smattering of those gloriously sly and sardonic New Yorker cartoons. However, be warned. The content - essays, poetry and fiction by the likes of John Cheever, Roald Dahl, Roddy Doyle, Arthur Miller, John Updike - is generally serious in tone. It is sometimes uplifting and heart-warming (but never schmaltzy) but, because of the uneven nature of the relationship between man and dog, some of the content is frightening, poignant and occasionally, downright disturbing.
Divided into sections Good Dogs, Bad Dogs, Top Dogs and Under Dogs, the book opens with an introduction by Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point) who explains that New York dog-owners who live in apartments have a relationship shot through with guilt because they can't give their pets the freedom of a backyard. Gladwell also contributes a piece of reportage in the Bad Dogs section, called Troublemakers, which opens with an account of an attack by three pitbulls on a little boy in Ontario. Five days later the State Government banned pitbulls. Gladwell then widens out into a discussion of the effectiveness of banning breeds, stereotyping and racial profiling, whether applied to man or beast.
He concludes that there is only one "right kind of generalisation ... based not on breed but on the known and meaningful connection between dangerous dogs and negligent owners".
Also in the Bad Dogs section, but more light-hearted, is a selection of Q&As from James Thurber's Pet Department "column", a spoof of the New York Evening Post column of the same name. One reader encloses a sketch of her dog which has been lying on its back for two days without movement. Thurber suggests that the dog is either in a trance or dead. "He may be enjoying himself in a quiet way, but the tail is somewhat alarming."
Thurber also pays tribute to his bull terrier, Rex, dead for 25 years, in an essay in the Good Dogs section. Rex, an adept retriever of sticks, once brought home a small chest of drawers, Thurber claims. Rex died after a terrible fight - but not before waiting for an hour until one of his masters came home. "Rex walked a few wobbly paces toward him, touched his hand with his muzzle, and fell down again. This time he didn't get up."
Cathleen Schine writes a moving tribute (Bad Dogs) to Buster, "a relationship that everyone who cared about me considered abusive". Schine first discovered Buster in a pet shop in Los Angeles, Steinerin a long line of caged strays. Buster had "issues", inclined to savagely bite not only himself but passers-by and his owners. Prozac didn't work. Dog trainers didn't work. After 18 months of desperately trying to help Buster, Schine had to get him euthanased and still feels guilty.
A section on Bad Dogs would not be complete without Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan (this piece also written by Gladwell), who runs the Dog Psychology Centre in south-central LA where he takes in people's "problem dogs" (47 at the time of writing) and trains them for a minimum of two weeks. Millan's technique is remarkable. He uses posture and gesture to communicate with aggressive dogs in highly dangerous situations. His back story is also fascinating: he fled across the Mexico-US border when he was 21 and started working in a LA dog-grooming salon. His wife recalls that for the first few years of their marriage he was a "macho-istic, egocentric person" who gave all his attention to his dogs. She made him get into therapy where he took notes when he was told his wife needed affection and love. "That's it!" he said. "It's like the dogs. They need exercise, discipline and affection."
Rich Bitch (in Top Dogs) is the gruesome tale of American hotelier Leona Helmsley, who left "a trail of ruin - embittered relatives, fired employees and, fatefully, unpaid taxes". Her best friend was her Maltese bitch, Trouble. Trouble did ensue when Helmsley made a will allowing $12 million for the care of the dog after she died, two years later, and billions more going to a foundation for the care of animals. The family was cut out. As one observer put it, "What would make this dog (Trouble) happy is for a loving family to take it in. The dog doesn't want the money."
So The Big New Yorker Book Of Dogs is about the complex relationship between humans and dogs, often fraught with misjudgment and misunderstanding. One cartoon sums it up. An older dog is telling a smaller dog: "All dogs go to heaven, because we're not the ones who screwed up."


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I got this recipe from a California cousin back in 1953, and it's just as popular with my family now as it was then. The slow simmering really blends the tastes.—LaVerne Creamer, Paducah, Texas
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- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 1 can (28 ounces) stewed tomatoes
- 2 cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce
- 1 can (8 ounces) sliced mushrooms, undrained
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground sage
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup water
- Cooked pasta
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the remaining ingredients except pasta and cheese.
- Simmer, uncovered, for 1-1/2 hours or until the sauce is as thick as desired, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaf. Serve with pasta; sprinkle with cheese. Yield: 4-6 servings.
Originally published as Herbed Italian Meat Sauce in Country Ground Beef 1993, p78
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Rivers earns top money and hasn't won a thing. Money can't buy championships.
That said, I'm fine with what Eli is making. I'd rather have him than face the alternative.
