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Part of Reconstruction
Opelousas, Louisiana
Parties to the civil conflict
Knights of the White Camellia and other local Whites
Republicans, both African-American and White
30-50 killed[1]
200-300 killed[1]
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The Opelousas massacre occurred on September 28, 1868 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. Beginning with the execution of 27 black prisoners, whites conducted widespread attacks of African Americans in the vicinity, and are believed to have killed up to 200-300. At the time, whites referred to events as the Opelousas Riot, as if caused by an outbreak of violence by blacks, and a minority of historians continue to refer to it by this name.
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Prior to the elections in the fall of 1868, some African Americans from Opelousas attempted to join a Democratic Party political group organized in the neighboring, larger town of Washington. Whites rejected them, and Democrats in Opelousas, mainly members of the Seymour Knights,[2] the local unit of the white supremacist organization Knights of the White Camellia, visited Washington to violently drive the blacks out of the party.
In response, Emerson Bentley, an 18-year-old Ohio-born white school teacher and editor of The Landry Progress, a Republican newspaper in Opelousas [3], wrote an article that described the attack by the Seymour Knights against the black Democrats. He suggested that such events should persuade blacks to remain loyal to the Republican Party. Bentley was known as an advocate of education for the children of freedmen and of Creole people of color (who had been free before the war). He also helped adult men of color of both groups to register to vote. Shortly after the article appeared, Bentley was assaulted at his class by three white men and severely beaten. Afterward, Bentley quickly fled town and ran for his life to reach the North.
Due to Bentley's sudden disappearance, reports circulated that the teacher had been killed because of his article. Several local armed African Americans banded together to retaliate and marched toward the county seat of Opelousas. Some left the march when they learned that Bentley had not been murdered. The armed blacks were met by armed whites determined to defend their town, many of whom had been rallied by The Knights of the White Camellia. Due to local laws restricting gun ownership by blacks, the white Democrats had the overwhelming advantage in weapons, as well as in numbers. Shooting broke out on both sides, and the whites captured twenty-nine black prisoners. On September 29, all of the captured prisoners were taken from the prison and executed, with the exception of two men. The dead included twelve Black Republican leaders.
After that, whites continued attacks on blacks in St. Landry Parish for weeks, killing them on the street or country roads. Historians have disputed the total death toll of the massacre, and accounts at the time were a subject of controversy. Three white Republicans and two Democrats were killed in the initial assault in Opelousas. Republicans said that around 200-300 blacks were killed in total by white insurgents, but the Democrats said this claim was fraudulent and approximately 25-30 African Americans were killed in addition to those prisoners murdered in September. It was also reported that 30-50 whites were killed. Many historians of the early 21st century have concluded that the Republicans' estimate was more accurate, given the death toll in similar events.
The Freedmen's Bureau ordered Lieutenant Lee to investigate events at Opelousas. In a report dated October 8, 1868, Lee described the cause of the "riot" and the death count, saying that five blacks had been killed. He said that he expected the death toll to increase because blacks were unwilling to surrender their arms to whites. He concluded saying that he believed that peace had been restored overall and "no further trouble is apprehended."[citation needed]
Atmosphere of the time[edit]
The postwar period was one of widespread violence in the South [4], as whites struggled to assert their dominance over the freedmen and to regain their political power. A majority of the newly freed African Americans strongly supported the Republican Party, which had achieved their emancipation; this angered southern Democrats, who did not want to give up any political power, especially to the party that had defeated them at war. The war was considered to continue by insurgents, who worked for white supremacy and killed hundreds if not thousands of blacks and their sympathizers before the end of Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rapidly developed chapters across the South, but such groups as the Knights of the White Camellia, the Red Shirts, and white rifle clubs were also active. Such whites sought to suppress African Americans and those who supported them through various scare tactics, physical violence, and murder.
^ a b Christensen, Matthew (1 May 2012). The 1868 St. Landry Massacre: Reconstruction's Deadliest Episode of Violence. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. pp. 61–62. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
^ "New Orleans Republican. (New Orleans, La), 1867-1878, October 05, 1868, Evening, Image 1". 1868-10-05. ISSN 2377-8237. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
^ Boissoneault, Lorraine (September 28, 2018). "The Deadliest Massacre in Reconstruction-Era Louisiana Happened 150 Years Ago". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
^ Elmaleh, Douglas; Egerton, Lisa (2018). "Terrorized African-Americans Found Their Champion in Civil War Hero Robert Smalls". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
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A New York State of Mind
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Imagine, three weeks at sea, cramped like cattle in a steerage compartment, or freezing on the deck of a steamer from Southern Europe. Then through the fog, you see the statue of Lady Liberty and the skyline of New York. It must have been breath-taking for the 12 million immigrants who started a new life in America, after being processed at Ellis Island.
I'm English born, with an Australian passport who lives in Singapore, with a Brazilian wife, so I'm used to looking a people and culture through a fluid lens. I have visited the U.S.A before, but last week, was my first time in New York, and I was blown away.
I did not endure 3-weeks at sea, just a 24-hour flight that was first delayed and then cancelled. Using my Self-leadership, I was able to get another flight for my wife and I, only to have the airline 'misplace' our bags, resulting in arriving to -4C temperature with only our traveling clothes. Definitely a first-world problem!
Our first stop, after some emergency shopping for warm clothes, was the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty is iconic, but what impressed me was the Ellis Island Museum. Earlier this year, I was giving a speech in South Africa and visited Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela and his ANC brothers were incarcerated for 27 years. The feeling of being pulled back in time to experience the suffering was just the same. But at Ellis Island, standing in the huge hall where immigrants queued for hours, I could feel the anticipation. Anticipation of a new and better life.
I learned that the Ellis Island immigration officers, actually worked for the Ministry of Labor, and that they were actively wanting people to come to America, to build the country. In fact, 98% were accepted, many of whom entered New York – a multi-cultural melting pot.
"I'm walking here!"
New Yorkers are power walkers, which make sense because it takes about the same time to walk as to drive. Following my moving Ellis Island tour, my wife and I walked from Battery Park to Times Square, which is quite a hike! We were grateful for our warm coats as we braved the cold November wind and the constantly moving throng of people.
New York is a haven for people-watching, as well as people-listening. There are beautiful people, plain people, exotic people and outright strange people; and many of them are talking. So many people talking out loud, on the street or on the Subway, and I asked myself, "are they crazy, or are they talking on their phone?", or in some cases, "are they crazy AND talking on their phone?"
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The noise of New York is not limited to people talking, there is a constant cacophony of sirens from fire engines and ambulances. When we returned from our walk, the McDonald's restaurant, opposite our hotel, was on fire. We were alerted, as we approached, by the blaze of blue and red lights and the discordance of sirens from multiple emergency vehicles. Whilst providing some entertainment for us, as tourists, the native New Yorkers walked by, business as usual.
Who is a New Yorker?
As I eavesdropped on conversation on the street or in restaurant, I heard spoken French, German, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Thai and heavily accented English. As I queued for an early morning pastry and coffee, I realized that the 'French Patisserie', was in-fact, a Korean franchise. As I opened a US bank account with Canadian Bank, I noticed that I was using an Australian Passport, and the bank manager was from Bangladesh. This all must seem like heresy to White Supremacists, but I found the multiculturalism to be invigorating, not to mention, delivering a tasty breakfast.
Is this all part of a New York State of Mind? A heritage of Ellis Island? A tolerance for the multiple perspectives of humanity? A drive to be successful in the Big Apple?
A trip to New York would not be complete without a visit to a Broadway Show. We watched the Book of Mormon, a fantastic award-winning show, that takes an irreverent look at religion and how it's spread.
Now it would be naïve of me to suggest that all inhabitants of New York's five boroughs are tolerant and inclusive, but that certainly seemed the norm in Manhattan.
It's all about business
The purpose of my visit was not just sight-seeing, I had come to be interviewed for C-Suite TV on my latest Self-leadership book, and take some meetings about future speaking engagements in the U.S.A.
The words of a stand-up comic we saw in a club off Times Square, stuck with me,
"If you can make it New York, you can make it anywhere."
I don't know if this is true, but New York is certainly an industrious city. From the Money Makers of Wall Street to the Ticket Sellers in Times Square, everybody seems to be hustling. I even noticed a homeless guy on 8th Avenue charging his iPhone!
After another 24-hour flight, via Dubai, we are back in Singapore. I don't miss the cold weather, but I think I've been infected with a New York State of Mind.
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Q: Swift: Setting UI elements by preparing for segues inside if statements within a method Good evening. I'm creating my first own app (without following tutorials) that has clickable stuff in AR. I use touchesEnded to get the position of the touch and then I direct a segue if the touch is on an object. But depending on what is touched I want to set the target view controllers' labels, image views etc differently.
Question: Where do I call the prepare for segue method in order to do that or is there a simpler way? When I run the example code (below) I get a crash as a result of an error upon entering the segue saying that testLabel is nil (if I remove the prepare segue bit the segue works fine)
Explanations: 1. 'CaseViewController' is the name of the target view controller and the identifier of my segue 2. In CaseViewController I have connected a UILabel by ctrl + dragging it to the class and it is connected.
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {

