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Associate-degree level versus the Baccalaureate-degree level in Nursing Nurses are an imperative part of the health care team. Working concurrently with doctors, nurses ensure that patients obtain the highest quality of care and execute many of the routine functions of patient treatment. Associate degree nursing (ADN) education developed from Mildred Montag’s research and differentiated practice vision in 1952. From the first set of graduates, Montag’s differentiated practice vision did not take hold. Lack of differentiation of nurses’ role and functions in practice based on education preparation continues today (Mathias, 2009).
An Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) emphases on the technical standpoints of nursing, rather than the theoretical and academic aspects of nursing usually covered in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. ADN students will have to accomplish some fundamental prerequisites before taking nursing curriculum, such as courses in writing, social science, history, etc. Nursing-specific module will likely enfold such topics as anatomy and physiology, chemistry, biology, family health, pediatric and geriatric medicine, pharmacology, psychology and mental health.
State Boards of Nursing in each state regulate which programs are customary for that state. Upon achievement of a state certified curriculum of study, the nursing candidate will need to pass the NCLEX, or the National Council Licensure Examination. Fortuitously, most of the two-year courses for an ADN are geared en route for helping graduates to pass the NCLEX. With the existing high exigency for nurses, employment for someone with an associate degree in nursing and a bona fide nursing license is virtually guaranteed.
The nurse may also choose to work in a specialized medical field, such as pediatrics, geriatrics, mental health, emergency care, and cardiac care. After having passed the NCLEX, a nurse often can easily move from state to state, because it is a national licensing exam, even though not all states recognize the licenses of other states (meaning a nurse may need to fulfill additional requirements to obtain a license in a particular state). A nurse with an ADN may also opt to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), which in many hospitals will succeed the individual for management positions.
Many hospitals offer courses or financial sustenance for RN-to-BSN coursework. Currently, nurses with three different educational preparations—the diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate degree—earn the title RN after successful completion of the same licensure examination. Lack of differentiated nursing practice by education allows multiple roles to exist under the licensure and title of RN. Differentiated practice has been defined as the structuring of roles and functions of the RN by education, experience, and competence (Mathias, 2009).
To ensure the furthermost vocation flexibility, most prospective nurses obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. To receive the BSN degree, a student is required to graduate from a school that is licensed by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Once a student has acknowledged the BSN, he is suitable to register for and take the National Council of Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. This exam gives BSN nurses authority to practice in a health care setting. The BSN degree allows nurses to obtain employment in specialized positions, such as the operating room or maternity ward.
Also, positions that encompass teaching, research, consulting or administrative onuses will entail a BSN. Nursing is facing what may be referred to as the “perfect storm”. A call for health care reform has collided with a call from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to increase the numbers of baccalaureate, master’s, and doctorally prepared nurses practicing today. Health care reform requires nurses to broaden their roles in primary care and in care coordination, informatics, and population health.
These expanded roles ultimately require nurses to have additional education. In addition, the IOM Future of Nursing report recommends that 80% of nurses hold a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) by 2020. To prepare nurses to meet both recommendations and to practice in the future health care, nurse educators must rethink old paradigms and create new educational strategies. A major challenge ahead for nursing education is to increase the baccalaureate nursing workforce through many creative, nontraditional education pathways (Sportsman & Allen, 2011).
Differentiation of graduate competencies among the entry-level educational programs—diploma, ADN, and baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN)—may exist, but differentiation of nursing practice among entry-level-prepared RNs does not. Numerous studies between 1990 and 1999 concerning differentiation of entry-level RN practice reported positive and beneficial outcomes such as increased patient satisfaction, efficient and effective utilization of scarce nursing resources, empowered decision making, and preparation of graduates for a more specified role (Mathias, 2009).
References Mathias, A. D. (2009). The intersection of the history of associate degree nursing and “BSN in 10”: Three visible paths. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 5(1):39-43(539-43). http://dx. doi. org/doi:10. 1016/j. teln. 2009. 08. 006 Sportsman, S. , & Allen, P. (2011). Transitioning associate degree in nursing students to the Bachelor of Science in nursing and beyond: A mandate for academic partnerships. Journal Of Professional Nursing, 27(6), e20-e27. http://dx. doi. org/10. 1016/j. profnurs. 2011. 08. 004.

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VIZ Media announced three new manga acquisitions at Otakon: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Sweet Blue Flowers
and the QQ Sweeper
sequel Queen’s Quality.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the newest series from The Legend of Zelda manga creator Akira Himekawa. Once wizards tried to conquer Hyrule, but the spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm. Now an evil menace is trying to find the fragments of the Shadow Crystal and the realm’s princess Midna. The first volume will launch in March 2017.
VIZ will be releasing the first volume of The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition in November (see “New 'Zelda, ' 'Tokyo Ghoul,' 'Naruto' Releases”).
Takako Shimura’s Sweet Blue Flowers
is a yuri coming of age story. Fumi is an introverted bookish teen who is beginning her first year at an all-girls high school. Here she reconnects with Akira, her best friend from 10 years ago. Both girls have problems they must deal with, and they help each other along the way. Release is planned for Fall 2017.
Kyousuke Motomi’s Queen’s Quality
is a sequel set in the world of the popular QQ Sweeper
series. Fumi lives with Kyuraro and his family of “Sweepers,” people who specialize in cleaning minds of negative energy and evil spirits. Fumi has begun to exhibit mysterious abilities, and soon her powers as a Queen awaken. Kyutaro may be the only Sweeper who can keep her powers under control, but what happens when she begins to fall in love with him? Release is planned for Fall 2017.

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One of the most popular songs of 2019 that stole our hearts is surely Akshay Kumar and Nupur Sanon starrer ‘Filhall’.The song is sung by Punjabi sensation B Praak and written by Jaani. Filhall has 650 million views on YouTube making it the trending chartbuster number 1 in the recent times, and the extravagant success of the music video made its makers announce a sequel this year.
The 5 minutes short video wasn’t just a regular music video but a tale with a mix of emotions. Nupur exceptionally stood out in it as she never made us feel like it was her very first time being in front of the camera. She was a breath of freshness and wowed us with her screen presence, be it as the happy girl in love or the heartbroken one who revisits her past seeing the man she once loved.
The sequel will bring to us the beautiful onscreen pairing of Akshay Kumar and Nupur Sanon yet again and will for surely touch new chords in our hearts. Adding to it Nupur says “Acting is definitely my new-found love but singing has always been my passion. Post-Filhall’s release I was bombarded with Dms and tweets to sing a female version. The audience gave me so much love and warmth for my first so I couldn’t resist thanking them with this unplugged version in my own voice.
And it was surreal for me to do a cover of my own song.”
Debutante Nupur Sanon is also a trained classical singer and since Filhall’s release, she has built a very loyal and solid fan base in the country. Her lovely fans have been demanding her to sing the female version of Filhall and as a gift of gratitude and love for her fans, she went unplugged for the first time and gifted them the female version of the super successful Filhall that is set to release today on the 12th of March 2020.

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Once seen as a less desirable cut compared to the chicken breast, chicken wings are now getting out-of-control expensive, according to a Washington Post report that should frighten Americans into stockpiling 20-pound bags of party wings in their panic room. The Post explains how the price of chicken wings is, according to one meat wholesaler, at an all-time high. It’s gotten so pricey that Buffalo Wild Wings saw its second quarter profits this year plummet 63 percent. In response, the chain switched their half-priced wings special on Tuesday to a boneless wing promotion, which is bullshit since boneless wings are just breast meat shaped into a vaguely wing-like shape.
The explanation to the cost increase is simple supply/demand theory: more people are eating wings now. Wings are no longer just a sports bar food, the popularity of Korean wings are on the upswing (see: BonChon), and even pizza chains are making chicken wings part of its business model. According to the Post, wings began surpassing the price of chicken breast around 2009, and the price of chicken wings have skyrocketed since then. The Post spoke to a sales rep at Fells Point Wholesale Meat in Baltimore, who said that prices for party wings (the whole wing minus the wing tip) have jumped from $1.37 a pound in February 2011 to $2.85 at current prices.

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December 4, 2013, 10am PST
There are some cities that give you everything you need and others that make you work for it. This article profiles efforts to build a startup community in Tallahassee through the eyes of the city's growing network of entrepreneurs.
March 12, 2013, 11am PDT
Under the cover of darkness two years ago, Tallahassee's StarMetro completely overhauled its entire bus system, replacing its out of date hub-and-spoke model with a grid-like system over one evening. This year, the system was honored by the APA.
September 23, 2011, 8am PDT
Tallahassee, Florida planners came to a realization - while their transit system was set up to efficiently get commuters downtown, only 14% of them actually worked downtown. So they actually changed where the buses go.


