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Why Is it So Hard to Fire a Low-Performing Government Employee?
Federal officials at the time of the Gilded Age created the civil service as way to insulate government workers from the influence of politics. The Pendleton Act and the Civil Service Act of 1883 established the merit-based system, which ended the practice of awarding government jobs as political favors and led to...
yahoo.com (15 minutes ago)
Music Review: Repast Baroque Ensemble at the Baruch Performing Arts Center
The Repast Baroque Ensemble presented a decorous concert of works by Dietrich Buxtehede, Matthew Locke, Christopher Simpson and Johann Jakob Froberger. .
nytimes.com (19 minutes ago)
At Atlas, Jennifer Koh offers an unforgettable whirlwind of sound
If the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium is the revered dowager of Washington’s chamber music scene, then the Atlas Performing Arts Center - in the heart of the hipster H Street corridor - must be its sexy granddaughter with the tattoos. Maybe that’s why it was picked for Thursday night’s edgy,...
washingtonpost.com (20 minutes ago)
Will Google (And The US Government) Permit Google Glass To Recognize Faces On Sight?
"Okay, Glass. Who's that?" TechCrunch has a nice look at a new API from Lambda Labs, an "early-stage startup" (meaning, brand-new) from San Francisco, that's causing a bit of consternation. Lambda Labs makes a facial recognition API, which you can actually try out here in your browser. But now Lambda has released a...
popsci.com (1 hour ago)
Letters: Coalition is past its sell-by date
After three years of Tory-Lib Dem coalition, our economy remains in the doldrums, performing much worse than that of the US, where President Obama has achieved a deal of stimulus despite obstruction by Congress. We have a health service under increasing pressure and sliding with government encouragement into private...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Va. man sentenced to 14 years in jail for producing child porn
A former Maryland preschool teacher convicted of producing child pornography was sentenced to 14 years in prison Friday, prosecutors said. James Douglas Manring, 54, of Fredericksburg, Va., had been accused of filming himself performing sex acts on preschool students in the late 1990s while he was teaching at a...
washingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
At Atlas, Jennifer Koh offers an unforgettable, insightful performance
If the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium is the revered dowager of Washington’s chamber music scene, then the Atlas Performing Arts Center - in the heart of the hipster H Street corridor - must be its sexy granddaughter with the tattoos. Maybe that’s why it was picked for Thursday night’s edgy,...
washingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Are Cassettes the Best Music Format for Toddlers?
As many of us do, I recently ended up in a Facebook conversation about parenting or music. In this case, it was about both conversational mainstays: Namely, how do you allow a child in 2013 to decide to listen to something of their choosing? “I’ve been thinking lately about the downside of having a digital-only...
gizmodo.com (3 hours ago)
The Two Charts That Keep Draghi Up At Night
While many would argue that youth unemployment (the real scariest chart here), in fact we suspect it is the following two charts that are really keeping Mario Draghi up at night. The lip service paid by the French and the Germans to growth strategies and youth unemployment pale in relation to the desperation of the...
zerohedge.com (5 hours ago)
Nancy Pfund: Cleantech Investing: We Are Just Getting Started
Co-authored by Noah Walker, Joint MBA/MEM Candidate at Yale University Americans are voting with their stock portfolios like never before. And they are investing in cleantech and renewable energy. Despite the well-funded lobbying, advertising and marketing advantages of the incumbent fossil fuel industry,...
huffingtonpost.com (6 hours ago)
Here is how bad loans affected banks in Jan-March quarter
Net non-performing assets or bad loans of 39 listed banks inched up just 0.8 percent or Rs 750 crore in the fourth quarter of 2012-13 according to a study. However, it does not signify any improvement in bank credit quality.
moneycontrol.com (6 hours ago)
West End marks 350 years of theatre
The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are announced as shows performing free songs to the public, to mark 350 years of West End theatre.
bbci.co.uk (7 hours ago)
Why Italian Bonds Have A Long Way Down To Go
As we hinted last night, and as the market is starting to realize, one of the bigger downstream casualties of the first rumblings that Abenomics is starting to crack, have been peripheral bond yields, with Spanish, Italian and Portuguese yields all wider by 10 bps and rising: after all who will buy this worthless...
zerohedge.com (9 hours ago)
Cuyahoga Falls set to rock in the Summer
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The sounds of Summer start today in Cuyahoga Falls with the return of Rockin’ on the River. This is the 27th year for the free, outdoor concert series, held at Falls River Square from 5 p.m. to midnight on Fridays through Aug. 30. The opening headliner is Zoso, billed as the ultimate Led Zeppelin...
ohio.com (10 hours ago)
Songs show stage magic at Medina High School
The Medina High School Men's Chorus performs "Seize the Day" from "The Newsies" during Thursday's dress rehearsal for "Showtime 2013," on this weekend at the Medina Performing Arts Center. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY KIERA MANION-FISCHER) From “Shrek the Musical” to Taylor Swift, enchantment will be the theme of this year’s...
