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Arnar and Petur do 'ONE' for Icelandair
It is the season to think warmly of friends and family, whether they are with us or far away. And that's exactly what Icelandair's new campaign is all about.
Truenorth's Samuel and Gunnar directed this lovely TV ad for agency Íslenska, for a campaign spearheaded by creatives Ragnar Jónsson and Kári Sævarsson.
As for the music, Arnar and Don Pedro joined forces to create a cinematic version of Harry Nilsons 'One' to fit the mood of the commercial, sung by Arnar.


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NEW YORK CITY: Business and political leaders from around the world and across the political spectrum including Tony Blair, Prince Albert of Monaco, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, plus conservative commentator Norman Ornstein, came together today to call for an American "clean revolution" which could grow the US economy by $3 trillion.
They were joined by a number of CEOs and Chairmen of top companies including Walter Bell, Swiss Re and Zia Eftekhar, Philips Lighting, as well as Rachel Kyte, the World Bank, Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union, Cecil B. Wilson, American Medical Association and Deborah Fikes, World Evangelical Alliance. The group opened Climate Week NYC 2012 with the launch of a new report which concludes that the transition to a clean energy economy could create more than 1 million new jobs and help the US to avert the effects of climate change, such as extreme weather. The Climate Group simultaneously launched a Twitter and Facebook campaign in support of the initiative to raise awareness of the economic benefits of a 'clean revolution' among policymakers and corporations.
The Climate Group – an international non-profit which enjoys support from political and corporate leaders in the US and around the world, and the Secretariat of Climate Week NYC - calls for the next US administration to place climate change and clean energy at the heart of America's economic strategy, and for action to maintain the US' lead in technological innovation – including a tripling of federal research and development in clean energy.
Entrepreneur and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams commented: "America's long history of prosperity was built by entrepreneurial innovators in science and technology. These visionaries imagined and then created a new and better way of doing things which was the catalyst for a century of prosperity. We need powerful new thinking in that same vein in order to challenge and transcend the limits of our high-carbon economy with clean energy innovation."
"There is a danger that the polarization of politics will move us even further away from the problem-solving culture that is key to our prosperity. The longer politicians argue, and especially the more prominent political leaders sign on to the litmus test of a party base that scientists can't be trusted and climate change is a hoax, the more time and commercial advantage we lose. The basic reality that climate change is real and destructive needs to be accepted and no longer be denied by anybody who cares about America's future– and needs to be back front stage on the political agenda. America needs to move, and fast, to ensure that we are not left behind in the clean energy race. Failure to take global leadership of the fast-growing clean energy market will be the biggest missed opportunity of a generation," said academic and commentator Norman Ornstein.
The report - "An American Clean Revolution: Why the US should play to win on the clean economy" - said that there needs to be "a reinvigorated, bi-partisan, public-private partnership of government and corporate leaders in support of low carbon entrepreneurship," adding that American companies need to be ready to claim their stake in the rapidly expanding global clean tech market, which is expected to be worth $2 trillion by the end of the decade. Global business leaders said they were supporting the 'American Clean Revolution', stressing the business benefits of acting on climate change and investment in the clean economy.
"The purpose of Climate Week NYC is to say one major thing to the US and the world: Combating climate change is massively in our best interest if we want higher energy supply security, lower costs and a better life. As global citizens we are going to continue to be agitating for a solution to this problem which is absolutely critical to the future of human progress. It may well be that not governments but a bottom-up revolution of businesses, states, cities and consumers, a Clean Revolution is going to drive forward a solution to climate change. The Climate Group, the first business NGO, has been, throughout its history, instrumental in driving this revolution forward," said Former UK Prime Minister and Chair of The Climate Group International Leadership Council Tony Blair.
"The recent weather events were tremendous and had a tremendous human and economic toll across the globe. When you look at 2011, there was about 130 billion dollars of economic loss during that time, yet only $60 billion of that loss was covered by insurance. You've got the insurer of last resort – basically government and other political jurisdictions – that have to come in and pick up the difference between these, which puts extreme pressures on the taxpayers of those jurisdictions," said Walter Bell, Chairman, Swiss Re America.
"Philips' work with The Climate Group globally and at Climate Week NYC is part of our commitment to lead innovation in intelligent lighting and provide meaningful solutions that improve the quality of life for global citizens. In the US alone, a conservative 40% energy efficiency increase would accrue US$53 billion in annual energy cost savings. Making the transition to LED lighting could create a significant number of local jobs. Intelligent lighting is one example of a Clean Revolution technology that can transform communities for the better," said Zia Eftekhar, CEO, Philips Professional Luminaries North America.
Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development, said: "Faced with conclusive scientific evidence of the impacts of climate change, especially on the world's poorest, and a new global agreement some years off, we're in a 'make-or-break' decade for action on global warming. Unlocking both public and, importantly, private sector finance to support transformational action on climate change is critical and we applaud the efforts of The Climate Group for advancing this important agenda. At the Bank, climate finance is being ramped up. Last year, we doubled our financial lending that contributes to adaptation. While the Bank administered $7.2 billion Climate Investment Funds are now operating in 48 countries, leveraging investments on average by 12:1 and generating some $80 billion in clean investment."
Energy security
The report's authors stress the benefits that the American Clean Revolution would have on US energy security, as well as securing America's position as global leader in tech innovation. They say that a clean energy strategy would lower US dependence on foreign oil imports: the cost of protecting US oil supplies are as high as $140 billion a year, and importing oil now costs each American more than $1,100 per year and accounts for up to 40% of the annual US trade deficit. They also warn that China has passed the US as the world's number one filer of patent applications, and its research budget has tripled over the past 15 years.
"Recent extreme weather events, and new data about the enormous opportunities for American industries in the clean energy market, highlight just why the time has now come for an American clean energy revolution", said Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group. "This is the pathway that will end dependence on foreign oil and enhance America's national and energy security. It is the road to long-term economic growth, job creation and tackling the devastating effects of runaway climate change. However if the US doesn't act there are others waiting to overtake it in the new clean energy race. Only a bi-partisan, public-private partnership that supports a new generation of American innovators and entrepreneurs to flourish will ensure American leadership in the new global economy."
According to the report, failure to act on the clean economy could lead to further decline of the US economy and that lost productivity, damages and additional healthcare costs caused by climate change could reach tens of billions of dollars every year. For example, this year's weather extremes affected 80% of the country and cost the US economy approximately $50 billion.
However, the authors also say that the clean economy has been an American success story during recent difficult economic times; quietly growing over the past two decades into a trillion dollar sector that today employs more people than the fossil fuel industry.
