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package org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
  <p>This class is for IBM's J9 jdk 1.3., foundation class library; v 2.2 (wctme5.7)

 */
public class j9_foundation extends jvm {

    public String getName(){return "j9_foundation";}
    public j9_foundation(boolean noasyncgc, boolean verbosegc, boolean noclassgc,
    long ss, long oss, long ms, long mx, String classpath, String prof,
    boolean verify, boolean noverify, boolean nojit, Vector D) {
        super(noasyncgc,verbosegc,noclassgc,ss,oss,ms,mx,classpath,prof,
		verify,noverify,nojit,D);
    }
    // more typical use:
    public j9_foundation(String classpath, Vector D) {
        super(classpath,D);
    }
    // more typical use:
    public j9_foundation(long ms, long mx, String classpath, Vector D) {
        super(ms,mx,classpath,D);
    }
    // actual use
    public j9_foundation() {
	Properties sp = System.getProperties();
	String srvJvm = sp.getProperty("serverJvm");
	if ((srvJvm!=null) && (srvJvm.toUpperCase().startsWith("J9")))
	{
		String wshome = guessWSHome();
		// note, may have to use separator instead of hardcoding the slashes...
		setJavaCmd(wshome+"/wctme5.7/ive/bin/j9");
	}
	else
		setJavaCmd("j9");
    }

    // return the command line to invoke this VM.  The caller then adds
    // the class and program arguments.
    public Vector getCommandLine()
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        Vector v = super.getCommandLine();
        appendOtherFlags(sb);
        String s = sb.toString();
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s);
        while (st.hasMoreTokens())
        {
            v.addElement(st.nextToken());
        }
        return v;
	}

    public void appendOtherFlags(StringBuilder sb)
    {
        Properties sp = System.getProperties();
        String bootcp = sp.getProperty("bootcp");
        String srvJvm = sp.getProperty("serverJvm");
        // if we're coming in to be the server jvm for networkserver testing on j9,
        // bootcp is null, so we need to try to setup the bootclasspath from scratch
        // for now, assume we're only interested in doing this for wctme5.7_foundation, worry about
        // newer versions, multiple class libraries, or multiple releases later.
        sb.append(" -jcl:foun10");

        if ((srvJvm !=null ) && (srvJvm.toUpperCase().startsWith("J9")))
        {
            String pathsep = System.getProperty("path.separator");
            String wshome = guessWSHome();
            // note, assuming jclFoundation classes sit under wctme5.7/ive/lib/jclFoundation10
            //       and that jdbc.jar sits under wctme5.7/ive/lib
            // note, may have to switch to sep instead of hardcoding the slashes...
            sb.append(" -Xbootclasspath/a:" + wshome + "/wctme5.7/ive/lib/jclFoundation10/classes.zip"
                + pathsep + wshome + "/wctme5.7/ive/lib/jclFoundation10/locale.zip"
                + pathsep + wshome + "/wctme5.7/ive/lib/jdbc.jar");
        }
        else
            sb.append(" -Xbootclasspath/a:" + bootcp);
        if (noasyncgc) warn("j9_foundation does not support noasyncgc");
        if (verbosegc) sb.append(" -verbose:gc");
        if (noclassgc) warn("j9_foundation does not support noclassgc");
        if (ss>=0) warn("j9_foundation does not support ss");
        if (oss>=0) warn("j9_foundation does not support oss");
        if (ms>=0) {
          sb.append(" -Xss");
          sb.append(ms);
		  //sb.append("k");
        }
        if (mx>=0) {
          sb.append(" -Xmx");
          sb.append(mx);
		  //sb.append("k");
        }
        if (classpath!=null) warn("j9_foundation does not support classpath, use -Xbootclasspath,-Xbootclasspath/p,-Xbootclasspath/a");
        if (prof!=null) warn("j9_foundation does not support prof");
        if (verify) sb.append(" -verify");
        if (noverify) warn("j9_foundation does not support noverify");
        if (nojit) sb.append(" -Xnojit");
        if (D != null)
          for (int i=0; i<D.size();i++) {
	        sb.append(" -D");
	        sb.append((String)(D.elementAt(i)));
          }
    }
	public String getDintro() { return "-D"; }

// Having the following method overload the one in jvm.java causes problems when running
// the junit tests - they *do* successfully run with securityManager.
// Foundation class tests actually run ok with security manager - except when useprocess
// is false. This is caused by a bug in the jvm. See also DERBY-885 and DERBY-1785.
//	protected void setSecurityProps()
//	{
//		System.out.println("Note: J9 (foundation) tests do not run with security manager");
//	}

}


re: the Pet Semetary trailer – I'm kinda meh about it. The original movie isn't perfect, but it's a decent adaptation. I'm anticipating some CGI will be used in the new one that won't stand up to the practical effects (which are still top notch). The shots of the kids wearing those handmade animal masks reeks of trying too hard to be creepy. Animal death is sad and awful. Don't make some kind of weird ritual out of it to try and make it scarier than it already is. Also, I love me some John Lithgow but, while he's not necessarily a bad choice for Jud Crandall (I'd have gone for James Cromwell or Gary Oldman), Fred Gwynn was perfect in the original movie. And you need that character to be a life-long Maine resident who's barely left the state, let alone the Northeast. That character Lithgow is playing took the wrong exit and got lost trying to get to Mt. Washington to go skiing.


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- October/November New Release
Welcome to 1M1 Records' November newsletter. 1M1 Records' newest release, is still the film score release of "The Coolangatta Gold" by Bill Conti. The 78-minute CD has become a very popular release which we are proud of.
Next month our new release is "Eliza Fraser" and "Summerfield" by Bruce Smeaton. Plus we have two new original Australian soundtrack titles available: a lyrical orchestral score, "Silhouette of the Desert", by Nerida Tyson-Chew, and a recently acclaimed film called "The Tracker".
We look forward to seeing you back here for December's newsletter. Your feedback is always welcome. info@1m1.com.au
Philip Powers.
October/November New Release
The original majesty of Bill Conti's orchestral music for "The Coolangatta Gold" has been buried away, and forgotten, for so many years. Nearly two decades later, the original recordings have been located, and most of the neglected and flaking tapes have now been fully restored.
Conti's music captures the feverish excitement of the early Iron Man races, athletes training and the long triathlon race, which is the climax of the film. The CD is full of brass fanfares, swirling woodwinds and rhapsodic strings. There are also many tracks underscoring the emotional relationships between the characters in the film, and the tensions involved, which have never been released before.
Unfortunately we have no more copies of Mario Millo's score for the prisoner-of-war drama, "Changi", available. However, new stock is available of Paul Kelly's score for "Lantana", Alan John's score for "The Bank". "Dirty Deeds" and "Two Hands are also still available.
Current Releases; which are still being manufactured.
More Soundtracks; previously released titles which are still available, including titles previously released by 1M1 Records which are no longer being manufactured, and brand new CDs of other soundtracks which 1M1 has in its stocks. There are still copies available of Alan John's "The Bank", and a range of Brian May scores. Several scores by Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, Georges Delerue and Bruce Broughton are also available here.
Collectors Items; rare 1M1 CDs priced in the premium range because of the difficulty in sourcing them, containing 1M1 CDs like "Devil in the Flesh / We of the Never Never", "Roadgames / Patrick", "Race for the Yankee Zephyr / The Survivor" and "Harlequin / The Day After Halloween": items which have very few soundtracks left in stock and are quite unlikely to become available again in the foreseeable future.
Secondhand Titles; soundtrack releases from anywhere in the world which 1M1 currently has in stock, containing quite a few bargain-priced excellent condition soundtrack CDs for sale, including several Australian film soundtracks.
Next month our new release is a double film score of "Eliza Fraser" and "Summerfield" by Bruce Smeaton. The first is orchestrally boisterous, and the other is quite low key but very lyrical.
Many other scores will be announced soon for next year.

