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Re: Top ace of the calendar year
Good evening Gentlemen,
I have 39 kills for Josten in 1945, too.
I have 71 JG3 kills for Dahl (1941-1944), 14 kills for Dahl between 7Jul44 and 5Dec44 in JG300, 11 kills between 27Jan45 and 21Feb45 in JG300, and 7 kills in Mar/Apr with EJG2. This is nearly analogous to your findings and it leaves at least 25 kills of the calendar year 1945 open to debate.
Interestingly, these authors seem to have believed him:
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
Dahl's (14) victories between 7 July 1944 and 5 December 1944 in JG300 are dubious but we can assume he flew the combat missions.
For the (11) victories between 27 January 1945 and 21 February 1945 it is highly unlikely he was still flying with JG 300, the unit was still on the Westfront in January 1945 and Dahl claims from 27 to 29 January were against russian aircraft. His claims for the 30th were even dubious as the 8th and 15th Air Forces were grounded on that day...
I am surprised Lorant & Goyat mention these victories (I have not my books on hands).
Then he claimed to have served with III./EJG 2 and scored his first jet victories in late March 1945. So in one month he scored 25+ victories and then converted to the Me 262 ?
I am also surprised that Foreman credits Dahl with 7 jet victories.
That's sad that all these researchers, due to the scarce of sources, have to trust the pilots. In most cases, that's not a problem as most talk in good faith. That would not be the first time (during or post-War) that Dahl took advantage of the situation to increase his fame.
It make me being suspicious when hearing from some pilots such as Dahl, Stigler or Galland, so maybe I'm overreacting but for me it make no sense to just copy and past the "128" Dahl wrote in his book. If no original source other than Dahl's book mention victories for Dahl in 1945, for me his score for 1945 is at 0. After all, he was Inspekteur der Tagjäger, a staff post, from 26 January 1945 to the end of the War. But feel free to contradict me.
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
For memory
As from 20/01/45,the JG300 was based on the "eastfront"
I/JG300 to Liegnitz (Breslau)
III/JG300 to Lùben(Liegnitz)
IV/JG300 to Lùben
The concept "eastfront","westfront" at this time of conflict is in my opinion difficult to define.
Borkheide(base of I/JG300:"Westfront") located at 60 km sud of Berlin is only 50 mn away from Liegnitz ("eastfront")and it's quite possible although based on the "western" front to fight on the "eastfront".
This does not confirm the "victories" of Dahl but could explain his Russian's claims.
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
Hello there Gentlemen,
it seems to me as if in 1945 Germans didn't care much about the act of claim confirmation. Those who fought, did so not for glory but for their sense of duty. Those who didn't fight strove for a safe assignment behind a desk or in a non-operational unit. Annoyingly, some of the latter eagerly tried to add to their score postwar. And one of the worst examples might have been Dahl.
I wonder who will be the first author to discredit his 1945 score in a book.
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
it seems to me as if in 1945 Germans didn't care much about the act of claim confirmation. Those who fought, did so not for glory but for their sense of dutySome of them obviously cared a great deal about victory confirmations because Luftwaffe's system of medals and promotions took account of accredited victories and/or missions flown. These things were seen as a measure of how well you were doing your job. In an organisation employing hundreds of thousands of people there were bound to be some frontline glory-seekers, just as there were people behind desks who were happy just to get the rations or whatever delivered to the right place.
Also the history books are full of examples of Germans acting up to the last minute of the war as if the Third Reich would never end. People aren't always realistic.
Nick Beale
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
From my ancestors I learned that indeed particularly young Germans were believing in the Final Victory until quite late in the war. The older guys who had experienced WW1 were rather inclined to feel doubts, especially after Stalingrad.
Apropos: is it known which was the last Knight's Cross awarded to an ace ?
Have a nice evening,
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
Hi Guys
I believe Dahl had unconfirmed claims amongst his alleged 129, I have found thirteen unconfirmed for him. I would say his confirmed was ninety+ of which eighteen+ for 1945. I also agree that Josten was the top ace of 1945, Brendel a close second with thirty-five, Josten also had many unconfirmed during 1945, at least seven including four on 20th February due to no witness.
For 1943 Nowotny had 194 confirmed claims Nr.62-255.
For 1944 Hartmann had 177 confirmed claims Nr.160-336
Best month Emil Lang with sixty-eight in October 1943 Nr.22-89
Best day seventeen by Marseille 1st September 1942 Nr.99-115, and Lang 3rd November 1943 Nr.98-114, possibly also August Lambert during 1944(evidence lacking)
Don't think Nowotny Hartmann and Lang were very honest, but Josten, Marseille and Brendel were.....perhaps Marseille was the best ever.
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Re: Top ace of the calendar year
Hello Johannes,
nice to hear from you. Very interesting post.
You're right, Hartmann has 177 in 1944, not 172.
I didn't know for sure that Lang holds the record for the most kills in any month. He is also the top-scorer of all those who have not scored in the Bf109, isn't he ?
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Hi Michael
surely Nowotny and Kittel outscored Lang in the Fw190, not sure when each stopped flying the Bf109.
Another statistic for you.......ACE in a day i.e pilots that had five or more confirmed claims in a day, unfortunately it looks like the majority are those deemed "overclaimers", but the most such days is seventeen by both Nowotny and Hartmann, others are:-
Rudorffer 13
Weissenberger 12
Batz 12
Kirscher 11
Schuck 9
Hans Phillip 9
Franz Dorr 9
Kittel 8
Marseille 8
Graf 8
Wolfrum 7
Norz 7
Emil Lang 7
Hafner 7
Ehrler 6
Oskar-Heinz Bär 6
Barkhorn 6
Gollob 6
Stotz 6
Jennewein 5
Josten 5
Gerhard Hoffmann 5
Dickfeld 5
Birkner 5
Oskar Romm 5
For the biggest days, again the majority are by those deemed "overclaimers"
No details about August Lambert's, but we are led to believe 17, 14, and 12(17th April 1944) SG units seemed not to add there claims to the daily sheets at the exact time they were claiming lots, but a couple of flugbuch suggest Lamberts possible.
After Marseille and Lang's seventeens:-
Hubert Strassel 15 on 5th July 1943 (nr.38-52)
Wilhelm Batz 15 on 31st May 1944 (nr.141-155)
Erich Rudorffer 14 on 6th November 1943(nr.104-117)
Franz Schall 13 on 31st August 1944(nr.97-109)
Johannes Wiese 12(plus 1 unconfirmed) on 5th July 1943 (nr.70-81)
Lang 12 on 21st October 1943 (nr.57-68)
Adolf Dickfeld ~11 on 8th May 1942 (nr.63-73)
Walter Wolfrum 11 on 30th May 1944 (nr.79-89)
Walter Schuck 11 on 17th June 1944 (nr.102-112)
Erich Hartmann 11 on 24th August 1944 (nr.291-301)
Schall 11 on 26th August 1944 (nr.83-93)
Rudorffer 11 on 28th October 1944 (nr.194-204)
Hermann Graf 10 on 23rd September 1944 (nr.188-197)
Maximilian Stotz 10 on 30th December 1942 (nr.120-129)
Nowotny 10 on 24th June 1943 (nr.115-124)
Nowotny 10 on 1st September 1943 (nr.174-183)
Lang 10 on 13th October 1943 (nr.47-56)
Hartmann 10 on 26th February 1944 (nr.193-202)
Wolfrum 10 on 16th July 1944 (Nr.114-123)
Hopefully someday we will come across some useful documents regarding Lambert.
Kind Regards
Re: Top ace of the calendar year
The list of ACE in a day can be long!
Among the "lesser known",one can add:
Korner 5
Stahlschmidt 5
Langanke 7
Schultz 5
Bendert 5
F. K. Muller 5
Loschenkohl 5
Drdla 5
Bauer 5(X3)
Sochatzy 5(X2)
Ohlrogge 8
Von Einsiedel 5
Lemke 6
Ewald 5
Arnold 9
Schumacher 6
Neumann 8
Reuter 6 ( ALL verifiable and verified: on 23 claims,19 are verified,it's quite remarkable )
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Here is the deal...my computer power cord got pinched under the recliner of my couch this past weekend. This means I have no way of charging my laptop until the new cord comes. I am so bummed. I am resorting to using Craig's computer which doesn't have any of my current photos on it. At least I have one right!! I have a few posts ready but I need to add the photos, they just aren't complete yet.
