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John Winslow Irving, rodným jménem John Wallace Blunt, Jr. (* 2. března 1942, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA) je americký spisovatel a držitel Oscara za scénář k filmu Pravidla moštárny, který byl natočen podle jeho stejnojmenné knihy.

Život Johna Irvinga
Narodil se 2. března 1942 v Exeteru ve státě New Hampshire za neobvyklých okolností, které později velmi ovlivnily zápletky několika jeho románů: narodil se jako nemanželské dítě (jeho původní jméno bylo John Winslow) jeho matce Helen, dědičce rodu Winslow, jedné z nejstarších a nejvýznamnějších rodin Nové Anglie, protože odmítala, aby John poznal svého pravého otce, profesora ruských dějin. Helen Winslow si později vzala Collina F. N. Irvinga, učitele na prestižní Phillips Exeter Academy. Poté, co přijal příjmení svého adoptivního otce, se tak stal Johnem Irvingem. Až do roku 2000 nikdy nehledal svého pravého otce. Vždy říkával : " Já už otce mám." V roce 2001 se dozvěděl, že má nevlastního bratra z druhého manželství svého biologického otce.

V 11 letech byl Irving pohlavně zneužit starší ženou. Tato událost pak inspirovala mnoho jeho děl.

Studentská léta
Během studií v Exeteru ho učili slavný presbyteriánský teolog a romanopisec Frederick Buechner a učitel George Bennett, ti mu později pomohli účastnit se kurzu tvůrčího psaní v Iowě, prestižního amerického spisovatelského programu, který je jediný svého druhu. Poté studoval krátce na universitě v Pittsburghu a promoval na universitě v New Hampshire. V Iowě studoval po boku budoucích známých spisovatelů – Gaila Godwina, Johna Cayseho a Donalda Hendrieho Jr., také ho učil proslulý Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Manželství
Svoji první ženu Shylu poznal na svých zahraničních studiích ve Vídni. Když pak velmi nečekaně otěhotněla, vzali se (1965). Před tím, než se v polovině 80. let 20. století rozvedli (1981), měli spolu dva syny. Později se oženil se svou agentkou Janet Turnbullovou, se kterou měl dalšího syna.

Kariéra
Na Mount Holyoke College v Massachusetts přednášel jakožto univerzitní profesor anglickou literaturu 19. století. Jeho první tři knihy nezpůsobily nějaký větší rozruch. Až jeho čtvrtá kniha - Svět podle Garpa - vydaná v roce 1978 mu přinesla obrovský úspěch a vynesla ho tak do žebříčku úspěšných amerických spisovatelů. Během spisovatelské činnosti mj. také pracoval jako trenér zápasu (ve Vermontu). V roce 2001 byl zvolen členem Americké akademie pro umění a literaturu.

Vášeň k zápasnictví
Je zcela zřejmé, že prakticky všemi jeho knihami prostupuje jeho vášnivý vztah k zápasu jako takovému. John sám se po dobu dvaceti let zúčastňoval různých zápasnických soutěží. Mj.také celých 24 let působil jako rozhodčí a nakonec se stal i zápasnickým trenérem, a to až ve svých 37 letech. Během své zápasnické kariéry podstoupil několik operací; dobu, kdy se zápasem začínal až po svou čtvrtou operaci v 53 letech popisuje ve své autobiografické knize Imaginární přítelkyně. (viz níže)

Současnost
V roce 2009 v rozhovoru pro časopis New York Magazine uvedl, že začal pracovat na svém třináctém románu, nazvaném In One Person (V jedné osobě). Pojednávat má o šedesátiletém bisexuálovi jménem William, který vzpomíná na svůj život v padesátých a šedesátých letech. Román má být poprvé od Modlitby za Owena Meanyho vyprávěn v první osobě.

Dílo

 Svět podle Garpa byl vydán několikrát : 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2005 (edice LN)

Pitná kúra
Kniha je příběhem Freda "Falešníka" Trumpera, který v Rakousku potkává dívku, se kterou se musí oženit (kvůli jejímu těhotenství). Oba jsou velmi mladí a na vztah nepřipravení a záhy se rozcházejí. V knize se prolíná současnost s minulostí, vztah Trumpera ke své ženě i k současné přítelkyni, ke svým přátelům i spolupracovníkům i zvláštní vztah ke svým rodičům. Hlavní linií příběhu je Trumperovo onemocnění, při němž musí dodržovat pitnou kúru.

158 Librová svatba
V této knize je popisován pozoruhodný manželský čtyřúhelník. Všichni jeho "účastníci" s ním plně souhlasí. Nicméně se zdá, že celou prekérní situaci řídí profesor němčiny a především zápasnický trenér Severin Winter, dříve zápasník váhové kategorie do 158 liber. Odtud pak název samotné knihy.

Svět podle Garpa
Hlavním hrdinou je spisovatel Garp, syn zdravotní sestry a feministky Jenny Fieldsové a technického seržanta Garpa, který na začátku příběhu umírá při letecké nehodě. Garp má chronický strach o své syny, věří ve Spodního výra (tak nazývá své nejhorší představy a obavy). Celá kniha je prostoupena autorovým vztahem k zápasnictví. Garp se zabývá zápasem v řecko-římském stylu jako trenér a dokonce nakonec umírá v zápasnické tělocvičně.

Hotel New Hampshire
Celá tato kniha je prostoupena jeho vášní k nezvyklým věcem jako medvědi, cirkusácké kousky, zápasníci, bizarní jedinci aj. Jde o rozpracování povídky Penzión Grillparzer, která se objevuje v knize Svět podle Garpa coby fiktivní Garpova povídka.

Pravidla moštárny
Tato kniha řeší především otázku potratů a jejich legalizaci v 50. letech v USA. Unikátní příběh chlapce Homera vyrůstajícího v sirotčinci a jeho cesta do velkého světa za poznáním běžného života lidí z "normálního" světa. Snaha a přání Homera být hrdinou se rozpadá v nicotě a obyčejnosti života. Kniha byla později velmi úspěšně zfilmována jako stejnojmenný film Pravidla moštárny.

Modlitba za Owena Meanyho
Hlavní hrdina, Owen Meany, má zvláštní schopnosti. Už na první pohled tak působí - je až nepřirozeně malý, měří pouhých sto padesát centimetrů, je lehoučký jako pírko a jeho hlas zůstává v pozici neustálého výkřiku. Kniha vypráví o dětství a dospívání zvláštního Owena Meanyho a jeho nejlepšího kamaráda Johna Wheelwrighta, jejich osudech zvláštních okolností, které se mnohdy až příliš podobají zázraku. Owen Meany, chlapec, jenž se narodil neposkvrněným početím, jenž už od dětství zná přesné datum i okolnosti svého úmrtí, působí na své okolí jako Mesiáš. Díky své bezmezné víře v Boha a v sebe, jako Boží nástroj, zachraňuje, i ničí. Smrt matky nejlepšího kamaráda, kterou zaviní jen náhodnou shodou okolností, i záchranou téhož kamaráda před narukováním do Vietnamu a oběť vlastního života při záchraně vietnamských sirotků, působí v příběhu jako nová interpretace Ježíšova života.

Pokus o záchranu Čuňáka Sneeda
Tato kniha je soubor několika povídek. Hned podle první povídky se jmenuje celá kniha.

Syn cirkusu
Tato fantaskní kniha pojednává o kosmopolitním lékaři indického původu, který miluje prostředí cirkusů, obdivuje akrobaty a sbírá trpasličí krev. Vedle úspěšné kariéry ortopeda hlavní hrdina rovněž prožívá utajenou kariéru autora scénářů detektivních frašek, které se těší vášnivé nenávisti celého Bollywoodu. Na pozadí příběhu řádí masový vrah, jehož hlavní hrdina pomalu odhaluje, v knize se zjevují a mizí roztodivné postavy jako transsexuál "Kráska", blonďatá americká hippie, pravý indický detektiv, ochrnutý chlapeček či dětské prostitutky nakažené všemožnými pohlavními nemocemi…

Imaginární přítelkyně
Jedná se o autobiografickou knihu, ve které se opět vyznává ze své celoživotní vášně-zápasení. Vzpomíná zde na své dva přátelé, zápasnické trenéry a také spisovatele. Kniha také popisuje obětavý vztah Johna Irvinga ke svým synům, které dovedl k titulům šampionů Nové Anglie. Tento titul se jemu samotnému totiž nikdy nepodařilo získat.

