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Operating instructions
The calendar view shows you an extract from the liturgical calendar:
The page view shows you one particular page for your chosen day:
The button at the top left opens the Options pages.
The left and right buttons move you back and forward by one day. The numbered button in the middle switches you between the calendar view and the page view.
The button at the top right lets you move from one page to another.
The calendar view
To view the hours for a particular day, tap on the day.
To use the built-in Windows Mobile date selector to go to any given date, tap on the heading that shows the name of the month.
To go to today's date, open the built-in date selector and tap on the button marked "Today".
The page view
To move backwards and forwards through the days, use the left and right arrows at the top of the window.
To get a calendar listing, tap on the numbered box between the arrows.
To change which page you are viewing (Mass, Morning Prayer, etc), tap on the caption at the top right and then pick the page you want from the list that appears.
To copy the text so that you can paste it into another program, touch and hold on the text of the page. After a second or so, a menu will appear. Pick "Copy" or "Copy Page" from the menu.
The Options pages
To open the Options pages, tap on the downward-pointing triangle at the top left of the Universalis screen:
There are three Options pages and you can move between them by tapping the appropriate tab at the bottom of the screen.
You can choose which font type and font size you want Universalis to use.
This page lets you choose which local calendar you want Universalis to use. You can also set the following options:
Invitatory Psalm: You can decide whether you want the same Invitatory Psalm every day, or whether you want the psalm to change every day, going through the four permitted options, as the Universalis web site does.
Translations: For the Liturgy of the Hours, you can choose whether to use the Grail translation of the psalms or the translation that is used on the Universalis web site. (The scripture readings are always in the Jerusalem Bible version).
Translations: For the readings at Mass, you can choose whether to use the Jerusalem Bible and the Grail psalms (which are used in the UK and many other parts of the world) or the New American Bible scripture readings and psalms. The New American Bible option is only available if you select one of the United States liturgical calendars.
About Universalis
This page tells you what version of the program and database you are using.
The Today screen
Universalis displays the feast or saint of the day in your Today screen and you can go to today's readings by tapping on this display.
If you don't want Universalis in your Today screen then you can turn it off using your device's standard methods for configuring the Today screen: for instance, Start > Settings > Today > Items.
If you have installed Universalis on a storage card instead of into your device's main memory (where it is normally installed), then whenever you reset your device, you will see that the Universalis entry is missing from your Today screen even if you have asked for it to be there. This is because Windows Mobile builds the Today screen immediately on reset, before establishing communications with the storage card. To get the Universalis entry back, use Start > Settings > Today > Items and immediately press OK. This will make the system rebuild the Today screen, and Universalis will be part of the Today screen again.


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'Egregious' rejection of Voting Rights Act
In gutting the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices have once again superseded the will of the Congress, ignoring precedent in the process and constructing a frail constitutional framework to justify their ruling.
Passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 was among the greatest achievements of the civil rights movement that ended institutional discrimination in the South. The act's intent was to enforce the dictates of the Fifteenth Amendment, ratified after the Civil War: "The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Section 2 of the Amendment makes it clear that "Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Congress has used that constitutional authority to extend the 1965 Voting Rights Act several times and the high court has repeatedly upheld its constitutionality. Congress most recently renewed the act for 25 years in 2006 after extensive hearings, the vote 390-33 in the House and unanimous in the Senate.
Congress concluded then "40 years has not been a sufficient amount of time to eliminate the vestiges of discrimination following nearly 100 years of disregard for the dictates of the 15th Amendment and to ensure that the right of all citizens to vote is protected as guaranteed by the Constitution."
But in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and joined by justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., the conservative wing of the court concluded that it did not like the formula Congress uses to judge which states and jurisdictions needed closer monitoring to protect voter rights.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act outlines the nine states in the South and Southwest (and numerous other voting districts scattered around the country) that are subject to Section 5's "preclearance" requirement. These states and jurisdictions must obtain permission from the Justice Department before amending voting laws and regulations, assuring those changes are not discriminatory.
Congress has not updated Section 4 since 1975. The court's majority concluded that is too long. If Congress requires some states and jurisdictions to receive preclearance, it must base that requirement on contemporary data; otherwise it is a violation of state rights, the majority concluded.
"The (Fifteenth) Amendment is not designed to punish for the past," Chief Justice Roberts writes. "Its purpose is to ensure a better future."
The majority argument finding Section 4 unconstitutional is fundamentally flawed. How to ensure a better future, what formula to use, whether it should be changed and to which states it applies are decisions for Congress to make, not the Supreme Court. The Fifteenth Amendment could not be clearer on that point. Writing the opinion of the four dissenting justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg put it well.
"The body (Congress) empowered to enforce the Civil War Amendments 'by appropriate legislation' merits the Court's utmost respect. In my judgment, the Court errs egregiously by overriding Congress' decision," writes Justice Ginsburg.
During oral arguments last March about the case - Shelby County, Ala. v Attorney General Holder - Justice Scalia signaled the conservative court's direction. "This is not the kind of a question you can leave to Congress," said the justice about his concern Congress would never modify the Voting Rights Act. Gee, that sounds like judicial activism.
Theoretically, Congress could, in an effort to pass constitutional muster, rewrite Section 4 with a new formula based on new data. Given the current climate in Congress, reaching agreement on new federal guidelines is probably impossible.
This misguided decision presents a genuine threat to voting rights. In the past two years the attorney general has used the act to block state voter identification laws that would have adversely affected minority voters.
Due largely to the act, the country has made tremendous progress in reducing voter discrimination, but it is na�ve to think that when politicians in these states see it in their interest to repress the votes of the minority community they won't try again. Now, they won't have a functioning Voting Rights Act to stop them.
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I know it will be a good game, but the end result will be Stanford winning and covering a 3 pt spread.
My statement was hyperbole.
Thought that was obvious with the
Do think Wisky will struggle to run in this one though.
NO..you put the in response to the poster saying "they suck big hairy nutz"....
so basically you were just posting nonsense about you thinking that wisky wont run for 100
Standford will win this game it is my pick this far out minus any major injuries. Spread will be 3 Stanford will cover it will never be in doubt imo.
Got the Tree at -6 and think it's a gift. Think line will move to somewhere around 10 all said and done will take Wiskly at that number.
How are injuries and suspensions possible? Not really. You will have more people coming back from injuries...
Tree one of th best run D's wisky has seen all season.
Hogan is the x factor that covers the spread.
[Quote: Originally Posted by Da Punishner] If Whisky don't run for a TWO HUNDRED Yards . I push a penny From Madison's capitol to Chicagoland. By the way "GO BEARS". [/Quot
really hoping they don't know. Will you post a video on youtube?
Bears going to blow the division can't believe it.
Originally Posted by Da Punishner: Neb. was the 5th ranked DEF. and millions , probably on this site too, posted simila statements befpore the game yesterday. Well we know what happened there. These are basically the same team , but Whisky can run block better. In Fact, if the Off. Coord. played Gordon and White more, one could say the TREE's are the one's who's gonna get spanked. Finally, Coach "B" needs to win this game and he will or the Off. Coord is toast. Badger is the only play. I will be on them "LARGE".
