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miércoles, 13 de julio de 2011

Music review


CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

For an Opera Company, a Troubled Vision Quest

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 10:24 AM ET
New York City Opera’s plan to perform at sites around the city may be brave or foolish, but it spells the end of the company as we have known it.

City Opera Director Defends New Season

By DANIEL J. WAKIN
The general manager and artistic director of City Opera made his announcements and defended his decisions on Tuesday in a theater at the Guggenheim Museum just minutes after a lively protest in the broiling sun outside on Fifth Avenue.

Koch Theater ‘Vacancy’ Sign Beckons Top Dance Troupes

By ROBIN POGREBIN
The departure of New York City Opera from the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, which it shared with City Ballet for more than 40 years, offers opportunities for other dance troupes to perform there.

Artsbeat

July 13, 2011 12:30 PM ET

Beyoncé Holds On to No. 1 With '4'

Beyonce holds the top spot on the Billboard album chart this week, despite a 63 percent drop in sales from last week.
July 13, 2011 12:00 PM ET

Harry Potter Sang Bass, Hermione Sang Tenor

In addition the the books by J. K. Rowling and the multi-billion-dollar movie franchise, wizard rock, or "wrock," gives Harry Potter fans another outlet for their boy-wizard obsession.
July 12, 2011

Lincoln Center Offers New iPhone App

A new way to navigate the sights and sounds of Lincoln Center.
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MUSIC REVIEW
The soprano Angela Meade.

The Trees and Fields Are Laced With Arias

By ALLAN KOZINN
The Met no longer puts on full operas in the parks, but it does maintain a presence with live recitals.
The Grass Roots, from left: Dennis Provisor, Warren Entner, Rob Grill and Rick Coonce.

Rob Grill, Lead Singer of the Grass Roots, Dies at 67

By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Grill and the rest of the band filled the airwaves with hits that were bouncy, accessible and eminently danceable, like “Midnight Confession” and “Temptation Eyes.”
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Washed Out performing at the Bowery Ballroom on Monday.

Going Into the Haze in Their Debut Albums

By JON CARAMANICA
In their debut albums, Pure X and Washed Out arrive at the same idea from different roadways.
Ruth Roberts at Shea Stadium in 1996. Roberts helped write

A Songwriter’s Legacy: Baseball Ditties, From Mickey to the Mets

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Ruth Roberts, who died last month, had songs recorded by many famouts artists but wrote three baseball songs, including the enduring “Meet the Mets.”
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
Dana Spiotta

‘Stone Arabia’

By DANA SPIOTTA
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In Dana Spiotta’s new novel, a Los Angeles musician’s family feels the fallout from his devotion to what might have been.
MUSIC REVIEW

Surprises in a Setting That Could Wither

By ALLAN KOZINN
The New Juilliard Ensemble, directed by Joel Sachs, performed in the Summergarden series at the Museum of Modern Art.
George Steel is general manager and artistic director of New York City Opera.

Unions Say City Opera Offer Would Gut Chorus and Orchestra

By DANIEL J. WAKIN
City Opera’s terms call for an end to guaranteed numbers of workweeks and members. The proposal also eliminates vacation pay, tenure, leaves and the current health insurance plans.
The rapper Currensy onstage at S.O.B.'s in New York last year.

New Music by Currensy and Ashton Shepherd

By JON CARAMANICA and BEN RATLIFF
Ashton Shepherd’s “Where Country Grows” and Currensy’s “Weekend at Burnie’s” are new releases reviewed by critics.
MUSIC REVIEW

Improvisation in Harlem, Corner of Hip-Hop and Jazz

By BEN RATLIFF
The violinist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson performed with his ensemble at Annunciation Park in Harlem.
MUSIC REVIEW

A Return to Rossini’s Days of Yesteryear

By STEVE SMITH
“Guillaume Tell,” Rossini’s 39th and final opera, was performed in a concert version at Caramoor.
MUSIC REVIEW
Soundgarden Chris Cornell led the Seattle band at the Prudential Center in Newark on Friday.

Delivering Squalls of Grunge Anew

By JON PARELES
The reunited Seattle band Soundgarden, led by Chris Cornell, played a set of old material.
MUSIC REVIEW
Sbtrkt, the English musician, left, accompanied by his laptop, drums and the singer Sampha at MoMA PS1 on Saturday afternoon.

