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First, Lars (of Steno Diary fame) has updated Erika's PloverLearn modules to include analytics, plus drills for common briefs! Check 'em out at HaxePloverLearn.
Second, Charles has produced another homemade steno keyboard that's even snappier-looking than the last one:
He also includes an illustrated assembly walkthrough with a bill of materials, which comes out to about $120 in total. Pretty dang slick!
And finally, Stan Sakai, the ever-glorious Plover Poster Boy, has produced a brilliant little three-minute captioned whiteboard video explaining the rudiments of steno:
I'm in awe not just of his artistic skills (he actually drew the Plover bird!!!), but of his power to break down complex concepts into simple examples that nearly anyone can grasp. Seriously a tour de force.
Open Steno App Wins Second Prize at Connect Ability Hackathon!
Last weekend, I attended the AT&T Connect Ability Hackathon at the NYU Ability Lab, a competition to create accessible technology with and for people with disabilities over the course of two short days. When I signed up, I was a bit worried that there would be nothing for me to do, since I don't know how to code, but early on Saturday morning I had the great good fortune of running into Jacob Mortensen, a freelance Android developer, and Rocio Alonso, an industrial designer for The Adaptive Design Association. My friend and colleague Stan Sakai was also there captioning the event, and between plenary sessions he was awesome enough to sit at our table and give us a hand with the work. The challenge was built around four exemplars, people who used various types of accessible technology and who had specific ideas of how it might be improved. One of these exemplars was Paul Kotler, an autistic college student who uses an augmentative and alternative communication device to speak via text-to-speech synthesis. Ever since 2010, I've been interested in the possibilities of using steno to improve the speed and efficiency of AAC. I knew that a stenographic solution might not work for Paul due to difficulties with motor planning, but his video spurred me in the direction of wanting to work on a realtime stenographic text-to-speech solution for the Hackathon.
We initially started with Brent Nesbitt's StenoKeyboard app, an Android-based open source clone of Plover, because we figured that a phone, with its integrated speaker and small display footprint, would offer us the easiest and most portable solution. We also selected StenoBoard for our hardware, because it's currently the smallest, cheapest, and most readily available steno system on the market. It's a bit too bulky to be perfectly wearable, but it beat out every other option that could be rigged up over the course of a single weekend.
For a thorough explanation of our design process, please check out our ChallengePost Page. We called our project (modified StenoKeyboard app + wearable StenoBoard mount) "StenoSpeak for Android". We worked right up to the submission deadline, and our final system wasn't without its bugs and foibles, but apparently it had enough potential to earn us second prize out of 15 teams competing in the Hackathon! Many, many thanks to Jacob, Rocio, and Stan for working so hard on this. It was a wonderful collaborative experience. Also huge thanks to Brent for StenoKeyboard and Emanuele for StenoBoard, without whom we would have been totally dead in the water.
What's next? We'll see. There are definitely some plans in the works, but our next big objective is to find an AAC user who might be interested in learning steno to help us with future iterations of the project. People with disabilities tend to be some of the earliest adopters and most proficient power users of accessible technology, so I'm hoping to find someone who can join our team as a full and active member while we work on developing this technology into a completely workable and replicable open source product. If you or anyone you know uses AAC to communicate, has full use of their hands, and is willing to spend a few months learning steno with our online textbooks, tutorials, and drilling tools, please get in touch!
Congrats to all of the Hackathon competitors, especially the first prize winner, Cameron Cundiff, with his brilliantalt_text_bot, and the third prize winner, the Tranquil Tracker team, with their seriously cool anxiety-tracking biometric device and app. And, of course, thanks to AT&T and the NYU Ability Lab for putting together this amazing competition!
Check out some photos from our whirlwind hacking weekend:
Rocio's wearable prototype sketches.
Stan modeling our ideal (though non-functional) wearable steno design.
The final (functional) wearable StenoBoard design.
The exultant StenoSpeak Team!
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Q: react-native-facebook-login returning errors when I try log user into firebase I have tried every way I can think and am running into the same issue all day.
I am building a react native mobile application. I am using firebase as my database and react-native-facebook-login package to log the user in.
Currently the package works fine, I enter the fb details and the correct data is being returned and the user is 'logged in', I can console log the result but trying to do anything else returns an error.
I have tried:
Passing an action (Redux) where I do the firebase login, error:
Cannot read property 'loginUser' of undefined

setState to the resulting data, error:
this.setState is not a function

I am not sure exactly how to do the firebase authenticate with credentials but am happy to figure that out later, I just need to be able to access the data in the first place!
My component:
...
class FBLoginWrapper extends Component {
   state = { user: null };
   render() {
   return (
      <FBLogin
         buttonView={<FBSignInView />}
         ref={(fbLogin) => { this.fbLogin = fbLogin }}
         loginBehavior={FBLoginManager.LoginBehaviors.Native}
         permissions={["email","user_friends"]}
         onLogin={function (e) { this.props.loginUser(e); }}
         onLoginFound={function (e) { this.setState({ user: e }); }}
      />
   );
}
...

If you need more code let me know. I have included two different ways I have tried and failed under [onLogin] and [onLoginFound]. I will use one implementation for both when I have something that works.
Ideally I would like to call the action {this.props.loginUser(e)} but if I have to do it through a setState that is fine too at this point.

A: you should use the onLoginFinished property if you just need to access the data returned.
This is how I use the LoginButton in one of my apps:
AccessToken is part of the FBSDK package
const FBSDK = require('react-native-fbsdk');
const {
  LoginButton,
  AccessToken
} = FBSDK;

....

<View>
<LoginButton
  publishPermissions={["publish_actions"]}
  onLoginFinished={
    (error, result) => {
      if (error) {
        alert("login has error: " + result.error);
      } else if (result.isCancelled) {
        alert("login is cancelled.");
      } else {
        AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken().then(
          (data) => {
            let token = data.accessToken.toString();

            global.storage.save({
                key: 'loginState',
                rawData: {
                    token: token
                },
            });

            firestack.auth.signInWithProvider('facebook', token, '')
            .then((user)=>{
                Actions.tabbar({profile:user});
            });
          }
        )
      }
    }
  }
  onLogoutFinished={() => alert("logout.")}/>

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Home Uncategorized	Noah at 17 months….
Had his 4 open heart surgery in February during cny. Yes CNY again. What are the odds right?
The stay in the hospital was longer than before. And more complications arise after the surgery. One of his diaphragm paralysed and have to go thru a plication surgery. His heart swing from extreme low to extreme high.
Every brand new day I pray that things will get better. I don't get it why it didn't.
We have accepted that Noah has PVS.
Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare condition in which the veins that carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs back to the heart are narrowed. This is a different condition than pulmonary (valve) stenosis (PVS, PS) and peripheral pulmonary stenosis.
Pulmonary vein stenosis can occur in several forms. Many children have what is called intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis, meaning that abnormal growth in connective tissue cells causes the walls in the pulmonary veins to become too thick.
It is usually a progressive condition, meaning its severity and symptoms increase over time.
Sometimes, pulmonary vein stenosis can occur as a complication of another heart or lung problem.
The exact cause of pulmonary vein stenosis is not known.
PVS is actually an incurable disease. It really took me a long while to accept this fact. But I've quite past the phase where I grieve because nothing can change fact. I can't possibly be more positive. People who met us probably can't tell what we are facing.
We are not giving up. Boston children's hospital have a specialist team that deal with PVS. They have a clinical drug trial that might the condition. We have approached them and waiting to see if Noah is a suitable candidate. We are also ready to let him go thru another surgery if needed.
And if there is one definite way to help, it's a double heart and lung transplant. But do you all know Singapore doesn't have heart and lung transplants for kids? It's so sad because there are many kids who died from Congenital heart defects and the only way to save them is a transplant.
Maybe because we live in a society that discussing about organs donation is a taboo. But how many people actually know the importance of having this problem around?
I really hope the voices of these families can be heart. Heart babies deserves a chance to a new lease of life….
Anyway the good news is that Noah is finally hitting his Milestone. He is crawling, trying to pull himself up to stand and he is starting to get more talkative. Yes 17 month is really late for a child but what matter most is I lived to see this moment that I've waited for so long.
All we needed now is miracle… And anything that can be done to keep Noah going. Anything.