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Thanks. i don't see the schematic in this pdf.
- The FDC write-precompensation setting is quite aggressive which make the pulses capture not working properly. Is there a way to change this parameter ?
Edited by Jeff_HxC2001, Wed May 9, 2018 2:32 PM.
I can tweak the capture routines to make it work but i don't have this FDC here to test the modifications.
BTW is normal writing working fine on HD disk with this controller ?
no, what i ask is : have you already tried to write files with this controller and the "lotharek" emulator on HD images ?
yes I get an error writing to the hfe i formatted earlier.
This is the MAME log for the HDC9234 with active LOG_WRITE and LOG_FORMAT.
HFDC schematics should be on WHT if not I can upload.
Just checked with the HDC specs: The dump indicates that there is no precompensation.
- Raw Kryoflux stream files.
And this is the same software used by arcadeshopper ?
I did this using the settings on a version of the HxC tool I downloaded in April. In the first picture you see the settings, other settings I used error-ed after format. Then when I used these settings the second picture shows the outcome. I am including that format here now, this was formatted on a HxC, though I tried a Gotek on the first couple of attempts, with other settings.. I worked after I came in from working on one of my trucks, then from 8:30ish to 11:30ish I used my newly repaired Geneve to run the tests. In the Geneve picture, the bad sectors could be attributed to a problem I encountered with the HxC, It is not mounted, just laying there and the thing stopped being lit up for a bit, while verifying, maybe a bad power cable connection, and I had to reload the image as a disk on the HxC, while the verification process was working.
Here's some of mine from a Corcomp.
- these are from the ones I linked to above - empties that are around 981K but formatted differently. Not sure how they were created.
- These, I reformatted with my Corcomp controller with DM2K. They appear to have formatted correctly, but if you want to check the layout, feel free.
- This is an attempt to use CopyC to copy from a protected DSK3 disk (MG Explorer) to a SSSD Formatted HFE (from above). Obviously, it didn't like it.
I used a Sandisk Class 10 Ultra 16GB micro SD card in the GoTek for this; this unit has some pretty nice write speeds.
Thanks for your tests, all images are fine so far, as I tested them with my AnalyseHFE tool. The copy-c sample shows DDAMs (deleted DAMs).
However, my actual intention was to verify the behavior of the HFDC, so I really need a disk that was formatted and written by a HFDC.
Well, that disk is on its way to Jonathan so maybe late this weekend he will have the disk.
I did go digging into MDOS looking at the HFDC format routine. From what I can tell, it actually uses code on the HFDC eprom itself, rather than separate code. So, it should not matter whether the disk is formatted from MDOS on a Geneve, or on a TI-99/4A. They should be the same.
Michael, look at the HxC program setting pic I posted and let me know of some values that you think need to be readjusted, to get a better format, such as side based is checked. Unchecked kept giving device or media errors when formatting. Also I can do all the different formats tonight, since I can use my Geneve and HFDC together again.
The disk should be 40 track, double density, 250 kbit/s, 18 sectors/track. This means a total of 1440 sectors.
Interleave is 4, skew is 0, but what is side-based? Don't know, maybe whether this is depending on the side, then I'd say not. Also, pre-gap length may refer to the sync zone, which is 12. Auto-gap3 is OK; we do not rely on exact gap lengths.
By the way, I wonder how you manage to format a disk with 1.4 MiB size with 250 kbit/s only. This must be 500 kbit/s.
The reason is that with 36 sectors per track, and each having 256 byte, plus some more for headers and gaps (typically plus 84), and 16 cells per byte, you get about 200000 cells per track, and a track is exactly 0.2 seconds long (with 300 rpm), so every cell must be 1 us, or, taking again 2 cells for each data bit, both require 2 us, which is 500 kbit/s.
Okay I'll be sure to get one to those specs, I don't know why it worked but it did, though it took awhile to verify.
It took a while to verify because of your interleave/interlace set at 1. Needs to be around a setting of 4 to cut down on the number of revolutions the disk would need to make. The only time I would ever use an interlace of 1 on a Geneve would be if I was booting from floppy and had a skew setting of something like 3. In that one and only use, you are loading MDOS as fast as the disk turns. Once you get the overhead of MDOS, then it can no longer read in a disk that fast.
I figured that was it, it's been a long time since I messed with that type of stuff.
Are you trying to format on a Gotek or HxC? Mine was done on the HxC.


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Q: only accept newly created input file upload In my web application I'm trying to have the user take a picture of themselves from their camera. I've been using this:
<input type="file" name="pic" accept="image/*" id="pic" capture="camera">

This works nicely, however I need it to ONLY allow a picture taken right then from their camera.  If the user can pick an already existing picture then it defeats it's purpose.  Cuz I'm basically trying to verify the identity of the person using the phone at the time they submit this form.  The above HTML seems like it does what I want on my Android phone (goes straight to camera), however on an iphone it gave the user the option to choose an existing file.  I read here that this is unavoidable:
Allow only access to camera device in HTML5
My question is this, would it be good enough to check the files last modified date, to see if the pic was created \ modified close to the time of upload?  I guess they could modify the file right before they uploaded it though right?  Checking the modified date would make it a little more secure but deff not fool proof.  Is there any way I can make it so only photos taken right then are accepted?

A: iOS6 through 10 do not support the capture attribute which is meant to force the user agent to use the camera, not the file system.
PS: You could improve your code by replacing capture="camera" with just capture. In 2012 the capture attribute became a boolean in the HTML Media Capture spec.

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Q: How to install OpenMPI with exact version of shared files? Scenario
I am working with third party library TCLB to do my Master Thesis in the field of computational physic. As I know it depends on few other libraries and packages such as R, python2.7, singularity and finally openmpi. I installed openMPI: sudo apt-get install --reinstall openmpi10-bin libopenmpi-dev.
Problem
Unfortunately library docs are not always helpful. I have solved many problems and cannot deal with the last one:
error while loading shared libraries: libhdf5_openmpi.so.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I used command find / -name libhdf5_openmpi.so\* 2>/dev/null and find out that I have similar file: libhdf5_openmpi.so.103.
I tried to rename the file from 103 to 10. But next I received similar error for:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpi.so.12. I have on my PC file: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpi.so.40 and for pair: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpi_cxx.so.40(I have this one)  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpi_cxx.so.1(needed this one). After all this deoes't work. It is not so easy to cheat this way.
So my question is: How to install open mpi to has files which I need.


The wildfires that ripped through B.C. forests during the last two summers have done the province no favours when it comes to carbon emissions, according to an environmental advocacy group.
In a report released Monday, Sierra Club B.C. says that both the 2017 and 2018 wildfires took out more than 1.2 million hectares, eight times more than the 10-year average.
In the process, the 2017 fires emitted an estimated 190 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and produced a similar amount in 2018.
According to the latest data, released by the B.C. government in December, B.C.'s total emissions in 2016 were about 62 million tonnes.
And Sierra Club B.C. says that's on the low side, claiming the government failed to take into account emissions from "destructive logging and slash burning" that amounted to nearly 50 million tonnes in the last three years.
The practices have turned B.C. forest from a carbon sink to a carbon emitter, the Sierra Club B.C. says and adds that if the provincial government continues to use its current method, it will have undercounted emissions from B.C.'s forest by more than 200 million tonnes, once data becomes available for 2017 and 2018.
"Turning a blind eye to these massive amounts of carbon pollution allows governments to act as if new pipelines and fracked LNG terminals can be accommodated within climate action plans," Sierra Club B.C. senior forest and climate campaigner Jens Weiting said in a statement.
The organization is calling on the province to provide more thorough estimates and to collect regional data and data on management practices, distinguish between carbon-rich forests and less carbon-rich forests, and distinguish between emissions from "destructive practices" and selective logging.
It is also calling on the province to set out targets for protecting carbon rich old-growth, to phase out slash burning, and ensure all communities at risk of wildfires are fully participating in Fire Smart programs.
In an emailed reply to the Citizen, Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman said the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change dictates that non-human related activities are not reported in greenhouse gas emission inventories.
However, he said forest fire emissions are included in the Provincial Greenhouse Gas Inventory for transparency but they are not counted towards the reported totals by either B.C. or Canada, in line with international practice.
"We know the last two years have been the two worst fire seasons on record. Most fires are natural events, outside of our direct control, though climate change is clearly intensifying the impact," he said.
Emissions from the wildfires and their consquences are "impossible to ignore," Heyman added.
"That's why I'll be taking a closer look at how British Columbia reports emissions from forest fires."


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Stolen Wisconsin fish photo rekindles a Rice Lake debate
Bob Collins May 19, 2017, 4:56 PM May 19, 2017
Wisconsin, be on the lookout for this picture.
It's a picture of Louie Spray, of Rice Lake, Wis., who once owned the Wisconsin musky record — three times. He died in 1984, his gravestone noting his fishing prowess.
Someone stole his picture from the Nite Owl Drive-in in Milwaukee this week. It had been on display in one of the most prominent spots in the joint that serves up history: above the men's room toilet.
It's a uniquely Wisconsin crime, the Milwaukee Journal's Jim Stingl says.
Its disappearance leaves behind only a mystery: Who on earth would go to the trouble of stealing an old picture of a musky from a men's room, let alone one that was all over the internet anyway?
This is one of those crimes that doesn't cost a victim a lot, just some of owner Chris Roepke's faith in humanity.
The picture was taken out of a frame that contained the inscription: "Weight 69 lbs. 11 oz. Girth 31¼ inches. Length 5 feet 3½ inches. Courtesy of Spray's Bar, Rice Lake, Wisconsin."
The disappearance has rekindled a debate about the Rice Lake man. Some said he ground up other fish and shoved it in the musky above to increase its poundage.
Emmett Brown, head of the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wis., says the record is legit and anyone who says otherwise is engaging in "bar talk, innuendo, jealousy and bad science," Stingl says.
We'll never know. It was destroyed in a 1959 fire.
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Q: Mix multiple objects files with gcc which have no main function i try to mix files .
For example , if i have file1.o and have file2.o , all of them don't have main function , then le1_file2.o is the result of those files .
So i have used 2 things :
Using of linker and makefile:
linker.ld:
OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)

SECTIONS
{
    .text : {*(.text)}
    .data : {*(.data)}
    .rodata : {*(.rodata)}
    .bss :
    {
        *(COMMON)
        *(.bss)
    }
    end = .; _end = .; __end = .;
}

Makefile:
CC =gcc
OBJ = file1.o file2.o

all : file1_file2.o

file1_file2.o: $(OBJ)
    ld -m elf_i386 --oformat=binary -Tlinker.ld $^ -o $@

%.o : %.c
    @$(CC) -o $@ -c $< -m32 -g -ffreestanding -fno-PIC -fno-stack-protector -Werror

Using only a makefile:
Makefile:
 CC =gcc
 OBJ = file1.o file2.o

 all : file1_file2.o

 file1_file2.o: $(OBJ)
     $(CC) $^ -o $@ -m32 -g -ffreestanding -fno-PIC -fno-stack-protector -Werror

 %.o : %.c
     @$(CC) -o $@ -c $< -m32 -g -ffreestanding -fno-PIC -fno-stack-protector -Werror

A: i have found the solution by using

ar cr
  Archive all of the object (.o) files into one static library (.a) file.
  https://helpmanual.io/help/gcc-ar/

Using a static library means only one object file need be pulled in during the linking phase. This contrasts having the compiler pull in multiple object files (one for each function etc) during linking.
This means instead of having to look for each entity on separate parts of the project or object file, the program need only reference a single single archived object (.a) file that has ordered the entities together. As a consequence of having one ordered object file, the program linking this library can load much faster.

supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64
  a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om
  elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big pe-x86-64
  pe-bigobj-x86-64 pe-i386 plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary
  ihex Report bugs to http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/

So :
ar cr first_second.a first.o second.o

thank you for all


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Convention 2018 – Slate of Nominees
Diocesan Council – Northern Convocation Rep, Lay – Mark Hansen
Mark Hansen: The son of Episcopal missionaries serving over three decades in Brazil and Japan, I am the product of a lifelong immersion in global Anglicanism. My own sense of vocation to a life of domestic Christian mission came during the mid-1980's while doing seminary field placement as a bi-lingual tutor in the South Bronx at a predominantly Puerto Rican parish. Today, I teach English as a Second Language for Mexican immigrants at St. Clement's, Massey, where for the past four years I have served as Lay Pastor in a team-ministry model to this small, bold, mission-oriented – and now growing – congregation. My experience in diocesan-level affairs encompasses four dioceses and includes: Chair of the Spanish Language Ministries Commission, and Member of Executive Council (Connecticut); Companion Diocese Committee (CT and New Jersey); Immigration Committee (Newark); Northwest Bronx Interparish Council (New York). In the local community of Kent County I serve as chair of the finance committee for the Samaritan Group homeless organization, and as an active member of the NAACP. In an academic vein, my PhD is in Latin American history with a minor in religion from Columbia University, and I am currently affiliated as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Religion, Politics, and Culture at Washington College.
I am enthusiastic about the vision of "a prayer-centered church and a mission-shaped diocese" in large measure because it is not just our bishop's idea nor is it merely a marketing slogan. Bishop Santosh's spiritually-grounded and collaborative leadership style has been evident in the emergence of this vision, insofar as he was the leader in urging diocesan representatives to craft such a statement, while being a respectful listener in guiding it through its various iterations. The result is a well-ordered statement of two indispensable priorities: prayerful connection with the living God, resulting in missional outreach to the wider world. Too often we Episcopalians fall into a bandwagon mentality, with the "cart" of social action coming before the "horse" of prayerful, scripture-based reflection. In all things, we must never forget that "the Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members." (William Temple)
Diocesan Council – Middle Convocation Rep, Clergy – Charlie Osberger
The Very Reverend Charlie Osberger: Rector Wye Parish, Dean of the Middle Convocation, member of the Commission on Ministry, Board of Camp Wright and Deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church 2018.
Jesus is the Foundation of the movement bearing His Name for his Kingdom's cause. We are living witnesses to the presence of the Kingdom of God among us. This means to me participating in the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, unifying a Diocese of missions, ministries and congregations, all ages, youth and leaders who are a spiritual offering of real hope, real grace and real peace to the world through real lives changed by the love of God. As we live into the next 150 years of Easton's vision, decisions and commitments that demonstrate true compassion and the joy of our Lord's salvation we will be good news for the communities and people we serve.
Diocesan Council – Southern Convocation Rep, Lay – Phil Tilghman
Philip L. TIlghman:
Grew up in Federalsburg MD
Graduated Washington College 1964 and married college sweetheart same year.
3 children, 9 grandchildren and two great granddaughters
Member St. Philips, Quantico since 1966. Senior Warden several times and just retiring from most recent stint.
2 previous terms on Diocesan Council. Member of Bishops selection committee.
Elected member Wicomico county council 1984 thru 2000
Host local interview program on local access TV 2000 thru 2014
As a Diocese we expressed to those who would be our Bishop that " status quo is not an option". Now we must embrace the challenge that Bishop SAN has set for us in terms of commitment to Christ centered service to mankind starting in our own communities. As a Diocese we should take every opportunity to meet, worship and dialogue with each other as fellow Episcopalians to bolster that commitment. The more the "flock" is together the stronger we become and thereby more receptive to the Shepard.
Diocesan Council – At-Large Rep, Lay – Lisa Webb; Tim Strack
Lisa Webb: I grew up in the Presbyterian Church, the granddaughter of a Presbyterian minister. My favorite memories of that time are of participating in the church choir, dance choir and bell choir. I began attending the Episcopal Church in high school, when my step father joined my family. His family ties to leadership in the church go back several generations. But it was in college when the Episcopal Church really grabbed me, and I haven't looked back since. I am now the mother of a teenage daughter and an OB-Gyn physician. I have had many roles in my home church, Emmanuel Church, Chester Parish, including being an Eucharist minister and visitor, lector, intercessor, acolyte, chair of the Pastoral Care Committee, and recently helping to develop our Creation Season. The most special role has been as a student and then mentor for four years of EFM. I still have an ecumenical spirit, as I also again play bells again at the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown. I am honored to be considered to be more involved with the church on the Diocesan level.
I believe that in order to become a prayer-centered church and mission-shaped diocese, we first need to come to believe, and then live it out, that each and every person is a loved child of God. As 1 John states (3:2) "My dear people, we are already children of God". We don't have to earn it; God's grace has already given us this blessing. Once this knowledge shines forth from our hearts, being prayer centered and mission shaped will come automatically, we can't help but want to commune with God and to share our abundance. So how do we learn to live this conviction? Our church leaders can preach it on Sunday mornings. We model it for each other through loving words and actions. Worship can encourage and reenergize us when we have doubts. Bible studies and seminars can help to reinforce it. We put ourselves in situations where we can experience that both we and the "other" are loved children of God. Being prayer-centered and mission shaped is our natural state. Worship, study and community can help us be who we truly are.
Tim Strack: "I grew up on Kent Island and now live in Denton. I am a member of Christ Church Denton who serves both on the Vestry and as a Eucharistic Minister. In 2017 I was an Alternate Delegate to Diocesan Convention, and in 2018 I am a Delegate. I enjoy being involved in my community. At Christ Church Denton I started a monthly Game Night, open to the public, where families and individuals can come play board games. I also volunteer at the His Hope Haven homeless shelter every Friday night when the shelter is open (September-May).
Along with Bishop San's vision for us being a prayer-centered church and a mission-shaped diocese, I feel a call to both pray AND to take action. I believe prayer is a two way communication, as in we also have to listen to what the Holy Spirit is asking us to do, and in some cases that is to take action. I believe we should work with other non-profits in the area to help our local community as well larger non-profits to help the world. Perhaps we could organize a set of days as a diocese to do physical work with Habitat for Humanity or start new fundraisers to sponsor, though the Department of Social Services, an alcohol or drug addicted individual to go to rehab — especially with the opioid epidemic the US is facing. The possibilities are endless."
Diocesan Council – At-Large Rep, Clergy – Joe Rushton; John Schaeffer
The Rev. Joseph M. Rushton: Rector – Church of the Holy Spirit, Ocean City, Maryland.
I am a native Marylander, currently living in Georgetown, DE. I have served the people of God in the Dioceses of Maryland, Delaware and as of October 2017 the Diocese of Easton. During the past 12 years I have served on Diocesan Councils, Companion Diocese Committee, Convention Program Committee and as Co-Chair of several Diocesan Conventions. I have worked as a Masters Level Social Worker in mental health positions for over 2 decades.
Prayers-Centered Church and Mission-Shaped Diocese: My initial thoughts take me to the lyrics of a Folk Song (now referred to as a contemporary Christian song) "… What would you have us do … -We who claim to be your followers …" Praying keeps us in communication with God, mindful that we are continually blessed and invited to share our blessing with others to the Glory of God. Mindfulness and attentiveness are essential if we are to hear, recognize and respond to the one we follow, Jesus.
The Rev. John Schaeffer: I have been the Rector of St. Mary Anne's in North East, MD for the past two years. My wife Karen and I have been married for 33 years, and we have three adult children, David, Eric and Jennifer. I sensed the call to ministry as I raised our children and participated in lay ministry at my local church in Pittsburgh, PA. I attended seminary part-time for many years while I was employed full-time in financial services industry. I obtained a Master in Divinity from Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA in 2012. I was ordained as priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh in December of 2012; and served as a Priest in Charge for three years in a small Pittsburgh parish, prior to my call to St. Mary Anne's.
I abundantly support Bishop San's vision of being a prayer-centered church and mission shaped diocese, and believe that it is an appropriate response to last year's Diocesan-wide study of the Book of Acts and our corporate and personal charge in the Great Commission. Members of those early churches recognized that growth required God's power; and that God responds to His people's prayers. We know that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us and will give us what we request (1 John 5:14-15). Therefore, we need to ask. Clergy and lay leaders have a responsibility to teach the necessity of corporate and personal prayer and all are encouraged to utilize Scripture to emphasize its importance and example. Readings such as: Acts 1:24 and Acts 6:6 demonstrate the importance of praying before choosing leaders; and Acts 22:17 supports praying in worship and receiving guidance as to future ministry plans. With this solid prayer-centered approach, God will continue to reveal His will and mission for our Diocese, churches, and people. We can and will with Gods help.
Standing Committee, Lay – Nancy Dick; Nancy Linck
Nancy M. Dick: As a lifelong Episcopalian at Emmanuel Church, Chester Parish, I have served in a variety of roles, some more than once: Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Choir member, Eucharistic Minister, lector, church school teacher, Acolyte. In the Diocese of Easton I am currently a member of the Commission on Ministry and the Secretary of Convention. I have been a deputy to General Convention seven times, have served on Diocesan Council, and on the Standing Committee. I am retired from my work as a Community Health Nurse.
The Discernment Resolutions that have been adopted by the Diocese of Easton coupled with the ten Gifts of Spiritual Life give us guides for growing into the Bishop San's vision of a prayer-centered church and mission-shaped diocese. I think that the Spiritual Gifts should be fleshed out carefully one or two at a time; these underlie prayer centeredness and missionally shaped. The recommendations of the Discernment Resolutions strengthen the diocese in seeking collaboration among parishes and identifying our strengths and weaknesses. The growth will not be fast paced but thoughtfully and prayerfully done.
Nancy Linck: I joined the Episcopal Church around 20 years ago having come from a long Catholic tradition including graduating from the Catholic University of St Thomas in Houston, Texas. Having been a member of St. Alban's in Salisbury, I have been a member of the vestry, the choir, Agape Ministry and am finishing my service on the Diocesan Council for the past 3 years. It has been my privilege and honor to work with very knowledgeable, passionate and loving people from all over the Diocese. I believe that the continued focus on working together within the Diocese and our individual communities to foster hope and love in Jesus' name will promote lasting and strong relationships now and in the future. Thank you so much. Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men.
Standing Committee, Clergy–Mary Garner; Rob Laws
The Rev. Mary Garner: I graduated from Episcopal Divinity School in 2006. As a seminarian I took a number of classes in urban/community outreach mission work. I served as chaplain for a low cost housing development for the elderly in Norfolk, Virginia and in addition to providing pastoral care, I developed many social service programs and connections to local churches for the benefit of the residents. I moved to Easton in 2008 and supplied in many of our congregations until I became the assistant rector at Christ Church, St. Michael's in 2010.I was the chaplain at Heron Point in Chestertown from 2012-2014.I have served at St. Paul's, Centreville since 2014. During my tenure as rector we have initiated many mission programs including the Haven Ministries Resource Center, the Micah Ministry for Social Justice and the Backpack Program for children in poverty. I believe that my education and experience in community outreach and my years of serving as a supply priest in all three convocations will be of use to the Standing Committee.
I believe a prayer centered church must not just pray on Sunday mornings! Contemplative prayer, lectio divina,Bible Study, retreats and spiritual direction could have a greater presence in our churches. Being mission centered means knowing our neighbors, stepping out of the doors of our church and into the community, respectfully listening to what is needed to further the kingdom of God and using our resources to bring that kingdom to the Eastern Shore.
The Rev.'d Dr. Robert James Laws: Fr. Rob was born and raised in a small town in North Carolina. He was raised in a devout Pentecostal family, where the church was central to their lives. He was always active in church, singing in the choir and participating in youth group, but he never felt quite at home in the church of his youth. While attending Duke Divinity School, where he was studying for a Master's in Religious Education, he attended a chapel service in which the Holy Eucharist was celebrated by an Episcopal priest. There was chanting, beautiful music, and clouds of incense. Fr. Rob was profoundly impacted by this Mass, and started a journey which would eventually lead to his becoming confirmed in the Episcopal Church, and answering God's call to serve the church as a parish priest. Fr. Rob was ordained in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and has served congregations in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. He has served as rector of St. Andrew's, Somerset Parish in Princess Anne for four years, and has been active in both the diocese and the community. He has served on Diocesan Council and the Bishop's Transition Committee. In the community he serves on the Somerset County Long Term Recovery Board- where he has served on the Spirituality subcomittee, and where he currently chairs the Neighborhood Affordable Housing Committee. He is also a trustee of the Somerset County Library Board and is active in the ministerial association. He has one son, Zachary, who is studying at Temple University in Philadelphia. Fr. Rob has strong interests in art and spirituality, and has a DMin in Christian Spirituality (with an emphasis on Franciscan Spirituality) from Washington Theological Union. His thesis explored how the Franciscan practice of gazing with icons can help help one to practice the presence of God.
The vision of a prayer-centered church and a mission-shaped diocese really is rooted in the ancient understanding that prayer and action together are important elements of holistic spirituality and faithful and engaging discipleship. In fact, it is this kind of vision which shapes us to engage in our work in such a way that our action becomes prayer, and our prayer becomes the work of love. This practice is the one that Jesus modeled for us in his own life and ministry, and only by embracing a life of prayer and action can we live into St. Paul's admonition to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Unfortunately, the Church has not always taught its members to embrace prayer and mission in this way. A voice continues to persist in the Church which teaches that some are called to the life of prayer and others to the life of action- that prayer and action are two separate but equal ways of living out one's faith in the world. But as I read the Gospels, I don't see Jesus offering us an either/or, a la carte plan of spirituality and discipleship. If we are to grow into the vision of being a prayer-centered church and a mission-shaped diocese, then our first task is to educate and form laity, clergy and diocesan leaders to embrace the life of prayer and action, prayer and mission- prayer which nurtures mission, and mission which drives prayer. Prayer is foundational because it is by prayer that we hear the voice of God, that we discern our calling, and that we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, and engage in the work of intercession. But the face of God is seen in the faces of those with whom we are engaged in mission; life-changing and transforming encounters with God occur as we do the work of the Gospel; and when we are attentive and intentional about loving and serving God in every task that we do, then we come to learn that everything that we do in the Name of Christ and for the love of Christ and neighbor, is in fact prayer. Similarly, the way in which we think about mission needs to be re-shaped. How many of us have seen mission as a tool for growing our congregations? How many of us, faced with the pressures and demands of pastoral ministry and parish life, have reduced mission to the administration of the parish and to the development of programs- all worthwhile, all important, and all necessary- but this is not what mission is. The mission of the Church is the mission of God; we are only faithfully engaging in mission inasmuch as we are discerning ways to participate with God in God's ongoing work of reconciling all of creation through Jesus Christ. In order to discern the mission of God in the world, the church must re-imagine what mission looks like. Instead of engaging in church-shaped mission, which is insular and focused on meeting the needs of church members and structures, we are called to become a mission-shaped church- a church driven and empowered to do the work of God in the world, to follow the Holy Spirit into the world to meet Christ in the poor, the weak, the suffering, and the stranger, and to take seriously the dream of Jesus that the Church would not only continue his work, but that we would do greater works than he (John 14:12), as together we work to draw all of creation to unity with God and one another.
Board of Managers, Lay – Ray Munsch; Fred Welsh
Ray Munsch: Education: BS, Economics, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School); MBA, Finance, University of Virginia (Darden School). Military: Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, 3½ years active duty. Professional Experience: Investment Manager, over course of 40 years served as portfolio manager for institutional investment accounts such as those of Fortune 500 companies, state and local government retirement systems, endowments, mutual funds and private accounts. Enjoyed an active managerial role in the companies for which I worked in addition to my investment responsibilities. Employers included a state retirement system, two large regional banks and three private investment management firms. For the 15 years prior to my retirement, I served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Mutual Fund Co-Manager for a private investment manager in suburban Philadelphia with approximately $3.5 billion under management. Firm managed the Berwyn Funds, a small family of no-load mutual funds and sub-advised other mutual funds. Board/Trustee Experience: Community Center, Private School, Yacht Club, Endowment, Charitable Institution, Private For-Profit Company. Personal: I grew up in Richmond, VA where I graduated from St. Christopher's School. Most of my professional career was spent in Philadelphia, where my wife and I lived in Center City for 38 years and raised a family. I have served on Vestries in both Richmond and Philadelphia and have been active in church-related activities, including being Endowment Committee Chair for 20+ years. My wife and I reside in Oxford where we are active members of The Church of the Holy Trinity and she currently serves on the Vestry.
I think we can grow into Bishop San's vision by, in part, taking our cue from the early Christians as recorded in the Book of Acts. We must exhibit compassion, inclusiveness and sharing, not just among ourselves but throughout the broader community and the world. This starts with seeking God's guidance in all things through prayer – personal prayer, group prayer and parish-wide prayer. Then we must trust in God and move forward in faith, casting a wide net and engaging a diverse universe.


