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Attending class is one battle. The next, and perhaps more important, battle is learning. To actually process, retain, and recall learned information is the name of the game with school. And while we may have our grievances and complaints with regards to modern schooling operations, there's no doubt that the ability to learn -- within or without school -- is incredibly important to our personal growth and development.
- Nootropics for learning may improve the conversion of perceived to learned information, helping us better remember and understand new concepts and ideas.
Without the openness to absorb new information, learning isn't possible. Likewise, without the mental fortitude to retain learned information, remembering also isn't possible. Fortunately, nootropics may improve both.
In our guide below, we cover the cognitive processes involved in learning as well as the nootropics that can help.
The Different Types of Learning and Memory
What does it mean to learn, and what are the best measures of learning? Is it the fill-in-the-blank exam or the long-form essay? Traditionally, schools measure learning by hierarchical grading systems: the more information you accurately regurgitate, the higher your grade.
But what of non-verbal learning, such as acquiring athletic skills or "muscle memory" performance? Do the same learning principles apply to football as they do to math or English?
The answer is complicated. Given the complexity of the cognitive structures underlying learning and memory, it seems fairly obvious that the uniform "one-size-fits-all" method is insufficient in properly teaching all types of students. However, the brain regions associated with memory seem universally pertinent to understanding the cognitive processes of learning, whether academic or athletic.
Generally, the different types of memory involved in learning include<1>:
Working Memory
As a subset of short-term memory, working memory relates to the task-oriented cognitive processes involved in learning. Associated with the pre-frontal cortex, working memory allows us to temporarily store -- or "keep in mind" -- task-related information, such as remembering a new phone number or solving a math problem. As such, working memory is limited in capacity and duration.
Meaning that you can only "keep in mind" so much information for a short amount of time.
Working memory relates to concentration, as it allows us to focus on relevant stimuli while ignoring irrelevant distractions. Thus, working memory allows us to perceive important information worth learning in the first place before committing it to a more permanent memory storage.
Declarative Memory
Stored in the brain's limbic and cortical systems, declarative memory (or "explicit" memory) relates to episodic (event-related) memory and semantic (fact-based) memory. While we typically think of learning as processing information via experience, semantic memory instead stores rule-based information, such as the names of colors and capital cities. (E.g., you don't need to visit a state capital to "know" state capitals.)
As we discussed in our post on "Nootropics for Reading," semantic memory plays a key role in reading comprehension; especially semantic memory accessed via working memory. However, in its totality, declarative memory involves an emotional component, which relates to the amygdala. Declarative memories, called "explicit" for our mind's ability to consciously recall them, are more memorable when charged with an amygdala emotional association.
Thus, it's one thing to remember (or "declare") the context ("episodic") of last week's science lesson. It's another to remember the context of last week's lesson when you either absolutely hated or enjoyed it.
Procedural Memory
Just as the name suggests, procedural memory involves the routine-based information we acquire through repetition. Associated with the cerebellum, a brain structure beneath the cerebral hemispheres, procedural memory improves with practice, determining skills such as riding a bike or mastering a language.
With regards to language, it's interesting to note that linguistic creativity, or creative language, remains intact under conditions of impaired declarative memory. So, while declarative memory plays a major role in vocabulary enhancement, routine-based practice in language usage also seems to play a significant role in how we learn and use language as a skill.
Explicit vs. Implicit Learning
Generally, teaching models split into two approaches to learning: explicit and implicit learning. Similar to how explicit memory involves consciously remembering information while implicit memory relates to unconscious information processing, the differences in these two learning models include<2>:
- Explicit - active presentation of information with a defined structure and outline on what's being taught.
- Implicit - passive acquisition of knowledge learned through exposure to new information.
Interestingly, as we age, our capacity for explicit learning, but not implicit learning, declines.<3> This is why we require more time to acquire explicit knowledge in our later years, even while our implicit cognitive functions remain intact.
Natural Nootropics vs. Synthetic Stimulants
Viewed as a sort of quick-fix solution to inattention-related learning disorders, prescribed stimulants have taken over classrooms and dorm-rooms alike with their reliable, feel-good deliver of mental performance enhancement. Yet, these so-called "smart pills" come with a major catch: long-term synthetic stimulant use carries a high abuse risk, including side effects related to addiction and withdrawal.
While brainpower feels at an all-time high during the "up" phase with prescribed stimulants, the inevitable "down" period often results in cognitive impairment and significant brain damages.
Natural nootropics, on the other hand, avoid the nasty side effects of cognitive enhancement by promoting the natural bio-pathways towards improved cognition. Whereas synthetic stimulants flush the brain with exceptionally high, synthetic levels of ramped-up cognitive activity, natural nootropics simply optimize the present brain structures to operate at their best capacity. The result: better learning capacity over time with prolonged, daily nootropic use.
How Natural Nootropics May Help Enhance Learning Capacity
Because nootropics act upon the physiological structures of the brain, they primarily address the neurochemical aspects of learning. As suggested by the amygdala's involvement in declarative memory, there's an emotional, psychological element to learning. While certain behaviors and lifestyle techniques (e.g., meditation) may help with the psychological aspects of learning, nootropics for learning seem to work by improving:
Memory Consolidation and Recall
Explicit and implicit learning capacity more or less parallels explicit and implicit memory ability. However, the common neurotransmitter denominator in the most productive forms of memory involves acetylcholine (ACh), the brain chemical associated with memory, learning, and high-order cognitive processes.
Nootropics may boost ACh activity by:
- Supplying raw choline - nootropic cholinergics supply choline precursor required for ACh synthesis.
- Inhibiting ACh breakdown - decreasing activity of acetylcholinesterase, the enzyme responsible for ACh breakdown, sustains ACh activity within neurotransmissions.
- Increasing ACh receptor sensitivity - sharpening ACh receptor activity ensures an adequate ACh response within receiving neurons (involved in neuron synapses).
Concentration Enhancement
According to the Catecholamine Hypothesis, inattention, hyperactivity, and other affective disorders associate with an imbalance in catecholamine neurotransmitters. With regards to attention and awareness, the most well known catecholamines include:
- Dopamine - the reward-pleasure "motivation" molecule; associated with reward-seeking behavior and executive attention ability.
- Norepinephrine - increasing during states of heightened stress and activity, norepinephrine plays a key role in alertness and the sleep-wake cycle.
- Epinephrine - better known as adrenaline, epinephrine is the "fight-or-flight" brain chemical associated with an increase in blood flow, heart rate, and blood sugar levels.
Without sufficient concentration, the mind is incapable of focusing on relevant information worth learning, instead swaying from distraction to distraction. Focus, attention, concentration -- simply the ability to perceive important information relies on proper catecholamine balance.
Stress Resistance
Subjective of physical, stress negatively impacts nearly all aspects of cognition when unaddressed for too long. While temporary, moderate amounts of stress may significantly enhance learned information by charging the amygdala "emotional" elements involved in memory, chronic or acute stress may have the opposite effect<4>:
- As one study suggests, while it may be difficult to fully discern the positives and negatives of stress on learning, "
can impede learning to escape from aversive stimulus, alter perseverative behavior, and thereby impede performance on a spatial learning task."
Fortunately, the negative impacts of stress on learning seem reversible, indicating that the relationship between stress and learning is reasonably malleable and varies from person to person.
Mind Lab Pro® Nootropics for Learning
Bacopa Monnieri
As one of the most popular herbal nootropics, Bacopa Monnieri holds a special place in the bio-hacker community, particularly among academics. Thanks to the botanical's well-known and well-documented memory boosting benefits, this herbal adaptogen has gained major traction as a learning accelerator and exam performance enhancer.