His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco said: "While all too often the crisis relegates environmental concerns to second place on the international agenda, it is heart-warming to find ourselves united around a shared conscience. Today, the green economy offers our businesses prospects for growth and profitability. It also shapes the hopes for long-term development in this troubled world. An increasing number of major players in the economy are committed to this path. The most creative minds, those that will contribute to the growth of the future, already have their eyes on the clean revolution. I am delighted that The Climate Group, in partnership with my Foundation among others, is encouraging business and government leaders by communicating the economic opportunities presented by bold climate action."
"The recent spate of extreme weather events that have been hitting America are having, and will continue to have, a significant impact on the health of millions of citizens. Climate change unchecked poses very serious health threats that are putting growing burdens on our healthcare system and the economy. Tackling climate change is essential to securing a healthy future for all Americans," said Cecil Wilson, former President of American Medical Association.
"This year more than ever before we have seen the results of climate change on crops and food production in the US. Farmers are going to be one of the first groups to suffer as extreme weather phenomena multiply with dire results for our capacity to feed our population. Even though this grave threat is upon us, we are wasting valuable time in a polarized discussion about climate – and that when science is clear and the evidence of what's happening is all around us. We cannot afford to waste more time. America needs to act now to ensure a sustainable future for agriculture both here and around the world," said Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union.
Deborah Fikes, Executive Advisor to the World Evangelical Alliance, said: "We are guardians of this planet and we are not taking good enough care of it. Our treatment of the earth has destroyed huge areas of natural beauty, pumped pollution into our skies, seas and rivers. This is, of course, before an extinction rate hundreds of times that of the pre-human era is taken into account. We need a long term plan which will protect our planet. Scaling up the clean energy technology we use will help us to do this."
Climate Week NYC, now in its fourth year, is an annual global summit that brings together eminent business, government and thought leaders during a week-long agenda packed with diverse public-facing events and high-level meetings. Swiss Re is Climate Week NYC's Founding Sponsor. The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute is a Golden Sponsor. Bloomberg, ConEdison and HP are Event Sponsors. Climate Week NYC Supporters are Yasuni-ITT Initiative, Québec, tcktcktck, United Nations Foundation and NYC.gov. Clean Revolution Campaign Partners are Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Suzlon, Philips, Zennström Philanthropies, Tellus Mater and The Dutch Postcode Lottery. The Clean Revolution Campaign Supporters are the World Bank, nrg4SD, UN Global Compact and Carbon Disclosure Project.
Details of all the events that are part of Climate Week NYC are online and you can read the report, infographics and more about the 'American Clean Revolution' at AmericanCleanRevolution.com.


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Pathways to the Profession: Catherine Eagan L'16
Editor's Note: Each summer Penn Law students hone their skills through a wide array of private and public sector internships across the country and around the world. Generous financial support and fellowships for international and public interest work enable students to pursue diverse assignments in the U.S. and abroad. This dispatch from Catherine Eagan L'16 is one in a series of firsthand accounts by Law School students about how their summer employment opportunities are preparing them for their legal careers. Eagan, from New Jersey, will be pursuing public defender or civil rights litigation work after graduation.
Spending the summer at the North Australian Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service has been challenging and rewarding in ways that I could not have imagined back at home. Located in Darwin in the Northern Territory, NAAFVLS is part of a government-funded network of law offices that provides legal resources for victims of domestic violence in remote communities. Staff often fly in four-seater planes or drive through rivers in outback-outfitted vehicles in order to reach clients.
The first week was disorienting, as I came to appreciate the many challenges that attorneys face each day. Aboriginal society may be the oldest on earth and is incredibly diverse, creating a demand for intricate cultural awareness. It is crucial to gain the trust of traditional landowners and elders. Each community has a unique language and complex kinship network, making the intersection between traditional law and government-imposed law a tenuous one. There can also be a lack of trust of outsiders, caused by centuries of oppression and forced assimilation.
Most of my time in the office is spent conducting legal research, preparing court documents, and following up with clients (which is often done through an interpreter). However, virtually nothing in the Northern Territory is straightforward, especially when working with remote clients. We often have to argue for procedural rules to be relaxed, as we are frequently hard-pressed to efficiently contact clients and submit documents on time. I have worked on crafting arguments combining case law and common law principles of fairness in the hopes of allowing our clients to appear in the Bush Court, where magistrates set up makeshift court rooms in community police stations. The research has come easy to me after my first year at Penn, and it is exciting to put this training to use in a unique way.
The types of cases that we handle are difficult to deal with on a daily basis. Rates of domestic violence are startling high in the Aboriginal population, much of which is not spoken of due to shame and stigma. It feels like we are working undercover in communities in order to speak privately to victims and find out who needs assistance. Though I had only a cursory understanding of Aboriginal culture before coming to Australia, the year that I spent working with the Custody and Support Assistance Clinic at Penn made communicating with clients much more comfortable. In communities, I am often left sitting beneath trees with clients to conduct intakes. I was able to approach this task with sensitivity and confidence after the extensive client contact that I had with CASAC.
I applied for an ISHRF fellowship because I believe that we learn the most when we are forced to adapt in unfamiliar situations. This has certainly been the case at NAAFVLS, which has both pushed and reinforced the skills that I have learned at Penn.
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Michael Cera and Whoopi Goldberg are among the 38 jurors for the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival.
Tribeca announced its jurors Monday, two days before the New York festival opens. Goldberg and Cera are among the jurors for the world documentary competition.
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Director David Gordon Green, "Saturday Night Live" player Jason Sudeikis and actress Dianne Wiest are among those overseeing the world narrative competition.
In the emerging narrative competition, the jurors are Paul Dano, Anna Kendrick, Zoe Kazan, Rainn Wilson and Atom Egoyan.
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Participating as jurors for the shorts program are David O. Russell, Denis Leary, Nora Ephron, Fran Lebowitz, Paul Schneider, Patrick Wilson and Wikipedia co-founcer Jimmy Wales.
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NASA has released two videos to celebrate the 1,000th operational day of its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
The first vid, dubbed "Evolution of the Moon," traces the likely origin of the Moon, starting around 4.5 billion years ago when it is thought a chunk of Earth was knocked into orbit after a major collision. The Moon – the result of the collision – slowly cooled, then received a series of foreign object strikes of its own, including a massive impact on its south pole that formed the 2,500 km-wide South Pole-Aitken Basin.
