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2019 year in review: A look back at 7 highlights in entertainment
In a Jan. 11, 2019 photo, Lee Madison, an Annapolis graphic artist, shows some of his artwork while sitting in his usual spot at a Starbucks in Annapolis. Madison, who is homeless, creates all of his colorful multilayered artwork, using only an iPhone. (Thalia Juarez/AP)
It's been quite an entertaining year in Annapolis. Familiar festivals were enjoyed, bands burst onto the scene and artists brought color to the city. As 2019 comes to a close and 2020 rushes in, we highlighted a few entertaining and interesting stories throughout the year.
Muddy Creek Artists Guild sell holiday gifts to benefit Central Special School
The Muddy Creek Artists Guild raised $1,360 to benefit the arts at Central Special School in Edgewater. The guild raised the money by selling handmade artistic creations of multiple varieties.
The art show included works with a range of prices from 36 artists who live south of South River. The art included photos of the Blue Angels, scarves, table runners, pottery and multiple other types of media.
Muddy Creek holds other shows throughout the year. Those shows can be found online at www.muddycreekartistsguild.org.
Donations to Central Special School came shortly after a tragedy. Bowen Levy, 17, a student at the school, died several days after he choked on a plastic glove.
Anne Arundel County student art 'wows' at the Arundel Center
A group of county students were given quite the opportunity when their artworks were displayed in the lobby of The Arundel Center, the headquarters of Anne Arundel County government.
The art show included works by elementary and middle school students, including work by a first-grader. Students and families with art on display were able to visit the opening of the mini-gallery.
County executive chief of staff Jennifer Purcell spearheaded the idea after visiting the all-county art show last year. She decided the works should be celebrated through a show at the Arundel Center and elsewhere.
About 20 paintings and drawings were on display through the end of the year.
In October, County schools' coordinator of the visual arts said she was proud of the students' work.
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"It's amazing what the kids are doing in the arts," Eleni Dykstra said in a previous interview. "It is so powerful and such a great tool for our students to express themselves."
The sun sets on sunrise yoga at City Dock after 20 years
Every Wednesday from May to October for the past two decades, Jan Graves has led a sunrise yoga class at the edge of City Dock as the sun rises over the Chesapeake Bay. Her 6:30 a.m. classes are an Annapolis institution and, in May, Graves taught her last one.
"Nature does present itself at its best when we're out there," Graves said. "Whether the sun comes up or not, there's something magical about being out there on the dock."
By any means necessary: Jeff Huntington committing art to community
Many folks around town Annapolis hadn't heard of artist Jeff Huntington until he hopped on a cherry picker and painted a mural on the front of Tsunami restaurant on West Street four years ago. Huntington, an Annapolis resident, created Future History Now — a project that engages under-served youth in collaborative art projects to instill pride in the young folks and in their community while giving voice to those struggling to be heard. Huntington spoke with The Capital in July a few days after he led a group of young people in painting a mural honoring slain rapper Tre Da Kid in Robinwood.
Good as gold: Annapolis boat shows cruises into 50
In October, the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis celebrated its 50th run. That's right, five decades.
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"For 50 years in a row, sailors from around the world have gathered to witness a sailing spectacle that is unmatched anywhere," said Paul Jacobs, boat show president and general manager. "This is really the only in-water sailboat show around and people come from all around the world."
Homeless graphic artist works through layers of life on the street
Lee Madison, 51, often sits in his usual spot in the front of Starbucks in downtown Annapolis and creates masterpieces using three or four different apps on his iPhone to create trippy scenes from other worlds he can escape to. In January, Madison told The Capital that the apps give him a range of tools to work with, but they're free so he constantly has to get through ads and pop-ups to do his work. He layers stock photos, animations and colored backgrounds on top of each other to create the scenes of his subconscious. Some take an hour and a half to two hours, some pieces he works on for more than a day.
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It would be easier to work on a desktop and use higher quality software, but Madison doesn't have that option. He's been homeless for the last 12 years and struggled with addiction for at least 30.
Creation gives him a safe escape from reality.
"It's like a natural human release. It takes me out of me," Madison said.
Naptown Brass Band: Laissez les bons temps rouler!
The Naptown Brass Band has brought New Orleans north to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The ensemble, tailored after the street and second-line bands in the Crescent City, has grown by leaps and bounds since its first official performance during Annapolis's St. Patrick's Day parade in 2014. They will play gigs throughout the year, but they also have a penchant to show up anywhere they think a dose of sassy brass might add some lagniappe.
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Spotlight: Actress Mary Ann Jung carries on Sally Ride's legacy at Kennedy Space Center show
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Pearl Jam to perform at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore in March
"The main reason we play is to have fun. That is the main motivation. And if there is something we want to do, we'll just do it," said Dave Bontempo, one of the band's founders.


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There was a lot of pressure riding on the Apple iPad 3 prior to launch due to the success of previous iterations, but they do say diamonds are formed under pressure. That's why a refurbished iPad 3 sets a whole new standard for Apple tablets.
Resolution: A 9.7-inch, LCD display with a resolution of 1536x2048 pixels
Operating system: Powered by Apple's A5X chipset
Storage: Up to 1GB of RAM
Camera: A 5MP camera with image definition of 1080p
Battery: A Li-Po battery with a capacity of 11,560mAh
Colours: Silver, Gold, Rose Gold and Space Grey
Apple iPad 3 Review
Apple's relentless approach to innovation means that a new iPad is delivered to the market every single year, which means that these tablets are always being compared with both older devices and their successors. In this respect, it's definitely a case of things getting better with time, with the iPad 3 reigning successfully as one of the best and most impressive Apple tablets following its launch in March 2012.
Once the Apple iPad 2's time in the spotlight was done, many wondered what was next and whether the upcoming iteration would really improve things. In the case of the iPad 3, the answer is yes and by quite a lot, with this tablet boasting an enhanced Retina Display, an upgraded A5X processor with quad-core graphics and a 5MP camera that represents a huge enhancement on Apple's previous tablet offering.
A screen that's fit for a king
While the iPad 3 may have the same, 9.7-inch display as its predecessor, this screen is packed full of pixels and boasts an impressive resolution of 1536x2048. This is what distinguished the iPad 3's retina display from the pretenders to the tablet crown, while it also delivers a 264 PPI density that allows for crisp, clear and high definition imagery. While this is slightly less than the iPhone 4 (which was released around the same time and boasts a 330 PPI density), it's more than adequate given that we're meant to hold the device around 15 inches from the face.
Premium good value design
If you compare the physicality of the iPad 3 to the iPad 2, you'll notice that the former is marginally thicker and ever-so-slightly heavier. This is a small and negligible change, however, and one that also lends itself to a premium design that features elegant curved edges, oleophobic scratch-proof glass and a sleek aluminium chassis. The additional weight and heft is also indicative of robustness and excellent design quality, so it should provide genuine reassurance when handling the tablet on a daily basis.
The upgraded 5MP rear camera
Undoubtedly, the main upgrade on the iPad 3 is the camera app, which has been elevated from a 0.7MP lens to a 5MP alternative. This is a similar offering to what's available on the iPhone 4S, while the integration of an f/2.4 aperture and a five-element lens creating a genuinely impressive spec and allowing for crisp imagery with an exceptional resolution.
The camera app also features the so-called 'tap to autofocus' mode, which helps to automatically correct the image sharpness according to the light level and optimise your pictures.
Upgraded power pack that lasts longer
The battery on the iPad 3 also represents a significant upgrade on its predecessor, and in fact the power pack has almost doubled in size. Overall, the 11,560mAh battery allows for up to two days of moderate use on average, particularly when setting the Retina Display to its optimal level of brightness and leveraging the processor's quad-core graphics for gaming.
We also reckon that the power pack would offer even greater longevity were it not for the number of pixels packed into the display, although this is a small price to play given the overall quality of the screen.
Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + cellular plans
Finally, it's important to note that the iPad 3 is available on both Wi-Fi Only and Wi-Fi + Cellular plans. The first of these means that you can only connect to the Internet and download your emails with a viable Wi-Fi connection, whereas the latter enables you to leverage a mobile network and get online even when you're on the move. With this in mind, you can select a plan that suits your usage and enables you to get the very best value for money.
While the iPad 2 was a worthy addition to the tablet market, there's no doubt that the iPad 3 represented a much-improved and high quality successor. From its pixel-packed Retina Display to its capacious power pack and underrated gaming engine, the iPad 3 should be considered as a ground-breaking tablet that has blazed a trail for other devices to follow.
Designed with gamers in mind as the A5X chipset and quad-core graphic capabilities are central to this
The upgraded, 5MP rear camera is ideal for snapping outstanding portrait pictures
The FaceTime app has also been upgraded allowing you to make video calls to your contacts through the front-facing VGA lens
This is Apple's first tablet to feature 1GB of RAM, which provides tremendous functionality in terms of storage
Apple's efficient design even extends to the placement and application of buttons

