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MOUNDVILLE | An investigation is underway by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management into the dumping practices of a newly operational biodiesel operation.
MOUNDVILLE | An investigation is underway by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management into the dumping practices of a newly operational biodiesel operation.
The allegations against Veros Energy LLC were brought to ADEM by Black Warrior Riverkeeper Nelson Brooke, who said he discovered what appeared to be high amounts of fats and grease in the river's Carthage Branch tributary.
A spokesman for Veros Energy said the claims against the company were overblown and that it is operating within the bounds of its federally-issued discharge permit.
However, the claims have sparked a review of its monitoring systems that will be adjusted if the need arises.
Brooke said he went to inspect the tributary that lies at the end of the Douglas Nature Trail in the Moundville Archeological Park because a prior biodiesel operation had caused pollutants to accumulate in the area.
These findings resulted in a federal lawsuit brought by the Riverkeeper against Alabama Biodiesel, a suit that ended in a 2008 settlement in U.S. District Court in Birmingham that required Alabama Biodiesel to cease illegal discharges of oil and grease, obtain a discharge permit and pay $45,000 in damages and attorneys' fees.
"Sadly, there was oil and glycerin ... (and) it's not a pretty site in the tributary over there," Brooke said. "It was kind of like d�j� vu."
Brooke took photographs and videos that were submitted last week to ADEM.
The state agency said Friday that it had visited Veros Energy on Cherokee Bend and on Monday had obtained water samples to analyze.
"We are analyzing those water samples for a wide range of compounds ... so it will be a few more days before we get those analytical results complete," said ADEM spokesman Scott Hughes.
Any company discharging waste into public bodies of water must obtain a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
The permit used by Veros Energy allows for 15 milligrams per liter of oils and grease to be dumped into Carthage Branch each month.
Brooke's samples that he collected in one day earlier this month have been analyzed and, according to results compiled by Birmingham-based Sutherland Environmental Co., indicated the water submitted by the Riverkeeper contained oils and grease at a level of 89 milligrams per liter.
The Riverkeeper said he alerted ADEM not just because of his concerns over the water quality, but also of worries that people may unknowingly expose themselves to the pollutants.
"We check on this stuff because we want to ensure facilities are abiding by the law, they're following the Clean Water Act and they're not putting people in harm's way," Brooke said, noting that he observed a folding beach chair and a child's footprints along the banks while he was conducting his investigation. "(Carthage Branch) is a common place for people to hang out and there's no signs or anything telling people industrial discharge ... is coming up the creek."
Rob McNaughton, commercial manager for Veros Energy, said the Riverkeeper's claims were not as accurate as Brooke claimed and said ADEM's inspectors had found no wrongdoing by the company during its visits.
"We are completely in compliance with all environmental agencies," McNaughton said, adding that ADEM officials had given the company verbal assurance that they had found no evidence of non-compliance.
"They have been on-site and inspected us and we are in complete compliance," he said.
McNaughton said he and others with Veros Energy have agreed to meet with Brooke and the Riverkeeper team to discuss their concerns.
However, Veros Energy remains a relatively new operation, McNaughton said, and several issues remain to be addressed.
The plant is configured to operate off of sustainable waste products, such as used cooking oil, and is not focusing on food products as a primary source for its operations.
Additionally, some of the substances Brooke observed in the creek are naturally occurring and attributed to the chemical decomposition of plants and wildlife, McNaughton said.
"What's happened in the past with prior management is prior management," McNaughton said. "We have no intent to violate any reg(ulation)s and, in fact, we intend to exceed the regs that are imposed on us. ...
"It's a process. We've got lots of things we have to address, but our top priority is being compliant."
Reach Jason Morton at email@example.com or 205-722-0200.

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Rowdy's Dream Blog #150: Racing Down a Snow-Packed Mountain Road in a Snow Plow
I am in a mad auto race down a steep, snow-packed, winding mountain road. I drive a large snow plough and race in a tight pack against several school busses and semi-trucks. We scrape against the guardrails at every curve. Occasional cross-country skiers are scooped up and sent flying.


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A question about mimne^sko^.
I'm unclear about the use of the passive form.
Does it only mean "to be remembered" ?
Does it mean "to remember + acc. or + gen." like the middle form ?
mimne^sko^ in Perseus.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... imnh%2Fskw
The way LSJ writes here is obscure to me.


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&TV is one of the best Hindi TV Channels owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched in 2015 and became one of the top Hindi Entertainment channels nationwide in a short span of time. The channel aired many popular tv shows like Sabse Shaana Kaun with Shah Rukh Khan, Gangaa, Agent Raghav Crime Branch, Santhoshi Maa, Yeh Kahan Aaa Gaye hum etc.
Some of the best shows currently running on this channel are Agnifera, Bhabhiji ghar par hai, Chupke Chupke, Bakula Bua ka Bhoot, Paramavtar Shri Krishna etc. The show promises diverse and dynamic mix of relatable fiction and high voltage nonfiction, events and block buster movies etc. The channel features both type of programs, programs which entertain the Indian household and the youth which became one of the key features in its popularization.
You can watch &TV Live using YuppTV from any country around the world. YuppTV makes it easy to access &TV Live on Smart Televisions. YuppTV application is also accessible on Smart phones and Tablets which enables &TV Live streaming online. &TV live streaming is also possible on PCs/ Laptops, Media Players, and Gaming consoles.


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Do you have long hair and are not sure if you want to a long term commitment in going shorter? Jennifer Lopez shows how you can wear it short for just one evening out. For this particular style, Jennifer Lopez has curled her long locks of hair. Once finished curling, her hair was then strategically tucked at the nape/base of her neck and then pinned. Thus giving her a bobbed style without the cut. So if your apprehensive about cutting a bob on yourself, just try pinning your hair to look shorter and you won't have any regrets.
Photographer: Janet Mayer / PR Photos


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A new patent from Google hints at plans to use your GPS location to assist with camera settings. In reality, the GPS will be used to determine the current weather and whether your inside or outside, Engadget reports.
That information can then be used to control settings like white balance, flash, saturation, etc., to compensate for the different light during an indoor birthday party compared to an outdoor BBQ. Unique situations are usually best to be handled on manual mode, but adding deeper information on lighting could further strengthen automatic mode for casual photographers (ie: most of us).
The new patent could be a step towards fulfilling the promise of "insanely great" cameras in upcoming Nexus phones and you won't see us complaining. Of course, patent applications are never a sure bet and we've been disappointed before. But between the promise of better camera technology and this very specific and realistic patent application, it seems Google is doubling down on camera quality.
If this does make it to a newer version of Android it will be cool to see how it interacts with the Samsung Galaxy S4's new sensors that measure the temperature and humidity of its surroundings. It seems to us that this patent could have further applications than simply amping up your photos. But like most patents, this is all speculation and we'll have to wait and see if it ever comes to fruition.


