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Connection Group: Living in Gospel Community Requires Confrontation
The connection group discussion this week: Confronting Others For Change. Our Person Study is Peter: Definition of Confront – to rebuke, correct. Prov. 6:23, Titus 2:11-12,15, Prov. 3:11-12 First Confrontation in Scripture In the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:9,11,13) 1. What was God's purpose in confronting Adam & Eve? Answer – To cause them to…Read More
Christ's Credentials
Up until now we have had people who have responded positively to Christ and His work with little push back. Consider the flow of what we have seen so far from John's gospel: Jesus reveals Himself as God the Messiah to: John the Baptist (1) Andrew and Peter Philip and Nathanael Jesus then works a…Read More


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Tu BiSh'vat: Resources
In a few weeks we will be celebrating Tu BiSh'vat. There are numerous approaches you could take in planning your celebration.
Building Sukkot for Ourselves and Others
Best-Ever Tomato Tart
This is a taste experience that blends pizza and quiche into a savory tart that's utterly fantastic.
Galilee Diary: Booths
Spread over us the sukkah of Your peace. Blessed are You O Lord, who spreads out a sukkah of peace over us, over the entire people Israel, and over Jerusalem.
Tu BiSh'vat: A Personal Reflection
While we have been having a relatively warm winter in the United States, it cannot compare to what winter is like in Israel. It is the rainy season there, the time of year that Israel greens up, with cooler temperatures and rain (which feels like a miracle every time I experience it) in between
Fragility and Strength: A Litany of Hope for Sukkot
The sukkah is a symbol of fragility. We build the temporary structure each year and know that it is only meant to last for the week-long holiday. It sways in the breeze. The raindrops land inside. The animals nibble at our decor. We know it could come crashing down on us.
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Vegetarian Mushroom Barley Soup
One favorite dish of the Ashkenazim that survived the move from the shtetl to North America was the hearty mushroom-potato-barley soup called krupnick.

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Mass Media and the Crests of Human Destruction
Cultural theorist Raymond Williams has suggested that the technology for television was available years before it was utilized. It was held back because the conditions for it were not ripe yet.
Those conditions were urbanization (which masses an audience in one place), the regularization of employment, the homogenization of culture and the concurrent erosion of communities, the need for communication to customers of large concerns (such as department stores) and the need for insipid entertainment for drones whose jobs leave them physically unimpaired but mentally drained.
Mar 4, 2015 Read the whole text...
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It's Anarchy Time!
Is it our turn now? Anarchism flourishes when work is precarious; & that's now!
I begin with two insights. Global systems theorist, Immanuel Wallerstein, argues that throughout capitalist history the working class has been divided into a proletariat, which makes a living solely through waged labor, and a semi-proletariat which in its contemporary incarnation, juggles such pursuits as temp work, freelance projects, state subsidies (food stamps, artists in residence grants, or student loans), and maxing out on credit cards.
Feb 20, 2015 Read the whole text...
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The African Road to Anarchism?
Will the collapse of government rule in countries like The Gambia lead to... The African Road to Anarchism?
My experiences on a recent trip to The Gambia on Africa's west-central coast, brought to mind the historic leftist dream that the state will wither away once workers have overturned capitalism.
Here's an irony of history. In the last 15 years, in the industrially undeveloped world, the state has withered away, not because of its supersession, but due to the extension of global capitalism. Talk of state collapse on capital's periphery doesn't mean governments have completely vanished, but that many states have diminished from being the totalized agencies of control we experience in Northern tier countries.
Aug 19, 2014 Read the whole text...
Jim Feast
"The People's Luck"
Anti-authoritarian China
For the past two summers, I accompanied my wife, who speaks Cantonese and Mandarin, to China so we could tour part of the country before she started summer school in a master's program in Chinese literature in Nanjing, a city famed not only for being pillaged by Japan in World War II, but also as the country's center of teacher education.
May 19, 2014 Read the whole text...
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The Occupation of Public Space: New York, Beijing, Oaxaca
Do squatting and occupations suggest the future for revolutionary tactics?
Robert Neuwirth, in his important book, Shadow Cities, says squatters in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, and India, are the poor, usually excluded from the adequate wage work, who do not have the wherewithal to enter the capitalist real estate market either as owners or renters.
They are "simply people who came to the city, needed a place to live that they and their families could afford, and, not being able to find it on the private market, built it for themselves on land that wasn't theirs." Of special note here are the numbers. "Estimates are that there are about a billion squatters in the world today [2005]--one of every six humans on the planet." The best guesses see this group as swelling to about one in four by 2030.
Apr 21, 2014 Read the whole text...
Jim Feast
Vietnam: Where the Political is Still Personal
a review of
In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary, by Ngo Van; Eds. Ken Knabb and Helene Fleury; Trans. Helene Fleury, Hillary Horrocks, Ken Knabb, and Naomi Sager; AK Press; 2010; $19.95
There is a sub-genre of science fiction called alternative history, which consists of works such as Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle, in which Germany wins World War II, and Hitler becomes the ruler of the U.S. Works of this type offer a counterfactual version of past events, allowing readers to think along different lines about how the world has developed.
Oct 28, 2013 Read the whole text...
Jim Feast
Anarchism and the Anti-Authoritarian Personality
Is there a distinct anarchist personality type? Is there a discernible one among the marginally employed?
All generalizations founder on the rock of their exceptions, but can it be said that certain definable character structures emanate from one's political philosophy or position within capital's work apparatus?
It is instructive that literary praise for the recently deceased, internationally acclaimed, Chilean author, Roberto Bolano, concentrate exclusively on his depiction of mysterious authors and texts, overlooking an equally prominent, political component of his work.
Aug 30, 2013 Read the whole text...
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Making the Impossible Community Possible
How do we create new eco-communitarian anarchist structures? What current models exist?
a review of
The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism by John P. Clark. Bloomsbury, 2013, 272 pp., $30 paper; $120 hardback; bloomsbury.com
John Clark's The Impossible Community is something of a mixed bag or should I say a treasure trove? Clark describes himself as an eco-communitarian anarchist theorist and activist. He lives and works in New Orleans where his family has been for twelve generations.
May 31, 2014 Read the whole text...
Jim Feast
H. Leivick, Anarchism & Yiddish Theatre
The Golem & other plays electrified New York audiences in the early 20th century
There is a staple of the Yiddish theater written in 1921 entitled, The Golem (sort of a Jewish Frankenstein).
It still remains quite popular in translation including a 2002 Off-Broadway run. I saw it performed in 1984 at a free outdoor staging starring Randy Quaid as the monster.
However, the play has two striking peculiarities. First, no one seems to remember the author's name. Second, it was written as a "dramatic poem in eight scenes," and originally thought to be unstageable because of technical demands. Although adapted into its current form, many theatergoers still find parts of the play dreadfully obscure.
Oct 17, 2014 Read the whole text...
