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Michael Keaton Movies
Equally adept at sober drama and over-the-top comedy,
Michael Keaton
has a knack for giving ordinary guys an unexpected twist. This trait ultimately made him an ideal casting choice for
Tim Burton
's 1989
, and it has allowed him to play characters ranging from
Mr. Mom
's discontented stay-at-home dad to
Pacific Heights
's raging psychopath.
The youngest of seven children, Keaton was born Michael Douglas on September 5th, 1951 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania on September 9, 1951. After two years of studying speech at Kent State University, he dropped out and moved to Pittsburgh. While working a number of odd jobs--including a stint as an ice cream truck driver--Keaton attempted to build a career as a stand-up comedian, which proved less than successful. He ended up working as a cameraman for the Pittsburgh PBS station, a job that led him to realize he wanted to be in front of the camera, rather than behind it.
Following this realization, Keaton duly moved out to Los Angeles, where he joined the L.A. Branch of Second City and began auditioning. When he started getting work he changed his last name to avoid being confused with the better-known actor of the same name, taking the name "Keaton" after seeing a newspaper article about
Diane Keaton
. He began acting on and writing for a number of television series, and he got his first big break co-starring with old friend
Jim Belushi
on the sitcom Working Stiffs (1979). Three years later, he made an auspicious film debut as the relentlessly cheerful owner of a morgue/brothel in Night Shift. The raves he won for his performance carried over to his work the following year in
Mr. Mom
, and it appeared as though Keaton was on a winning streak. Unfortunately, a series of such mediocre films as
Johnny Dangerously
(1984) and
Gung Ho
(1985) followed, and by the time
Tim Burton
cast him as the titular
in 1988, Keaton's career seemed to have betrayed its early promise.
proved Keaton's comeback: one of the year's most popular films, it allowed him to do some of his best work in years as the ghoulish, revolting title character. His all-out comic performance contrasted with his work in that same year's
Clean and Sober
, in which he played a recovering drug addict. The combined impact of these performances put Keaton back in the Hollywood spotlight, a position solidified in 1989 when he starred in Burton's
. Initially thought to be a risky casting choice for the title role, Keaton was ultimately embraced by audiences and critics alike, many of whom felt that his slightly skewed everyman appearance and capacity for dark humor made him perfect for the part. He reprised the role with similar success for the film's 1992 sequel,
Batman Returns
Despite the acclaim and commercial profit surrounding Keaton's work in the
films, many of his subsequent films during the 1990s proved to be disappointments.
My Life
(1994), and
The Paper
(1994) were relative failures, despite star casting and name directors, while
, a 1996 comedy featuring no less than four clones of the actor, further demonstrated that his name alone couldn't sell a movie. Some of Keaton's most successful work of the 1990s could be found in his roles in two
Elmore Leonard
Quentin Tarantino
Jackie Brown
(1997) and
Steven Soderbergh
Out of Sight
(1998). An ATF agent in the former and
Jennifer Lopez
's morally questionable boyfriend in the latter, he turned in solid performances as part of a strong ensemble cast in both critically acclaimed films. In 1999, Keaton went back to his behind-the-camera roots, serving as the executive producer for
Body Shots
Keaton continued to act throughout the early 2000s, and starred in Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) alongside Lindsay Lohan. the actor took on another vehicle-oriented role when he agreed to voice the character of Chris Hicks in Pixar's Cars (2006). In 2010, Keaton voiced the Ken doll in Toy Story 3.
~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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Hawaiian Vacation
Originally released into theaters to accompany Cars 2, the Toy Story short Hawaiian Vacation finds Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz (voice of Tim Allen), and the rest of Bonnie's new toys planning an unforgettable Hawaiian getaway for their glamorous pals Ken (voice of Michael Keaton) and Barbie (voice of Jodi Benson). When Ken's vacation plans hit an unforeseen snag, his devoted pals hatch a plan to give the well-dressed doll and his adoring girlfriend the ultimate staycation from the comfort of Bonnie's bedroom. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A desk-jockey detective and his tough-talking partner get their moment to shine in this buddy police comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). New York City detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell) is more comfortable pushing pencils than busting bad guys. A meticulous forensic accountant, his numbers are never off. Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) is Gamble's reluctant partner. Try as Detective Hoitz might to get back on the streets, an embarrassing encounter with Derek Jeter has left a sizable black mark on his permanent record. Detectives Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are the complete opposites of Gamble and Hoitz: unwaveringly confident, they always get their man, and they do it with style to spare. When the time comes for Gamble and Hoitz to prove their mettle and save the day, their incompetence becomes the stuff of legend. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Toy Story 3
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Pixar returns to their first success with Toy Story 3. The movie begins with Andy leaving for college and donating his beloved toys -- including Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen) -- to a daycare. While the crew meets new friends, including Ken (Michael Keaton), they soon grow to hate their new surroundings and plan an escape. The film was directed by Lee Unkrich from a script co-authored by Little Miss Sunshine scribe Michael Arndt. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Post Grad
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Recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel) has just survived four years of higher education, but when she's forced to move back into her childhood home, the stress of dealing with her eccentric family, landing a job, and finding the right guy leaves her with precious little time to ponder where her life is truly heading. Shrek and Shark Tale's co-director Vicky Jenson takes the helm for a comedy co-starring Michael Keaton, Carol Burnett, Zach Gilford, and Rodrigo Santoro, and produced by Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock in collaboration with Joe Medjuck and Jeff Clifford. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Merry Gentleman
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Michael Keaton makes his directorial debut in this low-key story of two unlikely kindred spirits. Kate Frazier (Kelly Macdonald) is a sweet woman who has left behind an abusive husband to start her life over in Chicago. Kate lands a job as a receptionist, but one afternoon after leaving work for the day she sees a man with a rifle on the ledge of a nearby building. The man is about to jump, and Kate screams; the noise startles the man, and he falls backward to safety. As it happens, the man with the gun was Frank Logan (Michael Keaton), a hired killer who has a lingering illness and has fallen into a suicidal depression. Kate is questioned by the police about Frank, and police detective Dave Murcheson (Tom Bastounes) quickly becomes infatuated with her after their brief conversation. But Frank seeks out Kate, and they discover they have more in common than they might imagine as two lonely people dealing with a troublesome past. The Merry Gentleman received its world premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The Company
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Chris O'Donnell, Michael Keaton, and Alfred Molina star in this television mini-series event adapted from the book by Robert Littell and brought to the screen by cinematographer-turned-director Mikael Salomon (Salem's Lot and Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor). An epic thriller that traces the timeline of the CIA from the Berlin Base of the 1950s through to the Gorbachev putsch, The Company details the struggles of agents caught between double lives, that war waged against an enemy as immoral as it is elusive, and the internal battles that threatened to destroy "The Company" from the inside out. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Last Time
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A cynical New York salesman (Michael Keaton) finds his scornful ways unexpectedly softened upon falling for the fiancée of his new business partner (Brendan Fraser), a Midwest transplant attempting to find his footing in the city, in screenwriter-turned-director Michael Caleo's feature directorial debut. The Bindview Company is a firm comfortably nestled in a corporate park that specializes in a highly profitable product. Ted (Keaton) is a former Northwestern University literature professor who has since found his calling in sales. When fresh-faced Ohio native Jamie (Fraser) arrives at Bindview eager to acclimate to life in the big city, cynical Ted greets the cub salesman with a palpable sense of scorn. Though Jamie is currently engaged to be married to the pretty Belisa (Amber Valletta), the bride-to-be is beginning to view her prospective spouse as something of a loser, and soon sets her sights on his reluctant mentor Ted. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A pedal-to-the-metal race car determined to prove his worth on the tracks discovers that life isn't always about crossing the finish line first in Toy Story director John Lasseter's mechanically minded tale of friendship and loyalty. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) may be just a rookie, but he's convinced that he can realize his dream of zooming by the checkered flag if he can only make it to California in time to compete in the upcoming Piston Cup Championship. When Lightning takes a detour into the slow-moving, Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, however, it begins to appear as if his shot at the big time has effectively stalled out. Of course, Lightning's exciting cross-country trek wasn't all for naught, and after befriending such quirky Radiator Springs residents as Sally the Porsche (voice of Bonnie Hunt), Doc Hudson (voice of Paul Newman), and Mater the Tow Truck (voice of Larry the Cable Guy), the eager young racer learns that sometimes life is more about the voyage than the outcome of the race. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Herbie: Fully Loaded
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The world's wackiest Volkswagen is back in action in this action comedy. Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) is the 18-year-old daughter of Ray Peyton Sr. (Michael Keaton), a once-successful stock car driver whose career is not what it once was. Maggie loves racing and is in line for a job covering NASCAR for ESPN, but in her heart she'd rather be behind the wheel, even though her father strictly forbids this. For Maggie's birthday, Ray takes her out looking for a used car, and she finds herself strangely drawn to a wrecked 1963 Volkswagen in a salvage yard. Against Ray's better judgment, Maggie gets the car, and a note in the glove box tells her the rust bucket is named "Herbie," and he can help her solve her problems. To her surprise, the message turns out to be true -- with a little TLC, Herbie is running like new, and after showing his stuff in a street race, Maggie persuades her naysayer dad to take her and her VW on as part of his racing team. Herbie: Fully Loaded also stars Matt Dillon as rival racer Trip Murphy, Breckin Meyer as Maggie's brother (and fellow struggling driver) Ray Jr., and Justin Long as Maggie's friend Kevin. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Justin Long
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Game 6
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A writer runs an obstacle course of neuroses as he prepares to debut an important new work in this comedy drama. Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is a successful playwright who, after a series of hit comedies, is about to debut a deeply personal drama, and is more than a little nervous about how it will be received. Rogan has learned that notoriously tough critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) will be reviewing the opening night performance; a bad notice from Schwimmer sent Nicky's good friend and fellow writer Elliott (Griffin Dunne) into an emotional tailspin from which he's yet to recover. Rogan also has reason to believe that Peter Redmond (Harris Yulin), the play's leading man, may have a serious health problem that could sideline the show. Rogan is being dogged by personal anxieties as well -- his wife, Lillian (Catherine O'Hara), is leaving him, he's having an affair with Joanne (Bebe Neuwirth), who is bankrolling the show, his father (Tom Aldredge) is in failing health, and the life-long Boston Red Sox fan is panicking as his heroes are being trounced by the New York Mets in game six of the World Series. Game Six was the first original screenplay from noted novelist and playwright Don DeLillo; the film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Robert Downey, Jr.
