The Morning Show

The Interview

Season 1 Episode 10

Editors Rating 4 stars ****

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Friends, countrymen, Apple TV+ subscribers: Weve made it to the end of this wild, Jennifer AnistonIsOurOneTrueQueenfueled ride that is The Morning Show season one. Was it at times cheesy as hell and trying way too hard? Yes. Did Bradley Jackson never once make complete sense as a character? Also, yes. But does it pretty much stick the landing? You betcha. Once a show rolls out the Vivaldi while two main characters fist fight on an apartment building lobby floor, you know it is Getting! Things! Done!

All of the scheming that went down in last weeks episode comes to a tragic, volatile head in the season finale. The timetable for both sides Bradley, Cory, and Chip over on Team Interview Mitch and Take Down Fred Mickland, and Fred and Alex on Team Save Our Asses was always a short one, but as more information comes to light, people grow more desperate.

Blame it on Maggie Brenner, I guess? Once she gives Fred a heads-up about the investigation shes doing into his cover-up of Mitch Kesslers sexual misconduct, Fred knows its time to deploy Operation Fall Guy: He expedites the findings of that totally unbiased internal investigation into TMS, so that he can offer up Chip as the one to blame for letting Mitchs behavior go unchecked for so long. Chip has always known hed end up getting blamed, but that doesnt make the scene in which Fred fires him any less emotional. Partly because Fred telling Chip how sick it makes him that someone he trusted was endangering his employees makes me want to flip a table; partly because it is Alex whose begrudging approval of Chips replacement, Marlon Tate, is the final nail in Chips TMS coffin; but especially because Marlon Tate really is the biggest doofus. Poor Chip! Yes, I feel bad for Chip now. Thats where we are in this season.

To pull off the Mitch interview on TMS without even Alex knowing, theres a very fragile plan in play and Chip getting fired does not help. After meeting with Mitch to find out who he has to corroborate his story about Fred when he tells them its Hannah he adds that he didnt realize she was working [him] for good measure because, yes, friends, Mitch Kessler is still playing the victim Bradley wants to make sure Hannah is ready and willing to tell her story. Even if she remains anonymous, its a huge risk on her part and shes starting to realize that more and more especially once a call comes in from another UBA department, offering her a promotion on a show in sunny Los Angeles. Yep, UBA is trying to buy her silence one more time, isnt that swell?

Hannah is falling apart, but she feels like she has to protect other people in her position, so she has Bradley come to her apartment. Reliving the whole thing from Mitch, whom she saw as a parental figure, using her body like that to Fred silencing her without even knowing who she was is obviously traumatic for Hannah. She keeps telling Bradley shes fine, that other people have gone through worse, but by the end of it, she breaks. Teary-eyed and angry, she tries to explain what it feels like to not only have been violated, but to be completely defined by that moment. Bradley tries to remind Hannah that none of this is her fault, but Hannah doesnt want to hear it: All due respect, please take your rhetoric and just fuck off, she says.

Bradley leaves that extremely upsetting meeting for all of us second-guessing if she should even be doing this interview, if she should be putting Hannah through any of this. It is in this moment that Chip shows up and informs her that he was fired and that this interview needs to happen tomorrow. Everyones doing great, guys! At least Chip calls out that none of them are doing this interview for purely altruistic reasons: He wants the interview done tomorrow because he knows Fred will surely cut the network feed rather than be exposed, which means that big announcement of the internal investigations implicating Chip will be postponed, and he knows that part of the reason Bradley is doing this is because it could be huge for her career. No one is simply fighting for justice here! Bradley does not make a callback to her Were newspeople! moment, but she does in my dreams. Instead, she spirals because I guess she suffers from imposter syndrome now. To calm her down Chip tries to hug her, but Bradley pushes him off: Dont hug me right now, what the hell is that going to fix? which, if someone would like to iron that onto a T-shirt with a picture of just Bradleys wig, I would wear it.

So, even though this could blow up in their faces, and even though Hannah is certainly not in any emotional place to have her story told to a national audience, theyre going through with the interview. Cory, too, has his misgivings, but those mainly have to do with how sleazy Mitch is. He pays him a visit to make clear that he may very well soon be head of UBA and that if Mitch ever wants a shot at redemption he needs to pull the victim crap and confess. Cory remains a true blessing on this show.

The morning of the interview, everything is in place to sneak Mitch in the building. Cory will be manning the control room to make sure they stay on Bradley and Mitch when it goes down. This is really happening. But then, things take a turn.

While Freds introducing Marlon to the TMS team before the show, Bradley gets a call from Claire. Claire had been trying to make amends with Hannah after their huge fight over Yanko by showing up at Hannahs apartment with coffee before work. But when she arrives she discovers that Hannah has died from an overdose.

Knowing she was the one who made Hannah relive all of her trauma, Bradley takes on all the blame. After informing the staff, and calling Chip to tell him there is no way she is doing this interview now, Bradley goes to see Alex. Not only does she tell her that they were going to interview Mitch behind her back, not only does she admit that it was partly to blow up Alexs career, but she also says that shes leaving. She cant do this anymore.

In the wake of Hannahs death, Alex is finally finally taking a hard look at her role in all of this and reexamining what the hell shes doing aligning herself with Fred Mickland. She chases Bradley out on the street to get her to come back inside because she knows she was wrong to align herself with Fred and because they need to fix whats happened. Oh, and also to yell at some dude trying to get a photo of them that she is just an empty vessel, because that is the kind of show this is! Bradley goes inside to appease her, but immediately tries to leave again. Its Cory who convinces Bradley to stay and fight the fight against the Fred Micklands of the world. And off we go!

Several things happen at once: Claire runs into the studio, beside herself over Hannah, and back into Yankos arms, which is nice because Yankos drunken El Nio speech about the anchovies was really bumming me out. Chip, distraught over his role in Hannahs death, meets Mitch in the lobby of his building, tells him about Hannah, punches him in the face, and as the two wrestle on the ground, admits that he is the one who leaked the initial story about Mitch to the New York Times. It is awesome. Then, bloody and stumbling around New York, Chip leaves a voice-mail for Alex telling her that he leaked the story because they were going to get rid of her and he knew that if they didnt have Mitch, theyd need her to stay: It was always for you. Always. YOU GUYS. We dont even have time to talk about this declaration of love what a journey my feelings for Chip have gone on this season! because its back at the studio where things are really getting interesting.

Alex Levy cant even get three words out during the opening of The Morning Show before she asks Bradley to take over. While Bradley tries to get through the news, Alex is, well, shes having a meltdown. Shes walking all over the studio, in and out of the shot, shes sweating, shes asking people on the crew their names and chiding herself for not knowing everyone. Alex Levy decides she isnt going to be complicit anymore. She gets in Bradleys shot and starts laying down some truths. Truths about how she turned a blind eye and let the women working at TMS feel threatened without doing anything about it because she was succeeding. Truths about the bogus internal investigations that are going to be released. Truths about Fred Mickland covering up sexual misconduct for years. Are we doing this? Bradley asks her co-anchor.

Oh, they are so doing this.

As the two of them quickly spout off the truth, knowing they could be pulled off the air at any time, Cory is in the control room overriding any calls Marlon is trying to make. Fred Mickland runs runs! downstairs, but is locked out of the control room, which, punctuated by Corys smug wave from inside the room, is honestly hilarious. And finally, as Alex and Bradley rail against simply accepting a culture of silence, Fred has someone completely cut the feed. UBA goes to color bars. It is the only way to stop them. In Times Square, Chip sees the UBA feed go out and knows what Alex and Bradley have done.

Perplexingly, the final shot of the season is of Mitch Kessler, bloodied and bruised, sitting all alone in his giant, empty house, perhaps for the first time reckoning with what he has done but this is not his story. Instead, as the season ends, Ill keep with me the image of our two leading ladies taking on an entire network. Remember when Alex Levy, in her fabulous red coat, told the UBA board that they dont have the power anymore? Yeah, she wasnt kidding.

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Multiple lines of research has shown that understanding the brain will require a global view on its dynamics. Different sensory and higher brain areas communicate continually with each other, modulating the excitability and function of connected regions.

