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Job description: what does a dental technician do?
The dental technician is a dual training occupation that combines traditional craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technology. Due to its complexity, the standard duration of the training is three and a half years. The final step is the journeyman's examination.
The area of responsibility of a dental technician includes the production of fixed and removable dentures such as crowns, bridges, dentures, or implants and devices for regulating teeth and jaws, such as braces. Splints and sports mouthguards are also manufactured in the dental technology laboratory.
Dental technicians have a very varied job that combines several craft professions: Similar to the cutting machine operator. They use milling machines to manufacture precisely fitting prostheses. Together with a goldsmith, they work with precious metals, and with a metalworker, they use solder, saw file, and welding equipment. The production of plaster casts and dentures from moist ceramic powder and the final firing in the oven are reminiscent of the profession of ceramist. The shaping, modeling, and coloring of dentures, in turn, is very much an artistic activity.
Based on the impressions or the denture templates that the dentist has previously created of the patient's jaw, the dental technician first creates a hard plaster model, the so-called master model. This forms the basis for all further work steps, for example, replicating the missing teeth from wax. It is used, among other things, to produce a negative mold made of silicone, which is required for the production of dentures. Another important step is testing the plaster model in the articulator. This device simulates the patient's jaw movements and helps to ensure that the two rows of teeth in the mouth are correctly occluded.
The most common form of the dental prosthesis is the model cast prosthesis. Their basis is a framework made of a metal alloy. The prosthesis saddle, made of gum-colored plastic and carries artificial teeth, is attached to this. Metal brackets ensure that the dentures will later stay in place in the jaw. To manufacture the denture framework, the dental technician must first melt the metal alloy in the melting furnace and pour it into the negative mold that was previously made. The repair and cleaning of removable dentures and orthodontic devices are also part of his / her duties. Dental technicians are primarily employed in dental laboratories, dental clinics, and in the laboratories of large dental practices.
Average salary: how much does a dental technician make?
The average dental technician makes $54,700 per year. The lowest earned less than $41,000, and the highest earned more than $69,000.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dental technician responsibilities and requirements
No specific school leaving certificate is required for training as a dental technician. However, a good knowledge of the subjects of physics, mathematics, and handicrafts or technology proves to be helpful. Also, many employers value an independent, self-reliant way of working.
The manufacture of dentures requires the highest level of precision. So concentration and a prudent, precise way of working are necessary here. Because numerous small parts are used in the manufacture of dentures, skill also plays a significant role. Other essential prerequisites for the job of a dental technician are manual skills and technical understanding. Only those who have them can adequately use the various devices, tools, and machines used in a dental laboratory.
Also not to be underestimated are a sense of aesthetics and a trained eye for color nuances. Dentures should not just be functional but should give the patient back an appearance that is as appealing as possible. Dental technicians must therefore be able to design the shape and color of the artificial teeth so that they fit harmoniously into the jaw. An excellent spatial imagination is also essential here to visualize the tooth shapes and tooth positions in the mouth based on the impressions.
The job of a dental technician requires a lot of patience and perseverance. To manufacture a prosthesis, for example, many and sometimes lengthy work steps are required. He/she is under time pressure because the dentures usually have to be ready by a specific date. Anyone who works in a dental practice with an attached laboratory often has patient contact. He/she, therefore, need empathy and a feeling for the needs of the patient.
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The Raconteurs have shared a propulsive new taste of their forthcoming comeback record 'Help Us Stranger' in the form of single 'Bored And Razed'. Take a look at the lyric video below.
The track sees Jack White and Brendan Benson trading vocals, and follows 'Sunday Driver', 'Now That You're Gone', 'Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)' and 'Help Me Stranger,' to be released from the record.
The band's forthcoming third album has been described as a blend of "prodigious riffs, blues power, sinewy psychedelia, Detroit funk, and Nashville soul", and saw White and Benson pen all of the songs together, except for the Donovan cover 'Hey Gyp'.
Before the record was announced, the group told fans they had "just finished making the rock & roll album you've been waiting for."
The record will be the group's first in 11 years, following 2008's 'Consolers Of The Lonely'. They recently made their live return to British shores with a slot supporting The Strokes at All Points East.
In other news, the internet's dreams were finally fulfilled, when The Raconteurs Jack White and actor Jack Black finally met.
The Raconteurs bumped into Black's band Tenacious D at Heathrow Airport earlier this week, with both groups having recently played London shows. White and co. had just played All Points East, while Black and Kyle Gass performed at the capital's Wembley Arena.

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For several weeks, Donald Trump has been telling the world that the reason the number of cases of Covid-19 has gone up so much in the United States is because we're simply doing more testing everywhere. But a new analysis of all 50 states shows that the increase in testing does not match up to the increase in new cases. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.
*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
For many weeks now, Donald Trump has been trying to tell the public that the reason we are seeing such a massive spike and new COVID-19 cases here in this country is simply because we're doing more testing, right? I mean, he famously, uh, said recently, I think it was at his Tulsa rally that, you know, if we stopped the testing, we'd stop seeing all the new cases because really that's the culprit. It's not that more people are sick than they were before. It's just that we're finding it more frequently than we had in the early days of the pandemic. Well, new research has come along to once again, prove that Donald Trump is completely lying his face off because that's all the man knows how to do according to new reports out this week, 28 different United States, States have actually seen the number of positives increase at a higher percentage rate than the number of new tests performed.
Here's what that means. Let's take a state like Florida. We'll look at the little graph right here. The increase in testing in Florida from June to July, 141%, we're doing 141% more tests today than we were on June 1st. So that's increased by 141%. What about number of new positives? Well, that's actually increased by 1060 1%. If the number of new cases we were finding was only because we were doing more testing, those numbers would be equal. The number of new tests would correlate directly and equal to the number of new positive cases. If Donald Trump's talking point were in fact accurate. But as I mentioned, Florida's not alone. Florida is one of 28 States, Idaho, 239% increase in testing 863% increase in new positives, Montana, 153% in testing 772 in new cases, Arizona, 134% in testing 579 in new cases, Nevada, a 25% increase in testing.
So y'all have really fallen off, uh, and 550% increase in new positives. Um, Texas, 118% increase in new testing, 422% in new positive, uh, this entire graph, by the way that I'm reading here, all of these individual graphs, uh, follow the link in the description of this video, it'll take you right to it. Uh, Axios has all of those on there, but here's the bottom line folks. Trump has. Once again, lying to us, the reason we're seeing so many new cases in the United States today is not because we're testing more. It's not because we're actually looking for it now. It's because more and more are getting sick. You need more proof of that. How about the fact that in States all over the country, we're running out of hospital beds now, uh, Florida, again, uh, use a state as example. It's where I am. Uh, 57 hospitals across the state now have reached capacity. We don't have any beds anymore. Oops.
My County is one of the counties that, uh, ran out of beds. So hope you don't get COVID-19 and hope you don't have any other kind of emergency that would require you to spend time in a hospital cause they don't have room for you now. And that is also going to increase the death toll. You know, if your appendix bursts and they can't get you in, you're really out of options. That's what we're looking at here. If you have a heart attack right now, Oh, I better hope they can find a hospital bed for you. Better hope they can find an operating theater, better hope that they can reach an on call doctor because they're having to work extra shifts to battle COVID-19
Yeah, this is happening all over the country right now. And it's happening. Despite the fact that Trump tells us that it's not the man famously said a year or two ago during a speech, ignore what you see with your eyes. Ignore what you hear with your ears. He basically told in this speech to, I think it was a bunch of cadets at the time we did a video on it, but anyway, Okay. He told them to ignore reality. Yeah, we can't continue to ignore reality. He wants to, but by doing that, he is putting every single person in this country at risk. We cannot continue to do this. We cannot afford to do this. People are dying. People are getting sick. And with him being at the top of this, uh, government food chain, he is to blame. You cannot shake that. You cannot shift that as president. This man is in charge and as long as he's in charge, people are going to keep dying.


