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Obtaining roofing repair or new roofing in Bergen County NJ can be absolutely essential. An old roof can be dangerous not only to the home and its structural integrity, but also to the people inside. A strong roof has the ability to keep weather and debris outside, but a failing or aging roof has the potential to leak, which can cause water damage and mold, or collapse when faced with especially bad weather or falling debris. Water damage in the attic or between your home's ceiling and the roof can lead to hazardous contaminants, such as mold, which are hard to spot. Making certain the home stays warm and dry, with strong siding and a strong roof is the best means of keeping these contaminants out of the home. To ensure your have the strongest roof and siding possible, contact Leaf Free if you need a trusted roof company in Bergen County NJ.
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Professional roofing repair in Bergen County NJ is the ideal way to decrease the need for a new roof. A completely new roof isn't going to be necessary. Only part of the roof may be in need of repair in particular circumstances, like when a section of the shingling or other roofing material has been compromised. Thanks to our significant experience, a comprehensive evaluation by our experts means that we will be able to determine the ideal solution for your roofing problems. If roofing repair is a less costly and more efficient option that would work just as well for your home, our staff is happy to assist you in remaining under budget and avoid full roof repair. This is why calling us when you're looking for a roof contractor in Bergen County NJ is such a wise idea.
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If you need a residential or commercial roofing contractor in Bergen County NJ for any kind of roofing repair or new roofing, our goal at Leaf Free Home Improvements is being the first call you make. You deserve a roof that will provide protection for years to come. For this reason, we ensure that the best possible quality products are used, together with the quality craftsmanship you'll receive from our specialists. We offer top quality roofing products from respected manufacturers, such as Timberline, Owens Corning, Royal Sovereign, and many more. On these products, you will receive a manufacturer's guarantee for your protection, but in addition, you will also receive a 10-year guarantee on the work our experts perform. This is not the kind of guarantee that you'll get from just any roofer in the local area, which is all the more reason to make your first call to Leaf Free Home Improvements. Are you in need of a commercial or residential roofing service in Bergen County NJ for installation or repair services? Make sure your first call is Leaf Free Home Improvements.
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Providing top quality services in installation and repair for residential customers, we are standing by to handle all your needs as a commercial roofing company in Bergen County NJ. When it comes to your business, you want to make certain you have a company on your side that you can count on, and this is especially true when it comes to a company to handle all of your exterior requirements, like roofing, gutters, windows and siding. For years Leaf Free Home Improvements has been providing premium quality service to local business owners. This means we are a highly reliable option to handle all of your roofing requirements and more. In the long run you'll be capable of saving a considerable amount of money when you invest in these services. Lowering your energy costs is an additional benefit. This gives you the advantage of being environmentally friendly while ensuring your energy costs remain low. Are you dealing with a problem with roof leaks at your place of business? You need you can rely on to be there offering a comprehensive assessment when you need them the most so effective results within your budget are capable of being provided. Leaf Free Home Improvements is the answer to all of these needs. Are you for an expert in commercial roofing in Bergen County NJ or the rest of the local region? Leaf Free Home Improvements is the only name you've got to remember.
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The lovely people over at expats blog not only found my little online diary of love and life in Nicosia, but nominated me for an award. Expats blog is a great little (or should I say large) online community for expats the world over and I have had the pleasure to get involved (as I informed you here) and follow along with the adventures of all sorts of expats from Africa to Asia.
And every year they launch the expat blog awards; they find the best expat blogs out there and award top blogs per country.
So now my shameless plea for help - the awards for Cyprus are fast approaching and I would really appreciate if any of you out there feel like vocalising your thoughts to head on over here, and leave your comments at the bottom. Or click on the big blue expats blog badge on my sidebar - the same rules apply.
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Seedless Blackraspberry Fruit Jam -
Though black raspberries are smaller than blackberries, they contain a crisp tartness.
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It is now possible to pay your electricity, phone and water bill and also payments for ENFIA, road tax, state insurance at the courier businesses.
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Posted in Electricity news/ DEH, Finances/economy on February 18, 2019| 1 Comment »
Road tax extension
Posted in Finances/economy on January 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The road tax for your car for 2019 can be paid until the 11th of January. Find the post on the road tax for 2019 and see how you can pay.
See the article here
Road tax 2019
Posted in Finances/economy on November 28, 2018| 2 Comments »
Road tax for 2019 can be paid from yesterday. You have to pay it before December 31. You might not be able to print the form immediately because many people are trying. All you need is the owners of the car's tax number and the license plate. Payable via Greek e-banking. Not sure abroad.
Go to the following website: http://www.gsis.gr and click where the arrow is
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Capitol control
Posted in Finances/economy on October 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
After three years and three months, Greece will lift the cap on cash withdrawals as of 1. October 2018. It herewith completes the so-called "second pillar" of Capital Controls imposed in the country the end of June 2015. However, some restrictions will remain with regards to the transfer of money abroad and withdrawing money abroad.
For the rest of the article see: capital control
Piraeus bank closes on Skopelos
Posted in Finances/economy on September 20, 2018| 1 Comment »
Piraeus bank on Skopelos is closing, unfortunately. Due to cutbacks in personnel throughout Greece this branch office of Piraeus bank will close on the 10th of October. There is a branch office in Skiathos.
Posted in Finances/economy on July 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I have made a mistake in assuming that all banks take a commission if you withdraw money from their ATM. It doesn't depend on the ATM of the bank that you use but on the bank that you withdraw the money from. I am sorry if I caused confusion. So if you have your National Bank of Greece card and you withdraw money from a ATM of the National Bank of Greece you will not be charged. If you use another card from another bank there you can be charged. It depends on the bank. Sorry again.
ATM and charges
Posted in Finances/economy on July 17, 2018| 4 Comments »
The National Bank of Greece charges two euro's when you take out money of their ATM's. A new policy ?


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K-top or Khardung La pass, the "Pass of Lower Castle" at a height of 18,380 ft is the Bee's knees for anyone who travels to this part of the world. I was no different.
