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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban luxury three miles from downtown D.C.
Convenient to Metro
The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City is conveniently located 3 miles from Downtown DC and just 1.5 miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Work or work out
Guests can enjoy a fitness room with an indoor lap pool, sauna, and steam room.
Seven layers of luxury linens
Guestrooms at this Ritz-Carlton feature spacious work areas, high-speed Internet access, marble baths, and featherbeds dressed with seven layers of Frette Egyptian cotton linens.
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Hotel Amenities
The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City has a private entrance to Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, home to 170 stores in a four-story, sky lit atrium. The Pentagon is 0.5 mi from the hotel. Washington, D.C. attractions are within 3 mi.
Refined guestrooms at this luxury hotel feature flat-screen TVs with premium channels, marble bathrooms and 400-thread-count bed linens. WiFi is available (surcharge). Suites feature separate living rooms with pull-out sofas. Club rooms provide access to a lounge with complimentary food selections, beverages, and WiFi access.
Culinary options include a fine-dining restaurant and lounge with American cuisine. Amenities also include an indoor pool, sauna and steam facilities, a fitness center, business center and event spaces including 2 ballrooms. Indoor access to the Metro also available.
- Number of meeting rooms - 12
- Year Built 1990
- 24-hour business center
- Number of floors - 18
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Fitness facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Children's club
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 9
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 365
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Wedding services
- Valet parking (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 9.95 per 24-hour period ), Wired internet access ( USD 9.95 per 24-hour period )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 9.95 per 24-hour period )
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Coffee/tea maker
- Flat-panel TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Hair dryer
- Bathrobes
- Premium bedding
- Iron/ironing board
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Free toiletries
- Bidet
- Shower/tub combination
- Slippers
- Pillowtop mattress
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (heating)
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Where to Eat
fyve Restaurant Lounge – Modern American cuisine enhanced with Mediterranean influences. Casual warm ambiance. The restaurant also features a bar with happy hour offers and live music.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 4 PM
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 40 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Guests who book breakfast included rate plans will receive breakfast for 2 guests only. Additional breakfast is available at a surcharge. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 28.00 for adults and USD 14.00 for children (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 39 per day (in/out privileges)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 40 per night
Hotel Name
- Pentagon City Ritz-Carlton
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City is listed in the 2016 Travel + Leisure 500.


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From the Editor's Desk
Sometimes, people are their own worst enemies. They talk too much to people who they shouldn't have talked to in the first place.
That might sound like a strange statement from a newspaper editor, whose stock-in-trade comes mostly from getting information from people who don't want to give it, and certainly don't want to see that information in print.
It's true, nevertheless.
The city, for example pays lots of money to press officers. Most of the major mayoral departments have a myriad of press officers. The Department of Education has several. The NYPD has mostly cops who have worked their way off the street and are wary of anybody who doesn't carry a shield.
The sanitation department has then and so does the Parks Department. They are hired to provide information to the media via press releases and to answer press inquiries.
The do the former very well, the latter not so well.
Take the Parks Department, for example.
You would think that when the lifeguards pull a person from the ocean off Rockaway's shore, the press office would see that as a positive event, something to get the agency some "good press." Nothing of the sort. The Parks Department press office circles the wagons.
The names of the lifeguards that made the great save. Sorry, can't have them. Availability to interview them to get some details of the rescue. Sorry, our employees are not allowed to speak with the press.
Details of the save? Sorry, we don't have that information. Call the NYPD or the fire department.
See how it works?
The DOE has a one-statement-fits-all reaction to stressful situations.
Parents demonstrating against the school's teachers?
"The DOE is working with all the parties to resolve the problem."
A student dies running around the school's track.
"The DOE is working with all the parties to resolve the problem."
Astudent pushes a teacher down the stairs.
"The DOE is working with all the parties to resolve the problem."
See how it goes?
That's why I was surprised last week by a long February 5 story in the Village Voice by Matt Schwarzfeld that really made two young cops in the 101 Precinct in Far Rockaway appear foolish as well as insensitive to the people they serve.
The piece was entitled "Getting Out of Dodge," and the drop-head was "Young Cops In Far Rockaway Recite the NYPD Blues and Try To Flee To Suburban Jobs."
The article was a frank discussion of how the cops felt working the Rockaway projects.
The two cops were obviously unhappy with their jobs and the people they found in the projects and they made no bones about it.
When I first read the article, I wondered how the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information (DCPI) allowed the two young and experienced cops to ride along with two Village Voice reporters on one of their tours. There was no way that was going to happen, and it certainly was not going to happen with two young cops who were unhappy with their lot in life.
My next thought was that the reporters were friends of one of the cops and the ride was unauthorized, but I kind of discarded that on the theory that no cop would be that stupid.
Recently, a source with some secondary ties to the department told me that the cops had been duped.They thought that they were doing an approved ridealong with two college students who were thinking of becoming cops. That would explain their frank discussions with the two reporters.
When I questioned the Village Voice about the story, however, the managing editor of the paper, Tony Ortega told me that the author of the article is a journalism student at NYU and that his professor set up the ride-along as an assignment. The NYPD approved the ride along knowing that the two young men were journalism students and the cops were told that as well, Ortega said.
"The two young students chose Rockaway and the NYPD approved it," Ortega said. "The cops not only knew that they were reporters, they went off and on the record with them, something the students respected when the story was written."
The two cops who patrolled the housing projects in Far Rockaway are Adam Deoliveria and Lisa Bonsignore. I use the past tense, because I am sure that before long they will no longer be partners and will be reassigned to somewhere in Staten Island or the farthest reaches of the Bronx.
Schwarzfeld wrote, "On a late November afternoon patrol, the two young officers spoke candidly about their frustration and their detachment from the areas they police. Like most of the cops in the 101, Deoliveria and Bonsignoire commute to this mostly African-American and low-income area from middleclass Nassau County towns. Their feeling of detachment - which some of the people they serve have picked up on - is compounded by the fact that they both hope to leave the NYPD ASAP."
"This neighborhood would be great if we could get rid of some of the people," Deoliveria says. "The good people, the people who work and do right, they're not the ones we see. We see everyone else - the one who don't work, who are on welfare."
"During their patrols," the author of the story writes, [the two cops] are surrounded by signs of Rockaway's struggles; dense and dimly lit public housing, unkempt beaches, vacant lots, drug addicts and large numbers of people with nothing much to do."
Not exactly a flattering picture of Rockaway or of the cops who patrol the precinct area.
