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The mudflap run time checker has been removed. The mudflap options remain, but do nothing.
Support for a number of older systems and recently unmaintained or untested target ports of GCC has been declared obsolete in GCC 4.9. Unless there is activity to revive them, the next release of GCC will have their sources permanently removed.
The following ports for individual systems on particular architectures have been obsoleted:
On AArch64, the singleton vector types
uint64x1_t and
float64x1_t exported by
arm_neon.h are defined to be the same as their base types.
This results in incorrect application of parameter passing rules to
arguments of types
int64x1_t and
with respect to the AAPCS64 ABI specification. In addition, names of
C++ functions with parameters of these types (including
float64x1_t) are not mangled correctly. The current
typedef declarations also unintentionally allow implicit
casting between singleton vector types and their base types. These
issues will be resolved in a near future release. See
PR60825 for more information.
More information on porting to GCC 4.9 from previous versions of GCC can be found in the porting guide for this release.
Various computations will be instrumented to detect undefined behavior
at runtime. UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer is currently available for the C
and C++ languages.
option now generates slim object files (
.o) which only
contain intermediate language representation for LTO. Use
-ffat-lto-objects to create files which contain
additionally the object code. To generate static libraries suitable
for LTO processing, use
gcc-ar and
gcc-ranlib; to list symbols from a slim object file use
gcc-nm. (This requires that
ranlib and
nm have been compiled with
plugin support.)
final keyword.
-freorder-functions) significantly reduces
startup time of large applications. Until binutils support is
completed, it is effective only with link-time optimization.
-fopenmp-simd option can be used to enable OpenMP's
SIMD directives while ignoring other OpenMP directives. The new
-fsimd-cost-model= option permits to tune the
vectorization cost model for loops annotated with OpenMP and Cilk
simd directives.
-Wopenmp-simd warns when
the current cost model overrides simd directives set by the user.
-Wdate-time option has been added for the C, C++ and
Fortran compilers, which warns when the
__TIME__ or
__TIMESTAMP__ macros are used.
Those macros might prevent bit-wise-identical reproducible
-fdiagnostics-color=auto will enable it when
outputting to terminals,
unconditionally. The
GCC_COLORS environment variable
can be used to customize the colors or disable coloring.
GCC_COLORS variable is present in the environment,
the default is
-fdiagnostics-color=auto, otherwise
$ g++ -fdiagnostics-color=always -S -Wall test.C test.C: In function 'int foo()': test.C:1:14: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Wreturn-type] int foo () { } ^ test.C:2:46: error: template instantiation depth exceeds maximum of 900 (use -ftemplate-depth= to increase the maximum) instantiating 'struct X<100>' template <int N> struct X { static const int value = X<N-1>::value; }; template struct X<1000>; ^ test.C:2:46: recursively required from 'const int X<999>::value' test.C:2:46: required from 'const int X<1000>::value' test.C:2:88: required from here test.C:2:46: error: incomplete type 'X<100>' used in nested name specifier
#pragma GCC ivdep, the user can assert that there are no
loop-carried dependencies which would prevent concurrent execution of
consecutive iterations using SIMD (single instruction multiple data)
-fcilkplus option. Cilk Plus
is an extension to the C and C++ languages to support data and task
parallelism. The present implementation follows ABI version 1.2; all
features but
_Cilk_for have been implemented.
_Atomic type specifier and
qualifier and the
<stdatomic.h> header) are now
_Generic keyword) are
now supported.
similar to GNU C
__thread) is now supported.
-fextended-identifiers is used), floating-point
issues (mainly but not entirely relating to optional C99 features
from Annexes F and G) and the optional Annexes K (Bounds-checking
interfaces) and L (Analyzability).
__auto_type provides a subset of
the functionality of C++11
auto in GNU C.
decltype(auto) for getting
decltype semantics
rather than the template argument deduction semantics of plain
int& f(); auto i1 = f(); // int decltype(auto) i2 = f(); // int&
Actually, they have been accepted since GCC 4.5, but now the compiler doesn't warn about them with[x = 42]{ ... };
-std=c++1y, and supports parenthesized
and brace-enclosed initializers as well.
sizeof to a VLA variable. Note that it now appears
that VLAs will not be part of C++14, but will be part of a separate
document and then perhaps C++17.
void f(int n) { int a[n] = { 1, 2, 3 }; // throws std::bad_array_length if n < 3 [&a]{ for (int i : a) { cout << i << endl; } }(); &a; // error, taking address of VLA }
class A; int bar(int n); #if __cplusplus > 201103 class [[deprecated("A is deprecated in C++14; Use B instead")]] A; [[deprecated("bar is unsafe; use foo() instead")]] int bar(int n); int foo(int n); class B; #endif A aa; // warning: 'A' is deprecated : A is deprecated in C++14; Use B instead int j = bar(2); // warning: 'int bar(int)' is deprecated : bar is unsafe; use foo() instead
int i = 1048576; int j = 1'048'576; int k = 0x10'0000; int m = 0'004'000'000; int n = 0b0001'0000'0000'0000'0000'0000; double x = 1.602'176'565e-19; double y = 1.602'176'565e-1'9;
// a functional object that will increment any type auto incr = [](auto x) { return x++; };
auto syntax.
// a functional object that will add two like-type objects auto add = [] <typename T> (T a, T b) { return a + b; };
auto may be used as a type-specifier in a parameter
declaration of any function declarator in order to introduce an
implicit function template parameter, akin to generic lambdas.
// the following two function declarations are equivalent auto incr(auto x) { return x++; } template <typename T> auto incr(T x) { return x++; }
<map> and
<set> and the unordered associative containers
<unordered_map> and
meet the allocator-aware container requirements;
constexpr member functions without
std::exchange() utility function;
std::result_of SFINAE-friendly;
operator() to
std::equal and
constexpr members to
<chrono>, and some containers;
<functional>s operator functors easier to use
and more generic;
std::copy_exception has been deprecated
and will be removed in a future version.
should be used instead.
has been incremented; additionally, module files are now compressed.
MODULEs compiled by earlier GCC versions have
to be recompiled, when they are
USEd by files compiled
with GCC 4.9. GCC 4.9 is not able to read
files of earlier GCC versions; attempting to do so gives an error
message. Note: The ABI of the produced assembler data itself has not
changed: object files and libraries are fully compatible with older
versions (except as stated below).
COMPLEX and
LOGICAL, which have
both the
VALUE and the
CLASS should be recompiled, including all files which
define derived types involved in the type definition used by
polymorphic variables. (Note: Due to the incremented module version,
trying to mix old code with new code will usually give an error
fcntl(), e.g. via
ISO_C_BINDING, before executing the child process.
has been removed. (
-fwhole-file is the default since
continue to be accepted but do not influence the code generation.
DO loops with zero iterations. This warning is now
controlled by the
-Wzerotrip option, which is implied by
NO_ARG_CHECK attribute of the
!GCC$ directive can be used to disable the
type-kind-rank (TKR) argument check for a dummy argument. The feature
is similar to ISO/IEC TS 29133:2012's
TYPE(*), except that
it additionally also disables the rank check. Variables with
NO_ARG_CHECK have to be dummy arguments and may only be
used as argument to
and as actual argument to another
NO_ARG_CHECK dummy
argument; also the other constraints of
TYPE(*) apply.
The dummy arguments should be declared as scalar or assumed-size
variable of type
type(*) (recommended) – or of
logical. With
NO_ARG_CHECK, a pointer
to the data without further type or shape information is passed,
similar to C's
void*. Note that also TS 29113's
type(*),dimension(..) accepts arguments of any type and
rank; contrary to
NO_ARG_CHECK assumed-rank arguments
pass an array descriptor which contains the array shape and stride
of the argument.
STOP or
ERROR STOP are used to terminate
the execution and any exception (but inexact) is signaling, a warning is
printed to
ERROR_UNIT, indicating which exceptions are
signaling. The
-ffpe-summary= command-line option can be used to fine-tune
for which exceptions the warning should be shown.
READ) is now handled on systems where
strtod honours the rounding mode. (For output, rounding is
supported since GCC 4.5.) Note that for input, the
compatible rounding mode is handled as
(i.e., rounding to an even least significant [cf. IEC 60559:1989]
for a tie, while
compatible rounds away from zero in
that case).
-march=armv8-a+crypto options.
-mabi=ilp32. Support for ILP32 is
considered experimental as the ABI specification is still beta.
-mfix-cortex-a53-835769 option.
Alternatively it can be enabled by default by configuring GCC with the
--enable-fix-cortex-a53-835769 option.
-mneon-for-64bits option.
-mrestrict-it option can be used with
-march=armv7-a or the
-march=armv7ve options
to make code generation fully compatible with the deprecated instructions
in ARMv8-A.
-march=armv7ve option.
mfpu=crypto-neon-fp-armv8 options.
-mno-lra option. This option is a purely
transitionary command-line option and will be removed in a future
release. We are interested in any bug reports regarding functional and
performance regressions with LRA.
-mslow-flash-data to improve performance
of programs fetching data on slow flash memory has now been
introduced for the ARMv7-M profile cores.
-mpic-data-is-text-relative for targets
that allows data segments to be relative to text segments has
been added. This is on by default for all targets except VxWorks RTP.
-mcpu=cortex-a12 and
-mcpu=cortex-r7 options.
-mcpu=cortex-a57 and
option. Similar support was added for the combination of
Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 through the
-mfract-convert-truncate has been
added. It allows compiler to use truncation instead of rounding towards
zero for fractional fixed-point types.
-mfpmath=sse is now implied by
on all targets where SSE2 is supported.
-mavx512f, AVX-512 prefetch instructions:
AVX-512 exponential and reciprocal instructions:
AVX-512 conflict detection instructions:
-mxxx option.
This improves the usability of x86 intrinsics and is particularly useful
when doing Function Multiversioning.
-march=generic has been retuned for better support of
Intel core and AMD Bulldozer architectures. Performance of AMD K7, K8,
Intel Pentium-M, and Pentium4 based CPUs is no longer considered important
for generic.
-mtune=intel can now be used to generate code running
well on the most current Intel processors, which are Haswell
and Silvermont for GCC 4.9.
-m16 command-line option.
memcpy and
that is aware of value ranges and produces shorter alignment prologues.
-mno-accumulate-outgoing-args is now honored when unwind
information is output. Argument accumulation is also now turned off
for portions of programs optimized for size.
-march=bdver4 and
-mtune=bdver4 options.
-mcpu= has been added to
the MSP430 back end.
This option is used to specify the ISA to be used. Accepted values are
msp430 (the default),
msp430x and
msp430xv2. The ISA is no longer deduced
from the
-mmcu= option as there are far too many different MCU names. The
-mmcu= option is still supported, and this is still used to select linker
scripts and generate a C preprocessor symbol that will be recognised by the
msp430.h header file.
-mcpu=power8 and
-mtune=power8 options.
-march=zEC12 option but can explicitly be
disabled with
Using the GCC builtins also libitm supports hardware
transactions on S/390.
-mhotpatch or per function using
hotpatch attribute.
or higher.
-mcpu=rx200 and
clips and
instructions. The compiler will now try to utilize them for min/max
expressions such as
max (-128, min (127, x)).
cmp/str instruction through built-in
functions such as
__builtin_strlen. When not optimizing for
size, the compiler will now expand calls to e.g.
strlen as an
inlined sequences which utilize the
cmp/str instruction.
-mcbranchdi has been deprecated. Specifying it
will result in a warning and will not influence code generation.
-mcmpeqdi has been deprecated. Specifying it
will result in a warning and will not influence code generation.
This is the list of problem reports (PRs) from GCC's bug tracking system that are known to be fixed in the 4.9.1 release. This list might not be complete (that is, it is possible that some PRs that have been fixed are not listed here).
Version 4.0 of the OpenMP specification is supported even in Fortran, not just C and C++.
This is the list of problem reports (PRs) from GCC's bug tracking system that are known to be fixed in the 4.9.2 release. This list might not be complete (that is, it is possible that some PRs that have been fixed are not listed here).
This is the list of problem reports (PRs) from GCC's bug tracking system that are known to be fixed in the 4.9.3 release. This list might not be complete (that is, it is possible that some PRs that have been fixed are not listed here).
This is the list of problem reports (PRs) from GCC's bug tracking system that are known to be fixed in the 4.9.4 release. This list might not be complete (that is, it is possible that some PRs that have been fixed are not listed here).
Copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, Inc. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
These pages are maintained by the GCC team. Last modified 2023-09-02.


