Dennis Wu's Facebook Links http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589 Dennis Wu's Facebook Links en-us SharePostsFeed Facebook Syndicationhttp://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:02:47 -0800 http://en-gb.facebook.com/denniswu1 webmaster@facebook.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=168606588611&comments=1#s168606588611 Florence Foster Jenkins- Der Holle Rache http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=168606588611&comments=1#s168606588611 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4f77T-LoM&feature=related" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4f77T-LoM&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">Florence Foster Jenkins- Der Holle Rache</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4f77T-LoM&feature=related" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6h4f77T-LoM/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_168606588611" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Florence Foster Jenkins' infamous rendition of "Der Holle Rache" - Mozart's "Queen of the Night" aria from "The Magic Flute".</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Out of absolutely no reason, I'm thinking of this...</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:02:47 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=172720357146&comments=1#s172720357146 星島日報網頁 - www.singtao.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=172720357146&comments=1#s172720357146 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/edu/octopus/1104go04.html" title="http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/edu/octopus/1104go04.html" target="_blank">星島日報網頁 - www.singtao.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.singtao.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/edu/octopus/1104go04.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.singtao.com/media/20091104/20091104gp04.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_172720357146" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>梁山伯與祝英台的愛情故事真摯動人，經典的《梁祝小提琴</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>協奏曲》更是扣人心弦，即使孩子沒有經歷過愛情，亦會對</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>樂曲中既喜且悲的旋律，留下深刻的印象。為了慶祝此曲誕</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>生五十周年，並且令下一代認識這首世界名曲，原創者之一</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>、七十七歲的何占豪遠從上海來港，與日本小提琴家西琦崇</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>子，昨日親訪聖保羅男女中學附屬小學，與三百六十多名小</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>四至小六學生分享他們的音樂故事，Elsie亦獲邀出席</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>。《梁祝小提琴協奏曲》是何占豪、陳鋼與夥伴們，歷經一</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>年時間、不眠不休地編作而成，並取材浙江越劇《梁山伯與</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>祝英台》的旋律，他向學生分享說，貧窮農民出身的他，十</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>二、三歲時從電視熒幕上第一次看到小提琴這種樂器，十五</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>歲時才首次親眼看到小提琴 ....</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:32:06 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=166878423590&comments=1#s166878423590 政情：西崎崇子傳授演奏秘訣 - 東方日報 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=166878423590&comments=1#s166878423590 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20091104/00176_094.html" title="http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20091104/00176_094.html" target="_blank">政情：西崎崇子傳授演奏秘訣 - 東方日報</a></div><div class="url">Source: orientaldaily.on.cc</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20091104/00176_094.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20091104/photo/1104-00176-094p1g1.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_166878423590" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>奏出梁山伯與祝英台淒美愛情故事嘅《梁祝》協奏曲，誕生</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>至今剛好五十周年，原創者何占豪與演奏《梁祝》而聲名大</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>噪嘅小提琴家西崎崇子，近期為慶祝《梁祝》金禧紀念馬不</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>停蹄，除咗本月底喺香港大會堂舉行慈善音樂會，為四川地</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>震災區籌建十所幼兒園外，尋日又專程到聖保羅男女中學附</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>屬小學，與一眾學生分享音樂路，籲學生打好音樂基礎。</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:31:59 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=196586470708&comments=1#s196586470708 第十期 / 暑狐說：業餘之原罪 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=196586470708&comments=1#s196586470708 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/520" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/520" target="_blank">第十期 / 暑狐說：業餘之原罪 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/520" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kaplan.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_196586470708" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>「專業」與「業餘」的分野，往往不在操業的時間。音樂訓</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>練似乎是專業的必要條件。 </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:18:27 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=162559627470&comments=1#s162559627470 第九期 / 暑狐說：得閒既話 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=162559627470&comments=1#s162559627470 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/478" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/478" target="_blank">第九期 / 暑狐說：得閒既話 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">得閒既話，我想砌火車模型。 </div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:21:41 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=179787470217&comments=1#s179787470217 第八期 / 暑狐說：生活文化與環保 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=179787470217&comments=1#s179787470217 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/452" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/452" target="_blank">第八期 / 暑狐說：生活文化與環保 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/452" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hkwatching.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_179787470217" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>沒有規例調律的話，我們必定是按自由市場經濟而活的。不</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>要天真期望文化界自然會嚮應環保。 </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:02:40 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=149727214639&comments=1#s149727214639 Opera Chic: BREAKING: Alagna & Gheorghiu Make It Official, It's Le Divorce La Separation http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=149727214639&comments=1#s149727214639 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2009/10/breaking-alagna-gheorghiu-make-it-official-its-la-separation.html" title="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2009/10/breaking-alagna-gheorghiu-make-it-official-its-la-separation.html" target="_blank">Opera Chic: BREAKING: Alagna & Gheorghiu Make It Official, It's Le Divorce La Separation</a></div><div class="url">Source: operachic.typepad.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">In tomorrow's edition of Le Figaro, (excerpt here) Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu will make official what everybody knew and the two singers didn't even bother to deny much anymore -- they've been separated for a while and might be on their way to a divorce</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:05:45 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=184240674571&comments=1#s184240674571 www.broekmans.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=184240674571&comments=1#s184240674571 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.broekmans.com/en/product/Mahler-Symphony-Nr-7-Full-Score-Facsimile-and-Commentary-Special-Offer-normally-222-35-now-35-00/181089" title="http://www.broekmans.com/en/product/Mahler-Symphony-Nr-7-Full-Score-Facsimile-and-Commentary-Special-Offer-normally-222-35-now-35-00/181089" target="_blank">www.broekmans.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.broekmans.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.broekmans.com/en/product/Mahler-Symphony-Nr-7-Full-Score-Facsimile-and-Commentary-Special-Offer-normally-222-35-now-35-00/181089" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.broekmans.com/nieuws/ExtraPicture/181089.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_184240674571" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Beautiful full color facsimile of the autograph fair copy in the possession of Het Concertbebouw, Amsterdam, published on the occasion of the Orchestra's 'Mahler-feest 1995'.</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Only for 35 Euros!</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:03:27 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=149626509015&comments=1#s149626509015 第七期 / 暑狐說：聲音現場 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=149626509015&comments=1#s149626509015 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/371" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/371" target="_blank">第七期 / 暑狐說：聲音現場 - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/371" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hmvmascot.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_149626509015" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>音樂，需要的正是這份親切，觸動人心的能力。我相信，任</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>憑科技怎樣進步，科技能拉近的，是人的距離，不是心靈的</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>距離。 </div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:21:15 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=142625568767&comments=1#s142625568767 Puer natus est nobis, canto gregoriano a Natale http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=142625568767&comments=1#s142625568767 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpva3d1VEw&videos=WzNcNzWZq6g&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpva3d1VEw&amp;videos=WzNcNzWZq6g&amp;playnext_from=TL&amp;playnext=1" target="_blank">Puer natus est nobis, canto gregoriano a Natale</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpva3d1VEw&videos=WzNcNzWZq6g&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ASpva3d1VEw/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_142625568767" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Antifona all'Introito Messa del giorno di Natale, canto gregoriano nello studio di Giovanni Vianini, Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis, Basilica di San Marco Milano, Italia</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">A wonderful, and perhaps a bit early, song of Christmas.</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:48:44 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=142050598677&comments=1#s142050598677 第六期 / 暑狐說：那時候，淚水沿著我的臉龐流下來…… - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=142050598677&comments=1#s142050598677 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/315" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/315" target="_blank">第六期 / 暑狐說：那時候，淚水沿著我的臉龐流下來…… - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/315" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/great.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_142050598677" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>聖靈沒有真的來到 (veni)，也很容易給那種偉大、Greatness</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span> 上身吧？ </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:27:40 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=141921004086&comments=1#s141921004086 第六期 / 夏康說：那時候，淚水沿著我的臉龐流下來…… - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=141921004086&comments=1#s141921004086 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/320" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/320" target="_blank">第六期 / 夏康說：那時候，淚水沿著我的臉龐流下來…… - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/320" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/VENI_SimonTu_20090926_Tears.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_141921004086" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>對，我流淚，是因為「我」，而不是音樂呀、電影呀之類的</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>。我流淚，是因為「我」心痛、「我」感動了。 </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:18:28 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=288147000437&comments=1#s288147000437 第六期 / 朱總說：那時候，淚水沿著我的臉龐流下來…… - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=288147000437&comments=1#s288147000437 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/329" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/329" target="_blank">第六期 / 朱總說：那時候，淚水沿著我的臉龐流下來…… - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/329" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/enlarge_randall_tiedman.jpeg-300x239.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_288147000437" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>她哭成淚人似人的。除了抱著她，他也沒有甚麼事情可以做</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>。 </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:18:07 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=168791090830&comments=1#s168791090830 Alicia de Larrocha, Poetic Interpreter of Mozart and Spanish Composers, Dies at 86 - Obituary (Obit) http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=168791090830&comments=1#s168791090830 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/arts/music/26larrocha.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimesarts" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/arts/music/26larrocha.html?_r=1&amp;src=twt&amp;twt=nytimesarts" target="_blank">Alicia de Larrocha, Poetic Interpreter of Mozart and Spanish Composers, Dies at 86 - Obituary (Obit)</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/arts/music/26larrocha.