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Trillanes: 'Duterte fed Gina Lopez to the lions'
Would these congressmen openly defy Duterte and reject Lopez if they are sure that he really wants her to be confirmed? asks Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
Miners rejoice, environment groups fume over rejection of Gina Lopez
Environment groups say lawmakers who voted against the appointment of Gina Lopez have betrayed the people and should be exposed
Palace on CA rejection of Gina Lopez: 'It's a democratic process'
Malacañang says President Rodrigo Duterte is choosing from many names to fill in the vacancy at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Is a golden mean possible in mining? Yes but radical reforms in governance are necessary to get there
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When policymakers rely less on facts and more on their personal emotions and beliefs they are no more different than quack doctors who blindly give out medical treatments that could turn out to be costly ineffective and even harmful
Surigao del Sur gov joins miners vs Gina Lopez
Surigao del Sur Governor Vicente Pimentel Jr whose province hosts 3 big firms facing closure says the environment chief has shut her eyes and ears to the pleas of the mining industry
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Latinx author whose book was burned by students appears at Nashville's Southern Festival of Books
Clarification: A spokeswoman for Georgia Southern University said Monday that contrary to a previous statement, the school has no evidence a crowd formed outside Jennine Capó Crucet's original accommodations.
Latina author Jennine Capó Crucet challenged students at Georgia Southern University to contemplate their whiteness this week.
Some burned copies of her book instead.
The event made national news, with a university spokesperson stating the incident was within the students' First Amendment rights.
But, he said in an email to USA Today, "book burning does not align with Georgia Southern's values nor does it encourage the civil discourse and debate of ideas."
Crucet appeared at Nashville's Southern Festival of Books Saturday. Her talk: "My Country Tis of Me" featured discussion about her newest book "My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education."
In the collection of essays, Crucet — a critically acclaimed writer and a first-generation American raised in Miami — explores what it means to feel like a stranger in the country where she was born.
Crucet posted an official statement about the Georgia Southern incident to Twitter on Friday. "Much love and gratitude to all those who've shown support here and elsewhere. Abrazos to you all," she wrote.
Crucet was not ready to make any additional comments Saturday about the incident, saying she was still processing.
Student's 'hostile reaction' was 'surreal and strange'
In social media statement posted earlier in the week, she described the altercation, which, she said, included students in the room shouting at each other and ended with some students burning her novel.
The incident happened on Wednesday, as she gave a talk to a group of first-year students at Georgia Southern on issues concerning diversity and the college experience. She chose to read her essay "Imagine Me Here, or How I Became a Professor," which appears in her latest book.
During the question-and-answer portion of the talk, "a white student questioned whether I had the authority to address issues of race and white privilege on campus," Crucet said in her statement on Twitter.
"I noticed that you made a lot of generalizations about the majority of white people being privileged," one student said, according to the student newspaper, The George-Anne.
Crucet wrote that the student's "hostile reaction" was "surreal and strange."
Some students walked out of the talk and congregated nearby. Others apologized for the incident, and, later during the book signing, commented about how the experiences of the novel's protagonist mirrored their own, Crucet said in her statement.
That night, Crucet's hosts moved her to a hotel in a different town. Then, a video of students standing around a fire was posted on Twitter. It's unclear how or when students started burning the author's books.
"To think of those students watching as a group of their peers burned that story — effectively erasing them on the campus they are expected to think of as a safe space — feels devastating," Crucet wrote in her statement.
Unintentional acts of bigotry are 'when I get to teach'
On Saturday in Nashville, Crucet said it is important for authors who address issues of race to turn the mirror not just outward but on themselves and examine personal moments of perpetrating a kind of bigotry or internalizing racism and "not let yourself off the hook."
"When people see you do that they are more likely to listen and because they understand that you're willing to go there with them and admit that we all perpetrate, at the very least, unintentional acts of bigotry all the time. And that there's a big distinction between a purposeful act of bigotry and an unintentional act of bigotry."
Crucet, who is an associate professor in the department of English and the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska, said she welcomes unintentional acts of bigotry in her classroom, because "that's when I get to teach. When someone makes an assumption about a character based on something a writer has mentioned about their race, I can kind of stop the class."
Crucet is the author of two previous books and is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
Her novel, "Make Your Home Among Strangers," was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice book, the winner of the 2016 International Latino Book Award, and was cited as the best book of the year by NBC Latino, the Guardian, and the Miami Herald.
The book follows a Hispanic girl, inspired by the author's own experiences, who is accepted into a prestigious university and struggles in her new predominantly white atmosphere.
It has been adopted as an all-campus read at over 25 American universities, according to information from Humanities Tennessee, which runs the Southern Festival of Books.
"None of us is the one story, right?" Crucet said during her talk on Saturday. "There's that danger of, 'Oh, I've read this and now I understand what all Latinx Americans might think about something. And, no, the book is actually being like, 'Please don't do that.'
But, Crucet, said it can happen that, by the time they reach college, those in a minority group become conditioned to feel like they have to represent an entire community. "Because we are in predominantly white spaces, and we are invited to represent a whole group, that's a danger that can happen."
Crucet said she and fellow authors are working to "dismantle that" and "break that privilege down."
On Saturday, she spoke alongside Kendra Allen, author of "When You Learn the Alphabet," a cultural commentary on social issues such as colorism, feminism, war-induced PTSD and more.
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Sale serves up 3 HRs, season-high 9 hits
TORONTO — Danny Jansen and Brandon Drury each hit two-run homers, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Wednesday night.
All three homers came off Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale (3-8), who lost for the first time in six starts. It's the second time this season Sale has allowed three homers — he also did it in his opening day outing against Seattle on March 28.
Sale gave up five runs and a season-high nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. He also allowed five runs in his previous start, June 26 against the White Sox.
Sale came in 5-1 with a 1.60 ERA in nine career games in Toronto, but couldn't extend that streak of dominance. Instead, he allowed at least four earned runs for the third time in three meetings with the Blue Jays. He's 0-2 with a 7.96 ERA against Toronto this season, and has allowed 23 hits to Blue Jays batters over 14 2/3 innings.
Drury went 3 for 4 and came within a triple of the cycle. He singled in the third and doubled in the eighth.
Blue Jays right-hander Jacob Waguespack (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits in five-plus innings for his first career win. Waguespack was pressed into action after Wednesday's original scheduled starter, right-hander Sean Reid-Foley, pitched 3 1/3 innings of no-hit relief in Tuesday's 10-6 loss.
Instead, Toronto used right-hander David Phelps to open for Waguespack, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to make his second career appearance.
Rafael Devers hit a two-run single off Waguespack in the third, but Gurriel halved the deficit with a two-out homer in the bottom half, his 15th.
Christian Vazquez restored the two-run lead with a solo homer in the fourth, his 13th and third in the past three games.
Jansen tied it with a second-deck drive in the bottom half, his sixth of the year and fourth in six games.
Drury ended Sale's night with a two-out homer in the sixth, his seventh and first since June 5.
Waguespack left after Vazquez singled to begin the seventh. Left-hander Tim Mayza followed and struck out Jackie Bradley Jr. before Chavis doubled. Right-hander Daniel Hudson came on to face pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez, who flied out. Hudson ended the threat by striking out Mookie Betts.
Hudson worked the eighth and Ken Giles pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 13th save in 14 opportunities.
Blue Jays shortstop Freddy Galvis went 3 for 3 with a walk and padded the lead with a sacrifice fly off Steven Wright in the eighth.
NOTES: Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts was one of three injury-replacements named to the AL All-Star team Wednesday. Bogaerts went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts. ... Catcher Oscar Hernández was assigned to Triple-A Pawtucket. ... Boston had yet to name a starter for Thursday's series finale. If Stroman can't go Thursday, Toronto could promote LHP Thomas Pannone from Triple-A. Pannone has made 23 appearances for the Blue Jays this season, including two starts. He's 2-3 with a 5.91 ERA.


