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The Harvard Extension University Cultural Studies Club created quite a stir in Boston this past week when it announced the sponsorship of a Black Mass re-enactment to be staged by the New York-based Satanic Temple. The event was originally slated to be held on campus Monday evening at Cambridge Queen's Head Pub in Memorial Hall. By 7 p.m. the Club had cancelled its official involvement leaving The Satanic Temple to stage the ritual on its own.The Cultural Studies Club began advertising the Black Mass on May 5 with campus posters and a registration website. In accordance with their mission, the Club's goal was purely educational. As explained by the Club President*:
In a pluralistic democracy it is essential that everyone have equal rights to display their faith. We feel this has not been the case and want to allow other legitimate groups this opportunity especially when those groups have been unfairly maligned with disturbing repercussions.
The outcry and backlash were almost immediate. On May 7 a Catholic student named Jonathan wrote, "My hope and prayer is that all Catholics on campus of sound mind and faith will oppose this injustice and picket the event." The Harvard Catholic Student Association published an online petition that reads:
While the Cultural Studies Club dubiously claims that the purpose of re-enactment is purely "educational," this does not change the fact that the Black Mass in fact mocks religious beliefs, desecrates sacred items and symbols, and insults the spiritual sensitivities of Harvard's Catholics, Christians and other people of faith. … Moreover, we who are members of the Harvard community fear for the University's reputation and for what Harvard's stamp of approval will do to the University's relationship with its alumni, students, faculty, and the global community it aims to serve. We demand that President Faust and the Harvard administration speak out against this event, and do all in their power to disband it.
Despite mounting student protests, the University administration would not cancel the event. On May 9 the Dean of Students and Alumni Affairs Robert Neugeboren, stated:
Students at the Harvard Extension School, like students at colleges across the nation, organize and operate a number of independent student organizations, representing a wide range of student interests. The Harvard Extension School does not endorse the views or activities of any independent student organization. But we do support the rights of our students and faculty to speak and assemble freely.
Neugeboren goes on to express his awareness that the event is "deeply disturbing and offensive to many" and hopes that Club organizers will open a dialog with Harvard's Christian community.
Boston's Catholic leaders joined the protest asking Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust to cancel the Club's Black Mass. Fr. Roger Landry called the event "terribly ill-advised and totally insensitive." The Archdiocese of Boston publicly "expressed sadness and strong opposition" referencing recent speeches from the Vatican. He said:
… Pope Francis warned of the danger of being naïve about or underestimating the power of Satan, whose evil is too often tragically present in our midst. We call upon all believers and people of good will to join us in prayer for those who are involved in this event, that they may come to appreciate the gravity of their actions.
The Archdiocese also announced a vigil walk from the M.I.T. Chapel to St. Paul's Church to be held at the same time as the Black Mass. The walk would be followed by a Holy Hour of prayer at St. Paul's.Despite pressure President Faust would not stop the Black Mass. She said:
The reenactment of a 'black mass' planned by a student group affiliated with the Harvard Extension School challenges us to reconcile the dedication to free expression at the heart of a university with our commitment to foster a community based on civility and mutual understanding … It is deeply regrettable that the organizers of this event, well aware of the offense they are causing so many others, have chosen to proceed with a form of expression that is so flagrantly disrespectful and inflammatory … Nevertheless, consistent with the University's commitment to free expression, including expression that may deeply offend us, the decision to proceed is and will remain theirs.
In the statement Faust also emphasized that she would be attending the Eucharistic Holy Hour and Benediction at St. Paul's Church in order to "reaffirm our respect for the Catholic faith at Harvard and to demonstrate that the most powerful response to offensive speech is not censorship, but reasoned discourse and robust dissent."
By Monday afternoon the Club had over 700 people registered to attend the Black Mass; far more than expected. The Club President says, "Due to this level of interest and the conflicts this was creating on campus with concerns over upcoming finals, we decided to move the event." At 5:45pm the Club announced that the new location would be the Middle East Restaurant and Bar.
However The Middle East quickly responded via tweet that they were "not hosting the event." According to one of the owners, "The booking had never been confirmed." The Cultural Studies Club believes that the restaurant may have experienced external pressure causing negotiations to fall through. At that point the Club had no other viable location and therefore decided to publicly cancel the Black Mass. The Club President says:
Some people seem to think the public cancellation is a victory, but it is most certainly a Pyrrhic one. The dissenters did not shut down hate speech as they like to pretend they did. Many people are keenly aware of that and are disgusted by the self-righteous behavior of those who tried to stop this event. Instead they come across as being frighteningly oppressive …The celebrations of the people protesting the Black Mass, we observed, took on a fascist tone because they were rejoicing in the suppression of those they disagree with.
Throughout the evening Christian Organizations held protests all over Harvard Square while the Archdiocese lead the vigial walk and prayer hour. At the same time there were counter-protests by supporters of the Club and Black Mass event. The Club President says, "Neither the club nor [The Satanic Temple] were actively involved, although The Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves did deliver an impromptu speech."Despite Monday's turn-of-events, The Satanic Temple did manage to stage a Black Mass ritual that night at the Hong Kong Restaurant and Lounge across from Harvard Yard. According to The Harvard Crimson, there were 50 attendees, most of whom were Temple members and core supporters.
Looking back at the events the Cultural Studies Club President firmly believes that there were as many people or more who supported the Club's work or wanted to experience the Black Mass as those who didn't. The President notes that the University itself "was honorable though out and always planned to allow the event to proceed." Despite significant pressure Harvard's administration consistently upheld its support of "student free speech and made sure the necessary logistical support was provided."
When asked if they would reschedule, the President said, "We certainly have the right to reschedule, but we'll have to wait until the fall to decide. We already have a number of events planned." Some of those events are a Shinto Tea ceremony, Buddhist mediation presentation and a Shaker performance. In addition a Southern Baptist preacher has volunteered to journey to Cambridge in order to host a ritual. The Club President adds that "All club members are open-minded and would enthusiastically accept invitations to events hosted by" Pagans and Heathens of all and any practice.
* Due to the amount of hate mail and personal threats received by the Club President and members, they wish to remain anonymous.


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1. BigSim Parallel Simulator¶
- BigSim Parallel Simulator
- Introduction
- BigSim Emulator Installation and Usage
- BigSim Emulator
- Interpolation / Extrapolation Tool
- BigSim Log Generation API
1.1. Introduction¶
Parallel machines with an extremely large number of processors are now being designed and built. For example, the BlueGene/L (BG/L) machine built by IBM has 64,000 dual-processor nodes with 360 teraflops of peak performance. Another more radical design from IBM, code-named Cyclops (BlueGene/C), had over one million floating point units, fed by 8 million instructions streams supported by individual thread units, targeting 1 petaflops of peak performance.
It is important that one can study the programming issues and performance of parallel applications on such machines even before the machine is built. Thus, we have developed a parallel simulator - BigSim, to facilitate this research.
Since our research was initiated by the BlueGene/C project, in previous editions of this manual we also called our simulator as Blue Gene Simulator. Our simulator is capable of simulating a broad class of "Massively Parallel Processors-In-Memory", or MPPIM machines.