At one point, Bonsignore is quoted as saying, "When you get on this job, [crime] is all you see, you almost get biased." The author added, "Some longtime residents say the lack of positive connection with the NYPD has worsened the area's gang problems.
The reaction to the article, as you would expect, has been swift. Many officials and residents were outraged by the young cops and their disdain for the Far Rockaway community.
"If they don't want to be here protecting us, they should just get out and go somewhere else," one resident of Redfern wrote to The Wave. "We don't need cops who don't see us as people."
Meanwhile, the two cops are trying to leave for jobs in either the Nassau or Suffolk County departments, where the pay is much higher and the job much less wearing.
"It's hard feeling like you're putting your life on the line for so little," Bonsignore told the reporters. "It wears on you."


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A Diamond-Stiglitz approach to the demand for self-protection
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Golden Roller coaster:
US economic news this week was good, but not as good as hoped, adding to concerns there might be more quantitative easing. Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said he feels differently. "The U.S. economy remains fragile, but things would have to get a lot worse for the Federal Reserve to launch another round of monetary stimulus." The Federal Reserve released its "Beige Book" summary with positive news about the U.S. economy. The auto industry sales and growing manufacturing of tech goods are the main reasons for the upswing. The news was not all positive, however. A large portion of the report focused on high gasoline prices and effects on industry. "This confirms that it's a strengthening economy, and that takes pressure off the Fed," economist Eduardo Martinez said. This is the first positive Beige Book seen in a year's time.
Worries about Spain:
The economic issues in Spain continue to worry experts. With a growing budget deficit and a 23 percent unemployment rate, the outlook is grim. But there are hopes for recovery. Spain's prime minister has a plan to reduce debt and shore up the banks. There have been positive signals. Deutsche Bank economist Gilles Moec said, "We've seen more progress in a few days than in four months." The Spanish troubles are even making waves in French politics. The ongoing debt crises in the eurozone are seen as a boost for French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Although he trailing in most polls, the growing uncertainty within the region is boosting his appeal after his work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in handling the Greek debt issues. However, Sarkozy does trail challenger Francois Hollande in most polls. Sarkozy said, "If we return to spending without control, we will find ourselves in the same situation as Spain." The main worry is that if Spain were to default, which other nations are starting to fear, then the $1 trillion already in the coffers will not be enough to protect the eurozone. Spain's problems are viewed by some analysts as far worse than those of Greece. Continue reading


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We have finally reached that point in the summer where all the local schools are out. Swarms of children roam free; already, their vacation-slackened brains have started atrophying, their feral instincts taking over. Ice-cream-truck drivers patrol the streets with caution, fearing the packs of errant urchins who might ambush them.
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Cradle Song
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What does little birdie say
In her nest at peep of day?
Let me fly, says little birdie,
Mother, let me fly away.
Birdie, rest a little longer,
Till thy little wings are stronger.
So she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away.
What does little baby say,
In her bed at peep of day?
Baby says, like little birdie,
Let me rise and fly away.
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- This letter is comprised of comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging it to reduce hazardous air pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants and help transition the industry toward cleaner energy resources.
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AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill designed to provide for the development of offshore wind power projects in Maine.
The Republican governor signed the bill, L.D. 1472, into law on Friday.
It will require Maine's Public Utilities Commission to conduct a second round of competitive bidding for offshore wind projects.
That will allow the University of Maine to compete in the process, which is something LePage wanted.
Democratic Senate President Justin Alfond has criticized the provision. He says opening up the bidding process will jeopardize an agreement between the state and Norwegian company Statoil to build four, three-megawatt wind turbines off Maine's Boothbay Harbor.
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Melbourne street artist Buff Diss chucked spray paint years ago and has since used ordinary masking tape as his preferred medium for creating his artwork. Aside from his impressive masking tape art, he is also known for picking just the right spots for his work.
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Dave Brat—the college economics professor who pulled off a stunning primary defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia's 7th Congressional District—was taking a victory lap through the land of talk TV this morning when he ran into a buzz saw in the guise of MSNBC's Chuck Todd.
Spending the first part of the interview happily discussing his position as a free-market supporter, all was going according to Brat's script until Todd dared to ask the Republican nominee some actual questions on national policy.
Chuck began by tossing Professor Brat a softball, asking whether the candidate supported a federally mandated minimum wage.
Bear in mind that this is a candidate, an economics professor, who had spent the majority of the interview up the point of Todd's question, extolling the virtues of a free market. Yet, when asked for his position on a federal minimum wage he struggled to avoid the question, obviously afraid of angering any voters who might be listening or create any news he felt could be harmful to his chances in November.
Smelling blood in Brat's lack of a solid response, Todd pushed him for an answer, causing Mr. Brat to reply—
" I don't have a well-crafted response to that one."
Call me crazy but I would have thought that a tenured, 18 year economics professor running for Congress on a free market platform might have given some though to the issue of a federally mandated minimum wage at some point before this morning's interview.
Indeed, one cannot help but wonder whether Professor Brat's economics students would manage a passing grade in Econ 101 were they to respond to an exam question with "I don't have a well-crafted response to that one."—even if that student had not received much sleep the night before the exam (what student ever does?).
Given the reaction by Mr. Brat when facing a question that one would expect a free market expert to have previously pondered, it becomes difficult to avoid the reality that Dave Brat is more of a typical politician than he's been letting on.
While Brat's response to an easy question should be distressing to every Virginian who gave him their vote, let alone those who did not, it all got substantially worse when Todd asked Mr. Brat a fairly simple foreign policy question.
"On a foreign policy issue, arming the Syrian rebels. Would you be in favor of that?"
This was, to Mr. Brat's thinking, going to far. How dare the media quiz a guy favored to enter the House of Representatives in January about his thoughts on a critical foreign policy matter?
For the man who had just toppled the House Majority Leader, a foreign policy question qualified as unfair sandbagging—and Brat wasn't afraid to say so.
"Hey, Chuck, I thought we were just going to chat today about the celebratory aspects," Brat said. "I'd love to go through all of this but my mind is just— I didn't get much sleep last night. I love all the policy questions but I just wanted to talk about the victory ahead and I wanted to thank everybody that worked so hard on my campaign. I'm happy to take policy issues at any time, I just wanted to call out a thanks to everybody today."