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Michael Jones, né le  à Welshpool (pays de Galles), est un chanteur et guitariste franco-gallois.

Biographie
Le , John Merick Jones, soldat engagé dans l'armée alliée, débarque en Normandie. À Caen, il rencontre Simone Lalleman, et la ramène chez lui, au pays de Galles. De cette union naîtra Michael, retourné plus tard en Normandie, à Villers-Bocage, près de Caen.
Il a deux frères plus jeunes.

Michael en groupe
En 1966, au pays de Galles, il monte son premier groupe : Urban District Council Dib Dob Band, un groupe de reprises de chansons rock de l'époque.

Il joue en tant que guitariste-chanteur dans le groupe normand Travert & Cie qu'il rencontre lors d'une fête en 1971 à Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët dans la Manche et avec lequel il va jouer jusqu'en 1979 et écumer toute la Normandie. Avec ce groupe, il sort un 45 tours Chanter sous la mer (1972) dont Michael a coécrit la face B. De 1979 à 1983, toujours en Normandie, il participe au groupe BUDDY C.

Il intègre ensuite le groupe Taï Phong. Il doit remplacer Jean-Jacques Goldman, le chanteur qui ne souhaite pas partir en tournée. En 1978 sort le premier 45 tours Cherry de Taï Phong avec Michael puis le 33 tours Last flight (1979) sur lequel se trouve le titre How Do You Do écrit et composé pour sa fille Jennifer, née deux ans plus tôt. Il signe également le titre Thirteenth space.

Michael joue également en même temps dans le groupe toulousain Week-End Millionnaire avec Lance Dixon et Jean-François Gauthier qui deviendront par la suite musiciens de Jean-Jacques Goldman durant de nombreuses années. Ils sortent le single French music par excellence (1979).

En 1980, à la séparation de Taï Phong, Michael monte un nouveau groupe Gulfstream avec lequel il sortira le 45 tours For Daniel (1981).

À l'été 2006, Michael termine sa tournée de l'album Prises et Reprises et monte un nouveau groupe El Club avec Gildas Arzel, Erick Benzi et Christian Séguret. Le groupe sortira son album en 2007. Ils sillonneront les quatre coins de France pendant 2 ans.

Michael avec Jean-Jacques Goldman et Carole Fredericks

Michael est resté très ami avec Jean-Jacques Goldman depuis leur première rencontre et commence à travailler avec lui lors de son troisième album solo Positif (1984). Ils ne se quitteront plus. Michael l'accompagne alors lors du Positif Tour.

En 1985, Michael coécrit les paroles de la chanson Je te donne, en duo avec Jean-Jacques et qui sera un véritable tube, n° 1 du Top 50 durant huit semaines. Cette chanson fait partie de l'album Non homologué de Goldman. Michael participera aux chœurs des chansons Délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques et Pas toi.

En 1987, Michael participe à neuf titres de l'album Entre gris clair et gris foncé et à la tournée Traces. Il enchante le public notamment lors de ses solos, et en particulier celui de Peur de Rien (blues).

En 1988, il signe le texte de la chanson Brother, interprétée par Carole Fredericks, B.O du film L'Union sacrée d'Alexandre Arcady.

En 1990, Jean-Jacques et Michael signent la B.O du film Pacific Palisades de Bernard Schmitt. Fin 1990, signe le début du trio Fredericks Goldman Jones qui sortira deux albums studio et deux albums live.

En 1997, Michael participe à l'album En passant sur le titre On ira sur lequel il fait les chœurs et la guitare électrique. Il participe à la Tournée En Passant 1998.

En 2001, il participe au dernier album de Jean-Jacques Goldman. Il y interprète le canon Ensemble en compagnie de Jean-Jacques, Maxime Le Forestier et Gérald de Palmas et qui sera le premier single extrait de l'album. S'ensuit une tournée de cent-vingt-cinq dates dans toute la France. Il assure la post-production de l'album live de la tournée Un Tour Ensemble.

Michael et Johnny Hallyday
En 1987, il compose la partie anglaise des paroles de la chanson J'oublierai ton nom qui est interprétée par Carmel.

Michael en solo

En 1984, Jean-Jacques signe les paroles de son premier titre 45 tours Viens. La face B Pas besoin de permis est signée par Michael.

En 1986, lors de la tournée de l'album Non homologué, Michael présente son nouveau 45 tours Guitar Man. Devant l'enthousiasme du public, Michael se décide à sortir son premier 33 tours solo Michael Jones and the Swinglers qui ne bénéficie pas d'une couverture médiatique suffisante pour se faire connaître d'un large public. . Il en sortira deux 45 tours Father Earl / Face B Promise et How Could I See / Face B Hey Mister.

En 1993, Michael sort sa première compilation 83-93, qui comporte huit titres dont trois inédits.

En 1997 sort son premier album en français A consommer sans modération. Les titres sont signés de lui-même ainsi que de Fred Kocourek, Jacques Veneruso, Gildas Arzel, Erick Benzi et Michel Deshays, à qui l'on doit les paroles du Blues du piano bar. Michael part en tournée avec sa propre formation composée de Meivelyan Jacquot puis Michel Cousin à la batterie, Jacky Mascarel au clavier et à la guitare et Claude Le Péron à la Basse. Michel Deshays en assure la première partie. Cette tournée se divise en deux parties : la première d'une quinzaine de dates dans les pianos bar de France et la deuxième qu'il reprend après la fin de la tournée de Jean-Jacques et qu'il nommera En Repassant en clin d'œil à celle-ci.

En 2004 sort l'album Prises et Reprises, mélangeant le folk, le blues et le rock. Les chansons sont signées Jean-Jacques Goldman, Francis Cabrel, Gildas Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, Fréd Kocourek, Émile et Images et par lui-même. Michael rend hommage à Carole Fredericks disparue trois ans plus tôt avec la chanson Un dernier blues pour toi. Il repart sillonner les routes de France, toujours accompagné de ses musiciens. De 2004 à 2006, Michael devient professeur / répétiteur et juge dans l'émission Star Academy.

En 2006, il part en tournée avec la harpiste Cécile Bonhomme, pour une série de concerts en duo acoustique Harpe/Guitare/voix

En 2008, la tournée dEl Club se termine. Michael entame une nouvelle tournée solo avec de nouveaux titres et avec une nouvelle formation composée de Christophe Bosch à la basse, Fred Diego Alphonsi à la batterie et Christian Séguret à la guitare, dobro et violon.

Il reçoit des mains du sculpteur français Alain Longet et Musicbox la Guitare d'Or couronnant son œuvre au Parc à Beauvais lors d'un grand concert Rock en 2008.

Le  sort l'album Celtic Blues. Le , après 3 années de tournée sort l'album live de la tournée Celtic Blues. À l'été 2012, Jacky Mascarel (clavier, guitare) remplace Christian Séguret. Le Celtic Blues Tour s'achève au mois de  par le concert filmé de la tournée. Elle aura duré en tout plus de 4 ans.

