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At the end of this month will be Mobile World Congress, the largest mobile technology dedicated trade show in the world. It will take place between February 27th and 1st of March in Barcelona. Year by year, this event has provided us with product launches and news from the growing world of mobile technology. Among the innumerable lot of rumors and official announcements, we have picked the most anticipated debuts for this big event. For better organization, we've put them into different categories. Read on!
The HTC Ville, set to be named the HTC One S, is the thinnest phone set to come from HTC. Rumors suggest that the new gadget from the Taiwanese company will be no more than 8 mm thin, whereas their thinnest phones currently measure 10 mm thick. HTC has already covered the market with big screen smartphones, so it makes sense to bring this new ultra-slim phone to market, too. HTC's One S will be equipped with a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor and with a Super AMOLED screen similar to that encountered in the Motorola RAZR, of the qHD (960×540) variety.
HTC's One X (previously known as the HTC Edge) is set to come to market as one of HTC's flagships. Reputed to be the first (if not one of them) smartphones to come to market with a quad core processor, the One X is set to be an absolute monster. In terms of hardware, we are looking at an nVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, clocked at 1.5Ghz, a 4.7 " display with a resolution of 1280 x 720, an 8MP camera (f/2.2 lens), 1GB RAM, and 32 GB of internal storage (plus microSD card slot which supports up to 32GB). The HTC One X will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, out of the box.
Another smartphone that we expect/hope to see at MWC 2012 is the HTC Zeta, albeit with a different name and likely different specs. While the specs may seem hard to believe, if they are to be believed it will be among the most advanced phones available with a 2.5GHz quad-core processor that runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4.0. Engadget leaked some images of the Zeta, but a later update says that is only a concept and not a gadget that will soon be released. What's to believe? 2.5Ghz might be too good to be true. Perhaps it will come after MWC 2012.
The 2012 edition of Mobile World Congress is the event which will mark the transition of the Sony Ericsson product portfolio under the brand name Sony. We have already seen what the Sony Xperia S looks like, but at MWC they are likely to unveil the new Xperia Arc HD or Nozomi. AndroidOS.in has published pictures of the smartphone which they say it will have a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, a 12MP camera and a 4.3-inch 720p screen and will run on Android 4.0 out of the box.
TechRadar has brought some information to light that suggests Sony will be releasing an affordable smartphone dubbed the Sony Tapioca. With an 800 GHz single core processor, 512 MB RAM and Android 2.3 Gingerbread, it still will have enough to appeal to certain folks in certain parts of the world, permitting the price is right. Still, considering other leading manufacturers entry-level devices, we would hope that Sony improve the specs of this device or else it just won't have what it takes to compete.
LG was the first manufacturer to launch a Tegra 2 device, so it's safe to say that we should expect something similar at Mobile World Congress 2012. Although they have been very discreet about what they prepared for MWC, it is rumored that the LG X3 will be there for all to see.
The LG XE features an impressive a 4.7 inch HD screen (1280 x 720), 16GB of internal memory, an 8 MP camera and a secondary 1.3 MP camera, with a maximum thickness of 9mm.
There can be no doubt that LG will present at MWC the new LG Optimus 3D 2. The device will be thinner than its predecessor, at just 9.8 mm compared to 11.9 mm, it will be 20 grams lighter and will be based on a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor from Texas Instruments. It will have a 5 megapixel camera capable of shooting 3D, 8GB storage space, Bluetooth 3.0, NFC (Near Field Communication) and HSPA+ support. Currently, the LG Optimus 3D 2 smartphone will run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).
Acer CloudMobile has already won an iF prize for its original design and is a sign of things to come. Acer is striking out on its own here, and, as you will see below, this device in no way resembles the Galaxy S II or the HTC Sensation design types. This smartphone will hit the market in Q3 of this year, will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, comes with a 4.3-inch HD touch screen, Dolby Sound and will be 10 mm thick. As you probably guessed from its name, this device will offer cloud solutions that are designed to increase mobile productivity.
While all the focus is this time on Android devices, especially those with the new Ice Cream Sandwich OS, RIM aims to return in force by launching the new version of the BlackBerry 10 operating system. Mobile World Congress will be the first presentation of this new software, and RIM seems very optimistic about this mainly because it will be able to run Android based applications.
It seems that the once great giant is in do-or-die mode. For MWC, Nokia will be launching no less than six smartphones. Three of them are Windows Phone based, and three will run the already well-known Symbian. The most circulated name regarding Nokia at World 2012 MWC, is the Lumia 900, which could benefit from an official global launch.
ZTE is already a big name in the technology world. The company's releases may now begin to generate real trends in the industry given that the Chinese manufacturer works with both Google (Android) and Microsoft (Windows Phone). Expectations are high this year for ZTE, and the company's new phones and tablet PCs could compete with any big famous brand. They've already surpassed RIM to take the fifth spot globally, so we can expect some good things from them going forward.
We were really impressed by what we saw from Huawei at CES 2012. Their Ascend P1 and P1S phones were the thinnest superphones we'd ever laid our hands on, and they ran butter smooth with some serious power under the hood. Needless to say, we've been assured that they are pulling out all the stops this year, and will likely debut a quad-core device at MWC 2012. What remains to be seen is whether or not they can jam pack a 720p HD Super AMOLED display into one of their sub 7mm thin profiled phones. Either way, fresh new hot tech from Huawei is right around the corner.
Besides the much-anticipated Galaxy S III, the one device we do not know exactly whether or not it will be shown at Mobile World Congress 2012, is Samsung's reputed 11.6″ tablet. Samsung said they will still come with "something interesting". It could be a new model Galaxy Tab. The new model could come with an impressive 11.6″ display. The diagonal will be accompanied by a double high resolution of 2560 × 1600 pixels, which translates into an increase of four times as many pixels. The tablet was presented at an event as a concept and will run on the new Exynos 5250 chipset with dual core processor at 2 GHz. What remains to be seen is what the huge 11.6″ screen will look like.
The Taiwanese company has already announced that the Asus Padfone's commercial version will be shown at MWC 2012. A quad-core smartphone sits elegantly in a tablet PC which extends its battery power. ASUS's brand new hybrid sounds very promising, especially since it may to potentially be able to function with the keyboard dock of the Transformer Prime. Of course, this is all still speculation, but who knows? The Padfone prototype shown at CES last month had a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, but there are various sources stating that they will abandon this chipset for a Tegra 3 chipset from nVidia.
