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text: Posted on August 19, 2015 News Time with Game Gumshoes: Carolina Game Tables Carolina Game Tables Kickstarter funded in 5 hours, and is a Kickstarter Staff Pick! Pinnacle supports Clint and Jodi Black in this new business. Pinnacle Entertainment Group is the creator of Savage Worlds, an award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system. Game Table Kickstarter Funded and a Staff Pick! News from Pinnacle Entertainment Group For Immediate Release Conover, NC—Most fans of board games, tabletop roleplaying games, war/miniature games, and jigsaw puzzles clear off their dining room or kitchen table to enjoy the hobby. Carolina Game Tables offers a dining room table with a removable top and inset play area—and they were funded in under five hours on Kickstarter and designated a Kickstarter Staff Pick. Tables are reported to ship in December, making this the best Christmas present for gamers this year. Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1830353071/carolina-game-tables The Game Table reward is only $1,599 for a 4 by 6 foot table indistinguishable in style from a classic dining room table. When the sturdy table top is removed, however, it's Game Time! The recessed 32 by 50 inch play area is carpeted in burgundy cloth and is 3 inches deep. Most games fit inside with the table top on. Other rewards are for a dining room set of six matching chairs and a table ($2, 999) and an ultimate game setup adding six side tables—which convert to extra bench seating—for $3,799. For those looking for low-end funding, a $25 level for a set of six leather coasters is popular and eligible for digital stretch goal rewards. The next stretch goal unlocks "Dinner and Dice, a Gaming Cookbook," with recipes and anecdotes from game industry veterans. From the Kickstarter page: For tabletop roleplaying Game Masters and war/miniature gamers…imagine the looks of wonder when you uncover tonight's dungeon! For board game players…imagine pausing your epic European game to eat a nice dinner! You can even leave last week's unfinished game in the play area and play a party game on the table top! For jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts…how many times have you rolled up your 1000+ piece puzzle only to unroll it and find the pieces undone? Or can't clear off a space big enough to play? With the Carolina Game Table your puzzle is always available! "Many roleplaying gamers recognize us for our work with Savage Worlds and Pinnacle Entertainment Group, but they may not know my family's made furniture for three generations. Our company, Carolina Game Tables, is perfectly suited to deliver a beautiful, affordable, game table," said Clint Black, Savage Worlds Brand Manager and co-owner of Carolina Game Tables with his wife Jodi Black. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related

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A woman with more than 25 years' experience in local government will be named as Cheshire East Council's new chief executive next week, writes Stephen Topping.
Lorraine O'Donnell is due to be voted into the £151,000-a-year role at next Thursday's full council meeting in Sandbach Town Hall.
She will replace Kath O'Dwyer, who has served as acting chief executive since April 2017, when CEC's last permanent chief executive Mike Suarez was suspended by the local authority.
Ms O'Donnell's most recent role was director of transformation and partnerships at Durham County Council.
Her appointment follows a "rigorous assessment phase", according to a report that will go before councillors next Thursday.
The process involved meetings with senior managers, local partner organisations, cabinet members, a discussion with a staff panel and a presentation and formal interview with CEC's staffing committee last Thursday.
Ms O'Donnell will also be appointed as CEC's electoral registration officer and returning officer for elections.
She is the second person that CEC's staffing committee has nominated for the role of permanent chief executive since it was advertised.
Ms O'Dwyer was due to be appointed for the role at last December's full council meeting, but she opted to move to her hometown St Helens as the council's chief executive there instead.
Following the announcement, she said: "The role of chief executive at St Helens Council is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the borough I am proud to call my home.
"I will be sorry to leave CEC and truly believe that both the borough and the council have all the ingredients to fly and I am proud to have been part of the journey so far."
Councillors have since praised Ms O'Dwyer for reviving CEC's reputation following the suspension of Mr Suarez while the council investigated his conduct.
CEC insisted the move was a "neutral act", but Mr Suarez resigned from his post in July 2018, and Ms O'Dwyer has continued as acting chief executive ever since.
Cllr Sam Corcoran, CEC leader, said last December: "CEC has changed significantly and for the better since Kath took on the role of acting chief executive in April 2017.
"Kath has risen to the challenges and taken the difficult decisions where necessary.
"I thank Kath for getting CEC to the position where it is now, where I firmly believe that the council is on the up and has a platform from which it can fly."
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I've been madly getting ready for my very first trunk show, which happens this weekend at Hotel DeLuxe in downtown Portland on Saturday May 23 from 10-6, and Sunday May 24 from 10-4.
I'll be unveiling some new designs, including the shells and mermaids shown here. I'm very excited to be selling alongside my sister Kalera Stratton (The Beadwife), Breezy Riggs (Harvest Beads), and ceramic bead artists Joan and Lana (Off Center Productions).
Bello Modo Beads will also be there with a gazillion beads and findings.
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A North American spin-off of the hit U.K. television series, Primeval: New World follows a specialized team of animal experts and scientists that investigates the appearance of temporal anomalies and battles both prehistoric and futuristic creatures.
Connor Temple returns, and Evan faces his moment of truth against the Albertosaurus that killed his wife.
When Toby is stung by a poisonous Brontoscorpio, Evan and Dylan must chase the creature back through the Anomaly to get a sample of its venom.
While Dylan and Mac hunt for information on the government's secret lab, Evan goes up against Colonel Henderson Hall, who wants full access to the Anomalies.
Evan and Dylan are shocked to find that Leggy, a baby terror bird, is now grown and dangerous… and has escaped from a secret government laboratory.
When footage of a Triceratops goes viral, Evan and Dylan track the creature to an upscale neighbourhood, and the home of Evan's old rival, Howard Kanan.
A Pachycephalosaurus shows up in the city, while closer to home Evan comes face-to-face with the same Albertosaurus that killed his wife.
An Anomaly opens up near a "Fatal Babes" photo shoot, putting some of Toby's friends – including her ex – in the line of fire.
Evan, Dylan and Mac face off against a pack of clever little dinosaurs that have taken over a home & garden store.
An Anomaly opens at a local university unleashing a Lycaenops on students, and leaving our team with a dilemma when the creature gets stranded in the present day.
Evan and Dylan are taken hostage by two drug dealers while investigating an Anomaly in a vintage train yard.
When a cargo plane disappears into an Anomaly, Evan and Dylan attempt a search and rescue mission into the distant and dangerous past.
Evan and Mac investigate a prehistoric sea serpent terrorizing the waters near disputed First-Nations territory. Dylan faces a crossroads when Evan recruits her to join his team.
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Researchers Define Alzheimer's-like Brain Disorder
A brain disorder that mimics symptoms of Alzheimer's disease has been defined with recommended diagnostic criteria and guidelines for advancing future research on the condition. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and scientists from several National Institutes of Health-funded institutions, in collaboration with international peers, have described the newly-named pathway to dementia, Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy, or LATE.
"We proposed a new name to increase recognition and research for this common cause of dementia, the symptoms of which mimic Alzheimer's dementia but is not caused by plaques and tangles (the buildup of beta amyloid proteins that Alzheimer's produces). Rather, LATE dementia is caused by deposits of a protein called TDP-43 in the brain," said Dr. Julie Schneider, senior author of the Brain paper and associate director of the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center.
Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia, causes loss of cognitive functions —especially memory, but also —results in changes in everyday functional abilities and behavior. In the past, most cases of dementia with memory loss were assumed to be Alzheimer's disease.
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A concussion is a form of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a severe fall, blow or shock to the head. The sudden impact causes the brain to move abnormally and can leave a person in an altered state of unconsciousness. If you participate in impact sports or have recently been in a motor vehicle accident then you could potentially be suffering with a concussion. If you're wondering about traumatic brain injury in Albuquerque then Southwest Brain Performance Centers is here to educate you on managing symptoms, treatment and recovery.