This interplay of different brain areas is, unfortunately, compromised in many diseases such as depression, stroke, Alzheimers disease (AD), multiple sclerosis (MS), or epilepsy. Overall, brain disorders are a huge problem, causing suffering on a large scale and costing the society about 1000bn per year in Europe alone. In many cases, relief from brain disorders can be obtained from medication, surgery, or physical/cognitive therapy, but for many patients, these methods are either ineffective, too costly or accompanied with undesired side effects.

Recently, a new concept has been added to the arsenal of therapeutic methods: neuromodulation. The most effective forms of neuromodulation are electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and deep brain stimulation (DBS), but good results have been demonstrated and regional governmental acceptance and insurance coverage have been obtained also for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). However, current TMS technology is limited in that the locus (position) of stimulation can be changed only slowly; therefore, clinical neuromodulation paradigms almost always are limited to targeting the stimuli to only a single brain site, such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the case of medication-resistant depression, rather than targeting multiple nodes of a disordered cortical network.

Our goal in the ConnectToBrain project is to develop and prepare for wide clinical use of a non-invasive brain stimulation technique to stimulate brain networks in a feedback-controlled way.

By activating the neuronal network with TMS at suitable cortical locations at suitable time instants depending on the instantaneous brain state, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG), we can couple to the neurodynamics of the brain.

Our hypothesis is that with clever algorithms, we will be able to control brain dynamics in such a way that we can guide it towards better mood (in the case of depression), towards better connectivity (stroke, MS, or AD), or towards diminished inter-area excitability (epilepsy). For this purpose, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded a Synergy Grant of 10m to the ConnectToBrain project for the period 20192025.

1) Multilocus TMS (mTMS) coil array that will cover most of the cortical mantle and will allow accurate real-time control of the location, direction, intensity and timing of millisecond-time-scale sequences of brain-activating pulses,

2) Real-time analysis of brain activity and connectivity based on high-density EEG for brain-state-dependent and closed-loop stimulation and for adaptive optimisation of treatment effects by machine learning,

3) Application of these technologies and methodologies in scientific studies and brain therapy. If all these steps are successful and the full therapeutic potential of ConnectToBrain will be realised, the new methodology may eventually lead to a substantial reduction of the cost of brain disorders.

Fig. 1 is an artists view of the multilocus magnetic stimulator of the future. The white helmet-shaped structure (here, consisting of two parts, for the two hemispheres) will contain a large number of partially overlapping coils, which would be activated with variable relative intensities synchronously to produce the desired three-dimensional form of the electromagnetic field. By changing the relative intensities, the hotspot (stimulated location) in the brain can be varied at millisecond precision and millimeter accuracy, allowing one to stimulate either separate sites in rapid succession or multiple nodes of the network simultaneously.

The changing magnetic field, penetrating the scalp and skull freely, induces in the brain electric currents that give rise to neuronal signals. The brain signals, called action potentials, although triggered artificially, are perfectly normal and therefore pose minimal risk to the patient. When the hand area of the motor cortex is stimulated, much to the surprise of a first-time subject, a finger in the contralateral hand can move as a result. By stimulating different nodes of brain networks, this technique can be used to strengthen brain connections that have been weakened by brain disorders such as depression, stroke, MS, or AD. The challenge is to develop stimulation sequences that are optimal for the therapeutic benefit.

A key technology to be developed in the project consists of devoted software algorithms that will control the stimulation sequences (see Fig. 2). A typical algorithm will start at pre-selected sites in the brain and then, depending on observed effects on brain activity and brain connectivity, it will automatically and rapidly move the stimulation target in order to approach brain-modulation or therapeutic goals. Brain activity and brain connectivity will be derived in real-time using computationally efficient strategies that will allow predicting the evolution of brain states with millisecond resolution.

To help brain activity and connectivity estimation, information from different neuroimaging modalities in the same subjects or from neuroimaging databases will act as priors. Approaches based on artificial intelligence (AI), for example in a machine learning framework, will be used to automatically derive relevant features that capture changes in the brain state induced by the stimulation, and will transform these features into new driving inputs for the stimulator module.

Conventional single-locus open-loop non-adaptive therapeutic brain stimulation shows serious limitations with respect to effect size, interindividual variability of therapeutic response and high proportions of non-responders. The three synergistic groups will implement the technological developments of mTMS in combination with high-density EEG (hdEEG) and the data analysis algorithms for closed-loop neuromodulation in translational experiments. First, studies will be conducted in healthy subjects to demonstrate feasibility, safety, and neurophysiological and behavioural effects of closed-loop hdEEGmTMS to modify excitability and connectivity in motor and working-memory brain networks. Later, in patient groups with motor stroke or AD, we aim at demonstrating therapeutic utility in their dysfunctional, respectively, motor or working-memory networks. At the end of the funding period of ConnectToBrain, we expect to have new technology capable of correcting dysfunctional brain networks in a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders with far better therapeutic efficacy than hitherto possible.

Professor Risto J IlmoniemiAalto Universityristo.ilmoniemi@aalto.fi

Professor Emeritus Gian Luca RomaniG. DAnnunzio University of Chieti-Pescaraglromani@itab.unich.it

Professor Ulf ZiemannUniversity of Tbingenulf.ziemann@uni-tuebingen.de

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The first quarter was a breeze as Powell pivoted, and China seemed eager to reach a deal with Trump. Both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 delivered very strong gains as a result, with the Russell 2000, which is composed of smaller companies, outperforming the large-cap stocks slightly during the first quarter. Unfortunately sentiment shifted in May and August as this time China pivoted and Trump put more pressure on China by increasing tariffs. Fourth quarter brought optimism to the markets and hedge funds' top 20 stock picks performed spectacularly in this volatile environment. These stocks delivered a total gain of 37.4% through the end of November, vs. a gain of 27.5% for the S&P 500 ETF. In this article we will look at how this market volatility affected the sentiment of hedge funds towards EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP), and what that likely means for the prospects of the company and its stock.

Is EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP) an exceptional investment now? Hedge funds are taking a bullish view. The number of long hedge fund positions increased by 2 recently. Our calculations also showed that EDAP isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video below for Q2 rankings). Video: Click the image to watch our video about the top 5 most popular hedge fund stocks.

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Hedge funds' reputation as shrewd investors has been tarnished in the last decade as their hedged returns couldn't keep up with the unhedged returns of the market indices. Our research has shown that hedge funds' large-cap stock picks indeed failed to beat the market between 1999 and 2016. However, we were able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the Russell 2000 ETFs by 40 percentage points since May 2014 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that'll significantly underperform the market. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 and they lost 27.8% through November 21, 2019. That's why we believe hedge fund sentiment is an extremely useful indicator that investors should pay attention to.

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We leave no stone unturned when looking for the next great investment idea. For example Discover is offering this insane cashback card, so we look into shorting the stock. One of the most bullish analysts in America just put his money where his mouth is. He says, "I'm investing more today than I did back in early 2009." So we check out his pitch. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. We even check out this option genius' weekly trade ideas. This December, we recommended Adams Energy as a one-way bet based on an under-the-radar fund manager's investor letter and the stock already gained 20 percent. Now we're going to take a glance at the fresh hedge fund action encompassing EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP).

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At Q3's end, a total of 6 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of 50% from the second quarter of 2019. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in EDAP over the last 17 quarters. With the smart money's capital changing hands, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).

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The largest stake in EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP) was held by Archon Capital Management, which reported holding $2.7 million worth of stock at the end of September. It was followed by Opaleye Management with a $1.3 million position. Other investors bullish on the company included Manatuck Hill Partners, Diametric Capital, and Springbok Capital. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Archon Capital Management allocated the biggest weight to EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP), around 0.63% of its 13F portfolio. Opaleye Management is also relatively very bullish on the stock, earmarking 0.49 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to EDAP.

As aggregate interest increased, specific money managers have been driving this bullishness. Opaleye Management, managed by James A. Silverman, created the largest position in EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP). Opaleye Management had $1.3 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Paul Marshall and Ian Wace's Marshall Wace also made a $0 million investment in the stock during the quarter.

