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listeners can utilize the websites and mobile apps from townsquare media radio stations kkcb-fm, webc-am, kldj-fm and kbmx-fm to nominate nurses (april 30th through may 6th). 30 entries will be selected and recognized may 7 - may 11 (5 per day) in conjunction with nurse appreciation week. nominations will be shared with essential health, duluth, who will select winners and provide winning names to townsquare media duluth. winning nominees will receive on-air recognition as well as prizes provided by scrubs direct and engwall florist and gifts.
technical issues include but are not limited to computer error, human error, off-air transmitter difficulties. station(s) and townsquare media inc. will not be held responsible for technical issues.
selected nominees will receive a complimentary bouquet of flowers, from engwall florist and gift, along with a free set of scrubs from scrub’s direct. value of “prize package” not to exceed $100.
selected nominees will be contacted by the company and must provide a valid address for delivery of the “prize package.” failure to return the station’s call or email within 48 hours will risk forfeiture of prize. if station is unable to connect with entrant within 48 hours, the prize will remain property of the company and another winner may or may not be selected. prizes are not transferable or exchangeable for any other prize or equivalent prize.
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One woman and her friends made a bold statement about the way society views the female body.
"So my friends and I put on a photoshoot a few months back, this became the result," Reddit user nerdygypsy posted yesterday. "We were trying to more or less expose the ridiculousness involved in photoshoots." The images show nerdygypsy, aka Sarah Coffman, and two friends reading popular magazines in their underwear, plastic surgery Sharpie markings covering their bodies.
"We live in a society where women are constantly being stripped down and evaluated, without physically being stripped down," the photographer, Terrance Smalls, wrote of the shoot on his website. "Well, what does it look like when we actually strip women down and evaluate their physical 'shortcomings'? How insane does it look? How uncomfortable does it make us feel?"
See their stunning images below.
Makeup, Tawanna Smalls; hair: Connie Novello; models: Sarah Coffman, Tiffany Stephens, Ashley Arce, Rose Duquette.

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one woman and her friends made a bold statement about the way society views the female body.
"so my friends and i put on a photoshoot a few months back, this became the result," reddit user nerdygypsy posted yesterday. "we were trying to more or less expose the ridiculousness involved in photoshoots." the images show nerdygypsy, aka sarah coffman, and two friends reading popular magazines in their underwear, plastic surgery sharpie markings covering their bodies.
"we live in a society where women are constantly being stripped down and evaluated, without physically being stripped down," the photographer, terrance smalls, wrote of the shoot on his website. "well, what does it look like when we actually strip women down and evaluate their physical 'shortcomings'? how insane does it look? how uncomfortable does it make us feel?"
see their stunning images below.
makeup, tawanna smalls; hair: connie novello; models: sarah coffman, tiffany stephens, ashley arce, rose duquette.


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medical office online specializes in healthcare information services and has been providing health care providers with unparalleled secure web based access to their medical records for over ten years. we pride ourselves in providing our clients with state-of-the-art medical software while permitting them unlimited access, and top notch data security. the medical office online application is an ongoing development and a product of eight years of design, development and testing, by physicians, computer programmers, security experts, office managers, billers, and medical office personnel. medical office online is a privately held company, headquartered in st. louis, missouri, usa.
medical office online, inc. seeks out persons with integrity, who are talented, self motivated, and through continuous self education are willing to cross train in software design, development, marketing, sales, customer training and support.
your goal in joining medical office online would be to participate in the creation of a new industry by helping healthcare providers perform their clinical, financial and regulatory work with state-of-the-art tools.
this position is responsible for providing technical support and remote training.
· customize training plan for individual practice needs and deliver training to physicians and staff.
· determine workflow and identify potential problems and involve the correct persons in the solution.
· provide group and individual training while demonstrating expert knowledge of clinical workflows.
· work with physicians and staff to understand and research customization requests.
· provide remote go live support and provide ongoing technical and customer support.


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It is anything that a single girl would do. I am not talking about collecting cats or only reading sappy romance novels Single Girl Swag is having a great time out on the weekend, laying by the pool, having a hello kitty coffee pot at the age of 26, or maybe even doing something you never thought you would.
I hope everyone has a great summer and remember to turn your single girl swag on!

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it is anything that a single girl would do. i am not talking about collecting cats or only reading sappy romance novels single girl swag is having a great time out on the weekend, laying by the pool, having a hello kitty coffee pot at the age of 26, or maybe even doing something you never thought you would.
i hope everyone has a great summer and remember to turn your single girl swag on!


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Instead of looking at the root cause of 'depression' people tend to be satisfied with symptom relief. What they don't realize is that it always comes with a price; chemical lobotomy in the case of Paxil/Seroxat..good luck with THAT!
Of course and especially teenagers shouldn't take those antidepressants either, their fragile brain is still developing so why sabotage that? Because your psychiatrist think it's a good idea?

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instead of looking at the root cause of 'depression' people tend to be satisfied with symptom relief. what they don't realize is that it always comes with a price; chemical lobotomy in the case of paxil/seroxat..good luck with that!
of course and especially teenagers shouldn't take those antidepressants either, their fragile brain is still developing so why sabotage that? because your psychiatrist think it's a good idea?


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FHA funds housing counseling agencies throughout the country who can provide information on reverse mortgages.
The Lender List page allows you to lookup lenders using various selection criteria.
Information on Reverse Mortgages provided by the AARP Foundation.

