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Michael Means
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Coach Means played football and basketball at Cocalico High School. He played on a high school team that only lost 5 regular season games from his sophomore to senior year and scored 1,000 points in his basketball career. He went on to play basketball at Shippensburg University where he was a 3 year starter for the Red Raiders. Coach Means then taught at Bohemia Manor High School in MD for 12 years and coached football for 10 years, serving as offensive coordinator for 6. In 5 of those 6 years the team advanced to the regional playoffs. This will be his third year at the helm at Oxford. Coach Means teaches Social Studies at Oxford and lives in Elkton, MD with his wife Kristin and two sons, Braeden age 11 and Brody age 9.
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Coach Wood played football at West Catholic High School. He moved on to play 4 years at Albright College and then got his first coaching job as an intern at Albright. He then coached the defensive line at Bowie State before becoming coaching safeties and working as the Community Outreach Liaison at Millersville University from 2003-2007. From 2009-2010 Coach Wood coached safeties at Downingtown West High School and from 2010-2015 he coached safeties at Coatesville High School, part of a staff who took the Red Raiders to a state championship appearance in 2012. For the last 2 years, Coach Wood has served as the defensive coordinator at Oxford. He lives Bear, DE with his wife Letitia and two children, Zion and Layla.
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Coach Eric Szpyrka loves coaching at Oxford High School and is very thankful and grateful for the enormous support our program receives from our local community. Coach Szpyrka played high school football at Garnet Valley from 1984-1987 then went on to play at Williamson Trade School from 1988-1990. After playing 3 seasons at Williamson he went on to play at Wesley College from 1991-1992. Coach Szpyrka started coaching football in 1995 shortly after graduating from Wesley College. Coach Szpyrka spent 5 years coaching youth football in Cecil County Maryland before landing his first high school coaching position at Bohemia Manor in 2000 and spent 5 seasons coaching there. Coach Szpyrka has also coached football for 3 seasons at Avon Grove and Kennett high school and coached at Middletown high school in Delaware in 2004. Coach Szpyrka has coached high school football for a total of 14 seasons. Coach Szpyrka also coached semi-professional football in Delaware from 2003-2007 for the New Castle Saints where he was the head coach and offensive coordinator. He lives in West Grove with his daughter, Emily.
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Mo Nadachowski
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Coach Higgins attended Glassboro State College and DeVry Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He spent 7 years coaching Avon Grove Flag Football and the Oxford Golden Bears before moving up to coach for 3 years at Penn's Grove. For the last 2 years, Coach Higgins has coached the offensive and defensive line for the Oxford Junior Varsity Team. He lives in Oxford with his wife Susan and has two sons, Corey, age 21, and Brandon, age 16.
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Farewell Bear Facts - Newcastle
Well, that's a nice surprise - I haven't listened to this episode for a while, and it works much better than I thought it did. It's a good introduction for Herc - the first time in the show I was deliberately introducing a new recurring character - and Martin's embarrassments with both Eddie and Linda are justified (and therefore funny), I think, because in both cases it's entirely his own fault - Linda is extremely patient with him, really; and Eddie only torments him when challenged. I've said before, though, that one episode per series is always more of a headache than all the others to write, and for some reason this was series three's. What I've always thought about it is that I'd like to go back, take it apart, and expand it into two episodes - that Herc and Linda deserve an episode to themselves, and so does Mark Williams' wonderful Eddie. But listening back now, I'm not so sure - I don't think anyone's under-served in this episode. True, Douglas reaches new heights of helpful mellowness... but they're in character, and he still has that rather nice scene where it turns out he's printed out a CV as well.
- Sometimes people ask me if the cold open was written specially when we knew Tom Goodman-Hill would be stepping in as Martin. To which I always think… what sort of sense do you think it would have made otherwise?
-I've already posted a deleted scene for Newcastle, here.
- This midway point seems a good time to mention a couple of people who have been pointed out to me as doing unexpected and delightful things with this Cabin Pressure advent calendar thing (Which is, of course, these guys' idea in the first place.) The first is All Things Linguistic, a blog which is improbably managing to find a linguistically interesting detail about each episode, and thereby making my jokes sound far, far cleverer than they actually are, for which I can only thank them. The second is Tealin, a professional animator who is somehow finding time to do a daily, full-colour picture which basically look like stills from an imaginary Golden Era Disney movie of Cabin Pressure (I hope she'll take that as a compliment, I certainly mean it as one). They're extraordinary - do have a look. Here's my favourite so far (reproduced without permission, do tell me if you'd like me to take it down, Tealin.) [UPDATE: In fact, Tealin has kindly given me permission to reproduce all her pictures from this exercise, and so I've included each one in the relevant blog post. Thank you!]
Posted by John Finnemore at 11:48 pm
Christen said...
I forgot how funny Newcastle was! I've not heard it in ages!
The Pink Lady said...
I adore Newcastle. Martin's nadir, in the romance stakes, from which things can only, and indeed do, get better; Anthony Head's gorgeous voice joining the equally gorgeous voices already in the cast; love, intrigue and a brilliant turn from Mark Williams. I think it's beautifully written as usual, and everyone gets their opportunity to shine. Tom G-H did a wonderful job at standing in as Martin, creating a seemingly familiar voice and delivery whilst not attempting to imitate Benedict.
It's fascinating to hear how the audience noise has changed, post-Sherlock, from the usual mixed, slightly older, and more male, to much younger and more female. Despite being a very long standing and enthusiastic Cumberfan, I am delighted to report that I'm one of the people who fell in love with Cabin Pressure when I first heard Abu Dhabi on its first broadcast, and have heard every one as it was aired since. Still disgruntled that I couldn't get in to the audience for Zurich, but hey ho, you can't have everything.
Dawn D said...
I like love those pictures.
Emmet Hobgood said...
This was the episode that really made me realize just how Martin-y I am. And that last joke always gets me! Maybe a spin-off where Arthur took the job....? :P
Nice to know I'm not the only one who sees old Disney in Tealin's artwork. I think it looks a lot like Bill Peet's concept sketches for The Sword in the Stone, particularly the drawing of Arthur up on top of the plane, looking for the rabbit ears.
Tealin said...
Wow! Thank you so much for your very very kind words on my drawings! It's an enormous honour to be noticed by one whose work I've admired so much and for so long – thank you for putting those pictures in my head in the first place (and many more which I haven't yet found time to draw). And thanks also for these great blog posts, something new to look forward to every day!
Rach Cherryade said...
I enjoy 'Newcastle' greatly (there isn't an episode of 'Cabin Pressure' that I don't love!), but, for some reason, I have noticed that I revisit this episode, Cremona, Helsinki and Wokingham less than all the other episodes. I think your post explains why this is the case as I seem to prefer the episodes with less locations. However, there are, as always, countless shining moments in 'Newcastle' and Tom Goodman Hill (whose radio work I have always enjoyed) does an excellent job and I am hardly aware when listening to the episode that it is a different actor playing Martin since he really seems to understand what makes the captain tick! It was also great to meet Herc and Linda, Anthony Head is a brilliant actor and Mr. Gently Benevolent is definitely one of my favourite radio characters of all time so it was a great pleasure to hear him added to the MJN crew!