One study in particular showcases the academic potential of this natural brain booster<5>:
- Administered to healthy human subjects, chronic Bacopa extract supplementation demonstrated significant improvement on "higher order cognitive processes that are critically dependent on the input of information from our environment such as learning and memory."
Several bio-mechanisms may be associated with Bacopa's memory enhancement effects, yet the most promising seem to include Bacopa's cholinergic boosting benefits.<6> Potentially by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase and enhancing acetylcholine activity, Bacopa improves cognitive learning processes; however, only when taken daily for long periods of time.
Effective Bacopa monnieri extracts supply at least a standardized 20% bio-active bacosides concentration. Mind Lab Pro® Bacopa monnieri extract supplies a comprehensive full spectrum of 9 bio-active bacosides at a 24% standardized extract.
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Citicoline (CDP Choline)
Compared to other cholinergic nootropics (choline supplying ingredients), Citicoline (CDP Choline) works particularly well for long-term cognitive enhancement due to the compound's two-part structure that's comprised of:
- Choline - the precursor compound for phosphatidylcholine and acetylcholine syntheses, thereby improving memory and learning capacity.
- Cytidine - the precursor compound required to synthesize uridine, a nucleotide associated with improved ATP energy production and synaptic plasticity.
Together, these two compounds (delivered by way of citicoline) seem to improve cognitive function by enhancing cell-to-cell connectivity and neuronal repair.
According to a small, randomized, placebo-controlled study, for memory- and attention-related performance tasks required for learning citicoline seems to benefit the "neurochemical, electrophysiological, and cognitive function for better short-term memory in healthy human brains."<7>
By simultaneously enhancing neurotransmission efficiency and synaptic plasticity, this brain energy booster seems to essentially "charge" the brain's capacity to process and learn new information. Given Bacopa's cholinergic activities, there's promising synergy potential between citicoline and Bacopa.
More on Mind Lab Pro® Citicoline.
Rhodiola Rosea
Viewed as one of the most powerful stress reducing adaptogens, Rhodiola rosea is a reliable protector against cognitive impairing fatigue and stress. While the effects feel like an energy charge, Rhodiola is perhaps better described as a fatigue reducer than an energy booster. This is likely due to the herb's well-documented regulatory effects on the stress hormone cortisol pathway<8>:
- One placebo-controlled study administered Rhodiola extract to subjects with stress-related fatigue to observe the herb's effects on mood, cognition, and cortisol activity. The researchers that the natural nootropic "exerts an anti-fatigue effect that increases mental performance, particularly the ability to concentrate, and decreases cortisol response to awakening stress in burnout patients with fatigue syndrome."
In rat models, Rhodiola administration was found to exert a "beneficial effect on learning and memory processes" under conditions of memory impairment.<9>
The combination of cognitive rejuvenation and potential memory improvements positions Rhodiola as a game-changing nootropic for the burnt out students and athletes.
More on Mind Lab Pro® Rhodiola Rosea.
N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine
Similar to Rhodiola, N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine works best under conditions of stress and fatigue, thanks the amino's direct role within the catecholaminergic pathway. When stress and fatigue (e.g., sleep deprivation) challenge cognitive stamina, the brain burns natural L-tyrosine reserves to maintain heightened mental performance.
One L-tyrosine runs out, brain performance spirals into burnout territory. Fortunately, supplementing N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine may help.
The effects of sleep deprivation on memory and learning are well-documented, with one report identifying negative impacts on "attention and working memory...
- Significant improvements on cognitive performance tasks and mood levels. The researchers conclusion: "tyrosine may prove useful in counteracting performance decrements during episodes of sustained work coupled with sleep loss."
For high-demanding learning schedules, N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine may help maintain concentration and composure long enough for the mind to sufficiently absorb and process new information.
Stack NALT with B vitamins. For enhanced results, try stacking L-tyrosine with B vitamins, which are co-factors in the catecholamine conversion processes. Mind Lab Pro® B vitamins come in premium, easy-to-absorb BioGenesis™ form for enhanced potency and quality.
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Phosphatidylserine (PS)
Memory enhancer or attention sharpener? Or both? There are plenty of reasons to supplement phosphatidylserine, first and foremost because it's a great phospholipid for brain health. As one of the most important fatty compounds for cognitive function, phosphatidylserine seems to work by:
- Promoting cellular membrane fluidity and integrity.
- Supplying raw material for cellular growth and repair.
Within the cognitive enhancement realm, phosphatidylserine may help improve learning capacity by reducing the symptoms associated with inattention and hyperactivity. One study finds<12>:
- As compared to placebo, phosphatidylserine administration to school-aged children may improve various attention- and memory-related functions of cognitive performance. In conclusion, the researchers found phosphatidylserine "significantly improved ADHD symptoms and short-term auditory memory in children."
This highlights phosphatidylserine's prospects at improving learning capacity otherwise impaired by affective disorders, such as inattention and hyperactivity.
More on Mind Lab Pro® Phosphatidylserine.
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While often discussed in academic terms, learning plays an important function in athletic and physical skills as well. Yet, by boosting the natural, underlying bio-pathways involved in learning, Mind Lab Pro®'s Universal Nootropic™ formula design helps a broad range of competitors.
From maintaining the concentration and composure required for perceiving relevant info to facilitating information storage and recall on exam day (or game day), Mind Lab Pro® work beginning to end -- and beyond. Learn, remember, teach, repeat: this is the secret to eternal youth.
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An old Pete Seeger song that ran through my head in the autumn of 2016 ends with the lines: "And by union what we will can be accomplished still. / Drops of water turn a mill; singly none." In 2020, I'm listening to folk singer Lee Knight sing that same song ("Step by Step") on the Kronos Quartet's "Long Time Passing." The group's latest album is a tribute to Seeger, who once wrote on his banjo: "This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender."
"Long Time Passing" was recorded before the United States shut down due to COVID-19, but made in anticipation of the country's 2020 election. And, in light of the ongoing pandemic and the delays that surrounded the election (in terms of both absentee ballots and tabulating results), the title takes on new meaning.
"When I think about [Seeger's] life's work and the way he brought his audience into making a community, to me that likely is part of the answer now," says David Harrington, founder and first violinist of Kronos, in an early-morning phone call from his home in San Francisco. After a late night and fitful sleep, he was game to take a call at 7:45 a.m. (his time) from a reporter in Berlin who had been up (and refreshing updates) for the last 10 hours.
To some extent, this sleeplessness was to be expected. The pandemic's devastating toll on the United States led many states to see an unprecedented uptick in mail-in ballots in the interest of social distancing. This created a feedback loop between both sides of the aisle: The more that the President warned his followers of absentee ballots being tantamount to voter fraud, the more voters likely to reelect Trump for a second term went to the polls in person. The more that voters likely to endorse Joe Biden saw this rhetoric play out, the more they in turn mailed in and dropped off absentee ballots. The phrases "red mirage" and "blue shift" became common lexical currency.
As this feedback loop reached critical mass, the ideological chasm became proportionally wider. The country hasn't been as divided as it is now since the 1850s, Harrington tells me, referencing an article written for Slate by Fred Kaplan. "I wasn't alive then," he deadpans, "but it feels very divided now."
Harrington was one of seven musicians I spoke to yesterday to ask the question that is now the new catchall greeting in an untenable year built on an already-precarious foundation: "How are you holding up?"
Another was Sarah Rothenburg, artistic director of Da Camera. Rothenberg normally divides her time in the U.S. between her native New York and Houston, and chose to remain in Texas when the country went into lockdown. This has been the longest period of time Rothenberg, who is also a touring pianist, has spent in the state.