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New images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope give us an unprecedented look at Jupiter in 4K ultra-high definition. NASA released videos, images, and details about the newly obtained data on Tuesday, explaining in a statement that this is "the first in a series of annual portraits of the solar system's outer planets."
Thanks to the new imagery, NASA is learning more about Jupiter and glimpsing never-before-seen aspects of the planet, like a filamentary feature in the core of its famous Great Red Spot. The space agency has also confirmed that certain features, including the Great Red Spot, are continuing to shrink.
"Every time we look at Jupiter, we get tantalizing hints that something really exciting is going on," said Amy Simon, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "This time is no exception."
NASA has also created two global maps using information from Hubble's high-performance Wide Field Camera 3. These maps will let NASA determine the speed of Jupiter's winds. Hubble also captured images of a wave in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt that has only glimpsed once before.
NASA's Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program will take measurements at set times each year. Scientists have already studied Neptune and Uranus, and they will eventually move on to Saturn.
"The long-term value of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program is really exciting," said Michael H. Wong, a University of California, Berkeley, professor who co-authored the paper in Astrophysical Journal that presents the latest findings. "The collection of maps that we will build up over time will not only help scientists understand the atmospheres of our giant planets, but also the atmospheres of planets being discovered around other stars, and Earth's atmosphere and oceans, too."
H/T Gizmodo | Screenshot via NASA Goddard/YouTube

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In business most people strive for happiness and productivity. However, it can be difficult and stressful to be as productive as we'd like to be, which can lead to feeling unhappy. So, is it really our circumstances that prevent us from feeling content and motivated or is it just a state of mind? (1)
The practice of gratitude is beginning to hit its stride in the workplace, thanks to studies that show appreciation can lead to:
- More positive emotions
- Less stress
- Fewer health complaints
- A greater sense that goals can be achieved
- Fewer sick days
- Higher job satisfaction
Gratitude and appreciation help employees enjoy coming to work because they don't just feel like a minor component of a much bigger machine. As business owners, practicing gratitude can change your outlook, improve company culture and let your clients know you appreciate their business. (2)
What We're Thankful For
This year at BIC Graphic NA, we practiced gratitude by sharing business wins that created positive energy and identifying misses as an opportunity to grow. We are thankful for a hard-working team that embodies our People Powers and strives to deliver a great experience for the people we appreciate most – our customers!
New brand partnerships also gave us plenty to be grateful for in 2019! We joined forces with HanesBrands to bring apparel into our product assortment. Partnerships with Tervis®, Caran d'Ache® and Osprey® allowed us to bring these popular retail brands to our customers and we also united with industry veterans, Peerless Umbrella and Cap America,to help expand their reach.
8 Ways to Show Appreciation
Feeling inspired? Here are eight ways to show employees, colleagues and clients your gratitude. No occasion necessary, these actions will how people exactly how much you value their impact on your business. (3)
1 – Say THANKS for a job well done with the #26160 Peerless Umbrella Thank You.
2 – From time to time, bring in little surprises like cookies, cupcakes or chocolate – everyone loves chocolate!
3 – Create a fun tradition that people can look forward to.
4 – Learn about co-workers/employees interests. The #26105 Koozie® Kamp Binoculars are a nice token of appreciation for birders and sports fans alike.
5 – Offer flexible scheduling to promote work-life balance.
6 – Provide opportunities for advancement.
7 – Give awards to recognize achievements, like the top-selling #WCLB BIC® Worthington® Lacquer Ballpoint Pen or the #36907 JAFFA® Iceberg Star Award to recognize company superstars.
8. Give financial incentives and bonuses.
So, what are you thankful for this year? Don't reserve your appreciation for special occasions! Improve your outlook and build your business by practicing gratitude and spreading some joy.


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Small changes can make a world of difference
You're not alone if you find yourself becoming restless with your furniture. Instead of spending a hefty sum re-doing everything, consider updating the hardware. As the design and finish of your existing cabinetry hardware may be telling their age, this simple fix can rejuvenate your cabinetry, taking them from mehh to wow!
New cabinetry hardware (knobs and handles) can easily make your existing furniture look luxe or bring vintage pieces closer to the modern realm with the right choice of hardware in hardly no time at all. Moreover, it's extremely easy to change out your old hardware. You can do it yourself and don't even need to remove the door from the cabinet! Simply grab a screwdriver and carefully remove the screws from the backside of the drawer or cabinet. Before you know it, you're done! 🙂
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Emerald Alchemy is a medicinal cannabis apothecary offering a selection of Flower, Cold Water Concentrates & Tincture to California collectives and patients in compliance with Proposition 215, SB. 420 & HSC. 11362.5
We are committed to providing hand crafted cannabis goods that are artisan quality and seasonally fresh. We produce pure plant medicine on our farm and are unconditionally devoted to the art of cannabis.
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From the UN News Center:
An estimated 40 per cent of the population of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) — almost 9 million people — will be in need of urgent food aid in the next few months due to a shortage in cereals, according to a new United Nations report.
A joint assessment by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) found that agricultural production will fall short of what is needed this year because of critical shortages of fertilizer and fuel, in spite of favourable climate conditions during the past growing season.
"DPRK will face a severe food situation over the coming months," said Henri Josserand, Chief of FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System…"The prospects for next year are bleak, with a substantial deficit of basic foods that will only partly be covered by commercial imports and anticipated food aid."


