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Talcum Powder Linked to Ovarian Cancer
Multiple studies have linked talcum powder to ovarian cancer among women who apply it to their genital area. The risk may be more considerable for epithelial ovarian cancer and ovarian cancers among African American women.
Talc becomes controversial
Johnson & Johnson has been a staple family brand in homes throughout the U.S. for decades. It has also dominated the talcum powder category.
The multinational manufacturing company founded in 1886 is well-known for its medical device and pharmaceutical endeavors, but the name most likely conjures up mental images of its popular consumer goods. It revolutionized infant product offerings with its baby powder, shower gels, and lotions, a market it has been involved in for the past 125 years.
But, the past few years have brought a dark cloud over the company’s reputation. Since 2013, nine court cases have taken place to decide if talcum powder causes ovarian cancer. This ingredient that’s derived from the talc mineral is found in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower-to-Shower products, two staple goods from the company that women have been using for a long time. Now in 2018, over 5,000 women have filed claims that place the blame of their ovarian cancer diagnosis on Johnson & Johnson.
We should note that there are other talcum powders on the market not produced by Johnson & Johnson.
This isn’t the first instance of possibly toxic ingredients being found in consumer products. Talcum powder is just one example that is still allowed on U.S. store shelves despite regulatory agencies in other parts of the world completely banning it as an ingredient.
Before you stock up on your hygiene products, here’s what you need to know about the ingredient and the products it can be found in.
What is talcum powder?
Talcum powder is made from crushed talc, a clay mineral found in large quantities around the world. In powder form, the mineral is used in a multitude of hygiene products due to its ability to effectively whisk away bodily moisture. It is both odorless and absorbent, and it can also be used as an anti-caking agent in food products such as rice and gum.
Ovarian cancer and talc
Talcum powder was first seen as a health concern back in 1971 when researchers studied ovarian cancer tumors and found that 75% contained talc particles. Since then, a number of studies have shown a link between ovarian cancer and talc use in the genital region.
Harvard University researchers conducted an analysis of over 8,500 ovarian cancer cases compared to nearly 10,000 control subjects in 2013. The study showed that talc applied to the genital region increased the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer by 24 percent. Serous ovarian cancer risk increased by 20 percent. Endometriod ovarian cancer risk increased by 22 percent. And clear cell tumor risk increased by 24 percent. Furthermore, borderline serous tumor risk increased by 46 percent according to the research.
Another pooled analysis of cases concluded little risk, but this included finding a 12 percent increased risk of ovarian cancer when talc was applied to the genital region.
A 2016 study from the University of Virginia and Duke University studied talc powder use among African American women. This study examined 584 cases of ovarian cancer and 745 control subjects. The researchers found that talc powder use was common in over 62 percent of the women with ovarian cancer.
The research also found that talc powder use in the genital region resulted in a 44 percent increase in ovarian cancer incidence. The study also found a dose-response relationship. This means the more they used the talc, the higher their risk of ovarian cancer.
Fermented wheat germ inhibits cancer growth according to other research.
Asbestos and talcum powder
In addition to ovarian cancer, talcum powder has also sparked concern due to its association with asbestos. Although cosmetic companies are often required to purify talcum powder before they include it in their products, there have been instances where testing has revealed a presence of asbestos.
Because of this contamination, Johnson & Johnson has also been involved in recent litigation for asbestos in its talc-based products. The lawsuit alleges that this asbestos exposure caused one man to be diagnosed with the rare cancer mesothelioma.
As 2018 progresses, we will likely see further developments of the talcum powder and cancer debate as well as additional litigation pending for the family brand.
What products contain talcum powder?
Despite inconclusive studies, it may be beneficial to avoid the potential cancer risks associated with talcum powder exposure. Take the time to read all product labels to look for the inclusion of talcum powder. Many brands have introduced talc-free products that will clearly say so on the label if you decide to make the switch.
Below is a list of common goods to double-check:
- Baby powder
- Cosmetic foundation
- Shampoo & conditioner
Educate yourself on the products you buy
Talcum powder is one of many potential toxins that continues to have a presence on our grocery shelves today. Although both the scientific and legal communities are still debating the legitimacy of talc’s connection to cancer, the issue has spurred on a greater conversation surrounding the safety and regulation of consumer goods. Before you purchase any product, make it a priority to educate yourself on what ingredients may be posing a health risk to you and your family.


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Listen To Harmonium For A Harmonious Canada Vacation
More than 100 artists will gather May 24 in an amphitheater in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, to perform orchestral reinterpretations of the groundbreaking 1970s songs of Serge Fiori and his former Canadian progressive-rock group Harmonium. It’s quite a tribute to Fiori who resides about 240 miles north of the concert venue, has an endearing love for his home province and shares tips for visitors.
Fiori lives in Saint-Henri-De-Taillon, adjacent to Lac Saint-Jean, a large lake about a 5 1/2-hour drive north of Montreal. He wrote or co-wrote nearly all Harmonium’s songs, including all five on the 1975 album Si On Avait Besoin D’Une Cinquieme, which Rolling Stone put on its list of the 50 Greatest Prog-Rock Albums of All Time.
“I’m right on the beach of the lake,” says Fiori, who celebrated his 80th birthday last month. “Imagine a magnificent, beautiful beach — it looks a lot like Maine. The first time I came here I said, ‘Okay, if I have to leave Montreal, I have to be in a space where it is absolutely beautiful. Looking out the window now, I don’t believe how beautiful this is. It’s just paradise.”
Montreal, where Fiori grew up, remains close to his heart.
“There’s something about it,” he says. “Everybody says it’s a mixture of Paris and New York, and it is. And then there are the people. They are so receptive to music — it’s insane.”
During the pandemic in summer 2020, 68 musicians in Montreal’s symphony orchestra recorded Histoires sans paroles – Harmonium symphonique, a symphonic reinterpretation of Harmonium’s music for a two-CD set that was released in 2020 and a four-vinyl, two-CD box set that was released last year.
“We had to respect the distance between the musicians because of COVID,” Fiori recalls about the recording sessions that were held at Montreal’s 1,900-seat Maison Symphonique. “To maintain social distancing between all the players, we had to build and add an additional 20 feet in front of the original stage. It was an amazing effort.”