TBI Symptoms
TBI symptoms range from mild to severe and can begin immediately, develop after hours, days or weeks following an injury. The following are common TBI symptoms to look out for:
Southwest Brain Performance Centers takes a neurological approach to therapy. Our experts take a deep dive into looking multiple facets, some including:
These evaluations are completed to create a comprehensive treatment plan suitable for you. Every patient is treated differently based on past medical history and type of injury. Treatment and recovery will rely heavily on allowing your body and brain to heal.
Tips to Recover Faster
Rest is very important when managing and recovering from TBI symptoms. At Southwest Brain Performance Centers, we encourage our patients to get plenty of sleep at night and rest during the day. Tips to help you recover quicker include:
Recovering from a traumatic brain injury can take time. Patients are advised to be very careful to avoid a second head injury and to continue to protect themselves in the future. Learn more about TBI symptoms Albuquerque by contacting SWBPC today.
Lack of motivation plagues even the brightest and most ambitious at times, especially when we have so many digital distractions these days. But you can trick your brain into becoming more motivated and it will hardly even notice. You simply need to know a little about the neurology of motivation and procrastination.
A key brain chemical, or neurotransmitter, involved in motivation is dopamine. It also happens to be the key neurotransmitter involved in bad habits and addiction, including digital addictions to Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. We need plenty of dopamine to stay motivated and feel good about our accomplishments and ourselves. Otherwise we lapse into procrastination.
Every time you check your Facebook (or smoke a cigarette, gamble, take a drug, or engage in any other addiction), the pleasure center of the brain, called the nucleus accumbens, is flooded with dopamine and hence feelings of pleasure. Dopamine also encourages motivation to continue that feel-good behavior.
This system doesn't exist simply to sabotage us with Netflix binge watching addictions. We are designed to find pleasure in certain activities that ensure survival of our species, such as eating, love, sex, and having fun (positivity is good for immune and brain health). However, these rewarding pleasures require, to varying degrees, a certain amount of work, attention, and time for modest releases of dopamine.
An addictive habit, however, can release two to 10 times the amount of dopamine a natural one does. In other words, jumping on to Facebook is going to give you a quicker and easier dopamine "high" than, say, building a fire so you can hang out with your tribe and cook that day's catch.
In an attempt to maintain balance, the brain's receptors lose tolerance to dopamine so that you get less of a high. However, dopamine has also wired your brain to connect the stimulus with the feelings of pleasure. As a result, compulsion builds with tolerance.
As the compulsion for the bad habit grows, the increased dopamine demand saps your motivation to engage in more positive but less extreme dopamine-boosts. If you have ever gotten sucked into binge watching a Netflix series over taking a walk on a sunny day, you know what I'm talking about.
You also probably know that willing yourself into better behavior often fails you and makes you feel even worse about yourself — dopamine is tied to self-esteem and when yours is running low, so is your sense of self-worth.
It's not as hopeless as it sounds. The key is to redirect your brain's dopamine system with baby steps that develop new pathways of communication so you think, feel, and behave differently. This is called plasticity.
How? Pick a positive action small enough you know you can accomplish it. Trouble sticking to an exercise routine? Commit to one pushup a day. Wish you would work on that book? Write one paragraph, or even one sentence a day. Want to meditate? Start with one minute, or maybe a few minutes of reading.
The magic isn't in how much you do, but through the feeling of accomplishment. This sends rewarding dopamine boosts to the areas of your brain that need it the most so positive plasticity can develop. After you have been doing that one pushup or that one minute of meditation, increase it to two, and so on. The goal is to feel a rewarding sense of accomplishment and continue building on that in small, achievable ways.
Symptoms of low dopamine activity include lack of motivation, struggles with procrastination, inability to find pleasure in things you used to enjoy, fatigue, mood swings, memory deficits, addiction, feelings of low self-worth, bouts of rage, and other symptoms.
Low dopamine can have its roots in chronic health imbalances (gut, immune, hormonal, etc.) or in neurological imbalances, such as brain development disorders, brain degeneration, brain injury, or other brain-based mechanisms.
Ask my office – Southwest Brain Performance Centers for functional neurology strategies to help you improve your dopamine activity so you can get stuff done, enjoy life more, and feel better about yourself.
The brain is a mysterious structure and one of the most complex organs in the body. Therefore, our understanding of how the brain works and functions is limited in scope. If you're left tangled when searching concussion treatment Albuquerque, you're not alone. However, the experts at Southwest Brain Performance Center specialize in the challenges of concussion diagnosis and treatment.
The Invisible Challenge
Concussion diagnosis and treatment is difficult because of the fact that it cannot be seen. Unlike a broken bone or dislocated bone that can often be seen visibly. Doctors and brain experts still emphasize that it is difficult to diagnose concussions. X-rays and additional imaging of the brain often cannot detect signs of a concussion. Areas of blood clots or bleeding can sometimes be detected using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, MRI's are not given to every patient as they are expensive and challenging to do.
Diagnosing A Concussion
Concussion testing should be performed on anyone who has suffered an injury to the head. At Southwest Brain Performance Centers our experts don't take head traumas lightly. We run a series of concussion testing that checks the following:
Some serious concussion symptoms include:
Back pain complaints are often met with instruction to build up your core strength, and indeed this is important for better stability and protection for your back. But building core strength helps in another important way — it activates areas of the brain that can enhance stability, reduce pain, and naturally improve posture.
When many people think of the core, they think of six-pack abs we see on gym posters. But the core is basically the entire trunk of your body. The core includes the:
When that information is incorrectly interpreted due to a brain imbalance, the brain may believe the body is falling forward or backwards. To compensate, it adjusts the posture to leanin the opposite direction of the perceived fall. This all happens without a person's conscious awareness, and can start in infancy.
This constant over correcting creates not only bad posture, but also areas of muscular weakness and tension that affect the spine and other parts of the body, often resulting in chronic pain. These people may also find standing for a short length of time causes fatigue and back pain.
It's also not uncommon for people with this issue to struggle with anxiety — the constant sense of falling is a source of chronic stressor that can manifest as anxiety, fatigue, and mood swings.
People often report a reduction in back pain and better posture when they take on a core strengthening program. Although strengthening and stretching the core muscles is a vital part of that rehabilitation, it also exercises the midline cerebellum, the area of the brain responsible for, among other things, movement, coordination, and posture. By repeatedly activating the core muscles, you are stimulating this part of the brain.
How do you know if brain imbalances play a role in your back pain or posture, and whether core exercises can help you?
The best way is to conduct your own field sobriety test — that's right, the same one cops give to suspected drunk drivers. This is because being drunk also affects the cerebellum. It's not uncommon for people with posture and back pain issues to also have poor balance due to a cerebellar issue.
A core strengthening program should emphasize good form so you don't risk injuring yourself. It should also include attention to stability and alignment. A brain imbalance will often cause a person to stand or lie crooked when they think they are straight because the brain is incorrectly perceiving the body's position.
Pilates is one excellent core strengthening technique that incorporates these strategies along with mindfulness and breath work, which are also great brain rehabilitators.
If you have back pain, poor balance, anxiety, mood issues, gut problems, a previous brain injury, or other symptoms, a functional neurology rehabilitation protocol may be the vital boost you need. Many times when people get stuck on a functional medicine protocol, it's because a brain-based issue is promoting inflammation and metabolic imbalances.
Visit Southwest Brain Performance Centers or call my office @ 505-888-6800 for more information on how we can help you achieve better brain health.
Perhaps you've hit your head really hard. You ice it, rest, and you think your fine. Or maybe you've suffered from a severe concussion, you feel dizzy for a few days and the symptoms diminish gradually. Is that the end of the risk? Studies show that a person who has had a concussion is triple the risk for suicide.
