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This beautiful installation of umbrellas was recently spotted in Águeda, Portugal by photographer Patrícia Almeida. Almost nothing is known about the artist behind the project or its significance, but it's impossible to deny the joy caused by taking a stroll in the shadowy rainbow created by hundreds of parasols suspended over this public walkway.
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My school has this jewellery casting workshop on Saturday. The jewellery is cast from cuttlefish bones.
Here is how we do it.
Cuttlefish bones.
Trim off the edges of the bones as they curl inwards.
Cuttlefish bone has a contour. Locate the highest point and saw the bone into 2 pieces.
Sand the bones in circular motion to achieve a fair bit of flat surface.
Flat surface.
Find yourself a small object to cast the mold.
As cuttlefish bone is really soft, you can pressing your object in. If it doesn't leave enough impression (depth), do carve a little of the material out. I've to slit small lines so that the molten silver can reach the tiny detailed ends.
As I am doing a single side casting, I'll just need to brush the other piece of bone with dry brushes to create air vents. Jewelleries with such wavy patterns denote that they are cast from cuttlefish bones.
Cut openings on both sides to allow molten silver to flow in. Secure the mold with masking tape.
The torching equipments.
Secure your mold.
Torch the silver in ceramic bowl.
Pour the molten silver into the mold's opening. Keep the mold upright.
Observe the mold through the red button. The mold is ready to take it apart only when the button turns grey.
The button has turned grey but it's still hot. Remove the mold and cool it in water.
My burnt mold. Only for 1 time casting.
Saw away the excess and button.
My casting before restoring the shines.
Casting back, that wavy lines by the air vents.
My casting weighs 2.8 grams. And I've to pay for the material used.
Shiny silver after a water bathe in alum (alkaline).
It isn't an easy process actually, very much of these are assisted by the instructors who are present. Especially when designing the cast, you'll need to plan. One of the considerations to make design feasible is to consider if the molten silver can flow into the corners and turns. After all, the molten silver is not like the runny water, it's much thicker.


text: Slava, I've just received my ring. You know what? I love it! I'm really x2 satisfied with the ring. It looks much better than seen in the picture like nice setting, color, bling bling, weight etc. And I also appreciate w/ the greatest care. Your recommendation which was chosen color "D" was correct. You said there is vividly differentiation between colors when seen by naked eyes, right? About a month ago before I knew you, my two co-workers bought diamond rings at near local jewelers w/ color "H", comparing mine and theirs, mine is much brighter and colorful obviously. Thanks! I'm planning to have proposal event next week for marriage for my fiancée. I'll let you know how much she likes it then Thanks again that you got a great job and I'll talk to you soon


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Guild Ball takes place in a land now known as the Empire of Free Cities. The lands of the empire are made up of a vast range of climates, cultures and landscapes, each controlled by a sovereign City.
Mob football is a game generally played between neighbouring towns and villages on feast days, which accounts for its popularity. At its core, players on opposing teams clash and struggle to control a leather wrapped inflated pig's bladder and attempt to kick it into the opponent�s goal.
The powerful Guilds took advantage of the huge popularity of the sport and invested great sums of money, creating professional teams and structured leagues. The public went crazy as the game was elevated to new heights of spectacle. Guild Ball was born amidst a blaze of interest and publicity, and with it a whole new business and revenue stream for the Guilds.
Games are now played out in front of immense crowds, whilst behind the scenes the results can mean fortunes are won or lost on the kick of a ball.
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Our company can provide turquoise pageant evening gowns for your competition. This strapless number can be made in any color. We can also make it to measure just for your body. There are pointed back clear rhinestones on this dress. We can use crystals instead if you like. The direction patterns of this bodice are unique. The shirring can be seen as loose but still closer than gathering. We can have this made for you new in less than 2 months if you need it that quick. There are other turquoise pageant evening gowns shown on our site as well. You can see them via the tags above. For more info please contact us.
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada (PRNPR), in British Columbia, consists of three geographically seperate areas including Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands and the West Coast Trail. The Long Beach area is named for the longest of a series of beaches on Vancouver Island's west coast, the Broken Group Islands is an archipelago of over 100 islets in the Barkley Sound and the West Coast Trail is 77 km (48 miles) of difficult hiking which was originally used as a life saving trail for shipwrecked mariners battling the elements of Vancouver Island's west coast.
LOCATION The park is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island and may be accessed by Highway 4 via Port Alberni.
For more information and recent updates, visit the Parks Canada website at http://www.pc.gc.ca
LONG BEACH The Long Beach Unit is located between the villages of Ucluelet and Tofino, and named after the 16 km (10 miles) sandy beach of Wickaninnish Bay. Best known for its incredible beaches and rugged rocky headlands, Long Beach is a favorite for those wishing to hike the sandy trails, beachcomb, enjoy the pounding surf, the dense coastal rainforest or view an impressive array of bird and wildlife. Each spring over 20,000 grey whales migrate through the park waters. The Wickaninnish Centre is an intrepitive centre located at the water's edge and should be visited to learn about the park's marine ecology and the ocean and forest environment.
Camping Long Beach Unit: the park's front country option, Green Point campground, has both drive-in and walk-in sites. Green Point Campground is the only campground in the spectacular Long Beach Unit. The campground is located 12 km north of the Ucluelet-Tofino junction on Hwy.4, midway between Ucluelet and Tofino. Since Green Point Campground was established in 1962, people from all over the world have come to experience the beauty and tranquility it has to offer. Equipped Campsites have been set up for campers in the walk-in sites. Campers who reserve the Equipped Campsite will be directed to a fully assembled campsite upon arrival, and enjoy the benefits of camping in a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable setting. Each Equipped Campsite consists of a 4 or 6 person tent, sleeping pads, tarp shelter, cook stove, lantern, picnic table, and fire pit. Campers supply their own bedding, kitchenware, flashlight and personal effects. There are private campgrounds in the area offering various services.
The Broken Group Islands Unit is an archipelago of more than one hundred islands and rocks scattered throughout Barkley Sound and is accessible by boat only. The 100+ small, rocky islands are accessible only by boat. A kayakers and canoeists paradise, this area offers protected anchorages and numerous sandy beaches. Bird and wildlife is abundant and the undersea world offers divers some of the world's best diving oppurtunities including old wrecks and a varied marine life.
Camping All camping in this unit of the Park must be within designated camping areas located on Hand, Turret, Gibraltar, Willis, Dodd, Clarke and Gilbert Islands. Visitors may stay a maximum of 14 nights on the Broken Group Islands. The peak visitation period for the Broken Group Islands is from mid-July through August. Campers arriving in this period can expect to share camping areas with many other campers. To avoid the crowds of peak season try camping in May through early July, or in September. Maximum stay in the Broken Group Islands is 14 days. Maximum stay at each camping area is 4 nights.
This trail is a multi-day backcountry hike for experienced hikers with designated campsites along the route. The West Coast Trail Unit is a 75 km (47 mile) backpacking route along the temperate rainforest, sandstone cliffs, waterfalls, caves, sea arches, sea stacks and beaches of western Vancouver Island. A varied terrain and abundant wildlife species attract visitors from all over the world each year. The West Coast Trail is open May 1 to September 30. Reservations must be made to ensure that the parks natural habitat is protected from over-use. Starting points are from Port Renfrew, Bamfield and Nitinat Lake. Beginning in January, reservations for the West Coast Trail can be made for any date between May 1 and September 30 through the Parks Canada Reservation Service. Spaces fill quickly, so consider setting up an account prior to January.
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The French Minister of Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the Armament General Directorate (DGA) has signed an order to purchase eight additional H225Ms and a second VSR700 prototype. The H225Ms will be operated by the French Air and Space Force. The VSR700 is an unmanned aerial system being developed for the French Navy in partnership with Naval Group.