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fha funds housing counseling agencies throughout the country who can provide information on reverse mortgages.
the lender list page allows you to lookup lenders using various selection criteria.
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The town of Cedar Bluff is located in Cherokee County in northeast Alabama. Situated on the north shore of 30,200-acre Weiss Lake, the “Crappie Capital of the World,” Cedar Bluff offers numerous recreational fishing and boating opportunities. The town is home to over 1,800 residents and some of the “best high schools in the nation,” according to the U.S. News and World Report.
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the town of cedar bluff is located in cherokee county in northeast alabama. situated on the north shore of 30,200-acre weiss lake, the “crappie capital of the world,” cedar bluff offers numerous recreational fishing and boating opportunities. the town is home to over 1,800 residents and some of the “best high schools in the nation,” according to the u.s. news and world report.
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I've heard talk about these two projects for a long time, and I'm lukewarm moreso to the second project which I'll explain both. But they are finally going to start construction this year.
For those who don't know, I can't find a good map of the existing ramp but I can show an image which shows both the existing and the future configuration.
Those who aren't aware of how this works, when you exit the Gardiner here, the exit is signed as York/Bay/Yonge. If you want York St North, you take the loop ramp and keep to the left, if you want Bay St, you take the loop ramp and keep to the right onto a slip ramp onto Harbour, and then make a left turn onto Bay.
If you want Yonge, you don't take the loop ramp, but instead take a ramp that descends onto Harbour right before the Bay St intersection, this is only one lane and you can't turn either direction from this offramp, you must proceed straight, and therefore you make a left turn onto Yonge....so currently, only York St had a direct interchange with the Gardiner, this ramp is seen as somewhat of an eyesore by many.
As you can see from the above diagram, the replacement ramp will be a simple ramp which descends onto Harbour around Lower Simcoe Street, and therefore if you want York, Bay, or Yonge in the future, you simply stay on Harbour until you meet those intersections. Harbour will be widened to accommodate this.
My real only concern is the York/Harbour intersection, consider the before and after.
Of course, an immediate added bonus is that currently, you couldn't turn left onto York from Harbour, now a dedicated left turn lane will allow vehicles to turn onto York. So this is a positive, as a driver, if I wanted York St from Lake Shore, I had to do a bunch of moves on other streets to reach York, like using Rees St and then Bremner. But if I decide to use Lake Shore now, I have direct access to York.
What concerns me however is that arguably one left turn lane may not be enough, I always thought a fully protected dual left turn movement would be best for this intersection, pedestrians generally obey fully protected left turns with my experience, they don't barrel into the intersection just because they see a green which commonly happens during an advanced green with a green light and green left arrow.
Other than that, this could probably make the area better, I will admit that I will miss taking that loop ramp down to York, for those who want one last ride, the ramp will be permanently closed on April 17....Lake Shore/Harbour will instead be accessed from the Spadina exit while the new ramp down is constructed.
The general North-South street is Kipling Ave, Dundas Street generally travels diagonally from the south west to the south east, and Bloor St, is the main east-west street along the upper half of the map.
While this better connects the three streets, the traffic pattern before made more sense in how most traffic travels.
As you can see from the old map, Bloor St was the natural continuation of Dundas coming from the west, indeed this is how the interchange is designed, if you drive straight you'll go from Dundas St to Bloor St, and otherwise, Bloor St to Dundas St. Indeed, this route made up the old Highway 5 which has since been decommissioned.
What I am basically trying to say, the natural flow is for Bloor if heading west to become Dundas, Bloor west of Kipling Avenue is a significantly different kind of corridor compared to the stretch east of Kipling. This means, I predict the future intersection of Bloor/Dundas/Dunbloor to have long backups to make a left to reach Dundas St, previously this was a simple through movement with no traffic lights at all, it's a shame that this kind of natural continuation couldn't have been tried to be preserved. Even the Bloor Subway line has Kipling Station more closer to Dundas, and it was assumed that if a future extension of the subway were to happen, that it would follow the alignment along Dundas.
Remember, Dundas St has an exit with Hwy 427 and Bloor does not, Dundas is an arterial in Mississauga which continues into Halton Region and beyond. Bloor west of Kipling and into Mississauga really has the status at best of a minor arterial, I'm not sure if it can be classified as a collector or not.
These are my thoughts on this, what is your opinions on this.
It's complicated, Dundas is an important street east of here as well, although it kind of travels all over the place until it finally forms a straight line east of Lansdowne Avenue, indeed follow the path and Bloor & Dundas actually meet later at a straight intersection.
I think many hate the overall "eyesoreness" of the interchange. This interchange isn't entirely free flowing, that loop ramp from NB Kipling to WB Bloor/Dundas has TWO stop signs in what should be yield signs (there isn't acceleration lanes here).
But as I said, Bloor loses it's importance WEST of Kipling, Bloor & Kipling may see an improvement, but Dundas seriously loses, and Dundas is a very important arterial west of here into Mississauga.
This comes as no surprises, considering all the barking you hear from so called experts regarding tearing down the Gardiner completely, but I digress.
Sure, the interchange wasn't perfect before, but it allowed for a lot practical movements, like those on Dundas wanting to stay on Dundas.....the faultiness of the intersection involved getting to WB Bloor, meh something tells me all these empty spaces created will be filled with even more condos.
The first one is very similar to the exit for Tillary Street off the westbound BQE in Brooklyn. You see this helix and you think of all the expensive real estate that is going to waste. It would be great if it can be used in the right way.
The second one is also a monstrosity, but probably needed. I can't imagine what type of traffic you'd get with three busy arterials meeting at one point. You sort of need to have at least one of them grade separated. This is similar to Grand Ave in the NW suburbs of Phoenix. It used to be many busy six point intersections that are now mitigated thanks to the grade separations and ramps. Ugly but necessary.
Cool thread MisterSG1, thanks for posting this. I probably wouldn't have known about these project otherwise.
The first one happens to be the only exit I use on the Gardiner (for the few times a year I drive to downtown Toronto). At least the proposed changes seem reasonable enough to me, though I'll miss the unique setup they currently have (I always thought the loop ramp in downtown looked cool, but that's how you know I'm a roadgeek ).
I can see your concerns with the six-points intersection. I've only driven through there once or twice, but I can only imagine how busy it must be. I'm also not sure why this project is really necessary. Do they plan on using some of the land in that intersection for development. Or maybe the idea is to make it more friendly for pedestrians and cyclists? Otherwise, it seems like a lot of work to arguably make the intersection worse (in terms of car traffic anyway).
The six-points intersection (in it's current form) is actually really cool from a roadgeek perspective! It's crazy how many ramps and side streets are involved.
Yeah, the removal of the interchange is part of a master plan for the area which in addition to better bike/ped accomodations also includes new parkland on the former site of the interchange and new development around it.
