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Q.U.R. (short story): Form follows function in robot design
Recommendation: Find a copy of Q.U.R. and read it! It's an accurate look at designing an economical, green robot. And you'll never look at the DARPA Robotics Challenge the same way again
Robots: humanoids, non-anthropomorphic robots
What it gets right about robots: Design and lifecycle maintenance cost
Q.U.R. is a 1943 short story by Anthony Boucher. It is an old-school, Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday screwball comedy, technically a bromance since the protagonists are male, set in a robotics startup company. While the comedy is a bit forced, the story accurately summarizes arguments for why morphology (form) is important in robot design and why Louis Sullivan's 1896 dictum that form follows function still resonates today. (Well, the quote was actually "form ever follows function" but the "ever" has been lost).
The story is set in a near future where robots are commonplace, but all are of the robots are androids built by Robinc (the nickname of Robots Incorporated). The scientific MacGuffin is that, instead of building expensive general purpose android robots, the startup company will build inexpensive robots that are optimized for a single purpose. Instead of Rossum's Universal Robots (from the play R.U.R. by Karel Capek that created the term robot), under hero scientist Doug Quinby's direction, they will build Quinby's Usuform Robots ("usuform" being the word they created to capture "use-oriented form" instead of "universal"— get it?). Much drinking and scientific hijinks ensue.
Robinc in Q.U.R. builds only humanoid robots for two reasons. One is because of the assumption that the human shape is the best general-purpose shape for tasks. The second is because they believe that people will only accept humanoid robots. Whether the humanoid form is ultimate general-purpose morphology is debatable in real life, but, even if it is true, it is usually more cost-effective to design a robot for a specific task. People may like cute little humanoid robots like Asimo and Pepper, but that doesn't mean they will buy them or that they'd use them for real work, like manufacturing or automating a warehouse.
A great example of how a humanoid is not a good design for a robot is the popular iRobot Roomba. The Roomba doesn't look like a janitor or maid who uses a vacuum cleaner and it doesn't use the same cleaning pattern a human would. There were two major design breakthroughs in the Roomba. The first was integrating the "pusher" and the vacuum into a single, specialized unit rather than building a robot to use a regular vacuum cleaner- or to even look like a regular vacuum cleaner. The round shape helps prevent getting stuck, as does the lower height. The Roomba did not meet anyone's expectations of what a vacuum cleaner should look like. The second design breakthrough was that the Roomba wanders around randomly, cleaning the floor the way a sheep might graze a paddock. A random wander pattern takes a lot of time to cover an area but it will cover it eventually, and if you are turning on the robot when you go to work in the morning, it has over 8 hours to get the job done. Sure, the owner could have done it in 10 minutes using a more efficient planned path around the room and obstacles, but that is irrelevant. The real design specification is "done by the time the owner comes back", not "do it the way the owner would do it." Starting in 2002, people paid good money for a Roomba, showing that were willing to set aside their preconceived notions of Josie, the Jetson's robot maid, for a robot that, although it looked and acted oddly and could only perform one task, was relatively inexpensive and worked well enough. This is exactly what Boucher was getting at back in 1943.
The Robinc assumption that androids were the best shape permeates robotics research to this day. For example, the DARPA Robotics Challenge strongly encouraged humanoid robots and even furnished competitors with the Atlas humanoid robot. The tasks were aspects of enabling a robot to handle a Fukushima Daiichi type of disaster, where a robot would need to enter a process safety facility (the term for nuclear plants, chemical plants, and drug manufacturing facilities with toxic byproducts) that were still intact enough for a person to enter but too unsafe (as in being bathed in nuclear radiation or a Bhopal-like chemical release). The robot was supposed to get into a car, drive to the facility, open doors, go up stairs, climb a ladder, turn some valves, and cut a hole in a wall. The idea was that since a process safety facility was designed for humans, then only a human shape would be appropriate to try to fix a problem.
When the competition came out, my colleagues in the process safety industry shook their heads in disbelief. It would be far cheaper for companies to replace the door and valve handles and make a few modifications for the already existing, less complicated (and more reliable) robots, than to build and maintain such an expensive, complex, and difficult to control robot. Plus teleoperated cars already existed in 2015 and autonomous cars were clearly on the way, so why would the robot have to drive the car the way a human used to do? They viewed the DARPA Robotics Challenge as a way of trying to create Terminator types of military robots but hiding it under a "search and rescue" glamour. Humanoids are cool and excitingly hard from a research perspective, but not they are necessarily cool and elegant from an engineering design for an end-use perspective.
Q.U.R. was also realistic in considering the product lifecycle costs of a robot and why simple and elegant design is economically superior to complex designs. A major selling point of the Q.U.R. robots to the public was that they would be less expensive to begin with, but would also be cheaper to maintain, because there were less joints, sensors, and effectors to break or jam from lack of use. A major selling point of Q.U.R. robots to the government, which had granted Robinc a monopoly on robots, was that the usuform robots required less resources to build. Expensive metals and electronics would not be put on a robot that would not use those resources— no extra arms or legs consuming valuable materials just because it looked good. Thus, the usuform robots would be what we'd call more "green."
One thing the story Q.U.R. is not is a story about learning from demonstration. I had read Q.U.R. years ago, but recently reread Q.U.R. while researching stories that explicitly detailed machine learning in scifi robots for my Science Robotics science fiction/science fact monthly articles. The technovelgy.com site listed the story as being about learning by demonstration. Learning by demonstration has been a longstanding goal of roboticists; the idea is for the robot to observe a person performing a task and then being able to do it themselves. In Q.U.R., the designers use what would now be called a motion capture system to watch how a tentacled Martian bartender creates a popular drink. Quinby then watches the video and designs a non-anthropomorphic robot to duplicate those motions. If the designers had built a robot first and had the robot watch and duplicate the motion or had a mocap system capture the data and then convert for the robot, then it would have been learning by demonstration. But since it is Quinby learning from the demonstration and then using his analysis to build a robot, it is not machine learning. It is a good idea, just not machine learning.
Don't allow the madcap bonhomie style of writing distract from the thoughtful insights into robot design, particularly morphology. Get a copy of Q.U.R. from one of the many anthologies it appears in - the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists at least six different volumes, your library is bound to have one- and think about robot design from a different perspective. You'll never look at the DARPA Robotics Challenge the same way again.


HEADLINES - TAPE FEAR The Department of Homeland Security issues a report urging Americans to be prepared with duct tape and plastic sheets in case of a terrorist attack.
WAR ON ERROR The FBI said 5 sneaky terrorist guys were planning an attack, well that's not happening anymore.
MOMENT OF ZEN - TOM RIDGE AD Tom Ridge advises families to prepare for a terrorist attack in a new Homeland Security ad campaign.
HAPPY NEW FEAR British authorities thwart a chemical weapon terror attack whose only known antidote is VX nerve gas.
HELMS - APOCALYPSE SNOW - GET DOWN Ed Helms examines the aftermath of a deadly terrorist weather attack on New York City.
The Daily Show On The "War On Terror" & "Terrorism"


Fidelity's FundsNetwork has passed the £500m sales mark, less than 18 months after its launch in June last year.
The supermarket now offers 565 funds from 37 providers, including Close Fund Management and Axa Investment Managers which joined this week.
Fidelity marketing director Dave Cowdell says: "FundsNetwork is a well-established and trusted name amongst IFAs with the biggest choice of funds and fund providers available on any genuine fund supermarket in the market. We're delighted with its success to date, in terms of both sales volumes and consistent support from IFAs."


Lindsay sits down with Marla to talk about body image, the danger of comparing ourselves to others, and how she stays positive despite working in Hollywood. Tune in for tips about loving our imperfections more, and overcoming weight loss plateaus on this episode of the Meal Mentor podcast!
Which plant-based doctor inspired Marla in the early 90's?
Can you eat all you want on a plant-based diet?
What can you do if you need help with portions?
Why it's so easy to fall into the "vegan" trap.
Marla shares a tactic for dealing with negative thoughts.
Why should you try cooking ahead?
Learn more about batch cooking to save time.