    let destinationVC = segue.destination as! CaseViewController
    destinationVC.testLabel.text = "setting of label test"
}

override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {

    guard let touchLocation = touches.first?.location(in: sceneView),
        let hitNode = sceneView?.hitTest(touchLocation, options: nil).first?.node,
        let nodeName = hitNode.name
        else { return }

    if nodeName == imageNameArray[0] {

        performSegue(withIdentifier: "CaseViewController", sender: self)
        //Example: I would ideally want a prepare for segue method here to set the label for this statement only
    } else {
        print("Found no node connected to \(nodeName)")
        return
    }

    if nodeName == imageNameArray[1] {

        performSegue(withIdentifier: "CaseViewController", sender: self)
        //And another label setting for this statement etc.
    } else {
        print("Found no node connected to \(nodeName)")
        return
    }
    print(nodeName)

}

Thanks for reading my question.
Kind regards.

A: The label is nil till teh VC loads
destinationVC.testLabel.text = "setting of label test"

so convert it to
destinationVC.lblText = "setting of label test"

//
class CaseViewController:UIViewController {
  var lblText = ""
}

then assign the value to the text inside viewDidLoad , although touch method is called continuously
Edit:
Use sender to send any value of any type from any if statement
performSegue(withIdentifier: "CaseViewController", sender:"lbl")

then in prepare cast it to it's type
destinationVC.lblText = sender as! String //