1.1.1. Simulator system components¶
Our simulator system includes these components:
- a parallel emulator which emulates a low level machine API targeting an architecture like BlueGene;
- a message driven programming language (Charm++) running on top of the emulator;
- the Adaptive MPI (an implementation of MPI on top of Charm++) environment;
- a parallel post-mortem mode simulator for performance prediction, including network simulation.
1.1.2. History¶
The first version of the BlueGene emulator was written in Charm++, a parallel object language, in fall 2001. The second version of the BlueGene emulator was completely rewritten on top of Converse instead of Charm++ in spring 2002. While the API supported by the original emulator remains almost the same, many new features were added. The new emulator was implemented on a portable low layer communication library - Converse, in order to achieve better performance by avoiding the cross layer overhead.
Charm++ was ported to the emulator in 2002, providing the first parallel language model on top of the emulator.
A performance simulation capability was added to the emulator in spring 2003. The new simulator was renamed to BigSim at the same time. During the same year, we developed a POSE-based postmortem mode network simulator called BigNetSim. In fall 2006, we renamed BigNetSim as simply BigSim simulator.
In the following sections, we will first describe how to download and compile the BigSim system (Section 1.2). Section 1.3 describes the BigSim Emulator and the low level machine API in detail.
1.2. BigSim Emulator Installation and Usage¶
1.2.1. Installing Charm++ and BigSim¶
The BigSim Emulator is distributed as part of the Charm++ standard distribution. One needs to download Charm++ and compile the BigSim Simulator. This process should begin with downloading Charm++ from the website: http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu.
Please refer to "Charm++ Installation and Usage Manual" and also the file README in the source code for detailed instructions on how to compile Charm++. In short, the "build" script is the main tool for compiling Charm++. One needs to provide target and platform selections:
$ ./build <target> <platform> [options ...] [charmc-options ...]
For example, to compile on a 64-bit Linux machine, one would type:
$ ./build charm++ netlrts-linux-x86_64 -O2
which builds essential Charm++ kernel using UDP sockets as the communication method; alternatively, it is possible to build the Charm++ kernel on MPI using:
$ ./build charm++ mpi-linux-x86_64 -O2
For other platforms, netlrts-linux-x86_64 should be replaced by whatever platform is being used. See the charm/README file for a complete list of supported platforms.
22.214.171.124. Building Only the BigSim Emulator¶
The BigSim Emulator is implemented on top of Converse in Charm++. To compile the BigSim Emulator, one can compile Emulator libraries directly on top of normal Charm++ using "bgampi" as the compilation target, like
$ ./build bgampi netlrts-linux-x86_64 -O2
With Emulator libraries, one can write BigSim applications using its low level machine API (defined in 1.3).
22.214.171.124. Building Charm++ or AMPI on the BigSim Emulator¶
In order to build Charm++ or AMPI on top of BigSim Emulator (which itself is implemented on top of Converse), a special build option "bigemulator" needs to be specified:
$ ./build bgampi netlrts-linux-x86_64 bigemulator -O2
The "bgampi" option is the compilation target that tells "build" to compile BigSim Emulator libraries in addition to Charm++ kernel libraries. The "bigemulator" option is a build option to platform "netlrts-linux", which tells "build" to build Charm++ on top of the BigSim Emulator.
The above "build" command creates a directory named "netlrts-linux-x86_64-bigemulator" under charm, which contains all the header files and libraries needed for compiling a user application. With this version of Charm++, one can run normal Charm++ and AMPI application on top of the emulator (in a virtualized environment).
1.2.2. Compiling BigSim Applications¶
Charm++ provides a compiler script
charmc to compile all programs.
As will be described in this subsection, there are three methods to
write a BigSim application: (a) using the low level machine API, (b)
using Charm++ or (c) using AMPI. Methods (b) and (c) are essentially
used to obtain traces from the BigSim Emulator, such that one can use
those traces in a post-mortem simulation as explained in
Section 2.1.
18.104.22.168. Writing a BigSim application using low level machine API¶
The original goal of the low level machine API was to mimic the BlueGene/C low level programming API. It is defined in section 1.3. Writing a program in the low level machine API, one just needs to link Charm++'s BigSim emulator libraries, which provide the emulation of the machine API using Converse as the communication layer.
In order to link against the BigSim library, one must specify
-language bigsim as an argument to the
charmc command, for
$ charmc -o hello hello.C -language bigsim
Sample applications in low level machine API can be found in the directory charm/examples/bigsim/emulator/.
220.127.116.11. Writing a BigSim application in Charm++¶
One can write a normal Charm++ application which can automatically run on the BigSim Emulator after compilation. Charm++ implements an object-based message-driven execution model. In Charm++ applications, there are collections of C++ objects, which communicate by remotely invoking methods on other objects via messages.
To compile a program written in Charm++ on the BigSim Emulator, one
-language charm++ as an argument to the
$ charmc -o hello hello.C -language charm++
This will link both Charm++ runtime libraries and BigSim Emulator libraries.
Sample applications in Charm++ can be found in the directory charm/examples/bigsim, specifically charm/examples/bigsim/emulator/littleMD.
22.214.171.124. Writing a BigSim application in MPI¶
One can also write an MPI application for the BigSim Emulator. Adaptive MPI, or AMPI, is implemented on top of Charm++, supporting dynamic load balancing and multithreading for MPI applications. Those are based on the user-level migrating threads and load balancing capabilities provided by the Charm++ framework. This allows legacy MPI programs to run on top of BigSim Charm++ and take advantage of the Charm++'s virtualization and adaptive load balancing capability.
Currently, AMPI implements most features in the MPI version 1.0, with a few extensions for migrating threads and asynchronous reduction.
To compile an AMPI application for the BigSim Emulator, one needs to
link against the AMPI library as well as the BigSim Charm++ runtime
libraries by specifying
-language ampi as an argument to the
charmc command:
$ charmc -o hello hello.C -language ampi
Sample applications in AMPI can be found in the directory
charm/examples/ampi. See also
1.2.3. Running a BigSim Application¶
To run a parallel BigSim application, Charm++ provides a utility program
charmrun that starts the parallel execution. For detailed
description on how to run a Charm++ application, refer to the file
charm/README in the source code distribution.
To run a BigSim application, one needs to specify the following
parameters to
charmrun to define the simulated machine size:
+vp: define the number of processors of the hypothetical (future) system
+z: optionally define the size of the machine in three dimensions, these define the number of nodes along each dimension of the machine (assuming a torus/mesh topology);
+cth: For one node, these two parameters define the number of worker processors (
+wth) and the number of communication processors (
+bgwalltime: used only in simulation mode, when specified, use wallclock measurement of the time taken on the simulating machine to estimate the time it takes to run on the target machine.
+bgcounter: used only in simulation mode, when specified, use the performance counter to estimate the time on target machine. This is currently only supported when perfex is installed, like Origin2000.
+bglog: generate BigSim trace log files, which can be used with BigNetSim.