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The Birdcage nightclub has closed down
The news comes abruptly with more details to follow
Sarah Elie
The Birdcage Nightclub, located on Withy Grove (next to The Manchester Arndale and The Printworks) has closed its doors after 13 years.
The closing of the club – which had recently undergone a £400,000 renovation- was confirmed by a member of its marketing team who spoke directly to Manchester Evening News.
The nightclub was popular with people of all ages and was a hotspot for hen parties and included VIP booth experiences. The club was also known for its popular cabaret shows which featured drag acts and performed on Saturday nights. For students, Voodoo hosted events on Wednesdays and Fridays for those who fancied a more R&B Hip Hop vibe but couldn't be arsed to pay the prices at Hot Mess.
A member of marketing also confirmed that those who had reservations for the VIP booths received emails pertaining to the cancellation of these bookings and refunds have been promised for any deposits that have been made.
The Tab Manchester was unable to reach The Birdcage for a comment. However, Danny Hirst, the Director of Voodoo Events has stated that there is 'an announcement is set to be made.'
RIP The Birdcage x
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Bumble is throwing the ULTIMATE Christmas party for you and your mates
'Tis the season to be jolly
UoM third-year found in car park after taking his own life, inquest hears
Tom Haynes
He left a note saying it was 'difficult to continue'
These are the most catastrophic YouTuber controversies ever
Harry Ainsworth
It's just a prank bro!
Looking back at the most scandalous Made in Chelsea dramas, on and off screen
SPENCER AND ALEX'S ORGY!
These 29 moments from season two prove You is the most messed up show ever
Love Quinn is on another level
The winter Love Island villa is the same house from Miley Cyrus' Black Mirror
It's where she was imprisoned in a coma
This savage thread judges all the new Islanders entirely on their looks
I don't even know them but I can tell it's accurate

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Exclusive: ISE MD Mike Blackman on 2023's main event
Integrated Systems Events managing director on ISE's first winter Barcelona event: what to expect, what not to miss!
Published: January 11, 2023 ⋅ Updated: January 12, 2023
ISE 2023 feels like the first full-fat show we've had since 2020's Covid event, and the first ISE in Barcelona without Covid's infectious shadow. Does it feel like back to normal to you too?
For sure, we are delighted with the progress that has been made since ISE 2022 – as you've probably already heard we have well over 1,000 exhibitors and ISE 2023 is going to be over 30% bigger and busier than last year.
We have a fantastic ISE Conference programme put together by AVIXA and CEDIA is producing a three day Smart Home Conference schedule – there are Tech Tours happening to exciting venues across Barcelona – our two amazing keynote speakers and lots more to discover on the show floor.
What can we expect that perhaps we didn't see or experience in May 2022?
Well we have a thriving show floor with new Technology Zones added and Audio Demo Rooms – as well as content and booths from AVIXA and CEDIA, we're looking forward to being joined by big names such as Absen, Blackmagic Design, Barco, Christie, Crestron, Google, KNX, Lang, LG, Logitech, Panasonic, Samsung, Shure, Sony and many more, all providing visitors with plenty of reasons to visit the show. And of course, we have the companies making their debut – we have around 120 first-time exhibitors who will take up 3,630sqm of floorspace at the Fira. Many first-time exhibitors can be found in the Discovery Zone, situated in Congress Square between Halls 4 & 6 and Halls 5 & 7. In fact the Congress Square area has a new focus for 2023 with the ISE Open Innovation Challenge taking place at the Catalan Pavillon, the Influencer Lounge and the Impact Lounge being located there, a Media Gallery and some networking areas. But a really exciting new area is the new Content Production & Distribution Zone in Hall 6.
Virtual production – and the ongoing 'merger' between AV and broadcast – is making a big splash at ISE 2023. What can we expect to see, and can we expect 2024's ISE to include even more broadcast/AV exhibitors and tech?
Yes, as the industry evolves, so does the show. ISE 2023 sees a dedicated shift to embrace content production and distribution as part of this globally important proAV and systems integration exhibition. We have a new addition to the conference programme – the Content Production & Distribution Summit, sponsored by the IABM, will take place on Tuesday 31 January and will explore the strategies and technologies behind the creation, management and distribution of video content. Sessions will address how the power of a story can be unleashed to the world through the use of easy to access technology and keynote speakers include Tatxo Benet, Partner, GRUP MEDIAPRO. The summit, chaired by futurist Amelia Kallman has been curated by Ciarán Doran, a consultant and senior executive with extensive experience of the worlds of broadcast, content production and AV technology.
The new Content Production & Distribution Zone in Hall 6 features an exciting array of varied exhibits from a select group of organisations in content production and distribution, including GRUP MEDIAPRO and the Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation (CCMA). With 52 offices across 31 countries and employing more than 8,000 professionals, GRUP MEDIAPRO provides the creativity and technical solutions necessary to design, produce and distribute any audiovisual or multi-channel project in any corner of the globe using state-of-the-art technology. The CCMA manages the audiovisual media of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Televisió de Catalunya channels and the Catalunya Ràdio broadcasting group. The new technology zone in Hall 6 features include for example:
TV3 Studio by CCMA The CCMA will be sharing its experience in immersive production and new audio and image transmission systems on its 200 m² stand located in the technology zone in Hall 6. In this large space, visitors will be able to see, live, how innovative 360° cameras are used to create content or a live broadcast of human towers, a Catalan tradition in which men, women and children raise constructions of up 10 levels.
The Content Studio by GRUP MEDIAPRO and invidis will showcase broadcast technologies and will combine a schedule of C-Suite interviews and industry panel discussions with practical demonstrations. The Content Studio will use the Unreal Engine platform showcasing 'live' content production and postproduction throughout the day. Come and see interviews conducted with senior execs programmed and hosted by Florian Rotberg, chair of the Digital Signage Summit and managing director of invidis, alongside senior executives from GRUP MEDIAPRO and ISE.
The Esports & Gaming Showcase from Absen, with support from PSCo and Big Purple Productions, will highlight the latest LED displays designed for gaming and esports, together with the technologies required to create, capture and distribute gaming content. Real-life 1-2-1 gaming league will be run throughout the week, with daily prizes drawn from participants during the show. There will also be a grand prize awarded at the end of the week – so make sure you visit the Gaming Showcase and get involved in the gaming to win a prize!
Also, relevant exhibitors are threaded throughout the whole show floor too – look out for virtual studio software developer Axximetry; AVoIP, HDBaseT and HDMI distribution device manufacturer Netvio; electronic accessories manufacturer Vanco; and Flylights, which offers transparent LED displays, among many others.
What's the vibe around this year's event, from the ISE team and industry at large?
Well I think you said it at the beginning, we are back to some kind of normality – ISE is thriving, its exciting, its going to be busy and we cannot wait to meet old friends and make new ones. ISE is always about making connections that matter – in business and in friendship and we are ready for the challenge. See you in Barcelona.
Anything else you'd like to tell our readers; any other must-attend nuggets or granular detail?
Please register, and of course take the time to come and enjoy ISE but also the city of Barcelona – it's such a lovely city and I'm really looking forward to being there soon. One thing to add, please download the official ISE App as everyone entering the venue will need to show the Digital Voucher which is in the app. But don't worry, there will be physical badges too – the first time you come into the Fira, present the digital entry voucher at one of the desks to receive the printed show badge.
The ISE 2023 app is sponsored by Presenting Show Partner KNX and is packed full of information, with an extensive Agenda of conferences and show events, an Exhibitors section featuring details of over 1000 companies on the show floor, and a Speakers section containing details of the hundreds of expert professionals speaking during the show.
I'm told there will also be a chance to win an iPhone and some other prizes – so watch out for the signs and QR codes hidden around the venue to take advantage of this offer!
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I am evaluating SciChart for use in a large WPF application. Right now, we're using Visifire. It's OK, but we are running into performance issues and flexibility constraints. So far, SciChart looks much better.
Does the rollover modifier work with dynamically generated lines (i.e. the FastLineRenderableSeries is not declared in XAML)? In a small sample I built using the trial, rollovers aren't working at all. Also, is there an event fired on rollover I can use instead of data binding?
Can the Y-Axis be displayed on the left -and- right sides? Customer feedback is that mirroring the axis makes reading the chart easier.
Are there events and properties to determine when the graph is zoomed/panned, and what values are currently visible? I need to synchronize a data grid with just the visible values in the chart.
Can I add custom markers to the chart? Based on samples, it looks like I can. I need markers for max, min and a number of other notable points in the chart.
Can I control formatting of axis values? I need to be able to localize dates, and format currency values with appropriate currency symbols, thousands separators, and decimals.
Hello Alex, thanks for your post!
setting the RolloverMarker property here.
Any UIElement annotation may be added to the chart and in future we are working to improve this functionality to provide a full suite of interactive annotations.


Please take note of the equipment required for the lecture. If you are unable to obtain one or more items on the following list, please contact us as soon as possible.
A headset microphone (preferably) or a tie microphone for groups of 60 people or more.
A screen and video projector (Canon). Jasmin Bergeron will bring his own laptop computer and backup video projector.
Jasmin needs access to his laptop computer on stage, so the wiring must be plugged in at the front of the room (and not to a console in the back).
A table in the front to put some notes and a glass of water.
For groups of 60 people or more, a cable for sound that Jasmin will be able to plug into his computer. For groups smaller than 60 people, he will bring his own speakers. Many humorous videos will be shown during the presentation!