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KCRW in partnership with dineLA, teamed up with Whist Restaurant this past Monday as part of the KCRW Dinner Date series. Seventy-five diners got to experience the debut of Whist’s new cuisine concept – a globally-influenced menu sourced from local Santa Monica markets and farms.
The ongoing, pop-up supper club brings together KCRW listeners, food lovers, and master chefs in an intimate, one-of-a-kind experience.
Each Dinner Date crafts a unique dining adventure, showcasing a different KCRW Fringe Benefits restaurant at each event. Last night featured a special, live DJ set by KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole, whose rhythmic beats set the perfect mood for an evening of making new friends.
A delicious meal inspired by Whist Executive Chef Tony DiSalvo, prepared with help by Chef de Cuisine and Season 11 Top Chef “Fan Favorite” Chris Crary, took diners on a culinary journey of vivid flavor combinations and inventive pairings.
KCRW is pleased to join Executive Chef and Owner Joseph Miller at the highly regarded, Abbott Kinney staple Joe’s for the next installment of KCRW Dinner Date on May 22nd. Tickets to the event are $30 and go on sale within a week, with all proceeds supporting KCRW.

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BALVANTSINGH BHIMSINGH Vs. N RAMA IYER IGP
HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT
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(1.) This is a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the constitution of India in which the main point for consideration is whether the revisional power over an acquittal order conferred on the Inspector General of Police by an amendment introduced on 4th January 1962 in rule 17 of the Bombay Police (Punishments and Appeals) Rules 1956 (hereafter called the rules) has or has not retrospective action. Petitioner Balvantsingh Bhimsingh was at the relevant time an unarmed police constable attached to the Dabhoi Police Station. On May 9 1961 an incident took place in which a bribe is alleged to have been taken by another member of the police force in the presence and with the connivance of petitioner. On 12th July 1961 petitioner was suspended. On 18 July 1961 petitioner and two more constables were charge-sheeted the charge being that they had committed gross dereliction of duty and moral turpitude involving corruption on 9th May 1961 inasmuch as petitioner and those two others after arresting three persons who were found drunk had allowed all of them to go away without taking any further legal action after accepting an illegal gratification of Rs. 20/through one Vechan Jiva near the lake at Dabhoi. One Chaudhary the D. S. P. Kaira who was petitioners superior officer held an enquiry into the aforesaid charge. That officer held the charge to be proved and issued a show cause notice to petitioner stating that he intended to dismiss petitioner as he was satisfied that the charge was proved. Petitioner replied to the show cause notice in November 1961 However on 20th December 1961 the D.S.P. held finally that the charge was proved and passed an order of dismissal. Petitioner then filed an appeal under rule 6 of the rules to the Deputy Inspector General of Police. This appeal was filed on 1st January 1962 On that date rule 17 of the rules did not confer power in terms to revise any order of acquittal whether original appellate or revisional. However on 4th January 1962 the State of Gujarat in exercise of the power conferred on it by clause (c) of subsection (2) of sec. 25 read with clause(b) of sec. 5 of the Bombay Police Act 1961 (hereafter called the Act) amended rule 17. Substantially by that amendment the Inspector General of Police was given the power of revising an order of acquittal whether original appellate or revisional. On 27th July 1962 the D. I. G. the appellate authority allowed petitioners appeal set aside the order of dismissal passed by the D. S. P. and ordered petitioners reinstatement in police service. On 24th August 1962 petitioner reported for duty and he was posted at the Sankheda Police Station. On 21st May 1963 Nagarwala the then I. G. P. and the predecessor-in-office of first respondent issued a show cause notice purporting to act under the amended rule 17. In that notice he recorded a provisional finding that petitioner was guilty of the charge levelled against him and called upon petitioner to show cause why he should not be dismissed from service. After petitioner had shown cause Nagarwala by his order dated 19th September 1963 held petitioner to be guilty and ordered his dismissal from police service. Petitioner preferred an appeal to the State Government respondent No. 2. That respondent by its order dated 27th July 1964 dismissed the appeal. Aggrieved by the orders of Nagarwala and second respondent dated respectively 19th September 1963 and 27th July 1964 petitioner filed the present petition in which he prayed for an appropriate writ or order or direction for quashing the order of dismissal passed by Nagarwala and for restoring the order passed be the Deputy Inspector General of Police.
(2.) Petitioner has attacked the impugned order on a number of grounds in the memo. of petition. However at the time of the arguments Mr. Thakore learned advocate for petitioner stated that though he proposed to challenge the impugned orders only on two grounds now he could not press one of them in view of the decision recorded by this Court in Special Civil Application No. 913 of 1963 by the judgment dated 30th June/1st July 1966 Ranchhodbhai v. J.D. Nagarwala now reported at VII G.L.R.1091). That point which Mr. Thakore stated he could not press was that sub-rule (1) of rule 17 was ultra vires sec. 25 sub-sec. (2) clause (c) of the Act in the contest of an order of acquittal. Therefore the point which Mr. Thakore formulated and pressed for decision was the second point and that point was that having regard to the facts of the present case the then I.G.P. had no power to revise the order of acquittal passed in appeal by the D. I. G. under amended rule 17 sub-rule (1) on the ground that the amended sub-rule cannot have retrospective operation.
(3.) Therefore the point which arises for determination in the present petition is whether on a true construction of the amended sub-rule (1) of rule 17 the power of the I. G. P. to interfere in revision against an order of acquittal can or cannot act retrospectively on an order of acquittal recorded in an appeal which was pending at the time when the rule was amended.;
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A scientist say mental health units should consider providing sterile cutting equipment to patients who self-harm rather than forcibly stopping them. It is argued that confronting them can be more damaging in the long run.
Patrick Sullivan, a mental health care researcher, is recommending that doctors allow some of their patients to continue to self harm and provide them with safety information, sterile equipment and therapy to understand their actions and help them develop alternative coping strategies.
He argues that confronting them could prove more damaging in the long run.
Prevention vs. Understanding?
In the Journal of Medical Ethics, Sullivan wrote: “The first problem with a preventative strategy is that it can exacerbate rather than contain the problem.”
Sullivan argues that enforcing interventions on patients who self-harm “are likely to produce a confrontational rather than therapeutic environment that increases levels of distress and reduces the chance of a positive outcome in the longer term.”
“Many individuals who self-injure have a history of abuse or trauma and preventative measures may increase their feelings of powerlessness and in extreme cases result in additional trauma and therapeutic alienation,” he wrote.
“This increases the risk that individuals will self-injure covertly, in more dangerous ways, or attempt suicide.” Sullivan acknowledged that preventing self-harm was appropriate in circumstances such as when the patient’s life was in danger, but that this should be considered as well.
Comments on Sullivan’s Proposal
Some mental health experts have shown concern about the ethical, legal and practical implications of Sullivan’s suggestion.
Doctors Hanna Pickard and Steve Pearce said self-harm could reinforce feelings of low self-esteem. They also argued that it could sometimes be “contagious” among patients.
Dr Pickard, a researcher at the University of Birmingham, and Dr Pearce, of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, also argued that it could be very distressing on staff should self-harming patients end up in serious injury or death.


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Eden Curator Prabir Mukherjee goes on Sick Leave
TNI Bureau: In an dramatic development, the curator of Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Mr. Prabir Mukherjee has gone on a month-long sick leave, protesting against BCCI’s decision to go for a turning track.
Skipper MS Dhoni wanted a track that would turn from Day 1. However, curator Prabir Mukherjee, who has been preparing Eden pitches for the last 14 years, refused to accede to his demands, forcing the BCCI to take charge.
The BCCI appointed East Zone curator Ashish Bhowmik to take charge of the pitch preparations at Eden Gardens. That upset Prabir Mukherjee and he went on a sick leave just four days before the Kolkata test. He also hinted that he may quit the CAB permanently.
Mr. Mukherjee felt “insulted” at CAB’s decision to sideline him during the pitch preparations for the third test. He also claimed that CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya threatened to suspend him if spoke about the pitch.

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Milton Foundation Ghana
- Board Development
- Children & Youth
- Education & Literacy
LocationGomoa Budumburam, Central RegionP. O Box KS 85 KasoaKasoa, Central Region 233Ghana Ghana
To promote, Educate and improve community sanitation, the physical, emotional and spiritual well being of the people in the communities through the provision of improved toilet facilities and portable water from boreholes.
MILTON FOUNDATION is a faith based non-governmental organization, headquartered in GHANA, kasoa that is dedicated to spreading awareness of the water crisis while raising the funds needed to construct Water Wells and Bore Holes and improved sanitation facilities for those who desperately need them in less deprived communities. We also go to various schools,churches and hospitals to educate them on good sanitation pratices. We ecolaborate with various stakeholders to hold clean-up campaignes and workshops.

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Domestic Airlines giant IndiGo has launched ‘The Big Flat IndiGo Sale’ in which the company is offering flight tickets from as low as Rs 877 flight ticket offer. This offer started on January 13, will end on Sunday (January 17).
The sale is valid on travel from Apr 1, 2021, to Sept 30, 2021.
Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, IndiGo said, “We are very happy to announce our first festive sale of the year till January 17, 2021, applicable across select domestic flights on the 6E network. We are hopeful to see customers booking the seats on offer, with fares starting at INR 877. Customer confidence in air travel has strengthened over the last few months, as it is the safest mode of transport.”
“The advent of the vaccination has further improved the sentiment, with people looking at traveling within the country this year. This sale will help them plan domestic travel in advance and at affordable fares. This special sale further reinforces IndiGo’s commitment to provide an on-time, courteous, safe and hassle-free experience at affordable fares onboard our lean clean flying machine,” Kumar added.
The Gurugram-based airline said: “This offer is non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-encashable. Any cancellation to the travel itinerary shall be chargeable at Rs 500 per passenger per segment. Any change to the travel itinerary shall be chargeable at Rs 500 per passenger per segment along with the applicable fare difference for a change to a date within the offer availing period.”