Behind the Mask, Giving Hints of How It’s Done

By JON CARAMANICA
The English musician Sbtrkt appeared, albeit behind his trademark mask, at MoMA PS1 on Saturday afternoon.
Audio

Podcast: Music

This week: Ben Sisario on a new vocal project by Brian Eno; Jon Pareles on a new multimedia project by Bjork; and a look at new release by David Weiss and Lloyd. Ben Ratliff is the host.
From Technology
STATE OF THE ART

Wireless, Not Wimpy, Speakers

By DAVID POGUE
There have always been compromises with speakers that do away with wires, but a new system solves many of those problems.
From Sports
BATS
A Tribute to Jeter, in Song

A Tribute to Jeter, in Song

By JOE BRESCIA
With six more hits, Derek Jeter will become the player to reach 3,000 hits as a Yankee. Meanwhile, Fran Kowalski is hoping to get a hit soon, too. And it all has to do with Jeter.
From Opinion
OPINIONATOR | THE SCORE
After Tahrir, New Voices in a Global Fugue

After Tahrir, New Voices in a Global Fugue

By MOHAMMED FAIROUZ
In the work of some young composers, music from cultures long divided are sounding together for the first time.
Multimedia
Slide Show
Phish Fest at Watkins Glen
The eclectic funk rock quartet performed their ninth festival last week, called Super Ball IX.
Slide Show
Fashion at the BET Awards
Red carpet photos from the 2011 BET Awards.
Slide Show
Scenes from Undead Jazz Festival
Images from the music series.
Video
Deer Tick as Deervana
Melena Ryzik goes to Brooklyn Bowl to catch Deer Tick, an alt-countryesque indie rock band, perform as Deervana, a Nirvana tribute band.
Slide Show
A Big Tent at Bonnaroo
The 10th installment of the festival in Manchester, Tenn., included performances by a wide variety of acts in a multitude of genres.

The Week in Music

THE SCOOP

New York City iPhone App

Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone with The Scoop, The Times’s guide to what to eat, see and do in New York.
Video Features
Video
Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim
An appreciation of some particularly ingenious passages.
Video
Counterpoint
Anthony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of The New York Times, explains an important musical technique.
From Opinion
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

When Mahler Took Manhattan

By PETER G. DAVIS
How the Viennese composer changed the New York music scene.
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Union Chief Faults School Reform From ‘On High’

By ALAN SCHWARZ
Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers says the debate “has been hijacked by a group of self-styled reformers.”
Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times
Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers says the debate “has been hijacked by a group of self-styled reformers.”
The president of the American Federation of Teachers called for education reform that emanates from teachers and their communities, rather than from “those who blame teachers for everything.”

Schools Chiefs See a Path to Proposing Their Own Accountability Systems

By WINNIE HU
Some state education chiefs say that if Congress does not overhaul No Child Left Behind by the fall, they may be allowed to propose their own accountability systems as an alternative.

Top Science Fair Honors Go to American Girls

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Three girls from the United States won the top prizes in a global science fair started by Google for their projects on ovarian cancer, grilled chicken and indoor air quality.
ON EDUCATION
Matthew Sprowal and his mother, Katherine. He left a charter school for a traditional public school, where he is flourishing.

Message From a Charter School: Thrive or Transfer

By MICHAEL WINERIP
A mother said a school concluded in 12 days that her son did not meet standards, raising a question about whether charter schools cherry-pick students.
DOCTORS INC.

New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test

By GARDINER HARRIS
A new admission process at medical schools involves a series of encounters meant to examine aspiring doctors’ ability to communicate and work in teams.
From left, Alan Greenberg, Benno Schmidt and Chris Whittle are betting on their investment in Avenues, a new private school scheduled to open in 2012. Above right, a rendering of the school, and below, the school's exterior.

The Best School $75 Million Can Buy

By JENNY ANDERSON
Chris Whittle once tried to remake public education. Now, with a new for-profit school, he says he’ll do the same for private education. Should parents believe him?
LEARN TO EARN
Once an indifferent high school student, Matthew Kelly, on stool, is now headed to a community college after doing well in technical courses.