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Home / Art / Deathlocker! Chats With The Artist Ridge Rooms
Deathlocker! Chats With The Artist Ridge Rooms
By Hobo Socks on June 20, 2018
Ridge Rooms is an illustrator and consumer product designer who combines her film school background and love of mid-century design and advertising to create movie-and-TV-themed artwork with a retro flair. Previously an in-house designer for Peanuts, Barnes & Noble, and Pepsi, Ridge relocated from New York City to a sleepy little Victorian tourist town in the Midwest where she owns a pop art boutique called The Mascot Syndicate. Since she covers a ton of nerdy topics, we thought it would be a perfect time to sit down and chat.
Deathlocker: Ridge it's great to get chance to chat a little and help promote your new print for Patton Oswalt's upcoming show in St Louis (December 18). How have things been?
Ridge: OK I guess. Trying to get a bunch of things off the ground like getting my brick-and-mortar art boutique remodeled so it can reopen and trying to land some book clients, etc. I'm kinda in a transitional point of my career, I think. I get bored if I'm not challenged, so I'm trying to find some challenging new assignments and clients.
Deathlocker: I have found that distractions can cure boredom. A great distraction is listening to podcasts, as I am sure you are an avid fan of the Deathlocker Podcast, what is it exactly that you like best? The smooth sexy intros by James, Skelton Booty and his social commentary when reviewing movies, the antics of that cheating bitch Kelly, or is it how every episode is pure podcast gold?
Ridge: uhmmm….*crickets*….. Yes it is my favorite podcast of all time. OF ALL TIME.
Deathlocker: Patton Oswalt is a pretty big deal, how did you get involved with him?
Ridge: About 18 months ago, I sent him some portfolio pieces and asked if I could do some work for him. He loved my GID "Spoilers" series and asked me to make him a gig poster in that style. That didn't work out because there wasn't enough time so he told me to just do a regular poster which he loved so he hired me to do a few more things after that. This new poster is my 6th project for him. I've done four gig posters, his vinyl album cover for his new special Annihilation and also his family's holiday cards last year, which was a half-Christmas, half-Hannukah design.
Deathlocker: Before you hit him up were you a big fan of Patton?
Ridge: Oh goodness yes. For years. He's been my favorite comedian since I first heard Finest Hour back in 2011 and then bought his back catalog plus his books. That's why I reached out. Actually, not to get too sad, but I specifically asked if I could work for him because this was when he was still really grieving the death of his first wife Michelle McNamara, and I knew he really loved art – he gets SO excited about all kinds of art on Twitter and FB, etc. And back when I started to listen to his albums, I was going through a really hard time myself because I was starting my career all over, and just feeling unsure about what was next, and his albums (along with a few other comedians) just kept me laughing and working through a difficult time. I LOVE listening to comedy albums especially when I'm on a stressful deadline. Anyway, his art had helped me through that time, so I wanted to make some stuff for him to try and brighten up his day in any way I could. And hopefully I did help at least a little then, and now of course he's really happy again with a new family, which is fantastic.
Deathlocker: How much input does Patton have on the direction of the art? Does he just give you an idea and you are on your own to go off and create or is the process more collaborative?
Ridge: Actually the only thing he gave me input on was the holiday cards because it was for his family and they came up with what they wanted for the general idea and then I just went kinda bonkers overboard on details. (I spent a month just researching both of their movies & tv shows – his wife Meredith Salenger is an actress – to get ideas for details to put in it.) Otherwise he likes to be "surprised". He's a huge huge patron of the arts and he just wants you to create something from your own imagination. He wouldn't even let me tell him my ideas for gig posters, he just wants to see them when they're done. The vinyl was a little different because the label and Netflix and others were involved too, but still in that case, I showed him three sketches and he chose the one he wanted me to finish. I submitted it then for changes, but they didn't have any for me.
Deathlocker: What was the inspiration for this poster, who is the horror fan you, Patton or both?
Ridge: Both of us. But Patton is really the huge huge horror fan and Halloween is his favorite day. The idea came to me while watching a Universal Monsters marathon on TCM, and I originally mocked it up when I was working on Patton's poster last year for the Chicago Athenaeum (the steampunk hot-air balloon poster I did) because Athenaeum just sounded kinda mysterious. But I wanted to do the hot-air balloon for that show because it was a nod to the Chicago World's Fair plus the theme was kinda him lifting himself out of his grief and starting over, so I put the silly haunted house one aside. Although I showed him what I'd done on it so far – and then this year when he started booking his new tour he emailed and said hey let's do that spooky poster now. It's really a mash-up of tons of favorite things like kids books (I loved the ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS series) Universal Monsters, Scooby Doo, Abbott & Costello, and THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN which is one of my favorite films of all time. I put stuff in like Cthulhu & Poe because Patton is very well-read, and then Vincent Price was added because he's a hometown hero of St. Louis. (Plus I'm a huge fan of his and he was a very prominent art patron like Patton is.).
Deathlocker: Speaking of Scooby-Doo, on Deathlocker's last podcast the gang talked about this Daphne and Velma movie that just got released. There were some very strong opinions voiced, where do you stand?
Ridge: I actually didn't see it. My friend's kid told me about it and I looked it up … it just didn't look like anything I'd be into. I have to be honest, I'm mostly a purist when it comes to SCOOBY … I really only like the original short cartoon series, plus MYSTERY INCORPORATED because it's so retro, but the other stuff … not so much. I did see the first live-action film because I love everyone involved with it and it was kinda funny in a kitsch way, but I didn't see any of the films after that
Deathlocker: You did a Scooby-Doo print for a show a while back if memory serves. You have actually done several things in the horror gene, if there was one horror property that you would love to do a poster for what would it be?
Ridge: Get Out, which is my favorite film – from any genre – in years. I don't get hired for that kinda stuff because people see my art as mostly cute – and it is! But I also love doing darker, mod-styled things like my licensed design for The Walking Dead. And Hitchcock of course. I have a huge detailed Hitch piece that I'm hoping to release, but the time's never been right. (They'd be expensive to print.) I also have a bunch of B-movies designed or mocked-up – like a bunch of William Castle films, etc. – that I keep trying to find a release partner for, but so far none of the poster houses have been interested in the properties. (Or actually, they've said they're not, then do the same film with another artist, ho hum.) I'd also love to do the Universal Monsters of course, and I'm determined at some point to release my Night of the Living Dead and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken posters I made a couple of years ago. So I guess the answer is mostly all classic horror stuff, plus Get Out. Also I think it was you who introduced me to Trick 'r Treat which has since become a classic I watch every year around Halloween.
Deathlocker: Are you Banksy?
Ridge: I'm Ranksy his much lesser-known, lesser-talented cousin.
Deathlocker: When you were a child did a relative tell you they were going to take your nose, did it, forget to give it back and the art style is a way of working through that child hood trauma?
Ridge: Damn, you've figured it out! Actually my grandpa played that game and he had a hook for a hand. Haha. Seriously, though, it was originally a nod to Playmobil which are the happiest looking toys on earth even without noses, and I just stuck with it. Occasionally I add a nose if it really needs it – like on an animal. I drew a nose on Patton for his vinyl cover and my friend immediately said something like "Hey he has a nose! And it looks like his nose!" and I think I remember someone on my FB page also pointing it out like I was going against my trademark or something. I draw noses sometimes! It happens!
Deathlocker: Before we wrap this up, for Nerds that want to get their hands on that Patton Oswalt gig print for the St. Louis show, how would they do it?
Ridge: It's up on my Etsy shop right now! 5-colors, 24×18. Printed by Seizure Palace. https://www.etsy.com/listing/619342993/patton-oswalt-in-st-louis-screen-print
Deathlocker: I know you got things to do, thanks a lot for talking a few min out of your day and chatting, really appreciate it. Anytime you want to come on the Podcast and chat you have an open invitation.
Ridge: Ha! Thanks! This was fun.
Welp kiddies there you have it. Head over Ridge Rooms store and pick up some great horror pop culture art. Below are a few other horror prints that she still has available. Be sure to follow Ridge Room on twitter @RidgeRooms and Instagram @ridgerooms
A Southern California kid who grew up on a Powell Peralta skateboard and Bad religion. I have always had an infinity for pop culture and see myself as a huge horror nerd. Retired Navy, I now spend my free time yelling at kids to get off my lawn while eating Chicken McNuggets and smelling my collection of HoBo socks.
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Hurry up. Wave number 1 is starting. Smile. Photo. Strip off the long sleeve and scurry under the rope to join the other 175 runners in the first group. Uphill - go! Adrenaline, surge. Gasp. Straight uphill. Breathe deeper. Okay, the hill wins, power hike. This I can do. 2 miles up. Altitude. Whoa. Breathe. Where are all the colors? This is the Goldenleaf half marathon. There! A shock of gold. This is what I came for. Beautiful. Switchbacks down. Flip the duckbill hat backwards. Views of the valley. Again, this is what I came for. Keep breathing, we are high. Push a bit to get past a few pony tails that scurried up the early 2 miles while I was walking. Gasping. This hurts. Fill the chest cavity as full as possible. Recover. Keep pace. Dude keeps breathing down my neck. Why won't he pass? Fall into stride with the next colorful group of shirts. Quick feet, keep them dry. Passing on the right. Quick steps. "Good work!" Move ahead, open up the stride. Okay maybe not that much, the hamstrings are still tight. Goodness it takes a while for an ultrarunner to warm up. Tricky footing, keep cadence. Every step is a good step. Focus. Breathe. Mile marker signs tacked to the aspens, good chance to check the pace. Can I break two hours? More downhill on the second half... it's possible. Another hit of calories. No water. I forgot my cup, dang it. I need to remember that cup like I remember my shoes. Steep down. Passing on the left. Whoops, divot, cut right too soon. "Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Down, down, down. Make up time. Breathe. Work on turnover. Take in the meadows. A little more gold. I love this feeling! Movement. Running. Music in my ears, dirt under my feet. Love. A few less shirts to chase. Pavement. Bridges. Cheers. Cowbells. Getting closer. Last meandering trail. Gravel. Louder cheers. Colorful pop-up tents. Mats across the trail. Name announced. Pronounced wrong, but I know that is me. Glance at the clock. Stop the watch. Smile. Breathe.