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White Noise
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Divorced architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) seems to lead a pretty good life with partial custody of his young son and a happy second marriage to Anna (Chandra West), a best-selling author. Things take an ugly turn when Anna disappears during a thunderstorm, apparently the victim of a freak accident. Eventually, her body is found, and Jonathan sinks into despair. Then he meets Raymond (Ian McNeice), who claims that Anna has contacted him through EVP, or electronic voice phenomena. Raymond explains that the dead can communicate from beyond via static on common electronic equipment like radios and televisions. Jonathan is skeptical until he starts getting phone calls from Anna's inactive cell phone. He visits Raymond, whose home is filled with audio and video monitors and high-tech recording equipment. There he meets Sarah (Deborah Kara Unger), who has recently received a farewell message from her late fiancé. Jonathan eventually receives what appears to be a communication from Anna, but soon afterward, Raymond turns up dead. Obsessed with maintaining contact with his late wife, Jonathan visits a psychic (Connor Tracy) who warns him that he's going down a dangerous path, "meddling" in the affairs of the dead. Undaunted, Jonathan continues to study EVP and eventually finds that he's getting messages from people who haven't died...yet. White Noise was directed by Geoffrey Sax from an original script by Niall Johnson. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Chandra West
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First Daughter
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A very special student deals with exams, first love, and national security issues in this teen-oriented romantic comedy-drama. Samantha MacKenzie (Katie Holmes) is a seemingly ordinary college freshman with one important exception -- her father happens to be the President of the United States (Michael Keaton). Samantha, however, would prefer to be as inconspicuous as possible as she begins her studies at Redmond University, so she asks a favor of her father -- remove the two Secret Service agents who follow her everywhere, and allow her to fend for herself at school. The president agrees, but out of concern for her safety, he sends in a young undercover agent, James (Marc Blucas), who will pose as the Resident Advisor at her dorm to keep an eye on her. Samantha and James strike up a fast friendship that grows into a romance, but when Samantha discovers the truth about James, she wonders if his love for her is real or just part of his cover. First Daughter was directed by actor-turned-director Forest Whitaker. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
The loss of perennial children's television favorite Fred Rogers left a hole in the hearts of many Americans that could never be filled by the likes of the Teletubbies or Barney the Dinosaur. Rogers was a gentle, soft-spoken "neighbor" whose constant sense of wonder and innocence shone a positive ray of bright light on a medium that seems to grow less kid-friendly with each passing hour. His timeless lessons of learning and sharing are looked back upon by actor (and former Mister Rogers' Neighborhood crew member) Michael Keaton through a collection of vintage clips and behind-the-scenes footage from Rogers' 30-year stint as America's premiere children's television broadcaster. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Live from Baghdad
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As America geared itself for another possible armed conflict in Iraq, the HBO cable service offered a dramatization of events surrounding the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Originally telecast on December 8, 2002, Live From Baghdad recounted the efforts by the CNN network to be first on the scene when hostilities broke out in the Gulf in late 1990. Inaugurating round-the-clock coverage of the warfare with the invasion of Kuwait, dauntless CNN producers Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and Ingrid Formanek (Helena Bonham Carter), aided and abetted by on-the-scene reporters Bernard Shaw (Robert Wisdom), Peter Arnett (Bruce McGill), and John Holliman (John Carroll Lynch), among many others, represented the only American news service on the scene during the first night of bombing on January 16, 1991. Not only does Live From Baghdad celebrate the heroism (and meticulous fairness) of the CNN crew, but it also vividly demonstrates how a tiny but tenacious basic cable channel managed to out-scoop the Big Three networks, thereby becoming one of the most powerful and influential journalistic forces in the world. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Frasier: Wheels of Fortune
Michael Keaton guest stars as Blaine Sternin, the slick con-artist brother of Frasier's ex-wife Lilith. Returning to Seattle, the wheelchair-bound Blaine has apparently experienced an epiphany and has dedicated his life to helping other and spreading the Gospel. But, having been burned by Blaine's shenanigans in the past, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) cannot help but smell a rat this time out -- even though all the evidence seems to be against a "scam." ~ Rovi
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British filmmaker John MacKenzie directs the crime thriller Quicksand, based on the book by Desmond Lowden. Michael Keaton plays Martin Raikes, a New York banker who goes to Monaco to investigate some questionable transactions. He discovers that the shifty bank account belongs to film producer Lela Forin (Judith Godrëche), whose next movie stars former action star Jake Mellows (Michael Caine). The production company turns out to be closely associated with a group of gangsters who wish Martin was out of the picture. They frame him for murder and make it look like his bank received a profit. Martin and Lela team up against the gangsters. Quicksand was released straight-to-video in Europe. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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Robert Duvall dons tartan and a thick brogue to star as Gordon McLeod, the manager of a failing Scottish football club. The second-division club -- dubbed Kilnockie after the fishing town it calls home -- has a new owner, an American named Pete Cameron (Michael Keaton), who pressures McLeod to spruce up the faltering club and, against McLeod's wishes, hires first-division star Jackie McQuillan (real-life footy luminary Ally McCoist). McQuillan's past days of glory came with a price, as his flashy lifestyle and volatile temperament cost him both his career and wife Kate (Kirsty Mitchell), who is none other than McLeod's own daughter. In the tradition of sports dramas from Hoosiers to Major League, A Shot at Glory sees the rag-tag team -- which also includes a talented American goalkeeper (Cole Hauser) -- put aside their differences for the love of the game, ultimately leading Kilnockie to a climactic match against the legendary Glasgow Rangers . ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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Body Shots
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After making his directorial debut with the acclaimed made-for-cable movie Gia, writer Michael Cristofer helmed his first big-screen offering with this drama. When eight men and women in their early-to-mid-20s head out for a night on the town, hopping from one Los Angeles club to the next, not everything goes as planned as they discover the joys and perils of dating at the end of the 20th Century. Body Shots shifts among the perspectives of its eight characters, played by Sean Patrick Flanery, Ron Livingston, Jerry O'Connell, Amanda Peet, Emily Procter, Tara Reid, Brad Rowe, and Sybil Temchen. The film had a number of titles during production, including The Night Before and Jello Shots, the latter of which was reportedly axed to avoid legal problems with the company that makes the gelatin dessert product. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Desperate Measures
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Although he enjoyed great critical success with crime dramas and slice-of-life pictures, director Barbet Schroeder continued dabbling in the thriller genre with this action-oriented film. Andy Garcia stars as Frank Conner, a widowed San Francisco police officer whose young son Matt (Joseph Cross) is suffering from leukemia. Without a bone marrow transplant, Matt will die, but Frank isn't a donor. In fact, the only potential match is prison inmate Peter McCabe (Michael Keaton), a psychotic but charming serial killer. At first, McCabe refused to participate despite Conner's pleas, but eventually, the convict relents and agrees to the procedure. It is all a ruse, however, as McCabe has discovered a clever way to escape the confines of the operating room where Matt's oncologist, Dr. Hawkins (Marcia Gay Harden) is scheduled to perform the transplant. Faced with the dual nightmare of his son's deteriorating condition and a mass murderer on the loose in a major metropolitan hospital, the frantic Conner finds himself bending and even breaking the law to bring McCabe down and save Matt's life. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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Jack Frost
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Michael Keaton stars in this special-effects-heavy Christmas film about a boy who discovers, after his father dies in a car accident, that his dad is still alive in the form of a snowman. Unlike the horror film of the same name, Jack Frost is a children's film designed to warm the soul during a chilly winter season. Think of this film as a live-action version of the children's classic Frosty the Snowman. The story starts with Jack Frost (Michael Keaton), a harmonica-playing blues rocker who spends too much time pursuing his musical career, leaving little time for his wife (Kelly Preston) and son Charlie (Joseph Cross). Feeling guilty for his absence and missing his son's hockey practice, he decides to forego his big audition to spend Christmas with his family. While driving home for the holidays, however, Jack dies in a tragic auto accident. The following Christmas, Jack's son builds a snowman and decorates it with his father's old clothes. When Charlie plays his father's harmonica, Jack Frost returns home in the body of the snowman. Jack has to show Charlie how much he loves him and also has to teach him the ice hockey shot he never got around to when he was alive. Along the way there are snowball fights and sled chases, and Jack finally realizes the great times he was missing with his son. ~ Arthur Borman, Rovi