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The Denigration of Anarchism in High Art Fiction
We are all familiar with the ruthless stereotyping and blatant falsification of anarchism in the mass media employing out-dated, long exploded cliches such as that anarchists are solely interested in destruction, fueled by an infantile rage.
It was these stereotypes that were used, for example, in the 1880s to convict the Haymarket martyrs for a bombing they didn't commit, and have been used repeatedly in U.S. literature to defame the most earnest opponents of capitalism and the state.
Aug 3, 2016 Read the whole text...
Jim Feast
Feminism & the Politics of the Commons
a review of
Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici, Foreword by Peter Linebaugh. PM Press, 2019
Silvia Federici was born in Italy, taught for years in Nigeria, made many visits to South America, and now lives and teaches in the U.S. This broad experience, along with extensive scholarship, provides the wide angle lens which enables the perspective on view in her new book, Re-Enchanting the World.
Sep 21, 2019 Read the whole text...
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Reticent Verse
A review of
Digigram by Barbara Henning. United Artists Books 2020
Many poets have used broad strokes to deplore the current reactionary environment (as Eliot Katz does so superbly in President Predator), expressing their outrage, disgust and sadness, but Barbara Henning in Digigram takes a different route, examining how the coarsened political climate has insinuated itself into all the interstices of everyday life.
Feb 27, 2021 Read the whole text...
Jim Feast
Watching the Clock
Waiting to get back to living
a review of
The Lady Anarchist Café: Poems and Stories by Lorraine Schein. Autonomedia, 2022
Lorraine Schein, a friend of long-standing, has just published her latest book, The Lady Anarchist Café: Poems and Stories.
This writer has toiled for years within stultifying bureaucratic confines of the workaday world while maintaining sharp anarchist perspectives in her creative endeavors.
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OSWALD #347 Period ending 25 February 2010
Welcome to the Open Source Law Weekly Open Source Digest (OSWALD)
The two big stories of this edition are the settlement of Jacobsen v Katzer (the good guys won) and the announcement of the MeeGo Linux on a mobile phone initiative. There is an interesting series of articles on "Maker" culture in the Policy section that's worth a look.
In off topic news, an article which has attracted some attention is a system to allow a school to remotely take photos from webcams installed on laptops given to the students. Presumably someone thought this would be a good idea at the time.
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***** Off Topic
When Windows can mean life or death http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/32664/when-windows-can-mean-life-or-death
In this case a doctor was using his home PC to remote-connect to his clinic at 4:15am to discuss a roadside accident scan with a surgeon. He selected "no" to the reboot message that popped up and Win 7 promptly rebooted, corrupting his medical software, and causing him to lose 15 critical minutes. The doctor now wants a non-Windows box to conduct future critical business.
School District Accused of Spying on Students via Home Webcams http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202443844888&School_District_Accused_of_Spying_on_Students_via_Home_Webcams
The class action suit, Robbins v. Lower Merion School District, alleges that 1,800 students were provided with laptop computers equipped with webcams which -- unbeknown to the students or their parents -- could be activated at any time by teachers and school administrators to spy on the students and their families in their homes.
Microsoft to outsource general legal work to India http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/microsoft-outsource-general-legal-work-india
Software giant Microsoft will begin outsourcing general legal work to India after signing a deal with legal process outsourcing (LPO) company CPA Global. The news comes as CPA outlined plans to expand its Indian workforce from 600 to 1,000 by the end of 2011, and hinted at opening another outsourcing centre.
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Making a Living in MakerCulture http://preview.thetyee.ca/News/2010/01/29/MakingALiving/
If you weren't making things 100 years ago, you'd be dead. Your home, your food, your clothes and even your toys were all made by you or someone you knew. Somewhere along the way, humans seem to have forgotten that we were makers, and instead became consumers.
***** Patent/CR/DRM News+Policy
J.K. Rowling faces another plagiarism suit http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2010/0218/J.K.-Rowling-faces-another-plagiarism-suit
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling is again facing plagiarism charges. Her name has now been added as a defendant in a lawsuit against her publishers.
Google book plans: Judge hears supporters, opponents http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14426493
Turning Patents Into 'Invention Capital' http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18patent.html?emc=eta1
His detractors see a cynical operator deploying his bulging patent trove as a powerful bargaining chip, along with the implied threat of costly litigation, to prod high-tech companies to pay him lucrative fees. They call his company "Intellectual Vultures. "
Tenenbaum files reply in support of motion; claims he caused at most $21 damages http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/
Tenenbaum files reply in support of motion to reduce award; claims he caused at most $21 in damages
Whose YouTube? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/opinion/20kulash.html?ref=global-home
The numbers are shocking: When EMI disabled the embedding feature, views of our treadmill video dropped 90 percent, from about 10,000 per day to just over 1,000. Our last royalty statement from the label, which covered six months of streams, shows a whopping $27. 77 credit to our account. Clearly the embedding restriction is bad news for our band, but is it worth it for EMI? The terms of YouTube's deals with record companies aren't public, but news reports say that the labels receive $. 004 to $. 008 per stream, so the most EMI could have grossed for the streams in question is a little over $5,400.
EU Data Privacy Official Slams Copyright Talks http://www.internetnews.com/government/article.php/3866381/EU+Data+Privacy+Official+Slams+Copyright+Talks.htm
As international negotiations toward a major cross-border trade agreement to curb intellectual property crimes continue behind closed doors, a top European privacy official today blasted the secrecy of the talks, sounding an alarm about Internet monitoring provisions that could press ISPs to filter traffic on their networks for pirated content.
Turning Patents Into 'Invention Capital' http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18patent.html
Intellectual Ventures, Mr. Bohannon says, is the largest of the category of firms that hold patents, but do not make products. Lawyers call such firms nonpracticing entities, NPEs, though they are often labeled as patent trolls. "Our concern is that it games the patent litigation system so it can extract licensing fees and investments from technology companies that create jobs, innovate and make products," said Mr. Bohannon, whose trade association includes I. B. M. , Google, Oracle, SAP and Adobe.
Microsoft, Amazon strike patent deal covering Kindle and Linux http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/microsoft_amazon_in_patent_deal.html
That's because, as part of the deal, Microsoft says it's granting Amazon patent-related "coverage" for its use of open-source and proprietary technologies in its Kindle e-reader, and its use of Linux-based computer servers.
CBS Radio cuts off streaming outside the U.S. http://www.radio-info.com/sections/2/news_items/8470-cbs-radio-cuts-off-streaming-outside-the-us
The CBS decision is apparently due to music royalties, but T-R-I says "the CBS talk-based stations (news, talk, sports) are collateral damage, because their Internet streams are also now unavailable to users outside the U.S." Why is a sports station in Boston or a news station in Los Angeles affected, when they don't play music? The issue is the CBS/AOL player software. It's the common platform shared by all the CBS Radio terrestrial stations which stream. Pulling out the stations that don't play music is a logistical problem.
***** Applications/Gadgets
Dell's Mini 5 will run on unreleased Android http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1592037/dell-mini-run-unreleased-android
THE RUMOUR MILL is saying that Dell's upcoming Mini 5 tablet will run on a currently unreleased version of Google's Linux-based Android operating system.
