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Movement Speaks Harlem (Versions 1 and 2)
Vandalism hits home
Residents react to how they feel about the recent acts of vandalism – what’s being done about it.
Santa’s Other List – Was Your Pet Naughty or Nice?
Find out how New Yorkers are treating their four-legged friends this holiday season!
Painting the Stuffed Animals
Stephen Quinn loves animals— especially painting them. But Quinn does not want his work to be noticed.
Quinn is a wildlife artist at the Museum of Natural History. He designs and constructs life-size dioramas. One of the oldest group of dioramas is the Hall of North American Mammals, which is 70 years-old. Over those decades, the lights in the dioramas bombarded the stuffed animals and natural elements with ultraviolet and infrared rays. Those rays faded fur and dust dulled the eyes of the animals.
So Quinn and his team of three conservators are part of a $2.5 million fur-lift for the fuzzy critters. They spray American brown bears with dye, paint noses for a wet glint and rub the dust of glass eyes for a sparkle.
“It’s great to be a part of the latest blockbuster new dioramas, but it’s an even greater honor to work on these historic and legendary dioramas that really have made the museum what it is today,” said Quinn.
His goal is “ars celare artem”— latin for “art to conceal art.” Quinn wants his art of diorama to be objective truth of the scenes depicted.
Quinn said, “Think of it as the first version of virtual reality.”
Harlem Senior Take Center Stage
Though they may be elderly, dancing is something people never get to old to enjoy. (more)
Voting Habits in the Recession
Do political movements like the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street reflect a common trend toward political activism in the face of the economic downturn? I polled with several individuals from the United States, Canada, and Europe to gauge the political temperature of a variety of professions, backgrounds, and ages. Here’s what they had to say.
Student Loans: Who should pay back what?
A student loan survey of 27 people asked how much they were borrowing, how worried they were about repaying the loans, and their basic attitudes about responsibility and repayment. View the results here.
The Survey Result
Click and check out my survey result.
Starting a Business in the Great Recession
What would make people feel more secure about starting a business? Easier access to financing (more)