* Greater color change tolerance means that more colors will be grouped together, thus less color groups will be produced.


simplejson
A simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder and decoder
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) <http://json.org> is a subset of JavaScript syntax (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange format.
simplejson exposes an API familiar to uses of the standard library marshal and pickle modules.
Encoding basic Python object hierarchies:
>>> import simplejson >>> simplejson.dumps(['foo', {'bar': ('baz', None, 1.0, 2)}]) '["foo", {"bar": ["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]' >>> print simplejson.dumps("\"foo\bar") "\"foo\bar" >>> print simplejson.dumps(u'\u1234') "\u1234" >>> print simplejson.dumps('\\') "\\" >>> print simplejson.dumps({"c": 0, "b": 0, "a": 0}, sort_keys=True) {"a": 0, "b": 0, "c": 0} >>> from StringIO import StringIO >>> io = StringIO() >>> simplejson.dump(['streaming API'], io) >>> io.getvalue() '["streaming API"]'
Compact encoding:
>>> import simplejson >>> simplejson.dumps([1,2,3,{'4': 5, '6': 7}], separators=(',',':')) '[1,2,3,{"4":5,"6":7}]'
Pretty printing:
>>> import simplejson >>> print simplejson.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True, indent=4) { "4": 5, "6": 7 }
Decoding JSON:
>>> import simplejson >>> simplejson.loads('["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]') [u'foo', {u'bar': [u'baz', None, 1.0, 2]}] >>> simplejson.loads('"\\"foo\\bar"') u'"foo\x08ar' >>> from StringIO import StringIO >>> io = StringIO('["streaming API"]') >>> simplejson.load(io) [u'streaming API']
Specializing JSON object decoding:
>>> import simplejson >>> def as_complex(dct): ... if '__complex__' in dct: ... return complex(dct['real'], dct['imag']) ... return dct ... >>> simplejson.loads('{"__complex__": true, "real": 1, "imag": 2}', ... object_hook=as_complex) (1+2j) >>> import decimal >>> simplejson.loads('1.1', parse_float=decimal.Decimal) Decimal("1.1")
Extending JSONEncoder:
>>> import simplejson >>> class ComplexEncoder(simplejson.JSONEncoder): ... def default(self, obj): ... if isinstance(obj, complex): ... return [obj.real, obj.imag] ... return simplejson.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj) ... >>> dumps(2 + 1j, cls=ComplexEncoder) '[2.0, 1.0]' >>> ComplexEncoder().encode(2 + 1j) '[2.0, 1.0]' >>> list(ComplexEncoder().iterencode(2 + 1j)) ['[', '2.0', ', ', '1.0', ']']
Using simplejson from the shell to validate and pretty-print:
$ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -msimplejson { "json": "obj" } $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -msimplejson Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
Note that the JSON produced by this module's default settings is a subset of YAML, so it may be used as a serializer for that as well.
Functions
f dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw) ...
Serialize obj as a JSON formatted stream to fp (a .write()-supporting file-like object).
If skipkeys is True then dict keys that are not basic types (str, unicode, int, long, float, bool, None) will be skipped instead of raising a TypeError.
If ensure_ascii is False, then the some chunks written to fp may be unicode instances, subject to normal Python str to unicode coercion rules. Unless fp.write() explicitly understands unicode (as in codecs.getwriter()) this is likely to cause an error.
If check_circular is False, then the circular reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will result in an OverflowError (or worse).
If allow_nan is False, then it will be a ValueError to serialize out of range float values (nan, inf, -inf) in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the JavaScript equivalents (NaN, Infinity, -Infinity).
If indent is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of 0 will only insert newlines. None is the most compact representation.
If separators is an (item_separator, dict_separator) tuple then it will be used instead of the default (', ', ': ') separators. (',', ':') is the most compact JSON representation.
encoding is the character encoding for str instances, default is UTF-8.
default(obj) is a function that should return a serializable version of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
To use a custom JSONEncoder subclass (e.g. one that overrides the .default() method to serialize additional types), specify it with the cls kwarg.
f dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw) ...
Serialize obj to a JSON formatted str.
If skipkeys is True then dict keys that are not basic types (str, unicode, int, long, float, bool, None) will be skipped instead of raising a TypeError.
If ensure_ascii is False, then the return value will be a unicode instance subject to normal Python str to unicode coercion rules instead of being escaped to an ASCII str.
If check_circular is False, then the circular reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will result in an OverflowError (or worse).
If allow_nan is False, then it will be a ValueError to serialize out of range float values (nan, inf, -inf) in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the JavaScript equivalents (NaN, Infinity, -Infinity).
If indent is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of 0 will only insert newlines. None is the most compact representation.
If separators is an (item_separator, dict_separator) tuple then it will be used instead of the default (', ', ': ') separators. (',', ':') is the most compact JSON representation.
encoding is the character encoding for str instances, default is UTF-8.
default(obj) is a function that should return a serializable version of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
To use a custom JSONEncoder subclass (e.g. one that overrides the .default() method to serialize additional types), specify it with the cls kwarg.
f load(fp, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw) ...
Deserialize fp (a .read()-supporting file-like object containing a JSON document) to a Python object.
If the contents of fp is encoded with an ASCII based encoding other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1), then an appropriate encoding name must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2) are not allowed, and should be wrapped with codecs.getreader(fp)(encoding), or simply decoded to a unicode object and passed to loads()
object_hook is an optional function that will be called with the result of any object literal decode (a dict). The return value of object_hook will be used instead of the dict. This feature can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. JSON-RPC class hinting).
To use a custom JSONDecoder subclass, specify it with the cls kwarg.
f loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw) ...
Deserialize s (a str or unicode instance containing a JSON document) to a Python object.
If s is a str instance and is encoded with an ASCII based encoding other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1) then an appropriate encoding name must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2) are not allowed and should be decoded to unicode first.
object_hook is an optional function that will be called with the result of any object literal decode (a dict). The return value of object_hook will be used instead of the dict. This feature can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. JSON-RPC class hinting).
parse_float, if specified, will be called with the string of every JSON float to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to float(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser for JSON floats (e.g. decimal.Decimal).
parse_int, if specified, will be called with the string of every JSON int to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to int(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser for JSON integers (e.g. float).
parse_constant, if specified, will be called with one of the following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false. This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers are encountered.
To use a custom JSONDecoder subclass, specify it with the cls kwarg.
Classes
C JSONEncoder(...) ...
Extensible JSON <http://json.org> encoder for Python data structures.
Supports the following objects and types by default:
| Python | JSON |
|---|---|
| dict | object |
| list, tuple | array |
| str, unicode | string |
| int, long, float | number |
| True | true |
| False | false |
| None | null |
To extend this to recognize other objects, subclass and implement a .default() method with another method that returns a serializable object for o if possible, otherwise it should call the superclass implementation (to raise TypeError).
This class contains 5 members.
C JSONDecoder(...) ...
Simple JSON <http://json.org> decoder
Performs the following translations in decoding by default:
| JSON | Python |
|---|---|
| object | dict |
| array | list |
| string | unicode |
| number (int) | int, long |
| number (real) | float |
| true | True |
| false | False |
| null | None |
It also understands NaN, Infinity, and -Infinity as their corresponding float values, which is outside the JSON spec.
This class contains 4 members.
See the source for more information.


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Time
Set Alerts
Set Location
Monitoring Dashboard
{% if days >0 and hours >0 %}
Estimated 🔋 time: {{days}} days and {{hours}} hours
{% endif %}
home
Home
Set Alerts
wb_sunny
Weather
cloud
Forecasting
Set Location


The goal of this project is to design a pergola for my parents' patio.
Due to the large size of the patio, the plan is to use large red cedar boards for the entire constuction. Red cedar is strong enough and will survive the Oklahoma environment. The purpose of the pergola is to provide shade for both the dogs when they are outside as well as any guests we have over during the summer. It would also be nice to have outdoor fans, electrical outlets, lights, and a few other bonus features.
{{ post.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}


.lf-button
Lanflix button design (just an example, needs to be reworked)
Usage
<button class="lf-button">Click me</button>
An overview of all developed components and how to use them
Lanflix button design (just an example, needs to be reworked)
<button class="lf-button">Click me</button>
Displays the Github fork ribbon