Rok vdovou
Tato kniha se stala předlohou pro film Dveře v podlaze. Vypráví životní příběh ženy Rút, která celý život trpí svým zvláštním "posláním". Narodila se totiž poté, co zemřeli její dva bratři, a měla rodičům poskytnout jakousi náhradu za ně. Matka Rút však trpí chorobným strachem, že by mohla přijít i o své třetí dítě, a tak dceru "svěří" do péče otce a odchází neznámo kam. Kniha posléze popisuje Rútinu dospělost - stane se uznávanou spisovatelkou a splní se jí tedy dětský sen. Při jedné své cestě do Nizozemska, kde chce poznat život prostitutek, aby o nich mohla napsat svou další knihu, je svědkem vraždy jedné z nich; to ji poznamená na celý další život. Autor v knize líčí také řadu Rútiných milostných dobrodružství, ať už se jedná o vztah s o generaci starším Eddiem, kterého kdysi malá Rút "nachytala" při souloži s vlastní matkou, nebo o lásku k nizozemskému komisaři vyšetřujícímu vraždu lehké děvy, s nímž také Rút po smrti svého manžela (odtud Rok vdovou - Rút razí teorii, že po roce smutnění se má žena znovu do milostného života vrhnout), zůstává. Na konci knihy jsme svědky dojemného setkání Rút a její matky po několika desítkách let odloučení.

Čtvrtá ruka
Autor zde píše o svých oblíbených tématech, současně vyzdvihuje důležitou roli "druhé šance".
Čtvrtá ruka - to je typická "irvingovská" kniha. Na začátku se stane hlavní postavě - jistému moderátorovi - nehoda v přímém přenosu. Lev mu ukousne ruku. Díky tomu se stane de facto známým po celém světě, což je mu jak k užitku, tak i ke škodě. Pak následují různé životní peripetie a také naděje na transplantaci nové ruky. Ta se sice zdaří, ale posléze se projeví jisté obtíže takového rázu, že mu doktoři musejí ruku opět odstranit. Přesto je kniha prodchnuta optimistickým tónem vyjadřujícím myšlenku, že kvalita života může zůstat zachována i po takové tragické události.

Dokud tě nenajdu
Vypráví příběh ženami obletovaného, ale i v mládí zneužívaného herce Jacka Burnse, který celý život hledá svého otce a najde jej teprve poté, co ztratí svoji matku.

Filmy podle Johna Irvinga
1. Svět podle Garpa  (1982)
 Scénář - Steve Tesich
 Režie - George Roy Hill
 Hlavní role - Robin Williams, Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, John Lithgow

"Nevadí mi, co tam dali, ale to, co vynechali. Je to jako by hodili rodinu do pračky, ale čekal jsem něco horšího." Takto komentoval John Irving při prvním pokusu převést jeho knihu Svět podle Garpa na filmové plátno. Tento film není kritiky ani diváky považován za příliš zdařilý. Za neúspěch filmu může pravděpodobně ne příliš dobrý scénář. Přesto byli někteří herci nominovaní na Oscara. Zde si sám zahrál malou roli rozhodčího.

2. Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
 Scénář - Tony Richardson
 Režie - Tony Richardson
 Hlavní role - Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges

V tomto filmu si Rob Lowe a Jodie Foster zahráli sourozeneckou dvojici Johnna a Frannie. Menší roli si zde zahrála i známá herečka Nastassja Kinski v roli Medvědice. Tento film opět nebývá považován za příliš povedený a to zejména proto, že jeho velmi svérázná tvorba jde jen těžko převést do filmové podoby. Proto milostný vztah mezi bratrem a sestrou či žena chodící v medvědím kožichu působí poněkud podivně.

3. Simon Birch (1998)
 Scénář - Mark Steven Johnson
 Režie - Mark Steven Johnson
 Hlavní role - Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn

Pro tento film prodal filmařům jen několik kapitol ze svého románu Modlitba pro Owena Meanyho. Trval však na tom, aby byla pozměněna jména postav a dokonce i název filmu. Mj.si zde zahrál malou roli i Jim Carrey.

4. Pravidla moštárny (1999)
 Scénář - John Irving
 Režie - Lasse Hallström
 Hlavní role - Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Michael Caine

Tento film se po uvedení stal velmi úspěšným a to zejména proto, že scénář k němu napsal sám Irving. K úspěchu přispěl i fakt, že režie se ujal zkušený odborník Lasse Hallström. Dalším důvodem je pravděpodobně to, že byla pro film ponechána jen hlavní zápletka, jména postav a prostředí. Při psaní scénáře původní verzi své knihy téměř radikálně změnil. Úplně vynechal jednu z hlavních postav, dívku ze sirotčince Melony, a věnoval se jen hlavní dějové linii vztahu mezi dr. Larchem a jeho svěřencem, sirotkem Homerem Wellsem.

4. Dveře v podlaze (2004)
 Scénář - Tod Williams
 Režie - Tod Williams
 Hlavní role - Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Elle Fanning

Externí odkazy

 Stránky Johna Irvinga v českém jazyce
 Recenze knihy Čtvrtá ruka - knihovnice.cz
 O filmu Dveře v podlaze - kinomol.cz

Američtí scenáristé
Absolventi Iowské univerzity
Narození v roce 1942
Narození 2. března
Američtí romanopisci
Žijící lidé
Držitelé Oscara za nejlepší adaptovaný scénář
Muži
Narození v New Hampshiru