Really? Talk about a disingenuous response. Mr. Brat had began his interview by launching into the six tenets of Republican philosophy that he claims to hold so close to his heart—six policy positions he was clearly not too tired to recount. Brat then treated Todd's audience to a lecture on the wonders of a free market—a recitation and message he managed to find sufficient energy to deliver, despite his stated lack of sleep that rendered him incapable of telling us his position on minimum wage.


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Just maiden my today great plane. Can anyone please tell what your up and down throws are on your elevators. I seem to get more down throw than up throw no matter what I do on my elevators. Meaning when I pull back on the stick she barely climbs yet it is neutral in the trim center postion as it should.
I noticed this same question on another post
I'm still not sure I understand your question.. are you saying your elevators physically move more from center to full down than they physically move from center to full up? OR do you mean when you are flying along and pull the elevator stick up, the airplane does not climb very well? (if the latter is your issue, the airplane is likely nose heavy) Quote:
I mean no matter what hole combo I try on this bird when on the ground or in the air I get almost an inch more of down throw than up throw and it moves free by hand when not connected on all my mustangs....or other planes for that matter I can if I wanted too that is...yank bank on the stick during landing and balloon this plane on the other hand seems to with 10 percent or less of power on final drop the nose and ive got the right stick all the back....this bird is bitcher to land than any of my 5 mustangs.
first thing i would check for is servos binding. i would bet the servo arm is off center.
yup. do this with the airplane in the shop, FIRST (for safety) REMOVE THE PROP.
next, do whatever you need to do to be able to SEE the elevator servo arm. make sure (with the radio powered up) and the elevator stick at neutral, that the servo arm is at 90 degrees in relation to the servo (the servo arm should be pointed perpendicular to the servo itself, not pointing more forward or more rearward) if it's not at 90 degrees, then make it 90 degrees and adjust the pushrod so the elevator surface is in it's original position. (this is very likely the issue) assuming this did not fix the problem: move the elevator stick UP and check that the pushrod does not bend / flex. if it does, fix it so it doesn't (eliminate any binding, support the pushrod midway) to get the MAXIMUM travel possible: attach the pushrod at the servo to the OUTERMOST hole, attach it to the elevator surface to the INNERMOST hole (the hole closest to the elevator itself) now you should have the same amount of throw on the elevator. I'm going to assume your radio does not support 'adjustable servo travel' (the ability to set the amount the servo travels from center to end point in either direction) if it DOES support that, you should be able to program the transmitter to move more for the same elevator stick 'up' input. (but I don't think that's the issue) if you still don't have 'enough' up elevator to flare for landing, the airplane may be nose heavy. check / confirm the Center of Gravity (CG) Hope that helps |
Ah on all my birds never had this one before...the rod was flexing...actually getting hung up on the cheap decals that are coming off...as I would pull back the sticker peeling up near exit of pushrod would get caught on the rod and when I pushed down it would push away from said decal...funny how I spent about an hour doing all the other stuff suggested at the field the other day and its always the simple crap that bites you.
Kemy yes i know its old
I have a G-Kemy FMS and it flies darn good for a foam chinese pos. Does what ever I ask as long as you land on a perfect runway and go easy on the nose wheel you will be fine. I blew my nose wheel right off really a crummy setup on that. So I just saw the link someone put up and I will slap in the good stuff. Great plane to train some newbee on although I like my nitro 60 size trainer better sometimes its easier to lug this cheapo.
Banana Hobby Sky Trainer 182 Unboxing
Check out my unboxing of my new Sky Trainer 182, that I just got from Banana Hobby for $97.00. On their weekly internet special. I was a little worried that I would get a piece of junk, but it turned out to be a really nice plane for the money. Watch for my assembly video, coming soon.
Wisconsin John
I found that HSD HOBBY CO.,LTD is a Chinese manufacturer of foam rc planes. This particular plane apparently has been branded under several labels. On the surface they all look identical, but there are little changes on each brand. For instance, Banana Hobby's landing gear is identical to the FMS, except the mounting bracket holes have a different hole pattern and the vertical and horizontal tail sections are molded a little different. You may also find different ,but similar electronic packages in each branding. I hope this sheds some light on this issue. Wisconsin John |
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As someone once said, history repeats itself: first as tragedy, then as farce. And then, finally, as sales pitch.
The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin coined the term "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (or MPDG) in an article about Cameron Crowe's "Elizabethtown," in order to describe onscreen women — typified in that case by Kirsten Dunst's absurdly supportive flight attendant — who exist "solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures." The phrase, useful and perceptive, caught on. It became a thing. It even has its own Wikipedia page. And now it is being used to hawk cardboard cutouts of occasional Manic Pixie Dream Girl Zooey Deschanel.
As observed by Rabin himself on his Twitter page, FoxShop.com is using the MPDG to advertise its "'New Girl' Jess Cardboard Standup." The description, in full, reads:
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On Twitter, Rabin called the sight "fucking surreal," and it certainly is. If an expression can jump the shark, this might be that moment for the MPDG; somehow this term of insightful critique has been defanged into cutesy ad copy. Then again, there is a certain kind of deranged logic in using a phrase invented to describe male screenwriters' flat, superficial characterization of women to sell a two-dimensional cardboard cutout.
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It's totally awesome to have Tom Breihan around here...
AC/DC Madison Square Garden November 13, 2008 Photos by David Atlas
In the wake of the absurdly huge first-week sales of Wal-Mart-only comeback album Black Ice, The Guardian's Alex Petridis theorized that AC/DC album sales are a great economic indicator. Basically, whenever AC/DC's doing well, the British economy (and probably the American one, too) is in the shitter. That actually makes sense. I couldn't tell you how most of last night's MSG masses justified the admission price ($96 plus assorted ridiculous service charges). But I can tell you that if you, say, I don't know, hypothetically just lost your cushy little website job a couple of days ago, there aren't too many things you want to see more than a sweat-drenched balding 53-year-old duck-walking across a stage while executing a note-perfect one-handed (left-handed!) guitar solo. Because if Angus Young is still plying his guitar-hero-as-circus-geek trade, something at least is going right.
The crowd at the Garden last night: mostly dudes, about 75% drunk motherfuckers and 25% parents with kids. Pretty much exactly the same ratio as I remember seeing in the upper deck at Baltimore Ravens games, except with more blinky plastic devil-horns. Blinky plastic devil-horns, it turns out, are the AC/DC equivalent of white slatted Kanye glasses. I'm assuming they have something to do with the devil-horns that Angus Young wore on the cover of Highway to Hell, but I don't think those ones were blinky. In any case, once opening yowly Irish buttrockers the Answer (kind of like AC/DC but really more like Jackyl) got done and the lights went down, all those blinky plastic horns really did look pretty cool.