The interchange is immediately adjacent to the Kipling subway station, which is the western terminus of the Bloor-Danforth line. Quite a few buses already converge on it so it's already a transit hub and therefore a prime location for transit oriented development. But, the interchange takes up a lot of space, and therefore it has to go if the vision of creating a small community around the subway station is to be realized.
It's also worth noting that currently if you exit Kipling station at the east end, it puts you on the sidewalk of St Albans Rd which has the interchange on one side of it and wild growth on the other - not the sort of place that's exactly pleasant to be walking through on a regular basis, especially after dark. To get to the development to the northeast you need to follow this forlorn path and then cross Bloor at Resurrection Rd. With the interchange gone, you'll still need to cross Bloor, but will be able to do so at Dunbloor which will make some people's walk shorter. And everyone's will be more pleasant if there is a park and more development in the area.
1) Cross St Albans Rd without a crosswalk, walk across the grass to the sidewalk on Kipling, and then follow said sidewalk all the way through the interchange, having to walk right across several pseudo-freeway-style entry/exit points in the process.
2) exit at the west end of the station, walk up Aukland Rd and then back on Bloor, which is a lot less harrowing than option 1 but depending on where you're going a lot longer.
With the interchange gone, walking up Kipling will be similar to walking up any other street, and safer because every lane of traffic you need to cross will have a red light at some point while you have a walk signal - unlike now where it's uncontrolled and you have to play Frogger.
Now, the timing on all this is somewhat odd because the interchange is not (as best as I can tell) at the end of its useful life, but there is well thought out reasoning behind what is being done.
The need to make a left turn from Bloor to Dundas does strike me as a point of concern as well, but they've done traffic studies and said studies seem to indicate it won't be an issue, so we'll see.
I don't really like it. I prefer arterial roads to be perfectly continuous. I like that Bloor will now be continuous, but hate that Dundas will now be completely disjointed. If only the demo proposal was made a few years earlier before the condos on Dunbloor were built. Then the course of Dundas could have realigned to avoid Bloor and Kipling completely.
Though I can see the traffic problems that will result with the primary arterial role-switching between Bloor and Dundas.
When CN was a crown corporation, they built the obvious CN Tower, as you can see, much of that land south of the rail corridor was a giant railyard....indeed when the Gardiner Expressway was built, the overall environment resembled more of the environment when driving on Burlington St in Hamilton. I'm not exactly sure when everything changed, but as you can see, everything south of the rail corridor was pretty much industrial land.
Regarding the Six Points, I think it's quite obvious that all that space that was freed up will be used to build....you guessed it, more condos. I will address more of the issues in my response to Duke87.
Kipling has always been a transit hub, no doubt about that. But for most commuters, exiting at Kipling is not their final destination. The vast majority of people who get off the subway at Kipling will head upstairs to the bus terminal to reach other parts of the city. Notice that only the TTC uses this terminal, MiWay (formerly Mississauga Transit) operates out of Islington Station.....so they are going to have to cross this hell to reach Islington station. There is a plan to build a new terminal at Kipling for the Mississauga buses, but when this will happen, god only knows.
If not taking buses, the next group of commuters either get picked up at the "Kiss & Ride" or they walk back to their vehicles and drive to where they are headed. THERE ARE VERY FEW COMMUTERS who leave the station here and walk.
That east end exit is a rather recent addition to the station, it opened up in 2011. I assume it sprung up because of the addition of the condos on the southwest side of the interchange.
First thing, THE INTERCHANGE IS NOT ON THE WEST SIDE OF the St Albans Entrance, Kipling Ave is elevated here because this is the bridge that crosses over the CP tracks (which also serve as the Milton GO line as well), so you will always exit beside those "ugly" bridge piers no matter what.
The exit onto St Albans was again a recent addition, and to be honest, if you want the Dunbloor condos by walking, it's probably more practical in either sense to get off the subway at Islington and walk along Bloor, especially when you factor in the time it takes for the subway to reach Kipling from Islington in rush hours.
If you want to go north, you can always simply take TTC 45 Kipling, shows up every 5 minutes for most of the day, and every 10 minutes at night. The problem you suggest with St Albans and reaching Kipling will still exist afterwards, remember the St. Albans exit didn't exist until 2011, this station operated for over 30 years without it, and the vast majority of commuters enter on the Aukland/Subway Crescent side.
It's the thinking of modern day planners, CARS BAD, PEDS AND CYCLISTS GOOD. The neighborhoods themselves aren't entirely attractive, with just condos, this is essentially a bedroom community for those wanting to go downtown, what I've described as an urban suburbia.
When you visit the CityPlace neighborhood, that's the buildings that immediately surround the SkyDome *cough* I mean Rogers Centre, and the buildings west of Spadina on Fort York Blvd. These buildings have mostly the same kind of stores on the bottom that you expect to see at your suburban power center (which I always hear a a common criticism of suburbia, how it's all the same) There is no real sense of a city here, it's just buildings, it feels cold and sterile, that's how I describe it.
Similar kind of developments surround Square One in Mississauga, the Scarborough Town Centre in Scarborough, the only real example of something that actually has a good mix of residential and office space is North York Centre, which is roughly defined as the area between Hwy 401 and Finch Ave on Yonge Street. This was part of a grand plan since the 1980s by Mel Lastman (then mayor of North York) and it actually kind of feels like a "downtown" despite having a six lane Yonge Street.
Although Bloor shares the same name, as I described earlier, Bloor west of Kipling ought to be called something else really, compare the streetscapes of Bloor & Dundas west of here and you'll see what I mean, Bloor is practically a residential collector. Indeed, Bloor doesn't even reach Hurontario in Mississauga, whilst Dundas is a major arterial throughout Mississauga and continues westward beyond Halton Region to become Hwy 5.
As Bloor west of the six points is more of a residential area (compared to Dundas or Burnhamthorpe), it was actually fairly well shielded from motorists trying to use it as an alternate path....indeed, Bloor West is currently only directly reachable by SB Kipling, you CANNOT turn onto Bloor West from NB Kipling, you have to use Dundas and take Aukland to get up there, this sort of explains what I mean. Making Bloor continuous kills the longstanding relation between Dundas and Bloor through the Six Points and will arguably encourage more traffic to use Bloor than Dundas. Dundas is designed for the larger traffic volumes, there is no question about it whatsoever.
the only real example of something that actually has a good mix of residential and office space is North York Centre, which is roughly defined as the area between Hwy 401 and Finch Ave on Yonge Street. This was part of a grand plan since the 1980s by Mel Lastman (then mayor of North York) and it actually kind of feels like a "downtown" despite having a six lane Yonge Street.
I think it especially feels like a big city up there because of Yonge being six lanes. Even more so than it does downtown itself, where its narrow width makes the city look smaller than it really is.
Very short answer, aside from the specific location when the work is occurring, it shouldn't mess things up too much more than they already are. If your itinerary in Toronto is mostly the downtown core on foot, then maybe parking further afield and taking VIA or GO Transit might be your preference. I don't think there will be a significant time savings (which is why I usually end up driving straight into downtown instead), but it certainly can be a lower-stress option if less familiar with the city.
They are doing this to better accommodate pedestrians. But I don't think it is a good idea because most people in Toronto (except maybe in Downtown) drive cars, and doing this just makes traffic slower while there are very few pedestrians.