The second video, "Tour of the Moon," shows a flyby of the lunar surface using data gleaned by the LRO. The narrated show covers the mapping of lunar craters and mountains, and gives views of human artifacts scattered across the Moon, but no black monoliths, sadly. Tycho crater – home of the fictional TMA-1 – does, however, have a mountain with a ballpark-sized rock perched on top.
The LRO was launched in 2009, in tandem with the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS,) and has been scanning the Moon's surface with seven different devices ever since. LCROSS was used to pile into the Moon itself, so that the impact debris could be studies for signs of free water on the lunar surface, but the LRO will remain in orbit as long as it is functional.
The long-term goal of the LRO is to map out future sites for human exploration. So far it has found tunnels that could be used for lunar colonies, possible frozen water deposits and even discovered that the Moon itself is shrinking. ®


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Gas prices rise but Detroit has small cars for drivers
DETROIT -- Gas prices are spiking. But this time, Detroit is ready.
When prices soared in 2008, the city's three U.S. automakers were caught flat-footed. They didn't have competitive small cars and relied on trucks and SUVs for profits. When gas prices peaked at $4.12 in July of that year, sales from the Big Three plummeted more than 20 percent. That same month, sales of the fuel-sipping Toyota Corolla jumped 16 percent.
Fast forward to February 2012. Overall U.S. auto sales rose 16 percent to 1.1 million last month, largely on the strength of Detroit's small cars. The annual sales pace hit 15.1 million, the best rate in four years.
This time, the Detroit Three saw a 13-percent sales increase. The difference: They have spent billions since 2008 to roll out new models such as the Dodge Dart and Chevrolet Cruze.
The timing is fortunate. Buyers are shifting to small cars again. Twenty-three percent of new-car sales were small cars in February, up from 17.9 percent in December, according to auto information site Edmunds.com.
So far, the shift isn't as dramatic as it was in 2008, when small-car sales leaped to 27 percent of the market in May as gas suddenly spiked to near $4 per gallon. But prices have never been as high for this time of year. The price of a gallon of gas is up 46 cents this year to an average of $3.74. Analysts say gas could hit $4.25 by late April.
It bodes well for Detroit, which has a newfound confidence that it can weather the pain at the pump.
"We are very well positioned as a company to thrive in a world of escalating gasoline prices," Bill Ford, chairman of Ford Motor Co, told The Associated Press in a recent interview.
Sales of the Focus small car, which Ford rolled out last year, more than doubled to 23,350, making it the best February for the Focus in 12 years. The new Focus gets up to 40 mpg on the highway, seven miles per gallon better than the 2008 model. The company's sales were up 14 percent in February compared to the same month last year.
The story is the same at General Motors Co. In July 2008, Honda Motor Co. sold 12,266 Fit subcompacts, besting the Chevrolet Aveo by nearly 5,000 cars. But GM recently replaced the unappealing, underpowered Aveo with the sportier Sonic, which gets up to 40 mpg on the highway and has luxurious options like heated side mirrors. The company sold 8,000 Sonics in February, outselling the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris combined.
Don Johnson, GM's U.S. sales chief, said that three years ago, just 16 percent of the cars and trucks GM sold got over 30 mpg on the highway. Now, it's close to 40 percent.
"We believe that this puts us in a very strong competitive position," Johnson said Thursday. GM's sales rose 1 percent in February.
Even Chrysler Group, whose lineup is weighted toward SUVs and big cars, will become a bigger player in the small car market this spring, when the new Dodge Dart goes on sale. In the meantime, its Fiat 500 subcompact had its best month ever in February, helping Chrysler's sales climb 40 percent.
Carl Galeana, who owns a Fiat dealership north of Detroit, said sales were flat in the first part of the month but picked up the last two weeks as gas prices jumped. Shoppers were constantly asking about the fuel economy of the 500, which can get up to 38 mpg on the highway, Galeana said.
Japanese carmakers are also benefitting. In 2008, they saw sales slide because they couldn't make their most efficient cars, like the Toyota Prius hybrid, quickly enough to satisfy demands. But this February, Toyota's sales rose, led by a 52-percent jump in the Prius hybrid. Honda's sales were also up, thanks to a 36-percent increase for the small Civic.
Bigger vehicles from both U.S. and Japanese automakers are also less vulnerable to gas spikes, since they get better gas mileage than they did in 2008. Ford's new Explorer SUV, which came out last year, sits lower and is more aerodynamic to save fuel. It gets up to 28 mpg on the highway; its 2008 predecessor didn't even get 20. Honda's new CR-V gets up to 31 mpg compared to 27 for the 2008 model.
But many buyers are still choosing to downsize. Dennis Beshear of Monument, Colo., recently bought a new Focus for his 100-mile round-trip commute to Denver. The advertising salesman now gets around 35 miles per gallon, up from just 21 mpg in the 2006 Nissan Murano crossover SUV he used to drive. He fills up the Focus every third day, compared with every day and a half with the Murano.
Gas prices were his main motive for buying.
"I had a feeling they were going to go up. They were just too good to be true," he said.
For automakers, there's tough competition ahead for small cars. They're trying to make them more profitable by loading them up with pricey features such as leather seats and navigation systems. As a result, prices are rising. Vehicles sold for an average of $30,605 last month, up almost 7 percent from a year earlier, mostly due to more luxurious small cars, according to the TrueCar.com automotive website.
Companies that don't move fast enough in the small-car market will be hurt.
The Honda Civic, Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus all gained market share in the compact car segment last month, with some of the sales coming at the expense of Toyota's aging Corolla, said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting for the LMC Automotive consulting firm. That's a very different story than 2008, when the Corolla was the runaway best-seller in the segment.
The shift to smaller cars is becoming a regular pattern. Buyers also leaned toward smaller cars at the beginning of last year, when gas prices jumped 80 cents between February and May before moderating in the summer. Last March, when gas prices reached $3.74 per gallon, 23 percent of buyers purchased small cars. But they went back into bigger cars once gas prices eased.
Edmunds chief economist Lacey Plache said rising gas prices won't make car buyers hold off on purchases altogether. That's because they're more confident about the jobs market and because cars on U.S. roads are getting so old that they have to be replaced. She says people will simply put more emphasis on fuel economy and cut back on the miles they drive.


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Mladinska Knjiga Zalozba chose Tagetik 3.0
The Slovenian publisher banks on Tagetik to support their budgeting, planning, reporting and consolidation processes
Tagetik, a global provider of Performance Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence software solutions, today announced that Mladinska knjiga Založba d. d. (MKZ) has selected Tagetik 3.0 to replace spreadsheet-based reporting and consolidation processes and perform more accurate, reliable budgeting and planning cycles.