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The United Kingdom expects a boom in stay-cations from this weekend, in which the weather forecast confirms that summer arrives in the country with temperatures above 31ºC. Did you know only half of the UK population is vaccinated with both doses, while 67.7% are vaccinated with a single dose? The quarantine is eliminated only for those who are fully immunized and have received the second dose 14 days before starting the trip. 51% of the population is vaccinated with the two doses, a complete immunization schedule.
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So as you cross the English Channel and finally uncover all the charms of England, we have prepared an editorial where we tell you the best things to do in England. In addition to visiting its capital, of course! These are the best experiences you should have in the land of Harry Potter, Queen Elizabeth, and Mr. Bean:
- Enjoy London
We put it in the first position. Yes, England is not just London, but traveling there without knowing its capital would be like going to McDonald's and ordering a salad: nonsense.
London is one of the most attractive cities in Europe, where on the same day you can visit museums (very interesting and free!). Stroll through hipster markets, see the changing of the guard (although it is still a touristy), take a selfie with the typical phone booth, and eating fish & chips on the second floor of a red bus under Big Ben (this would be fine, yes). Although if you are looking for an expanded list of ideas of things to see and do in London, it is best to look at travel offers.Book a Last Minute City Break with Jet2 Holidays discount code.
- Get closer to the mystery at Stonehenge.
Stonehenge represents one of the most magical and mysterious places in the world. This circular megalithic site, built based on gigantic 40-ton dolmens, accumulates many legends throughout the centuries. We've all heard of him, are you going to miss it?
Getting here from London is easy: you can sign up for one of the many organized tours or ride it yourself. The entrance to the enclosure costs £ 15.50 although if you pay £ 27 for the bus and the entrance you will save the queues, it also includes the entrance to the other Old Sarum site. Do not skip our Travelodge discount codes.
- Did you think of a bath on some English beach?
We already know that England does not have paradisiacal beaches like those of the Balearic Islands, but this does not mean that it is not worth going to the sea: around the island, there are cliffs and places that take your breath away, such as the wild coast of Cornwall or Yorkshire. And other fun spots like Brighton, where you can ride a few attractions on its pier, as well as stroll along its beach, and if you did not know, the Gay Pride party has been held here every summer since 1992. Brighton is an hour away by train from London Bridge station and tickets shouldn't cost more than £ 10.
- Get lost in the English Countryside (Cotswolds)
Renting a car and getting lost in the Cotswolds is something we've had in mind for some time – hopefully, we can cross it off our traveling bucket list sooner rather than later. The best of the trip? Stroll through honey-colored stone houses and through towns that seem from another time, such as Bourton-on-the-Water, the "English Venice," and others such as Bibury, Cirencester, Fairford, or Stow-on-the-Wold. With Travelodge discount codes, get an Extra 30% off.
Oh, what do they want us to do, and the trip looks cool, huh? It is without a doubt one of the best things to see and do in England.
- Celebrate in a pub
Do not leave England without first having lived a real night in a pub. It is an experience that you cannot miss! Order a pint (remember you have to do it at the bar, or you can die of thirst) and then another, and then another. Who knows if, between talks, good atmosphere, and laughter, that boy who seemed to you the son of Mr. Bean begins to look like Hug Grant. And he hey, what happens in England stays in England!
- Stroll along Hadrian's Wall
It is hard to believe that this Wall, which spans about 117 kilometers, was built around 122-133 AD. It is an amazing place, although more than because of its beauty (which it is), it is because of its dimensions and more in what conditions it was built. Along the Wall are old fortresses, towers, and a few museums where you can document yourself and be even more surprised. If you have that traveler-romantic-nostalgic touch, well, you are going to love touring the Wall!
- Make a route of castles.
If there is something that is not lacking in England, with the permission of Mr. Fish & Chips, they are castles. There are hundreds and hundreds scattered throughout the territory, but if you don't have too much time, get ready. Get £30 off Solo Holidays on Jet2 Holidays discount code.
- Get carried away by the Beatles-mania.
London is cool, but you've already visited it a hundred times, you went to Stonehenge, the English Countryside and now you're more bored than Ringo in the recording. Well, we have the solution:
- Go to Liverpool where you can go through the history of the Beatles.
- Have painted at The Cavern -the mythical place where they played 292 times-, stroll down Penny Lane and cross the Abbey Road crosswalk.
- Take a few photos with the statues of John Lennon, by Eleanor Rigby, with the red bars of Strawberry Fields, and with the hundreds of murals and posters dedicated to the mythical group.
Of course, do not forget the mp3 to listen to the Beatles' songs during the trip.
- Take the opportunity to improve your English.
That English is important they know it to the stones, but if you can also learn it in England while living a thousand and one Erasmus-style adventures, then much better! We, who are very urbanites, would choose London as a destination (every day, after classes, we would have many bars, markets and curious places to visit)!
- Try the experience of housekeeping (housesitting)
You know how much we love housesitting: taking care of houses and pets while the owners are on vacation is one of the forms of travel that we like the most. And know? England is one of the countries where housesitting is most successful. Taking care of a little house lost in the English countryside or a little apartment in Notting Hill sounds superb!
There is much more to do in England: visit Manchester, enjoy a real Sunday Roast, see Bath, Cambridge, and Oxford, get lost in charming Yorkshire or discover the best places to have a five o'clock tea or a Coca-Cola with vanilla ( eye, with vanilla ice cream!) but if we tell you everything there are no surprises! And, of course, we still have to recommend a lot more places to see in the United Kingdom. Grab an incredible deal: 20% off selected rooms/hotels with the Travelodge discount codes.
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- If you are going to travel to the United Kingdom in 2021, it is very important to have the best travel insurance, including COVID (coronavirus) coverage.
- It is necessary to travel with a Health Card to have medical assistance, especially in the United Kingdom. Due to the current health situation, insurance includes medical assistance in case of coronavirus infection. In addition, it is also included the extra stay you need in case of contagion by quarantine and, of course, the test in case it is necessary.
- We can say that traveling to the United Kingdom is safe. However, it is important to use common sense and avoid leaving valuables unattended, especially in very touristy and crowded places. In large cities such as London, it is advisable to ask for accommodation if an area is not recommended, especially at night. If you have rented a car, try not to leave valuables in sight.
- Another tip for a trip to the United Kingdom is to carry a copy of all the important documentation such as ID, passport, travel insurance policy, etc., in the cloud, so that in case of loss or theft, you can carry out the formalities of a much easier way.
- London is usually a good gateway, used by many travelers. Whatever your decision is, we recommend using this flight search engine, with which you can have the best deals at the best prices. Enjoy exclusive savings on the Travelodge discount codes.
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- And last but not least, when traveling to the United Kingdom, it is very interesting to review the tours or excursions you want to do. And, if you are going to do one of the most demanded such as the Harry Potter Tour at Warner Studios or the Excursion to Loch Ness and the Highlands.
You can consult and book the best tours and excursions in the United Kingdom and excursions in London. And, we have got you covered with the best discounts and travel deals this year, 2021. Enjoy amazing discounts on the Jet2 Holidays discount code and Travelodge discount codes.


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As the Content Administrator, you will be a part of the CARMA Content Hub team, based in Lisbon. The Content Hub is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and relevance of the media content that CARMA monitors from hundreds of thousands of sources across the world on a daily basis, and that it distributes to hundreds of clients across the CARMA network, in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East.
The Content Administrator will deal with any issues that arise in respect of the accuracy or relevance of media content that it processes. They will use the diagnostic tools that CARMA has developed to be able to investigate the issues as and when they are reported and be able to make the required changes to correct the reported issues.
The Key Areas of Responsibilities
Responding promptly and effectively to all media content issues that come through from across the CARMA network
Using the CARMA diagnostic tools effectively to assess the reasons behind inaccurate or irrelevant content
Making the necessary changes to content profiles to fix reported issues
Reporting to the appropriate CARMA depts that reported issues have been fixed
Recording the number of content issues raised on a day to day basis
Profiling and adding new content sources that are required to the CARMA source list
Developing good working relationships with the various CARMA departments whom the Content Hub team will work closely with on a day to day basis
The Key skills & Qualifications Required
Degree holder/graduate
Strong knowledge of Wordand Excel
Great attention to detail and the highest level of accuracy
Written and spoken English of highest standard
Ability to efficiently plan workload to prioritise and meet client requirements
High degree of numeracy
Strong Interest in news media and current affairs
Fluency in additional language(s) other than English an advantage
A great team player
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Amy Williams facilitates our AWANA program at Liberty Baptist.