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Steven Soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. When ex-con Jack Foley (George Clooney) robs a bank, his car goes dead, and Foley lands in a Florida prison. His escape from prison doesn't go as planned, since it's witnessed by deputy federal marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez). Foley's pal Buddy Bragg (Ving Rhames) intervenes, with the result that Sisco winds up in the trunk of the getaway car with Foley, and the two realize they're attracted to each other, despite being on opposite sides of the law. However, that doesn't stop Sisco from her mission to capture Foley, who has spent much of his life in prison. Flashbacks introduce Foley's fellow prisoners, including dim dude Glenn Michaels (Steve Zahn), violent Maurice "Snoopy" Miller (Don Cheadle), and insider trader and billionaire Richard Ripley (Albert Brooks), who talks too much about his wealth. This later leads to a break-in at Ripley's posh Detroit estate by Miller, his brother-in-law Kenneth (Isaiah Washington), and menacing White Boy Rob (Keith Loneker). While seeking a hidden safe, the group threatens Ripley's housekeeper Midge (Nancy Allen). Foley and Bragg are in on this operation, but they wind up outwitting the others, and Sisco is close on their trail. The film features uncredited cameos by Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson, and was shot in locations in Florida, Louisiana, and Michigan. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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From Opie to the director of Apollo 13 and Ransom, Ron Howard grew up in Hollywood and this video details it all. Darryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, and Kevin Bacon are interviewed. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the central character from white to black. Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), who lives with perpetually stoned beach-babe Melanie (Bridget Fonda), teams with his old buddy Louis Gara (Robert De Niro), just released from prison after serving four years for armed robbery. ATF agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and cop Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) bust stewardess Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), who was smuggling money into the country for Ordell. Ordell springs Jackie, but when middle-aged bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster) picks her up at the jail, he's attracted to her, and they choose a romantic route with detours. Mistrust and suspicions surface after Jackie pits Ordell and the cops against each other, convincing Ordell that she's going to double-cross the cops. Tarantino commented on the film's budget: "Jackie Brown only cost $12 million. You can't lose. You absolutely, positively can't lose. And you don't have to compromise." ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Civil War Interactive Discussion Board > Genealogy > Letters, Diaries and Journals > Letter from the dying |
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Posted: Thu Jan 11th, 2007 07:28 am |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
A few years ago I purchased something called The Civil War Collection. Rather than being a book on the war, it's a box that aptly calls itself a "museum in a box." This is because it contains reproductions of period materials such as a recruitment flyer, a life insurance policy for a slave, Lee's Richamond telegram announcing Jackson's death, etc. Material for the box came from places like the National Archives and the Museum of the Confederacy. Bob Zeller, who was involved in putting the whole thing together, wrote a little booklet for the box so you know what you're looking at. Basically so that everything has a little more meaning as you don't have to wonder about what all of it was and why it was put in. Among the reproduction "relics" in the box is Private James Robert Montgomery's last letter to his father. Montgomery served in the 11th Mississippi Infantry, Company A, and on May 10, 1864 he was serving as a courier for General Heth. During the fighting he was struck by a shell fragment, recieving a mortal wound. As he lay dying he wrote the following letter: Montgomery didn't die until the morning of the 14th.Spotsylvania County, Va. May 10 |
Posted: Thu Jan 11th, 2007 11:35 am |
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Widow Member
Hellcat, What an intriguing collection. The young Montgomery's letter is so touching. By coincidence, last night I read about the movements of Heth's division on May 9, the day on which your young man was wounded. Lee had devised a plan to crush Hancock's 2nd Corps, and sent Heth to move against Hancock's rear as part of a pincer. It's in Gordon Rhea's The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864, the second in his quadrilogy about Grant's Overland Campaign. I'm going to re-read those pages, thinking about this letter as representative of all the dying men on both sides. Patty |
Posted: Thu Jan 11th, 2007 05:16 pm |
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Fuller E Pluribus Unum
Sheeze. You're not suppose to get people crying at 10 in the morning! That was a very sad and touching letter. One that was hard for the father to receive I know. It makes you wonder what his remaining life was like for those last four days. Fuller |
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Computer scientists have developed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection »
A researcher at Malwarebytes had discovered a piece of malware that erases files on a person's PC and leaves behind a charming message: "Because f*** you! That's why." »
Sambreel, a company that made headlines in 2011 for hijacking ads on Google and Facebook, is still operating under different brand names, according to analytics company Spider.io »
The Latvian government says it will extradite a 28-year-old man accused of creating the Web injects for the highly destructive Gozi malware »
£114,000 of PCs, printers, cameras and mice destroyed as US agency overreacts to malware threat »
A Texas judge has blocked the FBI from installing malware on a laptop that would have been able to take over its webcam »
Kaspersky Lab uncovers Skype-spread Trojan that forces your PC to crank out Bitcoins »
Niels Provos is a Google software engineer who spends his weekends forging Viking weaponry. And that's only appropriate, given Google's ongoing battle with phishing sites and malicious pages »
The "hacker" has been the bane of Japanese law enforcement agencies for months, taunting them with cryptic clues in emails »
An advanced and well-orchestrated computer spy operation that targeted diplomats, governments and research institutions for at least five years has been uncovered by security researchers in Russia »
Israeli computer security expert Keren Elazari wants people to realise that they should protect their mobile devices just as thoroughly as they protect their PCs -- so, at Wired 2012, she decides to hack some phones »
The antivirus industry needs to evolve, because the criminals sure as hell are, argues malware researcher Adam Kujawa »
The latest security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer is apparently so bad that the German government has started telling its citizens to switch to other browsers »
Attackers behind the nation-state espionage tool known as Flame left behind clues that provide information about their identities »
According to McAfee, searching for "Emma Watson" along with "nude pictures" or "fakes" is the best way to be lured onto malware-ridden celebrity websites »
Computer scientists from the University of Texas have created a piece of self-camouflaging malware -- called Frankenstein -- that stitches together pieces of benign code stolen from regular programs »
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab in Russia are asking the public for help in cracking an encrypted warhead that gets delivered to infected machines by the Gauss malware toolkit »
Security firms Kaspersky Lab and CrySys have launched free online tools that identify the Gauss virus by hunting for a particular font installed on victims' computers »
Responding to persistent criticism that the Play Store is rife with intellectual property infringers, spammers, and out-and-out malware, Google has launched an assault to clear out ill-intentioned Android developers »
Google plans to rid its Android app store of malicious apps, obvious copycats and spam. Big changes to the Google Play developer policies mean that rogue apps will be booted from the shop in September »
Having played its fair share of Halo 4 multiplayer during the review phase, Wired.co.uk has amassed the following tips on weapons and loadouts for all those players looking to get ahead in life aboard the Infinity »
If you're designing futuristic aircraft, it helps if your research lab looks like one, too. Dutch designers Frank Havermans and Ronald Rietveld created this mobile studio to tread the runway of a former Royal Netherlands Air Force base near Utrecht »
Wired.co.uk looks at the best Android tablets for kids on the UK market in December 2013 in this buying guide »


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Gothic architecture is aggressive, dark, tall and at times ominous. That wasn't by accident, especially in the case of religious architecture. Cathedrals, churches and other religious buildings stood not only as places of worship and business, but as a monument to the religion they served. The spires on the tallest towers reach higher to the kingdom of heaven (if you're into that sort of thing) and dwarf any worshiper who sets foot inside.
