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Rich Tamarack Swamp
Rich tamarack swamp is a groundwater-influenced, minerotrophic, forested wetland dominated by tamarack (Larix laricina) that occurs on deep organic soils predominantly south of the climatic tension zone in southern Lower Michigan. This natural community type was known as relict conifer swamp in previous versions of the natural community classification.
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Landscape Context
Rich tamarack swamp occurs in outwash channels, outwash plains, and kettle depressions throughout southern Lower Michigan. The community is often found where groundwater seeps occur at the bases of moraines. Rich tamarack swamps typically occur in association with headwater streams and adjacent to inland lakes. In large wetland complexes, rich tamarack swamp is typically associated with southern shrub-carr, prairie fen, southern wet meadow, and emergent marsh.
The organic soils underlying rich tamarack swamp are typically comprised of deep (> 2.5 m) peat containing large amounts of woody debris and occasionally layers of sedge-dominated peat. The soil profile often contains or is underlain by marl, a calcium carbonate precipitate that accumulates as sediment in shallow lake bottoms. Because glacial till in southern Michigan is typically high in calcium and magnesium, the groundwater discharge into rich tamarack swamp has high levels of alkalinity and dissolved calcium and magnesium carbonates.
Natural Processes
Windthrow, insect outbreak, beaver flooding, and fire are all important forms of natural disturbance for rich tamarack swamp. Trees growing in the anaerobic conditions associated with a high water table and peat soils tend to be shallowly rooted and are thus, especially prone to windthrow. The light gaps created by windthrow help to regenerate tamarack and maintain the community's dense shrub layer. In addition, the coarse woody debris and pit and mound microtopography that results from windthrow add to the community's complex structure and floristic diversity.
Periodic outbreaks of larch sawfly (Pristophora erichsonii) and eastern larch beetle (Dendroctonus simplex), both native insect species, and the introduced tamarack casebearer (Coleophora laricella) can cause significant mortality of tamarack. The defoliation associated with an insect outbreak results in increased light reaching the understory, which may promote tamarack regeneration and high shrub-layer density. However, these defoliation events also promote the growth of red maple, which subsequently reduces the amount of light available to the understory and ground layers and results in lower species richness.
Due to the strong influence of groundwater, water levels in rich tamarack swamps tend to fluctuate less than in many other wetland types. However, the community is subject to seasonal water fluctuations and long-term flooding associated with beaver dams or blocked road culverts. Although the roots of tamarack form elevated hummocks that allow it to withstand small-scale water level fluctuations, prolonged flood events result in tamarack mortality and the conversion of rich tamarack swamp to emergent marsh, southern wet meadow, or southern shrub-carr.
While fire is not a frequent form of direct disturbance in rich tamarack swamps, its influence on the surrounding landscape is very important to the successional dynamics of this community. With the widespread absence of fire in southern Michigan, tamarack, a common tree within prairie fens, has completely colonized many sites that were previously occupied by prairie fen, thus forming many of the rich tamarack swamps we see today. Additionally, fire suppression in the surrounding landscape has facilitated the increase and dominance of red maple within upland forests. As a result, red maple is now more likely to colonize rich tamarack swamps and replace tamarack, especially following disturbances such as insect outbreaks and windthrows.
The structure of this community is largely shaped by tamarack, the dominant tree species. The roots of tamarack often form extensive mats that stand elevated above adjacent pools of standing water and provide a substrate for a diverse wetland ground flora that differs from that of the inundated mudflats between root hummocks. The varied microtopography fosters biocomplexity and high species richness. Tamarack windthrows and tip-up mounds also add to the heterogeneous structure of the ground and shrub layers. Because of the open branching and spire-like shape of tamarack, the shrub layer of rich tamarack swamp receives a high level of light and is typically both very dense and diverse. The shrub layer may contain as many as 28 species, with multiple species intertwined and over-topping one another so that total shrub-layer cover may reach 90 to 130%.
In addition to tamarack, other common tree species include black ash (Fraxinus nigra), yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), American elm (Ulmus americana), red maple (Acer rubrum), swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), and in some locations white pine (Pinus strobus) and northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Common tall shrub species include poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix), winterberry (Ilex verticillata), smooth highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), gray dogwood (Cornus foemina), silky dogwood (C. amomum), swamp rose (Rosa palustris), American hazelnut (Corylus americana), nannyberry (Viburnum lentago), juneberry (Amelanchier arborea), black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia), and pussy willow (Salix discolor). Low shrub species common to rich tamarack swamp include swamp gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum), wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus), bog birch (Betula pumila), sage willow (Salix candida), swamp fly honeysuckle (Lonicera oblongifolia), alder-leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia), common juniper (Juniperus communis), shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa), and bog willow (Salix pedicellaris). Common woody vines include poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), and riverbank grape (Vitis riparia).
Because of the high frequency of canopy disturbance and open structure of tamarack, the ground flora is composed of a heterogeneous mixture of shade-tolerant and intolerant wetland plants. In addition, the stark difference in moisture levels between the elevated root hummocks and saturated muck flats also significantly increases the diversity of wetland species found in the ground flora. Common ground flora in rich tamarack swamp include the following species: nodding bur-marigold (Bidens cernua), tall swamp-marigold (B. trichosperma), false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica), bluejoint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis), marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides), Pennsylvania bitter cress (Cardamine pensylvanica), sedges (Carex comosa, C. hystericina, C. lacustris, C. leptalea, and C. stricta), water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera), spinulose woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana), water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile), rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum), bog bedstraw (G. labradoricum), stiff bedstraw (G. tinctorium), fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata), jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), cut grass (Leersia oryzoides), small duckweed (Lemna minor), northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus), tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), false mayflower (M. trifolium),sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis), royal fern (Osmunda regalis), golden ragwort (Packera aurea), clearweed (Pilea pumila), dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens), common arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), swamp goldenrod (Solidago patula), rough goldenrod (S. rugosa), smooth swamp aster (Symphyotrichum firmum), eastern lined aster (S. lanceolatum), swamp aster (S. puniceum), skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris), starflower (Trientalis borealis), and violets (Viola spp.).
While mosses, especially brown mosses (Amblystegiaceae), are prevalent throughout the ground layer, sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.) are usually only locally distributed.
Noteworthy Animals
Beaver-induced flooding can result in widespread mortality of tamarack and other species not adapted to inundated conditions. Periodic outbreaks of the larch sawfly (Pristophora erichsonii) and tamarack casebearer (Coleophora laricella) result in significant reductions in tamarack-cover, and repeated defoliation events can cause tamarack-mortality. Fall migrating songbirds and other resident birds and small mammals feed on the abundance of fruit produced by the dense shrub layer of rich tamarack swamp.
Rare Plants
- Berula erecta (water parsnip, state threatened)
- Cacalia plantaginea (prairie Indian-plantain, state special concern)
- Calamagrostis stricta (narrow-leaved reedgrass, state threatened)
- Cypripedium candidum (white lady's-slipper, state threatened)
- Drosera anglica (English sundew, state special concern)
- Filipendula rubra (queen-of-the-prairie, state threatened)
- Muhlenbergia richardsonis (mat muhly, state threatened)
- Phlox maculata (sweet william phlox, state threatened)
- Poa paludigena (bog bluegrass, state threatened)
- Polemonium reptans (Jacob's ladder, state threatened)
- Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed, state special concern)
- Valeriana edulis var. ciliata (edible valerian, state threatened)
Rare Animals
- Clemmys guttata (spotted turtle, state special concern)
- Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding's turtle, state special concern)
- Oecanthus laricis (tamarack tree cricket, state special concern)
- Neonympha m. mitchellii (Mitchell's satyr butterfly, federal/state endangered)
- Sistrurus c. catenatus (eastern massasauga, federal candidate species and state special concern)
Biodiversity Management Considerations
The presence of conifer-dominated wetlands in southern Michigan contributes significantly to the region's overall biodiversity. Protecting the hydrology of rich tamarack swamp is critical for its continued existence and may include avoiding surface water inputs to the community from drainage ditches and agricultural fields, clearing blocked road culverts, which can cause prolonged flooding, and maintaining native vegetation types in the uplands surrounding the community.