I have a question that is partly related to 'Newcastle' and partially related to series 3 and 4 as a whole which I would be interested to hear your thoughts on and this is about Douglas' seemingly sudden change in attitude towards Herc. When they are reunited in 'Newcastle' Douglas seems pleased to meet his old colleague but, by 'Rotterdam' Douglas seems to have become quite hostile towards Herc, a state of affairs which only worsens in series 4 culminating in the flight deck showdown in 'Yverdon-Les-Bains'. I was wondering what your interpretation of this change of heart was due to, was it because Herc refused to take Douglas' CV, because Douglas is jealous of Herc's career or is there some other wrong that Herc had done to Douglas in the past? Also, while I have never been particularly prone to 'shipping' (as I believe the kids call it) fictional characters, I did wonder if Douglas was a little jealous of Herc and Carolyn's budding romance since his dislike of Herc escalates after their date in 'Ottery St. Mary'. You may have addressed some of these questions in deleted scenes or be planning to answer them in 'Zurich' or you may be wanting to leave them open to listener interpretation so please excuse this question if this is the case!
Paul Clarke said...
I'm a philosophy student, so Arthur's confusion of Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean-Claude Van Damme is one of my favorite moments in the whole show; it never fails to crack me up.
Would ever consider publishing a book with the scripts from all the episodes and maybe a few cartoon-y pictures to go with it?
ISN'T TEALIN AMAZING? She's done some other Cabin Pressure animation character studies too and they've really helped me get a mental visual for Martin that isn't a 6 foot tall Cumberbatch. XD
Paul H said...
Tealin's artwork is staggeringly good - and while I agree with the Golden Age Disney comparisons, I think she takes inspiration from Will Eisner too. Her blog is terrific. Sorry, that was just the comic book nerd in me that I rarely allow to comment...
And John, Kuala Lumpur is in no way a bad episode. I've lost count of the number of Cabin Pressure marathons I've done, and at no stage do I ever think 'Oh, not this episode again...'
Merry Christmas all!
Newcastle is genuinely one of my favourite episodes. You may be right that you could have got two episodes from the ideas, but the fact that they're all in one is what makes it so beautifully packed with good things. Eddie and the widowmaker! Herc, and the beginning of a beautiful relationship! Fantastic regular-listener-in-joke in the pre-credit scene! Arthur's panicked 'I'm not cooking anything, Skip'! Martin's views on lesbians! What's not to love?
Philippa Sidle said...
I love Newcastle for the introduction of Herc, who is just such an enjoyable character. I think it takes real skill to bring in a character who shares so many characteristics with an existing one, and then differentiate him and use those similarities to comic and dramatic effect.
As a huge opera fan (and as someone who's been involved in performing and administrating opera at a semi-professional level) I half-bristled and half-laughed at Carolyn's classic uninformed objections to the art form. I was really chuffed when it transpired in a later episode that Herc had managed to convert her, and she was willingly subjecting herself to Puccini!
Lolly-pop Guild said...
I always thought it was such a shame Benedict couldn't be available for Newcastle, because there are some killer lines in there! "Do you like... anything?" springs to mind as particularly Martin-y. I shall probably be inserting Ben into that episode in my imagination forever.
What's interesting about reading this comments section is that everyone's favourite episode seems to vary wildly. I had no idea people felt that way about Kuala Lumpur, John included, because I'd always seen its quirks as deliberate rather than less brilliant writing. I'd always seen it as a kind of alternative universe episode, in which the usual rules of physics/play are suspended. It's like the crew slip into this strange other world where airfields are littered with pubs in various unlikely locations.
John mentioned that Martin's indecisiveness in this episode is distracting, but I'd always thought that was true to human nature. Does he want to be part of the gang, or is it too much trouble? We've all been through this situation.
Personally, I've always been most fond of Qikiqtarjuaq (you're not a real Benedict Cumberbatch fan until you can spell that), St Petersburg (because Martin is a hero), and Uskerty, if only for Martin's quick fire Q&A session with Douglas and the climax of the long-build-up joke:-
"I carried the sheep, I climbed the tree, I rode the back of the truck, but now... now I have to x-ray these geese."
I will never not laugh at that. Thank you John for bringing such a wonderful work of art into our lives.
Alex C said...
Is anyone else ashamed to admit that they went into this with the intention of listening to one a day, and have now finished them all already?
I listened to Yverdon-les-bain on my way into work this morning.
On the upside I clearly do have time to go round again before Christmas...
Alex G said...
Wait, Carolyn was willingly subjecting herself to Puccini? What did I miss?! I thought it was a running gag that she let Herc think that, but always managed to get out of it!
Alex G, see Xinzhou:
"CAROLYN: Damn.
DOUGLAS: What?
CAROLYN: Oh, nothing. I … I just realised I-I'm not going to be back in time for Tosca.
DOUGLAS: Oh dear. That won't go down well with Herc the Berk.
CAROLYN: Do you mind not calling him that?
DOUGLAS: I'm sorry. Hercules the Berkules.
CAROLYN: Anyway, I wasn't going with him. He's in Zurich."
Newcastle has always been one of my favourite episodes. :) Maybe because of Linda. I love her accent. I also enjoy Martin awkwardness whereas in Kuala Lumpur and Qikiqtarjuaq the second hand embarrassment is just too much for me to handle and I just feel very sorry for him. Herc's introduction is also one of the things that make me like this episode so much. It's nice to have someone who can compete with Douglas. :D I think Tom Goodman-Hill did an excellent job as Martin. I didn't even properly notice what was going on when I was new to the series.
Damn, I hadn't registered she was going without Herc. And now I'm disappointed in Carolyn. And Finnemore.
John Peacock said...
Listening to this today, I have what might be a slightly boring question: Are we to see Martin and Linda as a lot more evenly matched than might originally appear (in airline stakes, rather than human interaction, which Martin obviously has a considerable handicap at)? Since the Airline Pilot game is one that only posh, rich white blokes can play, really. Martin has trouble getting in because he's not posh or rich enough, Linda because she's a woman (and now hugely guilty that she has the mitigating advantage of being the boss's daughter). It's not something I'd really have noticed were it not for the parallel conversation between Herc and Carolyn.
I hope that makes sense. I'll now try to prove that I'm not a robot and be on my way.
Justine Lark said...
I love that the "cold open" was created because of Benedict's cold.
This is one of my favourites. Arthur's line about "by not going anywhere, you will go to Newcastle," gets me every time. And of course, I can't go near a stepladder anymore without feeling as though I should shudder in the presence of the Widowmaker. -Molly
I know it's not obvious from how it's written, but it always stands out a bit when Douglas pronounces "Penicuik" as "Penny-quick", when it is in fact "Penny-cook"…
Pony girl Fi said...
Yeah, the Penicuik mispronunciation is probably the only thing in the whole series that I don't like. On the one hand it's great that it gets a mention, but on the other hand it does raise my hackles every time I hear it!
Fi, in actual Penicuik
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NEW cast announced for Series 12
FeaturedSeries 12Jodie WhittakerThirteenth DoctorChris ChibnallJames Buckley
The Inbetweeners star James Buckley joins the cast of Series 12.
With less than one week to go until Doctor Who makes a spectacular return to screens, Inbetweeners star James Buckley is set to appear in the upcoming series when it returns in 2020.
James is no stranger to television screens and has a wealth of credits ranging from White Gold, Zapped and The Inbetweeners.
Speaking ahead of his Doctor Who appearance, James Buckley said:
"It was surreal to be on such an iconic show and I'm really happy to be part of something so well loved. Hope everyone enjoys it!"
Matt Strevens, Executive Producer said:
"It was a real thrill to welcome James to the cast, his dramatic and comic talents are put to fine use in this action packed episode."
Also previously announced as starring in Series 12 are Anjli Mohindra, Laura Fraser, Goran Višnjić, Robert Glenister and two British national treasures, Stephen Fry and Sir Lenny Henry CBE!
Add to that some familiar faces including the Judoon and the Cybermen, Series 12 is set to be an epic action packed rollercoaster for everyone, just don't stray too far from behind the sofa…
Doctor Who will be airing on BBC One at 6.55pm and BBC America at 8pm ET/PT on New Year's Day, starring Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh. Stay tuned for further details!
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import net.sourceforge.plantuml.FileFormat;
import net.sourceforge.plantuml.FileFormatOption;
import net.sourceforge.plantuml.SourceStringReader;