But that will all have to wait, see today we are heading up for our annual family gathering at the cabin. We will be there for a few days. The kids are so excited they can hardly wait until Craig gets home from work (and he just left about 20 minutes ago). So today will be spent packing the final things, getting all our food ready for the meals we are assigned and so on. I hope it will be a great time for everyone. Hopefully I will have my cord so I can post the photos of our adventures when I get home.
Have a great week, wish me luck up in the mountains.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Cabin Here We Come!
Here is the deal...my computer power cord got pinched under the recliner of my couch this past weekend. This means I have no way of charging my laptop until the new cord comes. I am so bummed. I am resorting to using Craig's computer which doesn't have any of my current photos on it. At least I have one right!! I have a few posts ready but I need to add the photos, they just aren't complete yet.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
A Random Tradition
Okay so we started this crazy tradition a few years back of BBQing cheeseburgers on Christmas Eve. This year we had to change the day because of family parties, but we didn't let it die. It is always freezing, this year we had to dig out the BBQ, but it is just something we do. We make sure we get all the yummy fixings that everyone likes so they can pile it on high. Caleb went out to dig out a path to the BBQ and uncovered it a little bit. Craig ventured out with his head lamp on to do the grilling. Luckily burgers cook fast. I couldn't resist taking some photos of it. I don't know what the exact temp was but it was pretty bitter! Everyone loved it! They were cooked to perfection as usual. I wish I would have taken a photo of Caleb's burger dripping with every kind of sauce imaginable coming off it. He had a double with bacon, you should have seen him open his mouth that wide. Next year I will take a photo...it was pretty amazing. Craig and I just laughed. Zach made his all up and just ate bacon and chips instead of the burger. Liberty likes just the pattie...no bun with our special sauce. I think it was Zach who gave us the idea of doing this, the funny thing is we don't BBQ burgers here at home much if ever during the summertime. So it is a special treat. Like I said a random tradition. But a fun one!
This is the first time Craig went outside ... He ran in shivering!
Burgers are done...notice the hood was on...every little bit helps.
I know it is a weird tradition, but the only way to eat a burger is grilled...yum!
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Our Christmas!!
Check out the photos of the fun time.
I think that Caleb was overcome with oooo's and ahhh's!
Tuesday, Dec. 23rd:
Tuesday we wanted to do something with just the five of us. We thought about going ice skating but then second guessed the idea because we have never taken the kids, and I wasn't about to strap on the skates being big and prego. We changed our minds and went to Temple Square instead. We actually haven't been up there the last few Christmas seasons in fact Liberty couldn't even remember ever going. First we made a stop at one of our favorite places the Training Table for a bite to eat! Yum, Blue Bacon Burger and cheese fries, can't go wrong. Off to Temple Square, parking was a nightmare but we know a secret parking place...and no I won't tell. We had fun wandering around checking out all the beautiful lights and just enjoying to sights, sounds and being together. Check out these photos:
Craig and the kids infront of some of the cool trees covered in lights.
Caleb and I waiting in the North Visitor Center while everyone else was in the bathroom.
The gang who even knows what is going through their minds. Kind of goofy photo
Here we are in the Tabernacle, we were listening to someone play the cool organ.
The kids and I in front of the large Christus statue in the North Visitor Center. Not sure what Caleb's doing, I think he was saying something to me when Craig took the photo.
Wednesday, Dec. 24th:
Wednesday we made our final preparations for the family to come to our house. We had the Peterson family Christmas Eve party here. It was a fun event just like always. The soup everyone made was delicious as usual, and the talent show was once again a hit. The grand children came up with some darling talent numbers. Everything from piano, singing, dancing, trumpet, xylophone, reading books and more. The best part is just being together as a family enjoying one another's company, laughing, singing, and crying. There is just something about being together with family around Christmas. Here's some photos of the fun.
Some of the younger cousins laying down listening to Papa tell stories about his Grandma. The were so cute and listening to the stories.
Liberty did a cute little tap dance to Jingle Bell Rock. It brought back alot of memories.
Caleb and Zach tought it would be fun to take Craig's deer antlers from years past and put red noses on and sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It was quite funny!
After everyone left for the night, we hung out, watch Joy To The World and basically waited for bedtime. Liberty had made this magic reindeer dust at the Kids Village Christmas Party and she couldn't wait to go outside and dump it on the snow to draw the reindeer to the house.
Here's the cute reindeer dust before she went outside.
Here she is sprinkling it all over the snow out front.
Thursday, December 25th:
We were awaken by the kids at 6:00 am. I am sure it would have been earlier except we told them that they couldn't come up until then. We had a great time we took our time, the kids assembled/played with their gifts from Santa for almost 2 hours. It was almost 8:00 am before they actually opened any gifts. They had alot of fun opening things from each other and playing all morning. I loved it, no stress, everyone happy and getting along enjoying their new things.
Zach thowing his new football to Caleb. Caleb gave him this and a flag football kit.
Liberty showing off her fun and groovy new doll house. This thing is so cool, it has a silver spiral staircase, elevator, and a disco ball. It's a girls dream come true. Santa did a great job!
Craig opening up his new Toaster Oven that I gave him...I wanted a new one!
Caleb checking out his cool new remote control truck Santa brought. Both boys got a truck, and now we have races all over the house. Fun stuff.
After shoveling the walks, yep, once again we woke up to snow...it feels like it has been snowing forever! But the kids love it. After the walk was cleared we headed to Veenker's for more celebrating. Everyone was excited to talk to Elder Veenker in Argentina. We ate a yummy brunch and opened gifts and hung out. Some of the family went over to sled at Todd & KyLee's house, I went home for a nap. We had a wonderful Christmas Dinner in the evening, and played games after.
Over all it was a perfect Christmas Day. No stress, that is just how I needed it to be. Just before going to bed, I told Craig I hope every year from now on can be like this one. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
My Christmas Wish for You!
** An update of what we have been up to (which is a lot) will come soon! In case you were wondering!**
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Friday, December 19, 2008
A New Chapter, Again!
So, I know that the title of this post sounds a bit ridiculous...but I am not sure how else to put it. You see today was my last day of work, due to my new baby boy coming in a few short weeks. (that's like 10 weeks, but it sounds short to me!!) I honestly have been looking forward to this day for months now, but now that it has come I am having some emotions come to me I wasn't thinking would. The feelings I had today as I watched some of my 400 students (because I teach art in the morning and cooking in the afternoon I teach every student at the school) I found myself getting choked up!
This happened almost everyday! I loved to just sit and watch her!
To be a kid again!!! She would dance around parents coming in to pick up their children. She didn't care one bit! I love it!
This little brother and sister duo could melt anyone's heart. It was pajama day for him, he doesn't usually wear a sleeper to school!!
This guy would say the funniest things ever! I will really miss his humor and just look how cute he is.
If I could I would take this little one home! I love her to pieces. She is so expressive and has an imagination beyond anyone I have ever met! I just love her!
(I wish I had a photo of these ladies...but I don't. I still love them!)
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
My Martha Moment!
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'Tis The Season for Perfoming!
I guess I missed the actions. But she looked really cute doing all of them.
Zach came next and his class did an entire play that they have been working on for months. He and his cousin Stockton who happen to be in the same class were both Fireflies. They look so cute in thier costumes. Craig and I had a work Christmas party the night of the performance so Grandma had to go and take photos. Zach sang us some of the songs. That boy has the cutest voice. I love to listen to him sing.
Seriously have you seen any cuter Fireflies in all your life?
Then Caleb and the rest of the young men and women were asked to sing at the Ward Christmas party. Craig and I got the best photo of Caleb up close...we totally embarassed him by doing so. But the kid got hold of the camera and deleted it...I was so mad. It was a darling photo...so I tried to crop one of the whole group, and got one, but not nearly as good as the original.
I think they were singing Deck the Halls...the enthusiasm was incredible!!! Just kidding. Can't you see how excited Caleb looks to be up there.