This order is part of a Stimulus plan to support the national aeronautical industry announced by the French government in 2020. For Airbus Helicopters, the plan also includes an order for two H145s for the Sécurité Civile and 10 H160s for the French Gendarmerie Nationale.
"We are very thankful to the French government for their support of the aeronautical industry through the Stimulus plan. This is a win-win situation as the aircraft fulfill a real operational need for the French armed forces and this order allows Airbus Helicopters to secure jobs and key skills in the medium term," said Bruno Even, Airbus Helicopters CEO. "The French armed forces are facing increasing and varied challenges and I am confident that the H225M, thanks to its excellent range and multirole capacity, will be an efficient and reliable asset that will enhance their operations at home and abroad. The VSR700 is also a crucial programme. It will provide the French Navy with a highly capable autonomous platform and it will pave the way for future unmanned systems within the Airbus Helicopters portfolio."
Like the rest of the aeronautical industry, the helicopter industry has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. 2020 saw the worldwide market decrease by 50%. The support of the French government will help secure 960 jobs during the next three years for Airbus Helicopters and its suppliers.
These contracts will benefit the French helicopter industry as a whole, including other key French aerospace providers such as Safran Helicopters Engines with the H225M's Makila 2A engines, Safran Power Units with the Saphir 20 auxiliary power unit, Safran Electronic Defense with the electro-optical system Euroflir 410M NG and the Sigma inertial navigation system, and Thales with the VUHF radio TRA6034 and IFF transponder TSC4000. But with more than 300 French Tier 1 suppliers involved in the H225M's supply chain, the contract will also benefit a variety of small and medium enterprises. The VSR700 is based on the Cabri G2 light helicopter built by local SME Hélicoptères Guimbal.
First deliveries of the H225Ms are planned to start in 2024 and will fulfill the Air and Space Force's operational needs and the long awaited replacement of the Puma fleet.
Thanks to a modular and versatile configuration allowing the integration of diverse equipment, the aircraft will be dedicated to a wide range of military missions including combat/search and rescue, medical evacuation, support to the population in times of crisis, and tactical training. While based in the Air and Space Force's Cazaux base in Southwest France, the helicopters will be deployed across the country and will also support the French armed forces' operations overseas.
With more than 104 helicopters in service and more than 143,000 flight hours accumulated to date, the H225M is a recognized combat-proven, versatile and reliable workhorse for military missions worldwide. Among the essential operational advantages offered by the 11-tonne helicopter is the in-flight refueling capacity, already tested by the French and Brazilian air forces.
Designed to operate alongside other shipborne naval assets, the VSR700 unmanned aerial system (UAS) is being developed within the frame of the SDAM (Système de drone aérien de la Marine) programme for the French Navy. The VSR700, derived from Hélicoptères Guimbal's Cabri G2, is an unmanned aerial system in the 500-1000 kg maximum take-off weight range. It offers the best balance of payload capability, endurance and operational cost. It is capable of carrying multiple full-size naval sensors for extended periods and can operate from existing ships, alongside a helicopter, with a low logistical footprint.
The first prototype of the VSR700 performed its maiden flight in 2020 and has recently begun expanding its flight envelope.


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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to testify before a Senate committee later this week, the latest in a series of comeuppances in the wake of his firm's massive trading losses earlier this year. The spectacle will no doubt spark another round of Dimon-bashing among commentators and other observers. In part that's a just function of the buck stopping at Dimon's desk, which makes him rightly responsible for what happens on his watch. But it's hard not to see a lot of the opprobrium directed toward the 56-year-old banker as a backlash against how he was not that long ago hailed as one of the good guys, a wise and grounded financial steward among all those mean 1%-types.
A problem with either characterization—Dimon as Solomonic Financial Seer, Dimon as Evil Banking Boss—is that they're black and white in a gray world. But a greater problem is that both ways of looking at Dimon reflect a broader, much more serious issue: All of us—journalists, investors, pundits, investment analysts—consistently overestimate the meaningful effect any boss has over his or her company. There are understandable reasons we tend to do this, but far better reasons to stop.
(MORE: 'Whale' Fail: JP Morgan's $2 Billion Blunder Tied to London Trader)
To be sure, CEOs often make a difference, for good or bad. Few doubt that Warren Buffett or Andrea Jung had a major role in (respectively) the success of Berkshire Hathaway and the failures at Avon. But to what extent that success or failure is correlated to their thoughts and actions—as opposed to forces outside their control—is tough to really know. You can think about it in sports terms: The best football team GM can be quickly undone by a weak training staff, the worst can be made to look brilliant for a while by especially confused opponents. Or think about it in statistical terms: Business results, especially those reflecting the goings on at complex companies, suffer from something called the curse of dimensionality: Data points representing input (all decisions and actions, internal and external) are so numerous and interconnected that it's both very hard to know what matters and, counterintuitively, almost too easy to see patterns where none might exist. The constellation Leo doesn't really look like a lion; but, given enough clusters of stars, you can see a lion (or a crab or a bull) if you really want to.
Put another way: Large companies employing tens of thousands of people reflect far more than the strategies set and policies established by the guy in charge, no matter how much we want to believe in the all-powerful CEO. And, boy, do we want to believe in such things. As the Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains in his bestselling book Thinking, Fast & Slow, the human brain evolved to make understanding the world quick and easy, since quick and easy understanding was, for most of our time on the planet, the key to survival. This remains true despite the fact that our perception of the world often doesn't align with what's actually happening. And so we fall victim to—in fact, we rely on—a variety of biases and shortcuts that help us come to conclusions that make the world an easier place to navigate. Not least among them is "outcome bias"—sometimes called "hindsight bias"— whereby we judge the wisdom of an action or decision by how things turned out, not by how the choice looked when the person was doing the choosing.
This is not meant to excuse Dimon or JPMorgan Chase. (Full disclosure: From 2006 through 2008 I was hired by JPMorgan Asset Management to lecture about judgment and decision making in the financial arena.) There is clearly a dangerous mixture of overconfidence, carelessness and recklessness in the processes and oversights of the firm's trading operations that is hard to fathom, with a level of toxicity that's yet to be determined. But it's exceedingly tough to know how much of any firm's overall failures and successes, let alone its individual failures and successes, can be attributed to the boss. Many have tried to figure it out, of course, and Kahneman reviewed a lot of the studies that over the years have tried to tease out the effect of individual bosses and their strategic decisions on corporate results. His conclusion:
CEOs do influence performance, but the effects are much smaller than a reading of the business press suggest … A very generous estimate of the correlation between the success of the firm and the quality of its CEO might be as .30, indicating 30% overlap.
To explain what that overlap means, Kahneman asks us to imagine many pairs of randomly matched companies. In each pair, the two firms are similar, but the CEO of one is better than the other. The question we're trying to answer is this: Given a .30 correlation between the success of a firm and its CEO, how often in our pairs of companies will we find that the firm with the stronger boss is also the more successful of the two. The answer? "A correlation of .30," Kahneman writes, "implies that you that you find the stronger CEO leading the stronger firm in about 60% of the pairs."
(MORE: Is the Fed to Blame for JPMorgan's $2 Billion Blow-Up?)
That may seem like a strong correlation, except when you consider the result you'd end up with if the relative success of both firms were determined solely by luck. In that case, you'd find the stronger CEO leading the strong firm 50% of the time. In other words, even if we could identify with certainty which CEOs were aces and which were duds, we'd still only have a slightly better than 50/50 shot at predicting how their firms would perform. This should be humbling, whether we're calling for the heads of CEOS or showering those noggins with praise, because chance has more to do with what happens at most firms than the qualities of the CEO.