public class MyCode {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

		Tracer.running=true;

		ClassLoader classLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();

        Class<?> mainClass = classLoader.loadClass(args[0]);

		Method mainMethod = mainClass.getMethod("main", String[].class);
		String[] params = null;
		mainMethod.invoke(null, (Object) params);

		String fileName = "Sequence.svg";
		System.out.println("Output file located at " + fileName);
		SourceStringReader reader = new SourceStringReader("@startuml\nactor Actor"
				+ Tracer.getSequence()
				+"\n@enduml");
		Tracer.running=false;

		FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(new File(fileName));
		reader.generateImage(output, new FileFormatOption(FileFormat.SVG));
	}

}

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Q: Implement 'rescue' without 'next' I have this example to handle errors and continue code execution:
begin
  p '-' * 100
  request_builder.new(env: tested_env).submit!
rescue => error
  error_logs << "#{error}\n#{error.backtrace.first(5).join("\n")}"
  next
end

How can I rewrite the code without next?
I found this example:
%w(1 2).each do |x|
  p x
  begin
    raise 'something'
  rescue => error
    p error
  end
end
=>
"1"
#<RuntimeError: something>
"2"
#<RuntimeError: something>

How can it be used to implement the code?

A: The next in you example has nothing to do, with a normal rescue block. It just tells to go to the next iteration. So remove your next statement and you are find.
begin
  p '-' * 100
  request_builder.new(env: tested_env).submit!
rescue => error
  error_logs << "#{error}\n#{error.backtrace.first(5).join("\n")}"
  # next # removing next, removes you error,
         # you just put whatever you want in your rescue block,
         # the application continues in this block
end


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The Parkinsons - Manchester Academy 3 - 2.10.02
When you're faced with 3 Portuguese spitfires and a pounding Scot with sticks for weapons described as the punk rock So Solid Crew only a mad man would stand in their way. Which is why following a incendiary performance from local stars in the making The Strap Ons the floor is cleared with nothing but the bravest (and incidentally the most drunken) souls lining the perimeter of the stage. When you're the Parkinsons this is a regular occurrence with us Brits, so called inventors of punk rock and home to the Pistols and the Clash, now conditioned into accepting Travis with an electric guitar as the height of rock & roll debauchery and running scared at the thought of a band who are a 4 pronged attack of Scrappy Doo proportions forever snapping at our ankles and demanding their constant attention.
Alfonso, lead vocalist and high kicking demi-god, stalks the audience with the sole purpose of having a party in this funereal den and no-one is safe. But it's all done with the humour and goodwill of a good catholic boy. The ladies (and occasionally beautiful bloke) are taken and romanced with their hands gently kissed as a parting gesture. While their husbands share their pints in a show of blokey solidarity. And some of us are given the chance to be punk rock heroes for the night when he passed the mike to your correspondent who duly shouts ra ra ra into the ether and my 15 minutes of fame are written in the passages of history. We'd personally have preferred to be romanced by our little Portuguese friend, but still it was only the first date and our time will come to take it past first base.
With the debacle which unfolds before our eyes the songs almost become incidental with choice cut "Bedsit City" from the "Streets Of London" EP through to the mini-album "A Long Way To Nowhere". In fact with all eyes on Alfonso rolling around in a sweaty mess on the floor it's difficult to remember that there are actually 3 members on the stage providing the assault to the senses which only comes when you're brought up in a heavily religious regime and then unleashed on the rest of the world for your voyage of freedom. The world may not be ready for them just yet, but with each and every gig the Parkinsons are bringing together lost souls in the journey for the spirit of punk rock.
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Airtel Digital TV HD and SD Set-Top Box Prices Slashed by Up to Rs 200
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Airtel Digital TV is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to adding new subscribers on board. The DTH arm of Bharti Airtel already made its intentions clear that it's going after the Cable TV subscribers in the country who're looking to make a switch to DTH platform. Airtel Digital TV added close to four lakh subscribers in the last quarter and it has now slashed prices of its HD and SD set-top boxes by Rs 200 to lure the subscribers. With Tata Sky removing its multi-TV policy entirely, it's a good time for the customers to join Airtel Digital TV as they can get set-top boxes at discounted prices. Furthermore, Airtel Internet TV box also received a price cut and is available at Rs 3,499 which includes one-month of free subscription. It's worth mentioning that Tata Sky also reduced prices of set-top boxes by Rs 400 to take on the competition.
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Airtel Digital TV has cut the prices of its new connection by as much as Rs 200. This price drop comes on the set-top boxes of Airtel Digital TV for the new customers. What's worth noting is that this new price cut for new connection will be eligible on both HD and SD set-top boxes from Airtel Digital TV. The new discount will not be available on the Internet TV set-top box.
What's interesting to note is that a few days back only, Tata Sky has slashed the prices of its set-top boxes also. In a move to please the consumers and to lure in more users, the DTH service provider announced that it would be reducing the cost of a new set-top box by Rs 400. Just like the new move by Airtel Digital TV, this price deduction by Tata Sky was also applicable on HD and SD, both types of STBs. The company also announced that after the price cut, the SD set-top box would be available for Rs 1,600 whereas the HD set-top box would be available for Rs 1,800. Although Tata Sky ships a total of 4 variants for the new connection buyers, the recent price cut has only been introduced on the HD and SD STBs only. TelecomTalk independently verified the price cut on these STBs with Airtel Digital TV.
Airtel Digital TV Introduces 6 New Channel Packs
It can be agreed that while other companies like Tata Sky and D2h have remained relatively active and competitive in the last few weeks, that isn't necessarily the case for Airtel Digital TV. However, courtesy of this new move and owing to the introduction of 6 channel packs, we can now see Airtel Digital TV put up a competitive front in the industry. On Friday, Airtel Digital TV also introduced six new long-term channel packs for the subscribers which come in either 6-months or 12-months subscription options. These channels packs include Hindi Value SD Pack, UDP Packs, Gujarat Value Sports SD Pack, Gujarat Mega SD Pack, Gujarat Value Sports HD and Gujarat Mega HD.
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Arpit spends his day closely following the telecom and tech industry. A music connoisseur and a night owl, he also takes a deep interest in the Indian technology start-up scene and spends rest of his time spilling poetry and stories on paper.
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"Fail" is a harsh word, but I'm going to use it anyway. We fail at dating because we fail at communicating, honesty, recognizing social cues, and timing. We over think every move until we're rendered immobile by fear. We lie or avoid confrontation so we don't "hurt anyone's feelings." We get scared of something that could be good, so we don't give it a chance. We follow nonsensical dating rules and end up missing out on something that could have been great. Why do we sabotage our own happiness? Maybe it's because we're afraid to succeed.
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The owners of a Rolling Meadows apartment complex filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday charging that their civil rights are being violated by a police decision to block off most access to the property and set up a checkpoint at the only open entrance.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, names as defendants the northwest suburb, its city manager, police chief and unidentified officers.
On June 9, police used concrete and construction barriers to block 12 of the 13 spots that allowed vehicle access to the complex, west of Illinois Highway 53 and north of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. Two police officers staff the only open entrance, which police call a "safety zone," for several hours a day. The department took the actions without a hearing to inform residents and owners or give them a chance to voice their opinions, Horwitz said.
The lawyers for the apartment complex also plan to file a request Wednesday for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction, asking a judge to order that the barricades be removed.
Rolling Meadows officials said they could not comment on the lawsuit, which they have not seen, but Police Chief Steve Williams has said that the department is attempting to create a "gated community" for the approximately 2,000 residents of the complex in hopes of deterring crime and increasing their level of comfort about asking police for help.
Williams said that the complex has seen almost as many major incidents – batteries, burglaries and gang-related activities – in the first five months of this year as there were all of last year. There have been 23 major incidents so far this year, compared with 25 in 2007, he said.
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Q: Flask AssertionError While Trying to "POST" I am brand new to python as of about 3 days ago and I need to build a prototype python server for an iOS work project. I followed a tutorial for the initial build.
When I perform a "POST" request, I get an error. Here is my full code, followed by the error I'm receiving in the Terminal when a "POST" request is submitted.
PS. also fairly new to stack overflow so I'm sorry if I'm asking this question incorrectly
    import flask
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from flask_uploads import UploadSet, IMAGES, configure_uploads
from flask import make_response
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from flask_marshmallow import Marshmallow
import turicreate as tc
import sys
from queue import Queue
import os
import uuid
import logging
from flask import send_from_directory
import threading
from marshmallow import fields
from marshmallow import post_load

