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I work in a huge system that appears to be honestly trying to revamp itself. During a recent evaluation, the boss, who is the evaluater made the statement that no one would be recieving an excellent or outstanding evaluation b/c "there is always room for improvement" In discussing my eval, it was clear that I have 'mastered' the set criteria and do go above standards- seeking new info, treatments, innovative ways to approach as well as taking on ancillary duties and completing extra tasks.

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GIL SCOTT-HERON: What Should We Expect from our Artists?

By BARCODE 2x

Gil Scott-Heron's new record I'm New Here arrived this year with a lot of expectations on it. The poet/singer/songwriter of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised had not recorded in nearly two decades, had done time in prison, had struggled with addiction, and the sudden return of this beloved artist was eagerly awaited by fans.

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Music is Amoral: Catching Up With Glenn Watkins

By BARTON BUND

Meeting the world's foremost expert on Composer Carlo Gesualdo is as intimidating as it might sound. The musicologist and author is almost singlehandedly responsible for reviving the work of the infamous murderer/genius chromaticist.

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Working Ethics Podcast Series

An Arborist's Ethics

Barton Bund talks with Arborist Jack Richardson, founder and CEO of Guardian Tree Experts. The Ann Arbor tree care company approaches the work from a scientific point of view, helping clients preserve their trees, not just cut them down. The young entrepreneur talks about how he started his business on the right ethical foot, and where he sees it growing. Environmental ethics and business ethics are a constant balancing act, in a town with as many trees as this one.

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Ordinary People Rallying Around Science

Just in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Bill McKibben’s 350.org campaign is enlisting support in the form of candlelight vigils.  McKibben recently spoke at Ann Arbor’s Rackham Auditorium, at an evening sponsored by the Ecology Center.  The author of the first general-audience book on climate change (The End of Nature, 1989), his new organization recently pulled off what CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.” 

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