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Males, Mentors, Capitol Residents,
People from District 2
Sejanus Plinth
Deceased (executed)
"The only thing I loved about the war was the fact that I still lived at home. If you're asking me if it had any value beyond that, I would say that it was the opportunity to right some wrongs."
―Plinth, reading from an essay about the First Rebellion[src]
Sejanus Plinth was a Capitol citizen, formerly from District 2 who was the mentor of the male tribute of District 2, Marcus during the 10th Hunger Games. He was one of the 24 top-performing seniors of the Academy selected for a mentor role.[1] He was a former close friend of Coriolanus Snow, who both referred to one another as close brothers.
2 Mentorship
3 10th Hunger Games
4 Peacekeeping
4.1 Death
5 Physical Decription
6.1 Snow
6.2 Mrs. Plinth
6.3 Strabo Plinth
6.4 Dr. Gaul
6.5 Marcus
Sejanus was born into the Plinth family, as the only child of Strabo and Mrs. Plinth, both of whom were wealthy District 2 residents. His father, Strabo made much of his wealth off of munitions and weapon manufacturing. At a young age, he attended school, with one of his classmates being Marcus, his future mentee for the Hunger Games. One day, Sejanus smashed his finger in the door accidentally. Marcus, upon seeing this automatically went and scooped up a cup of snow in the windowsill to help bring down the swelling.[2] His father trained him to properly shoot with a gun every week with mandatory practise, considering it apart of the family business.[3]
During the First Rebellion, Strabo profited off largely from the war, as when District 13 rebelled, much of the country's weapon and military manufacturing landed into the Plinth family's work. His father's decision to side with the Capitol during the rebellion and their newfound wealth eventually gave the family citizenship in the city to enjoy privileges that the most oldest and powerful families had earned over generations.[4]
Sejanus arrived to the Capitol 10 years prior to the 10th Hunger Games, enrolled in a elementary school at 8 years of age. When word got out that he came from the districts, he was bullied and teased by his classmates who wanted to make his life a living hell. Snow thought of also participating with the bullying directed toward Sejanus, however abstained and instead opted to ignore him instead.[4]
His father's generous donations in the reconstruction effort after the war also landed him a position at the Academy as per his request.[4] Eventually Professor Sickle made Sejanus one of her star pupils and assistant, and regularly calls him day or night whenever she needed help.
On the reaping day festivities for the 10th Hunger Games, Sejanus was tasked by Agrippina Sickle as her aid to carry around an ornamental shield that she was awarded by successfully overseeing the bombing drills during the rebellion. Sejanus was wearing a soft charcoal grey suit with a white shirt and a paisley tie that Snow noticed almost immediately. Snow and Sejanus then exchanged pleasantries as Agrippina and Satyria were occupied discussing the deployment of peacekeepers to District 12. Sejanus then informed Snow that his family was moving to the Corso, as many owners including the Dolittles would be unable to afford the new taxes that the Capitol was about to implement to help fund reconstruction projects to rebuild the city. This worried Snow so much so that Sejanus noticed something was off and asked Snow if he was alright.[4]
Sejanus and Snow then attended the announcement of the students who were to be mentors for the Hunger Games by Dean Casca Highbottom. Sejanus responded with his assignment of the District 2 male with misery, failing to conceal his emotions. He hypothesised that his father personally requested the assignment himself through bribes.[5]
Sejanus first appeared at the Capitol Zoo at sunset, the day the tributes arrived, shortly after Snow was revealed with the tributes in the cage. He bought a large backpack overflowing with sandwiches and fresh plums made from his mother and attempted the help feed the tributes, who instead responded with uneasiness out of distrust. Sejanus bought out his arms through the bars, and attempted the coax Dill, the District 11 female tribute to take his sandwich that he was offering. When he caught sight of Snow, his face brightened and he waved him over. A little girl then came up to the pair and stated that he should abstain from feeding animals, referring to the tributes, which was met with disagreement from Sejanus who argued that they were kids, like him and the girl. The girl responded with further disdain. Sejanus then proposed that Snow can instead convince his tribute, Lucy Gray Baird to take his sandwich which he believed may cause the other tributes to follow suit. Snow then offered Lucy the sandwich who then proceeded to invite Jessup, the District 12 male over. Jessup then toke a plum from Sejanus and walked off without a word. Suddenly, the other tributes rushed to the fence and within a minute, all the tributes had emptied Sejanus' bag, with the exception of Marcus who stared back at him at the back of the cage with his arms folded. The news team then tried to engage with him, however he brushed them off and disappeared into the crowd.[2]
As Snow left, Sejanus thanked him for stepping up, having hid behind a large boulder when Lucy was singing at the zoo. He reveals that he believed none of their other classmates were going to help him with the exception of Snow, and that ever since the reaping he kept thinking that he could have been one of the tributes reaped. He also revealed that his family is widely known back in District 2 and widely despised, citing that as a reason for Marcus' hatred toward him. When Snow expressed his strong belief that Marcus may win the games, Sejanus proposed that they could swap tributes, showing excitement at the prospect, springing to his feet. However, Snow turned down the proposal.[2]
Sejanus was disappointed and apologises for making things hard for Snow, and blurts out how absurd he thinks the games are, putting kids in an arena to kill each other, believing it unnatural as animals and humans always protect their young. His distress bought him tears, saying that he doesn't want to be apart of it.[6]
In the morning, the mentors were all required to attend a seminar led by Professor Crispus Demigloss, their old history professor to help brainstorm ideas to better engage the Capitol citizens to watch the games. Sejanus' hand went up directly after Professor Demigloss asked the class for proposals, questioning if the Hunger Games is the right thing to do in the first place. His statement was largely ignored. Clemensia responded to Festus' plan to make viewership a law, punishable if broken, citing that the games are cruel and gruesome, and thus people would avoid it. Sejanus used this opportunity to further question the ethicality of the games, saying that only a vicious, twisted person would watch children kill one another, believing that humans are above killing children. Livia snapped back using his District blood to argue that he is ignorant of what the Capitol had seen. Sejanus fell silent but was met with indirect support from Lysistrata. Arachne and Livia then argued with Sejanus, believing that the tributes and District citizens are below them.
As the mentors were talking to their tributes, Sejanus entreatingly spoke to Marcus, who was unresponsive. As the mentors came back from their meeting, Sejanus argued that there was practically no point in interviews, as they would be thrown into an arena to die anyway, with assent and agreement coming from his classmates.
Dr. Gaul then noticed Sejanus as the boy who fed the tributes and questions him. He responded that he felt sympathy for their starvation. Dr Gaul concluded that he was a rebel sympathiser. Sejanus argues instead that some of the tributes were 2 years of age, with the oldest being 8 when the war ended, and by this time they should just be Panem citizens, and be protected by the government as everyone else in the Capitol. He then paused, and blurts out that he should be replaced. The class audibly gasped, and Dr. Gaul refused immediately.[6]
Sejanus went to the zoo later that day, and after Arachne and Brandy was killed, Sejanus kneeled down to the District 10 female tribute, sprinkling a handful of bread crumbs and murmuring something as a sign of respect.[7]
Sejanus was present at the funeral of Arachne Crane, Snow first taking notice of him poking his food. Snow, not wanting Sejanus to be punished for not eating his food, instead opted to bring Sejanus' left over food back home.[8] Sejanus was also present in the tour of the Capitol Arena with his tribute, Marcus. When the bombing went off, his tribute escaped, however he was largely uninjured.[9] Sejanus visited Snow in the Hospital with Snow's book bag from the van and a stack of his mother's delicious meat loaf sandwiches.[9]
Sejanus was also in the biology lab with the remaining mentors for a class with Dr. Gaul and began to traverse into a heated argument about the whereabouts of his tribute, Marcus. Sejanus then attempts to leave, but the doors were locked. He refused to sit down as per Dr. Gaul's request, only seating himself when Snow invited him over to sit next to him. His anger then led the class into agreement that the war and fighting should be over, with Livia, Lysistrata and Festus all showing some form of discontent.
When the class was dismissed, Sejanus follows Snow down the hall, attempting to convince Snow to stop rescuing him. Snow responded with sympathy then asked Sejanus if he had a guitar lying around for Lucy to use for the interviews. Sejanus revealed that he didn't have a guitar in his possession.[10]
At the interviews, he introduced his mother to Snow who expressed her gratitude and thanks.
In a class with Dr. Gaul he expressed further sympathy for the Districts, which was met with objections from his classmates. He, however largely ignored them.[11]
After seeing Marcus strung up to poles with no way to defend himself at the start of the Games, Sejanus threw a chair at the screen and left, infuriated at what he has seen. [12]
That night, Sejanus entered the arena, and protested against the Games by holding vigil over Marcus's body. Dr. Gaul told Coriolanus that he must enter the arena and bring him back before anyone noticed. Unfortunately, while Sejanus and Coriolanus move Marcus's body away from the cameras, the tributes Mizzen, Coral, Bobbin, and Tanner found the two and attack them. Coriolanus accidentally killed Bobbin in self-defense, and, terrified, Sejanus dropped the idea of dragging Marcus's body. Both boys nearly died, but just made it past the barricade to safety. After the incident, Sejanus was very sad and did not participate much. [13]
For his act of entering the arena illegally, he was punished, but his father lessened the punishment to becoming a Peacekeeper in District 12 after he offered to improve the Academy laboratory. Sejanus insisted that Coriolanus also has to graduate from the Academy, and that wish is granted.When he arrived to his bunk room in District 12, he was immediately greeted by an excited Coriolanus, who also had been punished for cheating in the Games.[14] Sejanus' mother sent him things such as baked goods and equipment during his deployment in District 12. He also bought him cash worth thousands of dollars and a picture of his old class with Marcus.[15]
Sejanus and Snow trained together, with Sejanus showing greater skill in shooting than the other peacekeepers, believing the other members to be badly trained.[3] They were soon assigned to the hanging of Arlo Chance for his bombing of the coal mines.
Eventually, whilst Snow met up with Lucy Gray after the brawl, Sejanus occupied himself with talking to Billy Taupe, Lucy's ex. Presumably, they discussed a rebel plot of sorts, and Sejanus instantly assisted and followed Billy's wishes, drawing out a map of the peacekeeper base. As they departed, Billy mentioned to Sejanus that they can talk again at the hob.[16]
Sejanus then reveals to Snow that he was indeed planning a rebel plot with local rebels to flee to the north to escape Capitol influence, confirming Snow's previous suspicions. Unbeknown to Sejanus however, Snow used one of the jabberjays to record him which was then sent to the Capitol.[17]
During a performance at the Hob, Snow stumbled upon Sejanus, Billy and Spruce at a shed with a sack of weapons finalising their rebel plot. Suddenly, Mayfair Lipp, the daughter of then mayor of District 12 stumbled upon the scene and threatened to out all of the rebels out to her father. In the altercation that followed, Mayfair was shot dead by Snow and Billy was killed by Spruce.[18]
Despite Coriolanus' best efforts to stop Sejanus from getting into trouble, Sejanus' rebel sympathy and loathing of the Capitol clouded his judgement. Even though Coriolanus thought Dr. Gaul would not have checked the jabberjay recordings, he was wrong as she had. He had also not considered that Sejanus was now an adult and it was too late for Strabo Plinth to buy his son out of the situation. Despite being present at Mayfair and Spruce's murder, it was the jabberjay recording which led Sejanus to be arrested, and later executed by hanging at the hanging tree. His last words he cried out were to his mother.[18]
Physical Decription
Sejanus is described as having soulful brown eyes, and a tall, angular frame. [2]
"We're so glad that Sejanus has such a good friend"
―Mrs. Plinth showing gratitude toward Coriolanus Snow
Due to the fact that Snow abstained from bullying Sejanus, he held a higher standard and trust for Snow, expressing that Snow was more likely to help him than any of his classmates.[2] Snow sacrificed and rescued Sejanus many times, assisting him breaking out of the arena and calming him down against Dr. Gaul. Despite their rather favourable relationship, Snow was two-faced, showing dissent against Sejanus due to him coming from the Districts, personally getting angry when Sejanus expressed sympathy for the Districts in front of the class.[11]
Their relationship continued to develop positively well into their peacekeeping deployment, even calling themselves brothers, with Sejanus continuing to descend more so with the rebels. However, he was betrayed by Snow who recorded Sejanus's rebel plans. His actions led to Sejanus' execution and death. After his death, Snow was convinced he had no choice, and trespassed into Sejanus' locker, where he ate a cookie. He then proceeded to cry and vomit. [19] Afterwards, Snow kept Sejanus' real cause of death a secret, and successfully become an heir to the Plinth family.[20]
Mrs. Plinth
"Sejanus hasn't come home. I'm so worried"
―Mrs. Plinth expressing her distress at the disapearence of Sejanus
Mrs. Plinth was caring toward Sejanus, showing gratitude to Snow for being kind to him. Most of the time, she cooked and baked food for Sejanus and to an extent, his friends and allies including his peacekeeper squad.[14] She cried out of distress and worry when Sejanus hadn't come home when the games began, displaying her loving nature toward Sejanus.[13]
