“Sadly, the glories of Iraq’s civilisation are displayed for a lonely few. Any hopes of a surge in cultural tourism have been quashed by the precarious security situation. There are far more people working at the museum – including a swarm of middle-age men smoking and chatting in the lobby – than there are visitors.”
Tag: 03.12.10
Study: Britain’s Most Musical City
It’s Bristol. At least by the per capita number of successful musicians born there, reports the Performing Rights Society. “Bristol has spawned more musicians relative to population size than any other in the UK.”
‘Father Of Bossa Nova’ Johnny Alf Dies At 80
“Though he was not widely known outside Brazil and enjoyed mass popularity only intermittently in his homeland, Mr. Alf, born Alfredo José da Silva, is highly regarded among Brazilian musicians and musicologists. The writer Ruy Castro … has called him ‘the true father of the bossa nova’.”
‘Wolf Hall’ Takes Another Prize: National Book Critics Circle Award
Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novel about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII won the fiction award, with Richard Holmes earning the nonfiction prize for The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science.. Joyce Carol Oates accepted an award for lifetime achievement.
A Serious Breakup Or Device Confuses Your Entire Sense Of Self
“[Researchers] found that individuals have reduced self-concept clarity after a breakup. … The loss of the relationship has multiple psychological consequences, including the tendency for individuals to change the content of their selves and the feeling that their selves are subjectively less clear and even smaller.”
They’ve Found The Section Of The Brain That Gets You Over Lovers’ Quarrels
“Individuals who show more neural activity in the lateral prefrontal cortex are less likely to be upset the day after fighting with partners … The findings point to the lateral prefrontal cortex’s role in emotion regulation, and suggest that improved function within this region may also improve day-to-day mood.”
After Shooting, Israeli Teens Find Their Way Back To Dance
Wounded in an attack on a Tel Aviv center for LGBT youth, a pair of teenagers “had studied dance, concentrating on ballroom and hip-hop, but their gunshot injuries left them without sensation or mobility below their ribs. Confined to wheelchairs, they believed their dancing days were over. Enter Daniel Banks and Adam McKinney of New York-based DNAWORKS.”