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New Sprouts Farmer's Market
By MNErin
from Fridley, MN
Comments about Learning Resources Farmer's Market Color Sorting Set:
The item description doesn't say which foods are included so I will do that for you. You get 5 of each color of foods.red: apple, grapes, raspberries, strawberry, tomatoyellow: apple, banana, corn, lemon, pepperorange: apricot, carrot, clementine/orange, pepper, pumpkingreen: apple, broccoli, cucumber, lime, pepperpurple: berries, eggplant, grapes, onions, plumI love this toy! I am a huge fan of the New Sprouts line that I recently discovered. Seriously the best play food I've ever seen! I got so excited about it I gave her some presents early because I knew she'd love it and then bought more for Christmas. She's 19mos old right now and this food is sized perfectly for her hands and very realistically detailed (although not sized to scale to keep it well proportioned to her hands). Its made of a high quality rubbery kind of plastic that seems like it will hold up for years and years. I love that this set has a pumpkin (its so cute) as well as foods that are unique to this set such as the different colors of apples, the colored peppers (yellow orange and green), raspberries, purple version of the onion, eggplant, lime, and red grapesThe only thing that disappointed me about this toy was that it didn't come with the red pepper because it comes with the 3 other colors of peppers. Before finding this product I had ordered the new sprouts veggie bushel for my daughter and I returned it once I ordered this thinking that all of the foods would be duplicates of things from other sets I purchased already....except for the red pepper. I didn't catch that the red pepper was exclusive to the veggie bushel set until my farmers market came today and Im like wheres the red pepper? So the part of me that likes to have complete sets of things is frustrated because if I re-buy the veggie bushel I will then have duplicates of every other veggie. So anyways my nitpicky suggestion would be to replace the red grapes with the red pepper...(doesn't seem like red grapes are a very common thing I usually just see purple and green at my grocery store) and replace the cucumber (because it is found in other sets) with green grapes and then the set would be completely perfect! When I saw this toy online I was a little confused at first because this toy looked just like the new sprouts foods in the picture but wasn't called that. So I asked the company and they confirmed it is the same quality of foods and now that I own it I can confirm that myself! Im not sure why this product isn't called new sprouts or why it's labeled ages 3 and up when the new sprouts is labeled 2 and up and it's the same toys but whatever I love it! I love that we can play food now and later on use it to help her learn colors and play in different ways. Very nice!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Appears as described
By betty boop
from Orlando, FL
Bought this for my 2 1/2 yr old granddaughter for Christmas. Would have rated it higher if it had been given to her already but it's not Christmas yet and I therefore haven't seen it work.
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Versatile and High Quality
By Not Quite Susie Homemaker
from Las Vegas, NV
We absolutely love this set and use it daily. My son loves to use it to sort the produce by color of course, but we use it for so much more, including learning where the fruits & vegetables come from, playing a guessing game using characteristics of the items, counting, and more. The items are very high quality and so realistic! I highly recommend this set. {Note: I received this item to review it on my blog, but all opinions are 100% honest.}
By Kristen from Ohio
from Ohio
I love the variety of foods in the set. I LOVE that there are NO donuts, cakes, muffins etc… Just fruits and veggies. It is so much to sit down and play this with our son. He will sort by colors a little bit but then just starts his own games. He enjoys filling baskets and then dumping them back out. He says, "Cooking dinner." It is very cute. If your kids have a play kitchen this would be awesome! If you are ever wondering what to get a day care provider or teacher….get this set. it is fun and educational and very versatile too.
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By Daily Mothering
from USA
We received this set for a blog review and absolutely love it. My son is 22 months and plays with it every day. The fruit and vegetables are made from softer plastic that makes them look and feel more real. The pieces are big and chunky, and brightly colored. This is a fantastic set both for pretend play and learning!
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Farmer's Market Color Sorting Set
By Meghan M.
from Allen Park, Michigan
My 2 year old LOVES to sort all the fruits and vegetables away in the stack-able baskets. There are enough pieces to make this a group play date educational activity. The only thing I'm going to add as a CON that I didn't add in the CON area because it's not really a flaw on their part but the part where you apply the color of the basket is small. If the basket is not faced towards the child they don't know which basket is which. So I placed the EXTRA solid color stickers that come in the box, ON TOP and folded over, above the initial color sticker with the words on them. I hope that made sense! But since I did that it's been A LOT easier on him. (:I am not sure WHY they don't add the stickers on themselves and have you do it. Possibly to give you the option to add with words or just the solid color. But I would rather them do the stickers and add some kind of color strip on top, the rim area. Other than that, we love it!
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Our color recognition add-on for the basket. (:
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Terrific Toy!!
By Sarah's Blog Of Fun
from Greenfield, MA
I thought this was a very well made toy!!! It is harder plastic, so it takes a beating! My boys love it!!
Realistic, fun sorting activity!
By Mammamoiselle
from Bernardsville, NJ
This is the perfect new accessory toy for my 3 year old. He can do the grocery shopping with his cart and then pretend to stop off a the farmer's market for produce. Not only is it a great vocabulary builder, we also are able to sort the fruits and vegetables by color and even food type.This is a great set - with vibrant colors and realistic looking foods that kids just love!I highly recommend it for both at-home play and classrooms!*I received the above product for the purposes of reviewing it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Love this set!
By Joanna
from Rochester, NY
I love, love, LOVE our new Farmer's Market Coloring Sorting Set from Learning Resources. Seriously, this is one of my favorite educational kids games and toys we have ever gotten. What I love about it is the infinite ways to play, and how it will grow with your child. First of all, it's coloring matching, which is something we all try to teach our young toddlers. There are 5 baskets that are labeled with each color. It was really fun for my youngest to run around sorting out all the fruit. Also, it's great to teach my kids all about the fruits and vegetables. Some more well known like apples, strawberries, and carrots, and other fun unique ones like eggplant and yellow peppers. And finally, these also just make a great addition to any play kitchen set. The food has a great texture, smooth and slightly squishy. I know they will last a long time, and I highly recommend this fun toy set to anyone!
High-quality and multi-purpose!
By Fun Finds for Families
from Philadelphia, PA
I love how well-made and well-designed each piece is in the set. The individual pieces are made of a very high-quality plastic that's both realistic-looking and durable.We love it for learning colors, nutrition AND for open-ended imaginative play.Without question, this is one of our very favorite educational games from Learning Resources. With the number of ways we can play with this set, it'll be a standard in our house for the next few years. And I have no doubt that the high quality set will hold up to regular use.Disclosure: I received this product for review.
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25 U.S. Code § 1751 - Congressional findings
§ 1751.