Invasion by red maple can cause rich tamarack swamp to shift toward hardwood domination, resulting in a significant decrease in shrub-layer cover and loss of shade-intolerant species such as tamarack. Reducing red maple cover in rich tamarack swamps by girdling in conjunction with trunk-application of wetland-approved herbicide may be effective in limiting its dominance. Ideally, this type of management would accompany the use of prescribed fire and removal of red maple in the upland forests adjacent to the swamp as well as hydrologic restoration where necessary. Significantly reducing red maple cover within the swamp and adjacent upland will help ensure that characteristic natural disturbance events, such as windthrow and insect outbreaks, result in tamarack regeneration rather than further proliferation of red maple.
Invasive species that can reduce species diversity and alter community structure include glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), narrow-leaved cat-tail (Typha angustifolia), hybrid cat-tail (Typha xglauca), reed (Phragmites australis subsp. australis), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), and European marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), the latter species mostly restricted to northern Michigan at present. Glossy buckthorn is probably the greatest threat to rich tamarack swamps as it is capable of completely dominating the shrub and ground layers. Removing glossy buckthorn can be accomplished with cutting, accompanied by herbicide application and by using spot-burning to eliminate seedlings. Regular monitoring for invasive species followed by prompt and sustained control efforts will help protect the ecological integrity of rich tamarack swamp and other adjacent natural communities.
Throughout northern Michigan and near the tension zone in mid-Michigan, northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) replaces tamarack as the dominant tree species in groundwater-influenced, forested wetlands. Rainwater-fed (ombrotrophic) acidic, tamarack and black spruce swamps also occur in southern Michigan and are classified as poor conifer swamp. Many large wetland complexes contain zones of both minerotrophic tamarack swamp (e.g., rich tamarack swamp) near the upland edge where groundwater seeps occur, as well as ombrotrophic tamarack swamp (e.g., poor conifer swamp) near the center of the complex. In the ombrotrophic zone, deep peat separates the vegetation from the influence of groundwater and sphagnum mosses acidify the surface peat.
Similar Natural Communities
Rich conifer swamp, hardwood-conifer swamp, southern hardwood swamp, northern hardwood swamp, poor conifer swamp, prairie fen, southern shrub-carr, and southern wet meadow.
Relevant Literature
- Curtis, J.T. 1959. The vegetation of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI. 657 pp.
- Kost, M.A. 2001a. Natural community abstract for rich tamarack swamp. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing, MI. 6 pp.
- Kost, M.A. 2001b. Potential indicators for assessing biological integrity of forested, depressional wetlands in Southern Michigan. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing, MI. 69 pp.
- Merkey, D.A. 2001. Dominant water sources of six conifer swamps of southeastern Michigan. Report submitted to Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing, MI. 13 pp.
- Reinartz, J.A. 1997. Controlling glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) with winter herbicide treatment of cut stumps. Natural Areas Journal 17:38-41.
For a full list of references used to create this description, please refer to the natural community abstract for rich tamarack swamp.
More Information
Kost, M.A., D.A. Albert, J.G. Cohen, B.S. Slaughter, R.K. Schillo, C.R. Weber, and K.A. Chapman. 2007. Natural Communities of Michigan: Classification and Description. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Report No. 2007-21, Lansing, MI.


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|Michigan Photography
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anyone you know that is not from Michigan, what they think
Michigan is like. Unfortunately, most Americans only
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Kill Your Past Before It Kills You
What would happen if you drove you car and spent most of that time looking in the rear view mirror?
First of all it would take you a long time to get where your going. You wouldn't be able to move very fast either. Secondly you there is a high probability that you would constantly have accidents. And lastly when your looking in the rear view mirror, your checking to see what's going on behind you, trying to make sure there isn't anything to worry about, which causes you to worry and be fearful.
It's clear to see that navigating your car form the rear view mirror would not yield the optimal results of driving. It's safe to say that the same thing applies to life. Navigating your life based on your past wont yield your optimal results.
Therefore you must Kill your past before it kills you.
There is absolutely nothing you can do to change the past..
Live in the moment, now is all there is.
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Field meeting
The Northants Flora Group is planning a field meeting on 30th September and 1st October to a "very under-recorded area around Banbury in the south of VC32.
"The plan is to visit the industrial areas of Banbury itself (SP44Q) on the Sunday, and Middleton Cheney and Chacombe on the Monday."
Botanists from Northants and Oxfordshire are very welcome to attend and should contact Alyson Freeman, Joint VCR for Northants., for more info.
County Recorders
The County Recorders are:
Alyson Freeman and Brian Laney.
Alyson's email: email@example.com
Alyson's phone number: 07917 130 931
Checklist of the Flora of v.c. 32, listing all species recorded, historically and currently.
Northamptonshire Flora Group
The Northamptonshire Flora Group was first formed to facilitate the publication of a new vice-county flora, which was published in 1995. Since then a small group of botanists under the leadership of the late Rob Wilson, who was County Recorder for Northants. until his sad death in 2018, have worked together to record for the Millenium Atlas, the local change project and a much expanded and completely updated Flora which was published in 2013. We are currently recording for Atlas2020 with the intention of covering the whole of the vice-county between 2011 and 2020. You are welcome to join us on any of our outings - please contact Alyson Freeman at email@example.com to find out more.
In addition to the Northamptonshire Flora Group, which covers the whole of the vice-county, there is also the the East Northants and Soke of Peterborough Group which covers the north-east of the vice-county. Meanwhile if anyone requires further information, or wishes to be added to the poll for outings, please contact Alyson Freeman at email@example.com.
Rare Plant Register
A new Rare Plant Register has been completed and is available here. This new publication now includes dot maps that cover all the known records for each species, showing in some cases the extreme contaction of the range within the vice-county over the past 150 years.
The file is huge: a pdf of 50MB, so it might take some time to download it all. Left-click to open it, right-click to download:


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Seth Combs spent his last day in CityBeat's North Park office last Wednesday after 15 months as its arts and culture editor.
"There reaches a point where it starts to feel more like a job than a passion," Combs says in a phone call. "I'm always going to be a music writer and an arts writer, but right now I feel a bit stifled and need to get back to a place where I really enjoy doing what I do."
Combs, a North Park resident who has been in San Diego for over nine years, went on to emphasize that "CityBeat didn't stifle me. It's a personal decision of mine, and it doesn't reflect on the paper...I love these guys. They're like my family. This was a very, very hard decision for me."
Combs will be moving to his mother's farm in Maryland in order to actualize his dream of becoming a farmer.
"I've always wanted to start my own farm-to-table business, where you deliver fresh food to people. It's sort of a hobby of mine. My mother lives in a part of southern Maryland where there are a lot of people from D.C. moving in and buying houses, and they all want fresh produce. My mom has a huge farm, so I figure I can do some farming for them.... If they want, I can plant a garden in their yard and cultivate it and get them doing a compost heap.
"As an indication of what the job was like here," Combs continues, "they're hiring two people to replace me."
The arts and culture post will be resumed by music listings editor Peter Holslin and former CityBeat arts editor Kinsee Morlan, who is returning to San Diego from Colorado to write for the weekly.
Says Combs, "I want to start writing again, eventually, but I just need to clear my head a little."
Go wish Seth the best in his future endeavors when he spins as DJ Meth Combz, Tuesday night, June 8, at Tin Can Ale House, with performances by Black Swans (Jon Piotrowski), Aaron Swanton, and Inkblot Propaganda (Jordan of Primitive Noyes). No flash photography.