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimesarts" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/09/26/arts/26alicia.xlarge2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_168791090830" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Ms. de Larrocha was esteemed for her elegant Mozart performances and for her interpretations of Albéniz, Granados, Mompou and other Spanish composers.</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:28:42 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=135126277837&comments=1#s135126277837 VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=135126277837&comments=1#s135126277837 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/" title="http://blog.veni.hk/" target="_blank">VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.veni.hk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/VENI_SimonTu_20090919_Life_of_LearningInstruments.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_135126277837" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">第五期《學琴的生涯》</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:25:03 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=131598851475&comments=1#s131598851475 Study Finds Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats - KTLA http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=131598851475&comments=1#s131598851475 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dogs-smarter,0,1159138.story" title="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dogs-smarter,0,1159138.story" target="_blank">Study Finds Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats - KTLA</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.ktla.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dogs-smarter,0,1159138.story" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.ktla.com/media/photo/2009-08/48438538.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_131598851475" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">LOS ANGELES -- They may have nine lives, but cats apparently just don't have the extra smarts when compared to dogs, according to a new study.Dr. Britta Osthaus, of England's Canterbury Christ Church University, ...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Cats don't care about the experiment, nor the experiment result.</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:26:25 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=130433655348&comments=1#s130433655348 Just doing mypart. http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=130433655348&comments=1#s130433655348 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/09/09/funny-pictures-just-doing-my-part/" title="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/09/09/funny-pictures-just-doing-my-part/" target="_blank">Just doing mypart.</a></div><div class="url">Source: icanhascheezburger.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/09/09/funny-pictures-just-doing-my-part/" target="_blank"><img src="http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/funny-pictures-cat-dutifully-ignores-you.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_130433655348" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">For a balanced life you need a dog to adore you and...</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:59:37 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=127679028686&comments=1#s127679028686 In C - VENI - 音樂 | 文化 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=127679028686&comments=1#s127679028686 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/129" title="http://blog.veni.hk/a/129" target="_blank">In C - VENI - 音樂 | 文化</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.veni.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.veni.hk/a/129" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.kdheks.gov/safekids/images/kidsHome.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_127679028686" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>今天上課，教了兩班新生唱校歌（由鼎鼎大名的「LAW餅</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>」作曲）。F大調的調子，由屬音C開始。為了示範何謂「</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>口傳心授」這古老的音樂流傳方法，也好讓大家明白學讀譜</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>的重要。 </div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:05:59 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=150332892641&comments=1#s150332892641 FT.com / UK - More than a mere symphony http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=150332892641&comments=1#s150332892641 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8eed15ee-910e-11de-bc99-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1" title="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8eed15ee-910e-11de-bc99-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1" target="_blank">FT.com / UK - More than a mere symphony</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.ft.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8eed15ee-910e-11de-bc99-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.ft.com/cms/6f68385c-882a-11da-a25e-0000779e2340.gif" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_150332892641" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Well into the concert, it dawns on me: I will never hear a better Mahler 4. With this realisation comes a queasy sense of my own mortality and a panicked desire to hold on to every split second.</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:02:55 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=133255385839&comments=1#s133255385839 Erich Kunzel, NSO Pops Conductor, Dies at 74 - DCist http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=133255385839&comments=1#s133255385839 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://dcist.com/2009/09/erich_kunzel_1935-2009.php" title="http://dcist.com/2009/09/erich_kunzel_1935-2009.php" target="_blank">Erich Kunzel, NSO Pops Conductor, Dies at 74 - DCist</a></div><div class="url">Source: dcist.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://dcist.com/2009/09/erich_kunzel_1935-2009.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://dcist.com/attachments/dcist_charles/2009_0901_kunzel.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_133255385839" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Erich Kunzel, who was familiar to Washingtonians from his regular appearances at the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra Pops at annual Independence Day and Memorial Day concerts on the Capitol Lawn, died this morning near his home in Maine. He was 74. </div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:06:04 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=123271280977&comments=1#s123271280977 The Medium - Facebook Exodus - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=123271280977&comments=1#s123271280977 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html?em" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html?em" target="_blank">The Medium - Facebook Exodus - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html?em" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/30/magazine/30medium-600.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_123271280977" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Why some Facebook members are moving on.</div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:23:50 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=126644109893&comments=1#s126644109893 Ticket Resellers Step Out of the Shadows - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=126644109893&comments=1#s126644109893 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/music/30sisa.html?_r=1" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/music/30sisa.html?_r=1" target="_blank">Ticket Resellers Step Out of the Shadows - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/music/30sisa.html?_r=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/26/arts/30sisa5_190.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_126644109893" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The world of scalpers becomes more transparent, more entrepreneurial and more Byzantine.</div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:20:25 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=262003590194&comments=1#s262003590194 巴黎歌劇院/ 賴建群 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=262003590194&comments=1#s262003590194 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/08/29/XY-1133837.htm" title="http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/08/29/XY-1133837.htm" target="_blank">巴黎歌劇院/ 賴建群</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.takungpao.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>暑期遊巴黎，早已預計沒有機會欣賞大樂團、駐場歌劇團的</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>演出，因為他們作息有時，齊齊放暑假。像全世界的演出重</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>?一樣，下個樂季要到九月才開鑼。</div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:01:33 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=246360385653&comments=1#s246360385653 Will Crutchfield and improvisation in classic music : The New Yorker http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=246360385653&comments=1#s246360385653 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/08/31/090831crmu_music_ross?currentPage=all" title="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/08/31/090831crmu_music_ross?currentPage=all" target="_blank">Will Crutchfield and improvisation in classic music : The New Yorker</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.newyorker.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/08/31/090831crmu_music_ross?currentPage=all" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.newyorker.com/images/2009/08/31/p233/090831_r18751_p233.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_246360385653" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">That arresting statistic indicates the degree to which classical performances have been standardized over the past century. Many listeners would identify Caruso’s cadenza as the “traditional” one, but Crutchfield, in a forthcoming essay on changing perceptions of operatic style, calls it the “death-...</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:48:00 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=118114801537&comments=1#s118114801537 Bobby McFerrin - Concert Solo http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=118114801537&comments=1#s118114801537 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtXrKo8Btfc&feature=related" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtXrKo8Btfc&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">Bobby McFerrin - Concert Solo</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtXrKo8Btfc&feature=related" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LtXrKo8Btfc/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_118114801537" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Bobby McFerrin - Concert Solo</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:43:29 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=120930438684&comments=1#s120930438684 ANABlog: How Are We Going To Pay For It? http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=120930438684&comments=1#s120930438684 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.analogartsensemble.net/2009/08/how-are-we-going-to-pay-for-it.html" title="http://www.analogartsensemble.net/2009/08/how-are-we-going-to-pay-for-it.html" target="_blank">ANABlog: How Are We Going To Pay For It?</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.analogartsensemble.net</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Naturally it doesn't stop at the door of the music world. Our orchestras are making panic grabs at keeping above water. St. Paul is taking a 12% cut, Phoenix staff/musicians/director is taking a 17% cut. In Minnesota, they are cutting back on their renovation plan and the staff is taking cuts and la...</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:28:48 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=128403682768&comments=1#s128403682768 大學生申請公屋說明了甚麼 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=128403682768&comments=1#s128403682768 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://hkdeclaration.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html" title="http://hkdeclaration.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html" target="_blank">大學生申請公屋說明了甚麼 </a></div><div class="url">Source: hkdeclaration.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>早前，政府公佈大學生申請公屋的比率連續三年上升。這立</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>即引來社會上那些手執話語權的評論員炮轟，說社會花大量</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>資源栽培出來的大學生，居然不思長進，努力賺錢置業，成</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>家立室，自己沒志向沒本事，又不想跟父母同住，便走去跟</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>基層市民爭奪公屋的居住權。他們一是要求奢侈，二是沒出</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>息，為滿足一己私慾浪費社會 ...</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:01:15 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=144552590630&comments=1#s144552590630 Stop Playing Homework and Do Your Video Games - A Video Game Quintet http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=144552590630&comments=1#s144552590630 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrGYpYx8CQ&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&feature=player_embedded#t=88" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrGYpYx8CQ&amp;eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&amp;feature=player_embedded#t=88" target="_blank">Stop Playing Homework and Do Your Video Games - A Video Game Quintet</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrGYpYx8CQ&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&feature=player_embedded#t=88" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJrGYpYx8CQ/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_144552590630" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">A live performance for Seattle's Marrowstone in the City program.