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Industrial designer Ignacio Pilotto has designed this concept Rubik Cube using Pantone colours. Very cool, I'm surprised nobody has done this before…
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Happy, Happy, Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had lots of fun ringing in the new year… I couldn't have had a nicer one – good music, good company, it snowed, and I even got a kiss at midnight 😉
It's been a hell of a decade hasn't it? I hope it's been mostly good for you, and I hope you're all as excited to be heading into a new one as I am. A big thank you to you all for reading my blog, and for your feedback and comments 🙂
So, to start Twenty Ten on a positive note, here's a little help with your New Years' resolutions in the form of the 2010 resolution generator over at Monina Velarde's site ….
Here's what it told me… ahem 😛
And to get you in the mood, here's a little tune for the New Year – enjoy 🙂
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Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale at the World Science Festival – amazing stuff.
The event, 'Notes & Neurons: In Search Of A Common Chorus' can be seen here on the World Science Festival website – it's well worth watching in it's entirety.
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Khoda is a mind blowing animated short film made from 6,000 paintings over two years, by the incredibly talented Reza Dolatabadi. There are no words…. watch and enjoy.
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Artist Stuart Semple has released 2,000 smiley face Flogos into the London sky… why? To cheer people up!
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This looks incredibly cool – why didn't I think of this?!


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2013 is almost upon us, and like many of you, I've been spending the last few days reflecting on 2012. It's been a whirlwind year - I fulfilled my lifelong dream of becoming a published author when I published my debut novel, Blue Sky Days, on January 17th. Eight months later, I published a collection of short erotic romance stories, Undressed, and two months after that, I published my second full-length novel, The Game Changer.*phew*
I've bounced around from contemporary YA to erotic romance to women's fiction/chick lit. I love having the freedom to write whatever I want without having to stick with a specific genre. Next year, I'll be returning to contemporary YA with book #3, which I'm hoping will be ready for publication in April. I have a few other projects on the go (one that's also contemporary YA, plus a new adult holiday novella for next Christmas), which I'll be talking about here on the blog (I promise to do a better job of keeping this blog updated in the new year), and my newsletter subscribers will get all the highlights (along with exclusive content and special announcements before anyone else!).
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There is a $25 fee to ride the bus this year! The bus loads from 12:45-1:15 p.m. and will leave from RiverStone Church (2005 Stilesboro Rd. Kennesaw, GA 30152) at 1:30 p.m. SHARP, Sunday, July 1st
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** One Suitcase, one sleeping bag and one pillow.**
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The calypso tent is a showcase of the best calypsonians based in New York City. Their compositions run the gamut of calypso genres. It ranges from the humorous offerings of Dr. Witty who has truly earned his sobriquet by always finding a funny take even on serious issues, to the hard-hitting social/political commentary of Poison Dart and Gene Toney, both of whom have held the Monarch title in the past.
Among the locals, Cummings is considered their "musical matriarch" having provided them with both a home and a platform for their music. The efforts paid off this year with Dr. Witty having the first big breakthrough for the tent when he was selected to the nightly rotation at the Calypso Revue in Trinidad and Tobago during the carnival season and Lloyd "QP" Cupido who made his tent debut at Classic Russo.
"Witty's and QP's successful carnival season this year is a testament to the importance of our tent here in New York City," says Cummings. "From the onset, I knew that this was possible and with adequate exposure, our local guys will be able to compete with the best calypsonians anywhere in the world. Their success has fueled our enthusiasm and strengthened our resolve to keep the doors of the Sesame Flyers Calypso Tent open. We believe that in due course, we will realize a lot more success stories to write in our history books," she adds.
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There are so many fun things going on over at THE GREETING FARM and I am so grateful to be a part of it. Here are a couple projects I haven't yet had a chance to post.
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In September 2016 the Australian Bicycle Council published the National Cycling Strategy Implementation Report 2015 which outlines the progress made on the National Cycling Strategy in 2015.
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- The third National Cycling Participation Survey was carried out in 2015, with the results indicating that cycling participation has not increased or decreased significantly over the life of the current National Cycling Strategy. These results do not meet the target set in the National Cycling Strategy to double cycling participation over the life of the Strategy.
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Trumpeter and arranger Steven Bernstein considers himself to be in a fortunate position. He is one of the few people in New York City that is able to make a living being a musician and, despite working extremely hard to be able to do so, still manages to be on the forefront of creative music. A man who keeps busy in order to support himself and his family, Bernstein is constantly involved with numerous projects working with other creative musicians. Everything on his plate deserves and receives equal attention and focus, and even a recap of the previous week makes one wonder how he does it.
Gigs and recording sessions with Lou Reed, Levon Helm, DJ Spooky, and The Swell Season, as well as film music and working on future endeavors with his current groups Sex Mob (with a new record to be released and gigs to be booked) and Millennial Territory Orchestra (including a Sly Stone tribute in the works), line his calendar. But this week, his schedule is cleared to spend time in Richmond recording and performing with Fight the Big Bull, including a headlining appearance at RVAjazzfest. With Bernstein, the group will spend several days at Minimum Wage Studios recording new material composed by Bernstein and Fight the Big Bull's Matt White. This is a totally new experience," says Bernstein. I've never had the chance to rehearse my arrangements, or to spend more than a day or two in the studio. I'm really excited about having a chance to work with these guys and work on the arrangements and see what happens."
Bernstein's musical voice is as unique in his compositional style as it is in his performance on the trumpet. And with his slide trumpet, sometimes called a soprano trombone, his playing is all the more inimitable. He bought the instrument at a music store in 1976, but had not thought about practicing it and developing his playing with it until the early 90s, when trumpeter Dave Douglas made a comment after seeing Bernstein's group Spanish Fly in Austria. The slide trumpet plays naturally in only one or two keys, and with Douglas' encouragement to practice playing it, Bernstein developed the skill to play it as a primary instrument, making way for the concept behind his group Sex Mob.
The first record to be cataloged under Bernstein's name came when John Zorn approached him to do something for the latter's relatively young Tzadik label, which is devoted to adventurous music with a Jewish identity. Bernstein was reluctant to take the offer. At that point I hadn't made a record under my own name, and I was thinking, 'I don't want to get known as a Jewish musician, I just want to get known as a musician.' No one even knew me... I had played in New York for 15 years by that point, but still I didn't really have a reputation."
But the opportunity to release an album under his name was too great to pass up, so he began pitching concepts to the label's chief. I called Zorn and said, 'Hey, I have this idea.' He said, 'I don't like that idea.' Then I called him up with another idea. 'I don't like that idea.' So I'd think about it for a while and came up with another idea. 'I don't like that idea.'"