Even mild injuries to the head can have long-term risks. Even though you may seem fine physically after a short period of time after an injury, lingering damage to neurons in the brain (skull) over-time can lead to depression, insomnia and even harmful behaviors.
There has been lots of research and studies on the harmful effect of brain trauma and injury. But there is still many aspects that medical professionals are not aware of. Ultimately, it is vital to pay close attention to behaviors of someone who has had a concussion or numerous traumas to the head.
Suicide is not a direct risk factor for someone who has had a concussion. However suicide-prone behaviors need to be monitored after-the-fact. The brain is so complex, we have no way of defining and detecting specific problems before they occur.
In the meantime, doctors and family members of individuals who have suffered from concussions should be watching for warming signs, similar to depression, substance abuse, mood swings, etc.
Everyone needs to educate themselves about the risks of suicide in people with a traumatic brain injury, especially if you've have a loved one hurt. A doctor needs to be notified immediately if they see changes in behavior or mood, including irritability, loss of happiness, and or loss of hope.
Family members and doctors need to ask clarifying questions to understand what is really going on and to get help for their loved one sooner rather than later.
It is crucial that patients who have suffered from previous head trauma make the injury part of their medical record. This is so doctors in the future can have an accurate understanding of that individual's medical history. Visit Southwest Brain Performance Centers for details!
We are increasingly learning the effects of traumatic experiences on the brain, and now, newer research shows these effects can be passed on to children's genes. Research of Holocaust survivors showed that compared to control groups, their children exhibited genetic changes that increased the likelihood of stress disorders.
Other research shows post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can be passed on to offspring.
Plus, most trauma survivors are coping with the neurological effects of PTSD as they raise their children, which greatly shape a child's environment and responses to stress.
In functional neurology, we frequently work with the neurological fallout of PTSD, which can include not only being triggered to re-experience the trauma, but also heightened stress response, sensitivity to light, sound, and crowds, emotional instability, depression and suicidality, anxiety and insomnia, disassociation and numbness, and addiction.
How PTSD manifests depends on the person, and women's symptoms differ from men's. Men are more prone to anger and addiction whereas women struggle more with depression, anxiety, and health ailments.
Trauma turns on and off genes in offspring
In the Holocaust study, researchers discovered genetic differences in offspring of survivors. This finding upended traditionally held notions that environment and experience don't affect DNA in sperm and eggs of parents.
Although it has long been believed conception delivers a genetic "clean slate," newer science on epigenetics shows that our environment and experiences constantly modify genes, even in egg and sperm.
They found chemical tags on the DNA that regulates stress hormones in Holocaust parents and their children that were not found in the control group. However, they are not sure how those tags get passed on.
Is PTSD inherited?
Studies on whether PTSD is genetically inherited are not yet conclusive, although one study found genetic links in almost 30 percent of European-American women with PTSD.
Understanding how big a role genetics plays in trauma would further understanding of why some people get PTSD when others don't, and how best to treat it.
Also, researchers point to the fallout for children raised by adults with PTSD, which can perpetuate the disorder.
Functional neurology and PTSD
PTSD causes structural changes to the brain. The disorder shrinks some areas of the brain while enlarging others, keeping a person trapped in a neurological prison of hyper arousal, stress, and fear.
For instance, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex shrinks, predisposing one to extreme fear and anxiety. PTSD also shrinks the hippocampus, the area responsible for learning and memory. On the other hand, the amygdala, the area that governs the fear response, enlarges.
Compromises in these and other areas of the brain result in an easily triggered and over exaggerated fear response that can be exhausting and debilitating to the sufferer.
Fortunately, the brain is very responsive to rehabilitation and PTSD sufferers can find considerable relief without drugs.
In functional neurology, we use specific exercises and activities to dampen areas of the brain that are over responsive to stress and stimulate those areas that can help control the fear response. Visit Southwest Brain Performance Centers for more information.
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Global demand for 50 billion Internet connected devices in 2020, says Ericsson Taiwan
There will be estimated global demand for 50 billion Internet connected devices of various types in 2020, including handsets, desktop PCs, notebooks, MIDs (mobile Internet devices), digital cameras and other kinds of consumer electronics products, and this will afford a large volume of business opportunities for Taiwan-based hardware makers, according to Ericsson Taiwan president Stefan Johansson.
The number of mobile communications subscribers worldwide has exceeded four billion in 2008, representing a penetration rate of 59%, Johansson quoted data from market research firms as indicating.
The data indicated that the global mobile subscribers are likely to top seven billion by 2014. In addition, about 90% of new mobile subscribers enrolled during the 2009-2014 period are likely to come from the markets in Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
Global sales of MIDs alone are expected to reach 100 million units in 2013 and the market for consumer devices incorporated with an HSPA module will also have a great potential, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted Johansson as saying.
According to Ericsson data, the global HSPA-enabled mobile subscribers totaled 180 million, including 2.1 million in Taiwan, Johansson noted.
Ericsson's interoperability testing center (IOT) center in Taiwan is now offering the IOT services for GSM, DEGE, WCDMA and HSPA mobile devices, said Johansson, noting that the center will be also ready to offer related services for LTE (Long Term Evolution) CPE products should Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) decide to release LTE licenses to telecom service providers.
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DIY Cultured Buttermilk Recipe
Note: You can make larger (or smaller) volumes as needed. I use a ratio of one tablespoon starter for every cup milk with reliable results. Unless your culture was not designed to be perpetuated (some freeze-dried options fall into this category), you can reserve a bit of each batch to culture the next.
Some recipes indicate that you should pasteurize your milk (at 180°F) before culturing or at least warm it to 76°F. This step is entirely unnecessary, as store-bought milk is all pasteurized before it hits the shelves.
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- Active time: 2 minutes
- Total time:10 to 24 hours
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- 2 tablespoons buttermilk (store-bought or activated dried starter)
- 2 cups milk (whole, 2%, or skim, depending on your nutritional needs and preferences)
In a mason jar or other glass container, thoroughly mix the starter and milk. Cover with a coffee filter or piece of cheese cloth (do not seal tightly with a lid) and leave to culture out of drafts at a warm room temperature (between 70-78°F is recommended) until milk has clabbered (10-24 hours).
To test if the milk has thickened, tip the jar slightly. It should move away from the wall of the jar as a single mass. Just as with yogurt making, once the milk sets, it will get more tart the longer you allow the culturing to continue.
Refrigerate to halt culturing for at least six hours. Stir before using.
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Suffering and happiness can be shared with anyone
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If you need to create a website for a coworking space, this collection of purpose-built WordPress themes will give you lots of options.
As every coworking space is different, these themes do a good job of including all the features and components a good coworking space website is likely to need. You can then decide which of these components to use on your website when getting set up.
While every theme in this collection includes at least one pre-built coworking space website demo, some have multiple options to choose from. These themes and their demos can all be highly customized too, whether that's through the theme options control panel, or by using a drag-and-drop page builder tool that some of these themes include.
Some of the coworking space WordPress themes in this collection also include ecommerce features that enable you to collect payments and manage your memberships online. You can also find themes with event management and calendar facilities that can help you take online bookings for new member tours, inductions, and other services.
So whether you simply want to launch a website to publish the basic information about your coworking space or you'd rather build a site that can handle many of the tasks involved in running a coworking space, you're sure to find a suitable WordPress theme in this collection.
Oshine is a feature-rich multipurpose theme that's ideal for building coworking space websites.
Among the 50 or so pre-built website demos that come with Oshine are two that are perfect for coworking spaces that need a stylish and professional-looking online presence. Having multiple coworking space website demos to choose from in one package gives you even more options than you might expect. Not only do you get two completely different homepages designs to choose from but there are also multiple versions of each of the inner pages your coworking space website is sure to need.
