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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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Indian Court Orders Google, Facebook, Others To Block Certain Content - And They Do
"Facebook and Google say they have complied with an Indian court directive and removed 'objectionable' material. They are among 21 web firms, including Yahoo and Orkut, facing a civil suit in Delhi accusing them of hosting material that may cause communal unrest. A criminal case of similar allegations is due to be heard next month." BBC 02/06/12
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ideas
First: 3D Printer "Prints" A Functional Jawbone For A Woman "An 83-year-old Belgian woman is able to chew, speak and breathe normally again after a machine printed her a new jawbone. Made from a fine titanium powder sculpted by a precision laser beam, her replacement jaw has proven as functional as her own used to be before a potent infection, called osteomyelitis, all but destroyed it." New Scientist 02/06/12
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publishing
Dickens Anniversary Argues For A "Slow Reading" Movement "There's no denying that Dickens's embroidered, involved sentences make increasing demands on the modern reader. The enormous success of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books and Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy shows that we still have an appetite for long, complicated stories. But Rowling's and Larsson's prose is built for speed. Unlike Dickens, there's nothing there in the way of language to stop the rapid turning of pages." The Globe & mail (Canada) 02/07/12
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visual
It's Ten Years Since UK Museums Made Museum Entry Free "Supporters of free entry point to its success in terms of increasing attendance. Across the UK visits have increased by 51% since 2000, statistics collected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport reveal." The Art Newspaper 02/05/12
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publishing
Culture Minister's Book Pulped Over Cover Image "A new book by Munira Mirza, the culture adviser to the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has been withdrawn because of a legal problem over a Tate image on its cover." The Art Newspaper 02/06/12
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publishing
Britain's Illiteracy Problem "Poor neighbourhoods in England are still beset by Victorian-era levels of illiteracy, the schools minister has claimed." The Guardian (UK) 02/07/12
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media
Top-Rated Part Of SuperBowl 2012? Madonna "Overall, Madonna's show was more popular viewing by nearly a 16 percent margin over the game itself - and TiVo said it wasn't because so many viewers rewound to watch rapper M.I.A give them the finger, though the company is checking to see if the controversy encourages those who recorded the Super Bowl to go back to that moment and see it for themselves." The Hollywood Reporter 02/07/12
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media
M.I.A.'s Middle Finger Salute During Super Bowl Broadcast Unlikely To Rouse FCC "Right now, the U.S. Supreme Court is in the midst of considering the FCC's constitutional allowances to police indecency, and until that happens, the rulebook is in flux as the 2nd Circuit has already struck down some of the agency's policies on naughty words on broadcast television." The Hollywood Reporter 02/07/12
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music
Brit Musicians Surge On UK Charts "Brits made up 56 of the top 100 biggest-selling album artists, including acts as varied as Plan B, The Vaccines, Kasabian and actor Hugh Laurie with his blues album. US artists represented almost a third of sales, the lowest share since 1999, but accounting for the second biggest share of acts. Canada was third while Barbados was fourth, solely on the back of Rihanna's success." The Guardian (UK) 02/07/12
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people
Dickens Gets A Google Doodle For His Burthday The search engine redecorates its logo for the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth. The Telegraph (UK) 02/07/12
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theatre
Seattle's Intiman Theatre Beats Its Fundraising Goal And Says It Will Continue Intiman intends to now operate on a pay-as-you-go model, with a shorter season, a smaller staff and strict financial accounting. "Our budget used to be five or six million dollars a year," noted Jones. "Clearly we could not sustain that and needed to dial it back." Seattle Times 02/07/12
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visual
Eisenhower Family Doesn't Like Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial "The design shows Eisenhower as a youth gazing out at images of his adult accomplishments against a backdrop of the Kansas plains. But the Eisenhower family objects to the design and is attempting to delay approval of the project in a dispute that has pitted a leading American family against one of the country's most recognized architects." The New York Times 02/07/12
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theatre
Not Dinner Theater, But Dining As Theater "It's not often that I take my seat at a restaurant out of breath and disoriented but the Secret Restaurant prides itself on the punter's total immersion into the setting - on the night I visited, that was Vienna, 1946. Having whispered a password in a Frenchman's ear and been led a scrambling chase through tunnels, over duckboards and up flight after flight of freezing stairs, the diner finally finds themselves [sic] in a candlelit loft." The Guardian (UK) 02/06/12
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theatre
The Book Of Mormon Beats Wicked and The Lion King In Broadway Box Office Race "After 11 months of performances on Broadway, The Book Of Mormon reached a milestone last week in its extraordinary box office success fueled by premium ticket pricing: The musical beat the long-running blockbusters Wicked and The Lion King to become the top-grossing show in a single week for the first time, even though Mormon had hundreds of fewer seats to sell to each performance than those two other commercial hits." The New York Times 02/06/12
