Word: soundness
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...retirement-savings vehicle. Also, employers have to acknowledge that they have a shared responsibility along with employees to produce safe retirements. Lastly, we all have to realize that there is a role for government to play in creating the right legislative environment that enables workers to enroll in a sound retirement plan...
...would you design a sound plan? Every worker would automatically be enrolled in the new retirement system. The only way to opt out would be to show that you already have a retirement plan in place. And workers would be eligible for the retirement system on their first day of work, unlike today, where many companies make people wait a year until they can participate in their 401(k) plan. There would be an individual contribution and company match. Together those contributions would equal somewhere between 10% to 14% of a worker's pay. Our research shows that at that...
Bang! Bang! They hit the ground. Bang! Bang! That awesome sound. Bang! Bang! “Stomp” doesn’t let you down. With 30 brooms, 288 liters of water, 40 newspapers, 12 boxes of matches, 10 wooden poles, 10 garbage can lids, gaff tape and 20 pounds of sand mix, 11 extremely talented percussionist-dancers produce a heart-pounding, crowd pleasing show of smashing, crashing, sticks, kicks, slaps, and claps. Though slightly repetitive at times, “Stomp” uses every domestic object you’ve always wanted to drum with?...
Originating in the UK in 1991 and moving to the US in 1996, the “Stomp” travelling circus has been putting on speedy sound spectacles for the last 18 years. And it still hasn’t gotten old. Directors and co-creators Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell are always coming up with new ideas to keep “Stomp” alive and kicking. Until October 18, the show is being performed in the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, a venue incredible in itself...
...crew of construction workers turned musicians enters and immediately begins to serenade you with the sound of their brooms. They begin to hit everything they can get their hands on—and soon enough you start to do the same. By the time the show is over, the contagious energy will likely have inspired you to find your own percussion instruments—from your program to your cell phone to your Charlie card and the person sitting next to you. It’s quite intoxicating and liberating. Anger, excitement, giddiness—now?...