Tough Calculus as Technical Schools Face Deep Cuts

By MOTOKO RICH
Federal funding is at risk for vocational and technical courses that may keep disengaged students in school.
Lourdes S. Guerrero and her work “My God Protects My Child.”

Laid-Off Art Teachers Turn to Their Craft to Express Themselves

By JESSICA REAVES
An exhibition of art created by laid-off Chicago art teachers has opened at the Flat Iron Building in Wicker Park.

School Counselors Fear They Will Bear Burden of Budget Cuts and New Exams

By MORGAN SMITH
Staar, a complex new end-of-course testing system for high school students, is on its way. And one of educators’ biggest concerns is who will coordinate and keep track of it.
Akira Goto, a professor of criminal law, teaching a class at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Mr. Goto said the questions on the Japanese bar exam were too advanced and convoluted.

A Japanese Legal Exam That Sets the Bar High

By MIKI TANIKAWA
Students and professors say a tough examination process is hurting the government's goal of creating more lawyers.

Shunning the Journals, Scholar Brings Work on Older Gays to Life in Film

By D.D. GUTTENPLAN
An American-born sociologist, who teaches in the school of health and social care at Bournemouth University in Britain, creates characters that are composites based on his research in rural Britain.

Dutch Education Will Have a Three-Pronged Approach

By THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
Educating students more efficiently, better preparing students for the job market and fostering research ties with the industry are priorities.
The medical school's research building at UC-Riverside is almost finished, but it will not be seeing any students this year.

California Cuts Weigh Heavily on Its Colleges

By JENNIFER MEDINA
Sharp tuition increases and cutbacks in services threaten to erode a much-admired college and university system.
Bucking a nationwide trend, Preuss School, a charter in San Diego, has lengthened its school day to seven hours from six.

As Budgets Are Trimmed, Time in Class Is Shortened

By SAM DILLON
School districts across the country are gutting summer-school programs, cramming classes into four-day weeks or lopping days off the school year.

Questions Are Raised on Restraint Training

By JENNIFER GOLLAN
With no laws governing the use of physical restraint with unruly students in California schools, questions have arisen as to whether the practice should be overseen more carefully.

State to Appoint New Board of Education in Bridgeport

By WINNIE HU and ROBERT DAVEY
In Connecticut, an elected body votes to dissolve itself after years of division and dysfunction.

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System

By KIM SEVERSON
A state investigation into a long-troubled public school system results in confessions and revelations of dishonesty.
  •  Kim Severson Discusses the Investigation on The Takeaway

In Reversal, Schools Doing Well Can Keep Unspent Funds

By FERNANDA SANTOS
Individual principals will be allowed to roll over money saved from the year before if their schools perform well on progress reports.

Union Shifts Position on Teacher Evaluations

By SHARON OTTERMAN
The National Education Association on Monday affirmed for the first time that evidence of student learning must be considered in the evaluations of school teachers around the country.
ON EDUCATION
In February, the Bloomberg administration placed Jamaica High School on a list of 22 failing schools it planned to shut. No new pupils will be accepted this fall. In three years, when the last of its current students graduate, the school will close.

A Failing School? Not to These Students

By MICHAEL WINERIP
In February, Mayor Bloomberg placed Jamaica High on a list of schools it planned to close. But it is puzzling how a school can be labeled failing and yet produce successful students.

More Education News

Sunday Magazine Preview
FIRST

No, Seriously: No Excuses

By PAUL TOUGH
What the education-reform movement needs to do next.
Education Life
EDUCATION LIFE
The Global Campus
Articles on study abroad, majoring in business, blogging scholars, the fastest growing fields for students to consider and more.
Multimedia
Interactive
New York School Test Scores
A complete summary of demographics and student performance over the past decade for every school in New York.
Multimedia
Interactive
Timeline: Dennis M. Walcott
The life and career of the new chancellor for New York City schools.
From Opinion
ROOM FOR DEBATE

How to Improve Summer School

To save programs and money, and improve results, what changes should be made?

The Choice Blog

The Choice Blog
A blog examining all facets of the college admissions process.

