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AREA HAPPENINGS Celebrate Recovery – Will meet every Monday at 6 p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Peters- burg. For more information, contact Pastor Jim at 812- 354-8800. Pike County History Center – Will meet the fourth Monday of each month at the History Center, 1104 Main Street, Petersburg at 6:30 p.m. New members welcome. History Center hours Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until further notice. Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting – the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area members are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan – will have its monthly meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&A.m. regular stated meeting – the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All area Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Otwell – will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Perinatal Loss Support – Expectant parents who suddenly lose their child often experience a wide range of emotions and grief. Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers support to assist those who have ex- perienced the loss of a child (conception to one month of age) through the grieving process. For more information about Perinatal Loss Support, contact Theresa O'Bryan, Pastoral Care, at 812-996 -0219 or tobryan@mhhcc.org. Stendal Community Create and Craft Night – The first Tuesday of each month, anytime between 6 -9 p.m., at St. Peters Lutheran Church fellowship hall. Bring a craft, sewing, yarn or unfinished projects. Create and finish projects, and learn new ones while having fun. For more information, call Sherry Meyer at 812-457-9842. Grief Support Series – The death of a loved one, a child leaving home, overwhelming changes in one's per- sonal life – each can cause profound grief and suffering. To offer reassurance and comfort, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has developed a free support program called "Grief Support Series." Call for the next five-week program. Programs will be at 6:30 p.m. in Me- morial Hospital and Health Care Centers Chapel. This program is free and space is limited. Pre-registration is necessary, call 812-996 -0219. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Sup- port Group – Memorial Hospital's Caring Hands Senior Services sponsors an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Support Group. Meeting dates have changed to the first Tuesday of every month, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Medical Arts Conference Center, located in the lower level of the Medical Arts Building at 721 W. 13th St. in Jasper. For more information, visit Memorial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes and Events." If you would like more information on dementia and being a caregiver, call 812-996 -0218. Pre-registration is not necessary. Living with COPD – If you or if someone you care for is living with COPD, join us for an educational meeting on the second Tuesday of each month, from noon-1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Mary Potter Meeting Room, located inside the hospital at 800 W 9th St., Jasper, IN. For more information, visit Memorial Hospital's website atwww.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes and Events," or call 812-996 -5232 or 812-996 - 1528. Pre-registration is not necessary, and there is no cost to attend. Memorial Hospital Offering Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Support Group – The support group will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month, from 1-3 p.m. in the Medical Arts Building Conference Center located at 721 W. 13th Street in Jasper. The support group will be held monthly. Pre-registration is not required to attend. For more information about the Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Support Group, please call Mary Jo Eaton Cal- houn, BSN, RN, Telemedicine Services, at 812-996 -6364, or Brandie Beck, RN, Neuroscience Nurse Coordinator, at 812-996 -5912 or. You can also e-mail questions or com- ments to strokesupport@mhhcc.org. Petersburg Senior Citizen Will be Offering Senior a Lunch Menu – Petersburg Senior Citizen will be of- fering seniors lunch on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to ? At the Petersburg court house basement, 801 Main Street. Pike Gibson Water, Inc. – will be holding the regular monthly meetings open to the public on the second Mon- day of each month at 6:30 p.m. CST, at 325 N Jackson St, Oakland City, IN. The Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library Board of Trustees – September meeting has been rescheduled to Sept. 21. The meeting will be at 4 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room. For more information, contact the Oakland City Columbia Twp. Public Library. Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission meet- ing — The Executive Board of Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission will meet in-person on Tuesday, September 27, at 6 p.m. (local time). The meeting will take place at the Indiana 15 offices located at 221 E. First Street in Ferdinand. For additional information, call Indi- ana 15 RPC at 812-367-8455. Looking beyond devices to address human longevity through biomedical engineering By Matthew Oates Purdue News Service Artificial intelligence, syn- thetic biology and collabora- tion are the building blocks that could help biomedical en- gineers crack the next big dis- covery in addressing complex health issues. David Umulis, professor and the Dane A. Miller Head of Purdue University's Wel- don School of Biomedical En- gineering, says those three areas are key in the rapidly changing biomedical engi- neering environment. "Artificial intelligence is a game changer when it comes to biology, biomedical engi- neering and other related re- search areas," Umulis said. "If we can develop the best way to use AI and other technologies, we will find ways to address human health and longevity that we could never imagine earlier." Umulis also serves as a se- nior research fellow for the Krach Institute for Tech Di- plomacy at Purdue and as proj- ect director for the Emergent Mechanisms in Biology of Ro- bustness Integration and Or- ganization (EMBRIO) Insti- tute. A key example of those three areas working togeth- er can be found in his work leading the EMBRIO Insti- tute. EMBRIO received $12.