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QualiChain meets in LisbonAlexander Mikroyannidis, Wednesday 15 May 2019 | Annotate
The consortium of the QualiChain project has met in Lisbon, Portugal on May 9-10. This has been the first plenary face-to-face meeting of the project, after its kick-off meeting in January 2019. Representatives from all project partners spent two days discussing the latest project developments and planning their next activities. The next plenary face-to-face meeting will be held on September 19-20 in Madrid, Spain.
QualiChain targets the creation, piloting and evaluation of a decentralised platform for storing, sharing and verifying education and employment qualifications. The project focuses on the assessment of the potential of blockchain technology for disrupting the domain of public education, as well as its interfaces with private education, the labour market, public sector administrative procedures and the wider socio-economic developments.
KMi was represented in the meeting by John Domingue, Allan Third and Alexander Mikroyannidis. The KMi team is building upon its expertise from the Open Blockchain initiative to conduct a landscape analysis, implement Blockchain technology for storing and sharing education credentials and qualifications, integrate Semantic Blockchains in Ethereum, as well as conduct a pilot on lifelong learning. KMi is also in charge of shaping the overall dissemination strategy of the project.
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CORE presents at UKRI workshop on research article PIDs and their role in the UKRI OA policy
KMi Congratulates Dr. Suchetha Nambanoor-Kunnath for Completing her PhD
SPARC funds CORE in a new research project to enhance the discoverability of Open Access content


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Kartuga release a new update based on players' feedback
InnogGames has just released a new update for Kartuga which features some improvements coming directly from player feedback. The new features include the "Win of the Day" which rewards players for their first win in a PvP match each day, delivering a huge amount of XP and gold to players - increasing every day. The fifth consecutive "Win of the Day" equals a valuable gift of gems. Moreover, the matchmaking system has been improved, and a lot of PvP balance fixes have been made to classes and skills.
"The feedback from the community in recent weeks has been very helpful to our further development," explains Product Manager Florian Supa. "The beta is an exciting time because it offers the possibility to work together with users to make it exactly what they are looking for."
Source of information: InnoGames press release
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UTECA: "OTT platforms avoid tax and production quotas"
November 21, 2018
From David Del Valle in Madrid
UTECA, the Spanish private TV Association, has accused new OTT platforms – such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO – of avoiding taxes in Spain to the detriment of the traditional TV operators.
"It is unacceptable seeing how, through their foreign headquarters, they avoid the fiscal system and the obligation of financing RTVE or the national production [quotas]", claimed the outgoing president of UTECA, Alejandro Echevarría, one of the founders of the Association who soon will leave his post after tow years at the helm.
"We (the TV market) are highly regulated and overseen. However, the new distributors, mostly multinationals, are operating in a legal jungle, with limited or no controls and obligations, and with little contribution to the domestic economy. It makes sense claiming that we all should operate under the same rules", he said. He want the TV law changed to adapt the new TV scene to the new digital developments.


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AAE Hybrid vanes are made out of the same flexible material as AAE Elite Plastifletch but also features the ultra-stable, air-channeling ribbed design the MAX vanes are famous for. Hybrid 40 size is 3.8in length x 0.5in high. 11.0 grains.
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Moonstone that is made up of 75% orthoclase and 25% albite.
The inclusions (internal features) are referred to as: the result of crystalographically oriented exsolution crystals within the feldspar mass.
Whilst the initial testing of the stones inclusions conducted in 1989 concluded that the inclusions were made up of ilmenite (for the black blades and triangles) and hematite (for the orange platelets).
With the advancement in technology over the last 3 decades, a recently conducted more in depth analysis has found the black blades and triangle inclusions in Rainbow Lattice to be magnetite.
A paper with these results will be published soon by authors from the the Gemmological Institute, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and it will be published in The Journal of Gemmology by Gem-A.
It is a rare occurrence when Sunstone occurs in a Moonstone, let alone with the added presence of the other phenomena seen in this extraordinary gemstone - perfect parallel lines and equilateral triangles which are incredibly rare in nature.
Moonstone is associated with the Moon and is a wonderfully helpful stone for those who seek to embrace the Goddess within. A stone of intuition and insight, Moonstone helps to connect to all of the different cycles one experiences in life. Moonstone helps to balance the emotional body, especially any aggressive tendencies in males or females. Many people find Moonstone to be very soothing and use it to help relieve stress. Moonstone is used to protect those who travel on or by water.Working with the Sacral, Third-Eye and Crown Chakras, Moonstone connects us to Divine Inspiration, and channels it into our own intuition. Moonstone encourages introspection and judgment, yielding to easier decision making. Moonstone also enhances one's emotional vision, bringing greater creative abilities and freedom of expression. These properties are also enhanced by Moonstone's ability to open one up to increased synchronicities, that we often cannot see due to our being wrapped up in our daily routines. Moonstone can also offer increased patience and allowing, so those newly found synchronicities can flow into our lives unimpeded.Physically, Moonstone can promote conception by aiding all aspects of the reproductive system. Moonstone is also known to help with digestive system, including the liver, and can aid in the absorption of essential vitamins and minerals. Many women like Moonstone for its ability to balance hormonal and menstrual cycles.
Moonstone prevents jet lag and provides safe travel, especially over water and at night. Keep a Moonstone in a child's bedroom to alleviate nightmares and provide regular sleep patterns.
Charge your Moonstone by placing it on a windowsill or outdoors overnight during the full moon. You may notice the stone getting more powerful as the moon reaches its fullest point, and losing its potency as the moon wanes.
Properties for Stone: MoonstonePrimary Chakra: Sacral-ChakraSecondary Chakra: Crown-Chakra, Third-Eye-ChakraCrystal System: Monoclinic-Crystal-SystemChemical Composition: Na(90-70%) Ca(10-30%) (Al,Si)AlSi2 O8 Sodium calcium aluminum silicateAstrological Sign: Cancer, Libra, ScorpioNumerical Vibration: Number-4Hardness: 6-to-6.5-HardnessColor: Tan, WhiteLocation: RussiaRarity: CommonPronunciation: moon-stohnMineral Class: SilicatesIssues and Ailments (Physical): Arthritis, Birthing, Breast-Health, CirculationVomiting, Edema, Headaches, Health-and-Healing, Infertility, Insomnia, Multiple-Sclerosis, Muscular/Skeletal, Pancreas, Pituitary-Gland, PMS, Pregnancy, Sting/Bites, Stomach, Water-RetentionIssues and Ailments (Emotional): Anger, Centering, Composure, Emotional-Balance, Emotional-Healing, Fear-of-Dark, Happiness, Harmony, Hope, Letting-go-of-the-need-to-control, Mood-Swings, Nurture, Positive-Energy, Postpartum-DepressionIssues and Ailments (Spiritual): Ancient-Wisdom, Balance-Aura, Clairvoyance, Connecting-with-Higher-Realms, Energy-Work, Enhance/Stimulate-Dreams, Enhances-Dreams, Expanding-Consciousness, Healing-Increasing-Awareness, Higher-Consciousness-and-Will, Higher-Realms, Intuition, Protection, Psychic-Protection, Revitalizing-Aura, Safe-Travel, Serving-Humanity, Vision-Quest, yin-energyExtra Grade: Beautiful combination of cream to orange color, opaque, < 10% matrixA Grade: Nice combination of cream to orange color, opaque, 10% - 25% matrixB Grade: Poor combination of cream to orange color, opaque, and/or > 25% matrixAffirmation: I allow my true inner self to shine through.
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FTY720 analogues as sphingosine kinase 1 inhibitors : enzyme inhibition kinetics, allosterism, proteasomal degradation and actin rearrangement in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
Lim, Keng and Tonelli, Francesca Romana and Li, Z. and Lu, X. and Bittman, R. and Pyne, Susan and Pyne, Nigel (2011) FTY720 analogues as sphingosine kinase 1 inhibitors : enzyme inhibition kinetics, allosterism, proteasomal degradation and actin rearrangement in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286 (21). pp. 18633-18640. ISSN 1083-351X (https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.220756)Full text not available in this repository.Request a copy
Sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1) catalyzes the conversion of sphingosine to the bioactive lipid sphingosine 1-phosphate. We have previously demonstrated that FTY720 and (S)-FTY720 vinylphosphonate are novel inhibitors of SK1 activity. Here, we show that (S)-FTY720 vinylphosphonate binds to a putative allosteric site in SK1 contingent on formation of the enzyme-sphingosine complex. We report that SK1 is an oligomeric protein (minimally a dimer) containing noncooperative catalytic sites and that the allosteric site exerts an autoinhibition of the catalytic site. A model is proposed in which (S)-FTY720 vinylphosphonate binding to and stabilization of the allosteric site might enhance the autoinhibitory effect on SK1 activity. Further evidence for the existence of allosteric site(s) in SK1 was demonstrated by data showing that two new FTY720 analogues (a conjugate of sphingosine with a fluorophore and (S)-FTY720 regioisomer) increased SK1 activity, suggesting relief of autoinhibition of SK1 activity. Comparisons with the SK1 inhibitor, SKi or siRNA knockdown of SK1 indicated that (S)-FTY720 vinylphosphonate and FTY720 behave as typical SK1 inhibitors in preventing sphingosine 1-phosphate-stimulated rearrangement of actin in MCF-7 cells. These findings are discussed in relation to the anticancer properties of SK1 inhibitors.
ORCID iDsLim, Keng, Tonelli, Francesca Romana, Li, Z., Lu, X., Bittman, R., Pyne, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-9584 and Pyne, Nigel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5657-4578;
Item type: Article ID code: 32344 Dates:DateEvent27 May 2011Published Keywords: apoptosis, cytoskeleton, enzyme inhibitors, enzyme kinetics , sphingolipid , Pharmacy and materia medica, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Subjects: Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 28 Jul 2011 15:45 Last modified: 01 Nov 2023 09:46 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/32344