Let's check out hedge fund activity in other stocks - not necessarily in the same industry as EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP) but similarly valued. These stocks are Strongbridge Biopharma plc (NASDAQ:SBBP), Ion Geophysical Corp (NYSE:IO), Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KALA), and Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ:NYMX). This group of stocks' market valuations resemble EDAP's market valuation.

[table] Ticker, No of HFs with positions, Total Value of HF Positions (x1000), Change in HF Position SBBP,9,23435,-1 IO,6,14738,-1 KALA,9,41580,1 NYMX,4,960,0 Average,7,20178,-0.25 [/table]

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As you can see these stocks had an average of 7 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $20 million. That figure was $6 million in EDAP's case. Strongbridge Biopharma plc (NASDAQ:SBBP) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ:NYMX) is the least popular one with only 4 bullish hedge fund positions. EDAP TMS S.A. (NASDAQ:EDAP) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 37.4% in 2019 through the end of November and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 9.9 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on EDAP as the stock returned 12.7% during the first two months of Q4 and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.

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At Great American Ball Park, technology inside a couple of unobtrusive planters use artificial intelligence and magnets to make sure people coming inside don't have weapons or explosive devices. Ginter Electric, a Patriot One Technologies dealer, installed the system and is partnering with the Cincinnati Reds. Ginter's T. J. Dooley is looking to sign up businesses, governments and schools.

The Reds are not revealing the location of this new technology. However, the team is not removing the metal detectors, which fans will still have to go through. It can be in a planter box like the one pictured above, or a sign pole, a door frame or even embedded in the wall.

The PATSCAN TMS system uses artificial intelligence and magnets to detect large barreled weapons and IED devices. Should there be a threat, the system can alarm, lock doors and text or email security.

Here's a video of the technology and an explanation by the company CEO Martin Cronin.

The technology automatically eliminates non-threat items like cell phones. The manufacturer says the system doesn't pose any health threats.

It is convenient. "Typically you'd have to take your phone, your keys, your wallet, potentially your belt and your shoes - all of that stuff would have to come off," Dooley says. "With this technology, as long as those threats that you potentially have don't line up with a weapon, then you don't have to do anything."

It is expensive technology but Ginter Electric, who is talking to other businesses, city governments and schools, says it doesn't cost as much as buying a metal detector, a hand-held wand, an x-ray machine and paying a security guard. A bigger sell might be convincing people to go with something different.

There are actually four Patriot One systems, which when coupled together, can potentially eliminate all threats. The PATSCAN TMS uses magnets. The PATSCAN CMR uses microwave radar so as to not interfere with pacemakers or any sort of electronic device. The PATSCAN VRS uses video surveillance to identify threats in plain view. And the PATSCAN STS uses special sensors to detect airborne trace explosives, chemical warfare agents and volatile organics at parts per billion sensitivity.

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2019 was nuts for neuroscience. I said this last year too, but thats the nature of accelerating technologies: the advances just keep coming.

Therere the theoretical showdowns: a mano a mano battle of where consciousness arises in the brain, wildly creative theories of why our brains are so powerful, and the first complete brain wiring diagram of any species. This year also saw the the birth of hybrid brain atlases that seek to interrogate brain function from multiple levelsgenetic, molecular, and wiring, synthesizing individual maps into multiple comprehensive layers.

Brain organoids also had a wild year. These lab-grown nuggets of brain tissue, not much larger than a lentil, sparked with activity similar to preterm babies, made isolated muscles twitch, and can now be cloned into armies of near-identical siblings for experimentationprompting a new round of debate on whether theyll ever gain consciousness.

Then of course, theres the boom in neurotech. Fostered by insight into how neurons and circuits communicate with each other through a complex neural code, weve gotten ever closer to decoding the brain. Mind-controlled prosthetics are old news; the frontier now is engineering robotic limbs that can truly feel. Insight into our sensory cortices are inspiring light-based nervous systems that give robots multitudes of sensations. Elon Musks Neuralink finally came out after years of speculation, and a Wild West of brain-computer interfaces have sprung up, with the hope of one day restoring broken brain circuits without the need for surgery.

Thats already achievement-a-plenty. But as we wrap up the year, there are four mind-bending stories that still stick with meby asking about the nature of death, the promise of mind-reading, and new paths that may finally help us beat Alzheimers. These are the ones Ill leave you with.

The brain is a powerful but ultra-sensitive organ thats prone to injury. Once deprived of oxygen and nutrients, cells can begin to die within the hour. Thats why, zombie lore aside, scientists once thought its near impossible to resuscitate a brain to any sort of function hours after death.

Not true. In April, a team at Yale University reported that they successfully detected electrical activity in pig brains four hours after death. The results were a surprise: the team originally set out to develop a system that helps the brain maintain its integrity after removal for experimental purposes. How well it worked went beyond the teams expectations. Its impossible to say if the brains were conscious; that is, whether they were aware of being revived, though its highly (and I mean highly) unlikely. When the team saw signs of widespread, coordinated electrical activitywhich underlies consciousnessin their initial experiments, they anesthetized future experimental brains to block this sort of united firing, drastically reducing the chance consciousness could emerge in these brains.

Nevertheless, the study suggests that the brain is much more resilient to injuries such as stroke or trauma than previously thought. In the long term, it asks whether we might one day have a sort of CPR for the brain. And if so, how long can brains maintain their health after being separated from the body? We might have just taken the first step into the uncharted territories of death.

A few years ago, Dr. Miguel Nicolelis linked up animals brains into an internet that allowed each member to work collaboratively on a common problem. When connected to each other through implanted electrodes, the animals synced up their brains electrical activity in a way reminiscent of a single hive brain.

Nicolelis has now done the same experiment in humans, minus surgery. In a feat of neural engineering, the team used non-invasive electroencephalographs (EEGs) to read brain waves from two individuals and sent these signals to a third person by zapping their brain with magnetic pulsesa technology called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. Together, five triad groups solved a Tetris-like game using their brain waves alone, with an accuracy of over 80 percent, even when the researchers introduced noise.

One caveat: the system was rigged so that the neurotech wasnt detecting thought, for example, rotate the block or dont rotate. That decision was encoded as the presence or absence of light flashes, which are much easier for the EEG to read and for the TMS to deliver to the visual cortex. But its still a powerful proof-of-concept, in that even with our rudimentary brain reading and writing tech, its possible to link up human minds into a hive mind to solve problems. Nicolelis imagines a biological supercomputer made from networked human brains, which could conceivably cross language barriers and even enhance cognitive performance. The question is, if we open the sanctuary of our minds to others for gains in computing power, what do we stand to lose in privacy and autonomy?

Playing a collaborative game of Tetris isnt the only way scientists advanced mind reading technology. In January, one team combined deep learning with speech synthesis technology to translate what a person is hearing into reconstructed speech. The system captured electrical signals from the auditory cortex while a person listened to recordings of people speaking. These activity patterns were then decoded by an AI-based speech synthesizer and produced intelligible, if somewhat robotic, speech. Unfortunately, the system couldnt decode someones own internal thoughts.

But that changed three months later.

Another team engineered a neural decoder that decodes electrical signals measured from the cortex, the outermost layer of the brain. Rather than containing information about semantics, these signals represent movement of the lips, tongue, larynx, and jaw. Different movement patterns are associated with different sounds, which the decoder can identify and synthesize into actual comprehensible sentences. For the first time, its possible to know what someone is trying to say by reading their brain activity alone, and the tech was further validated in a Q&A conversation. Earlier this month, yet another team found its possible to decode words and syllables based on recordings from the brains motor cortexthe part usually responsible for hand and arm movements. This opens another avenue of reading speech directly from the brain.

Not to be outdone, a team at Russian firm Neurobotics found they could use AI to decode what video clips people are watching based on their brainwaves alone. In contrast to the speech-decoding studies, which use implanted electrodes, here non-invasive EEG was sufficient to reconstruct nature scenes, sports, and human faces.

For now, our private thoughts are still private, and the tech mainly helps those who cant speak reconnect with the world. But think about this: if someday a tech giant offers you the ability to text or post using your mind only, would (and should) you go for it?

Dementia is one of the most frustrating neurological disorders of our time. Despite decades of research, nearly every single Alzheimers drug that targets toxic protein clumpscalled beta-amyloidthought responsible for the disease has failed. Generally, these drugs are proteins that break up clumps or neutralize their toxic effects.