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Debbie Gibson promises 'nostalgia and warmth' on tour for holiday album 'Winterlicious'
Alex Biese Asbury Park Press
Count Basie unveils new partnership
The Count Basie Theatre for the Arts in Red Bank has unveiled a new partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health.
Thomas P. Costello and Chris Jordan, Asbury Park Press
Debbie Gibson is feeling festive.
The Brooklyn-born, Long Island-raised pop superstar is ready to bring some holiday cheer to area stages as she hits the road in support of "Winterlicious," her new collection of seasonal music released in October via her Stargirl Records.
"I really want it to be like those awesome holiday specials we used to watch as kids and, for me, (it will be) like going to Disney and seeing those theme park shows," said Gibson. "It's going to be that kind of dose of nostalgia and warmth and festivity."
"Debbie Gibson's Winterlicious: An Evening of Holiday and Hits" plays the Vogel at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank on Wednesday, Nov. 30, followed by engagements Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Paramount in Huntington, N.Y., and Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Event Center at Rivers Casino in Philadelphia.
Gibson promises a stage spectacular with holiday favorites and classics of her own re-worked to fit the spirit of the season, delivered with plenty of yuletide razzle dazzle.
"I want to really give people those song and dance numbers," Gibson said. "I spend a lot my life living in a modern rock 'n' roll mindset, like the way I (typically) perform, but this is a really fun reason to go back to those Broadway roots and that more theatrical sound and presentation."
Her "Winterlicious" opener, a jolly and jazzy romp through "Let it Snow" bolstered by a 36-piece orchestra, nods to Gibson's time on the Great Bright Way in the '90s and early 2000s, when she played the likes of Rizzo in "Grease," Belle in "Beauty and the Beast," Eponine in "Les Miserables" and Sally Bowles in "Cabaret."
Each of her Broadway roles tasked Gibson with putting her own spin on well-worn classics that have been sung by countless other performers — a skill that came in handy while recording an album of holiday music.
"(On 'Let it Snow'), I can tell that I've listened to a lot of Rosemary Clooney. I can tell that I've done Broadway and worked with arrangers that have had a foot in Broadway and jazz and all of those worlds," said Gibson.
In that performance, she explained, "I'm not doing a ton of vocal gymnastics. There's a lot of subtle vocal stylings in that performance that I definitely think are influenced by Broadway, and in a way feel like I'm playing a role. I mean, it feels like a movie musical to me."
"Winterlicious" also boasts several new Gibson originals: the heartfelt anthem "The Gift"; the lovely Hanukkah song "Illuminate"; and the New Year's Eve ode to fresh starts "Cheers!"
Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block teams up with Gibson for the bittersweet duet "Holiday Heartbreak," and she duets with her father, Joe, on "White Christmas."
"I put (the album) on in my car and celebrate," said Gibson. "I go, 'Wow, this is the record I always wished to make for the holidays. So that's a great feeling. … It really reflects all of the elements that I've been inspired by in holiday music over my 52 years on this planet."
Arriving 35 years after her smash 1987 debut album "Out of the Blue," "Winterlicious" is part of a flurry of activity for Gibson. She released "The Body Remembers," her first album of original material in 20 years, in 2021, and earlier this year she co-starred with Anthony Michael Hall in the film "The Class."
"I just do things when the inspiration hits — and it's been really hitting a lot in the last couple of years," Gibson said. "To put out two records in 14 months is pretty ambitious, ... but it's been amazing. Especially my die-hard fans, I think, have waited a long time for this moment, and everybody's really celebrating together."
Go: "Debbie Gibson's Winterlicious: An Evening of Holiday and Hits," doors at 6:30 p.m. and show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, Vogel, Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, $69.50 to $99.50; thebasie.org/events/debbie-gibson.
Also: Doors at 7 p.m. and show at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington, N.Y., $32.50 to $77.75, VIP packages available; paramountny.com/shows/debbie-gibson.
And: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec, 3, Event Center at Rivers Casino, 1001 North Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, $29; riverscasino.com.