On Wednesday nights (during the school year Aug-May), AWANA kids have the opportunity to learn how to put their trust in Jesus Christ and to gain an understanding of how to faithfully follow Him. Children ages 3 to 5th grade are able to participate.


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Wind farm plans put growth at risk
Credit: BEN CUBBY, KELSEY MUNRO, Bombala Times, www.bombalatimes.com.au 24 December 2011 ~~
Anyone living within two kilometres of a planned wind farm would have a right to veto it and delay its development, under strict new state guidelines.
The proposal would give residents greater control over wind farms than they now have over other power stations, or over coalmines or coal seam gas developments.
The government said it supported the rapidly growing wind industry and remained committed to the target of generating one-fifth of the state's electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade.
The Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, said aspects of the guidelines were "some of the toughest in the country, possibly the world", but they would not stifle up to $10 billion in investment expected to flow into the sector by 2020.
The plan would force NSW wind farms to be some of the quietest developed at less than 35 decibels, compared with 40 decibels in Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand and Europe, and 50 in the US.
The opposition said the guidelines would "decimate" the industry and the Greens believed that slowing wind turbine development would mean more coal seam gas projects.
But several industry players said they could live with the new rules, although they were still digesting the details yesterday.
NSW has a central role in the national energy target of 20 per cent renewable energy by 2020 and, with wind power now the cheapest form of renewable energy, reaching the target would be more expensive if fewer wind turbines were approved.
The draft guidelines, which are open for public comment until March 14, are expected to affect about 13 of the 17 wind farm developments the government is considering.
The key change is the power granted to community complaints. Without written consent from every resident within two kilometres of a proposed wind turbine, a "gateway process" is triggered.
Under this process, the wind farm operator must lodge an application addressing a range of concerns about noise, visual impact, any effect on land values, and some other issues, which would then be considered.
Mr Hazzard said the aim had been to strike a balance between residents' concerns and wind power companies, and he expected neither to be satisfied.
"No one can win completely on this," he said. The two-kilometre setback was meant to encourage wind farm developers to consult the community, he said.
Mr Hazzard denied the government had given undue weight to the views of people who believed the low-level noise and vibrations from wind farms had health effects and said the government was simply applying "the precautionary principle".
"The jury is still out on health issues, very much so," he said. "But we listened to everybody."
A series of peer-reviewed studies has found no evidence that low-level sound from wind farms makes people ill.
Some people campaigning against wind farms believe evidence of stress and illness attributable to wind farms will be uncovered in the next few years.
Opposition to wind farm proposals is led by residents but their campaigns have received support from climate change sceptics, who believe wind turbines are an unnecessary alternative to coal-fired electricity.
A wind industry body, the Clean Energy Council, said it would examine the details of the new proposal but it was confident most wind farm operators would be capable of working within the new guidelines.
"The wind industry in Australia already faces some of the strictest development guidelines anywhere in the world," said the director, Kane Thornton. "How well it can adapt to these rules will depend on how they are applied in practice – and that remains to be seen."
The opposition spokesman on the environment, Luke Foley, said the draft law meant NSW would miss out on billions of dollars in investment and regional jobs. "Victoria has already seen the industry pack up and leave the state after their restrictive policy was implemented and we will risk the same loss of jobs and investment here in NSW."
The Greens said discouraging wind power investment would mean the promotion of coal seam gas. "NSW is abandoning the most cost-effective option for reducing its carbon footprint, which in effect means it is giving the green light for coal seam gas projects across the state," said the planning spokesman, David Shoebridge.
Wind turbines in NSW now generate about 190 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power about 80,000 average households. But the industry is poised for massive growth, with enough turbines to power more than half a million homes planned for construction in the next five years.
Some states have considerably more wind power than NSW. South Australia generates more than one-fifth of its electricity from wind turbines.
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Geena Davis knows how to gender-balance a film. The Academy Award-winning actress and founder of The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the recently launched Bentonville Film Festival has devoted the last decade of her life to creating more equality in her industry, and she's got the tools and know-how to make it happen.
The inaugural Bentonville Film Festival rolled out this past May, dedicated to "championing women and diversity in film," both in front of and behind the camera, an ideal that was reflected across their slate. (The festival's own marketing materials included demographic details about each film's cast and crew in terms of diversity, even going so far as to rate each film on an "intensity scale" of diversity that went up to ten; no film at the first festival earned that rating.) It's just one piece of Davis' plan to bring true parity to the industry she's worked in since her debut in 1982's "Tootsie."
READ MORE: Here's Why Geena Davis Started a Film Festival Focused Not on Women, But Diversity
Indiewire recently spoke with Davis as she prepares for the second year of the Bentonville Film Festival, an undertaking the requires looking forward but being very mindful of the current and past state of the industry. Despite some recent strides forward when it comes to equality and diversity in the entertainment sector — including the creation of BFF — Davis is careful not to declare the issue fixed. After all, she's got the numbers at her disposal, thanks to her work with her own institute, which is dedicated to expanding the roles available to women in the industry, and is bolstered by nearly a decade of on-the-ground research.
The Bentonville Film Festival has an agenda.
Of the criteria for BFF acceptance, Davis explained, "You have to have a certain number of female stars or minority stars, same with director, producer, writer, a balanced cast, a balanced crew, minority producer. All kinds of things will qualify you to get into the festival. The more we have the better, obviously. It's doable, it's commercial. We want to get that out there."
It's not just BFF's acceptance criteria that defines it, however, but also the festival's promise to provide distribution for its prize winners. Davis is also happy with that outcome. "We're pretty proud of that," she said.
Announced just five months before the first annual BFF rolled out, Davis and her team didn't have very long to put together a full-fledged festival, but she's pleased with the results. While questions remain about the role of corporate sponsorship in determining the festival's agenda, Davis saw potential in the turnout. "It's exceeded what we could have hoped for for the first year, considering what we could have had," she said. "I think we were surprised by the number of people who showed up…And we were thrilled by the reactions of the audience to the screenings. Being in an area not necessarily known for film festivals, it was nice to see everyone in the area be so excited about film."
The 2015 BFF winners, including the documentaries "In My Father's House" and "Thao's Library," along with the narrative feature "Jack of the Red Hearts," will start rolling out in theaters in the coming weeks, along with a symposium tour to help further engage audiences, starting with "In My Father's House" on October 9. "It's a really powerful, touching story," Davis said. "We have a symposium tour where we're taking the films and filmmakers around universities to showcase them and help the next generation of content creators and show how important it is to tell diverse stories."
Is industry equality really possible?
Despite the launch of her festival, Davis remains skeptical of a perceived changing tide in the industry, especially as it relates to equality in the film industry.
"A lot more people are talking about it, and we hope it's getting better. We have a tremendous tendency to judge by a couple of examples. We get 'Hunger Games,' 'The Help' or something and we say, 'now things are getting better,' but we've been saying these things since 'Thelma & Louise.' We said female-led films, buddy pictures are going to be popular, and nothing! Same with 'A League of Our Own': 'Now we can have female sports movies!' Nothing," Davis said.
But Davis does have hope for the future. "You have to go by the data," she said. "And thus far, the research on 2014, we still do not have enough female characters on screen. It's been the same ratio since 1946. So when we move the needle, and I'm pretty confident that we will, it will be historic. Absolutely. All this time we like to think, 'yeah, it seems like it's changing,' but absolutely it hasn't yet."