There is some serious history behind building the highest motorable pass in the world. The story goes like this, A Lt. General who was also the Chief Engineer of Northern Command then, was given the charge of constructing this road post the 1971 war against Pakistan. An exchange of territory took place in the mountainous terrain of the north of the Himalayas. India acquired about 400 square miles area, and the border being "Turtok" sector by the Shyok river. Earlier Pakistan used to maintain supplies and facilities for the folks living there from the west, but now the need was to arrange supplies to them from the east. Also the Shyok river ran for several kilometres through a very narrow and steep gorge which was earlier thought to be impassable.
In order to solve the region's supply problem and also to construct a road connecting Chalunka and Thoise the decision to build a motorable road through Khardung La was taken. On 17th August, 1972 the 201 Engineer Regiment, Madras Sappers belonging to the Indian Army started work on the project and on 27th August, 1973 the road was completed and opened for traffic. I was there almost 40 years after the pass was built.
The valley is as gorgeous as it can get and reminds you of nothing you have seen before.
The "Board of Caution" at South Pullu...
The terrain becomes unforgiving, a true back breaking journey all the way to the top.
Its simply amazing to be able to see the roads winding from up top, and you can see the entire 40 odd kilometers that you have covered. A feeling of "Amaze-ballz"
Sooner than I thought, We were up there.
As usual, Royal Enfields every where. It seemed like a ritual for people to bring them up here. I still thought they were all a little crazy to do this, on machines that were absolutely not built for the task. But, I guess I am wrong.
A special mention to coolest cat in the world. I am an animal lover, especially canines and felines. Back home, over the years I have had many cats as pets. Firstly, I never knew that cats can be considerate and "shanti" to travel on a motorcycle, and definitely did not know that I will meet one at 18400 feet.
Owner of the cat - Crazy Cat lady from Goa who has ridden her motorcycle all the way from the west coast to the awesomeness of the Himalayas. Respect.
After a few cups of hot tea, it was time to split. My fellow riders were heading towards Hunder on the other side of Kardung la. I had to go back to Leh. I had to go back and figure out my climb with an agency, find a group and so on. Just as I bid them good bye, we realised that we were not going any where with land slides getting cleared on either side.
Sticker Graffiti by the tourists
Finally, the landslides were cleared and my friends were on their way. I was hanging in there as the direction I had to go was still under maintenance. I did not realise that this would the last time I see them before returning home. With a week of holidays left, I had to quickly plan my return journey back home, book tickets, ship the bike and climb a mountain.
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Check out the winner of Best Handball Fan Contest vol. 3!
After one month, we can proudly say that Best Handball Fan Contest vol. 3 reached the end, and that one fan will especially remember these holidays, because under her tree there will be many valuable gifts. After players of SEHA clubs picked the best photo between eight of them, PPD Zagreb's pivot Tin Kontrec announced the winner of the final winner on Be8player's Facebook. According to the votes of SEHA players, Katarina Jordanovska was the best.
Katarina won two all-inclusive tickets to the Final 4, hummel will provide the full equipment package for both travellers and her favourite SEHA club will ensure a jersey signed by players. For all other fans, Be8player and hummel prepared consolation prizes.
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Goals are necessary for all productive and career-advancing activities. However, there are two types of goals, which are adhered to by the people who wish to move ahead in life.
The two types of career goals are: Long term career goals and short term career goals. These career goals are quite different when compared.
Also, only when individuals succeed in achieving short term career goals are they able to advance to their long term career goals.
Short Term Career Goals Examples
Here are some short term career goals that one has to establish:
Enhancement of Education/Expertise
Enhancement is one of the important aspects of a person's professional life. Without enhancement, it is quite possible that the skills that a person presents become obsolete and there is even a danger of being out of a job simply because one did not enhance his/her skills.
One should try to dedicate at least one hour daily on increasing or enhancing the expertise or the education that is relevant to their job profile.
Run through the Hierarchy System
Hierarchy is an integral part of the corporate world. It goes without saying that a person should be comfortable working in any part of the hierarchy. Also, an individual should be capable enough to know the workings of all the parts of the hierarchy so that they can maintain cordial work relations with the entire hierarchy of a company.
The ideal way to progress in one's professional life is to stick with a certain company for 2-4 years and try to maximize the career potential before stepping up to another company position.
Increase in Responsibilities
An increase in responsibilities generally means that people's job profile and position are increasing in the company. Therefore, individuals should not only welcome an increase in responsibility, but should positively work towards getting their tasks and responsibilities increased. Once the duties are increased, a person will also attain an increase in the resources that were and are available to him or her.
Enhancement of Finance
Finance plays a very important role in the personal as well as professional life of a person. In many cases having a secure financial future is the only reason that people take up a job. Though working only for the money is not productive, one cannot ignore the importance of money in our day to day life. Therefore, one short term goal of an individual should be to make enough from the job to lead a comfortable life and maintain a good lifestyle.
"Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially.."
David Bach
The above are the short term goals that should be adhered to by every professional.
Long Term Career Goals Examples
However, there are also some long term goals that should be kept in mind by professionals as they journey through their professional lives:
Manager of Managers/CEO
Without a doubt, the most important long term goal of a professional should be to one day achieve the highest position in the company, so as to complete the full circle of professional life.
Second career – Career change
One can think about establishing his/her own business based on his/her professional experience as a long term career goal. One also may plan for a second career based on his/her abilities, for instance – serving as a consultant/expert. Many workers have changed their career to a second equivalent one, for example – from a film actor to a theater actor, from an investment banker to a real estate investor.
Retire Early
A few years ago, the suggested age for retiring was about sixty-five, however, with the ever-increasing technologies and other progress, man can achieve in ten years what took twenty years to achieve earlier. Therefore, today one can even retire at the age of fifty. Keeping this in mind, individuals can work towards achieving their ambitions in a shorter timeframe and therefore take early retirement as successful professionals.
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Every DAV Service Officer is a fellow veteran with service connected medical conditions form military. We have all been there.
The purpose of local chapters in DAV is to provide a local Service Office in every city with veterans so they can get help and information.
DAV Chapter #1 has been here for Washington veterans since 1921 and this Chapter is supported and managed entirely by unpaid volunteers.
Every veteran who joins DAV helps our chapter just by being a member.
The reality we face is that every one of us have medical conditions that limit the time and energy we can continue working, even as volunteers.