If you check out the Oshine demos, you'll quickly see that they have all been created to a high standard. Thanks to this, when you import one of these demos into your WordPress dashboard – which only takes a few clicks – you'll be well on the way to launching your new site. Not only do these demos look good but they are each highly customizable. Therefore, if your WordPress coworking space website needs a specific type of page layout or style, it can easily be applied to your site.
The purpose-built visual editor tool that's integrated into Oshine gives you full creative control over the appearance of your website, regardless of whether or not you're familiar with web design and creating sites with WordPress. The live text editor, inline content editing, and drag-and-drop interface of this page builder are good enough to rival other popular visual editor tools.
If you need to add any pages to your site that aren't covered by the Oshine coworking space demos, you should be able to find suitable options from the other demos included in this theme. You can then import those individual templates into your coworking space website, in just a few clicks. With so many demos to work with, you'll be spoilt for choice when it comes to adding pre-built content to your website with Oshine.
If you're looking for a theme with two purpose-built coworking space demos and countless other features, Oshine is worth checking out.
Coworking is a professional WordPress theme for creating websites for open offices and creative workspaces.
If you're looking for a coworking WordPress theme that's ready to go, this one is hard to beat. With a full-featured pre-built website that includes everything your coworking site should need, you can quickly get started by importing this demo content into your WordPress Dashboard in just a few clicks.
Once the demo content is in place, you can begin replacing the placeholder text and images with your own content. As this theme includes the premium WPBakery Page Builder tool at no extra cost, you shouldn't have any problems editing the demo content. You can also use this drag-and-drop page builder to create additional pages for your coworking space website. However, with templates that cover the about, video tour, team members, blog, amenities, and pricing pages, you should find everything you need to get started in the theme package.
To help you persuade your website visitors to become members of your coworking space, this theme includes some useful page elements. For example, you can use the testimonials slider to display feedback from your members or use the photo gallery section to show off your facilities. Other features, like the interactive Google Maps section and the contact form, make it easy for your potential new members to see where you're located and get in touch to find out more. As this theme includes the WPBakery Page Builder, you also get access to a growing library of elements that can be used to add even more features to your website, such as sliders, call to action buttons, and video players to further enhance your site.
With a wealth of pre-built content that's all focused on creating coworking space websites, this theme should be suitable for most projects.
Crework works well for designing websites for creative space and coworking environments.
The pre-built demo in the Crework package has a professional design that makes this a good option for any coworking spaces that want to project a more corporate image of their services. At the top of the default homepage layout, you'll find a full-screen slider that can be used to display photographs of your coworking space, along with accompanying text.
As your website visitors scroll down the rest of the homepage layout, you can use the default template to highlight the key features of your coworking space, followed by a pricing table that lets you easily display your membership packages. The rest of the homepage design features sections for displaying feedback from your members, more photographs from your gallery, and details of the team members who help run the workspace. If there are any logos you'd like to publish on your homepage, perhaps related to your members or organizations you're part of, there's a section that makes this very straightforward.
As well as the main default homepage layout, there are two other designs to choose from for the front of your website. Each option includes a slider as its focal point, followed by different arrangements of the core components. However, this does give you a few different options for creating your coworking website homepage, without having to do more than select a design from the three pre-built layouts. If you'd like to get more hands-on when it comes to setting up the homepage of your website, or any of its other pages, then the premium WPBakery Page Builder is included for you to use. Thanks to this, you can easily edit these layouts and templates through the drag-and-drop interface to create a unique website design.
With lots of creative customization options and useful features, Crework is worth a closer look.
WotaHub is another purpose-built WordPress theme for creating websites for coworking spaces.
Thanks to the single focus of this theme, you should find all the essentials needed to launch a professional website for your coworking space in the WotaHub package. The design of WotaHub is very eye-catching and will help you position your workspace as a facility for creative types and those working in tech and similar fields. The good use of icons throughout the design of the theme should also give your coworking space website an interesting look.
In addition to the stylish design and appearance of this theme, WotaHub also has some great features that will help make running your coworking space a lot easier. For starters, you get access to an interactive online calendaring and events management system. Thanks to this, you can easily promote any events you're running at your coworking space, such as new member days or talks and presentations. You can also use the online calendar to allow your website visitors to sign up for a tour so that they can come in and check out your coworking space. If you want to make your coworking space more than just a place where people come to work, then the event features of this theme will appeal.
If you want to get even more creative with the design of your workspace website, WotaHub comes equipped with a powerful premium page builder tool, a grid layout builder, and a slideshow creation tool. Due to this, you can easily edit and upgrade the demo content in the WotaHub package or design your own pages from scratch. You also have the ability to customize your site even further by using the settings that can be accessed through the WordPress Customizer interface.
If your workspace website requires a modern and quirky design, then the WotaHub demo could be just what you're looking for.
Nomad makes it easy to launch your own coworking website with lots of pre-built content and useful tools.
The Nomad theme sticks with the tried and tested homepage layout, displaying a full-screen slider as its main feature. Thanks to the inclusion of the premium Slider Revolution plugin, you can easily customize the demo slideshow and add your own images, text, and videos to the slider. If your coworking space has a stylish appearance, some well-shot photographs of your facilities could really help to promote your business. The rest of the default homepage layout uses contrasting sections to highlight your services, promote the different aspects of your facilities, and layout your membership plans and pricing options.
When setting up your website, as well as importing the demo content and using it as it is, you can also use the included WPBakery Page Builder plugin to design your own custom pages. Editing the pre-built content is straightforward too with this drag-and-drop tool. You also have the option of using the WooCommerce plugin alongside this theme, making it possible to sell physical products from your website as well as digital packages, such as access to your coworking space. Therefore, if you'd like to automate the process of taking on new members for your coworking space, this theme could help.
As the Nomad theme also includes a full set of blog templates and portfolio layouts, you can keep your current members and potential members up to date by publishing the latest news on your blog. Uploading photographs of your members or coworking facilities is easy too, thanks to the portfolio layouts. There's also a pre-built contact page with Google Maps integration that allows your visitors to get in touch as soon as your new website is launched.
Nomad doesn't really break the mold when it comes to coworking space themes, however, it does give you another option to consider when choosing a design for your website.
Coworking Co
Coworking Co is aimed at owners of creative spaces that need a stylish website to attract more members.
Whether you're running a coworking space, an events center, creative studio or some other type of shared space, Coworking Co could be the best theme to help you grow your business and increase your membership numbers. The main website demos come in two different variations, allowing you to choose between a one-page option and a multipage mode. If you choose the one-page layout, then your visitors will be able to scroll through all the information about your coworking space, before getting to the final section that allows them to view your contact details and see your location. However, as this is a highly flexible coworking WordPress theme, you can easily adjust the layout and reorganize the order of the sections to create the right design for your target audience. For those that opt for the multipage layout mode over the single page design, the different information about your coworking space will be published on its own separate pages, such as the membership plan information, the photo gallery, and the about page.
You can also use either mode to publish an events calendar on your coworking space to promote important dates. This could include open days, networking events, seminars, or even the days when your coworking space will be closed. Thanks to the integrated events and calendaring plugin, all the features are included to help you manage this aspect of your website. You can also use these tools to automate the process of allowing your prospective members to book a tour of your space. As Coworking Co is an ecommerce-ready WordPress theme, you can use these features along with the appropriate supported third-party plugins to collect online payments from your members and even set up recurring or subscription packages that simplify the process of managing your finances.
With a good history of updates, Coworking Co is a well-established WordPress theme for creating websites for coworking spaces.
Uptime is a modern WordPress theme for many types of businesses, including coworking spaces.