I was on Wisc ML, spread, and pounded their over 2nd half TT.
Nebraska run D is ranked 96th. Rank is a bit skewed by last game by Braska was giving up 166 on the ground b4 that. Their run D was, is, and for the what remains of the season is garbage. UGA will run all over these guys.
The Tree run D is ranked 3rd giving up 88 yards a game.
Best run D Wisky faced this year was MSU who stonewalled the Badgers in their house.
UCLA vs NEB had 344 yds rushing
Whisky vs NEB had 544 yds rushing
Originally Posted by joshk: That is fairly misleading. UCLA also threw it all over the place on the Huskers. Wisco didn't have to.
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Although he served before I met him, my husband, Jason is a military hero in my life. He served in the Army during Desert Storm. Both of my Grandfathers served during World War II, Army and Navy. Rest in Peace my deceased Grandpa George. Much love and good health to you Grandpa Dan.
My heart and love go out to the military heroes in your lives and also to you and your families!
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1) Judgements of the Wise: Mana gained reduced from 33% to 15% of base mana. We spent many hours arriving at this number. For example, we did a lot of Patchwerk fights, watching the mana bar to see when and if it ever went down. In BGs, we were seeing paladins able to go from target to target without pausing even when unleashing all of their attacks. While we don't want you to go OOM in a few seconds, we don't want you to ignore the mana bar either. Mana is not rage -- warriors can't typically start a battle with a full bar.
Unlike seemingly everyone else, I'm fine with this. The numbers work out very nicely for PvE DPS. The basic rotation is sustainable indefinitely, there's room for a few minor utility spells, and the Burn mode with Hammer of Wrath lasts for about 1 minute, which is solid.
2) Judgement of Wisdom: mana gained reduced to 1% of maximum mana and proc frequency cut by 50%. This ability was flat out better than Vampiric Touch when the mana provided between the two really needs to be close in order for the decision between Shadow priest and Retribution paladin to be a real one.
Could you tell us what the actual mechanics of Judgement of Wisdom are meant to be? So far on Beta we've seen:
- 2% gain, 100% proc, 4s cooldown per person
- 2% gain, 100% proc, 4s cooldown per raid
- 2% gain, 100% proc, no cooldown (I think Wis/Light are like this on Live)
- 1% gain, 50% proc, no cooldown?
3) Judgement and Seals: Damage reduced by 20%. This is the major damage adjustment -- a lot of damage was coming from these. We do realize this hurts Holy and Protection as well, and that is something for which we are prepared to offer compensation (particularly if it hurts Protection's threat generation).
Why are you so insistent on having Seals proc off special attacks?
Almost every nerf you've made to Ret has had this change at the heart. We were perfectly happy in TBC with Crusader Strike and Judgement not proccing Seals. So far, this change has led to:
- significant nerfs to Seals/Judgments
- hurt Holy soloing and levelling, as Holy doesn't get extra Seal procs
- an increase in the magnitude of burst damage
- random chance of complete silliness with Seal of Command
- lackluster Retribution abilities, because they have to pay an invisible "Seal Tax"
-- Crusader Strike is now worse than Mortal Strike, and MS is easier to get
-- Divine Storm is now Whirlwind with a small heal, only Whirlwind is baseline, and DS is 51-points
Seriously, if you removed Seal procs off specials, that would give you some room to tune Ret without affecting Holy/Prot, and maybe even make our special abilities more exciting and paladin-like, rather than being poor copies of Warrior abilities.
Nerfing a spec or class is never fun. It means that our initial estimates of numbers were off and we know that the community is going to react negatively (to put it mildly). But we have to try and keep the game in a relatively balanced state and that is going to mean making decisions that are unpopular sometimes. If you need to blame someone for the nerfs, blame me.
Here's the thing. Why do you have so much trouble with Retribution paladins? We went through this exact same thing in TBC, when you nuked Crusader Strike, and we didn't recover until that change was reverted (and we got threat reduction in 2.3). That's where all the forum angst is coming from. We've been through this scenario before, and it didn't end happily for us. Why do you think it will be different this time around?
We're a relatively simple class. Almost all of our talents are straight damage increasing talents (which is another issue entirely). Vengeance has full uptime very quickly. We don't have feedback loops like Rage, or complex mechanics to model like Combo-point generation. The most complicated part of our class is the internal cooldown on Seal of Command. Other-wise it's pretty much wait for the cooldown to finish, hit ability, and wait for the next ability to come off cooldown.
I'm rather worried that you can't seem to model our damage properly. Of all the classes in the game, I would imagine you would be able to predict Retribution damage with extreme precision. Yet it seems to be the class who's damage you have the most trouble predicting.


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Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has made a name for itself by producing comfortable, luxurious cars that place a high premium on safety. However, in recent years, the company has offered an increasingly diverse array of vehicles to auto buyers. Now, in addition to the enhanced safety that Volvos are famous for providing, many recent models also offer an increased level of performance and a considerable dash of style.
Volvo Through The Years
Volvo was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, back in 1927 by Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larsson. The company placed a strong emphasis on safety from the very beginning, and consequently, Volvos have earned a well-deserved and longstanding reputation as being among the safest cars on the road.
The first car the company produced was known as the Jakob. In 1929, Volvo went on to introduce the PV651, a six-cylinder model. However, it wasn't until the post-war era that Volvo enjoyed a major success with its popular PV444. During the 1950s, Volvo further enhanced its reputation for safety, introducing innovations such as the 3-point seatbelt. In the 1960s, Volvo launched the sleek P1800 sports car, which became a favorite among the younger generation in Europe and England at the time.
Volvo in America
Volvo began exporting cars to the United States in the 1950s, beginning with the distinctive looking PV444. Volvo grew its brand steadily in the U.S. over the next two decades. Models like the P1800 sport coupe made their way stateside; however, it was during the late 1970s when Volvo wagons, with their reasonably good gas mileage and enhanced safety features, began to catch on with progressive minded families throughout North America.
In the 1980s, Volvos were adapted by droves of young urban professionals or "yuppies" as they were known at the time. Volvo responded by issuing its first turbocharged model and even an Italian-designed sport coupe.
Volvos remained very popular with American drivers throughout the 1990s. The mid-range 900 series was issued from 1990 through 1998, and included sedans and wagons alike. However, as the 21st century approached, Volvo began to streamline its designs, moving away from the safe, practical but rather boxy vehicles it was mostly known for. The 900 series also marked the last of the rear-wheel drive vehicles produced by Volvo.
As the new Millennium approached, Volvo offered an increasingly diverse array of vehicles to American drivers. The safe, practical sedans and wagons were still available; however, they were joined by a line of SUVs, sport coupes and even compact executive cars.
Volvo was acquired by Ford in 1998. However, like many American automakers, Ford ran into severe financial problems during the dark days of 2008 and 2009, and in 2010, the American auto giant was forced to sell Volvo to Chinese automaker, Geely.
Volvo Models
Wagons were a key aspect of how the Volvo brand established itself with American drivers. The current incarnation of the Volvo wagon is the V70. Like many Volvo wagons before it, the V70 is a safe, practical midsize with ample interior space. However, as with many new model Volvos, the V70 has been spiffed up with sportier lines and a more stylish overall design.
