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...Twenty-five acts have been commissioned specifically for the city, hailing from countries as diverse as Cuba and China. "We're absolutely the new kid on the block, but Manchester has contributed massively to popular culture over the last 25 years," the (Scottish) festival director Alex Poots told TIME. "We thought we should build a festival about original, modern work." Keeping in the spirit of civic regeneration, the festival's line-up is a varied, multi-sensory experience. It includes ballet from Cuba's Carlos Acosta, gigs from Smokey Robinson and Kanye West, a concert adaptation of Salman Rushdie...
...About 40 states have film industry incentives, and most block funding for films deemed obscene, but the broad language of the Texas law has raised First Amendment concerns for the Motion Picture Association of America. "It has serious constitutional overtones," Vans Stevenson, senior vice president for state government affairs, said. The MPAA also is watching a North Carolina bill now before the Senate Finance Committee that would limit film tax credits to those films that have "serious artistic merit" and also mandates consideration of the "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the citizens...
...beyond the lawn mower and there are signs of abundance that even the most jaded urbanite can decipher. The garden hoses hang limply on the wall, the rose bushes don't need constant coddling, the basil plant is big as a bush, and the potted fern is threatening to block the path to the front door. Everything is green, not gold this summer, except for the bag of plump, ripe tomatoes delivered by a neighor. Tomato vines love the rain. "It may well be a tomato year - a happy thought," writes Austin organic farmer Carol Ann Sayles from Boggy Creek...
THREE: WALLED GARDENS The carriers continue to block access to their networks by mobile startups even as these innovators offer new ways to watch and share video, trade pictures, and use phones in new ways. "They control the industry but strangle innovation," says mobile industry consultant Chetan Sharma. They limit the things you can do with your phone. They want you to pay them for picture messaging, so they restrict independent providers of that type of service. They want you to buy ringtones from them, so they cut off growth and innovation in that mini-industry. They would prefer...
...with Daniel Curley; The Computer Insectiary: A Field Guide to Viruses, Bugs, Worms, Trojan Horses, and Other Stuff That Will Eat Your Programs and Rot Your Brain, co-authored with John Kratz; and at least five other books to which Roger has penned introductions. There's no writer's block for this perpetual scribe; he's never missed a deadline. I'll bet that if Roger had written this tribute, he would have finished it in time for his actual birthday, which was Monday...