Frustrated and just about out of ideas, the perfect concept came to Bernstein on a gig at a Jewish wedding, when he began playing a Jewish song in an unlikely, yet seemingly natural, style. I hadn't played the tune in a while and I just kind of automatically played it in a New Orleans style because I had been doing all of this listening and reading of New Orleans marching music." The concept of performing Jewish music with modern rhythm was a new one that Bernstein would take to his Tzadik recordings, resulting in Diaspora Soul and the ensuing Diaspora project albums.
The realization of similarities between Jewish music and New Orleans music was the catalyst for the landmark record. It kind of opened a door that had never been opened before. But once that door had been opened it was like, 'Oh, I see. You can do this.'"
Bernstein continues, You can take the Jewish music and put any rhythm underneath it. Zorn was doing his thing with this kind of free jazz stuff. But no one was really doing Jewish music with a modern rhythm that we had grown up with." This could be because of a misconception most people have about Jewish music: Everyone thinks Jewish music is klezmer music, but klezmer is just a style of Jewish music. Referring to Jewish music and klezmer music as the same thing is like saying, 'Jazz...you mean ragtime?' Klezmer is one distinct part of Jewish music that happened in a period and people were just playing in that rhythm of that era. I took the music and put it in the rhythm of our era."
This first record for Tzadik contains re-workings of hits, tunes that every Jewish person knows." The following three dig deeper into the repertoire of Jewish music.
Creative music, Bernstein says, is all he does. I don't do Broadway shows, and I don't play in people's big bands. People call me to do what I do." His musical mind has been molded by everything he's ever heard, namely beginning with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie: the three main musicians to whom he credits grounding everything he does, running up to the present day. After those three come The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Earth Wind & Fire, Otis Redding, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Albert Ayler, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and salsa music, to name a few.
New York City has been Bernstein's home long enough for him to recall a time when making a decent middle-class living" as a musician was possible. In New York at one point you could play a gig and make some money. Right now there's a lot of people working but no one's really making any money except for a few people." He cites Lester Bowie as a role model for teaching him to eschew the starving artist approach. I'm a super highly skilled professional," he says. You're supposed to be paid for your skills."
And Bernstein certainly earns his living. I do so many projects because I'm raising a family playing music," he says. So I need to work 7 or 8 days a week, preferably 9 days a week, but I usually settle for 8 days a week."
He finds a way to make it possible to write and perform his own music, even if it alone will not pay the bills. That's what keeps my name out there and my creative juices going," he says. I'm one of the few people who gets to do that."
Bernstein's relationship with White began with a curious White emailing the trumpeter with questions on music arranging. Emails turned into phone calls, which eventually led to White traveling to New York for a lesson at Bernstein's home. Bernstein looked over Fight the Big Bull scores and gave advice on great arrangers' works to listen to, including obscure arranger records from the 50s that I'm probably the only one in the world who listens to anymore," and other examples of arranging brilliance like Count Basie, Quincy Jones, and The Band's Rock of Ages. They also discussed the concept of when arrangers were actually working every day in New York City and writing arrangements every night." He says, Sometimes I think those and the ones from L.A. in the same period are the best arrangers in the world."
Similar to White's history with avant-garde saxophonist Ken Vandermark, which developed from mentor-mentee into partners in musical crime, White and Bernstein have the mutual respect for each other's music that's necessary to be musical collaborators. In the liner notes for Fight the Big Bull's album Dying Will Be Easy, Bernstein writes, It's Matt's unique sense of orchestration and structure that makes this music so unique and special."
For a week, Bernstein gets to enjoy making music without worrying about the logistics and business of it. Matt's spearheading all the business," he says. All I have to do is show up, make some music, and have some fun."
RVAjazzfest is made possible by the generous support of Richmond Jazz Society, Inc., RVA Magazine, Francis J. Balint & Associates, and Urban Views Weekly.
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The PolySync Core Abstraction Layer (PAL) handles polling for data, timestamping, transforms, record and replay, abstraction, publishing, and more.
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├── include
│ ├── connect.h
│ ├── debug.h
│ ├── diagnostics.h
│ ├── getset.h
│ ├── interface_data.h
│ ├── log.h
│ ├── options.h
│ ├── process.h
│ ├── read.h
│ ├── sdf.h
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├── Makefile
└── src
├── connect.c
├── debug.c
├── diagnostics.c
├── getset.c
├── interface.c
├── log.c
├── options.c
├── process.c
├── read.c
├── sdf.c
└── type_support.c
2. Sensor interface specification
The communication protocol and hardware specification will detail, among other things:
- What native interface(s) the device communicates on (see note below on multiple native interfaces)
- Ethernet device will use the PolySync Core Socket API to open and close a socket for TCP or UDP communication
- CAN based devices will use the PolySync Core CAN API
Serial and USB devices will use the PolySync Core Serial API to open and close a serial connection
Communication protocol
Off-the-wire: Binary interface, typically with a custom protocol written and provided by the hardware manufacturer; must parse and dissect the bytes from the wire
Software API: Software API written to provide easier access to sensor data through function calls
The protocol method of communication on the native interface
Does the device and/or data need to be validated?
Is it a polling interface or is the data requested?
How many native interfaces are required to send/receive all data?
What data is provided by the sensor
What data does the user want to parse from the sensor and publish to the PolySync Core bus?
Is there a PolySync Core message in the data model that can hold all the sensor data?
Are there runtime parameters that need get/set support for?
Are there native timestamps available?
For actuators, the command input structure
How are commands interpreted by the actuator interface?
Mounting, configuration, and installation requirements [/expanded]
Any sensor can connect and communicate on multiple native interfaces if the Dynamic Driver sensor interface requires it. A good example is the Ibeo LUX 4L.
The Lux offers LiDAR point and object data over a direct private Ethernet connection, and expects vehicle ego-motion data─velocity and yaw rate─over a separate private CAN bus. The Neobotix Ultrasonic Dynamic Driver interface communicates with sixteen individual sensors through a single CAN channel.
2.1.1 Phidget Spatial
The Phidget Spatial uses the Phidget Common API to open and close the hardware handle for the sensor through a serial USB connection. There is a specific Phidget Spatial API that is used to configure the sensor and provides two methods to access the accelerometer data:
- Request the axes acceleration value
- Asynchronously process the axes acceleration through a callback function
You can find documentation for the Phidget Spatial on the website.
- Phidget Common API
- Modules -> Phidget Common
- Phidget Spatial API
- Modules -> Specific Phidgets -> Phidget Spatial
3. Create requirements for the interface
As we all know, great software comes from great requirements. Using the questions from the previous section as a guide, create a set of requirements that meet the guidelines below:
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Realizable
- Time-bounded
- Testable
- Traceable
3.1 Creating a new message type
Part of writing requirements is determining which PolySync Core message the data will be published to the bus with. Check the existing data model and determine if a message type exists to store the sensor's payload, the actuator's command/response, or whatever else is needed.