Fiori says he’s in love with Old Montreal, an area not to be missed by American travelers. Old Montreal, located between the St. Lawrence River and downtown Montreal, looks European with cobblestone streets and 17th- and 18th- Century architecture.
“Saint-Laurent and Saint-Denis are streets that are so diverse and so intriguing, and Sainte-Catherine’s jazz festival is the best in the world,” Fiori says.
It’s difficult to identify outstanding restaurants in Montreal, he says, because there are so many good ones. One favorite, though, is Le Café du Nouveau Monde, a French bistro at the Theatre du Nouveau Monde.
“It’s located in the middle of the jazz festival,” Fiori says. “You eat food, you have the greatest wines in the world and you have a crowd that’s so happy to hear music and be in that environment. You have live bands outside. A meal, some wine and some great music — that’s very Montreal.”
Quebec City is also a special place for Fiori.
“Quebec City is Old Montreal everywhere,” he says. “It’s Quebec, it’s Paris, it’s little Paris. It’s just so beautiful, warm and rich, with little boutiques and little bistros. It’s so French, so Latin. Americans and other people I know who go to Quebec City book it for three days, and after being there, don’t want to go home. Every corner in that city is completely beautiful.”
Fiori has seen many special places during his lifetime, and he offers a special message to the world.
“Everybody needs to believe in themselves, because you never know what can possibly happen,” he says. “Look at what happened to me. I wrote Harmonium’s music when I was 21 to 25 years old, and, now, years later, it’s hard to believe that my music would become symphonic. It’s a dream come true. So, believe in yourself and be grateful.”

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So I’ve reviewed the comics and the Telltale game. Might as well review the television series. The basic set-up for The Walking Dead in all its incarnations is the same. Interesting characters are forced to make morally complex life-or-death decisions in a post-apocalyptic world. The fact that there are zombies walking around, serves to up the tension and gore, but generally the biggest threat to the survivors are other survivors. The zombies are the slow and ambling kind after all, not especially bright and mostly a threat because they can form an overwhelming herd and will keep going until they get to you. One bite and you’re done. Occasionally, for reasons of plot-convenience, there may be a stealth-zombie which pops out from the corner of the screen without signalling its approach, but most of them grunt and moan loud enough to be easy to spot and avoid.
The tv-series and the comics serve as interesting alternate universes to each other. (The game is pretty much a separate deal.) Characters and situations from the comic may pop up in the tv-series but follow different paths. Some people who are still alive in the comics after 120+ issues are long gone by the fourth season of the tv-series, and vice versa. This is a smart move, allowing fans to play spot-the-similarity while never being sure what will happen next.
A big selling point of the The Walking Dead franchise (like with Game of Thrones) is unpredictability. Major characters may be taken out in an offhand manner when you least suspect it. No fun for the actors, but far more interesting for the viewers, who can never assume someone is safe just because he or she is likeable or seems important to the plot. Creator Robert Kirkman has been threatening for years to kill off the main man (ex-cop Rick Grimes, played in the series by Andrew Lincoln) and just because he hasn’t done it yet, doesn’t mean he never will, on-screen and/or in print. The trigger was already pulled on plenty of surprising deaths.
A quick run-through of the first four seasons, kept vague to avoid spoilers. A strong and very well produced first season put the series firmly on the map. The characters were mostly imported from the beginning of the comic and handed to a capable cast. The most notable ‘original’ addition was bow-and-arrow whiz Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), who quickly turned into a fan favorite. Not all of the new characters were keepers though. There was one who hung around for the next two seasons, but was never actually given a personality by the writers. He was the equivalent of a redshirt from the Star Trek series who kept surviving beyond all expectation, and it turned into a bit of a running joke. It made me feel bad for the actor, although – hey – a role on a hit show is good even if you’re just window dressing.
Between seasons one and two Frank Darabont left as showrunner, after a major spat with the studio making the series (AMC). An agonizingly slow first half of the second season, which saw the cast hang around a farm while searching for a lost member of the tribe, made a lot of viewers also consider an early exit. Thankfully, the new showrunner (Glen Mazzara) picked up on the criticisms, put his foot on the pedal and euthanized long-running story strands that had outstayed their welcome. The third season introduced a major villain from the comics to great effect, although the writers mishandled one of the mainstays from the comic – and one of my favorites – to such a degree that the character was unsalvageable.
Season four’s first half was possibly a touch slow again, leading up to a spectacular alternate version of a major event from the comics. The second half of the season found the surviving members of the cast scattered, trying to regroup. Seeing some of them paired with others that they had barely interacted with so far, was refreshing and new blood was introduced to replace the spilt blood. The lucky reunions occasionally defied belief, but at least the worst case of such a reunion led to episode ‘The Grove’ (no. 14). This is a particular highlight as a character-piece, almost being a stand-alone. You can imagine it as a Twilight Zone episode. The finale of season 4 saw most of the cast reunited, but in an unfortunate way. And, of course, things ended on a cliffhanger.
Kirkman has stated that the comics and the series are all set – storywise – for a long time to come. Nevertheless, there is a danger that situations may end up feeling samey. The franchise is about surviving and trying to get to a point where life is about more than just surviving. But once there is any headway with the latter, something bad must happen to keep things interesting, knocking people back down. And the bad stuff seems to mostly take the form of psychos who have taken charge now that society has crumbled. The comic book is on its second psychopathic leader by now.
The series can feel a bit aimless. No one has delved into the mystery of why zombies started to exist. This is only addressed a little in the first season, presumably so it could be moved aside and never mentioned again. And it seems unlikely that no large-scale organisation would show up to try to re-establish some sort of order. They can’t all have been wiped out on a global scale. As the franchise has always been averse to seeking a solution to the zombie problem, a fundamental change to the world seems unlikely.
So the big question remains how this series will ever be wrapped up. The basic idea has been ‘a zombie movie that never ends’. The comic book may be able to keep running semi-indefinitely, but the tv-series will likely be forced to wind down a lot sooner. It doesn’t seem likely that the status quo will ever change much. Some people will survive, some will fall by the wayside. As one problem is overcome, a new one will arise. The best bet would be a relatively open ending; bleak, but with a bit of hope. Because that is the tone The Walking Dead, in all its forms, is very good at setting.