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i've heard talk about these two projects for a long time, and i'm lukewarm moreso to the second project which i'll explain both. but they are finally going to start construction this year.
for those who don't know, i can't find a good map of the existing ramp but i can show an image which shows both the existing and the future configuration.
those who aren't aware of how this works, when you exit the gardiner here, the exit is signed as york/bay/yonge. if you want york st north, you take the loop ramp and keep to the left, if you want bay st, you take the loop ramp and keep to the right onto a slip ramp onto harbour, and then make a left turn onto bay.
if you want yonge, you don't take the loop ramp, but instead take a ramp that descends onto harbour right before the bay st intersection, this is only one lane and you can't turn either direction from this offramp, you must proceed straight, and therefore you make a left turn onto yonge....so currently, only york st had a direct interchange with the gardiner, this ramp is seen as somewhat of an eyesore by many.
as you can see from the above diagram, the replacement ramp will be a simple ramp which descends onto harbour around lower simcoe street, and therefore if you want york, bay, or yonge in the future, you simply stay on harbour until you meet those intersections. harbour will be widened to accommodate this.
my real only concern is the york/harbour intersection, consider the before and after.
of course, an immediate added bonus is that currently, you couldn't turn left onto york from harbour, now a dedicated left turn lane will allow vehicles to turn onto york. so this is a positive, as a driver, if i wanted york st from lake shore, i had to do a bunch of moves on other streets to reach york, like using rees st and then bremner. but if i decide to use lake shore now, i have direct access to york.
what concerns me however is that arguably one left turn lane may not be enough, i always thought a fully protected dual left turn movement would be best for this intersection, pedestrians generally obey fully protected left turns with my experience, they don't barrel into the intersection just because they see a green which commonly happens during an advanced green with a green light and green left arrow.
other than that, this could probably make the area better, i will admit that i will miss taking that loop ramp down to york, for those who want one last ride, the ramp will be permanently closed on april 17....lake shore/harbour will instead be accessed from the spadina exit while the new ramp down is constructed.
the general north-south street is kipling ave, dundas street generally travels diagonally from the south west to the south east, and bloor st, is the main east-west street along the upper half of the map.
while this better connects the three streets, the traffic pattern before made more sense in how most traffic travels.
as you can see from the old map, bloor st was the natural continuation of dundas coming from the west, indeed this is how the interchange is designed, if you drive straight you'll go from dundas st to bloor st, and otherwise, bloor st to dundas st. indeed, this route made up the old highway 5 which has since been decommissioned.
what i am basically trying to say, the natural flow is for bloor if heading west to become dundas, bloor west of kipling avenue is a significantly different kind of corridor compared to the stretch east of kipling. this means, i predict the future intersection of bloor/dundas/dunbloor to have long backups to make a left to reach dundas st, previously this was a simple through movement with no traffic lights at all, it's a shame that this kind of natural continuation couldn't have been tried to be preserved. even the bloor subway line has kipling station more closer to dundas, and it was assumed that if a future extension of the subway were to happen, that it would follow the alignment along dundas.
remember, dundas st has an exit with hwy 427 and bloor does not, dundas is an arterial in mississauga which continues into halton region and beyond. bloor west of kipling and into mississauga really has the status at best of a minor arterial, i'm not sure if it can be classified as a collector or not.
these are my thoughts on this, what is your opinions on this.
it's complicated, dundas is an important street east of here as well, although it kind of travels all over the place until it finally forms a straight line east of lansdowne avenue, indeed follow the path and bloor & dundas actually meet later at a straight intersection.
i think many hate the overall "eyesoreness" of the interchange. this interchange isn't entirely free flowing, that loop ramp from nb kipling to wb bloor/dundas has two stop signs in what should be yield signs (there isn't acceleration lanes here).
but as i said, bloor loses it's importance west of kipling, bloor & kipling may see an improvement, but dundas seriously loses, and dundas is a very important arterial west of here into mississauga.
this comes as no surprises, considering all the barking you hear from so called experts regarding tearing down the gardiner completely, but i digress.
sure, the interchange wasn't perfect before, but it allowed for a lot practical movements, like those on dundas wanting to stay on dundas.....the faultiness of the intersection involved getting to wb bloor, meh something tells me all these empty spaces created will be filled with even more condos.
the first one is very similar to the exit for tillary street off the westbound bqe in brooklyn. you see this helix and you think of all the expensive real estate that is going to waste. it would be great if it can be used in the right way.
the second one is also a monstrosity, but probably needed. i can't imagine what type of traffic you'd get with three busy arterials meeting at one point. you sort of need to have at least one of them grade separated. this is similar to grand ave in the nw suburbs of phoenix. it used to be many busy six point intersections that are now mitigated thanks to the grade separations and ramps. ugly but necessary.
cool thread mistersg1, thanks for posting this. i probably wouldn't have known about these project otherwise.
the first one happens to be the only exit i use on the gardiner (for the few times a year i drive to downtown toronto). at least the proposed changes seem reasonable enough to me, though i'll miss the unique setup they currently have (i always thought the loop ramp in downtown looked cool, but that's how you know i'm a roadgeek ).
i can see your concerns with the six-points intersection. i've only driven through there once or twice, but i can only imagine how busy it must be. i'm also not sure why this project is really necessary. do they plan on using some of the land in that intersection for development. or maybe the idea is to make it more friendly for pedestrians and cyclists? otherwise, it seems like a lot of work to arguably make the intersection worse (in terms of car traffic anyway).
the six-points intersection (in it's current form) is actually really cool from a roadgeek perspective! it's crazy how many ramps and side streets are involved.
yeah, the removal of the interchange is part of a master plan for the area which in addition to better bike/ped accomodations also includes new parkland on the former site of the interchange and new development around it.
the interchange is immediately adjacent to the kipling subway station, which is the western terminus of the bloor-danforth line. quite a few buses already converge on it so it's already a transit hub and therefore a prime location for transit oriented development. but, the interchange takes up a lot of space, and therefore it has to go if the vision of creating a small community around the subway station is to be realized.
it's also worth noting that currently if you exit kipling station at the east end, it puts you on the sidewalk of st albans rd which has the interchange on one side of it and wild growth on the other - not the sort of place that's exactly pleasant to be walking through on a regular basis, especially after dark. to get to the development to the northeast you need to follow this forlorn path and then cross bloor at resurrection rd. with the interchange gone, you'll still need to cross bloor, but will be able to do so at dunbloor which will make some people's walk shorter. and everyone's will be more pleasant if there is a park and more development in the area.
1) cross st albans rd without a crosswalk, walk across the grass to the sidewalk on kipling, and then follow said sidewalk all the way through the interchange, having to walk right across several pseudo-freeway-style entry/exit points in the process.
2) exit at the west end of the station, walk up aukland rd and then back on bloor, which is a lot less harrowing than option 1 but depending on where you're going a lot longer.
with the interchange gone, walking up kipling will be similar to walking up any other street, and safer because every lane of traffic you need to cross will have a red light at some point while you have a walk signal - unlike now where it's uncontrolled and you have to play frogger.
now, the timing on all this is somewhat odd because the interchange is not (as best as i can tell) at the end of its useful life, but there is well thought out reasoning behind what is being done.
the need to make a left turn from bloor to dundas does strike me as a point of concern as well, but they've done traffic studies and said studies seem to indicate it won't be an issue, so we'll see.
i don't really like it. i prefer arterial roads to be perfectly continuous. i like that bloor will now be continuous, but hate that dundas will now be completely disjointed. if only the demo proposal was made a few years earlier before the condos on dunbloor were built. then the course of dundas could have realigned to avoid bloor and kipling completely.
though i can see the traffic problems that will result with the primary arterial role-switching between bloor and dundas.
when cn was a crown corporation, they built the obvious cn tower, as you can see, much of that land south of the rail corridor was a giant railyard....indeed when the gardiner expressway was built, the overall environment resembled more of the environment when driving on burlington st in hamilton. i'm not exactly sure when everything changed, but as you can see, everything south of the rail corridor was pretty much industrial land.
regarding the six points, i think it's quite obvious that all that space that was freed up will be used to build....you guessed it, more condos. i will address more of the issues in my response to duke87.
kipling has always been a transit hub, no doubt about that. but for most commuters, exiting at kipling is not their final destination. the vast majority of people who get off the subway at kipling will head upstairs to the bus terminal to reach other parts of the city. notice that only the ttc uses this terminal, miway (formerly mississauga transit) operates out of islington station.....so they are going to have to cross this hell to reach islington station. there is a plan to build a new terminal at kipling for the mississauga buses, but when this will happen, god only knows.
if not taking buses, the next group of commuters either get picked up at the "kiss & ride" or they walk back to their vehicles and drive to where they are headed. there are very few commuters who leave the station here and walk.
that east end exit is a rather recent addition to the station, it opened up in 2011. i assume it sprung up because of the addition of the condos on the southwest side of the interchange.
first thing, the interchange is not on the west side of the st albans entrance, kipling ave is elevated here because this is the bridge that crosses over the cp tracks (which also serve as the milton go line as well), so you will always exit beside those "ugly" bridge piers no matter what.
the exit onto st albans was again a recent addition, and to be honest, if you want the dunbloor condos by walking, it's probably more practical in either sense to get off the subway at islington and walk along bloor, especially when you factor in the time it takes for the subway to reach kipling from islington in rush hours.
if you want to go north, you can always simply take ttc 45 kipling, shows up every 5 minutes for most of the day, and every 10 minutes at night. the problem you suggest with st albans and reaching kipling will still exist afterwards, remember the st. albans exit didn't exist until 2011, this station operated for over 30 years without it, and the vast majority of commuters enter on the aukland/subway crescent side.
it's the thinking of modern day planners, cars bad, peds and cyclists good. the neighborhoods themselves aren't entirely attractive, with just condos, this is essentially a bedroom community for those wanting to go downtown, what i've described as an urban suburbia.
when you visit the cityplace neighborhood, that's the buildings that immediately surround the skydome *cough* i mean rogers centre, and the buildings west of spadina on fort york blvd. these buildings have mostly the same kind of stores on the bottom that you expect to see at your suburban power center (which i always hear a a common criticism of suburbia, how it's all the same) there is no real sense of a city here, it's just buildings, it feels cold and sterile, that's how i describe it.
similar kind of developments surround square one in mississauga, the scarborough town centre in scarborough, the only real example of something that actually has a good mix of residential and office space is north york centre, which is roughly defined as the area between hwy 401 and finch ave on yonge street. this was part of a grand plan since the 1980s by mel lastman (then mayor of north york) and it actually kind of feels like a "downtown" despite having a six lane yonge street.
although bloor shares the same name, as i described earlier, bloor west of kipling ought to be called something else really, compare the streetscapes of bloor & dundas west of here and you'll see what i mean, bloor is practically a residential collector. indeed, bloor doesn't even reach hurontario in mississauga, whilst dundas is a major arterial throughout mississauga and continues westward beyond halton region to become hwy 5.
as bloor west of the six points is more of a residential area (compared to dundas or burnhamthorpe), it was actually fairly well shielded from motorists trying to use it as an alternate path....indeed, bloor west is currently only directly reachable by sb kipling, you cannot turn onto bloor west from nb kipling, you have to use dundas and take aukland to get up there, this sort of explains what i mean. making bloor continuous kills the longstanding relation between dundas and bloor through the six points and will arguably encourage more traffic to use bloor than dundas. dundas is designed for the larger traffic volumes, there is no question about it whatsoever.
the only real example of something that actually has a good mix of residential and office space is north york centre, which is roughly defined as the area between hwy 401 and finch ave on yonge street. this was part of a grand plan since the 1980s by mel lastman (then mayor of north york) and it actually kind of feels like a "downtown" despite having a six lane yonge street.
i think it especially feels like a big city up there because of yonge being six lanes. even more so than it does downtown itself, where its narrow width makes the city look smaller than it really is.
very short answer, aside from the specific location when the work is occurring, it shouldn't mess things up too much more than they already are. if your itinerary in toronto is mostly the downtown core on foot, then maybe parking further afield and taking via or go transit might be your preference. i don't think there will be a significant time savings (which is why i usually end up driving straight into downtown instead), but it certainly can be a lower-stress option if less familiar with the city.
they are doing this to better accommodate pedestrians. but i don't think it is a good idea because most people in toronto (except maybe in downtown) drive cars, and doing this just makes traffic slower while there are very few pedestrians.