Among people who have health insurance, managing the costs of their medical care doesn't rank as a top frustration. Instead, attending to health and wellbeing, staying true to an exercise regime, maintaining good nutrition, and managing stress top U.S. consumers' frustrations — above managing the costs of care not covered by insurance.
And maintaining good mental health and staying on-track with health goals come close to managing uncovered costs, Oliver Wyman's 2018 consumer survey learned. These and other important health consumer insights are revealed in the firm's latest report, Waiting for Consumers – The Oliver Wyman 2018 Consumer Survey of US Healthcare.
The Oliver Wyman team explored the concept of the new front door in health care several years ago, and since then has been tracking consumers' use of these alternate entry points. Whether retail clinics, telehealth, or asynchronous physician visits via mobile health apps — consumers' adoption of these sites, away from traditional brick-and-mortar doctors' offices and ambulatory care clinics, has hovered around 10%, Oliver Wyman gauges in this report. That 1-in-10 consumer use statistic hasn't budged for over a year since the company looked at the question in May 2017.
26% would consider advice on well-being interactive with artificial/augmented intelligence (AI).
There are differences cross-generation between consumers' awareness of these alternate sites of care: older people are less aware of the options, and at the same time, more younger consumers are comfortable receiving care without being face-to-face with the doctor, the survey found.
This survey was conducted among 2,509 U.S. health-insured adults in July 2018.
Health Populi's Hot Points: One of the most overlooked social determinants of health is access to healthcare, the second graphic shows us via Kaiser Family Foundation's detailed listing of SDOH elements. The far right column, the Health Care System, identifies components of heatlh coverage (that is, insurance), provider availability, cultural competency to promote health literacy, and quality of care.
The consumer respondents in the Oliver Wyman survey were all covered consumers, with health insurance from government sources such as Medicaid and Medicare, or those privately-insured through employers, unions, and associations.
This is a big reason why these covered consumers' frustrations with the health system, revealed in the survey, were more focused on health and well-being than on managing the costs of care not paid for by insurance.
Being covered by insurance nudges patients to the "front doors," in Oliver Wyman terms, that are reimbursed by a health plan: visits to doctors' offices with a $ 20 co-pay, a trip to the emergency department for a $ 100 co-pay, and the like. These are natural patient work-flows that are well-understood and time-tested.
Only 16% of patients' experience at a retail clinic said it was "worse" than a doctor's office visit.
So as in all new consumer experiences, it takes a nudge and a trial, and then a positive outcome, to make behavior change.
For telehealth, that nudge will come from consumers receiving health insurance at the workplace where most large employers have begun to cover virtual care in various ways: contracting with telehealth companies like American Well, Doctor on Demand, and Teladoc, or through contracting with integrated health system providers who are private labeling virtual healthcare services in local markets.
Retail clinics, too, will see more consumers through behavioral economic nudges — health plan designs that provide financial incentives to members that choose to visit a retail clinic for a minor (not acute) medical event. More sophisticated and artful health plan designs are moving in this direction, to help bend the cost curve for both health plan sponsor (e.g., employer, union) and the consumer herself who faces a lower co-payment for a visit to a retail or urgent care clinic versus the emergency department at the nearby hospital.
So we return to how I chose to title this post: "can healthcare providers supply this demand?" for well-designed consumer-enchanting care through new front doors, closer to where people live work, play and pray. The answer is "yes," it can be done — through alliances in communities with retail brick-and-mortar "doors," like pharmacies, grocery stores, shopping malls, health clubs and gyms, farmers' markets, faith institutions, and schools. The social determinants of health drawing offers lots of ideation opportunities.


Well here it is. Friday will mark the first time that the Earth will have completed it's orbit around the Sun while Daniel's Den has been an official blog.
In honor of the 1-year anniversary of my addiction I have planned a number of celebratory blog entries. The first is to take a survey of how many "loyal readers" I have actually acquired and maintained over this past year.
"Junky"– This is the guy or girl who reads every entry and feels compelled to comment even when he or she has nothing relevant to say. Averages 2 or more Den visits per day.
"Big Fan of the Den"– Reads nearly every entry but comments only on the subjects most interesting or relevant. Averages 7 visits a week.
"Band Wagoner" – Checks in when there's a buzz, comments like crazy and then isn't heard from for weeks. Averages 30 visits in a month but only within the period of 3 or 4 days.
"Casual User" – Stops by on the rare occasion of some free time. Comments every couple of months or so. Averages 1 visit per week.
"Closet Reader" – There are several of you who have told me in person that you read my blog and yet have never commented. I have no idea how often you read I just know you exist because you've told me you exist. If this is you just post anonymously that you exist so the others know you're out there and I am not crazy. Please. Pretty please.
"Rare Reader" – If this is you you will comment about 3 months after this post.
So there you go. Please help me out by letting me know where you see yourself or if you like, classify yourself in a different way.
Stay tuned for more fun 1-year treats all week.
Casual User – But I don't inhale.
I am one of your biggest fans. I never comment but think you have some amazing insight into so many different topics. Your personal touch to this site and intimate feeling you express are what keep me coming back for more. This is my first and probably last post.
Used to be a Junky, but still a big fan.
I honestly do not know who closet reader #1 is. I have speculations but since I promised them anonymity I wont bring them out here.
I think the correct spelling would be "Junkie", but that's not me. I check in every day via RSS, and instantly ignore everything sports-related. Given the volume of padres/chargers chatter around here, I guess that makes me a Band Wagoner.
In celebration of your 1 year anniversary, I'd be happy to make you a Hall of Fame. That way we can all find out who are the real junkies! Send me an email.
According to wikipedia we are both right.
Although my rightness is based on the fact that so many people were wrong they made it right.
But I'll take it anyways.
BTW I received an e-mail from someone claiming to be a closet fan. I don't know if they are the same someone who is "closet fan #1" or if they are a different closet fan. I'll investigate further.
Skinny fan of the den.
I'm a big fan. I think props need to go out to Reuben as your "blog daddy" as well.
I am an often reader (about once a day) but a VERY rare commenter. Where do I rank?
I say we are Casual Users.


A food desert is a neighborhood with few supermarkets. It may teem with fast food restaurants and convenience stores selling cigarettes, candy, and pre-packaged snack foods, but the residents have little access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat. Food deserts tend to occur in a city's poorest neighborhoods.
Two programs — one in St. Louis and one in Toronto — are trying to alleviate the effects of food deserts on local residents by bringing them the fresh, wholesome food they need most. In both cases, the programs use converted buses to access the affected neighborhoods.
In St. Louis, a grant from the Incarnate Word Foundation allowed three entrepreneurs to buy and convert a former Metro bus. The three founders are Washington University graduates Colin Dowling and Tej Azad and Saint Louis University medical student Jeremy Goss. Their project has been in the planning stages for 5 years. Today, the their bus is called the St Louis MetroMarket.
St. Louis public radio reports the mobile farmers' market is designed to combat the health problems associated with food deserts by bringing fresh produce, fish, meat, and other staples to low income areas that don't have grocery stores. The food will be sold on a sliding pay scale.
Volunteers show local residents how to prepare the food they purchase from the St. Louis MetroMarket and turn it into delicious and nutritious food for themselves and their families.
The organization created by Dowling, Azad, and Goss is sponsored by Saint Louis University Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, where MetroMarket cofounder Jeremy Goss works as a research fellow in pediatric plastic surgery.
In exchange for monetary support, MetroMarket will visit the hospitals once a week, giving staff easy access to local food. Pediatric patients at the hospitals will get a discount on the food they purchase thanks to "food prescriptions" provided by the medical staff.
In Toronto, the Mobile Good Food Market also operates from a converted bus. Funded by FoodShare Toronto, the city of Toronto, and United Way Toronto, it brings fresh vegetables and greens to inner city neighborhoods twice a week. On board is everything from broccoli and lettuce, to apples and onions. Other fruits and vegetables are also available, according to GoodsHomeDesign.com.
It is disheartening to think that many Americans do not have access to wholesome food choices but uplifting to know some community members are taking steps to bring nutritious food options to those who need them most.