"I've been in such a state of anxiety for so long, and it's really like two viruses," she says. "It's the state of public discourse and the constant lies, and then there's COVID."
David T. Little tried to mitigate the mental custody battle between hope and dread. A composer whose works are dramaturgically fed by his omnivorous consumption of news sites of all stripes and biases, Little spent part of his lockdown working to get out the vote in Pennsylvania. He credits both his reading habits and the experts he met during his time volunteering with preparing him for what he calls "that moment [Tuesday] night when the red mirage took hold."
It was a feat easier said than done. "I think that human beings aren't really wired for that," says Donald Nally, conductor and leader of new-music choir The Crossing. "Television then really plays into that—and then social media even more plays into that." Nally spoke from his empty office on Northwestern's campus in Evanston, Illinois, where he teaches at the Bienen School of Music. "Nobody wants to audition for a major position in an orchestra or something, and then have to wait and find out three months later, You know, guess what, it worked out."
While Nally wasn't surprised to wake up on Wednesday morning to no news, the extended wait time—amplified by the volume at which Trump and his followers have operated—still elicits a sense of adrenal fatigue. "Selling fear has become institutionalized," he says. "It's been there for thousands of years, but I think we really perfected it in the 20th century."
In 2020, fear is an intersectional emotion for the more than 5 million people who work in the American creative arts sector, many of whom have been without work and a steady income since March. "I'm trying not to think about the fact that, if Trump wins again, that might actually be the end of my career—at least internationally," says countertenor Reginald Mobley from his home in Boston.
Mobley, who has toured and recorded with John Eliot Gardiner and the UK-based Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, is one of many American artists whose livelihoods are in part tethered to their passports. The fear that a second Trump presidency could lead to ongoing travel restrictions is a valid one given the false information, lack of resources, and increasing case numbers in the United States: "We get to be Number One in everything, which apparently goes double for COVID-19."
Still, both Rothenberg and Mobley remained cautiously optimistic on Wednesday morning. The election seemed to offer less of a cataclysmic shock to the system as it did in 2016, both thanks to tempered expectations and a year of unrest. "Generally the whole year has been anxious, so I don't feel like last night was that far out of line for how I felt the whole year," says LA-based composer Thomas Kotcheff.
And, for many artists, the stresses of 2020 are simply nothing new. "It's been [a mixed bag] for so many people this year," says Mobley. But that same sentiment has gone on "even longer for people who look like me and feel like me." He quotes a phrase used during Mozambique's War for Independence and by LGBTQ activists in Uganda: "A luta continua. The struggle continues."
"Any time we ask each other the question, How are you doing?, it comes with all of these mixed feelings," adds musician and visual artist Raquel Acevedo Klein. Though a native of Brooklyn, Klein's family is largely in Puerto Rico, and she recalls vividly the sense of being emotionally uprooted in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017. "That was the first time in which we were feeling this incredible loss and specifically [the sense of] an attack from our country, our government."
None of the musicians I spoke to on Wednesday are without some qualified optimism—or at least they haven't been overtaken by despair. "I think it's really important to put on the public face of This isn't over yet," says Rothenberg, who also expressed concern for first-time voters who may leave this election feeling disenfranchised with the whole process. But they also spoke about concerns beyond the numbers. "There's this horrible sinking feeling that we are all in the same world we were in yesterday."
"I feel like I don't know my own country," says Kotcheff. "[On Tuesday] night, when I was yelling at the TV, my thought was: This person was caught on video recording admitting to sexually assaulting people. When dealing with a virus, he was so shit at it he got it himself.… Who sees that information and then goes, Great! That's the guy for me!"
"At one point [on Election] Night, the incomplete returns showed exact ties between the parties in both the House and the Senate," Little recalls. "It felt like a neon sign to me, telling me exactly who we've become: two big immovable groups with a big gap between us. We just can't go on this way."
"The concern that I have sometimes is, when large-scale events like the pandemic or sources of trauma occur, that we don't forget them over time, that we don't just get used to it and then normalize whatever state we're in," adds Klein. "It was inherent in the idea of democracy that we're always striving to make things better, knowing that we can't just relax as soon as things are OK.… We recover from one crisis, but we have to really consider [what could happen] going forward."
How music fits into this future is ambidextrous. In recent months, Mobley joined the Quodlibet Ensemble for "Come Together," a film that included Frederic Rzewski's "Coming Together" and partnered with nonpartisan organization VOTESsart to help register voters. In April, Klein organized "The World Wide Tuning Meditation," a Zoom-based version of Pauline Oliveros's "Tuning Meditation," led by International Contemporary Ensemble cofounder Claire Chase and Oliveros's widow, performance artist Ione. On December 21, Da Camera will stream a performance of Schubert's "Winterreise"—a work with its own deep political roots—with Rothenberg and baritone Tyler Duncan, viewed through the lens of the refugee crisis.
The Worldwide Tuning Meditation, organized by Raquel Acevedo Klein, which ran on Saturdays between March 28 and April 25, 2020
But it's a fine line between agitprop and art that exists for something more meaningful than its own sake. "The pieces that we do, there's a lot of people who interpret them as very political. And of course, the origin of them probably is," says Nally, under whom The Crossing produced a pre-election video series of four new works by Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang. "But nevertheless, I look at them as journalism. I don't look at them as like, I have to drive my agenda through and beat people over the head or anything. I just wanna report on what's going on in the world while I'm living in it."
"It's kind of like, maybe we've spent our whole careers getting ready for this next moment," says Harrington of Kronos, a quartet whose 45-year trajectory has been shaped by influences as diverse as Seeger, Angélique Kidjo, Mahsa Vahdat, and Howard Zinn. "I definitely want our audience to know more about [Zinn's] approach, which basically looks at history from the standpoint of normal people.… And yet I want music to be music and to exist freely and unfettered, in the way music can just enter one's life and not be a lecture."
Harrington reminds me that, during the Obama administration, music was not a foreign presence in the White House. He points to President Obama singing "Amazing Grace" at the 2015 funeral for South Carolina Senator Clementa C. Pinckney. My mind immediately goes to an impromptu performance of "Sweet Home Chicago." This diptych of a White House with and without music becomes a metaphor that resonates more deeply as I speak with more and more musicians. As Mobley notes, musicians are "trained to really take stock in emotion and empathy and compassion." Surely a White House without music, or at the very least any memorable music, is indicative of an inherent lack of empathy. "It's about being part of a larger continuity, and I think that's where—for people who are not religious—art provides that sustenance," says Rothenberg. "It's being part of a community that goes way beyond who's alive and who's dead."
"It was possible to breathe a little deeper—a deep Pilates breath," says Harrington. "And when you breathed out, you lifted a little bit more than you can right now." ¶

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Presenting at its annual developers conference Monday, Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G, which combines all the features of original iPhone with 3G networking, built-in GPS technology, and iPhone 2.0 software. In the US the new iPhone 3G will be priced at just $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model when it goes on sale July 11. The new touch-screen handset will also be available in more than 70 countries later this year, beginning with customer availability in 22 countries - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US - also on July 11.
"Just one year after launching the iPhone, we're launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price," said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. "iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year."
iPhone 3G gives users ever faster access to the Internet and email over their cellular network with quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA for voice and data connectivity around the world. It supports Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks and automatically switches between them to ensure the fastest possible download speeds. The new iPhone 3G also makes it easier to multi-task with simultaneous voice and data communications, so with iPhone 3G you can browse the web, get map directions, or check your email while you are on a call.