This is why we need every DAV member who has the time and energy to put in as little as 4 hours a week;
* Answering phones, questions, postal mail and email,
* Doing outreach and public education appearances,
* Raising money to support our service offices and training.
We all share a military experience and we all hold ourselves accountable for our duty to family and country as well as our responsibility to help each other.
The DAV mission of free charitable service to any veterans and survivors is genuine. We do not ask for anything in return for service and we cannot accept anything from people we help.
The number one obstacle is the lack of information available to the veterans who are looking for help. Many veterans are not even looking for help because they assume there is no help to find. Everything is fine until it is not. Veterans are used to working alone and being self-sufficient, but that doesn't work when the veteran is desperate for help because he or she is unprepared for the unexpected loss of income, family stress and hardship.
The more veterans who join DAV and learn what they need to know about VA benefits, the more veterans we can reach and help.
Our fellow veterans need to know about VA claims, the proof they need to gather and submit and the support we provide as veterans who have been there.
That is it in a nutshell.
Join DAV and learn how to help other veterans, then you can help hundreds of veterans for the rest of your life.
Chapter Officers
DAV Vans
DAV volunteer drivers transport hundreds of veterans with door-to-door service from home to the VA appointments and back again.
Contact our DAV Transportation Coordinator at 253-583-1343 to become a volunteer driver.
Service Offices
You can help support our DAV service offices by volunteering hours at any Chapter Service Office or Department Service Office.
DAV employs over 500 veteran men and women across the country and every one of them has wartime service connected VA ratings.
On top of that, hundreds of DAV volunteers donate thousands of hours helping veterans every year.


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Community Engagement
Oklahoma City Ballet's community engagement programs serve over 5,000 youths and seniors within Oklahoma. We're committed to providing experiences that increase the understanding and appreciation of ballet, as well as a lifelong interest in the arts.
Our programs make lasting impacts on participants, in ways that go far beyond ballet. To learn more about our six community engagement program, click the links below.
Oklahoma City Ballet's BalletReach program provides on-site ballet instruction for numerous local schools. Children attend class at least once a week and are provided ballet shoes in order to properly train. Not only do students learn the basics of ballet, but also gain valuable life skills such as responsibility, self-confidence, listening, and observing skills.
Oklahoma City Ballet is proud to present, for the thirtieth consecutive year, the ArtsReach program for students in grades kindergarten through 12. ArtsReach provides an exciting opportunity for all teachers and any others in your school who are looking for an interesting, fun, and challenging way to bring arts into the classroom.
BalletKids Club
Oklahoma City Ballet created BalletKids Club in order to provide underserved youth the opportunity to attend a professional ballet performance for free! We partner with non-profit organizations serving youth in the community to invite youth who would not otherwise have the resources to see a live performance from Oklahoma City Ballet.
Golden Swans
Golden Swans is a program geared toward senior citizens who are either beginners or have had some prior experience with ballet. The goal of the program is to keep students moving and agile while exploring classic ballet movements. Participation in ballet class keeps the body nimble and improves overall mobility.
Dance for Parkinson's
Oklahoma City Ballet has proudly partnered with the Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma to offer Dance for Parkinson's classes! Dance has been proven to be an enjoyable and beneficial way for people with Parkinson's to work on their balance and mobility in a fun social atmosphere. The hour-long class takes participants through different dance movements by sitting, standing, or moving across the floor.
Chance to Dance
Oklahoma City Ballet is excited to announce our first ever adaptive dance program. Chance to Dance will be held every Saturday from 10 to 11 am, March 9 through April 13. This inclusive program is designed for students of varying levels of physical and developmental abilities who wish to take dance class. Dancers between the ages of 8 and 12 are welcome to join us.


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Impact Investing: Factors to Consider
Are you thinking about getting involved in impact investing? Learning more about the factors you should consider will help you determine if it is the right type of investment for you.
You know you should be setting aside some of your income into savings accounts, but find it hard to do. Find tips and tricks to saving money every month no matter how much you make. You'll also find info on certificate of deposit (CD) or saving certificates which allow you to collect interest and slowly build wealth. Read articles comparing savings accounts and advice on which is the best for you to save money.
Are you thinking about getting involved in impact investing? Learning more about the factors you should consider will help you determine if it is the right type of investment for you.
No one likes to think about the end of their life, but it can be easier to manage if you know that your spouse will be taken care of when you pass on. There are six steps you can take to ensure that your spouse has all the tools they need to manage their finances.
Sure, you could just keep throwing your money into any old savings account, but if the interest rate you earn is lower than inflation, you could be losing money on your savings! Instead, consider a money market account, CDs or savings bonds.
Part of the reason for the current student debt crisis is that parents are less and less able to help their child pay for tuition. Even parents who save up money have found that college tuition has increased at a rate far past inflation. Are there solutions to this problem?
The majority of Americans today rely on 401k accounts for retirement savings, but that is not the only option available. If your employer does not offer a 401k, or if you are simply looking to diversity your options, consider these alternatives.
The third week of every October is National Save for Retirement Week. Based on the amount of savings the average American has for retirement, awareness of this issue is crucial.
Studies show that the majority of Americans are not saving enough for retirement, and the pension plans and social security we think we will rely on may not be available. Learn why you should start taking retirement planning seriously.
When determining your plan of action for saving money, you should choose the savings accounts that best fit your scenario and lifestyle needs. Some accounts are specially set up for health care or for college for your children. Some accounts are used to create a retirement for you.
As a parent looking to get my 16 year-old her first checking account, I am forced to read tiny print and legal jargon that seems to have been written by sadistic Lilliputians on a type font available only to banking institutions. However, reading and asking questions is a major requirement.
Excellent schools abound all over the country with fully accredited programs that cost a lot less than Ivy League institutions and will provide your children with excellent credentials and employment opportunities in their chosen field.
As parents we want the best for our children and saving for their college education so they can have stability and financial security in their adult lives is something that makes the top of our priority list once that baby is born. Saving is hard, but 529 plan contributions can make saving easier
Find great successful saving tips that will help you meet your financial goals. How much money should you have in your emergency fund? What should you look for in a CD? Get on the road to financial freedom and learn how to pay yourself first even when it seems impossible.
Money market funds are a good place for larger deposits that will be used for short term purposes. Shareholders need to know how liquid their funds are going to be. In some cases, this depends on the source of funds and also on the type of money market fund that the investments are placed in.
