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An Evansville woman killed in a Monday crash is identified as 32-year-old Jessica Frank, according to the Dane County Medical Examiner's Office.
Frank was killed and another woman from Evansville was seriously injured after a traffic crash on Highway 14 in Rutland Township at 7:08 a.m Monday.
The Dane County Sheriff's Office said a car driven by Frank was traveling south on Highway 14 when she drove onto the shoulder, over-corrected, crossed the centerline and hit an oncoming SUV.
The car rolled over and pinned Frank inside. She was not wearing her seat belt and had to be extricated, according to deputies.
A 42-year-old woman driving the SUV was also extricated. She was wearing a seat belt.
Both women were taken to University of Wisconsin Hospital where Frank was pronounced dead. The other woman was admitted with serious injuries.
Highway 14 remained closed between County Road A and Highway 92 until about 11:30 a.m.


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While proper implementation of groups can help reduce the need for the root password, at times, users must absolutely run commands as another user (usually root). As the system administrator, you're stuck between deciding to hand out the root password or doing everything for your users.
sudo provides a third way, one that can help solve this dilemma. It's a tricky program, however, and needs some care in implementation.
is integrated into OpenBSD, and is an add-on package for just about
every other Unix-like operating system out there.
sudo is a setuid root wrapper that implements fine-grained access
control for commands that need to be run as root. It takes the
command you want to run and compares it to its internal list of
permissions. If
sudo's permissions allow that particular user to run
that command,
sudo runs that command for you, with its privileges. As
root can run commands as any user,
sudo can execute commands as any
arbitrary system user.
With proper setup, the system administrator can allow any user to run
any command as any other user.
sudo is a very powerful tool, and can
be configured to allow or deny almost any set of commands. As a
result of this flexibility, the documentation tends to scare off new
users. We're going to do a basic
sudo setup that will cover almost
all uses, but you should be aware that many more combinations are
possible, and are documented in
sudo(8) and
Other than the obvious fine-grained access control
sudo provides,
there are a few other benefits to using
sudo. One of the biggest
advantages is the command logging. Every
sudo command is logged,
making it very easy to track who made what changes. And once you have
sudo configured correctly, you can change the root password and not
give it to anyone. Nobody should need the root password if they have
the correct
sudo permissions, after all! Reducing the number of
people who have the root password can help improve security. Finally,
a single
sudo configuration file can be used on all of these systems,
vastly easing administrator overhead.
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The most overwhelmingly common disadvantage to
sudo is that users and
junior administrators don't like it. If people have traditionally had
root access on a system, they will perceive that they're losing
something when you implement
sudo. They key to overcoming this is to
make sure that people have the ability to do their jobs. If users
think that they need the root password to perform other tasks, then
your need to settle just who is responsible for what. These users may
have been taking extra duties upon themselves, rather than troubling
you with jobs that you should do.
A faulty
sudo setup can create security holes. A thoughtless
configuration will create holes in the system that a clever user can
use to actually become root. This problem is best dealt with by a
combination of careful configuration and administrative policy.
sudo has three pieces. The first is the actual
sudo(8) command, the
setuid root wrapper that users will actually use. There's also
configuration file,
/etc/sudoers. This file is
sudo's permissions
table, saying who may run what commands as which user, and is fully
documented in
sudoers(5). Finally, the
visudo(8) command allows
administrators to edit the
sudoers file without risking locking
themselves out of the system. We'll consider each component in turn:
visudo, the
sudoers file, and
sudo itself.
If the syntax in your
sudoers file is incorrect,
sudo will not run.
If you're relying on
sudo to provide access to the
sudoers file, and
you corrupt the
sudoers file, you can lock yourself out of root-level
activities on the system and be unable to correct your error. This is
visudo(8) provides some protection against this sort of error.
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Much like
visudo(8) locks the file so only one person can
edit the configuration file at a time. It then opens the
configuration file in an editor (
vi(1) by default, but it respects the
$EDITOR environment variable). When you exit the editor,
parses the file and confirms that there are no
sudo syntax errors.
This is not a guarantee that the configuration will do what you want,
merely a confirmation that the file is actually a valid.
will accept a configuration file that says "nobody may do anything via
sudo" if the rules are properly formatted.
visudo finds an error when you exit the editor, it will print out
the line number and ask you what you want to do.
# visudo
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 44 <<<
What now?
Here, we've made an error on line 44. You have three choices: edit
the file again, quit without saving any of the changes you made, or
visudo to write the
sudoers file you created.
If you press e,
visudo will send you back to the editor. You can go
to the line it complained about, and try to find your error.
If you enter x,
visudo will quit and revert the configuration file to
what it was before you started editing. Your changes will be lost,
but that may be all right. It's better to have the old, working
configuration, than have a new, non-functional configuration.
Entering Q forces
visudo to accept the file, syntax error and all. If
your configuration file has an error,
sudo will not run. Essentially,
you're telling
visudo to break
sudo until such time as you log in as
root to fix the problem. This is almost certainly not what you want
to do!
sudoers file tells
sudo who may run which commands as which users.
OpenBSD stores the
sudoers file as
/etc/sudoers, FreeBSD stores it as
/usr/local/etc/sudoers. Never edit this file directly, even if you
think you know exactly what change you want to make; always use
sudo permissions syntax can be confusing until you understand it.
Getting everything correct can be difficult the first time. Once you
understand how
sudo sets things up, however, it's very quick and easy.
The various sample
sudoers files you'll find on the Internet
frequently look quite complicated and difficult to understand, as they
demonstrate all the nifty things you can do with
sudo. The basic
syntax is very simple. Each rule entry in
sudoers has the following
username host = command
username is the username of the user who may execute the command.
host is the hostname of the system where this rule applies.
sudo is
designed so you can use one
sudoers file on all of your systems. This
space allows you to set per-host rules.
command field lists the commands this rule applies to. You must
have a full path to each command name, or
sudo will not recognize it!
(You wouldn't want people to be able to adjust their
$PATH variable to
access renamed versions of commands, now would you?)
sudo defaults to not allowing anything to happen. To let a user run a
command, you must create a rule that gives that user permission on
that host to run that command. If any of the three fields don't
match, the user cannot run the command.
You can use the
ALL keyword in any of these fields to match all possible
options. For example, suppose I trust user "chris" to run absolutely
any command as root, on any system.
chris ALL = ALL
Giving a junior system administrator total control of one of my systems isn't very
likely. As senior system administrator, I should know what commands Chris needs
to run to do his job. Suppose Chris is in charge of the nameserver
portion of this system. We control actual editing of the zone files
with group permissions, but that
won't help when the nameserver must be started, reloaded, or stopped.
Here, I'll give him permission to run just the name daemon controller
chris ALL = /usr/sbin/ndc
If I'm sharing this file across several machines, it's quite probable
that many of those machines are not even running a nameserver program.