After his death, Mrs. Plinth was left devastated. Strabo expressed that she needed something to live for.[20]
Strabo Plinth
"My wife needs something to live for. So do I for that matter"
―Strabo Plinth revealing to Snow his grief after Sejanus' death
Strabo had a strained relationship with his son, Sejanus, however did show some degree of kindness and care for him. In fact, Mrs. Plinth revealed that the only reason why Strabo decided to reside in the Capitol was because he personally believed it would give his son and grandchildren a better life. [15]However, he largely misunderstood Sejanus, who would rather live back in District 2. Strabo resorted to bribes and corruption to give Sejanus the best opportunity, as a mentor and a spot at the academy. Despite his best attempts, Strabo tried to make Sejanus get more in line with those from the Capitol, believing it best for him which was met with dissent from Sejanus. Although their relationship was strained, Strabo showed distress and grief after his son's death, getting Snow as his heir to fill the hole of his son to get another reason to live for.[20]
Dr. Gaul
"It's the compassionate one. Where's your tribute boy? Any clue?"
―Dr. Gaul taunting Sejanus about Marcus
Dr. Gaul and Sejanus disliked one another, with Dr. Gaul taunting him constantly, referring to him at the compassionate one, boy and the Plinth's brat, avoiding using his real name.[13] They disagreed regularly, however Dr. Gaul believed that Sejanus' compassion was a rather good trait. Nevertheless, their disagreements of the Districts led to arguments, as Dr. Gaul disliked the Districts greatly, and Sejanus believing that the Districts and the Capitol should reunite.[10] He also showed disobedience to Dr. Gaul, disrespecting her and refusing to adhere to her requests.
Dr. Gaul didn't care for Sejanus at all, showing no sympathy for his death,[19] and only helped save Sejanus from the arena only due to the effects that is may have on the Capitol, not because his life was in danger.[13]
"Marcus, this is for you"
―Sejanus trying to feed Marcus, who only ignores him
In District 2, when they were young Marcus showed some form of kindness toward Sejanus, helping him when he broke his finger.[2] However, when he left for the Capitol, Sejanus was disliked by Marcus alongside much of the District. Marcus resented Sejanus during much of the mentorship program before the games, ignoring him. Despite Sejanus' best efforts, Marcus never talked back to him. [6]
When Marcus was shown in the Capitol arena hanging and badly beaten, Sejanus showed a extreme emotional response, showing the sympathy and care he felt for Marcus. [11]Despite their unfavourable relationship, Sejanus still attempted to make amends and help Marcus.
Sejanus was disliked in the districts for having relations to the Capitol and disliked in the Capitol for being from the Districts.
Sejanus wanted to be a medic instead of a Peacekeeper, and he disliked the idea of violence.
↑ Canfield, David (January 21, 2020). Who's the star of the Hunger Games prequel? Read the exclusive first excerpt. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on January 26, 2020.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 5
↑ 3.0 3.1 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 23
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 1
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 6
↑ 10.0 10.1 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 11
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 12
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 15
↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter Epilogue
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Erie, Pennsylvania – The Erie Otters Hockey Club today introduced their updated team identity by unveiling new logos and uniforms to fans and media at their annual awards banquet.
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cyclogyro
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 07:06 PM - Flying Contraptions
There seems to be a renewal of interest in the heretofore abandoned concept of the cyclogyro
The cyclogyro has two rotating sets of "paddles" whose angle of attack is cyclically modified to create lift in the desired direction. The principle is well described by the animation in this Wikipedia article.
There is a YouTube video of a thethered micro-size cyclogyro, which was designed at the National University of Singapore. A detailed description of the design is available here.
A team of Japanese roboticists has apparently revived the concept, using a "pantograph" mechanism to vary the angle of attack (link to IEEE Tans. Mechatronics article),
and a short description with pictures on PhysOrg.
I'm somewhat doubtful of the efficiency of the design, but it looks like a fun thing to build.
There is a number of article on the web that describe 1930's designs for cyclogyros. I am somewhat surprised that none of these designs seem to include an anti-torque system. These paddles are bound to generate a high torque that would make the vehicle pitch up (which is why the cyclogyro on the YouTube video has a propeller in the back).
Rovio robots play soccer at NYU
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 11:39 PM - Robotics
This past semester, I have been teaching an undergraduate course Introduction to Robotics. The first series of assignments included programming Arduinos to read sensors and actuate servos and DC motors. The second series included programming a Pololu 3Pi robot to follow a line (using a PID controller), and perform dead reckoning (coming home after following a line to its end).
The last series of homework consisted in getting Rovio robots to play soccer. I feel I should mention this here because the class page showing videos and pictures of the students' soccer-playing Rovios had been mentioned by a number of blogs, including Slashgear and RoboCommunity.
The Rovio robots can be seen as "Wifi webcams on wheels". The goal of the project was to push a tennis ball into a goal. The tennis ball is bright yellow, and the goal posts are red. The rovios are controlled by software running on a laptop which performs the vision and control algorithms. The software is written in our very own Lush language, which is a dialect of Lisp.
Bill McHenry at La Lanterna
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 12:57 AM - Jazz
Tonight at La Lanterna in NYC tenor sax Bill McHenry was sitting in for Joel Frahm, with bassist Joe Martin and drummer Bill Campbell. They played two of Bill McHenry's new compositions "Violetta" and "Lines" which I thought were particularly interesting.
micRo CNC kit
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 03:00 AM - Misc TechnoToys
Lumenlab proposes the micRo CNC kit for $500 for a partial kit and $1000 for a complete kit. You can also get a low-end Dell PC to control the CNC machine for $330, pre-configured with Ubuntu.
The total travel dimensions are 34cm x 25cm x 8.9 cm.
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XBee carrier boards
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 02:50 AM - Electronics
The Makershed has a new XBee adapter for $10 with 10 pins, some which directly fit in an FTDI serial USB adapter cable. It includes level shifters and a 3.3v regulator and can be plugged into a proto board.
Newmicros also has an XBee USB dongle, for $40.
Cheap dual wireless cameras
Saturday, March 14, 2009, 09:09 PM - Electronics
Intelspy sells a surveillance system with two wireless cameras and a 2-channel receiver for $130. The interesting thing is that the claimed range is over 500m.
Arduino-based magnetic levitation
A cool little hack in which an Arduino is used to levitate a magnetic object and regulate its distance from the levitating electromagnet.
Arduino JEP shields
Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:04 PM - Electronics
This page has a bunch of interesting prototyping shields for the Arduino, including relays, power FETs, motor drivers and such (via Makezine blog).
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Micro RC manufacturer Plantraco has a Ready-to-Fly 1/72 scale RC Spitfire, with a wingspan of 15cm, and incredible weight of 2.7 grams. The plane is available for $99 including the radio. It uses a 4mm coreless motor with a 32mm prop, a 0.38g 2channel receiver (rudder and throttle), a 0.07g rudder actuator, and a 0.95g 20mAh lipo battery.
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Akai EWI 4000s patch editor for Linux
Sunday, March 1, 2009, 01:52 AM - Misc Music
I just noticed this nice Akai EWI 4000s patch editor/librarian app called EWItool. The best part is that it runs on Linux (as well as on Windoze). There is a pre-compiled debian package too.
It can automagically fetch patches from EWIpatchExchange.
WRAM show
Monday, February 23, 2009, 01:28 PM - Misc TechnoToys
The WRAM show is an R/C modeling trade show that takes place every February at the Westchester county center in White Plains, north of the New York City. The show usually occupies two floor and the booths are filled with manufacturers, importers/distributors, and retailers showing their exotic gear. This year however, the show was rather disappointing and occupied only one floor. Many of the manufacturers that usually have a booth were absent, and many of the big on-line retailers like Hobby Lobby and BP Hobbies were absent. It looks like the economic crisis is having an impact.
Random fun links of the day
- Box2d-js is a physics engine written in Javascript. It's automatically translated from the popular Box2D engine which is written in Flash.
- Trace En Poche (which could be translated as "pocket plotter") is an amazing on-line tool geometry, kinematics, and plotting tool. It allows you to enter descriptions of geometric figures using a GUI or a simple description language, and to plot and animate the result. The tool is available in a number of languages (French, English, Spanish, German, and Arabic). Thanks to Bertrand for the pointer.
- Command-line-fu: a bunch of random semi-non-obvious Unix/Linux command-line idioms to do various useful tasks. These simple tricks will occasionally aleviate the need to plow through the man pages of find, awk, egrep, sort, and such.
- Diamonds in the Sky: a collection of scientifically correct astronomy-related science fiction stories (sponsored by NSF).
- GPS homing device: Hammacher-Schlemmer has a simple GPS homing device for $80. Press a button when you are at a particular location, and the device will keep track of the distance and bearing to that location. It's small and simple to use. It integrated a self-calibrating digital compass in addition to a GPS.
Universal Robots: fantastic play. Totally r0kz
Friday, February 20, 2009, 12:28 AM - TechnoPolitics
I went to see Universal Robots, the play by Mac Rogers at the Manhattan Theater Source yesterday. It's a fantastic play, very clever. The play is quite long (about 2.5 hours, or 3 hours including the intermission), but it is riveting from beginning to end. Each little dialogue and detail that seems gratuitous at first turns out to have major consequence for the future of humanity. The play feels like an elaborate scaffolding in which every small part plays an important role in keeping the construction together.
Practically every moral, social, and political issue raised by the possible emergence of intelligent robots is raised during the play: the military funding of scientific research, the political control of a unique and powerful technology, the role of human labor in an automated world, robotic wars, robot pain, robot morals, robot love, robot compassion, robot sex....
Go see the play. It's on until March 7 (and come to the panel discussion on Saturday Feb 21 at 3:00PM).
Minoru stereo webcam now works under Linux
Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 02:53 AM - Robotics
Thanks to Laurent Pinchart, maintainer of the uvcvideo driver, the Minoru stereo webcam now works on Linux.
If you are in a hurry to get it to work, here is the installation process under Ubuntu (or any Linux distro with kernel version 2.6.27-xx):
0. make sure you have installed the linux-headers package, probably called linux-headers-generic.
1. download Laurent's latest driver from linuxtv.org (click on the .gz link near the top of the page).
2. do "tar xvf <the-file-you-just-downloaded>". This will make a directory named "uvcvideo-XXXXXXX" in the current directory. cd to that directory.
3. do "make", and "sudo make install".
4. plug in the Minoru webcam.
The left and right webcams will appear as /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 (unless you already have a video device plugged in). You can grab from both cameras simultaneously at 640x480 at 15 frames per second, or 320x240 at 30 frames per second.
Thanks to Laurent for the quick fix, to Jan Ciger for testing the patches, and to Steve Jamieson and David Holder from Minoru for being supportive.
Universal Robot: Play at the Manhattan Theater Source + Panel Discussion (with yours truly)
Friday, February 6, 2009, 11:06 AM - Robotics
The Manhattan Theater Source in Greenwich Village, just north of Washington Square Park (and two blocks away from my lab at NYU) will host the play Universal Robots, a liberal adapation by Mac Rogers of Karel Capek's classic play R.U.R. ("Rossum Universal Robots", this is where the word "robot" comes from). The play will run from Feb 12 to Mar 7.
A Panel discussion will take place on Feb 21st from 3:00 to 4:00 PM entitled Resistance is Futile: Exploring our Evolving Relationship to Robots in Today�s Wired World. Panel participants will include my friend Michael Littman (from Rutgers), and yours truly, as well as artists and scifi writers.
Using the Minoru stereo webcam under Linux
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 04:29 PM - Misc TechnoToys
I just received one these brand new Minoru stereo webcam, which I bought at Amazon from 90 bucks (a steal considering the price of the closest competitor).
Naturally, I'd like to use it under Linux for robot vision, so I was crossing my fingers that one of the webcam drivers on Linux would recognize it.
As soon as I received the camera, I plugged it into my laptop running Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid. There are good news and bads news.
Good news: the device is detected by the uvcvideo driver, and the left and right cameras appear as /dev/video0 and /dev/video1. My video grabbing software was able to grab frames from both camera separately. I tried my own video grabbing test program written in Lush for v4l2.
Now for the bad news: it seems impossible to grab video from the left and right cameras at the same time :-(
It looks like uvcvideo assigns more than half the USB port bandwidth to the first camera, and there is not enough left for the second. I've posted a question about the problem on the uvcvideo developer mailing list. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Laurent Pinchart, maintainer of the UVC driver is looking into the problem. It looks like the camera reports a higher bandwidth than it needs (at least, that's what how the driver interprets the data). The Minoru people are interested in making their camera work with Linux and are helping out Laurent (sending him a free camera and such).