</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:15:51 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=117375011541&comments=1#s117375011541 Ionarts: À mon chevet: Debussy's Mélisande http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=117375011541&comments=1#s117375011541 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/08/mon-chevet-debussys-melisande.html" title="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/08/mon-chevet-debussys-melisande.html" target="_blank">Ionarts: À mon chevet: Debussy's Mélisande</a></div><div class="url">Source: ionarts.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/08/mon-chevet-debussys-melisande.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d-1KwyMZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_117375011541" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">After dinner Mary [Garden] and Lilly [Debussy] would sit and chat while Debussy sat at the piano and improvised. Mary treasured these hours: "I have never heard such music in my life, such music as came from the piano at those moments. ...</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:00:17 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=141688721410&comments=1#s141688721410 CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Stravinsky Rite of Spring and Unsuk Chin Prom 38 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=141688721410&comments=1#s141688721410 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/08/stravinsky-rite-of-spring-and-unsuk.html" title="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/08/stravinsky-rite-of-spring-and-unsuk.html" target="_blank">CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Stravinsky Rite of Spring and Unsuk Chin Prom 38</a></div><div class="url">Source: classical-iconoclast...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/08/stravinsky-rite-of-spring-and-unsuk.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PgfRBZetNGE/SoU0QjXudmI/AAAAAAAAA0s/onNmXalvwao/s400/unsuk+chin.gif" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_141688721410" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Impressive as the piece is, I'm not completely convinced. Of course all new music needs time to settle, but I listen to enough that it's possible to feel what may or may not eventually gel.</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:52:29 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=136815771078&comments=1#s136815771078 John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=136815771078&comments=1#s136815771078 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrhZ1-cPJE&feature=related" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrhZ1-cPJE&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrhZ1-cPJE&feature=related" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1HrhZ1-cPJE/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_136815771078" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever; Orgel: Cameron Carpenter (www.cameron-carpenter.com</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>); Trinity Church Wall Street (www.trinitywallstreet.org</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>); 05. Juli 2007</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Two hands, two legs, playing five voices.</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:41:47 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=151802387984&comments=1#s151802387984 Bernstein and the F.B.I.: News Desk : The New Yorker http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=151802387984&comments=1#s151802387984 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/08/bernstein-and-the-fbi.html" title="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/08/bernstein-and-the-fbi.html" target="_blank">Bernstein and the F.B.I.: News Desk : The New Yorker</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.newyorker.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/08/bernstein-and-the-fbi.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://mtblog.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/Ship%201951-thumb-465x629.jpeg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_151802387984" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">During the long reign of J. Edgar Hoover, Leonard Bernstein was a person of considerable interest to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His file has not yet appeared in the F.B.I.’s Electronic Reading Room—an interesting place to while away an afternoon—but the Bureau sent me a copy on request.</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:46:14 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=120208066506&comments=1#s120208066506 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Executive A http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=120208066506&comments=1#s120208066506 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~pers/job/ad090731JJ-MUS.htm" title="http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~pers/job/ad090731JJ-MUS.htm" target="_blank">DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Executive A</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.hkbu.edu.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The Department of Music at HKBU is seeking a highly motivated and energetic individual with excellent interpersonal skills and an interest in the Performing Arts and Education to fill an Executive Assistant ...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">BU music is looking for Executive Assistant. <a href="http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~pers/job/ad090731JJ-MUS.htm" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~pe</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>rs/job/ad090731JJ-MUS.htm</a></span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:02:17 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113563284706&comments=1#s113563284706 An Engineer's Guide to Cats http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113563284706&comments=1#s113563284706 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4" target="_blank">An Engineer's Guide to Cats</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mHXBL6bzAR4/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_113563284706" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats. None of the cats, humans, or engineers were mistreated in the making of this film. They were however, slightly annoyed. ...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Have I posted this yet? That's good to see again even if you've seen it before...</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:04:19 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=139557591258&comments=1#s139557591258 Classical music online : The New Yorker http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=139557591258&comments=1#s139557591258 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/08/10/090810crmu_music_ross" title="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/08/10/090810crmu_music_ross" target="_blank">Classical music online : The New Yorker</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.newyorker.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/08/10/090810crmu_music_ross" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.newyorker.com/images/2009/08/10/p233/090810_r18708_p233.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_139557591258" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">For a century or so, the life of a home listener was simple: you had your disks, whether in the form of cylinders, 78s, LPs, or CDs, and, no matter how many of them piled up, there was a clear demarcation between the music that you had and the music that you didn’t. The Internet has removed that dis...</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:46:20 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=134026346310&comments=1#s134026346310 BBC 中文網 | 中國報導 | 中國民調：官員誠信遠低于妓女 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=134026346310&comments=1#s134026346310 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_8180000/newsid_8184400/8184464.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_8180000/newsid_8184400/8184464.stm" target="_blank">BBC 中文網 | 中國報導 | 中國民調：官員誠信遠低于妓女</a></div><div class="url">Source: news.bbc.co.uk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_8180000/newsid_8184400/8184464.stm" target="_blank"><img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46155000/jpg/_46155607_prostitutes_203.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_134026346310" /></a></div></div></div></div> Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:15:02 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=138915148851&comments=1#s138915148851 On An Overgrown Path: You say Mariinsky - I say Mravinsky http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=138915148851&comments=1#s138915148851 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.overgrownpath.com/2009/08/you-say-mariinsky-i-say-mravinsky.html" title="http://www.overgrownpath.com/2009/08/you-say-mariinsky-i-say-mravinsky.html" target="_blank">On An Overgrown Path: You say Mariinsky - I say Mravinsky</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.overgrownpath.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.overgrownpath.com/2009/08/you-say-mariinsky-i-say-mravinsky.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/SngopcHuk5I/AAAAAAAAJuE/_4rMLs6NdMQ/s400/Mravinsky1.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_138915148851" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">But the story of Mravinsky and the Mariinsky are intertwined. Yevgeny Mravinsky was the nephew of the Mariinsky's star diva Yevgeniya Mravina. He literally grew up in the famous theatre where he worked as an extra while studying, and in 1933 made his debut there conducting Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping...</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:29:50 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=119278317203&comments=1#s119278317203 Hot Seattle, Flirty Brahms at think denk http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=119278317203&comments=1#s119278317203 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/08/05/hot-seattle-straight-up/" title="http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/08/05/hot-seattle-straight-up/" target="_blank">Hot Seattle, Flirty Brahms at think denk</a></div><div class="url">Source: jeremydenk.net</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/08/05/hot-seattle-straight-up/" target="_blank"><img src="http://jeremydenk.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/onebar3.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_119278317203" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Hot, vexatious, residually sticky, I sit down at the piano to play:</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:17:37 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=139765788218&comments=1#s139765788218 CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Survivors' Tale http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=139765788218&comments=1#s139765788218 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-survivors-tale.html" title="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-survivors-tale.html" target="_blank">CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Survivors' Tale</a></div><div class="url">Source: classical-iconoclast...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-survivors-tale.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PgfRBZetNGE/SnoSWOME5BI/AAAAAAAAAzU/7i3vWtohYVM/s400/hiroshima.JPEG" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_139765788218" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Even after 64 years, it's hard to comprehend Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It wasn't just the impact and firebombs, but decades of suffering, birth defects, cancer. </div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:56:41 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=140840215459&comments=1#s140840215459 某議員無知，但警察更無知 | Kursk's Xanga Site - Weblog http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=140840215459&comments=1#s140840215459 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://kursk.xanga.com/708970304/265763569621729289613069365292202943568623519263562896130693/" title="http://kursk.xanga.com/708970304/265763569621729289613069365292202943568623519263562896130693/" target="_blank">某議員無知，但警察更無知 | Kursk's Xanga Site - Weblog</a></div><div class="url">Source: kursk.xanga.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://kursk.xanga.com/708970304/265763569621729289613069365292202943568623519263562896130693/" target="_blank"><img src="http://p8.xanga.com/80/70/8070ac94c2e790e9b1b603cfd87d308b1322766.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_140840215459" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>下午六點，我又收到另一個元朗區警署阿 sir 的電話，叫我到警署「落口供」。