If a suitable match cannot be found, you can create a new message type.
3.1.1 Phidget Spatial
Using the Phidget API documentation─in this case supplementing the communication protocol─and the answers to the questions from the previous step, you can create a set of requirements for the Phidget Spatial Dynamic Driver interface.
Looking at the existing data-model, you can see that there is a
ps_platform_motion_msg that contains all the data fields that are provided by this sensor.
You can also see that there is a 'ps_imu_msg'. It's up to you to decide what message type(s) will be published to the bus at runtime. It is possible to have the interface populate and publish both message types.
4. Hardware Abstraction Layer
The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) is written in parallel with the test interface.
The HAL contains one or more functions to facilitate opening and closing the hardware device handle, for connecting, for configuring, and for parsing the various data types that are available.
The specific steps in this section will vary depending on the device protocol, but each HAL should be able fulfill these high level functions.
4.1 Open the native interface
Using the appropriate Device API, integrate the open and close features for the native interface into the Dynamic Driver interface.
PolySync Core provides the Device APIs for a PolySync Core node to connect to the raw byte stream or CAN frame stream, as well as an example on how to exercise the API.
- API Docs
- Socket API
- Serial API
4.1.1 Phidget Spatial
Within the Phidget Spatial interface, the axes count, min/max values for the reporting axes, and min/max data rate values are all defined as macro variables. An enum structure is used to represent the array index parameters.
Since Phidget provides an API to access the Spatial sensors data, the Phidget Common API will be used to open and close the native USB serial interface. The Spatial HAL contains a function for each of these two actions:
After referencing the Phidget Common API documentation, you can flush out the function body for these two routines.
4.2 Configure the device handle
Once a handle to the hardware device has been created in the open function, you can configure the handle for different operating modes, data rates, and other runtime parameters. This is all managed through the configure device function call.
4.2.1 Phidget Spatial
There is not a configuration function for the Spatial sensor. The following functions supplement the need for configuration function in the HAL.
Since you have the ability to modify the data rate at runtime, the PAL will be able to set the data rate based on the configuration parameter within the SDF Configurator.
4.3 Requesting data
The HAL needs to provide access to a sensor's data payload. There are typically two methods:
- Poll for data through individual function calls
- Asynchronously parse sensor data to be stored in a local data structure
The HAL is only responsible for providing access to the data and should be as simple as possible.
The HAL does not need to worry about the state machine─the PAL will be able to handle polling for data. If a single read is not enough to fill a message, then the PAL will handle the state transitions to call the HALs read function multiple times. Keep the HAL simple.
4.3.1 Phidget Spatial
The Phidget HAL contains three functions to parse a sensor's data. Each calls the respective functions for each of the three axes, and performs error checking.
- Calls the Phidget Spatial API
- Calls the Phidget Spatial API
- Calls the Phidget Spatial API
For parsing the axes data for acceleration, angular rate, and magnetic field, the functions provide pointers to
double parameters for each axis (x,y, and z). Note the use of individual parameters for each axis rather than an array of
4.4 Tests
Begin to emphasize the use of integration, unit, and regression test framework. Start to move away from having a 'test_interface'.
5. Test interface
The test interface is written in parallel with the HAL.
A complete test interface must be able to open/close, connect, configure, and begin basic communication with the sensor or hardware device.
You can think of the test interface like the Hello, world! example. The test interface is what the you use while creating the HAL to perform the open/close, connect, configure, and parse some of the data.
Depending on the sensor, and the scope of the test interface, you could parse a single message from the sensor and exit, or continue to parse data until the interrupt signal is encountered.
Keep in mind that the main goal of the test interface is to ensure that you can successfully connect, configure, parse, validate, and close.
5.1 Open and close the native interface
The application typically executes directly from the
main entry point. Once the HAL contains the function to open the device handle through the native interface, the test interface should call the
open function.
Once the
open function is working properly, you should immediately get the reciprocal close function implemented. Without properly closing the hardware handle, you should expect to see odd and indeterminate behaviour during testing.
5.2 Configure the device handle
The test interface should select a known good configuration, usually the default configuration defined by the OEM, and configure the device for parsing data. For some devices configuration may not be necessary─simply calling
open from the HAL initializes the device.
5.2.1 Phidget Spatial
There are no required configurations for the Phidget Spatial. The Phidget Spatial allows you to set the device data rate. Since the device does not enforce that the configuration is set before reading data, the get and set data rate features were implemented as functions that could be called anytime.
5.3 Requesting data
It is up to you to determine which data to request and print within the test interface. To ease debugging in the field, the test interface should request and print the data that will eventually be published to the PolySync Core bus.
This is also useful during PAL development, allowing you to compare the data as it was on the wire, and the data represented in the abstracted PolySync Core message.
5.3.1 Phidget Spatial
The Phidget Spatial test interface continuously calls the three
get functions to request and print the acceleration, angular rate, and magnetic field strength.
6. PolySync Core Abstraction Layer (PAL)
The PAL is the workhorse of the PolySync Core Dynamic Driver interface. The PAL interfaces directly with the Dynamic Driver application through pre-defined functions, which are exposed to the Dynamic Driver at runtime.
When the PAL is finished, there will be a
*.so shared object library that is compatible with the SDF Configurator and the Dynamic Driver. It is used to expose the functionality of the PAL to the upper PolySync Core layers.
A PAL leverages the HAL to request sensor data as it cycles through the Dynamic Driver state machine. The state machine is managed by the top-level Dynamic Driver application, which will call each of the functions defined in the PAL.
Every PAL contains some file names and function names that must follow the PolySync Core naming convention. They are detailed below:
Expected Expose Functions
Expected Functions in the State machine, given in the order they are called
While in an OK state, a node will loop between
psync_interface_poll_for_data and
psync_interface_handle_state as fast as computationally possible. The order in which it loops is:
poll -> process -> idle -> poll -> process -> idle, etc.
And it only enters handle_state when a state other than OK is entered. It stays inside of
handle_state until
psync_node_recover_fault is called.
It's very important to note that a Dynamic Driver interface PAL does not perform any algorithmic computation on the sensor data. It is abstracted into a PolySync Core message, and published to the bus. To maintain the integrity of recorded data through replay in future sessions, the interface PAL should focus on abstraction and not algorithmic processing.
6.1 Concepts
The following are core concepts that should be well understood before continuing with development of the PAL.
6.1.1 Abstraction
The sensor data abstraction occurs during the
psync_interface_process_data function. The PALs job is to transcribe data from the HAL and place it into a PolySync Core message type that is defined within the PolySync Core data model. Part of writing requirements is determining which message the data will be published to the bus with.