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At this point, absolutely nothing AC/DC does onstage is ever going to surprise anyone. This is, after all, a band that's made a 35-year career out of pursuing some Platonic ideal of rockness, essentially making the same album over and over, hiring a singer who sounded exactly like the first one when the first one died. If you spent any serious middle-school time with their 1992 Live and its accompanying videos, or any of the legion live albums and videos they've released, you know Angus Young's going to stick his guitar-neck between Brian Johnson's legs like it's a dick. You know he's going to do a cartoonish striptease while simultaneously soloing during "The Jack." You know the rest of the band is going to leave the stage at the end of "Let There Be Rock," and you know Angus Young's going to finish things up with an endlessly, flailingly theatrical solo: running laps around the stage, falling to his knees, wriggling around the floor. You might not know he'll run to the middle of the arena and jump up on a riser that'll take him 30 feet above your head, but it won't exactly shock you either. But even if you know everything that's about to happen, the pure visceral delight you get from actually being there and seeing it is something else entirely.
"We're going to mix it up a bit," says Brian Johnson early on, in one of the rare instances when he talked between songs. And, bless his heart, he was lying. Because even with a ridiculous smash of a new album, these guys know that we came to hear the hits. And so after they get a couple of (pretty good!) new songs out of the way, it's nothing but classics: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," "Shoot to Thrill," "TNT." There are a few nice Spinal Tap touches: the gigantic inflatable fat chick on "Whole Lotta Rosie," the cannons on "For Those About to Rock," the huge bell that Johnson dangles from during the intro to "Hell's Bells." But this isn't exactly a band that has to work to keep an audience on its side. None of this "I can't hear you" bullshit. The songs, primal engines of knuckle-dragging hilarity, do all the work.
Drummer Phil Rudd famously never plays fills, which makes him basically the best drummer ever; every song has a super-simplistic boom-boom-boom backbone, one that Cliff Williams and Malcolm Young support mostly by staying in the background and riffing away. All three of them look like dudes doing a job, not particularly enjoying or hating it. Johnson looks like Popeye. And as much as Angus hams it up, I was surprised at how rarely I found myself looking at him. An AC/DC show is more of a communal thing than you might expect, and the focus is less on the dudes onstage actually playing the songs than on the crowd yelling along and getting smashed. And maybe that's why AC/DC always do so well in recessions: When you don't have to go to work the next morning, you don't have to feel too bad about getting smashed and yelling yourself hoarse.
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Im using the cache feature and keep getting the following error, anyone know why? [xx.xx.xx.xx:38749-0#proxy-cache] out of swapping space while terminating GZIP stream!
Should change the static gzip cache directory under "server"->"tuning" tab. By default it uses /tmp/lshttpd/swap . I recommend using "$SERVER_ROOT/cache" or any directory you want to use, just make sure the partition has enough free space.
Same problem. Changing dir's doesn't helped. 10GB of free space. Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/vd0 102400000 91597412 10802588 89% / using php script for compression PHP: <?php global $GZIP; if($GZIP == 1 and $indexphp == 1) { header("Content-Encoding: gzip"); ob_start(); ob_implicit_flush(0); function CheckCanGzip(){ global $HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING; if (headers_sent() || connection_aborted()){ return 0; } if (strpos($HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING, 'x-gzip') !== false) return "x-gzip"; if (strpos($HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING, 'gzip') !== false) return "gzip"; return 0; } function GzDocOut($level=3, $debug=0){ $ENCODING = CheckCanGzip(); if ($ENCODING){ $Contents = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); if ($debug){ $s = "
Not compress length: ".strlen($Contents)."; "; $s .= "Compressed length: ". strlen(gzcompress($Contents, $level)). ""; $Contents .= $s; } header("Content-Encoding: $ENCODING"); print "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"; $Size = strlen($Contents); $Crc = crc32($Contents); $Contents = gzcompress($Contents, $level); $Contents = substr($Contents, 0, strlen($Contents) - 4); print $Contents; print pack('V', $Crc); print pack('V', $Size); exit; }else{ ob_end_flush(); exit; } } } ?>
Since you use VPS, memory buffer is limited. You can try set "Max I/O Buffer Size" to "0". http://www.litespeedtech.com/docs/webserver/config/general/#inMemBufSize
total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 49415496 47558976 1856520 0 1074120 41267960 -/+ buffers/cache: 5216896 44198600 Swap: 8189936 22380 8167556 ************************** Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on rootfs 117M 872K 116M 1% / devtmpfs 5.9M 848 5.9M 1% /dev tmpfs 5.9M 29 5.9M 1% /dev/shm /dev/md3 117M 872K 116M 1% / /dev/md2 128K 47 128K 1% /boot
"out of swapping space while terminating GZIP stream" comes from lsws. your code is in PHP and try to gzip something. so It looks lsws try to gzip something already gzipped by php. to identify the issue, can you disable gzip in php code. if the request headers contains "Accept-Encoding: gzip", lsws will gzip the response body automatically, no need php do the compression. on the other hand, if the response headers contains "Content-Encoding: gzip" from backend php process, lsws should stop gzip response body one more time. --- if it does, should be a bug. need further confirmation.
php.ini >> zlib.output_compression = off phpinfo >> gzip compression: enabled I tried to re compile php without '--with-zlib' in Configure Parameters; in phpinfo the gzip compression status changed to: "disabled (install ext/zlib)" but my site do not load completely and js files has problem
we need confirm where the root cause is first before any solution. if you modify the code as I suggested, then no error message " out of swapping space while terminating GZIP stream!" any more, will help to narrow down the scope greatly. if the error message is still there, then likely not the double-gzip cause at all.
Sorry, I thought you posted the php source code at #3, which actually from DangerD But so far there is no enough info to identify your issue. can you post the exact error message in your error or stderr log ? how frequently the error appear in the error/stderr log ? e.g, number of same errors/per day. we need more information about your configuration. if we can reproduce the issue in our lab based on your description, that'll be ideal.