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The Norwegian browser-maker Opera has announced that its mobile browser, Opera for Android, will enable users to buy cryptocurrencies directly on their smartphones. The app now features a digital wallet top up option via an integration with Sweden’s online cryptocurrency brokerage Safello. The feature is being rolled out in Scandinavia first, and said to be already available in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
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opera ltd (nasdaq: opra), the norway-headquartered company behind the web browsers used by over 320 million people, now lets users buy cryptocurrency directly within its mobile app. this service is being rolled out in scandinavia first due to a local partnership.
the norwegian browser-maker opera has announced that its mobile browser, opera for android, will enable users to buy cryptocurrencies directly on their smartphones. the app now features a digital wallet top up option via an integration with sweden’s online cryptocurrency brokerage safello. the feature is being rolled out in scandinavia first, and said to be already available in sweden, norway and denmark.
founded in 2013 in sweden, safello is regulated as a financial institution and registered with the financial supervisory authority of sweden. the solution includes verifying users’ identities using norway’s bankid and denmark’s nemid services. the online brokerage focuses on speed and ease of use, promising that the process of buying cryptocurrency with safello takes less than a minute. users also have the option to make payments with credit and debit cards and transfers over local payment networks, such as swish in sweden.
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Learn about the tribes and bands, state recognized tribes, history, agencies, and records for the Indians of Texas.
Ethnologists have identified hundreds of groups of Texas "Indians," as the first European explorers to arrive called the peoples they found. Some of these were true tribes, accumulations of families or clans with social customs, traditions, and rules for order; these were occasionally quite large. At the opposite extreme, some were merely small family groups whose names or ethnic designations were taken for "tribal" names by the Spanish and French and in subsequent secondary literature. The extant names of Texas Indian groups present a dazzling array of variants, partly because the Spanish, French, and English heard the newly "discovered" peoples differently and recorded their names differently. Some names in the historical records are mistakes for groups that never existed.
Spanish period. The variety of the peoples and cultures whom Europeans first found in Texas and the different histories of each group make generalizations about Indians hazardous. Texas was not simply a Spanish-Indian or Anglo-Indian frontier, but rather a multisided frontier, a Spanish-Anglo-Comanche-Wichita-Apache-etc. frontier, where multiple groups acted for their own reasons. A few generalizations, however, apply to all Texas Indian groups. First, diseases introduced by the Europeans decimated them, especially after mission and military institutions brought people in contact so that they could be infected. More broadly, anthropologist John C. Ewers has identified no fewer than thirty major epidemics-mainly of smallpox and cholera-between 1528 and 1890 that wiped out perhaps 95 percent of Texas Indians.
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Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices.
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Texas has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians, and others.
From the mid-1800s, the official policy of the United States government toward the American Indian was to confine each tribe to a specific parcel of land called a reservation. Agencies were established on or near each reservation. A government representative, usually called an agent (or superintendent) was assigned to each agency. Their duties included maintaining the peace, making payments to the Native Americans based on the stipulations of the treaties with each tribe, and providing a means of communication between the native population and the federal government.
Sometimes, a single agency had jurisdiction over more than one reservation. And sometimes, if the tribal population and land area required it, an agency may have included sub-agencies.
The boundaries of reservations, over time, have changed. Usually, that means the reservations have been reduced in size. Sometimes, especially during the later policy of "termination," the official status of reservations was ended altogether.
The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America, and other sources. Those reservations named in bold are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.
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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. M540 Southern Superintendency 1832-1870. FHL film 1602871 (first of 22 films.
↑ Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
↑ Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
↑ National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations Available online.

