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Stephen Michael Kellat: Changes in Ubuntu Ohio

April 8, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

It appears that as of 7 April 2013 I am the Point of Contact for Ubuntu Ohio and effectively Leader. In an e-mail to the community sent Sunday I wrote:

Good afternoon.

As of today the High Council of Ubuntu Ohio is taking a breather by ceasing to operate for the time being. The e-mail address for the High Council also no longer functions. It is time to give thanks to Cheri Francis, Michael Gilbert, Jon Buckley, Jacob Peddicord, and Paul Tagliamonte for their periods of service on that body over the past three years.

At this time I am the designated Point of Contact for our Local Community Team on Launchpad. The length of term for this is open-ended at this time. Ubuntu Ohio encompasses users of all flavors of the common core whether you favor Unity, KDE, Xfce, GNOME 3, or LXDE. I must reiterate that we have a big tent here and are not solely focused on the desktop environment named Unity but rather the unity that comes from the common core in software we all utilize.

Looking ahead, our near-term goal is to prepare for participation in Ohio Linux Fest 2013. In the long term we are going to need to strengthen the core of our community by mentoring members of our community so as to increase the number of Ubuntu Members that we have located here in the Buckeye State. Slowly but surely we will be looking forward to new horizons that will require new and interesting approaches.

Many adventures lay ahead. Let us move forward boldly as we near the end of the Raring Ringtail cycle and prepare for the Virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit in May.

Stephen Michael Kellat

The podcast known as The Burning Circle continues at this time. I’ve made updates to the relevant Launchpad pages to put the High Council into hibernation as I’m the sole member of it remaining. In due time it will return but we have some work ahead of us in the Buckeye State first.

While Ohio Linux Fest 2013 is five months away, we have some disadvantages. First off is that we do not have as much presence in the state capital as we once did. Our members are widely spread across Ohio and it will take some effort to get people to converge on Columbus. Second, we almost did not have a presence there in 2012. Extra effort will be needed to coordinate to ensure that we might be able to sponsor an UbuCon this year perhaps or at least get some speakers lined up. Third, their website was unreachable this weekend so I will need to invest some time to locate correct contacts. This all results in plenty of action items to cover the next five months.

New adventures await as 2013 continues ever onward…

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Planet Ubuntu

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Ubuntu Ohio – Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 108

March 25, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

This week’s episode mentions new agreements entered into by Canonical, notes that we are roughly one month away from the release of the Raring Ringtail, and poses a new question for Vox Pop. The question posed for the week of March 25th is: “Are you ready for Raring Ringtail‘s release in about a month?” To call in, you can use a normal telephone within our great Buckeye State and call 1-206-299-2120 and then enter extension 1580. If you feel brave enough to use a SIP client, you can also use this magic URI: sip:1580@sip.sdf.org. Examples of what calling sounds like using Twinkle are also provided in this episode.

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News, Politics, Government

Punxsutawney Phil 'indicted' over spring forecast

March 22, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation.

Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an “indictment” of the furry rodent, who predicted an early spring when he didn’t see his shadow after emerging from his western Pennsylvania lair on Feb. 2.

“Punxsutawney Phil did purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the people to believe that spring would come early,” Mike Gmoser, the prosecutor in southwestern Ohio’s Butler County, wrote in an official-looking indictment.

Gmoser wrote that Punxsutawney Phil is charged with misrepresentation of spring, which constitutes a felony “against the peace and dignity of the state of Ohio.”

The penalty Phil faces? Gmoser says — tongue firmly in cheek — is death.

Punxsutawney Phil does not have a listed phone number.

Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney club that organizes Groundhog Day, said Phil has a lawyer and would fight any extradition attempt by Ohio authorities.

Deeley defended his fur-bearing associate and said the death penalty was “very harsh” given the nature of the allegations.

“We’ll have to plead our case one way or the other, but I think we can beat the rap,” Deeley said.

The vitriolic backlash on social media to Phil’s dead-wrong prognostication has not gone unnoticed in and around Gobbler’s Knob, Deeley said, and special security precautions were in place.

“Right next to where Phil stays is the police station,” he said. “They’ve been notified and they said they will keep watching their monitors.”

Winter has been dragging on in the Buckeye State and surrounding areas, with daily high temperatures this week hovering in the mid-30s and no end in sight for about 10 days, said Don Hughes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio.

A storm moving into the region Sunday could bring between 4 and 8 inches of snow, he said.

“It’s taking too long,” Hughes said, adding that he’s hearing plenty of complaints from colleagues and neighbors about the late spring. “Most people …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News

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Ubuntu Ohio – Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 107

March 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

As to Burning Circle 106, we believe it was trapped in another dimension due to problems with an Oscillation Overthruster captured by Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems. We apologize for any disruption this causes. Check with some guy named Lord John Whorfin

This week’s episode brings the result of our first Vox Pop call-in question. That question was: “Which flavor of Ubuntu do you favor and why?” Our question for the week ahead is: “Which do you rely on more? A long-term support release or the releases that come out every six months?”

To call in, you can use a normal telephone within our great Buckeye State and call 1-206-299-2120 and then enter extension 1580. If you feel brave enough to use a SIP client, you can also use this magic URI: sip:1580@sip.sdf.org. A selection of answers will be aired next week.

Download here (MP3) (ogg) (FLAC), or subscribe to the podcast (MP3) to have episodes delivered to your media player. We suggest subscribing by way of a service like gpodder.net.

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Automobiles

Report: Notorious Ohio speed trap takes a hit as state laws change [w/video]

February 27, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Jeffrey N. Ross

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Anyone who’s ever lived in the Midwest or driven through Ohio probably knows that the Buckeye State is legendary for the strict speed traps along its highways. After March 22, motorists driving along Interstate 71 near Cleveland will have a little more breathing room. That’s because new state legislation will be shutting down eight of the mayor’s courts in Ohio, including one in Linndale, the state’s most notorious and controversial speed trap city. According to The Cleveland Leader, Linndale has but one exit and a quarter-mile section of the interstate inside its borders, yet “in 2011, Linndale police issued 4,000 traffic tickets, which accounted for over $400,000 in revenue.” That’s eight times as many citations per 100 citizens as any other place in Ohio. In fact, if you take a Google Street View look at I-71 as it runs through Linndale, you can see a police officer camped out in the shadows of a bridge.

The outgoing mayor’s courts system allow a mayor-appointed city employee – not a judge – to preside over traffic cases, and all of the ticket revenue would then be funneled to the city. All of this for a small town with fewer than 200 residents. With the new law, Linndale police will still be able to patrol the Interstate and ticket speeders, but the revenue from fines will then be split with other government entities.

Check out a video from a local news station below.

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