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Lamont pitches green jobs, solar energy and windmills
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont borrowed from an energy bill vetoed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to lay out a broad approach Wednesday to lowering energy costs and creating jobs.
On a walkway overseeing the Connecticut Science Center in downtown Hartford, Lamont said he would install solar panels on state offices and consider windmills in Long Island Sound.
To lower electric rates, Lamont said he would encourage Northeast Utilities and United Illuminating to purchase electricity through long-term contracts.
Ned Lamont and Mary Glassman discuss energy policy in Hartford (Mark Pazniokas)
Lamont's energy-and-jobs plan was a four-page overview of an approach to energy, job creation, the preservation of open space and protection of the environment.
It lacked detail on how to implement those ideas, many of which Rell recently rejected by vetoing a sweeping energy bill passed by the General Assembly last month on the last day of the 2010 session.
"It takes more than rhetoric, it takes a strategy from a governor willing to take the lead to bring down the price of electricity over time," Lamont said.
But Lamont did not say, in his plan or in his remarks, what legislative or regulatory changes he would seek to force a deregulated electric industry into longer-term contracts.
Both Lamont and his rival for the Democratic nomination, Dan Malloy, who will meet next week in their first one-on-one televised debate, have said they would have signed the vetoed energy bill.
The bill would have subsidized solar power, encouraged energy efficiency and exerted influence over a deregulated electric industry that has given Connecticut the nation's second-highest electric rates.
The bill also would have reorganized and renamed the Public Utilities Control Authority as the Connecticut Energy and Technology Authority, which would have the added responsibility of promoting new technologies and renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind and hydro-power.
"For years, we've seen the price of electricity go up and up and up," Lamont said, accompanied by his running mate, Mary Glassman. "The price of electricity in this state, as you probably know is double the national average."
Lamont's campaign chose a walkway with a view of the new science center and the site of a proposed energy-efficient office building whose construction is stalled until the developer, Abul Islam, can sign up tenants. Also attending were apprentices from the Sheet Metal Workers Local 40, whose members install heating-and-cooling systems. The union has endorsed Lamont.
Malloy held a press conference two weeks ago outside the DPUC in New Britain to cover much the same ground.
Lamont outlines energy plan. (Mark Pazniokas)
"Clearly this is an issue that Ned and I both think is important – there are many things in his plan I agree with," Malloy said Wednesday. "Where I think our energy plans differ though is in my fundamental belief that our ability to make progress here will have less to do with contracts and more to do with consumption."
Malloy has proposed cutting overall consumption by 15 percent.
"I will personally lead this drive," he said. "By attacking the root cause of energy problems – consumption — we'll be able to permanently lower costs and make Connecticut more business-friendly — saving consumers money, creating desperately needed jobs, and reducing pollution."
Malloy's running mate, Comptroller Nancy S. Wyman, sent an email to supporters Wednesday saying she is close to qualifying for public financing, becoming just the second statewide candidate to qualify. Malloy is the other.
Wyman needs to raise $75,000 in contributions of no more than $100 to qualify for a public grant of $375,000 in her primary against Glassman, who also is seeking public financing.
Malloy and Lamont will debate at 7 p.m. June 22 on NBC 30, which broadcast a debate earlier this year when there were a half-dozen Democrats either running for governor or exploring a run.
The Democratic primary for governor is Aug. 10.


Zaytoven's new project includes contributions from Quavo and Takeoff.
The fifth song on the tracklist features the Migos members in a trap-happy song, complete with soothing piano notes and a few other Zaytoven specials. "Cease & Alamo" has Quavo hitting the hook, also contributing a verse before Takeoff appears near the end of the song, using more vocal effects than usual. This track is bound to be one of the more popular cuts from the tape. What do you think of it so far?


It takes a lot of courage to disclose an experience of sexual assault, domestic or family violence. Responding sensitively can make a real difference to someone's wellbeing and how they approach their situation.
Even if you do not deal with domestic and family violence very often, it is important to respond in ways that support the needs of the person impacted.
Thinking of safety first. Consider: Is what I am doing making it safer for the person experiencing sexual, domestic or family violence?
Holding perpetrators responsible. Consider: Is what I'm doing sending a clear message that the perpetrator is responsible and accountable for their violence, not the person who experiences it?
Making sure they have the privacy to be able to tell their story. If possible take them to a quiet room, where they will be able to talk more freely.
Helping people to process and recover from the trauma arising from sexual, domestic and family violence is specialist work. However, all workers can learn how to respond in a trauma-informed way.
The best way to make sure you are responding well to disclosures of violence is to get training. The type of training that is right for you will depend on your role and professional background. Our training and professional development page has more information about the different types of roles and training available.
If you are a community frontline worker there is no training fee, with the program fully funded by the Department of Social Services. Participants who complete the nationally accredited face-to-face workshops may also be supported to help cover costs for travel, accommodation and staff backfill.
See the DV-alert website for more information on the workshops and training that they offer.


This transition course is for the Intermediate / Mittelstufe students who already have a solid proficiency in German and want to increase their fluency through vocabulary expansion and practice of intermediate and advanced grammar concepts. Completion of G500 or equivalent (five semesters of German) recommended. This class focuses on thorough review of 'B1+' level of proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Class activities include group and partner discussions, short reading assignments, grammar drills, and writing practice. Text materials allow for homework and additional practice outside of class. This class can be repeated for four consecutive semesters without repeating content.
This is a highly-advanced level curriculum for students who can already express themselves spontaneously and understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Students will progress to a nearly fluent C1 level according to the CEF. The students will refine their writing and reading comprehension skills while continuing to expand their vocabulary and improve their oral fluency/competency. Advanced grammar concepts are reviewed as needed.
The OBERSTUFE courses are available for B2 and C1 levels. Courses for B2.1 & B2.2 and C1.1 & C1.2 may be combined based on enrollment numbers and teacher availability.
8 Wochen, 1x / Woche, 2 Std.
Throughout the year the GAI will offer short session courses in literature, conversation, grammar and special interest topics. Check the EDUCATION FOR ADULTS tab for current offerings.


Nine SCM Microsystems smart card readers have been approved for use at federal agencies. The HSPD-12 compliant readers have made the U.S. Government Services Administration's approved product list. The readers are designed to be compatible with both existing and future identification credentials issued under HSPD-12.
FREMONT, Calif. – SCM Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced that nine of its secure smart card readers have been determined to be compliant with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12 and have thus been included on the Government Services Administration's (GSA) Approved Product List. The GSA list governs which products and services may be purchased by federal agencies for the HSPD-12 program.
HSPD-12 is the presidential order that requires all government employees and contractors to carry a standard identity credential that works across all agencies. The credential, in the form of a smart card, is intended to be used for secure access to facilities (physical access) and for securely logging on to government computers or networks (logical access). Over six million federal workers and contractors are expected to carry an identification card under HSPD-12 by October 2007. Smart card readers will be required at all agencies to support both physical and logical access. These will be installed over the next few years.
SCM's GSA-approved smart card readers are designed to be compatible with both existing and future identification credentials issued under HSPD-12 for federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Department of Interior, and all other federal agencies. Currently, SCM readers are predominantly used to read the nearly four million active cards that have been issued to Department of Defense personnel under the Common Access Card (CAC) program, a predecessor to the HSPD-12 program. SCM is one of the two firms currently approved to supply GSA-approved smart card readers.
SCM's products on the GSA Approved Products List include the SDI010 contact/contactless reader; USB readers SCR331, SCR3310 and SCR3311; drive bay USB reader SCR333; USB/serial port reader SCR531; ExpressCard reader SCR3340; PCMCIA card reader SCR243; and serial port reader SCR131. Additional SCM products have been submitted to the GSA's testing cycle and, if determined to be conformant, will also be added to the Approved Products List. The full list is available at fips201ep.cio.gov/apl.php.
SCM Microsystems is a leading supplier of solutions that open the Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access digital content and services. The company develops, markets and sells the industry's broadest range of smart card reader technology for secure PC, network and physical access and digital media readers for transfer of digital content to OEM customers in the government, financial, enterprise, consumer electronics and photographic equipment markets worldwide. Global headquarters are in Fremont, California, with European headquarters in Ismaning, Germany. For additional information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at www.scmmicro.com.


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Q: Execute new process in a destructor I have a class which is in charge for error handling. I would like to execute a process, if the destructor is called. But sadly the process would not start. The new processes call an exe with some arguments, which should send an email.
Why does this not work?
~ErrorH()
{
    if ((int)e > 0)
        SendErrorMail();
}

private void SendErrorMail()
{
    if (File.Exists("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MailSend\\MailSend.exe"))
    {
        ProcessStartInfo mailsend = new ProcessStartInfo();
        mailsend.FileName = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MailSend\\MailSend.exe";
        mailsend.Arguments = "…";
        Process.Start(mailsend);
    }
}

If I execute the SendErrorMail function for example in the constructor, everything works fine. If I look at the debugger it seems like I reach the Process.Start(mailsend); command.
What went wrong? How could I fix this?
Edit
Ok now I have used the IDisposable method. It works fine, but does is use it correctly?
class ErrorH : IDisposable
{
private bool disposed = false;
...
public void Dispose()
{
    Dispose(true);
    GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
}

protected virtual void Dispose(bool desposing)
{
    if(!this.disposed)
        if ((int)e > 0)
            SendErrorMail();
    disposed = true;
}

In Program I use:
using (Parameter p = new Parameter(args[0]))
{
...
}

The class ErrorH inheritance from Parameter.
Greetz

A: Rather than using destructors, which cannot be guaranteed to be called at current time, use interface System.IDisposable.
Usually, it is a bad practice to use destructors in C# like C++, for example. Since we cannot determine the specific time the objects will be destroyed by Garbage Collector (GC), C# provides IDisposable which has a single method Dispose, that you can call it either explicitly when you finish using the object, or implicitly by using block.

