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Ward, Merle David
U. S. Army
Dates of Service: 12/1942- 1945
European Theater-
Served with General George Patton's 3rd Army in HQ BTRY
So proud to call this man my Pop.
Love you forever and always,
Your Betty Sue
Chaplow, James Thomas
D.O.B. 1/20/1924-11/11/2020
Branch of Service: Army Air Force - 8th AAF
Rank: E-5 Sergeant
Dates of service: 1943 - 1946
Stationed in England & Bremerhaven, Germany
Chappy served as supply NCO during the war then went to Germany during the occupation. Chappy was also the face of the Vittles for Vets
Rest in Peace my sweet Daddy
Love Sandy, Deb, Rhonda and Cindy
Howard, Walter Lee
D.O.B. 3/30/45
Branch of Service: Army- 3/12 4th I.D.
Rank: SSgt. MOS 11B
Dates of Service: 9/15/66- 2/21/67 (KIA)
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, TuyHoa, Republic of South Vietnam
"I will miss you always.
I wish there was more I could have done my friend."
McCann, William C.
Cumberland, RI
D.O.B. 06/02/46
Branch of Service: Army A/Co 3/12th 4th I. D.
Rank: Spec 4 MOS 11-B 20
Date of Service: 12/65-9/67
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, (TuyHoa), Pleiku, Republic of South Vietnam
Sponsored by: Jackson & Nanci Despres
Sterner, William (Billy) T.
Dates of Service: 1943-1944
Enlisted in the Army in March, 1943
He was taken prisoner and interned in a POW camp in Baden-Baden, Germany.
He later died there from complications of wounds he received in action.
Harmon, Ray Melvin
Branch of Service: Army A/Co 3/12th 4th I.D.
Rank: Spec 4 MOS 11-B-20
Date of Service 12/65 through K.I.A. 2/21/67
Blanchard, James A. (Blanch)
Pascoag, RI
Rank: Spec.4 MOS-11C-10
Date of Service: 12/65 through K.I.A. 3/19/67
Area of operation: Phu Yen Province, Republic of South Vietnam
Victory Highway Harrisville, RI
Bridge dedication to honor our fallen hero's James Blanchard and Allan McCutcheon
McCutcheon, Allan B. (Cutch)
Harrisville, RI
Rank: Spec 4 MOS-11-B-20
Sickle, John III (Jack)
Longmeadow, MA
Hitson, Frederick Alton (Doc)
Exeter, CA
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, Tuy-Hoa, Republic of South Vietnam
Sams, Richard B.
Southgate, KY
Stoval, Gus
Date of Service: 12/65 through
K.I.A. 3/09/67 (Hill 86)
Jurcak, Richard Alan
D.O.B. 12/15/1946
Branch of Service: Army A Co 3/12th 4th I.D.
Rank Spec 4 MOS 11-B-20
Date of Service: 12/65 through K.I.A. 3/09/67 (Hill 86)
Bernard B. Hughes
Rank: Spec 4 MOS -11-C-10
Deceased: May 15, 2010
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, Tuy-Hoa /Pleiku, Republic of South Vietnam
Finsterwalder, Richard K.
Date of Service: 12/65 through Killed 11/22/66 (Accident in field)
Harley, Michael Nathan
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, Pleiku, Republic of South Vietnam
McCann, Cecil Darrell
Melvindale, MI
Petersen, Paul J.
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Provence,
Tuy-Hoa, Pleiku, Republic of South Vietnam
Bojarski, George J.
Rank: PFC MOS 11-B-20
Date of Service: 12/65 through K.I.A. (Hill 86) 3/09/67
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, Tuy-Hoa
Republic of South Vietnam
Mounce, Barry M.
Date of Service: 12/65 through K.I.A. (Tuy-Hoa) 12/23/66
Pakacki, Adam (Butch)
Branch of Service: Army 3/22nd Mech. 25th Infantry Division
Rank: Sgt. E-5
Date of Service: 01/65-12-68
Area of Operation: Tay Nin Province, Republic of So. Vietnam 12/67-12/68
Recipient of Purple Heart and Bronze Star/V
Roth, John H.
River Rouge, MI
Date of Service: 12/65 through K.I.A. (Hill 86) 3/0967
Area of Operation: Phu Yen Province, Tuy-Hoi, Republic of South Vietnam
Jagiello, Joseph (Joe)
D.O.B. March 13, 1926
Date of passing: August 1, 1981
Branch of Service: Navy- Gunners Mate
Date of Service: WW II -Pacific Theatre
My Dad served aboard the battleship USS Missouri during World War II which was engaged in two major battles, Iwo Jima and Okinawa where the Missouri was struck by a "Kamikaze" plane. He was on board the USS Missouri to witness the surrender of the Japanese Empire to General Douglas MacArthur. The document pictured recognizes his presence.
So proud. Your loving son, Joe
Bill McCann
7757 Walker Farms Drive
Radford, Va. 24141
vittlesforvets@gmail.com
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When I want to impress my friends that Budapest has restaurants as hip as those in the East Village, I take them out to DOBRUMBA. With a chic crowd, effortlessly cool design, and a Middle Eastern menu, DOBRUMBA is one of the trendiest restaurants inside Budapest's buzzing Jewish Quarter. The place is especially enjoyable in the warmer months when the oversized windows swing open and the ear-catching electronic music wafts into the street.
Unfortunately, the food can fall short. I've had several unremarkable meals here, but the labneh (€3) and the baba ganoush starters (€3), both light and flavorful, and the tender chicken tagine (€9) are unlikely to disappoint. I also enjoyed the basbousa (€3), which is a rich semolina cake with a tangy, creamy yogurt that's a perfect foil to the sweet dough.
It's no coincidence that DOBRUMBA is so popular—the owners seem to understand that a homey ambiance, an Instagrammable interior, a kind service, and a deep drinks menu will satisfy a Millennial dining crowd despite the unremarkable dishes. Reservations are a must.
Mezze: labneh, baba ganoush. Chicken tagine, basbousa.


And while both of those excuses are true, the REAL reason is that this soup is THAT. GOOD. You heard me. I will make this soup on a 35° (Celsius) day if it means I can eat it.
The star of this recipe is, obviously, the meatballs. I have yet to find a pre-made meatball that isn't completely loaded with nightshades (WHY), but I find making my own is both more delicious, and quite easy.
The first thing that we need to is preheat the oven to 375°, because these are going to come together really quickly.
The key to a good meatball is handling it as little as possible, so we are going to toss everything into the bowl and then, and only then are we going to mix it. First the meat, then the egg and water, then the cheese, cracker crumbs and spices.
Using your hands, mix it all together until just barely uniform. That's right, get those hands dirty. This part always reminds me of the scene from Angels in the Outfield when Danny Glover makes lasagna with the two boys. The disgusted yet absolutely delighted looks on their faces when he tells them to 'dig in!' is exactly how I feel. That movie was a very important part of my childhood.
Now you want to roll them into about 2" balls. Don't squeeze them too much, you want meatballs, not cueballs. If you have a Broiler Pan, I would use one of those, as these babies tend to sweat. If you don't have one, like my current kitchen, just put some tin foil on a baking sheet, curved up along the edges for a quick cleanup.
Bake those for 20 minutes. Your kitchen will smell amazing. It's going to be really hard to save those for the soup because you will want just eat them off the pan!
I usually get to work on the rest of the soup while those are in the oven, doing any prep like chopping vegetables or defrosting the chicken stock I forgot to take out of the freezer last night. Oops!
Chop up your onion or shallots, and place them in the bottom of your pot with a little frying oil. I've used canola and coconut and they both work well. Cook until they get soft.
Add any other vegetables you want to cook in your soup.
Italian Wedding Soup is usually pretty basic, with a basis in green vegetables, a clear broth, and meatballs. I like to add as many vegetables as possible while still embracing the 'simple' tradition of this recipe, so in addition to the spinach, I'm adding asparagus and peas. And because I'm a rule breaker, some carrots that were in the fridge that I needed to use. You could also add kale, cabbage, lettuce or any other leafy green vegetables. Cook those with the onion for about five minutes, just enough for the spinach to wilt and for them to lose their hard edges.
Add the meatballs once they're ready, and your herbs – oregano and basil to keep with our green theme.
Now add your chicken broth or stock. If you want to use vegetable broth, you can, I won't tell on you. Bring to a boil and then let simmer for 20-30 minutes.
YUM. So simple and easy. The meatballs freeze really well too, so you can keep them to serve with spaghetti or another serving of this, which you'll definitely want.
So light, simple, and delicious! The perfect summer – er… year round treat!
A light soup focused around green vegetables and delicious, homemade meatballs.
½ cup crumbled Ritz crackers OR plain breadcrumbs.
Layer all meatball ingredients in a mixing bowl in the order they are written above.
Mix ingredients with hands gently until mixed. Do not over handle!
Create 2" meatballs and place on a Broiler Pan or tin-foil covered baking sheet.
While those are in the oven, cut your vegetables and place them in the bottom of a large pot with oil. Cook until soft.
When meatballs are finished, add them to the pot along with herbs and broth.
Bring to a boil and then simmer for 20-30 minutes.
Serve with last week's amazing Whole Wheat Pretzel Rolls, or my 'Just One More' Sweet Rolls.