Each iPhone 3G will include iPhone 2.0 software which includes the new App Store, providing users with native applications in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so you can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Some applications are even free and the App Store notifies you when application updates are available. The App Store will be available in 62 countries at launch, Apple said. The 8GB iPhone 3G will retail for $199 and come only in black.
Additional features available with the iPhone 2.0 software include the ability to do real-time mapping and track your progress with GPS technology, mass move and delete multiple email messages, search for contacts, access a new scientific calculator, turn on parental control restrictions for specified content, save images directly from a web page or email them to your iPhone and easily transfer them back to your photo library on your Mac or PC.
In terms of battery life, iPhone 3G delivers 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback.
A 16GB iPhone 3G will retail for $299 and also come in white.
iPhone 3G will also leverage MobileMe, a re-branded version of Apple's .Mac Internet service that pushes email, contacts, and calendars from an online "cloud" to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. With MobileMe email, messages are pushed instantly to iPhone, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads, and push keeps contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically updated on other devices. With iPhone, you can even snap a photo and post it directly to a MobileMe Gallery to share with friends and family.
iPhone 3G will go on sale in the US on July 11 for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model in both Apple and AT&T's retail stores. Prices factor in a new two year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. The 8GB model is available only with a glossy black back while the 16GB model will available with a glossy white back (in addition to a black back).
iPhone 2.0 software will also be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunes 7.7 or later for all existing iPhone customers. The update will cost $9.95 for existing iPod touch owners.


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Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
November 19I am thankful for each movement of baby Bailey!!!! :)
November 18
November 17
November 16As much as I love teaching my kiddos, I am thankful for the much needed break. As a teacher, I am not sure if I could keep doing what I do if I did not have these breaks!
November 15I am thankful for moments that break me and bring me to complete humility (as much as they hurt). The kind that remind me that I should not do anything for my own glory, only for God's glory.
November 14I am thankful for our small group. It is a group that truly supports each other, pushes each other toward Christ, and has a heart for reaching St. Charles Parish.
November 13I am thankful for BCM (Baptist Collegiate Ministries). This is a ministry that has the heart to reach and disciple college students in their relationship with Christ! Not to mention where I met my husband, some of my best friends, and had some really fun times! Now it is where husband works and prepares to possibly do ministry with in the future.
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November 11I am thankful for Vintage Church New Orleans and their heart for truly reaching people with the love of Christ, treating the church as a body and not as a building.
November 10
I am thankful to be a Georgia Bulldog. I loved my experience there, how I grew as a person, and how UGA prepared me for the future… and I do miss it in Louisiana with all the LSU fans. I just have to say, GOOOOOOO DAWGS!:)
November 9I am thankful for much needed rest! I must take more time to rest in the Lord!
November 8I am thankful for so many sweet girlfriends. I am never without a godly girlfriend that I can grow with or have fun with!
November 7I am thankful to have our own washer and dryer in our own apartment, and even a laundry room! After using coin laundry for so long I can't express how much I enjoy the convenience.
November 6I am thankful for our new apartment that feels like a mansion compared to where we have lived for the past 2 and a half years! It amazes me how much you can appreciate something when you are given it after you learned to get by with less. It really also makes me thankful for our old apartment and how it made us realize that we don't need much stuff or space!
And from last time... November 5I am thankful for my taste buds, good food, and the fact that I am enjoying it again :).
mmmm... crabcake :)
I am thankful for Bailey Drew, this precious miracle baby that is growing inside me right now!
November 3I am thankful for our first baby that would have been due a month from today. I am sad that we never got to meet this precious child, but thankful that we will meet this precious one again in heaven :).
November 2I am really thankful for my wonderful husband. Really the past almost 6 years we have been together, including our almost 4 years of marriage have been amazing... I am so blessed!
Enjoy our first picture EVER together... we weren't even dating yet... and I think Leah was somehow cut out of this picture LOL
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Vegan Boston Cream Doughnutsjump to recipe
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I couldn't be more excited to share this with you guys. I love doughnuts, I mean that's no secret since I love to snack on anything that has to do with chocolate. But these…these Vegan Boston Cream Doughnuts take the cake or in this case the doughnut.
When I was younger (in my twenties) I would always go to Dunkin' Donuts and get myself an iced coffee and pair it with one of their Boston Creams. When I started to eat more plant based and vegan I said bye bye to those and figured they were gone forever (sad face). Now, I've had vegan doughnuts before but what I hadn't had was a Vegan Boston Cream Doughnut so this to me right here is all sorts of magical.
Can we just talk about vegan pastry cream for a minute. Like who knew it was basically a vanilla custard I've been looking for my whole life! Ok, little exaggeration there but it's so so so freaking good, like I can't even deal. I'm almost a little mad at myself for only knowing how to make it now. I should have known this sooner but it's 2018 and I'm trying not to be too hard on myself this year.
It's ridiculously easy to make and you can use it for just about any dessert. I was thinking of adding this to my Mini Vegan Custard Tarts or my Mind Blowing Vegan Tiramisu because add a little espresso to this cream and all I can say would be: You Go Girl! Whoop Whoop!
This recipe is in no way healthy. It's vegan but it's not healthy. I don't make this all the time. I think it's perfect actually for the holidays coming up like Easter maybe
or Passover as a little splurge or your morning breakfast perhaps? Let me tell you, waking up to the smell of doughnuts is not a bad thing, I can attest.
I'm no way a professional baker even though I love to bake. Making dough is probably one of my least favorite things to do so I usually ask my hubs to do it because he's good with that kind of stuff. But for these vegan doughnuts I gave it a go because it's fairly easy and not super annoying.
For this dough, it's a pretty standard recipe. I used regular active dry yeast not instant active yeast. What you have to do with active dry yeast is activate it (duh, right) by adding 1.5 cup warm water with 1 tsp sugar and 2 tsp of the active dry yeast. Stir it then let it sit for about 10 minutes. You'll see it actually start to rise in the bowl. It's pretty cool. Then you take from there what you need for any kind of dough recipe you're making.
Instant activated yeast you don't have to activate yourself, it's instant hence it's name.
Once you have your doughnuts made and they're cool to touch you'll need to fill them with the pastry cream then dip them into melted dark chocolate. Clearly my favorite part of this whole thing. They're totes good without it but they're GREAT with it.
I used dairy free chocolate chips with a tsp of coconut oil for the chocolate top. I melted the chocolate chips down in my regular oven, as I don't have a microwave, and it takes about 5 minutes. When they're melted, you take them out of the oven then add the coconut oil. Don't add the coconut oil while it's still in the oven and don't put the dish back in to melt the oil, the oil will melt from the hotness of the chocolate. Dip the tops of your doughnuts and place them on a wire rack lined with parchment paper. They take 10 minutes to set if the climate is cool but will take a little longer if you have a warmer climate. You can pop them in the fridge for 10 if you need to, no biggie.
Get your favorite dairy free milk ready because once you have these out, it's gonna go down girlfriend.
UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that recommending doughnuts as a treat for Passover is not allowed. You cannot eat yeast that has come into contact with water or which has fermented during this holiday. So, doughnuts are a BIG NO NO. Thanks to one of my readers, Jane, for enlightening me with this information.
Vegan Boston Cream Doughnuts
Vanilla Pastry Cream
- 2 cup almond milk
- 1.5 cup all-purpose flour
- 1.5 cup sugar
- 4 tbsp organic canola oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For the Dough
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 2 tsp vital wheat gluten
- 3 tbsp refined coconut oil, melted
- 2 tbsp sugar
- pinch of vanilla extract
Activated Dry Yeast
- 1.5 cup warm water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp activated dry yeast
- 32 oz organic canola oil
Vanilla Pastry Cream
- In a small saucepan whisk together all vanilla pastry cream ingredients.