Congressional findingsThe Congress finds that—
there is pending before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut a civil action entitled "Western Pequot Tribe of Indians against Holdridge Enterprises Incorporated, et al., Civil Action Numbered H76–193 (D. Conn.)," which involves Indian claims to certain public and private lands within the town of Ledyard, Connecticut;
the pendency of this lawsuit has placed a cloud on the titles to much of the land in the town of Ledyard, including lands not involved in the lawsuit, which has resulted in severe economic hardships for the residents of the town;
the Congress shares with the State of Connecticut and the parties to the lawsuit a desire to remove all clouds on titles resulting from such Indian land claims;
the parties to the lawsuit and others interested in the settlement of Indian land claims within the State of Connecticut have reached an agreement which requires implementing legislation by the Congress of the United States and the Legislature of the State of Connecticut;
the Western Pequot Tribe, as represented as of October 18, 1983, by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, is the sole successor in interest to the aboriginal entity generally known as the Western Pequot Tribe which years ago claimed aboriginal title to certain lands in the State of Connecticut; and
the State of Connecticut is contributing twenty acres of land owned by the State of Connecticut to fulfill this subchapter. The State of Connecticut will construct and repair three sections of paved or gravel roadways within the reservation of the Tribe. The State of Connecticut has provided special services to the members of the Western Pequot Tribe residing within its borders. The United States has provided few, if any, special services to the Western Pequot Tribe and has denied that it had jurisdiction over or responsibility for said Tribe. In view of the provision of land by the State of Connecticut, the provision of paved roadways by the State of Connecticut, and the provision of special services by the State of Connecticut without being required to do so by Federal law, it is the intent of Congress that the State of Connecticut not be required to otherwise contribute directly to this claims settlement.
(Pub. L. 98–134, § 2, Oct. 18, 1983, 97 Stat. 851.)
In subsec. (e), "October 18, 1983" substituted for "the time of the passage of this Act", meaning the date of approval of Pub. L. 98–134.
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Pub. L. 98–134, § 1, Oct. 18, 1983, 97 Stat. 851, provided:
"That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the 'Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act'."
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BENNINGTON After deliberating for less than an hour Wednesday, a jury found a Bennington man who declined to attend his own trial guilty of a felony count of sexual assault with no consent.
William O. Stanley Sr., 52, was acquitted of a felony count of lewd and lascivious conduct in Bennington County criminal court.
Stanley had been released from an eight-year prison term just a few weeks before the new charges were filed. He had been in jail for escaping from custody.
The two-day trial this week was unusual because Stanley refused to enter the courtroom, although he had been brought to Bennington from the Rutland jail, where he has been held since he was arraigned in October. Stanley was not present in the courtroom for any part of the trial including the reading of the jurys verdict.
Stanley also refused to come into court in September 2005 when he was tried on the escape charge. The jury convicted Stanley, and he appealed the conviction to the Vermont Supreme Court, arguing that the case should not have been allowed to proceed without his presence.
However, in a decision released July 16, 2007, the justices upheld Stanleys conviction.
The trial court reasonably determined that (Stanleys) refusal to enter the courtroom was one tactic in an overall strategy to prevent the trial from proceeding, as evidenced by his failure to cooperate with each of his attorneys and his consistent requests to substitute appointed counsel, the court said.
Judge Nancy Corsones made reference to the decision during the trial this week and gave T. Lamar Enzor, the attorney who represented Stanley, opportunities to leave the courtroom and keep Stanley apprised of what was happening.
The woman who accused Stanley was related to him but hadnt seen him in 20 years. She had come to Vermont from California in an attempt to reconnect with Stanley.
During the trial, she said she and her boyfriend had gone to the Rutland jail on Sept. 27, 2012, to pick up Stanley upon his release.
The woman testified that the three of them had spent much of the next few weeks together but that as early as the day he was released from jail, Stanley had said suggestive things that made her uncomfortable and touched her in ways she thought were inappropriate.
She told the jury he had touched her in a very intimate way Oct. 10 in a Bennington motel room where the woman, her boyfriend and Stanley had been staying.
Later the same day, she said, while the three of them were driving in Bennington in a truck, Stanley touched her again until she pushed his hand away.
The woman said that when she was very young she had seen Stanley stab a woman. After she pushed his hand away, Stanley threatened to kill her if she told anyone what had happened, the woman testified.
During his closing argument, Enzor argued that Stanley had not touched the woman inappropriately but that she had come from California to Vermont to enact a revenge scheme and keep him in prison based on her anger over incidents that happened 20 years ago.
Stanley was not sentenced Wednesday. However, the jury found that the state had proven he could be classified as a habitual offender.
Stanley has several previous felony convictions, although the state relied only on three past convictions of escaping from custody to establish his status as a habitual offender. Because he was convicted of a felony Wednesday and of being a habitual offender, the state can ask for a sentence of life in prison.
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Is there anything hanging on the doorknobs? If so, remove it.
The absolute must-do to declutter a bedroom is to make up the bed. Tuck the sheets, smooth the comforter and fluff the pillows. This is sure to give the room a better feel and look.
And has anyone ever told you, your car looks like you live in it? It shouldn't ...
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You should be tired of moving things out of the passenger seat when someone wants to ride in your car.
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This just doesn't involve running a vacuum over the mats and seats. Use a damp cloth to clean the dash and drink holders.
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While work usually cannot be as comfy as home, the mere sight of a bunch of stuff may actually be adding to your daily stress.
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Take a look at some previous winners of huge lottery jackpots. For some, money does not bring happiness.
The winners of the biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, January 2016's $1.586 billion Powerball, included two married couples, David Kaltschmidt and Maureen Smith of Florida and John and Lisa Robinson of Tennessee. Both took their winnings in one lump sum payment of $328 million before taxes. There was also a winner in California, but that ticket holder has not yet been identified.
Three winning tickets were sold for the March 30, 2012, Mega Millions drawing that had a then-record $656 million pre-tax payout. The Kansas and Maryland winners chose to remain anonymous. The Maryland winners were three public school employees known only as the "Three Amigos."
Merle and Pat Butler, a retired couple from Illinois, had the third winning ticket.
Gloria C. MacKenzie, 84, of Zephyrhills, Florida, is noted as the largest sole lottery winner in U.S. history, claiming the entire $590.5 million Powerball jackpot in May 2013. MacKenzie opted to take a lump sum of $370 million, which came to about $278 million after taxes, according to The Associated Press. She has kept a low profile since her win, being photographed out shopping at Walmart and for dinner with her son in June 2013.
For some, the money brings unwanted tragedy. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr., a West Virginia businessman, won $314.9 million in the Powerball in 2002. At the time, it was the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket. But Whittaker was robbed several times, was accused of bouncing checks at casinos and his granddaughter (seen here with him in December 2002) was found dead from a drug overdose.
For others, the money slips through their fingers like water. Evelyn Adams won the New Jersey lottery twice -- in 1985 and 1986 -- for a total of $5.4 million. But according to Bankrate.com, she lost it all and now lives in a trailer park. "Everybody wanted my money. Everybody had their hand out. I never learned one simple word in the English language -- 'No,'" she said.
Bankrate said such sad tales are all too common with lottery winners. "For many people, sudden money can cause disaster," said Susan Bradley, a certified financial planner in Palm Beach, Fla., and founder of the Sudden Money Institute, a resource center for new-money recipients and their advisers. "Money can cause as many problems as it solves."