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Graflex Graphic 35 Review – Made for These Pages
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So many details on these. The fine glitter uppers twinkle, the large hearts are lovely, there's little coloured embellishments at the back, beaded fringing which dangles beneath huge bows and of course the fabulous Miss Piggy heel with interchangeable skirts! You have no idea how long I've craved changeable clothing on character heels! I got mine in a size up, but they are a little roomy, I probably would've been fine in my usual size.
These boots are so cute and every detail is amazing in person! They are not too high so fear not-they are actually very comfortable! I would say they are true to size but if you have a wide foot like me and are in between sizes I suggest going up a size. The interchangeable skirts are adorable-I couldn't decide so Miss Piggy wore one of each! I got a ton of compliments on them too.
Fabulous looking shoes and love the spare skirt for piggy!
These arrived and are very glitzy with a definate 70's vibe with the platform. Zips up with room around the ankle and fits my normal size though I feel these might be slightly narrow.


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Will AI bot ChatGPT be banned in English schools?
/ News / By Claudia Cookson / January 9, 2023 January 9, 2023
Ofqual to look into possible ban on AI bot ChatGPT in English schools
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly having an impact on education, bringing opportunities as well as challenges.
One of the most sophisticated chatbots yet, ChatGPT, is sparking alarm for its ability to generate convincing essays, which can trick much of the existing anti-plagiarism software.
Now the AI bot, which launched in November 2022, has been banned in New York schools amid fears it is being used to cheat on tests. The New York City education department has restricted access to ChatGPT on all of its devices and internet networks in schools, citing concerns about "safety and accuracy".
"While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong success," said Jenna Lyle, a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Education, in a statement to The Washington Post.
England's exam watchdog Ofqual is reported to be looking into developing new guidance for schools to prevent AI tools like ChatGPT being used by pupils.
ChatGPT, released by the Silicon Valley company OpenAI, is designed to understand human language, carry out conversations with humans, and, having been trained on a huge sample of text from the internet, can generate unique content in a style of writing dictated by the user.
Twitter and Tesla chief Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI but left in 2018, tweeted "It's a new world. Goodbye homework!" in response to an article about the New York ban on ChatGPT on school devices.
An investigation by The Telegraph revealed ChatGPT's potential for cheating on exams, reporting that when teachers reviewed the bot's answers to GCSE questions, many of the responses would be marked between a pass and a grade six, the top score.
When it comes to the AI tool being used for harm, there are a number of safeguards in place but reportedly users have been able can trick it into generating illegal or unethical responses, such as shoplifting tips.
An investigation by Vice found that, with the right prompt, ChatGPT can be manipulated into giving instructions for committing crimes, making bombs, and even taking over the world.
Fresh fears over more delays to Online Safety Bill as poll shows majority of people want tougher measures
New laws to protect children from online harm face further delays – prompting critics to warn this could risk the entire bill if it runs out of parliamentary time.
The long-awaited Online Safety Bill could be pushed back because the Prime Minister will reportedly look to prioritise fresh legislation to tackle continuing strikes across the public services.
There is an increasingly tight parliamentary timetable this year and delays could spell the end for the proposed law because any bill that doesn't receive Royal Assent by the end of a session in Parliament falls, but it can be "carried over". However, this has already happened with this Bill and it can only occur once.
It comes as a cross-party group of MPs have backed an amendment to the Bill that would mean tech bosses are held accountable should their platforms have contributed to the serious harm, abuse, or death of a child.
New research suggests an overwhelming majority of UK adults – 80 per cent – want social media companies to employ senior managers responsible for this.
The proposed legislation intends to end self-regulation for platforms such as Facebook and Instagram and force them to remove harmful content.
Responding to critics who argued it curtailed freedom of speech, the Government ditched plans to in effect outlaw online material that is judged as "legal but harmful", and dropped proposals to make social media giants liable for significant financial penalties for breaching regulations.
Online safety hit the headlines after a coroner last year ruled that schoolgirl Molly Russell, 14, died from "an act of self-harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content".
The Bill was due to return to the Commons for its report stage on Monday 16 January, but according to inews.co.uk, the Government is considering holding it back as Rishi Sunak seeks to force through new laws to impose minimum service levels on rail, schools and the NHS.
The new online laws were dropped from Commons business twice last year due to political turmoil. Earlier in December, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan personally 'guaranteed' the Online Safety Bill will become law.
In its current form, the Bill would only hold bosses responsible for failing to give information to regulator Ofcom, rather than for corporate decisions that result in preventable harm or sexual abuse.
MPs including the Labour shadow cabinet and Conservatives Bill Cash and Miriam Cates are calling on the Government to amend the legislation to ensure companies to be liable for such incidents.
Sir Peter Wanless, the chief executive of the NSPCC, which commissioned the YouGov survey, said the Bill should provide "bold, world-leading regulation that ensures the buck stops with senior management".
TikTok change restricts content shown to children
TikTok has rolled out more audience controls for creators, allowing them to block their content for users under 18 – amid growing pressure on social media companies to create better safeguards for minors.
The changes puts the onus on creators to keep inappropriate content away from children, because, the video-sharing platform says, inappropriate or 'suggestive' content is much harder to detect and keep away from children.
Since November 2022, content on TikTok Live was restricted by creators, meaning some livestreams wouldn't show up for under 18s.
The same technology will now enable those posting videos to ban children from seeing their standard videos on the app. The changes will be expanded globally in the coming weeks.
The development comes after a recent study found TikTok's recommendation algorithm "bombards" teenagers with self-harm content and eating disorder content within minutes of them using the app.
It takes just 2.6 minutes to show vulnerable girls as young as 13 videos that feature dangerously restrictive diets, pro-self-harm and content romanticising suicide to users who show a preference for the material, even if they are registered as under-18s, according to research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).
Indeed, user accounts classed as "vulnerable" were shown these kinds of clips 12 times more than "standard" accounts.
TikTok will still remove any content that violates its community guidelines. The firm insists that its "strict policies prohibiting nudity, sexual activity, and sexually explicit content" will still apply to creators who use this new feature.
In a post it wrote: "Our goal has always been to make sure our community, especially teens on our platform, have a safe, positive and joyful experience when they come to TikTok."
The metaverse helps children who refuse to go to school
The Metaverse is being used to teach children in Japan who refuse to attend school.
Some 110 elementary and junior high school students have taken part in the programme of immersive classes – with 10 per cent of children afterwards having gone back to school as normal.
Not-for-profit organisation Katariba launched Room-K to help youngsters create a trusting relationship with counsellors and gain a sense of belonging. There's also a focus on acquiring social skills along with concentrating on studying.
The Japanese government is looking at ways to deal with the growing number of students refusing to attend school, which is said to be down to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and complex home environments.
Room-K offers pupils freedom of choice, allowing them to choose subjects and the time they want to study, with 45-minute sessions created for multiple subjects including Japanese, programming and reading with other students, reports Japan Times.
Participants can choose avatars such as heroes and princesses and move around freely in the metaverse space. By approaching other avatars, they can speak to other students through video calls, which is said to replicate break times in traditional schools.
Katariba's Tomotaka Segawa, who is in charge of Room-K, said. "More children will be saved if online connections are turned into an opportunity to support them."
Teens who frequently check social media may experience brain changes
New research has identified a possible link between youngsters habitually checking social media and brain changes that are associated with sensitivity to feedback from their peers.
The University of North Carolina study carried out MRI scans of nearly 200 children aged 12 to 15, a period of especially rapid brain development, across two years.
They were split into groups according to how often they checked Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
It found that youngsters with high engagement with social media at around age 12 showed a distinct trajectory, with their sensitivity to social rewards from peers heightening over time. Teens who checked their feeds less often followed the opposite path, with a declining interest in social rewards.
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is one of the first ever long-term studies on child brain development and technology use.
Habitual users in the study reported checking their feeds 15 or more times a day; moderate users checked between one and 14 times; non-habitual users checked less than once a day.
The study authors acknowledged key limitations of their study: It can't be determined if the brain changes are driven by social media use or if they reflect a natural tendency in adolescence – a period of expanding social relationships – to pivot toward peers, which could be driving more frequent social media use.
The study author wrote: "Our findings suggest that checking behaviours on social media in early adolescence may tune the brain's sensitivity to potential social rewards and punishments.
"It is difficult to determine whether social media use prior to data collection caused these distinct neural trajectories or pre-existing differences in neural activation placed some youth at risk for more habitual checking behaviours."
The neuroscientists said more studies are needed to examine long-term associations between social media use and brain development in youngsters.
News from elsewhere this week:
Adeniyi Alade: Parents should familiarise themselves with VR to keep kids safe – Press and Journal
How I (mostly) stopped my teen from gaming all night – New York Times
My five-year-old son has started playing Roblox. Should I be worried? – inews.co.uk
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These DIY dishwasher soap pods are simple to make and work. They are made with all natural ingredients to help keep toxins out of your home.
The dishwasher is full of dirty dishes and you reach under the sink to grab a soap pod and realize you are out, has that ever happened to you before? The only thing worse than emptying the dishwasher, is emptying dirty dishes out of it that still need to be hand washed.
I have found myself in this position before, along with having a full load of dirty clothes and no laundry soap. Times like these leave me digging around to see what I can find in my house to make do. These little emergencies have brought me many new DIY recipes that I still use today!
The best part? These homemade products are always all natural and usually work just as well as the real thing. Today, I am going to share a simple DIY dishwasher soap pod that actually works!
Mix all your dry ingredients together in a medium size mixing bowl.
Pour the vinegar over the dry ingredients, once the bubbles go down stir well.
Add lemon essential oil and stir well.
Transfer the mixture to a ice cube tray or silicon molds. Press the mixture down into the molds.
Place one pod into the soap compartment per load. You can also add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the bottom of the dishwasher to prevent streaks and cloudy dishes. This is especially a good idea to do if you have hard water. This is optional and doesn't need to be done every load.
WASHING SODA- Washing soda is sodium carbonate, that dissolved in water for washing and cleaning. It is a natural cleaner and can be used as a water softener. Washing soda is also neutralizing and eliminates odors.
BORAX- Borax has been used to disinfect, whiten, and kill mold and mildew for many many years. It is used in all sort of cleaning products and it is very good at cutting grease and getting stains out.
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Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services, addresses a group of high school students at the Condado Plaza Hotel Wednesday.
Ford Motor Company Fund announced Wednesday it will launch its signature program, Ford Driving Dreams Tour, for the first time in Puerto Rico.
The Ford Driving Dreams Tour is designed to provide educational resources and scholarships to motivate and help students graduate on time and pursue college. Ford Fund's efforts in Puerto Rico are part of a long-term investment of $100,000 for educational resources.
"Ford is committed to helping communities bridge the gap between education and students who deserve a path to higher education because the lack of resources should never determine their academic success," said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services.
Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, is working with ASPIRA Puerto Rico to launch the tour. The participating high schools include: Escuela Alternativa ASPIRA Aguada, Escuela Alternativa ASPIRA Mayagüez, Escuela Alternativa ASPIRA Carolina, and Escuela Francisco Oller Cataño. According to ASPIRA, students ages 14-17 are most at risk of dropping out of high school due to a combination of social and economic factors.
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Q: Function works in .NET framework 2.0 but not in any other version On .NET 5 (and .NET core 3 and 3.1) when debugging after around 5 seconds the code throws System.ExecutionEngineException which seems like it should never pop up as it is something obsolete as far as I understood from searching.
The same code on .NET Framework >2 (e.g 4.8 or 4.7.2) similarly works for around 5 seconds then throws the following exception:

Managed Debugging Assistant 'CallbackOnCollectedDelegate' : 'A callback was made on a garbage collected delegate of type
'SoundCheck!SoundCheck.CHCNetSDK+VOICEDATACALLBACKV30::Invoke'. This
may cause application crashes, corruption and data loss. When passing
delegates to unmanaged code, they must be kept alive by the managed
application until it is guaranteed that they will never be called.'

But on .NET Framework 2 it works magically without any issues.
As far as I understand I should somehow make it so that garbage collection stops and does not collect this method. But I am unfamiliar with this. I do not know how I should approach this.
I am using the Hikvision SDK https://www.hikvision.com/en/support/download/sdk/
The code:
Dll import:
public delegate void VOICEDATACALLBACKV30(int lVoiceComHandle, IntPtr pRecvDataBuffer, uint dwBufSize, byte byAudioFlag, System.IntPtr pUser);

[DllImport(@"..\bin\HCNetSDK.dll")]
public static extern int NET_DVR_StartVoiceCom_V30(int lUserID, uint dwVoiceChan, bool bNeedCBNoEncData, VOICEDATACALLBACKV30 fVoiceDataCallBack, IntPtr pUser);

Start button:
   private void btnVioceTalk_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (m_bTalk == false)
            {

                CHCNetSDK.VOICEDATACALLBACKV30 VoiceData = new CHCNetSDK.VOICEDATACALLBACKV30(VoiceDataCallBack);

                lVoiceComHandle = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_StartVoiceCom_V30(m_lUserID, 1, true, VoiceData, IntPtr.Zero);

                if (lVoiceComHandle < 0)
                {
                    iLastErr = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_GetLastError();
                    str = "NET_DVR_StartVoiceCom_V30 failed, error code= " + iLastErr;
                    MessageBox.Show(str);
                    return;
                }
                else
                {
                    btnVioceTalk.Text = "Stop Talk";
                    m_bTalk = true;
                }
            }
            else
            {

                if (!CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_StopVoiceCom(lVoiceComHandle))
                {
                    iLastErr = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_GetLastError();
                    str = "NET_DVR_StopVoiceCom failed, error code= " + iLastErr;
                    MessageBox.Show(str);
                    return;
                }
                else
                {
                    btnVioceTalk.Text = "Start Talk";
                    m_bTalk = false;
                }
            }
        }

Callback function:
   public void VoiceDataCallBack(int lVoiceComHandle, IntPtr pRecvDataBuffer, uint dwBufSize, byte byAudioFlag, System.IntPtr pUser)
    {
        byte[] sString = new byte[dwBufSize];
        Marshal.Copy(pRecvDataBuffer, sString, 0, (Int32)dwBufSize);

        if (byAudioFlag ==0)
        {

            string str = "sound1.pcm";
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(str, FileMode.Create);
            int iLen = (int)dwBufSize;
            fs.Write(sString, 0, iLen);
            fs.Close();
        }
        if (byAudioFlag == 1)
        {

            string str = "sound2.pcm";
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(str, FileMode.Create);
            int iLen = (int)dwBufSize;
            fs.Write(sString, 0, iLen);
            fs.Close();
        }

    }

A: From what I understood you declare a delegate type VOICEDATACALLBACKV30
and you have a method implementing that signature. This is method VoiceDataCallBack
In the line CHCNetSDK.VOICEDATACALLBACKV30 VoiceData = new CHCNetSDK.VOICEDATACALLBACKV30(VoiceDataCallBack);
you instantiate that callback inside an eventhandler, so it's managed memory allocation "lives" on the stack, for a short time.
Then you pass it to some SDK function.