- Stir mixture over medium high heat until it starts to become thick and bubbly.
- Once you get it to a low boil lower the heat to low and stir continuously for a few minutes until the mixture gets to a thick pudding like consistency then remove from heat.
- Let it sit off the heat until it gets to room temperature then cover it with plastic wrap as tight as you can get it and place it in the fridge to set while you prep to make the doughnuts.
For the Dough
- In a stand mixer with the dough hook attached, combine the flour, flaxseeds, and vital wheat gluten. Run it until combined.
- Add in the melted coconut oil, sugar, and vanilla extract then the activated dry yeast mixture. Run until the dough comes together.
- Take the dough out of the stand mixer and knead it a few times. Shape it into a ball, place it in a glass bowl, cover it with a cheesecloth or plastic wrap and let it rise for 1 hour, it will double in size.
- When the dough has doubled in size lightly flour your work surface and transfer the dough onto it. The dough should be fluffy. Knead it a few time again and it will become more elastic and bouncy. Let it sit for another 15 minutes covered.
- After 15 minutes roll the dough out till it gets to about 1/2 inch thickness. Use the top of a mason jar to cut out the doughnut shape, about 3" in diameter. Gather any scraps you have left into a ball and roll out to cut more.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and dust it with flour. Place the doughnut shaped dough on the baking sheet about 1.5 inches apart, cover them and leave them to sit for another hour so they can double in size.
- When the doughnuts have risen heat up 32 oz organic canola oil in a heavy bottomed pot over high heat. It should be 350 degrees but if you don't have a thermometer you can test to see if your oil is hot by sprinkling water over top of it. If it bubbles or sizzles it's hot and ready to go. Be careful when you do this. When I'm frying I wear glasses.
- Using a slotted spoon or spatula, gently lift doughnuts one by one off the baking sheet and carefully lower into the hot oil.
- I had to cook mine for 2 minutes on each side so watch your doughnuts. Fry them on each side until golden brown.
- Place doughnuts on a paper towel lined wire rack and let them sit there until cool to touch. Once cool to touch you can add in the pastry cream and top with melted dark chocolate.
How to Fill the Doughnuts
- Use anything that can poke a hole into the side of the doughnuts like a chopstick. Move it around, back and forth, up and down to create a nice big pocket for the cream.
Putting it all Together
- Because the vanilla pastry cream has been in the fridge it will be super thick and you'll need to blend it or whisk it back to having a more loose consistency.
- Fill a piping bag with a round tip and add in the pastry cream. Generously fill each doughnut with cream. Some will overflow and that's ok!
- Once all doughnuts are filled melt down the dark chocolate. Dip the tops of each doughnut into the chocolate and place back on wire rack to set. The chocolate will hardened up in about 10 minutes. Alternatively you can place them in the fridge for 10 minutes too. Serve with your favorite dairy free milk and Enjoy your Vegan Boston Cream Doughnut!
- Recipe adapted from MarysTestKitchen
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The incident took place a few years ago at the Seattle Special Olympics. The Special Olympics is a competition, which is open to mentally retarded and mentally disabled children. In this competition, youngsters, each with some form of disability, compete against each other. Everyone was tense. The race was getting ready to start. Nine children, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash.
As the starter fired the shot that started the race, all the children in the race started to run. Well, not exactly in a dash like other children might have started to run. They all started with a relish and determination to run the race to the finish and win. They wanted so much to be like other children. Their proud parents sat in the stands.
All the youngsters started out in that race except one little fellow who was so determined to win that he accidentally slipped and stumbled on the asphalt. Because he had built up such a tremendous thrust, he tumbled over and over and rolled uncontrollably on the ground. When he finally came to a halt, he began to cry.
The other eight children in the competition, who were well ahead of the one who fell, heard the boy cry. They looked back, and when they saw what had happened, they not only slowed down, they began to walk back to the child who had fallen.
One little girl with Down's syndrome, who was slightly older than the others, ran over to the youngster who had fallen and she held his bruised knee. She bent over and kissed the knee, adding, "This will make it all better." The others helped him up. Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line.
Everyone in the stadium stood up! The cheering went on for several minutes as tears filled the eyes of those who saw the incident.
Moral: People who were in the stands are still telling the story. Why? Because deep down every one of us knows that what really matters in this life is more than simply winning for ourselves… What matters is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.
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Capital of Gambia: Banjul
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Introduced in 1927, Catalonian was advertised as "a replica of 17th century glass made in the province of old Catalonia, Spain." Called 'bubble' or 'blister' glass, production of Catalonian glass was so innovative that the process of creating bubbles in the glass was successfully patented.
Consolidated Catalonian has uneven surfaces and asymmetric shapes, with elongated bubbles cased between layers of colored or clear glass. While the effect of the glass was old, its appeal was very modren. One early advertisment described Catalonian as "modern artistry… definitively expressed…."
This summer my wife Anne and I went to Barcelona, center of Catalonia Province, and vistied the antique district and several museums. We saw no glassware that resembles Consolidated Catalonian glass. But we did see forms that strongly reminded us of Catalonian. We bacame close friends with a Catalonian family who described their province to us as a vibrant center of modernist design, particularly the striking architecture of Antonio Gaudi, whose parks, apartment buildings and churches brought modern aesthetics into explosive contact with the traditional Gothic style.
During the late 1920s Gaudi was immersed in the construction of 'La Iglesia de la Sagrada Familia" (the church of the Holy Family). The church is a square block in size with great towers decorated with fruits and other round ornaments. Never completed, the church is exuberant and celebratory in its use of form. To us it seemed as if the design characteristics of Gaudi's buildings bore close resemblance to the Catalonian glass produced in the United States by Consolidated.
Consolidated's Ruba Rombic glass echoes another strand of modernist design. Its geometric facets bear a strong resemblance to the Cubism of the 1920s and 1930s. It is clear that Consolidated's designers were strongly influenced by the most adventurous movements of the time.
Although Catalonian glass became very popular in pre-Depression America, it was never successfully imitated. Perhaps that is because the craft did not lend itself to mass production. Although production of the glass continued into the 1970s the pieces made after the early 1930s lacked the elongated bubbles produced by swinging the hot glass at the end of a ponty rod. Pieces produced during WWII were of clear glass, partially or totally frosted with cranberry color. Later pieces do not have a ponty mark (pontil).
Today, Catalonian glass is enjoyed by an enthusiastic, if limited, market. The main source of information on Catalonian is Jack D. Wilson's book, Phoenix and Consolidated Art Glass, published in 1989. Prices for Catalonian glassware range from under thirty dollars to several hundred. In some parts of the US, Catalonian collectors are few, making this an opportune avenue for exploration.
Ultimately, Catalonian glass will be recognized for its innovative design. In fact, we plan to send a piece of Catalonian glass to our friends in Barcelona, and are very curious to know their thoughts on it. My guess is that someday Gaudi's many admirers around the world will discover Catalonian glass; new articles will be written about it, and it will be recognized for its innovative design and techique. It will become "rare" and "valuable". In the meantime, Catalonian will continue to spark the interest and imagination of collectors like us.- John Regan


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Georgia Southern's Q2 Economic Monitor reports economy up, employment growth slows
Georgia Southern University's latest Economic Monitor, which analyzes Q2 2018 data and identifies trends affecting the regional economy, reports that Savannah's three-county metro economy shows tourism growth leading the way, while retail sales, port activity and overall employment also contributed to area growth.