If a new message type must be created, now is the time to devote effort.
6.2 Control flow
It's very important to leave the control flow of the interface to the dynamic driver. Do not try and override the state machine to force states. The interface should return Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) to indicate error states and let the Dynamic Driver state machine handle state changes.
When it's appropriate, the top-level dynamic driver calls the interfaces
handle_state function, which allows the PAL to attempt to recover from a DTC.
6.2.1 Expose options
The exposed data from the PAL is expected to be a constant─statically initialized data set─used to provide a baseline configuration model that the SDF Configurator and Dynamic Driver use to verify and/or update the installed SDF's data.
6.2.2 Handling faults
The PolySync Core Dynamic Driver interface must be able to dynamically respond to any errors that are encountered. When a fault is detected, the interface should be set up to:
- Close, open, and reconfigure the hardware handle
- Validate the sensor data
- Enter the OK state and resume the normal flow of execution
Faults can range from configuration and usage errors, to sensor fault states being triggered, and to issues creating a connection to the native interface. All faults are represented with a Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC).
6.2.3 Handling current DTC state
Within the psync_interface_handle_state, the PAL should check the dynamic_driver -> current_state -> dtc and perform the appropriate action for the DTC present.
For example if DTC_NONATIVEBUS is encountered, the PAL should close the connection, re-open it, configure, validate, etc.
6.3 Post-Processing data
Interfaces do not post-process sensor data. The interface is responsible for reading data from the wire and abstracting the data into a PolySync Core message. Any data processing such as object detection, image recognition, machine learning, etc. is not performed with the interface.
6.3.1 Publishing messages
It can happen wherever the PAL sees fit. Most of PAL's do their publishing in the process data section. This includes publishing the raw/low-level messages, if enabled.
6.3.2 Sending data to the device
Some sensors and hardware devices require reference data (such as vehicle ego-motion) to perform post-processing on the data before it is sent on the native interface to the Dynamic Driver interface. An interface can subscribe to as many message types as necessary to fulfill this sensor requirement, though typically, only platform-motion data is required.
6.3.3 Timestamping
The PolySync Core timestamps are applied to the message by the PAL before the message is published to the bus. There are multiple timestamp fields that must be carefully managed.
Most of the Rx timestamps are provided by the lower level API's, like Socket/CAN/Serial. These Rx timestamps typically get copied into the published messages
message.timestamp field if it exists.
- Message Header Timestamp
- message ->
- Always represents the time that this message was published to the bus
- During replay the Message Header Timestamp still represents when the message was published to the bus, today's UTC timestamp
- message ->
- Message Timestamp
- Always represents when the message was received by the PolySync Core Dynamic Driver interface, over the native interface
- During replay this timestamp will contain the UTC timestamp of the day of recording
- Not present in all message types
- Native Timestamp
- Always represents when the sensor transmitted the data to the native interface
- Native timestamps must be set as absolute UTC time, or relative UTC millisecond or microsecond time
- Scanning LiDAR contain two extra timestamp fields
- Start-scan timestamp represents the start of the scan
- End-scan timestamp represent the end of the scan
6.3.4 Transforms
Dynamic Driver interfaces use the Transform API to transform the data to the coordinate frame specified in the System Design File (SDF).
The default coordinate frame is the vehicle centered reference coordinate frame. This allows you to use PolySync Core Studio, or a similar visualization application, to view and reference all data from the same origin. This is especially powerful during application development, such as within a sensor fusion algorithm or an occupancy grid.
Transforms occur during the
psync_interface_process_data function, and before the message is published to the PolySync Core bus.
6.3.5 Validating sensor data
This isn't a function that is part of the state machine, but a validation function that should be created as part of the PAL initialization process.
The validation function should read data for a predetermined amount of time. If all data read in this interval is in the expected format and order, then the interface is considered to be validated.
If unknown bytes or CAN frames are seen, validation should fail.
6.4 Configure
The most basic configure function is going to create and set the reference to the internal data structure,
interface_data_s, which all PALs define. Before the function returns, the interface data is invalidated.
6.5 Initialize
All resources for the Dynamic Driver interface should be allocated within this function. This includes:
- Message type support
- The asynchronous output queue, for input data
- The reference to the replay data queue
- The transform for this node
- Set the message sensor descriptor, describing this hardware-based publisher node
- Read and set the SDF Configuration
- Verify I/O Parameters from the SDF
- Handling command line arguments
- Handling the runtime context, live vs replay
The initialize function is responsible for checking the validity of the reference to the
interface_data_s that is passed around within the
ps_dynamic_driver structure. Next, command line arguments are parsed and processed accordingly.
6.5.1 Checking for replay
While parsing the command line options, the interface should check whether this node was started under the live (hardware) context, or the replay (no-hardware) context. If the interface is starting under replay context , then the routines to open, configure, and connect are skipped, otherwise they would throw a DTC and exit.
If the node is operating under the replay context, then dynamic_driver -> standard_options[STDOPT_NOHW] will be non-zero.
6.6 Validation
It's common to call the validation function after initialization, and after or while recovering from a fault. Typically the node will spin for a specified time to read data and ensure that the node is in a known-good state.
6.7 Poll for data
While in poll for data, the interface PAL should perform a check for the runtime context. If the node is operating in the the replay (no-hardware) context, then a dummy-read could be performed. Next, the Dynamic Driver checks for a replay message in the queue. When a message is seen in the queue, it's popped off and the data is copied into the internal message reference.
If the node is operating under the replay-context, then dynamic_driver -> logfile_mode will be LOGFILE_MODE_READ.
If the Runtime context is set to the live context , then data is read directly from the hardware and is then copied into the internal message reference.
6.7.1 Ethernet UDP sensors
If every UDP packet contains all of the information needed to populate a PolySync Core message, it is ok to block in the read call, but it needs to contain a very small timeout mechanism. It is recommended to do non-blocking polling. If necessary, block for 10-20 milliseconds for minimum disruption.
6.8 Log data
While in the log data function, the interface PAL should perform a check for the runtime context. If the node is operating in the replay (no-hardware) context, then you can copy the internal message reference into the PolySync Core CAN or Byte Array message. Once the data is copied, the message can be written using the Logfile API.
6.8.1 Knowing what message type to log
The PAL should log the lowest-level of data possible, typically the raw data type that is returned by the Device Communication APIs. For CAN sensors, the
ps_can_frame_msg is ideal. For most other sensors, the
ps_byte_array_msg is capable of holding the binary data.
6.9 Process data
The function will only be called if the previous call to
psync_interface_poll_for_data returned data available (i.e.
After checking the incoming data payload, the process data function starts dissecting the bytes. If the proper data exists, it can be abstracted into a PolySync Core message, then transformed to the proper coordinate frame, per the SDF configuration.
