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Survey of frontline workers reveals ‘disconcerting picture’ of on-the-job safety

San Mateo, CA — Nearly 2 out of 3 frontline workers don’t feel safe on the job, results of a recent survey show.




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‘Right to disconnect’ bill would let workers ignore after-hours calls

Sacramento, CA — Legislation recently introduced in California would help ensure workers have uninterrupted personal time by establishing a “right to disconnect” from emails, texts and calls outside of work hours.




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OSHA’s Top 10 most-cited violations for fiscal year 2017

Which violation is making its first appearance on OSHA’s list of most-cited violations? Safety+Health presents the data on OSHA’s “Top 10” for fiscal year 2017. Also: A Q&A with Patrick Kapust, deputy director of the agency’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs.




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On the Safe Side podcast Episode 27: Lightning safety and aging workforce discussion

In Episode 27, the S+H editorial team discusses lightning safety for workers as the summer months approach. The team is also joined by NIOSH social scientist Gigi Petery, co-director of the agency’s National Center for Productive Aging and Work.




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Chemical Safety Board warns of emergency discharges from pressure release valves

Washington — A look at four incidents – some deadly – involving emergency discharges from pressure release valves has prompted the Chemical Safety Board to issue a safety alert.




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Worker burnout and disconnection are widespread, survey shows

Chicago — A large majority of workers are either burned out or feel ambivalent about their job, results of a recent survey show.




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EPA rule will mandate response plans for weather-related chemical discharges

Washington — More than 5,300 industrial facilities must submit plans for responding to “worst case” chemical discharges into waterways during adverse weather events, under a new Environmental Protection Agency final rule.




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Restaurants Discover New Regional, Global Takes on Chicken Soup

Data suggest restaurant menus can showcase new regional and global takes on chicken soup. This will give consumers new ways to enjoy an old favorite. As plant-based options continue to take off, soup provides both easy and innovative ways to incorporate more vegetables and meat alternatives.




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Discover Flooring of a Higher Standard in 2024

Flooring manufacturers and retailers are setting a quick pace on innovation, focusing on higher product quality, more transparent marketing and easier-to-digest messaging for consumers. 




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amaí’s Sparkling Hibiscus Flower Water

Packed with antioxidants to combat oxidative stress and thereby enhance immune function, amaí’s Sparkling Hibiscus Flower Water offers a guilt-free way to stay hydrated, according to the company.




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The Case for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Flooring in Healthcare Facilities

When the static electricity in a medical office, examination room or lab is under control, it helps reduce the risks of shocks to personnel, disruption of data, malfunction of sensitive equipment, igniting flammables, and reducing contamination due to electrostatic attraction.




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Contractors Discuss Today’s Hottest Commercial Segments

Unlike the residential market, which is essentially single family housing and most often dealing with remodels, the commercial sector is a vast sea of segments, ranging anywhere from corporate offices to healthcare to education to hospitality to retail to government/military and technically anything else not handled by the typical neighborhood retailer.




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Wisconsin’s H.J. Martin Maintains Humbleness, Family Focus

When you speak with David Martin, you cannot help but recognize his sense of history, place and responsibility. He is the fourth generation of Martins to work at one of the country’s largest flooring retailers. 




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Retailer Profile: Wisconsin’s Adam Nonn

Dreams are what homes are made of.




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Discover the 2023 Innovations in Profiles, Stair Treads and Transitions

The newest flooring accessories for 2023 check all the boxes: they are great looking, easier to install, and have better functionality than ever before. 




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Crystal Farms Puts its Wisconsin Community and Employees First

Situated between Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., on Interstate 94 in a 7,000-resident town called Lake Mills lies Crystal Farms Dairy Co.’s plant. 




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Ruiz Foods Eyes Product Innovation and the Contentious Front-of-Pack Ingredient Discussion

At the IFT FIRST Conference, Mimi Bonnett of Innova Market Insights spotlighted the top food trends in the U.S. and Canada, while Michael Warter of Ruiz Foods delivered insights on machine learning and AI.