app = Flask(__name__)
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Only for debugging while developing
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True)

#configure logging
logging.basicConfig( level=logging.DEBUG,
                     format='[%(levelname)s] - %(threadName)-10s : %(message)s')

#configure images destination folder
app.config['UPLOADED_IMAGES_DEST'] = './images'
images = UploadSet('images', IMAGES)
configure_uploads(app, images)

#configure sqlite database
basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'facerecognition.sqlite')
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
ma = Marshmallow(app)

#model/users is a many to many relationship,  that means there's a third #table containing user id and model id
users_models = db.Table('users_models',
                        db.Column("user_id", db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id')),
                        db.Column("model_id", db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('model.version'))
                        )
# model table
class Model(db.Model):
    version = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    url = db.Column(db.String(100))
    users = db.relationship('User', secondary=users_models)

# user table
class User(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(300))
    position = db.Column(db.String(300))

    def __init__(self, name, position):
        self.name = name
        self.position = position

#user schema
class UserSchema(ma.Schema):
    class Meta:
        fields = ('id', 'name', 'position')
#model schema
class ModelSchema(ma.Schema):
    version = fields.Int()
    url = fields.Method("add_host_to_url")
    users = ma.Nested(UserSchema, many=True)
    # this is necessary because we need to append the current host to the model url
    def add_host_to_url(self, obj):
        return request.host_url + obj.url

#initialize everything
user_schema = UserSchema()
users_schema = UserSchema(many=True)
model_schema = ModelSchema()
models_schema = ModelSchema(many=True)
db.create_all()

#error handlers
@app.errorhandler(404)
def not_found(error):
    return make_response(jsonify({'error': 'not found'}), 404)

@app.errorhandler(400)
def not_found(error):
    return make_response(jsonify({'error': 'bad request'}), 400)

#register user
@app.route("/testImages/face-recognition/api/v1.0/user/register", methods=['POST'])
def register_user():
    if not request.form or not 'name' in request.form:
        return make_response(jsonify({'status': 'failed', 'error': 'bad request', 'message:' : 'Name is required'}), 400)
    else:
        name = request.form['name']
        position = request.form.get('position')
        if position is None:
            position = ""
        newuser = User(name, position)
        db.session.add(newuser)
        db.session.commit()
        if 'photos' in request.files:
            uploaded_images = request.files.getlist('photos')
            save_images_to_folder(uploaded_images, newuser)
        return jsonify({'status' : 'success', 'user' :  user_schema.dump(newuser).data })

#function to save images to image directory
def save_images_to_folder(images_to_save, user):
    for a_file in images_to_save:
        # save images to images folder using user id as a subfolder name
        images.save(a_file, str(user.id), str(uuid.uuid4()) + '.')

    # get the last trained model
    model = Model.query.order_by(Model.version.desc()).first()
    if model is not None:
        # increment the version
        queue.put(model.version + 1)
    else:
        # create first version
        queue.put(1)

    @app.route("/testImages/face-recognition/api/v1.0/model/info" , methods=['GET'])
    def get_model_info():
        models_schema.context['request'] = request
        model = Model.query.order_by(Model.version.desc()).first()
        if model is None:
            return make_response(jsonify({'status': 'failed', 'error': 'model is not ready'}), 400)
        else:
            return jsonify({'status' : 'success', 'model' : model_schema.dump(model).data})

#serve models
@app.route('/models/')
def download(filename):
    return send_from_directory('models', filename, as_attachment=True)

def train_model():
    while True:
        #get the next version
        version = queue.get()
        logging.debug('loading images')
        data = tc.image_analysis.load_images('images', with_path=True)

        # From the path-name, create a label column
        data['label'] = data['path'].apply(lambda path: path.split('/')[-2])

        # use the model version to construct a filename
        filename = 'Faces_v' + str(version)
        mlmodel_filename = filename + '.mlmodel'
        models_folder = 'models/'

        # Save the data for future use
        data.save(models_folder + filename + '.sframe')

        result_data = tc.SFrame( models_folder + filename +'.sframe')
        train_data = result_data.random_split(0.8)

        #the next line starts the training process
        model = tc.image_classifier.create(train_data, target='label', model='resnet-50', verbose=True)

        db.session.commit()
        logging.debug('saving model')
        model.save( models_folder + filename + '.model')
        logging.debug('saving coremlmodel')
        model.export_coreml(models_folder + mlmodel_filename)