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Love it! Can't wait to taste Seth's juicy turnip
A farmer? WTF? You do realize that Combs hates the Reader for everything it's worth...
Seth should call Jim Denevan, who just happened to be in today's paper in the supplement "Relish". Not only could he have him visit his family farm, he could then have a dinner at the farm and write about it.
Or he could join their band of merry motoring and write about it.
Good luck, Seth, we will miss you!
Keep in touch! :)
All I can do is to send off Seth much in the same way that he received me:
Good luck on the farm, Seth.
"Combs will be moving to his mother's farm in Maryland in order to actualize his dream of becoming a farmer."
File under SD on the QT!!! I am so freakin' gullible....
Buckets and buckets of FAIL! http://www.sadtrombone.com/
By the way, in order to further prove how ridiculously inept and unprofessional the editorial staff is at The Reader, you used a photo of me that is owned by a professional photographer (Alan Smith). Not only did you use it without asking my or his permission, but you credited the photo to a blog that simply pulled it off my old MySpace account. Is it really that hard to simply email me to ask for a photo? Or just simply ask me who took the photo? This is Journalism 101, people! Artists get screwed enough as is and you guys can't even pick up a phone or send an email?! Jesus, what absolute laziness!
The photo I linked in my comment is my own, and the Reader can use it anytime it wishes, for any reason at all. And Seth, good luck on that farm. Take this with you: You reap what you sow. Jerk.
Seth - Just wanted to thank you again for seeking me out for an interview after "politely but adamantly" declining comment a few days prior. I see Rosemary isn't convinced about the farm tale (http://www.sddialedin.com/2010/06/newsy-stuffs.html), and your ominous use of sadtrombone.com both here and on SDGossipScene (http://www.sdgossipscene.com/gossip/back-to-the-old-country-for-seth/) suggests strangeness at the least. As I mentioned when we talked, I've done a good share of organic farming over the years and love it. If all you'll be planting is weird disinformation, hey, that's up to you. But I'd like to believe you've got a bigger vision than that.
i thought it was all in sarcasm and found it funny...
at least the picture they used of you was actually you, seth... they had some random chick as kristen/dum dum girls... very strange... but yes, i do believe credit should be due where credit is done!
Okay, Seth pulled one over on Blurt's "new guy" - however, in so doing, he publicly reveals himself to be a liar who can't be trusted. That should finish off any slight journalistic cred he might've had in San Diego -
CityBeat has been on a solid roll since its reimagining at the hands of Dave Maass, especially its local music coverage - I was dismayed at the name calling (poorly)disguised as journalism that CityBeat seemed to embrace when Seth did his first mean-spirited Great Demo Reviews (some would say - and DID say - his work was "hateful"). I look forward to far less trashy-talk in the future --- having a strong paper like CityBeat working the same market as the very-different SD Reader can only make better reading for everyone out there ---
"reimagining at the hands of Dave Maass"
Dude, I'm just a pawn in this mothef***er.
WTF Removing the "u" wasn't good enough? You had to add in asterisks?
Naw, Maass, you're not THAT bad or I wouldn't engage you. The problem with CityBeat is that it wants to establish itself as a leftist weekly. And, it concurrently wants to establish the Reader as a right-leaning weekly, in order to establish some sort of competative leverage. It just doesn't read that way here.
CB doesn't have to read like the Reader to compete, but it wouldn't hurt if the coverage was a little bit more rounded. Feel free to champion the Democratic cause, but you might want to consider not limiting yourself to that. Air America sucked. Not so much because of their ideology, but because they weren't entertaining. Democrats would have rather listened to Limbaugh and seethed than to listen to Frankin and agree.
Yes, we should all start taking journalism lessons from Jay Allen Sanford. Don't kid yourself guy--making the Reader look (more) stupid doesn't hurt one's credibility.
Ah, Harris, spoken like a true CB fanatic. Err.. employee.
Once again Jay, you avoid the question and my original point of contention. What makes you think that it's okay to simply take a photo of me that you have no right to use and not only publish it but don't even credit the person who originally shot the photo? I don't need to go out of my way to make you guys look like idiots. You do a pretty good job doing that yourself.
I am a journalist, albeit one with an opinion of which I happily share with CityBeat's readers. When I do features on a band or artist I take the time to get the facts correct and make sure that the photographers are credited. I don't cut corners or print gossipy fallacies like the Blurt section seems to do on a regular basis. And, I actually live in the city that I write about (same can't be said for you). I may have an opinion, sometimes even disagreeable ones, but it's always clear when I'm editorializing. I'm of the opinion that a scene thrives on disagreement and criticism and I've never been one to simply say that every thing or every band is great just to be supportive. I'll leave that to you guys. What's sad is you don't even do that very well.
"Feel free to champion the Democratic cause, but you might want to consider not limiting yourself to that."
Refried, I urge you to actually survey our news coverage. As I posted on SD Rostra:
Whatever CityBeat's reputation might be, I'd like to point out that since I've been here we've covered Darrell Issa's health care proposals and Joel Anderson's efforts to hold PERA accountable critically, but ultimately positively. We've also slammed Democrats, including Ben Hueso, Mary Salas/Juan Vargas and Francine Busby. When we reported on shady tariff earmarks by members of Congress, the Dems got more ink.
Further, the Republicans earned three out of the five blossomiest spots in our Turd & Blossoms column round up. (Of course they won three out of the five turdiest too).
So, in other words, we might lean progressive, but we do make an effort to be fair.
Seth, you didn't have an issue with the idiot that posted the picture in his idiotic blog (which I would link here but it's too idiotic and contains at least one pornographic image). The fact that the image is still in the idiotic (and thankfully now defunct) blog makes you seem hypocritical.
And Dave, one thing I'll commend you guys on is your election-night live-blog thing, it sounds like fun. But, it sort of proves my point, too. Guests include Carl Luna (flaming liberal PolySci Prof. and proud of it), Chris Crotty (Democratic Party campaign guru), Doug Porter (of the self-described "progessive" OBrag), and Paul Bowers (left-leaning photographer/blogger). You did throw in a token Republican in Barry Jantz, and a token Libertarian in Gayle Falkenthal (but then aren't ALL Libertarians pretty much token?), so build that roundtable strong and bolt it too the floor or it might tip over (to the left, of course). Being fair would probably be better accomplished by having an equal amount of ideologies represented. But I'm guessing that you're going to have fun with it in any case.
I do have an issue with that guy taking the picture and using it on his blog, but as you said, it's just an "idiotic blog," and I do not hold him to the same standard that I would an actual newspaper. That may be somewhat hypocritical, but the fact that a supposedly reputable news organization like The Reader makes the same mistakes that an "idiotic blog" does really doesn't make me look like the dumbass here and you can spin it any way you want but you know that your boys fed up. In fact, you guys didn't even make the same mistake as the blogger. The Reader's f-up was worse. The Reader took a photo off a blog and just assumed that he took it without asking him or the subject of the photo. On no part of that blog does he indicate that he took the photo and it's asinine to think that he actually had the gumption to take such a photo. Moreover, it's fairly easy just to email me and say, "Hey Seth, who took this photo and do you mind if we use it?" I would have said yes although, as I mentioned, I do not own the rights to that photo as it was taken by a professional photographer at a party so I would have had to get the photographer's permission first. Either way, no one contacted me for a photo and the fact that you just pulled a photo that is somebody else's property and then credited the wrong person is just downright lazy, not to mention illegal.
And I love how you guys never answer the question. ANSWER THE QUESTION!! What makes you think that it's okay to simply take a photo of me that you have no right to use and not only publish it but don't even credit the person who originally shot the photo? We had the same argument when it came to the GossipScene girl and you guys kept playing stupid and tried to pass the buck. And don't preach that nonsense like, "Oh, well you let a blogger use it so why not us?" The difference is that I have a sense of humor when it comes to that blog. I do not have a sense of humor when it comes to journalistic indolence.