Joe Flacco wants Drew Brees money, Mike Wallce, Percy Harvin & Victor Cruz want Larry Fitzgerald/Calvin Johnson money, hell.. even Cliff Avril was saying he wanted a Mario Williams type contract.
With the ceilings on these contract being raised and the cap remaining flat, it's going to be ridicolous trying to hang on to talent.
If Flacco gets his 20 million, how much does Eli get when he gets his extension?
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Back in the late 50's it was Cedar Creek in Louisville. 1/4 mile dirt (yes dirt-oiled dirt to be exact). After about 2 years they did asphalt the launching pad. Occasional trips to the Hwy. 60 1/8 mile track in Hardinsburg, Ky. After Ohio Valley (Louisville) opened it's 1/8 mile thru the late 70's it was the one with side trips to Bluegrass 1/4 mile in Lexington, Ky. Ohio Valley and Hwy. 60 were the best. Both are still open. Hwy. 60 used to have really big name drivers (Hubert Platt's Georgia Shaker 427 Falcon, Mr. 5 and 50 Dodge, etc.) and Southern Style Match Races (3 runs with burnouts on resin). Bluegrass had Ohio George Montgomery's 427 SOHC Ford Cammer Anglia gasser once and also Connie Kallita's AA/Fuel 427 SOHC Ford Cammer dragster-first track run over 200 MPH. Great times!
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Resident Curmudgeon
This is a really good thread.
Just to keep it simple:
- Summit Point ("Home Track")
Summit Point Main is pretty much a yawn fest for the focus. At least until you get to the turn 3-7 complex that starts with "The Chute". Downhill - off camber turn that can get really exciting with throttle lift. Spin, Spin, Spin...hello wall.
Summit Point Shenandoah is a giant autocross with a couple of "gotchas" thrown in. It is a 2.3 mile course with 23 turns. It is VERY easy for smaller wheelbase cars to run down high horsepower monsters and overtake. It is a great "training track", but I would not want to race there as the surface is very narrow and there is minimal run off room.
- Virginia International Raceway (VIR)
The most beautiful track I've ever been to. There really is a "country club" atmosphere and that applies if you drive a focus or a Ferrari. Unfortunately, in stock trim, our cars do not perform very well here. LOOOOOONG straights favor the ultra high horsepower cars and there are not many tight portions (FULL course) that allow us to catch up and exercise an advantage. Still, everyone should run this track if given the chance.
- Road Atlanta
LOVE this track! The tight portions combined with the elevation changes make it a really amazing experience to drive. Key thing to remember is small steering corrections. If you get too crazy, you are bouncing and that is bad juju ... Much like VIR, the long straights favor the HP club, but there is ample opportunity to earn some respect.
- Mid-Ohio
Personally, I find the track to be one of the LEAST technical tracks out there. It flows very well and with the exception of surface changes (and knowing where they are) it is pretty straight-forward and easy to drive. A lot of people do not like the "Madness" complex, but cars like ours seem to really make up ground there.
- Watkins Glen
One of the few tracks that scare me. Not because of the technical nature of the course, but rather the legacy, history, and nostalgia. To think that I- a lowly focus schmuck, ran over the same surface as Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Mario Andretti, and just about any other motorsports pioneer you can name, is a bit intimidating. Add to that if you take out any gaurdrail or ARMCO material, you pay for it. Really tough pill to swallow - especially after you total your car.
- Roebling Road
Fun track, but after 2 sessions, it became VERY boring. It is completely flat. So much so that I found it distracting because I could see other cars 3 complexes in front of me and my mirrors would also show cars 2-3 complexes behind me. I wish I could say that I am just that fast, but....not so much
- Daytona
Call it Jerusalem, Mecca, the Vatican or Everest, it is an amazing place. Interestingly enough, not that difficult to drive fast - once you get over the fear. The banking plays with your head a little bit in the sense that you have to hammer down or you will feel like you will fall over. At the exit of the banking, the transition to level pavement is not "subtle" :-) The down side is the expense of running the course. Depending on the club, it can be BIG dollars to run there.
- Limerock
Gorgeous track. When he was still living , Paul Newman was a frequent participant and just a "regular guy" in the paddock. Great experience to be on track with him. For me, the only tricky part of the track is the downhill run that leads onto the main straight. Truthfully, that has less to do with talent and more to do with..."BIG brass ones". Flat out downhill into a 90 degree right hander is enough to make you pucker.
- New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP)
Been there once on the Thunderbolt course. Very easy to drive fast. Turn 1-2 can be a little interesting, but navigating it is all about throttle management. I know it is the same ownership as VIR, but I think NJMP has the potential to be more successful.