If you want to use your website to attract more members for your coworking space while also providing your existing members with all the relevant information they need, the Uptime theme could be the set of WordPress templates you're looking for. While the templates of Uptime look great, this theme is more than just a collection of interesting layouts.
In the Uptime theme package, you'll find some useful features, including full support for the Elementor page builder plugin and a slider tool. Thanks to this, you can customize all of the demos and templates in this coworking space theme package.
If you are looking for a WordPress theme that will help you quickly launch a website for a coworking space, Uptime won't disappoint. The one-click demo importer tool enables you to quickly lay the foundation for your new website, while the library of high-quality templates means that you should be able to find a suitable design for every piece of content that you want to add to your site. As mentioned, all of the templates of Uptime have been designed to integrate fully with the Elementor page builder tool, giving you complete creative control over how your site looks.
Some of the other reasons to consider the Uptime theme for your coworking space website project include the mega menu functionality that lets you add lots of content to your navigation areas, the support for all of the best online contact forms that give you a quick way to accept messages via your website, and the social media features that help you grow your following and increase the chances of your visitors sharing your website with their followers.
If you're looking for an all-in-one coworking WordPress theme package, be sure to check out Uptime.
WorkSpace will help you launch a website for your business to promote your services and attract new members.
With six complete website demos to choose from, WorkSpace is suitable for a few different types of websites within this category. As well as the more traditional coworking space website demo, there are also options that would suit office rentals and creative hubs. However, regardless of which of the six demos catches your eye, you can easily tweak the designs to meet your needs.
Among the pre-built pages in the WorkSpace demos, you'll find templates for adding a seat booking form that lets your members choose where they want to work in your space as well as a membership page that includes details of your packages with FAQs and membership benefits. There's also a template for displaying the upcoming events at your coworking space, helping to generate interest in your social calendar, business seminars, or other events. You can also easily add a blog to your website to attract more visitors to your site and create an online community around your workspace.
If you want to add other useful elements to your website, the WorkSpace theme has a few good options to choose from. Some examples include the nearby spaces widget that allows your members to find local attractions such as a good place to go for lunch, a panoramic viewer that lets potential members get a better overview of your facilities, and a team member profile section that introduces your staff. There's also a floor plan builder tool that simplifies the process of publishing these guides on your website.
With lots of templates and layouts, as well as a drag-and-drop page builder tool, you should be able to create the right website for your coworking space with this theme.


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Schools must be connected and equipped with ICT resources for education enhancement in Zimbabwe, especially in the deeper parts.
By Eng. Taurai D. Nyarufuka, Harare
November 13, 2018
The importance of ICT in the educational development tends to hold much water since it is an ongoing process which needs legitimate partnership between two ministries so as to promote each other in the main stream development. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should work hand in a glove with the Ministry of ICT so as to better the education system through establishing Wi-Fi networks and introducing Digital Computer Literacy in both Primary and Secondary schools, eLearning packages, online courses and Learning Management Systems just to note but a few. It has been observed that ICT courses and computer courses are done at Tertiary level but it is quite important to introduce them at grassroots level that is primary and secondary schools, hence the learners will be equipped with computer literacy at early stage at the same time being familiar with relevant skills and knowledge in computer literacy. Therefore, the learners will be familiarized in computer literacy at early stage.
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The importance of ICT in the educational sector should not be undermined since it takes the center stage and makes the access of educational information easier and deliver through the use of computer accessories and software. The knowledge capture is currently manipulated and accessed through ICT major tools that can make learning processes to be easier as compared to the ancient culture of study. It has also been observed that computer literacy can be possibly introduced at grassroots levels that is Digital Computer Literacy commences at primary level. It has been witnessed by donation of computers at different primary school across the country and introduction of ICT syllabus at primary level. This will help learners to develop computer skills and access educational information through use of internet, researching relevant information with concerns education.
As far as education is concerned, the Ministry of ICT offers technological oriented companies the mandate to provide eLearning platforms and online systems in secondary schools so as to improvise and innovate the sense of computer literacy at grassroots level and easy access to information and proper management of educational study. So the first stage that needs to be attended is the establishment of Wi-Fi networks at both primary and secondary schools as endorsed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in conjunction with Ministry of ICT in the technological improvement. Since the technological advancement puts the nation in a global village, it is quite comprehensive to improvise the culture of study into the modern one with easy access to information with relevance to education. So through eLearning platforms all electronically devised also support the learning and teaching methods that could be significantly adhered to new culture of study.
It has also been observed that most of the individuals are facing challenges like computer illiteracy at tertiary level being disadvantaged by their background since they would not be exposed to computerized environment. So other tertiary institutions are currently introducing computer courses for the benefit of the disadvantaged learners enrolled to adjust and be able to use computers and share educative information as per arrangement. In respond to the above mentioned problem, computer courses or subjects should be introduced at grass roots level together with the establishment of internet sites and possession of computers at both primary and secondary schools. One might note that education is the key to success at the same time being made easier through ICT implementation tools with their variables enriching the mainstream development goals.
It is quite comprehensive to implement technological devices in the education sector boosting out the sense of inclusiveness, integrity and innovation that will enhance modern study culture as per arrangement. It has been observed that the most of the advanced learners are enrolled to overseas colleges or universities doing different courses while studying online backed up by basic computer facilities. So it will be fair to view the technological advancement as an added advantage to engage with especially in the field of education as a nation at large. Likewise in Zimbabwe, any other education institutions such as universities, colleges, and schools are also prone to engage in such activities by improvising into eLearning platforms, online study packages, Learning Management System just to mention but a few. So this can improve and create chances for other individuals to enroll in distance education while studying at home with an institution through eLearning platform. Therefore this might better up the education system to be easier and accessible without the barriers of geographical locations through the improvisation of technological devices in the education system in collaboration with the ministry of ICT.
It has also been noted that in the education system there are computer devices which can be used as teaching aids used to deliver relevant school work upon learners in a more advanced diversified stance. The computer devices might draw and create more attention to the learners since they brings in a sense of entertaining the study while gaining knowledge as compared to other teaching aids or methods which are too laborious and exhaustive, and the use of computer devices might store educative information without occupying large volume of space. It has also been observed that the use of computer devices like projectors, video playing, power point use and audio play are some of the teaching aids and methods that can easily draw the attention of learners with their interest upon the subject as per arrangement. Therefore, technological advancement in the education system transform the ancient culture of study into the modern day style in an easy way so that it will substitute the archaic way of learning since cultures are not static.
It is quite recommended for the government to put its attention to connectivity since it is a major bottle-neck in Zimbabwe and such initiatives enable the future of education system and our leaders to be exposed to as much as possible through connectivity at the same time providing them with ability to up-skill and educate. Technology is referred to as the powerful tool, that's connecting us to the world and enabling us to groom "techno-savvy" future leaders. This is why it makes sense to start such initiatives in various schooling systems.
The Ministry of ICT's work in Zimbabwe is to achieve connectivity through partnership with other ICT oriented partners like ProComm and Frolgate who are using Wi-Fi to improve socio-economic development in the country. One has also noted that Wi-Fi solutions have mainly used in Zimbabwe to improve the education system but our solutions also cater for industries like retail, warehousing, hospitality, health care, and transportation just to mention but a few. Therefore the government should work seamlessly so that the citizens will hope this will lead further projects in Zimbabwe as the Ministry of ICT fights this Zimbabwe digital divide challenge.
One have also observed that the government's participation is the key to connectivity in as far as education is concerned but they cannot do it alone. It will be better wise for public and private partnerships to be essential and the best approach is to start it small that is school or university at a time. With a classical example of South Africa which have industry players such as "Project Isizwe", an initiative that aims to provide free Wi-Fi to citizens and learners through Ruckus Wireless equipment. More-so, rolling out free Internet Zone (FIZ) sites at schooling Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve for the city of Tshwane project which is in phase 3. Therefore, the initiative started small with one province and is expanding due to the positive feedback and up-to date one thing is clear, as Zimbabweans we are hungry for connectivity especially in the education system.