I love this time of year. We are as busy as ever running from party to party, trying to get everything ready for Christmas and trying to spend time with the family. There is just something about the season I love!
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Once again this year Craig made a wood sign that has the BYU football team motto "QUEST" on it. This isn't your ordinary sign. NO WAY! It holds 237 white lights. It lights us the neighborhood! Everyone can see it, there is not getting past it.
Here it is at night...my camera doesn't take great photos at night...you don't get the full effect of how bright it is.
This year more things have been showing up...like this for instance. Not one flag for our family...gotta have one on each side of the vehicle.
Craig spraying the white Y section
After removing the first section...the boys lifted the Y part and covered the white paint job.
The quickly they painted the blue section. This part took the longest. I kept wondering what this was going to do to my grass.
The finished product. It turned out pretty good. They were happy with it. Every morning when we look outside that is certainally the first thing we see. I need to get a photo of the yard so you can see how big it is.
My real worry is...what is going to be next? Our Christmas lights on the outside of our house are now Blue & White. Not exactly the normal. I can't think of what it will be but I am sure my boys will come up with something very exciting. Just another thing for people to come by and either honk cause they love it or honk and wave their Utah flags at us. I guess we will just have to wait and see what will come. Heaven help us!
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Monday, December 8, 2008
I know the suspense is killing you!
Caleb and Zach thinking they are done...but end up making a few changes.
Cricket & Liberty working really hard trying to keep everything we do a secret
Boy Team seems very proud of their accomplishment!
The finished houses...Boys on left & Girls on Right
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Friday, December 5, 2008
St. Nick Tradition
Zach is showing off his new socks, Libby her new shirt, and Caleb has his arm up because he got some Tag deodor (as Libby calls it) and body wash. They had a great morning. Fun family tradition.
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What the Singlet!!!
Okay so Thursday night was Caleb's first wrestling match. I am sure that I had a look of disgust on my face while watching. No offense but it is just uncomfortable to watch this sport. And a SINGLET?
a sleeveless athletic jersey, esp. a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
I looked up the definition of this just cause I think it is a funny word. Well, the singlets I saw last night were in no way loose-fitting. YIKES! When I walked in my poor son was standing there waiting until the very last moment to take off his shorts and t-shirt. He was embarassed. Not to mention nervous. This was his first match and he didn't know what to expect. Being the mom I am I wanted to cheer him on but had no idea what to yell out...I felt stupid. But Caleb pulled it off and won! We were all shocked. I don't understand how he won and I don't know if Caleb knows how he did it. But hey a win is a win. After it was all said and done... we got a great laugh out of it. Just look at these great shots of Caleb in his lovely singlet!!! These photos will be great to show his future wife. I am sure she will love them!!!
Sorry but how can he be taken seriously in this outfit!
Nice one Caleb! I must say I laughed my head off at this one!
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Fantastic work, Delissa! If your dr's office has internet access, you could always point them to our Marketplace section and encourage them to order as many as they need as often as they need. The only cost is a small shipping & handling fee which they can pay by credit card.
This is great news! And a relatively easy way that anybody can make a difference.
This forum is the place to brainstorm creative approaches to fundraising and raising awareness. For more information, visit http://www.preeclampsia.org/make-a-diff ... undraising or contact Director of Community Relations Laney Poye at [email protected].
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Hello everyone! I put out some pre-e brochures 2 weeks ago at my drs office. I went last week for a check up and all of the brochures were gone and the receptionist asked me if I had more that there was women wanted some! OMG I felt SO incredibly good! I hope that one woman will ask more questions to her dr if she is having any pregnancy symptoms. Anyhow, it feels incredibly great. I would urge ALL of you to do the same and connect with others in the community!
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My creative life is taking a new turn, and whereas I won't be designing anymore, it is not goodbye, but au revoir! This is merely a transition in my creativity and you will continue to see me on Facebook, on Twitter and around various communities.
To thank you for these wonderful years, I'm discounting my store to 50% off, after the National Scrapbook Day events at Funky Playground Designs. Both my design lines will be closing. In the meantime, you can take advantage of the two sales, and get my products at a wonderful discount. It's quite likely that they won't be sold for a long, long time.
In the meantime, as I said, there is a new chapter in my creative life. I've posted about it on my personal blog so you may have already seen the news there:
I am now on Scrap'n with Flair's design team, using their products to create amazing art journal pages, canvases and more. If you'd like to learn more, please follow my personal blog.
Thank you again for six magnificent years of design, fun, and great friendships. Hope to see you at the other blog!


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FOX AND GORDON RAMSAY CHECK INTO "HOTEL HELL" (working title)One Potato Two Potato Inc. to Produce New Unscripted SeriesFOX and Chef Gordon Ramsay have checked into HOTEL HELL (working title), a new unscripted series from Ramsay's One Potato Two Potato Inc.After over a decade of running restaurants in some of the top hotels around the world, traveling the globe and running an award-winning boutique hotel in London, Ramsay knows firsthand the crucial importance of surpassing guests' highest expectations. In the series, Ramsay and a team of hospitality experts will travel across the country to fix struggling hotels, mediocre motels and just plain bad bed & breakfasts.From dirty bedrooms and mold-ridden bathrooms to incompetent staff or customer service that's not up to par, Ramsay and his team will work with the hotel employees to turn these hapless establishments around. As he tries to turn these "No"-tels into successful hotels, Ramsay - in his own inimitable style - will go head-to-head with the owners and staff, raising the tension to maximum capacity. With reputations on the line, one thing is certain: if they can't meet Ramsay's high standards, they will never check out of HOTEL HELL."Gordon is amazing to work with and no matter what the premise, he delivers every time," said Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. "With an unprecedented three shows already on the air, Gordon is an incredible television success, and we're really thrilled to put him through HOTEL HELL on FOX.""These are stories that everyone can relate to, because virtually all of us have had a bad hotel experience that's turned a holiday or business trip into a total disaster," Ramsay added. "It's time to put the hospitality industry to the test.""We're thrilled to be working with FOX on this exciting new format, taking Gordon's expertise and applying it to one of the toughest business environments in the world," said Adeline Ramage Rooney, VP Programs & Development at One Potato Two Potato.If you are an owner who would like to apply for HOTEL HELL (working title), please visit: www.theconlincompany.com/nowcasting/hotelhell.html.HOTEL HELL (working title) is produced by One Potato Two Potato Inc. (part of the All3Media group). Gordon Ramsay, Adeline Ramage Rooney, Patricia Llewellyn and Ben Adler serve as executive producers.One Potato Two Potato was founded by Gordon Ramsay and Optomen Television in 2008 to create and produce worldwide programming for Ramsay ventures across all formats including television, digital media and publishing. Renowned for high-quality programming, the company has produced hit series on both sides of the Atlantic, including "Gordon's Great Escape" and "Gordon Ramsay's Shark Bait," both for the U.K.'s Channel 4; the 2009 FOX special COOKALONG LIVE, which was based on the Channel 4 series of the same name; and "My Kitchen," for UKTV's Good Food channel. HOTEL HELL (working title) is One Potato Two Potato's second series venture with FOX. The highly successful MASTERCHEF, co-produced with Reveille, has just finished its second season. The company is also currently in development on projects both within and beyond the food genre for broadcast in the U.K., U.S.A. and Australia. OPTP became part of the All3Media group in 2010. To learn more about OPTP, log onto www.onepotatotwopotato.tv.
is this new reality show is a crossover between Big Brother and Iron Chef?
Quote from: topaz on March 20, 2012, 09:26:13 PMis this new reality show is a crossover between Big Brother and Iron Chef? No, I think it will be more like a Kitchen Nightmare makeover only with hotels or Bread and Breakfast places. Hotel Hell is supposed to start Friday April 6, taking the Kitchen Nightmares time slot on Fridays. I can't wait to see if the first episode highlights the River Rock Inn that is near Ugot.
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I'm not going to tell you who this is, because every other cycling related blog has beat me too it.
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I'll tell you this…he's a famous bike blogger who's probably read almost as much as this site.
For the one person who doesn't know already…find out more at J. David Goodman's spoke's blog, for the NY Times. Read the article here.