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:36395-0#APVH_www.domain.com] out of swapping space while terminating GZIP stream! In the past 4 hours 19 times appear ; what information about my configuration is needed?
the frequency is not low. following settings may help: lsws web admin->Server->Tuning->GZIP Compression
looks problem ... Static GZIP Cache Directory:$SERVER_ROOT/cache what's the permission of $SERVER_ROOT/cache ? #ls -ald /usr/local/lsws/cache and images/gif should not be in "Compressible Types" to trouble shoot this issue, you can revert the settings to original. then change one by one. see which one causes the error.
images/gif removed; problem still there drwx------ 18 apache apache 4096 Feb 5 22:05 /usr/local/lsws/cache litespeed also running as user(apache) : group(apache)
please follow if revert to original default settings, the error is gone, then it's something related the change of "GZIP Compression". if the error still continue, your change should be ok.


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(a) Maximum period; compliance requirements where period exceeds 1 year; pro rata reductions where funding below prior fiscal year amounts
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and the availability of funds, the Director may make a grant or enter into a contract under part A, B, or C for a period not to exceed 3 years. Each applicant who receives a grant, or enters into a contract, under such part for a period exceeding 1 year shall comply with such regulations as the Director may issue to require such applicant—
If the amount appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out part A, B, or C in a period during which multiyear grants or contracts are in effect under such part is less than the amount appropriated to carry out such part in the first fiscal year in such period, then the amounts payable under all such grants and contracts in effect in such period under such part shall be reduced pro rata.
(b) Documentation, etc., by applicant of meaningful administrative savings from multiyear grant or contract
The Director shall require each applicant for a multiyear grant or contract under this section, to document or describe in the application any meaningful administrative savings that will result from such multiyear grant or contract.
(c) Single-year grant or contract
If an applicant does not receive a multiyear grant or contract under this section, the Director shall consider such applicant for a single-year grant or contract.
(d) Projects for multiyear periods to be treated as single-year projects for specified purposesIf the Director approves an application for a contract or grant to carry out a project for a multiyear period as referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the Director shall ensure that such project shall be treated in the same manner as a single-year contract or grant with respect to—
any adjustments to Federal financial assistance that may be available under section 5026 of this title; and
(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 227, as added Pub. L. 101–204, title V, § 507, Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1818.)
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I`ve been taking 10 to 15 7.5 vicodin for at least 1 1/2years. i quit cold turkey. I`ve had NO side effects or withdrawles.i would like to know why. By the way I my weight is always between 95 and 110. Is something wrong?
You do not say how long it has been since your last dose of Vicodin. Usually withdrawal starts 12 hours after the last pill and lasts 4-5 days dependent on the amount used, the pattern of use, and the length of time the opiate was used. The severity of the withdrawal symptoms is variable in individual. Generally, the severity of withdrawal is worse with each relapse.
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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
dirty,bad service,expensive,the price not match the quality yes
It is fairly reasonable compared to other motels in the area and was located close enough to West Point for easy access.
close to woodbury outlets service,,cold room,low lights in the room
Close proximity to Woodbury Commons Factory outlet
The room was really nice as well as the staff.
Its proximity to the Premium Outlets at Woodsbury Commons. The poor condition of the furniture & fittings. Only coffee provided in the morning - no hot water available to make our own use.
location room style
Not located in walking distance from Outlet Center as promissed on internet! Very dirty and old. Even if it was a non smoker room, the smell of smoke was immense!
Convient to shopping which was why we were there. Some of the staff were not very helpfull and begruged us any extra stuff ie towels and shampoo
Very good location to go shopping in Woodbury Outlet. Otherwise, don't stay there. The satff is very confused, they've charged me a day that I canceled, but they called to booking.com and I fixed it.
perfect location for shopping at Woodbury premium outlet not as clean as I expect
The location is great. Very easy to arrive. It has enough parking spaces. Great WiFi. Rooms are spacious. Nice staff. It's dated but I don't Care.
I thought it was a great value and the room was big and the bedding was comfortable. Nobody cleaned my room on my first night. I don't know if that was normal but it seemed odd.
The room was clean and did not smell. It was spacious and even had a fridge/microwave combo. The bed was comfy and the bathroom was clean. The air conditioner worked just fine and we enjoyed our relaxing evening in after a long day's drive and anticipating another one the next day. The ice machine didn't work but I can understand how that happens. However this facility has both smoking and non-smoking rooms. The hallways, lobby, and breakfast area smell disgustingly like a stale ashtray. I was terrified walking to our room that it was going to smell like that because there was no way we'd be staying if it did. Luckily the room smelling nothing like the hallway and we stayed but they really need to do something about it. I couldn't even stay to eat where there were a few tables because it was smelled so heavily of stale cigarettes.
The staff at the front desk was very friendly and accomodating. The location was good for my needs. The facility was very large but we were still able to park near our room. We had no hot water and had to contact the front desk and were told the hot water heater had to be reset. the room smelled sweaty like the sheets hadn't been cleaned I was slighty intimidated about sleeping in them.
The gentleman who checked us in, was a total sweetheart. He was helpful, understanding, and very professional while still holding a warm tone. He helped my family and I know where each other were, and he was genuinely sweet. Thank you so much!
Was in a first floor room near the reception desk. A lot of banging late at night that could have been guests in floor above. Confusion about whether or not there is an airport shuttle.
The location was good. It was quiet No TV for 4 days out of 6, no refrigerator like other rooms had, twice we had no hot water, continental breakfast sucked, toast, cereal, and frozen waffles and at 9 AM it was gone so heaven forbid you slept in a bit.
The breakfast was better than I had hoped for. Room access was through the exterior perimeter of the facility. Main area of hotel was very dark and guest room was in need of updating If not total renovation. Should be sold to a Ramada Four Points Franchisee and updated. The Ramada down the block is just fractionally superior.It kind of sucks as well.
The staff was great and very helpful. The water pressure in the shower was excellent. The room accommodations were sorely lacking. The room was damp and had a very musty smell. The curtains and blanket on the bed had holes in it. The mirror fell off the wall within the first hour of us getting into the hotel room. We originally booked a 2-night stay and stayed only 1 night because we were too tired to change hotels after we checked in late in the day. The hotel is in dire need of a complete renovation because the facility is quite old.
The room smelled like a dog. The bathroom floor was sticky.
the bed was comfortable, liked the flat-screen tv, fridge, and microwave. hairs left in she shower, a couple hairs in bed too.
1 clean, comfortable, large space room 2 owner is kindly 3 great location, only 10 mins to woodbury outlet
The room was clean, and the staff was extremely friendly. It's a very basic motel. You need to bring your own shampoo, conditioner, etc. However, it lived up to my expectations. I do wish that the lighting was better in the room.
This place was--- a night. The room smelled really musty but it didn't bug me that much.
Location is great for an Event at Anthony Pier 9 as its right down the road. Beds are a little uncomfortable but the room is clean and is a good value.