Le premier extrait de l'album 40-60 sorti le , est une version acoustique inédite de sa chanson Je te donne en duo avec Jean-Jacques Goldman. Début 2017 sort son Best Of, Au Tour De, qui reprend des titres de différents albums solos, ainsi que des duos avec Francis Cabrel et Jean-Jacques Goldman.

Outre ses participations récurrentes aux concerts et tournées des Enfoirés depuis les années 90 (il est désormais le plus ancien de la troupe), Michael Jones tourne intensément en France et en Europe, enchaînant concerts et festivals à travers l'hexagone. Durant ses concerts, il rend fréquemment hommage à Jean-Jacques Goldman, reprenant non seulement leur tube commun Je te donne, ou encore les titres issus de la période Fredericks, Goldman, Jones, mais aussi des tubes de Goldman en solo, notamment via un medley de ses chansons les plus emblématiques. Il a également participé à plusieurs émissions télé saluant la carrière et les chansons de Goldman.

Il fait don de sa guitare à une inconnue dans le public le  à la fin du concert des Enfoirés, expliquant son possible départ de la troupe

En 2021, la pandémie de Covid-19 provoque l'annulation de tous les concerts de Michael Jones et son groupe. Pour s'occuper et en solidarité avec les milieux des musiciens et de la restauration, il crée et autoproduit la web-émission Confiture sur sa chaîne YouTube

Confiture

Sur sa chaîne YouTube, Michael Jones diffuse depuis le 28 janvier 2021 ses Jam sessions sous le nom de "Confiture".
«Pour moi, il était essentiel de faire travailler mon équipe et rester dans le coup et du coup, l'idée d'associer deux des professions les plus touchées, les restaurateurs et les musiciens, dans un talkshow musical, où l'on écoute et surtout on joue en direct de la bonne musique tout en s'offrant un dîner de chef cuisiné sur place, est venue à point.»

Confiture 1
Invitée : Magali Rippoll
Chef cuisinier : David Tariff
Playlist : Don't let me down, Tchiki boum, Heureuse errance, J'irais où tu iras
Recette : poisson perroquet

Confiture 2
Invité : Didier Bourdon
Chef cuisinier : Sellig
Playlist : Wish you were here, Do Sol Mi, My heart will go on, On peuplu rien dire
Recette : pintadeau rôti sur canapé

Confiture 3
Invité : Thomas Dutronc
Chef cuisinier : Marc Veyrat
Playlist : Le blues du rose, Ma vie en rose, Crocmadam
Recette : croque-madame

Participations et associations

Michael a participé aux albums de très nombreux artistes comme Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday, Liane Foly, Natacha St Pier, Florent Pagny, Carole Fredericks, Phil Fasan, Joe Cocker, Lââm, Fred Blondin, Sellig et Hugues Aufray.

Michael œuvre également pour de nombreuses associations :
De 1989 à 2021 sauf en 1995,1998 et 2003: la tournée des Enfoirés.
2005 : le single Et puis la terre qui a permis de récolter des fonds pour les victimes du tsunami.
2008 et 2010 : deux concerts à l'Olympia avec le groupe Rockaway pour l'Association européenne contre les leucodystrophies.
Parrain de l'association Huntington avenir qui organise tous les ans un « Foot Concert » à Lyon.
Parrain de l'association Lo Camin Del Sol qui aide les enfants atteints de cancers à sortir de leur quotidien et à se battre contre la maladie.
2008 et 2012 : les singles Parle, Hugo Parle et Je Reprends ma route pour l'association Les voix de l'enfant.
2012 : un petit concert aux étudiants en première année de la faculté de médecine Lyon Sud Charles Mérieux.
2012 : l'émission Tous ensemble sur TF1 dans le cadre d'un chantier qui se déroule dans la région Rhône-Alpes, dans laquelle il réside.
2013 : le concert annuel des 1000 choristes des Fous Chantants d'Alès rendant hommage à Jean-Jacques Goldman, en compagnie de Christophe Willem.
2014 : Parrain du festival Rock'n'Patate qui fait la part belle aux jeunes ou moins jeunes groupes qui composent leur propre musique et qui écrivent leurs textes en français. Festival qui met l'accent sur le respect de l'environnement et les productions locales.
2017 : concert le  à Chanac en Lozère lors du festival Sing and Friends organisé par l'école privée du village.
 : concert à Bois-Colombes pour le départ à la retraite de son ami Alain Gillier
2018 : concert le  lors de la Fête de la Saint-Vincent tournante à Prissé dont il est le parrain. Les bénéfices de cette fête vineuse de Bourgogne vont au Restos du Cœur. Il est également intronisé Chevaliers du Tastevin par la Confrérie des chevaliers du Tastevin.
2018 : concert le  pour le centenaire du lycée agricole de Cibeins (Misérieux, Ain).
2018 : concert le  à Salon-de-Provence, place Morgan pour les Kiwanis days.
2020 : il enregistre en duo avec Hugues Aufray une nouvelle version de Stewball qui sort en juillet sur l'album Hugues Aufray - Autoportrait.

Michael s'est produit trois années consécutives (les dimanches ,  et ) à Tronget lors de la fête de la ville.
2020 : concert le  octobre 2020 de soutien aux victimes de l'explosion à Beyrouth.

Discographie personnelle
Au tour de ()
40-60 ()
Celtic Blues live (2011)
Celtic Blues (2009)
El Club (2007)
Prises et Reprises (2004)
À Consommer sans modération (1997)
Du New Morning au Zenith (1994)
Michael Jones 83-93 (1993)
Rouge (1993)
Sur Scène (1992)
Fredericks Goldman Jones (1990), en trio avec Carole Fredericks et Jean-Jacques Goldman
Michael Jones and the Swinglers (1987)
Guitar Man (1986) (single)
Viens (1984) (single)
Father Earl (single)
Gulfstream (1981) (single)
Last Flight (1979) (single)
Travert & Cie (1972)

Publication
En 2021, il publie son autobiographie Mes plus belles chances co-écrite avec Stéphane Basset, parue chez Robert Laffont. La préface est signée Jean-Jacques Goldman.

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Fredericks Goldman Jones

Liens externes

Chanteur français du XXe siècle
Chanteur français du XXIe siècle
Naissance en janvier 1952
Naissance dans le Powys
Guitariste français
Guitariste de rock progressif
Membre des Enfoirés
Professeur dans Star Academy

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Pastor's Pen – August 10, 2014
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 10, 2014 | Letters from the Archbishop, Pastor's Pen | 0 comments
From our Archbishop:
I have accepted the recommendation of the Review Board of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in its determination that a report alleging the sexual abuse of a minor by the late Father Alexander Lippert in the early 1970s is considered credible. Father Lippert died in April 2000, prior to any allegations being made against him. Although he is unable to offer a defense, the allegation against Fr. Lippert is considered "credible though unsubstantiated" because there was enough evidence to conclude that the abuse could have occurred as reported.
Father Lippert's priestly assignments in the Archdiocese of St. Louis were as follows:
April 1956 Assistant pastor, Holy Guardian Angels
July 1959 Immaculate Conception, Union
1961 St. Liborius
1963 St. Teresa (in residence)
1965 St. Ferdinand, Florissant (in residence)
May 1968 St. Aloysius, Spanish Lake
July 1970 Requested leave of absence; took up residence at St. Paul the Apostle, Pine Lawn
June 1980 Associate pastor, Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
Nov. 1980 Administrator, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Coffman
May 1983 Associate pastor, St. Ambrose
April 1986 Associate pastor, St. Thomas of Aquinas
July 1988 Sick leave
Jan. 1991 Relieved of priestly duties and granted retirement.
Anyone who wishes to make a report of the sexual abuse of a minor by Father Lippert or by any other priest, deacon or employee of the Archdiocese of St. Louis may contact De-con Phil Hengen, Director of Child and Youth Protection, Archdiocese of St. Louis at 314.792.7704 or [email protected] Reports may also be made to the Missouri Division of Social Services Child Abuse Hotline at 800.392.3738 for allegations involving a person who is currently under the age of 18, or to civil authorities for allegations involving a person who is now an adult, but was abused as a minor.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson
Archbishop of St. Louis
Because Fr. Lippert served at St. Paul's in Pine Lawn, we are, by extension and consolidation, the successor to that parish. As a part of my/our responsibility in creating and maintaining a safe environment, being transparent and reaching out to potential victims, we have supplied this information to one and all. Fr. Bill