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Vai de Chick Corea a Kat Dennings, domingo de Carnaval (10), apenas no canal pago TNT, às 23h (horário de Brasília)
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Comunicado emitido nesta quinta-feira (7) pela NARAS e pela CBS:
Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Kenny Garrett to Pay Tribute to Dave Brubeck
Nominee Juanes to Perform
Special Performance Featuring Travis Barker, CHUCK D, LL COOL J, Tom Morello and DJ Z-Trip on Music's Biggest Night®
Ellen DeGeneres, Kat Dennings, Johnny Depp, John Mayer, Nas, Pitbull, Bonnie Raitt and Kelly Rowland Are Set to Present at the Music Industry's Premier Event
Current nominees Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band have been added to join a performance by the Black Keys, in addition to three-time GRAMMY® Award winner Stanley Clarke, current nominee Chick Corea and current nominee Kenny Garrett paying tribute to Dave Brubeck, a performance by current nominee Juanes and a joint performance by Travis Barker, CHUCK D, two-time GRAMMY Award winner and host LL COOL J, two-time GRAMMY Award winner Tom Morello and DJ Z-Trip, all on the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® broadcast. The music industry's premier event will take place Sunday, Feb. 10 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT), at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, on the CBS Television Network.
Emmy® Award-winning talk show host and current nominee Ellen DeGeneres, actor Kat Dennings, actor Johnny Depp, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner John Mayer, current four-time nominee Nas, recording artist Pitbull, nine-time GRAMMY Award winner and current nominee Bonnie Raitt and two-time GRAMMY Award winner Kelly Rowland will appear as presenters.
Eighteen-time GRAMMY Award winner Chick Corea is up for five awards: two in Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Hot House" (along with Gary Burton) and "Alice In Wonderland," two in Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Further Explorations (with Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian) and Hot House (with Gary Burton) and Best Instrumental Composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing."
Five-time GRAMMY Award winner Dr. John, GRAMMY Award winner Kenny Garrett and GRAMMY Award winner and 19-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Juanes each have one nomination: Dr. John is nominated in Best Blues Album for Locked Down, Kenny Garrett has a nod in Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Seeds From The Underground, and Juanes is up for Best Latin Pop Album for MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition.
Previously announced performers for THE 55TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS are current nominees Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert, The Black Keys, Kelly Clarkson, FUN., the Lumineers, Miguel and Wiz Khalifa, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Jack White, five-time GRAMMY® winner, GRAMMY Legend Award™ recipient and 2000 MusiCares® Person of the Year honoree Elton John and current nominee Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys and current nominees Maroon 5, current nominee Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Sting in a special performance, nominees Zac Brown, T Bone Burnett (as musical director), Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes) and Mumford & Sons, Elton John and GRAMMY Award winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (as a member of the Staples Singers) Mavis Staples paying a special tribute to the late Levon Helm, and Justin Timberlake.
Previously announced presenters are nominees Beyoncé, Hunter Hayes, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ne-Yo, Katy Perry, actor Kaley Cuoco, 13-time GRAMMY Award winner Dave Grohl, actor and three-time Emmy® Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, five-time GRAMMY Award winner Faith Hill, singer/actor Jennifer Lopez, three-time GRAMMY Award winner Tim McGraw, actress Pauley Perrette, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner Prince, TV and radio host/producer (and newly appointed Honorary Chair of the GRAMMY Foundation Board) Ryan Seacrest and four-time GRAMMY Award winner Keith Urban. Two-time GRAMMY Award winner LL COOL J returns as host of the music industry's premier event.
The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
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Sunday May 17th, 2009
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Dear Zibby,
What a day. A huge day! I met up with Alex and Kate at the Miami airport this morning and we flew to Port-au-Prince. There, we were picked up by a driver from Fonkoze (the org that GF partners with in Haiti) and taken to the Hotel Montana where Anne Hastings, director extraordinaire of Fonkoze, met us for lunch. More on Anne in a minute.
The Port-au-Prince airport is small and painted that strange mint-green color inside that I've seen in other tropical countries. It's a color that clashes so vividly with the foliage. Odd.
Ooof! It's incredibly hot and humid here. Air conditioning is a luxury mostly reserved for hotel rooms and some businesses, it appears. But even then it's iffy since the state turns off the electricity for several hours each day. Can't keep up with demand, or can't afford it? Unclear. So everybody has batteries, like car batteries, to run generators to power their appliances. The offices of Fonkoze have a whole wall of batteries, (fifty I think Anne said) so they can keep their computers and lights running during business hours. Fonkoze is also behind high walls (painted deep orange and purple) and there's a man at the front gate with a rifle.
Yes, in case I'd somehow missed the fact that I was now in a Third World, that sealed the deal for me. Still I had to ask.
"Why does that man have a rifle?" I said to Anne, as she gave us a tour of Fonkoze's offices.
"For protection," she answered, and would have added "Duh," if she weren't so delightful and gracious.
Anne Hastings is a force of nature. She came to Haiti 13 years ago to help Father Joseph get his new NGO, Fonkoze, off the ground. At the time she said she'd stay for 6 months. She's still here, and she's a rock star in Haiti.
I totally get it. Every petite inch of her is dedicated to the work of helping Haitian women help themselves climb out of poverty. She is rigorous about checking and re-checking Fonkoze's work to see that the system is functioning as well as it possibly can, and if it's not, taking steps to fix it. I'm sure that's why Alex holds her in such high esteem because he's the same way. I'm telling you, if I were face to face with Anne and she said, "Yeardley, I want you to come to Haiti, learn Creole, get a motorcycle and become a loan officer for Fonkoze," I'd seriously consider it. She's that dynamic and persuasive. Not to mention stylish and incredibly funny. ☺
It's late and I have to be up at 4:45 tomorrow morning because we're going into the field for a full day of site visits in the Central Plateau, so I'll wrap it up.
Anne took us by car through one of the slums of Port-au-Prince. Not the famous one called Cité Soleil, but another one, not far from it. Since today is Sunday we could actually drive through the streets, sort of. Apparently on a week day, it's so crammed with people and cars that it can take two hours to go just two blocks. Not to mention the roads are barely fit for travel. Some are paved, but the pavement is eroding and there are axle-breaking potholes every few feet. Enormous piles of garbage burn in the streets, and there are swarms of people everywhere. Walking, loitering, trying to sell whatever they can: a few bottles of soda or beer, maybe water, sugar, a bit of fruit, odds and ends, and what looked like overstock of American clothes –t-shirts and jeans mostly.
Along the banks of an open city sewer are the shantytowns, or "bidonville," as they're called here, where people live. All you see are rows and rows of shacks made of out discarded plywood with thin corrugated tin roofs, sometimes a piece of cloth or plastic for a door. There's no electricity, of course, no outhouses (people have to defecate in the open sewer), and no privacy. Gangs and drug use are a huge problem here.
People in the slums look pissed, rather than pathetic. Whereas at our hotel, and in other parts of the city, I'd say I've encountered more indifference. But across the board it is as though a light has gone out inside the population. And who can blame them? Haiti is like a forgotten country. The problem child that just became too big of a problem so the world –even its own government—has given up.
Which is not to say that monetary aid hasn't been sent to Haiti because it has. And there seems to be no shortage of NGO's here trying to do good work. But what I learned from Anne, Alex and Kate today is that it takes a great deal more than money to bring a country like Haiti back from such a long, complicated history of neglect. You actually have to rehabilitate the people; bring the light back into their eyes by giving them something to live for.
That's what we will see in the field tomorrow when we visit the first group of female clients on the Fonkoze ladder out of poverty. I can hardly wait!
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My Clusterfuck installations are a combination of sculptures, video projections, lights, rugs, kitsch, images, and odd accessories. The installations are immersive experiences that place the viewers at the simultaneous conjunction of a multitude of different, sometimes opposing, cultures. Is it a view into the future world we will live in? A psychedelic version of a "Blade Runner" scene? Or perhaps the clutter in one's own mind?
Video clips from Bollywood, rap musicians, Jamaican dance clubs, and a call to prayer, among other clips, overlap and compete in an aural and visual chaos with the soundtracks and videos from the jumble of sculptures in the space. The all-encompassing quality of the installation is designed to both over-stimulate the viewers and seduce/ensnare them.