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Pluto is a cost effective, powerful and compact safety PLC for all machine safety applications. Most safety devices on the market can be connected directly to Pluto and multiple safety sensors can be connected to a single input and still achieve the highest safety level. Programming is done easily in the accompanying software Pluto Manager.
Pluto is available in different models; simple models for smaller systems and models with bus communication for lager systems. Some of our Pluto models are adapted for AS-i . Models with analogue inputs are available as well.
Eliminates the need for extra module for speed monitoring for ex.
Simple communication with external networks.
With the use of a Gateway device, Pluto can communicate with other control systems and thereby form a part of a larger network. The unit has a common interface with Pluto, i.e. the same cabling and the Pluto Manager software can be used for servicing and where necessary programming. There are different Gateway models available for different field buses.
Rotational absolute encoders for safe positioning.
Together with Pluto, rotational absolute encoders can be used for safe position determination of machine movements. The encoders are available in both single and multi-turn versions.
We offer a range of accessories for Pluto Safety-PLC such as cables, connectors, function blocks and identifier circuits (IDFIX).
IDFIX is an identification circuit that is unique to each device on the Pluto bus. It includes an identification code and makes it possible to distribute a PLC program in the network. There are four different versions: R, RW, DATA and PROG. In addition to the identification code, DATA may also include safety codes from the AS-i nodes in an AS-i system. PROG includes the current PLC program and is used with single-Pluto for program distribution.
Pluto Manager is a software tailored for the safety PLC Pluto. Programming is done in ladder and together with the function block creates the structure of your safety functions. The software comes with predefined function blocks approved by TÜV to facilitate the work on designing the safety functions.
Pluto Manager gives you a structured overview of Pluto's, gateways and peripheral components in large and small projects. It gives you an overview and control of the sensors and actuators, and the reactions between them. Pluto Manager also contains manuals for the software and hardware that are connected and needs to be handled through the program.
The interface gives the option to get the status directly from Pluto's two bus options, AS-i and Pluto bus. There are also diagnostic functions and the option to export data.
We offer safety relays for all kinds of safety devices. Our safety relays have great flexibility and a wide range of input options. The relays are small and compact with an excellent reliability and safety level.
When several safety devices should control the same output, it is quite common to connect them in series. But to reach PL e, serial connection is not possible and each device should have its own safety relay. Vital offers the capability to exclusively control smaller machine safety systems that would otherwise have required a programmable controller or multiple safety relays. With the Vital safety controller, up to 30 safety devices can be connected in series to one Vital and still reach PL e.
The RT series consists of universal relays that have the most common functions used in safety situations. These safety relays can supervise both your safety devices and the internal safety of your machinery. In addition you can select the safety level required for each installation.
The BT series consist of safety relays designed to connect safety devices, such as emergency stops, directly in the voltage supply circuit to the relay. Despite a compact width of 22.5 mm the relays are very powerful. These relays can also be used as expansion relays for Pluto to increase the number of outputs.
The JSB series consist of specialized safety relays for e.g. two hand devices with dual channel synchronization.
By connecting expansion relays from the E series to a safety relay it is easy to increase the number of safe outputs. This means that an unlimited number of dangerous machine operations and functions can be stopped from one safety relay.
The JSR series are used for expanding the outputs of safety relays. Stop signals can be delayed and outputs are also provided for function indication.
The BT series consist of safety relays designed to connect safety devices, such as emergency stops, directly in the voltage supply circuit to the relay. These relays can also be used as expansion relays for Pluto to increase the number of outputs.
Sensors, switches and locks are used to control the gates and hatches around hazardous machinery, and to monitor the position of a machine.
Eden is a non-contact safety sensor for interlocked doors and safe position sensing. The safety sensor is used to assure that a machine stops when a door or hatch is opened. It can also be used to monitor if a robot is in a fixed position when someone enters the working area of the robot.
A non-contact safety sensor consists of two complementary parts that can sense each others presence without mechanical contact. This enables more flexible mounting compared to traditional mechanical switches. Eden is constantly communicating between the two parts and any failure will directly lead to a stop signal.
Knox can be used either as a safety lock to a cell/line with long stopping time, or as a process lock to prevent unnecessary process stops. The locking function is electrically controlled and retains its position (unlocked/locked) in the event of a power failure.
The handles operate as they would on a normal door but the exterior handle also has a reset function, eliminating the need for a separate reset button. It is always possible to open the door from the inside, using the emergency release handle.
Magne is an electromagnetic lock intended for electrical locking of doors and hatches with a holding force of up to 1500 N. Magne is usually used when access to the dangerous zone and the consequent stopping of the machine might only happen when specific conditions are met, at the end of the cycle for example.
Magne 1 and 3 are non-safe locks and must be associated to a safety interlocking device in safety applications.
Magne 2 integrates an Eden safety sensor and the interlocking function can reach up to a PLe/SIL 3.
Magne 1B, 2B & 3B have all an integrated permanent magnet which holds the door closed when no power is supplied.
Larger mounting tolerances than mechanical locks facilitates installation.
All the advantages of the integrated Eden safety sensor with Magne 2.
Less wear than a mechanical lock since there are no moving parts.
Dalton is a process lock intended to prevent unnecessary process stops. It can be used either as a stand-alone lock or integrated with the Eden safety sensor. In the unlocked state the door is held closed by a ball catch and in locked state the balls are mechanically blocked so the lock tongue cannot be pulled out. It can be installed with its opening in different directions, and is easy to fit due to its low height.
The Dalton process lock has a modular structure and can be combined in different ways depending on position, installation and function. You choose the lock housing, lock tongue and fixing plate yourself to create a complete Dalton.
MKey safety switches are intended for detecting the position of moving guards. They are designed to fit the leading edge of sliding, hinged or lift off machine guards. MKey switches have rotary heads which provides ease of mounting and offer different actuator entry positions.
The MKey switches are available in several versions to meet different needs. Depending on the environment where the switch will be used, different material can be chosen. For extra durability, stainless steel versions are available. For use in hazardous areas where explosive conditions exists, versions approved by ATEX and IECEx are also available.
Sense is a non-contact safety sensor for interlocked doors and safe position sensing. The safety sensor is used to assure that a machine stops when a door or hatch is opened. It can also monitor that a robot is standing still in a monitored position when someone enters the robots working area.
A non-contact safety sensor consists of two complementary parts that can sense each others presence without mechanical contact. This enables more flexible mounting compared to traditional mechanical switches. Sense is constantly communicating between the two parts and any failure will directly lead to a stop signal. Sense works together with all of our control modules.
An emergency stop device is used to permit anyone to stop machinery if it breaks down or if someone is in danger. We offer different types of traditional mushroom head type emergency stop for different types of mounting and environment. We also offer grab wire emergency stops which allow emergency command from any point along the installed wire length.
Smile emergency stop is a small and easy to install emergency stop. The size of the device makes it possible to be installed wherever you want. It comes with M12 connection or cable, and the centralised mounting holes makes it especially easy to mount on aluminum extrusions.
Smile 41 push-button box gathers up to four push-buttons and emergency stop button in a single compact device. Two series of Smile 41 is available - a set of models for standard Pluto and another set of models adapted for AS-i Safety.
INCA is an illuminated emergency stop for panel mounting. It is designed for installation in 22.5 mm holes in equipment cabinets and the connection is easily made via a removable terminal. With its very compact dimensions, INCA takes very little space in the cabinet.
EStrong is an emergency stop designed to provide a robust unit in exposed and severe environments. The unit has a stainless steel enclosure that withstands high pressure and high temperature wash-down. It is therefore ideally suited for industries that have special demands, such as food processing or chemical industry.
LineStrong Emergency stops are grab wire safety switches designed to be mounted on machines and sections of conveyors which cannot be protected by guards. In contrast to traditional mushroom head type Emergency stops, LineStrong can initiate the emergency command from any point along the installed wire length, and thereby provide robust emergency stop protection for exposed conveyors and machines.
From the smallest inside component to the outer tough shell, ABB's pilot devices are pieces of engineering ingenuity. Reliable, flexible and available worldwide - just as ABB.
A complete offering to meet any customer need.
Safety control devices are used to directly start and stop dangerous machine movements. We offer several different types of control devices to meet different needs.
Safeball consists of a spherical ball containing two embedded pushbutton switches, one on each side of the ball. To be able to start and operate a machine both buttons must be activated. The risk of unintentional activation is thereby minimized and the device is simple and ergonomic to use.
Safeball can be utilised for either one-hand or two-hand applications. For a two-hand control device the operator needs to have a Safeball for each hand to be able to operate a machine. If one or more pushbuttons are released a stop signal is given to the machine.
Three-position devices (or hold-to-run devices) can be used for troubleshooting, programming and test running in situations where no other protection is available or feasible. With a three-position device the operator can either press harder in an emergency or release the device to stop the machine.
A foot-operated safety switch is used when the operator needs to start and stop a machine in a safe way while both his hands are busy, holding a work piece for example.
A two hand device can be used when it is necessary to ensure that the operator is outside and must be prevented from reaching into the hazardous area. The conventional JSTD20 two-hand device utilizes a welded steel housing. Two operating pushbuttons are protected by over hand guards. To start and run the machine both pushbutton must be activated. If one or both pushbuttons are released a stop signal is given to the machine.
A two-hand device can be used when it is necessary to ensure that the operator is outside and must be prevented from reaching into the hazardous area. The JSTD25 replaces the traditional two-hand device. With a JSTD25 two-hand control station you have a prepared two-hand unit that is easy to install, while utilising the good ergonomics of the Safeball.


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Hi. This is a great distro! Good work! I have used it a couple of days now.
I would like to install it on another computer with more space. But thats not possible. Install allways get stuck when setting up my user account. I got this message: "Error 1076268, Cannot create download package list (metalinks)". I have tried different mirrors, not selected any additional apps etc. But no luck. There is no problem with my Internet connection, I am sure. This is a bit frustrating, since I love this distro. I have saved 2 log files: cnchi.log and pacman-boot.log if they are of any help. How can I upload them? I clicked on the cloud-icon, it didn't work. I will be very happy for any help and/or advice.
and show here the URLs that you get.
That one, I don't understand. I have tried cable ethernet, and wifi. Allways the same. I am able to surf the web with Chromium from the Live System. Everything works, but not install.
in which country are you??
Then I start CnChi --> Selects Mate --> only Chromium --> Let CnChi sort the mirror list --> Select Erase disk and install --> Ranking mirrors --> confirm install --> setup user account -->! Antergos installer error "Cannot create download package list (metalinks)." Code: 1078606 => Install aborted.
Apr 24 17:27:52 ant-18.3 kernel: FAT-fs (sdc1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
From cnchi.log it seems that hardware driver detection is not successful.
Also gksu dependency is not found for some reason.
And maybe some SANDISK drive has problems?
That's right, I had forgotten about the move to AUR. Interesting to see if this can solve some installing problems.
I currently use a Live system. The SANDISK drive is only for saving my log-files.
And for possible hw problems, I shall try some diagnostic tools. I don't have any problems with other linux-es like ubuntu, or Windows. Antergos works fine on my other computer, but not this one. I shall try making a new live usb stick too.
there is a package as a dependency that is not aviable anymore, so cnchi fails to install because it is instructed to stop if this happens… this is inside the meta package for installing MATE Desktop what you choose.
Thank you! I tried some more. Finally I got Antergos installed. This time I accepted all defaults (Gnome). I only changed keyboard to NO and my local time zone. Everything went without complaints. But when I started up Antergos, after install succeeded, I am stuck with US keyboard.
So, for now only Gnome is working? Mate and Gnome don't. Anyway, I can now use Antergos on my second computer.
I am stuck with US keyboard.
Go to settings add your keyboard layout and remove US keyboard.
I tried. But I got only en-variants. When I type anything with no (norway, norwegian) it only show Other, and I can't click the Add button. Perhaps for now, I have to edit config files manually.
I meant Mate and Cinnamon (any other DE variant) don't work, in my previous post, sorry.