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10 Outstanding Contemporary Spanish Offices
10 Outstanding Contemporary Spanish Offices
Spanish cities are clear examples of the overlapping of historical periods. Medieval urban plans coexist with modernist urban plans and their buildings show traces of Roman, Arabic, Gothic and Romanesque architecture. Moreover, in the era of maritime expansion, Spanish architecture was exported from the Iberian Peninsula to much of the world, especially the Americas. It is also difficult to talk about Spanish architecture without mentioning the Catalan genius Antoni Gaudí, whose distinctive style remains unparalleled in the history of architecture – inspiring and disturbing, without being part of a particular stylistic movement. Over the past decades, Spanish architects have remained highly respected around the world. From the complex structures of Calatrava and the virtuosity of Enric Miralles, to the respect of the context of Rafael Moneo. There are many others worth noting, such as Ricardo Bofill, Alberto Campo Baeza and recent Pritzker winners RCR Arquitectes.
Below we have made a brief selection of contemporary Spanish architects and offices. The selection takes into account the peculiarities of their projects, applied materials, youth and innovation, and influence, highlighting the country’s heritage in the world.
Founded in 1981 by Enric Batlle and Joan Roig and based in Barcelona, Battleiroig is a multidisciplinary company that combines the practices of planning, landscape and architecture. The company is divided into three highly specialized working groups: construction, landscaping and development, which in turn form a flexible, dynamic and coherent whole. This is reflected in the company’s large-scale project portfolio.
Focusing on cultural, civic and educational buildings, the company, founded by Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga in 2004, has been widely exhibited and published in the specialized press, as well as having received important awards. His projects are spread across countries such as Switzerland, England, Germany, China, among others, and impress with their attention to detail, with volumes that are both intimate and monumental.
HARQUITECTES is an architecture studio founded in 2000 and based in Sabadell, Barcelona, led by four partner architects: David Lorente Ibáñez, Josep Ricart Ulldemolins, Xavier Ros Majó and Roger Tudó Galí. Their work explores pre-existences and historical features very well, creating elegant resolutions with mundane construction techniques and materials such as brick, concrete and steel.
Andrés Jaque / Office for Policy Innovation
Office for Political Innovation (Offpolinn) is an international architecture firm, based in New York and Madrid, working at the intersection of design, research and critical environmental practice. He develops projects that connect scales and supports, aiming to bring inclusion to the built environment. Andrés Jaque, Founder, is a Spanish architect who explores the role of architecture in building societies through his work, which has been exhibited in biennials and museums around the world.
The Barcelona-based office, founded in 2007, works with buildings, urban planning, ephemeral installations and cultural projects, both in public and private spheres. Their projects are distinguished by their concern for energy efficiency and the intelligent use of natural materials and natural light.
Amann Canovas Maruri
Formed by partners Atxu Amann, Andrés Cánovas and Nicolás Maruri Associate in 1987, the Amann Cánovas Maruri office is based in Madrid. Composed of researchers and professors from Etsam (Madrid School of Architecture), the office focuses on the research of new types of housing units and the reconfiguration of housing blocks according to the public space. contemporary and urban issues. In addition to housing projects, the firm has designed cultural buildings and the Spanish pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020.
Estudio Herreros is a truly global company, with offices in Madrid, New York and Mexico City, employing around twenty architects of different nationalities. The venture is the consolidation of the 30-year career of Juan Herreros, a professor at the School of Architecture in Madrid and at Columbia University in New York. Projects range from small-scale projects to internationally commissioned structures and building competitions, making the architect one of the most influential Spanish architects practicing today. Its extensive portfolio of projects highlights the innovative use of prefabrication, with efficient structures and facades that blend in and stand out in their respective contexts.
a parallel of architects
Unparelld’arquitectes is an architecture firm directed by Eduard Callís and Guillem Moliner based in Olot that works on different scales, from “infrastructure to decoration, between the domestic sphere and the public space, between the city and the garden “. Their work respects local materials and construction techniques, while bringing an element of innovation and a playful and unusual touch, fostering new relationships and sensations.
Based in Madrid and founded in 1998 by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, SelgasCano’s work is based on the study of construction processes, in particular the use of synthetic materials and new technologies. Their work is particularly renowned for its use of polychromy, the creative exploration of new materials, and the relationship between architecture and the surrounding landscape. Responsible for the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion, the office has projects for corporate, public and cultural spaces.
Innovative answers XPIRAL
As its name suggests, the office focuses on finding appropriate solutions supported by new technologies and multimedia resources, in addition to architecture, urbanism and design. Founded by Javier Peña Galiano in 1997, the office’s plural work focuses on residences and public spaces, with experimentation in their projects and in the materiality of his works.
In addition to the work of Spanish architects past and present, Spanish construction companies are also renowned worldwide for their wide range of solutions. ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones is a national business entity with national scope that aims to promote the internationalization of Spanish companies and the promotion of foreign investment.


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Flat Out Productive
As the state of this post-pandemic employment market is proving, people are not afraid to make serious career changes. Gone is the apprehension and fear of the unknown — replaced instead by a boldness and sense of excitement in the new chapter unfolding before them.
With the introduction of the total station more than a half-century ago, the surveyor’s dream of capturing distance and angle measurements using a single instrument was realized. Gone (for the most part) was the need for stringline, tape measure, and the lengthy processes they demanded.
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This handlettered sign measures 40” x 17” and is a perfect “above the bed” size sign!
Sign is handmade and hand lettered- so please expect some slight variations. Wreath is 12” and made of faux succulents. Wreath is high quality and will hang over the top with 5” wide burlap.
Sign comes ready to hang.
Please allow two week turnaround!
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SimCP2, ambipolar phosphorescent host materials
Enhance the lifetime and colour purity of OLED devices with high luminance
SimCP2, 3,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)tetraphenylsilane, contains four electron-donating carbazole groups with two mCP units (a well known host material) joined together by a diphenylsilane link. The mCP joined structure makes SimCP2 more robust to support the growth of high quality thin films, and it is also believed that the rigid structure can enhance the lifetime and colour purity of OLED devices with high luminance.
SimCP2 also possesses a wide triplet band gap (ET = 3.0 eV), high carrier mobility, ambipolar transport property and high glass transition temperature (Tg = 148 °C).
The solution processability of SimCP2 also gives it an advantage in device fabrication, where it can be used to enable higher device efficiency with homogeneous distribution of the host and guest in the emissive layer.
|Molecular weight||977.26 g/mol|
|Absorption*||λmax 338 nm (dichloromethane)|
|Photoluminescence||λem 362 nm (dichloromethane)|
|HOMO/LUMO||HOMO = 6.1 eV, LUMO = 2.5 eV; ET = 3.0 eV |
|Chemical name||Bis[3,5-di(9H -carbazol-9-yl)phenyl]diphenylsilane|
|Classification / Family||Triphenylamine derivatives, Phosphorescent host materials, Sublimed materials, Semiconducting small molecules|
|Purity||Sublimed >99.0% (HPLC)|
|Melting point||Tg = 148 °C (lit.)|
* Sublimation is a technique used to obtain ultra pure-grade chemicals, see sublimed materials for OLED devices.
|Device structure||ITO/PEDOT:PSS (60 nm)/PVK+SimCP2 (70 wt.%)+OXD-7 (70 wt.%)+FIrpic(5 wt.%)(70 nm)/CsF/Al |
|Max. Current Efficiency||15.8 cd/A|
|Max. Power Efficiency||11 Im/W|
|Device structure||ITO (125 nm)/PEDOT:PSS (35 nm)/SimCP2:FIrpic (35 nm)/TPBi (28 nm)/LiF (0.8 nm)/Al (150 nm) |
|Max. Power Efficiency||24.2 Im/W|
|Sublimed (>99.0% purity)||M2291A1||100 mg||£200|
|Sublimed (>99.0% purity)||M2291A1||250 mg||£400|
|Sublimed (>99.0% purity)||M2291A1||500 mg||£680|
|Sublimed (>99.0% purity)||M2291A1||1 g||£1100|
Literature and Reviews
- High-Efficiency Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diode Using a 3,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)tetraphenylsilane Host via Solution-Process, J. Mater. Chem., 20, 8411-8416 (2010); DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01163K.
- Efficiency enhancement of solution-processed single-layer blue-phosphorescence organic light-emitting devices having co-host materials of polymer (PVK) and small-molecule (SimCP2), S-W. Liu et al., J. SID 19 (4), 346-352 (2011); DOI: 10.1889/JSID19.4.346.
- Inkjet printing of blue phosphorescent light-emitting layer based on bis(3,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl))diphenylsilane, R. Bail et al., RSC Adv., 8, 11191 (2018); DOI: 10.1039/C8RA00582F.
- Spectroscopic and electrical characteristics of highly efficient tetraphenylsilane-carbazole organic compound as host material for blue organic light emitting diodes, T. Tsuboi et at., Org. Electron., 10(7), 1372–1377 (2009); DOI:10.1016/j.orgel.2009.07.020.
- Solution-processed bipolar small molecular host materials for single-layer blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes, Y-T. Lee et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 2, 382-391 (2014); DOI: 10.1039/c3tc31641f.
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text: Everyone has dreams and ambitions. A small child may dream of becoming an elegant prima ballerina, a heroic firefighter or a glamorous movie start. Yet, our imperfect society doesn’t grant opportunity to everyone. For some - the poor, the immigrants, the foreign workers, the single mothers - sacrificing dreams for the sake of economical survival is the unfortunate reality. Hidden in a small gallery in the heart of Tel Aviv, the magical power of superheroes' comes to the rescue of all those who lost their dreams as a consequence of socio-economical gaps in our society. Working Class Heroes is an allegorical exhibition dedicated to the blue-collar workers: the street cleaners, the construction workers, the dishwashers - the most unappreciated types of work in our society – they are the heroes of this small, but meaningful gallery. Thru photographs and oil paints, two young Israeli artists - Oren Golan and Yonathan Pasternak - join forces to empower these workers, transforming them into modern day Superheroes. The black and white photographs of the workers on canvas are illuminated by the bright colors of Superheroes costumes that they are wearing. They are granted supernatural abilities which lets them change whatever they want. Suddenly, one can see the most unrecognizable types of work as some magic performance done by a superhero. The “Pop-Art” style of the exhibition does not leave us depressed, but instead with a smile, bringing us closer to these people.Pasternak's inspiration came from John Lennon’s infamous lyrics of "Working Class Heroes" sung by Marilyn Manson. The song left a different and far more powerful impression on him than Lennon’s version, the artist explains. The song, with its textured raw voice, was interpreted by him into visuals. An avid comic book fan since he was child, Pasternak believes that “pop-art” or art expressed through familiar cultural symbols makes it accessible to everyone - which is partly the point of the show.Soon after, Pasternak collaborated with another young artist, Oren Golan. A son of immigrants who moved to Israel after losing all their belongings in Iraq, Golan has firsthand experience of hard blue-collar labor. For him, the Greek myth of Sisyphus is an inspiration for this work. Sisyphus, who was punished by the Gods by endless meaningless and repetitive work, reflects the lack of choices of our exhibition protagonists.The sad part of realization, while looking at these images, is that today’s hard labor is dead of ideals. If once hard labor was associated with building new societies, states, communities, today most of it is purely individualistic. What has happened to the values of the early pioneers – those who built the country with their bare hands? In today’s Israel hard labor is attributed as unrecognized work which is done by poverty stricken individuals who are unfortunate enough to not find anything better. The opportunities are not equal in our society.If communist socialists made working class into heroes and models of social leaders, giving them power they were not educated for, these heroes of the 2020 exist as heroes in a completely different space of allegory and fantasy. They are seen as lost elements behind the curtains of society’s comfort. These heroes had given up their dreams, for the sake of pure economical survival.The 10-day art exhibit ran between December 9th and 20th.