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Northern Territory Birth Index 1870-1918
Discover the details of your Northern Territory ancestor's birth. Find out what information is on their birth certificate and learn when and where they were born, and their parents' names.
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Father's first name(s)
Mother's first name(s)
Mother's last name
Search Northern Territory Birth Index 1870-1918
Each record includes a transcript. The amount of information listed varies, but the Northern Territory Birth Index 1870-1918 may include the following information about your ancestor:
The child's first name(s) and last name
The child's date and year of birth
The place of birth, as transcribed
The father's first name
The mother's name (including maiden name in some cases)
The state and country in which the child was born
Discover more about these records
The Northern Territory Birth Index 1870-1918 records comprise approximately 1,780 entries from an index of births registered in the Northern Territory, Australia, between 1870 and 1918.
All Northern Territory births, deaths and marriages required registration from 24 August 1870. Original birth certificates from the Northern Territory are held and administered by the Northern Territory Government's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice. These certificates are not available to search or view online, but can be purchased. See further details below.
Note that the level of detail listed regarding the place of birth varies widely. In some cases, only the town or region was specified, while other entries on this index record particular camps, hospitals and even telegraph stations. It is also important to note that South Australia became responsible for administering the Northern Territory in 1863, and it became known as the district of Palmerston. (Prior to this, the Northern Territory was considered part of New South Wales, with the exception of a short period in 1846.) When the Northern Territory was transferred to the federal government's control in 1911, the South Australian government sent its registrations of births, deaths and marriages from the Northern Territory to Darwin. These are now held in the Northern Territory Government's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
If your Northern Territory ancestors were born prior to 24 August 1870, it is worth checking for a record of their birth among the South Australian and New South Wales births, deaths and marriages registers, which are also available on Findmypast.
Ordering a Certificate
In Australia, each state administers its own birth, death and marriage certificates and the process of ordering a certificate, as well as the level of detail they may contain, varies widely.
In the Northern Territory, the Northern Territory Government's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice is responsible for managing this process.
For information about certified copies of certificates issued by the Northern Territory Government please refer to http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/index.shtml
Ordering a birth certificate will involve applying on the Registry's online facility, using the website link listed above. Applications can also be made via fax, post or, for those who live in the Northern Territory, in person at one of four Register-General's Offices around the Northern Territory. Note that costs apply.
It is important to keep in mind that only birth certificates dating back over 80 years can be accessed by any member of the public. Birth certificates that are less than 80 years old are generally only available to the person in question, their parents or guardians, or others that the Registrar deems as eligible to apply.
Useful Links & Resources
Northern Territory Marriage Index 1870-1913
Northern Territory Death Index 1870-1913