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In an attempt to find Roswell's legendary New Year's Rave, Max and Maria join forces. Meanwhile, Liz connects with her father. Michael gets drunk and has intensely heightened senses. Also, with Jesse stuck in an airport for New Year's, Isabel decides to help Kyle find the perfect date for New Year's.moreless
College man Eddie moves into an apartment with Waldo and promptly plans a hot night with two female guests which inflames Waldo's steady, Maxine.

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And don’t think the spotlight wattage isn’t going to be juuussstt a tad lower for Kelly and Michelle if this is the truth.
Page Six claims that Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and the other one (I kid, her name is Michelle Williams) might revive Destiny’s Child on Coachella’s main stage during Beyonce’s headline set tonight. They haven’t sung live together since they performed Michelle’s song “Say Yes” at the 2015 Stellar Awards. You know this is happening because celebrity historian Cardi B’s baby belly has been getting all the press lately…
Last Summer’s Conclave Of Insufferability (aka Coachella) was momentarily derailed when Beyoncé had to pull out because she was 900 months pregnant with twins. The Beyhive hipsters had to take Lady Gaga as a consolation prize with the promise that Yoncé would be back to perform at the 2018 festival. Well, it looks like she won’t be preggo this time around, so the show will go on! But don’t expect any Destiny’s Child reunion stunts to go down (that’s for Super Bowls only). Continue reading
In case your friends posting all over Instagram and Facebook this weekend about how Beyoncé changed their lives didn’t give you a hint, Queen B turned 36 yesterday. She managed to snatch the Labor Day focus off BBQ and summertime sadness, and onto herself for the highest holiday in the Beyhive’s calendar.
But Bey’s day wasn’t celebrated how us normal folks might do. We have happy hour margaritas and inevitable tears about accomplishing jack shit. Beyoncé has Michelle Obama dressing up in a Beyonce costume for an artistic photo shoot. Continue reading
Where were you when the most beautiful artistic and cultural moment since the Mona Lisa smirked happened this week?
Queen Beyonce revealed that she was pregnant with the future, TWICE, in a stunning photoshoot that was seemingly an homage to trailer park teen moms, the Sears Portrait Studio, the automotive industry and funeral flowers. Earth had so many questions after the pregnancy pictures that shattered the Internet, chief among them being, “Is she still going to headline Coachella?” (The other question being, “Is she for real?,” but we don’t voice that one because the Beyhive is a terrifying organization.)
My name is Ben and I am now your designated weekend tour guide through the fabulous world of celebrity fuckery, basic bitch battles and moments that will make your eyes roll into the back of your head so hard you’ll be able to see your own brain!
Pleasure to meet you. Now let’s get started.
In recent ‘Please Love Us Again!’ news the members of Destiny’s Child have launched their very first Instagram page! Even though these heifers haven’t produced a hit together in what seems like fifty years (the group disbanded back in the pre-iPhone Stone Age of 2005) the presence of their new Instagram account is causing fits of throwback nostalgia for everyone who remembers the time when Beyonce’ traveled exclusively with her two favorite backup singers and terrorized the charts with timeless wasted-at-karaoke-night anthems like ‘Bootylicious’, ‘Survivor’ and ‘Soldier’. Continue reading

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Red Bank – The Other Red Bank
Did you know that our beautiful, fun amazing Red Bank isn't the only Red Bank in the U.S.A.?
Let's take a minute to imagine we lived in or near the other Red Bank, the one in Tennessee. This is what this article might look like...
It's going to be a big spring in Red Bank this year, so come and visit often. Remember our slogan is 'Eat, Shop, Live", so get ready to take advantage of all we have to offer. Here are some highlights...
Rock City...it's a tourist attraction on Lookout Mountain in Georgia and you can see Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama from a particular spot called Lover's Leap.
Red Bank's 40th Jubilee and Moon Pie Festival, May 4th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Don't miss it!
So, that's what's going on in the upcoming weeks in the other Red Bank, but you can't get to those events by taking Exit 109.
If you want to know what's happening in our Red Bank, you can check out redbank.org for a schedule of events, including the upcoming International Beer Wine Food Fest, Sunday May 5th from 12:00 noon to 6:00pm.
And if you are curious about the other Red Bank, here's their website.
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One last post with pictures from Chicago. While I was there I went shopping with my future mother-in-law and future sister-in-law. One of the places we went was this amazing furniture store. Most of the furniture is pretty expensive, but then they have amazing clearance sales (and by amazing I mean $1 frames, $5 pillows, and buy $250 worth of items get $250 free!).
I obviously didn’t buy anything while there (planes, budgets, lack of room, etc.), but here are some of the pieces I was drooling over.
If only such a place existed in NJ…
I am home visiting my family through the weekend and I don’t have my trusty photographer with me so we will have to live with mirror photos and purple walls for a bit.
I don’t often wear shorts but my families new puppy thinks that skirts are the most fascinating thing in the world. All he wants to do is chew on them all the time. Therefore I had a little excuse to be a extra creative with my outfit today. I think it came out a little bit 70s does Nautical (which happens to be right on trend this summer).
Credit where Credit is Due: T-shirt – Gap; Shorts – Jcrew; Belt – Forever 21; Shoes – Keds
I haven’t made a blog post in nearly two days and it feels like forever. I must be getting addicted to it! Anyway I am home from college for the weekend. It is my Mom’s Birthday at the end of the month and I wanted to come home before school got too crazy.
I was planning on making an outfit post today because I was wearing an outfit I really like. However I somehow never got around to taking outfit photos and then it got late. So this post is going to be about music instead (a super fun topic in my humble opinion!