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Council joins commemorations marking 100 years since the end of World War One
CAMBRIDGE City Council is joining in with events taking place in the city to mark the centenary of the end of World War One.
The Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Nigel Gawthrope, will be attending the Royal British Legion's Service of Remembrance on Sunday 11 November from 10.30am at the War Memorial on Hills Road. He will lay a wreath there on behalf of the city, and will host a civic reception after the service at the Guildhall.
In preparation for the centenary commemorations the council has carried out restoration work on the war memorial at Hills Road. The memorial, known as 'The Homecoming', has had its lettering re-engraved and has been cleaned for the occasion.
Also on Sunday, the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Gerri Bird, will attend the annual Remembrance Day Sunday Service at the Church of St. Mary the Great along with councillors, honorary members of the council and civic guests. The service begins at 10.55am.
There will also be a Remembrance Day gathering at the council's Histon Road Cemetery. Members of the public are invited to meet in the centre of the cemetery from 10.30am. After a silence at 11am, poppies will be placed at the memorials of soldiers who died in World War One.
The Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Nigel Gawthrope, said: "It will be an honour to represent the city of Cambridge on this significant anniversary.
"While we remember particularly this year the sacrifices of all those who died and served in World War One, especially those from Cambridge, we will also remember all people who have been affected by wars and conflict and continue to be affected today."


"We have observed in our neonatal clinic that the number one "toy" parents are giving their toddlers are smart phones," said Ruth Milanaik, DO, chief investigator of the study and an attending developmental and behavioral physician at the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park. "It was striking to see that parents were substituting books and general baby toys for smart phones. Many parents did not seem to bring any other distraction for their children except the touch screen devices."
Dr. Milanaik noted that the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) policy predated recent technological advances such as smart phones and tablets and discouraged the use of electronic media in children younger than age 2, citing potential adverse development risks and lack of evidence supporting educational benefits. The new 2013 AAP guideline cites positive and prosocial effects of media use but does not address children 0-3. The relationship between using touch-screen devices and cognitive development of this population had yet to be studied, according to Dr. Milanaik.
Of the 65 families surveyed, 63 (97 percent) owned a touch screen device. The average age of the child when starting to use a touch-screen device was about 11 months and average use was about 36 minutes daily. The most common forms of touch screen device usage was watching children's "educational shows" (30 percent), using educational applications (26 percent), pressing buttons on the screen aimlessly (28 percent), and playing non-educational games (14 percent). Sixty percent of parents reported "educational benefits" of their child using a touch screen device. The study showed there was no significant difference in testing scores between children who used touch-screen devices and children without the same exposure to touch-screen devices. However, results indicated that children who play non-educational games (ie. Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, etc.) have a lower verbal score on developmental tests.
"Technology can never replace a parent's interaction with his or her child. Just talking to your child is the best way to encourage learning" Dr. Milanaik said.


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Q: ESP32 grilled with simple MOSFET switch for 12V water pump I've soldered a small PCB around an ESP32 with following components:

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*ESP32 Dev v4

*Water pump with 12-24V and 4.5-6W rating

*Power supply with 12V and 1A rating

*Capacitive sensor with analog output
IRFZ44N : N-MOSFET
The circuit does the following:
Measure soil moisture and turn on the water pump accordingly. When the soil is too dry, the ESP32 pulls the gate of the MOSFET high, which shorts the drain over source, source is connected to GND. The gate is normally pulled to GND with a 1k pull-down resistor.
The circuit was working fine with 5V power supply over PSU USB or laptop USB.
However, when I plugged in the 12V rated PSU, the ESP32 literally burnt to death.
Please check my hand-drawn schematic here:

Soldering was fine (since it worked for 5V as well):

I've previously powered an ESP32 using a 12V PSU since the on-board AMS1117 linear regulator tolerates this voltage.
I've also checked the polarity of the PSU before plugging it in. The linear regulator still seems to work since it outputs 3.3V, however the ESP32 vaporated.
I can not see any major flaws in my design. I just think it is a bad practice to switch GND instead of 12V with the MOSFET but I just did that out of convenience because I had N-MOSFETs lying around here.

A: I crudely overlaid the two photos you showed to get a better picture of the overall wiring.

The transistor appears to be wired correctly. You've got the gate being pulled to ground, driven by a GPIO pin. The drain goes out to your load. The source goes to ground.
The most likely cause of failure is that you mixed up the red wires and connected the red wire at the top of the photo to 12V instead of the one at the bottom.  The one at the top is connected to the 3.3V pin of the board. This bypasses the AMS1117-3.3 regulator, so you'd have fed 12V directly into the MCU. When you fed it with 5V you probably just about got away with overvolting the ESP32, without it catching fire. 12V is far too much, though.
Another potential issue is that your path to ground for the load is through the dev board. If your pump pulls quite a high current this may be excessive for the board's pins. A header pin is only rated for about 4A, so if your pump pulls more than that you're likely to cause overheating problems. You'd be better of directly wiring the source pin to ground on the terminal block.
Additionally, looking at the schematic of the NodeMCU-32S, the USB to TTL converter IC is powered directly from VDDUSB. There is a schottky diode from VDDUSB to VDD5V, so that the board will power on from USB power:

If the schottky diode that was used on your board was not in fact a 1N5819, but instead a diode with a lower reverse breakdown voltage, it is possible that feeding 12V to VDD5V caused VDDUSB to be raised to 12V, frying the TTL chip. This could then have shorted 12V into the U0TX/U0RX pins of the ESP32.


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Parades, music and fireworks delight thousands
Barbara Leader
bleader@thenewsstar.com
Christmas celebrations offered a little something for everyone in northeastern Louisiana on Saturday.
Local residents and visitors from afar came to Monroe, West Monroe and Bawcomville to enjoy the parades, shopping, food, fireworks and Christmas spirit.
"It's our first time, so we're excited," Alexandria resident Joy Shelton said of the Bawcomville Redneck Christmas Parade. "I definitely think it will be different. I don't know quite what to expect."
But, just down the block were those that were seasoned Bawcomville parade-goers and they knew what to look for.
"I'm wanting to see them throwing toilet paper," Harley Hudson, 10, of Eros said.
The Bawcomville Redneck Christmas parade has an entry fee of only $10 that goes to benefit area children in need, and it attracts some very unusual participants.
This year's parade entries included a decorated outhouse, wreckers, a float advertising "moonshine" for sale, jeeps with cowbells, the Easter Bunny, garbage dumpsters full of people and Santa Claus holding a live, squealing piglet.
And the throws were not what you would find in an average Christmas parade. Participants threw everything from toilet paper to turnip greens.
"Ewwwww!" Aleria Corprus, 8, of Eros squealed when a bunch of turnips landed at her feet. "You want them?" she asked a lady next to her.
"This is my first time," Alisha Waldroup said as she stood beside the bed of a pickup filled with kids. "We haven't been to the Redneck Parade before, so we thought it would be fun. It may become a tradition."
Across the Ouachita River, families enjoyed the Children's Christmas Market at the Downtown RiverMarket while they waited on the West Monroe Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade on Saturday afternoon.
At the RiverMarket, children took the opportunity to place their orders with Santa Claus on a specially outfitted motorcycle.
Toys from the movie "Frozen" were among the top requests, along with electronics, bikes, dolls and trampolines.
But Sebastian Martinez, 9, had a request that surprised even Santa. "I asked him for his bike," he said. "He said it wasn't happening." So, Martinez put in his second request ... dinosaurs.
As the children climbed on and off Santa's bike, Santa had a request for them.
"Don't forget my cookies and milk. Santa loves sweets. That's why I look like this," he said as patting his round belly.
The day concluded with a music and fireworks celebration presented by The Downtown Monroe Alliance and Kevin D. Alexander.
Follow Barbara Leader on Twitter @barbaraleader1.