First, what is lefse? It's the Scandinavian specialty bread, a round, soft unleavened bread, thin like a French crepe, round like a tortilla, soft like a Swedish pancake. It has the same shape (round) and leavening (no yeast) as what the Indians call chapati or kulcha or roti, the Italians call piadina, the Greeks call pita, the Armenians call lavash and Americans call, well, pancakes. (A fascinating list, this!) And lefse fits on A Veggie Venture, where all recipes start with a vegetables, because lefse dough is made with potatoes!
LeAnne Kruger is a lefse-maker extraordinaire – and lucky her, married to Kim Kruger, a great guy and a much welcome addition to the family. (Did I not yet say? LeAnne and I are cousins! We grew up in Minnesota going to church lefse suppers every Christmas.) Professionally, Kim is a long-time story-teller, television producer and photographer. And aiii, his photography! Check out Kim's work on Winsome Spirit Imagery and Fine Art America. But back to video! Is anyone here a fan of Bath Crashers on television's DIY Network? Kim's the producer!
Awhile back, Kim and his best friend and fellow producer James Massey spent a weekend helping LeAnne document how she makes the most tender, flavorful lefse. It's LeAnne's video debut but I think you'll agree, the camera loves her! She is a natural!
A CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW YEAR Lefse is traditional at Christmas and watching LeAnne make lefse will definitely add to the Christmas spirit. But I've given much thought to this question: Why did LeAnne, Kim and James go to so much effort to produce this beautiful video about making lefse?
Here's why. Many of our traditional foods are being lost, in part because even those who cook are so widely exposed – through our friends, through restaurants, through the internet – to the globe-wide food traditions unrelated to our own heritage. We can take on so many challenges but we don't always stop to get good at any one of them. Personally, I've made Scandinavian lefse (I was terrible, it takes practice!) but I've also tackled Korean kimchi (disaster) and Mexican mole (good) and an entire Alsatian meal (excellent!).
So here's the challenge for the New Year. Is there a special food in your family that's at risk of being lost?
If you know how to make it, make this your year to teach someone else, to pass it on, like this grandmother teaches her grandchildren how to make Homemade Swedish Potato Sausage, documented in my photo essay.
If you don't know how to make a special family food, find someone who does, your mom, an aunt, even a cousin. Learn how, get good. And then pass it on.
ACCEPTING MY OWN CHALLENGE My personal challenge for 2015 is peroghies. I've been writing my food column Kitchen Parade since 2002, writing nigh-on 500 columns. Yet I still haven't shared my Canadian family's recipe for peroghies. That's my challenge. You, what's yours?
So without further adieu, welcome, LeAnne! This A Veggie Venture's first video so if anyone has viewing issues, please let me know. If you love it, let LeAnne know, she and I would both so love to hear from you in the comments!
Five pounds of potatoes yields about 10 cups of riced potatoes.
It's easier to work with smaller volumes of lefse dough so LeAnne makes two batches of lefse dough plus another half batch. This uses up all 10 cups of riced potatoes.
COOK THE POTATOES Wash and peel the potatoes, removing any dark spots and eyes. Cut into small chunks (small enough to later fit easily into the potato ricer) and place in a large kettle. Cover with unsalted water. Bring to a boil on medium high, then cook until done, about 15 minutes. The potatoes should be "nice and tender". Drain well in a colander for several minutes to remove excess water.
SET UP STATIONS While the potatoes cook, cover the ridged rolling pin with its cloth cover. Set up three stations, a "rolling station" with the lefse board, the rolling pin and a lefse stick; a "cooking station" with the lefse griddle; and a "cooling station" with a lefse cozy for stacking the just-cooked lefse.
"RICE" THE POTATOES TWICE In batches, press the potato chunks through the potato ricer into a bowl (be sure not to pack the chunks into the ricer, just leave them loose). Run the riced potatoes through the ricer a second time, the potatoes will be easier to rice the second time.
MIX LEFSE DOUGH Measure 4 cups of riced potatoes, lightly not tightly packing when measuring, and move to a mixing bowl. Add the butter, cream, salt and sugar to the potatoes, stir well with a spoon. When well mixed, blend in the flour. The dough will be a bit sticky, don't handle it too much, don't be tempted to add more flour.
AT THE ROLLING STATION Cover the lefse board and the ridged rolling pin with their respective cloth covers. Vigorously rub plenty of flour into the two covers. Place a pile of extra flour on the side of the lefse board.
Gently roll about 2 tablespoons of dough into a ball and roll the ball in flour. With your palms, gently pat the ball onto the lefse board, flattening it a little and coating both sides with flour. Dust the flattened ball with more flour, top and bottom.
With three or four gentle, even strokes with the rolling pin, roll the lefse dough into a slightly larger round. Turn the dough over (do not turn the dough more than once) and continue rolling, keeping the shape as round as you can. As you roll, lift the rolling pin slightly on the outer edges, this prevents the outer edges from becoming too thin which would become crispy when cooked. Lefse is not crispy!
AT THE COOKING STATION Set the lefse griddle at 400F. Slide the lefse stick under the lefse dough in the center. Gently lift the dough over onto the griddle, putting half on first, using the lefse stick to unroll the other half. Bake the first side until the bottom begins to brown a little and the top forms a few bubbles in the center. Use the lefse stick to gently flip the lefse over to repeat on the second side.
AT THE COOLING STATION With the lefse stick, lift the hot lefse off the griddle onto a lefse cozy to cool and cover with the cozy to prevent drying.
REPEAT, repeat, repeat! Lefse is a both a skill and an art, you'll get better with each batch, with each lefse.
FINALLY, THE EATING STATION It's easy to be good at eating lefse! :-) Spread soft butter on the lefse, either warm or at room temperature, sprinkle with sugar or brown sugar, a little cinnamon if you like, even a thin layer of lingonberry jam. Roll into a cigar shape, enjoy!
Always use russet potatoes, the mealy flesh is drier. Russet potatoes are the rough-skinned baking potatoes, often called Idaho potatoes.
Ricing the potatoes twice is what makes the lefse extra tender. You don't want to use leftover mashed potatoes for lefse.
Lightly pack the riced potatoes to measure the four cups.
Use just one cup of flour in the dough, even if the dough seems a little sticky when mixing. Lots more flour will be added during the rolling process.
You may need to increase the temperature of the lefse griddle after awhile, it seems to have trouble keeping the temperature after a dozen or so.
My grandmother was born in Norway. She dragged out the lefse griddle every year but we weren't allowed to help. I like the challenge, will try to find someone to teach me. I'd like to teach my grandchildren.
I am ashamed of myself. Your cousin is wonderful. I don't have time today to watch past the ricing step. Will watch it tomorrow.
But. I made lefse — even at the Smithsonian Christmas event and the Smithsonian Biccentennial Folk Festival, using ------ Hungry Jack Instant Mashed Potatoes!!! The recipe was developed at Crookston in the '70s. That made it legit to me. Oh, the shame of it…….
PS We've even ordered Mrs. Olson's lefse from Gonvick and enjoyed it!
Today I decided to make lefse...had the potatoes cooling while I checked my email and found your video. Thank you for reminding me to be proud of my Norwegian descent. My grandma was from Norway and my grandpa from Minnesota. Grandma passed on her lefse griddle to me along with the hand-carved roller my grandpa had made her decades ago.
Very nice video - I will be e-mailing it to my friend who was just telling me that she and her daughters were about to embark on a lefse making project. My traditional food is aebleskiver - a Danish dish. I make it on holidays and need to teach my daughter how next.
Anonymous ~ Thank you, thank you!
Brenda ~ Oh my WHAT timing! Your note brought tears to my eyes, thank you for taking the time to write. May today's lefse be especially inspired!
Nancy ~ Thank you! And your challenge is accepted, make that THREE of us! :-) We have an aebleskiver pan -- a Christmas gift last year. We've taken to calling them "apple sky divers" -- after an iPhone auto-correct thingie and which the five-year old twins find most amusing when their grandpa puts hot ones onto their plates for breakfast!
Beautifully done, LeAnne is a very natural teacher which just shines thru. Video is so well done also, congratulations to all involved. Even tthough I grew up in a very Scandinavian small northeastern MN town, we weren't and so this wasn't part of my upbringing. I have eaten it and prefer it hot with butter and brown sugar. Thanks for the reminder, I may have to purchase some.
I've never heard of lefse but now crave it. Maybe LeAnn will invite us all over?
Adele ~ She is such a natural, isn't she?! Thank you for your kind words, they mean the world. Was your small town a Finnish town? There are so many in that part of Minnesota, many were miners on the Iron Range. And lefse isn't at all Finnish.
Anonymous ~ Y'know, I think she would! She and Kim are that kind of good people!
Alanna and LeAnne, thank you!
I'm sharing my mom's lefse recipe next week, and while it is slightly different (as she said above, Hungry Jack) I love how well the video captures LeAnne's graceful movements. I thought it would be a cool thing to have a top down view for the whole afternoon, showing the progression from mixing to rolling to cooking to cooling.
Kir ~ You're so welcome! If I'd only known, we could have done a joint thingie, that would have been fun. But I'll link to your Hungry Jack version when it goes live. And it's so cool for your mom that she's passed on her lefse-making things to you, I hope you'll tell their stories which she shared with me via email today.
Not on the range, on the shore, out of Grand Marais, very mixed group, with 3 Irish families thrown in for good measure, and then we got CCC's who stayed and married local girls, and teachers who came and married local guys. My dad was Coast Guard and Dutch, oy, I'm such a mix.
Adele ~ Aiii, Grand Marais is so beautiful! We spent my birthday there last year, set up a blanket along the lake with smoked whitefish, bread, fruit and cheese, twas a total feast, even if we were eventually rained back into the Jeep. :-))) We've talked about taking the kids/grandkids back for a family week some time. PS Coast Guard and Dutch, that's the belly laugh of the day!
Your food heritage challenge is such a wonderful idea. Maybe I will tackle my Mom's lasagna! The lefse sound delicious- thanks for introducing me to them.
Thank you for the video! I have made lefse once or twice. I had to teach myself, so I could satisfy my cravings/homesickness after moving away from my South Dakota hometown. I used my electric pancake griddle and spatulas. I enjoyed watching the lefse stick in use. I need to add one to my wish list.
Maggie ~ So glad you're joining the challenge, here's to fun times learning from your mom, I bet she'll be totally thrilled.
Nicole ~ You're welcome! And good for you, teaching yourself. And .... just this morning, I wondered about using a non-stick pancake griddle for lefse, it's not "round" like a lefse griddle but that's no problem. Still, I'm curious, do you manage to cover it with a cloth or just use the bare surface??? I just might make lefse today if the bare surface can be used! Or hmmm ... just a towel cut to fit, somehow? It could be used again and again.
My mother had a lefse griddle, that she mostly used for pancakes :-) Years ago, lefse was just made on a stovetop, probably a cast iron one. There isn't any reason you couldn't use a pancake griddle or even an electric skillet. Just adjust the size/shape of your lefse to fit whatever you are cooking it on.
Truly enjoyed this.I cook all sorts of things and sometimes wonder why I bother to spread myself so thin -- I make some things just because I can, not because I can do them well. Interestingly, kimchi is one of those things I keep meaning to do, but always find convenient reasons to delay. I wonder if there's a reason for that? ;-) And maybe your disaster is my warning? Anyway, loved this post -- good job. And thank you.
I had great fun watching this video. The music was sorta "nostalgic..y" and added a great touch.
No Scandinavians in my family but I want to try this recipe.
Love your blog. Thank you for all the great recipes and content.
Nicole ~ Any way I can help with Santa? I'm happy to send hints!
Kitchen Riffs ~ Thanks! My goal this year (and next) is to focus on a few things and to do them really well, to really "own" them.
Sissy ~ Thanks! I thought the music was just perfect too, it really gives a sense of the season, doesn't it?! Good luck with your springerles today! PS Thank you so much for the kind words about A Veggie Venture, it means the world!
Interesting, and requiring several specialty cooking items, BUT ... not TOO daunting. I WILL try it but will hold that thought till I am back stateside and can obtain those items ... lovely video ... lovely presenter... THANKS! Gracias!
Patricia ~ Thanks for the kind words. Maybe it's not "lefse" for you, but surely there's something in your own tradition to take on the food heritage challenge?!