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learn about the tribes and bands, state recognized tribes, history, agencies, and records for the indians of texas.
ethnologists have identified hundreds of groups of texas "indians," as the first european explorers to arrive called the peoples they found. some of these were true tribes, accumulations of families or clans with social customs, traditions, and rules for order; these were occasionally quite large. at the opposite extreme, some were merely small family groups whose names or ethnic designations were taken for "tribal" names by the spanish and french and in subsequent secondary literature. the extant names of texas indian groups present a dazzling array of variants, partly because the spanish, french, and english heard the newly "discovered" peoples differently and recorded their names differently. some names in the historical records are mistakes for groups that never existed.
spanish period. the variety of the peoples and cultures whom europeans first found in texas and the different histories of each group make generalizations about indians hazardous. texas was not simply a spanish-indian or anglo-indian frontier, but rather a multisided frontier, a spanish-anglo-comanche-wichita-apache-etc. frontier, where multiple groups acted for their own reasons. a few generalizations, however, apply to all texas indian groups. first, diseases introduced by the europeans decimated them, especially after mission and military institutions brought people in contact so that they could be infected. more broadly, anthropologist john c. ewers has identified no fewer than thirty major epidemics-mainly of smallpox and cholera-between 1528 and 1890 that wiped out perhaps 95 percent of texas indians.
the following list of american indians who have lived in texas has been compiled from hodge's handbook of american indians... and from swanton's the indian tribes of north america. some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.
agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the bureau of indian affairs and its predecessors. their purpose was (and is) to manage indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. the names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices.
the following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in texas has been compiled from hill's office of indian affairs..., hill's guide to records in the national archives relating to american indians, and others.
from the mid-1800s, the official policy of the united states government toward the american indian was to confine each tribe to a specific parcel of land called a reservation. agencies were established on or near each reservation. a government representative, usually called an agent (or superintendent) was assigned to each agency. their duties included maintaining the peace, making payments to the native americans based on the stipulations of the treaties with each tribe, and providing a means of communication between the native population and the federal government.
sometimes, a single agency had jurisdiction over more than one reservation. and sometimes, if the tribal population and land area required it, an agency may have included sub-agencies.
the boundaries of reservations, over time, have changed. usually, that means the reservations have been reduced in size. sometimes, especially during the later policy of "termination," the official status of reservations was ended altogether.
the following list of reservations has been compiled from the national atlas of the united states of america, the omni gazetteer of the united states of america, and other sources. those reservations named in bold are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.
see also american indian for further reading.
united states. office of indian affairs. m540 southern superintendency 1832-1870. fhl film 1602871 (first of 22 films.
↑ hodge, frederick webb. handbook of american indians north of mexico. washington d.c.:smithsonian institution, bureau of american ethnology, bulletin #30 1907. available online.
↑ swanton john r. the indian tribes of north america. smithsonian institution, bureau of american ethnology, bulletin #145 available online.
↑ national atlas of the united states of america -- federal lands and indian reservations available online.