+bgcorrect: starts the simulation mode to predict performance. Without this option, a program simply runs on the emulator without doing any performance prediction. Note: this option is obsolete, and no longer maintained, use +bglog to generate trace logs, and use BigNetSim for performance prediction.
For example, to simulate a parallel machine of size 64K as 40x40x40, with one worker processor and one communication processor on each node, and use 100 real processors to run the simulation, the command to be issued should be:
$ ./charmrun +p100 ./hello +x40 +y40 +z40 +cth1 +wth1
To run an AMPI program, one may also want to specify the number of
virtual processors to run the MPI code by using
+vp. As an example,
$ ./charmrun +p100 ./hello +x40 +y40 +z40 +cth1 +wth1 +vp 128000
starts the simulation of a machine of size 40x40x40 with one worker
processor in each node, running 128000 MPI tasks (2 MPI tasks on each
node), using 100 real processors to run the simulation. In this case,
MPI_Comm_size() returns 128000 for
MPI_COMM_WORLD. If the
+vp option is not specified, the number of virtual processors will
be equal to the number of worker processors of the simulated machine, in
this case 64000.
1.3. BigSim Emulator¶
The BigSim emulator environment is designed with the following objectives:
- To support a realistic BigSim API on existing parallel machines
- To obtain first-order performance estimates of algorithms
- To facilitate implementations of alternate programming models for Blue Gene
The machine supported by the emulator consists of three-dimensional grid of 1-chip nodes. The user may specify the size of the machine along each dimension (e.g. 34x34x36). The chip supports \(k\) threads (e.g. 200), each with its own integer unit. The proximity of the integer unit with individual memory modules within a chip is not currently modeled.
The API supported by the emulator can be broken down into several components:
- Low-level API for chip-to-chip communication
- Mid-level API that supports local micro-tasking with a chip level scheduler with features such as: read-only variables, reductions, broadcasts, distributed tables, get/put operations
- Migratable objects with automatic load balancing support
Of these, the first two have been implemented. The simple time stamping algorithm, without error correction, has been implemented. More sophisticated timing algorithms, specifically aimed at error correction, and more sophisticated features (2, 3, and others), as well as libraries of commonly needed parallel operations are part of the proposed work for future.
The following sections define the appropriate parts of the API, with example programs and instructions for executing them.
1.3.1. BigSim Programming Environment¶
The basic philosophy of the BigSim Emulator is to hide intricate details of the simulated machine from the application developer. Thus, the application developer needs to provide initialization details and handler functions only and gets the result as though running on a real machine. Communication, Thread creation, Time Stamping, etc are done by the emulator.
184.108.40.206. BigSim API: Level 0¶
void addBgNodeInbuffer(bgMsg *msgPtr, int nodeID)
low-level primitive invoked by Blue Gene emulator to put the message to the inbuffer queue of a node.
msgPtr - pointer to the message to be sent to target node;
nodeID - node ID of the target node, it is the serial number of a bluegene node in the emulator's physical node.
void addBgThreadMessage(bgMsg *msgPtr, int threadID)
add a message to a thread's affinity queue, these messages can be only executed by a specific thread indicated by threadID.
void addBgNodeMessage(bgMsg *msgPtr)
add a message to a node's non-affinity queue, these messages can be executed by any thread in the node.
boolean checkReady()
invoked by communication thread to see if there is any unattended message in inBuffer.
bgMsg * getFullBuffer()
invoked by communication thread to retrieve the unattended message in inBuffer.
CmiHandler msgHandlerFunc(char *msg)
Handler function type that user can register to handle the message.
void sendPacket(int x, int y, int z, int msgSize,bgMsg *msg)
chip-to-chip communication function. It send a message to Node[x][y][z].
bgMsg is the message type with message envelope used internally.
220.127.116.11. Initialization API: Level 1a¶
All the functions defined in API Level 0 are used internally for the implementation of bluegene node communication and worker threads.
From this level, the functions defined are exposed to users to write bluegene programs on the emulator.
Considering that the emulator machine will emulate several Bluegene nodes on each physical node, the emulator program defines this function BgEmulatorInit(int argc, char **argv) to initialize each emulator node. In this function, user program can define the Bluegene machine size, number of communication/worker threads, and check the command line arguments.
The size of the simulated machine being emulated and the number of thread per node is determined either by the command line arguments or calling following functions:
void BgSetSize(int sx, int sy, int sz)
set Blue Gene Machine size;
void BgSetNumWorkThread(int num)
set number of worker threads per node;
void BgSetNumCommThread(int num)
set number of communication threads per node;
int BgRegisterHandler(BgHandler h)
register user message handler functions;
For each simulated node, the execution starts at
BgNodeStart(int argc,
char **argv) called by the emulator, where application handlers can be
registered and computation is triggered by creating a task at required
Similar to pthread's thread specific data, each bluegene node has its own node specific data associated with it. To do this, the user needs to define its own node-specific variables encapsulated in a struct definition and register the pointer to the data with the emulator by following function:
void BgSetNodeData(char *data)
To retrieve the node specific data, call:
char *BgGetNodeData()
After completion of execution, user program invokes a function:
void BgShutdown()
to terminate the emulator.
184.108.40.206. Handler Function API: Level 1a¶
The following functions can be called in user's application program to retrieve the simulated machine information, get thread execution time, and perform the communication.
void BgGetSize(int *sx, int *sy, int *sz)
int BgGetNumWorkThread()
int BgGetNumCommThread()
int BgGetThreadID()
double BgGetTime()
void BgSendPacket(int x, int y, int z, int threadID, int handlerID,
WorkType type, int numbytes, char* data)
This sends a trunk of data to Node[x, y, z] and also specifies the handler function to be used for this message i.e. the handlerID; threadID specifies the desired thread to handle the message, ANYTHREAD means no preference.
To specify the thread category:
- 1:
- a small piece of work that can be done by communication thread itself, so NO scheduling overhead.
- 0:
- a large piece of work, so communication thread schedules it for a worker thread
1.3.2. Writing a BigSim Application¶
22.214.171.124. Application Skeleton¶
Handler function prototypes;
Node specific data type declarations;
void BgEmulatorInit(int argc, char **argv) function
Configure bluegene machine parameters including size, number of threads, etc.
You also need to register handlers here.
void *BgNodeStart(int argc, char **argv) function
The usual practice in this function is to send an initial message to trigger
the execution.
You can also register node specific data in this function.
Handler Function 1, void handlerName(char *info)
Handler Function 2, void handlerName(char *info)
Handler Function N, void handlerName(char *info)
22.214.171.124. Sample Application 1¶
/* Application:
* Each node starting at [0,0,0] sends a packet to next node in
* the ring order.
* After node [0,0,0] gets message from last node
* in the ring, the application ends.