RE #23: Not sure who you're screaming at in caps, but I can't answer a question I know nothing about. Only editorial knows how the photo sitch works -
I feel safe assuming that their editorial methods comply with all attendant considerations and legalities, seeing as how the Reader and countless other publications seem to have been applying the same methodology for years now (whatever that methodology and the reasoning behind, I have no idea), with no apparent problem.
I applaud the original reason you gave Rosey at sddialedin for your departure from CityBeat, in essence to refresh your writing muse. You could clearly use such a sabbatical, and I maintain hope that your future writing will someday at least approach the distinctness and quality of local-centric contemporaries like Ed Decker, Enrique Limon, Dave Maass, and Kinsee Morlan (to name a few strong CityBeat contribs), not to mention the majority of writers currently doing work for the Reader.
Seth, I think you're missing the point. Isn't it just a tad duplicitous of you to grant an interview and tell a bald-faced lie and then scream about a lack of journalistic integrity and the snatching a photo of you - an image which actually fits the story well - from a weblog where you commented that the writer was actually doing a good job?
Gringo-No, you're missing the point. Who lied? As far as you know, that could have been my intention all along. I might have changed my mind about moving. I might still be going. I might have been fing with you guys. But you'll never know, because the interview was conducted almost a month ago and is only now running in the paper. Don't you dare accuse me of lying. It's that kind of conjecture that gets The Reader's reporters in trouble in the first place. I cannot believe you guys! You sit here and honestly argue that your paper has done nothing wrong. I'm not arguing about the fing story! I'm arguing that The Reader swiped a pic that they had no right to use and to add insult to injury, they ran it without giving the photographer credit. The blog you refer to is funny and satirical and I gave him permission (albeit, after the fact) to use that pic. What The Reader did is illegal!!! I'm not going to explain it to you all over again as I had to here:
Jay-Once again, you're passing the buck. That's always your argument: "It's not my fault. It's the Reader that handles that." Don't you care enough to check your facts and make sure that the artists who "provide" the photography at least get credited for their work? You get paid for what you do. Why shouldn't they? The last piece you did on me was filled with inaccuracies and when I pointed that out to you, you passed the buck then as well. You didn't even contact me for the story and it was about me! Even the guy who wrote the song about me (which you were writing about) called you out on your bulls*** reporting.
I honestly believe that you've never read any of my stuff aside from a few negative local music reviews and a few that were convenient to your arguments that I'm "mean spirited". While you were spinning gossip and rehashing Locals Only stories, you probably didn't notice that I was doing vastly more positive articles on local bands than negative ones. If you didn't think what I was doing was at least worthwhile, why would you write about me so much? Sure, I may have an opinion, but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone complaining that I get the facts wrong which certainly can not be said for the Reader's music "reporting" or lack thereof. Absolute. Lazy. Copycat. Drivel.
In the case of the photograph, the fact that you have no idea on the legalities of the matter only proves further how unqualified you are to be a reporter and how shady The Reader's editorial policy is. That photograph is the artistic property of someone else and The Reader's publishing of it is illegal. I'm sorry, but there is no arguing around that. And as much or as many times as you just try to point out how lame I am as a writer or how liberal CityBeat is or whatever rouse you guys want to use, you can't or you just simply refuse to just come out and say, "Yeah, you know what? The Reader messed up on that one. I'll let them know that they should run a correction."
You owe your readers and the photographer a correction in the paper. What's more, you owe the photographer money. I've already contacted him to let him know he should bill The Reader forthwith.
"Don't you dare accuse me of lying."
I'm pretty sure I already have. Of course, photos of yourself harvesting your first crop of organically grown radishes would go a long way toward making me look like the foolish one here.
27 - You're still so delusional that you think any time one reporter covers the same subject as another, one must be a "copycat" (not the first time you've cracked me up over "rehashing Locals Only stories" I've never read and/or that I wrote and the Reader typeset before any CityBeat coverage saw print!) --
And you're still wont to fabricate specious and demonstrably incorrect claims like "Even the guy who wrote the song about me (which you were writing about) called you out on your bulls*** reporting"
Oh really? And where/when pray tell was this supposed calling out? Do you mean in the comments section following the article you reference, wherein the songwriter (Rob Deez) takes responsibility himSELF for citing an incorrect date THAT HE GOT FROM THE CITYBEAT SITE? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/oct/28/blurt2
If Deez ever DID call me out on story bulls***, anywhere other than within your own cloudy headspace anyway, I invite clarification!
However, given your tendency toward self aggrandizing delusion ("They're all copying me at Blurt!"), and due to your apparent inability to repeat something you've read without twisting the words AND the speaker's intent (Deez was backing up the Reader report, not "calling out" the writer's "bulls***") to suit your amusing delusion, it seems pointless to further engage you RE these matters.
(And that's when JAS walked away humming Deez' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCYD2L... --- which for some reason reminds him of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9EWc... )
(I still do applaud and encourage Seth's original stated intent at sddialedin, to use his CityBeat departure to reconnect with his creative muse - we are what we create, so I would champion any such brave endeavor)
BTW, the issue of photo rights via the internet does indeed merit discussion, and perhaps even investigation - I'm just not qualified to weigh in myself, and I'm not interested in the topic enough to write an article or do further research. Not passing the buck - to write for the Reader, I don't need to know how the photos are chosen, any more than I need to know the brand of ink used at the printers or the gasoline grade preferred by delivery drivers.
Unless I'm shooting pics for my own story, which - luckily for all - I rarely do. Or when a subject provides me with a relevant pic, in which case the paper obtains permission/clearance to use (either from the subject claiming pic ownership or from the photog) and credits the photographer.
I think a retraction is in order for the next edition. It should read:
"Last week's Reader printed a farewell interview with Seth Combs, former writer at San Diego CityBeat, in the Blurt section. The Reader regrets the error."
Technically, since there is no possible way to determine that rights were violated, the issue of a lawsuit is moot. If Combs put the image in his Facebook without stating that the rights belonged to someone, and if he then permitted a blogger to use the photograph without any claim to the rights mentioned on or near the photograph, the argument could only be brought up in terms of libel, and that would have to show an intent to do harm. Combs is barking at the moon.
If Combs put the image in his Facebook without stating that the rights belonged to someone
I am pretty sure all FB photes require a disclosure that you have the rights to the photo being uploaded ....it always has required that of me anyway.
BTW-entities can use the property of others-like pics-under the "fair use" doctrine.
I am not that up to date on what qualifies but I am sure that if you are not using the pic to make money you would have a good case.
@SP If it went straight from FB to the Reader, then yeah, but that step inbetween is where the rights issue gets fuzzy.
You guys seriously make me ashamed to be a journalist. You don't need any shenanigans from me to make yourselves look like idiots. You do a pretty great job on your own. I'll leave you to it.
Maybe there's more to the story?
You don't need any shenanigans from me to make yourselves look like idiots. You do a pretty great job on your own. I'll leave you to it.
Thank you, I try hard :)
A very fitting picture indeed. Here's my review of Seth: long-time snot-nosed editor of Citybeat finds his true calling. Single-handedly responsible for creating a snooty, acerbic attitude towards San Diego music and culture, Seth's and his Citybeat minions did more to keep San Diego from becoming a music scene than any other organization I have ever known.
Seth, there is a difference between telling the truth and crap-slinging. By the way, please let us know how that's going on the farm. We all know you have enough of your own to keep that farm growing and I'm sure yours is Grade A 100% organic.
Goodbye and good-riddance!


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THIs beautiful poem in dialogue, called a drama, has but few attractions in representation, although it is the work of the celebrated author of "The Seasons."
Thomson was born in 1700, in Roxburgh, a shire in Scotland, the son of the minister of the parish of Ednam. He received his early education at Jedburgh, and was afterwards admitted to the university of Edinburgh. He was designed for the church, but the Muses presided over his inclination, and allured him from sacred study and his native land, to seek reputation, and other reward, in the capital of England.