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Justin Bieber will get a YouTube show. Plus, Coca-Cola announces fancy flavors: Friday Wake-Up Call
By Angela Doland. Published on May 03, 2019.
Justin Bieber in New York last year
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here.
What people are talking about today
At YouTube's splashy NewFronts event, Alicia Keys pitched her upcoming talk show to advertisers. Justin Bieber, too, will do a show on YouTube, the place where he was discovered as a teenager, though the platform says the details of next year's show are still secret (Bieber didn't attend the event at Radio City Music Hall, but for those who missed him, a huge image of his face was projected onstage.)
YouTube offered up another announcement sure to please a crowd of advertisers; it will run its original content for free, with ads, Ad Age's Garett Sloane reports.
CEO Susan Wojcicki touched on the company's brand safety problems, promising that she and YouTube are "laser-focused" on fixing them, Sloane writes. But the main point of such events is not to dwell on problems; it's to get advertisers revved up to spend money. Did we mention that Dua Lipa and Daddy Yankee performed?
More from the NewFronts: Target announced a rebrand of its existing media network business. It's called Roundel, "a name derived from Target's iconic—and undeniably round—bullseye logo," Ad Age's Adrianne Pasquarelli writes.
Deplatformed
Facebook says "it's banning a number of controversial far-right figures, including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer, for violating the social-media company's policies on hate speech and promoting violence," Bloomberg News reports. Facebook has often been asked why such figures were able to remain on its platforms. Now it's facing questions about how it will make sure the ban works. Shortly after the announcement, CNBC reported that Jones was "already back on the social network with a livestream."
'A delightfully floral, crisp and tart mix'
In the U.K., Coca-Cola is debuting new cola blends designed to be mixed with booze; some British headline writers referred to them as "posh" versions of Coke. Called Coca-Cola Signature Mixers, they come in sleek glass bottles and in four flavor combinations, with smoky, spicy, herbal or woodsy notes. Here's the product description for the herbal blend:
"A delightfully floral, crisp and tart mix, this Signature Mixer was developed to deliver fresh and herbaceous notes for the discerning palate. Balancing refreshing notes of lemongrass with the earthy tones of dill seed and tagetes, it is an inviting mixer with a refreshing, simple profile that pairs beautifully with amber whiskies and most types of rum."
Herbaceous—now that's a word we never expected to see in a news release from Coke.
Just briefly:
Sports deal: Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has "struck a deal valued at more than $10 billion to acquire 21 regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co.," The Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could be announced today, The Journal says.
Pornhub + Tumblr?: BuzzFeed News reports that Pornhub is quite interested in buying Tumblr (which "banned adult content last December, to the disappointment of many of its users") from owner Verizon.
Ads you can talk to: In the age of Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, we no longer find it weird to talk out loud to robots. Now both Spotify and Pandora are working on voice-enabled ads. Spotify's test debuted yesterday and includes a commercial from Unilever grooming brand AXE, George P. Slefo writes in Ad Age.
Goodbye: Mark Tutssel, the worldwide executive chairman and global chief creative officer at Publicis Groupe's Leo Burnett, is planning to retire at the end of June. As Ad Age's Lindsay Rittenhouse writes, Tutssel led development on WWF's "Earth Hour" efforts, Samsung's VR promotional spot "Ostrich" and John West's "Bear Fight."
Headline of the day: "Jack Dorsey is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley," in The New York Times. Discuss.
Podcast of the day: "A branded GIF has as much place on Giphy as a Nike swoosh on shoes," says Alex Magnin, the head of revenue for Giphy. Listen to his conversation with Ad Age Editor Brian Braiker on the "Ad Lib" podcast.
Stunt of the day: A creative based in Latvia just pulled off a stunt that got the attention of faraway Madison Avenue. Andrey Tyukavkin, an ECD at Publicis Latvia and Lithuania, made "deepfakes" videos of famous ad industry leaders. Tyukavkin's videos include a faux Alex Bogusky, David Droga and Arthur Sadoun praising his creative work. They're not perfect likenesses, as Ad Age's Ann-Christine Diaz writes—the Droga is a bit stout, the Sadoun has too-puffy hair. But they're funny. Check them out here.
Angela Doland


Pediatric or children's foot problems are among some of the most common podiatric problems treated at our friendly, award-winning podiatrist Northwest Indiana office (we've won "Best Podiatrist" by the Post-Tribune and "Best of the Region" by the NWI Times nine times!). Read patient reviews by clicking here.
Our podiatrists are experts in the treatment of pediatric foot problems (children's foot problems) and walking related foot problems. The NWI Times newspaper even published Dr. Nirenberg's recommendations on how to choose the best shoes for your child's feet (click here).
Some parents (and even some pediatric specialists) believe children's foot problems will eventually disappear as the child ages. Essentially, they believe children will outgrow a foot problem, and though this may happen, you should not take a chance with your child. If you suspect a pediatric foot problem (children's foot problem) or walking problem related to your child's feet, have our podiatrist or a competent podiatrist check your child's feet promptly.
To learn more about our podiatrist Dr. Michael Nirenberg and podiatrist Dr. Scott Keith's expertise please click here. To make an appointment to have your child's feet evaluated by our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Pediatric foot problems or children's foot problems are referred to by podiatrists as podopediatrics. Foot problems in your child may appear at birth, shortly thereafter, or once your child is walking.
Walking abnormally (or walking in-toed or out-toed) is often the first sign that something is wrong with your child's foot or their feet. Sometimes the child out-toes or the child in-toes or a child may limp or walk on their toes (the heel down come down to the ground). A child that walks incorrectly or has an abnormal walk may alert you that there could be a foot problem.
Adolescents and teenage children may develop foot or ankle problems and these should not be ignored. It is important to watch for any foot deformities or limping in your adolescent or teenage child, and see our podiatrists or an expert in pediatric podiatry if you notice any foot issues.
To read about our podiatrists backgrounds and experience click here. To make an appointment to have your child's feet evaluated by our award-winning podiatrist Northwest Indiana office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Heel pain in a child is a common children's foot problem we see in our podiatry office. One of the first signs of this children's foot problem that you may notice is your child limping or not wanting to walk on his or her foot. Pediatric heel pain is differs from adult heel pain in that the child's foot is still growing, and as a result, more flexible.
Your child's heel pain may be due to an abnormality of the heel bone's growth area. In these cases, the growth area of the heel bone becomes inflamed, and pain worsens when your child tries to walk or participate in sports. Other heel pain causes include a fracture, bone tumor, bursitis or infection.
If you notice your child limping or complaining of heel or arch pain, you should have the child's evaluated by one of our podiatrists as soon as possible.
To make an appointment to have your child's feet evaluated by our award-winning podiatrist Northwest Indiana office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Another common children's foot problem we see is In-toeing is often referred to as walking pigeon-toed. Instead of the foot pointed straight-ahead, the foot turns inward. Sometimes in-toeing occurs with only one foot, or it may affect both feet. The child may limp, stumble or even trip and fall when running or walking. In-toeing may be due to a structural issue with the foot itself or related to the leg or hips.
Both in-toeing and out-toeing are considered structural problems and when these problems are caught early they are easy to correct. Most parents are able to spot in-toeing or out-toeing in their child, usually shortly after the child begin to walk. If you suspect in-toeing or out-toeing, you should bring your child in for an evaluation with one of our podiatrists.
To make an appointment to have your child's feet evaluated by our award-winning Northwest Indiana podiatrist office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Another children's foot problem our podiatrists see is toddlers or even older children walking more on their toes or the front of the their foot, rather than putting their heel down on the ground. The child who toe-walks may appear to "bounce" as they walk.
This problem may be due to bone abnormality in the child's foot or a neurologic issue, though more often is due to the tendon at the back of the leg, called the Achilles tendon, being too short.
Most of the time, a tight Achilles tendon can be treated conservatively, though in severe cases our podiatrists may do a small procedure to help lengthen the tendon.
To make an appointment to have your child's feet evaluated by our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
The list of children's foot problems we see in our office includes a child with a painful bunion. Some people mistakenly believe bunions is an "old person's" problem. The truth is many children develop bunions. Often a child develops a bunion secondary to another, more significant, deformity of the foot.
Most of the time, bunions in children can be treated without any type of surgery. It is important for parents to bring in their child as soon as they see a bunion beginning to form. In some cases, surgery may be necessary and our podiatrists may do a small out-patient surgery to correct the child's bunion (to learn more about our approach to bunion surgery click here).
To make an appointment to have your child's feet evaluated by our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now. If your child needs a podiatrist in Northwest Indiana or a podiatrist in Valparaiso, podiatrist in Highland, or a podiatrist in Dyer, or a podiatrist in La Porte, or in Hammond, podiatrist in Schererville or in Michigan City, Schererville, Valparaiso, podiatrist in Gary, podiatrist in Dyer, Highland, podiatrist in Griffith, Lowell, Hobart, Hammond, Munster or Chesterton, call our podiatry office today at (219)663-2273.
Flatfeet is called pes planus is another children's foot problem we treat in our Northwest Indiana office. Flat feet or low arches is a common foot problem. In basic terms, a flatfoot is a foot that has a very low arch or no height to the arch. A child with a flatfoot may or may not have pain.
Fortunately, treating flatfeet is easy. Often we make a simple arch support that molds to your child's foot, called an orthotic. Orthotics are custom-made to your child's foot and slip in your child's shoes. Generally, the younger your child is when he or she begins wearing orthotics the better.
Our podiatrist office also offers the HyProCure flatfoot correction surgery procedure (Atlas). To learn more about the HyProCure read more below. The HyProCure surgery can be done for children or adults.
Dr. Nirenberg also can perform flatfoot surgery to improve the arch when necessary. Among the flatfoot surgery procedures that he uses is the revolutionary HyProCure surgery for flatfoot. HyProCure flatfoot surgery is a quick outpatient surgery for certain flatfeet that restores an arch. HyProCure is not right for everyone, however, when utilized by our Northwest Indiana podiatrist office on our patients that need the HyProCure the results are typically impressive.
HyProCure allows misaligned, flat feet (or excessively pronated or hyperpronated) feet to become more correctly aligned. The HyProCure procedure nudges the bones in the rear part of the foot to become more correctly positioned. The result of HyProCure is a more stable foot that is less prone to pain and problems.
The HyProCure procedure reduces strain on the tendons and ligaments in the foot, particularly reducing plantar fascia strain and tension on the posterior tibial tendon. The HyProCure was invented by Dr. Michael Graham, a podiatrist who is now retired from podiatry practice. Dr. Nirenberg did training for the HyProCure procedure with Dr. Graham at the GraMedica world headquarters.
HyProCure is also indicated for some adults with a flatfoot or excessive pronation. Adults with flatfeet or a flatfoot that may need the HyProCure procedure to be done but would require our doctor to evaluate their foot to ensure that the HyProCure could benefit their foot deformity. To learn more about HyProCure visit the GraMedica's website by clicking here.
The HyProCure procedure is performed for flatfeet, however, typically one foot is done at a time. The procedure is done on an outpatient basis with patients going home the some day. Not everyone with a flatfoot is a candidate for the HyProCure surgery, so the doctor will evaluate your foot and medical history to determine if the HyProCure surgery is right for you or your child.
To make an appointment to have your child's feet (or yours!) evaluated by our award-winning Northwest Indiana podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Ingrown toenails and toenail problems are common in people of all ages and children are no exception. An ingrown toenail can be painful and cause your child (or you!) to limp or avoid wearing their shoes. Our podiatrists provide treatment of painful ingrown toenails just about every day. In fact, a painful ingrown toenail is one of the most common foot problems our podiatrists treat.
To make an appointment to have your child's foot problems examined by our foot doctors, call our Northwest Indiana podiatrist office today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
The list of children's foot problems would not be complete without mentioning plantar warts. Plantar wars of the feet (or the foot) show up on the bottom of a child (or adult's) foot, though warts can occur anywhere on the foot or even the toes. Warts are often on the toes or the sides of the foot. Dr. Nirenberg has even had children where warts were under toe nails.
Warts are due to a virus and they tend to affect children's feet more than adults. Plantar warts are easy to catch and they can spread rapidly—they are highly contagious. Worse, plantar warts can be irritating or even painful. Some children or young adults have pain from the plantar wart when walking or standing.
Parents who notice a plantar wart on their child's foot should see our podiatrists immediately, before the wart spreads. Most of the treatments for plantar warts are easy and painless. In more advanced or resistant cases, our podiatrists may use a laser to destroy the wart or other methods, such as laser destruction of the warts. Laser treatment of warts is typically reserved for the more advanced cases of plantar warts or when their are many plantar warts on the foot or feet.
Our podiatrist Northwest Indiana award-winning podiatry experts provide children's foot treatment to children who are having foot problems or walking problems throughout Northwest Indiana. If you need a podiatrist in Northwest Indiana or a podiatrist in Valparaiso, podiatrist in Highland, podiatrist in La Porte, or in Hammond, podiatrist in Schererville or in Michigan City, Schererville, Valparaiso, Dyer, Portage, podiatrist in Gary, podiatrist in Dyer, Highland, podiatrist in Griffith, Lowell, Wheatfield, DeMotte, Rensselaer, Kouts, Lafayette, Hobart, Hammond, Munster or Chesterton, call us today at (219)663-2273.
If you do not have insurance or you are under-insured, or you have a high deductible and wish to pay cash, we will work with you! We understand that not everyone has insurance and we offer an affordable, reduced fee, low-cost cash price (and payment plans) for your child's foot problem. Whether your child needs custom-made orthotics, ingrown toe nail surgery, wart surgery or other pediatric foot problem, we will work with you to get your child well at an affordable cash price (and affordable, low-cost payment plan)..
Our cash fees for patients who lack adequate insurance coverage for podiatrist treatment is generally very reasonable, as are our payment plans — and we will work to get your child in quickly. If you need a low-cost, affordable cash price for custom foot orthotics, foot surgery, an ingrown toenail surgery, wart surgery or other foot or ankle problem, please call our insurance or billing department today at (219)663-2273.
Our award winning podiatry practice treats foot and ankle problems for children (and adults) throughout Northwest Indiana, including Merrillville, Winfield, Schererville, Valparaiso, Dyer, Portage, Gary, Dyer, Highland, St. John, Griffith, Lowell, Wheatfield, DeMotte, Rensselaer, Cedar Lake, Hobart, Lafayette, Kouts, Hammond, Munster and Chesterton. If you have any questions about your child's feet or ankles please make an appointment to see one of our physicians or send us an email at info@friendlyfootcare.com.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Nirenberg or another podiatrist at Friendly Foot Care, please call (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.


Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been looking at Bulk Powders Cutting Edge (fat burners). I have one email saying they are tested for banned substances and another saying they are not!! I have crossed checked every ingredient against WADA and cannot see anything but does anyone 1) use them and what are your thoughts and 2) is there anything here that you know is banned in the NPA or UKDFBA.
Glucomannan, Green Coffee Extract, L-Phenylalanine, Caffeine, Cinnamon Extract, Peppermint Leaf Powder, Choline Bitartrate, BioPerine®, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, Chromium Picolinate, Selenium Methionine, HPMC Capsule.
They are fine for tested athletes.
I'm sure Si from the company will be along soon to put your mind at rest.
I'm Product Director at Bulk Powders.
Apologies for the confusion. The Pro Series range are all Informed Sport accredited, aside from Cutting Edge and Informed Mass. Both of those will be added to the programme this year.
There are no ingredients in Cutting Edge that are on the WADA list - we have many Informed Sport accredited products (and randomly test others), so we're fully up to speed on the changes WADA make on a yearly basis.
Not a bad thing being paranoid. You'd be fine with some associations if you made a mistake but not all. The NPA are lifetime natural so if you've ever used anything banned out of competition, that option would be gone.
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Archive for Mon, Feb 25, 2019
H4: 02/25/19: Kurt and Duane Post-Game: Guest-hosting 101, AOC Audio
Kurt and Duane recap the show.
H3: 02/25/19: Kurt Schlichter: Amb. David Cornstein, AOC Audio, Robby Starbuck, Presidential Tweets
Col. Kurt Schlichter, U.S. Army (ret.), trial lawyer, senior columnist at Townhall, and author of, "Wildfire," fills in for Hugh, while he's in Asia. This hour, Kurt talks with David B. Cornstein, United States Ambassador to Hungary, and Robby Starbuck, music video director and producer.
H2: 02/25/19: Kurt Schlichter: Jim Hanson, Philip Rucker, Presidential Tweets
Col. Kurt Schlichter, U.S. Army (ret.), trial lawyer, senior columnist at Townhall, and author of, "Wildfire," fills in for Hugh, while he's in Asia. This hour, Kurt talks with Jim Hanson, US Army Special Forces (ret.), President of Security Studies Group and served in US Army Special Forces, and Philip Rucker, White House bureau chief at "The Washington Post."
H1: 02/25/19: Kurt Schlichter: Mike Allen, Salena Zito
Col. Kurt Schlichter, U.S. Army (ret.), trial lawyer, senior columnist at Townhall, and author of, "Wildfire," fills in for Hugh, while he's in Asia. This hour, Kurt covers the news of the morning and talks with Mike Allen, Axios.com co-founder, and Salena Zito, CNN contributor, New York Post columnist, and co-author of, "The Great Revolt."