#include "blue.h"
#define MAXITER 2
int iter = 0;
int passRingHandler;
void passRing(char *msg);
void nextxyz(int x, int y, int z, int *nx, int *ny, int *nz)
int numX, numY, numZ;
BgGetSize(&numX, &numY, &numZ);
*nz = z+1; *ny = y; *nx = x;
if (*nz == numZ) {
*nz = 0; (*ny) ++;
if (*ny == numY) {
*ny = 0; (*nx) ++;
if (*nx == numX) *nx = 0;
void BgEmulatorInit(int argc, char **argv)
passRingHandler = BgRegisterHandler(passRing);
/* user defined functions for bgnode start entry */
void BgNodeStart(int argc, char **argv)
int x,y,z;
int nx, ny, nz;
int data, id;
BgGetXYZ(&x, &y, &z);
nextxyz(x, y, z, &nx, &ny, &nz);
id = BgGetThreadID();
data = 888;
if (x == 0 && y==0 && z==0) {
BgSendPacket(nx, ny, nz, -1,passRingHandler, LARGE_WORK,
sizeof(int), (char *)&data);
/* user write code */
void passRing(char *msg)
int x, y, z;
int nx, ny, nz;
int id;
int data = *(int *)msg;
BgGetXYZ(&x, &y, &z);
nextxyz(x, y, z, &nx, &ny, &nz);
if (x==0 && y==0 && z==0) {
if (++iter == MAXITER) BgShutdown();
id = BgGetThreadID();
BgSendPacket(nx, ny, nz, -1, passRingHandler, LARGE_WORK,
sizeof(int), (char *)&data);
188.8.131.52. Sample Application 2¶
/* Application:
* Find the maximum element.
* Each node computes maximum of it's elements and
* the max values it received from other nodes
* and sends the result to next node in the reduction sequence.
* Reduction Sequence: Reduce max data to X-Y Plane
* Reduce max data to Y Axis
* Reduce max data to origin.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "blue.h"
#define A_SIZE 4
#define X_DIM 3
#define Y_DIM 3
#define Z_DIM 3
int REDUCE_HANDLER_ID;
int COMPUTATION_ID;
extern "C" void reduceHandler(char *);
extern "C" void computeMax(char *);
class ReductionMsg {
int max;
class ComputeMsg {
int dummy;
void BgEmulatorInit(int argc, char **argv)
if (argc < 2) {
CmiAbort("Usage: <program> <numCommTh> <numWorkTh>\n");
/* set machine configuration */
BgSetSize(X_DIM, Y_DIM, Z_DIM);
REDUCE_HANDLER_ID = BgRegisterHandler(reduceHandler);
COMPUTATION_ID = BgRegisterHandler(computeMax);
void BgNodeStart(int argc, char **argv) {
int x, y, z;
BgGetXYZ(&x, &y, &z);
ComputeMsg *msg = new ComputeMsg;
BgSendLocalPacket(ANYTHREAD, COMPUTATION_ID, LARGE_WORK,
sizeof(ComputeMsg), (char *)msg);
void reduceHandler(char *info) {
// assumption: THey are initialized to zero?
static int max[X_DIM][Y_DIM][Z_DIM];
static int num_msg[X_DIM][Y_DIM][Z_DIM];
int i,j,k;
int external_max;
external_max = ((ReductionMsg *)info)->max;
if ((i == 0) && (j == 0) && (k == 0)) {
// master node expects 4 messages:
// 1 from itself;
// 1 from the i dimension;
// 1 from the j dimension; and
// 1 from the k dimension
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 4) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Can report max data after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
CmiPrintf("The maximal value is %d \n", max[i][j][k]);
} else if ((i == 0) && (j == 0) && (k != Z_DIM - 1)) {
// nodes along the k-axis other than the last one expects 4 messages:
// 1 from itself;
// 1 from the i dimension;
// 1 from the j dimension; and
// 1 from the k dimension
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 4) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Forwards max data to node i,j,k-1 after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max[i][j][k];
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
} else if ((i == 0) && (j == 0) && (k == Z_DIM - 1)) {
// the last node along the k-axis expects 3 messages:
// 1 from itself;
// 1 from the i dimension; and
// 1 from the j dimension
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 3) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Forwards max data to node i,j,k-1 after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max[i][j][k];
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
} else if ((i == 0) && (j != Y_DIM - 1)) {
// for nodes along the j-k plane except for the last and first row of j,
// we expect 3 messages:
// 1 from itself;
// 1 from the i dimension; and
// 1 from the j dimension
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 3) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Forwards max data to node i,j-1,k after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max[i][j][k];
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
} else if ((i == 0) && (j == Y_DIM - 1)) {
// for nodes along the last row of j on the j-k plane,
// we expect 2 messages:
// 1 from itself;
// 1 from the i dimension;
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 2) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Forwards max data to node i,j-1,k after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max[i][j][k];
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
} else if (i != X_DIM - 1) {
// for nodes anywhere the last row of i,
// we expect 2 messages:
// 1 from itself;
// 1 from the i dimension;
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 2) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Forwards max data to node i-1,j,k after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max[i][j][k];
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
} else if (i == X_DIM - 1) {
// last row of i, we expect 1 message:
// 1 from itself;
if (num_msg[i][j][k] < 1) {
// not ready yet, so just find the max
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
} else {
// done. Forwards max data to node i-1,j,k after making last comparison
if (max[i][j][k] < external_max) {
max[i][j][k] = external_max;
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max[i][j][k];
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
void computeMax(char *info) {
int A[A_SIZE][A_SIZE];
int i, j;
int max = 0;
int x,y,z; // test variables
// Initialize
for (i=0;i<A_SIZE;i++) {
for (j=0;j<A_SIZE;j++) {
A[i][j] = i*j;
// CmiPrintf("Finished Initializing %d %d %d!\n", x , y , z);
// Find Max
for (i=0;i<A_SIZE;i++) {
for (j=0;j<A_SIZE;j++) {
if (max < A[i][j]) {
max = A[i][j];
// prepare to reduce
ReductionMsg *msg = new ReductionMsg;
msg->max = max;
BgSendLocalPacket(ANYTHREAD, REDUCE_HANDLER_ID, LARGE_WORK,
sizeof(ReductionMsg), (char *)msg);
// CmiPrintf("Sent reduce message to myself with max value %d\n", max);
1.4. Interpolation / Extrapolation Tool¶
It is often desirable to predict performance of non-existent machines, or across architectures. This section describes a tool that rewrites the log files produced by BigSim (also known as bgTrace trace logs) to provide new durations for portions of the application consisting of sequential execution blocks. These new durations can be based upon multiple types of models. The tool can be easily modified to add new types of models if the user requires. The models can be generated from full or partial executions of an application on an existing processor or on a cycle-accurate simulator.
When predicting the runtime of a parallel application on a not-yet-existent parallel platform, there are two important concerns. The first is correctly modeling the interconnection network, which is handled by BigSimulator (also called BigNetSim). The second is determining the durations of the relevant sequential portions of code, which we call Sequential Execution Blocks (SEB), on a new type of processor. The interpolation tool of this section handles only the prediction of SEB durations, using currently three types of implemented models:
- Scaling of SEB durations observed on an available (existing) processor, via multiplication of the original durations by a constant factor.
- Parameterizations of SEBs: each SEB is augmented with user-defined parameters that influence the duration of the SEB. An extrapolation model based on those parameters can predict the durations of SEBs not instrumented in the initial emulation run.