Clusterfuck 3 features the detritus from my studio as I prepare to leave my space in Oakland for a long residency in Berlin. The accumulation of objects, books, old magazines, and props that have lived in my studio for many years are incorporated into the mess of Clusterfuck 3, adding an intimate layer to the installation.
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The following crimes are from the week of March 20 to March 26, 2011
March 22. Unit block E. Willow Grove Avenue. Between 6 and 9 p.m., an unknown person broke the passenger side window of a car and stole a duffle bag containing a Sicomic light meter, Pocket Wizard, Cannon 50 Mark III camera, 100 mm 8 lens, 85 mm lens, 50 mm 1.8 lens, 24-90 mm lens and a 580 EX flash.
March 22. 7800 block Winston Road. Police were conducting surveillance for auto theft from vehicles and saw a male open the door to a black 2011 BMW, entering it for several seconds. Male left vehicle carrying a black gym bag and fled westbound on Springfield Avenue. Taken was an Apple iPod. Matthew Johnson was arrested and taken to NWDD. Occurred at 8:30 p.m.
March 22. 7700 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that an unknown person broke the passenger side window of a silver 2008 Jeep Liberty and stole a purse containing military identification, gun permit, bank card, inhaler, one pair of earrings, and a tennis bracelet. Reported at 8:50 p.m.
March 22. Unit block E. Springfield Avenue. Between 7:45 and 8:15 p.m., an unknown person stole two bags from a 2005 Acura, one black bag that contained a pink Nano iPod and swimming equipment. Male was stopped at Germantown and Duval Street. Had black bag containing stolen property.
March 23. 400 block W. Willow Grove Avenue. Complainant states that between 1 and 6 a.m., an unknown person forced open a platform door to tennis club. Nothing seemed to be missing.
March 23. Valley Green Road. Complainant states that he was jogging in park when he was approached from behind by two unknown males. One male shoved an unknown object into his lower back and demanded money. Complainant told them he didn't have any money. They escorted him to an older gray model vehicle and then drove him around for an hour before dropping him off in the unit block of W. School House Lane. Reported at 8 p.m.
March 24. Unit block Abington Avenue. Complainant states she left her vehicle running with keys inside and it was stolen. Police observed vehicle going southbound on Lincoln Drive. As police approached the vehicle, the offender jumped out and ran to rear of a property on Greene Street. K-9 unit was called and offender was captured and vehicle recovered.
March 25. 200 block W. Evergreen Avenue. Complainant states that on March 21, an unknown person stole a Milwaukee inspection camera, Black & Decker router, MIG welder and a hole saw. Reported at 2 p.m.
March 25. Germantown Avenue. and Bells Mill Road. An unknown person stole a Chestnut Hill College sign from this location. Reported at 1 a.m.
March 25. 8300 block St. Martin's Lane. Police responded to radio call and found window ajar in the carriage house in rear of property. They also found door on second floor was kicked in. It is unknown if anything was taken.
March 26. 400 block W. Moreland Avenue. Complainant states that an unknown male offender gained entry to two vehicles: a 2004 Chevy Suburban and a 2011 Mercedes Benz. Taken were two pair of sunglasses, Talbot's t-shirts and an orange colored Hermes bag. Reported at 4:38 a.m.
March 26. 7900 block Germantown Ave. Complainant states that an unknown customer was inside store and asked about item that was outside store on mannequin. Complainant sent to rear of store to get item and when she returned, customer and item outside were gone.
Summary — Twelve crimes for week: one robbery, three burglaries, one stolen vehicle, three thefts and four thefts from vehicles.
Town Watch, 215-248-1320.
If you have been the victim of a crime and would like information, service or support, call Northwest Victims Service, 6301 Germantown Ave., Second Floor, Suite One, 215-438-4410. The service is free.


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I was in another Latin mood last week when I decided to make this recipe. I had a taste in my mouth for that combination of vinegar, olive oil, garlic and fresh herbs that chimichurri possesses and was simply looking for an excuse to make it, and a vehicle on which to consume it. Chimichurri is a traditional, uncooked condiment from Argentina that is used on grilled meats and fish. I could eat it on almost anything.
My inspiration for this came from a dish I'd eaten recently, grilled flank steak with chimichurri, at Cafe Dufrain in Harbour Island. Flank steak can be tough and needs to be marinated for a long time and I wanted a tender, thick and juicy hunk of meat, so I opted for a New York strip instead (my cut of choice). This cut of meat really doesn't need to be marinated because it's tender enough already, but I wanted to infuse a bit more flavor before throwing it on the grill. You can use any beer you'd like for the marinade (I used Dos Equis Amber) but I'd suggest a somewhat dark beer, like a Mexican amber beer or a medium ale, nothing too light or fruity. Read the rest of this entry


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- MATLAB是可用于数值计算,可视化和编程的高级语言和交互式环境。MATLAB可以分析数据,开发算法和创建模型和应用程序。与电子表格或传统编程语言(如C / C ++或Java)相比,Matlab的语言,工具和内置数学函数可以使用户更快地探索多种解决问题的方法并形成解决方案。
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- 5.2 Matlab在显示图像时崩溃
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- 5.5 菜单和输入窗口的文字显示异常
- 5.6 安装时的问题
- 5.7 安装时library错误
- 5.8 解决启动时警告/错误问题
- 5.9 启动Matlab时与ncurses有关的错误(启动时出现分段错误)
- 5.10 与Intel显卡有关的错误
- 5.11 附加组件管理器无法使用
- 5.12 LiveScript错误
- 5.13 Using webcam/video device
- 5.14 关闭帮助窗口时Matlab数秒无响应
- 5.15 一些下拉菜单无法被选中
- 5.16 因许可证问题造成的无法启动Matlab
- 5.17 启动Matlab时显示"Failure loading desktop class"并崩溃
- 6 在systemd-nspawn容器中运行
b构成。从R2012b开始,只有64位Linux才可使用Matlab。Matlab在Arch Linux上一般可以正常运行。参见系统要求
Matlab在安装时可能会自己额外下载程序,有的甚至如果没有网络连接就无法安装(如)。Matlab安装软件安装时需要一个可用的GUI(Xorg或Wayland)。可以以root用户身份运行脚本来为所有用户安装MATLAB,或者不使用root只为你安装。 在安装过程中,系统会询问您是否想要自己创建软链接,如果选否的话,以后可以手动创建符号链接,以便于在终端启动matlab:
# ln -s /{MATLAB}/bin/matlab /usr/local/bin
Optionally create a desktop entry. The MIME type of MATLAB files is
matlab with:
-desktopto run Matlab without a terminal.
-nosplashto prevent the splash screen from showing up.
In order for icons to appear correctly
StartupWMClass needs to be set in the desktop entry. To find it out start MATLAB, run
xprop | grep WM_CLASS and select the MATLAB window.
The EULA for the proprietary MATLAB software is restrictive. The matlabAUR package from the AUR is designed to allow MATLAB to be integrated into and managed by Arch. The package should be built on the system on which it is going to be installed and the package should be deleted from the installation location and the Pacman cache following installation. Distributing the package is a clear violation of the EULA.
The matlabAUR package from the AUR defaults to building a package for the most recent 64-bit release of MATLAB, although the PKGBUILD supports MATLAB releases from R2010b and even the installation of multiple releases simultaneous. The PKGBUILD defaults to installing all toolboxes that the file identification key allows, however, the PKGBUILD can be edited to include only a subset of the toolboxes. The selection of the toolboxes must be finalized at the time of package creation due to DRM policies put in place by The MathWorks. The matlabAUR package from the AUR requires that both the MATLAB installation software and the file installation key are available in the source directory. The file installation key must be in a file called
matlab.fik and the installation software must be in an iso file called
matlab.iso. Once the iso file and file installation key are created, the MATLAB package can be created and install as usual.
For MATLAB releases between r2010b and r2011a the contents of the iso file must include:
./install, and
./installer_input.txt. If the MATLAB download agent is used to download the installation software, then the iso file can be trivially created by simply running
mkisofs -r -o on the download directory.