The MSU Denver Counseling Center for the first time is offering a series of therapy groups for students who identify as non-binary or transgender.
Groups of five to 10 participants will begin the week of Feb. 19, last eight weeks and take place in Tivoli 651.
The Transgender Group, which will meet Wednesdays at 1 p.m., is open to students who may be transitioning from male to female or female to male.
The Non-Binary Identities Group, which will meet Thursdays at 9 a.m., is open to students who recognize and would like to explore their non-binary identity.
Douglas Graves, a staff psychologist at the Counseling Center, will facilitate both groups.
Each group is confidential and free.
The Counseling Center also plans to offer its well-attended LGBTQ Relationships Group this semester, too. The group will meet Tuesdays at 3 p.m. beginning Feb. 19. Lee will facilitate the group.
Students can sign up for any of the groups by calling 303-615-9988 or visit Tivoli 651.


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Two of the most very famous attractions in Malta are the Mdina temples and the Hagar Qim Temples. The sites of Mnajdra and Ħaġar Qim are divided into three sections. These are the visitor centre; here a brief introduction about the sites is given, in order for tourists to get to know the site better. The second part of the site is Ħaġar Qim and the third and last part of the site is Mnajdra. It is interesting to comment on the fact that both temples are built in such a way that the stones placed at the top are narrower than the bottom ones, probably for less sunlight to enter.
The introduction of the facilities was mainly because in the past, the visitor was left roaming around and therefore most of them did not understand anything. As a result, they introduced a new look to the facilities found in this visitor centre, which is divided into two sections. There is the service side which includes the reception where the tickets are bought, the cafeteria which is temporary closed, the bathrooms and finally the souvenir shops. On the other hand, the second part of the visitor site is the museum in which one can also find the children's activity room.
Before visiting the museum and the Megalithic Temples, the visitors have the opportunity to see a five minute audio visual clip. This is done for the visitor to have a clear image of what the landscape would have looked like and therefore, putting the visitor`s mind into a certain frame work. This short video shows beautiful sceneries of the Maltese Islands. Unfortunately, this clip was not narrated and therefore no information is given except for some keywords and dates. After the short clip, the visitor moves to the museum.
This is divided into eight parts:
the history of the discovery;
the landscape and why they exist on the Maltese Islands;
materials and resources both local and international;
landscape information;
architecture;
objects;
astronomy and;
conservation.
During the tour we were told that while designing the content of the museum, they felt the need to move away from putting a lot of text when displaying objects. The hands on experiments were introduced in order for the visitor to not simply read but also touch. This allows them to be part of the whole experience of that particular era. In the future, audio guides will be available in different languages which will cater for different nationalities. Also, the introduction of audio guides for children will be introduced.
Mnajdra Temples – Features and History
Mnajdra Temples are located in the Southern part of the Maltese Islands, precisely in Qrendi. It is approximately 500 metres away from Ħaġar Qim Temples and are regarded as one of the most ancient sites on Earth. It was in 1992 that UNESCO recognized Mnajdra Temples as being a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is of a worldwide responsibility to conserve and preserve these temples as they are reflection of the past. Mnajdra Temples are managed by Heritage Malta and it is safe to say that they are doing their utmost to provide visitors the best experience possible when visiting the temples.
The temples were built using both globigerina limestone and coralline limestone. The exterior part of the temples is built using coralline limestone because it is more resistant when it comes to weather conditions. On the other hand, the interior part of the temples was built using globigerina limestone because it is a softer type of stone. In this way, builders were able to cut smooth and regularly shape the megaliths, which eventually fit together in a perfect manner.
One can say that upon arriving at the temples, it is visible that the complex is divided into three different sections. The smallest one can be found on the right hand side which was built in the period between 3600 and 3200BC. Another section, found on the left hand side was completed shortly after 3000BC. Following this, the central section of the temples was built on an artificial platform and was built between 3150 and 2500BC.
It has been believed that the small section of the temple consisted of three doorways and across these; one can see a series of holes that appear to have been drilled. The south temple was built in a way that rays of light hit the doorway at sunrise, during spring and autumn. On the other hand, during winter and summer, the rays of sun light pass beside the doorway, but instead, they hit the slabs of the first chamber.
The doorway, which also consists of two uprights supporting a horizontal slab lead to two wide apses. On the left side, one can find a small entrance with drilled holes. It is interesting to note that the upper parts of the wall are remains of the original roof of the temple. The three steps that follow lead to a small chamber built in the temple walls. Moving on to the central part of temple, this was built on a platform consisting of a simpler plan than the lower part. One comes across a covered niche when looking opposite the entrance, and along the left apse wall, one finds an entrance that leads to another chamber, with an altar-like shape.
It is of importance to mention that excavations took place back in 1840; exactly one year after Ħaġar Qim was discovered. Due to an inaccurate plan, more excavations took place in 1949, where two small statues, two large bowls, tools and one large spherical stone were discovered. One can find representations of the Mnajdra Temples on the 1 cent, 2 cents and 5 cents euro coins, symbolising its value and importance to the Maltese Islands. Part of the charm of Mnajdra Temples is that no visible modern development can be seen. This is for the reason that it should be appreciated in its original form and setting.
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Prevent Cancer Foundation® awards $250,000 in community grants
Ten underserved communities receive $25,000 grants for cancer prevention and early detection programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2019
Lisa Berry Edwards
Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Through its community grants program, the Prevent Cancer Foundation® is proud to support 10 projects focused on increasing cancer prevention and early detection in communities across the U.S., from Honolulu, Hawaii to Baltimore, Maryland. The projects were selected through a highly competitive grants process, and each program will receive a one-year, $25,000 grant.
The projects focus on a diversity of education and screening goals for breast, liver, colorectal and cervical cancers, as well as testing for hepatitis B and C, and vaccination for hepatitis B, to help prevent cancers linked to these viruses. These projects will have a direct impact on underserved populations in both urban and rural locations, many of whom lack access to cancer prevention and early detection services.
Since 2007, the Foundation has awarded nearly $2 million in community grants in 31 states, as well as in American Samoa and to the Washoe Tribe.
These are the Foundation's 2019 community grant recipients:
Organization: African Services Committee
Grant Amount: $25,000
Project DELIVER aims to increase liver cancer prevention awareness through viral hepatitis education, screening and vaccination within the underserved African-born community in all five boroughs of New York City. In collaboration with community-based organizations and faith-based leaders, the project will organize awareness and screening events, followed by any necessary navigation services.
Organization: Alliance Community Service
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
The Latina Breast Health Navigation Program will provide breast cancer screenings to 300 Hispanic women ages 40 and older, along with patient navigation services and education about the importance of early detection.
Organization: Esperanza Health Centers
Grant Amount:$25,000