Seems the unmanaged SDK functions keeps on working with that delegate,  for an obvoiusy longer time and hold an unmanaged reference/pointer to that delegate .
But your .NET code has already garbage collected it after a short while, because it is no longer referenced in managed code.
So when the SDK invokes the callback the first time after its managed memory has been collected, it's crashing.

So need to keep a reference in managed code, by simply assigning it to a field, in order to keep it alive on the heap. So it is not GC'ed.

 //declare field
 private CHCNetSDK.VOICEDATACALLBACKV30 _voiceData;
 ....
 //inside 'btnVioceTalk_Click' event handler
 if (_voiceData == null) {
    _voiceData = new CHCNetSDK.VOICEDATACALLBACKV30(VoiceDataCallBack);
 }

Likely .NET Framework 2 had another GC implementation/algorithm.

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SoGou Chinese Search Engine – The Search Dog
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SEJ STAFF Loren BakerFounder at Foundation Digital
SoGou Chinese Search Engine – Walkin' The Search Dog
SOHU.COM Inc. today unveiled its all-inclusive, proprietary search engine under the new brand name SoGou, which means 'Search Dog' in Chinese.
"We are now introducing the new 'Third Generation' interactive search, or '3G-Search' in China. We have built on our core search competence to deliver this new way of search in the fast growing Chinese market that has quickly come to critically rely on the Internet as the key source of daily information needs," said Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of SOHU.
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April 19, 2019 – Opinion: Mueller/Rosenstein and the entire apparatus were trying to provoke Trump in all manners to enhance the obstruction case
In Conservative Treehouse, Featured Timeline Entries, Investigations, Opinions/Editorials by Katie Weddington April 19, 2019
The *methods* the team used were always focused on trying to goad Trump into firing, or interfering, thereby creating more obstruction fuel.
Everything Mueller and Rosenstein were doing in late 2017 and throughout 2018 was intended to drag-out the Russia conspiracy narrative as long as possible, even though there was no actual Trump-Russia investigation taking place and Robert Mueller *DID* interview President Trump about the obstruction case. Rod Rosenstein was there for the deposition…. Only President Trump didn't know his remarks were being recorded and transcribed.
Robert Mueller Did Interview President Trump Regarding Obstruction Case…
What, you think that over-the-top broadcast (leaked to CNN) raid on Roger Stone with heavily armed SWAT teams was a mistake? Oh hell no… Team Mueller/Rosenstein were trying to get Trump to lash out. It was strategic and purposefully agressive, just like the Manafort raid.
Every action was taken by the Mueller special counsel in order to get Trump to respond to the heavy-handed tactics. It was always "obstruction" bait. Intentional provocation…. It was purposefully over-the-top. They were goading the President.
People still don't appreciate just how sinister and Machiavellian this was. It was the obstruction case they hoped would build the impeachment outcome.
This was always the objective….. all the way back to May of 2017.
The obstruction case was based on the updated Scope Memo written by Rosenstein on August 2nd, 2017. Everything they were doing was to create that obstruction case. That's why we are not allowed to see the scope memo.
The scope memo outlines the same targets that originally existed within Crossfire Hurricane and the Steele Dossier: Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, Carter Page, Michael Flynn and Michael Cohen. This was how they hoped to get to Trump.
Mueller targeted these individuals on other issues, any issues, because he needed to shut them down, hide the fraudulent origin of the original operation…. and thereby protect his obstruction investigation… For Mueller's purposes:
The Obstruction investigation, building toward the impeachment narrative, was always the original goal of Mueller and Rosenstein. Therefore…
The Obstruction investigation needed the precursor of the Trump-Russia investigation to remain standing; However…
The structure of the Trump-Russia investigation, the underlying evidence to support the effort, is predicated on the "Steele Dossier". Therefore…
Mueller needed to protect the Steele Dossier from scrutiny and deconstruction.
Remember, because there was no Trump-Russia collusion/conspiracy, it was always the "obstruction" investigation that could lead to the desired result by Mueller's team of taking down President Trump through impeachment.
The "obstruction case" was the entirety of the case they were trying to make from August 2017 through to March 2019.
New scope memo. New FBI Team Leader. New approach. New goals. Mueller's goals. What he was enlisted to produce. etc.
The Mueller targets would generate pressure points against President Trump. If they could not deliver direct evidence against Trump (on any criminal angle) they could be used to bait Trump into taking actions that would assist the obstruction case.
Obstruction was always the impeachment long-game, and their political plan needed the 2018 mid-term election and the House of Representatives in Pelosi's hands to work.
This is why DAG Rod Rosenstein pressured Trump in September of 2018 not to declassify the underlying SpyGate/FISA documents.
Rosenstein knew sunlight would have undermined the Russia narrative, and worse…. it might have upended the goal of winning the House (a key part of their long-term plan); so Rosenstein informed Trump declassification would be impeding the Mueller investigation.
Along the road toward building the obstruction case, Mueller and Rosenstein needed to retain the illusion of a "Russian Interference Investigation.
The need to keep up the "Muh Russia" appearances is why Mueller and Rosenstein had to pause every six months and throw out a few phony, structurally silly, Russia indictments.
Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann and Rod Rosenstein knew the people they accused would never show up to defend themselves. The Russian interference indictments were for appearances only, and always came with a specific disclaimer:
This disclaimer is purposeful for two reasons. Number one: there was no Trump-Russia collusion/conspiracy; and number two: saying it satiated their target, President Trump.
While President Trump's legal team were asking what was taking so long, the real program was for Mueller's team to build the 'obstruction' case, which would be the launching point for the impeachment.
Andrew Weissmann & team were continually trying to bait/provoke President Trump into making statements, or taking action that could be added to the 'obstruction' file; while Mueller is telling Trump's legal team they were only a subject-witness in the Russia investigation.
The entire Mueller team were working to goad President Trump into something Mueller could then color/construe as obstruction and then open House impeachment grounds; and they were having fun doing it.
The manner of the pre-dawn raid on Paul Manafort, and the way they treated him, along with the manner of the raid on Michael Cohen was all done purposefully hoping to draw a reaction from Trump, which they would add to the obstruction file.
Once Rosenstein and Mueller had the mid-term election goal secure (Dec '18), then they set about enhancing the impeachment narrative with even stronger 'obstruction' provocations.
The outrageous manner of arrest of Roger Stone is an example. The scale of it; heavily armed swat teams, tanks etc; and the fact that Weissmann enlisted CNN for the purpose of intentionally broadcasting the outrageous nature of the arrest, was by design.
After the 2018 election the type of provocations increased. From all appearances they had no intention of not continuing to ramp up the provocation.
All designed to make Trump lash out and give the appearance needed for obstruction.
The reason why Mueller's team ended up stopping the scheme is because William Barr showed up and refused to participate. This would explain why a disgruntled Weissmann and Mueller team punted on the obstruction decision to AG William Barr.
It was their last desperate effort, amid a failure to construct a solid legal case, to politicize the possibility and innuendo, and force Barr to be the one to say: "no obstruction."
(Read more: The Last Refuge/Conservative Treehouse, 4/19/2019)
(Editor's note: republished with permission, photos courtesy of Conservative Treehouse)
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describe("Protobone.Collection", function() {
    describe("#constructor", function() {
        it("calls add with the given data", function() {
            spyOn(Protobone.Collection.prototype,'add');