Maybe Warren Buffett is a genius, or maybe he's a very smart guy—with a lot of smart decisions under his belt along with a lot of middling or poor ones—who's been immeasurably helped by an incredible run of luck over the past 45 years. Don't snicker: If you went back to 1967 and blindly considered all CEOs of publicly held U.S. companies, you would expect a handful out of them to experience a seemingly ridiculous run of good fortune over the next few decades, much as you would expect a handful to experience horrendous luck. You would also expect observers to treat the especially fortunate CEOs as geniuses and the especially unlucky ones as morons—or worse.
So maybe Jamie Dimon has been arrogant, reckless and careless in the way he's run JPMorgan Chase—or maybe he's a pretty smart guy with a reasonable game plan whose firm was humbled by a combination of poor decisions and bad luck, neither one of which can be avoided by any boss. Certainly he can and should be held accountable. That's one reason CEOs get paid the big bucks—although the relative ineffectuality of C-suite types is the strongest argument that they are paid too much. More to the point, the folks who lauded Dimon a few years ago as some sort of banking saint were without a doubt overstating the case. And there's a pretty good chance now that the folks who see him as the root of all evil are equally off the mark. There's no need to feel sorry for him, mind you; dealing with such pressure is another reason CEOs get paid the big bucks. But it is important to remember the role of chance in business if only because a healthy respect for dumb luck might help regulators and corporate boards determine how to prevent catastrophic events in the future. (By recognizing, for example, the inherent flaws in letting banks and their all-too-human employees engage in high-risk trading to the extent that they are currently allowed.)
Holding individuals responsible for all their decisions is one thing. Blaming them for all their outcomes is another.


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Two weeks ago, Edward Thomas, the Product Manager of Mobile & Emerging Technology at CNN invited the JJIE Virtual Worlds Team to present the project at CNN.
At 11 a.m. today, seven members of the JJIE Virtual Worlds team, along with Publisher & Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism (CSJ), Professor Leonard Witt, CSJ Executive Editor John Fleming, Metaverse Strategist, Designer and Trainer Gwenette Writer-Sinclair, and JJIE web producer Christopher Hayden presented the result of a semester of hard work and dedication.
The primary goal of this presentation was to introduce our work to CNN producers, perhaps with the prospect of doing further collaborative experimentational work in the intersection of virtual reality and journalism.
Here is how we envision a partnership could work:
- The Center for Sustainable Journalism would bring together college students, providing them with educational and experiential opportunities, as they work with virtual reality immersive journalism projects in collaboration with CNN.
- In ongoing collaboration with the VW team, CNN product managers would provide the VW team with concepts based on CNN's specific needs in the exploration of virtual reality storytelling techniques.
- The VW team would design virtual world interactive scenarios and immersive journalism experiences, and then come back to the CNN team for critiques and collaborative improvements to reach project goals.
At the beginning of the JJIE Virtual Worlds project, Professor Leonard Witt said,
"If we do excellent work, we will get recognition."
Based on the interest of CNN, one of the world's largest news organizations, in considering a long-term relationship with the virtual worlds team, I believe it's safe to say that the team did excellent work, which clearly paid off with recognition and possible future collaborations.
Next Steps
- The Christopher Thomas story is still a work in progress. The long text story needs to be edited once more before presenting it to CSJ editor John Fleming for possible JJIE publication. Furthermore, the machinima story, which was the initial, sole end product of this project (wow, how that has changed), must be re-edited into a final draft before its public debut.
- The machinima "Forgive" is also a work in progress. Students Jackson Walsh and Cristina Guerra will continue to collaborate with Gwenette to complete their creative translation of a teenage girl's poem to an emotionally evocative machinima.
- Student researcher Claire Bohrer will continue to conduct research around this project to determine the effect of virtual worlds journalism versus textual journalism on an audience.
As we wrap up our main Christopher Thomas Story and our Forgive machinima, we are eager to see how many more doors can be opened and partnerships created with this ever-expanding project.


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A recent comment on a list "You'd think 23andMe, with all their push to a million kits this year, they should offer their kits with free S&H all over the world - if they are really serious about meeting the 1,000,000 goal." motivated me to email 23andMe. I also mentioned I`ve purchased several kits, but hesitate because of the high cost of shipping outside the US and that I also hesitate to recommend 23andMe when lecturing on genetic genealogy because of the high shipping cost, which is much higher than other companies. I asked why their shipping cost is so high when others can do it for much less?
The prompt response received from a person named Caroline is obviously boilerplate:
Thank you for contacting the 23andMe Team. We appreciate your feedback on the cost of international shipping. The shipping cost for each collection kit includes shipping to the recipient, return shipping to the laboratory, and additional transportation fees and customs duties where applicable. In most cases, customs duties are included in the international shipping cost; however, if you live in a Non Delivery Duties Paid country (i.e. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, and Montenegro), the recipient of the order is responsible for customs duties assessed.
When returning your saliva sample to our lab, it is important to know that a large number of countries and shipping offices are still unfamiliar with the requirements of shipping an exempt human saliva sample, sometimes believing it to be hazardous and erroneously charging FDA fees and expedited shipping costs. The documentation included with your international order is vital towards ensuring the uninterrupted transport of your sample to the lab.
International shipping can be complex; we're confident you will be satisfied with the value and peace of mind that comes with our guaranteed round-trip express international transport, prepared shipping materials and documents, and guaranteed replacement that comes built into our international shipping cost.


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- Advanced flight displays with built-in VFR WAAS GPS
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- Native infrared touchscreen interface seamlessly blends with familiar buttons and knobs
- Available in 10.6" landscape, 7" landscape and 7" portrait display sizes; install up to 4 displays in any combination
- Integrates with other Garmin avionics, allowing seamless control and display of information such as traffic, weather, radios, audio and more
- Features built-in Connext® wireless technology for flight plan transfer and more with select Garmin portables and mobile device apps such as Garmin Pilot™
Designed from the ground up with a native touchscreen interface, G3X Touch flight displays are the smartest, most advanced large-format flight displays we've ever designed (and priced) specifically for experimental/amateur-built aircraft. And the integration and versatility provided by G3X Touch make it easy to create the ideal panel layout for your airplane. It's all enough to make you want to build one — just to have a platform for these amazing displays.
Built for Your Needs, Panel and Budget
The G3X Touch suite of displays offers incredible installation flexibility. Use any combination of up to 4 of the 10.6" and 7" landscape or 7" portrait displays. These bright, easy-to-read screens are easily configured as PFDs for attitude, airspeed, altitude, heading, vertical speed and more; MFDs with advanced moving map, including terrain, obstacle and traffic alerts, georeferenced FliteCharts® or ChartView™ charts powered by Jeppesen®, and SafeTaxi® airport diagrams; or optional EIS.Each display features a high-resolution screen with infrared touchscreen technology that offers large touchpoints to ensure precise inputs and minimize inadvertent touches, even with gloves. And there's a handy bezel to steady your hand in rough air. Of course, G3X Touch also has 2 familiar concentric knobs and 4 dedicated buttons — for quick access for Nearest, Direct-to, Menu and Back — if that suits your style, too.
Configurable Touchscreen Display
Infrared touchscreen technology puts all of your flight information at your fingertips. Easily pan across the moving map by dragging your finger across the screen, or pinch to zoom to see more detail. Switch from full-screen PFD to split PFD/MFD with a touch. And if your installation includes a separate PFD and MFD, you'll have reversionary backup should a failure of either display occur. In reversionary mode, the remaining G3X Touch display combines critical flight instrumentation with engine readouts and navigation information in a single-screen consolidated presentation, making this situation a virtual nonevent.