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namespace Sandstorm\UserManagement\Controller;

use Neos\Error\Messages\Error;
use Neos\Error\Messages\Message;
use Neos\Flow\I18n\Translator;
use Neos\Flow\Mvc\Controller\ControllerContext;
use Neos\Flow\Security\Exception\AuthenticationRequiredException;
use Sandstorm\UserManagement\Domain\Service\RedirectTargetServiceInterface;
use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
use Neos\Flow\Exception;
use Neos\Flow\Mvc\ActionRequest;
use Neos\Flow\Security\Authentication\Controller\AbstractAuthenticationController;
use Neos\Flow\Core\Bootstrap;
use Psr\Http\Message\UriFactoryInterface;

class LoginController extends AbstractAuthenticationController
{

    /**
     * Bootstrap for retrieving the current HTTP request
     *
     * @Flow\Inject
     * @var Bootstrap
     */
    protected $bootstrap;

    /**
     * @Flow\Inject
     * @var RedirectTargetServiceInterface
     */
    protected $redirectTargetService;

    /**
     * @Flow\Inject
     * @var UriFactoryInterface
     */
    protected $uriFactory;

    /**
     * @Flow\Inject
     * @var Translator
     */
    protected $translator;

    /**
     * @var string
     * @Flow\InjectConfiguration(path="authFailedMessage.title")
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    protected $loginFailedTitle;

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getLoginFailedTitle()
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                'authFailedMessage.title',
                [],
                null,
                null,
                'Main',
                'Sandstorm.UserManagement'
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    /**
     * @var string
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    /**
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getLoginFailedBody()
    {
        return $this->loginFailedBody === 'i18n'
            ? $this->translator->translateById(
                'authFailedMessage.body',
                [],
                null,
                null,
                'Main',
                'Sandstorm.UserManagement'
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            : $this->loginFailedBody;
    }

    /**
     * SkipCsrfProtection is needed here because we will have errors otherwise if we render multiple
     * plugins on the same page
     *
     * @return void
     * @Flow\SkipCsrfProtection
     */
    public function loginAction()
    {
        $this->view->assign('account', $this->securityContext->getAccount());
        $this->view->assign('node', $this->request->getInternalArgument('__node'));
    }

    /**
     * Is called after a request has been authenticated.
     *
     * @param \Neos\Flow\Mvc\ActionRequest $originalRequest The request that was intercepted by the security framework, NULL if there was none
     * @throws \Neos\Flow\Exception
     * @return string
     */
    protected function onAuthenticationSuccess(ActionRequest $originalRequest = null)
    {
        $this->emitAuthenticationSuccess($this->controllerContext, $originalRequest);

        $result = $this->redirectTargetService->onAuthenticationSuccess($this->controllerContext, $originalRequest);
        if (is_string($result)) {
            $this->redirectToUri($result);
        } elseif ($result instanceof ActionRequest) {
            $this->redirectToRequest($result);
        }

        if ($result === null) {
            $this->view->assign('account', $this->securityContext->getAccount());
        } else {
            throw new Exception('RedirectTargetServiceInterface::onAuthenticationSuccess must return either null, an URL string or an ActionRequest object, but was: ' .
                gettype($result) . ' - ' . get_class($result), 1464164500);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Is called if authentication failed.
     *
     * Override this method in your login controller to take any
     * custom action for this event. Most likely you would want
     * to redirect to some action showing the login form again.
     *
     * @param \Neos\Flow\Security\Exception\AuthenticationRequiredException $exception The exception thrown while the authentication process
     * @return void
     */
    protected function onAuthenticationFailure(AuthenticationRequiredException $exception = null)
    {
        $this->emitAuthenticationFailure($this->controllerContext, $exception);
        $this->addFlashMessage($this->getLoginFailedBody(), $this->getLoginFailedTitle(),Message::SEVERITY_ERROR, [], ($exception === null ? 1347016771 : $exception->getCode()));
    }

    /**
     * Logs all active tokens out.
     */
    public function logoutAction()
    {
        parent::logoutAction();

        $this->emitLogout($this->controllerContext);

        $result = $this->redirectTargetService->onLogout($this->controllerContext);

        if (is_string($result)) {
            $this->redirectToUriAndShutdown($result);
        } elseif ($result instanceof ActionRequest) {
            $this->redirectToRequest($result);
        } else if ($result === null) {
            // Default: redirect to login
            $this->redirect('login');
        } else {
            throw new Exception('RedirectTargetServiceInterface::onLogout must return either null, an URL string or an ActionRequest object, but was: ' .
                gettype($result) . ' - ' . get_class($result), 1464164500);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Disable the default error flash message
     *
     * @return boolean
     */
    protected function getErrorFlashMessage()
    {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @param ControllerContext $controllerContext
     * @param ActionRequest $originalRequest
     * @Flow\Signal
     */
    protected function emitAuthenticationSuccess(ControllerContext $controllerContext, ActionRequest $originalRequest = null)
    {
    }

    /**
     * @param ControllerContext $controllerContext
     * @param AuthenticationRequiredException $exception
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     */
    protected function emitAuthenticationFailure(ControllerContext $controllerContext, AuthenticationRequiredException $exception = null)
    {
    }

    /**
     * @param ControllerContext $controllerContext
     * @Flow\Signal
     */
    protected function emitLogout(ControllerContext $controllerContext)
    {
    }