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NVIDIA announced a few days ago that they will be present at Mobile World Congress 2012. The company also announced some of the products that will employ the new Tegra 3 SoC. As expected, all products will benefit from quad-core processors from nVidia and will have the Android operating system. What we don't know, and would be very interesting, is if they make mention of Tegra 4.
Either way, we'll be there covering it for you! Are there any products that you are excited about for Mobile World Congress 2012? Let us know in the comments! Also, if your interested, check out our Best Android Phones of 2012 for a sense of what's to come.


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Woodrow Wilson Junior High School closed its doors in June 1971, but it lives on in the hearts of devoted alumni.
They are planning a reunion for all classes from 1925 through 1971 on Sept.13, 2014 at the site of their alma mater at 701 Vine St.
Although it was closed due to concerns over earthquake safety standards, the building still stands and has been home to the Center for Employment Training for more than a quarter century.
A reunion was planned for September 2013, but the building was undergoing renovations and that event had to be postponed.
Attendees will be able to tour the building and see the remodeled cafeteria and kitchen.
There will be three display cases of old photos, yearbooks and other memorabilia, as well as 15 poster size picture frames of photos.
Their last reunion in 2011 attracted 530 alumni and eight former teachers.
Woodrow, as grads call it, was the first of four junior highs built in San Jose.
The Spanish-style design of Woodrow was by Weeks, Bender and Curtis and cost $600,000 to construct. The opening was in October 1925.
Woodrow has many distinguished alumni to point to, including Irene Dalis, famed opera singer and founder of Opera San Jose; Ron James, former mayor of San Jose; and the late Sam Della Maggiore, former Santa Clara County supervisor.
The Sept. 13 reunion starts at 1 p.m. with registration and a no-host bar. The dinner buffet will be open from 4 to 6 p.m., and from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. a deejay will be playing music from the 1940s through the 1970s for dancing.
Tickets are $60, and the reservation deadline is Aug. 15. It is expected to be a sellout.
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Announcing Chestnut Hill Agnostic
It is with great pride that I announce the formation of the Chestnut Hill Agnostics (CHA) with a nod to the tradition of great radio stations where three letters tops four e.g. CHCA, CHBA, CHHS, CHRA and the newly formed CHLA.
Note: while the term "agnostics" is typically used regarding the existence of god, it is also a reaction to organized religion. Therefore it is appropriate that those Chestnut Hill residents who oppose Chestnut Hill organizations, specifically their assumed right to represent the views of others, have a Chestnut Hill organization that represents their views.
The CHA members love Chestnut Hill much in the same way as those organizations that need four letters to spell out their mission. However, we see little need for meetings, elections, fundraising or endorsing political candidates. Above all, we see that we are not greater than the sum of our parts and believe that the four-letter groups are no better.
We have observed changes in behavior from people when they join these four-letter groups. While not judging their motives or actions, it appears that upon joining they sign onto a creed, not unlike a religion. As many who endorse a religion, they reject their previous views and sign on to the new collective. While respecting others' right of religious and collective freedom, we of the CHA reject those creeds, relying instead on the inherent good and resources of this community.
We believe that the apparent apathy of 85 percent of our residents is not consent of those four-letter organizations, but rather the voice of the local silent majority and our potential members. While we would like to see improvements in our corner of Philadelphia, we acknowledge that we have little control of the outcome and recognize that these organizations have no greater authority.
Ed Budnick
Chestnut Hill
Support for charter school
As members of GRinCH (Green in Chestnut Hill), we wish to express our support for the Green Woods Charter School. This excellent award-winning school is providing young people with the knowledge, skills and habits to be stewards of our environment. Should all go well with their purchase of Greylock Manor, we look forward to the contributions Green Woods can make to help beautiful Chestnut Hill become a sustainable community.
We commend Green Woods for taking on the more complicated, more environmentally responsible option of rehabilitating an old building rather than opting for new construction. This large mansion, set well back from the road, has been falling into disrepair. We appreciate the concerns of some of the neighbors of Greylock Manor, and we have been impressed by the work of the school to research and analyze those problems. We hope all will collaborate to find creative, effective solutions so that the needs of the school, the neighbors, our community, and the environment will be met.
Amy Edelman
Pat Evans
Lee Meinicke
Kim Miller
Alix Rabin
Linda Rauscher
GRiNCH members
'Keeps families in Chestnut Hill'?
Concerning the letter in your March 31 issue headlined "Charter won't cater to local kids," years ago when I was a resident and a retail merchant of lovely Chestnut Hill, our son was in his fifth year as a student at Chestnut Hill Academy when, it became apparent they were not a good "fit." I made an appointment and had an interview with then-principal, Patrick Gillian, of John S. Jenks Elementary School just three blocks from our house in Chestnut Hill abutting Pastorius Park.
I had thoughts and hopes that our son, Bill, would be able to begin fifth grade at the Jenks School. I was told at that time that he would be "bused" to the Henry School in Mt. Airy. For many reasons, we ultimately moved to the "burbs" and benefited from our school taxes. So much for "the school that keeps families in Chestnut Hill rather than moving them to the burbs."
Flossie Paul
Thanks for the support
Thank you so much for your wonderful support so far with our gallery. We had just a wonderful event, Give Shelter, in which with the support and creativity of many artists and donors, raised a nice sum for Interim House West Mt Airy and Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia. We are STILL working on processing the final receipts but just the birdhouses brought in over $6,000 that evening.
Directly after the event we installed "Robert Finch and his Daughters" show, which was met with nearly 100 guests at the opening last Friday night. It was a great success and we even were able to have artist Amy Finch who lives in Iowa join for the opening reception via Skype. Daughter Susan Finch was able to join us live from New York City as well.
Please keep us and all the other wonderful neighborhood galleries in Chestnut Hill and surrounding areas on your radars. There is great art happening in this beautiful place and all offer interesting and unique work. Just recently we were pleased to welcome a new art venue: Gravers Lane Gallery at 8405 Germantown Ave.www.graverslanegallery.net
Please spread the word: Art is alive and well in Chestnut Hill, Mt Airy and Germantown!!
Stephen Berg
Owner, Nichols Berg Gallery
Chestnut Hill
Driver's license no piece of cake
Since 9/11, getting a state issued driver's license isn't a piece of cake anymore. You have to produce two or three or four official documents, and it's even harder for a woman because a married man doesn't change his last name, and a woman usually does.