Serving low-income, uninsured women from primarily Latino neighborhoods on Chicago's Southwest Side, the Partners of Hope program addresses the urgent need for culturally sensitive and language-appropriate breast health education, accessible mammography screening services and care coordination. The program aims to provide educational outreach to 500 community residents and screening services to 450 women.
Organization: Friends of Mercy Foundation
Location: Bakersfield, CA
This project aims to reach 420 low-income, underserved women with a free breast cancer education and awareness program, led by a bilingual health education coordinator. Education and navigation services will be delivered to young women ages 17-25 and women 40 years and older.
Organization: Health Care for the Homeless
This project will implement strategies to reduce missed appointments and provide support for people experiencing homelessness. As a result, they hope to increase colorectal cancer screening rates to 55% of the more than 4,000 people ages 50-74 they serve. The project also aims to increase cervical cancer screening rates to 65% for more than 3,300 women ages 21-64.
Organization: Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
Location: Honolulu, HI
This hepatitis B care-coordination project is designed to improve the uptake of hepatitis B screening and immunizations during perinatal care in a culturally grounded community health setting, with the potential to help decrease cancer morbidity and mortality. With state and community partners, care coordination will be provided for patients through screening and vaccination or surveillance and support services.
Organization: Nueva Vida
Location: Towson, MD
This project will provide education, screening and navigation to uninsured Latino immigrants in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The project will utilize culturally sensitive and competent educational sessions (charlas) and outreach activities to improve early detection. Cancer screenings for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers will be provided, with any necessary follow-up care.
Organization: University of New Mexico
The Comadre a Comadre Program aims to educate, navigate and conduct follow-up for 300 Latina women ages 40 and older who attend breast health education classes. With community partners, the project seeks to enhance their knowledge of breast cancer and to navigate them to breast cancer screening appointments.
Organization: Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation
Location: Fountain Valley, CA
This initiative strives to address the burden of viral hepatitis B and C in the Vietnamese American community through culturally sensitive and language-appropriate media outreach, education and early detection and treatment services. The project aims to reach 850 people with education and provide 500 screenings, along with individualized patient navigation for vaccination, disease monitoring and treatment.
Organization: Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition
This program aims to prevent hepatocellular carcinoma (the most common type of liver cancer) in populations at high risk of contracting hepatitis C by testing 450 people and making connections with community partners to provide those who need it with anti-viral treatment. The Coalition employs a peer-based, mobile outreach model to reach people who are marginalized and stigmatized in the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia.
About The Prevent Cancer Foundation®
The Prevent Cancer Foundation® is one of the nation's leading voluntary health organizations and the only U.S. nonprofit organization focused solely on cancer prevention and early detection. Founded in 1985, it has catapulted cancer prevention to prominence and fulfills its mission through research, education, outreach and advocacy.
For more information, please visit preventcancer.org.


ST. HELIER, Jersey–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) announced today that it will present at three upcoming investor conferences in August and September.
William Doyle, Novocure's Executive Chairman, will present at the Wedbush PacGrow 2016 Healthcare Conference in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 8:35 a.m. EDT.
Mike Ambrogi, Novocure's Chief Operating Officer, will present at the Midwest IDEAS Conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 1:50 p.m. CDT (2:50 p.m. EDT).
Mr. Doyle will also present at the Wells Fargo 2016 Healthcare Conference in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 2:55 p.m. EDT.
The audio replay and presentation materials will be available via our website for at least 14 days following the presentations.


Could the Belle of Baton Rouge move to land?
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Analysts from Eldorado Resorts, the Belle of Baton Rouge's new parent company, will visit their Baton Rouge property this month to consider new investment options and gaming facility upgrades, according to the casino's new manager Jim Rigot.
These options could include bringing the casino onshore or converting the gambling space into one floor. The analysts will make a recommendation to the Eldorado board of directors, which could approve a potential expansion or renovation.
Downtown Development District (DDD) director Davis Rhorer said Eldorado could choose to renovate the existing atrium connected to the hotel that currently serves as a common area for hotel guests.
A new Louisiana law allows the state's 15 riverboat casinos to move onshore under certain circumstances after they gain approval from the Gaming Control Board. Chairman Ronnie Jones said the board wants casinos to make detailed presentations focused on economic development.
Jones said Las Vegas casinos bring in more revenue from non-gaming activities than from gaming. Jones said he is encouraging casinos to consider investing in space for restaurants, bars, and luxury retail.
Rigot told the DDD board he's excited about the possibility of bringing in restaurants and adding other amenities that could create a better nightlife experience.
The Belle was part of a $1.85 billion acquisition of Tropicana Entertainment by Eldorado Resorts.


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BritainNov 10th 2001 edition
Less loathsome, perhaps
The government is likely to change planning laws to help business
"FEW countries have ended up with a planning system as loathsome as ours," says Tony Travers, a planning expert at the London School of Economics. "It manages both to hold projects up for decades and to give people the feeling that they don't have any say at all." Hence the announcement by Lord Falconer, minister for planning, that the government would soon publish a green paper proposing a "wholesale change" in the planning law.
To be fair on Britain's planning laws, they operate in tough conditions. Planning is about balancing the need for a decent environment with business's need to grow, and the south-east of England is one of the richest and most densely-populated areas of the world. People want, simultaneously, to be able to leap on an airliner to anywhere in the world at any time they choose, and to sleep undisturbed by airliners. They want new jobs, cheap houses and beautiful countryside. But, even given its difficulties, the law does a bad job. Planning inquiries often drag on for longer than the life of a government. The inquiry into Heathrow's proposed fifth terminal has gone on for eight years.
Businessmen reckon that the cumbersome nature of the process puts them at a disadvantage compared with foreign competitors. That's why Lord Falconer made his announcement at the Confederation of British Industry's annual conference. A report by McKinsey published in 1998, which looked at Britain's poor productivity record compared with that of other countries, named planning as one of the principal culprits. Businessmen complain that the economic conditions which led them to apply for planning permission in the first place have sometimes changed by the time permission comes through.
The government has not yet revealed the details of its proposals. It is due to do so before the end of the year. But Lord Falconer indicated that the balance is likely to shift in favour of growth. He suggested that Parliament might make a decision in principle on future big projects, leaving the details to local authorities. That would avoid decade-long inquiries. He says that the system needs to be speeded up at local-government level as well. Environmental groups are worried.
There is, however, no mention of the change that would make most difference. At present, taxes on business go to central government, not to local government. Councils, which make most planning decisions, therefore have little interest in seeing business grow. Give them the cash, and the decisions would speed through. But that, of course, would mean taking the cash away from the Treasury, so it is not likely to happen.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "Less loathsome, perhaps"