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Araba: Adina Set To Release Her Debut Studio Album
Eugene Ossei, Editor-in-chief
After a long while, Adina is yet to release her brand new Album titled (ARABA). Adina as we all know is one of the most renowned artists in Ghana and we all know of how her hardwork in this music industry has brought her. Just before I break the news to you Adina after releasing her recent hit which she featured Stonebwoy on it titled (Take Care of You) hid for a little while to prepare something for her fans.
As the morning runs towards sunset each day the days also draws nearer to to the surprise Adina has for us which is her new Album titled "ARABA" which is a Ghanaian native name. This album is rooted in Afrocentric elements and very continental. It contains 10tracks and is said to release her first single in 8th of August 2020 followed by the whole Album in October 2020. ARABA, just as how the Album is titled was inspired by silver of stories of her personal life. The name ARABA is an affirmation and announcement of how proud she is of how her home life metamorphosed her into who she is now. The album depicts how close she is to her home life where she and her mother are from wich is Ajumako Kroman in the Central Region of Ghana. The album has a maximum of four collaborations on it. Be in anticipation because this album is a banger.
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'Murder on the Orient Express' Glorifies Revenge, Not Justice
On January 1, 2018 By Alec Dent
Written for Acculturated
At the moment, I am extremely annoyed with Agatha Christie. I am a lifelong fan of the mystery genre, an appreciation that began with watching Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?every day after kindergarten. From there I read through the Encyclopedia Brown stories and the Nancy Drew novels, and even decided to tackle the entirety of the Sherlock Holmes canon in only sixth grade.
I've taken in the adventures of Father Brown, C. Auguste Dupin, and Shawn Spencer, yet somehow the closest I've ever come to engaging with an Agatha Christie mystery is through Murder by Death, the delightfully hilarious Clue-esque parody of half a dozen different fictional detectives, including Christie's Miss Marple, Jessica Marbles in the film, and possibly her most famous creation, Hercule Poirot, parodied as Milo Perrier. So it was with some excitement that I entered the theater to see Murder on the Orient Express this weekend. I left deeply disappointed.
I should say, the movie itself isn't terrible. The cast is stellar and the set-pieces are luxurious. My biggest problem came not from a decision made by the director or cast, but from an element of the story original to Christie herself: Poirot solves the crime, but he allows the criminals responsible get away with it.
To (briefly) summarize, the movie follows Poirot as he tries to solve the murder of Samuel Ratchett, an art and antiquities dealer with connections to the criminal underworld. Poirot is able to narrow his search down to his fellow passengers in the carriage as they were locked out from the rest of the train the night of the murder.
Poirot struggles with the case until he finds a note left at the crime scene that leads him to realize Ratchett is actually John Cassetti, a criminal who was accused of ransoming and ultimately killing the young daughter of a famed aviator, Captain Armstrong, only a few years earlier. The shock of the news of her daughter's death sent Armstrong's pregnant wife into premature labor, killing her and the child, and Armstrong committed suicide shortly thereafter. Through the course of the film it is revealed that every passenger had some connection to the Armstrong family and that they'd all conspired to kill Ratchett/Cassetti.
Rather than turn them in to the police, Poirot decides to misinform the authorities that he believes an assassin snuck aboard the train and had probably already escaped. At the beginning of the film Poirot states that there is good and bad, black and white, and nothing in between. This decision is meant to show that he's now learned there are shades of gray in the world. Which is all fine and well I guess, but this instance doesn't particularly seem to be a gray area. It's not justice brought about by grieving family and friends of the victims; it is revenge, plain and simple. It is, as the title would suggest, murder.
The justification given to and accepted by Poirot is that sometimes the law fails, and justice must be taken into the hands of those whom it has failed. This is a dangerous concept.
The law was created to be objective because we little humans, with our unshakeable biases, cannot be. The judiciary is meant to remove passions and prejudices, and focus only on the facts that relate to the particular case being tried. If everyone who felt the system had failed them took matters into their own hands we wouldn't have justice, we would have chaos. The judiciary may err at times, but it arrives at what is fair and just far more often than the masses can, for it has no personal stake in the matter.
It is the impossibility of impartiality that makes the public at large such poor judges (just look at Twitter). We often decide what the outcome of a case should be before the facts are fully known. We leap to conclusions based on superficialities, allow our emotions to dictate how we view cases, and search for a narrative that fits our predispositions. This holds true within the context of Murder on the Orient Express as well. We have no idea whether Ratchett is truly guilty. We know that he is a shady character who is undoubtedly involved in some illegal activities, but that does not make him guilty of the Armstrong girl's murder. Even Poirot, for all his genius, has no way to definitively determine Ratchett's guilt. He hadn't seen the evidence, and yet he simply accepts Ratchett's guilt because he didn't have a good feeling about the man.
The only way justice can be achieved is if we accept both the rule of law and our own shortcomings in discovering truth. Poirot may be an eminent gumshoe, with sleuthing skills that far surpass those of the hoi polloi, but his mind is just as poor an arbiter of justice as our own.
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Progressives Call on Pelosi to Negotiate Bigger Cash Payments for Americans
As Congress negotiates a sweeping stimulus bill to respond to the devastating economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, a nearly 100-member bloc of House progressives is laying down a policy marker for what they want to see in the legislation, from big cash payments for all to broadly expanded sick leave provisions.In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reviewed by The Daily Beast, the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), outline a dozen "top priorities" that the group has for the stimulus bill. At the top of their list is progressives' benchmark on the issue of direct cash payments to Americans to help them cope with the economic slowdown—one that has broad buy-in from Democrats and Republicans but disagreement on key details. The progressives are calling for guaranteeing monthly cash payments of up to $2,000 for each adult in the U.S., and up to $1,000 more for families with children, for the next six months—with needier families able to extend for another six months. That proposal is far more generous and expansive than the $1,200 individual tax rebate—and $2,400 family rebate—that Senate Republicans proposed on Thursday for households making less than $150,000.As Republicans consider targeted relief to the industries hardest-hit by the downturn—particularly travel and hospitality—the progressives say any assistance must be conditioned on companies keeping checks flowing to workers and blocking any money from flowing to executive bonuses or stock buybacks, provisions championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a "litmus test" she released earlier this week. The caucus also calls on Democratic leadership to consider a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures, a moratorium on negative credit score reporting, and implementing debt forgiveness and loan forbearance during the crisis.As the outbreak disrupts state primaries, the list of priorities also includes implementing "nationwide no-excuse absentee voting" and proposes a $500 million grant for states to establish vote-by-mail programs.The Progressive Caucus letter comes as Pelosi and House Democratic leadership are under increased pressure from the party's left flank to consider more progressive proposals than the ones that were in the legislation the speaker negotiated with the White House last week. In particular, Pelosi has been criticized by progressives for an emphasis on tax credits as a way of getting financial assistance to struggling Americans. In an interview with The Atlantic published Thursday, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), a leading progressive, criticized Pelosi, saying "The fact that the speaker's talking about refundable tax credits … Who has time to wait to do their taxes and see what they get a year from now?"The last relief bill's provision on sick leave was considered by many in the caucus as woefully inadequate; the caucus' letter notably calls to "reinstate protections for frontline workers including medical staff and domestic workers" and "provide full wage replacement for workers who are unable to work."Currently, the Senate is moving quickly to pass what could be a trillion-dollar stimulus bill, with Republicans eager to own this round of legislation after Pelosi was in the driver's seat on the last. However, any bill that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) comes up with will have to pass in the Democratic House, where progressives make up a significant bloc of the majority and could leave an influential mark on whatever legislation does pass the chamber.Trump's China Hawk Is Trying to Commandeer the Coronavirus Stimulus and Others in the White House Are Alarmed
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The Science of Personality
Super Bowl LIII: A Lesson in Potential and Effective Leadership
Posted January 22, 2019 by Blake Loepp
In January of 2017, Les Snead, the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams, had a tough choice to make. Hired in 2013, his team had not had a winning record since 2003 and had moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles just a year earlier. Expectations in LA were high, and it was time for Snead to find a new head coach. The safe and easy choice would be a seasoned, veteran head coach who was no stranger to the biggest stage in American sports. Jon Gruden, who won a Super Bowl in 2003 (2002 season), seemed to be an obvious candidate. Or, you take a look at successful college coaches, such as Nick Saban, who has won six NCAA championships as head coach at the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University. Both of these coaches had proven records as head coaches and were realistic candidates to fill the Rams' coaching vacancy.
Instead, Snead hired Washington Redskins Offensive Coordinator Sean McVay, who also was a former assistant wide receivers coach under Gruden in 2008. At 30 years old, McVay was the youngest coach in NFL history. The results have been tremendous. In two seasons McVay has lead the Rams to a 26-9 record (including playoff games). On February 3, just nine days after his 33rd birthday, McVay will coach his team against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII.
As the spread offense, which is popular in college football, began to slowly infiltrate the NFL, disruption was imminent. All of a sudden, offensive innovation became a priority, but not all teams saw it coming. The Rams, preferring to disrupt rather than be disrupted, took a chance and hired McVay. They hired him because he knew how to get the ball into the hands of those who could score touchdowns, which he did for three seasons as offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins. It was obvious he had the necessary competencies to orchestrate a successful offense, and that was the top priority.
We don't know if the Rams used personality assessments to hire McVay, but we do know that you can learn a lot about McVay's personality by what he does (i.e., his behavior) and what others say about him (i.e., his reputation). Following a game in 2017 when he was criticized for how the Rams poorly managed their timeouts, McVay said the following:
"With some of the previous ones (timeouts) it might have been a miscommunication – guys were confused or things like that – but all things being equal, it starts with me. I've got to do a better job with that."
When talking to media in 2018 just a few days before playing the New Orleans Saints, McVay was asked about what he's learned from Wade Phillips, his 71-year-old defensive coordinator and former NFL head coach. Here's his response:
"A guy like him, I feel great to work and learn from him every day."
Both of these quotes tell us a lot about McVay's humble character, and his willingness to both admit mistakes and put good people around him, even if one of them (Phillips) was defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles the year he was born.
Following their 26-23 win over the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship to reach Super Bowl LIII, Rams left tackle, Andrew Whitworth, said this about his coach:
"He's a coach that knows his team. He knew we needed to do something to get things going our way, and he believed his team could get it done. That sounds simple, but it's actually huge."
And, perhaps the most important quote following the NFC Championship came from Snead:
"The idea was for him to come in and help us create a winning environment."
At Hogan, we believe effective leaders are those who can develop and maintain high-performing teams. This involves possessing the required competencies for the job, being humble, getting the most out of the individuals on your team, and creating an environment where they can succeed. Gruden might have been a safe choice back in 2017, but he went 4-12 as head coach of the Oakland Raiders this year. On February 3, he won't be coaching his team in the Super Bowl. He will be watching his former assistant wide receivers coach lead the Rams in the Super Bowl instead.