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enviro clean. fruit & veg wash. 500ml.
enviro clean. laundry powder & pre-soaker. 1kg.
enviro clean. fabric conditioner. 1lt.


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JDMbits: The New Rota Track-R Arrived!
The New Rota Track-R Arrived!
is now available in Full Racing White!

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jdmbits: the new rota track-r arrived!
the new rota track-r arrived!
is now available in full racing white!


text: Our decadent White Chocolate Strawberry flavored white dessert wine begins its journey as ripe and luscious, mouth-watering fruit. Under vigilant care, fermentation proceeds until the wine achieves a perfect balance of sweetness and flavor. After brief aging to preserve the white grape’s tantalizing nuances, all-natural extracts of white chocolate and juicy strawberry are carefully added. Our wine finishes as a sublime and sophisticated dessert to compliment any meal.

lowercased: our decadent white chocolate strawberry flavored white dessert wine begins its journey as ripe and luscious, mouth-watering fruit. under vigilant care, fermentation proceeds until the wine achieves a perfect balance of sweetness and flavor. after brief aging to preserve the white grape’s tantalizing nuances, all-natural extracts of white chocolate and juicy strawberry are carefully added. our wine finishes as a sublime and sophisticated dessert to compliment any meal.


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All the contained pictures in your phone will show in list in the right-side window.Samsung Galaxy J4: características, precio, disponibilidad.
choosing dialog from which you can specify an output location for saving the exported photos and movies. Dropbox will provide 2GB of free space for you to store data.
2, tap About Phone. Samsung Galaxy J6: precios, especificaciones, diseño. Tap "Select folder to backup" and all picture files stored on your phone will appear in the list. Download Samsung Kies for Mac OS from the support section of Samsung's website. Cómo VER la TV gratis desde el móvil Mejor APP de televisión Android Últimas noticias, lo más visto, huawei Y9 2019: todo sobre el nuevo smartphone económico de Huawei. If you are using a Mac, you can download the Mac version and go through the same transfer process on your Mac. Estas son las causas y soluciones. 7 Wait for the files to transfer. 3 Select "Show in Finder." 4 Highlight all of the music files you want to transfer. Solution 5: Backup Android Photos with Google. The app will vary depending on the Android device you are using. After the connection is successful, open My Computer or start My Computer from the Start menu. Tu móvil no carga la batería? 5, tap "File transfer" or "MTP." 6, click the Go menu and select "Applications. First, you need to download the Google Photos app from the Google Play Store and download it to your Android device. Select the backup files from your computer and click "Start" button to restore them back to you phone. Or, you can click "Add" button to copy photos from computer to your phone. Here are the steps you should follow:.
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2 easy ways to connect an Android phone to a Mac computer.Transfer files from your Android smartphone to your Mac.
7 and higher, en formato, esta aplicación se llama Android File Transfer. S SD card, hTC, the mobil android to mac powerful software works with all Android brands like Samsung. Cómo borrar la basura de tu móvil Android y liberar memoria. Al igual que en Linux en general. Supports macOS, download the Mobile Transfer from the buttons below. Video Tutorial, precio, pero los usuarios de Mac no lo tienen tan fácil porque de forma nativa no se puede visualizar el contenido interno del dispositivo como si fuera una unidad de disco. Logi" cómo recibir notificaciones y alarmas, if you already have an account.
Importante : Si no os reconoce la aplicación vuestro dispositivo probad a ir a Ajustes Almacenamiento Tres botones de ajustes Conexión USB al ordenador y comprobad que tenéis marcado Dispositivo multimedia (MTP).No extra software is needed for Windows.Fuchsia OS más cerca de sustituir a android.
Click the "Photos" "Phone Gallery" icons from the left and you will enter the corresponding window.Launch this program after installation.2 Community Q A Search Add New Question Question My Galaxy S6 still won't connect.Como transformar una foto normal en HDR.

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all the contained pictures in your phone will show in list in the right-side window.samsung galaxy j4: características, precio, disponibilidad.
choosing dialog from which you can specify an output location for saving the exported photos and movies. dropbox will provide 2gb of free space for you to store data.
2, tap about phone. samsung galaxy j6: precios, especificaciones, diseño. tap "select folder to backup" and all picture files stored on your phone will appear in the list. download samsung kies for mac os from the support section of samsung's website. cómo ver la tv gratis desde el móvil mejor app de televisión android últimas noticias, lo más visto, huawei y9 2019: todo sobre el nuevo smartphone económico de huawei. if you are using a mac, you can download the mac version and go through the same transfer process on your mac. estas son las causas y soluciones. 7 wait for the files to transfer. 3 select "show in finder." 4 highlight all of the music files you want to transfer. solution 5: backup android photos with google. the app will vary depending on the android device you are using. after the connection is successful, open my computer or start my computer from the start menu. tu móvil no carga la batería? 5, tap "file transfer" or "mtp." 6, click the go menu and select "applications. first, you need to download the google photos app from the google play store and download it to your android device. select the backup files from your computer and click "start" button to restore them back to you phone. or, you can click "add" button to copy photos from computer to your phone. here are the steps you should follow:.
click and drag files to transfer them 8, ask a question 200 characters left include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. s near the middle of the page. terms of service and, button to enable photo backup, when the androidapos. you can select mac individual files or entire folders. steps 1, install the application and create an account. musi" trucos básicos para editores dominar el teclado de google. s settings, folder, click on the" itapos. los móviles plegables han llegado, la aplicación se abrirá automáticamente para mostrarnos el sistema de archivos de nuestro dispositivo. part 2 transferring files 1, connect your android to your mac via usb. icon and select the" itapos, okay 10006.
2 easy ways to connect an android phone to a mac computer.transfer files from your android smartphone to your mac.
7 and higher, en formato, esta aplicación se llama android file transfer. s sd card, htc, the mobil android to mac powerful software works with all android brands like samsung. cómo borrar la basura de tu móvil android y liberar memoria. al igual que en linux en general. supports macos, download the mobile transfer from the buttons below. video tutorial, precio, pero los usuarios de mac no lo tienen tan fácil porque de forma nativa no se puede visualizar el contenido interno del dispositivo como si fuera una unidad de disco. logi" cómo recibir notificaciones y alarmas, if you already have an account.
importante : si no os reconoce la aplicación vuestro dispositivo probad a ir a ajustes almacenamiento tres botones de ajustes conexión usb al ordenador y comprobad que tenéis marcado dispositivo multimedia (mtp).no extra software is needed for windows.fuchsia os más cerca de sustituir a android.
click the "photos" "phone gallery" icons from the left and you will enter the corresponding window.launch this program after installation.2 community q a search add new question question my galaxy s6 still won't connect.como transformar una foto normal en hdr.