Bill Pomeroy, a certified financial planner in Baton Rouge, La., has dealt with a number of lottery winners who went broke. He told Bankrate that many winners make the mistake of thinking they know what they're doing. "They are willing to plunk down large sums on investments they know nothing about or go in with a partner who may not know how to run a business," he said.
Bradley told Bankrate that she recommends lottery winners set up a "DFZ," or a "decision-free zone." "Take time out from making any financial decisions," she said. "Do this right away. For some people, it's smart to do it before you even get your hands on the money."
Bradley also said winners should consider investing before making a big commitment like buying an expensive home.
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Things Scott Boras Says from Behind the Plate
Yep. We're sick of seeing his smug mug behind the plate on every pitch too. So in an effort to oust his recurring playoff cameo, we sent our RSBS interns into Angel Stadium with a mega-fortified parabolic microphone to pick up all the juicy sound bytes Mr. Boras let slip during the game.
Here's what we heard:
"Jesus, look at A-Rod. How'd I let that guy fire me again? That oughtta be my ****ing walking wallet! Mine! My lord, those labrums! Look at those labrums! Best labrums in all of sports!"
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"Forget Teixera… Matt Holliday is worth Babe Ruth like money. How much money did Babe Ruth make again? What?!? $80,000 a year was his best? F*** that, Matt Holliday is so worth Mark Teixera like money."
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"Why aren't there gold flakes on this f***ing hot dog? Huh? Who the hell brought me this hot dog without gold f***ing flakes!?!"
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"Jesus Christ, I can't understand a thing Manny says. How do you say 'take a goddamn shower for crying out loud' in Spanish!? Anyone? Anyone?"
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"Holy s***, Alex Rodriguez… maybe I can get teams to think Ivan Rodriguez is actually Alex Rodriguez. Quick trip to the Dominican Republic, grab some stuff from A-Rod's cousin… shoot up Pudge and BAM! He's lookin' like Alex did in that hot Details shoot. Did I just say that? F*** you. Don't look at me. Watch the game.
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"Ha ha. I just remembered that Adrian Beltre deal."
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"Why does everyone hate me? Because I'm rich? Because I'm powerful? Because I look like a young Rush Limbaugh? Ha! My bowel movements are worth more than these worthless fans' entire lives put together and run through a gilding press that I bought with my money. Where the hell is my goddamned organic vodka gimlet!?! Jesus!"
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"Someone remind me to tell Kyle Lohse he has really f***ing made me look bad."
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"Jesus, if I were gay, I'd totally do Alex… ha ha, but, y'know, I'd of course make a big deal of it to the press first before opting out at the last second… then, when things calmed down a bit… I'd fire that b****."
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Now you know, folks. You aren't surprised, are you?
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You missed what he said about Johnny Damon – "If stem-cell research were around, you'd want to tap into that gene pool". Yeah – he actually said that:
Prince — I think that's a compliment. Though having read Matt's work, I don't quite follow the similarity or possibility thereof.
Julia — He was a tool before too? So not surprised by that little nugget of fact.
It just seems like something he'd write; possibly more snarky though.
Prince — Snarky it is. I live for snarky. And hot chicks.
A little like Rush going through a bowel movement! ha! Well put together Jeff.
Jane — Yeah… young Rush, more hair (though not by that much).
Buz — Yikes! Not a visual I wanted to imagine. Now what do I do?!?! Haha.


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Silk is a modern, fast-paced legal drama following the conflicts, passions and intrigues of criminal law, starring Maxine Peak (Little Dorrit) and Rupert Penry-Jones (The 39 Steps) as rival barristers with very different work styles. Written by Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice).
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Did you catch "I Sacrificed Everything for Ballet" in the March issue of Seventeen? Guest Melanie Doskocil helps balance the view with some straight talk about ballet training for a career, inviting readers to weigh in with their thoughts on sacrifice, crossing the line, and how to prevent the pitfalls of elite training.
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Ground Floor: All on the ground floor.Living room: With 28" Sky TV (with Sports package), DVD player and CD player.Kitchen: With electric oven, electric hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine and door to garden.Bedroom 1: With double bed.Bedroom 2: With single bed.Bedroom 3: With single bed.Bathroom: With bath, shower cubicle and toilet.
Electric central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Travel cot and highchair. Enclosed lawned garden with sitting-out area and garden furniture. Private parking for 2 cars. No smoking.
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Ground Floor: Living room: With electric wood burner, 28" Freeview TV, DVD player and CD player.Kitchen: With electric cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher and washing machine.Wet room: With shower and toilet.
First Floor: Bedroom 1: With double bed.Bedroom 2: With twin beds.
Electric central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Travel cot, cot and highchair. Welcome pack. Shared rear garden. Small patio with garden furniture. Private parking for 1 car, additional off-road road parking available nearby. No smoking.
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Ground Floor: The property has electric storage heaters and comprises:Sitting room: with open fire (all fuel included), TV, DVD and French doors leading to the delightful garden affording lovely sea views and Kintyre beyond.Kitchen/Diner: with electric oven, electric hob, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, microwave and washing machine.Shower room: with shower cubicle, WC and wash basin.Cloakroom: with WC and wash basin.Bedroom 1: a family bedroom with a double bed and a single bed with TV.
First Floor: Bedroom 2: with double bed with views to front over farmland and delightful sea views to Kintyre to the rear. Bathroom: a wonderful feature of this room is the enormous and indulgent Jacuzzi bath with panoramic sea views looking towards Kintyre.
All fuel and power included. Bed linen suppliedLawn and patio area with garden furniture. Off road parking for one car.
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Ground Floor: Property has gas central heating and comprises: Open plan lounge/dining/kitchen Lounge Area: With TV, DVD, radio/CD and doors leading out to patio with lovely sea views. Kitchen/Dining Area: With island unit housing electric oven and ceramic hob, microwave, fridge, freezer, dishwasher and washing machine; dining table and chairs Conservatory: With dining furniture; a bright spacious room with views across the water Bedroom 1: With double bed and cot, en suite facilities accessed from both bedroom and hallway (door within bedroom can be locked to enhance privacy) comprising shower enclosure, WC and wash basin.
First Floor: Bedroom 2: With two single beds Bedroom 3: With king sized bed and en suite facilities comprising enclosed shower, WC and wash basin
All fuel, power, bed linen and towels included. Cot available.Large patio, outdoor furniture, open garden area mainly laid to grass, path leading from garden to beach. Off road parking for 2 cars. NB: This is a working farm with sheep and cows.
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Ground Floor: The property is heated by electric storage heaters and comprises:Sitting room: with open fire, TV, DVD and VCR. Lovely views of the garden and Kintyre beyond.Second sitting room: French doors to the garden, TV and views to Kintyre.Kitchen/Diner: electric cooker, Aga, fridge/freezer and dishwasherUtility room: with washing machine.Shower room: shower cubicle, WC and wash basin.Cloakroom: with WC and wash basin.