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Questions / discussion about private jets, private vs. commercial, etc (2024 onwards)

Are there any private jets that have at least one comfortable and real bed to sleep on - for a transatlantic overnight flight? Not talking about seats the go flat bed or even sofas that open up. A real bed...




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CARE Executive Director Bob Peoples Discusses Recycling Challenges and California's AB 863 Bill

Bob Peoples, executive director of Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), attended The Flooring Sustainability Summit where he spoke on carpet recycling. Here, he talks more in-depth about the Summit, the history of CARE, and the AB-863 California carpet recycling bill.  




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Japan Do 2025 discussion : Kanazawa (?) 17-20 April 2025

As Easter 2025 is late (20 April) I’m thinking of meeting in Kanazawa (https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6601.html) with a post-do visit to Tateyama Snow Corridor (https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7550.html#snow) which opens between mid-April and...







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'We discovered places we never used before'. Home and parenting geographies during the 2020 lockdowns in Italy and Greece.

Children's Geographies; 06/01/2023
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Children as 'difference makers': viral discourses of childhood innocence and activism in #Blacklivesmatter.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2023
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Constructing and governing freedom – physical environments as a discursive practice in Swedish early childhood education.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2024
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Parent–child discrepancies in mate preferences: A three‐level meta‐analysis

Abstract Through the lens of evolutional psychology, mate preferences are posited into a three “G” framework (good genes, good resources, and good persons/parents/partners) that captures genetic quality, resource acquisition, and personality and caregiving qualities. Previous research acknowledged that adult children had different mate preferences from their parents, but had no consensus on how such differences […]

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Exploring Parents’ Experiences and Needs During Disclosure of a Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis of Their Young Child: A Scoping Review

ABSTRACT Background Parents often perceive the news that their child has cerebral palsy (CP) as overwhelming and shocking. They are at increased risk of parental stress and mental health problems, which in turn can affect the interaction between the parent and the child. Parental mental health outcomes are known to be affected by the process […]

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Grand Peaks buys rental complex near Boca Raton for $91M –– a slight discount from its last sale price 

Grand Peaks bought a 448-unit apartment complex near Boca Raton for $90.9 million, marking a slight discount from its last sale price five years ago.  Denver-based Grand Peaks scooped up The Seven at West Boca at 10235 Boca Entrada Boulevard in unincorporated Palm Beach County from Tampa-based American Landmark Apartments, according to records and real […]

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Negative performance feedback from algorithms or humans? effect of medical researchers’ algorithm aversion on scientific misconduct

Institutions are increasingly employing algorithms to provide performance feedback to individuals by tracking productivity, conducting performance appraisals, and developing improvement plans, compared to trad… Read the full article ›

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Basic Black: The "Fiscal Cliff" and Your Wallet


Originally broadcast December 7, 2012.

If no measures are taken, in less than a month the United States will "fall off the fiscal cliff." Among other things, this means that the Bush tax cuts and the payroll tax cut will expire, extended unemployment benefits will end, and Medicare would lose nearly $11 billion from its budget. Many experts believe that going over the cliff would lead to another recession. What does this mean for people of color? The middle class? The poor?


Our panel:
- Latoyia Edwards, anchor, New England Cable News
- Peniel Joseph, professor of history, Tufts University
- Phillip Martin, senior reporter, 89.7 WGBH Radio
- Kim McLarin, assistant professor of writing, literature and publishing, Emerson College
- Jeffrey Taliaferro, associate professor of political science, Tufts University




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Dylan releasing 14-disc Rolling Thunder box set

The shows during Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour were considered some of the most dynamic and interesting of his career.




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Investigators believe Wisconsin kayaker faked his own death before fleeing to eastern Europe

Investigators say they believe a Wisconsin kayaker missing since mid-August faked his death before fleeing to Europe. 




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Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.




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Archaeologists find 'surprising' discoveries at ancient Egyptian church

An archaeological team’s excavation of an ancient city has uncovered “surprising” revelations about an early Christian church in Egypt, specifically, the discovery of 17 human remains and the story the bodies tell.




