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Broadway is facing financial challenges as costs have risen and audience numbers have decreased. Despite this, new shows continue to open, but many are struggling to fill seats and may not survive the summer. The drop in demand has lasted longer than previous downturns, and audiences are buying tickets closer to showtime. The Tony nominations have been announced, but winning a Tony no longer guarantees financial success. The business model of Broadway needs to change, with a focus on controlling costs and finding ways to boost revenue. The Great Gatsby musical is seen as a potential savior for Broadway. [Extracted from the article]

This article highlights several recently completed and upcoming architectural projects in Australia that embody a "next-gen" perspective. The projects include a community veterinary facility on Flinders Island, a multipurpose center in Western Sydney, a commercial restoration and extension in South Melbourne, a community facility in Roma, a public pavilion in Sydney, and a commercial precinct in Brisbane. Each project demonstrates a focus on community, respect for existing forms, collaborative design, and a first-principles approach. The architects involved prioritize the physical, social, and cultural context of their projects and aim to create spaces that are inclusive and enduring. [Extracted from the article]

"Neighborhood News: The Cannabis Crackdown Begins" is an article published in the New York journal on May 20, 2024. The article discusses the start of "Operation Padlock to Protect," an initiative led by the Adams administration in New York City to crack down on illegal cannabis shops. Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2021, the city has seen an influx of both legal and illegal weed shops. The first raids targeted shops near schools and houses of worship, those selling to underage buyers, and those accused of selling harmful products. The goal of the operation is to close as many illegal businesses as possible within 30 days. The article includes a photograph of a raid at the New City Smoke Shop, where the owner was handcuffed and arrested. [Extracted from the article]

Dubrow's, a cafeteria chain in Brooklyn, was known as the "Cafeteria of Refinement" despite being located under the BMT subway. The chain, which operated from 1929 to 1985, had a notable location at Kings Highway and East 16th Street. The restaurant featured Italian-inspired murals, a tile water fountain, and served food with a slight Jewish influence such as coffee cake, blintzes, and chopped liver. Dubrow's was open 24 hours and was particularly busy on weekends after services at Temple Ahavath Sholom, making it a popular spot for mingling and courting voters. In 1960, John F. Kennedy visited Dubrow's during his campaign and ordered a steak and a Heineken, ultimately winning Brooklyn by a large margin. Photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin documented the patrons of the Kings Highway Dubrow's from 1975 to 1978. [Extracted from the article]

The companies that bill you regularly all have protocols for giving consumers better deals, Kurland says: "But they rely on the fact that you're not going to call and ask." HIGHER PRICE BETTER PRICE THE LOWDOWN $130 Bunn HB Heat N' Brew Programmable 83 $30 $ Hamilton Beach 12-Cup Programmable 49465R 83 These coffee brewers are equal in our convenience and carafe handling tests. LOWER YOUR MONTHLY BILLS p. 26 BE FIRM AND TOUGH WHEN ASKING FOR A DEAL. "At a time when we're all feeling the pain of inflation, it's both important and easy to get better deals on many of your monthly bills", says Ben Kurland, co-founder of BillFixers, a service that negotiates lower bills for consumers. [Extracted from the article]

Senate Democrats are advocating for increased funding for non-defense agencies in fiscal year 2025, arguing that current spending caps would have significant negative impacts on federal operations and result in staff reductions. Senator Patty Murray, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, warns that agencies such as the National Park Service, the Justice Department, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety Inspection Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, federal firefighters, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Social Security Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and NASA would all face various consequences without a larger budget. Murray is calling for any increase in defense spending to be matched by equal growth for domestic agencies, but Republicans have rejected this proposal. The House Appropriations Committee has already approved six spending bills for fiscal year 2025, but they have drawn a veto threat from President Biden. Murray emphasizes that the current spending caps are already causing challenges and that a 1% increase next fiscal year would exacerbate these issues. She hopes to work collaboratively with Senator Susan Collins, the committee's top Republican, to draft funding bills with broad bipartisan support. [Extracted from the article]