In a word: You'd think they were slow if the food wasn't so darned good.
Addie ate a blueberry pancake with an orange juice.
Barbara ate 2 eggs over easy with wheat toast.
Darby ate the huevos rancheros with mint tea.
Dave ate the Cho sandwich with a coffee.
JM ate the 3 French toast and a chocolate milk.
Livi ate the grilled ham and cheese sandwich with a chai.
Nichole ate the 2 eggs scrambled, hash, raisin toast, and coffee.
Robert ate the apple nut pancake, bacon, and coffee.
The bill was $55, or $6/person, plus tip.
Darby and Nichole gave Willalby's Cafe an A; JM gave Willalby's Cafe an A- (see our grading rubric).
We invaded Willalby's with a party of 9 at noon on a Sunday, a challenging proposition for any place but especially for somewhere as tiny as this Williamson Street diner. They were also down to one cook for the day. We were impressed with how well the staff juggled everything (and it may have helped that parts of our party are regulars) - they were very up front. They told us it would be an hour to get our food, and it was slightly less; they kindly shifted some regulars from the big table in front to the counter to accommodate our horde; and through it all they kept their composure. The only hiccups were that coffee and water refills were scant, and two of our meals came out a good 10 minutes after the first seven - but that's splitting hairs. All in all, lunch was awesome.
The pancakes* spill over the edges of their oval plates. The more ingredients one adds, the better the cakes get - in other words, it's worth the difference between $3 and $4 to get something fancy. Joshua started strong but after a while his huge plain pancake elicited an "uggg, too much food." Addie went with blueberry, which added interest and moisture. Robert's apple-walnut cake was "spectacular." Forkfuls got shared around, and faces lit up: this was truly an amazing pancake. Chopped, nearly ground, walnuts thickened the batter, cinnamon-sugar added texture, and slices of sweet, soft apples topped it off.
The sandwiches on the menu are not as good a satisfaction-per-dollar value. While the ham and cheese ($4.50) was perfectly grilled, with double American cheese and a thick slice of ham, sitting on its own in the middle of a huge plate it looked as sad as the Fair Oaks steak sandwich. (Fair Oaks and Willalby's used to be under the same management, according to Dave, and some things have changed for the better recently.) There are ways to get a really amazing breakfast sandwich here, but it's not our place to blab them.
Simpler plates like scrambled eggs, eggs over easy, bacon, crispy corned beef hash (maaay-be from a can, but done well), whole wheat and raisin toast all met diner expectations. The French toast was as tasty as advertised with lots of cinnamon sugar and syrup absorption that lead to two resyrupings. These were yum on the bun.
The huevos rancheros were probably the most filling, balanced and lunch-like of meals. They had the "perfect combination of crunchy tortilla and gooey cheese," quoth Darby, and they were photogenic, too, with a fluffy-crisp mound of hash browns on the side, plus fresh salsa and nutritious beans.
The mugs are thrift-store eclectic and hold good strong coffee or one of many teas. Livi dug the DIY chai. We'd love to go back to Willalby's.
*Story time. Of all the pancakes Nichole's eaten in the last 20 years, none but Willalby's ever tasted quite like the ones at "Louie's" (formally, the Hampton Cafe) in Milwaukee. One night a week for two years in high school, she taught five straight hours of beginner's violin lessons at Kemtone Music across the street, which was... OK, it was a dump. But the owner was a fair, hardworking Texas businessman and bluegrass banjo player, the place was generally clean and smelled of rosin and pomade, and among the teachers there was a feeling of steady camaraderie.
To prepare for ten consecutive sessions of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and variations, Nichole would get off the yellow bus and head to Louie's for a short stack and coffee. Louie's was also a dump. Smoke and grease hung in the air. The dark paneled walls were decorated with fake flowers and unsalvageable instruments from Kemtone. Louie often shuffled over the chipped floor tiles through the long, narrow dining room to pat regulars on the shoulder. He never said much.
The pancakes had a certain smooth, bready texture, not mealy but not spongy. From week to week, they would come out more and more orange, and then suddenly one week the batter would be light yellow again. The bill was always $2 and Nichole would leave a fifty-cent piece for a tip, which to this day causes her shame. She should have left more. Or at least regular money. But Louie's is closed now, and the waitresses that always smiled and called her "hon" are long gone.
What on earth is wrong with a fifty-cent piece tip on a $2 bill? That is actually pretty generous.