Keep the SHINY side up!!
I hope to get out West next year to experience how the other half lives...
FORMER Avenging Moderator of the Apocalypse and Leader of the Axis of Oversteer
"I live with fear every day and sometimes, she lets me race."
2002 SVT Focus... Stock
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been doing track days since 2007, started racing this year.
I think I've logged over 2000 miles on track to date. running with EMRA, NASA and now racing mostly with SCCA
Track list:
A good range of my videos are up on you tube here....
http://www.youtube.com/user/fsp505Favorite tracks - well since a bad day on track is always better than a good day at work, I find something I like at every track, but if I had to choose one, it would be Watkins Glen since it's got the history behind it and actually being there the first time for me was quasi religious experience. Having raced there now if only once means I can die in peace.
Here's my pros & cons list.
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I kind of get around
Autobahn North & South 2 Days Average at best.
Buttonwillow Park 5 Days A dusty old cottonfield that isnt bad.
Calabogie 1 Day This is a fun track in Canada ehh?
Charlotte Motor Speedway: 4 Days Not bad for a roval.
Gingerman: 3 Days Not my cup of tea, but friends seem to like it. Get ice cream at Shermans.
Hallett (Both Directions): 2 Days A dirty old girl that doesnt give you an inch of help, a real challenging course to drive well.
Heartland Park: 2 Days There are two kinds of weather here, hot and windy and cold and windy. The KC BMW Club has an event there called "Surface of the Sun".
Laguna Seca: 8 Days Very challenging but doesnt seem to flow well for me.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway: 2 Days Infield road course, nothing special.
Mid America (MAM): 2 Days Been there done that, didnt buy a T shirt.
Mid Ohio: 4 Days A difficult course in the dry and treacherous when wet. A V6 rental Mustang will carry the left front over Madness.
Miller East & Long Course 3 Days God it is long and flat.
Mosport: 2 Days You have to screw up your courage to go fast. Fairly easy to drive but if you make a mistake it will hurt badly,very badly.
New Jersey Thunderbolt 1 Day A surprisingly fun track that has elements of VIR(the esses before the bridge), Calabogie and Gingerman.
Putnam Park 2 Days Okay, but nothing special.
Pikes Peak 2 Days An okay roval, but small.
Road America 11 Days See below.
Road Atlanta 2 Days I havent driven it since the improvements but the esses are a blast. It is just out of my top five.
Sears Point 9 Days See below.
Sebring 10 Days See below.
Summit Point Main, Jefferson & Shenandoah 19 Days A lot of variety depending on the circuit. My first track day was on Summit Point Main.
Texas World Speedway (both directions) 8 Days This is a fun track. It is old, decrepit and fast. I like it better clockwise. Great BBQ in College Station.
Thunderhill Park 6 Days A dusty old rice/sunflower field that isnt bad.
VIR 1 Day See below.
Watkins Glen 18 Days See below.
Willow Springs 2 Days A fast, good old fashioned natural terrain course, did I mention it is FAST. I can still see Ken Miles man handling a GT 350 around there.
The top five are:
Road America; you cant beat the Brats and RFG potatoes. There is nothing else like the Kink through Kettle Bottoms coming into Canada Corner at speed.
Watkins Glen; if you dont get wood coming up through the esses while flat out you are not alive, even women Also diving into the Bus Stop then getting back on the gas for the Carousel then down into the Boot, what a ride. They charge for repairing and repainting the Armco so mind your manners. Have to stay at the "rustic" Seneca Lodge. Free WiFi but no telephones???
Sebring; old, flat, rough and fast. Looking up above the garage stalls and reading off the manufactures that have won the 12 Hours is inspiring. From turn 5 to 16 is an absolute blast and as fast as any of the straights.
Sears Point; a natural terrain course that flows well and is challenging. It used to look like someone dropped asphalt on the side of a hill exactly where it needed to go before they started improving it for NASCAR.
VIR; long, fast and simply beautiful. From turn 3 to the Oak Tree, it just doesnt get any better than this.
Anyone ran Grattan?
That's the only road course I've ever ran a car on. Kind of rough pavement, can easily upset your car mid-turn. The back hairpin is a lot of fun, before the long uphill sweeping straight. I can't believe some of you guys haven't been there with all the tracks you've run.
Jeremy Clarkson on Detroit: God may have created the world in six days, but while he was resting on the seventh, Beelzebub popped up and did this place.
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Focus Jr. Enthusiast
WOW!! Great replies already!!
I'm really jealous of shlbygt! 25 tracks!!!