            var c = new Protobone.Collection([{name: 'alex'}]);
            expect(c.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{name: 'alex'}]);
            expect(c.add.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
        });
    });

    describe("#add", function() {
        it("exists", function() {
            expect(Protobone.Collection.prototype.add).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
        });

        it("returns itself (this, fluent interface)", function() {
            var c = new Protobone.Collection();
            var ret = c.add();
            expect(ret).toEqual(c);
        });

        it ("does nothing if the given data are not objects", function() {
            var c = new Protobone.Collection();
            c.add();
            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(0);
            c.add('something');
            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(0);
            c.add([1,2,3,4]);
            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(0);
        });

        it("creates Protobone.Model instances when adding and store them in the models property", function() {
            var c = new Protobone.Collection();
            c.add([{name: 'alex'}, {name: 'barbara'}]);
            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(2);
            expect(c.models[0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(c.models[1]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(c.models[0].get('name')).toEqual('alex');
            expect(c.models[1].get('name')).toEqual('barbara');

            c.add({name: 'clex'});
            c.add({name: 'dlex'});

            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(4);
            expect(c.models[2]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(c.models[3]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(c.models[2].get('name')).toEqual('clex');
            expect(c.models[3].get('name')).toEqual('dlex');
        });

        it("creates specific Model instances when adding on a Collection with defined model", function() {
            var Person = Class.create(Protobone.Model, {});
            var C = Class.create(Protobone.Collection, {
                model: Person
            });
            var c = new C();
            c.add([{name: 'alex'}, {name: 'barbara'}]);
            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(2);
            expect(c.models[0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Person));
            expect(c.models[1]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Person));
            expect(c.models[0].get('name')).toEqual('alex');
            expect(c.models[1].get('name')).toEqual('barbara');
        });

        it ("adds given Model instances without transforming them into something else", function() {
            var Person = Class.create(Protobone.Model, {});
            var C = Class.create(Protobone.Collection, {
                model: Person
            });
            var c = new C();
            var p1 = new Person({name: 'alex'});
            var p2 = new Person({name: 'barbara'});
            c.add([p1,p2]);
            expect(c.models.length).toEqual(2);
            expect(c.models[0]).toEqual(p1);
            expect(c.models[1]).toEqual(p2);
            expect(c.models[0].get('name')).toEqual('alex');
            expect(c.models[1].get('name')).toEqual('barbara');
        });

        it ("fires an 'add' event for a single added model (added model as array in event handler)", function() {
            var c = new Protobone.Collection();
            var addFn = jasmine.createSpy('add');
            c.on('add',addFn);
            c.add({name: 'alex'});
            expect(addFn.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Array));
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(0)[0][0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(0)[1]).toEqual(c);

            c.add([{name: 'alex'},{name: 'blex'},{name: 'clex'}]);
            expect(addFn.calls.count()).toEqual(2);
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(1)[0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Array));
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(1)[0].length).toEqual(3);
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(1)[0][0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(1)[0][1]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(1)[0][2]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Protobone.Model));
            expect(addFn.calls.argsFor(1)[1]).toEqual(c);
        });

        it("updates its 'length' property if new models are added", function() {
            var c = new Protobone.Collection();
            expect(c.length).toEqual(0);
            c.add([{a:'a'},{b:'b'}]);
            expect(c.length).toEqual(2);
        });
    });

    describe("#push", function() {
        it("just should call add(), as alias function", function() {
            var c = new Protobone.Collection();
            spyOn(c,'add').and.callThrough();
            res = c.push({'a':3});
            expect(c.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith({a:3});
            expect(c.add.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
            expect(res).toEqual(c);
        });
    });
});


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Most Indians still champion long-term relationships, stay wary of virtual ones, survey finds
Per the survey, 50 per cent of respondents believe romance in the virtual world works well for people who are a little shy/introverted
New Delhi | August 3, 2021 20:50 IST
Approximately 50 per cent of respondents in metros feel romance in the virtual world is more flirtatious/casual and generally not serious. (Photo: Getty/Thinkstock)
It is a known fact that the nature of romantic relationships has changed in the pandemic. Indianexpress.com had previously reported that in the lockdowns, the inability to meet loved ones may have caused some strain in relationships, causing couples to drift away or quarrel often.
August is considered to be 'Romance Awareness Month', and a recent survey has found that when it comes to dates, most Indians prefer actual meetups to virtual ones.
ITC Engage, a fragrance brand, in collaboration with IPSOS, a global leader in market research, notes in its 'Love Survey 2021' that when it comes to young individuals and their idea of love, 63 per cent of respondents believe in long-term relationships. Additionally, 36 per cent of respondents in non-metro cities say physical distance is not a hindrance to romance these days, and only 24 per cent from metro cities feel the same.
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Impact of lockdown
Lockdown had put new relationships under stress with almost 80 per cent of single/casual daters finding it difficult to initiate/develop a relationship. It has, however, also helped people understand the meaningful aspects of their relationships.
It was found in the survey that a whopping 98 per cent of the total respondents believe virtual romance is completely different from real romance, in that it is perceived to lack authenticity, and is considered to be more casual and risky.
Per the survey, 50 per cent of respondents believe romance in the virtual world works well for people who are a little shy/introverted, while 50 per cent of respondents in metros feel romance in the virtual world is more flirtatious/casual and generally not serious. Further, 46 per cent of the respondents feel romance in the virtual world can become "very dangerous".
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Interestingly, in the course of the pandemic, association of romance with positive words has seen a decline. There is now a 23 per cent drop for words like 'being together', followed by a 14 per cent dip in 'chemistry'.
But, association with negative words like 'difficult', 'anxiety' and 'frustrating' has increased by 25 per cent, 15 per cent and 20 per cent respectively – indicating a shift in the idea of romance in the new normal.
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At the 2013 Salon International de l'Auto in Geneva, Hyundai will unveil its Grand Santa Fe – the company's E-segment extended wheelbase SUV.
Joining the already-successful New Generation Santa Fe, the new model further demonstrates Hyundai's SUV expertise and heritage. To meet the region's demand for a long wheelbase version, Grand Santa Fe was designed alongside the regular model from the earliest stages. This approach has ensured that the eye-catching design, influenced by the company's 'Storm Edge' form language, is successfully applied to both models.
Grand Santa Fe was first seen at the 2012 New York International Show, but a European variant has been developed specially for the region. The ride and handling characteristics have been adjusted to deliver a more damped, responsive driving experience expected by European buyers.
Grand Santa Fe is taller (+ 10 mm), wider (+ 5 mm) and longer (+ 225 mm) due to an enlarged wheelbase (+100 mm) and now also yields a best-in-class 607-litre cargo capacity. The larger model also offers either a six- or seven-seat configuration, giving passengers space and comfort on even the longest journeys.
The newcomer to Europe features design differentiation over New Generation Santa Fe; notably a re-shaped grille, fog lamps and front bumper, and larger re-styled rear quarter. Grand Santa Fe rides on bespoke 18- or 19-inch alloy wheels.
A single and carefully-matched powertrain is offered - the powerful Euro5-compliant, 2,2-litre 'R' VGT diesel engine. Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, it produces 197 ps, while emitting only 192 g/km of CO2 on the European combined cycle.
Hyundai has also fitted the cabin with a high standard of specification – including the company's three-mode steering system, FLEX STEER, a 4,3-inch TFT Supervision Cluster and a vehicle-length panoramic sunroof with no centre beam –offering a more pleasurable environment for long journeys.
The Hyundai press conference takes place at 11:30 CET on Tuesday 5 March. Hyundai's booth is located in Hall 1, stand number 1040.