Also, G3X Touch can display engine information with the addition of a GEA™ 24 module. This user-configurable EIS enables aircraft-specific tailoring of displays for engine gauges, color bands, alerts, fuel, flaps, trim and other vital sensor data. Engine sensor kits are available for most popular engine configurations used in experimental/amateur-built aircraft, or you can manually configure gauges with any electrically compatible sensor (see installation manual for details). A single GEA 24 can support piston engines of up to 6 cylinders and turbine applications, while a second GEA 24 allows you to monitor engine operation for up to 12 cylinders, including radials and twin-engine applications. It even works with CAN bus interfaces for compatible FADEC engines such as the Rotax 912 iS.
Advanced Integration
G3X Touch display capabilities grow more powerful from there. Add up to 2 Comm radios (such as the panel-mounted GTR 200 or remote-mounted GTR 20), and simply twist the display knobs or touch the frequency on the G3X Touch display to load it into standby. Choose a GMA™ 245 or GMA 245R audio panel for advanced audio functions, including Auto Squelch, 3D Audio and Bluetooth® audio connectivity for music and phone calls. And add the GTX™ 45R remote-mounted, all-in-one ADS-B transponder to free up even more valuable panel space for your displays — while also getting ADS-B "In" traffic and weather.
G3X Touch also integrates seamlessly with the affordable Garmin experimental autopilot system, which provides advanced features such as auto-trim, flight director, indicated air speed hold and LVL capability — all of which can be accessed directly from the display. For complete IFR-approach capability, pairing the display with the GTN™ 650/750 series of touchscreen navigators enables LPV/LNAV/ILS capability, including flying coupled approaches as well as missed approach procedures.
And that's the just the start. You can add many more additional accessories to help improve your awareness and enjoyment. For example, an optional GAP 26 angle of attack (AOA) probe allows incorporation of AOA alongside your airspeed on your PFD. Install a GDL® 51R SiriusXM® receiver for NEXRAD radar, METARs, TAFs, audio entertainment and more. And add the VIRB® Ultra 30 action camera to your installation for video feed directly on the display plus controls to start/stop recording.
Rich Interactive Map and More
G3X Touch flight displays also incorporate dynamic moving map capability. Simply touch anywhere on the map, and, using your current position, the display shows the distance, bearing and time to that location on the map — as well as the elevation and GPS coordinates for that location. Other powerful features include an "Always On" bearing pointer to the nearest airport, visually extended runway centerlines and easy creation of user waypoints.
And G3X Touch flight displays come preloaded with a variety of Garmin aviation databases, including our georeferenced FliteCharts, which allows display of your position on terminal procedures (including IFR approach plates) for thousands of U.S., Canadian or European airports. Optional georeferenced ChartView is also available for those who prefer worldwide Jeppesen charts (subscription required). Additionally, G3X Touch can also display IFR/VFR sectionals and terminal VFR charts for both the U.S. and Europe. Plus, when your aircraft touches down, our built-in SafeTaxi airport diagrams help you confidently navigate many U.S., Canadian and European airports. You'll see a depiction of your aircraft's exact location overlaid onto taxiways, runways, hot spots, hangars and other airport facilities.
Terrain and Obstacles
In addition to the worldwide Garmin basemap that helps identify cities, roads and bodies of water along your flight path, G3X Touch also uses a database of both terrain elevation and obstacles that overlays on the main moving map page. A dedicated terrain page depicts terrain and obstacles of concern based on your current altitude, and it can be displayed using a 2-D map, profile view or both. Both visual and audible alerts provide automated terrain warnings, and G3X Touch provides a 500' callout for additional confirmation while on approach for landing at the destination airport.
Plus, with our SVX™ synthetic vision technology, you'll always know what lies ahead — even in solid IFR or nighttime VFR conditions. Using sophisticated graphics modeling, SVX provides a 3-D virtual reality perspective for enhanced situational awareness. SVX displays terrain using different shades of color, and it indicates obstacles and airports, including airport signposts and the runway. For additional awareness, your route is outlined with "windows" on the PFD screen; this virtual highway in the sky depicts the flight path in perspective, making it easy to visualize en route legs, course intercepts, final approach courses, runway thresholds and more.
ADS-B Traffic and Weather
When equipped with a compatible remote-mounted ADS-B receiver such as the GDL 52R, GDL 39R or GTX 45R transponder, G3X Touch can display ADS-B traffic and weather. Our TargetTrend™ relative motion tracking technology gives you a faster, more intuitive way to judge the direction and closure rate of intruding targets relative to your aircraft's position. So, rather than a fixed snapshot of the traffic situation, TargetTrend provides a more dynamic velocity-based display that shows which aircraft trajectories are most likely to converge with your own. For example, if traffic is ahead of you and traveling along the same track but at a slower rate, the motion vector would point opposite of its indicated direction of flight to show that you are overtaking the traffic. The result — you're able to make faster, better target avoidance decisions.
For airport operations, TerminalTraffic™ technology (a part of the comprehensive Garmin suite of Terminal Safety Solutions) enables ADS-B-equipped surface targets to be shown on your display's SafeTaxi diagram so you can see what's happening with traffic on busy runways and taxiways. ADS-B-equipped aircraft in-flight are easily distinguished from ground vehicles and taxiing aircraft, which are displayed using distinct colors and symbols. So, TerminalTraffic provides a clear, real-time overview of on-surface activity in the airport environment.
And with these ADS-B receivers, G3X Touch can also display subscription-free ADS-B Flight Information Service-Broadcast (FIS-B) weather information in the U.S. The displays support animated graphical weather plus METARs, TAFs, winds and temperatures aloft, PIREPs, NOTAMs and other features linked from ADS-B.
Wireless Connectivity
A true cockpit companion, G3X Touch comes equipped to take advantage of Connext, our wireless connectivity platform that makes compatible mobile devices running the Garmin Pilot or ForeFlight Mobile apps and aera® 660, aera 795 and aera 796 aviation portables. Use it to a create a flight plan in the comfort of your home, office or pilot lounge, and then transfer it to your G3X Touch with a tap or two — waypoints, airways, arrivals and all. That leaves you more time to focus on preflight activities once you arrive at the airport. Adding last-minute or en route flight plan amendments from ATC is just as easy. Simply make them on the mobile device or Garmin portable, and sync again. There's no duplication of effort, which brings greater efficiency and work-saving convenience to managing your cockpit.
You can also wirelessly stream GPS, attitude information and graphically depicted ADS-B traffic and weather (from a compatible ADS-B receiver) to your portable or mobile device. Connext even supports wireless control VIRB action cameras — to start and stop recording as you desire, capture still photos, view elapsed time and more.
*GPS receiver has a nominal operating velocity range of 0–800 kts (411 m/s).
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At 07:05 AM 4/30/2007, Grant Hodgson wrote:
MKM wrote :-
We need new IF-DSP V/H/SHF radios with built in band scopes and modules up to 5GHZ.
and Ed wrote :-
The solution is to use a SDR on the IF of your current radio. Then software can provide DSP, filtering, spectral and waterfall displays, decoding...etc. I am testing the SDR-IQ using the 28-30 MHz output of the DEMI 144/28 converter. 144-MHz is very commonly used IF for microwave converters.
A more modern approach would be to use an SDR at the RF frequency, with direct conversion to baseband, thus eliminating the transverter altogether. This is what the uWSDR (Microwave SDR) project is doing.
In a nutshell - using the latest components and modern circuit topologies to realise a high-performance SDR operating at microwave frequencies. The first products will be for the 2.3GHz (which includes 2.4GHz) band and a sister product for 144MHz. The software for the user interface is new; the software for the low-level DSP is the same as used on SDR-1000 and other SDRs.
