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Fascinating infographic of BBC spending. It puts the £2million spent on Clarkson and £6million spent on Ross into perspective – 50% more spent on Ross than on the Proms! via guardian.co.uk Posted via web from Tony Watkins Very interesting infographic on the change in social networking over the last couple of years. But I’m puzzled by the statistic under the the yearly growth circles – “80% of the social community’s engagement with content now happens somewhere other than the site on which content originated.” It appears to relate to the three following [...] In Woody Allen’s film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Juan Antonia (Javier Bardem) invites Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) to accompany him to Oviedo to view a particular sculpture which he finds inspiring. Cristina jumps at the opportunity, but Vicky goes reluctantly. The statue we later see is of a crucifix, which allows Woody Allen [...] “What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction, where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth. . . . We are on the road [...] I was struck by this quote of Martin Luther King’s when I came across it years ago. I was reminded of it today via Seth Godin’s blog. Craftsmanship Find a calling and then deliver. “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare [...] via youtube.com Posted via web from Tony Watkins 19 January, 2010 | By Sarah Cooper UK cinema admissions are at their highest level since 2002, according to figures released by the UK Film Council today (January 19). Admissions in 2009 rose to 173.5m from 164.2m for the previous year and just behind the 2002 record of 175.9m. The increase was driven by the success of [...] |
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