This year saw an explosion in alternative potential treatments and theories.

One that especially gained steam suggests flashing lights and clicking sound could potentially break up toxic protein clumps and improve brain function, at least in mice. The treatment, cheap, non-invasive, and dramatically effective, offers new hope to the long-struggling field. Others suggest that mutations to DNA in brain cells scrambles certain genes and could be a root cause. Yet others are taking a gene therapy approach to the Alzheimers dilemma, adding in a dose of a protective gene variant in high-risk individuals.

Although its impossible to say if any of these new routes will lead anywhere, one thing is clear: the more scientific treatment ideas we have, the higher the chance well finally tame Alzheimers in the near future.

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By Bob McDonnellThe Surveyor

Turner Middle School assistant principal Winifred Lezine poses for a photo at herdesk, however, she prefers being around kids over being at her desk.Bob McDonnell / The Surveyor

Winifred Lezine, the new assistant principal at Turner Middle School (TMS), is not new to the world of education. With a varied education background, Lezines experience includes work at a charter middle school, a high school, and a pre-K to eighth-grade private school.

With Lezines family history its no surprise she works at a school, and has for many years. I have a bunch of cousins who are currently teachers, she says. As well, her brother retired as a high-school art teacher after 20 years and, additionally, Lezines great aunt, along with her grandmothers, taught. Her maternal grandmother maintained a one-room school in a boarding house. It was like a current-day alternative school, Lezine relates.

A great school is how Lezine characterizes TMS. She is impressed with the sense of community in Berthoud and in the school.One of the attractions to TMS for Lezine was the schools strong emphasis on project-based learning. The charter school Lezine worked at was similar in structure since it was an expeditionary school a model of comprehensive school reform based on educational ideas of German educator Kurt Hahn, the founder of Outward Bound.

Lezine sees the TMS teachers as mentors. She stated she feels its important students know how to learn and think critically. They also need to know how to ask questions and participate in society, she said.

The TMS newcomer defines herself as a lifelong learner and hopes the students will be too. She is an avid reader as well.

I think you learn a lot through reading, she said. It teaches you what you want to be interested in.

Lezine is happy in her new position.

I would really like to be a principal, she mentioned when asked about her future. For now, she plans to stick with jobs in the schools. She likes the fact that higher administration gets to shape more than the classroom, but added she would not get what she calls her daily kid fix if not in a school all the time.

To reach this long-term goal, Lezine notes she will have to change her doctorate study area. Currently, it is focused on German, but she said a doctorate in education would be more practical.

Lezine forms her work style as an assistant principal based on her time in school as a student. She said she doesnt remember talking to the assistant principal as she went through school. Only the kids who got into trouble saw that person, she joked. But that doesnt stop her from engaging with students in her new position; she likes interacting with the students.

I want them to know they can come up and talk to me, she said.

Lezine praised the schools parents for their ongoing participation but encourages more to participate.

We would love to have the community more involved in the school, she added.

She said volunteers are always needed, and anyone interested can contact TMS to see the needs and learn the process to become a volunteer.

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While we continue to use our pages to beat the drum that a digital approach offers the promise of a fully connected network with access to real-time visibility to capacity and warehouse space, this years findings suggest that there has been a slight shift to a more passive wait-and-see attitude.

It was those findings that inspired the staff atLogistics Management(LM) to do a couple of things. First, we decided to take a more fundamental approach to the sessions we programed for this yearsLMVirtual Summit, which goes live on Thurs. Dec. 12.

Through the voices of some of our top technology sources weve designed sessions that explore the baseline benefits that artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Cloud SCM, robotics, mobility and digital freight matching (DFM) can bring to your operations.

Were aiming to offer logistics professionals practical tips for evaluating, implementing and leveraging todays technology to help gain some traction and hopefully stop those wheels from spinning. Ideally, we hope to turn you, our readers, into catalysts for change inside your companies. Checklogisticsmgmt.comfor registration information and lets get started.

Second, the 2019 Masters findings sent us on a quest for examples of operations taking a more aggressive digital approach to meet todays logistics challengesand this month we offer you shipper cases studies that demonstrate exactly that. In this issues cover story, for example, we highlight how global chemical producer LANXESS shed its in-house logistics management efforts and offloaded it to a tech-forward 3PL focused specifically on chemical logistics.

Think about the complexity, says contributing editor Bridget McCrea. They have 15,000 employees in 33 countries working in 60 production sites worldwide, and the team was procuring its own freight and managing its own transportation routing through its own TMS. This created major visibility gaps, not just in capacity and cost, but in terms of aligning freight audit and payment functions.

As McCrea reports, LANXESS put together an implementation team and brought in a consultant that was familiar with SAPtheir ERPand their 3PLs TMS platform.

Today, when the logistics team needs to find out freight costs for a customer, they can pull up that data and provide it within minutesand with minimal effort. Using filters for a certain time period, for instance, it can review all of a customers shipments during that time, and see all of the costsfrom the line haul to the fuel charge to any accessorial charges, says McCrea.

And starting on page 48, McCrea also tells how LS2, a motorcycle helmet manufacturer, put a scalable, on-demand warehousing and fulfillment platform to work to get product to dealers quickly and efficiently and gain a new level of inventory and order management data that helped to achieve triple-digit revenue growth.

These case studies are terrific examples of logistics leaders who got fed up with being stuck in old systems, adds McCrea. Both companies got clarity on what they needed to do and then pushed through their digital transformation and saw outstanding benefit.

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Quietly over the past few months, the technology has started falling into place to allow people to communicate without words by transmitting their thoughts to each other via tiny, modem-like devices plugged into their brains.

Thats right. Computer-aided telepathy. And it could become big business in the not-so-distant future.

In April, a team of scientists from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University published in the journal Nature a paper detailing an ambitious experiment theyd recently conducted.

Three people worked together to play a crude version of the video game Tetris. Two of the research subjects could see the whole game screenthe falling blocks, the gaps in the stack of blocks at the bottom of the screen.

Using only their thoughts, they beamed commands to a third person, whose own screen didnt show the stack that the falling block needed to fit into. Sensing the commands from other two players, the third player rotated the block to fit.

This so-called BrainNet is one piece of the telepathy puzzle. Five months later in September, the California medical-device company Synchron announced it had successfully tested, for the first time in a clinical setting, another key piece. A new brain sensor whose implantation, unlike previous models, doesnt require drilling a hole in the users skull.

Synchrons tiny, flexible stentrode travels through the bloodstream to the brain, where it parks itself and begins reading neural activity. The stentrode can wirelessly transmit the data to other devices: smart prostheses, drones and modems in the minds of other people.

Combine the university scientists brain-to-brain communications network with the non-invasive stentrode and youve got the potential for safe, relatively inexpensive brain-to-brain communication. The base technology is really not as futuristic as many people might think, Jacob Robinson, a Rice University neuroengineer, told The Daily Beast in reference to the wider field of brain-machine interfaces.

These interfaces are pretty crude in their current form. But they work. Its perhaps no wonder, then, that companies as big as Facebook have leaped into the market.

Today our smartphones and other tech require an awful lot of typing, tapping, swiping and staring at screens. Tomorrows phones might respond to our thoughts. And the phone after that might not be a phone at all. It could be a subscription to a brain-to-brain communication service.

In 2017, Facebook launched its own internal initiative to build a non-invasive, wearable device that lets people type by simply imagining themselves talking. The social-media giant also began funneling money to outside researchers, including University of California San Francisco neurosurgeon Eddie Chang.

Today our smartphones and other tech require an awful lot of typing, tapping, swiping and staring at screens. Tomorrows phones might respond to our thoughts. And the phone after that might not be a phone at all. It could be a subscription to a brain-to-brain communication service.

Facebooks efforts gathered steam in July, when Chang and his teammates revealed they had succeeded in translating brain activity into text with up to 76 percent accuracy.

To be clear, the BrianNet experiment that university researchers wrote about in April represents the crudest kind of telepathy. The tech is still in its infancy.

In their experiment, two volunteers wore electroencephalogram (EE) electrodes on their headsthe kind neurologists use to detect epilepsyand watched the Tetris-like game play out on computer screens. All they had to do was decide whether a block should rotate in order to fit.