我回答說，你們這樣做是</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>擾民，我那文章放在網上，誰都可以拿來用，若有人盗用該</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>議員的電郵，你應該去查那電郵的登入 IP，跟電郵寄出的內容完全沒有關係。阿 sir 解釋說，自己職責所在，知道發電郵與文章裡的聯絡人可以</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>沒有關係，但程序上要查，亦要有文字記錄，若我沒有時間</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>，他可以來找我等等。</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:19:01 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113074007946&comments=1#s113074007946 Mickey Mouse - Symphony Hour http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113074007946&comments=1#s113074007946 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXT-6Ana2yM&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&feature=player_embedded" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXT-6Ana2yM&amp;eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Mickey Mouse - Symphony Hour</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXT-6Ana2yM&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GXT-6Ana2yM/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_113074007946" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Mickey is to conduct a grand concert at Symphony Hall, but after a "goofy" accident, the band can't carry a tune. How will Mickey get out of this mess?</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:43:06 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=135468839923&comments=1#s135468839923 Gergiev’s Covent Garden Ring is a primary school travesty, so I walked out - Telegraph Blogs http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=135468839923&comments=1#s135468839923 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/damianthompson/100001908/gergievs-covent-garden-ring-is-a-primary-school-travesty-so-i-walked-out/" title="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/damianthompson/100001908/gergievs-covent-garden-ring-is-a-primary-school-travesty-so-i-walked-out/" target="_blank">Gergiev’s Covent Garden Ring is a primary school travesty, so I walked out - Telegraph Blogs</a></div><div class="url">Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/damianthompson/100001908/gergievs-covent-garden-ring-is-a-primary-school-travesty-so-i-walked-out/" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/files/2009/07/valery-gergiev_1447457c.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_135468839923" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">I knew the Mariinsky’s Ring Cycle had shocking reviews when it was staged in Cardiff, but I had no idea it would be this bad. Or that anything could be this bad, really. I walked out after the first hour of Rheingold at Covent Garden last night – and there’s no interval. Fortunately I was at the end...</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:23:36 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=116507791500&comments=1#s116507791500 Opera Chic: Air Dudamel(s) http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=116507791500&comments=1#s116507791500 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2009/08/air-dudamels.html" title="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2009/08/air-dudamels.html" target="_blank">Opera Chic: Air Dudamel(s)</a></div><div class="url">Source: operachic.typepad.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2009/08/air-dudamels.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://operachic.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c83e69e201157159ca7d970c-400wi" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_116507791500" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Yeah, he can fly. What of it? Year-old photos of Gustavo Dudmel have surfaced, confirming the rumors that the Venezuelan...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Wow. This is something very impressive for a publicity shot!</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:27:33 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=109703637646&comments=1#s109703637646 明報新聞網-副刊-星期日生活--被邊緣化的慾望與援交少女-20090802 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=109703637646&comments=1#s109703637646 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://news.mingpao.com/20090802/vzb3.htm" title="http://news.mingpao.com/20090802/vzb3.htm" target="_blank">明報新聞網-副刊-星期日生活--被邊緣化的慾望與援交少女-20090802</a></div><div class="url">Source: news.mingpao.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>【明報專訊】近日關於「援交」的新聞讓我想起年前由進劇</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>場製作、David Harrower編劇的作品《黑鳥》，劇中男主角雷與烏</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>娜相戀，但烏娜尚未成年，二人決定私奔，後來事情敗露，</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>雷被捕入獄。現在，十五年後，烏娜千辛萬苦才尋到雷，二</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>人在雷的辦公室回溯十五年來的故事。劇作帶引觀眾從全新</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>角度逼視這種常見於新聞但又缺乏討論的禁忌，開啟無窮想</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>像力。愛戀少女少年本來就是尋常事，為何變成了洪水猛獸</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>呢？</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:38:53 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=225183805857&comments=1#s225183805857 心湖淬筆: 中大夜總會誠聘陪酒少男少女 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=225183805857&comments=1#s225183805857 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html" title="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html" target="_blank">心湖淬筆: 中大夜總會誠聘陪酒少男少女</a></div><div class="url">Source: mindtologos.blogspot...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dhry77bmbdc/SnMwRnCKoKI/AAAAAAAAAU4/sKmvVixZEgg/s320/007board.JPG" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_225183805857" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>做援交，搵快錢，隨時遇凶險，例如早前就有援交少女慘遭</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>索K索大咗的客人殘殺碎屍。想要安全不要單對單接觸？不</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>妨考慮去有人睇場的夜總會做陪酒——代價是，你賺到的錢</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>，要分給老闆一大截。鬼叫個場係佢嘅咩。正如做夜總會陪</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>酒比做麥當勞收銀好賺，在中大做打電話也比在書展做sa</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>les企足十幾粒鐘只得三舊水好賺。從2007年開始，</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>中大拓展及籌募處搞了一個「Phone中關懷」計劃，招</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>募 ...</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:54:05 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=109868658185&comments=1#s109868658185 Michael Steinberg, 80; critic, writer expanded horizons for music listeners - The Boston Globe http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=109868658185&comments=1#s109868658185 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/07/27/michael_steinberg_80_critic_writer_expanded_horizons_for_music_listeners/" title="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/07/27/michael_steinberg_80_critic_writer_expanded_horizons_for_music_listeners/" target="_blank">Michael Steinberg, 80; critic, writer expanded horizons for music listeners - The Boston Globe</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.boston.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/07/27/michael_steinberg_80_critic_writer_expanded_horizons_for_music_listeners/" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/07/26/1248663127_7968/539w.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_109868658185" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Michael Steinberg was a Boston Globe music critic from 1964 to 1976 before becoming a program annotator for orchestras. (Globe/File 1968)</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:28:59 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=136266330030&comments=1#s136266330030 兩個C字與670萬 at 聞.見.思.錄 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=136266330030&comments=1#s136266330030 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.hoiking.org/2009/07/28/1874/" title="http://blog.hoiking.org/2009/07/28/1874/" target="_blank">兩個C字與670萬 at 聞.見.思.錄</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.hoiking.org</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>今日（周一）坐車上班時讀報紙，看到《信報》城市生活版</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>一整版的〈Art Crime：塗鴉的存在意義〉，讀時真的感到「驚心動魄</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>」，因為這篇有關日前法國藝術家ZEVS，在中環遮打大</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>廈的Armani店子外牆，塗上Chanel的標誌，然</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>後遭人索償六百七十萬元的案件的文章中，幾乎通篇是事主</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>，以及他的友人對本港人「不懂藝術」的嚴厲批評。正如文</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>章中說，連法國官員也出動了，真是本來小事兒一樁，有突</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>然升級之勢，令人－－至少是我－－吃了一驚。</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:00:52 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=107138499412&comments=1#s107138499412 2010 Hong Kong Arts Festival - Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=107138499412&comments=1#s107138499412 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/2/" title="http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/2/" target="_blank">2010 Hong Kong Arts Festival - Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.hk.artsfestival.org</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/2/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/ezimagecatalogue/catalogue/phpFa33vD.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_107138499412" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Experience Gergiev's powerful interpretation of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony Leningrad and Act Three of Wagner's Die Walküre at Hong Kong Arts Festival only.</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Never tested this Share on Facebook feature during site build, now it gives me a chance!</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:23:11 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=108327601161&comments=1#s108327601161 ..:: P.I.W.O.3 ::.. http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=108327601161&comments=1#s108327601161 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://projekt-piwo.pl/" title="http://projekt-piwo.pl/" target="_blank">..:: P.I.W.O.3 ::..</a></div><div class="url">Source: projekt-piwo.pl</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://projekt-piwo.pl/" target="_blank"><img src="http://projekt-piwo.pl/news/3pokaz6.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_108327601161" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Przynoszę Wam dzisiaj coś, na co wszyscy z niecierpliwością czekali - wyniki konkursu na najlepszą animację :). Werdykt wydało nasze skromne jury, złożone z członków koła MOS. Ze zwycięzcami skontaktujemy się mailowo, w celu ustalenia szczegółów odbioru nagrody (czyli koszulki).</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">貪食蛇嘛，那不是人手的東西，是波蘭 Wrocław 一間大學的 project。</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:55:46 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104764174462&comments=1#s104764174462 心湖淬筆: 被放逐的事實，和人 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104764174462&comments=1#s104764174462 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_17.html" title="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_17.html" target="_blank">心湖淬筆: 被放逐的事實，和人</a></div><div class="url">Source: mindtologos.blogspot...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_17.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/wp-content/themes/international-solidarity-movement/images/pal-solidarity.png" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_104764174462" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>領匯停車場保安三更制轉兩更制——亦即裁員兼延長工時—</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>—這一場災劫，總算被截停了，然而傳媒對小市民的凌虐卻</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>不會因而稍歇。 大話怕計數且看看《明報》在工人勝利翌日的一篇報導：</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:06:14 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104208584436&comments=1#s104208584436 香港仔公國 » 預算緊絀 o靚興起 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104208584436&comments=1#s104208584436 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.age.com.hk/archives/2733" title="http://blog.age.com.hk/archives/2733" target="_blank">香港仔公國 » 預算緊絀 o靚興起</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.age.com.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>長遠的目光模糊了，在媒體上真金白銀買廣告位也太貴了，</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>剩下來就只有短線的促銷活動。要省成本，最好就是把銷售</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>和宣傳活動二合為一。</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">放在藝術行銷的市場上，也合用.....</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:39:00 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=93606157823&comments=1#s93606157823 Realism May Not Make It on Bravo’s New Reality Show - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=93606157823&comments=1#s93606157823 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/arts/television/20bravo.html?_r=2" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/arts/television/20bravo.html?_r=2" target="_blank">Realism May Not Make It on Bravo’s New Reality Show - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/arts/television/20bravo.html?_r=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/07/20/arts/Bravo600.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_93606157823" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The Bravo network held a casting call in New York City for a show in which 13 artists will compete to win a gallery show and other related prizes.