    /**
     * @param string $result
     */
    protected function redirectToUriAndShutdown(string $result)
    {
        $escapedUri = htmlentities($result, ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8');
        $this->redirectToUri($this->uriFactory->createUri((string)$escapedUri));
        $this->bootstrap->shutdown(Bootstrap::RUNLEVEL_RUNTIME);
        exit();
    }
}

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EXPLAINER: How The United States Electoral College Works
Ahead of the election, political parties either choose electors at their national conventions, or they are voted for by the party's central committee.
As vote count gets underway in battleground states across America, observers around the world who are unacquainted with the US system of choosing the president are searching for answers.
When Americans vote for a new president, in reality, they are voting for a representative of that candidate's party, known as an elector.
There are 538 electors who in turn vote for the president on behalf of the people in their states.
Each state is assigned a certain number of these electoral votes, based on population, the number of congressional districts they have, plus two additional votes representing the state's Senate seats.
Washington DC is also assigned three electoral votes, despite having no voting representation in Congress.
A candidate needs at least 270 of the electoral votes to win the presidential election.
The process of nominating electors varies by state and by party, but it is generally done one of two ways.
The electoral college nearly always operates with a winner-takes-all system, in which the candidate with the highest number of votes in a state claims all of that state's electoral votes.
In 2016, Trump beat Clinton in Florida by a margin of just 2.2%, but that meant he claimed all 29 of Florida's crucial electoral votes.
Such small margins in a handful of crucial swing states meant that regardless of Clinton's national vote lead, Trump was able to clinch victory in several swing states and therefore won more electoral college votes.
Joe Biden is currently leading the tally of electoral college votes with 248 according to the Associated Press and 264. Trump is limping behind at 214 votes.


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This Map of the United States Shows Exactly Where Zika Mosquitos Live Right Now
Zika Mosquitos in the United States
June 10, 2016 by Lauren Levy
As public health officials and citizens prepare for local outbreaks of the Zika virus across the continental United States, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention released a new map of the US showing exactly where mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus live.
According to the map, made by CDC experts and shared in the Journal of Medical Entomology, the particular species of mosquitoes that can transmit the diseases reside within 40 states as well as Washington DC. As mosquito season progresses and thousands of travelers are returning from Latin America and the Caribbean with the Zika infection, mosquitoes in these areas have the potential to spread the virus to other citizens.
Aedes aegypti, which can also carry yellow fever, and Aedes albopictus are the two species of mosquitoes that can spread the Zika virus to others after biting an infected person.
"Between January 1995 and March 2016, 183 counties from 26 states and the District of Columbia reported the occurrence of Aedes aegypti, and 1,241 counties from 40 states and the District of Columbia reported the occurrence of Aedes albopictus," Micah Hahn and colleagues from the CDC wrote in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
There are currently 618 Zika cases within the continental US, and according to NBC, experts say they believe that there are thousands more that haven't been reported. The CDC is also tracking 195 women who are pregnant with Zika within the continental US, as well as 146 infected expecting moms in US territories.
Image Source: The Journal of Medical Entomology
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Big-Box Swindle named a Booksense Pick for November 2006 and 2006 Book Sense Pick Highlight!
Large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America and are rapidly transforming our economy, communities, and landscape. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising water pollution and diminished civic engagement.
Mitchell's investigation takes us from the suburbs of Cleveland to a fruit farm in California, the stockroom of an Oregon Wal-Mart, and a Pennsylvania town's Main Street. She uncovers the shocking role government policy has played in the expansion of mega-retailers and builds a compelling case that communities composed of many small businesses are healthier and more prosperous than those dominated by large chains.
More than a critique, Big-Box Swindle draws on real life to show how some communities are successfully countering the spread of mega-retailers and rebuilding their local economies. Mitchell describes innovative approaches-from cutting-edge land-use policies to small-business initiatives-that together provide a detailed road map to a more prosperous and sustainable future.
"This is the ultimate account of the single most important economic trend in our country-the replacement of local businesses, and all they represent, with the big boxes. What Nickel and Dimed did for the Wal-Mart worker, Stacy Mitchell does for the community threatened by mega-retailers."
"	"A great read! The big-box shadow looms over us mightily, but, as Stacy Mitchell documents, hundreds of communities have already saved themselves. She tells us how they did it and firmly invites us to step forward into the light. Change-a-lujah!"
"Big-Box Swindle is a well-researched and frightening book about an economic pandemic engulfing the United States…The big boxes are draining cities and towns of money and bankrupting neighborhood businesses that have long been the backbone of American communities. Big-Box Swindle is a book every citizen needs to read."
"Stacy Mitchell provides an astonishing exposé of the broad-reaching implications of our shopping habits. Big Box Swindle should be required reading for everyone who cares about America's main streets, as well as a call to arms to small businesses everywhere to organize and take action."
"Through rich, real-life stories, Stacy Mitchell reveals that those 'low prices' so proudly promoted by big-box behemoths come at an intolerably high cost to our communities and culture. Can we beat the behemoths? Yes! And Mitchell shows us the way. Read on, take heart, and take action!"
Visit the website for Big-Box Swindle.


Sometimes in Microscope someone Pushes to change one of your ideas, but instead of disagreeing you think "hey, I do like that more, let's do it!" By the rules you have to go through the finger-vote and find out what everyone else thinks, but sometimes that's unnecessary work.
If someone Pushes to change something you said during a Scene and you prefer their version, you can just say "Concede" and automatically replace what you said with their idea. Play continues normally without stopping to vote.
If any other player prefers the original idea (or has another idea of their own) they can require a vote instead. If you do vote, follow the normal procedure just as though you had not used the Concede option.
Eagle-eyed rules mavens will notice that this doesn't change how the game works at all. It's just a shortcut when everyone is in agreement. It's nice because it means you can get back to role-playing the scene quicker.
Absolutely! In fact we've been using this as an unofficial rule for some time now.
This is such a helpful idea. I just got the Microscope game and will be including this in games I run.


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Трка на 400 метара у мушкој конкуренцији на 12. Светском првенству у атлетици 2009. у Берлину одржана је 18., 19. и 21. августа на Олимпијском стадиону.

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Учествовало је 53 такмичара из 37 земаља.

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Рекорди на 400 метара за мушкарце пре почетка светског првенства 15. августа 2009. године:

Најбољи резултати у 2009. години
Десет најбржих атлетичара 2009. године је пре почетка светког првенства (15 августа 2009) заузимало следећи пласман.

Такмичари чија су имена подебљана учествовали су на СП 2009.

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Такмичење је одржано 18. августа 2009. године. У квалификацијама су учествовала 53 атлетичара који су били подељени у 7 група. Пласман у полуфинале изборила су по 3 првопласирана из сваке групе (КВ) и 3 са најбољим резултатом (кв).,,

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Такмичење је одржано 19. августа 2009. године. Такмичари су били подељени у 3 групе. Пласман у финале обезбедили су по 2 првопласирана спринтера из сваке групе (КВ) те још 2 са најбољим резултатом (кв).,,