After evaluating three potential solutions, MKZ chose to implement Tagetik 3.0 on account of the vendor's specialist CPM approach, vast hands-on experience and best practices. "We did not have any system in place to support the 2010-2014 strategic plan execution and our financial processes could not meet the new requirements of data integrity, quality and transparency," states Sava Zibler, Head of Controlling at MKZ. "Our organization – established in 1945 and the controlling company of the Mladinska knjiga Group (MK Group) since 2005 – is the leading publishing company in Slovenia. Another important member of the MK Group is Mladinska Knjiga Trgovina d.d. (MKT), which is the strong leader on the retail market of book selling and stationery. The MK Group incorporates 13 companies in the area of South-Eastern Europe. As 2009 was the year of crisis also in the publishing area, especially in the South-Eastern Europe retail market, we decided to switch to a system that could simplify the planning and consolidation processes across all companies in the MK Group."
"Mladinska knjiga Založba d.d. was asking for an easy-to-handle software that could also guarantee short implementation time for a cost-effective investment," explains Slavko Despotović, Managing Director at CRMT and responsible for Tagetik in the Adriatic Region. "Tagetik 3.0 was the ideal solution to meet the customer's expectations of process unification and higher quality in numbers as the software stores all information in a single database. Mladinska knjiga Založba d.d. will also be able to run different planning simulations/scenarios, easily compare companies' financial results within the same business process and shorten the time spent reconciling and reporting information," continues Despotović. "Finally, the new solution will maximize the focus on data analysis and details along with continuously monitoring strategy execution through a performance scorecard providing vital support for operational decisions."
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Today's dads are awesome—and they're involved in their kids everyday lives. You see theses dad pushing babies around in shopping carts at the grocery store, holding toddlers in their laps at the pediatrician's office, and standing on the sidelines at their kids' sporting events. A time lapse video created by a Missouri dad offers a glimpse into the life of a 21st century dad who's devoted to his kid.
Emio Tomeoni, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., works in the video production business, according to ABC News, and often finds himself at home watching his 21-month-old son Xavier while his wife is at work.
One day Tomeoni decided to stick a camera in the corner of the living room and film a typical afternoon at home with his son. The result is an entertaining video that shows dad and son playing with all the toys in the toy box, banging on bongo drums, building with blocks, playing a tune on the keyboard. They hide out together in the play pen and slurp up a carton of yogurt, dealing with the mess by taking off their shirts. At one point toys are strewn across the living room, but Tomeoni, who some are calling the "father of the year,' cleans everything up and changes a diaper before Mom comes home.
"I do a lot of videos for my wife. She loves them. They're a little personal glimpse into our life. I wanted to show her something to make her smile," Tomeoni told ABC News.
The video was posted on YouTube on December 23, 2012, and quickly went viral after Tomeoni appeared in a segment on ABC News. It has been viewed over 300,000 times.
"I looked at it when I was done with it, and my thought was, 'My wife is going to love this – mainly because the house was clean at the end of the day and I changed his diaper.' That was my initial thought," Tomeoni told ABC News. "But after I got some random feedback, it seemed like it could be big."
Some YouTube users criticized the video for being staged but one commenter pointed out, "It doesn't matter whether it's staged or that this was just a 2 hour window, or whatever. It's a Dad having fun with his baby, and making this was a love letter to his wife … Great fun, even more impressive was that you put away all that stuff before Mom got home!!!"
What I love about this video is that the TV is never on and for only a brief moment Tomeoni takes a phone call. This dad isn't absorbed in his cell phone while his toddler fights for his attention. He's down on the ground playing and engaging with his kid. Yes, toddlers also need to learn to play independently and shouldn't be entertained 24-7 by their parents, but they also need those moments when mom or dad is entirely focused on them. This dad is doing just that.


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Celebrating his Grammy win will have to wait.
A Florida jury has found Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton guilty on cocaine conspiracy charges.
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The 37-year-old Banton, whose given name is Mark Myrie, was on trial on accusations that he conspired with two other men in setting up a drug deal in December of 2009.
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The burden of keeping things private
Now that the cat is out of the bag I can discuss one part of what bothered me within the CentOS project for more than 2 years. Something which was unknown to outsiders, but also not discussable inside of the project because of the fear of the repercussions of bringing up this topic during a meeting. If you cannot discuss, you cannot fix.
The CentOS project does not have any recurring expenses, the project works with volunteers. And those volunteers pay with their own time, their own resources and sometimes travel expenses (for those who joined one of the promotion events). The project does get hardware and bandwidth donations and they are very valuable. In the end there is no need for money to keep the project running as-is.
But that of course does not mean that money couldn't help grow the project and that is why (I think) initially when the project was set up there was an effort to raise money. Google adsense, sponsorship on the website and even Paypal donations from users. How much, I cannot say because I don't know. I heard some vague numbers, likely in the 4 digits EUR range per month but real figures are only known by one person.
For at least three years people were donating money and sponsors were paying for website ads while the money was not flowing into the project, where it went to I can only guess. Raising the question was a risk to the project so everybody stayed quiet for the sake of the project hoping it would resolve itself. But this evidently has a burden on its volunteers, especially those that do invest their time and effort into the project.
Sadly such things never resolve themselves, they only get more ugly. I commend the project for coming clean and I didn't expect it would happen as quick as it did. But once the financial issues are resolved, there is a lot of work to turn the project into a real community project that can release even when one person is out of office, that is owned by a foundation and that makes the best use of the power of its the community.
Keywords here are trust, delegation and leadership (all three go together).
All in all, this is very good news from the CentOS project team ! Hope to see the first CentOS elections in 2009 ;-)
good prescription
This strategy makes sense for almost everybody involved in the CentOS project. I suspect that the contents of the PayPal account won't be recovered by the project, but it has trust and brand, and being well-managed will only add to its prowess. Recovering the domain name is the critical piece - potentially breaking updates and losing the brand aren't great options.
You and may of the signatories to the open letter have well-respected, hard-earned reputations due to your commitment and hard work for the linux community. I hope once this is resolved you'll consider to rejoining the development effort. The fire of greatness always starts with a single spark.
Cause for fear?
Could you elaborate, in more detail, as to what or who was the cause for all that fear?
Thanks for sharing.
Can't believe
Hi Dag,
Really sad to hear such news. I hope you are note blinded and biased by some personal conflicts inside the project. If there indeed is such an issue, as you are suggesting, I think it's necessary to clarify the problem. I convinced my company to donate some hardware to the project, and now I feel really confused. Who in the project would be able to put the light on the problem?