</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:32:01 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=110718340078&comments=1#s110718340078 apps.facebook.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=110718340078&comments=1#s110718340078 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godgamemj/" title="http://apps.facebook.com/godgamemj/" target="_blank">apps.facebook.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: apps.facebook.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">個個都是正在玩神來也麻將</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:14:20 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=115696044144&comments=1#s115696044144 Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds - Yahoo! News http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=115696044144&comments=1#s115696044144 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090713/sc_livescience/catsdocontrolhumansstudyfinds" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090713/sc_livescience/catsdocontrolhumansstudyfinds" target="_blank">Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds - Yahoo! News</a></div><div class="url">Source: news.yahoo.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090713/sc_livescience/catsdocontrolhumansstudyfinds" target="_blank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.9fd0341e6e5f46d5902fbe8e9aada8b1.lifestyles_ap_poll_pets_nyls511.jpg?x=213&y=144&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=277&q=85&sig=obCzAvP3u.zNC8f3bEQjUA--" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_115696044144" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">AGREE!</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:47:44 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=212975280359&comments=1#s212975280359 每日一膠．荒謬的香港: 瘋狂駕駛罪修例刻不容緩 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=212975280359&comments=1#s212975280359 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://plastichk.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_13.html" title="http://plastichk.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_13.html" target="_blank">每日一膠．荒謬的香港: 瘋狂駕駛罪修例刻不容緩</a></div><div class="url">Source: plastichk.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://plastichk.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_13.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RUqqa0dH9wY/SltBbalhDPI/AAAAAAAAB0A/yEVjnc9FwF8/s72-c/furious.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_212975280359" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>停牌期就和罰款一樣，已經完全過時；法例有三種判罰，其</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>實就係應該三管齊下；但係今日除坐監之外，另外兩種判罰</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>都嚴重過時－－例如罰款，真係得啖笑；至於停牌，其實反</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>而最重要－－大佬，佢地的行為係影響他人生命呀大佬！點</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>解停得咁短？拉佢地坐監係靠嚇，但係制止佢地瘋狂，先係</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>最重要必須立即做的事！ </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:44:15 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=107542121079&comments=1#s107542121079 Seattle Opera Blog: Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung Named Favorite Opera of 2008/09 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=107542121079&comments=1#s107542121079 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://seattleopera.blogspot.com/2009/07/bluebeards-castleerwartung-named.html" title="http://seattleopera.blogspot.com/2009/07/bluebeards-castleerwartung-named.html" target="_blank">Seattle Opera Blog: Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung Named Favorite Opera of 2008/09</a></div><div class="url">Source: seattleopera.blogspo...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://seattleopera.blogspot.com/2009/07/bluebeards-castleerwartung-named.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RlrO29UouA4/SleP-LTaw4I/AAAAAAAAAJU/Mpkz21kR4Ow/s400/bluebeard-peopleschoice.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_107542121079" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The votes are in, and Bluebeard’s Castle with Erwartung was Seattle Opera audiences’ favorite production of the season! You loved François Racine’s “jaw-dropping” staging ...</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:30:53 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=101222114149&comments=1#s101222114149 中大，你還愛我嗎？ | 香港獨立媒體 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=101222114149&comments=1#s101222114149 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1003857" title="http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1003857" target="_blank">中大，你還愛我嗎？ | 香港獨立媒體</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.inmediahk.net</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1003857" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.inmediahk.net/files/column_images/73463.jpg?1247125671" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_101222114149" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>日前晚飯回家，外子說，接到一名自稱是學妹的電話，說是</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>學生大使，正在參與一項由劉校長倡議的「校友關懷捐貲計</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>劃」，想了解學長近況，並與她分享舊時校園生活，亦希望</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>學長能以月捐方式捐助中大，語氣咦咦哦哦。外子疑心生起</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>，連連追問學妹聯絡方法從何而來、計劃工作是否自願、受</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>不受薪、成功勸捐，會不會有額外佣金云云。在電話裡糾纏</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>了大半天，得知工作是以時薪計，成功勸捐，會有bonu</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>s(是金錢還是什麼就不知道)。我聽了發愁，如是電話騙</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>案尤自可，這下說了，即是真的是母校的募款計劃，要學弟</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>妹出賣溫情，向校友推保險、銷寬頻乎？劉校長臨別秋波，</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>你還搞什麼鬼？</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">為甚麼這麼早要學弟妹們做電話傳銷？</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:18:47 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=204380940540&comments=1#s204380940540 Opera star performs in wheelchair after breaking leg http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=204380940540&comments=1#s204380940540 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2009/07/08/soprano-broken-leg.html" title="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2009/07/08/soprano-broken-leg.html" target="_blank">Opera star performs in wheelchair after breaking leg</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.cbc.ca</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2009/07/08/soprano-broken-leg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/arts/photos/2009/07/08/joyce-didinoto-opera-221.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_204380940540" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sang from a wheelchair in the Royal Opera House's production of The Barber of Seville in London after fracturing her leg in an earlier performance. </div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:43:04 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=127899297039&comments=1#s127899297039 Loewe sound http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=127899297039&comments=1#s127899297039 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq_SJ7CtnZI&eurl=http://oboeinsight.com/2009/07/01/funny-ad/&feature=player_embedded" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq_SJ7CtnZI&amp;eurl=http://oboeinsight.com/2009/07/01/funny-ad/&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Loewe sound</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq_SJ7CtnZI&eurl=http://oboeinsight.com/2009/07/01/funny-ad/&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dq_SJ7CtnZI/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_127899297039" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Advertising Agency: Scholz & Friends, Berlin, Germany Creative Directors: Oliver Handlos, Matthias Spaetgens Art Director: Michael Schmidt Copywriter: Caspar Heuss Director: Alex Feil Production: Element E Aired: December 2008</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:02:04 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=112038118022&comments=1#s112038118022 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hereford/Worcs | Beer runs out at annual festival http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=112038118022&comments=1#s112038118022 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/8134933.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/8134933.stm" target="_blank">BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hereford/Worcs | Beer runs out at annual festival</a></div><div class="url">Source: news.bbc.co.uk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The Sunday session of the Beer on the Wye festival has been called off, despite an emergency delivery of 18 barrels of drink on Saturday afternoon.</div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01:01 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=99374017478&comments=1#s99374017478 心湖淬筆: 或許，曾蔭權代表我 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=99374017478&comments=1#s99374017478 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html" title="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html" target="_blank">心湖淬筆: 或許，曾蔭權代表我</a></div><div class="url">Source: mindtologos.blogspot...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/icon_delete13.gif" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_99374017478" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>今年六四，最教人驚愕的不是曾蔭權那番「我代表香港人整</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>體意見」的狂言，而是支聯會竟然邀請參與侵略伊拉克的美</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>軍牧師熊焱在維園燭光晚會向群眾講話。該踢走的民運之恥</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>六四是人道災難，美軍侵略伊拉克也是人道災難，死亡人數</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>猶在其上。迄今對六四死難者數目的最高估算，是大紀元於</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>2005年一月刊登的31,978人（注一）；至於因為</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>美軍2003年入侵而送命的伊拉克人，根據著名醫學期刊</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>《刺血針》的統計&#652 ...</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:02:17 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=99169613465&comments=1#s99169613465 早知今日，何必faux pas at 聞.見.思.錄 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=99169613465&comments=1#s99169613465 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://blog.hoiking.org/2009/07/03/1832/" title="http://blog.hoiking.org/2009/07/03/1832/" target="_blank">早知今日，何必faux pas at 聞.見.思.錄</a></div><div class="url">Source: blog.hoiking.org</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://blog.hoiking.org/2009/07/03/1832/" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.hoiking.org/pictures/2009/07/CN_MOFA.Briefing_2007.JPG" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_99169613465" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>我絕對理解，作為外交部發言人的秦剛，有責任為政府的政</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>策進行宣傳、解釋、護航，但是豪氣過了火位，就成為了囂</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>張，本來可以好好地，照本宣科，強調有必要「管理」互聯</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>網，以防少年網民被「很黃很色情」的東西荼毒。不過當日</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>以責問的語氣，去「窒」提問的記者，換來今日被反問至近</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>乎「無語」的境地，就真的是：早知今日，何必faux pas？</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:37:50 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=114002013625&comments=1#s114002013625 German dance legend Pina Bausch dies at 68 | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 30.06.2009 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=114002013625&comments=1#s114002013625 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4444691,00.html" title="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4444691,00.html" target="_blank">German dance legend Pina Bausch dies at 68 | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 30.06.2009</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.dw-world.de</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4444691,00.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,3599916_1,00.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_114002013625" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Acclaimed German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch has died at the age of 68. The recipient of numerous awards and prizes, she left her mark as an innovator in the hybrid genre of "Tanztheater," or dance theater. ...</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:51:49 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=204172280857&comments=1#s204172280857 CATcerto Lithuanian TV Nora The Piano Cat Mindaugas Piecaitis http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=204172280857&comments=1#s204172280857 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zMpQaE3QU&eurl=http://www.thestandingroom.com/blog/2009/06/nora.html&feature=player_embedded" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zMpQaE3QU&amp;eurl=http://www.thestandingroom.com/blog/2009/06/nora.html&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">CATcerto Lithuanian TV Nora The Piano Cat Mindaugas Piecaitis</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zMpQaE3QU&eurl=http://www.thestandingroom.com/blog/2009/06/nora.html&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/w4zMpQaE3QU/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_204172280857" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">CATcerto. Performance date: 05.06.2009. Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra, conductor and composer Mindaugas Piecaitis. www.piecaitis.eu www.ravenswingstudio.com English translation: Klaipedas Concert Hall is continuing its educational project for children: "The Playful Music Orchestra". ...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Nora the piano-playing cat premieres a piece by Lithuanian composer Mindaugas Piecaitis.</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:35:20 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=112038990488&comments=1#s112038990488 Acer’s Everywhere in the PC World - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=112038990488&comments=1#s112038990488 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/technology/companies/28acer.html?em" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/technology/companies/28acer.html?em" target="_blank">Acer’s Everywhere in the PC World - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/technology/companies/28acer.html?em" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/28/business/28acer-600.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_112038990488" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">In the PC industry’s worst slump ever, a Taiwanese company is taking aim at both Dell and Hewlett-Packard.</div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:50:13 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=97349147301&comments=1#s97349147301 Resignations, ENO Model, Might Save City Opera: Norman Lebrecht - Bloomberg.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=97349147301&comments=1#s97349147301 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aQBadmoOMlhU" title="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=aQBadmoOMlhU" target="_blank">Resignations, ENO Model, Might Save City Opera: Norman Lebrecht - Bloomberg.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.bloomberg.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aQBadmoOMlhU" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=i4PrrYUeLUc8" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_97349147301" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"> This is the tale of two city operas, both of which present high art at popular prices. </div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:30:29 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=96390183725&comments=1#s96390183725 心湖淬筆: 沉默的羔羊 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=96390183725&comments=1#s96390183725 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html" title="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html" target="_blank">心湖淬筆: 沉默的羔羊</a></div><div class="url">Source: mindtologos.blogspot...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://mindtologos.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dhry77bmbdc/SkPDIGCJikI/AAAAAAAAATs/GHMVMtlar1Y/s320/6420.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_96390183725" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>反觀一眾舊同學，他們的Facebook account卻與世無爭得猶如身處西天淨土——翻查了</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>二十個舊同學從四月到六月的紀錄，有在Facebook</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>上提過六四的只得兩人。那麼他們把甚麼東西貼上Face</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>book？</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:48:39 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=112693121978&comments=1#s112693121978 Ionarts: Von Otter's Bach http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=112693121978&comments=1#s112693121978 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/von-otters-bach.html" title="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/von-otters-bach.html" target="_blank">Ionarts: Von Otter's Bach</a></div><div class="url">Source: ionarts.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/von-otters-bach.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B001U2QENE.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_112693121978" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Anne Sofie von Otter strikes me as primarily a dramatic singer, but with her rich, puissant voice, turned upon well-conceived programs of music, she can command one's interest and attention as a recitalist, too.</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:15:29 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=95454698426&comments=1#s95454698426 莊梅岩：種族歧視（下） [ 聖荷西謀殺案 ] http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=95454698426&comments=1#s95454698426 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=223" title="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=223" target="_blank">莊梅岩：種族歧視（下） [ 聖荷西謀殺案 ]</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.murderinsanjose.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=223" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dis2-225x300.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_95454698426" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">零四年在亞洲文化協會的支持下到美國遊學，第一次以 minority group 的身份在彼邦生活，第一次感受到種族歧視所帶來的衝擊。</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:10:40 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=109688146317&comments=1#s109688146317 Dire data - Sandow http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=109688146317&comments=1#s109688146317 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow/2009/06/dire_data.html" title="http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow/2009/06/dire_data.html" target="_blank">Dire data - Sandow</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.artsjournal.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Unless we have reasons to believe that these trends will reverse -- and what would those reasons be? -- as time goes on, a smaller percentage of Americans in all age groups (even, eventually, those over 65) will go to classical performances, and the classical audience, rather than being renewed, wil...</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:36:40 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=111115904514&comments=1#s111115904514 明報新聞網-港聞-港聞--Paul Potts﹕照唱歌劇 我還是我-20090621 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=111115904514&comments=1#s111115904514 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://news.mingpao.com/20090621/gge1.htm" title="http://news.mingpao.com/20090621/gge1.htm" target="_blank">明報新聞網-港聞-港聞--Paul Potts﹕照唱歌劇 我還是我-20090621</a></div><div class="url">Source: news.mingpao.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://news.mingpao.com/20090621/gge1.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://news.mingpao.com/20090621/21GG005_.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_111115904514" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>他震動嗓子，演唱普契尼著名歌劇《杜蘭朵》（Turan</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>dot）最廣為人知的選段「公主徹夜難眠（Nessun</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span> Dorma）」，全場震懾，站立鼓掌。</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment"><span>Oh dear. 甚麼時候徹夜難眠的，會是公主？她或許會失眠，但歌劇前</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>文，大概說公主令北京人民失眠吧。</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:58:06 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89384548398&comments=1#s89384548398 Ionarts: À mon chevet: Debussy and Wagner http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89384548398&comments=1#s89384548398 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/mon-chevet-debussy-and-wagner.html" title="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/mon-chevet-debussy-and-wagner.html" target="_blank">Ionarts: À mon chevet: Debussy and Wagner</a></div><div class="url">Source: ionarts.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/mon-chevet-debussy-and-wagner.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nXki07i36m8/Sjz3I_D9InI/AAAAAAAABpE/F0uFmDELQP8/s400/holloway.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_89384548398" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Far from being strictly an anti-Wagnerian opera, Pelléas actually has a lot in common with the Wagner operas that Debussy particularly admired, Tristan and Parsifal.</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:36:35 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=98483021915&comments=1#s98483021915 LOLspeak Wedding Vows - Speak Lol Speak http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=98483021915&comments=1#s98483021915 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://speaklolspeak.com/page/LOLspeak%20Wedding%20Vows" title="http://speaklolspeak.com/page/LOLspeak%20Wedding%20Vows" target="_blank">LOLspeak Wedding Vows - Speak Lol Speak</a></div><div class="url">Source: speaklolspeak.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://speaklolspeak.com/page/LOLspeak%20Wedding%20Vows" target="_blank"><img src="http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/qTJhd2PXnkShfjtUF5LZpA21548/GW353H417" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_98483021915" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">O hai. We here before all dese ppl and Ceiling Cat sos cat 1 and cat 2 can has marriage.</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:30:26 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91761609885&comments=1#s91761609885 Beleaguered City Opera Tries to Hold Off the Ultimate Finale - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91761609885&comments=1#s91761609885 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/arts/music/18city.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/arts/music/18city.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Beleaguered City Opera Tries to Hold Off the Ultimate Finale - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/arts/music/18city.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/18/arts/city190.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_91761609885" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">If nonprofit cultural organizations were run like corporations, the chairwoman of New York City Opera might well be out of a job.</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">“I can’t imagine who you get to go on the board of a sinking ship.”</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:11:05 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=93541089451&comments=1#s93541089451 N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=93541089451&comments=1#s93541089451 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/ny-times-mines-its-data-to-identify-words-that-readers-find-abstruse/" title="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/ny-times-mines-its-data-to-identify-words-that-readers-find-abstruse/" target="_blank">N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.niemanlab.org</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/ny-times-mines-its-data-to-identify-words-that-readers-find-abstruse/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.niemanlab.org/images/appurtenances.png" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_93541089451" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">If The New York Times ever strikes you as an abstruse glut of antediluvian perorations, if the newspaper's profligacy of neologisms and shibboleths ever set off</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:34:10 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91509969290&comments=1#s91509969290 Soho the Dog: Textual response http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91509969290&comments=1#s91509969290 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009/06/textual-response.html" title="http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009/06/textual-response.html" target="_blank">Soho the Dog: Textual response</a></div><div class="url">Source: sohothedog.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009/06/textual-response.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YthztMsYjr4/SjlKQtXzJgI/AAAAAAAABO8/8Z7tPAgSggA/s400/300px-T-37_021203-O-9999G-003.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_91509969290" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">My own idiosyncrasies notwithstanding, Twittering has been turning up more and more in concert situations, with a particularly expansive example being the play-by-play of their marathon concert that Bang on a Can sponsored on their Twitter account.</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:27:23 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=215849885716&comments=1#s215849885716 Pianist uses Tchaikovsky to spark debate on gays and the church - Arts http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=215849885716&comments=1#s215849885716 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/pianist-uses-tchaikovsky/2009/06/16/1244918033636.html" title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/pianist-uses-tchaikovsky/2009/06/16/1244918033636.html" target="_blank">Pianist uses Tchaikovsky to spark debate on gays and the church - Arts</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.smh.com.au</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/pianist-uses-tchaikovsky/2009/06/16/1244918033636.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/ftsmh/ffximage/2009/06/16/hough_narrowweb__300x409,0.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_215849885716" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">CONCERT pianist, composer, poet, philosopher, blogger and committed Catholic. Stephen Hough is also a mildly spoken gay activist who disputes Tchaikovsky's supposed suicide - he doesn't believe a word of it - and believes several Christian saints were homosexual.