First Floor: Bedroom 1: this room is named Daisy and has a king sized bed and delightful sea views to Kintyre. Wash basin. Bedroom 2: this room is named Clover and has a double bed and a single. Delightful sea views to Kintyre. Bedroom 3: (accessed from its own staircase above the second sitting room), two single beds, named Poppy with delightful sea views. TVBathroom: with bath, WC and basin. Lovely views
All fuel included including coal for the real fire included. Bed linen providedLawn and patio area with garden furniture. Off road parking for two cars.
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This attractive detached cottage offering spacious holiday accommodation, furnished and decorated to a good standard, is set on the seashore, just 15 yards from the shingle beach (sand at low tide), just outside of Pirnmill. From most of the rooms and the conservatory you have fantastic sea views over the Kilbrannan Sound towards Kintyre and guests can enjoy the evening sunsets. You can easily walk to the shop and restaurant, 0.25 miles. From nearby Lochranza with its facilities, restaurants and the distillery you can take the short ferry trip to Claonaig and explore a piece of Kintyre. The Isle of Arran has long since been a playground for the Scots, its topography resembles that of a miniature Scotland - a mountainous north and rolling, pastoral south. Arran has many outdoor activities in peaceful, countryside surroundings. The wildlife is outstanding, with deer, pheasant, otter and eagle readily seen in the mountains. There are seal colonies near coastal caves, trails and pathways to mysterious Bronze Age stone circles, and many relaxing angling hours to be enjoyed by streams or sea. 7 golf courses tempt the golfer, whilst history and heritage is catered for at Brodick Castle and various museums. Shop and restaurant 0.25 miles, pub 4 miles.
Ground floor: Living room. Dining room. Kitchen. Conservatory with French doors. 1 double bedroom. Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet. Separate toilet. First floor: 3 bedrooms: 1 double, 1 twin, 1 single.
Open fire in living room (initial fuel included). NSH, electricity, bed linen and towels included. Travel cot and high chair. Freeview TV. DVD and small library. iPod dock. Games. Book library. Electric cooker. Microwave. Washing machine. Dishwasher. Freezer. Wi-fi. Enclosed garden with patio and furniture. Ample parking. No smoking. Please note: There is open access to a stream in the garden.
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Ohio Northern University's Men's and Women's Choruses to perform fall concert
The Ohio Northern University Men's and Women's Choruses will perform their fall concert in the Snyder Recital Hall of the Presser Hall on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m.
The concert is free and open to the public.
The ONU Men's Chorus, directed by Dr. Ben Ayling, will perform a varied selection of pieces, including works by Joseph M. Martin and Ethan Sperry and a barbershop piece arranged by Jay Giallombardo featuring the quartet "Half and Half."
The ONU Women's Chorus is under the direction of Marilyn Roth Basinger, who is in her second year at ONU. The choir is accompanied by Theresa Blowers. The chorus of more than 70 women will present selections by Joseph M. Martin as well as Eric Whitacre and Moses Hogan. Kristen Topham will accompany the Women's Chorus.


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A look through the most recent campaign finance report shows that the candidates for La Crosse mayor are about equal when it comes to campaign spending and fundraising.
Most of the money is being spent on yard signs, campaign mailers and staff. Almost all of the contributions to both candidates are from residents in the city and amount to $100 or less.
According to the report filed last week, Doug Farmer has raised $27,211 so far and spent $25,119. Although, $17,000 came from Farmer loaning money to his campaign.
Tim Kabat has raised $20,191 so far and spent $21,051.
Both candidates say the election is ultimately about who voters think will best represent them at city hall.
Kabat says the public is looking for "a mayor who is somebody they know, somebody they can reach out to and who's going to be accessible."
"What people really want to know is when they have that problem with city hall...is it possible that they can go down to the mayor's office and ask for help," said Farmer.
Kabat received about 1,200 more votes than Farmer in the 11 candidate primary. Although, several of those candidates have since backed Farmer meaning Tuesday's election could be much closer.


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Madson Meets His Match; Phillies Choke Against Mets
Since tonight's Phillies-Mets game totally sucked, unless you are a Mets fan, let us begin with the really humorous news from the day. Seriously, get ready to giggle. It turns out that Ryan Madson has a rather large skeleton in his closet. No, not the kind that involves hot pink 3-inch heels and a lace thong….the real shocker is that Ryan Madson HATES chairs. No really, he hates chairs….and blown saves, of course.
Despite the fact that chairs are both inanimate and inherently non-threatening, Madson holds incredible, furious anger towards these raised sitting surfaces.
After his blown save in San Francisco against the Giants on Thursday, this pent up rage finally got the best of poor Ryan. He reared back and with all his might, kicked a clubhouse chair right where it hurts; in the leg.
But the chair battled back in an effort to defend its honor as a useful household item. Apparently, the chair stood tall against Madson, who found himself walking away with a broken toe and a 15-day stint on the disabled list. That chair was not going down without a fight. Madson, on the other hand, is now down and out, having embarrassed himself and let down his teammates.
Damn those pesky chairs! Oh, and I suppose the blown save did not help either. But certainly, we do not expect Madson to take this humiliation sitting down. Have I perhaps taken the clever analogies too far? Maybe…but then again, I do have a strong hatred for boring and uncreative writing. Lucky for me, this anger management issue is unlikely to result in a broken toe.
However, tonight's mega-choke against the Mets is likely to cause serious brain injury. Yes, I have a major headache after watching Kyle Kendrick crush all my hopes and dreams of a happy evening. On 5 hits and a walk, Kendrick allowed 4 runs, including 3 homers in just 5 innings.
As if that were not bad enough, the bullpen struck again. Danys Baez was unimpressed with those 4 runs in 5 innings and said, hey, I can do that in just ONE inning! And so he did. Take that Kendrick! But wait, there is more…Brad Lidge returned from the DL and the first batter he faced smacked a home run to left. The third batter singled to right. And that ended the evening for Lidge.
You are waiting to hear about the offense, but do not hold your breath…there was no offense. The Phillies scored a totally amazing ONE run! Awesome.
I know what you are thinking; this must be April fool's day, right? It cannot possibly be THAT bad. Sorry to disappoint; this is not a joke. The only good news for this team is that April is over. Because the last few weeks have been an absolute nightmare and tonight's 1-9 loss was the month-old, rotting icing on the moldy cake. Let us hope the April Showers really do produce May Flowers…
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Madson was just stupid, or he could bear the thought of having to give up the closer role to Lidge and wanted a spot on the DL… a lot was not right last night, from Kendrick to Baez for 2 innings.. really…. Lidge…JC… it was just a night to forget and file away under… don't do this again folks…
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When I read about the chair incident this morning, I couldn't help thinking of the dreaded Kevin Brown and how he punched a wall and broke his wrist back in the day. I'm sure it's frustrating not to pitch well, but these guys need some self-control! Jeez.
I cannot believe how bad your bullpen is. I thought Madsen was going to be the next Lidge (the good version), but it doesn't seem like that has happened. What stinks is that now that Madsen has lost his battle with the clubhouse chair, all you have left is Lidge to close things out. Yikes! Good luck.