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Best of the Bargains: Bathroom Faucets for Under $100
You know what's surprisingly expensive? Bathroom hardware. Most brand name faucets will set you back at least a couple hundred dollars. Luckily, there's a market of sub-Benjamin faucets that don't sacrifice aesthetics.
Of course, occasionally you get what you pay for, so do some due diligence on the brand and model you prefer and make sure the source has a reasonable return policy.
I've looked at some of the usual discounty suspects here, but the best deals seemed to be aggregated on Amazon.
1 Single Handle Chrome Centerset Sink Faucet LD-2114, $59.99 from Light in the Box
2 Hans Kristof Single Handle Polished Chrome Finish Bathroom Faucet 08S, $64.95 from Modern Danish
3 Vigo VG05001CH Wall Mount Bathroom Faucet, $82.20 from faucet.com
4 Aquadis M06-2160CH Centerset Washerless Widespread Bathroom Faucet, $54.00 from Fixture Universe
5 Kingston Brass KS1161PX Heritage Widespread Lavatory Faucet with Porcelain Cross Handle, $73.30 (list price $265.95!) from Amazon
6 Danze D303057 Opulence Two Handle Mini Widespread Lavatory Faucet, $85.83 (list price $288!) from Amazon
7 Heritage 4" Center Set Lavatory Faucet, $96.99 from Target
8 Fontaine Amor Chrome Widespread Bathroom Faucet, $92.99 from Overstock
9 Price Pfister Satin Nickel Bathroom Faucet F049SYKK, $59.99 from thefaucetdiscounters on eBay
10 Bayview Collection Premier 120168LF Lead Free Two Handle Lavatory Faucet, $21.12 from Build.com
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New customers may purchase licenses of the Comeau C/C++ 4.3.8 BETA for MS-Windows for $50 each, which will allow you to get the GA version free of charge when it becomes available.
See our main web page to order.
set COMO_PLATFORM_SDK=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2If this is set wrong, you'll know because you'll get errors about headers such as windows.h.
As the Comeau home page mentions, 4.3.3 is jam packed with new features. This is especially true for the Windows port of Comeau C++. So, please READ THIS DOCUMENT IN FULL, even if you've already used a beta version. As well, it will be handy to read the revised libcomo documentation specific for this particular 4.3.3 release. Some highlights of this Comeau C/C++ 4.3.3 release include:
Details of 4.3.3 for MS-Windows follow:
Until now, Comeau C/C++ had been extensively tested with the C part of MS Visual C++. The tailored compilers supported now include:
Note: You cannot yet use any 3.x based gcc with Comeau C++ under Windows. If you can't locate an older MinGW you should be able to pick it up from here
C++ prelinker: warning: no output produced by nm -- possible configuration problemor you might get a linker error.
Note that an executable might still be produced, and it might even start to execute if you run it, but it will probably malfunction, even if it completes execution. So if you get this warning, adjust your PATH and recompile.
como.exe tries to detect this, but it's not completely possible to do so. When it does detect it, it emits a diagnostic. As well, if you are suspicious that this might be the case, you can use the --check_link option (note that compilation is not completed when this option is specified) and it will tell you what it finds as possibilities. If the first path in the list is not as expected, then you'll need to adjust your PATH accordingly, as described above.
{,YourFile.c,} .99(where 99 is the line number) into the breakpoint window box input field. Note that name mangling is not an issue in C mode, or with extern "C"'d functions, so you can use those names directly, if you want, in addition to the above choices.
Debugging code generated with MinGW, Borland, lcc-win32, Digital Mars, or MetroWerks CodeWarrior as the backend is still something that we need to look into further, but should work similarly to VC++ and Borland. We welcome your feedback on this.
Note that to use Comeau C/C++ in strict mode under MS-Windows do not just specify --no_microsoft and/or --no_microsoft_bugs, as that doesn't usually help much unless you don't use header files. Similarly, do not just specify the -A or -a option (note these have one dash). Instead, to use Comeau C/C++ in strict mode under MS-Widows, use the --A or --a options (note these have two dashes) options. They will allow you to use many of the Microsoft, Borland, MinGW, lcc-win32, Metrowerks CodeWarrior and Digital Mars header files in strict mode, as well as those from libcomo. We have not tested it with every header file though, so some may still be problematic. Please report those that are.
Note as well that some of the Borland and MetroWerks header files do not end in a newline, so you may find you cannot use --A and instead must use --a (unless you actually go in and add a newline to the Borland or Metrowerks header files that have this problem). Similarly, you may want to choose --a if you want to use something like long long. New since 126.96.36.199 though is that you can specify --long_long (as an extension) while in strict mode.
Use of these options also mean that --wchar_t, -D_WCHAR_T_DEFINED and --no_microsoft_bugs are no longer necessary to have to explicitly specify on the command line. As well, if libcomo gets automatically established as described below, you don't have to explicitly specify libcomo paths any longer either. Since the 18.104.22.168 "c" releases, in most cases, all you have to specify to como is the file name simplifying your command lines and makefiles! Note too that new options --no_A and --no_a are supported. This might be handy if you are using an @ file (another new feature, see below).
Last but not least, see below for C compiler header file changes that may be necessary.
Environment variable notes:
rem EXAMPLE ONLY, only do if necessary, your directories may be different set COMO_INCLUDE=c:\como430\include\vc;c:\Program Files\MS\PlatformSDK\includeNote this is talking about COMO_INCLUDE in a particular case, and not COMO_MS_INCLUDE. COMO_INCLUDE should not contain the VC++ include directory, or the Comeau C++ include directory, or the libcomo directory.
Environment variable SAMPLE SETUPS:
rem MinGW 2.95.3-5's main include directory set COMO_MIN_INCLUDE=e:\mingw.2.95.3-5\include rem Add Comeau bin to PATH set PATH=%PATH%;e:\tmp\como432\bin rem Add MinGW 2.95.3-5's bin to PATH set Path=e:\mingw.2.95.3-5\bin;%PATH% rem libcomo is installed in e:\tmp\como432\libcomo rem Under this setup COMO_LIB_BASE is not needed rem But you need to run "makeit min" from the libcomo directoryNote that the use of all environment variables discussed earlier is not necessary. For instance, note that COMO_BASE and TMPDIR are not specifically set, and normally that is just fine.
Note the location of MinGW 2.95.3-5 on your system will be different.
rem Needed for VC6, independent of Comeau set INCLUDE=C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\ATL\INCLUDE;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\INCLUDE;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE set LIB=C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\LIB;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\MFC\LIB rem VC6's main include directory set COMO_MS_INCLUDE=C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\INCLUDE rem Add Comeau bin to PATH set PATH=%PATH%;e:\tmp\como4301\bin rem Add VC6 bin to PATH set Path=%PATH%;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\BIN rem libcomo is installed in e:\tmp\como4301\libcomo rem Under this setup COMO_LIB_BASE is not needed rem But you need to run "makeit vc" from the libcomo directoryNote that the use of all environment variables discussed earlier is not necessary.
Note the location of VC6.0 on your system will be different and may be set up via your VC6.0 vcvars32 command, if that's how you set up VC6.0 on your system, so it may set up INCLUDE, LIB and PATH for you.
rem Needed for VC7.0, independent of Comeau set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\PlatformSDK\include\prerelease;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\PlatformSDK\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\include;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\ATL\INCLUDE;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\INCLUDE;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\MFC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\include\ set LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\ATLMFC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\PlatformSDK\lib\prerelease;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\PlatformSDK\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\lib;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\LIB;C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\MFC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\ rem VC7.0's main include directory set COMO_MS_INCLUDE=c:\progra~1\micros~1.net\vc7\include rem Add Comeau bin to PATH set PATH=%PATH%;e:\tmp\como4301\bin rem Add VC7.0 bin to PATH set PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\bin\prerelease;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705;%PATH% rem libcomo is installed in e:\tmp\como4301\libcomo rem Under this setup COMO_LIB_BASE is not needed rem But you need to run "makeit vc7" from the libcomo directoryNote that the use of all environment variables discussed earlier is not necessary.
Note the location of VC7.0 on your system will be different and may be set up via your VC7.0 vsvars32 command, if that's how you set up VC7.0 on your system, so it may set up INCLUDE, LIB and PATH for you.
rem Needed for VC7.1, independent of Comeau set INCLUDE=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\INCLUDE;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\PlatformSDK\include\prerelease;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\PlatformSDK\include;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\include; set LIB=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\ATLMFC\LIB;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\LIB;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\PlatformSDK\lib\prerelease;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\PlatformSDK\lib;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\lib; rem VC7.0's main include directory set COMO_MS_INCLUDE=f:\progra~1\micros~3.net\vc7\include rem Add Comeau bin to PATH set PATH=g:\como438\bin;%PATH% rem Add VC7.1 bin to PATH set Path=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\BIN;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\bin\prerelease;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\bin;f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\bin;f:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322;%PATH% rem VC++ 7.1 also needs some other environment variables: set DevEnvDir=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE set FrameworkDir=f:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework set FrameworkSDKDir=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1 set FrameworkVersion=v1.1.4322 set MSVCDir=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7 set VCINSTALLDIR=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 set VS71COMNTOOLS="f:\progra~1\micros~3.net\vc7\include\..\..\common7\tools\" set VSINSTALLDIR=f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE rem libcomo is installed in g:\como438\libcomo rem Under this setup COMO_LIB_BASE is not needed rem But you need to run "makeit vc71" from the libcomo directoryNote that the use of all environment variables discussed earlier is not necessary.
Note the location of VC7.1 on your system will be different and may be set up via your VC7.1 vsvars32 command, if that's how you set up VC7.1 on your system, so it may set up INCLUDE, LIB and PATH for you.
rem Needed for Metrowerks, independent of Comeau set CWFolder=C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior set LM_LICENSE_FILE=C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\license.dat set MWCWinx86Includes=+C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL;+C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-X86 Support;C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL\MSL_C\MSL_Common\Include;C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-X86 Support\Headers\Win32 SDK; set MWWinx86Libraries=+C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL;+C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-x86 Support; set MWWinx86LibraryFiles=MSL_C_x86.lib;MSL_Extras_x86.lib;MSL_Runtime_x86.lib;MSL_C++_x86.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;kernel32.lib; rem Metrowerks main C include directory set COMO_MW_INCLUDE=c:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL\MSL_C\MSL_Common\include rem Add Comeau bin to PATH set PATH=%PATH%;e:\tmp\como4301\bin rem Add Metrowerks bin's to PATH set PATH=C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Bin;C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Other Metrowerks Tools\Command Line Tools;C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-x86 Support\Libraries\Runtime\Libs\MSL_All-DLLs;%PATH% rem libcomo is installed in e:\tmp\como4301\libcomo rem Under this setup COMO_LIB_BASE is not needed rem But you need to run "makeit mw" from the libcomo directoryNote that the use of all environment variables discussed earlier is not necessary.