        # save model data in database
        modelData = Model()
        modelData.url = models_folder + mlmodel_filename
        classes = model.classes
        for userId in classes:
            user = User.query.get(userId)
            if user is not None:
                modelData.users.append(user)
        db.session.add(modelData)
        db.session.commit()
        logging.debug('done creating model')
        # mark this task as done
        queue.task_done()

#configure queue for training models
queue = Queue(maxsize=0)
thread = threading.Thread(target=train_model, name='TrainingDaemon')
thread.setDaemon(False)
thread.start()```

Here is the Error I get In the Terminal
[DEBUG] - TrainingDaemon : loading images
127.0.0.1 - - [03/Jan/2020 11:52:39] "POST /testImages/face-recognition/api/v1.0/user/register HTTP/1.1" 500 -
[INFO] - Thread-3   : 127.0.0.1 - - [03/Jan/2020 11:52:39] "POST /testImages/face-recognition/api/v1.0/user/register HTTP/1.1" 500 -
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2463, in __call__
    return self.wsgi_app(environ, start_response)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2449, in wsgi_app
    response = self.handle_exception(e)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1866, in handle_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 39, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 2446, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1951, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1820, in handle_user_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 39, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1949, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1935, in dispatch_request
    return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args)
  File "/Users/me/Desktop/GorillaFace/app.py", line 103, in register_user
    save_images_to_folder(uploaded_images, newuser)
  File "/Users/me/Desktop/GorillaFace/app.py", line 121, in save_images_to_folder
    @app.route("/testImages/face-recognition/api/v1.0/model/info" , methods=['GET'])
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1314, in decorator
    self.add_url_rule(rule, endpoint, f, **options)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 90, in wrapper_func
    "A setup function was called after the "
AssertionError: A setup function was called after the first request was handled.  This usually indicates a bug in the application where a module was not imported and decorators or other functionality was called too late.
To fix this make sure to import all your view modules, database models and everything related at a central place before the application starts serving requests.
Exception in thread TrainingDaemon:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/threading.py", line 917, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/threading.py", line 865, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/Users/me/Desktop/GorillaFace/app.py", line 159, in train_model
    model = tc.image_classifier.create(train_data, target='label', model='resnet-50', verbose=True)
  File "/Users/me/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/turicreate/toolkits/image_classifier/image_classifier.py", line 225, in create
    raise TypeError('"dataset" must be of type SFrame.')
TypeError: "dataset" must be of type SFrame.

What I've tried:
Like I said I'm still new to python so I don't know much about troubleshooting python code. The assertion error seems to be saying something was not imported correctly, so I re-installed, flask-uploads,Flask-SQLAlchemy,flask-marshmallow, marshmallow-sqlalchemy. I also made sure all the imports looked like it did in the tutorial.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I need to do to not get this error? what this code should do is allow me to post a name, position, and photos to the server which will then train a ML model to recognize the new photos.

A: Error shows in which line it has problem
model = tc.image_classifier.create(...)

and it has problem with
"dataset" must be of type SFrame.

so use at least print() and print(type(..)) to check variablse which you use in this line and see if you use SFrame.