Despite the aggressive appearance and nature of these buildings, they were also designed to let in the light. Amidst the dark recesses of apses, vaulted ceilings and cloisters the stained glass windows let in light, illuminating the space. Huge bursts of color break through the otherwise dark and grim spaces to illuminate the building and in theory, the people inside.
Today we visited the Sao Paulo Cathedral, in the heart of Old Sao Paulo. The timing was perfect and as we exited, the sun began to lower, shooting beams through the stained glass windows—brightening the mosaics, reflecting on the floors and offering a bit of optimism to the many that come to pray. I tried my best to capture a few of the dark spots and present the cathedral in a more illuminated way.
I'm really letting my architecture freak flag fly here in Sao Paulo and I'm totally cool with that.
Sao Paulo by sunset. This place goes on forever on all sides, can't stop won't stop.
Neoclassical architecture, never not getting it done. I think the reason it becomes so popular with people is because in every country all over the world, it's used as a statement by the civic body. It's intimidating, but welcoming and is meant to impress whomever is exposed to it. Corinthian columns, sweeping archways, huge vaulted ceilings and a careful eye for symmetry can be found in almost every example. Here, the Museu Paulista da Universidade de Sao Paulo had a huge accompanying garden (full of skateboarders) which you often find attached to neoclassical buildings etc., no matter where you are. Creative expression it seems, is far more universal than language…which we're all finding quickly because none of us can fluently speak Portugese.


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No idea if this includes MyDestiny Cable Internet subscribers.
Sky Cable buys Destiny Cables assets
MANILA, Philippines - Three companies, including Destiny Cable, have agreed sell their cable TV and broadband internet assets and subscribers to the Lopez-owned Sky Cable Corp. (SKY).
Destiny Cable Inc. (DCI), Solid Broadband Corporation (SBC), and Uni-Cable TV Inc. (UNI) said they "have recently forged an agreement" with SKY "to further improve the services provided to their Destiny cable television and MyDestiny broadband internet subscribers."
A statement on the deal released Friday said the agreement entails the sale of the cable TV and broadband internet assets and subscribers of DCI, SBC, and UNI to SKY.
The pay TV and broadband markets require continuous significant investments, if we are to keep up with our major competitors, particularly the direct-to-home satellite (DTH) and telco companies, said David Lim, president of DCI, SBC, and UNI.
Lim said the agreement was reached order to give their Destiny Cable and MyDestiny broadband subscribers the best products and services possible.
To do this, Lim said they realized that this will entail resources, for digitizing our cable network and expanding our broadband services, that we do not have.
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Hi guys I'm desperate to find a good wireless internet connection in Makati. I can't subscribe to a dsl service because we would be moving in two or three months, but I need a good internet service asap. Anyone can help me? Which service is better?
Is the congestion for Globe that bad? How about smart? or wii tribe?
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Which DSL has the fastest speed at Berkley Residences, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City? The one in front of Ateneo de Manila University? thanks!
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goodpm. nag apply pala ako dito ng globe dsl 2mbps+landline+wifi router samin ** sa P.Parada st san juan city.. *** problem ko *** is tuwing tanghali nawawala *** internet connection.kailangan ko pang off/on. ganon ba talaga yun sir?
pagnirereset ko naman *** modem, nagiging ok naman na! pero yun lang araw araw ko ginagawa yun... normal ba yun? dalawa kasi kami ng kapatid ko may laptop kaya nagshashare kami sa wifi..
help nmn po..anu po ba ang most reliable ISP sa..cambridge village san andres cainta rizal? kkalipat ko *** kc dito at medyo di mabilis ang sun broadband..tska *** sa pldt po ba di pwede internet ***? masyado kasing mahal *** 700 *** sa telepono e hindi rn nmn mggamit un..at gusto ko sna *** consistent at di plaging nadidisconnect tska mbilis kasi halos lhat po ng pwedeng gawin sa computer gnagawa ko from web surfing,heavy downloads at mostly playing online games 16hrs/day so adikan *** gusto ko sna *** ISP na nkkahabol sa mga gnagawa ko..advance thnx po sa mga tutulong..
Good morning!
Tanong ko lang po sana kung anong mas magandang connection dito sa area ko:
Sa may intersection po ng Gloria St. and General Luna St., Poblacion, Makati City. Tapat po mismo ng Makati High School and Elementary School.
Yun pong sa PLDT na bundle plan 990, may additional pa po yun na telephone installation fee at wifi modem fee ano po? Samantalang yung sa Globe DSL 1299, libre na po lahat pati po yung modem, tama po ba?
Kung yung Globe 999 (yung wala pong telephone), mas mabilis pa rin po kaya yun sa PLDT 990?
Nakakatakot po kasi yung customer service ng PLDT, andaming nagrereklamo. Kung maayos naman po Globe sa area ko, mas maganda po ata. Ano po sa tingin nyo?
Thanks po in advance!
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Sir..anu po ba sa tatlo ang magandang connection dito sa cainta,rizal sa may floodway..cambridge village po to be exact..
PLDT MyDSL (high speed plan)..GLOBE DSL..or wi-tribe (ok po ba ito for heavy use kasi parang ang bilis at sulit *** deal like 4mbps for 2000php) at mas ok po ba *** wi-tribe compared sa wired connection ng PLDT and GLOBE?
at one more thing po..anu po ba recommended speed for heavy use? (heavy downloads and online games)
sana po may mag reply..pang 2nd post ko na po ito..
thanks in advance..
Hi! May I know what's my best option for an ISP? My area is Sta. Cruz Village, Sta. Cruz, Sta. Maria, Bulacan. Thanks in advance!
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Device Description
The SL-C3000 is the first attempt by Sharp to introduce a hard disk drive to the Zaurus range in the form of a 4Gb Hitachi Microdrive.
In placing the 4Gb Microdrive in the unit Sharp have also significantly reduced the amount of NAND flash memory present within the unit to 16Mb which still has some major significance in the operation of the software distribution on the Zaurus.
I'll mention one more thing here because I may not mention it later. If you shutdown -h the SL-C3000 it does NOT power down (or look like it) like the previous models did. The screen will stay on and the device will freeze. To completely drop the device following shutdown you should open the battery compartment and push the recessed reset switch that sits on the side of the battery compartment nearest the centre of the unit – you don't need to remove the battery to do this.