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#ifndef itkVideoIOFactory_h
#define itkVideoIOFactory_h

#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkVideoIOBase.h"
#include "ITKVideoIOExport.h"

namespace itk
{
/**\class VideoIOFactoryEnums
 * \brief Contains all enum classes used by VideoIOFactory class
 * \ingroup ITKVideoIO
 */
class VideoIOFactoryEnums
{
public:
  /**
   *\class IOModeEnum
   * \ingroup ITKVideoIO
   * Mode in which the VideoIO is intended to be used */
  enum class IOMode : uint8_t
  {
    ReadFileMode,
    ReadCameraMode,
    WriteMode
  };
};
// Define how to print enumeration
extern ITKVideoIO_EXPORT std::ostream &
                         operator<<(std::ostream & out, const VideoIOFactoryEnums::IOMode value);
/**
 *\class VideoIOFactory
 * \brief Create instances of VideoIO objects using an object factory.
 *
 * This class will create a VideoIO instance that can read/write to/from the
 * desired file or camera. In order for a specific VideoIO type to be
 * considered, it must be registered with the ITK ObjectFactoryBase.
 *
 * \ingroup ITKVideoIO
 */
class ITKVideoIO_EXPORT VideoIOFactory : public Object
{
public:
  ITK_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_MOVE(VideoIOFactory);

  /** Standard class type aliases. */
  using Self = VideoIOFactory;
  using Superclass = Object;
  using Pointer = SmartPointer<Self>;
  using ConstPointer = SmartPointer<const Self>;

  using IOModeEnum = VideoIOFactoryEnums::IOMode;
#if !defined(ITK_LEGACY_REMOVE)
  // We need to expose the enum values at the class level
  // for backwards compatibility
  static constexpr IOModeEnum ReadFileMode = IOModeEnum::ReadFileMode;
  static constexpr IOModeEnum ReadCameraMode = IOModeEnum::ReadCameraMode;
  static constexpr IOModeEnum WriteMode = IOModeEnum::WriteMode;
#endif
  /** Runtime type information (and related methods). **/
  itkTypeMacro(VideoIOFactory, Object);

  /** Create the appropriate ImageIO depending on the particulars of the file.
   *  Note: arg can either be a path for reading/writing from/to a file or a
   *        a string containing an integer to use for a cameraID if reading
   *        from a camera
   */
  static VideoIOBase::Pointer
  CreateVideoIO(IOModeEnum mode, const char * arg);

protected:
  VideoIOFactory();
  ~VideoIOFactory() override;
};
} // end namespace itk

#endif

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Q: How to correctly read stdin in C? I want to write a app like sgtpep/pmenu in C.
Then I start to look at the ncurses library. My first try is able to select the menu. Such as when I do ls | ./a.out, it should be able to show all the files, and highlight the first one, when I press UP or DOWN, it will change highlight different item accordingly.
The full code is here.
The program does not receive any keypresses. mvprintw(n+1, 0, "%d\n", ch); inside the loop always print -1.
Then I remove the unrelated code, and get the minimal example.
#include <stdio.h>

char buf[100];

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int ch;

    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) puts(buf);

    ch = getch();
    printf("%d\n", ch);
    ch = getch();
    printf("%d\n", ch);
    ch = getch();
    printf("%d\n", ch);
    ch = getch();
    printf("%d\n", ch);

    return 0;
}

ch is always -1. I suspect the stdin is not clean, so I use fflush(stdin) after fgets, but it results the same.
So what is the correct way to read from stdin?

UPD1
#include <stdio.h>

char buf[100];

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int ch;

    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) puts(buf);

    fflush(stdin);

    ch = getchar();
    printf("%d\n", ch);
    ch = getchar();
    printf("%d\n", ch);
    ch = getchar();
    printf("%d\n", ch);
    ch = getchar();
    printf("%d\n", ch);

    return 0;
}

I have modified the program, so it is not related to ncurses anymore, but when running ls | ./a.out, ch keeps showing -1.

UPD2
Use newterm to redirect in and out works.
FILE *fd = fopen("/dev/tty", "r+");
set_term(newterm(NULL, fd, fd)); // instead of initscr()
noecho();
cbreak();
keypad(stdscr, TRUE);

print_menu(cur, n);

while (true) {
    ch = getch();

    if (ch == KEY_UP || ch == 'k') --cur;
    else if (ch == KEY_DOWN || ch == 'j') ++cur;

    cur = (cur + n) % n;

    print_menu(cur, n);
}

endwin();

A: If you're going to switch from stdin to curses in that way, you'll have to open the terminal device, e.g., /dev/tty when you're done reading the standard input.  Once you've opened the terminal, you can initialize curses using newterm (which has parameters for the input/output streams unlike initscr).
For examples, see the ncurses test-program, or dialog.

A: curses is an alternative to stdin.
The C model is that user composes a line in the console, which gives him line-editing capabilities. He can backspace and use the arrow keys to move around the line, until he's happy with it. Then he presses enter, and the program gets the entire line. The program then processes it and, usually, prompts for the next line.
curses takes over the keyboard so that it can be used as a key pad - you can have a little space invaders game with "z" meaning "left" and "x" meaning "right". Consequently, you shouldn't be trying to read from stdin at the same time, you will get characters, but the curses system will interact with them in strange ways. Read exclusively through curses.
In your last program, you read input up to EOF. Subsequent input is therefore EOF.