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2019 UH positional analysis: Quarterback
Joseph Duarte Dec. 4, 2019 Updated: Dec. 4, 2019 5:54 p.m.
Houston Cougars quarterback D'Eriq King (4) throws a touchdown to wide receiver Marquez Stevenson (5) against the Oklahoma Sooners during the fourth quarter of an NCAA game at Gaylord Memorial Stadium Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners won 49-31.
Photo: Godofredo A Vásquez/Staff photographer
First in a position-by-position series reviewing the 2019 University of Houston football season.
Today: Quarterback
What went right: Clayton Tune showed why he is a part of the Cougars' plans moving forward. It was never easy, as the junior-to-be rarely had time to settle in the pocket behind a patchwork offensive line. Tune threw for 1,533 yards and 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions in seven games. His decision-making – particularly when not to throw the ball into coverage – will come with experience. It's unfair to compare his mobility to the previous two quarterbacks, Greg Ward Jr. and D'Eriq King, but when healthy Tune broke off a few big runs. Freshman walk-on Logan Holgorsen made an emergency start and led UH to a win over UConn. Along with King's win over Prairie View A&M, UH was one of five FBS schools to have three quarterbacks win at least one game this season.
What went wrong: Expectations were high entering coach Dana Holgorsen's first season. But were they realistic? It was apparent early that King and the offense struggled to adapt to Holgorsen's Air Raid. A year after setting the AAC single-season record with 50 total touchdowns, King played in four games and shocked college football when he opted to redshirt the season. The idea was to take a step back, get a full season learning the system and come back for a serious run in 2020. In his first game as starter, Tune suffered a hamstring injury at North Texas that bothered him for more than a month. With so many injuries, the Cougars went to a more ball-control ground attack and finished with an average 203.3 passing yards per game, their lowest total since 1999.
Look ahead: The next few weeks could have UH fans on the edge of their seats. King is set to graduate Dec. 14 and there will be no shortage of schools (perhaps LSU?) that will be in the market for a proven starting quarterback. Does he keep his word to remain with the Cougars? Or does he enter the transfer portal and leave as a graduate transfer, allowing him to play immediately wherever he lands? Stay tuned.
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Joseph Duarte has been a sports reporter for the Houston Chronicle since August 1996. He currently covers college athletics, focusing on the University of Houston. Previously, he wrote about the Houston Astros from 1998-2002, Houston Texans from 2002-05 and the Texas Longhorns from 2005-09. He came to the Houston Chronicle as part of an internship through the Sports Journalism Institute in 1995.
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You Should Stop Saying "We Are Loving National Parks to Death"
Douglas Scott on May 15th, 2018
We have all seen the headlines telling us that National Parks are being loved to death. Around the country, this headline is the clickbait of the day for outdoors sections of newspapers and bloggers. Headlined by pictures of crowds on our Public Lands, the articles all read the same; one way or another always blaming the influx of visitors. While these stories do have a slight degree of fact to them, the bottom line is that National Parks are not being loved to death. Plain and simple, our parks have not matched the growing desire and demand for nature experiences with our growing population.
The increasing amounts of visitors flocking to our public lands are exposing the cracks of years of underfunding and neglect, as well as remaining pretty constant with the population growth of our country. Using National Park Visitation Stats and the U.S. Population, visitation to National Parks over the past 37, compared to the nation's population, has changed very little.
Way back in 1980, when the US was just getting ready to start eight years of Ronald Reagan, the population of our 204 year old country was 226 million. During that same year, America's National Parks and Monuments (NPS) saw 279 million visitors, or roughly 90% of the US population. The most visited National Park that year was Great Smoky Mountains National Park, seeing nearly 8.5 million visitors. Yellowstone was 8th, seeing barely 2 million.
Five years later, our population had grown by nearly 5% reaching 237 million. While this growth seems unremarkable in the whole, visitation to NPS sites increased nearly 19%, hitting 251 million visitors. Using simple math, the NPS units in 1985 saw 106% of the US population in 365 days. Pretty impressive for the year considering the movies Back to the Future, The Goonies were first released that summer, as well as the rerelease of Ghostbusters, Gremlins and E.T. During this year, Great Smoky Mountains National Park saw 9.3 million visitors, while Yellowstone went up to 2.2 million. Out of my 14 year sample size, from 1980 through 2017, 1985 saw the largest visitation to population numbers, even compared to the Park's anniversary celebration in 2016.
In 2016, when every American was encouraged to #FindYourPark, over 331 million people visited NPS sites. This remarkable number is the high point of visitation, shattering the 2015 record of 307 million visitors. In 2016, the US population was nearly 100 million more than in 1980, hitting 323 million residents of the 50 states. During the Centennial celebration, 102% of Americas statistically visited their parks and hopefully discovered a newfound love of the great outdoors. Last year, in 2017, 330 million people visited NPS units around the country, while the population of the nation increased by 2 million, reaching 325 million. Last year, when many visited public lands for the great eclipse, 102% of Americans visited National Parks. Now, obviously the number of foreign tourists is not recognized here, but this amount is minimal, compared to visitation by US Nationals.
From 2010 to 2015, the population of the United States increased from 309 million to 321 million, but the average percentage of the population that visited NPS areas in those 6 years averages to just under 91%. The highest was in 2015, when 96% of Americans visited Public Lands. The lowest was in 2013, when just 86% of the American population statistically visited NPS units. In fact, in the 14 sample years selected for this study (1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010-17), 2013 was the lowest year on record for percentage of US residents to NPS visits.
Using simple statistics and my sample data, increases in population directly lead to an increase in visitation at National Park Service destinations. The more people there are, the more people visit places. I know, not exactly breaking news, but this gets largely ignored in the "Loving Park's to Death" conversation.
Crowds gather at Yellowstone's Old Faithful, driving here themselves, as there is no public transportation or free shuttle in the Park.
So why are we blaming people for loving National Park's to death?
The answer is simple. The influx of people, mostly matching the growth in population, is exposing the deep cracks on our public lands. Yes, millions more visitors a year is putting a strain on many parks around the country, but the issue isn't actually with the rising numbers, it is with the Parks themselves. While most of the rest of the country has jumped in to the 2000s, embracing technology and new solutions to old problems, our National Parks are still operating like it is the 1980s.
The National Park experience hasn't changed in over three decades, and that isn't always a good thing. While all National Park Land should remain wild and the same as it's lands have been for centuries, we can do better than how parks were operated in 1980. Despite talks of needing shuttles around public lands to cut down on crowds, vehicle traffic and air pollution as early as the 1980s, only a handful of National Parks have them today, forcing thousands of more cars on the roads each day. Most of the blame on lack of upgrades to the Parks comes down to a minuscule budget.
In 2016, it was revealed that the budget for the entire National Park Service was less than the annual budget for the city of Austin, Texas. This is inexcusable, but makes sense. For decades, the National Parks were largely ignored by the general public, fought for by a handful of individuals that were called "tree huggers" and "hippies." The Parks seemed fine to the casual observer, but those in the known foresaw this problem of over crowding in National Parks coming and tried to get everyone's attention.
It wasn't until 2016, when Trump won the White House, that the outdoor industry and the general population started to yell about this issue. Sure, there were a handful of people saying our parks were too crowded during the Obama years, but we were in an ignorant bliss, ignoring the signs of a cracked infrastructure and elected officials slashing budgets. Since the 1980s, the NPS has been running on a shoestring budget, cut off well below the NPS needs each year, no matter who was in the White House. Some Presidents were better than others at trying to persuade Congress to fully fund our National Parks, but none were actually champions of public lands. Proof of this? There is a $12 billion backlog for maintenance alone in our National Parks. That level of neglect didn't start on January 20th, 2017. Sure, Trump's Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been the worst in decades, but they are just one more layer to the tiramisu of NPS funding issues.
The view at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park during a Ranger led talk.
Is There A solution?
Kind of.
What we can do now is stop blaming National Park visitors and direct the frustration to the rightful owners of this problem: Congress.
We, the outdoor enthusiasts, have to start voting for politicians who actually want to fully fund Public Lands for recreation purposes. We, the outdoor enthusiasts, need to share National Parks with everyone you know and encourage them to do the same. We, the outdoor enthusiasts, must make the funding of Public Lands a priority when we fill out our ballots. We, the outdoor enthusiasts, must support public transportation both leading to and around our public lands.
Using Yellowstone National Park as an example, the crowds all flock to just a handful of destinations in the 3,500 square mile park, but there is no shuttle service in the park. Why not? As always with things our Parks need, it comes down to funding and public opinion.
The US population is not going to decrease, so now is the time for solutions and action. If you truly consider yourself someone who supports public lands, you have to vote to get them fully funded. You have to get your friends, family, FB group and hiking buddies to all vote for the environment for a few years. Or allow advertisers and corporations to enter the Parks to offset the lack of funding. These appear to be the only two solutions out there and I challenge anyone to quickly come up with something feasible, realistic and pleasing to all sides.
Americans are not loving Parks to death. We are falling in love with nature and wanting to share it with future generations.
Sadly, we are running out of time.


RT Labs took part in the 3rd Research Conference on Siberia's Healthcare Informatization, an event organized by the Republic's Health Ministry and by Rostelecom in the Republic of Altai, on 1-3 November.
The conference, attended by 50 delegates, discussed practical issues and prospects of using IT in the regional healthcare system, following the Russian Health Ministry Road Map for 2015-2018.
According to Sergei Kovalenko, Deputy Health Minister of the Republic of Altai, Altai continues its efforts to implement information systems for medical transport control, a GLONASS subsystem, a system for subsidized medicine distribution, a lab information system, an e-telemedical service and other programmes.
Albert Strebel, Deputy Director, Altai Branch of Rostelecom, discussed advanced technologies in voice recognition, a dialogue service for making doctor appointments, introduced in Altai hospitals in 2015.
RT Labs made presentations on the operation and development of RMIS (Regional Medical Information System) cloud e-services and the Central Medical Images Archive (CAMI) – Teleradiology, a solution that brings medical diagnostic equipment together in one information space where business processes are routed and controlled. The project's geography covers medical organisations in Tatarstan, Saha, Chuvashia and other places, including the Regions of Murmansk and Tambov. CAMI – Teleradiology received high praises from Russian Healthcare Minister Veronica Skvortsova and was the winner in the nomination Best Telemedical Project of the contest Top 10 IT Project in Education and Healthcare of the Russian Telecom Ministry.
Tatiana Skvortsova, Medicine Projects Director, RT Labs, says that CAMI – Teleradiology, with its efficient remote diagnostics facilities, helps to deliver on Russian Health Ministry's Road Map and to establish an information network for the region for further integration with the Unified State Health Information System (EGISZ).
Speaking about RMIS operation, Victor Tarassov, Head of Projects at RT Labs, explained that medical institutions in Altai had e-appointments in place and were planning to launch additional modules, such as Vaccination, Health Assessment, Critically Ill Patient Monitoring and Medically Covered Individuals in the near future.
The conference was followed by a round table to discuss the key trends in healthcare informatization and outline further joint steps as to deliver on the Russian Health Ministry's Road Map.