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Another week, another sorry tale of poor identification. This time, it’s Experian that failed to properly secure users’ PINs.
People who froze their credit reports discovered hackers could unfreeze them—even though a PIN was supposed to stop that. But Experian says it’s “confident that our authentication is secure.” OK then.
It turns out Experian had a bug in its PIN-recovery system. This was a bug so simple to exploit, it was barely a speedbump to a hacker who wanted to open credit in a victim’s name.
How simple? Ridiculously simple. In this week’s ID Blogwatch, we let it go.
Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: Ultimate cat video…
What’s the craic? Janna Herron Experian credit freeze flaw may have revealed your PIN to fraudsters:
It’s Experian’s turn to be in the hot seat.
[The] process to retrieve a PIN that safeguards a frozen Experian credit report had a security defect. … The company has not said how long the defect was in place. … There’s also no indication Experian will issue new PINs. Experian has not responded to [my] request for further comment.
A credit freeze prevents lenders from pulling a person’s credit report, an essential part of the [credit] approval process. … Freezing your credit reports at Experian, Equifax and TransUnion … helps thwart criminals from opening fraudulent accounts in your name. … At Experian, you need [a] PIN to unfreeze your [report] if you want to apply for new credit.
“While we are confident that our authentication is secure and no credit files are at risk, we have taken additional steps to make the process more secure,” the company said.
What, so thieves could unfreeze my report? Yep. Shaun Nichols explains how the Hack to thaw account freezes worked:
It’s a mechanism that’s supposed to stop fraudsters from exploiting stolen personal information, such as names and social security numbers, to obtain credit using someone else’s identity. [But] a glitch in [the] online account recovery process … could leak [the] PIN. A miscreant could then use that number to reverse an account freeze.
[It] would allow anyone who knew a person’s name, address, social security number, and date of birth to have a PIN code sent [in] email. … Armed with that PIN, the attacker would then be able to break the credit freeze and apply to open new accounts in the victim’s name.
In other words, if your personal info was leaked online … and you set up a credit freeze to stop it being exploited, that same publicly available data could have been used to undo the freeze anyway. … The findings will no doubt cause discomfort for the millions of people who have had to freeze their credit in recent years due to data breaches.
Yeah, you could say that. We first heard about this Experian Flaw from Liz Weston and Bev O’Shea:
One credit bureau’s site made it distressingly easy to circumvent the security that’s supposed to keep your credit reports safe. … Experian’s site exposed … the PINs needed to thaw credit freezes, after users answered their security questions with a blanket answer: None of the above.
More than a year ago, security expert Brian Krebs reported a similar flaw.
Several of us who had credit freezes were able to replicate it. We asked … on Facebook and Twitter and heard from others who also got access. … This is yet another reminder that we need to keep monitoring our credit reports and scores for fraudulent accounts, even if we have credit freezes in place.
What’s really distressing is that security freezes are supposed to be one of the few effective bulwarks people can put up against fraud. … The credit bureaus still aren’t taking the security of our information seriously enough.
Are you feeling a touch of déjà vu? Lisa Vaas explains why, going on to pick more holes in the Swiss cheese:
In an aftershock following the epic Equifax data-quake last year, it was revealed that the PINs used to protect frozen credit files … were woefully bad. … To put a rancid cherry on top of that unpleasant credit reporting company cupcake … Experian is also undermining its own PIN security.
As many privacy/security experts have pointed out, this is a lousy technique to use in authentication, for the simple fact that people tend to answer the questions truthfully. Unfortunately, the answers to many such questions – What’s your dog’s name? What’s your grandfather’s first name? Where did you go to high school? Where did you meet your partner? – are easy to find via social media or other publicly available information.
So true. And Stewart Twynham cuts to the chase:
Broken authentication is a common security failing. Here, all you had to do was set the account recovery answers to “None of the above” and enter any … e-mail address you please.
Wait, pause. Did you say the email address could have been different from the one on file? Pascal Monett is beside himself:
Are they TRYING to make things easier for hackers? Nobody thought this through at all. … And obviously nobody tested the final result beyond making sure it didn’t crash on first try.
The big one is allowing another email address. … Nobody does that. There is no reason to, you already have the subscribers’ address.
To which the obvious reaction comes from people like Matthew Woodyard—@Kintarotpc:
When do we set fire to Experian and put all of these people in jail forever?
A strange game, Prof. Falken. How about a nice game of chess? Thrakkorzog asks an important question:
This is like the movie War Games where the only solution is not to play. How to I remove myself from this … system?
But Lee D opines a broader angle:
If you don’t want people to give you free money, you don’t interact with [credit rating agencies]. … The only time the average person NEEDS [to] is when applying for a mortgage or possibly a rental agreement.
Credit ratings are the most backwards things I’ve ever seen in my life. … Credit scores are made-up nonsense. … But the way to stop them is to NOT borrow money.
100 years ago, you literally didn’t have a choice. You had the money or not.
We live in a society where people are perfectly happy to give away their information … in order to purchase an over-priced luxury that they use barely 1/10th of its capabilities. [But] there are perfectly viable alternatives called “save up” / “buy outright” / “live within your means.”
Oh, I see, it’s our own fault? Veridium CMO Lori Cohen doesn’t share that PoV:
Seriously consider putting a freeze or lock on your credit report with each of those bureaus … Equifax … Experian … TransUnion … Innovis … PRBC … SageStream … ARS.
Locking and freezing your credit file are two ways to help reduce the damage done by identity theft. … Taking action before someone steals your identity makes it a lot easier and takes less time than doing it after.
If only it were more common for identity to be tied to who you are — your biometrics — instead of what you know, life would be easier. … I wish I could turn back the clock and have my identity protected by my biometrics. Instead, I’ll be waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Meanwhile, @TinkerSec postulates a philosophical point to ponder: [You’re fired—Ed.]
When a breach claims “stolen data” nothing is stolen. Stolen implies that the original content is no longer available. Data is copied.
Identity Thieves that copy data from [these] companies are doing the same thing: … using data of our lives against us without our input or control. … In the case of credit score companies, the analysis of the data … seems the be the core product.
ID Theft (by malicious hackers & corporations) does take from the people. They lose their agency. [But] copying by malicious hackers does not take anything from the corporations.
Words do matter.
Yes, and passwords matter, too. You can’t rely on them—not without a strong second factor, such as biometrics.
You have been reading ID Blogwatch by Richi Jennings. Richi curates the best bloggy bits, finest forums, and weirdest websites… so you don’t have to. Hatemail may be directed to @RiCHi or [email protected]. Ask your doctor before reading. Your mileage may vary. E&OE.