Then thinkreally hardrotate.

The scientists had already mapped out the neural activity that results from the thought rotate. They wired the EEGs to computers that looked for the rotate thought and, when they saw it, beamed a signal to the third test subject, who was wearing a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device like the kind doctors use to treat depression.

Remember, the third subject could not see the full gameplay on their screen. They didnt know, on their own, whether they needed to rotate the block. They counted on their telepathy partners to give them a nudge.

The nudge came in the form of a flickering light only the third test subject could see. The TMS tickled the subjects occipital cortex, causing them to see a high-frequency flashing in their vision that theyd been told stood for rotate.

They pressed a button. Rotated the block. And, if everything worked, won the game. In 16 trials, the three-person team beat the game 13 times, the scientists reported.

The scientists reported their success in typically dry terms. BrainNet, they wrote, to our knowledge is the first multi-person non-invasive direct brain-to-brain interface for collaborative problem solving.

But its one thing to beam a single command between three brains with 81 percent accuracy. Its another to encode and transmit complex thoughts.

The BrainNet team used EEG and TMS tech, both are noninvasive, but imprecise. Surgically implanted interfaces are more accurate, but riskier to the users health, what with all the cutting and drilling. Stentrodes such as those Synchron is testing are safer than surgical implants are, but its unclear how precise they can be.

The important question of how much information can be gathered from the brain using the stentrode still needs to be answered, Bradley Greger, an Arizona State University neuroengineer, told The Daily Beast.

There are ethical questions, too. Could some future embodiment of a brain-to-brain network enable a sender to have a coercive effect on a receiver, altering the latters sense of agency? Robert Martone wrote in Scientific American. Could a brain recording from a sender contain information that might someday be extracted and infringe on that persons privacy? Could these efforts, at some point, compromise an individuals sense of personhood?

But all the concerns and caveats shouldnt diminish the progress scientists and industry have made turning the fantasy of mental telepathy into a real, and potentially commercial, technology.

Telepathy is real. And it could be coming to your own brain sooner than you think.

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When wrestling season gets underway, there will be a new face on the sidelines for the Tullahoma Middle School wrestling team this year.

Mike Sullivan has been hired as the new Tullahoma Middle School Wrestling Coach. Currently, Sullivan is a geometry teacher at Tullahoma High School. He takes over for former head coach Sean Adkins.

Im pumped, Sullivan said. We have a lot of talent. The previous coaches, Sean Adkins, Taylor Roper and Michael McChesney, they have done a really good job of building these kids up, so its easy for me right now. Im just taking the talent that they have already built and running with it.

While he takes over the program, hes been in constant contact with all of the former coaches. In fact, he noted that McChesney will be joining him on the sidelines this season.

Sean helps me quite a bit, Sullivan said. Michael McChesney is my assistant coach. Hes back this year to coach. Taylor, hes up at the high school, so I interact with him quite a bit during high school practices.

When official practices began, Sullivan was left without several members of his team. Practices began in late September, while football season was still going on. The Wildcats football team ended up winning the CTC Championship in early October. Once the fall break ended, Sullivan was able to have his full team at practice.

Football and wrestling are huge together and Im glad that we have people who compete in both, Sullivan said. Those two sports really benefit each other great and Im all about multisport athletes.

With the football players back on the mat, the new Wildcats coach can fully see the type of talent he has. Based on what Sullivan has seen so far this season, he has high expectations for his squad.

I see region champions. I really do, he said. Even though I wasnt here last year, I did get to see some of their matches. I kept up with the results. We have a really strong team and a really talented team.

One thing Sullivan noted was missing from this team was a lack of size. There are no monsters on this team. However, the TMS coach didnt really see that as an issue.

They are very talented and they are gritty, Sullivan said. They want it and they go after it and thats what you have to have in wrestling.

The TMS wrestling team will play host to its first preseason event on Oct. 26 at Old West Middle School. The T-Town Wildcat Duals will get underway at 9 a.m.

Tullahoma will then open the regular season on Nov. 2 with a trip to Cookeville, taking part in the Prescott Duals. Start time for that has yet to be announced.

On Nov. 7, Tullahoma will have its home opener, facing three other teams. The Wildcats will welcome Warren County, Cookeville and Upperman to Old West Middle School. Wrestling is scheduled to get underway at 7 p.m.

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Though it was once considered an ordinary aspect of growing up, bullying has become increasingly repudiated by schools across the country, and Tahlequah Middle School is doing its part to address the issue.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, so TMS is holding Bullying Prevention Week to promote dialogue among students, their teachers and their parents.

"We recognize it for the month, but we do it for a week just to make sure we have a concerted effort," said TMS Principal David Bookout. "So we have different activities for our kids to be involved in. It's just to make people aware and give them ideas on how they can do their part to stop bullying at school."

Several types of bullying can be recognized: verbal, physical, relational, and cyberbullying. Research shows bullying often leaves lasting negative effects on its victims, including chronic depression, increased risk of suicidal thoughts, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-harm, substance abuse, poor general health, and more.

On Monday, the school held Affirmation Day to teach students the power of words and the written word, as they were encouraged to write positive notes about fellow classmates.

"Kids put their name on a piece of paper and everybody goes around to write something positive about that student," said Fred Poteete, bullying preventionist. "They can't write anything about their clothes, how they look, what kind of house they live in, or what kind of car their parents drive. It's more about how they act or behave."

Tuesday, students recognized Give Bullying a Hand Day. During homeroom period, students traced their hands on pieces of paper and wrote down prevention methods.

"They listed some things on their fingers that they can do to help stop bullying," said Bookout. "It could be, 'If I see something, I say something to somebody;' 'If I see somebody who needs help, I help them.' They just come up with different things they can do to recognize how they can help prevent bullying."

TMS planned a See Something, Say Something Day for Wednesday, giving teachers and students a chance to review how bullying may be reported. Students can report bullying in person to teachers, parents or guardians; they can leave a note in the Tiger Paw Box; or they can report online at http://www.tahlequahschools.org.

On Thursday, students will be given a Hot Spot Survey to help the school improve its climate. The school has surveyed students for several years, and oftentimes administrators learn better ways to make students feel safer. For instance, when TMS still had fifth-graders attending, around 50 students drew a line on a map from their fifth-grade building all the way to the cafeteria, adding X's along the route to indicate they didn't feel safe.

"Well, the reason they felt unsafe is because the eighth-graders were out in the hall at that time," said Poteete. "So all we did was just change the schedule for about five minutes so the eighth-graders weren't in the hall when the fifth-graders walked to lunch. That's all it took for us to figure it out, and how much did that cost? It cost the money to make the surveys and about 10 minutes of class time."

Students will watch a 20-minute video, "Gum in Your Hair," on Friday. Poteete said it's a fun video, "but it's to the point about bullying."

Fortunately, not every kid at TMS experiences bullying. Skyler Jessie said she hasn't been bullied herself and doesn't see much of it occurring at TMS, but added there could be a gray area when someone may misconstrue behavior as bullying.

"It's their tone that doesn't really say they're bullying, but the person looks like they are," said Jessie. "So I don't know what do and I don't want to accuse the person of being a bully."

Not every student is as lucky as Jessie, however. Noe Sosa said he's seen friends get "sad," because they were bullied, and recalled a time in elementary school when he was picked on.

"When I was playing, this person would constantly continue destroying my things," he said. "It happened for a while, until I finally told my teacher."

If students are concerned about being bullied, they'll likely have a hard time concentrating on their grades. They also might not want to attend school or are afraid of speaking out. Therefore, TMS works to combat bullying year-round, instead of just during Bully Prevention Week.

Brian Stanglin, School Resource Officer at TMS, teaches DARE and other courses throughout the year that touch on bullying.

"There's a big block in [DARE] about respecting other kids," said Stanglin. "I also teach My Body, My Life and Real Men. They're both focused on a lot of things, but they both have bully blocks in those also."

Students can also join the Safe School Committee, which is made up of students from each grade who report unsafe behavior or hazardous locations around campus. The committee gives students another source to reach out to if they're experiencing bullying of any kind.