Review: Patriot Box Office PVP http://www.raiden.net/articles/review_patriot_box_office_pvp/
Today I'm going to be taking a look at the Linux powered Patriot Box Office (PBO), a Personal Video Player (PVP) designed for the home entertainment or theater system.
Fitting Android and a processor on a SIM card http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/336421
The SIM cards in cellular telephones might be smaller than a postage stamp and less than a millimeter thick but that hasn't stopped South Korea's SK Telecom from cramming all the major components needed to run Google's Android OS inside one of them. [ZOMG!]
Linux Wall Wart Works Wonderfully http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6987/1/
It's no secret that Linux runs behind many consumer devices, and embedded Linux fits in the tiniest of places. One of the latest ways to get your Linux fix comes in what looks like power wall wart from TonidoPlug.
Linux laptop takes the strain for technophobes http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,40047601,00.htm
Built by the Broadband Computer Company, the Alex laptop runs an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux and a set of applications that have been written in-house.
***** Reports
Intel and Nokia Merge Mobile Linux Initiatives to Introduce MeeGo http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/286738-intel-and-nokia-merge-mobile-linux-initiatives-to-introduc
Intel and Nokia, two of tech's biggest titans, today announced the new Linux-based software platform called MeeGo, which merges the popular Moblin and Maemo projects and sets the companies' sights on a new generation of computing devices, applications and services.
Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=201002190850472
A long running case of great significance to the legal underpinnings of free and open source/open source software (F/OSS) has just settled on terms favorable to the F/OSS developer. The settlement follows a recent ruling by a U. S. Federal District Court judge that affirmed several key rights of F/OSS developers under existing law.
Bruce Perens: Inside Jacobsen's Victory http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/12297_3866316_2/Bruce-Perens-Inside-Open-Sources-Historic-Victory.htm
And settle they did, after several months. As terms of the settlement: * Katzer is forever enjoined from copying, redistributing, or modifying the JMRI software, even though the license (now the LGPL) allows everyone else in the world to do so. * He's enjoined from registering a trademark or domain name for a name used by the JMRI project. * He's paying Jacobsen $100,000 over 18 months. This doesn't fully compensate Jacobsen for all of his time and expense over 5 years, but it was the best he could get.
What happens to Sun's open-source software now? http://blogs.computerworld.com/15593/what_happens_to_suns_open_source_software_now
The deal is done. Oracle now owns Sun. Oracle's main message to Sun's customers seems to be "Don't worry, be happy. " That's not easy when Oracle is not explaining in any detail what it will be doing with open-source software offerings like MySQL, OpenOffice and OpenSolaris.
Android Market should stimulate Open Source Applications http://jaap.haitsma.org/2010/02/13/android-market-should-stimulate-open-source-apps/
Since Android is built on Open Source I think Google should actually stimulate developers to make their applications Open Source. Open Source could have a specific section type like Paid and Free have now.
The Linux Box to Market Ubuntu OS in the U.S. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/The-Linux-Box-to-Market-Ubuntu-OS-in-the-US-568799/?kc=rss&utm_source=fee
As a Canonical Silver Solution Provider Partner, The Linux Box will sell, install and support customized Ubuntu-based solutions to organizations running Linux systems.
PHP Developers Prefer Using Windows to Build Enterprise Apps: Study http://www.developer.com/lang/php/article.php/3865581/PHP-Developers-Prefer-Using-Windows-to-Build-Enterprise-Apps-Study
According to the study, 42 percent of respondents reported that Windows was their primary operating system for development. Linux came in as No. 2 at 38. 5 percent while Mac OS X remained in third place at 19. 1 percent.
FreeBSD and the GPL http://www.itpro.co.uk/620659/freebsd-and-the-gpl
Linus Torvalds has said Linux wouldn't have happened if 386BSD had been around when he started up. We trace the history of FreeBSD and how it's affected the open source world.
Lantronix Launches Global XPort Pro Design Contest http://www.lewiswire.com/us/lewiswire/Lantronix/c/458
About the size of two sugar cubes, XPort Pro is the newest addition to Lantronix' popular XPort family of embedded Ethernet networking and compute modules used in millions of devices worldwide. XPort Pro is available running Linux and IPv6, offering developers a powerful compute platform with an industry-standard development environment. Lantronix will award prizes of $6,000 and $3,000 to the two top entries for Best Linux Design, and a separate prize of $3,000 for the Best Student Linux Design.
Linux is now Oracle's low-end offering http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1389769,00.html
Oracle Corp. has rekindled its Solaris love. Sun's Solaris operating system will underlie new high-end data center appliances running the Oracle software stack. And Oracle EnterpriseLinux now becomes the preferred OS for lower-end commodity hardware.
Android Gets Mobile Application for Video Ad http://www.enterprisemobiletoday.com/news/article.php/3866181/
"Basically, our vision has been to evangelize video advertising on different devices. We see Android as another big market opportunity," Srikanth Kakani, co-founder of iVdopia, told InternetNews. com. "About 80 percent of the publishers we've talked to said they wanted us to be on both platforms," he added, referring to Android and the iPhone.
Open Source: Fuel for the Smartphone Explosion http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/69329.html
Open source and mobile development seem to be a match made in heaven.
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SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion in Limine No. 1: Hey! No Fair, You Guys! http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100212204813621
I've got a feeling : is Open Source at an inflexion point ? http://openceo.blogspot.com/2010/02/ive-got-feeling-is-open-source-at.html
Are smartbooks and Linux meant for each other? http://soltesza.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/are-smartbooks-and-linux-meant-for-each-other/
Gnumeric 1.10 Release Brings Better Tools http://ostatic.com/blog/gnumeric-1-10-release-brings-better-tools
Red Hat, Lenovo Partner On Linux Server Discounts http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/16/linux-server-discounts-from-lenovo-red-hat-and-tech-data/
RMS's Mostly Slax: Bad choices in a good cause http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/RMS-s-Mostly-Slax-Bad-choices-in-a-good-cause
Missing Features - Feeling Brian Proffitt's Pain http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/missing-features-feeling-brian-proffitts-pain/
The Bordeaux Group announces new affiliate program http://wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/bordeaux/the-bordeaux-group-announces-new-affiliate-program.html
Set Your Desktop Free, With Nouveau's 3D http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7708/1.html
We're All Hackers Now http://preview.thetyee.ca/Life/2010/02/05/WereAllHackers/
Walk the plank....or not! Help Microsoft eliminate software piracy. http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Paw-Prints-Writings-of-the-maddog/Walk-the-plank-or-not!-Help-Microsoft-eliminate-software-piracy
When and how can Free Software really save public money? http://stop.zona-m.net/node/99
Is Open Source Too Open for its Own Good? http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Is-Open-Source-Too-Open-for-its-Own-Good-932940.html
The 'year of the Linux desktop' has passed http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10455816-16.html
Will open source accept Microsoft leadership? http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=5903
40 Fast Facts on Linux http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Intelligence/40-Fast-Facts-on-Linux-727574/
Another Alfresco Veteran Makes Open Source Career Move http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/17/magnolia-international-names-u-s-channel-chief/
It's not just Twitter http://blogs.computerworld.com/15612/its_not_just_twitter
Open source: dangerous to computing education? http://opensource.com/education/10/2/open-source-dangerous-computing-education
Top 10 Open-Source Server Technologies You Need to Know http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3865716/Top-10-Open-Source-Server-Technologies-You-Need-to-Know.htm
Issues Within The X.Org Foundation? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzk5NA
[User switches from Win to Linux] http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/linux-frustrates-37036
Open-Xchange: Open Source Scores Another Big SaaS Win http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/02/21/open-xchange-another-big-saas-partner-win/
Edubuntu is Ubuntu for the Classroom http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6988/1/
A handbook for the open source way, written the open source way http://opensource.com/business/10/2/how-manual-open-source-way-written-open-source-way
Reeling in the hackers http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0219/1224264787078.html
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Female chromosomes may protect against Alzheimer's
26 August 2020
Researchers in the US have found that having a second X chromosome may increase resilience to Alzheimer's disease. The findings are published today (Wednesday 26 August) in the journal Science and Translational Medicine.