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February 26, 2010 Anthony Plewes , Connectivity
The Yankee Group recently held an interesting webinar on cloud computing that looked at how the widely talked about technology will fare in 2010. It got together analyst Agatha Poon with cloud computing experts from Microsoft, Sybase and Arista to talk about a number of issues, including:
- What is cloud: evolution or revolution? Interestingly opinion from Yankee Group's enterprise survey was split down the middle. It encouraging to see that2% of enterprises thought cloud computing was hype with no substance. The webinar participants agreed that although it is evolutionary, there are some revolutionary aspects to cloud computing;
- What are the cloud's characteristics? It's important not to get too hung up on definitions, but Yankee define it as dynamic, shared, scalable computing resources delivered over the Internet;
- Signposts for 2010. Cloud will make an appearance first in its private incarnation through the increase in virtualization. Also important is the development of trust between service provider and end-user;
- Is pay-as-you-go important for enterprises? Given that enterprise budgets are not set up for PAYG, is it so important to have this - should service providers in fact be offering more traditional contracts?
- What are the key barriers? Well they touch on the obvious ones like security and availability, but also the lack of management tools and interoperability.
- How much spending on services? Interestingly the Yankee Group believes that within 24 months 15% of enterprises will spend more than half of their budget on cloud computing services, which seems like a high figure to me.
Anyway to make up your own mind you can listen to a replay of the webinar here, and we will also be looking at the session in more depth in a forthcoming Enterprise Briefing story.
After a Masters in Computer Science, I decided that I preferred writing about IT rather than programming. My 20-year writing career has taken me to Hong Kong and London where I've edited and written for IT, business and electronics publications. In 2002 I co-founded Futurity Media with Stewart Baines where I continue to write about a range of topics such as unified communications, cloud computing and enterprise applications.


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- Bob Vila TV Shows >
- Kitchen Remodel > Episode 4: Roofing and Landscaping
Applying Stucco
Project: Kitchen Remodel, Episode 4, Part 3
After a progress report and some roof work with contractor Ed Weller, Bob joins landscape architect Juan Capote for a preview of what will be done to transform the yard into a tropical paradise. Also, Angelo Dattini walks Bob through the first steps of stucco application. Stucco will be added to walls of the new addition.
- Part 1: Roof Flashing
- Part 2: Landscaping Plan
- Part 3: Applying Stucco
- Bob meets with stucco contractor Angelo Dattini, who walks Bob through the first steps of stucco application.
This project features the remodeling and expansion of the kitchen and family room of a 15-year-old suburban Miami tract house. Innovative and fun projects include walls built using insulated concrete forms, stucco application, and glass block walls.


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Ash Vasudevan, PhD '96, describes himself as being driven to make a difference and drawn to the unknown.
Case in point: He co-founded a nationwide talent search in India to find the next big-league-caliber baseball pitcher in a country where cricket dominates sports. Launched in 2007, that reality TV competition spanned a dozen cities and attracted 35,000 participants.
The theory behind the competition is that innate athletic ability can be applied across sports requiring similar skills, such as from cricket to baseball. It culminated in 18-year-olds Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel—javelin throwers who disliked cricket and had never heard of baseball—becoming the first Indians to sign professional sports contracts in North America (both with the Pittsburgh Pirates).
By now the story might sound familiar. Disney's Million Dollar Arm—based on the competition of the same name—premieres nationally May 16 with Vasudevan being played by Aasif Mandvi of The Daily with Jon Stewart.
The movie chronicles the first season of Million Dollar Arm, which Vasudevan launched with sports agent JB Bernstein (portrayed by Jon Hamm) and Will Chang, who has ownership stakes in a number of professional teams, including the San Francisco Giants and the D.C. United. Vasudevan, who co-founded Seven Figures Management with Bernstein and Chang, is managing general partner of San Mateo, Calif.–based Edge Holdings, which creates and funds ventures in technology, media and entertainment.
"Life really would be boring if you didn't take risks," Vasudevan said of his business philosophy. "I'm drawn to the uncertainty. It's the tried-and-true methods I don't find particularly appealing. I like trying something nobody has tried before."
Vasudevan has been involved in ventures ranging from reQall, a global business focusing on personal-assistance technology, to Gigante, a documentary about Major League Baseball player Andres Torres, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Going to India to find a star pitcher did not resonate with many of Vasudevan's friends. Some suggested he and his colleagues should recruit in markets such as Japan or South America, which have produced numerous big leaguers, but Vasudevan countered that established scouting systems in those markets are much more likely to identify premier talent, leaving fewer gunslingers available to compete for reality TV.
Production of Season 3 of Million Dollar Arm is expected to start in the fall. Before that, of course, Vasudevan and colleagues will experience what it is like to inspire a feature film and to be portrayed in a movie shown around the world.
"The first time I watched myself on the screen, it was weird," Vasudevan said of Mandvi's performance. "To see Jon Hamm addressing my character, and reliving some of those conversations, is a lot of fun. We never imagined we would have such a wonderful global platform to tell our story."


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Since '02 xBhp is different things to different people. From a close knit national community of bikers to India's only motorcycling lifestyle magazine and a place to make like-minded biker friends. Join us
xBhp was born more than 16 years ago and since then we've had a chance to ride or drive hundreds of machines running on two wheels or four wheels, and sometimes even three wheels. We are not done yet, and this list is still growing. In these pages, we take a deep dive in the treasure trove of our ride experiences and bring you all that we have ridden or driven.
There are motorcycles and then there are refined motorcycles. This piece of sweetness belongs to the latter. The Yamaha FZ 25 ain't no hooligan, it is a sedate machine which will do absolutely everything you need, without breaking a sweat!
Yamaha organised a media ride in the lovely state of Goa, which is actually a perfect setting for this motorcycle. Twisties, undulating terrain, potholes, gravel and all two-lane highways! The road plays to the motorcycle's strength and masks its limited weaknesses.
The bike is good looking, I don't think there will be many who disagree with that. It carries over the successful base design from its younger sibling sold in India and adds a touch more muscle. In fact, it does feel like a more grown up and mature version of the FZ-S. The prospective buyer will find the design familiar as well as refreshingly different. Face first, the LED headlamp makes you sit up and take notice. The only 250 in India with this setup Yamaha boffins proudly tell you. The LED lights have two bulbs in the centre for the low beam and one bulb in the lower half of the dome for the hi-beam. 13+13+9 Watts together consuming 35W with the hi-beam in play. Unfortunately we rode in bright sunlight and have no clue on the effectiveness of these new lights.
Switching from the lights we go to the switch gear. Quality finish and everything falls naturally to the rider's hands. The pass switch though isn't activated by your index finger, instead by the thumb. Which brings me to a pet peeve, why can't these basic things be standardised across motorcycles! I have a tiny brain and don't want to use it. Let muscle memory handle mundane things like this please!
Your leg muscles gladly grab onto the beefy fuel tank. The plastic is neatly sculpted and the recess provides you sufficient grip for all regular riding conditions. The saddle is oh so plush, you almost forget to mention it. That's how good it is. My pillion for a couple of kilometres vouched for the pillion saddle as well. The ergonomics are spot on for my 5'11" frame and I would gladly ride the length and breadth of this country on the FZ 25, if given a chance! The bike is neither excessively commuterish nor sporty, just skimming the sweet spot between the two.
The gearbox is super smooth, the handling of the bike is neutral. It's neither in a hurry nor sluggish, one can ride it at ones comfort level. The motorcycle is overall very forgiving, you don't feel as if sitting on pins and needles at all times. Make a mistake mid-corner and you can still reel it in without your pants turning brown! MotoGP racer Pol Espargaró had described riding the Yamaha YZR- M1 as a motorcycle which the harder you push, the slower you go. To go faster, you got to be smooth. That description holds true for the FZ 25, even though the two motorcycles exist in different galaxies!
The brakes on the bike are satisfactory, very gradeable, but if you grab a fistful, the tyres will protest. The MRF rubber on the FZ appeared quite capable, but not something you want to go kamikaze with! The bike doesn't have the safety net of ABS, so discretion is the better part of valour!
One of the strongest points of the Yamaha is its gem of an engine, equipped with the 'Blue Core' technology. The marketing term to describe an engine which extracts maximum power without being excessively thirsty. Departing from media ride convention, Yamaha laid bare it's heart and soul, quite literally! A variety of components from the engine internals were kept on display for enthusiasts to drool over. From the lightweight piston, thinner piston rings, cylinder head block with oval combustion, the nickel and silicon plated sleeve, the muffler with multiple expansion chambers for the smooth sound, the 10-hole injector and a cross-section of the headlight. All this weight saving helps keep the weight down to a measly 148kg. Another figure the tech guys are proud to bandy about. This low weight aids handling considerably and the bike would be a different beast if it were 10 kg heavier. The torque from the engine might be scoffed on paper, but in real world riding conditions it's wonderful. Peak torque coming in at 6000 RPM, ensures that frequent gearshifts are not required and a bit of throttle will see you comfortably sailing past traffic. The bike does struggle for breath at the top end and we don't expect high speed runs. But riding at near around the triple digit mark is comfortable with no vibes coming in at any point. For those wondering about top speed, frankly Goa isn't a place you want to risk life and limb to attempt it, and with a brand new engine, your findings wouldn't be very accurate either.
Along with the engine tech, Yamaha also showcased its aftermarket capabilities. On display was their diagnostic tool which is hooked into the ECU and all information about the various sensors of the motorcycle is provided to you. These are compared to set parameters which then allows the mechanic to clean/ replace any parts. There was also a fuel injector cleaning unit, in which Yamaha recommends the injectors to be cleaned every 6000km. Service intervals are set for 5000km so you would want to get it done at every service. All Yamaha SVCs will have these tools at their disposal to ensure a satisfactory service.
FZ 25 vs Duke 250
For starters, the bikes are very different and shouldn't be compared! So why am I doing so? Because someone will go ahead and ask me this question, so I will grab the bull by the horns!
The KTM Duke 250 is a busy motorcycle, which requires the constant attention of the rider. The bike begs a thrashing. The FZ 25 is calm, mature and gentlemanly and forgives the rider's mistakes and imperfections. The FZ is lighter in absolute weight and will be lighter on your pocket as well! The Duke is razor sharp and boasts around 10 bhp more. The Duke and FZ should have a similar tank range, though the former comes with a metal tank, while the latter has a plastic one (weight saving). The Duke has a more aggressive and purposeful riding posture, while the FZ is more relaxed. Both bikes come equipped with MRF tyres. The bikes should also get similarly decent after sales and service. And therefore…
…the bike of choice should depend entirely on the character of the rider. The hooligan for the hooligan and the gentleman for the gentleman!
Photos: Thulashi Dharan J and Avinash Noronha (The Monk)