"I hope you are note blinded
"I hope you are note blinded and biased by some personal conflicts inside the project. If there indeed is such an issue, as you are suggesting, I think it's necessary to clarify the problem."
As someone who did some (too few) promotional events for CentOS together with Dag, I can assure you that he is not. Currently the CentOS project is completely intransparent to outsiders.
I bring some examples for intransparency:
* How is the distribution build? If I want to build my own "CentOS" from the Red Hat sources, how to do?
* Development of CentOS Plus is pretty much intransparent (at least to me): How is maintainer of which package? Where is the Version Control for the spec files? Where can I see the build infrastructure?
* Release process of new CentOS versions is intransparent. No-one outside of the very core team knows how many packages are already rebuilt and what the state is.
The most intransparent thing is finances where no-one except Lance knows how much money there is and how it is spent.
Rejoining the team?
I have got to assume that your recent resignation from the CentOS team was due in large part to the issues have recently become public.
Once the CentOS project settles and reorganizes (and it appears that it will, with or without Lance), is it safe to assume that you will be willing to re-join the team assuming your concerns with the current situation are addressed?
I don't know. Is there
I don't know. Is there something I can do the enforce CentOS from within the team ? At least outside of the team I don't have any responsibility and I can speak more freely :-)
Maybe that is more important in general. Why would you be interested to see me in the CentOS team again ?
Every team needs a Dag. ;) I
Every team needs a Dag. ;)
I don't like this about Linux: I have worked in post production studios for years, having moved a large studio onto CentOS when they were looking at RedHat (switching from Irix)then having to get the various applications that were needed by the artists that required many updated dependencies, I ended up in build hell - it was not worse than trying to get software to build on Irix mind you. Your RPM's bailed me out and saved me many an hour of head scratching and cursing.
I don't know if this is something that you can enhance the team by, but I guess if you're willing to put that sort of effort towards the general community, then CentOS could only benefit from your insight and dedication. If the general community is server better by your independence, then I'd support that 100%. I understand being outside gives freedom to criticize, I for one love to bitch. :)
Thanks Dag.
You can always quit again if a similar problem arises
I assume that this issue played a large part in your decision to depart.
I suspect that it is no coincidence the issue became public shortly after you left, and that your leaving caused the rest of the team to decide to make things public before other members also left.
We would like to see you back because you (as did the other members of the team) made important contributions to the project.
It's unlikely that a similar issue will arise again because measures to prevent it will be but in place. But if a similar issue does arise then you can always leave the project again so that you have the freedom to criticise.
From centos.org we can the most problems are to be resolved soon
From centos.org we can the most problems are to be resolved soon. I do really hope that you'll rejoin the team.
I used CentOS as my first choice among Linux distributions and your rpm repository saved me many times.
Thank you so much for your great work!
I think of your RPM
I think of your RPM repository as a high-quality "3rd party vendor" to the CentOS distribution. So just as a major software vendors work with the prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor to make sure things function smoothly, rpmforge should work with CentOS to keep the packaging well maintained.
I understand that developers
I understand that developers are hardly interested in formal side of project management :) however lack of attitude in this area has tremendous effects in case of conflict...
make a foundation! :) not in USA be smarter... Luxembourg or Isle of Man (like Canonical)
explain the Community why... zero IP/software patents risk and flexible tax/accounting regulations
ask for help... lots of business entities like hosting companies, sys integrators which provide services build on top of centos understands that their future depends on that Project...
wish u best
Great job, good luck
I would like to say that CentOS really rocks and has been allowing us to start a saas business with very little funding.
Thank you for honesty and dedication to put the project back on track.
best whishes
Legal action
If as you say there was possibly 1000 + EUR per month coming into the project for 3 + years, that makes a fairly sizable chunk of cash, certainly if CentOS or a derivative, is going to get retooled by the developers that cash could be to your advantage. I'm not sure what the law is, or even which jurisdiction it would fall under, but if sponsors donated money under the assumption that it would go to the project, when it fact it didn't, that seems awfully like fraud to me. I'm not sure you know, or if there even are plans for what to do if the money and domain are not recovered but I certainly wouldn't just try to move on without a fight.
One commentator described it
One commentator described it as 'handbags out at 5ft'. There's certainly some truth in that. You're all behaving like a spoilt bunch of kids.
Get real.
Business and other users want CentOS because it's RedHat-like but most of all it's free. You don't need to pay Redhat their subscription - which makes it more expensive than Microsoft Windows over time. It's not about some nice, warm, sharing community philosophy. You're all being used.
The guys left at CentOS need to get their act together. They've got an intellectual investment in the product. Lance has been a very silly boy again. Now take some legal steps to take over the 'company' from Lance, get some financial input stream to pay for your continued existence, and let's get on with life. Otherwise shares in RedHat sound a good investment as their subscription income is likely to increase with the next release.
I personally would like to see you revive the Tao distro. Is there any chance of that?
Why don't you join Red Hat?
Dag -
Since Red Hat is the one actually spending all the hard dollars on R&D, hardening, packaging, upstream commits and the like, why don't you go to work there? I'm sure they'd love to have you, and you can actually help make sure that the real developers of RHEL get paid instead of getting ripped off by CentOS.
I Love Centos - Ik hou van Centos
Hoi Dag,
Ik ben helemaal nieuw op Centos but I like Centos very much. I use it on a VPS.
Can anyone explain what needs to happen to the RH programs before they become Centos programs ? What is necessary for the conversion.
Groetjes uit Engeland.


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Monday night's episode of Real Housewives of Orange County got me thinking - if you look carefully, you can spy lots of designer handbag goodies in a ton of different Bravo shows, not just on the cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills or dangling from the arm of reality-star-turned-lady-liquor-mogul Bethenny Frankel. The paparazzi might not follow the rest of the Bravolebrities quite as ardently, but that doesn't make their bags any less worth looking at.
In that spirit, we've rounded up as many Bravo reality stars as we could find pictures of, from veteran Real Housewives to harried reality TV housekeepers, carrying their best bags. Check out the spoils of our search below, and if we left out your favorite Bravolebrity, fret not - this post will definitely be getting a sequel.
Because Real Housewives of Orange County rookie cast member Lydia McLaughlin inspired this post, we'll start with her and her Louis Vuitton Sunshine Express Monogram Speedy.
Lydia's not the only Vuitton-loving OC cast mate - OG Housewife Vicki Gunvalson loves her Louis Vuitton Brea Bag. Buy through Louis Vuitton for $2,700.