</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:18:56 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113171387512&comments=1#s113171387512 莊梅岩：種族歧視（上） [ 聖荷西謀殺案 ] http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113171387512&comments=1#s113171387512 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=168" title="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=168" target="_blank">莊梅岩：種族歧視（上） [ 聖荷西謀殺案 ]</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.murderinsanjose.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=168" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/d01-300x225.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_113171387512" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>香港人大概對外國人都不陌生，小學社會科的課本用「華洋</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>雜處」來形容我們這個國際都市。然而小時候除了外籍老師</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>和鋼琴考官外，我印象中沒有怎麼與外國人相處。只記得有</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>這麼一次經驗，四叔叔的一個荷蘭籍同學來港作學術交流，</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>在我們只有三百餘呎的家裡小住數天，那是我第一次近距離</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>接觸「老外」。</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:01:59 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=121048161222&comments=1#s121048161222 Pianist Hamelin lives up to the buzz - The Boston Globe http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=121048161222&comments=1#s121048161222 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/06/16/pianist_hamelin_lives_up_to_the_buzz/" title="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/06/16/pianist_hamelin_lives_up_to_the_buzz/" target="_blank">Pianist Hamelin lives up to the buzz - The Boston Globe</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.boston.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/06/16/pianist_hamelin_lives_up_to_the_buzz/" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/06/14/1245026727_4462/539w.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_121048161222" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Marc-André Hamelin (here in 2008) showed off his brilliant technique at the 28th Rockport Chamber Music Festival. (Mark Manring/The New York Times/File 2008)</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:28:04 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104987233627&comments=1#s104987233627 We Will Survive: Igudesman & Joo + Kremer & Kremerata http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104987233627&comments=1#s104987233627 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-PloJWbSk&feature=related" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-PloJWbSk&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">We Will Survive: Igudesman & Joo + Kremer & Kremerata</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-PloJWbSk&feature=related" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pI-PloJWbSk/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_104987233627" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">To see upcoming performances of Igudesman & Joo visit our website www.igudesmanandjoo.com Our new title for the show is - BEING GIDON KREMER: The Rise and Fall of the Classical Musician Written by: Kremer, Igudesman & Joo Without music life would be a mistake. ...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Why are you all coming just a day before my wedding?!</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:22:54 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=90225894182&comments=1#s90225894182 The Next Mozart? 6-Year Old Piano Prodigy Wows All http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=90225894182&comments=1#s90225894182 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUx4t4W4eVY&feature=rec-HM-r2" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUx4t4W4eVY&amp;feature=rec-HM-r2" target="_blank">The Next Mozart? 6-Year Old Piano Prodigy Wows All</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.youtube.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUx4t4W4eVY&feature=rec-HM-r2" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vUx4t4W4eVY/2.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_90225894182" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">6-year old Emily Bear has wowed audiences from the White House to her own house. Playing the piano since age 3, Emily also composes her own music. Has WGN-TV discovered the next Mozart?</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Why are we supposed to think her a normal kid...? Sorry she doesn't. She plays a lot of piano and that's it. That's not a kid being made for.</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:02:16 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=122803263312&comments=1#s122803263312 留住聰明員工十要點．軒轅伯 http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=122803263312&comments=1#s122803263312 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/06/06/XY-1093673.htm" title="http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/06/06/XY-1093673.htm" target="_blank">留住聰明員工十要點．軒轅伯</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.takungpao.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>敦商學院最新研究發現，假若「聰明員工」（smart employees）看見公司留下大批怨氣多多、士氣低</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>沉的員工時，他們必定會想轉到更刺激、更有趣的環境工作</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>。倫敦商業學院因而提出了「留住聰明員工」的十要點──</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:55:12 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89937642850&comments=1#s89937642850 Ionarts: Out of Frame: Departures http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89937642850&comments=1#s89937642850 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-frame-departures.html" title="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-frame-departures.html" target="_blank">Ionarts: Out of Frame: Departures</a></div><div class="url">Source: ionarts.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-frame-departures.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nXki07i36m8/SjW_25Zg44I/AAAAAAAABoM/Sy4k1jL4Kqw/s400/departures1.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_89937642850" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Having not seen all of the movies nominated for the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars this year, I thought that the Academy missed the ball by not even including the chilling Gomorra, which did win the Golden Globe in the category. ...</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:51:13 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=93188214715&comments=1#s93188214715 Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: The unsinkable Pierre Ruhe http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=93188214715&comments=1#s93188214715 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/the-unsinkable-pierre-ruhe.html" title="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/the-unsinkable-pierre-ruhe.html" target="_blank">Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: The unsinkable Pierre Ruhe</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.therestisnoise.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/the-unsinkable-pierre-ruhe.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://alexrossmusic.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cb2869e20115701f6872970c-120wi" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_93188214715" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The ups and downs of Pierre's career stand in for the general twilight struggle to maintain music criticism in American newspapers and magazines. Perhaps, after all, the profession is destined for extinction. </div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:42:09 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104925584512&comments=1#s104925584512 Last Virgin Megastore in New York Closes - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104925584512&comments=1#s104925584512 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/arts/music/15virgin.html?_r=1&emc=eta1" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/arts/music/15virgin.html?_r=1&amp;emc=eta1" target="_blank">Last Virgin Megastore in New York Closes - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/arts/music/15virgin.html?_r=1&emc=eta1" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/15/arts/music/15moth_virgin.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_104925584512" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">On Sunday, bargain-hunting passers-by and hard-core music shoppers poked through what few items remained at the last large-scale record store in New York City.</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Few years back, Tower. Now, Virgin. Who's next?</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:25:02 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=92672432247&comments=1#s92672432247 Russian soprano victorious in Cardiff http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=92672432247&comments=1#s92672432247 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=3231&newssectionID=1" title="http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=3231&amp;newssectionID=1" target="_blank">Russian soprano victorious in Cardiff</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.gramophone.co.uk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=3231&newssectionID=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.gramophone.co.uk/news/content_images/cardiff09.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_92672432247" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">All ears turned to Cardiff last week for the 14th biennial BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Russian soprano Ekaterina Shcherbachenko was the triumphant winner on Sunday evening, with Italian tenor Giordano Lucà taking the Audience Prize. Two days earlier Czech bass Jan Martiník had taken...</div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:23:38 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91435307087&comments=1#s91435307087 Seattle Opera turns to 19-year-old to vlog and tweet its 'Ring' cycle | Culture Monster | Los Angele http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91435307087&comments=1#s91435307087 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/seattle-opera-ring.html" title="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/seattle-opera-ring.html" target="_blank">Seattle Opera turns to 19-year-old to vlog and tweet its 'Ring' cycle | Culture Monster | Los Angele</a></div><div class="url">Source: latimesblogs.latimes...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/seattle-opera-ring.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01156ff9e1e1970c-320wi" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_91435307087" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Seattle is seeking to make its venerable "Ring" sparkle for younger generations with its reality-style video project "Confessions of a First-Time Opera Goer," which will chronicle 19-year-old Cassidy Quinn Brettler's first experience attending the "Ring."</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:40:17 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=87557388466&comments=1#s87557388466 Terry Teachout - Clap and Be Damned - WSJ.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=87557388466&comments=1#s87557388466 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204482304574217960001946216.html" title="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204482304574217960001946216.html" target="_blank">Terry Teachout - Clap and Be Damned - WSJ.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: online.wsj.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204482304574217960001946216.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PT-AL833_siclap_D_20090611124725.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_87557388466" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Theater critic Terry Teachout on the art of applause.</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">Pierre Monteaux: "Of course applause should be spontaneous, not dutiful, but often it is the most natural thing to applaud between movements."</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:37:23 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=96643502125&comments=1#s96643502125 The Architecture Issue - Data Center Overload - NYTimes.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=96643502125&comments=1#s96643502125 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?_r=2&amp;ref=magazine&amp;pagewanted=all" target="_blank">The Architecture Issue - Data Center Overload - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.nytimes.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/14/magazine/14search_190.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_96643502125" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">In our hyperconnected, superfast age, how can the Internet data centers we’ve built keep up?