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      17 Mar 2008

      The economy of kindness

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      txt: kindness - wikipedia
      Kindness is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues, and is a recognized value in many cultures and religions (see ethics in religion). It is considered to be one of the seven virtues, specifically the one of the Seven Contrary Virtues (direct opposites of the seven deadly sins) that is the direct opposite to envy[1]. The Talmud claims that "deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments." Paul of Tarsus defines love as being `patient and kind...` (I Corinthians). In Buddhism, one of the Ten Perfections (Paramitas) is Mettā, which is usually translated into English as "loving-kindness". Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama wrote "my religion is kindness" and authored a book entitled Kindness, Clarity, and Insight.[2] Confucius urges his followers to "recompense kindness with kindness." According to book two of Aristotle's Rhetoric it is one of the emotions (see list of emotions), which is defined as being "helpfulness towards some one in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped"[3]. One of the four caryatids on the Wallace fountains in Paris represents kindness. In a study of 37 cultures around the world, 16000 subjects were asked about their most desired traits in a mate. For both sexes, the first preference was kindness (the second was intelligence).[4] Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had this to say about kindness: Economy of kindness. Kindness and love, the most curative herbs and agents in human intercourse, are such precious finds that one would hope these balsamlike remedies would be used as economically as possible; but this is impossible. Only the boldest Utopians would dream of the economy of kindness.
      img: Quite a precise message - ian boyd on flickr.com
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      12 Mar 2008

      Now covered up unfortunately.

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      text: romanywg on youtube
      This is Banksys latest street work on the Essex Road, London N1. I filmed the spot for 1 hour on 6th March 2008. It was interesting to note the diverse cross section of the local community that were interested in his work. Unfortunately it is now covered with perspex to stop it being vandalised. See for yourself. Now covered up unfortunately.
      video: 1 Hour in the life of a Banksy - romanywg on youtube [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caEgsHxs-5Y]
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      5 Mar 2008

      YouPay

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      video: Humanity Lobotomy - Second Draft [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_3WnJ42kw] text: Liberty - wikipedia
      Liberty, in modern time, is generally considered a concept of political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will. Individualist and liberal conceptions of liberty relate to the freedom of the individual from outside compulsion; A socialist perspective, on the other hand, associates liberty with equality in wealth. As such, a socialist connects liberty (i.e. freedom) to the equal distribution of wealth, arguing that liberty without equal ownership amounts to the domination by the wealthy. Thus, freedom and material equality are seen as intrinsically connected. On the other hand, the individualist argues that wealth cannot be evenly distributed without force being used against individuals which reduces individual liberty.
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      5 Mar 2008

      Madamina, il catalogo è questo

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      txt: Single work by Leonardo attracts over 10,000 a day
      For the fourth year the Tokyo National Museum has the highest exhibition attendance, but is only 17th in our list of the most visited museums last year Leonardo da Vinci’s Annunciation (1472-75), on loan from the Uffizi in Florence, attracted an astounding 10,071 visitors a day to the Tokyo National Museum over three months last year. This is the highest daily average for any exhibition since we began compiling attendance figures in 1997. 8,300,000 - Louvre Paris 5,509,425 - Centre Pompidou Paris 5,191,840 - Tate Modern London 4,837,878 - British Museum London 4,547,353 - Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 4,518,413 - National Gallery of Art Washington 4,310,083 - Vatican Museums Vatican City 4,159,485 - National Gallery London 3,166,509 - Musée d’Orsay Paris 2,652,924 - Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 2,650,551 - National Palace Museum Taipei 2,435,300 - Victoria and Albert Museum London 2,395,075 - State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg 2,232,475 - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow 2,219,554 - Museum of Modern Art New York 2,133,149 - Field Museum Chicago 1,772,255 - Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 1,674,607 - CaxiaForum Barcelona Barcelona 1,650,000 - Moscow Kremlin Museums Moscow 1,649,969 - Museum of Fine Arts Houston
      video: Stefano de Peppo sings "Madamina, il catalogo è questo" - youtube.com Mozart: Don Giovanni - Leporello's aria: "Madamina, il catalogo è questo" Stefano de Peppo, basso-baritono - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma Maestro Michael Halasz [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z4qQy4617]
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      4 Mar 2008