Here, I'll restrict which machine Chris may run this program on to the
server called "
chris dns1 = /usr/sbin/ndc
On the other hand, Chris is the administrator of the email server
sudoers file on both
the systems.
chris dns1 = /usr/sbin/ndc
chris mail = ALL
You can specify multiple entries in a single field by separating them
with commas. Here, I'd like Chris to be able to mount floppy disks
mount(8), as well as control the nameserver.
chris dns1 = /usr/sbin/ndc, /bin/mount
You can tell
sudoers that a user can run commands as a particular
user, instead of root, by putting the username in parenthesis before a
command. For example, suppose we have our nameserver set to run as
the user "
named" and all commands to control the server must be run as
that user.
chris dns1 = (named) /usr/sbin/ndc
Every entry in
/etc/sudoers must be on a single line. This can make
the lines very long. If you have a long list of alias members or
rules, you can skip to another line by using the
\ character at the
end of each incomplete line.
chris server1 = /sbin/fdisk,/sbin/fsck,/sbin/kldload,\
Now that you understand how
sudo permissions are set, let's look at
how to actually use
sudo. Use
visudo, and give your account
privileges to run any command. (If you've installed
sudo correctly
you already have root, so this won't be a security issue.)
The first time you run
sudo will prompt you for a password.
Enter the password for your own account, not the root password. If
you give an incorrect password,
sudo will insult your typing
abilities, mental facilities, or ancestry, and let you try again.
After three incorrect passwords,
sudo gives up on you. You'll have to
re-enter the command you want to run.
Once you enter a correct password,
sudo records the time. If you run
sudo again within five minutes, it won't ask you for a password.
After you don't use
sudo for five minutes, however, you must
re-authenticate. This makes work easier when you're issuing a series
of commands under
sudo, but times things out quickly in case you walk
away from the computer.
When you're a regular user on a system with
sudo, one thing you'll
probably want to know is what commands the system administrator has
permitted you to run.
-l flag will tell you this.
# sudo -l
User mwlucas may run the following commands on this host:
(root) ALL
If you had tighter restrictions, they would be displayed.
To run commands via
sudo, just put the word "
sudo" before the command
you actually want to run. For example, here's how we would become
root using
su via
# sudo su
sudo to become root simply allows the senior system administrator keep the
root password a closely-held secret. This isn't entirely useful, as
with unrestricted
sudo access junior administrators can change the
root password. Still, it's a start towards keeping the system more
secure, and towards implementing
sudo for all commands.
You can run more complicated commands under
sudo, with all of their
regular arguments. For example,
tail -f is excellent to view the end
of a log file, and to have new log entries appear on the end of the
screen. Some log files are only visible to root, or should be -- for
example, the log that contains
sudo use information. You might want
to view these logs without bothering to become root.
# sudo tail -f /var/log/authlog
openbsd/usr/src/usr.bin/sudo;sudo tail -f /var/log/secure
Jul 29 13:24:19 openbsd sudo: mwlucas : TTY=ttyp0 ; PWD=/home/mwlucas ;
USER=root ; COMMAND=list
Jul 29 13:30:03 openbsd sudo: mwlucas : TTY=ttyp0 ; PWD=/home/mwlucas ;
USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/authlog
You can choose to run commands as a user other than root, if you have
the appropriate permissions. For example, suppose we have our
database application where commands must be run as the database user.
You tell
sudo to run as a particular user by using the
-u flag and a
username. For example, the operator user has the privileges necessary
to run
dump and back up the system.
# sudo -u operator dump /dev/sd0s1
All this tracking and accountability is nice, but where does it
account to?
sudo messages are logged to LOCAL2.
Each log message contains a timestamp, the name of the user, the
directory where
sudo was run, and the command that was run.
Jul 29 11:21:02 openbsd sudo: chris : TTY=ttyp0 ; PWD=/home/chris ;
USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
In the worst case, you can backtrack exactly what happened when
something breaks. For example, if one of my systems doesn't reboot
correctly because
/etc/rc.conf is missing or corrupt, I can check the
sudo logs to who touched it.
Jul 29 11:34:56 openbsd sudo: chris : TTY=ttyp0 ; PWD=/home/chris ;
USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/rm /etc/rc.conf
If everyone had been using
su, or even using "
sudo su" instead of
sudo to run each individual command, I would have had no clue as to why the
system broke. With
sudo logs, once I get this computer up and running
again I know who to blame. This alone makes
sudo worth implementing.
Next time we'll learn about some of the more complicated and
sudo configuration options, plus a few of the common mistakes people make with them.
Michael W. Lucas
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2014: Actor Russell Johnson, better known as "The Professor" on the hit TV series "Gilligan's Island," dies of kidney failure at age 89 in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
2014: Veteran comedian Dave Madden, best known for playing acerbic manager Reuben Kincaid on "The Partridge Family," dies from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome at age 82 in Jacksonville, Florida. He also was known for his recurring appearances as Earl Hicks on the sitcom "Alice," and for a lucrative career in commercial voiceovers.
2013: Advice columnist and radio show host Pauline Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren or "Dear Abby," dies at age 94 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The twin sister of fellow advice columnist Ann Landers, whose real name was Eppie Lederer, she began the "Dear Abby" column in 1956. During her decades of writing the column, it became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world.
2009: Singer Boy George, best known as the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Culture Club, is sentenced to 15 months in jail for falsely imprisoning a male escort. He would end up serving four months of the sentence before being released for good behavior.
2003: The space shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107, which would be its final one. Columbia's seven-member crew was killed when the shuttle disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. It was later determined that the accident was caused by a piece of foam that broke off during launch, damaging the thermal protection system components on the shuttle's left wing.
2002: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden and the remaining members of the Taliban.
2001: U.S. President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War. Roosevelt was the first and, to date, is the only U.S. president to be awarded America's highest military honor.
1997: Ennis Cosby, the 27-year-old son of comedian-actor Bill Cosby, is fatally shot in an attempted robbery while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles. Mikhail Markhasev, an 18-year-old Ukrainian immigrant, was eventually convicted of first-degree murder and attempted robbery in the shooting and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Bill Cosby had used Ennis, his only son, as the basis for Theo Huxtable, played by Malcolm Jamal Warner, on the sitcom "The Cosby Show." Pictured is a photo Bill Cosby posted on Facebook on Father's Day in 2013.
1991: Ike & Tina Turner (pictured), The Byrds, LaVern Baker, John Lee Hooker, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett and Jimmy Reed are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1988: Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, whose real name was Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, is fired by CBS, where he had been a regular on the pregame show "The NFL Today" since 1976, after commenting to a reporter in a Washington, D.C., restaurant that black athletes were naturally superior at least in part because they had been bred to produce stronger offspring during slavery. He's seen here (second from right), circa 1976, with "NFL Today" colleagues Brent Musburger, Phyllis George and Irv Cross.
1988: The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals announce the team is moving to the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, Arizona. The team, which started out in Chicago in 1898 before moving to St. Louis in 1960, is the oldest continuously run professional American football club in the United States.