The lowest observation deck features a glass floor of about 25 square metre. When you stand on this floor, you can see the base of the tower, 342 metre deep. As you see on the pictures, it is indeed permitted to walk on the floor. Usually however, there are far more people wachting the floor than walking on it.
I have seen many tough guys with body builder muscles and intimidating tattoos who were too chicken to walk on the floor. And yet, it is perfectly safe. It doesn't matter if this behaviour is acquired or inborn. The fear is definitely very real.
The floor is strong enough to carry 14 hippos. Hence, it is probably safer on the glass floor than on the concrete floor next to it. The simple fact of being able to look this deep while standing on the floor, obviously has a strong, yet completely irrational influence. It is a nice illustration of the fact that people in abnormal unknown circumstances also exhibit abnormal strange behaviour.
A scuff plate (the glass you actually walk on) of 0.47625 cm (3/16 inch). This plate is changed every year because it loses its transparence after a while.
Two plates of tempered glass with a thickness of 1.27 cm (1/2 inch) laminated together.
An air filled empty space of 2.54 cm (1 inch). This is meant for isolation. Toronto may very well be much less cold than most Europeans have been led to believe, it still can be quite cold during winter and even more so at a height of 340 metre where the winds can blow freely.
Two plates of tempered glass with a thickness of 0.635 cm (1/4 inch) laminated together.
The size of the panels is 106.68 cm (42 inch) by 127 cm (50 inch).


Online ticket marketplace Viagogo are currently being investigated by National Trading Standards (NSA) over "misleading" ticket pricing, and may face prosecution. They have been referred to the NSA by The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for failing to change misleading pricing information on its website.
The ASA had previously warned Viagogo that it was "breaking UK advertising rules", and are now taking action because of their "inability to get its house in order" by its May 26th deadline.
They said it had been made clear to the secondary ticket website that if the changes were not made, they would consider referring them to the NSA "for consideration of statutory sanctions which can involve prosecution and fines".
Viagogo, and other ticket exchange sites such as Stubhub, Seatwave and GetMeIn, were subjected to ASA action in March after a crackdown on "dip pricing", which is when VAT, booking and delivery fees are added to the end of the booking process, rather than included all together in one price. So, always double check when you book so-called "cheap" tickets, as extra fees may just sneak up on you.
The ASA received 23 complaints about Viagogo, which was contacted by The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) for assurances that the company would correct their website.
Among those who complained to the ASA about the Geneva-based company, were FanFair Alliance (which campaigns against secondary ticketing), music promoters Festival Republic and Ed Sheeran's promotion company, Kilimanjaro Live. Ed Sheeran himself recently invalidated tickets to his gigs purchased on secondary ticket websites, and asked fans to buy tickets at face value instead. Also adopting the same policy as singer Adele, and rock band Arctic Monkeys.
Stuart Galbraith from Kilimanjaro Live said he negotiated with StubHub, SeatWave and GetMeIn to ensure they would not resell tickets for Ed Sheeran's tour. However, it was Viagogo that went against his wishes and continued to sell the secondary tickets.
Viagogo has not commented on the investigation after being reprimanded. Has anyone bought from them before, or know of anyone who has? If so, what was your experience with Viagogo? Let us know in the comments section below.