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Bobby Jack Chambers
by Obituaries | May 27, 2014
Bobby Jack Chambers, 81, of Crossett, passed away on May 27, 2014 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock.
Mr. Chambers worked for the Crossett Company and Georgia-Pacific for twenty-five years and then owned Chambers Real Estate and Appraisal Company in Crossett, AR. He was a member of the Lion's Club, Civitans, Gideons, Arkansas Nail Benders and had obtained the rank of Eagle Scout and was Boy Scout Leader for many years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Crossett.
He was born on December 27, 1932 in Crossett to Festus Enoch and Denver Doris Atkins Chambers.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Rosemary Chambers; and his beloved Dalmation, Lady.
Survivors include two sons, David Chambers (D.J.) of Warren; Dan Chambers (Joan) of Little Rock; one daughter, Debby Bonds of Little Rock; one brother, Jim Chambers (Hope) of Arlington, Texas; five grandchildren, Kirby Bonds, Sr. of Hamburg, AR, Jeff Chambers of Los Angeles, Calif., Kit Bonds of Little Rock, Kim Jensen (Steve) of Alamogordo, NM, Rebecca Mills of Little Rock, and five great-grandchildren; one niece, Dawn Vilbig and one nephew, Mark Chambers.
The family would like to express gratitude to the staff of the Hospice Home Care Facility for their exceptional care.
Funeral services will be held May 30 at 10 a.m., at First Baptist Church of Crossett with Bro. Gary Carter and Bro. Jamie Staley officiating. Interment will follow at Lakewood Cemetery under the direction of Jones Funeral Home of Crossett.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Home Care, 2200 S. Bowman Rd., Little Rock, AR 72211; Gideons Intl., P.O. Box 83, Crossett, AR 71635 or Ashley County Humane Society, P.O. Box 253, Crossett, AR 71635.


Based on the reviews, the overall consensus is that the Troll Perfect is very easy to install. The instructions are on the website and are very easy to follow. It doesn't require any fancy tools, all you need is either a 5/16 nut driver, a flat blade screwdriver or a coin. It will take about 10 minutes to install. The Troll Perfect is a 2 piece high impact polymer device that attaches to your trolling where the stationary upper shaft meets and the rotating lower shaft. You attach the pieces on each side of the shaft by using the two stainless steel hose clamps that are included. Place the first clamp in the top groove on Troll Perfect and tighten the clamp until snug making sure it cannot rotate. Place the second clamp in the lower groove and tighten until desired amount of tension is achieved.
If you are an angler that's out on the water for long periods of time, especially in tournaments, this is a must-have product. The troll perfect was tested out in different conditions, from calm waters and no winds to harsh weather conditions with strong currents. It really helped keep the motor stabilized and the trolling motor was a lot more responsive due to the lack of looseness in the pedal. After several hours on the water, there was much less fatigue amongst our reviewers.
Whether you are out on the water for an hour or you're participating in a 3-day tournament, the Troll Perfect will most definitely take some of the pain out of keeping your trolling motor stabilized. Fighting the side to side torque steering will be a thing of the past and you will be less fatigued. Anything that can help you concentrate more on fishing is welcome on any angler's boat.
Check out our review of the Nautic Start II – Lithium Reserve Power Source and Mini Jump Starter! We spent 6 weeks testing out the Nautic Start II and have to say, we're very impressed with the results. This is a must have for anyone for home use, car, boating and camping. This unit is small, compact & powerful.
Here's a full review of the new Connect Scale and Bluetooth connected fishing app. You can manage and cull up to a 10 fish limit with the Connect Scale culling system. Not only does it weigh the fish, it will capture weight, photo, location, air temp automatically and allows you to enter other important details about each catch that can be stored and shared via Facebook and Twitter.
We found these great little compact fly fishing boxes that can be used to make the perfect mini bass fishing lure kits. Compartments are all separated, so you don't have to worry about cross contamination. What's awesome is that you can set up a bunch of different kits (i.e. Grubs, Drop Shot, Finesse worm, etc.) and either bring them with you bank fishing, or, they make for easy access on your boat. Instead of having to walk back to your tackle compartment on your bass boat, you can keep one of these in your pocket and never have to take your foot off the trolling motor if you break off and need to tie on a new rig.


Nexium is the brand name for esomeprazole magnesium, a medication used to treat and heal the effects from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). A 40 mg capsule of Nexium is on the higher end of the dosing scale. It is prescribed at this dose for healing of erosive esophagitis or for reducing symptoms of gastric ulcers caused by medications, according to RxList.com. RxList.com suggests a high dose of Nexium to be used in the treatment of duodenal ulcers or conditions like Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
According to RxList.com, the most frequently occurring side effects include headache, nausea, diarrhea, flatulence, abdominal pain, constipation, and dry mouth. These symptoms are considered mild. Nexium.com recommends discussing treatment alternatives with a medical care provider if the mild symptoms are bothersome.
According to Drugs.com, an allergic reaction to Nexium is possible. Signs of allergy include rash, hives, itching, difficulty breathing, tightness in the chest, swelling of the mouth, swelling of the tongue, swelling of the lips or unusual hoarseness. Serious signs of allergy can cause a reaction called anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock. According to the Mayo Clinic, this reaction can be life-threatening if it is not attended to by a medical professional. Anaphylaxis symptoms can occur shortly after contact with the medication and can progress rapidly. The most life-threatening symptoms include constriction of the airways due to a swollen tongue or throat.
Drugs.com identifies other severe side effects of Nexium as chest pain, rapid heartbeat, fever, chills, sore throat, redness of the skin, swelling of the skin, blistering or peeling skin, unusual bleeding or bruising, and unusual fatigue. These side effects are not very common but should be reported to a medical professional immediately.


We are many things. A wife. A mother. A farmer. A care taker. A role model. A Christ follower. Each of us has our own "super suits," we wear and there are verses and passages in the bible that pertains to each one of them. My pastor likes to say that the Bible is our manual to life. But, what about our "Christ Follower" role?


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Fairview considers bonding to cover substation updates
Fairview considers bonding to cover power supdates
James Tilson
FAIRVIEW—Amid budgetary concerns, the Fairview City Council discussed Power Department projects along with deadlines for formulating next year's city budget.
The council discussed plans for a new power substation, as well as a breaker switch to aid in repairs to the city's power grid. The council heard a report from the Power Department regarding the need for updates. But there was clearly concern within the council over how much such updates would cost and how to pay for them.
"I don't want the city to bond two or three times in a few years; I want to bond once," Councilman Casey Anderson said.
He pressed the council to come up with a firm number for all of the Power Department special needs so that funding could cover the whole bill.
Ultimately, the council approved a motion authorizing up to $20,000 for research into the cost of a new substation and a loan study.
The council also heard a presentation from the Water Department regarding the watering of the cemetery. The council was told the cemetery had not been properly watered for several years. The pressure of water flowing into the cemetery various significantly, and the current sprinkler heads cannot handle the differences, a Water Department representative explained. The city spends several thousand dollars every years to repair lines and sprinklers damaged by the pressure fluctuations.
However, the Water Department proposed a solution. A pressure pump would be placed at the junction of water going to the cemetery. This would regulate the pressure and reduce the need for repairs. It would also improve the watering of the cemetery.
The cost of the pump was $21,500. The council approved the purchase.
Councilman Anderson, who is the council's liaison for the budget, informed the council that a preliminary budget must be approved in May and a final budget must be ratified in June. Consequently, he said, it was imperative that the council begin working on the upcoming budget soon.
Anderson suggested the council set a work meeting in March on the budget. The council agreed to set the meeting for March 21.
Mayor Cox also reminded the council that a public hearing would have to be held next month regarding adjustments to the current budget.
Mayor Cox also informed the council that Centracom planned to erect a new electronic sign outside its office building on State Street that would display advertising for the company and public service announcements for the city.
The company, Cox said, had asked the city to consider making a contribution. The mayor said he was in favor of the proposal so long as council approval did not carry a commitment for a specific amount. Councilwoman Kaelyn Sorensen also stated her approval.
The council approved a motion in favor of contributing to the sign without committing funds at this time.
Mayor Cox also informed the council that as of the day of the meeting, one of the city's two snow plow trucks had deteriorated to the point of collapse.
She "sander" attached to the back of the truck had rusted through its supports to the point that it could no longer take loads of sand without possibly tipping over or falling completely off the truck.
The council approved a motion to look into fixing or replacing the sander, up to a threshold of no more than $20,000.
Council member Bob St. Jacques, reporting from the Planning Commission, referenced an article in the Sanpete Messenger reporting that the Sanpete County Planning Commission would be seeking extensive information from cities in Sanpete County, hopefully by April 2017, for use in buffer-zone planning.
St. Jacques informed the council there was no chance that the Fairview Planning Commission would be able to provide all the information described in the article within the time mentioned. He said he would be consulting with the Sanpete County Planning Commission to get more information on its request.