Still, Davis stressed the need for a patient . "It's the one sector of society which has a large gap of inequality in terms of gender that can be fixed overnight," she said. "You can't have half of Congress be female overnight, but you can put them on screen. You can make all the changes in the next movie you make. You can reflect the future. So that's what we need to do. I'm confident."
How to gender-balance your film in two easy steps.
Thanks to her own research and decades-long career in the industry, Davis also has a pretty good idea of how to make films be gender-balanced in a swift manner. "Make whatever you're going to make, but go through and change a bunch of first names to female names, and when it says 'CROWD GATHERS' put, 'comma, HALF FEMALE.' And there you have it. A gender-balanced movie, some female characters that aren't stereotyped," Davis said. "It's so easy. You don't have to worry about anything."
READ MORE: Geena Davis Institute New Research Shows That Girls and Women Are Missing Onscreen and Behind the Scenes Worldwide
Looking forward, next year's festival is already shaping up, and Davis promises there will be marked improvements and expansions. "We're expanding already, of course. We're adding short films and there will be more screenwriting competitions," Davis said, noting that Lifetime will sponsor a screenwriting contest in which the winning entry will be made into a Lifetime movie. "It will be bigger, better, more fabulous," she said. Davis also expects that another large-scale studio release will premiere at the 2016 BFF, similar to last year's screening of "Pitch Perfect 2" that kicked off the first festival in May.
She sounded more optimistic than ever about her activism. "I think that there has been a definite uptick in attention on this, which is fantastic," she said. "It's definitely in our consciousness now."
She's hoping to see bigger strides in the future. "If we added female characters the way we have been the past 20 years, we'll achieve parity in 700 years," she said. "I'm confident we're going to shave a couple of zeros off of that."
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Sources in Gaza report that Israeli airstrikes that began at midnight, Tuesday morning, with the ending of the temporary ceasefire, continued throughout the night until Wednesday morning.The Wednesday morning airstrikes reportedly killed 7 in central Gaza City, mainly from the Allouh family. This is in addition to three civilians, including a small child, who were killed earlier the same night.
Some reports have claimed that one of the more than thirty airstrikes fired by Israeli forces in the early hour of Wednesday morning was meant to target Mohammed al-Deif, the current head of the armed wing of Hamas, and ended up killing his wife and child.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas, said that the Israeli airstrikes were an attempt by the Israelis to "sabotage the negotiations in Cairo". He also denied that Hamas fired any rockets toward Israel on Tuesday.
Azzam al-Ahmad, a Palestinian negotiator representing the Fateh party also blamed Hamas, saying, 'There was an Israeli decision to make the Cairo talks fail."
Israeli officials had claimed that several rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, causing no injuries or damage, on Tuesday, before the end of the ceasefire. But, Palestinians denied this claim, saying that it was Israel who broke the truce with a series of airstrikes that killed three people and wounded nearly 20.
The Israeli airstrikes hit Beit Lahia, al-Zaitoun, al-Maghazi camp, Dir al-Balah, Al-Qarara, Khuzaa, Tal al-Hawah, Rafah and eastern Sheja'eyya.
Independent journalist Mohammed Omer reported airstrikes in Jabalia just after dawn, on Wednesday, as well as numerous airstrikes on Rafah and Khan Younis.
In Rafah, the Madi and Abdeen family homes were targeted, wounding at least ten.
As the Israeli air force launched its renewed air raids on Gaza, the Israeli government recalled its envoy from the negotiations in Cairo.


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PNV, i.e. the violinist Stefan Pöntinen and the double bassist
Johannes Nästesjö started to meet in 2008 to make free improvisations together.
They decided to record everything every time they improvised.
In the beginning they met alone but soon they started to play in public.
At every occasion microphones and recording machines were
switched on, ready for work.
It didn´t take long before they had collected
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The next step was to release a CD.
Stefan and Johannes met regulary to listen through the material.
They became their own jury, a very critical jury
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They decided to not use the very first recordings
that was ment to be the volume I.
Instead they chosed tunes directly for the volume II.
When the music was selected they prepared the audiofiles.
One theme was set for each issue. Among the themes they
chosed was for example Coffee, Vehicles and Fire.
Once the theme was decided it was time for the cover.
The current theme was given to Maria Widén.
PNV had invited her to design the CD-label,
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Just a couple of decades in the past, internet marketing didn't exist. Currently, it seems as though every business is on the internet, and you're most definitely in the minority if you are not. Web sites, email marketing, social media sites web pages, SEO and Pay Per Click; the world of online marketing is vast. So how has this new platform changed advertising game? With well over one hundred and twenty thousand yachts within the UK there is lots of great interest on Seo Company In Cambridge most notably over the hot months, these pages www.doublespark.co.uk has lots of blog posts and articles with regards to Seo company in Cambridge.
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The arrival of web marketing has really shaken up the entire world of business. Absolutely nothing is as it was a couple of decades ago, and most probably absolutely nothing will be the same in a couple of years to come. It's busy, worldwide and entirely new. Who knows where it may take us next?


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Constance Wu will be one of the most striking new faces on TV this winter.
That's not just because she creates a character who has both a forceful presence and a delightful streak of deadpan humor in the new ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat," airing on Tuesday nights.
She does.
But she's also striking because there just aren't a lot of lead actresses on prime-time broadcast television who look like Wu.
Try none.
Wu says she's not a crusader. She's "very happy" to be in "Fresh Off the Boat," which is based on chef Eddie Huang's memoir about his sometimes rocky youth as the son of a Taiwanese family in Orlando, Fla.
"It's great that ABC is making the show," says Wu.
But in the broader picture, she admits it's hard not to notice that this is the first show with an Asian lead actress since Margaret Cho's "All American Girl" in 1994.
"I was watching the Screen Actors Guild awards," she says, "and they featured a clip from our show to illustrate diversity.
"I was delighted to see our show, of course, but our show hasn't even aired yet. If they need to find something that hasn't even come on the air to show diversity, that tells you how many Asian actors have had lead roles in the last 20 years."
With "Fresh Off the Boat," that wasn't an issue. Wu plays Jessica Huang, mother of Eddie (Hudson Yang) and wife of Louis (Randall Park).
Louis, an immigrant with an unshakable belief in the American dream, moves the Huangs from Washington, D.C., where they all had friends and close ties, to Orlando, where he has bought a steakhouse.
Everyone in the family struggles to adjust. One of Jessica's first moves toward assimilation and neighborhood camaraderie is joining a group of suburban Moms with Attitude on their rollerblading excursions.
She looks like she's always about to topple over, making it one of many scenes that isn't funny to Jessica, just to viewers.
"I don't know how to rollerblade," confesses Wu, who's a runner and a figure skater. "Rollerblading is very different. I decided the best way to play it was to look like I was trying really, really hard."
Eddie Huang, who is a producer on the show and also does voiceover, has expressed concern the sitcom version of his memoir sacrifices some of his serious and not always pleasant experiences with assimilation in favor of jokes.
Wu says she sees many of his points, but that there's a balance.
"Sometimes a sitcom can make serious points," she says. "I think we're all learning how the network system works. I think Eddie's learning that, too.
"Sometimes a storyline will be based on the book. Other times his family is just a platform for writers' room jokes."
She quickly adds that she doesn't mean that negatively.
"Our writing staff doesn't write stereotype jokes," she says. "They respect that. They're very diverse. They understand the immigrant experience."
Eddie Huang told TV writers last month that his real concern is with a whole entertainment industry in which Asians are poorly represented at all creative levels.
Wu says she feels the effect of that as an actress.
"I think there are more opportunities for Asians now, but it's always as the third or fourth lead," she says. "I get asked to take parts and it's almost always the best friend or the girlfriend.
"And then the producers can sit and pat themselves on the back because their casting was 'diverse.'
"I don't want to seem ungrateful, but those characters don't get their own stories. It's lead characters that get full stories.
"There's such a fine line between gratitude and complacency. Do I turn down a role in a great movie because it isn't treating me as a full human being?"
What would go a long way toward resolving this exclusion, she says, is open-minded casting.