It's common for process data to publish the message to the PolySync Core bus, directly after applying the message -> header.timestamp field.
- Check the data payload
- Abstract into a PolySync Core message type
- Transform data, depending on configuration
- Get Tx timestamp
- Publish
Avoid blocking in the process data routine. It is possible set up a command/response infrastructure with a timeout that gets checked in
psync_interface_process_data, but the
psync_interface_process_data function will only be called if the previous call to poll data returns data available (i.e.
PolySync Core provided interfaces contain a parameter to enable and disable publishing for each output message type. The publish toggle can also be implemented on the "raw data," the
ps_can_frame_msg, and/or the
6.10 Idle
This is the junk-drawer function, and it is optional to implement. Any task that doesn't fall directly in line with the functions specified above can be called here.
Examples are: * Petting the watchdog * Checking internal message queue (ego-motion again) * Update and publish diagnostic message
6.11 Handling parameters
Each interface is capable of supporting an infinite number of parameters. At any point during runtime, another node could send a parameter 'set' message─for example Studio's System Hierarchy plugin. You can pick and choose which parameters need to be handled (set).
A good rule of thumb is that if the interface needs to reinitialize, then the parameter should be read-only. If the interface can dynamically update this parameter value and continue normal operation, then it should be handled in this function.
All nodes should support 'set' commands for mount position and orientation parameters.
6.12 Handle state
The PAL should check the dynamic_driver -> current_state -> dtc and perform the appropriate action for the DTC present.
For example: If DTC_NONATIVEBUS is encountered, the PAL should close the connection, re-open it, configure, validate, etc.
The state machine will only enter
handle_state when a state other than OK is entered. The application will stay inside of the
handle_state until
psync_node_recover_fault is called.
Congratulations! Now you have the tools to create your own Dynamic Driver interface.


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Divorce teaches you a lot about yourself. About your ex. About your family and friends. And life. In the midst of the crazy that swirls around getting divorced, you kind of have to stop yourself -- stop the spinning -- and take it all in. Every hurt. Every ounce of liberation. Every everything. It can reveal things you never realized and unearth truths about yourself you need to face and more you need to embrace.
It's not always easy to do. In fact, it's quite hard even to just put on your bravest, happiest face. Paint a pretty picture, people will think you are okay. That's what I was guilty of in my marriage. I learned. And am still learning -- good and bad things. Things I'm working on, things I'm handling, things I'm embracing, and there are things I'm even truly happy about. Here are some of the things that divorce has taught me.
- I'm not afraid to take chances. Because everything is chance. Everything has risk. Why would I deny myself the possibility of something and instead choose the possibility of nothing?
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- I can't worry about what everyone else thinks.
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- There were ex-boyfriends who were still thinking about me ... in that way. And that feels nice after feeling invisible.
- Some relationships have an expiration date.
- I didn't fail. As I mentioned above, some relationships just have an expiration date.
- I believe in myself. Again.
- I still believe in love. Maybe even now more than ever.
Can you relate? Which ones resonate most? What would you add?
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Punching your fist through a window and eating a snack in bed are drastically different behaviors, but both could be considered effects of parasomnia–a disorder characterized by abnormal or unusual behavior of the nervous system during sleep.
Exploring and explaining different types of parasomnia were Elizabeth Hand, author of award winning gothic nonfiction books, and Columbia University neurologist Carl Bazil, M.D., Ph.D., at a program last Friday night at the Rubin Museum in New York City. Hand talked about the impact that her lasting parasomnia has had on her life. Paired with Bazil for a program in the museum's Brainwave series, her curiosity about her very real reactions to dreams and night terrors (such as the aforementioned window punching) made for a lively discussion with Bazil about the science behind her actions.
At the start of the program, the audience was asked if they had ever experienced parasomnia, and few people raised their hands. Bazil went on to disprove what is a common misconception, and defined parasomnia as any "weird or strange" sleep-related occurrence. He explained different types of parasomnia, many of which are experienced by most people throughout their lives.
Nightmares and sleep talking are common parasomnias. Sleep walking or night terrors (unexplainable panic in the middle of deep sleep, often experienced by young children) are typically outgrown. More extreme parasomnias, however, can be very disruptive.
Hand related that she had once dreamt that an intruder was in her home, and had gone as far as taking the curtain rod off the window in order to wield it as a weapon, before waking up to realize no one was there. She also once punched her fist through a screen window because she dreamt her apartment was on fire. Bazil provided an example of the dangers of extreme parasomnia. He recounted an instance where a patient once walked out of a two-story window.
Bazil explained that while parasomnias can spontaneously occur from factors such as sleep deprivation or medication, different sleep disorders may also be the cause. REM Behavior Disorder (RBD) is a phenomenon that disables the brain's natural ability to paralyze the muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is the second phase in the sleep cycle. REM is also the phase most connected with dreaming. Most people do not act out their dreams because their bodies are locked up–and it is normal to wake during a dream and feel like you cannot move your limbs. While this feeling of paralysis is unsettling, it is really a safety mechanism our brains create. Without it, those with RBD are able to move their bodies and physically engage in what they are doing in their dreams.
Many people also encounter confusional arousal, a parasomnia that occurs in non-REM sleep and causes the person to be half-awake and confused about what they are doing. Often this type of parasomnia is accompanied by more vague feelings and thoughts, rather than the plot-like dreams the REM cycle creates. Instances could range from sending a weird text without remembering it, to an example that Hand gave, of a two-year stint she had of waking up rummaging through her drawers for her medication, only to realize each time that she wasn't on medication.
While sometimes amusing to recount in hindsight, parasomnias can disrupt lives. Although prescription treatments are available, Bazil suggested first trying behavior therapy. He recommended hypnosis, sleep therapy, relaxation techniques, and meditation. Drugs, he explained, often produce side effects and in some cases, fuel other types of parasomnias.
Hand and Bazil addressed common curiosities during a lively Q&A session with the audience. But a takeaway from the fascinating program was that there is still much to be learned by scientists on what goes on in the sleeping brain.
This year is the ninth year of the Rubin Museum's Brainwave series, where popular personalities are paired with neuroscientists for a themed discussion. Events will continue into July and tickets are available online.
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Beware of look-alike websites:
Insurance regulators and an industry trade group warn that this month's rollout of the health insurance marketplaces created by federal law opened the door for bad actors at the same time that it gives brokers and agents a business opportunity.
New Hampshire's insurance commissioner sent a cease-and-desist letter last week to an Arizona company he accused of building a website that could mislead health care coverage shoppers into thinking it was the official New Hampshire marketplace. The site was taken down on Friday.