More details can be found on the uWSDR website :-
and there is a Yahoo group for the developers and lurkers.
ON/G4KLX will give a remote presentation via the web at Dayton, and I might be able to give a talk in person at Microwave Update.
There are umpteen possibilities for product options for satellite use, such as a 2.4GHz only Rx, a crossband 1.3GHz Tx/2.4GHz Rx, etc. etc.
Development progress has been painfully slow; if anybody would like to help with the design and development please contact one of the team.
I was unaware of your SDR project, but not surprised. SDR's are at the break-out point and one would expect that many new choices will appear over the next few years. The problem holding back direct conversion at higher frequencies has been A/D converter that work at those frequencies. This envelope is being pushed quickly forward. I would love a direct 144-MHz SDR as it would fit perfectly into my station. For radio astronomy a direct conversion 1420 MHz receiver is desirable.
So no argument that obtaining direct conversion to baseband is very desirable from the stand point of elimination of mixing products (birdies). There are some basic issues facing SDR's so time will probably solve some of them.
73, Ed - KL7UW ====================================== BP40IQ 50-MHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com 144-EME: FT-847, mgf-1801, 4x-xpol-20, 185w DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] ======================================


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Mike Clark was at a Seattle Mariners game in 2012 when he saw a poster advertising a 5K walk/run whose finish line was right on Safeco Field.
With the possibility of experiencing an awe-inspiring moment that few have experienced, Clark quickly signed up and began fundraising for the M's partner charity, the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
"An interesting thing happened," Clark reflects. "People began to share their stories of domestic violence survival with me. Many were people that I knew well, but had no idea of their experiences. They didn't talk about it."
The Refuse To Abuse 5k at Safeco Field, July 21, is a unique run/walk that takes participants around every level of Safeco Field, from the top to the players' tunnel to the final lap around the field. Building on the 22-year partnership between the Seattle Mariners and WSCADV to promote healthy, respectful relationships through the Refuse To Abuse campaign, each year, prominent Mariners players such as Felix Hernandez and Kyle Seager share the message with hundreds of thousands of fans that we all have a role to play in ending domestic violence.
"I grew up a big sports guy, so to have an organizations like the Mariners stand behind this cause has been significant," Clark says. "Domestic violence is 100 per cent preventable, but we need to talk about it."
Since his first Refuse To Abuse 5k, Clark has become a vocal advocate for raising awareness about domestic violence and its prevention; he's also raised more than $25,000 to date, and hopes to top $30,000 this year.
Supporting the WSCADV's programs and advocacy, funds will support work with teens and youth engagement, the development of concrete tools to help start conversations with young people about healthy relationships, and the coalition's work to advocate for better laws and programming to prevent future violence for survivors of abuse.
"No one is too young or too old to talk about what a healthy relationship looks like and feels like," says Kelly Starr, WSCADV Director of Public Affairs. "We know that domestic violence is preventable, and we all have a role to play in stopping this violence before it starts."
Consider the sobering statistics, with far-reaching implications:On just one day, Washington domestic violence programs can serve 2,082 survivors and children.
In all, 43 per cent of women and 28 per cent of men in Washington – about 1,810,000 people – have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point.
Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children – more than 80 per cent of homeless mothers with children have previously experienced domestic violence, meaning it's important for housing and domestic violence service providers to work together.
To find the domestic violence program in your community, visit wscadv.org or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800- 787-3224 (TTY).
To play a role in domestic violence prevention, register today for the Refuse To Abuse 5K at Safeco Field at refusetoabuse5k.org.


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Eric received his B.M. from Lawrence University where he studied with Michael Nicolella, his M.M. from Yale University School of Music where he studied with Benjamin Verdery, and his G.D. from the New England Conservatory in Boston where he studied with Eliot Fisk. He currently teaches guitar at Roger Williams University, Rhode Island College, and Brown University.


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The Washington Post acknowledged today that a sophisticated phishing attack against its newsroom reporters led to the hacking of its Web site, which was seeded with code that redirected readers to the Web site of the Syrian Electronic Army hacker group. According to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, the hack began with a phishing campaign launched over the weekend that ultimately hooked one of the paper's lead sports writers.
On Tuesday morning, KrebsOnSecurity obtained information indicating that a phishing campaign targeting the Post's newsroom had been successful, and that the attackers appear to have been seeking email access to Post reporters who had Twitter accounts. The Post did not respond to requests for comment.
Update, August 16, 10:07 a.m. ET: Post spokesperson Kris Coratti finally responded, stating that the phishing attack and the site compromise were two separate incidents, and that one did not necessarily lead to the other. She emphasized that the site hack was the result of an attack on Outbrain, a third-party content recommendation site.
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But in a brief acknowledgment published today, The Post allowed that it had in fact been hacked, and in an update to that statement added that the source of the compromise was a phishing attack apparently launched by the SEA. From that message:
"A few days ago, The Syrian Electronic Army, allegedly, subjected Post newsroom employees to a sophisticated phishing attack to gain password information. The attack resulted in one staff writer's personal Twitter account being used to send out a Syrian Electronic Army message. For 30 minutes this morning, some articles on our web site were redirected to the Syrian Electronic Army's site. The Syrian Electronic Army, in a Tweet, claimed they gained access to elements of our site by hacking one of our business partners, Outbrain. We have taken defensive measures and removed the offending module. At this time, we believe there are no other issues affecting The Post site."
According to sources, Post sports writer Jason Reid was among those who fell for a phishing scam that spoofed The Posts's internal Outlook Web Access email portal (see screenshot above). Reid's hacked email account was then used to send additional — likely malware-laced — phishing emails to other newsroom employees (see screenshot below). Reid did not respond to requests for comment.
Other well-known Posties came close to be tricked by the phishing attack. One of those nearly-phished was veteran Post staffer Gene Weingarten, one of the Post's Pulitzer Prize winning editors and writers. Reached via email for comment, Weingarten was characteristically self-effacing about the whole ordeal (full disclosure: Gene edited my very first story to appear in The Washington Post, a 1996 Style section piece about living in the late President Gerald Ford's house, titled, "My Gerry Built Home").
"I was phished….one of four, but I never entered any creds," Weingarten wrote. "I'm stupid, but not THAT stupid."
This type of phishing attack bears the hallmark of the SEA, which has taken credit for hijacking the Twitter accounts of several news outlets, perhaps most famously that of The Associated Press earlier this year. That campaign — which culminated in an unauthorized tweet sent from the AP's Twitter account falsely claiming that bombs had exploded in the White House — briefly sent the Dow Industrial Average down 140 points.
As this incident highlights, phishing attacks and the phishers themselves are growing in sophistication. A survey released last month by Verizon Communications Inc. found nearly every incident of online espionage in 2012 involved some sort of phishing attack.
Update, August 16, 11:00 a.m. ET: One astute reader pointed out that the numeric Internet address (126.96.36.199) connected to the domain (site88[dot]net – see first screen shot above) used in the phishing attack against the Post this past weekend resides on the same subnet and hosting provider as blogs and Web sites belonging to some of the top Syrian Electronic Army members, including:
thepro[dot]sy (188.8.131.52)
victor[dot[thepro[dot]sy (220.127.116.11)
blog[dot]thepro[dot]sy (126.96.36.199)


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When it comes to what they put in their pets' bowls, today's consumers demand the best quality and nutrition. That means petfood manufacturers and suppliers must develop and select every ingredient and component of a formulation for maximum effect.
Perhaps in no category does this ring more true than palatability. "Industry and customers have required that we take a completely different approach to palatability," said Jennifer Radosevich, PhD, director of R&D and regulatory affairs for Kemin Nutrisurance Inc., in a presentation at the Colegio Brasileiro de Nutricao Animal in Brazil in 2008. "They want to know our products not only taste good but also have nutritional or functional value."