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THERE ARE HOLES IN MY HISTORY!
I don't remember the names of my history teachers up to the age of 14. I forgot their names as effectively as I forgot the dates of Kings who graced the English throne. I remember a few things they told me. Earlier English kings had exotic names like Ethelbard and Sweyn Forkbeard, but the later ones were horribly conformist, sporting names like William, Edward, Henry and Richard.
What I know of such kings, and it isn't much, owes more to watching Shakespeare's plays than to any history teachers.
At the age of 14 my appreciation of English history was anorexic. As I recall, history began with Egyptians who build pyramids and had pharaohs instead of kings. I remember asking what about the difference and was told that 'pharoah was the right word'. The pharoahs had a morbid obsession with death. They were mummified and buried in artistic coffins with their faces painted on the outside. After that came Babylonians, who had beards. Then came the Greeks in two varieties: Spartans and Athenians. The Spartans appealed more because 300 of them died heroically, fighting the Persians.
Then came Romans who had Punic wars with Carthaginians. They had emperors, the word 'pharaoh' having gone out of style, and eventually one of those emperors conquered Britain, soundly beating Queen Boudica. Thus began English history. The Romans hung around for a while, built a wall to keep the Scots out, then left, possibly because they didn't appreciate the climate.
Real English history began when Angles and Saxons flew in from Europe and what had been called Briton was renamed England after the Angles. That's when the long procession of kings began. Some kings were killed, some died of old age and one, called Ethelred, was unready. The motto of the Scouts 'be prepared' was a latter-day English attempt to compensate for Ethelred. Years later we got conquered by William The Conqueror, who never conquered anyone else and was thus a one trick conqueror.
King John, who obviously spoke Latin, agreed to the Magna Carta which had something to do with rights. This happened at Runnymede, which may still exists but doesn't have an MP. It sounded like a substandard alcoholic drink, so it stuck in my mind. After a long line of forgettable kings, we eventually arrived at Henry the Eighth, who had lots of wives, and Queen Elizabeth who destroyed the Spanish Armada. That's where English history stopped for me – because I changed school. More about that in a minute.
Now I live in America. When I first arrived here, I didn't quite understand that America had soundly beaten the British in a revolutionary war. I knew America was once a colony, but I knew very little of the history surrounding its birth as a nation. I discovered the facts when I applied for a green card. The lawyer who handled my application was a history buff. He told me that 'The Founding Fathers' would have been hanged-to-the-man if the British had ever caught them. The British, he informed me, simply thought of this colonial uprising as a mutiny. You hang mutineers.
He was a bubbling font of historical knowledge. He told me about Paul Revere's famous ride, which was famous mainly because Longfellow wrote a poem about it, immortalising the words 'one if by land and two if by sea'. Most of the poem owes nothing to historical fact, but that particular line of the poem does. It was an agreed signal by those mutineers, using lamps in a church tower, to let other mutineers know that about the movement of the British mutineer control expedition.
One if by land and two if by sea is also the name of a high class Manhattan restaurant.
I knew almost no American history. I didn't know who the Pilgrim Fathers were or why they left England. I didn't know why Abraham Lincoln was so admired or why he was shot. I didn't know who Jefferson was. There are terrible holes in my history, chasms even. What was worse, most educated Americans I encountered knew their history well. They knew who Alexander Hamilton was, who Lewis and Clarke were, who Cotton Mather was, who John Brown was and who Cesar Chavez was.
They learned about such people at school, while I was learning nothing about English history.
They even know what their constitution – a collection of amendments, apparently – says. Does the UK have a constitution? I'm not quite sure. When an American asks me, I say, 'Yes, but it's never been published – it would be far too dangerous to give the legal profession something like that.' I can defend my historical shortcomings. America doesn't have that much history, so how hard could it be? You could probably fit it all in a single paperback.
My ignorance of UK history is either my fault, or my teachers are to blame. Those who tried to teach me history at my first secondary school buried it for me and threw dust on the grave.
Mr Fletcher, the brilliant history teacher at the school I moved to, exhumed it for me and sent it marching round the room and down the hallway. He didn't teach me English history, he taught me European history.
He injected history with life. He wove facts together with compelling narratives.
He told amazing tales, for example, about Charles XII of Sweden; Carolus Rex. Who suspected that Sweden had history? It does – lots of it, and Charles XII stands tall at the centre. A young inexperienced king, he was attacked by the triple alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony–Poland–Lithuania and Russia. The Great Northern War ensued. Charles, both a fighter, a general and a king, led from the front. Usually outnumbered, he won victory after victory, until only the Russians were left standing. He defeated superior Russian forces in battle after battle. He was eventually defeated at Poltava, when he was wounded and unable to take command of his army.
Mr Fletcher was a magician who brought historical characters to life.
He did the same with Louis XIV, the Sun King, and with Frederick the Great of Prussia. He managed to make sense of the Holy Roman Empire, which was, he assured us, 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.' He marched Napoleon all over Europe, and to Egypt, and then on to Russia – which didn't work out too well for the French. He spent a whole lesson explaining Napoleon's victory at the battle of Austerlitz, with nothing more than chalk and a blackboard and a surprising knowledge of military tactics.
This is why I know so little about English history. The only true history teacher I ever had taught me European history.
"If history repeats itself, I'm getting myself a pet dinosaur!"
US news normally ignores everything happening outside the States unless it happens to be a war – even wars that the US is not involved in sometimes get reported. This lack of foreign news is especially the case when the US goes through its mystical ritual of electing a new president.
Brexit distinguished itself over here by actually being reported on.
So I was expecting no Brexit coverage and for the result (whatever it happened to be) to appear on the second or third news page and only be reported accurately on avant-garde websites. But it was covered everywhere, forcing the US media to do basic research into what the EU actually is, how you join, whether you can sign up for it on Facebook and what the monthly subscription is.
When asked about it – as I was occasionally – I told people it was just like Snapchat but the interface needed redesigning, which is why the Brits were voting on it.
Now that the result is in I shall tell a different story: that the UK has finally decided it doesn't like those Euro coins and the nation has voted in favour of Bitcoin as the national currency. If I'm asked about the pound I shall tell them that will be our reserve currency which we will send onto the pitch if Bitcoin gets injured.
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In the test I reacted only mildly to foods I have eaten without incident many times. The shrimp barely showed up. He suspects it is an issue of combination: alcohol, an allergen, and exertion like dancing—in other words, "fun"—and next thing I know I am in the hospital. But we can't say for sure. I could be wrong about the whole shrimp guess. Maybe it's peanuts. But maybe it's almost anything.
The allergist gives me a pamphlet on anaphylactic shock. Among the symptoms: "a sense of impending doom."