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issues
Indian Court Orders Google, Facebook, Others To Block Certain Content - And They Do "Facebook and Google say they have complied with an Indian court directive and removed 'objectionable' material. They are among 21 web firms, including Yahoo and Orkut, facing a civil suit in Delhi accusing them of hosting material that may cause communal unrest. A criminal case of similar allegations is due to be heard next month." BBC 02/06/12
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dance
Stripped-Down, High-Def Ballet Video Becomes Internet Hit Says National Ballet of Canada principal Guillaume Côté, who, with videographer Ben Shirinian, created In the Zone, "I wanted to get the tights off and I wanted to get the costumes off, and just show the sheer physicality of classical dance." CBC 02/02/12 (includes video)
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people
Iranian Actress Barred From Homeland For Posing Topless; Supporters Start Topless Facebook Protest "A fleshy rebellion is spreading hot and fast across the cybersphere, as a growing number of activists are stripping down in support of Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who was reportedly banned from her homeland after posing topless for French magazine Madame Le Figaro." The Wrap 01/30/12
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media
Verizon And Redbox Join Forces To Compete With Netflix "Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix Inc. The venture will combine the Redbox DVD rental kiosk business with an Internet video offering from Verizon, including mobile offerings, in the second half of the year." Reuters 02/06/12
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media
Meanwhile, Netflix Is Morphing Into A TV-Streaming Company "More than 60% of the 2 billion-plus hours of video streamed by Netflix subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2011 originated on the small screen." So the company is quickly adding content to its streaming library, including old, now-cancelled programs as well as a made-for-Netflix series. Los Angeles Times 02/05/12
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people
The Artist Who Got Paid With Facebook Stock "The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network's first headquarters made a smart bet. The shares owned by the artist, David Choe, are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year." The New York Times 02/02/12
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visual
Should Replicas Of Destroyed Sculptures Be In A Museum Show? "That knotty question arises in the case of Jack Goldstein, an admired artist whose sculptures are currently included in" a Pacific Standard Time show at Pomona College. Goldstein, known mainly as a painter, made a few sculptures which were shown at Pomona 40 years ago. They don't survive, so Pomona recreated two of them. Is this enterprising? Or unethical? Los Angeles Times 02/06/12
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people
The Famous Bosnian Film Director Who Turned Serbian Emir Kusturica, who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice, for When Father Was Away On Business and Underground, renounced his Muslim roots in 1995, at the end of the Bosnian War, and was baptized Serbian Orthodox. (He hasn't returned to Sarajevo since.) He now lives part-time in Paris and part-time in a recreated 17th-century Serbian town where he has founded an international film festival. Los Angeles Times 02/05/12
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dance
Chunky Move's New Director Slips Into Place Anouk van Dijk doesn't officially start her new job - replacing founder Gideon Obarzanek at the helm of Melbourne's top modern dance company - until July, but she's already in town off and on, auditioning dancers and making plans. The Age (Melbourne) 02/03/12
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issues
Japanese Resort Town Tries Reviving Art Of The Geisha In a program that combines cultural preservation and economic development (i.e., tourism), the seaside city of Shimoda is using public money to train some young ladies in the traditional song, dance and instrumental music in which the city's geishas once specialized. GlobalPost 02/06/12 (includes video)
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people
How Charlotte Gainsbourg Feels About Her Work (It Ain't Pretty) "The first time I performed live, I did a terrible show in Paris. It was a nightmare and I thought I'd never do it again. No, even my agent told me how dreadful it was. ... I'm not a professional actress like Meryl Streep: she knows where she's going. I never know where I'm going! If I'm good in a scene, it's a miracle." The Observer (UK) 02/05/12
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publishing
More Large Book Retailers Join Ban On Amazon "The money-losing U.S. chain stunned and cheered the publishing industry by announcing its Amazon ban earlier this week, citing the online company's policy of reserving exclusive rights to sell e-books produced by its new publishing arm. By week's end, both Indigo and Books-A-Million, the second largest chain with more than 200 stores, had joined the ban." The Globe & Mail (Canada) 02/06/12
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issues
Mounting Internet Protests Against International Anti-Piracy Deal "European activists who participated in American Internet protests last month learned that there was political power to be harnessed on the Web. Now they are putting that knowledge to use in an effort to defeat new global rules for intellectual property." The New York Times 02/06/12
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visual
Berlin's Deutsche Guggenheim To Close "Over the years the Guggenheim has held 57 exhibitions and attracted 1.8 million visitors. It also commissioned 17 artists -- among them John Baldessari, Anish Kapoor, Gerhard Richter and James Rosenquist -- to create new works that were first shown at Deutsche Guggenheim." The New York Times 02/06/12