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One day, we went on a trip to the Sea Pines Preserve area, and took a boat ride to see alligators and various birds. It was a dreary day with overcast skies--not conducive to bringing out lots of animals, but great for tolerability. Our tour guide and boat captain--a transplanted Brit--kept up a running patter, pointing out flora and fauna. At one point, we asked--was the lake on which we were sailing "natural or man-made." Well, he said, it was where dirt was scooped up to create some of the golf courses on the island. (There are more than a dozen.) The lakes are what was left behind. So, they turned it into a wildlife sanctuary.
He went on to describe how in the 1970s, the island was a sorry place to be. There was land here, but of no value. Only a few people were living here, eking out a miserable existence. (These aren't his precise words, but very nearly.) So, someone got the bright idea--build golf courses and give people a reason to come here.
I must say--that explanation struck me. We had briefly visited Hilton Head in the mid-1980s. At that time, I came away with the primary impression of lots of gated communities. But, I had also read about the people who lived here, and how with real estate prices rising, and along with that property taxes, the original residents were being priced out of their native area. And who were these people?
Two primary groups of people inhabited it--of course, originally native Americans did for centuries before European settlers arrived. During the Civil War, Union troops occupied it and used it as part of their blockade of Southern ports. As a consequence of the Union presence, ex-slaves moved to Hilton Head--hence the Gullah traditions in Hilton Head. No doubt, some of the descendants of those ex-slaves were the ones "eking out a miserable existence" when Charles Fraser, and eventually others, began developing Hilton Head Island.
The full-time population of the island grew from 300 in 1950, to 2,500 in 1969, to 6,500 in 1975, to 12,500 in 1982, to the current population of 28,000. Add to that the tourist population of over one and a half million each year.
And the more recent "original" residents, the Gullah? Well, their numbers are not precisely known, but their way of life continues to be threatened.
Yes, we very much enjoyed our stay and my overall impression is most positive--a beautiful place, well designed, well maintained. But, I always keep in mind the people who are dispossessed as others move in. Perhaps, thus it ever was--it is just hard for me to reckon with.
OK--herewith a few photos of nature.
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|Sea Pines Preserve with alligator|
|Sea Pines Preserve--Heron in flight|
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Our thoughts are running along the same current. I just finished reading Kate Grenville's heartbreaking "Secret River" trilogy about Australia's early colonial period and the relentless displacement of the native people. As you say, "it was ever thus," but that certainly doesn't make it any less melancholy.
Both good and bad, mixed together. Even First Nations pushed each other out of one place or another--such actions are part of the human condition. The way that the current narrative makes the earlier inhabitants invisible to history is as bad as the actual displacement. Yet good things as well as bad can be done in such situations.
Oh, Leslie--some years ago I read various non-fiction accounts of how the aboriginals were treated. Just heart-breaking.
Daryl--I know. And I am not so naive to think that native inhabitants didn't fight and abuse each other. It is more the invisibility that bothers me. Give due where it is merited--don't just slide over them as though they never existed.
So sad. That is what happened along most of the coastal areas of SC and GA. The rich developers moved in and a way of life was lost forever.
There are no large lakes in SC that are natural. Same is true of NC.
It's a rather famous place, but I had no idea of the background. Very interesting but weird in a way.
I wish I'd seen the Sea Pines Preserve. The one and only time I went to Hilton Head was with 4 girls who did nothing but SHOP at the outlets. We were staying in one of the girl's Condo and, besides the shopping, the next thimg of importance was where to eat !!
Your pictures are lovely.
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Yesterday, I shared that construction crews poured asphalt on 11th Street between Front and Grove Streets.
But the months-long infrastructure upgrades aren’t the only construction projects making navigating west downtown difficult. There’s a handful of them, but today we’re doing a little dive into the Saratoga Apartments.
An aerial view of the Saratoga from the northwest-ish — see the Grove Hotel and Foothills in the upper right corner. (CCDC)
They’re a seven-story, 305-apartment complex with retail on the first floor that takes up an entire city block, across from the Simplot Headquarters. The cross streets are 12th and 13th, and Grove and Front.
The project is expected to cost roughly $100 million, and aims to be wrapped up by November 2024, according to the Capital City Development Corp. All 305 units are market rate, meaning none of them are subject to affordable rate pricing restrictions.
BoiseDev recently reported an update in the plan that will require the developer to keep the alley connecting Front and Grove Streets.


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Leadership Clinic – Jahng Bong / Bo Staff
Well this past Saturday, July 11th, was the new sessions Leadership clinic, covering the use of the Jahng Bong or Bo Staff.?? School Instructor, Mitchell Church (5th degree black belt), turned the instuction over to his 3rd Degree Black Belts, World Champion Jennifer Powell, World Champion Tyler Giddens, State Champion Debra Cox, State Champion Don Cox, and Hahira Instuctor Mr. Smith.
Each instructor covered many different aspect of the Jahng Bong, Mrs. Cox went over the 9 basic strike areas and striking techniques.? While Mrs. Powell covered several blocks, and the importance of hand holding during blocks!?? Mr. Cox went over a few fancier moves like a palm spin and picking up your dropped Jahng Bong with your feet.? While Mr. Giddens went over the figure eight as well as a finger roll figure eight.

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In an interview with Golf & Turismo, the Northern Irishman suggested we could see Woods return before the end of the year - possibly at the Hero World Challenge at the start of December.
The annual event forms part of the PGA Tour schedule, and is hosted by Woods every year. It features an 18-man field consisting of the most recent winners of the four major PGA tournaments, the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion, and two special exemption players selected by the foundation.
Woods has not played since missing the cut in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews in July. "Tiger overall is fine. He is still working hard on his rehabilitation. The road is long but improving day by day," McIlroy said. "After the Open Championship he had to take a break, but I think he can be back by the end of the year, maybe at the Hero World Challenge." While Woods has not played since St Andrews, he has been spotted on the course numerous times, including at Pebble Beach not too long ago. McIlroy was also asked about Woods' son Charlie, who despite still being only 13 years old, already has some touting him as a potential future star. Back in September, Woods was seen caddying for his son at a 36-hole qualifier for the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship. The 13-year-old carded a four-under 68 Sunday, the lowest score of his career. Asked if he's played a round with Charlie, McIlroy replied: "No, but I have practiced with him a couple of times and I can say it is impressive to see him swing and think he is only 13 years old." "The important thing, however, is that he maintains his light-heartedness and the right spirit. He must continue to play for pure fun without being overwhelmed by the many pressures that, inevitably, will come as the son of a phenomenon like his father. But Tiger is very careful about this and is preserving it in the best way." Aside from the Hero World Challenge, we could also see Woods return at the PNC Championship on the 17th-18th December alongside his son Charlie, after the father-son duo also took part in the event last year.
The article PGA Tour news: Rory McIlroy gives update on Tiger Woods, hints at December return appeared first on Planetsport.com.


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When I was in preschool, my favorite time of day was when I was allowed to draw and paint. As I got older, this love never faded and eventually I went to college to study art.
Adelphi University, MA in Studio Arts, Garden City, NY
New York University, BA in Art History, New York City, NY
I use many different mediums, such as clay, acrylics, and pastels. I believe that working in a single medium is restrictive to my artistic process. Each idea manifests in its own individual style.
I enjoy hiking in my spare time and many of my pieces are directly influenced by these hikes in nature. I love recreating plants and wildlife in my work.


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To compete with the new breed of financial services competitors, banks will have to adopt a digitally driven business model, specialize and simplify their operations, according the findings of new consumer research from Accenture.
PayPal wants to support space tourists' mobile transactions, but speakers at the recent Mobile Commerce World suggested that businesses have much to learn about building a great mobile commerce experience.
By Avi Rembaum and Daniel Wiley, Check Point Software Technologies | June 25, 2013
To cope with an increased number of large distributed denial of service attacks, banks must not only have plans in place -- they should consider a broad set of defensive tools that combine on-premise technologies and cloud-based scrubbing services.
With more 7,000 distributed denial of service attacks daily, it’s only a matter of time before even smaller banks and credit unions are targeted. Here are more lessons smaller institutions learn from the big banks.

