Almost 50 years after a Caravaggio was stolen, “the new lead on the whereabouts of the 17th-century painting – a depiction of the newborn Christ on a bed of straw, painted in the chiaroscuro technique – came from a former mobster-turned-informant, who revealed to Italian investigators that it had once been held by Gaetano Badalamenti, a Sicilian ‘boss of bosses’ who was known as one of the ringleaders of an infamous heroin trafficking network in the US called the Pizza Operation.”
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Edinburgh City Council Says Fringe Fest Must Pay Everyone A Living Wage
Not only do workers at all festivals need a living wage, but “Other requirements include that employees have appropriate rest breaks and that workers are not subjected to unpaid trial shifts. … This follows recent news that unions are to crack down on ‘exploitative’ unpaid work placements at the fringe and a survey in January in which a third of workers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe said they had worked without pay.”
So It Turns Out That Whole ‘Marshmallow Test’ About Delayed Gratification Was Actually About Which Kids Were Rich
Yes: The kids who could ignore the marshmallow and delay gratification were kids who knew that they would always be gratified in the end. What does this mean for the famous study? For one thing, “the capacity to hold out for a second marshmallow is shaped in large part by a child’s social and economic background — and, in turn, that that background, not the ability to delay gratification, is what’s behind kids’ long-term success.”
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Is Turning 15, But What Has It Done For – Or To – Dance In America?
Many of the winners have gone on to good careers, but even more than dancers, the show has changed the discussion for choreographers. “‘Unless you were in the dance world, you didn’t even know the word ‘choreography,’’ said Mia Michaels, a three-time Emmy winner for her work on the show. ‘Choreographers became household names, which was incredible for our industry.'”
The U.S. Is About To Be Able To Stream China’s AI-Driven Competitive Dance Show
This is real: “Hot-Blood Dance Crew was created with help from iQIYI’s AI Brain, a system that uses machine learning algorithms to analyze video and search data and predict audiences’ likes and dislikes. iQIYI previously used the in-house AI to help create the rap reality show Rap of China, which debuted last June and became immensely popular; it had nearly 3 billion views during its initial run.”
Without Ted Dabney, Who Just Died At 81, We Probably Wouldn’t Have Pong Or Video Arcades
Anyone who’s ever played a video game in a pizza place – this must be about 99 percent of Americans over age 30, surely – has Dabney and Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell to thank. “The electrical engineer, U.S. Marine and Atari co-founder led a life about as eventful as his packed CV suggests — but things did really seem to accelerate when those thoughts of pizza entered the picture.”
Creating A ‘5Pointz Vibe’ In Lower Manhattan
New murals are meant to make the site where the South Tower used to stand have “a more finished appearance” as 2 World Trade Center stands in wait for an anchor tenant. They’re not meant to be permanent, but it is serious work. “Selected artists each received $1,000 for paint and a $2,000 honorarium. They have been up on ladders and scissor lifts spraying and daubing paint in view of tourists and downtown office workers. Six murals are completed or nearly done; two more are expected. All the works will be on display for at least a year.”
They Were Digging A New Aqueduct In Rome When Boom, An Undiscovered, Untouched Tomb
“All major construction that intrudes on Italy’s underbelly requires the presence of an archaeologist. Mr. Turchetta said he’d been on the job for about a year but that very little had turned up until this tomb. It was worth the wait, he said.” Understatement of the month: The fourth century B.C. tomb contained several skeletons, coins, and enough plant and pollen samples to potentially reconstruct the ancient landscape.
Spotify Walks Back Its ‘Hateful Conduct’ Rule, To The Disappointment Of Those Who Advocate For Justice
Some powerful (mostly male) voices in the music industry said the guidelines, originally meant to apply to R. Kelly and XXXTentacion, were unclear and would amount to censorship. But the leader of a women’s advocacy group said, “Women weren’t asking Spotify to play judge and jury. … We were just asking the company to stop promoting artists that have a documented history of physical and sexual abuse.”
New York Built A Fifteen Million Dollar Film Hub
And then sold it for one dollar after the film hub, near Syracuse, didn’t quite do its job.