Displays the video graphic and name

Rick and Morty

Missing Movie Info


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A static demo of the <py-script>
tag
A dynamic demo of the <py-script>
tag
A Python REPL (Read Eval Print Loop).
A Python REPL (Read Eval Print Loop) with slightly better formatting.
Demo showing how would a Simple TODO App would look like in PyScript tag
Demo showing how would a Simple TODO App would look like only using PyScript native elements tag
Demonstrates rendering matplotlib figure as output of the py-script tag
Demonstrates rendering altair plot as output of the py-script tag
Demonstrates rendering Folium map as output of the py-script tag
Minimal d3 demo demonstrating how to create a visualization
Demo showing how a Simple Webgl scene would work in PyScript tag
Minimal Bokeh demo demonstrating how to create a simple bokeh plot from code
Interactive demo using a Bokeh slider widget to dynamically change a value in the page WARNING: This examples takes a little longer to load. So be patient :)
Interactive KMeans Chart using Panel WARNING: This examples takes a little longer to load. So be patient :)
Interactive Streaming Table and Bokeh plot using Panel WARNING: This examples takes a little longer to load. So be patient :)
Simple demo showing Panel widgets interacting with parts of the page WARNING: This examples takes a little longer to load. So be patient :)
Interactive application exploring the NYC Taxi dataset using Panel and DeckGL WARNING: This examples takes a little longer to load. So be patient :)
A Toga application (a Fahrenheit to Celsius converter), rendered as a Single Page App
Visualization of Mandelbrot and Julia sets with NumPy and HTML5 canvas


ntextBindings - Alternative Bindings for the Text Widget
The ntext package provides a binding tag named Ntext for use by text widgets in place of the default Text binding tag.
The Text binding tag provides around one hundred bindings to the text widget (the exact number is platform-dependent). A few of these behave in a way that is different from most contemporary text-editing applications. Ntext aims to provide more familiar behaviour.
Features of the Ntext bindings that differ from the default Text bindings:
Clicking near the end of a (logical) line moves the cursor to the end of that line (not the start of the next line). If the widget is in -wrap word mode, the same rule applies to display lines.
Double-clicking or dragging near the end of a (logical) line will highlight/select characters from the end of that line (not the next line, or the region at the end of the line where there are no characters). If the widget is in -wrap word mode, the same rule applies to display lines.
On windowing systems other than macOS Aqua, the Home key implements "Smart Home" (successive keypresses move the cursor to the start of the display line, then to the first non-whitespace character at the start of the logical line, then toggles between the beginning and end of leading whitespace); the End key implements "Smart End" (which is similar to "Smart Home"). On macOS Aqua, this functionality is provided by the operations <Command-Left> and <Command-Right>.
When a selection exists, a "Paste" operation (e.g. <Control-v>) overwrites the selection (as most editors do), and does so on all platforms.
On windowing systems other than macOS Aqua, the Insert key toggles between "Insert" and "Overwrite" modes for keyboard input. (In contrast, the Text binding tag uses Insert as a method to paste the "primary selection", a task that can be accomplished instead by mouse middle-click.)
The Escape key clears the selection.
On the macOS Aqua windowing system, Ntext follows Aqua conventions for keyboard navigation. Certain bindings related to vertical scrolling can be forced to behave in the same way as for the Windows and X11 windowing systems, by setting ::ntext::classicParagraphs to 1 (see Section CONFIGURATION OPTIONS).
On the macOS Aqua windowing system, Ntext follows Aqua conventions for placement of the insert mark when keyboard navigation cancels a selection. This behavior can be switched off by setting ::ntext::classicSelection to 1 (see Section CONFIGURATION OPTIONS).
Selecting with <Shift-Button1> selects from the previous position of the insertion cursor. (In the Text binding tag, the selection anchor may be the position of the previous mouse click.)
<Shift-Button1> operations do not alter the selection anchor. (In the Text binding tag, they do.)
By default, the Ntext binding tag does not provide several of the Control-key bindings supplied by the Text binding tag. Modern keyboards offer alternatives, such as cursor keys for navigation; modern applications often use the Control-key bindings for other purposes (e.g. <Control-p> for "print").
In the last three cases, the behavior of Text is often useful, so Ntext gives you the option of retaining it, by setting variables defined in the ::ntext namespace to 1 (instead of their default 0). Explaining these features in more detail:
If the mouse is clicked at position A, then the keyboard is used to move the cursor to B, then shift is held down, and the mouse is clicked at C: the Text binding tag gives a selection from A to C; the Ntext gives a selection from B to C. If you want Ntext to behave like Text in this respect, set ::ntext::classicMouseSelect to 1.
The Text binding tag allows successive <Shift-Button-1> events to change both ends of the selection, by moving the selection anchor to the end of the selection furthest from the mouse click. Instead, the Ntext binding tag fixes the anchor, and multiple Shift-Button-1 events can only move the non-anchored end of the selection. If you want Ntext to behave like Text in this respect, set ::ntext::classicAnchor to 1. In both Text and Ntext, keyboard navigation with the Shift key held down alters the selection and keeps the selection anchor fixed.
The following "extra" Text bindings are switched off by default, but can be activated in Ntext by setting ::ntext::classicExtras to 1: <Control-a>, <Control-b>, <Control-d>, <Control-e>, <Control-f>, <Control-h>, <Control-i>, <Control-k>, <Control-n>, <Control-o>, <Control-p>, <Control-t>, <Control-space>, <Control-Shift-space>.
Ntext provides alternatives to a number of behaviours of the classic Text binding tag. Where there is an option, the Ntext behaviour is switched on by default, except for display-line indentation which is discussed on a separate page at ntextIndent.
The behaviour of Ntext may be configured application-wide by setting the values of a number of namespace variables:
::ntext::classicAnchor
0 - (default value) selects Ntext behaviour, i.e. the anchor point is fixed
1 - selects classic Text behaviour, i.e. the anchor point is variable
::ntext::classicExtras
0 - (default value) selects Ntext behaviour, i.e. several "extra" Text bindings are de-activated
1 - selects classic Text behaviour, i.e. the "extra" Text bindings are activated
::ntext::classicMouseSelect
0 - (default value) selects Ntext behaviour, i.e. the anchor point for mouse selection operations is moved by keyboard navigation
1 - selects classic Text behaviour
::ntext::classicParagraphs
0 - (default value) on macOS Aqua, certain keyboard bindings are made to behave in the same way as the Mac application TextEdit. The bindings involve vertical scrolling of the screen and are <?Shift-?Option-(Up|Down)>.
1 - on macOS Aqua, certain keyboard bindings are made to behave in the same way as for the Windows and X11 windowing systems and the classic Text, ignoring the conventions of Aqua. The bindings involve vertical scrolling of the screen and are <?Shift-?Option-(Up|Down)>.
::ntext::classicSelection
0 - (default value on macOS Aqua) selects Mac-like behaviour, i.e. when a navigation keystroke cancels a selection, the insert mark first moves to the end of the selection determined by the navigation direction of the keystroke, and then the keystroke is applied.
1 - (default value except on macOS Aqua) selects PC-like behaviour (the same as classic Text), i.e. when a navigation keystroke cancels a selection, the insert mark is not moved before the keystroke is applied.
::ntext::overwrite
0 - (initial value) text typed at the keyboard is inserted into the widget
1 - text typed at the keyboard overwrites text already in the widget
The value is toggled by the Insert key.
::ntext::useBlockCursor
0 - the block cursor will not be used. When the widget is in overwrite mode (see ::ntext::overwrite), the ordinary cursor will change color instead.
1 - the block cursor will be used when the widget is in overwrite mode (see ::ntext::overwrite).
The default value depends on the version of Tk. In versions of Tk earlier than 8.5.12, the sizing of the block cursor had a bug, and ::ntext::useBlockCursor defaults to 0. From 8.5.12 onwards the bug is fixed, and ::ntext::useBlockCursor defaults to 1.
In order to remain independent of the version of Tk (8.5 or 8.6), ntext defines its own virtual events. These new virtual events are used only in the Ntext binding tag, and therefore do not interfere with the real or virtual events used in other code.
These events include <<NtextCut>>, <<NtextCopy>>, <<NtextPaste>> which are used in place of <<Cut>>, <<Copy>>, <<Paste>> respectively.
The definition of the virtual event <<NtextCut>> (etc) is similar to that of <<Cut>> (etc) in Tk 8.6.
This version of ntext is intended to be compatible with all releases of Tk 8.5 and 8.6, and with the branches core-8-5-branch, core-8-6-branch, and trunk in the source code repository for Tk. Any incompatibility with any of these versions, for any Tk windowing system, should be reported as a bug. Please report such in the category ntext of the Tklib Trackers.
To use Ntext but keep classic Text 's variable-anchor feature:
package require ntext text .t set ::ntext::classicAnchor 1 bindtags .t {.t Ntext . all}


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Choice demands mortgage broker best interest duty
by Unconventional EconomistThe mortgage broking industry successfully fought off the Hayne Royal Commission’s recommendation that trailing commissions be abolished and that banks stop paying upfront commissions to brokers.
It is also trying to leverage its influence within the Coalition to overturn common-sense rules requiring the industry to act in the best interests of its clients, as applies for financial planners.
Consumer group Choice is having none of it, however, demanding Australia’s politicians pass best interest duty reforms recommended by the Hayne Royal Commission:
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Hi! I'm Stef_P. I'm a web developer live in Rome, I build beautiful websites and make people feel awesome. My design principles are clean, unique and elegant design. I'm also a Automation engeneer and a pet lover . .
ROME
Full Name: Stefano P
Birthday: 11/11/1998
Phone: 0101010
Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>I mainly build web application using Angular 5, and take a good grasp of knowledge in single page application development in general.
-Here is my up to date projects:
I have acquired an enormous amount of knowledge to become a front-end developer from:
- Semantic HTML5
- CSS3 Animations
- SASS
- Responsive UI
- JavaScript, DOM, jQuery
When I was at university, I have acummulated these skills:
- Logical thinking
- OOP
- Data structures & Algorithms
- Databases


I listen to podcasts
- 99% Invisible
- stories about design in the real world
- FiveThirtyEight's Politics Podcast
- Nate Silver and the rest of the group cover politics, issues, and polling
- Freakonomics
- deep dives into the "hidden side of everything"
- Judge John Hodgman
- let a "Fake Internet Judge" solve your pressing disputes, large or small
- Over the Road
- truckers talk about their lives
- Probably Science **
- comedians discuss the science news of the day with guests
- Reply All
- tech related stories pulled from around the web
- Reset
- Vox's podcast digging into how technology affest our lives
- Song Exploder *
- interviews with the music creators, talking about how and why a particular song was created
- The Good News Podcast
- quick, fun, happy tales related to what's going on in the world
- The Memory Palace
- stories of humanity
- The Weeds *
- a deep dive into politics and policy discussions
- Today Explained *
- Vox's daily podcast explaining the news of the day
- What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
- Roman Mars talks with his neighbor, Elizabeth Joh, about what Trump's actions can teach us about constitutional law
- * occasional adult content
- announced at the beginning of the episode
- ** regular adult content
- will skip if I have kids in the car


