The
particular harm is that underlying «trend factors» built in to projections on year - to - year spending changes become a self - fulfilling base from which the discussion on the budget
begins... for example, a change from $ 9 billion to $ 12 billion in actual proposed spending on a program area doesn't become the focus, if the «
projected out - year» for that program had its expected growth going to $ 13.5 billion — instead
of anaylyzing why there is 33 percent growth in that program, the interest groups and journalists cover that as a «cut»
of $ 1.5 billion.
This award is given to a graduating HGSE student whose dissertation has been noted for
particular excellence in the fields
of beginning reading, readability, and reading difficulty, with special emphasis given to
projects supporting adult literacy; reading assessment; early reading; grapho / phonoemic processes; and stages
of reading, writing, and vocabulary development.
Other new auction records were Lot 28, «Blind Man's Bluff,» a sensual sculpture by Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911), which sold for $ 1,439,500; Lot 10, «The American Sweetheart,» a good work by Robert Indiana (b. 1928), which sold for $ 614,500; Lot 8, «Great American Nude # 44,» by Tom Wesselmann (b. 1931), which sold for $ 944,500; Lot 35, «In the
Beginning Was The Image,» a colorful and chaotic work by Asger Jorn (1914 - 1973), which sold for $ 2,099,500; Lot 46, «The Beach Series,» photographs
of skinny young people
of no
particular distinction by Rineke Dijkstra (b. 1959), which sold for $ 405,000; Lot 40, «Figure 11.23,» a rather bloody looking work by Jenny Saville (b. 1970), which sold for $ 537,500; Lot 42, «Mailander Dom (Fassade),» a handsome church facade photograph by Thomas Struth (b. 1954), which sold for $ 317,500; Lot 45, «Wand (Mural),» by Thomas Demand (b. 1964), which sold for $ 141,500; Lot 48, «Thanksgiving,» a group
of 149 photographs by Nan Goldin (b. 1953), which sold for $ 284,500; Lot 64, «Adieu Batista,» by Julian Schnabel (b. 1951), which sold for $ 361,500; Lot 68, «A Certain Lunar - Eclipse (
Project for Humankind No. 2),» by Cai Guo - Qiang (b. 1957), which sold for $ 229,500; and Lot 24, «Untitled (Fragments),» by Toba Khedoori (b. 1964), which sold for $ 65,725.
Millennials (and many Gen - Ys) in
particular are increasingly demanding flexible work schedules — many now ask about telecommuting options during job interviews — and considering that by 2025, it's
projected that millennials will make up 75 %
of the global workforce, employers have
begun to pay greater attention.