OC star Tamra Barney doesn't go as flashy or expensive with her bags and shoes as most Housewives - the only recognizable thing we found her carrying was this Tory Burch Bombe Burch Tote. $450 via Neiman Marcus.
Alexis Bellino seems to be the Real Housewives of Orange County star who loves Hermes Birkins the most.
Not only does Alexis have a big orange Birkin that she carries frequently, but she also has this smaller black Hermes Birkin. Cast mate Gretchen Rossi is carrying a bag of her own design in this photo.
In fact, her own bag line is pretty much all Gretchen Rossi carries, and they all look pretty much like this one does.
Aside from her Birkins, Alexis also makes time for a little bit of Chanel.
Alexis isn't the only Bravolebrity Birkin-lover - Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has quite a few Hermes Birkins to her credit, including this black version.
Padma was the only Bravolebrity we found with an exotic Birkin - this Hermes Ostrich Birkin.
Padma's Goyard Marquises Tote has a similar feel to a Birkin - subtle, structured, functional.
That doesn't mean Padma eschews an occasional bit of slouch, though, like with this Chanel Shoulder Bag.
Speaking of Chanel, Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice loves her Chanel Cabas Tote.
Somehow, though, Teresa's Hermes Garden Party Totes seem to be her favorites - who would have guessed that she'd go for something so subtle and luxurious? Buy for $3,075 via Hermes.
Teresa likes her Hermes Garden Party Totes so much that she has the bag in multiple colors, in fact.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but this slightly Ed Hardy-esque Gucci Hysteria Tattoo Bag seems much more Teresa's speed. Shop Gucci via the brand's online store.
On the other hand, this Gucci Guccissima Sukey Tote on the arm of Flipping Out star Jenni Pulos is much more sedate. $1,580 via Gucci.
Jenni's boss, Flipping Out's Jeff Lewis, prefers a Louis Vuitton Damier Graphite Daniel Messenger Bag. Buy through Louis Vuitton for $1,360.
Even Zoila Chavez, Jeff's housekeeper on Flipping Out, carries a Louis Vuitton Speedy. $875 via Louis Vuitton.
Real Housewives of Atlanta breakout star Nene Leakes also loves her Louis, specifically the Louis Vuitton Vernis Alma Bag. Buy through Louis Vuitton for $2,740.
In her early days on Bravo, Nene was a big Gucci fan. Shop Gucci via the brand's official store.
Now that she's a bona fide actress, in addition to being a reality star, Nene's public image is a little more polished and her Hermes Birkin is a lot more omnipresent.
Nene carries her Celine Phantom Luggage Tote even more than her Birkin - when she finds a bag she loves, she's loyal.
Nene's Real Housewives of Atlanta cast mate Phaedra Parks accented her baby bump with a Valentino Rockstud Flap Clutch. $1,495 via Neiman Marcus.
Former RHOA cast member and star of spinoff Don't Be Tardy, Kim Zolciak also likes black Valentino - the Valentino Patent Bow Tote, to be exact. Shop Valentino via Neiman Marcus.
Like so many celebs, when Kim travels, she does so with a Louis Vuitton Eole Suitcase. $2,210 via Louis Vuitton.
I expected the Real Housewives of New York to have better bags than what I found, but I do like Ramona Singer's black leather Prada Tote. This is the same bag she was carrying when she plopped down in the seat next to me on the subway a year ago - it was nice in person, too. Shop Prada via Neiman Marcus.
Real Housewives of New York alum Jill Zarin does pretty well on the handbag front, despite the fact that I'm not sure who made this crocodile bag. (Maybe Nancy Gonzalez?)
I know a Goyard Belvedere Bag when I see it.
New Real Housewives of New York cast member Carole Radziwill looks suspicious of the paparazzi, but her Goyard St. Louis Tote looks right at home.
The best handbag picture I could find of LuAnne du Lesseps is of her standing next to Jill Zarin while Jill is carrying a Louis Vuitton bag from a couple seasons back. Strange for someone who so obviously cares about projecting status, no?
Shahs of Sunset newcomer Lilly Ghalichi is said to be the richest on the show, and her bags support that notion - her blue jean Hermes Birkin is gorgeous.
Also noteworthy: Lilly's Chanel Reissue 2.55 Flap Bag.
Perhaps the best roundup of bags from any Bravo show (besides Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, of course), is that of Real Housewives of Miami. Fan favorite Lisa Hochstein is clearly a fan of the Celine Luggage Tote.
I don't think that a baby pink Chanel Grand Shopping Tote is meant to be a beach bag, but don't tell Lisa that.
Miami cast mate Karent Sierra is on the right track - at least her MICHAEL Michael Kors Hamilton Tote is mostly raffia, at least. Pick up the leather version for $358 via Nordstrom.
Adriana De Moura looks like she's having a good time with her Alexander McQueen Knuckle Duster Clutch. Pick up an orange snakeskin version for $2,295 via Neiman Marcus.
Speaking of clutches, Lea Black's sparkly pink evening bag might be the most enormous clutch I've ever seen.
Ana Quincoces' Bottega Veneta Cabat Tote is also enormous, but in a more appropriate way. Shop Bottega Veneta via Net-a-Porter.
Alexia Echevarria, on the other hand, went with a petite Chanel Flap Bag. I suspect Marysol Patton's tote is also Chanel, but I can't see it well enough to render a verdict.
Last but not least, Miami's Joanna Krupa keeps things animal-friendly with a Stella McCartney Falabella Bag. Buy through Neiman Marcus for $1,195.


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Day Two with Lexie - Outside5/28/2007 12:18:00 AM Edit This 4 Comments »
Today is Monday May 27th here in Kazakhstan but these pictures are from our second day with Lexie. We still don't have internet at the apartment but hope to by the end of the day. Who knows? We are at an internet cafe in a much smaller mall in Aktau just a few blocks from the baby house. They have dropped us off for lunch but I'd rather get these pictures off than eat food that I have no idea what it is.