I live about an hour from school and I love making new playlists for the drive. Music and cars just go well together. Today’s playlist is entitled Electric Blue Feel:
- Damn These Vampires – The Mountain Goats
- One Way Love (Better Off Dead) – E.G. Daily
- Civilization – Justice
- All Of The Lights – Kanye West
- Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons
- Song of Our So-Called Friend – Okkervil River
- With Your Friends (Long Drive) – Skrillex
- Drops Of Jupiter – Train
- No Particular Place to Go – Charles Berry
- Romona Was A Waitress – Paul Dempsey
- Heartbeats – The Knife
- Loose Lips – Kimya Dawson
- 3rd Planet – Modest Mouse
- Vi Sitter I Ventrilo Och Spelar Dota – Basshunter
- Baby I’m Yours – Breakbot
As you can tell I have very eclectic music tastes! I just love music in all its forms. It makes everything better. Eventually I will get Mr. Jimby to help me out with the techie stuff so I can actually include the songs in the blog post, but this is all I have for now. If you want to find out more about what music I listen too you can find me on last.fm (check it out if you haven’t heard of it – really awesome site).
Off to do more laundry!

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Among the 5 SSG players, CoreJJ had the smallest presence. This is because you don’t see the aggressive plays seen from CuVee or the carrier potential from Ambition from CoreJJ. In other words, CoreJJ is more of a consistent passive player. As a support, CoreJJ keeps his position away from the fight and focuses on keeping Ruler alive. CoreJJ can be seen as the main gear to keep SSG operating.
In today’s semi final games against WE, CoreJJ received the MVP title and showed the world why. CoreJJ has a tendency to gain small advantages over and over. Whilst playing Janna, he made sure to keep everyone alive while keeping the danger away from SSG.
After the game, CoreJJ was interviewed. Let’s see what he has to say!
¤ Firstly, how do you feel right now?
Before coming onto the stage, I wasn’t sure if I should book the Beijing or the Seoul plane ticket. I’m happy that the games went fairly smooth for us.
¤ Why did you draft that way in the 1st game? Thing such as giving Xayah Rakan.
We gave them Xayah Rakan because Ruler had a lot of confidence in beating them with Tristana. However, the game didn’t go as planned and we lost. We just forgot about the game and went on to the next one.
¤ Your record recently is outstanding. You gained the overall MVP title. How do you feel about your own performance?
I never had a loss of confidence in my support performance. I’m the type of person who always has confidence when playing.
¤ You get to meet SKT again in the finals. How do you feel?
Meeting SKT again brings a lot of meaning to the stage. Watching SKT bringing back every game I thought they were going to lose, I truly believe SKT is a extremely strong team.
¤ Can you give one word of determination going into the finals?
Last year, we brought SKT to a game 5 and lost. If I think back to then, I think we would have won if we had more international experience. At that time, I felt I was getting smaller while playing with them. However, this year is different. This year, I can say for sure, we can give it our all.
¤ Can you say a few words to crew for supporting you all the way to China?
I want to thank everyone who came all the way here to support us. My teammates, coaches, and other staff. The fact that we made it to the finals was not because our team but because of everyone else’s contribution. I will try my best to fill everyone’s expectations for us.

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In the paper, a multi-sensors perceptual system is proposed for a wearable power assist leg(WPAL) which is designed for the elderly or disabled people to enhance strength and endurance during walking. WPAL estimates the wearer's intentions from the interactive movement information of human- WPAL system such as the leg reaction force (LRF), the ground reaction force(GRF) and the joint angle. So, the multi-sensors perceptual system is designed to include LRF sensors, GRF sensors and the joint angle sensors. The general characteristics of the sensors system are obtained through the demarcation experiments and the effectiveness of the multi-sensors perceptual system is confirmed through correlative experiments. The experiment results show that the perceptual system is stability and acute. The multi-sensors perceptual system builds good foundation for the control of the WPAL system.


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- Dec 11
- AddictionDrug Addiction TreatmentMental Health Treatment
Addiction is a highly personal experience that affects each individual differently. The factors and circumstances that lead to someone developing addiction are many, and you may be surprised to find out that one of the elements to consider is gender. For years, the only subjects in addiction research were men. This bias has hindered the field of addiction treatment in examining and accommodating the specific issues women face when it comes to treatment and recovery.
- How Gender Influences Substance Abuse Rates
- How Gender Influences the Abuse of Specific Substances
- Gender-Based Differences in Treatment Outcomes
- Social and Cultural Factors That Impact Addiction
- Gender Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment
- The Benefits of Single-Gender Addiction Treatment
- Gender-Based Addiction Treatment at Gateway
In recent decades, we have started to see more women included in studies. The results of this crucial inclusion have revealed significant differences in the way addiction impacts women compared to men. Understanding these differences is essential to finding the right treatment program.
How Gender Influences Substance Abuse Rates
The clearest effect of the relationship between gender and addiction is visible in the rates at which men and women abuse drugs and alcohol. Historically, men have always been more likely to struggle with substance abuse. However, there is some evidence that this has been changing over the decades. One study examined rates of substance abuse by gender over several decades, detecting a growing equalization between men and women.
In the 1980s, for example, the male/female ratio of alcohol abuse was estimated at 5:1. More recent survey showed that the gap narrowed to a male/female ratio of about 3:1.
Notably, age has a significant impact on drug use between the genders. Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that in youth ages 12 to 17, the use of illegal drugs is approximately equal.
Men still tend to struggle with substance abuse in greater numbers. The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) is the largest study of substance abuse in recent years. It shows that men are 2.2 times likelier than women to abuse drugs and 1.9 times more likely to develop a drug dependence.
While there is a higher incidence of addiction in men vs. women, it’s also important to understand the different ways in which women engage with various substances and how that can affect their experience with addiction and recovery.
While men continue to abuse alcohol at higher rates, women may experience more damage due to alcohol use. The phenomenon called “telescoping” describes the shorter time women experience between starting to use alcohol and having serious alcohol-related problems that lead to a need for treatment. The tendency for telescoping is likely the result of multiple biological, psychological, cultural and socioeconomic factors.
One principal reason for women becoming addicted to alcohol faster than men is the lower total percentage of water in the body, which means they need less alcohol to become intoxicated than men do. Additionally, women don’t metabolize alcohol as quickly due to lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase in the digestive system. Overall, these effects lead to women becoming drunk with less consumption.