The gruelling final few months of the presidential election campaign are notorious in political circles. Candidates get by on as little as four hours sleep most days due to huge demands on their attention and judgement as the campaign reaches its zenith. With the current election teetering on a knife edge, presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will have to pack as much into their schedules as possible whilst they power toward the finish line.
But what kind of effect does chronic sleep deprivation have and what sort of mental challenges must the candidates endure?
It has been shown that even mild sleep deprivation can 'fog' the mind. One study, carried out by an Australian research group, found that mild sleep deprivation caused similar deficits to those seen following alcohol consumption. Specifically, performance on a computer-based movement task was impaired equally by both 22 hours without sleep and having a blood-alcohol content of 0.08% (above the legal driving limit).
Both movement-related tasks, such as this, and non-movement-related tasks are well-documented to be affected by sleep deprivation. In fact, most executive functioning tasks are inhibited! MRI scans have shown that activity in an area of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex declines when subjects are sleep-deprived. This part of the brain integrates all sorts of processes including perception, movement and verbal reasoning. As a result, any task that requires a lot of attention becomes difficult or, in some cases, almost impossible. Any form of novelty, including being placed in an unusual situation or answering unexpected questions becomes difficult.
Obama's campaign trail Oct 24-25. Obama travelled over 6,000 miles in just two days. His schedule included several TV interviews and rallies. Similarly, in October alone Mitt Romney engaged in 61 campaign events across America.
Sleep deprivation is also known to negatively affect a person's ability to memorise new information, a problem which can have a serious knock-on effect on their ability to plan and make decisions. The part of the brain which deals with memory is known as the hippocampus. Scientists believe that, when learning something new, sleep allows connections in this brain region to be modified and strengthened which consolidates memories into more permanent forms. Thus it's not surprising that not getting enough sleep can lead to memory problems. Indeed, even when awake, neurons in this part of the brain in sleep-deprived individuals don't fire as frequently or function as they should.
Another major problem anyone who has experienced sleep deprivation will recognise is the affect it can have on our emotions. Of course, it is common for people to become short-tempered and irritable when tired. However, research has shown that lack of sleep can also lead to more serious emotional changes including a reduction in an individual's ability to solve problems using moral reasoning. Rather than making decisions based upon internal moral values, sleep-deprived people can shift to more external, rule-based decision making (more akin to the 'black and white' reasoning used by many children). Emotional memory also seems to be impaired, making it more difficult for a person to empathise with others.
People also become hungrier when they aren't sleeping. This is not thought to be caused by extra energy expenditure (basal metabolic rate when asleep is 90% of that when awake) but instead, is believed to be due to an adverse increase in ghrelin (a hormone that causes hunger) and concurrent decrease in leptin (a hormone which prevents hunger).
All of these impairments combine to induce a haze that puts incredible stress on the individual. That two older men (Obama and Romney are 51 and 65 respectively) can debate, write speeches, plan meetings, strategise and campaign whilst mentally and physically strained is testament to their indefatigability. However, with recent polls showing less than 1% between the two rivals, even the smallest misjudgement or gaff could mean the difference between despair or delight.
Given the campaign suspension from both candidates during hurricane Sandy, it's possible that each enjoyed a precious full night's sleep during this critical period. Now that the race has returned to its usual punishing final sprint, it may be that whoever can best deal with the sleepless nights will be at a crucial and possibly decisive advantage.
In the last few years a small piece of science-fiction has become science-fact. In a recent study a woman, paralysed from the neck down, was able to move a robotic arm using only the power of her mind. Through this robotic appendage she was able to do something she hadn't done for many years: pick up a cup of coffee and drink from it out without help.
This life changing feat was achieved through the surgical implantation of a computer chip within her motor cortex (the area of your brain which activates when you initiate a movement). The chip detected activity within this region of the brain, forming what is known as a 'neural interface'. This chip was then connected to a computer which controlled the robotic arm. After some practice, the participant's brain adapted to the neural interface allowing her to control the arm. What makes this amazing is that despite being paralysed for 15 years, only 20 minutes of adaptation was needed to manipulate the arm adequately.
Coffee served by a robotic arm: almost as expensive as Starbucks (Original work by: Hochberg et al., 2012).
This research is the latest in a long line of studies showing how machines or devices linked directly to the brain (so called "neuroprostheses") can be controlled by thoughts alone. First pioneered in rodents and monkeys, this technology is now showing promise for improving the lives of many handicapped people. Potentially, anyone suffering from paralysis in the future will be able to regain a degree of independence and control over their surroundings.
These interfaces also have scope beyond treatment of paralysis, they have in fact been applied to the treatment of many different disorders. A few examples include: Locked-in syndrome, a state where a person is completely unable to move or signify that they are conscious. These patients are unable to speak or in some cases even blink. Trapped in a prison of their own body, patients have gone years before anyone has known that they are conscious. Thankfully, neural interfaces have been developed that allow direct control of a cursor on a computer screen and control of text selection systems for communication. For these people, neural interfaces will provide an outlet through which they can communicate with and interact with the outside world. Similarly, a neural interface in the visual cortex connected to a camera has enabled blind subjects to regain some of their sight. Although sight is only restored to a level that allows them to perceive the outline of shapes and to read, this is still an amazing breakthrough.
Right: Stephen Hawking uses a text selection system using input from moving his cheek to communicate. However for someone with locked-in syndrome even this would not be possible. Left: Jens Neumann, who regained his vision with a neural implant.
Taking the research further, the 'Holy Grail' would involve a neural interface coupled with muscle stimulation (a therapy already in use). This would give the patient direct control over their own limbs; providing what could be described as a substitute nervous system which could bypass the injury causing the initial paralysis. Although such complex limb control is still just an ambitious long term goal, more basic control is already within reach and is currently being implemented.
However, whilst the control and range of motion of these hands is already sophisticated, a direct neural implant would provide numerous advantages in the complexity of movement as well as the ability to perceive touch, temperature and position. Were all of these incorporated into a neural interface, a prosthetic limb would feel more like a new arm or leg rather than simply a mechanical appendage.
Of course in fiction, people with neuroprosthetic implants are often depicted as psychotic transhuman abominations bent upon the destruction or corruption of normal society. But, given the brain's incredible ability to adapt, what sort of non-therapeutic implants should we realistically consider? What if instead of recovering some form of lost function, neural interfaces were instead used by healthy people to gain some new function? For example, what about a new sense? Birds can navigate thousands of miles across featureless ocean by intrinsically perceiving the earth's magnetic field. If there was a compass in your head that was always on and as easy to interpret as your sense of hearing, you might never get lost again. What if a neuroprosthetic implant allowed you to perceive sounds beyond the normal range of human hearing, like a supercharged hearing aid? Or perceive light beyond the normal range of human vision in conjunction with eye augmentation? You then quite literally would have x-ray vision.
Precisely how neural implants will develop in the next few decades is difficult to predict. Significant technical challenges exist in the long term function of these devices and their ability to resist problems such as tissue deterioration, movement and the body's own immune response. Despite these issues, they undoubtedly will play a huge role in the lives of people with debilitating injuries, but how much of a role will they play in the lives of the rest of us? We will simply have to wait and see.
Have you ever left your house in the morning and wondered whether you locked the door or remembered to close the window? Have you ever arrived at your destination and realised you had no recollection of the journey? Have you ever completed any mundane task, whilst thinking about, well… nothing? If you have, it's not the case that your memory is leaving you or that something is wrong with the inside of your head. In fact, things are probably working better than you think.
Every one of us is perpetually bombarded with an assortment of stimuli. You are constantly seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. There are also the less recognised senses such as balance, proprioception (your sense of your "body position") and changes in temperature. Whilst you are not consciously aware of most of these sensations, under the bonnet your brain works through this huge array of information and sorts the important stuff from the chaff. Even when you are asleep, you might awaken only to critical sounds such as a baby crying in the next room but not, say, a car driving past the window.
But your brain doesn't just subconsciously extract the interesting stuff. It takes this information and combines it with your internal body state (Hungry? Tired? Bored?) and uses this to decide how you should act. This processing allows you to interact with your environment, seamlessly performing the most complex or the most humble of tasks.
An example: you are sitting in a chair in a room and the window is open. There is a cold draft so you get up to close the window. You probably don't think about how to rise out of the chair. When you walk over to the window, you aren't aware of the hundreds of muscles working in concert to move you. You aren't considering the position of your legs, how balanced you are or the sense of touch on the soles of your feet. But your brain takes these sensations and executes movements. It all happens automatically without any need for you to be consciously aware of the process.
Below is a different example. This man is playing music on his guitar. He has to make a series of movements that are precise in both time and space. He does this in response to the sound of the notes and feeling and seeing the position of his hands. As he progresses, the subsequent sensations trigger the movements for the next section of the piece. It's not entirely automatic but he wouldn't be able to play this piece without having practiced and learned it first.
So why is such concentration required for playing a guitar but not for walking? From your brain's perspective, any movement that you repeat can be considered "practice". The more you do something, the better you become and the less you actively think about it. Therefore, it's simply the case that you spend a rather huge amount of time "practicing" walking but not playing a guitar. Even the greatest Rock God doesn't spend as much time swinging his axe as he does putting one foot in front of the other. If you picked up a completely new instrument, how much time do you think you would need to learn how to play it? A month? Two months? And how long was it before you learned to walk properly?
Regular guitar playing is also known to result in questionable fashion choices.
Practicing, learning and then reciting these movements is part of your procedural memory. Unlike other forms of memory which are governed by the hippocampus, procedural memory is controlled mainly by the basal ganglia, with a bit of tweaking by the cerebellum. In a previous post, Sarah wrote of HM, an individual who suffered damage to his hippocampi resulting in permanent amnesia. Despite this, he could still be taught mirror writing when encouraged by the scientists working with him. When prompted, he was able to write in reverse with no effort, despite insisting he had no knowledge of ever having done it before!
Players such as Dan Carter are notorious for quick, incisive actions that are beyond that of many of their contemporaries.
Learning a new skill requires a large amount of effort and attention. However, through repetition, the effort and attention required to perform the task can be reduced. For some the practice of complex motor skills consumes their entire lives. In particular, sportsmen and women have huge demands placed upon them during matches, both physical and mental. Whilst the activity of the basal ganglia and procedural memory is certainly not the brain's only toil, players that are quick thinking and can dictate play are thought to have greater automation of their movement skills, thus freeing up their conscious mind to analyse the game around them.
Even for everyday souls like us this system is utterly indispensable. Below is a man with Parkinson's disease, which primarily damages the basal ganglia. He is still able to move his limbs, but coordinating himself is a huge challenge. In the second part of the video he is given a common treatment, L-DOPA, which provides temporary respite. However, eventually even this will not restore normality.
Illnesses such as Parkinson's highlight why the basal ganglia, like so many parts of the brain, are fundamental to our everyday lives. Helping to treat such disorders is the primary reason for scientific research in this area. However, if it also helps us to understand why sometimes we don't pay attention when we pack our bags in the morning or lock our front doors, then I think that can be quite interesting too.


Weeping openly, Spicer described in detail his upbringing in Rhode Island by parents who were just doing their best. The press secretary then reflected on his misguided optimism as a student of government at Connecticut University, followed by his downward spiral into partisan politics. This eventually lead to his current position force-feeding the ideas of the most unpopular man in America to the public.


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Basis ist die offizielle Denkmalliste der Stadt Bonn (Stand: 15. Januar 2021), die von der Unteren Denkmalbehörde geführt wird. Grundlage für die Aufnahme in die Denkmalliste ist das Denkmalschutzgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalens.

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