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Are 49ers or Packers ready for primetime come Monday night?
Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers
Both the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers were in the playoff conversation this offseason. But each has stumbled five weeks into 2018.
Five weeks into the season, things figured to be going a lot smoother for both the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers. The former won its final five games in 2017 and there was a lot of optimism surrounding the club. Meanwhile, Mike McCarthy's squad would be getting back a healthy Aaron Rodgers.
A year ago, the prolific signal caller went down in Week 6 with a broken collarbone. And Green Bay's promising 4-1 start morphed into a 7-9 season – the club's first losing campaign and non-playoff appearance since 2008.
But as these teams prepare to meet each other on Monday night at Lambeau Field neither the Niners nor the Pack have a winning record after five games. Kyle Shanahan's club is off to a 1-4 start, lowlighted by the fact that starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo went down with a knee injury at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 3. And with the San Francisco defense still trying to find itself in terms of a big-play unit, the team is in the midst of a three-game losing streak, allowing a combined 95 points in setbacks to the Chiefs, Chargers and Cardinals.
As for the Packers, McCarthy's team has yet to play a complete game. There was the comeback win over the Bears in Week 1, followed by a 29-all tie with the Minnesota Vikings seven days later when the offense reached the end zone just once. Now Green Bay has dropped two of its three games, allowing 31 points in road setbacks to the Redskins and Lions.
Be it poor defense or inept special teams play, there's really been nothing for the club to hang its hat on after five weeks. While Rodgers has more than respectable passing numbers, he's also made his share of mistakes. Last week in the 31-23 loss at Ford Field, he was strip sacked twice and his lost fumbles would result in a combined 10 points for the Lions.
Of course, miscues were the story of the day for the 49ers a week ago. Quarterback C.J. Beathard was responsible for four of the team's five turnovers in a 28-18 loss to the visiting Arizona Cardinals. San Francisco outgained their division rival from the desert by a combined 447-220 in total yards and had 33 first downs to the Cards' 10. But Beathard was also sacked four times and one of his lost fumbles was returned for a touchdown. Like McCarthy and the club, the Niners' season has been marked by inconsistent play and mistakes.
Common wisdom says the Green Bay Packers are at home and should take care of business against a San Francisco team that appears to be very undermanned these days. But this has been anything but a common start to the season for McCarthy and company. Is this the week that the team puts it all together and shows that it has what it takes to challenge for a playoff berth. At the moment, the jury is very much out on the team from "Titletown."
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And he was laying on top of the rind of an orange quarter, stolen from the oriole feeder. Guess he was enjoying a spa day.
Is that a little black squirrel?? I had no idea that even existed! Outstanding capture!
Yes. I hadn't seen black squirrels except for way up north before last year when they suddenly showed up here. Note his tail is brown. Most black squirrels I've seen have black tails.
I've seen squirrels here with dark-colored feet but brownish bodies and tails. And of course, there are all-white ones just to our south, but I haven't seen them here.
I have never seen an all white squirrel!
Wow. Went to the website. Who knew, never heard of them before. White squirrels!
I know! He heard us at the window, picked his head up, stretched out and went back to sleep. Guess we're not much of a threat.
I had only ever seen them way up north. Now they're here. Probably did come from Canada.
Made me laugh! Interesting place to snooze. We have quite a few black color variants on gray squirrels here. They seem to appear in waves; some years I see lots, other years, none.
The things I learn in the blogosphere!
I know! This disconnectedness is wonderful for learning new stuff. I've never seen a white squirrel, but apparently they're common not too far from here. Black squirrels are new here in the past 2 years. Used to be we had regular brown squirrels and that was that. But stuff changes.
A squirrel napping? That's a new one on me! Have seen plenty of black squirrels but never before a napping squirrel.
I've had squirrels napping here before…generally on very hot days, and always up in the trees, stretched out along a branch, all four legs hanging down. Never on a deck railing!


Describe the broadening of the scope of lobbying.
Solved How does lobbying the executive branch differ from lobbying Congress?
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Solved Lobbying the judicial branch is more heavily regulated than lobbying Congress.
The scope of lobbying has broadened considerably over the past two decades. This broadening has had four components. First, managers have become more active participants in lobbying, just as they have become more deeply involved in formulating nonmarket strategies. Second, the professional lobbying industry has grown substantially as more interests participate in public policy processes. Third, the professional lobbying industry has become increasingly specialized with firms focusing on mobilizing constituents, grassroots lobbying, and research and technical services as well as the more traditional functions of monitoring government, providing access, and communicating information. Fourth, on majoritarian issues such as health care policy that affect large numbers of people, lobbying coordinated with advocacy through the mass media has become more common.


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Mike Goodridge to step down as artistic director of Macao Film Festival – The Hollywood Reporter
Mike Goodridge is stepping down as artistic director of the International Film Festival & Awards Macau after overseeing four editions of the event.
Due to the pandemic and Macau's strict COVID-19 entry rules, IFFAM will not take place in December, with the 2020 virtual edition proving to be the last festival overseen by Goodridge.
Appointed to oversee the second edition of IFFAM in 2017, Goodridge, former editor of Daily screen and ex-CEO of London-based production and sales company Protagonist, replaced Marco Mueller as artistic director of the fledgling festival.
During Goodridge's tenure, IFFAM created an international competition for first and second directors and strengthened Chinese language programming with the creation of the New Chinese Cinema competition.
Goodridge helped establish IFFAM as a regional attraction and cemented the festival's place on Macau's cultural scene, a significant task given the overwhelming dominance of casinos in a city considered the gambling capital of Asia. .
"I have had an incredible experience working with my friends and colleagues in Macau," Goodridge said in a statement. "We built audiences for different types of cinema in the city and created an event that resonated in the region and around the world. The team we assembled was second to none and we were all dedicated to driving the growth of filmmaking and filming in Macau. IFFAM's future is uncertain in an era of COVID and local seismic changes, but I wish it continued prosperity. "
Goodridge, who was a consultant for this year's Chicago International Film Festival, will continue to work in the programming and curation of the festival. He also returns to production with his company Good Chaos.
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The  is the civil aviation authority of Japan and a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Its head office is in the MLIT building in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is the Japanese equivalent of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Aircraft

The JCAB operates or has operated the following aircraft:

Jet

 Bombardier Global Express
 Cessna Citation CJ4 (525C model) - five in service for calibration duties as of June 2022.
 Cessna Citation Longitude - one, equipped for calibration of ground-based navigation and landing systems, received in June 2022, to replace the Dash 8.
 Gulfstream IV

Turboprop

 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8
 NAMC YS-11
 Saab 2000

Helicopter

 Bell 412EP

See also

 Japan Transport Safety Board (current accident investigation agency)
 Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (predecessor air and rail accident investigation agency)
 Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (predecessor air accident investigation agency)

References

External links
 Civil Aviation Bureau
 Civil Aviation Bureau
 Flight Information Region In Japan
 "Working Arrangement between The Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan (CAB) and The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)." (Archive)

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Collier Strong: Donnie Wahlberg Narrates Short Film About MIT Officer's Life
Interviews with family members detail what happened in the wake of the Marathon bombing.
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In a new mini-documentary honoring his legacy, family members of the MIT officer killed in the line of duty, in the days following the Boston Marathon bombing, spoke about the tragedy and heartbreak of losing their bother.
MIT Officer Sean Collier, the younger brother of Andrew Collier, was shot and killed three days after the April 15 bombings on Boylston Street. The suspects tied to the bombings allegedly shot Collier as he was sitting in his car at the MIT campus while on patrol.
The documentary, "Collier Strong," sponsored by NASCAR and Fox Sports 1, includes clips from the day of the attack, and then follows Collier's family members as they try and deal with the loss of their brother.
"Nothing is going to change what happened. Nothing is going to bring my brother back," Andrew Collier says in the opening credits of the eight-minute film.
Collier's sisters, Nicole Lynch and Jennifer Lemmerman, his stepsister Jenn Rogers, MIT Police Department Patrol Sergeant David O'Connor, and Somerville Police Officer Bob Ankenbauer, are all interviewed in the film.
The movie originally aired on television on November 3, twice, and was posted online the following day. Dorchester-native Donnie Wahlberg, who is also the narrator and executive producer of the show Boston's Finest, narrates the feature about the Collier family.
Since his brother's death, Andrew Collier has been trying to lobby Congress to designate a federal holiday honoring first responders. He created an online petition which has garnered thousands of responses through the website Change.org.
In May, Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill posthumously appointing Collier as a Somerville police officer. Collier was killed one month before finishing training to receive his badge as a Somerville cop. A memorial was set up for the officer in Cambridge, near MIT's campus, on the six-month anniversary of his death.
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Barbra Streisand says female Trump voters 'don't believe enough in their own thoughts
Singer Barbra Streisand speaks onstage at the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017, in Los Angeles. She made the assertion that women who voted for President Donald Trump "don't believe enough in their own thoughts." (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Singer Barbra Streisand has been vocal about her liberal views for years. But in a recent interview promoting her new anti-Trump album, "Walls," she made the assertion that women who voted for President Donald Trump "don't believe enough in their own thoughts."
Speaking to Weekend magazine, Streisand questioned how female voters could cast a ballot for a man with pro-life views, particularly Trump.
"It's a terribly complex thing," the 76-year-old singer explained. "A lot of women vote the way their husbands vote; they don't believe enough in their own thoughts."
Streisand went on to give another theory as to why so many women voted for Trump in 2016, saying, "Maybe that woman [Hillary Clinton] who's so articulate, so experienced and so fit for the presidency was too intimidating."
"Walls" is a compilation of politically charged songs written by Streisand herself. She acknowledged to Weekend that there's a lot of anger in the lyrics.
"I believe in truth and that if I'm truthful in what I'm singing about that comes across as being passionately upset with what is happening to my country," she said.
"I love my country and it's painful to see democracy being assaulted, institutions being assaulted and women being assaulted," Streisand continued, directing her attention to the recent confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who she sees as a threat to abortion rights.
"Can you imagine?" the singer asked. "There's a war between people who want to live in the future and look forward to the future, and people who want to live in the past. Imagine, women who for 40-something years have had the right to choose now perhaps won't."
What about the food cravings?
Fox News reported that Streisand even blamed her recent food cravings on Trump.
"The president made me anxious and hungry for pancakes," she said. "Buckwheat pancakes. I had to put butter on them and maple syrup to ease the pain."
Streisand's lead single on her new album is titled, "Don't Lie to Me," and is aimed at the president. The lyrics of chorus are, "How do you sleep when the world keeps turning?/All that we built has come undone/How do you sleep when the world is burning?/Everyone answers to someone."