Recently I was asked to help a little lady in her 80s who wanted to renew her automobile registration. Her driver's license had expired, and getting a new driver's license was going to take at least six months, according to the alleged "experts" at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Bureau.
First of all, she was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, when a birth certificate cost 25 or 50 cents, but she was poor and black, and her family didn't have 25 cents or 50 cents to spend on a piece of paper, so she never got a birth certificate.
Forty or 50 years later, when she finally applied for a birth certificate, she discovered that the building which contained the local birth records had burned down, so there was no record of her birth. So she would have to apply for a birth certificate from the State of Arkansas and be officially informed that there was no record of her birth. Then she would have to re-apply to the State of Arkansas, and they would issue her an official document called a "No-Doc birth certificate."
Then she would have to obtain an official copy of her marriage certificate and then an official copy of her divorce certificate and then an official copy of her 2nd marriage license and then an official copy of her 2nd husband's death certificate. While we were pursuing all of the required documents, she became ill and was put into a nursing home, and her daughter probably followed the path of least resistance, and simply sold the car.
Zelman Fairorth
Controlling deer and the press
Re: "Too much deer friends,"April 7.
It seems to me that Sanford P. Sher and the FOW are not satisfied with controlling and killing the deer in the Wissahickon, but now want to control the press!
Helen T. Harvey
Gilmore's column a sweet dessert
My girlfriend from Chestnut Hill has been bringing me Hugh Gilmore's column in place of dessert for ages. Of course, I have been enjoying them immensely.
While not an aficionado of "Carmen," the opera or the book, I have become fascinated with Hugh's sojourn into this lore. Oh yes, ask your opera maven lady what she thinks of "Conchita Supervia" — simply superb!
Before you leave this area, please do not overlook William Hjortsberg's superbly picaresque "TORO! TORO! TORO!" According to one review on amazon.com, "You'll see a bad novillero, a female bullfighter, a top male bullfighter and other characters of note, including a Chinese inventor. There's a robot bull, a 'corrida de rinoceronte' and other bizarre happenings. If you're a traditionalist, you would not like this book."
Paul Hoffman
Cherry Hill, NJ
(originally Budapest, Hungary)
Enough already with corruption!
As usual, Jim Harris' column in this week's paper about running for City Council (March 31 issue) was very funny but with a potent underlying message. How much more are taxpayers in this city going to take? We have had one-party rule for over 50 years in Philadelphia, and whether it's the Soviet Union, Cuba, Libya or Philadelphia, absolute power corrupts absolutely. These guys like Brady basically take our money and give it to their friends and family members and have no shame.
I once had hope for Nutter, but he has gone along with the gravy train, like his predecessors. Dozens of families with names like Tartaglione, Brady, Street, Rizzo, Goode, Vignola, Verna and so many others give their children, nieces and nephews high-paying jobs, often doing nothing, and we pay for it all.
They are pigs at the public trough. Enough already! The Delaware River Port Authority, Philadelphia Parking Authority, Tax Assessment Bureau, DROP, etc., are cesspools of corruption. Frank Rizzo has been a good City Councilman, but he should be ashamed of himself for taking hundreds of thousands of our dollars in this DROP nonsense, a big pension and promising not to run for office again, and then he runs for office again.
These bums have been in charge for so long, like in Libya, that they have a sense of entitlement. They think they have a right to put their hands in our pockets again and again and rob us blind to live a high lifestyle for themselves and buddies and relatives. As the Inquirer has said, anyone who takes the DROP money like Rizzo and Tasco and then breaks their promise and runs for office again should not get one vote! When will we stop the corruption?
Karina Perkins
Mt. Airy
There are still heroes
Re: Nathan Lerner's article, "Cancers in Family Prompt 13-year-old to raise funds," in the March 24 issue.
You say you can't find heroes, children! You don't know where to look? Well, first off put down those magazines, throw away the sports page, turn off the television, reach up on my library shelf, take down that red, white and blue covered book, turn to the chapter "Americans who go far out of the norm to help fight for a cure for those with dread diseases." They are the Real Heroes! They are to be admired by young ones like you and old folks like me . . . and in that chapter you will find Kyle Rosenberg.
Tom Woodruff
Mystery staircase info sought
As a member of Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, I participated on April 9 in a cleanup day of the lot where our meeting will be building its new meetinghouse. We're very interested in connecting with the strip of Fairmount Park that adjoins our building site and is bounded on the other side by Cresheim Valley Drive; we're hopeful that at least some visitors to our new building, with its gardens and Skyspace by the artist James Turrell, will arrive along hiking trails proposed for this part of the park.
On Saturday, several of us walked over to look at a stone staircase that leads from the top of that ridge down to road level. To the right of the bottom of the stairs is an even lower area, obviously a former quarry, where apparently the steps continue.
From our research, we know only that the stairway was rediscovered in 2002 by a crew from Ready Willing and Able, and that at least some Fairmount Park Maps refer to that area as "The Woodward Rock Garden." But we'd love to know more about the staircase: when it was built and by whom; what the Woodward Rock Garden was, and how much of a garden it was; if this area was ever a destination for Chestnut Hillers. We're hoping the some of The Local's readers might know the history of that area. They can send their information firstname.lastname@example.com.
Phil Jones
Chestnut Hill Meeting


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The Lipscomb Bisons are in 11th place for the second day in a row Tuesday. They shot a 294 as a team, putting them 27 over par for the tournament.
Lipscomb's Cory Parkinson and Stetson's Tommy Parker matched the low round of the day, each shooting three-under, 69. Parkinson moved into a tied for seventh place after starting the day in a tie for 14th.
Clint Suggs is tied for 31st after shooting as second round 71. He has a 149 total for two rounds. He started the round in a tie for 44th.
Samuel Marcrom is tied for 49th with a 156 (77, 79). Dylan Waters is tied for 51st with a score of 157 (82, 750. Brandon Mundie is in 54th place with a 164 (84, 80).
The Camels weathered early charges from several teams to maintain their spot atop the leaderboard. For the second straight round, freshman Vaita Guillaume posted a three-under, 69. He shares the individual lead with Kennesaw State's Michael Tulacz. After a one-under front nine, Guillaume rattled off consecutive birdies on holes 12, 13 and 14. After two bogeys, he closed his day with a birdie on the finishing hole, the par-5 18th. Matt Moot backed up an opening round 70 with a one-under 71 to sit three back of the leaders and Mitch Gray posted a one-over, 73. He is even par after two rounds.