Custom intercepts 1,393 cartons of frozen poultry - The Nation Newspaper
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has destroyed imported frozen poultry products seized by CGC Strike Force.
Deputy Comptroller, B. U. Yahaya stated that the 1,393 cartons of frozen poultry products which was seized on Saturday 9th and 11th of November, 2019, by his team had a Duty Paid Value of N13,372,800.00.
Yahaya revealed that the seizure of the smuggled frozen poultry products was owed to a combination of the Unit’s intelligence and Enforcement capacity.
He said smugglers were getting sophisticated and the customs has devised means that are more sophisticated in order to counter them and renewed effort to give smugglers a run for their money.
The Deputy Comptroller said it was very obvious that with the border closure, creeks would be their next options, but the officers are keeping vigil as the command will continue the onslaught until the smugglers retreat.
Read Also: FG to sustain border closure gains with e-customs
Yahaya reiterated that the community relationship between the officers and villages along the coast has been of benefit to the success and it has come to stay.
He added that the availability of operations tools and personnel motivation instills prompt response in the men whenever any alert was raised.
He said that the frozen poultry products totaling 1,393 cartons were being smuggled and conveyed in ten (10) vehicles.
Furthermore, he stated that Nigeria Customs Service maintains that the importation of frozen poultry products remained prohibited and that destruction of the products was in compliance with the Federal Government’s policy on imported poultry products.


Jose Mourinho Wins First Spurs Match
by Peace FM OnlineJose Mourinho starts life at Spurs with a 3-2 victory over West Ham at London Stadium - but the scoreline did not reflect the dominance shown by the visitors.
Heung-min Son and Lucas Moura put Spurs two goals ahead by half-time, and Harry Kane's header shortly after the restart appeared to end the game as a contest.
But West Ham rallied with a fine Michael Antonio goal before Declan Rice saw an effort ruled out for offside - and Angelo Ogbonna's late effort proved too little, too late to deny Mourinho three points.
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As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth.


BOYS, THE (director: Rowan Woods; screeenwriter: Stephen Sewell/from a play by Gordon Graham; cinematographer: Tristan Milani; editor: Nick Meyers; cast: David Wenham (Brett Sprague), Toni Collette (Michelle), Lynette Curran (Sandra Sprague), John Polson (Glenn Sprague), Jeanette Cronin (Jackie), Anthony Hayes (Stevie Sprague), Anna Lise (Nola), Pete Smith (George/Abo); Runtime: 85; 1997-Australia/UK)
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
A slow-motion film set in the poor working-class suburbs of Sydney, about a white trash family and the violence among the three brothers that takes place during one day. "The Boys," directed by Rowan Woods, builds up in tension through the bitterness and violence manifested by the brothers, who bait each other and mask inside them a deep resentment for their failures, taking it out on the women they are in contact with.  This film is all style and is non-judgmental in its observations, adding nothing more of subtance to the story than the inertia that is depicted.
Brett Sprague (Wenham), the film's protagonist, gets an early parole from prison after doing a year for assault with a deadly weapon. He brings his perplexed mother (Curran) a coffee table he made in prison and berates his family for not visiting him. His mother can only stare at the table and can't even thank him for this gesture. Brett is an angry young man, who bitterly tells his brothers that it is either them or us in this world, therefore it is better to get them before they get you. The boys indulge themselves with beer and drugs, and sit around the house without any constructive plans to help themselves improve their situation.
 It starts with the brothers bullying each other for authority in the family, as Brett asserts his leadership. Then the violence is carried over with their other relationships. Michelle (Collette) is waiting anxiously for Brett to seduce her, but he toys with her, turning her attempt at affection into a battle. She accuses him of getting it from behind in prison and now is not able to perform. This expectedly brings about a beating from Brett and her total rejection of him.
Stevie (Hayes) has made a timid girl called Nola (Lise) pregnant and treats her with utter contempt, so much so that she tells the boys' mother she would rather move out of the house and live homeless in a bus terminal than stay with a monster like Stevie.
Glenn (Polson) is seeing a girl with upward aspirations, Jackie (Cronin).  But this is not enough, as Jackie puts her foot down further and tells him her family says that she is too good for him, that she will stay with him only if he doesn't see his brothers anymore. He says he can't live without his brothers. When she leaves him, he feels as if the air has been sucked out of him.
The weak-spirited mother, who doesn't have a clue of how to handle the boys, is living with her new live-in boyfriend, a half-Aboriginal, George (Smith). When he comes to her aid after she is being berated by Brett, he ends up getting bashed over the head, as the boys show the disdain they have for him.
The film had realistic performances from its leads and had a gritty look to it. But the story flattened out and with violence being the loudest emotion expressed by anyone in this loser's family, the story predictably ends on a very violent note. It is hard to explain Brett as being anything else but a psychopath, and to blame his mother and hold her totally responsible for the families' demise, as was implied, is not very fair. The film makes no comments about the conditions of a society that helped bring about such anti-social behavior and what circumstances kept the family incapicitated.
This first feature by Woods, based on a work that was presented on stage, had its powerful moments, making a strong case about how male insecurity and violence are so closely linked. But the film couldn't get further into its subjects than to expose the boys' surface wounds and their bleak story about their frustrations to deal with life, as the story just went nowhere but down a predictable violent path. It left the implication that society better be prepared to build more jails or else, implying that there is no way to help a family that won't even lift a finger to help itself.
REVIEWED ON 8/20/2000 GRADE: C
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Press Spacebar or Tab To Get Started
Principal slide
Title
This is the first side of the cude
Press Spacebar to rotate
Second cube side
Hit spacebar to rotate to the next side
Another side
Hit spacebar to rotate to the next side
Another side
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With this animation I tried to further explore the letters in motion in relation to space. The alphabetic system I created by coding - which originally maps and evolves according to the movement of the mouse on the X and Y axis - can be applied to other
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Northern Ethiopia is rich with culture and history. See the iconic rock hewn churchees of Lalibella and Tigray. Explore the ancient cities of Gondar, Bahirdar and Axum. Gaze at the stunning landscapes of Semien mountain.
The North East of Ethiopia has some of the most stunning landscapes in Africa. See the abundant wildlife in Bale Mountain National Park. Wander the stark, remote, sub sea level desert in the Dallol Depression and gaze into the Eartale active volcano. The ancient walled city of Harar is also of stunning historical importance.
These tours are recommended for those who want to know a more tribal side of Ethiopia. In these tours you will encounter the Mursi, Hamar, Karo, Dassenech, Konso, Benna and Arbore tribes around the Omo Valley. These people have been living virtually undisturbed for centuries, offering a unique opportunity for a cultural exchange.
In the North you can visit the rock hewn churches of Lalibela: Bete Medhanealem, Bete Mariam (house of Mary), Bete Meskel (House of Cross), Bete Denagile (house of Virgin), Bete Golgotha and the famous cross-shaped Church of St. George. This Church is believed to be the last work of King Lalibela and is dedicated to St. George, patron of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. These churches are symbolized as "The Earthly Jerusalem" as all churches have their own biblical meaning.
You can also visit Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile. Lake Tana is also the home of 27 monasteries on its numerous islands. These monasteries are rich in old manuscript paintings, parchments, different crowns of Ethiopian kings and other church heritages. We will visit one of them, Eura Kidane Mihiret Monastery, which is richest in terms of old paintings and other artifacts and also allows both male and After we visit the Zegighe peninsula and their village, we will head back to the outlet of the Blue Nile from Lake Tana. If you are lucky, you will see a hippopotamus!
You will also have the chance to see Bahirdar and Gondar. Bahirdar is the capital city of the Amhara Regional Government. It is the most beautiful city in Ethiopia and 10th in Africa, and an International Conference Center today. Bahirdar lies on the shore of Lake Tana, making it one of the best tourist destinations in Ethiopia. You will also see the medieval city of Gondar. Gondar was the capital city of Ethiopia in the 17th century and is the third official capital after Lalibela. Now it is one of the capital cities of Amhara region and a center of trade, education, a major bottling company and one of the best spots from which to reach all tourist attractions in the region. Gondar is registered as a World Heritage site by UNESCO and called the African Camelot.
North of Gondar are the stunning landscapes of Semien mountain. This national park is also a World Heritage site, and has a dazzlinng variety of different birds, animals and plants. It is also one of the highest peaks in Ethiopia and one of the few places in Africa where it snows regularly.
North East Circuit
In the North East you can visit the ancient walled city of Harar. A medieval trade center, it has a diverse culture with influences from both Africa and the Middle East. The Ethiopian Orthodox religion is deeply rooted in the city, but Islam is as well and there are multiple mosques and cathedrals. There is also a nightly spectacle where men feed hyenas meat from their hands.
You can also visit Bale National Park. Bale National Park is an area of high altitude plateaus with numerous spectacular volcanic peaks, beautiful tiny alpine lakes and rushing streams from the mountain descending into deep rocky gorges on their way down to the lowland. Bale Park is the largest alpine habitat in Africa. It offers opportunities for mountaineering, horse trekking, scenic driving and chances to view some of Ethiopia's native mammals.
The particularly adventurous will enjoy the Dallol Depression It is a desert with very few inhabitants, though there is a small (mostly abandoned) mining town. It is the hottest year round place in the world, and has some bizarre rock formations and stunning surreal sceneries.
The Eartale Volcano has one of 6 lava lakes in the entire planet, and is the oldest of the six. This is a rare opportunity for those who are interested in geology to observe some unique natural phenomena.
Southern Cultural Tours
The Omo Valley, in the south of Ethiopia, boasts an incredible ammount of cultural diversity. Multiple tribes are scattered throughout the area, each with their own unique and ancient customs. This makes it an ideal place to travel for the Anthropologically inclined.
These tribes include (but are not limited to) the Mursi (known for their lip plates, which are worn to dances by single women), the Hamar (known for a strange cultural custom where a boy is made to run across the backs of a line of cattle to be initiated into manhood), the Karo, the Dassenech, the Konso, the Benna, and the Arbore.
This tour offers an incredible window into the old and fascinating customs of tribal Ethiopia, and will leave you marked with a sense of awe at the variety of ways in which human culture manifests itself.
Short Trips from Addis Ababa
For those interested in doing trips in and around Addis Ababa, I offer tours from 1 to 4 days. Some of these are cultural tours of the vibrant and diverse city of Addis Ababa.
I also offer tours to several areas that surround the city. There are spectacular sceneries very close by that are very worthwhile, especially for those who are low on time.


Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
More than a month ago, two friends were married in the luxurious locale of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and the girl and I went down south for a few days to join in the festivities. The wedding in Hilton Head was beautiful and included a small ceremony on a boat which took us out across Hilton Head sound. This couple now calls Hilton Head home, so they were able to point us the right direction and we investigated a bit on our own.
Including the day of the wedding, we took two days to explore Hilton Head Island. It was early spring, so we missed the summer crowds inhabiting the island during the peak tourist season. We had a great run on the beach and an enjoyable time walking around the island – unfortunately in vain – looking for a Tennis court. Thanks to the girl’s savvy deal finding ability and sleuthy island investigation skills, we explored some new restaurants and found some good thrift store shopping – apparently where all the Hilton Head retirees unload their vintage clothes and housewares.
After the wedding weekend, we planned our “spring break” jaunt in the city of Savannah, just a little farther south across the South Carolina/Georgia state line and the Savannah River (Savannah gas lamp photo link).
Before leaving for our trip, just about anyone we spoke to asked if either of us had read “The Book”, so in anticipation of our Savannah stay, we both started reading John Berendt’s Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil. Unfortunately, this book, like many books in my life, had been sitting on my bookshelf for I don’t know how long, still unread, so, the timing couldn’t have been better to give the book a read. So, we both read the book before, during, and after our Savannah trip.
We spent three nights and four days in Savannah, exploring what the city had to offer. We stayed in The Savannah Bed & Breakfast Inn, which we would recommend without reservation (no pun intended, but seriously make reservations as it appears there is often a waiting list there). The daily breakfast was wonderful and healthy and in the evening the staff provided milk and freshly baked cookies. When we didn’t opt for the full day Savannah visitor parking permit some of the staff ran quarters outside to our parking meter while we toured Savannah; talk about service! The location was positioned perfectly to have the best of downtown Savannah close at hand, but also had access to Forsyth Park and the Victorian architecture of the homes and buildings surrounding the park. My freelance photographer girl and I spent plenty of time walking around taking photos and documenting our stay. She works very hard to get the perfect angle for the perfect photo.
The Savannah Bed & Breakfast is right next to Mercer House, the central location for Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil. We didn’t take the house tour, but we did admire the carriage house gift shop, as well as the Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil store, which is just a block away from Mercer House. In this store you can find everything you could have ever wanted with the Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil logo on it, from a washcloth to candle snuffer.
Spring was just coming on in Savannah and the blossoms were now beginning to peak. Of course, we’d both seen Spanish Moss before, but we never tired of taking pictures of blossomed branches covered with hanging moss.
Savannah as a city has just the right amount of quirky charm to it. As you walk along the central Bull Street, architecture from Georgian and Victorian eras clash with the funky modernity of art students going to and from classes at Savannah College of Art & Design, affectionately known as SCAD. Although Forsyth Park was probably our favorite park, Savannah has many beautiful parklets to get lost in, and if you enjoy walking Savannah is a great city for you.
Finally, as we headed out of town, we spent the morning in Bonaventure Cemetery, a few minutes outside of Savannah. Bonaventure Cemetery is filled with plenty of dark southern history, coastal Voodoo, and local lore and legend, which is evident if you’ve read In The Garden Of Good & Evil. If you enjoy taking photos of moss covered marble statues and reading the names of the long departed, then venturing a little outside of Savannah will be worth your time.
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Lyrics of Lowly Life
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The Song"
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- Year Published: 1913
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Source: Dunbar, P.L. (1913). The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
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My soul, lost in the music’s mist,
Roamed, rapt, ‘neath skies of amethyst.
The cheerless streets grew summer meads,
The Son of Phoebus spurred his steeds,
And, wand’ring down the mazy tune,
December lost its way in June,
While from a verdant vale I heard
The piping of a love–lorn bird.
A something in the tender strain
Revived an old, long–conquered pain,
And as in depths of many seas,
My heart was drowned in memories.
The tears came welling to my eyes,
Nor could I ask it otherwise;
For, oh! a sweetness seems to last
Amid the dregs of sorrows past.
It stirred a chord that here of late
I ‘d grown to think could not vibrate.
It brought me back the trust of youth,
The world again was joy and truth.
And Avice, blooming like a bride,
Once more stood trusting at my side.
But still, with bosom desolate,
The lorn bird sang to find his mate.
Then there are trees, and lights and stars,
The silv’ry tinkle of guitars;
And throbs again as throbbed that waltz,
Before I knew that hearts were false.
Then like a cold wave on a shore,
Comes silence and she sings no more.
I wake, I breathe, I think again,
And walk the sordid ways of men.


STILL BREATHING A film review by Matt Williams
RATING: * * * out of * * * *
What happens when a confirmed cynic is confronted with the specter of true love? That's the central dilemma in Still Breathing, James F. Robinson's charmingly nice romantic comedy.
The film opens with an eccentric San Antonio street performer, Fletcher McBracken (Brendan Fraser), attempting to visualize the woman of his dreams with an amalgam of magazine photos. You see, the men of the McBracken family have a gift: they each have a vision of their true love. It happened to Fletcher's father, and his father's father before him. Now Fletcher is having the visions, and he is trying to capture the image so he can search the world for the woman of his dreams.
That woman, unknown to Fletcher, is in Los Angeles. Rosalyn Willoughby (Joanna Going) is a jaded high stakes con artist who bilks rich men out of their money with an elaborate art scheme. She has long since put aside notions of true love in favor of a much more cynical attitude.
When Fletcher appears in the midst of his quest, Rosalyn mistakenly confuses him for a rich mark. But soon his eccentric ways and his unflinching faith in his vision begin to erode her defenses, and she finds herself unwillingly falling in love.
Still Breathing treads a thin line. It manages to be sweet and charming without ever becoming overly saccharine and sappy. Its offbeat sensibilities take a little while to warm up to (at first, Fletcher could be mistaken for a sociopathic stalker), but given time they grow on you.
Brendan Fraser does a superb job with his sheepishly charming street performer. In his best roles, he mixes confidence with a slight bit of naoveti, as he does here. Joanna Going is appropriately headstrong with just a hint of vulnerability. The two of them go well together, which is a necessity for any romantic comedy.
If you're in the mood for a pleasant little romantic comedy, Still Breathing hits all the right notes. Cynicism need not apply.
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Hello! I want to ask you to share your experience or ideas about what is the better way to improve the English level. Of course, the question is not simple how it seems because I have not bad level (according to a test it closer to advance) and I try to use all general advice like use English sources for getting information (for my work and other aspects of my life), watch videos in English etc., but I still feel not comfortable in a speaking part and sometimes with understanding (some accents are easy to understand some harder). How did you manage similar problems? Thanks!
I believe the best way to improve your speaking is to, well, speak. The more you can speak, the faster you will improve. It can help to figure out what specific problems are being encountered. Others having problems understanding what you’re saying? Improve your pronunciation. Can’t recall the word you want to use in the middle of a sentence? Use Spaced Repetition Software (SRS) to boost your recall rates. Don’t know the word to use in the sentence? Increase your vocabulary size.
To speak more, try to incorporate speaking into your life more. If you can speak your target language with your friends or family, try to do so as much as you can. If you’re watching TV, you can repeat after hearing something (“shadowing”). You can also talk to yourself, which is maybe strange, but can be very effective. There’s an article over at Universe of Memory that goes into the details of talking to oneself. But speaking without feedback risks ingraining mistakes. To that end, I recommend hiring a native speaker who can give you feedback. They don’t need to be a trained teacher (those can be very expensive) - just a native speaker who can tell you when you’re saying something wrong.
I’ve had very good luck finding native speakers on Italki - you can find a native speaker there under “community tutors”. You can also find a language exchange partner, but I don’t recommend them. If you’re doing an exchange, you’re spending time and effort on your own language, when you could be spending that time and effort learning your target language. It’s also a significant amount of effort to find a suitable partner in the first place. Go with a community tutor if you have the financial means.
To improve your pronunciation, I recommend learning the IPA of your target language. Once you identify the words that you have trouble pronouncing, you can use the IPA to identify the specific sounds that are difficult for you, then intentionally practice them. Note that unless you’ve intentionally trained your ear to hear these new sounds, it’s unlikely that you’re hearing (and thus pronouncing) them correctly. As an example, see Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers. The Speechling app can also help with this. You record yourself speaking sentences aloud, which are then reviewed by a native speaker who points out what is being said incorrectly.
To increase your vocabulary size, I recommend actively engaging with new words, or with words that you find yourself forgetting. To active engage, you can create sentences (written, typed or spoken) using these words. You can type them into your SRS application to decrease the chance that you will forget them.
To get used to different accents and speakers, listen to media from many different sources. YouTube is a fantastic resource for this. Listen actively, and try to pick out words. Take note of new words you don’t know and try to use them. I also recommend the article Listening comprehension in a foreign language - 12 ways to improve it.
To improve the recall of your vocabulary, I recommend using Spaced Repetition Software, in particular Anki. The vocabulary you learn will be periodically shown to you based on how well you know it. This helps slow down memory decay (see Ebbinghaus’s Forgetting Curve and the Spacing Effect). It can also be useful in identifying vocabulary that you need to pay more attention to, for example a word that you keep getting incorrect can be used in more sentences, help to boost the recall rate.
Disclaimer: I am no expert on language learning. I have some background knowledge, have read a bunch about it, but they were mostly secondary sources. I have tried many things and have failed more times than I have succeeded. Take my advice with a grain of salt. I highly recommend Universe of Memory as Bartosz actually cites his sources, so you can question his recommendations by delving into the source material.