It was located near where I wanted to be and the price appeared to be very reasonable. There was a musty smell, the front window would not open, the bathroom sink was loose.
nothing Attitude of owner when asked for refund. Belligerent and threatening. Refused to listen to legitimate complaints even after we advised him that we were going to notify you and the town building inspector.
Convenient location considering my travel needs. It was really funky, I like old timey places like this... but not for the price I paid. Room had a musty smell, old furniture, water was very coppery smelling/tasting. All things considered, it was overpriced for the condition of the establishment. I would've expected it to be priced accordingly between $---
Friendly staff!
This is an economy motel and was excellent value, location for West Point is great. The staff were outstanding and friendly. The room was immaculately clean and warm. Not a dame thing forxxxx a night. Great value for money.
The owner was very nice. I felt the door lock was not as adequate as I hoped, but served its purpose.
The hotel staff were very friendly, and the room provided the basics: decent bed, television, and bathroom with shower. Even free WiFi. The location was convenient to West Point and other attractions in the Hudson River valley. The TV remote did not work, and there was no alarm clock in the room. Also, the motel's credit card processor was not working, so we had to pay with cash. These were minor inconveniences that didn't bother us much.
Proximity to 9W, cheap, get what you paid for
Proximity to West Point Heating pipes creaked at night. The "continental breakfast" is some plastic-wrapped Otis Spunkmeyer muffins and self-serve coffee and juice, without any tables. The carpet in the rooms was a bit gross. The bathroom fan was loud. It was expensive for what it is ($200+/night).
The location and scenery even though I was only staying because of a lst minute change to my schedule
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
quiet very dumpy
Price and location Smelled like cigarettes and you cannot drink water they only give you 2 bottle waters
close proximity to my original destination previous reputation
There was no water bed smell funny but it was clean
Location Dirty carpet,bathroom had unidentifiable gunk on walls, under all furniture full of dust, all chairs in room had stains on them, rust on towel racks in bathroom, window in bathroom had a circular hole cut out of frosted covering,sheets did not fit bed....
Conveniently located for my needs, basic lodging and low cost Desk clerk was very rude, accommodations were clearly aged
Close to plazas, eateries. Fairly quiet, No road noise even with open windows. Beds are comfortable. Parking can be cramped. No place to lay out clothing except to place in drawers.No fans in bathrooms.


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5.7: Reconstructions
You have examined cartoons by Thomas Nast about Reconstruction, and you have read about both the post-war debate about the freedmen and the sharecropping system that replaced slavery. This section adds the text of the three Constitutional amendments passed after the war, an example of a discriminatory local 'Black Code' from Louisiana, and two more eyewitness accounts about the condition of Reconstruction-era African Americans. Use these documents and others you have read to decide whether Blacks were really free during this period in American history.
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Source: The
13th Amendment
13th Amendment (1865)AMENDMENT XIII
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865.
14th Amendment (1868)AMENDMENT XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5.
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
15th Amendment (1870)Fortieth Congress of the United States of America;
At the third Session, Begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
A Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Respresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring) that the following article be proposed to the legislature of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:
Article XV.
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
- Sourcing: When were the
13th,14th and15th amendments passed? - Contextualization: What was going on in the United States at this time?
- Close Reading: What rights did the amendments guarantee for American citizens?
Black Codes
Source: An example of "Black Codes," from laws passed in Opelousas, Louisiana immediately after the Civil War.
In the years following the Civil War--throughout the South--state, city, and town governments passed laws to restrict the rights of free African-American men and women. These laws were often called "Black Codes."
No negro or freedmen shall be allowed to come within the limits of the town of Opelousas without special permission from his employers.... Whoever shall violate this provision shall suffer imprisonment and two days work on the public streets, or pay a fine of five dollars. No negro or freedman shall be permitted to rent or keep a house within the limits of the town under any circumstances.... No negro or freedman shall reside within the limits of the town... who is not in the regular service of some white person or former owner... No public meetings or congregations of negroes or freedmen shall be allowed within the limits of the town.... No negro or freedman shall be permitted to preach, exhort, or otherwise declaim to congregations of colored people without a special permission from the mayor or president of the board of police.... No freedman... shall be allowed to carry firearms, or any kind of weapons.... No freedman shall sell, barter, or exchange any article of merchandise within the limits of Opelousas without permission in writing from his employer.
Henry Adams Statement
Source: Excerpt from Senate Report
In September I asked the boss to let me go to Shreveport. He said, "All right, when will you come back?" I told him "next week." He said, "You had better carry a pass." I said, "I will see whether I am free by going without a pass."
I met four white men about six miles south of Keachie, De Soto Parish. One of them asked me who I belonged to. I told him no one. So him and two others struck me with a stick and told me they were going to kill me and every other Negro who told them that they did not belong to anyone. One of them who knew me told the others, "Let Henry alone for he is a hard-working nigger and a good nigger." They left me and I then went on to Shreveport. I seen over twelve colored men and women, beat, shot and hung between there and Shreveport.
Sunday I went back home. The boss was not at home. I asked the madame, "where was the boss?" She says, "Now, the boss; now, the boss! You should say 'master' and 'mistress' -- and shall or leave. We will not have no nigger here on our place who cannot say 'mistress' and 'master.' You all are not free yet and will not be until Congress sits, and you shall call every white lady 'missus' and every white man 'master.'"
During the same week the madame takin' a stick and beat one of the young colored girls, who was about fifteen years of age and who is my sister, and split her back. The boss came next day and take this same girl (my sister) and whipped her nearly to death, but in the contracts he was to hit no one any more. After the whipping a large number of young colored people taken a notion to leave. On the 18th of September I and eleven men and boys left that place and started for Shreveport. I had my horse along. My brother was riding him, and all of our things was packed on him. Out come about forty armed men (white) and shot at us and takin' my horse. Said they were going to kill ever' nigger they found leaving their masters….
Report by a Northern White Man
Source: Sydney Andrews, a Northern white man, quoted in the Joint Report on Reconstruction, 1866
In 1865 the United States government created the Freedmen's Bureau to help former slaves in Southern states. The Freedmen's Bureau helped people by providing medical supplies, health care and establishing schools. The creation of schools for former slaves was an important part of Reconstruction. Before the Civil War, Southern states outlawed the teaching of reading and writing to slaves.