For MATLAB releases including and after r2011b the contents of the iso file must include:
./install, and
./installer_input.txt. For version before r2014a, the MATLAB download agent could download all the required files and the iso file could be trivially created by simply running
mkisofs -r -o on the download directory. For MATLAB releases including and after r2014a the MATLAB download agent only downloads the MATLAB installer. The MATLAB installer then needs to be run to downloaded the MATLAB software and toolboxes. Therefore, a two step process is required to generate this iso file with the MATLAB download agent. First, you download and run the MATLAB installer to install MATLAB in a temporary directory. This process downloads the MATLAB software and toolboxes by default to
~/Downloads/MathWorks (this can be changed by passing the flag
-downloadFolder /path/to/directory). It is actually possible quit the MATLAB installer once the software and toolboxes are downloaded. Once the software and toolboxes are downloaded the required iso file can be created by merging the installer directory (containing above mentioned files) and the download directory (containing
./archives/), and then running
mkisofs -r -o on the resulting directory.
In order to run MATLAB it requires a license file to be installed. The license file can be generated with
$MATLABROOT/bin/activate_matlab.sh or downloaded from MATLAB directly.
Up to and including R2013b the license file was linked to the MAC address of eth0. This causes problems with the Predictable Network Interface Names[broken link: invalid section] used by Arch Linux. It is possible to disable predictable network interface names by adding
net.ifnames=0 in your kernel command line or by creating a udev rule file
# ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
It is also possible to change the name of a device[broken link: invalid section], but changing the name to eth0 can result in race conditions between the kernel and udev during boot. Another solution is to create a dummy network interface named eth0 with the MAC address linked to the license file. First, get that MAC address using
ip link. Next, create the following file:
[Unit] Description=Dummy network interface for MATLAB Requires=systemd-modules-load.service [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/sbin/ip link set dev dummy0 name eth0 ExecStart=/sbin/ip link set dev eth0 address 00:00:00:00:00:00 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace 00:00:00:00:00:00 with the MAC address linked to the license file.
Then make the script run on boot:
# systemctl enable matlab.licensing
Finally, set the dummy module to load on boot by creating the following file:
The MATLAB software is bundled with a JVM and therefore it is not necessary to install Java. The JVM version bundled with MATLAB typically lags behind jre7-openjdk from the official repositories and it is possible, although not required, to use the
MATLAB_JAVA environment variable to specify the path of an alternative JRE. For example, to specify the jre7-openjdk JRE and check the resulting version of Java, do:
$ MATLAB_JAVA=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "version -java, exit" | grep Java
Using alternative JRE would often solve some long-standing problems, such as the extra "
MEvent. CASE!" string when doing two-finger scrolling using touchpad. Another problem that can be solved in this way is the ugly, limited fonts provided by default, especially for some Chinese characters.
MATLAB can take advantage of hardware based 2D and 3D OpenGL acceleration. Support for hardware acceleration needs to be configured outside of MATLAB. Appropriate video drivers need to be installed along with the OpenGL utility library glu package. If X11 forwarding is being used, the video drivers need to be installed on both the client and server. To check if MATLAB is making use of hardware based OpenGL acceleration run:
$ matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "opengl info; exit" | grep Software
If "software rendering" is not "false", then there is a problem with your hardware acceleration. If this is the case make sure OpenGL is configured correctly on the system. This can be done with the
glxinfo program from the mesa-demos package:
$ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
If "direct rendering" is not "yes", then there is likely a problem with your system configuration.
If glxinfo works but not matlab, you can try to run:
$ export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libstdc++.so; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/; matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "opengl info; exit" | grep Software
If its works, you can edit Matlab launcher script to add:
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libstdc++.so export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/
fc-match Helvetica returns a font, figure fonts should work as expected.
While MATLAB can be run in a text only mode, it also provides advanced graphics capabilities. To confirm that MATLAB is making use of the system fonts run:
$ matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "xlabel('BIG FONT', 'FontSize', 42); ylabel('small font', 'FontSize', 12); pause; exit" > /dev/null
This should produce a MATLAB figure with "BIG FONT" in a large font on the abscissa and "small font" in a small font on the ordinate. If "BIG FONT" and "small font" are both the same size, refer to Xorg fonts to confirm that the correct the bitmap font package (either xorg-fonts-100dpi or xorg-fonts-75dpi from the official repositories) is installed on your system.
To confirm that MATLAB is able to use the default soundcard to present sounds run:
$ matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "load handel; sound(y, Fs); pause(length(y)/Fs); exit" > /dev/null
This should play an except from Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." If this fails make sure ALSA is properly configured. This can be done with the
speaker-test program from the alsa-utils package from the official repositories:
$ speaker-test
If you do not hear anything, then there is likely a problem with your system configuration.
MATLAB can take advantage of CUDA enabled GPUs to speed up applications. In order to take advantage of a supported GPU install the nvidia, nvidia-utils, ocl-icd, opencl-nvidia, and cuda packages from the official repositories. To check if MATLAB is able to utilize the GPU run:
$ matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "x=rand(10, 'single'); g=gpuArray(x); Success=isequal(gather(g), x), exit" | sed -ne '/Success =/,$p'
In order to access the full functionality of MATLAB (e.g., to use Simulink, Builder JA, and MEX-file compilation), supported versions of the
gfortran, and
jdk compilers must be installed. Details about the supported compilers for the current release and previous releases are available online. Many of the supported
jdk compiler versions for past MATLAB releases are available from the AUR (e.g., gcc43AUR, gcc44AUR, gcc47AUR, gcc49AURand jdk6AUR), while past versions of the
gfortran compilers are not packaged.
To use previous versions of the the
g++, and
gfortran compilers with MEX files, edit
${MATLAB}/bin/mexopts.sh and replace all occurrences of
CC='gcc' with
CXX='g++' with
CXX='g++-4.X', and
FC='gfortran' with
FC='gfortran-4.X', where
X is the compiler version appropriate for the particular MATLAB release.
The help browser uses valuable slots in the dynamic thread vector and causes competition with core functionality provided by libraries like the BLAS that also depend on the dynamic thread vector. The help browser can be configured to use fewer slots in the dynamic thread vector with
>> webutils.htmlrenderer('basic');
This is a persistent change and to reverse it use
>> webutils.htmlrenderer('default');
MATLAB has a number of libraries that have been compiled with static thread local storage (TLS) including the help broswer
doc and the BLAS libraries. For example,
>> doc('help'); >> ones(10)*randn(10); Error using * BLAS loading error: dlopen: cannot load any more object with static TLS
is related to the bugs:
A more general solution of recompiling
glibc has also been suggested. [1]
To identify this error, start MATLAB with
LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose matlab
from the terminal and try to collect OpenGL information with
opengl info from the MATLAB command prompt. If it crashes again and there is an output line like
libGL error: dlopen /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so failed (/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011b/bin/glnxa64/../../sys/os/glnxa64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so))
then the problem is that MATLAB uses its own GNU C++ library, which is an older version than the up-to-date version on your Archlinux system. Make MATLAB use the current C++ library for your system by
cd /usr/local/MATLAB/R(your release)/sys/os/glnxa64 sudo unlink libstdc++.so.6 sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
If MATLAB still crashes or corrupts graphics (during startup or when plotting), make sure Java's 2D OpenGL rendering is disabled.
The environment variable
_JAVA_OPTIONS should not contain
Blank/grey UI when using WM (non-reparenting window manager)
This is a common issue in a number of window managers. (DWM, Awesome, bspwm) Java does not play well with these window managers. There are two methods.
First try setting the environment variable by running
$ export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
If Matlab works afterwards, export the variable in your
If it doesn't resolve, you have to fool Java into thinking the WM is named LG3D. (It's an old, depreciated WM that Java applications ironically support) Clean the previous environment variable, install the wmname utility, and run.
wmname LG3D
Try running Matlab. If it works, put the fix in your starting script. (
bspwmrc and similar should be OK) Do note that other applications (such as
neofetch, or
tdrop) will think your WM is named LG3D, so you will have to configure them accordingly. Another solution is to run the command only before launching Matlab, and fixing the name after you are done with Matlab.
