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Which Oscar Nominee Is Installing a Stripper Pole for At-Home Performances? [Blind Items]

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:48:37 +0000

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NYPD: Do Not Worry About The Naked Rooftop People

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:46:48 +0000

Antony Gormley is putting 27 life-size figures on rooftops and ledges of Midtown Manhattan buildings. “About the same time that the first figure was placed atop a four-story building at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue on Tuesday, the Police Department issued a statement reassuring New Yorkers that the figures are not despondent people on the verge of leaping to their deaths.” The New York Times 03/10/10

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A very modern opera

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:56:58 +0000

The timing couldn’t have been worse. Vancouver Opera made a bold decision to launch a new, lavish production of John Adams’s opera Nixon in China.
The Canadian premiere would coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, playing off those global events and taking advantage of an international audience. Such an exciting venture would no doubt attract another opera company to partner in the production, which would provide much-needed help with resources.

— Read more at The Globe and Mail

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Some fish oil supplements contain high levels of PCB, test results show

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:55:12 +0000

People who take certain brands of fish oil supplements,
seeking benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids are also exposing themselves
to unnecessarily high levels of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
compounds, newly released test results show. Brands were tested in
private laboratories by environmental lawyers as part of a labelling
lawsuit in California. The results show a major discrepancy in the
level of PCB contamination, attorney David Roe told reporters on
Monday. The group tested 10 brands of the more than 100 fish oil
supplement products on the market. Eight of the 10 makers and
sellers of fish oil, shark oil, fish liver oil and shark liver oil
supplements have PCB contamination above the so-called “safe
harbour” limits set for human PCB consumption under California’s
Proposition 65, the results, posted at fishoilsafety.com,show.

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By: Spencer Mills

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:42:13 +0000

Part of the reason people may not be willing to pay as much for eco friendly wine is the mistaken assumption by new buyers that the technology associated with cultivating eco friendly wine is new and relatively untested in the long term. Wine is something that requires a lot of time and patience and if buyers are willing to spend a considerable amount of money in a recession then they are going to make sure they get their money’s worth.

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Are Farmers Wealthy Parasites?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:26:41 +0000

That’s a question raised by this excerpt from a farmgate post on ERS research:

” For more than 10 years the median income for farm household has surpassed that of the average US family by a margin of anywhere from 3 to 21%, and farm family wealth has been 4 to 5 times [emphasis added] that of the average US family….”

Of course, my mother would add that farmers are land rich and money poor.

Duchamp: To say the Least

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:51:20 +0000

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When The Book Tour Is A DIY Affair

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:49:44 +0000

“Here’s how it’s supposed to work: T.C. Boyle has published more than 20 books since 1979.
For his new story collection, ‘Wild Child,’ his publisher set up a classic book tour; he traveled to a dozen cities, staying in hotels and reading to audiences of 50 to 1,000 people.” By now, that kind of tour is largely for literary stars. “[H]ow will their lesser-known counterparts connect?” Los Angeles Times 03/07/10

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Emilie is the work of two strong-willed women

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:20:44 +0000

“Something definitely needs to be done about the end”, says soprano Karita Mattila in plain Finnish after the last rehearsals of composer Kaija Saariaho’s new opera Emilie at the Opera National de Lyon.

Saariaho agrees, and the famous film and opera director Francois Girard decides to change his direction.
His merits as the auteur behind Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) and Le violon rouge (1998) do not count for much when the two strong-willed Finnish women forcefully present their views.

— Read more at Helsingin Sanomat

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Virginia Tech international music festival to feature opera, chamber music

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:18:53 +0000

The mountains of Blacksburg will come alive with music this summer as luminaries from the opera and chamber music worlds gather to coach and mentor a new generation of superstar performers. The two-week festival — Viva Virginia — starts June 21 and includes concerts, lectures, and master classes open to the public.

— Read more at Virginia Tech News

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