Anatoly Iksanov “told the court he was aware of a ‘difficult relationship’ between [ballet chief and victim Sergei] Filin and [defendant Pavel] Dmitrichenko but never personally witnessed any animosity. … Looking straight at Dmitrichenko, Iksanov dismissed the dancer’s claims that Filin had threatened staff and even extorted $100,000 from the troupe chief.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
How Conspiracy Theorists Think
“How can so many people, in the name of skepticism, promote so many absurdities? The answer is that people who suspect conspiracies aren’t really skeptics. Like the rest of us, they’re selective doubters. They favor a worldview, which they uncritically defend. But their worldview isn’t about God, values, freedom, or equality. It’s about the omnipotence of elites.”
Yes, Everyone Has Memories That Aren’t True
“New research released this week has found that even people with phenomenal memory are susceptible to having ‘false memories’, suggesting that ‘memory distortions are basic and widespread in humans, and it may be unlikely that anyone is immune’.”
ABT’s Project Plié, Developing The Next Generation Of Dancers Of Color
Diversity in the ranks of dancers at U.S. ballet companies is an ongoing concern. American Ballet Theatre’s CEO, Rachel Moore says that “the real issue is the pipeline” – not enough minority dance students have the opportunity to get top-level training. So ABT created Project Plié to start addressing that problem.
Bringing Leo Ornstein Back From 60 Years Of Self-Imposed Oblivion
“Ornstein was considered among the most influential composer/performers in the decade before World War I, and maybe the most sensationalized. … Though [he] arrived in the 1930s as one of the most famous pianists of his day, he departed so quietly in the late 1950s – by choice – that nobody quite knows when he left. His death in 2002 at age 107 … was noticed, but not widely.”
Famed Graffiti Art Site In Queens Painted Over
“Early Tuesday, under the cover of night, painters quietly blanketed much of the walls of 5Pointz with whitewash, erasing the work of hundreds and seemingly putting the final nail in the long battle between the building’s owners, who plan to erect luxury apartments, and the artists who fought to save it.”
Self-Destructing Toronto Mayor’s TV Show Cancelled After One Episode
Ford Nation, a one-hour news-talk show hosted by embattled Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, city councilman Doug Ford, has been cancelled by the conservative cable network Sun News less than 24 hours after the initial episode aired – despite the fact that it was the most-watched program in the network’s history.
Why Is The Word “The” So Difficult To Define?
“It’s the most frequent word in the English language, accounting for around four percent of all the words we write or speak. It’s everywhere, all the time, so clearly it must be doing something important. Words have meaning. That’s fundamental, isn’t it? So what does ‘the,’ a word that seems to be supporting a significant portion of the entire weight of our language, mean? It must mean something, right?
The Word “Because” Gets A Whole New Function
Why? Because Internet.
Accused Bolshoi Acid Attack Mastermind’s Letters From Prison
In correspondence with a fellow dancer in Moscow, Pavel Dmitrichenko alleges that he was beaten by prison guards and that an interrogator told him that authorities knew he was innocent but had to see him convicted of some crime.