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It is the nightmare scenario that many EU and U.K. Brexit officials have long feared: a disorganized crash-out, not because either side wants it but because political events spin out of control.
Some Brexit officials fear that moment has now arrived with Brussels and London locked in a standoff: EU27 countries don't want to grant an extension of the October 31 deadline without knowing Britain will hold a national election, while opposition parties in Westminster say they will not vote to allow a snap election unless the EU has approved an extension and set a new deadline.
EU diplomats met in Brussels Friday morning and announced that they agreed on the need for an extension but would not make a decision until Monday or Tuesday of next week — further raising the stakes.
The situation is so tense at the moment that many officials on each side are refusing to comment publicly, or even be quoted anonymously offering their commentary.
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But conversations in the last 24 hours in Brussels and London reflect the same sinking feeling among senior officials that they are now caught in a terrible Catch 22. France notably does not want to approve any extension without a clear political shift in London, while the U.K. parliament is apparently unable to muster the two-thirds majority needed to set a general election unless and until the EU27 approve an extension.
"What happens if for some reason we don't have clarity even on Monday?" — EU diplomat
It is a bizarre game of chicken, in which the two sides are not actually racing toward each other, and a head-on collision, but rather stuck in a freeze-frame as the end of a mountain road with no guardrails rushes toward them.
While each side waits for the other to move, the deadlock stands to worsen.
Johnson has set up a vote in the House of Commons on Monday on the question of whether to hold a December 12 snap election. If opposition parties block it, that would give further evidence to French President Emmanuel Macron and others in the EU advocating a tougher stance who say the political situation in London is paralyzed, and therefore Brussels must apply maximum pressure.
But a short extension of the October 31 deadline — perhaps to November 15 — would offer no guarantee of breaking the logjam and the EU could find itself forced to grant a series of short delays that neither yield ratification of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement nor leave time for a British election campaign.
By that view, the best the EU could do is wait until close to the current witching hour on Thursday night — Halloween — to see if Westminster blinks. But waiting that long also carries risks.
Council President Donald Tusk had hoped to avoid this by pushing urgently for approval of an extension the moment that it became clear on Tuesday that the legislative process in Westminster had stalled.
Officials ultimately expect leaders to step in to prevent a no-deal catastrophe, but the continuing uncertainty with less than a week before the deadline has left them more anxious than at any point in the nearly three years of negotiations.
After the roughly two-hour meeting of EU diplomats on Friday morning, officials said that no matter the risks it would be absurd for the bloc to do anything before the outcome of Monday's vote in Westminster. And yet, officials acknowledged there was a continuing danger that the situation would only grow more difficult.
"The fear I see is that Monday could be too late, it would be the 28th, we would have only three days left," one EU diplomat said. "What happens if for some reason we don't have clarity even on Monday?"
"We're up for an election, but we want commitments on the deal and we want to know exactly what the EU is saying about an extension" — Diane Abbott, UK shadow home secretary
In the U.K., the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said repeatedly that he wants clarity from Brussels before agreeing to back a snap election.
Diane Abbott, Labour's shadow home secretary, speaking on the BBC's "Today" program on Friday morning, said: "We're up for an election, but we want commitments on the deal and we want to know exactly what the EU is saying about an extension."
Sam Gyimah, a Liberal Democrat MP, speaking to Sky News on Friday morning, said that his party would consider a snap election if it could not secure agreement on a new referendum. "Obviously we will look at an election," he said. "But what we have said is we need to first of all see what extension the EU grants. And the prime minister has been lobbying the EU to not give an extension to January 31 so it's a very confused picture."
The confusion stands to continue until next week.


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What's the best cure for Spurs basketball being over until October? Possible future Spurs basketball, and there's plenty of it today.
The best basketball league outside the NBA started its playoffs yesterday. But, the two teams Spurs fans would be most interested in start their respective playoff runs today. Join me after the jump for more details.
The ACB playoffs are pretty similar to the playoff system of an NBA conference. There's 8 seeds, and the brackets work the same way. The playoff series, however, are much shorter - it's a best of 3 arrangement, so teams should play with a greater sence of urgency to avoid getting behind the proverbial 8-ball. Now let's meet our heroes.
Caja Laboral nabbed the second seed in the playoffs, due in large part to league MVP Tiago Splitter. Walter Herrmann also plays with Caja, for all the Brazilians among us. They'll play at 1:15 PM Spurs time against the 7th seed, Asefa Estudiantes.
Power Electronics Valencia ended up with the 4th seed, partly due to the highlight-reel playmaking ability and shooting(fills a need for the Spurs, no?) of Nando De Colo. They'll face off against Unicaja Malaga at 1:00 PM Spurs time.
For those of you who haven't seen these guys play, this is a good opportunity to see them in action. Nando especially will be facing the highest level of competition he's faced, after PEV won the Eurocup quite handily. If he can perform well in these playoffs, the Spurs may try to bring him in for next season, instead of waiting for him to spend a season in the tougher Euroleague competition.
I feel like noting that #1 seed Barcelona won the Euroleague championship quite easily, and were far and away the best team in the ACB this year, so it's unlikely either of our guys' teams will beat them . But, you still have to play the game.
Update: Go here for video feeds, per Wayne: http://acb360.orange.es/diferidos/LACB/54/309


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Take a stroll around to start off your visit to Menorca, an open-air museum
Amongst hundreds of natural landscapes, Menorca's Talaiotic culture flourishes. A spectacular legacy that's more than 3,000 years old. On your walk you'll discover some incredible archaeological settlements. The silhouettes of the watchtowers stand out against the sky. And you'll wonder at the Naveta des Tudons, a funeral building used between 1200 and 750 B C. It's a real must-see. Get ready to immerse yourself in landscapes of incredible historic value. You'll find out why Menorca was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1993. You can discover its history. And create your own.


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The appointments to the Avon Squash committee are coming thick and fast. We are delighted to announce that Jack Alcock of Workout Harbourside has taken up the role of Secretary of Avon Squash and will assume his responsibilities shortly.
This is an important position that is essential for the proper functioning of the committee, and it has been vacant for some time now. The quorum for committee meetings shall be two members, and must include at least one of the Secretary, Treasurer and League Secretary. In the absence of a Secretary there have been a few meetings since I became Chairman where we were not able to make any decisions because we were not quorate, so this appointment is very timely.
When asked for a comment on his appointment Jack said; 'I'm really excited to support the great work that the current committee have been delivering to date. Hopefully I can strengthen the team's impact on making squash in our region enjoyable and organised, as well as increasing the profile of Avon County Squash."
We are delighted that Jack has agreed to take on this position and wish him all the best in the role. We are still recruiting for a number of other key roles and are in the process of sifting through applications, so watch this space for further announcements.


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According to the National Institutes of Health 70 to 85% of the population will experience back pain at some time in their lives. It is one of the most common and costly musculoskeletal problems today. Pain occurs most often in the neck or lower back.
There are many causes of back pain. Here are just few:
Keeping your back muscles strong and flexible is the key to preventing as well as relieving pain. Muscles tighten in response to injury and stress. Tight muscles can cause pain and numbness.
Research suggests that massage may be helpful for people with back pain. A study conducted at The Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami in 2001 showed that massage lessened lower back pain, depression and anxiety and improved sleep. The group receiving massage showed improved range of motion and higher dopamine and serotonin levels.
Another study cited in the Journal of Bodywork and Massage Therapy (2007) compared the effects of massage therapy and relaxation therapy on chronic low back pain. The massage group showed less pain and greater range of motion than the relaxation group. To learn more about research on the benefits of massage check out the website of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami.
Often the best way to manage chronic back pain is to use several therapies at once. These therapies might include medication, acupuncture, yoga and of course massage. By working with a healthcare practitioner experienced in treating this type of problem, you can determine the best combination of therapies for you.
Anyone experiencing any of the following types of back pain should contact their healthcare practitioner immediately and schedule an evaluation.
If you suffer from back pain here are some things that you can try at home to help alleviate the symptoms. For an acute injury always check in with your healthcare provider and follow their advice. Application of ice to the area may provide some relief. For chronic pain remember to stretch. Your healthcare provider can teach you some stretches or refer you to a physical therapist for care. Yoga can also be beneficial. In both acute and chronic conditions, once you are moving again...keep moving! Walking and swimming are both good exercises for the back.
Getting regular massage can help relieve and prevent back pain.