The reasons men and women abuse alcohol are different, as well. Men tend to drink to reinforce social bonds or to enhance positive emotions, whereas women drink more to alleviate stress or other negative emotions. Women are also more likely than men to have other psychiatric disorders co-occurring with their alcohol use disorder, increasing the need for appropriate dual diagnosis treatment. Unfortunately, women are also significantly less likely to seek treatment than men.
Stimulants, sometimes referred to as “uppers” are drugs that amp up alertness and energy. Some common stimulants include methamphetamine, cocaine and prescription medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). SAMHSA data suggests that rates of stimulant abuse are similar for men and women, with about 1.9 million people reporting that they have used methamphetamine within the last year.
Disturbingly, more pregnant women have been increasing victims of methamphetamine dependence. In 1994, eight percent of the women admitted to federally funded treatment programs were in for meth, but by 2006, it was 24 percent.
Women may be more susceptible to stimulant addiction due to their different hormone makeup. Estrogen is shown to increase the effects of stimulants. In studies that discuss cocaine abuse, women report feeling more high and having a more increased heart rate than men do.
Opioid abuse and addiction have become an epidemic in the past couple of decades, but some studies show the growth of the problem has disproportionately affected women. Men are more likely to die from a prescription overdose, but women have experienced a more significant increase in overdoses related to opioids. Prenatal opioid use is also growing, and the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) increased more than five-fold from 2004 to 2014.
Part of this problem may be the overprescription of opioids to women. One study showed that women are more likely to be prescribed opioids and given higher doses for longer periods — all factors that strongly contribute to the likelihood of developing an addiction.
Women struggle with illicit opioid use when it comes to heroin, too. Women use smaller quantities of heroin for shorter periods and are less likely to inject it. One element unique to gender is the introduction to intravenous injection by a sexual partner. About 51 percent of women are first injected by a male sexual partner, while 90 percent of men get their first injections from a friend. This supports the idea that women who inject heroin and other intravenous drugs are more heavily influenced by social pressure from a partner.
Marijuana, or cannabis, is the most common illicit drug used in the United States. Around 43.5 million people report having used marijuana in the last month. Men are more than twice as likely to be daily marijuana users. They have been shown to have more opportunities to initiate marijuana use,and they start using it about a year earlier than women on average.
Women with a cannabis use disorder are more likely to have or develop mood and anxiety disorders associated with internalizing emotions. Men addicted to cannabis are more likely to have externalizing disorders, which direct emotions inappropriately outward toward the environment and others in it.
Due to its federal illegality, there is little research on how marijuana affects women on a biological basis. However, one study suggests that women are more likely to develop a dependence on cannabis as a result of female hormones worsening the effects of withdrawal symptoms.
Gender-Based Differences in Treatment Outcomes
It stands to reason that if there is a difference in drug addiction between genders, there is a difference in treatment outcomes, too. The overall ratio of men to women in federally funded treatment is about 2:1 and has remained steady for several decades. Women are simply less likely to enter substance abuse treatment.
One key difference is the path women take to treatment facilities. Men are more likely to be referred to treatment through the criminal justice system, while about twice as many women as men are referred to treatment through community agencies like welfare or healthcare providers.
Once women begin a treatment program, however, gender does not act as an indicator of treatment retention, completion of a program or the outcome of the treatment. The factors that most commonly interfere with favorable outcomes are financial resources, mental health issues and less severe addictions. Better treatment retention is associated with characteristics such as:
- Better psychological health
- Higher personal stability
- Adequate social support
- Lower anger levels
Social and Cultural Factors That Impact Addiction
Women face a variety of social and cultural hurdles that can worsen addiction and make them less likely to seek the treatment they need. The following five circumstances unique to women should inform a quality addiction treatment program specific to gender.
1. General Stigma
Stigma against those who struggle with addiction, and even those who actively pursue treatment, is a reality for both genders. Women, however, tend to experience greater guilt and shame around the topic of addiction. Women report experiencing greater stigma than men do when it comes to addiction and treatment.
Substance abuse in women has historically been considered an act of selfishness and moral failure. Given the role of women as a central moral figure in the family unit, they feel greater pressure to appear as though they have everything together. For many women who have their own families, admitting to addiction and needing help is a sign that they are harming their family and should feel shame for it. They may also be subjected to the idea that seeking treatment places a burden on their family as well as society.
Trauma, the psychological damage that occurs as the result of an overwhelmingly stressful event, is an immense factor in the development of addiction. About 80 percent of women receiving addiction treatment have had at least one traumatic experience.
Sexual assault is the primary source of trauma for women. While one in five women in the general population will experience this traumatizing event, the number is as high as 72.9 percent among women seeking substance abuse treatment.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is another issue to be aware of. Men are more likely to experience traumatic events at least once in their lifetime, but women are twice as likely to develop PTSD as a result of such an event. Acknowledging this difference and its effect on addiction is paramount to creating effective gender-based treatment programs.
3. Financial Inequalities
Unfortunately, finances are always a factor in the treatment of addiction, and they are one of the top reasons women in particular don’t seek treatment. Lower pay, less income and a higher likelihood of poverty often limit the resources women can use to seek treatment and support services.
Financial inequality affects women after treatment is over, as well. It’s well-documented that access to post-treatment care and basic necessities like transportation and housing help improve outcomes, but women struggle more often to pay for them.
4. Mental Health Disorders
The co-occurrence of addiction and other mental health disorders makes it much more complex to treat both conditions. Women are significantly more prone to common mental health problems like depression, anxiety and eating disorders. In fact, almost twice as many women experience depression as men. Mental health disorders greatly decrease the likelihood that someone will take steps to secure appropriate treatment.
Eating disorders are a condition that mostly affects women. About 75 percent of people with anorexia nervosa are women, and they are often hesitant to talk about it due to the stigma. However, the quarter of anorexia sufferers who are men are even more stigmatized because people assume that men don’t get eating disorders. Treatment programs that are separated by gender offer a more personalized approach to mental health disorders like these, by taking into account the different societal pressures that led to the disorder.