"People think getting picked on is part of growing up," said Poteete. "I don't agree with that at all. I don't think that's something you should have to put up with. Every student has a right to stay safe at school."

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TMS Ltd crews are currently in the Shetland Islands, a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, working on Toft Pier development.

According to their latest project update, the weather has been testing them, but the sixth pile gate has now been set up on the seaward side.

Now that the piles are complete in the first section, stone fill is being stockpiled ready to be placed at low tide, the company said.

All of the stone has been locally sourced from EMN Quarry.

TMS has just released a couple of photos from the work, showing a long reach excavator on TMS Modular Pontoon Sinbad in the foreground, placing fill to the seabed after excavating to remove an obstruction to the corner piles.

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The following property transfers are on file at the Orangeburg Courthouse, Oct. 17-23.

Sandford Investments, LLC to Linda Keitt Johnson, TMN 0183-09-08-005.000, $8,500.

Huger Investments LLC to Delicias Investments, LLC , TMN 0206-00-01-017.139, 0206-00-01-017.087, 0206-00-01-017.134, 0206-00-01-017.121, 0206-00-01-017.049, 0206-00-01-017.137, 0206-00-01-017.133, 0206-00-01-017.138, 0206-00-01-017.051, 0206-00-01-017.118, 0206-00-01-017.135, 0206-00-01-017.131 and 0206-00-01-017.091, Orange Township, $615,000.

Emma Lou Adicks to Thomas Harold Gibson, Jr., TMN 0108-00-06-011, Union Township, $80,000.

Patricia Ann Hajek to May Joseph and Ejiroghene E. Idolor, TMN 0286-09-11-001.000, $18,000.

Linda Keitt Johnson to Fardentcyia Shuler, TMN 0183-09-08-005.000, $10,000.

W. Paul Davis, Jr. Charles Terry Davis, Barry L. Davis and Ryan Davis to Johnny Green, TMN 0099-00-08-017.000, $5 and valuable consideration.

Wingate, LLC to Law Shack, LLC, TMN 0174-13-10-008, Orange Township, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Jacqueline M. Kennedy to Beverly M. Berry and Charles P. Berry, TMN 0191-11-18-001, Town of Branchville, $7,025.

Corrective Deed Gerald Atmar Thompson, Jr. and Valerie T. Funchess to Cynthia T. Horton aka Cindy T. Horton, TMN 0250-00-01[007] and 0199-00-03-[003], $5, love and affection.

Josephine Antley, Andre Antley and Antonio Antley to Gregory Hicks, TMN 0151-20-06-024, City of Orangeburg, $175,500.

Michelle L. Grant to Freda Lorraine Boyd, TMS 0175-19-01-003.000, $125,900.

Mutassa Bouie to Lovett Holdings, LLC, TMS 0258-00-04-008, 0257-00-01-003, 0257-00-03-001, 0257-00-03-004 and 0257-00-03-005, Middle Township, $5 only, love and affection.

Mike Dempsey aka R. Michael Dempsey to Thomas W. Gray, Jr., TMN 0110-00-07-031, Union Township, $56,000.

Evergreen Mortgage Notes, LLC to Anna G. Miller, TMS 0142-14-004-000, Limestone Township, $219,000.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee of RMF Buyout Acquisition Trust 2018-1 to Roslyn V. Sumpter, TMN 0339-13-10-006.000, $50,000.

Maxine Gore, Johnnie Way and Barbara Koger to Kenneth Rivers, TMN 0060-11-05-004, Elizabeth Township, $57,000.

Kenneth Rivers to Kanga P. Ouahie, TMN 0060-11-05-004, $5, Elizabeth Township, plus love and affection.

Kildeer Farm, LLC to Chris E. Harley and Rachel M. Harley, TMN 0237-00-02-001, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Dale McLendon fka Dale Johnson to Alyssa Danielle Shire, TMS 0125-19-03-003.000, Zion Township, $58,600.

Cumest Lee Felder to Cumest Lee Felder and Annie M. Felder, TMS 0246-18-07-002, Bowman Township, $5, love and affection.

Annie M. Felder to Cumest Lee Felder, Kenneth E. Felder and Christopher Felder, TMS 0270-00-03-008, Cowcastle Township, $5, love and affection.

Ernesto M. Torres to SFR3 LLC, TMN 0173-06-27-008.000, $61,500.

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The juggernaut that is Joe Gibbs Racing will begin the Round of 8 of NASCARs multi-layered postseason from a position of strength during a three-race stretch featuring a pivotal stop at Texas Motor Speedway.

Led by victory-starved Kyle Busch, JGR drivers occupy the top three positions among the eight championship contenders set to compete in Sundays First Data 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin winners of a combined 15 races this season theoretically could hold serve heading into the AAA Texas 500 weekend Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Fort Worth.

The Round of 8 will conclude at ISM Raceway outside Phoenix on Nov. 10, with NASCARs Championship 4 to decide the 2019 title at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 17.

Busch, the 2015 Cup champ, is mired in an uncharacteristic 18-race winless streak in his No. 18 Toyota Camry dating to Pocono Raceway in June. However, the four-time 2019 race-winner leads the standings by four points (4,046-4,042) over Truex, winner of six races in the No. 19 Camry during his first season at JGR. Hamlin, meanwhile, posted his fifth victory of 2019 in the No. 11 Toyota last Sunday at Kansas Speedway and is just nine points behind Rowdy Busch.

I wouldnt say were leading it as far as a favorite goes, but at least our points tell everybody that we are, said Busch, whose postseason includes three top-10 results basically negated by three finishes of 19th or worse. Certainly we havent had quite the results weve been looking for, but I think this playoff format allows for there to be some ups and downs given however your success was in the beginning of the season and being able to win races and stages.

Arguably, were third in line right now. Truex has won the most races at six and Dennys got five and weve got four. Its just a matter of being able to go out and do a job that will get you to Homestead and winning there.

Busch is the only driver among the eight contenders with multiple Cup wins at all three upcoming venues Martinsvilles half-mile, paperclip-shaped oval (two), TMS high-banked/1.5-mile oval (three) and ISM Raceways reconfigured 1-mile layout (three). Virginia native Hamlin is a five-time Cup winner at Martinsville and took the checkered flag at the OReilly Auto Parts 500 at TMS on March 31.

Truex has yet to win at either Martinsville or TMS, a puzzling fact not lost on the 2017 Cup champion.

Martinsville and Texas everybody looks at those two saying if we can win one of those two, get locked-in early, get to work on Homestead its a big advantage, Truex said. You get a week off, not have to worry about going to Phoenix to get in the Final 4.

For me, Texas has been a tough track from the standpoint weve led tons of laps, finished second, finished third, been right there so many times. It just always seems to slip away. Hopefully this year is different. Itd be a great time to win it.

Rounding out the contenders are reigning Cup champion Joey Logano in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford Mustang, 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, Chase Elliott in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Kyle Larson in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Camaro and Ryan Blaney in the No. 12 Team Penske Mustang.

TMS President Eddie Gossage is convinced that lineup will prevent the next three races from morphing into The JGR Invitational.

If thats the case, lets just give them the trophy, Gossage said. Look, the season has been all about JGR and thats great, but all that does is get you in the tournament. You still have to deliver. Youve got to pick it up, and the next week youve got to do better.

Thats whats so amazing about the Playoffs. Its almost nasty. The driver has got be really good every week plus the team has to be on top of its game and have the right strategy and good luck. That makes it compelling. I just love the NASCAR Playoffs a major league playoff right here in Dallas-Fort Worth.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series will resume its Round of 8 with the OReilly Auto Parts 300 at TMS on Saturday, Nov. 2.

John Sturbin is a senior writer at RacinToday.com, based in Fort Worth. He can be contacted at jtsturbin@racintoday.com.

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Company to host conference call and webcast on Thursday, November 14, at 8:30 am EDT

LYON, France, October 24, 2019-EDAP TMS SA(EDAP), the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 after the financial markets close on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.

An accompanying conference call and webcast will be conducted byPhilippe Chauveau, Chairman of the Board,Marc Oczachowski, Chief Executive Officer; and Franois Dietsch, Chief Financial Officer, to review the results. The call will be held at8:30am EDT onThursday, November 14, 2019. Please refer to the information below for conference call dial-in information and webcast registration.