Probiotic power
As more and more consumers seek to provide the same nutritional benefits to their pets that they enjoy, they're also looking for ways to ensure consumption of healthy petfoods. The availability of good tasting foods containing probiotics is leading to rapid growth in this category.
Unfortunately, says AFB International, most probiotic species do not survive well in dry petfoods due to the low water activity. Few live strains of probiotics survive the stomach acids or bile acids to actually reach the gut in a viable state. Through a partnership with Ganeden Biotech Inc., AFB has recently created a new palatant to address this problem.
This new product contains GanedenBC30, live spores of a patented strain of Bacillus coagulans. The strain is generally recognized as safe and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine as a direct-fed microbial, according to AFB.
GanedenBC30 is currently available in a variety of human food products, providing a link between benefits for owners and their pets. The spore-forming nature of this strain allows petfood marketers to use the probiotics in their existing manufacturing process, applying either liquid or dry palatants to the surface, without worry about spore survival, AFB says. Key benefits of this approach include more uniform distribution of the probiotics and survival throughout the shelf-life of the petfood product (Figure 1). This brings active cultures to pets on a daily basis through their normal diets, eliminating issues with pets not accepting a supplement.
The spores' germination is triggered by the transition through the pH changes between the stomach and the intestinal tract. The pet's own system becomes the means to activate the probiotics at the appropriate time. According to AFB, growth of the probiotics in the intestinal tract brings:
- Improved digestive health through the production of lactic acid;
- Improved breakdown of nutrients for better absorption; and
- Displacement of undesirable bacteria in the gut.
Feeding studies conducted by AFB have shown growth of the probiotics in the gut with a 780% increase in fecal spore counts after only seven days on the feed. Currently the product is available in the US and Canada.
Immune response boost
Kemin employs a total palatability approach to fulfill consumer requirements for petfoods that combine health benefits with taste. This approach, Radosevich says, "generates thousands of compounds to add/detract to palatability but also can affect the health of the animal." Kemin demonstrated the effects by adding a functional ingredient to a palatant and studying the response through nutrigenomics.
Nutrigenomics is the study of how particular nutrients effect the expression of genes in the DNA of a living animal. Kemin looked at linking diet with gene expression via a trace mineral nutrigenomics experiment, a non-invasive study with Beagles examining the effects on gene expression in white blood cells after supplementation with one of the company's products, KemTrace Zinc.
The immune response effects included:
- Increased toll-like receptor expression. These proteins on the surface of immune cells are critical in recognizing substances foreign to the body and form the first line of defense against bacterial invasion;
- Increased interferon-g receptor expression. Interferon-g is a major cytokine (signaling compound) secreted by a variety of cells that is crucial to controlling infections and tumor growth;
- Upregulated genes. Zinc supplementation upregulated genes encoding structural proteins required for wound repair.
Taking advantage of technology
Adding dual functionality to palatants is driven by growing petfood market sophistication (for example, health value) and the need for manufacturers to find cost-effective formulations, according to SPF. Because palatants are commonly used topically and are not subject to drastic process conditions, they are ideal vectors for sensitive compounds such as nutraceuticals or heat sensitive chemicals, SPF says.
Also, technologies used to produce palatants can be applied to create other compounds with functionality besides just palatability. SPF is including this capability at an early phase of product development and has developed innovative technologies to add functionalities to the palatant. SPF offers specific solutions answering precisely the needs of this emerging segment-for example, a palatant for hypoallergenic diets.


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This afternoon, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI) joined the authors of the new Institute for America's Future report, "The Waste and Inefficiency of the Bush Prescription Drug Plan" for a news conference urging the Senate to empower Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices.
As Sen. Stabenow declared, "negotiating the best price is the American way."
Reporters peppered the Senator with one of Big Pharma's arguments: that the House bill as written wouldn't give Medicare enough leverage to negotiate well.
The Senator replied, "We have two arguments that are used on this," that "it's really not going to make any difference" and it's going to cut into the drug industry's enormous profits. Both can't be true.
Further noting the massive amounts of money Big Pharma is throwing around to kill a bill that supposedly won't affect prices, Sen. Stabenow said, "Their behavior does not fit the rhetoric."
Dean Baker put the emphasis on the Bush Administration to follow through in good-faith if the bill passed, stressing that savings would not materialize if Bush's Health and Human Services secretary — who is publicly opposed to negotiation — didn't try to drive a hard bargain.
Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey announced that versions of the new report will be tailored for all 50 states. And special activities will target states with Senators seen as undecided on the legislation, including: Sens. Norm Coleman (MN), Gordon Smith (OR), John Sununu (NH), George Voinovich (OH), Olympia Snowe (ME), Susan Collins (ME) and Arlen Specter (PA).
Hickey drew a clear line for what the upcoming vote means: "Are you on our side, or are you on the side of the drug industry?"
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Yesterday The Flaming Lips played at Tivoli.
I saw them last year at the very wet 2007 Roskilde Festival. The smaller stage at Tivoli did set a limit to how many aliens, constructions workers and Teletubbies they were able to bring to the stage, but they did bring quite a show, both for the ears and eyes. Lots of balloons, confetti, lights and more!
After the concert we went for "just one beer" and that beer turned into another one and soon the sun was getting up and Saturday morning was here.


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i845, You could compress the partition image with a command similar to this: cat /dev/hda | bzip2 -c > image.bz2
Originally Posted by Sepero i845, You could compress the partition image with a command similar to this: cat /dev/hda | bzip2 -c > image.bz2 Thank you. That's exactly what I wanted! Just to clear things up a bit, will the above command give me a bit-by-bit replica of my partition? I mean, I've used cat to insert/retreive text from files, but have never tried anything like this (theoritically, though, cat should do the job, as it will output the contents of /dev/hda1, like it would for any other file).... Just wanted to be sure.
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Extract from AwesomeMachine's thread Code: This will make a file that is an exact duplicate of the sdb2 partition. You can substitue hdb, sda, hda, or whatever the disk is called. or Code: dd if=/dev/sdb2 ibs=4096 | gzip > partition.image.gz conv=noerror Makes a gzipped archive of the entire partition. To restore use: Code: | gunzip > for bzip2(slower,smaller), substitute bzip2 and bunzip2, and name the file Code: .bz2 I have not use cat on a device like Sepero suggested but cat has joinned up several CD iso images into a DVD iso and so should be able to hanle binary patterns without problem. The product of dd is always a replica of the original. The compression and decompression with the same tool should return the same replica image. I prefer to save the image exactly as the partition in uncompressed form as that allows me to cherry-pick individual files for restoration.
This will make a file that is an exact duplicate of the sdb2 partition. You can substitue hdb, sda, hda, or whatever the disk is called. or Code: dd if=/dev/sdb2 ibs=4096 | gzip > partition.image.gz conv=noerror Makes a gzipped archive of the entire partition. To restore use: Code: | gunzip > for bzip2(slower,smaller), substitute bzip2 and bunzip2, and name the file Code: .bz2
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I would use gzip rather than bzip2, bzip2 will produce smaller files but is a lot more processor intensive so will take longer unless your machine is powerful enough to compress the data at the speed it can be read from your hard drive.