UNF started the round on fire, at one point getting as low as 10-under for the day and for the championship before giving back a total of six strokes, finishing a four-under, seven back of Campbell. The five Ospreys collected 13 birdies on the front nine while only one player, Joe Byun, finished with a better second nine, playing the last nine holes in even par, highlighted by an eagle on the 18th hole. Jeff Dennis, playing with Guillaume and Tulacz, matched his competitors with a three-under, 69. He trails the two by a single shot at five-under. The trio will again be in the days final group, teeing off the first hole at 9:21 a.m. Kevin Aylwin birdied his first three holes en route to a two-under, 70, and Chris Kennedy birdied three of his first holes, also carding a 70.
The Owls' Tulacz and Jeff Karlsson each registered 69's as the Owls, one day after shooting one-over as a team shot a one-under to return to even par and in third place, 11 in back of the Camels. FGCU improved by a stroke, led by Daniel Mazziotta's 69, to improve to a fourth place showing. Mercer posted the top team score of the second day, combining to shoot a six-under, 282, to move up to fifth from ninth. Bill Jones III recorded one of the eight three-under 69's The Creek Course yielded on the day, moving up to 12th place at one-under, 143. His scoring teammates, Andres Pumariega (two-under, 70), Ryan Blackburn (one-under, 71) and Matt Tribby (even-par, 72), all beat or matched par on the day.
Belmont slid to sixth after shooting a six-over, 294 on the day. First-round leader Scott O'Brien, who had his score as low as seven-under for the tournament, finished round two at four-under, after shooting a one-over, 73. ETSU could not make a major move, improving only one spot to seventh after shooting a one-over, 289. Michael Stewart shot the low round of the day for the Buccaneers with a two-under, 70.
USC Upstate and Jacksonville share eighth place with Stetson in 10th followed by Lipscomb. The Spartans' Michael Lawrence turned in his second round of two-under 70 to sit in a tie for fourth place.
Final-round action begins at 8 a.m. with FGCU's Josh Leppo, Mercer's Devin Patel and Belmont's Gaylon Cude, teeing off on the first hole with Stetson's Gabe Costa and Lipscomb's Brandon Mundie beginning on the 10th hole. Fans can follow the action at GolfStat.com.


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MOVIE REVIEW- Kiss off: Wishing for what might be
Who knew relationships were so damn complicated? Things were simple in the movies I grew up with. If I'd seen The Last Kiss when I was a teenager... I don't know what I would have done differently, but I wouldn't have been so optimistic about the outcome.
Zach Braff moves from Garden State to the Badger State in The Last Kiss, which is based on an Italian film of the same name (L'ultimo bacio). The script was Americanized by Paul Haggis (Crash) and directed by Tony Goldwyn (A Walk on the Moon), better known as an actor, but not a bad director.
The story is so similar to Edward Burns' The Groomsmen that it's a good example of how two people can tell the same story but one gets it right. Like Burns' character, Michael (Braff) has a pregnant girlfriend (Jacinda Barrett as Jenna); but they're not ready to get married. "We don't want it to look like we're getting married because we have to," Jenna explains to her parents (Blythe Danner and Tom Wilkinson). Michael's rationale: "If you really love somebody, why do you need a photo album of drunk people in tuxedos to prove it?"
The truth, of course, is that Michael– a month shy of 30– isn't ready to commit and lock in the rest of his life with "no more surprises" (If that's what he thinks, he's in for some surprises!), even though he's aware Jenna's the perfect woman to do it with.
At a friend's wedding, Michael gets a surprise when Kim (Rachel Bilson), a beautiful college student, flirts with him, opening a range of possibilities from an alternative future to a final fling.
Michael has his group of friends who would be his groomsmen if he ever decided to become a groom. As in Burns' film, one of them (Michael Weston as Izzy) is obsessed with a woman (Marley Shelton) who dumped him, and one (Casey Affleck as Chris) is in a troubled marriage. The other member is Kenny (Eric Christian Olsen), who his envious pals see as a stud but who sees himself as a serial monogamist. His latest conquest is Danielle (Cindy Sampson).
To get over his heartbreak, Izzy quits his job at his father's cheese company and plans to drive to Tierra del Fuego. At one time or another most of his friends opt to go along.
Kim notes that what used to be called a "midlife crisis" is striking her generation at an earlier age; but there are no limits, as Jenna's parents are also dealing with one in their late fifties, after 30 years of marriage.
Braff's character isn't fundamentally different from the one he played in Garden State, but he's worth revisiting in this new situation. Barrett proves worthy of moving to the A-list, and Danner (whose resemblance to Lauren Bacall is scary) and Wilkinson are superb.
For Michael and his friends, a boys' night out consists of hiring a couple of strippers to perform lesbian sex acts for their amusement.
The Last Kiss may drive some women to lesbianism (and some gay men to women!), when they see what's available on the male side of the gender divide. As a relationship movie that focuses on men, it will probably be seen and appreciated more by women, who will come away knowing more about the opposing gender than most men would want them to know.
Michael's idea of compromise, when Jenna wants them to buy a house together, is a conversation. "We're talking about how we feel," he says, as if she should accept that as the next best thing to buying a house.
They should advertise The Last Kiss in women's magazines as "The movie men don't want you to see."


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During the August congressional recess, lawmakers are in their home districts to speak to constituents face-to-face. Many are holding town halls, where people can make their voices heard on the issues that matter to them. And there's one law in particular representatives are hearing a lot about, especially if they've voted to repeal it on 40 separate occasions: Obamacare.
At several town halls all over the country, constituents who have seen for themselves that the law is working have been fact-checking their elected representatives' claims and calling them out over their votes to take Obamacare away.
North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry and Florida Congressman Daniel Webster both got called out in front of dozens of people at town halls in their districts. Representatives McHenry and Webster both voted to repeal Obamacare, and they have vocal constituents who don't agree with their stance on the law.
In Nevada, a small businessman took a stand against Congressman Joe Heck's efforts to repeal Obamacare. Ron Nelsen asked his representative why he is trying to take away the positive contributions Obamacare will make to his family's and his employees' health care.
Finally, in Pennsylvania, Representative Dent was confronted by constituents who challenged his misleading claims about rising health care costs.
This is a big deal. One by one, lawmakers are seeing that their votes for repeal aren't just about political posturing—they're about taking benefits away from the people in their communities who are benefitting from the law.