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Home » Economy » Coronavirus: What the Canadian government is doing to support farmers
Coronavirus: What the Canadian government is doing to support farmers
The Canadian government has now listed agriculture as an essential service, acknowledging both the importance of the industry, as well as its place in the economy.
Adding to the extra $5 billion in accessible loans from Farm Credit Canada, the federal government has added producers to the list of businesses able to access the Canadian Emergency Business Account.
"The idea is not to increase their debts," Bibeau said. "But to help them have more flexibility managing their cash flow."
Southern Alberta farmer Brian Hildebrand hasn't been feeling the pinch from the pandemic just yet, but he has noticed the changes.
"I must give a hats off to a lot of my suppliers who are finding different ways of doing business that keep things going," he said. "It's strange not to go into a business to get supplies."
He say he is very aware of how this global crisis could impact not only his business, but the food available around the world, if his family, employees or colleagues should fall ill.
"That's probably one of my biggest concerns right now," he said.
"Making sure everyone stays healthy for their own wellbeing and also for the business, so we can get crops in the ground and get the crops started."
Government officials looking to the future say they recognize the importance of supporting farmers like Hildebrand in the industry now in order to build back the economy later.
"I think when we come out of this we are going to be in a very deep financial hole," Shadow Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food John Barlow said.
"I don't think there's any question about that, and we're going to be looking at industries that can help us dig ourselves out of this.
"And certainly, agriculture has to be one of those… As we know, in four to five months, people may not be buying cars and may not be buying houses, but they're certainly going to be buying food."
Despite looming uncertainty, the farmers still working hard want Canadians to know they are continuing to persevere.
"We are working hard to make sure that those supplies stay in place, working with our suppliers, with supply chains, to keep everything moving as much as we can, both for domestic use as well as for export," Hildebrand said.
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I really enjoy reading your textbooks. The information is clear and concise, the chapters are usually well-written with abundant beautiful figures.
This being said, two things really annoy me. First, the section related to cerebrovascular physiology is usually really small microscopic. When there is one, the usual sentence appears: "there is no change in brain blood flow during exercise". Dude, this.is.not.true!!!1!! There is now plenty of evidence in the literature describing changes in brain blood flow during exercise.


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THE AIR CENTRE
ATLANTIC INTERACTIONS
EO LAB
NETWORK LEVELS
CLEAN AND PRODUCTIVE BAYS AND ESTUARIES
RESILIENCE TO COASTAL NATURAL HAZARDS
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES
IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL AND MARITIME MONITORING
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Networking Friday with Craig McLean (NOAA)
January 15th, 2021, 1-2 PM UTC
AIR Centre Networking Fridays
More information about the Webinar series here
To be available after the session
We will start our Season 2 on January 15th, 2021, 1-2 PM UTC, with Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The moderator will be Larry Mayer, Professor and Director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire.
Craig McLean
Craig McLean is responsible for NOAA's research enterprise including a network of research laboratories and the execution of NOAA programs including the Climate Program, Weather Research, National Sea Grant, and Ocean Exploration, to name a few. Among a number of formal international engagements in science and technology, Mr. McLean serves as the U.S. Representative to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), and as the U.S. Representative for the U.S.-European Union-Canada Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation.
Mr. McLean has previously served throughout NOAA, as acting NOAA Chief Scientist (Dec 2016-Sep 2020), in the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, NOAA's General Counsel, and was the founding Director of NOAA's Ocean Exploration program. He served in uniform for nearly 25 years in NOAA's Commissioned Corps, retiring at the rank of Captain. Mr. McLean is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and of the Marine Technology Society, and a past-president and former chairman of the Sea-Space Symposium.
Larry Mayer
LARRY MAYER is a Professor and Director of The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire. He is currently the Chair of the National Academies of Science's Oceans Studies Board and the U.S. National Committee for the Ocean Decade, a U.S. Arctic Research Commissioner, on the State Dept.'s Extended Continental Shelf Task Force, and Vice Chair of the Board of the Ocean Exploration Trust. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Stockholm University, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 and as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2019. In 2020 Larry became the first recipient of the Walter Munk Medal from The Oceanography Society. Larry's current research deals with sonar imaging and remote characterization of the seafloor as well as advanced applications of 3-D visualization to ocean mapping problems and applications of mapping to Law of the Sea issues, particularly in the Arctic.
http://larrymayerunh.com/
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I would like to express my very, very special thanks of gratitude to Jerry Miller, President of Science for Decisions, who has helped me to organize this session and, more importantly, to shape the structure of the Networking Fridays since the very first session last year.
We will continue with the Networking Fridays during the next months. More information about future sessions as well as presentations and videos from previous sessions can be found here. Twitter Hashtag: #netfridays. Expect some very exciting afternoons, or mornings or evenings, depending on where you are…
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Ralph helped Alli make this outstanding skillet recipe, he followed her directions to the letter.. and got to taste the final result! Try your hand at frying up this seafood skillet delight.
To begin, mix your garlic, lemon zest, oregano, rosemary, 1/2 tsp. of salt, and 1/2 cup of oil in a small bowl. Season marinate to taste with black pepper.
Toss shrimp in medium bowl with 3 Tbs. of marinade, to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 1 day. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade; return to room temperature before grilling.
Prepare barbecue for medium-high heat.
Thread shrimp onto flat metal or bamboo skewers, spacing shrimp apart to they cook evenly.
Gently toss zucchini, squash, asparagus and onions in a large bowl with 3 Tbs. of remaining marinade to coat. Thread tomatoes onto additional skewers.
Brush grill rack with oil. Grill zucchini, squash and onions until golden brown grill marks form and the vegetables are crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Grill tomatoes until they begin to burst open and caramelize, approx. 10 minutes.
Grill asparagus until grill marks form and asparagus is tender, about 4 minutes. While vegetables grill, brush some of the remaining marinade over them and turn vegetables as needed.
Transfer vegetables to platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
Grill shrimp, brushing with remaining marinade, until they are just cooked through and pink, about 2 minutes per side for extra-large shrimp or 2 minutes per side for colossol shrimp.
Squeeze juice from 1 lemon wedge over shrimp on grill.
Transfer shrimp to platter with vegetables. Season with salt and serve with remaining lemon wedges.


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Will Pope Francis challenge President Putin on his country's persecution of LGBT people?
This week Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican. So, why is this meeting happening and why is it a big deal, anyway? Let's be candid, Putin is not dropping by to borrow a cup of sugar, well possibly a metaphorical cup of sugar. A little bit of sugar to help the poison of Russia's newest pogrom on LGBT people go down, or at least make it more palatable.
Why the urgency?
The 2014 Sochi Olympics are taking a hit.
The word "boycott" is on the lips, not only of activists, but of athletes, and consumers. Corporate sponsors are questioning consumer blowback. All this is spilling over to talks of boycotts of investment in Russia and has the potential of developing into a divestment movement like that against South Africa because of its apartheid laws in the 1980s.
Additionally, serious questions have been raised about how participants and visitors will be treated during their Olympic stay in Russia. Conditional and nuanced assurances by Russian officials have left many, as the French say: Unconvinced. Anyone with internet access can view videos of Neo-Nazis torturing gay men that they have lured into traps. In public streets and squares rightest thugs openly attack LGBT folks who attempt to engage in free public speech, or as Putin calls it "homosexual propaganda." Wearing a rainbow could land you in the hospital, in jail or both. The police and judicial authorities turn a blind eye to these flagrant assaults and fail to prosecute thugs, who become de facto enforcers of Putin's decrees.
Petitions have been circulated asking Nations to boycott the Olympics, comparing this Olympic event with Hitler's hijacking of the 1936 Olympics as a propaganda device to sell the New Germany to the world. Ekaterina Samutsevich, a member of the Russian Band Pussy Riot, explains the parallel:
"In an interview with the BBC, Samutsevich said it was all but impossible for Russian athletes to mount any sort of protest as they would lose their livelihood. "[The Olympics] could be a source of national pride. But what is happening now, and there is no other way to describe it, is right-wing fascism. This is what the Olympics are turning into and even sports people are being pressured into adopting these views. Rather than celebrating about sporting achievement it becomes about propagating these views."
Putin needs some of the heat taken off, his attempted justification that his antigay-laws are to "protect children," although taken from the playbook of Anita Bryant and the "good" folks at the discredited National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has no foundation in reason. Putin himself said famously in his oped in NY Times "We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.."
This was stated, rightly, as a rebuke to President Obama's claim of American Exceptionalism; however, doesn't it also apply to the LGBT minority in the Russian Federation?
While the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has been very supportive of Putin, many roll their eyes, seeing Kirill, the Russian Church and Media, as being merely a rubber stamp of the regime. Where to turn?
The answer came in the mail on September 4th 2013. A letter from Francis to Putin praising him for his new role as President of the G-20, in Francis' words:
"I am aware that the Russian Federation has participated in this group from the moment of its inception and has always had a positive role to play in the promotion of good governance of the world's finances, which have been deeply affected by the crisis of 2008."
Francis' letter to Putin goes on to encourage Putin's role as "Peacemaker" in Syria. Although not stated explicitly, it implies a role for Putin as a counterbalance to the U.S. in Middle East politics. It is all very sweet and could signal a honeymoon between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church. Consider that it has only been four years since diplomatic ties with Russia and the Vatican have been reestablished after centuries of distance and cold distrust. Both Russia and the Vatican desperately need to refocus on new issues, to "change the subject" of the conversation. This meeting allows both of them to accomplish this effectively. The cost, spiritually and in terms of justice, are LGBT people and their lives.
With Syria, the Middle East and Russian relations on the table, will Pope Francis speak up on behalf of LGBT victims, or will their continuing persecution be seen as the price of a sweet deal? Perhaps Francis could simply smile, if the subject is raised by a pesky reporter, and ask: "Who am I to judge?"
Let's hope the Spirit will be at work.
What does the pope gain from speaking to Putin on behalf of gay people? I cannot see much of an upside for him, and considerable downside with the conservative people in the church. Also, in Russia and Eastern Europe, in general, I found anti-Catholicism to be about as rabid as homophobia. If the pope were to lecture Putin on the anti-gay legislation, it would strengthen support for Putin's advocacy of these laws, at least at home.
Father Geoff said...
Dear Hina Kemednuro,
To remain silent in the face of evil is to become an accomplice to that evil.
By speaking out forcefully, as a voice for the voiceless, Francis would serve both justice and the church he is called to lead.
I think the church is very comfortable in the role of accomplice to evil. Consider its fondness for playing musical churches with pedophile priests.
Dear Hina Kemenduro,
Perhaps; however, Benedict's resignation and Francis' new papacy is aimed at changing the subject and public perception. Frankly, regardless of motives, Francis' new emphasis on the rampant abuses of Corporations; income inequality, the plight of the poor in the Third World are all sterling. He is correct in his assessment that these monstrous injustices will lead to global violence. Compared to his predecessor he is doing a brilliant PR job. He may well rival John Paul II on charisma.
That women and LGBT people continue to be thrown under the bus, is lost to many commentators and progressives who say: "I like this pope."
Joetx said...
@ Hina,
You should familiarize yourself with Martin Niemoller's famous quote that began with the phrase "First they came for the Socialists."
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require "helper"