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Second Circuit Recognizes Sexual Orientation Discrimination as Subset of Sex Discrimination under Title VII
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By Courtney Samford
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Zarda v. Altitude Express, No. 15-3775 (2d Cir. 2018). With this decision, the Second Circuit joins the Seventh Circuit as the second court to recognize sexual orientation as a protected class under federal law.
Donald Zarda was a skydiving instructor who claimed that he was terminated from his position after he told a client that he was gay. He sued his former employer and its owner, alleging that Title VII and New York law prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The lower court granted partial summary judgment in favor of the employer on the ground that Title VII does not protect gay and lesbian employees. Zarda died in a skydiving accident prior to trial, so his estate filed an appeal with the Second Circuit. A three-judge panel determined that it lacked the authority to address whether Title VII encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation, but the court ordered a rehearing en banc.
Overturning years of precedent, the Second Circuit held that it "now conclude[s] that sexual orientation is motivated, at least in part, by sex and is thus a subset of sex discrimination" under Title VII. In support of its holding, the Court explained that "[b]ecause one cannot fully define a person's sexual orientation without identifying his or her sex, sexual orientation is a function of sex." Therefore, it reasoned that "because sexual orientation is a function of sex and sex is a protected characteristic under Title VII, it follows that sexual orientation is also protected."
The Court also rejected the "semantic sleight of hand" argument that sexual orientation discrimination is not based on an employee's sex if an employer fires a man because he is gay without referencing his gender as a male. Instead, the Court explained that "[f]or purposes of Title VII, firing a man because he is attracted to men is a decision motivated, at least in part, by sex."
Currently, the Sixth Circuit (the court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee) has yet to rule that Title VII prohibits sexual orientation discrimination. However, the issue is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court based on the deepening circuit split between the Second and Seventh Circuits, which recognize sexual orientation as a subset of sex discrimination, and a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit, which does not.
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Designer Becca McCharen and Christine Tran's Dance-Party Wedding in New York
by Brooke Bobb
Christine and me getting ready at home on the big day. Christine collaborated with stylist Martin Tordby for her look: Comme des Garçons shorts and a Dzojchen shirt. Our hair was done by the talented stylist Tsuki, and our makeup was by Karina Montoya.
Photo: Rebecca Smeyne
The relationship of Chromat designer Becca McCharen and Christine Tran, cofounder of the female DJ collective Discwoman, started with a Facebook message in 2013. The two met through mutual friends at a party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and, after realizing that they both grew up in Virginia, connected on social media. But it was IRL that McCharen and Tran dated for a year and a half and eventually got engaged, with a proposal that celebrated their mutual love for creative disciplines. "We always try to escape the city after New York Fashion Week," McCharen explains. "We had planned a 10-day road trip down the Pacific Coast Highway, from Seattle to L.A., and our first stop was the Seattle Public Library." There, the designer surprised her love with a double black diamond ring designed by their mutual friend Wing at WWAKE. "I thought it would be a perfect place because Christine studied journalism and English and loves reading and writing," McCharen says. "I also studied architecture design, and it's one of my favorite buildings in the world, designed by Rem Koolhaas." After dinner inside a private room in the library, McCharen and Tran "spent the next few hours sketching the library before hopping on a bus to Portland."
The artistic wanderers decided they'd be married on June 10, 2016, because, as McCharen notes, "we wanted to choose a date between our birthdays—we're both Geminis—so we could have a two-week-long celebration every year!" If the kickoff was any indication, the soon-to-be newlyweds would be in for many raging parties to come. A key word for the wedding was festive, says McCharen, and the pair ultimately wanted to bring their families and artist friends together to ring in their new life. But ahead of the actual tying of the knot at city hall in Manhattan, the ensembles had to be sorted. "We collaborated with stylists Edda Gudmundsdottir (who works with Björk) and Martin Tordby—they both style Chromat's runway shows and shoots," McCharen says. "Christine wore a Dzojchen top and Comme des Garçons pants to the city hall ceremony, and Martin worked with her to design a custom white hoodie dress and veil cap for the reception." She adds, "Dr. Martens gifted us our wedding-day shoes. It's what we live and work in, so it felt natural."
As for McCharen's look on the big day, she chose her own Chromat 3-D-printed Adrenaline dress designed in collaboration with Intel and Francis Bitonti, and printed at Voodoo Manufacturing in Bushwick. When it came time to dance and dine after the "I do's," McCharen went all in: "For the party, I had two looks. The first was an off-the-rack sequined dress from & Other Stories, and my second involved a Chromat face mask we collaborated on with Kerin Rose Gold, who hand-applied Swarovski crystals to the mask. My second dress was designed by Laurence and Chico—Edda was gracious enough to let me borrow it from Björk's closet!"
Dressed up and ready to go, the couple traveled by subway back to Brooklyn and entered their reception at Secret Project Robot in Bushwick. As McCharen notes, "SPR is a special place for us, because it's where a lot of our friends have their art events, performances, and dance rehearsals, and it just felt very comfortable." Again, festive was the main objective, and in order to achieve that, they had decor details like air dancers on the roof and a hand-painted sign by another artist friend, Minka Sicklinger. "Our first dance was to Mapei's, 'Don't Wait,' and we had a whole lineup of DJs from Christine's Discwoman collective," McCharen recalls. "My dad and brother are musicians, and they teamed up with Lauren Flax to write and perform a song for us." Aside from the importance of music, McCharen and Tran also took a thoughtful approach to their dinner menu, which included a combination of traditional Vietnamese foods from Tran's family and Southern foods from McCharen's. Catered by Little Mo, the spread featured Vietnamese bao and spring rolls, fried chicken, mac and cheese, and a cake from Ovenly topped with 3-D-printed figures of the brides.
After the wedding, they embarked on a 10-day road-trip honeymoon from New York to New Orleans. Thinking back on her big day, McCharen simply states, "It was magical." Magical, festive, artful, and fantastically unique.


I like the tie in from Stan Lee's True believers phrase with librarianship. I like to compare the Borg (Star Trek) phrases, Resistance is futile and Bringing order to chaos to librarians. I am both loyal and faithful to the library world, yet I am radical and see the need for a shift in librarian and library support staff ideology. I am enjoying reading your thoughts. Keep posting!!


The great days of Open Access are past, but the age of the Open Book is just about to begin. Witness the trajectory of the Elsevier acquisition strategy, ever the most reliable guide to trends in academic and research markets. No major journal publishing investments there. Beyond the slackening of demand for more paid for journals, the thrust went first into social media and data via Mendeley, and then towards pre-print servers like SSRN, followed by repositories like BePress. What does this tell us? That the historical demand for enhancing reputation by virtue of coupling your renown to that of the journal that accepted you is giving way to the necessity, in a networked society, of getting quickly into the workflow of your discipline, regardless of where you may subsequently be published. Here Open Access proved a game changer that influenced, in most disciplines, less than 25% of the game. The mere fact, however that a game which was played according to many of the same rules since the 1660s could be changed, means that the next generations are fully entitled to make their own rules.
But while all this has been going on, what of the related worlds not subject to the imperatives of Green and Gold and mandates? By this I mean the world of book publishing in all disciplines, but particularly in HSS with its dependence on getting the full research answer out into monograph form, in a market that has an ever greater problem with buying books in research institutions, a growing problem over at least 50 years. What it is about HSS and books that makes its problems less attractive to public campaigns and political pressure we should leave until another time, but it really is fascinating for those interested in the history of scholarship to reflect that we have had to come through years of publishers saying that monograph publishing was untenable to what is now a concentrated attention on the facts of digital publishing as it impacts monograph production – that it is quicker, easier, cheaper and more effective than ever before, but the real problems remaining lie in circulation, discoverability and finding an appropriate business model.
The first person to demonstrate a practical business development that could march alongside the aspirations of academics and the constraints of librarians was Dr Frances Pinter with her Knowledge Unlatched (KnowledgeUnlatched.org) solution. By allowing librarians to "subscribe" to the opening of books in a proposal list to universal access. Now run from Berlin by Dr Sven Fund, this demonstrated her virtuosity as a publisher coupled with a real insight into the lives of researchers and the stresses within the scholarly communication system. In the past three years, in this infant marketplace neglected by publishers, it has grown appreciably, in a context where small commercial players (Cambridge Scholars) have begun to work on scholarly self-publishing, and a range of new University Presses, both in the US and in the UK, have created "pop-up" publishing for those who can afford it. And here lies a real threat to publishers with important book programmes in STM or HSS: the tools and processes get cheaper, the staff commitment becomes less significant (ex-librarians can do it brilliantly!), and the speed requirement, for reputational purposes, gets greater, so the need to get material into the scholarly workflow becomes more urgent.
All of which ignores a real problem on the road to open access self publishing, and it is fascinating to see how the team at Knowledge Unlatched have their teeth into this. The problem of self-publishing is discoverability. Adding metadata to ensure discovery and then placing that information in the critical junction boxes of a wired society to ensure that what is available is what is found becomes fundamental when simply "outing" content to the web results in loss of discoverability. Publishers have always known this, so the logic for Knowledge Unlatched in opening up its services as Open Services is inescapable, and will predictably lead to KU becoming a hub for this rapidly growing sector as well as a service to sector players. The data accumulation here becomes one of the important assets across the board in HSS and STM.
Predictably, now this market has kick-started, developments will move rapidly. The ability to use semantic enquiry across these texts, to cross search groups of them and to discover and explore them at sub-chapter and paragraph levels will help. Index compilation and the generation of custom-machine generated indices will follow, with automatic updating and cross-referencing , as well as linkage to related evidential data, clearly part of the trajectory. But this only happens if the sector has a hub and some standards, so the move of KU to create Open Services is really the first movement in the direction of a hub that we have seen, and one which, for that reason, is hugely welcome.