More compact but less practical than the V70 is the compact V50. Dubbed a sport wagon by Volvo, the V50 offers a compact station wagon design on a smaller framework powered by a 5-cylinder engine.
Volvo has been relatively savvy in cashing in on the popularity of the SUVs in recent years. Currently Volvo offers several SUV models in its lineup of vehicles including the Premium XC60 and the midsize, 7-passenger XC-90. While the XC-70 is technically a more rugged version of the Volvo V70 station wagon, it also has many SUV-like features including increased ground clearance and all-wheel drive.
Few models have done more to dispel Volvo's image as a producer of boxy, boring practical sedans than the C70 convertible coupe. Originally issued as a soft-top convertible, the latest edition of the performance-minded C70 comes as a retractable hard top.
The Volvo C30 is a compact family car with a hatchback body design. When it was initially introduced in 2007, the C30 was viewed as a departure from Volvo's usual line of boxy sedans and wagons. However, putting the luxury of a Swedish-made Volvo in a smaller, more economical package piqued the interest of drivers and the car remains in production today.
Volvo Products and Technologies
Volvo's standing in the automotive world for producing safe, practical cars could be regarded as second to none. The company helped to pioneer many of the safety features and innovations we now take for granted. And while Volvos have long been regarded as a solid, respectable luxury brand, the brand has earned major points for adding style and performance to their lineup of vehicle offerings in recent years.
Volvo 850
1997-1995 | Luxury, Sedan, Wagon
The Volvo 850 replaces the aging 700 series, offering Volvo fans something new to explore.
Volvo 940
1995 | Luxury, Sedan, Wagon
The Volvo 940 series includes several impressive features.
Volvo 960
The Volvo 960, like every other car or vehicle the company makes, was known for its safety features and reliability.
Volvo C30
2013-2008 | Compact, Hatchback
Volvo unveiled Volvo C30 at the Paris Motor Show in 2006.
Volvo C70
2013-2006, 2004-1998 | Convertible, Coupe, Luxury
Latin for "I roll," Volvo has been making cars since the first of its kind tumbled off the assembly line back in 1927.
Volvo S40
2011-2000 | Midsize, Sedan
While most of Volvo's models have a boxy body style, the S40 tries something a little different.
Volvo S60
2019-2011, 2009-2001 | Hybrid, Luxury, Midsize, Sedan
For decades, Volvo has been a brand name synonymous with safety, but that is not the start and finish to the S60's claim to fame.
Volvo S60 Cross Country
2017 | Midsize, Sedan
Volvo S70
2000-1998 | Luxury, Sedan
The Volvo S70 dates back to 1998-2000, when the car was available on the market.
Volvo S80
2016-1999 | Luxury, Sedan
The Volvo S80, through both of its generations, has been known for its safety features, unique cabin designs, and reliability.
Volvo S90
2018-2017, 1998 | Hybrid, Luxury, Sedan
For decades, Volvo has been a standard in terms of safety and reliability and this legacy can be seen in the S90.
Volvo V40
2004-2000 | Midsize, Wagon
The Volvo V40 was introduced in 2012 at the Geneva Motor Show to much acclaim.
Volvo V50
2011-2005 | Midsize, Wagon
Known for its Scandinavian-rooted stylish interiors and cutting-edge safety features that include optional built-in child booster seats, front-cabin head restraints, and side-impact/head curtain airbags, the sleek Volvo V50 distinguishes itself as an upscale compact family wagon with keen handling and the kind of fuel economy rating that any finance-conscious family would appreciate: 19/28 mpg city/highway.
Volvo V60
2018-2015 | Luxury, Midsize, Wagon
Volvo V70
2010-1998 | Luxury, Wagon
Since its inception, the Volvo V70 has grown and transformed both internally and externally over its 12-year history (broken down into three separate generations) in the North American marketplace.
Volvo V90
2018-2017, 1998 | Luxury, Wagon
The Volvo V90 arrived on the automotive scene in 1991, offering Volvo loyalists a well-equipped, safe wagon option in keeping with the brand's reputation.
Volvo XC60
2019-2010 | Hybrid, SUV, Utility/Offroad
Built upon the manufacturer's sportier S60 series, the Volvo XC60 intends to fill the gap between the older XC70 wagon and the full-size XC90 SUV.
Volvo XC70
2016-2003 | Luxury, Wagon
The roots of the Volvo XC70 can be traced all the way back to the beginning of the car company, but for our immediate purposes, the popular Volvo 850 series will suffice.
Volvo XC90
2019-2016, 2014-2003 | Hybrid, SUV, Utility/Offroad, Wagon
While no one can claim that the Volvo XC90 isn't safe and reliable, it is possible to note that this SUV may not be the flashiest or best performing option available.


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There are lots of different variables you could factor into the question but I want to leave it as simple as possible to see the variation in replies.
So simply, who is the best football player on the Seahawks current roster?
I think there are 7 or 8 guys who i could make a legit argument for. Most of them are defensive players of course, but at least one guy on offense belongs in the conversation.
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This article Based on work by frontalot and mox69. Originally by frontalot. at Linkstationwiki.org
How to Convert the LinkStation into a Full-fledged Debian Linux Server
The following guide will attempt to explain the steps involved in converting a stock Buffalo LinkStation into a fully functional Linux system with Samba administered via Webmin/SSH. The following is a list of things that I will assume from the reader:
- You have a basic understanding of Linux command line functions.
- Your LinkStation must be connected to the Internet! I have mine connected via a standard 5 port router to take advantage of the router's DHCP capabilities.
- It will be handy to have the IP addresses of your ISP's DNS servers.
- You know the current IP address of your LinkStation.
- Some familiarity with the Linux text editor called "vi."
Install FreeLink
1) Grab the latest version of FreeLink from the downloads area and unzip it. Install the firmware per the instructions at: The LinkStation firmware flasher.
2) You must have your computer on the same subnet as the LinkStation, e.g., 192.168.1.3. Start by changing the root password:
passwd root
3) If you want to name your LinkStation something besides LinkStation, type the following commands (replacing BuffaloNas with your choice of name):
echo "127.0.0.1 BuffaloNas" > /etc/hosts hostname BuffaloNas export hosts echo "BuffaloNas" > /etc/hostname
- Do you need to use static network settings? Click here.
