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Monday, November 09, 2009

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Failure 101: A class students could use

Post Gazette: "Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair talking to college students about ethics? What's next? The former head of Lehman Brothers on financial risk management?
Such was the blogosphere's snarky tone when Washington & Lee University in Virginia announced that Mr. Blair was to speak Friday at a journalism conference there."
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We ask that you now turn ON your phones! Enjoy the show!

Technology in the Arts: "Today on the Technology in the Arts blog, a further investigation of the burning question–mobile phones: good or evil? Last week, we investigated the evils of mobile phone technology in the context of arts audiences. This week, it’s time to turn on your cell phones and explore how mobile phones can help the audience engage with arts organizations on a personal level."
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Child Actors Spend Nights on Broadway

NYTimes.com: "Paige Simunovich, a wisp of a girl with almond-shaped green eyes, was scarcely out of diapers when she announced she wanted to be on Broadway. A couple of years later, she asked her mother, “When are you going to get that lady who gets me a job?”"
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11 Ways to Think Outside the Box

Stepcase Lifehack: "Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It means approaching problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently; and understanding your position in relation to any particular situation in a way you’d never thought of before. Ironically, its a cliché that means to think of clichéd situations in ways that aren’t clichéd."
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Students learn all about plays from the ground up

Post Gazette: "For some classes, teachers can pull open a file drawer to show off student work, but the creativity of Hampton High School teacher Dan Franklin's stage technology students isn't so easily contained."
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‘Spider-Man’ Is Given a New Lead Producer

NYTimes.com: "A rock concert promoter with ties to the Rolling Stones and U2 said on Friday that he was taking over as the lead producer of the coming Broadway musical “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” and that the troubled multimillion-dollar show would open sometime in 2010."
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