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Order of Service for 'Lament and Apology Liturgy' to LGBTIQ
PROUD AND PROPHETIC — A Rainbow Reflection For Global Network of Rainbow Catholics Third Assembly
Posted by Matthew Ng · September 27, 2019 1:01 PM
The GNRC's 3rd General Assembly was hosted with Dignity USA in Chicago coinciding with their 50th Jubilee Celebrations. Australia was represented by 3 organizations - Acceptance Sydney, Australian Catholics for Equality and the Rainbow Catholics Inter-Agency for Ministry. During the General Assembly, there were several keynote speeches that were powerful points of reflections; we have sought permission to share them with Acceptance Sydney members.
We've included prominent theologian Mary E Hunt's opening address to the GNRC General Assembly, please enjoy.
Bishop calls homosexuality 'gift from God,' seeks to end 'prejudices that kill'
Posted by Paul Alacqua · September 01, 2017 12:03 AM
[Scroll down to the bottom of the page for details about our MSC confrere bishop]
A Brazilian bishop said July 30 that homosexuality is a "gift from God." Seeing the reaction his homily generated, Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos of Caicó then released a statement saying that his only scope was to "save lives," after learning about the high statistics of suicide among the LGBT community.
"If it is not a choice, if it is not a disease, in the perspective of faith it can only be a gift," the bishop of Caicó in the Rio Grande do Norte state said during his homily at a Mass closing feast of Santana de Caicó, always marked on the Sunday following the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne.
"The gospel par excellence is the gospel of inclusion," said the bishop. "The gospel is a narrow door, yes, it is a demanding love, but it is a door that is always open.
"When you look at homosexuality, you cannot say it's an option," Cruz said, adding that a choice has to be made freely, while sexual orientation is something a person discovers "one day."
However, he said, a person can choose how to live his or her sexual orientation, "in a dignified, ethical way, or in a promiscuous one. But promiscuity can be lived in any of the orientations."
The bishop then said that homosexuality hasn't been considered as a disease by the World Health Organization since the 1990s, and given this, and the fact that a person doesn't choose to be gay, same-sex attraction can only be "a gift from God. It's given by God. But perhaps our prejudices do not get the gift of God."
During his homily, Cruz said that when slavery was accepted, black people weren't considered human, "they said we black people didn't have a soul," because of "prejudices."
"Just as we were able to leap, in the wisdom of the Gospel, and overcome slavery, is it not the time for us to leap, from a perspective of faith, and overcome prejudices against our brothers who experience same-sex attraction?" the bishop asked.
Prejudice, he said, is a "concept before an experience," and it's what blinded generations to slavery, and what blinds Europe today to the "drama of refugees."
Cruz, appointed bishop by Pope Francis in 2014, after he served in some of Brazil's most infamous favelas, or slums, said the Argentine pontiff is sometimes accused by "some who want to be more Roman than the pope," of wanting to water down the Church's teaching, "they say we're selling ourselves, that he's selling the doctrine for something cheap.
"In truth, what Pope Francis wants is to make mercy the starting point of Catholic doctrine," he said. "And mercy, people, is not cheap: Mercy is very expensive. Christ paid a high price for mercy."
Cruz also quoted Francis's famous line "If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?" adding, just as the pope did at the time, on the flight back from Rio de Janeiro in 2013, that the Catechism of the Catholic Church says that gay people are not to be marginalized from society.
"It'd be good for orthodox [Catholics] to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church."
The prelate also quoted Francis's document on the family, Amoris Laetitia, in which the pope talks about "accompanying, discernment and welcoming" families in irregular unions, acknowledging that even though it was addressed to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, it could apply to gay people too.
The bishop began his homily talking about a radio interview that really affected him. The host was talking about a professor who did his thesis on the prevalence of suicide among transvestites and transsexuals.
On hearing this report, he said, he began to think about "so many brothers and sisters with a homosexual orientation who feel misunderstood and unloved by us, who are Church, by their families, by their society and even by themselves, as it was in the days of slavery."
The bishop's homily, available in video on YouTube, was praised by some and criticized by many others, who even call his words a heresy and demanded the Vatican to get involved.
Seeing the many reactions, Cruz released a statement on the diocesan website on Sunday, a week after his homily. In it, the bishop stood by his remarks, saying that his goal was to "save lives, contributing so that we can overcome the prejudices that kill."
The bishop said that he did not want to induce anyone to make a mistake, but that he followed the guidelines of the church and of Francis.
"As Pope Francis told us many times, people already know by heart the doctrine of the Church about abortion, divorce and homosexual acts," Cruz wrote. "He asks us not to be obsessed with sin, increasing the wounds of these people, and insists that the doors of the church are open to welcome, instruct, discern, love in order to bring salvation to all without exception."
The bishop also wrote that his intention on addressing the issue was merely pastoral, and that he's not challenging the teachings of the Catechism. Furthermore, he quotes point 2358 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
"The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible," the section he quoted in full says. "This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition."
Following this statement, Cruz said his reflection as a pastor moved by the "weaknesses of his flock, without wanting to minimize the doctrinal and moral dimensions that the subject matter involves, my intention is to save lives, helping to overcome prejudices that kill and enter into the dynamic of God's mercy that respects, rescues and saves people."
Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.
Transgender Catholics and the Church
Posted by Chris Price · September 08, 2015 11:58 PM
Many of us will have heard the recent news about the Vatican rejecting a trans* man as a godparent. The man, Alex Salinas, is a faithful trans* Catholic. This is a story that began in Spain and went to the Bishop then to Rome.
The story is well summarised on the New Ways Ministry website here: Vatican Intervention Causes Bishop to (Again) Reject Trans* Man as Godparent. I think it is worth noting that other Church-affiliated news about this tend to refer to Alex as 'a transsexual woman, who considers herself a man'.
The story is discussed this week on ABC National on the Religion and Ethics program. After transmission, it can be listened to or downloaded online at any time. The program airs on Wednesday 5:30PM and again on Thursday 5:30AM (Sydney times). Father Peter Maher was interviewed for this program.
Program details can be found on the ABC website here: Religion and Ethics Report.
(This article is a stub. I'll update this article after the program airs. Stay tuned! If you're wondering why there are asterisks in this article (i.e. trans* man), then this link explains.)
— Chris Price, 08 September 2015.
Easter: a time for queer celebration
Posted by Benjamin Oh · June 16, 2015 6:57 PM
Ben Oh, Acceptance member, Newtown parishioner and campaigner for peace, equality and justice, reflects on the meaning of the Easter events as paradigms for developing a more equitable and just world.
New Archbishop calls for fresh approach to gay people and divorcees
Posted by Chris Price · November 14, 2014 10:59 AM
This is from an article published on 12 November 2014 by Michael Kenny.
Please see the link at the end of the post for source and attribution.
The newly installed Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher has backed calls from Pope Francis for the church to take a more inclusive approach.
The 54 year old one time corporate lawyer has been installed as Archbishop during a ceremony at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.
He takes over from Cardinal George Pell who left the position in February to become the Vatican's finance chief in Rome.
Archbishop Fisher said he wants to use the role to reach out to those who have felt alienated from the Catholic Church, including gay people and the divorced.
"I think the Catholic Church is and should be a church for the whole of humanity," he said.
"Our arms are wide open for everyone. So whatever the struggles in their life, whether that's with their sexuality or their marital history or any other issues, I want to say to them: 'Come to the Church. The Church loves you because God loves you'."
Archbishop Fisher said he had been moved by recent calls from Pope Francis for the Catholic Church to adopt a greater openness towards gay people and divorced Catholics who have remarried.
"I have a consciousness now of the struggles of people with same sex attraction", he said.
"Our concern should be there to help them rather than to be adding to their problems and I fully back the view that we should be compassionate to people with a same sex attraction or with other struggles in their life."
The new archbishop said he also wanted to use his new role to reach out to younger Catholics and to restore public trust tarnished in the wake of recent paedophile scandals involving Catholic priests.
"We have to be very honest with ourselves and with everybody else about what has gone wrong", he said.
"We need to own up to that and show that we are genuinely ashamed and contrite and determined that that will never happen again," he added.
"We have to make sure that the victims are given every help they can be to be healed of what's been done to them and I think we have to put in processes for the future that mean that paedophiles can't be in positions like this again and that when there are complaints, they are dealt with very quickly."
Archbishop Fisher said he holds strong views on a number of social issues, particularly the treatment of asylum seekers.
"There is no doubt that we have to do what we can in this country to make sure that people smugglers have no incentive to continue that deadly practice", he said.
"But that said, we don't want to have such strong disincentives that we end up being unjust, especially to children", he added.
"I think all people of good will in this country would be deeply uncomfortable with the thought of having people incarcerated in horrible camps and who go on to suffer further psychological damage".
Source: Michael Kenny at this link on sbs.com.au on 12 November 2014
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Feminists and Gay Christians who accept the Church - Kristina Keneally | 07 June 2012
Posted by Matthew Ng · September 12, 2014 12:21 AM
'Wherev er two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them,' says Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew. Look at what these words say to his followers.
You don't need a crowd, just two or three. 'Gathered in my name', not 'gathered in a church' or 'at a certain time or place', but simply 'in my name': that is, two or three, with Christ as the common centre of their faith, gathered to pray and praise God. 'There am I among them.' This is an affirmative statement. It's a positive statement. It is a statement of assurance. It is a statement made with no other qualifications.
Tips for Happiness - By his Holiness Pope Francis
Posted by Matthew Ng · August 17, 2014 6:15 PM
A beautiful article by His Holiness on Happiness.
Mapping Homophobia in Australian
Posted by Matthew Ng · June 28, 2014 1:30 PM
This study identifies the extent of homophobia in Australia, using data from 24,718 self-completion interviews with respondents aged 14 and over.
Click here to download and view
Corey's Story - Gay Altar Boy Makes Good (Star Observer)
Corey's experience of growing up Gay and Catholic published in the Star Observer.
Towards a Church Apology for Gay Prejudice
Posted by Matthew Ng · June 28, 2014 12:44 AM
Donal Godfrey SJ is Executive Director, University Ministry at The University of San Francisco writes about his visit to Acceptance