If you're not sure you're on an official government website, check to see if it seems to be working. If you can navigate around and the buttons seem to work - get out of there ASAP, it's probably a look-alike. The real Obamacare exchanges cause your screen to freeze and your keyboard to smoke.


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Lexip: Revolutionary Gaming Mouse with 2 internal joysticks!
By adding a joystick on the inner side of the mouse and putting the whole mouse on a pivot without restricting normal movement, you can do anything with just one hand! While combining maneuvers, combating people or controlling your vehicle, you can now either drink your coffee or take the opportunity to do even more actions with your free hand.
- The First joystick is internal and controlled by tilting the mouse shell. Simply tilt your mouse shell up, down, left or right to control a variety of moves.
- The second joystick is controlled by your thumb giving you ample customization, premium ergonomics, and a truly 3-Dimensional gaming experience without ever needing to add additional commands, keys or shortcuts.
And one last thing: We didn't cut any corners with this mouse. We are using a premium gaming laser sensor, true mechanical joysticks, and design that promotes all-day comfort.
Add that all together and you get the first gaming mouse that can help you perform advanced combat maneuvers in Star Citizen, chain together rapid combos in League of Legends or World of Warcraft, score an epic off the backboard goal in Rocket League, and land consistent headshots in Overwatch!
We wanted Lexip to offer a brand new way of interacting with your gaming mouse. That's why we designed our mouse with two groups in mind: casual gamers and pro gamers. Our mouse has the functionality to help both groups of gamers enjoy their gaming experience on a much deeper level all while make them better at gaming, how cool is that?!
Lexip for Gamers
Lexip has the ability to give you a competitive edge in your favorite games all while simplifying your gaming setup.
This is largely due to our mini joysticks, which are a complete miniaturization of full size, analog joysticks. Resulting in a natural feel with mechanical feedback and precision, just like those in the controllers you use every day.
Thanks to its freedom of movement, gamers can explore more intuitive and competitive ways of playing their favorite games. Here's how Lexip can enrich your gaming experience and improve performance in some of the most popular gaming genres:
Space Simulators
Space simulators like Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, Space Engineers and Kerbal Space Program benefit the most from Lexip. It was designed for 3D environments and because of that, it serves as both a mouse and flight stick in one. Complex, sustained maneuvers are now easy to perform all while keeping your other hand on the keyboard for quick shortcuts. Depending on your preference, you can control the pitch, yaw, and roll of your craft with either your thumb or your palm.
Building Games
For games like Minecraft, you can switch through your slots, weapons, and items by using the thumb joystick. In games where you build, such as BeSeige and Fortnite, Lexip allows for placement of objects with ease. This increases both the speed and precision with which you place down blocks, walls, and objects giving you both a competitive edge and a more enjoyable gaming experience.
Racing Games
When playing racing games, the internal joystick's 300,000 position values can be used to provide accurate throttle and steering input, bringing the best of both mice and steering wheels for a fantastic feeling on Rocket League, GTA V, Trackmania, or any other racing game. You can accelerate, decelerate, brake, and rev your engine all by using the internal joystick of the mouse! This makes racing games much more intuitive and gives you unparalleled control over your driving experience.
First Person Shooters
Fans of FPS games will be able to use the internal joystick for intuitive left to right-leaning: perfect for Rainbow Six Siege and Arma 3. For other popular games such as Destiny and Call of Duty, Lexip allows you to switch loadouts, chain commands and control a full portion of your gaming experience without using any key bindings! The thumbstick can also be used for precise aiming and to control the level of magnification. Combine that with the precision gaming laser's adjustable DPI (up to 8200) and speed/acceleration of 150ips/30G and you get a mouse that makes landing headshots easy.
MMOs and MOBAs
For MMO and MOBA players, Lexip's joysticks can be configured to rapidly string together abilities, creating powerful combos. The precision gaming laser also helps with high actions per minute while the ergonomic design keeps your hand and wrist comfortable during intense play. Another way to use the mouse's innovative joysticks is to manipulate your map. Testers discovered and made use of this in games such as League of Legends, you can scroll through the whole map simply by using the thumb joystick all while keeping full control over your team strategy.
Lexip for Pro Users
Lexip isn't just a gaming mouse, its a mouse for designers, engineers and home/office power users too. The speed and precision of the mouse, along with its intuitive joysticks, will boost productivity no matter the application. Additionally, the ergonomic design will promote wrist and hand health as well as all-day comfort.
With Lexip, you can map the buttons and joystick to functions for each of your programs, quickly changing to that program's macro to do things like copy and paste, navigate tabs/pages, and navigate 3D scenes/design spaces.
Lexip for Lefties
We didn't want to leave anyone out. That's why we are designing a left-hand specific version of Lexip. The left-handed version makes no design compromises, keeping thumbstick placement and usage intuitive.
We made Lexip for all types of gamers. In doing so, we had to consider the fact that everyone is different. Which is why we incorporated an impressive amount of customizability in our mouse.
With Lexip, you're able to change almost everything about the mouse - creating an experience that feels natural and intuitive. With our custom control panel, there's a lot to tweak.We've covered all the necessities for competitive gaming and productivity with the ability to:
- set program-specific macros
- adjust the gaming sensor's DPI
- change the sensitivity of both joysticks
- adjust deadzones
- adjust RGB Lighting
- and more!
Speaking of RGB lighting, the zones include the logo, top button, and bottom shell. Pick any color you'd like and pair it with animations like wave, disco or any other you like to make Lexip blend in with your battle station.
You might have heard of us before! Lexip first released a few years ago a professional 3D mouse and won prices at the European Lepine Competition. But we are a bunch of passionate gamers so we thought we could use this technology to our field. Since then, we've worked on how we could improve the mouse and so we're here again with a new version made specifically for gamers!
Our team's passion for gaming and expertise in our respective fields has resulted in a mouse that's a complete game changer (pun intended). A few examples of our team's expertise and gaming passion are in the design of the mouse itself. The mouse's ergonomic shape comes from Logitech designer Pierre Duthoit. The miniaturized, fully mechanical joysticks were the influence of Lexip CEO Lionel Chataigner, who's experience equipping Street Fighter champions through R-Cade provided great insight.
With each new team member, we added another type of gamer. And, before we knew it, we were all using Lexip, whether it was to pilot a spaceship in Star Citizen, make an epic save in Rocket League, or just work more effectively.
The idea for Lexip actually started as a solution to working effectively in 3D software, there simply wasn't a way to intuitively manipulate objects or navigate scenes. However, at the first meeting between founders, we knew it'd have the power to revolutionize gaming as well.
100K$: Kickstarter Gel tab + Cable (achieved)
300K$: MacOS drivers for Dec.2018 + Ambassador Mousepad program (achieved)
350K$: Upgraded Microcontroller - faster processing and 2x more macro storage (achieved)
400K$: Custom Kickstarter design - Backers can choose between regular Lexip design and a unique Kickstarter Design. Working on this right now!