Anyway, back to Alexis. We got to speak to the pediatrician (of course I use that term loosely since we have to speak through an interpreter but we sat in the same office and smiled at each other as we talked through Zina) and she told us that Lexie was born May 17, 2006 to a 25 year old woman. Alexis was her first birth and she left the hospital without her. She weighed 2 kilos at birth and she was premature at 33 weeks. She had some disease that I can't pronounce but they say lots of babies here have it and it has to do with being born premature. She stayed in the hospital for 25 days but they moved her to the baby house at that point because they needed the beds at the hospital. When she came to the baby house she then weighed 2 kilos 300 grams and I don't have my notes to remember the rest of her measurements. They said she caught up and was doing better at 4 months. Now they say she weighs 7 kilos 800 grams (I think) and she's in the 30-50% for length and head circumference right now, which is great. Overall she is very healthy and she's had all her shots. Because she just turned one they are going to give her "some more" as they said. I wish they would just let me get them in the states but we don't get to have anything to say about her medical care until we get her in about 5-6 (very long) weeks. Right now she is covered with bug bites and scabs where she has scratched herself and these sores on her back and shoulders and tummy. I asked the Dr. about them today and they said that she is probably allergic to the soap on her clothes but if I bring clothes for her every day and then I wash what she wears at home each night with "good" water that it should clear up. I'm hoping in the next week that will be the case since I put new clothes on her today and will wipe her down this afternoon to try to clear this up. I'm sure once we get her home she'll be just fine.
As for Ms. Lexie, she is a real pistol. The first day she was scared and unsure but by the second visit she didn't want to go to the care givers. We were all very surprised. By the second day she came right to me and was a different baby. Now we were outside which they don't get out much at all but the had the whole baby house outside because of the "infestation of mosquitoes" which they were having fumigated for that morning. They also put screens on some of the windows which will make a huge difference for these kids. So anyway, we walked to the back of the building and they had a good 20 "nurses," the director and the pediatrician and about 40 babies under 18 months laying around on rugs on the ground. I've included on picture but I'll send more later. Normally we never would have seen all of them but because of the fumigation they had them all together. I'd say half of them have serious issues that I could see just by looking at them. All of them seemed small and pale but these women really tried hard to take care of them. They were in the shade at first but as the morning went on they were chasing the sun so they brought out blankets and hung them over them to keep them as cool as possible. Unfortunately this "playground" was horrible. There was broken glass, cigarette butts, and trash all over the dirt. There are just little covered seats and metal poles and bars that look like they might have been a jungle gym and swings without anything to climb on or swing on. Plus there were weeds growing very high everywhere and no grass. I haven't seen a blade of grass anywhere since we got here so it clearly doesn't grow here. Please don't think that I am complaining about the baby house because I really think they are doing everything they can both with the money and knowledge that they have. There is a new director of the baby house that just started a few weeks ago and she was the one supervising the fumigation and keeping the babies safely outside until it was safe to go in even on her day off. I think she will make a big difference in the care of these children. I just keep thinking about this group of missionaries I meet on the plane to Almaty. They were about 12 college kids and a group sponsor that where coming here to work at an orphanage there for 2 weeks. What a difference 12 young Americans and two weeks could make to this baby house. I am going to see what I can do when I get home.
Now back to Lexie. She was so happy and full of herself on Saturday it was like meeting a completely different child. She was climbing all over me and anything she could get her hands on. Laughing and bouncing around outside. Then in the afternoon we were back in the "music" room, which is a large room with two throw rugs, lots of folding chairs, a piano, little kids drums and tambourines and some stuffed animals. I put her down on the rug and away she went. She can crawl really well and likes to explore everything. She can also walk if I hold her hands. I'm sure she'll be walking on her own before we leave. Poor Kit and Kaboodle will be spending a lot of time outside until they learn not to knock her down. Or she may be knocking them down as wild as she likes to be. She has great hearing and reflexes. Mom would hide behind a pillar in the room and then jump out and she know just where she'd be and follow her around the room. She also likes to "play" the piano. I'd play some keys and then stop, then she'd put her fingers on the keys and try to make them play. I think she's very smart and alert and responsive. She also is very sweet and likes to laugh a lot. I've been sneaking her a little apple sauce and water since they are feed only a set amount of food and on a very strict schedule. She's not skinny but I think she could put on a few pounds. Well see what we can get away with.
We are on day 4 of our "bonding" days so we have 10 more to go. Then they will apply for our court day, which I hope will be sooner than later but they have up to 3 weeks to see us. Then a 15 day waiting period (which I will beg the judge to wave but I'm not counting on it) and then a week with the American embassy in Almaty. See it will be a breeze (I wish we had a breeze since it's about 90 degrees and no AC) and we'll be home before you know it. I have to say it seems like we've been here in Aktau a lot longer than 3 & 1/2 days. I would definitely not call this a vacation destination. More about the town later. Thanks to everyone watching my business and the dogs and my clients who are being so understanding about my being gone. Take care and I'll post more as I can.


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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Jamie McMurray won at Talladega Superspeedway in a nearly clean race until rookie Austin Dillon lost control on the final lap Sunday, allowing the winner to coast across the line under caution.
McMurray won for the first time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series since 2010, not having to worry about a charge from Dale Earnhardt Jr. because Dillon spun coming out of the second turn. The only other driver collected in the crash was Casey Mears, who slammed into Dillon's car and sent it flying into the air before it came back down upright. Columbia's Carl Edwards finished 17th.
A race known for massive crashes was essentially trouble free. There was a minor wreck early on involving Marcos Ambrose and Pablo Montoya, and 103 consecutive laps under green until the yellow and checkered flag waved together at the end.


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I always feeling nervous before my exam.But,if I have do enough preperation I know that I will be fine. :)
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Tell us what you usually do before an exam. Do you get nervous? What do you do to stop feeling nervous?
I always feeling nervous before my exam.But,if I have do enough preperation I know that I will be fine. :)
I some times feel nervous befor difficult exams so i try to do things that let me feel relaxation like watch a movie or eat some thing I really love and sleep for more than 6 hours continuously so i didn't feel nervous any more
I always get nervouse and to stop feeling like that I listen to some music
I try to hang out with my friends before exams. It make me relax. I am good pupil so I know i will take a good vote, but i still worry anyway
I don't know :D
I often get nervous. Then I talk with my friends about exam and it makes me to feel better because conversation always helps. Keep calm and relax!
No,i dontt get nervious.If you know english you will do exam great.. :))
i sleep:)
i try to think of ways to cheat but i'm usualy a strait arrow and i try not to cheat but sometimes when i don't study i cheat!!!!!!!!! so i'm never nervous in iran everyone cheats no big deal : )
hi everyone........................
To make myself feel better I study hard and prepare myself in advance because if you study everything in detail you will not have to worry about anything as you know everything .Thus,I prepare well =)
I eat chocolate, it makes me feel better;).
I drink apple juice
Yes, sometimes i do get nervous. In order to avoid being nervous, we can "listen to music" or "chat with friends" about some latest movies, or about something "interesting" other than studies which makes us feel good.
listening to music
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Title says it. I live right in front of UDM, and i have no car, so it can't be too far. The best for me would be to play at CEPSUM, but if you know other courts in this area, please let me know!