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and is a partnership across six higher education institutions that uses artificial intelligence in biology to see how cells de- fend themselves and how to re- pair cellular damage. "A lot of things I've done in biology are now happening at a massive scale as data scienc- es and simulation sciences are starting to have a much larg- er impact in medicine, physi- ology, drug design and sens- ing," he said. "As medicine and biomedical engineering become more integrated and data-centric, there's an ex- ploding need for expertise in those domains. People are much more conscious of well- ness throughout development and aging, so there are more opportunities in all aspects of biomedical engineering." While leading the Weldon School of Biomedical Engi- neering's 27-member and growing faculty, Umulis is expanding partnerships be- tween the school and health care providers, medical re- searchers and medical de- vice companies to take discov- eries from the research labs to clinical settings. Umulis is ex- panding the school's expertise by hiring three new faculty members, with specialties in biomaterials, cardiology, and digital health including data, AI and cybersecurity. Watch a video of him and his philos- ophy at Purdue. Umulis says Purdue bio- medical engineers are always in high demand, especially in the fields of vaccine and med- ication development and mo- bile tech. David Umulis, professor and the Dane A. Miller Head of Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, says collaboration will be key in connecting technology and research in the biomedical engineer- ing field. C-2 Wednesday, September 21, 2022 The Press-Dispatch SWEETS Continued from page 4 and since this is an election year we should have several officials with their item and I hope we set a record of over 99 from our longest parade. It's time to dim the lights for this week, but continue to keep an eye on family and friends; especially in the heat and humidity. Slow down and enjoy the beauty all around you. Watch out for children playing outside. Always smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week. 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My So Called Millennial Life By Stephanie Hayes The Queen's funeral Understanding Queen Elizabeth II's historic funeral is a full-time job, one I have selflessly devoted myself to undertaking. Edi- tors, please accept my resignation for the other stuff. Someone has to sort through the cognitive disso- nance. Why does the queen's coffin linger on television so long after her death, rolling past cursed chyrons that read MYPILLOW CEO MIKE LIN- DELL SERVED WITH SUBPOENA AT HARDEE'S? I am not here to disrespect Her Maj- esty, who was dedicated to her nation. Like many heterosexual, white wom- en, I've been a casual royals watcher since Prince William appeared on the cover of YM magazine in 1998 as "PRINCE OF OUR HEARTS." I'm also not here to dismiss the coloniz- ing, musty, problematic nature of the monarchy. We in the States know all about colonizing, musty problems. Nay, I am merely here for what we in journalism call an "explainer," or alter- nately, an excuse to use bullet points: — The queen died in Scotland on Sept. 8, setting in motion Operation Unicorn, a supporting plan to Oper- ation London Bridge. This prepared- ness makes sense to me. The plans involved the Church of England, the Metropolitan Police Service, the Brit- ish Armed Forces, the media and many others. I have six Google docs just to visit Universal Studios in Orlan- do. — Charles became king under Op- eration Spring Tide. Again, I will not comment. I will strain-smile into my lap and struggle to make meaningful eye contact. A council of important people said, yeah, he's king. Charles proclaimed that, yeah, I'm king, then signed a paper that, yeah, I'm king. "How nice for Charles," I said before sliding on my Princess Diana com- memorative ring from Mi- chaels arts and crafts. — The queen's coffin moved to Balmoral Castle on Sept. 9. Two days later, it moved to the Palace of Holy- roodhouse, which I can't be- lieve is a real place. From there, it went to St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, then Buckingham Palace in London. — The Daily Mail report- ed that the "royal beekeeper informed the Queen's bees that the Queen has died and King Charles is their new boss." Privately, several senior royals wondered why the monarchy isn't taken more seri- ously. — People Magazine hammered breaking news alerts that the embat- tled Will, Kate, Harry and Meghan took a walk together in a show of soli- darity. Yes, this funeral involves actual archers and a crown crusted in an un- speakable wealth of diamonds, but no. This. This, to me, was the most wildly royal moment. The simple act of walk- ing while issuing icy sidelong glares. — The Royal Parks asked mourners to stop leaving Paddington bears and marmalade sandwiches at memorials. The jamwiches do seem like an ant trap, but banning Paddington is he- retical at best. — News coverage has been exhaus- tive. Wall-to-wall. Harry Styles-lev- el overexposed. Just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, CNN aired a story ti- tled "Leaking Pen Frustrates King Charles: 'This Bloody Thing.''" In a very real segment, a leaking pen frus- trated King Charles. — A ceremonial procession brought the coffin to Westminster Hall, where the queen lies in state. This reminds me of when Hal from Moss Feaster Funeral Home sticks a light on top of a Plymouth Sundance and all us Cath- olics cruise past the Ace Hardware. In this case, Hal is the King's Troop Roy- al Horse Artillery and is (SET ITAL) (murmurs) (END ITAL) probably not Catholic. — We got a glimpse of Princess Anne, who is an offensive 16th in line for the throne. Can you believe this? In 2011 — which the court would re- mind you is not very long ago — the monarchy decided women could final- ly be equal to their nasty brothers. But not Anne, one of the busiest royals, because she was born in the old days. Paddington would like a word with the manager. — Speaking of brothers, alleged sexual predator and Epstein cohort Prince Andrew got permission to wear his military uniform at the last vigil, but Harry did not, when all Har- ry wants to do is podcast with Megs in Cali. — Well-wishers have been lining up to pay respects in "The Queue," temporarily shut down Friday when it reached five miles. Sources say Brit- ish people really like to stand in line. Many were somber, separating quea- sy feelings for the monarchy from their love of the woman. The New York Times spotted gin and tonic in line, which I think the queen would cosign? She notoriously cherished gin, buoying data for those of us who also cherish gin and aspire to be 96. — Monday marks her OFFICIAL official funeral, at which point People is going to make my inbox a shambles. The queen will then go to her final resting place, St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. She will join her husband Prince Philip, her sister and her parents. Television news will, as a concept, pass out from dehydration. Some of us will go back to searching through old bins for that magazine with William. — I would like my other job back now. Please? Stephanie Hayes is a columnist at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. Fol - low her at @stephhayes on Twitter or @stephrhayes on Instagram.