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The Phantom Tollbooth - Phillips, Craig & Dean - Hope for All the World
Phillips, Craig & Dean - Hope for All the World
Written by Michael Dalton
It all revolves around the miracle of a baby that would provide hope for the world.
Hope for All the World
Artist: Phillips, Craig & Dean (www.phillipscraiganddean.com)
Label: Fair Trade
Length: 10 tracks/37 minutes
Perhaps one overlooked highlight of Phillips, Craig & Dean's career is "Shine on Us," the closing track to a recording inspired by the devotional My Utmost for His Highest (also the name of the album) by Oswald Chambers. It epitomizes a central feature of the group: three strong male voices praising God in unison. The Utmost track is simple and unadorned, which serves to highlight the worshipful harmonizing. By the way, this older recording is worth having for the quality performances by some of CCM's most prominent artists at that time.
"God Bless Us" on Hope for all the World, through poetic and poignant lyrics, and an inspirational arrangement comes closest to producing the same kind of stirring emotion as "Shine on Us." Written by Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody, this alone makes the CD worth having. It's especially meaningful for those who dreams have not been realized. This song brings solace and hope.
Most of the other non-traditional songs are like modern worship anthems that celebrate the birth of Christ. I mean this as a compliment. If you are looking for a mix of Christmas and contemporary forms of adoration, this is worth checking out.
One of the most pleasant surprises is the opening "Born is the King (It's Christmas)," which has a distinctive Celtic sound. There is a forcefulness and stomp peculiar to new folk and Irish influences.
It shows the subtle variety. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" has an appropriate celestial quality, fitting for a song that makes reference to the night wind, sky and a star. The added hook to "O Come All Ye Faithful" has punch. It's the same beloved song in new garb.
Producer Nathan Nockels (former member of the husband/wife duo Watermark) succeeds in making traditional songs sound fresh without significantly changing them. Among the supporting musicians is the versatile Gabe Scott, who collaborates with Andrew Peterson.
I suppose you could say that the acoustic/bluegrass medley of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman/We Three Kings," is more rustic than present day, but then again, the old is continually reinvented in music circles, becoming something new. This includes a music box-sounding keyboard.
Though similar to previous worship releases in the group's CCM heyday, this seems a little removed from it. The music is more sophisticated and varied, which makes Phillips, Craig & Dean sound better than ever.
All of the songs are spiritual with one exception, the closing "Jingle Bells (Duck Mix)." In our day I am not one to begrudge badly needed humor. I can only surmise that someone stumbled across a long lost recording of Donald Duck and company singing this childhood classic. The producer supplied instrumental backing with the utmost of a care. It all revolves around the miracle of a baby that would provide hope for the world.


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Hatton cures his putting woes - for $172
By Rex Hoggard
PARAMUS, N.J. – About 2 ½ miles from Ridgewood Country Club is a Golf Galaxy store. After a third-round 73 that included 34 putts and sent him tumbling down the leaderboard, Tyrrell Hatton wasted no time getting there. The Englishman needed something new on the greens.
"Well that's the best $172 I've ever spent," Hatton tweeted following a final-round 64 that moved him into the top 20 at the playoff opener. "Was so nice to hole some putts again today, new putter worked it's magic! -7 64 to finish the week. Onto Boston!"
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Hatton, who is sponsored by Ping, purchased a Ping Sigma G Darby putter for $149, along with a new cord grip for $12.99. He needed just 27 putts on Sunday at Ridgewood and gained 3.014 in strokes gained: putting, the first time all week he's picked up shots with his putting.
Maybe the most interesting part of the purchase was when he paid for the new putter. According to the receipt, the purchase was made at 4:59 p.m. (ET), less than two hours after he'd finished his round.
Well that's the best $172 I've ever spent
Was so nice to hole some putts again today, new putter worked it's magic!
-7 64 to finish the week
Onto Boston! pic.twitter.com/PrTNv74bsw
— Tyrrell Hatton (@TyrrellHatton) August 26, 2018
Sherwood shows, on the right course, it's not all about power
BY Rex Hoggard — October 22, 2020
Power is always an asset on the PGA Tour, but at a course like Sherwood, site of this week's Zozo Championship, isn't not the overriding factor.
Hatton on hoodie controversy: What's the issue?
BY Ryan Lavner — October 15, 2020
It wasn't sweatshirt weather Thursday in Las Vegas – 90 degrees, bright sunshine – so Tyrrell Hatton was dressed in the standard professional outfit.
GC Podcast: Brooks, DJ and Hatton's hoodie
BY Golf Channel Digital — October 14, 2020
In the latest Golf Central Podcast, we chat about Brooks Koepka's return and yay or nay for Tyrrell Hatton's hoodie?


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Smoother Sailing
How to's from the Big Book
Seven Million Miles
Posted on January 11, 2023 by brendakoinis
I read this quote in an recent issue of "Imprimis Magazine."
"We have spun 7,000,000 miles since last year, and in our orbiting have sailed an unthinkable 568 million miles through space."
We did not spin out of orbit or hit anything as we hurled through space. Let that be a reminder to us that we serve a very big God. Whatever we face today, he is facing it with us. He loves us more than we love the most precious people in our lives.
And so… NO WORRIES!
And if you need more convincing, take a look at this: Don't Worry. Be Healthy. | Smoother Sailing (wordpress.com) or this: Don't Worry. Be Happy! | Smoother Sailing (wordpress.com)
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2 thoughts on "Seven Million Miles"
strongrootsbuilder on January 11, 2023 at 8:54 am said:
Been reading Imprimis for many years. Hillsdale is an American treasure. Good stuff. The Lord is our great Sustainer.
brendakoinis on January 11, 2023 at 10:03 am said:
He is indeed! Thanks for commenting.
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George Miller on the U.S. Election: "Sometimes America Feels Like a Failed State"
By Moze Halperin
George Miller's thoughtful action films have a political bent, and the arrival of Mad Max: Fury Road just before a new election in our late capitalist near-oligarchy is one of those things you can look at and think, "yeah, I don't have to look too hard for parallels." So when Vulture caught up with the Mad Max visionary at Cannes (where he's acting as president of the film festival jury), they asked him whether he considered his desert-y, limited resource-y, dictator-tyrannized society as at all prophetic, particularly given the fact that a poster child of America's wealth disparity is currently threatening to run the country.
Miller told the website that his films can feel relevant to current events because they're allegorical and "about what's pretty constant in our behavior, even in the modern world. There's a power structure where, one way or another, all of the resources are controlled by the few at the expense of the many."
He notes how people call it scary, but doesn't seem to think it was unpredictable at all. "Sometimes America feels like a failed state," he says. "I remember when I first went to America, the Americans said, 'The best way to understand America is you'll get the best and the worst of everything.' But when you look at the political system it seems very dysfunctional and very sad."
When asked about his more specific thoughts on the current election, the Australian director says he had actually made a bet on Trump gaining popularity in the U.S. election "with an Australian who works for the diplomatic service so he's pretty aware." He continues:
And he said, 'Oh, Trump won't get anywhere near the nomination.' And I said, 'But compared to the others, he's got this very compelling charisma.' And as I watched it happening, I got so anti-Ted Cruz — I agree with John Boehner who says he's Lucifer in the flesh. That group is very scary.
I bet, if I had it in me, I could even write a long piece on how the memeing of the blobfish predicted Trump — we're so preoccupied with this extreme election that it seems so easy now to (sometimes as a stretch) connect almost anything to it — but of all the things to link to a seemingly dystopian political climate, George Miller's work feels particularly resonant.


