The Royal Ballet cleans up at this year’s Critics Circle National Awards…
Tag: 01.25.06
The Copy Condition (Why Do They Plagiarize?)
“Why, given the potential for humiliation, do plagiarists run the risk? Are people doing it more, now? Or is it, rather, now just a matter of more people getting caught?” Anyway, there’s new help on the way – a journal devoted to the study of plagiarism.
Theatre That Never Gets Done
Is Shunt the most innovative theatre in Britain?
Will Jobs Be Disney’s Stealth CEO?
“Let’s say Disney continues to muddle along under [Disney CEO Robert] Iger as it did in the late Eisner years. Shareholders and observers will begin to note that having Iger run the company while Steve Jobs sits on the board is like having Michael Jordan (the basketball player) on the bench while Will Perdue is tossing up bricks. One of the biggest issues Disney faces is how to cope with the digitalization of the media. No one has done a better job than Jobs in helping established companies and industries cash in digitalization. So, there is little doubt Jobs will be a goad to Iger.”
Can Meditation Change Our Brain Structure?
“In the traditional view, the brain becomes frozen with the onset of adulthood, after which few new connections form. In the past 20 years, though, scientists have discovered that intensive training can make a difference. For instance, the portion of the brain that corresponds to a string musician’s fingering hand grows larger than the part that governs the bow hand – even in musicians who start playing as adults.”
The Mozart Industry
“The multinational music industry is gushing forth Mozart, calculating that one in four classical CDs has his name on it and the guy has brand recognition. Classic FM has produced a Mozart disc for babies. What we are witnessing is the rebirth of Mozart as McDonalds: everywhere you look, and always the same the world over. This coming weekend will serve up triple Mozart-deckers and Mozart-lite for weight watchers. I’m loving it….”
Wal-Mart Goes Online For Music
Wal-Mart has launched its own online music service. Dubbed “Wal-Mart Soundcheck”, the service features studio performances and interviews with new and established bands and musicians.
Constantinople’s Ancient Port Discovered
Working on an ambitious train tunnel to connect Asia and Europe, workers stumble on “the original port of Constantinople, a maze of dams, jetties and platforms that once was Byzantium’s hub for trade with the near east.”
Peru Wants Machu Picchu Artifacts For Tourism
“The Peruvian government is threatening to sue Yale University for the return of all the artifacts found at Machu Picchu. There’s no dispute that Peru gave Bingham permission to take the artifacts to Yale for further study. But Peruvian authorities say they have documents specifying that the material had to be returned within 18 months. It has now been more than 90 years. Yale says that Peruvian law in the 1900s “gave Yale title to the artifacts at the time of their excavation and ever since.”
Readers Sue Frey For “Wasted Time”
Some Seattle readers have filed a lawsuit against Doubleday and James Frey because Frey made up some of the details of his memoir. The suit “seeks compensation on behalf of consumers for ‘the lost value of the readers’ time’.”