If you have some U.S. savings bonds and you would like to convert them to cash, this article shows you how the bonds grow in value and how to sell a Series EE or I savings bond.
Not all 401(k) plans offer hardship withdrawals, they are optional. Plan managers who make 401k hardship withdrawals available must make sure they are in compliance with IRS rules. 401k withdrawal options must be outlined in the plans documents.
If you are thinking of making withdrawals or borrowing from your 401(k) account, you may be concerned about taxes and penalties. Learn more about calculating 401k early withdrawal penalties and how to avoid them altogether.
Have you ever wondered how to calculate interest on a savings account? Well, this article gives you the formulas and examples, so that you can determine whether you are getting the best return on your money.
While the application is lengthy, it is possible to replace US Savings Bonds lost due to theft or disaster. Normally a bond must be at least 12 months old to be replaced, but US Savings Bonds lost to natural disaster may be eligible for a waiver.
Savings account interest rates vary widely and can be confusing when looking for the best as it depends on what particular requirements there are to obtain the best interest rate and if they apply to you. To find the best interest rate savings account you must look at various factors.
Certificates of Deposit (CDs) are a risk-free financial product if you are able to spare funds for a given time period and determined not to withdraw it before the maturity date. Here, you'll find tips on safe high yield investing.


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Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 24th 2012
September 24th 2012
The Fight Aging! Newsletter is a weekly email containing news, opinions, and happenings for people interested in aging science and engineered longevity: making use of diet, lifestyle choices, technology, and proven medical advances to live healthy, longer lives. This newsletter is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. In short, this means that you are encouraged to republish and rewrite it in any way you see fit, the only requirements being that you provide attribution and a link to Fight Aging!
- Thoughts on Aging Research in Canada
- Between Zeus and the Salmon
- A Hole-Based Taxonomy for Theories of Aging
- Articles on Plastination
- Discussion
- Latest Headlines from Fight Aging!
- Genetic Hotspots for Diseases of Aging
- A Look at the Allen Institute for Brain Science
- Correlating Progressive Frailty in Aging With Parental Longevity
- Using Fruit Flies to Study Immune System Aging
- Calorie Restriction Greatly Slows Protein Turnover
- A Different View of Aging
- Longevity in Mammals as a Way to Extend Life of Male Offspring
- A Review of Vascular Aging
- 3rd World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria, November 2012
- Progress in Tailor-Made Organs
From the In Search of Enlightenment blog:
"I attended [an] interesting talk on the 5 year priorities and vision of Canada's Institute of Aging. Many interesting issues arose in the talk and the discussion that followed that illustrate the ongoing challenges which the field of biogerontology faces. ... For a population to approach a life expectancy near 100 years we would have to eliminate most cancers, heart disease and stroke. Considering we have not yet eliminated any one of these diseases, the suggestion that we will continue to increase life expectancy at the same rate as we have in the past is simply unfounded. Take mice in the laboratory. On average, they could life about 2 years if they are fed, protected from predators, etc. Can we get them to live significantly longer by trying to treat all the diseases that afflict them in late life? No. ... We should invest more research dollars into the biology of aging than we do into any one specific disease of aging (e.g. cancer, heart disease, etc.). Unfortunately my sense is that we don't come even close to this. Biogerontology continues to be disadvantaged as a field of scientific inquiry.
"My sense of things, from hearing about the vision of the Institute and the new priorities it has identified, is that the Institute of Aging in Canada still struggles to get the respect, funding and support it deserves. This is no doubt due to many factors, such as the dominance of disease research, misconceptions about the true causes of health disparities, misguided sensibilities of fairness, ageist attitudes, and a general ignorance of the biology of aging and evolutionary biology in general. This makes selling the science to politicians and the general public a really tough sell. But I believe it is something that must be done if we hope to add healthy years to late life. So we must soldier on...."
Here are pointers to an overview of recent advances, present strategy, and dominant viewpoints in the mainstream of aging research - those researchers who are interested only in investigation of the mechanisms of aging or gently slowing aging through genetic and metabolic alterations:
"This is a goodly amount of reading material, and will probably keep you busy for a weekend or two. It's written from the conservative mainstream point of view, which is to say that it expresses the assumptions that (a) any future change in human longevity will be incremental and small, because (b) no radical advances in biotechnology applicable to aging are waiting in the wings, and (c) manipulation of longevity-related genes to slow aging is the best way forward, even though it will be slow, hard, challenging work. This is wrong, wrong, wrong - but that's always the way of the mainstream. They are there to be surprised and disrupted by suddenly rushing technological advancement, discontinuities in the pace of progress that occur increasingly frequently in this age of ours. If you want to understand this mainstream of longevity research and its viewpoints on present day and near future challenges in the field, however, then this is a great resource."
There are, it has to be said, a great many theories of aging. It occurs to me that we can classify most theories of aging according to where they stand with respect to the hole we find ourselves in - that hole being the inconvenient fact that we're all aging to death, and progressively increasing suffering and pain lies in each of our personal futures:
Plastination is the basis for a technology platform that might, in the years ahead, compete with low-temperature vitrification as a way to preserve a brain sufficiently well to also preserve the mind it contains. Preservation, such as that presently offered by the cryonics industry, gives an individual a shot at waiting out the future development of molecular nanotechnologies that could restore him to active life. This is the best chance on offer for those born too soon to benefit from the rejuvenation biotechnology that will emerge over the next few decades:
"Assuming that brain plastination eventually comes into practice, the first step, regrettably, is that you have to die. This could be in or near a hospital, hospice, or your home. Moments after your death, a response team will start the process of emergency glutaraldehyde perfusion (EGP) for protein fixation (a kind of advanced embalming process). This has to happen within 15 minutes of your death, otherwise the first phase of neural degradation will start to set in; brain cells start to die on account of oxygen deprivation. The infusion of this molecule by the response team basically freezes your brain into place, creating a snapshot of your identity and your long term memories - though you might lose some short-term memories when you resume life after reanimation, just as sometimes happens after brain trauma today. ... After this, your body will be moved to a centralized facility where, over the course of several months, your brain will be carefully removed and placed into a bath. ... It's at this point that a chemical called osmium tetroxide fixes all the fats and fluid membranes in the brain cells. Then, a series of acetone-like solvents are used to convert the brain into plastic where it can be stored at room temperature. ... All the water gets leached, out, but all the protein (and presumably, the other critical features) is still there, and so are all the neural connections, as are all the neural weightings - including the three dimensional structure."