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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to receive $20,000 grant from NEA to support Sphinx Series
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $20,000. This grant will support concerts that are part of the Sphinx Series, which is sponsored by the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation.
The Sphinx Organization is a national nonprofit dedicated to developing young Black and Latinx classical musicians and helps to bring Sphinx artists and ISO musicians together in concert. Concerts take place around Indianapolis throughout the year. This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants.
"The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide," said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. "Projects such as this one with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra strengthen arts and cultural ecosystems, provide equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy."
"The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is grateful for this generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts," said ISO CEO James Johnson. "Our partnership with the Sphinx Organization has enabled the ISO to engage more meaningfully with our community and we welcome the recognition that this grant provides to a new and valuable musical collaboration."
To learn more about upcoming Sphinx concerts with the ISO, visit https://www.indianapolissymphonyorchestra.com.
Upcoming Sphinx Series concert dates include:
January 18, 7 p.m., at Butler University's Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall
February 8, 7 p.m., at the Madam Walker Legacy Center
March 25, 5:30 p.m. at Hilbert Circle Theatre
All concerts are free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved through the ISO's website.
For more information about the Sphinx Organization, visit www.sphinxmusic.org
For more information on other projects included in the NEA's grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
About the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, at home and thriving in the heart of Indianapolis, offers an exceptional artistic and musical experience. The orchestra is open to all and dedicated to creating an inclusive and innovative experiential environment that is inspiring, educational, and welcoming. The ISO celebrates historically beloved performances while engaging audiences by introducing new voices through programming including the DeHaan Classical Series, the Printing Partners Pops Series, the holiday traditions of AES Indiana Yuletide Celebration and the popular Film Series presented by Bank of America. For more information, visit the ISO website.


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TERESA GHILARDUCCI
Curricula Vita
Professor, Irene and Bernard L Schwartz Professor of Economic Policy Analysis
Mailing Address: 79 5th Avenue
Physical Address: 6 East 16th Street, 11th Floor
ghilardt@newschool.edu
Biographical information available in: Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in America from 1998 - Present.
Ph.D. (1984) University of California, Berkeley, Economics
B.A. (1978) University of California, Berkeley, Economics
Research Associate, Economics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, July 2020-Present
Professor, Irene and Bernard L Schwartz Professor of Economic Policy Analysis, The New School, 2008-Present
Director, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School, 2008-Present
Professor, Economics and Policy Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2005-2007
Director, Higgins Labor Research Center, University of Notre Dame, 1997 - 2007
Associate and Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Notre Dame, 1983 - 2005
• Instructor, "U.S. Income and Wealth Inequality," The Century Foundation Sagner Summer Programs, Williams College, Williamstown, MA. (June 22 - July 2, 1999; June 23 - July 15, 2000; July 1 - July 8, 2001; July 1 - 8, 2002; June 27 - July 6, 2003)
• Assistant Director, Department of Employee Benefits, AFL-CIO, September 1994 - May 1995 (during leave from the University of Notre Dame).
• In Residence Fellowship, Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Harvard University and Radcliffe College, 1987 - 1988.
• Research Assistant, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1979 - 1983.
Refereed Articles
• "Making Old People Work: Three False Assumptions Supporting the 'Working Longer Consensus.'"
Journal of Politics & Society . Vol. 49, Iss. 1. February 2021.
• "Older Workers Face New Risks because of the COVID-19 Recession." With Aida Farmand and Siavash
Radpour. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Workforce Currents . September, 3 2020. 2020-11.
• "Retirement Plan Wealth Inequality: Measurement And Trends. "Journal of Pension Economics and
Finance. 2020.
• "Older Workers on the COVID-19-Frontlines without Paid Sick Leave." With Aida Farmand. Journal of
Aging & Social Policy , Vol. 32, No. 4-5, May 2020.
• "Older Worker Exploitation: Magnitude, Causes, and Solutions. " With Siavash Radpour. Generations,
Vol 43, No . 3, 2019.
• "Bargaining Power is Falling for America's Older Workers." Generations. 2019.
• "The Inequitable Effects of Raising the Retirement Age on Blacks and Low-Wage Workers." With Kyle
Moore & Anthony Webb. The Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2019.
• "New Evidence on the Effect of Economic Shocks on Retirement Plan Withdrawals. " With Siavash
Radpour & Anthony Webb. The Journal of Retirement. 2019.
• "Modernizing the American Private Pension System Plan for the Future of Work . " Benefits Law
Journal , Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 2018.
• "Retirement Savings Inequality: Different Effects of Earnings Shocks, Portfolio Selections, and
Employer Contributions by Worker Earnings Level " With Joelle Saad-Lessler & Gayle L. Reznik. Social
Security Bulletin, Vol . 78, No. 3, 2018.
• "Catch-Up Contributions: An Equitable and Affordable Solution to the Retirement Savings Crisis. " With
Michael Papadopoulos, Wei Sun, & Anthony Webb. Public Policy & Aging Report. Vol. 28, No, 1, 2018,
Pages S4–S14.
• "Intersectionality and Stratification in the Labor Market " With Kyle Moore. American Society on
Aging . Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer 2018, pp. 34-40(7).
• "The Distribution of Time in Retirement: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Survey ." With
Anthony Webb. Work, Aging and Retirement , Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2018, p. 251-261.
• "Earnings Volatility and 401(k) Contributions ." With Joelle Saad-Lesler and Gayle Reznik. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance , Vol. 17, No. 4, Fall 2018.
• "How 401(k) Plans Make Recessions Worse ." With Joelle Saad-Lesser. Inequality, Uncertainty, And
Opportunity : The Varied And Growing Role Of Finance In Labor Relations.- Champaign, IL : Labor and
Employment Relations Association, ISBN 978-0-913447-10-9. - 2015, p. 9-30
• "Explaining the Decline in Retirement Account Coverage between 2003-2012 ." With Joelle
Saad-Lesser. Industrial and Labor Relations Review . Vol. 68, No. 4, 2015.
• "Are US Workers Ready for Retirement? Trends in Plan Sponsorship, Participation, and Preparedness " With Joelle Saad-Lessler & Kate Bahn. The Journal of Pension Benefits. Ferenczy Benefits Law Center, Pp. 25-39, Winter 2015
• "Private Pension ", The Oxford Handbook of US Social Policy, December, 2014
• "Are U.S. Workers Ready for Retirement? Trends in Plan Sponsorship, Participation, and
Preparedness ." With Joelle Saad-Lessler & Kate Bahn. Journal of Pension Benefits, 2014
• "Retirement Security Worse on ERISA's 40th Anniversary . " Drexel Law Review, Vol. 6:453, 2014
• "The Surprising Equality of Retirement Time: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey " With
Anthony Bonen. Edited by Danielle M. Jaffe. The Connecticut Insurance Law Journal Vol 20(2)
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford Connecticut, Pp. 405-432, Spring 2014.
• "American Minorities Work and Retirement ." With Keith E. Whitfield and Tamara A. Baker editors. The Handbook on Minority Aging. Springer Publishing Company. 2014
• "PART III Programs for the Elderly, Private Pensions." With Daniel Béland, Christopher Howard, and
Kimberly J. Morgan editors. The Oxford Handbook of Social Policy in the United States. New York:
Oxford University Press. 2014
• "Austerity Distorts the Common Economic Interests between Generations ." Social Research, Vol. 80,
No. 3, Austerity Economics but Persistent Policy. Fall 2013.
• "Pension Policies to Minimize Future Economic Crises ." Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of
Financial Crises. 2013, Oxford University Press, New York, NY
• " The Macroeconomic Stabilisation Effects of Social Security and 401(k) Plans ", With Joelle SaadLessler
& Eloy Fisher, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 36(1), pages 237-251.2012
• " The Solution to the Pension Crisis is More Pensions ", Perspectives on Work, Vol. 14, no. 1-2, Summer
2010/Winter 2011. p. 34. Published by Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
• "Book Review: A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression", by Richard
Posner (Harvard Univerity Press, 2009), Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, vol.10, no.3:
486-488, July, 2011
• " Getting it Right: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from Research on Public-Sector Unionism
and Collective Bargaining ", Working Paper Series, EPRN & LERA, March, 2011
• " Teresa Ghilarducci Responds", Reply to Kramer's review of 'The Golden Years ', New Labor Forum,
vol.19, no.1, Winter, 2010
• "The Future of Retirement in Aging Societies", International Review of Applied Economics, Vol 24,
pp.319-331, 2010
• " How to Supplement Social Security Fairly and Effectively ." Journal of Aging & Social Policy. Vol 22(2).
462694. 2010
• " Pension Reform in the United States: Guaranteed Pension Accounts are Key ." Rotman International
Journal of Pension Management. 2:2 (Fall) 2009 Pp. 58-65
• "If This Isn't The Time for A Guaranteed Retirement Account, When Is It?". Journal of Pension
Benefits. 16:3 (Spring) 2009 Pp. 21-28
• "The Goldless Years, How to Save the Nation's Retirees from Bankruptcy", New Labor Forum, 18:2
(Spring) 2009. Pp. 33-41
• " Memorandum on a New Financial Architecture and New Regulations ", Investigatión Económica. Vol.
LXVIII, nr 267, Univeridad Nacional Autónoma de México, DF México, Jan-Mar 2009
• "Latinos' Retirement Income Security and Voluntary Participation in 401(k) Plans", The Business
Journal of Hispanic Research, Vol. 2(2), pp. 50-64, 2008.
• " Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason ."
Industrial Relations. 39:1 (Summer) 2008. Pp. 83-84
• " How Defined Contribution Plans and 401(k)s Affect Employer Pension Costs ." With Wei Sun. Journal
of Pension Economics and Finance. 5:2 (July) 2006. Pp. 175-196.
• " Female Dual Labour Markets and Employee Benefits ." With Mary Lee. Scottish Journal of Political
Economy. 52:1 (February) 2005. Pp. 18-37.
• "Employer Pension Contributions and 401(k) Plans ." With Wei Sun and Steve Nyce. Industrial
Relations. 43:2 (April) 2004. Pp. 473-479(7).
• "Complementarity of Pensions and Training under Multiemployer Plans ." With Michael Reich. Journal
of Labor Research. XXII:3 (Summer) 2001. Pp. 615-634.
• "Unions' Role in Argentine and Chilean Pension Reform ." With Patricia Ledesma Liébana. World
Development. 28:4 (April) 2000. Pp. 753-762.
• " Scale Economies in Union Pension Plan Administration: 1981-1993 ." With Kevin Terry. Industrial
Relations. 38:1. (January) 1999. Pp. 11-13.
• "Labor's Paradoxical Interests and the Evolution of Corporate Governance ." With James Hawley and
Andrew Williams. Journal of Law and Society. 24:1. (March) 1997. Pp. 26-43.
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El inca de Perijá (Coeligena consita) es una especie de ave apodiforme de la familia Trochilidae perteneciente al género Coeligena, hasta recientemente (2022) considerada una subespecie del inca de Bogotá (Coeligena bonapartei). Es endémica de la Serranía del Perijá en la frontera entre el noreste de  Colombia y el noroeste de Venezuela.