Note the location of Metrowerks on your system will be different.
Comeau C++>como file.cpp Comeau C++>aout Comeau C++>como file1.cpp file2.cpp Comeau C++>aoutTo compile only, without linking, use the -c command line option:
Comeau C++>como xyz.c Compile and link Comeau C++>como -c xyz.c Compile only, results in xyz.objDo not confuse this with the --c (note two dashes not one) option which specifies C90 mode. So if you want to compile but not link a C90 source you'd write:
Comeau C++>como -c --c c.cNote that you must also use como when link'ing your object files.
Comeau C++>link xyz.obj Don't do this, this is an error Comeau C++>como xyz.obj Compile xyz.obj into aout.exeTo override the default file name, use the -o option. For instance:
Comeau C++>como xyz.c Comeau C++>aout <Output here> Comeau C++>como -o abc xyz.c Comeau C++>abc <Output here> Comeau C++>como -c a.cpp b.cpp Comeau C++>como -o xyz a.obj b.obj Comeau C++>xyzDo not use a file extension with -o:
Comeau C++>como -o abc.exe xyz.c Don't do thisAnd do note that there is whitespace after -o, so this is not allowed:
Comeau C++>como -oabc xyz.cSupport for -o'ing to different directories and -o'ing of object files is now available. This option expects the burden of specifying proper file extensions for object files to be upon you.
Mixing compiler is not fruitful:
Comeau C++>como -c --vc71 xyz.cpp Comeau C++>como --bcc xyz.obj Don't do thisMixing languages should be ok so long as you're using the same backend C compiler and you've used extern "C", etc.
Comeau C++>como -c --c99 cpart.c Comeau C++>como -c cpppart.cpp Comeau C++>como cpart.obj cpppart.obj Should be ok Comeau C++>aout
LINK: warning LNK4224: /DEBUGTYPE:BOTH is no longer supported; ignoredThis means that you need to specify that you're using VC++ 7.x as the backend C compiler (via either the --vc71 or --vc7 command line option or the default.vc71 or default.vc7 control file). If you don't, the linker might still create an executable but it will be erroneous.
As well, note that if you get the following message:
LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be definedThis means that you are missing a main(). Using with a MinGW gcc backend might produce:
Note that you can only suppress a diagnostic with a -D on the error number. If it does not have a -D then you cannot suppress that particular diagnostic.
Note also that for MS-Windows, there must be an equal sign between the suppress option and its argument, and there can be no spaces before or after the equal sign.
Note also that you can specific multiple suppressions with multiple --diag_suppresses, for instance:
--diag_suppress=1 --diag_suppress=9 --diag_suppress=111or together seperated by commas (again with no embedded spaces):
You have to set up some additional environment variables with Metrowerks CodeWarrior too, but you should not have this concern when using Comeau C++ with the Borland, MinGW, lcc-win32 or Digital Mars backends. If you do, please contact us.
Failure while executing 'XXX' compiler ...email Comeau for adviceYou should double check that you've made the shadow header file changes as detailed below.
Additionally, there are some cases where parameter names are used in inline assember code. Here, the parameter names become mangled, but as inline assemble is not C++, the two names end up being different, and then the underlying C code generates an error. In such cases, it may be best to use stack offsets (displacements from the stack pointer) instead of the C++ identifier names of the parameters.
If neither of these seem to be the case, definitely contact us with your details.
#ifdef __COMO__ #define Int64ShllMod32(v, s) ((DWORDLONG)(v) << (s)) #define Int64ShraMod32(v, s) ((LONGLONG)(v) >> (s)) #define Int64ShrlMod32(v, s) ((DWORDLONG)(v) >> (s)) #else /* The original code block here, from the pragma to the pragma */ #endif
_CRTIMP void __cdecl _assert(const char *, const char *, unsigned);
Look for the lines which set __STD whether __cplusplus is set or not. Change that block of code to this:
#if defined(__COMO__) #undef __STD /* Just in case ctype.h already included */ #ifdef __cplusplus #define __STD std /* Establish libcomo's definition */ #else #define __STD #endif #else /* The original code block here, from the #ifdef to the #endif */ #endif
#ifndef __COMO_MIN_FLOAT_H #define __COMO_MIN_FLOAT_H #include_next <float.h> #undef DBL_EPSILON #undef LDBL_EPSILON #define DBL_EPSILON 2.2204460492503131E-16 #define LDBL_EPSILON 2.2204460492503131E-16 #endifNote that include_next will not work when --A is specified. If you need that, then you'll need to make a full shadow copy and then change the DBL_EPSILON and LDBL_EPSILON definitions in the shadow version.
void __stdcall *I_RpcAllocate(unsigned int);
char * PASCAL inet_ntoa(struct in_addr); ... struct hostent * PASCAL gethostbyaddr(const char*,int,int); struct hostent * PASCAL gethostbyname(const char*); struct servent * PASCAL getservbyport(int,const char*); struct servent * PASCAL getservbyname(const char*,const char*); struct protoent * PASCAL getprotobynumber(int); struct protoent * PASCAL getprotobyname(const char*);
__asm mov eax, fs:[0x10] return 0;and the definition of GetFiberData(void) to:
__asm { mov eax, fs:[0x10] mov eax,[eax] } return 0;
_assert(const char *, const char *, unsigned);Leave the __cdecl and such alone. Also, comment out the next line which reads:
#pragma noreturn(_assert)
Also, a few lines down from the typedef for va_list in stdio.h, there is declarations for vwprintf, vfwprintf, swprintf, vswprintf each one line after the other. Wrap those 4 lines with an #ifndef __COMO__ ... #endif
#ifdef __COMO__ #undef DBL_EPSILON #undef DBL_MAX #undef DBL_MIN #undef FLT_MAX #undef FLT_MIN #undef FLT_EPSILON #undef LDBL_EPSILON #undef LDBL_MAX #undef LDBL_MIN #define DBL_EPSILON /*0x1p-52*/ /*2.22045e-16*/ 2.2204460492503131E-16 #define DBL_MAX /*0x1.FFFFFFFFFFFFFp1023*/ 1.79769e+308 #define DBL_MIN /*0x1p-1022*/ /*2.22507e-308*/ 2.2250738585072014e-308 #define FLT_MAX /*0x1.FFFFFEp+127*/ 3.40282e+38 #define FLT_MIN /*0x1p-126*/ 1.17549e-38 #define FLT_EPSILON /*0x1p-23 / * 1.19209290e-7f */ 1.19209e-07 #define LDBL_EPSILON /*0x1p-63L*/ (DBL_EPSILON + 0.0L) #define LDBL_MAX /*0x1.FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEp+16383L*/ (DBL_MAX+0.0L) #define LDBL_MIN /*0x1p-16382L*/ (DBL_MIN+0.0L) #endif
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Modifiers should influence the output of both the targets and their dependencies.
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Note that there is a new command line option under MS-Windows to internally recognize use of the Dinkumware library, which gets effected by -M'ing. See next bullet.
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Upon activation of the Dinkumware option, como will see if Dinkumware is installed in your Comeau directory tree, in a directory named dinkumware. If so, it will automatically pick up the directory. In this case, the use of COMO_DINKUMWARE_BASE described below should not be used.
If the COMO_DINKUMWARE_BASE environment variable is detected, como will query it for the location of the Dinkumware libraries in order that its path can be recognized as a "system include" (it expects the "top most" dinkumware directory to be specified, so for instance, use e:\dinkumware NOT e:\dinkumware\include).
This above capability means that there is a mechanism whereby the Dinkumware path can be implicitly added to your compilations. This is not yet available for UNIX or LINUX versions of Comeau C++.
Options that Dinkumware normally requires are automatically added when used with VC++, Borland, and MinGW backends. As well, como will now automatically add the .lib for linking. It assumes you're using the C99/Standard version of the Dinkumware lib. So, for instance, if you are specifying use of a VC++ backend, it would use como_vc_c99_standard.lib, in C++ and C mode.
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mixtures are regulated by a drop in engine manifold
vacuum, or carburetor venturi vacuum (Vega), regardless of
the degree of throttle opening. Additional fuel is supplied for power mixtures according to engine demands.
The pump system uses a vented type pump plunger. On
early models, this is accomplished by means of a vapor vent
ball in the pump plunger head; on later models, venting is
accomplished by means of the "floating" pump cup. In this
way, any fuel vapors that form in the pump well are vented
to the float bowl during hot engine operation. Venting of
the pump plunger assures the pump well and passages will
be primed with solid fuel at all times for adequate
accelerator pump action.
The main metering jets are a fixed orifice type so that wearing parts can be kept to a minimum. Metering
calibration is accomplished through a system of calibrated
orifices and air bleeds which supply the correct air/fuel
mixtures to the engine throughout all operational ranges.
The carburetor float bowl is located so that each system
will give instantaneous response for maximum efficiency
and performance.
discharge nozzles on turns, and engine loading can result. If
the fuel level is lower than the specified setting it can cause
lean mixtures, hesitation on acceleration, engine surge, plus engine cut-out during heavy fuel demands.
The Model 2G, 2GC, 2GV Rochester Carburetor has
been kept basically simple for ease of service.
The power enrichment valve on the Chevrolet Vega 2GV model is serviced as a complete assembly.
The float system operates as follows:
Power restrictions, where used, are pressed into the float
bowl and have no wearing parts, thereby making replace
ment unnecessary.
Fuel from the engine fuel pump is forced through the
fuel inlet screen or filter, and on through the float needle
seat, past the float needle, into the float bowl. Fuel flow continues until the fuel raises the float pontoon to a
position where it forces the float needle against the float
needle seat and shuts off fuel flow. As fuel is used from the
carburetor bowl during engine operation, the float again drops downward, moving the float needle off its seat,
allowing more fuel to flow into the float bowl, thereby
keeping the fuel level constant.
All field adjustments have been made as simple as
possible. There are no adjustments required for the part
throttle or power system.
For ease in servicing, special tools, gauges, and field
adjustments have been kept to a minimum.
There are six basic systems used in the Rochester Model "G" 2-bore carburetor. They are float, idle, main metering, power, accelerator pump and choke systems. The following
text will describe the operation of these systems for ease in trouble-shooting. The recommended disassembly, cleaning, inspection and assembly procedures are also given.
The float drop tang located at the rear of the float arm
prevents the float from moving too far downward. The
maximum float drop must be maintained so that the float
assembly will drop sufficiently to allow maximum fuel flow
under heavy engine fuel demands. Some models use a float
needle pull clip which is attached to the float arm and
connected to the float needle valve. The purpose of the pull
clip is to pull the float needle off its seat, should it stick
closed due to dirt or gum formations.
For specific adjustment procedures and specifications
for each particular carburetor, refer to the "D" Section of
the 9X Parts and Service Manual.
The shapes of the floats vary somewhat, and along with them the method of checking the float level.
FLOAT SYSTEM (Figure 1)
The carburetor float system controls the fuel level in the
carburetor bowl. Fuel level is very important because it must be maintained to give proper carburetor metering
throughout all ranges of engine operation. If the fuel level is
too high in the float bowl, problems such as rich mixtures
affecting mileage and emissions, fuel spillage from the main
Some 2G carburetors use a spring-loaded float needle.
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vibration, etc., this spring keeps the fuel level from creeping
up and causing flooding of the engine.
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The Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) is an important game fish, popular with surfcasters, that is found from Massachusetts (U.S.A.) to northern Mexico. Red Drum travel in schools during their spring and fall migrations. They are known as Redfish in Florida and along the Gulf Coast and as Channel Bass in many other regions. Large specimens (which are usually well under 1.5 meters) are knowsn as "bullreds", while smaller ones are known as "ratreds". (Boschung et al. 1983; Robins and Ray 1986)