1980: Baseball player Albert Pujols, a three-time National League MVP and two-time World Series champion in 2006 and 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals, is born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Pujols, who played for the Cardinals for 11 seasons before signing with the Los Angeles Angels following the 2011 season, is also a nine-time All-Star, won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2001 and is the only player in major league history to bat at least .300 with 30 or more home runs and 100 or more RBIs in his first 10 seasons.
1979: Amid mounting strikes and demonstrations, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, flees the country with his family for exile in Egypt. The departure of the last Persian monarch led to collapse of the royal reign a few weeks later and its eventual replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution.
1979: Cher's divorce from Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers becomes final. Cher had filed for divorce in 1975, just 10 days after the couple had married, but the couple reconciled and remained married for four years.
1979: Singer and actress Aaliyah, who made her recording debut at age 14 and is best known for songs such as "Back & Forth," "If Your Girl Only Knew" and "Try Again," is born Aaliyah Dana Haughton in Brooklyn, New York. She also appeared in the movies "Romeo Must Die" and "Queen of the Damned" before being killed with eight others in an Aug. 25, 2001, airplane crash in The Bahamas.
1974: Model Kate Moss, who rose to fame in the early 1990s and is known for her waifish figure, is born in London, England.
1973: After 14 seasons, the western TV series "Bonanza" airs its 430th, and final, episode. The show, which ranks as the second longest running western series behind only "Gunsmoke," centered around the Cartwright family, who live in the area near Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The show starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and David Canary.
1969: The first docking of two manned spacecraft takes place between the Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5. The spacecraft, launched a day apart on Jan. 14 and 15, form what was termed "the world's first space station" with a crew of four aboard. They remained docked for three orbits of the Earth over more than four hours, during which time two cosmonauts spacewalked from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4, becoming, upon their return to Earth on Jan. 17, the first people to return to Earth in a different spacecraft from the one in which they went into space. The Soyuz 5 spacecraft returned to Earth on Jan. 18 with only one cosmonaut on board.
1959: Singer Sade, the frontwoman and lead vocalist for the British group bearing her name, is born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She is best known for songs such as "Smooth Operator," "The Sweetest Taboo" and "No Ordinary Love."
1950: Actress, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen, best known for playing dance teacher Lydia Grant on the 1980s TV show "Fame," is born in Houston, Texas.
1948: Film director John Carpenter, best known for movies such as "Halloween," "Escape from New York," "The Thing," "Starman," "Big Trouble in Little China" and "They Live," is born in Carthage, New York.
1946: Country singer-songwriter Ronnie Milsap, one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, is born in Robbinsville, North Carolina. Credited with six Grammys and 40 No. 1 country hits, among Milsap's biggest hits are "It Was Almost Like a Song," "Smoky Mountain Rain," "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me," "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World," "Any Day Now" and "Stranger in My House."
1945: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker, near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The bunker then became the epicenter of the Nazi regime until the last week of World War II. Hitler married Eva Braun there during the last week of April 1945, shortly before they both committed suicide. The rear entrance to the bunker can be seen here in this 1947 photo.
1942: Film star Carole Lombard, her mother Elizabeth Knight, and her MGM press agent Otto Winkler are among 22 killed when TWA Flight 3 crashes into Potosi Mountain southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, 15 minutes after takeoff. Lombard, 33 and married to fellow film star Clark Gable, was returning from a World War II bond rally in her home state of Indiana when the crash occurred. She was best known as the star of movies such as "Twentieth Century," "My Man Godfrey," "Nothing Sacred" and "To Be or Not to Be."
1935: Kate "Ma" Barker, the mother of several criminals who ran the Barker-Karpis Gang from the "public enemy era," and her son, Fred, are shot and killed during an intense, hours-long gun-battle with FBI agents in Ocklawaha, Florida. The popular image of "Ma" Barker as the gang's leader and its criminal mastermind, often played up in movies and on TV, has been found to be fictitious.
1933: Writer Susan Sontag, a human rights activist and the author of 17 books, is born Susan Rosenblatt in New York City. Her best known works include "On Photography," "Against Interpretation," "Illness as Metaphor," "Regarding the Pain of Others," "The Volcano Lover" and "In America." Sontag died in New York City on Dec. 28, 2004, aged 71, from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome, which had evolved into acute myelogenous leukemia.
1932: Dian Fossey, the gorilla specialist whose book "Gorillas in the Mist," based off her extensive study of the species, was the inspiration for the movie of the same name, is born in San Francisco, California. She was found murdered by a machete in her cabin at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda on Dec. 27, 1985.
1920: The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France, six days after the Versailles Treaty came into force. In November, the headquarters of the League was moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where the first General Assembly was held on Nov. 15, 1920.
1919: Having been approved by 36 states, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification. It would go into effect on Jan. 16, 1920, banning the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol, and last until it was repealed by the ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
1917: George Dewey, the only person in the history of the United States to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the most senior rank in the U.S. Navy, dies at the age of 79 in Washington, D.C. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
1910: Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Jay "Dizzy" Dean, the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season, is born in Lucas, Arkansas. A four-time All-Star who won a World Series title in 1934 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Dean also played for the Chicago Cubs during his 11-year career and also made a one-game comeback in 1947 for the publicity-starved St. Louis Browns. He died of a heart attack at age 64 on July 17, 1974.
1908: Actress and singer Ethel Merman, known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theater, is born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann in Astoria, Queens, New York. Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm," "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "It's De-Lovely," "You're the Top," "Anything Goes" and "There's No Business Like Show Business." She died in her sleep at age 76 on Feb. 15, 1984.
1901: Fulgencio Batista, the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and dictator from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution, is born in Banes, Cuba. He died of a heart attack at age 72 on Aug. 6, 1973.
1901: Frank Zamboni, the inventor whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer, is born in Eureka, Utah. He died of lung cancer at age 87 on July 27, 1988.
1821: John C. Breckinridge, who represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and, in 1856 under President James Buchanan, became the youngest-ever vice president of the United States, is born in Lexington, Kentucky. He was expelled from the U.S. Senate after joining the Confederate Army, where he eventually rose to the rank of major general and was appointed Confederate secretary of war late in the Civil War.
1605: The first volume of "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha" ("The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha") by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. The second, and final, volume of the novel would be published a decade later in 1615.
1547: Ivan IV Vasilyevich, aka Ivan the Terrible, becomes the Tsar of Russia at the age of 16. His long reign, until his death in 1584, saw the conquest of the Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia, transforming Russia into a multiethnic state spanning almost one billion acres.
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|Is that a smile forming, Zack? (photo originally found here)
There is an obvious duality to this whole situation: Having Zack makes the Royals better, and trading Zack could make the Royals better.