Install Software
4) Test your Internet connection:
ping www.google.com
5) Google replied, meaning I'm on the net! Now we can begin installing software. Debian uses a program called aptitude to manage the software on your computer. Think of it as a very advanced command line version of Windows add / remove programs. First update the aptitude package list and install SSH:
apt-get update
6) Then install OpenSSH:
note: this step is only necessary for the PowerPC(LS1,HG) versions of freelink. The MIPSel(LS2) version comes with SSH enabled
apt-get install ssh
7) Answer the installation prompts, making sure to enable the SSH daemon (server). Now use your favorite SSH program to make sure we can SSH in (I prefer [PuTTY]). If SSH is working you should be able to log in like this:
8) You should upgrade all currently installed programs:
apt-get upgrade
9) Now close out your telnet session and disable the telnet daemon (utelnetd):
rm /etc/rc2.d/S05utelnetd
10) Let's install specific packages. Type the following at the SSH prompt:
apt-get install samba smbfs
11) Answer all the prompts with the appropriate information. Make sure to use encrypted passwords and create a password database. Then install Webmin, a program which allows easy administration of the LinkStation via a web browser:
apt-get install webmin webmin-core webmin-cpan webmin-inetd webmin-logrotate webmin-firewall
12) When that is done type:
apt-get install webmin-samba
Configure Software
13) You must add your computer's IP address to the list of allowed hosts:
vi /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
14) Change 127.0.0.1 to the IP address of the computer from which you will be administering the LinkStation. You will be able to add more later via Webmin itself. Next restart the Webmin:
15) And connect to Webmin via HTTPS, e.g., https://_LINKSTATION_IP_:10000
16) Congratulations, you have successfully installed FreeLink. you may want to free up some space now and install a 2.6.XX kernel
Static IP Address
3a) Only for users who need static network settings:
vi /etc/network/interfaces
3b) You must correctly edit this file to reflect your network settings. In our example:
3c Save the file and exit vi. To change the DNS servers:
vi /etc/resolv.conf
3d) We will be using the following DNS servers in our example:
3e) Save the file and exit vi.
3f) Reboot before you move on to step 4


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Arlington-based Wright Medical Group Inc. has closed on its agreement to acquire Solana Surgical LLC of Memphis and has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OrthoPro LLC of Salt Lake City, the company announced Thursday, Jan. 30.
Under the terms of the Solana acquisition, Wright acquires all of Solana's outstanding equity for about $90 million, consisting of $47.6 million in cash and $42.4 in Wright common stock.
The same basic arrangement applies to OrthoPro for $36 million in cash, with $32.5 million paid at closing and up to $3.5 million more in cash contingent on revenue milestones included in the agreement.
The OrthoPro agreement is expected to close in a year, according to a statement from Wright.
Both companies add to Wright's foot and ankle portfolio, increasing the company's focus on the surgical podiatric market.
Wright Medical executives are expected to provide more details about the acquisitions, as well as what the coming integration will mean for Wright's relocation from Arlington to Memphis, during the company's Feb. 24 earnings conference call.
British medical technology company Smith & Nephew plans to buy U.S. medical device maker ArthroCare in a $1.5 billion deal that it says will strengthen its sports medicine business.
Smith & Nephew said Monday it will pay $48.25 in cash for each share of ArthroCare Corp., which is based in Austin, Texas.
Smith & Nephew PLC said ArthroCare's expertise in shoulder joint repair will complement its strength in knee repair.
ArthroCare has 35.4 million shares outstanding, counting options and restricted stock, according to Smith & Nephew spokesman Charles Reynolds. Smith & Nephew values the deal at $1.7 billion counting ArthroCare's cash. It expects the acquisition to close by the middle of the year.
ArthroCare makes surgical devices, instruments and implants and employs about 1,800 people. The company announced on Jan. 7 that it will pay a $30 million fine to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into alleged securities fraud by its former management.
The Justice Department also is charging the company with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, but it has entered into a two-year deferred prosecution agreement with ArthroCare. If the company meets requirements set by the Justice Department, it won't bring charges against the company.
ArthroCare has said that deal will end the Justice Department's investigation, which was first made public in December 2008.
The J.M. Smucker Co. has filed a $16 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement as part of its planned plant expansion at 4789 Cromwell Ave. in Oakhaven.
No contractor or architect was listed on the permit, which is the first in Smucker's plan to invest $41 million to upgrade its peanut butter production lines.
The Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County in mid-January unanimously granted the Orrville, Ohio-based company an amended payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for 15 years on personal property and 13 years on real property.
In addition to 42 new positions, which will have an average wage of $52,545, created through the expansion, Smucker will maintain its existing 61 employees.
The approved tax freeze will save Smucker $13 million, but the company will still pay an estimated $16.2 million in taxes to the city and county over the length of the PILOT. The company said 25 percent of the company's planned $21.5 million in discretionary spending will be with women- and minority-owned businesses.
The University of Memphis is making the 10-year old Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management an independent school within the university.
The school has its own bachelor's degree curriculum with 60 credit hours of coursework. The coursework had been a third of that previously.
With the autonomy, the school will also offer concentrations in event management, lodging, and food and beverage services.
The Kemmons Wilson School had been a part of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics since it was founded.
The school is housed in a full-service hotel and conference center on the university campus and is named for the late founder of Holiday Inn.
His son, Kemmons Wilson Jr., said in a statement that the school's goal is "a real-world environment within an academic setting."
Dr. Radesh Palakurthi, professor and director of the school, said the status as a separate school means it has achieved "the critical mass it needs to offer a more focused program in hospitality and resort management."
Gibson Guitar Corp. has launched a "Government Series" Les Paul guitar commemorating federal agents raiding the Gibson factories in Nashville and Memphis.
The guitar – which is available in a "Government Tan" color – is made from wood confiscated during the raids in Nashville.
"Great Gibson electric guitars have long been a means of fighting the establishment, so when the powers that be confiscated stocks of tonewoods from the Gibson factory in Nashville – only to return them once there was a resolution and the investigation ended – it was an event worth celebrating," Gibson said in a statement.
The Nashville-based guitar maker was raided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents on allegations it violated the Lacey Act, which requires U.S. companies to comply with other countries' environmental export restrictions. While denying wrongdoing, Gibson agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty and other fines.
The Government Series II Les Paul, which will sell for around $1,099, features a pickguard that is "hot-stamped in gold with the Government Series graphic – a bald eagle hoisting a Gibson guitar neck."
Fred's Inc. said Thursday that its sales were hurt in January by bad weather that also cut into the retailer's profit for the quarter.
The discount retailer said that the rough weather disrupted consumers' shopping habits and led to the closure of more than 120 stores during the final week of the month.
Fred's, based in Memphis, Tenn., operates 704 discount general merchandise stores in the southeastern U.S.
The company said that its revenue from stores open for at least a year fell 1.8 percent in January. That measure is a closely watched gauge that strips away the impact of recently opened or closed stores. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were anticipating a 1 percent decline.
Fred's adjusted its January results to eliminate the first week of the month to make it comparable with those of the prior year.
CEO Bruce Efird said that prior to the last week of January, the company's sales were running in the middle of the company's forecast but fell sharply in that final week due to bad weather. He said that the drop in sales should reduce the company's earnings for its fourth quarter by 3 cents per share.
Fred's now expects earnings between 13 and 16 cents per share for its fourth quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet were anticipating earnings of 18 cents per share.
Developer Wes Misenhelter has filed a $2 million building permit application for the indoor sports facility he is building on 237 Woodland Lake Drive in Cordova.
The application filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement lists the size of the sportsplex at 45,094 square feet. No architect or contractor is listed.
Misenhelter last year bought the 5.6-acre site east of Grays Creek on Walnut Grove Road to build Wesscorp Sports & Office Property. The development will include a climate-controlled indoor sports facility with turf soccer field and three separate areas for sports programs. The site also has two outparcels dedicated for office and medical development.
Misenhelter filed a $2.3 million construction deed of trust through BankTennessee on Jan. 8, and the sports facility is expected to be fully operational in July.
