Stephen Johnson

2 months ago | architecturaldigest.com | Elizabeth Fazzare |Stephen Johnson |Colin King

In 2020, when Jamie Hammel toured a countryside lot in Pound Ridge, New York, about an hour’s drive from his family’s primary residence in Brooklyn, he found something that drew him in.

May 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | Lyndsay A. Wasser |Stephen Johnson

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) has recently implemented pivotal changes to its processes in order to improve operational efficiencies and reduce an existing backlog of cases.1 Effective April 1, 2024, these changes aim to streamline the handling of both privacy complaints and access request reviews under Alberta's three main privacy laws: the Health Information Act,2 the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA),3 and the Freedom of Information and...

Jul 6, 2023 | classical-music.com | Stephen Johnson

A trill is a short musical action, or 'ornament', whereby a musician quickly alternates between two notes; imagine a twittering bird... Now this one's simple, isn't it? A trill is one of those extended wobbles on a long note you tend to hear at the end of a show-off solo in a concerto or coloratura aria. In the Baroque or Classical eras it's virtually a fixture. Yes, the wobble must be on two notes - neighbouring notes to be precise (either a major or a minor second) - but surely that's it. Alas, no.

Jul 5, 2023 | classical-music.com | Stephen Johnson

A continuo is an accompanying part used in Baroque music, which provides a bassline for the other parts and adds harmony. At some time during that historically sprawling period we call The Renaissance, something happened to our notions of harmony. As far as we can tell today, harmony during the late medieval period was something that in popular music was added to support or heighten a melody, or in polyphonic church music resulted from the interaction of the intertwining voices.

May 18, 2023 | en.mogaznews.com | Stephen Johnson

A political couple have both received ministerial promotions from Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk following a shock poll result for Labor. Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey, 55, has gained the Digital Services portfolio while his girlfriend Meaghan Scanlon, 30, is the state's new Housing Minister. The Left faction ministers with a 25-year age gap have been dating since 2018, with their fifth anniversary coming up in September.