Addiction can arise as a result of any mental health disorders as individuals attempt to self-medicate. Substance abuse also worsens the symptoms of mental health disorders, leading to a cycle that is challenging to break. In combination with the increased stigma women face, a mental health disorder can easily stop a woman from seeking out treatment.
Research indicates that up to 70 percent of women who do enter addiction treatment have children. While the majority of fathers who enter treatment have the advantage of another person as the primary caregiver — usually the mother — women are less likely to have this benefit. This often results in difficulties with treatment attendance, as there is no one else to fill the care gap.
Pregnancy is also a concern for women struggling with addiction. Prenatal use of drugs or alcohol may cause birth defects or neonatal abstinence syndrome, yet expectant mothers may not seek treatment due to a fear that discovery of their drug use will lead to their baby being taken away.
Expectant mothers may also believe that medication-assisted treatment (MAT), the most effective form of addiction treatment to date, is not an option for pregnant women. However, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists actively recommends the use of MAT for pregnant women seeking treatment for opioid addiction. Lack of resources and misconceptions about treatment unfortunately stop many women from getting the help they need to ensure their babies are born as healthy and drug-free as possible. The risks of continuing to abuse drugs or alcohol far outweigh the minimal risks associated with treatment.
Gender Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment
Addiction treatment programs have always been standardized for the needs of men. While women can find great success in generalized programs, there are some specific needs that, if met, may increase their chances of success in recovery.
1. Sexual Healthcare
Women have concerns regarding sexual healthcare that men do not. Treatment for women should include services that monitor things like menstrual health and other aspects of sexual health.
Both men and women should have access to screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, as addiction often leads to risky behaviors that increase the risk of contracting one. Addictions to substances like heroin increase the need for this access due to the prevalence of disease contracted from shared needles.
2. Supportive Therapies
Women generally have lower self-esteem than men do. “Tough love” approaches that seek to dismantle a person’s denial about drug use can work well for men but may only serve to traumatize women further. Of course, every woman is different, but a more effective approach for many women is based on trust, understanding and awareness, rather than an aggressive push to change behavior.
3. Childcare and Family Support
Treatment programs that offer childcare or can provide resources to help women access and arrange childcare help improve outcomes for women. Without the stress of wondering what to do with children during treatment sessions, women can better focus on engaging with treatment and pursuing recovery goals.
Family therapy is also an effective way to improve treatment for women who have families. It can help the family understand how to support the person in recovery. When families can better support the person in recovery, there is less chance of relapse, and the whole family unit will learn healthy habits that make it possible to sustain recovery.
The Benefits of Single-Gender Addiction Treatment
Gender-specific programming is one of the most effective ways to improve treatment outcomes for certain people. The number of women who have a history of experiencing violence or sexual abuse is high enough that offering programs specific to women is imperative for effective treatment.
It is common for women who have suffered from these issues to experience symptoms of anxiety or panic when asked to be emotionally vulnerable in a group that includes men. Separating into gender-based groups can help calm these nerves and make participants more open to engagement with therapy and other treatment activities. One study of participants in a women-only group reported significantly greater satisfaction with treatment as compared with a gender-inclusive group.
Women also benefit from an approach that prioritizes support, a collaborative approach and building self-confidence. A collaborative approach where the therapist acts as a partner to the woman in identifying and changing negative emotions and behaviors is the most effective.
Men face their own challenges in addiction recovery, with difficulty expressing emotions taking the forefront. There is significant societal pressure to meet unattainable standards of masculinity, as defined by appearing dominant at all times. This pressure often results in severe impairment in the ability to identify and process emotions, which leads men to address their emotions with substance abuse.
Developing emotional intelligence in a safe space is essential to men’s recovery, and it is often easier to do this in a single-gender program. Opening up in group therapy feels more natural when you know that the people around you have experienced the same pressures and perhaps some of the same circumstances you have. Having these shared experiences can help build trust and remove some of the fear of judgment that stops people from fully engaging.
Gender-Based Addiction Treatment at Gateway
When you or someone you care about is struggling with addiction, you want to find the most effective method of treatment possible. Oftentimes, the best solution is to choose a gender-specific treatment program. Rehabilitation for men and rehabilitation for women offer the same evidence-based treatment techniques with the addition of methods and approaches that cater to the specific needs of each gender. Participants are often motivated to be more open and more vocal when surrounded by people of their gender who are experiencing addiction within the same societal roles.
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Carlo is in a wheelchair thanks to a condition called myositis. Now that he’s nearing 50 and “almost non-mobile,” he receives home care and lives with his parents who help take care of him. But that’s becoming more difficult: his father has cancer, and his elderly mother has her own health problems. “My mom helps me as best as she can, but she’s pushing 80, she has diabetes,” he says.
He has no siblings and little other support. He’s not sure what will happen when his parents pass away. “I’m sure in a pinch I can get help, even just for a few weeks,” he says. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”
Many adult children with disabilities now live in the community, and are likely to outlive their parents. The push for home care over the past several decades has allowed people who might previously have lived in institutions to stay at home, most notably people with developmental disabilities.
This is a positive shift, as community-based care is more cost effective than institutions, and it’s also preferred by people with chronic health conditions or disabilities. But major cracks have appeared in our system, with clients not getting enough access to respite, supportive housing or home care hours.
In many instances, family members have stepped in to fill the gaps, becoming the de facto front-line health care providers. “It’s often assumed that people with long term chronic conditions have their needs met through primary care, community based mental health, or disability support services, and that families pick up around the edges,” says Michael Bach, executive vice-president for the Canadian Association for Community Living. “But 75% rely primarily on family care.”
So what happens when we all cross that bridge – when those caregivers, many of whom are Baby Boomers, become too old to continue to look after their adult children?
Families stretched thin
The number of adults in Ontario with developmental disabilities is growing, and their health needs are higher, because they develop age-related issues, like frailty, up to 30 years earlier than the general population. That’s increasing the pressure on our system.
“People with developmental disabilities are living longer, productive lives in which they are fully included in their communities,” says David Jensen, communications officer for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. “More need our support out in our communities, along with their families and caregivers.” In response, the Ontario government announced in 2014 it would invest $810 million over three years into developmental services.