Now one of those statements is incontrovertible. Zack Greinke is a season removed from being the closest thing to Pedro Martinez in his prime since Pedro was in his prime. He didn't just win a Cy Young. A season like his 2009 comes around once, maybe twice a decade, and he did it in a Royals uniform. With Greinke, though, it wasn't just 2009. Since rejoining the rotation on August 24th of 2007, Greinke has been pretty damn good, maintaining a 3.18 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 8.36 K/9, 2.26 BB/9, and 3.70 K/BB. This is clearly the stat line of a front-of-the-rotation starter, and his value is very real.
Moreover, he puts butts in the seats every fifth day. In 2009, every Greinke start was an event, and you could tell this was the case by looking at the stands. He appeals to a dwindling fan base because, quite frankly, he is the only superstar the Royals have had since they traded away Carlos Beltran, and even Beltran wasn't as universally appreciated as Zack Greinke has been since his otherworldly campaign two years ago.
Unfortunately, Zack Greinke plays for an incredibly shitty team. The Royals had the worst record in baseball in the Aughts, despite the fact that they actually had a winning record in one of those seasons, unlike the Pittsburgh Pirates, who haven't seen a record above .500 since 1992. In his past 105 starts, the Royals have held a 50 - 55 record, and Zack has a 41 - 34 record to show for his efforts. The false hope that had grown within him when he signed his contract extension coming out of the 2008 season came crashing down during the 2009 season, and his frustration surfaced very publicly when he began to vent about how he didn't want to wait around to experience his third rebuilding phase in Kansas City. If we Royals fans are frustrated with the state of affairs at One Kauffman Way, imagine how it must feel to be dragged down by a dismal team around us.
Now here's where it gets tricky. Even with Zack Greinke's past mental obstacles, we have a pretty good idea as to what his value is in the present and going forward. At worst, he is a 5.0 WAR starting pitcher with no injury history who turned 27 in October. According to FanGraphs' valuation system, his performances over the past three seasons have been worth $22.3 in 2008, $42.5 in 2009, and $21.0 million in 2010. That 2009 season had him more valuable than everyone else in baseball. Everyone. You have to go back to Randy Johnson in 2001 to find any player whose season was worth more than Zack Greinke's 2009 would have been on the free agent market.
What the Royals are faced with now is a player who has publicly voiced his discouragement at the state of the Royals Major League roster. A player whose contract is up after the 2012 season when 2013 is realistically the first year that a good chunk of what is now nearly universally thought of to be the best minor league system in all of baseball should be contributing at the Major League level. Two seasons is a long time to be on a team day in and day out waiting for a sunnier day.
The only issue with that last sentence is that it may not actually be that long. In 2011, the Royals will finally start to see their farm system graduate some of its multitudinous talent to the Majors. Dayton Moore will wait just long enough to delay Mike Moustakas's arbitration clock a year. Tim Collins may break camp on the Opening Day roster. At least one of the Royals young lefties should find themselves getting the call as the season progresses. Hell, if things broke right for the Royals, they may find themselves with Danny Duffy, Chris Dwyer, and Mike Montgomery toeing the rubber at the K. And if there was one key bat in the minors who could conceivably make the jump to the Majors come August, it would probably be that of Eric Hosmer.
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No, the Royals will not be competing in 2011, but 2012, while not likely, is still a possibility. As Ken Rosenthal has posited, maybe Zack will be singing a different tune come spring training when he actually gets to take a look at what the Royals have waiting in the wings. After all, how many of us at this time last year thought that the minor league system would be looking like it does now? So, yes, 2011 is already lost. 2012 might not be.
Obviously, the timing of the expiration of Zack Greinke's current contract is not likely to be concurrent with when we all hope the Royals to be contending. Barring a major miracle, Zack Greinke will be a free agent the offseason before the Royals could conceivably contending for the AL Central Divisional Title. If there were a single player who would be likely to re-sign with the Royals, it would be Zack Greinke, though, even taking his comments in August into account. After all, his no-trade clause only serves to solidify the notion that he would not want to bolt for the bright lights of New York or Boston. He simply wants to play for a winner. While the Royals are not there yet, they are not far off.
Unfortunately, to re-sign him if he were still with the team would likely cost upwards of $20 million a season, which is more than likely quite a bit more money than a team like the Royals should be committing to a single player. The fan in me really doesn't want to see him go. The pragmatist in me sees that he could yield quite the return on the trade market, and that return is likely to be at its peak value the instant Cliff Lee signs his name to a dotted line.
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[I]f it's me, I don't trade Zack Greinke unless I can get two Zack Greinke's in return.Having to stomach another ultimately disastrous trade, would be more than most of us could take. Yes, it is a different regime, but I think most of us are still leery of Dayton Moore's eye for Major League talent. He is the man responsible for trading two prospects for Yuniesky Betancourt mere weeks before he was likely to be designated for assignment. He did hand out a three-year, $36 million contract to Jose Guillen. He chose to trade a quality middle reliever for Mike Jacobs. He saw fit to sign Jason Fucking Kendall to a two-year, $6 million contract.
Yes, the minor league system seems to have been overhauled entirely. If the Royals can somehow manage to not fuck this all up, the credit likely has to go to Moore, but the fact remains that he has been below average when it comes to constructing a Major League roster. He has also had only one of his draftees advance to the Majors, and that was Greg Holland, so we are operating from a hypothesis based on theoretical projections when we look to the future with optimism. The overhaul of the minors seems to point towards Moore having a good idea as to what he is doing on the farm, and that is where Royals fans have to be looking when we begin to think about the probable departure of Zack Greinke in the coming months.
The most likely destination seems to be Texas, who are not in the AL Central, and are thought to be playing with the shorter stack of chips in the Cliff Lee poker game with the Yankees and possibly the Nationals. Even if the Rangers were to sign Cliff Lee, they would certainly have the prospects to trade for Greinke if they really wanted to make another run in 2011. With the key to a deal with the Rangers likely hinging on Jurickson Profar being included in the deal (who Greg Schaum covered in detail with info from the Newberg Report here), the Royals could also get an additional combination of players from the pool of Derek Holland, Tanner Scheppers, Martin Perez, Engel Beltre, Craig Gentry, Leury Garcia, and Julio Borbon, all of whom have been kicked around in rumors everywhere from The Newberg Report to USA Today. Given Schaum's knowledge of how the Royals operate, I'll defer to his notion that the Royals would more or less demand Jurickson Profar, which essentially rules out Engel Beltre, as it seems like a deal would be either/or for the bats of the non-throw-ins (read: Julio Borbon, Craig Gentry, and Leury Garcia, of whom the Royals would likely get one, possibly because they threw in Gregor Blanco). So I think from the Royals standpoint, it would probably take Holland, Perez, Profar, and either Gentry or Borbon to wrest Greinke (and Blanco) from their grip. That is probably the best deal they can get this off-season for Greinke, and most smoke is coming from camps believing that Texas is the best fit right now.