The highlights and headlines from the past week follow below. Remember - if you like this newsletter, the chances are that your friends will find it useful too. Forward it on, or post a copy to your favorite online communities. Encourage the people you know to pitch in and make a difference to the future of health and longevity!
Friday, September 21, 2012
Some interesting results from genetic research: scientists "have shown definitively that a small number of places in the human genome are associated with a large number and variety of diseases. In particular, several diseases of aging are associated with a locus which is more famous for its role in preventing cancer. For this analysis, [researchers] cataloged results from several hundred human Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) from the National Human Genome Research Institute. These results provided an unbiased means to determine if varied different diseases mapped to common 'hotspot' regions of the human genome. This analysis showed that two different genomic locations are associated with two major subcategories of human disease. ... More than 90 percent of the genome lacked any disease loci. Surprisingly, however, lots of diseases mapped to two specific loci, which soared above all of the others in terms of multi-disease risk. The first locus at chromosome 6p21, is where the major histocompatibility (MHC) locus resides. The MHC is critical for tissue typing for organ and bone marrow transplantation, and was known to be an important disease risk locus before genome-wide studies were available. Genes at this locus determine susceptibility to a wide variety of autoimmune diseases ... The second place where disease associations clustered is the INK4/ARF (or CDKN2a) tumor suppressor locus [also known as p16]. This area, in particular, was the location for diseases associated with aging: atherosclerosis, heart attacks, stroke, Type II diabetes, glaucoma and various cancers. ... The finding that INK4/ARF is associated with lots of cancer, and MHC is associated with lots of diseases of immunity is not surprising - these associations were known. What is surprising is the diversity of diseases mapping to just two small places: 30 percent of all tested human diseases mapped to one of these two places. This means that genotypes at these loci determine a substantial fraction of a person's resistance or susceptibility to multiple independent diseases. ... In addition to the MHC and INK4/ARF loci, five less significant hotspot loci were also identified. Of the seven total hotspot loci, however, all contained genes associated with either immunity or cellular senescence. Cellular senescence is a permanent form of cellular growth arrest, and it is an important means whereby normal cells are prevented from becoming cancerous. It has been long known that senescent cells accumulate with aging, and may cause aspects of aging. This new analysis provides evidence that genetic differences in an individual's ability to regulate the immune response and activate cellular senescence determine their susceptibility to many seemingly disparate diseases."
Friday, September 21, 2012
A comprehensive understanding of the brain is an important line item for future medical development, as the research community will have to develop ways to repair the brain and reverse aspects of its aging while preserving the structures that encode the mind. Here is a look at one of the higher profile projects of recent years: "Paul Allen, the 59-year-old Microsoft cofounder [has] plowed $500 million into the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a medical Manhattan Project that he hopes will dwarf his contribution as one of the founding fathers of software. The institute, scattered through three buildings in Seattle's hip Fremont neighborhood, is primarily focused on creating tools, such as the mouse laser, which is technically a new type of microscope, that will allow scientists to understand how the soft, fleshy matter inside the human skull can give rise to the wondrous, mysterious creative power of the human mind. ... His first $100 million investment in the Allen Institute resulted in a gigantic computer map of how genes work in the brains of mice, a tool that other scientists have used to pinpoint genes that may play a role in multiple sclerosis, memory and eating disorders in people. Another $100 million went to creating a similar map of the human brain, already resulting in new theories about how the brain works, as well as maps of the developing mouse brain and mouse spinal cord. These have become essential tools for neuroscientists everywhere. Now Allen, the 20th-richest man in America, with an estimated net worth of $15 billion, has committed another $300 million for projects that will make his institute more than just a maker of tools for other scientists, hiring several of the top minds in neuroscience to spearhead them. One effort will try to understand the mouse visual cortex as a way to understand how nerve cells work in brains in general. Other projects aim to isolate all the kinds of cells in the brain and use stem cells to learn how they develop. Scientists think there may be 1,000 of these basic building blocks, but they don't even know that. 'In software,' Allen says, 'we call it reverse engineering.'"
Thursday, September 20, 2012
A nice demonstration of the degree to which the pace of aging is inherited - but remember that for the vast majority of us, lifestyle choices have more influence than genes, while progress in medical technology trumps all such concerns: "Various measures incorporated in geriatric assessment have found their way into frailty indices (FIs), which have been used as indicators of survival/mortality and longevity. Our goal is to understand the genetic basis of healthy aging to enhance its evidence base and utility. We constructed a FI as a quantitative measure of healthy aging and examined its characteristics and potential for genetic analyses. Two groups were selected from two separate studies. One group (OLLP for offspring of long-lived parents) consisted of unrelated participants at least one of whose parents was age 90 or older, and the other group of unrelated participants (OSLP for offspring of short-lived parents), both of whose parents died before age 76. FI(34) scores were computed from 34 common health variables and compared between the two groups. The FI(34) was better correlated than chronological age with mortality. The mean FI(34) value of the OSLP was 31% higher than that of the OLLP. The FI(34) increased exponentially, at an instantaneous rate that accelerated 2.0% annually in the OLLP and 2.7 % in the OSLP consequently yielding a 63% larger accumulation in the latter group. The results suggest that accumulation of health deficiencies over the life course is not the same in the two groups, likely due to inheritance related to parental longevity. Consistent with this, [sibling pairs] were significantly correlated regarding FI(34) scores, and heritability of the FI(34) was estimated to be 0.39. ... Variation in the FI(34) is, in part, due to genetic variation; thus, the FI(34) can be a phenotypic measure suitable for genetic analyses of healthy aging."