medinagazette.northcoastnow.com (10 hours ago)
Tulare festa to begin Monday
The local Portuguese community will celebrate the Tulare Portuguese Holy Ghost Celebration, beginning with a beef sale at 10 a.m. Monday at the Tulare Sales Yard, 4013 South K St. Praying of the Rosary will be at 7 p.m. in the chapel at the T.D.E.S. Hall, 515 North I St., followed by folklore dancers from Tulare...
visaliatimesdelta.com (10 hours ago)
With ‘Abenomics,’ Japan catches a sense of revival
TOKYO - After two decades of chronic recession, Japan again feels like a boomtown. Its biggest companies are raking in money. It has the world’s best-performing stock market. The latest forecasts suggest Japan, in the next year, could grow more quickly than any wealthy nation but China.
washingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)
Queens girl, 12, commits suicide after alleged ASK.FM cyberbullying
[caption id="attachment_130564" align="alignnone" width="614"] Credit: Rikard Larma, Metro.[/caption] Police Commissioner Kelly told reporters today that the NYPD is investigating the suicide of 12-year-old Gabriella Molina in Queens. [related tag ="bullying"] Kelly said the girl left a suicide note indicating that...
metro.us (15 hours ago)
Atheists Like What They See In Pope Francis
By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service (RNS) Atheists and other nonbelievers largely welcomed Wednesday’s (May 22) remarks by Pope Francis that performing “good works” is not the exclusive domain of people of faith, but rather a place where they and atheists could and should meet. In a private homily, Francis...
huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)
Eurovision Is the World’s Greatest Music Contest
Through happenstance, family celebration, and international air travel, I found myself in the United Kingdom this past week. Meaning that I could watch, for the first time in more than a decade, the Eurovision Song Contest and luxuriate in the spectacle of a multinational community trying to bridge cultural and...
time.com (17 hours ago)
Palm Desert High sophomore's band headed to Italy
The Palm Desert High School sophomore is one of 55 members of the Desert Sands Unified School District Symphonic Winds band heading to Italy on July 7 on a 10-day trip that includes performing in the prestigious Florence International Youth Orchestra Festival.
mydesert.com (17 hours ago)
Falls set to rock in the Summer
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The sounds of Summer start today in Cuyahoga Falls with the return of Rockin’ on the River. This is the 27th year for the free, outdoor concert series, held at Falls River Square from 5 p.m. to midnight on Fridays through Aug. 30. The opening headliner is Zoso, billed as the ultimate Led Zeppelin...
ohio.com (18 hours ago)
Sarah Geronimo's U.S. concert tour and a project with Piolo Pascual
As of today, May 24, 2013 (Philippine time) "Posters" are excited for their idol's scheduled U.S. concert tour, based on the latest report, she will be performing live at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in...
examiner.com (19 hours ago)
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn: ABT's Isabella Boylston: Defining Space and Being in the Moment
Written with Ellen Dobbyn-BlackmoreIsabella Boylston in Swan Lake with American Ballet TheatrePhoto by Gene Schiavone American Ballet Theatre soloist Isabella Boylston defines space around her by moving through it. As she moves, whether on stage or in rehearsal, everything seems to shift and realign itself around...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
Bob Marley, Shakespeare & Peter Pan All Under One Roof
NEW YORK — A new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, the world premiere of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" by the innovative Fiasco Theater company and an Australian take on "Peter Pan" are among next season's offerings at The New Victory Theater. A total of 15 productions from seven countries are...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
Genesee Community College seeks more funding
BATAVIA – Genesee Community College is seeking an additional $100,000 from its county sponsor to meet its budget for the 2013-2014 academic year. The plan was presented Wednesday at the county Legislature’s regular meeting.The Legislature will hold a public hearing and vote on the request as part of the agenda at...
buffalonews.com (21 hours ago)
Area schools score well on American Indian performance
Bemidji PioneerBEMIDJI - Multiple Bemidji area schools have been listed as top-performing schools in Minnesota for low-income and American Indian performance, according to statewide nonprofit agency. In Bemidji, Central...
bemidjipioneer.com (21 hours ago)
Business, budgets rebounding in Cerritos
CERRITOS -- Public safety remains a high priority in Cerritos, Mayor Bruce Barrows said during his annual state of the city address at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Thursday.
presstelegram.com (22 hours ago)
Durham's Graham Onions takes five to cut Middlesex down to size
Nothing sharpens the focus for a cricketer with ambition like an Ashes series and its presence on the horizon has coincided with Graham Onions's return to top form. On a delayed second day punctuated by five stoppages for rain and hail, Onions completed the 18th five-wicket haul of his career to provide Durham with...
guardian.co.uk (23 hours ago)
Florida Grand Opera delays ‘Tristan and Isolde,’ replaces with ‘Thaïs’
Florida Grand Opera has postponed Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde for a season and will be performing Massanet’s Thaïs in its place for the 2013-2014 season.
miamiherald.com (23 hours ago)