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Greetings all. I'm going out of town next week for work and wondering if anyone has traveled recently with their pump and freshly expressed milk? I'd rather not check my bag if I don't have to but I also don't want to have to throw away whatever I pump.
Also, any advice on how frequently I should pump? I'll be gone one night and the baby (almost 8 months old) usually wakes up at least 3 times during the night to nurse. I'm looking forward to a big giant bed all to myself with no one waking me up, but I also don't want to mess up my supply.


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Chinese firm to build full-blown investment bank in London
China Merchant Securities, the country's third-largest securities firm in terms of net capital, opened its first London office yesterday and has declared its intention to become a comprehensive investment bank.
Stephen Kan, deputy chief executive officer of China Merchants Securities (Hong Kong), has moved over to London to become chief executive of the bank's UK arm and yesterday became active on the Financial Services register.
He told Financial News in an email that the firm is aiming to become "a comprehensive investment bank" with particular focus on offshore renminbi and cross-border initiatives between Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The UK arm of China Merchants Securities - based in the Square Mile - was authorised by the FCA yesterday and hopes to create 40 new UK jobs in an initial phase, with more planned.
The new entrant joins Bank of China International and GF Financial Markets as Chinese firms with an investment banking presence in London.
The news comes as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang conducts a three-day visit to the UK to bolster business ties between the two nations, with trade and investment deals worth some £14 billion announced yesterday.
Kan added: "The missions of CMS UK are to bridge the needs of clients on cross-border investment and financial services between UK and the Emea region and the People's Republic of China."
The UK arm of China Merchant Securities will initially provide risk management services for trading commodities on some of the largest markets in the UK, including the London Metals Exchange and the IntercontinentalExchange Europe.
The UK Treasury said yesterday that the move would increase the volume of commodity trading in London and play a significant part in the internationalisation of the renminbi, reinforcing London's position as the second largest offshore renminbi trading centre.
The announcement followed a series of initiatives this week between London and Beijing.
The People's Bank of China confirmed the appointment of China Construction Bank as the renminbi clearing bank in London. The London Stock Exchange also signed agreements with Bank of China and the Agriculture Bank of China in an effort to help strengthen the renminbi offshore market in the UK.
China Minsheng Investment Corporation, China's largest private sector investment group – with capital of $8 billion - announced yesterday that it will open its European headquarters in London with an investment of around £1.5 billion.
China has in the past months passed reforms providing ways to move renminbi holdings out of China, improving the currency's status as a global payments currency.
The currency ranked seventh in a ranking of world currencies by value of payments made in them in March, according to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, up from 13th in January 2013.
Earlier this month, Cathy Dou, head of global transaction services, China, at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, told Financial News it had overtaken 22 currencies in the past three years.
She said: "During this period, the growth rate of the renminbi as a settlement currency was 15%, while the average growth rate of other currencies is only 7%."
China Merchant Securities, along with other Chinese firms, has been on the march in recent times. The bank, which employs over 8000 staff, recently helped arrange its first US IPO when it helped to list Chinese real-estate website operator Leju Holdings in New York.
In 2012, Osborne launched a City of London to support the development of London as a centre for renminbi business, enrolling the help of 13 banks to do so. Britain has since made progress on that goal, unveiling a slew of measures this year to become the leading center for offshore renminbi trading.
Recruitment agency Selby Jennings reported in its latest market update a "high demand for Chinese speakers, particularly within the metals sector".
Jake White, associate director of the sales and trading team at Shelby Jennings, said: "It's kind of like a gold dust CV – a Mandarin speaker with the relevant commercial experience and track record."


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Monday was opening day for Major League Baseball. Both the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins opened their seasons at home.
Locally, there's still 58 days before the La Crosse Loggers take to the Lumberyard, but tickets for Loggers games did go on sale Monday.
There are 35 home games with two live national entertainment acts and a fireworks show planned for this season.
The Loggers general manager says it's a busy time. "These two months with our single game tickets on sale today. And putting finishing touches on the off season, charting our players coming in. Very soon once this warms up will get to start moving into this ballpark and getting this place all spit shinned up and ready to go for another great season. So it's a very busy time, but a very good busy time," said Chris Goodell.
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gcc (GNU C Compiler) is actually a collection of frontend tools that does compilation, assembly, and linking. The goal is to produce a ready-to-run executable in a format acceptable to the OS. For Linux, this is ELF (Executable and Linking Format) on x86 (32-bit and 64-bit). But do you know what some of the
gcc parameters can do for you? If you're looking for ways to optimize the resulted binary, prepare for a debugging session, or simply observe the steps
gcc takes to turn your source code into an executable, getting familiar with these parameters is a must. So, please read on.
Recall that
gcc does multiple steps, not just one. Here is a brief explanation of their meaning:
gcc outputs warning or error messages during this stage as the analyzer parses and finds any mistakes in your code. If any optimization is requested,
gcc will analyze your code further to find the possible spots and manipulate them further. This work is done in multipass style, which demonstrates that it sometimes takes more than one scan through the source code to optimize. [2]
gcc parameters described here directly and indirectly touch all those four stages, so for clarity, this article is organized as follows:
Before that, let's meet the accompanying tools that will help us to sneak inside the resulting code:
objdump and
readelf. They parse ELF information for us.
Oprofile, one of the de facto ways to collect hardware performance counters. We need this tool to see certain aspects of the code's performance.
time, a simple way to collect total runtime of a program.
The following explanations can be applied to
gcc version 3.x and 4.x, so it's pretty generic. Let's start digging, shall we?
gcc offers a "no-brainer" way to do a bunch of optimizations for you: the
-O option. It either makes your code run faster or squeezes the final code's size. There are five variants of it:
-O0 (O zero) to
-O3. "0" means no optimization, while "3" is highest optimization level. "1" and "2" are between these extreme edges. If you just use -O without specifying any number, implicitly it means
-Os. Tells
gcc to optimize for size. Basically, it is similar to
-O2, but skips some steps that might enlarge the size.
How much speedup do we really get from them? Well, suppose we have this code:
#include<stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int i,j,k unsigned long acc=0; for(i=0;i<10000;i++) for(j=0;j<5000;j++) for(k=0;k<4;k++) acc+=k; printf("acc = %lu\n",acc); return 0; }
Listing 1. Simple code to be optimized.
gcc, four different binaries are created, using each -O variants (except
-Os). The
time tool records their execution time, e.g.:
$ time ./non-optimized
|No optimization
For simplicity's sake, we use the following conventions:
As you can see, between the non-optimized case and the one compiled using
-O1, the elapsed time is seven times shorter. Notice that
-O2, and
-O3 don't really give too much additional benefit--in fact, they are pretty much the same. So what's the magic of
-O1 here?
After a quick sightseeing trip to the source code, you would expect that such code is a dead-end for optimization. First, let's look at a brief comparison between the disassembled versions of non-optimized and optimizedO1.