- Parameterizations with cycle-accurate simulations for non-existent architectures: processor designers use cycle-accurate simulators to simulate the performance of a piece of code on a future processor that is currently unavailable. Timings for each SEB can be estimated in such a cycle-accurate simulator. The cycle-accurate timings can be extrapolated to predict the durations of SEBs not instrumented in the cycle-accurate simulator.
This tool will soon include a new model with support for performance counters. The currently available tool rewrites the log files produced by a run in the BigSim Emulator. The rewritten log files can then be consumed by BigSimulator. This usage flow can be seen in Figure 24, showing that multiple types of models are supported in the tool.
1.4.1. Tool Usage¶
The interpolation tool is part of the regular Charm++ distribution and
can be found under the directory
charm/examples/bigsim/tools/rewritelog with a
README file
describing its use in more detail than this manual.
18.104.22.168. Producing the Parameterized Timings Log¶
The interpolation tool uses as input a log of actual durations of user-bracketed sequential execution blocks. These timings come from a full or partial execution of the parallel application on a real machine or within a cycle-accurate simulator.
The user must insert
startTraceBigSim() and
calls around the main computational regions in the parallel application.
These two calls bracket the region of interest and print out a record
for that computational region. The functions should be called at most
once during any SEB. The output produced by
endTraceBigSim() is a
line similar to
TRACEBIGSIM: event:{ PairCalculator::bwMultiplyHelper } time:{ 0.002586 } params:{ 16384.00 1.00 220.00 128.00 128.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 }.
The event name and the values (in double-precision floating-point) for
up to 20 parameters are specified in the call to
time field records the duration of the bracketed region of
sequential code.
To run in a cycle-accurate simulator such as IBM's MAMBO, the
startTraceBigSim() and
endTraceBigSim() functions would be
modified to switch between the "fast forward" mode used during the rest
of the program and the cycle-accurate mode during the bracketed region
of code. The functions are provided in C++ source files under the
charm/examples/bigsim/tools/rewritelog/traceBigSim and
their calls must be added to an application's source file manually.
220.127.116.11. The BigSim log file format¶
To understand how the interpolation tool works, it is instructive to consider the format of logs produced by the BigSim Emulator. A BigSim log file (i.e. bgTrace log) contains data from emulation of the full parallel application. There is an entry for each SEB, with the following fields: ID, Name, \(T_{start}\), \(T_{end}\), Back, Forward, Message ID, Source Node, Message ID, Sent Messages. The final field is actually a list of records for each message sent by the execution block; each record contains the following fields: Message ID, \(T_{sent}\), \(T_{recv}\), Destination PE, Size, Group.
The interpolation tool will rewrite the durations of the SEBs by correcting the \(T_{end}\) field for the SEB and the \(T_{sent}\) fields for each message sent. The new durations of all SEBs will be based upon some model \(M:SEB\rightarrow Duration\).
Each SEB can be decomposed into three temporal regions as shown in
Figure 25:. The entire SEB is
associated with execution of a Charm++ entry method, while the middle
region is the computational kernel of interest, bracketed by the user's
startTraceBigSim() and
endTraceBigSim() calls. The model is used
only to approximate the new duration of the middle temporal region; the
durations of the beginning and ending regions are simply scaled by a
constant factor. Internally, the interpolation tool takes the ID for
each SEB and looks up its associated parameters. When those parameters
are found, they are used as input for evaluation of the new duration
\(d_{new}\) for the SEB. The end time is then modified to be
\(T_{end}\leftarrow T_{start}+d_{new}\).
The messages in the message list for each SEB must also have their \(T_{sent}\) times rewritten. This is accomplished by linearly mapping the old \(T_{sent}\) value from to the new range for the enclosing SEB region, as shown in Figure 26. Any message sent during the first portion will be mapped linearly onto the new first portion of the SEB. The new message \(T_{recv}\) times are ignored by BigSimulator, so they do not need to be modified.
184.108.40.206. Supported performance models¶
The interpolation tool supports three types of models, as described in this subsection. The more sophisticated models use the least-square curve fitting technique. The current implementation uses the Gnu Scientific Library(gsl) to perform the least-square fit to the given data. The library provides both the coefficients and a \(\chi^2\) measure of the closeness of the fit to the input data.
188.8.131.52.1. Model 1: Scaling SEB durations by a constant factor¶
In simple cases, a sufficient approximation of the performance of a
parallel application can be obtained by simply scaling the SEB durations
by a constant factor. As an example, a user may know that a desired
target machine has processors that will execute each SEB twice as fast
as on an existing machine. The application is emulated on the existing
machine and the observed SEB durations are scaled by a factor of
\(2.0\). Although simple, this method may be sufficient in many
cases. It becomes unnecessary to use the
startTraceBigSim() and
endTraceBigSim() calls. The scaling factor is hard coded in the
interpolation tool as
time_dilation_factor. It is used to scale all
blocks unless a suitable advanced model has a better method for
approximating the block's duration. It will always be used to scale any
portions of blocks that are not bracketed with the calls
startTraceBigSim() and
220.127.116.11.2. Model 2: Extrapolation based on user's parameterizations¶
The user can simply insert the bracketing calls
endTraceBigSim() around the computational kernels to log the
times taken for each kernel. In practice, the duration of the SEB will
likely depend upon the data distribution and access patterns for the
parallel application. Thus, the user must specify parameters likely to
influence the SEB duration. The parameters can include variables
indicating number of loop iterations, number of calls to computational
kernels, or sizes of accessed portions of data arrays. A model is built
to approximate the duration of any SEB based upon its specified
As an example, NAMD uses a number of different types of objects. The
compute objects will spend varying amounts of time depending upon
the lengths of their associated atom lists. If an atom list is large,
more interactions are computed and thus more computation is performed.
Meanwhile, assume that a Charm++ entry method called
doWork(atomList) is where the majority of the work from an
application occurs. The function computes forces on atoms of various
types. Different calls to the function will contain different numbers
and types of atoms. The source code for
doWork(atomList) will be
modified by the user to contain calls to
startTraceBigSim() at the
entry and
endTraceBigSim() at the exit of the function. The program
will be run, and the resulting timed samples will be used to build a
model. Assume the expected runtime of
doWork(atomList) is quadratic
in the
atomList length and linear in the number of carbon atoms in
atomList. The
endTraceBigSim() call would be provided with a
descriptive name and a set of parameters, such as
endTraceBigSim("doWork()", p_1,p_2), where parameter \(p_1\) is
the length of
atomList and parameter \(p_2\) is the number of
carbon atoms in
The goal of using a model is to be able to predict the execution time of
any arbitrary call to
doWork(), given its parameters. The
application can be run on an existing processor or parallel cluster for
only a few timesteps with the modified
doWork() method. This run
will produce a list of
{\(\left(p_1,p_2\right)\rightarrow duration\)} records. A least
squares method is applied to fit a curve
\(f(p_1,p_2)=c_1+c_2 p_1+c_3 p_1^2 + c_4 p_2\) approximating the
durations of the records. The least square method minimizes the sum of
the squares of the difference between the function \(f\) evaluated
at each parameter set and the actual timing observed at those
parameters. The least square method is provided
\(\left(1.0,p_1,p_1^2,p_2,time\right)\) for each sample point and
produces the coefficients \(c_n\) in \(f\). An arbitrary set of
parameters (in the current implementation, up to twenty) can be input to
\(f\) to produce an approximation of the runtime of
even though the particular instance was never timed before.