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I should begin by saying that I take Zyprexa for bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, Zyprexa is also an antipsychotic, so my tolerance for certain hallucinogens is sky high. As fate would have it, I also love to trip. This is a problem. Thus, I have been searching for drugs that can put their effects past the medication. Some drugs that work are salvia, weed, dissociatives, amphetamines, opiates, nutmeg, and pretty much any other non-hallucinogen. LSD, mushrooms, and similar drugs either donít work at all or only work in extremely high doses. As I understand the situation it is physically safe to do the doses I list in the main body of the report, but keep in mind that your experience will likely be much more intense than mine at the same dose. Everybody reacts differently to every chemical.
That said, here are the accounts of my first few experiences with nutmeg.
||| Experience 1 -- 4 nuts (17 grams) |||
[6:45pm] Ground up 4 whole nuts (approximately 15 grams), put them into 50 capsules, and downed them with a Coke and some Gatorade.
[7:15] Feeling bit euphoric. This could just be excitement and anticipation, though.
[8:15] Still just a bit euphoric, but no other effects yet except some pleasantly nutmeg-flavored burps. I am drinking lots of Gatorade, as I read that it helps with the hangovers sometimes caused by nutmeg.
[8:45] Feeling light waves of something inexplicable. I think the nutmeg is kicking in.
[9:05] I feel slightly inebriated, like I had taken maybe a hit of weed.
[10:00] Every once in awhile I get a nice wave of euphoria accompanied by a great body buzz, but after about 60 seconds I return to baseline.
[10:45] Instead of waves it is pretty much constant now. We smoked a big joint of Dragon Smoke herb blend (primarily Damiana) to heighten the mood further.
[11:00] I am beginning to feel waves of something powerful.
[12:30am] We just got back from Waffle house. My friendís heavy metal that we listened to during the car ride engulfed me, although normally I would have been indifferent to it.
[3:00] We just watched Waking Life, and my God I swear I understood that movie on an intuitive level I had never experienced before, even though I have seen it countless times.
I felt mildly stoned the rest of the day. No hangover whatsoever.
||| Experience 2 -- 7 nuts (28 grams) |||
Ground up 7 whole nuts and packed them into 58 capsules.
[12:30pm] Dropped all 58 capsules over the course of 10 minutes.
[2:30] Felling very euphoric.
[3:00] The euphoria has subsided; I think the nutmeg must not have kicked in yet.
[3:15] I am beginning to get nice waves.
[4:45] This feels almost like the beginning of an acid trip. Colors are brighter and my vision is sharper, almost hyper-real. My eyes, mouth and throat are very dry.
[5:00] I see patterns on all of the walls. As I stared at my bedroom door, a blue and green tornado of bright spots appeared and whirled around for a few seconds. I feel a bit stoned in general. I see barely visible trails if I concentrate on it.
[5:15] This light trip continues to increase in waves. The patterns are a bit brighter. I feel a little drunk or high or something similar.
[5:45] I feel markedly stoned.
[6:30] I hear piano music for some reason. I think it may be my first aural hallucination.
[7:15] Life feels more like a lucid dream than reality.
[8:00] My appetite is apparently endless. I remain very stoned.
[9:00] I find it very easy to construct elaborate scenes in my head. The images on the TV seem made of leggos. The patterns are even brighter. I feel like Iím on acid and very high at the same time.
[10:00] Sex is greatly improved in this state, much more satisfying.
[11:00] Still very stoned. The patterns on the wall are as bright and colorful as ever. I keep getting lost in the TV shows; I just zone out and lose awareness of anything outside the program.
[12:45am] I feel now as if I just smoked a bowl of swag; very tired, dry red eyes, dry throat, and slight headache. The patterns are, if anything, brighter.
[6:00pm] Almost baseline, but I feel very chilled out and the patterns are just barely visible.
[7:30] No patterns, but very chilled out.
[11:45] Baseline.
||| Experience 3 -- 9 nuts (35 grams) |||
[8:00am] Downed 9 ground nuts in 66 capsules and went back to sleep.
[3:15pm] Finally getting some waves.
[4:00] I feel generally high. Not very intense.
[4:45] Colors are brighter, vision super-crisp.
[6:15] I now have a horrendous headache.
[9:15] Still moderately stoned, head still pounding. No patterns this time.
[11:30] I keep getting zoned out watching TV. The headache is gone. Blobs of color seem to cover the walls. There is not a noticeable difference between 7 and 9 nuts, aside from the headache.
||| Experience 4 -- smoked, 1 bowl |||
No apparent effects.
||| Experience 5 -- insufflated, .25 nuts |||
No apparent effects.
Overall, I give nutmeg a B minus. Itís nice, especially for a legal, cheap drug, but itís really not that fantastic either. I think that drinking lots of liquids helped prevent hangovers, because I did not experience a single one. Supposedly nutmeg is active when insufflated, but I could not force down more than a quarter of a nut, which may not be enough. I do not recommend eating more than 7 nuts; the effects were not any greater with 9 nuts, but I did experience a horrible headache which was not present with 7 nuts.
Have fun and be careful.
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Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


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org.apache.spark.streaming
Class Time
Object
org.apache.spark.streaming.Time
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- java.io.Serializable, scala.Equals, scala.Product
public class Time
- extends Object
- implements scala.Product, scala.Serializable
This is a simple class that represents an absolute instant of time.
Internally, it represents time as the difference, measured in milliseconds, between the current
time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC. This is the same format as what is returned by
System.currentTimeMillis.
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
|
Constructor Summary |
Time(long millis)
|
| Methods inherited from class Object |
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait |
| Methods inherited from interface scala.Product |
productArity, productElement, productIterator, productPrefix |
| Methods inherited from interface scala.Equals |
canEqual, equals |
Time
public Time(long millis)
ordering
public static scala.math.Ordering<Time> ordering()
milliseconds
public long milliseconds()
less
public boolean less(Time that)
lessEq
public boolean lessEq(Time that)
greater
public boolean greater(Time that)
greaterEq
public boolean greaterEq(Time that)
plus
public Time plus(Duration that)
minus
public Duration minus(Time that)
minus
public Time minus(Duration that)
floor
public Time floor(Duration that)
floor
public Time floor(Duration that,
Time zeroTime)
isMultipleOf
public boolean isMultipleOf(Duration that)
min
public Time min(Time that)
max
public Time max(Time that)
until
public scala.collection.Seq<Time> until(Time that,
Duration interval)
to
public scala.collection.Seq<Time> to(Time that,
Duration interval)
toString
public String toString()
- Overrides:
toString
in class Object


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Maxwell = Mysql + Kafka
This is Maxwell's daemon, an application that reads MySQL binlogs and writes row updates to Kafka as JSON. It's playing in the same space as mypipe and databus, but differentiates itself with these features:
- Works with an unpatched mysql
- Parses ALTER/CREATE/DROP table statements, which allows Maxwell to always have a correct view of the mysql schema
- Stores its replication position and needed data within the mysql server itself
- Requires no external dependencies (save Kafka, if used)
- Eschews the complexity of Avro for plain old JSON.
- Minimal setup
Maxwell is intended as a source for event-based readers, eg various ETL applications, search indexing, stat emitters.
- Download: https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.1.4/maxwell-1.1.4.tar.gz
- Source: https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell
mysql> insert into `test`.`maxwell` set id = 1, daemon = 'Stanislaw Lem';
maxwell: {
"database": "test",
"table": "maxwell",
"type": "insert",
"ts":<PHONE_NUMBER>,
"xid": 940752,
"commit": true,
"data": { "id":1, "daemon": "Stanislaw Lem" }
}
mysql> update test.maxwell set daemon = 'firebus! firebus!' where id = 1;
maxwell: {
"database": "test",
"table": "maxwell",
"type": "update",
"ts":<PHONE_NUMBER>,
"xid": 940786,
"commit": true,
"data": {"id":1, "daemon": "Firebus! Firebus!"},
"old": {"daemon": "Stanislaw Lem"}
}


