Story Highlights The percentage of economies rated “bad” increased by six percentage points in September Pessimism about the direction of the economy is also deepening Economic concerns are mentioned as the country’s main problem: 34% WASHINGTON, DC — Americans’ already negative assessments of the U.S. economy worsened slightly in September, both in terms of their perceptions of current economic conditions and their outlook on the direction of the economy. In this month’s update, 20% of U.S. adults rate economic conditions as “excellent” or “good,” while 32% rate them as “just fair” and 48% as “poor.” The overall positive rating…
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UNC Greensboro alumna Rhiannon Giddens is already a certified genius, having received a MacArthur Fellowship. She has received a Grammy Award twice. On May 8, 2023, she was announced as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. “Omar,” by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, would receive the 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner In Music. The Pulitzer committee called it “an innovative and compelling opera about slaves brought to North America from Muslim countries, a musical work that respectfully represents African and African-American traditions, expanding the language of lyric form while transmitting the humanity of the condemned. to servitude. Giddens spoke about the…
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Opera Santa Barbara at 30 From “Carmen” to Callas and a hope beyond By Josef Woodard | Photos by Zach Méndez November 2, 2023 Bringing La Divina: The art of Maria Callas to life are (left to right) Jana McIntyre, Kostis Protopapas and Eleni Calenos. | Credit: Zach Méndez Carmen — and Carmen – burst into town in late September, with all his seductive cunning and lilting melodic charms. The tragic anti-heroine of Georges Bizet’s ever-popular opera, boldly embodied and performed here by mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, serenaded two large halls of the Granada Theater, her toothy ulterior motives tucked in…
The Cathedral School: preserving Hellenism and academic excellence Dr. Anastasios Koularmanis, Director of the Department of Greek Education, will publish a series of articles focused on Greek education, with a particular focus on several day schools. The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, located in New York, is the seat of the Archbishop of America and serves as a symbol of Greek Orthodoxy in the Western Hemisphere. Founded in 1892, Holy Trinity Parish has a rich history, with the cathedral being the second Greek Orthodox church established in the Americas and the first in New York. Besides its religious significance,…
As an entrepreneur who started a salsa business based on a family recipe during the COVID-19 pandemic, I depend on a shared kitchen for my business. I could never have started it without having access to it, and that’s true for countless entrepreneurs. Yet there is a nationwide shortage of shared food facilities. Meeting this need is essential to the growth of new businesses, and local governments have a major role to play.The reason shared food facilities are so important is because food-related businesses are among the most accessible to aspiring entrepreneurs. The beauty of food is that it reflects…
The image of Stefanos Kasselakis, president of SYRIZA, looking through a hole in the wall, reminiscent of a fighting stance used to aim a rifle, in the buffer zone behind the parking lot of the Ledra Pallas barricade, sums up the essence of Greek policy regarding the Cyprus problem. This is not unique to Mr. Kasselakis, who unexpectedly made headlines and is now making headlines thanks to this iconic image in his political communications. This question affects all Greek politicians over time. However, few, if any, of the current generation truly grasp the Cyprus problem – not just as an…
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An anonymous reader quotes a Guardian report: They say you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. But when it comes to tackling a tricky task, researchers have found that getting angry can also be a powerful motivator. Experiments suggest people are angry perform better in a set of difficult tasks than those who are emotionally neutral. “These results demonstrate that anger increases efforts to achieve a desired goal, which often leads to greater success,” said Dr. Heather Lench, the study’s first author. The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (PDF), details how researchers at…
5. Rookie Murderer’s House, Beacon Hill Arguably Boston’s most prestigious address, Louisburg Square is a short block with chic Greek Revival-style homes on both sides and a pretty oval park at its center. The block exudes a sense of Victorian propriety; but, Vargo reveals, it was there that one of the city’s spiciest scandals took place. In the 1960s, the red brick rowhouse of 85 Pinckney Street was the home of Suzanne Clift, child of a prominent Boston family that included television producer Thomas Brooks Clift and film actor Montgomery Clift. Vargo tells the story of Suzanne’s torrid affair with…