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Ронан Вантенар (; Виндхук, 20. фебруар 2001) намибијски је пливач чија специјалност су трке мешовитим и прсним стилом.

Спортска каријера
Вантенар је дебитовао на међународној сцени као шеснаестогодишњак, и то на светском сениорском првенству у Будимпешти 2017. где је постигао солидне резултате у тркама на 50 прсно (58) и 100 леђно (40. место). Сличне резултате постигао је и наредне године на светском првенству у малим базенима у кинеском Хангџоуу.

Наступио је и на светском првенству у корејском Квангџуу 2019 — 66. место на 100 прсно и 43. место на 200 мешовито.

Референце

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Рођени 2001.
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package org.robolectric.shadows;

import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
import org.robolectric.Shadows;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Implementation;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Implements;
import org.robolectric.annotation.RealObject;

import java.util.List;

import static org.robolectric.Shadows.shadowOf;

/**
 * Shadow of {@code Toast} that tracks {@code Toast} requests. Hear hear! (*clink*)
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"UnusedDeclaration"})
@Implements(Toast.class)
public class ShadowToast {
  private String text;
  private int duration;
  private int gravity;
  private int xOffset;
  private int yOffset;
  private View view;

  @RealObject Toast toast;

  public void __constructor__(Context context) {
  }

  @Implementation
  public static Toast makeText(Context context, int resId, int duration) {
    return makeText(context, context.getResources().getString(resId), duration);
  }

  @Implementation
  public static Toast makeText(Context context, CharSequence text, int duration) {
    Toast toast = new Toast(context);
    toast.setDuration(duration);
    shadowOf(toast).text = text.toString();
    return toast;
  }

  @Implementation
  public void show() {
    shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts().add(toast);
  }

  @Implementation
  public void setText(int resId) {
    this.text = shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getString(resId);
  }

  @Implementation
  public void setText(CharSequence text) {
    this.text = text.toString();
  }

  @Implementation
  public void setView(View view) {
    this.view = view;
  }

  @Implementation
  public View getView() {
    return view;
  }

  @Implementation
  public void setGravity(int gravity, int xOffset, int yOffset) {
    this.gravity = gravity;
    this.xOffset = xOffset;
    this.yOffset = yOffset;
  }

  @Implementation
  public int getGravity() {
    return gravity;
  }

  @Implementation
  public int getXOffset() {
    return xOffset;
  }

  @Implementation
  public int getYOffset() {
    return yOffset;
  }

  @Implementation
  public void setDuration(int duration) {
    this.duration = duration;
  }

  @Implementation
  public int getDuration() {
    return duration;
  }

  @Implementation
  public void cancel() {
  }

  /**
   * Non-Android accessor that discards the recorded {@code Toast}s
   */
  public static void reset() {
    shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts().clear();
  }

  /**
   * Non-Android accessor that returns the number of {@code Toast} requests that have been made during this test run
   * or since {@link #reset()} has been called.
   *
   * @return the number of {@code Toast} requests that have been made during this test run
   *         or since {@link #reset()} has been called.
   */
  public static int shownToastCount() {
    return shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts().size();
  }

  /**
   * Non-Android query method that returns whether or not a particular custom {@code Toast} has been shown.
   *
   * @param message the message to search for
   * @param layoutResourceIdToCheckForMessage
   *                the id of the resource that contains the toast messages
   * @return whether the {@code Toast} was requested
   */
  public static boolean showedCustomToast(CharSequence message, int layoutResourceIdToCheckForMessage) {
    for (Toast toast : shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts()) {
      String text = ((TextView) toast.getView().findViewById(layoutResourceIdToCheckForMessage)).getText().toString();
      if (text.equals(message.toString())) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * query method that returns whether or not a particular {@code Toast} has been shown.
   *
   * @param message the message to search for
   * @return whether the {@code Toast} was requested
   */
  public static boolean showedToast(CharSequence message) {
    for (Toast toast : shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts()) {
      String text = shadowOf(toast).text;
      if (text != null && text.equals(message.toString())) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Non-Android accessor that returns the text of the most recently shown {@code Toast}
   *
   * @return the text of the most recently shown {@code Toast}
   */
  public static String getTextOfLatestToast() {
    List<Toast> shownToasts = shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts();
    return (shownToasts.size() == 0) ? null : shadowOf(shownToasts.get(shownToasts.size() - 1)).text;
  }

  /**
   * Non-Android accessor that returns the most recently shown {@code Toast}
   *
   * @return the most recently shown {@code Toast}
   */
  public static Toast getLatestToast() {
    List<Toast> shownToasts = shadowOf(RuntimeEnvironment.application).getShownToasts();
    return (shownToasts.size() == 0) ? null : shownToasts.get(shownToasts.size() - 1);
  }
}