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music
Reinventing Classical Music: Pub Crawl "The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - where I'm joint leader - are mid-way through something a little unusual. We're out on the road on tour, but rather than concert halls, our venues are London pubs. Our aim is to put the social back into music." The Guardian (UK) 02/06/12
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issues
Report: UK Arts Sector Suffers From Under-Investment In Workers "Many of these barriers are a consequence of the distinctive structure of the creative labour market - the sector is characterised by a prevalence of SMEs [small and medium enterprises], micro-businesses, start-ups, freelancers and project-based work. This structural feature is responsible for an overall market failure in which there is under-investment in human capital, fewer training opportunities, insufficiently structured career progression and unfair access to jobs and opportunities." TheStage 02/03/12
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ideas
Imaging The Entire World - A Way Of Visualizing Culture "I'm interested intellectually and culturally about how the imaged world is being knit together by technologies such as Photosynth. More or less public images on Flickr, they're all being knit together in this giant quilt. Any place you look has been photographed. Anything you want to see, from the street, from the air, by satellite photo." Wired 02/03/12
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dance
With Departure Of NY City Opera, Lincoln Center Theatre Fills Void With Dance "The new effort, already under way, presents an opportunity for more dance companies, both local and international, to perform at the prestigious New York address--on a historic stage designed by George Balanchine." The Wall Street Journal 02/03/12
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publishing
Will Amazon Open Its Own Physical Bookstores? "For years, there has been speculation that Amazon will open its own outlets, presumably to sell Amazon-label products. The idea seems farfetched, but before 2001 so was the idea of Apple operating its own stores." The New York Times 02/03/12
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education
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Research Associate for Arts & Culture. Slover Linett Strategies, a Chicago-based audience research firm, is currently seeking a Senior Associate or Associate for Arts & Culture. For the complete job description and list of qualifications, visit our website.

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Facility Manager The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) seeks a Facilities Manager to manage day to day operations of its new Performing Arts and Humanities Building beginning July 1, 2012. FT staff position. See full position description on our website: www.umbc.edu/hr/employment UMBC is an EO/AAE

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Today's Headlines (by topic)

ideas
First: 3D Printer "Prints" A Functional Jawbone For A Woman - New Scientist 02/06/12
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dance
Stripped-Down, High-Def Ballet Video Becomes Internet Hit - CBC 02/02/12 (includes video)
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Chunky Move's New Director Slips Into Place - The Age (Melbourne) 02/03/12
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media
Top-Rated Part Of SuperBowl 2012? Madonna - The Hollywood Reporter 02/07/12
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M.I.A.'s Middle Finger Salute During Super Bowl Broadcast Unlikely To Rouse FCC - The Hollywood Reporter 02/07/12
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Verizon And Redbox Join Forces To Compete With Netflix - Reuters 02/06/12
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Meanwhile, Netflix Is Morphing Into A TV-Streaming Company - Los Angeles Times 02/05/12
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music
Brit Musicians Surge On UK Charts - The Guardian (UK) 02/07/12
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people
Dickens Gets A Google Doodle For His Burthday - The Telegraph (UK) 02/07/12
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Iranian Actress Barred From Homeland For Posing Topless; Supporters Start Topless Facebook Protest - The Wrap 01/30/12
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The Artist Who Got Paid With Facebook Stock - The New York Times 02/02/12
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The Famous Bosnian Film Director Who Turned Serbian - Los Angeles Times 02/05/12
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How Charlotte Gainsbourg Feels About Her Work (It Ain't Pretty) - The Observer (UK) 02/05/12
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publishing
Dickens Anniversary Argues For A "Slow Reading" Movement - The Globe & mail (Canada) 02/07/12
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Culture Minister's Book Pulped Over Cover Image - The Art Newspaper 02/06/12
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Britain's Illiteracy Problem - The Guardian (UK) 02/07/12
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theatre
Seattle's Intiman Theatre Beats Its Fundraising Goal And Says It Will Continue - Seattle Times 02/07/12
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Not Dinner Theater, But Dining As Theater - The Guardian (UK) 02/06/12
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The Book Of Mormon Beats Wicked and The Lion King In Broadway Box Office Race - The New York Times 02/06/12
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visual
It's Ten Years Since UK Museums Made Museum Entry Free - The Art Newspaper 02/05/12
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Eisenhower Family Doesn't Like Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial - The New York Times 02/07/12
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Should Replicas Of Destroyed Sculptures Be In A Museum Show? - Los Angeles Times 02/06/12
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