Now is the time to make your voice heard, and show your representatives where you stand. Momentum is building as more and more Americans stand up for Obamacare, and call out representatives who are trying to take affordable health care away from millions. Add your voice today.


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Thousands of Old West artifacts — including Wells Fargo memorabilia, Teddy Roosevelt's rifle and hundreds of historic firearms — will be sold in Harrisburg at an auction that could produce millions in badly needed revenue for the cash-strapped Pennsylvania state capital.
The collection was assembled by a former mayor, who hoped to build a museum of the American West in south-central Pennsylvania as part of a plan to attract tourism.
The museum idea died and the saddles, guns, gambling devices and other Western memorabilia have been kept in storage for the better part of a decade.
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Auctioneer Guernsey's organized the collection by type, and the bidding gets underway Monday with items classified as mercantile, advertising, vintage clothing and the like.
It continues through Sunday on City Island, a city-owned property on the Susquehanna River that is also home to Harrisburg's minor league baseball team.
Along with Western material, the sale also includes African objects purchased for a different museum that also was never built, a large number of documents linked to U.S. presidents and other historical figures, Spanish colonial pieces and random other items.
Because Harrisburg is under a state receivership and teetering on the brink of bankruptcy thanks largely to having hundreds of millions of dollars in debt tied to a trash incinerator, officials say a judge may have the final word in deciding how the sale proceeds are spent.


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A respected scholar inadvertently becomes the protector of a mischievous princess. Gyeon Woo (Joo Won) enjoys the fame of "Joseon's National Treasure" as a renowned scholar of his generation. When the king asks him to properly educate his sassy daughter, Princess Hye Myung (Oh Yeon Seo), Gyeon Woo has his work cut out for him.
But when rebels come after Hye Myung and challenge her future reign, Gyeon Woo inadvertently becomes her protector. Gyeon Woo's job becomes something that he didn't anticipate, but can he save Hye Myung from a terrible fate and keep her throne?
"My Sassy Girl" is a 2017 South Korean television drama series directed by Oh Jin Seok. It is based on the 2001 hit film by the same title directed by Kwak Jae Yong but takes the modern-day story back to the Joseon Dynasty.


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Nevada County school superintendent improves district, wins award
Staff Writer
Sometimes improvement and achievement boil down to if there's a will, there's a way.
Such is the case of James Berardi, superintendent of Twin Ridges School District, who won the Superintendent of the Year award from the Association of California School Administrators, something faculty members said is due to multiple improvements he has made in just one year of working in the school district.
"I think he brought a new sense of direction to Grizzly Hill School," said Cheri Smith, Grizzly Hill kindergarten and first-grade teacher. "He's a very positive influence on the school, he collaborates with teachers, so it's a real collaborative effort, not a top-down administration, which works really well with teachers, students and parents."
Berardi said he believes in honing in on an individual student's needs, a realistic goal and advantage of the small size of the district's population, which includes Grizzly Hill School with 82 students and Washington School with 11.
"I contributed to a laser focus, to look at past test scores, our strengths and weaknesses and look at the kids' strengths and weaknesses," Berardi said. "We have a concise idea of where we were going and what we wanted to accomplish, and I think before the teachers didn't know how to necessarily use the data in front of them to get the best results."
Berardi even hired an intervention specialist to work one on one with students, which he said ultimately helped raise the school's Academic Performance Index score.
The API is a single number, ranging from a low of 200 to a high of 1,000, which reflects a school's performance level, based on the results of statewide testing, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Improving test scores was not something new for Berardi, who helped raise student scores 250 points when he worked in Downieville for six years.
"We raised the scores over 250 points, which is very, very high, a big accomplishment, and I was hired here to help turn around the scores," Berardi said. "We put in a lot of hard work, the teachers looked at individual kids, and our scores went up 119 points, the highest gain in the county."
Rather than focus on periodic assessment of student learning, Berardi focuses on formative assessment, where student progress is tracked daily.
"You go back and re-teach and check for understanding on a daily basis, not just wait for the end of the unit," Berardi said. That's really helped keep track of kids."
Minimum days, which take place each Wednesday, serve as a time for faculty to come together and focus on collaboration and strategy, Berardi said.
"I hand out all the previous tests of the kid's scores so you can take the student and focus on their weaknesses, so you know if they need either remediation or if they already know it. Even if it's a part of your lesson plan, why are you spending a week teaching it when they already know it? So you know when to speed up, slow down, back up and give the students what they need." Another focus for improvement involves climate and environment, not just academics, he said.
"To move forward in a positive way, you need to know what to accomplish and to do that students need to feel comfortable and safe and once I can create a positive climate, we can say we're here to help you, not embarrass you, and help you get to where you need to be," Berardi said.
"I ask myself, what is our job? We're not considered that, but we are really in the service industry, and when you're in a restaurant, you want a good time, good food, good service," Berardi said. "I ask myself first, what are we trying to accomplish and what do we need to accomplish and provide a service to these families?"
Hard work and determination from all levels of the school administration have helped in the improvement process, Berardi said.
"I believe the district has some of the best student-to-teacher ratios in the entire county, but it's a focus that has to come from administration, myself and the board who I work for and developing relationships with teachers," Berardi said. "I'm just doing what I believe is right for the kids and I believe it will continue to work."
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A cast-design row unit announced this week will become standard on all White Planters models, AGCO has announced. Composed of three components—70% fewer parts than in past iterations—the unit includes the new 9000 Series seed meter for improved air-flow distribution and seeding accuracy.
"We've got a lot of new features that we're proud to talk about, from the top down," says Tom Draper, product marketing manager, AGCO.
Grease zerks have been removed from the row unit, reducing the need for maintenance. Other features include:
- Machined assembly points for precise alignment of components.
- 16" double-disc seed trench openers, enabling planting depth to be increased to 4". Applications include planting cotton in sandy soils and planting crops in places such as Africa. Depth adjustment up to the ¼" level is made possible with a manually adjusted handle.
- Improved closing wheel down-pressure adjustment using a 1 1/8" wrench on the adjustment handle for greater leverage.
- Latch system permits easy removal of the seed hopper.
A positive-air metering system delivers seed, and the updated design improves uniform air pressure than previous versions, ensuring seed is held inside cells before being released into the seed tube. A longer and tapered cutoff brush ensures seed singulation of even light seeds, such as sunflower. Seed is released near the six o'clock position of the disc rotation, causing it to drop with less tube contact and better in-row seed spacing.