188.8.131.52.3. Model 3: Extrapolation of partial executions with cycle accurate simulations and user's parameterizations¶
In this case, a cycle accurate simulator can be used to simulate a small fraction of all SEBs for a run of the application. The partial execution is used to build a model which applies to the whole execution. Parameterizations can be used as previously described, so that only some fraction of the SEBs will be run in the expensive cycle-accurate simulator. In NAMD, for example, a sufficient model can be built from a random sample of 2% of the cycle-accurate SEB durations from four timeloop iterations.
1.5. BigSim Log Generation API¶
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Whew…that was a close one…..
About a month ago, I discovered a spot on my face, on the right side, right next to my eyebrow. Now…to most of you, it probably does not mean much. To me? I kinda freaked out. You see, I have a history of cancer. To be exact, I am a four-time cancer survivor.
While I had this thing on my face, I went to my regular Doctor (who I used to work for and is my primary caregiver). I haven't been to see him for a while, because I have been semi-healthy. If my sinus' act up, I go to the urgent care, because I am kind of regular there with sinus infections. After having numerous amounts of them, I know when to go and get the standard antibiotics and stuff.
This "growth" kind of freaked me and the Electrician and also the Farmer out. To be fair and honest, I have a phobia of Doctors, Dentists, you name it. After going through what I have been through I have a little phobia of the said mentioned Doctors.
I was referred to the Doctor I went to today, by my former employer. Because when I went in to see him, (because of the health care system, I had to see my "primary" Doctor to be referred to another doctor to have the insurance pay). My primary Doctor told me, with your history, I am referring you okay?
Okie dokie….I arrived at the Doctor's office at the appropriate time, filled out all of the paperwork and scratched my head, because in all honesty, I could not remember the Electrician's social security number. DUH…. isn't it amazing the things you forget when you need to remember?
When I was seen in the Doctor's office, he looked at the "growth" and did a little "tsk tsk" sort of thing, like I should have known better, and then proceeded to tell me, "This is a growth from your exposure to the sun". Uhm…ok? Folks, it's winter here, where the heck has the sun even gotten in touch with me?
Then, after advising me this was going to sting and burn a bit, he applied something to my face that seriously hurt. Not just my face either, along the side of my neck on the right side. Then he smiled at me told me not to get the area wet, and it would crust up and drop off after a couple of days and to stay out of the sun.
Okay, I went and gave my paperwork to the nurse and made an appointment for 6 months down the road, with that, I headed out to my car. The minute I hit the outside coldness, I fricking went down. I made it to my car, but felt the whole right side of me, frozen.
I arrived home to my Electrician who was worried, but sleeping, and woke him up. He asked me the "dreaded" question, and I told him what the Doctor had told me. It was not Cancer, but I need to buy a hat to stay out of the sunshine. I advised the Electrician that he had better get used to his wife being a ghost, because I am semi-done with sunshine.
I also called the Farmer who has been worried about me. I told him the news and also told him my whole right side felt frozen and my face hurt. I won't even begin to tell you what the response was, it was funny though HAHAHA Dad.
My Electrician has taken such good care of me today, he has asked me about a million times this past weekend if I wanted him to go with me. I guess, I am a little in a different mind-set for this type of support. I've never had it. I went through Cancer quite a few times, but have always done it alone. I am not being disrespectful of anyone here, I am just stating fact.
The Electrician has been home today, and done all of the laundry, cleaned, dusted (yea I sluffed off), and cooked me an amazing dinner. I am truly Blessed peeps, I will shout it from the rooftops…..
While my face and neck hurt, I've been taken care of, and I am Blessed, it was not that serious. But I will be buying a hat for the future…


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Welcome to Jefferd's website for Hamilton Casters, Wheels and Trucks!We are pleased to present the complete line of Hamilton top-quality industrial casters, wheels, carts and in-plant trailers here. Caster and wheel capacities range from 120 lbs to 23,000 lbs. And most of the models (presented in red typeface with asterisk) are stocked at the factory for quick shipment in 24-48 hours!! So you receive your order quickly and the casters and wheels will give you long life and trouble-free performance.A full offering of Hamilton trucks are also available for online purchase, including platform, shelf, a-frame, wagon, convertible, chair, bar handling, drum dollies, skids and trailers. The most popular models are shippable in 24-72 hours!


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Well, it was not quite Marilyn Monroe and President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, but it was festive and fun and loving. Congressman John Yarmuth celebrated his birthday Sunday at his home in Harrod's Creek, surrounded by family and friends.
Cathy Yarmuth planned a great warm affair for husband John. All of his family and close friends were there for a casual party. His brother founded and owns the popular "Sonny's Bar-B-Q†chain in Florida. He flew in with family and a plane full of barbecue pulled pork, ribs, potato salad slaw and green beans.
The Silver Spoon added the extra touches that made the afternoon run smoothly. Hors d'oeuvres of every kind were everywhere. Dinner was served on the lower level and people visited and ate all over the house. There were enough birthday cupcakes for an army. Everyone's sweet tooth was satisfied.
All of John's family was there plus Roanne and Buzzy Victor, Dawn Meade, Cheryl Chapman and Julius Friedman, Ed and Bernadette Hamilton, Terri and Steve Bass, Karen and Kenny Sales, Shaio Woo, John Shaw Woo, Ben Small, Michael Judd and Laura Frazier.
Sarah and Jim Haynes, Mary Moss and John Greenebaum, Terry Meiners, Jennifer and Jonathan Blum, Elise Sales, Paula and Britt Brockman were among the many.
Everyone was envious and admiring the bronze maquette of the seated Lincoln, by Ed Hamilton, that was dedicated on the Waterfront in downtown Louisville several years ago. It is placed in a window that looks north to the Ohio.
Summit Academy celebrated their 20th anniversary with their annual Mountaintop Breakfast at the Olmsted last week.
The Mountaintop Breakfast raises money for the school in Middletown. It is a stellar school that deals with children who learn differently. They are not slow or dumb or stupid, they just process information differently than most of us. Most of the graduates go on to high school and college.
The school was founded by Rosemary and Charlie Middleton along with the institution's head of school, Margaret Thornton. It is a roaring success! You have only to sit for an hour and hear from these successful "different†children what they have achieved, to become a believer.
More than 250 people sat at tables of ten. Each table had a captain, actually a caring individual who invited the attendees to simply come and listen. When the hour-long presentation was over, virtually every person in the room had made some sort of financial commitment to help.
Robert Banks, an alumnus parent welcomed the nearly full room. After the Summit Academy Singers sang "Climbing to the Top†the group enjoyed a breakfast of quiche, fruit, granola and muffins. After Margaret Thorton's welcome and a moving video, Marcia Sparks and her adult son Matt Soloman told of a moving firsthand experience they had with his daughter. Then Rosemary Thornton told of the journey of her daughter from Summit student to summa cum laude college student to Summit teacher.