WeeAsp and I have raced some of the same asphalt; 6 tracks in common!
So here's my list:
New Hampshire Motor Speedway (north chican south oval and north chican south chicane)
Lime Rock Park
Watkins Glen (short and long)
Road Atlanta
Virginia International Raceway
Mid Ohio
Nelson Ledges
Roebling Road
New Jersey Motor Sports Park, Lightning
I'll give my review and rankings later. Too damn much typing and not enough time.
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Resident Curmudgeon
Shelby is a track WHORE!
I just wish that I had more time to devote. Can't wait to see you back at Summit Point next year.
Wizard and TB -
I am sure that we will see each other at events on the East Coast.
Look here frequently for track day announcements. The events that I run at VIR and Summit are "race car friendly" and we put you in the advanced groups. They are GREAT opportunities for "test and tune" days before race weekends.
See you at the track!
FORMER Avenging Moderator of the Apocalypse and Leader of the Axis of Oversteer
"I live with fear every day and sometimes, she lets me race."
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If the stars align correctly around Memorial Day we'll be doing Sebring 5/22-23with Track Guys, VIR 5/28-30 with SCMC and the Glen 5/31-6/1 with Joe Quaranto/PhoenixCMR.
I'll be looking for filler tracks like Roebling Road, Road Atlanta, Carolina Motorsports Park, etc between Sebring and VIR on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday to complete another Track Dawgs tour.
We're looking at a Canadian tour in late August with an evening at ICAR (http://www.circuiticar.com), Mt. Tremblant with a Porsche/Audi group, Calabogie with 3ballsracing and on to Mosport after the ALMS race. We were able to do Calabogie and Mosport this year but didn't have time for the other two.
I was able to pick up four new tracks on the east coast this year (VIR, NJMP, Calabogie & Mosport) and I have a 04 PWSC SVT wintering in Myrtle Beach for next year's events.
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3X optical zoom with basic elements (as in no ED or APO), macro focus range is only 2". Of course it is Canon, but it's fairly basic. And quite frankly, you can place two photo's side by side of the same subject, one composed through the view finder, one composed through the LCD, and chances are, the one composed through the view finder is going to be better.
I actually get a kick out watching people using the LCDs to compose their shot's. The subject moves and they try to coordinate their tracking with it and end up with half the subject, not a problem when it's a stationary subject I suppose, but in my opinion, the best results always come from the view finder. You'll generally notice things in the view finder that get ignored through the LCD.
For $309, you can get a lot more camera features you may not even know you want or need until you find yourself without them.
I would recommend the Canon 1S IS if that's the brand you want. It's a bit more, but the zoom is great, although minum focus is a bit sad, but the image stabilization system would be a huge plus in aquarium photography allowing for handheld shots in low light. Thelens is also fairly fast with an aperature of 3.1 at full zoom.
Price a zoom lens in that range and speed eh.
Of course the trade off is a lower resolution (most likely not a problem really, a 3.2 will give you a very good 8 X 10 in a digital printer) and is more than sufficient for any online application.
For a tight budget I would recommend the canon A95, exellent and I especially like the "flip out" lcd, allow you to take pictures from difficult angles.
It´s hands down the best camera money can buy in it´s price category. Good prica at bhphotovideo.com
Well heres the thing:The SLR I was looking at was the Canon 20D which is an awesome camera. I don't like the feel of the Eos 300d, the entry level slr plus that ones about $900.The cheapest your gonna find the 20D is $1400 with one lens. I've been drooling over that camera since Thanksgiving. I simply can't afford it. I'm a Canon Guy, have been since the early eighties. I just picked up the Canon Powershot pro1 for $535 on E-bay, thats a price I can live with it does everything that I want it to and its 8mp with a 28-200 lens. I can put up with a little "noise" in the 8mp setting, most of my pictures wont be in that high res anyway. Bang for the buck was what I was after. I'll let you know what I think of it when I get it.
Originally Posted by Ibn
Just read through the review on this camera. Not too impressed by it, especially with the price tag that it carries (brings it into the range of the Canon 300D and within range of the D70). Last page of the review with the conclusions:
Just posted some pictures taken w/the D70 w/various lenses.
Non-aquatic subjects:
Aquatic subjects:
Originally Posted by m.lemay
Go back to the first page of this thread, theres a great link to a reviews site with lots of info. Based on that site I just put a bid on a Canon Powershot pro1 on eBay. Good luck!
Just posted some pictures taken w/the D70 w/various lenses.