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What I truly believe to be the real-life 'Beauty and the Beast' town, Colmar is perhaps one of the cutest places I have ever stepped foot. Colmar is hands down the quaintest place I have wandered through. With many little corners looking like they've just jumped out of the 'Beauty and the Beast' (the fountain, the square, the canals, and the perfect little houses), no part of this town is to be avoided.
How to Get to Colmar
From Strasbourg, trains run every half hour or so for 9,50 euro. Colmar is not as easily accessible from places further afield, so base yourself from Strasbourg. It takes about 25 minutes to make the commute.
Where to Eat in Colmar
If you're looking for a sweet little cafe, stop in at Au Dore next door to the Bartholdi Museum. If you're lucky, while you're sitting outside in the cobblestone street, live musicians may serenade you! For those in need of bigger satisfaction, head to La Pergola for delightful pizzas and pastas just next door to Au Dore.
Things to Do & See in Colmar
Once you've made your way off the train, grab a map at the bike rental shop next door to the station. Follow the Avenue de la Republique to the Tourism Office, noted with a big Wi-Fi symbol. From here, you can gather your bearings, check the internet if needed and then start their self-guided walking tour of Colmar.
Follow the little red dots on your map to see the best of Colmar: museums, famous buildings, schools, libraries, markets and sweet little flower-lined canals. As you wander, you will hear the tolling of the cathedral bells, the chatter of people in French, English, Spanish and German and the pattering of feet walking along the cobblestoned paths enjoying the sunshine and bright colours of this lovely town.


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Michael Douglas
Birth Name: Michael Kirk Douglas
Place of Birth: New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 25, 1944
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – English, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, Scottish, Belgian, French
Michael Douglas is an American actor and producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Wall Street (1987).
He is the son of actors Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) and Diana Dill (Diana Love Dill). He has three children: two with his wife, Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, and a son, actor Cameron Douglas, with his former wife, Diandra Luker.
Michael's father was Jewish (the son of emigrants from Belarus). Michael's mother, who was born in Devonshire, Bermuda, had English, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, Scottish, Belgian, and French ancestry. Michael has British citizenship with Bermudian Status because of his mother's birth in Bermuda. He is a maternal cousin of the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, the Bishop of the established Anglican Church of Bermuda, heiress and entrepreneur Mary Lea Johnson Richards, and artist John Seward Johnson II. His uncle was politician Sir Nicholas Bayard Dill.
In 2015, Michael stated that he identifies as Jewish by religion, and described himself as a Reform Jew. Michael's son with Catherine, Dylan, had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony (having decided to do so of his own choice).
Michael's paternal grandfather was named Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch (aka) Demsky (the son of Iser Danilovitch). Herschel was a Belarusian Jew.
Michael's paternal grandmother was named Bryna Sanglel (the daughter of Shalom Yitzhok Sanglel). Bryna was a Belarusian Jew.
Michael's maternal grandfather was Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill (the son of Thomas Newbold Dill and Mary Lea Smith). Michael's grandfather Thomas was born in Devonshire, Bermuda, and was Attorney General of Bermuda, a Member of the Parliament of Bermuda (MCP), and a commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery. Michael's great-grandfather Thomas was born in Devonshire, the son of Thomas Melville Dill and Harriet Valk Smith. He was a merchant, an MCP for Devonshire Parish, a Member of the Legislative Council and an Assistant Justice, and Mayor of the City of Hamilton. Michael's great-great-grandfather Thomas Melville Dill was a sea captain, who, in March 1858, took the Bermudian-built barque Sir George F. Seymour from Bermuda to Ireland in thirteen days. Michael's great-grandmother Mary Smith was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, the daughter of Samuel Benjamin Smith and Susan Augusta Smith.
Michael's maternal grandmother was Ruth Rapalje Neilson (the daughter of Nicholas Bayard Neilson and Sarah Gifford Chapman). Ruth was born in New Jersey, to a family that had lived in the United States for many generations. Nicholas was the son of Theodore Grant Neilson and Catherine Bayard/D. Rutgers/Rugers. Sarah was the daughter of James/Joseph Marsh Chapman and Louisa Stockton Johnson.
Michael's matrilineal line can be traced to Patience Gifford, who was born, c. 1787.
Sources: Genealogies of Michael Douglas – http://www.conovergenealogy.com
Michael's father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Michael Douglas (focusing on his mother's side) – http://www.wikitree.com
Michael's maternal grandmother, Ruth Rapalje Neilson, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Michael's maternal great-grandparents, Nicholas Bayard Neilson and Sarah Gifford Chapman – https://familysearch.org


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If you want to find out how unglamorous writing life can be, you need to read this book. It is a beautiful writing about writing and working and living through it all. It is a nice book, but not an uplifting one. It's quite simple, basic prose but honest and true. I value that more than anything in writing.
Nancy Peacock tells it again, so maybe we get it this time: writing rarely makes one rich. As a matter of fact, it barely helps one support oneself with the basic necessities. One might need to keep doing odd jobs long time after one is a "published author". Not fair, right? That's what I'm thinking. But, I guess, all artists struggle this way. Not everybody makes it big. Some just don't make it in their lifetime. How unlucky and unfair is that?!
Sometimes, making a living out of writing might mean compromising yourself, writing less than your soul and spirit, for lesser reasons than to educate and move the masses. What am I saying here? Writing is hard. I can tell you that too. Disciplining it might be impossible and you cannot make much money out of undisciplined work. Sometimes writing needs to be supported. By some wealth in the family, by a Maecenas, or by housecleaning.
All throughout history artists, writer have gone without food, without covering their basic needs. I wonder why is that? What makes an artist incapable of working a normal job? As Nancy Peacock shows, it is not necessarily a question of time. There is time for a part time job and writing. Writing cannot be done from 9 to 5. That would be too much to ask from the muses. But maybe the rest of the time must be spent in inspirational ways, not inclosed in a suffocating, soul-killing, corporate office. Housekeeping, actually, seems like a brilliant idea – solitude, family lives to be inspired by, houses that tell stories. Right? Why not? Be open-minded. Be open-minded. That's a good mantra.
I liked Nancy Peacock's book and I am planning to read another one of her novels. Life Without Water. It sounds good. About hippies!


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By Brian Schultz
The Winnipeg Goldeyes have re-signed left-handed pitcher Brendan Lafferty for the 2015 American Association season.
The 28-year-old set a Goldeyes record by appearing in 55 games out of the bullpen last season, which bested his own record from the 2013 campaign. He finished last summer with a 0-3 record, career-low 2.66 ERA and a career-high six saves.
"We're thrilled to have him back in our bullpen," manager Rick Forney said in a statement over the weekend. "His durability and reliability are his best strengths. Obviously during the last couple of years he's set some Goldeyes records. He makes himself available to the club on a regular basis and can fill many roles in the bullpen."
The Goldeyes now have two pitchers and one position player signed for the 2015 season.


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Rapper Juelz Santana was released from jail on April 6 after being in police custody since March 12. The 36-year-old was arrested on weapons and drug charges after a .38 caliber handgun and illegal drugs were found in his luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport. The Dipset member quickly left the scene in a cab on March 9 and did not turn himself into authorities for another three days.
The rapper born LaRon James was released on $500,000 bail into the custody of his mother. According to the Jasmine Brand, judge Michael A. Hammer ordered James to serve to serve his house arrest at his mother's Englewood, N.J. home and not the home he shares with his girlfriend Kimbella Vanderhee.
According to court documents the judge said, "the defendant must reside with Ms. James and NOT Ms. Vanderhee."
Vanderhee and James have three children together. Under the orders of the judge, the parole officer on James's case must preapprove his residence. He passport was confiscated and he is required to install a landline phone in the home within the next 10 days.
The rapper will have to wear an ankle monitor around the clock as he waits for his federal trial to start.