With few dry eyes, the credit cards and pledge pens were very busy fulfilling the morning's objective.


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Jacket: Vintage, Top: Topshop, Skirt: TheReformation
Taking outfit photos in the wind is becoming a regular thing now hence the lack of regular posts as of late. Humph. I almost gave up......again but managed to get one photo that didn't give me a face full of hair and double chin trying to get the hair out of my face woohoo.
Anyhow. I am very happy I managed to get one photo at least as I was desperate to show you the newest addition to my wardrobe! I have had my eye on this skirt among many other things from The Reformation for quite some time but put off ordering anything due to customs worries and price. Then one day in a moment of madness I thought sod it and quickly ordered eeep. And I am over the moon with it! Not only that but it arrived in 5 days!!! YES 5 DAYS! Topshop which is based in the UK sometimes takes longer than 5 days let alone something from L.A. I am impressed!


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I'm not surprised at all. Linux runs on tiny phone to large server systems. According to IDC researchers (prediction) – spending on the Linux ecosystem will rise from $21 billion in 2007 to more than $49 billion in 2011, driven by rising enterprise deployments of Linux server operating systems.
Linux server deployments are expanding from infrastructure-oriented applications to more commercially oriented database and enterprise resource-planning workloads "that historically have been the domain of Microsoft Windows and Unix," noted IDC analysts in a white paper commissioned by the nonprofit Linux Foundation.
"The early adoption of Linux was dominated by infrastructure-oriented workloads, often taking over those workloads from an aging Unix server or Windows NT 4.0 server that was being replaced," according to the report's authors, Al Gillen, Elaina Stergiades and Brett Waldman. These days, however, Linux is increasingly being "viewed as a solution for wider and more critical business deployments."
=> Linux Ecosystem Spending To Exceed $49 Billion


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Made from long hair sheep nappa processed to a thickness of approximately point eight of a millimetre then dyed with natural colours this leather is soft and smooth , ideal for the manufacturing of headwear garments. Made to the desired pattern ten pieces of leather are punched out on our hydraulic press along with the hand cut contrasting coloured anti static cotton lining panels.
A flatbed sewing machine is used to make up the leather head panels and the cotton lining which are then sewn together as one garment. Air holes are punched through the side sections and a securing press stud put in plus metal eyelets around the air holes and the last press studs are added The air cover flaps ,the chin strap and goggle elastic strap loop are made up separately with the press studs and strap buckle attached The ear cover flaps and the chin strap are sewn to the outside of the head panels and the strap loop sewn to back head panel. A final check is made to the ensure alignment of all the press stud fittings.
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Carrot Broccoli Salad
I created this salad for last summer's round of family reunions and picnics. My in-laws provided me with all the fresh vegetables from their garden.
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes6 servings
- 6 medium carrots, shredded
- 1 small bunch broccoli (about 12 ounces), chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2/3 to 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sugar and mustard. Add to vegetable mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate. Stir in bacon just before serving.
Nutrition Facts3/4 cup: 449 calories, 26g fat (5g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 385mg sodium, 49g carbohydrate (39g sugars, 6g fiber), 9g protein.
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YUMMY! Only changes I made were I used two small bunches of broccoli and a sweet onion. Will definitly make it again!!


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By Patrick Cronin
Hampton Union, Tuesday, August 16, 2011
[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online.]
HAMPTON -- The vacant site of the former Shell gas station on the corner of Lafayette and Winnacunnet roads in the past referred to as an eyesore by selectmen is now available for lease.
Chris McInnis, of Paul McInnis Inc., based in North Hampton, said they are listing the property for lease and says it offers a unique opportunity in the heart of downtown Hampton.
"Every time I see someone in Hampton they ask me what is going to happen there," said McInnis. "It's kind of a missing piece in Hampton's downtown area."
The 1,008-square-foot building is available for a monthly rent of $2,100.
While there has been a lot if interest and negotiations, McInnis said the place is still available.
The property has been vacant since Shell shut down its station in 2006 after 35 years of operation.
In the past, selectmen have called the vacant property an eyesore because of the chained-link fence surrounding it and at one point asked Shell to donate the land to the town in order to create a public park.
Shell, however, turned down their offer.
McInnis said his client purchased the property in 2011 from the Shell Gas Company.
Gone is the chain-linked fence and the goal, he said, is to get a new business in there.
He called it a prime location because of the traffic. An estimated 31,000 vehicles per day travel down Route 1 passing what he called a "high visibility site."
McInnis said the property is suitable for a number of retail related uses and the current building could be torn down or moved to improve parking.
He said the site can be used as a restaurant, a health care facility, bank, offices and professional establishments, such as insurance agencies, real estate offices, attorney offices, medical professionals, beauty and barber shops, nail salons, cosmetologists, spas, skin care therapies, tanning salons, and massage therapists.
The one thing it can't be used for is another gas station. McInnis said there is currently a 15-year gas restriction on the property.
While there was some environmental issues with the site because of its use as a former gas station, McInnis said it now has a clean bill of health from the state Department of Environmental Services.
For more information on the property call Paul McInnis Inc. at 1-800-242-8354.


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November 7, 2012
Pinterest Tutorial #1: Creating a Board & Pinning
I talked about Pinterest in an earlier blog post "Pinterest, Time-Waster or Useful Utility?" Today I want to walk you through the basic steps of joining Pinterest, setting up your boards and pinning webpages and items to them.
The video below can also be found on Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube channel along with other tutorials and my Cemetery Walks
The video below can also be found on Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube channel along with other tutorials and my Cemetery Walks
2 comments:
- Mariann Regan said...
This is very clear! I started to use Pinterest and then abandoned it when I didn't quite know how to work the site. You have confirmed for me that the place to get a picture/photo has to be from a website (and not just from a photo on my desktop). Very useful. I already have a PinIt button, so maybe I can move ahead now.
I'll save your URL so I can look again at this video. No matter how clear it is, I always manage to miss some detail! Thanks.
- Sandy B said...
Since there is not Genealogy category, maybe you could use the History Category instead of "Other". Just a suggestion. It's one of the new categories they recently added.
I have never heard of Coffin Plates, very interesting! I will be looking you up on there and finding your board/links!
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The Championship Evolution Series known as EVO is the longest running fighting game tournament in the entire world. Tony and Tom Cannon's "Battle by the Bay" began with small roots in Sunnyvale, California (1995). This 40-man tournament eventually spawned into an entire culture spanning across the globe.
Since its beginning EVO has played host to the most skilled gamers from as far as Japan and as close as your hometown. This year EVO found itself in Las Vegas at the beautiful Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino and although this isn't its first appearance at the Caesars it was definitely the largest as the conference room was filled to the brim with competitors and spectators; small business owners and game developers.
Entering the grand conference room you could immediately see familiar faces from years past as well as newcomers and hopefuls awaiting their chance to place in the Grand Finals. Many of the biggest titles in fighting games were on the roster including Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter x Tekken, SoulCalibur V and making its debut after thirteen installments; The King of Fighters XIII.