Born: June 12, 1957 Occupation: Media magnate In 2006 David Thomson took over the reins of his family's eponymous media empire, which was launched by his grandfather Roy in the 1930s and made the Thomsons the richest family in Canada. LAUNCHING A BUSINESS CAREER After graduating from college, Thomson began his career as an associate at McLeod Young Weir, a venerable Canadian financial firm; however, he left after a brief time to join the Hudson Bay Company (HBC), which had then recently come under the control of his family. With the business tied up in trusts to avoid estate taxes, Roy explained, "These Thomson boys that come after Ken are not going to be able, even if they want to, to shrug off these responsibilities." Thomson inherited control of a company worth $29.3 billion and British peerage as Baron Thomson of Fleet but did not rest on his laurels. [Extracted from the article]

PEO clients outperformed their peers There was an eye-popping disparity in performance between SMBs that were clients of a professional employer organization (PEO) during the early months of the pandemic and those that were not. PEO clients were 91 percent less likely to have temporarily closed and 60 percent less likely to have permanently closed, according to a September 2020 McBassi & Company report for the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO). Pat Cleary, NAPEO's president and CEO, says growth is the most compelling metric demonstrating PEOs' positive impact on their SMB clients during the pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

Those impersonal formulations--Sorkin and Zukin's "bromide", Huxtable's"pressure"--imply that the project'scramped horizons were baked into theprocess. The war onterror and the World Trade Center havethis in common: They are profoundly contradictoryworks-in-progress, confoundingattempts to distinguish betweenachievement and surrender. The WorldTrade Center campus was supposed to becomean acropolis devoted to America'shighest aspirations, a representation ofresilience, creativity, and life as an answerto fanatical nihilism. "Everywhere thebromide is retailed that to rebuild somethingbigger, taller, and better than ever isthe only way to respond to the terrorists."(Sorkin suggested that the destruction ofthe financial hub should lead to a more"polycentric" city, with commercial nodesscattered throughout the boroughs.) In distributing blame so widely yet specifically,Sorkin and Zukin strongly suggestedthat nameable individuals had madeidentifiable mistakes, ceding vision in thename of short-term goals. [Extracted from the article]

Owner and acclaimed Maine chef Krista Kern Desjarlais makes a firm commitment to using milk and cream from nearby dairy farms, a dedication that pays off in the finest, freshest ice cream possible. DRIVE-IN THEATER SACO DRIVE-IN, SACO Located a mere 20 minutes from Portland, the state's first drive-in theater is still going strong. Bonus: Your pooch is welcome to keep you company on the links. belgradelakesgolf.com PYO FRUIT FARM LIBBY & SON U-PICKS, LIMERICK High-bush blueberries are a wonder crop at this 40-acre family fruit farm, which also grows summer and fall raspberries, peaches, and apples. [Extracted from the article]

Upskill by BMC was launched in November 2021, offering free two-hour group training sessions to cafés every Wednesday - including those not serving Black Market Coffee - that want to upskill their waiters and kitchen staff to work behind the coffee machine. "There are many cafés reporting they're having to pay $40 to $50 per hour for baristas and even more for kitchen staff during this critical workforce shortage, and they're still having a difficult time finding staff", Wes says. While metro cafés may be able to poach staff from competitors, or baristas can take jobs across multiple cafés, Cameron says this isn't an option in his tighter knit community. [Extracted from the article]

The report of the IGL Autumn Meeting 2022 in Leipzig describes the author's experiences and impressions during the conference. The Leipzig Zoo impressed with affordable food prices and a well-preserved 360° aquarium. The general assembly included discussions about joining the VDA association and presentations on snakeheads, labyrinth fish, and Malpulutta kretseri. The internal exchange and dinner were quickly held due to the limited opening hours of the conference venue. The number of conference participants fluctuated between 25 and 60 people, and the author thanked the organizer Arndt Wicher for a successful conference. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information regarding expansion of the library's offerings while increasing community engagement. It mentions that since libraries are open beyond traditional business hours, they can provide government services, such as passport issuing, that are normally only available during the regular workday. It states that the Fountaindale Public Library District has partnered with the Will County Clerk's Office to offer early-voting services.