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Music is one of key elements of life. Our core nature is musical. Even if we lack musical talent, we can still listen and enjoy music, sing under the shower and change ringtones on our cellphone. Lack of talenT should not stop you to learn about music through quotes and sayings.
Quotes about music reveal this innate human need and dimension of life. Different authors have expressed their own understanding, experience and impact of music. Quotes and sayings below will try to define music through their own eyes, so we can understand it better.
"A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence." Leopold Stokowski
"It seems obvious that painting, sculpture or drama imitated nature. But what does music imitate? The measurements suggest that music is imitating the characteristic way our world changes with time." Richard Frederick Voss
"Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all." Alfred Brendel
"Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding he sings." Ed Gardner
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." Victor Hugo
"No culture so far discovered lacks music." Anthony Storr
"Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." Johann Sebastian Bach
"The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play second fiddle with enthusiasm - that's the problem. Yet, if there is no one to play second fiddle, there is no harmony." Leonard Bernstein
"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have." Edgar Watson Howe
"Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable." Samuel Johnson
"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable." Leonard Bernstein
"The history of a people is found in its songs." George Jellinek
"Don't write music unless it is impossible for you not to write music." Dimitri Shostakovich
"If it has more than three chords, it's jazz." Lou Reed
"Harpists spend 90 per cent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 per cent playing out of tune." Igor Stravinsky
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." Berthold Auerbach
"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides." Artur Schnabel
"Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them." Richard Strauss
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"What do you get when you play country music backwards? You get your girl back, your dog back, your pick-up back, and you stop drinking." Louis Saaberda
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there." Miles Davis
"When she started to play, Steinway himself came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano." Bob Hope
"Pop music is about stealing pocket money from children." Ian Anderson
"Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light." Claude Debussy
"A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges." Benny Green
"All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." Louis Armstrong


After four years with the then broadsheet Daily Express, the only newspaper at that time to give space and importance to photographs, Bryan Wharton joined the Sunday Times at the beginning of 1964. The Sunday Times, under the new ownership of Roy Thomson ( later Lord Thomson), was shedding it's sedate image, and was seeking news trained photographers to join it`s young team of reporters. This proved to be a fortunate move, for The Sunday Times became the most exciting newspaper, in a most remarkably eventful period. "It was a privelige to work with the highest level of talent especially under the Editorship of Harry Evans" During the next 19 years Wharton travelled to a many parts of the World, and most of Britain and Ireland. He photographed everything from Ballet through to War, met Scoundrels through to Saints. His work was published in all the major magazines, Life, Paris Match, Stern, etc. In 1992, having previously taken part in many exhibitions, he was persuaded by colleagues, and a generous sponsor, to attempt a one-man show in London. It proved to be a success, and thereafter was shown in Dublin at the Writers Museum and in many Galleries and Museums since.
In 2001 the National Portrait Gallery exhibited some of more than twenty photographs of his that they have acquired for their collection.
The photographs are handmade and finished to archival standards by the photographer.