Prudential Collins-Maury has joined the Coldwell Banker Real Estate system and will now be known as Coldwell Banker Collins-Maury.
"I started the process of exploring affiliation with the Coldwell Banker brand over the last six months and included our management team in the process," said Doug Collins, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Collins-Maury. "At the end of the review process, Coldwell Banker was a unanimous decision."
Collins, a former president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, shared the news with his staff Tuesday, Feb. 4.
The Collierville-based firm, which has nearly 100 agents working in offices in Collierville, Memphis and Southaven, is coming off a strong year in which its sales volume increased by 16 percent to more than $243 million, the best year in the company's history.
Some of the best high school basketball teams from Shelby County will compete at FedExForum for bragging rights in the SCIAA Fever Basketball Tournament Sunday, Feb. 9.
Formerly known as the MIAA City Championships, 2014 will mark the inaugural SCIAA Fever tournament, a winner-take-all style tournament dating back to the 1960s. Past stars of the MIAA City Championships include Memphis' own Larry Finch, Larry Spicer, John Gunn, James Bradley, Andre Turner, Todd Day, Cedric Henderson, Penny Hardaway and Elliot Perry.
The tournament will consist of three girls games and three boys games. Tipoff will begin at 12:15 p.m. with a 16A girls game and conclude that evening with the 16AAA boys game featuring White Station High School, Tennessee's top-ranked team and the No. 4 team in the nation.
During the marquee match with White Station High School, the SCIAA will present the Court of Legends, a special presentation honoring NBA athletes from Shelby County, including Todd Daye, Elliot Perry, Penny Hardaway and Keith Lee. Tickets, which start at $12 and are valid for all six games, are available through Ticketmaster and the FedExForum box office.
The Ashley Furniture HomeStore Outlet location at 5228 Summer Ave. inside Perimeter Center is closing its doors due to a "lost lease."
The store, located near Summer and White Station Road, launched a closing sale on Thursday, Feb. 6. The sale will feature a large selection of furniture, bedding and accessories sold at discounts of up to 90 percent.
A statement about the store closing did not mention a specific closing date, and the Summer Avenue closing does not affect the three other Memphis-area Ashley stores.
"The lost lease in this location in no way reflects on the brand," said Shawn Roberts, regional vice president of Ashley HomeStore Outlet, in a statement.
The Memphis City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 4, approved an anti-blight grant program for "tax dead" properties – properties with more in back taxes and associated fees than the property is appraised for or could ever be sold for.
The five-year pilot program, which was approved last month by the Shelby County Commission, offers up to $200,000 a year to fund grants to community development organizations in the amount of the back taxes and fees due, which are then paid back to the city and county. The program would offer another pool of $100,000 a year in grants to pay property taxes on the properties for the next five years.
The program now goes to the Tennessee attorney general's office for legal review, then back to both city and county bodies for another vote.
In other action, council members sent back to committee a proposal by Bill Boyd that would have waived the new monthly streetlight fees on Memphis Light, Gas and Water bills for recently annexed residents of South Cordova in areas without street lights.
Other council members said they were prepared to seek similar waivers for residents in their districts in similar situations. And the council may consider some kind of waiver for residents of planned unit developments in which homeowners pay a fee for streetlights as part of a homeowners group.
The 382-unit Villages at Harrison Creek apartment complex on Jackson Avenue in Raleigh has been purchased by an Illinois-based entity named AMG Memphis LLC for $4.4 million.
AMG bought the Class C complex in a Jan. 31 special warranty deed from JK Financial LLC and SK Financial LLC, which had acquired it in a 2011 foreclosure sale for $3.9 million.
The purchase includes three main parcels and 0.2 acres of vacant land on the east side of Jackson Avenue north of Gragg Avenue.
The largest parcel, 3807 Jackson, is a 6.76-acre site containing 208 apartment units built in 1964 and totaling 154,984 square feet. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $1.8 million.
The 3923 Jackson Ave. parcel is 2.9 acres and contains 98 units totaling 63,206 square feet. The phase was completed in 1966 and has an appraised value of $1.2 million.
Last, the 3881 Jackson Ave. parcel is 2.6 acres and contains 76 units totaling 45,168 square feet. The phase was completed in 1964 and has an appraised value of $1.2 million.
In conjunction with the purchase, AMG Memphis LLC filed a $3.2 million deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, and security agreement through Thorofare Asset Based Lending Fund III LP. Adam M. Glickman signed the trust deed as manager of AMG Memphis.
Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Pearl Shaw to serve on the board of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.
Pearl Shaw is co-author, along with Mel Shaw, of "Prerequisites for Fundraising Success: The 18 Things You Need to Know as Fundraising Professional, Board Member, or Volunteer" and "The Fundraiser's Guide to Soliciting Gifts."
The Shaws also write the "FUNdraising Good Times" column that runs Tuesdays in The Daily News.
St. Louis Catholic School has filed a $2.4 million building permit application for a multipurpose building on its campus at 5192 Shady Grove Road.
The permit application filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement lists the building as including administrative offices, a multiuse room, snack bar and recreation-type facility. Philadelphia, Miss.-based W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., which has an office on Poplar Avenue, is listed as general contractor.
Started by the Dominican sisters in 1957, the Catholic school is on the northwest corner of Shady Grove and South White Station Road, adjacent to St. Louis Catholic Church. In March 2012, the school broke ground on a junior high wing that added eight classrooms, a science lab, music room and other amenities.
St. Louis currently has more than 500 students in preschool through eighth grade, according to the school's website.
After hours of design and construction time, two open houses and more than 8,000 votes cast, a contest that allowed Memphis College of Art students to redesign real apartments has come to a close.
Voters awarded the Double M team of Bailey Brocato and Ethely Lyons first place in the ReStore for More design contest, a competition created by Memphis College of Art, The Venue Apartments and the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis ReStore, which sells a variety of donated goods to support Habitat's mission to provide housing for families in need.
The Modern West team of Laura Miller and Jess Vandenberg finished second, and the Handmade American team of Sam Herwehe and Evan Lebaroff captured third place. The Venue Apartments awarded $1,000 and six months of free rent to the first-place team, $600 to the second-place team and $300 to the third-place team.
The contest allowed students to showcase what they've learned in the classroom on a real-world canvas. The Venue provided the three teams with $500 for materials and $50 for supplies, plus a $100 gift certificate and a discount at the Memphis ReStore. The teams were also given a "mystery item" – an identical chest of drawers – to incorporate into their designs.
Fred's Pharmacy is offering free blood pressure screenings at all 360 of its pharmacies during February.
To encourage participation, fred's will donate $1 to the American Heart Association for each screening.
The campaign is the beginning a long-term effort by the company to help educate people about being conscious about their heart's health, and each person screened will have an "I am Heart Smart" name card displayed at the pharmacy to show the progress of the campaign in that location.
In addition to the free screenings and financial donation, fred's Pharmacy also has partnered with the American Heart Association to create a special website, freds.toolsfortheheart.org, that features a "My Life Check" evaluation.
The Memphis chapter of Black Girls CODE will host its first workshop for the 2014 program year Feb. 22 at the Whitehaven branch library, 4120 Millbranch Road.