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Recently, we posted a video by filmmaker Joey Helms about his shiny new RED Komodo 6K camera, and five reasons why you might want to get one. He got a lot of questions asked in response to posting that video, so he's created this 30-minute follow up to provide a full hands-on review and blast through as many of those questions as possible.
Joey seems to know what he's talking about with this camera, too, as the video shows some of the finest sample footage I've seen shot with the RED Komodo so far. Whether that's down to the camera settings used or the work he does in post, I'm not entirely sure but he sure makes that thing look pretty amazing.
Joey's video is broken down into sections, talking about the different aspects of the camera. He also includes sample footage shot in three very different conditions. 6pm footage, where it's still rather bright out, 6am footage when the sun's just starting to make an appearance to test the dynamic range, and 11pm footage once the sun has made its descent to see how it performs in low light.
Here's a full breakdown of the different sections.
- 0:19 – '6PM' Footage Sequence
- 3:11 – A Message For You!
- 4:27 – Compression, File Sizes, & Crop
- 6:51 – RAPID ROUND I: Features
- 11:55 – Dynamic Range incl. '6AM' Footage Sequence
- 15:55 – Audio
- 18:03 – RAPID ROUND II: Accessories
- 22:05 – Footage Download / #komodochallenge
- 22:45 – Low Light incl. '11PM' Footage Sequence
- 24:55 – Menu & Wireless Control
Joey has even offered up the sample footage he shot for the video for download so that you can all have a play with it yourself. In fact, he's created a challenge to see exactly what people will make of it. If you do make something with it, feel free to share it in the comments here, too.
In between all the gorgeous footage, Joey talks about the different functions, features and capabilities of the camera, along with a couple of rapid-fire rounds where he answers questions posted on his previous video.
If you've been thinking about getting a RED Komodo 6K Cinema Camera, then it's well worth a watch. Even if you haven't, but want to see some nice eye candy footage, you might want to check it out.


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Saugus USD | Helmers Elementary Celebrates New Garden, Garden Based Curriculum
Charles Helmers Elementary School celebrated its new school garden and the implementation of a Garden Curriculum into their classes on Friday.
The ceremony showcased various speakers involved in bringing the garden to life: Natalie Freed, a parent of a student at Helmers, who came up with the idea to bring a garden into the school; Lisa Ely, founder of Karden Garden School Garden Curriculum, who will lead the hands-on classes that will correlate with concepts the students are learning in their individual grade levels; Elizabeth Rydall, who was brought in to paint a mural that accompanies the Learning Garden; and finally Principal Pete Bland as well as other school officials spoke to celebrate the new program.
Efforts began last year when Freed had the idea to start a community garden at the elementary school. A year, plus a $10,000 grant from organic seed company "Seeds for Change" and help from the "Lowes Heroes" volunteer work crew, the idea is alive and ready for students at Helmers to get to learning in the garden.
Watch the full ceremony above.(c) 2017 SCVTV
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The Dog Ate My Clearance PapersBy Behan Gifford @sailingtotem
Jamie and I co-author a cruising column for 48° North, a Pacific Northwest regional boating magazine. Our article for October offers anecdotes internet technology on board. Love it or hate it, it's certainly changed a great deal about cruising. Puget Sound residents can pick up 48° North in boaty outlets, but anyone can read the full issue free online. Mostly, we think it's a good thing, but it has made it a lot harder to blame your missing clearance papers on the dog.
Puget Sound boaters calling the verdant silicon forest of the Pacific Northwest home are more likely than most to recognize technology as a friend. On Totem, internet access and digital devices are an part of our everyday routine and make many basic tasks much easier than they were when we first dipped our toes into cruising in the 80s and 90s. The new world of traveling, afloat or otherwise, was hammered home when a recent visitor to Totem related with the air of a confessional that although it seemed old fashioned, she decided to buy a "printed" guide book for her trip to see us anyway. While technology has certainly made our lives afloat safer and easier, there is a flip side to many of the benefits. Here are some of our favorite examples on board, along with some cautionary tales to consider how tech is used whether you are bluewater cruiser, or a weekend sailor in the Sound.
The comments of our visitor notwithstanding, printed guidebooks are still an important part of our library. Perhaps our digitally native children will be able to flip and browse on a tablet the way I do with a hard copy, but I find the physical experience more effective for most needs. On the other hand, the internet is almost always the first resource checked after pilot charts when we choose a new route, especially as we stray beyond the boundaries of cruising guides. Checking for the latest information on clearance formalities, looking for the experiences of recent travelers, and seeing if there are raves (or warnings) play a bigger role than cruising guides in choosing our path.
Technology has changed the basic set of tools for navigation. Google Earth can provide a valuable view that complements on board charts, whether we have an internet connection or not: caching regional images beforehand keeps them accessible. Linked to a GPS, we found it to be more accurate in some places than our electronic charts and offering a valuable visual aid, such as determining a route into an atoll. Beyond onboard navigation, Google Earth and street navigation applications make it easier to get around in unfamiliar areas, especially where English isn't the local language.
As quickly as we were enamored of tablet navigation, the importance of an alternate source became apparent. We had looked forward to testing out Google Earth in remote parts of Papua New Guinea. We didn't count on iTunes locking us out until we could download the latest version- a lockout that happened after we left the internet-friendly shores of Australia. PNG doesn't build roads for most of its people, so you can imagine it wasn't easy to find internet access sufficient to download the monster update file. It took a few months before we could use the app.
It's easier than ever to go cruising sooner or longer by using internet access to continue work. We have met cruisers engaged in a range of part time to full time employment including stock speculation, freelance writing, illustration, and more because they can work remotely. Anchored next to Totem in the waters off Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, is an Australian family that has been able to cruise for years because they remotely manage a business at home. The internet requirement does limit their choice of destinations, but they have still managed to cruise through relatively remote areas like Vanuatu. It just took a little more advance planning.
Ready access to a large body of information can filter destinations in another way, too. What is written (or, not written) about a place will influence where many choose to go. In some cases, it can open doors: our documentation of a safe route through Papua New Guinea prompted a number of other cruisers to change their plans and visit instead of skipping this fascinating place. On the other hand, wonderful places which miss out on anecdotal or blog coverage can be left off itineraries altogether.
All this great information can sometimes be misleading. Data becomes obsolete, rules change, and updates aren't always consistent. We had the frustrating experience of using a list of service centers as a significant factor in our selection of a life raft brand. We realized too late that the manufacture lists centers which have long since stopped supporting the brand, and refuse to recertify. This became a serious problem when we were thousands of miles from another option and have a life raft increasingly past expiration, with ocean miles ahead.
For better or for worse, easy communications has also supported a new standard for official reporting. In Australia, visiting boats are required to give at least 96 hours advance notice of arrival to clearance authorities. It is assumed that this is understood and easy to act upon, although passages from countries nearby (New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu) can easily take a week. A vessel arriving into Coffs Harbor the same day we did in 2010 had failed to send their notification. It didn't matter that they'd had just experienced a harrowing passage with equipment failure; the lack of notice cost them thousands of dollars in fines.
There is a dark side to all this great enablement that technology has brought. When you go out for a weekend cruise, does the way you use your cell phone / ipad / ebook reader get put in perspective, or is it as much of a distraction as it can be in everyday life? One of the wonderful things about getting on a boat and casting off is the opportunity to tune down the usual background noise of life, and instead be present to admire the world around you or reconnect with friends and family.
Instead of hanging around in a lonely phone booth on Nuku Hiva, it's pretty great to be able to Skype from the anchorage to talk to loved ones. Some might debate the loss of the romance of remote and disconnected travel, but it's still out there if you want to chase it, be that on the backside of Vancouver Island or the remote atolls of the Pacific. Meanwhile, instead of sending blue airmail envelopes folded from whisper-thin letter paper and hoping for the best, I'll take the nearly instant gratification of email and appreciate what technology has done for our world.
Where do you land on the technology spectrum? Is internet on board an essential utility, or will you happily while away weeks away from connectivity?
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The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
There's never a bad time to draw attention to what Reds 3B Coach Mark Berry is going through, and the success of the team tonight makes it seem as good a time as any. Cancer can be a debilitating disease, and regardless of its extent or results, it's an issue that will put its patient through physical and mental hell. Many of us have known people who have bravely fought the disease, and unfortunately, all of us will know someone who will fight it in the future. Coach Berry is currently undergoing both chemotherapy and radiation to fight the cancer that was found in both his lymph nodes and his tonsils, and since it was diagnosed early, his prognosis is good. That doesn't diminish the amount of effort he will have to put forth the fight the disease, and he will need, and deserve, all the support possible during his fight. If you have any questions, or are in a position to help Coach Berry's (and everyone's) fight against cancer, I suggest you check out www.cancer.gov. Get well soon, Coach.
The Reds sure did make it easy on the acting 3B coach tonight, as they opted to hit a plethora of homers that required few runners to be waved around. Zack Cozart broke out of his early season slump. Jay Bruce broke out of his early season slump. Todd Frazier showed us all that, in fact, there is no Todd but Todd. Joey Votto had 3 hits, Shin-Soo Choo was on base 3 times, Homer Bailey cruised through 6 innings and hit an opposite field double, and Devin Mesoraco got a hit in his long-awaited first appearance of the season. Hell, even Manny Parra got in on the action with 2 scoreless innings and a single of his own. Xavier Paul had a pinch hit Macho Burrito, Brandon Phillips had 3 hits and a sure-fire Web Gem...you get the point.
Key Plays
- Todd Frazier homered.
- Zack Cozart homered. Then, Zack Cozart homered again. Then, before Cozart could hit a sac fly, Choo homered...and then Cozart hit a sac fly.
- Jay Bruce doubled in Phillips. Then Frazier homered. Then Paul quadruple homered. Then Frazier singled in Jay Bruce. Reds win, 15-0!