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Culture in the wild chimpanzee
Thomas Llewellyn July 6, 2018
Scientists and psychologists alike have long understood the importance of social learning in the development of culture. Learning from other individuals can lead to consistent behavioural differences between populations over extended periods of time. This is the basis of culture, both in human and animal societies. Now, research is shedding more light on cultural varieties in wild chimpanzees regarding their use of hammers when cracking open Coula edulis nuts.
Wild chimpanzee at the Kibale National Park. RonaldWoen@flikr
The first example of primate culture was studied in 1965 when scientists observed Japanese macaques washing foraged wheat before feeding. Social learning regarding tool use has also been studied in a number of species including sea otters, elephants and several species of fish. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany, have found captivating results on the nut-cracking behaviour of wild chimps in the Tai National Park in the Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Chimpanzees used both stone and wooden tools to open Coula nuts, with each material having distinct benefits. Whilst stone hammers required approximately 20% less energy to generate the required power to open the nut, there was a clear trade-off regarding how the tool's weight affected control: sufficient kinetic energy was required to crack the outer shell without damaging the inner kernel.
Adult chimpanzees from three populations in the north, east and south of the park were observed for five years between 2008 to 2013. Field-work was based on three working hypotheses: does nut-cracking efficiency differ between groups; do hammer properties influence foraging efficiency; and, does the number of hits per nut differ between groups.
A wild chimpanzee carrying his wooden tool. Dakshin90@flikr
Observations showed that each population had their own distinct cultural preference for hammer material and foraging strategy, i.e. the south population predominantly uses stone tools whereas the north and east chimps used a combination of materials. Stone was found to be the more efficient type of material; however, there were also differences in foraging strategy, with members in the east applying a fewer number of hits per nut.
Both the group-specific hammer preference and tool-use technique led to differences in the foraging efficiency between groups; which researchers suggested resulted in 5,400 more nuts being ingested by chimpanzees from the south of the park compared to those from the east. Whilst this may appear to have had a negative influence on fitness, the ability to crack open nuts was still culturally-beneficial in comparison to chimpanzees that do not consume Coula nuts.
The most thought-provoking part of this study is that the cultural differences between the three populations was consistent over decades, even though there was frequent female immigration at the offset of sexual maturity. Individuals will, often within weeks, conform to the social customs of that group regarding hammer material and nut-cracking strategy. For example, despite extensive knowledge of the most efficient foraging approach, a chimpanzee moving into the east group will adapt to that group-specific behaviour and sacrifice the benefits of maximising their foraging efficiency.
A photogenic chimpanzee holding his simple but effective fishing tool. RodWaddington@flikr
Future research will continue to focus on the behavioural differences between populations of animals and work to identify more similarities with human societies. One aspect of this study that is particularly interesting regards active reinforcement of culture i.e. how groups maintain individual loyalty. In humans, populations will often actively reinforce loyalty to that particular group; however, this was not observed in the chimpanzees. This suggests that the changing of behaviour was due to the observations and internal decision making of each individual chimpanzee.
Luncz et al. "Costly culture: differences in nut-cracking efficiency between wild chimpanzee groups."
Animal Behaviour: Volume 137, March 2018, Pages 63-73
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Gil Evans
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Gil Evans is one of Canada's best-known jazz artists, even though he left the country as a teen and toiled in the shadow of giants for most of his career.
Born Gil Green on May 13, 1912, in Toronto, Ontario, he was renamed Gil Evans after his stepfather, John A. Evans, his mother's fifth husband. Evans spent much of his youth bouncing between Canada and the U.S. as the senior Evans, a miner, bounced from job to job. Gil and his mother finally settled (without John A. Evans) in Stockton, California in the late-1920s.
It was in high school that Evans developed his love for music, especially Louis Armstrong. He started his first band in college in 1933 before finding arranging working in Hollywood. It was there that he struck up a friendship with pianist Claude Thornhill. Evans dissolved his own band with the coming of World War II and, after the end of the war, joined Thornhill's as an arranger.
He moved to New York and continued working for Thornhill's Orchestra (1941-42, 1946-48). Evans, by now a bebop fan, was interested in challenging the standard big band sound represented by Thornhill, adding French horns and tubas to the orchestra.
Evans' desire to move jazz forward was the raison d'être behind the informal salons he held in his 55th Street apartment for the cream of the city's rising jazz talent. Among those interested in tapping Evans' evolutionary leanings was Miles Davis, who met Evans in the summer of 1947. A mutual respect developed which would lead to collaboration.
French horns and tubas would subsequently turn up on Evans' arrangements for Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool record, which was recorded over three sessions in 1949 and 1950. Now considered seminal in the history of "cool jazz," Birth of the Cool, recorded in a nonet configuration, was met with bemusement and confusion by jazz aficionados. Evans' collaboration with Davis would continue with the latter's records Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), and Sketches of Spain (1960).
Evans would start recording under his own name with 1957's Gil Evans and Ten (Prestige Records). Strong notices accrued to his work as a bandleader, especially Out of the Cool (1961) and The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964). His arrangement skills were also still in high demand, with his highest-profile project of the era being Astrud Gilberto's 1966 album Look to the Rainbow.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Evans drew inspiration from the emerging rock scene of the 1960s. He was an admirer of Jimi Hendrix, whom he met through Davis, and planned to work with him before Hendrix's death in 1970. Evans' arrangements of Hendrix's work emerged on The Gil Evans' Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974), which included takes on "Voodoo Chile" and "Little Wing."
Evans' public profile continued to rise into the '80s as he worked on movie music (1985's Insignificance, 1986's Absolute Beginners and The Color of Money) and contributed to Sting's 1987 solo album …Nothing Like the Sun.
Gil Evans died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 1988 at the age of 76. He was inducted into Down Beat Magazine's Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame posthumously in 1997.
Evans met Miles Davis
Started recording under his own name
Co-wrote Birth of the Cool track "Boplicity" with Miles Davis
Recorded an album of rearranged Jimi Hendrix songs
Inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Won two Grammy awards
Helped Miles Davis launch the "cool jazz" movement
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Oppo Find X2 release date could be right around the corner
By Tom Bedford published 21 February 20
As well as the Oppo smartwatch
Oppo Find X (Image credit: Future)
The Oppo Find X2 smartphones were set to launch at MWC 2020, but when that event was cancelled, we weren't sure we'd see the new phones any time soon. A new leak, however, suggests we could see the new Oppo phones on March 6.
This news comes from PlayfulDroid, which published what seems like a leaked invite for an upcoming Oppo launch.
This invite looks pretty similar to Oppo's MWC 2020 invite, which mentioned the Find X2, as it has the same font, layout, and background pattern. This could suggest that it's a genuine invite, but it could also be an easy imitation using the same aesthetic style.
What we know about the Oppo Reno 3
Check out our Oppo Find X review
What happened to MWC 2020?
If the invite is reflecting correct information, the Oppo Find X2 launch is only two weeks off (at the time of writing), so it could be one of the first displaced MWC phones to launch.
We've heard there could be two Oppo Find X2 devices, including a Pro model, and perhaps even the Oppo smartwatch could show its face at the launch event.
As we said, this invite could be a fake, as sometimes information about unreleased phones is fabricated to try and draw traffic to a website. However, PlayfulDroid has a decent track record, so we hope the information is right.
We'll find out for sure come March 6, as it's then that Oppo may (or may not) show off its new smartphones and smartwatch. If the event does go ahead, we'll be on the ground reporting on it, so stay tuned for that.
This first look at Oppo's smartwatch shows it's just like an Apple Watch
Tom Bedford
Staff Writer, Phones
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Deep Brain Stimulation: A Way to Rebalance Neural Circuits
Reviewed by Alexander Green, FRCS(SN) MD, MB BS, BSc
Member, International Neuromodulation Society
Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford
A deep brain stimulation system (DBS) delivers electrical impulses to specific brain areas to restore the balance of circuits that are disrupted, overcoming abnormal activity in that region. DBS may be a surgical option for patients who have neurological disorders that are not adequately controlled by medical therapy.