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UK man found guilty of causing woman’s miscarriage by spiking drink with abortion pills

A British man has been found guilty of sexual assault and other crimes for tricking a pregnant woman into drinking a liquid that contained abortion drugs to induce a miscarriage, unbeknownst to the victim.




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‘Nefarious’ filmmaker: Trump-Rogan podcast has ‘more discipleship of next gen of male headship' than the Church

While there’s been no shortage of reactions to the recent Joe Rogan interview with former President Donald Trump, filmmaker and Blaze TV host Steve Deace says he believes the podcast will prove to be nothing short of historic. 




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Sean Rowe installed as new leader of Episcopal Church; stresses unity, need to ‘finish the job’

The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe has taken over as the new leader of The Episcopal Church, declaring at his installation service that the denomination must unify and “finish the job” of witnessing to a “hurting world.”




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Johnny Hunt, SBC lawsuit parties to meet next year to discuss trial

Former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt and the SBC are scheduled to meet next year as part of his lawsuit against the denomination over allegations of defamation and invasion of privacy.




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NYC church sues Disciples of Christ over $7.3 million loan dispute

A congregation based in New York City has filed a lawsuit against an entity of the Indiana-based Disciples of Christ, accusing it of refusing to provide $7.3 million in loan funding advances.




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Episcopal Church loses nearly 40K members, but sees worship attendance grow

The Episcopal Church saw a decline in membership of about 40,000 people last year, but also saw an increase in average Sunday worship attendance, according to recently released statistics.




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Music Studies Colloquium: Walter Frisch, Nov. 21

‘Un Matisse Qui Chante’: Image, Sound, and Story in The Umbrellas of CherbourgWalter Frisch (Columbia University)The year 2024 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the release of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg(The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964), which has since become a beloved classic in France and around the world. Diverging in many respects from the aesthetics of the contemporary Nouvelle Vague, Umbrellaswas a bold experiment by writer-director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand that also departed markedly from traditional film musicals. Umbrellaswas sung from beginning to end, without any spoken dialogue. The creators aimed for a “transposed realism” that also bore little resemblance to opera. Legrand’s score, composed in close collaboration with Demy, was recorded before any filming began. The painterly costumes and sets were also coordinated with the music and screenplay. Umbrellashas been recognized as reflecting important cultural, political, and social issues of the France of its day, including modernization and commodification in the decades after World War II, the pervasive impact of Algerian War of 1954–1962, and changing family values during an early wave of feminism in France. More recently, Umbrellashas been interpreted within the framework of queer cinema. This talk will explore the genesis and unique qualities of Umbrellas, as well as some of these important contexts.Note: Frisch recommends watching Les Parapluies de Cherbourgin advance, if possible. It is available with subtitles on several streaming platforms. A reception will follow.




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Threat of oncology: sports activities with wireless headphones discredited

According to Al Arabiya, frequent use of wireless headphones may lead to oncology. Prolonged use of Bluetooth headphones increases the risk of developing tumors in the body and may also contribute to miscarriages in women. In this regard, experts recommend limiting the use of wireless headphones while exercising, watching TV, and in other situations. However, it is worth noting that specialists also emphasized that smartphones and X-ray radiation can cause greater harm to the human body.




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Russia’s TV channel refuse to broadcast 2018 Winter Olympics should Russia be discriminated

Russian federal TV channels may refuse to broadcast the 2018 Winter Olympics from South Korean Pyeongchang should the Russian delegation be suspended, the Vedomosti newspaper wrote. For the time being, Russia's three major TV channels - Channel One, Rossiya-1 (part of VGTRK) and Match TV (part of Gazprom Media) plan to broadcast Winter Olympics from South Korea. Yet, if the Russian national team is excluded from the Games, Channel One and Rossiya-1 will most likely refuse to broadcast the Olympics. Naturally, Russian people watch Olympic Games to support Russian athletes in the first place. If no Russian athletes take part in the Games, the audience of the major sports event of this winter will decease sharply, representatives of the above-mentioned channels say. It makes no sense for major channels to pay millions of dollars for the rights to broadcast the Games, if they make no money from advertising because of low ratings.