The next one that makes sense from the Royals' standpoint would be a three-team deal involving Arizona and a team like the Braves or Rangers in which the Royals got back Justin Upton. I'll not spend a lot of time on this as this seems less likely considering that the Royals are on Justin Upton's no-trade list. Maybe he would waive the clause, but it is an extra hurdle. With Upton signed through 2015, he would step in and be the cornerstone of the Royals offense at the ripe age of 23 and they'd have him until his walk year at 28 years old. The Royals would likely have to give up another prospect in a three-way deal, with the Braves/Rangers having to throw in three top-tier prospects, but the Royals would get All-Star level help immediately in this deal.
The next team that makes some sense, unless you are holding onto the notion that teams should not trade top talent within the division, an arcane notion that Moore & Co. could certainly be operating under, is the Twins. It would seem like the Twins likely have a pair of top prospects to build a deal around. Kyle Gibson and either Aaron Hicks or Ben Revere (Moore would hopefully demand Hicks over Revere, who has yet to develop anything resembling power) would likely be central to a trade getting done. There would also need to be a Major League-ready arm in the deal. Kevin Slowey's name has been included in some of the rumblings that I've but a fair amount of them have been utterly off-base and not at all in line with what Dayton Moore is generally accepted as having be his standard for pulling off a trade--two ML-ready players and two top prospects. It would likely take a Slowey type (I doubt they'd want to take on Nick Blackburn given his contract status) plus Gibson, Hicks or Revere, and a fringe Major Leaguer who addresses a positional weakness from the standpoint of organization depth.
Lastly, teams like the Braves and the Blue Jays make at least a bit of sense.
The Braves obviously have the talent in their farm system to pull off a deal, and Dayton Moore clearly feels comfortable trading with his old organization. A deal in which they got a pitching prospect like Julio Teheran, Mike Minor, Randall Delgado, or Arodys Vizcaino. While Mike Minor is a lefty, something the Royals don't exactly need right now, he also made his ML-debut this past season, so he is ready. Teheran seems like he would be off-limits in trade talks, so personally, Delgado seems like the closest righty to the Majors of the bunch. Unfortunately, the Braves are a little weak in the positional prospect arena. Freddie Freeman is a great prospect but plays first base, which isn't exactly a point of weakness with Eric Hosmer waiting in the wings. It would also seem like the Royals would try to get stronger up the middle. Maybe Matt Lipka or Andrelton Simmons would help get a deal done, but it would be less enticing than adding Freeman's bat. Sure, Hosmer or Freeman could be moved to a corner outfield slot, but the prospects don't seem to line up quite as well as they do in either the Twins or Rangers scenarios, and they're not getting a five-tool 23-year-old All-Star back like they would in an Upton deal.
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Now, obviously, all of these deals share one thing in common: the Royals would be getting a shitload of talent back. Clearly, Dayton Moore does not need to trade Zack Greinke. There is even still a slim chance that the Royals could sign him to an extension if that is both Moore and Zack's prerogative when the time comes. As Moore has stated, the Royals will only trade Greinke if the right offer comes around. For this one time, they seem to be in the driver's seat and can command what they get in return for their ace.
Given the asking price, which seems pretty in line with what has been laid out here, it is improbable that the Royals deal Greinke. With the time frame Moore is working with, I actually, for once, have confidence that Moore will get a substantial haul for Greinke. I have been leery of most of his trades thus far, but Greinke's value seems pretty easy to me to ascertain.
As a subjective fan, I want to see Zack Greinke on the mound sporting a Royals uniform every fifth day. Objectively, I know that a deal that nets what that Rangers deal or that Blue Jays deal would bring back makes the Royals better in the long run.


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Here are some Elton Brand highlights from Duke... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hvLO286z9I
Here's Bennett...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5w2T6yqPRk
I remember seeing Karl and his wife at a Jamba Juice in SLC back in the glory days. He didn't strike as as a legit 6'9", but if you put him next to other players listed in that range, he fit in. A young Elton Brand might be another comparison for Bennett.
Here are some Elton Brand highlights from Duke... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hvLO286z9I
Here's Bennett...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5w2T6yqPRk
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We will have to disagree on where he ranks. I see him as a top 10 potentially top 5 depending on how well he performs in league play. Like you I have seen him play for 3 years both at Findlay and as a season ticket holder. I really like his swagger and his versatility, but do agree he needs to try to be more effective in the post as he tries to do too much on the perimeter at times. I think some of that is rices offense though because at Findlay he did a little more work down low.
I agree with this. Bennett looks comparable to Derrick Williams and Thomas Robinson, and he can do some things those guys can't with his ball handling and feel for the game. Still, he might be hurt a bit because of the impression that Williams and TRob have made being a bit undersized.
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"les grandes défaites forgent les grands hommes" - Rudy Gobert
I've always viewed Bennett as top 10 material. Really like the guy. If he was a few inches taller, I don't see how he wouldn't be top 5.
If he was a few inches taller he'd have a legit shot to go #1.
Right now, I think he's between 8 and 15 .. quite a bit more range for him, I believe. Everyone I've spoken to likes him a lot, but all seem fairly cautious of his size/tweenerishnes.
Embrace the tweener if you can find the size elsewhere. A perfect big rotation to me is 3-big centric with two PF/Cs, a SF/PF, and a pure center rounding out the group as a 4th big (probably doesn't play a lot of minutes regularly, but can play when called upon [Jeff Withey?]).
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And if Bennett was taller, he's probably impossible for the Jazz to get anyway.
In regards to comparisons to Beasley/Williams/Robinson:
-Beasley was crazy and/or retarded
-Williams really isn't that impressive an athlete or skill player. His strength was knowing his spots and imposing his will and intellect on the COLLEGE game. His production was enticing, but I always had my questions. He might turn it around but we'll see.
-I never saw any real skill to Robinson. I still haven't.
Bennett to me is better than those prospects. I think he plays tougher than Williams and is considerably more athletic, and his size disadvantage as a 4 might make the idea of him playing some 3 more realistic. But I feel that face-up/stretch/perimeter 4s have a greater advantage over power 3s.
Also, here's this:
Apologies if someone already beat me to posting this but here it is for reference (I haven't even read it yet).NBA Draft Prospect of the Week: Anthony Bennett
by: Jonathan Givony - President
January 2, 2013
Anthony Bennett has established himself as one of the most productive players in college basketball, despite being just a freshman. We analyze his progress with a video and scouting report.
A total unknown when we first wrote about him nearly three years ago at the Jordan Brand Classic in New York, Anthony Bennett has since blossomed into a McDonald's All-American and now one of the most productive freshmen in college basketball.
Measuring 6-7 in shoes at the Nike Hoop Summit eight months ago (and at the 2011 LeBron James Skills Academy), Bennett is somewhat undersized for a power forward, but makes up for that with his 7-1 wingspan, strong 239 pound frame, and excellent athleticism. He's a powerful and explosive leaper with very good quickness and body control for a player his size, making him a difficult matchup for opposing big men at the college level.