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"There also is the book of portraits of all the past presidents of the Indianapolis Medical Society, together with biographical sketches of each, a work compiled by the Portrait Committee of the Indianapolis Medical Society of which father was chairman. He took an intense interest in this work and regarded it as his last contribution to Medicine. The report of this committee took the form of an illustrated address which he gave to the Society in May, 1940, covering the work of the committee."
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A `Group` is a collection of [Account](account)s within a [Directory](directory)
 that are often used for authorization and access control in an
 [Application](application). In Stormpath, the term Group is synonymous with 'Role'.

For example, an application will often check which groups are assigned
 to an account, and perform access control decisions based on which groups
 the account has or not.

An `Group` resource have predefined fields that are useful to many `Applications`,
 but you are likely to have your own custom data that you need to associate
 with a `group` as well. You can create your own custom data fields when
 creating `group` with [application.createGroup](application#createGroup)
 or [directory.createGroup](directory#createGroup).
 A `customData` can be updated as part of `group` resource or as a separate resource
 via `getCustomData` method.

**Since**: 0.1

---

### method addAccount(accountOrAccountHref, *[options,]* callback)

Adds the specified [Account](account) to the group.  The account must have already been persisted - new accounts cannot be created via this method.

#### Usage

You may specify an account directly:

```javascript
group.addAccount(account, function onMembershipCreated(err, membership) {
  console.log(membership);
};
```
Or just an account's `href`:

```javascript
group.addAccount(accountHref, function onMembershipCreated(err, membership) {
  console.log(membership);
};
```

In both cases, the [GroupMembership](groupMembership) representing the group-to-account association will be provided to the callback as the callback's second parameter.  You can obtain either the group or the account via `membership.group` or 'membership.account`, respectively.

#### Parameters

      Parameter
      Type
      Presence
      Description

      `accountOrAccountHref`
      `object` or `string`
      required
      Either a previously-persisted [Account](account) resource or the `href` string of a previously-persisted account.

      _`options`_
      `object`
      _optional_
      Name/value pairs to use as query parameters, for example, for returned resource reference expansion.

      `callback`
      function
      required
      The callback to execute upon server response. The 1st parameter is an [error](resourceError).  The 2nd parameter is the [GroupMembership](groupMembership) that reflects the group-to-account association. You can obtain either the group or the account via `membership.group` or 'membership.account`, respectively.

#### Returns

void; If the association fails, the callback's first parameter (`err`) will report the failure.  If the association succeeds, the [GroupMembership](groupMembership) will be provided to the `callback` as the callback's second parameter.  You can obtain either the group or the account via `membership.group` or 'membership.account`, respectively.

---

### method getAccounts(*[options,]* callback)

Retrieves a [collection](collectionResource) of the groups's assigned [Account](account)s and provides the collection to the specified `callback`.

If no options are specified, all of the groups's accounts are retrieved.  If options (query parameters) are specified for a search, only those accounts matching the search will be retrieved.  If the search does not return any results, the collection will be empty.

#### Usage

If you want to retrieve _all_ of the group's accounts:

```javascript
group.getAccounts(function(err, accounts) {
  accounts.each(function(err, account, offset) {
    console.log('Offset ' + offset + ', account: ' + account);
  });
});
```
As you can see, the [Collection](collectionResource) provided to the `callback` has an `each` function that accepts its own callback.  The collection will iterate over all of the accounts in the collection, and invoke the callback for each one.  The `offset` parameter indicates the index of the account in the returned collection.  The `offset` parameter is optional - it may be omitted from the callback definition.

If you don't want all accounts, and only want specific ones, you can search for them by specifying the _options_ argument with [group account](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#group-accounts) search query parameters:

```javascript
group.getAccounts({username: '*foo*'}, function(err, accounts) {
  accounts.each(function(err, account) {
    console.log(account);
  });
});
```
The above code example would only print out group accounts with the text fragment `foo` in the username.  See the Stormpath REST API Guide's [group account documentation](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#group-accounts) for other supported query parameters, such as reference expansion.

#### Parameters

      Parameter
      Type
      Presence
      Description

      *`options`*
      `object`
      *optional*
      Name/value pairs to use as query parameters, for example, for [group account](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#group-accounts) search or reference expansion.

    `callback`
      function
      required
      The callback to execute upon resource retrieval. The 1st parameter is an `Error` object.  The 2nd parameter is a [collection](collectionResource) containing zero or more [Account](account) resources.

#### Returns

void; the retrieved collection of `Account`s will be provided to the `callback` as the callback's second parameter.

---

### method getAccountMemberships(*[options,]* callback)

Retrieves a [collection](collectionResource) of the groups's [membership](groupMembership)s and provides the collection to the specified `callback`.

If no options are specified, all of the groups's membership entities are retrieved.  If options (query parameters) are specified for expansion, the returned memberships will have references expanded as necessary.

#### Usage

If you want to retrieve all of the group's memberships/associations:

```javascript
group.getAccountMemberships(function(err, memberships) {
  memberships.each(function(err, membership, offset) {
    console.log('Offset ' + offset + ', membership: ' + membership);
  });
});
```
As you can see, the [Collection](collectionResource) provided to the `callback` has an `each` function that accepts its own callback.  The collection will iterate over all of the memberships in the collection, and invoke the callback for each one.  The `offset` parameter indicates the index of the membership in the returned collection.  The `offset` parameter is optional - it may be omitted from the callback definition.

If you want the returned memberships to have their accounts expanded (so you can access the membership and its associated account), you can specify an `expand` query parameter:

```javascript
group.getAccountMemberships({expand: 'account'}, function(err, memberships) {
  memberships.each(function(err, membership) {
    console.log(membership);

    //the membership's 'account' property will be available immediately:
    console.log(membership.account);
  });
});
```

#### Parameters

      Parameter
      Type
      Presence
      Description

      *`options`*
      `object`
      *optional*
      Name/value pairs to use as query parameters, for example, for reference expansion.

    `callback`
      function
      required
      The callback to execute upon resource retrieval. The 1st parameter is an `Error` object.  The 2nd parameter is a [collection](collectionResource) containing zero or more [membership](groupMembership) resources.

#### Returns

void; the retrieved [collection](collectionResource) of the group's memberships will be provided to the `callback` as the callback's second parameter.

---

### method getDirectory(*[options,]* callback)

Retrieves the group's parent [Directory](directory) and provides it to the specified `callback`.

#### Usage

```javascript
group.getDirectory(function(err, directory) {
  console.log(directory);
});
```
You can also use [resource expansion](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#link-expansion) options (query params) to obtain linked resources in the same request:
```javascript
group.getDirectory({expand:'accounts'}, function(err, directory) {
  console.log(directory);
});
```

#### Parameters

      Parameter
      Type
      Presence
      Description

      _`options`_
      `object`
      _optional_
      Name/value pairs to use as query parameters, for example, for [resource expansion](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#link-expansion).

      `callback`
      function
      required
      The callback to execute upon resource retrieval. The 1st parameter is an `Error` object.  The 2nd parameter is the retrieved [Directory](directory) resource.

#### Returns

void; the retrieved [Directory](directory) resource will be provided to the `callback` as the callback's second parameter.

---

### method getTenant(*[options,]* callback)

Retrieves the group's owning [Tenant](tenant) and provides it to the specified `callback`.