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News: Border Patrol must answer for migrant deaths
Border patrol must answer for migrant deaths
On April 19, 2019, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with No More Deaths, seeking documents regarding Border Patrol's (BP) role in responding to requests for emergency assistance along the U.S.-Mexico border, an area infamous for its migrant death toll.
The request seeks documents and data relating to CBP's Joint Intelligence Operations Center and how it processes requests for emergency assistance, and Border Patrol's BORSTAR unit, which is charged with conducting search-and-rescue missions in the area. Advocates and activists believe that BORSTAR, which was created in 1998 in part in reaction to the number of migrant deaths along the border, has effectively taken the place of 911 for all requests for emergency services made by migrants. According to the filing, between 1998 and 2015 more than 6,500 migrants died on the U.S. side of the border, primarily from environmental heat exposure. Many more remain uncounted.
"Border Patrol has essentially replaced 911 for migrants in the greater-Tucson border area," said Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado. "Given the agency's well-documented history of abuse, it is crucial to understand if and how Border Patrol might be failing to prevent—or even contributing—to those deaths."
The attorneys involved in the FOIA request are seeking information on policies, procedures, and protocols that will explain the causes and effects of the crisis.
Read more about the FOIA request on our website.
Trump fails to appoint representative to UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Since the start of the Trump administration, the White House has expressed sympathy for and referred to participants in white nationalist demonstrations as "very fine people". Under Trump, groups that champion white supremacy, white nationalism, and racist violence have found themselves emboldened. Now, amidst a well-documented intensification in white supremacist terrorism and hate speech, the president has refused to re-appoint Center for Constitutional Rights board member Gay McDougall (or appoint her successor) to represent the U.S. on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, leaving the seat vacant and expressing not only disregard for questions of racism but contempt for the role of international bodies, from the United Nations to the International Criminal Court.
On April 17, the Center of Constitutional Rights issued a statement condemning the administration for their failure to appoint a candidate.
Read our official statement on our website.
Letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo: Cease sale of arms to Israel
The Center for Constitutional Rights has joined a number of U.S. and Palestinian human rights organizations to call for Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to cease all forms of military assistance to Israel "in light of continuing grave concerns...that Israel's army may have committed gross human rights violations in responding with lethal force to Palestinian protesters in Gaza."
In May 2018, the Center for Constitutional Rights, together with Adalah Justice Project, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza), Amnesty International USA, Defense for Children International - Palestine, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, wrote to Secretary Pompeo calling on the Department of State to investigate Israel's use of lethal force against Palestinian protesters since March 30, 2018.
The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI), found that between March 30 and December 21, 2018 "183 people were shot dead, another 6,106 were wounded with live ammunition" by Israel, and "[a]mong those shot were children, paramedics, journalists, and persons with disabilities." In addition, a "further 1,576 persons (including 345 children and 59 women) - probably not the intended targets - were injured by bullet fragmentation or shrapnel." These findings, according to the COI, amounted to "serious human rights violations that may constitute crimes against humanity."
Our letter to Secretary Pompeo focuses on the inaction of the U.S. State Department and questions its commitment to uphold U.S. law, specifically 502 B(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act. In this context, the letter calls for a total cessation of military aid or assistance to Israel.
Read the letter in full on our website.
Women of Cancer Alley call for moratorium on plant development
Last week, the Center for Constitutional Rights screened seven short films by the courageous women activists, the Women of Cancer Alley, as part of our Freedom Flicks film series.
The short films detail the destructive effects of petrochemical facilities, refineries, and tank farms on the health and livelihoods of the women, their families, and their communities. Each woman spoke to on their personal fight to make their voices heard in the face of multi-billion-dollar corporations that go to great lengths to obscure the impact their facilities have on the local communities and discredit any dissenting opinions.
In a discussion following the screening, five of the seven women, Iris Brown Carter, Lydia Gerard, Liz Gordon, Sharon Lavigne, and Ariel Williams, together with reporter Alleen Brown of the Intercept, outlined the women's calls for a moratorium on all plant development in their communities unless corporations were able to comply with strict emissions targets. "It's time for them to put up or shut up," said Lydia Gerard. "They've either got to lower emissions or they've got to go."
FREEDOM FLICKS: The Feeling of Being Watched and the Silence of Others
The Feeling of Being Watched @ Brooklyn Academy of Music (5/1)
On May 1, the Center for Constitutional Rights, in partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), will present The Feeling of Being Watched, directed by journalist and filmmaker Assia Boundaoui.
In the Arab-American neighborhood outside of Chicago where Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of her neighbors believed they were under government surveillance for over a decade. In this stunning documentary, Boundaoui, a journalist and filmmaker, conducts a comprehensive investigation to corroborate their worst fears. The Feeling of Being Watched is an attempt to shine a light on a secret FBI operation to surveil one American community. Unearthing tens of thousands of pages of government documents, Boundaoui connects the dots to one of the largest counter-terrorism investigations conducted in the U.S. before 9/11. In the process, she confronts long-hidden truths about the FBI's relationship to her own community, grappling with the new knowledge of a lifetime of surveillance on herself and her family.
Get tickets at BAM's website. Use the discount code BAMCCR19 for BAM member ticket price.
This presentation is a part of Freedom Flicks, the Center for Constitutional Rights' long-running film series, which harnesses the power of film to educate, activate, and build community. Freedom Flicks engages audiences across disciplines in stories of struggle and courage that shape our world, past and present. Our programming includes screenings of cutting-edge, socially engaged films followed by a short conversation with storytellers, lawyers, and activists.
Photo: Courtesy of Women Make Movies.
The Silence of Others @ Film Forum (5/10)
Check out the Events section of our website for our May 10 Freedom Flicks screening of The Silence of Others and talk-back with filmmaker Almudena Carracedo and Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher.
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An ideal candidate is someone with at least two years of development experience, familiarity with database management (with preference given to candidates who have experience with Raiser's Edge), excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong commitment to combating oppressive systems of power, including structural racism, gender oppression, economic inequity, and governmental overreach, the backbone of the work we do at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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Q: FASTAPI testing database not creating database I'm trying to test my FASTAPI app. Seems to me, all settings are correct.
test_users.py
engine = create_engine(
    f"postgresql"
    f"://{settings.database_username}"
    f":{settings.database_password}"
    f"@{settings.database_hostname}"
    f":{settings.database_port}"
    f"/test_{settings.database_name}"
    )
TestingSessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)

Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)

def override_get_db():
    try:
        db = TestingSessionLocal()
        yield db
    finally:
        db.close()

app.dependency_overrides[get_db] = override_get_db

client = TestClient(app)

def test_create_user():
    response = client.post(
        "/users/",
        json={"email": "nikita@gmail.com", "password": "password"}
    )
    new_user = schemas.UserOutput(**response.json())

    assert response.status_code == 201
    assert new_user.email == "nikita@gmail.com"

When I run pytest, I get this error:

sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError: (psycopg2.OperationalError) connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: FATAL:  database "test_social_media_api" does not exist

Why is the code not creating the database?

A: With engine = create_engine("postgresql://...") you define a connection to an existing PostgreSql database.
And with Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine) you create the tables - according to your models - in the existing database.
So the code that you written does not create a database, it expects that you give it an already existing database.
And that has to do with PostgreSQL itself.
PostgreSQL runs as a server, and a PostgreSQL server can run multiple databases. And each database has to be created explicitly.
Just telling SQLAlchemy the connection string is not enough.
It's possible to create a new database from Python itself by connecting to the PostgreSQL server (see https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python_data_access/python_postgresql_create_database.htm), or alternatively you can create it manually before you run your script. E.g. by running CREATE DATABASE databasename; inside psql (or any other database tool).
However if you want to test using a running database, I would suggest using testcontainers. They will spawn a new PostgreSQL server with an empty database everytime you run the tests.

Notice, that the example from the FastAPI documentation works differently.
They just use
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./test.db"
engine = create_engine(
    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
)
Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)

which creates the database.
This works, because SQLite doesn't run as a server. It's just one file that represents the full database, and if the file doesn't exist, the sqlite database adapter will assume that the database is just empty, and create a new file for you. PostgreSQL doesn't work like this though.

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Harris, James A. Robotic-Assisted Follicular Unit Extraction for Hair Restoration: Case Reports. Cosmetic Dermatology, 2012; 25:284-287.
Harris, James A., Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). Hair Transplantation, Avram, M and Rogers, N (eds). Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Q: Components based on Chakra from my own library don't get themed I started a component library, based on tsdx --template react-with-storybook, added chakra-ui/react as a dependency, then created components in it.
The components use colors from Chakra's default theme -- in particular, blue.700.
In Storybook, I wrap the component in <ChakraProvider>, and it works. I build the library and put it in npm.
Now in my application (based on create-react-app), I install the library, import and apply the <ChakraProvider>, use the component -- and it works, except for the styling.
In the HTML source I can see that the color is still the string "blue.700", so this wasn't translated to a color using the theme.
This Chakra UI bit:
<Box
    boxSizing="border-box"
    width={`calc(${width} + ${scrollbarWidth}px)`}
    backgroundColor="blue.700"
    color="gray.100"
>

Is turned into this CSS class that the resulting div has:
.css-p8523l {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    width: calc(1200px + 0px);
    background-color: blue.700;
    color: gray.100;
}

ChakraProvider clearly does things, for instance there are many CSS variables added to the page, including --chakra-colors-blue-700.
I thought that maybe the ChakraProvider used in my app (from its own @chakra-ui/react dependency) used a different React context than the one in the library, so I decided to add an export in the library (export { ChakraProvider } from '@chakra-ui/react';) and now I import it from my library in the app; but that doesn't have an effect.
What could be going on? Does anyone have an idea how to debug this?