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  extend FriendlyId
  friendly_id :name, use: :sequentially_slugged
end

class SequentiallySluggedTest < TestCaseClass
  include FriendlyId::Test
  include FriendlyId::Test::Shared::Core

  def model_class
    Article
  end

  test "should generate numerically sequential slugs" do
    transaction do
      records = 12.times.map { model_class.create! name: "Some news" }
      assert_equal "some-news", records[0].slug
      (1...12).each { |i| assert_equal "some-news-#{i + 1}", records[i].slug }
    end
  end

  test "should cope when slugs are missing from the sequence" do
    transaction do
      record_1 = model_class.create!(name: "A thing")
      record_2 = model_class.create!(name: "A thing")
      record_3 = model_class.create!(name: "A thing")

      assert_equal "a-thing", record_1.slug
      assert_equal "a-thing-2", record_2.slug
      assert_equal "a-thing-3", record_3.slug

      record_2.destroy

      record_4 = model_class.create!(name: "A thing")

      assert_equal "a-thing-4", record_4.slug
    end
  end

  test "should cope with strange column names" do
    model_class = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
      self.table_name = "journalists"
      extend FriendlyId
      friendly_id :name, use: :sequentially_slugged, slug_column: "strange name"
    end

    transaction do
      record_1 = model_class.create! name: "Lois Lane"
      record_2 = model_class.create! name: "Lois Lane"

      assert_equal "lois-lane", record_1.attributes["strange name"]
      assert_equal "lois-lane-2", record_2.attributes["strange name"]
    end
  end

  test "should correctly sequence slugs that end in a number" do
    transaction do
      record1 = model_class.create! name: "Peugeuot 206"
      assert_equal "peugeuot-206", record1.slug
      record2 = model_class.create! name: "Peugeuot 206"
      assert_equal "peugeuot-206-2", record2.slug
    end
  end

  test "should correctly sequence slugs that begin with a number" do
    transaction do
      record1 = model_class.create! name: "2010 to 2015 Records"
      assert_equal "2010-to-2015-records", record1.slug
      record2 = model_class.create! name: "2010 to 2015 Records"
      assert_equal "2010-to-2015-records-2", record2.slug
    end
  end

  test "should sequence with a custom sequence separator" do
    model_class = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
      self.table_name = "novelists"
      extend FriendlyId
      friendly_id :name, use: :sequentially_slugged, sequence_separator: ":"
    end

    transaction do
      record_1 = model_class.create! name: "Julian Barnes"
      record_2 = model_class.create! name: "Julian Barnes"

      assert_equal "julian-barnes", record_1.slug
      assert_equal "julian-barnes:2", record_2.slug
    end
  end

  test "should not generate a slug when canidates set is empty" do
    model_class = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
      self.table_name = "cities"
      extend FriendlyId
      friendly_id :slug_candidates, use: [:sequentially_slugged]

      def slug_candidates
        [name, [name, code]]
      end
    end
    transaction do
      record = model_class.create!(name: nil, code: nil)
      assert_nil record.slug
    end
  end

  test "should not generate a slug when the sluggable attribute is blank" do
    record = model_class.create!(name: "")
    assert_nil record.slug
  end
end

class SequentiallySluggedTestWithHistory < TestCaseClass
  include FriendlyId::Test
  include FriendlyId::Test::Shared::Core

  class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
    extend FriendlyId
    friendly_id :name, use: [:sequentially_slugged, :history]
  end

  Journalist = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
    extend FriendlyId
    friendly_id :name, use: [:sequentially_slugged, :history], slug_column: "strange name"
  end

  def model_class
    Article
  end

  test "should work with regeneration with history when slug already exists" do
    transaction do
      record1 = model_class.create! name: "Test name"
      record2 = model_class.create! name: "Another test name"
      assert_equal "test-name", record1.slug
      assert_equal "another-test-name", record2.slug

      record2.name = "Test name"
      record2.slug = nil
      record2.save!
      assert_equal "test-name-2", record2.slug
    end
  end

  test "should work with regeneration with history when 2 slugs already exists and the second is changed" do
    transaction do
      record1 = model_class.create! name: "Test name"
      record2 = model_class.create! name: "Test name"
      record3 = model_class.create! name: "Another test name"
      assert_equal "test-name", record1.slug
      assert_equal "test-name-2", record2.slug
      assert_equal "another-test-name", record3.slug

      record2.name = "One more test name"
      record2.slug = nil
      record2.save!
      assert_equal "one-more-test-name", record2.slug

      record3.name = "Test name"
      record3.slug = nil
      record3.save!
      assert_equal "test-name-3", record3.slug
    end
  end

  test "should cope with strange column names" do
    transaction do
      record_1 = Journalist.create! name: "Lois Lane"
      record_2 = Journalist.create! name: "Lois Lane"

      assert_equal "lois-lane", record_1.attributes["strange name"]
      assert_equal "lois-lane-2", record_2.attributes["strange name"]
    end
  end
end

class City < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :restaurants
end

class Restaurant < ActiveRecord::Base
  extend FriendlyId
  belongs_to :city
  friendly_id :name, use: [:sequentially_slugged, :scoped, :history], scope: :city
end

class SequentiallySluggedTestWithScopedHistory < TestCaseClass
  include FriendlyId::Test
  include FriendlyId::Test::Shared::Core

  def model_class
    Restaurant
  end

  test "should work with regeneration with scoped history" do
    transaction do
      city1 = City.create!
      City.create!
      record1 = model_class.create! name: "Test name", city: city1
      record2 = model_class.create! name: "Test name", city: city1

      assert_equal "test-name", record1.slug
      assert_equal "test-name-2", record2.slug

      record2.name = "Another test name"
      record2.slug = nil
      record2.save!

      record3 = model_class.create! name: "Test name", city: city1
      assert_equal "test-name-3", record3.slug
    end
  end
end

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East Municipal Police Headquarters
65 de Infantería Avenue, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
The project's program required the building to be instrumental in creating a new image for the San Juan Municipal Police as modern, efficient and accesible department towards the communities. Additional to providing security to citizens, the Municipal Police would be in charge of coordinating all the municipal recovery efforts in case of a natural disaster. The East Municipal Police Headquarters was built as command center for the East Precinct of San Juan Municipality.
The 7,000 square foot building, with only one level, was built completely in cast-in-place reinforced concrete. It has three main horizontal volumes that contain all program requirements, grouping the spaces in three main parameters: common areas, private areas and service areas. Each volume reflects its function on its exterior as well as in its interior.
The East Municipal Police Headquarters was designed to serve as a command center for recovery efforts in case of a natural disaster.
Developed by Shao NG
East Municipal Headquarters
Axonometric
East Elevation
View of the Entrance at night
South Elevation
View from the 65 de Infantería Avenue
North Elevation


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The final countdown: The candidates push to swing voters
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Wisconsin is just 10 days away from election Tuesday. It's the beginning of the final push to swing independent voters.
With a governor's race as tight as this one, it's not surprise one candidate has gassed up the campaign bus while the other is calling upon some political heavy hitters.
The Saturday morning sun lit the way for a busy weekend of Wisconsin lobbying.
Governor Scott Walker kicked off a 10-day bus tour with whistle-stops throughout the badger state. He began in West Allis.
"Point out that Wisconsin is much better off than it was four years ago, and it will be a much better four years from now if we move forward together," said Walker.
Another republican rally was happening in Mukwanago as U.S. Representative Paul Ryan backed Walker.
"We're here to talk to hard working Wisconsin tax-payers who appreciate what Scott Walker has done for them. This is going to be a very close election it's coming down to turnout," said Ryan.
At the same time, Scott Walker's challenger, Mary Burke, was getting support in Shorewood -- as volunteers prepared to canvas.
"To be president, and to really show we really believe in this campaign to elect Mary Burke," said Milwaukee County Supervisor, David Bowen.
And just a day before, former President, Bill Clinton, stumped for Burke in downtown Milwaukee.
Burke and Walker are in a dead-heat according to the latest Marquette University Law poll.
The former President taking issues with Walker's impinging campaign.
"Based on skills, attitude, their record, this should not be a close race. You've got to get everybody out and elect Mary Burke governor of Wisconsin," said Clinton.
On the flip side, on Saturday, October 25th, Walker used his opponents recent democratic guest list as a political jab.
"These are folks who are part of the power base in Washington, they are part of the big government special interests. They want to take things over in Wisconsin," said Walker.
Saturday begins the final push in Wisconsin's governor's race. The edge will likely go to which party does a better job of getting out the vote.
This Tuesday, October 28th, President Obama will be back in Wisconsin, back in Milwaukee campaigning for Mary Burke. He will be speaking at North Division High School. Doors will open at 4 p.m. The event is free, but you need a ticket. You can get one at the Democratic Campaign Offices in Milwaukee and Racine.