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What makes Bennett unique is how advanced he is offensively for a freshman. He's already one of the most versatile scorers you'll find in the NCAA, as he's capable of scoring inside the paint, making 3-pointers, putting the ball down attacking from the perimeter with either hand, handling the ball on the break, and making his presence felt on the offensive glass.
Bennett stepped onto a deep and experienced UNLV team that won 26 games last year and immediately established himself as their go-to guy and most aggressive player, which he's proven he's worthy of as he currently ranks as one of the most productive players in the country.
The first thing that jumps off the page about Bennett is his tenacious finishing ability. His superb combination of length, explosiveness and aggressiveness makes him a threat to tear down the basket at any given moment and allows him to finish plays from impressive distances, sometimes even when elevating from outside the paint. He's converting 74% of his attempts around the basket right now according to Synergy Sports Technology, which ranks amongst the top ten players in college basketball thus far.
Not very advanced with his back to the basket, Bennett nevertheless shows some craftiness inside the paint, utilizing floaters with soft touch and using the glass on reverse moves. His length allows him to finish with ease without even having to jump very high at times, and helps him use some very unique angles to get his shot off effectively. As he gets older, he'd be wise to continue to improve his rudimentary post game, as he has the tools to be very effective down low with combination of his quickness, strength and touch.
Knocking down nearly one 3-pointer per game, Bennett has legitimate range on his jump-shot, even if he's been somewhat streaky overall over the course of the season, converting just 32% of his attempts from beyond the arc. With his soft touch and solid shooting mechanics, this likely has more to do with shot-selection than anything, as he tends to fall in love with this part of his game at times. Nevertheless, he has clear-cut potential as a floor-spacer and pick and pop threat, which is very intriguing in today's NBA.
Also very capable of putting the ball on the floor, Bennett is an excellent ball-handler for his position. He can attack his matchup from the perimeter driving in either direction, sometimes after a shot-fake or a strong crossover. This allows him to draw fouls and get to the free throw line at a superb rate, sixth best among DX Top-100 prospects thus far. Bennett not only draws a lot of fouls, but he also converts very effectively from the free throw line, hitting 75% of his attempts so far.
Bennett has a lot of freedom in UNLV's offense, as you'll often see him grab a rebound and bring the ball up the court himself, sometimes taking it coast to coast. What's interesting is that he doesn't turn the ball over very often, as he's coughed it up just 19 times in 368 minutes thus far, or just about twice for every 40 minutes of action he sees. With that said, he also doesn't generate many assists (17 on the season), as he looks pretty focused on his own offense once the ball in his hands.
The place where Bennett has the most room to improve at the moment seems to be on the defensive end. He often looks like he's only going half speed here, jogging the floor lackadaisically, relaxing in his stance whenever he can, and losing his focus easily. He regularly gives up deep post position to opposing big men without putting up much of a fight, and loses track of his matchup relatively frequently off the ball. Like many young players, Bennett's fundamentals are fairly poor on this end of the floor, and his intensity leaves a lot to be desired at times. Maximizing his conditioning-level could help here.
With that said, Bennett's talent does shine through on this end of the floor as well on occasion, as he's capable of making some very impressive plays with his terrific combination of length, strength, explosiveness and quickness. He can move his feet well, is very difficult to shoot over when he's dialed in, and has solid anticipation skills blocking shots and getting his hands on loose balls.
With his soft hands, long arms and excellent athleticism, Bennett has proven to be a capable rebounder at times as well, even if he hasn't really done so consistently thus far, ranking just 16th of the 25 power forwards in our Top-100 rankings in this category this season. There's little doubt that he could be even more effective here if he put his mind to it consistently.
Turning 20 this March, Bennett is a little older than most of players in his freshman class, but still has plenty of room to continue to improve. He made a fairly seamless transition from high school to college, likely due to the fact that he left his home in suburban Toronto at a very young age (to attend Mount State Academy in West Virginia and Findlay Prep in Las Vegas) and gained considerable experience representing Canada at the U16 FIBA Americas Championship in 2009 and the U17 FIBA World Championship in 2010.
NBA teams may be wary of the fact that he's an inch or two smaller than the prototypical power forward, but his long arms, explosive athleticism, and improving skill-level on the perimeter should ease many of their concerns. Power forwards in Bennett's mold are very much en vogue in today's NBA, and as long as he continues to produce for UNLV, he can likely expect to hear his name called fairly early whenever he decides to enter the draft.
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Good post.And if Bennett was taller, he's probably impossible for the Jazz to get anyway.
In regards to comparisons to Beasley/Williams/Robinson:
-Beasley was crazy and/or retarded
-Williams really isn't that impressive an athlete or skill player. His strength was knowing his spots and imposing his will and intellect on the COLLEGE game. His production was enticing, but I always had my questions. He might turn it around but we'll see.
-I never saw any real skill to Robinson. I still haven't.
Bennett to me is better than those prospects. I think he plays tougher than Williams and is considerably more athletic, and his size disadvantage as a 4 might make the idea of him playing some 3 more realistic. But I feel that face-up/stretch/perimeter 4s have a greater advantage over power 3s.
My only point in mentioning Derrick Williams and TRob is that both went top 5. Their lack of performance might hurt Bennett's stock as has been mentioned.
Given how the season is playing out though, where would you guys rank Bennett vis a vis Poythress ?
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Bennett plays like an undersized Z-Bo IMO. Do you guys really think he has much better handles than Millsap? That's what it'd take for him to make it at the next level.
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treat yo self 2012!
December has been an insane month. It always seems to go that way. Work never seems to slow down in the office. The shopping and endless preparations for your holiday of choice is in full swing. You often find yourself barely treading above water.
I couldn't possibly imagine having children during this time. I would surely have a nervous breakdown. Props to all you parents out there for raising kids, working, cleaning, teaching and providing plentiful holidays for your kin. You all need a day, week or month of relaxation.
Make sure to treat yo self in January. Better yet, take one day a month this year to pamper yourself with life's indulgences.


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Last week, I received a brand new laptop with 1.5Gb RAM, a 100GB SATA HD, and a 15.4-inch wide screen, brightview display. It has basically all the technical gizmos that can spoil a new employee.
The computer came to me installed with Windows XP Pro. My game plan was to transfer my files via a USB disk to the NTFS partition and then transfer my second partition which is Debian Sarge (so-called) Unstable, and keep up with my regular business.
My weapon of choice, when I have to use Windows, is a VMware Workstation, configured to work with the real partitions--not the loop filesystem. This means that if I change anything, my files are still there when I boot Debian.
So, I started VMware as usual, configured it to use the physical hard disk, and began my operation.
I used a USB disk to transfer my old system. After that, I began to erase my old disk, which contained the NTFS system partition (C), an NTFS data partition (D), and the Debian partition.
While doing this I first erased my D and Debian partitions with
fdisk and wrote the changes to the disk.