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Solo, Sub-warp, Cyrene to Arkadia | Pathfinder XXXI, home of the Sleepyheads.
I was unsure where to go, we had to be close to an hunting zone for Space Skilling Saturday, it is only Thursday but I will have so little time tomorrow night. My choices were Calypso or Arkadia, Wolta had logged on the ship and Nocturaline had already gone to Arkadia so I figured Arkadia was the place to be.
It was about 20 minutes before I reached Arkadia that Nocturaline reminded me she would not be able to attend this week’s Space Skilling Saturday, my memory, Doh! I continued on and docked at Arkadia before logging.
The journey was without incident, I did not see another active ship.
This entry was posted on Thursday, December 18th, 2014 at 23:13	and tagged with Arkadia, Calypso, Cyrene, Entropia, Entropia Universe, Nocturaline, Pathfinder XXXI, Space, Space Skilling Saturday, sub-warp, Wolta and posted in Logs, Sub-Warp.	You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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solo, sub-warp, cyrene to arkadia | pathfinder xxxi, home of the sleepyheads.
i was unsure where to go, we had to be close to an hunting zone for space skilling saturday, it is only thursday but i will have so little time tomorrow night. my choices were calypso or arkadia, wolta had logged on the ship and nocturaline had already gone to arkadia so i figured arkadia was the place to be.
it was about 20 minutes before i reached arkadia that nocturaline reminded me she would not be able to attend this week’s space skilling saturday, my memory, doh! i continued on and docked at arkadia before logging.
the journey was without incident, i did not see another active ship.
this entry was posted on thursday, december 18th, 2014 at 23:13	and tagged with arkadia, calypso, cyrene, entropia, entropia universe, nocturaline, pathfinder xxxi, space, space skilling saturday, sub-warp, wolta and posted in logs, sub-warp.	you can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2.0 feed.
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In this age defined by the presidency of Donald J. Trump, our nation is increasingly divided and our political atmosphere highly charged. The contentious environment contributes to other societal problems, even as it makes it increasingly difficult to deal with them. America’s schools are not immune from this division and incivility and are similarly challenged to address a range of issues that confront our society.
That is the start of a new report titled “School and Society in the Age of Trump" that looks at how school principals are dealing with — and how students are affected by — social issues that have been prominent during the Trump presidency: 1. political division and hostility; 2. disputes over truth, facts and the reliability of sources; 3. opioid addiction; 4. the threat of immigration enforcement; and 5. the threats of gun violence on school campuses.
The report, written by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access, details findings from a nationally representative poll taken of hundreds of high school principals. And it includes recommendations for school leaders to consider.
This post about the findings was written by Mike Rose, a highly respected research professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Schools are porous institutions — what happens in society at large plays out in classrooms and hallways — so the disturbing findings of a masterful new report “School and Society in the Age of Trump” should not surprise. But they do, in their scope and severity.
These extraordinary challenges interact and are cumulative. Over 90 percent of principals report confronting at least three of the problems I just listed: incivility, false information, threats of gun violence, anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric, and the opioid crisis. This is the world of the American high school today.
Rogers and his colleagues provide a rich analysis of the survey data and contextualize it with relevant research on political climate, gun violence, etc. But what makes the report come poignantly alive are the many comments offered by the principals themselves.
There’s a greater divide than there has been in years past between liberals and conservatives—which I think everybody sees. Things that are going on outside the school setting obviously affect school, and students’ thoughts, and students’ beliefs. There’s a different tone. I don’t want you to think that the sky is falling. As society goes, school goes. So [a] breakdown in communication [and] civility in general society, plays itself out in a school setting, or it has opportunity to.
We had a group of students wearing the Confederate flag to the school on a regular basis, and our school is predominantly white with a small group of African American and Hispanic students. This wearing [of] the Confederate flag had a deep impact on those [students] of color. [Our] response was twofold: [First], ensure to the students that were offended by this that it was not a representation of our school culture—it was a representation of a few people’s opinion—and that they were safe within our school. [Second], help the others that were expressing their first amendment rights to [recognize] the fact that, sometimes, your beliefs can have a negative impact on others.
You need to be sensitive to other people’s opinions and perspectives. This group of kids that has been displaying and wearing the Confederate flag has pretty entrenched values. It’s going to be an ongoing challenge for our school. It has not risen to the level of violence yet but I feel it percolating and I’m hoping that our conversations back and forth between the groups of kids on both sides can keep it from getting violent.
1. Establish and communicate school climate standards emphasizing care, connectedness, and civility and then create practices that enable educational systems to document and report on conditions associated with these standards.
3. Develop integrated systems of health, mental health, and social welfare support for students and their families.
4. Create and support networks of educators committed to fostering care, connectedness, and strong civility in their public education systems.
“School and Society in the Age of Trump” offers a compelling and thought-provoking composite portrait of the American high school principal that becomes as well a portrait of our country at the end of the second decade of the 21st Century.
You can download both a summary and the full report here.

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in this age defined by the presidency of donald j. trump, our nation is increasingly divided and our political atmosphere highly charged. the contentious environment contributes to other societal problems, even as it makes it increasingly difficult to deal with them. america’s schools are not immune from this division and incivility and are similarly challenged to address a range of issues that confront our society.
that is the start of a new report titled “school and society in the age of trump" that looks at how school principals are dealing with — and how students are affected by — social issues that have been prominent during the trump presidency: 1. political division and hostility; 2. disputes over truth, facts and the reliability of sources; 3. opioid addiction; 4. the threat of immigration enforcement; and 5. the threats of gun violence on school campuses.
the report, written by researchers at the university of california at los angeles’s institute for democracy, education and access, details findings from a nationally representative poll taken of hundreds of high school principals. and it includes recommendations for school leaders to consider.
this post about the findings was written by mike rose, a highly respected research professor in the ucla graduate school of education and information studies.
schools are porous institutions — what happens in society at large plays out in classrooms and hallways — so the disturbing findings of a masterful new report “school and society in the age of trump” should not surprise. but they do, in their scope and severity.
these extraordinary challenges interact and are cumulative. over 90 percent of principals report confronting at least three of the problems i just listed: incivility, false information, threats of gun violence, anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric, and the opioid crisis. this is the world of the american high school today.
rogers and his colleagues provide a rich analysis of the survey data and contextualize it with relevant research on political climate, gun violence, etc. but what makes the report come poignantly alive are the many comments offered by the principals themselves.
there’s a greater divide than there has been in years past between liberals and conservatives—which i think everybody sees. things that are going on outside the school setting obviously affect school, and students’ thoughts, and students’ beliefs. there’s a different tone. i don’t want you to think that the sky is falling. as society goes, school goes. so [a] breakdown in communication [and] civility in general society, plays itself out in a school setting, or it has opportunity to.
we had a group of students wearing the confederate flag to the school on a regular basis, and our school is predominantly white with a small group of african american and hispanic students. this wearing [of] the confederate flag had a deep impact on those [students] of color. [our] response was twofold: [first], ensure to the students that were offended by this that it was not a representation of our school culture—it was a representation of a few people’s opinion—and that they were safe within our school. [second], help the others that were expressing their first amendment rights to [recognize] the fact that, sometimes, your beliefs can have a negative impact on others.
you need to be sensitive to other people’s opinions and perspectives. this group of kids that has been displaying and wearing the confederate flag has pretty entrenched values. it’s going to be an ongoing challenge for our school. it has not risen to the level of violence yet but i feel it percolating and i’m hoping that our conversations back and forth between the groups of kids on both sides can keep it from getting violent.
1. establish and communicate school climate standards emphasizing care, connectedness, and civility and then create practices that enable educational systems to document and report on conditions associated with these standards.
3. develop integrated systems of health, mental health, and social welfare support for students and their families.
4. create and support networks of educators committed to fostering care, connectedness, and strong civility in their public education systems.
“school and society in the age of trump” offers a compelling and thought-provoking composite portrait of the american high school principal that becomes as well a portrait of our country at the end of the second decade of the 21st century.
you can download both a summary and the full report here.