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Will Hurd & Colleen Hanabusa
Compare the voting records of Will Hurd and Colleen Hanabusa in 2017-18.
Will Hurd
Represented Texas's 23rd Congressional District. This is his 2nd term in the House.
Colleen Hanabusa
Represented Hawaii's 1st Congressional District. This is her 2nd term in the House.
Will Hurd and Colleen Hanabusa are from different parties and disagreed on 68 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
June 7, 2018 — Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act
July 20, 2017 — King Cove Road Land Exchange Act
May 4, 2017 — American Health Care Act
June 21, 2018 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act of 2018
June 8, 2018 — Meadows of North Carolina Part B Amendment No. 15
Sept. 13, 2017 — Lowey of New York Amendment No. 161
July 27, 2017 — Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules
March 1, 2017 — Moore of Wisconsin Amendment No. 11


The global economy doesn't care about your local chicken farm.
Once, an economist friend told me that they have a term for quacks, and its called "marxism." Indeed, a common rightist trope is that leftists don't understand the economy. The social programs leftists advocate, such as public housing, life stipends, and universal healthcare, are seemed as economically unsustainable.
I do think there's some truth in this. Leftists are so obsessed with winning elections and taking power at all costs within the confines of the nation-state that they become blind to global economic forces. Perhaps the starkest, recent example of this phenomenon was the failure of Syriza at Greece. Syriza was an outspoken anticapitalist party, with many of the groups forming the coalition having the sort of leftist pedigree that exist only in the fringe in the rest of the developed world. They ran on an anti-austerity campaign and they won the national elections in 2015. What happened next? In the face of imminent financial doom, Syriza ended doubling down on austerity. In the Greek case, groups that had "communist" in their name ended up as managers of capitalist crisis, delivering the unadulterated program of neoliberalism, a platform that will leave old people dying penniless, and young people unemployed, sick without access to life-or-death medication.
Simpleminded analysis will find Syriza as traitorous. The harder wings of the left will say that Syriza was doomed since the beginning, since revolution is not a matter of simple electoral victory. Yet, even the hardest of the hard lefts, with the most ambitious programs for economic and social restructuring, will have faced similar dilemmas. That is because capitalism is a global system. The basic goods that sustain any nation-state are the product of a division of labor and a logistical network that spans the whole globe – minerals that are used in electronics are mined in Africa, hydrocarbons that power the factories that make vaccines are extracted from Canadian ground. This gives rise to a global economy that uses the abstractions of stocks, bonds, debt, and currency to mediate the distribution of technology, labor time, and natural resources necessary to sustain any sovereign nation-state. The rules of this global economy are studied by mainstream economists, rules that the Right claims the Left doesn't understand. Any national, left wing movement will inevitably face off the blind, idiot god of international capital, and most certainly, be consumed by it.
However, the insight that marxists have is that the economy is ultimately an emergent property of social relations. Debt, inflation, and unemployment are not physical laws that arise from the symmetries of the Universe. This human element is lost in the mathematical formalism that is popular in academic economics. What happens is that, in the current balance of class and political forces, capitalism reigns victorious socially, ideologically and politically in almost every corner of the world. It is this ideological and political triumph that sustains the abstraction we call the global economy. It's the fact that international capitalists will only exchange the barrels of oil, bags of rice, and computers necessary to sustain society for currency that leads to the economic laws that would castigate a leftist, sovereign state. It's the belief from the vast mayority of workers that bosses, money, and waged labor are the natural state of humankind, that supports the abstractions of stock, debt, bonds and currency.
Leftist economic illiteracy does not arise from unfamiliarity with the mathematical formalism derived by economists. It's the lack of global vision that betrays their ignorance. In the face of the global onslaught of capital, leftist imagination is mired with provincialism. The fetishization of the small, local, and familiar over the vast unknown. The racism that privileges national labor over immigrant labor. The belief that the nation-state is natural and that a leftist program should act within its confines. The urgency to take power through elections at all costs through the Bernies, Corbyns, and Syrizas in the hope that an anti-austerity, sovereign nation can exist within a global economy that will squash such state through economic attrition and capital flight.
If capitalists have global political projects, such as the ones dictated by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, why can't leftists have their own global political programs? Why is it so hard to imagine a global movement, for example, that lays the foundations for a world, socialist republic? Only a global political project can even begin to theorize how to domesticate the global economy so that it doesn't destroy old people's pensions in Greece, factory ceilings don't fall on workers in Indonesia, and immigrant laborers in Canada aren't reduced to indentured servitude by tyrannic visas. After all the rules that regulate borders, finances, the stock market, and ultimately the nation-state, are social constructions imposed by the political triumph of capitalists, not deterministic and mathematical properties derived from natural science.
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← A PhD in wokeness.
The condescending rightist says "the left doesn't understand the economy". Perhaps the rightest would not be so condescending if he did.
He, too, is guilty of bad faith.
1) The author claims practical anticapitalism is a mixture of social democracy that tames capitalism and also "erodes it". Social democracies ability to "tame capitalism" (point 2) is severely constrained by the global economy. The author mentions the argument, but only replies by stating that the constraint exists because people believe so. Sure, that's true, but not because people in that particular nation-state believe so, but in the entire world. So, any nation that tries to "tame capitalism" will inevitably face off the global consensus and get economically castigated and sometimes, even worse, politically and militarily castigated through sanctions, military intervention etc. So even something that seems as "reformist" and "white bread" as social democracy requires some sort of global, democratic governing body that transcends the nation-state. Otherwise you will get fucked by the global economy.
2) The whole "erosion argument" through cooperatives etc, i.e. little "anti capitalist" cancers that hollow out the capitalist economy, I think is "utopian" in the bad sense, and is basically anti political, i.e. devoid of the wish of political power, which I think is necessary. It is also informed by a particular version of the origin of capitalism that I don't agree with, namely that capitalism originated in merchant city-states, and that this "proto-capitalist economies" grew like cancers, eventually replacing feudalism in a matter of centuries. There are other historians like Brenner, for example, that say that capitalism arose from bitter class struggle between peasants and landlords in the countryside, which eventually destroyed the commons and turned peasants into wage labourers. Furthermore, in many other countries, capitalism was literally imposed through the state, disciplining indigenous and peasants throughout the world into proletarians. So in a sense, in the latter historical narrative, capitalism was also a "political project" imposed through state power, not just alleatory and spontaneous like the writer makes it seem. In that sense, anticapitalism should have a vision of state power and political program.


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Popovics Deján (Újvidék, 1931. július 12. – 2018. május eleje) válogatott magyar röplabdázó.

Pályafutása
1931. július 12-én Újvidéken született. 1947 és 1956 között a Vasas röplabdázója volt. 1952 és 1956 között 27 alkalommal szerepel a magyar válogatottban. Tagja volt az 1952-es szovjetunióbeli világbajnokságon ötödik és az 1956-os franciaországi vb-n nyolcadik helyezést elért csapatnak.

2018. május elején hunyt el. Június 2-án a Somogy megyei Vörsön helyezték örök nyugalomra.

Sikerei, díjai
 Vasas SC
 Magyar bajnokság
 bajnok: 1949–50, 1950
 2.:  1948–49, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
 Magyar kupa (MNK)
 győztes: 1956

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1931-ben született személyek
2018-ban elhunyt személyek
Magyar röplabdázók
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William Osler by Thomas C. Corner (1865-1938), 1905. Source: The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
The original uploader was YUL89YYZ at English Wikipedia
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William Osler
Canadian physician and author
Birthday: July 12, 1849
Birthplace: Bond Head, Canada West
Death Date: December 29, 1919
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English: William Osler (1849 - 1919), Professor of Clinical Medicine 1884-1888, portrait photograph
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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. William Osler
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. William Osler
No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher. William Osler
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. William Osler
Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert. William Osler
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The future is today. William Osler
The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. William Osler
The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. William Osler
The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. William Osler
The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. William Osler
There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs. William Osler
There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. William Osler
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. William Osler
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. William Osler
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