</div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:45:25 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=92613804039&comments=1#s92613804039 CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Mahler, Freudian pioneer, Salonen's psychologically astute Mahler 7th http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=92613804039&comments=1#s92613804039 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/06/mahler-freudian-pioneer-salonens.html" title="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/06/mahler-freudian-pioneer-salonens.html" target="_blank">CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Mahler, Freudian pioneer, Salonen's psychologically astute Mahler 7th</a></div><div class="url">Source: classical-iconoclast...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2009/06/mahler-freudian-pioneer-salonens.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PgfRBZetNGE/SjOD8a4TriI/AAAAAAAAAtU/u7PMP6uvLXY/s400/mahler+7+nacht2.gif" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_92613804039" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Esa-Pekka Salonen produced an original and valid approach with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall. His Mahler 7th doesn’t rely on big flashy effects to impress the audience. Instead he’s subtle, as befits a piece with such emphasis on night and shadows. ...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">What a finely written review!</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:30:27 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=90901317451&comments=1#s90901317451 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tees | Hearse theft undertaker sentenced http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=90901317451&comments=1#s90901317451 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/8097245.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/8097245.stm" target="_blank">BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tees | Hearse theft undertaker sentenced</a></div><div class="url">Source: news.bbc.co.uk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/8097245.stm" target="_blank"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45913000/jpg/_45913215_hearsetelly.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_90901317451" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">An undertaker who stole the keys to a rival's hearse, leaving it stranded with a body inside, has been given a six-month suspended sentence.</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:29:25 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=101367314848&comments=1#s101367314848 henningmusick: A bit more about the switch http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=101367314848&comments=1#s101367314848 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2009/06/bit-more-about-switch.html" title="http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2009/06/bit-more-about-switch.html" target="_blank">henningmusick: A bit more about the switch</a></div><div class="url">Source: henningmusick.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">To address these in reverse order . . . I used Finale for some eleven years, running through stepped upgrades from 98 to Finale 2004. As early as 8 years ago, out of curiosity, I got a Sibelius demo disc, ...</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:57:41 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91150293433&comments=1#s91150293433 Defending the students - Sandow http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=91150293433&comments=1#s91150293433 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow/2009/06/more_maryland.html" title="http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow/2009/06/more_maryland.html" target="_blank">Defending the students - Sandow</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.artsjournal.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">As I've said, these students are more than ready for change. And the NOI, in my experience, goes further in welcoming than any mainstream classical music institution I've ever encountered.</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:41:28 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89876938025&comments=1#s89876938025 What Was the Van Cliburn Jury Thinking? - WSJ.com http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89876938025&comments=1#s89876938025 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124458728669699751.html" title="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124458728669699751.html" target="_blank">What Was the Van Cliburn Jury Thinking? - WSJ.com</a></div><div class="url">Source: online.wsj.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124458728669699751.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AJ630_clibur_D_20090608155119.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_89876938025" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">The Van Cliburn quadrennial piano competition has been faltering for years in its ability to identify talent, but nothing in recent memory was as shocking as this year's top prizes.</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:11:36 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=90085389164&comments=1#s90085389164 莊梅岩：我們的演員（二） [ 聖荷西謀殺案 ] http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=90085389164&comments=1#s90085389164 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=196" title="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=196" target="_blank">莊梅岩：我們的演員（二） [ 聖荷西謀殺案 ]</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.murderinsanjose.hk</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/?p=196" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.murderinsanjose.hk/tc/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0538-300x199.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_90085389164" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary"><span>第一次圍讀在CC家中進行，正如CC所言，他一開口便「</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>中」了。「中」的不單是感覺氣質的拿掐，還有對劇本、台</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>詞上的理解。大概由於他本身參予很多導演工作，鄧偉傑很</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>能從宏觀的角度看自己的角色、分析人物之間的互動關係；</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>而且他尊重文本，很願意按著編劇的創作意圖去嘗試，這對</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span><span>於原創劇來說，是不可多得的人才。於是我在舞台上看到的</span><wbr /><span class="word_break"></span>，不再是演員和角色，而是有血有肉的人物了。</div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:23:53 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113593226759&comments=1#s113593226759 Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: A Mahler list http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=113593226759&comments=1#s113593226759 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/a-mahler-list.html" title="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/a-mahler-list.html" target="_blank">Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: A Mahler list</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.therestisnoise.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/a-mahler-list.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://alexrossmusic.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cb2869e201156fc808b0970c-400wi" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_113593226759" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Pursuant to my Mahler column this week, here's a list of favorite recordings of the nine, ten, or eleven Mahler symphonies, depending on how you count them. I do this with some trepidation, since Mahler is a personal matter and...</div></div></div></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">The ball is rolling: power bloggers poll their top favourite Mahler recordings.</span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:43:15 -0700 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104333095776&comments=1#s104333095776 Computers Key To Air France Crash http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=104333095776&comments=1#s104333095776 <div class="ext_media clearfix no_extra"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/06/computers_key_t.html;jsessionid=O0S1DGZO5RODKQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?print=true" title="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/06/computers_key_t.html;jsessionid=O0S1DGZO5RODKQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?print=true" target="_blank">Computers Key To Air France Crash</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.informationweek.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"></div><div class="story_comment"><div class="direction_ltr"><span class="start_quote">    </span><span class="story_comment">The difference highlights a real philosophical divide over whether computers or humans are best left to handle emergencies: It's essentially a question of what do you trust most-- a human being's ingenuity or a computer's infinitely faster access and reaction to information. </span><span class="end_quote">    </span></div></div></div> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:48:58 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89577711774&comments=1#s89577711774 Getting Dicey - Classical Convert http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=89577711774&comments=1#s89577711774 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://classicalconvert.com/2009/06/getting-dicey/" title="http://classicalconvert.com/2009/06/getting-dicey/" target="_blank">Getting Dicey - Classical Convert</a></div><div class="url">Source: classicalconvert.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://classicalconvert.com/2009/06/getting-dicey/" target="_blank"><img src="http://classicalconvert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dice_music1.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_89577711774" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Stuck for compositional inspiration? Is the I Ching not quite up your alley? Want to do some serious Bard roleplaying in D&D? Take a gander at these bad boys:</div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:21:37 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=95408201499&comments=1#s95408201499 Soho the Dog: Till the stock of the Puritans die http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=95408201499&comments=1#s95408201499 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009/06/till-stock-of-puritans-die.html" title="http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009/06/till-stock-of-puritans-die.html" target="_blank">Soho the Dog: Till the stock of the Puritans die</a></div><div class="url">Source: sohothedog.blogspot.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009/06/till-stock-of-puritans-die.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YthztMsYjr4/SihzWMFeSPI/AAAAAAAABOQ/8h1tcLWe-T0/s400/wyntonharvard.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_95408201499" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">We took in the entirety of Harvard commencement, which is kind of like the academic version of a live Ring cycle: long, sometimes fascinating, sometimes boring, but worth experiencing at least once in your life.</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:38:34 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=87562727790&comments=1#s87562727790 CNN, BBC and AFP reporters accosted by umbrella-wielding "undercover" police at Beijing's Tiananmen http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=87562727790&comments=1#s87562727790 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2009/06/03/photo_of_the_day_cnn_anchor_blocked.php" title="http://shanghaiist.com/2009/06/03/photo_of_the_day_cnn_anchor_blocked.php" target="_blank">CNN, BBC and AFP reporters accosted by umbrella-wielding "undercover" police at Beijing's Tiananmen </a></div><div class="url">Source: shanghaiist.com</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2009/06/03/photo_of_the_day_cnn_anchor_blocked.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shanghailaine/beijing_cnn_block.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_87562727790" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Earlier today, CNN anchor and Beijing correspondent John Vause was filming in Tiananmen Square, Beijing when he suddenly encountered a man holding an umbrella who won't step away from his cameraman's lens. ...</div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:17:49 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=81512768741&comments=1#s81512768741 ANABlog: How To Take The Cake: http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=642190589&share_id=81512768741&comments=1#s81512768741 <div class="ext_media clearfix has_extra has_thumb"><div class="title"><a href="http://www.analogartsensemble.net/2009/06/how-to-take-cake.html" title="http://www.analogartsensemble.net/2009/06/how-to-take-cake.html" target="_blank">ANABlog: How To Take The Cake:</a></div><div class="url">Source: www.analogartsensemb...</div><div class="story_posted_item clearfix"><div class="extra"><div class="share_thumb"><a href="http://www.analogartsensemble.net/2009/06/how-to-take-cake.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oV+zwovZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="" class="img_loading" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" id="share_thumb_81512768741" /></a></div></div><div class="story_content_excerpt textual"><div class="metadata"><div class="summary">Bernstein died two years later, his lifelong wish to complete “That One Important Piece”, as he described it in his final letter to his business manager, left as unfulfilled as his longing to see liberal ...</div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:39:53 -0800 Dennis Wu Dennis Wu