Caption: Brain anatomy image - courtesy of the U.S. National Institute of Aging/National Institutes of Health
Three Components and Decades of Experience
A patient who receives DBS will have three components surgically implanted. During brain surgery, thin electrical leads are placed deep in the brain through small holes drilled through the skull. These leads will deliver low-voltage electrical current to a particular brain region to modify neural activity. A small battery – similar to a heart pacemaker – is implanted under the collarbone. An extension wire is passed under the skin, along the neck and behind the ear, to connect the battery to the leads. Specific stimulation parameters are set for each patient. At home, patients may use a handheld remote control to turn stimulation on and off or switch between different settings.
By 2018, it was estimated that more than 150,000 deep brain stimulation implants had been performed around the world. The procedure is among the class of therapies known as neuromodulation, which one day may become more routine for managing chronic disease, the way hip implants or glucose monitoring are today. To date, DBS has been used to treat symptoms of neurologic disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia and epilepsy. It is currently being investigated for a number of other conditions such as psychiatric diseases.
Caption: Nerve ending shows orange and blue vesicles containing chemical messengers about to be released - scanning electron micrograph by Tina Carvalho, University of Hawaii at Manoa, via U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences/National Institutes of Health
Developed During Treatment for Movement Disorder
DBS received FDA approval in 1997 to treat motor symptoms of movement disorders, since it helps to reduce the uncontrollable shaking of tremor in essential tremor or Parkinson's disease, or the involuntary twisting of dystonia.
DBS was developed after a patient's uncontrolled tremor was seen to decrease during brain surgery when electrical stimulation was used as a test. Earlier treatments, called thalamotomy and pallidotomy, controlled motor symptoms by surgically destroying discrete parts of the brain. Once it became possible to deliver electrical stimulation continuously through an implanted device, DBS became the preferred treatment. DBS does not permanently destroy brain tissue, is adjustable, and has been shown to be at least equally effective.
Up to 28 percent of Parkinson's patients whose symptoms are not adequately controlled by medication alone may be good candidates for DBS. Although it is not a cure, DBS can prolong the benefits of medication, allowing patients to reduce medication doses and limit side effects.
Control of Chronic Symptoms, Rather Than a Cure
The goal of therapy for Parkinson's disease is to improve motor symptoms, so patients can better perform activities of daily living and enjoy enhanced quality of life. Generally, movement symptoms that diminish with lepodova medication will also improve with DBS.
In Parkinson's patients who feel "frozen" after medication wears off, DBS can reduce the length and severity of those periods. In some patients, stimulation also reduces the involuntary movements of dyskinesia caused by long-term use of the medication lepodova. A beneficial effect on tremor is often seen early on during DBS treatment, with those symptoms becoming much reduced for many patients.
Critical Stations for Movement Control
Several structures deep within the brain have been shown to work well as targets for stimulation. These include the subthalamic nucleus (STN), the globus pallidus internus (GPI) and ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM). Each of these locations serves as a critical station along the complex circuitry necessary for control of movement. The stimulation target selected is based on the symptoms to be treated. Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus can provide control of a wider range of symptoms (in addition to tremor) and are currently used more often in Parkinson's disease than stimulation of the thalamus. Newer targets are also being investigated to capture symptoms that are still inadequately controlled.
Caption: Targeting an area of the thalamus (reprinted with permission from Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, April 2006)
Stimulation Targets Vary by Condition
By stimulating different targets for various disorders, DBS can also be used to control symptoms in medically refractory epilepsy, chronic pain such as central pain syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette's syndrome, and major depressive disorder. DBS received approval from the FDA in 2009, under its humanitarian device exemption, for treatment-resistant OCD. DBS has also been researched as a potential therapy for anorexia, obesity, cocaine addiction, memory disorders, and aggression.
These additional investigational applications of DBS utilize stimulation at various locations or targets within the brain. For severe depression that has not responded to medication, one DBS target is a brain region identified as Brodmann area 25. For OCD, stimulation targets include a junction of the ventral capsule/ventral striatum, at the anterior limb of the internal capsule, known as the VC/VS. For epilepsy, deep brain stimulation targets include the anterior nucleus of the thalamus and the hippocampus. In investigations of treatment for Alzheimer's disease, research has targeted the fornix, a key area in forming memories.
Caption: Hippocampus micrograph - courtesy of the U.S. National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research
WIKISTIM – This free-to-use collaborative, searchable wiki of published primary neuromodulation therapy research was created in 2013 as a resource for the global neuromodulation community to extend the utility of published clinical research. The goals of WIKISTIM are to improve patient care and the quality of research reports, foster education and communication, reveal research needs, and support the practice of evidence–based medicine.
Reviewed July 6, 2018
https://www.neuromodulation.com/for-patients
Alexander Green, FRCS(SN) MD, MB BS, BSc
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford
Please note:This information should not be used as a substitute for medical treatment and advice. Always consult a medical professional about any health-related questions or concerns.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Star In His First Fiction TV Series For Netflix
Matt Singer Published: November 12, 2020
It's not a lie, true or otherwise: Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming to Netflix.
After months of rumors that Skydance was developing a TV series for the Terminator star and former governor of California, The Hollywood Reporter says the project has landed at Netflix. The streaming service "outbid several other outlets for the global spy adventure series from Skydance Television and creator Nick Santora. The show "will center on a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter (Monica Barbaro)."
Santora previously worked on shows like The Sopranos, Prison Break, and Scorpion, which recently wrapped up a four season run on CBS. Barbaro had starring roles on The Good Cop and Unreal, and will also appear in the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick.
For Schwarzenegger, this will be his first regular role on a fictional TV series. He previously hosted one season of The New Celebrity Apprentice, and is supplying a voice for an animated TV series called Superhero Kindergarten that was initially developed by Stan Lee before his passing in 2018.
The notion of father/daughter spies show vaguely suggests True Lies, Schwarzenegger's 1994 espionage comedy where his character works for the CIA, unbeknownst to his wife — who then gets dragged into an adventure that could determine the fate of the world. Several of Schwarzenegger's recent movies have also involved fathers and their daughters, including Maggie, about a man who must decide whether or not to kill his child after she's bitten by a zombie, and Terminator Genisys, where his T-800 robot becomes a surrogate parent to a young Sarah Connor.
All in all, sounds like an intriguing series for Netflix. Let's hope it comes together soon.
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ILRI scientists are applying advanced 'nanovaccinology' in development of new vaccines against devastating tropical livestock diseases
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Warm up with Spiced Steak with Roasted Potatoes & Onions! Nothing beats steak with roasted potatoes and onions when you add in some chipotle pepper heat.
Combine chili powder, oregano and 1/2 tsp. black pepper; rub onto both sides of steak. Refrigerate 30 min.
Heat oven to 425ºF. Combine potatoes, onions, garlic, dressing and remaining black pepper. Place in shallow foil-lined pan sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake 40 to 45 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring after 25 min.
Meanwhile, chop chipotle pepper finely; place in small bowl. Add sour cream, barbecue sauce and 1-1/2 tsp. of the adobo sauce; mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Heat barbecue to medium heat. Grill steak 5 to 7 min. on each side or until medium doneness (160ºF), brushing with remaining adobo sauce for the last minute of grilling time on each side. Remove steak from barbecue; let stand 10 min.
Cut steak across the grain into thin slices. Serve with vegetables and sour cream sauce.
Serve sliced steak on grilled Italian bread. Cut Italian bread into 3/4-inch-thick slices; brush both sides lightly with olive oil. Rub bread with cut edge of raw garlic clove. Grill on both sides until golden brown. Spread with some of the sour cream sauce; top with sliced meat. Serve as open-face sandwiches with potatoes and onions on the side.
This spicy sour cream sauce is also great when used as a sandwich spread, topping for hot baked potatoes or dipping sauce for onion rings or french fries.
Prepare using a variety of coloured potatoes, such as red, Yukon gold and purple. You can either create the mix yourself or purchase a pre-mixed bag available in the produce section of larger supermarkets.