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Spiritual Meaning Of 616
The number is somehow associated with the beast/Antichrist as "his" number. The meaning of 666 is a mystery, and it appears that the apostle John, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, intended it to be that way. Calculating it, John says, requires "wisdom." Some, using gematria.
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Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with boys and men.As a social construct, it is distinct from the definition of the male biological sex. Standards of manliness or masculinity vary across different cultures and historical periods. Both males and females can exhibit masculine traits and behavior.
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Wellness is a full integration of physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Being emotionally well is typically defined as possessing the ability to feel and.
ethical leadership is defined as "the demonstration of normatively appropriate. authentic, and spiritual theories of leadership, all of which tap an ethical dimension of. M.E. Brown, L.K. Treviño / The Leadership Quarterly 17 (2006) 595–616.
Our Spirit Guides have shown us these number sequences and we have spent many years deciphering their meaning through systematic scientific analysis. We have studied, analysed, refined and concluded our interpretations, and have found that they advise and guide us consistently and accurately in our lives.
The bulk of what we believe we hold in common with the Christian church around the world and throughout the ages. Three creeds adopted by the worldwide church centuries ago summarize the most important tenets of our faith: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. To summarize these common beliefs, we'll use the text of the Apostles' Creed.
Spiritual Meaning of Déjà Vu. by Tanaaz. While we are in the spirit realms, we begin preparing for a new life on Earth. During this time we plan, with the help of our soul group, to achieve the lessons we want to achieve and fulfill the destiny we wish to play out.
He explored, over and over again, in his plays and novels, the simple proposition that life is meaningless in any spiritual sense. (The entire section is 616 words.)
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. of the suffering Servant.399 Indeed Jesus himself explained the meaning of his life. life to his Father through the Holy Spirit in reparation for our disobedience. 442. 616 It is love "to the end"446 that confers on Christ's sacrifice its value as.
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L Arche Hymn L'Arche, the international network of residential communities where people. Departing Hymn: "When Hands Reach Out" (verses 1, 2, 4, and 5). When hands. In Greek mythology, Selene (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n i /; Ancient Greek: Σελήνη [selɛ̌ːnɛː] "Moon") is the goddess of the moon.She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun-god Helios, and Eos, goddess of the dawn.She drives her moon chariot across the heavens.
In fact, the main comics continuity takes place in one universe (known as Earth-616), while the MCU composes another (Earth. ethereal form, with his spirit leaving his body. Nebula grabs the.
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Physical Mental Spiritual When Death released For the World to See (recorded in 1975 but only saw its official release in 2009), no one paid much attention. A careful listen to the album will reveal a fast and furious punk. Individuals who blame karma for their poor health have more pain and worse physical and mental health, according to a new study from University of Missouri researchers. Targeted interventions to. It guides readers through the physical, mental, emotional
A great nation uses it only in a spirit of grim necessity. in its proposed budget — is that it does not fully understand our threats or the meaning of power. The existence of the Islamic State is,
. Indeed Jesus himself explained the meaning of his life and death in the light of. his life to his Father through the Holy Spirit in reparation for our disobedience. 442. 616 It is love "to the end"446 that confers on Christ's sacrifice its value as.
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An apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις apokálypsis, from ἀπό and καλύπτω, literally meaning "an uncovering") is a disclosure or revelation of knowledge. In religious and occult concepts an apocalypse usually discloses something hidden, or provides what Bart Ehrman has termed "a vision of heavenly secrets that can make sense of earthly realities".
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To summarize spiritual meaning of 444, is a heads up, you should check the signs, think about this, understand the system and follow your intuition, this might be important to you or related information heading your way.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange lists 616 companies, meaning Israel has one public company for every. and a tribute to their enduring spirit in the face of significant challenges. Israel is a.
But Craft, who will be at Spirit of '76 Bookstore in Marblehead tomorrow from. how will I live my life without the movement that gave it meaning?" Craft, who lives in Pennsylvania, danced for many.
Spiritual Meaning of the Color Red The color red is vibrant and full of life, it has a range of meanings from love and passion to fiery anger, it excites and energizes. Red is the color of fire, and power. Red holds symbolic meaning of all things intense and passionate.
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17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word. 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching.
It's 170 feet tall (not counting the twenty feet underground), 616 feet long. thumb down. But the meaning is controversial. A thumb protruding from a hand could be symbolic of a swaddled sword and,
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The answer is that spiritually the number 6 is imperfect as being short of the. there is a whole study of the numbers of the Bible and their meanings, and that the. of the book of revelation says 616 instead of 666, which translated to " Neron",
Edwin did not understand the meaning of these words that night but he memorized them forever. A significant event happened in the life of St. Edwin in 616: with the support. he pledged not to.
Aug 18, 2008. Those who are aware of this phenomenon become adept at reading the meaning of various license plates. In this way, the angels will actually.
This conviction and vision animate Nigerian Spirit (release date: June 16. One, a little riff with syllables Aimy turned into "Chotima," had more meaning than Aimy expected. An artist friend.
"It sounds like it would be cost-prohibitive and I feel like it goes against the spirit of what we were trying to do. to be in an excess liability situation," Pilcher said, meaning the district or.
Sep 30, 2009. www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=616. Arthur and Marilouise. In America today a single date returns repeatedly to define political life: 11 September 2001. We will call this metaphysical tendency the ontological far right.
There's a Secret Meaning Behind The Devil's Number 666. BEC CREW. 17 NOV 2018. which has been found in several early Biblical texts as being written 616, you can translate that out as being Nero Cesar. "It adds to the kind of complexity of it kind of being a riddle,
Another side, overflowing with spiritual disgust, emerges in Jean Delville's. paintings crop up in the Guggenheim's appealingly kitschy exhibition Mystical Symbolism, a greatest hits compilation.
The exhibit, organized by the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, will display about 60 religious artifacts ranging from symbolic headdresses. "These objects all have certain,
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Jaspers's concern for a clarification of the meaning and forms of being assuredly links him. It escapes from every idea of consciousness as well as from the attempt of spirit to render it into an.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a. the significance of 666 is that its expression in Latin is the sequential Roman. of the number, Nero is the only name that can account for both 666 and 616,
Discussion on the meaning of this value and its association with individuals. two different spellings of Nero can account for both the value 666 and 616. Bullinger, Number in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance , 49.
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But even at Wells Fargo levels, the numbers are so large that they lose their meaning. And they put Wells Fargo's seemingly. even when they violate its spirit. In an important call to arms this.
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But thematically, "De Materie" seemed frustratingly vague, no less than an exploration of the relationship between matter and spirit, using texts ranging. The thematic meaning comes through vividly.
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C.G. Jung 5. The human body is the best picture of the human soul. Ludwig Wittgenstein 6. If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself — ugly as they may.
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Herman Melville A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (Facts on File Library of American Literature)
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An encyclopedic guide to the novelist includes entries on Melville's works and characters, influential events and social issues, friends and family, and journeys. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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Melville from A to Z Shines
As I flip through this wonderful piece of scholarship that is "Melville from A to Z," I can't help but wonder the time, talent, and work ethic that went into producing it's contents. The authors are to be commended for making this book helpful to the serious scholar as well as the lay person who is intrigued with Melville's writings. I will most certainly use it in my studies, which is the primary reason why I purchased the book. There are great anecdotes, summaries on each book and poem, and plenty of pictures to give a physical property to Herman Melville, most of whom only know him through his works. There is a comprehensive bibliography, covering a panoply of subjects that will prove useful to one desiring further study. A useful index also accompanies this volume. One of the more stronger qualities of the book is that there exists an unbiased centrism with each item that is described, which makes it ostensibly more authentic. I am sure that others will find the work appealing, helpful, and constructive.
Helpful and much needed Guide to Melville
This book fills a void in Melville Studies. It is a fairly comprehensive reference guide to Melville's works, their plots, characters, publishing history and critical reception. There are also entries on his family, contemporaries, Current Events of his time, and many different pieces of information a reader might need to know. This book is perfect as a Reader's Guide and the price, especially compared to the other "Melville Encyclopedias", namely those by Robert L. Gale (1990) and Kathleen E. Kier (1995), which were over $100.00 each, is excellent. The authors are also able to make use of the recent Melville Biographies by Laurie Robertson-Lorant and the first Volume of the Melville Biography by Hershel Parker (both 1996). To what extent the recent discovery of 500 Melville family letters, which are acknowledged by the authors, were used, or if at all, is not made clear. The organization of the book is well done, beginning with a Chronology. The entries, which follow, are probably out of neccessity quite brief, yet for the most part helpful. I would have preferred if their sources would have been cited, as then the Book would have been of use to Scholars. The plots of the Novels are given, sometimes Chapter by Chapter, but there is little interpretation. I have found so far, several minor errors, which are not too serious, and hope will be corrected in subsequent editions. There follow a Melville Family Tree, a Caterogical Index, a useful but not comprehensive Bibliography and finally a General Index. I think on the whole this book is well done in its scope. It is easily accessible and well priced, but is not useful for Scholarly Research, which is, I gather not its intent. Still, the concept is a good one and I can think of at least twenty Authors for who I would like to see a similar Guide.
Why this book is the "essential reference"
Our book should appeal to both new and seasoned Melville readers. How many of you have read his epic poem CLAREL? It is very long and even scholars have shied away from it. But for all of its flaws it is a magnificent work, and we provide a detailed (canto by canto) summary. We do the same for ALL of Melville's poetry and fiction. As an introduction to his work, or as a guide that can help the reader to review or refresh his or her sense of the range of Melville's work, our book will be--as the publisher promises--the "essential reference book." We also include illustrations from the collections of several museums and the Library of Congress.