- bzip2 gives a LOT better compression if there are huge amounts of zeros and/or ones in a row. - gzip sometimes (very rarely) gives better compression. - In my typical experience, bzip2 takes about 3 times longer than gzip. You can make a single Linux partition HIGHLY compressable by writing zeros to it's free space. (How do you do that?) I'm glad you asked. Run a command like this: cat /dev/zero > file; rm file You should make sure that 'file' is created on the partition you want to compress. For those that don't understand what this does, it creates a file filled with nothing but zeros. It fills it until your partition is 100% full. That way it consumes all of your free space. After your partition is completely filled, it immediately deletes the file, giving your free space back. The zero's remain in your free space. (It's also a really fast, generic way to prevent someone from recovering files you've deleted. Not as good as shredding though.) Originally Posted by i845_ Just to clear things up a bit, will the above command give me a bit-by-bit replica of my partition? It's kind of funny that you should mention that because when I wrote it, I was considering skipping 'cat' completely. Just using bash redirection can be kind of cryptic though: bzip2 -c < /dev/hda > image.bz2 Yes, the 'cat' command will do bit-by-bit replica of anything, including block devices. Saikee's suggestion with 'dd' is better though (my suggestion with 'cat' was just because I'm lazy ). Using 'dd' or 'dd_rescue' is better because if setup correctly, you can run it on devices that give errors. When using 'cat' it will immediatly fail on any device error. Originally Posted by saikee I prefer to save the image exactly as the partition in uncompressed form as that allows me to cherry-pick individual files for restoration. If you're wanting to make a compressed image (of a Linux filesystem) that you can also extract individual files from, you might want to look into squashfs. You may already know that it is used to created most LiveCD's today. I hope you all are able to understand my post here. I put in more info than I thought I would. Please don't hesitate to post further questions.
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@Sepero Yup, I have seen that command (cat /dev/zero > file; rm file) before... on a previous post of yours. I didn't understand its function then. Many thanks. This topic just keeps getting more and more interesting. It's really amazing how combining small utilities under Linux gives you so much power... @saikee This might be off-topic, but cat joining ISO CD images into DVD images sounds interesting...
Last edited by i845_; 02-06-2007 at 05:07 AM.
First off I'd just like to say what a great little walk through you have written here saikee. It is very interesting and educational. My computer org teacher actaully sent me an email regarding this very thing and at the time, having no use for it, I just blew it off. I am now currently in a situation at work where this would be very useful and was wondering if someone could possibly help trouble shoot or give me some pointers on what to do for I am relatively new to dd and imaging/cloning in general. I am in the process of swapping out two 80 gig SATA drives from two Dell Optiplex 745's here at work, and replacing them with smaller 40 gig SATA drives, since they are student machines and will not need all 80 gigs. So I started to RIS one of them when I thought to myself, "I really don't want reinstall all the little tedious things when I remembered the write up my teacher did about something very similar to this. Since I have since deleted his email, that was no longer an option and I decided to google it. I found this thread and was very impressed with the write up. It wasn't until I was just about to do the DD command that I noticed you said the destination drive needs to be either the same size or larger than the source drive. I noticed that later on in the thread you referenced such tools as Parted Magic (which by the way is great, and I thank you so much for recommending it and testing it out). So using that tool I decided to shrink the 80 gig partition (on the source drive) down to about 38099MiB (39950MB) so I could just DD the partition rather than the entire drive (which obviously wouldn't work). So I decreased the size of the partition using Parted Magic, and than booted up in Knoppix 5.1 and proceeding onto doing the DD command. Once it completed I booted down the machine. Took out the 80 gig (source) drive and left only the destination drive in there. Attempting to boot into windows, nothing happened. It just sat there. So now I have booted into Knoppix, the hard drive appears but upon clicking on it, it says the following; "Could not mount device. This reported error was: Failed to read last sectory (78027696): Invalid argument Perhaps the volume is a RAID/LDM but it wasn't setup yet, or the wrong device was used, or the partition table is incorrect. Failed to startup volume: Invalid argument Failed to mount "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument The device "/dev/sda1" doesn't have a valid NTFS. Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a partition? Or the other way around?" Also wanted to make note that I followed all saikee's steps, created the new partition, rebooted the computer, etc. Also I did get a sucessful DD message at the end saying everything had copied over. Is there something that the DD is missing since I am only copying over the partition and not the entire drive? Is it even possible to do this method going from a larger driver to a smaller? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Last edited by jonathansmith68; 06-26-2007 at 12:23 PM.
Welcome to JustLinux!!!!! In your case I would run the XP in its reduced size format to satisfy that it likes the new home first before cloning it. In cloning of a partition you need to make sure the number of sectors, not the Mb, matches exactly between the source and the target because the transfer is done in sectors. It looks like you have not managed to have the sectors exactly matched because there is a report of error in the last one. Thus the partition table failed to satisfy XP's integrity check and the system isn't boot because XP would not know how to fix it. My suggestion is to resize the partition well below 40Gb, run it first and make sure the number sectors matches exactly in the cloning process. Once the clone disk operates you can use Gparted to resize the XP to take up the full disk.
Thank you for the such quick reply! I am taken your suggestions into consideration and I am currently re-shreding and re attempting to DD the now-smaller partition onto the destination drive. Also in response to one of your tips, I did in fact boot up windows last time with the 80 gig partition shrunken down to 39 gigs. Surprisingly after a quick disk check it booted up just fine! No need to do a fix mbr. I do have one question though. I noticed on your first post, in the code section it says to enter the command "dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/sda1 bs=32256" and then in the explanation it says that you used the number 32768. I scrolled down to check the number you used in section B and this time you had used 32768 in the code section. I assumed the 32256 was just a typo and was just curious on which the first code section was supposed have. Again, thanks for all the tips, hints, I'll have to try my second attempt and report back how it works!
To be honest I have not bottomed out the bs parameter myself but both numbers are about the optimum in my experience. The 32768 is from multiplying 512 bytes per sector with 64 sectors. The 32256 is from 512 bytes times 63 sectors as a hard disk is being reported 63 sectors per track. I am not sure if the 63 sector has the first sector, normally reserved as the boot sector inluded or not or even the counting starts from 0 instead of 1. dd differs from other copying operation in that it is the only one that clones the boot sector. Therefore it is impossible not to have the cloned disk bootable if the boot loader has been duplicated in exactly the same position as the original. In any case the number is intended to represent the full track in a hard disk. Declaring the bs as large as possible gains nothing as the operation still has to be chopped up bit by bit in the transfer. If bs size isn't declared then dd defaults to only 512 bytes per transfer and that will slow down the cloning process considerably as the CPU spends more time on housing keeping activities and data verification processes. Both XP and the Vista conduct a check on the partition table and so it pays to have the XP at the first partition position with nothing else on the disk, as the two partition tables, of the source and the target disks, would be identical except for the free space..
Last edited by saikee; 06-26-2007 at 04:26 PM.