From the above analysis it's quite fair to label that Wi-Fi has been dubbed as the best technological option for the schooling system in Zimbabwe. Therefore, it is cost-effective and easy to implement solutions and ubiquitous access to the internet also means that schools in Zimbabwe can take advantage of the best learning practices used globally and tailor it to make it locally relevant and feasible for their school system, hence access to virtually unlimited resources of knowledge becomes available anytime and anywhere. Eventually, our educators and learners can start to take advantage of those resources, probably in ways that we didn't think would be possible long time ago.
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The creation of man. Doctrine of man or Word of God?
Let us look at the key words in Genesis 1:26 (image, likeness) and 2:7 (breath, life, living, soul) about man's creation. Read the scripture and then look at the understand of the word in the original language.
Then ourselves if we can accept the understanding put forth by the church of man. Or redefine our understanding in accordance with the word As written?
Ask, would God like idols in His image, or a resemblance of His power over His creations?
Ask, how is the creation of Adam Genesis 2:7 different from the creation of man of Genesis 1:26
Ask, which was Indwelled with God's Spirit?
Genesis 1:26 (KJV) 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that crepes upon the earth.
Hebrew Strong's Number: 6754 Image Hebrew Word: צֶלֶם Transliteration: ṣelem Phonetic Pronunciation:tseh'-lem Vine's Words: Statue English Words used in KJV: image or vain shew
from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figurtive) illusion, resemblance; hence a representative figure, especially an idol :- image, vain shew. Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
Hebrew Strong's Number: 1823 Likeness Hebrew Word: דְּמוּת Transliteration: demût Vine's Words: Likeness English Words used in KJV: Likeness, similitude, like, manner, fashion
from <H1819> (damah); resemblance; concrete model, shape; adverb like :- fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude. Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
Genesis 2:7 (KJV) 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Hebrew Strong's Number: 5397 Breath Hebrew Word: נְשָׁמָה Transliteration: neshāmâ Phonetic Pronunciation: nesh-aw-maw' Vine's Words: None English Words used in KJV: Breath, blast, spirit, inspiration, souls from <H5395> (nasham); a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect, or (concrete) an animal :- blast, (that) breath (-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit. Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
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The crowds of visitors flocking to the Annual "Tours" are almost as large as the throngs that line up at peak hours at the Louvre in Paris or at the MoMA in New York. Indeed, the Arts Academy of Dusseldorf is a magnet for artists and the general public.
The Arts Academy of Dusseldorf – who would not think of the legendary Fluxus performances and events of the early 60s or the furor over Joseph Beuys, who shook the institution to its core in the early 70s? And who would not immediately recall the academy's pivotal role in establishing photography as an art form? Prestigious examples such as Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff and Thomas Struth all graduated from the class taught by Bernd and Hilla Becher, who held Germany's first photography professorship.
A Counterweight to New YorkAll of these events built up the Arts Academy of Dusseldorf's reputation. The fact that artists associated with the Academy were selected to represent Germany at the Venice Biennale international mega-exhibit more and more frequently also bears witness to the Academy's outstanding position. "The most important generation of German artists worked in the Dusseldorf/Cologne area since 1960. Famous galleries from these cities operated worldwide; art fairs took place on a regular basis and many international artists were drawn to this place. Dusseldorf thus became the only counterweight to New York in terms of contemporary art," Robert Fleck, Professor of Art and Public Space at the Academy, writes in "Die Geschichte der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf seit 1945" (History of the Dusseldorf Arts Academy since 1945). The magnificent volume gives an account of the cultural policy and cultural significance of this extraordinary institution. The list of professors and teaching staff alone reads like a who's who of the key artists and personalities who influenced the evolution of Western art.
Yet the Academy also had its share of challenging times. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the vibrant art scene in Dusseldorf and Cologne came crashing down at the same time that Berlin's magnetic pull started to grow. It was only after the upheavals of the early 90s that the creation of the exhibition infrastructure necessary for young art began – with places like the Kunsthalle, the museum kunstpalast, Kunstverein, K21 Ständehaus (Kunstsammlung NRW) and KIT (Kunst im Tunnel).


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Levío "the Nullifier" is an angel in the Stationery Voyagers universe, and is the one most acquainted with the Voyagers.
Fictional history
Levío was created, along with other angels, on the first day of creation. He is one of the first to be mentioned by name, along with Gabón, Filforth, Dolondri, Maurice, Luminarod, Martarel, and Rickrod.
After several of his kin from both the Apthalan and Apalapthalan orders rebelled, Levío took particular issue with Rickrod over contractually handing over occult powers to humans and Stationeries. This led to them sparring violently, and soon becoming archenemies.
Ancient history
The end of the War in Metabeautalium resulted in Levío being sent to wander Physicalia and defeat the schemes of occultists and divinators. His habits in this led to him being labeled the "Bane of Witches," for his tireless efforts to assure that the spells of occultists amounted to nothing.
Other than frustrating spells, Levío's career has also consisted of over 4,000 jobs of being a personal protector to specific individuals from occult evil. He has assisted in numerous exorcisms while battling guest demons in victims with the aid of lesser Limiter angels under his command.
Imperial War of Markerterion
The Voyagers do not become fully aware of his true identity until he is allowed by Minshus to negate the Drisalian curse's effects on Pextel, Pinkella, Oceanoe, and Viola permanently. Before then, they think he is another Wanderer like the Mystery Wanderer.
They first become aware of his name, but without clarity of an identity, when his name his cursed by Intimidator Irendus. Irendus curses Levío's name when the latter frustrated the powers of the former in a battle against the Mikloche-enabled Liquidon Ethereteel. Later on, Levío proves instrumental in aiding the Voyagers against the Wizard Lamdock. He also permits limited and subjective precognitive abilities to Ronda Moleary and takes them away when necessary. Other than the Bindaf 3000 crew and Ronda, he also befriends Mitchell Lomken. He does not, however, reveal himself to Eliot Brownside nor to Cal Bacon.
Final Hope
Levío later permits the Crimson Owl protection to be transferred from Vaneesa Abiyoti to Laura Herrante and invisibly aids the Final Hope Voyagers in the defeat of Balontir and Wizard Wilter.
Levío is typically identified as masculine, having only assumed a feminine form once and very briefly. His symbol is a Golden Lakeith Pit, symbolic of the Lakeith Pit where Dabor and Meelia fell into depravity but also where Minshus died and rose again. His battle armor is primarily white with gold accents.
Though not an archangel, he does enjoy some privileges not normally assigned to regular angels. His primary enemy is the Dark Wanderer, the lord of all witchcraft. The two are locked in virtually eternal combat. Levío usually has the upper-hand, as wizards frequently complain about their spells not working.
The idea for Levío began with a Marriot Hotel white pen that had black ink, a white coating, and gold paint for the Marriot logo. Since that pen became more angelic-looking than the others that were around when it was discovered, it became the basic inspiration for the character. In time, the idea of a Pen-angel seemed less and less plausible. Levío was changed to a more humanoid character.
The use of wizards in the plot of the series required something to limit their powers, so an angel that nullifies powers seemed an adequate plot device. From there on out, Levío became the template upon which all the other angel characters were designed for the series.
The name Levío comes from the root word "levitate," as in "Levitated One" or "Elevated One." The spelling uses a Spanish í character to give the character's name a more exotic feel.
See also
Notable angels
Levío the Nullifier
Notable demons
Notable humans


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Longevity Meme Newsletter, August 22 2005
August 22 2005
The Longevity Meme Newsletter is a weekly e-mail containing news, opinions and happenings for people interested in healthy life extension: making use of diet, lifestyle choices, technology and proven medical advances to live healthy, longer lives.