This class will focus on how to build a website. Check-in will start at 9 a.m., and class starts at 10 a.m.
Thanks to a grant from the Memphis Chapter of the Society of Information Management, the Whitehaven branch is partnering with Black Girls CODE to offer scholarships to 50 girls ages 10 to 17.
Brooks McDonald is leading McDonald Insurance of Bartlett following the retirement of his father, Keith McDonald, after 32 years of running the firm.
The younger McDonald is a 10-year insurance industry veteran. The business has 10 employees and a satellite office in Covington, Tenn.
Keith McDonald continues to serve as Bartlett mayor and will seek re-election to another four-year term in the November Bartlett elections.
An executive of Target Corp. said Tuesday the retailer has taken actions to shore up security following the massive breach of millions of consumers' data during the holiday season.
The testimony at a Senate hearing by John Mulligan, executive vice president and chief financial officer at the No. 2 U.S. discounter, also revealed that Target discovered an additional 25 cash registers infected by malicious software on Dec. 18. The company had said earlier that it had removed all the malware from its system by Dec. 15.
Mulligan's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee was the first public appearance by a Target executive addressing the issue since the breach that occurred between Nov. 27 and mid-December. An estimated 40 million credit and debit card accounts were affected.
Mulligan said Target is "deeply sorry" for the effect of the data theft on consumers, and he acknowledged that their confidence in the Minneapolis-based company has been shaken.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the panel's chairman, said the erosion of consumers' confidence — with data breaches on the rise affecting retailers, Internet companies and others — could hinder the U.S. economy's recovery.
Jennifer Nichols is the new deputy district attorney general in the Shelby County District Attorney General's office.
District Attorney General Amy Weirich appointed Nichols to the No. 2 position in the county prosecutor's office Monday, Feb. 3, succeeding Carter Myers, who is retiring after 30 years in the office.
Nichols has been chief prosecutor for the office's Special Victims Unit. She joined the Shelby County prosecutor's office in 1991 after earning her law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham and practicing law in Florida.
She and Weirich shared an office at the start of their careers as prosecutors.
Victorian Village Inc. on Feb. 23 will host a fundraiser dinner called A Taste of Elegance, a farm-to-table period dinner benefiting Victorian Village Inc. Community Development Corp.
The event will be held inside three of the Victorian homes on Adams Avenue. The Mallory-Neely House will provide the backdrop for the charcuterie course, the 1871 Woodruff-Fontaine House will host a dinner and the newly renovated James Lee House will offer desserts.
The menu will be period-inspired, and Victorian dress is welcomed. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased at victorianvillageinc.org.
All three homes will be open for tours during the event.
Dunavant Transportation Group has hired Darlene Beasley as its new driver recruitment and relations manager, responsible for the recruitment and retention of drivers for its Dunavant Sea Lane Express subsidiary.
Dunavant Transportation Group acquired Sea Lane Express, which specializes in regional trucking and intermodal drayage operations, in 2011. The company currently has terminal operations in intermodal and port cities including Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., Norfolk, Va., Charleston, S.C., Charlotte and Wilmington, N.C., and Nashville.
Beasley, who most recently served as the regional manager of field recruiting for Comcar Industries, will analyze each terminal's needs for driver recruitment based on customers' freight requirements.
Memphis Grizzlies coach Dave Joerger was named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for January.
Joerger guided Memphis to an NBA-best 12-3 record (.800) during the month of January, as the Grizzlies won five consecutive games and nine of their last 10 to close out the month. Memphis tied its franchise record for January wins and finished just one victory shy of the franchise record for wins in any month (13 in March 2004 and April 2012).
The Grizzlies also won six consecutive road games from Jan. 5-31, the second-longest road winning streak in franchise history. The Grizzlies held all six opponents to 90 points or fewer, including allowing just 77 points on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks on Jan. 15 in the second game of a back-to-back.
Memphis emerged as one of the stingier defenses in the month of January, holding opponents to 91.5 points per game on just .431 shooting from the field and .311 shooting from behind the arc. After the return of center Marc Gasol from injury on Jan. 14, Memphis held opponents to a league-low 86.3 points per game.
The United Auto Workers says employees at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant will vote Feb. 12-14 on whether they want the union to represent them.
The Detroit-based UAW said Monday that the National Labor Relations Board set the election.
The vote follows an agreement between the UAW and the Germany-based automaker, which decided not to challenge a unionization vote.
UAW President Bob King says a statement that Volkswagen "is known globally for its system of cooperation with unions and works councils." The UAW says the Chattanooga plant is VW's only major U.S. facility without a union.
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board determined that the UAW and Volkswagen didn't violate federal labor laws last year during the process of moving toward a union representation vote.
The Tennessee Board of Education has changed its stance on rules effecting the licensing of teachers.
In August, the board voted for the policy brought by the state Education Department to use student growth measured through standardized test scores, or value-added data, to determine renewing teaching licenses.
The board voted at the time to delay implementation of the new rules until 2015.
But The Tennessean reports the board voted last week to step away from the new policy. The vote was on first reading and the board is scheduled to take up the issue again in April.
Many teachers opposed the changes because they were concerned that flawed scores could cause qualified teachers to mistakenly lose their licenses.
Despite the board's new position, the Tennessee Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union, says it will still push a measure this legislative session that would prevent the state from taking teachers' licenses based on "any statistical estimate utilizing standardized test scores."
The Mississippi Senate voted Friday to add "In God We Trust" to the state seal, as requested by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant.
Currently, it has an eagle and the words, "The Great Seal of the State of Mississippi" without a slogan.
Senate Bill 2681 passed the Senate 48-0, with four senators absent. It moves to the House for more work.
The bill is called the "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act," and it says government may not burden a person's right to practice religion.
Its chief sponsor is Republican Sen. Phillip Gandy, who is minister of Liberty Baptist Church in Waynesboro. Gandy said he has heard no examples of Mississippi government trying to limit religion, but he has talked to some conservative Christians – particularly Pentecostals and Baptists – who are concerned.
"Times are changing, and Christians are afraid of a lot of different things. And some of that is reality, possibly, and some is perception. But we want to do what we can," Gandy told The Associated Press after the bill passed.
Some senators, including Democrat David Jordan of Greenwood, pointed out during the debate that the U.S. Constitution already guarantees freedom of religion.
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<<LCDKuro>> -- Add a Display and Keyboard to your Kurobox
An Entry For the 8/1-11/15 2006 Contest by russK
If you are wishing you could see what your Kurobox is doing without network access, or if you want another way to log in to your Kurobox, then this project might be for you.
- 1 Goals and Wishlist for LCDKuro
- 2 Hardware
- 3 Software
- 4 Making it all work
- 5 Results
- 6 Closing
Goals and Wishlist for LCDKuro
This project is to add an LCD display device to the kurobox. The display will be used to provide useful information and a handy console for logging in with a keyboard.
The goals I have set for this project are
- Provide a small console with an LCD display and a keyboard that can be used for logging in and running command line commands
- Provide machine status information on an LCD display with statistics like current time, CPU activity, CPU Load, memory usage, disk space usage, etc. Most of this information can be provided by an open-source package called LCDProc. LCDKuro can rely heavily on LCDProc.