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How the latest advances in ML and AI are modernizing manufacturing
Digital technologies are transforming industrial production processes, offering manufacturers greater flexibility, increased productivity and revenue, and better quality products. This fourth industrial revolution—or Industry 4.0—will see 'smart' manufacturing become the norm, with technologies such as IoT, AI and ML capturing and analyzing data in real time, and making decisions autonomously in real time. Gartner predicts that, by the end of 2023, one in five industrial equipment manufacturers will support remote industrial IoT capabilities, and IDC FutureScape says that by 2026 70% of all Global 2000 companies will use AI for operational decision-making. And according to the latest IoT Signals report from Microsoft, the 91% of manufacturing organizations who are IoT adopters say they benefit from increases in operational efficiency and production capacity, and reductions in human error.
In this blog post, we round up how some of the main advances in ML and AI are modernizing manufacturing.
Making factories smarter and more efficient
Predictive maintenance is one of the key components of this smart industrial revolution, ushering in a new world where companies are no longer limited to managing equipment based on age or usage. Powered by IoT, ML, and AI, it gives manufacturers the ability to predict major equipment failures or breakdowns that will significantly impact the business before they happen, reducing downtime and the costs associated with unanticipated maintenance. Telemetry from IoT devices and sensors provides real-time visibility of equipment status, and anticipates problems early on, thus preventing costly failures. Instead of putting pressure on engineers to repair or replace equipment, manufacturers can now predict and prevent issues before they cause problems.
Cloud-based IoT service solutions such as Hitachi Solutions' IoT Service Hub, which combines Microsoft Azure and Intel processors, contain autonomous predictive service capabilities that intelligently predict failures, initiate corrective actions, and facilitate the repair process—all to prevent the failures before they occur. And, by gathering data-at-the-edge then applying AI to provide real-time visibility and alerts, it helps organizations predict environmental and machinery issues and deal with them before they potentially cause a safety hazard, protecting workers' well-being and ensuring safe equipment and working environments. In addition, fleet and route optimization and workplace safety analytics use IoT devices to monitor tank levels, driver behaviour, and fuel consumption, using the data to improve equipment turnaround times and increase efficiencies and reduce costs.
Using computer vision to improve defect detection
False rejection is a costly issue for manufacturers, but it is an area where IoT and AI can help. It's when a 'good' product is erroneously discarded from a production line during safety and quality inspection. In the worst-case scenario, falsely detecting contamination could result in the rejection of a whole batch rather than the individual product alone, or significant wastage, and costly product recalls and disposal. By improving false detection rates, IoT and AI helps manufacturers eliminate these persistent 'pseudo-defects' and the resulting, unnecessary scrapping, and can significantly reduce their Total Cost of Quality (TQC) and reinspection labor costs.
The Spyglass Visual Inspection solution from Mariner, for example, combines Azure IoT Edge and Intel Xeon processors to create a deep learning algorithm that outperforms the capabilities of human inspectors. Take the example of a global manufacturer of automotive glass. Traditional machine vision systems might incorrectly label things like water droplets or dust as defects. False positives such as this meant that they were losing over $30 per unit over 40 production lines. Spyglass Visual Inspection enabled them to augment their existing vision systems in order to detect defects more accurately at high speed and in large volumes, helping achieve over $1 million in quarterly savings.
> Read this white paper to learn more about how Microsoft Azure and Intel are enhancing IoT solutions with computer vision and AI
Optimizing production yields, quality, and waste reduction
Extruders, robotic, chemical, and other production processes are used for countless manufacturing processes, but traditional approaches can create problems which cost time and money to resolve. Extruders age, raw material characteristics vary between batches and suppliers, and other environmental variables change, which present a significant challenge for traditional control systems. Autonomous AI systems control or propose new parameters in real time, based on expert training to ensure optimum production yield, quality, and waste reduction.
Similarly, it takes time to programme robotic control systems and—once deployed—these programs can only support limited environmental changes, which means that a robot can be thrown off course easily and require human intervention. Another challenge in these industries is that the labelled data required to build a machine learning model simply isn't available, and it's impractical to run hundreds or thousands of tests on a live device or process.
Production Yield Optimization from Neal Analytics solves all these problems. Using Machine Teaching, process simulation, Deep Reinforcement Learning, and IoT and Edge computing, AI agents are trained to support operators and can control parameters in real-time to improve yield, quality, and waste. These autonomous systems use AI to make the robotic process more effective and resilient to environmental changes, allowing production to be accelerated and normalized. And by using reinforcement learning on simulators they bypass the labelled data limitation, instead leveraging the expertise of process specialists themselves.
It's exactly what Neal Analytics did to ensure that leading food and beverage manufacturer PepsiCo created the perfect Cheetos corn puff every time. Working with the Microsoft AI engineering team and the company's manufacturing experts, they built, trained, and deployed an autonomous system, leveraging the Microsoft Project Bonsai platform to create an AI agent that helps operators optimize the yield of the Cheetos extrusion process.
Further uses of IoT in manufacturing
Predictive maintenance, defect detection, and yield optimization are just three of the many uses of IoT, ML and AI in the manufacturing industry. Other applications such as advanced demand forecasting helps predict demand at individual sites—and even at SKU level—by leveraging data analytics and machine learning techniques. By analyzing external and internal factors that influence demand, including how they influence each other, organizations can optimize their supply chain and business operations as well as develop strategies to maximize sales.
One other, relatively new, application is assembly verification, where AI is used to read and understand bills of materials, parts specs, and CAD and other installation drawings, and then correlate those documents and drawings into output that helps to ensure that article assembly happens completely and accurately. Spyglass Assembly Verification from Mariner uses Azure and Intel processors to keep its eyes on the article as it moves through the production process, ensuring that it sees what it expects at each station and alerting workers when it doesn't. The result is a lower Total Cost of Quality (TQC) by avoiding costly re-positioning or re-working of high-value items, and can produce even greater ROI when used to stop improperly assembled articles from reaching value-add processes like paint application.
Building a connected future for your business
These are just a few examples of how the combination of IoT, ML and AI are modernizing manufacturing. They show how, together, Intel and Microsoft are enabling intelligent solutions that are changing the industry landscape, enabling their ecosystem of partners—including Mariner, Neal Analytics, and Hitachi Solutions—to create turnkey solutions from edge to cloud, securely and reliably.
Learn more about how Microsoft and Intel technologies work together to improve customer experiences, streamline operations, improve product quality and employee safety through pre-built, proven industry-specific solutions from trusted providers at The Intelligent Edge.
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Hua Yan (1682 – 1756) ;  courtesy name Qiu Yue (), sobriquets Xinluo Shanren (), Dong Yuan Sheng (), Buyi Sheng (), Ligou Jushi ()and Bosha Daoren () was a Chinese painter during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Shanghang () Fujian province and lived in Yangzhou and later in Hangzhou. Yan's work is within the tradition of the Yangzhou school and is often named as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

See also
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou

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References
Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (), 1979.

External links

Hua Yan paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art

1682 births
1756 deaths
Qing dynasty painters
Painters from Fujian
People from Longyan


>Finally, news I like to hear. A day after I blog about him leaving the devastation in New Orleans for Washington, FEMA chief Mike Brown, went ahead and stepped down today…like a good boy…putting himself in the corner. I only hope his replacement has more experience dealing with people, and people in emergency situations especially. Although, maybe it would be cool to have someone like Jack Hanna as director of FEMA. He can deal with all kinds of animals that he brings on Good Morning America and The Late Show with David Letterman, so I guess he could deal with a catastrophe the size of say, Hurricane Katrina. His experience with wild orangutans, reptiles, and birds is close enough to that of a category five hurricane, that I think he would be a fine choice. So Jack Hanna, you have my vote to lead our federal emergency management into the future.


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