qiskit.transpiler._transpiler module¶
Tools for compiling a batch of quantum circuits.
Members¶
Functions¶
_best_subset |
Computes the qubit mapping with the best connectivity. |
_matches_coupling_map |
Iterate over circuit instructions to check if all multi-qubit couplings match the qubit coupling graph in the backend. |
_pick_best_layout |
Pick a convenient layout depending on the best matching qubit connectivity |
compile |
Compile a list of circuits into a qobj. |
transpile |
Transform a dag circuit into another dag circuit (transpile), through consecutive passes on the dag. |
Reference¶
-
qiskit.transpiler._transpiler.
_best_subset
(backend, n_qubits)[source]¶ Computes the qubit mapping with the best connectivity.
Parameters: - backend (Qiskit.BaseBackend) – A QISKit backend instance.
- n_qubits (int) – Number of subset qubits to consider.
Returns: - Array of qubits to use for best
connectivity mapping.
Return type: ndarray
Raises: QISKitError
– Wrong number of qubits given.
-
qiskit.transpiler._transpiler.
_matches_coupling_map
(instructions, coupling_map)[source]¶ Iterate over circuit instructions to check if all multi-qubit couplings match the qubit coupling graph in the backend.
Parameters: - instructions (list) – List of circuit instructions.
- coupling_map (list) – Backend coupling map, represented as an adjacency list.
Returns: If all instructions readily fit the backend coupling graph.
- False: If there’s at least one instruction that uses multiple qubits
which does not match the backend couplings.
Return type: True
-
qiskit.transpiler._transpiler.
_pick_best_layout
(backend, num_qubits, qregs)[source]¶ Pick a convenient layout depending on the best matching qubit connectivity
Parameters: - backend (BaseBackend) – The backend with the coupling_map for searching
- num_qubits (int) – Number of qubits
- qregs (list) – The list of quantum registers
Returns: A special ordered layout
Return type: initial_layout
-
qiskit.transpiler._transpiler.
compile
(circuits, backend, config=None, basis_gates=None, coupling_map=None, initial_layout=None, shots=1024, max_credits=10, seed=None, qobj_id=None, hpc=None, pass_manager=None)[source]¶ Compile a list of circuits into a qobj.
Parameters: - circuits (QuantumCircuit or list[QuantumCircuit]) – circuits to compile
- backend (BaseBackend) – a backend to compile for
- config (dict) – dictionary of parameters (e.g. noise) used by runner
- basis_gates (str) – comma-separated basis gate set to compile to
- coupling_map (list) – coupling map (perhaps custom) to target in mapping
- initial_layout (list) – initial layout of qubits in mapping
- shots (int) – number of repetitions of each circuit, for sampling
- max_credits (int) – maximum credits to use
- seed (int) – random seed for simulators
- qobj_id (int) – identifier for the generated qobj
- hpc (dict) – HPC simulator parameters
- pass_manager (PassManager) – a pass_manager for the transpiler stage
Returns: the qobj to be run on the backends
Return type: obj
Raises: TranspilerError
– in case of bad compile options, e.g. the hpc options.
-
qiskit.transpiler._transpiler.
transpile
(dag_circuit, basis_gates='u1, u2, u3, cx, id', coupling_map=None, initial_layout=None, get_layout=False, format='dag', seed=None, pass_manager=None)[source]¶ Transform a dag circuit into another dag circuit (transpile), through consecutive passes on the dag.
Parameters: - dag_circuit (DAGCircuit) – dag circuit to transform via transpilation
- basis_gates (str) – a comma seperated string for the target basis gates
- coupling_map (list) –
A graph of coupling:
[ [control0(int), target0(int)], [control1(int), target1(int)], ] eg. [[0, 2], [1, 2], [1, 3], [3, 4]}
- initial_layout (dict) –
A mapping of qubit to qubit:
{ ("q", start(int)): ("q", final(int)), ... } eg. { ("q", 0): ("q", 0), ("q", 1): ("q", 1), ("q", 2): ("q", 2), ("q", 3): ("q", 3) }
- get_layout (bool) – flag for returning the layout
- format (str) – The target format of the compilation: {‘dag’, ‘json’, ‘qasm’}
- seed (int) – random seed for simulators
- pass_manager (PassManager) – pass manager instance for the tranpilation process If None, a default set of passes are run. Otherwise, the passes defined in it will run. If contains no passes in it, no dag transformations occur.
Returns: - If get_layout == False, the compiled circuit in the specified
format. If get_layout == True, a tuple is returned, with the second element being the layout.
Return type: object
Raises: TranspilerError
– if the format is not valid.


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WITNESS LIST Public Education Committee February 18, 2005-10:00A HB 2 For: Bartosh, James (Granger ISD; Temple College at Taylor) Bernhard, Carol (Self and Dianna Pharr) Pharr, Dianna (Self) Stark, Gary (Dr. Lew Solmon, Milken Family Foundation) On: Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional Educators) Kolenda, Joe (Texas Career and Technology Council) Sartor, Sudie (Self)


Voxel Graphics Expression Generator
This program allows one to input voxel data (up to 400 voxels) in order to create three-dimensional voxel graphics.
Here's how to use the program:
- Design or import your voxel design in MagicaVoxel.
- Save your design as a Point Clouds (*.ply) file.
- Open the file in Notepad and copy the contents into the entry box below.
- Click the "Run" button and watch the magic happen!
######################## Angles ###########################
xr = 0; #Tumble forward
yr = 0; #Counter-clockwise from front
zr = 0; #Counter-clockwise from top
#Specify order of application: (r1, then r2, then r3)
r1 = yr; r2 = xr; r3 = zr;
####################### Parameters ########################
proj = 0; #0 for perspective, 1 for parallel
#0 has foreshortening (realism), 1 retains parallelism
d = 10; #Distance from projection (perspective only)
zoom = 1; #Size of projection
h = 0;
v = 1;
s = 1;
######## Calculations (don't worry about these) ###########
x1 = xi*cos(r1)-zi*sin(r1); z1 = xi*sin(r1)+zi*cos(r1);
y2 = yi*cos(r2)-z1*sin(r2); z2 = yi*sin(r2)+z1*cos(r2);
x3 = x1*cos(r3)-y2*sin(r3); y3 = x1*sin(r3)+y2*cos(r3);
x' = zoom*x3*if(proj,1,(d/(d+y3))); #Horizontal output
y' = zoom*z2*if(proj,1,(d/(d+y3))); #Vertical output
#####################3D by Chrnan6710######################


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John F Kennedy Memorial 20 km
Carderock MD/USA
Race Winners
(51 runnings)
19 Jan
2008
13 Jan
2007
15 Jan
2006
16 Jan
2005
18 Jan
2004
19 Jan
2003
20 Jan
2002
14 Jan
2001
16 Jan
2000
17 Jan
1999
18 Jan
1998
1997
1996
15 Jan 1995
1994
17 Jan 1993
19 Jan 1992
20 Jan
1991
21 Jan
1990
22 Jan 1989
17 Jan 1988
11 Jan
1987
05 Jan
1986
06 Jan 1985
22 Jan 1984
30 Jan
1983
24 Jan 1982
25 Jan 1981
27 Jan 1980
28 Jan 1979
29 Jan 1978
1977
1976
05 Jan 1975
10 Feb 1974
21 Jan 1973
22 Jan 1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
04 Dec 1965
Notes: 1965 was the inaugural year. It is not known when the race switched from
December to January but at least one calendar year between1965 and 1972 did not have a
race. The "missing" year is tentatively set as 1966. The 1972 course
was reported as 12m40y (19.349 km). The 1973 and 1975 courses are also
considered to have been short. This race was held at Hains Point in
Washington DC thru 2005. Only the 5K was held in 2006 due to permitting
problems with the National Park Service. The race was held at an alternate
location in Washington DC for 2007-2011 before moving to Carderock MD in 2012.
14
Jan
2017
1:10:56
Desta Beriso Morhama (ETH)
1:21:48
Jessica McGuire (VA/USA)
17
Jan
2016
1:09:05
Thomas Bean (MD/USA)
1:26:25
Jean Kleiz (VA/USA)
17
Jan
2015
1:13:20
Jack daSilva (VA/USA)
1:26:03
Dawn Gillas (USA)
18 Jan
2014
1:18:44
Joe Kane (VA/USA)
1:17:27
Claire Hallissey (VA/ENG)
19
Jan
2013
1:13:11
Hugh Toland (VA/USA)
1:26:37
Boriana Bakaltcheva (VA/USA)
15 Jan
2012
1:18:35
Jonathan Loewus-Deitch (DC/USA)
1:30:42
Katharine Laco (MD/USA)
15 Jan
2011
1:14:38
Edi Turco (VA/USA)
1:28:47
Rachel Clattenburg (DC/USA)
16 Jan
2010
1:10:01.2
Rodee Schneider (USA)
1:20:48.2
Katherine Walker (USA)
19 Jan
2009
1:17:51
Kevin d'Amanda (MD/USA)
1:25:15
Jeannet Dumbrell (VA/USA)
---
n/a
---
n/a
1:16:26
Ted Poulos-2
1:26:29
Patricia Zerfas (MD/USA)
---
only 5K held
---
only 5K held
1:07:38.6
Eric Post (VA/USA)
1:22:24.1
Karen Black-2
1:19:48
Ted Poulos (VA/USA)
1:20:35
Emily Richard (DC/USA)
1:12:38
Glen Mays-2
1:24:45
Karen Black (VA/USA)
1:12:02
Glen Mays (DC/USA)
1:40:18
Martime Cobal (DC/USA)
1:08:56
Russell Crandell (NC/USA)
1:25:04
Susan Rizzieri (VA/USA)
1:14:15
Rob Thomas (VA/USA)
1:25:45
Beth Miller (VA/USA)
1:11:33
George Buckheit (VA/USA)
1:27:34
Clara Poffenberger (VA/USA)
1:13:49
Ian Clements (MD/USA)
1:19:06
Megan Holden (NY/USA)
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n/a
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n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
1:09:49
Michael Regan-4
1:14:46
Elizabeth Scanlon (VA/USA)
---
n/a
---
n/a
1:08:00
Michael Regan-3
1:17:29
Alice Roupar
1:07:57
Darrell General (MD/USA)
1:23:13
Mary-Ellen DeRocher (VA/USA)
1:05:46
Michael Regan-2
1:21:03
Cathy Ventura (VA/USA)
1:04:55
Michael Regan (USA)
1:19:03
Christine Reaser (ME/USA)
1:07:13
Steve Clarke
1:16:45
Patricia McGovern-3
1:06:20
Brian Downall
1:18:17
Susan Crowe-2
1:08:12
Steve Stebbins (VT/USA)
1:17:19
Patricia McGovern-2
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
1:05:39
Dick Beardsley (MN/USA)
1:17:46
Patricia McGovern (VA/USA)
1:04:06
Timothy Tays (MD/USA)
1:17:45
Kathy Hibbert
1:07:21
Robert Stack-2
1:18:41
Alda Cossi
1:07:35
Robert Stack (MD/USA)
1:16:24
Laura deWald (MD/USA)
1:06:21
Jere VanDyk
1:15:55
Susan Crowe (PA/USA)
1:07:36
Max White (NJ/USA)
1:31:55
Mary-Ellen Williams (MD/USA)
1:07:50
Peter Nye (USA)
1:35:29
Cindy Baley
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
1:05:02
Phil Stewart (DC/USA)
1:31:17
Kathy Good
1:06:08
Bruce Robinson (DC/USA)
1:32:00
Gail Sedgwick
1:02:12
Jack Fultz (MA/USA)
---
n/a
1:03:37
Mike Mittelstaedt (NM/USA)
1:47:07
Sue White
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
---
n/a
1:05:50
Robert Scharf (MD/USA)
Most Wins (1965/date)
Men
4
Michael Regan (USA)
1990-91,1993,1995
Women
3
Patricia McGovern (VA/USA)
1984,1987,1989
Prize Money
(ADR qualified runners)
No information on prize money has been reported.
Race Time Bias
(sec/km)
Insufficient data to calculate the race time bias.
Competitive Level
(1990-date)
Insufficient data to calculate the competitive level.
Last Updated on
01 Feb 2017
Contributors: Raj Bhanot, Ben Beach, George Banker (50)