- Cart But No Produce - How The Past Generation Failed
- Complexity and Calibrating Kurzweil's Predictions
- Discussion
- Latest Healthy Life Extension Headlines
I recently penned a Fight Aging! post in which I asked whether it was harsh to accuse the past generation of healthy life extension advocates of having failed. Think about it this way: look at what patient advocates for cancer, AIDS and diabetes have wrought over the past three decades, and compare it with longevity and aging science today. Where are the research and funding communities for healthy life extension capable of matching cancer science dollar for dollar? Where is the vocal public support for this research?
A little while after writing the post linked above, it occurred to me that a cart was built under the assumption that the produce to take to market was on the way. The cart is an active distribution, commercialization and marketing community for any product or medical technology that might actually extend healthy life span. It exists today. The most prominent organizations within this community - A4M, Kronos, the Life Extension Foundation, and so forth - are the outgrowths of early healthy life extension advocacy. Whatever you might think of their present activities - and many people are less than happy at how the cart earns its keep - these organizations would jump at the opportunity to commercialize actual, working anti-aging medicine and deliver it to the public. The cart is ready to carry produce ... but we have no produce, no technologies capable of meaningful healthy life extension, let alone radical life extension, nor the ready infrastructure to research and build these technologies.
To my eyes, the wrong infrastructure - the comparatively easy infrastructure - came into being, while the harder, more necessary task failed. Why did efforts to build the cart succeed and prosper, while efforts to build a sufficient research infrastructure failed? Or to put it another way, why were sufficient efforts not undertaken? The cancer research advocates kept at it until they won. AIDS patient advocates put cancer research advocates to shame with their success. But healthy life extension is still negligibly funded and poorly publicized.
Present day advocates for healthy life extension face much the same set of tasks as existed twenty or thirty years ago: how to direct funding and engage public support to make best speed in developing working anti-aging medicine. Understanding the failures of the past will, one would hope, let us avoid repeating them in our present day efforts.
But enough pessimism - let's shift into a more optimistic mood. As I'm sure you've noticed by now, Ray Kurzweil - a futurist with a good track record, as these things go - has a very positive view of the future of healthy life extension, medical technology and the human experience as a whole. You can get a feel for his ideas from the "Fantastic Voyage" except at the Longevity Meme:
With that in mind, I think you'll find this Fight Aging! post and referred articles on Kurzweil's latest book an interesting read: when critiquing a futurist's timescales and predictions for greatly extended healthy life spans, it's all about the complexity. Read on by following the links below:
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!
Founder, Longevity Meme
On Double-Strand Breaks In DNA (August 21 2005)
From details of the recent Fanconi anemia research and insight into DNA repair, it is interesting to note that "We have known for decades that patients with Fanconi anemia have chromosomes that break easily ... we can now suggest that DNA double-strand breaks are the lesions that underlie the pathology of this disease." Digging into past material at Fight Aging!, we find "DNA double strand breaks are regarded as one of the primary causes of cancer." If you're of a scientific mindset, you should find the first and second parts of a conversation on aging theories between Robert Bradbury, Aubrey de Grey and Joao Magalhaes to be relevant and interesting: "DNA double strand breaks are bad."
Shedding Light On DNA Repair (August 21 2005)
If we fully understand how our cells repair damaged DNA, then we should be able to find ways to improve on the process in order to prevent age-related degeneration caused by accumulated DNA damage. Here, EurekAlert reports on another step forward towards this understanding: "researchers have discovered a new gene, FANCM, which sheds light on an important pathway involved in the repair of damaged DNA. Specifically, mutation in this gene is responsible for one of the forms of Fanconi anemia (FA) ... understanding this gene's role in the development of FA provides insights into other medical problems - in this case, age-related conditions ... We believe that this new gene, FANCM, may be a potent cog in the DNA repair machinery. It is possible that we could learn how to promote the function of DNA repair complexes and thereby prevent the age-related accumulation of DNA damage."
Read Up On SENS This Weekend (August 20 2005)
Make some time this weekend to read up on biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey's Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence - proposals for a practical approach to developing real anti-aging medicine. If you would like a more gentle introduction, start with the introduction to SENS here at the Longevity Meme, but I think you owe it to yourself to find out more about what the future of healthy life extension could look like. If the science can be discussed in this level of detail, then we are certainly close enough to begin funding research and development - that funding depends on widespread public support. When it comes down to it, we are responsible for building the future we would like to see, and that includes speaking out in favor of real anti-aging medicine and longer, healthier lives.
A New Class Of Stem Cell (August 19 2005)
A number of research groups have been working on extracting and using stem cells from the umbilical cord. As Medical News Today reports, scientists are making progress: "They have been using [bioreactors enabling] them to produce stem cells sharing many of the same characteristics as cells found in embryos. Research has so far relied on so-called adult cells found in blood and bone marrow from birth onwards or cells grown from embryos. The new type detected by the team harnesses the benefits of both. 'We have found a unique group of cells that bring together the essential qualities of both types of stem cells for the first time' ... The team has taken its first steps towards proving its claims by growing defined liver tissue using the new cell type."
More On Fetal Stem Cells (August 19 2005)
In light of recent work demonstrating the capacity of fetal stem cells to induce healing, it's worth revisiting some of the other research that has been taking place in this area. From the New Scientist: "Stray stem cells from a growing fetus can colonise the brains of mothers during pregnancy, at least in mice. If the finding is repeated in humans, the medical implications could be profound. Initial results suggest that the fetal cells are summoned to repair damage to the mother's brain. If this is confirmed, it could open up new, safer avenues of treatment for brain damage caused by strokes and Alzheimer's disease, for example. This is a long way off, but there are good reasons for thinking that fetal stem cells could one day act as a bespoke brain repair kit." It may even turn out that we don't need the cells - we just need to replicate the signals they produce.
Mitochondrial Decline And Diabetes (August 18 2005)
The age-related decline of mitochondria due to an accumulation of mutations in their DNA is thought to be one primary cause of aging. Here, Medical News Today reports on a better understanding of the link between mitochondrial decline and the onset of type 2 (age-related) diabetes: "A detectable decline in energy production by mitochondria - the organelles that are the cell's furnace for energy production - seems to be a key problem leading to insulin resistance, and thus to type 2 diabetes ... a decreased ability to burn sugars and fats efficiently is an early and central part of the diabetes problem. Their new data also suggest the basic defect lies within the mitochondria." Efforts to develop the tools required to repair or replace damaged mitochondria are currently underway.
Activating Stem Cells For Regeneration? (August 18 2005)
SFGate reports on telomerase, stem cells and long-haired mice: "a key component of the enzyme, known as telomerase, can switch on stem cells resting in mouse hair follicles. The otherwise ordinary-looking mice promptly became as shaggy as '70s rock stars. ... In ancient Egypt, men smeared their pates with hippopotamus fat in a desperate bid to stave off baldness. Is telomerase the new hippopotamus fat? Probably not ... Stem cells, found in virtually all organs of the body, are the wellsprings of tissue regeneration. Specialized stem cells in the hair follicles cycle between a quiescent and active state. The timing of these cycles helps to regulate hair growth. In the mouse studies, researchers found that [one component of telomerase known as telomerase reverse transcriptase] 'can kick these resting stem cells into action.'"