Our genes are wound up into structures called chromosomes. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Twenty-two of these pairs look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, are the sex chromosomes. There are two types of sex chromosome, known as X and Y. Females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have an X and a Y chromosome in their cells.
Researchers from the University of California looked at the effect of sex chromosomes on mice with features of Alzheimer's disease. They studied mice with different arrangements of sex chromosomes while controlling factors such as levels of sex hormones to tease out the role that chromosomes play in Alzheimer's.
A second X chromosome increased life expectancy and decreased brain dysfunction in mice with features of Alzheimer's. The researchers highlighted evidence of a second X chromosome providing resilience to Alzheimer's changes through a gene called Kdm6a.
In studies of human brain tissue, they found that higher levels of Kdm6a activity were associated with slower cognitive decline.
Alzheimer's Research UK's expert opinion
Dr Sara Imarisio, Head of Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said:
"Investigating the causes of sex differences in diseases like Alzheimer's provides important opportunities to understand how they develop and explore potential avenues for future treatments.
"More women than men develop Alzheimer's so the suggestion that women's genetic make-up could actually protect against the disease may seem a little contradictory. The researchers in this study point to women's higher life expectancy being the cause of their increased risk. They suggest that while an extra X chromosome doesn't prevent brain changes that trigger Alzheimer's, it allows women to live with these changes for longer.
"Increased levels of a protein produced by a gene called kdm6a, which is found on the X chromosome, protected mice in this study from the effects of Alzheimer's-like changes. Findings like this can present new directions for drug development, but they are very much a first step and it is too early to say whether an approach like this could ever benefit people with Alzheimer's.
"These findings mostly emerge from experiments involving mice with features of Alzheimer's, and while we can't be sure that the same processes are at play in people with the disease, the researchers found some evidence to support their findings in studies of human brain tissue and memory and thinking test scores.
"It's vital that researchers continue to study the diseases that cause dementia from as many angles as possible. Through research we will keep people connected to their families, their worlds and themselves for longer."
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Science and Translational Medicine: A second X chromosome contributes to resilience in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease


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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian collision in Riverdale Park Thursday evening. The victim is 45-year-old Demetrio Lopez of Newberry Lane in Lanham.
On October 19th, at approximately 7:00 pm, patrol officers responded to area of Kenilworth Avenue and Spring Lane for a collision involving a pedestrian. The pedestrian, Lopez, was taken to a hospital where he died a short time later. The driver of the car that struck Lopez was not hurt.
The preliminary investigation reveals Lopez was struck as he tried to cross Kenilworth Avenue. Investigators are working to determine if he was in a crosswalk at the time of the collision.
Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to please call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS, text "PGPD plus your message" to CRIMES (274637) on your cell phone or go to www.pgcrimesolvers.com.


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In December, I spent $154 to buy 26 lightbulbs. That works out to about $6 per lightbulb — way more than for conventional lightbulbs you'll find at the supermarket. But I expect to earn back that investment in lower electricity costs within a year or two — and then save hundreds of dollars more over the next decade.
These were no ordinary lightbulbs. They're based on a cutting-edge technology called light-emitting diodes. LED lightbulbs consume about one-fifth as much electricity as an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light.
The savings will add up. The old-fashioned 60-watt bulbs I was replacing each cost an estimated $5 per year to run. Each of my new LED lightbulbs should only consume about $1 worth of electricity, saving me $4 per bulb, per year. So I'll be able to fully recoup my investment by mid-2017.
And here's the best part: While conventional bulbs often burn out within a year or two, LED bulbs are designed to last for 10 to 20 years.
Over the next decade, then, I can expect my $154 lightbulb investment to save me around $1,000 in electricity costs alone — while also saving the cost and hassle of buying dozens of replacement bulbs.
And these aren't like those funny-looking compact fluorescent lights that turn on slowly and often give off unflattering light. LED bulbs look a lot like conventional bulbs and can produce light that's very similar to a conventional incandescent bulb.
LED lightbulbs have just one big downside: They're a lot more complicated than conventional ones. You can put just about any incandescent lightbulb in any light socket. By contrast, buying the wrong type of LED bulb can drastically shorten its life and create other headaches (more about these later).
But don't worry: In this article I'll walk you through all of the important factors, allowing you to confidently select the perfect LED lightbulb for your needs — and start saving money.
Make sure your LED bulbs won't overheat
Since the days of Thomas Edison, conventional incandescent lightbulbs have worked by heating up a wire filament until it's hot enough to glow. That's why you could burn yourself touching old-fashioned lightbulbs, and it's also why more than 80 percent of the energy of an incandescent gets wasted as heat.
In contrast, LEDs are sophisticated electronic components built from the same kind of semiconductor materials as computer chips. LEDs produce a lot less heat, making them more energy-efficient.
But they still produce some heat. And the fragile parts inside an LED bulb can get damaged — becoming dimmer or failing altogether — if they get too hot. So one of the biggest technical challenges facing LED lightbulb manufacturers has been been keeping them cool.
This is why some LED bulbs have ventilation holes to improve airflow and help cool the LED down. It's also why it's easy to find LED bulbs to replace 40- and 60-watt incandescents, but LED replacements for 75- and 100-watt bulbs are still rare and expensive: Brighter LEDs produce more heat, making them more challenging to keep cool.
One implication for consumers is that you have to be careful when putting an LED bulb into an enclosed light fixture. If you buy a bulb that's not designed for that kind of fixture, it could overheat, drastically shortening its life. Most bulbs should indicate whether they're designed for enclosed fixtures or not.