      More digital, less kids

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      txt: Digital kids ditch homework for networking
      British 15-to-19-year-olds admit spending significantly less time doing homework than they used to as a result of their use of social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, according to research published today. While teachers and parents will be dismayed, the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey also makes uncomfortable reading for commercial TV executives. It shows that not only does a significant proportion of the important 15- to 19-year-old audience watch less television as a result of social networking, but that the vast majority of Britain's 15-to-54-year-olds fast-forward through adverts when they watch programmes they have recorded.
      link: Internet generation - wikipedia img: tamaki on flickr.com
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      26 Feb 2008

      Links As News, Links As Art

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      txt: Reinventing Journalism On The Web: Links As News, Links As Reporting - publishing2.com
      Robert Niles at Online Journalism Review has a practical guide to linking on the web, where he observes: "Ultimately, the addition of useful hyperlinking within an online news story reflects the strong reporting of its author. If a reporter does not know of online pages with extra information relating to the story, he or she cannot link to them. But if you have that information, why not share it with those readers who are eager for it?" Again, I would take this a step further — links aren’t just a fundamental element of the reporting. Links can BE the reporting.
      video: Linkin Park - What I've Done ooops! What they've Done? the video is no longer avalilable. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgycukafqQ]
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      19 Feb 2008

      Another brick in the wall

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      txt: Diesel wall project - www.joshspear.com
      The Diesel Wall Project is an opportunity for up-and-coming artists to have their work seen on a large scale by occupying one of four massive Diesel walls, housed in major cities around the world. This is a chance for aspiring artistic geniuses to be seen and enrich the lives of many with one simple or not so simple work of art. What are you waiting for? Well for starters, you're probably waiting for the contest to start accepting submissions on March 31st, but other than that we recommend you get to work and check out the Diesel Wall website for your chance to make your mark in Barcelona, Manchester, New York, or Zurich. From there, who knows the places you'll go?
      img: Tacheles - François Planche on flickr.com
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      10 Feb 2008

      Money too tight (to change)

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      txt: Money Changes Everything - Art to go by Regina Hackett
      Good point, but what Clement Greenberg wrote in the 1940s is still true, that money is art's umbilical cord. If collectors can't afford to buy and donors are too pinched to donate what they could sell at auction, we've got trouble right here in River City. Back to the implications of Guzman's side of the argument: The high cost of living makes the most expensive cities inhospitable to artists. That's why San Jose can't have a thriving art scene. Being a quick BART ride from San Francisco, San Jose should be full of the artists San Francisco priced out. But San Jose costs just as much. Maybe more. McMansions have replaced the town's original ticky tacky. What artist would live there when all the good stuff is in SF? Money is art's umbilical cord, but it's also art's abortionist. Why live in Boston, which is just as pricey as New York? High prices mean dead spots on the art map, with little chance to grow.
      video: Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention) - arlenebritto on youtube.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaUTKqdQcnI]
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      8 Feb 2008

      uh, a pervasive shift away Neo?

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      txt: Evidence for a fundamental and pervasive shift away from nature-based recreation - by Oliver Pergams and Patricia Zaradic - PNAS by the National Academy of Sciences
      The authors suggest that, with decreased contact with nature, current and future generations will likely have less interest in biodiversity and conservation issues, making such efforts more likely to fail. The authors have previously suggested videophilia, a preference for media activities over nature activities, as the cause. They say that regardless of its cause, they have identified a clear trend away from nature-based recreation.
      img: The Matrix - svenwerk on flickr.com
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      6 Feb 2008

      You only see what your eyes want to see

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      via: swissmiss wikipedia: Performing arts txt: Frozen by Madonna
      You are the key You only see what your eyes want to see
      video: Frozen Grand Central - ImprovEverywhere on YouTube [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo]
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