Make R data available in Web-based virtual reality experiences for immersive, cross-platform data visualizations. Includes the 'gg-aframe' JavaScript package for a Grammar of Graphics declarative HTML syntax to create 3-dimensional data visualizations with 'Mozilla A-Frame' <https://aframe.io>.
| Version: | 1.0.1 |
| Imports: | shiny, htmlwidgets, htmltools |
| Suggests: | knitr, rmarkdown, scales, dplyr |
| Published: | 2017-11-26 |
| Author: | William Murphy [cre, aut] |
| Maintainer: | William Murphy <william.murphy.rd at gmail.com> |
| License: | AGPL-3 |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Materials: | NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | shinyaframe results |
| Reference manual: | shinyaframe.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
How to create a WebVR 3D Scatterplot Shiny App |
| Package source: | shinyaframe_1.0.1.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: shinyaframe_1.0.1.zip, r-release: shinyaframe_1.0.1.zip, r-oldrel: shinyaframe_1.0.1.zip |
| OS X binaries: | r-release: shinyaframe_1.0.1.tgz, r-oldrel: shinyaframe_1.0.1.tgz |
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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD A film review by Randy Parker Copyright 1996 Randy Parker
RATING: *** (out of ****)
(Review written in 1991)
BILL & TED MEET HAMLET just as well could have been the title of ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, Tom Stoppard's clever film adaptation of his popular play. In the original Shakespearean version of the story, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were minor characters (childhood chums of Hamlet), appearing in only a couple scenes. Stoppard's gimmick is to retell HAMLET entirely from their point of view. These two meandering medieval misfits take center stage, and their verbal banter and petty squabbles are a nonstop source of amusement.
Stoppard imaginatively weaves Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's misadventures into the general HAMLET story line by having them wander in and out of scenes lifted directly from Shakespeare. The result is an inventive mixture of old and new. Happily, Stoppard's witty script and assured direction get first rate support from the cast, especially Gary Oldman, whose droll performance as Rosencrantz is sublimely entertaining. Oldman and co-star Tim Roth have created two truly exasperating nitwits ... who also happen to be irresistibly endearing.
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DARPA/DOE HPC Challenge Benchmark version 1.5.0betaPiotr Luszczek*October 12, 2012 |
1 Introduction
This is a suite of benchmarks that measure performance of processor,
memory subsytem, and the interconnect. For details refer to the
HPC Challenge web site (http://icl.cs.utk.edu/hpcc/.)
In essence, HPC Challenge consists of a number of tests each
of which measures performance of a different aspect of the system.
If you are familiar with the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark
code (see the HPL web site:
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/) then you can reuse the
build script file (input for make(1) command) and the input
file that you already have for HPL. The HPC Challenge benchmark
includes HPL and uses its build script and input files with only
slight modifications. The most important change must be done to the
line that sets the TOPdir variable. For HPC Challenge, the
variable’s value should always be ../../.. regardless of what
it was in the HPL build script file.
2 Compiling
The first step is to create a build script file that reflects
characteristics of your machine. This file is reused by all the
components of the HPC Challenge suite. The build script file should be
created in the hpl directory. This directory contains
instructions (the files README and INSTALL) on how
to create the build script file for your system. The
hpl/setup directory contains many examples of build script
files. A recommended approach is to copy one of them to the
hpl directory and if it doesn’t work then change it.
The build script file has a name that starts with Make.
prefix and usally ends with a suffix that identifies the target
system. For example, if the suffix chosen for the system is
Unix, the file should be named Make.Unix.
To build the benchmark executable (for the system named Unix)
type: make arch=Unix. This command should be run in the top
directory (not in the hpl directory). It will look in the
hpl directory for the build script file and use it to build
the benchmark executable.
The runtime behavior of the HPC Challenge source code may be
configured at compiled time by defining a few C preprocessor
symbols. They can be defined by adding appropriate options to
CCNOOPT and CCFLAGS make variables. The former
controls options for source code files that need to be compiled
without aggressive optimizations to ensure accurate generation of
system-specific parameters. The latter applies to the rest of the
files that need good compiler optimization for best performance. To
define a symbol S, the majority of compilers requires option
-DS to be used. Currently, the following options are
available in the HPC Challenge source code:
- HPCC_FFT_235: if this symbol is defined the FFTE
code (an FFT implementation) will use vector sizes and processor
counts that are not limited to powers of 2. Instead, the vector sizes
and processor counts to be used will be a product of powers of 2, 3,
and 5.
- HPCC_FFTW_ESTIMATE: if this symbol is defined it will
affect the way external FFTW library is called (it does not have any
effect if the FFTW library is not used). When defined, this symbol
will call the FFTW planning routine with FFTW_ESTIMATE
flag (instead of FFTW_MEASURE). This might result with worse
performance results but shorter execution time of the
benchmark. Defining this symbol may also positively affect the memory
fragmentation caused by the FFTW’s planning routine.
- HPCC_MEMALLCTR: if this symbol is defined a custom
memory allocator will be used to alleviate effects of memory
fragmentation and allow for larger data sets to be used which may
result in obtaining better performance.
- HPL_USE_GETPROCESSTIMES: if this symbol is defined
then Windows-specific GetProcessTimes() function will be used
to measure the elapsed CPU time.
- USE_MULTIPLE_RECV: if this symbol is defined then multiple non-blocking
receives will be posted simultaneously. By default only one non-blocking
receive is posted.
- RA_SANDIA_NOPT: if this symbol is defined the
HPC Challenge standard algorithm for Global RandomAccess will not be
used. Instead, an alternative implementation from Sandia
National Laboratory will be used. It routes messages in software
across virtual hyper-cube topology formed from MPI processes.
- RA_SANDIA_OPT2: if this symbol is defined the
HPC Challenge standard algorithm for Global RandomAccess will not be
used. Instead, instead an alternative implementation from Sandia
National Laboratory will be used. This implementation is optimized for
number of processors being powers of two. The optimizations
are sorting of data before sending and unrolling the data update
loop. If the number of process is not a power two then the code
is the same as the one performed with the RA_SANDIA_NOPT setting.
- RA_TIME_BOUND_DISABLE: if this symbol is defined then the
standard Global RandomAccess code will be used without time limits. This is
discouraged for most runs because the standard algorithm tends to be slow for
large array sizes due to a large overhead for short MPI messages.
- USING_FFTW: if this symbol is defined the standard
HPC Challenge FFT implemenation (called FFTE) will not be used.
Instead, FFTW library will be called. Defining the
USING_FFTW symbol is not sufficient: appropriate flags have
to be added in the make script so that FFTW headers files can be found
at compile time and the FFTW libraries at link time.
3 Runtime Configuration
The HPC Challenge is driven by a short input file named
hpccinf.txt that is almost the same as the input file for
HPL (customarily called HPL.dat). Refer to the directory
hpl/www/tuning.html for details about the input file for
HPL. A sample input file is included with the HPC Challenge
distribution.
The differences between HPL’s input file and HPC Challenge’s input
file can be summarized as follows:
-
Lines 3 and 4 are ignored. The output is always appended to the
file named hpccoutf.txt.
- There are additional lines (starting with line 33) that may (but
do not have to) be used to customize the HPC Challenge benchmark. They
are described below.
The additional lines in the HPC Challenge input file (compared to the
HPL input file) are:
-
Lines 33 and 34 describe additional matrix sizes to be used for
running the PTRANS benchmark (one of the components of the
HPC Challenge benchmark).
- Lines 35 and 36 describe additional blocking factors to be used
for running the PTRANS test.
Just for completeness, here is the list of lines of the HPC
Challenge’s input file and brief description of their meaning:
-
Line 1: ignored
- Line 2: ignored
- Line 3: ignored
- Line 4: ignored