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THE NEW CALVINISTS
By Donald Macleod | Published: October 6, 2014
Most of our readers now sleep soundly, secure in the knowledge that Calvinists are extinct. After all, you never see one on telly, and it's a good seven years since the last stamping on fiddles or smashing of bagpipes.
But being, as it were, possessed of inside knowledge, I knew there were still some Calvinists around. I had even seen one or two, though much harder to spot than of yore, since they no longer wore black hats.
Now the really bad news. Not only are there still a few Calvinists around, but another closely related species has suddenly appeared: New Calvinists, the same but different.
I had long suspected it, more or less for the same reason as led scientists to suspect the existence of the planet Pluto. Even though no telescope could see it, there were odd deviations in the skies, and these deviations strongly suggested the existence of a hitherto unknown planet. Precisely the same thing was happening in the theological skies: strange deviations from Calvinism pointing to some hitherto unknown phenomenon.
Then, a couple of months ago a book arrived by post, written by a Dr. E. S. Williams asking to be reviewed, and offering the lowdown on a group labelled 'The New Calvinists': a species allegedly represented in America by such organisations as Acts 29, the Gospel Coalition, and Desiring God Ministries; and in this country by the Porterbrook Network.
I found the book's broad-brush denunciations of fellow Christians hard to take. Too many good men and first-rate scholars were being held up to disdain. Yet the book instantly solved my version of the Pluto-problem: the curious movements in the theological skies now had a label; and the label immediately put me on the alert, sensing danger.
The New Calvinists are all Calvinists, but only in the limited sense that they believe in the so-called Five Points, summarised in the mnemonic TULIP (Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Invincible Grace, Perseverance of the Saints). I love all tulips, except this one, to which I am profoundly allergic. John Calvin's unique contribution to human thought cannot be reduced to this simplistic teaching-aid, thought up only in the 20th century. Nor can Calvinism be reduced to 'points'. It is a whole world-view, embracing not only religion, but art, science, education, economics, politics and much more.
But if they hold to the Five Points, why should I worry? I should worry because just as the grey squirrel threatens our native reds with extinction, so this brash New Calvinism threatens our historic Scottish Calvinism. It will eat us up, just as American signal-crayfish eat up our native species.
The biggest threat is to our native from of worship, the key-note of which has been a sense of awe in the presence of the infinite and the holy; and linked to this, in turn, an insistence on order. This was something that the Reformers inherited from the early church fathers and from the mediaeval Catholic Church and, Reformation or no Reformation, they refused to let it go. This is why many of us today would feel far more at home in a High Church service than in a modern Evangelical one; and this is why every Reformed church, including the Church of Scotland, had its Book of Common Order, reflecting the conviction that public worship was far too important to be left to the whim of the individual minister. They could preach and pray as the Spirit moved them, but they would have to sing from an authorised psalm-book, follow a common order for Baptism and Communion, and incorporate the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed into their weekly services.
Beside this lay another fundamental principle: it was God's prerogative to tell us how he wished to be worshipped. Hence the much-derided 'simplicity' of Calvinist worship: no vestments, no incense, no altar, no images of the saints, no pictures of the Virgin, no kneeling at Communion, all excluded because we had no reason to believe that God 'enjoyed' them. That was the only relevant consideration.
With the New Calvinism, the dynamics change and Calvin becomes but a dim shadow. Instead, there is a curious mixture of the Five Points, 16th century Anabaptism, 18th century revivalism, 20th century Pentecostalism, sophisticated marketing, the latest technology, and high-decibel music.
The details will vary, of course, depending on the whims of the Leader. At its worst, he will be a brilliant stand-up comedian, dressed down to a T-shirt, his tattooed arms and biceps proclaiming his masculinity, the music hip-hop (rap). At its best, the Leader will be a Harvard postgraduate, the band will be a professional orchestra and the sermon will be an argument to prove the existence of God (something Calvin never thought was his job, seeing as how God had already sown the seed of religion in every heart).
With all this comes 'messy' church: not as a disaster, but as something devoutly to be wished, since traditional churches are all 'stuffy' and need to be 'shook-up', giving us what the late Cardinal Winning called 'the liturgy of scruff', sermons which impart much information about the preacher's wife and family, imperious leaders, and a contempt for rigorous full-time theological education.
And music, the modern opiate. Can we really accept that in church music anything goes? Luther took his hymn-tunes from the pubs and General Booth claimed to have stolen his from the Devil. Calvin, by contrast, had his specially composed for his Psalms, insisting that the music serve the words. If that is the case, then hip-hop (the music to which Afro-American protest sings its narrative) can never find a place in Christian worship. Nor can the oratorio. Church music is community music, and the high notes of the soprano and the low notes of the bass are equally beyond us. We could listen to an oratorio, of course, but worship doesn't consist in being sung to, but in singing.
But finally, isn't this New Calvinism 'missional'. Possibly, but while it may have invented the word it certainly didn't invent the thing. The Old Calvinism succeeded not only in providing Scotland with blanket gospel-coverage, but also in sending overseas some of the greatest missionaries the world has ever seen.
Let us take our cue from them, and move on to develop an expansionist Old Calvinism, based on Calvin's encyclopaedic theology, reverent worship and comprehensive church organisation.
And please assure me that I'm not the last of a threatened species.
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First published in the West Highland Free Press, Friday 26 September, 2014.
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Leonhardt's Launchpads Announces Issuance of New U.S. Patent for Bioelectric Plus Biologics Platform for Organ Regeneration and Healing
by cancercell | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Latest Patent Further Strengthens Intellectual Property Portfolio Covering Novel Platform for Precisely Controlling Regenerative Protein Expressions Including Stem Cell Homing and Differentiation Control
Technology Has Key Potential Applications in Regeneration of Failing Heart, Brain, Kidney, Liver, Pancreas, Lungs, Aorta, Vision and Hearing as well as Transcutaneous Uses for Accelerated Wound Healing, Skin, Hair and Penile Function Regeneration (ED)
Irvine, California, May 27th, 2020 – Leonhardt's Launchpads, an innovation and startup launch accelerator focused on developing novel therapeutics that harness the body's innate mechanisms to regenerate failing organs and to heal tissues, today announced the issuance of a new U.S. patent providing broad protection for the company's first-of-its-kind combination bioelectrics and biologics technology platform, which has multiple potential therapeutic applications in organ regeneration and recovery.