His first pursuit was attained as soon as he published his "Winter,"—which appeared before the other Seasons—but more solid remuneration came both slowly and precariously, for, like most poets, Thomson was often in necessitous circumstances. Yet he was favoured with the friendship of Pope, and protected by the Lord Chancellor Talbot, with whose son he made the tour of Europe:—but, by the death of that son, soon after his return, and the decease of the Chancellor immediately succeeding, the poet was reduced from a degree of affluence to poverty; as he merely held a lucrative place under his patron, which fell with him. The present tragedy was first acted in 1744. Garrick was the original Tancred, and Mrs. Cibber the renowned Sigismunda.-The story is taken from "Gil Blas," and, as the author added little more than poetry to the fable, it is devoid of all that incident by which every act should be diversified, to establish the just title of a dramatic work. The soft flowing love of Tancred and Sigismunda may find admirers by the fire-side, on a long winter's evening, but can with difficulty obtain listeners in a brilliant theatre, where a thousand objects divert the attention which is not seized at once by some bold occurrence on the stage, and fastened to the subject of its concern by perpetual variety. The interest which the town has taken of late in seeing a child represent a man, has recalled this tragedy from the library once more to the theatre. But this is no proof against the dulness of the production. The taste which is irregular, will combine irregularities; and why should not exquisite verses be taken for a play, whilst an exquisite little boy is received as an actor? Mrs. H. Siddons wants nothing to make the part of Sigismunda impressive, but a Tancred of her own height. The author of this work died in the forty-ninth year of his age, of a fever he caught by imprudently taking a boat from Hammersmith to Kew, when he was previously heated by a hasty walk from London He died at his house in Richmond, a pensioner of Frederick, Prince of Wales, the late king's father, and has a monument to his memory in Westminster Abbey. Thomson appears, from all accounts received of him, to have been a man of mild and modest manners, and of depressed spirits. Dr. Johnson says he was fat, and accuses him of indolence—here is another irregularity—for Thomson was born on the other side of the Tweed.
SIGISMUNDA and LAURA.
Sig. Ah, fatal day to Sicily! The King Touches his last moments! Laura. So 'tis fear'd. Sig. Laura,'tis said the heart is sometimes charged With a prophetic sadness: such, methinks, Now hangs on mine. The King's approaching death Suggests a thousand fears. What troubles thence May throw the state once more into confusion, What sudden changes in my father's house May rise and part me from my dearest Tancred, Alarms my thoughts. Laura. The fears of love-sick fancy! Perversely busy to torment itself. But be assured your father's steady friendship, Join'd to a certain genius, that commands, Not kneels to fortune, will support and cherish, Here in the public eye of Sicily,


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My allergies know no moderation. I would have taken over the world long ago if it weren't for the constant, jarring interruptions of sneezes.
Nobody likes sneezes*, but my brain is particularly hard hit by them. It would seem that puppies and I both suffer from amsneezia, a condition in which the afflicted entity momentarily forgets the all the answers to the w questions (who/what/when/where/why) after sneezing.
Smoking, incidentally, seems to help moderate the frequency of amsneezia attacks. Staying away from cats also helps.
Amsneezia would be cute and silly if it happened infrequently. But every fucking time I sneeze I lose touch with reality.
Such is the tragedy of my life.
* While researching the topic, I found this link through Google. And here I thought I was up-to-date on all things fetish.


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How The NYPD Nabbed 'Kill Jews' Flier Suspect
Good detective work, technology, luck and a cooperative boss led to arrest of livery cab driver.
In the course of investigating a spate of anti-Semitic leafleting spanning 16 months, two detectives from the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force kept coming across pieces of a logo on the back of the nasty missives.
Sometimes they saw an X, or sometimes a Z.
The paper slips — which carried the message "Kill the Jews" scrawled with a black Sharpie pen — were sent to the forensics lab to be tested for DNA or fingerprints. But when they were returned to the task force, Detectives Faisal Khan and Al Provenzali were intrigued by four out of the more than 100 scraps found at 13 locations in Manhattan, 11 in Brooklyn and one each on Queens and the Bronx.
Eventually, it dawned on them that the scraps formed the logo of XYZ Luxury Sedan Service in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a company they knew well. Khan and Provenzali, who each had eight years of experience on the task force, had investigated two incidents of anti-Muslim hate mail against the company's owner, Mohamad Mowad, which took place in 2002. The investigation ended with an arrest of a former employee in 2007.
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"He played a key role in the investigation," said the inspector.
Once the link to XYZ was established, the trail was easy to follow. Some of the torn pages were from a Taxi and Limousine Commission-issued trip sheet and contained pieces of handwritten information. Mowad was able to match the fragments with intact copies submitted to him and thereby identified a suspect, Dimitrious Apolonides, 37.
Mowad wanted to fire the driver, who had 17 years with the company, as soon as he was tied to the crime, but the detectives asked him not to so they could continue the investigation. "They wanted us to keep it quiet for a while," Mowad told The Jewish Week.
"It made no sense," said the Egyptian immigrant who became a U.S. citizen 35 years ago. "[Apolonides] is very close friends with my vice president, who is Jewish and the head of sales who is an Israeli Jew. So I was shocked that he would do this stupid thing."
The next step was to check data from the GPS system installed in all of XYZ's cars that records their travel history. Cross-checking that history with the dates and locations of the leafleting incidents confirmed that Apolonides' car was in those areas at the same time, said Osgood.
The suspect's name then went to the NYPD's intelligence unit for an extensive background check for ties to hate or terrorist organizations. "That came back all clean," said Osgood. A native U.S. citizen, Apolonides, who had no criminal record, had only traveled abroad once, to Greece, 10 years ago. "It would be different if he was going to Saudi Arabia or Yemen multiple times," said the inspector.
Still, for the next three months the detectives sporadically followed and observed the suspect. A court order was not necessary as long as they tailed him in public places. The surveillance was uneventful, but the evidence they had was enough to eventually bring the cabbie in for questioning, at which time, Osgood said, Apolonides admitted to scattering the hateful messages as many as 100 times out the window of his car.
The NYPD shared its information with representatives of police departments where similar incidents took place, including Nassau and Rockland County, where similar incidents took place, and they all concluded they had their man. "There's no doubt it's the same person," said Osgood. The arrest was made on July 15.
Apolonides was charged with only one incident, though. It took place on May 13 of this year, on East 65th Street in Manhattan, outside the headquarters of the Jewish Guild for the Blind. That will allow prosecutors to pursue a charge of aggravated harassment as a hate crime, a misdemeanor, on the assumption that he deliberately targeted the institution because of religion, a violation of New York State's 2000 Hate Crimes Act.
The other incidents are not illegal because they could not be considered incitement to cause harm. "For the most part it's an act that's protected under the First Amendment," said Osgood.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s hate crimes prosecution unit is still looking into the case, but a spokesperson declined to comment.
If convicted, Apolonides faces one year in jail and a $10,000 fine. He has not yet entered a plea in the case.
Apolonides has insisted he has nothing against Jews and told police he doesn't know why he dropped the fliers.
The Anti-Defamation League is less convinced of his ambiguity.
"While the motive for this anti-Semitic leafleting spree remains unclear, there can be no doubt that this was a crime motivated by hate, and that the intent here was to spread fear through the New York City metropolitan area," said Jeffrey M. Parker and Ron Meier of the ADL's New York Region in a statement.
Osgood said the task force's top priority in catching the person responsible for the fliers was to determine the threat level. "Our concern was he would take it to the next, higher level," he said.
But asked if Apolonides was dangerous, Osgood said, "I would have to say no if I'm going to be honest with you. Doing this for eight years, there's never been a case like this. What human being does this?
"Our goal was to find him and if he's not a criminal, at least identify him and tell him, 'Hey, you've got to stop this. This is troublesome to many people.' "
Mowad said Apolonides, whose father also worked for the company, has been fired from XYZ because he "used our voucher for an illegal issue and involved us. He is out of here."