- Line 5: number of matrix sizes for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 6: matrix sizes for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 7: number of blocking factors for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 8: blocking factors for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 9: type of process ordering for HPL
- Line 10: number of process grids for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 11: numbers of process rows of each process grid for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 12: numbers of process columns of each process grid for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 13: threshold value not to be exceeded by scaled residual for HPL (and PTRANS)
- Line 14: number of panel factorization methods for HPL
- Line 15: panel factorization methods for HPL
- Line 16: number of recursive stopping criteria for HPL
- Line 17: recursive stopping criteria for HPL
- Line 18: number of recursion panel counts for HPL
- Line 19: recursion panel counts for HPL
- Line 20: number of recursive panel factorization methods for HPL
- Line 21: recursive panel factorization methods for HPL
- Line 22: number of broadcast methods for HPL
- Line 23: broadcast methods for HPL
- Line 24: number of look-ahead depths for HPL
- Line 25: look-ahead depths for HPL
- Line 26: swap methods for HPL
- Line 27: swapping threshold for HPL
- Line 28: form of L1 for HPL
- Line 29: form of U for HPL
- Line 30: value that specifies whether equilibration should be used by HPL
- Line 31: memory alignment for HPL
- Line 32: ignored
- Line 33: number of additional problem sizes for PTRANS
- Line 34: additional problem sizes for PTRANS
- Line 35: number of additional blocking factors for PTRANS
- Line 36: additional blocking factors for PTRANS
4 Running
The exact way to run the HPC Challenge benchmark depends on the MPI
implementation and system details. An example command to run the
benchmark could like like this: mpirun -np 4 hpcc. The
meaning of the command’s components is as follows:
-
mpirun is the command that starts execution of an MPI
code. Depending on the system, it might also be aprun,
mpiexec, mprun, poe, or something
appropriate for your computer.
- -np 4 is the argument that specifies that 4 MPI
processes should be started. The number of MPI processes should be
large enough to accomodate all the process grids specified in the
hpccinf.txt file.
- hpcc is the name of the HPC Challenge executable to
run.
After the run, a file called hpccoutf.txt is created. It
contains results of the benchmark. This file should be uploaded
through the web form at the HPC Challenge website.
5 Source Code Changes across Versions (ChangeLog)
5.1 Version 1.5.0 (2016-03-18)
-
Fixed memory leak in STREAM code.
- Fixed bug in STREAM that resulted in minimum results reported as 0.
- Removed some of the compilation warnings.
5.2 Version 1.5.0beta (2015-07-23)
-
Added new targets to the main make(1) file.
- Fixed bug introduced while updating to MPI STREAM 1.7 with spurious global communicator (reported by NEC).
- Added make(1) file for OpenMPI from MacPorts.
- Fixed bug introduced while updating to MPI STREAM 1.7 that caused some ranks to use NULL communicator.
- Fixed bug introduced while updating to MPI STREAM 1.7 that caused syntax errors.
5.3 Version 1.5.0alpha (2015-05-22)
-
Added global error accounting in STREAM.
- Updated checking to report from multiple MPI processes contributing to overall error.
- Added barrier to make sure all processes enter STREAM kernel tests at the same time.
- Updated naming conventions to match the original benchmark in STREAM.
- Changed scaling constant to prevent verification from overflowing in STREAM.
- Simplified MPI communicator code in STREAM.
- Substituted large constants for more descriptive compile time arithmetic in STREAM.
- Added the “restrict” keyword to the STREAM vector pointers for faster generated code.
- Updated STREAM code to the official STREAM MPI version 1.7.
- Removed infinite loop due to default compiler optimization in DLAMCH and SLAMCH.
- Added compiler flags to allow compiling with a C++ compiler.
5.4 Version 1.4.3 (2013-08-26)
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Increased the size of scratch vector for local FFT tests that was
missed in the previous version (reported by SGI).
- Added Makefile for Blue Gene/P contributed by Vasil Tsanov.
5.5 Version 1.4.2 (2012-10-12)
-
Increased sizes of scratch vectors for local FFT tests to account for
runs on systems with large main memory (reported by IBM, SGI and Intel).
- Reduced vector size for local FFT tests due to larger scratch space needed.
- Added a type cast to prevent overflow of a 32-bit integer vector
size in FFT data generation routine (reported by IBM).
- Fixed variable types to handle array sizes that overflow 32-bit
integers in RandomAccess (reported by IBM and SGI).
- Changed time-bound code to be used by default in Global RandomAccess and
allowed for it to be switched off with a compile time flag if necessary.
- Code cleanup to allow compilation without warnings of RandomAccess test.
- Changed communication code in PTRANS to avoid large message sizes that
caused problems in some MPI implementations.
- Updated documentation in README.txt and README.html files.
5.6 Version 1.4.1 (2010-06-01)
-
Added optimized variants of RandomAccess that use Linear Congruential Generator for random number generation.
- Made corrections to comments that provide definition of the RandomAccess test.
- Removed initialization of the main array from the timed section of optimized versions of RandomAccess.
- Fixed the length of the vector used to compute error when using MPI implementation from FFTW.
- Added global reduction to error calculation in MPI FFT to achieve more accurate error estimate.
- Updated documentation in README.
5.7 Version 1.4.0 (2010-03-26)
-
Added new variant of RandomAccess that uses Linear Congruential Generator for random number generation.
- Rearranged the order of benchmarks so that HPL component runs last and may be aborted
if the performance of other components was not satisfactory. RandomAccess is now first to assist in tuning
the code.
- Added global initialization and finalization routine that allows to properly initialize
and finalize external software and hardware components without changing the rest of the HPCC testing harness.
- Lack of hpccinf.txt is no longer reported as error but as a warning.
5.8 Version 1.3.2 (2009-03-24)
-
Fixed memory leaks in G-RandomAccess driver routine.
- Made the check for 32-bit vector sizes in G-FFT optional. MKL allows for 64-bit vector sizes in its FFTW wrapper.
- Fixed memory bug in single-process FFT.
- Update documentation (README).
5.9 Version 1.3.1 (2008-12-09)
-
Fixed a dead-lock problem in FFT component due to use of wrong communicator.
- Fixed the 32-bit random number generator in PTRANS that was using 64-bit
routines from HPL.
5.10 Version 1.3.0 (2008-11-13)
-
Updated HPL component to use HPL 2.0 source code
-
Replaced 32-bit Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) with a 64-bit one.
- Removed 3 numerical checks of the solution residual with a single one.
- Added support for 64-bit systems with large memory sizes (before they would
overflow during index calculations 32-bit integers.)
- Introduced a limit on FFT vector size so they fit in a 32-bit integer (only
applicable when using FFTW version 2.)
5.11 Version 1.2.0 (2007-06-25)
-
Changes in the FFT component:
-
Added flexibility in choosing vector sizes and processor counts:
now the code can do powers of 2, 3, and 5 both sequentially and in parallel
tests.
- FFTW can now run with ESTIMATE (not just MEASURE) flag: it might produce
worse performance results but often reduces time to run the test and cuases
less memory fragmentation.
- Changes in the DGEMM component:
-
Added more comprehensive checking of the numerical properties of the
test’s results.
- Changes in the RandomAccess component:
-
Removed time-bound functionality: only runs that perform complete
computation are now possible.
- Made the timing more accurate: main array initialization is not counted
towards performance timing.
- Cleaned up the code: some non-portable C language constructs have been
removed.
- Added new algorithms: new algorithms from Sandia based on hypercube
network topology can now be chosen at compile time which results on much
better performance results on many types of parallel systems.
- Fixed potential resource leaks by adding function calls rquired by the MPI
standard.
- Changes in the HPL component:
-
Cleaned up reporting of numerics: more accurate printing of scaled
residual formula.
- Changes in the PTRANS component:
-
Added randomization of virtual process grids to measure bandwidth of the
network more accurately.
- Miscellaneous changes:
-
Added better support for Windows-based clusters by taking advantage of
Win32 API.
- Added custom memory allocator to deal with memory fragmentation on some
systems.
- Added better reporting of configuration options in the output file.
5.12 Version 1.0.0 (2005-06-11)
5.13 Version 0.8beta (2004-10-19)
5.14 Version 0.8alpha (2004-10-15)
5.15 Version 0.6beta (2004-08-21)
5.16 Version 0.6alpha (2004-05-31)
5.17 Version 0.5beta (2003-12-01)
5.18 Version 0.4alpha (2003-11-13)
5.19 Version 0.3alpha (2004-11-05)
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