Looking to play 1-2 a week. I speak french too.
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The only ones i know are the ones at Kent Parc and the aren't free. (8.5/h)
There is also one kind of hidden in Outremont between houses, but it's a single court and therefore not really reliable.
do you play 9-5 during the weekdays. I know some free courts for morning play. Good chance to play regular and improve .
Hi, Simon.
I just moved to Montreal last month and my racquet is already collecting dust. I played regularly in USTA leagues at 3.0 level, but also hit well with 3.5 players. I am looking for an evening or weekend game near downtown Montreal. If you can reserve at CEPSUM, I don't mind paying the guest fee. I also was interested in playing at Parc Lafontaine. Anywhere I can reach by metro is fine. If you are interested, please call me at 514-244-5796.
Im a 3.0-3.5 player, im at UdM so CEPSUM member. Hit me up if you want to play!
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Hi again,
I would like to backup my drive with Vista in it, because I want to get rid of it and use my new thinkpad for openbsd only. But I still want to backup what came with it.
Since all my attempts using ThinkVintage failed, I'm thinking of copying the whole disk, or at least the three partitions that came with the laptop.
They are three HPFS/QNX/AUX partitions.
How can I backup everything so that if I wanted to I could copy back all of it into the disk and have it as "new"?
Is dd an option?
What's the best way to do this, and using less space space?
Vista uses NTFS. OpenBSD's NTFS driver has been in "experimental" state for years -- it is limited to read/only access, and requires a custom kernel. Even with the driver configured, OpenBSD is not usable for backup/restore of NTFS data. Of course, dd(1) is an option, but it is a sector-by-sector copy of an entire partition, or, of an entire disk.
For NTFS backup, I prefer the ntfsclone utility, from the Linux-NTFS project. It will back up and restore an NTFS partition, copying only the saved data. This requires a different OS, of course. I have seen reference to ports of their toolset to FreeBSD, but I use a liveCD of Puppy Linux to run ntfsclone on Windows workstations, both WXP and Vista.
You would also want to back up the partition table; that can be done from OpenBSD's fdisk(8).
then I could use Puppy Linux from a usb thumb to do the job?
What if I use dd? Is it possible to gzip the resulting file? How much compression would I get?
I understand Puppy Linux can be installed on a USB drive. If you can boot from a USB mass storage device, than, yes, you could use it that way.
The output from dd or from ntfsclone can be futher compressed. How much is data dependent, of course.
Using dd to back up partition "i" on wd0 to a server on your network, from OpenBSD:
# dd if=/dev/rwd0i bs=10m | gzip | ssh firstname.lastname@example.com "cat > sd0i.dd.gz"
Using ntfsclone to back up /dev/hda1 to the same server, from Linux:
# ntfsclone -s -o - /dev/hda1 | gzip | ssh firstname.lastname@example.com "cat > hda1.ntfs.gz"
Using dd(1) could be a viable solution, gzip/bzip2 would likely be capable of compressing the file considerably.. but it would take time.
If you have a 30GB partition, with 5GB used.. the compressed image would likely be smaller then 5GB, because most of it would be 0's.
If you do plan to use dd(1), make sure you use a larger block size.. and raw device nodes.. otherwise it'll be unbelievably slow.
Good luck.
thanks a lot, all very usefull
I think I'll go and try dd first
well... I was trying to dd the whole disk with dd if=/dev/sd0 ...
I booted the bsd install bsd.rd, and was thinking of doing it from there, but it does not have gzip. I think it would be better to gzip before sending, because this machine is faster, and I don't know how long it would take to send 250g even though the computers are in the same room...
That should be dd if=/dev/rsd0c ...
bsd.rd is not required.
Boot in single user mode; the root partition will be read/only, and no other partitions will be mounted. Mount what you need (such as /usr) read/only, then run your command.
and then I should mount read-only /usr to get gzip and ssh, right?
Also, if I write count=1 I will save the partition table, right?
$ ldd `which ssh` /usr/bin/ssh: Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name 1c000000 3c018000 exe 1 0 0 /usr/bin/ssh 08269000 2826e000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.5.0 058b0000 258c0000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.17.0 0a0e0000 2a120000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.18.0 0ac9d000 2aca5000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libz.so.4.1 0b684000 2b689000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libdes.so.9.0 0f7bc000 2f7f5000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.51.0 030ab000 030ab000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so $ ldd `which gzip` /usr/bin/gzip: Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name 1c000000 3c005000 exe 1 0 0 /usr/bin/gzip 0a49e000 2a4a6000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libz.so.4.1 07c65000 27c9e000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.51.0 02399000 02399000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so $
with bs=100m I would get
dd: input buffer: Cannot allocate memory
it works with bs=10, did not try other values
Hopefully it will be finished overnight.
I do hope you meant bs=10m, because bs=10 would be 10 bytes.. smaller then the default of 512.
If you did bs=10 instead of bs=10m, it will take a VERY long time.
yes it was 10m, it took 5 hours for a 250g drive with a final .gz file of 43.8g.
jggimi: how do I backup the partition table with fdisk? Is it the -u option? But hasn't dd if=/dev/rsd0c saved the whole of it, including partition table etc? In that case I should not need any more backing up, right?
The partition table is within the MBR, the MBR is the first sector on the disk... a sector is 512 bytes.
You do have a copy of the partiton table if you used rsd0c, but you can always make another that's separate from the compressed image.
$ sudo dd if=/dev/rsd0c of=mbr.bin bs=512 count=1
You can also just save the output from fdisk if you ONLY want the partition table.
# fdisk sd0 > pt.txt
Glad it worked out for you.
The dd example from BSDfan666, will copy the first sector, which includes the primary MBR. But, as I mentioned above, it will not copy any extended partition tables.
BSDfan666's example of backing up the MBR with fdisk saves the primary and all extended partitions in text format. The restoration is done manually.
To back up primary and any extended MBRs, just back up the first track:
# dd if=/dev/rsd0c of=mbr.backup count=63
thanks a lot to both of you, it was all very helpful, and I finally start to understand a bit more about partition tables.
Now I might give FreeBSD a try, although, I'm quite used to OpenBSD and would like to stick to it. But the ram issue and some ports I'd like push me away.
You are correct, and I wrote misleading information, above. Extended partition tables are located within extended partitions, and would not be located within the first track. There may be one or more of these, chained recursively.
The first track on the drive contains the MBR and may also include programmatic information, such as a multiboot loader.
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