"Continued strength in the labor market lifted the index while the housing market mostly moved sideways during the quarter," stated Michael Toma, Ph.D., Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Economics and director of the Center for Business Analytics and Economic Research (CBAER). "Overall, expansion in the regional economy continued at an above-average pace. However, expect slowing growth through the remainder of 2018."
During the second quarter of 2018, the Savannah metro economy expanded at a rate of 1 percent, or 3.9 percent annualized. Approximately half of the lift in the index was provided by the tourism sector, a notable rebound from weather-related declines of about 3 percent in the winter quarter. Retail sales increased 6 percent, and port activity maintained year-over-year growth of 6.3 percent. Electricity sales remained flat, and consumer confidence in the south Atlantic states declined 4 percent, erasing the improvement in consumer sentiment during the first quarter.
Overall, area economic growth increased slightly in the second quarter, however, there is emerging softness in regional employment growth as well as other indicators of workforce utilization, including shortening workweeks and falling hourly pay. Throughout the rest of the year, the expectation is that regional economic activity will slow but remain positive.
Highlights from the latest Economic Monitor include:
Tourism contributed largely to the lift in the Savannah Metro Business Index during the second quarter. Seasonal and inflation-adjusted hotel room rentals increased 8.2 percent, while airport traffic increased 11 percent
Total employment reported in Savannah's metro area was 179,800, up slightly less than 1 percent as compared to year-ago data. This extends the period of slowing employment growth dating back to 2015. Early data from the third quarter suggests continued sluggishness in employment growth.
Manufacturing is at a three-year high, adding 200 workers to stand at 17,700. Construction employment remained steady at 7,500, and local government employment fell by 300 workers. The leisure and hospitality industry employs 26,000 workers.
Regional employment increased by 900 jobs during the quarter; however, the data reported for the individual sectors of the economy, when taken together, suggests a loss in employment of about the same magnitude. The total and sector-level data have been generally moving together but trends in individual sectors have become more difficult to identify in quarter-to-quarter data.
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell nearly 5 percent from the previous quarter. The number of claims remains about 10 percent below the amount normally expected given the size of the workforce and historical layoff rates. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 4 percent in the previous quarter to 3.6 percent this quarter.
Seasonally adjusted building permit issuance for single-family homes fell 4.7 percent, consistent with the nationwide quarterly softness in the housing market.
Building permits issued for single-family homes fell from 522 in the first quarter to 513 in the second quarter. The average valuation of building permits for single-family homes dropped 0.7 percent, from $221,000 to $219,000.
The forecasting index increased 1.3 percent, or 5.3 percent, annualized, which represents a decline from the nearly 10 percent annualized growth rate of the previous quarter. The forecasting index increased on the strength of the U.S. leading index and relatively few layoffs in the regional labor market.
The Economic Monitor presents quarterly economic trends and short-term economic forecasts for Savannah's Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The quarterly report measures the heartbeat of the local economy, based on the analysis of economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the City of Savannah, Georgia Power and the three counties in the MSA — Chatham, Bryan and Effingham.
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This Week in Career Advice 01: Overcome Shyness and Lead
Being shy in a management position can be difficult. Those who suffer from shyness tend to be uncomfortable in large groups of people and tend to avoid conflict – two scenarios difficult to avoid with a team of individuals answering to you.
So how can you overcome your shyness in order to thrive at work? Forbes Coaches Council offers a few tips.
- Taking an improv class can help those overcome shyness since it pushes students to practice their public speaking skills while teaching them to think on their feet, all while having fun.
- Meeting with people one-on-one can help diffuse the stress that comes with management since shy people do better in smaller settings.
- Working with your team toward a common goal can tamper temporary shyness since you're focused on accomplishing something together.
For more advice on overcoming shyness, read the entire article at Forbes Magazine.
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First look at debugging .NET 4.0 dumps in Visual Studio 2010
I know that for a lot of you this is a bit far into the future, but I thought it would be nice to run through a few of my lab scenarios to show off some of the new features in Visual Studio 2010.
I am sure that I will miss a bunch of cool features here as this post is just based on my first experience with this, but I will likely post more about these features as we get closer to RTM. As we are only in Beta, anything and everything may change before RTM and the below is just based on my own impressions so there may be other better ways of doing things.
Why debug dumps with Visual Studio .NET
I love WinDbg and will probably continue using it for many years to come since it is a very simple and clean and powerful debugger. I do realize though that not everyone debugs production issues (hangs/crashes etc.) every day (at least i hope not:)), and that most .net developers are very comfortable in Visual Studio.NET, so it is nice to be able to stay within that tool where you recognize the IDE and structure.
If you have compiled the app "debug" and set debug=true in web.config if you are working with an asp.net app, debugging a dump is very similar to being stopped at a breakpoint. Of course, since it is not a live process you can't hit go, but you can match up source code, see locals etc. without having to learn a bunch of new commands.
There are a couple of caveats here:
- .NET debugging only works on 4.0 dumps – with 3.5 and earlier you only get native debugging
- Visual Studio as opposed to windbg doesn't seem to use deferred symbol loading (I may be missing a setting here), but this means that when you start debugging a dump you load up all symbols which might take a while (at least the first time). With WinDbg's deferred symbol loading, it only loads symbols when it needs them which makes it significantly faster to load up a dump in windbg if you only want to check some quick things.
- Mileage varies depending on if your app is compiled debug, you have source lined up etc. If the app is not compiled debug you will not get things like locals or source synchronization.
How do you gather the memory dumps?
You can get dumps with WinDbg (adplus) as shown in this post or debug diag, or in visual studio.net for that matter (debug/save dump as… when you are debugging)
Typically in a web scenario or in a scenario where you are reproducing a problem in a win forms app or windows service on a customer machine you wouldn't have visual studio installed there, and then adplus or debug diag are good options for gathering dumps.
Setting up symbols
For Visual Studio to be able to resolve native (non-dotnet) function names/parameters/types etc., it uses symbols, like any other debugger. For all Microsoft components there are public symbols located at
http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols. If you have your own native components you would have to compile them with symbols in order to resolve function names.
You can set up the symbol paths for your symbols under Tools/options/debugging/symbols and a typical setup would look like this:
The first time it loads up the symbols it will find them in
http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols and as it downloads them it will put them in your cache location
c:\webcache. The next time you look at a dump, it will check the
c:\webcache location first, and only download the symbols it can't find there. This means that the first time you look at a dump (any dump) it may take a long time depending on your internet speed as these files can be pretty big, but the next time it should be significantly faster.
In here you can also add the locations of any of your own symbols and this setting is persisted, so the next time you open VS, the symbol paths are there for you.
Notice that there is a button for "Load symbols from Microsoft symbol servers". This is available once you have started debugging a dump or any process, and this will do the above for you, setting up a local cache if you haven't done this already. I like setting it up explicitly as pushing the "Load symbols from Microsoft symbol servers" leaves the UI "hanging" without visual feedback so you don't know how far you have gotten in the process, while setting up a symbol path allows you to see the modules/symbols as they load.
Debugging a simple hang scenario (Debugging labs - Lab 1)
I recompiled Lab 1 with 4.0 (just switching some settings in web.config), ran a stress and grabbed a dump with adplus. Look at the Lab 1 instructions on how to repro and get the dump if you are interested in following along.
Open the dump in Visual Studio
File/Open/File – select the dump
This will present you with the dump file summary which contains info about the dump, any exceptions that might have occurred (in this case just a wake debugger (0x80000007) from cdb when getting the dump), along with some info about the OS version and the CLR version.
If you move to the right (not shown here) there are also some options to set up symbol paths and debug either mixed or native. The default is mixed.