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Almost 40 years ago, in Buckley vs. Valeo, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress didn't violate the 1st Amendment when it imposed reasonable limits on contributions to political candidates and campaign committees in an attempt to check the role of big money in politics. That bedrock of campaign finance law survived even the court's ill-conceived decision in Citizens United three years ago removing restrictions on independent political spending by corporations and unions. But some wealthy Americans have never reconciled themselves to the idea that they can't lavish as much money as they want on their favorite candidates, and some Supreme Court justices are sympathetic to that point of view. On Tuesday, the court will hear a case that could mark the beginning of the end of restrictions on contributions.
Federal election law imposes two sorts of limits on political donations by individuals. "Base limits" put a ceiling on how much a donor can give to a candidate and to various political committees. But there are also "aggregate" limits on how much a donor can give to all candidates and committees combined. In Tuesday's case, Shaun McCutcheon, a Republican donor from Alabama, is challenging the aggregate limits that capped his contributions in the 2011-12 election cycle at $46,200 for candidate contributions and $70,800 for other contributions.
If the court were to accept McCutcheon's arguments, only the aggregate limits would fall. But even that change would make it easier for wealthy donors to buy influence with parties and officeholders. What's more, such a decision would embolden those on and off the court who believe that base limits also should be declared unconstitutional.
In upholding the aggregate limits, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suggested that they make it harder for wealthy donors to circumvent the base limits. Without aggregate limits, the court said, a donor could make a $500,000 contribution to a committee raising funds for multiple candidates and, through a complicated series of transactions, that amount could "find its way" to supporting a single candidate, who "would know precisely where to lay the wreath of gratitude." McCutcheon's lawyers scoff at what they call "far-fetched circumvention scenarios," but the more money donors may give, the greater the possibility that some of it will be used to get around the base limits.
More important, abolishing aggregate limits would allow wealthy donors to make million-dollar contributions to joint committees fronted by presidential candidates or party leaders. As Democracy 21, a campaign reform group, notes: "These are precisely the kind of huge contributions that Congress has recognized since the Watergate reforms in 1974, and that the Supreme Court has held since the Buckley decision in 1976, are subject to contribution limits in order to prevent opportunities for corruption and the appearance of corruption."
Beyond its immediate consequences, a ruling striking down the aggregate limits would blur a distinction the court drew in 1976 between limits on expenditures (including those made by independent groups), which violate the 1st Amendment, and limits on contributions to a candidate's campaign, which ordinarily do not.
The court's greater tolerance for contribution limits is rooted in two ideas. One is that giving money to a candidate or party is less of an expressive act than using funds to craft one's own argument and thus deserves less constitutional protection. The other is that direct contributions are more valuable to a candidate, and likelier to give rise to a sense of obligation and potentially to corruption, than an independent expenditure.
The latter idea is highly debatable. Does a newly elected officeholder really feel more beholden to a supporter who gave his campaign $2,500 than to one who spent $1 million in an independent effort to secure his election? Maybe not, but in maintaining limits on both how much a donor may give an individual candidate and how much he may contribute overall, the court has closed off one avenue of improper influence.
In 2005, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said that "it is a jolt to the legal system when you overrule a precedent." Abolishing aggregate contribution limits would be more than a jolt; it would send shock waves through the American political system.