Ideally, aging caregivers would be able to lean more heavily on developmental services and home care for support when they’re unable to provide the same level of care as they used to. (People with developmental disabilities receive services both from the Ministry of Community and Social Services and from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.) Unfortunately, both systems are stretched thin.
A 2014 Ontario report from the Select Committee on Developmental Services “heard repeatedly that individuals and families who need developmental services and supports are in crisis. We heard that after struggling to obtain services and enduring waitlists for years, many families feel pushed to the brink of disaster.”
In the most extreme cases, families who have been unable to stitch together a solution have left their adult children at the doorsteps of government offices or at emergency departments. There are no Canada-wide numbers on this, but between 2001 and 2013, 44 people over 11 were “abandoned” in Ontario’s Peel and Halton regions alone.
Concerned about situations like these, and “a surge in complaints to our Office about urgent, disturbing cases where adults with severe special needs were ending up in jail, homeless shelters and hospitals, because no care or services were available for them,” Ontario’s Ombudsman is investigating the services available for adults with developmental disabilities.
His 2014-15 report said 1,300 complaints had been received and found that parents are frustrated that adult children who are living on their own don’t have access to adequate assistance. “We continue to receive complaints from families of adults with developmental disabilities who have been placed in hospitals or psychiatric units while they wait for an appropriate residential placement – sometimes for weeks or even years,” the report reads.
The home care system is also widely acknowledged to be inadequate, with long wait times and inconsistent service depending on client’s locations. Ontario’s home care system is a target for reform under Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Eric Hoskins. A government discussion paper on the subject released in December reads, “Some families find home and community care services inconsistent and hard to navigate, and many family caregivers are experiencing high levels of stress.”
A report out just this week from Health Quality Ontario also found that 33% of primary caregivers in 2013/14 “expressed feelings of distress, anger or depression or were unable to continue providing care,” more than twice as many as did in 2009/10.
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The Select Committee on Developmental Services interim report identified the lack of supportive housing as a key issue to caregivers. “Aging parents are pushed to the breaking point of physical and emotional exhaustion as they continue to care for adult children at home,” it reads.
“It is likely that growing numbers of people with developmental disabilities will outlive their parents and require supportive living arrangements in the community,” it continues. “Aging parents worry that when they die or become incapacitated, their grieving child will be abruptly moved away from their home and community…”
The report says respite care – which many parents describe as a “make-or-break” service – is also limited. Respite care allows parents to care for their children for longer, and it can also be used as a transition to having others care for adult children.
Families in Ontario can also apply for individualized funding through the Passport Program, which lets people with developmental disabilities decide how to spend their money on supports and services. It also includes more residential options for adults with developmental disabilities and urgent needs.
“Different things work for different people,” says Yona Lunsky, a clinician scientist at CAMH who studies the health of people with developmental disabilities and their families. “For some people, having individualized funding might be one way to do it. For others it might be much easier if a community agency is responsible for all the care,” she says.
But over time, inadequate funding has left us with a “reactive” system, Lunsky says. The system prioritizes families in crisis – including those who have an ill caregiver, or whose caregiver has died. And that makes it hard for parents to plan ahead. “We’re often having to deal with the most complex difficult cases in a very reactive manner, and we’re so busy focusing on that that we can’t go upstream and offer more support to families, such as respite or support, to prevent crises,” she says.
“Twenty years ago, people would put an individual’s name on a list when they were young,” says Keith Tansley, executive director of Community Living Mississauga, which supports people with intellectual disabilities. “Maybe it’s 20 years until they get into a group home, and during that time we could work with the family, help the person develop skills.” But families today don’t tend to get access to services until they’ve been prioritized because they’ve reached a crisis point.
Because of that, people can end up in hospitals or long-term care homes for the elderly. In the worst-case scenarios, they can eventually be homeless or in jail. “We’ve heard of people coming to the attention of services for the first time after their parents had a health crisis or even after have died,” says Lunsky.
“The non-senior disabled community and parents of children with disabilities do not favour placement in long-term care homes,” reads the Canadian Healthcare Association’s report on Facility-Based Long-Term Care. “Still, there are younger disabled persons residing there, often inappropriately located in environments with confused elderly residents.”
Instead, the transition away from parental care would ideally be a staged process, where adults minimize their dependence on their parents as other services are put in place. “We have to get better at creating networks of community based support, formal and informal, paid and unpaid, so that as parents age out of being able to provide support, people don’t end up being in either crisis or long-term care facilities,” says Bach.
“We rely on families to be the front-line of care, and as they reach their limits, far too often people end up in the wrong places.”


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Justice Byron White wrote the opinion for the 5-4 Court, with four justices dissenting only in part. Justice White held that "the risk of an unconstitutional act by one presiding at an agency hearing is clearly outweighed by the importance of preserving the independent judgment of these men and women. We therefore hold that persons subject to these restraints and performing adjudicatory functions within a federal agency are entitled to absolute immunity from damages liability for their judicial acts. Those who complain of error in such proceedings must seek agency or judicial review."
Justice White wrote "that agency officials performing certain functions [are] analogous to those of a prosecutor should be able to claim absolute immunity with respect to such acts. The decision to initiate administrative proceedings against an individual or corporation is very much like the prosecutor's decision to initiate or move forward with a criminal prosecution. An agency official, like a prosecutor, may have broad discretion in deciding whether a proceeding should be brought and what sanctions should be sought."
He continued, "The discretion which executive officials exercise with respect to the initiation of administrative proceedings might be distorted if their immunity from damages arising from that decision was less than complete. Cf. Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S., at 426 n. 24. While there is not likely to be anyone willing and legally able to seek damages from the officials if they do not authorize the administrative proceeding, cf. id., at 438 (WHITE, J., concurring in judgment), there is a serious danger that the decision to authorize proceedings will provoke a retaliatory response. An individual targeted by an administrative proceeding will react angrily and may seek vengeance in the courts. A corporation will muster all of its financial and legal resources in an effort to prevent administrative sanctions. "When millions may turn on regulatory decisions, there is a strong incentive to counter-attack."