"Don't just offer me a role because I fit your preconception," she says. "Let me audition. I'm happy to do that. And then decide if I'm right for the character.
"There are so many shows where race or ethnicity doesn't have to matter. Look at a show like 'Two and a Half Men.' They could totally be any ethnicity."
The 26-year-old Wu says she'd be delighted, naturally, if "Fresh Off The Boat" broke down some of the barriers. She say she looks at the four child actors on the show and hopes they can grow up into a more inclusive world.
For herself, though, she admits she hasn't thought a lot about what could happen if "Fresh" should take off.
"I don't know what that looks like," she says. "If the show doesn't get a second season, I do know what that looks like. I'd be an unemployed actress. I know that. And I think it makes me a kinder person.
"But I have no experience with success. Hopefully I would handle it with grace."


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It's been a while sorry, but here's my latest:
Quote of the Month: Robin Collins on why ID isn't a part of science
It's been a while sorry, but here's my latest:
Quote of the Month: Robin Collins on why ID isn't a part of science
I seriously don't see Collins concern. Atheistic Materialists have been, for several decades now, fiercely trying to falsify a transcendent origin of the universe. Trying to get back to some type of materialistic vision of universe that has always, i.e. 'eternally', existed. All their efforts have failed. Those concerted failed attempts at falsifying a transcendent origin of the universe is exactly what makes the 'generic Designer', God, scientifically testable.
If a transcendent origin of the universe were not falsifiable, then the claim that a transcendent 'generic' Designer created the universe would not be science. As Popper stated:
"In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality."
Karl Popper – The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge (2014 edition), Routledge
If anything, and as George Ellis pointed out, it is the opponents of Intelligent Design, in frustration at their failure to falsify the transcendent origin of the universe, who have left the field of scientific inquiry and have tried to redefine science so that it no longer includes falsification as a primary criteria for doing science.
Scientific method: Defend the integrity of physics – George Ellis & Joe Silk – 16 December 2014
Excerpt: This year, debates in physics circles took a worrying turn. Faced with difficulties in applying fundamental theories to the observed Universe, some researchers called for a change in how theoretical physics is done. They began to argue — explicitly — that if a theory is sufficiently elegant and explanatory, it need not be tested experimentally, breaking with centuries of philosophical tradition of defining scientific knowledge as empirical. We disagree. As the philosopher of science Karl Popper argued: a theory must be falsifiable to be scientific.,,,
Pass the test
We agree with theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: post-empirical science is an oxymoron (see go.nature.com/p3upwp and go.nature.com/68rijj). Theories such as quantum mechanics and relativity turned out well because they made predictions that survived testing. Yet numerous historical examples point to how, in the absence of adequate data, elegant and compelling ideas led researchers in the wrong direction, from Ptolemy's geocentric theories of the cosmos to Lord Kelvin's 'vortex theory' of the atom and Fred Hoyle's perpetual steady-state Universe.
The consequences of overclaiming the significance of certain theories are profound — the scientific method is at stake (see go.nature.com/hh7mm6). To state that a theory is so good that its existence supplants the need for data and testing in our opinion risks misleading students and the public as to how science should be done and could open the door for pseudoscientists to claim that their ideas meet similar requirements.
What to do about it? Physicists, philosophers and other scientists should hammer out a new narrative for the scientific method that can deal with the scope of modern physics. In our view, the issue boils down to clarifying one question: what potential observational or experimental evidence is there that would persuade you that the theory is wrong and lead you to abandoning it? If there is none, it is not a scientific theory.
A few relevant quotes:
Faith, Fact, and False Dichotomies – Austin L. Hughes – 2015
Excerpt: Coyne issues the following challenge to his readers: "Over the years, I've repeatedly challenged people to give me a single verified fact about reality that came from scripture or revelation alone and then was confirmed only later by science or empirical observation." I can think of one example, which comes from the work of St. Thomas Aquinas (whose writings Coyne badly misrepresents elsewhere in his book). Based on his exposure to Aristotle and Aristotle's Arab commentators, Aquinas argued that it is impossible to know by reason whether or not the universe had a beginning. But he argued that Christians can conclude that the universe did have a beginning on the basis of revelation (in Genesis). In most of the period of modern science, the assumption that the universe is eternal was quietly accepted by virtually all physicists and astronomers, until the Belgian Catholic priest and physicist Georges Lemaître proposed the Big Bang theory in the 1920s. Coyne does not mention Lemaître, though he does mention the data that finally confirmed the Big Bang in the 1960s. But, if the Big Bang theory is correct, our universe did indeed have a beginning, as Aquinas argued on the basis of revelation.,,,
"The Bible is frequently dismissed as being anti-scientific because it makes no predictions. Oh no, that is incorrect. It makes a brilliant prediction. For centuries it has been saying there was a beginning. And if scientists had taken that a bit more seriously they might have discovered evidence for a beginning a lot earlier than they did."
John Lennox
,,, 'And if you're curious about how Genesis 1, in particular, fairs. Hey, we look at the Days in Genesis as being long time periods, which is what they must be if you read the Bible consistently, and the Bible scores 4 for 4 in Initial Conditions and 10 for 10 on the Creation Events'
Hugh Ross – Latest Scientific Evidence for God's Existence – video 56:14 minute mark
"My argument,"/Dr. Penzias concluded, "is that the best data we have are exactly what I would have predicted, had I had nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, the Bible as a whole."
Dr. Arno Penzias, Nobel Laureate in Physics – co-discoverer Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation – as stated to the New York Times on March 12, 1978
"Certainly there was something that set it all off,,, I can't think of a better theory of the origin of the universe to match Genesis"
Robert Wilson – Nobel laureate – co-discoverer Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
– Fred Heeren, Show Me God (Wheeling, Ill.: Daystar, 2000),
"The question of 'the beginning' is as inescapable for cosmologists as it is for theologians…there is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing"
George Smoot and Keay Davidson, Wrinkles in Time, 1993, p.189. – George Smoot is a Nobel laureate in 2006 for his work on COBE
"Now we see how the astronomical evidence supports the biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same: the chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy."
Robert Jastrow – Founder of NASA's Goddard Institute – 'God and the Astronomers' – Pg.15 – 2000
Might I also suggest to Dr. Collins that his 'internal workings' complaint against a 'generic' transcendent Designer is not quite as scientifically inexplicable as he presupposes?
Double Slit, Quantum-Electrodynamics, and Christian Theism
…the major problem I see with ID's claim that we should include the hypothesis of a transcendent or generic designer as part of science is that it is not what I have called scientifically tractable.
Evolutionism posits a transcendent, generic designer; just a mindless one.
What technical specifics do we have on the process of evolution? What set of X in RM + NS + X is official? What specifics and predictions do we derive from such? Historically, when X is proven insufficient, don't we always invent an additional term Y?
Evolution happened because reasons that it can somehow interpret and respond to without ever separately, explicitly structuring; that is the sum of the theory.
It's the demand that the working design processes of a designer will necessarily be structured implicitly in the operation of the systems it's building and their interaction with the environment; with results we intelligent designers still dream of mimicking.
Part of what ID sets out to show is that this is practically impossible. You need context structuring and recursive heuristic navigation processes as well as trial and result memory independent from the operations and data of the result space; that can pick and reduce general N-dimensional problems to singular contexts and yield one-dimensional evaluations with trial space elimination a la Dawkins' Weasel; and do so in an order that moves towards a remote, Nth order goal.
Such a process does not naturally arise by the operations and data of a result space lacking at least an equally sophisticated and so capable precursor configuration that can modulate such a descendant/product structure. Thermodynamically unnecessary configurations consistently reduce to the thermodynamically necessary in this little universe of ours. Just as in Conway's Game of Life.
Joshua G: Collins recognises that ID doesn't necessitate supernatural design and can just appeal to generic intelligence, and also admits that non-transcendent, extra-terrestrial design hypotheses don't face this problem. But ID does in fact allow such hypotheses and so to my mind Collins objection falls.
I agree and would like to add that ID, contrary to what Collins believes, does not postulate a "transcendent designer."