This also means you shouldn't put LED bulbs in places where things are likely to get hot, according to Jeremy Snyder, a lighting researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
For example, Snyder notes, "In an oven hood might not be the best location for an LED bulb." The high heat will tend to shorten the bulb's life, making a conventional bulb a better option.
Think about lumens instead of watts
Every 60-watt incandescent lightbulb gives off about the same amount of light, and we've been using incandescents for so long that we've grown accustomed to treating the watt as a measure of lightbulb brightness.
But watts are actually a measure of power consumption, not brightness. An LED lightbulb that's as bright as a 60-watt incandescent lightbulb will only consume 10 to 12 watts of power.
So it makes more sense to talk about lightbulbs using lumens, which is actually a measure of brightness. According to the Department of Energy, a "40-watt" lightbulb produces 450 lumens, a "60-watt" lightbulb produces 800 lumens, and a "100-watt" lightbulb produces 1,600 lumens.
Many LED lights will be sold with an "equivalent wattage" rating, but these are often just approximations. So ignore them and instead look at how many lumens the bulb will produce and how many watts of power it will consume.
A "60-watt equivalent" LED lightbulb might produce as little as 750 lumens or as many as 850 — and it might actually consume 10 or 12 watts of power. Looking at the actual lumen and watt figures will give you a more accurate idea of how much light you're going to get and how much electricity will be consumed.
Most people will want a "color temperature" around 2,700 K
Most lightbulbs produce "white" light — but different bulbs produce subtly different shades of light, and that can change the ambience in a room.
The light produced by a conventional incandescent bulb is skewed toward the red end of the rainbow. This is commonly described as "warm" or "soft" light.
On the other hand, if you go outside on a nice day, the sunlight will be skewed more toward the blue end of the spectrum — commonly described as "cool" light.
The warmness or coolness of a bulb's light is measured by its "color temperature," measured in Kelvin (this is a reference to a physics concept called black-body radiation). Confusingly, "warm" light has a lower color temperature than "cool" light.
If, like most people, you want an LED bulb that works like an old-fashioned incandescent, then you need to buy a bulb with a color temperature of 2,700 K. That's the color temperature of the warm, welcoming incandescent light we all grew up with.
On the other hand, if you want the inside of your home to feel more like a bright, sunny day — or a big-box store — you can try an LED lightbulb with a cooler temperature around 5,000 K.
Check to see if a bulb works with dimmers
The simplicity of incandescent lights allows them to work with all types of dimmer switches. That's not true of all LED bulbs. As the power is turned down, some LEDs will either start flickering or simply switch off without dimming.
Most lightbulbs should indicate on the package whether they work with a dimmer switch or not.
There are too many options! Can you just tell me which bulbs to buy?
I haven't reviewed every lightbulb on the market, but I did spend many hours researching options and reading reviews before I bought bulbs for my own home.
Here are the bulbs I ultimately decided to purchase. My research focused on ones available on Amazon — if you're buying bulbs through some other retailer, there might be better options available.
- Cree 60W equivalent dimmable light, $6 each. This was one of the most versatile bulbs I found. It's dimmable, it works in enclosed fixtures, and Cree claims it will last for 22 years (assuming three hours per day of use). The main downside: a higher price than some others. Also, the bulb's ventilation holes might look a bit odd if the bulb itself is visible.
- Philips 60W equivalent light, $4 each. I bought a dozen of these because they were the cheapest 60W-equivalent bulbs I could find with a reputable manufacturer and solid reviews. I also liked them because they look more like conventional bulbs than most others on the market. However, these bulbs are much less versatile than the Cree ones: They're non-dimmable and don't work in enclosed fixtures. And Philips says they'll only last for about 10 years.
- Philips 100W equivalent light, $9 each. This is the 100-watt-equivalent version of the previous bulb. They have all the same strengths and weaknesses as their dimmer cousin, but cost more.
- Cree 65W equivalent dimmable flood light, $9 each. I needed to replace some recessed flood lights in the basement. These Cree bulbs fit the bill, but they were fairly expensive.
- Philips 60W equivalent dimmable light, $15.50 each. I paid $12 each for these bulbs, making them the most expensive ones I bought. And their price appears to have risen since my purchase. I paid a premium here because our kitchen has a row of track lights connected to a dimmer switch — so I needed several LED lights that were the right shape, looked attractive, and were dimmable.


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Gongoli Mask
A large gongoli, or kongoli, mask, depicting the face of a human or animal. The mask has a typical protruding forehead, lips and vertical ears and is complete with its raffia attached. The gongoli masquerader comes out to provide light entertainment, particularly during more solemn occasions such as funerals. It is not particular to any cultural group in Sierra Leone.
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- Type: Masks, headdresses
- Object: Gongoli Mask
- Materials: Wood
- Culture Group: Mende
- Dimensions: 900mm [L] x 520mm [W] x 170mm [D]
- Production Date: Pre 1960
- Associated Places: Unknown
- Associated People: Guy Massie-Taylor (Collector)
- Museum: Glasgow Museums
- Accession Number: GLAMG:A.1985.13.ae


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The US Air Force mainly wants to keep poring money into the F35s and other advanced systems.
For years, the US Air Force has been trying to kill the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the service's close-air-support workhorse. Officials have cited budget constraints and the need to save money to invest in other platforms as reasons to get rid of it. Congress has kept the plane alive, but service leaders are already thinking about what comes next.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh is talk about firepower on demand or a flying vending machine with different missiles on request. The A-10 eats up about $20,000 per flying hour, he noted. "Let's find something that's $4,000 or $5,000 a flying hour that brings more firepower, that is more responsive," he said. The Air Force is trying to procure additional F-35 joint strike fighters, a new KC-46 tanker and a new B-21 long-range strike bomber. Finding an A-10 replacement is "not the highest priority".
Under current plan the Warthog will be gone from the USAF's inventory by 2023. This is long before the USAF could develop and field anything even closely adequate. Basically they are saying, "we'll study the problem and get back to you." In other words they are waiting out the A-10's shot clock.
The Air Force likes to say that the A-10 is not survivable in a war against a modern peer-state competitor, or in layman's terms, a country with power on par with America's. That is debatable on many levels, but the same can largely be said for the F-16 or F-15.
Additionally, the A-10 still has not reached its survivability potential. The addition of towed decoys, updated jamming pods and directed energy infrared countermeasures, when paired with the A-10's low-flying mission profile, would likely make them more survivable than any sub 5th generation fighter aircraft. But all this is irrelevant because no American tactical aircraft fights alone, and deploying troops to areas where the enemy has uncontested aerial supremacy is a suicidal tactic.
The A-10 fleet costs less than two percent of the Air Force's entire budget to operate annually. Surely that is a small price to pay for such an effective and historically useful capability. One that is currently being used to devastating effect against ISIS in the Iraq and Syria and to deter Russian aggression in Europe.
Two OV10 Bronco were used in 2015. They cost $20 million in total. The plane is older than the A10
The Turbo prop OV10 Bronco are efficient and capable but they do not bring nearly the same combat punch or survivability to the fight that the A-10 does. They are strictly low-intensity counter-insurgency aircraft, not tank busters. They also lack the Warthog's payload and most importantly its cannon, the most precise and deadly aerial fire support tool on any jet in the Pentagon's stable.