The new 9000 Series planters are the first AGCO machines engineered with assistance from 3-D printers, says Rye DeGarmo, engineering manager for seeding and tillage. For three months, engineers at AGCO's Hesston, Kan., factory operated the printers around the clock to build and test designs for the seed meter.
"We've got a foot in the door and realized the value," DeGarmo says. The company has owned the printer for two years, using them in earnest for planter research and design roughly 18 months ago and again for testing about six months ago.
AGCO owns another printer that operates at its Jackson, Minn., location, DeGarmo says. It takes a day for the printers to create a plastic part at a cost of $1,000 to $2,000 each for the required materials. That represents a significant savings, considering tooling meter prototypes out of aluminum would cost between $5,000 and $7,000 per meter.
The 3-D printers also save time, DeGarmo says. Traditional tooling would require lead time of two to four weeks for a third party to design the component, followed by two weeks of research by the manufacturer. With 3-D printing, engineers might create and test up to five iterations of the component in a five-week period. That means the printers pay for themselves in just a few months.
To create a plastic component, engineers feed a 3-D model into a computer that tells the printer to begin operating. The printer is the size of a large copier, DeGarmo says. It can make a component up to roughly 10"x12"x10" large. Larger components can be created by printing several smaller pieces and gluing them together.
While the printed planter parts were used for research rather than integration in the final product, DeGarmo says, engineers printed a casing and fan as a test. Operating at half-speed, the plastic fan spun like a real fan. At full speed, the fan didn't function properly.
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"Elaine!" Jack LaLanne shouted from the front seat of a taxi cab to his wife, who was sitting in the backseat.
"What is it?" Elaine answered.
"ELAINE!" Jack shouted again, apparently not hearing her.
"What is it, dear?" Elaine replied.
And then, Jack LaLanne, who had just turned 95, started to sing to his bride of 50 years.
"Have I told you lately that I love you..." Jack crooned.
It was a sweet moment, the sweetest moment of our time in Chicago when we honored Jack with our Lifetime Achievement Award. Jack spoke and was feted with the honor at the 2009 Club Industry show.
The night before the presentation and keynote address, we took Jack and Elaine out to dinner. Jack had a little bit of soup, some vegetables and a mixture—yes, a mixture—of red and white wine. The meal was pre-ordered, of course, for the man who had shunned sweets of any kind since he was a teenager. If Jack had a little dribble around his mouth, Elaine was there to clean him up. A snapshot of what 50 years of marriage really means.
Jack died Sunday at 96. In this ever-changing world of social media, I saw the news on Twitter while I was watching the Jets-Steelers AFC Championship Game. It was a big moment in the game, too, but instantly, none of it mattered anymore.
Since writing the profile on Jack for our October 2009 issue and then meeting him and Elaine in Chicago, we've kept in touch from time to time, mostly through Elaine and mostly by e-mail. I sent them a holiday card of my girls the year before last, and last month, much to my surprise, the LaLannes sent me their holiday card. So I sent them the newest holiday card of my girls, and I received a second one of theirs a few days later. There's a caricature of Jack in a Santa hat flexing in that famous jumpsuit on the front of the card, which includes an update on Jack, Elaine and the entire family. Despite an aortic valve replacement in late 2009 ("His neck arteries were those of a 40-year-old but his aortic valve was like a 95-year-old," Elaine wrote in the card), Jack was still very active promoting his Power Juicer and a new line of vitamins.
I told the LaLannes recently about how our profile of him is up for an Eddie Award presented by Folio magazine, and they were very excited. The awards ceremony was scheduled for Jan. 13 but it got postponed until tomorrow. I've kept them up to date, and last Thursday, they wished me luck again.
Then came the news Sunday night. Maybe it was because of the holiday cards, maybe it was because of the book he inscribed for me, maybe it was because the award announcement was just two days away, but I started crying like a baby. It will be three years next month since I lost my dad out of the blue at 62, and the tears didn't flow nearly as freely then, the shock still very much unsettled. To me, losing Jack is like losing a member of my family.
An e-mail to Elaine just didn't seem right, so I called the LaLannes in hopes of leaving a message. Much to my surprise, Elaine answered. She was down for sure, but after I told her how sorry I felt, amazingly, she asked, "Did you win?" (UPDATE: Yes, we did!)
Elaine said that Jack started to not feel so hot on Friday. He had pneumonia, and that led to respiratory failure. Earlier on Sunday, a few hours before Jack passed, it was Elaine who was singing to him, changing Dean Martin's "If you were the only girl in the world" to "If you were the only boy in the world..."
I asked her if there was anything she wanted to say to his fans. She said to remember all of his "LaLanneisms" that he said over the years. One of those she recited was his famous "I can't die. It would ruin my image."
"Now his image is ruined," Elaine said, and again, it was amazing how well she was holding herself together.
Elaine was joking, of course. After 96 years, Jack LaLanne's image remains firmly intact.
I just wish he would have stayed around two more days, at least.


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1968. That was a hell of a year. The people were on the streets, revolution
was in the air, we released the White Album, and perhaps the most
influential photograph of all time was taken by an astronaut called William
It was Christmas Eve. Anders and his mission commander Frank Borman had
just become the only living beings since the dawn of time to orbit the moon.
Then, through the tiny window of their Apollo 8 spacecraft their eyes fell
upon something nobody had seen before, something so familiar and yet so
alien, something breathtaking in its beauty and fragility.
"Oh my God!" Borman cried. "Look at that picture over there! Here's the
Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!"
"You got a colour film, Jim?" Anders snapped back. "Hand me that roll of
colour quick, will you...".
For a minute or so, two human beings in a tin can nearly 400,000 kilometres
from home scrambled furiously to fix a roll of Kodak into their camera. Then
Anders lifted it to the window and clicked the shutter and captured our
delicate home planet rising slowly over the horizon of the moon. Earthrise. That single image made such an impact on the human psyche that
it's credited with sparking the birth of the global environment movement -
with changing the very way we think about ourselves.