Now a short comment on naturalistic science which Collins aims to protect from ID.
Even science which attempts to abide by the rules of methodological naturalism cannot exist without intelligent design. Absent intelligence — in case science is exclusively produced by blind physical processes — we would never be able to tell if a scientific statement is true or not. If all our scientific beliefs are suspect — because blind physical processes produced them — we cannot judge between truth and falsity, since any such judgment would be just as suspect as what it seeks to adjudicate.
Put another way, if all our beliefs inside the circle are suspect, we cannot judge between truth and falsity, since any such judgment would be just as suspect as what it seeks to adjudicate. We would have to seek another argument, another chain of reasoning, another set of beliefs, by which we can judge the judgment—and a third set to judge the judgment of the judgment, ad infinitum. But if blind physical processes exhausts reality, then at no point can we step out of the circle to a transcendent standpoint that would allow us to reject some beliefs as tainted while remaining untainted ourselves.
Bottom line, the whole attempt of science by methodological naturalism is a non-starter.
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There's some great new stuff in the new releases of fmWorkMate, fmCheckMate and fmSyntaxColorizer!
now ships with a CampSoftware color palette (see last blog entry), and has greatly improved palette-import & export functionality to support easier community palette-swapping.
has been honed again to provide a much smoother interface experience, with more intuitive menus and shortcut keys. A vastly improved text result editor now supports search & replace, and provides the ability to save the text to an external file in the much more useful UTF-8 encoding, as does the XML editor.
has seen some subtle development in the simple calculator, making it possible to do away with the mouse and operate it entirely via the keyboard.
Good to know:
BETA 'n' BETA
Actually, it's the other way round: fmWorkMate is getting better and better, and thus, as more and more functions are 'rounded off', it's getting less and less BETA.
Releases, as ever, are to be found on the Downloads page.
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I had Verizon on my Blackberry, but recently canceled service. I was "playing" with the phone and dialed a number from the call log from about two years ago when I was on Sprint. I got a message from Verizon about a problem.
How am I able to access the Verizon network since I no longer have Verizon service on the Blackberry? I transferred my Blackberry data to a new phone.


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Check out this post – This is what Diane got in the mail from me to celebrate my 100 followers. The scarf is two strands – one silk, one silk mohair – got it from Halcyon Yarn on Bath (Maine) and LOVED working with it. I'll get more. I also sent her some handmade cards, unsure if they would be something she would like – turns out, she does, so I am feeling good about the things I chose to make for her.
Diane's lace, knitting and other crafts
Today I got some presents in the mail. I started following the blog whatimuptotoday and she held a drawing for a giveaway amongst the followers of her blog. Sarah contacted me and asked me a few questions and today I got a sweet little package in the mail. I got a red knitted scarf! Red is my favorite color 🙂
It's silk and mohair and lightweight and warm and luscious!
I also got some handmade cards. The funny thing is, Ted and I have been talking about the horrible selection of greeting cards we find in the stores and have made a pact to try and use or find handmade cards whenever we can. These will be put to very good use.
So, Sarah, thank you for your lovely and generous gift. It makes me smile every time I see it. You made my day. Everyone, please check out Sarah's…
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Determining the Optimal Selling Time of Cattle: A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Approach
Ramírez Hassan, Andrés
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The world meat market demands competitiveness and optimal livestock replacement decisions can help to achieve this goal. We introduce a novel discrete stochastic dynamic programming framework to support a manager's decision-making process of whether to sell or keep fattening animals in the beef sector. In particular, our proposal uses a non-convex value function, combining both economic and biological variables, and involving uncertainty with regard to price fluctuations. Our methodology is very general, so practitioners can apply it in different regions around the world. We illustrate the model's convenience with an empirical application, finding that our methodology generates better results than actions based on empirical experience.


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Mo Bobat, the man whose analytical approach helped to change the way that England's squads are selected, has been named as the ECB's new Performance Director for men's cricket.
Bobat, who is currently the board's Player Identification Lead, will take charge from David Parsons, who left the post in July. He will work closely alongside Chris Silverwood, the newly appointed head coach, and Ed Smith, the national selector, to support the delivery of performance plans and selection strategy.
A 36-year-old former PE teacher from Leicester, Bobat studied sports science and management and is also in the process of completing a Masters in sporting directorship. Prior to joining the ECB in 2011, he worked as a lecturer and teacher in Leicester, augmenting his experience as a Level 4 certified cricket coach.
"I am delighted and honoured to be appointed Performance Director, at what is an exciting time for English cricket," said Bobat.
"I am looking forward to working closely with both Chris Silverwood and Ed Smith, and in doing so, supporting the performance needs of our England teams and moving us closer to achieving our aim of being the most respected team in the world.
"Developing strong relationships with our counties to enhance the size and quality of our talent pool will be paramount. I aim to ensure that our highest potential players receive individualised support and international-specific experiences.
"It is a hugely exciting role and the vision is that the strength of our counties and our high-performance system delivers deliberate and sustained success across all formats."
Commenting on the appointment, Ashley Giles, the managing director of England's Men's Cricket, added: "The position of Performance Director is a critical post in the development of our long-term strategy for elite performance. Mo demonstrated through his knowledge and experience that he has the attributes to take us forward in this area.
"He will be responsible for identifying our highest potential players and leading programmes that will bridge the gap between county and international cricket helping us to deliver successful, respected and inspiring England players and teams.
"The Performance Director will work closely with our network of counties to enhance the size and quality of our talent pool and ensuring that we're jointly making decisions in each player's best long-term interests.
"We have to develop a long-term strategy that identifies the best players in the country that can step up and excel in the international cricket arena. We will expose them to learn and perform in all conditions around the world."


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Grassroots Muslim group at forefront of fighting COVID-19 hunger in Waterloo Region
Grassroots Muslim group at forefront of fighting COVID-19 hunger in Waterloo Region
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by surprise and there is no group this is truer for than Canadian Muslims as we have watched our holiest sites in Mecca be vacated for the first time in contemporary history and learned that, as the month of fasting in Ramadan approached, we would be unable to attend special congregational prayers and community meals after sunset at this special time of year.
However, for many Canadian Muslim groups, especially the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), witnessing the subsequent economic catastrophe kicked organizers into high gear when it became apparent that Canadians would soon be facing additional hardship and hunger.
The existing grassroots structures of MAC alliances allowed local chapters to respond immediately to the crisis. In a matter of weeks, the national volunteer network of MAC, all the way from Vancouver to Montreal, worked quickly to fundraise for the existing MAC Food Share program at an unprecedented level.
Despite the economic turmoil across the country, the generosity of our existing donor base only increased. With nine major cities participating, Muslim youth volunteers have taken responsibility for the most vulnerable members of our shared communities by raising more than $125,000 and feeding more than 5,000 families.
With more than 18 participating community organizational partners, both the reach of the program and the sheer scope of community care undertaken have been heartening in this challenging time. It is a true testament to the expansive power of charitable organizations when the need is exponentially greater than normal.
In Waterloo Region, in particular, the program continues to help families put food on the table during the current financial insecurity. Our chapter has repurposed our now-empty Kitchener mosque as the packaging and distribution centre for our food hampers and hot-meal program. Of course, we have done this while strictly adhering to all health, safety and social distancing guidelines.
In alignment with the provincial government's policies, our no-questions-asked approach has put us at the forefront of providing care and hunger relief in Waterloo Region during the pandemic. Our youth have delivered more than 500 hot meals and hundreds of bags of groceries containing essential staples to local residents.
Finally, by partnering with Menno seniors' home, the Reception House, and agency-affiliated social workers doing much-needed work handling the COVID-19 impacts at the grassroots level, we've ensured that our program addresses the most urgent needs. None of this would have been possible without the existing infrastructure of our chapter and the national MAC organization's support, demonstrating once again our adaptive capacity to respond to what our community needs.