When a Part-Time Job Is Your Extracurricular Activity

July 6, 2011

Roundup: Michigan Admissions, Student Loans and Prospects for Film Graduates

July 5, 2011

A New Web Site Aims to Help Families Compare Tuition

June 30, 2011
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The Learning Network For Students Teaches And Parents

The Learning Network For Students Teaches And Parents

Hopeful Eyes on Southern Skies

July 13, 20113:06 AM ET

Test Yourself | Math, July 13, 2011

July 13, 2011 2:22 AM ET

Word of the Day | disband

July 13, 2011 12:03 AM ET

Teaching 'Harry Potter' With The New York Times

July 12, 2011 3:05 PM ET
Go to the Learning Network »

Michael Winerip

“On Education” looks beyond the discourse to the teachers, principals and students at the heart of learning.

The Motherlode

Lisa Belkin writes about homework, friends, grades, bullying, baby sitters, the work-family balance and much more.
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Alfabetización Tecnológica: hacia un enfoque global




Sobre el tema se ha escrito bastante y desde diferentes perspectivas. Algunos centran su atención en los equipos y dispositivos digitales, otros en sus aplicaciones e, incluso, en su valor educativo o social. No es un asunto agotado y merece definición y reflexión permanentes. Aquí nos referimos a un modo global de enfocar el tema a partir de seis preguntas clave que nos pueden ilustrar sobre los niveles que cubriría esta nueva clase de alfabetización y cómo las personas pueden avanzar entre dichos niveles o estancarse en uno de ellos.

1) Cómo se opera con determinada tecnología? Trátese de un dispositivo digital, un software instalado en nuestra PC o de una aplicación virtual, el primer paso siempre estará en saber cómo activarla o hacer que ella "funcione".

2) Qué puedo lograr con ella? Sea un procesador de textos, un dispositivo móvil o una plataforma de red social, si no tenemos una clara idea de los resultados a obtener con su uso, no vale la pena emplearla.

3) Qué puedo aprender con ella? Tanto en los sistemas educativos formales cuanto en la vida diaria, la tecnología es un medio o herramienta para facilitar u optimizar aprendizajes.

4) Cómo me ayuda en mis labores cotidianas, en mi desempeño profesional? Este es un espacio muy amplio en el que la tecnología puede ayudar o brindar un valor agregado a nuestro trabajo, la productividad personal y el de nuestras organizaciones.

5) Cómo la tecnología cambia nuestra manera de actuar y pensar? La tecnología puede promover, facilitar o hacer viables cambios positivos en las pautas de comportamiento, las tendencias en el pensar o las preferencias sociales.

6) Cómo y qué puedo innovar usando tecnología? Aquí encontramos un campo selectivo para la creatividad, innovación e inventiva personal o social apoyada o basada en los adelantos y novedades tecnológicas de nuestros días.

Estas ideas pueden ayudarnos a entender mejor el proceso de alfabetización tecnológica, más allá de la llamada alfabetización digital, vinculando el aprendizaje de las personas con el desempeño laboral, las prácticas sociales y el desarrollo cultural.
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El Supositorio: Asuntos tristes de cada día


Asuntos tristes de cada día

Firmar el certificado de defunción supone cerrar burocráticamente la existencia de una persona. Con ese documento, se apagan los datos de una vida. Mirar el cadáver de una persona que conociste viva, su manera de hablar, su razonamiento, su energía o falta de ella en la ancianidad, constituye un acto esencial para un médico. Tan importante como ayudarle en vida a sobrellevar la enfermedad es certificar, cual Caronte - barquero del Hades -, el paso de este mundo al otro no-mundo. La familia expectante, las palabras de condolencia, el comentario sobre la ausencia de sufrimiento en el final de una anciana de 96 años, todo constituye un momento especial para un médico. Pero casi nada es sencillo sino doloroso y de ello se encargan los burócratas y los aprovechados. A media tarde, la llamada del hijo de la fallecida me solicita que debo firmar en un lateral del certificado oficial de defunción una frase que no está incluida en el modelo habitual: "no hay inconveniente para la incineración". En un país donde el porcentaje de incineraciones llega en algún lugar a más del 50%, tener que escribir en un lateral la susodicha frase es patético. Agradecido por mi desplazamiento para firmarlo, me cuenta que le pedían más de 3.000 euros por la versión más sencilla en la primera funeraria y al levantarse de la mesa, le han rebajado 1.000 euros directamente. Cosas de la liberalización. La muerte siempre ha tenido un precio.
El Supositorio: Asuntos tristes de cada día
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