The traditional Zaurus layout
Traditional Zaurus models using NAND flash for user storage tend to use a set of independently mounted NAND regions to produce a software distribution layout that when running a Sharp ROM (or derivative) allow return to a default state by zeroing and reinitializing some of these regions.
Typically the NAND based models have a read only file system carrying a more or less static distribution of the OS, GUI and toolsets which is based upon a jffs2 file system and provides the root mount point for the Linux distribution. The actual files that are targeted at the distribution are kept in directories with names similar to '/usr/bin.rom, /usr/sbin.rom' such that they don't clash with regions typically associated with user modification (equivalent /usr/bin, usr/sbin). The user modification regions that are somewhat scattered across a standard Linux distribution are symbolic links within the root file system that redirect access to areas within the /home part of the file system which is mounted as a read/write area. Typically /usr/bin on the root file system will be a symbolic link pointing at /home/root/usr/bin and within the /home/root/usr/bin directory a set of symbolic links are present for each utility that is present within /usr/bin.rom.
This mechanism allows the root file system to be mounted as read only so that integrity may be preserved (against user changes) whilst allowing the flexibility of user changes to take place within the file system mounted on /home only.
The 'device zero' process or factory erase will wipe the /home partition and the startup scripts of the Zaurus are configured to unpack from the root file system a default set of symbolic links such that the device may be reinitalized to the factory state.
Note that we haven't discussed many of the symbolic links off the root file system, just understand that on a more or less traditional Zaurus configuration if you can write to an area of flash then it will be stored upon the /home directory so that your changes may be purged on device zero.
The SL-C3000 layout
The SL-C3000 differs slightly from the traditional Zaurus models that have adequate space available within NAND flash to maintain user data, user installed applications and the Qtopia environment.
In fact the flash memory on the SL-C3000 is so small that Sharp haven't even bothered trying to place the main operating environment into it.
Instead the distribution layout works as follows.
There is a read only flash region corresponding to the region on the traditional Zaurus. It is only 5Mb in size, whereas on a traditional Zaurus ROM this partition could be up to 50Mb!
There is a /home region of read write flash used to maintain configuration data that may need to be present before the hard drive is available or whilst the hard drive is suspended (i.e. device wakes with critically low power and suspends immediately – this operation should not need to resume the HDD). This region is only 4Mb in size and is a precious resource that should be used sparingly.
The hard drive is presented as a CF device in Slot 1 of the two slot controller with the user CF slot being slot 0 (equivalent to traditional Zaurus).
The user boot environment is entirely dependent upon having a working hard disk image because as previously mentioned the NAND flash is too small to accommodate the Qtopia environment.
Traditional disk partitioning is therefore as follows.
/dev/hda1, mounted as /hdd1 (read only) - default raw size ~100Mb and default ext3 - Sharp ROM uses about 50Mb of this - giving approximately 50Mb of EASY expansion for ROMs without reformatting. - this replaces all those /usr/QtPaltmop.rom type locations with... /hdd1/usr/QtPalmtop.rom, /hdd1/usr/QtPalmtop/bin.rom...sbin.rom etc.
/dev/hda2, mounted as /hdd2 (read write) - default raw size ~400Mb and default ext3 - This is where your user installed apps go - 400Mb of uncompressed space amply replaces the compressed jffs2 that you get on the flash models. /home/zaurus/Application is symbolically linked to /hdd2/Applications using this partition for traditional Qtopia application data.
/dev/hda3, mounted as /hdd3 (read write) - default raw size ~3.3Gb and default to vfat - /home/zaurus/Documents is symlinked to /hdd3/Documents and is the default location for the Samba home share etc..
There are some good things about this configuration and some bad things.
The good things are that basically everything needed to recreate the environment may be stored on the first hdd partition and a reasonable amount of effort has been made to ensure that user data goes onto the 3rd or 2nd partitions.
The bad thing related to this configuration is that if you are building up an environment for use and trying to apply traditional Zaurus applications which are widely used on the other models then you need to be extremely careful as to where these applications install their files.
For example a 'well behaved' application installation for the Zaurus will place all files somewhere downward of /opt/QtPalmtop. This is fine on the SL-C3000 because this region is actually symbolic linked into /hdd2/QtPalmtop.
Badly behaved applications (from the perspective of this environment) may place data into other read/write areas that aren't symbolically linked to the hdd i.e. /home or even /home/zaurus which actually lives in the /home flash partition.
None of these issues are terminal, they can all be worked around, however, a regular user installing some applications without the knowledge of how to adapt the install to the 3000 may have some difficulty.
Some examples of problem applications and resolutions are...
One version of apache-php places the entire install within /home/www. This install is 5Mb in size and because it goes to /home/www it misses the HDD completely and attempts to install in flash – which it doesn't – it fails mid way leaving all the space eaten up on flash. This can be overcome by pre-creating a link to a directory on the HDD. I suggest that /hdd2 locations are good candidates for this kind of activity.. i.e. mkdir /hdd2/www && ln -s /hdd2/www /home/www. If you do this prior to installation then the package will expand across the link and onto the hdd. ScummVM has a looming issue for some users in that the default location for storing saved game files is in ~ or the home directory. For the user 'zaurus' the home directory is in flash. Users using scummvm should change the settings so that saved game files go into /home/zaurus/Documents which is symbolic linked onto partition 3 of the hdd (the big one).
Basically if you do get an application installed. Run it a few times, particularly try saving things and then check if there's anything going into ~.
The device zero process on the SL-C3000 rebuilds the environment to factory state (or ROM install state) in a similar manner to the traditional Zaurus. However, instead of handling just flash, this process now recovers the hdd layout to a factory state too (as long as /hdd1 is intact and that /hdd2 and /hdd3 are partitioned).
The device zero process now performs the following sequence.
/home (on /dev/mtdblock3), /hdd2 (/dev/hda2) and /hdd3 (/dev/hda3) are all unmounted and formatted.
The file systems are then all remounted in those respective locations.
/hdd1/.sys/hdimage2.tgz is a tarball which is extracted at the root level, it contains /hdd2 layout including all symbolic links that point into /hdd1/usr/bin.rom, /hdd2/usr/sbin.rom, /hdd2/usr/QtPalmtop.rom etc. along with a basic structure for /hdd3.
/root/.home_default.tar (from the read only flash location) is then extracted at root. This contains the flash based elements used to populate the /home directory structure on mtdblock3.
At this stage the device is in the factory shipped (or ROM install) state.
Doing a better job for /home ? is it possible.
I had been thinking along the lines of moving /home to a hdd location by the use of mount bind points such that /home/root/etc and other such locations could be bound back to flash regions whilst /home itself resided upon the hdd.
This idea, unfortunately, could lead to stability issues so was abandoned.
The main area of concern for moving /home is the availability of the subordinate locations whilst the hdd is in suspend mode because a critically low condition has special handling code that the kernel executes to immediately place the device back into suspension (without even displaying anything on the screen)... if you want to see this in action run your Z until flat, try to power it on a few times when it's showing completely flat, charge it then go into terminal and look at the kernel ring buffer using dmesg. You will see the emergency suspend stuff logged in there.
Even with mount bind placing the critical regions in flash we have to realise that they are still subordinate to /home and that inode traversal from /home to those subordinate locations (finding the bind point) will potentially trigger a required read of /home which will in turn attempt to use the hdd – not as efficient as maintaining the /home in flash.
We will have to be more inventive to find a better solution for /home in the future.
Zeroing an SL-C3000
To return an SL-C3000 back to factory settings simply remove the power and battery, reinsert the battery, plug in the mains cable and ensure that the battery cover lock is in the locked position then perform the following steps.
Hold down the OK button and keeping it held press the power button.
You will get a Japanese menu.
Select option 3.
You get another Japanese Menu.
Select option 1 – do NOT select option 2 unless you want a good 1hr wait (extensive erase writing /dev/zero over whole disk – did it once, it's not that exciting).
The device will ask you to confirm (in Japanese), hit Y and the device will reboot and recover to the factory/ROM default state.
Examining the flashing process
Firstly it's important to understand that the flashing process is a shell script that runs from /bin/sh under Linux.
You may ask how a flashing process works if the Linux is screwed. The answer is that there are two copies of Linux in flash on all clamshell units.