So once again, overthinking has caught up with me. Seriously, will I ever learn? I'm either battling through some sort of cold while clearly making it worse or gritting my teeth through some muscular pain. This week it is the latter.
An acute pain struck my left knee on Sunday during an easy spin. I had such finished quite an intense week of training and was just settling into some recovery rides. I thought nothing of it as my left knee has been quite bad as far as I can remember. Even well before I got into cycling. Anyways, Monday rolled around and I completed another one hour recovery and felt fine. That was until Tuesdays ride. 20 minutes into yet another easy spin and my knee was twitching. I knew something wasn't quite right. Yet foolishly, as I always do, I just spun on. It wasn't until I completed the remaining 50 minutes that I knew I wasn't going to be back on the bike for a little while.
I could honestly kick myself, if only I could support my own body weight on it. But I do this every time. I get so excited and invested in a new training plan that I don't listen to what my body is telling me.
I know what the solution is now that I'm injured but what do I tell myself when I'm on the verge of injury?
If you're not familiar with the world of Zwift then hopefully this will get you up to speed. Zwift is basically a gaming platform but your bike, along with a turbo trainer, is the controller with you powering it. You are riding in a virtual world with an avatar that displays the power you are putting out via your smart trainer. If you don't have a smart trainer then a power meter, along with a turbo trainer, is the next best thing. However, after riding with both setups, I prefer the smart trainer simply for the ERG mode setting. More about this later.
Although I haven't been racing on Zwift for very long, as well as racing in general for that matter, I feel as though I have learnt a lot.
For my winter training I have been using TrainerRoad since last year. TrainerRoad is great as it has highly structured plans that build up your strength and power over a number of weeks. Many of the workouts will have you at a range from 90% to 100% of your FTP for a length of time from 10 to 60 minutes to get your true hour power number. This is great if you have a smart trainer set in ERG mode but when it comes to real-world riding, these numbers fluctuate. This fluctuation is much more apparent when it comes to racing. This is mainly due to the range of pace by either the terrain of the course or my other riders trying to make a break from the pack.
So while TrainerRoad is excellent for gaining strength and even the confidence of knowing you can hold on to a certain power number, you still need to mix things up to find out your true abilities. This is where, for me anyway, Zwift becomes quite invaluable. Online you will find people using one or the other but I see the benefits of using both together.
Winter training is here for me but is also flying past me.
I began back in October by signing up for TrainerRoad again. I first signed up for it last year and find it to be very good at giving me a solid, structured training plan that meets my goals for the up coming season. Although I haven't fully decided on what my goals this year will be.
Since reigniting my TrainerRoad account and purchasing my Tacx Flux, my performance has improved immensely. I find it so much easier now to just open the app and jump on my bike, which is already setup on the trainer. For me, just getting on and doing the workout is always the hard part but once I get going, I'm usually fine.
With it being the winter season, I have put on a little weight, six pounds in fact but I'm feeling good because of it. My numbers are up and I just feel as through I'm recovering better between each ride. Though I am missing riding outside, the snowy conditions out are proving that to be quite difficult.
I haven't done much strength training to be honest but I've been catching up on some reading and I'm feeling pretty drawn towards it. I've currently got David Millar's The Racer: The Inside Story of Life on the Raod on top of my reading pile and am finding it pretty difficult to put down. It's been such a great read and has so much insight as well as a wealth of knowledge.
I like the sound of his winter strength training exercise to get back into things, in a sadistic sort of way. It's a basically 30 squats, break for a minute times. Then ten minutes on the bike to spin the legs out. Then back to the 30 squats with the one minute rest. Then bike and finally another set of squats and finishing on the bike. It will add up to 270 squats with 30 minutes of spinning work. It sounds brutal but I will definitely be fitting that in at some point. Perhaps at the weekend when I have a little extra time on the bike.
Although winter training indoors is very lonely, and almost reclusive in a way, I enjoy it very much. I think it's more the excitement of getting out with my cycling friends and the cycling club I'm a member of and just showing them 'what you've got'. It's very alpha, I know, but I love it and it's all in good fun between me and a number of cycling friends.
This weekend will be the South Shields Velo Cycling Club (SSVCC) 50 mile time trial, which is to be held at the East Hartford Community Centre using the M509 course.
The event will is going to have a fantastic turnout with 80 riders down on the start sheet from allover the United Kingdom. SSVCC has been working on this event since the start of the year, which shows the sheer amount of organisation that is required for an event of this size.
We are very excited to be giving away one of our up and coming prints to the winner of the TT.
The best of luck to all those involved and to SSVCC for their organising of the event. Chapeau!
Well, it's finally here and live. Pedal Gains. The lovechild of a passion for cycling, minimal design and t-shirts.
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At the end of last year, I invested in the Cartridge Mart. The business model is simple - The Cartridge Martâ"¢ Displays are placed in local stores selling to local people for 60% less than retailers such as Office Max, Office Depot and Staples. The displays are Located in Office Supply stores, Computer Stores, Drug Stores, Grocery Stores, etc. I however, have had absolutely no time to devote to this. I actually still have the displays and the ink cartridges in boxes in my office. My business has been doing very well lately and has kept me too busy to do anything else.
I figured I would just find someone else who was willing to run with this. In talking to the folks at the Cartridge Mart as well as other distributors around the country, I am convinced it is a good business. I talked to a girl in the Midwest who has 18 stores and is pulling down about $200K /year with this.
I put up $10,000 for all of the displays and product for 4 stores. I am just looking for someone who can put up 5K and then I would finance the remaining 5K- but this is negotiable. (However, you would get all of the $10,000 back in the form of discounts). Plus, going forward, it would only cost $1250 to open additional stores. This makes it easy to expand and get your revenue stream up quickly.
Feel free to give me a call if you think you might be interested. Like I said, I have all of the displays and product still sitting in boxes in my office just going to waste. Email or contact Ken at 770 649-9298 for more information on this franchise for sale.
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Pinpointing loneliness in the brain
Scientists identify cells that represent feelings of isolation.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Sarah McDonnell