Mowad said he was disturbed by the incident. "It makes me scared. If a quiet person like that who has a family and a kid can do this, I am afraid of my neighbor."
If Apolonides is convicted, Mowad has a recommendation for the judge: "His punishment should be probation, where he visits every day the Holocaust Museum to see by his own eye how much people suffer for what they believe, and not for what they did."


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Once installed, you'll find a new Ribbon Hero buttons at the far right of your Ribbon in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word:
Ribbon Hero keeps score whenever you use these programs, but you can click the button to open up challenges and learn more by performing useful tasks, such as formatting text and adjusting margins in Word or freezing rows and using charts in Excel.
Each challenge opens up a sample file for you to work in and offers hints if you need them.
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Participants: Jon, Nadine, Jessica, Gili, Mace, Matias
Jessica lives close by in Jerusalem. I was recently introduced to her, and she had never heard of these new games. She dropped by to give them a try and enjoyed herself. She promises to return. Matias lives in Argentina and comes to Israel on business every year; this is the first time he checked out the game scene. He is an experienced player and also plans to return (the next time he is back in Israel).
Jon, Jessica, Nadine, Gili
Nadine, Jessica, and I started off with this while waiting for Gili and Mace. We were all on the same level, give or take, which is a new and positive experience for me (I typically win). We played 4 letter minimum. Gili joined us for a second and third game; being a native Israeli, she plays a three letter minimum. We all tied in the second game, but due to the three Americans cancelling out nearly all of each others' words, Gili won the last game by a reasonable margin.
Gili+, Jon, Nadine, Mace, Jessica
First play for Jessica. The trick was to find a game for five that is a good intro game for a brand new player but also not too long or too boring. I usually start new players with Settlers, but I don't have the 5-6 player expansion (I don't really like it). I suggested Power Grid, but some of the others thought it would be too long.
Tribune is a little overwhelming at first, but Jessica picked it up quickly enough. For some reason, the rule "you must play either more cards OR cards with a higher value" seems to be very difficult for some players to wrap their head around; Nadine and others corroborate this, though I never understood why. I typically get more confused when two areas of the board have similar but contradictory requirements.
On the first round, Mace mistook the light blue faction for a dark blue. As a result, he had a hand full of dark blue cards and tried to take over the light blue faction. That set him back a bit. There were a few other, lesser, mistakes of that sort. While we were playing, Matias arrived. he spent the second half of the game watching and acting as rules arbiter.
Nadine got to three out of the four required victory conditions by the second round, and looked poised to win by the end of round three. However, she lost the temporary favor of the gods, and stalled the rest of the game. I got to three win conditions in round four, with the same results. I secured the fourth condition in round five and only needed to convert my temporary favor to a permanent one. Although I peeked at the card color I needed on the board, every single card of that color was taken by other players (purely by coincidence), I didn't have any in my hand, and I couldn't pick one randomly from the stack of five.
Gili proceeded to win the game at the end of the round.
Settlers of Catan
Jessica 10, Jon 7, Matias 8
First play for Jessica. I shunted Nadine and Mace off to play Dominion so that I could hook Jessica onto the gateway game. As often happens with Settlers, the new player won, which only adds to the hook element. I think she greatly enjoyed the game.
However, I must note that once during the game, while waiting for certain resources, she said, "There's an element of Go Fish in here." Probably the most insulting comparison since Gilad said that Cosmic Encounter reminded him strongly of Munchkin.
At the beginning of the game, I warned her of my SoC maxim: when two people fight over the Longest Road, the third player usually wins. Matias started off strongly, getting to five points while Jessica and I were at 3. We both made it to 4 while he jumped to 7 by gaining the Longest Road. Matias then stalled out.
Jessica stole his Longest Road and I encouraged them both to spend the rest of the game fighting over it (humorously, of course, given my opening strategic advice). I made it to 7 points on the board with my third soldier ready to play; Matias made it to 8 points on the board, ready to steal back Longest Road. But Jessica managed to end the game with a settlement.
Mace 67, Nadine 53
Mace and Nadine played with mostly Prosperity cards, which is one of the expansions that Mace doesn't own and that Nadine is less familiar with. The first game appears to have gone typically enough.
Mace 156, Nadine 75
But wow for the second game. Mace took every Colony and tons of additional points by continuously triple playing a card that gave him points every time he bought a card; he kept buying coppers. Somehow that didn't slow down his hand, though I don't know why, exactly.
156 is certainly a high score for our group. Around the interwebs, some people have reported scores of 240 or so, and one even claimed a score in the 400s.
Jon 16, Jessica 3, Matias 2
First play for both Matias and Jessica. I played with my usual random point stacks (mixed colors and order) rather than the prescribed color and order stacking.
Matias loved the game and hopes to bring it back to his group. He pulled some early points, but he dumped again and again and again, until he had a deck of illegal dumps; 16 points worth, I think. Jessica and I dumped lightly, but I pulled in far more chips than she did.


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Wherever you stand on your linux learning curve, you will have to deal with fstab one day or the other. Fstab file is edited to configure filesystems. The process is really easier if you are well versed with fstab file. Continue reading to know more about fstab and how things work.
Every operating system has a file system table, in Linux fstab happens to be that file. Earlier in linux era, one had to manually mount any drives/files at specified locations with the help of "mount" command. Right after plugging in your device, they just didn't show up on your desktop. They were meant to be mounted manually and then further processing was done. There existed (exists) a way through which it can be done automatically, fstab was the magic wand. Fstab is used to store configurations for different file systems and it contains what to do with them, i.e., what and where to mount.
This automatic mounting can be carried out in graphical style too with the help of a tool PySDM, it is explained here.
Fstab file is found at:
You can see your fstab file by executing following command:
# gedit /etc/fstab
Columns in fstab file are separated from each other by a "tab". We will go through and explain each column in the order they appear.
This is the screenshot of my fstab file:
All the fstab entries are starting with UUIDs. These UUIDs are assigned to file systems while formatting, these are considered ideal for selecting file systems while mounting as they do not and cannot be changed. This setup is best for home users but for an advanced user who wishes to use RAID in future or uses a network based device, you should pass. To get the UUID of a partition so that you can make an entry in fstab, use blkid .
The next section in fstab denotes mount point of that particular partition. All the sections are separated by a 'tab'. While making an entry in fstab, a mount point is to be created before rebooting (as changes take effect after restarting).
The next section is type of file system for that partition. Linux supports a variety of file systems, few might need some packages to be able to perform read/write on them. We are looking only over a few of them:
→ ext3 : Most of the systems these days have ext3 linux partitions. Older systems had ext2 type filesystems but now ext3 has replaced it for its advantages. Ext3 is journaled, that is, if the power goes off and system is not properly shut down, no data will be lost, therefore, no time wasted in disc checks.
Note: Some distros are shipping with ext4 as default.
→ swap : Name stands for itself. "Swap" partition is of type "swap".
→ ntfs and vfat : You will find your pendrives in vfat format (also known as FAT32) and windows drives in ntfs format.
→ auto : When you find written "auto" in this column, it doesn't signify type but automatic detection of filesystem type.
This section of fstab contains mount options for partitions. This section can seem really confusing at first but knowing few them can get you through it. Popular ones are discussed here while rest can be checked on man page of mount .
• auto/noauto
With auto , the partition will automatically be mounted on a system boot. You can prevent a partition from automounting on bootup by editing option to noauto in fstab file.
• exec/noexec
It lets you choose whether the partition can execute binaries or not. For example, you can give a partition noexec which contains binaries and you don't want them to execute.
• ro/rw
ro is for read-only partition while rw denotes read-write partition. To be able to write on a partition, it should have rw option in fstab file.