"Previous stem cell therapies that delivered stem cells alone in a single application failed to regenerate organs fully. Electrical stimulation technologies to date have failed to zero in on and deliver the precise right bioelectric signaling sequences for controlling specific regenerative protein expressions when and where needed. This pioneering technology platform is the first to combine the powerful ability of bioelectric stimulation with repeat deliveries of not just stem cells but a whole host of support factors– similar to an egg yolk– designed to help cells survive, proliferate, engraft and differentiate with the intention of fully regenerating failing organs." stated primary inventor, Executive Chairman and CEO Howard J. Leonhardt.
U.S. Patent 10,646,644 Issued May 12th, 2020 – https://patents.justia.com/patent/10646644 covers bioelectric stimulation controlled release of SDF1 and PDGF known stem cell homing and proliferation factors as well as use of a re-fillable micro infusion pump for slow infusion of a mixed composition of stem cells, exosomes, micro RNAs, nutrient hydrogel, growth factor cocktail, selected alkaloids and anti-inflammatory agents with the intention of regenerating organs and healing tissues. SDF1 and PDGF highlighted in these new patent claims also have strong capabilities in promoting arteriogenesis (mature blood vessel growth).
The Leonhardt team has separately filed or acquired patent claims for bioelectric controlled expression of follistatin, klotho, tropoelastin, VEGF, IGF1, CXCL5, HIF1a, EGF, HGF, OPG, RANKL and COL17A1 all known to have a role in organ healing https://patents.justia.com/patent/20180064935. Separately the Leonhardt's Launchpads startup CancerCell has 9 issued U.S. patents https://cancercellinc.com/list-of-the-issued-cancer-patents/ for bioelectric treatment of cancer and dozens of additional cancer treatment related claims pending https://patents.justia.com/patent/20190030330. The team has filed patent clams on the combination of bioelectric stimulation and PRF https://patents.justia.com/patent/20200000709. Other important patent filings have been submitted on bioelectric inflammation management https://patents.justia.com/patent/20190022389 and blood pressure management https://patents.justia.com/patent/20190022396
The Leonhardt's Launchpads technology platform is based on foundational scientific research that began in the late 1980's working with Dr. Race Kao and Dr. George Magovern Sr. in Pittsburgh when they injected satellite cells (myoblasts or muscle stem cells) to repair damaged heart tissue in dogs and published the results in The Physiologist in 1989. In 1995 Howard Leonhardt filed his first patent for a stem cell and biologics delivery system for organ repair – ProCell https://patents.google.com/patent/US5693029A/en based on work that began in 1988. In 1998 the Leonhardt team began collaboration with Dr. Doris Taylor whom that year published a landmark paper in Nature Medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0898-929 on repair of infarcted hearts with myoblast cells. Dr. Taylor currently still serves as co-chair of our Scientific Advisory Board today. In 1999 the Leonhardt team worked with Dr. Shinichi Kanno to publish in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association, pioneering results with bioelectric stimulation driven VEGF protein expression for limb salvage via angiogenesis in animals https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/01.cir.99.20.2682\ and filed a patent application for the same within a year. Since then the Leonhardt team and Leonhardt's Launchpads and its portfolio of startups has had issued, pending, optioned or licensed over 600 patent claims for organ regeneration and recovery. In 2001 Howard Leonhardt and Dr. Juan Chachques filed patents on bioelectric stimulation controlled myogenesis and dynamic cardiac support with an early less potent stem cell homing signal. That same year a Leonhardt led team working with Dr. Patrick Serruys completed the landmark first ever case of non-surgical cell based regeneration of a damaged human heart in The Netherlands. Howard Leonhardt began a collaboration at that time with Dr. Jorge Genovese co-inventor of this patent, and BioLeonhardt's VP of Bioelectric Regeneration Research, that continues to this day. Over 200 dedicated talented people help Leonhardt's Launchpads and its startups advance their developments almost every day – see Team https://leonhardtventures.com/team/ and Scientific Advisory Board –https://calxstars.com/scientific-advisory-board/.
About Leonhardt's Launchpads:
Leonhardt's Launchpads by Cal-X Stars Business Accelerator, Inc. in California, Leonhardt's Launchpads Utah, Inc., Leonhardt's Launchpads Australia PTY and Leonhardt's Launchpads branches in Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Brazil are the innovation and startup launch accelerator arms of Leonhardt Ventures (Leonhardt Vineyards LLC DBA Leonhardt Ventures). Leonhardt Ventures has been developing breakthrough medtech and biotech innovations since the 1980's. In the 1980's the team patented, developed and commercialized the PolyCath line of cardiovascular balloon catheters. In the 1990's they developed and completed the first non-surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm (Melbourne, Australia 1995) and patented what is still today the leading endovascular stent graft for aortic aneurysm repair. In that time period they also patented one of the first percutaneous heart valve systems. Since 2000 the team has been focused almost exclusively on stem cell, biologics and bioelectric based organ regeneration and healing. In May of 2001 the team completed the landmark first ever non-surgical case of cell therapy for heart damage recovery. In 2008 the team began exploring if what they had learned from research in regenerating hearts could be translated to other organs. The organization now has 30 related startups and organ specific innovations in its 2020 portfolio class https://leonhardtventures.com/development-pipeline/ in these groups (1) Heart & Cardiovascular, (2) Brain, (3) Cosmetic & Reproductive Health, (4) Major Organ Regeneration and (5) Cancer. The accelerator business model is to accelerate each organ specific innovation through first in human studies and then secure a strategic partner to advance the product through commercialization.
Click on Leonhardt Ventures and Leonhardt's Launchpads 2020 Annual Report for more information https://leonhardtventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4_23_2020.pdf and our web site at www.leonhardtventures.com
See previous PDGF related press release – https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/-b-leonhardt-b-and-b-genovese-b-file-patent-for-bioelectric-controlled-expression-of-pdgf-a-powerful-organ-regeneration-cytokine-/
See previous KLOTHO anti-aging related press release – https://www.biospace.com/article/leonhardt-s-launchpads-announces-filing-of-patent-for-bioelectric-stimulation-controlled-klotho-expression-powerful-anti-aging-and-regeneration-promoting-protein-/
Contact See contact page on web site for contact information for all locations and phone numbers – https://leonhardtventures.com/contact/
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Leonhardt's Launchpads by Cal-X Stars,
18575 Jamboree Rd #6, Irvine, CA 92612
Leonhardt's Launchpads Utah, Inc.
Research Lab @ 2500 S State St. #D249, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
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