A: My solution was to configure the provider as the documentation says
import type { AppProps } from "next/app";
import { ChakraProvider } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import customTheme from "../context/theme/theme";

function App({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
    return (
        <ChakraProvider theme={customTheme}>
            <Component {...pageProps} />;
        </ChakraProvider>
    );
}

export default App;

My context/theme/theme.tsx
// 1. import `extendTheme` function
import { theme, extendTheme, type ThemeConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react";

// 2. Add your color mode config
const config: ThemeConfig = {
    initialColorMode: "dark",
    useSystemColorMode: false,
};

const fontWeights = {
    ...theme.fontWeights,
    hairline: 100,
    thin: 200,
    light: 300,
    normal: 400,
    medium: 600,
    semibold: 600,
    bold: 700,
    extrabold: 800,
    black: 900,
};

const fonts = {
    heading: "Roboto, system-ui, sans-serif",
    body: "Roboto, system-ui, sans-serif",
    mono: "Menlo, monospace",
};

const radii = {
    none: "0",
    sm: "5px",
    base: "0.25rem",
    md: "8px",
    lg: "0.5rem",
    xl: "0.75rem",
    "2xl": "1rem",
    "3xl": "1.5rem",
    full: "9999px",
};

const fontSizes = {
    ...theme.fontSizes,
    xs: "0.75rem",
    sm: "0.875rem",
    md: "1rem",
    lg: "1.125rem",
    xl: "1.25rem",
    "2xl": "1.5rem",
    "3xl": "1.875rem",
    "4xl": "2.25rem",
    "5xl": "3rem",
    "6xl": "54px",
    "7xl": "4.5rem",
    "8xl": "6rem",
    "9xl": "8rem",
};

const colors = {
    ...theme.colors,
    purple: {
        ...theme.colors.purple,
        500: "#8257e5",
    },
    gray: {
        ...theme.colors.gray,
        300: "#e1e1e6",
        600: "#29292e",
        700: "#202024",
        800: "#121214",
    },
};

// 3. extend the theme
const customTheme = extendTheme({
    config,
    fonts,
    fontWeights,
    radii,
    fontSizes,
    colors,
});

export default customTheme;

And my _document.tsx
import { ColorModeScript } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import NextDocument, { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from "next/document";
import theme from "../context/theme/theme";

class Document extends NextDocument {
    render(): JSX.Element {
        return (
            <Html>
                <Head>
                    <link
                        rel="preconnect"
                        href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"
                    />
                    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" />
                    <link
                        href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:ital,wght@0,100;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,700;0,900;1,100;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,700;1,900&display=swap"
                        rel="stylesheet"
                    ></link>
                </Head>
                <body>
                    <ColorModeScript
                        initialColorMode={theme.config.initialColorMode}
                    />
                    <Main />
                    <NextScript />
                </body>
            </Html>
        );
    }
}

export default Document;

ref: https://chakra-ui.com/getting-started/nextjs-guide


Organic Changbai Mountain Schizandra Fruit 6 oz.
In Chinese herbalism, all herbs contain one or several of the 5 flavors: sweet, sour, spicy (pungent), salty and bitter.
The five flavors represent different functions of the human body. The five flavors also are attracted to and nourish different organs. Sourness enters the Liver, bitterness enters the Heart, sweetness enters the Spleen, spiciness enters the Lungs and saltiness enters the Kidneys. It is ideal to consume all five flavors in our daily diet to maintain internal balance and proper organ nourishment.
Schizandra is the only herb that contains all five flavors. The very name of Schizandra in Chinese, Wu Wei Zi, means "Five Flavors Fruit." Schizandra has earned a reputation as the "quintessential tonic herb" because it can benefit all five primary organs and nurtures all five Elemental Energies of the human body in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): Wood (Liver), Fire (Heart), Earth (Spleen), Metal (Lungs) and Water (Kidneys).
Schizandra also supplies energy to all 12 energy meridians, making it a complete body tonic. To top it off, Schizandra tonifies all 3 Treasures, Jing, Qi and Shen.
Schizandra is famous in the Far East for promoting beauty, intelligence, sexual vitality, wisdom, endurance and powerful lungs. Schizandra is one of the safest and most effective cleansing herbs in the world, and is especially protective of the liver, skin and brain.
Ingredients: Organic Changbai Mountain Schizandra fruit.
NOTE: Schizandra Berries are very tart and most people do not like to eat them straight. These are best used for making your own tea.


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Q: Comprofiler Plugins call using Joomla model How to call comprofiler plugin in Joomla models or controllers?
I tried this:
global $_PLUGINS;

$_PLUGINS->trigger('onAfterUserUpdate', 'pul_getChanges', array(&$_POST, 1));

but it is not working.

A: This is the Joomla way to call a plugin function
//Import the plugin that you need
JPluginHelper::importPlugin('group', 'plugin_name');

//You have to instantiate JEventDispatcher class which will has trigger method to call that plugin function.

JEventDispatcher::getInstance()->trigger(
    'onAfterUserUpdate',
    array(
        &$_POST,
        1
    )
);

So in trigger function it takes two parameters where first one is the function name and the second is the parameter data given in array format.


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If you like 4x4 driving, hiking and wilderness - then this bush camping trip is for you. There are few places on earth which are still so untouched as the Makay Massif. The first part of the roadtrip up to Isalo National Park, can still be done as as self-drive trip. Then our driver-guide joins you from Ranohira, Isalo onwards and guides you for 6 days driving and hiking through the maze of canyons across the vast Makay. You end at the beach of Tulear. A great place to unwind.
Your start on the famous RN7. Expect asphalt, windy roads passing rice paddies and small highland villages. You can have a terrific lunch stop at Coin de Foie Grass in Behenjy, the foie grass center of Madagascar. Or try an authentic paella ( we're not kidding) at El Torro in Ambutulampy.
Restaurants: Chez Jenny and Zandina (best pizza), Trianon (classic French), Vatolahy (classic French) and Conterno (pastries, baguettes).
Explore Antsirabe town and surroundings. Take a pousse pousse (the Malagasy version of the Asian rickshaw) tour to the craft workshops which are otherwise hard to find on your own. Hike or mountain bike around Lake Tritriva, an emerald-green crater lake.
Antsirabe is considered the pousse pousse capital of the country. There are three major ''species''. The basic model is a cart pulled by a man. It may feel uncomfortable to be towed around by someone in this fashion, who may even be barefooted. But this is the driver's living, so your pay is most welcomed. The cyclo-pousse, in which the cab is attached to a bicycle, is a step up, at least as far as the driver is concerned. And on top of the food chain is the kinga, the motorised pousse-pousse. Explore Antsirabe town and take a pousse pousse (the Malagasy version of the Asian rickshaw) tour to the craft workshops which are otherwise hard to find on your own.
Drive to Ranamofana National park. It's again a lovely windy road, passing highland villages, rice paddies and rainforest covered hills. Ambositra makes a good coffee stop. For those interested in community tourism and highland culture, this is an interesting region to linger around for longer or on your way back again. If you do, stay at Betsileo Country Logde ( mid-range), or Grand Hotel or Motel Violette (both budget).
Ranamofana is a small and lively tropical town with a stunning riverside setting surrounded by rainforest covered hills and the lovely scent of flowers in the air. It is the place to search for the golden bamboo, only discovered in 1986.
Drive to Andringitra National Park. Perhaps the most scenic drive thus far, especially beyond Ambalavao when the highland plateau give sway to far horizons, deserted grassland with big sandstone massifs.
The exit to Camp Catta and Tsara Tented Camp is 20 km after Ambalavao. Than its 1 hour off road driving towards the park with some rough parts, so drive carefully.
Mid-range: Camp Catta, has a natural pool (€27-€55), Tsara Tented Camp € 40, Varangue Betsileo € 47 ( close to Anja National Park) has a pool.
If you like hiking, this is a breath taking area. Several hikes are organised from the camps in this area, ranging from a few hours to multiple days. We did the real Andringitra, a tough full day walk up the peak. Bring plenty of water, sunscreen and a hat, as the sun is remorseless. Consider spending an extra night, to complete the Imarivolanitra trekking ( 2-3 days).
In case you were on a self -drive trip thus far, today you will meet your driver-guide at Ranohira. You're bush camping adventure starts! Say good-by to asphalt, showers and toilets and restaurants...You will camp at the foothills of Isalo National Park.
Today we drive to Beroroha, a village at the Mangoky river deep in Isalo National Park. The scenery consist mainly of grassland area with rock formation. We will camp at the outskirts of the village or close to the river bedding.
The destination of today is Berororo, a settlement deep inside the Makay. Its a full day driving. The scenery is dominated by rock formations, canyons and river beddings.
This is where we will set up our camp for the next few days.
Day hike into the wild Makay.
We take a local ferry to Fanjakana, at the other side of Isalo. From here its a day drive to Sakahara, dominated by beautiful panomara's swamps and primary dry forest. Again, a beautifuk road.
The wilderness experience has come to an end. It's a smooth 2 hours drive to Tulear. Enjoy the beach and the comfort of a clean shower and nice bed, you probably have a lot to digest and talk about.
You will hand-over the vehicle to your driver-guide and fly back. Or if you have the time, continue your journey and do the Grand Circuit.
If you want to spoil yourself, there is no better way to do thisthan at Bakuba Concept ( see picture), pool € 115-175.
A minimum of 13 day car rental is recommend for this trip to arrive at Tulear. In case time is not on your side, you can speed up the first part from Tana to Isalo, and cover this in three days with only a stop in Antsirabe and and Ambalavo.
The part in the Makay ( 6 nights ) cannot be shortened, but we can extend it to include more hiking days if you wish. And we can imagine that you might want to add a day or two at the beach in Tulear, before you fly back to Tana.
The RN7 is a smooth asphalt road, the dirt tracks in the Makay are bumpy and challenging with many shallow river crossings and rocky surface.
It is possible to do this trip between May and November.
This is not a fully catered trip. Our guides are very helpful with setting up camp and helping out with cooking, but you're a team and do it together. It's your own responsibly to stock up supplies and cater for your meals. We will brief you carefully what to buy and where.
Included in this trip is the car rental from Antananarivo to Tulear and the costs to bring back the car from Tulear to Tana, rooftop tent with all full set of camp gear, an experienced driver-guide for the Makay part and local guides and porters for the hikes into the Makay. There are no other companies that organise such wilderness experiences for couples/duo's only, and at this price.
Price in euro's per vehicle. The Nissan Double Cab fits up to 4 adults, including driver.
Price includes 13 day car rental, airport pick up, one-way drop-off fee, 7 days driver-guide, local guide and porters in the Makay, rooftop tent with camp gear.
Want to do the entire trip with driver - guide? Add € 125.