$ objdump -D non-optimized $ objdump -D optimizedO1
(Note: You might get different results, so use this as general guideline.)
|mov 0xfffffff4(%ebp),%eax
|add $0x6,%edx
|add %eax,0xfffffff8(%ebp)
|add $0x1,%eax
|addl $0x1,0xfffffff4(%ebp)
|cmp $0x1388,%eax
|cmpl $0x3,0xfffffff4(%ebp)
The above snippets implement the innermost loop (
for (k=0;k<4;k++)). Notice the clear difference: the non-optimized code directly loads and stores from a memory address, while optimizedO1 uses CPU registers as the accumulator and loop counter. As you may already be aware, registers can be accessed hundreds or thousands times faster than RAM cells.
Not satisfied to just exploit CPU registers for temporary storage,
gcc uses another optimization trick. Let's see the disassembled code of optimizedO1 again, specifically in the main() function:
...... 08048390 <main>: ... 80483a1: b9 00 00 00 00 mov $0x0,%ecx 80483a6: eb 1f jmp 80483c7 <main+0x37> 80483a8: 81 c1 30 75 00 00 add $0x7530,%ecx
0x7530 is 30,000 in decimal form, so we can quickly guess the loop is simplified. This code represents the innermost loop and the outermost loop ("
for(j=0;j<5000;j++) ... for(k=0;k<4;k++)") because that is literally a request to do 30,000 loops. Note that you just need to loop three times inside. When
acc is still the same, so the first loop can be discarded.
80483ae: 81 f9 00 a3 e1 11 cmp $0x11e1a300,%ecx 80483b4: 74 1a je 80483d0 <main+0x40> 80483b6: eb 0f jmp 80483c7 <main+0x37>
Hmm, now it is compared to 300,000,000 (10,000*5,000*6). This represents all three loops. After we reach that number of loops, we jump straight to the
printf() to print the sum (address 0x80483d0 - 0x80483db)
80483b8: 83 c2 06 add $0x6,%edx 80483bb: 83 c0 01 add $0x1,%eax 80483be: 3d 88 13 00 00 cmp $0x1388,%eax 80483c3: 74 e3 je 80483a8 <main+0x18> 80483c5: eb f1 jmp 80483b8 <main+0x28>
Six is added in the accumulator in each iteration.
%edx will eventually hold the total sum after completion of all the loops. The third and fourth lines shows us that after this is done 5,000 times, it should return to address 0x80483a8 (as mentioned previously).
We can conclude that
gcc creates a simplification here. Instead of looping three times in the innermost loop, it simply adds six for every middle loop. This sounds simple, but it makes your program do only 100,000,000 loops instead of 300,000,000. This simplification, technically called loop unrolling, is one of the jobs done by -O1/2/3. Of course, you can do it on your own, but sometimes it is good to know that
gcc can detect such things and optimize them.
-O2 or
gcc also tries to optimize the branch. This is usually achieved via reordering [5] and code transformation. The goal of this procedure is to eliminate as many mispredicted branches as possible, thus improving pipeline utilization. For example, we can compare how non-optimized and optimizedO2 do most outer loops.
80483d4: 83 45 ec 01 addl $0x1,0xffffffec(%ebp) 80483d8: 81 7d ec 0f 27 00 00 cmpl $0x270f,0xffffffec(%ebp) 80483df: 7e c4 jle 80483a5 <main+0x21>
Non-optimized binary use
jle to execute the jump. Mathematically, it means that the probability of taking the branch is 50 percent. Other the other hand, the optimizedO2 version uses this:
80483b4: 81 c1 30 75 00 00 add $0x7530,%ecx 80483ba: 81 f9 00 a3 e1 11 cmp $0x11e1a300,%ecx 80483c0: 75 e1 jne 80483a3 <main+0x13>
Instead of
jle, now
jne is used. Assuming any integer could be compared in the previous
cmp, you could easily conclude that it boosts the chance of taking the branch to almost 100 percent. It is a small but useful hint for the processor to indicate which code should be executed. However, for most modern processors, this kind of transformation is not terribly necessary because the branch predictor is smart enough on its own.
To prove how much this transformation can help, OProfile comes to the rescue. Oprofile is executed to record the number of retired branches and retired mispredicted branches. Retired here means it is executed inside the CPU pipeline.
$ opcontrol --event=RETIRED_BRANCHES_MISPREDICTED:1000 --event=RETIRED_BRANCHES:1000;
We run non-optimized and optimizedO2 five times each. Then we take out the maximum and minimum of the samples. We calculate the misprediction rate using this formula (adapted from this):
Misprediction ratio = retired mispredicted branch / retired branch
The average misprediction ratio is now calculated for each binary. Non-optimized gets 0.5117 percent, while optimizedO2 gets 0.4323 percent--a very small gain for our case. The actual gain may vary in a real-world case, because
gcc itself can't do much without external hints. Please read about
__builtin_expect() in the
gcc online documentation for further information.
gcc basically offers you several ways to manage how a function is called. Let's take a look at inlining first. By inlining, you reduce the cost of a function call because the body of the function is directly substituted into the caller. Please note that this is not done by default, only when you use
-O3 or at least
How does the finished binary look when
gcc does inlining? Observe Listing 2:
#include<stdio.h> inline test(int a, int b, int c) { int d; d=a*b*c; printf("%d * %d * %d is %d\n",a,b,c,d); } static inline test2(int a, int b, int c) { int d; d=a+b+c; printf("%d + %d + %d is %d\n",a,b,c,d); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { test(1,2,3); test2(4,5,6); }
Listing 2. Inline in action
Compile Listing 2 using the following parameter:
$ gcc -S -O3 -o <result-file.s> <listing-2.c>
-S makes
gcc stop right after compilation stage (we'll cover it later in this article). The results are as follows:
.... test: pushl %ebp movl %esp, %ebp pushl %ebx .... main: leal 4(%esp), %ecx andl $-16, %esp pushl -4(%ecx) ... movl $6, 16(%esp) movl $3, 12(%esp) movl $2, 8(%esp) movl $1, 4(%esp) movl $.LC0, (%esp) call printf ... movl $15, 16(%esp) movl $6, 12(%esp) movl $5, 8(%esp) movl $4, 4(%esp) movl $.LC1, (%esp) call printf ...
test() and
test2() are indeed inlined, but you also see
test(), which stays outside
main(). This is where the
static keyword plays a role. By saying a function is static, you tell
gcc that this function won't be called by any outside object file, so there is no need to emit the codes on its own. Thus, it is a space saver if you can mark them as static whenever possible. On the other hand, be wise when deciding which function should be inlined. Increasing size for a small speedup isn't always worthwhile.