Conference Call & WebcastThursday, November 14, 2019 @ 8:30am Eastern TimeDomestic: 877-451-6152International: 201-389-0879Passcode: 13695746Webcast: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=136640

AboutEDAP TMS SAA recognized leader in the global therapeutic ultrasound market for almost 40 years,EDAP TMSdevelops, manufactures, promotes and distributes worldwide minimally invasive medical devices for urology using ultrasound technology. By combining the latest technologies in imaging and treatment modalities in its complete range of Robotic HIFU devices,EDAP TMSintroduced the Focal One in 2013 inEuropeand in 2018 in the US as the answer to all requirements for ideal prostate tissue ablation as a complement to the existingFDA-cleared Ablatherm Robotic HIFU and Ablatherm Fusion. As a pioneer and key player in the field of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL),EDAP TMSexclusively utilizes the latest generation of shock wave source in its Sonolith range of ESWL systems. For more information on the Company, please visithttp://www.edap-tms.com, andus.hifu-prostate.com.

CONTACTS:Blandine ConfortInvestor Relations / Legal AffairsEDAP TMS SA+33 4 72 15 31 50bconfort@edap-tms.com

Investor ContactJeremy FefferLifeSci Advisors, LLC212-915-2568jeremy@lifesciadvisors.com

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Smart TMS aims to expand its growing network of clinics across the UK and Ireland so it can help as many people as possible, as well as expanding its development of this innovative treatment so it can offer its patients the best chance of a full recovery for mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and OCD.

Founded by Gerard Barnes and consultant psychiatrist and medical director Dr. Leigh Neal, Smart TMS opened its first clinic in 2015 and currently operates seven across the UK and Ireland. With this investment from Hambro Perks, the company plans to open additional clinics in order to make its expertise and services more widely available to help improve the conditions of individuals countrywide.

Amidst the escalating crisis of the mental health epidemic in the UK, the investment community has seen potential in injecting cash into startups that focus on improving the mental health of individuals. Mental health illnesses are affecting an increasing number of the population, resulting in NHS resources becoming strained. Smart TMS uses an alternative method to the usual pharmaceutical treatments and talking therapies to improve depression and many mental health illnesses.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy is a non-invasive treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain that can relieve the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions. With very few side effects, TMS only treats the brain circuits involved in a certain condition, is non-pharmaceutical, and does not flood the brain with unnecessary chemicals. 75 per cent of the patients treated for depression have experienced a significant reduction in their symptoms, with 60 per cent going into remission - meaning they are no longer clinically depressed.

Investment into Smart TMS comes at a time when mental health is prominent in the social sphere with a reported 1 in 4 people suffering from a mental health problem each year. Research conducted by Smart TMS across a nationally representative sample of 2000 British individuals - has found that 6.7 million Brits have left a long-term mental health issue untreated over many years in order to avoid prescription drugs and that 11.2 million people have experienced symptoms of what they think is undiagnosed depression for many years. This highlights the need for innovative new treatments. Furthermore, research by Smart TMS has found that 30% of Brits feel more anxious in social situations than they used to.

Dominic Perks, CEO, and co-founder of Hambro Perks says; Hambro Perks is delighted to support Gerard, Leigh and the Smart TMS team as they continue to build their business and help address mental health illness across the country.

Gerard Barnes, CEO, and co-founder of Smart TMS says; This investment comes at an exciting time for mental health as it is, at long last, coming out of the shadows. We will use the money to increase our clinic network and so change many more lives for the better

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In 2018, more than 1 trillion packages were delivered in the U.S. alone. With so much business at stake, shipping and logistics companies must innovate to separate themselves from the competition. In this pedal-to-the-metal environment, technology is one way to stay ahead of the packand its one that Old Dominion has embraced.

ELECTRONIC LOGGING DATA

Old Dominion is whats known as a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, which means it picks up shipments from one customer and consolidates that merchandise with freight from other companies headed to the same destination. To improve and prepare for the increased need of tracking and traceability, Old Dominion adopted Automatic Onboard Recording Device technology in 2010, seven years before the U.S. Department of Transportation mandated compliance. Today, the company has upgraded to Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) and has taken in-truck technology further by gleaning diagnostic information from the trucks engine in real time, so that the driver is alerted to a maintenance need before it becomes a problem. We find more benefits from ELD than just the electronic logging piece of it, says Barry Craver, Old Dominions VP of business process and innovation When were being more proactive with this technology were able to provide better service to our customers.

New safety features afforded by ELD result not only in lower costs for its customers, but also allow Old Dominion to reinvest the money it saves back into its network, thereby ensuring an even smoother delivery process. The data speaks for itself: Old Dominions 99.7% plus on-time delivery rate leads the industry.

5G AND IOT

When Old Dominion workers are eventually connected with high-speed, 5G-compatible smartphones, they will be able to better track and trace information. This will allow them, for example, to notify customers that their shipment will be the seventh delivery on that days route while providing real-time updates on the estimated time of arrival. The increase in speed at which [5G] smartphones can operate will increase the capabilities of businesses to service their customers, says Craver, adding that recipients will be able to receive text updates or use the companys app to track delivery.

IoT technology is where it all comes together. Sensors on trucks and wearable devices on drivers use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to provide in-transit status of every shipment without the time-consuming act of scanning each barcode. In addition, vision- and image-recognition apps provide mobile data capture to optimize inventory, improve shipping and receiving, and track and trace workflows. A recent development in the industry is whats known as a just in time delivery process, whereby the products being shipped are constantly moving from truck to truckcalled cross-dockingrather than being held at a distribution center waiting for the next pickup. IoT helps better manage the product inventory by automating the order process, as well as slowing down or speeding up the delivery flow.

Smartphones utilizing augmented reality can help loading-dock workers sort freight and load the truck in the safest and most efficient way. They can also help locate an item that requires special handling or indicate to an employee when the delivery instructions have been changed. I think humans find it hard to sift through all of that data and make sense of it, Craver says. But with IoT youre going to see more predictive things taking place because [the ability] to process that information will help workers see similarities and the anomalies of the supply chain.

SECURITY IN THE CLOUD

A cloud-based supply-chain transportation-management system (TMS) gives businesses the capability to electronically integrate and transmit data securely over the internet. A TMS can be customizable, allowing users to collaborate in real time, and it offers the ability to add features or criteria as well as replacing ones that are no longer used. A cloud TMS also serves as a one-stop destination to schedule and set deadlines, as well as manage quality control while being sensitive to the bottom line. This is especially important for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) that dont have dedicated supply-chain departments. Since employees at SMBs often wear many hats, a TMS helps level the playing field with larger competitors by increasing shipping efficiencies so that their products are delivered on time.

The requirement from a cost and technology perspective when implementing an on-site software solution is nowhere near what it used to be, Craver says. You can just get on the internet, sign up with a TMS, and youre ready to go.

BLOCKCHAIN

In the near future, when blockchain technology is implemented across an entire supply chain, the company will be able to trace the history of an item, starting from where and when it was manufactured to the particulars of how that item was assembled. This precise ledger can then be used to track when an item arrives in a warehouse and when it gets ordered. In such a scenario, once Old Dominion took possession of a package, the company could accurately track when the item was shipped and its subsequent movement.

Blockchain will also allow shippers to dig deeper into an items history to identify manufacturing failures and track them back to a particular lot or order. If, say, the item was recalled, shippers would be able to help determine a strategy to remedy the defect, what type of warranty has to be processed, and what decisions need to be made to satisfy the customer.

Craver sees blockchain having its greatest potential in the food-transportation sector, in which the prompt delivery of perishable goods is essential. Well be able to track that particular item to what farm it was grown on or what plant it is from, he says, adding that, once the technology is implemented at scale (estimates range from five to ten years), the cost benefits can be enormous. Rather than having to search for a larger lot because were not really sure where it originated, well be able to be more precise, which benefits not only the manufacturer but our customers too.

This article was created for and commissioned by Old Dominion.