Click on the super obvious green go button :) to start debugging
This will start loading symbols and get you in debugging mode where you can see the stacks for all the threads etc. so grab a coffee, chat with your colleagues about the weekend or watch the symbols as they load :)
At the end it may pop up a message box talking about an unknown exception (this is the wake debugger exception so don't be alarmed, just click ok or break)
Once you are done loading all the symbols you are presented with the current call stack.
If this would have been a dump taken at a crash or exception this stack is what you would have started investigating. In the case of a hang dump this is rather meaningless since the active thread is thread 0 – just the main thread, which often has little or nothing to do with what you are debugging.
For hangs, we want to see all the stacks, and in particular those running .net code or those that appear blocked for any reason.
Open the "Parallel Stacks" window (Debug/Windows/Parallel Stacks)
This is a feature I really like in Visual Studio (and you can use it when you debug normally as well). What it does is it pulls out all the stacks and looks for commonalities. If you have 5 threads doing the exact same thing it will group them together so you get a very nice overview of what is going on.
In this case (image below) for example it shows us that we have 16 threads sitting in
DataLayer.GetFeaturedProducts. 15 of these are waiting in a
Monitor.Enter(note that it shows both .net and native stacks here), and one is sitting in a
From this, and knowing the code we can deduce that all these requests for FeaturedProducts are waiting in a lock (Monitor.Enter) and the lock is probably owned by the thread sitting in the Thread.Sleep.
Note: So far we haven't done anything that requires debugging to be turned on, so even if debug=false, you can still get this type of information, and in most cases this might be all you need.
Look at source code and locals.
If you want to go into more detail about what is going on, you can right click on the
GetFeaturedProductsframe for example and choose "Switch to frame", which brings up the source code (if the source is lined up) and shows us with a green arrow what statement we are on (the lock).
If you click on the "Show threads in source" button on the debugging toolbar…
…it also highlights in gray the location that the other thread is on and you can also switch to that thread if you want to by right clicking the warning sign in the left sidebar and choosing "switch to frame"
In this case we don't have a whole lot of locals set, but if you did you could get to them in the same way you would if debugging normally.
In summary
I am really interested to see where this will be going in the future and what additional features if any we'll see in RTM.
Based on my first experience with this here are my impressions:
Why I would use Visual Studio to debug dumps
- You don't have to learn a new environment (windbg) or a lot of new commands (sos) for simple scenarios
- Really nice visualization of the threads, it makes it very easy to spot the important ones
- Matching up source code is very useful as with windbg you have to jump through hoops and match IL with source to figure out where you're at
- Looking at locals the Visual Studio way is a lot easier than using !do in sos to navigate through it. As Visual Studio can make use of debug info it can also name the locals which is not possible in windbg.
- The native and managed stacks are intermingled as Visual Studio is a true mixed mode debugger while windbg for example is really native only (using sos as a helper to look at .net stacks)
Why I would stick with windbg
- If you don't have debug info, you can't get locals or items on the stacks. You can get this with windbg/sos, even if you don't have variable names it is still very useful information.
- Since Windbg uses deferred symbol loading it is a bit faster to load up a dump in windbg.
- You can debug .net 2.0/3.5/1.1/1.0 dumps etc. in windbg and 4.0 dumps
- In Visual Studio (beta 1) I have not found a way to look at the managed heaps so debugging memory issues is still a task for windbg, or by loading sos in visual studio.
- SOS contains a lot of nice commands that allow you to look at .net data in various ways (looking at exceptions, gc heap info etc.), again you can load sos in visual studio to get this info, but windbg feels more natural for this.
In reality I will probably use a combination of both + debug diag depending on scenario, but I hope this post has given you some insight into the topic and what's to come.
Have fun, Tess


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Pecan Jam Thumbprint Cookies are on my top 10 list of all-time favorites. These little bite-sized jammy cookies have a delicious buttery brown sugar flavor that everyone loves and a tender crumb that melts in your mouth. And for all of you pecan lovers, these cookies are rolled in finely chopped pecans and baked to a golden brown to give the pecans that nice toasty flavor.
The best part about these little cookies is the jam-filling. You can put any flavor of jam in the middle; use your favorite. Today I used my favorite apricot jam—the sweet and tart apricot flavor pairs well with the pecans.
Making these cookies doesn't take long; you can mix the batter in a bowl with a wooden spoon. No mixer is required, yeah!
We like these thumbprints for the tangy filling and the crunchy pecans, but try these Raspberry Lemon Cookies for a citrusy thumbprint cookie.
Cookie ingredients
- Butter
- Shortening
- Brown Sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla
- Flour
- Salt
- Pecans
- Jam
This dough is nice and soft but sturdy enough to roll into balls.
Chopping the pecans really fine makes them stick to the dough easier after you dip the cookies in egg whites. I like using a manual food chopper for quick jobs like this. It's so much easier than a knife.
The easiest way to make the little indent in the cookie to hold the jam is with the back of a teaspoon. I have a ¼ teaspoon that is deep and leaves a perfect indent. However, since these are called Thumbprint cookies, using your thumb is just as easy.
delicious little bite-sized treats that are simple to make
- Mix the cookie batter dough
- Roll the batter into 1" balls
- Next, roll the balls in egg white - this helps the pecans stick to the balls.
- Finally, roll the balls in finely chopped pecans.
- Make an indent in the cookie with your thumb or with the back of a ¼ teaspoon.
- After the cookies have been baked, you may have to make another indent.
- Your last step is to add your favorite jam
- All done!
Equipment and ingredients
I still like to use a quick and easy appliance for small jobs, and this food chopper works great for the small amount of pecan you need to chop. I like to use pecan halves and chop them myself. Since the apricot jam is the highlight of this recipe, make sure to get a good one. I love copper, and these copper measuring spoons add a little bit of pizazz to your kitchen.
More tasty recipes
- For all the pecan lovers, try these Pecan Tassies for your next dessert.
- This Sweet Nut Braid bread has a soft center filling with toasted pecans.
- Make these Valentine's Thumbprint Cookies for your sweetie.
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Cookie Dough
- ¼ cup butter softened
- ¼ cups shortening
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 egg separated
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup AP, flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cup pecans finely chopped
- ⅓ cup jam use your favorite flavor
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F., and prepare sheet pans with parchment.
- In a large bowl mix the softened butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until completely mixed.
- Mix in the flour and salt until combined and the dough holds its shape.
- In a small bowl add the egg white and beat slightly.
- Shape the dough into 1" balls then dip the dough balls in the egg white then roll in the chopped pecans.
- Place the balls 1" apart on the baking sheets then press your thumb or the back of a ¼ teaspoon into the center of each dough ball.
- Bake for about 10 minutes until lightly browned. You may need to re-indent the cookies when you remove them from the oven. Cool completely
- Fill each cookie with jam.
- Store the cookies in anirtight container for several days.


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Fellowship report by Dinesh Kumar
I feel privileged to avail the NEWS India-UK fellowship on the topic "Optimising use of organic wastes for maximum nitrogen use efficiency". The guidance was received from Prof. Jo Smith, Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom during 27/02/2017 to 28/03/2017.
Interaction with Faculty at Aberdeen University
I attended a course on "Ecological and Environmental Modelling" during the fellowship and wrote two papers. I feel that I could achieve much more than what I expected, mainly due to kind cooperation, guidance, motivation and necessary help from Prof. Jo Smith. She has been a wonderful and very helping person. She gave her very personal care to arrange our accommodation and good space to work in her lab. Apart from academics, she has taken us to the North Sea beach where we could watch the swimming seals. Prof. Jo arranged all sorts of facilities, including free library access to us. We also got opportunity to socialize with local people, particularly during a dinner in a traditional 'Pub', thanks to Prof. Jo Smith.