If you want to check this out then use the D+B device reset and the device will boot into a console of the version of Linux used for flashing and you can get at the utilities in /sbin (tested on SL-C3000 and on SL-C860) :-). (actually you don't get to see quite everything, you get an ext2 initrd mounted rw and I can't find the OK menu stuff in this image).
Reliably entering the D+B (emergency Linux) or maintenance menus (D+M) can be achieved as follows.
Remove power and battery. Ensure the battery lock is in the unlocked position. Hold down key combinarion (D+B or D+M). Whilst holding down the key combination insert the battery and slide the battery lock to the locked position.
Note (and I have tested this). If your fingers slip and you release the keys in between making contact with the battery and moving the slide lock then the device will go into a normal boot sequence so if you feel any sort of 'wobble' whilst doing this remove the battery again completely and then reinsert – it seems the firmware detection kicks in as soon as the battery contact is made.
The updater.sh script is decoded using the tool /sbin/decsh which is only present in this recovery position.
Basically following boot using the OK menus (OK held on device start) the updater.sh is passed through /sbin/decsh and into /bin/sh for execution.
The script then makes use of several other utilities present in /sbin which you really shouldn't mess about with unless you really understand them.
We shall examine now the installer script from the Sharp ROM 1.11JP and make some comments. (actually it's slightly modified to correct a bug in the original). I have inserted some comments to make this more readable... denoted by ##.
Following script completion the system shall restart. Please note that the default Sharp script shown does NOT erase the /home, /hdd2 or /hdd3 areas.
Preparing a Kernel for use with the Sharp Installer
I'm not going to talk you through building a custom Kernel. If you need that kind of help you probably shouldn't be thinking of prepping a Kernel for flashing.
Basically the approach that I have taken is simply to strip the last 16 bytes off the end of the Sharp Kernel image from the Sharp 1.11JP ROM as follows..
tail -c 16 zImage.bin-sharprom > kerneltail cat zImage.bin-mykernel kerneltail > zImage-prepped
This is really enough to get the ball rolling.
Creation of a new initrd for the SL-C3000
The initrd on the SL-C3000 is simply a jffs2 image. It is, however, shipped with a 16 byte version header so here's how to successfully extract an image to work from....
modprobe mtdcore
modprobe jffs2
modprobe mtdram total_size=5120 erase_size=16
modprobe mtdchar
mknod /dev/mtdblock0 b 31 0
modprobe mtdblock
losetup -o 16 /dev/loop0 ./initrd.bin
dd if=/dev/loop0 of=/dev/mtdblock0
losetup -d /dev/loop0
mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock0 /mymountpoint
cd /mymountpoint
tar -cf ~/myinitrd.tar *
rmmod mtdblock
rmmod mtdram
rmmod jffs2
rmmod mtdchar
rmmod mtdpart
rmmod mtd_blkdevs
rmmod mtdcore
This will create you a nice initrd tar file that you can extract and work with.
Remember there are multiple permission sets in the initrd so you have to extract/work with the initrd whilst logged in as root.
You should also then probably extract root/.home_default.tar from the initrd as this is the seed for the /home partition and since /lib/modules is actually linked to /home/root/modules then you will have to add symbolic links to that if you add modules to the initrd.
A WORD OF WARNING when repacking the home structure into a new .home_default.tar... the version of tar built into the Sharp ROM is roughly equivalent to version 1.12 of GNU tar, particularly with respect to the format of device files stored in the tar. Since the /dev directory is stored within the initrd it is absolutely CRITICAL that you repack the .home_default.tar in the right format. If you type 'tar –version' this will get you the version number back. If its a later version of tar than 1.12 you need the following format for the tar command...
tar -c –format=oldgnu -f .home_default.tar home/
Be sure to run the command from a directory containing nothing else but the home directory structure as this will all get expanded to the Z following a 'device zero' condition.
Now, assuming that you have finished working with the initrd in a structure in a directory called initrd you need to get hold of mkfs.jffs2 (get this from the SL-C860 root image if you like off the Sharp developer site... Sharp didn't yet post the SL-C3000 image which is why we had to extract it.) and use the following command to build the jffs2 image.
mkfs.jffs2 -o initrd.jffs2 -e16k -r initrd
You then need to exract the version information from the Sharp initrd.bin....
head -c 16 sharp-initrd.bin > initrdheader
...and finally concatenate as follows...
cat initrdheader initrd.jffs2 > initrd.bin
This will produce an initrd.bin that is compatible with the installer shown in this paper.
Prior to flashing
Please remember the installer shown in this document is 'fixed'. Using the original Sharp installer with custom kernels tends to brick the devices (remember that nice part of the script that erases the Kernel flash area).
You MUST modify the installer in line with the modification shown around the nandflash area in the script otherwise the flaw in the original Sharp installer will assert itself.. seems to kick in if you have a Kernel even slightly bigger than the original (nice one Sharp).
To modify this script you need a copy of a utility called endecsh which you can probably google for but here's the source in case you want to build it.
/* * Encode Decode shell script Ver 0.1 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Copyright 2003 T.Yamashita * * This program is a no guarantee. * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * */ #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> unsigned char enctable[256]={ 0x84,0x26,0xa7,0x29,0x10,0xba,0x1d,0xa4,0x15,0x0a,0x2f,0x74,0x0d,0x0e,0xdc,0xd2, 0x14,0x40,0xbc,0xb1,0x45,0x16,0x17,0x54,0xd9,0x0c,0x96,0xb2,0x8b,0xb4,0xc3,0x1b, 0x41,0x22,0x13,0x24,0xa1,0x38,0x27,0x44,0x19,0x34,0x81,0x36,0xed,0x2e,0x0b,0xc7, 0xac,0xc9,0x23,0x2a,0x35,0x2c,0xb6,0x6c,0x79,0xee,0x71,0x6d,0xd1,0x48,0x3b,0xe2, 0x5f,0x42,0x37,0xcd,0xd0,0x90,0xa5,0x88,0x85,0x7c,0x00,0xcb,0x4d,0x4e,0x82,0xfb, 0x80,0x51,0x97,0xb9,0xdd,0x56,0x93,0x7a,0x61,0x5a,0x5b,0x5c,0xf8,0x5e,0xf9,0x28, 0xf0,0xe9,0x03,0xb0,0x60,0xec,0x39,0xca,0x73,0xa8,0x6b,0x12,0x31,0xe4,0x30,0x25, 0xe7,0xc0,0x9d,0x6e,0x3e,0x50,0x77,0x02,0xbd,0x58,0x7f,0xd8,0x0f,0x9c,0x92,0x4b, 0x49,0xf1,0x57,0x1a,0xaf,0xeb,0x87,0x3c,0x70,0xf2,0xf7,0x8c,0x8d,0x8e,0xb7,0xbe, 0x91,0x1c,0x8f,0x94,0x89,0x7e,0x7d,0x98,0x09,0x9a,0x6f,0xc8,0x9f,0x9e,0xc4,0xfc, 0x8a,0xa2,0xa3,0x68,0xc5,0xa6,0x53,0xd7,0xe1,0xaa,0xd4,0x64,0x2d,0x69,0x66,0xb5, 0x04,0xfd,0xb3,0x43,0x3d,0x9b,0x2b,0xb8,0x5d,0x18,0xad,0xbb,0x99,0x20,0xbf,0xc1, 0x65,0x46,0xf3,0xce,0x33,0x63,0x21,0x76,0x52,0x3a,0x4f,0xcc,0xe5,0x47,0xcf,0x4c, 0xda,0x08,0xd3,0xab,0xd5,0x4a,0xae,0x86,0x06,0xfa,0xdb,0x83,0x59,0x7b,0xdf,0xe0, 0x11,0x72,0xe3,0x05,0xc2,0xc6,0xa9,0xe8,0x1f,0xea,0x6a,0x67,0x75,0xd6,0xef,0x95, 0x55,0xde,0x3f,0xf4,0xf5,0xf6,0x07,0x01,0xe6,0x78,0x1e,0xa0,0x32,0xfe,0xff,0x62 }; unsigned char dectable[256]={ 0x4a,0xf7,0x77,0x62,0xb0,0xe3,0xd8,0xf6,0xd1,0x98,0x09,0x2e,0x19,0x0c,0x0d,0x7c, 0x04,0xe0,0x6b,0x22,0x10,0x08,0x15,0x16,0xb9,0x28,0x83,0x1f,0x91,0x06,0xfa,0xe8, 0xbd,0xc6,0x21,0x32,0x23,0x6f,0x01,0x26,0x5f,0x03,0x33,0xb6,0x35,0xac,0x2d,0x0a, 0x6e,0x6c,0xfc,0xc4,0x29,0x34,0x2b,0x42,0x25,0x66,0xc9,0x3e,0x87,0xb4,0x74,0xf2, 0x11,0x20,0x41,0xb3,0x27,0x14,0xc1,0xcd,0x3d,0x80,0xd5,0x7f,0xcf,0x4c,0x4d,0xca, 0x75,0x51,0xc8,0xa6,0x17,0xf0,0x55,0x82,0x79,0xdc,0x59,0x5a,0x5b,0xb8,0x5d,0x40, 0x64,0x58,0xff,0xc5,0xab,0xc0,0xae,0xeb,0xa3,0xad,0xea,0x6a,0x37,0x3b,0x73,0x9a, 0x88,0x3a,0xe1,0x68,0x0b,0xec,0xc7,0x76,0xf9,0x38,0x57,0xdd,0x49,0x96,0x95,0x7a, 0x50,0x2a,0x4e,0xdb,0x00,0x48,0xd7,0x86,0x47,0x94,0xa0,0x1c,0x8b,0x8c,0x8d,0x92, 0x45,0x90,0x7e,0x56,0x93,0xef,0x1a,0x52,0x97,0xbc,0x99,0xb5,0x7d,0x72,0x9d,0x9c, 0xfb,0x24,0xa1,0xa2,0x07,0x46,0xa5,0x02,0x69,0xe6,0xa9,0xd3,0x30,0xba,0xd6,0x84, 0x63,0x13,0x1b,0xb2,0x1d,0xaf,0x36,0x8e,0xb7,0x53,0x05,0xbb,0x12,0x78,0x8f,0xbe, 0x71,0xbf,0xe4,0x1e,0x9e,0xa4,0xe5,0x2f,0x9b,0x31,0x67,0x4b,0xcb,0x43,0xc3,0xce, 0x44,0x3c,0x0f,0xd2,0xaa,0xd4,0xed,0xa7,0x7b,0x18,0xd0,0xda,0x0e,0x54,0xf1,0xde, 0xdf,0xa8,0x3f,0xe2,0x6d,0xcc,0xf8,0x70,0xe7,0x61,0xe9,0x85,0x65,0x2c,0x39,0xee, 0x60,0x81,0x89,0xc2,0xf3,0xf4,0xf5,0x8a,0x5c,0x5e,0xd9,0x4f,0x9f,0xb1,0xfd,0xfe }; void convert(unsigned char *table,FILE *ifp,FILE *ofp) { unsigned char rb[16],wb[16]; unsigned int read_cnt; int i; do { read_cnt = fread(rb,1,16,ifp); if (read_cnt == 0) break; for (i = 0;i < read_cnt;i++) { wb[i] = table[rb[i]]; } fwrite(wb,1,read_cnt,ofp); } while (1); } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { FILE *ifp,*ofp; if (argc != 4) { printf("Encode\nendecsh -e source-file dest-file\nDecode\nendecsh -d source-file dest-file\n"); return 0; } ifp = fopen(argv[2],"rb"); if (ifp == NULL) { printf("%s file not found.\n",argv[2]); return 0; } ofp = fopen(argv[3],"wb"); if (ofp == NULL) { fclose(ifp); printf("Can't open %s file.\n",argv[3]); return 0; } if (strcmp(argv[1],"-e") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1],"-E") == 0) { printf("Encode..."); convert(enctable,ifp,ofp); printf("OK.\n"); } else if (strcmp(argv[1],"-d") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1],"-D") == 0) { printf("Decode..."); convert(dectable,ifp,ofp); printf("OK.\n"); } else { printf("unknown option '%s'\n",argv[1]); } fclose(ifp); fclose(ofp); return 0; }