Thursday, September 20, 2012
An open access review paper that looks at the use of fruit flies in studying the details of immune system aging: "Aging is a complex process that involves the accumulation of deleterious changes resulting in overall decline in several vital functions, leading to the progressive deterioration in physiological condition of the organism and eventually causing disease and death. The immune system is the most important host-defense mechanism in humans and is also highly conserved in insects. Extensive research in vertebrates has concluded that aging of the immune function results in increased susceptibility to infectious disease and chronic inflammation. Over the years, interest has grown in studying the molecular interaction between aging and the immune response to pathogenic infections. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an excellent model system for dissecting the genetic and genomic basis of important biological processes, such as aging and the innate immune system, and deciphering parallel mechanisms in vertebrate animals. Here, we review the recent advances in the identification of key players modulating the relationship between molecular aging networks and immune signal transduction pathways in the fly. Understanding the details of the molecular events involved in aging and immune system regulation will potentially lead to the development of strategies for decreasing the impact of age-related diseases, thus improving human health and life span."
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Examination of the sweeping low-level changes in biochemistry brought on by calorie restriction continues apace: "Calorie restriction (CR) promotes longevity. A prevalent mechanistic hypothesis explaining this CR effect suggests that protein degradation, including mitochondrial autophagy, is increased, thereby removing damaged proteins. At steady state, increased catabolism must be balanced by increasing mitochondrial biogenesis and protein synthesis, resulting in faster protein replacement rates. To test this hypothesis, we measured replacement kinetics and concentrations of hundreds of proteins in vivo in long-term CR and ad libitum -fed mice ... CR reduced absolute synthesis and breakdown rates of almost all measured hepatic proteins and prolonged half-lives of most (~80%), particularly mitochondrial proteins ... Proteins with related functions exhibited coordinated changes in concentration as well as replacement rates. ... In summary, our combination of dynamic and quantitative proteomics suggest that long-term CR reduces mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy are reduced. Our findings contradict the theory that CR increases mitochondrial protein turnover, and provide compelling evidence that cellular fitness is accompanied by reduced global protein synthetic burden."
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
This author defines aging as "an age-dependent trajectory of interacting system states - the sum of all molecular and physiological states and their interaction networks, many but not all of which shift in a consistent direction over time. This definition broadens our focus to include components that do not themselves depend on age, but which cohabit networks containing components that do. Gene-environment interactions are a case in point, wherein environmental variation can help to shape the age-structure of a population despite being quite obviously independent of age. Perhaps the best-established genetic pathway to influence lifespan is insulin-like signaling, believed to have evolved at least in part for its ability to maximize reproduction under favorable environments while postponing both reproduction and individual mortality under conditions of crowding or insufficient food ... Since natural populations are polymorphic for ostensibly rate-limiting components of this pathway, it is likely that individuals genetically predisposed to low insulin-like signaling should survive famine better than those geared for higher signaling and shorter lifespan. This is a conclusion of some import for population biologists, since the age-composition of any population must then be modified by the availability of food. A particularly instructive example is the near-ubiquitous evolutionary requirement for species or their constituent populations to survive extended periods of famine. Groups experiencing more prolonged famines (or just over-wintering, if their lifespans are measured in weeks) will have more diverse age structures, including an increased number of individuals for whom reproduction has been delayed. ... The same potential also exists for gene-gene interactions (including genes that dictate dietary preferences) to affect long-term survival. For example, only one component of a gene network may actually be age-dependent, while other genes create the background context of homeostatic states and their oscillations within which age-dependent genes must function. An increased probability of death with age could then arise from components undergoing essentially monotonic age-dependent declines, confronting extreme-value system states (in variable but age-independent parameters) to which they cannot respond adequately in any essential tissue or organ. Alternatively, an age-dependent increase in the variance of system oscillations may exceed the response range of one or more age-independent gene functions. In either case, the precise cause of death or debility will vary in a stochastic way, appearing as the 'weakest link' in any one tissue or organism, although the underlying age-associated changes may be common to many or all cell types and individuals."
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The members of a number of mammal species, ourselves included, live long past their reproductive years. The question would be why this postreproductive longevity has evolved: what advantage does it confer? For humans, the grandmother hypothesis suggests that it has something to do with enhancing the survival of grandchildren, but this is debated. Here, researchers look at killer whales to argue that the advantage lies in enhanced survival of the male children of long-lived mothers: "Prolonged life after reproduction is difficult to explain evolutionarily unless it arises as a physiological side effect of increased longevity or it benefits related individuals (i.e., increases inclusive fitness). There is little evidence that postreproductive life spans are adaptive in nonhuman animals. By using multigenerational records for two killer whale (Orcinus orca) populations in which females can live for decades after their final parturition, we show that postreproductive mothers increase the survival of offspring, particularly their older male offspring. This finding may explain why female killer whales have evolved the longest postreproductive life span of all nonhuman animals." Male mammals are capable of siring offspring far later in life than females, so if a longer-lived mother can increase the number of years in which a male child continues to mate, that would constitute an advantage even if the mother can no longer reproduce.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
An open access paper: "'Man is as old as his arteries.' This old aphorism has been widely confirmed by epidemiological and observational studies establishing that cardiovascular diseases can be age-related in terms of their onset and progression. Besides, with aging come a number of physiological and morphological changes that alters cardiovascular function and lead to subsequently increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even in health asymptomatic individuals. Even though different adaptive mechanisms to protect blood vessels against mild stress have been described, the aging process induces a progressive failure of protective mechanisms, leading to vascular changes. The outcomes of the aging-related modifications are the impairment of homeostasis of the irrigated organs and resultant target organ damage. The increasing mean age of the population in industrialized countries has turned out to be an economic and public health problem, as the increase in life expectancy goes in parallel with high incidence of several pathological conditions, despite unprecedented advances in prevention, diagnostics, and treatment. Of all aging-related illness, cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly, and thus it is imperative to understand the mechanism underlying cardiovascular senescence."