500K$: Online tournament where the winner will get their choice of: A full PC configuration, or a fully paid trip to France to meet the team. More information on this shortly!
600K$: Buy one, get two - Every single backer gets BOTH the classic Lexip design and the Kickstarter design, no questions asked.
Risks and challenges
We've been working on Lexip for a while now and all patents have been done. We know for sure that Lexip is working very well for professional use, however since we wanted to extend the technology to the gaming area, we're currently developing Lexip's drivers and testing the mouse on many games to provide you the best gaming experience. We started this Kickstarter campaign because we wanted to create a real community that could be involved in the future of gaming. So all your ideas, thoughts or potential feedback will help us to continue to improve Lexip's gaming experience.
Your pledge will help us with refine our product and we have full capabilities to deliver this mouse to our Kickstarter backers.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Valentine's Day flowers to Lucknow: The Himalayan hustle
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You maybe hopelessly in love with someone who doesn't know it yet or with someone who you are already with and loves you back. In both scenarios love stands strong. Flowers are a token of appreciation and acknowledgement towards your lover. On Valentine's Day surprise your lover with a mixed bag of flowers when you are not around and then feel your lover's voice trembling with joy when he or she calls you. Send valentine flowers to Lucknow from our exclusive floral section to amaze your lover.
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Vocational Training Centre at Juba Central Prison Celebrates Graduation of 143 New Trainees; Launches Instruction in Four New Trades
8 June 2017, JUBA – The National Prisons Service of South Sudan (NPSSS) celebrated the graduation of a new batch of 143 inmates trained in eight trades at the Vocational Training Centre in Juba Central Prison on Thursday. The four-month training programme includes theory and extensive practical sessions.
Deputy Minister of Interior Hon. Riaw Gatliir Gai presided over the graduation ceremony, which was attended by Director General of Prisons General Henry Kuany, United Nations Development Programme Country Director Kamil Kamaluddeen, and senior officials from NPSSS.
UNDP's Access to Justice and Rule of Law Project, with funding from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, supports NPSSS to promote prisoners' rehabilitation through the establishment of the Vocational Training Centre at Juba Central Prison. The centre aims to reduce recidivism by imparting technical skills to inmates that enable them to earn a living and facilitate their rehabilitation as contributors to society when released.
"I take this opportunity to congratulate all the trainees for successfully completing the training. You have the opportunity now to take these skills and help build this nation," said UNDP Country Director Kamil Kamaluddeen in remarks delivered at the occasion.
Speaking at the graduation, Deputy Interior Minister Hon. Riaw Gatliir Gai said the mission of the Vocational Training Centre is to make inmates useful rather than just punishing them for their crimes. He stressed that this will help the inmates to demonstrate their skills in society and not think of committing crimes in future.
NPSSS also inaugurated new facilities located at the Vocational Training Centre to expand instruction into four new trades: information and communication technology (ICT), food processing, bakery, and plumbing. UNDP renovated existing buildings for use as the new classrooms, including a fully functional computer lab, and supplied equipment and materials required for instruction. The new instruction trades will be offered in addition to the existing training programmes in eight trades: carpentry, masonry, electrician, welding, vehicle mechanics, agriculture, hair dressing and tailoring. The project engaged the Ministry of General Education and the Ministry of Labor, locally-recruited trainers and NPSSS staff to develop training curricula in line with the curricula used in other technical schools in South Sudan.
The facility has been registered as a commercial company and is marketing its services and products to make the workshop self-sustainable. The new facilities include plans to make sections of the Vocational Training Centre more accessible to the public to receive services and buy products.


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The I Want a Dog Walker Form:
*Meet&Greets generally last 20-30 minutes. It's a chance for you to ask questions, and for us to learn about your dog's needs, where everything is kept, and how the locks work.
Please have two full sets of keys ready for us.
What to expect on your Dog Walk
After the initial meet & greet during which we learned about your dog's needs, here's what you can expect on a typical visit:
Your dog walker will arrive within 1 hour of your requested walk time.
It will always be the same person from our Team, though there will also be a designated back-up. Everyone is trained in Pet First Aid & CPR, and general dog walking safety.
We will scan in a Pet Check Technology magnet that will be in your home, and you will automatically get an email that your dog walker has arrived.
We will take your dog on a walk that lasts a minimum of the time you requested (20 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour).
Usually 1 or 2 other dogs will come along, but the pack will never be bigger than 4.
We will take a minimum of 3 pictures of your sweetie pie.
When we return to your home, we will refresh your dog's water bowl, feed him per your instructions, and clean up any dog messes.
Upon completion, we will scan the magnet again, write a note on what happened, and you will get an automatic email with the visit start/end times, pictures, note, and a GPS map of the walk.
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Bryan Ferry wears a Sean O'Flynn shirt in New York Times photo shoot: Godfathers of Glam
After hours with Sean & John
Cutter, Peter, with Sean in the workshop downstairs.
Shirtmaker Lauren
Ex Newham College & trainee shirtmaker, Lauren.
Sean O'Flynn shirt
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John making a shirt downstairs in the workshop.
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The beautifully restored 1800s Wesleyan Chapel is a dedicated centre of learning and education for performance, visual and literacy arts. The Chapel was built in 1833 and served as the meeting place of the Wesleyan Methodists in Bailieborough for over 16
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Oakland Tribune founder also worked at San Luis Obispo newspaper
A hopeful sign in the settling West that an emerging community had arrived was the founding of a local newspaper.
Most papers didn't survive more than a handful of years.
It was a struggle for survival even before the invention of the Internet. Hey, even Internet companies struggle to survive on the Internet.
Remember Pets.com? It flopped in 2000 after losing $147 million in the first nine months of that year. There were 300 jobs lost in that failure, but the popular puppet who acted as spokesman collared another job with Internet loan company BarNone.
When a nameplate publishes its last edition it is like a death in the newspaper family. The final daily edition of the Oakland Tribune was printed this week. It was consolidated with the Contra Costa Times and two other newspapers into a single paper: the East Bay Times.
The Oakland Tribune was the first white-run newspaper to regularly publish a column by a black woman. Delilah Beasley wrote "Activities Among Negroes" from 1923 until her death in 1934.
It was awarded Pulitzer Prizes in 1950 and 1990. The first was for a Bill Crouch photo of a near-collision at an air show. The second went to the staff for its coverage of the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake on Oct. 17, 1989.
The Oakland Daily Tribune was co-founded Feb. 21, 1874, by a man buried in San Luis Obispo.