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by Frank Moerke, ACA Flatwater Instructor
Test: Adirondack, by We.no.nah
An almost fast 16' tripping canoe by We no nah
16', pretty wide, flat bottomed --- well, this sounds like some kind of boring "this is my first day in a canoe"-canoe.
These were my first thoughts, without spending a moment in the Adi. However, sometimes, strange things do happen...
The Adirondack is a 16' canoe with a high initial stabiliity.
Length: 16' (4.88 m); width: (91cm), (88 cm) at waterline, the heights are
(50 cm) in the bow, (35 cm) amidships and (42 cm) astern. The weight ranges between
(17 kg) and (28 kg), depending on the choosen material.
My first impression: better than I would have thought. OK, 16' is definitely not the
length of a marathon racer, despite of this, the Adi is faster than I would have thought;
fast enough to keep up with a group of ordinary 17' tripping canoes.
The straight keelline, showing in most We no nah designs, in addition to an assymetric
hull and a sleek bow are the reasons for this astonishing qualities.
This canoe, showing a relatively flat and wide bottom, has a high initial stability,
making it a safe canoe for beginners or even children.
Despite of these features, you can heel the Adi and paddle him solo without feeling instability.
Just to say, this is another thing I would not have expected from a flat bottomed canoe.
The 16' combined with the flat bottom provide for good maneuverability. With this amount of
maneuverability you can shoot all but serious white water rivers. Even tight turns in
small creeks are not a problem. Just to say, this is another thing I would not have expected from a canoe
with a straight keelline. The capacity is typical for a 16' canoe. You can easily fit 2
persons and a 2 weeks supply in the boat, however, it is not a canoe for expedition style canoeing.
The Adirondack is manufactured in Royalex (27 kg), Tuf-weave (28 kg) or Kevlar with foam core (17 kg).
Royalex is only recommended for rockery terrain, or modetate (not technical) white water. In all other
situations (depending, for sure, on ones wallet or demands), I would prefer one of the composite variants.
The first guess of the Adirondack was: "Hmmm, this canoe keeps a low profile." After taking a close look:
"Wow, this canoe has hidden qualities." Sure, not a canoe for special use or high-end fanatics, there
are better canoes for each task. The Adirondack is a good allround canoe, in the 16' class, he
is among the best boats available for tripping on lakes or creeks of all sizes. Due to his
maneuverability, the Adi is my first choise on small creeks with tight turns.
Prices / Dealers
The Adirondack costs between $???,- (standard in Tuf-weave)
and $ ???,- (Kevlar-Foam-Core). The canoe is available from We no nah dealers, further information can be
obtained from the We no nahweb page, or, for Europe, from
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Our 2019 CSA Season has ended. We look forward to growing
great fruit and vegetables at a great price for you in 2020!
your local farmer!
The Dillner Family Farm Market is open daily May through Mid November!
have a number of CSA pick-up sites throughout Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. Choose a weekly large or small
or bi-weekly large CSA share and add a weekly and bi-weekly egg share!
forward to having you as a part of our CSA family this coming season!
~Don & Jane Dillner
Family Farm is a fourth generation family-owned fruit and vegetable farm located in West Deer Township in Gibsonia,
Pennsylvania since the 1940’s. Eight
greenhouse and high tunnel structures extend the growing season to provide more variety of farm fresh produce. The Dillner
Family Farm market is open daily from May to Mid November with fresh picked produce and our own meat products
for sale. We participate every week during the growing season
in several Pittsburgh Area Farmers' Markets, providing fresh locally grown fruits, vegetables and other farm products. Don and I are excited to announce that we have expanded into animal
production on our new farm in Summit Township in Butler County.
For over 15 years, the Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) program is a successful part of our farm business and we are happy to offer it each year to our customers.
Don and I would like to thank all of our CSA
members for your loyality and support. We look forward to another great year in 2020!


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Weekend Boots for A Party or Shopping Dates
When you think it’s time to notch up some more of the kind of style points you should be collecting, you don’t always think of combat boots!
However they are, in fact, the first step towards transforming a demure entrance into something that quickly turns heads.
They’re a perfect contradiction: a functional item that magnifies your best, most beautiful attributes, and a great platform for whatever wardrobe choices you make through the seasons.
The chukka/work/combat makeover is the good girl’s way of putting her foot down in style, while remaining true to her natural (and practical) self.


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Proposal for the Changing Workplace Review Initiative
- October 21, 2015
David Baker and previous bakerlaw associate Meryl Gary (Lancaster House), Wade Poziomka (Ross & McBride LLP), and Karen Segal (Lancaster House) have together drafted a proposal regarding the Changing Workplaces Review. This Review was tasked with “engaging openly with Ontarians to consider actions that will support labour and employment law reforms” and with “building a fair and inclusive society”. This is to be done through the creation of jobs, protection of workers and increasing accessibility of Ontario. To see the full terms of reference for the Review click here (link to terms).
David Baker’s proposal provides the following recommendations:
- Retention of overtime protections and introduction of $15 minimum wage;
- Coverage for drugs, basic dental and extended health care;
- Universal disability insurance;
- Job Protection;
- Wrongful Dismissal;
- Access to Justice;
- Address the issue of rights without effective remedies;
- Barrier free Ontario by 2025;
- Employment equity;
- Severance Employers;
- Address the Temporary Foreign Workers issues; and
- Expansion of the protections afforded by employment.
For detailed explanations of the above recommendations, and to view the full proposal, click here (link to proposal).
If you have any thoughts on this proposal, leave us a comment below!
If you have any questions about your human rights in employment, please feel free to contact us (link).

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Mooji Baba Ashram
"We didn’t come to Monte Sahaja to start a new community
or to run away from society.
We came here only for Freedom."
Monte Sahaja is a living ashram, a haven for seekers of Truth drawn towards spiritual awakening. Sahaja is the home of Mooji and the spiritual home of the Sangha. The naturalness and profundity of Moojibaba’s unconditional love and wisdom pervade the entire land, and Sahaja itself reflects this sacredness, purity and simplicity. Outwardly, it may appear like just another beautiful, peaceful place. However, the real magnificence of Sahaja is the opportunity to experience and receive a living Master’s grace, presence and guidance in the inner work of awakening to our original nature.
Santa Clara Dam
Located on a small plain ground washed by the Mira river, quite cloise to tnhe Algarve’s region border, the Santa Clara Dam was once the biggest dam in the Country.
Built during the Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime installed in 1933 until 1974, the Dam’s lake covers an area of 1986 hectares.
All the lake area presents astonishing landscapes with water, mounts and valleys, in a peaceful ambiance that calls all senses, and provides wonderful conditions for the most diversified nautical sports.


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(Vatican Radio) Mexican Authorities announced Marines have captured the leader of the infamous Gulf drug cartel.
A Government Spokesman says Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez was arrested by a special squad of heavily armed Marines in Tampico, North Eastern Mexico putting up no resistance. The US State Department has offered a five million dollar reward leading to his detention. His capture comes a week after the arrest of one of his senior Lieutenants, also by Mexican Marines.
Costilla, known as "El Coss," is wanted on a variety of narcotics related charges on both sides of the Border. Its likely US Authorities will formally apply for his extradition to face US Justice. He's already been brought to Mexico City under heavy guard.
The Gulf cartel is also under fire from former henchmen. It employed Mexican Special Forces deserters called the Zetas as bodyguards and assassins. But then, the Zetas turned on their bosses, broke away and formed their own ultra violent cartel. A feud between these two strands of organized crime, has already cost many lives.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the Legislature’s Democratic leadership on Thursday released a draft bill to get rid of the food sales tax in the state.
Known colloquially as the “Axe the Food Tax” bill, the legislation would eliminate the state’s 6.5% sales tax on food. The draft bill also includes a full exemption on state and local taxes for items bought at farmers markets.
Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, and House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, helped craft the legislation and are formally looking for co-sponsors.Read More