Monday, September 17, 2012
Progress towards ways to repair mitochondria is very important: a way to fix our age-damaged mitochondria is a necessary part of any toolbox of therapies capable of reversing aging. An upcoming conference provides some insight into the present state of research: "After the success of the two first editions held in 2010 & 2011, the Scientific Committee of the International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health (ISANH) decided to organize the 3rd World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria which will be held in Berlin in November 8-9, 2012. Mitochondrial dysfunctions are associated with hundred of pathologies such as cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, migraine, infertility, kidney diseases, liver diseases, toxicity of HIV drugs, aging... It is becoming a necessity and an urge to know why and how to target mitochondria with bioactive molecules, drugs or nutrients in order to treat and prevent pathologies and chronic diseases. This 3rd World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria will cover a variety of new strategies and innovations as well as clinical applications in Mitochondrial Medicine. ... The Scientific Committee has selected two hot topics for this year's meeting. The first topic involves Mito-Devices, which are novel tools for probing mitochondrial function under physiological and pathological conditions. The second topic focuses on Mito-Engineering, i.e. novel strategies and means towards manipulations of mitochondrial function. Mito-devices and Mito-engineering are essential for making mitochondria-targeted therapeutics clinical feasible, therefore clinical applications are the underlying theme of the 3rd edition of Targeting Mitochondria."
Monday, September 17, 2012
A popular science article on recent progress in organ engineering: "Implanting such a 'bioartificial' organ would be a first-of-its-kind procedure for the field of regenerative medicine, which for decades has been promising a future of ready-made replacement organs - livers, kidneys, even hearts - built in the laboratory. For the most part that future has remained a science-fiction fantasy. Now, however, researchers like Dr. Macchiarini are building organs with a different approach, using the body's cells and letting the body itself do most of the work. ... So far, only a few organs have been made and transplanted, and they are relatively simple, hollow ones - like bladders and [windpipes] ... But scientists around the world are using similar techniques with the goal of building more complex organs. At Wake Forest University in North Carolina, for example, where the bladders were developed, researchers are working on kidneys, livers and more. Labs in China and the Netherlands are among many working on blood vessels. The work of these new body builders is far different from the efforts that produced artificial hearts decades ago. Those devices, which are still used temporarily by some patients awaiting transplants, are sophisticated machines, but in the end they are only that: machines. Tissue engineers aim to produce something that is more human. They want to make organs with the cells, blood vessels and nerves to become a living, functioning part of the body. Some, like Dr. Macchiarini, want to go even further - to harness the body's repair mechanisms so that it can remake a damaged organ on its own."


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Community Informatics: Shaping Computer-Mediated Social Relations
Editor: Leigh Keeble, Brian D. Loader
Publisher: London, UK: Routledge, 2001
Review Published: June 2003
Any attempt to outline an approach to the study of such a diverse subject matter as cyberspace always runs the risk that by the time publication comes around, the form of approach described has already become outdated. Instead of providing a quickly dated "friendly manual," editors Leigh Keeble and Brian D. Loader have selected a wide variety of examples which should instead be seen more as nodes through which to connect with the community informatics (CI) approach.
The individual experiences found in each chapter are collated into four sections which seek to focus a selection of ways that the CI approach has played out in relation to different research questions. Keeble and Loader have taken these stories from the products of a conference based at the Community Informatics Research and Applications Unit at the University of Teesside, UK, providing them with a consistency of approach which, unlike some edited volumes, makes Community Informatics: Shaping Computer-Mediated Social Relations largely coherent in its organization.
Alongside the four key parts of the book, Keeble and Loader also include a brief but insightful introduction to CI and Perry Bard's intriguing exploration of community and ICT through art (which threatens to creep into "Part I" with its inherent spatiality). The collection also includes an upbeat forward by Howard Rheingold.
Perhaps in order to emphasise the arrangement of these nodes, or perhaps as a whim, I have organized my review of the four main parts in reverse order.
Part IV: Policy implications of community informatics
Of all the parts of this book, this section is the most easily abstracted and provides a range of ways in which CI can influence policy on social inclusion, economic and community sustainability, citizenship, and civic intelligence. To this end, while Michael Gurstein aptly shows how the variety and extent of information and communication technology (ICT) influence has lead to an enabling, decentralised, network tool, sees this as a new level of civic intelligence arising as a product of technoscience.
Doug Schuler accepts that any attempt to predict such a transformation of individual/civic intelligence, a "world brain," or any other form of enhanced democracy has to tread the line between utopian and dystopian sentiments, and so he places due emphasis on the power of communication. According to Schuler, it is interaction which is the essence of the network, and thus of civic intelligence. Although his argument has intriguing facets, the "World Brain" Schuler posits focuses on activist sentiments while underplaying the "passivism" that ICT makes possible (the ever present "lurkers," passive surveillance techniques, and so on).
If Schuler's community is to organize and engage effectively, it is the central focus of Peter Day and Sonia Liff and Fred Steward's chapters – social inclusion – which must be tackled. The "Digital Divide" is a constant motivation for policy makers who see social segregation along pre-ICT lines (Rural/Urban, Rich/Poor, and so on) as being potentially surpassed, while actually being enhanced. The ways in which CI can use the community as the focal point for social inclusion is not simply a matter of "good sense" but also, as Day pertinently describes, dependent on infrastructure and development related policy making. The devolution of policy emphasis, from the national level down to regional (and for Day, community) levels, provides the potential for increasing inclusion.
Similarly, Liff and Steward see the community as being a central provider of ICT in order to insure that those being "left behind" are given gateways through which to enter the "knowledge economy." What policy makers can take from Day and Liff and Stewart's chapters is a wider argument for and specific examples of how CI can be effective in making policy makers concentrate on the community level for ICT policy decisions. What the chapters in Part IV provide for ICT policy engagement are justifications for and perhaps even requirements of a community focus. These chapters provide an accessible argument for this focus and whether these communities are necessarily approached through CI is, one would hope, less a necessity than a matter of disciplinary and methodological pedantry.
Part III: Electronic empowerment and surveillance
There is power in ICT, that much is clear, and Part III provides four examples that serve to question where that power rests. Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams explore the ways in which ICTs have provided a means for African-American communities to organise and empower themselves. Their theory is simple but effective:
In opposition to the communities of Alkalimat and Williams' chapter, Agenta Ranerup focuses on what could be described as the "legitimate" communities of democracies – in this case, local government-sanctioned online forums. She provides an excellent review of the role and design of online forums as public spheres that can promote engagement with the political process. If you try to forget that these two chapters are separate works and treat them as more fluid, it is easy to draw connections (and, indeed, disconnections) between CI initiatives started at grassroots levels and those centered around pre-existing political structures. What these connections serve to show is that the desire for the social capital necessary for these thriving communities is apparent at all levels and with such capital ICT can provide contact points between previously disparate elements of the political system.