The article centers on the implementation of the "Open Library" initiative in Selm, Germany, funded by the European Union through the REACT-EU program. It states that the initiative aims to enhance accessibility and flexibility by extending library opening hours, particularly to accommodate families and working individuals facing time constraints. It mentions that the Open Library concept supported by digital infrastructure, allows for longer operational hours, including evenings and Saturdays.

The article focuses on asking people to visit Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marfa in Big Bend, Texas for a family-friendly vacation and experience the timeless charm of West Texas.

The article presents everyday English conversation with particular emphasis on making payments.

The article presents answer to the question related to the General Practitioners practices cutting back core open hours.

The article offers information on wages of teachers in the United States, which includes information on numbers of hours teachers work; findings of report of Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation; and how much teachers should get.

Datamark Mobile Series dot peen markers from Dapra Marking Solutions eliminate unnecessary cables, bulky controllers, and complicated software from the equation to get your team up and running in minutes. Tough industrial environments require a marking machine that's rugged and easy to operate. The Mobile Series is designed to withstand everyday abuse with a steel housing and industrial-grade components capable of deep marking metals and alloys up to 62 HRC. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on updates in the operation of museums worldwide. The Iraq Museum reopened on March 7, 2022 following a three-year closure due partly to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also cited are the opening by Gagosian of a shop in Mayfair's Burlington Arcade in England, and the inauguration by Guest Artists Space of its cultural centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

The article reports on the move by Victoria & Albert (V&A) museum to resume its pre-COVID-19 pandemic operating hours on April 4, 2022 amidst the lifting by the government of United Kingdom (UK) of the legal restrictions.

NORTH FERRISBURGH Founded in 2007, Vermont Cookie Love runs a year-round shop and production facility that sells fresh-baked cookies and frozen cookie dough, but it's the maple creemees, sold from the seasonal walk-up ice cream, that make this place a summertime rock star. When summer rolls around, sample them in the casual tasting room overlooking a pond, or pair with your own picnic and lay a blanket on the big lawn. lincolnpeakvineyard.com LODGING FARM STAY FAT SHEEP FARM & CABINS, HARTLAND Before they owned 59 acres of woods, fields, and sheep-grazing grounds, Todd Heyman and Suzy Kaplan sketched their dream farm on graph paper. Just next door, the Starlight Inn offers movie-themed rooms for those who'd like to extend the cinematic spell. sunsetdrivein.wm FARM ANIMAL FUN RETREAT FARM. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses four core technology and analytics competencies for effective digitization in the finance function of businesses. Topics covered include the digital model's online and traditional approach for customer interaction in 24/7 operations, efficient and less-labor intensive operational workflow, and less capital intensive/overhead costs. Also noted is focus on information systems and data governance and analytics in the finance function.

Between San Francisco and Washington, the powershifts by the day * Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorseydidn't kick Trump off Facebook andTwitter, respectively; Stacey Abramsdid. It'shard to imagine any media company focusedon politics won't register a declinein viewership and revenues after Trump.* But his own brand is trashed. IfI were CEO of the Trump Organization,I would change the brand name, bring ina progressive to manage the company,and institute a strict policy against nepotism. [Extracted from the article]

For example, the #1 skill employees value from their managers is confidence, but the #1 skill employees feel their managers lack is communication." Research 9 out 10 organizations offer flexible work choices. [Extracted from the article]