- I would like to be able to provide multiple virtual consoles selected with alt-Fkey like on many typical linux distributions. This would ideally include switching between the console logins and the LCDProc functionality.
- I would like to have the LEDs on the side of my chosen LCD device to provide some useful information, e.g. flashing for disk activity, mimic the kurobox's LEDs, blink when new mail arrives, blink when a new topic is posted to the kurobox forums, whatever.
Crystalfontz CFA635-TMF LCD Display
There are all sorts of LCDs of available from various manufacturors. I have chosen the Crystalfontz CFA635-TMF (CFA635TMFKU1) for this project. It's a 20x4 display with a USB interface, has good support in LCDProc, has some nifty buttons that might prove useful and most of all, it looks cool. It is designed to fit in a typical 5-1/4 half-height PC bay on the front panel of a PC case. I will install the display in a small box and set it on the desk next to the keyboard. I ordered one through the crystalfontz web site ... it includes a USB cable with the proper connector. The total cost of $81.50 includes $9.00 for shipping. This seems a bit high, but considering the cool factor of the envisioned product, I can live with it.
USB Keyboard
I already own a USB keyboard I am going to use for this project - if you don't have one, I think they can be had for around $10.
LCDProc is an open-source package for controlling LCD displays under Linux. LCDProc has a server component for controlling the display, while clients can connect to the server and provide data to be displayed. Many different types of displays are supported by LCDProc. The different displays are supported by LCDProc through drivers. Only the server needs to worry about the details of the drivers and display types, while the client can remain somewhat unaware of the details. This makes it easy to change display types and leaving the client code very much intact.
The latest released version of LCDProc is 0.5.0 as of 4/15/2006. I use gentoo on my kurobox, and the latest version of LCDProc available in portage is 0.4.5 which is 2 years old. Around 9/9/06 I found I could not get LCDproc 0.5.0 up and running. It did work on my AMD64 box. I captured the output of the serial packet driver example program with usbmon and I saw byte-swapping issues. After looking at the code, it was fairly simple to fix, the only issue was a CRC word in the packet protocol. I fixed my copy and sent a patch to the LCDProc mailing list. The developers of LCDProc fixed their CVS version the same day and asked me to try their nightly build. Their nightly build is on sourceforge. Now that's what is so awesome about opensource software! I am using the CVS nightly build lcdproc-CVS-current-20060923 for LCDKuro.
- Virtual Console
Someone has created a virtual console driver for LCDProc - this will come in handy for logging into the LCD device and running command-line commands. The virtual console client for LCDProc is called lcdvc. The nightly build also fixes a bug in lcdvc, so that's another good reason for using the nightly build.
There is some talk about LCDProc 0.5.1 coming out soon. If LCDProc 0.5.1 (or better) is out as you read this, you may want to use the stable release instead of the nightly build.
Kernel Support for LCDKuro
There are several kernel modules I had to build for LCDKuro. You can either follow along here to build your own modules, or you can download a prebuilt kernel and modules that Sylver has built. You can download Sylver's kernel and modules here: Sylver's 2.6.18 kernel + modules. Also see the end of this wiki in the Closing for the necessary .config settings.
Using a keyboard on the kurobox requires support in the kernel. This support is not provided in the regular kurobox kernels, so a custom kernel will have to be built or possibly just a module.
At the start of the project, I discovered my kernel does not have USB Keyboard support. In my .config file I had:
# # USB HID Boot Protocol drivers # # CONFIG_USB_KBD is not set
I am using Sylver's 22.214.171.124 uImage kernel I so I prepared the kernel source per his instructions he graciously provided in the kurobox forums. This is what I did to create a new kernel and keyboard modules:
# cd /usr/src # wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-18.104.22.168.tar.bz2 # wget http://genbako.vodapone.com/kurobox-sources-2.6.17.patch # wget http://www.holtmann.org/linux/kernel/patch-2.6.17-mh1.gz # tar xjf linux-188.8.131.52.tar.bz2 # cd linux-188.8.131.52 # patch -Np1 < ../kurobox-sources-2.6.17.patch # gzcat ../patch-2.6.17-mh1.gz | patch -Np1 # vi (or nano) Makefile # add -mh1 to EXTRAVERSION = .1, result: EXTRAVERSION = .1-mh1 # cp /boot/.config .config # export ARCH=ppc # make oldconfig # this step may be uneccessary but I did it anyway # make menuconfig # select Device Drivers -> USB support # # navigate down to USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support # # press 'M' to select support as a kernel module # # Exit # # Exit # # Device Drivers -> Input Device Support # # navigate down to Event Interface # # press 'M' to select support as a kernel modules # # Exit # # Exit # # Exit Yes (Save configuration) # make vmlinux && make modules && make modules_install
Also, to be sure since I didn't know which compiler Sylver used to build the kernel, I re-built my uImage kernel like this (I use Nijino's uboot):
# wget http://www.kurobox.com/sylver/u-boot/mkimage # chmod 0755 mkimage # mv mkimage /usr/bin/ # make uImage # mv /boot/uImage /boot/uImage.bak # cp arch/ppc/boot/images/uImage /boot/ # mv /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.bak # mv /boot/.config /boot/.config.bak # cp System.map /boot # cp .config /boot
The newly built usb module is usbhid. With the new module in place in /lib/modules/kernel/220.127.116.11-mh1_kuro-box (from make modules_install), the driver can be checked with the following command:
# modprobe usbhid # modprobe evdev # # now plug in your keyboard # dmesg usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input2 input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0e.0-1 input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input3 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0e.0-1 # ls -ltr /dev/input total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 33 Sep 13 20:58 mouse1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 2 Sep 13 20:58 js2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 1 Sep 13 20:58 js1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 0 Sep 13 20:58 js0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 35 Sep 13 20:58 mouse3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 34 Sep 13 20:58 mouse2 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 Sep 13 20:58 mice crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 3 Sep 13 20:58 js3 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 32 Sep 14 20:42 mouse0 crw------- 1 root root 13, 65 Sep 14 20:42 event1 crw------- 1 root root 13, 64 Sep 14 20:42 event0
My dmesg is now showing a keyboard and a mouse (I'm using a wireless logitec combo, I won't be using the mouse for this project). And, I have event0 in /dev/input. Now check to see if the keyboard is working ...
# od -c /dev/input/event0 # and press some keys 0000000 E \f < _ \0 002 350 235 \0 001 \0 % \0 \0 \0 001 0000020 E \f < _ \0 002 350 245 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 0000040 E \f < _ \0 004 334 u \0 001 \0 % \0 \0 \0 \0 0000060 E \f < _ \0 004 334 } \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 0000100 E \f < _ \0 005 x 263 \0 001 \0 $ \0 \0 \0 001 0000120 E \f < _ \0 005 x 273 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 0000140 E \f < _ \0 006 4 # \0 001 \0 $ \0 \0 \0 \0 0000160 E \f < _ \0 006 4 * \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 0000200 E \f < _ \0 006 320 ] \0 001 \0 % \0 \0 \0 001 0000220 E \f < _ \0 006 320 e \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 #
Kernel support for the Display
The day the display arrived. Wow, it looks great. I connected the display to my kurobox with the provided USB cable. Output in dmesg:
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
That's it. I did not expect more than that. It lit up and looked just like the picture above. Next step is to get LCDProc talking to the display.
