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One of the most important artists alive. .< 2:31:42 PM  >Thestar.com/Bittersweet tinge to TSO's history But the orchestra's survival only became risky in last decade .< 2:29:00 PM >Thestar.com/Help save TSO, music fans urged Robert Weiss, chairman of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's board of directors, issued a passionate plea yesterday to the citizens of Toronto to save the beleaguered orchestra from collapse .< 2:18:01 PM >NATIONAL POST ONLINE | Arts and Life story A severe cash shortfall and the resignation of executive director Edward Smith have left the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on the brink of collapse just one week into its 80th season. .< 2:13:51 PM >Arts A bad situation turned drastically worse at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra yesterday, as the orchestra revealed that it needs an emergency cash infusion of $1.5-million by the end of November in order to stave off bankruptcy. The TSO also confirmed the resignation of Edward Smith as executive director, after only 10 months on the job, and the formation of a restructuring committee to try to save the organization from collapse. Major, major problems with this orchestra. This is the second big name exec director to run screaming from the organization. It sends a very bad message out to anyone else they may try to recruit. .< 12:26:44 PM >'Mommy Liberty' Packs a Gun The pencil sketch portrays Liberty brandishing a revolver and cradling a baby wrapped in the U.S. flag. "The most dangerous place in the world is between a mother and her children," the caption reads. "I was illustrating my own mother's willingness to do anything, even something she hated -- my mother is terribly afraid of guns -- to protect her children," said Gauger in an e-mail. "I think America feels the same way about its citizens."
Powerful stuff from a 17-year old. .< 12:05:12 PM >Mac loyalists get free OS X 10.1 Upgrade. Well, some of you anyway [The Register] More details. I sure hopes this applies in Canada and that my local store has it. .< 3:02:25 AM >Salon.com Technology | The media's Islamic blind spot the mainstream American press has largely been ignoring what many experts see as the root cause fueling Islamic terrorism: America's own foreign policy. Even as media executives are publicly defending on-camera displays of flags and patriotic slogans, insisting that these fits of patriotic fervor don't affect actual news coverage, skeptics are charging that the press has so far been studious in avoiding serious examination of past American policy failures, and in questioning Bush's rhetoric. I'm very happy to see this issue coming up at last. I look to the web for alternate viewpoints . . . and to some docs that have been running on CBC and PBS. The article points out that on the bright side the average Joe is much better informed these days: no cries of "communist plot!" .< 2:48:00 AM >Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | What's up with Generation Y? Encompassing more than 70 million people born between 1980 and 1996, Generation Y is, at its core, the largest group of teenagers in American history, dwarfing even its parents, the baby boomers who came of age in the '60s. In the next decade, it will come to represent 41 percent of the U.S. population, according to the Census Bureau. Wow. Have I been living in a cave? I had no idea. Both of my kids fall into this category. .< 2:44:35 AM >Salon.com Life | Emotional rescue Editor's note: We have received dozens and dozens of essays in the days since Sept. 11 from people -- many of whom have never written for publication -- who attempt to apprise us, or their friends, or complete strangers, of new depths or doubts in their thinking, sharp turns in their opinions, incredible longing for change. These are days of personal and public reckoning, of vigorous confession and debate. Good for Salon. And here's a story from a young musician. .< 2:34:36 AM > BBC: Bush sides with the doves. "So far, the evidence is that Secretary of State Colin Powell is winning the policy battle. His philosophy is to build international support, to hold back US forces until they can be used decisively, to focus the effort." Comments.  [Scripting News]
Thank heavens for Colin Powell and thanks to Bush for listening. Credit where credit's due. .< 2:31:14 AM >NewsMax: "Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., warned Monday that the US is vulnerable to nuclear attack by terrorists who may have access to as many as 60 briefcase-sized tactical nuclear weapons now missing from the former Soviet Union." [Scripting News]
Oh man. Someone tell me we're all madly paranoid right now and that this will all just pass. Please. .< 2:23:09 AM >Web Readings Replace Real Ones A freelance blacklist? According to Jonathan Tasini, president of the National Writers Union, The New York Times has blacklisted 11 writers, telling their editors not to work with them. The writers named were all involved in the recent case heard by the Supreme Court. In Tasini vs. The New York Times, freelance writers won the rights to the electronic versions of their work. Nasty business. My dad's been involved with obtaining compensation for digital rights for authors from newspapers. .< 2:19:06 AM >Snooping Isn't E-Mail Delay Cause E-mail delivery has been particularly sluggish during the past two weeks. Messages have arrived at their destinations hours after being sent, sparking speculation that new surveillance programs by government intelligence agencies might be responsible for the sudden slowdown. But in truth, most transmission delays can be traced to the recent spate of e-mail and server worms that primarily attack Microsoft products -- so much so that one prominent technology research firm recommended Tuesday that businesses switch to server software other than Microsoft's IIS until the company completely rewrites the program from the ground up. A rather rambling article. The key points are noted in the pullquote above. email has been sluggish lately and MS servers are a bad idea. .< 2:14:01 AM >Mactopia : Microsoft Word X Test Drive Preview MicrosoftïFA8 Word X for Mac and get a sneak peek at Microsoft Office v. X for Mac by downloading this free Word X Test Drive! A hint of things to come. I'll try it out when I get OS X 10.1 installed. .< 2:09:35 AM >Speedy Mac OS X Upgrade Here Soon The software will sell for $129, but people who have already purchased a previous version of OS X can get an update CD from retailers for free during the next month. After that, the update CD will cost $20 for shipping costs. Hey, fantastic! This is the right way to do it. The early adopters gave the OS a kickstart by supporting it. The early adopters will run out and grab the free upgrade. If you are following OS X at all this story has lots of great news for the near-term future so give it a read. .< 1:57:03 AM >ID Cards Are de Rigueur Worldwide "If we had had national ID cards two weeks ago, it would not have thwarted the terrorists," said Barry Steinhardt, the associate director of the ACLU. "(The terrorists) were in the country lawfully and had identification documents on them. "The instinct is that we can solve all these problems with technology," he said. "That instinct is wrong." The ID of a national ID card creeps me out. It's another example of a poorly thought-out, instant "non-solution" in the wake of an extraordinary situation. |
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