• user/nouser
With nouser as an option, only root has privilege of mounting a partition while user allows any non-root user to mount a partition. Many users find it annoying that they can't mount a partition as a normal user, well, now you know that solution is to update your fstab file.
• sync/async
It is responsible for files being written synchronously and asynchronously. In layman words, when you issue a "copy" command on a pendrive, writing process starts as soon as command is issued but this is not the case with internal hard drives. Write operations on hard disks are not synchronised, that is, writing might start long after command was issued. This is the reason for error "wait while changes are being wriiten". This can also cause accidental data loss. If async is set, it might appear that files are successfully written but they might not be physically written.
• defaults
It sets all the default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, async.
This is the fifth column in fstab file. It has zeros and ones as entries, zero is for false and one is for true . It is an old school method of backing up. Backup will be performed if option is "1". In case of "0" option dump will ignore the partition.
fsck is short form for file system check. This makes the 6th column for fstab file. You will see 0,1 or 2 written in this section. "0" denotes that the partition will be skipped from checking. "1" is for partition which will be checked at booting time. These numbers are actually the sequence in which they will be checked. Root (/root) partition is always set at 1, partitions other than root which are supposed to be checked should be set at 2.
The "tabs" in fstab (or File System Table) are completely irrelevent; all that is needed is white space between each "cell" in the table.
The article helped me, Thanx.
What's that '2' in the FSCK section?
According to the guide that value is either 1 or 0 depending on if you want it to check or not that partition but in the screenshot there's a 2 in the boot partition.
In fsck you have a number 2, but you say only can be 0 and 1. What's the meaning of this "2"?
Is there a way of delaying a mount until after networking comes up? I have a Network File Server and get errors until the wireless comes up. Also when shutting down, the computer kills networking before unmounting the NAS which causes a long delay in halting.
Ubuntu 10.04
Hi Jim, you have to use the option _netdev, this will wait until the network is up
For fsck bit (last column)
0 –> Ignored when your system reboot or start or when you run
# shutdown -Fr now
The values 1,2…. it's nothign but priority/order ..in which 1 — always your root partition "/" and 2 for other partitions (drivers) ..
Muchas gracias
That is really helped me, Thank you, I've got a question :
is that possible to define "defaults" in options section and sure override some of defaults property.
e.g defaults, noexec ?
This is nowhere a complete guide. You have not explained uid/gid options, the meaning of various settings available and much more. You haven't even shown an example of mounting one directory into another on boot.
@Siddhartha RT:
Posting your own "Advanced Linux fstab Configuration" guide would be far simpler (and less unhelpful) that complaining that a guide doesn't cover more advanced configuration options.
One could assume that, if this guide begins with "Introduction to fstab," it most likely will not delve into the realm of more complex directives which could ultimately foul up a newbie's configuration.
That aside, there is nothing in this guide warning about the potential dangers of tinkering in your fstab – this is of some concern, if this is to be a "new user's guide."
Just wondering if boot partition is necessary for automounting. I'd prefer nomounting option but am wondering if this would corrupt bootup?
It's good to mention that if you are trying to mount ntfs (probably others too) PARTITION you'll need to use PARTUUID instead of UUID. Other way it will get to the welcome screen and X will crash soon after. Happened on Xubuntu 16.04
How to mount ntfs(non OS) nvme SSD?
/dev/nvme0n1: PTUUID="3763b7e9″ PTTYPE="dos"
It wont work by PTUUID/UUIID
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /media/Games ntfs-3g defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
seems reliable enough since I have only one nvme/M2 SSD in this setup


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Happy news for all those who are eagerly waiting for the generalized procedure to get back to their original stock ROMs. Finally, we are ready with the detailed steps which helps you to restore the original stock ROM on the mobile. In this article, we are providing the restoring technique using the nandroid backup. It is always advisable to make a backup of your original stock ROM, so that it will be very helpful to you, in case of any damage to your phone because of any custom ROMs or any firmware updates. By making a backup of your OS, you can restore it at anytime you need.
Disclaimer: androidadvices.com is not at all responsible in case of any device damage, so we kindly request you to follow the process carefully.
Root the phone:
The first and most important point to consider is, in order to backup the stock ROM, your phone should have root access. So, first of all root your phone and then start this process of backup. Rooting has many advantages and only thing to worry about is, it voids the warranty. So, root your phone and get back to this procedure to move further.
Download ROM Manager for nandroid:
Once your phone has got root access, you are ready to start the process of backing up your stock ROM. We use nandroid application for the backup process and there are various methods available for nandroid and we use "ClockworkMod ROM manager" application. This application can be used only in the rooted phones. So, rooting is a mandatory step to create a backup of your stock ROM using this process. To get the ROM Manager, just search the market and download it on to your phones.
Install recovery Image:
Once you done with the downloading ROM Manager, you need to install Recovery Image for your phone. ROM manager searches the specific Recovery Image for your phone and for that you need to tap on flash ClockworkMod Recovery as shown in the figure below. Just confirm your specific model and move on to install the Recovery Image.
Backup your phone:
After finishing the installing of recovery image, you are ready to make a backup of your phone. Tap on the "Backup Current ROM" as shown below, then the phone will reboot and starts backing up of your phone on to the SD card. Once all the backup is done, the phone boots into normal mode. You can find the backup in your SD Card under the path of clockworkmod-backup. Now, you can store this backup anywhere you want.
Restore Your phone:
So, now if some thing went wrong in any of the custom ROM you are running, then you can restore this original stock ROM very easily. To do this just open the ROM Manager on your phone and select "Manage and Restore Backup". Then click on "Restore", the phone boots and you will get back to your original stock ROM.
If you got any issues in the process, kindly mention them under the comments section below and we always try to provide the best solutions for it.
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i performed a backup, all went according to plan. flashed galaxy s4_cm-10.1.3-jflteatt which seems to be bone stock ROM. I want to go back to my original settings etc. When I try to restore from the backup… phone boots into recovery. where do I go from there to complete the restore? thx
Where I can find the back up file ,coz I want store it to my PC to use in future.
Please assist…:)
It's ver interesting this manual but I have some questions about it:
If I make a backup of my ROM, it is backupped with all my programs? I want to try a custom ROM but, if something fail, I want to restore the "old" ROM but with all the programs I have installed before.
And, if I have to restore my "old" ROM, do I have to root and reinstall the CWM on my "new" custom ROM or when I installed the CWM on my "old" stock ROMit is installed on the boot partitions or somewhere like that and I don't need to reinstall?
Thanks a lot.
Hey Amit, i installed Clockworkmod recovery 184.108.40.206 on my samsung galaxy s2 and backed up restored my data, but everytime i reboot the system, it alway opens in recovery mode and on the android os itself.
What should I do now, I'm in grave danger if my mother finds out about this. URGENT HELP PLEASE !!!
hi sir…i just want to ask you about my rom manager,bcoz it still asking for installation of cmw even if i already installed it manually.. i followed the instructions properly,did i successfully installed it? and how can i check if i installed it already?
First of all, tnx for instructions, but I have problem confirming my mobile model. I have Alcatel OT-995 and there is no that model in list when I try to make backup of my current ROM. Any suggestions?
Hello, I get a screen that says android and on the top it says enter recovery mode after I tell it to backup what should i do
Hello, I get a screen that says android and on the top it says enter recovery mode after I tell it to backup what should i do
screen's stuck on the android lying on its back with an exclamation mark in a red tiangle in the middle of its open chest. what could've been the problem? this appeared right after i clicked backup current ROM and the phone went off. Hope u can help. Thanks
When I backup it goes through the process, finishes and goes to clockwork recovery.It doesn't say that the backup was successful. Once I hit reboot now it goes back to normal. When I go back to rom manager there is no backups in the manage and restore backups.
What am I doing wrong? HTC Amaze 4g
Rooted Atrix 4G, 2.3.6, 141. When trying to backup stock ROM, the screen goes black, brings up Moto logo & says: Failed to boot 2, Starting RSD mode. Not sure what to do next. I'm assuming it failed. Any ideas? Thanks.
