Detroit's historic 2013-2014 bankruptcy was defined by the city making good on its promises to retirees.That battle is far from over.Nearly seven years after emerging from bankruptcy court, Detroit faces a new looming financial challenge over how aggressively to pay off pension debt when the city…
Greater Manchester Police s headquarters with federation chairman Stu Berry and metro mayor Andy Burnham, inset THE Greater Manchester Police Federation is calling on metro mayor Andy Burnham to work with police to fill 200 detective roles. Federation chairman Stu Berry wants the re-elected mayor to step in and to help with the recruitment drive and invest in a detective academy to secure the long-team prospects of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). Mr Berry, who plans to meet Mr Burnham and incoming Chief Constable Steven Watson to discuss the proposals, has said the current situation is unsustainable . He said: “At our first meeting, we will discuss the investment in the workforce.
April 27, 2021
Students who live on campus can return to their dorm room as a haven during the day. Off-campus students who don t have the same option between their classes might gravitate to labs or other, often crowded, spaces to work, socialize with friends, or relax.
That was how it used to be, anyway, until social distancing disrupted routines. Finding an alternative became a priority, particularly for the Commonwealth Campuses. Team E, the University s pandemic response unit responsible for delivering creative solutions to academic- and facilities-based needs at University Park and the Commonwealth Campuses, suggested adding wireless coverage to parking lots as a potential remedy. Penn State IT Infrastructure groups quickly started planning to make it happen, setting off an aggressive timeline for completion by the state of fall 2020 classes.
This week, the editors celebrate Wayne Koestenbaum’s essay on the art of the fugue, “Notes on Not Now,” which appeared in the magazine’s pages in December 1995. Koestenbaum’s conversation with countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo will be released tomorrow as part of the online video series “Artists On Writers | Writers On Artists,” a copresentation of Artforum
and Bookforum.
“I am confused about the spirit of the age,” Wayne Koestenbaum confesses in his incandescent and hilarious he would likely prefer the word hysterical essay “Notes on Not Now.” Playing inside the form of the fugue both the musical composition and that muggy state of mind the piece muses on what, or who, signals the contemporary. In a culture that embroiders its currency with revivals and republications, comebacks and recirculations, is there no time not like the present? As ever, Koestenbaum’s measure of a moment is prompted by matters of language. Here, a scholar’s mention of “iconoph