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Vision Source Herndon is one of my favorite healthcare providers. The staff is professional, friendly and provides the highest quality of service. Dr. Grant is always friendly and thorough. I recommend this practice without hesitation.
This was my first appointment as a new patient with Dr. Finley's Family Eyecare. The optician efficiently and professionally led me through the various machines and eye tests. Dr. Grant dedicated time to make sure my prescription was comfortable and answered all questions I had about my eye care.
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If you want the fuel efficiency of a hybrid powertrain but hate the looks of more popular hybrids, the 2015 Ford Fusion Hybrid should be right up your alley. Now in its third year, the Fusion Hybrid and its plug-in hybrid Fusion Energi sibling retain the striking and well-received design of the gasoline Fusions, but deliver better gas mileage.
Ford suffered a bit of embarrassment in June 2014 when it discovered "testing errors" that had led it to inflate the fuel-efficiency ratings it submitted to the EPA for both hybrid Fusions. So the 2015 Fusion Hybrid has been lowered to 42 mpg combined (44 mpg city, 41 mpg highway) from 47 mpg combined (47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway) in the earlier model years--and those ratings have been retroactively cut too, with Ford sending checks to buyers to compensate them for the extra gasoline they bought. That's still better than the hybrid versions of the Camry (41 mpg combined), Optima and Sonata (38 mpg).
Similarly, the 2015 Fusion Energi is now rated at 38 mpg combined (88 MPGe efficiency, with 19 miles of electric range), reduced from 43 mpg combined (100 MPGe efficiency, with 21 miles of electric range). That puts it well below the Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid's 46 mpg combined, however, and just 1 mpg better than the smaller Chevy Volt's 37 mpg combined when operating in range-extending mode. As for range, the plug-in Accord is rated at 15 miles and the Chevy Volt at 38 miles.
Moving beyond the lower gas-mileage ratings--which are still pretty good for mid-size sedans--the Fusion lineup is selling well in general. The Fusion Hybrid competes with a growing array of mid-size hybrid sedans from Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, and Kia. The Fusion Energi faces off against the plug-in hybrid model of the Honda Accord, plus both the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid (a hatchback) and the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car (a four-seat compact hatchback).
The sleek Fusion design wears its racy fastback shape well, led by a large oblong grille opening and slanting down to a tail that could almost be a hatchback--but isn't. Choose colors carefully; it tends to look better in darker shades that play up its racy lines, whereas light colors make it look heavier and thicker through the middle. Toyota has redesigned its Camry for 2015--you be the judge there--and the carryover Hyundai Sonata Hybrid looks overstyled against the revised 2015 Sonata only offered with a gasoline engine. For our money, the Honda Accord's crisp, traditional sedan lines are the nicest shape in the group after the Fusion.
An "all-glass" instrument cluster behind the steering wheel lets drivers configure a variety of data and graphic displays, showing more or less operating information as desired. Luckily, Ford fits redundant old-style knobs for things like climate control and radio volume--for those who find the controversial MyFord Touch voice and touch controls on a central screen frustrating. The Fusion still uses capacitive touch-sensitive buttons for many controls, which also take some getting used to.
The Fusion Hybrid and Energi models have more interior volume than the last generation, but rear headroom is hurt by that descending fastback roofline. The seats are well-shaped and comfortable, with a recycled synthetic material covering base-model Hybrid seats. There's ample knee room for four six-foot adults, though the front wheel wells push feet toward the center of the car. But the headliner drops to accommodate the optional sunroof, and taller rear-seat riders will find their forehead nestled in a recess that requires slumping to move forward and clear the bulge.
The two hybrid 2015 Fusions use the same 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, mated to a two-motor hybrid system that functions like a continuously variable transmission (CVT) even though it's an entirely different technology without expanding pulleys and belts. The lithium-ion battery pack is located in the trunk, with a larger and higher-capacity pack in the Energi plug-in hybrid. Badges aside, by the way, the only way to tell the Energi model apart without looking in the trunk is to notice the charging port on its left front fender. The Fusion Energi has a 3.3-kilowatt charger that will recharge a fully depleted battery pack in 3 to 4 hours.
Both hybrid Fusions drive quietly and smoothly, with well-isolated engines and a low noise level even when they're running at maximum speed. Part of this can be attributed to Ford's active noise cancellation, which sends anti-noise through door speakers to cancel some of the frequencies that sound like the car is straining. It's the same technology used in the Ford C-Max as well, and it works imperceptibly. Ford has some of the best regenerative braking in the business, and the transitions are largely seamless.
Good handing has always been a Fusion benefit, and the hybrids hold the road well, though they're notably heavier and less lithe in corners when you drive them back to back with the gasoline models. They're still better on the road than any of their hybrid competitors, though. Ford gets special credit for managing to keep the noise from their low-rolling-resistance tires in check, while delivering not only good handling but a forgiving ride that stays firm but doesn't jar. The only thing we'd fix would be the low-geared steering, which takes more turning than we expected to shuffle the Fusion through a series of back-and-forth turns.
The Ford Fusion is a Top Safety Pick for 2015 and the highest "Good" ratings from the IIHS for all categories except its new small-overlap front crash test, where it scores an "Acceptable". Meanwhile, the Fusion gets five stars (the highest rating) for overall safety from the NHTSA, and five for frontal crash. Its side crash and rollover are rated at four stars.
The 2015 Fusion hybrids haven't changed much from previous years; standard features include Bluetooth pairing. Options--which can add up quickly from the long list--include parking sensors, a rearview camera, blind-spot monitors, adaptive cruise control, and lane-correction and lane-departure systems.A technology package that adds the 8-inch LCD touchscreen for the MyFord Touch system also includes the rearview camera as well. Other options are remote starting, leather seats, 18-inch alloy wheels, and that space-stealing sunroof. Ford's excellent active park-assist capability measures a parking space and steers the car into it, while the driver accelerates and brakes; that's optional as well.
The Fusion Hybrid starts at a reasonable $27,000, and both hybrid Fusion models are doing quite well for Ford--with the plug-in hybrid model even outselling the C-Max Energi model, despite a starting price of almost $40,000.
For more on the gasoline versions of this mid-size sedan, see our review of the 2015 Ford Fusion.
- 2014 Kia Optima
- 2015 Hyundai Sonata
- 2015 Chevrolet Volt
- 2015 Toyota Camry
- 2014 Honda Accord
The 2015 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the plug-in hybrid Fusion Energi model combine stunning looks, good handling, and decent gas mileage--though their ratings have been reduced to reflect testing errors discovered by Ford that had inflated the numbers beyond that achieved by real-world owners. The hybrid model of the Hyundai Sonata is a carryover of last year's car, although the rest of the Sonata lineup is redesigned for 2015. It and the Kia Optima hybrid are good competitors, but not as smooth as the Ford--and neither has a plug-in hybrid option. Nor does the Toyota Camry Hybrid, the first mid-size hybrid sedan. It's as bland as the Fusion is striking, though a 2015 styling update makes the Camry different, if still nowhere near as good-looking as the Ford. The Honda Accord Hybrid, now in its second year, is the strongest competitor to the Fusion Hybrid--and there's a plug-in model too, but only in tiny numbers. On the plug-in front, there's also the Chevy Volt, which has an electric range double that of the Fusion Energi--but can only carry four passengers--for a price not all that much higher.


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Figure 1 shows the surface observations at 7:00 am CDT, which shows a stationary front across southern Manitoba. This stationary front, possibly becoming more of an advancing cold front, became the focus for intense thunderstorms in the afternoon hours of July 8th, which ultimately led to four tornadoes on this day.
Figure 2 depicts the upper-level pattern and the trough of low pressure across the Prairie Provinces, which was bringing southerly flow across Manitoba.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F1 tornado touched down at 6:00 pm CDT near St. Malo, MB. The track and width of the tornado was not documented by ECCC. The tornado caused no fatalities, no injuries and no property damage.
NOAA Central Library. (2020). U.S. Daily Weather Maps. Friday July 8, 1984 [PDF]. Retrieved from https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Collections/US-Daily-Weather-Maps
Environment and Climate Change Canada Data. (2018). Canadian National Tornado Database: Verified Events (1980-2009) – Public. Retrieved from: http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/weather/products/canadian-national-tornado-database-verified-events-1980-2009-public/


Horaces talks with Extra about the Beano 80th Birthday Collection going to Dublin’s EBOW Gallery in September
Dublin marks 80 years of Beano comics with Pop Art inspired exhibition
By Alison Ring
A constant in almost everyone’s childhood, fans of The Beano comics are in for a treat next month as a special exhibition descends on Dublin.
To mark 80 years of the legendary characters, everyone’s favourites from Dennis and Gnasher to Billy The Whizz and The Bash Street Kids will be making an appearance at the EBOW Gallery this September — except this time there’s a twist.
Eight decades of the iconic gang calls for something special, and so Beano bosses enlisted the help of artist and musician Horace Panter to put a unique spin on the original crew.
Panter, who rose to fame as The Specials’ bassist in the 70s, has in recent years turned his hand to art, and has successfully masterminded a re-imagined version of the Beano kids, in Pop Art style.
When approached by Beano HQ to take on the task, the musician admitted he ‘snapped their hand off’ with excitement for the project.
Horace Panter has mananged to re-imagine the Beano kids as Pop Art paintings, and it’s incredibly impressive.
Talking to Extra.ie about the collaboration, Panter explained, ‘Growing up, the BEANO was always around; those characters were an integral part of my childhood.
‘Dennis, Minnie the Minx and, my personal favourites, the Bash Street Kids – street smart, irreverent anti-heroes for the under 12s; when punk rock came along it seemed like the Beano set to music!
‘I’d like to think the paintings are funny and irreverent, but paying homage to both my favourite artists and to the comic characters. Hope you like them as much as I do. For me, it’s the ultimate labour of love.’
Drawing inspiration from his favourite pop artists including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, he mused, ‘One evening I had this mad idea, imagine Dennis and Gnasher sitting down for a Warhol portrait?
‘And from there is just snowballed!’
It will run in the EBOW Gallery from September 6 onward, for around four weeks.
It’s fair to say the exhibition has been a roaring success thus far, having toured across the UK and taken pride of place in Beano Studios in London from mid-April of this year.
Irish fans won’t miss out however, with the collection set to land at the EBOW Gallery, on Castle Street in Dublin 8 from September 6 for four weeks.
And what’s more, the prints will be available for purchase, making the perfect gift for the Beano lover in your house.