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Q: Creating arrays from loops in one line Is it possible, like in Python, to create an array from a loop in just one line? Can I make the following code in to just one line?
 foo = []
 bars.each do |bar| foo.append(bar.some_rel) end

A: You can use Array#map method:
foo = bars.map(&:some_rel)

which is equivalent to:
foo = bars.map { |bar| bar.some_rel }

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I never understand what the obsession is with doing something in one line, but, yes, in Ruby, you can create an array from a loop in just one line. In fact, in Ruby, you can do everything in one line. Just replace all linebreaks with semicolons:
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For example, this is a web framework called Camping:
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";U=Rack::Utils;O={};Apps=[];SK=:camping;class H<Hash;def method_missing m,*a;m.to_s=~/=$/?self[$`]=a[0]:a==[]?self[m.to_s]:super end;undef id,type if ??==63 end;class Cookies<H;attr_accessor :_p;def _n;@n||={}end;alias _s []=;def set k,v,o={};_s(j=k.to_s,v);_n[j]={:value=>v,:path=>_p}.update o;end;def []=(k,v)set(k,v,v.is_a?(Hash)?v:{})end end;module Helpers;def R c,*g;p,h=/\(.+?\)/,g.grep(Hash);g-=h;raise"bad route"if !u=c.urls.find{|x|break x if x.scan(p).size==g.size&&/^#{x}\/?$/=~(x=g.inject(x){|x,a|x.sub p,U.escape((a.to_param rescue a))}.gsub(/\\(.)/){$1})};h.any?? u+"?"+U.build_query(h[0]):u end;def / p;p[0]==?/?@root+p :p end;def URL c='/',*a;c=R(c,*a) if c.respond_to?(:urls);c=self/c;c=@request.url[/.{8,}?(?=\/|$)/]+c if c[0]==?/;URI c end end; module Base;attr_accessor:env,:request,:root,:input,:cookies,:state,:status,:headers,:body;T={};L=:layout;def lookup n;T.fetch(n.to_sym){|k|t=Views.method_defined?(k)||(t=O[:_t].keys.grep(/^#{n}\./)[0]and Template[t].new{O[:_t][t]})||(f=Dir[[O[:views]||"views","#{n}.*"]*'/'][0])&&Template.new(f,O[f[/\.(\w+)$/,1].to_sym]||{});O[:dynamic_templates]?t: T[k]=t} end;def render v,*a,&b;if t=lookup(v);r=@_r;@_r=o=Hash===a[-1]?a.pop: {};s=(t==true)?mab{send v,*a,&b}: t.render(self,o[:locals]||{},&b);s=render(L,o.merge(L=>false)){s}if o[L]or o[L].nil?&&lookup(L)&&!r&&v.to_s[0]!=?_;s;else;raise"no template: #{v}"end;end;def mab &b;extend(Mab);mab(&b) end;def r s,b,h={};b,h=h,b if Hash===b;@status=s;@headers.merge!(h);@body=b end;def redirect *a;r 302,'','Location'=>URL(*a).to_s end;def r404 p;P%"#{p} not found"end;def r500 k,m,e;raise e end;def r501 m;P%"#{m.upcase} not implemented"end;def serve(p,c)(t=Rack::Mime.mime_type p[/\..*$/],"text/html")&&@headers["Content-Type"]=t;c;end;def to_a;@env['rack.session'][SK]=Hash[@state];r=Rack::Response.new(@body,@status,@headers);@cookies._n.each{|k,v|r.set_cookie k,v};r.to_a end;def initialize(env,m)r=@request=Rack:: Request.new(@env=env);@root,@input,@cookies,@state,@headers,@status,@method=r.script_name.sub(/\/$/,''),n(r.params),Cookies[r.cookies],H[r.session[SK]||{}],{'Content-Type'=>'text/html'},m=~/r(\d+)/?$1.to_i: 200,m;@cookies._p=self/"/" end;def n h;Hash===h ?h.inject(H[]){|m,(k,v)|m[k]=n(v);m}: h end;def service *a;r=catch(:halt){send(@method,*a)};@body||=r;self end end;module Controllers;@r=[];class<<self;def R *u;r=@r;Class.new{meta_def(:urls){u};meta_def(:inherited){|x|r<<x}}end;def D p,m,e;p='/'if !p||!p[0];(a=O[:_t].find{|n,_|n==p}) and return [I,:serve,*a];@r.map{|k|k.urls.map{|x|return(k.method_defined? m)?[k,m,*$~[1..-1].map{|x|U.unescape x}]:[I, 'r501',m]if p=~/^#{x}\/?$/}};[I,'r404',p] end;N=H.new{|_,x|x.downcase}.merge!("N"=>'(\d+)',"X"=>'([^/]+)',"Index"=>'');def M;def M;end;constants.map{|c|k=const_get(c);k.send:include,C,X,Base,Helpers,Models;@r=[k]+@r if @r-[k]==@r;k.meta_def(:urls){["/#{c.to_s.scan(/.[^A-Z]*/).map(&N.method(:[]))*'/'}"]}if !k.respond_to?:urls}end end;I=R()end;X=Controllers;class<<self;def goes m,g=TOPLEVEL_BINDING;Apps<e).to_a end;def method_missing m,c,*a;X.M;h=Hash===a[-1]?a.pop: {};e=H[Rack::MockRequest.env_for('',h.delete(:env)||{})];k=X.const_get(c).new(e,m.to_s);h.each{|i,v|k.send"#{i}=",v};k.service(*a) end;def use*a,&b;m=a.shift.new(method(:call),*a,&b);meta_def(:call){|e|m.call(e)}end;def options;O end;def set k,v;O[k]=v end end;module Views;include X,Helpers end;module Models;autoload:Base,'camping/ar';Helpers.send:include,X,self end;autoload:Mab,'camping/mab';autoload:Template,'camping/template';C end

See? One line!

A:
Is it possible, like in Python, to create an array from a loop in just one line?

Ruby will let you do whatever you want in as many lines as you want.
If you would like, just put a semi-colon at the end of each 'line', and you can write each statement on the same line.
When you're using one line for Array#each, you should use { and } as the block delimiters. It doesn't really matter; it's just best practice.
With Array#each, you can't do:
foo = bar.each{|x| x.some_rel}

This is because Array#each always returns nil.
Like another answer said, for your purposes you may want to use Array#map because #map returns an array. So you can do this:
foo = bar.map{|x| x.some_rel}

Because map returns something.
That'll get it into one line. If you really want overkill, you can write the entire program in a single line like so:
foo = []; foo.do_something; foo.do_something_else; bar.whatever;

But it looks ugly and won't be readable. Ruby is all about readability.