If it doesn't work, try the combination of both. (The second line works in bspwm) If it still doesn't work, try googling similar issues with java in general.
Set the environment variable
J2D_D3D to
In newer versions of MATLAB (R2015b) [3] this also requires setting
MATLAB_JAVA to something openjdk based. Example:
export J2D_D3D=false ./bin/glnxa64/install_unix -javadir /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre
If you notice that the menus or the input fields are corrupted or not appearing correctly then you can try to activate the "Use antialiasing to smooth desktop fonts" option in Matlab preferences, it seems to solve the problem. Go to Preferences -> Matlab -> Fonts and activate it. You will need to restart Matlab in order to take affect.
As one installs Matlab, it might complain that it cannot find a package, for the most part just look at the package name and then install it with Pacman, or in the case of x86_64 there are some libraries only in AUR.
- Make sure that the symlink
bin/glnx64/libstdc++.so.6is pointing to the correct version of
libstdc++.so.xx(which is also in the same directory and has numbers where 'xx' is). By default, it may be pointing to an older (and nonexistent) version (different value for 'xx').
- Make sure the device you're installing from is not mounted as
- If you downloaded the files from Mathworks' website, make sure they are not on an NTFS or FAT partition, because that can mess up the symlinks. Ext4 or Ext3 should work.
- Even if all needed libraries are installed, Matlab when starting can still report some missing libraries. This is resolved by symbolic linking of needed libraries to directories that Matlab checks at start-up. For example, if Matlab triggers error/warning about missing
/lib64/libc.so.6library, this can be resolved by:
# ln -s /lib/libc.so.6 /lib64
- Matlab R2011b with an up-to-date Arch Linux (as of March 12, 2012) fails on startup with the familiar "Failure loading desktop class." A solution is to point Matlab to the system JVM (confirmed to work with the jdk7-openjdk package):
export MATLAB_JAVA=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre
- Matlab R2017b with an up-to-date Arch Linux (as of September 30, 2017) fails on startup with the familiar "Failure loading desktop class." A solution is to install outdated versions of the libraries in the packages cairo (1.14.10 works) and harfbuzz (1.4.6 works) to a local directory and add them to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH for matlab (See also: [4]):
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/matlab/outdatedLibraries/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" /opt/matlab/R2017b/bin/matlab
If Matlab (R2016a or earlier) stops working after upgrading ncurses to v6.x, install the ncurses5-compat-libsAUR package. See BBS#202575.
In newer versions (e.g. R2017b), the issue could also be due to a font display failing to load. Try moving the libfreetype.so.6 font display file in $MATLAB/bin/glnxa64/ to an 'exclude' directory; see BBS#231299.
Some users have reported issues with DRI3 enabled on Intel Graphics chips. A possible workaround is to disable DRI3 and run MATLAB with hardware rendering on DRI2; to do so, launch MATLAB with the environment variable LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE set to 1:
LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1 /{MATLAB}/bin/matlab
If the previous workaround does not work, the issue can be circumvented by selecting software rendering with the MATLAB command (beware, performance may be very poor when doing e.g. big or complex 3D plots):
Addon manager requires the libselinuxAUR package to work. (in Matlab 2017b)
Since upgrade from pango-1.40.5 to pango-1.40.6, the MATLABWindow application (responsible for Add-On Manager, Simulation Data Inspector and perhaps something else) cannot be started. [7]
A workaround is to point MATLAB shipping glib libraries to those glib libraries from your system. There are 5 of those libraries in
matlabroot/R2017b/cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64, namely, as of R2017b:
libgio-2.0.so libglib-2.0.so libgmodule-2.0.so libgobject-2.0.so libgthread-2.0.so
Make it so that these symlinks are pointing to your system glib libraries instead of versions located in
On a standard arch install the local files reside in
Relinking of "libfreetype.so.6" is also necessary to open these interfaces. This is found in
If the window opens but is blank, consider switching the html renderer to: " webutils.htmlrenderer('basic');" as described in #Help browser[broken link: invalid section].
If you get the error when attempting to load or create a LiveScript:
Viewing matlab live script files is not currently supported by this operating system configuration
The steps in #Addon manager not working[broken link: invalid section] may resolve the issue.
Using webcam/video device
Make sure the correct support package addons are installed (webcam or OS Generic Video Interface for example). If running matlab as a user, make sure your user has write permissions to wherever the support packages are being downloaded and installed.
At least Matlab 2016b doesn't recognize webcams or imaq adapters correctly without gstreamer0.10. The gstreamer0.10 can be found in the aur and installed as a work around.
Since MATLAB R2017a, Image Acqusition Toolbox is using GStreamer library version 1.0. It previously used version 0.10.
Since upgrade of glibc from 2.24 to 2.25, MATLAB (at least R2017a) hangs when closing Help Browser. The issue is related to the particular version of jxbrowser-chromium shipped with MATLAB. This issue is still present with glibc 2.26 and MATLAB R2017b.
To fix this issue, download the latest jxbrowser and replace the following jars from MATLAB:
matlabroot/java/jarext/jxbrowser-chromium/jxbrowser-chromium.jar matlabroot/java/jarext/jxbrowser-chromium/jxbrowser-linux64.jar
MATLAB should automatically unpack those jars into
matlabroot/sys/jxbrowser-chromium/glnxa64/chromium when first opening Help Browser.
matlabroot/sys/jxbrowser-chromium/glnxa64/chromium directory to make sure MATLAB uses the latest jxbrowser.
Unfortunately, this workaround doesn't work in R2017b anymore. Going deeper into investigation of this issue, it is related to a crash of one of jxbrowser-chromium processes. The parent process of jxbrowser-chromium then sits there and waits for response from a process that is already dead. This causes MATLAB main window to freeze. You can easily unfreeze MATLAB by manually killing all leftover jxbrowser-chromium processes.
I've come up with this simple script that uses inotify and waits for user to close Help browser in MATLAB. It triggers when user closes Help browser and sends kill signal to all leftover jxbrowser-chromium processes:
#!/usr/bin/bash if [ -z "$1" ]; then REL=R2017b else REL=$1 fi JXPATH="/path/to/MATLAB/$REL/sys/jxbrowser-chromium/glnxa64/chromium" CMD="inotifywait -m -e CLOSE $JXPATH/resources.pak" #Exit if the daemon is already active if ! pgrep -f "$CMD" > /dev/null; then #Wait for user to close Help Browser, then killall leftover jxbrowser processes $CMD | while read line do killall "$JXPATH/jxbrowser-chromium" done else exit fi
I run this script as part of my MATLAB start script like that:
~/bin/unfreeze_matlab.sh R2017b &
To make sure that this background job is killed when I exit MATLAB, I use this in the beginning of MATLAB start script:
trap "trap - SIGTERM && kill -- -$$" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
In some interfaces - such as Simulation Data Inspector or Simulink Test Manager - nothing happens when choosing an item in dropdown menu (for example, when trying to change a number of subplots in Simulation Data Inspector). To work around this issue, hold down the Shift key while clicking the item in dropdown menu.
In case MATLAB will not start from a desktop environment by the call of its desktop file one should see the output as you start it from the terminal. For a Licensing error such as:
# matlab
MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering. License checkout failed. License Manager Error -9 This error may occur when: -The hostid of this computer does not match the hostid in the license file. -A Designated Computer installation is in use by another user. If no other user is currently running MATLAB, you may need to activate. Troubleshoot this issue by visiting: http://www.mathworks.com/support/lme/R2017a/9 Diagnostic Information: Feature: MATLAB License path: /home/<USER>/.matlab/R2017a_licenses/license_<NUM>_R2017a.lic:/home/<USER>/.matlab/R2017a_licenses/lice nse_Darkness_<NUM>_R2017a.lic:/opt/MATLAB/R2017a/licenses/license.dat:/opt/MATLAB/R2017a/licenses/* .lic Licensing error: -9,57.
a re-activation[broken link: invalid section] might solve the problem.
启动Matlab时显示"Failure loading desktop class"并崩溃
In case MATLAB won't start and starting it from command line gives you the following error:
$ matlab
Fatal Internal Error: Internal Error: Failure occurs during desktop startup. Details: Failure loading desktop class.
and you have the option
-Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel set in your
_JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable, start MATLAB with
$ _JAVA_OPTIONS= matlab
If this works, add the line
export _JAVA_OPTIONS=
to your MATLAB launcher script. Optionally re-add other Java options.