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I removed the Dual Converter Y Pipe for better access to the EGR Tube. Long process up to this point is in a post over in Exhaust. Lower nut on the EGR Tube was in a position where because of the angle on the open end side of the wrench I couldn't hit it with a hammer, the lower end of the wrench was right up against the frame rail. I put an extension on the wrench to give me more leverage using a piece of 1 5/8 fence pipe I got from HomeDepot, squeezing it in a vice to get the box end to fit in the pipe. First tried my 3-in-1 butane mini-torch on the nut which gives good focus but not enough heat, so I blasted it the map gas. This is all after several days of periodically squirting it with PB blaster while working on other parts of the project. PB Blaster doesn't come with a red tube anymore, find an old tube and attach it anyway for better focus to squirt the nut from the top rather than from underneath. Couldn't get the nut to budge at first so heated, put the wrench and extension on it and hit with a hammer a few times, when it didn't move squirted more PB Blaster on it and let it sit a while and repeat. After about four iterations of this (of course I was extra careful so as to not damage the EGR Tube) I finally got some movement in the nut. Worked it back and forth with my 1 1/16 combination wrench and unscrewed it from the exhaust manifold. Now on to what should be the easiest part, disconnecting EGR Tube and Valve from the top.
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PICT Classic Theatre has announced its 2018-2019 Season, “Classics in Our Times” which includes three shows, two of which are premiers. The season carries an overarching message of “Care for the child”.
PICT Artistic and Executive Director Alan Stanford commented: “The basic theme of the season is concerned with the effect we have on our children by how we treat them. And this is viewed from three different perspectives in three very different plays. Two of our productions are from the imaginations of a pair of genius storytellers from the 19th Century and the third from the mind of Pittsburgh’s own finest living storyteller.”
The opener for PICT’s 22nd Season is The Old Curiosity Shop, adapted by Stanford from the novel by Charles Dickens. It is the story of a journey made by Little Nell, a fourteen-year-old girl, and her grandfather, the proprietor of the eponymous shop. The play follows them through England as they run from the evil moneylender, Quilp, who seeks the money he lent to the grandfather as an investment. Her grandfather’s addiction to gambling has brought about his ruin. On the journey, they meet with a mixture of kindness and ill fortunes. Along the way, they encounter some of the most memorable characters drawn from the imagination of Charles Dickens.
Stanford: “In The Old Curiosity Shop, we see a young girl, abused in the name of love by an aging grandparent, whose addiction to gambling is justified in his mind by the need to provide for his Grandchild. Through this, she becomes victim to homelessness, poverty and the whims of a predator.”
The Old Curiosity Shop, adapted by Alan Stanford from the novel by Charles Dickens has its preview on Friday, November 23rdat 7: 30 pm and the show opens on Saturday, November 24th with performances through Saturday, December 15.
On January 31st, PICT will premiere Run the Rabbit Path new play by Pittsburgh playwright Ray Werner. Set in the shadow of Pittsburgh’s steel mills, two Irish American brothers and their sister struggle through the trauma of planning their father’s wake, in the kitchen where he died the day before. Their father’s love guides them through the morass of emotions as they stumble onto the mystery of the rabbit path. Werner takes us through this funeral family process with all the wit, tenderness and charm for which his plays have become so loved in Pittsburgh.
Stanford: “In Run the Rabbit Path, we see how simple childhood experiences can alter a person’s life and their perspective on family members. How resentment and secrets can change each of us as we grow to maturity without answers.”
Run the Rabbit Path previews begin Thursday, January 31st through and Friday, February 1st, both at 7:30 pm. The show Opens Saturday, February 2nd and concludes its run February 15th.
The third and final show of the season will be The Heiress, written by Ruth and Augustus. Adapted from the novel Washington Square by Henry James and set in the 1850s of New York City, The Heiress tells the story of a wealthy but insecure young woman, desperate for love, who meets a dashing but penniless bachelor. Despite the influence of her overly controlling father, she dreams and hopes. Is this the prince she hoped would come along or a money-hungry scoundrel taking advantage of an innocent girl? Is she finally blessed by good fortune or terribly naive and falling for the charm of a handsome opportunist? This chess match uncovers true motives, true feelings, and the self-discovery that turns a shy young girl into a woman.
Stanford: “InThe Heiress, from the novel Washington Square by Henry James, we see the suppression of a woman, who. since childhood has been held in little regard by a grieving father. It is his lack of regard for his daughter that drives her to potentially the greatest mistake of her life.”
Previews for The Heiress are Thursday, April 4th, and Friday, April 5thwith performances from Saturday, April 6th to its closing on Saturday, April 27th.
PICT will present this season’s productions at the WQED Fred Rogers Studio in Oakland. Just as PICT gives new voice to the past in its productions of classic theatre, the studio itself provides a lasting connection to the legacy of Fred Rogers, as the site where Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood was taped. During PICT’s debut last season at WQED, audiences enjoyed the comfortable seating, the pleasant acoustics, the social atmosphere of the lobby, the convenient accessibility, and of course, the stories performed upon the stage. The reactions to the new venue have been overwhelmingly positive, and since its first performance in the Fred Rogers Studio, PICT has experienced a steady increase in new patrons.” All performances are at 7:30 pm.
As a prelude to its Season opening, the company will present “Play with PICT” on September 21st, 2018 at The Pittsburgh Glass Center. The event will include gourmet hors-d’oeuvre, fine wines, music, curiosities from past PICT productions, games, pop-up interactions, silent auctions, and wine and beer raffles, benefiting PICT Classic Theatre. PICT also continues its “Buy-A-Seat” campaign, through which patrons can personalize one of the new theatre seats at the WQED Fred Rogers Studio by making a contribution to the company. “Buy-A-Seat” pledges, and tickets for “Play with PICT” are available by calling 412-561-6000, or by visiting www.picttheatre.org.
Subscriptions to PICT Classic Theatre’s 2018-2019 Season are currently available by calling 412-561-6000, or by visiting http://www.picttheatre.org. In addition to the plays themselves, PICT offers several special events coinciding with performance dates that are free to ticket holders, such as opening night celebrations, post-show question and answer sessions, pre-show lectures and interviews, and food truck Fridays. Dates and times can be found at PICT’s website.
George Hoover got his start in theatre in Miami when his family ran the Coconut Grove Playhouse. His career encompasses a variety of work in both the design and technical side of motion pictures, live theatre, and television. George is a three-time Emmy Award winner, member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Broadcasting & Cable Technology Leadership Award winner, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Life Fellow, and most importantly a passionate theatre person and generally handy guy.


My Top 1000 Songs #336: The Voice
A guilty pleasure? I guess we could revisit the old debate about whether there is such a thing as a guilty pleasure--are there songs we enjoy with some amount of embarrassment, recognizing they are inherently uncool? Or should we be comfortable with our taste and just like what we damn well please?
Guilt or not, I've always loved this song. 1981's Long Distance Voyager was the Moody Blues' turning point from the arty post-psychedelic mellow pop of their 60s & 70s work into their slicker adult contemporary music of the 80s and beyond (when I largely gave them up). While Voyager had a few more prog-light numbers, this gem was firmly in the radio-friendly pop camp, though avoiding the treacly aspects of their later releases that made them the darlings of local PBS affiliates showing Moody Blues concert films to boomers during fund drives.
Voyager also came out at the right time for me--I was still in my classic rock & prog phase, a big fan of the band's earlier stuff; and while I'd begun my pivot into punk/indie/new wave, I wasn't too jaded yet to give the album the back of my hand. And context aside, "The Voice" is one of their catchiest tracks, a hum-along earworm pop tune that never lost my interest even as I found myself spending less and less time with the band. Once I got to the college station a few years later and immersed myself in indie music, the Moodies were strictly verboten... but, yeah, late at night back in the dorm, I'd still slip on some headphones and play "The Voice."Live in 1992:


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"Value of Philosophy" - An Analysis
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From the Paper:"In Bertrand Russell's classic treatise, 'The Problems of Philosophy', the author describes his concepts of philosophy as a mental endeavor and as a worthwhile subject of study. Russell came from a scholarly background where he functioned as both teacher and political activist, yet in the latter respect he was strongly against government policies in which the welfare of the population was put at risk for the benefit of the wealthy or the powerful. He also challenged the government's right to engage in conflict, finding that such practices contributed little to the good of the people themselves and therefore were morally unjust. This paper shall..."
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The Influence of Explicit Racial Cues on Candidate Evaluation
Green, Joshua Aaron
- Publisher: eScholarship, University of California
Political Science | Mass communication | Social psychology | campaign coverage | explicit cues | implicit association test | media | priming | race
Since Barack Obama's presidential campaign of 2008, media outlets have changed how race is covered and framed during political campaigns. In the so-called "post-racial" era of American politics when race is supposed to matter less, we are still very much attuned to stories that are framed by racial conflict. When the media wraps a "racial mode of interpretation" around a conflict between two candidates, there are potential electoral penalties involved for either a white or black candidate who becomes entangled in such a controversy.This project describes this process and provides empirical evidence that individuals' political judgments of candidates can be changed when exposed to such framing. Through a series of three survey experiments that simulate the effect of race-salient media coverage on voters, I find that there are statistically significant electoral penalties--in some cases, more than 10 percentage points--when respondents learn new information about a candidate that either assigns blame for a "race play" or connects him and his opponent to racial controversy. There is also evidence that the media plays a significant role in assigning blame for playing the race card. More respondents were willing to assign blame to a particular candidate when they read news stories in which a media analyst blamed that candidate.While past literature has focused on racial priming processes that activate white resentment through implicit or explicit cues in campaign ads, this research demonstrates that there may be an important learning process that has been overlooked. Media coverage with an explicit racial mode of interpretation may activate a broader backlash effect among respondents regardless of their racial resentment scores.

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