Many of the negroes in some localities, common plantation negroes, and day laborers in the towns and villages, were supporting little schools themselves. Everywhere, I found among them a disposition to get their children into schools, if possible. I had occasion very frequently to notice that porters in stores and laboring men about cotton warehouses, and cart-drivers on the streets, had spelling-books with them, and were studying them during the time they were not occupied with their work. Go into the outskirts of any large town, and walk among the negro habitations, and you will see the children, and in many instances grown negroes, sitting in the sun alongside their cabins studying.
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Usage Tutorial
This page should serve as tutorial and also as reference to Ruby bindings for OpenGL language. It is assumed that you have basic understanding of both OpenGL and Ruby.
If you are new to OpenGL, you can start by visiting OpenGL homepage , reading the OpenGL Programming Guide (also known as Red Book) or going to NeHe's tutorials page.
If you are new to Ruby, the ruby-lang website contains lots of documentation and manuals for Ruby.
Table of Contents
- Naming Conventions
- Function parameters
- Return values
- Matrices
- Textures and other raw data
- Error Checking
- Examples
Advanced stuff:
- OpenGL version and Extensions
- Selection and Feedback queries
- Vertex Arrays
- Buffer Objects
- GLUT callbacks
- Internals
API reference:
Naming conventions
The bindings contains three modules:
- 'Gl' - OpenGL functions itself
- 'Glu' - OpenGL Utility Library API - higher-level drawing routines, NURBS etc.
- 'Glut' - OpenGL Utility Toolkit - low level functions such as creating OpenGL context, opening window or handling user input
You can import all three modules by calling
require 'opengl'
You can also load the modules separately by using:
require 'gl' require 'glu' require 'glut'
The functions and constants are named the same as their C counterparts:
require 'opengl' ... Gl.glFooBar( Gl::GL_FOO_BAR ) Glu.gluFooBar( Glu::GLU_FOO_BAR ) Glut.glutFooBar( Glut::GLUT_FOO_BAR )
This is the 'full' syntax, usefull when you are expecting name clashes with other modules, or just want to be formal ;) More often, you will want to use the 'C-style' syntax, which you can accomplish by using 'include' to export the module functions and constants to global namespace:
require 'opengl' include Gl,Glu,Glut ... glFooBar( GL_FOO_BAR ) gluFooBar( GLU_FOO_BAR ) glutFooBar( GLUT_FOO_BAR )
Finally, you can use the 'old' syntax:
require 'opengl' ... # Note the missing prefixes in functions and constants # and also capitalization of module names GL.FooBar( GL::FOO_BAR ) GLU.FooBar( GLU::FOO_BAR ) GLUT.FooBar( GLUT::FOO_BAR )
This syntax was used by previous ruby-opengl versions; some people also consider it as being more in the spirit of OO programming. It has one downside though - due to Ruby's naming scheme, you cannot use constants which begins with number, e.g. GL_2D would under this syntax be (GL::)2D which is illegal.
All three variants of syntax will continue to be supported in future, so it's up to you which one you choose to use.
The rest of this tutorial will use the C syntax.
Calling syntax
Function parameters
For most types the ruby syntax follows the C API. If needed, ruby will do automatic parameter conversion to required type if possible. Example:
glVertex3f( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ) # matches C syntax glVertex3f( 1, 1, 1 ) # equivalent to the above glVertex3f( "string", 1, 1 ) # raises TypeError exception
Arrays are passed/received as Ruby arrays:
vertex = [ 1, 1, 1 ] glVertex3fv( vertex )
For functions with multiple parameter-number variations (glVertex,glColor,...) we define 'overloaded' functions, as in:
glVertexf( 1, 1 ) # will call glVertex2f() glVertexf( 1, 1, 1 ) # will call glVertex3f() glVertexf( 1, 1, 1, 1 ) # will call glVertex4f() glVertexi( 1, 1 ) # will call glVertex2i() ... # and so on
Return values
In C, OpenGL functions rarely return values directly, instead you pass in pointer to preallocated buffer and they will fill it with values; sometimes you have to even query how big buffer you'll need to allocate. Ruby does this all for you, returning either single value or array:
glColor4f( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ) ... color = glGetDoublev(GL_CURRENT_COLOR) p color # will be [1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0]
Matrices are passed and received as ruby array, or as ruby Matrix objects:
matrix_a = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15] matrix_b = [ [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ], [ 4, 5, 6, 7 ], [ 8, 9,10,11 ], [ 12,13,14,15 ] ] matrix_c = Matrix.rows( [ [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ], [ 4, 5, 6, 7 ], [ 8, 9,10,11 ], [ 12,13,14,15 ] ] ) ... glLoadMatrixf(matrix_a) glLoadMatrixf(matrix_b) glLoadMatrixf(matrix_c) # same result
You may also create your own matrix class and pass it this way, provided that it is convertible to array (has 'to_a' method).
Note that as OpenGL uses column-major notation for matrices, you may need to call transpose() when working with row-major matrices or arrays in ruby.
Textures and other raw data
Data for textures, arrays, buffers etc. can be specified either as ruby arrays or directly as raw packed strings - strings that contains their direct memory representation (just like C arrays). If you need to convert between ruby arrays and these strings, use ruby Array#pack() and String#unpack() functions. Example:
# create texture, 2x2 pixels, # 3 components (R,G,B) for each pixel as floats texture = [ 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, # 1st pixel, red 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, # 2nd pixel, green 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, # 3rd pixel, blue 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 # 4th pixel, white ] # convert it to string # f = native float representation # * = convert all values in the array the same way data = texture.pack("f*") ... glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_2D, # target 0, # mipmap level, GL_RGB8, # internal format 2, 2, # width, height 0, # border = no GL_RGB, # components per each pixel GL_FLOAT, # component type - floats data # the packed data )
Reverse works just the same:
... data = glGetTexImage( # returns the packed data as string GL_TEXTURE_2D, # target 0, # mipmap level GL_RGB, # components per pixel GL_FLOAT # component type ) # now convert it to ruby array texture = data.unpack("f*") ...
For storage, packed strings are more memory efficient than ruby arrays, but cannot be easily changed or manipulated.
Error Checking
Starting with version 0.60.0, ruby-opengl performs automatic checking of OpenGL and GLU errors. Functions:
Gl.enable_error_checking Gl.disable_error_checking Gl.is_error_checking_enabled? # true/false
When the checking is enabled (default), glGetError() is executed after each OpenGL call, and should error occur, Gl::Error exception is raised:
Gl.enable_error_checking ... begin ... glEnable(GL_TRUE) # will raise exception ... rescue Gl::Error => err # err.id contains the OpenGL error ID if (err.id == GL_INVALID_ENUM) puts "Oh noes! You used invalid enum!" ... end ... end
Some GLU functions may also throw Glu::Error - the handling is the same as above.