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October 21, 2008 Niger 2008 © MSF Nicolas de Torrenté, executive director of MSF-USA and Marie Pierre Allié, president of the French section of MSF, discussed the organization's suspension from treating malnutrition in the Maradi region of Niger. The suspension endangers the lives of thousands of children vulnerable to malnutrition in Niger. For the sake of these children, MSF has called for an immediate resumption of its nutritional programs. Listen:Download: Audio | Transcript TranscriptSandra Murillo: Nicolas de Torrenté: According to our estimates, only 3 percent of the 20 million children suffering from severe acute malnutrition receive the UN recommended treatment that they need. Now Niger is one of the malnutrition hotspots around the world where areas that concentrate the highest burden of malnutrition. And Doctors Without Borders or MSF, our medical teams have been treating malnutrition in that country since 2001. They carry out programs in various parts of the country, in the Zinder, Maradi, and Tahoua regions. So these are the areas of the country with the highest incidence of childhood malnutrition in Niger. Between early 2008 and mid September, our teams had admitted a total of 61,051 children, so that's 61,051 children in feeding programs in Niger, children suffering from acute malnutrition. This is a recurrent situation. Year after year we've treated tens of thousands of acutely malnourished children with therapeutic, ready-to-use foods. These are pastes, innovative pastes that do not require refrigeration or cooking. We're in a chronic emergency in which children, young children in these regions of Niger, are not getting access to food with vitamins, minerals and proteins, and other nutrients that they need to grow and survive. They require complementary feeding, they require therapeutic feeding when they are acutely malnourished. It's in Niger where a lot of progress has been made. With the support of the government, MSF has been able to pioneer a new approach to treat malnutrition. We are doing it on an outpatient basis using these ready-to-use foods. This strategy has helped us reach many more children than ever before. And starting in 2006, we've also been able to try new strategies that try to prevent children from developing this life threatening condition, the most severe forms of malnutrition, in the first place. Our blanket distribution of ready-to-use foods to all children from six months to three years of age in the Maradi region dramatically reduced the seasonal peak in severe malnutrition just before the harvest. So this is this preventative, early treatment approach. It's an approach that we know is reducing child mortality and morbidity. This approach also costs less in terms of hospitalizing children who have fallen into the most severe forms of malnutrition. We recognize the need to find a long term solution to this problem of malnutrition rather than conducting emergency responses every year to the seasonal outbreaks of acute malnutrition that occur, particularly between the harvests. And we recognize the need to partner with the Government of Niger and the Minister of Health that have the long term responsibility for the care and welfare and health of the children in Niger. And that's why it's so incredibly frustrating for us to be forced to cease this important lifesaving work and we are calling upon the government in Niger to let us immediately resume our nutritional programs in Maradi. At this point, the lives of tens of thousands of children are at stake. This whole crisis in Niger is revealing how difficult it is for governments to acknowledge malnutrition as a public health problem and hence as a public health priority that needs to be tackled by effective and efficient policies supported by international donors. And at a time when government's own agencies, donors, and international aid organizations should be expanding such effective strategies for the treatment and increasingly for the prevention of malnutrition in the world's most affected regions, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, Southeast Asia, the current stance of the government of Niger is really a setback. So I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Marie-Pierre Allié. She is the president of the French section of Doctors Without Borders responsible for the programs in the Maradi region of Niger. And she will speak about the needs we continue to see on the ground and also our desire to continue working in the country to help the government of Niger, the children of Niger, and the people of Niger address childhood malnutrition. So I'll turn it over to you, Marie-Pierre. Marie-Pierre Allié: So I came to Niger to try to come to a solution and to resume—for as long as possible—the program, for the sake of the children in Maradi. And I've been visiting the Maradi region where I saw-- I visited health structures, I met with staff, I met with mothers. I was really impressed by the situation and by [speaking with] health care staff especially because they basically are unable to cope with the influx of malnutrition [cases] coming into hospitals and health centers. And this is in sharp contrast with the declaration, with the statements, made by government officials a few days ago denying any problem in the area and denying the existence of the malnutrition in this area. So to be more precise about what I saw, I visited the regional hospital in Maradi. I visited some health centers, I visited some villages where I [spoke with] with mothers. The number of children I saw myself in the health structures is much different from what I have been hearing from official statements. In the hospital of Maradi at the time I visited there were at least 150 kids waiting for care and the staff was trying to help. It's just there is not enough [health staff] to cycle the number of children coming to them. The centers were really overcrowded. Then in the village where we've been meeting with mothers, they all report the usual number of children dead in the past few weeks. So the situation I've been seeing there, it's quite critical. And it's a bit upsetting to see the situation, to see the health centers overwhelmed, to see the staff in need of help and at the same time we are seeing the MSF structures empty and their adequate staff not able to give a hand. We know from the experience of our medical teams this year in the region that childhood malnutrition remains hidden unless effective treatment is made easily accessible. Since working there since 2001, we have seen tens of thousands of mothers bringing their malnourished children to our therapeutic feeding centers. Working in collaboration with the Minister of Health in the past, we have been able to implement effective, life saving treatments to help these children in the area. So today as a medical humanitarian organization we are urging the government of Niger to let us continue to practice this medicine. From what I'm seeing today, I can say these children cannot afford to wait any longer for the suspension to be lifted. Thank you. Sandra Murillo: Nicolas deTorrente Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: What I've been seeing on the ground is that the health structures in Maradi are crying for help, the staff says, "we cannot manage with the number of people who are coming today for treatment." The mothers are [used to knowing that when] their kids are malnourished, their kids can be treated, so they come to the health structures. Not all of them, but a lot of them continue to come. And it's creating a lot of pressure on health centers because today they don't have the means. You need some human resources, you need some ready-to-use foods, you need treatment. And today the health centers are not ready to handle such a big influx. But really, my discussion with the Minister of Health was to say, 'Okay, let's try to work together to establish the possibility that in two or three years time MSF can withdraw and the existing health centers can take over. Question: Marie-Pierre Allié: |
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Indian vs Pakistani Honor Killings
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Although Hindu honor killing is a gruesome and sordid affair, it differs in many important respects from honor killing in neighboring Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Indian Hindus murder men for honor more often than do Pakistani Muslims, and they murder for reasons mainly related to concerns about caste purity.