Distribución y hábitat
Su distribución se restringe a la Serranía del Perijá, en la frontera entre Venezuela y Colombia.

Esta especie es considerada rara en sus hábitats naturales: las selvas húmedas y sus bordes, también en jardines. También se registra en bosques enanos y áreas abiertas a mayores altitudes. Entre 2550 y 3200 m de altitud.

Estado de conservación
El inca de Perijá ha sido calificado como amenazado de extinción por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (IUCN) debido a que su muy pequeña zona de distribución y su población, estimada entre 250 y 1000 individuos maduros, restringida a varias pequeñas subpoblaciones que se presumen estar en decadencia como resultado de una variedad de amenazas que incluyen el cultivo de narcóticos, la colonización descontrolada, el pastoreo y la explotación mineral, que causan la pérdida y fragmentación de su hábitat de alta montaña.

Sistemática

Descripción original
La especie C. consita fue descrita por primera vez por los ornitólogos estadounidense Alexander Wetmore y venezolano William Phelps Tucker en 1952 bajo el nombre científico de subespecie Coeligena bonapartei consita; su localidad tipo es: «base sureste del Cerro Tetarí, 2900 m, Sierra de Perijá, Zulia, Venezuela», el holotipo, una hembra adulta recolectada el 21 de abril de 1952, perteneciente a la Colección Phelps bajo el número 54415, se encuentra depositado en el Museo Americano de Historia Natural en Nueva York.

Etimología
El nombre genérico femenino «Coeligena» deriva del nombre específico Ornismya coeligena cuyo epíteto proviene del latín moderno «coeligenus» que significa 'celestial', 'nacido en el cielo'; y el nombre de la especie «consita», proviene del latín moderno «consitus» que significa 'plantado', 'sembrado'.

Taxonomía
La presente especie fue tradicionalmente tratada como una subespecie del inca de Bogotá (Coeligena bonapartei), pero fue elevada por algunos autores a especie plena con base en significativas diferencias de plumaje, lo que fue posteriormente seguido por las principales clasificaciones.

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Enlaces externos
 Videos, fotos y sonidos de Coeligena consita en eBird.

consita
Aves de América del Sur
Taxones descritos por Alexander Wetmore
Taxones descritos por William Phelps Tucker
Animales descritos en 1952

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Since October 2013, the members of the 100Hours project, founded by Kate Smith and Leonie Hannan at University College, London, have each been interrogating a specific item from the Museums Collections at UCL. We have made repeated visits to our chosen objects, punctuated by discussion sessions with a variety of researchers. As a group we have experimented in accumulating 'one hundred hours' of looking and thinking. This panel presents the reflections of Liz Haines, Juliette Kristensen, and Mat Paskins on participating in that process. In three short discussion pieces, we outline will our perspectives on this collective interrogation of the methods and meaning of materiality in historical work.
Liz Haines, will be considering the aesthetics of various material epistemologies and how they might structure our relationships to historical artefacts.
Juliette Kristensen will explore the critical tensions between the call for a flat ontology and the viscerality of phenomenological experience, through focusing on the concepts of attention and touch. Mat Paskins will talk about a meteorite from Augusta County, Virginia, and the life-worlds which have gathered fleetingly around it.