Though the Oakland Tribune is five years younger than the San Luis Obispo Tribune, it began life as a daily. The San Luis Obispo paper did not achieve that distinction for well over a decade.
Oakland Tribune founding editor George B. Stanford ultimately edited both newspapers.
The Oakland Tribune began small — four pages measuring 6-by-9 inches, slightly bigger than a sheet of copier paper folded in half. But it long outlived founders Benet Dewes and George Staniford.
Staniford had a past.
Many men his age had seen the horror of Civil War, and Staniford had participated in the bloodiest single day of battle in American history.
He was 24 when an estimated 22,717 men were killed, wounded, missing or captured at a battleground now synonymous with sacrifice, Antietam.
George Breck Staniford had enlisted as a private in the 23rd regiment, New York Infantry. When he mustered out he had climbed the ranks to lieutenant, a tribute to his leadership abilities.
After the war Staniford moved west and worked in newspapers in Alameda County, then traveled to San Luis Obispo where he edited The Tribune from 1878-1883.
He also worked here for Wells Fargo, an organization known for integrity and strength. More than a simple transport service, Wells Fargo was an honest pipeline for small communities in the West to the major financial centers when highway robbers and shady cheats were in abundance.
Benjamin Brooks wrote about his fellow editor and Masonic brother in the Morning Tribune on March 22, 1903 (original obituary edited for length):
A Good Man Passes.
Geo. B. Staniford dies very unexpectedly at his home.
Was Prominent in Newspaper, business Fraternal and Social Circles. Funeral Arrangements.
This community was shocked yesterday morning about nine o'clock by the announcement that Geo. B. Staniford was dead. Mr. Staniford, though ailing with la grippe for some four or five weeks, seemed to be recovering quite satisfactorily and after being on the street part of the day Friday and eating a hearty supper at night, he went to bed in an apartment by himself.
Dr. Seaton, who has been the family physician for twenty-tree years, says he believes death came to Mr. Staniford before midnight. ...
George Breck Staniford was a native of New York state and was aged 65 years. He learned the printers' trade in his native state and at the opening of the civil war volunteered his services in defense of his country, joining a New York regiment of infantry.
After doing valiant service in many battles, particularly the bloody battles of South Mountain and Antietam, the deceased came to Alameda county, California and soon fell into his chosen profession, the printer's trade, becoming foreman of the Oakland News. Here he was frequently editor as well and in 1866 he published the San Leandro Gazette, San Leandro then being the county seat.
The county seat was later changed to Oakland where in 1875 [1874] Mr. Staniford established the Evening Tribune which is to this day the leading paper of Oakland.
In 1876 Mr. Staniford removed to San Luis Obispo to succeed J.C. Ortega as agent of the Wells Fargo Express office, this city then being a station on the Pacific Coast stage line from San Juan to Los Angeles, of which Wm. Buckley, a brother-in-law, was the proprietor. This position he held continuously until his death. But in connection with the express business Mr. Staniford found time to take an active part in the newspaper life of this county. In 1878 he became part owner and editor of the Tribune, which he retained until 1883. In 1884 he owned and published it for some time. From 1896 until 1901 he was editor of the Breeze and the popularity of that paper during those years was largely due to his powerful and fearless writing and his warm personal friendships.
When an eminent citizen leaves this world, the small service his friends and fellow citizens can render him is to testify to his worth and merits, express their sympathy for those more immediately bereaved and offer such consolation as may be within their power. Every man in his lifetime erects in the hearts and minds of his fellows his own monument. Perhaps it may be no more durable than those other presently crumbling ones which for a few years stand stiffly in our burial grounds, but it is more adequate and perhaps more truthful.
Thanks to Robert Bettencourt, 2012 Master of the Lodge, King David's Lodge No. 209 for biographical information and photographs. History Center of San Luis Obispo for photo.


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S-BOMB warning. That's SPOILER-ALERT, for those less crude than I.
In a curious turn of events, the short story following The Final Problem (last post's review!) is yet another I never read. It is, however, not surprising that it is the story that should immediately follow the death of Mr. Sherlock Holmes: the triumphant return of said detective. And it is either a very enjoyable short story, or my holiday sickness fading away is causing me to rather enjoy myself. Either way, let us revisit this tale, eh?
It is titled The Empty House, and, most appropriately, half of it takes place in an empty house. It begins with Watson talking about how he remembers his friend, how he attempts to apply Holmes' methods to cases that pop up now and again in the headlines with "indifferent" success. There is a current case that he wishes Holmes could help solve, as it is strange indeed. But as Holmes cannot do so, Watson satisfies these thoughts by visiting the home himself. While there, he bumps into a grumpy book collector who quickly leaves, but thinks nothing of it.
Naturally, Watson is visited by this man, as he's come to apologize for his behavior, only, when Watson turns his back on him for a moment, he turns back around to come face to face with Sherlock Holmes. Normally not one to do such a thing, Watson faints at the shock. When he is revived, they discuss the events that truly unfolded at the Reichenbach falls, that Holmes realized what he could accomplish if the world thought him dead. Only Moriarty's confederates knew otherwise, as one had witnessed Holmes' escape. "The second-most dangerous man in London", according to Holmes.
Well, Holmes invites Watson to help him once more, and they set out on the adventure of the empty house–and it really is an empty house. It's across from Baker Street, where one can see the visage of a Holmes decoy set up. Holmes wishes to catch this dangerous man tonight. But the man is delayed, and Holmes gets restless, until at midnight, the man doesn't appear on the street below–rather, he comes into the empty house himself, sets up his gun, and shoots! Holmes and Watson overtake him, call the police that were hidden on the street (we even get a nice moment with Inspector Lestrade), and all is well. Holmes explains to Lestrade that this man, Moran, was the guilty party in the curious case that had drawn Watson's earlier attentions and to leave the attempt on Holmes' life out of it, giving Lestrade all the credit to solving the other case. The men return to Baker Street to discuss the matter as usual, with Holmes only surprised that Moran had decided to set up his gun from the empty house instead of the street.
On that singular point, I admit to being confused. Guns naturally work better when you have a clear shot, and Moran would not have had a very good angle from the street up to the floor (am I mistaken in remembering it as the first floor (second to Americans)? Seems like The Baker Street building was only a ground floor and first floor, but I could very well be mistaken. Anyway, an unoccupied home right across the street with a level view of Holmes' window would naturally be the ideal spot. Holmes went on at length about how skilled a hunter this man is, it seems to me that any impatience and desire to instantly kill Holmes would still have the man looking for a good angle. But that would just make for a boring story, I suppose, as the suspense of the wait for Moran as well as his entry into the empty house is a great part of the tale! Next is The Dancing Men, a tale I know well and enjoy a lot. Cheers~
Interested in The Empty House? It can be purchased here.


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