MEXICO & USA In December, Mexican officials sped up the transfer of thousands of migrants from southern Mexico to other regions as it prepared to receive asylum seekers from the USA. INDIAN OCEAN A new assessment of coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean indicates they are at high risk of collapse in the next 50 years due to global heating and overfishing. Joe Biden's administration said it would re-instate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a Trump-era policy that requires asylum seekers to wait out their cases in Mexico. [Extracted from the article]

Seventy-two percent of architecture firms offered full-time or nearly full-time remote working options to their employees in 2020, up from only 13% in 2019, pointing to the significant impact the pandemic had on workplace flexibility. Other benefits that increased over the past two years: paid parental leave (47%, up from 41%), paid philanthropic leave to volunteer during business hours (31%, up from 26%), and paid family leave beyond parental leave (21%, up from 16%). [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the success of extended opening hours at the Düsseldorf public libraries, which were implemented based on customer requests. Topics discussed including the trial phase of the extended hours with the popularity of the library as a third place; and the positive response from customers, which resulted in an increase in visitors with the success of doubling opening hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

The article focuses on the Dinslaken City Library's decision to trial extending their opening hours on Sundays and Saturdays, providing a service-free period during which security personnel supervise the library. Topics include the considerations made before implementing the extended opening hours and conclusion of the trial period; and visitors have accepted the clear delimitation between the service and service-free times for the public, particularly families and pensioners.

The article focuses on the implementation of an open library concept in Moers, Germany, which allows extended opening hours through the use of technology. Topics discussed include the library concept in Scandinavia, the financing of the open library; and the implementation of the project in Moers, which involved the installation of self-service terminals, security gates, and payment machines.

The problem was immediately noticed by the practice's information technology (IT) specialist and concurrently by surgeons trying to log into the system. The in-house IT technician spent the next four weeks working nearly 24/7 with the outside IT consultants to get the entire system up and running and to analyze the breach. A manual (available outside of your IT system) should include your in-house IT personnel; cybersecurity insurance provider; legal counsel; cybersecurity IT consultant (who hopefully did your risk assessment); and representatives from software vendors such as your EHR, practice management software, and PACS software. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers travel tips for France's heritage with a visit to its emblematic landmarks including the archaeological site of Carnac, to the abbeys of Mont Saint-Michel and Cluny, or the Arc de Triomphe, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux is the leading conservator and the parks and gardens.

The article discusses the retail industry in the U.S. as of 2013, reporting that some retail companies such as Walmart, Best Buy, and Target required some employees to work on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in anticipation of the Black Friday retail event.

When you have too much work for yourself but not enough work to hire a full-time employee, what do you do? You explain what you need, and the agency looks for VAs who fit, including pay rates, whether you prefer domestic or overseas VAs, whether you already have systems in place or you need the VAs to have a system, and whether the VAs will work on your business hours or on their local times. [Extracted from the article]

The article examines how shortcomings in housing, income assistance, and shelter networks have led to homeless people gathering in McDonald's fast food restaurants overnight across Canada. It discusses the Canadian government's policies designed to address poverty and homelessness, the profits for McDonald's that stay open 24 hours per day, and efforts to reduce loitering at the restaurants.

The article discusses whether reimagining the old eight-hour work schedule make company more productive. Topics include views of Delta Emerson, president of tax firm Ryan's global shared services, on time as an indicator of work ethic, views of Lisa Horn of the Society for Human Resource Management, on role of technology in flexible working, and introduction of eight-hour workday by Henry Ford in the early 1900s.

The article presents a guide to the general closing hours of bars and clubs around the world, including Paris, France, London, England and New York City.

The article presents a study conducted by the international network of business schools Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) regarding the challenges faced by women workforce. It mentions employees on average expect women to be responsible for 55 percent of childcare and negative impact of working remotely during regular business hours. It also mentions report concludes that employers can create better workplace environments for women by encouraging a healthy work-life balance.

The article reports that Care Quality Commission (CQC) is set to examine whether the opening hours of practices are convenient to the patient's needs.