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Tenants speak out about foreclosed property
Management company won't make fixes, say residents
Tenants and members of the Occupy Chicago movement gathered outside a foreclosed apartment building at the corner of Laramie and West End avenues on the morning of April 7, calling on the building management company and bank to address unsanitary and dangerous living conditions at the property.
BMO/Harris Bank foreclosed on the 32-unit complex, located at 5159 W. West End and 107-113 N. Laramie Ave., in 2008, said advocate Elce Redmond.
It's since been turned over to the management company First Western Properties, and tenants say the company is not working to address a collapsing porch, leaking ceilings, broken windows, no heat and a cockroach and bedbug infestation, among other problems.
Some tenants say they won't pay rent until the conditions in the building are improved.
"We demand all the maintenance issues in these buildings immediately be addressed now - not tomorrow, not a week from today, now," said Pamela Johnson, a second-floor tenant of the building, who moved in on Feb. 3, 2012.
Johnson said she's had complaints about her apartment ever since she's moved in.
Upon moving in, there was no refrigerator in her unit. Johnson said First Western Properties told her she would have a refrigerator within the week, but she didn't receive one until Feb. 17.
"I went shopping, and spent over $500 worth of food," she said. "It spoiled on my back porch."
She added that there are no smoke or carbon monoxide detectors in her unit and other tenants' units, and there are no screens on her windows.
"There are no screens here for our kids to raise the windows," she said, adding that there are 12 windows in her unit, and she has three small children.
When Johnson moved in, she was not told the building was in foreclosure. She pays $650 per month for her apartment. When asked by a reporter why she hasn't moved out, she said she can't afford a security deposit and other finances required when signing a new lease.
She said she's been paying rent even with the dangerous conditions, because she's afraid the management company would kick her out of the building, and she wouldn't have anywhere to live.
"Do I continue to pay the rent, or do I not pay the rent? I'm in a stand up, because I don't know what to do," Johnson said.
"I have no money to move. I have nothing."
Janelle Teague moved into the complex on Dec. 13, 2011, and wasn't told that the building was in foreclosure upon signing her lease.
"I did not know," she said. "They did not tell me it was in foreclosure, and I think that's against the law."
She said the day she moved in, she asked for mailbox keys and a mailbox - she still doesn't have them.
Teague didn't have running water in her apartment for at least a month until it was fixed in February. She said throughout that time she continued to pay rent.
"You're damned if you do, damned if you don't," she said.
When she didn't have water, she said she would buy jugs of water from Walgreens or fill up buckets of water from her friends.
"You have to do what you have to do to survive," she said.
Michael Givens moved into the building in May of 2010, when he was promised "all types of fixes."
He said for at least six months he didn't have running water. Givens hasn't paid rent for a year.
"I refuse to," he said.
Givens maintains it's been months since thieves broke into the apartment building and stole the furnace along with the copper piping.
Dan Massoglia, who helps with social media for the Occupy Chicago movement, stood in solidarity with the tenants on Saturday.
"Nationwide the poorest communities are being forgotten, and this building is not an exception," Massoglia said.
Redmond said the South Austin Coalition Community Council, the Occupy Movement, tenants and other partners will continue to put pressure on the banks and property managers that are not maintaining their buildings in the community.
"This is only the first step in a long campaign," he said.
First Western Properties did not return AustinTalks' requests for comment.
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At Cedars-Sinai, we understand that healing involves the whole person – body, mind and soul. For this reason, our Spiritual Care Department offers support to patients, their loved ones, and our staff. Our professionally trained chaplains, representing a broad array of religious faiths and cultural backgrounds, function as an integral part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. At Cedars-Sinai we strive to match patients with a chaplain of their own religion, and when that is not possible our chaplains are trained to meet people wherever they are, and to support each person from within that person's own religious tradition or belief system.
Chaplains spend time with patients and families, providing a compassionate, non-anxious, non-judgmental presence. Chaplains listen deeply and help patients and families sort through their spiritual and emotional distress and questions. At times chaplains may provide a spiritual perspective, prayer or blessing, if the patient or family so desires. At other times the chaplain is involved with lifecycle events, holiday observances, healing rituals and celebrations.
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General manager Stan Bowman took his first step toward rebuilding the Chicago Blackhawks' roster for next season when he acquired the negotiating rights to veteran defenseman Steve Montador from the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
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text: Real-time bidding pushes display advertising to double-digit growth By Kate Maddox. Published on November 18, 2013. While global ad spending continues to grow at a modest rate, spending on online display ads—powered by real-time bidding—is showing double-digit growth. Global ad spending grew 2.8% in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, according to Nielsen Co.'s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report, released last month. Latin America showed the strongest growth, with ad spending up 13.1%, followed by Asia-Pacific (up 6.4%) and the Middle East and Africa (up 3.9%). Ad spending in North America rose 2.7%. Europe, which continues to suffer from economic instability, saw ad spending decline 6.0%. TV remains the dominant media platform in terms of share of total media spending, according to the Nielsen report. In the first half of the year, TV ad spending grew 4.2% from the year-earlier period, comprising 57.6% of total media expenditures. "TV ad dollars are showing no signs of slowing, and there are noteworthy increases in Internet ad spend," Randall Beard, global head-advertiser solutions at Nielsen Co., said in the report. Internet display advertising, which accounted for 4.3% of all media expenditures, grew 26.6% in the first half, compared with the same period in 2012. Spending on outdoor ads increased 5.0% in the first half and made up 3.5% of total media spending. Newspaper ad spending declined 2.0%, accounting for 18.9% of total spending. Ad spending on magazines fell 1.9%, making up 10.0% of total spending. Other categories that saw ad spending declines in the first half were radio (down 0.9%) and cinema (down 5.9%). One of the drivers of Internet ad spending growth was programmatic buying, which is conducted through automated platforms including real-time bidding systems. According to a Magna Global report released last month, programmatic buying of online display ads will total more than $12.0 billion globally this year, up 60.0% over last year. Of this, $6.1 billion will be conducted through RTB systems. Global online display ad spending conducted through programmatic buying will reach $32.5 billion by 2017, according to Magna. In the U.S., programmatic buying of digital media inventory is projected to total $7.4 billion this year, up 56.0% over last year. Of that, $3.9 billion will be transacted through RTB systems. By 2017, programmatic buying of digital media in the U.S. will total more than $17.0 billion, of which approximately $10.5 billion will be conducted through RTB systems, Magna projected. "In the last 12 months, a number of trends and initiatives have emerged driving the acceptance and usage of programmatic techniques," Magna said in the report. "RTB is being used for more premium formats, by more premium publishers and more extensively for branding campaigns." One of the trends is the increase of ad inventory through social media, according to the report. "The launch of Facebook Exchange has instantly pumped an enormous amount of impressions into the programmatic ecosystem," Magna said. "Increasingly, brands are unifying programmatic campaigns and cross-referencing campaign tracking data between display and video." RTB-based programmatic buying will grow from 28.0% of display ad transactions this year to 52.0% by 2017, according to Magna. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Select a 2013 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible trim level
2013 model year changes
Maserati has updated the GranTurismo for 2013. A new trim level, the GranTurismo Sport Coupe has been added to the lineup. It promises to be the most performance oriented model amongst the various GranTurismo trim levels. The Sport Coupe also comes with a retuned and more powerful version of the 4.7L V8 that powers other GranTurismo coupes.
Competitive comparison
Strong, sweet-sounding Ferrari-derived V8; styling and details; ride comfort; tight-fitting canvas top (GranTurismo Convertible); customization potential
Special features for 2013
The GranTurismo is Maserati's high-performance grand-touring sport coupe, featuring strong Ferrari designed V8 engines and 2+2 seating. Compared to other grand-touring coupes like the Jaguar XK, BMW M6 or even the Audi R8, the GranTurismo has Italian design on its side, with an unmistakable expressiveness and flair--and an unmistakable engine sound--that simply isn't found in the more engineering-focused German grand-tourers. The GranTurismo models also have more opportunity for personalization.
Carried over for 2013, the Maserati GranTurismo Convertible is a luxury two-door 2+2 soft-top supercar powered by a 4.7-liter V8 engine that produces 433 hp for a 0-60 time around 5.15 seconds and a top speed of 175 mph. Upgrading to the C. Sport trim level boosts performance to 444 hp . RWD and a 6-speed automatic transmission enables the GranTurismo Convertible to achieve an EPA estimated 13 mpg city and 20 mpg highway, for a combined 15 mpg. Standard features include alloy wheels, Brembo brakes, electronically adjustable suspension, adaptive bi-xenon headlamps, heated front seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, navigation, and surround-sound. Safety is comprised of front-impact airbags, side-impact airbags, stability control (ESC), and anti-lock braking (ABS). The GranTurismo Convertible is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.