The US Army and the marines needs to be given authority to acquire any replacement for the A10. The US Air force interests are not aligned on close air support.
SOURCES- Fox Trot Alpha, Youtube
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies. He is the Head of Research for Allocations for deep technology investments and an Angel Investor at Space Angels.
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Friday, March 28
Belly up to the bar....
Although no one has clammored for this function on my Web site in the past, I thought it would be cool to add a weblog commenting system to my little corner of cyberspace. So indulge yourself and express your opinions on the various what-nots on my humble page.
Wednesday, March 26
Testing something new....
[Edit: ... and we're done.]
Tuesday, March 25
'Now more than ever'
The winners of the 2002 Michigan AP Editorial Association newswriting, newsphoto and graphics contest were announced today. A news column written by li'l ol me about standardized testing won second place in Division I (up to 15,000 circulation).
Other Gazette nods include Steve Neavling's coverage of the Rainbow Family gathering in Ewen last summer (2nd place, sustained coverage of a single news event), Zac Anderson's story breaking down the ins and outs of standardized testing (3rd place, public service) and Dave Strang's photographs from the Copper Country Firefighter's tournament (3rd place, picture stories).
Steve and I won a previous AP award for our joint coverage of the attempted firebombing at Michigan Tech University in 2001 (3rd place, sustained coverage). It's nice to be honored, but there's more work to do.
[Edit: Updating 2001 awards....]
Monday, March 24
Well, the first two seasons of Homcide are up for pre-order via Amazon.com and AandE TV Online Store (It'll cost $70 to get the show on April 29 -- a month early).
There's no word regarding if it will be in widescreen format (some are assuming it will be just a screen transfer which is disappointing). Some of the extras look like Krap -- the "To Catch A Killer: Homicide Detectives Episode of A&E's Signature Series American Justice®" for example. Things like music from the show and commentary with Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana on the pilot episode "Gone For Goode" do look promising.
The question is whether I'll be spending $52 for the show. Hmm, probably, but I'll need to really think about it.
Tuesday, March 18
Just really posting to reflect the fact that it's 2 a.m. and I'm still at work after starting the day at 7 a.m. Tuesday. ... and I still have three stories to write.
Started the day off putting the finishing touches on a school board story and adding some comments to a local reaction to President Bush's speech Monday night (BTW tonight we might be at war -- for better or worse). At about 9:30 a.m., we hear word that Michigan Tech University cancelled their 82-year-old football program. I get the story and I'm able to put something out at about 11 a.m.
At noon, I had a local SmartZone meeting for the Local Development Finance Authority in Hancock. Nothing too earthshattering, but the project appears to moving ahead. That story gets set aside for Thursday. Back at the DMG at 1:40 p.m., I'm trying to get more information about the football team while getting comments about the Clean Snowmobile Challenge that starts Wednesday. That's when we get word that Tech is cutting an administrative position (not as big news as cutting a football team, but its something nonetheless).
No time for that, Kevin and I head to Tech at about 3:30 p.m. to get the skinny about the football team. We're at athletics for what seems to be about two hours. Good enough, back to the DMG for more interviews. Dinner about about 7:40 p.m. until 9:15 p.m. then its back to work until 12:15 a.m. (more interviews and tracking down alumni). Quick snack with Olivia and I'm back at the office at 1:30 a.m. for a final interview and now I'm off to the races.
I took a couple of hours off for meals, but it's just been the craziest day in quite a long time. I'm hoping to get done by 4 a.m. so I can get some rest before getting back to the grind.
Today's another fun-filled day with perhaps something about President Curt Tompkins talking about the university's budget crisis at 10:30 a.m., the Clean Snowmobile Challenge (probably will be picked up Thursday), the looming war with the imminent threat of Iraq and the looming story assignment that's just dying to get done.
Good night, moon.
Sunday, March 16
Blogger just ate a post I was writing. It wasn't too long and detailed, but it sucks.
Tuesday, March 11
Noticed on the wires (Reuters via Yahoo! News) today:
Congress Nixes 'French Fries' in Fit of Pique
I composed a little (sarcastic) response putting in my two cents. It goes a little like this:
The whole darn thing is dirty politics -- pretty typical from our friends on the right.
I was listening to Rep. Ney on National Public Radio this evening. He brings up the point that our soldiers somehow care about what the U.S. House calls its food and calls it a "morale booster" to the troops. Of course it all makes sense now, because we all know who the true enemy is -- the French.
Many people are making mention of the fact that we did the same thing to the Germans -- a nation we were actively fighting -- during World War I. Of course, it's been pointed out quite accurately that french-cut potatoes are a Belgian creation, but let's not let facts get in the way of decent propaganda.
I guess Republicans looked at Iraq and figured out there's nothing they could really rename. We can't change "foreign-imported oil" into "freedom fuel" -- it might give those damned Greens some ideas. So because we can't make too much fun of Saddam, let's mock the French.
So let's not stop there -- here's hoping America repudiates all things French (because honestly, aside from surrendering every time someone sneezes, they're not good for anything anyway). It's obvious we'll never go to the metric system now. It doesn't have "French" in the name so maybe they won't notice (of course no one's noticed that we're the only country left in the world that isn't metric.).
We really should consider dropping out of the Olympics (revived by a Frenchman in 1896). All those smallpox vaccines saving us from bioterrorism? Get rid of them -- the original treatment was developed by Louis Pasteur. Speaking of infectious diseases, get rid of pasteurization developed by Pasteur to make milk safe to drink (at least we've still got homogenization, but that could go too if the Boy Scouts object).
Let's raid our libraries and rip out the knowledge imparted to us by Pascal, Fermat and Victor Hugo. The knowledge is worthless anyway -- it's from Frenchmen.
Champagne? The true drink created by French monks is out of the question. Thank goodness for California White Sparkling Wine. Either that or champale.
Of course, I'm waiting for someone to suggest giving the Statue of Liberty back to France as the greatest "morale booster" against this evil and hated member of the Axis of Evil. Hmm, maybe we replace Lady Liberty with a giant metal Ronald Reagan gazing into the dewy morning sunrise -- that's the ticket.
* Steps of off somewhat-battered soapbox and hands it to another before walking off muttering... *
Ryan "Either you're with us or you're French" Olson
BTW: giantmetalronaldreagan.com is an available domain name. So is shakeshot.com -- a revolutionary shot combination of McDonald's Shamrock shakes and alcohol (you might laugh now, but wait until someone pays $4 for one at TGIFridays).
So make of it what you will. A little light farce to reflect on a very silly event.
Sunday, March 2
Some thoughts on the possibility of Homicide coming to DVD later this year:
A Homicide episode guide said all the episodes were shot on 16mm film and completed in widescreen (to keep the door open for HDTV), but were shown on NBC in "full-screen" format. If they're going to transfer the video from the original masters, I would certainly push for a widescreen-format DVD. If the pending annoucement isn't for widescreen, I'm going to make a big push in hopes that they would "reconsider."