With certain heuristics,
gcc decides whether a function should be inlined or not. One of the considerations is the function size in term of pseudo-instructions. By default, the limit is 600. You can change this limit via
-finline-limit. Experiment to find better inline limits for your own case. It is also possible to override the heuristics so
gcc always inlines the function. Simply declare your function like this:
__attribute__((always_inline)) static inline test(int a, int b, int c)
Now, on to parameter passing. In x86 architectures, parameters are pushed to the stack and later popped inside the function for further processing. But
gcc gives you a chance to change this behavior and instead use registers. Functions with up to three parameters could use this feature by passing
-mregparm=<n>, where <n> is the number of registers we want to use. If we apply this parameter (n=3) to Listing 2, take out the
inline attribute, and use no optimization, we get this:
... test: pushl %ebp movl %esp, %ebp subl $56, %esp movl %eax, -20(%ebp) movl %edx, -24(%ebp) movl %ecx, -28(%ebp) ... main: ... movl $3, %ecx movl $2, %edx movl $1, %eax call test
Instead of stack, it uses EAX, EDX, and ECX to hold the first, second, and third parameter. Because register access time is faster than RAM, it is one way to reduce runtime. However, you must pay attention to these issues:
-mregparm register number. Otherwise, you will have trouble calling functions on another object file since they assume different calling conventions.
-mregparm, you basically break the Intel x86-compatible Application Binary Interface (ABI). Therefore, you should mention it when you distribute your software in binary only form.
You probably notice this kind of sequence at the beginning of every function:
push %ebp mov %esp,%ebp sub $0x28,%esp
This sequence, also known as the function prologue, is written to set up the frame pointer (EBP). It is useful to help the debugger do a stack trace. The structure below helps you visualize this [6]:
|Last byte of the last local variable
|Old ebp value
|Return address
|First argument
Can we omit it? Yes, with
-fomit-frame-pointer, the prologue will be shortened so the function just begins with a stack reservation (if there are local variables):
sub $0x28,%esp
If the function gets called very frequently, cutting out the prologue saves your program several CPU cycles. But be careful: by doing this, you also make it hard for the debugger to investigate the stack. For example, let's add
test(7,7,7) at the end of
test2() and recompile with
-fomit-frame-pointer and no optimization. Now fire up
gdb to inspect the binary:
$ gdb inline (gdb) break test (gdb) r Breakpoint 1, 0x08048384 in test () (gdb) cont Breakpoint 1, 0x08048384 in test () (gdb) bt #0 0x08048384 in test () #1 0x08048424 in test2 () #2 0x00000007 in ?? () #3 0x00000007 in ?? () #4 0x00000007 in ?? () #5 0x00000006 in ?? () #6 0x0000000f in ?? () #7 0x00000000 in ?? ()
On the second call of
test, the program is stopped and
gdb prints the stack trace. Normally,
main() should come up in Frame #2, but we only see question marks. Recall what I said about the stack layout: the absence of a frame pointer prevents
gdb from finding the location of the saved return address in Frame #2.
Everybody needs to debug his or her code sometimes. When that time comes, usually you fire up
gdb, put breakpoints here and there, analyze backtraces, and so on, to pinpoint the exact location of the offending code(s). And what exactly do you get? Assuming you haven't used any debugging option, you likely just get an address pointed to by an EIP register.
The problem is, you don't really want an address. You want
gdb or another debugger to simply show the related lines. But
gdb can't do that without some kind of hint. This hint, specifically called Debugging With Attributed Record Formats (DWARF), helps you do source-level debugging.
How do you do it? Use
-g when you compile into object code, e.g.:
gcc -o -g test test.c
What does
gcc actually add so that the debugger can correlate an address with source code? You need
dwarfdump [7] to find out. This tool is packaged inside the "libdwarf" tarball or RPM, so you won't find it as a standalone package. Compile it on your own, or simply install from your distro's online repository; both should work. In this section, I use the 20060614 RPM version.
readelf, you notice that there are 28 sections inside the non-debug version of Listing 1:
$ readelf -S ./non-optimized
But the debug version has 36 sections. The new sections added are:
You don't need to dig into all of the above sections; taking a look into
.debug_line is enough for quick observation. The command you need is:
$ /path/to/dwarfdump -l <object file>
Here is an example of what you'll get:
.debug_line: line number info for a single cu Source lines (from CU-DIE at .debug_info offset 11): <source> [row,column] <pc> //<new statement or basic block /code/./non-optimized.c: [ 3,-1] 0x8048384 // new statement /code/./non-optimized.c: [ 5,-1] 0x8048395 // new statement ...............
The interpretation of the above messages is quite straightforward. Take the first entry (below the
<source> string) as an example:
line number 3 in file non-optimized.c is located in address 0x8048384.
gdb itself gives the same information:
$ gdb non-optimized-debugging (gdb) l *0x8048384 0x8048384 is in main (./non-optimized.c:3).
readelf also provides similar information, by using
$ readelf --debug-dump=line <object file> Line Number Statements: Extended opcode 2: set Address to 0x8048384 Special opcode 7: advance Address by 0 to 0x8048384 and Line by 2 to 3 Advance PC by constant 17 to 0x8048395 Special opcode 7: advance Address by 0 to 0x8048395 and Line by 2 to 5 ....
readelf and
dwarfdump can analyze debug information, so you're free to choose.
What you should realize is that the source code itself isn't embedded into the object file. In fact, the debugger must check a separate source code file. The entry in the
<source> column helps determine where to load the source file. Notice that it contains a full path--meaning if the file is moved somewhere or renamed,
gdb can't locate it.
gcc itself has the ability to produce many debugging information. Besides DWARF, there are:
-gstabs produce native stabs format, while
-gstabs+ includes specific
-gxcoff. If you prefer to include GNU extensions,
Each of the above formats is described in the footnotes ([8], [9], and [10]), but in x86-compatible architecture, without a doubt, you would use DWARF format. The latest DWARF specification is DWARF version 3, and
gdb can produce it via
-gdwarf-2. This could be misleading for first-time users, because you might think it creates DWARF 2-based information. In fact, it is DWARF 2 coupled with some DWARF 3 features. Not every debugger supports version 3, so use it with caution.
However, things do not always go smoothly. When you combine
-O and
-g, it is necessary for line information to relate to the actual code in the mentioned address offset. An example can clarify this--take a file (I use Listing 1 again) and compile it:
$ gcc -O2 -ggdb -o debug-optimized listing-one.c $ readelf --debug-dump=line debug-optimized .. Special opcode 107: advance Address by 7 to 0x80483aa and Line by 4 to 11 ...
But what does
gdb say?
$ gdb debug-optimized (gdb) l *0x80483aa 0x80483aa is in main (./non-optimized.c:11). ... 11 printf("acc = %lu\n",acc); ... (gdb) disassemble main ... 0x080483aa <main+26>: add $0x6,%edx 0x080483ad <main+29>: cmp $0x1388,%eax ...
There you see a complete disagreement. By inspecting debug information alone, you would expect the related address to contain something like a
CALL instruction. But in reality, you get
ADD and
CMP instructions, more likely a loop construction. This is the side effect of the jobs done by optimization--instruction reordering in this case. So as a rule of thumb, don't mix
-g (or its variants) with
For learning purposes, sometimes you want to know how your source code is transformed into an executable. Fortunately,
gcc provides you options to stop at any processing stage. Recall that
gcc has several stages to be accomplished--for example, linking. The options are:
-c stops at assembly phase but skips linking. The result is an object code.