Beyond filling stomachs, the MAC Food Share program also serves another purpose: filling hearts. One particularly touching development from the Waterloo Region program has been having a hot-meal recipient — a student at Conestoga College — turn around to become a volunteer, paying the kindness forward by distributing 10 packages weekly themselves. This also led to a partnership with Conestoga Muslim Students' Association for more volunteers to increase our distribution capacity into Cambridge and Guelph.
People who receive the much-needed food and grocery staples have overwhelmed us with how much these kindnesses mean to them. One recipient offered thanks to the wonderful man with the kind eyes and warm smile that dropped food off at 7 p.m. when he should have been home with his family.
No one can say that the constantly shifting, dire reality of the pandemic has not had lasting consequences on our ability to hope for a better future. By being the helpers, quick to jump at the chance to spread kindness, our MAC youth volunteers remind others that difficult times bring their own unique opportunities for love and generosity to prevail.


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7 Oz MK Barz "Alien Skull" LTD to 500 Hand Poured .999 Fine Silver
These silver are hand poured, stamped, & handcrafted. As such, product will vary between each item as they are all custom and each slightly different, no 2 are exactly alike. This is not a flaw, but adds character and uniqueness to each piece. They make great gifts, conversation piece &/or investment.


text: "They seek him here,/ They seek him there,/Those Frenchies seek him everywhere./ Is he in heaven,/ Or is he in hell?/ My own elusive Pimpernel." Baroness Emma Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel. They only needed to look in their lawns. This little plant that once lurked around Europe, west Asia and north Africa now grows everywhere. I seek it here, I seek it there, but I have yet to see one of the blue ones. Scarlet pimpernel grows in every state except AK, ND, and WY, in all provinces except LB, MB, NT, NU, and YT, and in GL. Wayne Co MI, 8/1/14.


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do I need an SSD for gaming?
do I need an SSD for gaming well the fact is that SSDs have taken the whole world by storm. And they show no signs of slowing down either in fact, they've all but evicted HDDs from most gaming PC's that aren't budget-oriented and this is not without good reason the kind of performance that SSDs offer simply cannot be matched by HD DS but we aren't here to discuss just how did you stack up against each other as we usually would.
If you want to read more about that instead today we'll be focusing on one specific question our SSDs worth it for gaming.
The criteria
In particular To answer this question. We have to consider two key factors performance and the price to storage ratio. Now there's absolutely no doubt that SSDs are unmatched performance-wise. Even the cheapest SATA SSDs will easily leave performance-oriented HDDs in the dust. Nobody questions this anymore and that's perfectly fine. But the question that you maybe want to ask is what exactly does this extra performance do for gaming. In all honesty, it just means that you will spend less time looking at loading screens far less time. If we're being honest but that's about it. And that's not a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination.
But it is something that we found not everyone may be aware of. Obviously, your game won't look any nicer with an SSD nor will you see any significant framerate increase, of course. There's the added benefit of having faster Windows boot times and faster file transfer speeds. But gaming-wise pretty much boils down to quicker load times.
The second thing to consider as we've said is the price to storage ratio. This is a big reason why HDD still survived to this day. They offer much more storage for far less money you can get. One terabyte hard drive for just over $40.00.While a one terabyte SSD will usually come at more than three times, That price truth be told SSDs are cheaper now than ever. But HDD still presents a far better value when it comes to storage.
conclusion (do I need an SSD for gaming)
so when we add everything up what does the math tell us. Our SSDs worth it for gaming it all comes down to. Whether you want to reduce flow times and whether you're willing to pay more for less storage space. Ultimately the price will be the biggest issue. usually, people get the perfect of both worlds by utilizing a smaller SSD.
As a system drive and a larger HDD for storage this way, you can have your cake and eat it too. And all for under $100. But considering that SSDs are cheaper than they have ever been. It's not impossible to use an SSD as your main and only drive as for laptops. Which are more limited in terms of space you can always combine an SSD with an external HDD. Or alternatively, you can get an SSD hyperdrive.
That combines the best of both worlds through their performance. It is still nowhere near that of an actual SSD. And there you have it the real value of SSDs for gaming. They are undeniably a good investment. So it would be best to hold off getting an SSD larger than 500 gigabytes. Since HDDsoffers far more storage space at a significantly lower price tag.
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Lowry has every reason to believe
The Lowry girls basketball team started the season with a motto.
Believe in us. Believe in our program. Believe in one another.
Now, the team can believe one more thing: It's one win away from the Division I-A state championship.
The Buckaroos, who won the North Region title last week, knocked off Desert Pines, 50-20, in a state semifinal game Friday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center. Lowry will play the South's top seed, Boulder City, at 11 a.m. at Lawlor for the state crown.
"It's just amazing the roller-coaster ride we've been on the last few months," said Lowry coach Chelsea Cabatbat, who is in her first year as the team's head coach after Lowry went 8-17 last year. "Nobody believed in us, nobody thought we'd be here and we're just showing people we deserve to be here."
In the win over Desert Pines, Lowry rode balanced scoring to its 12th straight victory. Payton Naveran, Kylee McClellan and Taylor Schwartz each scored eight points and Jillian Albright added seven.
Desert Pines was the tournament's Cinderella and entered the game with an 8-21 record. The Jaguars stayed even with Lowry through the first quarter before the Buckaroos outscored Desert Pines, 15-1, in the second quarter. Lowry is looking for its sixth state title and first since 2010.
"We started out a little bit slow today," said Cabatbat, who played for Lowry's 2002 state-title-winning team. "We were a little too excited at first. The girls hadn't been here before. But once we started playing well defensively, that was the turning point for us."
Division I-A girls
BOULDER CITY 48, SPRING CREEK 40: It was a four-player show for Boulder City, which got points from just four players en route to the win.
Katlyn Daly (13), Whitney Barlow (13), Alyssa Ybarra (11) and Megan Morton (11) all hit double figures to lead the South's top seed into the Div. I-A state tournament final, where it will face Lowry.
The Eagles grabbed an early advantage and led comfortably for most of the game. Spring Creek cut a 13-point deficit to 43-38 with 40 seconds left before a Ybarra layup and free throw sealed the win.
For Spring Creek, Shawntel Anderson scored a game-high 16 points and Maddy Merschel added 14.
Division I-A boys
ELKO 63, DESERT PINES 47: Is the third state tournament a charm for Elko?
After falling short in the past two state tournaments, Elko is headed back to the state title game.
Elko went on a 19-0 run in the first half and never relented to down the Jaguars. Nathan Klekas scored 21 points and Brandon Jenkins added 18. Brian Pearson had five points and nine blocks.
"Defensively, we did a lot of good things," coach Chris Klekas said.
Elko, which lost in the state semifinal last year and the state title game two years ago, plays Clark in the state championship game at 12:45 p.m. today at Lawlor.
"It'd mean a lot," Chris Klekas said of winning the title. "It's every kids dream and every coach's dream to win a state championship, I don't care what sport you're in. You always tell the kids, 'Winning is a lot hard than losing,' and tomorrow night's going to be one heck of a fight."
CLARK 55, LOWRY 42: One of the best seasons in Lowry history came to a close thanks to Clark.
The Chargers used their athleticism and a zone defense to slow down Lowry, which struggled to find consistent offense when its outside shots failed to fall.
"We played hard," Lowry coach Chad Peters said. "We just couldn't knock down shots."
Josh Watterson finished with a game-high 15, but no other Lowry player scored more than six. The Buckaroos cut Clark's lead to 44-36 with 3:50 remaining before the Chargers went on an 8-0 run.
Colby Jackson (14) and Carter Olsen (13) led Clark, which is looking for its first state title since 1993.
"Clark is a great basketball team," Peters said. "We knew we had to come in here and play well, nearly perfectly, to give them a run. We're a good team and we'll finish the year 25-4 at the end of the day. This was a very successful season, one of the most successful ones we've had at Lowry for some time."
GIRLS: Lowry vs. Boulder City, 11 a.m.
BOYS: Elko vs. Clark, 12:45 p.m.
Both games at
Lawlor Events Center.