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My Horse and Me 2 is packed with exciting new features, brand new graphics and animations, and an engrossing storyline to give fans the most complete equestrian experience and the most realistic horse simulation ever seen in a game. The My Horse and Me series are the only games in the world to earn the exclusive license from the FEI, the world's leading horse sports organisation.
Also known as: My Horse and Me 2, My Horse & Me: Riding for Gold
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: October 31, 2008
Publisher: Atari
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: November 27, 2008
Publisher: Atari
Also available on: PC, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2
My Horse & Me 2 at IGN
My Horse & Me 2 at GameSpy
My Horse & Me 2 at TeamXbox
My Horse & Me 2 at GameStats


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10 Affordable Online Art Galleries: International Edition
We get a lot of requests to list online galleries that sell affordable digital art and screenprints, and we've rounded up the best of them in a couple of posts, but we've yet to focus solely on the submissions we get from outside the US. We've seen a lot of these businesses popping up out of Australia, England, Germany, and France — here are 10 good ones.
- L'Affiche Moderne: Based out of France, this online gallery sells contemporary illustrations and photography by emerging European and Asian artists. Shown: When the world sleeps by Dan-ah Kim, starting at €29.
- k19: This new online gallery is headquartered Frechen, Germany, where they make abstract acrylic paintings on canvas and aluminum. Paintings are made-to-order in a variety of sizes and styles. Shown: Composition #TO14, starting at €125 for a canvas.
- Slumberbean: UK artist Slumber describes his subject, SlumberBean, as "totally bushed; he's always on the lookout for a place to rest his narcoleptic little noggin." The orange, bean-shaped whatchamacallit appears in all of Slumber's limited-edition giclees, each printed in editions of 100, signed and numbered. Shown: Towerblock, £60.
- Little Brown Pen: Photographer Nicole Robertson and illustrator Evan Robertson walk aimlessly around Paris, taking photos and making art. Shown: Paris in Blue, collection of four prints for $75.
- ISAK: Brought up "by a family of trolls in the heart of a Swedish forest," graphic designer Sandra Isaksson moved to the UK, where she creates contemporary art and decorative accessories influenced by Scandinavian style. Shown: Family Tree, €30.
- Mouta: Artist and designer Caroline Gomez owns and operates a small online shop out of her studio in France. Many of the objects are limited editions, produced in small but beautifully crafted quantities. Shown: Poster, €18.
- I Need Nice Things: This Australian company targets young collectors with small budgets, and they don't think "trend" is a bad word. Their mission is "to make contemporary art collectible, changeable and most important of all, affordable." Shown: Rain Drops, $49 AUD.
- Present and Correct: Based out of London, this online store sells their own handmade stationery, nostalgic vintage finds, and more. Their collection includes an eclectic mix of products that can be used to decorate your walls. Shown: Homophone Wall Cards, €10.
- North Rock Gallery: Founded in 2009 by Mark Sinclair and Suzanne Shearer, North Rock Gallery is located in Lerwick, a town in the Scottish Shetland Isles. Their online shop focuses on UK and European designers including ISAK, Rice, Donna Wilson, Lisa Jones, Orla Kiely and Phatsheep. Shown: Bold and Noble Flora Print, €38.
- New Blood Art: This online gallery features paintings, photographs, and prints from emerging artists who are studying or have recently graduated from art courses in the UK. Shown: 60's Summer Series 15 by Heymish, £200.
• 10 New Affordable Online Art Galleries
• Best Affordable Art Galleries 2010
• Best Affordable Art Galleries 2009: Online and Offline
Images: As credited in captions above


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cookbook 'certificate', '= 0.1.0', :supermarket
(23) Versions
Installs/Configures certificates, private keys, CA root bundles from encrypted data bags.
cookbook 'certificate', '= 0.1.0'
knife supermarket install certificate
knife supermarket download certificate
This recipe automates the common task of managing x509 certificates and keys from encrypted Data Bags. This cookbook provides a flexible and re-usable LWRP which can be plugged into other recipes, such as the postfix or apache2 cookbooks.
You do need to prepare an encrypted data bag, containing the certificates, private keys, and CA bundles you wish to deploy to servers with the LWRP. I used Joshua Timberman's blog post, and the Opscode Wiki documentation as a reference in creating this cookbook.
First, create a data bag secret as follows. You need to manually copy the encrypted_data_bag_secret to /etc/chef on your servers, or place it there as part of your bootstrap process. For example, you may choose to do deploy the secret file with kickstart or preseed as part of the OS install process.
openssl rand -base64 512 > ~/.chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret
Second, create a data bag, the default data bag within the LWRP is named certificates. However, you may override this with the data_bag LWRP attribute.
knife data bag create certificates
You need to convert your certificate, private keys, and CA bundles into single-line blobs with literal \n characters. This is so it may be copy/pasted into your data bag. You can use a Perl or Ruby one-liner for this conversion.
/usr/bin/env ruby -e 'p ARGF.read' <filename>
perl -pe 's!(\x0d)?\x0a!\\n!g' <filename>
What we're trying to accomplish is converting this:
Into this:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIEEDCCA3mgAwIBAgIJAO4rOcmpIFmPMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIG3MQswCQYD\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Finally, you'll want to create the data bag object to contain your certs, keys, and optionally your CA root chain bundle. The default recipe uses the OHAI attribute hostname as a search_id, since the data bag id may not contain dot characters used in the fqdn attribute.
The cookbook also contains an example wildcard recipe to use with wildcard certificates (*.example.com) certificates.
Hostname mail as data bag search_id:
knife data bag create certificates mail --secret-file ~/.chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret
The resulting encrypted data bag for a hostname should be structured like so. The chain id may be optional if your CA's root chain is already trusted by the server.
"id": "mail",
"cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMail Certificate Here...",
"key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY\nMail Private Key Here...",
"chain": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nCA Root Chain Here..."
Wildcard certificate as data bag search_id:
knife data bag create certificates wildcard --secret-file ~/.chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret
The resulting encrypted data bag should be structured like so for a wildcard certificate. The chain id may be optional if your CA's root chain is already trusted by the server.
"id": "wildcard",
"cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nWildcard Certificate Here...",
"key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY\nWildcard Private Key Here...",
"chain": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nCA Root Chain Here..."
This cookbook comes with two simple example recipes for using the certificate_manage LWRP.
Searches the data bag, certificates, for an object with an id matching node.hostname. Then the recipe places the decrypted certificates and keys in either /etc/pki/tls (RHEL family), or /etc/ssl (Debian family). The default owner and group owner of the resulting files are root.
The resulting files will be named {node.fqdn}.pem (cert), {node.fqdn}.key (key), and {node.hostname}-bundle.crt (CA Root chain).
Same as the default recipe, except for the search id is wildcard. The resulting files will be named wildcard.pem (cert), wildcard.key (key), and wildcard-bundle.crt (CA Root chain)
The LWRP resource attributes are as follows.
- data_bag - Data bag index to search, defaults to certificates
- search_id - Data bag id to search for, defaults to provider name
- cert_path - Top-level SSL directory, defaults to vendor specific location
- cert_file - The basename of the x509 certificate, defaults to {node.fqdn}.pem
- key_file - The basename of the private key file, defaults to {node.fqdn}.key
- chain_file - The basename of the x509 certificate, defaults to {node.hostname}-bundle.crt
- owner - The file owner, defaults to root
- group - The file group owner, defaults to root
- cookbook - The cookbook containing the erb template, defaults to certificate
- certificate_manage - The reusable LWRP to manage certificates, keys, and CA bundles
Here is a flushed out example using the LWRP to manage your certificate items on a Postfix bridgehead. The following example should select the mail data bag object, from the certificates data bag.
It should then place the managed certificate files in /etc/postfix/ssl, and change the owner/group to postfix.
certificate_manage "mail" do
cert_path "/etc/postfix/ssl"
owner "postfix"
group "postfix"
License and Author
Author:: Eric G. Wolfe email@example.com
Copyright:: 2012, Eric G. Wolfe
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
Dependent cookbooks
This cookbook has no specified dependencies.