Non-aquatic subjects:
Aquatic subjects:
|You could get one of those Kodak Underwater disposables and just stick you head in the tank! Wet but cheap, I should put this in the DIY section.
|Oh yeah...forgot to mention this to everyone that's looking for a camera. Head on over to pbase (www.pbase.com) and run a search on the camera. Lets you view pictures which were taken with the camera.
Originally Posted by djlen
This is very interesting because I am right now looking for a digital camera and have absolutely no idea what to get. Or how much to spend!!!!!
I used to be into photography with regular(film inside) cameras, but where can I find a price/options/versatility type site that will explain things as well? And I need to be talked to like a 2-year-old on this.
I want something that I can use to take picture of my tanks and also to take nice family pictures at get-together's etc. Doesn't have to be fancy or expensive.
All this is so off topic, but it's just the kind of thread I needed at this point.
This is very interesting because I am right now looking for a digital camera and have absolutely no idea what to get. Or how much to spend!!!!!
I used to be into photography with regular(film inside) cameras, but where can I find a price/options/versatility type site that will explain things as well? And I need to be talked to like a 2-year-old on this.
I want something that I can use to take picture of my tanks and also to take nice family pictures at get-together's etc. Doesn't have to be fancy or expensive.
All this is so off topic, but it's just the kind of thread I needed at this point.
I have an Olympus C740, which is a 3.2MP point and shoot with a 10X (380mm 35mm equiv) Optical zoom and a macro mode with focusing down to 1.2" in macro mode. I've found it to be very good for aquarium photos, plus it's a great camera to carry around with you in case sasquatch runs out in front of you. It has every setting from full auto to full manual (including focus). You can pick one up for around $250.00.
The lens is what sold me on the camera, and for the money, I'd put it up against anything Canon has in the same price range, and I'm a fairly fanatic Canon person, all my film equipment is Canon, but quite frankly, I haven't found a situation yet where the Olympus hasn't delivered. The film equipment has been spending more and more time in the bag at home.
Originally Posted by m.lemay
Definitely look for something with macro capability and manual settings. My next camera will probably be a Canon digital SLR. I'm saving my$$$.
Dpreview is definitely a great site for camera reviews, even though they might be more skewed towards the Canon brand. Still a great source of info. I would go there and read up on the camera and visit the forums. Then, head out to a camera store and try out the camera(s) that you're interested in. You won't be using a camera as much if it doesn't feel comfortable in your hands.
Lastly, the price of the camera doesn't mean that you'll end up w/great pictures. Takes a lot of practice and getting used to the camera. Take for instance, DSLRs, there's a big price difference b/w Canon's D300, Nikon's D70, and Canon's 20D. You can either take great or poor pictures with any of them. What really matters is the glass that you use.
Also, the best shots are achieved by using no room lighting, no flash...just the lighting inside the tank. This is why control over the aperture, shutter speed, white balance...all that good stuff.
Adobe's 'lite' version of photoshop is pretty cheap (or free with some scanners/cameras) and should help you tweak the final shots.
|Don't forget about ebay as a source for cameras. I've purchased two from there. A Canon A75 and a Nikon Coolpix 4500. Gave the Canon to my son for Christmas and kept the Nikon because of its great macro capabilities.
|I suspect that Cornhusker has been a bit overwhelmed by these responses unless he's been researching cameras and knows what all these terms mean . Visit dpreview for sure. Most excellent resource if you're looking for a camera. There is a search feature that lets you choose the options you want on the camera (manual, zoom, external flash, etc.,) and the budget you've got and then will compare them side by side. Myself is going with the Fujifilm S7000 as I think I'll get the most bang for the buck on this one, it's got the features I want, and the shortcomings it does have I feel I can live with (they've all got something unless you're willing to pay way over a grand.) Of course it's still close to $500 . I'm saving my pennies .
|DPreview is a great website for sure. Canon is at the top of the heap, for sure. However, I would recommend a D70 over the Rebel anyday. I own Fuji S2s because I have Nikon glass. They are great DSLRs too. IMHO, just pick which company you want to stay with because the glass will cost more than the camera over the long haul, Canon not withstanding. $8K for their flagship 1Ds MarkII! What is it, 16 mp, with better than medium format resolution. I guess if you need some Discus macro shots, that is THE camera to own.
At the moment I have an HP850 4mp 8x optical zoom, had it for more than 2 years, and it has been great so far. But soon I am going to change it for something better.
I also have a Nikon 4100 (actually i bought it for the gf) this is supposed to be great for marco shots, but I havent really tested it yet.
In the next couple of months I will be getting either a Canon Digital Rebel or Nikon D70 or the new Olympus Evolt E300. Either of which are supposed to be great. Check out www.dpreview.com for the best reviews around.
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