Looking More Closely At Sirt1 (August 17 2005)
Scientists are making progress in understanding connections between the Sirt1 protein, metabolic regulation and life span: "Sirt1 is referred to as Sir2 in lower organisms where it has previously proven to be a key to aging and longevity: Increasing the amount of Sir2 dramatically extends life spans in experimental yeast, worms and flies. ... In mammals, scientists have shown that restricting calories can extend life span and also leads to an increase in Sirt1, the mammalian version of Sir2. ... Sirt1 is probably a very important regulator that integrates cellular response to different types of nutrients, such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids." We can hope that a full understanding of the mechanisms of calorie restriction will lead to therapies that can improve on gains in healthy life span obtained via this method.
Another New Aging Gene (August 17 2005)
EurekAlert reports on another gene newly connected to the aging process: "Researchers have discovered that the loss of a gene called p63 accelerates aging in mice. ... Aging and cancer are two sides of the same coin. In one case, cells stop dividing and in the other, they can't stop dividing. We suspect that having the right amount of the p63 protein in the right cells at the right time creates a balance that enables organisms to live relatively cancer-free for a reasonably long time." A lack of p63 accelerates aging in tissue - but then so do a large number of other things. There's no such thing as useless information in the biochemistry and genetics of aging, but it remains to be seen how important this new discovery turns out to be.
A Reminder About Fat (August 16 2005)
The PakTribune reports that researchers "found that the more people weigh, the older their cells appear on a molecular level, with obesity adding the equivalent of nearly nine years of age to a person's body. The findings suggest that many health problems associated with being overweight - heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis - may result from fat cells hastening the natural aging process." Correlation is not causation, but "the results are consistent with recent findings that, contrary to the long-held belief that fat cells are inert blobs, they churn out a host of substances that can be toxic to the body ... So it may be the body has to repair itself much faster and that accelerates the aging process." Poor diet and lack of exercise that accompany obesity could also be to blame - it's clearly a good idea to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep the weight off.
Nerve Stem Cells Made (August 16 2005)
The BBC reports on progress in control of embryonic stem cell differentiation: "The world's first pure nerve stem cells made from human embryonic stem cells have been created ... "This is incredibly exciting in terms of curing disease. We may be able to create the disease in a dish. If we do that, we'll be able to better understand the disease and also to test drugs. ... the long-term aim of the Edinburgh research is for cells to be used to build replacement neural tissue for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's sufferers. But he said the more immediate use for the artificially-created cells is to test out the effectiveness of new drugs. ... Hopefully that will come to pass within two to three years. In terms of the possibility of using the cells for transplantation, that's a much more difficult and longer term thing and I think there we're talking more of the five to ten year range."
How Adult Stem Cell Therapies Work (August 15 2005)
An adult stem cell therapy for acute renal failure (ARF) provides insight into how these first generation therapies work. EurekAlert reports that transplanted stem cells are only present briefly, but administer a swift, positive kick to the local environment: "Administered stem cells don't stay in the kidney that has ARF long enough to differentiate into kidney cells, but rather appear to alter the course of ARF by a number of identifiable and some still unexplored paracrine mechanisms. The former include the induction of organ-protective and repair-supporting genes in surviving renal cells, robust suppression of proinflammatory cytokines in the ARF kidney and upregulation of anti-inflammatory genes, as well as the delivery and release at the site of injury of organ-protective and other beneficial gene products by the stem cells."
A Path To Technological Immortality (August 15 2005)
A Tech Central Station author provides a good overview of the prospects for forms of physical immortality in 2050 that have much more to do with nanotechnology and computational science than with medical biotechnology - a merging of man and his machines that produces immortality almost as a side-effect along the way to far greater things. Good, well-studied predictions of the technological singularity to come have at least a decade-long history, and it is hard to argue against the fact that progress in core convergent technologies and sciences is accelerating rapidly. Still, for most of us, standard old-fashioned human-sourced hard work on first-generation healthy life extension medicines will be needed if we are to be healthy and alive in 2050. First things first.


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Price of pig increased from VND46,000 per kilogram to VND48,000 a kilogram. Averagely, it leaps VND500 to VND1,000 per kilogram a day; it is expected to escalate in next time because traders snap up to sell in the North where demand is high. Pig price in the North fluctuates from VND52,000 to VND54,000.
According to the Department, supply is stable in the province. Foreign-invested enterprises and giant farms are raising a large quantity of pig for satisfying market demand.


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Digiflavor Liip Disposable Pod MTL Vape Kit 3pcs/pack
Liip Disposable Pods by DigiFlavor
From the name, I'm guessing that this is for your lips… The Liip Disposable Pods by DigiFlavor are perfect for a backup or on-the-go style vape.
Liip Disposable Pods Description:
This little Liip is about as disposable as it gets. And not in way that it should just end up in the trash right out of the box. This little thing has a 240mAh battery inside and is pre-filled with 36mg salt nicotine e-liquid. You'll get a nice little rush from this thing and about 200 to 300 puffs before it dies. The Liip has a draw activated firing system and a mouth to lung style draw that is really close to those old cigarettes you regret ever smoking. The coolest part is you get 3 Liips per pack. I don't even know what to do with 2 Liips, I can't imagine what having 3 would be like.
So far, there are 3 flavors to choose from:
Berry – Remember when you used to pick fresh berries and freeze them? That's what this tastes like.
Orange – Remember when you spent three hours trying to peel an orange and you would get some citrus blasted into your eye socket? That's what this tastes like.
Tobacco – Remember stealing smokes out of your friends '85 IROC? That's exactly what this tastes like.
Liip Disposable Pods Features:
- Perfect For Beginners
- Small And Travel Friendly
- Pre-Filled 1.2ml E-Liquid Capacity
- 36mg Salt Nicotine E-Liquid
- Draw Activated Firing
- 240mAh Internal Battery
- About 200-300 Puffs
- Mouth To Lung Style Airflow
- 2.4ohm Coil
- Safe Vaping Features
- Dimensions: 73.3mm x 20mm x 12.9mm
- Vaping Type: Mouth To Lung
Liip Disposable Pods Package Contents:
- (3) Liip Disposable Pods by DigiFlavor


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While doing some devotional reading this morning, I was interrupted by a request to pray for a friend who was being overwhelmed with the circumstances that are currently surrounding their life. It was as if the enemy had them surrounded and was attacking from every side. As I read between the lines of this prayer request, I realized that there seemed to be no tangible or apparent "joy" in the life of this individual who always brings such joy to the hearts and lives of those who know them. I realized that they needed a renewed heavenly perspective on things, much like the perspective that Asaph the Psalmist received when he looked beyond the perceived inequity of his circumstances… and saw the Lord. (Psalm 73:13-14, 16-17).
When I returned to my reading (after praying for the afore mentioned friend) I was met with the following – which I gladly share with all of you for your careful consideration & prayerful meditation: "Joy is the flag which is flown from the castle of the heart when The King is in residence there." (unkown)
"Joy should be one of the chief characteristics of our Christian faith. Only a joyful, exuberant Christian is a worthy representative of the transforming power of Christ's Gospel. But what is this spiritual joy? It is much more than mere laughter; it is much more even than happiness (which is the result of 'happenings' in our lives that can change in a moment). Joy is the fruit a life that is at rest in the Lord… regardless of life's circumstances." (Kenneth Osbeck)
The following verses came to my mind as I was "musing" over the above ~ "Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a hind, able to tread upon the heights." (Habakkuk 3:17-19, nlt)
"But as for me, I will look to the Lord; and being confident in Him, I will keep watch. I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God WILL hear me." (Micah 7:7; amplified)
"O my soul, wait thou only upon God – for my hope and my expectation is from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; my fortress; I shall not be shaken! On God rests my salvation and my glory; my refuge is God, my Mighty Rock. [Therefore] trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us! Selah" (Psalm 62:5-7)
"Rejoice in the Lord always – delight and gladden yourselves in Him; again I say it, Rejoice!" Philippians 4:4; amplified)
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee." (Isaiah 26:3)


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