Perhaps the most striking characteristic of Hindu honor killings is the fact that Indians abandon the horrific practice when they migrate to the West whereas many Pakistani Muslims carry it with them. Part of the explanation may lie in their different patterns of acculturation upon immigrating to the West. Young Hindus in the West are no less prone to violate traditional social codes than young Muslims, and their parents may be no less furious when they do, but Hindu families in the West do not feel the same degree of public humiliation and shame as they might experience back in India. They are eager to preserve their cultural identity but not at the expense of alienating their adoptive communities. The absence of dreaded khap panchayats no doubt mitigates the consequences of dishonor.
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Good points. Moral of the story – we need to basically start caring less about what people think.
[...] Indian vs Pakistani Honor Killings [...]
While the sample size is small, this study suggests that honor killing is accelerating in North America and may correlate with the numbers of first generation immigrants. The problem is diverse but originates with immigration from majority Muslim countries and regions—the Palestinian territories, the Kurdish regions of Turkey and Iraq, majority Muslim countries in the Balkans, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Afghanistan. Pakistanis accounts for the plurality. The common denominator in each case is not culture but religion.
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The Library building is owned by the City, and its operations are funded cooperatively. County allotments cover 65% of the annual operating expenses, and County resident cardholders are in about the same proportion. Since 1957 Calhoun-Gordon County Library has been a branch of the Northwest Georgia Regional Library System, receiving technical and cataloging support, staff training, state funds for materials, eligibility for state construction funds for public libraries, and access to the statewide PINES interlibrary circulation system.
The library contains a large collection of books, audio books, and videos for preschool, youth, teens, and adults. Our meeting room is equipped with a state-of-the art data projector, DVD/VHS player, and electronic projection screen. We subscribe to various newspapers, magazines, and periodicals for patron use. Computers and wireless internet access are also available, with usage that exceeds all other libraries in the Northwest Regional Library system.
Our community also uses its Library heavily for meetings, summer reading programs, home- and after-school study activities, workforce development assistance, and a variety of services from non-profit organizations. Last year over 200,000 visits were logged, overloading the facility and its resources.
The Calhoun Woman's Club established our library in a log cabin on its present site in 1911. Today's Park Avenue building was constructed in the 1960s and expanded in the 1980s to its present size. Since then the library's collection has grown to almost 90,000 cataloged items; circulation last year exceeded 100,000 items; 30 computers and wireless internet access, not available in the 1980s, now serve the public 7 days/56 hours a week. Since the last library expansion, Gordon County's population has more than doubled. We are currently in the beginning phases of a major renovation project. Read about the renovation updates here.
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- 1924 – The library book count reached 969
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I'm looking for some help in finding details of how drums would have been painted in the War of Independence. Specifically the 33rd Foot at Guilford Courthouse.
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- Jerseys
- Sport Type:
- Football
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Welcome To Our Store
- we accept the mixed order.you can choose any jersey link from our store to place the order to get wholesale price ,leave your order as mesages or contact us by meassager
- when you purchase,please leave us clear orders(including players name,number,color,size,quantity and so on) .
- We accept Customized jerseys.You can put any name and any number on the jerseys.
- All The Jerseys have Sponsor Logo with them,if you need more detail Pictures,please contact us
- if the quantity of your order can't get lots ,pls contact us first .we will tell you the total price , and adjust the price beofer you pay
Big discount for big order; Top Quality and Competitive Price.
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We are a company who has long-term focus on Football,Basketball,Ice Hockey,Baseball,Colleage,Soccers jerseys, we have a wealth of experience,we can provide customized products for individual or team.We have a stable stock,excellent products,the best quality service,fast delivery,loved by many customers.Our products can be sent to any country in the world,we aspire to be your long-term business partner,customer satisfaction is our ultimate goal _____________________________________________________________________________
When you place an order,please choose a shipping method and pay for the order including the shipping fee.We will send the items within 3 days once your payment is completed.
We do not guarantee delivery time on all international shipments due to differences in customs clearing times in individual countries,which may affect how quickly your product is inspected. Please note that buyers are responsible for all additional customs fees,brokerage fees,duties,and taxes for importation into your country.These additional fees may be collected at time of delivery.We will not refund shipping charges for refused shipments.
The shipping cost does not include any import taxes,and buyers are responsible for customs duties.
We do our best to serve our customers the best that we can.
We will refund you if you return the items with in 7 days of your receipt of the items for any reason.However,the buyer should make sure that the items returned are in their original conditions.If the items are damaged or lost when they are returned,the buyer will be responsible for such damage or loss,and we will not give the buyer a full refund.The buyer should try to file a claim with the logistic company to recover the cost of damage or loss.
The buyer will be responsible for the shipping fees to return the items.
Warranty & Maintenance:
Buyers may request for a replacement within 7 days from your receipt of the product.The buyer should return the product in the original conditions to us and should bear the shipping costs for return.
The buyer should return the product in the original conditions to us and should bear the shipping costs for return.If any part is required to be replaced,the buyer should also pay for the costs of the parts to be replaced.
Before returning the items,please confirm the return address and the logistics method with us.After you give the items to the logistic company,please send us the tracking number.As soon as we receive the items,we will repair or exchange them ASAP.
Your satisfaction and positive feedback is very important to us.Please leave positive feedback and 5 stars if you are satisfied with our items and services.
If you have any problems with our items or services,please feel free to contact us first before you leave negative feedback. We will do our best to solve any problems and provide you with the best customer services.
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- Unit Type:
- lot (5 pieces/lot)
- Package Weight:
- 3.000kg (6.61lb.)
- Package Size:
- 20cm x 15cm x 15cm (7.87in x 5.91in x 5.91in)
Packaging Details
- Unit Type:
- lot (5 pieces/lot)
- Package Weight:
- 3.000kg (6.61lb.)
- Package Size:
- 20cm x 15cm x 15cm (7.87in x 5.91in x 5.91in)
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