That was more than forty years ago, the blink of an eye in the grand sweep
of time, but something quite remarkable has happened since then. For at
least 800,000 years the Arctic ocean has been capped by a sheet of sea ice the
size of a continent. But in the decades since that photo was taken, satellites have been measuring a steady melting of that white sheet. Much of
it has now gone, and it seems likely that there'll be open water at the
North Pole in the lifetimes of my kids. I might even see that moment for
Think about it. Since Earthrise was taken we've been so busy warming our
world that it now looks radically different from space. By digging up fossil
fuels and burning our ancient forests we've put so much carbon into the
atmosphere that today's astronauts are looking at a different planet. And here's something that just baffles me. As the ice retreats, the oil
giants are moving in. Instead of seeing the melting as a grave warning to
humanity, they're eyeing the previously inaccessible oil beneath the seabed
at the top of the world. They're exploiting the disappearance of the ice to
drill for the very same fuel that caused the melting in the first place. Fossil fuels have colonised every corner of our Earth, but at some time and
in some place we need to say "No more." I believe that time is now and that
place is the Arctic.
That's why I've joined Greenpeace's campaign to create
a legally protected sanctuary around the North Pole and a ban on oil
drilling and industrial fishing in Arctic waters. My name will be among at least two million that Greenpeace is taking to the pole and planting on the seabed
4km beneath the ice. We're coming together to secure the Arctic for all life
on Earth.
In just one month, over a million of us have already signed up at www.savethearctic.org,
but if you're not one of them there's still a chance to ensure your name is
planted at the bottom of the ocean at the top of the world.
And if you, like
me, are irresistibly drawn to the stunning Arctic wildlife then you'll want
to join the Arctic Rising online movement. You can choose to be one
of five animals - either a polar bear, a snowy owl, an Arctic fox, a walrus
or a narwhal. Once you've joined an animal clan you hunt in a pack for new
supporters for the campaign and compete against the other animals to get new
people involved. It's a kind of Earthrise, where we try to spark the dawn of
a new mass movement, one that draws a line in the ice and says to the
polluters, "You come no further".
So now I've got to decide which animal I'm going to be.
Yeah, you've guessed it. I am the Walrus.
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An intriguing new addition to the never-ending struggle to get man to back off from changing the planet in a bad way.
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Fantastic to see Paul McCartney stand up for the Arctic. Thank you!
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One of my heroes! This is amazing THANK YOU Paul McCartney for using your public power to help protect our planet.
Yeah for the Walrus (but don't forget to give some love for the Snowy Owls)!
@GREEN Savior: All you do here is criticising how evil /...
Yeah for the Walrus (but don't forget to give some love for the Snowy Owls)!
@GREEN Savior: All you do here is criticising how evil / dishonest / unfriendly / whatever everyone is. Yet you are the person continuously making nasty unfriendly comments (combined with far-fetched conspiracy theories). Do you think you're contributing anything with all this, or are you just trolling the comment boxes for the fun of it? Your certainly don't sound like a person who's actually a saviour of green..
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Great blog!
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Amazing blog Paul.... thanks for your insight and inspiration.
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thank you, for this truly great blog. It is good to see a person using his very influential name to inspire others to take action!
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My two loves combined - the Beatles and environmentalism. Thanks for this and for everything Paul.
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Sir Paul, you rock! :D
Keep it up and good luck to save the Arctic! Woohoo!
You're one of my influences. :D
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Sir Paul, you rock! :D
Keep it up and good luck to save the Arctic! Woohoo!
You're one of my influences. :D
-Pam . :)
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FALSE Prophet... ?
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I'm starting to think I'm the only guy still messing with an old wl700gE. But, I find the box to be very versatile save for the trouble of the 2MB flash ROM. Anyhow, I am going to record my saga of getting backfire up and running on the wl700gE in case it helps anyone else out.
First, I have anecdotal evidence that the flash image needs to be less than about 1.8 MB to work. All I can say is that ANYTHING I have tried above that won't boot up for some reason. I have not yet been able to figure out why. However, if I compile an image 1.8 MB or less, it seems to work.
Second, the above has so far ruled out using the 2.6 kernel in a squashfs image. I can't get a minimal 2.6 image to be less than 1.8 MB. I managed 1.9 MB, but that image won't boot. So, for now, I am giving up on 2.6 and using 2.4 instead with the wl700gE profile. I will later try booting to a USB drive with the 2.6 kernel. So, this is just a how-to to get backfire 2.4 kernel working on the wl700gE. That's easy but it is the pivot_root to the HDD that is the hard part. It took me quite a while to get that working correctly.
I assume that you have the backfire toolchain and already know how to get that running and compile your firmware image. If not, please reference http://wl700g.homelinux.net/content/10- … firmware-1. You need a linux box with subversion and any other dependencies installed. I am using Ubuntu 9.
Open a terminal window and do:
sudo apt-get install subversion
svn co svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/backfire
make menuconfig
note anything it tells you you still need to install, then install those with "sudo apt-get install ... ... ... ".
I recommend doing the vanilla wl700ge profile on the 2.4 kernel a few times to get familiar with flashing your box. After I figured it out the re-flash works like a charm every time. You need to be connected to your box on the 192.168.1.0 network and LAN port 1 (the others might work too - didn't try). Unplug the power, hold the EZSetup button in and re-plug the power. Wait 6 seconds and the Ready light should go out. Release the EZSetup button and your router now has a TFTP server running awaiting a push from your computer. On your computer type "tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT flash_file_name.trx" It should report back within 5 seconds that it is complete. Wait 20 seconds or so, then push the reset button or pull the power and replace it. The router should power up with the new flash within about 10 seconds. Then the ready light should come on and go out within about 20 seconds. You should now be able to telnet to the router on 192.168.1.1. If not, try resetting one more time. If it still won't come up or the ready light is flashing - something is wrong and you need to start over with your compile (it doesn't like something about your flash file).
So now is where everything departs from the previous gouge on the wl700ge with 8.09 and earlier. On my first 20 tries or so, I blindly followed the cookbook that worked for me on 8.09 located here (many thanks to this individual for getting me going on this last year: http://wl700g.homelinux.net/content/10- … irmware-1) The problem is that his scripts do not work in backfire. Fortunately, in backfire they have added the option to compile in the ability to switch root to an external (IDE or USB) drive. Note, I did NOT use the "block-hotplug" package because I'm not compiling in USB support at this point (I'll try that later).