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How Old Dominion is using technology to better serve its customers - Fast Company

EDAP TMS S.A. (EDAP) stock moved 2.45% to 5.02 on Friday. It has been trading on front line as seeing to it recent volume. The stock traded recent volume of 253432 shares, this represents a daily trading in volume size. EDAP maintained activity of relative volume at 1.14.

When analyzing volume, determine the strength or weakness of a move. As traders, we are more interested to take part in strong moves and dont join moves that show weakness or we may even watch for an entry in the opposite direction of a weak move. These guidelines do not hold true in all situations, but they are a good general aid in trading decisions.

The Average True Range was recorded at 0.29. The volatility in the previous week has experienced by 6.92% and observed of 6.16% in the previous month. The stock price value Change from Open was at 2.24% with a Gap of 0.20%. The stocks short float is around of 0.32% and short ratio is 0.18. The stock has a beta value of 1.83.

Moving toward the technical facts, its current distance from 20-Day Simple Moving Average is 8.44% and standing 22.68% away from 50-Day Simple Moving Average while traded 45.01% away from 200-Day Simple Moving Average.

A moving average is the average price of a contract over the previous n-period closes. For example, a 20-period moving average is the average of the closing prices for the past 20 periods, including the current period. For intra-day data the current price is used in place of the closing price. The moving average is used to observe price changes. The effect of the moving average is to smooth the price movement so that the longer-term trend becomes less volatile and therefore more obvious.When the price rises above the moving average, it indicates that investors are becoming bullish on the commodity. When the prices fall below, it indicates a bearish commodity. As well, when a moving average crosses below a longer-term moving average, the study indicates a down turn in the market. When a short-term moving average crosses above a longer term moving average, this indicates an upswing in the market. The longer the period of the moving average, the smoother the price movement is. Longer moving averages are used to isolate long-term trends.

EDAP TMS S.A. (EDAP) stock managed performance 7.73% over the last week and switched with performance of 12.56% throughout past one month period. The stock price exposed a move of 171.35% so far this year and uncovered flow of 86.62% in recent year. The shares price displayed 51.20% return during the recent quarter while it has presented performance of 1.01% over the past six months. The stock exhibited 271.85% change to a low over the previous 12 months and manifested move of -7.38% to a high over the same period.

Price Target Estimate:

Analysts expected the average price target of $5.72 that is probable to reach in coming one year period. The price target of a stock is the price at which the stock is fairly valued with respect to its historical and projected earnings. Investors can maximize their rates of return by buying and selling stocks when they are trading below and above their price targets, respectively. Research analysts often publish stock price targets along with buy-sell recommendations. However, investors can and should determine their own price targets for entering and exiting stock positions.

Investors could set buy and sell price points around target prices to maximize returns. The ideal time to buy a stock is usually when it is trading at a substantial discount to its target price. This discount could be the result of weak market conditions or overreaction to recent company setbacks. The ideal time to sell a stock is usually when it is trading higher than its target price range or during overheated markets.

Currently, the 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) reading is at 67.41. As you can see RSI calculation is fairly simple. The objective of using RSI is to help the trader identify over sold and overbought price areas. Overbought implies that the positive momentum in the stock is so high that it may not be sustainable for long and hence there could be a correction. Likewise, an oversold position indicates that the negative momentum is high leading to a possible reversal.When the RSI reading is between 30 and 0, the security is supposed to be oversold and ready for an upward correction. When the security reading is between 70 and 100, the security is supposed to be heavily bought and is ready for a downward correction. Institutional owners hold 19.10% stake while Insiders ownership held at 6.00% in the company.

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Charles Frey

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After many years in the market, Charles Frey dedicated all his time to write articles highlighting different financial problems. He has worked as financial analyst until his retirement. He is a well-known research director and portfolio manager for more than 5 years.

Charles holds a postgraduate degree in Software Engineering. The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing. Charles is a share market expert, being personally invested for over 6 years. He has been writing his entire life, and while he has made a career of business and finance reporting, he still enjoys writing short stories and poetry.

Address: 2520 North Van Buren Street, Wilmington, DE 19802, USA

Email: [emailprotected]

Zip code: 19802

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With a 40-year track record, TMS is a Top 10 Carrier in Mexico

Fr8Hub announced a partnership with Transportes Monroy Schiavon (TMS), one of the leading asset-based carriers in Mexico. TMS, is in operation for more than 40 years in Mexico, and is planing to expand their shipping operations to and from the United States by leveraging Fr8Hubs digital cross-border freight marketplace. As well, TMS extensive trucking fleet will immediately become part of Fr8Hubs carrier network, making their fleet of trucks available to match with shippers loads throughout Mexico.

TMS has regularly been recognized as Best Carrier by Walmart Mexico, and received a Service Excellence Award for Large Carriers by Ryder in January 2019. Fr8Hubs digital freight marketplace directly matches cross-border shippers throughout Mexico and the domestic United States (to and from border cities) with available carriers and drivers.

Fr8Hubs cross-border expertise will help us completely revamp our shipping operations into the United States, said Raul Monroy, Owner and General Director, Transportes Monroy Schiavon. In addition, working with Fr8Hub will provide our shipping customers with unprecedented visibility for loads while out in transit.

Fr8Hubs digital freight marketplace is integrated with fleet and driver IOT devices to synthesize and analyze together large amounts of data on each fleet and shipment, providing 24x7 visibility on shipment location and timing. Shippers and carriers can access this critical data through the Fr8Hub Control Center to make timely, actionable decisions on loads, optimize their operations and reduce costs.

The partnership with TMS is a win-win: we have the platform and they have the trucks, said Ohad Axelrod, Co-Founder and CEO, Fr8Hub. TMS prestigious history and reputation as a trusted carrier for the biggest brands will be a tremendous asset for Fr8Hub as we continue to expand our services in Mexico.

Fr8Hub is focused on cross-border shipping, providing flexibility, visibility and simplicity for the once-complex process of international over-the-road (OTR), cross-border shipping.

Since we launched in Mexico in June, our customers there cite Fr8Hub as their competitive advantage in finding reliable, available freight options with speed and efficiency, said Laura Mandujano Valds, Mexico country manager, Fr8Hub. Adding TMS to our network certainly adds to that credibility.

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Company announcement, Inside information, Helsinki 15 October 2019 at 1.50 PM (EEST)

Changes in the Nexstim Plcs Board

Nexstim Plc (NXTMH:HEX, NXTMS:STO) ("Nexstim" or "Company") the company developing and marketing a unique brain stimulation technology for personalized treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), announces changes in its Board composition.

Following the meeting of the Nomination Committee, Ken Charhut and Juliet Thompson, members of the Board of Directors since 2013 and 2015 respectively, have resigned their positions. The Company will later today release a new Company Announcement convening an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders which will include the election of new members to the Board of Directors.

Martin Jamieson, Chairman and CEO of Nexstim, commented: We thank Ken Charhut and Juliet Thompson for their long-standing work on the Nexstim Board and its committees. We wish them all the best in the future. The EGM announcement will provide further details of this planned restructure of the Nexstim Board.

Further information is available on the website http://www.nexstim.com, or by contacting:

Martin Jamieson, Chairman and CEO+44 771 516 3942martin.jamieson@nexstim.com

Sisu Partners Oy (Certified Adviser)Jussi Majamaa+ 358 40 842 4479jussi.majamaa@sisupartners.com

About Nexstim Plc

Nexstim is a Finnish, globally operating medical technology company. Our mission is to enable personalized and effective therapies and diagnostics for challenging brain diseases and disorders.

Nexstim has developed a world-leading non-invasive brain stimulation technology called SmartFocus. It is a navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) technology with highly sophisticated 3D navigation providing accurate and personalized targeting of the TMS to the specific area of the brain.

SmartFocus technology is used in Nexstims proprietary Navigated Brain Therapy (NBT) system, which is FDA cleared for marketing and commercial distribution for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in the United States. In Europe, the NBT system is CE marked for the treatment of major depression and chronic neuropathic pain.

In addition, Nexstim is commercializing its SmartFocus based Navigated Brain Stimulation (NBS) system for diagnostic applications. The NBS system is the only FDA cleared and CE marked navigated TMS system for pre-surgical mapping of the speech and motor cortices of the brain. Nexstim shares are listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland and Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden.

For more information please visitwww.nexstim.com

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