Enjoying a Scottish dinner in a traditional 'Pub'
At a bus stop with Prof. Jo Smith and Prof. Pete Smith
It became our habit to visit the sea beach every weekend and enjoy the beauty and serenity of the North Sea. To the beach, it was just walking distance from the place we stayed. We interacted with local people and socialize with them. It was in fact a sort of cultural exchange. Thanks to Prof. Mark, we got the opportunity to visit Edinburgh. During this visit linkages were established with people/professors/scientists of the University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Our visit to the pyrolysis lab of Prof. Saran Sohi, at the University of Edinburgh was quite an amazing experience. Prof. Sohi provided us an insight to biochar production and use. He was a nice host. At the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Prof. Mark, Dr Julia and Dr Andrea showed us the centre and the facilities available there. Prof. Mark was kind enough to host a nice lunch there. He also showed us some places around Edinburgh.
With Dr G.K. Jha at the beach of the North Sea, Aberdeen
Visit to University of Edinburgh
Lunch with Prof. Mark and others in CEH, Edinburgh
Overall, it has been a wonderful experience and I gained a lot during my stay in Aberdeen. Special thanks to Prof. Mark Sutton, Prof. Jo Smith, Dr Julia Drewer, Dr Andrea Móring, Dr N. Raghuram, Dr Himanshu Pathak, Dr Arti Bhatia and to all other collaborators who helped me to avail this very prestigious fellowship. I can never forget the regular company of the Indian colleagues, Dr Girish Kumar Jha and Mr Ram Kumar, who also availed a NEWS fellowship in the same time with me. Thanks to all.
Receiving a certificate from Prof. Jo Smith on completion of the fellowship
Dinesh Kumar


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Last week I wrote a breakdown of my 12 month plan to age 35, so this week I decided to break down what I plan to accomplish in these first three months. As a recap, my goals for the first 3 months were:
- Lose 15# and 5% body fat.
- Complete at least 3 rounds of 21 Day Fix or 21 DFX and commit to being an inspiration to my Beachbody clients!
SO, here's my plan for the next three months!
January 20 – February 13 (25 days):
- Biggest Challenge: 4 day girls' weekend in Denver will include plenty of drinks
- Biggest Benefit: 4 days of my husband being gone. Easy to keep eating & workouts on track when he's gone. Ha!
- Goal: lose 5# (to my old standby weight of 161# that I was at for the conception of both my children) just in time to start rehearsals for a dance show / fundraiser for the local animal shelter that I'm getting the guts to participate in this year. Yes, I will share pictures. It's quite the ordeal 🙂
February 14 – March 12 (28 days):
- Biggest Challenge: rehearsals 3 nights a week for the show will cut into my family time and make it hard to dedicate even more "me" time to my workouts
- Biggest Benefit: extra time spent moving my body & less time sitting around drinking beers after work should help my progress along since we all know weight loss is 80% diet anyway 😉
- Goal: lose 5# more (to 156#) just in time for the final performance of said show mentioned above.
March 13 – April 19 (38 days):
- Biggest Challenge: Stella's 11 day spring break will throw us off schedule
- Biggest Benefit: weather getting nicer & days longer so easier to fit in workouts
- Goal: lose 5# (to 151#) just in time for my girls' trip to Hawaii on April 23rd! The last time I did a big trip was to Norway in May 2010, and I weighed 151# at that time and felt pretty darn fantastic. I'm excited to get back to that!


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BBC 4, "Rome: A History of the Eternal City".
Well, you'd never have guessed it – the BBC got it wrong yet again!
With seamless intellectual nonsense the presenter and historian of BBC 4 'Rome: A History of the Eternal City' , Simon Sebag Montefiore, talked of Peter being the first pope, and that he was in Rome. No proof, just a bald statement! (That's how academics work it nowadays – no need to prove anything; just follow the PC line, even if it is stupid.
Everything else in the programme was founded on that simple, unsubstantiated statement. Yet, the whole self-assumed authority of Rome depends entirely on this claimed 'fact'... but, look at the ACTUAL facts and you won't find these 'facts' exist at all!
There is NO EVIDENCE other than contemporary hearsay, that Peter was ever in Rome. There is certainly no evidence that he was the first pope, or Rome's first bishop. If anything, these accolades should go to Paul, who WAS in Rome. But, Catholics don't like Paul, because his work denounces Rome and its falsity! So, they chose Peter.
Of course, Rome predicates the supremacy of Peter on its false interpretation of what Jesus meant when He spoke of the 'rock' on which the Church is built... when logic and genuine biblical scholarship tells us that JESUS (not Peter) is the Rock.
I await with muted anticipation (forgive my yawn) for the next BBC howler, which will no doubt be led by more deluded scholars whose intellectual ability is much harmed by sheer inability to apply proper intellectual research, making them as gullible as the people who listen to them. All hail, PC blindness!
The real fact is that the BBC, a government pawn, is out to deceive and brainwash, with pro-Romish Propaganda and all kinds of PC garbage. It is helping to break-down the Christian heritage and thinking of the ages, in favour of pro-homosexual, pro-Islam, pro-Rome lies. Every time a Christian allows these lies to be uttered, without complaining, the BBC is strengthened in its resolve and the Marxist West drains the life out of people, kills true intellectual activity, and increases the poison of PC.
You must either write to the BBC, and tell everyone you know of this deception, or you will wonder why you suddenly find yourself in a ghetto surrounded by God-haters.
(For the truth, read our articles: O/214: "Chair of St Peter"; A/317: "Was Peter In Rome? Is There Succession?" RC/001: "The Rock". There are others) Will be uploaded shortly.


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Batman Automobilia Eaglemoss 47 ROBIN #1 (ROBIN CAR)
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Batman Automobilia Collection - Robin #1 (Robin Car).
The Teen Wonder flies solo with his first set of wheels in Batman Automobilia #47, the Definitive Collection of Batman Vehicles. This bright-red, sporty coupé a gift from Bruce Wayne from 1993's Robin #1 has been crafted to match the comic-book images, complete with Robin logo on the sides. Find out about Robin's many solo adventures in the magazine, with a detailed cutaway of the racing Redbird.
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A collaborative ensemble featuring Konono No1, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Skeletons: 10 Congolese and 10 indie rock musicians, all ...
Congotronics vs Rockers voted #1 London gig of 2011
... by London-based live blog Londonears
"Super-cross-continental-group featuring all 19 members of Deerhoof, Konono No. 1, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Skeletons and Wildbirds & Peacedrums in this one off collaboration of tribal noise like no other. Only a few members of the crowd managed to refrain from dancing like your friend's odd hippy mother might at Glastonbury"
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Heavyweight motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson said on Tuesday it plans to set up an assembly facility in the northern Indian Haryana state to serve the local market, using US-made component kits.
The Milwaukee-based company expects the assembly facility to be operational in the first half of 2011, it said in a statement.
The iconic US motorcycle maker, which commenced India operations in August 2009, currently imports 12 completely assembled motorcycle models for the Indian market.
Last month, German luxury car maker BMW said it would start selling motorcycles in India by December through three dealerships, as more global players want to have a share in Asia's third-largest economy's lucrative motorcycle market.
Two-wheeler sales have grown 25.86 per cent in India between April-September, data with industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) showed.
Local players like Hero Honda, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Co have seen rising sales this year as the rapidly expanding economy continued to pull buyers.