It is usually good idea to leave error checking on for all your code, as OpenGL errors have habit to pop-up in unexpected places. For now there is no measurable performance hit for error checking, although this may depend on your graphic drivers implementation.
The Examples
Various examples are in 'examples' directory of the bindings. To run them, manually pass them to ruby
ruby some_sample.rb
On windows, you may want to use 'rubyw' instead, which displays the standard output window as some examples use the console for usage info etc.
If you get 'opengl not found' error, and you installed ruby-opengl from gems, your shell or ruby installation is probably not configured to use the gems; in that case type:
ruby -rubygems some_sample.rb
The README
file in the examples
directory contains some notes on the examples.
OpenGL Version and Extensions
To query for available OpenGL version or OpenGL extension, use Gl.is_available? function:
# true if OpenGL version is 2.0 or later is available Gl.is_available?(2.0) ... # returns true if GL_ARB_shadow is available on this system Gl.is_available?("GL_ARB_shadow")
For list of what extensions are supported in ruby-opengl see this page
The extensions' function names once again follows the C API. Some extensions were over time promoted to ARB or even to OpenGL core, retaining their function names just with suffix changed or removed. However sometimes the functions semantics was changed in the process, so to avoid confusion, ruby-opengl bindings will strictly adhere to the C naming, e.g. :
# will call the function from GL_ARB_transpose_matrix extension glLoadTransposeMatrixfARB(matrix) ... # will call the function from OpenGL 1.3 glLoadTransposeMatrixf(matrix)
Note: ruby-opengl is compiled against OpenGL 1.1, and all functions and enums from later versions of OpenGL and from extensions are loaded dynamically at runtime. That means that all of OpenGL 2.1 and supported extensions are available even if the ruby-opengl bindings are compiled on platform which lacks proper libraries or headers (like for example Windows without installed graphic drivers). This should ease binary-only distribution and application packaging.
Selection/Feedback queries
Querying selection and feedback is different from C. Example:
# this will create selection buffer 512*sizeof(GLuint) long buf = glselectbuffer(512) # enter feedback mode glRenderMode(GL_SELECT) ... # draw something here # return to render mode count = glRenderMode(GL_RENDER) # at this point the buf string is freezed and contains # the selection data, which you can recover with unpack # function data = buf.unpack("I*") # I for unsigned integer # also, next call to glRenderMode(GL_SELECT) will overwrite # the 'buf' buffer with new data
The feedback query follows the same pattern, only the data are stored as floats.
Vertex Arrays
In current state, vertex arrays are not very efficient in ruby-opengl, as it is not possible to change the array content once it is specified, and there is overhead for converting between ruby and C representation of numbers. Using display lists for static and immediate mode for dynamic objects is recommended instead.
You can specify the data the same way as texture data. Example:
normals = [0,1,0, 1,0,0, 1,1,1] glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT,0,normals) ... glEnable(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY) glDrawArrays(...) ...
This applies to all *pointer functions. glGetPointerv will return reference to the frozen string previously specified.
Buffer Objects
Once again, in current state buffer objects (VBOs in particular) are not very efficient in ruby-opengl. Unlike textures and vertex arrays, the data for buffers must be prepacked by using .pack() function, as buffers does not retain information about the storage type. Mapping of the buffer afterwards is read-only.
Like in C, buffer binding affects some functions in way that if particular buffer is bound, the related functions (for example glTexImage) take integer offset in place of data string argument. This is also true for getter functions (e.g. glGetTexImage) - instead of returning the data string, they take offset as they're last argument (so in ruby they take one extra argument), and will write the data in the bound buffer as expected.
VBO example:
# specify 3 vertices, 2*float each data = [0,0, 0,1, 1,1].pack("f*") ... # generate buffer name buffers = glGenBuffers(1) # bind to the name to ARRAY buffer for vertex array glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,buffers[0]) # here the data is specified, size is n*sizeof(float) # note that you don't get to specify type, as buffers # operate on byte level glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,6*4,data,GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW) ... # here instead of specyfing the data, you pass '0' (or # positive integer) as offset to the bound buffer glVertexPointer(2,GL_FLOAT,0,0) ... glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY) ...
When it comes to low-level task like GL window creation, input and event handling, the first choice is GLUT, as it is readilly available alongside OpenGL. However both GLUT itself and its implementations have their drawbacks, and for that and other reasons there are number of replacement libraries. You can use any of them with ruby-opengl (as long as there are ruby bindings for them).
Here is example for SDL:
require 'opengl' require 'sdl' # init SDL.init(SDL::INIT_VIDEO) SDL.setGLAttr(SDL::GL_DOUBLEBUFFER,1) SDL.setVideoMode(512,512,32,SDL::OPENGL) ... Gl.glVertex3f(1.0,0.0,0.0) ... SDL.GLSwapBuffers() ...
and another example for GLFW:
require 'opengl' require 'glfw' # init Glfw.glfwOpenWindow( 500,500, 0,0,0,0, 32,0, Glfw::GLFW_WINDOW ) ... Gl.glVertex3f(1.0,0.0,0.0) ... Glfw.glfwSwapBuffers() ...
GLUT callbacks
The GLUT callback functions are specified as Proc objects, which you can either create with lambda as:
reshape = lambda do |w, h| ... end ... glutReshapeFunc( reshape )
or by conversion from normal functions:
def reshape(w,h) ... end ... glutReshapeFunc( method("reshape").to_proc )
Note: An older notation you'll see instead of lambda
is proc
. The
PickAxe v2 notes that proc
is "mildly deprecated" in favor of lambda
You'll also sometimes see Proc.new
used in place of either. Pages 359-360 of
PickAxe v2 describe the differences between using lambda
and Proc.new
but for our purposes either will be fine.
The directory structure follows current Ruby standards, with a few extra directories added.
-- Contains documentation for the project (from which this website is generated).examples/
-- Example programs.ext/
-- Contains subdirectories, one for each of the three extension modules (gl, glu, glut). Herein are the files needed to compile the extension modules.lib/
-- Files that the user is meant torequire
in their own code.test/
-- Contains automatic testsuite for the bindingsutils
-- Some utility scripts used to help generate code, documentation and website.website
-- After runningrake gen_website
this directory will contain the ruby-opengl website.