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In this image of the dorsal raphe nucleus, dopamine neurons are labeled in green, red, or both (appearing yellow).
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Humans, like all social animals, have a fundamental need for contact with others. This deeply ingrained instinct helps us to survive; it's much easier to find food, shelter, and other necessities with a group than alone. Deprived of human contact, most people become lonely and emotionally distressed.
In a study appearing in the Feb. 11 issue of Cell, MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain region that represents these feelings of loneliness. This cluster of cells, located near the back of the brain in an area called the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), is necessary for generating the increased sociability that normally occurs after a period of social isolation, the researchers found in a study of mice.
"To our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has pinned down a loneliness-like state to a cellular substrate. Now we have a starting point for really starting to study this," says Kay Tye, the Whitehead Career Development Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, a member of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and one of the senior authors of the study.
While much research has been done on how the brain seeks out and responds to rewarding social interactions, very little is known about how isolation and loneliness also motivate social behavior.
"There are many studies from human psychology describing how we have this need for social connection, which is particularly strong in people who feel lonely. But our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying that state is pretty slim at the moment. It certainly seems like a useful, adaptive response, but we don't really know how that's brought about," says Gillian Matthews, a postdoc at the Picower Institute and the paper's lead author.
Matthews first identified the loneliness neurons somewhat serendipitously, while studying a completely different topic. As a PhD student at Imperial College London, she was investigating how drugs affect the brain, particularly dopamine neurons. She originally planned to study how drug abuse influences the DRN, a brain region that had not been studied very much.
As part of the experiment, each mouse was isolated for 24 hours, and Matthews noticed that in the control mice, which had not received any drugs, there was a strengthening of connections in the DRN following the isolation period.
Further studies, both at Imperial College London and then in Tye's lab at MIT, revealed that these neurons were responding to the state of isolation. When animals are housed together, DRN neurons are not very active. However, during a period of isolation, these neurons become sensitized to social contact and when the animals are reunited with other mice, DRN activity surges. At the same time, the mice become much more sociable than animals that had not been isolated.
When the researchers suppressed DRN neurons using optogenetics, a technique that allows them to control brain activity with light, they found that isolated mice did not show the same rebound in sociability when they were re-introduced to other mice.
"That suggested these neurons are important for the isolation-induced rebound in sociability," Tye says. "When people are isolated for a long time and then they're reunited with other people, they're very excited, there's a surge of social interaction. We think that this adaptive and evolutionarily conserved trait is what we are modeling in mice, and these neurons could play a role in that increased motivation to socialize."
Social dominance
The researchers also found that animals with a higher rank in the social hierarchy were more responsive to changes in DRN activity, suggesting that they may be more susceptible to feelings of loneliness following isolation.
"The social experience of every animal is not the same in a group," Tye says. "If you're the dominant mouse, maybe you love your social environment. And if you're the subordinate mouse, and you're being beat up every day, maybe it's not so fun. Maybe you feel socially excluded already."
The findings represent "an amazing cornerstone for future studies of loneliness," says Alcino Silva, a professor of neurobiology, psychiatry, and psychology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA who was not involved in the research.
"There is something poetic and fascinating about the idea that modern neuroscience tools have allowed us to reach to the very depths of the human soul, and that in this search we have discovered that even the most human of emotions, loneliness, is shared in some recognizable form with even one of our distant mammalian relatives — the mouse," Silva says.
The researchers are now studying whether these neurons actually detect loneliness or are responsible for driving the response to loneliness, and whether they might be part of a larger brain network that responds to social isolation. Another area to be explored is whether differences in these neurons can explain why some people prefer more social contact than others, and whether those differences are innate or formed by experience.
"There's probably some part that could very well be determined by innate brain features, but I think probably an equal, if not greater, contribution would be from the environment in which individuals have developed," Tye says. "These are completely open questions. We can only speculate about it at this point."
Mark Ungless, a senior lecturer at Imperial College London, is also a senior author of the study. MIT graduate students Edward Nieh and Caitlin Vander Weele are also lead authors.
Writing for The New York Times, Katie Hafner highlights how MIT researchers have identified a region of the brain that they believe could be responsible for producing feelings of loneliness. Hafner explains that "the region, known as the dorsal raphe nucleus, or D.R.N., is best known for its link to depression."
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Wired reporter Emily Reynolds writes that MIT neuroscientists have identified the region of the brain that generates a feeling of loneliness. The researchers found that the "DRN, near the back of the brain, hosts a cluster of cells that the team say is responsible for generating increased sociability after periods of isolation."
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Sports: Forks falls to Lynden Christian in state playoffs
by Darrick Meneken
Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:01am
YAKIMA — A day after winning at the overtime buzzer, the Forks High School boys basketball team lost almost the same way.
The Spartans claimed eighth place in the Class 2A state tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Saturday, falling 47-42 to Lynden Christian, which finished fifth.
Senior David Burr missed a possible game-tying 3-pointer with three seconds left in overtime and Lynden Christian sank two free throws in the final seconds to seal the win.
"It was a set play for me but I couldn't get an open shot," Burr said outside the team locker room after the game.
"We were hoping for fifth, but . . . "
Forks, which went 2-2 at state and finished the season 20-8 overall, made it to the trophy round with a last-second overtime win over Connell on Friday.
Junior David Hurn sank a 3-pointer from the left corner at the overtime buzzer off an assist from Jordan Justus to propel Forks to a trophy game for the first time since 1969, when the Spartans were a Class 1A team.
"I don't usually get excited and I thought I was going to fall out of my chair," Forks head coach Scott Justus said of Friday's win.
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