There were even opportunities to experience Sony's All-Stars Battle Royale, WB Games' Injustice: Gods Among Us, which we can look forward to this coming year and Namco's newest Tekken Tag Tournament II slated for this September. Among the big names were quite a few indie games like a crowd favorite called "Dive Kick", a homage to the popular children's show My Little Pony and even a playable demo of Atlus' Persona 4 Arena.
The "Road to EVO" is what the Fighting Game Community awaits every year, it's the small tournaments in their local that give them the strength to make it to such a large competition that rivals many sports events in other categories. Here you learn that this is more than just strategy or "button mashing" and like any other sport it takes the mental capacity to get into the mind of your opponent to hit them where it hurts.
As the Grand Finals began, the room filled with spectators awaiting their champions for this year's tournament. The crowd comes alive as the spectators root for their players, their teams and their countries; the feeling is nothing short of electric. Streaming live to over 90 thousand viewers who are just as much a part of the tournament as anyone there filling the seats in the conference room. It's almost as if the characters within the game are alive, the hype and the chanting easily add a dynamic to the competition that makes it more than just a game, but an experience of a lifetime.
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Family Leisure Activities
Aachen is a very family-friendly town with many playgrounds and parks within walking distance of the city centre and the residential areas. You also find many stores with special play areas for toddlers and children.
Aachen Children
The Aachener Kinder internet portal gives an overview of leisure activities for families with children in Aachen and the Aachen Region. A short overview in German is provided by the Children in Aachen website.
Family Web Portal of the City of Aachen
The City of Aachen has started several initiatives to maintain and further improve the family-friendliness of the city. The family portal Familie in Aachen has a calendar of events for families with children and an array of activities you may try. The portal also provides a host of valuable general information, e.g. on children's playgroups and childminding services.
Family Card
If you live in Aachen you may apply for the interregional family card, Familienkarte der Städteregion Aachen. The family card scheme aims to provide significantly reduced rates for a range of services to families in the Aachen region, and it several benefits such as discounts on theatre tickets, savings on food and drink at local restaurants and on diverse activities and shops in the city of Aachen and the Aachen region. The benefits attached to the family card will be continually improved.
Family Newspaper
King Kalli is a newspaper which reports on activities and events for families and children in the "Euregio" border region. Families who do not have the opportunity to go on a vacation are provided with information on opportunities to participate in trips and excursions in the Aachen region and across borders in Belgium and the Netherlands. The paper features a daily events calendar and listings of courses and sports classes.
Euregio Zoo - The Aachen Animal Park
The Aachener Tierpark – Euregiozoo is open throughout the year, providing not only the opportunity to meet a large variety of wonderful animals but also a host of educational activities and projects for children, such as a children's farm, apetting zoo and pony rides . There is a wide range of visitor facilities and several playgrounds and lawns in the park where families may have a small picnic.


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Description : The goals of ShellCheck are:
: * To point out and clarify typical beginner's syntax issues,
: that causes a shell to give cryptic error messages.
: * To point out and clarify typical intermediate level semantic
: problems, that causes a shell to behave strangely and
: counter-intuitively.
: * To point out subtle caveats, corner cases and pitfalls, that may
: cause an advanced user's otherwise working script to fail under
: future circumstances.
To install
dnf install ShellCheck
And just run the tool on the script to get the common errors.
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La Jolla's jagged coastline is strictly protected by environmental laws to ensure the San Diego community remains the kind of seaside jewel that has attracted swanky restaurants, top-flight hotels and some of the nation's rich and famous, including billionaire businessman Irwin Jacobs and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Tourists flock to the place. So do birds. Lots of birds. And with those birds comes lots of poop.
So rather than gasping in amazement at the beautiful views, some are holding their noses from the stench coming from the droppings that cake coastal rocks and outcroppings near its business district.
"We've had to relocate tables inside because when people go out to the patio, some are like `Oh my God. I can't handle the smell,'" said Christina Collignon, a hostess at Eddie V's, a steak and seafood restaurant perched on a cliff straight up from the guano-coated rocks.
On a recent afternoon, tourists on spring break walked along the sea wall. Some scrunched up their faces in disgust.
"It smells like something dead," said Meghan Brummett as she looked at the birds with her husband and children. The family was visiting from Brawley, a farming town two hours east of San Diego.
Biologists say the odor is the smell of success: Environmental protections put in place over the past few decades have brought back endangered species.
Cormorants and brown pelicans nearly became extinct in the 1970s because of the pesticide DDT. The brown pelican was taken off the federal endangered species list in 2010, and its population, including the Caribbean and Latin America, is estimated at more than 650,000. The total U.S. cormorant population is about 2 million.
La Jolla is a state-designated area of "special biological significance." That means California strictly regulates its waters to protect its abundant marine life, which also attracts birds.
"We're kind of a victim of our own success," said Robert Pitman, a marine biologist at the National Marine Fisheries Service in La Jolla. "We've provided a lot of bird protections so now we're getting a lot of birds. I think we're going to be seeing more of these conflicts come about, and I think we'll have to deal with them on a case-by-case basis. I think there'll have to be compromises all around."
In Canada, guano from cormorants has been blamed for the destruction of native vegetation, while in Mississippi, catfish farmers loathe the sleek, black birds because their keen fishing skills cost them millions every year.
In La Jolla, the birds took over the rocks after the city prohibited people from walking there years ago for safety reasons. There has been little rain to wash away the feces.
George Hauer, who owns the gourmet restaurant George's At The Cove, launched an online petition that has garnered more than 1500 signatures. It states: "The cormorant colony at the La Jolla cove has reached critical mass with their excrement. The smell is overtaking the entire village. The result is a loss of business and a potential public health disaster."
Any cleaning method will require a permit, city officials say. The area is regulated by several government agencies. Washing it with a non-toxic solution would cause concern because of the run off into the ocean, state officials say. Even using just water could cause problems since guano discharged into the ocean in high concentrations would be considered a pollutant.
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner - lauded by animal lovers for placing a security camera at a nearby beach to catch anyone harassing seals there - has promised to find a fix. He wants something a solution before summer arrives and tourism peaks. He's suggesting the rocks be "vacuumed," but hasn't supplied details.
Pitman said vacuuming would not work. He personally recommends something simpler: Sounding a horn over a period of weeks to scare off the birds.
Jessica Manns said it would be a shame to see the birds relocate.
"I think they are a tourist attraction and this is a tourist area so it probably wouldn't be a good idea to try to get rid of them," said Manns, a waitress who often hears complaints about the stench wafting by the seaside tables at the Goldfish Point Cafe.
On a recent afternoon, nearby tourists snapped photos of the cormorants and pelicans standing stoically on their droppings next to seals, basking in the sun.
"I guess it's the price you have to pay for having a locale this close to paradise," said waiter Anton Marek. "I wish there was something we could do about it honestly, but it's also a part of nature. People come here because they want to see nature."
He added with a shrug, "Poop is a part of nature."