After I exited
cfdisk, I caught a glimpse of
hda1, which troubled me and left me staring at the empty black screen with the root cursor wondering what was wrong. The thing was, that device should have been
sda, which was the mounted USB drive, not
hda--the laptop's native disk.
I turned red. I had just wiped the partition that contained my backup data and the installation files of my laptop. Fortunately, my boot partition was still there, so I just had to collect my backup data (some 60GB) from different computers and copy them again, which looked like half a day or so of work.
I checked the files and saw that they were still there. Apparently, Windows does not read the partition data unless rebooted. If I moved the most important files to my USB disk, I'd have something left. Unfortunately, I could only take half of the data because my USB backup disk was already crowded with junk.
After that I tested my theory. Windows booted fine, but there was no D drive or Debian partition.
Then I began thinking (this is where things turned worse--honest). The partition was there and I did not overwrite anything, so it shouldn't be difficult rescue my files. Right?
I began looking for a program to scout my hard disk. Unfortunately, the program I found was not under active development, and the only version I found was a cracked copy. Nevertheless, I started the program and it found the partitions as expected. It told me that there was something wrong and asked if it could correct things. Of course I wanted that. Then it asked me if I was sure. Sure, sure--I sure wanted to rescue my missing partition.
And then it was okay. I just had to reboot to see... that now even Windows would not boot. It started booting with all good intentions (I'm sure), but then some error screen (which put the famous Guru Meditation screen of the good old Amiga to shame) appeared and I was ruined.
Now I not only needed to collect my backup data, but also to re-install Windows XP, which included finding a series of exotic drivers.
In these kind of situations, I always remember a famous quote from Albert Einstein "If I had 60 minutes to rescue the world, I'd spent 59 minutes to define the problem and 1 minute to solve it." I don't claim to understand the real wisdom of this quote, but for that I'm a bit on the lazy side, I like it. I humbly think that real laziness is not one of the seven deadly sins, but a virtue to earn via two mandatory tools: avoiding work cunningly and getting the job done properly at the same time.
As with every computer change, I had to transfer my vital files from the old computer to the new one. I usually have two operating systems. One is Windows for office things and the other is Debian GNU/Linux for security tools, etc. Every time I switch computers, I prefer to install Windows new and keep my good old Debian. Having switched three laptops in last six months, I've developed a nice method; after I finish installing Windows I install, VMware Workstation and from that create a virtual computer that uses the physical hard disk.
This allows me to keep working on Windows and at the same time install and transfer the Linux partition, even booting it and cleaning some glitches from the new network and other settings.
This method also has another advantage; if you suspect that you have messed something up, such as LILO or partitioning, you can easily try to boot (still from VMware) and see if everything is fine. If not, you have an already booted computer that has a network connection, CD-writer, etc., ready for backup and/or recovery procedures.
What could have gone wrong?
Almost everything, I should say.
This time I had a wonderful USB 2.0 jacket with transfer rates up to 25Mb/second, which really eased my file transfers. I simply unscrewed the old laptop's hard disk and put it into the USB jacket and plugged it into my brand new laptop.
Everything was fine as I transferred files to my NTFS partition. After I finished, I booted Knoppix 5.0 from the VMware (with physical discs mounted, as I've mentioned), and began to transfer my Debian partition, which also went wonderfully.
After everything had transferred, I wanted to erase the partitions in the old laptop, so that the new user would have a clean hard disk, but also to make sure that my files were gone for good. Windows would not
fdisk the Linux partition, so I decided to use Knoppix for this too.
I started
cfdisk and began erasing the two partitions (my NTFS data partition and the Debian partition). After I erased them both, my intention was to write the partition table back, then make new partitions and fill them with garbage data, which, in my case, would be caution enough.
As always,
cfdisk wanted me to verify my choice of writing the partition table back with typing each and every letter of the word "yes", which I did without thinking.
After that, I exited
cfdisk. At that last glance, I saw a small irritating detail. The hard disk that I was erasing (USB) should have been
sda or
sdb, but the screen showed an irritating
At that moment, I realized that I had just erased the partition in my new laptop that had my old backups and .CAB files for the installation. It was no big deal, I just had to transfer some 40Gb or so, but I was definitely upset at how I could make a mistake like that.
Out of curiosity, I clicked on D and saw that my files were still there. I realized that Windows must not re-read the partition table if it did not reboot or do anything to the partition directly. This fascinated me while I copied my most important files to my USB disk. I was on a lousy 11Mbit wireless network, so I could not think about backing up some 40GB to a network share. I also did not have enough space on my spare USB disk.
After that, I booted the machine to see the damage.
As expected, C was there but D and the Debian partition were missing. In fact, all the data was intact and nothing was overwritten. The computer merely did not know where to find them. As I said, being on the lazy side and seeing myself as a technology-savvy work avoider with a computer, I began to search for a program that would find the exact physical location data of the missing partitions so that I could restore them. Because I was using Windows, I tried to find freeware to solve my problem.
The truth was, there wasn't any freeware. I came across
gpart several times. This is a GPL-licensed console program that does exactly what I want on Linux. The true problem is that I was not properly lazy enough. I was more under the influence of a spoiled kind of laziness.
gpart would only supply me with the partition table details but then leave me to build those partitions by hand. This was my second and biggest mistake.
After an hour of Internet mining, I came across a commercial program that claimed to do just what I wanted. Unfortunately, I was not ready to pay $50 for such a program, so I found an obsolete, unsupported version. I downloaded the program and started it.
It diagnosed my problem correctly and started to fix the partition table with the real values. After 50 seconds it reported everything was okay.
The performance had convinced me, so I confidently rebooted... to a blinking black screen.
Now I was done. I had not only lost D and my Debian partition, but I had destroyed the partition table somehow and my laptop would not boot from its hard disk.
At this point, I came eye to eye with the Knoppix CD on the shelf (figuratively speaking). Remembering my mistake, I took the CD from the shelf, put it inside the laptop and booted with LILO command line:
knoppix lang=tr 2, which would open with the Turkish locale to runlevel 2--more than enough for me.
I was worried that Knoppix would not recognize my brand new SATA device and I would be totally helpless. To my relief,
cfdisk recognized the disk just fine, although there was nothing to see thanks to that wonderful and unnamed partition rescue software.
After that, I started
gpart, which easily found my missing partitions.
Figure 1.
gpart finds the partitions. (Click for full-size image.)
I noted the exact sector numbers of those partitions and started
fdisk. The exact output of
gpart was:
root@1[knoppix]# gpart /dev/sda
Begin scan...
Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(40000mb), offset(0mb)
Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(24998mb), offset(40000mb)
Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(13348mb), offset(64998mb)
Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(16286mb), offset(79106mb)
End scan.
Checking partitions...