The display also requires support in the kernel. The display uses a USB->Serial converter chip from FTDI. The driver is ftdi_sio. To get support from the kernel, a module can be built. Back to /usr/src/linux-<YourVersionHere>/:
# export ARCH=ppc # make menuconfig # Select Device Drivers -> USB Support -> # USB Serial Converter support -> "M" # -> USB FTDI Single Port Serial Driver (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW). -> "M" # ... Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Yes # make modules && make modules_install # modprobe ftdi_sio # dmesg usbcore: registered new driver usbserial drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device usbcore: registered new driver ftdi_sio drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c: v1.4.3:USB FTDI Serial Converters Driver
Now plugging in the display again ... dmesg:
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6 usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice ftdi_sio 2-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c: Detected FT8U232AM usb 2-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
There's the magic ... "converter now attached to ttyUSB0". I now have these in my /dev directory:
# ls -l /dev/tts/USB0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 7 22:53 /dev/tts/USB0 -> ../ttyUSB0 # ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 188, 0 Sep 7 22:53 /dev/ttyUSB0
Time to add myself to the tty group. I use vigr to edit the group file and add myself to the tty group. This might help avoid permission problems later when using the device:
Making it all work
Configuring LCDProc
LCDd and lcdproc use configuration files LCDd.conf and lcdproc.conf respectively. Here is the way to configure them for LCDKuro:
- LCDd.conf
The LCDProc nightly build installs configuration files in /usr/local/etc. These are the critical lines in LCDd.conf for LCDKuro:
#Driver=curses Driver=CFontzPacket ... DriverPath=/usr/local/lib/lcdproc/
- lcdproc.conf
Use lcdproc.conf unmodified from the version supplied in the nightly build.
- Making it start at bootup
I noticed that someone released a gentoo ebuild for LCDPRoc on 9/22/06. I am not too proud to borrow their init script. I copied it from /var/portage/app-misc/lcdproc/files/0.5.0-LCDd to /etc/init.d/LCDd and modified it to run the binary in /usr/local/sbin.
# cp /var/portage/app-misc/lcdproc/files/0.5.0-LCDd /etc/init.d/LCDd # vi /etc/init.d/LCDd # # fixup to run from /usr/local/sbin add -c /usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf, and remove "1" from -f argument: # # start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m --pidfile /var/run/LCDd.pid \ --background --exec /usr/local/sbin/LCDd -- -s 1 -f \ -c /usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf \ || ( eerror "Failed to start LCDd. Did you remember to set a driver in /usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf? See syslog for details." \ && return 1 ) # chmod +x /etc/init.d/LCDd # /etc/init.d/LCDd start # rc-update add LCDd default
Setting up Virtual Consoles for lcdvc
I have learned that linux virtual consoles have associated devices /dev/vcs and /dev/vcsa. See "man vcs". My kurobox running gentoo had only /dev/vcs and /dev/vcsa. My reference desktop running gentoo also has /dev/vcs1, vcs2, vcs3, ... and /dev/vcsa1, etc. I had a look at the /usr/sbin/MAKEDEV script and ran "MAKEDEV console" (covering my eyes). After the dust settled, I had 64 /dev/vcs devices and 64 /dev/vcsa devices. That ought to cover me for LCDKuro!
Afterwards, I ran these commands to fix up permissions:
- cd /dev
- chmod g+rw vcs*
- chmod g+rw tty*
- chmod g+rw console
LCDProc virtual console client "lcdvc"
Someone has written a virtual console client. This client is perfect for LCDKuro.
Initially, I had problems with lcdvc. I discovered I needed a patch (with my compiler (gcc 4.1.1) on the kurobox) to handle the fact that apparently a 'char' variable is implicitly unsigned. This problem is fixed in the nightly build of LCDProc.
- Setting up agetty
I had to uncomment a getty line in my inittab. I am only using one virtual console even though I wanted multiple vc's in my initial goals. I had trouble getting multiple vc's to work. The line in /etc/inittab looks like this:
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty0 linux
- Starting lcdvc at bootup
I borrowed heavily from the LCDd init script and created this one:
# vi /etc/init.d/lcdvc
#!/sbin/runscript # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 depend() { use LCDd } start() { ebegin "Starting lcdvc" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m --pidfile /var/run/lcdvc.pid \ --background --exec /usr/local/bin/lcdvc \ || ( eerror "Failed to start lcdvc." \ && return 1 ) sleep 1 eend $? } stop() { ebegin "Stopping lcdvc" start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/lcdvc.pid eend $? }
Hard Disk Activity LED
I wanted to use the LEDs on the side of my LCD module to display something useful. LCDKuro adds a nifty Hard Disk Activity indicator.
LCDProc already provides the ability to turn the LEDs on and off. All that is needed is some code to monitor for hard disk activity and turn the LED on and off as appropriate. I wrote some code to do this job. The code is available here: diskMon.tar.gz. The code depends on a socket wrapper library called SocketW available here: SocketW.
I installed the binary executable in /usr/local/bin and created an init script like the others:
#!/sbin/runscript # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 depend() { use LCDd } start() { ebegin "Starting diskMon" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m --pidfile /var/run/diskMon.pid \ --background --exec /usr/local/bin/diskMon \ || ( eerror "Failed to start diskMon." \ && return 1 ) sleep 1 eend $? } stop() { ebegin "Stopping diskMon" start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/diskMon.pid eend $? }
# /etc/init.d/diskMon start # rc-update add diskMon default
lcdproc Standard Client
I created another initscript for lcdproc (the standard LCDProc client) just like the others above. I added them to the default runlevel too:
# /etc/init.d/lcdproc start # rc-update add lcdproc default
It is difficult getting quality pictures of the display. These are the best I have so far:
- Miscellaneous Commands on Console
- CPU Load
- LED Lit for HDD Activity
- Kurobox login
LCDKuro is a great success. The goals are almost completely met:
- Small console - Complete
- LCDProc functionality - Complete
- Multiple Virtual Consoles - not quite (one console works fine)
- LED Usage - Complete
At first, when I started the project and I found that LCDProc did not work, I was very discouraged. I thought it would be difficult to debug and get everything working in time for submission in the contest. I compared the two machines I had and posted a message to the linux-usb mailing list. I was afraid the problem was in the USB driver. Fortunately somebody responded to my post and told me the problem was probably not in the USB driver but in the user code. So from there it did not take very long to determine that the LCD driver was not transmitting a CRC word to the display in the correct byte order that the display was expecting. Once that was fixed, the display worked perfectly. The developer of the LCDProc package quickly responded and put the fix in the nightly build.
I also had some troubles getting my USB keyboard to work at first. Again, I posted a message to the gentoo forums and someone replied with just enough of a clue to help me get it going.
I am completely blown away at how the open source community works with so many people helping out. It is an incredible phenomenom.
Summary of kernel drivers in .config
The following items necessary for the project are in my .config:
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y CONFIG_USB_KBD=m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO=m