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Daintree National Park, Mossman, QLD
Discover Australia's magical, World Heritage-listed rainforests. They stretch across the country and cover every climatic type. Explore the dense tropical swathe of Queensland's Daintree Rainforest or trek through Tasmania's cool temperate wilderness. See flora dating back to the dinosaurs in the Gondwanan rainforest near Byron Bay. Or uncover dry rainforest pockets in Western Australia's Kimberley region. You'll find monsoon rainforest in Kakadu National Park and lush fern gullies in Victoria's Otway Ranges. Australia has some of the oldest and largest tracts of rainforest in the world, and they are here for you to enjoy, commune with and help conserve.


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I maintain a Carr surname database at Rootsweb
I maintain a Carr surname database at Rootsweb. I collate research queries and post them with the relevant name listings at my site. I've done quite a bit of Carr research on my own, but have also benefited from the research of others who have written to me. I've done extensive research on the Carrs of Rhode Island, but also have extensive information on southern NJ, NY and other areas. I've done census research and have included sources for the work I have conducted. You will have to read copies of emails and other notes at my site for other information. I have included a section within the index for topical information on Carrs. Look in my index under CARR_RINewportCoJamestown for information about Carrs who lived in Jamestown, RI (Newport Co), for example. Visit my home page, which is linked to My Carr Database, for further information about me and my genealogy research.
My personal quest is to validate the ancestry of James Carr born 12 Jul 1760 in Mount Holly, NJ (Burlington Co). Edson Carr in his book Carr Family Records (1894) linked James Carr to the Carrs of Manahawkin, NJ. Then he linked this Carr line back to the Colonial Governor of Rhode Island, Caleb Carr born 9 Dec 1624 and back to England.
The Edson Carr research seems weak to me; sources are lacking and the connections seem extremely tenuous. Personally I think Edson Carr erroneously designated Caleb Carr born 4 Nov 1719 (who married Sarah Ridgway) as James Carrs grandfather based on some poor seemingly anecdotal research found in Leah Blackman History of Little Egg Harbor. (You can find more details on this mixup at my site in the notes for James Carr)
I have determined that the date of birth for James is derived from his gravesite in Canaan Township, Wayne County Pennsylvania, which gives his age at time of death on 10 Jun 1811. James lived for a time in Greenwich, NJ, according to tax records, and died shortly after his family moved west to Wayne Co. His wife, Esther Vernon, aka Hester Varnell, lived in Northampton, NJ, now a part of Mount Holly. Captain James Carr was named executor of her father will in Northampton in the late 18th century.
I am descended from James and his son James, grandson James, great grandson George Nelson, and great great granddaughter Kathryn Lucilla.
I would be very interested in further information on this line of Carrs.


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Welcome to another installment of The Week in Pictures! I started off another week with no solid plans and in the end, it turned out completely magical. Weekend breakfasts, morning coffee in new neighborhoods, a surprise call from a makeup artist, a nonstop rotation of Kanye tunes, evenings in dive bars with red walls, new shoes (wait till Monday!), getting called in to work at my favorite agency, matching key necklaces, sequins during the day, special deliveries of vegan delicacies and long walks through town in massive platforms. I am happier and more content than I've been in ages and it feels great. 2010 continues to impress and inspire me to the max.
Wake-up, Make-up: I got the best wake-up call on Tuesday morning from M•A•C make-up artist Amy Callahan. She needed a model to demonstrate some new products on for Spring 2010 on and I gladly agreed. The location on N.W. 23rd has state-of-the-art lighting and I love the black walls. She taught me a ton of tips and tricks and I finally realized that it's time to invest in some new brushes. Amy works at the Lloyd Center Nordstrom M•A•C counter here in Portland and you can reach her at 503.287.2444, ext. 1066 for consultations. Isn't she adorable?
Type Obsessed: A never-ending battle. I just got these vintage numbers and a roll of tape at an art store called Collage in N.E. Portland. The Helvetica necklace is of course by Star.
Chipped Walls & Cheap Drinks: There's nothing like a good ol' dive bar. Multiple nights this week were spent at The Know which is the best bar around because they have a painting of N.W.A. on the wall. For the record, that isn't my PBR. After being surrounded by the stuff for six weeks on the road in late 2004, I've never been able to finish another can.
Thrifting Magic: What can I say? My brother always returns from epic thrifting voyages with the best gifts ever.
Trending: One of my favorite things of all time is to track down images based on themes and compile them for trend forecasting. I could do it all day, every day. Also, the Moleskine Colour a Month notebooks are working out quite nicely.
Drunken Dance-Off. On Wednesday night, I was laying in my black room, feeling sick and miserable while a full-on Mexican fiesta complete with burritos and Tecate ensued downstairs. At some point, tequila and bear claw slippers entered the mix and the rest is history. My brother and his friends continue to party like it's 1999. I'm not worthy!
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Orlando City Soccer has become Major League Soccer's next expansion franchise.
MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed a franchise agreement with Orlando City on Tuesday at a community celebration near the site where a new 18,000-seat stadium will be built.
Once construction is completed the team will begin playing in the 2015 season.
Orlando City becomes MLS' 21st franchise. It is the latest of four new franchises Garber said in August the league planned to add by 2020. New York also is getting a team in 2015.
International roundup
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a dazzling hat trick to lift Portugal into next year's World Cup at the expense of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Sweden, and France came back to overtake Ukraine for a berth in next year's tournament in Brazil.
Iceland failed to become the least populous nation to reach the World Cup by losing to Croatia on the final night of European qualifying.
Greece, Ghana and Algeria also earned berths and Mexico took a 5-1 lead into the second leg of its playoff against New Zealand.
The final berth will be determined today when Uruguay defends a 5-0 advantage against Jordan.
Ronaldo's second international hat trick gave Portugal a 3-2 win at Stockholm and a 4-2 aggregate victory.
"It felt complicated for a moment after they scored," Ronaldo said. "We suffered a little bit and then, well, we scored two more goals."
Ronaldo, who scored in Portugal's 1-0 home win last Friday, scored off a pass from Joao Moutinho in the 50th minute.
Goals by Ronaldo in the 77th and 79th minutes sealed the home-and-home, total-goals series for Portugal, which will be going to its fourth straight World Cup.
France overturned a two-goal deficit from the first leg and beat Ukraine 3-0 on goals by Mamadou Sakho and Karim Benzema followed by a 72nd-minute own goal by Oleg Gusev.
The 1998 world champions qualified for their 10th consecutive major tournament.
"It's the magic of football. Four days ago we were bad, very bad," France coach Didier Deschamps said. "I've experienced some great moments but this one is special."
At Zagreb, Croatia won 2-0 following a 0-0 tie at Iceland last week. Dario Mandzukic scored in the 22nd minute, then was given a red card nine minutes later for a studs-up tackle against Johann Gudmundsson.
Darijo Srna added a goal in the 47th for Croatia, which won the home-and-home, total-goals series 2-0 and qualified for its fourth World Cup since becoming an independent state in 1991.
Greece reached its second consecutive World Cup by beating Romania on 4-2 aggregate with a 1-1 draw.
In Cairo, Ghana qualified for its third consecutive Cup by defeating Egypt on 7-3 aggregate with a 2-1 loss that knocked out the Pharaohs and American coach Bob Bradley. Egypt has not qualified for the Cup since 1990 and Bradley said he would leave if his team didn't qualify.
Algeria earned Africa's last berth by beating Burkina Faso 1-0 for a 3-3 aggregate tie and a victory on away goals.