The decision relied on the "ample opportunity" available to the defendant "to challenge the legality of the proceeding." The Court emphasized that "[a]n administrator's decision to proceed with a case is subject to scrutiny in the proceeding itself. The respondent may present his evidence to an impartial trier of fact and obtain an independent judgment as to whether the prosecution is justified. His claims that the proceeding is unconstitutional may also be heard by the courts. Indeed, respondent in this case was able to quash the administrative order entered against him by means of judicial review. See Economou v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 494 F.2d 519 (CA2 1974)."
Key to this decision was a finding that "the legal remedies already available to the defendant in such a proceeding provide sufficient checks on agency zeal." Accordingly, the Court held "that those officials who are responsible for the decision to initiate or continue a proceeding subject to agency adjudication are entitled to absolute immunity from damages liability for their parts in that decision."
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- no substantial difference between the function of the agency attorney in presenting evidence in an agency hearing and the function of the prosecutor who brings evidence before a court. In either case, the evidence will be subject to attack through cross-examination, rebuttal, or reinterpretation by opposing counsel. Evidence which is false or unpersuasive should be rejected upon analysis by an impartial trier of fact. If agency attorneys were held personally liable in damages as guarantors of the quality of their evidence, they might hesitate to bring forward some witnesses or documents. "This is particularly so because it is very difficult if not impossible for attorneys to be absolutely certain of the objective truth or falsity of the testimony which they present." Imbler v. Pachtman,  at 440 (WHITE, J., concurring in judgment). Apart from the possible unfairness to agency personnel, the agency would often be denied relevant evidence. Cf. Imbler v. Pachtman,  at 426. Administrative agencies can act in the public interest only if they can adjudicate on the basis of a complete record. We therefore hold that an agency attorney who arranges for the presentation of evidence on the record in the course of an adjudication is absolutely immune from suits based on the introduction of such evidence.
- Expeditions Unlimited Aquatic Enterprises, Inc. v. Smithsonian Institution, 184 U.S. App. D.C. 397, 401, 566 F.2d 289, 293 (1977), cert. pending, No. 76-418.

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Teamwork gets COVID results out in-time for a patient's life-saving surgery
Late one night at the height of the pandemic, Stephen Bonventre (shown in the photo, first on the left), received a message from Kerry Kennedy (4th from left), asking for help with a situation regarding a critical COVID-19 test result. Stephen knew this situation was pressing, as this patient needed their results overnight to proceed with a life-saving surgery the next morning.
Stephen reached out to Sheela Bushree (2nd from left), who, upon receiving Stephen's phone call about this patient, opened her laptop to do some investigating. Over the next hour, Sheela began reaching out to many people, including Maria Gil (5th from left), and Danielle Schillizzi (3rd from left), who were able to help her locate the specimen in question. Danielle was then able to expedite the process and get the results back to Sheela and ultimately the client several hours later who was then able to get their life-saving surgery the next day.
Making masks for those in need
Erika Bressi is a serious crafter in her free time and over the pandemic, she has put that hobby to good use. Erika, started to make medical masks because of a shortage in her area but went so far as to take some vacation time to dedicate even more time to making masks for those in need during the mask shortage.
Spending the weekend helping others
During the pandemic, Quest had an emergency need for a spill kit (a kit that contains materials to clean up biohazard spills) so that a pop up COVID-19 clinic could meet the requirements to operate on a Sunday. Sam Cole, spent most of his Saturday finding the correct supplies for the spill kit and driving four hours to deliver the kit so the site could kick off testing the next morning at 8 a.m. He met the team the next morning and stayed all day to make sure the specimens were packaged correctly and handed off to the driver for transport to the local lab. Sam was a team player and was able to ensure the testing of numerous patients that day!
This team gets the 'prioritization' right
Marie Puso, in Teterboro, New Jersey, took a call from a patient regarding her COVID-19 pending test results. The patient's husband had just passed away from the virus, and she had been unable to see their 5 children. The patient asked Marie if Quest could do anything to get her results back as soon as possible so she could be with her children.
Marie felt she had to try to help the patient. Marie asked her supervisor, Marsha Lang, to submit an escalation request. Once the request was submitted Marie monitored this escalation frequently, and by the next day the results were posted. As soon as the results were released, Marie called the ordering Physician to give them the "NEGATIVE" results and ask that they contact the patient immediately. This is just one example of the extraordinary work done at Quest to get results to patients in need.
Appreciation posters continue to multiply
The Quest Teterboro, New Jersey Customer Solutions team was looking for a way to honor and recognize their colleagues on the front lines. The team, under Amy Pisone, created home-made posters, dropped each poster off at the front desk security and then hung the posters throughout the Lab. Ever since, the walls have been filling up with new posters and pictures daily from fellow employees, family members and friends showing appreciation for the frontline Quest teams.


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[nos-bbs] disable netrom nodetimer
anpepper at gmail.com
Sun Sep 11 13:00:07 EDT 2022
You are talking about the 'bcnodes' command. It's nodetimer that has a default value of 1800 seconds. It also transmits the netrom nodelist on all ports (at least both of my RF ports are) at the same time.
I've currently set mine to 60 minutes.
Now that poses another question. What is the difference between "bcnodes" & "nodetimer" other than how you call the command and you can't specify a port with nodetimer?
netrom nodetimer [<seconds>]
Display or set the interval to transmit the nodes list. If you want to use an
interval other than the default, you must first attach the netrom interface with
'attach netrom' and then set the new nodetimer value. Default is 1800 seconds
(half an hour).
netrom bcnodes <iface>
Initiates an immediate broadcast of nodelist on <iface>. Verbose behavior is
controlled by the 'netrom interface' command.
On 9/11/22 12:17, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:
> I do it by setting the required ports that I do want to broadcast and/or
> poll in a text file and then call that file by time in the
> autoexec.nos script.
>> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 01:02:05 -0400
>> From: Andrew Pepper <anpepper at gmail.com>
>> To: nos-bbs <nos-bbs at lists.tapr.org>
>> Subject: [nos-bbs] disable netrom nodetimer
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>> Is there an option to disable the "netrom nodetimer" broadcasting the
>> nodes list?
>> Also is there a way to restrict that broadcast by port?
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