Matlab can be run within a systemd-nspawn container to maintain a static system and avoid the library issues that often plague matlab installs after significant updates to libraries in Arch. Refer to Systemd-nspawn for detailed information on setting up such containers.
The following lists instruction to get a MATLAB 2017b install running in a minimal debian 9 environment. It assumes matlab is already installed as normal in "/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b".
Use Xhost to allow the nspawn environment to use the existing X server instance.
Create a minimal debian environment in a folder ("deb9" here) with:
$ debootstrap --arch=amd64 stretch deb9
Set a password for the root user and then boot the environment with:
$ systemd-nspawn --bind-ro=/dev/dri --bind=/tmp/.X11-unix --bind=/usr/local/MATLAB/ -b -D deb9
Install the following packages to have the requisite libraries in the nspawn environment for MATLAB. "mesa-utils" and "usbutils" can be installed to debug graphics acceleration and usb interfaces for I/O with MATLAB.
$ apt-get install xorg build-essential libgtk2.0-0 libnss3 libasound2
Install the MATLAB-support (from contrib source) package in the environment for some convenient integration.
$ apt-get install matlab-support
Set the $DISPLAY variable to use your existing X server instance.
$ export DISPLAY=:0
MATLAB can be launched from within the environment normally by using the binary at $MATLABROOT/bin.


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Life in the Nebraska Sandhills... The Rural Life... Another Trip Down Memory Lane...
Several years ago, I found the above photo in the US Department of Agriculture photo archives. It's a very poignant image, I think. The tarpaper on the building speaks of poverty, but this little barefoot boy was fortunate in one respect -- he had a kitty to love.
I remember many happy hours spent with kittens when I was a little girl. We had a large barn that had a dozen horse stalls in the south part of it. The mama cats always had their kittens in the hay mangers at the ends of the horse stalls. The mangers were big enough that a little girl, (or even two little girls) could climb in and help a mama cat take care of her babies. No little kitten ever crawled about blindly, searching for milk and crying, if we were there to assist.
A mama cat broke the rules one spring and had her kittens beneath the underslung, a big trailer that was used for hauling haystacks to feed the cattle. The underslung was parked for the summer and there happened to be a little clump of hay under it. There the mama had made her nest. To visit, we had to scoot on our stomachs under the bed and framework of the trailer. When the nest was finally reached, we had to remain lying down, either on our backs or stomachs. It was a difficult situation, but we made occasional visits.
I crawled under there one day and I guess I forgot what a tight space I was in. I raised up too far, too fast, and struck my head sharply against a metal beam. It nearly knocked me out, and I lay there for a while moaning, with strange colors dancing in front of my eyes, until I could gather my wits and pull myself out of there. That was the last time I visited those kittens.
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My mother had a sweet story about a kitten experience when she was young. She dressed a cooperative cat in a doll dress and installed her nicely in a doll bed she had created. Then Mama was called to eat lunch. When she came back, she found that the cat (still dressed) had given birth to a kitten in her doll bed -- just one tiny brand-new kitten. What an exciting surprise that must have been!
My kids could tell their own stories about spending time with kittens. One thing that just doesn't change much is the special bond kids can make with kittens. The kitten in these photos is one we raised on a bottle. His name is Happy, and we still have him. He's a spoiled old rascal. He learned at an early age that he could get almost anything he wanted if he insisted.


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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Russell Branyan is someone's idea of slugger
(And don't get us wrong: We get that we do pretty much the same thing. But we'd like to think that we are vaguely entertaining and occasionally insightful...plus, we have pictures!)
We mention all of this because the talk last night about the Jays possibly showing some interest in Russell Branyan reminded us of one particularly obnoxious goof who used to regularly excrete his unbridled manlove for the big whiffing slugger when he was still a prospect in the Indians system. The poster, who went by the name Greyjay, would endlessly prattle on about how incredibly prescient and insightful he was, and how the multitude of absurd trades that he would suggest were the only path to glory for the Jays. (At some point, he was pretty much tossing Halladay into whatever package as a throw-in, while advocating the acquisition of Tony Armas Jr.)
Mostly, though, this dude would go on at length about how the Jays were stupid not to make a trade to get Branyan, as he was virtually guaranteed to hit 40 homers and drive in 125 runs every year. (And for those of you playing along at home, Branyan set career highs in those categories last season...with 31 homers and 76 RsBI.)
We're not sure what ever became of that dude, although we've occasionally convinced ourselves that he was either Bob Elliot or Richard Griffin. Considering the condescending tones of his writing, and the love of Canadian players and Expos, we could make an argument for either one. Whoever it was, we wonder today if he's be thrilled to see Branyan on the Jays radar, even if it is a decade later than he expected. At the very least, the guy would have to be impressed that the Jays could still acquire Branyan after his best season in the majors, especially considering that the other object of his affections in those days was the otherworldly talent of Ruben Mateo.
Our thoughts on Branyan
Even if he did manage to put up some numbers last season, Branyan is still an all-or-nothing hack machine, and moreover, one coming off a back injury that contributed to his posting a .688 OPS in the second half of last season.
He can scarcely play a position in the field (he's a -10.0 UZR at third for his career), and his presence would merely add to the log jam of LF/1B/DH types on the roster.
So, no, we're not a fan.
12 comments:
- MJK said...
veterans will play at the expense of young talent under Cito. this is not conjecture, this is fact.
given that Snider needs to play everyday so that the Jays can know what they have in him offensively and defensively there is no justification for bringing in anyone who who might play ahead of him. The same will be true for Wallace if he comes up mid-season (or earlier).
these legacy signings make no sense for the Jays and smack of the JP "just don't be awful so i can keep my job" era, which we are all desperately trying to forget.
- February 10, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- The Ack said...
Everything seems to hinge on Overbay. Branyan might be more attractive if there was a need for a LH hitting first baseman to plug the hole until Wallace arrives.
At this point, with camp just around the corner, it seems like Overbay will begin the season a Blue Jay.
- February 10, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- The Ack said...
^^ much to The Manager's chagrin.
- February 10, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- Ian Hunter said...
The REAL question is - how are Branyan's stats in MLB2K5? Because if he's a stud in 2K5, then the Jays should go for him.
I think that's the baseball game of your choice, right Tao? Or was it MVP '05?
- February 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Actually, I'm now rocking the 2K8 for the Wii after a few years of 2K6 for the Gamecube.
And I don't ever remember even thinking about Branyan in either edition.
(Chad Tracy, though, is another story, because he was awesome. In 2K Land.)
- February 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Screw Mlb2K. The best game around is MLB 09: The Show for the PS3!!
- February 10, 2010 at 2:52 PM
I respectfully disagree... The best baseball game ever invented was Base Wars... and on that note, the only two things the Jays need to do are find a pitcher with a cannon for an arm (literally), and equip the entire team with lasers. Oh yeah, and to lobby MLB to change the rules, so that outs are determined through 1-on-1 combat, instead of the sissy crap they've been running with for the past hundred-odd years or so. Also, we need more robots (since we lost the only one we've ever had)
- February 10, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Ian Hunter said...
Matt C, '09 The Show is amazing, but I find the learning curve on the hitting to be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. Even on rookie, I can barely hit the damn ball.
Hillaj, Base Wars is the shit. So is Bases Loaded.
- February 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Russel Branyan said...
- February 10, 2010 at 11:50 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Indeed, you did good sir. I was looking at the wrong column. It's fixed.
And for the record, Hardball 5 was wicked awesome.
- February 11, 2010 at 12:22 AM
Super Baseball 2020 was a delightful romp through BASEBALL WITH ROBOTS AND 150+ MPH FASTBALLS HOLY JESUS.
The arcade version was especially delightful.
Also, fuck Russel Branyan. Let's go for cuban defector Leslie Anderson for our lead-off Right Fielder.
- February 11, 2010 at 5:16 AM
Nice use of "fiefdom".
- February 12, 2010 at 12:31 PM