I also wonder how they will present the three crossovers with "Law and Order" in later seasons. There are three L&O eps out there that tie in directly with Homicide. I would certainly like to have them on my DVDs for seasons 4, 5 and 6.
Saturday, March 1
Good news regarding the TV series Homicide: Life on the Streets (from The Digital Bits:
In new upcoming DVD news, we've confirmed with A&E that they'll release Homicide: Life on the Street - The Complete First and Second Seasons on DVD on 5/27. Watch for an official announcement soon.
While this is impressive news, casual fans should remember that the first season was only nine episode in length and the second season was a scant four! It was only in the third season that Homicide was given a full season order.
One can't equate quantity with quality (the early days of "best damn show on television" were also its most brilliant). I've been paying ~$15-20 for British and Canadian shows with only six-episode seasons. I would be willing to pay twice that for 13 episodes of H:LOTS. Just when I was only planning to add Deep Space Nine, The Simpsons and maybe Futurama to my DVD collection this year, I'll need to make room for Bayless, Pembleton, Munch and the rest of the gang....
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William Edward Yonker
Born: 5/2/1952
Died: 4/3/2012
Mr. William Edward Yonker, age 59, of Townsend, DE, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
Bill was born in Philadelphia, PA, on May 2, 1952, son of the late William J. Yonker and Doris Liebert Yonker. He graduated from Riverside High School, attended Virginia Tech for two years, and earned his bachelor's degree from Widener University. He was employed with ASTM International for 30 years, retiring in July of last year as the Director of Information Technology.
He was an avid golfer, a boater, and more recently developed a love of Harley Davidson motorcycles, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the DuPont Theatre in Wilmington.
Bill is survived by his loving wife of 26 years, Melissa Pierce Yonker; son, George Murphy and his wife, Brittnye Hurt Murphy; daughter, Brynn Murphy; grandson, Kayden Murphy; and sister, Diane Yonker Townsend and her husband, Gene, and their children. He will be sadly missed by his family and his many good friends.
Visitation for family and friends will be held from 11 am to 1 pm on Friday, April 6, 2012, at the Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, 1000 N. DuPont Parkway, New Castle. Interment will be held privately.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Bill may be made to Purr-fect Haven Cat Rescue, PO Box 1737, Dover, DE 19903.


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We argue.
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We understand.
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Khadim Hussain Rizvi TLP Leader was arrested on 23 November from Lahore
Information Minister also stated that the Government will only allow protest that protect the rights of people. The state will
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Remembrance Day dawned with rain and cold, but Revelstokians nonetheless marched to the cenotaph on Friday to honour the local men who answered their country's call and went to fight in two world wars.
It's a ceremony made poignant by the whittling away of the city's population of veterans. Yet no one has yet forgotten the importance of the sacrifices our soldiers have paid. Hundreds of people young and old attended the ceremony and laid wreaths at the foot of the granite monument.
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A denture is a removable replacement for missing teeth and surrounding tissues. Two types of dentures are available Complete and partial dentures.
Complete dentures are used when all the teeth are missing, where as partial dentures is fitted to replace some missing teeth.
They are made customised to the patients mouth and involve several stages to ensure an accurate fit.
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New dentures always feel strange when first placed in your mouth. Several days or weeks will be required before you get accustomed to them. Adaptation varies with different persons and often time and experience are essential before dentures can be worn comfortably and function effectively.
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Sechelt wants to create 11 new positions in 2021. It remains unclear whether council will support that single year 16 percent increase over existing staff levels.
At the March 24 Committee of the Whole meeting, Human Resources Manager Lindsay Roberts put forward a prioritized list of the new staff requests. Topping that list was an engineering project manager, followed by an asset management position, a development planner, and two clerical positions. The addition of one position in parks, a summer student for the engineering department, two positions in wastewater management, and a Community Safety Coordinator for the RCMP round out the list.
If all are approved, these add-ins will cost Sechelt over $400,000 in 2021 for salary and benefits. That number is based on mid-year recruitment. Full-year costs of close to $900,000 would occur in the following year if all 2021 staffing asks are approved. Costs for the positions are likely to continue to escalate in future years, given that local governments provide regular wage and benefit adjustments to their personnel under collective agreements.
The municipality has 60 full-time positions, two part-timers and six casual employee spots. Roberts said that it was her responsibility to bring the requests forward as Sechelt is currently understaffed compared to like-sized communities. Council members requested that Roberts provide details on those comparisons and data on how Sechelt's personnel levels have increased since 2014. That information is to be reviewed at a future committee meeting. Committee recommendations on this year's budget levels need to be finalized by the end of April. The 2021 budget and taxation rate bylaws require adoption by May 15.
Commenting on the staffing requests, Councillor Brenda Rowe said, "as frightening as this may be, there are lots of frightening numbers out there." Rowe stated she viewed the ask as an investment in the community.
Mayor Darnelda Siegers admitted that the calls for staff additions were "daunting." She also remarked that the District is bringing in "a lot" of grant funding, which is paying for projects with funds from outside of its tax base. Siegers noted that staff is needed to manage these projects and the infrastructure that they create. She suggested that Sechelt look at applying for a provincial "Strengthening Community Services" grant to fund the initial two years of costs related to the RCMP support position.
Councillors Janice Kuester, Tom Lamb and Alton Toth, expressed reservations about growing expenditures on personnel by such a large amount while the community works on recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lamb remarked, "I want a whole bunch of things too, but we do need to ask the community what they want and how much they are willing to pay."
Councillor Matt McLean voiced a different view regarding staff increases. He stated that it is the community, not council, that is "pushing" for the increases. McLean said that Sechelt has "an ambitious agenda because that's what people want us to do."
The staff increases were part of the focus of an online budget public engagement session on March 29. Three members of the public and 10 District staff and elected officials attended the Zoom meeting. No questions from members of the public came forward related to the staffing proposal.
Video of that event and other 2021 budget-related meetings and engagement sessions can be viewed on Sechelt.ca. Connie Jordison


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The Higher National Diploma in Entrepreneurship Development produces students who are able to successfully manage their own enterprises, be managers of innovative ventures, Community Based Organizations (CBO's) and Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's).
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This entrepreneur development process helps new firms or ventures get better in achieving their goals, improve business and the nation's economy. Another essential factor of this process is to improve the capacity to manage, develop, and build a business enterprise keeping in mind the risks related to it.
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The Ballina Ex-Army Association is principally a social organisation that has formed to give the area an ex-Army presence to compliment the other existing Ex-Service Organisations associated with ex-Naval and ex-RAAF personnel.
The Ballina Ex-Army Association meets monthly at 11am, on the last Friday of each month. Meetings are held at the Ballina RSL Club.
To join the Ballina Ex-Army Association, Full Members must have served or are currently serving in the Australian or Allied Armies. Partners may also join as Associate members.