Hi there Im trying to backup using ROM manager but during the backup brings up an error i.e "E:failed to find "cust" can't mount "datadata"
plz reply to my query
its very urgent as m really low on RAM and internal memory so i need to root it but not without a stock rom backup this time
so plz guide me how to backup thr stock rom?
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Tab (OG 7) and I rooted it with the Overcome ROM. This is my first time rooting and I forgot to do a backup of the original stock firmware. Where can I get it from incase I want to revert back to stock again? I have been searching the net and XDA but with no success. I guess you could say I'm a noob at this.
How can i restore my Backup if the phone wont continue to boot? Can i restore the backup ROMs from the recovery console?
what is this signature verification ??
my gs2 is rooted.
i use galaxy fit……my phone isn't rebooting plzz help!!
I am new to rooting and rom related stuff.
I did root my motorola fire xt311 and deleted some of the bloatware which resulted in software corrpution and my device was bricked 😮
I was only able to open d recovery menu by pressing the volume and power buttons
I was unable to reset the phone to factory settings
All i could do was erase all data on SD card and there was one option to load a backup rom from SD
So is this thing gonna work in that case?
If yes,do i have to rename/replace it or just browse it?
Bcoz i dont wanna send it to motorola service centre for 3 days again 😀
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Always prefer to use ODIN; not Rom Manager!!!EVER
S5670 GALAXY FIT ORIGINAL STOCK ROM 2.3.6 with all tools; you can contact with me 🙂 I love to help 🙂
Rom Manager is not available for S5670 Galaxy Fit, You can not see your phone model in its list before you back up your rom. I bricked once because of Rom Manager. DONT USE THIS AWFUL APK DONT!!! Any problem (if you have) you can ask me twitter.com/serdaruzun
Hi every1…I have a Galaxy S I9000[ROOTED] Can anybody help me I am getting a error in ROM Manager when i try for backup my current Stock rom..it reboots & says signature verification failed'.?? any solution for this error…
Waiting..to get some help..
I was getting the same error. The reason for that error was that the Semaphore CWM recovery was not flashed properly. It was still using the Android recovery.
CWM was not flashed because the zip downloaded in the "Install recovery Image" step was not correct, hence had to flash CWM manually using odin and then the "Backup your phone" step worked fine.
screen's stuck on the android lying on its back with an exclamation mark in a red tiangle in the middle of its open chest. what could've been the problem? this appeared right after i clicked backup current ROM and the phone went off. Hope u can help. Thanks
Hi guys, do you have anyone EUROPEAN VESION OF ORIGINAL HTC EXPLORE A310E
ROM? I forgot to back up.. please send it to me if u can.. soundguy at seznam.cz
when will the LG Spectrum be supported?
I have a Lenovo LePhone running 2.3.7 In the Flash Clockwork recover this phone isn't listed. How do I get around this? Thank you.
I have installed Premium ClockworkMod on my Galaxy S2 after rooting it.
When I try to back up my default ROM the phone boots into recovery mode
Please help
hi i tried to backup my currrent rom (xt311) but phone never rebooted. pls pls pls give me a solution.
I did a backup of my current stock rom on SG2, installed cyanogen rom, but when I want to restore the backup with rom manager, It's still boot Cyanogen. When I launch the restore via CWM it says "error while flashing boot image". Any help ?
my Galaxy Gio wont work
i try to backup and then the device shutdown and wont turn on plz help me !
I downloaded this in my rooted fit running 2.3.6 DDKTi
but whn i tap on flash CW recovery… then a list of devices pop up.. but the things is that.. i cant find my device in that list!
please help me out with this!! :/
Clockworkmod dos not flash a new ROM on my droid3, neither does it back-up the existing ROM. It just restarts normally every time. I followed all the steps carefully. I can't actually boot in recovery either. Can anyone help PLEEEEAAASE? Thanks.
I tried to back up my rooted HTC wildfire Running Android 2.2.1
Tried two times to back up room but screen only whent black.
tried it again today and it rebooted and showed progresbar.
made a backup of my stock ROM and after that an download and installation of Cyanogenmod -188.8.131.52-buzz
Big difference in speed and performance.
I am new to all of this. I have an htc sensation 4g on tmobile. I have used revolutionary to root it, intakes clockwork recovery and have superuser. The phone is definitely rooted. I would like to try a custom room but want to be able to get back to stock if I don't like it. I have followed all the procedures on here (error obviously restore) and all worked great and I have a backup. My question is I've read to install a stock rom (by other means than your backup, like finding and downloading the stidk somewhere else for those that didn't backup) you have to have done the adb thing which I haven't done. Does this apply to re-installing your backup as well? Without doing the adb part will my stock backed up room flash back on if needed with this method? Sorry I'm very new, I've never done any of this before. Also do custom roms already have to android market on them already? Sorry this may sound stupid, I'm just trying to cover my based and questions before I try anything
I'm also getting the same error on my Galaxy S2 (rooted) when trying to backup the current ROM. I'm using ROM Manager v22.214.171.124.
I've tried to backup my stock ROM on my Creative ZEN Touch 2, so that I could use a better and more stable Custom ROM (The stock ROM SUCK!), but when I select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", *of course*, my device is not listed! "<<
What can I do? My ZEN does have potential, a great processor, but the firmware by the manufacturer is buggy, and I can't use the real potential of my device! It almost died because of this crappy unstable firmware, today! 🙁
Please help!
hay i tried to backup my stock (current)ROM by CWM. ph was reboot .there is only samsung logo and din't boot into normal mode .i tried to take into recovery mode. nothing was happen .other ways to remove CWM are in normal mode. help me all
I cant backup my current rom, i get the "!" with the android. HELP!
LG Ally
Root access
I got the same and pressed the power button. Then it gives you a list of options. Select by pressing up or down volume. Then press home button to enter.
After selecting manage and restore backups the screen only show the title it do not give me any other option.
I am trying to take backup but its just reboots into the recovery and then Android with Exclamation mark comes and then nothing. How to take backup of the ROM ?
I have an HD 2 running on android 2.2 , the my when I tap on buck up current Rom , my phone just reboots in a normal way and no buck up occurs .
Sorry, posted the above to the wrong site, but hey, if anyone has any answers for me that would be really helpfull, thanks.
I know this is ment to work, but on my S2 it will only boot into Samsung 3e recovery and no matter what i do I will always get sig fail error. I found a modded version of the 3e recovery where the sig verification has been turned off, so followed instructions to replace the file which is ment to live in /system/bin/ according to "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg" . No recovery file in that location on my phone. I did search with root explorer and found recovery file in /sbin/ renamed it, pasted in modded recovery file and rebooted. Ran CWM, went to back up ROM and still 3e recovery failed sig verification. went back to /sbin/ and the modded recovery file had been replaced with the standard one again. Please someone help get around this problem.
My phone is rooted with S2root and is running stock rom, PDA:XWKI4 Phone:XXKI1 CSC:XEUKH2
I get same problem when trying to backup current rom via rom manager.. I also get into recovery & signature verification failed.?
But I recvd update.zip & recoveryupdate.zip in my files which I placed at root level & flashed them but no difference
i got the same problem as well… is they any solution for it?
Would like this
Hello.. I installed rom manager few weeks back and went straight into backup rom (backup folder created)..
I tried above step but 2nd stage my phone went into recovery mode to backup but stopped with message 'signature verification failed'.??
Also looking at rom manager folder created update. zip file.??
Great!!! now, question, how can I check if there is an official 2.3.4 ROM for my Galaxy S? and if it exist, how can I update to it if Kies tells my XXJP (2.3.4 downloaded here)? is there a way to trick Kies? or…. is there a way to get an official stock ROM around?
We will get back to you if there is an Official update..
Cool Trick………my friend applied….!! works well


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