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A no-deal Brexit would shrink the UK economy 'by 9.3%'
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Analysis from both the government and Bank of England have warned the UK economy could "suffer a severe economic shock" in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
Theresa May's draft Brexit proposal will also leave the UK economy worse off, according to government figures released yesterday.
Leaving the EU with no deal would shrink the economy by 9.3% over the next 15 years, calculations by the Department for Exiting the European Union showed.
DExEU's report noted that even with the prime minister's suggested plan, the UK economy could reduce the economy by 3.9% over the next 15 years.
In separate analysis released on the same day, the BoE estimated that a no-deal – or "disorderly" - scenario could see GDP drop by 8% from its level in the first quarter of 2019.
The report said that the Financial Policy Committee, a committee of the BoE, had "reviewed a disorderly Brexit scenario, with no deal and no transition period, that leads to a severe economic shock".
A comparison between the economic effect of the global financial crisis and a no-deal Brexit revealed that the latter would be more severe.
The BoE's report estimated that a no-deal scenario would result in a 'peak to trough' economic decline of 8%, compared to the 6.25% as a result of the global financial crisis.
House prices, the BoE said, would fall by 30%, compared to a fall of 17% in the 2008 collapse.
The BoE analysis looks at a five year period after Brexit, whereas DExEU's analysis is based on a timescale of 15 years.
A Public Accounts Committee report published this week warned of major disruptions at UK ports in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
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Taking the Tim Sommer Challenge: Here's My Top Ten Song List
A few weeks ago Tim Sommer, whose Noise, the Column graces the Brooklyn Bugle, responded to his friend Tim Broun, publisher of the blog Stupefaction, by publishing a playlist of his top ten songs on the Bugle. He concluded the title of his post with, "Now It's Your Turn."
Here's mine. If Tim should read this, he will likely be disappointed by most of my choices being what he calls "'songs' that conform to the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus virus." My descent into old fart-dom has long been underway, and ingrained habits die hard. Still, I'd like to think I'm not beyond having my notion of how music ought to sound stretched a bit. Thanks to Tim, I'll spend more time listening to the likes of Neu! and Liquid Liquid, though Scott Walker + Sunn O))) is, for me, a difficult stretch (I just listened to "Soused" a second time; it's starting to grow on me). I will even look back and reconsider Van Halen.
1. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Like a Hurricane. If someone told me I had ten minutes to live, and could choose one piece of music to hear, I'd have a hard few seconds deciding between this and the first movement of Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio.
2. Chuck Berry, Promised Land. I never knew, until I just looked it up, that the tune is based on one of my favorite old-time country songs, Wabash Cannonball. Berry wrote the song in prison in the mid sixties, when L.A. was still the Promised Land. It was also a time when to be young, poor, black, and "stranded in downtown Birmingham" was a scary proposition, but Berry didn't need to dwell on that; he just got his protagonist outta there, pronto.
3. The Astronauts, Baja. A surf guitar band from Colorado–yes, Colorado–got the sound just right.
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra, Open Country Joy. John McLaughlin and company start softly, building into a lovely opening theme that ends abruptly, followed by a ten second silence, then by a frenetic, sometimes dissonant variation that finally resolves itself into a triumphant restatement of the opening theme.
5. The Ramones, Rockaway Beach. Someone once wrote that the Ramones were New York's answer to the Beach Boys. Was "Gabba gabba hey!" our "cowabunga"?
6. The Royal Teens, Believe Me. In 1959 I was thirteen and lovesick when I heard this song, announced as a "pick hit of the week" on WDAE in Tampa. I never heard it again on radio, nor did I find it on my occasional searches through bins of 45s in record stores, but every "ooh-wah-ooh," every tinkling piano note, was indelibly engraved in my memory. Cut to the cusp of the '70s-'80s. I'm in one of those West Village used vinyl emporia and come across a Royal Teens anthology LP. I bought it and dashed home to my then digs on East 11th to play the song I hadn't heard in twenty or so years. The tinkling piano is by Bob Gaudio, who later joined Frankie Valli and the other Jersey Boys in the Four Seasons, and wrote several of their hits. According to this excellent bio by Bruce Eder, Al Kooper played guitar with the group in '59, so may be on this cut.
7. Lou Reed, Coney Island Baby. From doo-wop to an homage to doo-wop. "The glory of love might see you through." Yeah.
8. Eartha Kitt, Uska Dara. One afternoon when I was seven, and my parents and I were living in half of a thatched roof cottage in rural Hertfordshire, my mom had the radio tuned to BBC and the announcer said, "Now, here's some Turkish music." What followed was so hooky that, like "Believe Me" six years later, it got burned onto my mental hard drive–well, not perfectly; the tune I remembered, but not the spoken bridge, nor the sung words, except for the end of the chorus, which sounded to me like "nebrezary on a shoe." Cut to the Bells of Hell, circa 1978. It's four on a Saturday or Sunday morning, the place is closing, and Mike McGovern–if you're a fan of Kinky Friedman's novels, that McGovern–invites the few serious drinkers left, myself included, to his place for a morning-cap. As we sipped Jameson Mike put on an Eartha Kitt LP and there it was, that song I hadn't heard since I was seven. I got my own copy soon after.
9. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Take It Inside. The album Hearts of Stone is on my top ten rock albums list; it's the only one I've downloaded wholesale to my iPod. I chose this track for its showing of the group's versatility, from the Beatle-esque opening phrase, "Try to understand," leading into Johnny singing over a basic rock backing ensemble, then the entrance of the horns on the chorus. I also love it for its controlled but still white-hot passion.
So far, things were pretty easy. Tim suffered for his list; mine was a breeze. Then it got down to choosing that last number. I had two songs in mind. Both come from the British–one English, the other Scottish–folk-rock tradition. Well, I thought, it's possible to have a tie for ten. So, I've numbered the next two songs "10."
10. Mike Heron, Warm Heart Pastry. Mike Heron was a founder of the Scottish acid-folk group Incredible String Band, which I saw in its death throes at the Bottom Line in the mid '70s, on a tour in which they had expanded to about twenty members, mostly by picking up musicians in every place they performed, including my native city. In 1971 Heron made a solo album, Smiling Men With Bad Reputations. "Warm Heart Pastry" is the one straight-ahead rocker on the album, with a hot backing band credited as "Tommy and the Bijoux." I later heard or read somewhere that they were The Who, playing under a pseudonym to avoid contractual problems. That proved to be partially true: they were The Who minus Roger Daltrey, but plus John Cale, who also appears on several other cuts on the album.
10. Richard and Linda Thompson, Wall of Death. She was pregnant, and they were on the verge of marital breakup, when they recorded Shoot Out the Lights, one of the most emotionally harrowing rock albums ever. Richard was previously a guitarist and singer with Fairport Convention. The song has been described as "joyous," but the underlying tension seems obvious to me.
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Claude, this is a fantastic list. Generally, any list is (as long as it doesn't include any Danny Elfman). Seriously, my taste isn't based on any snobbishness or elitism; it's simply that, as someone who has made music their life and living for 35 years, I've been exposed to a lot of music. This list is as good as mine, and even better, it exposed me to something GREAT that I had NEVER heard before (Mike Heron).
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Thanks, Tim. If anything in my post implied that I thought yours was "based on any snobbishness or elitism" that wasn't my intention. I'm enjoying your posts enormously, and am learning about a lot of stuff I missed, like the Mekons and the Saints. Sometime in the late '80s I stopped keeping up with rock. I didn't like speed metal or noise metal, and thought I had enough of a legacy from the '50s, '60s, and '70s to keep me happy through my middle age and beyond. You're helping me to make up for lost time.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 8:01pm
Two GA Colleges Win Language Grants
North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega has nearly three quarters of a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense to spend on teaching Chinese. Only three schools nationwide got the grant this year, including a second in Georgia, the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The grant targets North Georgia College's military cadets but the program is open to all students.
Participants will spend a year in China, and then take a national test to demonstrate their proficiency in Chinese.
The grant will pay for another Chinese instructor and scholarships for study abroad programs and summer courses.
Chris Jespersen, dean of the college's School of Arts and Letters, said the grant is quite prestigious and offers the college validation for its investment in Chinese instruction.
"We're now keeping company with the likes of Arizona State, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, the University of Oregon – much bigger universities with much more established programs," he said in a phone interview. "We look at this as a kind of vote of confidence for a program we [only] started in 2006."
When the college began offering Chinese five years ago, it only had one part-time instructor. It now has full-time three teachers, and the grant will pay for a fourth.
Chi-Hsuan Catterson teaches Chinese at North Georgia. She says the grant will help the students become global professionals.
"They will be able to use Chinese in their professional lives," she said. "So it's not just going to the market and bargaining, but they will be able to reach the proficiency level like a Chinese professional."
She said the program has grown largely because of the students' intense interest not only in the Chinese language but also its culture and politics. The Department of Defense underwrites the grants because it has targeted Chinese and other languages such as Arabic as strategic priorities.
Arizona State University also received the grant this year.


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Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (; born 19 March 1979) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine.

Her highest singles ranking is world No. 180, which she reached in November 2005. She played on the ITF Circuit from 2000 through to 2006.

In her professional career, Antypina won 14 titles, of which one was in singles and 13 in doubles. She tried qualifying for Grand Slam tournaments on multiple occasions, but was unsuccessful with each one. She qualified for one WTA Tour event in 2005, where she lost in round one of the Tier IV tournament in Tashkent to compatriot Kateryna Bondarenko.

Her biggest ITF title came when she won the doubles of the $75k tournament at Washington D.C. in 2005, partnering Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

Doubles: 23 (13–10)

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Living people
1979 births
Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian female tennis players