Source: FanGraphs
Other Notes
- This was Zack Cozart's first career multi-homer game, and his 5 RBI were a career high. He entered the night with a season line of .000/.000/.000. That improved.
- Todd Frazier had his second career multi-homer game, and his 4 hits were a career high.
- The Nationals' announcers are still bitter that the Reds moved the fences out before the top-half of each inning. They'll happily note that if this game would've been played in a bigger ballpark, the Reds would've only won 12-0. Stupid small ballpark.
- Tune time! This one's for ken, since he writes everything always and likes these guys. I do, too, and since I'm working the late nights, I can empathize.
- And just to mix it up a bit, here's some advice to the Reds since they've got an early start again tomorrow: there's never no time to play, gotta keep workin' everyday!


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|# Install brew
|/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
|# Apple hides old versions of stuff at https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
|# Install the latest XCode (8.0).
|# We used to install the XCode Command Line Tools 7.3 here, but that would just upset the most recent versions of brew.
|# So we're going to install all our brew dependencies first, and then downgrade the tools. You can switch back after
|# you have installed caffe.
|# Install CUDA toolkit 8.0 release candidate
|# Register and download from https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-release-candidate-download
|# or this path from https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/8.0/rc/local_installers/cuda_8.0.29_mac-dmg
|# Select both the driver and the toolkit, no documentation necessary
|# Install the experimental NVIDIA Mac drivers
|# Download from http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/103826/en-us
|# Install cuDNN v5 for 8.0 RC or use the latest when it's available
|# Register and download from https://developer.nvidia.com/rdp/cudnn-download
|# or this path: https://developer.nvidia.com/rdp/assets/cudnn-8.0-osx-x64-v5.0-ga-tgz
|# extract to the NVIDIA CUDA folder and perform necessary linking
|# into your /usr/local/cuda/lib and /usr/local/cuda/include folders
|# You will need to use sudo because the CUDA folder is owned by root
|sudo tar -xvf ~/Downloads/cudnn-8.0-osx-x64-v5.0-ga.tar /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/
|sudo ln -s /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/lib/libcudnn.dylib /usr/local/cuda/lib/libcudnn.dylib
|sudo ln -s /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/lib/libcudnn.5.dylib /usr/local/cuda/lib/libcudnn.5.dylib
|sudo ln -s /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/lib/libcudnn_static.a /usr/local/cuda/lib/libcudnn_static.a
|sudo ln -s /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/include/cudnn.h /usr/local/cuda/include/cudnn.h
|# Install the brew dependencies
|# Do not install python through brew. Only misery lies there
|# We'll use the versions repository to get the right version of boost and boost-python
|# We'll also explicitly upgrade libpng because it's out of date
|# Do not install numpy via brew. Your system python already has it.
|brew install -vd snappy leveldb gflags glog szip lmdb
|brew install hdf5 opencv
|brew upgrade libpng
|brew tap homebrew/science
|brew tap homebrew/versions
|brew install --build-from-source --with-python -vd protobuf
|brew install --build-from-source -vd boost159 boost-python159
|# Clone the caffe repo
|cd ~/Documents
|git clone https://github.com/BVLC/caffe.git
|# Setup Makefile.config
|# You can download mine directly from here, but I'll explain all the selections
|# For XCode 7.3:
|# https://www.dropbox.com/s/vuy6ha0p7cc5px3/Makefile.config?dl=1
|# For XCode 8.0 and later (Sierra):
|# https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2891540/caffe_10.12/Makefile.config
|# First, we'll enable cuDNN
|# In order to use the built-in Accelerate.framework, you have to reference it.
|# Astonishingly, nobody has written this anywhere on the internet.
|# BLAS := atlas
|# If you use El Capitan (10.11), we'll use the 10.11 sdk path for vecLib:
|# BLAS_INCLUDE := /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/Headers
|# Otherwise (10.12), let's use the 10.12 sdk path:
|# BLAS_INCLUDE := /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/Headers
|# BLAS_LIB := /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A
|# Configure to use system python and system numpy
|# PYTHON_INCLUDE := /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Headers \
|# /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/numpy/core/include
|# PYTHON_LIB := /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib
|# Configure to enable Python layers. Some projects online need this
|curl https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2891540/Makefile.config -o Makefile.config
|# Download the XCode Command Line Tools for 7.3, since NVIDIA does not yet support Xcode 8.0's tools
|# http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Command_Line_Tools_OS_X_10.11_for_Xcode_7.3/Command_Line_Tools_OS_X_10.11_for_Xcode_7.3.dmg
|# Now, choose those tools instead
|sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
|# Go ahead and build.
|cd caffe
|make -j8 all
|# To get python going, first we need the dependencies
|# On a super-clean Mac install, you'll need to easy_install pip.
|sudo -H easy_install pip
|# Now, we'll install the requirements system-wide. You may also muck about with a virtualenv.
|# Astonishingly, --user is not better known.
|pip install --user -r python/requirements.txt
|# Go ahead and run pytest now. Horrible @rpath warnings which can be ignored.
|make -j8 pytest
|# Now, install the package
|# Make the distribution folder
|make distribute
|# Install the caffe package into your local site-packages
|cp -r distribute/python/caffe ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/
|# Finally, we have to update references to where the libcaffe libraries are located.
|# You can see how the paths to libraries are referenced relatively
|# otool -L ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/caffe/_caffe.so
|# Generally, on a System Integrity Protection -enabled (SIP-enabled) Mac this is no good.
|# So we're just going to change the paths to be direct
|cp distribute/lib/libcaffe.so.1.0.0-rc3 ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/caffe/libcaffe.so.1.0.0-rc3
|install_name_tool -change @rpath/libcaffe.so.1.0.0-rc3 ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/caffe/libcaffe.so.1.0.0-rc3 ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/caffe/_caffe.so
|# Verify that everything works
|# start python and try to import caffe
|python -c 'import caffe'
|# If you got this far without errors, congratulations, you installed Caffe on a modern Mac OS X
Dec 21, 2018
Looks like your code was replicated here
Dec 22, 2018
@joyzhou28 You cannot run caffe with GPU on your Mac, and you do not need to install CUDA toolkit. Download the latest binary from their website if you don't need CUDA support.
I also have a MacOS 10.12 but with no Nvidia graphics driver (I have Intel Iris 1600 instead). So if I understand your comment correctly, I won't be able to install CUDA toolkit on my Mac. What do you mean by latest binary though? Can you provide a link? What does this binary do?
And if I download the binary instead of the CUDA toolkit, how does this change the commands I should run from your install_caffe.sh file? Thank you!
Feb 27, 2019
Hi, when I ran make -j8 all, I got following errors"
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [.build_release/lib/libcaffe.so.1.0.0-rc3] Error
Please help. Thank you.
I ran into the same issue. I have no idea what this error is about. Can someone please help. Thank you.
Mar 9, 2021
Hi, you're makefile config is broken: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2891540/Makefile.config
dropbox is giving 404


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The Extravagance of a 1990's/Early 2000's Fashion Show
With tomorrow declaring the opening day of the Alexander McQueen exhibition Savage Beauty at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, I thought I'd write a blog post on how there are little to no extravagance left in fashion, and how that saddens me a little bit as an aspiring designer myself. Maybe it's just me, being trapped in my love for fashion shows of this era, but you just don't seem to get a spectacle show anymore, by this I mean 60+ looks, a huge theatrical experience, garments being seen as art almost? etc. I understand there is a need to be successful nowadays, being a fashion designer is more of a business proposition than ever before and being too commercial has overtook the need to infuse creativity almost. The need to sell the clothes you design of course affects any potential creativity. But I always remember the runway to be what dreams are made of (sometimes nightmares) and to provoke an un-imaginable imagination. Is it because we no longer have Alexander McQueen with us anymore? John Galliano's dismissal from Dior? Thierry Mugler no longer Creative Director of his namesake label, I mean Thierry Mugler's 20th Anniversary presented 300 looks! If that isn't a spectacular moment in fashion, what is? Or is it like I said previously, fashion houses have become too commercial and the need to sell the clothes is vital? Or that simply because times have changed? I don't know, but what I do know is that this has been running through my mind for quite a while now. Maybe it is because Savage Beauty opens it's doors to the public tomorrow and that John Galliano was appointed Creative Director at Maison Margiela last Autumn. Gone are the days in which we'll see automobile robots spray-paint a dress worn by Shalom Harlow rotating on a wooden plinth. A huge mirrored cube have all four walls smash against the floor revealing a naked British journalist Michelle Olley wearing only a gas mask hooked up with tubes and wires in McQueen's insane asylum VOSS2001. Galliano at Dior: The shotgun-wielding models sent down the super-long runway at what was later described as the "Matrix" Haute Couture collection in 1999 and just one year later an almost family-staged Dior Haute Couture wedding back in 2000. There's honestly many more collections I could have mentioned just then, but I'm curious to know what was your favourite show-stopping moment with added shock value by either Alexander McQueen or John Galliano? Leave a comment below. I don't want to say there aren't any designers who put on a "show" anymore because there are, those who stand out to me in an extravagant way are New York-based designer phenomenon Thom Browne who always excites me every season with his couture take on ready-to-wear and of course Karl Lagerfeld's collections for Chanel remain at the height of the spectacular scale in fashion amongst today. I also don't want to leave you with a blog post to read with no media as such, so here are my top five favourite moments from London's two most respected fashion designers of all time, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. Enjoy!
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