Partition(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX): primary
Partition(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX): primary
Partition(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA): primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary
Guessed primary partition table:
Primary partition(1)
type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX)
size: 40000mb #s(81920097) s(63-81920159)
chs: (0/1/1)-(1023/254/63)d (0/1/1)-(5099/74/63)r
Primary partition(2)
type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX)
size: 24998mb #s(51196312) s(81920160-133116471)
chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (5099/75/1)-(8286/29/55)r
Primary partition(3)
type: 012(0x0C)(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA)
size: 13348mb #s(27336896) s(133116543-160453438)
chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (8286/31/1)-(9987/194/62)r
Primary partition(4)
type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
size: 16286mb #s(33354720) s(162010800-195365519)
chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (10084/180/1)-(12160/239/63)r
fdisk I entered sector mode (for that
gpart output was in that format) and began to build a new partition table, which was, in fact, an identical copy of the old one.
For this I wrote
fdisk /dev/sda and then pressed
o (an empty partition table).
Next I pressed
u to change to the sector mode. Then I pressed
n (new) and
p (primary) and made my first partition (which used to be C). Then I changed its type to 07 for NTFS.
One by one, I rebuilt the partitions. Finally, I selected
sda1 as the active boot partition.
After I wrote the partition table, I saw that Knoppix realized that there was a change and udev checked those partitions and mounted them. Needless to say, all my data was there, with nothing missing.
What a relief. I rebooted my laptop--with great expectation, if I may add--and saw that... it would not boot.
I was pretty sure that this had nothing to do with the partition. Most probably the MBR or Windows bootloader had some kind of a problem. Solving this would be easy; I just had to boot with the XP Pro install CD and enter recovery mode.
Figure 2. The
cfdisk partition list. (Click for full-size image.)
With all of my good expectations, I once more had a problem. My Windows XP installation CD lacked the drivers of the brand new SATA disk; therefore, it could not see the hard disk. If that was not enough, it asked me--IMHO mockingly--if I had a disk with my needed drivers. Politely I told the computer that if I even had such a disk, I did not know where to insert it, because my brand new laptop, most understandably, lacked a floppy drive. The installation was not completely unreasonable and told me that a USB diskette driver would do the job, but a USB flash disk or a CD-ROM would not.
This was ridiculous. Looking around for any signs of a Candid Camera crew, I used my old laptop to search for a workaround.
There was a way. A fabulous little program called nLite makes it trivial to prepare a custom Windows installation disk. This disk can include your preferred service pack, hot fixes, device drivers, and even pre-installed software. In addition to this, the program was capable of building a full automated, unattended installation.
Figure 3. The nLite welcome screen. (Click for full-size image.)
I made a new installation CD including my SATA drivers and booted the laptop with that.
Figure 4. nLite lets you customize your installation. (Click for full-size image.)
After entering the recovery mode by pressing
r, I gave two commands,
fixboot and
fixmbr, and booted one final time. (I prepared to accept defeat if even this proved futile).
I don't know if the gods showed me mercy or the little computer gnomes finally gave up. Windows booted just fine with everything in its proper place (some four hours later if I may add).
After this, booting again from Knoppix and reinstalling
grub was easy.
I've learned four lessons from this incident.
KIVILCIM Hindistan works as a full time computer security consultant with a CISSP, using Linux and Free Software as weapons of choice.
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The market of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) tends to be very competitive and manufacturers try to minimize their manufacturing costs using any means. Hynix Semiconductor, one of the world's top DRAM suppliers, said late on Wednesday that it plans to shut down its manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon.
Hynix explained that because of short- and long-term market conditions, which include a steep reduction in the price of memory chips worldwide and accelerated technological migration towards next-generation production standards, Hynix Semiconductor it has decided to close its Eugene fabrication facility. The production of the fabrication plant will be eventually stopped by end of September.
As part of the deliberations that led to this shutdown, Hynix Semiconductor, the parent company of Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America, is seriously considering options to utilize the Eugene facilities after the closure. Options include pursuing a similar business to the current semiconductor operation; selling the equipment, building and land as a package to a third-party semiconductor manufacturer; and selling the building and land separately from the equipment which will be relocated. As soon as decisions are finalized, the company will communicate plans to the Eugene community and Oregon government leaders.
Hynix Semiconductor has also reviewed various options in order to utilize other 200mm wafer fabrication plants located in Icheon and Cheongju, Korea. Some are planned either to produce consumer DRAM and System IC products or to provide foundry service. The remainder will be seriously considered to sell the equipment.


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Man, 19, held on felony sex crime chargesFebruary 06,2013Man held on felony sex charges
MANCHESTER — A local teenager was ordered held without bail on Friday after police said he held a woman in her apartment, groped her and attempted to put his hand inside her clothing on Jan. 22.
Robert Bessette, 19, of Manchester, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court on Friday on two felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct and a felony count of second-degree unlawful restraint. Bessette pleaded innocent to the charges.
In an affidavit, Officer Paul McGann, of the Manchester Police Department, said he had met with a woman on Jan. 23 around 8:20 p.m. who complained that Bessette had been bothering her as she was trying to move out of a Main Street apartment.
The woman, who had a relationship with Bessette, told police at the time that there had not been "anything physical" but said she wanted Bessette to "leave her alone," according to the affidavit.
On Jan. 24, however, McGann said he learned the woman had requested a temporary relief from abuse order from Bennington family court and reported that Bessette had tried to initiate sexual conduct with her against her will on Jan. 22.
McGann said he met with the woman on Jan. 24 and asked her to tell him what happened on Jan. 22.
According to the affidavit, the woman said Bessette had tried to initiate sexual contact at the Main Street apartment with her at least five times.
The woman said Bessette pinned her down in the kitchen and touched her several times while he was in the apartment. She told McGann he also attempted to put his hands inside her clothing several times.
Arguing that Bessette should be held without bail, Bennington County Deputy State's Attorney Alexander Burke pointed out that Bessette was already on probation and had previously been convicted of seven misdemeanors and four felonies.
Judge Cortland Corsones ruled that Bessette would be held without bail until a hearing to determine if Bessette will have a chance to be released pending the resolution of the case. Corsones said he made his decision based on Bessette's criminal history and the serious nature of the new charges.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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Pullman Fire Chief Scott LaVielle is retiring from his position at the end of January after serving the city for one year.
In a letter to the city, LaVielle said he regretted his short stay, but said he has "pressing concerns that can only be dealt with in the Seattle area."
Pullman Mayor Glenn Johnson accepted LaVielle's retirement letter, but said he understood the circumstances that the chief is facing.
LaVielle started serving as the Pullman fire chief on Jan. 30 of last year. His last day be Jan. 31. Before coming to Pullman, LaVielle was chief of the North Highline Fire District in the Seattle area.
Johnson appointed Operations Chief Mike Heston as the new fire chief of Pullman. The Pullman City Council is scheduled to vote on the decision at its meeting next week.
Heston been with the Pullman Fire Department since October 1996. Previously, he worked with the Washington State University Fire Services.


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