Contact Details:
Ballina Ex-Army Association
PO Box 7039
East Ballina, NSW, 2478
Wayne Peters (President)
6683 4632 or 0414 824 632
Allan Britt (Secretary)
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Hello Fresh sent me this subscription box for my review.
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September 4, 2013 Hello Fresh First Taste of Fall
The Delivery
Fresh Food Organized Hello Fresh delivers next-day Fedex in a huge huge box. Everything is organized and separated into bags and is very easy to throw into the fridge and then remove when you're ready to cook.
Hello Fresh is COLD! All the meat lays directly on top of several huge ice packs. Mine got delivered at the end of the day and my ice packs were still mostly frozen. I think having cold meat is super important for a dinner kit/fresh food delivery service, and Hello Fresh's meat is really truly COLD. Those ice packs I think are like the size of a sheet of printer paper.
Kids Pick! When we unpacked this box it was dinnertime. I let the kids look at the recipe cards and select what we were cooking. They picked Lasagna Style Baked Penne. Honestly they were so excited about the food it was hard to get pictures!
Lasagna Style Baked Penne
Recipe Card I selected this one for its ease of preparation and kid friendliness! It was super easy to make, and I noticed that all the recipes I had selected were fall recipes! Hooray for fall, we love to eat comforting warm foods.
Everything is pre-measured I love not having to worry about measuring. I was excited to see Panko breadcrumbs for some crunch! I thought that was a great idea! I did leave out the chili flakes inside the dish because my kids were eating it too.
Easy Prep This was really easy to put together – a little browning, a little boiling, and a little baking! I actually prepared most of it while interviewing a new babysitter. Made my life so much easier to just have everything there and put it together. I dug out this disposable pan (which I totally stick in the dishwasher and reuse) because it cools off quickly – there was so much food I knew there would be leftovers.
All gone! The kids ate this meal up! It fed us twice and I was really happy with the great flavor, texture, and ease of preparation. Obviously if you have big kids you might need to get more servings if you are feeding the whole family. I don't always feed them our Hello Fresh – about half the time I reserve it for adult meals – but I love selecting kid-friendly meals for this too.
Come back tomorrow for my review of our next two dishes to see how they tasted! Usually when I take a look at a fresh food box I do the entire thing, but the reviews get really long and it's not really fair to the recipe! This way I can also pretend I have a cooking blog.


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Congrats!!: Actress Juliet Ibrahim Gives Birth To A Bouncing Baby Boy
Peacefmonline.com is reliably informed that beautiful Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim who was spotted recently pregnant, has given birth to a very lovely bouncing baby boy.
According to our sources the "4Play" actress delivered peacefully on the hot afternoon of Friday December 17 2010. Pregnant Juliet was last spotted at the Ghana Movie Awards Nominees Release Party, which took place at poolside of the Golden Tulip Hotel on Friday, November 26, 2010.
Juliet got married earlier this year to her longtime lover Kwadwo Safo Junior, son of Ghanaian inventor and leader of Kristo Asafo Mission, Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo in a low profile and brief ceremony which took place in Accra between the two families and a couple of invited friends.
Kwadwo Safo who is a young Ghanaian pilot and Juliet now Mrs. Safo are the freshest parents in town. Keep reading for update on when the "Crime to Christ" actress will outdoor her first born and how she will be able to bring back her beauty after birth . Peacefmonline will bring you exclusive pictures of Juliet and her new born baby keep reading.
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Employment as a Production Manager
A Production Manager is expected to have deep know-how in production procedures. The ability to direct personnel towards maximum performance will set you apart as a leader. Decision-making and problem-solving will take up a great part of your day. You will be ultimately responsible for the smooth running of all production lines and the quality of output.
Production Manager typically have these skills:
- 5+ years' experience in manufacturing operations
- 2+ years' experience in a supervisory capacity
- Excellent project management skills
- Proven track record of successfully training employees in productivity and safety
- Working knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations
- Ability to coach and mentor employees on a one-on-one basis as well as a group
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- Manage and evaluate machine resources to ensure productivity and minimal downtime
- Strive to reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
- Ensure all employees follow industry standard health and safety guidelines
- Set ambitious production goals and communicate them to key personnel
- Provide motivation, support and guidance to all employees
- Communicate any problems or obstacles to senior management
- Establish workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety or integrity
- Create schedules for employees to ensure optimum staffing levels
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|Three Bulgarians received lengthy terms in prison for their role in a large-scale cocaine-smuggling enterprise involving three vessels in South Africa. Mario Radoslavov Vasev, Asen Georgiev and Atanhas Mihaylov Bikov were arrested during a drug raid on the freighter Windward on March 1.
|Cops seized 973 blocks of cocaine and about $1.1m in cash. The value of the haul makes it the country's second largest. The men bought 12 years, 13 years and 10 years, respectively. They also forfeit assets, including luxury cars and property purchased in South Africa.


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'Chasing the numbers': Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' experiences of achieving midwifery practice requirements for registration
Journal article
Licqurish, Sharon and Seibold, Carmel. (2013). 'Chasing the numbers': Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' experiences of achieving midwifery practice requirements for registration. Midwifery. 29(6), pp. 661 - 667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.06.006
|Licqurish, Sharon and Seibold, Carmel
Objective: To explore one aspect of the findings from a qualitative study exploring Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' experiences of achieving competency for beginning practice.
Design: A qualitative study using grounded theory, incorporating situational analysis. Data were collected by interviews, field observation and students' documents.
Setting: One university in Victoria, Australia, which was a member of a consortium of universities that first implemented Bachelor of Midwifery curricula.
Participants: 19 women, aged 20–40 years, completing the Bachelor of Midwifery course between the years 2005 and 2008.
Findings: Data analysis revealed an overarching social process of assimilation, and three related subprocesses namely realisation, adaptation and consolidation. This paper focuses on consolidation in terms of competency achievement in relation to set requirements.
Key conclusions: While generally found competent for beginning practice, the Bachelor of Midwifery students in this study felt that their ability to achieve competency according to professional midwifery standards, was constrained by the restricted nature of midwifery practice and medical dominance in the hospitals where they were placed. Furthermore, they found it challenging to achieve the minimum midwifery experience requirements, as well as their own personal learning objectives, within the clinical practicum hours provided in the curriculum.
Implications for practice: A review of the clinical hours provided by Bachelor of Midwifery curricula is required, with a view to ensure that clinical hours are consistent with recommended hours suggested by Australian Bachelor of Midwifery course accreditation standards. Universities implementing midwifery curricula in Australia need to be cognisant of the theory–practice gap and therefore the applicability of professional competency standards to the education of midwives. The concerns about the reliability of competency standards need to be addressed. Finally, further research is required to validate the current number of, minimum practice experience required for competency for beginning practice and registration as a midwife in Australia.
|midwifery; midwifery students; midwifery education
|Journal citation
|29 (6), pp. 661 - 667
|Churchill Livingstone
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|661 - 667
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|School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
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