Whilst C. William, R. Webster, and John Hood examine the impact that closed-circuit television (CCTV) can have upon a community, Tamara Seabrook and Louise Watts chose to highlight the gendered geographies created and modified by CCTV "provision." While Webster and Hood suggest that justifications for CCTV are rooted in the community (preventing crime and so on), Seabrook and Watts find CCTV does not in fact give due emphasis to the community upon which it is based, and is in fact subject to the whims and priorities of particular operators. Surveillance is always a double-edged sword, one which has become increasingly swung since the Sept 11th attacks, and both sets of authors argue for an increased community emphasis and associated integration in order to enhance the usefulness of CCTV provision. However, what Seabrook and Wattis also provide is an important reminder of the subjective, gendered, and spatial nature of ICTs which exist within the community.
Part II: The experience of community informatics
These experiences (although they could equally be termed performances) of CI all mesh together to highlight the multiplicity of community networks and ICT-based interaction in general. Each chapter serves to guide the reader through the experience of experiencing CI, from Fiorella De Cindio, L. Ripamonti, and G. Casapulla's brief but engaging description of Italian "Cyberhunts" to Anne Scott and Margaret Page's superb insights into the specific networks involved in getting people online.
At first glance, Nicholas Jankowski, Martine Van Selm, and Ed Hollander's chapter could be accused of overloading their contribution with the specifics of particular projects from the University of Nijmegen. However, that judgement suggests a lack of proper reading. The title they chose, "On crafting a study of digital community networks," highlights the way in which this chapter needs to be seen as a story of how research is a fluid process which is crafted rather than appears fully formed – the secret which often belies publications. Jankowski et al offer up an excellent cross-section of these projects which, both on its own and as a part of the book as a whole, will serve as a useful introduction for new researchers as well as a general insight in to the processes of CI research.
While Sergei Stafeev provides a number of insights into conducting CI research in Russia which serves as an interesting synopsis of a research project, Birgit Jćger provides a number of "lessons" which are sometimes overly specific but often insightful. Taken together, these two chapters represent good examples of the beginning and culmination of CI research projects and, I believe, should be read as such – taking the intentions of Stafeev along with Jćger's lessons.
Part I: Community informatics as place and space
Although I will resist the temptation to quote William Gibson, it is plain to see that cyberspace has become the fashionable name of all and any forms of ICT. With spatiality being so central to CI and indeed to any form of internet research, Part I represents an engagement with the very essence of communities, the space (or place) in which they are performed. It is a shame then, that most of the chapters lack an explicit engagement with how ICTs are reforming place and space. Nicholas Pleace, Roger Burrows, Brian Loader, Sarah Nettleton, and Steve Muncer provide a detailed and well positioned example of how computer mediated social support is leading to a distinct space of support (be it within Usenet or other mediums), however they unfortunately stop short of actually exploring that spatiality. Similarly, Erik Stolterman explores what could easily be referred to as the underlying space of cyberspace – the technology, the design, the "architectonic" (46) systems – which provides keen insights into the ways in which cyberspatiality contours usage in a which cybergeographers can easily identify.
Eileen Green and Leigh Keeble provide a series of examples that illustrate how cyberspatiality and the spatiality of the place of connection – in this case, women's centres – create a sense of place which crosses beyond the "real" world and into the virtual. The environment in which ICTs are operated is an essential element of the online experience which Green and Keeble show to be interlaced with the social and gender relations of all spaces.
Barry Wellman's chapter is the shining jewel of Part I, if not the entire book, and explores the relationship between place and ICTs. He sees cyberplaces as being imbued with the essential social capital of communities and thus more than simply virtual spaces. While the chapter is a reprint of an article previously published in the Journal of Urban and Regional Relations, it fits extremely well with the more varied engagement with the CI approach in this volume. Moreover, it manages to encompass the variety of intertwined networks of interaction that perform cyberplace through a variety of vignettes and examples. The chapter serves to tie up the other chapters in Part I while also standing alone in providing an overview of the impact ICT can have upon the concepts space and place.
Final Thoughts
I mentioned at the beginning that Keeble and Loader's choice of chapters has mostly stood the tests of the publication timeline, however the increasing abundance of wireless connectivity screams out for an insightful addendum to all four parts. Scholarship being what it is, I am sure that works in progress are exploring the impacts of wireless ICTs on issues as diverse as place, experience, empowerment, surveillance, and policy. My only sorrow is that it is not a part of this diverse volume.
In this review I have often combined and contrasted several chapters within a specific section of the volume, however I have tried to retain the boundaries of Keeble and Loader's four part harmony. This is because they have managed to provide a useful structure that contains somewhat interchangeable chapters. For the best reading of this book, I believe readers should treat the chapters within each part as a form of hypertext – each part has central themes that are best illustrated through a combined understanding of all the chapters within.
As a final misgiving, I have to say that the Glossary appended to the end of the book is somewhat superfluous; the chapters are obviously aimed at readers who would know what a CD-ROM is and all important definitions (CCTV, CMC) are provided in the relevant parts of the text. It may well be that the publisher imposed this requirement and, if so, I am sorry they feel that community informatics and internet research in general is at such a stage as to require such definitions.
That small complaint aside, Keeble and Loader's Community Informatics: Shaping Computer-Mediated Social Relations represents an excellent and diverse outline of the community informatics approach, organized in such a way as to allow readers to harvest a wealth of information through intelligent coalescing.
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Teleservices supports the first human interaction prospects have with your organisation – and it's widely recognised that this initial human connection can either encourage further engagement or cause brand damage. Yet, an internal disconnect exists in many organisations – teleservices focuses on individual leads even if those individuals are already far into their buying process. The teleservices team must shift its focus to engage with targeted contacts earlier, when they first become active in a buying cycle. Teleservices also must be elevated and empowered to connect with multiple buyers in a buying group.
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If you are taking a vacation with several other families, some with kids and some without, how do share the costs for lodging and food?
In my situation we are renting a house were we will all stay. There will be 2 groups going: our family of four (2 adults, a 5 year old and a 2 year old) and another couple with no kids. What would be the most fair way to divide the costs for the house? Are there some general rules that people use?
Also, the food will be bought for the house, so how should we divide the cost of food?