-E stops after preprocessing stage. All preprocessing directives are expanded so you only see plain code.
-S stops after compilation. It leaves you with assembler code
-c is mostly used when you have multiple source files and combine them to create the final executable. So, instead of:
$ gcc -o final-binary test1.c test2.c
it would be better to split them as:
$ gcc -c -o test1.o test1.c
$ gcc -c -o test2.o test2.c
and then:
$ gcc -o final-binary ./test1.o ./test1.o
You probably notice the same sequence if you build the program using a Makefile. The advantage of using
-c is clear: you only need to recompile the changed source files. The only phase that has to be redone is linking all the object files, and that greatly saves time, especially in large projects. An obvious example of this is the Linux kernel.
-E is useful if you want to see how your code really looks after macros, definitions, and such are expanded. Take Listing 3 as an example.
#include<stdio.h> #define A 2 #define B 4 #define calculate(a,b) a*a + b*b void plain_dummy() { printf("Just a dummy\n"); } static inline justtest() { printf("Hi!\n"); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { #ifdef TEST justtest(); #endif printf("%d\n", calculate(A,B)); return 0; }
Listing 3. Code contains #define and #ifdef
We compile it like this:
$ gcc -E -o listing2.e listing2.c
Notice that we don't pass any
-D parameters, which means
TEST is undefined. So what do we have in the preprocessed file?
void plain_dummy() { printf("Just a dummy\n"); } static inline justtest() { printf("Hi!\n"); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("%d\n", 2*2 + 4*4); return 0; }
Where is the call to
justtest() inside
main()? Nowhere.
TEST is undefined--that's why the code is eliminated. You can also see that the
calculate() macro is already expanded into multiplication and addition of constant numbers. In final executable form, this number will be replaced with the operation result. As you see,
-E is quite handy to double-check the correctness of directives.
Notice that
plain_dummy() is still there even though it is never called. No surprise since no compilation happens here, therefore dead code elimination doesn't happen at this stage.
stdio.h is also expanded but it isn't shown in the above listing.
I found an interesting application of
-E as an HTML authoring tool [11]. In short, it helps you to adopt common programming practices such as code modularization and macros into the HTML world--something that cannot be done using plain HTML coding.
-S gives you assembly code, much like what you see with
objdump -d/-D. However, with
-S, you still see directives and symbol names, which makes it easier to study the code. For example, a call like
printf("%d\n", 20) could be transformed into:
.section .rodata.str1.1,"aMS",@progbits,1 .LC0: .string "%d\n" ... movl $20, 4(%esp) movl $.LC0, (%esp) call printf
You can see that
format string %d is placed in a read-only data section (
.rodata). Also, you can confirm that arguments are pushed to the stack from right to left, with the format string at the top of the stack.
gcc gives us many useful options to make our code into whatever we like. By understanding what these options really do, we can make the program faster and slimmer. However, do not depend entirely on them: you should pay more attention to writing efficient and well-structured code.
I would like to thank the communities in the OFTC chat room (#kernelnewbies and #gcc) and #osdev (Freenode) for their valuable ideas.
gcc online documentation
Mulyadi Santosa is a freelance writer who lives in Indonesia.
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Weekend music reviews: Vermont classical musicians prove themselvesBy Jim Lowe
Over the weekend, three classical music concerts proved that Vermont is home to some first-rate performing artists.
Friday in Northfield, Cabot pianist Diane Huling showcased her virtuosity as well as Norwich Universitys Steinway concert piano. Saturday brought Vermont Symphony Orchestra violinist Sofia Hirsch and cellist John Dunlop together with Northfield violist Elizabeth Reid and pianist Alison Cerutti in deeply rewarding performances of masterpieces by Mozart and Brahms. And Sunday at Middlebury College, cellist Dieuwke Davydov and pianist Diana Fanning, after 30 years of playing together, proved they are still superb performers.
Sadly, only the Middlebury concert was well attended. In fact the Mahaney Arts Center concert hall was packed with enthusiastic fans of the duo. Attendance at classical music events ranges from a loyal few to sellout crowds, often unpredictably. But all of these weekend concerts were met with unchecked enthusiasm.
Huling, one of Vermonts finest concert pianists, is a bona fide romantic. As such, she delivered the pathos as well as the grandeur of two great works of Frederic Chopin. That meant she accentuated the lyricism of both the Polonaise in A-flat Major and Ballade No. 1 in g minor with a natural expressiveness. At the same time she plied the works substantial architecture, delivering their deepest emotions.
Norwich Universitys White Chapel has been home for a year now to a 7-foot Steinway grand piano that, in Hulings capable hands, sounded more like a 9-foot concert grand. From the grand virtuosity of Franz Liszts Un Sospiro (A Sigh), from Three Concert Etudes, to the subtle colors of Chopins gloriously lyrical Harp Etude (Opus 25, No. 1), Huling showcased the broad possibilities of the instrument.
Coloring was showcased even more in Hulings articulate and expressive performance of Claude Debussys Impressionist Poissin dor (Goldfish) from Images, Book II. In this odd program, largely of short virtuoso pieces, she also delivered potent performances of pieces by Busoni, Amy Beach and Frank Bridge.
Three of the four players at Saturdays Barre Opera House concert are native Vermonters, more evidence that this state is creating and retaining first-rate musicians. Only Reid, the violist, moved from her native Toronto to Northfield, where her husband is a professor at Norwich University. Their concert is the second in a new Barre Opera House series introducing outstanding Vermont performers.
The major work was Brahms grand and virtuosic Piano Quartet in g minor, Opus 25. Cerutti, Hirsch, Reid and Dunlop played with unbridled passion, excellent musical taste, and real comfort with one another. Particularly the slow movement, Andante con moto, allowed for personal expressiveness which all three delivered warmly, followed by the wonderfully exciting Rondo alla Zingarese (Hungarian Rondo).
Although not quite as comfortable as the Brahms, Mozarts sublime Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493, received an elegant, sensitive and expressive performance. The piano has the major part, and Cerutti played with flair as well as the necessary discipline as, indeed, all did. Bucolics, by Witold Lutoslawski for viola and cello, though marred by some intonation issues, was played with spirit and proved intriguing.
Sunday it became immediately clear that Davydov and Fanning are stars in Middlebury. The enthusiasm was palpable even before they started playing. Fortunately, their playing fully justified it.
It was Mendelssohns D Major Sonata, Opus 58, that really showcased the duo. With no fuss, the two delivered the grand passion of the opening Allegro assai vivace; the light rhythmic drive of the scherzo, Allegretto scherzando; the personal expressiveness of the Adagio; and the light but exciting drive of the Molto allegro e vivace.
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Couperins Pieces en concert, through a bit reserved in the slow movements, proved spirited in the faster ones, and sensitive and expressive throughout. Fanning also performed three selections from Janaceks On an Overgrown Path that proved both exotic and intriguing.
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