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Trainer John Shirreffs sat calmly in his stable office in Barn 55 South during a pleasant sunny Thursday morning before entering Zardana in defense of her crown in the $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap Sunday and hosting more than 50 guests admiring and photographing Zenyatta before her farewell ceremony here, also on Sunday.
Adoring fans from as far away as West Virginia and Missouri watched every move Zenyatta made outside the barn as she was given a bath by groom Mario Espinoza before grazing on her favorite lawn.
"She's going to a better place," said exercise rider Steve Willard to the crowd. "She's going to be seven years old; time for her to be a mama."
Zenyatta, two-time champion mare, will be flown to Lexington, Ky., Monday to join the broodmare ranks at Lane's End Farm.
Zenyatta exercised on the training track under Willard earlier in the morning. "She jogged and galloped about a mile and a half," said Willard. "About three-quarters of each. We just got to give her some exercise to keep her legs stretched out."
Zenyatta, who won 19 of 20 races and earned more than $7-million to become the glamour queen of racing, will be honored between the sixth and seventh races with her connections: Shirreffs, Willard, Espinoza, jockey Mike Smith, owners Jerry and Ann Moss, racing manager Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs and hot walker Carmen Zamora.
"All I'm thinking is how she is going to eat tonight and whether she has a full bucket of water," said Shirreffs of his thoughts during his final days with the superstar mare after nearly four years of seeing her in stall 85.
"There are so many great memories," said Shirreffs. "When she came here as a 2-year-old, she looked a lot like the others. But she just continued to grow.
"She's such a physical presence," continued Shirreffs. "There is nothing about her that is not extraordinary. Yet she's so refined, not coarse.
"Mario will accompany her to Kentucky and stay a couple of days to discuss her habits and idiosyncrasies," added Shirreffs. "After she gets off the plane in Lexington, she will first go to Keeneland for a public viewing to avoid a media frenzy at the farm."
Overshadowed in the Zenyatta adulation was Zardana, another 6-year-old mare attempting to become the fourth horse to become a two-time winner of the Bayakoa, a Grade II test for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track.
Zardana drew post three in a field of eight in the Bayakoa, which will go as the eighth race.
Shirreffs said that Zardana was coming up to the race as good as last year, when she rallied from just off the pace to win by 1 ¼ lengths in 1:42.24.
Manistique, Starrer and Star Parade are the two-time winners of the race.
She is the starting highweight under 118 pounds, three more than she carried last year.
Shirreffs has won the Bayakoa a record five times while jockey Victor Espinoza seeks a record-equaling fifth victory in the race.
Washington Bridge, winner of the Life Is Sweet Stakes in her last race, blew out four furlongs in 49.40 seconds Thursday for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
Spurrier, a 5-year-old horse seeking his first stakes victory, is entered in the $100,000 Native Diver Handicap Saturday, the same afternoon as his namesake, University of South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier, will lead the Gamecocks against favored Auburn in the Southeast Conference championship game.
Spurrier, who was purchased privately by Arnold Zetcher from Peachtree Stable at the end of 2008 and transferred to the stable of Bob Baffert, seeks to give the Hall of Fame trainer his second victory in the Grade III stake at 1 1/8 miles on Cushion Track. He won previously with General Challenge in 1999.
Spurrier has won five of 24 career starts but has performed best on this surface with three firsts and one second in five outings.
Baffert has had a knack of winning stakes with thoroughbreds named for outstanding college coaches. He previously trained champion Midnight Lute and Da Stoops, both named for University of Arizona coaches.
Baffert's next star may be named after a basketball superstar. The white-haired trainer said that Alcindor, a late-developing 3-year-old colt, had earned a start in the $250,000 Grade I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita December 26 after a smashing seven-furlong allowance win here Sunday, his second triumph in as many starts.
Alcindor, a towering colt, hopes to stand as tall in his division as Lew Alcindor, the seven-foot basketball Hall of Famer who played under that name in high school and college before changing it to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the NBA.
Baffert also plans to send out contenders in 2-year-old championships here this month: Sharp Cat Stakes winner May Day Rose in the $250,000 Grade I Starlet for fillies on December 11 and Awesome Patriot in the $750,000 Grade I CashCall Futurity on December 18.
Baffert added another promising 2-year-old to his barn this week in Clearance Clarence after Summit Stable purchased a majority interest in the colt.
Other probable Starlet starters include Moccasin Stakes winner Turbulent Descent, Darley Debutante winner Tell a Kelly, Eastern invader Nina Fever and True Way of Grace.
Other probable Futurity starters include Hollywood Prevue Stakes winner Premier Pegasus, Real Quiet and Generous Stakes winner Comma to the Top, Hollywood Juvenile Championship and Del Mar Futurity winner J.P.'s Gusto, Industry Leader and Clubhouse Ride.
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10 Celebrities Who Despise The Paparazzi
In our vainest of thoughts, the idea of being followed by a barrage of photographers sounds like the life. But for the rich and famous who live this reality, it ain't always pretty. Paparazzi make our Instagram profiles look like child's play, as they've become increasingly more aggressive to snap celebrity candids. Unfortunately for them, it isn't always well-received. Check out these 10 stars who've rebelled against the paps.
1. Kanye West
It's no secret that Mr. West is easily annoyed, and the paparazzi have felt the rapper's wrath on more than one occasion. From flipping the bird to onstage rants to straight-up assault, Kanye's relationship with street photogs has been anything but amicable. He even recently requested that they "don't ever talk" to him. Reasonable enough.
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42 U.S. Code § 7232 - Senior positions
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In addition to those positions created by subchapter II of this chapter, there shall be within the Department fourteen additional officers in positions authorized by section 5316 of title 5 who shall be appointed by the Secretary and who shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time.
(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 622, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 597.)
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If you put a little whipped cream on this strawberry-studded cake and garnish it with blueberries, you could call it Fourth of July Cake, and I like the idea of coming up with one that doesn't need frosting. Or you can just eat it anytime for dessert. Actually, it would be good with more strawberries dumped on top, with their juice soaked into it. And I suppose the whipped cream is a good idea because there is something divine about the combination of cream and strawberries.
Normally in strawberry season I just gorge myself on fresh berries. On a sunny day, I can stand in the strawberry patch and smell ripening berries. On a good day, I stand in one spot and pick a quart without moving.
We have been devouring them dipped in sour cream then in light brown sugar. That has been dessert several nights in a row now. But a week of rain, plus the daily afternoon deluge we have had, turned the strawberry patch into a soggy mess, and I am desperate to use the berries before they rot. I suppose it is a nice kind of problem to have. I've made jam, frozen lots of them, and whirled quarts into puree to freeze for sorbet for another time.
So I am feeling a little profligate about them, and when Toby suggested a cake, I thought, why not? Normally I would resist the idea of burying all that delectable, juicy, sweet-tart strawberry-ness in batter. It would be like adding water to a sixty-dollar bottle of wine.
I looked on the internet for a recipe since my berry crisis came up just this week and there wasn't time to ask you all for your ideas and recipes. I found several, and the one that follows is an amalgam of them. If you have a better one, please share.
Strawberry Cake
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup (1 stick) butter
1 ¼ cup sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 scant quart of strawberries, hulled and halved
Cinnamon sugar to sprinkle, optional
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a ten-inch cake pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Beat the butter and sugar together until it is fluffy, then add the egg, milk, and vanilla and beat. Gradually add the dry ingredients beating just enough to make a moderately stiff batter. Pour the batter into the pan, and place the halved berries on top. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top of the cake if you wish. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a tester inserted comes out clean.
Yields a ten-inch one-layer cake


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The first guide you write yourself, including your own personal way of experiencing the city, your own paths and interests: Moleskine introduces New York City Notebook with a special video.
A notebook to write down notes, draw, cut and paste, with a subway map, 48 pages of zone maps to explore the 5 boroughs, stickers to create your own categories and not to miss a Broadway show, blank pages to sketch sitting on a bench in Central Park.
Look it up on the online catalogue.