#### Usage

```javascript
group.getTenant(function(err, tenant) {
  console.log(tenant);
});
```
You can also use [resource expansion](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#link-expansion) options (query params) to obtain linked resources in the same request:
```javascript
group.getTenant({expand:'applications'}, function(err, tenant) {
  console.log(tenant);
});
```

#### Parameters

      Parameter
      Type
      Presence
      Description

      _`options`_
      `object`
      _optional_
      Name/value pairs to use as query parameters, for example, for [resource expansion](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#link-expansion).

      `callback`
      function
      required
      The callback to execute upon resource retrieval. The 1st parameter is an `Error` object.  The 2nd parameter is the retrieved [Tenant](tenant) resource.

#### Returns

void; the retrieved `Tenant` resource will be provided to the `callback` as the callback's second parameter.

---

### method getCustomData(*[options,]* callback)

Retrieves the [CustomData](customData) resource of the `Group`'s assigned
 `CustomData` and provides it to the specified `callback`.

#### Usage

For an `href` that you know represents an account:

```javascript
group.getCustomData(function(err, customData) {
  console.log(customData);
});
```

#### Parameters

      Parameter
      Type
      Presence
      Description

      options
      object
      optional
      An object literal of name/value pairs to use as query parameters, for example, [resource expansion](http://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#account-retrieve).

      callback
      function
      required
      The callback to execute upon resource retrieval.
       The 1st parameter is an `Error` object.
       The 2nd parameter is the retrieved [CustomData](customData) resource.

#### Returns

void; the retrieved `CustomData` resource will be provided to the `callback`
 as the callback's second parameter.

---

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Outdoor activities in Cuxhaven are a mix of adventure sports and some laid-back vibes amidst scenic beauty. Cuxhaven comes with an ideal terrain and atmosphere to spend active holidays and make plenty of unforgettable memories. So, explore the wilderness of Cuxhaven and spend some time in the lap of nature with these exciting outdoor activities Cuxhaven has to offer. From the most adventurous experiences to the most popular ones, the following list combines it all to make sure you do not miss these unique experiences while planning a trip to Cuxhaven.
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I come from an ancient culture obsessed with remembering every detail of a long and often tragic history. So, it has a lot of holidays to commemorate catastrophes, epiphanies, and even a triumph or two. The year is filled with obligations to remember events, lost in the mists of time, with prescribed rituals, prayers for prophets and martyrs, and special foods --or no food at all. There are days when you have to be happy, and days of somber self-contemplation on the meaning of it all. So it goes year after year, marking time.
I'm also a first generation American, steeped in the history and holidays of the relatively young nation to which my parents fled as refugees. I'm a veteran; so there's another set of holidays to take seriously and keep track of. And I'm a New Yorker, a citizen of the City whose horror was seen and heard around the world as it happened. Here in New York City there is an immediacy and intimacy to the day etched in everyone's mind. There were so many martyrs. Everyone here knows someone who was in some way directly afflicted that day. For most ordinary folks here, 911 is a day for quiet reflection, far from the hero hype and pontificating politicians.
There were real heroes here that day, so many, straight and gay, black and white, speaking every language under the sun in a city that is and has always been a melting pot of peoples from somewhere else since the first days dawned on New Amsterdam. On that day it didn't matter who you were or what you were into; everyone either helped someone else or needed someone's help. Seeing the soot covered masses marching across the bridges to Brooklyn, the Hasidic communities there set up tables on the street and gave them water. People did whatever they could, what they knew how to do, without having planed to be honored in any way. Some ran into the burning buildings to rescue whomever they could, to say prayers for the dying, and they were crushed to dust. Some served water to strangers; some said prayers both sacred and profane.
There is an unknown New Yorker, standing somewhere near an open news media microphone when the buildings began to fall, whose words were broadcast live around the world, "Holy Shit!" It was when I heard those words, as I sat horrified in front of a television on the other side of the planet, that I knew that what I was seeing was real. It was that expression, in my own profane pure New York dialect, that connected me intimately with what has happening at home, as I sat in far away Australia on vacation. Thank you. In his own way, he did his part, unintentionally. Suddenly, I was no longer a gay Yank on an Aussie holiday. I was an American whose heart had been pierced by an enemy. Is that what makes one a patriot?
So, now the day has a name for better or worse, Patriot Day. After nightfall, from the farthest outer reaches of the City, one can see the twin blue beams of light from near Ground Zero burning into space. And words cease as we look on in silence.
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export class Variant {
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  price: string;
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. _ Renowned Luther Scholars from around the world reveal how the Reformation affects us in multiple ways, with a lone monk`s actions 500 years ago continuing to resonate profoundly in today`s world.
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favorite this post Canon EOS M3 Mirrorless Camera with EF-M 18-55mm IS STM Lens - Wi-Fi - $399 (2641 Commercial Dr) hide this posting unhide < image 1 of 11 > 2641 Commercial Drive... The Canon EOS M3 is a digital mirrorless camera announced by Canon on February 6, 2015.
Canon EOS M3 (with 18-55mm STM Lens, Black) 9694b062aa. Canon EOS M3 (with 18-55mm and 55-200mm STM lenses, black) 9694b031. General. Depth 1.7 …... Front of the Canon EOS M3 There is now a pop-up flash built into the EOS M3's body, rather than the 90EX Speedlite that shipped in some EOS M kits. The EOS M3's flash is more convenient, but only has a weak guide number of 5, along with a recycle time of 3 seconds.
How do I connect my Canon EOS M3, Canon PowerShot or IXUS to my mobile device? 1. Switch on your camera. 2. On your camera, press the button with the mobile phone symbol on it. If your camera does not have this button, then press the Wi-Fi icon in playback. 3. After creating a nickname, select the mobile phone image that appears on the display. The camera will create a Wi-Fi network for your how to sell a piano in toronto 18/09/2016 · Experience the power of a DSLR in a compact body. Finesse your photography skills on the go with Canon's EOS M3 mirrorless camera. Compact, lightweight and stylish, the EOS M3 mirrorless camera puts all the power of a DSLR, complete with interchangeable lenses, right by your side.
1) Connect the camera directly to the device (set the camera as a simplified access point) or join an existing Wi-Fi network (using a Wi-Fi access point). 2) Browse and save images stored in your camera using your mobile device. how to turn the screen on on g watch Turn off Bluetooth on the phone if you have Wi-Fi on. Having Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on will not allow the pixel phone to see the app. Then you can load the Canon Connect app and it should work properly Having Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on will not allow the pixel phone to see the app.
This review is for the Canon EOS M5 Mirrorless Camera EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM Lens Kit. TL;DR │ This is the only mirrorless camera that made sense to me. The body is perfect.
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Q: Perl split array I'm new in Perl, I want to write a simple program which reads an input-file and count the letters of this file, this is my code:
 #!/usr/bin/perl

 $textfile = "example.txt";
 open(FILE, "< $textfile");

 @array = split(//,<FILE>);
 $counter = 0;
 foreach(@array){
      $counter = $counter + 1;
 }

 print "Letters: $counter";

this code shows me the number of letters, but only for the first paragraph of my Input-File, it doesn't work for more than one paragraph, can anyone help me, i don't know the problem =(
thank you

A: *

*You only ever read one line.

*You count bytes (for which you could use -s), not letters.

Fix:
my $count = 0;
while (<>) {
   $count += () = /\pL/g;
}

A: You code is a rather over-complicated way of doing this:
#!/usr/bin/perl

# Always use these
use strict;
use warnings;

# Define variables with my
my $textfile = "example.txt";
# Lexical filehandle, three-argument open
# Check return from open, give sensible error
open(my $file, '<', $textfile) or die "Can't open $textfile: $!"

# No need for an array.
my $counter = length <$file>;

print "Letters: $counter";

But, as others have pointed out, you're counting bytes not characters. If your file is in ASCII or an 8-bit encoding, then you should be fine. Otherwise you should look at perluniintro.

A: Here's an alternative aproach using a module to do the work ..
# the following two lines enforce 'clean' code
use strict;
use warnings;

# load some help (read_file)
use File::Slurp;

# load the file into the variable $text
my $text = read_file('example.txt');

#get rid of multiple whitespace and linefeed chars # ****
# and replace them with a single space             # ****
$text =~ s/\s+/ /;                                 # ****

# length gives you the length of the 'string' / scalar variable
print length($text);

you might want to comment out the lines marked '****'
and play with the code...

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