Reference the following two pages:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/rootf … nalstorage
I'm going to just do the IDE drive at this point (I had to go slow, because when I compiled in USB support, I could not get the image to boot). So, go back into "make menuconfig" and select the following additional packages: "block-extroot" and "swap-utils" are located in the disc submenu of the Utilities menu. Don't get crazy. Like I say, if you make the image too big, it won't boot. I first tried adding in USB devices, and I could not get it to come up. The baseline wl700ge image should already have the necessary IDE device selected. One more thing I like to do - I like to have the option to do multi-user stuff later on, so I add busybox options for user management, such as adduser, addgroup, delgroup, etc. This comes in handy later when I turn the box into a domain controller.
Afterwards, execute a "make" and it will build your firmware. You will find the trx file in the "bin" directory. But, we first need to make a few changes to the included files, because you can't change the image once it is on the device. cd into the build_dir/target-mipsel_uClibc-0.9.30.1/root-brcm-2.4/etc/config directory and edit the file "fstab"
I modified mine to look like this:
config global automount
option from_fstab 1
option anon_mount 1
config global autoswap
option from_fstab 1
option anon_swap 0
config mount
option target /mnt
option device /dev/discs/disc0/part1
option fstype ext3
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 1
option is_rootfs 1
config mount
option target /hdd
option device /dev/discs/disc0/part3
option fstype ext3
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 1
config mount
option target /usb
option device /dev/discs/disc1/part1
option fstype ext3
option options rw,sync
option enabled 1
option enabled_fsck 1
config swap
option device /dev/discs/disc0/part2
option enabled 1
I have my HDD partitioned with three partitions, as you can see. part1 is the openwrt root, part 2 is swap, and part 3 is data. We'll worry about that later, but be sure that your drive has nothing on it that you want (because we're going to reformat it) or adjust the above to suit your needs. The USB partition will not work at first but we're going to load all the necessary kernel modules after the first boot (it won't work if we try now - too big on compile).
Now cd to the build_dir/target-mipsel_uClibc-0.9.30.1/root-brcm-2.4/etc/init.d directory and edit the fstab file there. Per the instructions here: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/fstab, you need to comment out a line:
There is a bug: vim /etc/init.d/fstab and put a # in front of the line echo '# WARNING: this is an auto generated file, please use uci to set defined filesystems' > /etc/fstab. This creates the file /etc/fstab and thus prevents creating a symlink to /tmp/fstab. In order for uci to work, there need to be symlink!
Make sure that you leave that file as executable!
Finally, create empty directories called "hdd" and "usb" in build_dir/target-mipsel_uClibc-0.9.30.1/root-brcm-2.4/ so that we can properly mount the data partitions of your IDE and USB drives. Note, only one partition of the USB drive will mount (the first one). If you want more, you can easily modify the script above.
Now execute the command "make target/install" This will take your changes above and incorporate them into the trx file without recompiling everything. BTW, if you instead say "make" then the toolchain will wipe out your changes and revert back to the defaults, so save copies of your modified files somewhere else. If you need to recompile, you need to again change those files and execute "make target/install" again. When done, you will have a trx file in your "/bin" folder that you will now flash to the wl700ge per the instructions at the top. Do so now and boot the router. After about 30 second after booting, you should see the Ready light go out and you can telnet in.
Now we have a few things to do to get ready to reboot with the HDD as root (it is not at this point). With a squashfs system, we have to boot twice to get it to do the pivot_root. After the first boot, we set up the IDE partitions so that the second boot works correctly. First let's get our partitions correct (assuming that you have none at this point). If you do, you might want to delete what you have or leave them as is - your choice but adjust examples to suit your needs. Everything on the drive will be gone after this, so only do this if you want them wiped. You don't actually need to touch partition 3 if you don't want to. You can have data there that survives the process (unless you redid the partition above). We just need partition 1 for root and 2 for swap. Skip this section on fdisk if your drive is already prepared.
I recommend following the advice from:
fdisk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
n, p, 1, enter, +2048M, t, 83
n, p, 2, enter, +1024M, t, 2, 82
n, p, 3, enter, enter, t, 3, 83
This creates three partitions as I am using above. It is possible that your drive already had partitions that mounted automatically and the above will fail unless you unmount them first. type "df -h" and see what is mounted, then type umount ~path~ to unmount them first (stuff starting with /dev/discs/disc0/part...)
Now format the partitions and mount them (partition 3 only if you want to wipe what you have already). Note, depending on how you got here, you may not have the necessary /tmp/root/mnt directory to mount onto. If the drive already had the necessary partitions and was formatted already, then you can skip right to the last step. Worst case, get your drive partitioned and formatted, then reflash the router with the firmware and boot it up, then skip to the last step (copying files) and you should be good.
mkfs.ext3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
mount /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /tmp/root/mnt
mkswap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2
swapon -a
mkfs.ext3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3
Now, we copy everything from ROM to partition 1:
cp -a /rom/* /tmp/root/mnt
Now issue a "reboot" command and wait about 30 seconds. Now telnet back in.
You should be good-to-go with the IDE part1 mounted on /. Issue a "df -h" to see the mounts and also "free" to be sure that swap is on. It should look like this:
Use 'passwd' to set your login password
this will disable telnet and enable SSH
BusyBox v1.15.3 (2010-07-12 21:50:24 EDT) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
Backfire (10.03, r22127) --------------------------
* 1/3 shot Kahlua In a shot glass, layer Kahlua
* 1/3 shot Bailey's on the bottom, then Bailey's,
* 1/3 shot Vodka then Vodka.
root@OpenWrt:/# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 62960 11332 51628 0 1120
Swap: 1004052 0 1004052
Total: 1067012 11332 1055680
root@OpenWrt:/# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 1.1M 1.1M 0 100% /rom
tmpfs 30.7M 44.0K 30.7M 0% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock/4 64.0K 64.0K 0 100% /tmp/overlay
1.9G 39.2M 1.8G 2% /overlay
mini_fo:/overlay 1.1M 1.1M 0 100% /
148.1G 60.5G 80.1G 43% /hdd
Now let's get USB working: Note, you may need to adjust your network settings in /etc/config/network in order to get your internet connection working - I am not addressing that problem in this post.
opkg update
opkg install kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb-storage block-hotplug
You can now plug in a USB drive and it will be available for mounting manually now or it should be there on reboot (it's in our fstab)
mount /dev/discs/disc1/part1 /usb
Now that your / is the HDD, you can have fun upgrading whatever you like! Have fun. The first mystery I've been trying to solve is why my Ready light is off. I only know at this point that if it stays on, I cannot contact the telnet server.
(Last edited by bluegold92 on 16 Jul 2010, 00:06)