Arg! Still no luck! I attempted it again, this time with a different 80 gig source hard drive and a freshly shreded destination hard drive of 40 gigs (attempting the same experiment, just with a different source drive). I started off by shrinking the size of the 80 gig partition. After it finished shrinking with parted magic i restarted and booted into Linux. I used the cfdisk command and changed the units so that sectors would be the type of unit showing. The now recently shrunken partition read 31453.48MB (or 61432560 sectors according to cfdisk). After that I did a shutdown and removed the 80 gig drive, followed by inserting the 40 gig in order to make an identical (size, boot flag, primary) partition. When i did the cfdisk command to make the partition i noticed that a partition the size of 31453.48MB also yeild the resulting 61432560 sectors. I don't know if this is just by default, the conversions that the unix terminal does or what, but i took it as, for both hard drives, there is the same MB/sector ratio. After that I wrote to the partition table, rebooted as recommended, put back in the source hard drive and continued on with the DD command. This time I decided to choose the bs value of 32256, just because of the fact that i read in the fdisk command that both of these drives had 63 sectors per track. Even though you said both numbers work. Just thought I'd try the other one just for the hell of it. I entered the dd command and at the very end it spits back this error message: "dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=32256 dd: writing `/dev/sdb1': No space left on device 975120+0 records in 975119+0 records out 31453438464 bytes (31GB) copied, 706.556 seconds, 44.5MB/s" I understand what it means, but I am curious as to why this happened? I had, according to cfdisk the exact same number of sectors (and MB) for both partitions. ALSO I figure, there was only 6 gigs of the 30+ gig partition actually taken up by data, and I assumed that since the DD is an exact bit for bit copy, that it probably copies it over in a linear-type way rather than random. So i figured whatever portion of a sector of information or whatever I'm missing it was probably nothing and should be fine. Right? Well I shut down the computer, take out the source drive leaving only the destination drive in and put in a windows xp pro sp2 disk in. I boot up the computer from the CD so I can run the fixmbr command. It asks me if I really want to and i say yes. It reboots and attempts to boot with the new hard drive. Same exact problem as before. Windows has no idea what to do. Blank black screen with a flashing cursor (the kind of cursor for typing). I tried rebooting with no luck. Booted into Linux and got the same error message when trying to mount the drive: "Could not mount device. This reported error was: Failed to read last sectory (78027696): Invalid argument Perhaps the volume is a RAID/LDM but it wasn't setup yet, or the wrong device was used, or the partition table is incorrect. Failed to startup volume: Invalid argument Failed to mount "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument The device "/dev/sda1" doesn't have a valid NTFS. Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a partition? Or the other way around?" Any ideas? I've about had it with this! ahah, but I really appreciate all your previous help, and if you do have any suggestions, I'd love to finally get this thing working!
Last edited by jonathansmith68; 06-28-2007 at 04:55 PM.
You need to have the same partition number for the source and target. When a XP is installed it has a record of which controller, which partition and which disk. If you look at its boot.ini (hidden) typically it will have information like Code: timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn If you have the two partitions matched exactly in size then the number of records must correspond to each other. The No. of records times the bs size should exactly equal to your partition size. If it doesn't it could only be the last record is not a complete unit of bs. If you are cloning sda2 I recommend you clone sda1 to sdb1 first using identical size. The idea is to make sure the partition table matched up as well. A sure fire method is to clone the whole disk but you need to have a bigger target. Post the output of "fdisk -l" if you still have a problem. Using smaller target disk may give trouble if its geometry is different to the bigger source disk (different number of heads and sectors). 80Gb disks are likely to run at ATA133 with standardised 255 heads and 63 sectors whereas 40Gb disks may hang on to ATA66 or ATA100 which can have different geometries.
timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
Last edited by saikee; 06-28-2007 at 08:13 PM.
You are right, I feel very stupid all of the sudden. It would make sense that both partition tables would have to be exactly the same in order for windows to not be confused. It totally makes sense to me now. Now I have two problems before I try this again. The first partition is one of those stupid Dell Recovery Partitions, not by choice, but the image that we RIS here around the office had a dell recovery partition on it. So in order for me to keep the partition table the same I'd have to create this Dell Utility partition as well. When doing a fdisk -l command, it spits back saying that the System Partition type: "Dell Utility." I haven't checked to see if that type is in the cfdisk command but, I'm assuming it's not... Any idea's on what I could do with that? I'd assume it's just a FAT16 or FAT32 partition but, like I said fdisk says it's "Dell Utility." Also here is what I get when I enter fdisk -l: "Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 * 7 3830 30716280 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4863 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table" So that makes me think they have the same geometry, since both number of heads and sectors are the same. than again i don't know really anything about the geometry of hard drives and maybe the different number of cylinders makes a difference too. but considering that's the only number i see different and there is clearly a difference in overall size, i'm under the impression that the geometry's of both hard drives are in fact the same. but if that's the case why did i get the "No Space Left on Device" error?! Please Also note that the reason it says there's no valid partition table as of now is because I just shreded the drive yesterday in order to attempt this again here in a little bit. If you have any last suggestions, that'd be great. I think I'm going to try it again here in a few minutes by DD'ing both partitions, one at a time. Again my only problems I think I'll run into are the file system for the recovery partition and possibly getting the "No Space Left on Device" error again. All of your help has been great, keep it coming if you have any more ideas. Thanks! EDIT: Just noticed there is in fact a "Dell Utility" type partition you can choose from in the cfdisk command! Now all I need to know is the question about the possibly differences in geometries.
Last edited by jonathansmith68; 06-29-2007 at 11:49 AM.
I think your disks look OK to me and the running out of space is more to do with the way you cloned it. dd is good in that it has no problem of whatever the content in the hard disk disk. It only copies the binary bits of "1" and "0". The important points are (a) The partition type number should be the same. You can rectify this after the disk has been cloned but the best way is to have it written in the partition first as it might affect the way the partition being mounted for information un-related to dd. This is why it is a good practice to reboot every time the partition table has been modified, especially you are dealing with non-Linux partitions inside Linux. (b) DD only cares about where it should start and where it must stop. Take your sda2 for example Code: /dev/sda2 * 7 3830 30716280 7 HPFS/NTFS it will be cloned successfully if dd starts at the 7th cylinder and finishes at the 3830th cylinder. According to your information in Post #43 the sdb disk should have no problem of taking sda1 and sda2 because it has 4864 cylinders. Partitions are always in units of a whole cylinder. By telling dd the input device is sda2 dd will be forced to start from the 7th and finish at the 3830th cylinder. Bearing this in mind when you specify the output device. (c) The partition type number, which is 7 for sda2 for ntfs and de for sda1 for dell utility, and the booting flag "*" are parts of the partition table which is not copied, unless the entire disk is cloned. Therefore you have to make sure they are written by the partitioning tool, like cfdisk or fdisk (Linux version).
/dev/sda2 * 7 3830 30716280 7 HPFS/NTFS
I am almost completely stumped. I decided to try a different method. I followed the link that you had on the top of your first post ( this thread ). In post 14 of page 1 it reads: "...If the source drive contains a partition which will make the smaller target drive think it has more cylinders that it really does, this will interfere with making a proper target image. This why, unless the target drive is bigger than the source, I do not copy the entire drive. But, if you wish to partition the target first, and skip the MBR on both drives, you can still have a smaller target than source drive. Here is the command to skip the MBR, thereby keeping intact different disk geometries. dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb seek=1 skip=1 conv=notrunc,noerror. When dd gets the MAS, or maximum addressable sector on the target, it will stop. Whatever there was room for will be there. It should further be noticed that dd is a bitstream duplicator. It copies bit for bit, regardless of file system, or anything else." After reading this I had thought that I had just found the holy grail of for what I was looking for! I tried this command out, and forgot to leave the bs out, so it took a little bit longer, but I suffered. Anyways after it was all done with the DD i found it strange that the same "No Space Left on the Device" error came up at the end even though according to the post, no errors are supposed to pop up. I did notice the command on the post has a period at the end of "noerror." I just assumed it was the end of the line so he put a period there, but was I supposed to add this into the command? I am interested if anyone has used a command like this and can confirm or deny if it's correct because after the DD finished and I got the error, I turned off the system, took out the source drive, and tried booting up into windows. Same problem, except this time it knew instantly that there was nothing on the drive and attempted to pXe boot. I found this rather strange and booted into knoppix. When trying to mount it, it gave me an error saying something along the lines of: "cannot mount hard drive, there is no filesystem or the filesystem is not recognized." Going back into cfdisk showed that the drive was 39 gigs of unpartitioned space!? After failing yet again, I re-read his post. It says "...But, if you wish to partition the target first..." I'm confused as to what this means. I thought if you were DDing the whole hard drive, making an exact copy that all the partitions and everything transfered over...? Should I maybe try it again and create both the Dell Utility and NTFS partition and then try this method again?
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